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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
|PLATTS MILLS
TO HOLD PARTY
Fifth Annual Christmas
Event Scheduled for
December n

The nth annual Christmas party
Of the platts Mills Community Asso-
citation, Inc, will be held Friday
night, December 22nd, in the res
taurant Of the Bristol Co. at 7:15
o'clock.
Every resident Of Platts Mills
young or old, Is cordially invited To
attend. The committee In charge ID
working hard to plan an evening
that will be enjoyed by ell. The &C.
tivities will start with o program Of
entertainment by the young people
Of the village, those attending Lin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
I new MEMBERS
FOR BETA M-Y
Gordon Gentles Directs
Initiation Ceremony for
Y Club

Seven new members were initiated
by the Beta Hi-Y Club at the Y. M.
9. A. last night. Gordon Gentles,
club adviser, was In charge Of the
exercises.
The new members are Kenneth
Byrne, Victor Baker, Charles Fallo-
well, Charles Greenlaw, William
Stillwell, Donald Lyon, william Bor-
molini.
The following were nominated for
office In the election to be held at
the next meeting:
For president, Bernard Burns, Jr.,
Raymond Fem, Jr., and Robert
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
FOSTER NAMED TO
PLANT SALES FORCE

Charles O. Foster, unsuccessful
Republican candidate for mayor In
last months last city election, has
been appointed o member Of the
sales force Of the Plume q Atwood
Mfg. Co. He will work from the
Arms New York Office but will
maintain his home In this city.
Mr.. Foster Is @ former employe
Of the American Brass Co. He
served as city purchasing agent I'M
der the late Controller Sherwood l.,
Rowland,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
YOUNG COP CLUB
MEETING CANCELLED

The meeting Of the Young Mems
Republican club scheduled for to-
night has been cancelled. The next
session will be the annual meeting,
TO be held Jan. II.
It Is pointed out that the only
ones eligible to vote are those whose
dues are fully paid UP and who have
been members Of the club for at
least 30 days. The present slate Of
ofacers Is headed by President Har-
old Post.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
BANKING, CURRENCY
TO BE DISCUSSED

Banking and currency will be the
subjects under discussion at q meet
ing Of the Women's Republican club
Monday night. The session was
scheduled to be held last night but
was postponed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

cooperation. Mr.. Eddy covered Q
wide field Of current events In his
address and emphasized that this
country cannot remain aloof from
the European situation.
There Is already talk In Eng
land and France" Mr.. Eddy
said, "of q peace conference at
which all the nations Of the world
will be welcome. That certainly
includes us and was probably
meant to include us. It q not Q
matter Of cooperation as Q neigh.
borly gesture for US, but o mat
ter Of self interest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

Porter Street school here.
Among the other speakers were
DR.. Millicent Pond, Rev. Or. Eugene
p. Cryne, Commissioner John J.
Walsh Of the Board Of Education,
John J. McGurk, Attorney Michael
j. Galullo, Miss Kathleen Crowley,
Roy Walch and Patrick wallace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

Wakeley; for vice-president, Robert
Waters, Francis Lovett and William
Herr; secretary, Kenneth Byrne,
Sidney Shapiro, Jack Plummer;
treasurer, william Stilwell, Robert
Goodenough and Robert Hayes.
The present officers are: Pres
ident, Robert Shumway; vice-pres-
ident, Bernard Burns, Jr.: secretary,
Robert Wakeley; treasurer, Ray
mond Fem, Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
Marlnette Shops a NS%
1856 GRAND STREET

Hear the xmRs carols every day
from II o. m. 20 2i3O D. m. and
between B and Q d. m. Fancy
candles for the Xmas table from
lSc and $500. Lovely silver and
brass candle snuffers. Fireplace
moss TO make your Xmas fire
say. 26c pkg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
AMERICAS ROLE
IS POINTED OUT

d. Brewer Eddy, speaking at the
Women's club yesterday afternoon
stated that Americas role in the in
ternational field should be one Of
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
WAR ALREADY WON
BY RUSSIA
(Oroville Mercury-Register)

