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Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
AN INSPIRING
CAREER
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tChristian Science Monitor)
Pioneers are the stuff that America
is made of From their vision came the
pattern of the future, the fabric of our
present. Such a pioneer was Pauline
Agassiz Shaw of Boston, whose one hun
dredth anniversary is cOmmemorated
this month, and whose fame as one of the
early champions of progressive educa-
tion and civic betterment has spread far
beyond the boundaries of her own city.
Daughter of the famous Louis Agassiz,
Swiss naturalist, Mrs. Shaw was one of
the founders of the kindergarten system.
As far back as 1871 she was maintaining
over thirty of these schools herself, until
their value became so obvious that they
were taken over by the public school sys-
tenn of the city.
Equally keen was her comprehension
of the need of improvement in social well
fare, and equally prompt her devotion
to that purpose. Day nurseries. settle
ment houses, classes for manual inStruc-
ton, sprang up under her guidance.
In fact, the popular, present-day sys-
TENS of vocational guidance may trace
their first sproutings back to these very
undertakings of a woman who could have
lived in idle luxury and social ease. but
chose rather the unbroken path Of the
pioneer.
Out of Mrs. Shaw's Boston Equal Stuff
rage Association for Good Government
sprang the Boston League of Women Vot-
ers, now one of the city's most active
women's organizations.
Surely the fame of such women of the
past is a constant inspiration to the wom-
Ell of the present. Pioneers are always
in demand. Tomorrow builds on today,
and the challenge is there for those who
lift their eyes to wide horizons.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
by Willis Thornton
Preparing for Home Defense

The United States is pretty will
committed 10 the policy that the
stronger our defense the better our
chance of keeping out of war. and
the better the chance of winning it
if we should be dragged ill.,
Thus the various moves to
strengthen the home front, the
plans for defense of cities and IN
dustrial plants are all an element
of national strength. Query Would
the British attitude at Munich have
been any different if London had
had at that time adequate air
raid shelters. or even really ade-
quate plans for their quick con-
struction? 1t is possible.
1t is certainly idle to make vast
military. naval, and air prepara-
tions. and neglect home defense,
which is static and could by no
possibility be used extensively.
This end of the defense drive is
not being entirely neglected. OBJ
serve these things:
The War Department has long
been studying the problem, and has
created a archaeological Civil Pro-
lection Committee to create mas
ter plans on which local communi-
ties can model their defense mea-
Sures and plans. Several engineering
and scientific societies have Joined
in this and similar work.
The army has sent to London a
member of its Civil Defense Com
mittee, and SurgeonGeneral Par
ran has joined him, along with a
whole group of social and health
experts, to study these problems on
the ground.
The National Academy of Sci
enceS has set up committee 10
work to the same end.
The US. Conference of Mayors
recently urged development OF
home defense plans, and received
reports of Canadian measures.
Milo j. Warner national COM
mander of the American Legion
and Frank D'Olier, former COM
mander, are both in England study
ing problems incident to home de-
fense, especially against air attack.
Boston is already training 1000
volunteer firemen, and many alert
fire departments are studying plans
for this and other measures for
fighting bomb-Set fires in the Lon
don manner.
Navy yards are installing spider
web" electric power systems which
cannot be put out of commission by
single blow at any one point,
either by sabotage or bombing.
Builders in some New Jersey su-
burbs are building bOmb-proof sub
cellars into new homes, and archi-
tectural students at Pratt InSti-
tute are designing concrete shot
Homer Saint GaudenS. e.''.' ;-.,.
World War veteran. is attacking
camouflagc problems incident to
large industrial plants and coast
defenSes.
The army has created a mobile
barragc at TT. Lewis. Washington,
and large rubber companies are
planning mass production of such
barrage balloons.
All these and other activities
suggest that every urban commun-
ity and especially those with i'm
portant industrial plants, should
begin studying the problem. Gen
eral master plans will be available
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25

