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Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
To The Victor

rs-AS pheasant hunter, Delbert
Williams was reported firmly ems
Aconced Saturday as fine mara =
thon runner.
TIC be sure, there was some doubt
as to the quality of his running
but there was no doubt about the
running itself.
While out with his spouse the
other day after a brace OF pheas-
ants, Williams spied pair and let
fly With his blunderbuss. The pheas
ant tumbled to earth but landed
running.
Mrs. Williams nimbly pursued and
captured the first bird and Will
liams took out after the other
Over hill and dale went the bird
with hunter in full cry behind
First sign of weakness on either
party was when williams lost a
shoe. He hardly broke his stride
however, and kept on. Then off
went he other shoe. At the end
of half mile sprint he captured
the bird just as his pants were
about to join his shoes as sacri-
.fices of the hunt.
Tired but triumphant, Williams
limped home with the bird. That
moaning and gnashing of teeth
you might hear around the williams
domocile is just the man of the
house trying tot get his big toe
back in joint.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17

were announced Friday.
The northend's six will leave
Tuesday for Los Angeles and the
southendS five men will leave Fri
day.
Meanwhile, all over the state first
call men were preparing to leave
for the years training. The pro-
gram originally scheduled for Nov.
l8 to % will carry through Nov.
% and skip the Thanksgiving holi-
day, Nov. 2l, the United Press re-
ported from San Francisco.
The men selected to don uniforms
In the first call were volunteers
except in a few isolated instances.
The total of volunteers in the en-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17

government act to put the increased
salaries into effect Jan. l, 1913
Under the new ruling the district
attorney will not be permitted to
take private practice as he does
now. grand jurors said.
District attorneys and auditors in
all California counties in the classes
IL to "a inclusive receive salaries in
excess of those paid the Imperial
county officials. Imperial county is
in the 18th class.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
Stolen Sheriff's
Auto Located

Los Angeles police Saturday, found
abandoned at Fifth a nd Bixel
streets the Imperial county sher-
ifs car stolen wednesday from a
Los Angeles parking lot.
The car was stolen after Deputy
Sheriff Robert Parrish parked it
there while attending to official
business in the coast city. Parrish
left Immediately to get the car
and return it to Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16. CUP)-
The promised resignation of John
L. Lewis as head of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations means
nothing" according to President
William Green of the American
Federation Of Labor
Lewis would still remain as presi-
dent Of the United Mine Workers
which pays the revenue for the
GIG" Green said yesterday at the
Goth annual convention of the AFL.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
CREEKS CAPTURE |TAL ian Army BASE
Worse Than Bull
In China Shop

LONG BEACH, Cal, Nov. IS.
(UP)-A careening automobile
broke into a private ECO today.
setting loose a crocodile and
smashing open the pythons'
cage.
The zoe is in the home of
Grace O. Wiley. noted reptile
author.ty, formerly of MinneapO-
lis. MINI. The auto jumped the
curl, smashed through a wal!
and threw cages into a tangle Of
wreckage.
O1e of the smaller crOcodiles
scarried away and was captured
some hours later by police
man In a nearby field. Several
other crOcOtiiles were injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
Pay Up

Pay Up
If we belonged to the cast of
Wilson school pupils who put on the
dandy play Magic Windows" Fri
day we'd engineer strike.
The lads and lassies staged their
production Friday afternoon for
the P. T. A. Quite naturally. they
expected reward in the form of
refreshments which were displayed
temptingly in the hall.
But unfortunately the play was
the first item on the program
after it was over the children we're
told they might go home. They went
home reluctantly, sans refreshment.
Some of them fingered around on
the scant hope that they would
be included, but the meeting lasted
too long for them to wait.
From now on, our advice to the
youngsters would be-
Refreshments on the barrel
head, ahead of time or no play!"
If that's revolution, we're for it!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17

