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Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
Uranium Crackers
PICTURE PLOTS

Some people 90 to the movies 10
sec a favoritc star. some because
they like the story of picture,
some just to sleep. Even if you
haven't seen the following film,
YOU should be able to pick out the
plot Cf each and name some Of the
stars in II.
/. "Manpowcr." ,aD Caveman-
type lover and his gIrl; obl cicctri"
company llncman: oc1 prison gang;
tdr strong man in Il C..eIs.
.. Che Foot in Heaven" ,aD
Happy couples honeymoon; tbD old
man living on borrowed time {;
&c, Small-toWn preacher; 'dD ro-
nance in garrct of seVen-story
tenement
3. Hold That Ghost" ca
phantom-lik football player; Cb,
hidden treasure in a haunted house;
rcD return Of the escape artist Hou-
DIM; Cd Halloween night advcn-
lures Ct two comedians.
4. How Green Was My Val
ley" Ca Irish mountaineerS; 'b'
English fishermen; 'cD Scotch far
.mcr5; CdD Welsh miners.
). All That Moncv Can Buy
cap Satan and senator; tb' life
in a department store, (cD cCCen-
trio old rich man CdD fortune that
must be spent in "a hours.
l. "ManpoWer," starring George
Raft, Edward G. Robinson, Marlcnt
Dietrich. was about obl electric
company lncmcn.
2. "Cne FCOt in Heaven star.
rins Frcdric March and Martha
SCot, Is abort rc) q small-tovI
preacher.
3. Hold That Ghos'." starrin;
Abbott and Costello, Ted Lewis
Joan Davis, was about ob, hiddcl
treasure in a haunted house.
4. How Green Was My Val
ley starring Walter Pidgeon
Maureen OHara and Donald Crisp
concerns ld) Welsh miners.
5. All That Money Can Buy.
starring Edward Arnold, Waite
Huston. Simone Simon, James Craig
Anne Shirley, is about ca Satal
and a senator.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
PROFITS
- T. = 2 Ei9V
! IA - h. IL 81 = ]

r.... sla. when Secretary
.... ..upe~ed tha; business prof
.- s . .o ,iN per cent, a lot of
..3.d. They thought no one
.... ,y restriction of profits to
..... rg.l.--. H;,l Il would only cut off 4
.' u#.ss,e~~;IN luNulies enjoyed by the
Nsy learn that this snap Judgment
j. - -. wrong. The SIX per cent limit
". nd Hs everybody. most of all the
W.:-,. s..#.tr~. The reason is not at once
Y..s.a... te, 'ary Washington commentat-
p.-. - .- quite easy to understand.
\..# Business sums it up IN this
Way: -|.;.t~r proportion Of the prof
is - #s~..t-s : lot spent on luXurieS
- :. - people who receive profits
IL H. r.. Of dividends reinvest them
.E .H.#ts. .Nt-rprISes of one sort or an
utgr. This means that they are spent
j. IL, - that make Jobs at good wages.
Ns....H all the new capital comes from
t.a lsa..js OF business. In the normal
y,.;.rs =. f2ZG-29 capital invested in busi-
Hess s..e ,lyd an average return to the
uNHge~ -. five per cent. During the last
toul. wears f.. hich figures are available,
average net profit was only II per cent.
] hat made vast difference in the rate
~ which capital was invested and this
d'ttererc, accounts largely for the lower
rae OF employment and general well be
iug.
/. II political leaders are sincere in
their desire To- increase national income
t. the po.nt that will carry the armament
burden aad maintain the standard Of
good =, Tor The people, they should do
,.,1Eti1H.. 10 increase legitimate profits,
in. ID 81 decreasing them.
\ everyone VIII agree with such
poliev. III it = 4 fact beyond successful
CONTRA = .o,.. that business and industry
ar III tVp agencies upon which we
r.l~r dsi5s0d ~ give Us good times.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

on the largest scale, and yet at the
same time we must learn to seq
regatc apart from all these giant
things the little germe of personal
life. the mighty essence of our
Individual souls. that they too may
not be swallowed up in the giant
i'm CT society. The two must be
combined; neither can be ignored
if life in The future is to be worth
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

Through the departments OF
Warmers went a front-office memo
asking suggestions ior a short title
for The Night Before Christmas -
Back came at least a dozen slips
of paper bearing, Dee. "a. .
The same studio conducted an cX-
tcnsivc search ,oy an actress to play
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
bv Willis Thornton
Higher and Higher
HIGHER AND HIGHER