soCn, and the LEGAL community can
adapt them to local conditions.
At present air attack on the
United States proper seems far
fetched and fantastic. So it seemed
to Norway.
There is nothing alarmist about
this kind of preparation. It is SIM
ply a means of carrying through
all-out defense Whatever happens,
there is no longer any excuse for
being caught flat-footed Especially
on such purely defensive measures
as are being prepared by means
suggested above, we have the right
and the duty to serve notice to the
world that what ever happens, the
United States is ready.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF IMPERIAL
No. 1880
Notice of Time and Place Appoint
ed for Proving Will and Hearing
Application for Letters Testament
ary.
In the Matter of the Estate of
MARY TUEL, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a
petition for probate of the will of
MARY TUEL, deceased and for
the issuance to John c. FritSchler OF
letters testamentary. has been filed
in this court, and that Friday the
7th day of March, 1871, at O'Clock
p M. of said day, at the courtroom
of said court at the Court House
in the City of FL Centro, County of
Imperial. State of California, has
been set for the hearing of said
petition, when and where any per-
son interested may appear and
contest the same, and show cause. if
any they have why said petition
should not be granted.
Dated February "a, 1941
(SeaD w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY G.. O. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
F. 25-M 5 ms.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
YOU MUST HAVE
YOUR CONVICTIONS

The ferYcr Of al THIS talk gets
YOU, and it isn't just the New Deal
theorists who talk in this way
Now and then you'll meet a 1892
New Dealer who will mournfully
declare there aren't any New Deal
ers left in Washington. What has
succeeded them is not specified but
anyWay. rank reactionaries discuss
issues with just as much rabid
rapture as rosy radicals and II you
come 10 Washington without eX.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 19n

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions Uoiced bg editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
Did You Know?

Killing frosts have occurred i'll
Westicliffe. Colo, as late as July
30 and as early as Aug. |.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25

Norway has two-thirds as much
coastline as Africa, yet is only
one-nineticth the size cf that con-
tinent.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
by Paul Harrison =.
HOLLYWOOD S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

There have ncen some cases in
which development work has been
financed The foundation has 4
laboratory Of sorts. but it also gets
a good deal Of unofficial aid from
the California Institute of TeChnol-
ogy, which has facilities for making
everything from y wrist watch radio
to a 200-inch telescope.
The Crosby researchers are sat
iSfied with their obScurity, and the
president gave two reasons for not
wanting to say much about what's
going Cn--secrecy in the interests
Of defense. and uneasincSS about
starting a parade of inventors to
Pasadena. They've already got
plenty of problems.
CO-ORDINATES
SMALL SHOPS
Cne rule concerning the sub
mission Of ideas has been born out
of some unhappy experiences Of the
movie studios: unsolicited sugges-
tions or plans received by mail will
not be examined or even opened
If the picture companies didn't
have that policy they'd constantly
be defending suits claiming theft
of story ideas The only way you
could get your hypothetical aerial
bomb considered would be to walk
into headquarters and tell en-
about it.
Although I'm not able to describe
any specific devices for warfare
I can mention another phase Of
preparedness which the founda-
ton has done in this area and
that's the coordination of 25 ma
chine shops which individually
weren't big enough to go after
government orders.
Only the other day there was
hullabaloo in the east about break
ing down Scme of the big orders
into pieceWork jobs for small shops
which have machines nd mechanics
available part time. The Crosby
outfit has been doing that quite
awhile, providing co-ordinators and
specifications engineers and in
spectors to keep track of every
thing on a production line leading
through machine shops which are
miles apart. The enterprise now ia
organized into Tech Aircraft,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In And For The County
of Imperial
No. 3178
NOTICE

NOTICE
In the Matter of the Petition of
RICHARD HENRY MADDUX.
Notice is hereby given that RICH
ARD HENRY MADDUX has filed
ir this court Petition for order
-. -. ......rg Birth the hearing of
which has been fixed by said Court
for Friday the 7th day of March,
l941, at 2 o'clock pm, at the Court
room thereof at the court house III
said County of Imperial, and all
persons interested in said estate
are notified then and there to ap-
pear and show cause, If any there be,
why the said Petition should not be
granted.
Dated Feb. 81, l94l
w J. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY G.. O. KENYON,
Deputy.
CF24-M6 inc)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25

Sibbald's rorqual is the worlds
largest mammal 1t is whale
whose length may exceed 100 feet
approximately 100000000, 900
pounds of milk arc produced an
nually by the 25,O00.0O0 dairy COWS
in tho United States.
An CyC-testing device known as
a phcroptor can work out 6l,060,
386,816 different prescriptions for
SpcctaclcS.
The toy railroad industry has q
Sl2,0C00O0 business.
Boulder Dam is the highest in
the world, rising 1854 feet above
bed rock.
The peculiar war cry of queen
bee can be heard several yards
away from the hive.
Ono Of the first parachute jump
crS was Andrew Garncrin. who dc
scended in a parachute from
balloon in 1916.
OVerhcating of an automobile
engine frequently is caused by a
slipping fan belt.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
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ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
Famous Sayings

