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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14
CHAPTER SIX

lust AS Joel was backing hi!
car into the street. the church
doors were thrown open, and a YER
;tahle deluge of i.uman being:
n,ured for,h. They rushed out int
tho cement walks, overfowed tt
the neat and close-clipped lawn
pushing, showing, talking. Guests
bridesmaids. ushers, bridesmaids
mothers, a weeping little flower
oirl. a wide-eyed small page boy
and Rita's grandmother, waving
her cane, and making remarks tha1
all but blistered the paint on the
church edifce.
And ther a girl, plain, almost
mannish, and carrying a notebook
snied Joel and his Aunt Sallie. She
gave a e.y and bore down on them
like a female savage.
"Oh, Lord" Joel groaned. Here
comes Sadie Young, our ubiquitous
society reporter" He grabbed his
aunt's arm. Don't talk. Aunt Sal
lie, whatever you do"
Aunt Sallie sat ur, stiff and
stern. Pm an oyster, so far as
sadie's concerned" she said.
But Sadie, smelling a juicy story
for her column, charged on and on
where's Mr.. Latham" she
cried out breathlessly. Il want his
side of the story right away" She
chung to the side of the a and
peered il at Joel and Aunt Sallie.
whats happened to him?"
II couldn't say" Joel replied
"He-er--may still be back in the
minister's study"
WAS he terribly heartbroken ?"
Sadie asked.
Perhaps you'd better ask him
that" said Joel.
Aunt Sallie gave Sadie a look
that was calculated to make her
sink through the sidewalk.
This is all very silly" she said
please drive me home, Joel"
Sure, Aunt Sallie," Joel said
He started the engine again. but
Sadie still chung. You'd better
hurry. Sadie" he advised. MY cou-
sin may be on the verge of a col
lapse, but no doubt he'll have
something to say"
"Thanhs." said Sadie. THANKS a
lot" She smiled at Aunt Sallie
Haven't you any statement to
make, Mrs. Randall? After all, Mr.
Latham is rather like your SON"
NO, my aunt has nothing to
say" Joel said quickly.
But Aunt Sallie did have some
ting to say, She forgot that she
was supposed to be playing the
role of oyster.
I've got th.7 to say, she told
Sadie. II 7 glad that my nephew.
William .,aGdall Latham, is not 60
ing to give his fine old name to
a-a-a mental jitterbug"
Sadie gasped. Joel felt a sinking
sensation in the Pit Of his stom-
ach, There Wou'l be :rolble, if
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14

Truth is strong as a means to So
cial confidence, f'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14
Early Stock
Prices Lower

New York, Feb. 14-tAP)-The
stock market dug in for mild recover
les today after early receSsions of
fractions 10 : or more points for
leaders and greater declines for iso-
lated issues.
thursdays decline was extended
On fair sized volume in early deal
lngs. Selling then slackcned and
near the fourth hour the pace was
relatively slow,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14
Cotton Prices
2To S Lower

New York, Feb. 14.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened l to 3 lower.
Around midday, prices were 2 to
5 net lower, March 1929, May 1927,
October 9.65.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14
SYNOPSIS

BILL LATHAM' young 0ovel'st' Is
about TO marry
pTTA LINWOOD, a local butterfly
InrI. RANDALL, Biifs older cousin.
and
,TvT SALlIE RANDALL help MIN
make lis tinal preparations for the
event.
YESTERDAY iii re be- m mn We5a teils 0t the
- suddcnlv announces she isn't
rning through with the marriage.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14

