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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Tax Reduction
Plan 0kehed
For Two Years

SACRAMENTO, NOV. 90. CUP)--
A joint legislative committee on
taxation will recommend that re-
ductionS in state taxes voted by the
l943 Legislature for two years be
continued for another tWo-year Pc
riod, State Senator II. E. Dillinger,
Cd, Placerville, the chairman, said
Wednesday.
In effect are Is per cent cut in
the business franchise tax, a one
half of l cent on the dollar reduc-
ton in the sales tax and increased
exemptions and lowered top rates
for the personal income tax.
I'VE feel there is adequate reve-
nue. to permit a continuation Of the
sales tax and personal income tax
reductions approved by the l943
legislature" Dillinger said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
REMEDY THIS DEFECT
Sacramento Bee)


The Washington Star published on
election day a black bordered editorial
emphasizing the fact that the more than
100000 people of the District of Colum-
bia are denied the elemental right of vot-
ing in an American election.
The population of the district is great
ter than that of ~ states, yet it has no
voice in the election of the president and
vice-president, or in the election of men,
bars of the house and senate. And the
Star asks:
"Will not the people of the United
States respond so vigorously to the dis
trict's appeal that before another nation
al election this unjust and hurtful dis
elimination shall be removed?"
That question should be answered in
the affirmative.
1t is serious reproach on any defini-
ton of democracy when residence in the
capital city of the country means dis
franchisement except for that small min
Ority which maintains a legal voting res
idence elsewhere, in many cases hundreds
and even thousands of miles away.
Congress should act to remedy this
defect speedily.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Senators 0keh
Deferment of
Oil, Water Pacts

WASHINGTON, Nov 23. CUP)--
The Senate foreign relations COM
mittee voted Wednesday TO delay
until the new Congress meets in
January consideration of the Anglo
American Gil compact and the treaty
with Mexico concerning ALLEGATION
OF water along the Texas and Cali
fornia borders.
Committee Chairman Tom Con-
nally, g., Texas, said the action
was taken in view of the Senate
rule that the committee shall con-
slider anew all treaties on which ac-
ticn is rot completed by the session
during which they are submitted.
There appeared TO be no chance OF
final action this year on either OF
the treaties.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
SIXTH WAR LOAN BOND
DRIVE GETS UNDER WAY

The pace for the Sixth War Bond drive
is being set on the battlefrontS where
American men and boys are increasing
the speed of vast frontal assaults on the
enemies home soil. 1t is the duty and the
privilege of the people at home to match
and even outstrip that pace.
The Fifth bond drive came at invasion
time. TO-DAY he American armies have
put many miles behind them since that
date and on all sectors in Europe and
the Pacific, the fighting men are headed
toward the final defenseS of the foe. In
Europe their sights are on Berlin. In
the Pacific each day sees the front mar
rowed as the indomitable will of the fight
ing men there carries them ever nearer
Tokyo
Real sales talk for those who have vol
unteered to reach Imperial cOunty's
quota of S2,750,O00 is not of their own
making 1t CONS from Aachen from Col
ogne; from Metz. 1t is sounded from
Leyte, from Manila; from Bataan and
Corregidor In truth the bond salesman
in this drive should be only an errand
boy-to accommodate the purchaser No
sales talk should be required.
When General Eisenhower sent word
as the bond drive opened that more and
more ammunition must keep coming;
that he had sent 100000 fighting men
into the blaze of battle in the final thrust
on the knowledge that every needed shell
would be forthcoming, the call was sound
ed for the speedy success in the IA billion
fund drive.
That faith in the American people
must not be dimmed. 1t must be sustain
ed
And so, to the job, one and all without
faltering.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Senate Differs
On Flood Bill

