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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-01-28
"Please, Mrs. Mason"

"Please, Mrs. Mason"
But she had walked away
quickly to the living room door.
Harvey, Gary's here if you want
him." she said.
Harvey got to his feet, and his
face was red. Come on in here,
Gary. You know Oliver-and
this is Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
bossing this oil job for me-"
Paterson was a type he knew.
Suave, lawyer turned salesman.
81 don't think you need any
outside help to get at the bottom
of this proposition, Harvey" Oh
liver said. you're not going to
lose a cent by accepting Pater-
sons proposition. On the other
hand, you stand to lose plenty if
you refuse to listen"
Mind stating the PROPOSE
tion?" Gary asked politely.
Oliver bristled a little. 81
don't see why we should. We've
made it perfectly clear to Har-
vey."
perhaps I can make it plain in
few words, Mr.. Tallman." Pat
terson was blandly agreeable. Il
happen to represent the people
who own the refinery nearest to
Mr.. Mason's project. We don't at
this time wish to buy any more
oil However, the people I rep
resent are willing to take over
the lease on this property-min-
eral rights only, you understand
and hold it for future develop
ment."
''You figured this out, did
you?" Gary said to Oliver,
smiling soolly. VERY clever
job"
ITS a holdup. I don't care
who figured it Quit" shouted
Harvey
You're quite certain then, Mr..
Mason, that you don't wish TO
protect yourself by coming in
with u.s." Paterson rose. Your
well is only spudded in now.
Plenty of trouble can happen be-
fore you hit the sand. We could
save you from all that, you
know
4 can save myself" snapped
Harvey. Good day, gentlemen"
They aren't telling all they
know" Gary said when divers
car had backed viciously out of
the drive. Something's stirring
and may not be pretty
Very early next morning Gary
saw the man in the brown suit
walking avross the field. "Ouch!"
he said to Hickey. Il knew it.
Here it comes"
THAT feller?" drawled Hickey,
"He's a lawyer. Slide Ellis, from
up in town.
might as we'll slog along down
there and see what he wants"
Harvey and the lawyer walked
toward the house. and Gary went
back to the slush pit, but unease
made him prickly. He went to
the house an hour later, heard
loud voices barking at each 9TH
er in the living room, and slipped
upstairs unobstrusively.
He heard the front door close
while he was shaving, and then
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-01-28

a minute on the production front, means life
death to those on the battle fronts.
Accidents do not happen. They are caused
They can be prevented. Because the Norfolk
and Western Railway knows from long experience
that these statements are the literal truth, it has
intellectually joined in the nationwide accident
prevention campaign of the War Production Fund
to Conserve Manpower. Started by American
industry, and endorsed by the War Production
Board, this campaign is raising $5,OOO,OOO from
business and industry throughout the country.
The funds will be used to finance vast program
of the National Safety Council - to protect
Americas war workers in the factory, in the home
and the streets
Tonight when you lie down to sleep, visualize
the lonely monument of that American soldier.
And solernnly resolve that tomorrow, you will 60
forth to work and live safely to protect his
comrades to speed Victory and Peace.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-01-28
Lansing RI News

People of this section are talk
ing about farming since the
weather is so mild.
Avery Eldreth continues ILL.,,
his many friends will be sorry to
learn.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jones Ell
dreth, a son.
Ely Wyatt has returned home
from Virginia to spend a few days
with relatives here.
J. D. Greer has been quite ILL.,,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-01-28

jefferson, Monday.
Mrs. Cora Baker, who has been
sick for some time, is now i'm
proving.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-01-28
but is improving.
There is some talk of building
a Missionary Baptist church at
Windows On New Worlds

Hair splitting is longer joke new electron Micro.
which makes visible world that has prevos1,
been too small for scientists study.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-01-28
70 X';2r Me wuufofhNAeks."..