The United States is Splnnin3
dizzilv toward higher productive
activity than it has ever known
before.
The rate of the national income
as measured by the total payments
of money individuals was such in
September as to lead to expectation
of a $4,000 100000 national income
for l94l. That is a full 10 billions
above the former banner year ol
1929. and II billions above the lig-
urc of last year. Those are Depart
ment of Commerce estimates.
At the same time manufacturing
activity is reaching new high peaks
every month Such prodL2tlon regis
tered 124 on the index OF the
Alexander Hamilton Institute for
1910, and is now on the way to a
figure of l61 for l94l, which would
also be the largest on record. the
index was only 10 il 1929.
All this means that We must pro
pare for a bigger country than
ever before. The old way of looking
at things won't do any more. Il l. a
bigger country in every way. Our
1873 100000 people are more mum
erous by 10 millions than they were
in 1929. We have developed ne"
tcchniques and skills. Production
ought to be greater and the ma
tional income ought to be greater.
Thus, to an extent, there Is no
reason to be afraid Of these ncN
high peaks They were inevitable.
even if the defense boom had
not come along.
In addition to being inevitable.
they should be permanent. Pro-
duction and national income will
probably far exceed those of TIN,
year-they must, if our grear arm
ament effort is to be successful
But some such level as has been
attained this year is tomorrow
normal, a normal which We should
already have attained anyway.
Il is time to think bi9-tO think
Of growth and expansion, Of dTu-
annie programs. Any other cous
is decline and death. Instead CT
feeling a little dizzy at our present
pace of production, we must be
ccmc accustomed to think OF il q.
normal, and be prepared to make
emergency efforts far i'll advance
of anything yet achieved.
a sort of eiantism has seized on
the world. Somehow We must learn
to think of the physical world, it.
work and production, its social Cr-
ganisms, its governments and wars
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
BLAST IT

When 2Gth-Fox built that COM
plcte village and mine buildings ON
r.ntcd land for How Green Was
Ny Valley" 1t was with the pro
vision that ever stick of it had
to be removed aftcrWard. So now
for war scenes in This Above
All" theyll bomb the town to bits
and later haul away the pieces.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 - How
to have a propaganda ministry that
will out-gobble GoebbelS without
having a propaganda ministry and
without having a GCebbels is TIC
paradoXical Job that has now Shak-
en- down for Col Williams j. DON
ovan. whose office as Co-ordlnator
of Information is known in Wash
ington as col.
The nickname should be COY.
for of all the defense agencies IN
Washington, Col alone Is publicity
shy. 1t has no public relations Oh
ficer to give statements to the press.
ether than Donovan himself. who Is
harder to see than Greta Garb)
off the screen, and who wants to
be alone Just about as bad Don0-
van has just moved his headquaI
tiers into the old Naval Hospital
buildings, a couple OF spitS from
the Potomac river, way out By tie
Lincoln Memorial. It's a good hide
out. His research staff under Dr
James Phinney Baxter III, prcS.-
dent of Williams College, and D..
Ernest Stacey Griffith, chief Of the
famed Congressional Legislative Re
ference Service, will be quartcrod
way at the ether end Of Washn@tOn
in the Library of Congress- where
Silence" is the motto. and man
can be let alone.
All this hush-huSh embarrasscs
Donovan and his staff Of unknown
size. made up of the darndeSt array
of college professors. poets, plaE-
Wrights, foreign CORE SpondentS,
newspapermen. broadcasterS and
their ilk All of them are conscious
of the fact that this is a democ-
racy and that the people are entltl-
ed to know what goes on. Mos.
of them, before they got into the
government, devoted their private
lives to trying to tell the people
what went on. They are still dealing
with publishable materlal-propa-
ganda, in a senSe-but they don I
want anybody TO know that its
propaganda they're dlshing cut, and
that's why all the mystery and
secrecy.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
by Paul Harrison :.
HoIywoods Fads, Fancies and Foibles

portrayal of George M. Cohan in
sister josie to Jimmy Cagneya
Yankee Doodle Dandy Eventually
someone thought of hiring Cagncya
own sister, Jean.
Irony departments: III recent roles,
Virginia Grey had to wear dungar-
Ces or ginghams or rag5. In Mr..
and Mrs. North the clotheS-loV-
ing actress finally gets several
elegant costumes but she has to 90
through the whole picture with Il
black eve. Ever since she
cam, to Hollywood Gene Tierncy
has been studying voice and pre-
else diction Her screen roles to
date: A hill-billy, a gun moll, 4
woman outlaw, a half-breed. And
now. in son of Fury shes Il
PolyncSian princess.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

