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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04

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working on relief jobs. Developing
and working the land would bring
them more happiness, health. good
living. and sound security than
most of them will ever achieve in
any other way Today. too. many
families are Just one pay check bet
ter off than they were several years
ago Surely any thinking person
must know that something more
turable must be tried to remedy
conditions. All, 50 far. have been
merely shots in the arm to case the
pain.
Relief Killed Movement
In 1882. Mr. Konkler drove a
$50 Ford $50 miles into the noun
talnS Of Arkansas. He found thous-
nd Of people out Of jobs Families,
however, with just little money
left, were going back to the farms,
>maEInp ncW lives for themselves,
and liking 1t, They were blotting
Themselves from charity rolls and
improving the general situation.
Yet. mot Of such efforts collapsed
when Uncle Sam opened his relief
purse Today, hundreds of homes
lie dc"Olata and abandoned. Mean
1hllc their former tenants pur-
chase, with relief pittance. quanti-
t.rs Of products such as those acres
could have produced.
II IS Mr KOnklcr's contention that
f2rm development built this coun-
tey in the first place. Therefore,
hc believes that only the develop
mrnt OF our idle acres will today
solve our relief problem New pio-
Iecrs on subsistence farms would
not Jump farm production much,
would not add to farm Surpluses.
II would stimulate business ant
trace in scattered areas, as these
$40 pioneers would have to buy
every kind Of farm tool and neces-
sitv. Best of all TINS development
you'd not 5kyrocket the national
debt
Needed: Men With a viii
| am not referring 10 rcsettlement
projects OF the type the government
has tried in spot setting people
down with high-falutn homes. Civ
ing them all modern Conycniences,
launchIng them Hlth hopeless
debt. Let them begin just Us their
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
WeIIes Finds Cermony
ReconciIed to Long War

BERLIN. March 4. CUP)-Con-
fidence in German victory and inSis-
tence that on German victory
alone could secure European
peace be based. were voiced by
Nazis today as Sumner Welles. Pres
ident RooSevelts special envoy,
journeyed close along the western
front to Switzerland and Paris.
Reliable informartS said Welles'
talks with Adolf Hitler, Field Mar
shall Goering, No. ? Nazi, and For
eign Minister Joachim Won Ribben-
trop had failed to produce any indi-
cation that Hitler was ready to mo-
dify his peace conditions to any
important degree.
On the contrary. it was indicated
that Welles must have gained the
impression that German leaders and
the German people were reconciled
to long war and that there was
the possibility of some sort OF
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
New EICentro
Second Baptist
Church Dedicated

FL CentroS newly constructed
Second Baptist church. located at
Second and Brighton streets. was
dedicated Sunday in a day-long
ceremony which included special
addresses by church leaders of the
state.
DR.. w. D. Carter of Pasadena,
who is president of the Second
Baptist State convention. delivered
the morning sermon, Stressing the
need for social service program
IN the church as we'll as a program
to increase religious activity.
The afternoon sermon was de-
liyered by Rev. C. H. Hampton of
San Diego. former Ell Centre pastor
ard president of the state conven-
ton. Rev |. j Whitten, present
pastor, gave the closing sermon.
All churches of the valley were
represented at the opening.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04

west of Meridian and the dlkes
were dynamited in reclamation dis
trict 1900. between Colusa and Mer-
idlan. 10 relieve the pressure on
the sodden embankments.
Death foil Five
The death toll of the Week-old
flood remained at five with two
persons still missing and believed
drowned Property loss was in eX-
cess Of $4,000 600 and 100000 acres
of rich farm land still was sub
merged.
About thousand of the 5000 who
We're forced to flee their homes had
returned to their silt filled dwell
ngS in the Redding-Red Bluff area
where the waters were at last re-
ceding. There was a prediction OF
rain for the extreme northern Sec
tionS of the state today but gov
ernment meteorologists doubted it
would be sufficiently heavy to cause
another rise in the stream.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
Million Urged for
Work on Canal

