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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
Hollands Tragedy

The statement issued by the
heads Of the Netherlands govern
ment in London Axes the worlds
attention on what may be the SUI
preme tragedy of this most terrible
OF wars. According to this official
release, the Netherlands is threat
ened, not only with devastation by
contending armies, but also with a
catastrophe of nature which would
destroy the heart of the country
itself and which might render re-
covery impossible.
This truly appalling prospect is
revealed in the measured but omi-
nous words of the official text, which
reads: "The next few weeks will
decide whether as modern civilized
nation we will be able to play our
part in the world of the future. 1t
is as bad as that. It is a question
of to be or not to be-
The basic reason for this extreme
peril is that the core OF the Dutch
nation, containing its chief cities,
its richest farm land and the bulk
of it's population, is an artificial
creation, wrested from the sea by
centuries of patient toll and main
tanned only by ceaseless vigilance
and elaborate measures. This key
region, lying between the North
Sea, the Zuider Zee and the Rhine
Scheldt island-delta, is mostly far
below sea level. A general breaking
of the massive bikes protecting it
would flood it with salt water to
depths of from ten to twenty feet.
Furthermore, such breakage coinci-
dent with the wild storms Of au-
tumn and winter would send noun
famous waves far inland and COM
pound the damage intellectually.
Farm land would thereby be ruined
for many years, while great cities
such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam
would be literally sunk beneath the
angry waters. Millions of people
would be either drowned or left to
perish of famine, cold and disease.
Even after the liberation of the
Netherlands from German control
the impoverished survivors would
not have the resources needed to
execute a tremendous reparation
job over long period of years. It
should not be forgotten that Hol-
lands prosperity is based upon
wealth slowly and patiently accu-
mulated over many centuries and
derived in large part from the vast
colonial empire in the East which
has passed into Japanese hands.
Thus, Hollands spokesman are not
exaggerating when they warn that
the whole future of their country
and its people hangs today in the
balance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08

I1aculate Conception On the campus
Of Catholic University In 1853.
The work Of raising funds for the
further construction Of "the greatest
church edifice In the Western Henri
sphere" as 1t Is intended to be, was
an exhausting task, especially in
the period Of economic dislocation
through which he served, but Mon
signor O'Dwyer was tireless In his
efforts until his health broke under
the strain four years ago. He re-
turned to Denver in the hope that
he would profit by the change OF
climate. Instead, he slowly failed.
Yet at the end he was not distressed.
He had lived for the eternal things.
and on that account he was content.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
Monsiqnor O'Dwyer

III is q JradlClOn datlng Dack Tor
centuries that Ireland furnishes
scholars for the world. The case
of Monsignor David T. O'Dwyer may
be cited as a modern example. He
was native of Castletown in County
Cork, born on the shore of Bantry
Bay and in the wide shadow Of Hun
cry Hill. The scenes with which he
was familiar as boy were rife with
ancient Legendary. When he went up
to Dublin to school he already was
possessed of the instinct for great
literature which was to be the NOV
ing force Of his whole career. He
loved language, and he loved equally
well the wonderful achievements
which can be wrought with an in
spired yet disciplined tongue.
The beauty of Ireland was for him
not merely that combination Of
green sod, blue skies and neat white
cottages that casual tourist
glimpses in hasty transit across the
Isle. Rather 1t was the stirring in
heritance of mingled religion, chiv-
airy and the art Of past ages coming
down the generations to every son Of
the Hibernian race that made his
eyes sparkle and his heart beat with
quickened pulse. Much of the treas
ure was preserved in English, and
Monsignor ODwyer pursued it there
with patience as well as zeal BY the
time of his migration to America he
was master in the field OF what
properly may be called British let
tiers. His mind was broad enough to
accommodate Shakespeare on the
one extreme, Charles Dickens on the
other. He comprised the whole
range of verse from Chaucer to
Gilbert Chesterton. And he cornpre-
hended, as few Of his contemporaries
could claim to do, the social and
cultural background against which
Anglo-Saxon literature has been
developed.
1t was to Colorado that he was
assigned after his arrival In the
United States. While pastor Of Saint
Paul's Parish in Denver, Monsignor
ODwyer distinguished himself for
the influence he exerted as teacher
and as an eloquent preacher OF the
Holy Word. His reputation was
national when he was appointed
director Of the Shrine Of the Inn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08

