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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Japanese Refuse
Apology to U. S.

SHANGHAI, Jan. a. GUP)-Japa-
nese military authorities in Peiping
have refused to apologize for the
arrest, detention and manhandling
of five United States marines and
have demanded an apology from the
marines, it was reported reliably
today.
A Japanese Domei news agency
dispatch from Peiping, however,
said there had been no agreement
between the United States and Jap
anese army authorities ON the de
mand by the marines for an apology
from the japanese.
The japanese countered with the
statement that one of the marines
had signed an apology before his
release. admitting that he had at
tempted to force a japanese gen.
darme TO remove a cigaret holder
from his mouth.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
by Willis Thornton
Our 4>500, 900 Aliens

The enforcement of this registra-
tion act is a federal matter, through
the Department of Justice. While
this department may later on re-
Quest certain local cooperation in
identifying those who have failed
to register. there is no thought OF
having the mere fact that regis
tration has been held turned into
a witch-hunt by any individuals
who think it might be a good idea
Many, perhaps a majority OF
these registered aliens, are on the
road to becoming American citi-
zens Just as fast as the law allows.
Others will have matters to straight
en- out with the Department of Jus
tice connected with illegal entry,
but even of these a majority will
prove quite innocent, their offenSe
being technical and committed
back in days when these matters
were not SO important. Only a
small proportion, as in any large
group, vii! prove to be malevolent
OF dangerous.
The task of winnowing these in
dlvidualS out of the 100000 is
distinctly a professional task-one
that belongs, both by law and by
common sense. to trained opera
tives Of the Department of Justice.
Help. cooperation. and sympa-
thy will serve the vast majority
OF these aliens far better than
bounding. In thus serving them,
we shall best serve our common
country
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
NEUTRAL ERE
TAKES A CHANCE

Fire, stubborn slice of Ireland Which
insists upon its entire independence from
Great Britain, refuses any sort of cooper
alton with Britain in the present war,
and insists upon maintaining strict neu-
trality, is taking as big a chance as ever
-Rxt11opa-or> Holland took By refusing CO.
operation with-Rxitain.-
For Fire, unprotected and inactive, Of
nfers the one best place upon which
\ossible German jnvasion expedition
Nld land for an assault upon the Brit
lrpA Isles. Fire has no array worthy OF
thA name fS2 defenses worth hoot in
moNern /YKare, and no preparations
to u,NeaH ossAible invasion.
This .wwns jfst one thing-that Fire
would bsS a battle-ground more bloody
than Relgihm o1 Holland if the Germans
did attempt to land an invading army
there. For, if that happened, the Eng
lish could not afford to see Fire occupied
Nv >Nazi troops without an attempt to
d;slodge them The closing phase of the
battle d Britain might be fought there
70 the &erlastin9 loss of Fire.
Wheher they( like it or not, the resi-
dents # Fire should realize that their
fata isinextrcably bound up with that
&C the nglish. From this side Of the
appears foolish to let old
er Fire from, at least, max
ions to defend itself against
ick.
appears certain now = if
future for Britain. there is no
Fire, either.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
LEARNING
THE OBVIOUS
Nevada State JournaD

If the most of life is getting along
with people, intelligence is only one OF
the sides of personality which make the
task easy or otherwise In fact, there is
considerable experience to support the
view that too much mental deXterity in
the very young makes for an unbalance
in chatter, which becomes a later burden
rather than an asset to the pOSSessOr.
Columbia Teachers College offers some
new case histories in point. There, IN
1922, group of geniuseS, averaging sew
en- years in age, were set apart for Spe-
cial training. The other night 21 were
reassembled and asked to speak for them
selves, on the advantages or disadvan-
tageS of segregation. None so far has
set the world on fire
Some have attained a moderate sue
cess which one of them described as
"high-grade mediocrity.' Some acquired
the inferiority complex that goes with
being hooted at as grind and apple
pOliSher Some confess to becoming first
class snobs with nimbe wits and no no.
tion of how to adjust themselves to 9TH
ers less gifted. This they have absorbed
since if at all, not through their intelll-
gences but their young hides. Few would
have lent themselves to the experiment,
knowing in 1922 what they know now.
This appears to support the intultions
of ordinary sense. The child of several
in IA family, held up to the rest as some
thing special, can hardly avoid becoming
insufferable. If the special attribute is
a precocious intelligence, this is but one
of the tools Of character which in the
complete sense is a slow growth, fostered
no more by intellectual activity than hard
contact with the world.
The way to learn to live with others
is not to live apart, the authors of the
Columbia plan are inclined now to be-
lieve. Most persons should have thought
SO. if the Columbia experiment never had
been held.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Scattered Showers
Predicted Here

