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Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
IS JAPAN WAKING UP?
christian Science Monitor)

For months, if not years, the position
of Japan has appeared desperate. Only
the stoicism of a people long schooled
in hardship could have stood up under
the tremendous drain of the four-years
struggle in China upon an unbalanced
and vulnerable economy. Added now is
the prospect that all the power of the
United States will oppose with increasing
vigor the Nipponese new order for
Asia. This background may help to eX-
plain why after the Dutch East Indies
called Japan's virtual ultimatum demand
ing a larger share of their oil, tin and
rubber, Tokyo bows gracefully and says
there will be mo change in normal rela-
tions" with Batavia.
Acts rather than words will determine
whether Japan has decided to accept fail
ure of its threats against the Dutch. Yet
there is some evidence that japanese
moderates-and there are strong moder-
ate elements-are influencing the mill
tary adventurers who signed the Triple
Axis agreement last September The Axis
tie appeared useful, for although the
Germans and Italians could send little
direct aid to the Far East, they were
keeping Britain busy. But the Nazis have
been of little use to Tokyo as against the
United States. Indeed the signing of the
Triple Axis pact awakened many Ameri-
cans to the worldwide nature of totali
tartan aggression. And the nearer Ameri-
ca has come to anti-AXis belligerency the
more vigorous has become its opposition
to japanese expansion.
Washington's aid to China has been
greatly increased. Trade restraints have
been added and American opinion is de-
manding more. And while some naval
units may have been shifted from the Pa
cific to guard ships carrying supplies to
Britain, new air strength has been added
in the Pacific. Rapid development of
American bases at Guam, Midway and
Wake Islands, where there will soon be
hundreds of planes, and sharp increases
of American planes in the whole Pacific
area speak language the military men
in Tokyo understand This tongue has be-
come even sharper in its accents as Japan
has looked twice at the problem of long
range operations around Singapore and
the Dutch Indies.
Possibly realization that the sound of
wings over the Pacific will not lessen
encourages politeness in Tokyo.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in Washington

million set aside for the nine
states which don't have laws per-
mitting them to participate in low
rent slum clearance projects. De
partment of Agriculture, buying
food for Britain, has been able to
set only half the amount of cheese
It wanted by the end of June. and
two-thirdS the amount of evaproat-
ed milk. The metal furniture in
duStry may have to switch to wood
to conserve metal supplies. Home
builders arc being asked to leave
cut specifications calling for alum
mum for grilles and trim rubber
for tiles and linoleum and cork
for insulation. Lumber production
for 1941 may go to "a billion feet,
as against 29.5 billion feet for l940.
If additional Army camps should
be built, they would take another
is billion feet. The Red Cross says
there aren't enough nurses.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUN-
TY OF IMPERIAL
pRnRATE NO. 321d


PROBATE NO. 3214
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF WILLIAM S. COL
LlNS, also known as w. s. COL.
LINS, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the
undersigned Administrator of the
Estate of William S. Collins, also
known as w. S. Collins, Deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased to file their claims with the
necessary vounchers within six
months after the first publication
of this notice, in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of the
State of California, in and for the
County of Imperial, in the City Of
El Centre, California, or to present
said claims with the necessary
vouchers within said six months to
the said Administrator at the Office
of Lee Nuffer, in the Rehkopf
Building, City of Ell Centre, County
of Imperial, State OF California,
which said office the undersigned
selects as his place of business IN
all matters connected with SAID
estate of William S. Collins, also
known as w. S. Collins, deceased.
DATED: June 20, 194l.
w. S. COLLINS, JR.
Administrator
June %, 80. July 7, IA, q.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
LOOKING FORWARD

