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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
Where Does Everybody Stand?

Nothing serves to illustrate more
poignantly the lack of direction III
the worlds current wars than the
vacillating alliances among nations.
Sacred principles may not be SO
much at issue as purely material
and imperialistic designs.
In a general Way, We are told it
is democracy against F'ascism. Do
or die. Fight TO the finish. On that
basis, the sides ought to be fairly
easy to line up: England, France
and China on the side of democracy,
among the big powers; Germany.
Italy, Japan with recently adopted
Russia on the Fascist side. There
should be clear line of demarca-
ton, with the opposing ideologies as
represented by these nations pitted
against each other
Try it out on paper, and see how
it works. With democracieS labeled
D. and pro-Fascist nations tagged
F., this will give you a rough idea:
/. Germany CFJ, Italy tF), and
Japan tF) together in anti-Comin-
tern pact.
2. Germany ~ siena up with
Russia (F),
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
Democracy Of Ancient Athens Suffered
From It's Own Weaknesses, Too
By Hendrix WiIlem van Loon
illustrated by the outhor

Ever since the beginning of time
there had been two conflicting
theories of life and they had domi-
mated the whole of Greek history
Sparta had always represented the
interests of the landed gentry (of
JunkerS, as VIC used to call them in
Germany, whereas Athens had
stood for the ideal of state based
upon oversee commerce.
Once more we see how little our
world changes in its true essentials.
For always we seem to have had
these two conflicting PHILOSOPHERS
OF life with us-the man of the soil
against the man of the seattle
conservative farmer, unwilling to ac-
cept any sudden changes (sincc
Nature, with whom he deals all his
lifelong days is the Great Conserva-
tive) and the merchant and trad
er who must make quick and un-
expected decisions.
Copyright, 1910, for the Post
Press by NEA Service, Inc.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
MR. ICKES BLOWS A
THIRD TERM BALLOON

While the All American canal in I'M
perial Valley. and possibly quite num-
Der of other projects elsewhere await his
official attention, Secretary of Interior
Harold l.. lckes visited San Francisco
the other day to arrange nice little
third term boom in California for his
boss, President Roosevelt.
The secretary told newspaper report
ers in San Francisco he was there strict
ly on departmental business, then pro-
ceeded to devote all his attention to iron
ing out troubles that threatened to stymie
New Deal political ambitions Perhaps
he considers politics departmental bust
ness. Or perhaps this particular bit of
departmental business was an attempt
to make sure that he. lckes, remains head
of the department for another four years.
At any rate the secretary's presence
in California was enlightening, in that it
demonstrated better than anything else
could the source of third term agitation.
The only people who seem particular
ly anxious to run President Roosevelt
for third term are those in his cabinet,
or equally close to his official presence.
Ill WilSIl TIE llilIu lSl III UOOlIl
was in danger of immediate deflation,
the New Deals troubleshooter hoped
train to reach the scene of difficulty
without delay.
1t would have been far wiser, however,
had he admitted that he was on polti-
cal mission. instead of claiming he was
in California on departmental business.
There are too many projects III Cali
fornia like the All American canal, which
should have been finished a year ago.
yet is still more than a year away from
completion. If he were looking after de-
partmental business, it seems he would
have inquired into reasons for the delay.
There is no objection to Secretary lckes
working politically in an effort to insure
his own further tenure in office. Politi-
clans have done it from time immemorial.
What we do object to is his effort to fool
somebody into thinking he wasn't even
considering politics.
After all. there's no fun in being fooled
when you know you're being fooled
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17

3. Italy o. and Japan FL OPP
pose Russia tFD.
4. France ID and England ID
oppose Germany tFD.
5. Britain ID and France ID
are being WoOed by Japan CF).
6. Germany (FJ gives assistance
to China ID in war against Japan
FD.
7. Russia (F) fight Finland ID i.
8. Italy tF) aids Finland I'D.
How can baffled little man who's
standing along the ropes with a
worried look on his brow choose
sides? If he's one of the democratic
neutrals, he has general idea that
hes roofing for the allies. But he
can't be sure. Britain and France
are said to be lending receptive ears
to Japan. while Germany, arch enc
my of democracy, is in there pitch
ing for China. 1t doesn't add up.
Maybe democracy isn't in the
scrap at all. 1t could be that this
highly Elusive national virtue duck
ed out just in time and is even
now hiding behind an island some
where, resentful that it's name is
being used in vain over the spilled
blood of a lot Of nice young men.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
LEGAL NDNEK IESENlE4H
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPINA-
ZION FOR LETTERS TESLA
MENTARy
No. .2O3l

