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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
TAX SNAGS:
KEY TO DEFENSE
christian Science Monitor)


Appearance of William S. Knudsen,
member of the National Defense Avisory
Commission, before the Senate Finance
Committee in connection with the pend
ing tax bill emphasizes the urgency of
this legislation to unite business hands
needed in the defense program. 1t may
be taken also as some indication of the
snarls thrown into the bill by the House
of Representatives and the House Ways
and Means Committee after the measure
left the hands of the subcommittee.
AS drawn by the subcommittee the bill
was we'll balanced and about as simple
as such things can be- Two catches have
been thrown in. One has to do with the
open choice the subcommittee gave be-
tween two methods of computing the eX-
cess profits tax--one based on average
earnings from 1886 to 1889, the other
based on invested capital. The House
wrote in penalty rate on the average
earnings method, which narrows the OPP
ton to Hobson's choice of the invested
capital method for most corporations.
The other catch is provision inserted
in the portion of the bill which permits
tax-free earnings to amortize emergency
plant for defense purposes within five
years. Even with this amortization al
lowance, managers must risk their stock
holders capital on a possibility that the
plants may become improbable in less
than five years. Now the Treasury has
obtained in the House bill language un-
der which the owners at the end of the
five years might be virtually obliged to
turn over the properties to the Govern
ment. Mr.. Knudsen objected particu
larly to this stipulation and it seems a
major stumbling block to the defense
program.
Primarily now responsibility rests with
Congress to facilitate the manufacture
of military equipment urgently needed.
This can best be brought about by speedy
action in the Senate and a conference
report restoring the tax bill more nearly
to the outlines drawn by the House sub
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
IF BRITISH RESISTANCE
IS SUCCESSFUL

Never has the world seen an attack
as vicious, as strong, as terrible as the
attack Germany is making this week upon
the British Isles.
If Great Britain wins this war, as mil
lions of Americans hope and pray she
will, history will have to record her vic
tory as the most magnificent of all time.
Such victory would prove once and for
all that Democracy, far from being the
failure Adolf Hitler pictures it, is the
strongest way of life the world has ever
known.
For Great Britain entered the war with
the odds against her. Along with France,
she was prepared-weakened, II you
will by a too-strenuous desire for peace
that had not been separated In the pub
lie mind from the question OF armament
Germany spent years in preparing her
war machine, in drawing up the plans for
her campaigns, in seeking out the weak
est points in her enemies armor. Every
effort of every German was bent, day ana
night, toward developing an invincible
army, an all conquering air force. Life
in the German nation for years was
pointed toward only one thing-the war
that is now going on.
In England it was different. The peo-
pie did not want war, and not wanting
it, they made the mistake of thinking
they could keep from war by reducing
ornaments. A peace loving people, they
made no plans to defend their peace.
When war did come, they were totally
unprepared to face the monster German
war machine.
Today Germany controls the entire
European continent, its peoples, its re-
sources Only Russia is a questionable
factor The war of today is war of
Great Britain against the Nazi-dominated
continent of Europe. A nation scarcely
larger than some of our smallest states
is pitting itself against an entire COM
tinent. 1t has one thing, and one alone,
in its favor. 1t controls the seas, and by
that control can keep open its supply
lines.
In such a one-sded war; victory for
Britain would be indeed a miracle-yet
we cannot help hoping and sometimes
thinking that Democracy will perform
that miracle.
Should the miracle of British victory
occur, the luster of the British empire
will shine with brilliancy unapproach-
ed by anything out of the past. The An
glo-Saxon races will then, indeed, be un-
challenged in the world
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
MARRIAGE AND DRAFT
Nevada State JournaD


Hardly a day goes by without report
that records of one sort or another have
been broken-the fastest mile for man or
horse or machine, the tallest gladolus,
the longest jump of a bullfrog. Today
there seems to be a quite new contest
against records and time, and that is the
number of marriage licenses issued in
one day.
Throughout the land the marriage IL
cense offices report increased business,
in many instances record breaking lists
of applicants. These go with numerous
accounts of the advancement of mar
riage days, of weddings in August which
had previously been scheduled for the
autumn time of brown and falling leaves,
of Halloween and the fading of the har-
vest moon.
One reason given for this situation is
the rush to marry with the hope that
marriage will provide means for escap-
ing peacetime draft. For the benefit
of those who rush into the offices where
signatures are received on this most i'm
pOrtant contract between two persons,
presumably for a lifetime, attention
should be called to an important fact,
and that is that the couples who throng
the marriage license bureaus and wait
in line at the affairs have no assurance
that marriage will have any effect at all
on the call to arms.
On the contrary, the measures passed
by Congress contain no provision speci-
fically exempting married men.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
YOU CAN WIN IF YOU TRY

