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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
The YEARS
NO-MAN'S LAND

If there is one seven-day period in the
year set aside from all others, it is the one
upon which We are entering-the week
between Christmas and New Years Day.
Among the other weeks of the year it is
a sort of No-Man's land, when events nor
mally stand still to review the past and
to cast into the future.
1t is time for formulating the resolu-
tions we shall VOW to uphold when the
New Year arrives. 1t is a time for re-
viewing the mistakes and the triumphs
of the last twelve months, so that we may
build upon the firm foundations we have
laid, and profit by the mistakes we may
have committed.
In the annals of time, this is the
breathless hush before another storm of
activity breaks.
That the next II months will be impOr-
tant in the pages of history no one can
deny who has followed the events of the
last year. That the part we, the sover-
eign people of the United States, play
in this period will be equally important
to history, is as undeniable.
During this week, when we form our
resolutions sor the next year it is a vital
thing that each one Of US determine the
position we believe our nation should play
in days to come, for the will of the peo-
pie is the will of the nation
Let us make up our mind-and then
have no faltering
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
by Willis Thornton
The Electoral College Fo|Iies

Div to candidates for governor III
each state. Each state would NC
entitled. as now, to as many presl-
Dental votes as it has senators ana
representatives.
Here two alternatives are pfopos-
ed. One is that the states presl-
Dental vote shall be proportioheu
as the popular vote. The other Is
that the popular majority IN each
state shall carry all that states
presidential vote with 1t.
Senator Norris favored the flrst
plan. but now inclines to agree TO
the second because he doesn't thlnk
the states would agree to the flrst.
To Senator Norris the principal
advantage of the proposed plan,
aside from abolishing useless lum-
Der. is that it would make possible
independent candidates for presi-
dent
Today. after the big party con-
ventionS, there is no time 1of an
Independent party movement to Or
ganize the precinct by precinct
setup required by the elector sys-
tenn. But it could be done, state by
state. This possibility would, Norris
believes, exert a good influence on
party conventions, and give the
people an "out" should both choose
poor candidates
1t is too late, of course, for the
present congress to do aything
about this. But in January a new
congress comes into being, and it
would do we'll to pass Immediately
something similar to the Norris
Lea resolution, so that the proposal
to modernize our election system
by constitutional amendment could
be gotten under way.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
Did You Know?
The average length of lions life

The average length of lions life
is 40 years.
A little more than third of the
worlds population is Christian.
Most birds observe territorial
boundaries, and each bird defends
his nesting area against other birds
seeking to intrude.
Most caterpillars shed their skins
four times before reaching full
size; few molt eight times.
A dory is a rat-bottomed boat.
There are about 90 yards of spa
ghetti in pound.
An elk's antlers may grow as
much as one-half inch in a single
day.
A lory is a type of parrot.
Galvanized steel is steel which
has been coated with high-grade
zinc to improve corrosion resist
ance.
Travelling at the rate of 1856 900
miles per second it takes IL sec
onds for the light from the moon
to reach us.
In Australia, New Zealand and
the Scandinavian countries, the av-
erage length of life is greater than
in the United States
England uses more plate glass
in the production of motor cars
than in the building of homes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
DESERVES BETTER SETTING
lDetrOIt News J

1t is little late this year to preach
on spectacular football drinking, but
whatever it was that prompted it is prob
ably still in the air. We thought this
sort of thing was done when the noble
experiment was abandoned and the stuff
returned to legal sale, and we hate to
think that the dizziness of the '2O's may
be on the way back -.
Somehow, college stadium seems the
wrong place to parade spiritual i'm
poverishment that permits man to make
a swine of himself. College football
that great character r-builder-deserves a
better setting.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
Uranium Crackers

