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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-12-18

mites permit We hope to extend our
efforts in the control of this dis
ease.
Inc doctors IN the clinics come
N contact with many human interest
stores which illustrate the insidious
revalence of the disease syphilis.
cerhaps n case would illustrate:
one morning not long & a beauti-
iul young girl. about Is years of
age, came into the Lauderdale Coun-
y Health Department to request the
report Of a blood Wassermann which
mad been made on her in a routine
t~oodhandler examination the week
before Much to the surprise of the
health officer it was found that she
vas suffering from an advanced
'tage of syphilis, When she was tact
fully told the situation, she was un-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-12-18

people will have their lives extend
ed many years and thousands of peo-
pie are avoiding the late Gripping
effects of syphilis such as hear.
disease, insanity, etc.
One Of the next steps in the pro-
gram that has been suggested by
thoughtful people of the state, includ-
ing members of the Legislature, bust
ness and professional clubs, is that
we enact a law requiring all young
couples who intend to be married to
secure a health examination before
marriage in order to avoid bringing
this disease into the family at its
very beginning. Nineteen states now
have such laws and they have found
very effective in the protection of
young couples about to be married.
The Army has under consideration
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-12-18
ELECTRIC SERVICE
ONLY 2 PER CENT
OF FAMILY BUDGET

The following editorial is from
a recent issue of the Vicksburg
MISS Evening Post, of which
Louis P. eastman is publisher:
Electrical Industry Gives Low
Cost Service
1.-The economics of the electri-
cal industry are complicated, and
1T is a simple matter to persuade
the home owner that he is a vic
tim Of a grasping monopoly. even
though it is a question of no more
than $500 a month on an aver
age-say 2 per cent Of the family
budget. The result is that we
have had for years a burning po-
litical campaign over a small sum
of money. There is no single
issue which unites SO much heat
with so little substance at stake
'In this connection it is well
to call attention to some statis-
tics about the industry in a re-
cent publication by the Federal
Power Commission of a survey
covering the operation of 3S3
leading privately : owned electric
companies during 1889, the last
year for which complete statistics
are available.
Those companies served 25.-
100000 customers, Of whom al
most 20. 100000 were domestic
consumers.
THE average domestic user
consumed 877 kilowatt hours Of
power during the year. and he
paid 1886 tor it-less than ten
cents a day. Ali of the 10000
900 users paid a total power bill
Of about $705,O0O.O 900 - which.
though it is q very large sum of
money, is nowhere near the cost
of most other essential commOdi-
ties and services. 1t is a fact that
the average family pays more for
its tobacco than it pays for the
power which lights its homes and
performs other valuable services.
"In view of these statistics one
may well ask why there should
be such an issue made over a
service which gives such great
comfort and relieves the house
wife of so much drudgery, yet
costs the American family but ten
cents pei day. Certainly, it must
be admitted that there is no eco
nomic basis upon which to criti-
CHE the electrical industry, IN
doubtedly the most efficiently
managed major industry in the
nation. 1t is pointed out that il
electricity were entirely free that
the saving would hardly buy one
good meal a month at a first class
cafe.
''In view of the moderate cost
involved and especially when con-
sidered from the viewpoint of
services enjoyed in return there
for, together with the basic fact
that private industry should not
be made secondary to government
undertakings in any field of in
dustry, the question is asked
many, many times whether a gov
eminent which has become so
great through private enterprise
should spend more billions for so
cialized power"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-12-18

periences before she finally achieved
happiness. Each day this story could
be repeated from the many new VIC
Tins of this disease.
We are making some progress IL
the control Of syphilis in Mississippi,
but we must redouble u efforts to
provide more clinics, more doctors,
more nurses, and more medicines SO
that we can lift this shadow from
our land.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-12-18

POSTED NOTICE CastaiiaA
Springs. All lands belonging 20
the undersigned are posted against
any and all kinds of trespassing.
C. S. HILL, Owner.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
ADDING TO
THE AFTERMATH
Nevada State Journal)