John Ford is making a docu-
mentary film in Iceland for the
government showing how the
troops are getting along.
After discarding her fourth hus-
band. Dorothy Lee is back and
declaring again that she'll stick to
her career and shun romance.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

There's even a bright side to the
new income taX-be thankful you
won't be taxed on what you think
NOIl're worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
Barbs

A small town is place where you
can take a correct census at any
fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
Thouoht for The Day

on, '.H #.a. "... ... " #a.>vfNo.
tho. .#s -. ts... ..s t.Ht shalt
nave ats.s tu.t. Ike ~2 tlt
..ls- aHG - # -,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following edit
0riui> az presented as interesting Opin-
ions roiccd bY editors eiSeIchere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this EaPcr.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

Married women will tell you that
a husband helps most with the fail
houSecleaning when he stays away
from home.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

Joan Crawford baked at play
ing in "Hcr Cardboard Lover"
which goes to Hedy LAMAR. Miss
Crawford, meanwhile, polishing her
voice in New York with the idea
OF doing a screen musical. Both
sides of the Deanna Durbin-U Uni
versal quarrel seem to have dug
in for the winter Her scheduled
pictures in cold storage and the
director shunted to another film.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
SHOULD BE READY

Jack Chaplin, character actor, cX-
pected to be drafted year ago, but
hasn't been called. Meanwhile, he
has been busy playing two soldier
roles. two sailor roles, and a London
air raid warden and a Lisbon fire
marshal Comics Abbott and
Costello draw 5000 a week from
Metro for their part in Rio Rita"
Twelve years ago Lou Costello was
a stunt man on the same lot knock
ing himself out for S25 a WCok.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

Many a yOung man WHO claims
he's climbing to success is merely
being boosted mp the 1amily tree.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
NO BALONIST


AS a matter of fact, their oUipI'
isn't exactly propaganda. That WCgd
has been pretty badly abused and
has become synonymous with Da-
loney Donovan wants 1t understood
that he is not dealing in balonoE.
The only way to beat barragc Of
verbal baloney is with crosstl'c
of truth, laid down before the en-
envy can start its barrago to rolling.
And there Wild Bill Donovan
of the Fighting 69th' believes IS
where the col job comes into lay
down a cCunter-p propaganda of trutA
and facts that will make the Ger
man baloney type OF propaganda
look as silly as it IS.
Outside pressure on Washington
to open full-fledged Ministry u
Propaganda has been tremcndoU
Donovan feels that such procedure
would not be the way the American
democracy should proceed. For THIS
reason, col has been organized Il,
a kind OF brain trust operation
planning the counter propataAd 1,
but letting established agenclca IF
the government, priFately-oWAcd
radio stations and the prlya'r.|-
owned, independent. free and W.
censored press be the issuing media.
The affirmative end Of col tInc-
tions through ITS Forci3n Intorua-
ton Service, headed b. Playwright,
Robert Sherwood in New YORK, and
Nelson Poynter in Washington.
HOPE TO CATCH THE WORM
The get up early at the col Of
fices. There are staff meeting, at
8 in ,the morning. There are aA.t'3
working around the clock, sr;ep
DAYS j week The nrWs IS anaiyT.d2
How can this development be cOlA-
ter-acted? What is the answer -
that? Where can the Na2l prLJa-
ganda machine be outWittcd, bra'cA
TO the punch? In VIVA, wags j.
the axis most vulnerable TO coGHr,..-
propaganda? Col thus plans -
battles Of words.
In spite Of all thc SECRECY su-
rounding operations Of the Donl?an
office. certain developments oi re
cent days reveal how effective
counter propaganda can be. There
was the incident of the new Ger
man map iUr rcdlHldin& south
america according 10 NaZi n"''"n.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

Ycu can now make butter Gircc-
from grass. All you need i a COW
and Il churn.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

Wild oppOssuma break into the
Bronx ZOO, New York CITY, in search
of bird occupants.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20
Famous Sayings

Gentle to Others. to hum III severe. Rogers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

The raven was tie first bird to
be sent out from the ark by Noah.
When it failed to return, he sent
out a dove.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

