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Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15

of Sl52 per slot machine. No person
under age Is permitted to play a
slot machine, and they are care
fully Inspected SO that the custom
ers get back the legitimate per-
centage or the 15 per cent to which
he is entitled. There is that pro-
lection provided, You could not win
or lose a sum of any consequence on
a slot machine in our state if you
played all day. ="
AND CENTRALIZED VICE
To continue Senator Bunker's
grafton:
In the state of Nevada the 5000
rate, added to the $l52 which we
legally collect for a slot machine,
would make a tax of 1882 which
would eliminate about so per cent
OF the machines and would there
fore eliminate about so per cent of
the revenue which we receive from
such machines 1t would not elimi-
nate the vice. 1t would centralize
the vice in certain localities"
Well, no one could possibly want
the Senate to centralize vice in
certain localities so it was on that
basis that Senator Bunker's amend
ment was passed-yeas 40, nays %,
not voting "a And by SO voting,
they kept down the taxes on one
item, at least, and isn't that just
what you elected them for?
WASHINGTON WHEELS
1t takes the wool from 26 sheep
to keep a soldier clothed and in
right mind during his first year of
service. Most rapid growing post
office in the United States is Rag
ley, La, population 25, which had
TO handle mail for 100000 soldiers
on maneuVers. Fuel economy sec
ton of U. S. Bureau of Mines saws
$3.50 million Or 10 per cent of ma
"AcAA - AtNi Jill COhlD Dt DdNtu II
people would fire their furnaces
more efficiently One recommended
ton is, DO not stir up fire with
a poker as this throws ashes into
burning part of fire where they will
melt and form clinkers. If neces-
sary to use poker, do so gently, and
do not use any deep 'Iifting-up
strokes Army medical corps has
found new malaria carrying mo-
squito that lives III the treetops
Of Trinidad WPA estimates August
unemployment at SO million, a dror
of 100000 over previous month, anc
a decrease of SO million over Au-
gust, 1910. Total number employed
in August, 1941, is estimated at 5Oj
million workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
Crackers
lMPERILED IRAN

IMPER1LED IRAN
War struck for the third time in
another continent when Iran fol-
lowed Iraq and Syria as an Asiatic
battle-ground where the British were
getting the jump ON the Germans.
Here's your chance to take a pen
point tour of this tabled land.
l. BY what name was Iran for
merly known and what are in
habitants called?
2. What is Trans Capital, and by
what title is the ruler, Ria Kahn
Pahlavi, known?
3. Which of these resources are
not found in Iran: iron, oil, borax,
bauXite, cobalt, rubber.
4. From what wool product is
Iran especially famous?
5. What famous king of ancient
Iran invaded Greece in 480 B.. C.
after defeat at Marathon and WAS
checked at now famous Thermo-
pylae Pass?
ANSWERS
l. Iran is the official name for
!, Persia. The people, once the Per-
ssians, are now called Irani.
4 g. Teheran is capital of Iran;
} the ruler is called Shah.
g. BauXite and rubber are not
Sfound in Iran.
4. Persian carpets, made on
hand looms, are a famed product
aof Iran.
5. King Xerxes of Persia Gran)
invaded Greece in 480 B. C.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
by Paul Harrison =.
Hollywood S Fads, Fancies and Foib|es

extras. Clippers on the sides and
a maximum inch-and- three quar-
ters on top is the rule of the serv-
ice. But HollyWoodsmen who expect
to work in other pictures soon Won
cut their hair that short The hard
boiled Marine office thinks they
should be issued snoods insteads of
service caps.
FUN IN FEUD
A suave and ever-so-p polite duel
is being carried on during the film
ing of Universals appointment for
Love The principals: Miss Marg-
aret SULLIVAN and Mr.. Charles
Boyer. The weapons: Sharp, sly
little tricks OF acting.
They're always trying to steal
scenes from each other, but there
are none of the numbering crudi-
ties and scenery chewing employed
by notorious larcenistS such as Jack
Oakie. Miss SULLIVAN may move
just an inch or two from where
She should be, Or Mr.. Boyer may
make a spit-second change in
timing-just enough to throw the
other player off a bit.
The only time that either star
seems to forget lines is on some
occasion like a scene the other day
when Boyer had to hop around
on one foot for a couple of minutes
After a couple of perfect rehearsals
the actress muffed her lines in
eight successive shots. She kept
him hopping until he was ready to
fall on his patrician puss.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
by Willis Thornton -.
A House is Torn Down, Without Loss

