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Evening star., 1941-06-12

French defensive position on the
MeuSe. he told the House subccm-
mittee. comprised $4,000 vehicles,
echeloned to a depth of approxi-
mately 125 miles. He quoted the
German War Ministry as saying that
in this break-through, for the first
time in history. exclusive use was
made of an armored army for exc
cutting large-scale strategic move
ment."
During part of May and June,
1940," continued Gen. Chaffee, "a
major world power, with an army
conceded by many to be one of the
finest in the world, backed by the
manpower and equipment of pow
erful allies, was completely over
thrown"
He described this relatively brief
operation" as "one of the greatest
military phenomena of all times"
Former Defensive Methods Useless.
The German victories in France
and the Balkans, he explained, were
won by offensive operations of ar
mored armies supported by combat
aviation. Former defensive methods
cannot successfully be used against
these armored operations. Defense
against such operations can be made
only by armored units of equal or SUI
perior power"
1t would be useless, Gen. Chaffee
argued, to equip armored divisions
and then man them with troops
lacking special and tho1 ough train
ing, which requires far more time
than the period of Selective Service,
now involving mass turnover Of
personnel each year.
Gen. Marshall, in his testimony
before the Snyder subcommittee, also
alluded strongly. for the first time,
to probability" that the National
Guard will not be released at the
end OF its term of one year. He
was discussing the Army's proposed
motorized divisions, to the number
OF six. The Fourth Division, at
Fort Benning. has its full compile
ment of officers and men and is
scheduled to perfect its equipment
by the end of this month. The
other five are being trained. and
have only half their requirement
of vehicles.
Evening star., 1941-06-12
By RICHARD L. STOKES.

Hidden away in the volumnous text Of the $072204817
military establishment bill 1872 which the this
pending before the Senate six lines containing
congressional suggestion that the War Departments
eight armored divisions be inadequate
The hint is urbaney couched report accompanying the
bill offered the House Army Appropriations Subcommittee
chairman of which Representative Snyder Democrat Of
1t that equipment and
Evening star., 1941-06-12
Congress Hints Army's Plans
For Armored Units Inadequate
U.S. Has Only Two Divisions Fully Manned,
And Partially Equipped 20 Months After War

This the fourth OF series of articles andysing the defense
Others folloD Stokes Washington
sponden of the St. Louis Dispatch The Star printing these
articles by special permission of that newspaper
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
by Peter Edison :.
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

81 grain elevators, a county scat
the home of Hastings College.
Along comes defense At least two
of the 80 industries get defense
contracts, one for $206,000 worth
of practice shells and another for
$4,000 worth of meat blocks Tor
Army camp butchers. Other manu-
facturers began to feel the pinch
for raw materials: the hay fever air
conditioner plant, the culvert and
grain bin makers, the tire pump
plant. the fire extinguisher factory.
The power plant has trouble get
ting copper wire.
Labor starts to pick up and go
places. Selective service gets some.
Farm labor, in a year when the
crops are good and there Is an ac-
tive demand for farm labor, hears
the call of better jobs elsewhere.
Some of this farm labor perhaps
goes into Hastings to take the jobs
left vacant by the men from Has
tingS who go to take jobs in Wich-
ita and Omaha.
A barber in n neighborlng small
town of 20O0 noticing that his
trade is fall off. starts checking up
on his customers. by the head.
Sixty-five that he knows personally
have moved out to take defecse
jobs.
The picture is not all gloom. Mar
ried teachers arc again hired for
this school year and every graduate
of Hastings College who wanted to
teach has found a job. The relief
picture has changed. Nebraska un-
employment is the lowest in eight
years with $4,000 untitled jobs in
the skilled trades.
And that, roughly, is the picture
of Hastings in defense. Hastings Is
a symbol, for the same thing Is
going on from Florida to Washing
ton state. Congressman Curtis has a
hunch that after this is all over
the young folks who roamed may
come back home, but he doesn't
know in what shape.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Did You Know?

