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First Problem

"The Negroes first problem industrial plant to make
his services valuable to the employer and white
fellow workers To do this all be
TO watch his public conduct He should learn
and Clean physically and mentally be Objectionable
due to lack of hygiene undy clothing he must be en-
couraged to be clean in his habits of speech
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This is one of Americas
great cities - boost it every
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
MUD-SLINGING

(Santa Ana Register)
The term ''mud-slinging' is with us
again and is being mouthed daily in crit
icism of candidates for office. Too often
if a speech doesn't please-or maybe
strikes home-it is classed as "just mud
singing"
What is "mud-slinging? Webster fails
to define it, Literally, it is the hurting
of mud. dirt and filth that bespatters
the recipient. Politically, it is the hurl-
ing Of charges that are untrue, mislead-
ing, or unfair. and which besmirch an
opposing candidate.
Before crying :smudslinging,' one
should weight what has been said. Is it
true? Is it taking unfair advantage? If
the answers are "yes' and mo-" then it
can hardly be called 'mud-slnging,
Think before using this over-worked
term Try to distinguish it from honest
and needed statements of fact. The work
is too often used as is much profanity
either thoughtlessly or for lack of an
adequate vocabulary.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
ROOSEVELT DIPLOMACY
AND THE FUTURE

Including himself. New Dealers are
telling the people that the future of world
safety only can be guarded by continu-
alton of Roosevelt's great diplomatic abl-
ity and his wide and complete under
standing of foreign affairs.
Some of these campaignerS. and RooSe-
welt himself believes it. go so far as to
declare that defeat of the new deal will
endanger winning the war as we'll as to
make a proper peace wholly Impossible
and destroy any chance of Russia agree
ing to help defeat the Japanese.
The first statement can be dismissed
as pure demagoguery. And the second is
worse simply because it isn't any more
true than the first but is more repre-
hensible from the fact that peace terms
vet are to come while the war practical
lv can win itself Marshall, Eisenhower
and King are winning it and, although
some of the loudest new deal trumpeters
have said Dewey plans on changing the
military leadership, no one believes that
for one minute.
Roosevelt's future success as a dlplo-
mat must far outstrip his results prior
to the war and as far as his attempts
have gone so far since war started II
he proves the statesman claimed for him.
The Cairo and Teheran parleys tell
story of vague uncertain processes. Rus
sia came out Of all these meets the domi
mating and aggressive factor. How much
so. develops little at a time.
Regarding postwar diplomacy. max
ings of the present war started with the
Hitler purges and this date fits in with
the start of the new deal power Appease-
ment policy with Japan likewise had its
start with the new deal policy and con-
tinued on to within few days of Pearl
Harbor.
Nothing can hide the dismal failures 50
recorded, nor should the war clouds be-
come a screen to divert attention from
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Congress Clerk
Eyes Campaign
Expense Reports

WASHINGTON. Nov. /. CUP) -
The Democratic congressional cam
paign committee received $6l liza
and spent $56.800 between August
10 and October 20, a report filed
Tuesday with the house clerk re-
vealed.
The Thousand club, los West
Adams stree, Chicago, gave $25,-
600, while Mrs. Daryl F.. Zanuck,
Beverly Hills, California. and Ber-
nard M. Baruch contributed $4,000
and $500 respectively.
Total contributions of $73,017 and
expenditures of $685. las were report
ed by the national independent
committee for Roosevelt and Tru-
man, headed by former OPA admin
istrator Leon Henderson. Rep. Sam
uel A. Weiss, Cd, Pennsylvania,
gave $4l6 to this group.
E. V. Rickenbacker, famed World
War I ace, contributed $500 Of the
S37 1863 received up to october q
by the Ohio Republican finance
committee. The committee spent
$4,000.
The Democrats for Dewey, Inc,
Los Angeles, reported $23,355 re-
ceived up to october 26 and $l5,-
$50 spent.
The United Republican finance
committee for metropolitan New
York received $l,263,476 and spent
1891, TAG through october 26.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
PROPOSITION NUMBER d
SHOULD BE DEFEATED

