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Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
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THREE lives sacrificed in less than
week, marks the cost of trying to mix
alcohol and gasoline in Imperial county.
That a fourth life was not added to these
can be credited to the mysterious provl-
dence which sometimes watches over
children, fools and those under the in
fluence of liquor.
1t is a high price to pay for folly but
the cost could be much higher The
greatest danger from the drunken driver
is not the menace to his own life, but
the fact that he places the lives of others
in jeopardy.
A car with a drunken driver at the
wheel means potential death for those
in every other car it passes, for pedes-
trians along the road and indeed for
those more or less secure in buildings
near the route of the drunken driver.
In the three cases concerned, the often
ders paid the price of their own reck-
lessness. They are beyond any punish
men Of the law. But the drunken driver
will not end with this. There will be
more who will sit behind the wheel be-
fuddled with alcohol but absolutely cer-
tain that they can drive all right.
Stopping this danger is perhaps i'm
possible, but curbing it can be done.
That is a job for the traffic officers and
the courts. The corrective possibilities
of these agencies are highly discounted
where the drunken driver goes unpun-
ished or escapes with light punishment.
1t does little good to preach highway
safety unless those who refuse to COOP
crate in it are punished severely enough
to deter others from following their eX-
ample.
But the traffic officers and courts are
handicapped by the continual interfer-
ence of citizens who forget the serious
ness of violations, and the dangers of law
infractions where friends are concerned.
We are going around in vicious cir
Gle in this matter of motor vehicle law
violations. The man who parks in the
wrong spot, often quite innocently, and
other minor offenders are punished ade-
quately-often severely-but the major
offender is punished lightly. 1t requires
sternness to impose full punishment but
it must be done if we are going to make
the highway safe in reality and not the
oretically.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1928, By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

80 it may happen said Mr..
Longears, that, having come back
to the duck pond, I shall find an
adventure here"
He did. At first he didn't know
it was an adventure, but it was.
Nearing the duck pond, Uncle
Wiggily saw some red flowers
! growing on the shore. From one
of the flowers came a loud, buzzing
sound.
This is strangc!" exclaimed the
rabbit. Il never knew a red flower
could buzz. I must see about this, "
and he hoped closer. Then a
voice said
The flower isn't buzzing, 1 am"
Who are you?" asked Mr..
Longears.
II am the Bundle Bee" was the
answer. Il am stuck in this flower
and if you can help me cut I shall
be very thankful"
"Of course I can help you and
will" cried Uncle Wiggily How
did it happen that you became
stuck in the REQ floWer?' he asked
as he saw a big, yellow and black
bee fitting his wings, buzzing hard
and trying to pull his legs loose.
How did it happen?'
In this way" explained the
Bundle Bee. You know we bees
gather sweet juices from flowers to
make honey which we live on. Also
we bees gather the yellow dust, or
pollen, that is on the flowers and
from this make little wax cups N
which we store honey or lay eggs
from which baby bees are hatched." F."
Yes, I know about that" said
Uncle Wiggily. But how did you
get stuck?"
This red flower has a sticky
juice buzzed the Bumbler. 1T
was stickier than I thought and,
before 1 knew it, all my legs were
tangled and I couldn't get loose.
am glad you came along to un-
stick me, if you will be so kind
Right gladly will l unstick you,
promised Uncle Wiggily With a
little water from the duck pond,
dropping it on the sticky juice Of
the red flower, the rabbit gentle
man loosed the captive Bundle
Bee. 1t was then getting late and
the poor Bee was tired from hay
ing tried so long to pull his legs
loose so the rabbit said:
Il will take you home to my
bungalow where you may stay all
night. In the bright, warm sun
shine tomorrow morning you can
fly back to your nest"
THAT will be lovely buzzed the
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
CO. | 10TH INF.
FIRST DIVISION
VETERAN WANTED

