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Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
STAND OFF AND
TAKE A LOOK

People who live too close to a great
mountain peak never fully realize its
grandeur until they see it from distance,
nor can those walking in the shade of a
gigantic monument see its full beauty of
shape and form and size until they stand
farther off to survey its lines. SO it is
with the people of Imperial Valley.
Too often it is the visitor to our valley
who points out to us the overwhelming
scope of our surroundings, both natural
and man made. N.iving here, too many
of us think too little of the monumental
achievements of both nature and man
represented in our environment.
In the pages of this edition, the staff
OF this newspaper has attempted for the
first time in Imperial Valley newspaper
history to give completely rounded pic
ture of the valley and the areas surround
ing it. OF necessity the picture takes the
form of panorama in which the minute
details have been left out. For it would
be impossible in any edition this size, or
ten times this size, to present those de-
tails.
We have attempted to do here, with
paper and ink, what the Imperial county
fair does with the raw materials of our
life-sketch Imperial Valley for the
benefit both of its own residents and
those who living elsewhere, may be in
terested or may become interested in the
things we have to offer 1t is entirely
fitting that this issue should commem-
crate the opening of the county fair for
the two events together sum up the valley
as conciSely as is humanity possible to do.
Imperial Valley is a gigantic agricul-
tural area set in the midst of the desert
and mountain country that makes up the
balance of Imperial couny. In COM
pleted picture, both the irrigated area and
the surrounding territory must be in
cluded for the day will come when
much of that surrounding territory will
be added to the irrigation area.
Imperial county, seen in perspective,
is one of North Americas most fascinat-
ing regions, whether it be for the agr-
culturist, the business man, the scien-
tist or the tourist. We who live here are
too apt to pass up the things which, to
others, are most appealing.
Let's stand back and take look at our
valley. The result is entirely worth while
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
NOT IN VAIN,
THIS STUDY
Nevada State JournaD


A few days ago an exhaustive report
covering approximately 1000 pages was
handed to the judiciary committee OF
the United States senate by Dean Ache
son. assistant secretary of state, one of
the attorney generals committee named
some two years ago to make study OF
all the laws and regulations promulgated
by congress and the various bureaus.
The AcheSon report was referred to
by the President when he vetoed the Lo-
gan-W Walter bill, which would have clear
ed the way for court rulings on the rules
and regulations that have been adopted
by federal bureaus and which are not
only burdensome but overlap and in many
instances are beyond understanding.
Out of the Acheson report the judic-
iary committee of the senate may be able
to write a new bill, acceptable to the
President, which will put the brakes on
some of the bureau underlings who not
only want to administer the affairs of
the nation but also want to act as Judge,
jury and prosecutor in enforcing rules of
their own making.
The Acheson report recommends in
brief:
% Establishment of an office of Fed
eral Administrative Procedure, to keep an
eye on the agencies.
(2) Independent commissioners to con-
duct formal hearings, make preliminary
decisions in the emergency agencies; re-
view attorneys would thus be eliminated.
ed.
(3) A 45-day delay before any rule by
any administrative agency goes into eff
feet.
(4) Issuance in advance f advisory
opinions on request, to let citizens know
whether contemplated actions are with
in the law
60 No decisions on cases by investi-
gators or prosecutors within agencies.
The recommendations set the stage for
the enactment Of legislation that is badly
needed. The fight for the Logan-Walter
bill was not in vain as it focused the at
tention of the nation on the necessity for
curbing the bureau powers and permit
ting the thousands of business men and
others affected by arbitrary rulings at
least glimpse of the rulings.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
by Peter Edson..
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON Feb. 26 AS
there was considerable hulabaloo
raised when the President was Civ
en- emergency funds of 200 million
100 millcn in direct appropriation
and another 100 million in con-
tract authorizationS-it' rather in
teresting to check up now and see
where all that money has gone At
the time, the general idea of blank
checks of that S.za was questioned,
but that did not deter the spend
ing thereof. and out of the 200 mil
lion there now remain only 81 mil
lion unearmarkcd.
The most obvious thing about
the spending. as revealed by budget
bureau figures. Is that il went out
to a good many government de-
partments. a lot of it in relatively
small dabs of a couple hundred
thousand or So OF course, 200 mil
lion is quite a bit of dough and
could be spread rather far and
Wlue as ordinary mortals figure
things, but in the govment, we
simply don't monkey round
IS MILLIONS
FOR NEW BASES
The biggest single dent in the
Wad goes to the new bases in the
western hemisphere. Newfoundland,
Bermuda and the others which
were leased from the British in eX-
change for the original so destroy
ers. Seventy-five million is the
initial expenditure for those prof.
Gets, so million for the naval end
and 25 million for the army. And of
course, that's only the beginning
Point is. the roll was there to get
the ball rolling without any delay,
as soon as the swap was announced.
Next biggest hunk, 36 million,
goes TO the Maritime Commission
for 81 shipways on which the new
zoo cargo vessels of simplified de-
sign will be built. These are the
ugly duckling tramps which will
haul freight or war supplies with
cut benefit of first cabin passengers
and, eventually, if the ships are
torpedoed it won't take long to
build others.
Tt build barracks for the new
army the War Department gets
29ia million and in the same cate
CORY, the navy gets 10 million.
The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration gets II million for storage
Of critical materials and the War
Department a similar amount for
aerial navigation facilities. which
could mean anything from bcacons
to bcmbsights
AND a FEW
"SMALL" ITEMS
Those arc the main big items
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
knudsen' S Example
Sacramento Bee