Continued from Page one,
Pennsylvania and New England.
New York City had a cold rain,
which was expected to turn to snow
by nightfall.
A storm centered at sea off the
New Jersey coast brought rain and
winds to the middle Atlantic area.
Sub-zero temperatures were re-
corded through the north central
states and it was freezing as far
south as the Oklahoma Kansas bor-
der. Rock Springs, Wyo., reported
Is degrees below zero. 1t was q
at Alexandria, MINI, and -6 at
Minneapolis.
Chicago's minimum was 10 degrees
at am. CST after an inch OF
snow had fallen. Wind velocity dur
ing the night was 40 miles an hour
The northern Pacific coastal reg
ion also had scattered rain and
snow.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Less Relief. More Jobs
Demanded by Legislators

but jobs are vital and possible.
Phillips said the keynote OF the
proposed committee report will be
"the damning evidence from the
administration own former en-
plcyes." He referred to S. G.. Rubl-
now, ousted SRA director, and John
r. Richards, resigned finance direc-
tor. Both men have accused Cover
nor Culbert l.. Olson of injecting
politics into relief
Convening of the seventeen men,
bers of the relief committee and
second day session of the Hays SEN
ate committee Investigating text
books brought scores of legislators
into Sacramento ahead of next
Mondays opening session. Governor
Olson returned from Los Angeles
last night to confer with Democratic
leaders on the best way to combat
hostile maiorities in both houses.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Fall Of Libyan
Base at Hand as
Defenses Broken
Continued from Page One

(COQtlnueQ from rage ollt)
Bulgaria to Salonica to the Aegean
sea in an effort to prevent Britain
from gaining full control OF the
Mediterranean They thought this
move might accompany German
lightning stroke in some other area,
possibly the long delayed attempt
to invade the British Isles.
Jugoslav frontier reports asserted
that three German bomberS with
German crews had arrived at Tira-
ma. capital of Albania. Berlin has
refused to say whether German air
reinforcements being sent to Italy's
aid would be used against Greece.
Germany still maintains formal dip
lomatic relations with Greece de-
spite the ItalO-Greek war.
Fire. incenSed by repeated bomb
ings identified as German, talked
of severing diplomatic relations un-
less satisfactory explanations ana
guarantees are obtained. The angry
Irish had grave doubts that the
bombs were dropped accidentally.
Some sources believed the Irish
bombings were part of the Axis war
of nerves, possibly designed to show
Fire what might be expected II she
allowed Britain to use irish air and
sea bases, possibly TO draw British
attention away from Blitzkrleg
preparationS on the continent.
The relation of France to those
plans assumed increasing impor-
tance when German sources IN Ber-
| lin made a sharp comment Tor the
first time on dealings with the Vichy
| government. The Berlin spokesman
asserted that an attempt Is being
made to sabotage German-French
relations by what was described as
IAN Influential French governing
clique
The future of German relations
with France, the spokesman Sald
depends on the outcome OF con-
flict between two French factions
one favoring increased collabora-
ton with the Reich and the other
apparently, opposed.
The comment did not identify
the two factions. However, just such
conflict is generally believed tc
have lain at the root of the dispute
between Marshal Henri Philippe
Petain ana Vice Premier Pierre La
val which led to the dismissal OF
Laval, most ardent Vichy advocate
of collaboration.
1t seemed possible that the Franco
German troubles were related tC
hints appearing n the Italian press
that German cooperation with italy
in the Mediterranean war theatel
NAV not be limited to air force
action. In any extended German
operations in this region, particu'
larlv a drive at Gibraltar and Brit
ish control of the western entranc'
to the inland sea, French bases OF
the north and south coasts OF TN
Mediterranean would be OF hlgi
value.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Scratched Prop
Blamed for Crash
Ending Three Lives

