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Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-17
Fat Boys Take
Opening Game

Opening their season against
traditional rivals, the Maggie Fat
Boys of Ell Centro yesterday jour-
neyed to Brawley to defeat the
Brawley Colored Giants IL to 5
on the Giants home baseball
field.
A large crowd witnessed this
game, which was the first of the
winter hard ball season in Imperial
Valley. The Maggie team will play
each Sunday hereafter.
Hits during the game were re-
flected in the final score, the Fat
Boys collecting IA and Brawley
getting 6. Stark and F. Smith
pitched for Maggie and Priest
caught. Smith allowed only two
hits in his six innings on the
mound.
Home runs fell to the lot of For
shey, Priest and Ehmke. Greater
experience and better spirit ac-
counted for the Maggie victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-17
Offer Chocolate
Bout On Coast

LOS ANGELES, oct. 17-UP)-
A second offer for Kid Chocolate,
recognized by the New York box
ing commission as featherweight
champion to participate in a titu-
lar bout here was wired the Gu
ban today by promoter Jack Doyle.
Doyle asked Chocolate. to meet
the winner of the Baby Arizmen-
di--Newsboy Brown fight which
will be staged here tomorrow night
and recognized by the California
commission as title bout.
Chocolate last week rejected
Doyle's $4,000 offer to meet Ariz-
mendi who is recognized by the
California commission as cham
pion. The proposed bout would be
staged next month.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-17
Here And There
In Sport World
BY Unired FresS

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17.-Windy
Lindstrom of Oakland was crowned
king of the vertical" motorcycle
riders yesterday when he captured
first place in the main profession
al event in the Weldon canyon
motorcycle hill climb near San Fer
nando. He completed the rs de-
gree ascent in IL seconds. Joe
Petrello, national champion of Mil
waukee, was second, and Bob
Keller, Glendale, third.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17.-Earl
Brentlinger led a field of IL start
erS across the finish line to take
first place in the main event of the
auto race program at Culver City
speedway yesterday. Brentlinger
drove the 30 lap distance in 21:27.5,
squirting into the lead at the Both
lap. He led L. M. Clark across the
finish line. Curly Mills was third.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. II. Led
by Tom Red" Guy, the Uplifters
club defeated Los Indios, 6 to 4,
in polo game on the Uplifters'
field here yesterday.
From the No. 3 post, Guy scored
four goals, leaving the other two
to his teammate, Winslow Felix.
Guy was the principal factor in
the Los Indios' downfall, his goals
in the early chukkers giving his
team a safe lead which they chung
to for the rest Of the game.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-Art Placcy,
%, Waukegan, ILL.,, was killed when
his racing car overturned in a 10
mile race at the Roby-Chicago
speedway yesterday.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE Green
Bay Packers, national professional
football league champions for the
past three years, today appeared
heading to their fourth straight
title. Tht Packers defeated the
Chicago Bears, 20, before 10000
persons Sunday at Wrigley field.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.-Jack
Dempsey will referee the 10 round
bout tonight between Tommy
Loughran, former Philadelphia
light heavyweight champion, and
Stanley Poreda, Jersey City, N. J..
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-17
Santa Clara Beats
San Diego Marines

