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SWIMS 10 MILES AT IA

PHILADELPHIA, August (P.-
When Ida May Berg was Z she SUI
fered an attack of infantile paralysis.
When she was bit past 10 her father,
a physician. encouraged her to learn to
swim to restore strength to her legs.
Now she is IA and has just done her
three hours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
MUKDEN-U. S. RADIO OPEN

An exchange Of radiograms between
Acting Secretary Of State Castle and
Marshal Chang Hsiao LANG, military
governor Of Manchuria, marked the
opening today Of direct radio commune
cation between San Francisco and
Mukden, China, by the Radio Corpora
ton of America.
The Chinese marshal said he hoped
the circuit would strengthen friendly
relations between the two countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

Woman members of the English
Parliament were far behind the men as
takers in the session lasting from
october to May, Lord Eustace Percy
being the 9eader, his speeches filling
ITS columns of the gazette, against the
Duchess of Atholls 81.
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SO ON GROUNDED SHIP.
RETURN TO VICTORIA
Canadian Steamer Brings Pas
sengers Ashore Following
Wreck.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VICTORIA, B. c.. August l.-Sixty-
eight passengers aboard the Canadian
national steamer Prince David when
she went aground of Point Wilson, at
10:45 am. yesterday, arrived here sew
eral hours later on the Canadian Pa
cific steamer Princess Kathleen.
The passengers said the ship was
travelling at a fair rate Of speed in the
and rumble.
Passengers were transferred from the
David to the kathleen by q. S. Coast
Guard cutter.
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ReguLGr~DeIiUery

Over 100000 families read The
Star ever day. The great ma
jority have the paper delivered
regularly every evening and Sum
day morning at o cost of IL
cents daily and 5 cents Sunday.
II you are not taking advan-
tage Of this regular service at
this low rate, telephone National
5000 now and service will start
tomorrow.
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Large enough to supply 5000 portions,
the worlds greatest apple pie, recently
made at Birmingham, England, was IL
feet long, 10 feet wide. 2 feet deep and
contained $50 pounds of apples, $50
pounds of flour, so pounds Of lard and
% pounds of sugar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

Press, Ltd, In London. Arthur Klein,
an alleged associate, has been ordered
extradited from New York Similar pro-
ceedings against Harry Geen pend In
Philadelphia. British courts have al
ready convicted several other alleged
associates, and New York Circuit
Court Of Appeals has labeled Factor
the ringleader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
CROW CIGAR SALESMAN
Chicago Trade Board Members
Served as by Human.

CHICAGO, August R.-Chicago
has a new kind of cigarette salesman
a crow. Billy is his name.
Brokers operating on the Chicago
Board Of Trade stopped to watch the
bird do his stuff yesterday, acting as a
volunteer salesman for cigar stand.
He would take a nickel and dime in
his beak from a customer, hop to the
counter and return, bearing a package
of cigarettes. In addition, the bird
does some talking 1t belongs to a
florist in the Board of Trade Building,
but spends a lot of its time working
for the cigar man.
Japan's population showed an m
- 1oe
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGTLY'S BUSTER
HUNT

Look in your pockets, said the
Lady Mouse School Teacher.
Buster couldn t be in any OF my
pockets, answered Uncle Wiggily
YOU don't know went on Miss
Mouse. "You never can tell what
little boy rabbits will do or where
they will hide. So you had better
look in your pockets"
Uncle Wiggily looked in his pock-
cts, but Of course he did not find
his little boy Buster.
He ism I here, - spoke Mr.. Long
ears.
Have you hunted in all your
pockets? asked the Lady Mouse
Teacher as she stood in the door
way Of the Hollow Stump School.
eyes, all my pockets, " replied
the bunny gentleman. wondering
where in the world Buster could be.
Every one?' insisted Miss
Mouse. "Come! Ism t there some
pocket you may have forgotten?
You men have SO many pocekts in
your clothes We poor ladies have
never a one Silly I call it,
Rather - agreed Mr.. Longears
But come to think of it, there Is
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
LONG-LIVED YANKEES