WASHINGTON. March 4 up
The House appropriations COM
mittee today reported Sll9.07l 1877
interior department supply bill for
l94l which was Two million dollars
below President Roosevelt'S budget
recommendation but which lnclud-
ed a Sl.500OOO item for the All
American canal which was above
the presidents figure.
President Roosevelt recommend
ed 100000 to continue work on
the canal during l94l
The Sl.500OOO appropriation ap-
proved by the committee, reclama-
ton bureau officials said would
make possible virtual completion
of the project.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04

"blitzkreig' lightning War-assault
this spring probably by the German
air force.
Welles had seen Ribbentrop Fri
day. Hitler Saturday and Goering
and Rudolf Hess. Hitlers deputy,
Sunday. It was reported that he had
seen Hialmar Schacht. Germany's S
financial wizard. Saturday also, but
this was not confirmed.
Welles reached Basle today in
tending to go on to Paris probably
Wednesday and start talks there
Thursday with French leaders. From
Paris he goes ON to London.
DR.. Hans Heinrich, German am
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
WEATHER

tDnta complied by observers for
the official nited states Weather
Bureau station at EI Crntro.I
Maximum Sunday ....................... 70
Minimum Monday ... .......... 80
Reading at Noon Monday
Temperature .................. ............. 78
Humidity .............................. ........ %
Reading at a. m. Monday
Temperature ....-......... .................. 46
Humidity ...... ................... ........ IS
Reading at p. m. Sunday
Temperature ............... .... SO
Humidity ................... ........ %
Southern CalifOrnia-Fair tonight
and Tuesday; temperature some
what above normal; light north
wind off coast.
Los Angeles and Vicinity Fair
today, tonight and Tuesday: tenn
peraturc continued somewhat above
normal With little change: gentle to
moderate northwest to northeast
wind.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
Worry of
FALSE teeth
Slipping or Irritating

The annoyance and embarras>
ment caused 10y a loose OF wab-
lily dental plate are constant
source OF worry. Loose plates often
irritate tcHGer gum tissues. Thous-
ands sprinkle their plates with
FASTEETH. 1t gives them a won
derful sense of security and added
comfort. EASTEETH holds false
teeth firmer. and being alkaline
(non-aCidp. checks gum soreness
and irritation due to the chatting
Of loose plate or TO excessive acid
mouth. No gummy. gooey. pasty
taste or feeling Get FASTEETH
TO-DAY at any drug store.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
Court VIII Rule
On Power Issue

WASHINGTON March /. up
The supreme court today agreed tC
rule on the important challenge to
the federal power commissions au-
tllority over hydroelectric develop
Ments presented by the long-diS-
puted New River, Va. case.
The New River case has beer
fought through the federal courts
for nearly Is years.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
Twenty.Four Block Area Within Mining
City Sinks Into Diggings, 1000
Flee Twisted, Damaged Residences

SHENANDOAH, Pa. March A..
0UP)-A 24-block area of this an
thracite city sank into mine dig
gings today, affecting property
worth more than S1.000,09O and
forcing more than 1000 persons to
flee their twisted and damaged
homes.
The cavern was the worst in the
history of the southern anthracite
field. City officials estimated actual
damage at upwards of S5G0,000 ana
more than 1,500 of the persons liv-
ing in the affected area were rem
dered at least temporarily homeless.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04

bassador to the United States, and
foreign office officials bade Welle5
farewell at the station. There was
swirling snowfall in blacked out
Berlin as the train left.
The German press which had
been almost completely silent on
Welles' visit, made his departure
the occasion for articles asserting
that a German victory was certain
and that British efforts to "strangle
Germany must be smashed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
Tanned from Sea
Trip. Roosevelt
Begins 9Th Year
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third term and heightened inteleSS
in his diplomatic moves in Europe.
With his 86-year-old mother on
one side and his wife on the other,
Mr.. Roosevelt heard the lesson from
the Fourth Chapter of the Book of
Micah:
And they shall beat their swords
into plowshares and their spears
into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword
against nation: neither shall they
lead war any more"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04

As many more were made jObless.
AbOu: 600 buildings, including
ShenanGOah's new S150,000 WPs
post office, were affected. Many
were only slightly damaged; others
were moved from their foundations.
At least 80 had housed commercial
establishments or factories.
The 1,5OO pupils attending the two
schools in the settlement area were
ordered to stay home.
Police roped off the district and
prevented residents, who hoped to
salvage their household effects. from
re-enteiing their homes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04

