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Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
TIME FOR REVISION

Probably nothing will come Of the cur
rent legislative interim committees in
vestigation OF the unwieidH supvrstruc-
ture Of California state agencies. bureaus
commissions and bOards-but it ought to.
California is rapidly approaching tn"
place where d new constitutional con-
vention should be held 70 rcVamp tn"
entire state governmental structure. i
We are to escape the crumbling Of d il@-
saw puzzle under which the taxpayers
will be crushed. There are 50 many oTcr-
tapping bureaus and commissions these
days that it seems like the simplest pp~-
sible deal with the state requires d much
red tape as you'll find in ribbon t"c-
tory
The same thing might be said, uahau-
PLY, about the federal government. A@d
from here it rather seems there's ab"n.
as much chance Of simplifying ona u 'n"
other
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
WHO'S GOING TO
PAY THE BILL?

Now the drive is ON for doub.2 th.rN-
ness in California mghWayS-at douu."
cost
What We would like to know before
the drive pains too much head"a> .~.
who will pay the bill
We cannot quite twist logic 10 Justify
payment of the extra cost by the rank and
file of California motorists-and unless
were careful, that's where the h.u is
going to be sent in the end
There are two reasons, proponents q.
clare. why doubly thick paving shoalU ur
laid down on state highways. Number
One reason at the present time : the
necessity for paving thai will stand u.'
under the possible trans sportauon - heavy
army equipment-trucks and tanks "aN
such like. Number Two reason, Wt.N"
will be with us long after the natl"""'
emergency has passed. Is tn" ar&um'..
that thicker paving is cheaper in t1e I"rl
run because It lasts longer under the
punishment inflicted hy traffic.
Both OF them are extremely good 70
sons. But neither Of them seems II u ="
justify SaddlinT the average Hutoao.i."
driver with the extra cost
The transportation OF army equipment
over California highways is a federal
activity. 1t involves the possible de1eno"
of the whole United States as much a~
il does the defense Of California alone:
it is as vital To the people Of Nl>conS n
or Ohio or New York Is 10 the people
of this state Ergo: Ne believe that il
there is to Lt an increase IN cost BECAUSE
of the necessity If transQ porting heavy
army equipment. the increase should be
pro-rated among the people Of the whole
country-in other words il should he Il
federal expense.
The longer e-cheaper tot"! argument
is another thing. 1t is purely a STATE mat
ter, and should be settled ON that basis.
But here. again, We can sc no lusQilva-
tion for S;tddImg the anh and NE
motorSt with the increase. 1t i let tE"
passenger auto traffic that wears pU.
the highways it is the heavy TRACKING W
commercial concerns. The average al
fornia highway, as noW Constituted.
would last lifetime Il I had to carry
only the comparatively light passenger
cars. The heavy trucks make the dH e.
ence-and if their travel over the high
ways is going to make the highways c">t
more, We believe they should ~ charged
accordingly.
The public at large should not be call
ed upon TO lay down tracks for comm-r-
cial traffic. any more than II i called
upon 10 pay through taxation Tor the ran
upon which railroad trains Operate. II
the commercial trucks make dOuDl% lh.ch
paving necessary, let them pay The extra
cost. say we.
The average motorist already pays
enough to pave and maintain highways
sufficient for his own use and the Use
of his fellows. That ought to Dc enough.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

and almost automatic reaction 10 n
Japanese move. There is the best
of reasons to suppose that whatever
moves the United States takes in
future will be direct results of Jap
anese moves. Japan has seen lit to
take the initiative; hers IS the re-
sponsibilitv for what results follow.
Today it is the same. 1t is Japan's
move. The United States while not
content with the situation as 1t Is,
eees no other course 1t can take as
long as japanese initiative remalh"p
what it is.
Tho sneech of Foreign Mlniste!
ShigencM Togo to the japanese
Diet suggests that Japan's attltud@
is. we propose 10 60 on DONG
lust as We have. But otherS mus.
stop doing what they are DONG.
Whether this is to be the proposal
of Mr. Kurusu remains TO pc Seel'
II would be unfair to guess pre-
maturelv that he came all the way
from Japan to say no more IMAM
this.
So we must wait until his pro
posals unfold. But in the mean. can
time time it is only fair to suggest that
one-way proposals that other ma,
lions simply throw in their hand
and allow Japan to finish the game
and take the pot would seem scarce
" worth the fare from TOXIC 10
/ washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
bv Willis Thornton -.
Welcome, Mr.. Kurusu!