and we couldn't very well get
along without them.
SO they are very important
members of the body physical and
when they are reduced in number
ON ems Of well being is greatly
impaired. And the. are fire.
quently reduced-in the case of
the red cells, this being called
'anemia." So il a person is
b~reathless, or has a sore tongue,
or feels weak, Or has no appetite
the symptoms of ancmia are
varlous-lt is important to know
how many Of Il csc citizens he is
carrying. But this can be ascer-
tanned easily; is a regular method
of examination in any doctors
office.
Sometimes they are increased in
number though this is rot nearly
as common an occurrence as an
emla and here, too. there are dis
agreeable sensations as if VIC had
too many policemen and garbage
removers and delivery trucks
cumming up the streets and alleys
and getting n each others way.
Red Corpuscle Carries Oxygen
Since each red corpuscle carries
a definite amount of hemoglobin,
which carries the oxygen to the
cell-in health, the estimation of
the hemoglobin is a rough index
to the number of red cells. But
this varies somewhat in different
diseases and is useful as a matter
Of differcntial diagnosis of tr-
anemias-a matter that can be
we'll left to the experts.
Treatment of these conditions
is simple and logical. once the
true condition Is known. The Won
dcrs of liver extract in anemia is
one of the astonishing medical
discoveries of all time. The use
of IRON has also been rediscov-
cred for certain types Of anemia
and We nov know how to give it.
Some of the vitamins are also
useful.
Counting the white corpuscles
is equally valuable. They are in
creased, indicative of infections
Ike appendicitis and pneumonia.
But the discussion is somewhat
too technical for an article Of this
kind.
EhIyhnrE NhIrIN, ~. rJ--
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14

Dr.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14
Blood F Examinations
What These Tests Nay Tell the Doctor

By LOGAN CLENDENING, M. d.
. Several inquiries coming from
readers have indicated that they
have received reports of blood X
aminations but do not know what
Interpretation to put on them. l
was surprised this week, for in
stance, to have an inquiry about
the sedimentation rate of the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
STRATEGIC ROADS

Before congress today is a proposed
gigantic appropriation for the develop
ment and improvement of strategic roads
in the United States-rOadS over which
troop movements might be expected in
event of hostilities, and roads vital in
the movement of materials and supplies.
OF all the phases of the national emer
gency, this one is among the most i'm
portant to Imperial Valley. There are
at least three routes in the valley of
vital strategic importance to the entire
Pacific southwest. One is the San Diego
highway. one the Los Angeles highway,
and the other a north-south route run
ming north through the eastern part of
California, or into Nevada-possibly the
Four States Highway or, which is least
likely, an entirely new route along the
Colorado river.
The Los Angeles and San Diego high
ways, joining at Ell Centro and proceed
ing eastward as one route, provide the
quickest means of highway transporta-
ton between Arizona points, now vital
as air bases and training schools, and
the Pacific coast They provide the
quickest, most direct route from inland
military encampments to vital points on
the coast.
The inland, north-south route would
provide California with at least one such
highway fairly safe from coastal bomb
ardment. 1t would link the most vital
parts Of the west with direct line of
pavement. 1t is, possibly, more strategi-
cally vital than the others.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
by Paul Harrison =.
HOLLYWOOD S Fads. Fancies and foibIes
TUESDAY. JUNE l.. 1871

extra precautions. 2Oth-Fox has
been filming a frW sequences OF
a Yank IN the RAJ" at the Lock-
heed airplane factory IN Burbank
There hasn't been the slightest in
reference with defense work. or in
the production Of bombers for
Britain. but defense work and
bombers for Britain have interfer-
cd considerably with shooting the
picture.
You'd think that whei all avia-
tion flicker Is BEING made az a
field. the sound OF planes in the
cir and on the runways would be
Just the thinz for background at
mosphere But II isn't For some
unexplainable technical reason. the
.NII5doId I9lsta9f lus5op punos
So such scenes nave 20 De made
when eyerything's quiet. and the
sounds Of engines are dubbed in
later
The scenes made al the factory's
field represent an airdrome in
Britain with a concentration Cf
new bombers awaiting installation
OF guns and bomb racks In order
net to delay the work Of Lockhced
mechanics. the studiO put them all
into Raj uniforms and let them
go ahead with their regular jobs.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
COMPLIMENT FROM FIR
TO CALVIN COOLIDGE
Oroville Mercury-RegiSter)

(OrONlIle Mercury N-RtSlSltIJ
President Roosevelt has acted in such
a way as to pay a high compliment To
President Coolidge. He has appointed aS
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Il
man that Coolidge had elevated to an
associate iuSticeShip.
In so doing the President acknowledges
that when Coolidge made his appoint
ments he chose men of fairness and abil-
ity. regardless Of their ideologies, for
the Coolidge view of the constitution was
as far from that of Roosevelt as the South
Pole is from the North.
The President. on the contrary, has
packed the Supreme Court, in his seven
appointments. He has carefully chosen
men not for their judicial experience or
their known judicial temperament or
fairness, but for their political philoso-
ply. They had to be New Dealers and
they had to think in the same groove with
the President If they did, it mattered
not whether they had had experience on
the bench. He would pick even a man
who had Joined the Ku kluX Klan if that
man could be counted on to OK laws
written at the Presidents dictation and
interpret laws along the same line.
Therein lies our foremost criticism Of
President Roosevelt.
Harlan F. Stone, named Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, happens to share
the Presidents theory Of constitutional
Interpretation, but he has long been
known as a most able iurist and an hon
est one
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17

