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The Washington times., 1930-01-10
Fair Retirement Legislation on
Way Through Congress
A Few Changes Yet Desirable In Dale Bill

HE Dale retirement BILL as quickly passed BY the Sonata
distinct liberalization Of the existing law and the
lack OF all opposition TO the in that body is full ad
mission that better retirement law is absolutely Just and
right
Representative Lehbach will engineer through the House
practically the measure heretofore agreed upon between
him and Senator Dale The House is Just as strong for
berazed retirement the Senate It's progress there
VIII be just rapid unless President Hoover offers some
objections, not contemplated
The President believed to be friendly to Just retire
ent provisions for Federal employees that he will welcome
frst sort Of treatment for those leaving service on
account Of old age.
Both Senate and House bills will provide for increases
In all annues averaging about 1871 per cent the maximum
now about $40 Under the Dale bill it would be about
In the clerical branches civil service employees are
now eligible to retirement at 70 years Of age The Dale bill
fixes the age at 6 after 80 years service There is similar
change IN the retirement for postal employees and those
engaged In hazardous occupations
There win be fight on the Dale or LehIbach bills by
Government workers No changes will be asked that win
interfere with the final Of better law The National
Federation Of Federal Employees will however seek few
changes and they should be included in legislaton
Two Of the most important Of these To compute
the annuity the basis Of the salary Of any five years Of
service permitting voluntary retirement after 80 years Of
service
Employees sometimes reduced in pay during the last
before retirement This reduction matter what the
cause reduces the annuity at retirement
because Of nefficncy due increasing age illness or
accident salaries may be reduced just annuies retirement
should not be jeopadzed The highest average Of any vs
years Of service would be right njure one and improve
efficiency.
Voluntary retirement at 80 years Of age after so years Of
faithful service, would likewise make for efficiency
ing to the Government.
There Government employees who because Of premature
Illness should be retired before 66 years age There
other employees who hale hearty and active 1t 10 and
valuable to the Government than younger employees
Their experience and knowledge make them most useful
There other changes which will work hardsps
the Government any money They should be included
in the legislation they do not threaten difficulties in
Congress Of diaapproyal at The White House
The Washington times., 1930-01-10

All Of which is Q prelude to
the remarks Of one Of our Out
standing American Heroes who
has risen to the defense Of Us
Girls. I refer to- Ray Long,
broadcasting his "FREWELL
TO LEGS In the January issue
Of THE COSMOPOLITAN.
II am all confused" says he.
II thought Cosmopolitan was
doing q good deed when we pub
lished recently an article by DR..
Draper advocating that men
dress as sensibly as women. Or.
Draper said we were q lot Of
sheep, We dressed uricomfort-
able because 1t was the fashion
to dress that way: women had
much more courage In dress
and because Of that courage
they were being comfortable and
getting to be so vigorous and
healthy that before long men
must take q back seat.
10 and behold, just about
that time the Paris dreSsmakerS
decreed that women should not
be comfortable any longer.
"They must return to long
skirts, long gloves, long hair,
big hats, corSetS.
They'll never do it." I said
II was wrong. They ARE do
ing 1t. ="
Il am told that the women
who haven't good-looking legs
and the women who had to diet
to maintain the slender frocks
they've been wearing are en-
Enthusiastically behind the new
fashions, and that they far out
number their sisters to whom
Nature gave shapely legs and
slim lines. I can't believe that.
So far as / have been able to
obServe-and I have looked
carefully-th are more pretty
legs in the world than the other
kind. And If I were young
again and in my courting days
I'd much rather hug one Of the
htheSome, uncorSeted figures Of
1929 than gather an armful OF
whalebone as we did In 1899.
And If THAT doesn't plug the
Petticoat Peril then the
candy hearts are on me.
The Washington times., 1930-01-10
WISE SAYINGS

If anything affe0ts your eye,
you hasten to have it removed;
II anything affects your mind,
you postpone the cure for a
year. Horace.
The wise man who Is Just
and resolute will not be moved
from his settled purpose, either
by the nliSdirected rage Of his
fellow citizens or by the threats
Of an imperious tyrant.
Horace.
Confidence is q plant Of slow
growth In an aged bosom:
youth Is the season Of credulity.
Pitt.
The tallest and smallest
among us are so alike dirninu-
tive and pitifully base. it is q
meanness to calculate the diff.
ference -Thackerays
The Washington times., 1930-01-10
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
-RY D.. Toula @. Riach