II IIItIN.
AAA officials said the average
check sent 3.750OOO farmers who
participated Il the 1897 program
was about SIS Since then the
average has increased partly be-
cause nearly S5OOOO0O00 was pro-
Vdcd by CorrreS> for such pay
mcltS in bota 1888 ana 1899
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
IS Subpenaed for
Horse Race Probe

LOS ANGELES. March 4. up
At least 35 witnesses we're under
subpoena for the resumption today
OF State Senator Jack Metzger's in
ve5tigation of politics in California
horse racing.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
Flood BuckWdSh
HitS New FL oW
At Tiny Town

SAN FRANCISCO, March t. (UP)-The backwash OF
the Sacramento river flood struck again at the little town
of Meridian today, threatening another 10000 acres Of
county with inundaton and forcing complete evacu
alton the Fresh evee breaks reported just
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04

We have financing service for over
hauling you3 ear We pay for al
needed repair and you pay US IN
small easy payments Why roe
around IL c.at,at-trap, oll-burner
when you car hlve ne old bus rem
oyated und pay a. >our conven-
ience.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-04
Clerk Starts Out
On Assessment Trip
Around EI Cenfro

City Clerk Roy Johnstone, who is
also city assessor, sruck his chin
out Monday in line of duty. with
full knowledge that before night
fall it would have accumulated a
choice variety of bruises unexcelled
outside of public life.
He began his annual assessment
tour of the city.
His Job was to revalue personal
property and figure depreciation on
the citys II million dollars of tax
valuations in time for the board
of equalization to meet July 3. He
has two months less time than in
former years to complete his job,
since board of equalization meet
ingS formerly we're set for Aug. IS.
FATHER ACCUSED IN Staying
LOS ANGELES, March 4. CUP)-
Laurel Crawford, Al, went to trial
today charged with numbering his
family of four by running them over
cliff on the Mt Wilson observatory
road in the family sedan.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28
Ford Is Prepared to Speed Big Airplane Production

WASHINGTON.-Eds Ford said
after. . conference with William s.
lEnndsens member. Of The national
defense commission. that biz COM
pany was ready to swing into mass
production Of airplanes rs soon as
NJ. sessrnment granted y CON
txucte
! Ford told reporters that The
afsAyss faat psakiuie ptane. IL Ps40.
svfhieh ensins4fs ~ liis conf any ex-
$500 40 - snitSblss Tor
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28

MAST, the hornet who
L stung Boss Tweed, is perhap.
the best precedent for David Low
Similarly, the British cartoonist has
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28

Ford said that his company had
much space available for plane pro-
duction in its old Highland Park.
Mich, plant, now partly vacant.
Retooling Of Ford plants for pro
duction OF new 1871 automobile
models, he continued, is already 30
far along that the demand for ma.
chine tools to turn out airplanes
would not interfere with II. II 10
too early now, he added. to say
whether sufficient machine tools viii
be available to permit the introduc-
ton Of new models tor lo41
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28

mass production in his plant.
He declined to estimate how
many planes he believed his COM
pany might turn out. but Ford
sources had indicated. previously
that they believed production
Of 1000 planes day was feasible.
The motor executive said his COM
pany. was studying the Rolls Royce
aifplane engine. which Great Brit
ain has released to the United States
for production in this country.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28
GENERAL
HUGH 8.
jon N SON
64c':
unasa Es:s.- ANusns.
Washington, D. G.
TRAINING CCC BOYS

