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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
JNpERIAI

IMPERIAL.
No. 3156
Notice of Time and Place Appointed
for Proving Will and Hearing Ap-
plicatiOn for Letters Testament
ary.
In the Matter of the Estate OF
w. H. BROOKS, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a petit
ton for probate of the will of w. H
BROOKS, deceased, and for the is
suance to GRACHIE A. BROOKS
of letters testamentary, has been fill
ed in this court, and that Friday
the Goth day of December, 1910 at
2 o'clock pm, of said day, at the
courtroom of said court, in the City
of Ell Centro, County of Imperial
State of California, has been set
for the hearing of said petition
when and where any person inter-
eSted may appear and contest the
same, and show cause, if any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted
Dated December 9th, 1940
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY MAXINE CONSOLE,
Deputy Clerk.
D. B. ROBERTS,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Dec. 9-19 incl0
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
LAW MUST BE FOLLOWED
(Palo Alto Times)

A lively, in fact bitter, row between
Northern and Southern California looms
for the 1941 session of the state legisla-
ture when the question Of reapportion-
ment comes up. The decennial census
figures are certain to provoke a fight for
reapportionment of Legislative represen-
tation by assembly districts.
The reapportionment question, whether
it pertains to states or intrastate dis
tricts, is one in which the attitude of any
participating territory is most apt to
be determined by which ones OK is get
ting gored. Ten years ago the demands
of Southern California for increase in
proportionate representation in the legis-
lature on the basis of comparative popu-
lation growth made no dent upon the con-
victions of Northern Californians. This
year, Southern California scored again
in population gains. And repetition of
history is expected.
There is only one defensible course
that the Legislature can take in such stu
ations, and that is to follow the law.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
by Bruce Cation :.
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. - En-
forcement of the wage-hour law is
running into one of the oldest
problems that ever vexed a govern
ment agency. The penalty ordin-
arily used in enforcing the law is
getting too stiff to use.
This penalty is the requirement
that an employer who has been
paying sub-standard wages pay up
all back wages due his workers So
far it has been the chief club in
the hands OF the Wage-hour di-
visions inspectors.
But now the law has been in
effect for over two years. suppose
an inspector discovers a small busi-
ness man who has been below the
minimum ever since the law went
into effect. He can require this man
to live up to the law from now on
but if he made him pay up the
accumulated wages his workers
should have been getting for two
years he might simply put him out
CT business by handing him a bill
ne couldnt pay
OBSERVANCE
PUT FIRST
The division is already waving
restitution in some cases. By waiv-
ing it, the cooperation of num-
Der of trade associations is obtain
ed. A wage-hcur official, for in
stance, will tell trade association
executives something like this:
we haven't been able to in
spect your field yet and probably
won't for some months to come.
Meanwhile, We know perfectly well
that some of your people aren't
paying the wages this law requires.
Get them into line now; in return,
when we do make our inspections,
any man who is meeting the laws
requirements at the time of the in
spection will be ckay, even though
he may have been disregarding it
in the past"
This doesn't mean that the wage
hour division has abandoned the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Thoughts for the Day

Take you wise men, and understandings and known
among your tribes and I will make them rulers
you.-Deuteronomy lI3
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10

Nightly attendance at the movies
runs into millions. which explains
why so many sinks are full of dirty
dishes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
PERKINS SUCCEED
McNUTT? NOT NOW

Discount those predictions that
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
is going to replace Paul McNutt
as federal security administrator
Madame Secretary is due to leave
her present post, but will probably
wind up with a diplomatic job if
one can be found. Only hitch there
is that most diplomatic jobs open
now are in Latin America, and the
Latins still figure woman's place
is in the home.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10

idea OF getting restitution OF Dack
wages. In October, for instance, it
brought about payment of upward
of Sl,000,000 What is happening
is simply that the job of getting
universal observance of the law is
being put first.
SOY BEANS
COME OF AGE
When soy beans hit dollar a
bushel in the Chicago market re-
Gently, the Department of Agricul-
ture realized that another crop had
so to speak-come of age. Soy
beans have become an important
crop in the midwest, rising from
an acreage of around 100000 fiji
steen years ago to 100000 acres
today. Production for this year is
figured at about 100000 bushels.
Reason for the rise in price-it
jumped 25 cents from September
TO November-is probably the drop
in lard production due early next
year. A good part of the soy bean
crop is used in making margarines
and cooking oils. Drop in lard pro-
duction means a bigger field for
soy bean oils.
Agriculture Department experts
doubt that the defense boom is put
ting the price up. Only about Is
per cent of the crop goes to indus
trial uses. Besides, the war has
practically killed the export de-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Famous Sayings

