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Evening star., 1941-07-31
NO MAIL, c. 0. ID. OR PHONE ORDERS
Junior Miss
Spring Coat
and Suit
Clearance

20 Originally S16.95
and $685. TwO-Piece
Suits Shirtwaist,
classic and dressmaker
styles! In wool crepes,
twills and coverts.
Mostly navy. Some
black and natural. 8
to II in the group.
S8.4S
8 Orig. S22.95 and
$685. TwO-Piece Jun
ior Miss Suits. In COW
erts, tWills and rayon
crepeS. Cadet blue.
natural and navy.
Sizes 9 to II in the
group ----- $500
5 Orig. S10.S5 About
Town" Boy Goats for
5 u m m er with
matching rayon crepe
lining S8.48
30 Orig. sl6.95 Spring
c o a t S. ShirtWaiSt
styles, REFERS, boy
coats in coverts, twills
and wool crepes. Navy
and black s8.48
(YoHng WsShingtonian
Shop. Third Floor.
The Hecht co..
Evening star., 1941-07-31
II Uffg. SIC
Bath Salt
Sets
29c

Sets of two jars of
delicately scented bath
salts. Wonderfully re-
laxing. In choice Of
fragrances.
Evening star., 1941-07-31

20 Prs. Orig. S1.69 Novelty
and Plain Styles in Kidskin,
Capeskin and Suede Gloves.
A broken assortment 19c
lGloves. The Hecht Co.,
Main Floor
Evening star., 1941-07-31
CLEARANCE OF IMPORT.
ED TABLECLOTHS & SETS
liz OFF

Fine imported tobIecIoths and sets from lrelond
and Belgium :. slightly soiIed E. and nclud-
ina some weovers' seconds . some linen :.
cotton . . and royon domosk. Limited ouon-
titles! So hurry. No mail or phone orders
Evening star., 1941-07-31
Cotton
HOuSecOatS
sl.39

Cool. cotton seersuckers and
crisp percale housecoats in
gay, colorful prints. Broken
sizes.
5-Orig. s10.9s Floral Rayon
Taffeta Negligees. Sizes Is
and 18 S2.99
1-Orig. S10.99 Rayon Crepe
Negiisee in. pink. Size l6,
$3.50
4-Orig. $3.50 Rayon Satin
Negligee in pastels. Lace
trimmed. One ZIP and three
wrap styles. Sizes IA, Is, 20
and 42- s4.29
s-Orig. S10.S9 Pastel Rayon
Satin Lace Trimmed NegIi-
gee - S7.99
(Housecoats. Third Floor,
The Hecht co..
Evening star., 1941-07-31
Originally 500 per Doze,
BATH SOAPS
soc per dozen

Soaps that make q bath a
restful luxury in elusive
summer fragrances in
soft, foamy lathers, no
matter how hard the water.
Assorted sises.
(Toiletries, Main Floor,
The Hecht co..
Evening star., 1941-07-31
HALF PRICE CLEARANCE
Savings on ToiIetries and Accessories
400 Prs. Orig. 81
SUMMER
GLOVES
soc

Reduced from our
regular stock. Rayon
mesh gloves in a large
selection of styles.
Cool and practical =.
the sort of thing you
like to wear with all
your summer clothes.
In white. Sizes 6 to
7l2.
(GloyeS, The Hecht Co.,
Co, Main FloorD
Evening star., 1941-07-31

JaSt p! ORIGINALLY
s1.99 and S3.99
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

let down and so far there has been
no difficulty in finding volunteers
to meet these requirements.
To maintain the $4,000 plane
10000 pilot force. however, an en-
listed personnel must be recruited
at the rate of almost 1000 a month.
AS long as the one-year selective
service law is in effect, none Of
these men will be conscripts for
the simple reason that % weeks Of
schooling are required to turn out
an aviation technician.
All these men, therefore, are
three-year volunteers and they are
the men who become the radio op-
orators, photographers, supply men,
bomb sight technicianS, parachute
riggers, weather men and me-
chanics.
It takes little of everything to
make an air corps. including money.
What the whole air effort is cost
ing is buried in the mazes of gov
ernmental bookkeeping that maybe
the new air corps statistical Sec
ton will get to some time soon, but
not today.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
PROPER AND
NECESSARY