TRAINING CCC BOYS
II is tinid nonsense to propose,
by law, ''non-combatant" military
raining for the CCC boys. What is
non-combatant military service? 1t
lis a contradiction in terms-like
talking about a two-legged quadru-
ped or a one-bladed pair Of shears.
A man may, as has been suggest
ed, serve in the army as cook, a
truck driver or an oxy-acetylene
welder and many such will be need
ed. But he is a soldier just the
same and is not recognized, at in
,ernational or military law, as a
non-combatant.
This is just monkey-business with
words.
This column has long opposed
drafting CCC boys as such by any
device. They are poor. Whatever
form of military service we adopt
must demand absolutely equal sac
rifce regardless of wealth or pow
erty, race or religion, color or poll
tics.
But giving military training is not
requiring military service. In times
like these it is a great boon to any
boy who may later be called upon,
under our democratic form of Sc
lective drafting, to do military serv-
ice.
In the first place, it may save
bis life or limbs. It is the half
baked recruit" who is slaughtered
ike sheep and who, as Kipling sang,
wonders because he is frequent de-
ceased, ere 'e's fit for to serve as
soldier"
In the second place, il our bum
Cling, laundering foreign and de-
tense policies do get US into this
bloody mess and require the raising
Of mass armies, the boy who has
had sound military training before
subscription starts will have very
great advantage over his fellows in
advancement, pay and comforts.
My only boy has had about all
the military instruction the army
gives to men his age and If had
another son who had none now, !
would consider the best thing could
do for him would be to see to it
that he. got an intensive course in
military training as promptly as It
could be arranged. e
It is true that modern war re-
quires specialists in almost every
branch of human effort--but basic
military training is necessary in adj
dition to any special civilian skill a
boy may have.
General Marshall is reported to
have said that the army prefers to
give these boys only ''non-combat-
ant training because it is '.incon-
venient" to give combatant training
in Gee camps. hesitate to dis
agree with the chief. Of STAFF be-
cause we are fortunate to have in
him at this critical hour one Of the
best of the worlds professional sol
diers.
1t is even hard for: me To- believe
that he said that because II IL wrong
to the point Of .absurdity.
But General Marshall is an OH
eial Of Mis- Observation-Disclosures ut
terly loyal The. whole Of admihis-
ration policy on defense has been
politically tilnid and never franz.
Up To the point of training by hnt-
talions. the CCC camps and lorgAni
lation are almost ideal Il the ARMY
prepared TO furnish enough in
| "a =
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28
RECRuIrING ERRORS

Part Of the war department plans
for q major military effort ID q
xhoop-la recruiting drive for volun-
teers to bridge the gap Of time
until ) thss system for, compulsory
selectivt seeuiee csn be created and
started w0rking." sfs-
Befpee ~ "a thfp0Gh with il ev-
cry bog, who pgeferred to wait for
the seisAtinc sslsctive service syS-
tenn Weuld b calIsds . heel ard
every,simplllsivp yeaanaQtss vho was
tied. ka111e lgtamned cd pfats1
INTO siGDlnos ~ yeAld ~ q hara'
The pooeoD zNDQlD1 ~ q sbs6pW -
the fo10ock e2ooo - ~ eots ~
best nHo1stial = ~ latAss. sr,v
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28

Recent photo Of King Victor EN-
manuel of Italy, who, according to
an official announcement in Rome,
has left for the front to lead his
troops. In his declaration Of war II
Duce referred to him IS 'the soul
Of italy"
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28

aomAS NAo1, ule HoIHet WIN
L stung Boss Tweed, is perhaps
the best precedent for David Low.
Similarly. the British cartoonist has
cartoonist Lou Pris ~.
Early Touched "Apologia
Up Fifth Column Germanlea
years. A brief cable today reports
the telling effect Of his cartoons in
stirring a new surge Of anger
against the trimmers and side-step-
pers of the immediate pre-war
years. Correspondents score this on
the side of new unity and fighting
spirit.
The quiet, bearded Briton
with q big black hat touched
up the fifth column long before
the Norway debacle. Visiting
the United States in October,
1896, he said: "We're becoming
q world of stool pigeons. There
are too many white rats loose
everywhere. I'm pessimistie.
We'd better get ready to save
what we have. That goes for
the q. s. A., too. People whs
believe in civilization don't know
what's happening to It. They'd
better find out. I'm trying to
tell them"
During the last two years. his
ten-strike cartoons have been car
ried on the cables and widely re-
produced in this country, the, first
to be thus distinguished. They have
found publication in many other
countries-signed LOW" a. the
David has long since been dropped.
He says people have TO- learn b
laugh TO win q war, and adds, I'VE
laugh too much from our back teeth
and too little from or stomachs."
He ID Of Shakespsarian aspect anA
says that his neat little bard b IN
deferenca to 7ths. bard and mt Mos
COW. He was born in Dupsdin. New
Zealand. IN lool end begea his CO.
roaf - . caftoeni8 with ~ SVd-
~ (Anstralia) Ballstin.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28
RECRUITING SHOWS PHYSICAL
DEFICIENCIES
Washington, d. C.

