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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
BE RIcmARD 2; IloTTELET

Berlin, Sept. l-- (Up) = German planes using lnfra.ree rays photos eraphed and bombed ebieeiiyeb Co England in Falds at dawn today. hAsi informailiA afsefiod, alid oauss ed eoneiosfable destruction aad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
THREE CONNECTS
 SURRENDERED

Continued from Page D
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
the PROPAGANDA OF
WAR ROLLS FORWARD

We're going to have to ease up Uh
our neutrality law restrictions.
"We're going to have to extend credit
to the allies, or face economic disaster III
this country.
"The United States must fight IN the
Pacific if Europe's war extends to the
Netherlan
''lf the war lasts two years more we
cannot help going in.
Tommyrot
From people who should know better,
from some high up in the administration,
the remarks quoted above have come ia
the last few weeks.
What are they trying to do? Break
down the American determination that
never again shall American blood be
spilled on the European backgrounds?
A selected delegation of midwestern
and western newspaper editors returned
last week from conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt at Washington to report
that the President himself was visibly
disappointed at the extreme anti-war at
titude of the newspaper men-an attl-
tude which merely reflected the views
of their communities.
Such disappointment could mean only
one thing-that the President has been
considering seriously the proposition of
going into this war.
Why should We?
What difference is there now from the
days when the neutrality act was rushed
through?
There isn't any-eXcept that the allied
nations, Britain and France, have had
more time to get their propaganda ma
chimes working. They've had more time
to sell administration officials on the
belief that it is the United States duty
once again to save the world for democ
racy."
Well, We want none of it.
What if some of our munitions factor
les do suffer because they can't grant
credits to belligerents? We'd rather have
them lose money than have our boys
manned and killed in the mud of Europe
Who. in this country. is being hurt by
our neutrality law? Perhaps a few who
would gamble with the lives Of others
Otherwise the sufferers are the Euro
pean nations And we care more for our
skins than theirs
When somebody tells you we've got
to fight, ask them why. Remember, they
told us the same story in 1916 We be-
lieved them then. Let's not be that fool
ish again.
This war is none of our affair.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
GET IT PASSED

Californians should be one hundred
per cent behind the effort of the Califor-
MIA Federation Of Women's Clubs to out
law abuse of the initiative at state cleo
tions by:
l. Making it impossible to bring up
defeated initiative measures again for
at least four years;
2. Making it impossible for special
elections to be called to consider initia-
tive measures;
3. Providing that initiative measures
can be presented only at non-gubernator
ial elections;
A. Providing that no initiative may in
clude the names of men or women to be
elected; and
5. Providing that carriers of petitions
must obtain signers without receiving
any fee for their service.
If those rules were voted into force,
California would go long way toward
escaping from the designation of "crack-
pot" state it is more and more receiving
from other regions.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Willis Thornton's Editorial On:
Let Us Call Forth Our Powers

Build Amcrica!" is the battle
cry of the Chamber of Commerce OF
the United States as it approaches
its annual meeting April 29May 8
in Washington.
II is stirring cry, the imperative
t3 build. in the midst of a world
which is using most of its energies
TO tear down.
The chamber, federation of bus
mess and ir'lU-t ial organizations
including 100 local bodies and
thousands OF indiv dual firms, has
set magni- cent roal for its SeS-
SionS.
New fields lie ahcad-ncw fields
fer expansion. new fields for science
and invention. new fields for pro-
duction opening wider viStaS for
the distribution of necessities. the
comforts and luXurics of life to our
entire population. New horizons
beckon in education, in cultural de-
velopment. in all those directions
that will make for a better country
in which TO live
So reads the chambers announce
ment, and it is true. These are oul
tasks. these our goals. The note is
positive. the tone constructive. On,
such objectives all will agree, from
John Lewis, president of the G. l. O,
to w. Gibson Carey, jr., the cham
bcrs president.
Ten bitter years have driven homo
the lesson to all of us that there
is no stable prosperity even for tho
very rich unless the vast mass OF
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
THE RIGHT
TO PICKET
(Wall Street JournaD