The attitude of American firms doing
business in Central and South America
is obviously changing with conditions
Standard Oil of New Jersey is a pio-
neer in publishing and furnishing to
stockholders stenographic report of the
company's annual meeting, a practice
which many other firms might we'll adopt
In the current account of such meet
ing, w. S. Parish, president, made this
significant statement:
"The way to succeed, the way to keep
in business in any country in South
America is to emphasize more in the fu
ture than in the past that we belong to
the country =. In foreign country, we
become South Americans, and as such
we do business. We must become part of
the country in every sense of the word,
and the people in that country must be
partners and the government must have
a more direct interest in the business than
they had in the past when we were doing
business from New York, and we were
Y%kees from the United States"
We're learning. And there's hope for
him who learns.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SITTING AS A BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION

NOTICE is hereby given as re-
quired, that the City Council of the
City of FL Centro will convene on
July 2, 1941 at 7:3O P. NJ, at the
City Hall of the City of El Centric,
to sit as a Board of Equalization
for the purpose of equalizing the
tax roll, and will continue to sit
as a Board of Equalization from
day to day until the equalization
of the tax roll is completed
ROBERT. w. HATTON.
Mayor
ATTEST:
NEAL H. GAVIN,
City Clerk
June 24-July inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30

We nave thought that freedom
was a heritage and that we could
possess it; but it is a quest. and
we've got to pursue 1t.
-Rev. Paul Scherer, N. Y, at
Hamilton College.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30

The need OF the sense of re-
sponsibility has expanded as oui
mode of life has changed.
President Seymour of Yale Uni
verSity.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
So They Say

The Chinese think that freedom
is more important than life.
-Rev Scott, movie cameraman
lust back from China.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30

Worlds deepest mine is one which goes
down into the earth more than a mile in
search Of gold 1t is in Brazil.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
CAN'T BE CANTOR

CAN'T BE CANTOR
He looks like q stock model OF
Victor Mature, yet some of his at
titudes remind you of the wide
eyed eagcrness of Eddie Cantor.
Resemblances end there. Richard
Whorf still is called "Dickie' by
various friends who persist in re-
membering him as the juvenile
actor who crashed Broadway in
1927 and returned as director and
star of Monkey" in 1882 after
writing 10 plays and some distin--
guished adventures among the
summer shoW-shops.
Among others Of his family
(Which he says settled in Maine
in 1850 are Brother Ben, distin-
guished chemist, insurance COM
pany executive and professor of
Mayan Languages at Yale, and
Brother John, famous artist and
protege of John Sargent. His
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30

EDITORS NOTE: The f0llolcing
edit oriuls are presented as interesting
opinions U0iced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30

There are more water-powered- grist
mills in operation in North Carolina than
in any other state.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30

ur Company has never made a statement like
this before about any product
"We do so now because Thermo-C CHARGED
RPM Motor Oil does things for your
engine no other oil can do. The addition
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qualities.
"For example, this Thermo-C Charging
increases tremendously 'RPM's' power to
spread over and lubricate hot metal sur
faces. Other oils actually will run uphill
to escape scorching areas which Thermo-
Charged RPM refuses to leave!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
Did You Know?

The moon goes around the earth
approximately l3 tines year,
making one revolution in 27 days
aid hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
Thought for the Day

Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words
shall not pass away.-Luke 2l33
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30

HOLLYWOOD, June 30 - They
have finally got Richard Whorf at
work in Movietown, and with the
perversity for which the place is
celebrated, they're having him play
tie piano. That happens to be
just about the only thing in show
business that Whorf. who at 35
seems to be a sort of legen6 in
the theater, hasn't done.
He hasn't MADE picture, that
oversight is being corrected by
his current assignment as a jazz
band leader and pianist in New
Orleans Blues"
Whorf came here with rare
contract as actor. writer and di-
rector. If Warner Brothers merely
had been trying to list his stage
talents, they'd have added pro
duccr" and art director" to the
agreement. He was scenic designer
as well as a principal player with
he Lunts He also is a sculptor
and painter, so if the Warmers ever
are short-handed in the plaster
shop, their versatile Mr.. Whort
can fill in there, too.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
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"And will go even farther. Thermo-
Charged RPM does better job of
cleaning out deposits left by other oils.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30

