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Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
by Willis Thornton =.
Foster Comes Into His Own

New York University has an
nounced the election of Stephen
Collins Foster to its celebrated cam
pus Hall of Fame. The university
does not honor Foster so much as
it honors itself.
Much lesser men have been chos-
en- in past times Foster is the first
musician to be selected and the one
most deserving.
He calls to mind the famous
words of ANDREW Fletcher of Sal
toun. who flourished in the latter
part of the 18th century.
Give me the making of the songs
of a nation and I care not who
makes its laws"
Many laws have been written in
the United States, but is doubt
full whether the authors of any of
them will ever reach the immor-
tality that is Fosters. A whole ma
ton sang his songs just before
the Civil War. A whole nation is
still singing them, even in this age
of jazz and swing His compositions
have attained the one guarantee
of lasting life-they have become
genuine folk songs.
And the wonder is that it was
Foster who wrote them. Not that
he did not have musical genius.
In fact, like most musical and liter
ary geniuses, he started young, his
first song being published when he
was only 16. Foster was born in
the north near Pittsburgh but he
became the veritable poet laureate
of the slave days in the south.
When he drifted down to Ken
lucky he seemed to breathe in the
very soul of the colored folk. He
had musical rythms like theirs. He
had sentiments often like theirs.
He understood their deep love of
the very country in which they
were enslaved.
His old Kentucky Home" has
become the official song of the
Bluegrass State. His old Black
joe" old Folks at Home" tSu-
vance RiyeD and "Massa'S in the
Cold. Cold Ground" are American
classics.
Maybe Foster had his happy days,
but many of his songs are mournful.
And the chances are that his sad
ness came from the mishaps OF
his own life. life which he him
self helped to spoil by his impro-
vidence.
There were nights when he did
not know where he would lay his
head. There were days when he
was threadbare There were meal
times when he went hungry. This,
in spite of the fact that many
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
BRITISH SHIPYARD
{ Riverside PreSS)

(RlVefSlQe PfeSS)
From Washington comes the report
that the British government is seriously
considering the establishment of a large
assembly shipyard at Terminal Island,
in Los Angeles county. for the construc-
tion of standardized freighters for the
British Merchant Marine
Such a project is interesting for other
reasons than its possible Importance to
Southern California, points out the San
ia Monica Outlook. 1t will be recalled
that during the World War the United
States government tried a similar eX
pertinent of building prefabricated mer-
chant ships at Hog Island, near Phila-
delphia. This experiment cost the ma
ton vast sums of money and very un-
satisfactory results were attained. So
many difficulties and delays were en-
countered that most of the ambitious
shipbuilding program remained uncom-
pleted when the war ended.
There is no doubt the British will steer
clear of many of the mistakes we made
at Hog Island, and because of the exper-
ience we had will make a success of their
venture in shipbuilding by remote con-
troll. Negotiations are said to be we'll
advanced looking to the acquisition of a
site at Terminal Island where a ship
yard will be constructed capable of as
sembling 28 ships at time, with a cap
acity of 100 ships annually.
With their great experience in ship
building it is most likely the British will
succeed in their objective. 1t is a curious
thing, however, and one which is being
commented upon by newspaper editors
that the British should construct a ship
yard on the west coast when almost any
location on the east coast would offer
greater conveniences.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
TWENTY-SlX PLANES
FOR GREAT BRITAIN
(Christian Science Monitor)