Sabuo Kurusu, special envoy
from the japanese government, is
welcome guest in the United States.
We are happy indeed to wish him
well, for nothing would please the
United States better than reSump-
ton of the most cordial relations
with the japanese people.
Delightful as was the trans-Paci-
fic journey by clipper ship, it is to
be presumed that Mr.. kurusu has
not made the journey purely to eX-
perience those delights. 1t is to
be presumed that he made the
Journey because he had something
to propose. something to suggest.
Because there is usually consid-
cred to be a wide gap between the
ways of thinking in the western
world and that of the east, which
MI. Kurusu represents it might be
worth while to call his atten-
ton to a way of western thought.
1t is this: when two equal negoti-
ators are far from agreement. to
bring them together it is customary
for each to come half way; each
must concede something. Agreement
is not reached by telling one party
what will happen if the other does
not come ali the way. That works
perhaps, when one negotiator Is
Hitler the ether is Schuschnigg. t
doesn't work when one is Japan, the
other the United States.
Japan has done certain things in
East Asia. These acts have caused
the United States to do certain
things as result.
The United States has not taken
the lead: every move II has taken
has been Il counter-moVe in natural
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

N l.
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the lndebt-
edness secured by, and in the per-
formance of the covenants contain
ed in that certain trust deed dated
April l6, 1886, made, executed and
delivered by MERL A. SONES and
ALICE c. SONES, husband and
wife, as trustorS, to CORPORATION
OF AMERICA, a California corpor-
alton, as trustee for BANK OF AM
ERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, a ma
tional banking association, benefic-
iary, which trust deed was recorded
on April 20, 1896, in book 426 page
504, Official Records of Imperial
County, California; and
WHEREAS, on July 25, 1941, Bank
of America National Trust and Saw
ings Association, the owner and
holder of said deed and the debt
secured thereby, applied to and dil \
ected said trustee in writing ~
execute the trust by said trust deed
created, and to make sale pursuant
thereto; and
WHEREAS, notice of such breact
of the obligations of the truStor5
and of the beneficiary's election to
cause to be sold the property below
described to satisfy said obligations
has been recorded as is provided for
by law, and more than three months
| have elapsed since such recordation
and the trustee deems it best to
sell the real property now remain
ing subject to the trust deed as a
whole, in order to fulfill the pur-
poses thereof.
NOW THEREFORE,. NOTICE is
HEREBY GIVEN, that on the 2no
day OF December 1871, at the hour
OF IL O'Clock in the forenoon. at
the North or Main door of the I'M
perlal County Court House, situated
in the City of Ell Centre, Imperial
County, California, CORPORATION
OF AMERICA as trustee, under and
pursuant to the terms of said trust
deed will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash (PAY-
ABLE AT TIME OF SALE IN GOLD
COIN OR LAWFUL MONEY OF
THE UNITED STATES all the in \
tereSt conveyed by said trust deed
III and to the following described
real property situated in the City of
Ell Centre, County of Imperial, State
OF California, and more particularly.
described as follows, to-Wit:
Lot Six To- Of the Subdivision of
the West $50 feet of the North
l40 feet of Block Seventeen 90,
Addition No. 3 to Ell Centre, i'll
the Git of FL Centre, according
to Map No. 322 on file in the
Offlce of the County Recorder
OF Imperial County.
Dated at Los Angeles, California.
October 30, l94l.
CORPORATION OF AMERICA,
as Trustee.
BY A. G.. MAURER,
Vice President.
BY A. T. SMITH,
Assistant Secretary.
Corporate SeaD
CR-lIO75
/ Nov. 3-10-17-24 1941
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
DECENTRA.IZlNG WASHINGTON
=, .l'..-d rt1)

t.;"d.%"d= .ct~)
.,.>-..-.e.t of The vast bureaucracy
!. N5:t.sr..u Les often been discussed,
and, I.-t5s - I.'Ie, something is being
TG .~ee-- mo.es small in themselves,
tat '... - .o--.2liGie>. are the transfer
- .,.. ,s.-.... regional headquarters OF
-" r.. - j.. .es from Washington to
Philadelphia. and the moving of the bulk
o. 'h, Han'e O"ners Loan Corporation
ron Wa-a.ln.u - New York. The Sc
cl:'..- a.d Exchange Commission has
s..t,< accepted u regional setup which
la.r-.-.. -. Independence Of action Of
j. r. -.e..i offices and decreases the
l.,.e.~-.,. com HaaI reference to the
csa..y s.3arters al Washington.
a>.- a3s- small m9E~, but they show
L e,H:,h#. which o0@ht to, and will, go
ss..a ....s.H. This i far too big coun-
-. e.. ,.4-.a from. a=.E one central point,
;!. r.' -. nd "t world which
s..... ...- s.-:"; - exon # l. were pos
aI,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
STATE OF CALIFORNIA;

