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Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
COUNCIL TAKES
FIRST STEPS ON
GRADE CROSSING
Will Negotiate With Rail-
road Company Regard
ing State Street Matter.

Directing the city attorney and
the city engineer 10 open negotia-
tons With the Southern Pacific
company 10 obtain data which will
enable the council 20 estimate the
cozt Of a State street railroad cross
ING. The city council last night took
The first steps 20 make 1t a fact
since the crossing vas authorized
D. the railroad commission.
TIE order followed tire reading
. the council by the city attorney
II the decision handed down by the
railroad commission recently. and
discussion Of It's provisions.
Another matter taken up at the
sdJourned meeting of the council
last night was that OF the suit of
George Oswald against the city Of
n Centre. I'm which a decision of
the local court favorable TO the
city vas reversed by the state SUI
preme court. 10 vas decided TO
enter into negotiations with Os-
Wald 10 determine a basis for some
form of settlement. me suit was
based on the leasing OF paving ma
ehinery 90 the city b. the con-
tractor
II gas voted 10 open the city
auto para % tbe Use of the Saliva
ton Army providing that organi-
ration furnish a man TO take care
o; Il
d {. Bass appeared 70 propose
the annexation 20 RI Centre of four
blocks south Of the city He was
advised that the matter must be
taken up with the city planning
commission. and that before the
land can b. annexed IN the city
water mains and sewer lines must
- laid
The matter OF enforcement of
Sunday closing laws. advocated by
the American Grocers Association.
Sas referred % the chief Of police.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
EPIDEMIC OF
SHOOTING HAS
DOCTORS BUSY

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 10. Up
What's all the shootin' for?" re-
, ceiving hospital physicians asked
each other today after treating a
falf-score persons for various bull
let wounds.
Jack Sorenson and Albert Mil
leron removed the lead from a num-
Der of cartridges lust TO see what
the flash looked like" when they
fired the blanks. In the darkness.
soft-nose bullet was inserted i'm
the revolver, and Milleron was shot
in the nose by Sorenson. Surgeons
could not locate the pellet and
ordered an X-ray.
Two young boys. playing "Indian"
crouched behind billboard and
took pot-shots at passersby with a
RIB gun. Their first victim was
Moreno Haggatt, ID. and the sec
ond, Henry Smith. l3. Both dis
played speckled legs where the
shot had entered the flesh. Po-
lice riot squads were unable 10
found up the Indians" but did
find several other persons nursing
poSterior wounds
William Berkens, Ia, was shot in
the eye by BIB gun in the hands
of Carl Healey, l6, while the two
were playing in vacant lot.
-Four other persons, shot during
an attempted holdup of a hotel
also were treated during the night.
They were Raleigh Cronin, c. B.
Russell, j. H. Thompson and Betty
Cronin. Thompson may not live.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
NO IMPROVEMENT
IN CONDITION OF
! ARKANSASNEEDY
Bread Line Daily Grows
Larger AS Poor Seek
Relief From Red Cross.

ENGLAND, Ark, Jan. 16. U.P)-
Farmers of this rich valley bartered
today for food and clothing in a
heroic fight to avoid joining the
bread line which daily becomes
longer in front of the Red Cross
quarters.
A cold rain, that turned rural
roads into impossible quagmires
forced many farm families whose
food allotments have run out, to de-
lay until tomorrow their journey Tor
a place in the bread line. Red
Cross officials said a severe test of
their task will undoubtedly take
place then.
The test, they said. would come
when the farmers who on Saturday
night, January 8, threatened to riot
if not given food, returned for their
second acquisitions of food and
medicine.
This number was expected to swell
today's line to almost 400. and it was
forecast that by Saturday night 900
persons representing that many
farm families, will have been aided.
Mayor w. o. Williams of Eng
land said 500 families in this vicini-
ty are in need of clothing. He estl-
mated that 500 students in the Eng
land consolidated school system
needed food. Pelegra is increasing
frequent inspections of the country
show, he reported.
Friday and Saturday are market
days in England, but today there
was little or no evidence of this.
The two widely paved streets which
parallel the railroad tracks dividing
the town into the east and west Sec
tions were empty. Even pedestrian
travel was light. The cold north
west wind which has whistled
through barren fields of cotton
stalks and whipped down upon the
line at the Red Cross agency with
a vengeance had driven most per-
sons indoors.
Roads leading here were dotted
with farmers, their wives and chill
dren marching to town. In other
years, merchants said, the same
highways were crowded with auto
mobile traffic, but few farms now
own automobiles. The majority were
enroute to receive acquisitions from
the Red Cross.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
WRITER ORDERED
TO FACE COURT