Out there somewhere on scorched, deserted
battlefield is a monument to American soldier
"a pile of rocks empty gun
empty helmet.
He young and strong - eager and willing
to fight for his country. He did fight b-avely
But for the want of bullets planes
or tanks - he lost his life. He didn't understand
mo, Soldier . you didn't understand
you didn't know that accidents Of careless
ness and inetficency back home cost you
your lie. You didn't know that since your
country went to accidents have caused
the loss Of 500, 100000 mandays of
labor precious days, hours and minutes
lost forever for making the bullets and building
the planes and the tanks that could have
saved your life-and the lives Of your comrades.
Accidents deadly enemy that prolong
the war. Saving or losing day, an hour, even
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
Editorials and Comment
ROzA WORK AUTHORIZED

(Walla Walla (Wash.) Union-Bulletin)
Editors Note: Imperial Valley readers, with
East Mesa's tagging development in mind will
find this editorial from the scene of the Roza
project in Washington, extremely Interestingly
Good news came through Monday for
residents Of the lower Yakima valley
when official Washington announced the
letting of more than S1.000000 in con-
tracts for additional canals under the
Roza project. Within the next year or
two this construction will make water
available to an additional 25,600 acres
in that valley and when this is reduced to
sections of square mile each, some idea
of the benefits may be had.
The land to be added to production as
a result of this decision is equivalent to
40 square miles, or an area eight miles
by five miles in dimension. Under inten-
sive farming, such an area not only
should produce substantial amount of
feed and food, but support an additional
population of from $50 to 200 families
possibly more.
The interior department approval of
the Roza work not only is going to help
such communities as Sunnyside, Grand
view and Prosser, but heightens the hopes
of those who are advocating developments
in the Pasco and Burbank areas. The in
flux of large population in the Han
ford -Richland district, with its Influence
on Kennewick and Pasco seems to merit
development of available areas to serve
the new market nearby.
Pacific Northwest growth, both now
and after the war, seems to be definitely
assured as continuing thing. Areas
that lend themselves readily to develop
ment, while the major work in the Colum-
ba Basin project proceeds, seem certain
to be needed. The favorable attitude
shown in this Roza award should be en-
couraging for the Burbank and Pasco
areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
BY Congressman John Phillips

Significant things have been
happening in Congress. On the
oath, in one afternoon, under a
rule which prohibited amendments;
and practically prohibited discus
/ sion because of the short time al
lowed Congress passed a new tax
bill 1t added S2,l3o, 100000 to the
/ present taxes.
It was a vote by division. We
have five ways of voting. First the
speaker says, AL in favor, vote
aye" Just as you would in any
Chamber of Commerce, Ladies So
ciety. or Legislature. If it is a
close vote. someone demands "a
/ division"
All for the bill stand up, and
/ the speaker patiently counts. Then
he counts those who stand Up as
opposed, and announces the vote.
/ If it is still close. someone is sure
i TO demand teller vote If one
/ fifth of the number required for
quorum support the request, the
/ speaker appoints one member from
each side, who count the voting
members as they walk up the GEN.
ter aisle. This "one-fifth of a
quorum" is important, because the
quorum of the house is one-half its
membership. but only 100 when we
sit as Committee of the Whole.
If the vote is still close, or in
most important bills without any
other voting, somebody will ask for
ayes and noes" 30 per cent of
those present must support this.
The roll is called.
The fifth method is automatic.
II someone, after voice vote or the
teller vote, observes that the two
figures do not add up to a quorum
of the House, then he may make
the point of order that there is no
quorum and the speaker having
counted the number present to
confirm the point of order, the
clerk automatically starts calling
the roll.
The vote on the tax bill was a
voice vote only. 1t was 200 to 81.
l want my constituents to know
that was one of the 81. I voted
against the bill, for the same rea-
sons in part that 1 voted against
the budget bill in the Senate of
California in 1941. I was convinced
that the committee had not comb
ed 1t with fine tooth comb of
businesslike efficiency, looking for
possible savings. If the president
asks for 101a billions in additional
taxes, and the committee gives only
two billions, that is not of necessity
a matter of congressional pride. I
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
RESEARCH IN TRANSPORT
(Christian Science Monitor)