1t is easy to be wise for others than for our
selves.-Rochesfoucaud.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
irresponsible Unionism

Two Washington merchants are
now being subjected to a form OF
union picketing which is so ire
sponsible and unreasonable that it
merits the fullest public condem-
nation.
One of the merchants decided to
paint his store and advertised for
bids. Rejecting all non-union offers,
he accepted what he considered the
best bid-that OF a contractor en-
ploying painters affiliated with the
Congress Of Industrial Organizations.
AS a result his establishment was
picketed by a representative of the
American Federation of Labor paint
ers' union, and the merchant was
told by an official of the union that
he would be picketed indefinitely un-
less he had the entire job done over
by an A. F. of L. painter.
In the meantime, the second mer-
chant, through no fault of his own,
was drawn into the row. He was hav-
ing some work done in his store, a
few doors away, by A. F. Of L. work.
men. He, too, was meeting all union
requirements. but the C. I. O., decid-
ing to strike back at the A. F. of L.,
began picketing the establishment Of
the second merchant. and has an
Evening star., 1940-02-22

want to say also that my own dear
mother, who is still living and in her
Both year, shared with my father in
giving comfort and consolation to those
old people, regardless OF color, race or
creed-spending hours,-with them and
carrying little delicacies to the sick
and bedridden.
know DR.. Haskell, the present SUPER
1ntendent, very well, as he was nv
fathers chief clerk, and I sympathize
with him deeply in all of the adverse
criticism which has recently been made
OF the institution, for he is not to blame
Tor the conditions that now prevail at
the home. since the Government refuses
to give him adequate funds to make the
old folk comfortable and happy.
I want to thank the author of the
article, out Of the depths of my heart,
for his kindness in writing the article
which so honors my dear father, who
gave the best years of his life to carry
ing on the work of this institution. He
actually forgot himself in his loving
sacrifice for those less fortunate than
himself, and we as 4 family felt that
he really laid down his life for his
friends. JEANETTE FAY RoHM.
st. Petersburg, Fla.
February IS.
Evening star., 1940-02-22

under the new rules Is greatly I'M
proved, since employment is based
on . straight 130-hour month instead
OF an hourly basis with hourly pay
according to wage standards in pri-
vate industry. The rule requiring a
W. P. A. client to leave the rolls
after he has been on them eighteen
months, the New York administrator
said, may be regarded as beneficial"
IN providing for the rotation of relief
employees. Thirty-one per cent of
the employees dropped in accordance
with the eighteen-month rule have
been returned to the w. P. A. from
the home relief rolls.
Since the passage of the act"
Colonel Somervell added, "the quota
OF w. P. A. employees has been filled
only once, which means thet W. PA.
requisitions upon the home relief
division Of the Department of We'll
rare have been in excess of the num-
Der of persons available for w. P. A.
work" At the end of 1889 there
were 110,057 workers on the w. P. A.
IN New York. Even though the
average monthly wage of the w. P. A.
worker fell from $7405 in December,
1885, to $64 in December, 1899, the
coloneps opinion is that the program
now results in higher standard of
work and the general satisfaction of
the economic needs of w. P. A. roll
eligibles.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Letters to the Editor
Corrects Star
On Misspelled Name
70 the Editor 81 The Star:

On Misspelled Name
To the Editor 81 The Star:
In The Star of February Is was pub
ished . story concerning an interview
with the sister Of Finland's Baron Man
nerheim. Her name was there reported
as Countess Stare.
This is an error. Her husband is the
Swedish artist, Count Louis Pehr Spare,
not Stare. His family is an old one, and
was immatriculated in the House of
Knights in 1925. The particular branch
to which Count Louis belongs received
its title in 17l9.
Your readers may be interested in
knowing that Field Marshal Baron Carl
Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finland's
mighty warrior, bears Swedish title. His
family name was originally Marheim, but
1t was changed to its present form after
his ancestors had been ennobled In 1898.
The title of baron was acquired in 176s,
having been conferred by King Adolf
Fredrik Of Sweden. A few years later
the Mannerheims were immatriculated
(enrolleO in the House Of knights Of
Finland. The field marshal's nephew,
Baron Carl-Erik Mannerheim, bears the
title of Finnish count.
MILTON RUBINCAM,
Corresponding Secretary, National
Genealogical Society.
February II.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
The Old Trunk

The Family Bible lay within,
It's leathern edges frayed with age:
Each name precisely written there
Upon the yellowed page.
And great-grandmother's vorkbox, too.
OF brown mahogany inlaid:
To all the charm of long ago,
It's contribution made.
She scorned the lavended sachet,
And scattered through her dainty
things,
Whole cloves, whose fragrance, after
years
OF emptiness, sim clinas.
Empty. yet there remains q pulse.
Like wind above the moving grass.
Low laughter, and the whispering.
OF loves that never pass.
VALERA r. LEHMAN.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Efficiency Of New W. P. A.

The alarm of the most vocal
friends of the w. P. A. over the
eighteen-month rule and the ban
on prevailing wages established in
the Federal Relief Act last summer
today appears to have been slightly
overexcited. For Lieutenant Colonel
Brehon B. Somervell, the w. P. A.
administrator in New York, reports
that the efficiency of the program
in his district reached an all-time
high in the closing months of 1899
after the new restrictions went into
effect with resulting widespread lay
offs from the works rolls. Most
important, Colonel Somervell re-
ported that the abolition of the
prevailing wage has been followed
"by no indication of any effect what
soever on wages in private in
dustry." 1t was contended at the
time that w. P. A. wages below the
prevailing level would pull down all
wages.
It is certainly questionable whether
the happy situation described by
Colonel Somervell for New York City
can be duplicated everywhere. But
the colonel is pleased. There have
been no other unreasoning out
bursts, large or small, such as those
which formerly brought the program
and those 1t is trying to help into,
disrepute," he reports. "Fewer cases
of stupid, arbitrary or unjust han
dlihg of individuals have been in
evidence, and the attention to duty
and interest in their work on the
part of the great bulk of the en-
ployes has been noteworthy"
The New York w. p. A. had to drop
100000 clients to meet the provisions
of the 1899 relief law. The statute
was framed to meet objections to the
w. p. A. developed during the House
appropriations investigation into
work relief last spring. Mayor La
Guardia predicted that the task. OF
the w. P. A. under the new law
would be IAN extremely difncult job"
Colonel somervell has found that
the administration Of the w. PA.
Evening star., 1940-02-22

nounced that 1t will not. withdraw
until the A. F. Of L. does likewise.
In this case, obviously. there is no
valid claim that either employer is
discriminating against union labor.
The picketing is nothing more than
the outgrowth OF struggle between
two unions-a struggle which is being
carried on in reckless disregard OF
the rights Of two employers whose
willingness to engage union labor
and pay union wages is not open to
question.
Under such circumstances, the re-
sponsible unions invite the forfeiture
OF public good will and abandon any
legitimate claim to respect for their
picket lines.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
MCLEAN. Va.