LOS ANGELES, Jan. I6. U.P)-
Pending a divorce trial, Herbert H.
Van Loan, scenarist, was under
court order today to appear in su-
perior court January % and show
cause why he should not pay his
wife $500 a month.
The order was issued when Mrs.
Van Loan charged her husband
had an income of $500 weekly
and lived in luxury.
Van Loan sued for divorce, al
.eging his wife flirted with other
men and repeatedly declared she
was "the brains of the family"
Van Loan forced her to submit
herself to the ordeal of child birth
in an airplane several thousand
feet above New York as a means
of promoting publicity for himself" :"
Mrs. Van Loan charged in a cross
complaint.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
TOR
()PK0LDS
DRY LAW
18th Amendment Author
In Statement Says No
Compromise Possible.
WET DATA DENIED
Sees Repeal OF Measure
As Greatest Disaster.
To Befall Nation.
By CECIL OWEN
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT


WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. W.p)-
the liquor issue, Senator Morris
Sheppard, Democrat, Texas, author
CT the 18th amendment, told the
senate today in speech commem-
Grating the 18th anniversary of
national prohibition.
The nation must be altogether
dry or altogether wet" Sheppard
said. There is no possibility of
compromise. The people wrote
prohibition into the constitution
end there it will remain forever"
In militant denial of wet
charges that prohibition increased
crime, brought disrespect for law,
"meddled with individual rights
and taught youths to drink" Shep-
pard waved them aside as ''wring-
ing wet absurdities" and conclud-
ed:
mo greater disaster could befall
the nation than the repeal of the
18th amendment.
THE trade in intoxicants is now
under the heel of the law. Liquor
can be obtained only from GRIM
inals. Reverse this situation, glor-
ity that which you now condemn.
| and you will let loose upon this
country evils which will mean the
| arrest of its progress.
| Sheppard said prohibition had
strengthened the industrial, econ
omic and home life of America.
He held that any moderation Of
, the law is impossible and unwork-
able and charged the vets with be-
ing 'hopelessly divided as to what
they would propose to take the
place of national prohibition.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
Actor Held As
Illegal Alien

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16. UPD
Duncan Renaldo, motion picture ac-
tor, found himself in Jail today on
a charge of illegally entering this
country, and the premier of his lat
est picture, Trader Horn" just
three days away
Renaldo, who admitted his true
name was Basil Coyanos, and that
he was Roumanian, was arrested
yesterday by immigration officials
who charged he entered this coun-
try at Baltimore in 1921 as a sea-
man, and stayed here instead of de-
parting with his ship. He was ex-
pected to be released on bond to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
WOman's Slayer
Doomed To Hang.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16. W.P)-
Benjamin Franklin Brown, an it
inerant glass blower, was sentenced
70 hang today for the murder of
Mrs. Merle Ellis, young Los Angeles
mother. s~~nZ
Brown pleaded guilty to a charge
of shooting Mrs. Ellis several months
6go as she lay sleeping beside her
infant son.
Emory Ellis, the woman's husband.
promised him $4,000 for the killing
but only paid $220 Brown con-
feSsed. Ellis was found guilty of
murder by jury which recommends
e6 life Imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, Ellis
planned the murder to gain custody
of his son. He and hi, wife were
estranged
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
Woman Reports
Her Car Stolen

Mrs. Halle Schumm was doing
her best to relieve the unemployed
when she attended the benefit CIV
en- by elementary school children
ut the Wilson school last night.
After the benefit was over Mrs.
Schumm found that she needed
relief herself, and Immediately
made application to the sheriff's
office for that measure
For, while she was attending the
performance, Mrs. Schumm's 1928
Ford automobile was stolen from
IN front OF i,:e Wilson school. In
asmuch as it was the only car she
had, Mrs. Schumm told deputies
she would like to have it returned.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
Samoa Struck
By Hurricane

TUTUILA. Samoa. Jan. l6. W.R--
Many government buildings were
damage today by a hurricane
sweeping over Tutuila.
The postoffice and several naval
buildings were unroofed. a num-
ber of private residences were par
TALLY destroyed.
The hurricane. which started "a
hours ago. in some places today
reached a velocity OF 100 miles an
hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
DEATH CLAIMS INFANT

