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Evening star., 1941-04-06
SITUATIONS WOMEN.

COMPANION to elderly lady or couple
assist with light house. work. No objec-
write Miss A Gertrude Fsircloth, 1916
Quarles ST. ne. city. 81
Evening star., 1941-04-06

BUILDING MATFRIALs-Compl large
Wrecking Job at l72l st. NV. ALL MA
$4,000 good, hard, red. LUMBER-Floor-
ing, 3 joist up to "a, $40 per NJ up,
DOORS-Hundreds at 5Oc up WINDOWS
or sash, 25c up. American WreckinE Co,
Lincoln 1924
Evening star., 1941-04-06

LAUNDRESS wants washing home: nice
sunny yard; also girl wants DAYS Work.
North 25S9,
Evening star., 1941-04-06

FLORIST, upper Conn. ave; owner un-
able to operate; reason for selling: will
sacrifice; terms to reliable party; books
open; one of the finest locations and the
best Of trade in Washington. National
Evening star., 1941-04-06

LAUNDRY work to take home; colored
woman; ref consider your price; shirts
speciality. DI 1857.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
MAJORITY ACTION CAN
CONTROL EVIL MINORITY

The action of Toastmasters Clubs in
FL Centre and Yuma, in addressing an
"anti-defense strike" petition to congress
and beginning nationwide circulation of
similar petitions, is perfect demonstra-
tion that the will of the American people
is an active, progressive force.
The American public is a great force
slow to motion but inexorable, once
aroused. 1t has watched patiently, even
though with disapproval, while labor
union racketeerS used the national de-
fense crisis to promote selfish gains
1t has grumbled as more and more fac
tories closed, holding up millions OF
dollars worth of defense orders-but un-
til now it has not acted.
Today, however, the movement launch
ed by Toastmasters clubs here and in
Yuma may very we'll be the ripple that
precedes a gigantic wave of public opin-
ion, sweeping the industrial saboteurs
into their deserved disgrace.
Defense strikers represent q minority,
not only in the entire population of this
country but in industry alone They are
only small fraction of the workers of
the United States. But they are in such
key positions that, by their actions, they
can destroy the whole nation. They are
like the driverwheel of a great machine;
when they stop, nothing moves.
For the good of the whole population
for the good of Americas future-they
must be prevented from accomplishing
their destruction. They prate of their
rights" but they have no Just claim to
rights transcending the rights of their
nation and the people.
The majority, unorganized and silent,
mas greater rights than any others. The
iy,na bo mo fn la
sure that its rights are protected. Only by
demands upon congress-demands which
congress cannot fail to heed. can the
majority safely protect its rights.
Petitions such as those started by the
Toastmasters clubs will serve to give
notice to congress that the majority has
at last awakened to he battle.
1t is time for action. Another month,
and it may be too late.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
new BOOKS
At the FL Centre Public Library
FICTION

Miss Hargreayes, Frank Baker;
The River Rises. Helen A. Beals;
Out of This Furnace, Thomas Bell;
Drink TO Yesterday, Manning Coles;
A Toast to Tomorrow, Manning
Coles; Sing For a Penny, Clifford
DoWdey, Salt Winds and Cobb Dust,
Capt. John Thomason jr.; Mystery
at the Black Cat, l.. A. WadsWorth.
NON-FICTION 4
Empire on the Seven Seas, James
T. Adams; I Witness, Norman Al
ley; United We Stand, Hanson w.
Baldwin; Hawaii Restless Rampant,
Joseph Barber jr.; All in a Lifetime
Frank Buck; How to Break Into
Radio, Robert DeHayen: America
It's History and People, Harold
Faulkner; My Sister Eileen, Joseph
Fields; How America Lives, j. C.
Furnas; How TO Develop a Good
Memory, Robert II. Mutt; Holmes
Pollock Letters vols, Justice
Holmes; Quest, Leopold Infeld; Ma
ture Notes, John Kiernan; Down
Over Chungking, Adet, Amor and
Meimei Lin; Thesaurus of Humor.
Mildred Meters; Their Finest Hour,
Allan A. Niche; Many Green
Isle, GlanVille Smith, The Hero in
Dixon Wecter.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
THE MAN
FROM MARS
Tulare #Tin1eS)