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. CUP)-
The 1910 $685. 900 postwar flood con-
troll bill has embroileG the senate
in an argument over plans for inte-
grated irrigation, navigation and hy-
dro-electric power development of
the Missouri Valley under a Separ-
ate federal agency.
The battle centered on the bills
proposal to establish "a definite
policy of making use of existing
federal agencies for construction,
operation and maintenance of all
public improvements in connection
with navigation, flooc control, and
Allied activities"
Senate Democratic Leader Alben
w. Barkley CD Kentucky, protest.
ed that the language might leopard
ize fuure chances of setting up re-
gional power authorities, patterned
after the Tennessee Valley author
ity, as advocated by President Roose-
velt. He cited, particularly, proposals
for a Missouri Valley authority.
Senator John II. OVerton CD
Louisiana, floor manager for the
bill, denied Barkley's contention. He
told reporters that the $200,000000
Missouri river basin program in the
bill provides five hydro-elect~ic dams
on the main stream and IS to 20
on tributaries.
Under Overtons version of the bill.
however, the development would
be carried out unCer a compromise
program worked out between the
interior Departments Bureau of Re-
clamation and the war departments
corps of engineers-the two prin-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
NEW SHOE SOLING
LEAVES NO FOOTMARkS

AKRON, o., Nov. %. CUP)-A new
shoe soling- -"Neolite'-has been
developed by the Goodyear Tire and
Ruhber Co, which is neither rub
ber, leather, plastic or fabric, and
which will wear better anc longer
than any other type of sole in use
today
"Neolite," Goodyear research tech
nicians said, is moistureproof and
waterproof, insulates the Wearer's
feet against heat or cold, will not
slip on wet or dry surfaces, will not
leave footmarks and is the only
material besic es leather which pro-
vides a firm platform for the foot
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
THE PRESS CONTRIBUTES
(San Diego Union)

Close on the heels of Honest Harold"
Ickes' quadrennial slam at the American
press comes a report of the War Adver-
tising Council of the United States. The
report reveals that during the past year
the press of the country gave not th0uS-
ands. but millions, of lines Of advertising,
news and editorial space TO aid in the
prosecution of the war. The newspapers
of the nation, without thought of COM
pensation and purely as a patriotic re-
sponsibility, gave the principal impetus
to bond drives, blood drives, salvage
drives, paper drives, Red Cross drives,
recruiting drives and employment drives.
On the docket of the council at this time
are 80 separate campaigns in which the
press of the country will participate fully
and enthusiastically as in the past.
Meanwhile. what has been Mr.. lckeS
contribution to war unity? Only cheap
buffoonery and hymns of hate. If the
press of the country commanded no more
confidence and respect than Honest
Harold" the war machine might stall
for want Of popular support.
Every time | have made trip to Eur
ope during this war I've come back to
find people saying the war was nearly
over, and every time I've had to disagree
Hugh Baillie, president United Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
STRONGER OPINIONS

On November T. 80 per cent of the
T voters wanted to continue the Presi-
dent in office; AZ per cent did not
The people who didn't had much
stronger opinions on the subject
than the SO per cent. This was
obvious in the last days of the cam
paign. The appeal to wives, mothers,
fathers and other relatives of men
in the services overseas, that a
change mighe delay the end of the
war, even one day, could alone
have accounted for much of the
three per cent. 1t has been said
that the vote was decided by the
three W's-War, women and war
riorS. Perhaps so, perhaps not, who
can tell? OF this we are sure; the
deciding factors were connected
with the war, not with socialized
medicine, or whatever you want to
call it, increased wages in time
Of war and a lot of miscellaneous
ideas, many of them leading direct
ly to national socialism, that were
not in the minds of the voters,
but which will now be offered the
congress as mandates OF the peo-
pie" evidenced by the November
7 results.
1t would be well for the voters
to think of this, and to let the men,
ters of the congress know whether
or not these were deciding factors
in casting votes. 1t will be a SER
ious session, the new seventy-ninth,
and I enter it with interest, and
with that courage which comes from
having the privilege of rerrcsenting
a district like the tWenty-second.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
LEOHL NDF LN TOH"'fH14NH
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.

