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Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
A STATE OF
NATIONAL EMERGENCY

President Roosevelt, in declaring
state of national emergency under which
he called first line reserves to the col
ors, may have been doing just what he
claimed to be-that is, strengthening
u. S. neutrality and bolstering national
defenses.
Europe cannot help looking at it an
other way. When reserves are called to
the coors in Europe, it is because the
nation calling them up contemplates the
possibility of war Thus, to Europe,
President Roosevelt's action is bound to
have a vital meaning.
To Germany it will mean that the
United States is by no means certain to
remain neutral. To England and France
it will mean that the United States is
preparing to become their ally, when the
comes.
Europeans, like many Americans, can
not see that there is any danger of inva-
sion of this continent. Considering the
lack Of such danger, their view of the
Presidents action is understandable.
Those of US who live in America, al
though we may understand the concern
which motivated President Roosevelt,
will see in his call to the reserves all
the more reason to strengthen our deter
mination that we shall not again pull
Europes heated irons out of the fire.
We want no war.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
WILL WAR RID US
OF BRIDGES?
(Tulare Advance-Register)

(Tulare AdVance-Register)
1t is an i'll wind that blows no one
good. Even war sometimes may bring
small blessing in disguise.
Take, for instance, the case Of the no
torious Harry Bridges, self appointed
maritime leader, who has been carrying
on campaign of strife and trouble
along the waterfrontS of America and
at this time is fighting government ef-
forts to deport him to his native counry
of Australia.
With his native land having volunteer
ed to join England in the war against
Germany, and with his adopted Russia
having doublecroSsed England and join
ed with the Nazis, Harry Bridges is now
behind the proverbial eight ball.
VIII he return to his homeland as all
other citizens in time Of war, or will he
continue to stay in America and strive
to bring about the revolution" so fer
vently wished for by his Moscow super
iors? What is your guess?
In either event, the American govern
ment certainly has good reason to order
his deportation and incidentally insti-
tute similar investigation and possible
action in the cases of 100000 aliens
from all other nations now residing
illegally within our borders. Should
large portion of these be returned, either
voluntarily or through compulsion, as a
result of the war situation, the effect
would be highly beneficial in the decrease
of relief and unemployment.
The government action in the Bridges
case, as we'll as those of countless others
living here illegally, will be watched
with great deal of interest III view of
the vital, new situation
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
Famous Sayings

WASHINGTON.-If n special ses-
sion of Congress is called, Wash
ington can exert leadership on the
American people to point the way
it wants them to go.
Public opinion has not yet crys-
tallized in this country, It is def
initely and overwhelmingly against
Hitler, and it has fatalistic hunch
that some tremendous catastrophe
is on the way But has not yet
reached that definite. fixed stage
which compels Washington to fol-
low the lead OF the folks back home
regardless of the private desires
of administration or congress.
This, at any rate, is the way
the picture looks TO this CORE
spondent after a fortnight's swing
through the east and middle west
Any Washington correspondent
on tour is bombarded by questions
wherever he stops. Usually people
ask about the inside" of politics
who's going to be elected, how
the President stands with Congress
and so on. There are as many
questions now as ever-but practi.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10

