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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
INSTALLMENT
PLAN FLYING
(Christian Science MOnltor)

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1t has now become easy to fly for
nothing-while you are in the air. Com
ing down brings the hard part The in
stallment plan in brief has made another
great conquest. On March l seventeen
airlines begin booking passengers who
are able to open a charge account and pay
by and by.
For years the needy or the giddy have
been able to buy cars, refrigeratorS, dla-
mond rings, suits, shoes, and probably
socks by paying so much down and so
much on time. Then the railroads took
up the drive last May when they began
to sell travel on future payments.
Up to recent date 10000 railroad tick
cts had been sold on credit for total OF
more than ST 900, 900, two-thirds of which
apparently would not have been purchas-
ed for cash. The individual fare ran from
the allowable minimum of $50 up to
maximum of $50, the average was STA,
and the interest and carrying charge on
each 500 worth of tickets amounted to
So. Twelve months are given to pay.
Despite the advancing march of Install
ment buying, cash and carry still looks
far better to the economical The lad who
labored to save SO to take brief flight
and on landing reported he didn't enjoy
it very much, because he was thinking
how it cost him 81. minute. had a bit Of
horse sense He saw the cost Everything
has to be paid for, and the things that
are easiest to get into sometimes cost the
most in the end But what a sweep the
installment plan has made, The sole
commodity beyond its reach seems to be
the postage stamp.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
by Willis Thornton
Speaking Of Aid.

The U. S. feels uneasy in its
present course OF sending arms and
aid to one party 10 a war, while
still firmly resolved not to take part
in the war. 1t is a new technique,
and We tend to think back to days
when one VS. either in war or
not in it. So We 81 c1nfortable
in the present situation, ....d ~
away from aggravating it.
1t is indeed a strange technique.
But who introduced it? The Ger
man flyers and technicians, the
italian volunteers who helped
Franco win the Spanish war, and
the Russian technicianS and mo
rale-builders" who helped the Re-
public lose it, set the pace.
Interesting indeed is the account
ing given by the italian official
Stefani news agency of certain de-
tails of equipment sent to Franco
Spain during the civil war.
There were, Stefani reports, $375-
100000 in loans, very little of which
has been paid back. There were
1900 cannon, 10,135 automatic arms,
7,514,537 artillery shells, 1868 motor
vehicles, and 1853 airplanes, to say
nothing of two submarines, four
destroyers, and four motor torpedo
boats. Ninety-one Italian warShips
engaged in Spanish war activities;
90 steamers ferried the supplies;
italian submarines sank 10000 tons
of hostile shipping.
Italy was never lin" the Spanish
war, of course, even when Italian
uniformed troops under italian Of
ficers were taking active part in
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

the campaigns These were vol
unteerS."
But read over the list of equip
ment sent, which one presumes to
be in addition to the equipment
carried and used by the italian
volunteers themselves. Note how
closely it parallels the kind Of
equipment which the United States
.-.s II selling t. Britain, and
which il i Nv proposed to pro-
vide on LEND OF lease basis.
Surely there is going to be no
Russia about the United States
complaint from italy, Germany. or
supplying to a friendly power en-
gagged in an international war the
same kind of materials which all
three of these states supplied to
one side Of a civil war within one
country few short years ago.
To be just, there has been little
complaint. Having set the pace for
such maneuvers, the axis countries
have, by and large, conceded the
right of the United States to supply
Britain.
What might have been considered
cause" for war few years ago
is no longer considered to be such.
The kind of war now raging In
Europe does not depend on the
cften-flimsy causes" which peace
loving countries used to be SO eager
to avoid. This kind of war is often
not even declared, but simply Waged
without warning whenever the ag-
gressor country believes there is
advantage to be derived from it.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
The DANGER IN
OlSONS SURPLUS

