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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
BALLOON BARRAGE
(KanSdS City TimeS)

Nothing more fantastic has been tried
in this war than the British idea of de-
Tending cities against airplane bombers
by means of web of cables stretched up
ward thousands of feet into the air by
means of captive balloons. On the ground
end the cables are anchored by motor
trucks which can shift around to some eX-
tent.
The very thought of a defense of a
shifting SWaying web of cables at first
was considered ridiculous by many OBJ
servers The British, however, went ahead
with their plans. after experimentation,
and the Germans later adopted the idea
to some eXtent-proOf that the enemy,
at least, thought the scheme worthwhile.
Now the British are experimenting
with 'barrage balloons" on their mer-
chant ship conveys, as an antidote to the
stuka dive bombers. The first reports are
optimistic. The balloons slow up the
ships, make them unhandy to manage at
times, and they cannot be kept aloft in
high winds But when up they seriously
handicap the efficiency of the dive
bombers, which cannot swoop low
enough for good craftsmanship without
running the risk of losing a wing on the
taut cables
Best indication of the way the Germans
regard the new scheme is the fact that
their planes are devoting increasing at
tention and running considerable risks
at times in shooting down the "barrage
balloons. That would indicate that the
balloons are bothersome enough to con-
stitute a problem. In war each new Of
fensive technique generally finds an an
swering defensive method. While it is still
too early to draw conclusions, the once
ridiculed balloon barrage may be val
uable factor in combating the vaunted
Nazi war horror
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
WILLIS THORNTON


A few years ago the cloud of
European war seemed literally no
bigger than a mans hand. 1t has
been on the horizon for years.
Even when war broke it seemed
little inclined TO drift westward.
Now as rumors thicKen that
closer relations with Canada, per
haps even a formal mutual assist
arce treaty, are in the making, the
cloud is spreading. The sky is
dark with the threat
If Britain should fall before the
blitzkrieg, the assurance of Pre-
mier Churchill has been given that
the war will be continued against
Germany even from the overseas
territories of the empire. That
means Carada.
There is nothing alarmist or
hysterical about it. Britain's
chances look better than they did
a few weeks ago. But it could
happen, and only the blindly in
fatuated can fail to look the pos
sibility squarely in the eye.
Suppose the worst happens and
Britain should be knocked out It
is almost inevitable that Canada
would continue at war with Ger
many and Italy. The United
States would certainly have no
right TO demand that Canada with
draw from such war. Canada
is an independent nation. and
makes her own decisions.
Yet the United States cannot
permit and will not permit any
foreign power to seize a single
inch of Canadian soil That has
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Editorials and Comment
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1910
GETTING THINGS DONE
IN GERMANY, AMERICA
(NaqaziHe of Wall Street,

Much as we in America hate Hitler
and all he stands for, you have to give
him credit-he gets things done"
All of us have heard this observation
made. The inference is that with the
methods of representative democracy we
are not getting things DONE This is a
defeatist point of view 1t is also sloppy
thinking.
Assume for the moment that conditions
have arisen under which armaments are
no longer needed Nobody wants guns and
airplanes. All of a sudden, everybody
wants automobiles and radios and oil
burners.
''We're in grave danger screams Hit
Ter, unless Germany can quickly turn
out automobiles and radios and oil burn
ers at the American rate.'
How long do you thing it would take
the efficient Nazis to set up an automo-
bile industry equal to ours on quanta-
tive and qualitative basis?
1t would take them just as long-and
probably longer-to match our automo-
bile production, as it will take us to
match their armament production.
At bottom, the Nazis will really have
nothing worth while to crow about until
they establish standard of living in Ger
many equal to that in free America.
They'll be long time getting that task
done-if they ever master it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Willis Thornton's Editorial On:
Nearer and Nearer Comes the Cloud

nothing to do with sentiment.
though it is certainly true that the
people of the United States have
old and deep friendship with the
Canadians. 1t is simply a matter
of national safety. BY the relent-
less logic of geography and events,
the United States would have to
Join forces to defend a country ac-
lively at war with European
powers. How that could be accomp-
lshed without taking part in the
war on an "all out" basis is hard
to see In fact, one cannot foresee
it. 1t is idle to say in advance
what the United States would do
Policy would have to march with
necessity, day by day
The United States must be
ready to face any such situation
which may develop without it's
having had a word to say about
its development. The American
people must be ready mentally to
adjust themselves to a new stu
alton. Military conferences should
be held (perhaps they are already
being heidi to assure complete
understanding, 50 that any steps
the Urited States may be compell-
ed to make TO defend North
America may be taken promptly
and surely.
We may still hope that matters
will not come to this desperate
pass But it would be folly to
blink the fact that they might,
or to neglect every possible mea-
sure that can be taken in ad-
vance TO meet them,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
No. 1902
NOTICE


