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Evening star., 1941-07-26
Master Plan Drafted
To Meet Needs for
New War BuiIdinq
Federal Stote and
Arlington Officials
Confer on Proerom

Federal State and Arlington
County engineers are drawing up
master plan for remodellng road,
sewer, water and utility facilities in
nearby Virginia to conform TO needs
arising from construction OF the
s35 900 900 War Department Build
ing on the site of the old Depart
ment of Agriculture Experimental
Farm. it was learned today.
The first of a series of conferences
was held yesterday between repre-
sentatives of the War Department,
Bureau of Public roads. the Virginia
State Roads Commission and the
Arlington County Engineering De-
partment in the Offices of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, which is serving as
co-ordinating agency.
One of the first problems to be
solved is a radical revision of pro-
grams for roads leading to Wash
ington through Arlington County,
which had been completed only a
few days before plans for the huge
new structure were disclosed this
week. The building is TO house all
sections OF the War Department,
which eventually will employ 10000
persons.
Plans for New Road Network.
County Manager Frank c. Han
rahan has forwarded to the Offices
of Senators Glass and Byrd and
Representative Howard Smith Of
Virginia plans for the new road net
work drawn up by State and Federal
road engineers after months of sur
veys, with a plea that the new con-
struction program be co-ordlnated.
The county's application for s2,-
900 900 In Federal funds under the
Lanham Act to make Improvements
necessitated by the defense pro-
gram already has been Withdrawn
to raise the total by several million
dollars, which would at least double
and perhaps quadruple the original
bid.
Meanwhile, Army surveyors were
stalking off the old Washington
Hoover Airport and adjacent lands
along highway No. l preparatory to
the huge War Department influx.
$4,000, 900 Item in Bill.
When Congress transferred con-
troll of The experimental farms 81
acres from the Agriculture Depart
ment to the Army last fall, an item
of $5,000,0 900 was included in the
bill OF this money, s1,000,000 was
for purchase of the old airport, en-
bracing 143 acres; s5O0,00O with
which to buy up another so odd
acres adjacent to the airport and
centering around an old brick yard
near Columbia pike, and s3,5O0,0OO
for the erection of depot buildings.
The Land purchases have been
tSee BUILDING, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1941-07-26
Two Divorce Petitions
Filed at Rockville
Special pispa tch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md. July 26.-Bar-
ron Curtis Sheriff. of Bethesda has
filed suit in Circuit Court for di-
vorce from Mrs. Myrtle Margaret
Sheriff. of Washington, charging
he was deserted in November. 1888
The petition says the Sherrills were
married in Washington December
Is. 1923, and have no children.
In another suit Mrs. Florence M
Whichard of Silver Spring asked a
divorce from William B. Whichard
and custody of the couples only
child, William Whichard, 3d. The
petition charged desertion and said
Mr.. and Mrs. Whichard were mar
ried at Silver Spring April %, 1887
Evening star., 1941-07-26
So British War Workers
Ill Of Food Poisoning

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 26.-Fifty- -eight
employees of the Ministries of War
Transport and Economic Warfare,
most OF them girl typists. were in
three London hospitals today suf-
fering from food poisoning.
All were taken ill yesterday about
an hour after eating q canteen
lunch.
The government ordered an in
vestigation Of the canteen, which
serves food to 800 persons daily.
Evening star., 1941-07-26
Films Recover Control
Of Ceded Territories