'sOdbI dillClIJO DccI
In a hearing before the house
military affairs committee, Defense
Commissioner William S. Knud-
sen said in outlining his reasons
for serving the government with
out pay:
L hope this does not sound SEN
timental. I've been here lin this
country fcrty-onc years, and this
country has been pretty good tcl
me. was in position to work
without salary. l felt 7 could do
something I'd like TO dc" .
Even at the risk comment may
sound sentimental such a state
ment deserves emphasis.
KnudScn came to this country as
q Door Danish immigrant boy. The
United States has been good %
him.
If every ono cmulatcd his cX-
ample Of devotion TO America there
would be realization of that
spirit of patriotic unity which
would make our country invincible
TO encmicS alike within and with
out.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
RID. - SYMBOL OF UNITY
christian Science Monitor)

A recent summary of the office of the
Postmaster General shows that the Unit
ed States now has 32,646 rural free
delivery routes covering !, ,401 500 miles.
These routes are maintained at cost
of $91, 440,974; they serve I, 7,787 1872 Amer
ican families or 28,974,600 individuals.
RID" began on Oct. /, 1896, when
experimental routes We're established
from Charles Town, Uvilla, and Hall
town, West Virginia Within a year, be-
cause of the success of these first three
routes and the obvious benefits it brought
to country dwelers, the service had been
expanded to eighty-two routes, operated
from forty-three post offices in twenty
nine different states
Today, all over the Nation, the RID.
man is eagerly awaited by millions daily.
Practically, his work is to carry the var
ious types of mail. But he is far more
than that. He is friend, philosopher,
and news commentator on local events.
Under spring and fall rains, over snow
and ice the mail goes through. Millions
of men and women, now living in towns
and cities, think back with affection to
those days when they ran to meet the
country mail man.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

10 million or overland then under
them is an amazing array Of in
dividual appropriations which in
dicates what complicated business
this Preparedness effort is and
hcw many rat holes have to be
chunked full of mCney-one million
here and five million there to take
care of some emorgency-no one
thinking anything further about
the allocaticn except the guys who
have to spend it, or the fellow who
get ii in paychecks, Il mere $25 or
$50 week at time.
To train army and navy per-
sonnel for the American republics,
S8O0,00O.
To survey the st. Lawrence,
$3.50 000-th though how that fits in
as a defense measure isn't quite
clear.
To start the selective service ma
chinery functioning, $750,000.
To strengthen the G-men setup
in F.BI., 100000, plus another $780,
000 for alien naturalization.
To the secret service, to check
counterfeiting, and provide more
treasury guards, a mere Sl73O0O.
To recondition the SIS. America,
100000.
To build the trans-Ithsmanian
highway in Panama, the State De-
partment gets $3G75, ,000-though
this is probably the first occasion
OH record where the State Depart
ment ever paved a road for any
thing other than a good intention.
Just to license exports of war ma
terials. the State Department had
to have $4,000
The council CT national defense
research boys get more than four
million and so do the gentlemen
of the advisory committee to the
council of national defense And
the co-ordlnator of cultural rela-
tion-meaning Nelson Rockefeller
and his Setup TO spread North
Americanism in South America
gets $3,425,O00.
And SO on. 1t would take a
three-page table to list them all,
but If you have to sit up nights
figuring up your income tax, you
can take consolation from the fact
that, just to keep books on all
the money it takes to run war,
the President had to dig down in
his Uncle Sans jeans and from
these emergency funds give the
budget bureau another hundred
grand.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
THE COUNTY FAIR

