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Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
by Congressman JOHN PHILLIPS

Congressmen get letters 6many OF
them) criticising the com plicated
nature of the income tax laws ana
the income tax forms. We agree
with the letters. However. many Of
the letters ask us why we don't
change the laws and the forms?'
This is the way such changes are
made, under present procedures:
qD Tax laws are first proposed py
the treasury department tax eX-
perts, 90 hearings are then held hv
the house ways and means commit
tee. 30 tax experts representing the
treasury department and the ways
and means committee then take
the results of these extenoed hea:-
ings and try to prepare a tax law
which will meet the conflicting de-
sireS and arguments, "a a tax oil
eventually gets to the floor of the
house, (5) only members OF the
ways and means committee can Of
fer amendments to such a bill when
it is on the floor of the house, Cd
when the bill passes the house ii
goes to the senate, TO the senate
committee on finance, to the floor
of the senate. and eventually tusu-s
ally with some changes) passes thas
senate, % since the house and sen-s
ate are probably by that time in
disagreement on some items, it
goes to a conference committees
which eventually brings out bill
that may be agreed to by both
houses 80 it goes to the WhlteA
House and is signed except once
in the entire history of the United
States, which was a few weeks ago,
with somewhat spectacular results.
To encourage you, after reading
the above. a simplified income tax
law. and simplified forms, are now
being worked upon by the ways
and means committee and are def
nitely assured.
Who makes the laws, TIC congress
or the bureaus? Have you ever seen
the Federal Register?" The first
issue appeared March II. 1886 1t
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
BIT OF BULL SESSION
(Riverside Daily PreSs)

(RiverSide Daily PreSS)
When the War Production board was
confronted with a lady or the tiger
choice between copper and bulls, it did
mt hesitate. Copper, the board knew,
was essential to the machinery of war.
And copper was scarce. But bulls were,
and always had been, absolute essen
tial to the perpetuation of the bovine
species. And the bovine species, in the
form of beef and dairy products, wasn't
very plentiful either.
So WPB has allocated 100000 pounds
of copper year for the manufacture OF
nose rings for these essential but fire.
ouently temperamental creatures. All of
which is fine-eXcept that, 1t develops
nobody in WPB knows the bull popula-
ton of the United States. Nobody in the
Department of Agriculture does either.
There hasn't been bull census since
1920.
Why 100000 pounds per annum, then?
Nobody knows that either. WPB doesn't
even know how many rings that will
make.
We don't have 4 nose ring handy or
we would tell you. But figuring a gener-
Gus ten ounces to the ring the ALLEGATION
will take care of 3s4.O00 bullocks in each
years rising generation. And that's real
ly lot of bull.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
SHOULD We FEAR A CHANGE?

Jacksonville Register-Pa ajaronian)
From now until the presidential cleo
ton is over in November we shall hear
more and more about the dangers OF
change in government during wartime.
In fact. young Mr.. Robert E. Hanne-
gan. the new chairman of the democratic
national committee, has already pro-
pounded this theme in his speeches thus
far. Such Viewpoint enormously as
sumes that the American voter should
be motivated by fear In other words,
even if we strongly disapprove of the
present administration, Mr.. Hannegan
seeks to make US afraid to vote Tor
change.
But if this theme were carried to Its
logical conclusion there would be no
point in even going through the motions
of a national election. We could save
ourselves the time and expense the cleo
tion requires by simply admitting that
we haven't the courage to make democ-
racy work during wartime, even tnough
democracy is the very thing we are fight
ing for.
Wendell Wilkia recently asked point
edly Should administrations never
change because change should not be at
tempted at any but a placid hour? Then
he warned, "Such a decision would mean
an end of democracy.
Four wears ago the New Dealers urged
us to make no change in our government
because of the emergency. Now they are
asking us to make no change because OF
the war. If we again yield to their re-
quest. might we not be faced with an
other emergency" four years from now!
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
'IRise to Remark"

contains all the administrative or
ders. executive orders, certificates,
permits, licenses. 'interpretives,
amer dments, ration orders, price
regulations, allocation orders, spe-
cial notices, permits of general in
terest. "vesting orders. etc, etc /,
etc. Here is the record for IL years.
Remember that congress is sup
posed, under our form of govern
ment, to make the laws: the execu-
tive branch is supposed to admins
Ter them. Every one of these ad-
ministrative and executive orders
has today the same power as law
passed by congress. The first col
umn below shows the number Of
laws enacted by congress for the
years indicated: the second column
shows the number of orders issued
by the President, and the third co..
umn with all the large figures
shows the number of orders (aS
above) which appeared in the Fed
eral Register
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
STRANDED IN FLORIDA

