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Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
America Launches First
Bott|eship i'm 19 Years

PHILADELPHIA. June 1-(UP)t: ::
Americas S miehtiCSt bid for Secur-
ity on the high seas. the 35000-ton
battleShip u. S S. Washington Slid
sioWn the ways to the cheers and
shouts of 10000 persons at Phlla-
dclDhia navy yard today
The S80O0O,000 750-foot long man
Of war slid into the river at HIS
a. m. without mishap and immedl-
atcly WAS snubbcd by a dozen tug
boats. 1t had been feared that the
huge craft might slide across the
> 300 foot channel and ground on
the New Jersey shore. but every
thing progressed as planned
Precautions were even more elab-
crate and strict than those sur
rounding launchingS during h e
world war. Naval blimps droncd
overhead to warn away all air
planes and for three hours before
and during the ceremony a score
of naval. coast guard and harbor
polct boats kept all craft off the
river for a distance of two miles on
each side of the yards.
The Washington was the first
United States battlcshi2 launched
in 10 years.
The Washington was rushed to
completion one month ahead OF
schedule under the new prepared
ness program. It's features have
been carefully guarded secret, and
A constant watch has been kept
by marines since the keel WAS lalo
on June II. 1893.
A crew of 1900 men and officers
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
Baeea|aureate

This is the season of the bacca-
laureate sermon, Thousands of
graduating classes all over the coun-
try dressed in their Sunday best,
are sitting in uncomfortable chairs
and listening to the words of adj
monltion and advice that launch
them in the world.
Young people are pretty smart
these days. There is probably little
of what the paunchy gentlemen are
telling them before the diplomas are
passed that they don't know already
They know that it is a pretty
foul world. The daily reports from
Europe are enough to assure them
of that. They grew up during 10
years of depression before that, and
they know that even without a
war the world is no bed of roses.
Well, vino ever said it was?
There was time. 10 or so years
ago, when graduates could be
spooned a little verbal sugar-and-
water concotion at graduation time
without too much harm being done.
II as sugar r-andWater world
Graduates were fairly sure that il
they were diligent and reliable,
they would get along. The life that
stretched before them might get a
little dull. but it was safe.
That is all over. For sugar and
water the world has substituted
blood and tears. 1t is going to be
hard going in the years ahead, and
We think the young folks know It,
But If any of them are Whimpcr-
ing, We haven't heard that, either
They come into world that just
isn't good enough. They have the
task OF making it better.
That at least is a challenge. Is it
d world force and brutality reign?
Very well 1t is also a world to be
brought to order and Justice.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
the LESSON TAUGHT
BY CENSUS FIGURES

Eel Centre has taken for grantee 50
long that its population was larger 'oai'
that of Brawley that actual census iie-
ures released this week, showing .i,e
north-end community still lmperlal Nai
leys largest, came as a dlStiNcl oN0NN
to almost the entire South-enu'
The Ell Centre chamber OF commerce.
estimating population OF the county So So
between 1900 and $4,000, mad lulleo
its community into sense OF importance
that was in no way justified III the ileh'
of actual figures The bubbles pursuing
was a concrete demonstration OF why 80
many people have come to dlStruS1' "llu
even ridicule chamber of commerce es'i-
mates and figures, wherever found.
Brawley of course deserves full recoe-
milton in the light of the preliminary
census totals. It is utterly useless Tor
any group in the south-end to disparaee
the totals on grounds BrawleyS popuia.
tion is made up largely Of this class OF
residents, or that class. The Official
figures cannot be changed-and tor our
part, we have no desire to change tnem
at the expense Of Brawley, or any otner
valley community.
OF course we want to see Ell Centre
yrow So do we want to see the other
communities grow The trouble Is every
community in the valley has been held
back in the past by the inter-communlty
suuabbleS which sap municipal energy
and break up any hope of common
front that might be held
But, if we are to grow, we need puIs
ing. active community energy that mas
not been manifest in the past. we heed
effort directed toward building our own
city-not toward tearing down some
other city We need to reach OUTSIDE
the valley for the new population we nope
to get, encouraging the growth OF II
Centre but not discouraging the CROWN
of any other city or community.
We've made about the same mistake
in the past that the allies made in Eu-
rope on A far greater scale. We've pat
ted ourselves on the back, and told our
selves what great place We have, and
refused to think any thoughts or voice
anv opinions which were not of the reS7
lest possible hue.
You cannot build on that sort of basis.
You've got TO look facts in the face
and then do something about them. But
first you've got to know what the Sltua-
ton is. and where the trouble lies.
Let's quit over-estimating our size, our
power our wealth and everything else
good we have. Let's stick to facts, and
on the foundation of those facts build
structure that cannot be exaggerated.
Let's shake off the community lethargy
that is Ell Centro's trademark, let's get
behind the leaders who are trying to
build the community. Just talking won't
do it. But work will. The next ten
years can see Imperial Valley double
in size. but it won't double if we wait
until the ninth year to do something
about it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
Heroic Stand in
Dunkirk ResCues
Trapped Soldiers
Continued from Page II