tTulare Tmes)
Millions of words have been written
already concerning the fantastic flight
of Rudolf Hess, the No 8 NaZi, from his
German homeland into the camp of his
enemy And yet it still remains the most
astounding news story of the year-a
story stranger than fiction; q story which
will loom large in the pages of history
Never in the annals of nations has a man
so highly placed deserted his cause and
his country: never before, in the history
of modern warfare, has a man suddenly
parachuted down from Mars to sur
render his sword in such a spectacular
and unfathomable fashion.
Berlin tells one story, London another
and there are great gaps between
them But Mars, we imagine, is speech
less, for here is one of the great warlords
of modern times struck down, perhaps
by his own conscience. Or maybe he just
didn't have the stomach for it. He may
be mad, as Hitler insists, or he may have
been suddenly shocked into sanity, but
whatever the cause, this was a flight
from reality-from the revolving reality
of mans inhumanity to man.
Even rigid censorship cannot hide the
fact that the headlong flight of Hess
from Germany has created great scan
dial in the Axis dominated countries. The
German people, despite all they may be
told by their propaganda ministry, are
tremendously disturbed One who led
them has recanted; one who lived by the
side of their Fuehrer has deserted him.
And whether Hess gives information to
Britain of transcending military impor-
tance; whether he punctures Hitler's ar
NOR by revealing the most closely-guard-
ed secrets of Nazi strategy, or Just spins
preposterous yarns, as fantastic as his
own flight to Scotland, the damage has
been done
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
IN PLACE OF HATE

(Christian Science Monitor)
The British people, doggedly digging
out of ruined homes, still express very
little hate for Nazi fliers who plainly
bomb non-military objectives. Even the
bombing of Westminster Abbey and Par
Lament evokes mainly a new resolution
to see the war through.
After the heavy raid of April 16, there
We're Bomb Berlin demands and some
chalked signs, "Show Them We Can
Murder Too" But these are less repre-
sentative of British thought than the citi-
zen's usual talk about Jerry" name
that carries no sting Indeed, public dis
cussion in Britain shows less bitterness
either toward Germany or toward politi-
cal opponents than is expressed by some
Americans.
Last week in Birmingham by-election
q Bomb Berlin candidate was showed
under Of course, all sorts of issues enter
an election and We cannot conclude that
the British do not want to bring the war
home to the German people. But if they
were chiefly animated by hate, an advo-
cate of 'Blitz for Berlin" would hardly
be defeated by 13-to-1 vote, barely top
ping a third candidate who was an out
right pacifist.
1t is common experience that hate is
weakening and inefficient. Britain's
steadfast strength is partly due to re-
fusal to indulge it. A purpose too high
for hate, to aware Of the impersonal
nature of his struggle to waste energy
on personal animosity is doubly strong
II the British, under SO much temptation,
can keep SO nearly free from hate, surely
Americans, barely touched by war, should
do as we'll
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE


On Friday June 13, 1941, at 1000
O'Clock am, PIONEER TITLE IN
SURANCE AND TRUST COM.
PANY, as Trustee under Deed of or
transfer in Trust dated May %,
1881, recorded June 13, 1891, in
BOOK 3ll, page ST, of Official Rec
ofds, IN the office OF the Recorder
OF Imperial County, California, and
securing, among other obligations.
one note for $8,789.75, dated MAY
70, 1881, in favor of Valley Lumber
Company by reason of now contin-
uing default in the payment or per-
1ormance Of obligations secured nv
sald deed or transfer, including the
preach or default notice of which
was recorded in the office of the
County Recorder of Imperial Co,ln-
ty, California, by the Beneficiary
ana the undersigned more than
three months prior to the date
hereof, will sell at public auction to
hlghest bidder for cash at the north.
erh entrance of the County Court
Rouse IN the City of Ell Centre. Cal.
Norma, all right, title and interest
now held by it under said Deed or
transfer in the property situate in
the County of Imperial, California
described as: "'
Lots Forty-three (43), Fortv-
iour '44), Forty-five (45), For
ty-slx (46), and Forty-sevep
'4O, Block Twenty-Five (251.
OF the Townsite of El Centre. in
the City of Ell Centre, accord
ing to Map No. 953 on file in
the office of the County Record
er OF San Diego County, a copv
OF said map being on file in
the office of the County Re.
corder OF Imperial County.
Iogether with all appurtenances
water rights and rights of way in
aly"ise appurtenant to aforesaid
premises. N'"ie
SAID sale will be made fwjtbout
covenant, or warranty evnrass ~,
nnplled, regarding title, possession.
or encumbrances to pay the unpaid
pIincipal OF said note, to-wit 81 .6i8 M
WIN interest from May %, 1891 on
9f'olo'oo, as in said note provided
advances, II any, under the terme
oi SAD Deed or Transfer, and fees
cnarges and expenses of the Trustee
ana OF the trusts created by said
Deed or Transfer. ~ '"''
DATED; May 20, i941.
PIONEER TITLE INSIrp.
ANcE f & TRUST coMpA-
NY, as said Trustee.
Corporate SeaD
BY w. w. McEUEN ;to
Vice-President. '
tM22- -29-J5) j.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
by Paul Harrison
HOLLYWOOD S Fads, Fancies and Foibles

