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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
TANKS AND TULIPS
IN BELGIUM
lChrlStian Sclence NonItorD

christian Science MonltorD
"On Sunday, perhaps, the crowds will
come from Amsterdam and Rotterdanl IL
feast on the sight of the bulb fields;
and the boys and girls will drape Ystr-
lands of daffodil blooms around their
shoulders and around their bicycle wheels
as did in the more peaceful Years gone
By"
The New y ork Times editorial in which
this hopeful passage appeared on the
very morning before the NaH invasion
of the Netherlands did not overlook the
possibility that tulip tine in IolIaod
would be Naz time The Dutch have
tous obserN ation of the laws Of neutral
German "protection.
Nor have the Dutch supposed that
the drive of destruction with which the
Nazi philosophy is supplemented would
regard innocence, peacefulness. order,
art or any of the blooms of civilization
as reasons for halting or even fer reNis-
ing the strategy of nihilism. Boots or
tanks in tulip gardens must seem 10 mil
lions of still civilized people. within Ger
many as we'll as without. only IL Symbol
lie an unSeeing and unfeeling fury The
symbols warning is being needed in the
conscienceS of al! free men and women.
We all are tending gardens Liberty.
equality among individuals and nations
SenSibllty to beauty, reverence Tor moral
qualities III one person or III popula-
ton. heroic respect for the rights Of The
physically Weak-hoW many still tender
plants are in those gardens, growing
more and more vigorous. But they need
Yet the protection Of those who know
how to cherish the beautiful and the
good. Tanks among the tulips can only
make mankind the more determined that
the dissertation of its gardens shall not
be permitted to continue.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
'GentIemans Estate for Sale

erican hope is to call those gcntlc-e
men who earn the name not by
the ability to buy estates, but by
those qualities which alone produce
clear title: courtesy. respect for
and thoughtfulness of others, kind
hess, modesty. and a certain scorn
of stopping to the unworthy.
As Mr. Hoover made clear, Am
erica alone sets up the ideal of a
truly classics society. The Marxists
imply dictatorship of single class,
the proletariat. The Fascists turn
ever the conduct Of affairs to an
elite class Of party flmctionaricS.
Other countries cling To the mouldy
remains of ariStocracV.
America still strives for Il society
where there shall be no verbal con-
nection between gentleman" and
estate as indeed there is none
in fact
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
GLOVE, C0URTSHlP
AND MARRIAGE
BY ERNEST r. AND GLADYS II
GROVES
Noted Authorities on Marriage
Relations

Counting IS moro than Il lei ri
Inn II is a scrlnus matter II Iol
don't go about It right gon Inag
never marry You may marry thc
wrong person. Or you may give Four
marriage bad start
IF YOU are getting lcft OH. do
something about II at once. Find
ont how to get acquainted with boys
on girl YOU can Ike and who NAV
like you. In THIS country VIC court
and marry somcbgdy We know and
Ike.
Be Yourself TaSteS arc varied al
there is SURF ~ hn somconr WHO
will like YOU # onlq hc or III ran
knoW yGu a sgu ART Imor3es
yourself if qoa Will c5pcclall4 m
learning to Ike other people. but
don't put on air5 that are not vour~
nor hide thos. that are qo,Ir o1..s.
The person most LACKING in pnrsg}-
atty is the 1lc Who dOren.ts da5.. ia
b. himself.
You NAV ALREADY have "a - -
boz friends or girl frJruG. tlat - r
hard to pick ont the on" and os.la.
c. perhaps zen have gaa .rla1
friend after asnthnr win "a
Thought ct stickinp Ia any nno Ifss
around 20. oarlnl2 10 kaoW nanl.s
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
HOW
to EAT
TO BEAT
the HEAT
By ALICE II. SMITH
NutritioniSt, Cleveland Health
CnuuciI