IMPERIAL
No. 3645
Notice of Time and Place Appointed
for Proving Will and Hearing
Application for Letters Testamen-
tary.
In the Mater of the Estate Of
ALLAN C. JOHNSTON, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that a petit
ton for probate of the will of AL
Ian C. JOHNSTON, deceased. ano
for the issuance to Pauline G. john
ston of letters teStamentary, has
been filed in this court, and that
Friday the 1st day Of December,
1914, at 2 O'clock pm. of said day,
at the courtroom of Department Two
of said court, at the Court House
in the City of FL Centre, County of
Imperial, State of California, has
been set for the hearing of said
petition, when anG where any per-
son interested may appear and con-
test the same, and show cause, if
any they have, why said petition
should not be granted.
Dated November 15, 1914.
W. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
By G.. o. Kenyon,
Deputy Clerk.
No. 86) (N20-30 inc.)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
HUMAN WEAKNESSES

There are two things to be watch
ed as the result of this particular
election. One is the human weak
ness which will De shown by leg
aslators running Tor cover on con-
troversial issues. Men who stood
firmly when they felt the people
were behind them on matters OF
economy, good government, and in
opposition to national socialism,
will now experience a weakening Of
the vertebral volumn. The great man
who once said he would rather be
right than president is regrettably
.outnumbered by the lesser men VINO
would ra.her be reelected than
right You are apt to see WaVer-
ing in the congress on some prob
lens until the people again indi-
cate Just what it was they voted
on three weeks ago.
We had something like this in
California between 1888 and 1942.
We had a governor who owed his
election to the poor judgement of
the Republicans, to the national
Democratic trend, to Ham n Eggs,
to the unwillingess of certain groups
in Los Angeles to consider broad
conditions as we'll as their own per-
asonal desires; to the popularity
and ability of his campaign treas
urer, and to a miscellany Of other
election Influences including that,
Of the candidates, he looked most
like a goVcrnerl Yet for months
every measure presented to the
legislature, from outright socialism
to the biggest budget in the his
tory of the state, was a mandate
of the people"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
i Rise 70 Remark

House. The reason given was &c
onomy"
1t Is amusing to think how we
must puzzle the people of other
nations. Here, in the heat OF a
great war, we carry on political
campaign; candidates go after each
other with hammer and tongs; the
people vote; two days later the
country rolls along as before. This
Is not only the way of a republic;
It is the safety valve Of 4 demo-
fr1"V
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
By Congressman John Phillips

Back in Washington. Not much
change in five weeks, in spite of
the election. The capitol is still
here and apparently unchanged, and
so is the White Housel The morn
ing papers report that the President
is thinking of having the inaugural
on the south portico of the White
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
uNDERGOES SURGERY

SEATTLE, Nov %. UPJ-Jeff
Heath, the Cleveland Indians slug
ging outfielder, underwent a major
operation on his left knee Wednes-
day and DR.. Don H. Palmer said he
had every assurance" that the
Joint would be perfectly normal
when Heath recovered.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
WRECK CAUSE YELLED

COLFAX. Cal, Eoy. 23 CUP)-A
coroner's inquest int tie death of
nine persons in the wreck of the
Southern Pacific Challenger train
near here November 8 resulted to-
day in a verdict that the cause of
the accident could not be deter
mined.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foiloping edit
OridIS are presented as interesting Opin-
ions Uoiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
FORMER PARIS PUBLISHER
IS HELD UNDER ARREST

PARIS, Nov. %. CUPD-GuyBun-
au-Varilla, former publisher of lie
Matin. was under arrest Thursday
on charges of intelligence with the
enemy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23

cipal existing agencies involved IN
irrigation and flood control develop
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23

faltering.
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w.M.u. RELEASE

Her voice came again, calling In
to him, "It's the newspaper-they
want to come out and interview
you"
Alarmed at this, and at Amy ask
ing his advice about something in
stead of deciding it herself, Mr..
Wrinkle asked, "Me? Now? Here?"
Mrs. Wrinkle gave an affirmative
answer to each Of these questions,
her words sounding like strangled
chirps.
Mr.. Wrinkle thought, desperately.
Suddenly, he wanted to lash out at
something. Certainly not" he said.
II can't wait around here. I've got
to get to the shop. And I don't
tell them I don't want to be inter-
viewed"
Mrs. Wrinkle passed on his views
over the telephone. They didn't
seem to make much impression, for
Mrs. Wrinkle, after listening to what
was said in reply, kept agreeing
doubtfully, eyes yes, but-oh,
can see that's probably right"
She hung up and came back. She
appeared to be slightly dazed.
"They said," she told Mr.. Wrinkle,
"that you're already something of
celebrity-from being the first mar
ried man in the older mems classifi-
cation to be drafted-and that it's
your patriotic duty to set a good
example. They're coming out here
to take pictures of-of us BOTH"
81 won't do It," he said. Sand
you shouldn't"
"But, Wilbert," Mrs. Wrinkle pro-
tested, ''it won't look right If we
don't"
II don't care how it looks. Where's
my hat?" He was emboldened to
be peremptory. where's my lunch
box?"
He saw them both where they
were kept ready for his departure
to business. He snatched them up
almost savagely, and clamped the
hat on his head. He hadn't felt so
aroused for many years. He didn't
quite know what to make of the way
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5 74e
Baby Bassinets