China, though relatively lilliputiar5
and going In large part to our own
air forces, have represented q major
effort OF truly epic quality Lavish"
at least in the energy, ingenuity and
heroism it has required.
The Chinese themselves recognize
this. In the full text Of his state
ment, which was only partly quoted
in the news reports, the Chungking
spokesman makes special point OF
emphasizing It, describing it as
something beyond all praise" Ac-
tually, there seems to be no SEN
sible reason for making the subject
a matter OF controversy, for the fact
is-as every one knows, who knows
the limitations Of air transport and
the secondary Importance of the
Burma Road in the vast Asiatic
theater-that China simply cannot
be supplied adequately until we
land on it's east coast and are able
to unload our cargo ships there.
Not until we are firmly established
on that coast-toward which our
smashing Pacific drives seem def
nitely to be pointed-will it be pos
sible to send in arms and other
equipment in the quantity needed.
The Japanese are not unaware of
this and currently claim to be con-
verging upon Foochow, the last ma
jor port still controlled by Chung
kings forces. The enemy will have
as hard time stopping US here,
however. as in North Africa, Italy
and Normandy The valiant and
long-suffering Chinese can rest as
sured that one of these days our dr.
rect aid to them will grow from It's
present trickle to a roaring torrent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08

More people today than ever before
IN history desire to make . better
world. They are tired Of war and In
security. They arc weary. too, Of
poverty and exploitation The time
has come. they think, to seek . better
plan. Something must be done to
bring the nations together and adjust
their wasteful and destructive rival
ries: way must be found to Danish
the fear Of aggression. The oppor-
tunities Of modern abundance must
be fairly shared, both between nations
and within them. let Us make"
these people tersely say, - decent
world"
The mood, Of course, Is one Of real
ism. Relatively few expect utopian
transformations overnight. Such
changes do not come easily. Yet they
can be made to happen, we can plan
them. We can shape them into pur-
poses. we can bring them about II not
suddenly then resolutely and with no
more delay than need be. This Is the
hope that Is emerging at the present
time. This Is what the people want
from victory.
It, OF course, is a reasonable thing
to want. In fact, to look for less
would be q cynical betrayal of every
thing the war is being fought for. To
say that such war as this Is being
fought for mere survival is to forget
the many who will not survive, who
die to give the rest Of us the chance
to make such wars impossible: and
II we fail to do it, it Is . question
whether civilized humanity itself will
long survive. We must either make q
better world or doom ourselves to new
disasters in q worse one.
Knowing this, we are trying to
shape our plans. Most Of these, how
ever, are based upon q perilously In
complete assumption, namely. that II
we envisage sufficient changes in the
conditions which AFFECT us-if, for
example, we plan for q better inter-
national order-we thereby shall pro-
duce the outcome that we want. This
is not false assumption except in
the vital matter Of its incompleteness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
Not Without RELIGION
BIZ the Rer. 4. Pouch Dartes.