Here are brief descriptions of
four of the most important men
who died during 1940 Can you
name each from the description?
l. A veteran u. S. senator from
Idaho.
2. A governor general of Canada
3. A Well-known American cor
respondent in Europe was killed in
an accident.
4. A former prime minister of
Great Britain
ANSWERS
/. Senator William E. Borah, of
Idaho, died on January 10.
2. Lord Tweedsmuir, governor
general of Canada, died in Mon
treal on February II.
3. Webb Miller, United Press
European manager, was killed in a
fall from a London subway train
on May g.
4. Neville Chamberlain, former
prime minister of Great Britain
died at his home on November 9.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Forth-
coming departure from the State
Department of Joseph Davies, veal
thy former ambassador to Russia
and Belgium, is believed by Oil
men in Washington to foreshadoW
a friendlier attitude by this gov
ernment toward Mexico and Mex
icos oil problems.
For nearly a year Davies has
been serving as special assistant to
the secretary of state. OF late he
has been devoting his time to max
ing arrangements for the third
term inaugural ceremonies, and his
resignation at the State Depart
ment goes into effect Jan. 20
Point of all this is that D. % 3
Donald R. Richbergs Law partner.
Rlchperg has been representing
Standard Oil in Standards con-
troversy with Mexico over the ex-
preparation of oil properties. Davies
has exercised considerable influ-
ence in the State Department and
is generally credited with having
supported policies which would not
be unfavorable to Standard.
Colncident with his resignation
are two important developments in
the Mexican oil situation.
MEXICO WORKS
QUIETLY
In the first place, the whole
question of the appropriation mat
ter is being re-examined. No de-
cisions have been made, and the
new hearings have not gone far
enough to give a definite line on
what will be done. 1t can be said
though, that friendly conversations
held in Mexico during the Avila
Camacho Inauguration are begin
ming to bear fruit.
Secondly, Mexico is quietly at
tempting to get an improved status
in regard to shipments of loW-duty
crude oil to this country under the
reductions granted by the Vene-
zuelan trade treaty. Thereby hangs
quite a tale
The Venezuelan trade treaty
granted 50 per cent reduction i'm
the excise tax of II cents a barrel
levied ON crude oil imports, this
reduction TO apply to a quota of
oil imports equal to 5 per cent of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
by Paul Harrison
Hollywood S Fads, Fancies and Foib|es

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26-Behind
the screen:
Gene Fowler and Director Frank
Borzage were in a huddle about a
scene for Billy The Kid''-a scene
in which Bob Taylor is riding
along, sees a big flock of buzzards
wheeling in the desert sky and
blazes away at em with a revolver.
1t doesn't sound practical" OBJ
jected Borzage, looking over what
Fowler had written. How you
gonta make lot of buzzards con-
verge just where you want 'em?"
Simple" said Fowler. Just toss
the script out on the desert and
they'll converge for miles around"
If the broadcasting companies and
the music men of ASCAP don't
reach an agreement pretty quickly,
the composers are going to try to
organize big rival chain of radio
stations. And they've got plenty of
money to do it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

The Jimmy Stewart Olivia de
Haviland romance is all over. end
ed, washed up. And SO is the one
between Eleanor Powell and Merrill
Pye. Cary Grant is busy denying
new rumorS he's going to marry
Barbara Hutton. &. Madeline Car
roll and her French flyer, Capt.
Richard de la Roziere, are the best
bet in the matrimonial sweep
stakes. What ever happened
to that claimed clause in Desi Ar
naz' RKO contract saying it would
be voided if he married within
three years?
The life of the famed Emporia
editor William Allen White, will be
filmed by Metro-and with Spencer
Tracy, of course. Ten years ago,
White was complaining about pic
lures and said: THE movies offer
a nervous relaxation for tired
people. They are little better than
chewing gum in that"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

There1l be no more search-li
fan-jammed previews in Hollywood
These events we're started to give
critics and early look at new pic
lures and at the same time to
observe the reactions of a paying
audience. But in the past few years
greedy theater managers have let
cash customers into seats paid for
by studios and reserved for critics:
late-coming critics would be shunt-
ed into the attic. Also, there de-
veloped large. unruly gang of
previeW-haunting fans whose re-
actions were far from typical. So
the flicker companies got together
and. said to he'll with it. Hereafter,
all previews will be held In pro
lection rooms
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
MUSICAL SHORTS
BY WIRE

