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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
SMALLER F4R.US WOULD
STABILIZE THE COWHUNITY

The present system OF large acreage
ownership, il is admitted. brings largr
seasonal payrolls to the valley. Bat how
much better would it Ee 10 have 4 steady.
dependable, year-round income. with
more people vitality interested in ch- Wel
fare OF the valley.
1t IS not impossible u bring small
farmers to Imperial Valley. There are
many Inducements which could De Offered
them. But before they viii come here,
there must be an effort-a concerted.
we'll planned rtfort-to attract them.
Compared to what it could do. the valley
has done little along tbs lin. up u date.
The job of attracting experienced. III
teligent farmers interested in owning
their own farms should be part o- ohe
Job any centralized civic agency S3cn
as the Association Chambers - Com
merce. the various individual chambers
Of commerce, and other leading valley
groups have considered for many months
1t should be a JOB done thoroughly AID
steadily. according TO pre-5lTunged plan.
We need more farmers, i Va are TO
avoid turning into an area largely dOmi-
mated BY absentee corporation interest
in the matter Of agriculture. We need
more farmers, il our business men are
to prosper and our communities grow.
We need more farmers. if odr dreams of
Imperial Valleys golden future ar %
be realized
We won't get them by wishing. We
won't get them y talking about i among
ourselves.
The only way We'll get more farmers
herr is to 90 out after them. And he
sooner Wc do that, the sooner VI a.a> 0c
sure Of results.
We can turn the tide-Jur wc'l h.r. -
work 10 do It.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14

Here's another good thing To re-
member during a blackout sug-
ecstcd by MANAGER :. S. Campbell
of the FL Centre office OF South
ern California Telephone company.
and subscribed to by police mC
ire officials:
Spare the telephone unless The
call is important.
Authorities agreed Friday thdt
there was danger of real tragedy
III the epidemic of "telephonltiS
that broke loose during the valleys
first blackouts.
SO many people called the police
and fire stations to ask trivial
questions that it would have been
impossible To get through call
to report fire, an accident or
other emergency IN tmc To du much
good
So as measure Of personal
safety. these authorities have urged
that telephone calls during black
outs be confined as tar as Dos
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
by Paul Harrison
HOIIywOod's Fads,
fanCies and
FoibIes

HOLLYWOOD. Dee i3 - Behind
ne screen The boy-mectS-g de-
lISc~ N some 81 The new pictures
ARE dripping Vet SON of Fury" Ia
Tyrone Powers washed from a sala-
wreck IL the arms Of island pgm-
cess. Gene Tierucy WAilc Do!o.l.s
IamoW Is bathing II pool IN
"Ma,&ya.a jungle Man Richard
Den"iaz swings alons in the wee>
overhead. ~vrs thc IL and dives ~
lee, into The water beside ucr In
Somewhere IL FMd You" ca.
Gable meets I"ua Turner WHIT
she's taking shower He is no
plumber. either
BnE Crosby is boina postered r.
an inventor not Major Amos Hooplr
Who wants % install a rotatnl
granG>.and II the actors Del Ma
race track. The stands. beuna
rooms. club hoase. judges and Nra.-
tealiy everything except the pad-
dock would be put on rails auo
propelled around the course tyea
With the horses. Crosby figures I'd
be cheaper to put tie naes on
t.eaGmil
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
Fats, Oil Prices
On Nov, 2bth Peg

WASHINGTON. Dec. l3 tUP) -
The office of price administration
today banned the sale of fats or Oil.
except butter, at prices above those
prevailing on NOV. 26.
Administrator Leon Henderson
said the action was taken to pre-
vent a further rise in basic food
stuffs. The CPA yesterday announc-
ed that ceilings had been set on
Impressed coffee, cocoa and pep
per.
The OPA also established maxi
mum prices. effective Dec. 20, for
Douglas fir "peeler" logs, from
which plyWood is made
Maximum prices we're set for Pu-
Get Sound. Gray's Harbor, Columbia
river and willamette Valley. Ac-
tual grades and prices are set in
the first three districts. but i'll Will
lamettc Valley Il method of com
putting the allowable maXima is
given
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
GUARDS AUGMENTED