(COnllllutll llOlll dSN -
tie conflict brought quick develop
ments:
|. An Allied garrison was dis
closed to be still holding out at
the French port of Calais after an
heroic battle in which British air
planes dropped supplies to the be-
sieged men in the midst of the
burning city.
,. Rome. London and Berlin took
the position that entry OF Italy
INTO the war on GermanyS side
must be expected at any time
possibly about June A but III Lon
don a responsible Turkish source
warned that any move by Italy to
attack France or the Balkans would
result in immediate aid to the Al
lies.
The German high command re-
ported that German bOmbers had
sunk five Allied transports and
badly damaged three WarShips and
10 merchant vessels and that the
last French resistance in Flanders
had been broken. The Germans
claimed to have repulsed French
counter-bloW near Abbeville. at the
mouth of the River Somme, and
said progress had been made in at
tacking the last British lines before
Dunkirk from which Allied troops
still were being evacuated.
f. The London air ministry re-
ported that British planes had sunk
a German torpedo boat, destroyed
or damaged Sc German airplaneS
and strongly bombed German posi-
lions in north France.
). Reports in England were that
only about one British division
probably $4,000 mcn-rcmained to
be evacuated from Flanders. That
would indicate that the greater
part of perhaps 100000 BEF troops
and many French and Belgian SOL
dicrS had been safely withdrawn
from the German trap by a miracle
of naval, air and army cooperation
aided by fog
s. The British and French gov
ernmcntS declared that any posi-
bility of a German attempt TO make
Il separate peace by dividing the
Two countries had been frustrated
as 4 result Of "A meeting of the
Allied supreme war council in Paris
yesterday when they "rcachcd full
agreement on All measures" re-
qIircd 10 meet the war situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
4h Plans To Be
Discussed at Meet

Future program of the county All
club will be discussed Tuesday night
at a final meeting of the club
council and senior members at the
II. C. Worthington ranch, one-half
mile west of the Imperial airport.
A potluck dinner win be served
at pm, according to Lee Lander
man. club director.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02

Sixteen inch armor protects it,
sides and 10 inch armor plates it'll
decks against attack from the ail'
When it joins the fleet in DecA
ember, 1941. the Washington viii
have nine l6-inch guns. two inchc,
larger than the standard heavy gun
on the present U. S. men of war
These guns, on triple mount turrets
will hurl a 2,100-pound armor pierc
ing shell 17la nautical miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02

WASHINGTON, June Eng
lands drastic law for the control of
men and money in wartime doesn't
go such an awful lot farther than
the program the U. S. government
has in mind-Should this country
be forced into war.
The British law goes wholehoe
and simply turns the entire coun-
Try and everything in it over to
the disposal of the government.
Americans famous industrial mo-
blllZation plan. as drafted by the
War and Navy Departments. would
accomplish just about the same
thing. but it would cushion the
shock a little. Theoretically, it would
stop short of actual confiScation OF
property and consumption OF la
Dor; actually, it would go a long
way in both directions.
This plan is not law, of course
not yet 1t is, however, just
what the army and navy want.
Legislation to put it into effect
has been drafted. and the general
opinion is that it would go through
pretty much as is If the nation
found itself on the verge of war.
PRESIDENT COULD
DRAFT EXECUTIVES
Assuming the industrial mobili
zation plan should be adopted,
what would be the effect?
The President of the United States
would be given wartime powers al
most equal to those Just given MI
Churchill If he deemed il advi-
sable for the successful proscCu-
tlon of tho war he could:
Draft any executive in any in
duStry and make him run his plant
under War Department orders
or if he chose, transfer him and put
somebody else in his job.
Pin prices on anything and
everything sold in the United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02

will man the floating fortress, which
has a 5.0OO-mile cruising range and
a speed of 80 knots. The washing
ton is $50 feet long, has a l08-
foot beam and a 36foot draft.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
thoughts For The Day

