davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
THERE IS NO REASON
FOR GOING TO WAR

The sinking of an Egyptian ship in the
Atlantic with many Americans. aboard
should be, insofar as this nations warllke
intentions are concerned, nothing but an
other news item from the war fronts.
If we are going to war, no such isoiat-
ed incident should make up our minds.
Americans travelling in the war zon,s
do so at their own risk. They know when
they set sail that there is the danger of
attack by German raiders. They would
know, if they gave the matter any
thought. that their death would bring a
hasty sentimental reaction in this cOun-
try.
We, at home, should realize those same
facts. We should control our emotional
reactions accordingly.
We cannot help feeling pity for the
people who have lost their lives, and tor
their survivors. We cannot help feeling
anger at the raiders who caused their
death. But we can and should make sure
that our reaction goes no further.
War is a grim business of cold logic
and emotionless planning. If this coun-
try is to enter the war, its entry should
be on the same basis. If we go IN, 1t
should be because our entry Is needed to
safeguard our 0Wn interests-whether
they are economic or political interests.
1t should not be because some americans,
of their own free will, have gambled with
their lives and lost the gamble.
If it is true that a defeat for Great
Britain would mean an entire world dom
mated by German national policies, with
consequent loss of freedom for the peo-
pies of all other nations, then that is
plenty of reason for us to make sure
Great Britain is not defeated-even if we
have to fight to do it. We cannot an
swer the question inherent in that "if''
by giving way to emotion. Logic is need
ed now more than ever before in deciding
this nations national course. And such
logic as we need must spring from the
people. Our leaders can do nothing to
control the situation if the people them
selves give way to mass hysteria.
If we are to go to war, let us at least
do it for reasons as sensible as any rea-
sons can be under the circumstances.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

lief in these areas, a yell usually
goes up that is heard by congress-
men. Communities which don't
have defense activities feel that
since they're not getting any of
that gravy they certainly should be
entitled to WPA relief gravy to
which taste they have become ac-
customed.
Local communities start yelling,
too, when their WPA nurseries or
school lunches or art projects are
hit. The free WPA opera and SYM
phony concerts having built up a
public following, there are cries in
the night when anyone starts
throwing axes at the bull fiddles.
SEEM TO LIKE THEIR JOBS
The charge that WPA is COM
peting with private industry for
labor is a tough one to substantiate.
WPA labor gets paid from $50 to
$50 month. Why anyone should
prefer that type of employment
when there are better jobs going
begging is hard to figure. Also,
workers on WPA must take jobs
when they're offered in private in
dustry.
What it all boils down to is the
belief that unemployment hasn't
yet smoothed out. There is dis
elimination against the employ
ment of unskilled WPAers, partic-
ularly the old ones.
Will Congress cut in the face of
that? Not much, if any
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
NOT A SWELL JOB

(NeW Ork w OflQ- L 6I6grdHl)
In far-off Hong Kong the Presidents s
eldest son, Capt. James Roosevelt, told
members of the American club: THE
people at home are doing a swell job
in the defense program :. 1t is signifi-
cant that less than one-quarter of l per
cent of the workers are affected by in
dustrial disputes"
1t would be highly significant-if it
were true. But, as Captain Roosevelt
spoke, nearly 100000 coal miners were
still on strike. Agreement to reopen the
mines came little later Before the
mines actually are reopened full month
of production will have been lost. This
one industrial dispute will have cost,
directly, more man-days than all the
strikes listed by the labor department in
the entire year 1910.
So the coal strike will continue for
months to affect not 100000 miners, but
production schedules throughout many
industries Shipyards, arsenals, airplane
factories will feel the pinch. Soldiers
waiting in training camps for guns and
tanks will feel it. God grant that Ameri-
cans may never have to pay the price
Frenchmen and Englshmen have paid
for arms that might have been produced
but were not.
Statistics, even accurate statistics, may
be dangerously deceptive. Percentages
quoted to make strikes seem unimportant
encourage more strikes. The truth is that
we are not doing a swell job in the de-
fense program. Until we find way to
prevent strikes by agreements, instead of
stopping strikes by agreements after their
harm is done, we shall be doing nothing
like the job these terrible times demand
of U.S.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
VIEWS ON
CITIZENSHIP
(Santa Monica Outlook

