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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
A ONE-HOUSE LEGISLATURE
OUT OF STEP

Fearful of just such a leadership re-
volt as wrested All power over the legis-
lature out of his hands, Gov. Olson has
proposed a one-house legislature with
the number of representatives based on
population-a legislature which would
leave such counties as Imperial entirely
without representation.
In such a legislature, Los Angeles
would control the laws of California.
San Francisco would cast the biggest
minority vote The result. of course,
would be that politicians would concen-
trate appropriations in Los Angeles and
San Francisco. Forgetting or ignoring the
rural counties whore votes are cOmpar
atiNely scarce.
Los Angeles ;4id san Francisco, with
metropolitan desires and programs,
would dominate the rural areas through
out the state insofar as legislation is con-
cerned The labor unions in the two cities,
by electing more representatives, could
force unioniZatiOn upon agriculture.
The rural areas, in the final analysis,
support both Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco. They are entitled to-a word, and
big one in the states affairs. They
would not have it in d one-house legis-
lature such as Gov. Olson proposes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

can merchantmen for unreasonable
periods while British boat repre-
SentatiVes passed the word among
American shippers that service
would be much better on boats fly
ing the Union Jack.
That's one version. 1t may not b.
an accurate explanation. Official
Britain would say it's ridiculous. But
perhaps It's moi nearly as absurd
and inSincere rs the reasons ad-
vanced for stopping American ships
and holding them longer than other
boats are held; or for dellina into
American mail pouches.
Americans don't like to have any
one else reading their mail. They're
rather sensitive about that. We
wouldn't like il 4 bit if Nazi sea
raiders opened mail pouches deS-
tined for other countries. We like
it no better if Britain does il.
II is not preposterOuS for the
United States to demand simple
rights, even during wartime. We
didn't start the war, and We want
as little of il as possible. We are
willing TO stay out OF the way OF
bellieerentS rs far as such course
is reasonable. We have already put
up with diScomiortS and inconVen-
fences Tor which we are not reSpon-
Sible. But there is Il limit To how
much the United States can take
especially from 4 nation that pre-
SumcS upon our natural sympathy
10 take unfair advantage.
If nothing more, the United States
is entitled 10 the same kind OF
rights As other neutral nations.
More than that. We don't expect.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

WASHINGTON-Senator Gerald
Nye of North Dakota probably will
get the foreign relations committee
post mace vacant by the death OF
Senator William For2h.
III recent Years Nye has been
one OF The leaders OF the ISOLATION
iSt group IL tne Senate. He hap
pens to be chairman OF The Repub-
lican committee on committees,
which j. to Ill TIE vacancy. Formal
action won't be taken until after
Senator Borahs senate successor Is
appointed and sworn in.
C.a lh!na feW people knew about
S.nalor B0rah va that he WAS
= Onc-nlar community chest. All
solt> Of strangers USED 10 ask nm
Tor aid. lie would have them looked
up, and i. tptv weren't Just pro-
feSsional panhanolers he would
make more o. less regular contrlhu-
tons TO them
In i number OF case he pad
Tor expensive medical services Tor
DCOD.r HtlO !.dQ llO N-dH4! va '44'4'
C.tcp, i" ole claim Ne couldn I
RS, Ia. the@ needed hc'p
"r. 9urA4 aa'ebers Of II. pl-
g.. ,.'' ~: ~aatar-;'d '''.' u"
.io ,~a. d Msea mog'~ -" &c
t"+.,, C.ce, slop no" ne h|"t.
I..o" c.. pIs2 Fleming. %a-c-
lo.n' .l-s ua& = iap," ~ diplomacy
tie o,L"r morning.
To look up some historical point
he borrowed big volume oil
Battles ard leaders OF the Civil
war. and absent -mindedly lett ii
tace-up on his desk while he re-
celved three induatralists.
TOO late. lie realized that hlS call
,r, cane. respectively from No!th
Caro!i.a South Carolina and Geor-
G.u -. ...,
mean urdcr-e -e4rlace storm that
ma. pr ,tntlg CONF out IN thr opel
ia, 10 90 %.th de conuuc' "l 'ii'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
YOUTH TRAINED TO
FACE llFE'S WORK
(SuM Bcrnardino SUM