condescended to be civil to me,
crawled after her like a dog, hun
cry for affection. Instead, I re-
ceived ridicule. AS result / de-
veloped a tremendous inferiority
complex.
Later. I was married. My hus-
band died and I was left with
three children. the oldest eight.
I had to wash, iron and mend to
support them. But I did support
them.
81 was tremendously handicapped
by my inferiority complex I was
afraid to talk to people, but in
spite of this I was suddenly drafted
TO run for office. I tell you
shook. Run for office
81 joinned the American Legion
Auxiliary, and was chosen to speak
for them on Memorial Day. and
was Waltzed up to the platform.
When my turn came to speak
fumbled and suffered before a
blur of faces but some way or other
got through it. The speaker of the
day was blustery individual from
a nearby town. large. of stature
and booming of voice He strobe
TO the front of the platform and
tore into the women especially
any women who had the brazenness
to run for office. He said that mod
ern women were slackers and
shirkers and got dinner out of tin
cans
II got madder and madder. My
speech was over, but my mad
wasn't. / waited for him in the
wings. and tore into him. He tried
TO answer, but I was so filled with
indignation that I battled him
down. People came to listen. I
didn't care. I had something to
say and I said it,
when / got home | was aston
ished at myself, I said, Why I
talked to him all right. If I can
say it TO one I can say 1t to a
tilOuodlld. IlOill RiANAA NlA, iAy 80
feriority complex began to wane.
I lost my timidity.
During the months following,
I made speeches I didn't know
anything about the art Of speak
ing, but I had somethinv to say
and 1 said it as best I could. En-
couraged, ! sought places to speak.
The result was that I was elected
County Auditor by the largest ma
jority ever given to anyone in the
county I have served three terms
as president of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary unit to which l
belong I ann the only women who
has been president of the state
association of public officers, and
/ have raised three wonderful
children. / was able TO cure my
inferiority complex by forgetting
myself and substituting something
that I wanted TO do, and then fly
ing into it with all the power pos
sessed.
Excellent, Mrs. Rickett!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
Torn-O Pages Of Versailles Treaty Strew Europe
HeeS~rk

Guarantee of the complete in
dependence of Latvia, Lithuania,
and Esthonia. The League, cession
OF Alsace-Lorraine to France and
the status of East Prussia. Renun-
ciation by Germany of her over
seas possessions, and of rights and
leases in China, Siam, Liberia, Nor
occo, Egypt, Turkey and Shantung
Certain regulations over air and
railway traffic, and a provision for
mutual respect for the graves OF
the war dead.
At present, not even that last
pitiful provision seems safe.
1t is clear, as the last remaining
leaves are stripped from the book
of Versailles, that the, world faces
new era, not foreseen in 1919.
Whether it shall be carved out in a
civilized manner or nodded from
a muck of blood and mud, will be
known within a few days.
1t should be clear that only the
former course offers any chance of
bettering Versailles.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
HiTLER'S HEIRS
tRiverside PresS)

Very touching was the statement of
Fuehrer Hitler in which he indicated the
line of royal succession in Germany, in
case anything should happen to him in
his patriotic job of shooting up Poland
and annexing the balance of Europe.
If God in his wisdom sees fit to remove
Hitler, the dictatorship then goes to
Field Marshal Goering. If Goering passes
on it will go to Valhala before Great
Germany has achieved its manifest des-
tiny. Deputy Fuehrer Ruler Hess, politi-
cal expert who runs the nazi party,
comes next and will take up the torch
and carry on. And there may be another
and another, until, as Hitler has proph-
esied, his nazi empire will last for a
thousand years.
But the Unlocking world, or at least
that part of it from which this comment
comes, is not greatly concerned with the
nazi crown prince and his successors. If
that whole outfit of super-militarists
now kicking Europe around were swept
away-as it will be in Gods own good
time-we could bear it. And from what
we lesser mortals can guess from the
general situation, that time may come
much sooner than the nazi Caesars mag
inc.
Victor Hugo, telling about the eimi-
can dictator, said simply that God
wearied of him" That fate may be ex-
pected of Hitler and all his gangster
statesmen. And it may not be as long
as some people think.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

cally all of them are about tne War
in Europe.
From conversations with scores
of people who have thrown tnose
questions at me, very defml'ey
get the feeling that the American
people are still somewhat uncertain
about what ought to be done.
They want to stay out OF war, OF
course, but they aren't quite sure
what il the best way to 90 IT,
and they have an uneasy feeing
that maybe II wont be possible
Which indicates that a session
OF Congress called to consider now
this country should behave in the
face of a general war in Europe
would not be. an instrument to regis
ter backbone opinion already
formed, but would be a body whose
primary task was to help the coun-
try make up its mind.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
You re Telling Me-

