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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

wees of Avila Camachos inter-
prefer had to be called on fire.
quently.
They don't report that malicious
ly. Wallace made fine impression,
they say, and was liked by the
Mexlcans first rate.
NO MORE,
NO LESS"
Ihe recent influenza scare on
the west coast led a federal health
officer to reminiSce sadly about the
1913 epidemic, when he was put
in charge Of influenza control mea-
sures in a New England city.
We did everything in the book, -
he said. We closed the churches,
school and the movies. I'm not
sure but what we even closed the
saloons. AS fast as anybody came
Gown with 1t, we isolated him
promptly. We had people wearing
masks, and so on. But you know,
1 honestly don't believe it all did
one bit of coed. If we hadn't been
there at all, l think they'd have
mad Just exactly as much flu as
they did have-no more, and no
less"
Boy-friend Brent had a 35-cent
Christmas dinner at a local lunch
counter in 1888 A year later he
had wangled a screen test, and
only the day before Christmas tehy
notified him it was lousy. But by
New Years, executives had changed
their minds and told him to report
for work.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

Speculation about the American
defense effort may now be put
aside. We have the verdict of the
man best qualified to know, And
his verdict is Mot good enough"
William S. Knudsen, production
members of the Defense Commits
SIGN, has made, so to speak, his
report on the first six months OF
the arms production program. And
his considered verdict is that, par
ticularly in the vital field of air
plane production, we have fallen
30 per cent short of the goal.
The basic reason for this short
coming, Knudsen says, is that in
dustry and labor. the two most
important elements" have not been
sold" on the gravity of the situ-
alton.
Knudsen believes that there are
certain fields in which the only
way a marked and immediate in
crease in production can be shown
is by working six or seven days a
week instead of five. When such
SDtClllC SlJudllOllS are llllCONClCS, IL
should be done. There are plants
not yet working three shifts which
can be placed on this basis. Every
situation is its own problem, with
varying degrees of urgency and
varying degrees of unused produc-
tive capacity 1t seems certain that
more centralized power must be
established to iron out quickly spe-
cific kinks in the production line.
This does nos mean that all So
cial gains of shorter hours and
better conditions must be thrown
down the drain at once. But the
power to increase the pressure at
certain points where the bottle
necks are narrow must be granted
soon. The situation has become
such that unused capacity can no
longer be tolerated
Knudsen is dead right when he
says that the public generally is
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
SENSE IN
AIR SERVICE
(Christian Science Monitor)

The air transport pact just ratified
by the United States and Canada repre-
sents a sensible subordination of nationa.
pride to the facts of commerce.
The treaty permits the air transport
companies which already have demon
strated their ability to provide service
between the United States and Canada,
to retain their routes without competi-
ion. 1t also earmarks for the future the
routes, as yet unflown, which each nation
shall operate
This is remarkable situation mas
much as each nation might have demand
ed the right to establish an air line paral-
leling or duplicating the services of its
neighbor, method which was standard
practice in Europe before the war dis
rupted most air transport schedules.
Yet both the United States and Can
ada realized through the facts collected
by their national air authorities that
where there was enough business for one
operator on each route there might be
starvation if competitors were introduced
for reasons of national prestige.
1t is quite possible that during the
two years which the pact has to run
enough business may develop between the
United States and Canada on some routes
to make parallel services profitable. In
the meantime, the fair wait and see'
attitude of both the United States and
Canada will allow the air companies Of
each country to develop their own inter
national routes and make profit. By
this arrangement neither nation is forced
into subsidiZing uneconomic competitive
routes.
Aviation's great contribution, the con-
quest Of space has too often been halted
at those imaginary lines called interna-
tional boundaries. Conquest of lines up
on map has now been added to the
flying conquest of time itself. 1t is an
accomplishment in which Canadian Am
erican relations we'll may show the way
for wider international achievements.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO EN-
GAGE IN THE SALE OF
alcoholic BEVERAGES

December 20, 194(
To Whom 1t May Concern
Notice is hereby given that fif
teen days after the above date, the
undersigned proposes to sell alcho-
lie beverages at these premises. des-
cribed as follows:
Lots As and 46, Seeley, Block 9.
Pursuant TO such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license COR
licenses) for these premises as fol-
lows:
ON-SALE BEER and WINE.
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such license (s) may
file verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacra-
mento, California. stating grounds
for denial as provided by law.
CHEUNG j. JUNE and
JIMMIE SUE, Dba,
Seeley Mercantile Company
No. 2676
D 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
MEDICAL PLANS
MOVING AHEAD