Two state laws regulating and in fact
prohibiting the practice of picketng in
labor disputes have been declared invalid
by the Supreme Court. AS it must. the
country takes its basic law from the Su-
preme Court. The individual citizens
freedom peaceably to express his convic-
tionS is inviolable: the constitution guar
anty thereof and the vigilance of the iu-
dietary to protect it from injury form
the very cornerstone of our free political
system.
AS the Court itself is careful to point
out, the power and duty of the state to
preserve the peace is not impaired by a
scrupulouS regard for the citizens right
Of self-expresSion. The majority opin-
ion remarks that the peace is not breach
ed when one person approaches the
premises of an employer; it notes that
in the Alabama case the Court was not
dealing with 'picketirg Ell masSe." In rul-
ing on the California case the Court de
scribes "pubicizing the facts of a labor
dispute in a peaceful way through APP
propriate means, whether by pamphlet,
by word of mouth or by banner" as COM
ing within that liberty of communica-
tion which is secured to every person by
tne 14ln AlleluileHl against dDlluSlltul
by the state
A layman may observe that though
the Court emphasizes the peaceful ma
ture of certain acts which these state
laws wrongfuly undertook to forbid, it
does not here essay definition of the
familiar expression, peaceful picket
ing 1t is a reasonable inference that
the Court saw no occasion to go beyond
the issues presented by the two cases be-
fore it in order to make that definition.
In other cases, very likely, it will be-
come necessary for the courts clearly to
draw the line between the individuals
constitutional right of free speech on
the one hand and breaches of the peace
on the other.
Certainly We are not to understand
from these two decisions that the Su-
preme Court, in carefully protecting the
citizens priceless freedom of utterance,
has legalized everything that has been
or may be done under the guisc of So
called peaceful pickoting.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

the people are prosperous.
II is scarcely to be expected that
the men meeting with the chamber
will suddenly agree that present
methods of trying to attain the very
goals they have set forth are ideal.
They will certainly commend other
paths than those now being travelled.
But the important thing is the
goal The important thing is that all
agree on what is desirable to
achieve. And certainly such agree
ment on objectives ought to form a
bond even between those who fa-
vor different means OF reaching
those objectives.
Sterile and ill-humOrcd picking
OH business by government agencies
will not help. Sterile and indiS-
criminate opposition to government
measures by business will not help.
The goal must not be forgotten
in the midst of pickering over me-
thod. The chamber has we'll set be-
for its members on the eve OF the
meeting these stirring words OF
Daniel Webster:
Let us develop the resources OF
our land. call forth its powers, bulld'
up its institutions, promote all its
great interests, and see Whether
we. also in our day and generatlon'
NAV not perform something worthy
to he remembered
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Among
Our Yesterdays

The Press of 90 years ago in Ell
Centre had a police news censorship
to contend with according to a story
IL the April 80, 1920. issue of the
paper. but the Press reporter hap
pcned to b. en- hand for court that
day and came up with this item;
Mayor O. Z. Chmstcdc, who q
week ago cave orders to the police
force to censor all police news, yes
terday stood before Judge Vaughn
Thompson. entered a plea of guilty
and paid a fine of $500
Smiles greeted the mayors APP
rcarancc before the Judge. and
erins spread over the room when a
reporter stepped up to the bench
and hstorcd TO the mayors te>fl-
monv. One of the mayors delivery
trucks had been pinchcd for traffic
violations.
The Press gave the story OF Mex
lean refugees landing in Los Angeles
a TOD spot on Page Cne as l63 pas
sengers were docked. More than nan
the passengers were Americans ano
Canadians and were reported 10 oe
millionaires.
SUGAR sold at 80 cents per pounc
Bill Hart played the lead II
Toll Bride" at the Palace theatre
Tickets we're sold out for the
Homie -Georgie Thompson flght II
the main event at the Ell Cenlr'
cit, limits arena Harry WOOD
bury was the promoter.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
BETTER MOTOR FUEL
Riverside PreSS)