Dear Sir:
IT always enjoy reading your interest
ing column. was surprised to learn In
your article Of January 1s that the blue
birds are rare In this part Of the country.
live IL miles from Washington and
have them all year round.
Several years ago we discovered that
they are fond of the sumac seeds and
dogwood berries. We already had five
wild dogwood trees growing on the edge
OF the woods, so in between these we set
out the sumac shrub.
"Now from the living room window and
porch we watch these beautiful creatures
"Bluebirds mate early so have already
started to sing their delightful song
Tru-al-ly, tru-al-ly. Their song has
the same fine, rich quality as the robins
only that 1t is softer and purling. Late
in April their songs will cease and will
not be heard again until June. A prel-
ude to the second brood.
"The female is pale grayish blue.
with only trace Of red brown in her
breast. The male has a beautiful red
breast and his head, back and wings and
tail are deep blue. Both are white
underneath.
Their feathers have a high gloss and
mirrorlike quality which reflects the
colors of their surroundings. When the
trees are green with leaves it is almost
impossible to see bluebird.
"Only by hearing their songs and oc-
casionally seeing one on the wing-a
flash Of blue in the sunlight-are we
able in summer to know the bluebird is
still with us.
"At this time of year they even reflect
the brown of bare tree branches and
on dark and cloudy day the amateur
observer, seeing a female, would never
suspect 1t Of being a bluebird.
''The male might easily be mistaken
for small robin.
"The dogwood trees are a source of
great delight and food.
AN old tree bark is very rough and
harbors many insects over the winter.
The first warm days Of spring will find
bluebirds cleaning the dogwoods from
top to bottom in much the same fashion
as chickadee cleans a fruit tree.
Each fall when the dogwood berries
are ripe migrating flock stops here.
Always among them are q few late
robins. At this time it is quite easy to
see the relationship between these two
birds. They stay until the dogwoods
have been stripped of their berries.
Usually two weeks, unless starlings come.
If this calamity happens, the berries
disappear in a few hours.
=
"Bluebirds are great acrobats. They
perch on the twig, look it over top and
bottom. They hang head down to pull
OF the berries. They also perform quite
stunt in removing the seeds from the
wine-colored suhaac bob. Not many birds
are able to enjoy these acid drupes.
Often they try. but seldom succeed in
Evening star., 1940-02-22
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TYace.Del.

getting any but the drupes at the very
bottom Of the cone.
But the bluebird perches on the tin
Of the cone, goes through all sorts Of
stunts and strips the bushes quite bare.
About two weeks ago I saw a lone
robin. Yesterday I saw q flock Of
eight or nine. So with bluebirds purling
and robins arriving an early spring is
surely on the way.
"A pair Of winter wrens came here
last November. They patched up a nest
under the caves in the corner Of the
house that summer wrens have been
occupying for the past eight or nine
years.
Il said patched, but closed would
better describe what they did. They
actually built sort of cone shaped
cover on the old nest. When finished,
it looked like large egg with only q
tiny hole for an opening through which
they could fly in and out.
We've been wondering If they are
going to raise a family and II they
will leave before the summer wrens
arrive.
I hate to think what will happen
II the summer wren catches them oc-
cupying that nest. Things around here
are always kept in an uproar by them
until the nest has been cleaned out and
patched up. Often two or three fight
over it for several days. We get little
sleep after daylight until the argument
Is settled and one wren wins the nest.
I'VE are familiar with the Carolina
wren but this is our first experience
with winter wrens. would greatly ap-
preciate learning anything you may
know about them, especially when they
leave. Sincerely, B. j. r."
Any gardener with bluebirds In his
yard is fortunate.
There will be many gardens which
seldom II ever see one
1t would be a mighty fine thing If
1t were otherwise; surely, as our cor
respondent points out, there is no more
beautiful or charming bird than this
But there will be no bluebird in
one yard we know very well, we feel
quite sure
We have quite given them up. Inquiry
among many persons living in suburban
sections shows that they, too seldom
see bluebirds, and never have any In
the home yard.
All this means, of course, is that
the famous Eastern bluebird is no
longer common bird.
The observer who has them in the
garden may quite fail to understand
this. Why, he has bluebirds, there
fore others ought to have them too!
Certainly. 1t would be wonderful If
this could be. But bluebirds are not
attracted by desire. and often not even
by the very finest little houses put
out for them.
So feel quite happy and contented,
reader, if you have a real, genuine
oluebird in your yard this spring.
You have one of the worlds most
beautiful birds.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
End Of q Dictatorship