\ chapter out of the drama of life
could be written about one phase of the
recent convention of the California News
paper Publishers association at Coronado.
The publishers had heard a college
president in a stirring appeal that educa-
tion must be 50 levamped rs To send
young men and women out OF schools
equipped to make i living The college
president blamed many oi the Ills ot the
country on the fact that youth OF today
is not trained - face he realities OF lite.
He described the plight of boys and girls.
trained for nothing in particular. who
cannot find employment when industry
is crying out for skilled personnel. The
address had made Il deep impression
upon the publishers, for the speaker had
indicated that responsibility for insisting
upon changes in the public attitude to-
ward education rested upon the neWSp;l-
pers of the land
And then, as the convention program
moved swiftly along, a youth was sum
mOncd TO the rostrum TO receive the sill
Yer award for honorS in Il natiOn-Widr
newspaper carriers contest. He had Won
because he had been educated by his
newspaper III craftsmanship and efficirll-
cy and BECAUSE he had the ambition 10
train himself 10 get Il start in Tho. bllsi-
ness world
The youth was presented to the con>vn-
uon by newspaper executive who had
himself been carrier boy.
As the silver star and Il cash award
We're handed To the lad. the convention
burst into applause. Here was It demon
stratiOn that the youth of the land i,
anxious for business training. And count
loss nuhli h,.rS ln0kaH ho.,l he
OF Years to the days when they too had
been carrier boys and had begun their
life work with that training.
But that was not the conclusion Of the
chapter out of the drama of life.
The next speaker was the labor COM
missioner of the state of California He
was there to voice the opinion of official
dom that there must be greater state
supervision in the field of work by car
rier boys He declared the age limit of
those who can deliver newspapers or
magazines must be raised 1t is not in the
public interest that boys of less than l6
years shall be permitted to work the one
hour day required for the average
newspaper route, the text of the labor
commissioners address would indicate.
That services of the carrier boys Of
California are regarded in officialdom as
chlld labor Is shock 10 many newspaper
publishers 1t Will perhaps also come as
a shock to the thousands upon thousands
of successful business men of the state
who received their first business training
as newspaper carriers.
Those three incidents-the appeal for
a better chance for youth through busi-
ness and industrial training, the recog-
milton of the carrier boy, and the con-
trasting views of the labor commissioner
are the factors in the drama of life
that must puzzle thinking men and Wom-
Ell everywhere.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
ENGAGE IN THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

10 WHOM II MAY CONCEHN.
January %, 1910
Notice is hereby given that fifteen
days after the above date, the under
signed proposes to sell alcoholic
beverages at these premises, de-
Scribed as follows:
30l East Main Street,
Ell Centro, California.
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned Is applying TO the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license
,or licenses) for these premises as
fellows.
On-Sale Beer
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.
EUIOGIA r. HERNANDEZ.
J-30)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
TOday's Horoscope

If YOU avoid the law and conten-
ton during the next twelve months,
your year will be mainly favorable,
if your birthday is today. A literary
matter or journalism will bring you
profit. indications signify. The child
born today will be lucky in most
things. Such a one will be good
natured, but by no means stupid.
Ambition, argumentative powers,
worldly wisdom and excellent rea-
soning facilities are some OF the
mental equipment possessed by such
a person wherewith TO fight life'S
battles. Success in literary fields IS
indicated
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
ENGAGE IN THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

January 29, 1910
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice it hereby given that fifteen
days after the above date, the under
signed proposes to sell alcoholic
beverages at these premises, de-
scribed as follows:
Main and Railroad Avenue.
Heber, California.
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned Is applying to the State
Board cf Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license
COR licenseS for these premises as
follows:
On-Sale Beer
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such license (s) may file
a verified protest with the State
Board Of Equalization at Sacra-
mento, California, stating grounds
for denial as provided by law.
REX BENNETT and
VIRGIL TORRENCE.
(J-3O
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