Governor Culbert L. Olson, who declar-
ed flatly that he will veto any attempt
by the state legislature to reduce taxes,
advised the creation through tax collec-
tons of an eleven million dollar Sur
plus" in the state budget.
The danger inherent in such surplus
is evident upon the most superficial ex-
animation of the Olson administration s
financial record Whenever there has
been money to spend in the past, the state
administration has found some way to
spend it. The people are justified in be-
lieving that it would be no different with
big surplus created out of tax collec-
tions which are not now needed for regu-
lar financial operations.
In business to the Olson administra-
ton, it must be admitted that practical
ly all politicians share in the inability
to leave surplus funds alone Republi-
can or Democrat, they seem always to
find some project upon which they feel
the money must be spent. And spent it is.
Where there is a surplus, the politicians
can always find an emergency. Strangely
enough, where no surplus exists, the real
emergencies are taken care of somehow,
at far less expense.
!, If the state is now taking in more in
tax money than 1t needs to finance its
operations in various fields, then the leg
islature should most assuredly reduce
taxes. 1t would be a novel experience
for the people of California. true, but
most likely they would welcome the
shock.
When it became apparent that the ma
tional defense effort was necessary, Am
orleans everywhere reconciled themselves
to paying more in federal taxes in order
to finance defense preparations. The
average taxpayer had to tighten up his
belt, cut down his expenses and generally
penalize himself in order to pay the in
creased federal taxes which we all recog-
nize to be necessary at this time.
We see no reason why the state gov
eminent should not do the same thing.
In cities, in counties, everywhere else,
taxpayers are demanding that their local
governmental units cooperate in defense
efforts by reducing tax rates and making
it possible for the citizen to pay greater
federal taxes. The state should be no diff
ferent.
If it is possible for a state. government
to equalize the total tax burden by re-
ducing state levies-and it is possible in
California-then by all means it is the
duty of the state legislature to do so.
1t goes against the grain of politicians
to reduce taxes at any time, but this is
one time the people should be heard.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
Uranium Crackers
DIAMOND FIGURES

DIAMOND FIGURES
Baseball is in the air again, with
the major league teams in spring
training. Listed below are five
groups OF baseball players and
managers; in each group of four
names. one is out of place. Can you
spot each?
/. Monte Pearson, Lefty Gomez,
Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters.
2. Lou Novikoff, Gerald Priddy.
Lou Stringer, Benny Mccoy.
3. Del Baker, Leo Durocher,
Bill McKechnie, Frank F'risch.
a. Kirby Higbe, Hank Green
berg, Joe DiMaggio, Dom Di-
Maggie.
S. Bob Teller, Buck Newsom.
Carl Hubbell, Schoolboy Rowe.
ANSWERS
l. Lefty Gomez is pitcher
with the New York Yankees; the
other three arc Cincinnati Red
pitchers.
2. Benny Mccoy is not major
league rookie; the other three are.
B. Del Baker is manager In
the American League: the other
three are managers in the National
league.
4. Kirby Higbe is pitcher; the
other three are outfielders.
5. Carl Hubbell is left-handed
pitcher; the other three are right
handlers.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
balbs

A man without principle ought
not to draw our interest.
A college professor says troubles
are cured by talking. Sometimes
we wish we knew what cures
talking.
Hitler has habit of striking in
March. If he comes in like a lion
this time, we hope he's forced to
take is on the lam.
Plenty of lips just made to kiss
have to be made over again after
wards.
Anybody who says he doest love
anybody forgets himself.
Lots of people move when the
landlord raises the rent, because
they can't
Wealthy Chicago couple adopted
Il toupit VI youIiGottio' lbdto YIN
nice way of putting on heirs,
The man who spends most of his
time flaring up doesn't shine very
long.
If any public official is anxious
to cut figure. we hope he'll make
il the cost of living.
Mussolini says. Italy will march
with Germany to the end Thou
sands of Italian soldiers have
reached there already.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

ESkimos are immune to many
diseases in their native land which
they readily contract when visit
ing warmer climates
1t has been estimated that the
world produced a total of $780,
600 net tons of steel during 1899.
Furs. when being stored. should
not be crowed into suit cases,
boxes or small closets in which the
fur is pressed flat.
No one knows what the wild
ancestors of domestic cattle looked
like, nor where they lived.
Great Britain has a toy output
valued at more than 100000, 900
annually, in normal times.
The South Pacific island of Yap
uses stone coins, some of which
weigh more than 100 pounds.
Birds can initiate some of their
bones with air
Shorthand is a compulsory study
Tor the 600 men of the police
force CT Sheffield, England
The Central Railway of Peru
operates at attitudes higher than
$4,000 feet above sea level at some
points.
According to scientific records,
twin birth occur in the ratio Of
! to 90 of all births
Ireland is the only country i'm
which statistics show men have a
longer span Of life than women.
The now famous Carlsbad cav
crns. in New Meico, were discover
ed through stream of bats flying
out of an underground opening.
Fort Bliss is located at Ell Paso.
Texas.
In England, books about World
War I still are being published at
the rate of 500 a year
Dentistry is popular among VIC
men students in Finland, and Wo-
men dentists are quite common
there.
Alpaca comes from the alpaca.
8 domesticated llama.
Rice is planted to the strains of
guitar music in the Philippines,
with the rhythm calling for three
paintings a second.
In Ceylon, one-pound snails are
common.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
thoughts for the Day

Only fear the Lord and Him in truth with al,
your heart; for considerhow great things He hath
done for you.-Samuel 1924
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
So They Say

God intends us to use all the
possibilities in this world
Bishop Henry st. George Tuck
er, New York
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

EDITORS NOTE: The folioIclng
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions Uoiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Censorship in the sense that l
believe is feared, of the kind we
see abroad. is not contemplated.
Lowell Mellet, director Office OF
Government Reports.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Call
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