In a recent address before the state
Congress of Parents and Teachers, Dr..
Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of STAN
ford, described sople of the challenges to
good government and responsible citizen
ship which are fundamental and always
with us. At the same time he pointed out
the method by which these challenges can
always be met successfully.
Inertia, coupled with our utter dislike
for accepting responsibility and its at
tendant duties, is the cause for the shod-
dy and shabby spots in this government
of ours" he said.
He went on to point out that although
"oyer half the voters of the United States
are women, yet we find the segregated
vice district is coming back to our cities"
Our liquor laws are too lax and too care
lessly enforced Yet these typical evils
have ready remedy. if citizens would on
ly apply it. For, says DR.. Wilbur, Laws
can be enforced if individual citizens and
organizations like yours insist upon them.
There is no one in the world so timid as
the politician in office, no one so brave as
the one out of office. BY handling the
two of them voters can get what they
want but we need to learn early and to
teach our youth that a government like
ours does not run ITSELF
That is the first law or working prlnc-
iple of our democratic civilization, and
it cannot be emphasized too often that
good government and the successful oper-
alton of our democratic processes depend
on the interest and civic responsibility of
individual citizens.
We believe that except in few of our
largest cities the American people have
made notable progress in realizing this
fundamental principle during the pres
ent era. But much more realization and
work are needed
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Uranium Crackers
FAMOUS WIVES

1t wasn't until the present CEN
tury that we began to find wives
sharing equal fame with their hus-
bands. even getting ahead of them
at times. Still some wives of his
tory are well known to us. Can you
name and identify the husbands of
the following famous wives?
|. Jane Seymour and Anne
Boleyn.
2. Marie Antoinette and jose
B. Queen Victoria and Queen
4. Deanna Durbin, Barbar
Stanwyck.
phine.
5. Dorothy Thompson and Flea
nor Roosevelt.
ANSWERS
l. Jane Seymour and Anne
Boleyn were both wives of King
Henry VIII of England.
2. Marie hntoinette was wife of
Louis XVI, king of France; jose
phine was wife of Napoleon, en-
peror of France.
3. Britain's Queen Victoria was
the wife of Prince Albert, the prince
consort; Queen Mary II was wife
of King william III.
4. Deanna Durbin is wife of
Vaughn Paul, film executive; Bar
bara StanWyck is wife of Robert
Taylor screen star.
S. Dorothy Thompson is wife of
Sinclair Lewis, writer; Eleanor
Roosevelt is wife of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her niece,
Eleanor Roosevelt, recently mar
ried Edward p. Elliott.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
by Willis Thornton -.
Strong 0utposts And A Duty

Will American newspapers go TO
them regularly and by the fastest
practicable route? viii they have
recreational facilities in posts
which, interesting at first, may
grow dull and boresome after a
short hitch? Short-Wave broadcast
ing firms have already indicated
that they do not feel forgotten.
and are attempting to adjust pro-
grams so that American boys in
the outposts will be IN regular touch
with home by air.
Letters, athletic equipment, gifts
appropriate to the seasons, vital
little links with home are going to
be more and more important as the
overseas garrisons grow in strength.
They must not be forgotten.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Did You Know?

There is about a pound of salt
in every gallon of sea water.
The British dirigible R-34 was
the first airsnip to cross the At
lantic in both directions.
About 100000 birds once were
killed annually in the United States
for use as decorations on women's
hats.
Copenhagen is the capital of
Denmark.
Many authorities rate the Doug
las fir as the most important wood
grown in the United States
The oppossum is the only Amer
ican marsupial or mamal that car
rics its young about in a pouch.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Barbs

The most dangerous crossing in
the world is double crossing.
Much discomfort is caused by
buying shoes to fit the occasion in
stead of the feet.
Maybe work was put into the
world just to make loafing more
fun.
A man with plenty of sand does
not slip.
Only two classes of people fall
for flattery-men and women.
One sure way to leave footprints
ON the sands of time is to get out
and dig.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
So They Say

Unfortunately, our present knowl-
edge of human genctics is alto
gether inadequate. to unerringly
enable us to take surgical measures
against the birth of a Hitler or
MuSSolini.
Prof. Ernest A Hooton, Harvard
anthropologist.
I have absolute faith in the, I'LL
innate triumph of the principles
OF humanity, translated into law
and order, by which freedom and
justice and security will again pre-
vail.
Secretary of State CordHl Hull.
1t becomes q Christian duty for
the Church to show that the air.
plane can be vehicle for spread
ing the constructive forces of man
kind.
Rev. d. Samuel Trexler, Luth-
eran missionary, off on an air
tour of South America.
We are extremely liberal but we
happen to be bound by rules of
law.
Chief Justice Hughes of, the
U. S. Supreme. Court.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
BY LUCUE NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Correspon,

