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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23

Wednesday night the Boys Club
will conduct city boxing champion
ships in the 5O-60-70- 90-lb class
es. Any boy in the city is well
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
ROOSEvELT'S BLAST
AT HIRAM JOHNSON

President Roosevelt made a political
mistake this week when he created an
opportunity to deliver what amounted
to a recommendation that the voters
Of California defeat Senator Hiram
Johnson for reelection.
The resident, in all likelihood, does
not understand the attitued of Califor-
MIA toward its senior senator.
Even when they think he's wrong
most Californians trust Senator John
son implicitly, and most of them think
he is right often enough to have the
balance heavily in his favor.
Most Californians recognize that
Hiram johnson, congress most respect
ed senator since Borah of Idaho died,
is that rarity among Politicians man
who will say what he really thinks and
vote according to deep-rooted principles
even if what he says and the way he
votes will subject him to great public
displeasure. 1t is tribute to his COM
mon sense that, more often than not, he
is right instead of wrong.
California has not yet forgotten that
Hiram Johnson was one of a prosecuted,
maligned band-tiny in number-who
voted against Uncle Sans entry into
the World War. His action was unpopu-
lar then, in California and across the
nation. Yet, to uphold his own self
esteem, he had to vote that way. Look
ing at the world today-wracked with
the terrible effects of that World War,
showing not one good thing that came
out of it-who dares say he was wrong?
Perhaps President Roosevelt does not
like Senator Johnson's present attitude
toward involvement i'm the European
war. Yet he should remember that his
tory may again repeat itself-the SEN
ator may still be right.
But, whether he is right or wrong,
CALIFORNIA cannot help resenting the
presidents thinly yelled recommended
ton that Senator Johnson should be
turned out of congress. There are few
enough statesmen in that august body
now, without getting rid of another one
so that politician can replace him.
If the people of California ever want
to retire Senator johnson, they will
make up their own minds about it. Right
now, it is a safe bet that their minds
are made up the other way
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Paul harrison's Notes
On HOLLYWOOD S Foib|es and Fads

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 3. (UP) -
All over the lot: a flock of amaz-
ing moppets has been assembled for
"There's Magic in Music" in sup,
port of Susanna Foster, the star.
There's Patricia Travers, violinist;
Dolly Loehr, who plays the tough
est piano concertos; Kay Connors,
who looks and sings much as De-
anna Durbin did at the time of
her discovery. The California Jun
Tor Symphony will appear in the
picture, led. by world-famed Heimo
Hattie, 15-year-old Finnish fiddler.
Heimo pronounced Haymow) is
as great at his age as was Yehudi
Menuhin, and he plays himself in
the picture. He and his Guar
nerius raise 100000 Finnish marks
in Scandinavia for the war, in
which his father and brother were
killed. His mother and younger
sister still are missing. Music low
ers in Finland made up a fund to
send their prodigy to the United
States for safety.
He arrived seven months ago
knowing no English. Now he's fairly
fluent but still has trouble occa-
sionally. When Meimo had to
speak a line mentioning a "wienie
roast he demanded to know what
wienie was. Director and dialog
coach were trying futilely to ex-
plain when a kid chimed in with
"hot-dog." "Ah! Why didn't you
say eet the frs time?" asked
Heimo. Hot-dogs have been his
grand passion ever since he got
off the boat.
At the beginning OF THE Great
Profile" John Barrymore pops
from behind curtain to tell audi
ences: "All characters in this photo
play are fictitious, and any similar
ity to persons living or dead is
purely coincidental." He then will
wink broadly at the fans At
the conclusion of the film, during
a madhouSe theater scene, his big
Chinese servant whispers to Barry
more, who ten turns and announces
to the audience: "Confucius say
This is the end!"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Disseets the News

