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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
cAA 0koys Work
On 200 Airports

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL. CUP)-
Civil Aeronautics Administrator Col.
Donald H. Connolly announced to-
day that a priority board had ap-
proved 200 airport construction and
Improvement projects throughout
the United States and its possess
sionS as essential to the national
defense.
The program, which was author
lied by a $4O,O00,00O congressional
appropriation, is limited to actual
landing facilities and does not in
clude funds for Buildings, hangers
or other construction. The priority
board which approved the projects
consisted of the secretaries of war,
navy and commerce.
Connolly cautioned that announce
ment of the projects did not mean
great many developments were
under consideration. He pointed out
that the CAA had not used congress
slonal authority which would have
permitted work on $50 airports.
improvements will be undertaken,
he said. only where the airport land
is owned by government subdivi-
sion which is prepared to make it
available without cost and to main-
tain and operate the field. Refer
ring to the announcement that the
projects would only include landing
facilities. he declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
Home Guard Units
Mapped for Calf.

SACRAMENTO. Dec. -. tUP)-
Tentative plans for the California
home guard, authorized by a bill
passed at the special legislative
session last week, call for an or
ganizatlon of approximately 5000
men, including 125 to $50 commits
stoned officers, the adjutant gener-
ais office said today.
Col. John T. Gary. executive Of
ficer. said detailed plans will not
be formulated until Adjutant Gen
eral r. F. MittelStaedt returns from
Washington, ID. c.. on Dec. II. He
indicated, however, the home de-
fense group probably will consist
of two regiments of about 1900 men
each and a number of special de-
tachments.
Organization of the new units
will not take place until after all
the states national guardsmen have
been inducted into the federal SER
vice. expected sometime in March,
Geary said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12

This policy is, of course, die
tated by necessity. Our purpose,
therefore. is to provide completed
and useful Improvements at as
many strategic locations as our
funds will permit"
In some cases, he said. the CAA
funds will be used to supplement
work already under way by other
government agencies such as the
Works Projects Administration.
However, he added, the money will
not be used in lieu of local contri-
buttons pledged by sponsors of WPA
projects.
The CAA airport program aroused
much controversy when it was con-
sidered by the senate. Members of
the senate appropriations commit
tee declared that officials of the
authority originally planned a pro-
gram to include nearly 1000 airportS
at enormous cost.
The projects and funds allocated
include:
California-Long Beach, $155,414
Los Angeles. $70,000; Sutter county
airport, Yuba- -Marysville, $238,000;
Oroville, $4,000; Oxnard, $71,OOO;
Red Bluff, $114,00O; Santa Barbara,
$685. 400; Santa Monica, $10,270;
Willows, $165,000 Bakersfield, $307,-
100
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
Draft Directors
May Be Required
For UnarIned Jobs

WASHINGTON, Dec. -. CUPl-
President Roosevelt today issued an
executive order saying that con-
scientious objector may be called
under the selective service act to
perform any service which does not
compel him to bear arms or be
trained in their use.
The order did not define exactly
the work which conscientious OBJ
jectors might be called on to per-
form The law specifies that they
shall be assigned TO work of ma
tional Importance under civilian
direction"
The executive order prescribed
that the following categorieS of
service are n-combatant and
therefore permissible for conScien-
tious objectors:
1.-Service in any unit which is
unarmed at all times.
2.-Service in the medical de-
partment wherever performed.
3.-Service in any unit or install
lation. the primary function of
which does not require the use of
arms in combat. provided the indi-
duals' assignment within such unit
or installation are not required to
bear arms or to be trained in their
Use
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
British War Aid
Office TO Close

Headquarters for the British War
Relief chapter in Ell Centre at 572
Main street will be closed after Fri
day until after New Years.
A generous response in money,
clothing, blankets and bedclothes
was reported and boxes will be sent
off as soon as possible. Next box
to be sent will be early in January
and residents were asked to keep
this in mind through the holidays.
Others wishing to inquire about
the campaign were referred to
Phil Knights of Ell Centre or Dis
ti-ict Attorney Elmer Heald.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
Thief Gets Cops
Auto at Phoenix