Somewhere on the desert east of
Holtville is a war veteran, former
sergeant of Company L, 10th in
fantry, First Division of the A. F..
F., with whom the family of a
former buddy is anxious to COM
municate.
The name of the veteran is un-
known but he is believed to have
some knowledge of the death of w.
o. Kelly, also a member of Com
pany L. believed killed in action
during the latter part of the war.
There has never been any proof
that Kelly was killed, and his
mother has been unable to collect
a $4,000 war insurance policy TAX
en- out by her son.
Arch Mcdonald, of Casa Grande,
Ariz., a friend of the Kelly fam
| lily, is endeavoring to get in touch
with the veteran. Kelly was from
Bristo, Okla, and ANYTHING in the
way of evidence to prove that he
was killed in action should be sent
to the American Legion post in
Oklahoma City, or to Mcdonald,
who will forward it to the proper
| authorities.
Mcdonald asked The Press to
help in locating the veteran who
is believed to have filed on a home
stead somewhere on the east mesa
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
sDoaa't Quote Me-
, BY United Press I.

himself of his double" when he
stumps in California this summer,
and few voters would know whether
they were listening to joe or
Charles.
An insight into the way Joe feels
about his brother comes from the
congressional director which states
they were born on Christmas eve,
1877. They always dressed alike
and are pleased to be mistaken
one for the other" The two
brothers served in the Spanish war
together and were partners in law
until 1918 when Charles became
a superior court judge. Joe has
been in congress three terms. He
was elected by huge majoritieS, one
of 28l 1863, reported being the larg-
est ever attained by a candidate
of the house.
The Washington half" Of the
Grail twins in his campaign
against Senator Shortridge is
stressing the fact that Southern
California has not had a senator
for more than 81 years. In the
campaign letter he has been send
ing out wholesale he refers to the
TACT he is a twin, and also gives
some of the family history, bringing
out that his father voted for Lin
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

There are adventures OF the
woods. there are adventures Of the
fields and there are also adventures
in caves. on lakes and rivers and
even in duck ponds. Uncle Wig
gily did not care which kind Of an
adventure came to him SO long as
it was a jolly one.
Even if 1 meet any OF the Bad
Chaps" murmured Mr.. Longears
as he hoped along, it will not
bother me. I always get away from
them and many an adventure have
I had with the Fox, the Bob Cat
or the Wolf. I suppose I may ex-
pect one or all of them any mo-
ment now"
But for some reason or other
Uncle Wiggily saw neither the Fox,
the Wolf nor the Bob Cat with his
silly little tail. The rabbit did not
even see the sly Weasel popping
out from behind a bush. Uncle
Wiggily hoped over the fields, but
nothing happened. He hoped
through the woods but nothing
happened
The rabbit looked into a deep,
dark, dismal cave, but nothing
happened He hoped along beside
blue lake, but nothing happened.
He skipped along beside the river,
but nothing happened.
There is only one place left, -
said Uncle Wiggily to himself.
That is the duck pond. I have
never had any very exciting ad-
ventures at the duck pond but one
never can tell what is going to
happen. I remember once I found
four leaf clover in my back yard.
Uncle Wiggily had, some time De
fore this, hoped all over the fields
for miles and miles, looking for a
lucky four leaf clover but had
found none until, returning TO his
bungalow. tired and sad, he picked
the wonderful clover right at his
back door,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
REVIFING THE WEST

THE Old West type of lawleSsness, be-
l lieved dead in this age of fast moving
autos radios and machine guns, bobbed
to life yesterday in Hatch, New Mexico,
where bank was robbed
Usually modern bank robbery accounts
tell of slick looking youths entering with
machine guns, getting their loot and dis
appearing in a high powered car manned
by confederates. The majority of such
rObberies are planned in such a way that
there is only a minimum danger attached
to those engaged in them.
Yesterdays occurrence was strictly III
the old style. A lone cowpuncher,
mounted on horse and making no at
tempt to disguise himself, entered the
bank, made his demands, got his money,
informed the banker he might answer
the telephone, which rang just at the
wrong moment, then darted out the door,
jumped on his horse and disappeared.
We realize that such an incident may
have no place in the editorial columns
of a paper, but it deserves some COM
ment because of its radical difference
from the usual. Also we are so fed up
on yarns about the pale-faced drug
charged, slick-haired rats who usually
engage in this sort of thing that there
is something akin to pleasure in think
ing of the SHINING cowpuncher. He at
least took chance and had the courage
to depend upon himself to see him
through his crisis.
A bank robbery is crime, no matter
how it is engineered, and it merits only
condemnation. As good citizen and
upholder of law enforcement we hope
the law catches the bandit and gives
him his just deserts. But remembering
the youngster who used to read dime
novels whenever the parental attention
was engaged elsewhere, we are tempted
to hope-it will have to be guessed.
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If Amelia can dance as well as she
flies, Edward Albert must have had
good time.
1.-TWO heads are better than one so
maybe John Bull and Uncle Sam can
fix up this relief business.
1t begins to look as though Brother
Hitler is going to have the last laugh
on a lot of us critics
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
UNCLE WIGGILY'S BUNDLE BEE