CHu1cH, UntL0ft0n.
Changed conditions would, Indeed.
transform the world. But do We have
within ourselves what would b
needed to produce these changes7
In palmer and mare speciac words,
are We such people a. can UNDER
take these transforrnatdons7 Are we
yet liberated from the ancient preju-
dices7 Do We have the free intelli-
gence, the courage, the imagination,
to maintain such purposes? Because
II we do not, we cannot carry any Of
them to fulnllment.
1t Is true that We have learned q
little from the recent impact Of
events. That Is why we recognize
the need to make these changes.
We know, no matter how reluctantly,
that humanity now Is compelled to
share . common fate, that wherever
. war may begin 1t engulfs us all be-
fore 1t ends, that We cannot escape
the oneness OF the modern world.
But is mere knowledge Of these
things sufiicient2 VIII We use it when
the present vivid evidence Is less in
sight? There are those who hope we
will. Yet a great deal Of history stands
against them. More than knowledge
is required. Something has to hap
pen to conscience, too: something
must fill the hearts Of men. There
needs to be not only the obviousness
OF common sense, but new moral
force. new vision, new liberation Of
the human soul. new spiritual In
spiration. There has to be, In short,
q faith sufficient for the purpose, or,
IN a single word, religion.
As H. g. Wells wrote upon COM
pleting his outline of human history.
"out Of the trouble and tragedy of
this present time" there must come
new emergence Of religious faith
stripped Of Its last entanglements,
blowing through life like a great
wind /. making many things DOS
stble that in these present days Of
exhaustion seem too difficult to de-
sire"
Nothing Is now more urgent than
to open the way for this new faith
the new emergence Of q simple, true
religion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08

descendant of Robert Burdick, follower
Of Roger Williams, Rhode Island
founder. He played on two Minnesota
championship teams, was Speaker Of the
North Dakota Legislature and Lieuten-
ant Governor and Is the author of many
books on Western pioneers and Indians.
Also missing viii be Cameron Morrison.
North Carolina. who was Governor Of
North Carolina 20 years ago and United
States Senator succeeding Lee 8. Over
man IA 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08

Americans learn slowly. When
Gene Tunney was climbing to fame
it took them but few months to
find out that his name was not pro-
nounced "Tooney." But after forty
years OF prominence Of the Roose-
welt family. twenty per cent OF our
entire population still says "Ruse-
welt"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08

Back tn the year 1860 tops IN
timepieces was De Vick's clock. ac-
curate to within two hours day. II
clocks and watches could reproduce
themselves there are people today
who would swear they owned lineal
descendants Of this ancient contrap-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
By WjlIian II. Harrison.

time to be considerable point to these
words by Field Marshal SHUTS: II re-
member before the last war. and during
the last war, we were very much con-
cerned with the danger Of what was
called the balance Of power We
wanted to get away from 1t because It
was the old system In Europe that had
led to wars. .'s we wanted universal,
all-in system Of security, system Of
universally and of idealism, and we fol-
lowed 1t in the League Of Nations. :
In that way we thought we would avoid
the problem Of the balance of power.
But we fell into the opposite danger.
Peace not backed by power re-
mains dream. If we leave the
future security Of the world merely to
loose arrangements and to aspirations
for q peaceful world, we shall be lost"
Field Marshal SHUTS would not con-
slider 1t injurious to the system Of col.
lective security being drafted at Dunn
barton Oaks-or inimical to the Soviet
Union-h the British, by alliances or
other arrangements with countries like
Holland and France, filled in the west
ern European vacuum and thus en-
HANGED both its own position and the
position Of the Dutch. the French, etc,
IN relation to Us and the Russians. His
view is that such . balancing of power
not merely could be worked out within
the framework Of An overall world or
ganization. but would, indeed, serve to
stabilize and strengthen that organisa-
ton by making its big Three" Anglo
Americana Russian leadership 4 trinity
OF more or less equal partners.
This point Is highly dehatable; not
debatablS. however, = the fact tlaat Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
By Open L. Scott.

