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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
BY LOUIS +. KEEMLE
United Press Gable Editor

Even before, Sumner Welles has
made more than bare start on his
European mission. statesmen and
the press of belligerents are voicing
determination 10 fight 10 a finish.
Washington has made il clear that
Welles is not authorized 70 sug-
gest any peace mediator or 10 make
any proposals whatever but merely
TO listen and observe. Nevertheless,
he is being pointedly told IN advance
that any compromISe of peace IS out
of the question.
The whole thing started the day
before Welles landed IN Italy when
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
re-stated Britain war AIMS and
her refusal 10 deal with Hitler. anC
the fuehrer promptly retorted with
a blast in which he SAID Germany
would never be conquered.
Since then there has been almost
q crescendo along the same lines
II comes from London, Paris, Ber-
lin and Rome.
In London. David LLOYD George
World War prime minister, showed
he had given up hope OF peace
effort which he had urged few
months ago
We will have TO 90 through with
II until we reach an honorable
equitable and enduring peace. he
said. Better a long war than d
mean get-out"
The German press vigorously de-
MED in allied countries that Hitler
was trying to engineer a peace move
through the neutrals. calling il an
impudent swindling maneuver OF
English well-poisoners.'
1T is an open secret that Ger
many cannot be conquered was a
typical comment.
Another to voice the general de-
tnsxn1nAtiOn 10 carry on the war
with vieor was Winston Churchill
Iritain's first lord of the admiralty
v,>o revealed his plans for building
up the British navy 10 invinelble
u(reugth 10 combat the German
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05

\ Group Of 50 organizations III
San Diego county Monday protested
further increase of state park areas
III that county and asked the I'M
peral county board Of supervisors
10 aGG their voices 10 the protest.
SupervISorS. however declared
they would have TO have time 10
study the bulky document contain
ing the official statement of the
organizations.
They further declared they
thought II would be a good idea
for Walter Bellon San Diego county
supervisor and the man who pre-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
Relief Clients
Checks SIashed

Continued From Page One)
migratory farm workers who came
to California in search OF work
They are stranded"
Meanwhile, Imperial countys re-
lief families held one ray of hope
the Surplus Commodity division
for supplementing their reduced
fare
1t is unfortunate that we cam
not use the surplus commodities
TO make up for the cuts Director
Ned Holmes of the SRA said Tues
day. I'VE can use them only for
emergencies.
These cuts are uniform through
out the state" he said. and no
matter how low the case load might
drop in any one county the cut
remains the same for all on relief
rolls"
Cut to $500
Relief recipients IN Imperial
county said they did not know how
they were to get along with less
money. Holmes said.
One mans usual ST. check was
cut 10 $500. One family's S44 check
was slashed to S3l. That meant, he
said. family OF tour must pay
rent, buy groceries. and all other
supplies except what wearing ap-
parel was obtained from the SRA.
Legislators maintained that the
80 per cent slash in relief payments
ordered by SRA was a political
move on the part of Governor o.
son. They claimed that enough
money was appropriated at the spe-
cial session TO finance relief, II
costs are cut anG
chiselers kicked off the rolls.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
MexiCans on Trial
Aqain in Robbery

Three Brawley Mexicans played
repeat performance in superior
court Tuesday
John Martinez, Clifford Robertson
and Joe Trias, went to trial a sec
ond time on charge of burglarizing
the Boston store in BraWley late
last year. The jury which heard
the first trial was unable to agree
on q verdict.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
Privileged Drivers
Soon Must Join
Common Herd

Proud owners of Good Until Re
voked" drivers licenses will become
members of the common herd soon
Captain Frank Oswalt OF the high
way patrol warned Tuesday.
The licenses were ordered relin-
Cuished by their owners in exchange
for the ordinary type OF four-year
license. The order was issued by
Howard Philbrick director Of motor
vehicles.
These special licenses, about l.
500. 900 OF them. were issued in 1927
1923. and 1929. Minimum eXamina-
tions will be given ana new licenses
issued at no cost The 1927 cards
will be called in first
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05

company with Harold Hunt.
SUNDAY March u. he Will speak
At morning services IN the FL Cen
ire Pres hytewan church. al after
noon services al the Presbyterian
Mexican Mission IL Brawley. and
that night n the Brawley PreSby-
terrain chUYCE
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
Double Meaninu'
To Jury Verdict

A verdict with a double meaning
was returned by a coroner's jury
which investigated the death of Mrs
Nora Tice. SO, as result of a
traffic accident near Holtville last
Friday night
AN unavoidable automobile ac-
cident due to excessive speed on
the part Of Harold Arp, l9, driver Of
the car which struck Mrs. Tice, .
was the verdict returned by the
jury.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05

