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Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
Issued ID a lily, Except
Sundays. Entered B.
the Post Office, FL Cen"
tro, Calf, as Second
Class Matter.
GALES BACK on JOB

WHATEVER is behind the resignation
W of the Mexican cabinet, the nation is
assured strong guiding hand with the
return of Plutarco Elias Gales to activ-
ity.
One may not agree with all of the pol
icies which Gales fostered during the
period he was president, but it cannot
be denied that he is the strongest indi-
vidual figure in Mexico, and that is what
Mexico needs more than all else
strength.
Gales is no novice at dealing with per-
picking problems. The way he squelched
the short-lived revolution of two years
ago indicated he knows Mexico and Mex
leans better than anyone else.
There are rumorS that OrtiZ-Rubio
may resign the presidency and if he does
1t is almost a certainty that Gales will
again take up the reinS. This, to some
at least, may smack of dictatorship, but
there are times when dictatorship is
very desirable, as many nations have
found out.
Always a popular figure in Mexican
affairs, Gales is even more so now, hav-
ing gained strength instead of losing it,
with the passing of the years.
If Mexico needs flrnlneSS at this time
and apparently it does, it will most as
suredly get it from Gales.
-O
Maybe it is just bit difficult for one
of THE Adams family to take orders
from Middle Westerner.
-O
If San Diego should lose the navy
what would be left of San Diego?
Grape bricks appear to be legal or il
legal, depending upon the state of mind
of the Judge.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
Declares Wife
Would Not Cook

His wife refused to cook his meals
or do his laundry, and forced him
to eat in restaurants and take his
clothes to a laundry, Patrick Daniel
McElroy charged in a divorce suit
against Margaret Marie McElroy
filed in superior court yesterday af-
ternoon.
The complaint also asserted Mrs.
McElroy on June Z told her hus-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
STOLE SMOKES FOR MEDICAL
AID

MOBILE, Ala. U.P)-William San
ford, negro, suffering from a slight
ailment, decided the only way to get
treatment was to be arrested. so he
stole four nickel cigars, was caught,
admitted the theft and thanked the
Judge when sentenced to 20 days in
jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

erary adviser and c. w. Martin is
business adviser for the annual.
The first A. w. S. meeting for ali
the women students of the Junior
College was held October IS IN the
high school study hall. Announce
ment was made that there would
be a potluck supper on October %,
at o'clock, at the ranch home OF
Majken Moline, the president. Miss
Irene Brooks is the adviser.
Mildred Paine, a sophomore in
college, is the editor of the Central
Campus. She heads a staff of II
/, reporters Baer, Leona
Coulter, Bessie Damron, Frank
Gonzales, Florence Hess, Maiken
Moline, Lucille Miller, Treola Mills.
Marjorie Owen, Belleyernon Peck,
Albert Steele and Dorothy Waugh,
with Morgan Rice, advertising man
ager; and Miss B. w. Proudfoot the
adviser.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
The Weather

Los Angeles and Vicinity-Fair
tonight and Sunday with moderate
temperature; gentle changeable
winds.
Southern California-Fair tonight
and Sunday with little change in
temperature; moderate northwest
winds offshore.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
Published by
IMPERIAL VALLEY
PRESS, INC.
BUNGLING DEPLORABLE
w. c. COSTELLO
Manager

If there is one thing that adds converts
to the cause of abandoning capital
punishment it is incidents such as hap
pened yesterday when the state of Hi
nois executed four men at the Cook
county jail and bungled the job badly
At best executions are barbaric affairs.
They place a severe nervous tension not
only on the condemned but upon those
charged with the execution. Unless they
keep their heads their gruesome business
is quite likely to become a horrible mess.
An excited deputy in yesterdays first
execution, forgot TO strap the condemned
mans feet with the result that they flew
up when the electric charge struck his
body. The current had to be switched
off, the legs strapped, and the current
applied again.
Smoke billowed up from the electric
chair as the second victim was being exc
cuted and it was necessary to apply the
current three times and take eight min
utes before the states vengeance had been
accomplished
1t took six minutes for each of the
other two men to pay the penalty de-
manded by the state.
Incidents such as these do not make
nice reading. They smack more of the
ignorance and cruelty of the Middle Ages
than they do of the enlightened twentieth
century. Granting that all four men
may have deserved capital punishment,
it must be admitted that public decency
has certain demands which must be met
no less by the state than by the individ-
ual.
We'd prefer to read about Al Capone
in a suit with the stripes running hori-
nn,,tnl ;,nC+nad of nef.nendicnlar
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
ACTIVITIES AT CENTRAL UNION
ME Woo, Orval Womack, Marie Yu-
kawa, and Floyd Williams.

