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Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02

Two Sentenced - Judge II. B
Griffin of Brawley yesterday aft.
eInoon sentenced Frank Perez. g.
! to 25 days in the county jail fol
/ reckless driving, and Judge E. E
! Kiefer of CaleXico sentenced Ber
Pennington, "a, to 80 days fol
vagrancy.
Dr. Edwin o. Carter, Dentist, new
location, Goa Main ST. Office phone
260.
Stolen Automobiles Stolen auto
mobiles reported to the Sheriffs
office last night were a Ford
sedan. license 4L5955, registered to
M S. Drumm. and a Ford roadster
license 2P9461, registered to Henry
Halverson. The first was stolen in
Calcxico and the latter in El Gen.
tro Drumm's car contained butch
ers supplies valued at $500.
DIR. A. +. Hansen, Dentist. New
location, second floor, Security First
National Bank Bldg. Phone 88 Aft
DIR. Arnold-Foot Specialist, at
Balboa Hotel a few days. Phone
940. 27t6
Building Permits-PermisSio was
granted Roger w. Sumner, 400
Wensley avenue, TO build an addi-
ton TO a porch on his residence.
Work will cost SSC. The permit was
issued in the city engineers office
yesterday afternoon,
Hotel California coffee Shop
Plate lunch from II to 2, 35c.
Regular meals, soc and 75c. lift
Paul's Buttered Popcorn and re-
freshmentS at Ninth and Main.
loft
Dog Lost - Mrs. Elmer Toney,
stenographer in the civil depart
ment of the sheriff's office, this
morning reported the loss or theft
of an 8-months-old poodle belong
ing to her.
Free - Coca Cola Mystery Ball.
or "Shuffling Sambo." We will
give to each boy or girl turning in
a bona fide order for a case of
Coca Cola (24 bottles for home de-
livery, price sl.OO plus soc deposit
frafl1ndahle) free one Coca Cola
Mystery Ball" or Shutting Sam
bo." Phone orders to FL Centre 49,
27t6
In Traffic Court - George M
Winn was fined $40 for driving an
overloaded truck when he appeared
as the only defendant in Judge 1.
traffic court this morn
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02
Defense Argues
For kidnapers

LOS ANGELES, March ?. U.P)-
Defense attorneys today started
final arguments in the case of
Ralph Sheldon, Louis Frank and
Jesse Orsatti, alleged gangsters, on
trial on a charge Of kidnapping E.
L. "Zeke" CaresS, Caliente race Of
ficial, and Mrs. Caress.
Donald Mckay, representing
Frank, argued that an attempt had
been made to convict Frank of
wounding a Long Beach policeman.
Mckay told the jury it had since
been proved that his client had no
connection with that crime.
Ali three defense attorneys at
tempted to discredit the story of
Jimmie Doolen, associate of the
three men, who turned states eyi-
dence.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02
Decision FavOrs
Union Oil Firm

LOS ANGELES, March 2 UP
The Union Oil Company of Cali
fornia today won a decision from
Federal Judge George A. Cosgrove
70 require the receiver of the bank
rupt Bastanchury ranch to take
immediate steps TO preserve the
present lemon and orange crop.
The oil company, owners Of
land adjacent TO the ranch, con-
tended it held a contract under
which employees of the ranch
must also care for the companys
citrus lands in exchange for one
half of the crop.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02
Hoover To Enter
OhiO's Primary

WASHINGTON, March 2. U.p)-
Postmaster General Brown at the
White House today confirmed re-
ports that President Hoover's name
will be entered in the Ohio pri-
maries this spring.
Brown said that all the delegates
had been named now.
1T is safe to say" he said. that
the President within the next nine
days will signify in writing his per-
mission that his name be used"
The names of candidates in the
primary must be filed on or before
March IL Brown had intimated
yesterday that the letter was be-
ing held up until one more delegate
had been designated.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02
ASK PROBE FOR
LABOR CONDITIONS
AT BOULDER DAM