Continued from Page One)
ducts a crop busting concern in
Imperial Valley said he flew to
San Diego with the intension of go
ing on south to the crash scene to
retrieve the bodies but turned back
when he learned that they had
been buried already and could not
be removed except by special author
ity.
No plans have been made SO far
for overcoming Mexican regulations
that decree the bodies cannot be
removed within five years, Carberry
indicated.
Sinclair and his two companions
had gone south on weekend hunt
ing trip. The accident took place
on a Sunday afternoon few min
utes after they had taken off from
the ranch field.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
by Paul Harrison -.
HOLLYWOOD S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

. Milton Berle. in Variety
Met John Barrymore on the boule-
ward the other day, and he was
very polite. tipped my hat and
he tipped his ice pack"
What s-in-a-name: Ronald Col.
mans next picture, first titled
Train to Vienna and then call
ed Palm Beach Limited" now is
known as My Life With Caroline"
DEANNA GOES
COMPLY
Seems only yesterday that every
body was in dither over Deanna
Durbin's first adventures in puppy
love and her first screen kiss. And
now Charles Boyer has been sign
ed to play opposite her in her next
picture. And in her current one.
Nice Girl" there's a sequence in
which She appears in sheer pa
jamas and is definitely oomphy.
Marlene Dietrich, who once was
oOotl Wi sOJtl llDtI , llIlDy, lIJW
wants him to direct her again. 1t
may not happen at Universal,
though. She and the studio are
quarreling so bitterly the company
is likely to buy up her contract
and call it quits Charlie Chap
lin soon may be working, briefly,
for another studio. Paramount
wants a Hitleresque voice to be
heard ON a radio in Reaching For
the Sun" and Chaplin has been
asked to do some of his German
gibberish.
Definitions: A Hollywood cock
tail party, says Lin Yutang, is a
place where you talk TO people you
don't know about things in which
neither you nor they are interested
Watching Betty Cradle dane
ing in a night spot, Teddy Hart
said, She has the kind of legs that
cut into a conversation"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
BY JOHN w. DUNLAP

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 4. (UP)
Reduced emphasis on State Relief
and a new campaign to put the UNI
employed back to work was advo-
Gated by the joint legislative COM
mittee on relief as Chairman John
Phillips called a final meeting today
before the legislature convenes Mon
day.
Senator Phillips said the joint
group would need an executive ses-
sion to sift testimony from earlier
meetings and prepare a brief but
strongly worded report on activities
within the State Relief Administra-
ton.
The committee will confer with
county supervisors to see what leg
islation is needed to clean up re-
lief" Phillips said. I'VE believe a
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
MILITARY HIGHWAYS
San Diego Tribune-Sun)


Our preparation for national defense
is opening up many new problems which
earlier had not been fully realized, and
among these is the Importance of mill
tary highways to permit fullest freedom
of movement of mechanical forces.
It is only a few weeks ago that federal
highway authorities drew attention to
the national need for extensive highway
improvements to meet military needs. For
very obvious reasons California has a
special interest in the matter; and so it
came as something of a surprise to learn
the other day that nearly half the bridges
of the federal military highway network
within the state are inadequate for de-
fense needs.
According to c. H. Purcell, state high
way engineer, about 1900 state bridges
alone of total of 4200 need to be re-
placed, widened or strengthened to bring
them up to the standard required by the
war department. Without being alarmist
about it, it seems reasonable to regard
the California highway problem as fairly
urgent, in view of the existing interna-
tional situation in the Pacific area. 1t
takes time to build new bridges and cor
rect other highway bottlenecks which
might prove costly or even disastrous in
time of military need.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO.
No. 1921
In the Matter of the Estate of
EVELYN WESTFAHL, Deceased.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY AT PRIVATE
SALE
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned KARL A. WESTFAHL,
Executor Gf the estate of EVELYN
WESTFAHL, Deceased, will sell at
private sale to the highest bidder,
upon the terms and conditions here
matter mentioned, and subject to
confirmation by said Superior Court,
the following described property
situated in the County of Imperial,
State of California, to-Wit:
Lot 2, Block So, Townsite of FL
Centro, California,
together with the improvements
thereon.
Said sale will be held on or after
the 25th day of January, l941, at
~ u CiOth III Vic lolCllOOIl u,
at the office of BEN B. RUBIN,
Attorney at Law, 1106 San Diego
Trust &c Savings Building, San Die
go, California, and bids or offers
in writing will be received at said
office for said Executor, or may be
filed in the office of the Clerk of
said Superior Court, or delivered to
the said KARL A. WESTFAHL. Ex-
ecutor, personally, at any time after
giving of this Notice, and before
the holding of the sale.
Said property will be sold on the
following terms and conditions.
Subject to the second installment
of taxes and assessments for l94O-4l.
and rights of way, restrictions and
| liens and assessments of record.
ten per cent 900 cash in lawful
money of the United States tn be
paid at time of sale, and the bal
anee upon confirmation of sale bv
the Court.
DATED: December "a. 1910.
KARL A. WESTFAHI,.
Executor of the Estate of
EVELYN WESTFAHL,,
Deceased.
BEN b. RUBIN,
Attorney for Executor.
(D29-Jl0) :
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Valley Farmers
Hear Bank Chief