Sacramento Bee)
Several thousand northern tourists
who drove their automobiles to Florida
for the winter season are stranded there
because the Florida ration boards will
not grant supplemental gasoline for
them to drive home.
Overlooking the sure fire method OF
keeping the Florida resort business BOOM
ing beyond the normal time limit, not
many people will shed tears for the vaxed
tourists. The only question is how did
they get gasoline to drive from their
homes to Florida?
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
Utilities Rate
Ordered Cut

LOS ANGELES, March Is. tUP)
The California Railroad commits
sion has ordered the California
Electric Power Co. to reduce lis
rates for electrical service and esti-
mated the action would save $780,
900 a year for customers in Mono.
Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino anu
Riverside counties.
The company agreed to the re-
duction, effective April l. The ma
jor portion of the reduction viii
favor domestic users. Twenty per
cent of the reduction will be as
signed to the company's northern
division, 20 per cent central and
10 per cent southern.
The rec uction followed a hearing
by Commissioner Frank w. Clark
at Riverside F'eb. 16.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
CONGRESSMEN GET BID
TO PARLIAMENT

"Hear heart It's handS-across-the-
sea now. Both the House of Lords and
the House of Commons have issued an in
Vitation for a number of members of con-
gress to attend sessions of the British
parliament And, no doubt soon will
flash an invitation to the Britishers to
come on over here and see how the wheels
20 around, or don't go around as the
case may be-
= No, we can't guarantee a session SINH
lar to the one in the Senate recently when
Leader Barkley got his dander up and
barked his displeasure at the wordage in
z veto message But we almost can as
wre the visiting lawmakers from King
Georges realm observing action on a
veto as that is not an uncommon trick
and promises to be more common as our
congress and the chief executive appear
to have squared off for many a struggle.
One thing we shall have to do-and
here is where some college boys will come
in handy-and that is to teach the boys
from the Isle how to cheer in some other
terms than the inanimate and prosey
Iear. hear" Nope. that just won't do.
and the Britishers have task on hand,
too. ere our dealers in statutes enter the
GLENN halls of.commons or the solemn
az upper chamber across the Atlantic.
None of those Texas ''yippees" or that
snlintering sound as the hornv-handed
sons of toll from the lower House at
Washington break into the tlme-challeng-
ING handclapping to cheer on ones favor
ite forensic gladiator.
sAlso we think, maybe, Churchill or
some one as powerful should guarantee
TO gag George Barnard Shaw lest his
f.austic tongue and pen make our boys
feel badly.
We are not sure of the required ac-
cutrements, such as full dress, or un-
dress uniform, or wig or what-not our
bows will need but no doubt all that has
been given full attention.
We could name a few of our boys Tor
whom we would recommend those famous
old full-dress armor businesses. They
would cut down some Of the struttlng
and at the same time be an effective gag.
Another thing the home guard should
keep an eve out for and that is the British
ers might take notion to exercise their
Parliamentary prerogative and oust our
leaders. We are bit more democratic
over here. don't you know, and have it
fixed so that only we the people can do
that trick. whereas the Isle folk leave
that up to parliament, which body, after
ALI. selects the leader-pemier They
can't oust the king, however.
~Maybe as time goes on and everybody
gets onto the ropes of the other fellow
that we can Just trade gangs completely
for a spell. Let 'em all come over here
for a session while our chaps run Things
over there.
If we are to be so darned brotherly-lov
ing. why not go the whole hog?
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
Traitors Nabbed

LONDON, March 16. tUP)-Prop-
aganda Minister Philippe Henriot
claimed in a Vichy radio broadcast
that Vichy authorities had captured
the entire general staff of the
French resistance movement ald
its files, and were compiling a long.
list of names of TRAITORS" for swift
retaliation. Henriot also said auth
critics had seized explosives an1
weapons in raid at Lyons.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16

Rer"esentatlVe R a m , e K, Of
Georgia, the cemocratic whip, re-
Gently said in an address before tie
American Political Science associ-
alton, In this, the year 1914, it is
correct to say that we are governed
in the federal field by bureaus. One
of the failures of bureaucracy aris-
es from the desire of some bureau
Gratis to stretch the laws passed
by coc.a~ess, to make the laws do
things congress never intended
them to do"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 2O2SJ
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

