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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
THE COUNTY FAIR LOSES
ITS PRESIDENT

President Ben HulSe of the Imperial
county fair board i'm resigning because
OF what he describes as recent strictly
political consideration of Governor Oh
sons appointees to the board, ends many
years of service to the county. His res
lgnatlon leaves the people of Imperial
valley, as whole, at once sorry that he
is quitting and grateful for the accom-
plishments he has made possible
Whatever political endeavors he has
engaged in along other lines whatever
his policies in regard to state or national
politics, it has long been apparent to
even the most casual observer that Ben
Hulse has, in his connection with the
Imperial county fair, worked for what
he believed to be the best good of the
fair, regardless of political considera-
tions. The fair has been his pet project
= project with which nothing has been
allowed to interfere. With a small group
of other men, he started the annual eX-
position on its way to success Year
after year. he has helped it grow to its
present stature.
1t is regrettable that circumstances
have arisen which make it impossible
for Mr.. HulSe to continue the work he
helped start and which he has carried
on, IN his capacity as president of the
fair board, so efficiently and thoroughly.
1t is too bad the county fair board could
not be left to do its job uninterrupted
by political considerations.
The county fair should go on with its
growth, as successfully as in the past,
regardless of the personnel of the fair
board. But in order to allow the fair to
become merely another political plum
No matter who is on the fair board, and
no matter for what reason they are ap-
pointed, it is within the power of the
people to enforce the same businesslike,
efficient operation in the future that has
been the rule in the past. They can en-
force such operation, however, only by
keeping an alert eye on the management
and conduct of the fair.
One consideration must be above all
others-we want good, economically
operated, financially successful fair.
We have had one in the past it is up to
us to see that we continue to have one
in the future.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
EVERYONE
HELPS
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 3f58

Estate of MIKE SMITH. also
known as Nykefor Suptelny, de-
ceased
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, M. d. Zinn, Public
Administrator, as administrator of
the estate of Mike Smith, also
known as Nykefor Suptelny, de-
ceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, that within six
months after the first publication
of this notice they either file them
with the necessary vouchers in the
Office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of the State of California, in
and for the County of Imperial, or
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers to the said M. d. zinn
as administrator of said estate, at
the office of d. B. Roberts, 2O7
Bank Of America Building, Ell Cen
tro, California, the same being the
place for the transaction of the
business of the said estate in the
County of Imperial State of Cali
fornia
Dated at Ell Centre, California,
this 9th day of January, 1911.
M. d. zINN,
Administrator of the Estate
of Mike Smith, also known
as Nykcfor Suptclny, De-
ceased.
(J7-l4-21-28)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
by Bruce Cation
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

