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Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
Willis Thornton's Editorial On:
Coronation in a Washroom

of one to whom even his poor loot
was too tempting.
So of course Halle SelaSsie'S prim-
tive tribeSmen died under the
bombs and fled before the tanks.
and the emporer himself fled to
a quiet retreat in suburban Eng
land. There he waited with dignity
unmatched by the rulers OF many
greater peoples.
Now the collective impotence OF
the great powers has involved
them all, and as detail in a
greater struggle, Halle SelaSsie Is
busted off and given backing for
an attempt to regain his lost glorieS.
He came to Alexandria as the quiet,
lustrous-eyed little man whose civil
ian dress could not conceal his in
nate dignity.
He entered the mems waShroom
of the former Italian Yacht Club
and was seen to emerge once more
in the resplendent uniform of an
Ethiopian generalissimo, once more
King of Kings, Elect of God and
Light of the World
1t is ridiculous, it is pathetic.
But is it any more ridiculous and
pathetic than the struttings and
posturings that have put Europe
where it is today? One can find
it in his heart to weep for the little
Negus, but never laugh at him.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
ApERIAl VALLEYS CHANCE
ONT LET 1T 60 UNHEEDED

A news story the other day said that
c. Black, governor of the federal
rm credit administration in Washing
n, had assured California farm leaders
at complete Investigation will be
ade of federal Land bank policies in
e state-particu of those policies
at blacklist such places as Imperial
lley.
The assurance was a triumph for j.
Adams and others who have battled
ie bv side with him to force the fed
al land bank TO lift the silly restric-
ms against loans on land in Imperial
illey.
II was, also, good news for every
rson in Imperial Valley.
II was good news because restricted
edit has been one Of the greatest rea-
MS why farm development in this COM
unity has not kept up the pace it
ould, but has forced more and more
nd into the hands of farm corporations
d out of the control of independent in
viduals.
A hearing, you may say, would do
good unless we are able to prove
at we deserve credit.
HThe fact is that there is every proof
! need to uphold our contention that
land bank has Disseminated unfair
against the valley. There are numer-
s instances in which loans have been
fused where farms were offered as
:urity-farms virtually free of debt
d earning far greater percentage of
ofit than many other businesses do
1ich are considered excellent credit
l But the fact remains that the federal
Id bank has the whip hand; it can re-
be credit if it wants to.
Our Job, under those circumstances,
Ito take advantage of the hearing Mr..
uich will win us the recognition to
Iuich we are entitled as a community
:iiich deserves credit. If we as a COM
lnity can do that one job in the next
nnar, we will have advanced far towards
Stable place in the economic sun.
II The chambers of commerce in lmper-
X, Valley-every one of them-should
= busy Immediately to see that we win
Eh recognition. They should pool their
kources if necessary, hire the most
pable lawyers, raise a public subscrip-
" if they have to, do everything hui
(nly possible to present the best pos
e case before Mr.. Blacks investiga-
s at their hearing.
IN as possible. There has been too
ch delay in this matter already.
but, regardless of when the hearing
Aeld-let's get our case in shape, so
tcan argue it as it should be argued.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
Paul Harrison S Notes
On HOLLYWOOD S FoibIes and ads

pleted month previously, and the
picture itself already had been
filmed. There never was the slight
est doubt about which man would
get the gal.
Neertheless, a QUESTIONABLE was
sent to some 10000 women students,
and a Jury of ther was selected to
view all but the last reel n
decide how it should end. 1t seems
to have been quite an effective
stunt. I wish, though, that the
exploitation hadn't proceeded from
there to misrepresent the likelihood
of any practical tie-up between
HOLLYWOOD and colleges.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
THEY PULLED
ONE MILLION VOTES"
THE EDITOR
Ell CENTRO POST-PRESS:

In regard to your comment about
Ham'n Eggs not going on the ballot this
year. Are you positive about that? You
failed to mention that the reason 1t will
not be on the ballot is because enough
good signatures were thrown out pur-
posely, to try to keep it off the ballot.
The Judge who refused to issue writ
of mandate without even giving the APP
plcant hearing is just another puppet
for the dictatorS in California
IN spite of the terror program of
the opposition last year they pulled one
million votes Do you think a million
people who know the truth about our
money system are going to fold up be-
cause they lost two elections? Not much,
they are going to keep on spreading
their valuable information until another
million people understand and realize.
| notice the banks now run ads offering
credit for SALE. That's good. Of course
they sell credit to only those who have
good incomes, and rake in good inter-
est-and they only have few cents back
of every dollar of credit they issue.
Why hasn't the state the right to
sell credit, too? Life payments proposes
to do that-with a U. S. dollar behind
every dollar of cxedit issued-and better
still, form of credit that is forced to
circulate continually, starting through
the hands of oldsters and others who
are not needed in industry any longer,
Your paper is like most all the rest.
No logical suggestions whatever on how
to do away with poverty and reduce tax
es-yet you fight any and all plans with
that objective, because your business
would be ruined if you didn't.
With our present money system no
one can be helped without taxing some
one else. With Life Payments, the people
issue their own credit to a limited
amount, thereby helping everyone in
California. The proposed tax legislation
would at the same time reduce taxes
almost half
Can you tell me what there is in
that, that is treacherous and dangerous?
Lifting unfortunate people from the gut
ter and creating new industry so that
our youngsters might have Jobs is not
a criminal offense, is it? To hear the
oppostions quawk, one would think So
You, Mr. Editor, no doubt have more
than $40 a week to live on for your own
personal share of living expense Do you
feel that you are living in Utopia? |
doubt it.
From comment in your paper it is
plain to see you think Olson has failed
miserably as a governor-which is true
but if the recall takes place, will we
read in your paper about his fine ac-
complishments and what a great COVER
nor he is?
If Ham n Eggs goes on the ballot,
will We read only the opposition comment
in your impartial" paper =. ? We
shall see
You recently suggested that your
readers write more letters to you, criti-
cizing, commenting on your editorials.
It's a good idea-but does it do any
good?
Very cordially yours,
Mrs. Grace CruikShank
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
Lazy Insides Answer
AN-VesetabIe Way!

just a quarter to half-teaspoon-
full of a spicy, aromatic laxative
on your tongue tonight, drink of
water, and there you are.
Taken by those easy directions,
BLACK DRAUGHT
usually permits good nights
sleep; acts gently, thoroughly next
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

Reason for BLACK-DRAUGHT
gentle effectiveness is its time
tested combination of vegetable
ingredients, chief of which is an
helps impart tone to lazy bowel
muscles.
Next time, use all-vegetablc, time
tested BLACK K-DRAUGHT.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
COLLEGE TIE-UP
lURIOUS
So They Say

Il is impossible to conceive of
South and Central Americans fold
ing their arms and standing by
permitting the United States 10
defend US without our helping.
President .Anastasio Somoza Of
Nicaragua.
You are Americans and you are
far from home. I have called you
together 10 play the Star Spangled
Banner.
Arturo Toscanini to his American
orchestra in MonteVideo, July 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

WASHINGTON July 31.-Na-
ton wide registration of aliens be-
ginning Aug. 81 will be neither a
glorified red-hunt nor a means of
compiling a blacklist by which
super patriots can chase foreign
born workers out of their Jobs, if
the man who is running the show
has anything to do with it,
This man is Earl G Harrison, a
youthful looking Republican law
yer from Philadelphia, who is work
ing until midnight five or six nights
a week preparing the machinery
which will make the names, finger
prints and personal histories of
from three to six million people
part of the official records of the
U. S. government.
Big idea is to find out exactly
how many aliens there are in the
country, where they came from,
what they're doing and who they
are. A good many liberals have
been worried about the uses to
which all of this data may be put.
Here is HarriSon'S answer,
Inc luli tAttIlt VI Itlt SoNClh-
ment's policy hasn't been worked
out yet he says. But two things
are perfectly clear:
First, Congress made it empha-
tic that these records are to be
secret and confidential.
Second. the lists will be available
only to such persons or agencies
as are approved by the attorney
general.
Its rather funny, maybe, but
already we've had quite reaction
indicating that the foreign-born
themselves aren't going to be nearly
as concerned about this registration
as some of our own citizens are.
Most of these foreign-born people
are used to this sort of thing back
home
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

Pity the plight of the Brooklyn
Dodger, who, during recent out
field fisticuffs with a Cincinnati
player got so mad, then looked up
and saw Reds.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

The Burma road has been shut
down, but flick of the dial still
finds the Road to Mandalay being
used, by premier baritones of the
airWayS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
B;arbs

Because of the new defense taxes,
the nation is suffering from a
shortage of pennies. 1t wasn't SO
long ago when the complaint most
often heard was lack of dollars.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
Thoughts For The Day