NO. SUSOO
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
In the Matter of the Winding
up of PEOPLES FINANCE AND
THRIFT COMPANY OF IMPE-
RIAL VALLEY, a corpora ton.
Upon reading and filing the veri-
fled petition made in the name os
the Peoples Finance and Thrift
Company, a California corporation,
by its directors for an order to
show cause why an order should not
be made declaring said corporation
to be wound up and dissolved and
for an order confirming the dis
tribution heretofore made and for
an order distributing any further
assets of said corpora ton, tangible
or intangible. and good cause ap-
pearing therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that
any person claiming to be interest
ed in said corporation as share
holder. creditor or otherwise, ap-
pear before this court on the 10th
day of April, 1944, at the hour of
1000 o'clock am. in the court room.
of Department One of the above
court at Ell Centro, in the State Of
California, to show cause, if any lie
has, why this court should no.
make and enter an order declaring
said corporation to be wound UP,
its known assets distributed, any.
tax or penalty due under the Bank
and Corporation Franchise Act,
paid its known debts and liabilities
paid settling accounts of its direc7
tors and discharging it's directors
from their duties and liabilities
to creditors or shareholders, and
distributing any further assets of
said corporation, whether tangible
or intangible, and declaring SAID
corporation to be dissolved, and
granting such other relief as this
court may deem proper upon the
evidence which may be submitted
1T IS FURTHER ORDERED
that this order be served upon the
Corporation Commissioner of the
State Of California at least ten days
before the date of the hearing
hereinbefore mentioned and that
copy thereof be published in the
Imperial Valley Press, newspaper
in general circulation in Imperial
County where the principal Office
of said corporation is located, once.
week for period of three sue
cessive weeks.
DATED this 28th day OF Febr'l-
ary, 1914. .
V. N. THOMPSON,
Judge of the Superior Court
mo. 49) (M2-9-l6)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16

police. who detained him when he
arrived from Portugal last NoVem-
Der. found secret writing materials
concealed in a set of hollow Keys
Job was the fourth British SUD-
ject put to death as a spy. Inc
others included four Germans,
three Dutch, two Belgians, and one
Swiss.
A home office announcement said
Jobs object had been to report
bomb damage and public morale,
but he never had chance to check
on either.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
Britain Executes
18th Nazi Spy

LONDON, March 16. (UP)-Os-
wald John job, 58-year-old British
born German who turned Nazi spy
to get out of internment but failed
to achieve his mission, was hangc1
Thursday at Pentonville prison
the 14th enemy agent executed in
Britain since the war began.
He admitted his treachery after
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
Bern Says Naz;
Planes Boosted

BERN, March Is. CUPl-German
war plants are producing approx.
mately 1900 airplanes G month. of
which 1000 are fighters, 900 are
bombers, 900 are transports. anG
the rest flying boats and other spe-
cial craft, well-inforred 9:pert
sale.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

= Liberal arts education has IN many
places disappeared. Mems colleges are
Today streamlined to the war, necessity
of our time. The education received by
men is toward the one vocation OF war.
It leaves out the philosophy of life.-Dr.
Roswell Gray Ham. president Mount
Holvoke College.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16

To me the real essence of reconverslon
is continuous employment. If we will fig
ssre out way in which idleness will not
occur in our labor force, we will have
properly raconverted.-Fred Lazarus Jr.,
chairman American Retail Federation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16

: They've been licked at night, they've
Leen licked by lesser vessels. they've ben
iicked all over the ocean. The japanese
navy has never wanted to fight us-eX-
cept Yamamoto, and he's dead:-Vlee
hdml. John S. Mccain, deputy chief of
naval operations for air.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-16
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The f0lloUing colt,
oriais are presented Gs interesting spin
ions Uoiced by editors elselchere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

Wounded chonee ships off Soipon After throwing
plenty Of hot steel into the Jops Sopon the No oso helps
out corng for the wounded Of the bloody ground fighting
Here casualties being transferred by rope BRIDGE from
destroyer oreer worship with focties for
ment One setohe mdwoy between the ships while Others
owoit removoi U. S Navy Photo
Ad-daleel., 1944-07-26