smashed its way into the center OF
the Louisiana political scene twelve
years ago under the sponsorship of
the late Huey Long and which rode
ruthlessly and relentlessly to heights
OF unprecedented power with the aid
OF the twin driving wheels, dema-
goguery and dictatorship, has cracked
up at long last. Essentially creature
OF Huey-hypnotized rural electo-
rate, the once formidable machine
careening precariously since the vio-
lent death of its iron-handed pilot
in 1935-has been wrecked by the
same, but now bitterly disillusioned,
farmers and villagers who, under the
spell of Longism, helped to create it
and keep it going.
It's collapse was foreshadowed in
January when, for the first time in
their sway, the Long forces were
confronted with the necessity Of a
runoff primary to decide the COVER
norship. Only a short while before
that Federal and State grand juries
had ripped the hood from the gaudy
machine and found some of the
things that made it work in its pecu-
liar way. The investigators reported
that some of its oil was "hot," that
there were superchargers and booster
coils and gadgets not countenanced
under the contest rules of politicalfa fair
play. The head of the State univer-
sity, who had been riding high on
the machine, was convicted of en-
bezzling State funds. Soon thereafter
Governor Richard w. Leche resigned
under fire and was indicted for mail
fraud in connection with "hot oil"
transactions. One by one, other top
ranking leaders of the Long organi-
cation were charged with high crimes
and misdemeanors as the grand
juries continued to explore hidden
parts of the machine.
Huey's brother, Earl Long, seized
the steering wheel and sought to
avert the disaster he saw ahead.
Taking over the governorship by sue
cession when Leche fell, Brother
Earl tried to reassure the wavering
supporters of the regime, but it was
losing fight. The people OF the
parishes had finally awakened to the
fact that they must count the costs
of State dictatorship; that instead
of sharing wealth they faced the
prospect Of sharing staggering tax
burden. It is not surprising, there
fore, that they proved to be
responsive and sympathetic audience
for Sam Houston Jones. Lake Charles
attorney with little previous political
experience, when he began to de-
mand that the voters turn the ras-
Gals out" Several factions forgot
their differences and threw their
support to Mr.. Jones and against
Governor Long. When the votes in
the second primary were counted,
the Jones slate-from Governor to
egislators-had won by a substan-
tial margin. Victory in the Demo-
cratic primary is tantamount to elec-
ton in Louisiana. The enlightened
voters of Louisiana have good reason
to hail the result as victory for
democracy and a defeat for dicta-
torship of type not in harmony
with our form Of constitutional
government.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Lord Lothian's Tribute to
Washington Draws Comment,
To the Editor Of The Star:

AZ eue GoltoI OF 1ue star:
The tribute paid to the memory Of
George Washington in Williamsburg by
the Marques of Lothian, the British
Ambassador, is yet another indication
that Washington's fame is not local, for
his achievements are viewed with pride
by all English-speaking peoples and by
persons in other lands.
His excellency is quoted as alluding
to Washington as one who extended the
PHILOSOPHERS Of Cromwell, which Eng
lish opinion tried to curtail through the
Hanoverians. Views may differ on this
subject, for when the succession was
changed in 1889 by the act of settlement,
Parliament became in fact the law
making organ Of government, the ex-
travagances of both the Stuarts and
Cromwell making this result inevitable.
Cromwell is indeed a puzzling figure.
Carlyle in England and Theodore Roose-
velt in America have attempted to
explain him more as advocates than
as judges. In 1647 Cromwell stated to
the French Ambassador that "a man
never mounts 30 high as when he does
not know where he is going"
The British Ambassadors predecessor
in title, the third Earl of Lothian, 1906
1875, was secretary Of state for Scotland
in 1649, which is evidence of his SYM
pathy with Cromwell as against Charles
I. The fourth Earl of Lothian, 1885,
1903, supported the bloodless revolution
OF 1888 and served under william Of
Orange, the third William. The sym
pathy Of the Ambassador toward
successful revolutionist such as WASH
ington is understandable, the third earl
being revolutionist in 1641 and the
fourth earl one in 1883. neither Of which
facts tends to dim the prestige Of one
serving In the United States.
Fehfuafy 10. LEWIS q. CASSIDY.