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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15

The winning of the baseball'
championship gave CaleXico an
amazing athletic record for the past
season The Bulldogs won the foot
ball championship, tied with Ell
Centre for the basketball crown
and won the tennis championship
in addition to the diamond belt.
FL Centre Spartans journeyed to
CaleXico with a chance to deadlock
the valley league standings by de-
fcating CaleXico, but they came
back with no more than third place
and a bruised reputation.
BY virtue of the 1876 victory Cal
eXico finished the season with five
wine one loss. Brawley was second
with four wins, two losses, Ell Cen
tro finished third with three and
three. Holtville failed to win a
game.
Coach John Lays Spartans start
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Hogue Steps Up
Notch for Bout

Shorty Hogue, Jacumba middle
weight. steps up one notch on the
liStlc ladder Friday night at the
san Diego coliseum in main event
scrap against Johnny jackson of
New orleans.
Jackson, who holds decision
over Bigboy Hogue, will be slightly
favored over the curly-haired
youngSter from Jacumba hills.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
AYNES SCHEULES ANOTHER
PRACTICE FOR GIRLS

Dale Aynes. manager of one of
e. Centros girl softball teams, an
nounced a second practice Thurs
day night at the high school field
Aynes. who reported q out for
practice Tuesday night. declared
Thursdays practice would start at
$50.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
l.. 4. BUTTER & EGGS
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, May -. CCPJ A ink
lhS spell in the last few minutes
today carried wheat prices on the
Chicago board Of trade off tn" fun
limit Of 10 cents a bushel A strong
or tendency which developed carly
broke under renewed liquidation.
Wheat closed -, 10 cent lover.
May So Sc d bushel. Corn was
down =. to ~ cents. MAJ 81. O.
SO, oats off Is to up =, MAJ IS =" y
md rye 81 to q. cents lower. May
40; soy beans Off % to - cents
at the close, May 9jl4.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15

= Play in the first annual Holtvlle
invitational tennis tournament went
into the third round Wednesday
with a minimum of upsetS
Results:
Boys singles ,13 yearsI-Town-
send Of. Arnold. 6-l. 60: Case Of.
Tafia, 6-1, Co. Kaiser Of. Steven
son, 7-5, 6-3.
Boys singles Is years)-Riedy Of.
Taecker, 6-l. 6-1, Blackwood Of.
Slater, Ga, 3-6, 6-3; Nichols Of.
Frye, 60, Go.
Boys doubles Cl3 yearsD-Blalack
and Sharpe Of. Erwin and Stevens.
4-6, 8-6, Ga
Boys singles cl9 years)-Hems Of.
Massey, Ga, 6-3.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Troy withdraws
From mI.C.A.A.A.A.

LOS ANGELES, May Is. CUP)-
University of Southern California
today withdrew from the ICAAAA
track and field meet and prepared
to send an injuryriddled team to
Minneapolis for the NCAA cham
pionships June 81 and %.
Bill Hunter, Trojan athletic di-
rector, said it had been decided not
to defend the IC4A title because the
dates interfere with final eXamna-
tiOnS
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Dodgers Release
Macon

NEW YORK. May "A. CUP)-The
Brooklyn Dodgers today announced
the release of Pitchers Wes Ferrell
and Max Macon.
Ferrell, the veteran right handler.
was released Internationally, and
Macon. young southpaW, was sent
10 Montreal on option
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Jenkins, Armstrong
SiQn for Bout

NEW YORK, May Is. CUP)-
Welterweight Champion Henry
Armstrong and Lightweight Cham
pion Lew jenkins signed contracts
today to meet in 12-round non-
title match at the Polo Grounds
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
L. A. POULTRY

Los ANGELES, May Is. up
Hens, ieghorns, ~ -5.i lbs. -. -12c
Hens, leghorns, over lbs. :. 12c
DO over 4 IDS. ..,.... ........ 12c
hens, coiored, ~. to lbs. -. 19c
Hens, colored, over 4 lbs. -. lSc
Broilers, over IA up to -. lbs. lac
Br1ilers, over / i up to 90 lbs. 15c
Fryers. leghorns, over pa up to g u
Fryers, cOlored, i.-3i4 lbs. =. l7c
Fryers, colored, over 3H IDS. up 19
Roasters, colored ............ 19
Old roosters, coIored ...... 8
Old roosters, leghorn ........... sc
Stags ................... lac
Duckllngs, over 5 pounds .... 16c
Oucklings, under 8 pounds -. 14c
Ciu u uChS &c
d9uhs geese .................. 15c
Old tom turkeys ........., lie
Old hen turkeys ... ...... lie
Capons 8 lbs. and up ....... 24c
Rabbits, No. wu. ga to AZ lbs. lie
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
District Shop
Halls Coca Cola

District Shop softball team capi-
talized on errors and two home runs
to defeat Coca Cola softball team,
1871 and take undisputed lead in
the Ell Centro B Tuesday night at
the Adams street park.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Markets at a Glance

Stocks irregular and active.
Bonds irregularly lower; l.. 5.
governments lower
Curb stocks irregularly lower.
Foreign exchange higher.
Cotton off as much as Sl.3O a bale.
Wheat closed off the limit of IL
cents; Cyrn WAS off 2lp-"&, Cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
MIRANDA SCORES WIN

LOS ANGELES, May ID. up
Carlos Miranda, l42. out punched
Dencio Cabanela, 142. in the 10
round main event at Olympic audl-
torium last night to win Referee
Abe Roth'S nod.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Dodgers Capitalize on Break to Take
Over First Place in National Loop;
Athletics Shell FeNer for Win

NEW YORK, May Is. (UP)-Deacon Bill Mckechnie,
Cncnnati's venerable pilot, hunched and shouted
up at Umpire Bill KLEIN: "Ilow you let the runner
go to third? Section sx rule 4S positively that
base runner advance when batted ball hits umpire
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
City Softba|| Loop
To Open Tonight

Tonight will be gratis night at the Ell Centre STADIUM
when Imperial and Ell Centre Eks officially open the l94o
city softba league according to Pat Patterson league
president.
No admission will be charged to the opening game,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
CuIexico Routs FL Centro
1876 to Win Title

The best baseball in the valley league is still played
down Calexico way, Coach Ed Covngton's Bulldogs
tucked away another diamond title Wednesday following
1876 victory Ell Centro high Tuesday afternooA
hn hnrdn1. n1.cit1,A Atnnnn
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15

Let us finance the unpaid-balance
on that New Car you wish to buy!
Walk into the shoWroom-th show
room of the car you particularly
prefer!-with that cash-in-pocket
assurance of knowing, demanding,
lust what YOU Want-not what
some financing setup tries to pre-
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Then, buy your carl
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
L. A. HAY

Los ANGELES, May Is. up
u. S. No. i ... .... $14.00-14F0
y. S. No. leafy .... s13.00-14.00
I. 5. No. 2 .......... S11.0O-11 so
Barley hay, old crop e. $l500-16. 90
'Oat hay, old crop 49,. $15.00-lG.OO
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES
L. A. BANKS

Los ANGELES. May Is. UP) --
Transamerica -. 5M-5M
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
L. A. GRAINS

,S ANGELES, MAY Is. up
Evening star., 1940-01-02
Inadequate Army Declared
Worse Than No Army.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star
Gen. Marshall, chief of staff, is re-
ported to have stated in an address be-
ton and American Military Institute
that "the Army machine is probably
less than Is per cent ready for imme-
diate action" Conceding the truth Of
this statement, and he should know, is
1t wise to officially advertise this fact to
the world, especially at the present time,
and under existing world conditions?
Furthermore, If 1t is fact it is terri
BILE indictment Of those charged with
the responsibility for the national de-
tense, considering the amount of money
Congress has appropriated for the Army.
France has probably the largest and
certainly the most efficient army in the
world, which she maintains at probably
half the costs of our little Army, after
making allowances for the small pay Of
the French soldier, and the lower costs
of labor and materials in France. It
would seem that congressional investi-
cation is in order to ascertain the truth
as to the condition of the Army, the
reasons therefor, and to fix the response
bility for its condition upon those
charged with the national defense, for
If the Army is no better than stated by
Gen. Marshall it is useless expense to
the taxpayers, as an inadequate means
Of defense is worse than no means at all.
December 20. VETERAN.
Evening star., 1940-01-02
Best Stories