Bright and shining was the sun
when Uncle Wiggily hoped out OF
his hollow stump bungalow one
morning. The sun was almost as
bright as the pink twinkle on the
end of the rabbit gentleman's nose.
What a lovely day. exclaimed
Mr.. Longears as he hoped over
the fields and through the woods.
Surely I shall have some jolly ad-
ventures today. Perhaps something
wonderful may happen.'
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

at the levee. Eight thousand sacks
of sand dumped in the gap finally
stemmed the flow.
The river was receding today and
danger was believed past.
Had the Moore COW not strayed,
or had the boys been a half hour
later, it was estimated 10000 acres
would have been flooded with dam
age exceeding 81 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
Three Youngsters
Perish In Flames

KENNEWICK, Wash, June 2.
(U.p)-While their parents franti-
cally battled to save them, three
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ.
Franklin were burned to death to-
day in a fire that RACED their
home.
The three boys, Donald, %; Roy
IA, and LaGrande, IL, apparently
were trapped in their quarters by
falling timber and flames that
rapidly burned through the two
story structure.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

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Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

Bumbler. So Uncle Wiggily took
him home, carrying him in a little
box made from soft birch bark.
Uncle Wiggily was glad he had the
adventure at the duck pond, The
Bundle Bee was given some sugar
water for his supper and that night,
when all was dark and quiet in the
bungalow something very strange
happened You shall hear about
it tomorrow night when the story
will be about Uncle Wiggilys alarm
clock. And 1 wish the goldfish
would stop making funny faces al
the. looking glass when the brush
is coming its hair.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

coin in 1860 and 1864, and was a
cavalry troop captain in the civil
war.
The way he is going about his
fight for the nomination while tied
down in Washington is reflected
by the postage paid business reply
card enclosed in the campaign
letters. 1t has space for the name
and address Of the hoped for
supporter" and in addition the
names and addresses of friends
who have promised they will sup
port Grail
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
MAYFLOWER OKEH

HARTFORD, Conn. U,R) - Gov.
Wilbur L. Cross has been accepted
as a member of the Connecticut
Society of MayfloWer Descendants,
being ninth in descent from Will
liam Bradford, first governor OF
Massachusetts.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
Doctor Interested
In Press Picture

A pleasant surprise awaited DR..
J. F. Foncannon when he opened
up his copy of The Press last night
and recognized in the picture Of
the young lady on page two, his
second COUSIN, Marie Homer, daugh-
ter of the famous singer, Louise
Homer. who is to marry Robert
Warner of Boston.
Madame Louise Homer's mother
and Doctor Foncannon's father
were sister and brother, making the
local doctor a first cousin of Ma
dame Homer.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
BOYS AND cow
CREDITED WITH
SAVING BLYTHE

BLYTHE, Calf, June 2. U.P)-
Two boys and a placid dairy COW
were credited today with having
saved the Palo Verde Valley from
inundation by Colorado River flood
waters.
AS more than 5000 persons
breathed freely once more after
"a hours of terror, they paid honor
to William Harold Hayes, IL; Fred
die Moore, 8, and the Moore fam
lily COW.
Pursuing the COW Tuesday eve
ming at milking time, the boys
found her drinking from a ditch
where no water should be. River
wise, they investigated, found water
roaring through a break in the
levee and ran to spread the alarm.
A shrieking fire whistle sum-
moned ali available men in Blythe
This crew, augmented as the night
wore on by recruits from through
out the valley, battled desperately
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
TEN YEARS AGO
June 2, 1922