Now's the time for thrifty young
men to get married. The bride
hardly would insist on honey
moon tour of Europe.
Times must be booming. Today,
again, we couldn't find down.
town parking place.
1t takes 80 gallons of sap to
make one gallon OF maple syrup.
But one gallon of something else
can easily create 80 saps.
In America thousands Of young
men in uniforms are marching OF
to the training camps. But don't
get eXcited-they're football players,
or hope to be.
Astronomers announce a new
giant star named "Wolf-457" Bet
they discovered it at the door of
our universe.
More than 10000 American-made
taxicabS roam the streets of Toxic
Japan-we read Gosh, they may
blame that on us, too!
1t is estimated that, conserva-
lively, the American public owes
the medical profession $3.50 ,000,-
900 in unpaid bills. How's your
headache, doc?
Perhaps the reason some Of the
statements being made by one or
two OF those European statesmen
sound SO incoherent is that they're
being made from bomb-proof shell
ters.
Just when we got around to
thinking they had given up the
habit, another Japanese cabinet
resigns.
Somebody ought to tell Hitler
and those other chaps that the
only man in the world to make
real money out Of fighting these
last few years is Detroit boy
named Joe Louis
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10

Although Russell Sage, famed
financier, declared people will
never go into a hole to ride,
approximately 5,400,000 citizens OF
New York now ride the subways.
In the boom period prior to 1929,
Americans spent twice as much
annually on doctors as now.
There are more than 100 va
rieties OF poisonous fishes living
both in temperate and tropic waters
the world over.
Sam Houston, hero of Texas,
spent his l3 years in the senate
whiting sticks of wood.
Amber may be picked up on
the coast Of Lithuania on the
Baltic.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10

When the 125 peacemakerS fin
ished their five-month wrangle at
Versailles and emerged in June,
1919, with a treaty of 453 pages,
the world saw a document such as
it had never seen before.
Though it is the custom today
to deride this voluminous pact, it
is likely that no war settlement be-
fore it embodied the results of so
much study or SO comprehensive
an effort to set up an order that
gave hope for the future.
The ink was scarcely dry on the
signatures, however, before pages
began to be torn out of the treaty.
The United States refused to Sign,
or join the League of Nations set
up in the first part of the treaty.
The provisions for trial Of the
kaiser and other German leaders
were never carried out.
The reparationS provisions went
next. Scaled down under the Young
and Dawes plans, they were finally
abandoned under the Hoover mora
torium of 1881.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10

Disarmament of Germany was at
first enforced, but none of the other
signatories ever disarmed as pro-
vided by the treaty. Germany then
tossed the disarmament provisions
into the waStebaSket in 1885 and
1896, and violated other clauses by
remilitarization and fortification OF
the Rhineland. The Kiel Canal
internationaflzed was retaken by
Germany, and Helgoland reforti-
fled.
The independence of Austria and
of Czechoslovakia were specifically
guaranteed by the treaty. Ger
many has conquered both. and seiz-
ed Memel. 1t now threatens the
independent existence of Poland.
similarly guaranteed.
Some of the provisions, like the
Saar plebiscite, have been carried
out. Others, like those providing
exchange of prisoners, are obsolete.
Gradually the pages have been
torn from the voluminous book of
Versailles, and their fragments scat
tered all over Europe. What re-
mains of the treaty?
OF its 440 articles, about l25 still
have nominal force. They cover;
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10

When I was
five years old,
my mother died
and I had to
live with rela-
tives who didn't
want me. My
aunt never missed
an opportunity to
scorch me, either
with a lash or
her tongue. The
few times she
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
CARNEGIE

The following letter from Mrs.
Mary Rickett. 141 South Meridian
Street, indianapolis, Ind, is en-
tered in the How l Overcome an
InferioritY Complex" contest.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10

Mussolini has almost achieved the i'm
possible. He's almost as silent over the
German-Polish crisis as is the League of
Nations.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10

Another item that leaves US virtually
indifferent is the announcement that the
market price of rattlesnake venom is now
S25 an ounce.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
Words of Wisdom

Great men never make bad use
of their superiority they see 1t,
and feel 1t, and are not less mod
est. The more they have the more
they know their own deficiencies
Rousseau.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
THOUGHTS for the Day

Jesus saith unto him. Thomas. because thou hast
me, thou hast believed: blessed they that
have not seen, and yet have beleved.-John 2O29
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