Uni.ed States Park police bor-
rowcd to supplement the regular
White House force at GATES. in tie
guard towers within the grounds,
and on the patrols outside. Officers
who a few days ago carried guns
under their oyercoatS now We9r
them outside.
Guards going about their work III
groups of three to six.
Aside from all that, extensive
military precautions have been tai-
en- throughout the city
Inside the White House executive
offices. secret service and White
House police have been strOngl" rc-
inlorced and new more alert
dcmeanor is apparent on all sid"~.
Army and Navy officers march III
and out all day, bearing Or receiy-
/ InG messages. Generals and adj
mirals are a familiar sioHt in tho
west wing foyer.
A cGmmunitat alton, map and STAFF
room has been set up, MAKING ~.
White House literally The NY.
! center Of the War.
The senate has passed and sen,
to conference a bill authori2in
blackouts fos' the capital. The Whit.
House is ready B!ackout curtain
have been purchased and othci
measures prepared.
/ Only one of the grounds fiy'
| gates is now available for those witt
the right credentials.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
Ship Requisition
Order Considered

WASHINGTON, Dec 13. tUPD-
The government, having frightened
It's custody over ~ French ships,
including the liner Normandie,
withheld a decision today on formal
~ requ!sitioning them for American
use.
Coast guardsmen and marines sup
planted the French crews of the
10 ships as a matter Of necessary
protection to the crews and vessels.
The justice department last night
said the French crew men had beer
taken 10 immigration stations SC
their passports could be checked.
They vii then be released on parole
The government wanted to make
certain the ships would not be sabo'
tagged by anyone as were German
and Italian vessels before coas
guardsmen could take them over las
spring
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
He'd Have Wanted
1t This Way Says
Air Hero's Wife

NEW YORK. Dec. l. up
llss. Colin p Kelly. Jr. was sad
voiced bat there were no tears in
hcr eyes As She held her Is month
old baby. "Corkey". close to her
I'm proud OF him she said.
Co,key Will be proud of him. too.
II, would have wanted it this way.
She was talking about her hus-
band Capt Colin p. Kelly. il. OF
the Army all corps. who gave his
lie 10 dive his plane over the Jap
,ue>e battleshlN Haruna. off LuZOn.
.. / and sink II with three direct
bomb hit
He Was a very conscientious
c.lieel and n COCO one. She said.
H. lite WAS secondary He loves
lis country TOO much. l. would have
made INN happy to know that he
Lad lost his lite III du!ue something
!or his country
A1re. Kelly told OF her husbands
career. He vas graduated from West
Point in 1897 and they We're mar
lied soon after. He loved flying. and
last year became executive officer
OF the 42nd bombardment squadron
o. Hawaii She was with him until
l~sf month. when She returned to
New York to visit her parents. Mr.
and MIS-. Ihodore A. Wick.
I'm not trying to be dramatic "
>he said. I'm proud of my man He
wasn't a saint. but he was a aood
husband and a good soldier He
O.dn@t drink or smoke and he was
very religious He was a marvellous
officer and l know that he would
have wanted to die in action if in
Going so he could help his country.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
Golf Star Slayer
Awaits Sentence

LEXINGTON KY, Dec. 13. 'UP)
Robert Anderson, sc, Louisville
night club owner awaited sentence
for murder TODAY for his role in
the MISUNDERSTANDING. Of Golf Star
Marion AIiley and her mother At
the Lexington Country club Sept.
%.
After denberating "a hours, Fay
ette comfy jury foand Anderson
guilty last night and recommended
/ the death penalty Judge Chester
J d. Adams will pronounce sentence
next week
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
FEWER FARMERS
FARMING MORE LAND

Americas Food-l -lor-Frcedon s.n.na..-r
has developed one ofI~lont thr >harn
point o1 which should prick ImneraI
Valley residents and business mtn .lto
a sharp realization ut ii ~essre economic
danger here
An Agricultural Conservation A~~ov.a-
ton committee ~a1gz. ahmed Il, ayrar-
meIN estimating the snru4t 81 agl#ea,-
tural production h.e. r.s0 b., expected
from thc valley tI~ - ~. r,>eaivG ...-
cldcntaJIl thut from 100 "a 1oo .psxar
farmers az lums. L mpN. ,.er"aae j.. -.
NalIcA th~ year tluH# 81 1Is..-tf #..'.
fmmed Iasl Year.
From TIN production ~ts.nG.a'.. =!
we'll and good.
From l.1Ie>'~ aHu a.,nas#., -
social Nlr"io.A,. .oAeser, : Is -. -#.t
at all.
The figures mean .hut sr.m GU. -.
500 fewer families ar aeep - st...
than Iast Thc ,r,.,jc repl>>tat.a#, 90.
group has been taken AWAY ttpr ~,
stores We are without the#pul@.1.l.,,,.a
that number of people Msgat lay, d.
played IN ANY community enterprise -
tout.
Until now. there has been tendency
among civic leaders. a> well u otaeg~.
10 undvrrate the danger L. this nation
from the growth Of corporation farming
interests. and the continued decline ul
smaller, home owned. home operated
farms. Wccamot underrute it amy long
Ct. The proof Of the danger is before Us.
Just as surely as JapanS hostility
brought the proof Of danger before the
people of the Pacific coast
We have said before. and We repeat
with increased emphasis. that one OF I'M
perial Valleys major obivctiveS in the
number Of homp-oHMrd farms. and to en-
courage farming on smaller pieces ut
land. Only by such action can We cl.M.-
nate the danger 10 our whole system from
the overwhelming scope @ mass land
oWnershin. largelL hE aNsent.. oMMlrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
Don't Drive i'm BIacE<out