ME Woo, Orval Womack, Marie Yu-
kawa, and Floyd Williams.
Announcement that her Master of
Arts degree had been granted by
the Graduate Council of Stanford
was received by Mrs. Thelma Upton
Ray, the director of the art depart
ment. on October 9. Her thesis was
written on a course of study for her
department. based on Indian and
Mexican art.
Interesting work in casting, wood
carving, wood blocks, jesse work,
and plaques in conventional designs
is being done in the art classes now.
The 1892 La Solana will be COM
posed by a staff OF capable students
which includes Margaret Hill, edi-
or-in-chief; Florence Hess, assist
ant editor; Bill Tondro, business
manager; Meryal Meadows, adver-
tising manager; Irene Powelson.
secretary; Doris Moline, individual
photographs; Richard Maddux
group photographs; George Mann
and Katherine Jones, circulation;
Margaret Loud, organizations; Be-
nice Grider, are editor; Bertha Col
Inns, assistant art editor; Ahleen
Crandall, drama and music; Ada
Bess Beynon, society; Ora Frost
girls athletics: L. B. West, boys
athletics; Gerald Kessee and w. L.
Cowen, jokes; Munson Dowd, Vir-
ginia Hetzel, and John King, snaps;
Elsie Mitchell and Oryal Womack
/ calendar. Mrs. A. II. Keller is lit
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

hand she had lived with him for the
past nine years only for what she
could get out of him. McElroy asked
an interlocutory decree of divorce
and what other relief the court
might see fit.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
Berlin Babe Named For Hoover

BERLIN, U.P)-A prominent Ber-
lin phonoeraph record manufac-
turer. Heinrich Gebhard, has christ
ened his baby son, AXel Hoover, in
honor of President Hoovers repair
ations holiday.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
"UNCLE WIGGILY'S TALKING
STONE"

Once upon a time, not so very
many years ago, when lollypops
grew on peppermint sticks and gum
drops fell off Christmas trees, Un-
Gle Wiggily had very queer ad-
venture with a talking stone. Now,
I know it seems very strange 10
speak about a stone that talks.
Perhaps you don't believe such a
thing could happen. But please
wait until the end of this story and
then We'll see what you have to
say.
1t happened one Saturday after
noon when there was no school in
the Hollow Stump, where the Lady
Mouse heard the animal children 6
lessons. On Saturday afternoons it
was the jolly habit of Mr.. Longears
to take as many of his bunny boys
and girls as cared to go for a hop
through the woods.
And maybe" said Baby Bunty,
the little orphan rabbit, maybe
We'll have adventures like Unkie
Wigl"
"Maybe!" said Jingle.
What fun it would bel" cried
Jangle.
Jingle and Jangle were twin rab-
bits.
Now are you all ready?" asked
Uncle Wiggily when about twenty
of his children were standing in a
row like soldiers.
"All ready" said Nurse Jane, who
was writing their names in book.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
BY ROBERTA FERGUSON
Press Correspondent

Resolved: That modern adyer-
tising is more harmful than bene-
ficial" is the subject chosen for the
topic of the first of the series Of
debates which will be given by the
Spartan Forum, the new debate
club. The initial argument will be
held in the auditorium at Z. m.
October q. Melvin Wilby will act
as chairman. Irene Powelson and
Jerry Starr will debate for the af-
firmative, while Margaret Hill and
Richard Woodson will uphold the
negative. Some very interesting to-
pics are TO be taken as subjects for
the series. Everyone is invited to
all the debates.
At meeting on Tuesday, the Ho-
nor Scholarship society elected their
officers. Munson Dowd was chosen
president; Margaret Hill, vice presi-
dent; Katherine Jones, secretary;
and Marie Yukawa, treasurer. Six
teen people are eligible for the H
S. S. this semester. They have ac-
quired membership in the society
by earning 10 honor grade points,
equivalent to three AS and one B,
and that is no easy matter. Those
fortunate people who are members
are: Sarah Couch, Munson Dowd,
Margaret Hill, Florence Hess, Mary
Francis Hoppin, Katherine Jones,
Albert Jenkins. Yoshiko Kubota,
Margaret Loud, George Mann,
Ralph Priddy, Iris Mae Toney, Min
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
TEN YEARS AGO
October Il. 1921