LIVERY 50 often one reads In
- the newspapers that q help
lessly deformed and idiotic child
has been born, with the ques-
ton raised as to whether it
would not be better to let the
child die.
Aside from moral or religious
dictates, but from q strictly logi-
cal viewpoint, one might feel
that q child with practically
no brain ct all would be much
better off dead than alive not
only for its own sake. but for
the sake Of its parents and all
those who might come In con-
tact with its miserable ex.
istence.
The spartans, in fact. made
it a custom TO throw into the
Euphrates all children who were
crippled and Of enfeebled men
tality. They believed, as many
do now. that q hopeless case
is q burden and that it Is an
act Of mercy to terminate its
career. Modern thought, how
ever, does not subscribe to this
view.
The medical profession be.
lleves that no one has q right
not even a physician with the
sanction Of the mother and
father-to terminate the life of
child, or Of any other person,
no matter what the condition
may be. The doctor holds it to
De his paramount duty to keep
q baby alive even II It Is hope
lessly and helplessly idiotic.
Such authority conferred upon
anyone-even physicians In
good standing might, Of course,
lead TO misuse in some cases.
More important still, however.
Is the fact that medical science
Is making such rapid advances
Cnat one cannot actually pre-
olct with absolute certainty that
any case win remain hopelessly
incurable.
Who knows but what the day
may yet come when even idiotic
children win be cured!
More startling things than
this have happened in the
realm Of medicine. Even now a
certain type of feeble-minded-
ness known as Cretinism, and
once considered quite lnimprov-
able, can, indeed, be markedly
improved through the admins
tration Of thyroid extract.
Other cases Of mental defect
are likewise inprovable these
days.
How do we know that even
more astounding discoveries
VIII not be made? Nobody,
therefore, has the right to
terminate . life for q scientific
reaSonl
Parents who are unfortunate
enough to have such children
and one never really can tell
when such 3 calamity may be-
fall almost anyone such par
entS should try to be sensible
and scientific In the sense Of
availing themselves Of what
ever knowledge there Ii con-
cerning the type Of case that
thaiI child prelanta
The Washington times., 1930-01-10

W1LL They GEL EN- ON
OVER MY DEAD
BODY!
Long skirts corsets
petticoats? Lissen
havva heart! Maybe they're
cute for those little trick danes
that q guy collects In idle mo-
Inents-
But think about girls like
ME!
Here I am, 400 pounds Of
blonde beef on the hoof, with a
stride like the take-off Of q
Fokker : can you not see ME
with my shape corralled In
some fifty yards of fluffings
and my inhibitions and com
plexes and libidos n other vital
organs crammed into q 28-inch
waist?
Yes, you can NOT =" and
what's more, you're not going
. to.
The feminine mode? You
can't tell me anything about it.
! was that way once. To be
exact, I was that way about
40 years. It has only been,
relatively speaking, q couple Of
minutes since I got the chance
to use my legs. And, believe
me, no fashion whipper-Snapper
is going to sign ME UP for q
Back!To-D Dry Goods Movement.
For I like my legS-and, what
is more, I need them. They
are not a mere decorative
fringe to my anatomy, as it
were. They are q Going Con-
Germ and they have got plenty
Of grief heaying me over the
landscape without having to
rassel with a lot Of lingerie.
OF course, I believe in rnoder-
alton. Too much is always too
many. Especially with some
knees that 7 have seen. A
couple Of yards Of legs Is all
a nice girl should want to show,
But, within decent limits, legs
are part Of any females in
alienable rights = and I
hereby serve warning that any
style Srlooper who tries to put
Valenciennes on these fair
ankles GETS BIT!
The Washington times., 1930-01-10