Will be devoted to conferences with
religious leaders and county Off
cialS on migrant problems.
In his letter to the Rev. Dr.
Thomas. Dr. Shriver SAID, I am
convinced that the county Is the
most effective unit for planning and
carrying out the social and religious
program for tie migrant"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
WEALTHY CALIFORNIA
HORSEMAN SUBPENAED

LOS ANGELES, March 5. CUP)
"A subpoena was issued today for
Norman w. Church, wealthy Cali
fornia horseman. in connection with
a state senate investigation in
which Church was accused of ask
ing $30OO00 from the Hollywood
Turf club as Il campaign contribu-
ton,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
WEATHER

'Datn complied by observers for
the official nited states Weather
Bureau station AZ IL Ieutro,
Maximum Monday 81
Minimum Tuesday a.
Reading at Noon Tuesday
Temperature az
Humidity 49, %
Reading at a. m. Tuesday
Temperature 43
Humidity 50
Reading at p. VI. Monday
Temperature IS
Humidity 80
Southern California-FaIr Tues
day night and Wednesday: little
change in temperature: gentle north
wind off coast.
Los Angeles and Vicinity-Fair
Tuesday night and Wednesday; con-
tlnued rather warm with little
change in temperature. gentle
northwest TO northeast wind.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
Further Increases in Park Areas Within
County Protested by San Diego Group

Sented the protest, To confer witt
residents of Imperial county Wh'
favor increasing the state park ar"a
III the two counties.
Supervisors said they planned to
vote on the proposition at Their
meeting March l8.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-05
CRUELTY CHARGED

Charging extreme cruelty, Eva
May Starr Monday filed suit for di-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16
In Today's Mail

most carefully prepared evaluation of Connecticut, that want to pass it on to the citizens of our State. MT. Steele told of having a group of Survey Engineers study poten- tiaI sites on the Atlantic Seaboard for his Eastern factory. He said he was impressed with the administra- ton being given Connecticut and it's political ub-divisions. He consider ed all of the officials he met and talked with-sincere, straight for ward men, who offered no bait of any kind, but who; in a modest way, told of Connecticut as the cradle of industry and as the home of a high-type citizenry.
 MT. Steele, of course, considered transportation facilities and all the other factors important in locating an industry, but the high note of his tribute to Connecticut was-"I found the people of Connecticut neither high-hat, nor low-brow; just nice, regular people. They are the kind of people with whom I would like our employees to live and work and play"
 No one who has studied State or sectional development will question for a moment that the human equasion is the predominant factor in an intelligent analysis, but who has more aptly put it than our new- conner from the Pacific Coast who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16

Old age taxes in Connecticut may take a flyer in the spring. There is strong move afoot in official circles to have the $3 tax that most of us pay annually now jacked up to $45O. The officials have good reasons for asking such an increase. The best one is the fact that the $3 tax isn't proving adequate for the demands being made and those anticipated in the future. In short, we're not taking in enough money to cover the benefits being paid. And this in spite of the fact that we get matching federal funds for taxes collected. Ultimately some new method of financing old age payments must be made and the only logical one seems to be a jump in the, present tax of $3 that all between the ages of 21 and 60 are supposed to pay. We don't know how the people will take this plan, but if they want to share in the benefits later on they will have to put it in earlier in life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16
A Long Ways Of

Although the test borings at West Rock are proceeding as rapidly as possible and it seems definitely certain that the State Highway Department is committed to policy of actually constructing a tunnel through this traprock hill outside of New Haven, it may not be built for five or ten years, and possibly never: If it is built at all, it won't be ready for number of years, five at the very least. That's off, cial. But it's unofficial, of course, that it may not be built at all.
 Although present plans call for the tun- mel through the rock to divert traffic around one end of New Haven, they fail to take into consideration the changing political fortunes in Connecticut. Already in two years there have been, three changes. Two years ago at this time we had a Democratic governor, Wilbur l.. Cross. But he was getting ready to vacate office after lengthy regime at eight years Again today his successor, Governor Raymond E. Baldwin, Republi- can, prepared to vacate and another Democrat, Robert A. Hurley, is getting ready to move in.
 MT. Hurley knows something about road-building and big projects, such as the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway is bound to be. And it should not be forgotten that the term of State Highway Commissioner William J. Cox expires with the incom- ing Legislature. However, he will con- unue in office until he is reappointed and approved by the Senate or success sor likewise designated. In short the fate of the discussed West Rock tunnel may very well rest in the hands of Connecticut's new governor, Robert A. Hurley. He can upset or approve the plan very easily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16
Not the Right Spirit