Imperial countys annual midwinter
fair will open Saturday To it will come
visitors from every part of California,
and many from every other state in the
west. San Diego, Riverside, Yuma and
several other communities will send large,
united delegations to participate in the
fair, and to see the attractions it offers
Their interest is generated by the fact
recognized throughout the state that this
county's fair is one of the three most
successful events of this kind in Califor-
MIA.
In view Of these facts, the Imperial
county resident who fails to attend the
fair for any reason whatsoever except
dire necessity will be doing both himself
and his friends and neighbors a marked
dsservice.
The one the person who fails to see
the fair is cheating most however, is
himself. He is depriving himself of
knowledge, of entertainment and of that
most precious feeling of all-satisfac-
ton with his homeland.
1t is not necessary to repeat here the
improvement that have been made in
the fair program, the exhibits and the
buildings this year These things are,
after all, simply eXternals. The import
ant thing about the fair-the thing no.
body should miss-is the representation
of community life as it is lived in every
branch of endeavor.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
Willis Thornton
Says.

Fortunately the plastic industry
has had :. great development in the
United States during the past few
years. Never before have there been
SC many materials available with
such variety of properties. And
just in time, too.
The National Defense Commits
sion has already told magnesium
producers that for the time being
they should allot all their stocks
to defense industries. Magnesium
alloys arc used to produce a strong,
light metal of the greatest use in
the aiyplane industry. That is one
field in which Germany has a
hoadst2rt 1t is widely using mag
HeSimn metals ii its planes in
stead of aluminium. The United
States had made a start in mag
nesium production, but this NDC
request indicates that it has not yet
progressed Jar enough for defense
needs, let alone for other peace
time purposes in addition.
The NDC has also requested that
ncn-defensc industries devise means
of replacing aluminium in their pro-
ducts with substitute materials in
cluding plastics. That means ersatz
in the German manner, though
fortunately it should not involve
any hardship or any inferior pro-
ducts. for in mCst OF these cases
the finished product will be just as
good made from the substitute ma
terials as originally; in most cases
the buyer probably won't ever
know the difference.
This is going to give Sudden
artificial impulse to the plastic in
oustry. which is already growing
by leaps and bounds. Cases, cabi-
nets, and housings for business ma
chimes, scales. radios, vacuum
cleaners; kitchen utensils, flash
light cases, camera. even the bod
les of automobiles, may scon bc
coming eff the production lines in
plastic or other materials rather
than GlUniIun or magnesium met
ais badly necd2d for defense.
il isn't a case cr accepting ShOddy
crSat1 goods Of inferior quality.
1t is merely a matter of change.
And the changes brought about
may well continue after the emer-
gency has passed. 1t is more than
possible that it may be 50 great rs
u alter yisibly the size of the in
dustrl2s concerned meaning fewer
jobs in metals and more plastics
later on.
That is just one more way of the
hundreds of ways in which the
defense emergency IS altering our
ways Of life perhaps for good.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
WASHINGTON
SHORTCUTS

Whether or not there will be
'', -" to the late r. Walton
h-J-re, counselor to the secretary
Of state, is question AS Secretary
Hull's confidant of many years,
Judge Moore was made counselor
when Summer Welles was named
under-secretary. Idea was to have
them CT equal rank, though the
position was then a new one. Re-
cent cables that British had mined
approaches to Singapore were not
news, as the barber had been so
heavily mined fer months that a
few British ccaStWise steamers had
been damaged in their own mine
fields. jerome Frank had long been
promised federal judgeship as re-
ward for services to New Deal in
AAA and SEC.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
DICTATOR" DEBUTS
DOWN ARGENTINE WAY

The Argentine government finally
passed Charlie Chaplin's Dictator"
after the film originally had been
banned because of protests by Ger
many. Confessions of Nazi
Spy. though, remains on the shelf.
Chaplin and Paulette Goddard are
together again. living at the beach
home of her agent and planning a
Honolulu trip when she finishes her
new picture. Cecil De Mile cabled
an offer for a part in Reap the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
Barbs