In Detroit a great house is abou
to come down under Wrecker's
croWbar a vast pile of brick and
stone that cost $3,O00,000 and had
110 rooms.
That isn't important, and it isn't
very interesting either, except for
one thing:
Houses like that in every town
are also coming down. Nobody
wants them, even the very rich
who can afford them. There is
scarcely an American city that does
not have one or more of these
dinosaur relics of the age of the
American colossi, which is either
being dismantled or stands lonely
and neglected simply because no.
body wants it any more, even the
few who could afford it if they did
They date. They recall an era that
tried to be magnificent and didn't
quite make it.
The Detroit house was that of
John F.. Dodge. 1t was still un-
completed when he died in 1920,
and the family never occupied it.
Stonework which Dodge imported
Ito stonecutters from Scotland tc
finish remained unadmired. The
lavish grounds began to grow up
to underbrush. Once a florist rent
ed the greenhouses; once q whole
girls summer camp operated in
the screened porch. Brush and
grass grew in higher; children
peered daringly into the gaunt VIM
dows, then ran away. 1t was a
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO EN-
GAGE IN THE SALE OF ALCO-
HOLIC BEVERAGES

oCPlClilpti o,
To When 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that fiji
teen days after the above date, the
undersigned proposes to sell alco-
holic beverages at these premises,
described as follows;
30l East Main Street
Ell Centre, California
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license COR
licenses) for these premises as fol-
lows:
ON-SALE BEER
Anyone desiring to protest the is
suance Of such license (s) may file
a verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacrament
to, California, stating grounds for
denial as provided by law.
ELSIE ORILLA GAMBILL.
No. 2676.
(9-15)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. Is All
over the lot: The scene was a gym
nasium. Astride an electric horse
sat Kay Kyser. John Barrymore
leaned against the belt of a re-
ducing machine. On a stationary
bicycle with a speedometer perched
White-haired May Robson. Portly
George Cleveland rested on the
oars of a rowing machine.
At word from Producer -Direc-
tor David Butler, the part time
athletics went into action and pan
demonium broke loose on the set
of "Playmates." Kyser had neglect
ed to get his feet into the STIR
rupS. and his electric broncho tossed
him ankles over adenoidS. In
loud but strangely quavering voice,
the Great Profile complained that
nobody could recite Shakespeare
during an earthquake. Mr. Cleve-.
land, who had not adjusted any
tension on his machine, took q
mighty pull at the unresisting oars
and smacked himself in the face.
Miss Robson pedaled briskly and
exclaimed that she was doing 20
miles an hour.
Cut" yelled Butler. Kyser got up
creakily, feeling a bruised knee.
Barrymore stormed: Get me out
of this monster, before I curdle!"
Cleveland held a bloody nose and
asked "Eddybody got a hagger-
chief?"
The director pulled out a hand
kerchief but used it to mop his own
brow, as he stared at the crippled
cast. Then he looked at Miss Rob-
son and inquired: You all right,
honey?"
Sure, she said. Say, I think
I'll buy one of these things"
MORE GLORY
The other day Victor McLaglen
and Edmund Lowe met on the set
of Call Out the Marines" Hello
you X(zn& old dDuble- crossing
n XZ? ID Id lb&!' doomed McLag-
len affectionately,
Why, you S?;:lbv&z dog-rob-
ber!" exclaimed Lowe. How long
has it been?"
1t has been, they recalled, nearly
II years since they were the CO.
heroes of a flock of war pictures
notably What Price Glory" anc
The Cockeyed World" Now they
are together again, a couple of ole
sergeants re-enlisting for the dura-
ton.
Interested spectator is another
World War veteran, Capt. T. M
Ryan, assigned from the Marine
base at San Diego to be technica
adviser for the picture.
One thing that distresses him
though, is the length of the hail
of the actor Marines, especially the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS
Fictitious Firm Name

