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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01

The expert who said pie is not made of doug
alone would probably admit that neither is BAN
roll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01

California, it is reported, may build dirigibe
larger than the Akron. Probably piece of subtle
propaganda to call attention to the wonderful Cali
fornia air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01

Wits stocks rising after wage cuts we are led to
suspect that there is something after all to the tr,,
ism that the rich get rich and the poor get poorer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01

The pound in England has deprecated, and doubt
less our ceman has fallen under the influence
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01
1T NFEMC TO MI ~ HAYWOOD |
o%G4V1O i ~ 1V1G bt BROUN

DR. WALTER TIMME has re-
~ turned from Europe with the
theory that much of our crime is
caused by lack of calcium in the
blood. Already medical science is
we'll aware that this deficiency
causes such palpable disasters as
bow-legs and understood infants.
But Dr.. Timme is extending the
scope Of calcium. He is contending
that it causes not only ricketts,, but
rackets.
Two Ends Still Don't Meet
THE wage cuts which have been
l. hanging over America for sew
eral months now are in effect in
numerous great industries. They
will go further. It is my notion
that, far from being a stabilizing
influence, these reductions are a
confession of inefdciency and defeat.
The argument will be raised that,
after all, a mans stipend should be
judged by its buying power. The
important factor in pay is real
wages. A dollar which can do the
work of two should be just as salts
factory as larger amount.
But I see no evidence that lower
commodity prices have gone all
along the line to the ultimate con-
sumner 1t is notorious that, though
wheat falls almost daily to new
lows, the price of bread and other
flour products is stationary, in so
far as you and I are concerned.
when we go to the bakery or the
grocery store.
In New York some of the higher
priced apartments have slashed
their rents. But rent for members
of the middle class and the un-
skilled labor groups is not appreci-
ably easier. And, in fact, most of
the necessaries of life have not
gone down to an extent which would
make cuts meaningless as far as
real wages are concerned.
But aside from this I think there
is much to be said against the SNUG
and hypocritical way in which large
concerns reduce the salaries of en-
ployes. A familiar device is the an
nouncement that 20 per cent cut
is to go into operation and that this
economy is wholly democratic, since
it includes not only the Office boy.
but Mr.. Gulch himself, the presi-
dent of the concern.
That hardly should suffice to
please all involved. After all, the
sacrifice of Mr.. Gulch, who takes
only 100000 a year instead of $780,
600, is hardly as heroic as that Of
Tommy, in the outer Office, whose
$40 a week is cut to SO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01
A New Test for Citizenship

interpretations of fitness for citizenship by Judges
in the last few years have furnished some incred-
IDLE curlostieS in the way of historical scholarship
constitutional law and public logic
In spite of the fact that our government was
founded upon revolution, judges now generally rule
that belief in revolution disqualifies a man for
American citizenship. What would the Sage of
Monticello or the Illinois railsptter have said to
this?
The supreme court has ruled that not only men
but women must express willingness to bear arms to
become citizens. southern judge went so far as
TO insist that an applicant for citizenship should
agree that he would support aggressive wars-that
ne literally would swear to fight for his country.
right wrong
But the biggest whopper of them all comes from
the courthouse of Lake county, California Here
Judge Benjamin Jones rejected the citizenship ap-
plcation of Jacob Hulen of Santa Rosa on the
ground that he mot attached to the PRINCIPLES of
the Constitution"
Hulen had expressed his belief that public utilities
should be owned and operated by the government
for the benefit of the people,
We might make bold to inquire Just what "prin-
ciples of the Constitution" imply that public uti
ties should be left to private ownership? It NAV
be that 1t is the best way of handling utilities but
most certainly the Constitution does not tell us So
1t is good thing that George Norris, Bob La Fol-
lette, Harry Ladder, Norman Thomas Judson King
benjamin Marsh, Oswald Garrison Willard John
Dewey and some others are native-born Americans
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dahlia has been named after Dwight Morrow.
But judging from his activity Of late, a more ap-
proprate flower would have been the shrinking violet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01

A blowing champion kept his title in contest at
Big Rock Looks like of his competitors could
share Big Rock with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01
They Were Only POOLING