Oklahoma gets its name from an
Indian word mean red people.
Some large species Of Chinese
moths have a Widespread of nine
inches.
There is about a pound of salt
in a gallon of sea water
An electric finger exercise Tor
musicians is the invention OF a
Portland. Ore, music teacher.
There is, on the average. one fill
ing station or garage for every mile
and a half of surfaced highway In
the United States.
Annually there are about 10000
false and unnecessary fire alarms in
New York City.
Man can sec five planets with
the naked eve.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
FINLAND - THE
INNOCENT BYSTANDER

If there is such thing in the interna-
tional scene as an innocent bystander
who gets it in the neck, Finland qualities
for the role.
Before We get too mad at the Firms
for refusing the United States offer to
mediate peace between Finland and Rus
sia, we should consider the tiny nations
predcament-and do whatever We are
forced to do with understanding. not an
ger.
In the first place. the Firms are one
hundred per cent right in remarking that
American and British attempts to 'white-
wash" Russia can never succeed, because
no amount of whitewash can make Rus
sia white This column has contended all
along that we should quit trying to con-
vince ourselves that Communists are
saints, and admit that we want to help
them only because we can use them ives,
it's that bluntly realistic) to defeat Hit
Ter.
Finland. through an unfortunate Sc
ouence of events which included the fail
ure of the democracies to aid the Firms
when Russia was waging an aggressive
war against that little country. is on the
other side of the fence. The Firms dislike
the Russians so much = and who can
blame them that they're willing to take
advantage even Of Naziism to regain what
the Russians have taken from them.
Additionally, Finland is tiny nation
within which, at the present time, are
thousands of soldiers from a great power
-Germany-which would not hesitate
to turn these soldiers against the Firms
if Berlin thought it advisable
If Finland tries to make peace with
Russia, she will be at war with Germany.
And she has learned not to count upon
outside help. We know, to our sorrow,
whose fault that is
Finland's present predicament is uo
less than child Of the past mistakes By
the denocracies of the world
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
END OF A
BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP

(Orangr NrN~)
Thcr> Is IL port4ni in the political sky
Il tor,~huuo1ys the end of beautiful
Friendship. Oar Governor Olson and
Harry Bridges IL, approaching the part
ing ui the ways.
What bcurt-brnings will attend, no
man can know. Blood brothers they were
nj the g..;t cause. The shadow one Of the
othyr OAly 50 recently, as the Go con-
yrruuu. they were guests of honor of the
couNvut.':. idols al the assembled fellow
travellers. II vas sweet.
They deserved the alteration. Bridges,
stout fellow. has Iauncned mighty blows
for Moscow ..rG he cause. Single handed,
hc has nearly succeeded in driving Ameri-
can shipping from ;he west coast His
Influence has contributed much to the
slew down Of th, defense drive.
The yuNVunur iS no minor champion.
II, has loaded the state service with the
fellow Travellers He has run with the
hounds from Mooney to Bioff. Beck.
Bridges and Browne. From the time of
his inauguration. when Bridges stood at
his riph, nuud. he has been faithful to
th, trUs'.
But au<w day dawnS Bridges. branded
commuM.st and undesirable alien, is on
his way out. Madam Perkins speaks
harshIN nt defense strikes and strange
sounds burden the winds from Washing
ton. Who can doubt that the governor
lends Il listening ear?
Bridges must go and who is Governor
Olson that he challenges destiny? If he
must 60. he must go. 1t will be sorrow,
but politics are like that.
So the end Of d beautiful friendship
approaches. 1t was sweet and profitable
II is not to h..
Tomorrow to fresh fields and pastures
new.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