THE UNDERSIGNED hereby GER
tify that I am conducting a Pro-
duce Route business at Ell Centro,
California, under the fictitious firm
name of Imperial Valley Produce
Co., and that said firm is composed
of the following persons, whose
names and addresses are as follows,
to-Wit:
M. A. SCIARRA, 562 Sandalwood
Drive.
WITNESS ny hand this 18th day
of September, l941.
MARY A. SCIARRA.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL)
On this 18th day of September,
AID, i941, before me, A. l.. Lowder-
milk, a Notary Public in and for
said County and State, personally
appeared Mary A. Sciarra, known
to me, to be the person whose name
is subscribed to the within Instru-
ment, and acknowledged to me that
she executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above writ
ten.
A. L. LOWDERMILK.
tSeaD Notary Public in and for
said County and State.
My Commission Expires Aug. 4,
1912
(Sl5-22-29-O6)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15

Elephants will range themselves
alongside wounded comrade and
assist it to a place of safety.
1t takes 40 seconds for the
light Of the sun to reach US when
it is at a distance of 92,000,00O
miles.
England has more than a thou
sand millionaires, if a person with
an income of more than $150,oO0
annually is called one.
According to estimates. it costs
about $500 annually to feed an
elephant.
Catalina Island may be about
30O00,00O years older than other
nearby islands, according to ocean
ographers.
Snow buntings feed comfortably
in weather that is 35 degrees be-
low zero +.
About one-third of the area Of
Rocky Mountain National Park lies
above timberline.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15

EDITORS NOTE: The following edit
oriGIS are presented as interesting Opin-
ions UOiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
by Peter Edison -.
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 - It's
a measly shame thai ali Oh you who
have to pay next years federal tax
bill were not on hand for some of
the final sessions of the Senate de-
bate on this Sl3 billion baby which
will nick you for 81 billion more
than the bill of the current year.
1t would have done you good to
see your statesmen. your chosen
senators, wrestle with the great
issues involved, for no finer display
of the legal mind ct its all-time
law has been since Nero played his
fiddle.
Just get the picture: Here is
the world going to haoes in q tank.
National debt is SAG billion and the
costs of the defense effort are esti-
billion more. So what happens? So
mated at from $50 billion to $50
the Senate spends nearly two hours
debating whether the tax on slot
machines should be reduced from
5000 to $50 year.
History is indebted for this spec
tacle to a statesman named Berk-
eley L. Bunker of Las Vegas. New.
and his address and remarks to the
Senate in opposition to raising the
tax on slot machines are worthy of
inscription in all fifth grade read
ers right along with Patrick Henry's
immortal words to the Virginia
House Of Burgesses, George Wash
ingtons farewell to his troops and
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress
Generations of unshackled gam
blers-their strong right arms
swinging freely as they face the
one-armed bandits unafraid; their
eyes agleam with the light of pa
triotism as they defend their home
and fireside by stalking their last
dime on the turn of three bells or
couple of plums; the Whir of the
wheels Of chance and the tinkle of
the jackpot Turing them on to en-
dure greater hardships for their
sacred rights to go broke these
are the free men who will rise to
bless the name of their savior and
champion, Berkeley Bunker. For a
nation which can stand fearlessly
before slot machines Win never
wither before the stuka or blitz-
krieg of Hitler and his minions.
ON GAMBLERS AND BANKERS
Before quoting from Senator
Bunker's magma charta on slots, it
might be well to explain who the
senator is He is a most moral
man, a bishop in the Mormon
church, and he was appointed TO
the Senate by his governor to sue
ceed the late Key Pittman. Il
would not want anyone to think
that the gamblers in Nevada are
immoral people, as may be sug-
gested," Senator Bunker said at
the close of his remarks. Many
of my friends are gamblers. One
of them in particular is a former
banker"
Senator Tobey of New Hamp-
shire interposed here TO ask if
bankers and gamblers were the
same thing, and while the remark
got a laugh from the floor and the
gallery, Senator Bunker replied,
"No!"
To explain why Senator Bunker
thought a 5000 federal tax on slot
machines was too high. it is only
necessary to quote from his Eucli-
dian arguments:
A slot machine is mechanical
device" he explained, and can be
fixed 80 that the customer playing
the machine can get 15. 20 or even
as high as 30 per cent. Slot ma
chine gambling is legal in Nevada,
and where the machines are legallz-
ed the take is fixed at IS per cent.
We in Nevada derive revenue i'm
the subdivisions and in the state
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
DELINQUENT
COUNTY TAXES

