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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
by Willis Thornton
EXPANSION for Industry

Certain industries have been re-
luctant to expand.
They have felt, and with reason,
that the collapse of the defense
emergency might well catch them
with plant facilities which were
not then necessary. Loss might be
caused, which industrial proprie-
tors naturally would like to avoid
if possible.
The Presidents talk of Dec. 80
makes it plain that he considers
the emergency so urgent that this
is no longer a primary considera-
ton. The possible consequences
of failure of our defense efforts
now are much more to be feared q"
the President said, than the chance
that some excess plant capacity may
be built.
TIL S situationo deserves grave
consideration by all industries whose
productive capacity proves unable
to supply what is needed for de-
fenSe as we'll as at the same time
providing for the normal needs of
civilian life.
We have tried, at the outset of
the defense effort, to set on top
of the normal production of our
industries the extra load of war
production. AS the effort swings
into full stride, it becomes clear
that in many cases industry will
not bear both.
Then two things become neces-
sary: Until additional facilities are
built which will provide both at
once, civilian consumption must be
cut down while the military bill
lis filled. In other words, if auto
plants can't build both pleasure
cars and tanks, the tanks must be
built, and you wait for your new
car. Then, if a new tank plant or
a new auto plant can be built
maybe you can have both.
Our whole life today has become
simply a balancing of risks, a
choice between evils. To build eX-
cess capacity and find it unused
when the emergency has passed
is bad But to attempt to build
defense and find it inadequate be-
cause of reluctance to build suf-
ficient capacity is worse.
There is much also in what the
President said about greater needs
after the emergency has passed.
The Muscle Shoals nitrate plant,
for instance. built for war uses in
1918. passed out of use after
the war emergency, yet it became
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY or
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. WESTFAIIL,
Executor Cf 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 52 ToWnsite of Ell
Centro, California,
together with the improvements
thereon.
Said sale will be held on or after
the 25th day of January, 1941, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon thereof.
at the office of BEN B. RUBIN,
Attorney at Law, 1106 San Diego
Trust & 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 i'll the office of the Clerk of
said Cuparinr Court or dol;yo,oI A..
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 I94O-41
and rights of way. restrictions and
liens and assessments of record.
ten per cent 900 cash in lawful
money of the United States To he
paid at time of sale, and the hal
ance upon confirmation of sale nv
the Court.
DATED: December "a, 1910.
KARL A. WESTFAHI,.
Executor of the Estate M
EVELYN WESTFAHI,.
Deceased. ....
BEN B. RUBIN,
Attorney for Executor
D29-Jl0)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
ONE BOTTLENECK

Why the delay in getting American
airplane manufacture under way full
steam? Here's one reason.
Only recently has workable system of
priorities been established, Rear Admiral
John H. Towers, chief of naval aeronau-
tics, told the house naval affairs COM
mittee this week. Previously, all army
and navy aircraft held the same prior
ity, an almost meaningless ranking.
The trouble was not in the factories.
1t was in the federal administration. The
administration fixes priorities.
Face to face with critical business
problem, the government begged down.
The predicament should speak vol
umes to those who have argued that
American business should be controlled
by the government.
How can an administration, unable to
speed up its own business, expect to do
anything but harm to private business?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

trict. The harried official who got
the letter sent back a l0-page listing
of places other congressman had
previously submitted
Smelter is expected to be set up
somewhere along the gulf. where
there are port facilities safe from
air or surface raiders coming III
out of the Atlantic.
Long-aWaited reorganization o.
the Labor Board is being delayed
by a disagreement between the two
men who were to do the reorganiz-
ing, Board Members Mills and Lei
serson. Inside reports say that Mills
so far hasn't accepted Leiserson's
idea that the board has had toe
many lawyers and too much law
yer's viewpoint. Some of the people
most anxious to see a shake-up
are beginning to be discourage.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
by Paul Harrison
Hollywood S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