There has been revolution in gasoline
motors since they were first used to pro-
pei horseless carriages, but it has been
a slow process. The Tempo however, Is
speeding up. Automobiles may have
noticed that their engines have become
smaller and lighter, even while growing
steadily more powerful. This has been
made possible by the rapid Improvement
of the fuel as we'll as the motor.
The effectiveness Of motor gasoline
is reckoned in 'octaneS,' which are
steadily rising The combustive power
Of regular grade gasoline today is about
Is octane rating Dr.. Gustav Egloff, a
Chicago research expert on motor fuel,
is said to have developed a gasoline Of
125 octane rating. which has twice the
available power of present gas.
This would be grand for motorists II
the wonder-fuel didn't cost $50 gallon
to produce But Just be patient. 1t isn't
long since the cost was $4,000 gallon.
The chemists hope to bring it dow" soon
somewhere near the present price levels.
When motors are using such fuel they
can be made considerably smaller with
out loss of power And they can be plac-
ed almost anywhere around the car. Il
fact the result may be marked change
in body design.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dessects the News

to admit mistakes, and bis cotton
planters don't get listened to very
eagerly down at Agriculture any
way. But he sold his bill OF goods.
Two alternative amendments to
the benefit law have been drafted.
One would provide that in any area
where a majority of the planters
approve. the secretary of agrlcul-
ture NAV direct the benefit money
which ordinarily would 90 to the
cropper, will simply be withheld II
the cropper is turned into a day Ia,
borer. The other is stlfter and
would make the same principl'
mandatory all over. One or inc
other will come up for acton thl'
spring,
I'd like to get back home, say
Snow. I'm tired. But when you starr
a thing like this you can't run ou'
on if until it's finished
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF
REAL ESTATE


No. 3062
In the Superior Court Of the State
of Californis, in and for the County
of Imperial. -
In the Matter of the Estate of
EMMA A. STEVENSON.
Deceased,
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned Administrators OF the
Estate of Emma A. Stevenson, De
ceased, will sell at private sale, to
the highest bidder, for cash and
subject to the confirmation by said
Superior Court. on Friday, the 3rd
day of May, 1910, or after said date,
at the office of j. F.. Simpaon III
the County Courthouse. III the City
of El Centre County of Imperial,
State Of California, all the right,
title, interest and Estate of the said
Emma A. Stevenson at the time of
her death, and ali the right, title
| and interest that tho estate has by
operat N of law or otherwise acquir-
ed other than or in addition to
! that of tho said Emma A. Stevenson
at the time of her death, in and to
that certain parcel of land parti-
cularly described as follows. to-wit:
That certain forty 40, acre parcel
of land situated, lying and being in
Imperial County. California, and
particularly described as follows:
The Southwest one fourth (SWH)
of East ono half tE'&) Tract forty
five 45), Township l6 CTl6),
Range fourteen CRl4) SBM
as per map thereof on file in the
office OF the County Recorder of
Imperia! County, as we'll as in the
office of the County Recorder OF
San Diego County, together with
appurtenanccs thcreunto belonging
Bids or offers are invited for said
property and must be in writing and
will be received at the law office of
j. E. Simpson, in the County Court
house, FL Centro, California, AttOr-
ney for said Administrative, or may
be filed with the Clerk of said
Superior Court of the STATE of Cali
forna, in and for tho County of
Imperial, or delivered to said Ad-
miniStratrix personally at any time
after the first publication of this
notice, and before the making of
said sale.
Terms and conditions of sale:
Cash in lawful money of the United
States of America. ten 10R) per
cent Of the purchase price to be
paid on the day of s,le, balance
on confirmation of sale by the
Court, said property is to be sold
subject to taxes and assessments
for the years l94O-4l.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1910.
EMMA A. RITTER.
Administrative of the Estate
OF Emma A. Stevenson. Deceas-
ed, Route |, RoX lO4, Calexlco,
California, A. 1890 incl.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
TWO PLANS
ARE DIR iFTED

Then SNOW rcally wont to work.
FIret nc sold his fellow planters his
ldoa. That IF it wa no longer to a
planrcr's financial advantage to cut
hi, croppcrs off tho land, the crop,
per you'd stay put and misery and
3art couldn't send desperate men
ou' ON tho highways. Hc oven go'
nn.f of the big planters IN tins
rcaor ~ support formal plea l"
n.n Agriculture Department 10
change the system Of benefit pay
m"n'..
Then ne came TO Washington ana
wen, 10 bat with the department
He had hard sledding, for "a ION
nmn. large bodies move sloWiN'
government departments don't lkc
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

