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Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20
SENATORS HAVE
NO CHANCE NOW
TO TAKE LEAD
BY L. ). CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK. Aug. 90 U.P)-Wal-
ter Johnson and his Washington
Senators, today could be accused OF
faint-heartedneSs if they openly ad-
mitted all hope of oyertaking the
Philadelphia Athletics was gone.
Thirteen games behind and 80 to
play. the Senators would face an
almost impossible task even if the
Athletics were playing nothing more
than mediocre baseball.
The Senators received a severe
setback yesterday, losing a double
header TO Cleveland, 10 to and 10
to 8. while the Athletics were de-
feating Chicago. to ?. TO add ~
games TO their already imposing
lead. Cleveland pounded six WASH
ington pitchers for a total OF 25
hits
Lefty Grove was the hero Of
Philadelphias victory. scoring his
10Th successive triumph and his
25th victory of the year in holding
Chicago to seven hits The victory
gave Grove a tie with Joe Wood of
Boston and Walter Johnson, of
Washington. for the American
league record of Is successive pitch
ing triumphs.
Ralph Kress and Irving Burns
batted St Louis to 7 to victory
over the New York Yankees. KreSS
collected three hits, one of them a
homer. to drive in three runs and
Burns seventh inning triple with
the bases loaded followed by
clean theft of home accounted for
the remaining tallies.
Tigers Out
The Detroit Tigers became the
first team to be mathematically
eliminated from the pennant race
when they dropped a 9 to verdict
to Boston and fell 39l2 games be-
hind Philadelphia with but 3S
games to play.
St. Louis National league was cut
to 9 games as the Cards divided a
double bill with Philadelphia. los
ing the first game. to 2, and WIN
ming the second, 8 to i. Eight-hit
pitching by Ray Benge and the hit
ting of Don Hurst, who drove in
two runs and scored another, gave
Philadelphia the first game. st.
Louis clinched the second with a
five-run attack in the first inning.
The New York Giants moved into
second place with a two point ad-
vantage over the Chicago Cubs by I
beating Cincinnati. to 5. Brook
lyn errors gave Chicago a 4 to l /
victory in the first game of a dou-
le-header, but the Robins gave
Dazzy Vance a to triumph in the |
night cap.
Pittsburgh and Boston were kept /
die by rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20
FORTY AND EIGHT
PLANNING PROGRAM
FOR HIPASS CAMP

Next Sunday, August %, has been
assigned as Forty and Eight day at
the childrens health camp at Hi
pass. All members of the Imperial
Valley Voiture Of that organization
are expected to attend the enter
tainment planned for the children
on that day by the committee in
charge of arrangements. and all val
ley residents who can come are cor
daily invited.
Chairman Charles Jobes of E.
Centro announces that the Boyce
Aten Drum and Bugle corps will be
there Sunday under the leadership
of Drum Major Woodard and it is
planned to make a motion picture
of the various activities of the camp
and the special features staged by
the 4O-8. This picture will be given
a continuity and will be shown at
valley theaters later on in the year
According 10 Jobes, the colOrs and
standards of every post in the valley
will be present and very impress
sive show will be staged.
This next Sunday is the beginning
of the last week Of the camp and
will be the last chance to see at first
hand its activities and the results
accomplished. Those in charge urge
you to take advantage of this last
opportunity and spend Sunday
afternoon with the HipaSs children.
A British Columbia firm has con-
tracted to send so boxes Of butter
per month to Hong Kong, China.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20
Through srs

Becauseit has -four routes
east, Southern Pacific is able
TO offer through Pullmans,
without change OF cars, TO
more eastern destinations
than any other railroad.
Wherever you want TO go,
no doubt Southern Pacific
can take you, more con-
veniently.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20
Blind Mans Buff