A new shOrt-term redemption law, ex-
piring Sept. 2S, 1941, is now in effect,
and is designed especially to help those
whose properties have been delinquent
over period of years.
Greatest savings to those whose taxes
are being paid under 1O-year-payment
plans, particularly where several pay
ments have been made.
VIII also help many whose taxes are
now being paid under the 5-year-pay-
ment law.
Where taxes are delinquent for year of
1910 only, this law does not apply.
Write, phone to, or call upon the coun-
ty auditor, El Centre, California.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
Famous Sayings

God gives to every the virtue, temper under
standing taste that lifts him into life and lets him
fall just the niche he was ordained to fll-Cowper
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
THOUGHT for the Day

The Son OF man shall in the glory of his Father
with his angels and then he shall reward every
man according to his works.-aMtthew 1921
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15

Somebody out on the ocean sure
has rotten aim and it's a good
thing.
Unidentified U. S. Navy officer
commenting on the attack on the
destroyer Greer.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
So They Say

There was no necessity to drive
60 miles an hour. Hitler hasn't
gotten over here yet,
Goodwin, Massachusetts
auto registrar, suspending the Ii
cense of "Archduke" Otto Of
Hapsburgs for speeding.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15
Did You Know?

Elephants will range themselves
alongside wounded comrade and
assist it to a place of safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-15

AS soon as possible we must re-
constitute the sentimental tie be-
tween Marshal Petain and the peo-
pie.
Pierre Pucheu, Vichy minister of
interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-03

 MISSION TO
 AID RUSSIA
Lend lease Expediter Heads Group 10 Dis
 tuss Material Help

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-Presi- dent Roosevelt today named a five man mission headed by w. Averell Hartman, Lend Lease expediter in London, to go to Moscow and dis cuss material aid to Russia.
 Others on the mission are Major General James Burns, executive officer of the Lend Lease Admins traticn; Major General George Brett, assistant chief of the Army Air Corps recently ordered to a special mission with Britain in the Middle East in connection with de- iveries of American aircraft; Ad- miral William Standley, retired former chief of naval operations; and William Bait, deputy director of the Office of Production Man agement's production division.
 About nine technicians will ac- company the mission. No announce ment was made as to when the men will leave.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-03

WASHINGTON--When the un- written history of the past three years is finally written it will show that three times during this period Great Britain secretly asked the United States what cooperation 1t could get from the U. s. fleet in case of an attack by Japan. And three times Roosevelt replied that the American Constitution prohib- tied any commitment in advance without the consent of Congress.
 It may well be that historians will compare these conversations to that between Lord Grey, the Brit ish Foreign Minister in 1914. and the German Ambassador in Lon don. At that time, just before the outbreak of the last war, the Brit ish were asked what they would do in case Belgium was invaded. Would they declare war against Germany? Lord Grey sidestepped the issue. He declined to take a stand. Many historians believe that had the British flatly stated in advance that they would declare war in case Germany invaded Bel gium. Belgium never would have been invaded and World War l might not have started.
 Similarly in the late summer of 1888, before Germany invaded the Sudetenland, Prime Minister Cham berlain called in Ambassador Joe Kennedy to ask what support Bri- tain could get from the U. S. fleet in the Pacific in case of war in Europe. He reminded Kennedy that the British fleet would have to be concentrated in Atlantic and Mediterranean waters and could not operate in the Far East. Ken nedy. after consulting Washington, replied that the Constitution would permit no advance agreement re- garding the fleet.
 On one other occasion during the Chamberlain regime when the situ- Ia rw<r
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-03
Net Loss of us. Combat Ships by Transfer Made
 To Britain Is Only ~
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-Answer- ing the mail.
 ID. L., New London, Conn. - Ac- cording to the latest available in formation, the net loss in combat ships to the U. s. Navy through transfers to Britain and other de- velopments has been 27. Fifty-three destroyers have disappeared from the navy lists in the last year and a half, but the navy has gained one aircraft carrier, three cruisers and 22 submarines. The navy now has a total of 332 combat ships, with 360 on order. The information as to how many submarines are new and now many recommissioned is not ayailable. Also, the B figure doesn't represent total transfers to Great Britain. Thirty dstroyers left the rolls when they were reclassified (for non-combatant usc).
 T. c. J., Manchester, Tennessee Trainecs may join the parachute Srcops only after they have com pleted the training period at in fantry replacement centers. I doubt if at this time there are any trainees in the chute battalions. All of the men are drawn from the regular army. The second chute battalion Cat Fort Benning ike the firsD now is being organized and two more are authorized. It certainly is no dis grace to funk out" of chute troop training. This Is a highly special ized job and you could have nerve, brains, brawn and almost everything else, but if it developed that you had a glass" ankle or knee, you would be out immediately. The only 'chutist I have talked with told me that it was not considered dis grace to lose your nerve on your first hop.
 F. G., Newton, Kas.-Sens. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma and James J.
 tContinued on Page Six)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-03
SAYS JAPAN AFRAID OF
 U. }. FLEET
Republican Congressman Col. Mads, Gives Views
 After Service on Sea