Enactment of Proposition Number 4
which will appear on the ballot next
Tuesday, listed as Assembly Constitu-
tional Amendment No. II, can serve no
good purpose that is not now permissible
under statute Its adoption would set a
precedent and open the way for subter-
fuges to escape taxes, which in the end
would make notification OF this act nee
essary, but not after the state had sui
fered tremendous loss in legitimate reve-
nue..
The title of this proposition Is not al
together frank, if not actually miSlead-
ing Passage would not give further bene-
fit to charitable organizations as such;
defeat will not deprive already exempted
institutions from that benefit.
Enactment instantly would remove
granting exemption privileges from con-
stitutional guardianship to the Whlms
and caprices of changing legislatures and
thereby would be abandoned funda-
mental and sound principle set out IN
the constitution. There would be subStl-
tuted pressure procedure for logical ac-
tion and in the end the entire exemption
privilege would be damaged or destroy
ed. We should have subsidy instead OF
exemption.
As already stated property oNeu loi
purely religious purposes already enjoys
exemption Charitable activities are not
actuated in possessing property. But
under the proposal institutions could be
set up under title of charity and have
a thriving individual business tax eX-
empt.
We can not subscribe to the argument
or the belief that any iniustices are being
carried out under the present system.
Neither can we see where the very activ-
tiles entitled to exemption would be bet
tered by enactment of Proposition Four.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Guard Training
Camps Listed
In BUDGET Set-Up

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 1. CUP) -
Annual 15-day training encamp-
ments for officers and enlisted men
of the state guard may be resumed
next year, Adjutant General Ray w.
Hays indicated Wednesday.
Hays said he is submitting budget
requests totaling $3,099.002 for the
l945-47 biennium and that the an
nual encampment. costing $780,
900 per year for 5000 men, is includ-
ed.
He added there will be surplus
of So 400. 900 in the guards current
budget A total of $4,907 ,958 was ap-
propriated for the guard by the
l943 legislature but drastic admin
istrative economies have enabled us
to reduce overall guard expenses
for the two-year period to $780,
O00." Hays said.
Also included in the new budget
would be funds for the state high
school cadet corps and provision
for supplying uniforms to officers
of the state guard, Hays said.
Although officers serve without
pay, their average personal outlay
for uniforms has been $3.50, he add
ed.
Hays said If funds are authorized
for the training camps, which were
discontinued during the war. their
resumption will hinge on relaxation
of manpower and transportation
shortages.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
THAT HAWAIIAN TAX
pasadena PoSt)

L
1t is on the tax side that the proposal
proposition ID is especially vulnerable
in the opinion of its opponents. The )
per cent gross income tax is estimated
to raise a billion dollars a year, which
is between three and four times as much
as is now raised for all purposes OF state
government and state support OF schools.
Eighty per cent of the first S50O.OOO, 900,
all of the second $500, 100000 and 90 per
cent of all over a billion would be devot-
ed exclusively to the old-age pensions.
The gross income tax on such scale
as this. it is claimed, would vastly IN
crease the tax burden of the average per-
son: because all would pay at the same
rate on every dollar they took in, regard
less of whether the amounts taken IN
represented profit or loss.
The Hawaiian gross income tax, to
which this is sometimes compared, does
not cover wages nor does it cover all
kinds of income at the same rate. The
rate in Hawaii ranges from IA of | per
cent to l IA per cent. and is thereby de-
signed not to pyramid excessively.
In the opinion of many who have stud
led the plan, the 3 per cent tax here pro-
posed would so pyramid as to increase
greatly the cost of living and to produce
the very kind of inflationary movement
which the government and the people
have been struggling to avoid.
The writer of this column editor w.
l. Blair), believes the arguments against
the measure far outweigh any that have
been brought forward in its support.
Hence he registers a NO vote on No.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Ace of Pacific
May Be THROUGH

SIOUX FALLS, S. d, Nov. |. Cup
- Combat flying days apparently
were ended for Major Joe Foss'
marine ace of GuaGalcanal and the
first American flior in this war
to equal Captain Eddie Rieken-
hackers record of 2G enemy planes
destroyed.
Foss revealed that he expects to
enter an army hospital soon for
treatment of malaria. which has
forced him home from the Pacific
twice. He said that after treatment
he expects to be assigned to the
marine combat training base at
FL Toro, California.
Foss is completing a 30-day leave
at his home here with his wife and
their four -month-old daughter. He
came back to this country late in
September after his second tour OF
duty in the South Pacific, during
which he shot down one more Jap
anese plane to add TO the 26 he
had begged earlier.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
ca;pEoI Talk
u by
- Peter Eelson