Lucie Neville is pinch hitting for
Paul Harrison, now touring army
camps and defense industries.
BY LUCE NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, May % = Pres
ton Sturges, Tie writer-director
who has declared that he'd never
make picture with social mes
sage, seems to be slipping bit in
his resolution, because in the script
Of "Sullivan's Travels, he power
fully affirms the Importance of
simple laughter in troubled
world.
The moral is aimed only at Holly
wood since the story is about di-
rector of comedies who decides to
make a great social document,
Grama of the people. Realizing
that he knows nothing about pow
erty and suffering among the un-
derpriVileged, he starts out to be-
come a hobo. After a lot of goOfy
adventures, he encounters some of
sought and returns to Hollywood
tc make-more comedies. For by
this time he also has learned that
people don't want to see their trou-
bles re-enacted on the screen; they
want the tonic of make-believe and
laughter.
It's fun to read a Preston Sturges
script because even the stage dir
ections are set down with wise
cracks. He begins with foreword:
This is the story of a man who
wanted to wash an elephant. The
elephant darned near ruined him."
TRICKY
TITLES
Joel McCrea is the actor chosen
to play Director Sullivan, some of
whose comedy hits are listed as so
Long Sarong'', 'Hey-dey in the
Haymow", and Ants in Your
Plants of 1880" Title of his pro-
posed social epic is For Whom the
Night Falls" There's a lot of sharp
satire on Hollywood, along with
few leers at the Unhappiness Boys,
john Ford and Frank Capra.
For a gal to follow McCrea in
his eventful Wanderings, Sturges
picked Veronica Lake, the floppy-
haired dish from Il Wanted
Wings" whom Bob Hope tagged as
the only one-eyed movie star"
Miss Lakes revealing costumes
in the aviation picture were
great trial for the censors, and she
has few slick gowns in "Sulli-
vans Travels" Most of the time,
though, she will be in hobo garb
trousers, tattered coat, turtle
neck sweater and a cap hiding that
celebrated hair.
There's a sequence in which
Sturges has defiantly written a re-
mlnder of the sweater ban of the
hays Office. When McCrea is try
ing to persuade her to give up the
masquerade and go back to Holly
wood he remarks, you look about
as much like a boy as Mae West
does" He'll have to do some bat
Ting TO get that on the screen.
Although Sturges seems to have
written gentle sermon about
laughter, he hasn't abandoned any
OF his other rules for simple story
telling. Not once has a picture of
his had love triangle, or even a
william. ONLY characters who really
count are boy and a girl.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF ELECTION
For Member of Governing Board
of Elementary School District

((School Code Section 1878
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN to
the Electors of the Ell Centro Ele-
mentary School District of Impe-
rial County, California, that the
Annual Election of members of the
governing board of said El Centro
School District will be held at the
Central Union High School in said
district on the first Friday in June,
viz, June 6, 1941.
1t will be necessary to elect l
member for three years.
The polls will be open between
the hours of 6 O'Clock am, and 7
o'clock pm.
The officers appointed to con-
duct the election are
BETH SLEE, Inspector.
JUANITA MEASURES, Judge.
BESS F. RYERSON, Judge.
Dated May 5, 194l.
Signed:
HARRY r. SONES,
ROY. H. WOMACK,
GOBLE HURST.
Members of Governing
Board.
(M22-29-J5)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in Washington

try not yet convinced conveying
is the thing to do, with the Presi-
dent himself ON record that con-
yoys means shooting and shooting
means war, with even Secretary of
War StimSon admitting that we
won't be ready for war for year
In that predicament is a stall justi-
fled or is it not?
The question is posed here not in
any defense of dilly- dallying, but
merely to present the arguments.
TRY TO KEEP
HITLER GUESSING
The question of when to show
strength-the old question of tim
ing again-is one that has to be
nicely determined. A case can be
made fr the claim that there is
big advantage now in keeping Hit
Ter guessing as to what American
policy will be, when the bid of
greater American support for Brit
ain will be made, and how much
1t will be.
That the raise will be forthcom-
ing eventually seems inevitable. 1t
will be made only when there is
more yelling for it from the country
at large and from Congress in par
tlcular and from far more sub
stantial citizens than the Peppers
and Guffeys.
CONGRESSIONAL WIT
There come times when a little
money judiciously expended is real
ly in the interest of economy
Congressman Everett NJ. Dickson
of Pekin, Ill we have been split
ting hairs until, if they were prop
erly divided up, every bald-headed
senator in the senate would have a
luxurious growth of beautiful hair"
Senator George w. Norris of Nc
Cook, Neb. IF you put a restau-
rant in the new House office build
ing, is it because you passed law
last year granting one additional
secretary to each member of Con-
gress?'-Congressman Robert F..
Rich of Woolrich, Pa.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22