We can't quite see where Alderman Joseph Reiner was justified in making some of the remarks he did last Thurs day night when the aldermen finally ap- proved the 1941 budget and tax rate o9 31 mills If he is correctly quoted by the local press then he ascribes to the administration of Mayor Vincent Scully certain traits which certainly have not been manifest to date and which no one has any reason to believe will ever be displayed. If there is criticism of the new budget it should be made, but there is right and wrong way of doing such thing.
 Certainly the wrong way is to insinuate that Mayor Scully or any member of his administration will have to go up to Hart ford after the Legislature has convened and seek pressure" authorization for bond issues to be floated by this city. Lobbying tactics, such as have been alleged against the former adminlstra- tion of ex-mayor Frank Hayes, won't man Reiner. Well, if lobbying tactics are to be necessary for a community to get needed legislation under the regime of Governor Elect Robert A. Hurley, then he is going to disappoint many of his loyal packers
 Construction of second pipeline from the Morris reservoirs to this city is vital project, but also most expensive one. That the city authorities did not provide for it in the new budget does not mean that it won't come to pass within the near future. But that the city is going to be kicked around the lot when it does try to put through such important projects as the pipeline or the sewage disposal system doesn't necessarily follow.
 If some one has workable plan for continuing the city on an economy bud get, yet at the same time taking care of all the expensive projects that it faces, they should bring it forward. We think that Mayor Scully would be the first to welcome it. But until this is done we don't see why he or his efficient aides shouldn't consider their plan of meeting the situation the best possible one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16
Too Many Colleges?

I; it possible for country to have too many colleges? That seems strange question to ask in a land which has pin ned it's faith so unquestioningly on higher education We Americans have had touching faith in education in general, and in college education in par ticular. It comes as bit of shock to hear Dr. Frederick F. Keppel of the Carnegie Corporation of New York writ ing: :" and there are in the United
 States far more universities, colleges and other operating institutions, and far more voluntary organizations for worthy purposes than the nation can possibly afford"
 The sheer number of American col leges is always source of amazement to visitors from abroad. When the coun- try was being settled, no community was more than hacked out of the forest or set
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16

upon the new-turned sod before the cry went up for a college. Somewhere the money was always forthcoming. Teach CTS and students went without every lux ury, often without even decent food and clothing, to spread the higher education on which their faith was so firmly pinned. Before each new frontier was more than barely established, up rose some tiny "Hardscrabble Hellas" bravely lifting up flickering torch of enlightenment.
 Not all were good colleges, of course, judged by the highest standards of plushily-endow institutions. But they have given variety to American college education in accordance with the good old American belief that no one broad highway leads to coy Truth, whose habi- tat is more likely to be discovered if she is Stalked from a thousand different di- rectionS. Now we are told that the rich est country in the world has more colleges than it can afford. Not that it has too many colleges to seek and spread truth, not Dr. Keppel have put it more accur- ately, perhaps, had he said, "more than the people under present. circumstances choose to support?
 True, interest rates on endowments are down. True, demands on accumu- lated wealth are greater than they once were. Yet the United States can scarcely afford to allow college education to be- come mere function of the state. It would then lose that infinite variety which is one of it's chief virtues It is unlikely that the United States has "too many colleges" What it needs is more enthusiastic and conscientious support of the prOfuSiOn of colleges which still for higher education than the youth of any other country in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16

Because we do not understand everything about the Bible is no reason that we should not accept and follow the things we do under stand. Just as we do not have to have everything in the world to be happy, so we do not have to know everything before we can experience religious faith. If we will act on the basis of what we know, we will soon begin to understand many things that we formerly did not know. Some people are constitu- tional doubters. and they keep them selves in dither all the time over the things in the Bible they do not understand on the other hand, the truly religious worry about the
 things they do understand and fail to live up to.
 Reason was never intended to take us the whole of the way m religion. It takes faith to do that.
 Reason deals with immediate facts;
 faith deals with futures Reason
 shows us how to put into logical lorder the things we know; faith is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16
l ALIENS SURPRISE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT


 The Department of Justice is be- ginning to discover that the United States. contains more aliens than anyone had supposed.
 The 1880 census said there were about six and a quarter million aliens in the country a decade ago. ,Deducting the number that had be- come naturalized and adjusting the figures to account for deaths and the excess of emigrants over innmi- grants, statisticians figured that 3,60O,OOO was about the right total for 1940. It is obvious now, how ever, that that figure will be ex- ceeded. Besoo guess is that fully 4,250,000 will have registered by the time the registration period closes on December 26.
 Apparently what has happened is that there were many more illegal entries than anyone had figured on. Surprising thing ot the Inlmigra- tion and Naturalization Service men is that the aliens who are here H. legally are coming forward so eager ly to register. Many of them, as a matter of fact, have said that they were glad to register and end the suspense of fearing each day that an immigration inspector would catch up with them.
 All of this will ultimately give Attorney General Jackson head ache. The law gives him authority to pass on each individual case and say whether an illegal eIltrant may be allowed to remain. Before he gets through he will have thousands and thousands of cases to handle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16

The first tests made at West Rock in New Haven to determine what type of rock will be encountered in drilling vehicular tunnel through it show trap rock However, the drills are only biting out 15 feet a day, so no one really knows what will be met with at the level where the roadway would be- The drillers will probably go down as deep as 300 or 400 feet before they have obtained enough information on which will be based esti- mates on the cost of a 1,160 foot tunnel through West Rock. Tunnels are not uncommon in this day and age, but this will be Connecticut's first vehicular tun- mel if actually built.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16

One of the many constitutional amend ments that will be proposed to the Legis. lature in 1941 will be to lengthen the term of governor from two to four years. That's an "oldie''. It was first recom- mended when Wilbur L. Cross was gover- nor and he had reorganization commis- sion, headed by Colonel Thomas Hewes of Pennington, bring in such request. The Legislature turned it down, as it did many of those reforms that seem to be enjoying popularity right now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16

non-involvment in the war, these troops are marking time. If they are to be had, the side which gets them will get what might well be decisive advantage in the eastern Mediterranean area.
 Chiappe, according to advices in Washington, had become a sort of super -Fouche since establishment of the vichy regime. Cold, canny and calculating, he is credited with hav- ing cleaned up' Paris for the Vichy -Nazi forces. General belief is that he was being sent to Syria to do a similar job there. A couple of months of Chiappe's ninistra- tions, it is believed, would have left the army in Asia Minor ripe for the. use of the Laval-Hitler combine, Hence Chiappe's death at sea is re- garded as one of the important events of the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16

issue.
 NOTE-Another junketeer is Representative Dewey Short, Mis- souri Republican and one of the most vehement anti-adjourners in Congress, who is pleasuring on cruise in the Caribbean.
 MERRY ROUND
 The American Legion has been among the staunchest supporters of Representative Martin Dies, but his row with the FBI isn't sitting well with Legion leaders. Address ing a Legion gathering in Des MOines, Robert J. Shaw, Iowa State Commander and a lifelong Republican, reprimanded Dies for exceeding his authority. "Dies tries his cases in the newspapers" ]" said Shaw, "the FBY tries them In the laboratory. I would remind Mir. Dies that good bird dogs don't bark" The President recently sent around to Defense heads an article in The New Republic en- titled Preparedness: the Lesson of Germany asserting that the NaziS did not finance their giant war preparations by taking 1t out of the hide of the people" but by great increases in the national in- come through government spend- ing. What Roosevelt doesn't know is that the article was based on a comprehensive report prepared for the Defense Commission by Dr. Calvin Hoover of Duke University and Dr;. Otto Nathan of New York U., and that the document will soon be sent to him with other studies of British and Italian economy prepared by the two ex- perts.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16
DEFENSE BOOM HELPS COTTON

Defense boom is giving the cotton industry much needed shot in the arm, although still bigger one is badly needed.
 It looks now, say Agriculture De- partment experts, as if total domes- tic consumption of cotton for the present marketing year will run little better than 8.500.O00 bales perhaps as high as 9,O00,000. This would be from one and one-half tc two million above the average con- sumption over the last five years.
 That doesn't make up for the loss of exports due to the war. Total exports for the year will be close to 100000 bales, which is some 3,S0O,C GOO under the five-year aver age. With 8 current crop Of 12,- 500,000 bales anticipated, stocks on hand in the U. s. are likely to ex- ceed the ali-time high of 13,000, 900 bales set in 1939
 Cotton problem is still there, in other words. Increase in home con- sum- jon provides the only ray Of light.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16
Whats Your l. O.!

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to page ?? for the answers: 1. Which is the largest ocean? 3. Which State Is nicknamed Garden State?p 3. what territory did Thomas
 Jefferson acquire for the United States?
 4. In which city did Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrate his
 telephone? 5. A recently developed substitute for silk used to manufacture stock ingS is ? 6. Can a moving object reverse its direction without coming to . stop? !. Which Vice President of the United States was arrested and tried for treason soon after he retired from office and, after a lengthy trial, was acquitted? Q. What are nits? Q. What Is wright? 10. Is Madame Chiang Kai-Shek a graduate of wellesley College, Vas- sar, or Bryn MaWr9