LEGAL ADVEh lloTNLNA
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO.
No. 23533 .
In the Matter of the Estate OF
MARY A. SCOTT, also known as
MRS. d. B. SCOTT, Deceased,
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY
TAKE NOTICE that the Exccu-
tors of the above-cntitlcd estate
will, on or after May 4th, 1910, sell
at private sale, all the right title
and interest of the above entitled
estate in and to the following de-
scribed real property:
All that real property situated
in the County of Imperial, State
of California, described as follows:
Range l3 East, SBM, EXCEPT
ING therefrom that portion de-
scribed as follows:
Tract 81, Township Ia South,
Beginning at the northeast cor
ner: thence south 33 feet along
UIlt cdoO llllC w a loiiio, eA''h'NS
west $50 feet along a line lying
parallel with and 33 feet south
of the North line to the true
point of beginning; thence west
34l92 feet along a line lying par
allel with and 33 feet south Of
the north line to a point; thence
south 1920 feet to a point;
thence north 4l 40 east 5l2.83
feet along the west line of a
country road to the true point of
beginning, containing is acres
more or less.
Bids or offers will be received at
16 Bank of America Building. San
Jiego, California.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1910.
JOHN w. SCOTT.
JOHN w. SCOTT,
ETA NJ FOWLKES
GENEVIEVE GLASCOCK
Executors of the Estate of
Mary A. Scott, also known
as Mrs. d. B. Scott, de-
ceased.
A19-M2. incD
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

WASHINGTON. April 30-The
Department of Agriculture is finally
trying to get a help-the-s -sharecrop-
per amendment in the law govern
ins AAA cotton benefit payments.
And thereby hangs an unusual tale,
The sharecrOpperS woes have
been talked about for years. Less
talked about is the fact that the
AAA benefit program helped put
the big squeeze on him.
Benefit payments are supposed
to go partly to tho landlord and
partly to the Sharccroppcr. The
catch is that if the landlord gets
rid of all his croppers and then
hires them at straight day labor,
he keeps the whole payment. In
effect. the government has been
naying the planters to turn their
sha9ccroppers into hired hands.
If the sharecropper has things
hard. the hired hand has them a
lot worse-sO bad that he has been
falling Into government hands. via
the Farm Security Administrator
ok the thousand in recent years.
PLANTER SNOW
Is SUSPECTED
A little over year ago, some
hundreds Of dispossessed sharecrop-
pars put on a dramatic hunger
march" in southeastern Missouri
Besides making a lot of headlines
this march greatly disturbed the
planters of that area.
whispers were heard that the a2l-
tator of the movement was one
Thad Snow. a prosperous planter
himself who wrote newspaper and
magazine pieces in his spare time
and who said openly tho planters
had brought this trouble on them
selves. Pretty soon il was SAID that
Thad Snow had caused the hunger
march. There was some talk OF tai
and feathers.
Snow let them talk. Finally, he
published an elaborate confession.
Yes. he'd done it all; got the
idea from Trotzky down in Mex
ico. polishhed it up with the aid ol
President Roosevelt, the Russian
ambassador and Norman Thomas
and then sprung it ,.. After
whilc when people rcalized he'o
bccn kidding thcm, tho Juror dice
dOWT
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

l. What relation is the present
king of England to the late Queen
Victoria?
2. What were "thc four horse
men of the apocalypse"
3. What is the largest Balkan
statc?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Words of Wisdom

All other passions condescend at
times to accept the inexorable logic
of facts: but jealousy looks facts
straight in the face, and ignores
them utterly. and says she knows
a great deal better than they can
tell hcr.-A. Helps.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Barbs-

Scientists report violent SUP
marine earthquakes crodlhg inc
floor cl the Atlantic ocean. 1hcS',
crlptions arc small stuff compared
10 what's Going ON on the surface
these days.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
You re Telling Me-