WASHINGTON. Sept 3.-A Min nesota Congressman, just returned from sea duty with the Marine Corps as a Reserve Officer. de- clared that Japan is "deathly afraid" of the United States Fleet when it is in the Pacific.
 The legislator. Col. Melvin J. Maas, Republican of Minnesota, made the remark in an interview and further said that although some of the Pacific Fleet has been withdrawn from the Pacific and sent to the Atlantic, there are, in his opoinion nevertheless, strong U. s. forces remaining, enough to fend off any attack against the United States and at the same time, keep open the supply routes vital to shipments of rubber and tin. s
 Col. Maas further said he be- lieved the Western Hemisphere was in mo danger of Japanese aggres- sion
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-03
Premier Crown Prince Kon- eye Paints Gloomy
 Picture fo Nippons
NATION THREATENED,
 GOVERNMENT E TOLD
Ocean Safety Zone Propos- ed-Russ Planes Landing
 in North Cause Concern

TOKYO, Sept. 3.-Japanese Pre- mier Crown Prince Konoye today told government and war industries representatives that Japan is facing one of the grayest crises in her his- tory and that total mobilization is absolutely necessary to overcome the present emergency.
 The official talk was the Premier's first statement since July 30 and came as the movement of war sup plies to Russia from the United States approached, these supplies passing through waters adjacent to Japan. He stated the subject is already discussion between Tokyo, Washington and Moscow.
 For Economic Power
 Premier Konoye spoke with deep concern before round table confer ence of government executives and leaders of Japanese business. It was the first conference of series plan- ned and initiated by the National Service Association to develop Jap ans economic power.
 The Extreme Nationalists, a poll itical group headed by Seigo Ma kano, threw support to proposals for the establishment of an ocean safety zone around Japan, plan which Konoye said yesterday was under consideration.
 Dangers of North
 The passage of two Soviet planes across Boring Sea to Alaska was cited today by the Japanese Times Advertiser as indicating the possi- bility of dangers of the north.
 The newspaper said: Any effort to establish system of warplane service between the American and Asiatic continents will be viewed by the authorities charged with the defense of Japan as question of state and international importance"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-03
FisherI1lenon
 2 Boafs Fined

Fishermen from two boats paid $375 in fines into the coffers of the U. s. Commissioner at Wran- gell yesterday, when they pleaded guilty to charges of illegal fishing in closed areas.
 It was the second offense of the season for the boat Eagle. Three members of the Eagles crew, Ro- bert Harris, Charles Johnson and Albert Rhinehart, each paid $50, while the other two, Thomas Case and John Anderson, were fined $25 each.
 Henry Bowman. captain of the boat Tiny Boy. drew a $50 fine, while five crew members of the boat were fined $25 each. They were George Case. Clifford Close Andy Dakke, Charles Powers and Marion Goodrich.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-03
WAR5HIp OF NAzI BOMBED BY BRITISH
Ten Thousand Ton Pocket BdttIeship Luefzow
 .Hitby Torpedo Plane

LONDON, Sept. 3.-A British tor pedo plane hit the 10,000-ton pocket battleship Luetzow few weeks ago and did much damage, it is be- lieved.
 This statement was made by Sir Archibald Sinclair, British Air Min ister, at a luncheon today of the National Defense Commission. No details of the engagement were, how ever, stated.
 Sir Archibald also said the Bat tie of the Atlantic was mot going too badly for us," but warned that probably it will require some time and immense concentration and ef- fort. He said sinking of British ships last month were the lowest of any month for more than one year.