COUNTY OF IMPERIAD
On this lSt day of November, 194l
before me, George r. Kirk, a no.
tary public in and for the County
of Imperial State of California,
personally appeared Mrs. Stella D.
F'luSS, known to me to be the per
son whose name is subscribed to
the within instrument, and acknoWl-
edged to me that she executed the
same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above writ
ten.
GEORGE r. KIRK,
(SkALD Notary Public in and
for the County of Imperial,
State of California.
Nov. 3-l0-17-24. l94l
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
Did You Know?

Canada S imports Of iron and steel
rose from a valuation of Sl62 Ssh
600 in 1888 to $l83 100000 in 1899.
Printing was brought to the
American colonies 500 years ago.
Never larger than 4 inches long
is species Of striped catfish found
only in the Tar and Neuse rivers
OF North Carolina.
No known infection among hens
is transmissible through their eggs
to humans.
Tracks made by a dinosaur mil
lions of years ago, discovered in
Texas in 1899, measured more than
a yard in length.
When suspended by a string, the
iron ore lodestone tends to point
north and south.
The Hawaiian government has
made slowing away on ships jail
Otfense.
The grape acreage of California
is larger in area than the New Eng
land states combined
During the second quarter OF
1910, 1,389,64l pounds of soybean
oil were imported by the United
States
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE REQUIRED BY
SECTION 2466 CALIFORNIA
CIVIL CODE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
the undersigned, Mrs. Stella D.
FiusS, is now transacting business
in the City of El Centro, County of
Imperial, State CT California. under
the name of STARR Won FLUSS"
That the full name and address
of all parties interested in said
business are as follows:
Mrs. Stella d. Fluss,
GG4 Holt Avenue.
FL Centre. California.
Mrs STELLA ID. FLUSS,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

WASHINGTON, Nor "a --- You
may not ugurr that manganese
means mitch IN yotu sweet young
lIlr but mJUguIc.c j. the starch
oI ,tee,- that stuN hat makes steel
harder than ,jt"l WouiG otherwise
BE- In lie last VA thc stuff vas
50 scarce any farmer with a man
ganesa outc-Upping Oh his laad
COuld snip the C.e b. parcel post III
2C-pounG sacks and be paid spot
cash money for il. significance OF
manganese should now be clear.
Manganese is important to the
family bus, the street car tracks and
the defense pru4lam which yea
may nave seen mentioned a time Of
no lately. and your Navy would not
like it il their battleshlps had no
starch n them in all that salt ar.
There is. therefore. 4 current
manganese problem. though it isn't
as Serious yet a. j. Vs. III the last
War. The problem is one common
days, from marbles tC moneY There
isn't enough. The average is IA
pounds Of manganese 20 a ton cf
steel, and while Il pounds Of any
thing isn't much except 20 a woman
who wants 10 take il oil her hips.
yet when you consider that defense
production calls for 50 million tons
OF steel a year b. 1912 or l943, you
can see that the manganese re-
Quirements may run more than 700
600 toas year as agains. the cur
rent Years requirements Of around
10000 tons. In ether words, a five
times expansion must bc arranged.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
TOO MUCH SQUAWk

An assistant director isn't always
the smartest gent on the premises.
When we were making Jesse
James at Pincville, Mo. the
squawking of guinea hens inter
fered with recording.
Finally I bought them from the
farmer at $3.50 apiece and had
a man take them to the butcher
shop in town where he got 25
cents each for them. But the next
mCynlng when we started work,
We had the same trouble all over.
The farmer had bought back the
fowls at IS cents. I bought them
all over again, but this time
personally took them to a cafe.
That night the company had a
guinea hen dinner.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
by Paul Harrison :.
HoIIywoods Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