Dramatized by the Associated Press
for the National Broadcasting Co.,
the "ten best news stories of 1889"
were, with only a single exception,
accounts of tragedies. The sinking
of the United States submarine
Squalus, the death of Pope Plus XII,
the Russo-German non-aggression
pact, Germany's "blitzkreig" con-
quest of Poland, the declaration of
war against Germany by Great
Britain and France, the sinking of
the British liner Athena and the
torpedoing of the British battleship
Royal Oak, Russia's invasion of Fin
land and the destruction of the Ger
man pocket battleship Admiral Graf
Spec by its own crew at Montevideo-
each of these was an incident which
brought sorrow to great numbers Of
people. Equally regrettable in many
respects was the attempted assassi-
nation of Chancellor Hitler in a
Munich beer hall. Had the enter
prise succeeded, its first effect
probably would have been another
outbreak Of persecution Of the un-
fortunate Jews and other mon con-
formists" who still remain with the
Reich.
The only outstanding event Of the
Evening star., 1940-01-02

to have the question reconsidered.
The motion carried, as had the orig
inal rezoning application, by three
to-two vote.
When the issue came before the
Board of Zoning Appeals that body
took no action and the matter went
before the County Board without
recommendation from the zoning
unit. Unfortunately sickness pre-
vented one member OF the County
Board from attending the meeting
with the result that the vote on the
motion to rezone the property re-
suited in tie.
An attorney for one of the prop
erty owners affected contends that
because the owners had filed protests
over the proposed change, a four
flfths vote would be required. He
threatens to take the matter to
court to prove his contention that
the tie vote means that the COM
mercial zones already authorized re-
main unchanged
The Commonwealth's attorney,
however, advised the board that the
tie vote means the matter goes over
to the next meeting. 1t so happens
that the next meeting will occur
after the terms of three members of
the board expire and new officials,
who are on record as opposed to
commercialization Of Lee boulevard,
will be in their places.
1t is important from the county's
standpoint that an issue of this sort
be settled promptly. It is even more
important, from the standpoint of
the county and the entire Washing
ton area, that Lee boulevard, one of
the finest and newest entrances to
Washington, be kept clear Of COM
mercialization.
Evening star., 1940-01-02
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1pell.

Despite the freezing weather, six pink
Thousand Beauties roses adorned the
trelIis.
This was the day after Christmas.
There had been eight the day before,
but the cold had nipped two Of them,
causing them to assume brown tone.
The remaining six were as prettily
pink as the blooms Of this old standard
climber are in springtime.
How did they do it?
One wondered why six, of all the
hundreds which had been on this vine,
should so persistently keep going after
the rest had gone.
Late autumn bloom on some climbers
has been utilized in creating the So
called ever-blooming climbers.
They are not really ever blooming.
as most persons discovered who bought
them. Mostly they bloom second
time, which, compared with most
climbers, is blooming. perhaps.
Given warmish fall many climbers
will throw a few blossoms again, and
we guess this is what the Thousand
Beauties under discussion did.
Plants show whether a winter has
been warm or not. The opinions of
human beings are not really reliable,
in this regard; people are too much
Influenced by their own states of health.
If one feels chilly, one thinks and calls
the day cold whereas the next person
happens to be in an unusually good
state of health, and so finds the day
just right for him.
The plants show no such vagaries.
Their responses are purely physical.
If the weather is comparatively warm,
all things considered. they show it
plainly.
There will not be many flowers in
bloom outdoors at this season, it must
be admitted, so this makes those which
do all the more valuable.
Interest in such things is necessary
to spot them when they do occur
There can be little question the hun
dreds of persons have walked past those
flowers of the old Thousand Beauties
without seeing them, yet they are in
full view if one happens to look up.
X \
Prior interest enables any one to
get more out of the world as he goes
along.
That is why variety Of enthusiasms
yields more than just one interest
1t is possible to find new and unusual
things everywhere. provided one is suf-
f1ciently aware Of normal conditions to
grasp them as they arise.
There can be little question that
modern education has increased the
mental grasp of children, by making
their many interests and hobbies
official that is, by actually teaching
them in the schools.
In the old days some children played
the game Of chess, but they did SO
solely on the side, as it were. Today
Evening star., 1940-01-02
Discusses Proposal for
Long Fortress Line.
To the Editor 0f The AtaYa