Newest thing In juke boxes will
be wired television: A cafe customer
puts a nickel into a machine and
gets a three minute musical short.
The sound and pictures come from
a central station, which contin-
uously runs long string of such
film features over leased wires 10
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
by Bruce Cation :.
The Inside Track in WashinutoI,

the total amount of oil refined in
the United States in the previous
year. Other nations having most
characterization treaties with the
united States were entitled to
share in this reduction, and just
year ago the president allotted
the percentages of loW-duty oil
shipments for each one.
In fixing those percentages, it
was decided to give each nation a
share proportiohate to the amount
of oil it shipped into the United
States in the first 10 months of
1899.
HIGHER QUOTA
- . Y MEXICANS
That was where the shoe pinch
ed Mexico, for because of the ex-
preparations and general stOppage
of production, MeXico'S oil exports
in that period were very low. AS a
result, whose oil pro-
perties are largely Standard-got
7.9 per cent Of the quota, Holland
and It's possessions got 203 per
cent Columbia got 4 per cent =.
and Mexico and all other nations
had to split 3.8 per cent among
them.
New quotas must be set for next
year, and Mexico is now being
heard on its plea for a higher quo
Ia.
If Mexico could persuade the
State Department to base next
years quotas on 1910 imports, her
position would be vastly improved.
In the first 10 months of this year.
1or instance, Mexico shipped in
9'652,O00 barrels of oil, compared
with Venezuela's 24,0O0OOO.
Standard has proflted heavily
by the Venezuelan treaty. One es-
innate is that her savings in its
lirSt year, due to the lowered tax,
ran to $7200,000. Any increase in
the Mexican quota would of course.
lhJulre Standards position-unless
and until Standards appropriation
light with Mexico is settled
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

Superior, Wis, couple have saved
their wedding cake for 25 years and
it's rock hard. Some brides could
cook their own and not have to
wait.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

Food note: Cresmed salmon fill
ing in a ring of spinach is nu-
tritiouS. But maybe the kids don't
like salmon, either.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
THOUGHTS for the Day

The earth also is defed under the inhabitants there
Of because they have transgressed the laws, chang
ed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant
Isaiah PAS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

I have been in China and Japan
and am completely convinced the
United States must be prepared to
defend its western coast and islands
against Japan.
Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of
Harvard University.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

Representative Martin Dies urges
deportation for all who don't like
American ways and are disloyaI.
All aboard that's boredl
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
Barbs

Maybe the reason a father wor-
ries about his son is because he
used to be one.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
Famous Sayings

The certainty of punishment even more than its
severity, is the preventive of crime.-Tryon Edwards
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
MOLARS AS
SOUVENIRS

When Betty Cradle stepped off
train early the other morning
after a San Francisco visit, she was
smartly dressed except she'd sleep
lily forgotten to change from her
bedroom slipper Now there's a
man visiting all local dentists to
try TO buy movie stars extracted
teeth. He'd mount 'cm on gold pins
and sell them as souvenirs. It's a
dangerous notion: fans who prev
iously have been content to tear
off players clothing, hats and
purses now are likely to carry for
ceps and try to yank a few in
cisors and bicuspids.
In his stage play, Arsenic and
Old Lace" Boris Karloff is doing
burlesque of his movie horror
roles The Marx Brothers got
their usual S250,000 for Go West"
and now have collected an extra
$50, 900 because their contract calls
for that amount Of damages if any
of their pictures costs less than
81 100000. Production figures on
this one added up to $996,00 i.
Charlie Enfield tells about the two
mind readers who met on the street
One said, You're all right. How am
T."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

The German is often a moral
creature-Germans never.
Sir Robert Vansittart. chief dip
lomatic adviser to the British
government.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
So They Say

1t is only pipe dream that we
shall see American ships and
American troops fighting in Europe
Earl Winterton, speaking in the
House of Commons.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

The very purpose of our Amer
ican Constitution was to create one
nation, one economic and business
unit, with the conflict of the states
eliminated.
-Maury Maverick, mayor of San
Antonio, Texas
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26
MEMBER

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Editorial Association. Call
fOrnia Newspaper PuDiisn-
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-26

cafes and bars and such.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-09

Cast aluminium cannot be denied
its thickness helps it to hold heat and
makes it useful for slow cooking.
Poorer grades discolor and pit.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-09