Michael Edelsten is dead and
buried Does il seem late in the
day 10 take note of that. The New
York congressman dieG suddenly OF
a heart attack in the House cloak
room Immediately after making his
last impassioned speech. The Gus
tomarv tributes were mace by his
colleagues. and it was duly noted
that his last words were concerned
with the essential equality of men
and the love they have for freedom.
II would be unwarranted, no
doubt. to imply that Edelstein died
from the emotional strain Of that
last speech. He should have died
hereafter" like Lady Macbeth, and
when the heart stops suddenly no
one has a formula to say how much
was contributed by this word, that
emotion. the other physical failure.
No one can know whether the sting
of the words of the speaker pre-
ccding him contributed much, or
any to his dying.
longer dispute those words. 1t is so
much more the duty of others to
ciscuss them candidly.
They were the old, familiar,
moth-eaten charge, hurled forth in
the usual general terms. that q
l'ttle group of our international
Jewish bankers has been trying
to lead the United states toward
war.
such a group either exists, or it
does not. Either it is acting thus,
or it is not No good purpose, and
many an evil purpose, may be
served BY repeating this phrase, re-
peating it again and again in a
sinister and mysterious tone, al
ways without specific evidence. 1t
should be demonstrated. or left un-
said.
To begin with. It's pretty clear
hat international bankers these
c.ys don't have the weight the'
used to have. and that they are fai
less free than they used to be IN
throwing about the weight they dc
have Further. it remains to b.
shown that such intern tiona
bankers as happen to be Jewish are
any more united on any single
point Of view than those who hap
pen TO be Christian.
The best that can be said about
those who propagate these sly in
uuendoes is that they are ill-in'
formed The worst Is that they ar,
deliberately trying 10 create TN,
k,nd of schisms in the UniteC
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
AXIS AIR LINES
Nevada State JOurnaD

The extent to which the Germans and
Italians have gained control of air trans
port in the Latin American republics is
explained by Oswald Ryan, a member of
the United States civil aeronautics board.
He points out that both Germany and
Italy have subsidized air lines in terri
tory which lacks the business to support
them.
Their purpose, he says, is military and
political. Apparently they are looking
to the time when they will invade the
New World through some South Ameri
can country in which they have prepared
a hospitable welcome.
The warning is timely and important
But it will not be forgotten that two
years ago Col. Frank Knox, now secre-
tary of the navy, said, following an air
tour of South America, practically the
same thing. On May %, 1889, he said in
the course of a review of this country's
western hemisphere defense: To-day
there is fleet of German planes operat-
ing on the Amazon river in South Ameri-
ca, where river traffic will not pay for
gasoline and oil consumed. This fleet
of planes is within five hours flying time
of the Panama Canal"
ne question IS thus not whether THIS
country knoWs-and for many months
has known-what is going on, but what
it is going to do about it. Ryan declares
that I'VE must eliminate the Axis from
South American aviation" 1t is expected
that his appeal will evoke a response
that will Immediately be reflected in
American policy.
This country is improving its relations
with the Latin American republics, but
it must go farther toward displacing the
subsidized advantages which have been
installed by the Axis powers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
.~LOAk TORN AWAY

