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Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-19
Plymouth Brings You New
Thrilling High-Torque Per-
formance. New Power
matte Shifting...A Lovely
Fashion-Tone Interior.

YOU'LL LIKE the size, the
L. style, the low price of this
great 1941 Plymouth!
NewHigh-T -TorquePe
ance and power-gearing
bring you thrilling new ac-
ton. You get an Oil Bath Air
Cleaner, High Duty Engine
Bearings, Front Coil Springs,
and Spring Covers-standard
on onevenlowest-priced models!
Take a good look at the l941
prices of "All 3" low-priced
cars. PIynouth's the Zone"
for All Plymouth Division of
Chrysler Corporation.
aAyailabIe on all models at slight extra cost.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-19

Handsome hand made Fiet lace table
cloths in natural ecru color and here in a
variety of new patterns to show you. These
are the cloths that emphasize the fine fin
68x9O in. sizes and priced now at $50 and
up to 1896 =. See the display now in our
windows for Thanksgiving or for Holiday
gifts. 81. ~,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-19

Pure linen imported damask hem
stitched cloths in handsome patterns,
also hemstitched Napkins to match.
Cloths are "a 81 in. size, A big linen
value for 1855.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
A Bis STEP TOWARD
DRAINAGE SOLUTION

Last Wednesdays session of the I'M
perial Valley Economic Conference, spOn-
sOred by the University of California eX
tension service CrevieWed today on this
paper farm page. resulted in the great
est strides yet taken by this community
toward solution of the drainage prob
lem that threatens valley farms.
Carried TO completion. the extensive
survey planned by those participating in
the economic conference will undOubted-
~ result i'm federal financing for a pro-
gram To provide adequate drainage for
farm lands, and SO begin the last chap
ter IN overcoming one of The valleys five
major problems.
/ he others are: |. RefWding of I'M
pcrial Irrigation District indebtedness.
:. Early operation of the All American
canal ). Complete development of the
public power program. 4. Improved farm
credit and greater farmer ownership of
land.
Although the need for drainage had
become more and more apparent during
recent wears. il was not until this wear
that complete public consciousness of
this need was awakened. The irrigation
district. the university extension service,
the county farm bureau, and many indi-
VidualS deserve q lot of credit for Stimu-
latng public interest in this vital matter
1t is true that experts at last WedneS-
days conference confessed that proper
methods of drainage vary with condi-
tions, and that no thorough, complete
program can be planned until an expen-
sive survey has given complete knowl-
edge of these conditions-yet even this
confusion represents a long step in the
right direction.
We cannot solve a problem until we
know in detail what that problem is We
cannot property drain our lands until
We know the best methdS to be followed
on a given piece of land. SO the thing
to do is to find out what we should do.
After that. We can 90 ahead with all
possible speed
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Among
Our Yesterdays

There was no little perpleXity
among voters in the FL Centre dis
triCt school election on March %,
1920, according to the Imperial VAL
ley Press story of that date, all be-
cause there was one vacancy on
the board and residents of the city
believed there should be two.
One school board director, C. N.
Perry, had moved to CaleXico, ac-
cOrdlng 10 the Press, and residents
believed that his place on the board
should therefore be vacated.
Three men filed to run for the
one vacancy on the board and resi-
dents were anxious to obtain q de-
clSion to determine if Perry should
remain on the board or be replaced
by a local resident.
Superintendent Shibley was not
available for comment
The U. S. Marine Corps listed an
attractive ad in the Press, urging
young men to join the marines. The
ad read:
The young man who has not
felt the call of the seas, who has
never known the Wanderlust, that
restless hunger for the sights of
strange foreign lands and stranger
people-he does not exist.
But how many men have neg
lected their opportunities. have
grown old without wandering from
their home towns lThe ad didn't
say how manV.J
IN the Want ad section under
help wanted an ad solicited, "A
good gO-gettum salesman who has
a Ford
Southern Pacific Railway COM
pleted TWO surveys in consideration
Of a plan to construct a railway
to the Gulf of Lower California
The construction of the railway
is dream of Mexican officials. the
Press story said. AS it developed
it was only a dream. The project
went no further than the survey
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
THE DISTRICT AUDIT