UcdIII 10 30 UVtI IIIt CUp III Ute
drive, according to Judge Vaughn
Thompson, chairman, with 119 pei
cent subscribed
Other teams reported substantial
progress at report meeting held
in conjunction with the Kiwanis
club meeting Friday. The Advanced
gifts committee reported Sc per cent
of its goal and the business district
committee reported % per cent
pledged.
Representatives of the Moslem
association of America visited chest
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17

campaign headquarters Friday with
a contribution representing 100 per
cent of its membership.
A parade to aid the chest drive
was scheduled for Saturday night
at 1880 Organizations taking part
in the parade were, the legion auxi-
liary drill team, the Salvation Ar
my, the Chinese citizens league, Red
Cross, japanese citizens league.
Hard of Hearing society. Welfare
board, high school band, Boy Scouts,
Girl Reserves, Camp Fire girls,
girls drill team
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
Foofba

Dartmouth 3, Cornell 7.
Syracuse 6, Colgate 7.
Geo. Wash. 6, Kansas 0.
Princeton 10, Yale 7.
Harvard Ia. Brown 0.
Nebraska 9, Pitt 7.
Penn State 25, NYU 0.
Columbia 0, Navy 0.
Holy Cross 6, Temple 6.
Michigan 20, Northwestern 13.
Penn 48, Army O.
Boston Col. 10, Georgetown 18.
North Carolina 6, Duke 3.
Brooklyn IA, CCNY 6
Iowa 7, Notre Dame 0.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
y AMBLINe
l\EpoR1ER
Just A Novice

A Sandy haired young chap was
watching the tennis matches at
Centrals courts Friday when he
fell into a conversation with a
young lad from San Diego.
:. The San Diego lad prattled on
about. his game, described his tour
nament experiences without effort
to appear modest and finally got
around tc asking the sandy haired
chap if ne mad ever played tennis.
What the San Diego lad didn't
know was that he had been shoot
ing the breeze with Jack Tidball
who not so long ago was collegiate
single and doubles champion of the
nation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
Britain, Germany
Trade Greatest
Attacks ofWdr
Savage Air Blows Lay Waste to Entire
Areas in England. on Continent While
Greeks Drive Out Fascist Invaders
By UNITED PRESS =

Greek armies repeatedly closed in Italians on two
war fronts Saturday Great Britain and Germany struck
savage air blows at the heart Of enemy production
Dispatches from Athens and from Jugoslav frontier
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
vuItee WuIkout
Brings StoIemote
DeadIine Near for Delivery Of Plane
Order to y. S. Army with Plant Closed
BY Picke+s; Both Sides Sit Tight

DOWNEY, CAL, Nov. 16 (UP)-Efforts to end the
CLIO strike at the Vutee arpane factory completely
stalled today and action in Washington awaited
xousy the time drew for the scheduled delivery
of another batch of training planes for the army
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
Some Attraction

OF all people in the crowded
theater at the Electrical Appliance
show, Mrs. Paul Conroe had to
be the one to win cake!
Her husband is cake distributor
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
Community Chest
Funds Grow Here

Ell Centre community chest drive funds continued to
swell Saturday committee chairman reported the
pagn had netted than 30 per cent of the $4,000
needed for the work of eight character building and relief
agencies in the city The Chinese division the first
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17

said. ut would have been fine if
some 55 gallon oil barrels hadn't
broken loose on deck and run wild
as the boat pitched. 1 had to lasso
them like a bunch of wild horses
and tie them down. The water
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
WEATHER

Maximum temperature 80; minimum 43; 5 am.
temperature 46, humidity 81; noon temperature IS,
humidity 16; 5 pm. temperature IS, humidity RI.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-17
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter: L. A. 34c; Butterfat, Imperial Valley
fob. ranch grade A 43c; Manufacturing milk 37c;
Route gathered cream 33c.
L. A. Hay: u S. No. l, I. v. $15.50-16; U. S. No.
leafy, 1. v. $145O-15.5O; U. S. No. 2 $12-12.5O;
MplS. Dec. Flax $l.59.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-06-27

