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Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
THE FRENCH NAVY
tChriStlan SCIENCE MOnltOr)

The remarkable point about what has
happened to the French Navy is that
some decision had not been forced sooner.
Naturally il is A sad and terrible thing
when the guns Of a powerful fleet must
be turned against former ally. But
he British government has apparently
been patient as long as was possible in
the interests of self-preservation under
dire threat of German invasion.
1t is to be noted that probably more
than half of the French fleet is included
in the ships which have submitted to the
English either voluntarily or with only
a show of force in English waters and
at Alexandria, Egypt The brief, sharp
bombardment off the coast Of Oran, Al
geria, is so much more dramatic and dis
astrous that it captures the greater at
tentOn.
Unfortunately certain amount of
French feeling may be aienated from
Great Britain by this unavoidable and
reluctant move. But Frenchmen may
we'll consider that it was the capitula-
ton Of the government of Marshal Petan
TO Germany which decreed in one way
or another the end of the French fleet.
Assurances had been given by Admiral
Darlan to the British Admiralty, accord
ing to Prime Minister Churchill, that in
any truce the French fighting vessels
would first be sailed for English ports.
On this basis Britain was willing to re-
lease her ally.
But the moment the dictated armiStce
was signed in which the Bordeaux gov
ernment agreed to deliver its Navy into
German hands. those ships were made
enemy property and fair prizes for the
English men-of-war plying beside them.
Indeed the British were obliged to de-
mand their surrender lest these guns
later be turned against them Several
reasonable alternatives, including intern
ment in the western hemisphere, were Of
fered in the British terms.
NaZi propagandists endeavor To. make
much of the provision in the Compiegne
truce that the French ships would not
be required to be used against Frances
former ally. But in view of the long
line of broken Nazi pledges-from the
assurances given Austria and Czechoslo-
vakia to the non-aggressiOn pact with
Denma ik-it could not seriously be sup
posed that this pledge would be worth
the breath with which it was uttered,
once the Nazis wished a pretext for
preaching it.
Bitter as may be the grief of French
men for their comrades who went down
at Oran, the significant fact to be re-
membercd is that Frances one hope of
freedom, territorial restoration, and self
government rests with the nation whose
fleet has had to take over the shi pS once
promised to its keeping.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
DEATH TO LEARNING
riverside Press

Here is a characteristic dispatch from
Chungking showing the nature Of the
japanese war against China
Japanese planes bombed this provn-
cial capial tonight for the seventeenth
time, smashing the laboratory workshop
and faculty resident buildings of Central
university, which il closed for the sum-
mer."
The invaders are engaged in d wide
spread longcontinued campaign to kill
off all enlightenment in China, in order
to reduce the country to complete sub
lection and make the Chinese Il nation
of servants and slaves.
Fortunately for China and the world.
the Chinese seem vigorous and determine
ed enough to defend themselves even
against that danger. There is less litter
acy and more enlightenment in China
today than there has been for centuries
and it grows steadily along with Chris
tianity.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
ko-Ko and Oui Oui

from without. No such arrangement
has ever in world history made for
permaEance.
The Third Republic died when
Paris fell. France, the worlds very
symbol of freedom and tolerance
ard individualism. is nothing .IoW
but a province, the same to Hitler
as once it was to Caesar
Nothing ever returns 10 its exact
former status. 1t would be absurd To
predict the restoration of the Tnnu
Republic, or even to pl adict the
eventual setting up of a Fourth
Republic which would WOrthllv sue
ceed it.
But the last word in he stony
of France is rot being spoken at
Vichy. Neither the people WHO al
lowed the Third Republic to decay.
nor the people who are erecting
this wretched German lppendaee
on its corpse, are really France. The
France of Liberty, Equality and Fra
ternity will find a way some day,
to live again.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
Paul Harrison S Notes
On HOLLYWOOD S Foib|es and Fads

vented about him.
Every time he delayed produc-
ton or changed his plans, the news
was hailed as proof of incompetence.
For the last six months gossip
writers have been offering exclusive
tips that Welles had abandoned his
movie plans.
Many a Hollywoodsman has dab
bled around for a year in highly
paid idleness without arousing even
mild comment. WelleS, however,
has not been idle, nor has he been
paid one dime by RKO up to this
time. He has written, directed, and
taken part in his radio program,
usually committing by plane to
New York for it. He has written
and illustrated another of his wide
~ used textbooks on Shakespearean
drama and has made recordings to
accompany it. He has held his Mer-
curry Theater company together
pretty we'll. and during the idle
year paid dividend out of his
own pocket to stockholders. He has
organized United Productions for
west coast stage tour this fall.
He has delivered numerous lee
lures. Besides making all sorts of
production plans and tests, he has
written three movie scripts. And
that latter job alone is more than
most topnotch writer's can do in
II months.
HE'S USED TO THE
JEERING NOW
Now that he's about to begin
filming Citizen Kane" the jeers
at Welles are subsiding. He said,
1t seems I'In still funny but no
longer a menace. I've become an
old. standing joke like the Malapro-
plan producer or the dumb chorus
girl"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18