Californians often boast that our eli
mate is conducive to longevity, but 1t
would seem that areas where nature Is
much more severe can point to veterans
of four score and more, in goodly num-
bers.
The little town of Chester, nesting
down on the banks of the Connecticut
river. with a population of less than
1900 has % residents who have reached
the age of so and beyond that mark.
Its neighbor, Durham, with a popula-
ton of less than 1000, numbers II oct
ogenarians among its inhabitants. The
figures were revealed during recent
survey inStigated TO ascertain which
town could claim the oldest lnhabl-
tant'' formerly an important figure IN
all New England towns.
MiddleseX county, which contains both
towns, was for years in an isolated Sec
ton. Until the coming of the automo-
bile brought improved roads, the lie
there was but little changed from the
early DAYS of the Pilgrim fathers. New
tangled contraptions like the telephone,
electric light and gas-fol-de-rols which
lust couldn't match tallow candles and
the old wood-burner-found tough sled
ing. Your native New Englander of the
old stock is tough nut. Beside him
hickory is like a marshmallow.
He is hardened by long and severe
winters and in the summer he wrestles
with stones, storms and heat, from early
morning until late at night, or at least
he did in the old days. It is no wonder
the area can boast of many octogenar-
ians. They are toughened by adversity.
Residents in other parts of the old Nut
meg state used to say the folks in Mid
dlesex county didn't die = they just
dried up and blew away.
Tough old codgers this type of New
Englander. They had to be. Outsiders
might say in scorn that they became
tough through hanging on the first
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
MISSING GIRLS
UNDER ARREST IN
ARIZ0NACAPITAL

A widespread search for two miss
ing Holtville girls and a man end
ed yesterday afternoon when the
three were arrested by deputy sher-
ifs in Phoenix, according to word
received here today.
The man, c. A. MARROW. "a. was
arrested on a warrant charging
child abandonment, while the girls
were held in custody pending their
return here for appearance before
the juvenile court They are Lucille
Lawson. II. sister-in- law Of MARROW
and Lola Regan, l6
The three disappeared from Holt
vile March 7, and immediately be-
came the object of a search by local
officers, who enlisted the aid OF Ar
izona authorities in their hunt.
Mothers of the two girls filed a
petition in the juvenile court yes
terday afternon asking that they
be declared under the jurisdiction
of that body.
Whether other charges than child
abandonment will be filed against
MARROW when he is returned here
was not known today. He deserted
a wife and child in Holtville, ac-
cording to the report filed in the
Sheriffs office.
Lawrence Campbell. son of the
sheriff, and his wife are on their
way to Phoenix today to bring the
man and girls back here.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
Issued Daily, Except
Sundays. Entered at the
Post Office, El Centre.
Calf, as Second-Class
Matter.

penny they ever saw. Perhaps they
did hug their money tightly but at least
they did not become burdens on the
state in their old age. Tilling a rough
country and compelled to battle eternal
ly with Dame Nature, except for brief
periods of good weather, it is not sur
prising that they absorbed many of the
characteristics of the land.
The polished southerner and the bluff
westerner might look askance at the
dour New Englander, but had they his
problems to contend with, they might be
dour too and when you get to know the
New Englander you realize that his
dourness is only a coating-underneat
he is likeable chap and when he gets
in the octogenarian class he usually has
the satisfaction of looking back on an
honored and useful career. And that
should be considerable satisfaction to
any man, be he New Englander or Lap
lander
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
PUBLIC URGED
TO ATTEND TALK
ON SAFE DRIVING

Safety or California highways
will be the subject OF meetihe "'
7.3o tomorrow night in the high
school. sponsored by the Southern
Sierras Power company and the I'M
perial Ice and Development COM
pany.
Judge I. Mayfield, member OF the
highways committee OF the State
Chamber of Commerce, will presiae
at the meeting. Judge Mayfield To-
day issued the following statement
LAS a member of the highway
safety committee of the safety con-
ference, California State Chamber OF
Commerce. I desire TO urge every
operator of a motor vehicle who pos
sibly can TO attend the meeting TO
be held tomorrow night at the high
school in the interest of safety on
the highways.
"Roscoe Gooccell of the Automo-
bile Club of southern California,
who has been secured as the speak
er for this meeting, is a man of ex-
ceptional qualifications on the chos-
en- subject of safety on the high
ways. and sponsors of the meeting
deserve commendation for having
secured the attendance of Mr.. Good
cell at this time. -
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
HUMANITY'S SHAME

Such things as the Virginia Brooks
case must happen occasionally. They
are the work of degenerates and there
fore difficult to understand by the nor
NAL man and woman.
Terrible as yesterdays discovery is,
it is better to know definitely that the
girl is dead than for her family and
neighbors to be denied knowledge Of her
fate.
One can only hope that the perpetra-
tor of the outrage will be found but this
is almost a vain hope, made extremely
difficult by the fact that often human
monsters of this sort appear no differ
ent from casual observation from the
rest Of US.
While such instances cannot help but
inspire a feeling of revulsion toward the
human race, it would do well to bear in
mind that they are in minority. the
great bulk of humanity, for all its short
comings, being decent and normal.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
Bad Stomach Cause
of Bad Skin

You can't expect to have good
clear fresh-looking complexion il your
stomach is weak and disordered.
Undigested food sends poisons
through your whole body, pimples
appear in your face, skin grows salow
and muddy and loses its color. Your
tongue becomes coated, breath mos.
unpleasant. But these troubles will
end quickly and skin clear up if you
will start today taking that simple
herbal compound known to druggists
as Tanlac.
Tanlac contains nothing but herbs,
barks and roots which have cleans
ing, healing effect on a poor upset
stomach. Just tablespoonful before
each meal stimulates the digestion
naturally SO that you can cat what
you want without fear of distress.
And when your stomach is in good
shape again see how much keener
your appetite is-watch how quickly
skin begins to grow free of dishguring
eruptions. The cost of Tanlac is less
than 0C n dace Cot a hot 4 Ia lrax,n ..e...s.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
Court Dismisses
Case Against Two

After a jury had been chosen ano
the trial entered into its second day,
charges of possession OF a still
against j. E. Woodwork and j. E.
Middleton were dismissed by Judge
A. c. Finney today on motion OF
the district attorney.
Evidence was insufficient to con-
vict. stated D. H. Wolford, deputy
district attorney, in moving for dis
missal Of the action.
Woodwork and Middleton were
arrested in Imperial, assertedly with
a still in their car. They were drlv'
ing about the streets of Imperial in
an aimless manner, officers said al
ter the arrest.
Dismissal of the jury that had
been chosen to try the two marked
the end Of service by jurors in the
present panel. Before another jury
trial can be held in local courts a
new panel must be chosen.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
Heald To Return
From Red Appeal

District Attorney Elmer w. Head
and Clarence B. Smith, his chief
deputy. will return to FL Centro to-
night after appearing before the
Fourth District Court of Appeals in
Fresno to argue against the appeal
of alleged communist workers con-
victed in Judge Vaughn N. Thomp-
son s court here ast summer.
The appeal was scheduled to go
to the upper court for decision to-
day. Judgment will probably be rem
dered within a few days, as the case
has been submitted to the appellate
court.
Heald and his chief deputy, while
in Fresno, worked with Deputy
States Attorney General Howie In
opposing counsel for the defence,
who claimed that error entered into
the trial of the asserted communists
here,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
Uncle dhhispofIeia

one teeny weeny pocket in my trous-
ers where I haven It looked. But is
is so small I know Buster couldn II
be in it
"Look, anyhow begged Miss
Mouse.
So Uncle Wiggily looked, but, just
as he expected, he didn't find Bus
ter. And then Miss Mouse said:
"Please tell me all about it, IN
Gle Wiggily. All know is you came
running here to my school in a hur-
ry and you said you hoped you were
not too late to bring Buster. I said
you were not and then
eyes and then, " said Uncle Wig
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11

gily, taking up the story where the
Lady Mouse Teacher left off, then
looked under my paw, where I
had tucked Buster, and he WASH =
therel''
but why did you tuck Buster
under your paw and run with him
TO our school?" asked Miss Mouse.
1T was like this, Uncle Wiggily
explained. - took Buster up to the
bath room to fix his toy motor boat
that was broken. At first the boat
wouldn't GO, but all of sudden, 1t
started off fast and the propeller
spiaShed water over Buster and me.
We had to change our wet clothes
for dry ones and then I was afraid
Buster would be late SO I tucked him
under my paw and ran fast to
school with him.
.'Well, you got here in time, -
squeaked Miss Mouse, for it is
only 9 o clock now But didn Z
bring Buster.''
No. > said Uncle Wiggily slowly,
- didn u bring Buster. I know
had him tucked under my paw when
I started out from my bungalow
but when I got here Buster was
gone.'
He must have slipped out from
beneath your paw spoke Miss
Mouse.
- suppose so,n Uncle Wiggily
agreed But I don t see how that
could have happened. I held him
very tightly"
Little boy rabbits are very slip
perry. ;" went on Miss Mouse THAT
is why asked you look in all OF
your pockets. I thought perhaps
Buster might have slipped into one
of them. But he didn It. j."
No, > went on Mr.. Longears, ''he
didn t. And now must start on a
Buster hunt.
ION a what?" asked the Lady
Mouse Teacher in surprise.
"a Buster hunt" explained I'm
Gle Wiggily. Il must go back over
the way I came and look for my
little lost Buster. -
"Oh, yes, of course" agreed Miss
Mouse. You must hunt for Buster
until you find him. And, when you
do bring him to school. No matter
what time it is I will not mark him
late because it ISM his fault"
1t is the fault of that toy motor
( boat said Uncle Wiggily. "But l
suppose my wife and Nurse Jane
will say it is my fault for taking
{ Buster up to the bath room to try
and fix his toy so near school time. -
eyes" agreed Miss Mouse, Every
likely they will say that. But don t
you care"
''Oh, don IT." quickly exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily. "And now I Will
start my Buster hunt. "
"And I will go back to my class
es,' squeaked Miss Mouse ~ will
say nothing to the other children
about Buster being lost. 1t might
worry them SO they couldn It
study
"No, don It tell them" advised
| Uncle Wiggily. "And as soon as
find Buster I shall bring him tc
school. My poor little bunny boy
I wonder where he is?"
Il hope you find him soor, .
whispered Miss Mouse. She went
{ back to her classes and Mr.. Long
ears started his Buster hunt. Anc
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
Items OF News
About Town

H. E. Paul. manager of the local
u. s. Grant Auto Equipment plant,
plans to leave today for San Diego
and Los Angeles. He will remain
on the coast until Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ID. Young are
visitors in FL Centre from their
home at CabaZon. They have a
cactus farm at that place.
w. c. Harrington is here for a
few days from his home in San Di-
ego He is stopping at the Califor-
MIA hotel.
John Drummer is expected to re-
turn to the valley late today after
a business trip TO Los Angeles.
II. L. Slauter of this city left to-
day on business trip which will in
clude a number OF the coast cities.
II. E. Lounsbury is In San Di-
ego. conducting negotiations at the
destroyer base for a dory TO be used
by local Sea Scouts.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
Helpful Insects
Please Farmers

AS far as the valley farmers are
concerned, the hundreds OF thou
sands of ladybird beetles which have
been introduced into the county this
month, are the most welcome arrlY-
ais which have visited this section
of the country in a long time.
With more aphis man ever before,
the farmer has a serious problem TO
meet, and in order TO cooperate
with him, 3. A. Harrington has I'M
ported an unusually large number Of
the beetles which s1aye been dis
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
County Teachers
Hear Address

Miss Helen Heffernan. chief OF the
division OF rural education OF the
state department OF education, ad-
dressed a gathering Of all the teach
ers in the rural schools Of the coun-
ty the meeting being held yesterday
afternoon in the office Of the coun-
ty superintendent Of schools.
Problems concerned with rural
education and their solution formed
the theme of her talk which was in
teresting and of value 10 the teach
ers present.
Mrs. Edna Mettler Of the Zaner
Bloser company, who is being sent
out by the state department to talk
on penmanship teaching in the
schools, gave an interesting talk on
her subject.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
FARMERS USE NINE EQUIP
NENT

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. U.P)-At last
a use has been found for part Of
the equipment around abandoned
stamp mills and ore smelters, relics
of boom days in this vicinity. Far
mers are buying the galvanized wa
ter storage tanks and converting
them into water tanks for ranch
use. The average mine tank may
be made into two 5000-gallon water
tanks.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11

what happened next you may read
about tomorrow night.
If you can find an umbrella
with two handles SO the chicken
twins can each take hold as they
walk along. Il tell you about Uncle
Wiggily and the kind dog.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11