Cheer up! 1t won't be long till
you can start cut dctouring the
country.
IuXcmbOurgcrS have been Or
dcrcd to "Gcrmanizc" their names.
By any other names they'll be just
as bitter.
Acting prime minister has told
AUSTRALIANS to prepare for grave
events. One for each war victim.
II isn't hard for anyone with
money TO burn to find a match.
Why complain about zero Wea-
ther? 1t all amounts TO naught!
After all love is a mild form of
insanity, and it doesn't last over
30 days.
State Senator A. T. Edwards,
Washington, on a proposed n6W
marriage law
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

EDITORS NOTE: The folioicing
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions Uoiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

On the 414,0O0 miles of railroads
in the United States, mere than
l,000,0o0G0O wooden railroad ties
now arc in service.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
So They Say

Army humOr hasn't developed or
advanced in the 25 years I've been
in the Regular Army.
Capt John w. McGilvray. 44th
Division
The biggest families live in tho
poorest shelters in America.
Jonathan Daniels, in The Ma
ton.
The voices Of the millions Cf
people Wh3 demand peace and
Justice on earth cannot be stilled
by physical force and instruments Of
war.
by physical force and intrumcnts Of
league Of Nations.
Il will hurt to pay cash for de-
15nse but il will hurt worse. and
,cnger. to borrow for defense.
Harley L. Lutz, Princeton eco
nomist.
I scarcely dare to hone that the
world after the war will be a good
World If we win, but if we lose it
will be he'll
-Bsrtrand Russell, British phi
lOsopher.
we can learn. one from the
other
Vice President Wallace, on in
tef-Amefican relations,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
Did You Know?

In its history. the United States
has paid S1O2 100000 to six for
eign governments for territory pur-
chased
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
ANSWERS

fNSeGRS
The word naviccrt is contrac-
llon Of navigation certificate, a
paper issued by the British gov
cInmcnt indicating that its cargo
Is not bound for Germany. The
navlcert eliminates delay at search
stations.
2. Enfiladc means a rake lenght-
wise with gunfirc at the flank Of
IN opposing force
3, A railhead is q point on a
railroad at which supplies for
troops arc unloadcd.
4. Strafc is German for punish
mcnt. In military sense, it means
10 punish severely with gunfirc.
5, Shrapncl is artillery shells or
bullets that shower on explosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

Reverend Sweetland is a minister
in Loveland, Colo.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

Eighteen million nickClS were
produced by the Philadelphia mint
alone in March, 1889
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
Uranium Crackers
SOME WAR WORDS

SOME WAR WORDS
Listed below are five words which
appear frequently in the war news.
Dc you know what each means?
Navicert.
Z. Enfiladc.
3. Railhcad.
q. Strafe.
5. Shrapncl.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
MEMBER

American Newspaper rub-
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Cali
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
Famous Sayings

It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve il.
ovid.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
Thoughts for the Day

And the anger of the Lord kindled against them;
and he departed-Numbers 1919
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

Eighteen million nickClS were
produced by the Philadelphia mint
alone in March, 1889
A group of snipe is known as a
WiSp
Australian eucalyptus trees arc
larger than Callfornia'S big trees,
cften exceeding 450 feet in height.
The United States and China
each has five cities with a popu-
lation Of more than million.
Pelcc Island, in Lake Erie, is the
SouthcrnmoSt point of Canada.
Tho first cotton mill in Amer
lea was built at Pawtuckct, RI,
by Samuel Slater.
-Four or B Der cent is the average
fuel efficiency of gasoline engines.
Dynamite is made of nitro-g glyz
cerin and an absorbent, generally
wood pulp and sodium nitrate.
1t is said that Stammcring has
become more common among girls
in recent years.
Pennsylvania has 100000 miles of
rlVnr and etreamS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
MARY MARTIN
TAKES OFF AGAIN

A hasty title change has been
made by Warncrs-of Winged
victory TO Shining Victory.
Somebody reminded EN- that Wing
cd Victory is Hitlers favorite work
OF art. Mary Martin docs brisk
strip tease in Kiss the Boys Good
bye; peels off numerous old-fash-
ioncd garments and dives into a
pool Yeah-thcres a modern bath
ing suit underneath.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
by Paul Harrison :.
HOLLYWOOD S Fads, Fancies and Foibles

