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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-10-30
l1-13.
Sunday Services

1913.
Sunday Services
Sunday School 9:45; Morning Wor-
ship 1880; Baptist Training Union
600; Night service 700.
Next Week
Monday: All circles meet at Church
for special mission program. Broth
erhood meets at 700.
Tuesday: b. T. U. Workers Con-
ference at z 100.
Wednesday: Prayer Meeting at
1900; Choir rehearsal at 7:45.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-10-30
AD Y RTISING
SIFIE D

SPINET PIANO for sale small size,
beautiful case and design just like
new at bargain. write w. w. Har-
man, $40 Idlewild Circle, Birming-
ham, Ala. At
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-10-30

When a freight and handling
charge Of about $1.75 per hundred
pounds is added you can see that
the 1912 Hairy Vetch may cost as
much as $11.75 per hundred lbs.
z. We see no chance to get any
basic Stag (other than what has al
ready been received) between now
and January LIST.
8. Suggest that you book fertili-
-zzer needs with your dealer at once
and request shipment a little earlier
than last year.
9. The price of soybeans for oil
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-10-30

THOMAS A. G pictured in insert), president Of
the Sperry Corporation, worlds largest manufacturers of
aeronautical and marine Instruments, received his early
technical training in 70 I. 5. Navy, in which he enlisted as
a"0~1- mn. "T"is has proved of great value to me in later
yea said eX-sailor Morgan. Pictured above are new Navy
recruits receiving electrical training at one of the moderny
equipped Navy Trade Schools. The Navy offers training to
young men in nearly 50 different trades and vacations.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-10-30

STEADY WORK-COOD PAY
RELIABLE PERSON WANTED to
call on farmers in Attala County.
No experience or capital required.
Some making $4,000 in a week Write
McNESS Co., Dept. Z, Freeport, III.
Oct. 90, 2 time
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-10-30

FOR SALE-Kitchen Cabinet in good
condition. Reasonable Price. Mrs.
Arnold Renacker. 1tp
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
COLLEGE FAILURES
AND THEIR CAUSES
Nevada State JournaD

Nevada State J0ufndl)
Ignorance of what college is going to
be like and, in real sense. what 1t is Tor
is held to be as much to blame for the
numerous Withdrawals from undergrad
uate life as is academic failure. This is
a conclusion based upon study of more
than 1,200 students who entered college
from 103 eastern United States second
ary schools, which was made by Lincoln
b. Hale of Carleton College The study
develops that those who go on to the
end of a four-year course do not exceed
in intelligence those who drop out.
Seen in black and white in a formal
report. this seems startling. But when
correlated to the memory of any alum
nus ten years or more removed from
academic shades it is not. on second
thought, so surprising. He can recall
bright boy after bright boy who did not
finish with his class. Perhaps one did
not know how to husband and manage his
finances; perhaps another, emerging
from rigid parental control interpreted
college freedom to mean college license;
maybe a third got in with the wrong
crowd" still another, caught up in a
vivid social life, may have lost a sense of
proportion, content just to brush by"
in his studies, and even failing in that.
The transition from school to college
was, in each case, too abrupt. There
should have been some sort of pre-col-
lege preparation on the social and econo-
mic side.
But it does not follow that the victim
of maladjustment at the outset of col
lege days will not, though he may bear
the scars of it for long time, ultimately
achieve an adjustment, howbeit with
much more difficulty 1t may even, in
some instances, make him possessor of
a cultural content equal to, though not
identical with, what would have been his
had his college course been minterrupt-
ed
A study of what happens as the years
pass to the droppers-out could be fasci
mating per Sc, but it is scarcely of such
nature as to justify the use of college
funds
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
IGNORANCE OF DESIRES
FORESHADOWS TROUBLE