CHICAGO. July lathe shadow
of a man who isn't there falls ovel
the Democratic rational convention
Just as d similar shadow cast b,
arother absent brother fell across
tho Republican convention a fort
night earlier
President Roosevelt was an unseen
but potent influence at Philadel-
phia. Wciioll Wlllklc Is the same
Kind OF influence here.
A convention which gees to work
under that kind Of handicap tends
10 be vaguely uneasy. !lko man
who suspects he IS beina followed
even though he can't actau; sec
anything when he turns his head -
look. The realization that m lead
cr Of the opposition IS tough and
rcsOurccful. capable of pulling an
unexpected fast ore AT any moment.
IS a damper TO high spirits and.
now and then a spur - dramatic
action.
That fact partly accounts tor The
neat maneuyer by which President
Roosevelt. on the eve Of the cor
vertlon. scotched the third patty
threat
b. slipping into Message to
Congress the flat statemCn; That
American boys weren't going to be
sent to Europe to fight=-a state
ment that was proposed for the
Republican platform and rejected
after three davs of bitter aG1.
ment-thc president made practi-
callv certain that there wont &c
a third ticket in the field to SWlpe
Democratic votes. PlarS for such a
ticket were we'll under Way;enrr-
eetic Senator Burton K, Wheele"
barely a week before the convention
was declaring that organization
work could be expected soon after
the convention if a definite peace
pledge were not adopted. After he
presidents statement Wheeler re-
turned promptly to the fold.
All of which encouraged some
party stalWartS to chortle tha, a
long march had been stolen on the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

Republicans. and that it was now
the Democrats who could accuse
the opposition of being the wal
party q. which just goes to SHOW
how some people overestiamte the
Importance of the words which get
into party platforms
IMPORTANT BACKING
WASN'T IN SIGHT
Nevertheless. averting the third
party threat was a real achieve
ment The presidential declaration
on participation in the war
abroad was only a part of 1t.
Much more important was the
gradual discovery, by all hands con-
cerned. that important backing tur
such a party just wasn't in sight
The 20-odd c. I. o. officials who
came to Chicago TO work for third
term convinced party leaders tnat
a bolt by John Lewis was nothing
much TO be afraid Of. If labor was
going to stay put and if i few
words in the platform would ap-
pease the isolationists. then the
ToWnsendites and the left-w!ng
unionistS could make book if they
wanted to and nobody'd worry.
WILLKIE INROADS
IN PARTY FEARED
What really is worrying the DEM
ocrats is the thought Of what Will
kie may do to a party scEle Of
whose important figures are highly
.lisgruntled over the way the whole
third term movement was handled
this spring.
How extensive that worry IS can
be gauged by the fact .hat the
Democrats are figuring theY will
actually have to make real cam
paign in Texas this fall. One party
leader admitted: II can PROBABLY
collect $4,000 in campaign contri-
buttons down there without much
trouble-but if I were collecting a
Willkie fund I could raise half a
million"
The most popular form OF COM
fort indulged in here is the asser-
ton that Willkie reached his peak
of popularity too soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
Ell TROCADERO
DO N r Dom
famous
BROILED STEAKS.
CHICKEN DINNERS
California Hotel Bldg.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL


No. 1912
Action brought in the Superior
Court of the State OF California,
in and for the County of IMPE-
RIAL and the Complaint filed
in the office of the Clerk Of the
said Court in said County.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAND
COMPANY, Plaintiff
RICHARD KORNBLUM, S. j.
KORNBLUM and HOWA ARD
SHARP, Defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO RICHARD KORNBLUM,
S. J. KORNBLUM and HOWARD
SHARP, Defendants:
You are hereby required to ap-
pear in an action brought against
you by the above-named Plaintiff,
in the Superior Court of the State
of California. in and for the Coun-
ty of Imperial, and to answer the
Complaint filed therein. within ten
days exclusive of the day of serv-
ice) after the service on you OF this
Summons if served within the said
County; or, if served elsewhere.
within thirty days.
And you are hereby notified that
If you fail to SO appear and answer.
the Plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
State of California. in and for the
County of Imperial, on April 10Th,
1890.
w. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
(SeaD
June q, JDy4. IL, l8, 25
Aug. !, 8, As, 22)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18