Miss Colbert. John Payne, the
camera crew. the $50 extras and
all the grips. carpenters ana tiie
rest knew That if We could make
the switch from the school interior
10 the farmhouse exterior scenes
during lunch, it would save me an
hours shooting time Times money
in this business more than 1t Is
in most. and they understood end
appreciated my problem
It's a funny thing, being called
an assistant director. We're more
executives than anything creative.
It's only once in dog age that
an assistant director ever gets a
chance to direct. Mostly, writers
and film cutters are promoted 10
those spots.
This is how my job works: Some
body writes script It's given 10
me and | give it the breakdown
process working with the unit
manager Then we tell the 'front.'
office how long it viii take to make,
WhG.t sets. what costumes, how
many players and how much it will
cost. Then they tell Us we can't have
that much money or time Wen. we
have allowed some leeWay but not
that much. so We beat our brains
cut cutting corners until-Well, not
until eycryLOdy'S satisfied, but un-
Ill eyerybodyS so exhausted it all
end in draw
Once we're Under way we keep
going. One morning, Tyrone Pow
cr got a leo banged up in A Yank
III the RAF.' We switched to
scenes with Betty Cradle with not
more than 10 minutes delay A
typical California high fog drift
Cd in and got so low we couldn't
Get our umbrellas up under it.
I hustled everybody onto Stage
). having called Reginald Gardi-
ner and John Loder to the studio
Immediately after Powers accident
Just in case. The report at the
end Of the day showed a time loss
of only G5 minutes, but did I catch
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
FOREIGN SUPPLY
DISAPPEARING

Where does II come from? Steel
companies used 20 depend largely
on supplies from Russia, he Afri-
can Gold Coast, India and Brazil.
Gre from these sources made good
ballast cargo for the return voy-
ages Of vessels carrying fabricated
steel abroad and more important,
il was orc of a high maIaancse cOu-
tent.
Russian mines are nov shut off
completely; Shipping shor,aees have
interrupted deliveries from Africa
and India. The Z. S. tgci2hter Le-
nigh, torpedoed in thc South A.
lantic recently, was travelling light
10 pl>.: UP 4 cargo Of manganese
orc Tie Brazilian supply j. hard to
Get at. the quality = no TOO high.
and there is a shipping problem
here, TOO.
If these shipping problems get
worse. the burden Of production is
thrown on tie North American low
grade ore mines located principally
IL Alabama. Arizona Arkansas
California Colorado. Georgia. Mon
tana, Nevada New Mexico, oregon.
Tennessee, Utah and Virginia There
are lesser amounts in Idaho. Mary
land, New Jersey North Carolina,
Oklahoma. Texas and WYOMING.
and considerable production in
Cuba. The trouble is that most Ct
this cant be- mined .prC.i,ablv in
competition with the richer foreign
ores. Furthermore, il might take six
months to get these loH Grade mines
into production
The stock pile Of mangaursa is in
q somewhat critIcal position. Sup
Plies On hand arc estimated as suf-
fcient Tor II months only Three
tnurths Of III. atO"EDlr. or $50 900
ten. acsortinH ~ an OpM surVev.
IT, nl" II Tie hand u the con-
SINNER. ~ principal steel ana alloy
companirs and sDm. 7UO smd!le"
users. IAc Government qllc Of 800
90 tons make. up The Other fourth
D! H.. na0ouaI !cscryc.
To bnid up the sfockuilr. the
pG|"!Hm"n'-O"LrH RFC subsidiary
metals leacryc company ha. placed
HiGri i0l nearly Two million tons.
bur dcl'rIcs under these con-
rracta Ea9c been negligible because
y! th" shipping problem 10 rem
cdy TIL. on No" the metals re-
'eryc company announced il would
cLHs.dcl contract, With rs pro-
Queer. OF loW-oradr ore having a
mansancsc content Of 30 per cent
on more
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
Famous Sayings

We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame IN
another We shall find in own boSoms.-Seneca,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
SEEK HIGHER PKICIS

No contracts have been siCned TO
start production Of thla domestic
orc but a trad" as,oclati0n. the
American Manganese Producers A.
5oc!aiion, Is on TIC job in Wash
mston under the presidency Of J.
Carson Adkerson, building bonfircs
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
Thought foI the Day

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r.,., - .-.... s.t tHa.
e,tee4etE .., Is g.
,.oas R.;..:
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

ED{TOR'S NOTE: The foioUing edit
ori0iS Grc presented as interesting Opin-
ions roicCd bU editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
thiS paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
By ROBERT WEBB
Academy Award winning assistant
director, guest columnist today Tor
vacatiOning Paul Harrison.