Action Of the United States govern
nent in ordering all German consular
lffices closed and all German nationals
Employed in the consular offices removed
rom American territory will drive NaZi
agents underground" in the United
States, but it will remove from them the
almost all-embracing protection of diplo-
natic immunity.
After July 10-the date set for closing
| If the last consular office-this country
IAN treat German spies as they deserve.
| No longer will they be able to carry on
/ heir illegal work without fear of legal
'eprisal.
1t has been argued in the past that
' he consular offices should not be closed
because, knowing whom to watch, this
country's counter-espionage forces could
keep closer check on the activities of
German agents The trouble with that
argument was that, although it was true
our agents could keep a closer check, it
was true also that they could do nothing
| about il after they found espionage 60
ling on.
Such is diplomatic immunity that a
herman consular representative could
have in his possession the most closely
guarded American defense secret, and
the United States government could
know thaI ne naQ lt--yel we cOulu 90
nothing whatever about it. That is the
sort Of protection Nazi agents will lose
when the consular offices are closed.
The official order from Washington
Undoubtedly brings closer the day of an
| |irrevocable, final break with Germany
break that may lead almost Immediate
lily thereafter to actual war. That fact
should not be regarded as standing alone,
however 1t must be viewed in connec-
| tion with the additional fact that we
would be the blindest kind of wishful
thinkers if we did not recognize the nee
essity for protecting ourselves now, re-
gardless of the means, so that we will
not be fatefully vulnerable when the
showdown comes.
The consular closing order was one of
| the biggest steps yet taken in the field
of diplomatic maneuvering to tag sabot-
'eurs and spies for what they are, and
assure the proper functioning of the
| law in relation to them.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
BY PAUL HARRISON
EA Service staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD June II r. II
you'd ask : numOei OF people 10
name the most versatile individual
in the entertainment world, most
of them probably would pick Orson
Welles. They would De the ones
who don't know about Fortunio
Bona nova.
He's quite a guy, tniS Spaniard
from the island of Majorca. Once
he trained to be a bullfighter but
turned to opera and toured Europe
and South America for two years
after his debut. Inevitably his twin
talents suggested a performance OF
Carmen in a bull ring. so one was
staged in which he sang and fought
e. torro.
That didn't satisfy Bona-nova,
who decided to branch out to the
legitimate theater. He went TO
France. divided his time between
plays and musicals and was the
star of an outdoor festival when
Gilbert Miller heard of him and
cabled an offer to come to New
York. He made his American de-
but with Katharine Cornell in
"Dishonored Lady" in 1929 and also
appeared with Gloria Swanson in
her last silent picture.
DOES THINGS WELLES
Presently he went back to Spain
to make movies for United Artists
release. Like Welles. Bona-nova
vas producer. writer, director and
star. One of his films, The I'M
naculate Wife" won all the awards
in South America-beSt writing, di-
recting and acting.
In Hollywood, Orson WelleS hired
his rival talents for the funniest
role in Citizen Kane, Bona-nova
was the voice teacher with the un-
happy task Of trying TO train the
second Mrs. Kane for opera.
When 20th-t'oX began preparing
Blood and Sand, Bona-nova really
got a work out. He was engaged as
technical adviser on costumes, set,
and bullfighting. He served a.
d;alog director ana played the role
of Linda Darnell's father.
And now Fortunio Bona-nova is
one of the pair of Two Latins
From Manhattan. Just to prove
that he isn't too old or too much
of a character type for a romantic
role, he winds up by winning the
girl And the girl is Jinx Falken-
burg.
BOMBERS BLOCK MOVIES
By special arrangement and witt
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17

WASHINGTON, June 17-Wheth-
er it works or not, give the De-
partment of Commerce credit for
trying TO reorganize some OF the
bureaucracy out of its system, par
ticularly in the big Bureau OF Foreign
and Domestic Commerce.
In spite of the war, which mas
nearly wrecked our foreign COM
merce, and in spite of the defense
effort which dictates that business
as usual" must go for the duration,
the domestic commerce boys feel
that they have job to do in help
ing business wherever possible. Out
of that idea has come the general
reshuffling of the bureau
Center of the new idea will be II
apostles to spread the word from
Washington. They will be called
Regional Business Consultants and
there will be one for each of the
IL federal reserve districts. These IL
men, hand picked not only from the
bureau but also from business and
research Staffs of several uniVerSl-
ties. will gather in Washington soon
to begin a course of training.
Then, early in the fall, they will
take up their jobs in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia. Cleveland, Rich
mond, Atlanta, Chicago, st. Louis
Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas
and San Francisco. They will be
backed up by 10 field officers al
ready at work in other key cities
and the entire 81 will be known as
The United States Department OF
Commerce Field Service"
BUSINESS DRUMMER UPPERS
The idea is that this new agency
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
Did You Know?