Yea though walk through the valley Of the Shadow
OF DEATH will fear evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me-Psalms 23:4
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
MEMBER

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
Famous Sayings

This world the land of the dying, the next is the
land OF the liying.-Tyron Edwards
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

3-RequiSition any manufactured
product or raw material necessary
to the prosecution of the war.
4-Commandeer any factory. or
short of that-compel any manu-
facturer to make what the govern
ment directed him to make.
5-Close all security exchanges
for the duration of the war.
6-Draft every workingman into
the army. under a Setup which IS
generally interpreted to mean that
any worker could, at any time, be
ordered from the factory TO the
army at the Presidents discretion.
Control. in short. all OF the
nations resources. through licen-
sing, rationing, requisitioning. and
regulation of sale. use. tranSporta-
ton. manufacture or distribution
of anV product
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02
CAPITAL WOULD BE
IN STRAIT JACKET

Various New Deal critics oil lhlS
scheme have objected that it would
hit labor harder than capital; that
control over labor would be absolute,
while provisions limiting wartime
profits would be less drastic How
ever that may be, it Is certain that
capital would find itself in a pretty
tight strait jacket
AS a matter of fact, laws already
on the books give the President
pretty broad powers Section l2t
of the National DEFENSE Act au-
thori2cS him to place compulsory
orders for either finished prod
uctS or raw materials, with gov
ernmCnt seizure of tho plant the
penalty for noncompliance. Tho
Naval Emergency Fund act grants
similar powers. specifically broad
cned to include aircraft plants and
with the words raw material" sc
defined as to include any COM
modify out of which war materials
are made.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-02

That at least is a challenge. Is it
world force and brutality reign?
Very we'll 1t is also a world to be
brought to order and justice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-27
EN-

right
four
Kissing
|oop at
ported
idgett
| be lost
lens to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-27

doing IL. 80 she won't let me in
wife him 10 spend his weekends
with Us.
He is a gentleman in every way
and my father thinks great deal
of him. He told mother to ignore
two nssty-minded old neighbors,
but mother is the sort OF person
who cares a lot about what will
people say" She invites my
young man to meals only and frets
IL he happens to bring me home
at late hour. This all seems
foolish TO me, for an attitude like
this doesn't fit in with our en-
lightened day.
Can't mother be wrong in such
a NATTER Mother thinks that she
knows best. ENGAGED.
II your mother and father are
home when your fiance visits
you over the weekend. there is
absolutely no improperly in in
viting him TO stay at your home.
As a matter OF fact, even though
you were not engaged. IL would
be proper TO invite him 10 your
home, so long as your mother
and father are there to chape-
ron you.
Your father has taken a SEN
sible attitude. for being a man
he realizes that the world is fun
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Sen0B!,E [G!!