Bill Wene, So years DID, committed
suicide in Phoenix the other day. He
left terse note that said only, "You
can't VIM
If Bill Wene really believed that, the
world is better off without him.
We didn't know Bill; we don't know
what his problems were. But he sounds
like the sort of chap who begins life by
envying his companions so much that he
cannot get the fun he should out of what
he does possess. He sounds like the kind
who, by some mental alchemy, convinces
himself that his acquaintance got into
higher better paying positions merely be-
cause of some mysterious good luck, not
because of any effort of their own.
He most likely cocsidered that to win"
was to have something handed to him.
Probably he never stopped to think that
the very word win indicates strug
gle on the part of the winner. Victory
cannot be achieved without effort
OF course you can't win, if you don't
try.
But if you try. you can't help winning.
Suppose you de<'t make the million dol
lars you set out TO get. After ALL you
ihld the fun of trying And that is VIC
tory. for there is no greater blessing in
life than enjoyment.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
Willis Thornton's Editorial On:
New Trouble Baby on Our Doorstep

Whoever said the world was ever
going to be without trouble? Who
ever said life was going to be with
out strife and grief? Even the
Wobblies, singing of pie in the
sky reserved its enjoyment for a
later and unspecified date.
Trouble? Problems? That's life.
Well never be without 'em. And
here's another, in case you haven't
enough to worry about, that may
develop into good sound minor
source of worry within few months.
Mexico elected president early
in July. Trouble is, nobody knows
who he is. The Mexican adminis-
tratlon, which counted the votes,
says he is Avila Comacho, its can
didate. Followers of Juan Andrew
Almazan say he was really elected,
but counted out. Which is right, we
don't know, ana there is no way
of telling.
Almazan, shortly after the cleo
ton, left the country for a vaca-
ton in Cuba. Right now he is in
the United States. Some of his fol-
lowers in Mexico. insisting thai
he is to be the rightful president
of that country in December. arc
busily keeping his following toge-
ther by organizing their own Con-
gress. Almazan says that "at the
proper time he will return to
claim the presidency.
Now the United States is not con-
cerned with which of these gentle
men has been righfully elected. Tha.
is Mexico's problem. But there are
signs that many of the Almazan
following are slipping over the bor-
der and forming juntas on United
States soil to carry out campaign
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
Paul Harrison S Notes
On HoIlywoods FoibIes and Fads

a toast to all the gallant dead, or
to chivalry in the stratosphere, or
something. Hollywood observers
commented ON an audible stir OF
interest, especially among feminine
customers, when the strikingly hand
some stranger appeared on the
screen.
Metro rehired him and hid him
behind Whiskers as the U-boat COM
mander in Thunder Afloat." Es-
mond, as ingratiating and pleas
ant-looking a guy as you could
see in a month of movie going, was
on his way to being typed as a
tough German officer when he
began to turn down all such roles.
Now he's under contract to RKO
and playing Professor Baer or
posite Kay Francis. in Little Men.
Perhaps the part isn't as romantic
as he should have. but it's SYM
pathetic and at least will give him
a chance to be seen. Incidentally
the studio calls him Charles in
stead of Carl -Esmond, figuring ii
sounds less Germanic.
He laughs great deal and
grumbles not at all about the things
that happen to him. They have
happened to lots of people And
besides. look what happened to
Austria; while Hitler was grabbing
Esmond's native land, the actor
was taking out his first U. S. citizen
ship papers. He hopes that some
day he can meet Louis B. Mayer
again and thank him for that.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

for indicating by force in Mexico
what they consider their rights
That means that the United States
may soon be up against a problem
of what activities to permit among
political refugees.
The tradition of political asylum
is an old one. Should Mexico prove
too hot for Almazan and some of
his more ferv!d followers, the pre-
sent vacation" might be extended
indefinitely BY ancient custom
and whatever is left of International
law. such a political refugee is per-
mitted safe and peacable asylum,
but he is not permitted to use the
host country as a base for opera
tions for revolutionary activity in
the homeland.
It's too early TO start active worry
about this, but for Worriers who are
tired of worrying about Hitler and
the sale of destroyers, the fate of
Indo-China and the Philippines,
CONSUMPTION and profit taxes, this
might do as a new subject
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
Bruce Cation
In Washington