A BEAUTIFUL bassinet for the
\ new baby is every young
mothers dream-and usually
rude awakening comes when she
prices them in the good shops.
They range from fifty to well over
hundred dollars! So make your
own! It's easily done.
A large-sized market basket il
covered with unbleached muslin,
then padded with chintz or lovely
pink or blue rayon crepe or satin.
Lace, net, organdie or dotted
scrim makes the fiounces. An ordi-
nary bed pillow is baby's mat
tress.
To obtain complete instructions for the
Baby Bassinet (Pattern No. 5748) vari.
Gus finishing and decorating details, send
Is cents, your name, address and the pat
tern number.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
Is required In filing orders for few Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
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CHAPTER 1
rHEoSS6aE
PRATT

II never In the world ever oc-
Cured to Mr.. Wrinkle that he would
be drafted and sent of to the wars.
War was for young men, not for Q
settled married man of forty-four.
There was talk Of the Army not
wanting the older men, but nothing
had yet been done about this. The
thing being done was what Mr.. Win
kle received In this mornings mail.
When he reached in the mailbox and
took out the communication from his
draft board, his hands trembled a
little. Peering through his metal
trimmed glasses, he read that he
was classified la.
He knew what that meant. After
ten days time, he was subject for
induction into the United States
Army.
He stood there on the front steps
Of his house, small man eaagu1fed
by a tremendous event that toppled
over his world and sent 1t bowling
off into space like cannon ball.
We thought: .-- I'LL.
Not he, who had been married for
twenty years. Not he, former
careful accountant who was now the
conservative proprietor Of a modest
general repair shop located In the
alley back Of his house. Not he.
with his overly active and morbid
imagination. Not he, who was nc
man of action, but was afraid to
death of guns or violence Of any sort
Not he, with his stored-up mem.
ory Of how, as a boy with his q
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-11

SAs~S~eAA~~ ---s
rifle, he had shot a squirrel. The
tiny animal fell from the high
branch where he aimed at 1t, land
ing with thud on the hard ground.
When he held the warm, fuzzy body
in his hand, he was sick at heart
at what he had done. In later life,
when he stepped on an ant, or
squashed a spider, or even swatted
a fly, Mr.. Wrinkle felt squeamish at
taking life.
Upon being called by his draft
board last week for physical exami-
nation, Mr.. Wrinkle had thought that
the strange doctor appreciated his
dyspepsia, his nearsightedness, his
caved-in chest, his good beginning
on a paunch (even though otherwise
he was skinny enough to be under
weight), his jumped-up pulse at the
slightest exertion, and his general
makeup of no great muscularity.
Never before had Mr.. Wrinkle
known himself to be such physi-
cal wreck.
The doctor pursed his lips at the
visual evidences of this close ap-
proach to the grave. He frowned
in such a manner as to give Mr..
Wrinkle reason for counting on his
not being recommended. And though
the doctor and the members Of the
draft board, working their naysteri-
Gus ways, had not committed them
selves on the result, 1t still hadn't
seemed real to Mr.. Wrinkle that he
would be seriously considered as a
soldier.
The notice couldn't mean him. He
looked at It again, to see If, posi-
bly,. there had been some mistake.
But he saw his name typed out
boldly: Wilbert George Wrinkle.
The thought of going In and tell
ing Mrs. Wrinkle about 1t swept over
him. The prospect Of this was one
Of both panic and intense interest.
Certainly 1t would take q lot Of the
strong wind out Of her sails.
Mrs. Wrinkle, during recent years,
had developed into a positive indi-
vidual who was prone to run her
husband the way a locomotive en-
gineer kept his hand on the throt-
tie. Mr.. Wrinkle never liked to put
this into the actual term Of hem
pecking, but nevertheless that was
the true state Of affairs.
( Now he wondered how Amy would
take it. There was little she could
do about it. She wouldn't be able
ito argue with this, nor impose her
win ia any way upon 1t. He felt
. little sorry for her. for he knew
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dow cord will be found helpful.