Mike Leibert, manager Of the
Farm Bureau Marketing exchange,
recently sent a statement to all
growers of grain and hay that the
exchange is now ready to handle
products on a cooperative plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
RUNS TO THIRTEENS

WESTBORO, Mass, U.P) = The
youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam j. Brown, their 18th, was born
at their home, 13 School street,
the 18th of the month.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

Officials of the Dixie Townsite
company arrived from San Diego
this morning and are out to view
the proposed west side town loca-
tion. Plans are being made for de-
velopment of the community.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
October II. 1911

A sign board reading Take this
car for Mobile and Seeley" now
graces the sides of the Holton Inter
urban motor car as it stands at the
west side of the Ell Centro union
depot each morning. The depot is
one of the busiest places in town
these days.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
October II. 1916

The Baptist church dedicated its
new house of worship recently with
large crowds attending every serv-
ice. An offering OF more than
$1,000 was collected during the day.
With an increase of more than
$500 the first day of county tax
collections, residents note an i'm
proyement in business conditions
this year and last. Last years,
1915 collections were Sl05609 while
yesterdays amounted TO sl652.43.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

The noted author, Harold Bell
Wright, accompanied by Mrs.
Wright, arrived in the valley this
week for a visit with George H
Wright. a brother, near Holtville
They are on their way to their home
in Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

NEA Washington Bureau
Senator Jesse II. Metcalfe, above,
of Rhode Island, will take his
home with him when he goes to
Washington for the fall term. He
will live on his yacht, the Felicia,
which is far more luxurious than
most homes.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

We'd prefer to read about Al Capone
in a suit with the stripes running hori-
zontal instead of perpendicular.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

If San Diego should lose the navy
what would be left of San Diego?
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

erary adviser and c. W. Martin is
! business adviser for the annual.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

Grape bricks appear to be legal or il
legal, depending upon the state of mind
of the judge.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-17

Maybe it is just bit difficult for one
of THE Adams family to take orders
from a Middle Westerner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
PENNSYLVANIA LIMITS
TRUCK TRAINS LENGTH
Maryland Head Says States Law
for Supervision of Hauling
Is Satisfactory.
Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, August 22.-OwnerS In
this State of the long truck trains used
for hauling new automobiles have been
informed by the commissioner OF motor
vehicles that they no longer can oper-
ate over the roads Of Pennsylvania, but
that no need for such q ruling has been
found in Maryland.
Commissioner e. Austin Baughman
sent warnings to six dealers in this
State who have been operating single
unit trucks longer than 80 feet. and to
two others who own truck trains longer
than 20 feet; that the Pennsylvania
highway patrol now has guards at the
State line on all important highways to
refuse entrance into that State to vehi-
Giles Of lengths greater than those
limits.
THE Maryland motor vehicle law
has q section that we consider much
more satisfactory in Keeping the roads
free OF the menace OF unweildy trucks
than would be the fixing Of arbitrary
restrictions such as those now in effect
in Pennsylvania" Mr.. Boughman said.
THAT law gives this commission the
authority to revoke the license OF any
truck which is so big as to be UNI
wieldy and unsafe.
ct has never been necessary for us
TO invoke that law. but a couple Of
years ago we called in several truck
owners and warned them that the
vehicles they were using we're regarded
by us as unsafe. They then made the
necessary changes in their equipment"
Practically the only trucks Of such
great length operating over Maryland
roads. Mr.. BAughEnan added, are owned
In Maryland. which gives the commits
sioner Of motor vehicles complete e,i-
thority over them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
announce the appointment OF Joseph
Kingston as manager Of Ray Semmes,
Inc, Graham distributors for WASH
ington and the surrounding territory Of
Maryland and Virginia. Mr.. Kingston
has been well known here for some
time. having been territorial repre-
sentative of this company for several
years Sales and service viii continue
TO be maintained In the building at
1926 Fourteenth street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
LONG ISLAND CIR CULAR TOUR
MAPPED BY MOTORING CLUB
Sunrise Land" 100 Miles Long and Is
Miles Wide. Offers Attractive Auto
mobile Routes for Vacationists.