One Minute Test
l. How is the French winter
resort, Cannes, pronounced? ,...,,s
2. What famous astronomical
observatory was RECENTLY struck
by falling plane? ..a
3. What island in Sandusky bay,
Ohio, was the site of a Union pri-
son for Confederate prisoners dur
ing the Civil War?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
TOday's Horoscope

TOdayS Horoscope
The next year will be good to
those whose birthdays are on this
date. They will gain through
strangers and secret information.
The child born today will possess
a sympathetic and understanding
nature, and yet will be shrewd and
practical. Success will come through
artistic ability or use OF intuitive
powers.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
Horoscope for Sunday

Horoscope for Sunday
The coming year will be mainly
favorable to those whose BIRTH
days are on this date. They should
however, guard against some slight
piece OF deception. The child born
today will have a slightly pessi-
mistic nature, liable to worry un-
necessarily, If born in the morning.
If born in the afternoon, however.
the nature will be bouyant and Op-
timistic and fortune will be favor
able. ea
One Minute Test Answers
/. Kan, with the "a" as in the
word ask. i.
3. Lick observatory, on Mount
Hamilton, in the coast range, Cal
ifornia
8. Johnson island.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-10
Hints on Etiquette

HInCS OH EtIquctte
II you receive an invitation con-
tanning the names of several host
esses, reply to the one whose name
heads the list. She is probably
the one at whose home the affair
Is to take place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28

yard Cor worlds Fair") station, outside the Fair.
 If they use the IRT subway, they need only find where the Flushing trains leave at And street station. and then stay on until Willets Point Boulevard c'World's Fair") Station is reached.
 Local bus companies will also pro- vide service to the Fair. One com pany's buses will leave from Both street between 9th and 7th avenues and will charge 70 cents for a round trip. Open-top buses can be picked up on Fifth avenue.
 WATER ROUTE IS
 SIGHTSEEING TOUR A speedboat corporation will run streamlined boats from the foot of 18th street and East River to the Fair at a cost of SIPS one way, $2.OO round trip. Another company will run excursion boats from the Battery, and rides to the Fair will cost 50 cents for adults, 30 cents for children.
 Once out at the Fair, MT. and Mrs American will pay 75 cents to get inside the gates. Virtually all of the business exhibits with their rides, shows, movies, dramas and whatnots are free, as are the Fed eral, State and foreign exhibits. It will cost nothing to enter the amusement area but each conces- ] sion will charge an entrance ice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
Catholic Church Gains
 During 1889 Reviewed
65.043 Converts OficiaIy Reported z39 O31 ten eraI Membership Increase; Educational Institutions

The Roman Catholic population of the United States reached total of 21 ,4O6 ,507 in 1898, according to ng- ures in the Ofiicial Catholic Direc- tory. published yesterday in New york by P. J. Remedy & Sons. This marks an increase of 239,827 mem bers over the previous year.
 There were 65, ,943 converts re- ceived into the church last year. Q gain of 2,247 over the figure for the year 1887.
 Schools, Colleges
 The directory shows that 2,106,97O children attend Catholic elementary schools in the United Statse, the iri- crease being considerable in the past year. Enrolment in Catholic high schools, junior high schools and academies totalled 41,273.
 There were 1s1 Catholic colleges for men at the time of the survey, with GIT colleges and academies for women, 1862 Catholic high schools, and 7,561 parochial grammar schools. These figures all represent gains over the year before.
 A total of 18,757 parishes and mis- sions in the United States was re- ported, gain of 329. The number of Catholic clergy increased by 872 to a figure of 33,540. This includes both secular priests and members Of religious orders.
 The increase in Catholic popula- ton last year was greater than in the past several years, the directory states.
 Hierarchy
 No change was reported in the number of archdiocese and diocese, there being nineteen of tn former and 96 of the latter. There are 133 active cardinals, archbishops and bishops in the country, one more than last year.
 The largest archdiocese is that of Chicago, with 100000 members. The Boston archdiocese has 1,207, ,000 Catholics, and the New York arch- diocese 100000.
 The largest diocese is that of Brooklyn, N. Y., where there are 1,- 9,054 members of the Catholic church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28