IMPERIAL
No. 1902
NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE AND GUARDIANSHIP
OF
KEIKO HOSOKAWA and YAEKO
HOSOKAWA,
Minors.
Notice is hereby bgiven that Mi
haru HOSOkawa, Guardian of the
persons and estates of Keiko Hoso-
kawa and Yaeko Hosokawa, Minors
has filed in this court petition
for order to purchase real property
for said minors, and reference is
hereby made to said petition for
further particulars, the hearing of
which has been fixed by said court
for Friday, the 30th day of August,
1910, at 2 O'Clock p. M. at the court
room thereof at the court house
in said County of Imperial, and all
persons interested in said petition
are notified then and there to ap-
pear and show cause, if any there
be, why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated: August 18th, 1910.
w. j. McClelland
County Clerk
BY Maxine Console
Deputy
CSEAL)
Hickcox & Provence
Attorneys for Guardian
Pub. Aug. 20, 27.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Are You
Superstitious?
BY RUTH FARRAR
NEA Special Correspondent

A Chinese jade necklace worn
on Friday will bring woman
what she wants, be it husband or
dog. Az wasp nest concealed in a
girls clothing will attract beaux,
provided there aren't any Wasps
in it, A Sprig of yarrow pinned to
her dress will charm her a lover.
Pity the poor man who believes
in magic influences on love! To
evade capture, he must be con-
sanity alert, says DR.. B. A. Cart
wright of the University of Okla
homa, who has one of the largest
collections of superstitions in the
world:
He points out superstitions will
work for both sexes, as the follow
ing examples will testify:
Find a Woman's glove and you
will be able TO win her hand in
marriage.
If one can touch little finger
and fore finger across the hack
of his hand, he can marry whom
he wishes.
will not be married for year.
If a girl years yellow garters,
her lover will remain true to her.
If butterfly alights on you, you
will have new romance.
If girl cats five-lcaf clover,
the first man who kisses her
afterwards is the man she will
marry.
A red-bird flying across your
path is a sign you will be kissed
twice before midnight.
To dream of dancing is a sure
sign of new romance.
If you would dream of your true
love, then eat hard-boiled egg
with salt on Halloween night and
go to bed without taking a drink
If you burn letters from your
sweetheart, you will burn your
love.
If you kiss person over the
backyard gate, you will never
kiss that person again.
To compel an absent lover to re-
turn, sprinkle salt on an open fire
for seven consecutive mornings.
IF a girl breaks a needle while
sewing garment, she will rot
marry until that garment is worn
out.
IF you wear n lock of your
lovers hair, he will always be true
to you
I.ovesick people have an ap-
petite for nickles.
Count 100 gray horses and the
first person with whom you shake
hands will be your future mate.
If a bov and girl wash and dry
topether, they will live ard die to-
gether
If a girl looks over another girls
shoulder into a mirror, she will be
able to steal the fist girls sweet
heart.
After cat finishes washing
his face, the first person he
looks at in a group will be the
first of the group to marry.
University IF Texas co7eds die
not originate the old tradition of
turning a photograph Of a disliked
individual UPSIDE down. but they
rather like the idea. If Joe Col
lege dates out" on Betty Coed
or otherwise annoys her. she turns
his picture upside down with the
fond hope, if not the actual belief,
that such an act will bring a head
ache to the subject of the picture.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

