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Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
WASHINGTON
SPREADS OUT
Nevada State JournaD

Nevada State Journal)
Being mayor" of Washington, posi-
ton held by Senator McCarran Of NeVa-
da because he is chairman of the senate
District of Columbia committee, involves
more complications than the founders
of the capital city ever dreamed of when
nearly $50 wears ago it was laid out on
the banks of the Potomac with symmetry,
beauty and utility as its great virtues.
Washington is bulging. New buildings
to house old and new bureaus are either
under construction or are planned and
space for the new ones is scarce.
The question of whether the area
south of the Potomac, ceded by Virginia
10 help form the permanent seat OF gov
ernment. is still a part of the District OF
Columbia despite its restoration to the
state by the Recession Act of 1916, came
up again for discussion because Washing
ton needs more land.
1t was raised in the senate the other
day during debate of the proposal-noW
condemned by President ROosevelt-to
house the war department in $50, ,0Oo,-
600 building project across the .Potomac'
Senator McCarran protested that the
government should locate no department
outside the district. Senator Mckellar
within the district though standing on
the south side of the river, adding
In my judgment the congress had no
power whatever to cede back or to at
tempt to cede back to the state of Virginia
any part Of such territory and in my
Judgment. if the questions were raised,
ii would be so held by the courts.
McKellar was not alone in his conten-
ton. and the issue may be less academic
than il appears. For the Washington
airport IS also just across the Potomac
and upon the concessionaires there have
been served notice by Virginia that they
must take out licenses and pay taxes to
the state. Similar notices have been
served on them by the District of Colum-
bia. How the conflict shall be resolved
is Yet in doubt
The possibility of similar controversy
arising through any cafeteria or like con-
cession the war department may grant
when and if it moves across the river is
obvious In that even legal proceedings
inevitably would result with the consti-
tutionality Of the Act of Recession as the
principal issue.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
PEOPLE USED TO
BURN WITCHES

Once upon a time not so very long ago
as civilization is measured. the blue noSed
citizens Of this fair land of ours used
to burn Witches They did il because
they firmly believed that the old ladies
who felt the literal flames Of their
wrath were enemies Of the community.
Today we don't burn Witcnes.
But lets not congratulate ourselves.
Some of us aren't any better than the
people who did.
The basic idea behind tne burning of
witches was to prevent the spread OF
beliefs the elders Of the d@E thought
were harmful To the. community. he
real tragedy i'm the burning Of witches
was not the actual loss of lie, nor the
torture That. after ALL was matter
more or less OF the individual. he real
tragedy was the refusal OF SO many peo-
pie to admit that other people were ~
titled to live their lives in their own way.
To speak their beliefs even when they
disagreed with the vast majority of the
public
In the old days they killed the witches
to keep them from offering their side
Of the argument 70 the public.
The only difference with lot Of US
today IS that We don't commit physical
murder.
We still don't want the fellow Who dis
agrees with US To offer his side OF the
question.
Charles Lindbergh. erstwhile air
corps reserve colonel. is Exhibit Ne. /.
Lindbergh has d phohia against the
British that at times seems almost m
sane He has a mechanically inclined
mind that cannot properly eyaluate the
human equation. nor encompass the
scope Of political diplomacy. He is short
sighted. bigoted, even aSinine Il times.
He is blind to Iae fact that every nation
breathes the air Of The whole world, not
Just the air within It's own borders. He
cannot understand that q nation Is like
the human body--iJ Is unable To main
tain lifc within itself. without receiving
air and food and thought from outside
its own fleshly borders.
We don't like I.indbergh's opinions. we
don't believe he is mentally competent
to pass upon national or international
policies We think in short. that he is
pretty dumb.
But, by all that's holy, We believe he
has the right to speak whenever and
wherever he wants to, within the boun-
diaries Of human decency.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
by Paul Harrison -.
HOllywoods S Fads, Fancies and Foibles

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 2-It was
a little startling to see Shirley
Temple in a full-length party dress
and looking trim figured as a deb
rush across a room and into the
arms Of Herbert Marshall. They
exchanged a couple of enthusiastic
kisses.
All this was strictly father-and-
daughter business, yet the proceed
ure also seemed a little disconcert-
ing to the elder player. Ordinarily
q hard man to fluSter, Marshall
blew up in his lines three times.
Miss Temple, glowing with the
excitement of being back in the
old world of lights and dramatic
tension, didn't make any mistakes.
The story of kathleen" is a
good one for the reintroduction to
the screen Of the youngster whose
career was almost wrecked by a
lot of Saccharin nonsense and
Cloying precocity. Miss Temple has
been out of movies about IA months
and the fans will want to see her
in a vehicle that really puts her
through her PAGES. This one does.
Fun and despair, sweetness and
deviltry, singing and dancing in it.
NO MIDGET, SHE
One of the most interesting
prospects is that audiences will get
a good look at the star. During
her last year or so at 20th-FoX,
her growth was minimized by cos
tuning, by casting her with extra
tall adults, and by means of various
tricks in camera angles. These were
responsible for the persistence of
the myth that Shirley Temple was
a midget.
Actually, of course, she was grow
ing all the time. In the past IA
months she had added only about
an inch, but fans who have been
fooled by previous pictures will
eXclaim that she has shot up almost
half a foot
The Wonder Tot and Marvel
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
ASUALTIES
(Orange Daily NeWs)

The German-Russian war is remark
able as the greatest military operation
ever undertaken. 1t is remarkable, also,
for the lack Of information which comes
from the fighting front.
OF undiluted news there is absolutely
nothing. In the profusion of official
announcements, there is nothing to which
a sane man will give belief. The problem
is to decide which side is telling the tall
.est tales.
The Berlin government is, for the mo-
ment, undoubtedly in the lead. Its esti-
mate Of four million Russian casualties
is masterpiece The Russians look
rather weak in reporting a mere six hun
dred thousand as their own losses and
a million and half for the Germans.
Our own battle casualties in the last
war were in the neighborhood of 100000
and were the result Of much better fight
ing. That the Russians have been able
to place four million men in the combat
zone is possible but improbable To ask
people to believe that they have suffered
-four million casualties is a little too
much
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02

Mite are gone. So is the babyishl
chubbineSS. At u. Shirley Templel
stands an easy feet. IL inches.
and weighs, as of this writing,l
101la pounds.
Another thing: Her hair now is,
its own natural color-a dark brown
and getting darker. Her mothers
hair is practically black, and she
told me that it was quite blonde
when she was child. Shirley
wears hers in length
loose bob
Gertrude and George TergRt
said they're pleased with the SCRIPT
of Kathleen, and also with the
rest of the cast. Essentially the
yarn is simple: Shirley is lf
motherless daughter of a rich ~
busy man. Her governess is a me2n
old biddy and the youngster match.
es her small prosecutions with mis-.
chief. Lonely and distressed by
her fathers neglect. Shirley devel-I
ops a sort of split personality
spends a lot of time in day dream.
ing about happier situations.
CHANCE TO DANCE
Her imaginings are enacted irl
the picture. In one of these fanci-.
full flights she is a musical comedy
star, and that provides the chance
to show her singing and dancing
in limitations of real celebrities.
Most interesting to me is the
face of today's Shirley Temple
She still has those two offset dim
pies near the corners of her mouth
but instead of looking babyisiI
they now add to a mobility of eX}
preston and charming impishness.
The kid is downright beautiful.
and even from this distance | cal
hear the humping of a new ge
alton of male hearts. II
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
by Willis Thornton -.
Emergency Should Not Be Used

Nobody wants to see labor caught
without the ability to protect itself
by proper means of keeping afloat
on life-preserver of better wage
on the tide of increasing price
For either to take deliberate ad-
vantage of the need for arms in
order to enforce demands out of
key with such situation is with
out excuse.
1t is wrong for an employer to
hold off from producing vital de-
fenSe goods because he saw a
chance to pressure the government
into allowing him an extra per
cent of profit since his product
was unique and badly needed. So
it is wrong for a union leader to
put pressure on a vital defense
plant for demands not SO much
concerned with maintaining the
workers standards as with some
matter Of union politics or admin
istration.
These are times when, for the
good of all, production of defense
materials must come first. All are
entitled to- and should, protect
themselves against undue and dis
proportionate hardship and sacri-
flee, but it is no time to use the
emergency for personal or group
gains that are equally out of pro-
portion
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
by Peter Edison -.
The Inside Track in Washington

consume another 10000 bales of
surplus cotton.
Use of bale wrappers is only one
Of the new uses for cotton which
have been WORKED out by the De-
partmcnt of Agriculture, largely
through its Southern Regional Re-
search Laboratory at New Orleans.
And in many~of these new uses,
defense scarcities may force into
use substitutes which logically
should have been adopted years
ago.
Take the making of high grade
writing papers. known to the trade
as rag papers because cotton rags
have been digested to secure the
fibcrs for the hard finish sheets.
There is a scarcity of rags now.
so the industry is gradually shift
ing to the use Of raw cotton and
some 20 leading paper mills will
use 1900 bales in this manner in
1941
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
.STLENCING LINDBEPGH
WON'T HELP DEMOCRACY

With a frequency embarrassing to
lovers of true democracy, Lindbergh has
been denied the right to speak in auditor
iums, halls and open-air stadiums
throughout the nation.
Why in the name Of Conscience?
Are we afraid TO listen to him? Are
We afraid that he will convince us he IS
right? Are we afraid that We are not
intelligent enough, as a people, TO see
through his specifically stupid argu-
ments? Haven't We any faith in our
selves?
Or are we simply so gripped by the
hysteria Of war that we want TO hear
only one side Of the argument. to listen
only to those who say the things we
already believe?
Are we going TO start burning witches
again. simply because i'm our eyes the
things they advocate are not good fer the
community? Or are we Going to have
faith that the community. made up Of
free people, is intelligent enough u make
the proper decision when all the argu-
ments-eyen the silly ones-haye been
heard?
For the love Of cod. let us not turn
into a mob maddened by worldwide
bloodshed until " tear down the very
things our democracy stands for.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
JNSULATION MAY
CIT SURPLUS

Biggest hope for use of surplus
cotton. piled up by the wartime
loss Of the export market, is in
the making Of cotton insulation.
The surface cf this industry has
just been scratched. say the cotton
engineers, who found a way to
fireprooI cotton libres so they won't
ignite even under the flame of a
2OOO-degree bloWtorch. Being light
in weight and not settling under
vibration, cotton insulation has been
found good for both airplane cab
ms and refrigerator express cars.
Il is also being used as house in-
sulatlon, and offers a potential for
q post-detense- effort industry that
may help the south wade out from
under its terrible cotton surplus.
Experiments are going on to fine
other uses for the cotton surpluses
such has cotton covered plyWood5.
use Of cotton as a reinforcing mem
brane for biJun:lous roads and
airport runWays, curing sneets for
concrete roads, shade for nursery
seedlings, and so on.
Il people could just be persuaded
TO Use these things instead of
doing them in the old-fashioncd
Wa. maybe this cotton surplus
could be reduced But again, its
all a good bit like the matter Of
cotton stockings.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02

The defense emergency is a ma
tional crisis. It is a national effort
in which every man woman, and
child in the country has an inter-
est. Our collective future hangs
on its success.
We do not know exactly in what
way the military power we are
building is going to be used. We
know that, the world being what
it is today, nation like our own
must have such power to be safe.
The building of military power
on national scale of this kind is
national effort. 1t can be no
less.
What does that mean? 1t means
that it is a collective effort, an
effort OF all the people together
for a common end. Since it is thai,
it follows that no one, and no
group of people should use it for
their individual advantage.
Strong efforts have been made
to prevent pro1ileeling Out Of
this national effort, the American
people do not want to see a new
crop of war milIionaires. Neither
60 the American people wish TO
be held up by unreasonable de
mands by labor groups which hap
pen to be in a position to enforce
demands.
Nobody wants to see owners
and managers of great plants ope-
rate those plants at a loss, or see
them stripped of proper reserves
or equipment that will enable them
to meet peace time demands after
the emergency has passed. That
would be short-sighted.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUN-
TY OF IMPERIAL
No. 3242
IN THE MATTER OF THE PE.,
TITION OF MARY ANN McDCe'
OUCH TO ESTABLISH BIRTH o
JOHN KNOX McDONOUGH.
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN -
Mary Ann McDonough has fiiel
in the above entitled Court Pc
tition for Order Establishing tn
Birth of John Knox McDonougf.
vnder the provisions OF Chapter
Of the Health and Safety Code o.
the State of California, and tina
the hearing of said petition ha
been fixed by said Court for Fri
day, the 5th day of September. l94l
at 10 O'Clock A. M, at the court
room thereof at the courthouse il
the County Of Imperial, and al
persons interested In said petitio
are notified then and there to APP
pear and show couse, if any ther
be, why said Petition should not bl
granted.
DATED: August 25th, 194l.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk ~
BY M. A. CHRISTIAN.
Deputy
(SEAL)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02

EDITORS NOTE: The foIIotpinG
edit orfaIs are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02

You can toss into the discard
the old query, why does a chick
en- cross the road?" Under modern
traffic conditions it never gets to
the other side.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
Did You Know?

The Orient produces about go
by-products from soybeans.
United States exports totaled $4.-
900 0C000O during the first year
Of the present European war.
An increase from 2,9O3 $50, in 1890
to 3,ll9,953 in 194O was shown in
Gcorgia's population by the recent
census.
There are 1597779 Disciples of
Christ church members in the
United States.
The edible portion Of a ripe
watermelon consists Of 924 per cent
water.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
Famous Sayings

Let each man think himself an act of God his mind
thought his life breath of God and let each try.
by great thoughts and good deeds, to show the most
of Heaven he hath in him.-Philp Bailey
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
IN THE BAG FOR COTTON

Bags formerly made OI buiI3p,
because it was cheaper, will have
10 be made out Of cotton even
though the price of cotton IS being
permitted to rise while the price Of
burlap is pegged.
In connection with cotton bale
coverings, a curious sideligat: Cot
ton bales have always been wrapped
in burlap because the burlap wrap
ping for a bale of cotton is
7l2 pounds heavier tHan cotton
pattern wrapping would be, and
cotton is bought ano SOLD on a gross
weight basis. Cotton growers, think
ing they have been beating the
buyers, have always figured they
were selling that 7'4 pounds Of
cheap bUrlap, at cotton prices. For
that simple reason and no other
it has been impossible TO persuade
the tradition bound cotton grower
to change his ways to the extent
of using a cotton wrapped bale.
Naturally. the cotton buyers
have known that this u pounds
of extra burlap weight was there
and have rugged their prices ac-
cordingly, but it has been impossi-
BILE to sell that idea in the south,
even though the use Of cotton pat
tern wrappers for CROP Of II
million bales would have helped
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
Thought for the Day

He that loyeth his life snail lose it. and he that
hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life
eternal-,Join 1928
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02
So They Say

Wisecracks may create amuse|
ment but do not accomplish mill
tary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Byrd
Virginia.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02

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Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02

WASHINGTON, Sept. - This
business of having TO find substi-
tutes because of the defense effort
turns up in the darndest places.
In addition to Army, Navy and
British demands for increased food
supplies. plus all the Wrangling over
increased parity payments and the
49-cent penalty on surplus wheat
preparedness and priorities reach
right down to the farm, and IN
ways that you'd never think.
Take the ordinary, everyday gun
nysack, for instance-burlap if YOU
want to give it the proper name.
Practically all the burlap used in
the United States is imported from
India, and 80 per cent of me years
normal supply of 725 million yards
is used for bagging farm products
potatoes, fertilizer, cotton bales
and so on. But shipping space from
India is scare. The supply is un-
equal to the demand and prices
would have been way up by now
if CPACS-Office of Price Admin
istration and Civilian Supply to
you-hadn't slapped down a maxi
mum to keep the matter under
control
While that keeps the price in
line, it still doesn't supply any
more burlap and if the country
should ever nave to 90 a ,ot Of real
defense building, such as sand
bagging the Statue Of Liberty,
Boulder Dam, or any other ma
tional monument, things would
really get tough.
The only answer to the problem
is to start making bags out Of
something else. Right here is where
all that surplus cotton comes il.
Also, it's right whore the Depart
ment of Agricultures bic program
of finding new uses for farm sur
pluses comes in, and all its research
is just starting to pay dividends in
a constructive WaV
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02

Those who seek a life of bois
ferrous gaiety and attach import
ance to bodily comfort have a
present little reason to come t.
Iceland. - Guide book sold u
American troops there.
Good news for orchard owners
school opens in September!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-02

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-09
Navy Team
Over


Chapel Hill. May 9.-North Caro-
mas varsity trackmen face the
~tf ngest team TO represent Navy in
recent years when the Tar Heels run
up against the crack Middle out
fit Al Annapolis Saturday afternoon.
Navy demonstrated it was a great
club last week when the Middics
BOWED over Dukes fine team 70 to
Il. Only two weeks ago the Blue
Devils slapped a II 7-12 to SO SIP de
feat on Carolina. Thus on a com
p2ratiVe score basis Navy looms SO
I'D p ints stronger than Carolina.
Leading the Middies to their scin-
tillating triumph over Duke were
Big Ed Hahnfeldt, Eric Hopley, and
HjIl Goode. Hahnteldt accounted for
first places in the shot put, discus.
and iaVelin to lead both teams in
s"oring with IS points. In winning
the discus he set a new Navy record
Of 158 feet 7 inches. Hoplev outran
100 and 220-y9rd dashes and Go de
set up a new one mile record of 4:27.4.
The Niddies will be relying on
Hahnfeldt and Hopley for many Of
their points against Carolina but
Goode will have his hands full in a
mile duel with Dave Morrison and
Dick Van Wagner. Tar Heel aces.
The mile race should be the high
spot of the meet.
Warren Mengel, Greensboro boy,
formerly Of Chapel Hill, and Mike
Mangum of WinstOn-Salem are lead
ing the Carolina scorers and the Tar
Heels will be counting a lot on these
two lads in the two hurdle events
and broad jump. Mengel has scored
80 points and Mangum IS in five
meets to date.
Another No. | duel Saturday is in
prospect between NeWl n of Navy
nd Meneel in the broad jump. Both
have best jumps of % feet this sea
SON..
Carolina's Jim Llovd and NaVy's
Vincent Meier. and Bill Danner clash
4 another interesting duel in the
pole vault.
The meet win close Cardinals
1ual season and the Tar Heels return
here Sunday and begin immediate
o~reparations for defense of their
Southern Conference title at Will
Iiamsburg next week.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-09
McGhee Leads Knittsrs Al
Bat; Rose Shades Big Star
Hosiery Mill Catcher
Gets Game Winning
Homer With Three On:
Rose Scores 20 Runs in
First Two Frames.

IhaNtOn McGhce drove out a hor1e
rum with two men out in the last
lInIng and the bases full to enabl,
me Hosiery Mill to whip the Gro
-Ninoco outfit in the city Softball len
que Thursday night 8 to /. and Rose
slaughtered Big Star in a nightcaD.
8" to 10, scoring 20 runs in the fjI,t
Two innings.
Gfo-Amoco scored its four runs in
me fourth inning with Branch and
Abbott getting home runs during the
spree.
The Hosiery Mill boys scored two
runs IN their halt Of the fourth. and
ued things up in the sixth when
Lowry doubled to score two runs.
jackson walked seven and struoh
out eight of the Ordinances.
Rose staged Il slugGeSt i'm whipping
Big Star, fourteen men participating
IN the contest.
After the second inning, the con-
test was not so One-Sidcd.
Loughlin poled d homer for the
Big Star lads. Big Star committed
eleven errors.
Edwards got four for five to lead
Rose at bat.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-09

People, as a rule, the world over,
want happiness and freedom above
all things else.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-09

CHeEHre ccc,ei e.er. r.cre e.se-
I've against the DeaCs. He beat then
t"tsr 10y scores of 5-3 and 2-O.-E
!" innings against Wake Forc,.
cheshire held the Deacs to a total ol
only three runs, II hits. and lanneo
l6.
Duke VIII be out to settle an old
score with Cheshire. for the Will
mington boy beat the Blue Devils
twice last spring by scores of 26-3
and 81 Duke beat Cheshire 6-3 in
The Greensboro game when Eddie
Smokes knocked one out OF the park
with the bases full in the seventh
inning.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
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