o. will there be special half dollar issued for the New York Worlds Fair? Miss M. P. M., Wa terbury. :,
 A. hardly think so. F. D. R. is set against commentaries as is the chairman. of the committee in charge of reporting the new bills to Congress. All commemorative coin bills except one, weren't reported out of committee last year, and died there. The one that got out passed both the House and Senate but the president withheld his approval on the bill, as result we had no new commemorative half dollar issues last year.
 o. have a dime dated 1857. Is 1t worth any more than face value?
 Mrs. H. H., Waterbury.
 A. This piece is quite common and commands no premium.
 o. Have the following coins any special value? 1922, 1843 and 1846 large cents, 1857 flying eagle cent. 1864 and 1868 two cent pieces, 1867 nickel three cent piece, 1867 silver three cent piece (very small with star), 1840 and 1853 half dimes? S.. V. O., Waterbury.
 A. These pieces are all quite com- mon except the 1867 silver three en epcti ecwhich isetaoinshrdcmf1- cent piece which is scarce and com mands a premium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
LUST IN CASE YOU ARE
 INTERESTED"

Visitors to the New York Worlds Fair, opening April 30 in honor of the 150th anniver- sary of the inauguration of George Washington, will find over 600 items of money bearing the likeness of Washington on the Chase National bank per- manent Collection of Moneys of the World, 46 Cedar St., New York City, adjoining the head office of the bank. These Wash ington items, comprising bills, notes, revenue stamps and coins, are only a part of the more than 50,000 pieces of money comprising the Chase collection, one of the most comprehensive in the world.
 The earliest Washington item and one of the most unusual, is 3 coin privately minted in 17SS, which s h 0ws Washington crowned with laurel and wear ing 8 toga. The smallest like ness of Washington, the size of baby's thumb nail, appears on 2 $l0.00 bill issued I'm 1860 by the Bank of the State of Geor- gia at Savannah. An amusing item is the $1.OO silver certifi- cate of 1896 with portraits of George and Martha Washing ton. Legend has it that the bill was withdrawn on the grounds that no "one" should come be-, tween man and wife. Also in the collection is an original check made out by Washington for $113.02, payable to Luke Tiernan, June 13, 17S9.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28

Or they can take any of the city's three subway lines and ride out for 5 cents.
 For the sake of simplicity, let us assume they get on at the And street Crimes Square) station of all the subway lines. If they use the 9th Avenue Independent (city- owned) line, they should take the train marked "E" on the uptown" side and ride to Continental avenue station, there transferring to a train marked worlds Fair". On alighting they will have to pay an other 5 cents. But this line will bring them to the amusement area of the Fair, special consideration, for the Fair is spacious.
 If they use the BMT subway, they should take "local" train on the uptown" side of 42nd street station and ride to Queens Plaza station. There a blue-and-orange- painted train will pick them up and take them to Willets Point Boule-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28

The Hotel Association of New York city says these rates will be maintained. Inquiry at several hotels reveals that there may be some rate increases, however.
 If they prefer, MT. and Mrs. American can stay in furnished room or apartment. Furnished rooms in all of New York's five boroughs and in its suburbs will be available for $1.50 per day and up. By search ing around, visitors may be able to find lower daily or weekly rates, eS- pecially in suburban areas. Fur nished apartments usually cost from $1O per week up. Visitors can get information from newspaper ad columns or by phoning the Fairs information service-WOrld's Fair 6-1939.
 EATING PRESENTS
 EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES Food should not present a prob- lem to MT. and Mrs. American for the city contains thousands of eat ing places. Breakfast begins at IS cents, luncheon at 25 cents, din- ners at 35 cents, in the many self service cafeterias where most of New York's population eats. In the popular service restaurants each
 meal begins at 10 or IS cents more Visitors have many means at their disposal for reaching the Fair
 They can take Long Island R R. train Cat the Pennsylvania Sta tion) for 10 cents which brings them | to the Fair in 10 minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
THE TREE

The big old tree stands in her bed Of white snow covered ground. Her empty branches lift ahead To summers naScent sound Whose murmur Is the tinge of pink EmbeIlishing the sky. It promises that cold will sink And for . short time die Until the arms that plead for clothes will satisfy their need And in entrancing fashion pose Before the year takes heed.
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