That Ell Centre may land the
proposed date packing house was
indicated this morning when $4,000
was donated toward a plant to be
located here.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
June 9 1917

In this issue of The Press ap-
pears the largest advertisement
which has ever been placed in one
newspaper in Imperial county by one
advertiser. The advertisement
comprises % full columns of space
and is done in two colors. Varney
Brother & Co. made the claim for
the honor.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

A new soap plant at Ontario,
San Bernardino county, will use
citrus juices in their soap blends.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

Ten carloads of cantaloupes, the
first to leave the valley this sea-
son, were shipped from Brawley
last night. The cars were made
up of pool shipments.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

The grammar school is soon to
face the imperative need of en-
larged facilities for the Booker T..
Washington school on the east side.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
June 2, 1912

The fourth annual commence
ment exercises of Central Union
High school filled the State Street
Christian church last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

Childrens day will be observed
at the churches of this city this
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

If Amelia can dance as well as she
flies, Edward Albert must have had a
good time.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

1.-TWO heads are better than one SO
maybe John Bull and Uncle Sam can
fix up this relief business.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-02

1t begins to look as though Brother
Hitler is going to have the last laugh
on a Lot of US critics.
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The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Advice to the
Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
He Wants His Own Way

ne wants his OWn way
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 10 and in love with a
boy Of 20. He has asked me
to marry him, but he hasn't a
steady job or any job at all
right now, and doesn't speak to
his father. His mother is dead.
I do not make very much, and
of course we'd have to live
in a furnished room - and
starve if he doesn't find work.
MY parents are very much
against it, and have forbidden
me to see him until he has
made UP his difference with
his father and gotten a job.
He is veIy stubborn and wants
his own way, and has threat
ened all sorts of things If I do
not marry him.
TROUBLED.
No wonder you are troubled
my dear, if you are consider
ing such a thing as marriage
with this irresponsible boy.
There might be one chance in
a hundred that he would make
good after you are married,
but I would say you would be
taking q big chance.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
THE MURDER OF THE NIGHT CLUB LADY " By Ano
How Thatcher Colt Solved
a Spectacular Crime

At last he rose and addressed
DR.. Multooler.
"You will send down both
bodies to the morgue and have
a full report for me by morn
ing" the commissioner re-
uuested. 1T seems to be muir
der, gentlemen, with a superior
technic. We shall have to work
fast. am relying on you, Null
tooler, to discover exactly how
those girls died."
"I will do my BEST" promised
the big physician earnestly.
A few minutes later, two men
in white coats carried away all
that remained of Lola CareWe
and Christine Quires, wrapped
naked in sheets. Colt turned
again to Flynn.
"Will you get hold Of Adams
and Thompson, and have them
bring their machines up here?"
he asked suddenly.
Flynn closed one eye in great
excitement.
"Machines-are you going to
try that, chief?" he gasped.
"Try whatP" barked Dough
erty.
But Flynn was already on the
telephone, and Colt was at the
threshold of Lola's rocco bed
room. where Doctor Baldwin and
Detective Dorothy Lox had been
attending the stricken mother.
eff Mrs. Carewe is conscious I
shall have to speak to her now,"
announced Colt grimly.
Baldwin seemed about to pro-
test. Then he shrugged his
shoulders helplessly.
"YeS-that is all right" he as
sented, and without another
word the doctor left the apart
ment, shadowed as before. Note
paper in hand, I sat beside the
bed in Lola'S room as Colt began
again to question the pale and
haggard Mrs. Carewe, who lay
there staring with miserable
eyes blindly up at the ceiling.
Nov, Mrs. Carewe," Colt be-
gan quietly, laying his hand
kindly on the old lady's head,
'tell me in a few words what
happened just now in your
room"
An Awful Sight
The old woman struggled up
ward and rested her weight on
her elbow.
'sIt was awful" she rumbled,
her voice deep in her throat. "I
had felt hysterical-after you
Continued on 2nd Comic P0se) }
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Washington Fashions
By WILMA LAVILLE

