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Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
HIDDEN SAVINGS
(Riversid'e Press)

We heard recently of a young couple
who borrowed the idea of hidden taxes
from the government and utilized it in
solving their own problem of how to save
money painlessly.
They decided to hide some private tax
es around the house and keep the revenue
for themselves, and the scheme worked.
Every time one of them turned on the
radio, they dropped nickel in the hid
ing place, and that brought in S1.05 the
first week. Encouraged, they decided to
tax themselves 10 per cent on everything
they spent, which is about the same
amount the federal government is col
lecting from the individual.
When the wife returned from market
with a roast and some groceries she went
straight to the hiding place and dropped
in 30 cents The husband added 7 cents
that evening for his 70-cent luncheon
downtown
The daughter dropped in four cents
because she had attended Accent movie.
Hubby hesitated when it came to drop
ping in 10 per cent of the monthly rent
check, but finally squared his shoulders
and contributed four dollar bills to the
box.
A week later the box contained S726
and the sum added each week has never
been less than 81. The total wouldn't
look like much to a congressman or a
supervisor, but it's pretty exciting to
them-and especially to the daughter
who is going to college on it some day
Those hidden taxes are second nature
to them now. In fact they don't feel that
they are saving at all-until they peek at
the bank book
And the savings make them realize
how much they are paying to a wastefu
government at Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
by Willis Thornton
Spread II Out

Almost three quarters of the
total dollar value of defense supply
contracts for the Army and Navy
have gone to only Sc corporations
The other quarter is divided
among several thousand.
The supply contracts are those
through which are furnished ships,
planes, tanks, guns, equipment, food
and fuel, as differentiated from
contracts under which canton
ments, bases, depots, arsenals, and
factories are built.
To see concentrated in Sc COM
panieS three-quarterS of the whole
job of supplying the defense pro-
gram is somewhat surprising. But
it is even more concentrated than
that Six companies accounted for
81 per cent of the supply contracts
at the end of May. Bethlehem Steel
alone has contracts aggregating al
most a billion dollars.
~ al CAJC4ll, VI COul SC, UlIlS COIl-
centration is inevitable. Contracts
are almost certain in the natural
course of things to go to Industrial
units in proportion to their size in
the field in which they operate.
But it is probably time to con-
slider whether this is in every case
necessarily the best way Smaller
firms are now beginning to feel the
impact of the defense program, and
those which have not been able to
get orders for defense production
are being in many cases cut off
from essential materials through
the priority system.
Materials of which there is a
shortage must go first, of course,
into the plants building the vital
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
by Paul Harrison
Hollywood Fads, Fancies and Foibles

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4 SO now the
movie stars themselves have been
giving away dishes!
This is no bid for theater GUS
TONER'S however. The dishes are
aluminium; OPM and other agen-
cies of national defense are the
beneficiaries. The govern ment's
scrap aluminium drive found ready
support in Hollywood where people
have been wondering for years what
to do with a surplus of spun
aluminium cocktail shakers plus in
Vulnerable objects of modernistic
but questionable art made of cast
aluminium. These remarks are not
intended as any reflection on the
prime motives of the movie people,
who can't do anything-even die
without being accused of trying to
get their names into print. In the
case of the aluminium collection,
with bunting draped bins on every
studio lot. there were many extra
generous donations.
Jane WitherS and Carmen Mi
randa simply took every aluminium
article out of their kitchens. Gene
Tierney Mrs. Oleg CasSinD tele-
phoned the Cobina Wrights for ap-
proval to give away the elegant
cooking set which they'd sent her
for a wedding present.
FIELDS ERRS.
Since metallurgy - aside from
gold -digging-is a science little
known in MoyietoWn quite n few
mistakes have been made in re-
spending to the aluminium call. w.
C, Fields lugged in several golf
clubs which he had assumed were
aluminium -shafted. Vera Zorina
turned up with a wad of lead foil
about the size and weight of an old
style cannon ball. Ann Rutherford
breathless in an our-glass corse,
worn for Bad Lands OF Dakota" ,,
sought patriotic release by yank-
ing out and donating the steel
slaves.
Roberts Cummings and Preston
brought in sets of picnic and camp
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