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Fire-
works are just about due to star
popping in the standing I'M
ion Electric utility scandal.
Union Electric is Missouri COM
pany which has been in hot water
with state authorities and the
. Securities and Exchange commits
sion for more than a year. Prin-
cipal accusation is that it set up a
huge sluSh fund to buy Legislators
and other public officials and in
fluence elections generally.
A full-dress public hearing into
this tangled situation has been Or
dered by the SEC, and in the ordi-
nary course of things would be
due to get started in a little more
than a fortnight. Edward c. john
son of the SEC staff has been
named trial examiner; likely sche-
dule is for a week or 10 days of
hearings in Washington, followed
by transfer to st. Louis.
FORMER OFFICIAL
INDICTED
WI billIlSo, iio"tftIf III
terfere with this schedule.
First is the recent conviction of
Frank J. Boehm, former executive
vice president of Union Electric,
on a charge of perjury in the fed
eral court at st. Louis. Boehm's
counsel has announced that he will
file a motion for a new trial: un-
til that motion has been disposed
of finally. SEC cannot proceed
with its hearings.
Second is the chance the De-
partment of Justice may step in
and take the whole case out of
SECS hards. SECS inquiry is tech
nically an attempt to learn whether
Union Electric violated Section IL
H of the holding company act,
which prohibits politica! contri-
buttons: the Department of Justice
has been keeping an eye on things
50 far, and might conceivably or
der grand jury investigation look
ing toward criminal prosecutions.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Troops Gathering
For Sham Battle
On Pacific Coast

OLYMPIA, Wash, Aug. 3. UP)-
A 50-mile stretch of peaceful farm
land today was ready to become
battle-ground for 10000 U. S. army
regulars and national guardsmen
from eight western states, concen-
trated here for mass maneuvers.
The main body of the troops will
hit the rails and roads early tomor-
row morning, moving by train and
truck from Oregon, Washington.
California, Idaho, Montana, Wy
oming, Nevada and Utah BY next
Tuesday night the men will be set
tied in camps from Fort Lewis to
Chehalis.
High point of the three weeks
maneuvers will be a four-day sham
battle from August ii through
August II. The first 10 days will be
spent in assembling and condition
ing the various units of the troops.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04

cific is an Amsterdam firm.
Swiss corporation is first on the
list of B. & 0. stockholders, thro
on Pennsylvania.
None of these holdings, Lloyd es.
Inmates, approaches control. mol
even any certainty of the right to
elect a director. But he foresees
possible complications if, in the
reorganization" of Europe now be-
ing brought about by the Nazis
holdings of Dutch. Swiss, French
and Belgian holders might be
brought together.
German firms still hold indirect
connections with our chemical and
dye industries, a legacy of the
World War. A substantial block of
a popular airplane stock is held in
Holland.
In the present European confu-
sion. no one knows precisely what
is the status of such holdings.
Many foreign credit have been
frozen because there is no guaran-
tee that. if paid. they would be
sure to reach their rightful own
ers.
These foreign interests are no.
thing to be concerned about, and
there is not the slightest reason to
believe that thev have had any in
fiuerce on the policies of any AM
erican firms.
But it is good to know that the
situation is being watched, and
that American directors are con-
seious Of situation that might at
some future time breed compllca-
ffanc
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
WAR BONDS IN
PEACE TIME?
OVAL Street JOurnaI)

The state of Maine last week sold
S1,000000 war" bonds and the pur-
pose of the offering was sufficiently
unusual to draw inquiries to bid on the
issue. Most states cannot issue bonds
without vote of the electorate for any
other reason than ito repel invasion"
or to suppress Instruction. III short,
for war purposes. Investment dealers
are very careful to bid only on issues
the LIGHTLY of which is attested by an
accompanying legal opinion, and they
wanted to be sure that the Maine con-
stitution was not violated The state
supreme court issued an opinion attest
ing to the LEGALITY of the ffering.
Without the full opinion of the SUI
preme court decision, comment on the
logic of the reasoning is impossible. The
possibilities which the bond sale opens
up, however, are sufficiently clear to
discuss If the state of Maine can sell
war bonds at time when this coun-
try is not at war, other states will prob
ably seek to make similar offerings for
such purposes as the construction of
armories and national guard needs.
Such work woulh seem to fit nicely
into the national defense program. But
all bond issues must be paid through
taxation, and taxpayers are belnk asked
to increase substantially their annual
contributions to the national government
in support of its defense program.
This newspaper has held before that
the national defense is the problem of
the nation, of the war and navy depart
ments and not of the local governments,
until such time as local assistance is
requested by Washington. The unplanned
issuance of bonds by 4S states for local
defense would be likely to hinder rather
than help the national program. 1t will
unquestionably increase the annual tax
load on the taxpayer at a time when he
is asked to make sacrifices to pay else
where for the national program.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
HOLDING COMPANY
TO BE PROBED