WASHINGTON, June 30 - This
matter of shortages is beginning to
trickle down. At first, the big Or
ders on priorities seemed to affect
nothing more petite than box
car but substitutes are beginning
to appear for other things and
there will be more of the same as
time goes on. Pretty soon you won't
recognize yourself.
Take sporting goods. They seem
about as far removed from defense
materials as anything you might
mention. and therefore one OF the
least likely to be affected. The very
remoteness of sporting goods from
defense materials, however, makes
Them among the first things where
substitutions must be made. Sport
ing goods are classified as luxuries
in war time and if savings can be
made in consumption of ALUMINIUM,
steel, leather. rubber and brass, the
sporting element will be the first
to feel the pinch.
If the rings on your ski poles are
made of aluminium, hang onto them
for they are definitely pre-war, In
the future these rings will be made
out of rattan.
If you're horsey and your favor
ite polo pony won't take anything
but an aluminium bit or won't re-
spond to any digs in the ribs from
anything but aluminium spurs
you'll probably have to send the
critter back to be rebroken, for
spurs and bits will hereafter be
made of steel. which was, after all,
good enough for the old gray mare
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30

Half of our conversation is mad,
up of 43 common words.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
Famous Sayings

All but God is changing day by day-charles
Kingsley.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30
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definitely finer performance

-definitelY finer performance
"Bccause Thermo- Charged RPM keeps
engines SO clean, it materially reduces
wear. Diesel engines which are far harder
on lubricating oil than any automobile
engine have proved this in millions of
miles Of operation. Thermo-Charged oil
has more than doubled the service life of
their piston rings and cylinder walls.
"Thermo-Charged RPM actually
brings you nine important advantages. 1t
is now available at 500 quart. We be-
lieve no other oil at any price can equal
its value"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-30


up of 43 common words.
The fish known as pandaka pyg-
mea reaches a length of only
seven -siXteenths of an inch.
A ballroom floor of sheet cop
per is the pride of Cne London
restaurant.
A zebra is known as a convict"
in a circus.
There have been II kings by the
name of Edward in the history of
England.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-11
Defense Week Starts

IN PROCLAIMlNG Armistice Day TO open Civilian
Defense Week President Roosevelt has focused atten-
ton upon the fact that modern warfare is not only
of soldiers, but of civilians as well.
The heroes of total war" may never don uniform,
may enter trench. may fire gun Factories
have become front lines Homes have become dugouts.
The spectacle abroad will bring particularly sober
thoughts to the veterans of the AEF who dominate the
celebration of Armistce Day in Detroit and elsewhere
But it is to the people of the occupied countries of
Europe that this years Armstice Day must bring the
most poignant memories They the people of France
of Denmark of Belgium of Holland-of Poland-of
Czecho- Slovakia-of Norway
From these erstwhile peaceful citizens of free
nations could they send their message past the Naz CEN
sorshp concevaby might to citizens of the yet-free
Americas the admonition Prepare while yet you may
IN HIS proclamation announcing Armistce Day as the
beginning of Civilian Defense Week, President Roose
welt said he designated that period "as time for all per-
throughout the nation to give thought to their duties
and responsibilities in the defense of this country and to
become informed of the many vital phases of the civilian
defense program and of the opportunities which it offers
for the participation of every individual American in the
defense of priceless heritage"
All Detroiters should grasp this opportunity not only
by taking active part in the observance of Armstice
Day~but by participating in the programs planned for
Civilian Defense Week.
So-just as another remInder-tomorrow is "War
Against Waste Day. Thursday is "Sgn Up for Defense
Day. Friday is Health and Welfare Day. Saturday is
Civilian Protection Day. and Sunday is Freedom Day.
Observe them al-and do your part in the prepare
ton of total defense against total war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-11
Definitely Spanked Wife
Says It's Woman Who Pays
BY BENJAMIN DE CAsSEREs