MAN
Just ii couple of sound stages
from where that picture Is begin
ming production, another writer
director who believes in laughs for
their own sake Is completing a
third filming of that old stage
farce, Nothing But the Truth
Elliott Nugent is a lean, bespec-
tacled gent with enough energy to
keep up with the zany clownings
of Bob Hope and Paulette God
dard, to write a play for Broadway
at the same time, and to make
plans for venture into movie
producing.
AS if that weren't enough, Nu-
gent returned to acting recently.
He and James Thurber wrote
THE Male Animal" for the New
York stage and when they en-
colntered casting trouble Nugent
stepped in and starred in it for
18 months.
Son of J. C. Nugent, also an
actor, director and writer, Elliott
played in the family vaudeville
troupe 18 years, had top billing in
several plays he helped write, came
here in 1929 with Bob Montgomery
to appear in so This Is College.
Except for the long engagement in
Male Animal, he hasn't acted in
10 years and declares he won't
again.
Couldn't go on doing juveniles
forever" he said. I'm al now and
might still fool 'em on the stage.
But I couldn't kid a movie cam
era" -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
HOW MUCH HONESTY?

Directors of the Office of Production
Management, all of them east coast in
dustrialists, have all but rejected plan
advanced by Henry j. Kaiser, Oakland
industrialist, for three great steel plants
in the western United States.
Possibly OPM is justified in frowning
upon the plan. 1t may be that its oper-
alton would take too much time. 1t is
possible that expansion of eastern plants
would take less time, and so give the
nation a quicker pickup in steel pro-
duction.
But the fact that the plan was rejected
within a few days of its proposal with
out sufficient time for real, intensive in
vestlgation, seems to indicate closed
mind on the part of the eastern indus
trialists who make up OPM.
The argument for steel plants in the
west-an argument which we believe out
weighs all others-is that they would
make it more difficult if not entirely
impossible, for an enemy to cripple T. S.
steel production by one concentrated
attack. With steel production centered
in the east, the steel plants are easy tar
gets. With some plants in the east, and
some in the west, the whole industry
could not be damaged at once.
We would like assurance that OPM's
industrialists are not merely protecting
an eastern monopoly when they reject
the plan for western steel plants.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22

1t is doubtful if any leadership,
giving the command for the first
shot of an aggressive war, ever en-
visions long-drawn and bitter
combat. Naturally, the aggressor
believes himself vastly superior or
he would not start the fight at
all. He conjureS up pleasant pic
ture of a short, snappy campaign
in which the enemy is vanquished
with a minimum of casualties, his
objective is attained, and the whole
nasty business wrapped up and de-
livered on schedule.
Such 6 war was the Franco
Prussian war of l870-a single
months campaigning, from Aug. 2
To Sept. 2, complete victory, finish.
Bismarck had every reason to be
satisfied.
But it doesn't often work out
that way. All too often, he who
draws the sword expecting quick and
easy victory, lets loose forces he
never expected TO see unleasned.
Thus Japan, still referring to the
China Incident after four years
CT bitter and exhausting warfare on
the grand scale, is using the term
it expected would apply. Probably
cnly an incident" was planned
q quick sweep which would defeat
the Chinese military, throw the
country into chaos. out of which
Japan could raise a puppet state to
administer in her own interest as
much of China as pleased her. She
reused instead the sleeping dragon,
created a new China, and has not
yet seen the end of the difficulties
which may stem from what was in
tended to be an incident
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
by Willis Thornton
They That Take The Sword

So Germany. Hitler had ample
reason to expect that quick sur
gical operation could be performed
on Poland, with Russia holding last
the other end of the scissors ana
the rest of Europe paralyzed INTO
inaction. Instead the British ana
French rose in defense of Poland,
and conquest has had TO follow
conquest in an endless succession,
while the war which started so
modestly with the obliteration or
Poland, spreads wider and wider
across the earth, with no FORE
seeable end.
Perhaps it is thoughts like that
which filled the mind of Rudolf
Hess, and caused him to view with
blank dismay the consequences to
European civilization of what was
probably thought of two years ago
as the Polish incident"
Perhaps Hess thought too often
of those terrible words: Put up
again thy sword into his place. for
all they that take the sword shall
perish with the sword
Perhaps Hess has thought too Of
ten of that other time, only 20
years ago, when Germany started
swinging the sword, and perished
with it.
Perhaps he saw a vision of a
long, long road to a European
Gethsemane that was far different
from the quick, flashing Blitzkrieg of
1899.
Perhaps the bright prospect of
Rule by Germany became obscured
by the dismal alternative of Ruin
for all Eliropa
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
Cranium Crackers
ANCIENT BATTLEFIELD