When thou shalt unto the Lord thy God
thou shalt not slack to pay it, for the Lord thy God
will surely require it Of thee; and it would be sin
in thee.-Deuteronomy 1921.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

The French people have all the mag
nificent qualities they always had.-Am-
bassador Bulhtt on his return from
France.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

After a big struggle, 106-pound
girl lands a 447-pound tuna. But
for while it looked like the fish
would be taking the girl home to
show the folks what it caught
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

fices. and in all post offices in
county seat towns, will have ques-
tionnaires which eacn alien must
answer.
Wording of these hasn't been
finally determined. They'll ask the
aliens name. the date and place OF
his entry, his nicknames or aliases,
if any. his criminal record If he
has one. his occupation, how long
he. intends to stay and what he
intends to do. what societies or
organizations he belongs to, and
so on.
The finger printing part of the
lob is rather a headache. FBl agents
are preparing set of instructions
so that the postal men will know
how to do it,
Registration will last four months.
The 1880 census showed something
over 100000 aliens in the United
States. Best guess is that naturali-
zation, deaths and emigrations
have cut this to about 3,500,000.
Each aliens registration card
and prints will be sent to Harrl-
sons office in Washington. A re-
ceipt will be mailed to the alien
and he'll be asked to keep it; but
he won't be required to carry it
around with him like European
card of identity
PICKED
BY BIDDLE
Harrison was picked for this job
by an old friend, Solicitor General
Francis Biddle He has never held
public office before. although he
has had good deal of experience
with the foreign born: while work
ing his way through the University
of Pennsylvania, 20odd years ago,
he taught night school classes in
English. and more recently he was
president of the Public Charities
Association of Pennsylvania, which
in 1899 waged a campaign against
proposed Pennsylvania legislation
involving discrimination against
aliens.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

My position is taken for reasons of
selfish security, and not out Of love for
Great Britain.-Navy Secretary Knox.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
Did You Know?

According to English statistics,
about one person in every three
in newfoundland is receiving relief.
At one time the American flag
had Is stripes.
A half moon is only one-ninth
as bright as the full moe1.
1t is estimated that, should bees
perish from the earth, more than
half the flowers would vanish, also.
In London, the average daily
consumption of water amounts to
38 gallons per capita
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

A cartoonist depicts Hitler as
having sold his soul to the devil.
Can this be an attempt to gain
for the fuehrer the title, Faust
in was, etc."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

Sin is not necessarily an offense
against civil law, though it may coin
eide with such an offense-Judge Bart
lett, II, Reno divorce expert
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

In Columbus, O., family has
been sentenced to eat chicken for
80 days. The first candidate to
come out for two chickens in every
pot loses their votes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. l (UP)-In
my mail lately have been quite
a few inquiries about jobs in the
movie studios. These letters, from
recently graduated collegians who
haven't yet found timeclock to
punch. are hard to answer with
anything except gloomy generalities
and one specific suggestion never
heard in a baccaIaureate address.
The advice is: If you want to
find work in Hollywood, be sure
to have an uncle who is a studio
executive. I realize that in some
cases this may be impossible since
many of us do not have any uncles
anywhere. However. it is almost
equally impossible for people with
ont influence to get Jobs. In all
likely vocations. including that of
office bov. there are aStoniShingly
long waiting lists of nephews sup
plemented by strings of second
couinG
There are very few kinds Of work
which an outsider m g h t even
hope to get. The trades and crafts
and technical fields are tightly or
panized. If person is given a job
by a departmental executive, he
then-usually-i allowed to join
the proper union. He may get only
a temporary work permit, as in
the case of waivers from the Screen
Actors Guild for professionals
who for special reasons, may get
a chance to appear in a picture.
TRAINING" is
OFTEN WASTED
HundreddS of high schools and
colleges otter motion picture courses
which hope are intended to be
merely informative The University
of Southern California at Los n
geleS offers more varied and
thorough movie subjects probably,
than any other-yet its students
can't get work in the studios eX-
cent Through the usual channels
Of influence. Some Of them have
done well in the widening field OF
commercial movie making.
7 have one letter from junior
Gtllego graduate who wants 10
what and where he can study so
that he may work toward a Holly
wood directorship. 1t seems that
he has been cherishing a clipping
which quotes Producer-Director
Wesley Ruggles as saying that he
hoped to open the way for tie
I'D between. colleges and Hollywood
that will allow outstanding film
course students to get practical
experience in the studios
very much doubt that ar.
Ruggles ever said any such thing.
He knows that directors come from
rooms and scenario departments Of
of the studios themseles, and from
the legitimate stage.
COLLEGE TIE-UP
DUBIOUS
The widely published story was
Just a piece Of press agent monkey
business. and I sincerely hope that
it has boomeranged TO plague the
director with 10000 letters Of an
plication. The occasion for the |
piece was the completion by Rug |
giles of Too Many Husbands"
IT was declared that Ruggles /,
couldin't decide on ar ending for t
his picture-Whether Jean Arthur
should wind uD with Fred Mac
Murray Or MelVyn Douglas. Ac-
tually. the story had been com (
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
ANSWERS