(Neyada State JournaD
The senate of the California legisla-
ture has under consideration an assembly
bill forbidding the use of public school
buildings by Communists for public meet
ings. A few years ago such bill would
have brought violent objections from
many we'll meaning people in no way
linked with the Communist party or any
group advocating the overthrow Of the
government. The California assembly
passed it unanimously reflecting the
change Of sentiment that has occurred
in recent years.
For $50 years the United States has
been tolerant in dealing with minority
groups Of all kinds, regardless of the
un-American doctrines preached. Even
in the last war tolerance was exercised
at the outset and It was not until casual
ty lists began to appear that the govern
men clamped down on subversive ele-
ments. In the % years that have passed
since the last war Communism has de-
yeloped technique of sinister proper
tions and has become a distinct menace
in this country The sabotage advocated
by its leaders is the principal menace
and there is a cOmmunistic tinge to many
Of the strikes now hampering defense in
duStrjes.
There is no place in America today for
Communists or groups Of similar ilk and
the laying aside of our great doctrine of
tolerance at this time with respect to
such groups is proper and necessary.
Use of our school houses or our public
buildings for the preaching of Commun-
ism or any other ism directed at the tear
ing down Of a government that makes
such places of assemblage possible should
be prohibited from one end Of the country
to the other.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
COTTON: AMERICAS
PROBLEM CHILD
tHanford SentineD

tHanford SentineD
Every San Joaquin cotton grower and
user will be interested in some pertinent
remarks by ClaudiuS MurchiSon, Cotton
Textile Institute president, concerning
Americas huge cotton surplus.
so long as the existing cotton surplus
is encaSed in steel bands and iute wrap
ping, it is Of no value to anyone" the
executive points out. The only construc-
tive fact about the surplus is that it needs
to be used It is crying aloud to be manu-
featured into finished goods for dStribu-
tion to the l30,000,000 Americans who
need it, who want it, and who have the
means TO pay for II.
Can this be accomplished? 1t certainly
can. Mr. Murchison quickly adds. I'VE
must stop thinking of cotton as a farm
product alone and regard it as an item
of consumption. The solution lies in do
mestic consumption
Discussing legislation and potential
price Stabilization. he adds: Congress
can legislate any price tag on raw cotton
that it desires: but short of totalitarian-
ISM cannot force Americans to buy that
cotton Consumers are extremely sensi-
tive to price changes and their shopping
responses are immediate"
Effects Of q federal-fostered price in
crease would be tWo-fold: l. An immed-
late competitive advantage to substitutes
and loss of q vital part Of cotton's indus
rial market. 2. A more gradual decline
IN sale of cotton apparel and cotton
household furnishings
Undoubtedly there is another side to
the picture-the growers side. which has
been instrumental in putting forth some
Of the proposed legislation.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
IMPERIAL VALLEY AND
COASTAL AIR DEFENSE

The army this week announced an IN
tegrated plan for system of gigantic air
bases far back from the Pacific coast to
provide defense IN case OF INVASION. lhe
system would run through Arizona, Utah,
Colorado and Montana 1t is founded
upon the knowledge gained from Ger
man aggression, in which the NaZi first
attempt to blast vulnerable air bases
before landing troops and Panzer units.
Thoughts engendered by the announce
ment are purely civilian. They are not
backed up by the strategic knowledge
and training at the disposal of army Of
ficers. They are, probably Of no more
sound value than those of any other man
on the street, unframed in military tao
tics. They are offered simply because,
sometimes, the verieSt tyro hits upon
scheme as good as those of the experts
Or finds a flaw they had not noticed
More often he does nOt-but there is al
ways the chance.
The system of inland air bases is un-
doubtedly good idea But it seems to US
that such a system alone, without a sup
Elementary system for offenSe. would be
a tragic mistake.
The war in Europe has taught another
lesson, in addition to revealing NaZi ag-
gression methods. 1t has taught that vic
tory goes mostly to the side which takes
the aggressive. In other words, to the
side which, in a famous old military
axiom, 'gets there fustest with the most
est men,"
If this country builds defense sys-
tenn set up to wait for the aggressor, and
makes no provision for a system Of de-
fense under which we would take the
initiative away from any attacker. we
will be repeating Frances error of the
Maginot line.
So it is with the Pacific coast air de-
fense system. AS a precaution, the air
bases far inland should be an integral
part of the system. But they should not
be the principal part, it seems to US.
Planes flying from bases so far inland
would require an hour or more to reach
the coast and engage the enemy. The
time might be the difference between
safety and annihilation for cities and
factories on the Pacific coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17