Take q ferry across Shelter Island
Sound to the southern end Of Shelter
Island. This small island set In be-
tween the two fiukes Of the larg n island
is q most attractive spot Hilly. wooded,
and surrounded as it Is by water on all
four sides, it offers excellent facilities
for a pleasant visit, Shelter Island
Heights Is the center of activities.
In order to reach the mainland and
the north shore, another ferry Is taken
from Shelter Island Heights at the
northern end over to Greenport. Orient
Point lies TO the right from here. This
is the tipmost end Of the north shore
and is q cool, secluded quiet place. II
Is very popular with Summer visitors,
who return year after year TO enjoy the
salt tang Of the ocean air in scene
that includes both farm and woodland.
This is the first stop on the NORTH shore
that Is suggested for q visit.
Running back to Greenport, the
second stop on the return trip, motorists
win find Sandy Beach a pleasant spot
In which to linger Greenport Is O very
active seaside business town, and In its
harbor may be seen at all times boats
Of all descriptions.
Next comes Southold, another i'm
portant town at this end Of the island,
and here on the shores of Peconic Bay
is the third suggested point at which
the trip back may be broken.
Leaving here, the road runs south
west through Cutchogue. Mattiruck and
Jamesport down into Riverhead. Follow
route IS out Of this town to the point
where route 25A comes down from the
north shore. Turn right on this high
way, running up through Rocky Point
to Port Jefferson, with its beautiful
land-locked harbor. Then straight on
IN Ta of vu1aa~a &t1a Jafo1aruav
dips down into Smithtown Branch Run
over to STlithtown, and then UP again
TO the shore running via Kings Park
into Centerport. Here, overlooking a
lake, Is q famous place for shore, duck
and chicken dinners.
Huntington Next.
Next comes Huntington, then Cold
Spring Harbor, where there is State
fish hatchery, and then, q short dis
lance beyond, road leads on to the
right from the main road, passing by
the spot where President Theodore
Roosevelt Is buried. This bypass takes
you into Oyster Bay. and from here
follow the road running around the
west side of the bay into Bayville, then
back inland again through Locust Valley
into Glen Cove. The road then runs
down on the east side Of Hampstead
Harbor through Seacliff to Roslyn.
Then follow the road around the west
side of the harbor, cutting over to
Manhasset Bay through Port Washing
ton, another spot famous for shore
dinners.
At Port washington there Is ferry
connection over to New Rochelle, N. Y,
for motorists who wish to reach west
Of Manhattan and the Bronx without
going through Long Island City.
Continuing along the north shore
from Port washington, run down TO
the main road at Manhasset and then
westward through Little Neck ." Flush
ing and Long Island City, hen TO
Greensboro Bridge and back TO the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
ROAD WORK PUSHED
Barrancas Stretch to Be Completed
October /.

October /.
Work has been started on building q
road through "the barrancas," the
stretch Of impossible canyons on the
international Pacific Highway in the
states Of Eayarit and Jalisco on the
west coast Of Mexico, it is stated in re-
ports just reaching the Automobile Club
Of Southern California. Two battalions
Of federal soldiers, approximately 200
men. have been dispatched TO this diff
ficult territory and work will be pushed
vigorously in the hope that the bar
rancas may be conquered for autono-
bile travel by October J..
The baTTanca country presents the
most difficult problem OF road building
In the ! 800 miles between the United
States border and Mexico City. It is q
series Of precipitouS mountains and
canyons, and until negotiated by the
pathfnding expedition Of the Automo-
bile Club Of Southern California over a
year ago, was considered impossible ex-
cept for burTos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

Sag Harbor Is reached from Montauk
Point By retracing to East Hampton,
then following route ia. For the re-
OF Long Island, retrRce to Sag Habor,
then run north through North Haven
70 the end Of the road On Hog Neck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
TRUNK LINE NEEDS
STRESSED BY A.A.A.
Congestion in Urban Areas
NeceSsitates Motor
Tax Share.

with more than SO per cent Of all
motor vehicles registered in cities and
towns Of more than 10000 population,
the American Automobile Association
ban areas has now reached the point
where they are entitled to share Of
motor tax revenues for building trunk
line facilities.
The A. A. A. statement is based on
the findings of its National Taxation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

Continued on Fifth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

The value of the automotive
dollar in the United States regis
tered a gain of more than Is per
cent in the period from 1914 to
1880, whereas the value of the
cost-of- living dollar suffered a de-
cline In excess of 80 per cent, the
American Research Foundation
reported today in a bulletin COW
ering an extensive survey Of au-
tomobile prices and values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

(Cont1nued Oh Fifth Page. ]
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
RAY SEMMES, Inc, Di.tdsu.oy.