II. Through Tattered clothes small Occs do appear;
Robes and furr'd gowns hide ALL
Worth makes the man, and Oant Of Il the felEow;
r. The rest i all but leather prunelIO.
Pope
member Of the British Labor Party man of the high
est education long training in thought and action and
DIFFERENTIATION, manages the finances Of the British
Empirs
he prepares the budget the that the great empire
spread all around the world shall spend In cooperation with
his associates In the British Cabinet with the House
Commons and with the approval Of the King gven
tca he decides where the money shall be spent and for
what purpose
He decides how much shall be paid to men out Of work
Great Britain you know allows go hungry If you
cant find work you get doe sufficient keep you going
That costs the Britons many millions year. even that
Is cheaper than revolution
Snowden whom you see here in all the glory Of British
official fne Clothes is the possessor as you will notice Of
an iron jaw that carries things through.
When the Allies deciding what should be done about
the amount Of to be taken from Germany quite recently
and Italy and some other countries had arranged that
they would have most Of it, and that England would
pleasure Of looking on benevoently
This Labor individual snowden called down upon his head
Che blessings Of all the British including the Tories who at
first thought they hated him. when he told the representatives
OF other counes Britain is entitled to much Of that
money and mean to have it."
HE GOT IT.
Since hen he has been Of the most popular in
England.
little later perhaps when he begins taxing wealth and
especially he touches real estate and puts Of the bur-
den on the less prosperous he will lose that popularity
meanwhile you see from these magnificent robes Of state
that CLOTHES DO MAKE DIFFERENCE.
The British give their public officials important Offices
BIG SALARIES, with pension they need it when they
the public service They give them clothes make them
look as important as they are.
Anybody seeing this would say HE must be
sOmebody'
And here is the moral for young trying get ahead
ln the world:
DRESS YOURSELVES WELL, keep yourselves neat NOT
GAUDY.
You cant wear the robes Of Chancellor Of the Exchequer
. Or robes Of ermine such the King wears
But you can clothes well made kept clean That
! Isn't expensive.
Everything is judged AT FIRST from the outside from
sporcupine to pineapple.
Clothes are not important after the first impression is
made; perhaps.
p@ But they always ARE important.
The lack Of proper clothing often FAILURE IN THE
EFFORT TO SEIZE AN OPPORTUNITY
Dress we'll within your means, modesty not for show
Recommend yourself at first by your APPEARANCE and
You have the chance let good work be your REAL
The Washington times., 1930-01-10
Perils Of the Deep
Nothing to the Perils Of Traffic

the Atlantic in small boat IS safer than cross
ing street here At least two have recently found So
Judge r. D. Wells who survived shipwreCk in his 47foot
ketch Shanghai was killed by car younger yachtsman
vessel went ashore the Greenland coast met death
under the wheels Of q bus
You don't have to sail alone around the world for adven
t1re; you may soon for safety.
The Washington times., 1930-01-10
LISTEN WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson
The Petticoat Peril

WILL THEY GET EM ON
w ME?
OVER MY DEAD
The Washington times., 1930-01-10
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Match correctly:
Il Syprus' Lake.
s. Blue Ridge Poitical division
A. Nicaragua. 1sIerd
s. Mackenzie. To,1rtans
Do you know: ~
g. What Is the smallest Of the Great 1akesP
Z What Is EgyptS famous river?
g. Who was the worlds bestk knnvr cNakerP
"a ball? - ~ ~ 49, 80 ~ -
10 What is tournQuets
Fill each blank:
Il North america Is about - miles in breadth.
ID Onar Enayyam was poet.
13 SpartaclS was the famous roman
H. The word Adonis Is applied to -.
is. Benzine Is derived from -
1AaawAn "a EisAsR PsSsl
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
Slight Strength
Shown In Wheat

CHICAGO, Dec. 80. U.P,-Wheat
had a firm undertone on the board
Of trade today but prices changes
were small. mostly fractionally high
er. The strength in corn and at
Liverpool and the buying at Winni-
peg on the probable favorable an
nouncement by Premier Bennett
were the chief factors. Corn was
very active and strong. short Gov
ering freely at times. The advance
was checked by selling against Of
fers. Oats were dominated by the
action in corn and wheat, showing
fair gains.
AT the close wheat was unchanged,
with July sc higher; corn was Is
to lac higher and oats were 7s to
1Ssc higher. Belated liquidation
weakened December lard but the
ether deliveries were strong. De-
cember wheat old closed at .767s
corn old at .62si, and oats old at
BIS
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30

premium for added managerial du-
ties is believed to have brought his
stipend to $4,000.
Joe McCarthys five year term as
manager of the Cubs netted him an
average of $4,000 per season and he
is reported to have received a like
salary when he signed with the
New York Yankees last fall. John
McGraw, formerly reputed to the
high wage Garner among managers,
is reputed to draw $35, 900 annually
for his labors with the New York
Giants.
Hornsby, who came to town yes
terday te sign his contract, re-
turned today to st. Louis. He in
tends to remain there during jan
uary and on February l will start
a one man training camp. He
wants to go to Catalina Island at
that time and thus have two weeks
to get in condition before the bal
ence Of the squad arrives, February
II.
Hornsby guided the St. Louis
Cardinals to a world championship
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
ALLEGED F0RCER
AGAIN FALLS In
TOLLS OF LAW