My good sir the aWkWal ineSS
of your position is grace itself COM
pared with that of a man engaged
in the act OF cutting off his own
head"
So spoke Ko-Ko, Lord High Ex-
ecutioner of Titipu. in Gilbert and
Sulivan's perennial "Mikado"
And so the French government
might speak toaay as it engages
in the iast melancholy formalites
of dest, oying !tealf and assuming
the shaD- Of whatever weird
changeling the conqueror dictates
1t is hard to watch these grotesque
gyrations at Vichy ar.d to see in
them the slightest relationship 70
Frenchmen as they have for many
decades stood proudly before The
whole world as men free and un-
afraid.
If there is. then. a certain lack of
grace in the bringing forth of this
changeling state at Vichy. no Won
der. The pressure under which this
bleeding stump of France is acting
is hinted by the German news dis
patch which pointedly says: IF tie
decision of the necessary numbers
of members :. is lacking. a legal
solution already has been provided
to make delay impossible" That.
translated, mears simply Sign,
bovs-or clsci"
Stunned by sefcat, numbcd by
humiliation, the French nation Is
not functioring IN this act. The peo-
pie who ficrcely dedicated them
selves only 70 years ago to Liberty,
Equality. and Fraternity can
scarcely be dedicatng themselves
with equal consciousness to tlle
principles OF Mussoliri and Franco.
For this new government in France
zone cannot say of France IS not
that of a free people, Or even OF
an independent people. 1t is merely
an arrangement imposed by II co
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
HOLLYWOOD LESS
THAN CORDIAL,
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALI-
/ATION

NOTICE is hereby given that
the Assessor Collector OF Imperial
County. California, has delivered
to the Clerk of the Board of Super
viSorS of said County. the assess
ment Books. together with the map
books. and statements for the fiscal
year l940-il and
The said Board of Supervisors
sitting as 4 Board of Equalization
VIII meet 20: til" purpose Of cqualiz-
ing said assessments on Tuesday,
July l6. 1910. AZ nine O'clock A. NJ.
and said Board will continue in
session from time to time. until
the buSin"ss Of cqualizing is dis
posed Of. bet not later than Mon
day. July %. 1910, at 500 o'clock
p. NJ
The Clerk Of said Board will be
in his 0iflc" in the Court House
at FL Ccntro California. each bust
nc@g dar between Tuesday July l6.
1910 continuously until and in
clldn2 Monday, July 30. 1910. at
800 O'Clock p M. except on Sat
nrdaYs after 1900 o'clock noon and
on other legal holidays. for the
purpos" of receiving requests for
equalization Of assessments by tax
payers, and all persons are re-
Guc,tdd to appear before and file
with said Clerk any petitions for
equalization which they desire On
,uch receipt the same will BE- re-
fcrrcd TO and considered by said
Board
Dated: El Centre, California. July
1G 1870
w. J. McCLELLAND.
Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors.
lIIc-Dp incl
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
LEGAL. ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
NJ. A. No. O53083
District Land Office
Los Angeles, California

June 7. 1910
Notice is hereby given that The
Tycretc Chemical Corporation, by
Louis A. Tyce. president, of Chula
Vista, California. has made appli-
cation for patent to the White
Crystal No. placer mining claim.
embracing Ek SEH NEh Sec. l6
and White Crystal No. 2 placer
mining claim. embracing SWA NWH
NWH Sec IS: SEA MEL NEA Sec.
l6 all in T. II S., r. 9 f. SBM
containing 40 acres, in the Ell Gen.
tro Mining District Imperial Coun-
ty. California. There are no ad-
joining or conflicting claims. The
location notices are recorded in
Book 359, page 148 and Book 358,
page 1875, and amended notices are
recorded in Book 460 page 488,
Book 400, page 489 and Book 48l,
page 563, official records of Imper-
lal County California
PAUL B. WITMER,
Register
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
So They Say

We will not use our arms in a
war of aggression; we will not send
our men to take part in European
Wars.-President Roosevelt.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18

Unless Hitler IS beaten, the Eng
lish language will be out in 100
years except in certain parts of the
U. 81 A. Richards, Cambridge
tEngland professor.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
Thoughts For The Day