sad story, I have been spanked
half a dozen times since. My
hubby yields a mean hairbrush.
and it's the woman who pays
and pays, but not through the
nose.
"Well, it's unpleasant and I
hate Ii ut the exact moment, but
/ have to admit IL has done me
LOT of good and has steered us
away from the road to divorce
which gets so many young
couples. There would be fewer
divorces II the meh of America
would assert their manhood oc-
casionally with a little force.
"When my husband announces
Of a hectic evening, Well, Toots,
l guess you've earned licking;
go get the hairbrush!' 1 object
strongly to the idea.
DUT somehow I feel good in
- side 10 know that he's still
the boss. and l go to my bed
room and get the darn thing and
drape myself over his knee and
take my medicine as philosophi-
cally as possible. Why? Well.
ask an expert on feminine
psychology. l don't know!"
OF course, the classic wife
thrasher of all time was Pet
ruchio in Shakespeare's The
Tanning of The Shrew" He
obeyed Nietzsche's Take A Lash
To Your Lady" several hundred
years before the prophet Of the
Superman was born.
And how Shak espeare's
kitty finally loved her hubby
for those lashings he gave--or
just threatened 10 give her!
Personally, / do not recon-
mend this flashing and spanking.
l think a better way TO tame
your lady is to take away her
check book and her charge ac-
count. But nothing has yet con-
quered the female neither
Spankings nor keeping her out
OF the shops. For she's what
old NietZSche never guessed
she is the supermanl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-11
3 Arrests Compared

COMPARISON of three arrests made by Detroit police
n in the last 10 days makes wonder at the way
justice is administered sometimes
On October 81, four men arrested on gambling
charges They booked, then released at request of
Circuit Court commissioner to report back next day
On November l, six men were arrested after union
riot in which Is injured They held for 30 hours
then released to report back next day.
On November s, 69-year-od welfare client
arrested a charge of not having garbage can, of
which he subsequently found innocent.
But he held in Jail for approximately 40 hours
before judge heard of his plight and ordered him
leased.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-11
CLARA PALMER,
15051 Lamphere avenue,
TO THE EDITOR:

TO ftfE EDITOR.
DEAR CITIZENS, if you call
~ yourselves such, please don't
send me any more insulting
cards or letters because you
have misconstrued my meaning
in my letter to the editor.
If you will be kind enough to
read il over you will see that /
didn't say / want my boys ever
to go to war. God forbid that.
l said that 1 thought camp
training is good for any normal
q boy and I still say so.
l love all of my children with
the deepest mother love. I've
nursed and loved them through
every childhood sickness and
wouldn't have a hair of their
heads harmed. and defy any
one 10 say / even intimated that
want ever TO have them go to
war.
But going to camp for a year
or more Of good sound American
training isn't going to war.
If war is declared with the
United States not one of you
mothers can keep your boys
from going. no more than you
can keep them from going to
camp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-11

COME TIME ago I published
~ the extraordinary letter of
a woman who signed herself
zone of the unspanked. She
said. in effect, that more women
should be spanked for the good
of their souls.
Now here is still more
extraordinary letter from
woman who signs herself def
nitely spanked" i give, for the
delight of the male soul, the
high-lights in this instalment
of "spanker's progress"
"My husband happened to
read the letter I'm March of
Events from n gal who signed
herself 'one of the unspanked'
and who expressed the wish
that her husband would give
her a good padding once I'm
while TO clear the air and
settle quarrels. Well. 1 certainly
hope she got IL, because her
little essay has cost me many an
uncomfortable moment since.
"As a bit of background, 1
might put in the fact that l was
n temperamental and spoiled
bride and needed some curbing.
One evening my husband read
'unspanked's' letter aloud and
asked me what 1 thought OF IL.
I very carelessly remarked she
probably deserved all she was
asking for.
al forgot all about IL till the
next time we had a bad quarrel.
Then, to my great surprise, my
usually kind and gentle hubby
yanled me across his lap and did
a very thorough job for an anna
teur. You can bet was shocked
and hurt, especially hurt.
CT OBJECTED-me, a college
Il graduate-to be treated like
a child, and I did a good bit of
suIlIing the next day, which re-
suited that night in another and
harder spanking. After that
shut up,
Ito cOndense the rest of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-11