SALES and SERVICE
1926 Fourteenth ST. NW.-Phone Potomac O772
snnGEs MOTOR CO., 1914 n NV.
b. FRAZIER MOTOR CO. SIS 10th st. NE.
BRosIUs BROS. GORAuEY Rockville
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23


Chairman, American National Red Cross,
washingtons D. G.
It Is estimated that motor vehicle
fatalities last year exceeded $500, an
increase of 1915 over the previous
year. According to figures compiled
by the National Conference on Street
and Highway Safety, the 31,254 fatali-
ties in 1929 represented 92,7 per cent
of the total number of traflc fatalities,
or a gain Of 11.8 per cent over 1928.
From 1920 to 1929. inclusive, motor
Of 149 per cent Accidental deaths
from all causes reached 96.258 in the
United States In 1929. an increase Of
29.2 per cent over 1920. In that year
motor vehicle fatalities accounted for
1875 per cent Of the total fatalities,
while In 1929 the per cent OF motor
vehicle fatalities climbed to 31.e per
cent Of the total number Of accidental
deaths from all causes.
Stunned by Report
Suppose the $4,000 motor vehicle ia
talities of last year had occurred dur
ing single week? The public would
have been stunned by the report. I'm
mediately every municipality and State,
as well as every humanitarian organi-
cation in the land, would have united
in an effort to eliminate the posi-
bility Of recurrence Of such a tragedy.
Yet the number of lives lost, whether
over a period of week or year, re-
mains the same Havoc wrought over
q period of months or by degrees does
not present such q staggering picture.
The National Conference on Street
and Highway Safety has worked tire
lessly with a view Of checking the con-
stantly mounting annual death ton In
traf1c and on the road. Its work can
be credited with saving many lives
each year, but greater distances In
correcting the social ailment are still
to be Travelled II material reduction in
motor vehicle fatalities Is to be &C.
complished.
Cognizance Taken.
The American Red Gross has taken
cognizance of the ever-growing prob
lem. Since the beginning of last year
scores Of Red Cross f1rst-aid stations
have been established along main
highways to give emergency treatment
to persons injured in motor vehicle
mishaps. These stations are located at
points not easily accessible to doctors
and hospitals Those In charge must
be well trained IN Red Cross first-aid
methods. They are instructed to give
emergency aid TO accident victims be-
fore the doctor arrives It has been
found that the greatest need for the
stations Is In communities where hos
pital or other medical facilities are not
readily available. Therefore, cross
road stores, suburban State police sta
lions, volunteer fre department sta
lions and oil stations along the high
ways are the points where most Of the
Red Cross emergency stations are To-
Gated. Each station Is equipped with
complete Red Cross first-aid kit, d.
rectories for physicians and hospitals
and at least one person trained In
first-aid methods. The project is In
its infancy, but already has spread to
some of the principal arteries Of travel
in several States. The stations are
established through local chapters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-08-14
SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT

The success OF the tournament held
for the benefit of st. Mary's Catholic
Church, at Piscataway was largely
due to the good riding and close con.
tests OF the ID knights marshalled by
Clinton Baden.
James McConkey won first prize and
crowned Miss Jane Garner, queen.
J. j. McConkey won second prize, r.
A. Hungerford third and Melvin Bad
en-, fourth. Misses Lucille Early,
Louise Callahan and Beatrice Phelps
we're crowned first, second and third
respectively.
Clement Dorsey, in the amatuer
class, received first honor and crown
ed Miss Lee Hammell, queen. Second
honor was won by Jack Dent, who
crowned Miss Dora Ford, first maid
Third honor was awarded to Ray Blan.
ford who crowned Miss Ellen Earnshaw
second maid and Robert Edelen won
fourth honor and crowned his wife,
Mrs. Hilda Edelen, third maid.