The best way for a community TO get
a thing is to go after 1t. And the best
way for community to lose Its collective
shirt is not to know what it wants.
Right now Imperial county does not
seem to know what it wants in one of the
most vital deals ever to confront the
people. The time is short to make up
our minds. If we don't, we'll have to
take the consequences-andi 1t is entirely
possible that they will not be pleasant.
All this is a prelude to the matter
of reapportionment now before the state
legislature. On only one thing are we
emphatically agreed-that if it is at all
possible, no bill should be passed which
will deprive this county Of its right
alone, to a state assemblyman. On the
equally grave matter of congressional
reapportionment, a survey this week dis
closed no general opinion, nor even any
study of the matter, among valleylteS.
Our representatives in Sacramento,
Senator George Luckey and Assembly,
man Harvey Hastain, are doing bang
up Job, if all the reports coming back
from the capital are true. But they can
not do their best work without the sup
port of their community, and they can
not get the support of the community un-
less residents of the community know
their own desires.
So, before reapportionment changes
from bill to law in Sacramento, let us
make up our minds where we'd most like
to be in respect to a congressional dis
trict-and work to see that we get there.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
NOW FOR PRECISE DETAILS
avail Street JOurnaD


The war and navy departments, an an
nouncement from Washington last week
said, are launching a program to pur-
chase S100,000,000 worth of needed mach
inc tools during the coming year. This
program in effect will establish reserve
pool of machine tools to the extent of
the amount set down. In addition it
should answer the complaints of tool
manufacturers that they cannot plan
ahead, particularly in the subcontracting
of work.
The procedure to be followed in allo-
eating orders will be to call in manufac-
turers of a certain type Of tool, survey
the situation of each as regards current
orders, labor supply, plant capacity and
subcontracting possibilities and then
place the business with the firms best
equipped to handle it in all phases
This is what industry wants. 1t is the
type of action that will find ready and
willing response lndustrialists all along
the line are ready to gear their plant
operations and make what sacrifices are
necessary 10 meet defense requirements.
But they must first understand the re
qulrements.
General appeals that defense comes
first and that anything that stands in
the way must give way" have pretty well
served their purpose. Specific informa-
tion is now in order. Industry can act
when it knows what it has to do.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
BY GsIbrsith

contained in the Fall-DaviS report,
prepared by Charles F.. Shaw, pro-
fesSor of soil technology, University
of California. Findings of the Fall
Davis report were further checked
by Mr.. Cosby in 1929 and 1880 prior
to completion of the final survey
for the All-American canal His
report, we believe, is filed with the
Denver office of the bureau. With
information from previous studies
and surveys, combined with the
knowledge of local engineers, we
believe the bureau should proceed
Immediately on a policy of develop
ing the East Mesa under a plan
which would provide for:
|. Immediate construction of a
water distribution system to serve
the first unit.
2. Establishment of an expert
mental farm on the East Mesa.
3. Drainage studies to be carried
on so that drainage works can be
installed as necessary to protect
both the new lands and the old
lands in the present irrigated ter
ritory of Imperial Valley.
T. Investigations to go ahead on
the East Mesa, West Mesa and Pilot
Knob Mesa, together with drawing
up of plans for distribution systems
to serve those meSas.
With matters advanced to this
degree, it is apparent that it is
highly important for the Irriga-
tion District to proceed with due
diligence in pressing for develop
ment of the East Mesa. In addition
to benefits expected as result OF
adding this productive area to the
present irrigated valley, there is the
vital point of moving TO protect
California's Colorado river water
rights by developing the new lands
The president of your board feel'
that the hazards and dangers o.
neglectine to do anything that cal
be done are very real During 1874
special attention should be devoted
to this matter.
(Continued
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
THE ALTERNATIVES OF
REAPPORTIONlNENT