Bonf drive dulQg hiackuut>
either With or without lights. There
n4>t be no CIVILIAN vehicles III up-
.aaou dmNa bl3ckout>,
This ogder WI, issued Saturday
10 ali civilians hy the California
Motor Vehicle department and ap-
plle~ to both rmal and metropolitan
dgtao.
sci CHI Reed of the Cai1lorni.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
STARS TO MERGE

Orson Wellcs and Dolores Del Rio
are figuring on a February mar
riage, soon after her divorce from
Cedric Gibbons becomes final. Mar
lene Dietrich spends almost all her
time on the set of Moon Tide To
be with Jean CABIN and coach him
on his English. Katie Hepburn came
back to film a new ending for her
Woman OF the Year,
Speaking OF a lCcal play-prertr.
Martin Greene said. She las bcea
tossed Out of so many night CLUB
that she now hires an adagio dance
to wait on the sidewalk to eaten
her." And Nunnally Johnson
thus pegged John Carradine: He
looks so much like Abe Lincoln
the he's afraid to sit in a the
ater box.
After being rushed by every COM
pany in town, Frank Capra finally
has signed as a producer director
for 2Oth-FoX. Preston Sturges
Palm Beach Story' opens with
the marriage of Claudette Colbert
and Fred MacMurray. Next comes
an Old fashioned screen title, And
so they lived happily ever after
or die they" And then the picture
really starts.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14

(Oroyilla Mercury -Register)
3. news : very bad and worse is yet
~ cone " al another OF those soft,
q, te,.>ele~s democracies. always vulner-
aale IL the tart, that must count on
waning IL final battle. That used to
b. letter th5H : now is. Now the stand
>.d~ a.. changing. When airships sink
ta..l~,nips il IS impossible to say just
ysa. other changes will result.
Ielha5- tnis War Will be decided by
.at, u maS~ed bombers that practical
J" .@.I V.pv 4 civil population off the
,.,.a.=.
Theoretically, san Francisco practical
II ~, destroyed Monday night-San
Francisco, 80 complacent that its people
w5a t..1 oven OBEY 4 blackOut order.
" ~ thoroughly complacent peo-
p,a. t"t &ad easy-going, except that We
i.ra - cling to our high standard Of
living. That standard will be brought
L. ehr le@e. q the Japanese unless We
y.n his "ar.
This j. - De an sll-out War. We are
going = hure to produce bombers and
r,4l.t r, AID War ships at d rate neve
.r.ory sch. w ar going to have to
sacrifice 81 cTerNl'..ng except War pro-
olction.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
PROSPERITY NOTES

New report ON the movie boom
shows Warner Bro'herS doub.ne
profits tor their fiscal year tEd-
in An. 30. NETTING Il neat S542a J.
Ooo. and puyi0s ,ucNt March tae
fi:s. dividend that preferred ,Jo.b-
holders vii have had since la32.
Paul Whiteman has a blue ca
about Two sizes smaller than 4
locomotive. and the horn toots out
a few bars of Rhapsody in Blue.
Rancho del Mortgage is the name
Of minor actors valley estate
A WeA-KnoWn actress with plenty
Of mCney is 4 victim of klep,o-
mania. Local stores ali know aboa
her and nave detectives observe
her SltiRht-ot -hand thefts at TIE
counters Bills for the articles are
sent to her studio. On the movie
sets, the gal Is content with steal
ing scenes.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
2541 Axis Aliens
Jailed in Nation