Real interest of the whole affair
lies in its political implications.
Union Electric is a subsidiary OF
North American, top holding COM
pany. When the scandal first broke
North American moved to clean
house, and a new management was
put in the subsidiary. Neverthe-
less, the exact relations between
Union Electric and North American
are likely to be gone into pretty
thoroughly if and when the SEC
hearing swings into high.
Which means the whole case
could easily become a full-dress
public discussion of the alleged
evils in utility holding comrlny
set-up.
If SEC could prove Union Elec-
trio did in fact use a slush fund to
influence politicians and public Of
ficials, and did it with the parent
company's knowledge, that would
be ammunition for a new attack on
the holding company arrangement;
conversely, if it should be proved
North American knew nothing
about any transgressions which
might be pinned on Union Electric
it could then be argued that the
holding company system is bad be-
cause it leads to irresponsibility
and lack of control.
MAY POUNCE
ON UTILITY ISSUE
The Democrats have already in
dictated they are going to stress the
holding company-public utility an
gle in their attack on Wendell Will
kie. Willkie. of course. has had
nothing whatever to do with either
Union Electric or North Ameri-
can: nevertheless, if SEC should
find itself airing a horrible ex-
ample just as the campaign got
moving, Democratic sharp-shooters
could be depended on to make full
use of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
THE TAX EXEMPTIONS

Wholehearted approval from indus
trial employers and employees alike
should be given the new national defense
tax bill which, in its present draft, would
allow expansion of factories engaged
in manufacture Of national defense sup
plies.
The trouble is, the bill does not go
far enough. The mere fact that it was
necessary at all should bring home to
the average citizen, as nothing has done
before, the thing that has retarded re-
covery in the United States. 1t is that
government taxes will not allow the
plant expansion necessary in ordinary,
non-defense industry if more men are
to be put to work earning a greater ma
tional income.
AS it is now an employer cannot
expand his plant without paying double;
he pays for expanding the plant, and
then he must pay heavy taxes on the
money he used TO expand it.
How can we expect American indus
try to grow and thrive, to provide new
Jobs and increase the national income.
when the government itself imposes re-
strictions against expansion?
We cannot.
The New Deal, vociferous against
civilization which stands still, should
learn from this defense problem that,
up TO now, its tax policies have done
everything possible to make American
industry stand still.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
M. A. No. 053O83
District Land Office
Los Angeles, California

June Z, l940
Notice is hereby given that The
Tycrete Chemical Corporation. bv
Louis A. Tyce, president, of Chula
Vista, California, has made appli-
cation for patent to the White
Crystal No. l placer mining claim.
embracing E1a SEA NEh Sec. ia
and White Crystal No 2 placer
mining claim, embracing SWA NWH
NWA Sec. Is; SEA- NEANEh Sec
l6 all in T. II s., r. 9 F.. SBM
containing 40 acres, in the El Cen
tro Mining District, Imperial Coun-
ty, California. There are no AID
Joining or conflicting claims. The
location notices are recorded in
Book 1853, page 148 and Book a5a
page 1875, and amended notices are
recorded in Book AGO pape 4aa
Book 460, page 48e. and Book 4aI
page 563. official records of Inner
ial County, California.
Rs PAUL E. WITMFR
Register.
(Jl1-A20 incll
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Willis Thonton's Editorial On:
Fifth Column on the Ledqer?

We generally like to think that
the United States bought itself out
of foreign ownership of its indus
tries during the World War.
BY and large, that is true. Much
of the railroad plant of this country
and many other industrial ven
lures were made possible by foreign
capital When the World War
broke. there was heavy ownership
in Europe of all sections of Ameri-
car industry European countries
generally sold those interests TO
buy war supplies with the proceeds.
The United States bought itself
back"
But not entirely. And during the
unsettled conditions of Europe dur
ing the past 10 years much Europ-
can capital came back TO the Unit
ed States for safety's sake.
THIS is nothing to get excited
about. and we know of no major
and vital industry that is today
foreign-controlled. There is no rea-
son to suspect undue foreign in
fluences within the boards of direc-
tors of any important corporation.
But the foreign stake in many
great American corporations is in
terestirg. and in some cases may
cause real complications. John
Ilovd, writing in the Magazine of
Wall Street. has listed some of
them. According to LLOYD. Ameri-
can Telephone reports 462. 900
shares held abroad. and u. s.
Steel 503.19 More than 300. 600
shares Of steel Lloyd reports, are
held in Holland, and the largest
single stakeholder of Southern pa
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Man Shoots Wife.
Swallows Poison