PHOENIX, Dec u. (UP)-leonce
#. (Frenchy) Navarro, detective Tor
the Phoenix police department, at
tended a banquet of the fraternal
order of police last night.
As he walked out of the banquet
place. he saw someone driving off
in his automobile. Navarro whip
ped OFT his gun and fired a ftw
shots, but the auto thief continued
merrily on.
The rest of the Phoenix force
joined today in the hunt for Detec-
tice Navarre'S auto.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12

sentenced in 1928 from Los Angeles
for second degree murder. The
other was Jack Tickell. sent up
from Los Angeles last year for rob-
berry. Records show 14-year-old
Mexican lad entered the prison for
murder years ago, where he died of
tuberculosis, but his true age was
not discovered until his death.
Warden Clinton Duffy at San
Quentin said Robert would not be
assigned to the prison jute mill.
Well give him chance to grow
up first. A kid like that is just too
young to be put in with the tough
guys in the jute mill" He indi-
Gated Robert would be given office
duties.
Robert was arrested early last
summer after the body of the Par
sen girl was found in a creek bed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
Swastika Out as
Canadian Name

TORONTO. Ont, Dec. -. CUP)-
Swastika, Ont, became Winston,
Ont, by government decree today
and the citizens don't like it.
The SwaStika was merely an
emblem of good luck III 1909 when
they adopted the name from 4
nearby mine.
T. B. McQueston. Ontario high
wav minister. said the inhabitants
of the village were right in l9os'
but times have changed
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12

the rest of his days behind the bars
of san quentin prison.
Robert. a problem boy in San
Jose schools. murdered his class
mate. Josephine Parsen. also l6,
whom he first attacked. A superior
court jury found him guilty of the
crime last week. last night also
found him sane. His parents wept
and attorneys said they would ask
for a new trial. Robert was un-
moved. Sentence will be pronounced
Monday.
Roberts youth alone saved him
from the gas chamber. Only those
over 18 pay the death penalty.
There have been only two other
boys of his age who have entered
the walled city that is San Quentin.
One was Durward Wittenmeyer,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
Yuma Requests
Guard IArmory

YUMA. Dec. %. (UP)-The Yuma
city council was on record today
with a resolution urging Gov-elect
Sidney P. Osborn TO recommend
construction Of national guard
armory here.
The resolution said Yuma was a
strategic site for such an armory
because of its proximity to the
Mexican border.
Osborn was asked to include a
recommendation for the armory in
his message TO the legislature,
which convenes in January.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
BRITISH ARMY OFFICER
MARRIES AT YUMA

YUMA. Dec. IL. (UP)-Norman
Eric Franklin, 40 year old British
army officer, and Helen Gilliland
Nellis, 40, British actress, were mar
ried here yesterday by Superior
Judge Henry c. Kelly. The newly
weds left for Franklin's newly as
signed post in New Delhi. India.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
Bow Of Is Sentenced to
Sun Quentin for Life

SAN JOSE, Cal, Dec. u. CUP)-.
Sixteen-year-old Robert Mandell,
stolid and pasty-faced, must spend
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

medium Of exchange that will
follow-up with the popular de-
mand aside of the individual will.
There is no plausible reason
why our present currency could
not be made to answer the pur-
pose. With the time elapsing
between the individuals will to
spend and the actual spending
being the deciding factor-since
money is just as valuable on
books as it is in currency
form which is but an evidence
OF ownership of its face-value,
the solution to our problem.
The providing of perpetual
medium rest upon US discharg-
ing that currency from its face
value when its possible function
as a medium is definitely retired
from circulation. In other words:
When deposited in banks.
The next step would be to re-
distribute that medium so as
not to create an initiation be-
tween its face-value and already
owned monies. This could easily
be accomplished by using 1t to
finance the government, or bet
ter still, by pensioning everyone
alike. That. is the only solution
to unemployment.
The Free Medium OF Exchange
Syndicate.
LEO V. SMITH,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Machines as Taxpayers