A little paraffin on sticky win
dow cord will be found helpful.
When you have an old clock that
refuses to run any more, it can
be used in sick room to tell when
it is time for the next dose Of
medicine by moving the hands to
the time it is to be taken. This
makes it easy to remember.
With the use Of a hand spray
or even the garden hose, starched
clothes may be sprinkled right on
the line. Roll them up as they are
taken from the line.
To keep cookies fresh longer,
add tablespoon Of jam or jelly
to the dough.
Coarse sawdust put in a hens
nest is more satisfactory than
straw or hay for the hens do moi
pick or scratch the sawdust out.
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It wasn't until he had gone some
way that it occurred to him he had
forgotten to kiss his wife goodby.
he felt, for there was fear mixed In
him, too, along with his unaccus-
toned anger. Mainly, there was
the sense of being unnerved by an
insure Amy.
He turned, and marched to the
front door. Mrs. Wrinkle followed
him. ''Wilbert," she said weakly.
"you have to, and you know it."
BY the time he reached the steps
outside, Mr.. Wrinkle had somewhat
Gained. His small storm was near
ly over. He blinked. 81 suppose"
he admitted, ''I'll have to do lot
Of things don't feel like doing"
Abruptly, he strobe away, down
the walk, and then along the street.
It wasn't until he had gone some
way that It occurred to him he had
forgotten to kiss his wife goodby.
It was the first time he had neglect
ed this ritual in their whole mar
ried life. Ordinarily, he would have
been called back and given instruc-
tions. But there was no sound from
Amy.
Guilty., he glanced once behind,
to see her still standing on the steps,
her hand at her throat, watching
him depart. Penelope was at her
feet, staring after him mournfully.
It may seem curious that, though
Mr.. Wrinkles place Of business was
located right in back Of his house,
he didn't 60 out through the rear
door and across the fifty feet of yard
to reach his shop.
To the Wrinkles this wasn't strange
at all. There was {. lite a good rea-
son for It.
It originated from Mr.. Wrinkles
career as a public accountant hav-
ing disappeared during the depres-
sion. Secretly, he was just as glad,
for he had never cared much for
dealing in long rows Of someone
else's figures. He greatly preferred
tinkering with mechanical things,
for which he had decided hair and
delicate touch.
fxo IN cOzlIz1N<NEA
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The Answers

1. The location of the corner
stone is unknown.
2. A rude, bold girl.
8. A Ratchet was Carrie Nations
favorite weapon.
4. Ride it. A droshky is a four
wheeled carriage.
S. Venetian gondoliers.
6. 1t is heated until vaporized,
and the steam thus obtained is
condensed into water again.
z. Columbus made four trips to
the New World.
s. Laughable.
9. The judge advocate gener-
ais department.
10. John Greenleaf Whittier,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, and William Cul-
len Bryant.
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Ask NE y
ANOTHER {
The Questions
A General Quiz

1. Where is the cornerstone Of
the nations Capitol located?
2. A hoyden is what?
3. What was Carrie Nations
weapon in her war on saloons?
4. Would Russian wear, eat or
ride a droshky?
5. A barcarole properly is q
musical term for a song sung by
whom?
6. How is water distilled?
z. How many trips did Column
bus make to the New World?
8. Risible means what?
9. In the U. S. army the
crossed quill and sword on the
laurel wreath denote what depart
ment?
10. Can you supply the first and
last names of the famous poets
whose middle names are: Green
leaf, Wendell, Waldo and Cullen?
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IF you've new tea towels to work
Lon, try doing these sailor boy
figures on them. They're engag-
ing and gay. Four colors are used
red, green, yellow and blue.
Each of the six figures is about
six inches high and all are done
in the simplest outline stitch. If
you are raising money for your
local canteen service, these tow
els will sell exceptionally well.
To obtain transfers for the Sailor Boy
pattern, No. $50, shown in the nlustra.
ton, send 18 cents, your name. address
and pattern number.