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nd nv on tho ennntrv A lat af non
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p"s eilo.'Hi' II hiio"i' dpo"' Vita-
Nuns ~ Keep tl'' aFcfaEe person
~ 'ooh N'lA i'd'" IN t''i'i, 'l'i'el.
Vi''i'l'l'a '''' "'"'As "i' a'oeh aC
Ao"' 'i's'a' sio'' iSs
A glance at the daily quota OF cs-
&enilI NltanlnS Will show You that.
] You want To be sure YOU get them
all, include the following foods i'll
your regular diet:
The equivalent of enc pint of r,ill-r
daily ,adulh one and onc-half
pints to two pints for children.
Orc serving of green leafy or vel
low vegetables daily.
GO eo,.,,,o n..oto ,,oil,
Cna so,.;,,a ait,.ne frni, ., town
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At Iooct a,o ntho. ra,,.;,,o &c
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

effective against diseases OF tho
virus type. 1t was especially useful
against StcptOcOccic infections. 4
compound called Sulfaparadine prov
ed equally useful against pneu-
mOnia.
Sulfatnizol is a compound some
what like sulfaparadine; slightly
less effective in killing the pne'i-
monia virus. its big advantage is
that it isn't so hard on the human
system. Most sulfanilamide CON-
pounds have a toxic effect which
make them dangerous TO Use CX-
cept under a physicians care; sOmr
people react SO strongly The cant
use them even then. SultathiZol is
a step toward the researchers dream
an agent that will baEiSA the
virus killers with no wear and tear
on the human body.
DIG
DIES
Left-Win3 strategy against IL
Dies committee nowadays apDar-
entity Is 10 invite contempt proceed
ings with the idea the committee
can be made to look bad if it can
be put into the position of sticking
lot Of people into jail Just for
refusing to answer questions
-WlngerS attacked in teatI-
mony before the committee uacI
to stay as far away as possible; nGW
they volunteer to come in to reply
Ia the CHARGES and then tanolp vii h
the committee after they get en-
the witness stand Half a dozen are
already under contempt cn2rgeS.
and there'll probably be more. Most
recent case in point is that OF Mi
chael Quill. transport union heal
whom the gendarmes quoted when
he barked back at the commute.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
Barbs

Now on the market is the COM
binatioa toothbrush and atomizc@
that sprays mouth wash as it brush
es the teeth The hair. however,
must still wait its turn to be comb
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

Clear at last is the first six
months of inactivity of the war.
It seems both sides were scouting
around for somebody else's back
yatd to clutter up.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

Discovered in New Orleans is a
man 100 years old And, it might
be added. he doesn't look a day
oyer 116.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

On the moon, it is revealed, there
l. neither air nor water. Must get
awful atuffy up there.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

A WcllknoWn Italian tenor claims
he has an unfailing method of idcn-
LITIGATION in bank. He sings Il
few bars of Rigoletto to the bank
tcllcrS
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

The term gentleman is not. and
must not become class term n
America. 1t is far too precious for
that. Our American hope is to
produce gentlemen in all classes.
with and without estates. Our AM
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
thoughts For The Day

Watch ye therefore. for yc ksov 10. VIE - y
Of the house coneth, at even. or At nadEIelf
eoek-erowing or in the morning. Ala.h Is
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
Famous Sayings

BE stlll prepared for death: and death life hall
thereby b. the sweeter.= Shakespeare
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

There is approximately G50o9
outnumbcr the lakes by $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

If Gladstone knew todaY's budget
he would not merely turn IN his
grave he Would turn dizzy. Sir
John Simon. British chancellor Of
the cXchequcr.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
So They Say

The America of the future L
mans 10 make. President Alfrec
Sloan of General Motors.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
MEMBER

mEmbEh
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
nj Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

The bombing of helpless and un-
protected civilians is a tragedy
which has aroused the horror OF ali
mankind - President Roosevelt To
the American Red Cross.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