(Oroville Mercury -Register)
Just home from Europe, Albion Ross,
newspaper observer, says that the war
already has been won-not by Britain,
France or Germany, but by Russia. By
the same token, Germany already has
lost the war-to Russia.
Ross says there are two theories of
the ''comradeship" between Stain and
Hitler "One is that there is new syn
thesis of world politics developing; a
new world from the Rhine to Vladivos-
tok; development that will be the pre-
dominant in the world for the next two
centuries. If that is true one must ac-
cept and try to get along with it. You
may drive it back but you can't break it.
With German organization and Russian
resources, this will then be very diff
cult world for the rest of us.
The other possibility is that Mr.. Sta
i'm is not Hitler'S dear comrade, but had
good, smart 18th century diplomatic
idea" Already, that idea or that COM
radeship has obtained for Russia what
Russia could not obtain alone from Po-
land in 1921, and has given Russia
widened Influence that must be intensely
disquieting to Germany, as it is to the
rest of the world.
Ross, who was in Berlin when the war
broke out, says that the Germans, like
the French, the British and the Polish,
did not want war. Nobody wanted war,
but Hitler took one grab too many and
here it is-not to end unless Hitler backs
out of Poland, which he will not do.
Those are our conclusions, not Ross's.
In his talk before the San Francisco
Commonwealth club, from which these
excerpts are taken, Ross concluded that
France will take any reasonable offer
that will give her some sort of security"
and that ''the only people who want to
tear up the German empire are the Brit
ish cockneys." He adds that there is
definite desire on all sides to try to get
together to stop this thing"
Yet there seems also to be determina-
tion to stop Hitler, while hoping that he
does not have a real comrade in Stain.
Meanwhile, Turkey, which has a great
deal at stake, has bet on the allies to win
the war unless Russia takes an active
part and has acted to block Italy out of
it.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22

wouldn't MAKE 81 Calls d udy' IVA
turally that was not the only reason
but he declared it was the chief
reason. They loafed; they hung
around the office; they wrote let
ters: they made all kinds OF eX-
cuses, they refused to force them
selves to pound the pavement until
they had interviewed thirty pros
pective customers day.
realize that man might make
fifty calls day and still fail if he
didn't have the right article, the
right price and the ability to meet
and deal with people. But let me
repeat, this man who hires ten
thousand statesmen a year said his
biggest problem was to get men
who would work hard at interview
ing people week after week, month
after month, and year after year.
If you are salesman, remember
these two things. First, the only
time you ever have a chance to
make any money is when you the
actually talking to someone who can
buy your product. Second, remember
that the best way and the easiest
way to make more calls is to set a
goal for yourself and force your
self to live up to that goal
Goodwin Watson says, in his
public affairs pamphlet entitled,
How Good Are Our Colleges
.The knowledge that counts, for
any individual, is what he has really
mastered, and worked into his
thinking as ready aid in under
standing"
How much of the knowledge that
you acquired in school have you
worked into your thinking as a
ready aid in understanding? My
guess as to the average person
would be: precious little.
In the large industrial mills in
Shanghai, young girls work twelve
hours a day for three years for
guess how much? Fifteen dollars
per week? No. The SIS is for three
years work. The average Chinese
or japanese farmer does much bet
ter. He may make as much as SIS
in one year-with his family helping
him.
Let's stop complaining about con-
ditions in America, and thank our
lucky stars that we were born in
the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
MEhFnKR
POOR ADVICE FROM A
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Don't bother to take care of YOURSELF
let the government do it,
That, in essence, is the advice o. B.
Williamson, Long Beach high school
principal, would have high school teach
ers throughout California give to their
pupils. He didn't put it in those words
when he addressed the Northern Califor-
MIA Teachers Association convention at
Sacramento this week, but it is hard to
find any other meaning for the words
he did use.
Williamson advised the instructors to
teach youth Ito spend his money so it
will do the most good, but don't stress
saving" the United Press reported. He
advocated rigid excess profits tax as
means of forcing industry to spend sur
pluses and thereby restore a balance be-
tween purchasing power and investment
in capital goods"
Then he went farther. One means of dis
couraging private saving and restoring
purchasing power, he said, would be es-
tabliShment of social security program
that embodied adequate old age pensions,
unemployment insurance and health and
disqualification services.
1t would be grand indeed if all of us
could go gaily through life spending
every cent we make, not having to worry
about bills, never caring where our next
cent is coming from but sure that it will
come-from the government, if neces-
sary. 1t would be grand-if we could do
it without suffering the consequence.
Unfortunately, we can't.
For everyone who receives a dollar
from the federal government, whether it
is in the form of pension or jobless in
surance, somebody else has to put
dollar in. Everyone who lives at the pub
lie expense is supported by someone else.
Every aged pensioner who has not saved
enough for his old age, but must be sup
ported by the government, is burden on
some younger person whose days of pro-
duction are still at their peak.
What Mr. Williamson would bring
about, if he could, is shuffling of the
economic picture so that half the popu-
lation would at all times be supporting
the other half.
What he forgets is that money placed
in a savings account is not money taken
out of circulation, but is money which
one person entrusts to a group of others
for investment in productive enterprise.
Saving does not cut down purchasing
power-but it does cut down public and
private debt And debt is the worst enemy
of purchasing power
1t is to be hoped the majority of Cali
fornia educators are more soundly versed
in practical economics than Mr.. William
SON.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
PROPOSE HELP
FOR STRANDED MIGRANTS