This fall the Syrian & Lebanon Ladies of
Charity intend putting on an intensive mem
bership drive, particularly among the young
people of that descent and their friends.
That they will be very successful there is
no doubt whatsoever, because now they have
a capable source of publicity in English in Our
columns wherewith to reach the younger ele-
ment.
And certainly the latter will respond with
enthusiasm because across the years of youth
no organization has done more for the young
people than the Ladies of Charity. Of course,
the latter have been handicapped because they
could not give IN DETAIL a record of the
good which they have done. You cannot tell
of the charitable things which you do for
people as it would humiliate them, and any
may not be given.
But the fact remains that many of the op-
portunities which our children enjoy today are
due to the work and sacrifice of the Ladies of
Charity. They have helped the needy, relieved
the sick, provided medical attention where it
was needed (and paid for it), helped mothers
with their children, buried the dead and edu-
Gated The orphan.
Truly, the work and sacrifices of such
women as Najibe Housey, Josephine Nicholas,
Annie Main, Angela Joseph, Henrietta Ga
nom, Alma Habib and a host of others de-
serves all the cooperation which all of us can
give them in their efforts to increase their
noble efforts to be of more service to the
Syrian and Lebanon people and to the world
in general.
Ad-daleel., 1944-07-26
AMERICAN RED CROSS

Occasionally we receive requests through
the international Red Cross Committee to
locate people in Chicago for whom we have
either an inadequate or no address at all. We
have been successful in finding people through
the various Foreign Language papers by plac-
ing advertisements for them, free of charge.
We wonder if you would permit us to send
you names of people for whom we are looking,
who are of Syrian origin. AS we do not receive
very many requests from Syria, we know that
it will not be a burden.
We will appreciate hearing from you at
your earliest convenience.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Marilee B. Weinman
Assistant Supervisor
Ad-daleel., 1944-07-26
THE SYRIAN l LETS

Last Sunday, July e, the parents Of our
Syrian Triplets, Mr.. Joseph and Mrs. Elvira
Deebe, held their first birthday party by CIV
ing a dinner at their home followed by coffee,
cake and entertainment. =
The names Of the Triplets are Joseph An
thony, bona Maria and Julie Ann. They are
wonderful children and worthy representatives
of our colony and Of their splendid parents.
We and they may well be proud Of them.
The guest of the evening was Monsignor
Peter Farah Assemany, Pastor of St. Maron's
Church, Minneapolis, MINI
The immediate relatives were, Mr.. and
Mrs. Tanner Beebe, Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonse
Ad-daleel., 1944-07-26

Deebe, Mis-. Martha Decbe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Shikany, MI. Wadih Shikany and Miss Diane
George. Other guests were, Mr. and Mrs.
Maron Hakim. Barbara and Emily ',Hakim,
daughters. Mr.. Simon Butros, secfetary;of St.
Maron's Society, Joseph Ashkar, associate
editor of Tie Guide, and Mr.. Anthony Abrash,
of Windsor. Ontario.
Motion picture photos were taken at the
close, Of the tripiets and guests, by Mr.. Shi-
The triplets' home is at ASH Lakewood.
kany.
Ad-daleel., 1944-07-26

"grasshopper" flight, members of a Marine
aerial observation group named one of their
planes Three Nights in Akron"
An Army staff sergeant stopped his jeep
near the Stinson Sentinel yesterday and asked,
Glow were those three nights in Akron?
I'VE" said one of the pilots, really had a
time
Did you go to the Ali Baba p the soldier
next queried
I'll say!" the flyer exclaimed. Some
place"
well" concluded Jacob Nasrallah, %,
1868 East Avenue, Akron, 81 own it, and wish
the hell | were back there right now"
me too" the young flight officer agreed.
Ad-daleel., 1944-07-26
Foreign Inquiry Service

Foreign Inquiry Service
With reference to the above, we wish to
state that we will gladly give our columns to
the service of the Red Cross in any capacity
whatsoever. And we are. willing to- locate (f
possible) lost Syrians not only in Chicago but
in any part of North or South America, as we
circulate from the North Pole to Cape Horn.
Ad-daleel., 1944-07-26
SPECIAL NOTICE

We would like to incorporate a column in
this section, composed Of gossip, romance,
and household items, contributed to us by a
host of writer's from different parts of the
country. p"
If interested in being one of these cores
pondents. please send us your name and adj
dress for arrangement of details.
Evening star., 1944-05-21