No better indication of good faith
could have been given to the people of
Imperial Valley by the Imperial Irriga-
ton Districts board of directors than
that body'S recent instructions to audi
tors to make The most complete audit
in the districts history"
The districts audit has always been
more extensive than that of the county,
or Of any city in the county. Thus more
complete" audit will be not only the most
thorough in the history of the district.
but also the most thorough in the history
Of any governmental agency in Imperial
county.
The example Of the district is one that
could Very we'll be followed by the county
supervisors. and by the city councils of
every municipality.
The districts order Of course, reflects
increasing public interest in where pub
lie money is spent. and how.
Along this line, public opinion has been
growing for many months. here and else
where, in favor Of i complete monthly
report by governmental agencies of their
financial transactions, written in words
the average man can understand, and
published regularly on a given date. Such
Il report is decided deterrant on loose
spending Of tax monies
If districts; cities, counties and other
governmental agencies in California were
required 10 publish such report, MONTH
". bi-monthly or even annually, there
would be lot less political spending
and a lot more business administration
in government.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
INCOMES, NOW
AND IN 1899
{ Riverside Press J

AN'Nf
From a recent report of the United
states Treasury department we learn
that the total incomes of the people of
the United States in 1889 was SiNtY-eight
and half billion dollars.
The income of 1929. the boom year WAS
$4,000 600, 900 or $4,000, 100000 more.
New Dealers express the hope that i'm
another year or so the national income
will go up To The 1929 figures. that every
thing will then be lovely and the national
budget will be balanced.
But will it?
One might be unkind enough to call
attention to the fact that the treasury
department estimated the 1929 income
in gold dollars worth 100 cents each. and
that Of last year in 1899 dollars. But
even aside from that. conceding for the
sake of argument that 60-cent dollar
is worth as much as a l00-cent gold dol
lar the picture is not entirely rosy.
AS a matter of fact there are about
lO,OOO,O00 more people in the country
now than there were in 1929, so even with
an equal national income the per capita
amount would be less and the people
would not be nearly SO we'll off.
But there is another significant COM
parison. In 1929 the amount of retail
sales was 59.5 per cent while in 1899
the amount of retail sales was only 55.4
per cent of the total income. As this is
figured in percentages, variation in prices
does not make any difference.
1t IS evident. therefore. that the peo-
pie are now spending less money in pro-
portion for periShabe goods than they
did in 1929 in spite of the fact there are
100000 more consumers.
We might we'll ask what is the reason
for this.
Perhaps the rise in taxes has had
something to do with il. Electric power
and telephone rates have gone lower in
the past 10 years, it is pointed out. And
other items have been materially de-
creased in price Whatever is the reason
for this proportionate slump in amounts
spent for consumer goods. it is not an
encouraging sign. 1t does not indicate
that there is so much good medicine' in
pump priming.
Of course the experts can figure to
their hearts content. The fact is, how
ever, that greater income is needed now
than in 1929. And the further fact is that
the more money the government spends,
the higher taxes will go and the higher
the income will have to be to meet these
taxes.
Until something is done about putting
the 100000 idle men back to work in
private industry there is little that can
be explained away by figures.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
CAUTIOUS NAVAL POLICY
W aShingtOn POSt)

! w dSIlliSlol OSl)
In reporting out the navy supply bill,
the house appropriations committee ad-
vocated a cautious policy of building up
our first line of defense Just as the NAY
al affairs committee has done. The lat
ter group has approved a tWo-year build
ing program, instead of the ambitious
-siX-year plan sponsored by the admins
tratiOn.
A congress that is struggling to BRING
government expenditures into line with
revenue cannot consistently lay aside its
economy AK when national defense bills
are being passed. 1t must balance the
pressing need for curtailment Of eXpendi-
lures with the necessity of reinforcing
our strength on the seas in this critical
period If adjustments are made with
the same care which the house committee
appears to have given to the navy supply
bill, there will be little ground for com
plaint
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
You re Telling Me-