TAVE you visited the Gunte Brewery? spotess
cleanliness surprises the fussy housewife And
the huge pasteuzers from which the bottles emerge spark
ling clean!
Truly Gunthes bottles clean milk bottles when they
leave the brewery!
But what good all this when dirt and handling
dusty dark cellars contaminated the of the
bottle before you gotit?
So Gunther's have done the only right thing.
We've protected the mouth of the bottle with proectorfo
op You be that dirt human hands have touched
the surface you drink from.
Another step forward in Gunhers leadership! Another way
of showing appreciation for the largest sales enjoyed
by any brewery in this part of the country!
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-11
CITY TAXES PUT
ON WINTER ROLLS
CUSTOM OF PAST FEW YEARS
BEING FOLLOWED. NO
PENALTY PLANNED

All unpaid July taxes are being
carried forward to the December
tax roll without penalty, as has
been done in the past few years,
following the Nov. deadline. These
delinquent taxes may then be paid
with the December tax until Jan.
- without penalty as city council
at It's next meeting Is expected TO
take formal action dispensing with
the enalty.
On March ! all city tax records
are turned over to the county treas
urer and penalty of four per cent
added to delinquent returns From
Jan. Is TO March J., however. the
city may add penalty
Since May /, the beginning Of the
fiscal year. S246.7s1.9l has been col.
lected by Mrs Mabel Stadtmiller.
city treasurer This amount includes
special current assessments for
curba Of $1,000. sewer. t222sf;
and walks. sljO5s. dog axes Of
1855. city taxes Of $l3ASOI70.
school general taxes OF s42.760 50.
school debt payments Of s22.566
50, delinquent collections from the
county S43,5s423; and miscellan-
eous items Of future special assess.
ments Sl02316.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-11
LOSERS OF TEN IN
END VICTORIOUS
DR.. sLossoN SAYS ONE WHO
SEEKS, FINDS ETERNAL
THINGS WIN

DIR. Preston w. Slosson spoke u
the Presbyterian Church Sunday
evening, taking for his subject,
"Self-Realization Through Self
Sacrifice. Doctor Slosson said,
Strange as it may seem this para
dox of Jesus is the most common
the Biblical version reading He
that seeks to have his life shall
lose It. and he that loses his life
for My sake shall find it,
The speaker pointed out that
many times the people OF history
who lost the immediate conquest
were the final winners. The best
generals often lost battles, and
those who won battles often realiz-
ed that they had nothing OF etern.
al worth to show for the hard-won
victory.
ut is only the person who seeks
and finds the eternal things that
really wins in the ultimate DR..
Slosson said. He closed by point
ing out that Jesus was the world 3
greatest leader, and that he lost
to the Roman governor and tyiay
no one so much as knows where
the governor was buried. but the
world almost as a whole knows and
follows Jesus the defeated Jew on
the cross 1000 years ago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-11
TWO ROTAR|ANS
ADDRESS CLUB
PAUL UNoRooT. DIP. OWEN j.
CtEARY DISCUSS w. S.
NATIONAL DEFENSE

WI NJ tirr-f ifi---t----s---.74
Rotarians have heard for some timo
were delivered before the club AT
tho usual weekly. meeting today.
Speakers we're Dr.. owen J. Cleary
and Paul Ungrodt
National Defense was the subject.
Or. Cieary dealing vita the ma
terial side and Mr. tngrOdt emphs-
sizing the need Of generous consid-
Grafton for the rights Of others.
Christian living and devotion 70 the
ideals OF democracy in order that
morale OF the nation may De main
tanned at healthy level
Need for increased man power and
increased gun power was stressed
ann r was T0irr-rrfi- ~ s4t-slieA
military preparation as now seems
10 be imperative will entail enor-
nous expense and the resultant en-
forcement OF much higher tax
iet les.
Both speakers we're enthusiastic
ally applauded and heartily con.
graduated upon their splendid pres
entation OF the subject.
Guests we're Herbert Mitchell
Normal Edwards. Dearborn; VI.
Pease. Edward Conn. Detroit:
Adolph Gross. Dexter; Spencer
Davis Ypsilanti
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-11
DEMOCRATS PLAN
ELECTION ACTION
JACKSON VOTING MACHINES
BEING CHECKED BY
r. B. |. AGENTS