Barbara Jean Gilmer, infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Gilmer, died this morning at
o'clock at the Gilmer home north
west of El Centre. Burial will take
place Saturday at the Evergreen
cemetery. B. E. Lemons is in
charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
SEEK To
INCREASE
GAR TAX
Number of Motor Vehicle
Measures Introduced
Into Legislature.
EMPHASIZE SAFETY
Greater Penalties Urged
And Speed Limit May
BE Removed.
By HOMER l.. ROBERTS
United Press staff correspondent

SACRAMENTO. Calf. Jan. 10
U.p'-Thc old family automobile
targel OF LAWMAKERS since time im-
memorial. was the object oi stan
further proposed laws placed before
the California state legislature to-
day.
With only week remaining be-
fore adjOurnment-tentatiyely set
for January 23--many legislators re-
manned IN Sacramento after the
short session today To speed up the
preparation of their bills.
In the second half OF the session
each member Is limited 20 the m
PRODUCTION of two bills. unless ne
has the specific consent OF the
house
Outstanding among the motor We
hicle measures were.
Increase I'm the automobile license
tax from 50 to 81, 10 provide hos
pital aid for persons injured on
highways outside of cities.
Compulsory automobile liability
insurance.
A new schedule of speed regula-
tion. emphasizing safety.
Increased penalties tor drunken
driving or drivers under Influence
of narcotics.
Speaker Edgar c. Leyey OF san
Francisco Is author of the measure
TO raise the license tax rate. Leyey
was chairman of committee inves-
tigating compulsory automobile IN
surance two years ago
He found that persons injured on
highways outside the city limits
could not be taken 10 emergency
hospitals for treatment. and must
be required 10 pay their own way.
In California, IL is estimated that
this costs citizens approximately
s2,000.000 a year
The extra dollar would set up a
fund for this purpose.
Injury Inspired Bill
A broken leg received by Assem-
blyman Melvyn Cronin OF san
Francisco. which sent him TO the
hospital at his own expense, caused
Cronin to introduce a new compul-
sorry liability insurance bill.
Cronin would permit no person
to be granted state motor vehicle
license unless he shows a bond or
insurance policy establishing his
responsibility for accident damages.
The measure sets up a minimum
insurance policy or bond of $4,000
covering one death or injury, and
$4,000 for two or more deaths.
Opening the way for higher
speed ON clear highways. the mea-
sure would provide that no person
shall drive a vehicle upon highway
at a speed greater than is reasonable
and prudent. having due regard 70
the traffic, surface and width OF the
highway and the hazard at intersec-
tions and to other conditions then
existing"
Severe penalties for drivers under
influence of liquor or narcotics
would be provided as follows First
offense, 80 days to months In Jail,
or a fine of 500 to $500, or both;
second offense, months to one year
in Jail or fine of 5000 to $1,000 or
both; in case OF negligence causing
bodily injury or damage in excess
of $50, from one to five years in
prison or fine of 5000 to $4,000, or
both.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT


Sciots' card party, s, Mason
ic Temple.
Jasper farm center. 1880,
Jasper school.
Drama Institute, 7:45. Wilson
school.
v.F.W. benefit, s, Brunk's
Comedians.
Interscholastic debates. 8,
school.
Boxing. $3.50. FL Centre
arena.
Troop 25. B.s.a., 1880, McCabe
school.
Troop 81. B.S.A.. 1880. NJ. T..
social hall.
Mooseheart Legion. s. Moose
home.
kollege Kids Night. 9, Bar
bara Worth.
Fox Imperial Theatre, sol
dier's Plaything".
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-16
TOMORROW

story hour. 10. city library.
Junior matinee, 2;l5. Fox Inn
pcrial Theatre.
Chapter CIV PEG. I. 5SS
Euclid.
College woman's club. l. Hotel
Imperial
Cooked food sale. VI. %. King
store.
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D0rothyDix:
Does your
Husband
Like
Home?
Tells
HoD to
Make Home
Attractive.