Even in this age of enlightenment some folks
spend their money blindy. They buy with their
eyes shut. They grOpe in the dark as truly as if
their eyes were bandaged
And all the time powerful light is being thrown
on the very things they need and want,
kdNertising is beacon to guide you i'm buying.
Ii shows you what to buy-where to buy-and
when to buy. At the same time, it protects you
against fraud and inferiority
Merchants and manufacturers who advertise de-
Iiberately focus thousands of eyes upon their
wares Their values must be honest and their
prices right or they could not advertise success
fully. @.4fs sSsg#S
Don't play blind mans buff with the elusive dol
lar. Spend few minutes each day running
through the advertisements in this paper. Then
buy the products that have proved up in the light
of advertising.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20
Mad Rifleman's'
Wound Is Fatal

MADEIRA, Cal, aug. 20. U.R-
Phillip Sorrenti, 45, the mad rifle
man who killed Angelo Dellevalle,
35, war veteran, because of a grudge,
near here Monday morning. had
cheated the law today. He died yes
terday afternoon in the hospital
here from the bullets he fired into
his head when on the point of cap
ture near Firebaugh Tuesday
morning.
Sorrenti shot Dellevalle with a
rifle while the rancher was running
and lodging among a crew of grape
pickers, killing him with single
bullet in the head from more than
so yards range. On his death bed
Sorrenti admitted the killing
Dellevalle year ago evicted Sor-
remit from a vineyard because of
failure to meet payments.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20
HURRY 1T UP, WE
ARE ALL ATHROB

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 20. U.P)
The throbbing question Of wheth-
er Gloria Swanson is engaged TO
Michael Farmer, millionaire, was
expected to be answered today when
the film actress arrived from Eur
ope and New York.
1t was reported that Farmer
would be on the same train with
Miss Swanson, for he was her com
panion on the Riviera and in New
York night clubs.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20
What Does Ma
Mean By Topic?

LAS VEGAS, New. Aug. 20. U.P)-
Prepared to stage a comeback as an
evangelist, Mrs. Minnie Ma" Ken
nedy, head of the Everlasting Cos
pei church, and mother of Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, will arrive here
today to begin series of revival
meetings.
Mrs. Kennedy declined to confirm
a report that Guy Edward Hudson,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20

her "What-a Man" would share the
pulpit with her. just before she left
Los Angeles.
Hudson, before his three week
marriage to Mrs. Kennedy, was or
dained by the elderly woman into
her own church. Later, she had the
marriage annulled, but Hudson's til
tie of reverend" stuck to him.
The topic of the nightly revivals,
Mrs. Kennedy said, would be:
And if I be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all men unto me-
A. D. Armenian, Burlington. WASH :
ington, picked five tons of straw
berries on two acres of plants.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20
Coast Vdcations
-
>A9n

Low summer roundtrips
TO coast vacation spots are
now in effect. Yosemite,
Lake Tahoe, San Francisco,
Del Monte and Monterey
Bay, Santa Cruz region,
Owens Valley points, Sc
G-:a and General Grant
National Parks, Big Trees
and scores of other cool re-
sorts are no farther than to-
morrow via Southern Pa
cihc.
Fast, direct service also TO
the Pacific Northwest and
Canada. Crater Lake, Mt.
Shasta and others. By train
gain more time for play, and
save money and effort.
Ask also about low one
way coach fares north.
Southern PafififJ FREE
napfl Jfyg7ee IS as eloJs as JoRr
felftbonE Gall agent nAms4
bfl0t0 for expert belp in plan
ming ess1 detail Of any mp.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20
More to Sc e

great deal more of the
United States by going one
way and returning another.
Routes are SaRJef, by way of
San Antonio, Houston and
romantic New Orleans;
Goiasr S,2fe, via El Paso and
Kansas City; Ope,la1l, via
San Francisco and Great
Salt Lake; and Shasta (fares
slightly higher via the Pa
oiho Northwest. Ont Soaf5-
err Raeifeoffers this choiceof
routes. Stopovers anywhere.
Low summer roun6triPs
cast are effective daily until
Ocrober IS, return limit Oc-
tober 81. Chicago S9o.3o;
New York S15I.70; Kansas
City $500; ST. Louis
$3.50, and many Others.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-20

A British Columbia firm has con-
tracted to send so boxes Of butter
per month to Hong Kong, China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
The Dry Challenge