Although research, as such, is neither
novel nor new, it has suddenly been eX-
panded among the transportation COM
panias to an extent which betokens far
greater consciousness of current and
future trends than have, heretofore, been
taken into account.
That there is field for such studies
is self-evident; yet the fact that they
may digress into a series. ofAguesses as
to future business tendencies is equally
possible. For research which tends to
predicate future traffic upon charts and
graphs, .With--lines thereon pursuing
vague course into coming years, has
little to command it and much in it to
condemn.
Research. to be truly productive, needs
to be practical and factual. Probably
the, average research department in
transportation company could be of as
great value if it engaged in some plain
newspaper reporting of the old style,
namely by a good deal of legwork in
interviewing as many patrons of COM
pany as possible, to learn Just what they
think of its present service; the rates
charged; the courtesy of the employees;
the character of equipment offered the
schedules, and other factors. \ Then, bas-
ed upon these, the same queries as to
what such patrons desire, or expect, in
the future.
The company : either transportation
or ndustrial-which makes such sur
vey has learned more than almost any
other for such research is all but neglig-
ible in American industry, other than
those made by advertising agencies, or
by samplers of public opinion.
There is an articulate section of the
public which would be glad indeed to
give its opinion to any transport compan-
les on a variety of subjects-both those
specifically asked, and others not includ-
ed in the questionnaires." And the car
riers which sought out this public would
be we'll repaid for such research. They
might learn facts and derive ideas which
had not occurred to them before.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
STALIN AND THAT
SECOND FRONT

Manifestly there was much giving and
taking at the Tehran war conference,
and no doubt much debate With two
vital questions to discuss and decisions to
be reached-finishing the war and estab-
fishing lasting peace, it was busy ses-
sion.
Stain came fresh from the battlefield
and new victories over the nazis. He was
the warrior of the "big three and must
have spoken with authority" on the war
phase of the conference.
And it appears he stuck to his guns
as the statement on striking death blows
'sfrom the east, the south and the west
was further mentioned and the invasion
plans directed from the west went into
the records as ''the second 'front.' Uncle
Joe has been insisting day in and day out
since the Panzers moved onto Russian
soil that there be second front" and
that to head straight east from Britain.
And so when the triple invasion comes
there will be second front" Likewise
the drive from Africa stands in the rec
ords as the third front" The Germans
have had bigger taste of Stalins stub
bOrnneSS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
SHIP CONSTRUCTION
OUTSTRIpS GOAL

The L. S. Maritime commissions re-
port of completed ships seems almost
unbelievable. For November it says de-
liveries of vessels reached 1852, 900 dead
weight tons and that the goal set for
1942-1943 has been exceeded by 100000
tons. Set at 24,000,000 tons for the two
years when the president called for SUI
preme efforts to provide shipping from
men and material, the nation revealed
what can be accomplished when put to
the necessity. Similarly, airplane con-
struction is at an amazing peak of
plane turned out every five minutes.
Manifestly thousands of these ships
will be on the ocean when the war ends.
What of them then? Will they be tied
up at every available spot and left to
rot as happened after World war one?
1t is hard to believe this country will
stand for a repetition of that blunder
when it is recalled that L. S. shipping
became negligible for years after 1918
and that Britain and other European
nations practically controlled maritime
transport.
If we can produce the tonnage in war
time, we can keep on after peace comes
and it is time this nation reclaimed its
proper place in world shipping The
great fleets of new and modern freighters
after the war should be kept on the ocean
and busy and our building capacity
should not be forgotten or lessened.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
Clarifying
Yourself
By ALICIA HART
NEA Staff Writer