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 Up .
Agents of the war and justice de-
partments have taken into custody
254l axis nationals in the cOntin-
entail United States and Hawaii
Attorney General Francis Biddlc
said today.
Gclman aliens total 1902, italians
los and japanese 1870.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
Spure the Phone
When Siren Walls

siblc to matters Of genuine i'm
p0rtancr.
Campbell said Tia. 'ho number of
calls placed through the Fl Centro
switchboard VAS the greatest on
record In addition to the thous-
ands of local calls. thc board was
jammcd with 1900 long distance
calls. which VAS 500 above normal.
Cooperation q, telephone clients
kill BE- greatly appreciated, ~ he
sad
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14

Highway patrol VAS ordered not
to permit any modification Of any
light requirement included in the
motor vehicle code. Blue ccllophanc
or any other type of paper over
Automobile lights is Illegal and
those who Use 1t Will be guilty OF
diSobeying thc law, unless they are
officially designated 10 drive ON
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14

emergency work.
Pull over 10 the curb or beside
thc highway" SGT Reed said, when
the blaekout order comes Turn out
all lights in the car and
stay there until the all clear IS
given. To drive without hghts IS
dangerous to H." motoust and to
lhc PEDESTRIANS. II ls not necessary
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14

to drive during blackouts except in
the cases of official cars on emer-
gency calls
Special instructions for motorists
will be issued as soon as military
authorities complete conferences
with motor vehicle department Of
fjcjals. Reed vas informed Satur-
DAY
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14

EDITORS NOTE: The follortag edit
oridIS are presented as interesting OPin
ions roiced bU editors eISeUhere. They
40 not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
DIVORCE GRANTED

a linaI divorce Vas granted Mary
Sosa Ahumada Fuda% in her suit
Izainot LuUrG AMumdGd.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
MEMBER

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14

There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.
-DISrleli
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-14
COMPLACENCY is OUT

-IttI m 4 COMMON cause
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-13
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can YOU answer seven Of these
test questions Turn 10 the
women's page for answers.
!. What is the name for the
political divisions in louisiana.
that correspond 10 counties in
other states
:. The military tank was first
used in 1915 by the Germans.
French. British, Americans. or
Russians
). Name the srtist who paint
ed September Morn"
4. John C. Nicolay was sec
Rotary to Lincoln. Wilson, or
Hoover
5 Name the largest living
bird
s. BY what body is the Pope
Of the Roman Catholic Church
chosen
:. The capital city Of Para
quay is Lima. Asuncio1,
Mortevideo
s. In which city is the Champs
Eiysees7
p Who wrote the poem
'Lockslsy Hare
10. president Franklin u.
Roosevelt was born IN Hyde
Park. or New York cityg
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-13
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thinus

To receive sftsntiou IN thls col
uinn lettefz must EiFs nauf and
address 81 wrltar OuIH Initials
VII - published shea requested
Mr.. Fixli: I have a ring which
10 thought by friends Ia he
made Of plastic toothbrush han
die. Can You tel me how "a
soften the handles ~ I would
like to make some triangie< for
curtain pulls NJ mother va.
horn IN sshtabulc. Ohio. but
they say there IL no record Of 10
there. l. there \ possibility tsst
there'd he a record In the health
department ~ Columbuss
MISS l.. c.
Try heating the toothbrush
handles over an electric plate.
They should bend when hot. The
Ohio state health department
does not list any records before
1905. Your mother probably win
need other record as evidence Of
her birthplace and date
Mr.. flsit. what are the
chances of going TO work In the
shipysrds after passing the
welders' test? Can YOU apply
for n job a. a welder's helper
or shlpfitter's helper on one APP
pllcation blank l. there any
government. NPA or park board
vocational school where one can
learn welding at night
That isn't the way you apply
for jobs At the shipyard You
must apply through the unions.
in most cases the boilermskers'
union. which has its office on A
81. across from the post office.
The Tacoma public schools. with
government assistance. does
have vocational classes at night
In ship welding. To enroll. you
should apply 10 Mr. Root at
the state employment service Of
flee, liz SO. 18th 1T.
Mr.. Fisit; Could YOU please
tell me II there II any place in
Tacoma where could find out
the value of old coins. I have
bought several books on coins
hut I don't seem 10 understand
them. MRS. W. ~. Y.
Attendance nj a meeting of
the Tacoma Coin club probably
would be a good way TO learn
10 interpret your coin book. II
you get in touch with Louis X.
Woodford ut the Bank Of Cali
fornia, who is an officer OF the
club, you can learn the club
schedule and possibly get some
advice on your coins.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-13
PLEA FOR JAPANESE
BORN IN AMERICA