signed,
A second letter now goes out to
the next of kin, relaying tins new
information and enclosing tull
mailing instructions and labels for
mailing out parcels and tobacco
And in the prisoner of war informa-
tion bureau the case now becomes a
record in a visible strip file as well
as on machine record caro- so
that the bureau has instantly avail
able records en- every individual
SOME ADVICE TO NEXT OF KIN
All correspondence with relatives
is handled by the bureau. AS volume
is increasing. officers request OF
prisoners next of kin:
Don't write letters either to the
bureau or to the adjutant general S
office when you first get missing
in action" telegram. 1t doesn't &c
anv good. Neither department knows
any more about any indlvldual
missing in action case than you do.
The second request is, don't write
letters to any government agency or
official. Write cnly to The Prisoner
of War Information Bureau Provost
Marshal Generals Office, Washing
ton 25. D. c.
Once a month the bureaus strip
file of names is microfilmed and
the film sent to the Office of Cen
sorship in New York, which clears
all prisoner of war mail.
The punch card index is made cut
in duplicate. One copy stays in Wash
ington. the other goes to General
Eisenhower headquarters, so that
when the armies move into Ger
many, U. S. forces will know lust
what prisoners have to be accounted
for. and where they are.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
November ], 1914

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that / have received the Assess
ment books for the year 1914 and
that the assessment for that year
Is now due and payable. The Direc-
tors of the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict have determined by resolution
that the said assessment shall be
payable in two inStallmentS.
Pursuant to law and the said res
olution the said assessment levied
within the sale District is due and
payable on the first day of Novem-
GER. 1914. The first installment
thereof (one-half of said assess
nenD will become delinquent at
six 600 O'Clock pm, on the last
Monday in December, 1914, and un-
less paid prior to that time, ten
10%D per cent will be added there
to. The second inStallment Of sale
assessment (the remaining one-half
of the entire assessment will be-
come delinquent at six t6:00l o.
clock pm, on the last Monday in
June. 1915, ard unless paid prior TO
that time, five (5%) per cent will
be added thereto.
Said assessment will be received
at the office of the Assessor ant
Collector of the said Imperial Irri-
CATION District located at l43 South
Sixth street Masonic Temple Build
ingJ in the City of Ell Centre, Coun-
ty of Imperial, State OF California,
every day from the date of this
notice CHoliGays Excepted during
legal business hours.
w. A. McFADDEN,
Assessor Collector.
(No. 75) NOV. |, 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Railroad Seeks
Abandon Order

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4. tUP)--
The Yosemite Valley railroad, one
of California's oldest railroad lines,
has asked permission Of the state
railroad commission to abandon its
II mile route between the valley and
MADEIRA.
In a petition to the commission
the railroad management said the
line has been bankrupt since 1886
and its services have been dupli-
Gated by bus lines and private autos,
which for the major part of the
railroads existence were not ad-
mitted to the isolated valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
SEEK COAST SLAYER

LOS ANGELES, Nov l. tUP)-
Sheriff's Investigators S a turd a y
searched for a former inmate of
the Sonoma state mental hospital
they identified as Robert Brasco
accused of hammering and stabbing
to death Mrs. Susan Kirk, 34-year-
old wife of a soldier serving in the
South Pacific.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Finance Office
Boosts Budget

SACRAMENTO, Nov. l. CUPD--
The state finance department has
disclosed that the secretary Of states
office had asked for budget total
ling $2C2 ,740 for the two years be-
ginning next JUL /.
The sum compares with $145,5l5
being spent by the office during
the present biennium. Most of the
increase is asked to provide funds
for Los Angeles offica of the sec
retary of states office.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01