Whales. which are LUrn .n the
water. begin swimming immcdi-
ately.
The earths crust was formed
about 1900 million years ago and
the interior much earlier accord
ing to scientists
Animals which walk on tho sole
OF the feet with the he,. touching
the ground. such as the bear. are
known as plantigradc.
In winter. cameh arc able 20 70
10 days without water. .n sImmcr.
only II days.
Although the sun is slowly los
ing It's heat. It will shine for am
otaer billion year. according 20
estimates.
The Atlantic oceans greatest
depth lies north OF Puerto Rico
where the bottom Is 3OO96 feet
deep.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in Washington

will work both ways. Field officers
will report to Washington on pasl-
ness conditions in their districts
and will be available as business
consultants to trade associatloila'
chambers of commerce, ard mdlYlu-
nal business executives. lhey Will
try TO help work out readJustmeh1a
in foreign trade, give adV.ce OH
outlets in South and Central Amer
lea help the Rockefeller committee
in trying to improve cultural re,
lations below the Rio Grande' ana
on top of that try to held business
men fit into the defense picture.
While this new field service Is
the one that will have the most
direct contact with business men IN
every community. it is only one
phase of the broader plan OF De-
partment of Commerce reorgani2a-
ton. Previously. the Bureau OF fo'a
eign and Domestic Commerce was
organized on what was called 4
vertical basis. That is, there was
q separate division for every com
modify or group of industries. There
were bureau chiefs for chemicals,
iron and steel, movies. machinery
tobacco, and SO on The tendency
was for each division to consider
that its particular pet and babY
was the center of the world and
that all other business reVolVed
around it.
Under the reorganization most OF
these division or commodity OF in
duStry chicfs-of dissection have been
given the status OF consultantS, and
their function hereafter will be 10
sit in with the new horizontal or"
ganization of five principal divisions.
The Field Service unit outlined
previously becomes the Division Of
Regional Economy. There is a Di-
vision of International Economy,
which is f0"ci2N It'd. 4 DiHieio''
of Industrial Economy, organized
horizontally by units of merchan-
dising, consumption. construction,
durable goods, and 50 on. Divisions
of Research and Information COM
plete the picture.
Now all this may seem like q lot
of governmental red tape organi-
zatiOn which it probably is and you
shouldn't be bothered by it. It is
illustrative, however, of the way
these big government bureaus op-
crate. You could wander for days
through this Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce without meet
ing all the people or finding out
what they do.
When the Department of Com
merce building was finished. it was
dubbed Hoover's Folly and every
body wondered what on earth they
would use to fill all the offices on
all seven floors covering the equal
of two big city blocks. Today tho
place is filled to overfloWing and
they're trying to make the big, un-
Wieldy thing function for the good
, of the citizenry.
And the fact is that it does a lot
of good. 1t is probably a toss-up
as to whether you can get more
miscellaneous information from the
Department of Commerce or the
Departent of Agriculture. If yos
write in asking for information about
your particular business, they have
, some. Or if you call in person, there
is an information office which Is
trying desperately to steer business
8 men coming to town on defense
jobs. 1t may take two or three days
to get you what you want but they
try.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
by Willis Thornton.
Those International Bankers

States which SO effectively cleft
France asunder and which helped
Hitler to power in Germany.
Michael Edelstein is dead and
buried. dead in the very act OF
fighting a scurrilous and thought
less charge which has so often been
advanced to create division and
confusion.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
Barbs

Most women are walking around
IL the height of fashion just about
up to the knees.
Presents, not absence, makes q
girl grow fonder.
During air raids frightened Egyp-
tian wives want to leave the harems
and go into shelters. Sort of a har-
um-Scarum affair.
Free French forces leading the
allied drive into Syria and Lob
anon are reported to be seasoned
veterans. Been peppered by an
enemy before.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY. JUNE L. 1871

EDITORS NOTE: The foIlouino
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17

This is not the first tough time
the world has ever known In
the very years when Napoleon was
bringing an end to the world there
were being born boy and girl babies
destined to produce ore of the most
splendid periods of Eistory.-Bruce
Barton. advertising man.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
Thought for the Day

The way which he dedicated for us a new and iy-
ing way through the veil that is to say. his flesh.
Hebrews 10 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-17
So They Say

May the ghost of woodrow Will
son haunt the evil spirit of Adolf
Hitler forever and forever!
Edwin L. James, N, Y. Time
managing editor, in alumni ad-
dress at Randolph-Macon Col
lege.