Ever since the first thought up the system of
taxation to keep the wheels of creased the
peoples enthusiasm toward taxes has been about equal
to that toward smallpox and scarlet fever.
No has yet devised the perfect method of taxation
and will. To be perfect, must be painless
And taxes, in whatever form they levied
completely innocuous
Senator Joseph c. OMahoney (Dem Wyo), however,
has scheme he thinks would long way toward solv
ing unemployment and establishing equitable basis
Senator OMahoney has it figured out like this: Men who
work taxes. When machines along and replace
the human workers. the obess longer able to
pay taxes Therefore tax the machines in proportion to
the number of jobs they are taking away.
Regardless of what may be the fate of Senator OMa
honey proposal must be borne in mind that unempoy
ent ID that has eaten too deeply into American
economic life to be destroyed by readustment of the
tax structure No matter how they may be disguised,
taxes will have to total precisely what they add up to
now, if not And matter how they may be
arranged they viii ultimately be paid by the people
who are paying them now
Senator OMahoney would tax credits to employers who
used more human workers, fewer machines. The idea
would be to halt the nroads the machine is making at the
expense Of employees.
Perhaps It would work in but it scarcely
be expected to the of unemployment The
development of machines represents and
can't stop that.
It is all right to experiment with methods Of taxa
ton in the hope that day the frst possible system
will be achieved But 10 million will not get jobs by
juggling of taxes Taxes will pretty well take
out OF work. the remaining taxpayers must not only as
the jobess share of the burden but must actually
help in providing for the unemployed
Unemployment must be tackled from the ground up,
not from the top down. Unequtabe tax burdens
are manifestations of unemployment not causes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, MARCH 10

This should be a lucky day,
for benefic aspects dominate.
the morning is fortunate to
heads Of government or BUSH
ness enterprises. There is
sign indicating news from abroad
that will stimulate many
branches of constructive work,
notably manufacture Of air
planes and warships. There is
an III omen for labor which
seems to presage 4 serious diff
ficulty. The moon enters Leo, a
sign fortunate for today's as
poets.
Heart and Home: Women are
under stimulating aspects this
afternoon when they should
make the most of opportunities
of every sort. The evening may
be disappointing in regard to
romantic contacts. Shopping is
well directed under this sway
which pressges increased de-
mand for artistic household fur
nishings. Interior decoration
attracts girls who seek sue
cessful vocation. Harmony in
the home is encouraged under
this rule OF the stars which in
spires unity and sympathy.
Business Affairs: Stocks and
bonds win fluctuate greatly in
value. Agitation regarding re-
lease OF gold and other finan-
cial problems viii be persistent.
Bitter discussions in congress
will be frequent as statesmen
OF opposite views reveal stub
born determination TO hold TO
their opinions. Campaign haz-
ards become evident a. the ma
tionsl election intrudes upon
the plans of statesmen.
International Affairs: Musso-
ttAA toHAtr dnatI HtontAs&l
direction which enables him 10
play shrewdly Is the chessboard
of war becomes more puzzling.
Astrologers forecasts assassina-
tons and suicides before mid
summer.
Persons whose birthdate II IL
have the augury Of q year Of
smooth fortunes and much hap
pinsss. They should conserve
their money.
Children born on this day
probably will be magnetic and
gentle in nature. modest and
quiet in manner. These subjects
Of Pisces should BE- protected
from hard experience through
life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions Turn to
the Woman's page for the an
swers.
1. Can zebras be tanned?
2. What is the singular of
dice?
3. Did South Carolina, Mis-
sissippi or Virginia begin the
movement which led to the or
ganiZation of the southern con-
federacy?
4. Name the national flower
of France.
8. How many original colonies
were there in the United States?
6. A solar eclipse is caused
by the earth getting between the
sun and moon or the moon get
ting between the sun and earth?
7. What is kleptomania
s. For what labor organiza-
ton do the initials CIO stand?
9. Do men or women live
longer?
10. What is meant by the three
RS?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Double Feature---F For 794O A. D.