For a good many years now ardent dry supporters have been tauntlng their opponents with the cry of bring on your substitute for prohibition. There have been so many sug- 2ested in the last five years that we don't see that it is necessary for every public speaker who attacks prohibition to offer his own in- dividual program. The latest challenge has been hurled at Senator David l. Walsh of Massachusetts who delivered an inspiring ad- dress 10 members of the National Democratic Club of New York last Saturday night. Mrs William Hilton of Cambridge. Mass. chairman of the recently formed national committee of women opposing repeal of the 8th amend ment was on the delivering end
 Senator Walsh demanded that the right 10 control liquor manufacture and sales should be returned to the states with the federal gov ernment controlling interstate traffic just as 1t now does in other commodities Senator Walsh did assert that the saloon was outlawed for all time. Mrs Hilton comes back with You nowhere say how the saloon is 10 be successfully outlawed. You and 1 know Massachusetts, as state where about 90 per cent live in cities and where corrupt city machines often dominate our politics. Are you aware that bill was introduced in the Massa- ehusetts legislature, signed by many democrats this year. calling for repeal of almost all state liquor laws in short, for liquor chaost Do you believe that should the United States repeal the l8th amendment. Massachusetts and similar states. such as New York and Maryland. would not have the equivalent of the saloon back with all it's corruption and de- bauehery.
 The last hold of the fading dry cause is prominent in the above remarks. There is no means of attack now for prohibItionsts Their cause has been exemplified and found want ing. The sole way of holding the ranks in tact is to conjure up visions of the saloon as it always has been depicted. Truthfully speaking many old time saloons (many did we say. the majority would be eoneeD were we'll conducted establishments. clean, orderly and law-sbiding Compare them with the spcakeasy of today which exists in the ratio of three to one to the saloon. What laws do they obey3 What percentage of their heavy receipts go to tbe city or the state in license feesl
 We're na offering liquor plans for Mrs Tilton or any other probibiticnist, We know their fate. They will De picked 10 pieces in no time. no matter how many good points there nay be about them, lienfy "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
A Jungle Talkie

A party of photographers. artists cthnol- ogis,s. anthropologists and big game hunters is headed for the "Matto Crosse. in Brazil. region of jungle and aboundng wild life. The expedition is going 10 learn all it can about the beasts. birds, fishes and human be- in2s native 10 the section 1t will take the first sound movies of the Brazilian jungle. bring back to American zoos many specimens of the creatures found there. and collect data on Indian customs. Arrangements have been made for weekly radio communication with the outside world.
 This should be about as interesting as the Byrd Expedition in the Antarctic. though it will be different in almost every way. Ch- mate. physical geography. animal and ve2et- able life are all the opposite of those found or utterly lacking--at the South Pole The weekly radio communication should enable the outside. world to know how the cxplor- CTS progress and should at the same time be safety measure for them. The rest of us will have another interesting travel story to follow in the daily papers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
TUESDAY, APRIL IA, 1881
Impeachment Rights

Senator Hiram Bingham, republican. of New Haven wants the constitution amended so that the power of impeachment viii be shared by both the house of repre- entatives and the senate. Under the Con- nitution now the house of representatives alone has the right to impeach. while the sem ate has the sole power to try impeachments The demand is made in view of the recent embroglio over the appointment of Dr George Otis Smith as chairman of the new federal power commission by President Hoover. The senate had confirmed Dr Smith, but when he discharged two employees of the board they reversed their affirmation. The president. however, did not take kindly to this change of mind and just now the case is in the law courts
 Had the senate possessed the power of im- peachment it could have brought impeaeh- ment proceedings against the power eommis- sion chairman instead of resorting to the tech nicality that Senator Bingham points out. Continuing along this vein he remarked that Tt is almost impossible 10 get the house of representatives to impeach any appontee of any president whose election has carried into office majority of the house. On the other hand only very small number of senators owe their election to the popularity of any given president. Consequently the senate IS the logical place for an impeachment to start
 That may be so but it is so indelibly writ ten on our statute books that impeachment proceedings begin in the House that it will be hard 10 make the change now. The same pro- cedure is followed in every state that permits impeachment of civil officials as in the case of the federal government. Likewise, in Eng land mpeachments start in the House oi Commons and are heard by the House of Lords. However, they are practically obso- letc. snce parliament has become responsible for its ministers. Certainly if the power of impeachment was granted to the senate 1t would result in more use of this power. We have seen the senate in action of late years in depriving certain elected members of their scats We can vision the slaughter of public officials if the power of impeachment vas given the body.
 It's good idea to null over for a year or two before taking action, one way or the other. Senator Bingham may have suggested the very thing that will place his name in his- tory. To date his official actions in Wash ngton have won him only ignoble fame Perhaps he has tapped the right tree at last On the other hand are we desrous of seeing a galaxy of public officials tread the gang plank to oblivion for some act that did not meet with senatorial approval' Even Senator Bingham's bipartisan impeachment court of members of congress and four supreme court justices might do no better than the senate would if the house actually did lmpeacb anybody
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

terans who will need treatment in the future, also expected by Con- mander O'Neil. presumably will come. right along.
 Proposes Increase.
 Then there's the commanders proposal for increasing the disabil- fly compensation for World War veterans to the level allowed 10 veterans of other wars. on the the- cry that the veteran of one war IS entitled to as much money as the veteran of another. Spanish War veterans monthly service pensions now run up to $60 month on q scale which took them 32 years to achieve and when the World War veterans achieve a similar scale, disability payments will increase tremendously in cost.
 Eventually there will be an ulti- mate general pension bill for every veteran and congress will pass 1t unless 1t reverses all previous per- formances. That, presumably. will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
Wild Life Needs Protection

Wild feathered creatures are. so helpless against the predatory practices of hunters that some species have become entirely extinct, according to the Biological Survey. The last known survivor of the race of passenger pig cons died in geological garden in 1914. And yet great floeks of these birds once existed in the Northern states of America. Men pursued them, and the development of the telegraph permitting notification to hunters of the location of fIocks, hastened their end.
 The great auk with habtats ranging from Greenland 10 Florida. was slaughtered for food and for feathers. In the deep swamps of Florida and Louisiana the Carolina paro- quet bird once common throughout the South, made its last fight for life and was de- feated about 10 or IS years ago. The sole survivor of the heath hen is male on Mar tha's Vineyard Island. If he dies without having mated his variety will have become extinct.
 In 1875 the last known specimen of the Labrador duck was killed near Long Island. Establishment of preserves where the birds can rear their young unmoested, and the tightening of hunting regulations are expected to prevent the extinction of any additional species of desirable birds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14

some for his old card playing pals So Roxy has three men on his payroll who have unique jobs.
 They are paid to play pinochle whenever he is in the mood. And they are all sharks.
 
 And having recently Identified Ted Lewis silk hat as having come from the old Rector cafe. now learn that there are four different yarns con- nected with this particular kelly and he swears to all of them.
 One is that he got 1t from q min strel man in his old home town in Ohio; another is that he got 1t. even as reported by this department in the days when Rectors was q cafe and not lunch counter; the third is that It was worn by q darky shoe black he met in Harlem, and the fourth is that 1t was left in taxi. cab by some slightly conyivial man. about-town.
 Which almost convinces mo that he probably went to hat store, bought 1t and sat on It until 1t got the way 1t is to-day.
 GILBERT SWAN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
May Days

The month of May appears to be changing from period of maypoes and merry -mak- ing not to mention labor demonstrations to a month of concentration on various phases of social welfare. President Hoover. acting upon a congressional resolution author izing it. has issued proclamation designating May Day as Child Health Day. He has re- quested governors to declare May Day time for consideration of all measures for the health of children and their protection from expoi- tation. It is expected that organizations par ticularly devoted to child welfare work will make use of the occasion to educate and inter- est the public in ehldren's needs.
 Next. the Maternity Center Association in New York has undertaken to make. Mothers Day. May 10. day for nation wide appeal for adequate maternity care for American mothers It is getting out posters leaflets. ad- vertisements publicity facts and other data on that subject for general use. May l2 IS already National Hospital Day, with it's edu- cationa emphasis on the services rendered by hospitals all though the country. the needs of patients. the nature of the word done by nurses and doctors. and so on.
 The three subjects of these special obscrv- ances fit together nicely. Programs dealing with any one of them can include connecting links with the others. Few things in our national life are more important than health and child welfare
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
NEA Service Writer

Washington--There Is no reason to suppose that the veterans of the World War will cease their de- mands on the treasury until the last one has passed to his final re- ward.
 Or that succeeding congresses will fail to heed their pleas.
 History already has begun to re- peat itself and the assurance that the veterans hope to accelerate that time honored process has been tn- dicatcd by the national commander of the American Legion.
 Resting not on n noble record of accomplishment including soldier bonus loans, the beginnings of q pension system, the bonus Itself and other federal expenditures exclud- ing loans which will cost about $900, 900, ,000 next year, Commander O'NeiI has outlined proposals for further measures which will be presented to the next and subse- quent sessions of congress.
 Congress Is "PensiOn-M Mindcd."
 After each war 1t has required q shorter period to persuade congress to grant service pensions and sub sequentiy to Iiberalize their provis- ions. Spanish War veterans of 1898 struggled until 1920 for their first service pensions, but less than 100000 met, were engaged in that war, whereas World War veterans number more than 4,00O,000 and consequently are able to bring all the more pressure. So the latter had to wait 12 years before congress granted him allowance for disabili- ties whether the disabilities were connected with war service or not.
 Commander O'Neil's demands have caused considerable stir but no great surprise because everyone has expected that veterans, already benefiting from legislation which has created the largest single bur den on the treasury, would insist upon and receive more and more until further pOst-war veterans pay
 ments run up to or beyond the $3b,- 900, 100000 which the war already
 has cost.
 Widows Benefits.
 Pensions for widows and orr phans of veterans was one item on | the program outlined by O'Neil. These pensions made plenty of pro- gross in the last congress and are sure to be passed by the next. They are expected to boost the pension bill another $150.O00, 900.
 There are those who already pre- dict that the loans made to veter-
 ans on adjusted compensation cer- tificates will eventually be forgiven | the borrowers. No such demand has yet come from the veterans themselves and 1t would be per- sumptu0us to assert here that II will ever be made. but It. can De said with some assurance that fl the veterans ever do get behind such a movement they will ind plenty of eager support In congress
 and perhaps enough to jam II | through.
 Relief for wives and children of veterans now in hospitals and in-
 crease in hospital facilities for vet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
Age-Groups of Citizens

A writer who has been studying the poPu- lation of his city says the number of inhabl- tants a city has is less important than how old they are. He presents interesting facts and conclusions about "age groups" He points out that 100000 persons 30 years old are far more important economically than the same number if they are 50 years old In their working and producing period they contribute to the upbulding and wealth of the com munity In their later years they mostly be- come mere consumers. and large numbers be- come objects of charity.
 This latter situation is especially likely to develop in cities swollen by heavy immigration in the years before the World war. Such cities begin now 10 pay for their growth and wealth The problem becomes more acute because of the recent tendency to shelve workers in middle age. If the community will not employ them. il must support them somehow just the same.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14

We say this with no idea of antagonizing those public officials who viewed the bill creating this commission with much alarm. Perhaps they were justified in their remarks that the powers of the commission were equal to those of God and that it would attempt eventually to establish the price that munich palites or privately -owned corporations should charge for water. At least this com mission would be able to furnish city or town anxious to increase its water supply the data available on such matters. It could pre- vent towns and corporations from grabbing up water rights to which they had no right It could do much to guarantee that the future would not find this state forced to the ex- treme measure of purifying polluted river water so that inhabitants might have good supply of potable water hose are tnngs we must take into consideration today and not ten years hence. There may be more Hart lords then going afield to flood valleys and townships not to mention cemeteries.