ud1c uO CnlIla IN OrQer 10 engage the
big Japanese armies there or whether
to provide arms and leadership to Chi
nese forces to do that job in a more
leisurely way.
There are signs in official propaganda
that suggest decision to use American
troops to carry on big campaigns in
China and in Japan. At the same time,
this country is proposing that China be
recognized as one of the great powers
Of the world, although its manpower.
drawn from 400,000,0o people, will be
regarded as incapable of dealing with
. few hundred thousand Japanese
troops cut OF from any real base Of
supply.
The point is that guerrilla warfare
may go on in Asia and in some of the
islands of the Pacific for many years
after Japan's homeland is conquered.
II the United States, rather than ma
tive populations who are to get inde-
pendence and who clamor for recogni-
ton. now must take responsibility for
destroying every resisting japanese in
the whole Pacific area, then the job can
be long and costly.
The other way is for this country to
do the defeating of Japan at home.
leaving to the Chinese. the Filipinos,
the Javanese and the Malayans the task
OF roofing out the Japanese guerrillas
who viii be living of the country. On
that basis huge United States army
for Asiatic operations probably would
not have any great function to perform.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
Excl Ceniran's
Husband Killed
In Hungary Raid

FL Centrans learned Tuesday of
the death of Lieutenant John M.
Veal in action over Hungary, Au-
gust 28, only three days before his
twenty-sixth birthday anniversary.
Lieutenant Veals wife was the
former Miss Maude Danforth, sister
of Mrs. l.. w. Slee, who lived in
the Slee home in Ell Centre for two
years. She moved to San Diego
and married Veal September 10,
1910. He visited Mr.. and Mrs. Slec
in FL Centre many times.
He volunteered in the army air
corps July 7, 1912, and was COM
missioncd as a lieutenant Febru-
ary 26, 1914. He was navigator
bombardier and left the United
States with his ships crew June 2,
1914, assigned to the fifteenth air
force stationed in Italy.
His survivors include his wife;
a thrce-months-old daughter, Jo-
lene. whom he never saw; his
mother; and a sister, all living in
San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
i9-City Prop. Tor sale

I7-CIty Prop. Tor Sale
CLOSE-IN modern 3 bedroom house.
Large living room and dining
room. Spacious bedrooms. Every
modern convenience. Dwelling in
first class condition.
Also
ALL FURNITURE. consisting of
bedroom suites. dining room set,
rugs, overstuffed lounging chairs,
stove, refrigerator, 3 desert cool
ers and many other articles too
numerous to mention. Immediate
possession. owner leaving city
and will sell at sacrifice price.
S630000. Terms.
NUFF'ER LAND COMPANY
lis N. 5th st. Phone 45W
Oils
FOR SAIlE-House in nice residen-
tial section, S rooms and large
service porch with laundry trays
has Venetian blinds, automatic
electric water heater, water soft
ener and cooler Cash or terms.
Phone Calexico 742. After p. m.
Phone Calexico 843. 835 Heber
Ave 9-15
2 BEDROOM HOUSE with small
rental in rear. Large well kept
yard. coolers and water heater
go with house. Immediate posses
sion given. Phone 1075 or see at
1075 Ell Centre Ave. If.
FOR SALE-Well built bedroom
house with Venetian blinds, hard
wood floors, electric hot water
heater, water Softener and many
other attractive features. Full
price $4750. Terms $2500 or more
down.; cash price $4250. Possess
sion Sept 1st or at close of escrow.
See Starr Won Fluss, 664 Holt. OLA
2 BEDROOM house with bath,
cooler, garage, hot and cold wa
ter, fenced in back yard. Terms.
868 So. 9th st. 9-l6
COMFORTABLE 2 bedroom house,
sleeping porch, water heater and
garage 513 No. E ST., Imperial.
Call after pm. ola
FOR SALE-HouSe in nice reSiden-
tial section. rooms and large
service porch with laundry trays.
Partially furnished, has venetian
blinds, automatic electric water
heater, water softner, cooler.
Cash or terms. Phone CaleXico
742. After pm. Phone CaleXico
843. 1886 Heber Ave. 9-19
FOR SALE-One OF the new FHA
stuccoS, south part of town, hard
wood floors, lots of tile, garage
and a nice lot, good neighborhood.
Call for appointment.
TYLER INSURANCE AGENCY
$40 Main st. Phone 660
FOR SALE-Large home in Ell Gen.
tro, 6 bedrooms and baths, 3
fireplaces, $4,000 Some terms to
right party. Shown by appoint
ment only. See Starr Won Fluss,
664 Holt. u.
16 UNIT Blackman Apis. CaleXico.
Well furnished, incl. elect retrl-
geration, stoves, coolers through
out. Gross yearly income 4 OF in
vestment. $4,000 dawn, balance
monthly. See Mrs. Blackman or
Phone FL Centre l047. 9-l5
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12