we owe it, therefore, to con-
dor. to declare that we should
consider any attempt on their part
TO extend their system to any por-
ton of this hemisphere as dam
gerous to our peace and safety
No. that is not President F.. D.
Roosevelt speaking of Greenland
in 1941. That is President James
Monroe speaking of the whole
Western Hemisphere in 1923.
But the passing of 118 years has
not changed the essential wisdom
OF Monroe'S Doctrine. In fact, 1t
has heightened it. With rapid
transportation and the bombing
plane, it is more than ever neces-
sary that no European or Asiatic
nation be allowed to get a new
toothold on Western Hemisphere
territory.
It is a simple fact that Canada
and the United States would not
feel safe if a German air base were
y be set up in southern Green
'snd. 1t is less than a thousand
miles to the North American sea-
board from that point-just a hop
skip-and- jump for a modern long
range bomber.
Experience of the past two years
has amply proved that the only
way to assure safety in these mat
ters is to move first. The British
hesitated to violate the neutrality
of Belgium and Holland and Scan
dinavia And while they hesitated,
meditating on nicetieS of interna-
tional law, the NaziS acted. Seiz-
ing the initiative in each casa
they were there fusteSt with the
mostest''. And they Won.
President Roosevelt would seem
to have learned the lesson. Ger
many might we'll want Greenland
because of its value as a base to
attack British shipping, as wea-
ther observation station, as a
source of cryolite. Her planes have
scared over it. The President OBJ
viouSly determined that this time
the Germans should not be first.
Greenland, almost all of it, is clear
ly in the Western Hemisphere. It's
occupation by Germany would be
danger to the United States. We
act therefore, in our own interest,
determine for once to be there
first
Denmark need not worry about
permanent seizure of the island
The United States does not want it.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
by Paul Harrison -. e.
Hollywood S Fads. Fancies and FoibIes

size number, flung them down and
leaped over stool to snatch up
some high-heelel black and gold
evening slippers. Another woman
showed her aside clutched the Slip
pers with one hand and with the
other swept clean a rack of silk
hose.
A third Systematically cleaned
out the hosiery stock in a case.
piling boxes up and then calmly
walked out. Two men teamed to
mount sliding wall-ladders, yank
out cardboard boxes and tear them
open. A dead-pan extra sat down
below them, lodging the discards,
and methodically tried on every
pair they threw down.
When Director Rogell yelled
"Cut!" the place was a shoe clerks
Saturday night mare. Chairs were
overturned, showcases bare, shoes
and boxes all over the floor. but
the fun was just beginning. be-
cause half the players had lost
their own shoes in the scuffle and
had to hop around in stocking feet,
sorting them out of the mess.
After that, it was the prop de-
partment's sweet chore to mate the
stock (rented from a local store),
examine it for damage, and check
the number of pairs TO see none
were missing. Director Rogell said
it had been fine: so did the assist
ant director, and the cameraman.
Only sour note came from a prop
man. Nuts" That wasn't acting"
he said. They We're just being
natural"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
TIGERS FOR
GREAT PROFILE

A small plot of lawn Just inside
the Paramount studio gates is being
readied for new tenants. Originally,
the Boxer dogs of vice president
romped there in a wire enclosure.
Now, a foolproof steel cage is
being erected there to house two
tigers, who will work in World
Premiere" Their owner in the pic
ture will be John (Caliban) Barry
more. He hasn't yet been told that
the tigers are mother and daughter.
Jack Rubin, a purchasing agent
at RKO had a movie plot in mind.
but not on paper. Meeting story
agent. he outlined the story to
him. The agent liked it so much
he repeated it to a producer at
Universal. who thought it was
natural for Charles Boyer, and
bought it on the spot. There's still
nothing on paper, but this week
Rubin will collect $4,000 for the
story.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
WHERE IMPERIAL VALLEY
ENTERS THE PICTURE

If the potential danger against which
the army is guarding should become
reality, Imperial Valley would be caught
in the middle American planes from
Phoenix and Tucson and enemy planes
from off-shore plane carriers would most
likely meet over this territory, if the
only southwestern inland bases remained
at Phoenix and Tucson.
On the other hand, if American planes
were based in Imperial Valley they could
reach the San Diego area-most impor-
tant defense base on the southern Cali
fornia coast-as soon or sooner than
attackers from ships lying offshore. San
Diego's industries, air fields and people
would have the protection they could not
obtain from bases farther inland.
Imperial Valley offers sites easily de-
fensible, from the standpoint Of air STRAIT
egy. High mountains lie between here
and San Diego-mountains with which
attackers would be unfamiliar, yet with
which American fliers could familarize
themselves long in advance. Further
more, the mountains offer the best pos
sible listening posts to report the ap-
proach of enemy planes in time to allow
complete defense measures.
More important, perhaps, is the fact
that base in Imperial Valley would be
close enough to vital coast areas to per-
nit launching of an attack from here
an attack that could take the offensive
away from any aggressor.
Imperial Valley, it seems to US, has a
just claim to inclusion in any inland air
base system.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Factual information upon which
said proposed Plan, as Amended,
and Schedules. were formulated,
may be inspected in the office OF
the Bureau of Markets, Department
of Agriculture. 1925 Tenth Street,
Sacramento, California, and the
results of the studies and inveStiga-
tions made by the Department will
be made available for inspection
at the public hearings called as
aforesaid.
Such information, while obtained
from sources considered reliable, is
in no manner conclusive or bind
ing upon the Director and evidence
and testimony presented at SAID
hearings will be considered in adj
dition to the evidence before the
Director on the date of this notice.
Any amendments offered, or
briefs filed in opposition to or in
support of the said proposed Plan,
as Amended and Schedules, must be
in triplicate and properly signed by
authorized persons.
A copy of said proposed Stabiliza-
ton and Marketing Plan for Fluid
Milk, as Amended, together with
Rules and Regulations pertaining
thereto, for the Imperial County
Marketing Area, is being mailed to
all producers, producer distributors
and distributors of record with the
Department for said Area; and q
copy of said proposed Schedules of
Minimum Wholesale and Minimum
Retail Prices for Fluid Milk together
with Rules and Regulations per-
tanning thereto, for the Imperial
County Marketing Area, is being
mailed to all producer distributors,
distributors, vendors and retail
stores of record with the Depart
ment for said Area. Additional cop
les may be obtained from the Bu-
reau of Markets, Department of
Agriculture, 1125 Tenth Street, Sac
ramento, California.
You are cordially invited to at
tend and participate in these hear
ings.
w. B. PARKER,
Director of Agriculture.
n (Signed) w. j. KUHRT,
w. j. KUHRT,
Chief Bureau of Markets.
(Sealed with the Seal of
the State Department of
Agricultural.
(Al4-18 inclD
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
Did You Know?

Armored battleships were used
in the Crimean War, in 1855, so
the Monitor and Merrimac were
not the first armored vessels.
The Indian elephant can be tanned
and trained to work easier than
the African species.
A plant which yielded potatoes
underground and tomatoes above
ground was produced by Luther
Burbank.
In a single day, a caterpillar
eats to times its own weight.
Female ostriches sit on their
eggs at day; males at night.
An inch of rainfall means ap-
proXimately 100 tons of water tC
the acre.
A species of Javanese bivalve
attaches itself to tree roots anc
exists partly in and partly out OF
water.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

April 8, 1941
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
CALLED BY THE DIRECTOR
OF AGRICULTURE, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, UPON A PRO-
POSED STERILIZATION AND
MARKETING PLAN FOR FLUID
MILK, AS AMENDED, TOGETH
Err WITH RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS PERTAINING THERE
TO, AND UPON PROPOSED
SCHEDULES OF MINIMUM
WHOLESALE AND MINIMUM
RETAIL PRICES FOR FLUID
MILK, TOGETHER WITH RULES
AND REGULATIONS PERTAIN.
ING THERETO, FOR THE I'M
PERIAL COUNTY MARKETING
AREA.
Notice is hereby given that the
Director of Agriculture of the State
of California, acting pursuant to
and by virtue of the authority vest
ed in him by the provisions of
Chapter 10, Division w of the Agri-
cultural Code, as Amended has
called public hearings to be held
in the Courthouse FL Centre, Cali
fornia, beginning at 10 am, Pacific
Standard Time on April 20, 1941.
The first hearing will begin at
10 am, on said date and will be
for the purpose of receiving testi-
mony, evidence and amendments
relating to the proposed Stabiliza-
ton and Marketing Plan for Fluid
Milk, as Amended, together with
Rules and Regulations pertaining
thereto, for the Imperial County
Marketing Area.
The second hearing will begin
Immediately after the conclusion Of
the first hearing as above described
or at such hour on the day follow
ing April 20, l941, as may then
appear necessary or advisable, and
as then may be announced, if all
matters herein noted may not be
heard in one day. Said second
hearing will be for the purpose of
receiving testimony evidence and
amendments relating to the pro-
posed sch edules of Minimum
Wholesale and Minimum Retail
Prices for Fluid Milk, together with
Rules and Regulations pertaining
thereto, for the Imperial County
Marketing Area. This hearing will
likewise be held in the Courthouse,
Ell Centro, California.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
by Willis Thornton -.
We Meant What We Said

Whenever a free Denmark is IN a
position to govern Greenland again,
unmenaced by force, the United
States will restore it.
Europe and all the lands in it
may be merely set of prizes TO
be raked in by the strongest, like
chips in a poker game. But the
lands of the Western Hemisphere
are not prizes to be fought over
in this way.
The United States SO determined
118 years ago.
The Americans republics, all Of
them, are like-minded today.
This we nave said-and we
meant what we said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17

Luice Neville is pinch Uniting
for Paul Harrison, now touring
army camps and defense indus
tries.
BY LUCIE NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, April 16-Movie
makers always complain that extras
aren't actors - won't show any
initiative, can't register animation
or even move around without being
led by the hand, but Director Al
bert Rogell, making riot scene
for Tight Shoes" got the maximum
of natural action from mob OF
extras with the minimum OF direc-
tion.
This time you're going to d.
rect yourselves" he said. FIRST,
I'll tell you the scene Out in the
street you've just heard a speech
that tells you this shoe store is a
front for a crooked gambling joint
in the back You're going to tear
it down! You burst through the
doors and you see all the shoes and
hose Suddenly you forget about the
speech start grabbing for
pair that fits you. We've got two
cameras on this and everybody IN
the scene is covered, so don't just
stand around. Ready places
action!"
SAVE
THE PIECES
The extras poured in, making
appropriate mob noises. One Wo-
man, her eyes glazed in a bargain
counter trance, grabbed up pair
of sports oxfords, glanced at the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17
WON'T
LOWER STANDARDS

The frequently heard talk that
both army and navy will have to
lower present standards which re-
qulre two years of college or its
equivalent and the passing of
stiff general examination before an
applicant can be considered for air
corps training, is not now given
serious consideration.
As long as the 1000 men a month
can be found with these mental
qualifications, the bars will not be
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17

WASHINGTON, April II - Flg-
ures on U. S. production OF military
airplanes-now 1900 a month-may
become restricted information some
time soon, and SO, before the ban
goes on, you may be interested i'll
knowing that the aviation program
is coming ing, and the dizzy fig
ure OF $4,000 planes isn't as i'm
possible to conceive as everyone
thought it was when first cata-
pulled into the blue year or SO
ago.
Building an air force of that
size means development along three
parallel lines-production of planes,
construction of air fields, training
OF pilots The pilots and the fields
must be ready first, or what good
are the planes?
Starting off with 1000 planes and
about that many pilots, the army
has expanded its program stead
lily, setting new objectiyes before
the old ones could be reached.
First it was to get 5000 planes and
1000 pilots by June, l94l. That
goal was just set when demands
were made for 25,0OO new planes
with 10000 new pilots. That is the
current objective, but even before
it can be achieved, the program
has been stepped up again.
NEED
The fifth supplemental defense
bill, just passed by Congress, car
ried appropriations for an addi-
tional 5000 bombers- first step
towards the $4,000 plane goal
and a training program looking to
the ultimate goal of 10000 new pi-
lots a year, which would be suf-
ficient to handle a $4,000 plane
force in combat, allowing for re-
serves and requirements.
So stupendous has been this eX-
pansion job that army air corps
has recently established a new sta
tistical division to keep track of its
projects.
Airport construction and i'm
provement, for instance, is a major
ports have been put into service
this year, bringing to about 200 the
number of air corps depotS, bases
and stations. This number, how
ever, won't even begin to handle
the 25,000 planes already contracted
Tor and WPA, which has been
making relief projects out of much
of this airport expansion, has had
$50 additional sites certified to it
by the armed forces for defense
development.
Even this won't be enough,
though the air corps planning di-
vision can't tell where it wanN
these additional fields, as land
must be acquired quietly, to keep
prices down.
School expansion must be plan
ned for, too. On March % the first
class of 2000 cadets began 80
weeks training under the program
aimed TO turn out 1000 pilots a
month.
These men spend five weeks in
replacement centers, the first week
being for examination, inocula ton
and military ground training. Then
for six weeks they will receive ele-
mentary flight training at a civilian
school, and finally get 10 weeks
each at army basic and advanced
schools graduating in October as
second lleutenants in the air corps
reserve and being assigned to duty
The men who wash out" in this
grind and don't make the grade as
pilots are assigned to duty as nav
igators, bombardiers, engineers and
armament officers. So rigid are re-
quirements for this training, only
five out of eight students become
pilots. To obtain 10000 pilots a year
10000 men must be given the
course.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-17

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions Uoiced by editors elsewhere.
Ihey do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.