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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
by Bruce Cation :.
The Inside Track in Washington

vpstioation of food costs has been
favorable, Judging by letters ana
ether communications received III
the antitrust division. Farmers, III
particular. are displaying Keen
interest. But unless somebody olss
up some money, all OF TINS wont
help much.
AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT LEERY
The defense commission IS quite
as interested as anyone in Keeping
food prices at reasonable levels Inc
commissions consumer DIVISION un-
Ter Miss Harriet elliott, has al
ready sounded off on the subject.
Yet the commission hasn't got en-
thusiastic over the antitrust owl
sion's investigation. on the con-
trary, Miss Elliott's group 1ncllheS
toward some sort of effort to keep
food prices in line by consultation
and agreement among the process
orS, handlers. shippers, etc.
At the same time the Agriculture
Department is lecry-largcly be-
cause of the fear that antitrust
action might upset some of the de-
partment's arrangements to get tair
prices for the farmer, especially in
the field Of milk.
Chief trouble in Washington is
a difference is the basic philoso-
phies of the Agriculture and JUS
tice Departments. Existing milk
price structure has fluid milk, a
necessity, carrying practically all
of the overhead. while surplus milk
oused in ice cream, cheese. etc.
carries practically none of it. JUS
tice Department would like TO see
that situation reversed. Agriculture
accepts it, but works to make sure
that the farmer doesn't get the low
surpluS-milk price for his whole
production.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
PROPERTY RIGHTS,
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
Riverside Press

The press reports another incident
that mirrors these strange times better
than Il Doctor of Laws thesis could do it,
Just outside of Louisville, Ky, the ar
my was getting ready to start cOnStruc-
tion Of a military cantOnment which was
to take in truck farm. The govern
ment had paid the truck farmers S2591
for the remainder of their crop and eX-
pected to make some local disposition of
it.
Then a Sunday intervened. \ motor
ist drove up. hoped out of his car, rip
ped off an armful of cabbage heads and
carried them away with him. Other peo-
pie came for cabbage, potatoes and tur-
nips. Soon there were as many as 100
raiders in the field, including q number
of well-dressed women. One man carried
of a load in his car and came back with
a trailer
One Of the former owners seeing the
bummers at work went over and asked
d forager if he thought it was free-for-
all. He did Wasn't it government prop
erty now? When a crowd returned at
night and started to working by lights
the police had been apprised and turned
them back.
Here one sees the new conception of
property that has been growing up in
this country If it belongs to the gov
ernment it's fair prey for the first conner.
''What's the difference; the government
gets it from them rich fellows in the east.
Why | hearn tell there's a millionaire on
every street up there
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
by Willis Thornton
LOOKING Ahead on Defense

crease productive facilities. You
may not like the thought Of in
creased centralized control, but az
shortages appear it will be either
that or slow down the program
You know which the people vii
choose.
Increasing pressure is going to be
applied to both labor and manage
ment to put aside personal advan-
tage for the national interest.
The only possible way to avcid
centralized control of both is for
both to cooperate in every reason
able way without compulsion.
Longer working hours may come
Industrial leaders like Sloan CT
General Motors and Robertson Of
Westinghouse believe they are not
now necessary, as long as there is
labor pool of unemployed. But
when a mathematical formula of
facilities available times men work
ing three eight-hour shifts fails TO
produce what is needed in five days,
then six days must be worked, at
least until additional facilities can
be provided. 1t is almost a matter
CT pure mathematics.
Prices will be subject to great
efforts to keep them from rising
in the face of every tendency TO
rise. Taxes are certain to increase,
not only for the wealthy, but for
every man, woman and child.
In short, we have seen only the
preliminary beginnings of our de-
fense effort. We nave no reason
to be discouraged with what has
been accomplished. But every man
must realize that it is only begin
ming. A great defensive force can
not be built with business rs usual
nor with "lifc as usual, either
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