The city has provided q rest room
for women at last. Right in the
down town district. Visiting wom-
en- from the farms, working girls
from the stores and offices and
women tourists can now find a
resting place.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
FRENCH PLAN BIG yIADUCTS

ROCHEFORT, France. (U.P)-A
giant viaduct, $500 feet long. is TO
connect the Island of Oleron with
the French mainland near here. ac-
cording to plans announced recent
~ by the Departmental Council OF
the Charente Infreieure. The cost
is estimated at S4,000,00o. The via
duct will be 100 feet high and the
roadway will be rs feet wide.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
TEN YEARS AGO
March IL. 1921

Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Barker Of
Holt avenue. entertained party of
friends at evening bridge recently
Bowls of varigated sweet peas
formed the decorations.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11

The two reservoirs OF the Orland
project, Glenn county, are two-thirds
full and in a month are expected to
fill TO the 100000 acre feet capacity.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March IL, 1911

The court supervisors have ap-
pealed to Senator Leroy A. Wright
and Assemblyman Fred E. Judson
to introduce and urge the passage
of a bill in the state Legislature
making an appropriation of Sl4,-
1878 for the schools of Imperial
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
CAMERA 35 YEARS OLD

LEWISTON, Ne. UH = A home
made camera which she constructed
35 years ago is owned by Mrs. Ella
F. Kicker. The lens is an ordinary
magnifying glass. There is a finder
on the side and a weighted slide to
expose the negative. The camera is
leather covered with a handle taken
from an old vaise.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11

A former Owens Valley farmer has
bought 155 acres of alfalfa near
williams, Colusa County.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11

tributed all over the valley, from
inland TO the border.
Three shipments have been dis
tributed already and more will be
distributed II necessary.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March IL. 1916

Mrs. Ray B. Moore is entertain
ing this afternoon in honor of her
sister, Miss Markell Wachtel. Bridge
whist is the game of the afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11

Two dogs were cecently shot and
killed in High Valley Lake county,
after they had killed AZ sheep.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11

Will Heeb, former Illinois
friend of A. L. Bliss. is visiting the
latter in Ell Centre. Mr.. Heeb
came west to spend the winter in
Los Angeles, but was attracted to
the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-11

A. G.. Jackson, who has been I'M
perial representative of the Holton
Power Company and the Imperial
Valley Gas company for the past
few months, has returned to his
home in Redlands, and the pos
ition is now held by Frank Hart
man, a recent conner from New
Jersey.
Evening star., 1931-12-31
LAND BANK HEADS
HIT EXTENSION BILL
Hold Plan viii. Increase Diff
ficuItieS and Cause Failure
of Bonds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Objection to a loosening Of the re-
quirements for payment of farm mort
gage installments was put before a
Senate Banking Subcommittee today
by officials OF Western Federal land
banks.
The provision was attached by a
House Committee to- White House
sponsored bill to increase the capital
of the banks 1t would permit direc-
tors of the banks at their discretion
to allow farm borrowers to defer pay
mentS over a period Of not to exceed
five years.
D. P. Hogan. president of the Omaha
Land Bank, said the amendment looked
harmless, but that more people are
going to ask extensions than could
possibly be permitted"
1T will greatly increase our difficult
ties, increase the expenses of the
banks and have very bad effect" he
said
He added that at present the banks
often carry along" delinquent borrow
ers although there is no specific pro-
VlSlOI1 OF law TO Lne euecL.
John Fields, president Of the Wichita,
Kans., Land Bank, expressed a similar
view, saying enactment of the provision
would lead all the borrowers to think
they could get extensions. Fields said
the provision would affect the ability Of
the banks to sell their bonds.
He read numerous letters to show
that many farmers who are not delin-
quent are planning to seek extensions
II the measure passes.
Fields said it had been the practice
OF his bank for 10 years to do exactly
the same thing contemplated in the bill
as passed by the House" when mortgage
extensions were badly needed.
The bill would add s1o0000,00o to
the Land Banks capital.
Delinquent loans in the area served
by the wichita banks, comprising Kan
sas, Colorado Oklahoma and New
Mexico, were placed by Fields at l5.4
per cent Of the total loans as of No
vember 80. This compared with 23.5
per cent given the committee last week
for the Land Bank system as a whole.
The percentage for the Wichita Bank
last year and the year before were given
as 9 per cent and 5.4 per cent.