Checks will be tbs luin OF NJ. II.
Bradin, 25, yet.
Several Gays ago Bradin was
charged with forgery, but the
charge was dismissed By the dis
trict attorneys office because CT
insufficient evidence.
Last night Bradin was arrested
again by city police on a charge OF
passing forged checks on number
Of loc al bu..: less houses, and in r.c-
lice court iniS morning. the prison.
er was again turned over to the dis
trict at'cc:ey's office for prose:u-
ton.
Another matter Brought UP be-
fore Judge Kendall B. Perkins in
police court this morning was that
of the alleged gamblers arrested in
five raids by the police ard deputy
sheriffs last Friday nignt. Bail
was forfeited by q number of the
defendants, arrested at Fourth and
State streets, the Desert club, and
Mullens place on the eastside.
Those arrested at two other raided
places will appear tomorrow Bail
Tnr the defendants was So apiece.
William B. Crcie. 26, was also
tr,ned over to The district attorney
for prosecution OIL a charge of for
gerry. Fred MohCa.v, 36, was sen-
fenced to 10 days in the county ;ail
for vagrancy.
Four defendants we're sentenced
on drunk charges yesterday after
noon. They were j, Z. Faubiou
46, fined $40; H. T. Watkins, rs
fined $40; Jack Reynolds, So, sc
days in Jail, and 3t-ry Scorel, So
five days in Jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
Report Three
Autos Stolen

Continuing their recent depreda-
tons, automobile thieves last night
made away with three automobiles,
two from Brawley and one from El
Centro.
The car stolen from FL Centre
was a Chevrolet coach belonging to
r. F. Walker Two stolen in
Brawley belonged to Lee Mccall
and Pete Saiz. One was a Ford
touring car and the other a Ford
roadster
The thefts were reported to the
sheriff's office. Deputies are Of
the opinion that automobile thieves
operating in the valley drive stolen
cars across the international line,
stripping them or changing them
until they are unrecognizable.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
COACHES URGE
FOUR CHANGES
in REGULATIONS
By HENRY McLEMORE
Tnited Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 80. lUP>-More
than $50 college football coaches
from all parts of the country were
on their way home today after the
most successful convention they
have held in years.
The most important bit of busi-
ness transacted was the blanket en-
dorsement of the following resolu-
tons:
/. Elimination of all organized
practice before September IS.
2. Reduction of post season and
charity games to a minimum.
g. Limitation of fall practice to
two hours per day.
4. Spring practice, if any, to be
elective, and not to interfere with
other spring sports.
The resolutions were submitted by
William w. Roper, retiring Prince
ton coach, and are calculated to put
an end to possible over-emphasis.
The coaches went on record as ia
voring retention of all the present
playing rules, including the point
al CSl tooIilOoWAi, DQI Nllll tNO ca
ceptionS. The coaches would like
revision of the rule giving the OF
ficials power to award the point
after touchdown on penalty. They
recommended the levying of the
penalty and a second try.
They also recommended that
kicking team be given the privilege
of recovering and running with its
own block kick. Under the present
rules the ball is dead at the point
Of recovery.
The coaches elected the following
officers for 1881 President, Chick
Meehan, N. Y. u; first vice presl-
dent, Nal Stevens, Yale; second vice
president, Dan McGugin, Wander
bilt; secretary treasurer, w. H. Cow
ell, New Hampshire; trustees, Knute
Rockne, Notre Dame, chairman;
Dana Bible, Nebraska; B. w. Bier
man, Tulane, and Eddie Casey, Har-
ward.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
TWO ENGAGEMENTS
IN ROYAL FAMILY

LONDON, Dec. 30. W.p)-Thc en-
eagement of two members OF the
Spanish royal family will be an
nounced soon, the Daily Mail said
today. The newspaper understood
that the Prince of Asturias, heir to
the throne is to marry his cousin,
Princess Esperanze, and that Prin-
cess Beatriz, oldest daughter Of the
king and queen, will become en-
gagged to the Infante Alfonso Car
los, cavalry officer.
The Prince of the Asturias is %
years old. Princess Esperanza. 18,
is the blonde, blue eyed daughter
of Don Carlos De -Sicile.
The prince has been practically
cured of hemophilia, blood all
ment, by an American physician,
the Daily Mail said.
Princess Beatriz is 81. She is a
FREQUENT visitor to London with her
mother Queen Victoria, and her
sister, Princess Maria. Both en-
gagements in the royal family were
said to be love matches.
MADRID, Dec. 80. tU.P)-The
foreign office today denied reports
published in London of the engage
ment of the Prince of the Asturias
to his cousin, Princess Esperanza
and of Princess Beatrix to the In
tante Alfonso Carlos.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30

while playing regularly at second
base. At that time half of the
clubs in the two major leagues
boasted playing managers wit h
Bucky Harris of Washington, Eddie
Collins of the White SoX, iris
Speaker of Cleveland Ty Cobb of
Detroit heading the list
Now, playing managers are be-
coming as rare as the dodo. All
major league pilots except Hornsby
have outlived their usefulness as
active performers. Five of the
present managers were catchers
during their playing career, four
are second basemen; two each
shortstops, third basemen and out
fielders and one a pitcher.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
OFFENSIVE TO
PLAY BIG PART
in BOWL GAME
By GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