The first six months of our de-
fense effort being past, the United
States can look back without either
complacency or discouragement.
We have laid the foundations of
an army; we have begun to gear
existing industry to support 1t; We
have started to build a munitions
industry.
Let no man think that we have
made more than beginning. The
real effort is to come. Only about
half of the national guard has been
called up for training Selective
service has called up mere trickle.
After the first Of the year the real
mass army will begin to assemble.
Let no one fool himself that we
can now merely rock along on a
business as usual" basis. It is
simply not in the cards. What do
we face in the coming months as
the defense effort gathers speed
and momentum?
More and more homes will feel
the direct impact of the drive as
more and more men are indueted
into serVice-the total viii be a
million and half by next mid
summer. More and more offices and
industrial plants will feel the ef-
feet of productive workers with
drawn for the army
increasing demands for ma
teriaIs will uncover shortages. That
will mean that some authority must
decide, as during the World War,
which industry is TO get this ship
ment Of steel, that shipment Of cop
per. If there is net enough steel for
the war effort, for instance, there
are only two solutions: use less
....sf -. ....t..aI .tVHI4au life Ats ip-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Editorials and Comment
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 1910
EXCHANGE DIPLOMACY
IN THE ORIENT
(Wall Street JournaD


Some sections of the Japanese press
have been quick to appreciate that there
is more to the recently announced $780,
100000 credit to China by our exchange
stabilization fund than merely friendly
aid to maintain currency stability.
Currency StabiliZaJiOn credits to China
are not new but conditions today are
far different from those obtaining on
the occasions of previous arrangements.
With the world upset as it is, currency
StabiliZatiOn programs are hardly to be
thought of Furthermore, under present
circumstances, China does not need dol
lar credits to maintain her trade with
United States on the current basis. She
is one of the few countries which are
selling more to us than they are buying
here. As result the United States
month after month actually owes China
on trade balance. In the first nine months
of this year for example. China had
trade surplus here of SS.222, 600.
Since China is more than paying her
way here now and currency StabilizatiOn
at the moment is hardly practical mat
ter, there is only one Interpretation to be
placed upon the credits Just set up. In
the near future. China may need more
supplies than ever from us. We are guar
anteeing to China that she will be able to
pay for what she needs. Since China is
defending herself against a japanese in
vaSiOn we have in effect given China a
political commitment in the guise of an
exchange transaction.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Thur-
man Arnold'S investigation OF 1000
costs is in danger of getting strand
ed because of conflicting purposes
within the administration.
Hampered by lack of men and
money, ArnoldS antitrust division
is not going to be able to put the
food cost probe into effect on a
scale comparable, say. to its re-
cent study of building costs unless
it gets an increase in funds.
Congress might vote the money
next January. 1t will do so only
if there is an unmistakable public
demand for it. Meanwhile, the
president could allocate the money
from the emergency fund at his
disposal. But the defense commits
sion is cold to the whole nvestiga-
ton, the Department of Agricul-
turc is not much warmer, and there
is so far no sign that any alloca-
ton of funds is in prospect,
BROAD DRIVE
FOR SUCCESS
The antitrust division kept
around 100 men busy on its build
ing costs probe. So far it has been
able to muster fewer than a fifth
of that force for its food costs
study. 1t is working at present on
18 food cases, scme of which can
get only part-time attention from
the men who are handling them. 1t
has at least 100 more cases which
need ivestigation, and more are
turning up every week
And the point Of the whole thing,
according to Mr.. Arnold, IS that
any investigation of this kind-to
be cceSSful-needS to go ahead on
a broad front The building costs
drive got results, not merely be-
cause the division was working on
eight or ten cities at once, but be-
cause it was widely known that
there was going to be action all
over the country.
In many a city where antitrust
investigators had not even gone
to work practices which tended to
keep building costs up were aban-
doned simply because people got
religion when they saw how
sweeping the whole thing was. An
investigation that limpS and goes
slowly is effective only on the spe-
cific cases that are actually taken
into court.
So far. public reaction to the in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