Charity suffereth long and kind; charity envletn
not charity vaunteth not itself IS not puffed up
I Corinthians l34
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, July l8. - When
Orson Welles came here a year
ago with a contract of greater liber-
ality and latitude than ever had
been written in movie history, he
felt that he was merely fulfilling
his destiny. For at least decade
it had been assumed both by the
prodigy and his admirers that
eventually he would do something
about the movies.
knowing absolutely nothing about
picture making. he admitted few
miSglvings at first But he soon lost
them under the tutelage Of some
Of the towns finest technicianS.
Wcllca IS 4 respectful and intelligent
listener, and he won the regard
Of cutters. cameramen. and design
crS by golng directly to them for
his information.
But If he was pleased by the
attitude Of craftsmen. he was dis
mayed by the antagOniSm of Holly
wood in general. He had figured
that this must be one place where
n youngStcr feet 3 inches tall,
weighing more than 200 pounds,
and wearing a black beard could
be IncOnaplcuouS. He had seen pic
tures of long-haired actors in sweat
shirts at night clubs. And he prob
ably had heard that intellectuals
were regarded here with awe.
Another thing: People who know
him agree that WelleS has a COM
pletely charming personality. And
he is by no means the sort of in
SufferaDle egolSt whom you could
ht by swinging q dead cat any
whore west of Vine street.
HOLLYWOOD LESS
THAN CORDIAL
Yet he has been jibed. inSulted,
Slandered, ard libeled ever since he
came here. Hollywood assumed that
he must be presumptuous upstart
and decided that his elegant Whis-
EcrS-grOWn for his stage role in
Five Kings" and retained for his
part IN the intended filming of
Heart Of Darkness were an out
ragcous affectatiOn. Many stories
bOth-funny and malicious, were in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
Uranium Crackers
CRANIUM CRACKERS
FICTIONAL SLEUTHS

II
In the last so years or SO there
has rapidly risen a new type OF
fiction-the detective story. Some
of these fictional sleuths have be-
come enormously popular, appear
ing in long series Of stories. How
many of these five can you identity
by giving their creators?
/. Father Brown.
2. Lord Peter Whimsey.
3. Sherlock Holmes.
4. Hercule Poirot
5. Nick Charles.
ANSWERS TO
CRANIUM CRACKERS
!. Father Browne. K. Chester
ton.
2. Lord Peter Whimsey-Dorothy
Sayers.
3. Sherlock Holmes-Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle.
4. Hercule Poirot-Agatha Chris
tie.
5. Nick Charles-Dashiell Ham
NETT.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18

France is doomed to slave for
the conqueror She is paying the
price of long Generalization and
betrayal.-Henri Bernstein, French
dramatiSt.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
MEMBER

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub.
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Call
fornia Newspaper Publish
erS Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
Bafbs

American road signs notWith-
standing, the French will tell you
there's no justice of the peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18
Famous Sayings

Our true acquisitions lie only in charities we
gain only as give.-Simms
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18

japanese want U. S. marines to
apologize, but not in Nipponesc
manner, which is to say, $50 sorry.
please" on the right hand while
repeating the offense with the left.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18

I am too happy for words. All
l can say is that for the first time
in many years I feel that l am
really free man again.-Arnold
Bernstein, one-time German ship
ping magnate. on becoming an
American citizen.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18

Defense tax is proposed of ST.
for each letter over six in peoples
names. That noise you hear comes
from all those hyphens being drop
ped back east.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18

Wife of Machasusetts man named
DrlnkWater sues for divorce or
grounds of intoxication, or failure
TO live up to his name.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
MEASLES CASES
SHOW DECREASE

Measles sbsentees from Tacoma
public schools have decreased from
LOCO cases during the month Of
December to only zoo for the first
half Of January. Supt Howard X
Good said Thursday In an an
nouneement that the peak had
passed In the city.
Out Of the i7.227 pupils regis
tered at all the schools. the super
intendent said. check this week
showed approximately Il per cent.
or 7.ioi. absent from all causes.
In the midst OF the cold season. and
with the remaining effect Of the
measles epidemic. he said. that Is
not an unusually high figure
Elementary schools. with f.iss
absentees out OF T.ssi enroll
ment. ran the highest. Coold said
health authorities agreed that II Is
safer TO keep schools in operation.
50 an exact check can be kept On
progress Of an epidemic. Pupils
showing the slightest symptoms.
he said, are sent home at once.
Tacoma high schools showed .
per cent absent from all causes,
40 out OF 1925 registered. In the
junior highs. the absentee list was
IL per cent. $40 out Of 1850.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
OFFER REVIEW
AT Lee SCHOOL