Continued from Page One)
the membership drives in all cities
of the valley and suggested the mat
ter be tabled until a more strategic
moment.
After submission of audit and leg
islative committee reports the group
adjourned to the afternoon meet
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
SIZES FOR DIVORCE

Declaring he believed his vile
no longer cared for him, James
Murray Friday sued Blanche Muir
ray for divorce. They were married
in Kingman, Ariz., Jan. %, 1888
and separated at Tulare last Oct.
10. He accused his wife Of treating
him with extreme cruelty.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
20.30 Club Chiefs
Installed Here

New leaders held office IN the
Ell Centre 20-30 club Saturday.
Al Spicy was installed this week,
succeeding Sherman Edridge, and
George Adams was installed as
first vice-president. Herbert Lee as
second vice-president.
On the board of directors are
Homer Spear, Paul Pankonin, Roy
Robertson and Bill Kenny.
Guests at the meeting were w.
w. McEuen, exchange visitor with
Rotary club, William Dubois. John
Schultz and Henry Mills.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Fire Wipes Out
Business Block

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, Jan. A..
(UP)-A general alarm fire which
wiped out an entire business block
and ruined the Clifton hotel, caus-
ing 100000 damage, was brought
under control early today as ma
tional guardsmen and police patrol
led the area
The fire destroyed six stores and
a large furniture warehouse. The
hotel a three-story brick building
was damaged so extensively it SEEM
ed total loss.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

new emphasis on mobilization Tor
employment will bring jobs to added
thousands and lower the relief roll
almost to nothing. Some reliefers
will need specialized training and
perhaps it would be wise to return
more relief control to the counties,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

Maybe the reason you can find so much
fault is because nobody wants it.
With some wives the question Of the
hour is, when did you get home last
light?"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
HELD FOR TRIAL

Ed SpIVey, Negro, was held 70
answer in superior court on
charge of assaulting Joe Ward, an
other Negro, in a fight in Calipa-
tria Nov. &c Spivey was given a
preliminary hearing in Calipatria
justice court Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
INTEND TO WED

John Samuel Baker, 81, Los An
geles physician. and lila Marie
Crabb, 30, Los Angeles medical sec
retary, Friday filed a notice OF
their intention to wed, records in
County Clerk w }. McClellands
office showed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Scanning I.V
News Horizon
DECREE GRANTED

An nterlocutory divorce decree
was granted Friday to Grace Will
holt In her suit against Philip Will
holt She charged extreme cruelty
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Did You Know?

The Chinese, to produce one
acre of rice, used 750 man-hours
Ct labor, in comparison to the 25-
man hours used by Americans.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
WEATHER

Southern California - Generally
cloudy Saturday with scattered
light rains partly cloudy Saturday
night and Sunday; little change in
temperature.
Record for "a hours ending at 5
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