The South Pacific island of Yap
uses stone coins, some of which
weigh more than 100 pounds.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Mussolini says. Italy will march
with Germany to the end" Thou
sands of Italian soldiers have
reached there already.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Birds can initiate some of their
bones with air.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Shorthand is a compulsory study
Tor the 600 men of the police
force CT Sheffield, England.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

We cannot gain Hitlers friend
chip by any token we may give,
by any promise we may make him
We cannot escape war if he wants
it. no matter what we do.
Senator George w. Norris, Ne
braska.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

If any public official is anxious
to cut a figure. we hope he'll make
il the cost of living.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

The Central Railway of Peru
operates at attitudes higher than
$4,000 feet above sea level at some
points.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Great Britain has toy output
valued at more than S2OOOOO,OO
annually in normal times.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

The farther south certain people
move, the farther north Australia
will move.
Acting Prime Minister Fadden
of Australia.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
Famous Sayings

As soon as have begun to fear have ceased to fear
Schiller.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

According to scientific records.
twin birth occur in the ratio Of
] to 90 of all births.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

No one knows what the wild
ancestors of domestic cattle looked
like, nor where they lived.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Furs. when being stored, should
not be crowed into suit cases,
boxes or small closets in which the
fur is pressed flat.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Ireland is the only country in
which statistics show men have a
longer span of life than women.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

A man without principle ought
not to draw our interest.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

A college professor says troubles
are cured by talking. Sometimes
we wish we knew what cures
talking.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
Did You Know?

Eskimos are immune to many
diseases in their native land which
they readily contract when visit
ing warmer climates.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

1t has been estimated that the
world produced a total of 149,330,-
600 net tons of steel during 1899.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

The man who spends most of his
time flaring up doesn't shine very
long
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

The now famous Carlsbad cav
crns. in New Meico, were discover
cd through stream of bats flying
out Of an underground opening.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Alpaca comes from the alpaca.
8 domesticated llama.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

In England, books about World
War l still are being published at
the rate of 500 a year.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Dentistry is popular among VIC
men students in Finland, and wo-
men dentists are quite common
there.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

Rice is planted to the strains of
guitar music in the Philippines,
with the rhythm calling for three
nlanfinps q second
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

shower for Miss Marian Humphreys
on Saturday at the home Of Mrs.
Kerbin.
Mr.. Paul Kenney has returned
home from Marine Hospital in Balti-
more.
Miss Marjorie Godfrey was operat-
ed on at Union Memorial Hospital,
Baltimore, on Wednesday.
Miss Carolyn Hargis and Miss Lu-
ellie Collins spent several days last
week with friends in Washington and
Baltimore.
Mr.. Earl White has returned to
New York, after visiting his family
here.
Miss Marian Walters and Mr.. Ar
thur C. Humphreys, Jr., spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
C. Humphreys, Sr.
Sen. Thomas F. Johnson spent sew
eral days in Baltimore, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Onley, Sr.,
are in University Hospital, Baltimore
for treatment.
Mrs. William Hales entertained the
Julia A. Purnell Circle on Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Elwood Rowens, of Baltimore,
visited DR.. and Mrs. r. B. Mathews,
last week.
Mr.. George Grant, of Washington,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert T. Grant.
Rev. and Mrs. George E. Sterling,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Hill, Mrs.
John Irving, Mrs. Bessie Sturgis,
Mrs. Levi Truitt and Miss Mary Mel
son entertained the Whatcoat Circle
on Tuesday evening.
Mr.. William H. Price made a bust
ness trip to Baltimore, this week.
Miss Florence Laws, of State Teach
ers College, Salisbury, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Handy Truitt.
Miss Lottie Fooks spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Burleigh Fooks, in
Annapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. William o. Dicker-
son spent the weekend in Baltimore
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland B. Richardson
entertained at a dinner party on Sun
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

Chase Chapter of the D. A. R., at
the home of Mrs. Harry Purnell in
Berlin, on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald Gordy and
daughter, Juanita, of Cockeysville,
Md, are spending two weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Hudson.
Mrs. Rose Bell, of Chincoteague,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Rodgers and
Mrs. William G. Kerbin, ST., spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Herzog in Baltimore.
Mrs. Howard Rodgers entertained
her contract bridge club on Wednes-
day afternoon.
Mrs. William G. Kerbin, Jr., of
Snow Hill and Mrs. Maurice Carey,
of Salisbury, entertained at linen
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09
PARKING METER REMOVAL
MAKES BUSINESS BETTER