were cautioning the actor about re-
acting to gunfire. In the first
filming of Billy the Kid they
said, Brown always telegraphed his
lethal intentions by screwing up
his face before he went for his
weapons. And every time he pull
ed trigger he'd finch.
They've got a good script, prac-
tically all of it true; at least therell
be no such outrageous history
twisting and moral white washing
as 20th-Fox gave to Jesse James.
CROSBY AND HOPE
GET STUNG
over at Paramount, a slave auc-
tioneer is in full cry. The picture
is The Road to Zanzibar second
of what probably Will be a long
string of Bing Crosby and Bob
Hope road d-to-someWhere flickerS
This time the wanderers are in
Africa, and they've come to the
slave market at the fearful urging
of Una Merkel. who says her girl
friend has been captured by some
evil traders and is about to be sold
down the river, or up into a harem,
or somewhere.
With notable restraint, the di-
rector hasn't cast Hollywood cuties
and chorus girls into the rags and
shackles of the slave pen. He
hired, instead, a bunch of cafe-au-
lait types from Central avenue.
The contrast is more effective
though, when Glamorist Dorothy
Lamour-Miss Merkel's pals yank-
ed up for bidding Crosby and Hope
spend all their money saving her
they believe, from a local Blue
beard. But the two women and
the auctioneer split the dough and
disappear. and all the chivalroua
Americans get is a lesson.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
So They Say

7 don't suppose there ever has
been a country in the world more
generous than America has been
TO Britain.
Lady Astor, British native of Vir-
ginia
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.


IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 3156
Notice of Time and Place Appointed
for Proving Will and Hearing Ap-
plicatiOn for Letters Testament
airy.
In the Matter of the Estate of
w. II. BROOKS, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a petit
ton for probate of the will of w. II.
BROOKS, deceased, and for the is
suance to GRACHIE A. BROOKS
Of letters teStamentary has been fill
ed in this court, and that Friday
the goth day of December, 1910 at
2 o'clock pm, of said day at the
courtroom of said court, in the CITY
of FL Centro, County of Imperial,
State of California, has been set
for the hearing of said petition,
when and where any person inter-
ested may appear and contest the
same, and show cause, if any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated December 9th, 1910.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY MAXINE CONSOLE,
Deputy Clerk.
d. b. ROBERTS,
Attorney for Petitioner.
tDee. O-lD mel
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

Too many people who won't stop at
anything are behind the steering wheel
of an automobile.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

Cancellation, mediation and vol
untary arbitration are the marks
Of civilization. They are the en-
euies Of distruct and force.
Ed McGrady, labor conciliator
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

In Switzerland, Swiss cheese gem
e;ally is marketed in large bulg-
ing wheels Of 100 to 200 pounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

The per capita consumption of
onions in the United States is 10
pounds annually.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Famous Sayings

Not to be able to bear poverty is shameful thing
but not to know how to chase it away by work is a
more shameful thing yet.-Pericles
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Did You Know?

An average of one person has
been accidentally killed every 16
minutes for the past 10 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

A New Jersey gal went to prison for
insulting Old Glory. Not bad idea: the
bars and stripes for those who don't res
pect the Stars and Stripes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

English women are taking restrictions
on sale of cosmetics like good soldiers,
even though face powder is banned.
That's where they shine.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
First Church of
Christ, Scientist

Branch of The Mother
Church, The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston,
Mass, holds all services in
the church edifice, corner OF
Olive and Seventh streets.
Sunday School: $50 O'Clock.
Sunday Morning Service, II
o'clock.
God the Preserver
Of Man"
Wednesday evening TeSti-
monial Meeting at O'Clock.
The Reading Room, at 219
Bank of America Building is
open daily Except Sunday
and legal holidays from LOO
to 400 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

The function Of democracy, un-
Ike totalitarian governments is to
train men-little men as well as
Big men-not for subjugation put
for independence.
Justice Douglas, U. s. Supreme
court
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
MEMBER

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Cali
fornia Newspaper PUBLISH
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

Bren guns are capable of firing
bullets one-third of an inch long
at the rate Of 700 to 800 a minute.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