WASHINGTON, Dec TO de-
terminc Just what impact the de
Tense effort is having on the small
towns of these United States. Cal
ifornia CongrcSSman John Tolan's
committee investigating defense mi
grafton is moving i'll on Hastings,
Neb.. population $4,000. Investiga-
tors are already there. On Nov "a
the committee itself Will move in
for a days formal hearings on the
situation. and in SO doing it will
be making a notable experiment.
Usual procedure for a congress
sional investigation doing spade
work in the field is to hold hear
ings in the state capital or num-
Der one metropolis, summonine the
Small-toWn big shots in to speak
their pieces. Here the committee is
going right to the grass roots OF
the matter and 50, Hastings, not far
from the geographical center of the
United states. will be the most I'M
portant guinea pig town III the
country for day.
Why Hastings? There's a mite OF
politics in its selection, for 1t Is
one of the cities in the district OF
CONGRESSMAN Carl 7. Curtis OF
MirNlen. Neb., and CongresGmRn
Curtis is ranking Republican mem
Der of the Tolan committee. Aside
from that. however, Hastings would
still be a good spot for the COM
mittec's first study of this kind, 1t
is typical American community
and lust as small business is the
backbone of American industry, so
the little city is the backbone OF
America. In Washington, at any
rate. SO per cent of the big shots
seem to come from small towns.
The committee decided to go into
Hastings when Congressman Curtis
called attention to the fact that his
district. under defense impact. was
RAPIDLY becoming an old folks
home. The young folks were pulling
out to take Jobs in defense industry
At first the migrations were to the
two coasts to work in aircraft fac
tories. l IitIl NIltll lltM dil u piI AoS
tories were built inland, these new
plants became the mecCaS. Wichita
Dallas, Tulsa. Kansas City, and tht
like. And when the new Martin fac
tory is opened in Omaha, 1t vii
draw new quotas from the surround
ing small communities.
NATIONWIDE HEADACHE
So what happens in Hastings ant
all the other little cities, like 1t
That's what the Tolan committed
wants to find out, SO ii can de
termine what should be done.
Dr.. Robert K. Lamb, formerly o
progressive Bennington College il
Vermont and now chief of the To
Ian committee staff. has assem-
blcd data on Hastings that mark
as a typical little city OF the typ
that is being hit hardest BY prl
critics on supplies, ALLEGATIONS o
materials, priorities unemployment
and labor migration. Here is Hast
ingS. with $500 homes, 81 churches
+ % small manufacturers, eight aut
= agencies, retail stores doing SO mil
! lion worth business a year, trad
ing center for an area in which are
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Uranium Crackers
MIDDLE NAMES

Edward Albert Christian George
Andrew Patrick David, Duke OF
Windsor. has plenty OF middle
names. but the duchess just calls
him David.
Could you call the following IA
nous persons by their middle
names?
/. Generals: William Sherman
ULYSSES Grant, Robert Lee.
.. First Ladies: Grace Coolidge
Mary Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt,
3. Authors: Edgar Poe, James
Cooper, A. j. Cronin.
4. Composers: Johann B h
Wolfgang Mozart. Peter Tschal'
koWsky.
ANSWERS
|. William Tecumseh Sherman
ulysses Simpson Grant Robert Ed
ward Lee.
2. Grace Anna (GoodhucD Cool
idge, Mary Todd Lincoln, Ann;
Eleanor Roosevelt.
3. Edgar Allan Poe, James Feni
more Cooper, Archibald JOSEPH
Cronin.
4. Johann Sebastian Bach 20
his son Johann Christian, Wolf
gang Amadeus Mozart, Peter Illtcl
TschaikoWsky.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
IT COULDN'T HAPPEN
ANYWHERE BUT HERE

The other day Private +. II. Smith,
11th Cavalry, stationed at Camp SeeleN,
entertained Ell Centre Rotarans with i
series of imperSOnatiOnS Of famous peo-
ple-and among them was President
Franklin d. Roosevelt.
Imagine a private in the German army
giving an impersOnation in a public meet
ing of Adolf Hitler Or for that matter.
a private in any other army in the world
appearing before a public gathering to
caricature the executive chief of his na-
tion.
1t just isn't done-anywhere but hen1.
Thank God it is done here; that = the
American way.
In Germany, OF Russia or Japan. they
would call it ridicule of the Fuehrer, or
the Premier, or the Emperor. Even III
quasi-democratc England. they would
call it bad manners, or something OF the
sort.
Over here, it is nothing Of the sort. Il
Is simply the sort of good natured bad
image two friends might exchange any
day of the week. There is nothing vicious
about it, neither in the presentation nor
in the manner in which it is received by
the person who is impersonated.
In such little things does democracy
manifest itself. We are an equal people
whose leaders are chosen from among
ourselves. Their persons are no more
sacred to the public at large than our
own, their beliefs are no more holy. their
actions are no more immune from discus
sion.
We see nothing out of the ordinary
about private in the L. S. Army giving
an impersonation Of the President Of the
United States
We are Americans
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
by Willis Thornton
Ability and Futi|ity