Roiiio Sciic ~ hilOlIltI picture Is
II Am Stranger Here, and Lit
tie Old New York" is being made
ready
Her real name is Graftina Leabo.
She got this odd first name because
her fathers name was Grafton, and
she was named in his honor
If you will go to Gl5 Isley Avenue.
Excelsior Springs, YOU will see a
small frame house like thousand
others IN Il thousand towns in the
United States. That was where
Brenda joyce made her first ap-
p"eranc" before an audience, and
tho dat" was February 25. 1917
For father Was a prize fighter.
Her grandfather still lives in Ex
cLlaiOr Springs. which I visited re-
Gently. fit is The janilor OF a city
rest room.
Her uncle i & caddy on the goli
links.
Her father and mother were di-
vOrced. and Brenda and her mother
had 1 hard time making 4 living
Brenda had i job working in 4 de-
partment store in Kansas City. Now
she makes more money that the
clerical force OF the whole store!
Her mother became house mo-
ther" III the Meta Theta ri trater-
nitV house al Westminster College
in Fulton Mo
Brenda went To California and en-
tered the University OF California
at Los Angeles. She had TO earn
money 50 she became model for
an advertising firm. She posed for
ads for candy shoes, and automo-
biles, and during the hours she was
Mt working she went to school.
One day Il movie studio executive
Jaw her picture in an ad A few days
later Il man knocked at the door
where Brenda was living with a girl
friend. And Brenda nearly fell oven
when the man said the studio want
cd her to take IL screen test. She
had never had any desire whatever
TO become movie actress! she h&o
never been inside a movie studio. Sc
tie first time she was ever N
movie studio, she was tested for
& role. She took fifteen tests anc
vas tossed into The Rains Came
She posed first In a flood scene and
she had TO stay in The raging, de-
DrlS filled. goat Uttered waters iof
5, Ven hours
This is what Edward w. Sow
en-. editor OF the Daily Standard
III Excelsior Springs said OF her, and
il seems to me to sum her up: This
girl put herself through college, kept
her chin up, looked and acted well
enough to become a model develop
cd her personality. and was ready
VIXEN opportunity knocked
admire you, Brenda, for your
achievement If you hadn't had TO
work your way through college, you
might never have zoomed across the
ornament OF picture fame,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Photographs

According to Congressman Fred
A. Hartley, New Jersey, there are
345 taxes levied upon the operation
OF an automobile in the United
States.
Only once has Big Ben, famous
bell in the clock tower of the houses
OF parliament. London, failed to
strike the hour correctly. Once 1t
struck l3 times upon the hour of
midnight.
Bellies Of 1866 used lavender per-
iulne and dropped lavender leaves
into their bags for added allure
More than $l,0O0,000,000 in gaso-
line taxes were paid In 1899 by
motorists TO the United States fed
eral and state governments.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SATISFY
TvEN

Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned, Anna Blsi, 537 Com
mercial. Ell Centre, Imperial Coun-
ty, California. will sell at public
puction to the highest bidder for
ASH, at the above named place, on
he 3rd day OF February, 1910, at
20 Am. OF the said day. the follow
ug:
1892 REQ Truck, Motor
No. S-B-3459
to satisfy a lien for storage and
costs under sections 427 and 428 of
the civil code of the State of Call
fornia.
(Signed) ANNA BISI.
Dated at Ell Centre, California.
this 22nd day of January. 1910.
j. 1890
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Words Of Wisdom

The greatest results in life are
usually attained by simple means
and the exercise OF ordinary quail
ties. These may for the most part
be summed up in these two-com
mon sense and perseverance, Felt -
ham
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
One Minute Test Answers

|. Mercury.
2. Felix Frankfurter, who sue
ceeded the late Benjamin Cardozo;
and William o. Douglas, successor
TO Justice Brandcis, retired.
3. Robert F. Sherwood for ABE
Lincoln in Illinois.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

a father paid a $50 fine for hitting his
son with log because the boy danced
like horse If the young man wants
TO dance around the house, dad will have
10 give him free rein
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

son. And did 1t
ali alone, unaid-
ed. and without
any kind OF pull.
A year ago she
was unknown. To-
day she is talked
OF and written
about from Alas
ka TO Abyssinia.
Her name is
Brenda Joyce. You
saw her in The
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
CARNEGIE

The newest sensation in pictures
is 4 girl from Missouri. The town:
Excelsior Springs. She made big
ger dent on the dentlesS Hollywood
during 1899 than any other per-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Grab Bag
One Minute Test