Americans were and always had
been good American citizens and
were in no need of tutelage as to
how to behave.
DR.. Eugene Forcione, a promi-
nent Italian n-American physician
and president of the Sons of Italy,
was not so reticent. He said he
was one of a number of men who
had met Bifulco. others being the
heads of the Unione Fratellanza
and the Logia Roma.
I'VE were simply advised, said
he, ito avoid International politi-
cal arguments and not to get mixed
up in things which would tend to
injure the good will between Ital-
ians and Americans"
NEW MARCH OF
UNEMPLOYED FEARED
A number of years ago, during
the presidency of Herbert Hoover
Washington was invaded by a great
number of unemployed men who
proceeded to live in crude camps
and stayed there until the regular
army forces were ordered by Hoo
yer to clear them out. Government
and Washington city officials are
very much afraid there may be
another rush of unemployed men
to Washington.
The giant rearmanment program
is the basic cause of this fear
People all over the country have
begun speculating how many
thousands of new jobs this re-
armament program will create.
Many of them think the thing to
do is TO get in on the ground
floor when the jobs are dished
out and they think the ground
floor is right here in Washington.
1t is emphasized that the govern
ment here will have nothing to
do with the task of filling these
jobs, nor will senators or con-
gressmen. 1t will therefore be a
waste of time and money to come
here job-seeking.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
No. 2777
NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF THE
GUARDIANSHIP OF THE
PERSONS AND ESTATES
OF
GILBERT S. CHELL, MARIA RO-
SARIO CHELL and ALBERT
CHELL,
Minors.
Notice is hereby given that Kunda
S. Chell Guardian of the persons
and estates of Gilbert S. Chell,
Maria Rosario Chell and Albert
Chell Minors, has filed in this court
a petition for order to borrow
money and to secure the same by
trust deed or mortgage on real
property belonging to said minors,
and reference is hereby made to said
petition for futher particulars the
hearing of which has been fixed by
said court for Friday, the 30th day
of August 1910, at 2 O'Clock p. M.
at the court room thereof at the
court house in said County of I'm
perial, and all persons interested in
said petition are notified then and
there to appear and show cause,
if any there be, why the said pc
tition should not be granted
Dated: August 10th, 1910.
w. j. McClelland
County Clerk
BY Maxine Console
Deputy
(SEAL)
HickcOx & Provence
Attorneys for Guardian
Pub. Aug 20, 27.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
LEGAL NOTICE

IN TIE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
No. 1724
NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATES AND GUARDIANSHIPS
...s OF
MARY TOKESHI, TONI TOKESHI
GEORGE MINORU TOKESHI and
FRANK TOKESHI,
Minors.
Notice is hereby given that Doko
Tokeshi, Guardian of the persons
and estates of Mary Tokeshi, Toni
Tokeshi, George Minoru Tokeshi
and Frank Tokeshi, Minors. has
filed in this court a petition for
order to lease real property belonging
to said minors, and reference is
hereby made to said petition for
further particulars, the hearing of
which has been fixed by said court
for Friday, the 30th day of August.
1910, at 2 o'clock P. NJ, at the court
room thereof at the court house in
said County of Imperial. and all
persons interested in said petition
are notified then and there Ia an
pear and show cause, if any there
be, why the said petition should
not be granted.
Dated: August 10th. 1910
w. j. McClelland
County Clerk
BY Maxine Console
r.,o,. Deputy
Attorneys for Guardian
Pub, Aug. 20, 27.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
No. 1904
NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF THE
GUARDIANSHIP OF THE
ESTATES
OF
JWATOSHI OKUTSU, HIDEKO
OKUTSU, and KATSUJI OKUTSU.
Minors.
Notice is hereby given that Isa-
buro Okutsu, Guardian of the per-
sons and estates of Iwatoshi Okutsu,
Hideko Okutsu, and Katsuji Okutsu,
Minors, has filed in this court a
petition for order to borrow money
and to secure the same by trust
deed or mortgage on real property
belonging to said minors, and refer
erence is hereby made to said petit
ton for further particulars, the
hearing of which has been fixed by
said court for Friday, the 3Oth day
of August, 1910. at 2 O'Clock P. M.
at the court room thereof at the
court house in said County of I'M
erial, and all persons interested in
such petition are notified then and
there to appear and show cause, if
any there be, why the said petition
should not be granted.
Dated: August 18th, 1910.
w. j. McClelland
County Clerk
BY Maxine Console
Deputy
(SEALD e.
Hickcox &S Provence
Attorneys for Guardian
Pub. Aug. 20, 27
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
BY MILTON BONNER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. - The
famous question of what the COVER
nor of North Carolina said to the
governor of South Carolina when
they did a bit of elbow bending is
as nothing these days to the ques-
tions about what Vittorio Bifulco,
at the Italian embassy here, said
assistant counselor on emigration
to promenent Italian Americans in
Washington.
1t seems established that he
wrote to Italian-American leaders
TO meet him. 1t also seems eSta
blished that the government at
Rome sent orders that consular
officers all over the United States
were to advise their italian bre-
thern to put the soft pedal on ac-
tivities of a nature to arouse anti
Italian feeling.
Rome has seen how angry Amer
leans have become over the cavor-
tings of the German American
Bund with its sWastikas and its
Hell Hitlers." So the men in
authority here have been advised
to slip the word that similar ac-
tionS on the part of Italian Amer
leans are to be avoided. They are
not to hold rambunCtiouS meetings
ana are not to flaunt the Italian
flag in the faces of the public.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