You can hit Texas by going
straight south from any ono of ID
states.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-20

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Y. M. Signs
20 Members

The Y. M. c. AS annual mem
bership enrolment got off to a
good start Wednesday noon with
the first report meeting. The
hard riding cowboys brought in
20 members for their first report.
General Foreman Lyle Lemley
commended the workers for their
efforts and urged them to make
special effort for the second report
meeting on Thursday noon. The
roundup organization includes
two competing outfits. The Tri-
angle ranch crowd which IN
headed by Clarence (Lanky) Lang
low with ~ cowboys and the Bar
None ranch with Frank (Salty)
Walters as ranch foreman leading
a group of 81 cowboys.
The objective is 800 new and
renewal members. Reports will
be made each noon this week with
a victory dinner on Monday even
ing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Defense School
Opens Tuesday
Closes Plunned
For Firemen

A limited group of Ncoma fire
men and key men from other fire
departments over most of the state
will start going toschool here next
Tuesday morning to learn the
latest developments in civilian air
raid defense.
1t. Stewart r. Letterman Of the
Tacoma fire department, recently
returned from the u. s. army
chemical warfare school at Edge
wood Arsedal, Maryland, will con-
duct the school at Fire Station No.
8. So. 18th and Cushman. 1t win
open at 10 a. m. Tuesday.
Fire Chief Emory N. Whitaker
has issued invitations to the Sc
lected group for the first school,
which will be strictly for those In
vited. Later, schools will be held
for others in the city and state
home defense corps.
Col. Walter J. DeLong. adjutani
general Of the Washington nationa
guard. will open the school with Q
brief talk on military defense. II,
will be followed by Bert Bradley
head of the Tacoma Home De
Tense corps. Safety COMMISSIONS
Holmes Eastwood will preside a
the opening of the school.
Among the subjects to be dis
cussed and demonstrated by 1t
Letterman will be war gasses
Identification OF them, their physi
illogical effects. first aid 70
gasses. protection against them
Decentralization. fitting and car
of gas masks. incendiary material
and bombs, handling Of incendi
aries and fire defense for then
munitions. destruction of buds an
bombproof shelters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Parking Meters
Expected Soon
Estimute Revenue
Will Be $4,000

Unless an unforeseen hitch de-
velops, the sturdy iron pipes be-
ing planted along downtown
Tacoma curbs this week will be
headed by shiny new parking me-
tiers some time next week.
The meters themselves have
been promised by Oct. Is and the
city treasurer's office is ready for
its part in the deal whenever the
machines show up. A three
wheeled wagon for gathering the
coin boxes has arrived at the city
hall and the treasurer's office is
equipped with Understanding ma
chimes, wrappers, coin box sealers
and nearly everything else needed
TO collect the new parking meter
revenue.
In the 1912 city budget that
revenue is estimated at $4,000
for the year. While the contract
with the M. H. Rhodes Co. Of
Hartford, Conn.,, which is supply
ing the meters. calls for turning
rs per cent of revenues to the
company until the bill is paid,
the two and half months re-
naming this year msy take care
Of fair part Of the cost.
How much the 1000 meters
actually will produce for the
city Is matter of pure guess,
city official agree. They esti-
mated the $4,000 yearly in
take on a basis of five nickels
per machine per day rs an
average.
Only part lacking in the COL
iecting machinery is the two men
who will be hired in the treas
urer's office to do the work. The
civil service commission will GER
tify the men when the meters are
ready. The two men will spend
part of their time wheeling the
buggy around the streets collect
ing coin boxes from the machines
but most of their time in the office
handling the money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Siler's Rites
On Thursday
Buriol 10 Be in
Tocomo Cemetery