When the war spread to the
Near East, it enveloped land
known as the cradle of our civili-
zation, for the country of Iraa is
believed the site of the Garden of
Eden. See if you can answer these
questions about this ancient land.
l. By what names were the
countries of Iraq and Ira former
ly known?
2. Name the two rivers that
flow through Iraq to form the val
ley believed site of the Garden of
Eden.
3. What king of ancient Babylon
built the famous hanging gardens
there, and where are the ruins of
Babylon now found?
4. In what part of the Near
East is the site of Armageddon
believed located. and what event
IS predicted to take place there?
b. Name the Mediterranean ports
IN Syria and Palestine that are
outlets for the oil pipelines from
Iraq fields.
ANSWERS
/. Iraq was known as Mesopo-
tamia; Iran, Persia.
2. The Tigris and Euphrates
rivers flow through Iraq.
3. King Nebuchadnezzar built
the hanging gardens of Babylon
around 600 B. c. Ruins of Babylon
are on the Euphrates river, south
of Baghdad, Iraq.
q. Armageddon is believed to be
Meggiddo, south of Nazareth, Pale
sinte. Here it is forecast, will take
place the final battle between the
forces Of good and evil.
5. Oil pipelines from Iraq end
at Tripoli, Syria mot to be con-
fused with Tripoli, LibyO, and
Haifa, Palestine.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL

1uL . L Ale of ShLIr onNlh,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 321O
Notice of Time and Place Appointed
for Proving VIII and Hearing
Application for Letters Testa-
mentary.
In the Matter OF the Estate of
FRANK l.. MILLER, also known
as F.. Gaal Miller, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a
petition for the probate of the will
OF Frank l.. Miller, also known as
F. Gaal Miller, deceased, and for
issuance to EDWIN GALE of letters
of administration with will an
nexed, has been filed in this court
and that Friday the Sixth day of
June, 1941, at 2 O'Clock pm. of said
day, at the courtroom of Dept. No. 2,
OF said court, at the Courthouse in
the City of Ell Centre, Calf, County
OF Imperial, State of California. has
been set for the hearing of said
petition, when and where any per-
son interested may appear and con-
test the same, and show cause, II
any they have, why said petition
should not be granted.
Dated May Is, 1941.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
Clerk.
BY MAXINE CONSOLE,
tSEAL) Deputy Clerk.
M2l-J1 incl) =
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
Did You Know?

Mozambique is a province of
Portuguese East Africa.
The English lavender plant fur
nlshes the best lavender oil in the
world.
One degree of latitude varies in
length from 68.7 to 69.4 miles, ac-
ccrding to the distance from the
equator.
-Four hundred thousand times
as much light is given by the sun
as by the moon.
Originally, butter was spread
with the thumb, with Charles II
of Sweden setting the fashion.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
STATE OF CALIFORNIA;
COUNTY OF IMPERIALD

COUNTY OF IMPERIAL)
On this 18th day of May 194l,
before me, L. Lee Nuffer, a Notary
Public in and for the County of
Imperial State of California, per.
sonally appeared Aaron G. Cash
and Winfield J. Van Dorm, knoww
to me to be the persons whose
names are subscribed to the above
instrument and severally acknowl-
edged to me that they signed and
executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the Gay and year
in this certificate first above writ
ten.
l.. LEE NUFFER.
lSeaD Notary Public in and for
said State and County.
CM15-22-29-J5)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION
2466 - CIVIL CODE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned, AARON G. CASH
and WINFIELD j. VAN DORM,
have formed partnership, and
are transacting business as co-part-
ners at 65l Main Street, Ell Centro,
California, under the name of I'M
perial Valley Home Appliance Co.
That the full names of all the
members of such partnership and
their respective places of residence
are as follows:
Aaron G. Cash,
304 North j. Street,
Imperial, California;
Winfield J. Van Dorm,
1882 Broadway Street,
Ell Centre, California.
AARON G. CASH
WINFIELD j. VAN DORM.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-22

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors elseUhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.