Il was an opportunity 1t is
Low a vital necessity.
= President Roosevelt on the ST
IaMrenee SeaMaY pfOleeL.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

The SCOT discharged into the at
mosphere of England every year
represents three days coal output
of the entire country.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Thoughts for the Day

Slothfuncss casteth into deep sleep; ana an idlc
soul shall suffer hunger.-Proyerbs 1915.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

The Roman word "minutuS," ="
meaning small, is the source of our
word minnoW.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

The Soil Conservation Service
has planted more than 350,000,O00
trees.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

The earth travels approximately
18 miles a second in its journey
around the sun.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

Many persons of a superstitious
nature still bow to the moon when
they first see it. and turn the
coins in their pockets.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

At one time. the moon was an
object of devout worship.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

The Missouri, Mississippi, and Il
linois rivers are within a radius
of eight miles of a point in Cal
houn county Illinois.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

To-day the term seven seas is
used figuratiVely. and denot s
all the seas and oceans OF the
world.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

An average of one person has
been accidentally killed every 16
minutes for the past 10 years.
The per capita consumption of
onions in the United States is 10
pounds annually.
In Switzerland, Swiss cheese gen.
e;ally is marketed in large bulg-
ing wheels Of 100 to 200 pounds.
Bren guns are capable of firing
bullets one-third Of an inch long
at the rate Of 700 to 800 a minute.
The SCOT discharged into the at
mosphere of England every year
represents three days coal output
of the entire country
At one time. the moon was an
object of devout worship.
The Missouri, Mississippi, and Il
linois rivers are within a radius
of eight miles of point in Cal
houn county, Illinois.
Many persons of superstitious
nature still bow to the moon when
they first see it, and turn the
coins in their pockets.
The earth travels approximately
18 miles a second in its journey
around the sun.
The Roman word "minutuS,
meaning small, is the source of oul
word minnoW.
The Soil Conservation Service
has planted more than 35O,00000f
trees.
To-day the term seven seas i
used figuratiVely, and denote
all the seas and oceans OF th'
world.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-03-08

! married man and have baby. He
, left his wife and said he was going
off and take care of me and the baby
Is he?
Ans: Nav There is still another
woman in the casa young girl, and
it is with her that he is now spending
his time. Your confidence is mis-
placed in him, for he isn't half the
man he pretends to be. If you e,c-
pect to profit from your affair with
him, you are going to have to treat
him like he treats you In other words
pull his leg for everything you can
get He deserves such treatment.
CCM.- 7 have two children and
right now 7 am not getting enough
money to take care Of them and my
self and wish to know if I should
move or / sit better to remain where
am! T-vw VH7ETE,
Ans; A change right now would not I
be advisable. You arc managing to
exist on your present income and II
would suggest that you hold to your
Job until you are able to got some
thing better With two children 10
support-you cant be hoping ND and
CHANGING cities with no money ahead
F. B Please tell me if 7 am worth
trying to make something out of my
! self? What should dsP
Ans: Fellow if you don't respect
yourself-then you cant possibly ex-
pect anyone else to respect you. You
are but % years old, just old enough
to know how to live-sure you should
put forth some effort and try to
gain something worthwhile in this
world You need to get bette
paying job.
K. F W was injured by a city
light last year and have lawyer
handling this case and wish to know
if can get anything out of this case.
Ans; It seems to me that had you
made a report to the city immediate
ly after the accident-allowed them
to make their investigation and etc,
you would have been paid already.
If you expect to force a law suit, it
isn't likely that you will profit to
any great extent.
M. N The man that 7 was going
with went back to his wife the other
day by mistake as he was drinking
whiskey. He tells his friends that he
still loves me and I wish to know if
it is true or nOtf $50. ~
| Ans: Child are you blind-don't you
know that this man loves his wife
and has been shooting you "hot
| line" Stop your association with his
man Immediately for just as sure as
you continue, you will wind up with
a broken heart and will have every
one condemning you for going with
married men.
F G. c. Did my husband get turn
ed off from work or is it what he has
been telling me?
Ans: No, he actually lost his job ans
. he is terribly upset about it himself
He never realized that he would lose
out when he stayed out pretead.n-
he was sick SO much. He is really
hustling for another job. and 1
experience he has had will be good
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-03-08