We're in love, deeply in love but
we need to get acquainted.
George Jessel, actor, referring to
his recent marriage,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

The first steel pipe was made by screw
ing together old musket barrels in 1915.
Today, 8,500,0O0 tons of steel pipe an
nually are made in the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

The bill of the modern bird is lightly
constructed. Even those of the hornbilis
and toucans are surprisingly light.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Famous Sayings

If you have committed iniquty, you must cx-
pcct to suffer; for vengeance with its sacred light
shines upon you.--SophOclcs
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
BIFULCO
WON'T TALK

BifulcO himself has proved
most elusive parsonage. Efforts to
get his own personal version of
what occurred have proved vain.
Authorities at the italian embassy
rather deprecated all the publicity
and said an American mountain
was being made of an Italian mole
hill. It was insisted that Italian
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

The United States holds 60 per cent of
the worlds total stock of gold
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
No. 1922
NOTICE

NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATES AND GUARDIANSHIPS
OF
EDWARD TOKESHI, RUTH To-
MAY TOKESHI,
Minors.
Notice is hereby given that Doso
Tokeshi, Guardian of the persons
and estates of Edward Tokeshi,
Ruth Tokeshi, William Tokeshi and
May Tokeshi, Minors, has filed in
this court a petition for order to
borrow money and to secure the
same by a trust deed or mortgage
on real roperty belonging to said
minors, and reference is hereby
made to said petition for further
particulars, the hearing of which
has been fixed by said court for
Friday, the 30th day of August,
1910, at 2 o'clock p. M, at the court
room thereof at the court house in
said County of Imperial, and all
persons interested in said petition
are notified then and there to ap-
pear and show cause, if any there
be, why the said petition should not
be granted.
Dated: August 18th, 1910.
w. j. MCClelland
County Clerk
BY Maxine Console
Deputy
(SEAL)
Hickcox 81 Provence
Attorneys for Guardian
Pub. Aug. 20, 27
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
thoughts For The Day

The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder
and dust: from Heaven shall IL down upon thee
until thou be dcstroyed.-Deuteronomy 2S:g4.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
UP FROM
ANONYMITY

"One day." she recalled, there
were lot of us on the Marie
Antoinette' set at Metro and some
body started to pan a person who
works on the Hal Roach lot. Others
chimed in and I was having a hard
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20.-Even if
she is the daughter of a studio
owner, Margaret Roach believes
she may have a future in the mo-
vieS.
1t hasn't been easy up. to now
Hal Roach doesn't go in for nepo-
tism with his kids. Hal, jr., has
been held down to a well-earned,
ard-working assistant director
ship, and Margaret played extra
and bit roles on every lot in town
before she landed supporting parts
in "Turnabout" and the current
Road Show" at her fathers stu
dio.
"He didn't oppose me- she ex-
planned. "He just didn't think I
could do it. l don't know what
he thinks now"
I asked how many real roles
she had had, and she said six.
But if you turned your head for
second, or blinked, you'd probab-
ly miss me in those first ones.
I'm this picture I'm a sort of
honky-tonk singer with carnival.
It's funny, after studying voice
and hoping I could do operate
stuff, that my first singing for
the screen is a hot number. It's
called 'Yum-Yum' and it's good.
Hoagic Carmichael wrote it."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