OCE 1SAGXNSkCo
The army campaign for new re-
cruits is showing up all too wildly
how the years of depression have
left their mark on American youth.
Greatest difficulty in securing re-
cruits is not the reluctance Of young
men to enlist, but their inability to
pass physical examinations.
In peacetime, the armed services
get most Of their recruits from low
er-bracket families. Because of eco
nomic conditions it is now the lower
bracket families, with the most chill
dren, which lack sufficient nourish-
ment, fresh air and exercise.
This has been a particularly Sc
rious drawback to recruiting in the
larger cities. During one recent
drive to bring the marine corps up
to full strength, recruiting officers
left the cities and combed the small
er towns in farming communities.
There they found a much huskier
type of recruit, but many were re-
jected because of poor teeth.
In the cities, the biggest draw
backs are bad eyesight and under
weight.
WAR DOOMS CROP CONTROL?
Henry Wallace's program of crop
curtailment and soil conservation is
about to face its toughest year. Rea-
son is the certain food shortage in
Europe and the demand that Amer
lean farmers use their SURPRISES
to feed war-torn Europe.
There are two causes for the food
shortage. One is the fact that many
countries have been too busy fight
ing to plant sufficient crops, and
their fields have been fought over.
Second reason is lack of sufficient
merchant shipping. -Four countries
Norway, Holland, Denmark, and
Belgium-have a total of 10000, 900
gross tons of merchant vessels
which are immobilized, SO far as
supplying the home ports is con-
cerned. Either they are bottled up
at home, or they are in foreign
ports, unable to reach home.
Vessels which a year ago were
carrying U. S. fodder to Denmark,
to feed Danish cattle, today are di-
verted to other trade or riding at
anchor. Meantime, the cattle are
eating up the existing supplies Of
fodder. When these are gone, the
cattle will have to be killed.
And the killing will be done by the
Germans, who will consume the cat
tie.
This is just one simplified illustra-
ton. No such construction was
known in the early days Of the
World war, because the United
States, still neutral, insisted on
maintaining its shipping to the neu-
trail countries Of Europe. But now
its shipping is barred by the neu-
trality act from belligerent ports
and combat zones.
All Of this is sure to bring heavy
demands on the U. S. farmer, also
on congress to appropriate relief
money to help Europe's starving
populations. And this, in turn, is
sure to upset crop control. For it
was high food prices during the
World war which increased acreage
and also sent many farmers heavily
into debt to buy new land.
DIPLOMATS MAKE WARS!
John G. Public thinks the diplo-
mats make the wars-and could stop
them.
Argentine Ambassador Espl has
letter saying. Your country should
submit itself to becoming a part Of
the United States" mo Latin Amer
lean country is prouder of its indie
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28
FRENCH FLEET

The White House is not advertis-
ing it, but the disposition of the
French fleet was one vital point
which came up in secret discussion
with the French just before their
capitulation.
Roosevelt wanted to make sure
that the French navy would not fall
into Nazi hands. For Frances
warships could just about tip the
balance Of naval power and give
the Nazis . powerful striking arm
in the south Atlantic against Latin
America.
The French have two brand-new
q, 000-ton battieships, the Stras-
bourg and the Dunkerque, probably
the fastest IN the world; also two
new IS, 000-ton battleships, the
Richelieu and the Jean Bart, the
latter not quite completed. These,
added TO the German beet, would
give Hitler 10 battleships against Is
for the Omitted States. an much older
ana slower.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-28
DIPLOMATS MAKE WARS!

John @. Public thinks the diplo-
mats make the wars-and could stop
them.
Argentine Ambassador Espl has a
letter saying, your country should
submit itself to becoming a part Of
the United States" (No Latin Amer
lean country is prouder of its indie
pendence than Argentina, less likely
to become part of the U. S. Az
Uruguayan Minister Richling gets
so many letters he is working over
time to answer them. The tenor is:
you must get rid of the dangerous
Germans"