The grave and reverent senators
of the United States were in session.
One of the biggest questions OF this
critical period in American history
was to be voted on: shall the neu
trality laws be abrogated so the
President can order the arming OF
merchant ships and allow those YES
sells to sail to any port OF the
seven seas, Hitler or no Hitler?
One speaker against modification
of the law was Senator Robert A.
Taft of Ohio, one of the chief con-
tenders for the Republican nomina-
ton for President last year. The oc-
casion was a grave one, the SUBJECT
an enormously important one. the
speaker a man of ability. Yet al!
afternoon there had been difficulty
in securing a quorum. AT one time
during his discourse only Is out OF
e6 members were in their seats. OF
these, some read newspapers ana
ratified them, some wrote letters
some whispered to their neighborS'
Very few actually listened.
This proved what most observers
in Washington know-Senate de
bates are pretty much futile. The
talks are mostly for the record, SO
the speakers words may be read by
the folks back home. Speeches are
aimed at the constituents. Senators
do not expect or hope to convert
any of their fellow senators. 1t Is
verv seldom. if ever, that any con-
versions have been recorded regard
ing really Big questions. 1t wonlf
be surprising if some senator aroSt
and said:
Il was dead against this bill, bu
the eloquence of the able senator
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
CUSTOMERS! PROFITS!

VVTOULD you buy customers and sales and profits
w you could buy and keep them fairly?
Woud you if all you'd need to do would be to
spread the of your integrity the fairness of your
prices, tell all your world of the smarter satisfying
things ox SELL tell of the pleasant ways yon have, tell
tlby they'd like you, tell them why they'd
somcday call yoHr store their store'
THAT is selling .......
...... and if YOU aren't selling, prohting, you
know you can sell and profit, you the tide
with such advertising selling in this newspaper.
Alongside our columns of news you can go into The
yox SELL tell of yonr ways, tell why they'd like
to buy from you
... tell those things to people toauy too busy,
too hurried, too harried, too wrapt in their own
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

affairs, content with old habits and ways of buy
ing EVER to investigate curiously merchant that
they ao not kn0ly and beiiere in and like.
It's nlwoa all we know of profitable selling, all
nced to know, all need to tell almost all yon
need to know
With us, over the year, you can buy commodity
uHb adteriNug that is eipen to but few merchants.
You BUY customers, SALES, profits
You in almost every family, in almost
every mind, nnqueionine faith and belief together
with the friendships that the absolute oreunners
of profitable retail sales.
Won't yon buy yonr sales; buy more than JUST
enough? Is there wait? Are you tired of
waiting? Are you waiting too long? Will you phone
for one of us? May we come to show you how? We'd
like that You would, too.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09


AMELIA c. BRIDGES, Deceased.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE
Notice is hereby given that Walter
Ames, as Executor OF the Last VIII
and Testament Of Amelia c. Brldgc5
deceased, will sell at private sale
to the highest bidder for cash. or
upon such terms and conditions aS
may be approved by the Court ana
subject TO confirmation by the
Court on or after November 20, l94l,
at the office of his Attorney,
Messrs. Gray, Cary Ames & Drls-
coll, 14l0 Bank Of America Built
ing, San Diego, California all the
right. title, interest and estate OF
said Amelia C. Bridges. deceased.
at the time of her death, and dll
the right, title and interest Whlct
said estate by operation Of law q.
otherwise may have acquired otlies
than or in addition to that Of SAL
decedent at the time OF her dcati
in and to the following described
property located in the County of
Imperial, State of California, to-
wit:
South /. of Tract Onc Hundred
Seventy seven l77. Township
Fourteen tl4D South, Ranges
Thirteen G3D and Fourteen 14l
East, S. B. VI. in the County OF
Imperial, State of California,
Terms and conditions OF sale:
Cash, or such cash and credit as
may be approved by the Court, ten
per cent 900 of such purchaSe
price to be paid at the date Of sac
and the balance on confirmation OF
sale.
All bids and offers must be in
writing and may be left at the Of
fices of Messrs. Gray, Cary, Ames
& Driscoll, l4l0 Bank Of America
Building. San Diego. California, at
torneyS for the Executor, Or may
be filed in the office OF the Clerk
OF this Court at any time after II"
first publication of this Notice anG
before making of said sale.
DATED: At San Diego, California,
this 25th day of October, l94l
WALTER AMES,
Executor of the Last VII.
and Testament Of Amelia e
Bridges, deceased
GRAY, CARY, AMES
Sz DRISCOLL. Attorneys
for Executor.
EBAnk oi America Buildinp.
San Diego. California.
tN2-ll inc
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

the cogency Of his argument, the
skill of his reasoning. the marshall
ing of his facts have convinced me
that he is right and that I have
been wrong. I shall change my vote
from nay to yea"
Debates do not change votes, no
matter how we'll some of them read
in cold print. They are just parts
of the show the senators put on.
On matters dealing with the gov
enments foreign policy. senators
on both sides have been repeating
themselves every time a bill came
up. They bored each other with the
same old arguments. They pointed
with pride or they eyed with alarm
according to the way the question
looked. They killed precious time
when time was of the essence in
many matters.
If the senators only realized it
the sentiment of most people could
be expressed in one sentence:
Cut the cakle and get on with
the vote
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

EDITORS NOTE: The foIloUing edit
OriaiS are presented as interesting Opin-
ions rOiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necC SSnTly reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

Italian and German economies are to
b" considered aa one unit.-Dr. Walthor
EumE. GermaM economies minister
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Notion
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
THE PRIDE OF PREJUDICE

(ChrlstiaM Science Monitor)
We all know people who seem to think
with their prejudices' instead Of their
reason. Almost every one of us is likely
to react to Any set Of circumstances first
in accord with predictions, and only sec
ondlY IN accord with facts and their
sound implications. The speaker before
the assembly Of 1000 school teachers
at Miami who proposed d world board to
deal with race preiudices after the war
expressed a commendable purpose.
II one would question his proposal at
all, it would ne only to ask whether a
frontal attack ought not to be undertaken
immediately, and be aimed at all preju-
dice
Il, i, never 700 late to give up our pre-
'Udic"S." But it requires alertness and
determination on our parts to see that
our prCJudiccS give us up. More or less
the slaves Of opinion,' we do not always
realize when opinion is a mere vagrant
"Without visible means of support And
sometimes when we do, we defend it the
more fierccly
Perhaps it is as we'll that an anti
prejudice board should confine itself to
one set Of pr-judices. For as those stat
i>tician> with a flair for the vivid would
put it. if NoU could lay all our preiudces
end-to-2nd. they would Just lie. Or pile
them ON top Of one another and they
might reach the stature of half-truth.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

American typeWriters are used il
Egypt They can have ours if i
doesn't learn to spell.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Thought for the Day

great God mIeEtl .-a . t,.'.a.. N....a sesardeth
persons nor tahcta nnaG po.;,.o@aay oil
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Famous Sayings

There is no god but Godl to prayer o God is great
Byron
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

For N. first Time in a decade men of
our aye are being sought by industry and
are getting back into the harness-L. E.
Jordan, president. Forty Plus Club of
Mun.apoNS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO

No. 27467
In the Matter of the Estate OF
AMELIA C.. BRIDGES, Deceased.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-18

ION in the mines Is now being de-
veloped and the program contem-
plated includes the extension OF 10
shafts to the 5OOO-foot level.
Zinc
Zinc mining, only feebly active for
some time IN Montana, Is again a
major industry with the reopening of
zinc mines IN Butte and the develop
ment Of new ore reserves.
Anthony
Hitherto productive and unde-
veloped deposits of antimony ore near
Thompson Falls in Sanders county are
now receiving considerable attention.
Prospecting and development work BY
the various owners is in progress and
it has been unofficially reported that
few cars Of the ore have been
shipped to anthony smelters. Whether
anthony mining becomes a perma-
nent industry in Montana depends
upon Developments in these as yet
little known deposits.
VermicuIite
Relatively new industries In the non
metallic field are vermiculite and tale
mining. Vermiculite is a hydrated mica
which expands when heated to as
much as 80 times its original volume.
The heat expanded product is mar
keted as zonolite. II is a comparative
newcomer to the field of heat and
sound insulating materials. q. s. pro-
duction is Of the order Of Is 900 tons
annually Of which 80 percent Is from
a deposit miles northeast of Libby,
Mont. Engineers have estimated the
deposits to contain as much as IS ,0OO,-
900 tons Of the mineral The mine Is
being operated by the Universal zono-
lite Insulation Co.
The uses for and the use Of YER
or zonolite are increasing
rapidly and the industry may soon be
one of major Importance in Montana.
Tale Production
Perhaps the youngest Of Montana
mineral products is tale. Within the
past year production Of tale has begun
from deposits in Madison county, the
first actual production known from
this state, although the existence of |
the deposits has been known for many |
years Details of size Of the deposits, |
volume of production and quality of |
the material are not yet available. It |
is unofficially but reliably reported /
that several carloads of the tale were
shipped recently by the owner and
that the property has now been leased
10 the company to which the original
shipments we're consigned.