'Socialized medicine" has been Z
very hot potato politically for &
long time. That is why those in
terested are watching closely de-
velopments in at least two states
Michigan and Ohio. Legislatures
there are passing laws enabling
medical service plans to be set up
Members would pay a weekly fee
INTO a fund, being then entitled tC
medical and surgical services al
need.
This plan, which has support OF
state and local academies of medi-
clne, IS entirely voluntary and
therefore is not in any sense so
clallzed medicine" but is similar
to plans for providing hospitaliza-
tlcn under the same terms which
have proved popular in many
places.
Whlle it would not solve the
problem of medical care for the
loWest-bracket income group, the
proposed plans are expected to be
a boon Tor small-income groups,
and may serve to reduce the agi-
tation for "socialized" instead of
"co-cperative' medical care.
Apparently Vice President Elect
Wallace needs TO polish up his
Spanish a little more. Washington
ians who attended the Avila CANA
cho inaugural report that while
Wallace valiantly talked Spanish
tc Mexico's new president, the SER
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
Did You Know?

Tea is used as a drink by a
greater number of people than any
other beverage in the world.
Woodrow Wilson was a lover OF
limerickS and often wrote them
himself.
A pint of gasoline has been es-
timated to have the explosive pow
er of a pound of dynamite.
Dnoc-Jerseys are breed OF
hogs.
The Cordyceps mushroom is a
parasite on an insect, growing on
the white grub of the rhinoceros
beetle.
HiaWatha. immortalized in Long
fellows poem, was a real Mohawk
Indian.
A piece Of wood believed to be
20,000,000 years old was unearthed
near Ellenburg, Wash, in 1881, and
it was not petrified.
Only the female FREELY carries
a lantern"
The oldest existing astronomical
observatory in Europe is located at
the Vatican in Pnp,o
Dental plates first were patented
III the United States in 1910.
Soap is made from lccusts in
northern Africa.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
Barbs

Greek generals are fired with
the spirit of fight while Italian
generals are just fired
You won't make friends by wear
ing a face that looks as if it has
been slept in.
Story City. Ia. Boy Scouts raised
enough corn to pay for equipment
and q cabin. They even do good
deeds for themselves.
Regardless of how many eve
ming dresses some women have
they always seem TO be almost out
Ol every one Ol them.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
-..>1AA ADVERTISEMENT


AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Or
DINANCE NO. 342 WITH RES
PECT TO QUARANTINE POW
ERS OF THE HEALTH OFF,
GERS IN THE CASE OF RABIES.
The City Council of the City of
Ell Centre does ordain as follows:
SETON I: Ordinance No. 342
entitled IAN ordinance providing for
the control and eradication of rab-
les in the City of Ell Centre, State
of California, providing certain re-
Strictions on the owners of dogs and
other animals, and prescribing a
penalty for the violation of its pro-
visions, Repeating Ordinances No.
a. 49, Isl and 49, is hereby amend
ed by adding thereto a new section
to be numbered XVII ca which
shall read as follows:
Quarantine of City. Whenever,
in the judgment of the health Off
GER an epidemic of rabies exists
or is threatened, the health officer
is authorized to take such measures
as may be necessary to prevent the
spread of the disease including the
declaration of a quarantine against
all dogs and cats or dogs or cats
within the boundaries of the City of
Ell Centre for a period of not more
than one hundred and twenty Q2O
days. Nothing in this section pro-
hibits the health officer declaring
an additional quarantine period if
he shall deem it necessary for the
protection of the public health and
safety.
Such quarantine shall consist of
the confinement of all dogs or cats
within the designated area upon
the private premises of the owners
under restraint by leash or within
properly constructed enclosure: pro-
vided that persons over the age of
Is years may take their dogs or cats
on the public streets and highways
and IN automobiles except buses or
other public conveyances when such
dogs or cats are controlled by suit
able leash not over six feet in
length; provided further that those
dogs or cats quarantined as herein
before provided and confined to the
premises of their owners or such
other place as may be designated
by the health officer or his repre-
sentative, shall not be permitted to
leave such premises.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall
be published once in the Imperial
Valley Press within fifteen Q5) DAYS
and shall become effective within
thirty (30){ days from and after
its passage.
ROBERT w. HATTON.
Mayor of the City of
Ell Centre.
ATTEST:
Neal II. Gavin,
City Clerk.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
Thouqhts for the Day