Hoyle, Maryland; Chemical Warfare
Service at Edgewood Arsenal, Mary
land, and the Quartermaster Corps at
large.
In addition to the number required
for the Third Corps Area, there are
also vacancies existing in Hawaii for
assignment to Chemical Warfare Ser
vice and Signal Corps. One require
ment for these latter assignments IS
that the applicants have high school
or equivalent education.
Many persons 90 not realize the
wide variety of opportunities offered
to young men by the Army. Nearly
every branch Of the service maintains
a school to train specialists. New mo-
torized units are being formed in the
Army. Those who are mechanically
inclined, who are not now gainfully
employed, should give the matter of
enlisting in the Army serious thought.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-06-27

rolled Monday at the U. of Md. Other
teachers from here attending are Mrs.
B. F. Epstein, Miss Mabel Schloss-
nagle and Miss Eva Griffith.
J. R. Gnagey, Jr., Baltimore, eldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. j. R. Gnagey,
came Saturday to spend several weeks
with his parents.
William Huff and family, Akron, o.,
returned home Monday after visiting
Mr. and Mrs. ira L. HUFF. They came
here Thursday.
Miss Mary Thomas, instructor in
the Grafton CIV Va.) High school, is
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Thomas, for her summer
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey Greathouse,
Fairmont, were Sunday guests of Mrs.
C. C. Beachy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Garfield, Cum
berland, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. E. Cunningham, on Sunday
George Simpson, Richard, w. Va,
and Forrest Simpson, of Greensburg,
Pa, visited their mother, Mrs. Mary
Simpson, who is i'll at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Edwards. Guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards on Friday were
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Simpson and chill
dren, of Homecoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Markle Stanton, Pied
mont, were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. j. U. Stanton.
Kenneth Edwards and Cecil Ashby
left Monday for Baltimore, where they
will spend this week.
Sarah Ruth Tissue, of State Line,
visited Mrs. L. B. Schaefer, last week.
This week Mrs. Schaefer has as a WISH
tor Michael Tissue, also of State
Line.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Grothouse, of
Baltimore, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Livengood. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. H. Doudna and daughter, Miss
Frances Doudna, of Bridgeport, o.,
were also guests at the Livengood
home.
MIR. and Mrs. C. S. Zeller had as
guests last week Mrs. Mary lines and
son, James, of Akron, Ohio.
Mrs Rosina Folk has returned to
New York after spending the past
two weeks here as a guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Baker She and her daugh-
ter, Miss Clara Folk, came here es-
pecially to attend her son Roberts
graduation exercises at the local
school. Her daughter, Miss Clara
Folk, will remain here for a longer
visit.
Mrs. w. Thompson and daughter, of
Kansas City, Mo-, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. W. A. Morgart, at Jennings, for
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John White, New York
City, have moved to Grantsville ana
are residing in an apartment in the
Victoria Hotel. Mr.. White has been
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-06-27

employed on the dam construction at
Somerfeld, Pa.
Miss Rosetta Younkin, Allegany
Hospital, Cumberland, was at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Younkin.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dawson, Of
Pittsburgh, visited Mr.. and Mrs. H..
f. burst, Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvan burst
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKerahan.
They returned home Monday,
Seventeen guests from Pittsburgh
visited at the home of Mrs. Eta v.
Engle, near here, over the weekend
Mrs. William E. Tarbell is visiting
in Hagerstown this week.
MI and Mrs. Allen Swartzentruber,
Pidgeon, Mich, are guests this week
of Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Rodamer.
Kenneth Wagaman, connected with
the Farm Security Administration
here, visited his home in Sabillasville.
William Winterberg attended the
Rotary club dinner Thursday night
at the Colonial Hotel, Meyersdale, at
the clubs annual Farmers Night.
President N. U. Broadwater, of the
local fire department, has reported
that the Grantsville company has been
awarded a SIS prize for having the
most men in line at the firemen's jubi-
lee parade at Hyndman, Pa.
A series of revival meetings began
Sunday at Bethesda Church of the
Brethren, being conducted each even
ing by the Rev Lawrence Blanchi, of
Windber, Pa.
Glen L. Miller and family are plan
ming to move this weekend to Bowl
ing Green, Cumberland.
Numerous property owners have
stepped in line with the "clean up
fix up, paint up" slogan,being stressed
IN several surrounding towns and
cities at present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-06-27
Enlistment Authorized To Con-
tinue Defense Program