In the Superior Court Of the state
of California. in and for the C0un-
ty of Imperial.
In the Matter of the Estate Of
MARCUS L. CURTIS. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Pc
tition for probate of the will of
MARCUS l.. CURTIS. deceased.
and for the issuance To NELLIE
S. CURTIS of letters tcstamcntary,
has been filed in this court, and
that Friday the 22nd day of March.
1910, at 2 O'clock p. NJ, OF said
day, at the courtroom Of said court,
at the County Court House in the
City of Ell Centre County OF In
perial, State of California, has been
set for the hearing of said petition,
when and where any person lnt"r-
cSted may appear and contest the
same, and show cause, if any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated March 1lth, 1910.
w. j. McCIELLAND,
County Clerk.
By CITHA BAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
(Ml2-22 incD
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
CHAPTER TWELVE

PerlcleS did not overstate his cast
when he pronounced his famous FL.
neral Grafton and summed I'D the
glories of that Athenian democracy
which could indeed stand as an ex-
ample to all other nations of Greece
For no other city had ever reached
such a pinnacle of glory.
But b. what name was Athens
known to the rest Of Greece? II
was decried as the "tyrant city Its
government was denounced as ar
ambitious I'm perial organization
which existed only to plumber its
so-called allies for tho purpose OF
erecting those magnificent public
buildings in the town Of Athens
which were of no benefit to any,
ono except the Athenians them
selves. and to maintain those uni
FerSitles for every famous philoso-
pher was really d One-man academy
OF learning which only upset the
simple fate Of the ancestors and fill
90 the minds Of the youngsters with
tAOSe dangerous radical and modern
IDEAS which In the end must des-
troy the ideals Of Greek civilization
a they had been handed down from
tho ancestors.
Wero ;hcsn accusations true or
were they false?
Partly thcy were true Athens had
c"alt in very high-handcd manner
With her less capable neighbors to-
wards whom Pericles undoubtedly
felt as Hitler felt toward his easy
Going and incompetent fellow c.ti-
zonS Of Austria.
But on the other side Of the pic
t1fe. there were the positive achieve
mcntG of this brilliant democracy
which almost overnight mad opened
Up now visions Of progress, Of which
the world until then had never dar-
ed to dream. Why could not the
RADIUS ncighborS overlook few
10, tcomlngS for the SAKE of their
common goal
Why in our own day and age could
England and Germany not live in
peace and harmony when they
could so easily have come to terms
about their respective spheres of
influence-Germany being allowed
tc dominate the European continent
while England took care Of her mar
thine empire? / do not know the
answer / can only state the facts
and observe the results and those
were exactly the same IN the fifth
century Is. &. n they seem Ia be- in
he twentieth century A. d.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

WASHINGTON.-Most of the carly
skepticism about the administra-
tons motives in sending Sumner
Welles to Europe has evaporated.
Whatever his trip may actually &C
cOmpliSh. it is now clear that it
was inspired by genuine desire to
make poace-and hence was more
than mere information collecting
expedition.
There were three big reasons for
the peace move.
First the peace societies and the
churches had been putting heavy
pressure on the White House ever
since the neutrality act was revised
last fall. This got SO strong that in
sheer Self-defenSe, if for no other
reason, something had tC be done.
Second. diplomats from the neu-
trail nations of Europe let the adj
tries would warmly welcome a u. S.
move for peace and would help it all
they could.
Third. high officials in tho adj
ministration are growing very pesSi-
mistic about the economic outlook
after the war One cabinet member
is drafting report predicting that
if the war is fought to finish there
will be great extension of nation
alistic economies. la pre-Septem-
ber Germany. no matter who wins
SO great an extension that he frank
" fears this country would be oblig-
ed to follow suit. to some extent,
whether it wanted to or not and re-
pardcss of which party happened to
be in power.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
DON'T ASK NE
ANOTHER
woodland Democrat