CARSON CITY, New, March 2.
(U.P)-A sweeping investigation of
conditions at Boulder dam was be-
gun today by county and state
authorities following receipt of
charges by the American Civil
Liberties union of forced labor and
brutal treatment of laborerS at
Las Vegas, New.
The charges, telegraphed first
to Secretary of the Interior Ray
Lyman Wilbur, were referred to
Governor Balzar and District At
torney Harley Harmon of Grant
county. Harmon promised a
thorough and impartial investi-
cation" following conference
with the governor.
The charges were sent to the
governor as follows:
I'VE have reliable reports of
brutal conditions in Las Vegas
New, warranting investigation by
you. Former workers of the
Boulder dam are arrested promis-
cuously as vagrants and placed in
solitary confinement on bread and
water if they refuse to do forced
labor"
The telegram also said two men
we're denied medical treatment at
the jail although one was suffer-
ing from tuberculosis.
The Civil Liberties union is a
New York organization.
Las Vegas newspapers recently
assailed conditions at the Jail and
stockades, charging they were
overcrowded, and without proper
sanitation.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02
Firms President
To Lead Campaign

HELSINGFORS, Finland. March
.. U.P)-President P. E. Svinhufvud
issued a proclamation today saying
he would personally lead the gov
eTnment forces in the campaign
against the rebeilious Lappoites.
The rebels were concentrated at
Maentsala. The government mobil-
lied the army against them.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02
MUST PAY ALIMONG

LOS ANGELES, March 2. U.P)-
Although he claimed he was a poor
man and out of work, Jack Hoxie,
cowboy film actor, today was order
ed to pay his wife $50 month ali
mony pending trial of her suit for
separate maintenance in which she
charges deSertion. His wife for
merly was Marie Sais, stage actress.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02
(OUN'TYBRIEFS

Defendant Araigned-Harry c
Franklin was arraigned before
Judge /. Mayfield yesterday after
noon on a charge of grand theft
Ban was set at $500, and Franklin
held for a preliminary hearing
March 4.
Madame Priser-French designer
and dress-maker. $50 Commercial
st. Phone 1854. 31tf
Suit Filed Carmean yesterday
afternoon filed suit against Wiley
j. Gibson and J. B. Dodge. seek
ing S52758 alleged due on a prom
issory note. and asking that a mort
gage given as security on the note
be foreclosed.
Wooda Blesy Dance Studio. 723
Orange. Phone 1888. l6tf
Yesterdays Shipments - Perish
ables shipped from the valley YES
terday reached a total Of. pa car
loads OF lettuce. 20 Of carrots. nine
of cabbage six OF mixed vegetables.
and one each Of grapefruit, SPIN
ach and peas.
Night Service with prompt deliv-
cry. Prescriptions filled by regis
tered pharmacists. Phone 100. An
dy's Drug Store, SIT Broadway.
8-mws
Newspaper Man Herc-Ben Gum
of Arcadia. Kan. prominent news
paper man, is visiting Mr. and Mrs
Dan Weist. Mrs. Weist was for
merly connected with Gums
paper.
DIR. II Hooper-uentist. X-Ray
service. 110 North 9Th st. m,w,f
Navy Expert Here-Capt Charles
Conrad of the United States nav
department, Washington. D. c.,
was in El Ceatro yesterday in
connection with an air route sur
vey. He was registered at the
Barbara Worth hotel.
The Academy of Music invites
the public to attend a recital OF
primary and intermediate pupils Of
the piano and dramatic depart
ments Thursday evening, 1880. 29t4
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02
EXPLOSION KILLS MAID

LONG BEACH, March 2. UP
Mrs. Nettie Mann, 55, employed a
maid at a maternity hospital
here, burned TO death today in a
gas explosion in her quarters in
the rear of the hospital
A fire had broken out in the
quarters and the explosion caught
Mrs. Mann as she ran out of the
door seeking safety from the
flames.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02

Residents near Toppenish,
Wash, recently held a drive and
killed 1900 rabbits, which were
given to the needy.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02

Wooda Blesy Dance Studio, 723
Orange. Phone T33. 16tf
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02

Night Service with prompt deliv-
cry. Prescriptions filled by regis
tered pharmacists. Phone 100. An
dy's Drug Store, SIT Broadway.
9-mws
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02

Newspaper Man Hcrc-Ben Gum
Of Arcadia. Kan. prominent news
paper man, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Dan Weist. Mrs. Weist was for
merly connected with Gums
manor
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-02