WANTED-Middle age couple. Wife
to run apartment house. Man to
work elsewhere. Good wages
light work. 831 Main. 9-13
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
Schultz Scores
AS Best Speaker
Of Toastmasters

His talk on The Pirate Patriot" ,"
earned Fred Schultz the vote of
best speaker of The evening" at
Ell Centro ToastmaSterS club Mon
day night.
Frank Rood was crowned the
speaker showing the greatest i'm
provement for his talk on "The
Human Race Other speakers in
troduced by Toastmaster w. G.,
Outlook were Alva Smaller who dis
cussed the subject, THAT Dream
1 Had Gerry Upholt with a talk
about so You Want to Ride a
Hoss;" Red Mitchell with the sub
ject Compulsory Military Train
ing" and Carl Schooss with the
topic ut Is More Advantageous to
Drink Moderately Than Not to
Drink at ALL"
Criticism was in charge of Mark
HebblethWaite, Shields Charlton,
Viggo Hansen, Foster Mcclure, NAL
colin Macurda and the general
critic, Glenn Bowers. Bowers intro
duced the table topic. why Did You
Come to Ell Centro."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12

3-Miscellsneous Tor Sale
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
Ell Centran Wins
Aviator's Medal

Staff Sergeant Arthur p. Phil
brick, son of Mrs. w. I. Scheltema
of 1924 Ell Centre avenue, FL Cen
tro, recently was awarded the Air
Medal at impressive ceremonies at
Muroc army air field, California.
The award was made by Colonel
Gerald Hoyle, commanding officer
at the field.
Sergeant Philbrick, a graduate of
Central Union High school in FL
Centre. is an aerial gunner and
radioman and has seen action in
the Alaskan area. He has spent
some time in hospitals since his
ship went down a year ago last
June. At present he is gunncry
instructor at Muroc Field.
He entered the service two years
ago last January. Before he en-
listed he had been attending
Chaffee Junior college at ontario.
His older brother, Corporal Frank
Philbrick, is with the army in
Hawaii.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
8-Sifuafions Wanted

YOUNG LADY desires position in
Ell Centre. Experienced bookkeep-
er, stenographer. Write box No.
38. Post Press. 9-13
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
l2-Wanfed to Rent

$25 REWARD for information lead
ing to rental of furnished house
or Apt. Will pay reasonable rent.
Las Palmas Court, Tel. 1924, Apt.
80. Serviceman and family. ola
WANTED TO RENT-2 bedroom
house for teacher of Washington
school, eastside. Call A. =. Prince,
Phone Ais. ola
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
MANS SKELETON FOUND

BISBEE, Ariz.. Sept IL. UP)-
Sheriff I. V. Pruitt of Cochisc coun-
ty said Tuesday he had no clue of
identification of a mans skeleton
found by railroad section workers
in a wash at Boquillas Monday. The
remains were believed to be those
of a man between 25 and % years
of age. five feet six inches tall,
who had been dead from two to
seven years.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12

WANTED School bus driver for
Mesquite school. j. H. Butler
Clerk, Rt. |, Box 81, Imperial. Ola
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12

WANTED-Carpenter for 2 weeks
work moving partitions and doors.
Phone 313 CaleXicO. 9-13
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12