WASHINGTON. Sept sl1.-A
though lot of government econo-
mists don't quite believe it, the best
don't-quote-me guess of experts
close to the defense picture is that
the defense program should open
up something like 100000 new jobs
before the end of 1941.
That guess is based on estimates
not yet formally tabulated-of the
number of new workers that will
be needed if the nations indus
trial machine is to turn out the
kinds and quantities of things re-
quired in the rearmament drive.
Nor is that all. When a number
of men go from idleness to steady
Jobs. a somewhat smaller additional
number of men get jobs in business
able to expand because the original
group is getting pay checks regu-
larly again. Opinions differ as to
the ratio between these two groups;
but the same statisticians who are
figuring on unemployment of
100000 in the defense industries
are estimating this unemployment
will mean jobs for better than
100000 others.
All of which. if it comes true,
would be likely to have profound
effect on the whole unemployment
and-relief picture.
The government does not know
exactly how many jobless people
there are. The u S. Employment
Service has 100000 unemployed
workers on its rolls probably that
doesn't cover all of them. but opin-
ions differ as to the number it
leaves out. It is pretty generally
agreed. however. that 100000
rise in the number of jobs would
just about take care of all the en-
playable persons now unemployed
In other words, the country would
be within reasonable distance of
that tabled, long-ago era in which
it could honestly be said that any
able-bodied man who really want
ed a job could get one.
Apparently. however. there is q
catch in it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
BY PAUL HARRISON -
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

MA SCIbltC swan wi SoPoiAethaN
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. lit was
away back in January. 1898. during
performance in London of Vic
toria Regina that Louis B. Mayer
excitedly discovered Carl ESmond.
discovered" him. that is, for
Hollywood. For years. the dashing
Austrian actor had been playing all
over the continent III everything
from Shakespeare to Noel Coward.
He had made about 20 pictures, too,
winding up with the romantic leads
in Blossom Time" and "Evensong.'
And now. in Gilbert Miller's stage
hit he was portraying Prince Al
bert in a sympathetic manner that
had won him a lot of praise.
So Metro Mogul Mayer went after
E,smond Get out of this thing i'm
mediately' he pleaded. You are
wasted on mere stage when mil
lions should be seeing you. You
should be a star in pictures M
pictures. ] mean-in HollyWoodi'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
HE'D HEARD
ABOUT HOLLYWOOD

The actor wasn't exactly daZZled
He was doing all right where he
was. In London. and over the con-
tinent. he could
Don't be silly, Carl'-there's 90
ing to be a war; reclared Mayer
Esmond doubted that. Besides. he
unused. Hollywood offered a lot of
competition and Metro was a big
studio. He had heard stories about
players who had gone over there
with fat contracts. only to be
plunged into obscurity and idleness
and
But this is different. Carl" ar
glied Mayer. L have TO face you
on the lot If things don't go right.
you can come and tell me. And if
you get homesick, Carl, and want
to do picture or a play in London
we can let you come back for
awhile"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
by JOHN STEINBECK
Author of "The Grapes of WRATH
"Of Mice and Men" "TOrtilla Flat

"Of Mice and Men" "TortilIa Flat"
etc.
The time has come when some
realistic thinking must be done
about the American democracy in
its relation to the mushrooming
totalitarian states. #=5#
The dictators say that democracy
is degenerated form of govern
ment. This is a ridiculous general
ity. Democracy is only degenerate
when its leaders and its people
are degenerate.
Actually, totalitarianism is de-
generate form, for in it hope
less confused and embittered peo-
pie have tossed all thought and re-
sponsibility TO one man, thus prov
ing their lack of morality, versa
tility ard ingenuity. s#
Democracy on the other hand
by dividing responsibility, keeps
the political function and ability
alive among the people, and this
makes for a different endurance
That endurance lies here-America
could lose any hundred thousand
men and remain a functioning ma
ton while the loss of ten key men
would cripple the Third Reich.
Whether we, like it or not, we arc
faced with war. The Totalitariar
discipline, designed for war, must
continue to expand or it will begin
to die.
Germany cannot permit the eX-
ample of a free America in the
same world with her slave con-
quests and the slavish citizens.
1t will then be with us to prove
whether or not we are degenerate
We are not a contented people
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
Did You Know?