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. CUP)
Ernest Guaglianone, 81 year old
tailor, shot and seriously wounded
his wife and then took his own
life by drinking poison after ser
les of family quarrels today, po-
lice reported.
The wife, 80 year old Norma
Guaglianone, was in critical con-
dltion in San Francisco hospital,
suffering from bullet wounds in the
abdomen. -Four bullets entered her
body.
The tragedy occurred less than
"a hours after Mrs. Guaglianone
had complained to authorities that
her husband was threatening her
and he had promised Municipal
Judge Theresa Meikle to leave his
wife alone.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Tornado Wrecks
Il Homes. Kills.
In North Dakota

DAWSON, N. D., Aug. 3. UP)-
Two persons we're dead and a third
was near death today after lorna
die winds wrecked 16 homes and six
business houses in this village OF
$50 last night.
The dead were Forrest Knrtdsen
"a, county surplus commodities di-
rector whose automobile was pierre
ed by a flying timber, and George
Carlson, 10, Dawson, struck by
flying debris when the tWister de-
molished his home.
Mrs. Arthur Carlson 36, the boys
mother, was near death in a Bis
marck hospital. She and her son
were hurled nearly 100 feet when
their home was wrecked.
The 70-mile-an-hour wind cut a
swath half block wide through
the village as it swept from the
west.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
So They Say

Can the minister of information
say when it will be possible to
persuade Hitler to get married to
a sensible woman?
Will Thorne. labor member, in
a session of the British House of
Commons.
TeacherS have a perfect right to
express their own opinion, to pu-
pills II they're clearly labeled per-
sonal views.
DIR. William A. Hamm, assistant
superintendent. NJ. Y. schools.
We have to put the fear of God
into engineers and the RECOGNITION
of our biological needs into par
sons.
Earnest A Hootton. British an
thropologist and writer,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
BRINGING ARGENTINE
TO CALIFORNIA

Your correspondent has just driv-
en- out to the Argentine Way"
location to rest his eyes. But Betty
Cradle was leaving just as I arrived.
Don Ameche and his and 6-year-
old sons, the latter whopping at
the prospect of an afternoon at
the beach, followed in her dust.
Director Irving Cummings had dis
missed all players while he got some
trick shots of gauchos training race
| horses
This Technicolor musical has re-
quired an estimated 10000 miles
of travelling, and all within so miles
| of Hollywood. The filming is al
| most all outdoors, and at some
thing like a dozen different loca-
tons. Reason for this jumping a
round is that 20th-Fox crew
filmed 10000 feet of background
scenery in the Argentine, and now
the studio has to find location
sites to match up.
It's a tough job in slln-burned
California, and some costly trick
cry is needed. At the Warner ranch
watched crew spraying green
vegetable dye on the dry, yellow
grass of whole mountainside. An
other gang was covering a huge
area with calcium chloride, to keep
down the dust during fiesta scenes.
PERFECTION is
NO ENOUGH
The very British and equally dis
tinguished James Stephenson has
an important role in THE Letter."
with Bette Davis. He and Director
William Wyler got along fine until
the last day of the picture, when
Wyler grew eXasperated during
trial scene. You sound like Holly
woods idea of an American trying
to sound like an Oxford man." he
complained. ITS phony. l want
you to speak naturally, as an Eng
lishman would
But that's the way l talk!" said
Stephenson. Perhaps you didn't
know that the British Broadcasting
company gave me plaque for hav-
ing England's most perfect diction."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Head Addresses
1870 Meetinu

District Attorney Elmer Heald
Thursday night told the Ell Cen
tro 20-30 club of the increasing ac-
tivities of the fifth column and
other subversive organizations in
the United States at the regular
weekly meeting of the club.
Head traced the origin of the
phrase, Fifth Column, to the Span
ish civil war. General Franco de-
clared ne had scored his victory
by attacking with four columns
from without and one from within.
Head said, thus originating the
term.
Warren Brock was program
chairman, Sherman Eldridge, pres
ident, presided,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Did You Know?