Nominated for the unpopularity prize
of 1940-the census-taker. AsSailed in
congress as an unmitigated busybody.
denounced by members Of womens clubs
who say they would rather go to jail than
answer all his questions, and chased out
of an office in Milwaukee. Wis. the other
day by an irate businessman, the census
taker goes to bat on April l with two
strikes against him and the bleachers
throwing balls at him from several direc
tions. However, all this ado over the
sense of some of the census-taker's ques-
tons has its brighter side. The Ameri-
can people are in no danger of becoming
abject servants of the state, or of relin-
gushing traditional liberties, when they
loudly protest the right of government
agents to simply count bathrooms as we'll
as noses.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
LET'S NOT STOP
HALF WAY
(Wall Street Journal)

Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming is not
the first man who has reasoned that YOU
can in some way increase employment
by increasing the costs of production, SO
that the consumer can buy less of a given
product
Possibly the senator will deny that he
is thinking in such channel Neverthe-
less he is sponsoring a bill in congress
which adds up to exactly that. His bill
would afford a tax advantage to the
manufacturer who employed hand labor
as against the one whose plant was high
ly mechanical.
If the senators idea is good why do
we not go the full way? Why not tear
down the statues to Edison? Why not
brand our ketteringS and our SperrNS
as public enemies? Put the raScalS in
Jail where they belong.
Let's not go about the thing half heart
eddy. Let's make Henry Ford throw away
his machinery. He can use his huge force
of workmen to file out motor parts and
pound out automobile bodies in the good
old-fashioned way. Possibly he can pro
duce a dozen automobiles in day by
such methods.
Do we hear an inquiry as to who will
buy them? Don't worry about that We
will simply have new spending project.
We will buy car for each Ph.D. on the
Potomac We will fill them up with gas
soline. We will tie down the ignition and
lock the steering wheel. Then we will
head them toward the deepest part of the
Atlantic ocean.
Perhaps if senator's are no longer re-
quired to listen to the lucubrations Of
these learned gentlemen they will revert
to the good horse sense which recon-
mended them to their constituents in the
first place.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
WILL F. ID. X. RUN?
LIE is RUNNING

The other day l asked a promi-
ncnt New Dea official if the prcSi-
dent was going to run for third
term. Said he:
Don't be silly He is running -
las been for months. And he's doing
such beautiful job of it that none
of the other Democratic candidates
can get to first base
Apparently human nature is ev-
clNthinG they say it is :. Farm
Security Administration has a num-
Der of camps for migratory workers
III the far west. Recently it built
a few permanent farm colonies on
the edges of some of these camps,
establishing 40 or so migrant fami-
lies in each one with neat low
cost home. garden plot and chance
for a regular job for each family.
And a department field worker
reports that in most cases as soon
as a family is so established it starts
looking down its nose at the mi
grants in the nearby camp and
talking 5cornfully about these
shiftlcss Okies who come out here
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17

tonnage thus made available to
Am"rican-flag producers would so
to mainland cane and beet producers
with Hawaii and Puerto Rico getting
only trifling increases.
Bloc's chief hope of getting this
passed is to win support of the pow
erful sugar refiners' lobby, bait be
Ing the fact that the cut would oc-
cur in Cuba's refined sugar allOt-
ment State Department bitterly OPP
poses any Cuban sugar cut, however,
and present indications are that
the administration will quietly smo-
Their the bill.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
Among
Our Yesterdays