6. B. have slipped suk ss two
occasions to fill date with certain
girl and she didn't show up. Is she
sincere for the second week in Msrch?
Ans: No-she Just isn't Interested.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-03-08
Continued from page one)
Abbott Dies

himself salary Of $500 weekly.
This was in contrast with stories Of
the editors early days Of struggle,
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-03-08

South mississippi Conference
Meridian, Roy L. Young Sl0AO9|
jackson, E. B. Black1nan $4,000
Gioster U. L. Washington $500
North Mississippi Confer nee
Olive Branch, J. A. Abram $2,oo
Tunica, w. o. Brown AZ M
East Mississippi
Water Palley, J. H. Walton S2000ol
Mississippi Conference
Greenwood, I. M. Coleman S4Ooo
'' W. W. Wall - $1,000
i"inDuS' T. Thomas - $4,000
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-03-08
PAGE THREE

when he wore patched clothes, went
without food, and begged the aysis-
lance of friends
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-03-08
Always interested IN

Always interested IN
the advancement Of his race, Abbott
was active in fields other than news
paper He made trips t. Europe and
South America 10 bind together Neg
roes and natives Of these foreign
lands. Here in the United States, he
was awarded honorary degrees by
Mor5= Brown college and WiLbeT-
force University
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-03-08
Finacial Department
81 CINE. Church
1910

Seventh Episcopal District
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-13
LAWS
 UNDER SCRUTINY
Four Changes Proposed in Statutes-RegistratiOn
 of Voters Favored

Several Waterburians attended hearings held at the State Capitol in Hartford yesterday by the state election laws revision commission on four proposed changes in the elec- tion statutes. William J. Pape is chairman of the commission, and Attorney J. Warren Upson is clerk.
 Republican Registrar of Voters Albert O. Taller of this city spoke in favor of a plan for simplifica- tion of the ballot. In the case of corfstables and some other offices, he said, nomination is equivalent to election and there is no need to have the list of names included on the ballot.
 Other proposals considered were registration of all voters in the state, compulsory use of voting na- chimes in all towns and abolition of the party levers on voting machines.
 Speakers favoring the changes de- clared that there are many grave faults in the election laws as they now stand. Arguments became spir- ited at times as proponents and op- ponents of the proposals gave their views in spirited fashion.
 The Connecticut League of Wo- men Voters renewed it's suggestion that all voters in the state be re- quired to sign registration lists and that they also sign before being al- lowed to vote on election day. This plan has been before the state legis- lature several times in the past. Some speakers yesterday even urged that all registered voters be finger printed.
 Representatives of major political parties opposed most of the changes. A number of registrars of voters spoke against the pro- posal for registration of voters.
 One plan for simplifying the ball. lot calls for having governor and lieutenant governor as the only elective state offices, with all others to be appointed. This suggestion met with considerable opposition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-13
TRUCK AND SEDAN
 COLLIDE HEAD-ON
Cheshire Girl Is Thrown Against Windshield Suf=
 fering Facial Cuts

Cheshire, Nov. 13-A truck, owned by the Lombard Bros, Inc, of Wa terbury and driven by Peter Marin gola of 1473 Baldwin street, Water bury, and sedon, operated by Paul Manzik of Mixville road, Cheshire was involved in a head-on collision on the Cheshire Waterbury road last evening in which a 19 year old girl a passenger in the sedan, was cut about the face necessitating hospital treatment.
 Rita Newkirch, daughter of MT and Mrs. John J. Newkirch of Hor- ton avenue, this town, was taken to St. Mary's hospital after receiving treatment from Dr. Wilbur Moore for decorations of the face. Her con- dition at the hospital tcday was satisfactory"
 Constable Leroy Carpenter nves- tigated and reported that the girl had been thrown against the wind shield, but that the two drivers es- capped uninjured. The latter two