his box office popularity. The Mo-
ton Picture Herald's annual poll
of exhibitors shows Rooney topping
everybody else in Hollywood, and
by considerable margin, too. But
his regular salary is only $1,000 q
week for 40 weeks, with a tidy
bcnus of $4,000 for each picture he
completes. If he were to carry on
through the seven years of the
agreement, his weekly wage would
be $4,000 at the least.
From the beginning, Rooney will
probably make four pictures year
and will collect a total of $4,000.
But that isn't so much for the Box
Office Champion when you consider
Bing Crosby-No. Z on the popular
ity liSt-just signed a new deal
with Paramount which will pay
him about 500 900 for four pic
lures a year. Deanna Durbin gets
about $260,000 and earns every
dime of it. Ginger Rogers, whose
RKO contract expires May /, is
demanding a new deal at $150,000
a picture and only two of them q
year.
WHAT'S ANN
SHERIDAN WORTH?
Now, if Ginger Rogers and Car
ole. Lombard can get $150000 a
flicker, or about $4,000 a week
while working, how much would
you say Ann Sheridan is worth?
IL the Motion Picture Herald poll,
Miss Sheridan was only one place
behind Miss Rogers as q box office
attraction and 13 places ahead of
Miss Lombard.
But Ann SheridanS salary is 5000
Il week. 1t would be, at least, if she
were not still ON suspension with no
salary at all Several weeks ago,
exhausted by a succession of pic
lures which followed each other
SO closely that sometimes she didn't
nave time to read the new script
to get an idea of the role, Oomphy
Annie went home and sent word
TO the Brothers Warner that she
would be pleased TO resume her
toil under new contract calling
FOR $1,000 Il week. Or less if they'd
let her make enc picture year
at another studio.
There have been numerous con-
ferenceS between studio executives
and Miss Sheridans agent. The
company has offered a $3.50 weekly
bonus, which could be stopped at
any time. 1t also has mentioned
$1,000 as a possible salary. But An
nle isn't Interested. She's wonder
ing If 1t wouldn't be fun to go back
to Texas and teach school.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
:. ATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF

IN TIE SUPERIOR COURT OF
ATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
Notice of Time and Place Appointed
for Proving Will and Hearing
Application for Letters
Testamentary
In the Matter of the Estate of
JULIA H. GRANT, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a
petition for probate of the will of
JULIA H. GRANT, deceased, and for
the issuance to BERT P. HAST
lNGS of letters testamentary, has
been filed in this court, and
that Friday the oath day of
January, 1941, at o'clock pm.
of said day, at the courtroom, Dept.
2 of said court, in the City of Ell
Centric, County of Imperial, State
of California, has been set for the
hearing of said petition, when and
where any person interested may
appear and contest the same, and
show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted
as prayed for.
Dated January 6, 1941.
w. j, McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY MAXINE CONSOLE,
Deputy Clerk.
(J8-l9 incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

valuable again as the keystone of
the IVA regional development,
which in turn became a great ma
tional asset in preparedness.
We do not know precisely what
productive facilities we may need
after this emergency has passed.
We only know that it certainly is
better from the national point of
view, to have too much rather
than too little, hard though that
may occasionally be on individual
proprietors and stockholders. The
time has come when only the ma
tional interst can be paramount.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
So They Say

The more economists have tam
pered with economic conditions, the
worse they. have become; the more
political scientists have reformed
governments the more are govern
ments in need of reform; the more
socialogists have tampered with
the family. the more the family has
disintegrated
DIR. Pitrim A. Sorokin, Harvard
sociologist
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. SITS a
funny thing about the inconsistent
cy of movie salaries. Only 1 don't t
mean funny, exactly, except in a
few ridiculous cases such as ac-
tresseS who don't act; producers
who don't produce: and a certain
dull -witted relative who until fair
ly recently drew a $500 week for
the single duty of telephoning the
weather bureau each afternoon.
Samuel GoldWyn used to ruin
the schemes IF producer groups to
reduce players wages all along the
line. He would do this through
raids ON other companies contract
lists. justifying his big payments
by declaring that stars salaries
automatically and inevitably would
rise in proportion to their box of
flee appeal
BONUSES-BUT
NO INCREASE
That's still true, generally, even
In this day of almost unbreakable
contracts. Yet the contract is an
instrument of a lot of odd Shenan-
igans. I could name you an able
and popular actor of five years ex-
perience who's still working for ap-
proximately three times a truck
drivers pay. He ought to be get
ting about $500 week by ordin-
ary Hollywood standards, and it's
true the studio occasionally gives
him handsome bonuses. But the
company will not raise his contract
wage. So ne has to be a very good
little boy to get his bonuses. work
ing all the time and taking any
roles the studio hands him.
Take Mickey Rooney There's
lad who's beginning to get up in
the dough. But he's still long way
from salary commensurate with
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
Uranium Crackers
What's i'm Il Name?