fleet, plus such mechanical forces
as might be needed. American
boys wouldn't be riding in them,
but the final effect might not be
a great deal different
THAT'S SIZE
OF 1T
Off the record administration
senator's admit that is just about
the size of it and that the desire
to get authority to make such
transfers is the real reason for
the hurry to get the bill passed.
They disagree, however, that such
transfers would be equivalent to
war. On contrary, they insist this
program offers the best means of
enSuring that American boys won't
have to fight-asSuming that the
administration does assume. that
the crisis is due early in the spring
There is still another angle point
ed out by some congressman who
haven't lined up either for or
against tn e leaSe-lend bill. 1t
goes like this:
This administration is as fully
committed as a government can be
to the proposition that it isn't going
to stand by and see England beaten.
Suppose the lend-lease bill fails to
pass, and that the crisis does
come as anticipated and finds the
United States government poWerless
to transfer the ships and planes
that would make the difference
between victory and defeat.
Is it, these undecided" congress-
men ask, unreasonable to suspect
that in such case the administration
might intervene anyway? 1t would
MT need to declare war. 1t might
simply extend the neutrality pa
troll" for instance, to the far side
of the Atlantic, and put warships
and combat planes to work con-
voying merchant vessels to Britain.
The effect would be about the same,
except a good many American boys
would be over there where the air
is full of flying steel.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
CHATTEL MORTGAGE
TO Whom it Nav Concern:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pur-
Suant to the provisions of Section
3440 of the Civil Code of the State
of California, that on the 9th day
of February, 194l, the owner of the
hereinafter described fixtures and
equipment situated and located at
V. r. Dennis Construction Plant
near Frink, County of Imperial, State
of California, intends to place a
chattel mortgage upon the said fix
lures and equipment.
LEONARD p. WIKOFF and
SARA L. WIKOFF, his wife, is the
mortgagor of the said property; and
his address is Twenty-Five Palms,
County of San Bernardino, State
of California.
CITIZENS NATIONAL TRUST &
SAVINGS BANK OF RIVERSIDE
is the mortgage of the said prop
erty; and his address is 70 South
San Gorgonio street, City of Ban
ming, County of Riverside, State of
California.
q = = operty, fixtures and equip
nent upon which the said chattel
mortgage is to be placed consists
of the following:
One 180 h.p. used Fairbanks
Morse 5-cylinder Model 80 style
VA diesel engine, serial No.
744563, directly connected to
and including one $50 Kva Fair
banks Morse 3 phase 60 cycle
440 volt 257 rpm. alternating
current generator, with 7l2 low
125 volt direct connected excit-
er, together with gasoline engine
driven air starting unit, air
receiver, fuel oil tanks, cooling
system, radiator, fan, motor,
motor driven pumps, tWO-panel
switchboard, building, wiring
and piping connections, and in
fact all of that power plant
equipment and appurtenances
belonging to the above generat-
ing unit.
The said chattel mortgage is to
be executed and the consideration
therefor will be paid on the 9th
day of February, A. D., 1941, at
70 South San Gorgonio Street, City
of Banning, County of Riverside,
State of California, at IL O'Clock
am.
Dated January "a, 1941.
LEONARD p. WIKOF'F,
Mortgagor,
SARA l.. WIKOFF,
Mortgagor
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

WASHINGTON. Jan. %. - You
can't hope to understand the fight
over the lend-lease bill unless you
realize how clearly the specter of
war-by April is visible to many men
on Capitol Hill.
These men may be seeing things.
That specter may be a product of
their own Imagination, creation
of partisanship gone cockeyed. But
the point is that the specter is
really there.
Senator Wheeler and other iso-
lationists figure it out like this:
l. The administration say there
is no time to waste, that a crisis
in the war is coming fast. and that
within 80 days or less England may
get to a point where extra aid
from the United States will mean
the difference between final victory
and immediate defeat.
2. Yet, say the isolationists,
when William S. Knudsen urged the
house foreign affairs committee to
pass the bill it admitted that it
will be a good six months before the
defense program has things moving
off the assembly lines in real guam
tity. The power to lump British
and U. S. production is important,
but it can't-by Knudsen's own
word-have much practical effect
before midsummer.
3. If that is so, and if the war
crisis is due within three months.
Senator Wheeler and his followers
can't see any reason for a big rush
about passing the lend-lease bill
except h a the administration
wants the power to send Britain
what the U. S. has now, without
waiting for the defense program
to swing into high and without
waiting for any further authorize
ton from congress.
BY this line of reasoning. the
expected spring crisis is-breakdown
of shipping, new blitzkrieg, or what
not-would find parts of the U. S.
navy steaming to British waters
plus all or part of the U. S. air
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
by Willis Thornton -.
Opportunity. GraspIt

The recent supreme court deCi-
sion confirming control by congress
alone Of the 100000 aliens in our
midst is more than a legal decision
1t is an immensely-sug dir
ectlOn-marker.
Pennsylvania had passed a law
which. in addition to compelling
aliens to register, required them to
carry at all times card of identi-
fication. with a Jail penalty for be-
ing caught without it. The supreme
court did not rule on the constitu-
tionality of this particular act, but
simply found that the already-es-
tablished federal regulation of
aliens took precedence. States and
communities may, therefore. con-
clude that it is not their job to reg
ulate aliens, but that of the fed
eral government.
This great mass Of aliens, to
which others will probably be added,
is at once problem and an oppor-
tunlty. All the wisdom and under
standing we can bring to bear will
be needed Most of these aliens will
probably seek soon to become citi-
zens. Every facility should be eX
tended TO help them to do this.
The foreign born, says Louis Ada
mic, writer who has devoted his
recent years TO hard work and
study of their problems, ARE or
want to be whole-heartedly Ameri-
can in the best sense of the term;
the loyalty TO the U. s. of most
Of the foreign-born is almost be-
yond adequate statement
Any effort TO bring high-pres-
sure methods to bear TO try TO force
Albanians. SloVaks and Lithuan-
ians into mold of imitation Anglo
Saxon Americanism will not only
fail-it will drive many newcomers
into the ranks Of fifth columnists.
People yearn TO belong" If new
Americans are not allowed to feel
they belong" in American circles,
they will 60 where they can have
that feeling.
What We need Is not 10 "toler-
ate' but TO accept" people whose
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
TOUGHER BUGS, SOFTER MEN,
(San Francisco ChrOnicIe)

A University of California scientist
gives us something to think about He
says our war on the bugs that eat the
crops is producing tougher race of in
sects. Dosing with cyanide gas the red
scale that afflictS oranges has developed
d scale bug that can take cyanide and
like it; feeding arsenic to codling moths
has resulted in moth that uses arsenic
as a condiment.
The survival of the fittest, he explains.
The bugs that are the least allergic to
cyanide and arsenic are the ones that
survive and reproduce their kind, their
kind, in this process, becoming more
and more immune to the poisons by which
farmers try to eliminate them. To them
the uses of adversely make even such
strong potions sweet. The prospect is
alarming to farmers, but favorable to
the race of bugs.
On the other hand we are using, more
and more, the contrary method with the
human race We coddle it increasingly.
Will this have the opposite effect also?
Will this softness make mankind less
and less resistant to adversely, as harsh
ness is making the insect kind tougher
and tougher? Farmers are producing
superbugs; are we producing supermen?
We do not, on account of this argu-
ment, advocate introducing a tougher
and tougher regime for the human spe-
cies. But we are reminded that here as
everywhere else the law of compensation
works inexorably, to say nothing of the
conditions of evolution.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Uranium Crackers
u. s. Headliners

Outlined briefly here are the
reasons why five Americans were
mentioned prominently in the news
in recent weeks. Can you name
each of the persons referred to?
l. A Montana Republican, first
woman ever to be elected to seat
in the U. S. House of Representa-
tives, has been returned to that
body after an absence of % years.
Who is she?
2. The U. S. Senate's highest
ranking foreign affairs expert died
Who was he?
3. A Texan apparently didn't
care who got his job, stayed away
from the polls November 5. Who
is he?
4. A Washington RedSkin set a
new record for number of forward
passes completed in pro league
football game. Who is he?
5. A powerful hitter was voted
the American Leagues most val
liable player during 1910. Who is
he?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

ways may not necessarily be in ev-
cry respect our ways. Because a
man prefers spaghetti or skish ke-
bab to a New England boiled din
ner does not make him any the less
a good American
Adamic has rendered a service in
again pointing out that the Ameri-
can people and the United States
are still evolving. We have not
created a mold into which neWcom-
ers must be forced We are still
creating a civilization, country
culture, TO which all contribute.
That is why the aliens who now
seek citizenship, the foreign-born
who live among us, the second
generation people still ill-at-e ease
in land that is theirs and yet not
theirs, are an opportunity, not
handicap.
They, too, have something TO
give America, Let us encourage
them to give it,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
BACK TO The
CATACOMBS
New York Times)


Certainly, this is an unexpected de
velopment of Christian art is the dry
comment of the Osservatore Romano on
a model for combined air raid shelter
and church exhibited at the Vatican
Unexpected but not unknown, for the
hills around Rome are mined with sub
terranean chambers and passages where
in the first Christians sought refuge
from the totalitarian prosecutors of their
day.
If we were looking for the perfect SYM
boil of modern war it would be in the spec
tacle of people driven underground, back
to the caves and the catacombs, by the
use of the very instrument man has in
vented to liberate him from the earth
But then we remember the great basili-
cas- built on top of the catacombs. We
see how the early Christians emerged
from their underground shelters to
spread over the world London, too.
will come out of its subways. The saw
agery of modern war revives religion as
it destroys churches, and strengthens the
will to save civilization as it wrecks
cities
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Imperial VaneV Press

Established April 20, 1901
published every afternoon except
saturday and Sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the Sunday Post Press, es-
tablished 1866 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company. 625
state Street, FL Centre, Calf.
Paul Jenkins. publisher; A. c.
Johnston, vice-president and gem
eral manager: T.. A. Fitzhugh.
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co., Inc. National
Advertising Representatives.
Entered at El Centre, California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Subscription rates: In California,
DC per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press (Sundays), per month TIC;
paid in advance, 3 months, $2.10;
b months. $500; one year, $3.50;
outside California $1.00 per month.
M m b er. California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
So They Say

The machine-tool industry is but
the Yankee mechanic grown great.
John d. Biggers, director Division
Of Production, OPM
I toast democracy not alone for
what it is. but chiefly for what
it may become.
Attorney General Robert H.
Jackson.
Eventually we may have to fight
to defend our civilization The
future in that respect is unknown
and unknowable
Joseph p. Kennedy, u. S. Am
baSSador to London.
Only BY full employment can we
provide adequate defense, maximum
living standards, and unity among
our people.
C. william Hazlett, National COM
mite for incentive taxation,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF STOCK
IN BULK

10 whom IL May Concern:
THIS NOTICE of Intention to
sell a stock of goods in bulk
WITNESSETH { n at notice is
hereby given chat the undersigned
LEONARD p. WIKOFF and SARA
l.. WIKOFF intend to purchase
from the v. r. DENNIS CON-
STRUCTION COMPANY all that
certain stock of merchandise con-
siSting generally of:
One 1870 hip. used Fairbanks Morse
3-cylinder Model 80 style VA dies
el engine, Serial No. 744563, dir
ectly connected TO and including
one $50 Kva Fairbanks Morse 3
phase 60 cycle $40 volt 257 rpm.
alternating current generator, with
7R XIV 1875 volt direct connected
EXETER, together with gasoline en-
glne driven air starting unit, air
received, fuel Oil tanks, cooling
system, radiator, fan, motor, mo-
tor driven pumps, two panel
switchboard, building, wiring and
piping connections, and in fact
all OF that power plant equipment
and appurtenances belonging to
the above generating unit
belonging to said v. r. DENNIS
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and
located at its construction plant
near Frink, in Imperial County.
California, and that a transfer and
assignment of same will be made.
and purchase price thereof will
be paid, on Thursday the 9Th day
OF February, 1941, at Banning Branch.
Citizens National Trust 81 Savings
Bank of Riverside, 10 So. San Cor
gonio Ave, Banning, Riverside
County, California, at 10 o'clock m.
That the address of said vendor is
Mission Gorge Road San Diego.
California, San Diego County, Cali
fornia, and the address of said
vendee is Twenty-Five Palms, san
Bernardino County, California.
: DATED January oath, 1941.
LEONARD P. WIKOFF.
SARA L.. WIKOFF.
Vendees.
( 1921
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
by Paul Harrison -.
hoRywoods Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

camera in apparent discourage
ment after having protested that
part of the action just couldn't be
fitted to previously shot scene.
Assistant Director sam Nelson was
putting in a word of advice.
Tt wasn't as bad as it sounds.
Situations arise is almost every pic-'
ture which are much more ill-spir-
tied. These people we're merely
trying to do good job in an emer-
gency. If they don't get it right,
finally, Hughes will retake it when
he reassumes the direction. But
when it's all over, those two kids
VIII have picked up some odd no.
tions about acting and the sanity
of the cinema.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Answers: :

Answers:
l. jeanette Rankin, elected to
the House in 1916 and defeated
two years later after she voted
against U. S. entry in the World
War, was again elected by her dis
trict to a seat in Congress.
2. Senator Key Pittman of Ne
vada, who was chairman of the
Senate foreign affairs committee
died of a heart attack.
3. John Nance Garner, vice presi-
dent of the United States, did not
go to the polls November 5, nor did
he cast an absentee ballot.
4. Sammy Baugh set new pass
ing record in game against Brook
lyn.
5. Hank Greenberg of the Detroit
Tigers was voted the American
Leagues most valuable player.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

1t has been estimated that 13l
pounds of fuel are needed TO haul
1000 tons Of freight one mile by
railroad.
Chiffons and crumpled artificial
flowers may be freshened by hold
ing them over the steam of kettle
for few minutes.
The population of pre- war France
was approximately 100000, or
about 100000 less than that Of
the United Kingdom
One species of whale lives far
up the Amazon river.
ChriSty MatheWSon, baseball
pitcher. often was referred to as
Blk Six"
Bald eagles have been known TO
use the same nest for 35 years in
succession.
In 1884, in Russia, the penalty
for smoking was a whipping for
the first offense and death for
the second.
The angle at which the moon
appears to be tipped has nothing
to do with the weather.
Astronomers can show at what
angle the moon will appear for
centuries ahead.
For each 100 pounds of food it
consumes, a hog returns Is pounds
of meat.
There are more than 5000 post
offices in the United States
Contrary to many popular story
writer's, bear tracks do not resemble
those of humans.
Polaris, the north pole star, never
is seen from points south of the
equator.
Domestic quarrels cause three
times as many killings as gangsters
In the United States,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. pa cou-
pie of youngsters named Jack Beu-
tel and Jane Russell have been the
objects of considerable envious at
tention in Hollywood because their
first movie jobs are leads in How
ard Hughes production, The Out
law" The lanky millionaire manu-
facturer-flyer is remembered not
only for such pictures as "Hell's
Angels Front Page" and Scar
face" but as a star-maker who
likes to look for talent among OBJ
scure players.
Since The Outlaw is a vehicle
carefully chosen by Hughes for
his own return to movie produc-
ton, it would appear that discov-
cries Beutel and Russell are very
lucky. Ano so they may be, eventu-
ally, but just now they're having
a pretty tough time of it.
STREAM OF
DIRECTORS
If these kids achieve prominence
from this picture, they will have
earned it. They're being directed
by everybody from the producer to
the author of the script And if
there's anything newcomers need,
it's the firm guidance of one per-
son.
The difficulties are not the fault
of anyone particularly. On loca-
ton in Arizona, where work be-
gan, Howard Hawks was the direc-
tor. Everybody liked Hawks
Then Hughes and Hawks quar-
relied. The latter owned a share in
the picture, and he didn't see any
sense in making an action n-crammed
western with the painstaking care
and cost of moody psychological
drama. Hughes wanted to treat it
like an epic.
So Hughes became director. Along
about this time, too, Cinematog-
rapher Lucien Ballard was replaced
by Greg Toland. The company
moved back to Hollywood and work
was progressing nicely when Hughes
WIN iido lloWH dlOlillu Tie WOilu
without accident, cracked up in the
holiday auto traffic. Toland then
was named director photographer.
Toland is being assisted" in the
direction by Jules Furthman, author
of the screen play. superseded" is
a better term. I've been watching
the filming of an important Sc
quence in which Walter Huston, as
the reckless, trigger-quick Doc Hol-
liday, comes to a Mexican house
where Billy the Kid has been hid
ing.
EVERYONE
HELPS
Anyway, there they all we're in
dramatic situation, with every
body arguing about how it -.
be played After learning lc,r parts
the night before, the two young
SterS had been handed revised
scripts. Furthman was showing the
players what to do.
Toland was sitting behind the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In and For the
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL
No. 1867
u Nj ONS
Lee Nuffer, attorney for Plaintiff.
ELIZABETH G. STEVENS, also
known as ELIZABETH C. STEPH-
EMS, Plaintiff,
VS..
HENRY f. WALKER, Defendant.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO HENRY E. WALKER,
Defendant.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as above,
brought against you in the Superior
Court of the County of Imperial,
State of California, within ten days
after the service on you of this
Summons-if served within this
county; or within thirty days if
served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plaint, as arising upon contract, or
she will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 11th day of December.
1910.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SeaD County Clerk.
BY q. O. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk
Dl7-24-3l; J7-l4-2l-2s; F4-lp
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

Italian press says Mussolini's soldiers
have not lost sight of their goal. Must
be looking over their shoulders
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

Police seized $27,111 in a gambl-
ing raid in Miami. Customers like
ly laughed up their shirt sleeves.
if they had shirt sleeve left.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

You ought to see the autos at busy in
tersections! Especially before you cross
the street.