rengiously every morning.
And the coffee and rolls served
by a white clad boy who spoke no
single word Of English were deli
eious His appearance with his
smiling greeting was the beginning
Of Sheila's day.
The shutters were opened and
clean blue and white woven cloth
was spread upon the balcony table.
Sometimes there was mail Often
note from Raoul left on his way
downtown. And once after she had
been there for two weeks there
was q curt letter from Jim. which
had been forwarded from her
hotel.
Dear sheila; What are you up
to now Imagine my surprise
when found you had checked out
of your hotel and gone somewhere
in Belgrano.' They refused to give
me your address but offered 20
forward a letter. So here It is and
here I am. When am I going 10
see you? ! have telephoned Olive
and she says she has seen you only
once, and has no idea where you
are. What Ia this Please get In
touch with me Immediately. jim"
sheils read II with a smile. Dear
old Jim. He simply couldn't get
over the idea that her father had
appointed him her guardian
What would he say when he dis
covered that she had cancelled her
reservation Not that she had def
nitely promised to marry Raoul
but she wasn't going to leave until
the question had been settled.
Her father had agreed that since
she liked II so well Il would be nice
for her to stay another month or
50 and acquire q speaking knowi-
edge Of the language. He had also
written that he understood living
In a pension made IT much easier.
She suspected with a silly little
twinge al her heart that he was
glad she had decided to stay. II
would give him that much more
time alone with Helen.
Naturally he had no idea that
what she was really considering
was marriage. Time enough 10
break that news when she had
accepted Rsouls proposal.
The days had drifted by 40 rap
idly since their week end at the
estancia that sheila did not realize
II had been two weeks. Raoul had
not pressed her for an answer but
he had shown by every possible
means the sincerity Of his devotion.
Except for breakfast and lunch
which was served with much eere-
mony In the high ceilipged dining
room with its faded walls Of Grim.
son broeade. sheila had not eaten
meal alone.
Raoul had kept his promise 70
join her for tea. Sometimes In the
garden. Often driving 10 some re-
mote spot where they could sit
until the twilight warned them II
was time 10 return for dinner.
Al eleven every morning sheils
had her Spanish lesson from a
delightful old gentleman who
CONTINUED on Page IL. Column ~
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Dear Miss Grey: I am young
girl engaged TO a man who lives
in another city. He can only come
here on the weekends and | feel
badly because my mother won't let
me invite him to stay at our home
while he is here. He has TO stay
at a hotel, and 1t embarrasses me
because we have plenty of room
and it seems no more than right
that l should ask him TO stay at
our home during his visits here.
We asked him a few times after
our engagement was announced.
but mother grew panicky when
she heard that two gossipy neigh
bors were talking about us for
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Mind Your Manners

Test your knowledge II correct
socisl usage NJ answering ths fol-
lowing questions. then checking
against the authoritative answers
below
/ IL u = thoughtful gesture 70
telephone ene's hostess the dsy
after being entertained tn her
home 10 mention again how much
you enjoyed the evening"
, when paying short esli
dos : woman take OF her bat and
gloves
afs Il polite u telephone
friends during aesltime IN the
hore 81 catching thsm Ia
4 II an Acquaintance savs IN
ccmr 10 SO ne would Il ~ cor
rec, "a say. I'd love to. would u
ee convenient scr mr. 10 stop Nv
for a few minutes Friday after.
noon :"
5. Does thoughtful rsrse n
carry on lonk, ehsssy telephone
conversations
What would you DO IT,
A friend telephones yea If your
office st . particularly husy mo-
meni and starts long. social tsle.
phone conversation
tD Say YOU are very bury and
ask II you can cali him back.
tel Feel that cutting the con-
versaticn short wouid Be unfcrsiv.
ably rude
l. Yes
: No.
, No, n Il 10 that hard Ia catch
= person IN. write = note N IL Ia
absolutely necessary to telephone
during mealtims. sprlegsss and
make the conversation ~ hrsss a.
possible
T. Yes n Il isn't convenient the
person can easily say % and Get
another Tina.
8 No.
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Knitted Jackets

straight hard knitted jackets
a. ftnxer-sip isnxth are . nice
asset for yeaF summer wardrobe
Wear them ever eettone. sheer
wcois ard sslks for daytime -
even over informal evening fsoeks
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Persons Who Gossip About Neighbors
Are Unworthy Of Consideration
Mother Of Girl Who Is Engaged Allows Laxative
Women 70 Spoil Daughters Good Times
By CYNTHIA GREY

There an apt expression that ito the pure all things
are impure and while this bit too far in its
ton 1t remains fact that the saying does apply many
busyoody souls who about ese actions
'Aa they DO their (Which often need worrying about
1t seems that Mrs. Grundy and some of her righteous
sisters have stirred the indignation of young girl who has
a right to be indignant.
She write
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sbout hour serve With psaln
cream of hard sauce. nsTves q.
hooi.-Atn TIA rssntNs
Z cups powdered sugar
tbsp, cream
sss white ia.s sestsnt
level tsp koaisA
a tsp irmeb. peppermint a.
almond ssfFsst
Ma all tossihef eelt ADDING
enough powdered sugar 20 make zeal
stiff then mold ~ roll euf fisf sny
desired thickness and cut into ptsn~s
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Rss, what Would You Do So
mtion--ts1.
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MANUFACTURERS
PROVEN RECIPES
SALMON pr WITH rIIFfx
MASHED ROTATIONS
IL cups salmon
thsp. hutfer
tksp. flouf
| cup Raraeas fssrcfsted NiR
I cup water
l tsp. saa
= tsp. rrrr~r
| cap taaksd PEAS
cups mashed potatoes
I tap. melted butter
fs-esl har aerdsns GRATED
American Cheese
Bone and itsks ssffnrn Melt hut.
tef and add -four blending eel. Aac
RoFaens FvsHerAtrd MIA ana vater
gradually and ceek antu thiessnss
Aad salt and psrr~f Combine TIRE
salmon. sauce and PEAS ard place N
Weil-Eressed casseYseis cover eith
mashed potatoes nrNsh With melted
butter and SPRINKLE win nnFdrns
Grated American Cheese Rake n
hot even $50 nes p shout IS nin-
ufss o. until top Il erown. serves 9
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CHAPTER FIF1EnN