While Bruce Cation vacations,
other members of NEA Services
Washington staff pinch-hit for
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
AN ONION
FOR LOVE

Miss Roach's costume is a skim
py black velvet affair, and I hear
the Hays Office is a little worried
about the neckline. Her figure
is on the plumpish side, at least
among movie actresses, and curves
always scare the censors. Just after
assuring me that she has begun to
diet Strenuously, she went over
to a stand and got a sandwich
She wasn't backsliding, though, be-
cause all she ate of it was large
slice of onion. This was in prepara-
ton for a love scene with John
Hubbard. who had played trick
on her in previous shot. Tickled
in the clinch, believe.
We got back to the subject of
how to be an actress though the
daughter of the boss. She said that
after some stage experience with
Ben Bard's stock company, and
after singing engagement in a
local nightery, she had done extra
work for two years. She adopted
the name of Diane Rochelle and
for a long time other players had
no idea she was million-heireSs.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

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fishers Association. National
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ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

HickcOx & Provence
Attorneys for Guardian
Pub. Aug. 20, '27.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

IIickcox 8 Provence
Attorneys for Guardian
Pub. Aug. 20, n
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

Hlckcox & Provence
Attorneys for Guardian
Pub. Aug. 20, 27.
Evening star., 1940-11-05
Public Hearing Is Asked
On Natural Gas Report

The Kenilworth Citizens Associa-
ton last night favored q public
hearing of the report of the Dis
trict engineer to the Commissioners
on the proposed use of natural gas.
Charles M. Maize, president Of the
association, contended natural gas
rates would be at least 20 per cent
lower, and that the present rates
should be changed accordingly.
Mr.. Maize said the report is to be
read to the Commissioners within
10 days, and he requested that all
of the members of the association
be present should public hearing
be held
The association asked the Depart
ment of Highways to consider the
paving of Forty-fifth place between
Ord and Nash streets NE.
be Entertainment Committee an
Nhnced that refreshments will be
served at the next monthly meeting.
The meeting was held. at the
KenilWorth School.
Evening star., 1940-11-05
French Bulldog
Nv LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

Comparing the British bulldog
with the French cousin we find the
latter possesses upright ears and
narrow chest. His expression is far
more friendly, though we do know
the British bulldog is formldaole
foe when protecting his own, but he
is also a friendly animal to those
he loves. :,
The bulldog is Britain's national
dog. famous for its vigor, strength
and tenacity, all truly British traits.
The animals do not give up posi-
ton taken unless they have GOOD
reason for doing so. This attitude,
along with obedience, makes the
French and British bulldogs valu-
able as watchdogs.
The square head and the Wrlnkled
skin of the forehead are character
istic. The indentation between the
ewes, known as the stop" should
be great as to size and depth. The
dark eyes should be fairly proml-
nent and far apart as well as set
horizontally. The ears in the British
bulldog vary in shape and must
be small and placed high on the
head. On the French cousins head
we find large, upright bat ears,
placed high on the head, adding to
this dogs expression one OF alert
ness and awareness.
Much attention is attached to the
Importance of the shortness of the
upper Jaw as compared with the
lower one. This permits the dog to
seize and hold large animals. The
tusks should be large and strong
enough to maintain the grip once
taken.
In breeding or selecting your bull
dog the shape of the body and limbs
must be studied carefully, for they,
too. indicate power and strength.
The hair coat should be fine and
close. There are several colors which
are favorites and the bulldog shades
Of brindle and rich, reddish brown
are most frequently seen.
There are many different views
which are still entertained as to
the origin of the various breeds of
domestic dogs. The French bulldog,
of course, shows its relationship to
the British one, but the original an
cestor was either a wolf or jackal
perhaps one on either side. That
our domestic dogs are not descended
Evening star., 1940-11-05

are the result of long and careful
study on the part of the breeders
who work to bring out the traits,
form and color they desire in each
particular breed. Thus we have the
French bulldog, less aggressive, less
massive and not so determined as
the more fierce-looking cousin.
Evening star., 1940-11-05
| Natures Children

from the wild dogs of Asia is estab-
lished by the structure of the lower
jaw and other well-defined forma-
tions.
The different breeds of dogs today