WHAT'S IN Il Name?
Shakespeare once q ked that
question Romeo and Juliet, and
gave plausible answer. Here are
some questions about names for
which you can seek plausible ans
Wers. What have each pair of
these men in common besides the
sound of their names?
= Jack Benny and Rober t
Benchley.
2-Giovanni Bellini and Benven-
uto Cellini.
3-Admiral Robert E. Peary and
Sir William E. Parry.
4-Maurice Ravel and Jean B..
Breval
5-Wait Whitman and Joh n
Greenleaf Whittier.
Answers:
Benny and Benchley are radio
and screen comedians.
2-Bel!ini and Cellini we're 10th
century italian artists. Bellini was
a painter; Cellini a sculptor.
3-Peary and Parry were arctic
explorers. Peary had polar eX-
petitions in 1892, 1902, 1906 and
1909; Parry lin 1927.
4-Ravel is a goth century COM
poser; Breval was a 10Th century
composer.
5-Wnitman and Whittier were
American poets, and both died in
1892.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
HOW ABOUT A REAL
CLEANUP CAMPAIGN?

Ell Centre needs a cleanup campaign
as no other city or town in Imperial Val
ley needs one.
A cleanup inside and out. Mental and
physical.
A cleanup extending to property own
ers and renters, to civic officials and
business men, thorough gong-over
that will take the weeds and debris out
of vacant lots, the scattered trash out of
alleys the CRIME off of houses, the litter
out of yards, and the inertia out of our
minds.
We might as well be brutally frank
about this thing, with ourselves For
a city with the largest white population
in the valley, a city that is the county
seat and the natural trading center of
this rich agricultural area, FL Centre is
about as civicly listleSS as polar bear
in steam bath.
This does not mean the city officials.
1t does not mean the chamber of COM
merce. 1t does not mean the service
clubs.
1t means every blamed one of us from
the SIS a week shipping clerk to the
$4,000 year executive. 1t means every
one.
The cleanup campaign in the alleys,
the streets, the yards and the vacant
lots is a tiny detail
Our biggest need is for cleanup cam
paign that will reach down to the roots
of our civic habits, tearing out the leth-
argy that makes FL Centro the hardest
town in the valley in which to get any
thing done. If we cannot do that, all
the surface polishing in the world won't
do one bit of good. Well still have vac
uum under the shining exterior.
There are a score of vitality pressing
things waiting TO be done in Ell Centre,
or by FL Centrans, this year. They are
things that cannot be done by one per-
son, nor by one group. They are things
which will have lasting effect on the
entire future Of the valley, and so on the
future of El Centre.
We might as we'll make up our minds
right now that they will not be done
unless everyone puts a shoulder to the
wheel.
We need leadership, but leadership
alone is not enough. There have got to
be those who will work willingly, unself-
ishly and hard to accomplish goals which
might, at first glance seem to have no
personal gain attached
All of our civic life we've been grunt-
ing, LET the other fellow do it-he
knows more about it, And the other
fellow finds still another fellow who
should do it. And it never gets done.
So let's have a cleanup campaign. One
that will wipe out once and for all the
idea that Ell Centre can accomplish things
without any effort by Ell Centrans.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
Did You Know?

During 1910 the aircraft indus
try has delivered 5,O00,000 worth
of airplanes as compared to $225,-
100000 in deliveries during 1899.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
Famous Sayings

The first draught serveth for health the second for
pleasure the third for shame and the fourth for
madness.-AnacharsiS
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

There are more than 250,0C0
members of one model airplane or
ganization in the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

Ideas are obstinate little things
They won't work unless you do.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

fighting q war we're all in favor
of-against flu
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
Thoughts for the Day

Wine is mocker strong drink is raging; and who
soever is deceived thereby is not wse-Proverbs 2O.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

During 1889, the United States
produced 185,000 short tons of cher
ries.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