One of the innumerable compli-
cations in the problem of the dis
possessed sharecropper, tenant far
mer, and "dust bowl" migrant is
that of relief. The Department of
Agriculture estimates that some
35O,OOO families in this group have
gone adrift in recent years.
They wander into other states,
and when they fail to find work
fall into dire distress, since the
local authorities naturally tend to
deny relief to them on the ground
that they are not residents of the
state.
CONGRESSMAN Jerry Voorhis hopes
to get public hearings this winter
on a bill he has introduced to meet
this situation. He would have the
federal government make grants to
reimburse states for money spent
on relief for out-of-state people.
Under his proposal, administra-
ton of this relief would be han
died locally, subject to the general
approval of some federal agency
such as the Social Security Board.
Incidentally, Farm Security Ad-
ministration officials say that while
a number of families were set adrift
this fall by drouth in the southwest,
a few of them headed west. They'd
heard too many stries about people
like themselves who went to Cali
fornia in search of work and could
Mt find 1t.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22

The innocents pay in war almost
in the same proportion as the bel
ligerents. The little nations which
aren't interested in conflict are
finding out again it costs a lot to
remain neutral. Even the United
States. thousands of miles away
from the war zones, is beginning
to fork over.
The price of war for belligerents
is terrific enough. Germany has a
IL billion dollar war budget this
year. The British budget contem-
plates an expenditure of five billion
dollars and the French little more
than two billions. None of these
figures takes into account the en-
ormous pre-war expenditures. After
all, most European nations have
been expecting trouble for some
time.
There is no way to tell what the
war bill after IL weeks really is.
Someone estimated the cost to bel
ligerents to average about 100 mil
lion dollars a day-a little more
than four million an hour. This
is just a rough guess. 1t may be
much higher.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE
LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE

1t begins to look as if the state of New
York has no case against Fritz Kuhn,
leader of the German-American bund,
who is charged with grand theft. Kuhn
may be convicted-but considerable doubt
of his technical guilt will remain, be-
cause a man cannot be guilty of stealing
money that is given to him.
Kuhn admits freely that he used money
from the bund treasury to foot bills
for at least two women friends. The
state charges that, in so doing, he en-
bezzled the funds. Bund officials other
than Kuhn have testified, however, that
under the Leadership principle" followed
by the bund, the leader can do whatever
he wants to with the funds entrusted
to him. In other words, the money is
his for whatever purpose he wants.
The testimony, while it may free Kuhn.
throws new light on those misguided
ones who contribute the money.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
WOULD EASE
RUILDJNG PAYMENT

At least one and possibly several
attempts to liberalize the Federal
Housing Act in the hope OF stimu-
lating low-priced home construction
will be made at the next session OF
Congress. One senator-a Repupl-
can, by the way-is now drafting
a bill which would make it possible
to build a home under FILA fin
ancing without making any down
payment whatever.
He proposes to have this apply
to construction costing less than
$4,000, and to stipulate 10 per
cent down payment on homes cost
ing more than that.
His argument is that there are
plenty of people whose annual in
comes are enough to enable them
to pay for a house, but that the
down payment proposition is a
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Famous Sayings