!. Ali Baba opened the cave OF
the Forty Thieves.
2. Grrano's outstanding physi-
cal characteristic was his huge
nose.
3. Ella was a pen name used
by Charles Lamb.
d. The word malapropism is dc
rived from the name of Mrs. NAL
aprop in Richard Brinsley Sheri-
dams play, The Rivals.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
WON'T HAVE
TO CARRY CARDS

The whole Job is going to be
handled by the Postoffice Depart
ment. Veteran postal employees in
all first and second class post Of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Call
fornia Newspaper Publish
crs Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-31
Uranium Crackers
Some Book Characters

Some Book Characters
How is your store of knowledge
on literature? Here are five ques-
tions about authors and their works
to test you.
/. Who was the character, in the
Arabian Nights. who opened the
cave of the Forty Thieves by using
the word sesame?
2. What was the outstanding
physical characteristic of Cyrano dc
Bergerac in Rostand's play of that
name?
3. Who was Ella?
4. The word malapropism, de-
noting the grotesque misuse of a
word, was derived from the name
of character in play. Can you
give the name of the character,
the play, and the author?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
T.

Winter Park Rev. Raleigh M.
Engle, pastor. Sunday school at
10 a. M, John L. Lamb, supt.;
worship service at Il a. M, with
sermon by the pastor on the theme
The Christian Conviction Concren-
ing God" The young people will
attend the district rally to be held
in Southport, registration beginning
at $3.50 p. m. The circles of the
Woman's auxiliary will meet to-
morrow. in accordance with the
announcements made at the church
today"
Emmanuel - Corner Fifth and
Meares Streets, the Rev. F. S.
Johnston, pastor. Norman Mintz,
organist and choir director. Bible
school, 9:45, Harry Wettig, general
superintendent. Morning worship
and sermon by pastor at II O'Clock.
This service opens the "Coopera-
tive Preaching Program" put on
by the Presbyterian ministers of
our city. The program will run for
ten Sundays, each Sunday one of
the Essential Christian Convic.
will be discussed. Today,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
INSTRUMENTATION

Mrs. w. T. DeVane, Jr. will con-
duct non-denominational religious
services this afternoon at 3 o'clock
and tonight at 8 o'clock, at the
Castle Heights Church, 18th and
Casle streets. Her subject will be
The Author of our Days a n d
Ways"
Special vocal and instrumental
selections will be rendered at the
night service. Singing will be led
by a large mixed chorus choir, to-
gether with the Castle Heights Or
chestra. The public is invited to
attend. Sunday School will assem-
bic at 2 p. m. to study the test.
and let III not be weary in we'll
doing, for in due season we shall
reap if we faint not.
"As we have therefore opportun-
ity , let us do good unto all men,
especially unto them. who are of
the household of faith" Galatians
60, 10.
Church of Christ. - 1913 South
Fourth Street. o. P. Baird, minis
ter. Bible classes 1920 a. m.
Preaching II a. m. and 8 p. m.
Mid-week Bible study Wed. 8 pm.
Every one is cordially invited to
attend the services of this un-de-
nominational group of Christians.
st. Matthew's. - 919 North
Fourth Street, the Rev. Carl H.
H. Fisher, pastor. Sunday School
9:45 a. m. Adolf Otersen, superin-
tendent. Morning worship service
IL a. M, Administration of the
Holy Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per. We r always glad to have
visitors join us in the worship of
our God Meeting of the Church
Council, Wednesday October 16, 8
p. m. q
st. Paul's, Sixth and Market
Streets, the Rev. Walter B. Freed,
pastor. Morning worship service
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
Sunday School Lesson