Nevada State JournaD
How rapidly the European war, IN
which the United States is involved to
such an extent that there is little chance
of it backing away until Hitler's career
is ended is drawing to climax is indi
Gated TO a degree by statements made by
the President at his press conference
during the week He said in reply to
questions concerning possible develop
mentS. that the situation is too critical
TO permit him to generalize.
He did, however. make It clear that
Hitler's threats will not turn this nation
aside from its long declared and twice
enforced policy of keeping the seas free
for the movement of United States ships
The people of the United States are
whole-heartedly backing the President IN
his efforts to aid Great Britain and at
the same time build up home defenses.
They will back him to the limit in
preserving the freedom of the seas and
it is Just as we'll that the United States
call Hitler's bluff on that score right
now.
Isolationists, who are confining most
of their effort to stirring up sentiment
against conveys, seem to have lost sight
of the fact that the aggression Of the
dictators Of Europe has made 1t lmpos-
sible for this country to remain detach-
ed from the rest of the world. We may
be self-supporting to degree far be-
yond that claimed by those who would
build fence around the United States,
but world affairs have changed so rapid
ly since the last war that we cannot
dodge the responsibility that falls on
the shoulders of the rich and the power
ful. 1t is.to our interest to see that world
peace prevails and here will never be
world peace as long as totalitaran die
tators are in the saddle. They live on
war and maintain their poWe" through
the nourishment that comes from the
blood shed on the field of battle.
We do not want war and bloodshed.
Our most effective means of avoiding,
or bringing it to a quick ending if we
become involved, is to continue the policy
on which we are well launched-buid-
ing our home defenses and aiding Great
Britain. At the same time we must make
Hitler and his satellites understand that
the United States cannot be bluffed or
intimidated
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
IT'S NOT The SAME

The Greek island of Crete will most
likely fall to the Germans.
Amateur war observers would do we'll
to remember that there are good many
points of difference between Crete and
the British Isles, however. Success of a
Crete invasion does not necessarily fore
shadow success of an invasion Of the Brit
ish Isles.
Britain has large, highly trained air
force she has been keeping in reserve es-
pecially for the anticipated invasion at
tempt.
Britain has over million men who
have been training for more than a year
to repel an invasion.
Britain has had more than a year to
plan her strategy and prepare her de-
fenses.
Crete has none of these things. She
has, comparatively, only handful of
defenders. She had only a few airplanes.
She has little mechanical equipment.
She had less than month to prepare
defenses.
Cretes fall will mean nothing, in rela-
tion to the greater invasion.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
FOR PERMANENT PEACE

(Wall Street JournaD
The recent survey made by this news
paper which showed that q demand for
white collar workers was rapidly de-
veloping in banks, insurance companies
and various other places, is a suggestion
that what is likely to become an acute
situation in the months to COME as our
"emergency' economy gains momentum.
Many of the young men from the offices
who do not enter the armed services will
be moving into defense industries where
pay scales are much higher.
One of the things likely to follow is
that we shall see women, who under
normal conditions would not leave their
homes, entering the offices and factories
and invading occupations which have
heretofore been mainly masculine. This
brings to mind the 'farmerettes" of the
last war, the women who manned the
subWays and drove taxicabs and the in
PRODUCTION of women as bank clerks and
operators of elevators in office build
ings.
This great addition to the army of wage
and salary workers during the emergency
period will create its own special prob
lem when the emergency is over.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
WHOSE BUSINESS IS
THIS. ANYWAY?