Fairgrounds for adults. with scoot-
ers. slides, swings. etc. are beine
planned in an eastern city, accord
ing to a news item. Maybe after
all life DOES BEGIN at 40
The average Marian day, We
read IS 40 minutes longer than an
earth day If Mar Is unlnhabitcd
think of all that daylight saving
going t" waste
Hogs never oyercat, says a biol
ogist Then lis high time they
sued somebody for libel.
The lirst kiss, according 10 u
noted woman writer, Is the sweet
est Not if you're baby and you
receive 1t from a politician.
Finnish forts were blown up by
Russian submarine bombs. Don't
tell US the Mannrrhcim line was
scuttlcd.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
CHAPTER 18


The recuperative power OF the
human race seems to be unlimited
No sooner had the roads once more
become safe for travel than that
we can observe return of COM
mercial activities which had been
absent tor some twenty generations
This did not mean international
trade in the modern sense of the
word. for in an age when the en-
perorS family travelled in bullock
carts, the exchange of goods was
Still 50 insignificant that peddlers
with packs on their backs could
easily take care of all the peoples
needs.
But after this long period of
form of existence meant an en-
ormous step forward, and at this
point II is necessary to give the
devil his due and say good word
for an institution which in our
modern America is usually regarded
with profound disapproval. l refer
to that interesting form of govern
IlltIll kIlOWIl dS ltuudllSIll.
1t is true that from the point of
view of the year 1910 feudalism as
an institution has very little to
recommend it. But if we want to
be fair. we should remember that
It was something absolutely un-
avoida5le.
Feudalism during the early Mid
die Ages was necessary as the Sys-
TEN OF the vigilantes which sprang
up all over the far west during
the earliest days of its development,
and as Self-appointed policemen
these teudal lords performed most
valuable service.
Once more the merchant could
move from place to place without
the constant fear of losing not only
his possessions but also his life.
The feudal lord of course did
nothing for nothing. But as the
recognized man of violence, he
promptly eradicated the smaller fry
and no sooner had a modicum of
safety returned to much plagued
world than behold. commerce and
trade once more made their tri-
rmphart entry among the people
of Europe
Here and there such energetic
individuals banded together, and
amidst the ruins of ancient Roman
towns they le-eStablshed them
selves as citizens of a free COM
munity.
Soon their numbers were inCreas-
ed by those former SerfS who by
means of their extraordinary ability
at some particular craft had been
able to buy their personal liberty.
And then came the twelfth century
when a combination of circumStan-
Ces suddenly rushed to their as
Sistance in most unexpected
fashion.
The primitive agricultural meth
odS of the Dark Ages had COM
pletely exhausted the soil. Soon
there was not land enough to feed
the multtudes. And at that pre-
else moment, the victory in the
East of the Mohammedans had
placed the holy shrines of Chris
tendon at the mercieS of an un-
believing sultan.
The Church began to preach those
CruSadeS which were to deliver the
Holy Land from the yoke of the
infidel and soon it was practically
Impossible for any self-reSpecting
country squire not to take part in
at least one of these great migra-
tions.
He Uas of course obliged to travel
in state and with a considerable
rctinue of soldiers and servants
For that purpose he needed ready
,nnnnnN for tho Chinninn cnmna nipS
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