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. III There
are lots of ways Of becoming Il
villain. but as a short cut I'd sug-
gest becoming an assistant director.
Now there's a real heavy. Hes
the dirty dog who makes the movie
stars get out of bed at 4 o'clock
on a cold winter morning and drive
60 miles to location. He's the
meanie who won't let the troupe
90 to lunch until they are SO hungry
they could eat their own cloSeupS.
He's the All Right. Let's Get Go
ing, What's Holding Us UP, Keep
Moving guy.
I'm probably the only man at
goth Century Fox who would think
O. telling C!audette Colbert to
please step on it. She's the star
of Remember the Day" which
we're now making, but I'm the star
of Remember the Budget and Re
member the Schedule Fortunately.
Miss Colbert is understanding and
cooperative.
MINUTES ARE MONEY
An assistant director must be a
little bit on the firm side l spoke
Of keeping a company past lunch
time, and l did that the other day
Until 1:30-and there wasn't a
SquaWk. Everybody on the set
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24
MINUTES ARE MONEY
So They Say

Farmers have TO choose between
the risk involved in producing a lit
tie too much and the risk of pro-
ducing little to little Our choice
is obvious.
Agriculture Secretary Wickard.
The lifetime of this Parliament
has been memorable for the
strengthening of the already close
ties between my Government and
the peoples Of the United States.
king George VI of Britain.
Trade UnioniSm in the United
States is going through the stages
that trade unioniSm in this country
did a generation ago. 1t is finding
its feet.
Austin Hopkinson, British mem
Der of Parliament.
Soldiers in our army would rathc
dance and enjoy the company of
respectable girls than spend their
time in drinking and dissipation.
John r. Burkhart, U.S.O.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

Canadas imports Of iron and steel
rose from a valuation of Sl62 ,554,-
600 in 1888 to $l83 100000 in 1899.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

Printing was brought to the
American colonies 500 years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

The grape acreage of California
is larger in area than the New Eng
land states combined.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

The Hawaiian government has
made slowing away on ships a jail
OffenSe.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

During the second quarter OF
1910, 1,38964l pounds of soybear
oil were imported by the United
States
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-24

No known infection among hens
is transmissible through their eggs
to humans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-24
French i Coast Gels Bombing
 From British
Heavy Explosions Heard from Across English
 Channel in London

LONDON, June 24.-Heavy explo- sions rolling across the misty Eng = fish Channel suggested. this morn- ing that the RAF is blasting the Nazi occupied French Coast again after attacking industrial targets in west ern Germany for the 18th consecu- tive night.
 Sounds were first heard shortly after a.m., hours earlier than the British usually launch daylight ral- lies across the Channel.
 RAP attacks in western Germany last night were not so heavy as some recently. authoritative sources said, but there is nothing to indicate whether this is due to unexpectedly strong German opposition or wheth- CT the naval bases at Wilhelmshav- en, Kiel, Emden, the industrial cen ter of Hanover, and other places in Nazi occupied Territory, are the targets of night raiders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-24
MAD SLAYER
 RApE5, KILLS
 IN SEATTLE
Thought to Be No Connee- lion with Manic Who Ran
 Amuck Yesterday

SEATTLE, June 24-Authorities seeking mad slayer in the north ern suburban district here were given new mystery today when the body of Mrs. Blanche Link, B year old widow, was found raped and kicked to death in vacant lot in the district where yesterdays gunman- abductor disappeared.
 Mrs. Links body was found in the underbrush a block from her Winchester Heights home by her brother-in-law and neighbor, Robert Young. Her friends sought her after her son, Howard, age nine years became alarmed during the night when she failed to return home.
 The murdered woman started home about II o'clock last night from an uptown hotel where she was a switchboard operator. Under sheriff Bodia said he did not be- lieve her assailant was the aged apparent maniac who committed yesterdays unprovoked attacks in which Edward LaFountaine, 58 year old insurance salesman, was shot to death and Mrs. LaFountaine was shot seriously through the neck. An other motorist, R. F. Bull, 43-year- old plumbing salesman, was critical ly shot and bludgeoned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-24
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, June 24 The EGG has another feather in it's hat. At Haydenville, Mass, the EGGS ether spies-searching for an alleged illegal short-wave radio broadcaster, who announced him. self as Fritz" and taunted the Government with urgings to come and get me-" was tracked down by airplane.' The plane, equipped with special direction finding equipment, and working in conjunction with similarly equipped automobiles, made the trace-down in short or der. Amateur operators in the vii cinity got the thrill of being in on the sleuthing. They kept Fritz on the air in two-way conversations for long periods while the EGG agents m ade their calculations and stalked Fritz" through his footprints on the ether waves. It is the second time in recent months-but the first by airplane that EGG officials have picked up alleged illegal short wave broadcasters who signed on and off as Fritz" The other was in Illinois.