The recreation review which
was presented at the Stewart Ju-
nior high school on Tuesday eve
ming to mark the close of the first
IL weeks period of the school
centered community recreation
program will be repeated Thurs
day evening at Jason Lee.
The program will be open to
the public without charge. Doors
will open at 7 p. M, at which
time there will be an opportunity
given to examine the display of
arts and crafts.
The auditorium program will
start at 7:45 p. m. and will include
tap and ballet dance numbers
fem eight of the dancing classes
under the direction of Rethi Gehri,
Hermie Heron. Jackie Du Charme
and Mavis Rosenberger. There will
be demonstration of human pyr-
amids by the team from the Gault
school under direction of Gordon
Tatum.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
FUNERAL SERVICES

lester Vernon Brsckenbuf5 -
Friday. ! p. m. from Aeliinger >
chapel; Rev. Orrin Smith offieiat-
ing; burial New Tacoma cemetery.
Mrs. Annie Connor-Fridsy. 2:l5
from Aellingers chapel: Rev. w.
o. Benthin and Daughters Of SEQ
tia officiating; interment Mountain
View burial park.
Mrs. Anna Nemehik--Saturdsy
0 a. m. from ST. Joseph's chprcn,
eortege leaving the home, 2535 80
State St. at $40 a. m. burial Cal
vary cemetery, under direction Of
Cassidy a. Aliens: rosary, Friday
at 7.30 .. m. at the home.
Angelo jefferson, Ir.--Tbs body
was sent Thursday morning BY
csssedy g. Aliens 20 IAinmi
Wash, where services will Be held
Friday afternoon.
Albert Edwin Newell - Friday
40 .. M. from Pipers ehapsi,
Rev. r. p. Coulder officiating: In
terment Mountain View burial
park.
Scott sewArd--Fridsy. ,. m.
from Pipers chapel: Cooks and
Walters union officiating: burial
Mountain View burial PARK
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
Asserts Husband
Couldn't Get job

A complaint that her husband.
before marriage. told her he WAS a
skilled airplane mechanic and able
to get steady employment when.
in fact, he had no trade whatever
and couldn't get any job. was
cited Thursday by Mrs. Audrey
Cox as grounds for divorce from
Edwin Willard Cox.
There were other grounds. In
GLIDING failure TO contribute to-
ward the household. habitual in
toxication. cruelty. use Of vile
language and the fact that he beat
her on Jan. i3 In the presence Of
company.
Another divorce action was filed
in superior court here by Rose
mond against Cloyd Merioal. on
grounds of incompatibility.
Final DEGREES were granted TO
Bernard +. from Lulu Brautigan
and Gertrude from Arthur G. Bad
ham.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
GEORGE MARSH dies
HERE AT AGE OF Sc

George Marsh, SO. 5022 So. I ST.,
died Thursday morning In local
hospital. He was retired car
penter, born In England and lived
in the United States for so years.
He came to Tacoma three years
ago. having lived in Buckley for %
years, and was a member Of the
Episcopal church and Knights Of
Phythias. No. $50, Roscoe, Pa.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Mildred Lawson. Seattle, Mrs.
Ada Marquis, Ravensdale. Wash,
and Mrs. Emma Medlyn. Woonona.
New South Wales: three sons,
George. Tacoma, Joseph, Of Booth,
West Virginia, and Arthur, Woo
mona, New South Wales. Also sur
viving are Is grandchildren and
five grest-grandchildren.
Funeral announcement VIII be
made by Meilinger's.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
NAVY CASH BID
IS CUT DOW n

WASHINGTON Chairman Carl
vla.on a. the house naval affairs
COMMITTEES today cut hss proposed
81. 90. ooe Go snsvsl construction
authorization hlii h $500. 90. noo.
vlnson advised hls COMMITTEES
that he nd sharply modified hss
measure. which originally Uss as-
signed 10 authorize IS per eent
Increase n the tennaxs Il tk< u.
= navy.
Ne said - had eliminated frem
TIE proposal >rme 800 .oon. ooa in
authorizations for construction ~
~ Destroyer In revised fern
tn vin<nn hsn wuaid suthafis< :
fetal Of 81 eonhat.nt shlrs. In.
stead d ths " originally sen.
tempiatsd.