In asking the people of Ell
Centre to elect me their city
clerk, 1 believe II only fair for
me to outline the things I stand
for. 1ney are:
l. Cooperation. 1 pledge 100
per cent cooperation with men,
bers of the city council, whoever
they may be as long as their
efforts are directed toward an
honest. buSinesslike administra-
ton of city affairs.
2. Efficiency. Twenty three
years of business and executive
experience in Imperial Valley
gives me the basis for efficient,
businesslike operation of the
clerks office.
3. Integrity. l believe the
clerks office should be safe
guarded against any possibility
of criticism, and that public Of
flee holders should hold the safe
ty of public funds above all other
considerations.
As a resident of Imperial VAL
ley for 32 years, and property
owner and taxpayer in Ell CentrO
for IL years, respectfully ask
for your support at the polls
April 9th.
(Signed) NEAL GAVIN.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Willis Thornton's Editorial On:
TALKING Books for the Blind

arcept tn" same kind Of treatment
metcd out to lesser federal employees
j. very plain.
Senators and representatives who
fall out Of grace with any admins
tration have rieht TO expect that
their fate be left solely in the hands
of the voters They have an equal
right to resent any executive med
ding in affairs that are strictly
state business.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Dissects the News

ranged, the fact that the White
liable reports did exercise the presi-
dental power as cOmmander-in-
chief to Overrule any army and navy
protests, and the abandonment of
the old policy of keeping all new
planes and weapons exclusively for
U. S. use until the army and navy
are thoroughly stocked with them.
which has both congressional and
military circles badly worried.
The allied purchasers are known
tC be anxious to get two particular
pets of U. S. military aViation-the
famous bomb-si9ht, which is the
most priced military secret on earth
today. and the Bell Aircobra power
ful rear-engined pursuit ship. Some
army officers and congressman are
afraid that these two may follow
the Curtiss fighter over the gang
plank to Europe.
GIVES STRENGTH TO L. s.
PLANE PLANT PLAN
Meanwhile, the fUrorc over the
sales is having the unexpected Ell
feet of giving support to move to
put the u. S. government into the
airplane manufacturing business
About one year ago Senator Lister
Hill of Alabama introduced bill
which would establish a government
airplanc factory as 'yardstick' for
production costs. set up 4 research
laboratory, and put the government
into mass production of planes in
case of war
Now Senator Hill is getting ac-
ton. He has been named chairman
CT q special subcommittee to hold
hearings on this bill and witnesses
have already been called. The SEN
ator now believes he can get action
at this session: and if the bic for
eign purchases are shown to be de
laying U. S. rearmament he easily
might.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

WASHINGTON. - A first ella IS
SENSATION is very likely to develop
cut of the coming congressional in
Vt>ugatlons INTO French and British
purchases of the U. S. military
planes
!. A brand-neW military plane,
only recently considered too secret
tC be solo abroad, IS going to 90 70
the French in large numbers. The
U. S. Army. incidentally. has not yet
begun 10 get delivery on this plane
2 The French and British are
about to spend billion on airplanes
although existence of q "bOttleneCk'
il production has just been admitted
by Assistant Secretary of War
Johnson
g. Many army and navy officers
strongly oppose the sales but are
overruled. Deals are arranged via
the White House. The army and
navy, it IS reliably reported. do not
row know what planes will next be
sold abroad.
4 a hush-hush veil of secrecy
has hidden the entire affair for over
year.
An interesting case is that of the
Curtiss P-40 pursuit ship A year
ago War Department spokesmen told
senate committee that this ship
above all others. must not be sold
abroad Today that ship has been
released for sale to the French.
pIANE SOIn MINIS
SECRET ACCESSORIES
Technically it is not the P-40;
il IS TO be sold minus all of its Sc
cret accessories. and in that con-
dition is officially known as the
GI-A; but it is the same plane and
il is being sold abroad before the
United States army for which it
was designed, has been able to get
production on il.
Now II IS the secrecy under which
the release of this plane was ar
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Barbs-