As of October | there were some
5000 u. S. soldiers, sailors and ma
rines known to be prisoners of the
! Germans or Japanese. There were
in addition, some $4,000 reported
missing. Some of the missing may
be dead. others may be reported
! later from the prison camps. Keep
/ ing the records straight of all these
thousands in the prison camps
makes one of the little-known but
more important and more tragic
Sideline jobs Of the war.
Headquarters of information on
United States personnel held priS-
oner by the enemy is in one wing of
the old World War l munitions
building in Washington. Article II
of the Geneva convention. govern
ing treatment CT prisoners. requires
that each of the ratifying powers
set up one of these prisoner of war
information bureaus The United
States and Germany ratified this
agreement. though Japan never did.
For the United States, the army
handles this work for all services
army. navy, marines. coast guard,
civilians.
Before a man can be reported
prisoner of war he must first be
reported missing in action. This
missing in action report is cabled
to the adjutant generals office in
Washington. which Immediately
pulls the mans records from its
files and reports the case to the
casualty branch.
The man doesn't become a priS-
oner of war until he is so reported
by the nation which captured him,
or by direct communication in the
form of a capture card received
from the prisoner himself, addressed
to his next of kin. Ordinarily, how
ever. the first word the next OF kin
will get is a telegram from the War
Department saying that the man is
missing in action.
NAMES TRANSMITTED FIRST
As soon as man is captured, the
enemy obtains from him such infor-
maticn as his name, rank. serial
number. home address and next OF
kin. This information is sent by the
enemy authorities to the 1nterna-
tional Red Cross. From IRC at Ge-
neva. therefore. will come to the
War Department an initial cable
giving a list of newly reported pris-
oners by name, rank and serial
number. From this first list the
prisoner of war information bu-'
reau prepares information for vari-t
Gus identifying agencies which noh-
fv the next of kin, giving the rela-
tive the first news that the man.
previously reported missing in ac-
ton is now prisoner of war.
A copy CT this notification Is then
transferred from the identifying
agency to the prisoner of war IN
formation bureau of the provost,
marshal generals office, which fol-.
lows up the initial telegraphed re-
port with a letter to the next OF kin,
explaining hCw and where he may
be communicated with.
From 30 to 90 days later there Will
come a second cable from Geneva.
confirming names and numbers and
specifying the prisoner of war camp
to which each man has been as
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
CKHkE aRRGTATsONS OF
SNGN EXTERNAL CAUSE

Eczema, acne pimples. simple ringworm,
letter, salt rheum, bumps (bIackheads).
and ugly broken-out skin. Millions re-
licve itching, burning and soreness Of
these mseries with this simple home treat
ment. Black and White Ointment goes
to work at once. Aids healing, works the
antiseptic way. % years success. 1Oc,
25c, soc sizes. Purchase price refunded
if you're not satisfied. Use only as di-
rccted. Vital in cleansing is good soap.
Enjoy Black and White Skin Soap daily
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
SUE FOR DIVORCE

Two suits for divorce were filed in
Imperial county superior court,
Loretta j. Bacon against James A.
Bacon and Robert Lolan Leroy
against Andrea H. Leroy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The folloTing edit
oridls are presented as interesting Opin-
ions Uoiced by editors elseUhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO EN-
GAGE IN THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
November |. 1914

November /, 1874
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Notice is hereby given that fifteen
days after the date posted, the un-
dersigned proposes to sell alcoholic
beverages at these premises, deS-
cribed as follows:
1867 Broadway-El Centro
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
Of an alcoholic beverage license tor
'icenSesD for these premises as fcl-
lows:
ON SALE BEER
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such license ts) may Tile
4 verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacra-
mento. California, stating grounds
for denial as provided by law. The
premises are not now licensed Tor
he sale of alcoholic beverages.
ALFONSO M. GONZALES.
No. 76) (Nov. II
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
NOTICE TO VOTERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the electors Of the State OF Cali
fn. that the following will be submitted to the People
m State their ratification the general
election to be held the seventh day of November AD 1914
FRANK M. JORDAN,
Secretary of State
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01

FOR THE VETERANS This provides for
bond issue thirty dollars (ooooooo be used by
th, Veterans. assisting California
to acquire farms or homes
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01

Before we commit ourselves to join any
world organization to preserve the status
quo of peace treaty, we should know
the terms of that treaty. We should
know whether Russia or England or any
other of our Allies intends to seize terri
tories of countries now recognized by
the United States = Sen. Burton K
Wheeler CD of Montana.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
MORE TO COME

(Winnipeg Trlbune)
II is well to remind ourselves that even
when Hitler is finished, only half of the
Job will have been done. We all recognize
that there can be no letdown. With closer
participation Canadians will come to feel
this rather than merely grasp it with
their minds. Meanwhile, Canadians
should pay closer attention to the war in
the Pacific
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01