!. What metal is liquid at or
dinary temperature?
.. What two supreme court JUS
ticeS were appointed in 1899?
g. Who won the last Pulitzer
prize for the best American play?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

The Union of South Africa will not eon-
duet its annual seal hunt this year De-
cause the fur coat market has faded.
Have the industrE'S statesmen tried So
Wet soldiers doing duty IN Finland?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Hints on Etiquette

The salt and pepper shakers
should be removed from the dinner
table on q tray with the rest OF the
food for the preceding course, be-
fore the dessert is brought in.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Barbs-

Old King Cole called for his
ripe and his bowl and his tddlers
three. Governor Long OF Louisiana
calls for his legislature.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

The movement to break off diplo-
matte relations with Russia gains
momentum. Only Communists and
vodka drinkers are against it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

In days long past. they were
pirates. Today, they are officers
and gentlemen searching for con-
traband.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
You re Telling Me-

Zadok Dun5kopf understands the
IrsSo scandinavian situation IS
,o,},cthjnp IKE this. Russia-"Will
YOU acc"ut our termski?" Scandln-
..vja--"NO tanks
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

a pirates Who's Who was found in
Boston. Published in 1924, new editions
of the volume We're probably abandoned
because the list got too big
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

Hardware men are featuring
lavender hoes to get women to buy
garden tools--which would be
notable idea If they could also
figure ont 4 way to get the gals
to use them.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

After 25 years, a woman paid five
cents for a valentine she pilfered
when she was small girl. Maybe
the boy she sent 1t to finally got
ground to popping the question.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Thoughts for the Day

And charged your judges at that time saying. Hear
,he causes between your brethrrn. and judge right
oouSly between every man and hi> brother and the
stranger that is with him--Deuteronomy l"6
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

A chiropractor advises house
wives 10 pile up their dishes and
do them all a. one time. We know
when the old man gets home from
the office.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

A Pennsylvania student cut a
class in Marriage Problems to
get married. He's going to get his
moneys worth out OF the course
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

owl. ,ays a news item, was louno
III 4 stove Wise bird-the tenn
brrat lrn al The time was 10 below,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

,oncthjnp like this: Russia" VIII
YOU acc"ut our ternskl?' Seaman
..yja--"N0 tanks
owl. ,ays a news item. was lound
,u 4 stove Wise bird-the tenn
f,rrat lrn al The time was 10 below.
Tne first robin, cries the poet, Is
rue prctua5t And, We ShlVerlngly
:.,f4. I'll" dumbest
Frank N, Columbus, O., post
r4rds: The way things are going
GoTn in Louisiana II looks IKE
- wont be Long now"
Nature is q fast worker. She can
D.oduce billions of icicles on short
rIdcr--0r on no order at all.
An agriculturist has developed
..irnt celery. Shucks, half the
fun is in annoying the other diners.
Central American countries, are
looking for new profitable Industries
--Gays q dispatch. Well, they might
try bottling up and sending us some
Of that equatorial heat.
Russian weapons of Poor Grade"
and Firms Capture Huge Store of
PusSian Weapons headline, same
day. Maybe the Russians secretly
LGDo the PinnS will try To use them
Maginot Line -Siegfried Line Man
ncrhelm Line. Uncle Verne, the old
typcSettcr. still insists they're really
rl-lineS.
Curlin2 is a Scottish game and
it's played with broom, Just like
the Scotch to combine work with
pleasure.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

MaginOt Line -Siegfried Line Man
ncrhelm Line Uncle Verne, the old
typesettcr, still insists they're really
rI-lineS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

Curln3 is Scottish game and
its played with broom. Just like
the Scotch to combine work with
pleasure
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

Tne FIRST robin, cries the poet is
tIe prctuast. And We Shiveringly
..rfI I'll" dumbest.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

Frank N, Columbus, O., post
C4rds: The way things are going
GoTn in Louisiana 1t looks IKE
:, Won't be Long now'!'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

An agriculturist has developed
,,irnt celery. Shucks, half the
I N is in annoying the other diners.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