Funeral services for Jacob siler.
2. pioneer Northwest lumbermsn,
who died in a Seattle hospital. will
be held Thursday at $50 = m.
from the Bonney-Wstson chapel,
Seattle, followed BY burial In the
Tacoma cemetery AZ IL =. m. Rev.
George r. Hopkins. an old family
friend. will officiate.
siler was born in Tennessee. but
came with his family TO Washing
ton In 1888, and to Tacoma two
years later. During the early
boom days here, siler and his
brother, William O.. built and sold
houses and later built a number
Of larger buildings. After the
panic the two went to South Bend,
where they owned and operated a
lumber mill. There William died
a. the result of an accident, after
which Jacob sold the business.
He then built a mill on the pres
emit TOWNSHIP Of Raymond. He
founded the town. and later owned
three large mills there. one Of
which was known as the Siler mill.
While there he was associated with
w. s. Cram, who died seven years
ago. siler then sold his interests
there and returned to Tacoma,
where he started a small box fac
tory on the tideflats. known as the
siler Box Co. Six years ago he
moved his factory TO Seattle,
where ne has been since.
He was a member OF the Masons
and of the Methodist church. Be-
sides his wife, Sarah M. he leaves
two daughters. Mrs. II. v. Wheeler
and Miss Martha Siler, both OF
Seattle: and three sisters, Mrs.
II. j. Owens OF Raymond. and Miss
Mary f. siler and Miss Harriet f.
siler, both of Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Admits His Identity After
Months in Detention Home
Fourteen-Yeor-Old Finally Breaks
Down; Porents Will Come for Him

Ward said Knowles would have
a talk with the boy.
Knowles and the boy had quite
a visit. Knowles listened 70 the
usual run OF yarns out Of which
he sifted a few facts.
These led 10 two calls. One 10
the state motor license department
at Olympia. another to Seattle tel
ephone information
These two calls led to one more
to the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack L. Hamlin OF 12505 Aurora
ave, Seattle.
Mrs. Hamlin tearfully con-
firmed the fact that Larry
had been missing since June;
yes, they would come right
after him. HamlIn Is an cleo
trical appliance salesman for
the Bon Marche department
store In Seattle. and formerly
resided In salt Lake City.
What had Larry been doing since
June? Well. he had Just been
wandering around the country.
Il was the only boy in the
house" he told Knowles. The
furniture was always getting
scratched up. so 7 just decided to
leave home.
I'm Il. but look like I'm
only about 10 and people look
Mt me and feel sorry for me:
they think I'm an orphan and
take me in and feed me-"
When Tacoma police first found
him, he was sitting at midnight
in the North Coast bus depot, 14th
and Pacific ave, and had in his
pocket about 81 and half-fare
bus ticket to Portland. Capt. Fred
Gardner and Officer Gus Kerrigan
both questioned him next day, but
ran into the boys maze of names,
places and facts that had them
stumped, as Larry later baffled the
juvenile officers of the county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
PuYanup Firemen Discuss
Removal Of Hazards
Arts and Krofts Club Plons Yeoris
Study Of Poetic Northwest

PUYAILUP-The local fire de-
partment. under direction of A.
sistsnt Chief Luke carsway. In
doing all IT can during fire pre-
vention week To make the citizens
Of Puysiiup conscious Of the every
day hazards. Talks are being
given in the schools and question
naires sent home by the children
pointing out the things that can
be DOM to prevent fires.
Councilman William wische-
mann Of the first ward has also
pointed out what he believes is
probably the city's greatest haz-
ard. He told his fellow council
men 1T Mondays meeting Of the
group that there should be equip
ment north Of the railroad tracks
and said later that he Ia going to
make a fight for such a move.
Wischemann pointed out that only
last week firemen were held I'D
more than five minutes by a train
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-09
Epps and Wife
Defendants in
Two Lawsuits

Trial Of two lawsuits growing
out Of = douhly fatal accident In
October. 1910, began Wednesday
before jury in Judge Z. ID.
Hodges department of superior
court.
The two suits of 17-year-old
Helen Glass and of Lloyd Ray
mond Cooke against Mr.. and Mrs
Charles L. Epps. proprictors of
Epps' tavern near Edgewood, in
volve damage claims amounting to
more than $4,000. They have
been Joined in one trial because
the facts involved are essentially
the same.
Both actions are based on
alleged sale Of an excessive amount
Of beer to Howard L. Hokanson.
10, driver of . car later wrecked.
and to others of q party Of young
people who were passengers in
the car with him. Young Hokan-
son and Cookies son. Lloyd Ray
mond Cooke, jr., were both cleo
trocuted by city power lines when
the car jumped q curve and
snapped off one of the city's
poles. Miss Glass was severely
burned by the electricity.
Miss Glass a. first witness told
how the party was formed that
evening and how the drinking
started at Epps' tavern. She
said she was the only one Of the
five who did not drink beer.
Harry H. Johnston represents
the plaintiffs and BERTH e. john
son the defendants. Miss Glass
Is demanding S5.431.5o for per-
sonel injuries to herself, and
Cooke seeks 5000 for the loss
of his son. who was Is years old.