Editor, The Times MAY
please make a plea for under
standing towards men and wo-
men like my husband VINO were
born here IN this great generous
land Of ours by japanese par
ents2 Il wasn't their fault.
they had no possible way Of
choosing which parents they
wished for. nor where they were
born. SO please. dear God. have
mercy or them. Don't let them
suffer for unkind words sent
from mouths OF those whose
o-ly knowledge OF the young
japanese Is standing grouped
jahberng in a foreign tongue.
o. acting Iypically old-country-
lsn- You know undoubtedly
there are a few whose only
tongue IS English. whose very
blood pulses with patriotism to-
wards America. their land.
You'll find these using the
tongue Of our country probably
with q group OF white men or
them. They are suffering very
women. please don't condemn
much more than either you or
can possibly know.
IN their hearts his. a. leastl
there Is Just as great a condsn-
nation against the lard 81 the
Rising Sun for Us unjust act
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-13
FINANCIAL PROBLEM
OFFERS HEADACHE

The opinion Of Chairman
George OF the senate finance
committee, that federal taxes
have reached almost their max
imum hearable levels. Is much in
line with statements made BY
the Canadian minister OF finance.
In q speech 10 the parliament
in Toronto. the latter remarked
significantly that ne did not
know where 10 turn or how to
proceed 10 tax much more hesv-
lily than the government now is
doing.
In this connection. n study
made by the Bank for Interna-
tional Settlements At Basel.
Switzerland. is pertinent. After
exhaustive studies. the institu-
tons economists found that OF
the two countries which have
most effectively increased their
taxation. Germany is able 70
meet Just overland the United
Kingdom just under-40 per cent
OF combined civil and war ex-
perditures from current reve-
nue.. The remaining 90 per is
being covered by proceeds OF
long and short-term loans and
the employment Of foreign re-
sources. The yield Of taxation
in the reich has reached the rec
'ord level Of IS per cent OF the
net national income. For Great
Britain the Approximate CORE
spending figure is 50 per cent.
The United States and Sweden
collect = per cent. Italy IS per
cent. and Switzerland 20 per
cent OF the total income Of the
people. These are rough figures
subject 10 scrutiny and revision
when the statistical hlaokout OF
the war has been lifted.
This greatly exceeds anything
attempted BY beiigerent govern
mshts during the World war.
Also. government spending. after
only two years OF shooting. Is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-13
LaCuardia Visit Honors Tacoma

Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia of New York City paid Ia
coma flying visit Thursday. Ii flying" tour in
every respect The chief executive of the countys great
est city ffuratvely flew from engagement another
He an extremely busy person Aside from administering
the affairs of New York. be is president Of the national
conference OF mayors and head of the Civilian Defense
ganization Of the U. s. II in his capacity repre-
sentative Of the last named that he visited the city in
whirlwind tour OF the Pacific Coast
Mayor LaGuarda is short. thickse individual of dy-
manic personality He is quick of wit blunt yet affabe
and politician Of the best type Honest courageous eff
fcen LaCuarda gets things done. His trigger-lke mind
assemblies facts summarizes results and draws conclusions
of great import is tremendous asset not only to his
community but to the nation at large.
patriot OF the first water his is the task of getting
the entire civilian population TO contribute in the largest
and best possible to the task handhe winning
OF the war against the axis powers. Would that had
few thousand more LaGuardias.
Tacoma IL proud to have had the little flower" the
New York executive IL afeconately called guest of the
city. though the visit brief Good luck to him
and may his kind continue to increase.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-13

Although the surprise attack by axis forces Hawaii
and other Pacific bases Of the U. S. brought tenn
poray disaster to those stronghods succeeding events
reveal that the American naval and military establishment
IL than holding its At first there
sternaon that the u S. should be taken by surprise
and suffer heavy losses There ncpen demands that
commanding officers involved be brought TO account and
the for successful attack be ascerained
However cooler heads prevailed and these unreasonng de-
mands shelved for the time being.
There natural blow to our pride that hard TO
take To think that wsrships airpanes and auxiliary
craft could be destroyed together with heavy loss of life
in supposedly mpregnabe military bases Incompetent
sble to many However the advantage in the beginning
always with the treacherous foe that attacks without
ing disreaardng diplomatic and international law
However the net result is but to make resolve to fight
the harder TO the early losses and take full adj
vantage Of great and physical and spiritual
might This has been undertaken and though the may
be long and hard eventually shall triumph again as we
have in the past.