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, May 20-The scene
was a New orleans cafe in 1910.
Red plush and ragtime. Guests
were jittering around the dance
floor as they tried to get accustomed
to the strange new tempo in which
the orchestra was improviSing Wait
Til The Sun Shines, Nellie" The
leader, Bing Crosby, pretended to
tootle q clarinet. Brian Donlevy
silently fingered q cornet.
Only bandSman in the bunch who
really could have played his instru
ment was Harry Rosenthal, the
pianist.
EARLY DAY RUG-CUTTING
Mary Martin, vocalist with the
orchestra, came on for a song and
overheard a patron complaining
that nobody could dance to such
music. She offered to show him.
and did. Other dancers picked up
the steps and liked it.
This is one of several actual in
cidents in the history of Jazz which
have been put into Paramount's
Birth of the Blues" Another is the
origin of the common practice of
slapping the strings of bull fiddle:
a musician tried it when his bow
broke in the middle of a number.
When they finally got the shot
and the orchestra fled from the hot
lights, the stocky Rosenthal came
over and talked about music. Seems
he's going TO be the maestro with
Il seven-piece orchestra at Preston
Sturges' remodeled Players Club.
Cafes are going to be more in
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
by Paul Harrison
Hollywood S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

innate" he said decisively. Music
will be softer; more strings. Why,
in a year or SO I wouldn't bes sur
prised if you could even detect
melodies in popular stuff"
Rosenthal has had just about
the most varied career of any tmu-
sician honky-tonks to the Lido
Venice; nickelodeons to the slickest
theaters in gay spots of London and
Paris. He composed operettas and
musical comedy tunes, and he played
in cheap vaudeville houses.
He was q protege of Victor Her.
bert, but first of all he was the
son of Joseph Rosenthal, who played
violin with the Metropolitan Opera
orchestra. After the youngster had
studied -heartedly for a few
years. the father smashed a fiddle
over his head and sent him to vi
emma to learn piano under dis
tinguished uncle, Maurice Rosenthal.
The latter sent him back with a
note declaring that Harry would
never, never be a pianist.
So he became a trumpet player
IN Victor Herbert's theater orches-
ira, and before and after show
hours he played piano with cham
Der music group at an uppity ho-
tel
PAL OF PRINCE
Playing at the Lido Venice in
New York at the time of the visit
of the then Prince of Wales, Ros-
enthal was taken along with the
royal party for several months.
He especially likes to recall earlier
years when he Knocked about the
country playing in early movie
houses and saloons and such. They
had an ancient Fotoplay organ in
scene in this picture the other
day, and Rosenthal needed no point
ers on its operation. You watched
the screen and when some action
came along that demanded a sound
effect, you vamped with one hand
and grabbed for the proper stop or
cord with the other. u
Sometimes you got the wrong
one. I remember once when pic
ture cut TO a heart-rending death
scene. l switched to The Flower
Song" and reached for the cord to
muffle the snare drum. But the
one l pulled was the whistle"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
Editorial Association. Cali
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced By editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Thought for the Day

Better is dinner OF herbs where love is than stalled
and hatred observation-disclosures 1877.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20

MRS ELMER d. SPECK will have her family with her,
incudng Mr. and Mrs Ford Ballantyne Mr. and Mrs Ford
Balantyne Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Balantyne Howard
Carroll who home from the Ghoae School; Mrs
John Marshal Nercet and baby of Columbus, Ohio, and
Howard Ballantyne's brother. Carroll Trego....
DR.. and Mrs Fred T. Murphy giving family dinner
which will be present Mr. and Mrs Frederick NJ Ager
Suzette Ager Mrs Harold Boyer who has returned from
Washington and the Boyer children Harold J Frances
Mary and Alger Boyer.
Mrs and Mrs. Robert Bruna Powers and their small
daughter Cherry will dine with Mrs Powers parents Mr.
and Mrs. Frederic Sbey Of Crosse Pointe
and Mrs Alexander Blain will entertain their son-in
law and daughter and Mrs. Henry f. Bowes and Alex
ander and Mrs.-Bain III
John r. Kempf will have his guests his son-n-law
and daughter Mr. and Mrs. H. j. Cupper and his grand
daughters the Miss Barbara and Mary Cupper.
The Albert Bradleys in their home in East Jefferson
avenue Ponte, will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Worcester Mr. Willard s. Worcester Mr. and Mrs.
billiard Lyle of Rancho Santa Fe.
The Lyes have been in New York and visiting the
Bradeys their home in the West.
Also with the Brauleys will be Miss Jacqueine Hogan
of Greenwich Conn., who arrived Wednesday visit Miss
Jeanne Bradley