The California Highway COM
mission is widening the road thru
Myers canyon in Imperial county
on the route between San Diego
and FL Centre and blasting oper-
atoms will inevitably block the roac
for a considerable time. Therefore
beginning Mar. Is it is proposed tC
close the road to travel completely
between the hours of II midnight
ard 2:30 pm. Appropriate signs will
be at either end of the section ad-
Vising the public of the closure.
Think what a wall would go up
if the San Diego road were closed
nowadays! The above notice APP
peared in Ell Centre newspapers &c
years ago and apparently raised nc
particular controversy.
More automobile and travel news
OF 20 years ago:
90 B. Tout has built a cement
driveway at his home at Fifth and
Holt avenue and each strip of &C.
mcnt has a groove SO that the cal
can be backed to the street without
guiding. He says it works fine and
suggests that all county highway
be built the same way"
Judge Franklin j. Cole has driV-
en- the same car for six years. 1t is
a Cole and is equipped with the
same battery that came with the
car. The machine has been run
over 10000 miles ~
Nine hours and 20 minutes is
now the automobile record between
San Francisco and Los Angeles. Tho
old record of 9:37 stood since 1916
"A Studebaker owner drove tc
San Diego the other day with seven
persons in his car He planned t.
make it in five hours but Specdcd
up in the mountains and made it
in little over four hours. Yes, nc
was arrested in East San Diego
An average of 80 miles per houl
over the mountains shows the roads
are not in such terrible shape any
way"
And this one:
Don't you enjoy that stretch OF
concrete across Jacumba flats? TIC
those who were stuck in that mud
this improvement means a whole
lot more than ordinary"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17

1t was scarcely surprising to learn
that Londoners have been buying more
diaries since the war began-locked ones,
at that.
During the war all citizens are ex-
pected to be of one mind. And, people
being what they are, can never be unani-
nous in thought Many Of them, perhaps,
don't agree that there should be war,
But it isn't discreet to say 50 out loud
Hence, the diaries.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17

Archdukc Otto of the HapSburg5,
rretendcr to the Austrian throne,
takes tea with President Roosevelt
and asks no embarrassing questions
about third term. He is much moro
interested IN a first term.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
CONGRATULATIONS, CALExICO

1t took CaleXico to do it.
Imperial Valleys history is replete
with fascinating events, colorfu spec
tacles and grand opportunities for COM
munity exploitation.
The opportunity has been knocking
around for number Of years, however
since the valley stepped out Of swaddling
clothes.
Now, at last, one community has taken
advantage of it.
Calexico, in its Desert Cavalcade of
March %, % and 80, will wrap up the
history of Imperial Valley in one color
full package and deliver it at the feet of
anyone interested enough to attend.
And, if hundreds do not attend. then
Imperial Valley is hopeless.
1t is not duty to attend the Desert
Cavalcade. 1t will be pleasure of the
first degree thanks to CaleXico and her
enterprising citizens.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
barbs-

The regrcttablc aspect of being q
congressman during an election yeal
is that you've got to attend sessions
and 90 on record for or against
measures.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17

Gloatin2 over the Queen Elizabeth
voyage. Winston Churchill will SOor
be heard shouting across the Eng
iSh channel, "nya, nya you can
catch me-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLICA-
ION FOR LETTERS OF ADMIN
ISTRATION WITH THE WILL
ANNEXED.
No. 1882 - In Probate
In The Superior Court of The
State of California, in and for Tht
County of Imperial.
In the Matter of the Fst2t" Of
TYLER w. SEAL,
Deceased.
Notice is Hereby given that pcti-
ton for probate of the VIII Of Tyler
w. Seal deceased and for toe is
SuanCc of Herbert IOWdcrmllk OF
letters of administration with The
will annexed has been flied n this
court, and that Friday Tho 29th day
of March. 1910. ut . O'Clock PM.
of said day, at the courtroom 81 sad
court at tho courthouse in the City
of Ell Centric. County of Imperial,
State of California, has been ST tor
the hearing OF said petitioro WHEN
and where amy person interested
may appear and contest Tia" *muc,
and show cause. if any They hAyn,
why said petition should not be
granted.
Dated: March H. 1910.
w j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk
By G.. o. KENYON.
M.15-26 incl. Deputy Clerk.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17

Search the scriptures; for IN them yc think yc have
eternal life; and they are they which testify OF ne
John 5:39
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17

MEMBER:
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
nj Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
Famous Sayings

The Bible is window in this prison Of hope, through
which we look into etcrnity.-Dwight.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17

Glass painted black will split if
exposed to stl ong sunlight.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
HOW COME?

illegal Aliens to be Barred from Re
lief" says headline. Why in blazes have
they been on relief anyway?
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
IOUkITIg IUI WI h.
BILL WOULD REDUCE
CUBAN SUGAR QUOTA