There seem to be, broadly speaking,
two main alternatives for Imperial coun-
ty in reapportionment One is to share
a congressman with San Diego, as we do
now. The other is to share him with Rlv-
erside and Orange counties, or with River
side and San Bernardino counties. Our
population is so slight, comparatively,
that we have no hope at all of becoming
a separate district, or even a district
which holds the balance of voting power
in selecting congressman.
Would it be better to stick with San
Diego county?
From the standpoint of business, we
have a greater bond with San Diego
county than with any of the others. Our
economic future is ineXtricably bound up
with that of San Diego. There are many
leaders in both counties who, through
the years have worked together and have
a common understanding of. mutual
problems.
On the other hand San Diego man.
elected by predOminantly San Diego
vote, is naturally more interested in the
naval and seacoast legislation in con-
gress which is of slight interest to us,
and it has been our experience that
congressman from San Diego often has
very little knowledge Of Imperial coun-
tvs problems, even though he is supposed
to represent this county.
AS for joining up with Riverside and
Orange, or San Bernardino, there are
both advantages and disadvantages in
the proposal. All three counties-River
side, Orange and San Bernardino-are
far more interested in agriculture than
is San Diego And, should this county be
joined with any two of them, it is pos
sible we would, even with our minority
vote. hold the balance of voting power
in cases where the two larger counties
split their vote in disagreement. Addi-
tionally-if this fact means anything
all three of these counties have voted
much as does Imperial county on mat
ters of national interest, whereas San
Diego county is usually on the opposite
side of the fence from us, with major
ity vote.
Whatever our decision as a community.
let's make it soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
by Paul Harrison =.
HOLLYWOOD S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

But discovered that on the day
the picture started he had rushed
down town and bought dozen.
Director Raoul Walsh took a
small crew in among some Gagged
lions recently and shot through the
bars at players standing safely out
side. He wanted to get the scene
from the viewpoint of the beasts,
He also wanted to show one of the
lions lunging at the bars so that
fragile looking Rita Hayworth could
shrink into the protecting arms of
Jimmy Cagney.
Walsh and Cinematographer James
Wong Howe and the assistant went
with the camera; also Louis Roth,
the trainer The lions were arrang
ed in the foreground, with the
camera pointed over them at Miss
Hayworth and Cagney Roth prod
ded one of his pets with a stick and
the cat leaped ahead in a good
imitation of a savage spring. A
moment later, though, he turned
and looked reproachfully at his
friend, Roth.
PHONY
SLOGANS
The adjectival orgies of motion
pictures advertising writer's always
have seemed to me pretty silly but
harmless, and leading only to a
progressively larger discount of the
claims in the minds of the people.
But now in full Cry is a new
school of misrepresentation-the
boys who pick single sensational
incident which may have almost
nothing to do with picture and
base their hoopla on that.
The one I most resent is THE
Long Voyage Home" It's a gooc
film and doesn't deserve to be sen
sationalized through the mere in
cident: From Tiny Island
Girls Come Aboard Wcmanless
Ship
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
BY Bruce Cation -.
The Inside Track in Washinqforl

sr WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-An g.
year. old fight between liberals and
conservatives in the Department of
Agriculture is ending at last with
the liberals winning all along the
line. At .... .a.
Symbol of t. lhorals victory is
the retention OF Cl.IG VI -ard as
secretary of agriculture l. &c
third-term cabinet.
In substance, the victory means
a defeat for the AAA group, led
by such men as AAA Administrator
R. M. Evans and I. w. Duggan,
head of AAA's southern division.
The victors' leaders are Milo Per-
kins. head of the Federal Surplus
Commodities Corporation; G. B.
Baldwin, chief of the Farm Secur-
ity Administration, and Howard
Tolley head of the Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics.
The decision will mean less en-
phasis on crop restriction and more
emphasis on measures to increase
conSumption-less of the AAA pro-
gram and more of things like the
stamp plan and the farm tenant
program N@.
FIGHT GOES
WAY BACK
Two actions by Secretary Wick
ard recently gave the tip-off on
the victory.
One was his public statement
urging farmers to raise more hogs
to take advantage of rising pork
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