Madame Priser-French designer
and dress-maker. $50 Commercial
st. Phone 1854. 3ltf
Evening star., 1932-11-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

close to that of the presidency of the
church, now held by Heber j. Grant.
1t is said to be within the range of pos
sibilities that Senator Smoot will
eventually succeed Apostle John A.
Witsoe at London. Washington ae
crammed full Of high officials who owe
their places to Smoot influence. Most
of them expect to desert the scene soon
after he does next year. With Senator
elect Thomas arrival IN Congress. Utah
will have an all-Mormon delegation
here.
New York newspapers are carrying
an advertisement stating that one Of
the largest producers of fine wines in
France offers to responsible corpora
ton or individual the exclusive repre-
sentaticn Of its products, either for
particular States or for the whole
United States. Harry LIE Roy Jones of
the District of Columbia bar has just
submitted an interesting proposal to
the French National Foreign Trade
Council. He suggests that the French
government might 60 farther and do
worse than to offer to pay its American
war debt, in whole or in part, with the
products of French vineyards when
importation of liquor again is legalized
by this country Mr. Jones sees no
reason why British whisky, German
and CZechoslovakian beers, Italian
wines and the booze Of other debtor
countries shouldn't be utilized by them
to square accounts with the United
States Treasury.
Nothing In the election aftermath
causes hvelier speculation than the
wholly unexpected slenderness Of the
Socialist vote for Norman Thomas 1t
does not look as if he would roll up
much more than 600 900 votes. That Is
only about twice as many as he received
for President in 1928 and some SOC, 600
below Eugene v. Debs' peak total in
1912 (897 ,000). Socialists blithely cal
culated that Thomas popular vote in
1882 would be anywhere from 1900 900
up. Lack of funds, especially for radio
broadcasts, is ascribed by the Socialists
as the main cause of their poor show
ing, although they thought the crouch
against both parties would amasS tre-
mendous protest" vote for Thomas. It
was just one of those things that didn't
come of.
Dave" w. Mnlvane, who has lust
passed away in Kansas, was for more
than 30 years q member of the Re-
publican National Committee and q q.
0. p. wheelhorse of the front rank. A
Yale man and lawyer, most of his
Washington friends note with surprise
that Mulvane left fortune of 81 900. =
600, for he was one of the most modest
and unassuming Of men. Roosevelt.
Taft, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover ali
esteemed his sage political counsel. He
might have had high Federal Office at
almost any time during the past quar-
ter OF a century, but preferred the
game he loved the best-politics.
\ X X
Four fine, fighting Irish names will
be added to the Senate roster after
March 4-Murphy of Iowa, Duffy of
Wisconsin, Lonergan of Connecticut and
McCarran of Nevada. They're all
Democrats. With the two washes
montana anC Massachusetts, men
proud to trace their ancestry to the
Emerald Isle now achieve unprecedented
representation in the United States
| Senate.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1932-11-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

times manifested, which throws the
humane observer of the track. He
is willing to forget that this astound-
ing fellow Is q member Of the savage
Cichlids," as the books say.
They are small, but they are real
fishes. just the same, which Is Just
another way Of saying that they know
nothing at all Of love.
Seeing them there, however, In all
their panoply of light, flashing amid
the waters and green growing things
which make up their tiny world, one
may be forgiven for attributing to them
sentiments which they do not have,
nor can have, Of course.
What delicate mouths they have, one
thinks-surely they could not eat q
very small 'guppy," even the smallest
sample.
Alas for human optimismI
Into the tank 60 the CUPS" as
tonished at their summary transfer in
the bowl Of a teaspoon.
Let no veteran handler Of these
creatures declare that one ought to
have known better.
Experience is great teacher, here
as elsewhere.
Into the tank go the "guppieS," then
At the same moment the angel fish"
stop their sedate waiting to and fro,
as is one Of their customs.
One of them darts forward like q
flash Of light, and engulfs, in a sud-
denly distended and, for it, enormous
mouth, the first Of the hapless Cup
pies"
Only the tiny fringed tail protrudes.
Frantic efforts with q small ladle
retrieve the trio left, but the fourth is
doomed. and shortly its headless carcass
floats out.
Not a trace Of enthusiasm fiickers in
those pink-rimmed eyes.
The cannibal is just as colorful. Just
as unusual, just as interesting as ever.
Now the other angels" are dashing
about. evidently scenting fresh food and
wishing to have their share of it.
Their circular bodies dart here and
there, almost vanishing. to human eyes,
as they turn head-on, they are 50 thin
In their transparency.
Their feelers trail excitedly in the
water, doubled up for speeds sake.
But the food" is gone.
The rescued "guppies" are back in
their own bowl, covering behind q
spray Of anacharis.
They are safe, but they do not
know It.
Before any reader deplores this state
of nature, and felicitates himself upon
being member of the civilized tribe of
man, let him think little about man
kinds wars.
Perhaps there Is more relation be-
tween the heartless eating for food
which occurs in nature, and the or
ganized Staying Of man by man, than
appears at first sight.
Maybe nations are just different sorts
of fish, which ordinarily live together
fairly well. but have no use for each
other at bottom.
Big fish eat little fish, and little ones
eat those still smaller. Only by putting
| fish of comparatively equal size together
can they swim about unmolested, and
each pursue its normal life habits.
Disarmament, naval ratios-there are
man-made equivalents, similar In in
tent. Peace Is worked out in the min
iature world of the aquarium simply be-
cause no one inhabitant Is small enough
to be harmed. Or, another way Of put
ting it, simply because none is large
enough to eat the others Perhaps
mankind. for all its boasted efficiency,
! knows no better way.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

q relay. The Presidents own task Is
almost over, with the finish line ir sight.
But, standing poised on the mark
awaits another runner, ready 10 be OF
and away to fresh start with the ar
rival Of his teammate. A new squirt
around this final lap, before his own
race is ended, is necessary II the next
runner is to receive an advantageous
start. For both runners nov that the
hurdles Of the campaign are past, are
concerning themselves chiefly with the
business that makes them teammates
in common cause.
Under the terms of the Norris amend
ment to the Constitution, which will
probably receive ratification by the
States before next Spring, the Presi-
dents final lap would be considerably
shortened. If the Norris amendment
were in effect now the Presidents term
would end January 20. instead OF
March 4, and the new Congress would
be preceding the President-elect into
office by seventeen days. And while
the Norris amendment will eliminate
some of the disadvantages Of the So
called lame-duck session, with an out
going President handicapped for three
months by the knowledge that his sue
cessor must inherit the direction of
new policies which the President, in
this short interval. may have to in
augurate, the present situation in Wash
ington emphasizes the distinct advan-
tages of what has been called the "cool-
ing-off" period-that interval between
the close of a heated election and the
March change of administrations.
The debt question is only one of
several important matters that must
receive immediate attention by the
President and the old Congress. during
its final short session. The increasing
deficit has made apparent the need for
changing the revenue bill, for the
revenues from new taxes levied last
Spring will not provide a balanced
budget. There is an advantage in
leaving the amendments Of the revenue
bill to the men who framed the present
measure, and a distinct advantage in
the fact that their proceedings will be
relatively free of politics. In such Q
revolutionary change in the member
ship Of Congress as that brought about
by the last election it is just as well
that time does remain for strict atten-
ton to pressing business in advance of
the temporary, but marked, disarrange-
ments and dislocations accompanying
the taking over Of office by q new ad-.
nlinistration. The Presidents final
months in the White House will not be
spent in idleness or retrospection He
has, as from the beginning of his
stormy administration, big job on his
hands.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Cotton i'm Fashion Show.

From the Nashville Banner.
The Southern Textile Exposition now
in pfogreSS at Greenville is making
forcible and interesting proof of the in
crease of the number of uses of cotton
which have been accomplished by the
elaborate researches by Federal and
State governments and by textile lead
ers and as the result of the intensive
campaign Of education directed along
that line by organizations in the textile
field and the press of the South.
One OF the drawing cards of the
fashion show which is an annual fea-
ture Of these expositions viii be 35
modelled costumes worn by Greenville
girls. In connection with the exposition
meetings of the textile division of the
American Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers and of the Southern Textile As
sociation are being held.
Two agencies directed to the common
objective Of preventing a continuance
of the heavy surplusage of the cotton
crop are being invoked One Is to in
crease the consumption by enlarging the
uses for the staple; the other is to re-
duce the acreage.
The acreage was reduced 10 per. cent
in 1881, and by an equal amount this
year, so that there has been total re-
duction in two years of one-fifth. The
production has dropped from $4,000, 600
bales two years ago to 100000 this
year.
The decline in the output in the world
Evening star., 1932-11-16
WashingtOn's Canals.
To the Editor of The star:

~ thc 6u4tOI VI AHe 6tAT.
Regarding canals within the Dis
trict Of Columbia, according to the rec
ords there were at least four distinct
and separate canals in operation at diff
ferent periods within said District. His
torical writers on the old canals are
prone to mix them somewhat, and for
that reason am sending you the fol-
lowing information for your valuable
newspaper. Although have consider
able data, taken from the records, con-
corning each canal, will not 90 into
much detail concerning them at this
time. However, I am always willing to
assist any one.
The first canal within the District
was the Potomac Canal, in which
George Washington was interested, and
was built at an early date, before the
City OF Washington was thought of, to
make the nav y On of the Potomac
River possible. = 8 canal below the
Falls was on tha District side of the
river and above the Falls was in Vir-
ginia. The next canal was the WASH
ngton Canal, which was begun after
the city was surveyed in 1871, and was
filled up about 1875. This canal fol-
lowed the course of Tiber Greek, along
B street north from Seventeenth street
W 1AAc 1OOt VI CdplJOl f11ll, Wnere IL
turned enthusiastically and emptied In
the Eastern Branch at the foot of New
Jersey avenue.
The third canal was the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, or the Georgetown
Canal, which was begun within the
District in 1928, but not finished for
some time later. This canal is still to
be seen in Georgetown below M street
and flowed into the Potomac at Seven
teenth and B streets northwest, nov
Constitution avenue, where 1t Joined
the Washington Canal.
The fourth canal was the James
Greek Canal, which followed the course
OF James Creek on the east side of the
Arsenal Grounds and was built after
the Civil War. 1t is not shown on
Boschke survey map Of 1857 to 1851
Of the city, although it was the original
intention to build this canal In 1892
as 1t was proposed In the plan Of the
city by Andrew Ellicott of that date
The James Greek Canal was in exist
ence and In operation up in the cit,
as far as L street southwest as late
1904, and was used atethis time for CO.
yeying sand and gravel, principal.
into the city.
Yours truly,
ARTEMAs c. HARMON.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

the British and French notes asking for
conferences to discuss the debts further
in view OF the present economic situa-
tion, see what good could come out OF
further suspension Of the debt pay
ments
II the British, French and other
debtor nations are looking to this coun-
try to relieve them further Of these OBJ
legations, the sentiment in Congress is
clearly against the consumrnation Of
their hopes. The American viewpoint
is that q remission Of these debts
already lowered greatly to meet the
appeals of the debtofs-would work O
hardship on the American people. That
is the crux Of the matter, in the opinion
Of the American legislators. They are
unwilling to take the burden of the In
debtedness from the shoulders of the
foreign taxpayers and place 1t on the
backs of ,s$1e Americans, particularly in
vie-, Of the present situation demanding
further increases in taxes TO balance the
Governments budget
The Congress will act in this matter
Of the foreign debts only after the
fullest information has been submitted
to it by the President, along with his
recommendations. What those recon-
mendations win be is not yet known.
1t is known, however, that the Presi-
dent has repeatedly declared himself in
opposition to the cancellation of the
debts. Should he recommend a further
suspension of the debt payments, Con-
gress might listen to him, for some
Of the leaders now here, although pro-
testing that they see no good from
putting of the debt payments further,
are still willing to grant the debtor
nations time If it is shown conclusively
that they cannot pay without distress.
The only possibility of Congress
agreeing to further debt cancellation
rests on the ability of the foreign ma
tions to show this country that it would
be to the advantage of the American
people. At Lausanne the powers agreed
to scale down the huge reparations de-
manded Of Germany to about 10 per
cent. But there was, apparently, a
string tied to this reduction, which is
the willingness of the United States to
remit the debts owed this country by
the foreign powers While many Amer
leans may look upon the action Of the
allied powers in reducing the repara-
tions demanded of Germany as wise
move, they still fail to see why they
should foot the bill.
There is doubt in the minds of many
of the legislators whether the remis-
sion Of the debt payments owed this
country would materially benefit the
debtor nations. The payments to this
country are small percentages of the
governmental budgets of these coun-
tries, where huge parts of the govern
mental expenditures. go for armament.