After much travail, the house
sugar bloc" has brought forth a
bill which would lop 2OO,444odd
tons off of the Cuban sugar quota.
The lions share of the additional
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
HARBINGERS OF SPRING

~ SO
..-.-. 49, - 49, .Ssr..ss*
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-17
TELL IT TO DIARIES

klamath Falls Herald)
Evening star., 1940-03-29
Spring Guests

Each year in spring the Nations
Capital welcomes an army of Wis
itors, and 1910 will be no exception
to the rule. Men, women and chill
dren come from every State in the
Union, and their objective, as they
know, is the city in which, as distinct
from all other places, they may claim
to be at home.
Crowds of the pilgrims will view
the meeting halls Of Congress. the
Supreme Court Building, the White
House, the various department build
ings, the Washington Monument, the
Lincoln Memorial, the Library of
Congress, the Folger Shakespeare
Library, the Corcoran Gallery, the
Smithsonian Institution, Arlington
and the Tomb of the Unknown SOL
dier, the churches of their choice.
They will see the Declaration of In
dependence, the Constitution, Ben
jamin Franklin's printing press,
the Star Spangled Banner, the plane
in which Lindbergh flew the Atlantic,
the theater in which Lincoln was
shot and the house in which he
died, the District War Memorial, the
Titanic Memorial, the Botanic Gar
den, the Zoo, the headquarters Of
the Pan-American Union, the Red
Evening star., 1940-03-29
Needed Reform

Testimony at the Senate hearing
on the bill to create the office of
public defender in District Court
serves further to emphasize the
deSirability of this reform.
From background of many years of
experience with this system, particu-
larly in California, Associate Justice
Justin Miller of the Court of Appeals
of the District. expressed the onion
that it had gone long way toward
eliminating "chicanery and skuldug-
gerry" in criminal trials, while at the
same time assuring fair treatment
for INDECENT defendants who other
wise might be deprived of competent
counsel, because of the unWillingness
or inability of skilled lawyers to give
their time and services gratis.
Justice Miller did not address him.
self directly to conditions in the local
courts, although it is unfortunate
that he did not get down to specific
cases if he intended to imply that
"chicanery and skulduggery" had
characterized trials in the Capital.
His views as to the need for a public
defender here were seconded, how
ever, by Police Judge Edward M.
Curran, who soon will become United
States District Attorney. Mr.. Cur
ran said his service on the bench had
convinced him that public defender
is needed
The Justice Department long has
advocated that the public defender
system be adopted nationally, and
one of the first official acts of Attor-
ney General Jackson was to send
letters to Chairmen Ashurst and
Summers of the Senate and House
Judiciary Committees urging favor
able action on pending legislation to
bring this about.
observers and students of the
subject generally reach the conclu-
sion that In every instance the insti-
tuition has been beneficial" Mr..
Jackson wrote. "Not only does it
assure proper representation by
counsel to an individual defendant,
but 1t makes a considerable contri-
button in the direction of eliminating
delays and technicalities and expe-
diting trials"
The Importance Of improving the
administration of justice has been
recognized increasingly in recent
years, and the contentious as to the
benefits that could be expected from
the adoption of the public defender
system here call for favorable con-
sideration by Congress.
Evening star., 1940-03-29
Explains Attitude Of Italy
In Last World War.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
In answer to the recently published let
ter "A French Lieutenant Comments on
War;" wish to present two bits of
history which, although completely un-
known to the French lieutenant and to
the great majority of Americans, are
none the less strictly true.
First, Italy in 1915 had absolutely no
obligations to aid Austria or Germany in
war Of aggression, and, therefore, con-
trary to universal belief, betrayed nobody.
Second, the lieutenant suggests that
in this war Italy will 60 to the strongest
side. Let me remind him that when Italy
entered the war Germany was by far
the strongest, having smashed through
Belgium and almost reached the posi-
tion of being able to steal chickens from
the back yards of Paris Had Italy re-
manned neutral I doubt If the letter
would have been written; had she Joined
the strongest side Cat that time). our
little lieutenant would have had IS years
In which to learn the goose step and
Deutschland Uber Allies"
MARIO RrCC1ARDELL1,
italian War Veteran.
March 20.