.TUnlt OF trading 10 shaTes SaIeS Printed IN tul
In bankruptcy receiVershlp or being reorganized
under Bankruptcy Act, securities assumed by
companies Rates Of dividend in the foregong table
annual disbursement based on the last quarterly
semi-annual declaration Unless otherwise noted spe-
cal extra dividends included ex Ex dividend
Paid last. year. Payable in stock, e Declared or
Accumulated dividends paid declared this year
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Deposits Climb
AT Building and
Loan Offices
April 80 TotoI Shows
$l4,250, 900 Increase
Over Year Ago
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Depositors in the IS building and
loan associations comprising the
District of Columbia Building and
Loan League increased their total
savings balances to $179,943,815 at
the end of April, a gain of s14,25o,-
900 over the same date a year ago,
F. Wilson Camp, secretary, an
nounced yesterday in his monthly
survey.
The combined balance sheet of the
associations totaled nearly 5000, ,00o,-
600, of which $166,843,152 was IN
vested in first mortgages and s23,-
321 1896 in United States securities.
On the same date a year ago the Is
associations had S164 SIC, ,420 invested
in mortgages and only $9,462 ,226 in
Governments, disclosing an increase
of $13,859, $40 in the purchase of War
Bonds in the past II months.
Secretary Camp reported healthy
activity in money borrowed for the
purchase of homes, total mortgage
transactions in April exceeding So
324, 900. Surplus and reserves
amounted to $17,847,448.
Buchanan Visits Capital,
Martin Luther Buchanan of Bos-
ton, president American Society of
Chartered Life Underwriters, is
visiting Washington for a confer
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Specia|ties Lead
Stock Recovery
During Week
Better War Reports,
Earnings, Dividends
Encourage Buyers
BY BERNARD S. O'HARA,


NEW YORK, May 2O.-Specialties
after a week of moderate strength
continued to control the recovery
movement in today's stock market
The better performance of the
list, as a whole, throughout the six
day stretch, was attributed partly
to the more hopeful war news
waning of invasion apprehension
and revival of optimism on earnings
and dividends. While idle invest
ment funds returned to the market
in a modest degree, low-priced
motors and oils were among the
most popular, from a speculative
standpoint, with the majority of
leaders in all groups doing little
or nothing
Trends were slightly mixed from
the opening of the 2-hour proceed
1ngs and were irregularly higher
at the close.
The Associated Press 60-stock
average was up i of a point at
521 and had not suffered a loss
since May IL. On the week it
showed a net advance of Z of a
point. Liveliness of small-quoted
issues put volume at 361 $40 shares
against 220,110 week ago which
was low mark since last Septem-
ber 4.
Peaks for 1914 were touched today
by Sinclair Oil, in further reflection
OF an earlier statement by the COM
panys president that he would
recommend boost in the dividend;
Granite City Steel and Martin
Parry. Chicago & Northwestern
common and preferred (when
issued were up a point or so.
Evening star., 1944-05-21

e n c e tomorrow
at the Mayhow-
er Hotel with
association lead
ers in the Dis
trict and adja-
cent territory on
postwar pla n S
or broadening
the G. l.. U.
movement. H e
will hold IL such
conferences in a
coast - to coast
tour.
w a S h ington
Chapter is one
af EE -; H.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, May 20 d1.-Rye broke
sharply in heavy trading today with the
price for May anG July deliveries of :
cents, the limit permitted for one days
trading by the board of trade May and
year. September and December rye,
commission houses, shorts and professional
traders, declined with the other months to
new seasonal lows.
The break in rye unsettled other grains
ana led to increased selling of wheat fu-
lures, especially the July which finished
At the close, what was u to la lower;
y}uly y s. 64hs s to s. ,64. Oats were down
cents lower: May. ST 10. Barley was
ooEn 70 to "a: July, Slips.
Futures range at principal markets to-
day: w
MAY wHEATHigh' High Low, Close Close.
Chicago 733a 733s l T33a / 73aL
Minneapolis 65ss | 65sS
Kansas City - 1.634a 1.63K
Chicago - 165H 1885 1.64 1.65h
Minneapolis 1.63 1.60h 1.611s / .63ss
kansas City 1.5zA 1.56A 1.56Ha 1875
SEPTEMBER WHEAT
Iinnesno,,s IShl9as9 ! ss 1,eeo7s 161h 81 1.e2S
Kansas City 1.55% 1.54A 1.54ss 1854
shIsssS ahssspols :7ss: :7s& q :75& :75s = r"
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Foreign Exchunoe

NEW YORK. May 20 iP.-cIosing
foreign Rlifa; exshnange S6nge rates follow (tireat
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 91s per cent discount or 90 S71a
Great Britain official buying S4.02, selling
S4 .04.
Latin America; Argentine free. 24.e5;
Brazil free. 5.2o": Mexico. 20 So.
Nominal