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of
God is in my nostrils My lips shall not speak wicked
ness, my tongue utter deeeit-Job PISA.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
Famous Sayings

We cannot control the evil tongues of other; but
good life enables us to disregard them.-Cato.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

Tea is used as a drink by a
greater number of people than any
other beverage in the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

America will come through the
present crisis. whatever form it
may take, greater not only in ma
terial values, but in the highc~ t.-lt
finer values
DR.. Charles E. Merriam Univer-
sity Of Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 23-At this
time of year, actors and actresses
are cheered by recollections of
dreary Christmases in their pasts.
1t isn't that they deliberately revel
in unhappy experiences; it's just
that such lurking memories, like
a bowling blizzard outside a snug
cabin, makes them feel more CRATE
fully secure.
And no other group of people in
the world. probably has such con-
trasting stories.
Take Tyrone Power: His dis
tinguished father died in December
of 1890. and the following year was
a tough one for the saddened
struggling youngster BY Christ
mas of 1891 he was flat broke in
Hollywood, had an eviction notice
from an apartment house manager,
and couldn't even get his trunk
Six years later, Power bought the
apartment house.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

One of the difficulties in Amer
ican public life has been it's failure
to call its ablest and best men to
public service.
Wendell Willkie, G.. o. P. 1910
presidential candidate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

STATE OF. CALIFORNIA;
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL } SIS
CITY OF Ell CENTRIC
1, NEAL H. GAVIN, City Clerk of
lie City of Ell Centre, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance
was dull passed and adopted by the
City of Ell Centre on the 18th day
of December, 1910, by the follow
ing vote;
AYES: Bratton, Fawcett, He'll,
Moore, Hatton.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
= WITNESS my name and official
seal of the City of Ell Centre this
10Th day of December. 1940.
NEAL H. GAVIN,
City Clerk.
fD23)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
MEMBER

American Newspaper Pup.
fishers Association. NationaA
Editorial Association. CAN
fornia Newspaper PUBLISH
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

No wage-earner, be it in an air
plane factor OF anywhere else, en-
joys striking just for the sake of
strikes.
james B. Carey, C. I. o. secre-
tary.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

The Italians regard Fascism as
they have nearly always regarded
their government-as a racket
whereas the Germans regard
Nazism as a religion.
Arnold Lunn. British lecturer in
Buffalo.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
A GIFT FOR
CARRADINE

John Carradine was the gloomiest
figure ever to pace the streets of
Talkietown. Shabby, cadaverous-
looking, he did pace them, and he
talked to himself-mumbling Shak-
esspeare on an empty stomach
People regarded him as an amusing
eccentric. For eight successive
Christmas Ewes, Carradine walked
around looking at the lights and
tinsel, or hovered over cup of
coffee in some boulevard cafeteria.
One Christmas Day John Bly,
stones mother asked him to dinner.
He remembers that better than
anything else in the eight years.
There was a present for him on
the tree. And he cried.
WHY GARFIELD
SETTLED DOWN -.
A good many players will tell
you their tough breaks have given
them a capacity for emotionalism.
In John Garfields case. they were
responsible for his career.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23
So They Say

There is not much reason now
to talk about loans. The time has
come to talk about gifts; cash, if
nGnpCcalN
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

A pint of gasoline has been es-
timated to have the explosive pow
er of a pound of dynamite.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

Woodrow Wilson was a lover of
limericks and often wrote them
himself.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-23

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
|ERRANT WARPLANE
FRICHTENS BERLIN
Nazi Press Conference Is
Halted As Anti-Aircraft
Guns Open Up