TO the Editor Of The Star,
A correspondent proposes that we
build a Mag!not Line" from Bering
Strait to Cape Horn and up the East
Coast to Baff1n Bay.
If he means seriously two gigantic lines
of fortresses, in addition to the present
forts and naval power, that is quite an
order, and would put most of our en-
playable unemployed back to work. But
we probably would have little democracy
left when we got through building such
costly and useless military lines. There
are better ways of protecting our de-
mocracy.
Military expenditures are bankrupting
the world. Military economics have
again set the world ablaze. Engaging
in ornaments economics may destroy
us. Armament economics-using the
real wealth Of the world-are driving
civilization toward the ruin that is ahead
unless checked.
1t is agreed that we are prejudiced in
flavor of the democratic way" Being so,
let's think in democratic terms-in terms
of building up democracy. Instead Of
building mighty forts, let's use our wealth
to build 10000 900 homes and utilize the
machine to insure the elimination of
poverty-a real Christmas present to
America!
Foreign armies or navies cannot de-
stroy our democracy, unless we again go
into an armed struggle in some other
part of the world In the name Of democ-
racy, which Is unthinkable after the last
Evening star., 1940-01-02

experience. A danger to our democracy
exists within, and all the forts pointing
thousands Of guns seaward-or for that
matter anywhere-can't save us or save
democracy unless we act. The danger
exists in the inability of some advocates
Of democracy to understand that de-
mocracy is bound to be of an ever ex-
panding nature within itself. If de-
mocracy is to survive, then we need
alongside political rights, civil and re-
ligious liberties and accompanying indus
trial democracy, using our vast natural
resources, machines and inventive ability
to build stabilized economy.
The danger to democracy is in the
wretched condition of thousands in Ohio
who are facing starvation, in the short
sightedness Of those Americans who
would ignore the necessity Of balancing
not so much the budget-production and
distribution Of consumers goods on the
needs of 10000, 900 people.
Our position in history is unique: We,
because of our great natural wealth,
possessing men and machines capable
for the first time in all history of elimi-
mating poverty, have the opportunity Of
building democracy as an example for
all other people when their rulers become
tired of the struggle for power and terri
tory. We can also help others to build
democracies until there is in the world
a league of democracies whose ideal is
= y, ,Ax1, oI ~f Ill TyA l,n1,,
these other people when the time comes
not with bayonets and guns, but with
a demonstration of what democracy
means-in contrast to imperialism, total
itarianism, selfshness and militarism.
Democracy will not fail us if we prac-
tice it-let's build it so strong it can be
the basis of world tomorrow!
j. CLARK WALDRON.
December Is.
Evening star., 1940-01-02

past year to which no grief was
attached appears to have been the
visit OF King George vi and his
gracious wife, Queen Elizabeth, to
America. They came during a brief
breathing SPELL" a period Of a few
weeks when it seemed that Europe
perhaps might be privileged to enjoy
a tolerable peace. Subsequent de-
velopments proved the vanity Of
such a hope, yet the effects Of Their
Majesties' unprecedented journey
from Canada to Washington and to
New York were not altogether lost.
To the philosophic spectator, how
ever, the pageant of 1889 included
phenomenon which the Associated
Press certainly appreciates to the full
and yet failed to mention. 1t hap
pens that during the twelve months
just closed there came into being
psychology Of reaction against vio-
lence among men. Nothing, possibly,
could be more important than this
natural stimulation of the wish for
peace, for equity, for fair-dealing,
for honorable behavior among ma
tions as among individual citizens.
The challenge which the aggressor
states have thrown down to civiliza-
ton has stirred the conscience of
the race. And this quickening of
the human soul was wanted des-
perately by millions. The "best"
story of all, then, it may be is the
story which cannot be told until at
long last it has been finished. HUI
manity awaits its fruition with hope
which in itself is dynamic force.
Evening star., 1940-01-02
Outlook for Jobs