The Chinese make gelatin from
the dried fins of sharks.
The first Methodist church in
the United States was established
near Westminster, Md.
There are more than eight mil
lion dogs in the United States.
Granting of patents on plants
was not authorized by CONFESS un-
til 1890, when the Townsend-Pur-
nell bill was enacted.
The x-ray now can be used to
determine accurately the size and
weight of the heart.
A single pound of cotton will
yield more than 4700 miles of
thread.
The former palace of the Ho-
henzollernS, in Germany, contains
600 rooms, with only two bath
rooms.
Grizzly bears are able to attain
a speed of IS miles an hour.
The Canadian jay lays it's eggs
during weather 30 degrees below
zero.
The correspondence of the Pope.
in Rome. requires the services of 35
secretaries.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Strike Shuts Down
Calf. Steel Plant

ALAMEDA, Cal, Aug. 3. UP)-
The Alameda plant of the Bethle-
hem Steel company was closed to-
day by strike of the CLIO fabrica-
ton workers union in a wage dis
pute.
Jack Childs, representative of
the union, said riveters struck June
s over wages paid to helpers, pa/s-
ers and heaters, demanding rs to
30 cents an hour instead of 63h
cents. He said the men returned
to work July % pending negotia-
ton. but the bargaining broke down
Thursday and the picket line wal
set up, yesterday About ITO men
are employed at the plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Seaman Sentenced
As Drug SnnuqqIer

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. OUP)
-Yoshitomo Wada, 38 year old
japanese seaman, was sentenced
to five years in federal penitentiary
and fined $4,000 today on charges
of attempting to smuggle cocaine
valued at 100000 into the United
States.
Wada pleaded guilty to the charg-
es before Federal Judge A. T.. st.
Sure yesterday. st. Sure put over
sentence to today.
Narcotics agents said Wada had
given them the names of persons
who had supplied the cocaine and
the information had been turned
over to the state department. at
Washington for possible further
action.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
CHANGE IN OPINION
Christian Science MOnitOr)

The most remarkable aspect of the
latest Fortune Survey of Public Opinion
on the presidential election in these
United States is the extraordinary
change reported since the denomination
of President Roosevelt. The sudden re-
versals or accelerations of previous find
ings constitute the quickest shift in pop
ular thought which Fortunes samplers
of sentiment have noted in the past five
years Summed up, they show specta-
cular gain in favor of the Republican
nominee, Wendell L. Willkie.
The Fortune poll month ago re-
vealed that 40 per cent of those ques-
toned thought they would vote for Mr..
Roosevelt if he ran again, while 314
per cent thought they would oppose
him. The remainder were undetermined.
The latest poll, just released for pub
LEGATION, shows 44.3 per cent for Roose-
welt and 408 per cent for Willkie, a
spread of less than per cent between
the candidates. with the voters who have
reached no conclusion holding the bal
cures sectionally, Fortune draws the
conclusion that the president would car
ry only the solid south if the election
were held today.
Changes in sentiment still may occur
between now and election day, for, as
Fortune points out, the Roosevelt re-
cord is made, while Mr.. Willkie must
largely establish himself in the public
thought during the campaign. At any
rate, the trend of the figures may be
considered significant.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04

Now developed is the autogyrc
that is capable of vertical ascent
the ideal substitute for embarrass-
ing moments when one finds the
earth just won't upen up and swal-
low him.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
GREECE LOSES TENTH
OF MERCHANT FLEET

ATHENS, Aug. 3. CUP)-Greece
has lost 1872 seamen and one-tenth
OF its merchant fleet between the
start OF the European war and
June 20, 1t was said officially to-
Gay.
Forty-one ships, totaling 1885,
900 tons, were lost, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Barbs

Astride great horse. the ducc
bounds about, leaps 10 hurdles. and
flexes his tanned arm muscles to
prove to newspapermen he's fit.
And to what breakfast food. pray
tell, is all this energy due?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04

Hitler, the peacemaker, recon-
mends that Rumania and Hungary
keep their disputes under cover
until after the war. at which time
Germany and Italy will settle them
Just stay in line, Balkans, your
turn will come.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04
Thoughts For The Day

And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not
written, My house shall be called of all nations the
house of prayeI9 but We have made it den of
thieves-Mark 1877.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-04

In Los Angeles. two process serv-
ers are reported running around
with a subpoena for ghost. And
we thought the heat was bad up
north.