He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being
some day commander.-Cicero
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
thoughts for the Day

And the children of Israel did according to all that the
Lord commanded Moses.-Numbers 1854.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25

Any fine grain dust, such as
flour is as subject to explosions
as methane gas.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25 - How
long it takes a foreigner from one
CT the 46 states OF U. S. territories
and possessions to learn the Ian
puagc of the District of Columbia
so he can speak it fluently is some
thing that will have to be reported
on later.
For the moment, it will be suf-
ficient to say that if ever there
was a place where the chief in
dustry is talk, this is it.
The source of all this talk is the
fountain of wisdom in Congress,
which on even the dullest of days
will spout for the official Record
100000 words. and think nothing
OF it. IN the full flood of oratory,
this count will be tripled or quad
ruplcd to equal in verbiage if not
in gripping content good healthy
UneXpurgated Gone With the
Wind. Gone with the wind is
right.
Anyway. all these words con-
stitute so many germs which, watt
ed IN the breeze even when not
broadcast. spread the talk malady
and madness all over the district.
afflictins all the official populace
50 that they talk too, like con-
greSSmen.
AND so, FAR
INTO THE NIGHT
The disease is limited to the Of
ticial government pcpulace. The
native Washingtonians- mer-
chants and the people who own the
real estate, the people who arc
going to make the money out cf
the coming wartime Washington
boom-arc largely immune to this
talking typhoid, probably because CT
long contract with the govment
people and inbreeding which de-
velcps native resistance to the
talk germ. These people, not on the
US. payroll but who get it in the
end. are known as cliff jewellers"
to the government sets. They stick
pretty much to their own society,
and must be hunted down like the
wild !berian ibex to be studied
closely Government amateur an
throp, iOgists who have isolated
specimens Of this homo cliff dwell
or Westinghouse give assurance
that they talk almost entirely of
their children and divorces and
golf games and movies, and liquor
and automobiles. just like the peo-
pic Of the United States.
But not the gov'ment people.
While the people in the rest of
the country may do things. in
Washington they just talk about
them. There is no manufacturing
or industry i'm Washington, just
talk.
To an outsider it's quite cOnfuS-
ing. at least at first Back where
people vote, conversation on re-
forestation, the shortage cf alu-
minun, what to do about Guam,
the leasc-lend bill or even the s65
billion debt limit is taken and left
But not in Washington. Here the
subject is taken, the teeth are sunk
into it, and it is shaken as a ter
rier shakes rat. Then they chew
over the bones.
All this talk isn't confined to
office hours, either. You must have
lunch with somebody different, ev-
cry day, TO hash things over. Cock
tail parties are everywhere, con-
Quoted with all the feryor of liter
aiy teas. Then these dinners, with
talk aftcrWard on into the night.
in which the current problems Of
the Office of Production Manage
mcnt in naming an executive sec
retary arc discussed with all the
relish of the ladies aid society
getting up to date on the gcings
or between the ministers wife
and the superintendent of the Sun
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
Bv PAUL HARRISON

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 25. - Fasci-
mated by tho idea of singing star
making bomb sights. range finders,
submarine detectors and other ac-
cessories of international carnage,
I went to see the president of the
Crosby Research Foundation. II
turned out that Larry Crosby
brother CT Bing. is head of the
organization devoted to developing
ideas for national defense.
About all the warbling actor had
TO dO with the foundation was ap-
prove its purposes and help pro-
vide for its establishment A lot of
enterprises have sprung from the
concern called Bing CrCcby, Ltd, by
way of the Crosby Investment Co.
The Crosby Research Foundation
is in itself .non-profit, though I
suppose it will point the way to
Scmc more commercial activities for
Bing's buSiness-managing brothers,
Everett and Larry.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25
HELPS
INVENTORS

Scarcely anybody in Hollywood
or elsewhere knows anything aobut
the foundation, which has offices
and a laboratory in Pasadena. The
manager is John Rathmell, who
is listed in motion picture records
as a writer for independent studies
OF stories such as Ghost Town
Gold" and Riders of the Whistl-
ing Skull. However, there is a
board of engineers and scientists
which considers projects and in
yention5.
AS Crosby explained it, the
foundation is a clearing house for
ideas and an agency for putting
the good ideas into the hands CT
the right people. Let's say you have
a scheme for a new kind of aerial
bomb, but lack the resources, facili-
ties or maybe the full technical
ability TO develop it. So YOU take
the plan TO the Crosby Foundation,
where the board of experts decides
whether ii is feasible and of real
value. II it is, the group is prepared
TO do whatever is necessary to get
it to the attention of army and
navy Officials, and 10 arrange for
manufacture,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25

Sibbald's rorqual is the worlds
largest mammal. 1t is a whale
whose length may exceed 100 feet
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-25

Overhcating of an automobile
engine frequently is caused by a
slipping fan belt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
Fear Three Army
Pilots Are Dead

PANAMA GTY-Army head
quarters expressed fears wednes-
day that three army pilots had
been killed when their pursuit
planes crashed into slope Of Ger
memo peak in the Capiro region of
Panama on a training flight last
night.
The pilots were 2nd Lieuts. II.
G. Haldeman. "a. of 1925 Wood
bury road, Pasadena, Cal; l.. M.
Harrington, rs. of Winter Park,
Fla. and D. M. Levy. of Green
vile, Miss.
The planes crashed about $50
.. m. Tuesday three miles east of
Capiro when they were forced off
their course by bad weather.
WASHINGTON-The navy dis
closed Wednesday that Lieut..
Thomas Ashworth. jr., of Corando,
Cal, was killed Tuesday night
when his plane crashed in the Pa
cific while he was attempting to
land il on an aircraft carrier.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
5 Prisoners
Moved in Foo
Tokes No Chances
With Joil Breuk

A Pierce county paddy wagon
manned BY two deputy shenffs
and loaded down with q hapless
cargo Of five men condemned 10
long terms in Walla walla state
penitentiary left the courthouse
in "Wednesday mornings early fog.
This was Sheriff John c. Bjork-
lund's solution 10 worries about
the possibility Of a Pierce county
jailbreak, because one Of the five
prisoners was Gerald Elvin Dren-
nan. who engineered the skillful
break Of three desperadoes from
this same jail II years ago.
Ordinarily, men doomed 70
imprisonment AT Maila Walla
would await arrival Of the
state travelling guard and his
"chain.-
But Bjorklund and his
deputies were takln no
chances Wednesday.
The five passenger" huddled
In the paddy wagon were brennan,
sentenced in 1927 TO serve IL to
20 years for robbery; Felipe
yelasco. Filipino. sentenced re-
Gently to 20 years for man.
slaughter; Henry ANDY ogets,
sentenced 10 20 years for taking
an automobile without the owners
permission; Stanley Morrison. SEN
fenced last week TO not more than
Is years for larceny by fraud.
and Walter HIM, 20 years for
statutory offense. All sentences
are the maximum terms fixed by
the courts here. the state parole
board may reduce them.
In charge of the car were
Deputy Sheriffs Frank Mclean
and Bud Lovesll. old experienced
hands at this sort of thing. They
planned to drive straight through
TO walla Walia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23

While long. white beams from
searchlight batteries explore the
sky over Exposition hail, Thurs-
day night 5000 people are ex-
pected 10 crowd their way inside
10 enjoy Tacoma's biggest vaude-
VILE show since 1917. It's the
Community Chesf-U. 8. o. "Jeep
Jubilee and u doesn't cost a red
cent.
Starting at 3 O'Clock, the finest
entertainers from Fort Lewis and
NcChord field win be introduced
BY Jean Paul King In \ program
~ varied ~ Il ID interesting. A
military hand IL TO furnish back
ground music while lighting eff
fects bear the distinctive touch Of
Walt Suffer. Several surprise
features are also planned.
The army 10 drawing on All its
vast resources 10 make the "Jeep
jubilee something long to be re-
membered. Among the new seiec-
tees are men who normally make
their living ~ professional enter
tainers- They come from radio
stations. theaters and night clubs
In al sections Of the country.
Many Of them are outstanding
and have already made successful
Appearances in Tacoma and Seat
tie.
On = par with these professional
acts are some amateur groups
who have tried out for the show.
according TO Talent Scouts Earl
Irwin. Charles Fol- and Ruth
Reesner. Among the Negroes.
several fine quartets have been
organized during the past few
months and several colored acts
are included on the program.
This years 'Jeep Jubilee not
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
Pretty Witness
To Be Questioned