among some of the company, for
evidently they had many kinsfolk
and acquaintance who had cof..e
to Jerusalem with the same mis-
sion as themselves.
But when they did not find HIM.
they became anxious. Returning
to Jerusalem, they found Him
where they might have expected
to find Him, in the Temple sitting
in the midst of the teachers.
1t is a moving spectacle that we
have here. If it were merely that
OF Jesus instructing the teachers,
we should be somewhat startled at
the presumption of a boy of IL,
but even with the grace of God
upon Him, presumption was not a
sin of the young lad of Nazareth.
He was in the midst of the teach
ers to hear them and to ask them
questions, as well as to answer
when they questioned Him. They
were astonished at His knowledge
and His wisdom.
When His parents found Him,
His mother spoke as any mother
might have spoken in mild re-
proach expressive of her sorrow.
The answer of Jesus is impress
sive, and in itself marks the depth
and feeling of the boy, Know We
not that I must be in my Fathers
house?"
It was not necessary to seek
Him. The one thing they could
have been sure of was that He
would not be in any mischief or
doing anything unworthy of
them or of the teaching that they
had given Him.
The teachers might have been
willing to keep Jesus with them,
but He was a dutiful as well as an
inspired son. He came back to
Nazareth with His parents, and as
the lesson says, HE was subject
unto Them" But Mary, we might
kept all these sayingi
and pondered them in her heart.
So our lesson concludes with ar
even stronger word than that with
which it began. "Jesus advanced
IN wisdom and stature, and in ia.
vor with God and man." IL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
BY WILLIAM E. GILROY, D. b
Editor of Advance
Text. T,uke 2.d0-s0

ACAts Auhc Hs4V-0E
1t is in the mature life of Jesus,
in His teaching, in His earthly
ministry, in His death and resur-
recton, that We e revealed the
fullness of the Gospel.
But that Gospel would be incom-
plete were it not for its setting in
His earthly life, and we are able to
appreciate the real humanity OF
Jesus as we have glimpses of His
babyhood and childhood.
The strong emphasis upon the
divinity of Jesus has sometimes
oscured the fact that that divinity
was revealed in humanity. We
could not have had a real incarna-
ton If the earthly life of Jesus had
not been in harmony with the laws
OF birth, life, and growth from the
cradle to the grave.
Here in the opening verse of Cur
lesson, we have this emphasized.
Luke is writing of Jesus as a boy
OF IL, and he sums up the years be-
tween babyhood and that age with
the record that ''the child grew
and waxed strong" AS ] esus
grew physically, so He grew in
wisdom, and as Luke says, THE
grace of God was upon Him."
Now Luke gives us a vivid pic
ture of this boy Of IL in action-a
picture that far more effectively
than any description emphasizes
HIS remarkable nature.
And yet, it is not at all an alb
normal picture. The parents of
Jesus, as was the custom, had
gone to Jerusalem at the Feat OF
the Passover. The boy must ha We
been thrilled with his visit to the
city. He saw and heard a great
deal to interest Him, but above all
He had come to the city of
the Temple and He had come with
the zeal Of a youth, precocious in
his religious interest.
The parents of Jesus had
started on the return journey
and had gone a day when they
realized that Jesus was not with
them. They were not anxious be.
cause they supposed that He Was
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
HOLINESS
Holy Church of Jesus Christ

Holy Church of Jesus Christ -
Third and Marstella St. Rev. G.
L. Pridgen, pastor. j.. D. Wells,
superintendent. Miss liza Pridgen, pi-
anist. Mr.. Clyde Lewis, Chair lead
er. Sunday School, 1880. Sunday
night service, 1880. Young peoples
meeting Tuesday night 7:3). Mid
week service Wednesday night
7:30. The public is invited to come
and worship the Lord with us. 4
First Pentecostal, North Second
and Parsley streets. Rev. I. D. Dick
ems, pastor. Sunday school, 10 a. m.
B. A. Blake, supt. A class for every
age. Morning service IL a. m. Ser
mon by the pastor. Theme Under
His Wings" Young Peoples service
$50 p. m. Mrs. I! D. Dickens, presi-
dent. Evening service 7:30 p. m.
Sermon by the pastor. Theme, "The
Time is Short" Mid-week prayer ser
vice Wednesday evening at 7:30. The
public is cordially invited to wor-
ship with us in all of our services
and to enjoy the fellowship of the
gospel singing and preaching.