A poll of about 80 per cent of bust
ness houses along High Street, Sea-
ford, Del, last week indicated that
business has improved tremendously
since the demise of the parking
meters. Some merchants state that
substantial increase was noted on
the very first Saturday following
their being off. This past week, or
dinarily considered dull, was also a
brisk week, and with summer mer-
chandise fast appearing on local shell
yes, business is expected to gain much
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09
Snow Hill News

Mrs. Paul Gladding and Miss Evelyn
Shockley spent Tuesday in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G.. Kerbin,
Jr., of Snow Hill and Mr.. William
Hall of Whaleyville spent several
days last week in Baltimore and Be-
lair.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Norwood Shockley
entertained at a dinner party on
Thursday in honor of Miss Evelyn
Shockley's birthday. Their guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Zadok Cherrix,
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Vincent, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ohio Aydelotte and Mr.. William
p. Timmons.
Mrs. Walter Blank, Mrs. r. B.
Mathews and Mrs. Robert T. Grant
will entertain the Home Makers Club
on Friday afternoon, May 18th at the
home of Mrs. Grant.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Carey, of Ber-
lin, were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Norwood Shockley, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William T Moore, of
Pasadena, Md, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Moore's parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Putnam w. Dryden.
Miss Phoebe Mock, of Woman's
Hospital, Baltimore, is spending a
week with her mother, Mrs. Jester
Mock and grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Duer.
Mrs. C. Norwood Shockley was the
guest of Misses Sallie and Dorothy
Bishop, this week.
Mrs. J. Herman Perdue, Mrs. Chas.
w. Corddry and Miss Lolita Smith
attended a meeting of the Samuel
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

day. Their guests were Mr.. and Mrs
Norman Short and Mrs. Elijah Bow
en- of Fruitland, and Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Richardson, of Nassawango
Miss Helen Townsend, r. N, OF
Lewes, Del, was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Sturgis, this week
Miss Anna Pearl Haubert enter
tanned a number of friends on Thurs
day evening in honor of her sixteen
tn birthday.
Mrs. o. Perry Simmons has return
ed after visiting her sister, Miss
Edith Greenlea, in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Lingo Hudson, of State Teach
ers Sollege, Salisbury, spent the week
end with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles M. Hudson.
Mrs. Paul Kenny has returned, af-
ter spending two weeks with relatives
in Baltimore and Denton.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09
NEW BUS SERVICE FROM
G.. CHARLES KIPTOPEAKE

The Eastern Shore Transit Com
pany will inaugurate new bus SER
vice from Cape Charles to Kiptopeake
beginning Thursday, May Is. There
will be two buses each way daily
except Sunday. A three-way bus
schedule has been arranged for Sat
urday only.
The fares will be 25c from Kipto-
peake and Cedar Grove to Cape Char.
les; zoe from Townsend; 15c from
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

of the momentum lost when the met
ers were installed.
Workmen from the Grier Company,
in Salisbury, who installed the met
ers, arrived Tuesday to take them out.
They have taken heads off, and will
shortly take the poles up.
1t is expected that City Council will
shortly take steps to enact strict q
hour parking limit on High Street.
This step will keep all-day parkers
from cluttering up the thoroughfare,
but will give all who wish to shop
plenty of time to make their pur-
chases without being penalized.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

A candy thermometer registering
up to $50 degrees F. is not expensive,
and it will not only give you a high
er average of success in candy MAX
ing but will save you the time and
labor that must otherwise be given to
testing the syrup.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

We have one Of the finest equipped
plants on the Shore fer turning ~
high class printing.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

Capeville; and 10c from Fairview and
Bayview.
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Navy Verdict in Loss
OF Submarine AssaiIed
By Service Journal
Full Report on Sinking
Of % Urged to Aid
Morale of Crews
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The recent noncommittal yer.
dict by a naval court OF inquiry on
the loss of the submarine 90 and
its crew of 33 last June was crltl-
cized as inadequate yesterday by the
Army and Navy Journal.
ut is clear that the O-9 was an
old craft that had been recondi-
toned; that her second officer, be-
longing to the Reserves, had just
graduated from the submarine
school; that two-thirds of her per-
sonnel had not had any submarine
experience and that accurate navi-
gational fixes at the time Of the
submergence test were not prac-
ticable," the service publication said
editorially.
I'm the light of these circum-
stances, the questions naturally
arises why such small quota of
qualified submarine men was as
signed to the 90; why, as in the
case of the SQualus (Which sank in
May, 1880, specially detailed trial
was not provided, and whether the
overhaul was thorough.
THE answers to these questions
may appear in the testimony, and If
so, they should be given publicity so
that popular concern about the 90
type may be alleviated and the mo-
rale of the undersea service main-
tanned"
The inquiry courts verdict, pub
lished this month by the Navy De-
partment, was that the cause of the
tragedy could not be determined.
The % had been put back into
service after having been laid up
for l3 years. The court found that
her condition was satisfactory" and
the crew sufficiently" trained.