WANTED planting OF lettuce, car
rots or any row crops. miles
south of Ell Centro on Highway
Stan MitOSinka. 9-l5
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
9-Business Opportunities
Business Opportunity


GARAGE
FULLY EQUIPPED WITH CHEW
ROLET tow truck with Holmes
crane.
150-fot frontage, thre buildings.
Two frame house rentals in rear.
RENT: $4,000 Per Month.
Lease 21a years to go with option
to renew.
DE SOTO & PLYMOUTH Agency.
Gross first six months of 1914
$29,00000
$1,50000 Stock
= Best Location in Town
Price: $4,000 Cash
See MR.. SPARKS
INDIO MOTORS
P o. Box 804 Indio, Calf
Oil
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12

EXCELLENT opportunity TOT WO-
man who can cook. Pleasant sur
roundings and working conditions.
Clements 217. 9-16
TEACHER, husband in army, wants
woman or girl to keep 2 children
during day. Stay or 60 home
nights. Good pay. Service mans
wife acceptable. Lorena Brewer,
Imperial. 9-15
WANTED inexperienced saleslad-
les and fountain mattresses. Age 18
to 35. J. j. Newberry Co. 9-18
MAID WANTED, white or Colored.
Apply Las PalmaS Court Hotel.
Tel. 1924. 9-15
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
Lost. FOUND, otrayed


Billfold, downtown shop
ping. Keep cash, return billfold
and papers Blanche, Desert Mag
aZine. 9-l4
LOST-Black puppy 2 mos. old. Re-
ward. Phone Ell Centre 1000, Ext.
217. MT Sgt. Van Fleet. 9-18
LOST-No. 4 ration book belong
ing to Harold Plunkett. Please
return to Ration Board. 9-15
2-Personals, Spec. i<ofrces
ATTENTION HUNTER - For sale
full blooGcG Spr:lger Spaniel
puppies, SIS male, $40 female. 1856
Holt. 9-14
LAUNDRY finished quickly, clean
ly. Bring yours to 555 Park. Lu-
ellie Carlisle. 9-17
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12

RELIABLE party would like to con-
tact person with car to pull trailer
to San Diego. Will furnish gas
and charges. 1011 Holt. 9-15
NOTICE-Watch for the opening
of the new Harley-Davidson Mo
torcycle Shop. Complete sales and
service for Harley-Davidson Mo-
torcycles. Opening date to be an
nounced in near future by Ray
Miller, Mgr. 9-13
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12

WILL HAUL rubbish and trash. 8O3
So. 3rd. Tel. 1508-J. els
WILL HAUL rubbish and trash. 803
So. 3rd. ell. l5O8-J. 9-l6
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
2-PersonaIs. Special Notices
N O T I G e

N o t ! z r.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned will sell at public
auction one gray horse belonging
to w. M. HAMILTON, to satisfy
feed bill and costs of this sale
as provided for by Section 1852 of
the Civil Code of California.
Said sale will be held at Zinnerie
Sales Corral, East Ross Avenue, Ell
Centro, California, at 10 am. Sep
tember goth, 1914.
H. KRISTOL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
HARTFORD TO Get
3L0CAL APPEALS

Three local cases, in addition to
the Atchison will litigation, have
been scheduled for appeal hearings
in the State Supreme Court of Err
rors in Hartford next week and the
following week.
The assignments have been made
as follows: Anna Svetloff Christian
against George Rupps, defendants
appeal from common pleas court,
Tuesday at II a. M; Julia Dobosz
against Gideon E. Nyren ct ais, APP
peal OF defendant, Nellie Dobosz,
from common pleas court, Friday at
1880 a. m; and William Bradlow
against American District Tele-
graph Co., plaintiffs appeal from
common pleas court denial of mo-
ton to set aside a directed Jury
verdict, June IA, 1890. The Atch-
ison case, as previously reported.
VIII be heard Wednesday at 1890
a. m.