Two things happened to appear
in the same newspaper a few days
ago One was an account of a
speech made by former President
Hoover in New York. The other
was an inconspicuouS classified ad.
Mr.. Hoover spoke of the Ameri-
can dream, the dream of a great
country and a great civilization
utterly free from the class distinc-
tons which MAJ Old World civiliza-
tons. This rsea of fluid, class
less County, Is unique in the world. :
said MI Hoover 1T WAS the point
at which our social structure de-
parted from all others.
Mr. Hoover was right, and he
might have gone on To say that
the degree to which We achieve this
dream ard make it real. is the de-
gree of our success. The degree to
which We fail to achieve ii is the
measure of our failure.
Then the little advertisement
mans estate for sale = So many
acres of land. Such and such barns
and buildings. Such and such from
tage on a clear stream. So and SO
many acres of woods
It is not an uncommon expression
and yet it iangles fiercely ON the
ear against such words rs those of
Mr.. Hoover.
What was meant here by gentle
mans estate Obviously the term
WAS meant to call up the picture
OF the English country gentleman.
the hereditary heir To vast estates.
the country magnifico, fox and
hounds, the tenants pulling a fore
lock al the master" canters by.
negligent acknowledging the greet
ing. In short, the term gentle
man, connected thus with tho term
estate calls up a picture of SOME
thing which is not part of the AM
erican way of doing things.
i is true that washington. and
even democratic jefferson. and
scores of the founding fathers OF
this country lived ON "gcntleman's
estates. But Colonial life WAS
largely English life transplantcd.
In spite of the revolution and the
part these TRAITORS to their class"
played in it genuinely American life
did not arise until much later
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

The first foreign language spoken
into a telephone was Japanese; the
speakers being the foremost men
Japan has produced.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

No matter what the creed where
the land. OF what the era, the best
in the world is not defeated by tn"
worst. - EVangclme Booth, com
mander of the English Salvation
Army.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

What science says, art says too
Rev. Dr.. Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York'S Riverside Church.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17

The 66-foot width of many coun-
try roads today was determined over
300 years AGO by Edmund Hunter
who invented the original surveyor S
chain.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-17
Photographs

Cast-iron roads have been sue
ccssfullY tried in London They
are said to be absolutely skid
proof and wear forever. They
are constructed of triangular iron
plates laid on a concrete base
Evening star., 1940-12-29
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Dec. %.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said
tonight that "every young person,
boy or girl, should give a years
service to the Nation"
IT believe work camps are good for
us ALL she told delegates to the In
ternational Students Service Con-
ference at New Jersey College for
Women.
There is something valuable in
using ones hands and working with
other people. ." know people are
afraid of making thing like that
compulsory because it seems like
something the Fascist countries have
done. But remember everything we
do must go through Congress"
The Presidents wife added that
most people do not agree with
me-"
Although she made no formal
speech, zMrs. Roosevelt answered
about score of written questions
submitted by delegates. Her opin-
ions on compulsory youth service
were expressed in reply to ques-
ton dealing with q magazine article
which charged the Roosevelt admin
istration supported the I. s. s. sum-
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Work Camps for Young People
Indorsed by Mrs. Roosevelt

mer work camps for youth with the
idea of making them compulsory.
Asked if she believed this coun-
try would become involved in war,
she replied:
"At the present time I think we
should keep out of war, but you
can't make up your mind and close
it to changing circumstances"
One queStioner, referring to an
other article in the same maga-
zine, asked: "Are you a Fascist?"
Mrs. Roosevelt recalled that sew
eral months ago the publication had
accused her of being a red" and
added she considered herself prob
ably pretty much in the middle of
the road"
A move to launch Nationwide
collegiate organization in opposition
to the American Student Union ap-
.peared to be gaining strength among
the delegates.
Peter Elias, representing the
Swarthmore College Student Union,
which recently split from the A. s..
u, urged I. S. S. delegates to form
a rival organization "to get in touch
with similar groups at other COL
leges with the same point of view."
Evening star., 1940-12-29
New Deal Agencies
To Be Represented in
Inaugural Parade
500 Members From C.C.C.
N.Y.A. and W.P.A. Will
Be Only Civilians