Nature is fast worker. She can
p,oduce billions of icicleS on short
1Idcr-0r on no order at all.
Evening star., 1940-02-29

city shop ct 2021 M street NV. re-
lated the following story to police:
The man staggered" into her
shop with q banjo and asked II she
wanted to be serenaded. Mrs. Dick
said mo-" definitely, whereupon the
banjo-toter reeled against q show
case, upsetting 1t and spilling il
novelty contents on the floor.
Mrs. Dick advanced t. admonisl,
the intruder for his carelessness and
he grabbed her by the arm, infiicting
pain by twisting his grip. He then
left the shop after stunning In his
pockets q few items which had
Evening star., 1940-02-29
reconstruction Of the shattered
CSecho- -Slovak republic.

reconstruction Of the shattered
C1echo- -Slovak republic.
Have No Diplomatic OfIlcials.
Unlike refugee Poles, the fugitive,
from the German protectorate Of
Bohemia and Moravia have no Dip
lomatic representative to whom tc
apply for passports. They have
turned to allied diplomats. The
republic Of Czecho- -Slovakia nc
longer Is recognized by Hungary
but Poles have their own legation
Hundreds Of Czecho- -Slovak refu.
gees, most Of them In Hungarian
1ails, believe they face deportation
as q result of German pressure ap-
piled to Hungarian officials diplo-
matically and through the Gestapc
German, secret police. Those In
jail were charged with entering
Hungary illegally or violating re-
strlctions on passports.
Germany was understood to- have
demanded that Hungary request
France to recall 1t. Col. Tony AL
bord, military attache Of the Lega-
ton, who was accused Of furnish
Ing passports through agents sta
toned In Northern Hungarian VII
lagos shortly after the war started
Naxi Warning Reported.
German Minister Otto Won Erd-
mannsdolf was reported to have
cautioned Hungary that tolerance OF
the underground railway" was q
breach OF her professed neutrality
Forty-eight Czecho- -Slovaks held
In the Budapest citadel have written
to neutral legations that "the influ-
ence Of the Gestapo has forced the
E1ungarians to treat us severely"
The prisoners identified them
selves as former army officers, college
professors and students. They
pleaded for Intervention to avert de-
portation back to the German pro-
tectorate, where certain death
awaits"
One letter, dater February 10, de-
scribed an attempt by five men to
break prison, which caused guards to
flre on them. The break was tried
on February II when the prisoners
went into the citadel courtyard to get
water from a pump.
Mine bullets were fired at them"
said the letter. "One Of the students
seemed to have been hit and
wounded"
Two Of the men were caught by
police, the letter added, and were
beaten to bloody Inconsistencies
at the citadel"
Evening star., 1940-02-29
1roubadour Arrested;
Music Fails 10 AppeaI

A wandering troubadour, who was
irked by q Georgetown shopkeeper's
refusal to lend an ear to his banjo
music, was being held at the third
precinct station today on charges
OF assault, petty larceny and de-
stroying private property.
The minstrel, who gave the name
OF George Brice, ~, colored, OF no
fixed address. was captured after
Mrs. Ida Dick, proprietor of a nov
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Hungarians Guarding
French Office 10 End
Passport Traffic
40 Czech Refugees Are
Reported Horbored in
Budapest Legation
BY the Associated Press.

BUDAPEST, Feb. 29.-Saber-
bearing policemen today guarded
exits Of the French Legation, under
orders to break up an alleged traffic
in French passports for Czecho-
Slovak refugees-orders reported to
have been issued by Hungary under
German pressure.
The police maintained an all
night vigil around the four-story
stone building where, they said, 4O
refugees were harbored. All callers
at the Legation were examined and
automobiles leaving the inner court
yard were searched.
An inquiry at the Legation brought
the answer that no one at the mo-
ment was authorized to discuss the
situation.
Police Started Roundup.
High Hungarian officials, however,
were understood to have told the
French Minister, Pierre Guerlets,
that so long as the passport traffic
endangers Hungary's neutrality, in
the German view, the police watch
would not be relaxed.
It was reported that the be-
leaguered Czecho-Slovaks sought
haven in the diplomatic immunity
OF the legation when police started
to round up scores Of persons hold
ing French passports without being
able to speak French.
Germany was reported to have
entered stiff protest against Hun
gary's countenancing the passage
Of refugees through the country
The basis on the German objec-
ton was said to be a belief that
most of the refugees are former
army officers or reservists seeking
to join the Czecho-Slova legion
in Paris to fight Germany for q