Farmers say low-flying planes
have caused California hens to lay
fewer eggs. A stand-up strike.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
RECEPTION
FOR PARTY

Hush-hush stories reaching the
capital before New Years Day inti-
mated there would be a monster
peace demonstration in Washing
ton the day the new Congress
opened-and that it would be held
under Communist direction. Accord
ing to these reports, the party ar
ranged TO have thousands of peo-
pie show up in Washington in a
spontaneous mass out pourin g
against war The party's hand, of
course, was not supposed to appear
anywhere.
Funny part about it is that the
G-men got the story ahead of any
body else. They therefore pre-
pared to keep an eye on things, even
if there was nothing much they
could do about it.
WHO GETS THE SHELTER?
If you know nice spot for that
new tin smelter which is to be
built in the U. S. to smelt Bolivian
ore. don't bother TO write the De-
tense Commission. 1t can't begin
to handle all the nice spots that
have already been suggested. One
congressman sent a five-page let
ter listing possibilities in his dis
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
MEMBER

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Cali
fOrnia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

The future is much too short to
spend worring about the past.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

Queen ants used their wings for
one flight only-the nuptial flight
After this, the wings are broken
off.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
Barbs

TIE average American family
spent $1236 last year on retail pur-
chases-no part of it going for
gas masks.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
by Bruce Cation :.
The Inside Track in Washinqton

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-Interior
Secretary Ickes. to whom no set
up is ever quite perfect, is making
another stab at getting the Forest
Service away from the Department
oof Agriculture.
Ickes has been trying it for
years. and it led to some GOODNESS
between himself and Henry Wallace
in the past IckeS argued that
trees are q national resource which
ought to conserve. Wallace held
that they're crop which he ought
to cultivate Wallace is cultivating
Latin Americans now, so Ickes is at
it again.
AS one of the New Deals oldest
under-cover rows, this has brought
out new flock of rumors. Latest
of these says IckeS told FDR he'd
resign if he didn't get Forrest Serv-
ice. According to one version he
was told he could have it; by an
other, it was denied him and he'll
be out shortly. You can believe
either. or neither.
GERMAN PAPERS
PLEASE COPY
You can figure how extensively
the army is going to mechanize
itself by the fact that the Goodrich
people are now filling a War De-
partment order for 1850 sets of
treads for tractor-type combat We
hicles Allowing one replacement
set for each original, that would
mean a minimum off $3.50 cars.
Note that the average German
panzer division contains around $50
mechanical units Germany is sup
posed to have had 10 to u such
divisions when the blitzkrieg broke
last spring. If the U. s. army set
'em up the same way, it would ulti-
mately have 25
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08

Womens faorite color is red,
mems blue, psychologists declare.
A kite may be a bird, a FLYING
pOntriyappa or a roo,,a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-20

Visit ceiroii's largest and one
OF the oldest Ford dealers Of.
fering the finest selection Of
reconditioned used cars al the
lowest prises in our 20 years
as a Ford dealer.
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BUICK

Limited 4-coor sedan: luxurious ~ everS
respect deer cushions with EneAsh broad
cloth. push button radio. heater finisN
dark green. low mileage. can Doe seen al
$3.50 Cas- avenue. Will gladly demonstrate
only SSH liberal trade allowance. l9N
gNAC terms
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-06

You help yourself when you buy
u. 8. Defense Bonds.
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FRIDAYS QUOTATIONS.

Quotations courtesy Dean witter 4
Co. Washington Bldg. members
New York Stock Exehsnss)
High Low Cioss |
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Tacoma Gets
1912 Session
Siote's Chambers
Will Meet Here

srukA>E-ra ooms Vas named
for the iess convention eity fof
the Associated Chambers - Gem
nerce q Washington. which ron
ciuded its annual eonclsve here
Thursday night
Charles r. nayeury Of Olympia
also Vas elected president 81 the
group. He succeeds J. l. kinman
Of this city. who Vas named FIRST
vice president; Henry J. csli. O.
Seattle Vas elected second wee
president
R Fst,sroif. assistant man.
sger Of the rseoms Chamber II
Commsrc.. wss named secretary
treasurer 81 the state body.
]. J. Kaufman. president of the
raooms Chamber. VAS NAMED -
district vice president. Paul
scsvs. also of Tacons. vas named
a. trustee.
The association adopted . rsso-
luton asking IN. Office 81 Pro
duetion Management to give an
Al priority rating to mining. con
centrstlng. smelling and refining
interests for national defense
A second resolution favored
continuance Of q tourist promotion
program ut west Yellowstone
park. Officials said vsstern tour
lists were being encouraged to con-
tinue their trip west from Tel
lowstone through the state Of
Washington.
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City Pension Law
Will Be Amended