Six hundred representatives of
New Deal agencies, indirectly depict
ing national defense and conserva-
ton features of the program of the
first third-term President, will take
prominent places in the inaugural
parade January 20, Inaugural Com
mittee officials revealed yesterday.
While the tWo-hour parade is de-
signed to be essentially military in
character, civilian participation in
New Deal efforts will be included.
There will be 200 c. c. c. boys in
spruce green uniforms, an equal
number Of marchers representing
the National Youth Administration,
wearing mackinaws, one-third of
them solid red, one-third white and
one-third blue; and 200 w. P. A.
marchers, wearing working garh
these to be chosen from the ranks of
national defense workers on such
Washington projects as the Wash
ington National Airport, the Navy
Yard and Boiling Field.
c. c. c. From Nearby Camps.
The C. C. c. contingent will be
chosen from camps of the agency in
the vicinity of Washington. They
will march in II lines of 19 boys
each, with their commanding off,
GERS. Eighty-five per cent of the
boys will be between II and 10 years
of age. Included in the c. C. C. unit
will be one or two lines of colored
boys.
The National Youth Administra-
ton will select its marchers from
the District. Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania. The nacklnaWS.
which will be worn over their regu-
lar clothing, now are being made in
N. y. A. sewing rooms.
At least one line of girls and one
line of colored N. Y. A. members
will be included in their ranks.
Since all American flags in the
inaugural parade are to be massed
in the military section, the N. Y. A
now has under way a project to de-
sign and make a National Youth
Administration flag, which is to be
red. white and blue, and carry an
eagle and the initials N. Y A.
Governors in Parade.
Aside from these three New Dea'
agency contingents. the only other
civilians in the parade are to be the
Governors of the States and officials
of the Federal and District govern
ments.
Units from the Army, Navy, Ma
rine Corps and Coast Guard will b.
included in the military section Of
the parade. The Army, it is an
nounced. will display examples Of
its mechanized force. anti aircraft
service and other elements.
Only small contingents will be
(See INAUGURATION, Page A-40
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Operation Performed
On Myron {. Taylor
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Dec. 28.-An operation
for the removal of gall stones was
performed today on Myron c. Tay-
lor, President Roosevelts represent
tative at the Vatican.
DR.. Frank Lahey. head Of the
famous clinic which bears his name.
performed the operation at the
New England Baptist Hospital. 1t
lasted for three hours.
The condition of the former
chairman of the United States
Steel Corp. was serious but good"
DR.. Lahey said, adding that it would
be week or 10 days before the
crisis would be passed.
There is no question of a ma
lignancy," he asserted.
Mrs. Taylor, who accompanied her
husband here December 81, was at
the hospital during the operation
and went to his beside later.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
British Concentrate
In Bardia Area As
Guns She'll Base
Advance Detuchments
Are Reported Clearing
Country to West
By the Associated Press.


CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 28.-The con-
centration Of British forces about
beleaguered Bardia was officially
reported proceeding smoothly to-
day, while British artillery thun-
dered steadily at that vital italian
base in Libya.
Advance motorized detachments
went on clearing the country to the
west, general headquarters an
nounced, and four additional Italian
guns were captured.
The number of Fascist prisoners
of war in hand and counted was
placed at 38114, some 10000 OF
them non-Italians.
MusSOlinis Order.
To these captives the British at
tributed two stories-that the italian
defenders of Bardia, ordered by
Premier Mussolini to "die rather
than give up" would turn that base
into a second Alcazar," and that
the italian command was urgently
STRENGTHENING the defenSeS Of the
port of Tobruk, to the west, in fear
of any early British attack here.
The reference to Alcazar was to
the 10-week defense of Spain's mil
itary academy at Toledo during the
civil war by the forces of Francisco
Franco.
1t was disclosed today that many
Egyptians apparently feel that
Egypt, although not formally al
war, has contributed enough to the
(See EGYPT, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Army to Open Bids
For ~ Ammunition
Hy the Associated Press.