In order to continue its defense pro-
gram, the War Department has re-
Gently authorized the enlistment of
27G6 men to be accomplished by Au-
gust 81, 1910, for units stationed in
the Third Corps Area, comprising the
State of Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and the District of Column
bia.
Many vacancies exist for which APP
plicants for enlistment have wide
variety of selections with reference
to branch of the service as well as to
location of station.
Emphasis is the procurement Of men
for Coast Artillery at Fort Monroe,
Virginia; Medical Department and
Signal Corps at Fort George G. Meade,
Maryland; Field Artillery at Fort
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-06-27
World War Veteran Appointed
Constable

Juniper S. Teats, World War vet
eran, and Republican candidate for
Sheriff at the last county election,
was appointed a constable for Garrett
county by the County Commissioners
to serve Districts 2, and 6. He sue
ceeds Walter Coddington, who held
this office for several years. Mr.. Teats
is a resident of Friendsville, as is also
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12
Government: Big Business

If you have IL people over for dinner,
one of them is likely to be public serv-
ant. If there are go people in the street
car, five of them probably work for you
as city, state, or federal employees. The
total number of persons on the public
payrolls in 1898 was 1888 GIG, accord
ing to recent Treasury statement. They
same period On the basis of about 49,
100000 persons employed in the United
States, one of every IL works for the city,
county, state or federal government
Their combined annual earnings aggre-
gate about 8 per cent of the total national
income.
The complex, modern United States
seems to have come long way since the
days when a community virtually drew
straws to select town clerk and paid him
off in pumpkins and turkey gobblers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12
AS Jim Goes?

Important political note, which seems
to have passed the rumor stage, is that
Postmaster General Farley is at outs with
the President. In recent speech he said
fatty that he put loyalty to the nation
above loyalty to the Democratic party
Reason for the split is supposed to be
Farley's opposition to the President seek
ing third term. Further, it has never
been thought that Big Jim was real New
Dealer. He inclines to conservatism by
nature and by past association.
A Farley walkout would be blow to
the White House. Farley has a tremend-
Gus personal following = strong and
genial personality, he makes and keeps
friends. AS head of one of the most eff
fective political machines ever developed
in this country, he knows how to get
results. And many delegate at the next
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12

Youth today feels that it has had a
raw deal and that in the face of things,
jobs cannot be had and so on, that
somebody or other and principally the
government owes them a living. Well,
the government owes enough as it is, but
the expenses continue to pile up. We
read that the American Youth Congress
stands for many things, among them
they are all for youth act'' from Con-
gress" that will provide $5OO,0OO,000
subsidy for those between sixteen and
twenty five" says the New York Herald
Tribune. They continue, "Have we
reached the point where not only tired
old men but generous and ambitious
youth are to be taught that a subsidy is
the solution for everything? Well, may
be we have; we have reached so many
curious points in recent years."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12
Rats Take Over

II rats could vote, the human race in
this country would be in for some pretty
shabby treatment. Rats outnumber the
human population in the United States
two to one. The estimate comes not as
an adjunct to the biennial census, but, in
stead, from the American Chemical So
ciety, which has spent considerable time
plotting effective means of mass homi-
eide against the rodent horde Each rat,
it is said, manages to get in about So
worth of damage each year to bring the
total annual vandalism to S500,0O0,0 900.
It appears that the time is ripe for that
man, whoever he is, to build that better
trap so that the world can start treking
to its door, Rats might not take over the
country at any early date, but at least
something ought to be done to save the
woodwork.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12

his files a very interesting and
original memo regarding Civil
War days and Abraham Lincoln.
The memo pertained to the then
British Minister, who was enam-
ored Of a certain Washington So
ciety lady.
One summers evening during
the Civil War they were sitting
in that same Lafayette Park. At
that time, Bowers explained, the
park had a high fence around it
and a gate which was locked at
night.
The British Minister and his
lady remained seated in one end
of the park until late in the even
ing, apparently not noticing that
the gates were being locked.
Finally they tried to get out
and were greatly embarrassed to
find the exit was impossible.
Just then they noticed figure in
a high top hat come out on the
front porch of the White House
just across the, street.
ooh, MIR. President! Mr.. Pres
ident!" shouted the British
Minister.
Mr.. Lincoln heard, came over
and examined the fence, then
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12
Selected Poem
INFORMATION DESK

Virginia Brasier in the New York Sum-
Pardon, but seem to have mislaid my husband
William.
I had him lust while ago, He's really very sweet
But he doesn't like stopping for any kind OF
shopping
Not even window-shopping when we're walking
down the street
We dropped in at the milliner's, but only for
second.
1 know he was beside me for handed him the bill
1t came to just little teensy more than had
reckoned;
noticed at the moment that he looked little i'll.
It may have been the glove counter. 1t may have
been the notions.
And did just pause moment to buy book-ends
for aunt
And do recall just peeping at some lovely creams
and lotions
Some odds and ends Oh dear! should remember,
but can't!
I'm really very worried. was going to buy him sox
as
sort Of consolation for his martyrdom today.
You'd know him if you saw him.-What? Look under
all those boxes?
I thought that 1oorwalker arranging dA-
play!
It's true, they have been following quite little
while now!
How stupid! Here is William underneath!
Well, thanks. Good-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12
Class In Fractions

We thought National Committeeman
David E. FITZGERALD and National Com
mitteewoman Mary Coughlan would do
better by Connecticut's Democracy than
it did the other day down in Washington
where the National Committee went into
session and made few decisions about
the doings of the party for later on this
year. But it seems as how Connecticut
is going to get 16 delegates to the national
nominating session and those votes are
going to be split in all sorts of directions
and sizes.
In short, folks, good Democrats will vie
for the honor of being fraction OF one
solitary vote at the national convention
where somebody will get the presidential
and presidential nomination. OF
course it isn't decided yet for that actu-
ally doesn't come until the Democrats
have held their spring convention and
selected the delegates who'll go to Chi
cago late this summer But fractional
delegates" are to be urged upon the state
convention.
The Connecticut vote is to consist OF
delegates-at-large and IL representing
districts, customarily the congressional.
National Committeeman FITZGERALD
thinks that the 1886 plan should again
be adopted and the four votes of the dele
gates-at-large apportioned among 16 per-
sons, each one sure of one-fourth OF
vote apiece. The only advantage in this
is to satisfy the demands of the various
local and district organizations, all of
whom feel they are entitled to one of the
delegates.
Some day the Democratic National
Committee will positively refuse to recog-
nize the fractional delegate and that'll be
the end of a system that came into vogue
during the days when everyone and his
cousin felt that they were entitled to
represent the state at a national conven-
ton. We think all interests of the party
will be best served when this day arrives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12

mo other improvement that reason
can Justify us in hoping for, can equal
in utility the railroads. Upon the rail-
road, the regular progress of commercial
intercourse is not interrupted by either
high or low water, or freezing weather,
which are the principal difficulties that
render future hopes of water communl-
cation precarious and uncertain
That observation wasn't made by
spokesman for the railroad industry. In
stead, it was made by one of the greatest
and most far seeing men this nation has
produced, Abraham Lincoln, the savior
of the Union.
What Lincoln said is as true today as 1t
was in the 'fifties or Sixties. In the Great
Emancipator's time the railroads made
possible the winning of the West, and the
DEVELOPMENT of the vast wilderness that
lay beyond the Mississippi. In our own
time, the physical frontiers have been
largely exhausted-but it is the railroads
which are making possible the develop
ment of those economic frontiers upon
which our hopes for prosperity, security
and opportunity depend The railroad IS
the indispensable ally of the producer,
be he farmer or manufacturer. Today,
as in the past, it is one of the greatest
civilizing agencies man has ever known.
Other carriers, by water, highway and
air, perform valuable services. But these
are of necessity limited services. On top
of that, most of the other carriers have
been directly or indirectly subsidized to
the tune of hundreds of millions OF dol
lars from the public treasures of state and
nation. That is especially true OF the
waterways, which constitute constant,
heavy and increasing drain upon the tax
payers. Only the railroads are entirely
celf-supporting. And only the railroads
can provide, in the face of all natural
obstacles, the certain, swift and eco
nomical transportation service which is
so vital to this or any other nations ex-
istence and progress.