The balcony overlooking the gar
den with its magnolia tree and riot
OF spring flowers made up 10 sheils
for the ugliness Of the room open
ing into IL. The walls were dark
and discolored. the furniture heavy
and ugly but the thin embroidered
curtains festooned deliberately
across the narrow glass doors were
spotlessly white. The large old
fashioned bathroom was scrubbed
of Mrs. Grundys who do far
more harm than good. IL is best
to ignore such unpleasant per-
sons.
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NOT TUNA tAsArfs
LARGE Tomatoes
>sH and pepper
! 9-as. can white star Tuna
thsp, mssaanst.@
American cheese
siioe Tomatoes In thick silee.
sprinkle with ssit and pepper Drain
oil frnm fish and mia Aaken fab
with mayonnsise Pile mixture on
tomatoes and sprinkle generously
with Ersisd chsese Hfnii until
cheese "a melted. Makes 4 esnsp~..
ORANGE MsHusrAns r,pp,>o
rurs soft sltsmla nj bread
crumbs
7 rErs
IL cups mifk
- tsp. salt
" rnp sugar
4 tbsp. melted hutirr
:. cup orange mafmaisde
Beat egss slightly. add milk ana
remaining ingredients Pour into
euttersd baking dish and bake tn
moderate oven ~ $50 deg. y for
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RIrr oooSrnssHy u1Ix

I
rnps - lhsi 1 ard I sugar
han powdered fruit reella
To prepare juice. crush tncFonshi
Or Grind about "a pounds a.
quarts fuilg iifse scsaseeeffies Add !
cup water. bring to ball and aim.
mr. covered 10 minutes Place
fruit IN Jelly cloth ar hax and squeess
out juice, lff there IL slisht abort
sse OF Juice, add small amount Of
water "a pnir IN Jelly cloth and
squeese asainA
Measure sugar into dry dian and
SCI aside until needed Measure
juice into . 10 quart saucepan
and place over hottest fire. Add
powdered fruit p<ctln. mix well. ana
continue stirring until mixture ccsnss
10 hard hot. AZ once pour In
shsar stirring constantly. Contlnus
stirrins bring 20 = full rolling boil
and boil hard Tor = minute RE-
move from fire. ssim, pouf quirkiy
fAtsffin no, ieilY a onos Mates
about II glasses "a fluid ounces
eechl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-15
vuItee Plane Plant
Closed by Strike
Over Wages
$39, W0, 900 in Federal
Aircraft Orders Held Up;
$500 Workers Affected
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DOWNEY, Calf, Nov. 15-The
Vultee airplanF factory was closed
today by strike.
A C. I. o. picket line was estab-
lished early this morning, thereby
actively beginning the first strike at
a factory manufacturing military
craft since the start of the present
national defense emergency. A
breakdown of wage negotiations
caused the walkout.
A spokesman for the firm said it
was hoped that the plant could re-
main open with a skeleton crew, but
at 7:30 am. it was forced to an
nounce to several hundred workers
that operations could not begin.
The company has on hand orders
for $39 900 900 worth of planes for
the United States and another
$l1 .000, 900 worth for export.
The United Automobile Workers
Union claims a membership of more
than 5000" Of the 3,700 production
workers in the plant, which has q
pay roll of some $500 employees.
L. H. Kitchener, regional director
of the union, issued the strike order
with a declaration that the company
had failed to file an answer to the
unions demands with a Federal con-
| ciliator by the hour agreed on yes
terday afternoon.
Vultee officials later made public q
communication to Lyman Sisley.
Department of Labor commissioner
(see VULTEE, Page A-2)