While Governor Culbert L. Olson is re-
ported holding to the belief that the "hot
cargo" bill now on his desk for sigma
ture or veto is a matter only of interest
to employers and the labor unions which
control their employees, Imperial VAL
ley melons have been declared "hot car
CO. on Los Angeles and Seattle markets.
That means that A. F. of L. team
sters union members in the two coast
cities will boycott valley melons, refus-
ing to allow shipment of them, and re-
fusing to handle them to and from the
markets which the teamsterS largely
control.
Whose business is that?
1t is the business of every person living
in Imperial Valley.
If the melon industry fails this year,
because of. secondary boycott applied
by the teamsters, every pockethook in the
valley will suffer. Stores will have less
trade, laborers in every other branch OF
business and industry will suffer.
The "hot cargo" bill which POW awaits
Gov. Olsons action would outlaw such
practices 1t would protect innocent per-
sons from the unscrupulous use of rack
eteering methods, 1t would remove from
the rank and file members of the labor
union itself the pressure which higher.
ups can now exert through their influ-
ence in other cities.
Every person in Imperial Valley has
direct interest in the "hot cargo bill.
The fact has been brought home by the
almost unbelievable action of the team
sters union in declaring valley melons
"hot" when there is not even a strike in
progress here The union has not even
technical excuse for its action-yet
there it is.
In this case the secondary boycott is
not even strike weapon. 1t is nothing
more than an attempt to bludgeoh val
ley employers and employees alike into
subservience The AFI. knows it has not
enough strength in the valley sheds to
make strike effective, 80 it has resorted
to pressure tactics without bothering
about the formality of attempting to call
strike.
Unless the "hot cargo" bill become law,
such practices will continue to do ire
parable damage to the average citizen.
And it appears that Gov. Olson, unless
he becomes convinced that somebody else
besides the agricultural employer wants
the law, will veto the bill.
Everyone can help by telegraphing the
governor, urging him to sign the "hot
cargo" bill, officially known as Senate
Bill 877.
1t is everyone's business to see that the
bill becomes law.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
M p1Gn

Estate of WILLIAM H. SMITH,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by tht
undersigned, M. d. ZINN, Public
Administrator as administrators OF
the estate of WILLIAM H. SMITH
deceased, to the creditors of and al
persons having claims against the
said deceased, that within sis
months after the first publication
of this notice they either 4le then
with the necessary vouchers in tht
office of the Clerk of the Superio,
Court of the State of California ir
and for the County o. Imperial, OF
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers to the said NJ. D. Zinn, as
administrator of said estate, at the
office of D. B. Roberts, 207 Bank
of America Bldg, Ell Centro, Cali,
fornia, the same being the place foiI
the transaction of The business OF
the said estate in the County Of
Imperial, State of California.
Dated at Ell Centre, California
this 9th day of May, 194l. 3
M. D. zINN,
Administrator of the
Estate of
WILLIAM H. SMITH,
Deceased.
CM9- 1928 800
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
Uranium Crackers
On The Mound

On Inc Mound
Pitch in with your pencil and see
if you can bat out the answers to
these tricky questions abou baseball.
l. On what hand does a southpaW
pitcher wear his glove?
2. What do the Yankees, Dodgers
and Giants have in common?
8. Joe DiMaggio, Ernie Lombardi
and Charlie Gehringer are all
champion batters. Give the position
played and the team of each.
4. Jimmy and Johnny sold re-
freshments at a local ball game,
Jimmy bought II bottles of pop
at six for a quarter, sold half OF
them at 10c, the rest at SC because
sales dropped off. Johnny made
fruit punch, using three lemons
at six for 10c; one grapefruit at
four for 26c: six oranges, at 25c a
dozen. This made Y glasses, which
he sold for sc apiece. Which boy
made the most profit?
ANSWERS
l. Southpaw, left-handed pitcher
wears ms glove on tne right manu-
9 All are New York City teams
Yankees are American League:
Giants, National League; Dodgers
are Brooklyn, National League, but
Brooklyn is actually part of New
York City.
8. DiMaggio, New York Yankees
plays center field Lombardi, Gin
cinnati Reds, plays catcher; Gehr-
niger, Detroit Tigers, plays second
base.
d. Jimmy, who sold pop, netted
the most. He cleared 40 cents (siX
bottles at 10c plus six at sc gives
90c minus total outlay of SOC fol-
the 12). Johnny cleared 36 cents
G2 glasses at sc gives 60c, minus
outlay of 24c for fruitD
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON
FRIDAY, MAY %, 1941

ton of the billions which Congress
passes out. Yet it is the perfect
example of the fact that there Is
no more sincerity about economy in
Congress than there is in the moon.
Most recent chance Congress had
to get tight was on the question of
farm parity payments. The House
passed the bill with an appropria-
ton of S2l2,00000O. The Senate
raised it to S450,000,000 and the
House concurred. In the Depart
ment of Interior appropriation bill
for 1912 the House economists lop-
pei off $6,300000, yet the bill was
still $2l 100000 above 194l OF the
20 congressman who appeared be-
fore the committee handling the
bill, all but one asked for increased
appropriations.
WASHINGTON NOTES
ON ECONOMY
The House of Representatives
Rivers and Harbors Committee has
grand ideas for spending 500,000,-
900, after the war is over. WPA
served nearly 50O,000,OO0 free school
lunches in 1910. Cost of printing
the Congressional Record has gone
up from $40 to $45 page. Cost
OF the Record for the 10th Qast
session of Congress was $1,870,000
nearly double the cost of 1920. Con-
gress having to appropriate some
S173, 100000 as additional urgent de-
ficiency money to get the govern
ment through the fiscal year end
ing June 80. About $4,000 was
saved by eliminating items to
paint and put linoleum on the ce-
ment corridors of War and Navy
buildings in Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 3210
Notice of Time and Place Appointed
for Proving VIII and Hearing
Application for Letters Testa- :
mentary.
In the Matter OF the Estate oi
FRANK L. MILLER, also known
as F.. Gaal Miller, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a
petition for the probate of the VIII
of Frank L. Miller, also known as
F.. Gaal Miller, deceased, and FOL
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, l94l, at 2 o'clock pm. OF sale
day. at the courtroom of Dept. No. z
of said court, at the Courth0Nse III
the City of El Centre, Calf, County
of Imperial, State of California, has
been set for the hearing OF sale
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, l941.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
=. Clerk.
BY MAXINE CONSOLE,
(SEAL) Deputy Clerk.
(M21-J1 incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
So They Say

In wars OF the past, battles were
fought over forts and towns and
cities for control of a nation. Nov
battles are fought over nations for
control of the world. -.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
Wickard.
Democracy, as a way of life. is
competing with various totalitarian
ways of life. And Democracy will
win only if it works better than
they do.
Wendell Willkie, 1910 G.. o. p.
presidential candidate.
| have encountered no Fascism
in Latin American countries. Such
relationships that do exist are not
theological but military and eco
nomic.
Waldo Frank, author.
An electoral democracy in a ma
ton not yet educated to free voting
is a farce.
President Higinio Morinigo of
Paraguay.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23

paper through NEA Service, show
ed just how evil such talk may be
They say, Harrison tells, that
there are no rifles to drill with, the
boys have just the old World Wol
artillery guns, there aren't enough
tanks, and SO forth and SO forth ano
SO forth.
Nobody ever finds out who they
are. The stories go the rounds, add
eel to and dressed up by each per-
son who thoughtlessly repeats them
And finally a,large number of peo-
pie become convinced that the army
is not adequately equipped and
cannot be properly trained.
Isolated cases may be true Ger
tain shortages, especially of am
munition, are real enough. Much old
equipment has not yet been re-
placed by the new, which is on the
way. The specific cases of which
you hear may be real enough. The
danger is that from constant repe.
titlon and embroidery or these Incl
cents, a totally wrong impression
may become widespread.
In general, we believe 1t is true,
and we base our opinion on re-
peated reports from many men who
have gone to the camps themselves
to see, that equipment is sufficient
for elementary training, and that
new equipmnt is continually arriv-
ing in quantity.
This is not to suggest that any
truth about lack of equipment or
poor conditions should be suppress
ed. II your nephew writes you from
Camp Whoozis that he's been there
three weeks and hasn't got rifle
yet, it may be true. But find out
how many others are in the same
boat, and why.
People have right to be assured
that their boys in camp are proper
ly equipped, fed, housed and
trained. There is excellent reason
TO believe that these things are all
being done as fast as it is human
ly possible to do them.
There is a difference, of course,
between neglect and inefficiency
and a sheer lack of materials that
haven't yet come off the produc-
ton lines. The former should be
exposed and remedied The latter
is TO an extent unavoidable; be
patient.
Above ALL don't babble just for
the sake of babbling. Restrain that
perfectly human mp;use.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
by Willis Thornton
Don't BabbIe

The army may be suffering
shortages of certain kinds of ma
terial. 1t would be strange if there
were no such shortage, when you
consider that year ago the coun-
try simply had no munitions in
dustry at all. OF one thing there
is no shortage-the volume of bab-
Bile and gossip about such short
ages.
In an unusually timely and serv-
iceable story, Paul Harrison who
has been touring army camps and
writing about them for this news
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.

LIE olhlE oF SalIF OkNlh
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 1923
S u M mons
Harry w. Horton & Geo. r. Kirk
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS.
TRICT, Plaintiff.
VS..
A. c. BURCH, F. C. MARTIN
AND ABBIE MARTIN. HUSBAND
AND WIFE, SECURITY TITLE
INSURANCE AND GUARANTEE
COMPANY, A CORPORATION. Ell
AL, Defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO A. c. BURCH, F.. C. MAR
TIN AND ABBIE MARTIN, HIS
band and Wife, SECURITY TITLE
INSURANCE AND UARANTEE|
COMPANY, a Corporation. as Trus.
tee, JOHN DOE, JANE DOE. RICH
ARD ROE, JOHN DOE COMPANY
a Corporation, RICHARD ROE
COMPANY, a Co. Partnership, j.
DOE, as Administrator of the Es-,
tate OF r. ROE, Deceased. and IL
DOE, as Executor of the Estate OF
X. ROE, Deceased, Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to An
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above. brouphtl
against you in the Superior Court
OF tne county of Imperial, State OF.
Call1ornla, within ten days after
Che service on you of this Summons
IL served within this county. ar
where. o''.
And you are hereby notified that,
unless you appear and answer al
above required, the said nlaintif3,
Will take judgment for anv money
or damages demanded in the cnrn
plant as arising upon contract or
IL VIII apply to the Court for on,,
other relief demanded in the cnn, ,
plant. ' 'i'o eoh-
Given under my hand ord ,,o
sea- OF the Superior Court of the
county of Imperial, State of ram
lorna this goth day of Decenoher
W; a. j. MccLELLANp, y
County Clerk.
1a By G.. o. KENYON
'5EALl Deputy Clerk
(Al8-25; M2-9- l6- -23 40. IN =, oo>
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
CuIexico News
By Mrs. Clarence Ray
(Telep phone Caleric0 S52 TO Report NeWs Items
of CaietcO and Vicinty.)

Six high school public speaking
enthusiasts. accompanied by Lyn-
vand Johnson, speech instructor,
%ni io1rneved to Holtville, Thursday
evening, to participate in the nom
competitive speech field DAY; SUI STU,
dents who went were: Eva oro orozco
and Florence Clavene, who gave
original orations; Hatsuyo havana
mi and Tsuneko Tokayasu, humor-
ons declamations; Laura Jean Carr
and Doris Loflin, assigned extem-
poraneous.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
barbs

Bathing suits Will show that the
winter left some of us in bad shape.
Modern bad men count their vio-
tins by notches on their tenders
Down with the modern dance"
says reformer. Sounds like he's
trying to trip the light fantastic.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
Did You Know?

Rear tires of an automobile wear
out faster than those on the front
wheels since they have to push the
car along.
Roger Williams founded Provi-
dence, r. l., July 4. 1886
A law in Fresno, Calf, forbids the
manufacture of cream pies from
June l6 to Oct I each year.
Grenada is an island of the West
Indies.
Glacier Parks Chief Mountain
has slid Is miles from its original
foundation.
Greengage plums are named for
Sir William Gage who first intro
duced them into England.
Godhavn is the capital of Green
land.
Not brainchild of the goth cen
tury is the airplane; the idea was
born more than 1000 years ago.
Man has the longest life span
of any of the mammals, with the
elephant ranking second
The United States has 303 900
miles of urban streets.
Best preserVatives for farm tim
bers are creosol, creosote, and zinc
chloride, according to research.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23

Mr. and Mrs. L. Lopez became
the parents of an eleven pouno
bov at three am, Thursday mor-
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23

DR.. Henry Forchef motored 10
san Diego Thursday evening 10
attend at medical meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
Thought for the Day

And the LORD shall deliver me from every evil work
and will preserve me unto his heavenly kngdom.-IT
Timothy 4:ls
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23

Edward Knechel was honored at
a birthday party Tuesday evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. David
knechel. Helping him celebrate his
seventeenth birthday were: Laura
Jean Carr, Betty Hulsizer, George
Sieglitz, Gloria Ray, Patsy Raw.
Johnny Canaris, Jimmy Canaris,
Tess Brown, Addie Knechel. ami
Mildred Knechel.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions U0iced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.