Jobs for the idle millions continue
to be the most pressing problem con-
fronting this Nation as the new year
starts
Unemployment, Secretary of Labor
Perkins says in her annual report,
has been reduced, mitigated and
modified since the bottom of the de-
preston seven years ago, but while
nearly thirty-five millions workers
are on industrial pay rolls now, as
compared to tWenty-six million in
March, 1888, there still are about ten
million men and women who need
employment, and this list continues
to grow as the schools pour youth
into the labor market. Conceding
the accuracy of the Labor Secretary's
estimate that what might be called
normal" unemployment of four to
five million persons exists under any
circumstance, there still remains a
huge surplus Of man power to be
turned into productive channels.
Secretary Perkins emphasizes that
there is mo evidence available on
which any conclusion can be based
that millions of people are going to
be permanently unemployed, but
it may be said with equal force that
neither are there any definite indica-
tions that at any time in the near
future is unemployment going to be
reduced to the point where it no
longer is national concern.
Recent months have witnessed
substantial improvement along the
whole business front that has stepped
up employment, but the war-born
demand for goods has figured in this
movement, and neither the ultimate
strength nor duration of this trade
can be estimated.
The administration is laying great
store by the Wage-Hour Act as one
lever to lift the business level, but it
is difficult to see how it can have
other than limited effect. Only about
third of the working population is
subject to it's provisions; hardly
twenty per cent of these are getting
shorter hours, and only a fraction
are receiving higher wages, as the
law goes into its second year.
Leaving out of calculations the ef-
feet on the country of a greatly
magnified war boom-that is un-
wanted by both capital and labor
it seems likely that business condi-
tions in the next year will depend in
great measure on Government fiscal
policies. If the economy that is be-
ing discussed in connection with the
forthcoming budget becomes a real
ity, there is no apparent reason why
the gains that have been registered
in the past half year should not con-
tinue progressively. If, however,
there are to be vast new outlays with
no effort to retrench, requiring ad-
ditional taxation, it is not unreason-
able to look for another capital tie
up, with productive enterprise slowed
down correspondingly. When the
profit motive is missing, there is no
incentive for industry to push to the
new frontiers" where Secretary
Perkins envisions new prosperity.
Evening star., 1940-01-02

chess is an acknowledged game, and is
given Official standing.
So 1t goes with metal working, music,
dancing, and host of other subjects
and activities. not forgetting music, it.
SELF
Some years ago the only musical ac-
tivity in the schools was singing, but
today there is musical appreciation
through phonograph recordings and by
listening to actual orchestras, to say
nothing Of the keen interest of the
young people in the various dance
bands Of the Nation. Almost every
school has an orchestra or band The
music played is not confined as it was
with the old glee clubs, to light opera
selections. and the like, but takes in
popular songs SO beloved of young people.
and many Of their elders, too.
X X X
Here is natural evolution, building
up the keenest sort of awareness of
everything.
The necessary prior interest is
created, so that any specimen is
grasped. wherever it is met.
This, at least, is the theory. How it
works out depends upon human nature,
as it does In the pre-school years, and
the after-school years.
We believe that person who becomes
really interested in flowers as growing
things, not as botanical specimens,
especially through planting them and
fty1u will 1ro1 tan fl,n
lookout for flowers, wherever he or she
goes.
The study of botany, for instance,
does not in any sense cultivate a real
love for or interest in flowers.
We have yet to see botanist, as a
botanist, admire flower as a flower.
To dig hole, and put in a seed,
and watch the first leaves come
through the eartl.~ and see afterwards
the growth
That is education for admiration and
interest in thing for itself
Whether it comes early or late in
life makes no difference, except that
the longer a person admires the grow
Ing thlngs OF the earth the more in
terest he has as he goes along, and the
more sure he is to use his eyes to
find what he likes
The six roses blooming at the new
year will not be passed by if the
pedestrian has an interest in roses as
roses. They will be missed except
afoot. This is still good point in favor
OF walking.
There will be many days this winter
when walking is in order. Despite the
traffic situation, it is still possible to
enjoy a walk, provided unusual care
is taken at crossings
In going around, watch out for the
unusual displays Of plant life, here and
there and everywhere Sheltered spots,
especially when protected from north
and west winds, offer the greatest pos
sibilities for seeing something unusual
Evening star., 1940-01-02
Lee Boulevard Issue

1t is unfortunate that the question
of commercial zoning on Lee boule-
ward still remains unsettled after
again coming before the Arlington
County Board of Zoning Appeals and
the County Board. The issue was
revived several weeks ago when a
member of the County Board who
had voted for the establishment of
two commercial tracts along the
boulevard announced he had con-
cluded he made mistake and moved