HELSINKI. July 26 LP,.-The Fin
nish army has regained control OF
all territory northeast of Lake Lad
oga ceded to Soviet Russia at the
end of their 1939-40 war, a high
command report indicates. and In
one sector has pushed Is miles into
Russian territory.
Evening star., 1941-07-26
Economic War
B, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
The United States and Japanese
governments clashed in open eco
nomic warfare today. each freezing
all the assets OF the other within
reach.
Japan, denounced officially here
as an aggressor just before the
United States acted to handicap
its expansionist efforts, followed the
American lead in the freezing
maneuver.
Also, the United States provided
machinery for tightening down on
exports which would be vitality
needed for any Japanese aggression
toward Singapore or the Neither
lands Indies.
Acting Secretary of State Summer
Welles refused to comment on the
Toxic governments freezing of
American funds, pending official
word Of the action.
President Roosevelt's executive
order immobilizing more than Sl31,-
900 900 in japanese funds and prop
. erty. including that of some OF an
estimated 10000 japanese residents
in American territory, was issued in
full expectation of Japan's retaili-
atory action which followed today
Only few hours after Mr. Roose-
welt issued his order, Great Britain
swung into parallel course. freezing
Japanese assets in the far-fung
British Empire. There were indi-
cations as we'll that other interested
governments which were immedi-
ately notified-including the Neither
lands and the Latin American re-
publics-might act with the same
objective.
Quick Counterstroke.
The Presidents action was quick
counterstroke to Japan's move to
assume military control in French
Indo-China. Mr. Welles had de-
nounced Tokio's step as menace
to peace in the Pacific and declared
it endangered American territory
(the Philippines and adjacent
areas on which the United States
depends for many raw materials
vital for national defense.
The retaliatory freezing order by
Japan immobilized an estimated
S217.00o 900 in American assets in
CSee JAPANESE, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1941-07-26

(See BUILDING, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1941-07-26

(See SING, Page A33
Evening star., 1941-07-26
Quick CounterStroke.

(See JAPANESE, Page A-3D
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
FANTASTICALLY DANGEROUS
(Wall Street JournaD

The bill introduced in Congress last
week for AN Act to Promote the De-
Tense of the United States" is simply
fantastic in the power it grants the
President.
One illustration of what he could do if
this measure were enacted as it is now
written will show the bills character.
The term defense article is defined to
include, among many other things, any
article ''to which the United States or
any foreign government has or hereafter
acquires title, possession or control"
Gtalics supplied)
That description exactly fits each and
every vessel of our present Navy. 1t fits
each and every implement of combat
now in the possession or control of the
Army. 1t means not only arms and muni-
tions yet to be manufactured but now in
existence in this country.
The bill says that the President may,
when he deems it in the interest of ma
tional defense" authorize any depart
ment or agency of the Government "to
manufacture or OtherUise procure,
any defense article for the government
of any country whose defense the Presi-
dent deems vital to the defense of the
United States.' He is authorized "to
sell, transfer, exchange, lease, lend or
OtherUise dispose of to any such govern
ment any defense article" And "The
terms and conditions upon which any
such foreign government receives any
aid authorized under subsection (A) (pro
visions quoted above) shall be those
which the President deems satisfactory"
ct cetera. Gtalics supplied.)
In a word, the bill would enable the
president to strip our Navy of it's ships
and our Army of its weapons. We are
not talking of what the President in
tends to do or of what he probably would
do. We are speaking now of what the
bill, as law, would permit him to do
1t would vest in him far too much
power for any President to have. If the
United States should be dragged into
Europe's war. it might we'll be too late
then to defend the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
by Bruce Cation -.
The Inside Track in Washinqton

WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. - Most
striking immediate result of the
registration of the 4,700,000 aliens
in the United States has been a
vast increase in the number Of ap-
plications for citizenship.
Ordinarily. about 10000 applica-
tions are filed a year. Right now,
with the big registration campaign
lust completed. more than 4OOOG0
applications arc on file. Naturali-
zation officials expect this number
to double within a year.
Present indications are that the
Department of Justice isn't going
to get too tough with the aliens,
but will try to make about 40O0-
600 new citizens out of them.
Earl G.. Harrison. D. j. official
who had charge of the registering,
believes this new jump in appli-
cations comes because a great many
aliens learned for the first time
that they were not actually citizens.
Many had filed first papers and
then let them lapse. Others, brought
over when small by their parents,
had thought for years that their
parents had become citizens. The
registration campaign led them to
check up on things.
This, however, is one of the least
of the gains due to the reglStra-
ton. Harrison believes. Complete
analysis of the figures, he says,
will drive home several important
lessons-and may head off ill-con-
sidered anti-alien legislation by
congress or state legislatures.
Samplings show that only 10 pei
cent of the aliens have anything
against their records-illegal entry
overstay of temporary residence
permits, and SO on. And the per-
centage of criminals among aliens
is slightly lower than the percen-
tage of criminals among ordinary
citizens. Known criminals are tc
be kicked out under existing laws
and big Americanization drive
will be conducted among the more
than 90 per cent whose only offenSt
is that they liked the United States
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS OF
EDGAR BROS. COMPANY

Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to the provisions of the by
laws, the regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the above named
company will be held at the office
of the company in Ell Centre, State
of California, on Tuesday, the 21st
day of January, 1941, at the hour of
8 o'clock p. m. of said day.
At said meeting five directors will
be elected to serve for the ensuing
year and until their successors are
duly elected. .ttt.-.s..
The annual business statements of
the office will be received and acted
upon and such other business as
may properly come before the stock
holders meeting will be transacted.
Dated at Ell Centro, this 10th day
of December, 1910.
EDGAR BROS. COMPANY,
BY A. E. La F'ontaine, Sec'y.
Dec. 10, 26; Jan. 2, 8, l6.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
READER SAYS RUTS
COULD Be WORSE
Editor. the PoSt-PreSS:

The other day you wrote of ruts III
roads and seemed to think our county
roads could be greatly improved under
some other system. Apparently you
don't know what rut is. Few people
have known Imperial Valley roads bet
ter than / for the last 27 years, and |
take my hat off to every one of our
supervisors and their road crews when
it comes to what they have accomplished
on roads in the last few years.
| have never heard of it, but | believe
there is something akin to a contest to
see which can have the best system with
out special road tax. We have room
for a lot of Improvement, but let's keep
control in the hands of the five men
closest to the farmers who most need
the roads.
You are right in your closing state
ment, without the farmer Imperial Val
ley would be nothing at all" 1t is high
time our cities realize that and act ac-
cordingly. (Mr Osborne, please send the
grader out West Main street at once.)
W. Z. HANCOCK.
Editors Note: Apologies to you, Mr..
Hancock We did not intend to imply the
belief that county roads should be under
any but local authorities. We merely in
tended to recommend one county road
system, instead of five of them.)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 16. - Heard
at a Hollywood cocktail party:
DARLING! SO GLAD you could
come! :. So NICE! -. BILL,
darling! Hello, darlings 80"
Where's the bar?" Three blonds
to the left, detour the gin-rummy
game, and down the steps. The
Scotch is lousy" .. "Looka the
dish in red Sure, I'd like to meet
Craig. I'll call you Bliss-bliss-craig.
Craig. III call you Bliss-blSis-c
It's a pun, and it's also what you
do to me. You know, I been stand
in over there wondering if you're
married and if you're not married,
whether you'd marry me right
away, because you won't last long
in this pack of wolves, and besides
my divorce was final last week
last week. mind you!-and here
am without a wife to my name
and"
so Feinbaum says to me, You'll
take a grand a week and like it,
and I says. Irving, you can't do
this to me- And then"
:. I'll tip you in advance, dar-
ling. he's dull and highbrow-but
terrifieally. Would you care to go
to the opera, he'll ask Would
you care to see the ballet? Have
you read the new book on Richie
lieu? Don't you love the chore-
ography of Ballanchine?' Always
art and stuff. No etchings, though
Just orchids. Last time he called
me I says, Charles, darling, I'm
terribly sorry but I've got ballet
ache. and hung up
"BORES OF
A FEATHER :"
JIMMY, DARLING, you haven't
been here for AGES hello, mis-
ter ghlbrglas So NICE to have
YOU. Landy, darling; but MUST you
20 SO SOON? oh. you're just get
ting here. I thought"
that big new apartment house
off Sunset. The rents 5000 and the
rugs are imported, but the place
must be built like a weekend cot
tage in Japan. Yesterday I sneezed
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16

humanely helped The United States
has not done what its great re-
sources, population and traditions
might suggest.
Cne of the reasons may be that
most of the efforts to bring in
refugees have been privately back
ed by political, social. or racial
Q 9ups whose interest is presumed
Ly L." > t he speci.l rather than
general N,turGfr. the United
States does not want immigrants
selected by groups and sub-groups
with special interests in mind. 1t
wants immigrants selected by its
own government with national in
terests only in mind. But only the
special groups seem active in the
matter; people generally remain in
different. or hostile, thinking OF
unemployment and their own jobs.
The government has just reject
ed plea from France that thous-
ands of refugees there from Lux
embourg, Belgium and Germany be
received here. The government, pro-
badly quite properly, suggested that
France first release $500 refugees
who already have American visas,
but who in the tangle between
France and Germany, cannot get
exit permits. Between indifference
and red tape, people are perishing.
For one reason or another, Liber-
ty may still lift her lamp beside
the golden door, but the door is
almost closed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16