Italy shouldn't worry about a coal
shortage. There must be stacks
of old treaties lying around that
could b" passed out to the citizens
for fuel
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Cycle Begins Again from Feudaism
Democracy Comes to a Re-Birth

of Venice and Genoa did not believe
in credit. This money he obtained
by borrowing cash from the only
people who had any-from the
merchants.
The merchants, not being under
any particular obligation to do the
fashionable thing could stay peace
fully at home And when no inter-
est was paid on their loans. they
were able to insist upon certain
substitutes in the form of all sorts
OF rights and prerOgatives that were
to increase the Independence of
their little cities. And as this pro-
cess continued for almost three
centuries, the same cruSades were
of the greatest Importance in help
ing the growth of Europe's monied
middle classes.
And since city air meant free
air the spirit of independence
among the inhabitants of the high
walled towns grew to a point where
they felt themselves strong enough
TO act independently of any over,
lord.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
THOUGHTS for the Day

With the mercful thou wilt Shew thyself merclful
and with the upright man thou wilt sheW thyscl
uprght-I Samuel - 26
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

That was the beginning of those
city-republics which originated in
Italy during the thirteenth century
Cthe Crusades had lasted from 1896
until l270 and which were almost
exact replicas of the old Greek
democracies, in regard to their
political structure and in their de-
VotiOn to the arts.
But none OF those ever became
4 Democracy in our modern sense
OF the word. They were ruled by
and for the Well-to-do classes The
average man had no influence what
Soever upon the government. He
worked, paid his taxes and obeyed.
His time was to come, but not
until he had been able to gain
strength through organization-not
until he had established those early
unions which We know by the pic
turesque name of the Guilds.
NEXT: The rise and fall of the
Guilds as a step toward Democracy.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
PLANE SOLD MINUS
SECRET ACCESSORIES

a progressive step in cduChtl''
the blind has been announced by
Robert b. irwin. executive director
Of the American Foundation for the
Blind. Inc. To supplement their
Brallle studies blind youngsters will
be taught through the medium Of
audible picture books
The ldca is to paint for the sight
les child a word picture so VIVID
that an exact image Of a scene or
situation will form in his mind.
The talking books are supplemented
with tests. TO be administered by
the teacher. On the basis of such
t,sts. the powers of observation
and rctentive ability of the blind
can be compared on fair basis
with those Of normal children.
A great zeal has been done in re-
cent years to make life more pleI-
.nIt for the blind. This latest step,
AIMED a It j.. at Sightlcss Youngsters
Wlli help to establish their lives on
basis more nearly equal 10 that
ot Their more fortunate playmaIc5
and Will speed up the educational
processes
II Va almost inevitable that.
while COMPRESS was talking about the
proposed extensions 10 the Hatch
clean politics act someone should
remember the presidential purge, OF
1888.
The restrictions on political ac-
tlvity imposed on governmental
workers. and now proposed for state
workers paid partly with federal
funds. preclude the president and
Nj, cabinet. Nevertheless. the moral
responsibility Of these officers L
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

AS one of the smaller neutralS,
Iceland must feel neglected these
days. No one has so far indicated
4 desire to annex her.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

MEMBER:
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

Boston women are taking course
learning how to prepare horS d.
ocuvrcs while the rest of us are still
learning how to say it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

NEXT: The rise and fall of the
Guilds as a step toward Democracy.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Famous Sayings

Mcrcifulncss makes equal to the gods. Claudian.
Evening star., 1940-07-31

alton unit which has headquarters
at st. Paul.
The Naval Committees clerk, Rob-
ert Harper, holds Reserve commits
sion in the Army. He explained
that contradiction, however, by say
ing he got his commission before he
got his job.
On the Military Committee, Rep
resentatives Faddis. Democrat, Of
Pennsylvania. and Sparkman, Dem.
ocrat, OF Alabama, are Army Re-
serve colonies. Mr.. Faddis saw ac-
tive service in France during the
World War and says that, health
permitting, he would seek a COM
mand in event of another war.
One of the most noted veterans of
the World War in the House is