PASADENA, Calf. Dec. 80 UP
Famed for their defensive records,
Alabama and Washington State are
quite likely to double in brass"
when they meet in the Tournament
of Roses football game in Rose Bowl
New Years Day.
Although the Crimson Tide has
rolled up 247 points in nine games,
the southern team has yet to un-
leash the full power Of its offensive
for all of an important game. Wash
ington State has scored 221 points
in nine games, but was held to a
single touchdown by Southern Cali
fornia and field goal by Washing
ton.
Workouts Of the two Tournament
of Roses rivals since they arrived on
the scene Of the battle tend to indi-
cate both of them are preparing for
an offensive battle. Alabama's at
tack features power and Washington
States deception.
Any suggestion that Washington
State is weak extensively arouses
SoacH OliA l. 'Ddoe' f1oiil'isociy
ire.
1--WE have no offense HUH" Hol-
lingbery stammers. We'll, you bet
ter start thinking up new name
for it because we are going to show
Alabama a little bit of everything.
Alabama has stressed offense con-
tinually in its workouts with almost
no attention at all to defensive drill.
The Crimson Tide has never been
behind this season, but after scor-
ing early on Tennessee, Vanderbilt
and Georgia-Alabama's three hard
est games-the Southerners coasted
home to fairly close victories. This
time. it seems. 'Bama plans TO
"Snoot the works"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
CHILDREN GET TREATMENT

MIAMI, Fla, (U.p)-Six small
children, suffering from heart dis
case, have arrived here from Bos-
ton to begin eight months of treat
ment and observation under Mi
ami's winter sun. The children,
sent by DR.. Paul d. White, Boston
specialist, under auspices of the
New England Heart Association
and the American Heart Associa-
tion, will have regularly prescribed
sun-baths daily and graduated eX-
ercises in the open air.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
Yuma District
Attorney Here

| H. II. Baker, county attorney of
Yuma county, was in Ell Centro to-
day with Yuma deputy sheriff.
Bakers business here could not
be learned. When questioned, Of
ficials in the court house stated
that the Yuma prosecutor is here
on "a friendly visit" He was as
sociated with Clarence B. Smith
here during the trial OF Lee l..
Roberts on a murder charge, which
resulted in the freeing of Roberts.
1t has been rumored that Baker
intended to file a manslaughter
charge against Roberts, although,
III the opinion of several local at
torneys, such a charge would be
illegal after the trial which acquit-
ted Roberts.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
Christmas Seal
Total Increases

El Centro's total in the Christmas
seal sale at present is S46l. indicating
a gain of $35 over last weeks total
according to Mrs. F. H. Mitchell
county chairman for the Tuberculo-
sis association.
1t is not too late for residents to
send in the money for their seals
and the committee will be delighted
to receive any contribution at any
time
There are many seals which have
not been heard from as yet and the
committee expects the total to be
larger still after the first of the year.
Complete valley returns from the
drive are expected to be available
soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
PASTOR TURNS CLERK

OKLAHOMA CITY. U.p) - The
Rev. Newton H. Royer. former pas
tor OF the First Lutheran church
here-a post he had held for 81
years, was not unemployed long
Royer resigned recently as the re.
suit OF a controversy over his
modern and liberal" views among
his congregation. He was at work
today as a clerk in the office of
Paul Huston, assistant coun ty
treasurer.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-30
HORNSBY TO BE-
ONLY PLAYING
TEAM MANAGER
BY DIXON STEWART
United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, Dec. 30. (U.R)-Rogers
Hornsby will have the double dis
tinction during the 1881 season of
being the only playing manager in
the major leagues and baseballs
highest paid pilot
Hornsby's two year contract as
manager of the Chicago Cubs was
signed dormally yesterday. AS is
customary, the club did not reveal
the salary, but it is certain that
Hornsby's pay will be the highest
Of any manager IN baseball. AS a
player in the Cubs ranks during the
past two seasons the rajah received
approximately $4,000 per year. The