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17-UR)-The
University of Santa Clara encoun-
tered little opposition in the San
Diego Marines as the latter went
down to defeat 80 to in a football
game here yesterday afternoon.
Santa Clara played without the
services of two of its backfield
aces, Paglia and O'Donnell, but
managed to operate an efficient
scoring machine against the stub
born but outclassed Devil Dogs.
The Broncs pushed over their first
touchdown early in the first quar-
ter when Sobrero hurled a "a yard
pass TO Slayich, end, who scam
pered six yards TO cross the goal.
Their last score was registered in
the last minute Of play, again on
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-17
SPORTS PARADE
OFFERS VARIETY
IN T0DAY'S NEWS
By HENRY McLFMCRE
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-THE high
est compliment possible was paid
TO the Army Pittsburgh game of
Saturday by one Of the customers
who at the close of the contest,
turned to a neighbor and said: 1T
was worth the climb"
The climb referred to is tiiat
back-breaking mountain trail as
cension necessary to reach Niche
stadium. where the Army does its
footballing. The train from New
York drops its West Point custo-
mers right on the banks of the
Hudson. The stadium is on the
exact center OF a nearby peak that
lacks only a few feet and a couple
of bucketfuls Of snow to double
for Mount Everett.
More than one man has arrived
for an Army game only to take a
look al that climb and pull out
a deck of cards and start a game
Of solitaire. And many of the
hadier souls who essay the climb
regret. after the first hour, that
they didn't stay behind and kibitz
the solitaire player. The ascension
TO Niche stadium is divided,
roughly, into four stages.
The first half hour of scramb-
ling through the underbrush brings
one to the mezzanine. Another
steady 30 minutes of pounding
through the beeches. cedars and
scrub redwoods and you're at the
first balcony. This point is some
three miles above sea level and is
known as the lookout" 1t is
called the lookout" because a crop
of trained Army observers is sta
toned here to sweep the surround
ing country for exhausted strag-
glers.
Soldiers On Guard
After an hour of rest here, you
are usually ready to head up the
mountain toward the third step, or
the top balcony. This is generally
recognized as the most gruelling
lap of them all for its natural
hardships are doubled by several
items. One of these items is the
presence of regular soldiers scat
tered here and there through the
bushes. 1t is their business to see
that none of the climbers pick the
well-defined trails that lead up the
mountain. Let a climber sidestep
bramble bush or a boulder big
enough to be Gibraltar''s blood
brother, and a soldier will step out
and order the spectator to go hack
and fight through the bramble,
scramble over the boulder. Another
Misunderstanding item on this lap is
that a paved road runs alongside
it. It is very damaging to the
morale of the climbers as they
sweat and toll up the prtcipitous
slope to see a general and his lady
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-17
Spangler Takes
San Jose Race

SAN JOSE. Calf, Oct. 17.-U.H
Lester Spangler won the l00-lap
feature automobile race here yes
terday in 25 minutes, 46.2 second.
Ernie Triplett finished second
and Boyd Axel third Kelly Pc
tillo leaped frem his machine to
safety on the SIND lap when the
car burst into flames.
Herk Edwards won one of the
five lap dashes in 2:20 Clay Bush
man was slightly injured when his
car sideswiped one driven by Ralph
Gregg.
Ted Horn won the second five
lap event in PIGS
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-17

a pass THROWN by Sobrero and good
for 20 yards.
Sobrero, half back, was the out
standing star in the Santa Clara
lineup supported by Bill Denser,
his running mate.
The game was 'breather" for
Coach Maurice Smiths men, in
preparation for their fortlHcom-
ing game with their arch rivals,
ST. Mary's.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-17
ACTRESS MAKES NO GAIN

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17.-UP)-
Bell Bennett, stage and screen ac-
tress, making a valiant fight for
her life at Cedars of Lebanon hos
pital, was reported in an "un-
changed condition" today by her
physician, DR.. Leon Tiber.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-17

Some 10000 lambs from Nevada
and Northern California are being
fattened on Ladino Glove" at OAK
dale, Stanislaus county.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Functional Building

Speaking of new housing plans for cities.
business writer says that they will prob
ably bring in new architecture, "func-
tional'' in nature. Whatever beauty there
may be. he thinks, will have to be confined
to the beauty of straight lines. planes and
cubes. "Old-fashioned ornament will be
missing. When the buildings are finished.
they probably will be discovered to be me-
chanstie, functional, international. The
houses will be pure machines for living,
fabricated under rigorous formulas of eco
Monies and building production which will
seek to show that even people of average
income can live decently under capitalism.
There is tendency already to overdo this
modernist business of straight lines. planes
and cubes. A lot of things are made unnee-
cessarily geometrical. Thus we have TIL
angles. squares, etc. stuck onto lamps vases
and furniture without any regard to the
\ natural organic shape they might fall into
if the maker were starting without any pre-
conceived notions. In general. though the
new architecture, severely plain and fitting
form to function, is likely to be an improve
ment over the queer curlieues and vestigial
remains that we have spread over our houses
in the last generation or two in the name Of
architecture. Better strip off all ornaments
than put on those that have no function or
fitness and don't mean anything.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
War Talk

There has been a new wave of war talk
lately. since the League of Nations commits
sion. with an American participating. pub
lished its Manehurian report. There is such
talk in Japan and in this country. The
United States is said. by an unusually we'll
informed correspondent at Washington. to
be in real danger of being dragged or
rushed into an unwanted war"
The best thing for Americans to do right
now is to lay off such talk and tend their
knitting. The next step is for the League
of Geneva. whose assembly must act on that
report. We have no voice in the assembly
Let the League act then we can talk about it
some more.
In the meantime we have our domestic
affairs to look after. We have national
campaign in progress. and we are just be-
ginning to emerge from a great business
calamity. This is no time to fight Japan
or to tell that country where to get off. or
to talk big in any way. 1t is time to set
our own house in order. Let US do that,
meanwhile giving the fiery Japs chance to
cool off. After that, war may look less
inevitable from either viewpoint Ways
can be foud. and probably will be, to settle
the Far-Eastern problem without resortns
to the one remedy that never cures anything.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14

The Census Bureau reports that married
women in industry show decided increase.
Many are probably Of the opinion that be-
cause of the general lack of employment.
with married women dropped from many
industries to give jobs to men. fewer NAT
ried women are holding positions But se-
eordins to statistics this Is not the case. An
article states that the 1880 figures show 1879
per cent of the employed women in the
country in that year were married. while
in 1890 only 1879 had husbands. In 1929.
l,92o2s1 out of S.346.796 had jobs; in
1910, l.S90.66l out of 7.639.S28: in
1900, 769.447 out of 4,997.4l5; and in
1890, 5l5.260 out of 3;7l2.l44. were
employed. The figures give an idea of the
strides married women have made in the
industrial field. The statistics also show
that fair proportion of these women were
also running their households in satisfae-
tory manner.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Better Health

In one respect particularly this depression
period is amazing. City after city reports
better health conditions than it enjoyed in
good times. 1t has been taken for granted
in the past that hard times. bringing priva-
ton. spread sickness and death.
New York is the latest community to sup
port this paradox. Never. says its health
department. have its people had such good
health as this year. How account for IL
The Times quotes the usual explanation Of
simpler living. less drinking and over-eatins
and late hours. more rest. people driven to
take care OF themselves.
The Times. though. has another sugges'
ton - that people are in better health be-
cause they have been thinking and fussins
less about themselves and more about other
people. There may be something TO IL. Doc
tors. nurses and ministers usually seem to
keep up better Than other people.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Ashamed To Spend?

A teacher whose salary was not much
reduced until this term said about year
ago that she thought it was duty to con-
tinue normal living, spending as she had
been accustomed to spending, maintaining
her home, her car and her clothing accord
ing to her means. She was hampered in this
by the attitude of her friends, some of whom
were facing difficulties with their greatly
lowered incomes, but many of whom were
teachers in the same position as herself.
Their attitude toward her if she bought any
thing or did anything which cost money
was one of amazement and outright dis
approval.
1t may be that sort of thing that has in
spired the campaign to encourage retail
spending by those who can afford it and
to defeat the psychology which makes people
ashamed to buy car or build a house.
Every community needs to have houses
built. cars bought other markets stimulated
by normal trade. boarding has been one
fthe aggravating influences of these
troubled years. Because many who might
have spent normally have been deferred
through fear or through the pressure of pub
lie disapproval, their money withheld from
trade has merely made matters worse.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
A{!gpo|IH[d| EoNipsg 1852

New Jersey is likely to vote the
same ticket as New York, as It
has in the last nine elections. 1t
Is we'll to remember that the two
states have gone republican in every
two-party presidential contest OF
the. last 40 years and that there
/ Is no assurance that they will now
change, although the prospects are
definitely brighter.
The chances would seem to be
that AL Smith ana Franklin "Old
Potato" Roosevelt. pulling togeth-
er, can hold their own home state.
They are the two smarteS poll
ticians of the period. They miss
very few tricks and make hardly
any breaks.
They have a high-grade state
ticket in Lieut.-Gov. Lehman and
Senator Wagner. And each man
has a remarkable record of VIC
tory In the Empire State, Smith
through his successive elections
as governor and Roosevelt in his
success against the Hoover land
slide Of 1928 and his own plural
ity Of 725,000 for governor in 1880.
The big reconciliation act at
the state convention seemed to
have been timed exactly to offset
the publicity on Hoover's highly
important speech at Des Moines,
reminiscent of Roosevelt's trick in
the time of the Hoover acceptance
speech. The anti-Hoover press
took advantage Of the "old potato"
performance to subordinate the
Des Moines speech. Good as the
speech was, and encouraging as
was the western venture to the
president, Al and Frank put on
q show to match It. II they are
going to be nosed out Of the cleo
ton it will require a brilliant piece
Of outsmarting.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Lower Tax Appraisals

There are two ways of getting at the evil
of excessive taxation. One is through reduc-
ton of public budgets, the other through re-
duction of tax duplicates. With the former.
generally speaking, the country has not been
having much luck.
TaX-spending bodies, from Congress to
village councils, continue spending on the
old scale as long as they can get money to
do it with, This results from the love of
public jobs and political power and the in
ertia of public bureaucracy. The latter
method offers more hope. and is being ap-
piled more extensively.
1t does little good if. when property ap-
praisals have been lowered. tax rates are
raised, But when the rates remain station
airy and valuations are slashed. the tax
spenders are compelled to turn thrifty. Their
support is cut from under them There is
another merit to this process. 1t tends to
bring, tax valuations into harmony with
actual values. Lately they have been badly
out of step.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Boom In Old Autos

It is said that before the present govern
ment tax on automobiles went into effect,
there were two new cars being sold for every
old one Since. there have been two old
ones sold for every new one. Here is an
interesting problem for backyard economists.
Also for motor magnates and statesmen.
1t is evident that the sale of new cars has
been retarded by the tax. and thereby re-
covery of the motor industry is retarded. 1t
becomes an open question whether 1t is not
desirable to remove the tax in order to pro-
mote new production, helping a major in
dustry adm thus contributing to the restora-
ton of general business. AS for those used
cars. they become at the same time greater
pest and more interesting problem than
ever. How long can they keep on running!
How many times is a car going to change
hands until it finally goes to the junk pile!
The life of cars is obviously heightened
though in many cases you can hardly call it
life. The psychology of the ear-buyer. too
is undergoing remarkable change. Motor
lists who formerly would never take second
look at anything but new car and thought
they needed one every two or three years.
now paint up the old bus and keep on run
ming it without shame turning it in eventu-
ally on a used car only little better than
their own When and if the tide turns,
what market there will be! There are in
this country at least 100000 cars that
ought to be junked tomorrow morning.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Iowa's Corn Problem

The corn from ten acres will keep an
average farm house warm throughout the
winter, say the Iowa farmers who have this
year the biggest crop in the states history.
The question of using that crop for fuel
is now being seriously debated. Those who
favor burning the corn point out that the
prices it would bring in the market are the
lowest in years. ; or IA cents bushel. Get
ting rid of the surplus by burning it might
raise the price of what is left Besides, the
farmers are hard up. Buying coal is out OF
the question with some of them. hose
who have no wood lots of their own have
to buy that fuel, too. so that substituting
their corn for it seems reasonable. Eng neers
at the State College have made tests which
indicate the corn as fuel would be as cheap
as Iowa-mined coal and cheaper than coal
imported from other states.
The other side of the picture is clearly
painted by opponents of combining. In
the first place. they say. it would be more
profitable TO farmers to feed that cheap
corn to livestock and market it as meat. II
only the moldy and unmarketable corn is
used for fuel. the rest might profitably be
saved for future marketing. And there IS
also the question OF the Iowa coal miners.
Why throw them out Of work by refusing
10 use their product
Right now il seems important TO Iowans
10 solve the immediate problems OF wha,
10 do with their corn and how 10 keep wsfm
during the winter. The real problem IS
more fsr-fssebing. IL deals with the exist
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14

One of the most famous of American
paintings, Whstler's Mother" is to be
borrowed from the Louvre in Paris. where it
has been for seven years and will be brought
to this country for exhibition in the Museum
of Modem Art in New York city next
month. 1t may surprise some to know that
this will be the first time this painting has
been shown in America since 1882. Before
the French acquired it this familiar paint
ing had been Offered for sale in this country
and England at very low price. 1t was
PAINTED in 1870 or 1871. and was rejected
by the Royal Academy in London. later ae-
cepted, however.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
NOTHING DOING
(Hartford Times)

Most Of the state, probably. will
approve Governor Cross decision
not to call special session OF the
legislature to aid various cities and
towns during the depression crisis.
The survey Of municipalities, made
by the governors agent. Angus p.
Thorne, Of Bridgeport, shows that
the cities generally, he asserts, will
need aid after January first. Until
then 1t seems that they will man
age to get along. The legislature
meets regularly early in January.
Mr. Thorne's report Is not too
pleasant in the reading. He states
that the number employed has re-
leased about 81 per cent in the
last two years; that the man-hours
of those employed have decreased
by about 40 per cent; that 5000,
or 1885, 14.5 per cent Of the
aggregate population of 81 towns,
were receiving relief in the month
of June, 1882. Discontinuance of
work relief has taken place In near
ly every city, because 1t costs al
most twice as much to administer
as direct relief. In direct relief 81
per week per person Is spent for
food in New Haven; In other cities
from 80 cents to 81.
The nearly 100000 persons are
not living very high as far as food
Is concerned. or In any other way.
Sometimes we wonder whether
society has been doing full justice
to the plight of the unemployed
who have been put into want and
humiliation without any fault OF
their own. Private charity has been
marvelously attentive and kind.
municipalities have expended large
ly, in many cases beyond their i'm
mediate means. But the resources
of Connecticut are great. Have the
people who have Jared relatively
we'll during the difficult times ap-
preciated as they should their own
good fortune, and have they taken
to heart as they should the dis
tress of the unfortunate?
The last legislature undertook
nothing in spirit more than the
municipalities have been doing. A
special session would not change
the record. We fear that the hegu-
lar session may leave 1t undisturb-
ed. satisfied to loan and. IL need
be. to dole; unable to do any mend
ing. without scolding at the con.
dition, which is easier to point out
than to remedy, we are not moved
to applaud 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
FRIDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1882
OuarrelIing Lake Ports

Several of the states bordering on the
Great Lakes. holding that their water fronts
and traffic are injured by Chieago's exees-
siye distraction of water from Lake Michi-
gan, have asked the United States Supreme
Court to appoint an administrator for the
Chicago sanitary district. to enforce the
courts order for reduction of water diver
sion. Of this proceeding the Chicago Tri-
bune says:
1t should be suggested to the opposition
states that they are going about the affair
in the wrong way. They should join in OBJ
tanning for the district loan from the K.
r. c. to complete the sewage disposal works
and from Congress the purchase of the Chi
cago drainage canal. which is the northern
terminal of the Gulf waterway now being
completed by federal engineers. The people
of Chicago and of Illinois have taxed them
selves to give the nation water transporta-
ton from the Mississippi to the Lakes, an
extraordinary incident outside and not in
side the pork barrel.
In the end, the people of the opposition
states will find that they have more in COM
mon with Chicagos cause than their poll
ticians have taken into consideration
There will be many critical rejoinders.
no doubt, to this statement. Other lake
cities will tell Chicago that what Chicago
taxed herself for, in building her drainage
canal was to get rid of her sewage by the
easiest way. and that hooking up that drain
age ditch with the Mississippi waterway
was thrifty afterthought. They will not
want to work with Chicago They will
want to put the screws on her, as regards
water diversion and expense.
Nevertheless there is good sense in the
Tfibune's observation that the opposition
states have more in common with Chicago
than their spokesman realize or admit Other
Great Lakes ports and their hlnterlands
SHOULD have natural interest in the Mis-
sinippi outlet. second only to their interest
in the St Lawrence outlet. As for Chicago
herself, she might we'll show greater toler-
ance for, and interest in. the St Lawrence
route which should be as valuable to her as
the Mississippi route. The Great Lakes
region is going to need both. Why fight
about it?