w Hitler's dare to the British
just to try invading the conti-
nent caused no one here to start
out in a rowbota yet.
Britain has accumulated much
war material and trained a good
army since Dunkirk twhile say
ing little about iO. Her produc-
ton schedules are reported to
be hitting unexpected heights.
October was admittedly a record.
Yet the British generals do
not banker to go across the
channel without superiority in
the air. They raked the CONT
nent coast from Norway to
Brindisi to see how many Nazi
war birds they could flush. Their
unprecedented losses sh ow e d
Hitler maintains a formidable
air force on his Western Front.
Consequently a certain SYM
pathy with British hesitancy
exists here.
Hitler himself did not dare in
wade England when he found
the air too thick with Spitfires.
pUT question is when will the
- Nazi-British plane balance
get much better? When will
the time ever be ripper?
Hitler had over 10000 planes
when the war started. From
then until the Russian campaign,
his losses fell short of his new
production in every month eX-
one, September, 1910.
Anglo American production
jointly may now exceed his in
view of his losses in Russia, but
not by a considerable margin.
The Nazis are supposed also
to have had something like
$4,000 tanks at the start Of the
conflict. The British had some
thing under 600, most of which
were left at Dunkirk.
Every time their machines
have met the NaziS. they have
had to leave much behind. Even
if Hitler has lost the maximum
in Russia the British have no
reason to hope that they are yet
superior in tanks.
OUR officials are fond Of
~ Hhoping that Stain will hang
on hard another year and thus
cut Hitler's military machine
down TO a more equitable size
for an end of the war in 1912.
One diplomatic officer here is
now exuding an unbelievable
confidence. He says and rightly
that the loss of the most skilled
NaZi troops in Russia is more
important than the loss of mate
rial, because these picked fight
ers cannot be replaced
They represented the best of
German manhood and long train
ing. They had been especially
chosen for alertness, GOODNESS.
physical fitness. Their, abSense
since the early fighting is re-
sponsible for slow Nazi progress
in the late stages.
This authority predicts that
by Spring Germany will be like
a MORALLY wounded cobra.
Then the fighting. he thinks,
will turn 10 the more desperate
] measures, of warfare avoided 80
faD including all the ihhuman
devices of the chemical labora-
tories. gases and germs. Hitler
will be induced as a last resort
TO try these on Britain and Rus
sia, both OF whom are supposed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-11
Lett ers TO
The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
60, MRS. GEORGE TOWN
~ SEND, these mothers who
have boys ready to be taken out
of their homes and pushed into
a camp, located God only knows
where, complain a little-they
make you sick.
Well, if it were only for
training in our own country
maybe we mothers wouldn't
complain.
But when II comes to our
young kids like the ones in to-
nights paper. being used as
protection for foreign places
that mean nothing to them, it
isn't so easy.
You say you have four small
sons. l thought so. Yes. it's
always that way with people
who haven't son ready or too
old themselves TO be of any
good-to feel as you do.
love America. / am a
granddaughter of a Civil War
veteran, a niece of a Spanish
War veteran, and skads of rela-
tiveS were in the World War.
And if my country needs pro-
lection. 1 mean the good old
u. s. A. my son. who reaches
his twenty-first birthday very
soon. will go with my best
wishes.
But believe me, I still may
not feel glad that IL was neces-
sary for him to go. as you see
mothers just can't be happy
about those things.