We're just beginning to real
ize the significance Of capes.
When reports Of the Paris open
ings came through, and they
said again and again that short
capes were the sensation Of
many collie tions, we just
couldn't realize how many there
were. But now that we're get
ting more of them here, now
that women are buying them
and wearing them, we realize
how smart they are, and how
much they are going to mean in
the months to come. They'll
probably lengthen out for fall,
but right now the little short
shoulder cape adds swing to
many a frock, and more often
than not, the cape takes the
place Of sleeves.
Apple COlors
One of the newest and clever.
est treatments is an ensemble
with cape sleeves in both dress
and coat. We found a beauti-
full example of this fashion,
and sketched it for today. The
coat is a lovely apple green silk
crepe, with open, full cape
sleeves that give plenty Of room
beneath for the same type
sleeves in the dress, but not
quite as full.
The dress is white crepe,
and the color Of the coat is
repeated in the huge fluffy
green and apple red flowers,
grouped at the neckline in
front. They are made Of the
material of the costume, and
have the Silagginess Of large
chrysanthemums. The back Of
the coat is interesting, cut in
a big diamond, and the coat
may be worn open, swagger
fashion, or held closed. The
crepe is interesting, too, sheer
canton, supple and heavy, yet
smooth, and not too bulky.
Town or Country
This is a marvellous resort
costume, and it will also be
splendid for Washington after.
moons wien summer comes.
It makes a good costume for
tea at the club, but as it has
a coat, may also appear with
perfect decorum on the street.
It's just as smart without the
coat as it is with it, though
the coat is too attractive to
leave off much of the time.
For the name Of the store
where ~Ou can find this suit,
or for help with your personal
fashion problems, write Miss
Laville, enclosing a Self-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope, or
call District 526O, extension
4S0A y ---.--.-
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Your Health and Diet
By Logan CIendening, M. D.

Weight will naturally be re-
duced faster by augmenting
diet with exercise.
The following exercise carried
out in the bedroom on arising
and on retiring is useful for
this purpose:
l. Stand erect, arms at sides.
Raise arms in circular motion
straight over head 20 times.
2. Clench fists and extend
arms vigorously straight for
ward 20 times, to the side, even
with the shoulders, 20 times,
and straight above the head 20
times.
3. Arms extended over head,
bend over and touch the toes
Cor as near as possible) 20
times.
4. Go through the motions
Of skipping rope 100 times.
II you go through these eXer-
cises morning and evening and
stay strictly on your diet at
the same time, you will lose an
extra third of a pound a day.
Exercise before going to bed
is especially useful for the re-
ducer because there is ordi-
narily a long stretch of in
activity from supper to break
fast, during which absorption
Of nourishment and accumula-
ton of fat is going on.
Dancing is good exercise for
the overweight for this reason,
because dancing is usually an
evening diversion. If the heavy
weight fears ridicule by dancing
in public, turn on the radio
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

and dance alone, where no one
but the family will jeer.
HOLLYWOOD 1S-DAY DIET
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Days
Breakfast is the same all 1S
dayS-half of a grapefruit with
out sugar and a slice of butter
less toast, washed down with
one cup of coffee, containing
one teaspoon of sugar and one
teaspoon of cream.
Fourth Day
Luncheon-One half grape
fruit, whole tomato, dressing;
three tablespoons cottage cheese,
whole wheat bread, toasted;
coffee.
Dinner-Large T-bone steak,
broiled; watercress, toast, cof-
fee, one-half grapefruit.
Fifth Day
Luncheon-Orange, one lamb
chop, broiled; one-half head let
tuce, dressing; toast, coffee.
Dinner-One-haf grapefruit,
two eggs, boiled or poached;
one-half head lettuce, tomato
dressing; toast, coffee.
Sixth Day
Luncheon - Orange, toast,
coffee.
Dinner-Two poached eggs,
one slice toast; coffee, orange.