HOLLYWOOD. Jan. A. Behind
the screen:
A sequence in a current produc-
ton. The Lady Eve is symbolic
of change and progress in the cine
ma. Twenty years ago pies were
thrown at actors: today, an actor
is thrown at a pie. Henry Fonda is
the one who gets tossed face-first
into the custard
For the first time since its Or
ganization the Legion of Decency
has become hopping mad about
certain trends in flickers-especial-
lv the epidemic of sly. smirking,
smart" comedies which have been
getting by with all the old bed
room farce situations through the
device of having the characters al
ready married. There also is 60
ING to be some Cain raised about
HollyWood's let-doWn on evening
gown necklines and its accentua-
ton of-ah--pectoral contours.
VAN DYKE WORKS
ON ARMY LEAVE
A suite of five rooms is being
fitted out by RKO for its stel-
lar. over-stuffed director, Alfred
Hitchcock. There is some extra
large and sturdy furniture, includ-
ing a special bathtub. Hitchcock
likes to sleep in his bath, and the
tub is fixed 50 he can relax with
out danger OF drowning.
Except on one Occasion-When
she told him plenty-Ida Lupino
and Humphrey Bogart spoke to
each other only in the dialog on
High Sierra Jimmy Roose-
welt is not d romantic free-lance,
no matter what you've heard. He
and Romelle Schneider, his for
mer nurse, still have the same
pulse count Captain Roosevelt's
regimental boss Maj w. S. Van
Dyke. came to town on a l4-day
leave and was ordered to work by
Metro. It's an emergency JOB Of
directing.
quotes Irving Hoffman, in the
Hollywood Reporter-"That ASCAP
BMI embroglio leads us to suspect
that the broadcasters don't care
who writes then atoms cones so
long as they can make Is laws.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Famous Sayings

If thou woudst find much favor and peace with Goo
and man. be very low in thine eyes Forgive thy
self little and others much.-Leighton.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

stoves in afraid shelters. We thought
the RAF was making it plenty hot.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
FIVE YEAR DEFENSE
BILL-25 BILLIONS

Treasury is estimating that tax
increases providing an extra Bill
lien in revenue can be voted this
winter. That. of course. would not
take a very big bite out of the total
that will be voted for defense.
Administration figuring on finauc-
ing the defense program is running
about like this:
The nation probably will spend at
the very least around $4,000 600
900 on defense in five years. If
an extra billion in taxes is col
lected each year for 25 years. the
cost of the defense program can
be met by this generation without
passing on a load of debt to the
future. That's the way they're
figuring it on scratch pads.
Economies will be made wher-
ever possible in all non defense
items. Administration leaders re-
Gently conferred with leaders OF
the economy bloc" in Congress, ano
tentatively agreed TO hold up al
appropriation bills until a uniform
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
by Bruce Cation
The Inside Track in WashinqtoI,

policy of non defense measures can
be worked out.
The administration is expected to
approve sharp cuts in the public
works program-except for defense
items-and it is beginning to hope
that increased prosperity will make
possible a slash in relief costs.
BIGGEST BUDGET.
EXCEPTING 1918
The vast new defense appropria-
tions will take plenty Of Congress- S
time this winter and since the new
budget doesn't take effect until the
beginning of the new fiscal year,
July /, 1871, there should be plenty
of good mitigating all through the
session.
The President hasn't given any
direct word on the figures of his
budget message to Congress, but
a fair guess is that it will run some
thing like this:
For ordinary operations Of the
federal government cas- distinct
from defense program eXppendi-
tures) something between seven and
eight billion dollars.
For the United States defense
program 0eaving out any expendi-
lures this government may make
for British requirements) probably
between five and seven billions.
What the British defense costs
may run to can hardly even be
guessed as yet There won't be
much basis for figuring unless and
until Congress grants the authority
to finance the British arms program
in this country out of U. S. funds
Three billion dollars would be
a conservative estimate to make
for this British aid.
All this adds up to at least II
billion dollars-more than approx
mately 46 million dollars a day
This is the highest budget in U
S. history, except for the last year
of the World War. when we spent
S18.50O00O,00O.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
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ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

IF you keep up you'll find out that the
sky's the limit.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Thoughts for the Day

Because every that exalted himself shall be hum
bled and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Luke 14:ll
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

WASHINGTON. Jan 4.-If you
want TO know how optimistically
the administration figures it's COM
ing out on financing or paying the
cost of the defense effort, you might
consider some of the cerebrations
that have been going on behind
the scenes in figuring the new bud
get to be submitted to Congress
early in January.
increased defense expenditures
WI mean of course new tax
es Treasury experts, however. are
working on the theory that the
business boom touched off by the
defense program will greatly in
crease the amount of taxes collected
under existing law Belief is now
being voiced that this increase
will be great enough to come fairly
close to balancing the seven or eight
billions of ordinary government op-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF