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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
STICK TOGETHER,
FORWARD ADVISES
The PoSt-P Press,
Gentlemen:

With respect to the matter of separ
ating San Diego and Imperial counties
into different congressional districts,
have discussed this matter with many
leading citizens, and the feeling here
seems to be unanimous in opposition to
the separation. Our people feel that
the interests of the valley and San Diego
county are identical in many respects as
both counties are out of the main line
of direction with relation to tranSporta-
ton units such as highways, airways, etc.
The feeling here also is that ultimately
we will have to join with you in work
ing out the water problem of the two
counties, and there should be thorough
understanding between the two commun-
tiles and a unified solution of our joint
problems.
With the tremendous growth that San
Diego county is enjoying, the city should
show gain in population in excess OF
100000 within the next year. and the
county of San Diego should have total
population of more than 100000 people.
With this great increase in population, it
is bound to tie our communities closer
together and we will necessarily have
to call on the Valley for commodities and
raw materials of many kinds. We will
therefore naturally have more and more
interests in common.
OF course, if the valley people feel that
they want to separate themselves from
us and join with Riverside or San Ber-
nardino, there is nothing we can do about
it, and our personal interests will, of
course, in way be enhanced by having
a congressman for San Diego county
alone but, nevertheless, We believe our
mutual interests which are so important
will undoubtedly suffer.
We hope that Imperial county will
weigh these factors carefully and see
fit to remain in the same congressional
district with us.
Sincerely yours,
FRANK G.. TOWARD.
Editors note: Mr.. Toward, formerly presi-
dent of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce
has long been known a strong advocate of
closer relations between Imperial and San Diego
counties and fathered the movement still
tinuing, for monthly conferences between repre-
sentatives of the two sister counties in order to
unite programs of mutual benefit
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
About Lindbergh-


First, he has an undiSputed right
to be saying his say about the
United States and the European
war. Let's be clear about that. If
he believes what he says, it is his
duty to say it
He has been freely given that
right-he has been given freedom
which would never be granted him
under a system whose definite ex-
tension he views with such COM
placency.
How much radio time, how long
a hearing, does he suppose. would
have been given him if as a Ger
man he had tried to go to the
German people with a public cry
against aid to Franco? Yet the very
crux and keynote of his testimony
is that to him it matters not at
all which side wins in Europe
There are two Lindberghs One is
the aviation expert.
He has had unrivaled oppor-
tunaties for surveying EUROPEAN
military aviation, and events have
all too well justified many of the
reports he made before the war
broke. On the question of wheth-
er it is physically possible or feas-
ible to attack the United State by
air. Lindbergh's views are worth
hearing, though by no means con-
elusive. He thinks scattered bomb
ing of U. S. cities from Europe is
already possible, but not very eff
fective, while the landing of an
actual invading force by air is
impossible; that aviation makes the
United States safer from invasion
than it was before the airplane.
This testimony is competent, but
not sensational. Few have MAIN
tained that the United States is
in danger of immediate physical
military invasion, no matter what
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
by Willis Thornton
This Strange, Cold Man, Lindbergh

happens in Europe. Those who
are deeply concerned by develop
ments look farther ahead.
Now we come to the other Lind
bergh, the one who has manifested
so sudden an interest in f.
policy and political philo And
here one wonders whether Lindbergh
who feels able to d,ty direct mill
tary invasion, has not already sur
rendered within himself to a much
more subtle attack.
What need for the Nazis to send
ships and planes to the Americas if
the can without sending them see
American minds come to a state
which sees no difference to the
United States if it should become
a mere island of liberty surrounded
by worldwide seas of tyranny? If
the Nazis ride some mystic but
irrestible wave of the future
against which it is futile to swim?
What Colonel Lindbergh says is
interesting What he omits is even
more So If he has ever had good
word for the common man, ever
made a gesture of sympathy for
plain people less fortunate Eyes,
even less able) than himself, ever
made a sign that liberty may be
more precious than efficiency-we
have not seen it.
Despite reams of writing and spe-
culating about him, this strange,
cold man remains a mystery, in
scrutable, hard, and somehow aloof
from the people.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31

back and forth to Hollywood with
film and emergency supplies. 1he
other day Mantz dashed in with 70
pounds of Fuller's earth, which was
carefully mixed with the native
sand so it would look better when
blown around by wind machines.
After all this had been done some
body learned that the biggest fuiv
ler's earth mine in the country Is
only a few miles from the location
site.
For scme of the shots, the sand
in the foreground didn't look quite
right to the cinematographer SO
Mantz brought in a sack OF pow
dered burnt umber, which was
mixed with water and sprayed
around the desert They also de-
cided to remodel some of the dunes.
and that's where the tractor ana
bulldozer are coming in handy.
First it leveled off the top OF the
sand hill where they're working.
Then. for the sake of composition,
an adjoining hill was completely
removed Still another mound was
lowered about eight feet in order
better to film a sunrise.
NIGHT SHOTS
IN THE SUN
Cactus is essential to some of the
action. Right at the beginning, Miss
Davis tumbles out of the upended
plane and lands in a patch OF it.
Next you'll see the star herself up
ended across Cagney's knees while
he grimly yankS SpineS from the
seat of her skirt. While we were
there, they mostly were busy film
ing her revenge, which was pushing
him so that he sat down on an
other plant He floundered around
and hollered SO comically that she
accused him of stealing the gag.
Which he did.
No cactus grows on the dunes,
and they couldn't use it if it did.
So the prop department bought
$500 worth of rubber cactus which
will look very realistic to anyone
who isn't student of Death Val
ley flora.
Inc thlng That most amllSeS
Bette Davis, though, is that after
travelling hundreds of miles to
reach spot famed for its bright
sun. the technicians Immediately
went to work and hung a sort of
tent of black cloth around the air.
plane and then brought up a pow
er plant and big lamps to illumin-
ate the interior. This was done to
film some supposed night shots,
with dark filters on the camera.
Miss Davis says her eyes are get
ting crows feet from the glare
while she pretends to grope around
in darkness.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
by Paul Harrison :.
Hollywood S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 81. - Well,
Bette Davis finally got that comedy.
Being considerably broader than
it is high, the comedy may not be
quite what she was hoping for; and
yet it's cinch The Bride Came
G. o. D. will provide plenty of re-
lief from her long series of weighty
roles AS a change in dramatic diet,
it also should do something for Mr.
j. Cagney, who these days is chas-
ing Miss Davis over the dunes of
Death Valley with a hypothetical
slapstick.
She is the willful daughter of a
wealthy oil operator. and he is an
aviator whom papa hires to break
up an intended elopement with an
aerial kidnapping. In the course of
this adventure they make forced
landing in a desert, and much of
the action of the picture takes place
while they are stranded there.
So the Brothers Warner hired
a big plane and ferried a bunch
of correspondents and photograph
ers to the location. 1t was an en-
Tightening experience, not only to
watch Miss Davis push Mr.. c into
a patch of cactus but to see how
the movie business deals with ma
ture in one of her rawest and
erandest moods.
IMPORTED
FULLER'S EARTH
Almost 100 people, fleets of
trucks and limousines, a tractor
and six airplanes are required to
nlm scenes in which only 4 few
players appear. One ship is poised.
tail in air and engine in the sand.
where the two stars are supposed
to have cracked up Another plane,
piloted by famed Paul Mantz, hops
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
TALLER THAN GRANDFATHER
Nevada State Journal)

(NeVaQa state JOufnal)
A common impression is that old men
grew to be giants, beside whom the pres
ent generation is race of near-pygmies
Recent inquiries at colleges, however,
bring to light the fact that the Harvard
student of today is two inches taller han
his grandfather and that much the same
results have been disclosed in women's
colleges.
Anthropologists are inclined to argue
that increases and decreases move in
cycles. Growth has been the rule for the
last hundred years but it is thought that
there seems to be a slowing off at pres
ent. An interesting statement comes
from abroad-that Scottish armor is too
small for the average soldier now joining
the army.
Scientists in various departments of
knowledge are discovering so many con-
ditions to startle the unwary that one
hesitates to draw general conclusions
from any of their findings.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
WHAT. OF OUR OWN
IMMEDIATE PROBLEM?

There is little chance that the uniol
will revise its balloting methods to guar
antee honest results. The men at the
helm will not be willing to surrender
their power, even though such a sur
render would strengthen the union ma
terially in the eyes of the public.
So the question asked by the valley
shed employees remains:
What can we do about it ?"
Frankly, we do not know. But we do
see one slender possibility, shot through
with ''ifs.
If thoroughly impartial authority
could be found, acceptable as to impair
TALLY by both union leaders and rank
and file members and laborers, and if
such person or group could be induced
to hold an unofficial election rigidly con-
fined to lettuce shed workers actually
employed in the affected sheds, then at
least it would be possible to determine
whether the majority wants to strike, or
is against strike.
What procedure could be taken after
that remains in doubt, for there would
still be the disastrous consequences for
the future of any professional shed la
borer who crossed a picket line. But,
at any rate, those who say, 1--WE do not
want to strike" would have something
to back them up, or they would be proved
in the minority.
That would be a starting point.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
UNIONS NEED UNIFORM
VOTING METHODS

"We don't want to strike, but what
else can we do. We can't pass picket
line"
In those words is expressed the attl-
tude of a great many lettuce shed work
ers in Imperial Valley. How many, there
is no way to determine. 1t is impossible
even to find out whether a majority Of
the employees in struck sheds actually
want to strike. There should be some
way to do so. If there were, there would
be no reason for the question so many
unwilling strikers are asking:
What can we do about it,
In some struck sheds here, there has
been no strike vote whatsoever. PlcketS
merely appeared in front of the shed. In
others, there have been as many differ
ent types of balloting as there are sheds.
In at least one case there were more bal
lots cast than there were employees IN
the shetland all the sheds employees
did not attend the meeting at which the
supposed vote was taken. In another
shed. pickets were established in spite
of an oral vote of 81 to against a strike.
The shed employes-some of them
are complaining that CIO union men,
bers from the Yuma district have been
imported to vote a strike at sheds where
they do not work This may be true. 1t
may not be- Again, there is no way of
determining the truth.
Men should not be forced to strike if
they do not want to. On the other hand,
they have perfect right to strike if
they do want to. But the decision should
be left up to thenl-not to some higher
up union official whose salary goes on,
strike or no strike And they should be
allowed to appoint a committee from
among their own companions which
would, at the very least, sit i'll when
ballots were counted, in order to pre-
vent false report to them from the
higher-ups on results of the balloting.
Under the slip-shod methods now used,
there is no guarantee to either the em-
ployes or the public that the result of a
supposed strike ballot will be honestly
reported to those most vitally affected
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE BY TAX COLLECTOR OF
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, STATE
OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
SAID COUNTY OF IMPERIAL
HAS ENTERED INTO A WRIT
TEN AGREEMENT WITH THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF Ell CENTRIC UNDER THE
PR VISIONS OF WHICH
AGREEMENT SAID CITY COUN-
GIL OF THE CITY OF Ell CEN
TRO WILL PURCHASE THE
REAL PROPERTY HEREINAF-
TER DESCRIBED, WHICH REAL
PROPERTY HAS BEEN DECIDED
TO THE STATE OF CALIFOR-
MA FOR DELINQUENT TAXES.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Board of Supervisors of
the County of Imperial, State of
California, and the City Council of
the City of El Centre, did by Agree
ment dated December 8, 1910, enter
into written Agreement under
the provisions of Section 3897d
Political Code, under which Agree
ment said City Council agreed to
purchase on behalf of said City of
Ell Centre, and said Board of Super
visors agreed to sell the real prop
erty hereinafter described; that
said real property had heretofore
been decided to the State of Cali
fornia by the Tax Collector of said
County of Imperial for delinquent
taxes, and that the same remains
delinquent and unpaid; that the
name OF the person to whom said
real property was assessed, Or the
various persons to whom the prop
erty or any portions thereof were
assessed for each year in which
there may be delinquent State and
County taxes against said property
or any part or parts thereof, and
the consideration to be paid by
said City of Ell Centre for each
parcel of said real property is as
hereinafter set forth under each
parcel; that the State Controller
of the State of California approved
said Agreement on December 10,
1910 and by written authorization
dated December 10, 1910, directed
cause notice in writing of the max
ing OF said Agreement to be given
as herein provided.
Notice is further given that if the
said delinquent State and County
taxes outstanding against each par
eel of land are not redeemed as
provided by Section 3897d Political
Code OF the State of California, the
Tax Collector will make,
execute and deliver to said City of
FL Centro a deed to said property.
or such portion thereof as to which
the terms of said Agreement shall
have been complied with, and that
ON the execution of said deed, all
rights to redeem said property as
provided by the said Political Code.
shall be terminated.
PARCEL l
Description of Property
Lot II in Block 25 of He'll Villa
Tract, City of Ell Centre.
Years Delinquent Assessed IN
1922 & 1933-34 81 Carol He'll
l936-37 & 1878. Mcconnell
l938-39 to 1940-41 State of Cali
inclusive, fornia.
To be sold TO City of Ell Centre
for 1920.
DATED: FL Centro, California.
January 3, l941.
DAN w. WEST.
Tax Collector and Tax
Assessor of the County of
Imperial, State of Califor-
mia.
U7-24-3D
the undersigned Tax Collector TO
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
Editorials and Comment
FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1941

EDITORS NOTE: The fOii0lcing
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31

Every hubby should have hob
by . which lots of women don't
have time for because they have
a hubby.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
THOUGHTS for the Day

The Lord rewarded according to my righteous
ness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath
he recompensed me.-Samuel 22:21
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31

Palestine is governed by Great
Britain under mandate granted
by the League of Nations.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31

A man was pinched for sleeping
in a Los Angeles movie. We think
we've seen that picture.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
Did You Know?