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early 6a Gf martyr s Ss a h s hang P py n Ssyd s
Keep 1ss hearing % The
sit up w sssrss s him ps ae n s, for the but he T
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want make s9 hm SS Nor sa have any n sa at "
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ons na Often 'U %nds @ e snn sh d b
axe uc a a ps S e interest 6 their homes % they
% pays Rs freight T s ons TO PDo p 5 tS Sn h0
@ Soun SGnss IT, and poor Jones has no authority
S has e mot one 1 n s the the
use n0 n waste Oh space
THREE of a all
n SSs SIX a on e sSs s
SO UM1yEsA AL the feeling that right
oS 81 5 Ell ma nS5
4ea even her husband Du out his
an exclusive right to exercise the hospitality
the w T my who ss ppax bed tS nae
@ rom while the husbands friends and family few visits
living with them So s
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S''"' Joy "nen "oneF writes mat she coming Tor
But it another husbands relatives
knspeopie rev vi1 psn VINO "0u' 0A " '' "
MAY afraid mother GO me-, him .ns
family with them
she virtually never fanciesh her husband oldir ~
to
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his that only but that
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on
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like staying in them better DOROTHY
Cpig
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cation, you would do well to take the
necessary training to become q dieti-
tan. There is wide range of courses
offered at universities, private schools
and hospitals and. as for jobs. hospi-
tails, schools, camps hotels, magazines.
large department stores, all hire die
titians.
Many competent nurses become die
titians easily and quickly. Almost any
good nurse knows something about
dietetics but not enough to be- recog-
nized as dietitian unless he has
special training
get many letters from older women
who want to know what they can
learn in order to make living They
have been keeping their. own homes all
their lives and have some education.
Become a dietitian" Is the answer for
many of them.
Once you become a dietitian. and like
it. you can go further and take q
course In domestic science Domestic
science experts can hold any dietitians
job and a number Of better ones
besides.
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YOUR TABLE MANNERS
BY EMILY POST


HAVING considered correct menus
for the informal seated dinner. our
next objective is the menu for buffet
meal. Whether it be an ordinary lunch
or supper. or whether it be that for
wedding, the buffet menu Is as follows:
Bouillon or clam broth, creamed oysters
or crabmeat: any variety of eggs or
creamed fish or lobyster Newburg,
chicken patties or croquettes or chicken
la King. and any sort Of salad. sand
wiches, cakes and coffee, Of course.
In addition to the hot dishes, there
must be chicken salad or vegetable
salad and perhaps cold meats. This Is
one of the few occasions when pickles
may also be put on the table. In any
case. have a big plate of hot rolls
already buttered. Cake is part Of the
trimming OF the table" Preserves may
go on a supper table. but for dinner.
If you have ice cream or even if you
have pudding or pie. 1t should be
brought in a little later. If you have
a fruit cup, it should be surrounded by
glasses and put on the sideboard.
For very informal stand-up dinner
there is really no limit to variety of
choice but that the hot dishes
should be easy to serve. easy to eat
and easy to keep hot. The meat might
be curried chicken, a real goulash,
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The Twitchtails Move.
No home can truly happy be
II lacking in security.
-Twitchtail the Squirrel.

Twitchtail the Ground Squirrel and
Mrs. Twitchtail were completely upset.
Yes, sir they were completely upset
Something very terrible had happened
to their friends and neighbors and as
a result there were many silent homes
all about. Just what 1t was they didn't
know, but they were very sure that It
had something to do with the tempting
barley that had been placed around
those silent homes. In this they were
right. That barley had been poisoned.
You see, there were so many Squirrels
and they had done so much damage to
crops OF all kinds on that ranch that
the owners had decided that something
must be done about it, So the poi
soned grain had been put where the
Squirrels would be sure to find it and
very many had eaten it without the
that the former had been suspicious
and refused to touch it or allow Mrs.
Twitchtail to touch 1t.
Down In their home under the big
rock at the edge Of the wheat field
they talked over the dreadful thing
that had happened. II don't know just
what 1t means" said Twitchtail. but
lures we saw going about put out that
barley to make us all sick. The Ques-
ton Is what shall we do now?"
Move" replied Mrs. Twitchtail very
promptly
But I don't want to move" pro-
tested Twitchtail. You know. my dear,
We have always said that we had the
best home anywhere around here. and
1t was true"
1T was true, but it isn't now" re-
piled Mrs. Twitchtail. We have been
very happy here, but we can never be
so again. There can be no happiness
where one lives in dread all the time.
and 1 for one will always be filled with
dread as long as We stay here"
But, my dear. II it was that barley
that caused this dreadful thing and
I am sure it was. We have only to re-
fuse to touch barley. hereafter"
Mrs. Twitchtail tossed her head.
Every true" said she, but We have
to eat and there Is no knowing when
that same dreadful sickness will come
from something else. Besides. most Of
our friends and neighbors are gone now
and what is life without friends and
neighbo!s? No. sir. I never could be
happy here again. We must move"
But where to? inquired Twitchtail
helplessly.
, Twitchtail sharply. We've got to 90
look for a place and If have anything
to say about it 1t is going to be so far
from here that there will be nothing
to remind us of what has happened,
| and it will be where those two-legged
creatures will never bother us"
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A Sermon for Today
NJ REV. JOHN r. GUM.
The Approved Workman.