measure would put j. Edgar Hoo
Ver'S G-men in the interstate chic
notwithstanding business n d
make the FBI double its force
the bill was ordered to be engrossed
and read a third time, was read a
third time, and passed.
P. S. Similar legislation has been
vetoed by the President twice be-
fore.
VERMONT MAY GET HERS
Then there is the matter of pay
ing off Vermont for its expenses in
the War of 1912. 1t looks as though
that's going to be cleared up at last,
and the amount which Uncle Sam
will have to shell out to the Green
Mountain boys is S92 2,86890.
1t seems that the young republic
could borrow money from the states
back in those days, and did. Ver-
mont went into the sock for about
$1,000 to help finance the war. The
government wasn't able to pay off
Immediately, SO the claim stood on
the books for quite a spell. Then
the Vermont state house burned in
1857 and the record of the loan was
lost. No proof, no payment.
In 1926, however, somebody found
a duplicate set of books, and with
typical Yankee frugality and maple
syrup stick -to-it-iveness, the Yer
monteers set out to collect. They
got their claim before the audit bu-
reau of the comptroller generals
office in 1885, and they figured out
that the interest had in the mean
time piled up by some $4,000 and
there were new claims bringing the
principal up to $4,000. So the ac-
count was frozen there.
But Congressman Charles Albert
Flumley of Northfield, VT, keeps
bringing the matter up from time
to time. If you know Vermonteers,
you have an inkling of whether or
not the state will collect. And when
the federal government considers
paying off a debt in these days,
that's news.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

ing utensils. Bob Hope gave up
bulky souvenir, one blade of an
airplane propeller, and also the top
of a washing machine.
Spiciest note was Peggy Moran's
aluminum-foil dress, especially de-
signed to be whipped off in a
Hays-Office- defying strip act and
tossed into the big central gin at
the campaigns conclusion.
CORRECTION, PLEASE
This department would like to
clarity a recent item predicting
aluminium admission days" at
theaters. According to plans dis
cussed among some exhibitors, any
aluminium utensils would be ac-
cepted at box offices for admission
to designated performances. And
then, I said, theaters would sell
the scrap metal.
What 1 neglected to add was that
this scheme had no connection with
Scrap Aluminium Week, which was
an PM-SponSored drive. In fact, a
representative of OPM requested
that theaters delay the barter plan
until after the nation wide cam
paign.
But it turned out that quite
few movie exhibitors wanted to help
the drive by accepting aluminium at
the box offices and then contri-
buting it to the municipal heap.
My previously written item was re-
garded in at least q couple of in
stances as casting a commercial
taint on purely patriotic gestures.
The barter plan to which l orig
inally referred-With theaters SELL
ing the scrap and keep the proceeds
now may be tried out.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
STILL MORE
PAYROLL TAXES?
(Christian Science Monitor)


Advocacy of health insurance carrying
huge taxes seems particularly ill-timed
today, when the ordinary taxpayer and
business concern have still to adjust
themselves to booming defense taxation
Yet Arthur J. Altmeyer, chairman of
the Social Security Board recently urg-
ed this innovation upon committees of
the House and Senate.
Health insurance does not come for
the asking. Setting up of a medical
bureaucracy of perhaps 100000 doctors
plus an administrative staff of another
100000, possibly free drugs as in Great
Britain. and also various hospital and
dental services, would cost the Govern
ment enormously.
The Federal Government obviously
has no money lying around loose for the
purpose. 1t would have to ask new pay
roll taxes. Estimates point to the en-
ployer's having to pay per cent more
on this pay roll, and the employees hav-
ing another per cent deducted from his
weekly check. Farmers and other self
employed persons who cannot be reach
ed with a payroll tax, would face an
additional income tax of at least a per
cent.
For all this expense, the public would
get system subject still to many doubts
and weaknesses. Organized medicine
Of the United States considers health
insurance vast unwarranted expert
ment for this country and wishes to
avoid it. The Nation has in fact enough
of an experiment on its hands in insur-
ing its national safety to discourage its
getting tangled up in questionable, costly
medical ventures.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
by Peter Edison =.
The Inside Track in Washinuton

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4-There is
so much big news from Washing
ton these days that lot of the
little news doesn't get printed. This
is as it should be in an age of pri-
orities-first things first
But if you believe the old un-
grammatical saw that its the
little insignificant things that
count" you should know that Con-
gress, even though it meets only
two or three afternoons a week,
still has time for some of these
little drops of water and little
grains of sand that make the nigh
ty oceans we have determined to
keep free, as well as the beautiful
land that we won't allow Hitler or
his minions to set foot on.
You probably didn't hear, for in
stance, that the House of Repre-
sentatives passed a law the other
Ody "liOll iildhCo ~ q 4CbCI al VI =
fense to steal chickens, if you take
'em across state lines.
The good statesmen didn't in
tend to pass the law that way in
the first place, but it happened
that there was a bill IS. 1851 pro-
viding for the punishment Of per-
sons transporting stolen cattle in
interstate commerce, and for other
purposes 1t was the for other
purposes" that left the door open
for the chickens to walk in.
The bill was very specific about
defining cattle as "one or more
bulls, steers, oxen, COWS, heifers or
calves or the carcasses of one or
more bulls, steers, oxen, COWS, heif-
ers or calves" No chances of max
ing a mistake on that, and the
penalty called for not more than
$4,000 or five years.
The committee which had this
measure in charge, however. decid-
ed that the coverage wasn't broad
enough, SO they put through an
amendment which defined cattle
as "one or more bulls, steers, oxen
COWS, heifers, calves, sheep, hogs
or horses"
The amendment got by the COM
mittee that way although you'd
think that even congressman would
know that sheep, hogs and horses
We're hardly cattle. There was one
congressman smart enough to catch
that, and it was none other than
Jesse P. Wolcott of Port Huron.
Mich. SO Congressman Wolcott got
up and made EN- change the law.
Had 'em strike out the word cattle"
because he had looked it up in the
dictionary and found cattle were
bovine animals, and bovine ami
males were horned animals such
as sheep, goats and buffalo Fur
thermore, said Jesse, hogs didn't
nave hornS though ne didn't Speci-
fy whether he looked this up in
the dictionary or was just relying
on memory.
Anyway, Jesse's real purpose was
to include chickens because the
chicken stealing business was as
bad as the bovine stealing business,
SO he proposed changing the bill
to read animals or fowl" and to
include ducks, geese, turkeys and
SO forth"
Francis Case of Custer, S. D.,
made a few remarks in support OF
this idea. And while Francis E..
5alter Of Easton, Pa, said he thought
he word cattle" covered all ami
mails, and while Earl C. Michener
OF Adrian, Mich, warned that the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

things like bomberS, ships, and
tanks. But America must use all of
her facilities. Is there any chance
that large firms with vast masses of
untitled orders awaiting production
are not turning out those orders as
fast as they could if half the work
were subcontracted to smaller
firms ready and able to handle it?
In some cases this must be true.
To the extent that this is true
several bad things result: % The
goods aren't produced as fast as
they might be, because the limit
on even vast productive facilities
holds them up. (2) Machinery and
skills available in small plants is
not used for defense purposes, and
may even be tied up because nor
NAL civilian production is impos-
sible.
The defense effort is so great that
America cannot allow to lie unused
a single sinew of her great pro-
ductive capacity.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
ORDER
ORDER
NO. 3232

NJ. 323E IN
In the Matter of the Application
of LESLIE EUGENE BLAKELEY
for Change of Name.
1t appearing 10 the Court thak
the above named Leslie Eugene
Blakeley has heretofore filed his pet
ition applying Tor change OF name.
and that the name of the person by
whom it is filed is Leslie Eugene
Blakeley and the name proposed is
Leslie Eugene IIartnett.
1T IS THEREFORE ORDERED
that all persons interested in said
matter appear before this Court on
the 29th day of August, 194l, at the
hour of II O'Clock am, and show
cause, if any they have, why the
said application for said change OF
name should not be granted.
1T IS FURTHER ORDERED that
the Imperial Valley Press be and
it is hereby designated as a news
paper of general circulation in which
this order is to be published once a
week for four successive weeks.
Dated July 25, 1941.
" N. THOMPSON, 4.
Judge of the Superior Court.
(J28A4-l1-18)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

Chicago police found ammunition
rifles, axes. powder, percussion caps
and fuses in a dentists office.
Thanks, but we'll stick to gas.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

EDITORS NOTE: The foll0IDing
edit toriaIs are presented as Interesting
opinions UOiced by editors eIseIrhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
Did You Know?

Census figures snow that Idahos
population increased from 445,O32
in 1880 to 523, ,440 in 1940
In the United States, there are
1,115,453 Evan elical Lutheran
church members.
The population of Boston de-
creased from 781, 1873 in 1880 to 769,-
$40 in 1940
Nine million ordinary toothpicks
can be made from a single cord of
wood.
Solar light is equivalent to 1875
100000, ,000,000,000,000 wax candles.
Only husbands can sue for di-
yorce in Japan.
Dirty automobile headlight
lenses reduce illumination so to 60
per cent, tests have revealed.
The population Of India has in
creased 100000 in 10 years, and
now is more than 36O,000000.
It is said that there are only 35
really skilled yentriloquists in the
United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
Barbs

All some people have gotten out
of their garden thus far this year
is the neighbor's chickens.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

In lots of cases the high cost of
living can be blamed on the cost
of high living
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
So They Say

One day. it will fall upon the
New World to uphold and defend
the civilization which has alreadNl
begun to decay in the Old. AND
only by Union will that be accom-
plished.
Simon Bolivar 100 years ago,
quoted by Frederick E. Hasler,
president Pan American Society.
1t takes energy to be an artist.
And freedom.
10 Davidson, American sculptor.
This is revolt of mankind
against the divisions and disorders
sof the past
H. G. Wells.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

The population Of India has in
creased 100000 in 10 years, and
now is more than 360,000000.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

Dirty automobile headlight
lenses reduce illumination so to 60
per cent, tests have revealed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

It is said that there are only 35
really skilled Ventriloquists in the
United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

The population of Boston de-
creased from 781, 1873 in 1880 to 769,-
$40 in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

Census figures snow that Idahos
population increased from 445,0
in 1880 to 523 ,440 in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04
Thought for the Day

IHUuyIII TOT tIS 10Y
They may rest from their labors. and their works
do follow them.-Reyelatons 1913.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

In the United States, there are
1,115,453 Evangelical Lutheran
church members.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

Nine million ordinary toothpicks
can be made from a single cord of
wood.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

Only husbands can sue for di-
yorce in Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-04

Solar light is equivalent to l,575,-
600 900, 100000, 100000 wax candles.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-03-06
Clothing Leaders Of
County Hold Meeting

The clothing leaders met Monday
March 3rd, at the Lexington Gram
mar School. Miss Ouida Midkiff
Clothing Specialist, of State Col
lege gave demonstrations on simp'
lest and easiest finishes for diff
ferent materials to get the best eff
feet. Plain seams were recommend
ed for all material except ones that
edges will ravel. Bound buttonholes,
set in pockets, and button loops
were made.
Each leader made a slip stitch hem
to be used on cotton and all other
light weight materials. and a catch
stitch for wool materials.
Nine clubs were represented as
follows,
Acona, Miss Mary Steele; Broz-
vile, Mrs. Jessie Byrd; Centerville,
Mrs. L. E. Mcbride, and Mrs. Rich
ard Ellis; Coxburg, Mrs. Otto Wallis,
and Mrs. Alfred Hearn; Ebenezer,
Mrs. Grady, and Mrs. J. ]. Memoir
rough; Emory, Mrs. Andrew Smith,
and Mrs. L. H. Cade; Richland,
Mrs. Joe McClesky and Mrs. S. j.
Browning; Thornton, Mrs. X. l..
Peaster, and Mrs. w. o. Harth-
cock.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-03-06
Fishing Season Closed
Until Moy LIST

A two months fishing holiday
season went in effect at the close OF
February. The season is closed an
nually during March and April
spawning period for fish.
With closing of the season, of
ficials of the State Game and Fish
Commission have called on owners
Of private lakes and ponds to like
wise prohibit fishing on these areas
during the March-April closed sea-
| son.
ct is inconsistent to stock these
lakes and then not close the sea-
son on fishing during the spawning
period" Director w. F. Dearman of
the game and fish commission said,
"We hope, and feel certain, that
owners of these lakes not covered
by regulations will follow suit and
close them to fishing during March
and April"
The only areas where regulations
do not prevail n in bar pits,
sloughs and lakes lying between the
Mississippi River and the levee.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-03-06

the local chapter were present and
a number of guests. These were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Melvin. Mrs.
Mamie Melvin, Miss Lille Maxwell,
Mrs. Nell Rimmer, Mrs. Cora Bout
well of Camden, and Mr.. c. NJ. Nc
Daniel, Mrs. Mary Stigler, and Miss
Mary Porter Stigler of Lexington.
A delicious salad was served as re-
freshments, with an accompaniment
of hot tea.
Mrs. John Davis was the hostess
on Wednesday at a miscellaneous
shower honoring Mrs. Hugh Cowsert.
Mrs. Davis apartments were lovely
in spring flowers, and a number Of
guests enjoyed the occasion. After
an amusing contest, the gifts were
displayed. A very decorative plate
was served with different colored
sandwiches, cookies and tea. :
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Parker are
announcing the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Carrie Schrock Par
ker, to Mr.. Charles Chandler of
B~ogalusa, La. and M~endenhall. The
wedding took place at McComb on
Saturday evening, after which the
young couple left for a honeymoon
trip to Florida. Mrs. Chandler is a
graduate of HJ.C. and a major in
Home Economies at M.S.C.W. She
vas at the time of her marriage,
employed with the F.S.A. at Column
bia. Mr.. Chandler is in the lum-
Der business.
The first zone meeting of the
year was held by the Woman's
Society for Christian Service, at
Goodman, on Monday afternoon,
with Mrs. John Hoover of Pickens
presiding, Mrs. James Wilburn, Sec
rotary. Representatives from West,
Pickens, Durant and Goodman were
present. Bowling Green is also in
this Zone, but was not represented.
The meeting was openind by quiet
music, 20 Jesus l Have Promised"
The business session was opened,
and reports of all societies heard.
Mrs. Wilburn read the minutes Of
the last meeting. A song was sung,
after which Mrs. Harmon read the
scripture and Rev. Gregory led the
prayer. Mrs. Maxwell, gave a read
ing, "The Modern Good Samaritan,
Miss Josie Burton discussed, "The
Christian Home" Mrs. Dan Com
fort made a talk on "Alc6hol, and
Narcotics" The very interesting pro-
gram was closed by the prayer song
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-03-06
Star Theatre
Lexington. Miss.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY,
SATURDAY, 6-7-sth
"Cherokee Strip"
Unusual Occupations"
"Popeye Cartoon"

Unusual Occupations"
"Popeye Cartoon"
Cherokee Strip" is a thrill
ing romance of the west when
outlaws ruled the plains, and is
a two-fisted tale which tells of
a bloody feud between two fami-
lies of cattle ranehers, one of
them headed by Richard Dix and
the other by Victory Jory.
In the supporting cast are
Florence Rice, William Henry,
and Andy Clyde, with thousand
of extras in the big scenes.
Cherokee Strip is that wild ter
ritory in Northwestern Oklahoma,
the land Of feuds, bloodshed,
color and adventure, the land
where the Daltons rode, where
General Custer's troops were bas-
ed and where the. Texas Cattle
trail wound its way through In
dian country to famous Dodge
City.
Don't fail to see Cherokee
Strip" for excitement, thrills and
romance.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-03-06

Fifth grade-Thomas Cade, Les
ter Harris.
Sixth grade Jean Hand, Jack
McCrary, Lillian Clyde Thweat.
Seventh grade-Reba Maude Gels
ton, Louise Logan, Ernestine Wig
ley.
Tenth grade-Erskine Wigley.
Eleventh grade Casteel Cade,
Define Springfield.
All Club News
West 4-H club met February e
at 900 a. m. The house was calle'
to order by the President in the
absence of the secretary, who reat
the minutes. During the bushes!
session Christine McCool was elect
| ed secretary.
Assignments were made for tn,
next meeting.
The program for Rally day wa
| discussed.
Record books and other materia
was given out.
The club adjourned after repeat
! ing the pledge.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-03-06
Girls Are Advised To
BuiId-Up For Relief

Lack of knowledge causes many
q weak, undernourished girl q lot
Of suffering!
Many others, however, know how
the headaches, nervousness, cramp-
like pain of functional dysmenorvheo
due to malnutrition are helped
by the proper use Of CARDUl.
Some take it a few days before
and during "the time," to help ease
periodic distress. But CARDUPS
principal use is to help increase
appetite; stimulate the flow Of
gastric Juice; so aid digestion,
assist in building up physical e
sistance and thus help reduce peri
odical distress. Women have used
CARDUI for over 80 years.