so we'll that they Snuck IN without
stopping for inspection.
WPA DOES BIG
DEFENSE JOB
One of the biggest defense pro-
grams in the whole country can be
chalked up to the credit of WPA's
relief Workers-who right now are
on the last lap Of a $500,000,000 set
of additions to the nations de-
fenSeS.
Some of this work was begun i've
years ago. and some of 1t was be-
gun only yesterday. Some OF 1t
was supervised by army and navy
and some of it has been done under
WPA supervision with army and
navy approval. IT has included the
building of air corps airportS, the
construction of hundreds of bar
racks. the building of rifle ranges,
erection of machine shops, repair
of arsenals, construction of armor-
les. the reconditioning of army
posts in preparation for the new
draft army, additions to the faclll-
ties of navy yards and the erection
of army hospitals.
One of the biggest single jobs
done by WPA has been the con-
struction of Lowry Field, major
air corps base near Denver. Start
ing from scratch, WPA took a
stretch of unused land and graded
it, built airplane runways, laid sub
surface utility lines, built barracks
officers quarters, mess halls, repair
shops and so on-and then started
work on an auxiliary bombing field
nearby. The whole was $5,0O0,-
COO job.
Equally important has been the
work done for the Boston and Phil
adelphia navy yards. Since 1885
WPA has done $6,000,000 worth o.
work at the Boston yard and $10,'
100000 worth at Philadelphia. A
the Boston yard it built two com
plete shipWays large enough fo
construction of deStrOyerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

RESOLUTION NO. 500
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ell
CENTRIC DECLARING THE IN.
TENTION OF SAID COUNCIL
TO ORDER THE CLOSING AND
ABANDONMENT OF A GER
TAIN PUBLIC STREET.
1T IS HEREBY RESOLVED b.
the City Council of the City Of "a
Centre that the public interest and
public convenience require the clos
ing up of certain public street ir
the said City of Ell Centro, further
described as follows, to-Wit:
That portion of Olive Street Iy-
ing West of a line drawn from
the northeast corner of Lot 3,
Block 43, Townsite, to tn.
Southeast corner of Lot Z, Block
80, ToWnsite,
and it is the intention of said Coun-
Gil to order that said public street
be closed up and abandoned pur-
suant to the provisions of an Act
of the Legislature of the State of
California, entitled IAN ACT TO
PROVIDE FOR LAYING OUT,
OPENING, EXTENDING, WIDEN
ING, STRENGTHENING, OR CLOS
ING UP IN WHOLE OR IN PART
ANY STREET, SQUARE, LANE,
ALLEY, COURT, OR PLACE
WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES, AND
TO CONDEMN AND ACQUIRE
ANY AND ALL LAND AND PROP
ERTY NECESSARY OR CONVEN-
lent FOR THAT PURPOSE" ap-
proved March 6, 1889 and any
amendments thereto.
1T IS FURTHER RESOLVED
that the Street Superintendent of
said City of Ell Centre shall and
is hereby directed to give notice
of the adoption Of this Resolution
by the posting and publication
thereof as required by law and Sec
ton Three of said Act hereinbefore
described, and more particularly
as follows, to-Wit: o.
Said Notice shall be headed NO
tice of Public Work" in letters not
less than one inch in length, and
shall be in legible characters; state
the fact of passage or adoption OF
this resolution; it's date and briefly,
the work or Improvement proposed,
and refer to the resolution for fur
ther particulars; and he shall also
cause a similar notice To be pub
lished for a period of ten days in
the Imperial Valley Press, a daily
newspaper, published and circulat-
ed in said City of Ell Centre and
hereby designated for such publica-
ton. t.
ROBERT w. HATTON,
MAYOR of Said City OF
Ell Centre.
! ATTEST: -
NEAL H. GAVIN,
City Clerk.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
by Willis Thornton .
Is It:0urI / Fight?!. ?.