There are more than zoo rooms,
including 40 bedrooms, in Bucking-
ham Palace, London.
O.
The first amateur outdoor ath-
letic games in America were held
in New York. Oct. 81. 1871.
Electrical devices now carried on
handcars quickly measure strains in
railroad rails.
During The Crimean War SOL
diers rolled their tobacco in cart
ridge paper, and thus cigarets came
into popularity
The Dominion of Canada ranks
first among world exporters OF
wheat.
There are more than 2000,000,000
people in the world.
The ancient Chinese priced iron
so highly that it was sold in the
market places along with soft silks
and fine furs.
O.
Nine persons in every 10 in New
South Wales, Australia, carry luck
charms.
The history of nickel silver. as
we know it today. can be traced in
an unbroken line from the Chinese
paktong of 1000 years ago
An old Gothic name meaning
Father Wolf" is the source of the
name Adolf"
O.
If the planet Jupiter has rain,
it consists of ammonia, not water
Lowest barometric pressure ever
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
NO WORK
At M-G-M

Esmond was beginning TO weaken
but he asked if he might have a
specific assignment. Mayer said no.
but not to worry because he'd be
fine for THE Great Waltz or
maybe as Fersen in Marie An
toinette' Anyway lot of big pic
lures we're coming up
Finally Esmond signed When he
left Victoria Regina" he had play
ed more than 200 performances and
was looking forward TO a New YORK
holiday before continuing To Holly
wood. But a studio representative
met him at the ship with an air
plane ticket. why, when am I
supposed to get out there2' asked
the disappointed actor
Yesterday screamed the Metro
man. Hurry upl'
A. least thought Esmond. they
had something for him to do
But they didn't. Not then, nor
that week. nor that month. nor for
the whole half year he drew M-G-M
paychecks. He tried to see Mr.
Mayer and couldn't get into his
office. He sent kilograms TO Mr..
Mayer and got no reply. To this
day, in or out Of the studio. he
hasn't caught a glimpse of MI.
Mayer
He HOPES TO
THANK MIR. MAYER
Il waeI1.I aaeV 10 anI inlac II,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

We never have BEEN Part of the
nature of America has been It's
restlessnss. Only the most fatuous
have ever considered that we have
a perfect government.
But we have maintained the right
and the ability of the people to
change that government slowly and
lawfully. And our, government has
been in a constant state of change
since it was established. We like
this method. There are very few
Americans who do not infinitely
prefer the worst of our democracy
to the best of Totalitarianism.
The history of Germany has been
n history of magnificent errors.
Now, because we fight each other
party against npaA'ty. group against
group, industry against labor =
Hitler suspects that we are degen-
crate. He has completely over
looked the vitality of this fighting.
1t is through such fighting that
we ave kept alive and that we
have progressed socially and eco
nomically. This fighting is the proof
thate we are not degenerate.
"he war will come and then it
will be seen whether or not a free
and alert people can coagulate into
a force to withstand and defeat
the power of the hypnotized autom-
atoms of the dictators.
Nearly all Americans believe the
same things. They differ on the
details. I think they are quite
capable of leaving those details for
the moment for the preservation of
the whole. 1 am convinced that
this will be done. but I believe
that in his judgment of America
Hitler has made one of the great
historical Germanic mistakes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
%OUR COUNTRY

Third of "a articles on "Our
County, written exclusively
for NEA Service and Post
Press by the nations most ia
nous authors.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
Thoughts for the Day

Stolen waters sweet, and bread eaten in secret Is
pleasant. But he Enoweth not that the dead arc
there; and that her guests in the depths of hell
Proverbs 9:17,l8
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

We must do our utmost to
keep the American idea alive,
says Louis Adamic in the next
article of this series on "Our
Country"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
MOST UNEMPLOYED
ARE UNSKILLED