WASHINGTON.-There are gov
ernment sleuths in Washington who
wouldn't be at all surprised if Chi
cago presently had new outbreak
of gang warfare in the old style.
These feds" interpret the recent
murder of Edward j. O'Hare,
wealthy race track owner, as a
possible curtain raiser.
Al Capone walked out of
prison a free man Nov. 10. OHare,
back in the days of Capone's great
ness, ran dog track for him and
was an important figure in his Or
ganization. Since Capone's impris-
onment, O'Hare has risen to riches
he did not have in the old days.
One rumor is that Capone was
turned down when he tried to levy
on OHare for contribution to
help pay the $4,000 in tax liens
which Capone must pay before his
release is final.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
A BUSY KING
CRiverside PresS)

1t is just too bad that King George of
England couldn't act as judge in the
beauty contest at the University of South
Carolina, and pick the seven prettiest
girls for Photographic display in the col
lege yearbook. But the kings secretary,
or equerry, or somebody, was courteous
about it. He wrote in reply:
81 am sorry to say that His Majesty,
King George, will be unable to select the
beauties for your annual. The king is
very busy comforting with his ministers
on the war situation, and has no time
for the lighter-if-finer things of life"
The British are sometimes amused and
sometimes annoyed by us Americans. We
probably seem to the staid, conventional
British, very often, like creatures from
another planet. We say and think and
do weird things. But we're not always
so queer or dumb as we seem. And to
tell the plain truth, we don't always
mean well,' either. We sometimes take
an evil joy in pretending innocence and
simplicity while we poke up foreigners.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S U Nj M o N S

SUM IONS
No. 1919
In The Superior Court of The State
of California, in and for The
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
ADELAIDE ELLITHORPE, ct al,
Defendants.
The People of The State Of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
ADELAIDE ELLITHORPE, RUTH
EILITHORPE WILKINSON, OS-
CAR TILLEY, JANE DOE T1LLEY,
his wife, r. ]. OTTO, R. j. RICE,
JOHN r. SLIMMON, MARGARET
]. SLIMMON, also known as MAR
GARET SLIMMON, JOHN DOE,
JANE DOE, RICHARD ROE, JOHN
DOE COMPANY, a Corporation,
RICHARD ROE COMPANY, a CO.
partnership, and j. DOE as Ad-
ministrator or Administrative OF
the Estate of r. Roe, Deceased,
Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint In
an action entitled cs above brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State OF
California, within ten days after the
service on you of this Summons-lf
served within this county; or with
in thirty days if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take Judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court. for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal Of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 9th day of August, 1889.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk
o. 18 25-N. / 8 Is % 29-D. 6 10 20
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22

Even if the neutral countries nev-
er get into the war. they will spend
millions of dollars to preserve their
neutrality. Holland has evacuated
people from large areas and is
ready to flood the land to drive
back any invader. Belgium has
built a little Maginot line" to pro-
tect her border.
Switzerland has concentrated on
strengthening her Alpine fortresses
and on safeguarding the nation
against the consequences of in
trigue hatched within her borders.
The geographical position of Swift
erland and the democracy of her
government lend themselves admir-
ably to international agents and
refugees.
All the smaller, neutral nations
of Europe have been compelled to
arm themselves to the hilt. They
have learned from the experience
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL-ss.
On this 18th day Of November,
1899. before me, H. r. Anderson, a
Notary Public in and for said Coun-
ty and State, personally appeared
Willis II. Carey and Dunbar G.
Carey, known to me to be the per-
sons whose names are subscribed to
the within Instrument, and acknowl-
edged to me that they executed the
same.
witness my hand and official seal
H. r. ANDERSON,
Notary Public in and for said
County and State.
(Notarial SeaD ~ %
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22

ed other men to
sell the product
he manufactured.
He is now worth
millions. He hires
t hous a n d Is o +
statesmen every
year-about half
of them fail to
make the grade.
I asked him why.
He said the chief
reason was:they
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22