Wild Wind to Rex Harrison III
England, and got this reply. Sorry
but busy in greatest role OF my
life The actor is private in
the British army.
The James Roosevelt divorce be-
comes final on March 7, and friends
say that he and his former nurse,
Romelle Schneider, will be married
soon afterward. Marlcne Dietrich
wanted John Wayne to play op-
posite her in The Flame of New
Orleans But Republic, which owns
the actor has cast him with Ona
Munson in The Lady From New
Orleans"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
DIRECTS PICTURE
IN THREE TONGUES

Typical of Hollywood and the
bold front maintained by movie
people is this sign in a boulevard
dress shop: Everything in sports
apparel for that weekend at Palm
Springs. We gladly cash relief
checks
Director Rouben Mamoulian tries
to make everyone feel at home on
the set of Blood and Sand. He
speaks Russian to Nazimcva, Span
ish to Anthony Quinn, and Texas
to Linda Darncll. Spencer Tracy
refers to himself as We" since he
went into the dual role of Dr..
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde. Paramount
wants to stage national pcll so
that the public can cast For Whom
The Bell Tells But Ernest Hem
ingway is insisting that Annabellc
play Maria.
Casualty notes: Jimmy Gleason
rose from a flu bed to play scene
III "Affectionately Yours an easy
scene, he was assured, in which he
could lie down all the time. So
he lay on q couch and was re-
peatedly drenchcd by an overhead
sprinkler for a comedy sequence.
Edward Arnold has q sprainnd
ankle and can't walk, but a high
saddle-chair has been rigged 10
with wheels so that he appears tc
be moving about in scenes for The
Lady From Cheyenne" Kent Tay-
lor, with a broken collar bone,
turns only his Eft profile to the
camera so that bulky neck brace
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

Pennsylvania has 100000 miles o
flVcr and streams.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

A group of snipe is known as a
WiSp.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

Australian eucalyptus trees arc
larger than California's big trees,
cfton exceeding 45O feet in height.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

1t is said that stammcring has
become more common among girls
in recent years.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

Dynamite is made of nitro-glyz
cerin and an absorbent, generally
wood pulp and sodium nitrate.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

The United States and China
each has five cities with a popu-
lation of more than million.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

Pelce Island, in Lake Erie, is the
Southcrnmost point of Canada.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

-Four or per cent is the average
fuel efficiency of gasoline engines
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

Tho first cotton mill in Amer
lea was built at Pawtuckct, RI.
by Samuel Slater.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
AND a FEW
"SMALL" ITEMS

Those arc the main big ite
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Sir S+ork
Reported on
Way Again
BY MAURY PAUL

NEW YORK, Dec, %
There's one thing about Alice
Aston Obolcnsky Won Hoff-
manSthal Harding she doesn't
believe in race suicide
Vincent AStor's brunette Sis
ter has children by both her
first husband Prince Serge
Obolcnsky and by her second
spouse. Raimund von Hotf-
manSthal.
Now hear Sir Stork is plan
ming a visit to Alice and her
third husband, Philip Harding,
who is serving with the British
forces.
Alice is little known in this
country, having spent the
greater part of her life in Eng
land. where She now is. Natu-
rally her mother Lady RibbleS-
dale. the onc-tmc Mrs. John
Jacob AStor. who. lives al the
81. Regis Hotel IN New York,
a hosiery owned by ncr SON IS
worry happy over Tho domestic
news from London
Ava RibbleSdalc likes being a
granny even though she
doesn't look like one.
WELL. THERE'S one con>old-
ton the sometimes too viva
cjouS Mrs. Vincent IIubbcll now
knows where her stolen Jewels
are a. the bottom of tho Iiud-
son River!
Back IN January 1910 n
light-ilngcfod member OF the
underworld entered the several
times married Mrs Iuhbcli s
Park Avenue apartment. locked
hor in the bedroom closet and
made off with her Tools
MIS- IIUbbCTI n nor Inc NO
10 take anything sitting down
even theft. Since that exciting
day She has conducted high
pressure search for INC man who
Switched her 'SparklcrS
lie has just been apprchcndcd,
and confessed 90 casting Ms.
lIubhellS Zee into the Hudson.
wouldn't be surprised if tho