Five amendments to the city
pension ordinance were approved
by the pension board at a special
meeting Friday morning with q
committee of city employees.
The changes, which will be sent
to consulting sctuaries before sub
mission TO the city council for q
vote, will make possible retirement
Of over age men employed by the
city since Jan. /, this year. at less
than the specified minimum pen
sion Of S35: would allow return OF
men on leave within two years
without losing pension rights;
would permit disability retirement
of men on leave, II their disability
il city service connected; would
permit retirement Of men over 70
with cash grants, when they are
not eligible for pensions. and also
allow credit for past service to
30-year men who retired under 81
years of age.
At the meeting were Warren
Ayres, Mrs. Marion Cromwell,
Miss Helen Walsh and Pat Steele.
representing city employees, and
Larry McCamant, Fred Race,
Mayor Harry p. Cain, Finance
Commissioner c. Val Fawcett,
Arthur NJ. Angove and Controller
John M. Roberts of the pension
board; Romeo Bolts, secretary,
and Howard Carothers, corporation
counsel.
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Licenses

Marriage license applications
have been made with the county
auditor by Albert n. Cohen. "a.
Fort Lewis and Margaret {. Mo-
vlckoff. ~. of 3i2i No. 9th st.:
Carl y. Dittemore. Il. Fort Lewis.
and Edith May Hiteshew Is.
Olympia: Hubert p. Dudley, ~, and
Juanita r.. johnson, 10. both Of
Auburn: Layton n. Williams. be.
and Eloise v. Nolin. -. both Of
Alderton: Obey T. Hilton. II, Fort
Lewis and Florence y. Byron. ~.
Puysllup; John Edward Trsinor.
n, and Rose corbett. ~. both Of
Kansas CITY. Kss.; Perle ID. Park.
n. and Doris ]. Masters. II. both
Of Puyallup: James p. Fisher ~.
Fort Lewis andRuth A. Priest "a.
and Edith May Hitsshew. IA,
Fort Lewis and Ruth A. Priest, ~,
Of 1927 Broadway.
Lewis A. Brinkley. n. Fort
Lewis, and Marian 4. Fleming. al.
Birmingham, Ala; Lyle v. Ran
dolph, Il, spanaway and Anna J.
King. rs. Route .. Box 7s3. Ia
coma; william Itchy. ~. McChord
field, and Virginia Fenton. IL. sos
So. Clement st. John M. Helm, ~.
Everett, and Mona A. Weeks. Is.
Cambridge. Neb.; James N. Arns-
den. ~, 1913 so. Proctor st. and
Pauline c. siyertson. -. 1911 10.
Proctor n.
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Suggest Arcadia
Be Put on Run

Although the state department
of public service had said 1T
can't happen here" commuters Of
the Quartermaster harbor vicinity
were without transportation this
week
While island residents protested
to the state with temporary sue
cess, at least) the proposed sus-
pension Of service between Dec. ID
and Apr. /, fate took a hand and
the little motorship Concordis was
In drydock Friday a. a result Of
damages received when the vessel
ran aground earlier In the week.
Meanwhile, commuters Of the
harbor area are forced to travel
overland some Is miles to Table
qush for ferry connections W
Tacoma.
Efforts were under way Friday
tn obtain the services Of the
steamer Arcadia. recently retired
from service and presently IDLE at
Lake Bay; however. disqualification
of the vessels Capt. Bernstein.
shortage Of available bostmen and
other complications were delaying
possible substitute service.
c. y. Schaefer. supervisor Of
transportation for the state. Fri
day told The Tacoma Times that
even temporary suspension Of
service on the route is reason for
revocation Of the franchise held
by the Concordia's operators. He
added, however. that his depart
ment would make an immediate
effort TO locate a substitute boat.