The dramatic side of the defense
program is the race against time
in the airplane factories, the ship
yards, the training camps.
But there is another side which
me dare not neglect. 1t is not dra-
matte; it is not fashionable to men
ton it. it opens one to the charge
of hysteria. Nevertheless
An important part of the all-out
defense on which we now depend
to keep war away from the United
States is civilian protection and To-
cal precautions against aerial bonn
bardment, sabotage of water works
bridges, tunnels, power stations, air
ports. railroad yards, and other
Nerve centers of urban life.
The American Society of Civil
Engineers has had a committee
working on these things since last
October. 1t works with the War
Departments Neurological Civil
Protection Committee and with
other societies and agencies TO
make plans for civilian defense. If
there should be a sudden war, it
is too late to improvise such plans,
and the events in Europe are con-
vincing proof that civilian defense
is most important factor.
This does not mean that we
must Immediately begin building
dug-outs and practising blackouts.
There is nothing about the study
of these things that suggests hys-
terra or war-mongering. We have
been taught, bitterly, in the past
two years, that war can happen to
any country, and woe to him who
is not ready.
These civilian defense plans are
and must be local, for every COM
munity presents its own special
problem. The War Department and
the various engineering organiza-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
by Willis Thornton
Local Civil Protection Part Of Defense

tions are urging that local, city,
and state committees begin imme-'
diate study of questions like this:
Whether deep or shallow air-raid
shelters best fit the local picture.
and where they could be built in
emergencies. :4a ...a 70.
Whether adequate supplies Of pill
ing and other timber are available
for quick repair to docks and
wharves in case of bombing or sab
otage. .s... ..a
What could be done to supply
emergency electric current If the
regular source were interrupted.
What emergency sources of wa
ter supply could be called on in
emergency.
What bridges and public works
would require protection. and how
to protect them. New York has
already closed all openings and
covered all anchorages of bridges,
increased patrols, and supplied
floodlights.) ~. -=4-..
What could be done to evacuatc
civilians quickly and without in
terrupting military movements.
What special defense problems
would occur in each community in
case of war. in addition to those
problems that would be common
TO all.
Since the country has decided al
most unanimously on defense as the
best insurance against possible war,
1t is no longer sensible to ignore
this phase of defense, which events
in Europe have shown to be scarce
ly less important than purely mill
tary activity.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

prices. This was heresy to the con-
servatives in the department, WHO
argued it was simply a means OF
knocking down pork prices all over
again.
Another was Wickards announce
ment of a supplemental cottoA
program. which in effect will give
~0tton growers cotton stamps rather
tn sl for making further re-
ductions i, ett0N 2creage-a mea-
sure aimed at inc-'casing consump-
ton of cotton goods at the same
time that it cuts production OF raw
cotton, thereby biting into the sur
plus from both sides.
The argument between the two
wings of the department dates
back to the beginning of the New
Deal. In the main, the conserVa-
tive group stood for the theory that
the farm problem could be solved
by cutting production and keeping
prices up. 1t has fought to retain
agriculture foreign markets, via
export subsidies, In cutting domes-
tic production, it has consciously or
unconsciously followed the view
point of the large-scale farmer, the
big plantation owner, the farming
iS-a-buSineSS man.
PURGE"
REVERSED ..t#.
From the start this brought about
a scrap The other group in the de-
partment protested that the AAA
program was making the plight Of
the tenant and the sharecropper
worse, that only broadening OF
the domestic market offered any
real hope, and that to insist ON
keeping the export market at all
costs would ultimately raise hob
with the nations foreign policy.
Several years ago the conserva-
tives triumphed, and there fol-
lowed the famous "triple-A purge"
in which such men as Jerome Frank
and Gardner Jackson were ousted.
But events played into the hands
of the liberal bloc. The war helped
kill the reliance on export markets.
The existence today of a 14,000,000-
bale cotton carry-over has stimu-
lated the effort to broaden the do
mestic market. And with President
Roosevelt giving his backing to
Secretary Wickard in the latter's
siding with the liberals, the reversal
of the conservatives victory in the
purge is about complete.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 23 - Miss
Shirley Temple, back at work after
nine months idleneSS following the
somewhat premature announcement
of her retirement at the age OF IL,
has only the fondest recollections
of her brief venture into private
life.
She found time to do a lot OF
things she never got around TO DO
ing while she was the film COL
ony's biggest box office attraction.
Miss Temple earned sizable col
lection of Campfire Girl merit
badges, lost her tonsils, went TO
lot of parties, learned to type, start
ed sketching. acquired a candid
camera, and took part in several
amateur theatricalS.
Most important, she went to
school-regular day school.
But all that round of pleasure
doesn't fit into the scheme OF a
young lady who is determined TO
become an actress, as Miss Temple
is. She has a one-year contract to
work for Metro, which is confident
it can bring her back to the top
Metro believes public interest in the
actress who was still in fifth place
in the box office ratings when she
retired, hasn't slumped much; Off
cials believe her skid is attribut-
able to 20-Fox's inability to find
proper vehicles for her.
CRISIS OVER
A BOW TIE
Visiting the set of Footsteps in
the Dark" l found CONSERVATION
practically rampant. Almost every
body except Enrol Flynn was sitting
around worrying about bow tie,
This mystery flicker is Flynn'S
first modern-dresS role in three
years. He is providing his own
wardrobe. Somebody in the front
office saw the rusheS and sent a
Mortified communication to the set
Flynn. it pointed Quits wearing a
bow tie. Jack Warner doesn't like
bow ties. Hal Wallis, studio produc-
ton chief, has an almost violent
aversion to bow ties
But the scenes already filmed
were scattered throughout the
story. Nobody could think of any
way to eliminate bow ties from the
remaining scenes. 4..
While others pondered. futile
ly, Flynn smiled and twiddled with
his neckwear. Actually, he doesn't
care much about bow ties, either
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

The doubts and misgivings of our
citizens are as dangerous to Ameri-
can democracy today as the sub
marines, airplanes, and bombs OF
Herr Hitler.
DR.. M. r. Trabue Of pennsylvania
State College.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
So They Say

We may not have to choose pc
tween guns and butter, but the
time is not far hence when we
may have to choose between guns
and automobiles. .s..,t .,.-
American Youth Commission re-
port.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

Not since the days of the Civil
War has president faced more
anxious or more critical days than
has our own chief executive.
Archbishop John J. Cantwell OF
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

An alcohol drinking democracy
cannot develop the maximum
strength for national defense.
Senator Sheppard, Texas prohi-
bitioniSt.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
Famous Sayings

The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotess
reputation; that away, men are but glided loan or
painted clay.--Shakespeare.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

When British victory is in sight
there will be revolution in France,
Andre Geraud (PertinaD, French
newspaperman.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
Thoughts for the Day

good is better than precious ointment; and
the day of death than the day of ones brth-Eccle-
siaStes I'll
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

That practice of jumping over
bayonets that the Italiap big-shots
used TO get must come in handy
in Albania.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

EDITORS NOTE: The fOiiOping
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
barbs

People get there faster and safer
If they hurry slowly,
A Humboldt, Ia, farmer claimed
the pancake eating championship
after he'd downed SO. He said a 1
mouthful!
They took seven stitches in the
head of a Miami swimmer because
he failed to use it.
Foreign names are barred for
Jap bars and tea houses. We Won
der if they still eat off of china.
If your children can look up to
you, you've made a success of your
biggest job in life.
All roads lead to Rome, the an
clients said. Greeks and British
have found out it's still true, even
in Albania and Libya.
Don't tell us the British can't
play baseball They're certainly
catching a lot of high flies these
days.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23
MEMBER

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Cali
fOrnia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-23

People get there faster and safer
f they hurry slowly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-06
Mr.. Thrush TriNs
New Draft Tune

Most Of the thrushes take 10 the
woods. but not in the case OF Cliff
ford NJ. Thrush. %, OF Alma,
Mich, who spent three weeks in
a work camp near Hanistee as a
conscientious Director. then asked
permission TO become an army
selectee.
''NOOd--ait WIS wood.
We cut wood for ~ hours
week." said Thrush waiting his
turn yesterday at Detroit army
induction center THE work IL
just too hard and they don't
pay you Mt ALL"
When he first registered for the
draft, Thrush signed up as a
conscientious oblectnr He told his
draft board he didn't like fighting
very much.
II didn't know they would
send me tn -camp-like that
Why they don't even have any
entertainment there" he said.
Induction officials Indicated
Thrush would be sent TO Camp
Grant, Illinois.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-06

For the Inside News" of
Washington. Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column In the Times.