STUDY to shot0 thyselt approved unto
God, q workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the 1D0rd OF
tTuth."-2 Tim. HIS.
Several things must be true of one,
If he Is to be workman approved unto
God and having no need to be
ashamed.
First he must be industrious. Work
is Of divine appointment. and to receive
divine approval We must be faithful
to our appointed task. Whatsoever
thy hand findeth to do, do 1t with thy
might"
Second, he must be eficient. He
must know how to use his tools effec-
lively and efficiently. If his work be
that Of religious teaching. he must
study to the end of rightly dividing
the word Of truth" Whatever his task,
he must study to show himself approved,
to acquire that efficiency that will
not bring shame upon himself, nor
work we'll. whether engaged in material
and will never need to be ashamed.
Third, he must do honest work. The
man who sights his work. will have
neither Gods nor the worlds approval
Jesus worked as a carpenter. We may
be sure. He never made a shoddy table
or pillow, that He never made yoke
that would gall the neck of an OK. II
all workmen would follow His example
in this respect, 1t would elevate and
dignity every trade. No work ever de-
grades any man, unless he first de-
grades 1t. It is not work, but bad work.
manship. that is disgraceful. The man
who makes an honest pillow or yoke Is
as honorable as the man who makes
poem or sermon. and he stands Just as
highly approved in the sight Of God.
However humble mans trade, let him
do conscientious work. and he will be
workman approved, having nothing to
feel ashamed of.
Fourth, he must do helpful work. In
the text. Paul Is speaking Of religious
work. But, in a broad sense. all work
that adds anything to the well-being
and comfort Of mankind Is religious
work. A true man will not put his
hands to any task or trade that works
mishchief and harm in society. It is
significant fact that the carpenters
trade, in which Jesus engaged, was the
symbol Of the constructive and pro-
ductive. We could not think OF Him
engaged in any other kind Of work We
honor Him as a carpenter, because the
things He made tended to stability,
order and productiveness. He was
maker of all such utensils as were use
full in the house and in the field One
must do work approved as honorable
and useful to be the approved work.
man.
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turkey or chicken and mushrooms, cro-
QuetteS and even an Irish stew, cooked
long enough TO be eaten without a knife.
In addition. there must be substan-
tial dish. such as scalloped potatoes or
baked macaroni, or both Except in
hot weather most people like q hot
soup, such as oyster or tomato biSque,
which is easily kept hot in big tureen
and ladled into cups, but in hot wealth
er ice-cold tomato bouillon Is most
popular.
The following is typical menu for a
stand-up wedding breakfast: Tomato
Ia King, or else scrambled eggs with
tiny sausages; chicken croquettes with
vegetables or celery or tomato salad.
Several varieties Of thin party" sand
wlches filled with pate de foie gras, or
lettuce and tomato. or pimiento and
cheese. or ham paste or grated egg.
TWO dishes at least of plain bread and
butter. Finger rolls are often split and
buttered or spread with meat paste as
an alternative to the sandwiches made
with sliced bread
Ice cream at a wedding is usually
In individual molds. but 1t may equally
well be in a block. 50 that people cut
as large or as small q helping as they
choose. Cakes have no restrictions as
TO varieties. Candies usually include
plain peppermints, chocolate covered
peppermints. mixed chocolates and cara
mels. tPeppermints should not be
called "mintS")
The menu for Q formal tea or Q
bridge party includes fruit cup, sand
witches, small cakes. tea or Gomez end
chocolate. A wedding collation. at a
oetween-meal hour is exactly the same
with the addition Of wedding cake.
As / said a few weeks ago, the re-
freshments ct the simplest wedding
reed include no more than orangesde
or other fruit punch and wedding cake.