AGAINST ACT OF 1913, This provides
for thirty million dollars (:,ooooooo) be used
Welfare Board assisting California
to ia homes
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
ON SALE BEER
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

NOTICE TO ASSESSMENT tTAX)
PAYERS .
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT ASSESSMENT FOR 1874
NOW DUE.
OFFICE OF ASSESSOR AND COL
LFCTOR OF IMPERIAL IRRI-
CATION DISTRICT.
Noyemher l. 1914
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01

tThis proposed law. by act OF the
Legislature passed at It's fifty fifth ses-
sion. Is submitted to the people In ac-
cordance with the provisions of Section
/ of Article XVI of the Constitution
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Miss Evelyn Rouse.
Bride Elect, Honored

Mrs. Leon H. Rouse, assisted bv
her niece, Mrs. Grayson Hudson.
Mrs. P. H. Raspberry, and Mrs
W. L. Allender, entertained at her
home Friday evening with lovely
lingerie shower in honor of her
daughter, Evelyn Aileen Rouse
The bride elect received manv
lovely gifts in lingerie, after which
appropriate games were played
and a delicious ice course served.
Those attending were: Miss
Rouse, honoree, Mrs. C. D. Bar
cliff, Mrs. P. H. Raspberry, Mrs.
Annie Walton, Mrs. N. C. Mag
nuSon, Mrs. E. c. Marshburn, Mrs.
Porter Wagstaff, Mrs. A. B. Riggs.
Mrs. Fred Farrar, Mrs. Thomas
Williams, Miss Stella Cox, Miss
Beverly Walton, Mrs. w. L. Allen
der, Mrs. ]. A. Jones, Mrs. Jack
Horton, Miss lula Henderson, Mrs.
Grayson Hudson Mrs. c. N. Hen
derson, and Mrs. Thos. D. Sellars.
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spending a few days here wi h
Miss Teau Council.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. N. Dawson and
children have returned after
| spending a few days vacation at
Pauley's Island, S. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Averitt and
children Of Fayetteville, are here
for a visit with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. X. c. Council.
Charles Parker Of Farmville, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Lytton
at their home on the Lake beach.
Mrs. Sim Pate and daughter.
Miss Addie Lee Pate have return-
go home after a visit with Mrs.
Pa ties son, r. ]. who is stationed
at cambridge, Md.
Miss Catherine Dale Chauncey
mas returned to her home here aft
er a two weeks visit with friends
i'll Washington, o. c.
Carl Chauncey is spending ten
days with his family after finish
ing boot training at Camp Perry,
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hall of Har-
rels Store, Misses Joyce, Peggy
and Mary Alice Hall visited Mr..
ard Mrs. j. G. Hall and Miss Betty
Gray Hall during the weekend.
Pvt. Douglas Smith Of Fort Bel
volr, Va, visited relatives at Lake
WaccamaWs Tuesday. Clyde Henry
and John Hall spent the weekend
with relatives here.
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'versity, is member Of the Ad-
ministrative staff Of the Jersey CT
ty Education system, past presi-
dent Of The Teachers Sodality of
Northern New Jersey, and an ac-
tive social worker in her COM
E.unity. -
Another newcomer to the Fifth
and Orange club is Mrs. Ann r.
Barrett who will act as program
director. Mrs. Barrett is former
resident Of Boston, has been living
in Silver Springs Md, and. teach
ing in the District of Columbia
High schools since her husband.
Lieutenant John F. Barrett, U. S.
N. went on active duty. Mrs. Bar
rett is graduate of Teachers
college, Boston and was very &C.
tive in Newman club work while
there and also while studying at
Harvard university.
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LAKE WACCAMAW

LAKE WACCAMAW, July H.
Mrs. J. T. Williams of Wilmington,
spent the past week with Mrs. S. T.
Weaver at her home here.
j. Henry Griffin OF Monroe
spent several days here this week
with Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Weaver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnie Jordan and
daughter, Annie Mae of Richmond,
Va, and Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Mel
son a d children of Holly Ridge,
visited their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. r. Nelson during the weekend.
Miss Bobbie Powell of Marion,
is spending some time here with
her sister, Mrs. B. L. Townsend,
Jr., and Mr.. Townsend.
Miss Sara Britton of Whitevvile,
was a recent guest of Mrs. Jimmie
Brooks. -
Miss Burnice Bum has returned
to her home in Roxboro, after