For some unaccountable reason, scientists have
euded that soournes the planet 5000 hence will
be captvated by the gamor and of the East
Indian island Bali as the folks of today Accordingly
motion pictures of the island and its natives have been
carefully laid away in crypt at Ogethorpe University,
Atlanta Ca, to be opened in 7940.
Assuming that Bali will not have been swallowed by
some unpredctabe gravtation of vaclang earth. it is
difficult to understand why the inhabitants of 7940 should
be interested in native Banese dance of the hrtes
than they would be in the rhumba the Lambeth walk the
shag, the flea hop or the Susie-Q.
Aside from that it debaabe whether the world of
s940 will be interested in anything did in l940 1t is
only fervor of unprecedented egotism that leads to
bury things in crypt and shafts If grandma had known
how laugh her wedding pictures she would
have bothered starting the family album in the first
place.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

Investigations indicate that
people are more superstitious
during the early years of Adde'S
cence than at any other time.
Men tend to outgrow supersti-
tons more easily than do
women, and women on the whole
are usually more superstitious
than men. Boys and girls in
small towns hear more supersti-
tons and are more influenced by
them than are youngsters in the
cities.
Since foods represent one OF
the most important of human
interests, there are probably
more superstitions about eating
than about almost any other
subject. OF all food superst-
tions. the one most difficult TO
DESTROY il the idea of dangerous
food combinations. Probably
next. is the idea that the eating
of citrus fruits fills the body
with acid.
A great excess in the diet OF
any of the substances which
tend TO produce acid might re-
suit in a slight excess of acid In
the body. Among the acid pro-
ducing foods are meat, egg yolks
and fish. In general, fruits and
vegetables are alkaline produc-
ing foods. Fruit juices, like
those of the orange. lemon, lime
and strawberry, do not yield
acid in the body. After they are
digested, the end result is an
alkaline reaction.
There are some diseases in
which the tendency Of the body
is toward acid, but the human
body must have an alkaline re-
action or II dies.
For a long time 1t was thought
that the tomato was acid and
that il caused rheumatism.
Fifty years ago people thought
that uric acid. accumulated In
the body, was responsible for all
sorts OF diseases. Today the old
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
AFTER MANY YEARS
By E. 7. SHORT

When Highest Bidder
Became U. S. Senator
Posing of Sam" Piles
Recalls Good Old Days
Last Auction Block
Election in 1905
DASSING of Samuel II. Piles a
L few days ago recalls one Of
the fiercest battles in Washing
toms political history battle
that was the beginning of the
end of the practice of putting the
senatorial toga up at auction and
knocking it down to the highest
bidder. The proposition was not
quite so bluntly stated, but elect
ing a United States senator in
this state amounted to just that.
And ii was Sam" Piles, young
attorney with comparatively
little experience in politics who
stopped the practice.
A contributing factor in the
upset was the high pressure
methods of a group OF political
grafters. Since the beginning
of statehood there had been fat
pickings for the workers" In
senatorial camps. The job usu-
ally started with the conven-
tons for the nomination of
members Of the state legisla-
lures.
The fall of 1904 had been par
ticularly remunerative. The lead
ing candidates were Addison G.
Foster. incumbent seeking re.
election, a millionaire lumber
man of Tacoma; Charles G.
Sweeney, Spokane mining man
rated among the millionaires, and
John L. Wilson, publisher of the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, not so
wealthy himself, but reputedly
with strong financial backing.
Each of the three candidates
had furnished campaign ex-
penses and other perquisites
for certain members of the
legislature who were supposed
to be the bell wethers In the
senatorial campaign and lead
the rest Of the flock into the
fold.
Wilson expected and would
have had the support of King
county if he had not been so
cordially hated by Col. Alden ].
Blethen, publisher of the Seattle
Times. Col Blethen is said to
have induced Piles to get into
the fight, and there Immediately
came to his support other ele-
ments not friendly to Wilson.
Even then one of the big
three might have been elected
had it not been for the high pres
sure. Super-lobbyists and little
political racketeers flocked to
Olympia. Every time Sweeney,
Foster or Wilson turned around
there would be somebody with
his hand out. On top of that
there were a lot of political OPP
portunists and sharpshooters
willing to trade their best friends
off for personal advantage.
CaucueaipU and trading had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
YOUR HEALTH By Dr.: NORRIS E!saslN