(O0rlSlldn SClelC0 MOHllUl
Manv Americans were under the i'm
preston that the United States had al
ready delivered to Great Britain some OF
the army planes called flying fortress
es." The intention to do so was reported
several weeks ago. Now 1t is reported
again. Twenty-siX bombers are to go TO
Bsitain with deliveries to be completed
by March Negotiations are also under
way by which twenty more ships of this
type will be released to the British in
exchange for motors to equip bombers
for which the American army lacks en-
gines.
BY this time it should be manifest that
intentions and negotiations dealing with
airplane production there should be no
counting of wings before they are spread.
And big as these "fortresses" are, they
are but drop in the bucket compared
with the need on the first line of democ
racy's defense. The current Nazi attempt
to wipe out British plane plants in indus
trial cities like Coventry and Birming-
ham points up the necessity of speeding
American production. Since the success
Of British pilots lessons the possibility
of American pilots being called, the
United States can we'll afford to be gen
erouS in the allotment of planes to Brit
ain
Indeed generous is hardly the word.
The ships now being produced are like
ly to be out of date before there is any
probability of their being needed at home.
And they are being we'll paid for. In
addition the British are giving American
military men an opportunity to check on
the performance of planes in actual use
an invaluable aid in plans for new con-
struction and for methods of using it. 1t
seems so evident that these twenty-six
planes-so few in comparison-are 60
ing where they will be most useful to
American defense that the demand should
be for many more to go.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
ABOUT COOPERATION

President Roosevelt's polite slap at
Chairman Martin Dies about premature
disclosure of facts" and "hasty seizure
used in prosecuting fifth columnists is
unjust, in view of the record
Students of the news will remember
that, before publishing his white paper"
on Nazi activities in the United States,
Dies asked the state department to adj
wise him whether such publication would
in any way hamper the executive branch
of the government. The state depart
ments answer was virtually direct
snub-it was not interested in Mr.. Dies
committee one way or the other.
Possibly, if Dies had the cooperation
he seeks, there would not be the "prema-
ture disclosures to which the President
implies objection.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28

WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-Best
hope for an early settlement OF the
long standing scrap between Ameri-
can oil companies and the Mexican
government may lie in the simple
fact that Col. Patrick j. Hurley Is
going to Mexico for the inaugura-
ton of President-e elect Manuel Avila
Camacho.
The whole thing is very hush
hush so far. but here's the situa-
ton:
Not long ago the Mexican gov
ernment sent special invitation,
asking Col. and Mrs Hurley to at
tend the inaugural ceremonies as
guest of the government. Col. Hur-
lev Of course, is a private citizen
with no government connections.
(Also, he's a devout Republican
and a former member of Hoover's
cabinet.l But
Hurley was recently notified by
the War Department that as a
colonel in the U. S. army reserve
he had been put on the eligible
list for summons to active duty
with the rank of brigadier-g general
of infantry. The colonel is 57-a
vigorous 81 to be sure. but it's
highly unusual for the department
to hand out promotions to reserve
officers of that age.
Add to this the fact that Hurley
has the confidence of the Mexican
government and few months ago
succeeded in working out a settle
ment of the dispute between Mexi-
co and the Sinclair Oil Company.
HURLEY MAY
DO SPADEWORK
Officially, Donald r. Richberg
has been handling oil negotiations
for the two major oil companies
whose claims against Mexico are
MISUNDERSTANDING and Dutch
Shell. Richberg has been a White
House favorite ever since NRA days
and retains the confidence of this
administration.
It's highly unlikely that Hurley
or anyone else would replace Rich
berg as front man in the expected
deal for 4 settlement. Nevertheless.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
I'LL TELL YOU HOW
100 CAN MAKE
YOU FEEL LIKE
A MILLI0NAIREI"

Sounds impossible, doesn't
it! But when Christmas rolls
around, and you receive
hundred dollar check from
Bank Of Americas Christmas
Club-it can make you feel
like a millionaire!"
This year 100000 men,
women, and children are 60
ing to share more than 16
million dollars which Bank
of America Christmas Club
will distribute December ,
the largest Christmas Club
check in the world! Anyone
Can join the Bank of America
Christmas Club who can save
as little as soc a week. You
may save a lot more if you
care to. You save according TO
your income and the amount
of the check you want to re-
ceive before Christmas 1911.
Bank of America National
Trust and Savings Associa-
tion, a member of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corpora
ton, pays regular savings in.
terest on completed Christmas
Club accounts
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
by Bruce Cation ;.
The Inside Track in Washington

when YOU add all the facts together
Won can see how something like TINS
could happen:
Suppose Hurley is called to ac-
tive duty as a brigadier general and
in that capacity goes down to
Mexico for the inaugural ceremo-
nies along with Vice President Hen
ry A. Wallace and all the other dig
nitaries. AS an intimate OF many
of the high Mexican officials, a vet
eran oil man and also a general Of
ficer in the United States army, it
would be perfectly natural for him
to discuss the oil question Gas a
military problem, perhaps) with
ranking Mexican army officers.
And if that should happen, it
would hardly be surprising to find
that the groundwork for a COM
plete settlement was laid-on which
Richberg and the civil officials OF
the two governments could then
build an agreement.
JAPANESE
ANGLE
1t certainly is no secret that the
Roosevelt administration has long
been anxious to get the oil problem
washed up. It's no particular secret
either, that the oil companies have
kept in fairly close touch with the
White House and the State De-
partment concerning the negotia-
tionS.
A couple of other points are of
interest in that connection.
When the move for settlement
first began. year or more ago, the
president was inclined to feel that
the whole dispute ought to be set
tied pretty much Mexicos way
with the American companies max
ing most of the concessions. He
was dissuaded when it was pointed
out to him that that would jeopar-
dize American property holdings
everywhere.
In addition, continued non-set-
tlement of the dispute has meant
that a vast quantity of oil which
might be going to the United States
is, at least potentially, available
for the japanese.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
WHERE NATIONAL UNITY
IS MOST BADLY NEEDED

Out of the fogs of partisan argument
and selfish pickering finally is emerging
the greatest threat to the United States
national defense program, and through II
possibly to the United States itself. 1t
is a threat that comes not from Ger
many, not from Russia, not from Japan
II is a threat that comes from Americans
themselves.
1t lies in the conflict between employ
ers and employees 1t springs from the
difference between manufacturing exec
utives and labor union leaders.
1t presents the greatest challenger of
a decade to congress, and to every Amer
lean, for constructive action.
One-sided argument will not remove
the danger, any more than one-Slded ac-
ton will alleviate it.
We must concede that there is legltl-
mate danger to legitimate progress by
labor unions if INSCRIPTIONS employers
attempt to use the national defense en-
ergency as an excuse to cancel all OF la
bor's gains.
We must admit that there is grave
danger to legitimate business from un-
scrupulous labor leaders who make the
emergency their excuse to stir up strikes,
class warfare and bitterness for the sake
of few utterly selfish triumphs.
And, above all, we must recognize that
there is danger to both employers and
employees from the fact that government
may be forced to take over almost COM
pete control of both industry and labor
if the two cannot compromise their own
differences.
Strikes in defense Industries must end
but that does not mean that labor must
lose its rights and privileges. 1t merely
means that the methods of civilization
represented by arbitration-must be used
instead of the methods of barbarism-
represented by the physical force inner
ent in strikes.
There must be no ''if'' about coopera-
ton in the national defense program.
This country cannot afford to let labor
unions say, as the American Federation
of Labor attempted to say at its national
convention, 1--WE will cooperate in nation
al defense II thus and so is guaranteed
to US" Nor can it afford to let employ
ers say, eve will cooperate IF suffi-
cient profits are guaranteed to u.s."
This is not a matter of guaranteeing
anything to anybody-it is a matter of
if that bloody alternative becomes nee
essary.
The nations job now is to find the
most efficient method of building arma-
ments, with the least possible harm to
everyone concerned. But We might as
we'll make up our minds-whether we
are employers Or employes-that there
is going to he a certain amount of dis
comfort for everybody along the way.
Realizing that, we've got to find way
to get along together, or else we might
as we'll give up the fight before we begin
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORK
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ths

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tildI
a resolution of intention being Res
olution No. 1877 was on the goth day
of November, 1910 adopted and
passed wherein it was proposed that
a certain alley therein referred TO
and hereinafter described be vacat-
ed and entirely closed up. Said al
ley is described as follows:
That certain 10 foot alley
between Blocks IA and Is,
Second Addition, City OF Ell
Centre, California.
Said resolution of intention is
hereby referred to for further par
ticulars.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that any person interested
objecting TO the said closing of the
said alley may make written objec-
tions to the same within ten G0)
days after the expiration of the
time of the publication of this no.
tice and such objection or objec-
tions will be given a hearing by
the City Council as provided by
law.
M. J. SHELTON,
Street Superintendent of
the City of Ell Centre.
(N28-D9 incD
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.


No. 3151
Notice of Time and Place of Hear
ing Petition to Establish Birth.
In the Matter of Establishing the
Birth of TADASHI NOMURA, a
Minor.
Notice is hereby given that Tsu-
nejiro Nomura has filed in the
above-entitled court petition pray
ing for an order establishing the
birth of TADASHI NOMURA. a
minor. Reference to said petition
is hereby made for further parti.
culars.
And, notice is hereby further
given that the hearing of said petit
ton has been fixed by the Clerk
of said court for Friday the 18th day
of December, 1910 at two o'clock
pm. of said day at the court room
of Department 2 of said court at
the court house in the City of FL
Centre. County of Imperial, State
of California, and all persons in
terested are notified then and there
to appear and show cause, if any
they have, why an order should not
be made establishing the birth OF
Tadashi Nomura
Dated this % day of November,
1910.
w. J. McCLELLAND,
Clerk
BY MAXINE CONSOLE,
Deputy Clerk.
(N27-D8 inch
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28

of his published songs brought him
in good revenue. There were nights
when he sat on park benches with
shabby down-and-outs.
But nothing spoiled the natural
decency of his mind and heart. His
melodies remained refined. His
songs remained clean. So they cap
tured the fancy of both young and
old. So they gave their author, who
died at 38, sure immortality and
a hold on the affections of the
plain people that is hard to match.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28

The fatalities of the hunting sea-
son best prove that many a person
who has a hunting license has no
license to hunt.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
Barbs

Blackouts keep the German peo-
pie in the dark during the night and
censorship does it during the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
Did You Know?

The amount of coin and currency
in circulation in the United States
reached high of $7679, 600 900 on
Dec. 20, 1899.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
Thoughts for the Day

And God said Let the earth bring forth grass, the
herb yielding seed the fruit yielding fruit
after his kind whose seed in ITSELF upon the earth
and it was so-Genesis Ill.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28
Famous Sayings

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omn-
present God bursts through everywhere-Emerson.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28

Since the year 1900, more than
Sl5,6000 100000 worth of gold has
disappeared through destruction,
boarding, or ship sinkings.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28

We'd hate to have happen to us
what happened to Mussolini when
he drove in for a Greece job.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-28

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-28

Weekend Sports Parade
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

Cornell has been catching plenty OF nell
past whose teams can't catch up with
country the rather mea
mohed charge Mr.. Big Of Ohio State VINO
wwaggng plays the Big
Saturday at Columbus where CorneA
IA points to win 27
johns charge Wnen
said saying not only
during the game coaching from the bench The
rules anything like that the bench OF
think of it, that after the game or next DAY
should not be taken too seriously
Raw Mclean who pucked Cleo ODOnnePs little St.
in the Chicago Bears
Of match the
after watching performance against the New York
Giants yesterday. and around Giants covering him
for touchdOwn and ne
fast it
Giants Eddie Mixer and both
squads great football players Ihougn
the 80 at the first hail. the ans
Kick 50 yard goal and at angle tool
Columbia boy got great hand Tor great
trouble with him last season.
wenown collector Is PACK at 81
arv with Kidneys though they be found
be gold holding Make Roenooo WheI
Gunther Elberhard
college 1oopa
game from press Saturday he at YaeNay and go
Mule will get from those navy PACK
could
downs Coach decided to bear down which he didn't
Ys only entire the result OF paKeC
in the hands Bathommy of three Yaes who played any
Thing resembling college usually leather
the day OFF and got pig eyu Oh I'LL
watch that NoWak places!
Plot CrackeracKs IN We
Nothing else will draw more IMAM 'oo 1aS
Croby-Wiby Day. Joe Wlhas an aoAe ana
M the Cornell team SATURDAY
that he rates the in 20 years adding that IT.
his 1910 Big Red good as the 1881 Noe Dame
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-28
N H EAGLES OPEN
AGAINST CHAMPS
Providence Reds on Arena
Ice Wednesday; Robin
son New Coach

New Haven, Oct. 28.-The New
Haven Eagles drew the toughest as
signment of any club in the Ameri-
can Hockey league for their open
ing game of the 1940-41 campaign
which gets underway at the Arena
on Wednesday night The Battle
Birds face off against the Provi-
dence Reds, defending champions.
However, the Eagles ooze conf
dence. Led by Earl Robinson, new
ly appointed player-coach, and with
a half a dozen new faces in the
lineup, mixed with sprinkling OF
veterans from last years great club,
the Eagles are confident OF getting
off ON the right foot.
Phil Stein, one of the best goalies
to wear the pads in this league in
recent years, will mind the nets for
New Haven. Phil was purchased
from Toronto. He will battle Mike
Karakas, Providence star, who will
guard the fort for the Reds again
this season.
Vic Myles, rugged defenseman,
had been shining in the two-week
training period, while Jack Cain, an
Irishman from Montreal, has also
been checking hard and deadly in
defense work at st. Hyacinthe, New
Haven travels to Springfield on Sat-
urday night, and then returns home
to the Arena on next Sunday
against the Indians.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-28
MINNESOTA And
northwestern
BEST THIS week
Texas A. M. State? U. c.
L. A. to Test Stanford;
Arkansas Surprises
BY HARRY FERGUSON
limited Press Gnorts Editorl

New York, Oct. 20 - (UP) - The
midwest, still agog about the Michi-
gan Pennsylvania classic, retains the
national football spotlight this week
with the top game Of the nation
being played at Evanston, ILL.,, be-
tween Minnesota and Northwestern.
both undefeated and united.
The winner probably viii go on
to the western conference cham
pionship and maybe to recognition
as national champion. Bill de Cor
revont northwestern's ace ball car
rier, probably will have recovered
from his injury sufficiently to play
at least a part Of the game. Neither
team had a serve test on Saturday.
Minnesota brushed aside Iowa, "a
to 6, and northwestern romped over
Indiana, 20 to z. 50 both should be
ready to go for this all-important
game.
PuShOver
Here in the east the big game
will be Notre Dame against army,
not because they are closely match
ed teams but because of the long
tradition that hovers around their
annual meeting. Notre Dame has
three teams probably all able to
defeat army, but every seat will be
taken in Yankee Stadium when the
cadets march in before game time.
In the far west Stanford, unde-
feated and apparently on the way
to the Rose Bowl, runs up against
Ucla, a team that qualities as the
hard-luck outfit of the 1910 season.
Week after week Ucla gets beaten
by a close score, and there Is just
faint chance that this may be
the spot where the Uclans start
rolling.
Texas-Arkansas
Down south Que of the best games
appears to be Texas A. &. M, UNI
beaten and united, and an Arkan-
sas team that turned up with a
surprising 81 to 20 upset over Mis-
sissippi this weekend. Texas A. &
M. gave evidence on Saturday that
the club may be stale and just bare
" got a IL to 7 vistory over Baylor.
Saturday will go down as the
da yof upsets, with the Carnage ter
rible against unbeaten teams. The
following major unbeaten elevenS
dropped out Of the magic circle:
Mississippi, Texas, Columbia,
Fordham, Rutgers, and Southern
California.
That left the strongest teams in
each section lining up as follows:
Midwest-Notre Dame, Minnesota,
Northwestern, Michigan.
East Nston College, Cornell,
Georf
Sol .ennessee, Texas A. &, M.
Far Stamford.