Tomatoes originally were called
love apples-and they're best taken
with grain of salt.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31

Babies born with only one emo
tion-fear. They have the feal
of falling through lack of support
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
balbs

You can't get ahead by spending
your time getting even.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31

The longest word Shakespeare
ever employed was "honorificabili-
tudinitatibus"; it was used in Loves
LabOur'S Lost"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
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ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-31
Famous Sayings

From little spark may burst mighty flame.-Dante.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-03

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-03
Most Marchers Youna

All through the day ! watched
sailors and workers place field
cannon on covered spots along
the river front and machine
guns on strategic housetops.
Spartacist attachments were
marching toward the outskirts
of the city. Most of the march.
ers were young, under 20. They
were all badly clad. Some wore
rags in place of boots. They had
their rifles slung butt-end up
over their shoulders and their
hands buried in their pockets.
Their faces were pale, and blue
with the cold.
The night from February 3 TO
February 4 / did not go home.
A mixture of self destructive
defiance and hectic fatalism, a
mood that sprang from the tire
less little horde of sailors,
seemed TO dominate all of us, old
and young.
/ heard men talk Of annihi-
lating the counter revolution.
They could not fool me; knew
what was in their minds. They
themselves faced humiliation
and they realized it, but their
fever and their self-respect and
their sensitivity toward ridicule
did not permit them to give up
a position already as good as
lost. l half slept through that
night on the ground floor of the
Stock Exchange Building.
The large hall was cluttered
with young men and a few
young women. Scores of bicycles
leaned against the walls. Fire
arms were stacked near the
doors. On heaps of straw people
snored or conversed in whispers.
Big pots of bad coffee steamed
on kerosene stoves. II was still
dark when we were reused.
Several sailors ran among us,
leaping over the debris, kicking
the sleepers right and left, and
shouting.
"All up! REESE! Reise! The
Noske guards are coming!"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-03

men were more surly than ever,
Then came stirring news. Mu'
tiny in the Kaiser's feet! Young
sons of the bourgeoisie who had
been sporting sailors caps now
left them at home. l saw women
who laughed and wept because
they had their men In the fleet
From windows and doors and in
front of the food stores sounded
the anxious voices:
"WiIl the fleet sail out? -.
No, the feet must not sail!
It's murder! Finish the war!"
Youngsters in the streets
yelled, "Hurrah."
Details filtered through
Aboard the Thueringen the mu'
tineers had seized the ship. They
had dropped the an C h orr s,
smashed the lights and disarmed
the officers.
A shout went up:
Down with the Kaiser!
Down with the war! We want
peace!"
Passing men shook their heads
and said the penalty for mu,
tiny was death. A deserter from
a mine sweeping fotilla carried
further news. The battleship
Helgoland had followed the ex-
ample of the Thueringen. The
stokers had doused the fires and
killed the steam.
The feet did not sail. The feet
returned TO port
Five hundred and eighty mt
tineers from the Thueringen and
the Helgo1and, among them my
father, were arrested and
damned into cells in the ships.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-03
Plans No Secret

Toward the end Of October,
1918, my father wrote that the
high seas feet had received or
ders for a final attack against
England. No secret was made of
it. The officers, he reported in
his blunt fashion, reveled all
night.
They spoke Of the death-ride
Of the feet. Rumor had il that
the feet was under orders to 60
down in battle TO save the honor
Of the generation that built il.
Their honor Is not our
honor" my father wrote.
Two days later the feet was
under way. The people in Bre-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-03

On Market Square the under
sized hunchback, a huge sailor
and a young man with specta.
cles were issuing orders. From
the left bank of the river drifted
the thump of artillery and the
hard chatter of machine guns
With FIVE other boys l was or
dered to proceed to the central
savings bank on Kaiser street
We were to serve as dispatch
riders between the bank and the
Weser ShipYards in the west.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-03
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