NOR do I feel that Mr.. Hoover
IN comes out of the whole BUSH
ness very well. Washington has
been pleased to announce on many
occasions that it thoroughly disap-
prosed of any effort to reduce the
standard of living Of the American
working man.
It was pointed out that the Great
Shite Father had induced the rail-
road companies and the great steel
Corporations to pledge their word
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01
BY Or. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-01

It's a funny world, this! In this country hare
times are blamed on the tariffs. In England, fo
lack of them
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
HOOVER REPEATS
WARNING ISSUED
FIVE YEARS AGO

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. UP
President Hoover told the fourth
Pan American conference today
what he had told the first one five
years ago-no nation should lend
or borrow money for balancing its
budget for military purposes o.
anything that does not bring pro-
ductive return.
II repeat this today said the
President, because had it been
following during the past five years.
our problems throughout the world
would be far different, our diff
culties infinitely less
Mr.. Hoover pointed out that his
advice was delivered to the flrst
conference four years ago il the
heyday of foreign loans. He devot-
ed half of his address of welcome
TO reading again his warning.
No greater step than the adop-
tion of this principle could be
taken internationally for the pre-
vention Of war, he maintained
He made no mention Of the
tariff, silver or other questions agi-
tating the delegates. He appealed
to them, however. for a closer co.
operation Of American republics in
view Of the depression.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
STATE TO GIVE
WORK TO SEVENTY
VALLEY CITIZENS

Heads of 70 families in Imperial
Valley soon will be given work on
the highways of the county, this
number being in addition to the
number employed at present.
The plan to provide heads OF
families with employment for a
term of six months at S4 day was
advanced by the state department
of the American Legion and is one
phase of that organizations unem-
ployment relief campaign.
Announcement of the success Of
the plan came from State Com
mander Van Hogan. who received
the sanction of Governor James
Rolph Jr., Commander Van Gogan
today and Mayor H. w. Fawcett re-
ceived letter from Governor Rolph
placing his sanction upon the en-
ployment of the 10 additional men.
Twenty men are TO be hired in
El Centro, the hiring to be in charge
of Commander Dupont and Mayor
Fawcett. Only heads of local fami-
lies will be employed Other valley
towns will place numbers OF men to
work on the highways.
The salary of 81 a day will aver
age S100 per month per man and
will enable men at present unem-
ployed to support themselves and
their families.
Imperial Valleys payroll will be
increased $1,000 a month as a result
of this one relief measure and S42,-
600 will be added during the six
months the plan is in effect.
In El Centro it is expected the
20 chances for employment will be
split into shifts" thus providing
work and relief to a greater num-
ber of families.
Details of the plan are to be
worked out rapidly and the men
set at work as soon as possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
BEAN WAS 4 FEET LONG

HARMONY, Pa. U.P) - A bean
four feet, five inches long and 4
inches in diameter, was placed on
display recently in the window of
q Butler, Pa, store by Edward F.
Boyer, Harmony, Pa. Boyer raised
the bean on his farm. At the time
he said the legume was good eat
ing when prepared like egg plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
Store Carries
Odd Assortment

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8. U.D -
II you really wanted to purchase
g rhinoceros horn, or a circus tent.
or set Of United States naval sig
nal flags, or a stuffed pig with six
legs, or wax figure for demon
strating an appendicitis operation,
or even an elephant made out of
sponges, do you have the least idea
where you might get them?
There is such place in Phila-
delphia.
On Second street south of Mar
ket, Benjamin We'll has conducted
an old curiosity shop where things
that no one apparently wants are
kept in the expectation that some
day some one will want them.
Take the sponge elephant for
example.
When the japanese exhibit at
the Sesqui-Centennial exposition
found an elephant made of luffa,
a vegetable sponge, on its hands
after the exhibition, it called in
Well who added it to his collection.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
COUNTY SCHOOL
HEADS MEETING
AT RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE, Cal, Oct. s. U.P)-
Unopposed in his nomination for
presidency of the Association of
California Public School Superin-
tendents, A. R. Clifton, superin-
tendent of Los Angeles county
schools, today led the list of Off
GERS whose reelection to posts in
the organization seemed virtually
assured.
Other unoppoSed officers include
Miss Pansy Abbott, San Mateo
county school superintendent, as
vice-president; Miss Ada York. San
Diego county school superintendent
F. F. Martin, Santa Monica school
superintendent, holds over as an Of
ficer.
Nominations were made by a
commmittee headed by Paul E.
Stewart, superintendent of Santa
Barbara county schools. The new
resolutions committee will be pre-
SlQed over by +. Z. Smith, Riverside
school superintendent. Members of
the committee include: Clarence
Edwards, Fresno: j. D. Sweeney
Red Bluff; George Alber, Eureka;
De Wit Montgomery, Visalia; S. H
Thompson, Whittier and Miss Por-
tia Moss, Placer county.
Included on the nominating COM
mittee are: Wilbur Paden, Alameda:
r. L. Bird, San Luis Obispo; Miss
Della Heisen, Turlock; Miss Ida Col
Inns, San Bernardino county: and
G. L. Broadwater. Ell Segundo.
To fill the vacancies on the legis-
lative committee. George c. Bush,
South Pasadena; Cornelius B. COL
lins, Imperial county; and Walter
Hepner. San Diego county, were
nominated
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
Soviet Assists
Yankee Widow

MOSCOW, Oct. 8. U.P) - When
Arthur E. Williams, an American
engineer working for a Soviet trust,
died here recently, the government
Immediately took charge of his
widow and two children.
Il sent them for a months va
cation to a Riviera resort in Cri-
mea to help them recover from the
blow. It also gave them ? pension
of $50 rubles a month for a year,
as we'll as a free apartment should
they desire to remain in Moscow.
Mrs. Williams has been offered en-
ployment, if she wishes It.
Williams was formerly employed
by the Brunswick -Kroeschell Co., of
Brunswick, N. J., and came to Rus
sia under a contract with the pack
ing house and refrigerating plant
trust Khladostroy.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
BOTTLE
PROVES PUZZLE
TO POLICEMAN

On the shelf of the liquor strong
room in the police station is a bot
tie of amber colored liquid which
occaSioned more interest today than
its fellows Of whisky, wine, saki,
rum and other strong spirits.
The bottle. appearing far from
lawful was taken by John Mayo,
night captain. in a raid on an east
side rooming house last night.
Mayo pounced on the bottle, but
when the cork was removed and
one whiff Of the supposed liquor
came to the officers trained nose,
he Iefrained from making any ar
rest.
Mayo. who has become expert in
distinguishing strong spirits after
many raids. was puzzled. Bringing
the bottle and its eontetns back to
the police station, he put the prcb-
lem up to fellow officers, but none
could aid him.
Outsiders. boasting of their ex-
pertneSS. were called in to smell the
connection, but none could place it.
It was not whisky, it was not wine.
nor saki. nor rum, nor gin nor, any
thing else anyone could name-at
least not by the smell.
To some the odor seemed vaguely
familiar as some sort of medicine
taken in younger days, but one
thing was apparent-the mixture
contained alcohol.
The bottle still occupies a place
of curiosity on the liquor shelf, and
as yet its proper classification has
not been decided.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
'Jailbird' Saved
From Stew Pots

DANVILLE, Ill, Oct. 8. UP) -
"Jiggs," a three-legged rooster is
living a luxurious life in a res
taurant here after being incarcerat-
ed in the Vermilion County Jail
with his master, Edward Williams,
who is still serving sentence.
"Jiggs" shared his masters fate
when Williams was sentenced TO
serve six months on a charge Of
violating the federal auto theft law
and became the pet of the county
Jail inmates. The rooster even had
special waiter, who was Carl Shell
ton. former member OF the southern
Illinois Shelton gang, until his
growing kept Jail inmates awake
all one night.
For while it appeared that at
least three prisoners would have a
rooster leg for Sunday dinner, bur
Williams came to "Jiggs" aid and
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08

obtained his release from Jail.
"Jiggs" was then adopted by a
restaurant employe who promised
to feed him until Williams is re-
leased,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
TAMMANY HALL HAS SURVIVED
MANY ATTEMPTS AT PROBING

ganizations similar in purpose have
grown and died
Exposures of its office holders
have occupied newspaper headlines
every decade or so and predictions
have been made the organization
is waning. The first recorded pre-
diction of this kind was made by a
New York newspaper in 1909. The
newspaper has been out of existence
long since. Newspapers have set
about to get" certain of the Halls
leaders. Sometimes they did. And
some of those same newspapers are
now extinct while Tammany re-
mains.
The secret of this self-perpetuat-
ing existence lies in an invention
of Aaron Burr and the tendency OF
human beings to be grateful.
Burr was the Halls first leader,
taking charge when the organiza-
ton incorporated in 1897 few
years after it was founded by Will
liam Mooney and named after an
obscure chief of the Delaware In
dianS.
Burr's invention was the district
leader.
The district leader, in these popu-
lous times, aided by innumerable
district captains, is a man who has
made friends with every voter in
his district, climbed tenement stairs
to take them groceries when they
were i'll, and gone to court for them
when they were in trouble.
Because it was-and still is
human to be grateful, it is not sur
prising when the district leaders
friends vote as he suggests.
John F. Curry, present dictator
of Tammany, was such leader He
saw that poor families in his terri
tory had enough coal in winter and
clothes when they needed them. On
election day the only voters in his
district who didn't cast ballots were
those too i'll to be carried to the
polls.
Governor Franklin D. RooSevelt's
relations with Tammany may de-
termine his chances OF securing the
Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent.
Curry voiced the profound local
interest of Tammany during the
current investigation when, as a
witness in the case of DR.. William
F. Doyle, former veterinarian, he
said:
Il am interested in every Demo-
crat in the great city of New York. +"
Tammany has numbered national
/ leaders on its roster. Foremost is a
| present sachem, Alfred E. Smith,
Democratic nominee in 1928. Others
OF note are U. S. Senator Robert F.
Wagner Col Jacob Rupert, more
interested in his New York YAM
KEGS than politics; James w Ger
ard. former ambassador to Ger
many, and Samuel Untermyer, law
yer.
Tammanys first scandal occurred
in 1897. Since then there has been
many a Quixote to tilt at Tam
many. some seriously and some
merely hoping to attract public in
/ terest. Seabury's attempt appears
| to be a serious one.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
BY JOHN II. BEALE
ted Press Staff CorresDondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. (U.P)-Sam-
uel Seabury, who has attracted ma
tion-wide attention by heading the
New York "city-wide" investigation,
is characterized by some as Don
Quixote fitting at windmill.
The windmill" is Tammany
Hall, a political organization whose
power is felt throughout the ma
ton, but which, strangely enough,
has a distinctly parochial outlook:
a society much older than either the
Republican or Democratic parties.
Tammany is unique because un-
like other municipal political ma
chimes it transcends personalities. In
Philadelphia there is Bill Wares
organization" in Chicago candi-
dates used to assail 1.-The Thompson
machine" Here Tammany leaders
come and go, but Tammany re-
mains.
125 Years Old
For well over a century and
quarter Tammany has exercised a
political power while dozens of or
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
Penny Hunting
Boys Descend
On Excavation

Prospecting youngsters struck pay
dirt at the side of the NJ. T. Paul
refreshment stand on Main street
yesterday and they poeketed pen
MES. nickles and dimes which had
been dropped through the floor
boarding in years past.
News that Sl36 had been found
hidden near the place caused a
horde of boys to descend at once.
They shifted dirt and eXcavated il
true desert rat style and made their
efforts pay dividends.
It has been impossible to deter
mine how much change was un-
earthed. but complacent grins on
grimy faces lead to the belief that
was good.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
Mrs. Ross Not
To Speak Here

Present indications are that Mrs.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, former COVER
nor of Wyoming, will not speak in
either the park or the streets of
FL Centro during her brief visit
here tomorrow according to prom
inent local Democrats.
She is expected to speak in Braw-
ley, however, in the downtown sec
ton. arrangements being made to
equip a truck with amplifiers and
use it for platform for the
speaker.
Mrs. Ross telegraphed through
her representative that she did not
wish to speak at luncheons and re-
ceptions but would rather talk TO
crowds of working people.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
Brief Filed By
Bishop Cannon

WASHINGTON, Oct. s. UP
Bishop James Cannon, Jr., today
filed with the office of Assistant
U. S. District Attorney Wilson a
brief declaring that the investiga-
ton Of his political activities had
not unearthed a single scintilla Of
evidence" of wrong doing by him
He filed the brief just as the
grand jury went into session to
consider presentment against
him involving allegations that he
had violated the corrupt practices
act by his financing during the
1928 presidential campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
@NaIteD

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8. U,P)-
Following are today's market quo
tationS:
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
LIVESTOCK MARKET

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8. U.R)-
Livestock.
Hogs-Receipts, $50; market 10 to
Is cents higher; top, $3.50 on load
Idahos; locals, $3.50 to s6.35.
Cattle-Receipts, 300; market slow
but steady; Texas and Utah steers,
s4.85 to S6.0c, load Utah feeders,
$500; good young cows, s4.75; COM
mon to good, $500 to $4.50.
Calves-Receipts 100; very few
sold.
Sheep-Receipts, none; medium
to choice lambs quoted at $4.75 TO
S6.25.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
BIBLE OVER 400 YEARS OLD

EAST ST. LOUIS, II. (U.P)-A
bible printed in 1922 and which has
been in the family for five gener-
ations is owned by Mrs. A. L. Davis
OF East st. Louis. The fact that the
book was printed 409 years ago is
definitely established by informa-
ton on the fly leaf. The great great
grandfather of Mrs. Davis is said
to have brought the bible to Amer
lea from Germany.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
GANDHPS PERSONALITY

MEN are still stronger than measures.
Nl Machinery, gigantic though it has be-
come, yields before the power of person
alty. Mahatma Gandhi, nationalist
leader of India, illustrates this. Small,
thin, brown, rizened by his steadfast ad-
herence to an ideal, he has kept the whole
world watching him, waiting for his
moves, wondering what an effect they
will have on world relationships.
For months all nations have been Won
dering if he would go to England to at
tend the second round table conference.
These nations haven't been much con-
cerned over the absence or presence of
other leaders. Their mission, apparent
~, could have been delegated to others
with little inconvenience. But every man
has wanted Mahatma Gandhi there, for
the movement he leads is bone of his
bone, breath of his breath. He lives it
continually.
Personal attraction, richness of natur-
al talents are not the cause of his ire
mendous influence. 1t may be summed
UP in fewer words. A far-sighted, deep
sighted loyalty to a conviction. Now that
Gandhi has started to Great Britain. to
take his seat at the gathering the leaders
of the world, who wanted him to be there,
are rejoicing. The sheer magnetism of
his personality, built on his unfaltering
devotion to what he believes is right and
wise, will undoubtedly have its influence.
1t is rather worth noting that no man
can build up this type of personality, or
gain such wide influence, II he sets out
to do it for his own personal increase.
He can't make up his mind that he IS 60
ing to do something significant enough
to stay on the front page. He has to for
get himself entirely by losing himself IN
some great principle, some mighty con-
quest.
Whether Gandhis position is the wisest
one is not the point. 1t is his self-anni-
hilation for the purpose Of promoting
right as he sees it that astonishes the
world.
Whenever people have needed lead
er, one has always appeared, ever since
the days when Moses led the children OF
Israel through the wilderness. A good
many of them have had to grid themselves
with sack cloths and ashes, in one way or
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
SCOUTS TO HOLD
CONTESTS SOON
ABOUT VALLEY

Boy Scouts will hold their first
public events of the fall season soon
after school opens, when swimming
meets are to take place, according
to H. E. Lounsbury, scout executive.
The date of the meets and final
details will be announced as soon
as completed. AT the meet in E.
Centre, Scouts of Imperial, Calexi-
co. Seeley, Holtville and FL Centre
will appear. Westmorland, Calipa-
tria and Brawley will swim at Draw =
ley, while Yuma will be the scene
of the meet for all scouts in Yuma
district.
Several troops already are holding
regular meetings and an increase in
membership is anticipated, accord
ing to Lounsbury. A new troop is
being organized and will be spon-
sored by the State Street Christian
church
Since records of the council were
destroyed in the fire at Boy Scout
camp in the mountains on July 8
new systems of bookkeeping ano
records are in process of inStalla-
tion. An improved system for keep
ing the personal records of scouts,
said Lounsbury, is expected to be
especially satisfactory. New sys-
TENS are expected to be in working
order in time to handle fall scout
ing activities.