BERLIN, Aug. 2.-R-The daily
German press conference for foreign
journalists was interrupted dramati
cally today by the booming Of anti
aircraft guns directly overhead ap'
~narently from the room of the for
eign office.
The firing lasted probably less
than a minute. No one left the build
ing. ..
Janitors and minor officials SAID
that the Wilhelmstrasse was cleared
Immediately, with everyone running
| for cover. and that the guns hao
heen trained on an unidentified
plane.
This plane, it was later reported
flew over the city at a height OF
about 5000 feet and changed Its
course Immediately when anti-air'
craft shells, apparently warning
shots, burst about it.
The plane was a small blplane
and although no official statement
was available it apparently was a
German plane which had strayec
from the course prescribed for lily
ing over Berlin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
Rv EDWIN STOUT

LONDON, Aug. 2.-lR-The al
MANAGES say that if Adolf Hitler is
going to start his blitzkrieg on Eng
land this month the best times for
it will be next Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday,, Thursday and Friday
mornings.
IF the Fuehrer passes up those
days, the next best come in Sep
tember. from the second to the sew
enth. Third choice would be Oct
1.e, then Oct. 30-Nov. 4.
All of those are periods when the
tides will be the highest.
The British are inclined to be
lieve that, if the Germans don,
make the stab by mid-september
no invasion will be attempted unit.
next spring. Ordinary prudence or
the part of the Nazi general staff
these observers say, will demand
that at least six weeks be allowed
for the campaign.
They point out Hitler can't count
on good weather for operations O.
his air force once the equinoctia
storms begin in mid September
from then on, Britain is cloaked ir
fogs and mists so thick ven thu
natives can't find their way arount
and the Germans would be boune
to get lost.
Neutral military men, picturint
the Nazi attack as they might run
it, say it should have these condi
tons:
/. A calm sea-to keep the Ger
man soldiers from getting seasick OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
Hitler May Await High Tides,
Foggy Nights For BHtzkreg

the way across the North Sea and
English Channel.
2. High tide-essential in order
that the flat-bottomed barges OF the
first landing force cali be driven
high enough on the beaches for
tanks to be run off onto the sand
in water not too deep to put them
out of commission.
3. Fog in the English Channel
to screen the expedition on its
a over. Sometimes the center OF
the channel is foggy when it Is clear
on both sides.
These experts say preliminary ali
bombardment and landings on the
beaches all would be preparatory
to the first major objective in any
campaign to invade this country
seizure Of a port. Once a port had
been obtained, they explain, the Ger
mans could try to supply the land
and possibly run in through lanes
of mines as a further safeguard.
However, the British would moi
be just sitting around while all this
was going on.
They said they were confident any
Nazi landing force would be "elimi
nated'' in short order.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
FLYNN CONFIDENT
r..
0FF.D.R.V VICTORY
New Democratic Chieftain
May Reorganize Set-Up
On August II

EWASHINGTON, August 2.-lP-
Reorganization Of the administrative
set.up Of the democratic nationa
committee was expected in p~olitica
circles today to be started when Ed
ward J. Flynn takes over the party
Craftsmanship August II.
Appointment of Flynn, New Yorl
national committeeman and Bron.
democratic leader, to direct the third
term campaign Of President Roose-
welt was announced yesterday aftel
q White House conference.
Flynn hustled back to New York
where on Monday he will begin con
ferences with James A. Farley, re
: firing national chairman, regarding
the kind of campaign to be waged,
with particular references to pivotal
New York state. Central headquar'
tiers will be maintained in New York
Y city.
Although Flynn would not go be-
yond his formal statement predicting
victory for the Roosevelt-Wallace tic
ket, there were reports that =. w.
Robert, national committee secretary
and Oliver A. Quayle, treasurer,
might be replaced. They were re-
elected after the Chicago convention.
Farley, who is giving up the chair
manship to head the New York YAH
KEGS and perhaps take another pri-
vate job on the side, would not say
when he intended to resign as post
master general. The cabinet place
frequently goes to the national COM
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03

mittee head, but there was no lnd1
cation that Flynn would get 1t, TOO
AS state chairman for New YORK.
{ post which he will retain, Farley
will be on hand to consult with
Flvnn even after he quits the natlon-
al political scene.
Senator Byrnes of South Carolina
who refused to be considered Tor the
craftsmanship because he su11ers
from hay fever in the campaign
months, pleased Flynn's appoint
ment.
"As national committeeman of New
York." Byrnes said, "he has estao-
lished a wide acquaintance through
out the country, and with his know
ledge of the problems Of the various
sections of the country I feel he will
make a most efficient national chair
man."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
Care
Rv LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D