One-Minute Test Answers
/. Clifford Pinchot.
2. Marionettes.
3. In the fact that after the Rev.
olutionary war Continental congress
paper money was virtually worth
less, due to the lack of a sufficient
gold reserve.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENDED SALE

Notice is hereby given that we
will sell to T. H. Hamilton of Ell
Centre, California. that certain
business known as 1.-The Town
Pump, located at 1l03 Main Street,
in the City of Ell Centro, County of
Imperial, State of California.
Said sale to be held at the office
of the Security Title Insurance and
Guarantee Company, 678 Main
Street, Ell Centro, California, on
November 25, 1899, at the hour of
HOO O'Clock AM.
Dated this 18th day of November
1899.
WILLIS II. CAREY,
DUNBAR G. CAREY,
Vendors,
Address: 678 Main St.,
El Centro, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

|. What former governor of
PENNSYLVANIA advocated the con-
servation of the United States for
ests in Theodore Roosevelt's admin
iStration?
2. What name is given to puppets
worked by strings?
3. Where did the expression, Il
don't care a continental originate?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Today'S Horoscope

IOudyS horoscope
The year commencing for those
whose birthday is on this date,
will be fairly good as far as bus
mess is concerned. They should,
however, safeguard their health,
especially in the autumn, and guard
against deception. The child born
today will be artistic, clever and
ambitious and fortunate in most
things. However, health must be
watched carefully.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Dale
CARNEGIE

Recently I talked to one of the
largest employers of statesmen in
the world. This man tried his hand
at door to door selling; and Sue
cended so well that be later train
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
Everyone Pays for a War

of other peoples that they cannot
accept statesmen's promises that
the neutrality of small nations will
be respected. They have had to
build up and equip their armies,
buy munitions, set up strong walls
of defense.
Someone must pay for all this.
The warning powers aren't going to
foot the bills of neutrals, even if
the belligerents are responsible for
the expenses. SO the money will
have to come from the same old
place it always comes from-the
people.
In most European countries, taxes
have already gone up. They will
continue to climb as the war pro-
crosses. Everything the people buy
is being taxed. Most of the simple
pleasures of their lives are subject
to levies. Where taxes did not
exist before, they are collected now.
On commodities and services that
were nominally taxed, the rates
have become exhorbitant.
Fighting is an expensive luxury
costly to the innocent and guilty
alike.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22

A check forger, posing as doctor, Or
dered a floral piece shaped like stetho-
scope and was trapped because he could
MT spell it. 1t would have been easier if
he had asked for something shaped like
a measle.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Words Of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom
Our delight in any particular
study, art or science rises and i'm
proves in proportion to the appli-
cation which we bestow upon it.
Thus, what at first was an exercise
becomes at length an entertainment.
Addison.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

hump they can't get over. BY re-
moving it, he hopes wide new
field of construction would be
opened.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Photographs

Swiss engineers are said TO have
discovered a new method for erect
ing huge structures of cement which
depend for their strength upon their
peculiar contour.
The rams horn shofar, used in
Jewish religious rites 5000 years
ago, is still used today, unchanged
in like ceremonies.
Nearly 40 per cent of the popula-
ton of San Antonio, Tex, is Mex
lean
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Hints on Etiquette

Hints on Etiquette
A woman should rise when intro
duced to an older woman, or to a
woman of her own age; not to a
younger woman.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
thoughts for the Day

Ye sec then how that by works man is justified
and not by faith ony.-James 3:24.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-13
Antitrust RuIinq
Hits Double Film,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (UP)-
The Supreme Court today approx
ed an antitrust decree enioining
major motion picture distributors
from prohibiting, by contract. ex-
hibition of certain films in Texas
as part of double feature programs.
The antitrust decree involved
was issued by special three judge
northern Texas Federal District
Court, 1t also outlawed contract
ural prohibitions enforced by eight
major film distributors against eX-
hibition of the same films at per-
formances for which the evening
charge is less than 25 cents.
The litigation was instituted by
the government under the Sher-
man ANTITRUST law 1t charged il
legal conspiracy in restraint of
trade by the distributors, the In
terstate Circuit. Inc. Texas con
solidatd Theaters, Inc, and Karl
Hobitzelle and r. j. ODonnell,
operators OF the theatCr chains.