Ey tne Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. %
Bids will be opened January at
the United States Armory, officials
said today, for 600,525,0O rounds
of .22-caliber short rimfire ball
cartridges to be supplied to nine
Army ordnance depots in the United
States.
Brig. Gen. Gilbert H. Stewart,
commanding officer at the armory,
said the ammunition would be used
for preliminary training for soldiers
in rifle and machine gun marks
manship.
The specification of the ammuni-
tion was explained as an economy
measure, being less expensive. than
.30-baliber ammunition ordinarily
used in Springfield and Garand
rifles and standard machine gun
practice.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Wutchmun Hurt in Fall
Down Elevator Shaft

John Gamage, about 55, a night
Watchman at the Burlington Hotel,
was seriously injured about lis
am. today when he fell down an
elevator shaft at the hotel from
the first floor to the basement. He
had opened the door leading to the
shaft in the belief the elevator was
on the first floor. 1t had been
moved to another floor, however,
and he plunged down the shaft
head first. He was removed to
Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Troops Getting Modern Arms in Thin TrckIe;
700-PIone Output Seen in January, Peak in AZ
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Despite the spade work the United
States has done since the fall of
France toward building the great
est military establishment in the
world, the end of 1910 approaches
with defense experts still working
toward an end of industrial black
outs"
The flow of modern weapons and
ammunition to the Army is thin
trickle. Many plants remain to be
built. Military plane production in
January probably will not exceed
700. The 50,000-a-year productive
capacity sought by President Roose-
welt is not in sight under present
schedules until we'll along in 1912, at
the earliest. If the two-ocean Navy
Evening star., 1940-12-29
leesburg Girl, IS, Dies
As Auto Burns After Crash
Special Dispa+cA 70 The Star.

Special Dispa+cA Co The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, Dec. 28-Lila
Lee Body. Is, a junior at Leesburg
High School, was fatally burned
early today when the gasoline tank
of the automobile in which she was
riding exploded as the machine
crashed into a stone wall. She was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Body, who live near here.
Miss Body's companion, Brooke
Stabler of Waterford, received slight
burns in extricating her from the
flaming car. She was carried to
Loudoun County Hospital, where she
died this afternoon She and Mr.
Stabler were returning from a dance
in Winchester when the accident
occurred.
Evening star., 1940-12-29

al1-out armament until months after
the Germans exploded the Maginot
myth In May.
Experts, however, find some
bright spots in the year-end defense
picture:
. The fleet, which traditionally has
the job of protecting the country
in an emergency until the small
standing Army can be expanded
into an adequate protective force,
has been built up since 1888 until it
is now the worlds largest. It's
crews have been increased in the
last year from level considered
dangerously low to virtually full
fighting strength.
officials have placed IS per cent
(see DEFENSE, Page A-109
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Draft Bourd Refuses
To Defer Plane Worker
By the Associated Press

By The ASS0Clated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 28.-A draft
appeal board held today that the
position of Dominick j. Falkenstein,
a tool-layout man at the Glenn
L. Martin airplane plant, was not
essential enough to defense in
dustry to warrant his deferment.
Mr.. Falkenstein, "a, single and
without dependents, had asked the
appeal board for deferment on
grounds he was more valuable to
the defense program as an aircraft
plant employe than he would be in
military service.
The appeal board noted that the
registrant could be replaced.
Evening star., 1940-12-29

is completed before 1945 it will be
modern miracle.
Critics contend that faulty organ
ization in Washington and the fail
ure of employers and workers alike
to make sacrifices have contributed
to the tagging of production behind
official expectations. But the ex-
pertS say the basic reasons for the
situation are the country's reluc-
tance to undertake the huge spend
ing until it was deemed indispens-
able, and the time it takes to build
modern fighting machine. Wins
tor Churchill says the process re-
quires four years. Germany took
that long and England is having a
hard time doing 1t in less. This
country did not vote the money for