What is prickly heat and what
lis the treatment of it
The medical name for prickly
heat is miliaria. It is generally
agreed that it is due to the stop
ping up of the sweat ducts. The
mouths of the sweat ducts swell UP
because the cells r unprotected
by sufficient oil. There is a con-
gestion of the capillaries and the
formation of b~listers or swellings
in the upper layers of the skin.
Excessive sweating tends to re
move the oil on the skin, and al
cases of prickly heat r associ
ated with excessive sweating
Diagnosis is not always simple.
Many eruptions are called prickly
heat that are really insect bites.
especially flea bites. A good point
to notice is whether the rash
affects the covered or exposed
parts of the body. If the latter,
insect bites or plant dermatitis
may be suspected rather a r.
prickly heat. Ringworm is another
confusing possibility.
Soothing Treatment
Treatment should consist OF
soothing preparations Lotions
and powder. Starch, almond meal
or bran water may be applied and
the rec then dried and busted with
10 per cent boric acid powder with
zinc oxide and starch. Caolmine
lotion with or without phenol is
used in severe cases. Sponging with
alcohol may be all that is needed.
Mexican heat powder" con-
tains camphor, zinc oxide, boric
acid and starch.
Is there any scientific evidence
that middle-aged people with a
history of heart attacks should re-
main at sea level?
The question concerns a man OF
so who had a moderate attack of
angina eighteen months ago an
wants to take his vacation in the
mountains. I quote the Journal of
the American Medical Association
that attitudes up to 5000 to $500
feet are safe for those who have
had coronary disease, provided
there are no symptoms at the time
and ever if there are symptoms on
condition that these persons avoid
climbing steep grades, such as are
common at high attitudes. Many
feel better in the clear air of the
hills at 1000 to 1000 feet than they
90 IN the moist air at sea level. In
TACT, the general experience is
that heart symptoms are often
benefited by. such a change.
Diet for Underweights
Breakfast: Pears; grape nuts
with cream; omelet with bacon;
toast with butter; coffee with sugar
and cream.
Lunch: Broiled sweetbreads
cream sauce; bread or biscuits
with butter; date and cheese sal
ad; peaches and cream; chocolate
cake.
Dinner: Cream of pea soup;
roast; chicken; sweet potatoes
lima beans; corn on the cob; to-
mato saldad; bread and butter;
Charlotte Russo; coffee with
cream and sugar.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
j. A. Hunderside-'Is honey at
meals once a day injurious to the
kidneys because of excess sugar."
AnsWer-Sugar does not harm
the kidneys. Honey is bad for dia-
betics, but diabetes is not a disease
of the kidneys.
j. j., Howe, Ind.-''Is a pulse OF
120 an indication of an over-active
thyroid? Would this have anything
to do with being underweight?"
AnsWer-Yes, to both ques-
tons. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
Leopold's Children
Return From Portugal

BERLIN, Aug. 2-P1The three
children of King Leopold of Bel
GUM, Crown Prince Baudouin, 9,
Princess Josephine Charlotte, u,
and Prince Albert, 6, have been
returned to him by German plane
from Portugal, where they were
taken when Belgium became a
belligerent, the authoritative Ger
man commentary Dienst Aus
Deutschland said today.
The children were flown to Brus-
sells and then taken to the prisoner
King in a military car.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
Bitter Political War
Raging In Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2-LR-
Louisiana politicians again are
neck deep in another furious poll
teal campaign that promises to
become almost as bitter as last
winters election fights which de-
feated the Long forces.
The new administration headed
by Governor Sam H. Jones has
declared war on Louisiana's entire
house delegation in congress, and
is seeking to Dust all 8 represen-
tatlves on Sept. 10 in the demo-
cratic primary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
No Inquest Planned
In Raleigh Shoot,,

RALEIGH. Aug. 2.--LP-r,..
Roy M. Banks ruled today that NJ.
Grace Farmer, 80, of Atlant. u.
committed suicide yesterday ,t. s'
unsuccessfully trying to kill her hn.
band, j. D. Farmer, IS, by sboo,,,s
at him five times with a pistol
Coroner Banks said no inou.,,
would be held.
He quoted Farmer as savirr
had been married IA years and r.'
originally from Richmond, Va br,
had been working as a ~travp,ir,
salesman from Atlanta for a rsts,,
medicine firm.