The reservoir of unemployed con-
sists mainly of unskilled workers.
Only 100000 of those listed with
the Employment Service, for in
stance, put themselves down on the
books as skilled workers" Many
more are doubtless semi-skilled; but
it is figured that half of more of
the jobless are men whose sole
qualifications are muscle and will
lingness.
Something is being done to remedy
that situation. The industry-train-
ing program now under way fig
ures to fit 100000 men for skilled
jobs within a year. That won't take
care. of all the unskilled. however
and the current belief is that if
all of this unemployment does take
place, huge number of the men
who go back to work will have &c
acquire their new skills on the job
This is perhaps modified by the
calculation that number of the
anticipated new jobs won't require
high degrees of skill.
NO AFFECT
ON WPA?
Oddly enough. though, WPA rolls
might not shrink hand-in-hand
with the unemployment.
If most of the unemployed arc
unskilied, that Is even more true
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11
barbs

Nazis now claim Shakespeare was
Of German origin, which probably
is nothing more than Joe Goebbels'
Midsummer Nights Dream.
O.
Among certain Eskimo tribes mar
riage is compulsory, which might
not be so bad at that. As we re-
call, those igloos have built-in dog
houses.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

Electrical devices now carried on
handcars quickly measure strains in
railroad rails.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

The Dominion of Canada rank
first among world exporters o
wheat.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

If the planet Jupiter has rain,
it consists of ammonia. not water.
Lowest barometric pressure ever
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

During The Crimean War, SOL
diers rolled their tobacco in cart
ridge paper, and thus cigarets came
into popularity.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

An old Gothic name meaning
Father Wolf" is the source of the
name Adolf"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

The history of nickel silver. as
we know it today. can be traced in
an unbroken line from the Chinese
paktong of 1000 years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

The first amateur outdoor ath-
letic games in America were held
in New York, Oct. 81. 1871.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

There are more than zoo rooms
including 40 bedrooms, in Bucking-
ham Palace, London.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

The ancient Chinese priced iron
SO highly that it was sold in the
market places along with soft silks
and fine furS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-11

ID Wasn.t easy to eel Jobs
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-15
MirOW Air Service
 Activities

Pilot Chambers took load of freight to .Ungalik this morning and then went to Unalakleet to get some freight for Nome. An other trip will be made this af- ternoon with Fred Jones, Werner Johnson and Bill Herring.
 Pilot Sasseen was unable to leave for Nome because of land ing conditions at Anchorage, but expects to leave in the morning
 Pilot Jefford reported landing at Wainwright yesterday noon and is expected back in Nome to- morrow evening. As soon as he returns the tri-motor will be csanged to wheels and leave fol Seward to meet the incoming boat and bring passengers to Nome.
 Pilot Chambers expects te make trip to American Creel with three passengers, MT. ane Mrs. McGinnis and Sam Emmon' also three loads of freight will bt flown in to there in the Travelair
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-15
Wien Airlines
 Activities

April 13-Frank Whaley made flight to Deering and Candle via Fox Bar and Taylor. Passen gers on the trip were Bob Peter son for Fox Bar; Ross Kinney and Joe Walsh Nome to Taylor; Graham hammers Fox Bar to Deering; Joe Lucas Candle to Council. On returning two trips were made to Coffee Creek with MT. and Mrs. Ed Hoven and freight.
 April 14-A trip was made to Golovin in the morning with mail.
 A load of freight was taken to Coffee Creek and w. E Mcdonald was passenger on the return trip.
 April 15-Kirk Jackson was a passenger to Taylor this morning express and mail also was car ried.
 Two trips were made to Bunk CT Hill with Don Lyle, Billy An derson and freight with stops at Pilgrim Springs and Teller on the second trip.
 A flight is scheduled for Colo win and Council late this after noon with Ray Decker and ex- press.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-15
New Nome Anchorage Record

Claiming a record for flight between Nome and Anchorage pilot Sasseen of the Mirow Air Service, Saturday, flew from Nome to Anchorage in a total el- apsed time of three hours and g minutes, in the company's Lock- heed Vega.
 By the route of travel, the to- tai distance is estimated at 58O miles which amounts to an aver age of about 190 miles per hour.
 Arriving Saturday from An chorage with pilot Sasseen were the following: C. J. Zamalis, Gus Mask and Bob Eaton.