Makeup applied ON makeup not
only gives your skin a heavy, un-
natural look, but prevents it from
breathing. A daub or two of
powder to keep the shine off your
nose is quite all right. But never
do completely new makeup job
over an old one.
Entertainers, who must keep their
makeup looking fresh and natural
through lcng performances in
public, keep handy little box of
minute makeup pads. These small
cream and astringent saturated
discs quickly remove surface CRIME
and give you a fresh start, skating
star Donna Atwood of the Ice
capades long ago discovered.
For their Tahitian number, Donna
says the skaters must apply very
heavy, dark makeup and the 25
minutes of strenuous skating during
this extravaganza, makes the per-
spiration just ooze out of their
skins. IF we didn't remove our
makeup often enough, we'd soon
find our pores had becon-e terribly
enlarged she points out.
You'll tind It's an excellent idea
to keep little box of these pads in
your purse, SO that you can give
your face a complete cleaning at
lunchtime or before going to dinner
directly from the office.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
! Rise to Remark

am convinced by experience and
observation that more savings could
be made, and no additional taxes
levied.
If you want to argue that taxes
represent a way to drain off a
present inflationary excess of some
AZ billions which we cannot now
spend. will agree and for that
purpose I would go above two bill
lions. BUT I would then want the
money thus raised through taxes
to be applied to the reduction of
the debt, and not to the creation of
additional debt, and additional in
vitations to initiation. as in the bill
just passed.
I did not like the fact that the
present guessing contest" between
the taxpayers and the government
was not touched in the bill. 1t
should have been corrected. I op-
posed the levying of a tax which
will give preferred shipment rates
W EdSlCiil llidlluldClultlS anu
farmers. I found nothing in the
bill to stop the present farce of
''renegotiation, which is not a re-
negotiation at all, but an arbitrary
settlement made by some slide rule
boy out of Washington who has
the power of life and death over
the business men of America. I
did not like the gag rule Why
should the majority in Congress al
low us less than hours debate on
two billion dollar tax bill after
10 weeks with very little activity,
with another week of doing nothing
Immediately after that vote?
In brief: I didn't like it, I do
not set myself up against the tax
experts of Congress, but can still
read and write, and I can still think
for myself even after eleven months
in Washington.
The argument on subsidies, which
was almost completely miscnder-
stood; the formation of a Drive
for-Action Committee. and the al
most unbelievable WRA-Japanese
hearings will have to wait another
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
STATE ROAD MEET

Development of a comprehensive
postwar highway plan for south
ern California, designed to antici-
pate the future needs of this area,
will be considered at meeting to
be held F.iday, Dec. 10, at the Los
Angeles offices of the California
State Chamber of Commerce. Eff
forts will be made to prepare a
plan which will meet the antici-
pated tremendous growth of the
southland in the postwar years.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09

To the japanese people the person of
the emperor is the symbol of everything
that has made japanese militarism pos
sible. If the symbol is removed every
japanese will know that a new day has
come.-A Gripsholm passenger.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09

One of the morals we must surely
draw from these days is that we live in
one of the great formative times of hui
man history when the age of independ-
enoe is yielding TO the new conception oi
interdependence = British Ambassador
Lord Halifax
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

If there be general peace conference
in the midst of all these emotions, as
has been the practice hitherto, then four
nations will send 1000 diplomats to crate,
to conspire, quarrel and grab.-Herbert
Hoover
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
WITH THE
DISTRICT