Jackson. Mich. Nov. II -AP-
While an agent Of the Federal
Bureau OF Investigation inspected
voting machines used in city pre-
cincts in last Tuesdays election.
Democratic leaders today studied
technicalities of proposed legal ac-
ton on the charge that some Dem
ocrats may have been disenfranch-
ised.
Don Black. Jackson County
Democratic Chairman. announced
over the weekend that attorneys
would draw up a bill of complaint
to circuit court. Democrats, claim
ing the voting machines were 50
adjusted that in some instances
Democrats could not cast a
straight party ballot, have threat
ened to ask the court to throw out
the entire Jackson city vote.
Raymond w. Starr. Democrat
who ran a close race with Repub-
lican Herbert J. Rushton for At
torney General, is working with
Attorneys II. A. Kinch OF Jackson
and Joseph Overriding of Detroit
on the contemplated bill of com
plant. Kinch was an Assistant
Attorney General under Starr
when the latter was Attorney Cen
eral. overriding represents the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-11
Willkie to Chart Future
Course of Party Tonight
C. p. CdbIePhoto

From 1890 to II p. m, on time
donated by the networks, he will
outline the course he believes the
Republican opposition should fol-
low. He will speak from his per-
sonal campaign headquarters in the
Commodore Hotel.
Willkie is expected to counsel his
party to cooperate with the Ad-
ministration S defense and in Civ
ing all short-of-war aid to Britain,
but to act as check against any
undue assumption of power.
The defeated Republican nomi
nee spent Sunday at his Fifth Ave,
home, working on his speech. In
the afternoon. he went TO his no.
tel headquarters to read more o.
the 10000 letters and kilograms re.
ceived since the vote was counted.
The letters. his associates said,
are mostly In the same vein; they
ask advice. Some ask him to re-
fuse any federal appointment that
is offered him. Others urge him 20
form a strong opposition party.
Commenting on this correspond.
ence. he said.
Il only wish had the time and
the stan to answer all Of the gen.
erous letters | have received per.
sonally Since / have neither,
would like to take this opportunity
Of thanking all OF those who have
written, for their support and good
wishes
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-11
Leslie Kefgen, Bay City, to
Speak; Ceremonies Start
at 7 O. clock

A fitting tribute on this Armistice
Day will be the dedication tonight
at Z o'clock at the American Le-
gion Home OF a beautiful bronze
plaque. the gift Of John Lonskey.
The plaque contains the emblem OF
the American Legion and It will be
erected over the door Of the home.
Main sp~sfer OF the occasion will
be Leslie Kefgen. Bay City. who
will speak on the timely subject,
THE American Legion and the
Fifth Column" Mr.. Kefgen is i'm
mediate past national chairman Of
the Americanism Committee Of the
American Legion.
Commander Edward Arnet, Mayor
Ross X. Bower and Mr. Lonskey
will also give short addresses.
The Ypsilanti High School Band
will provide music at the ceremonies
and the degree team. Detroit Vol
ture. No lO2. 40 and 8. viii per.
form.
In case OF rain or inclement
weather, the ceremonies will be
conducted in the Home.
Members OF the committee who
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-11

WV a AHANHA 2 NF"f
Once every year since 1918,
millions In Europe paused this
day To commemorate the World
War armistice
But not today.
Every year 81" more than two
decades. the ancient bells spoke
solemnly across the countryside.
the whirr OF machines in factor
les and the. creak OF wagon
wheels on dusty roads came TO
a sudden stop. Every year al the
eleventh hour OF the eleventh
day OF the eleventh month en-
tire nations prayed. IN sick re-
memhrance OF the millions long
dead now on fields once bright
With shrapnel fire.
But not today.
There was no time 70" such
things today This anniversary
OF an armistice that was to
silence guns forever. came on
the wings OF war beyond the con
ception OF the men who dropped
their guns on the crimson earth
22 years ago. The eleventh hour
struck today but was unheard in
the deadly din. To stop even a
minute. could mean the differ
ence betWeen victory and death.
one minute A woman's hands
take 10 more smooth-nosed
bombs from the conyeyor belt
at Coventry. one minute a
sweating stevedore hurls a hun
dredweight OF grain ashore at
Liverpool and never once looks
up 10 see the bombin planes
against the sky. one minute: A
pilot dives five miles across the
clouds
twenty-five years ago numbed
silence settled over Europe's
battlefields and out OF that sill.
ence came the cry OF weary peo-
pie that there should be no fu-
ture war.
tToday the tall, unhappy old
man who had promised peace in