The British are dropping leaflets
on the Germans and the Germans
retaliate by dropping leaflets on
the French. Maybe this is what
the wal experts mean when they
speak Of a nations paper strength.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Famous Sayings

Selfish men may possess he carth it is tho meek
only who inherit it from the Heavenly Father free
from Ill deflemcnts and perplcXitics of unrghtcous-
WOolman.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

Shirley Temple celebrates her
1Ith birthday. serves ice cream
and wonders when she'll meet her
George JeSScl.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
So They Say

Wher men, whom we are aShan-
ed and disgusted to admit are Nor
wegians. think they can sell TN"
Iand to be dictators lapdog, they
must be taught lesson.-Sigrld
rrndee, Norwegian novelist.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Hints on Etiuuette

TIITItS UII EtIVuCttt
II YOU are an early guest at
tea. don't stay until the last guests
leave unless the hostess has, before
the affair, especially requested you
to dO so.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Thoughts for the Day

The meek shall eat and be satisfied they shall praise
the Lord that seek him. your heart shall live for ever
Psalms 22:26.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

on nj birthday, Hitler receive"
tons OF crap metal from the people
Germany having at last found 4
solution to the used laHor blade
problem
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
Photographs

Seven of the vocal muscles origin
ate in The sheath Of the tonsl and
when il is removed it ShOrtenS the
vocal register. interfering with the
resonance and control of tho voice
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

With a northern front as we'll as
a western one, the European war
has again become a double feature.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

BY stopping off to get married,
a NrW jersey man avoided taxing
Il train that crashed. There arc
;hosc who woulI have preferred
taking tho train.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

Christopher Latham Sholes' in
vention of the first practical type
writer is credited with first intro
ducing women into the business
world.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

The first man in America to
manufacture nails was jeremiah
Wilkinson of Cumberland, r. I.
IIc began his business in 1777.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

II is estimated that 100000 motor
trucks are travelling American
highways delivering goods of vari-
Gus sorts.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

MEMBER:
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
nj Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

Junior, a circus adfllct, IS now
afraid that if the JapS scllc In"
Dutch East Indies thcrcll bc a
shortage of Wild Men from Bornco.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

It's the same among nations as
it is among individuals. Tho smart
ones call the cop when big bully
says: What you need is protcc-
tlOn."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

zadok Dumbkopf thinks it would
he nice if the British would loan
us their ovcrSupply OF @aS masks
for use by citizens during the COM
ing political campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

One Minute Test Answers
|. He is her great grandson
2. War Famine, PeStilence and
Death.
3. Rumania.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

It's been years and years. now.
since the League of Nations has had
anything else to say except "TSk'
TSk, TSk!"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

Thr real genius Of the American
prOpIc has always consisted largely
N their ability TO cooperate, ana
the government is the greatest CO.
operative enterprise. - Presidential
candidate Paul V. MCNutt.
NOxiouS doctrines may be
refuted and their evil averted by
the courageous exercise of the right
Of free discussion On-Justice Murphy
III the Supreme Court decision in
validating -pickcting laws.
IN system Of free or voluntary
enterprise advertising contributes
10 keeping down the cost Of business
and becomes a social ad rather
than a social charge Ralph Starr
Eullrr vice president III General
Foods
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30
rOday'S Horoscope

TOday'S Horoscope
If your birthday is today, enter
prise and initiative will enable you
to make a great deal of headway
during the next year. The young
will court and marry but change
of residence should be avoided.
The child born on this date will
be sympathetic, sociable highly in
telligent and very accomplished in
art. music or literature. If the birth
is around noon it will be exceed
ingly fortunate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

In prc-rcyolution days, nails were
so precious in Scotland and New
England that they were used as
money
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

A new species Of undcrSlHcd horses
mas been discovered in the west.
Suitable, we imagine, for tucking
into the rumble seat for use in
case of an emergency such as a
flat tire or no gas.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-30

In the Superior Court Of the State
of CalifOrnis, in and for the County
of Imperial. =
In the Matter of the Estate of
EMMA A. STEVENSON,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
MERRY CHRISTMAS

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