n lllI1C WHO Il VI a.
bigger than pocket edition
size stood alone at his post
of duty, between Imperial
and Coachella Valleys and
a total blackout of all their
civilian and military actlvl-
ties. when the districts un-
ion-i n S truct ed electrical
workers walked out.
This little guy was at one
of the hydro electric plants
out on the desert along the
All-American canal, at a
power house where falling
water drives the machinery
generating the current for
homes and stores, for hospi-
tails, drug establishments
nth their priceless assort-
ments of vitality needed re-
frigeratad pharmaceauticals,
packing sheds, hotels, the
atres, army and navy and
marine camps and bases and
or all the other many uses
for electricity.
Although of midget stat
ure, this man, Earl Northrop,
like the little Dutch boy who
lept his finger in a hole in
l dixie to prevent disastrous
'lood, kept the turbines hum
ming, the generators going
and the power flowing until
help arrived-after the OPP
orators involved in the strike
walked off the job at mid
light. This was a demonstra-
ion of loyalty and devotion
o duty, typical of the man
ner in which all of the loyal
employees of Imr'erial lrri-
.ation District and the pa
triotic farmers of Imperial
Valley met a great emergen-
cy that might have resulted
in a major disaster.
Another "standfast' is Di-
rector Mack Trentham of
Imperial District, who in ad-
dition to performing the man
size task Of looking after
| 8O-acres of farm land and
@nsiderable stock, volunteer
ed to keep food flowing to
the guards and workmen who
are operating the h y dro
plants ON the .All-American
nal. Daily Mack is making
the long trek to the power
drops with assortments Of
ood which range from can
ned soup to .ham-and.' He
is looking after his hungry
''boys" in such an efficient
manner. that their general
health and well being is
keeping we'll abreast of their
morale in performing their
duty to the public.
There are scores of other
examples s m i a r to the
achievements Of public SER
vice recorded by Messrs.
Northrop and Trentham.
Dozens of farmers have left
their important duties at
home to serve as guards and
operators of the vitality need
ed units that send electricity
over the transmission lines
to the Imperial and Coach
ella Valleys. That there have
been no Interruptions in SER
vice is a tribute to the unself='
ish devotion of these men to
Il public cause.
THE SPIRIT OF '76
STILL SURVIVES IN I'M
PERIAL VALLEY AND ITS
FARMERS ARE DEMON
STRATING THAT THEY
CON S I'D E r LIBERTY
T H E | r GREATEST AS
SET.
Daniel ]. Tobin, editor CT the
International Teamster, official
organ of the teamsters union, in
an editorial in that publication
wrote:
"Think seriously before
you listen to agitators and
some wilful, disloyal Ameri-
cans, ambitious to get control
of your union.
Don't stop work! Bear
your troubles if you have
any. Your troubles are insig-
nificant compared to t h e.
sufferings and hardships of
our men over there
"TELL THE RAT WHO
| AnUn/r ATYrC O. nv n = ~ r, C
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09

There can not be any other thought
than reckless continuation, regardless of
what the situation may be-Adolf Hitler
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09

A big majority of army men, in
filling out a grippe sheet, said they
wanted. more news from home.
Let's all start pushing the pen more
OftenI
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09

1t is a reasonable assumption that un-
less we make some grave mistake in
strategy, the year 1914 will see the climax
; of the European war.-Winston Chur-
chill.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
WOULD CUT DELINQUENCY

A simple little plan like that,
faithfully carried out, would do
more toward cutting down on the
juvenile delinquency among school
children than any number OF
papers read on the subject at PTA
meetings.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-09
WE
the Women
By RUTH MILLETT

A good many of Women's war
time problems could be solved by
women themselves-if they would
lust put their minds to it.
The PTA of a public school in
Memphis, Tenn, has done just that.
and come up with this plan for
taking care of the school children
of working mothers after school is
out in the afternoon.
Any mothers who are nome wi h
their own children between the
hours of three and six are asked
to accept the additional care of one,
two or more children whose moth
ers work.
Now that is something almost any
mother could manage-because If
she has to keep an eye on her own
Johnny and Susie it won't be
much more trouble for her to
watch out for another child or
two.
That certainly beats letting the
children of working mothers go
home to empty houses.
And it doesn't cost anything. Yet
think how much it would mean to
a working mother to know that an
other mother is looking after he:
child during the time she can't.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-24
Seek Rise
In Corn
Ceiling

WASHINGTON, June % u
the face of strong opposition from
the Office OF PHce Admlnstra-
ton, the War Food AdminStra-
ton is fighting to have the price
ceilings on corn raised high
enough TO make is just as profit
able for farmers to sell II as
corn as 10 feed it 20 hogs.
This adjustment must be made
to keep industrial users and roul.
Try ralsers from going out Of
business, according TO WA.
The OPA sand that such re-
vision would result in hlgher
prices for poultry, eggs and cth'r
products because farmers would
have TO meet higher costs caused
by higher feed prices. The War
Food Administration, on the Other
hand, contends there Is no point
in keeping corn prices at a hRurc
that poultry raisers can afford II
they can't find any TO buy.