Back so years or more ago, a
colossal statue, gift of the Republic
of France, rose at New York's ocean
gateway. i. H4a ...
The Republic of France is no
more, having only recently officially
become The Z e.@'N state. The sta
tue still stands. L.b, '''T call
ed her, Liberty FnlightenA.G '
World" with brave torch raised
against darkness.
For that dedication poem was
read. It's words had been inscribed
on the monument. They were by
Emma Lazarus. and the last lines
read:
Send these, the homeless, tenn
pesttossed. to me:
Il lift my lamp beside the gold
en- door,
They came freely, for many years,
those men and women disillusioned
and disheartened with tie Old
World. to seek new homes and a
better life in the New They were
for decades new blood that freshen-
ed and invigorated the life of the
growing Republic. Times changed.
The stream was regulated, reduced,
Then came evil times even to the
New World, and the stream drop
ped to a trickle
War convulsed Europe, and GER
tain minorities of race and politics
have now become homeless wan
derers in Europe, wanted at home
only as fodder for revengeful rifles,
unwanted and burdensome if tenn
porary haven abroad. Their state
becomes progressiely more desperate
as country after country falls be-
fore the invaders. Many earnest Sf-
forts have been made to bring
them to the New World Mexico
has taken many. especially those
closely tied to her speech and cul-
ture. The Dominion Republic, Cuba
and other western countries have
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
Uranium Crackers
Stamp Stumpers-


You can lick an airmail stamp,
but you can't keep it down, goes
the current saying, and there's
more than a pun in the phrase.
When you lick a stamp. it's only
the beginning of series OF oper-
ations that speeds your letter TO
its destination. See how much you
know about the postoffice by en-
veloping these questions.
l. What would the postage be
on a three-Ounce airmail letter
travelling from New York to Cali
fornia?
2. What is the special delivery
rate on first-class package weigh
ing eight pounds?
g. What man. other than a U
s. president, has had his portrait
on U. S. stamps continuously from
the time the first adhesive stamp
was issued in this country?
4 What is the franking privi-
lege?
5. How cid must a person be to
open a postal savings account?
Answers
|. Eighteen cents The airmail
rate is 6 cents an ounce anywhere
in the u. S.
2. Twenty cents. Special delivery
on ftrst-class matter is 20 cents on
matter weighing two TO 10 pounds
3 Benjamin Franklin has ap-
peared continuously on issues Of U.
Stamps since l847.
4. The franking privilege per-
mits members of congress 10 use
the mails without charge.
5. Postal savings accepts ac-
counts from persons 10 years old
or over.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
So They Say

Initiation does not begin until
production capacity, through a
shortage of machines, raw mater
ials. or workers. cannot meet in
creased demand.
Col. Philip B. Fleming, wage
hour administrator.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16

Londohers, for a price, can send
bombs to Hitler carrying the mes
sage, this one is on me-" They'd
all like to send one that would
be on Adolf.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16

There are those who think that
F.. D. r. speaks straight from the
shoulder arms.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
Editorials and Comment
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1911

EDITORS NOTE: The foiiOpmg
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced BY editors eiseWhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
baIbs

Beer rationing for Briton starts in
February-Which will not affect the
output of tanks.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16

We may be the last generation
to enjoy the principles of free
government. But if such things
come to pass, the railure will not
be the failure of democratic prin-
ciples; it will be the failure of men
your failure and my failure.
u. S. Senator Carl A. Hatch.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16

Those who really mean all aid
to England short of war should
specifically say: No conveying. No
American ships in war zones.
ALI M. Landon, former G.. o. P.
presidential candidate.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16

Saving for rainy day is fine
if you can still enjoy the sunny
ones.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
thoughts for the Day

Lord have loved the habtation of thy house and
the place where thine honor dwelleth.-Psalms 26S.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-16
STATE OF CALIFORNIA;
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL IS.


CITY OF Ell CENTRIC
I, NEAL H. GAVIN, City Clerk OF
the City of Ell Centro do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of resolution
duly and regularly introduced and
adopted by the City Council of the
City of Ell Centre at regular meet
ing held on December 4, 1910, by
the following vote:
Ayes: He'll, Moore, Hatton.
Noes: None.
Absent: Bratton, Fawcett.
! IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of the City of FL
Centre this 9th day of January.
1941.
NEAL II. GAVIN,
(SeaD City Clerk.
81 800 incl)