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal
Pretty, blonde Violet Wells. Is,
who said she was the common
law wife Of her hunchbacked half
brother. Alfred Wells. 81. faces
defense cross-examination We'd
nesday Of her testimony that he
had threatened to kill two OF the
three persons for whose murder he
70 on trial.
She said she consented TO the IL
licit relationship with Wells be-
cause he threatened suicide II she
didn't, but she finally left him last
April 20. He believed her fun
brother. Raymond Wells. "a, and
his wife, Jean. 10. were RESPONSE
BILE for the separation and they
and q house guest. Rose Destree'
IL. were shot 10 death in Cajon
pass . few days later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
Sold Classes
Begin Wednesday

The Y. NJ. c. A. Sold (Social
Education) program for young
men and women will start at s p.
m. Wednesday at the Tacoma Y.
NJ. C. A. Sven Lindberg will be in
charge OF registrations. Bernice
Gillespie, Claire Loudin and Pat
Mills will be registrars. John Klos
will be host for the educational
classes which consist of Person
atty and Effective Living" Re
cap OF the News" Radio Broad
casting" and Beginners Photog-
raphy." These classes will begin
promptly at s o'clock.
Miss Ethel Shuster will have
charge of the dancing class during
the recreation hour. Art Linn will
be master of ceremonies for the
'Howdy Dance" from 10 to IL.
Henry Disbrowe will have charge
of decorations.
Young men and women register
ing should plan to be at the "Y"
at 1880. Any young man or woman
in the city is eligible to attend.
Royal Lindal, program secretary,
is in charge of this program.
You help yourself when you buy
~ naferen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
1IIIaMH9a1f#{EI

pending arrival of three ships ex-
pected late in the day.
Departures were the coaster FL
Cedro and the offshore steamer
Mauna Ala.
Vessels In port: None.
Vessels due: Mormacsea, st.
Regis West Ivis. Mccormick
Herman Fraseh, Shaffer No. l.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
Select Nominating
Group for Chamber

To fill a quartet of imminent
vacancies on the Chamber of Com
merce board of trustees, a NOM
mating committee was named
Wednesday as follows:
Chairman Ward Estey, e. T.
Anderson and George B. Gulyes.
Election of four trustees for
terms of three years each will
be held Dec. 2.
Trustees whose terms expire
then are Harold Woodwork, f. T
Smith, T. E. Roach and c. S.
REYNOLDS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
Suspended Term
For Shooting Boy

A suspended 10-year sentence
in the state reformatory at Mon
roe was given Joe Maybee, is. OF
Yelm, in Thurston county superior
court, Olympia, Tuesday. Maybee,
who shot and seriously wounded
Frank Nordstrom. Is, near La
Grande, Oct. II, pleaded guilty to
second degree assault.
The wounded boy, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles. Nordstrom, is re-
covering in the Bridge clinic. His
father is an employee of Tacoma
City Light.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
Present Dr.. Chapman

The Worlds Living Literature"
is the subject of series Of broad
casts in which DR.. c. .. Chapman,
professor Of English at the Col
lege Of Puget Sound. will be pre-
scented. The first broadcast will
be Wednesday at e:15 p. m. over
KMO and will continue weekly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
Chest US0 "Jeep Jubilee
Thursday Free to Public

only surpas>os all similar produc-
tons Of the past decade. but II
marks a new era in Community
Chest campaign publicity" says
A. II. Heath. campaign chairman.
The show replaces the kickoff
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-23
Speed on Ship
Aiming Sought

NASHI>GTO>-AdminiStration
supporters appealed Wednesday
fer quick enactment Of the armed
ship bill 50 as 70 give our ships
a chance as the toll Of Amer
iean-operated ships in this var
rose to ten-half that which pre-
ceded our entrance into the
World war.
Twenty American ships we're
sunk between Jan. IS. 1915 and
April s. 1917. The ninth and tenth
stnkings Of Ameriean-operated
ships since Sept. 1889 were an
nouneed vesterday-the Lehigh.
an American flag ship. and the
Bold Venture, flying the Pans-
manian flag.