uric acid idea has been COM
pletely destroyed. Careful stud
les of all of the tissues of the
body failed to reveal that uric
acid in any way associated with
the forms of inflammation which
appear in rheumatism and in
Bright's disease.
The great advertising cam
paigns for all sorts of alkaline
tooth pastes and mouth washes,
the advertising campaigns for
drug combinations containing BIZ
carbonate of soda and aspirin,
and the advertising campaigns
concerning citrus fruits have
tended to create and maintain
superstitions about acids and
acidosis rather than to break
them down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

gone on for about two weeks
after the legislative session OPEN
ed. King county began to knife
Wilson in favor of Piles. De-
mands that he could not or would
not meet. financial and political.
were presented to Sweeney.
Foster. In whom there was
trace of the Scot. frightened the
purse strings. Wilson's hackers
stopped the flow of cash.
For ten days the balloting con-
tinued with little change in the
relative standing of the candi-
dates. Then the politicians began
to trade. Sweeny. Disguised with
the racketeering and political
trickery withdrew and advised
his supporters to vote for Piles.
George Stevenson. super-Iob-
byist, took a hand and made n
deal b, which Piles obtained
support of the Foster and VIII
son crowds, and on the 18th
ballot Piles was elected with
125 out of a possible 1873 votes.
Piles election was the worst
political upset in the state before
or since. One effect was to Gre
ate sentiment in favor of the
election of United States sena-
tors by direct vote of the people.
The politicians warned against
going in the face of tradition,
but the people were tired of the
bartering of the high office and
Piles was the last senator to be
elected by the legislature.
The 1905 session also was
the beginning of the end of
state control by groups repre-
senting the railroads, lumber,
power, fish and liquor inter-
ests. 1t opened the way for the
initiative and referendum, d.
rect primary and a railroad
commission.
There are some who sigh for
the good old days" at Olympia.
They were good for a few of the
boys on the inside but pretty
bad for the rest of the folks.
That's why the practice was
kicked out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

only Communists speak of what
is not.
The Finnish government is
elected like our own, only there
is only one house to the diet.
The premier or president is
elected by 800 electors, who are
elected by the people. Finland
was the first country in Europe
In which women got the vote
/ was in Finland in 1880.
The diet elected then was So
Social Democrats, 50 Agrarians,
AZ Finnish coalition party, IL
progressives and some smaller
groups. Stain made his non
aggression pact with the govern
ment. Now the Social-Demo-
Gratis have grown so they con-
troll the government, and the CO.
operatives are stronger than
private business. How can that
be white" Finland?
In Finland, no one spoke of
Mannerheim until the Russians
came and forced the people to
turn to the military leaders, as
Robt. Pearsall said. In Finland,
there are few rich, almost all
working people; and it was the
working people that Stain muir
dered for defending their own
homes and government. But
more Russian workers than Fin
nish workers died. Maybe they
will be brothers under the snow,
where Stain and his leading
comrades" did not lead.
MARTII JALANDER,