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Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08
Damages Sought
For Road Crash

An automobile accident in San
Diego county, at the intersection
OF the Bostonia and Ell Cajon-
Lakeside highways last October 2,
yesterday afternoon caused a civ
il action for $446.15 sought by James
H. Hare in complaint against
Annette Damron.
George Hare was driving James
car with the latter's knowledge
and consent, according to the COM
plant, when the Hare automobile
and one driven by the defendant
collided Carelessness. and negli-
eence on her part are blamed for
the accident.
Damages are sought only for
damage to the Hare automobile
and for loss of its use during the
time it was being repaired. Ken.
dali B. Perkins is attorney for
Hare.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
TANMANY ON THE JOB

TAMMANY, the somewhat mysterious
and highly efficient political organi-
cation which has dominated New York
Clty's politics for more than a century.
is still in the saddle and riding full
blast.
The Wigwam", as it is sometimes
called, may have its family fights and
bitter internal political feuds, but in the
end things always come out all right
for Tammany.
It's latest coup is the sidetracking of
Jimmy Walker as a possible candidate
for the job from which he was recently
ousted-mayor of the nations largest
city. The courts have ordered special
election to be held at the same time as
the presidential election
Walker, now enroute from Europe,
was supposed to be candidate but
when Tammany sized the situation up it
decided that Walker had best be for
gotten, and it drafted" Surrogate John
P. O'Brien as a surprise" candidate,
who appeared at the party convention
with his acceptance speech in his pocket.
While Tammany took licking in the
state earlier in the week, when Al Smith
and Franklin Roosevelt united to force
the nomination of their candidate for
governor against Tammany's candidate,
1.-THE Wigwam" was not particularly
alarmed. 1t is not so much interested
in upstate politics as it is in the bust
ness of running New York City.
And while on the surface this dicta-
ton to Tammany by Smith and Roose-
welt looks like disciplining Tammany,
for national campaign purposes, 1T
could very we'll be cut and dried pro-
position, like O'Brien's nomination.
Joseph V. Mckee, who has been act
ing as mayor since Walker resigned,
was passed by entirely. And he has
made pretty good mayor in the short
time he has been in action. Too good,
apparently, for Tammany to like. He'll
get his old job back-president of the
board of aldermen.
When the smoke caused by the little
fuses at Albany and New York have
blown away, Roosevelt, Smith, Walker,
Curry, Mckee and O'Brien will all be
found together-working for and with
Tammany.
Thank heaven the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation chose ito force, that
S8O,0CO,000 loan upon Charlie Dawes
and not upon US.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08
NEW BOOKS AT
CITY LIBRARY
Fiction

Fiction
"Sons" by Pearl Buck, a sequel
to the Pulitzer prize novel; Good
Earth; "Undertow", by Hamilton
Gibbs, an intimate study of sem
sitive Englishman; The Death Of
Monsieur Gallett" by Georges Sim
con; the first of series of de-
tective stories; THE Burning
Bush, by Sigred Undset; this con-
tinues the story of 1.-The Wild Or
chid".
NOn-Fiction
Memoirs of Diplomat" by
Constantin Dumba; former ambas-
sador from Austria Hungarip.
Public Speaking for Business
Men, by VIM. G. Hoffman; "Hol-
land, by Karl Shelter. Living
Creatively', by Kirby Page.
These books are put into circu-
lation Saturday morning. The
nom fiction has been on inspection
for a week so that the public may
have a chance to examine the
books and leave reservations for
any titles desired. There is a
charge of five cents to reserve fic-
tion and in the future nominal
charge of two cents will be made
to reserve non-fiction.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08
Don't Quote Me-
) By United Press

vice has wiped out that source of
accidents. This is the twenty first
safety congress Gilbert has attend
ed. which is the organizations rec
ord. He has collected 500 jokes
which he uses to illustrate the
scores of safety talks he is making
constantly.
The recent Hoover broadcast at
Des Moines was first suggested for
9 p. m. Central Time, but some
corn belt Republican politicians
forced a change on the ground
that many farmers would be in BED
by that time and the hour was
changed to 7:30 p. m.
Secretary of War Hurley has a
new tenant in the Shoreham Of
flee building of which he is part
owner. The federaI reserve board
has rented a floor and a half and
is Just moving its research division
and the disision of bank operations
from another private office build
ing. When Hurley entered the cab
met he disposed of his holdings in
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08
UNCLE WIGGILY'S COCOANUI

Twill you have some dessert with
you tea, my dear?" asked Uncle
Wiggily's wife as he was eating ii
the hollow stump bungalow one
day.
Have you any cake?" asked the
rabbit gentleman.
mo CAKE answered MRS. Long
ears.
mo teal" said her husband firm
and decided like.
"Oh, do take a cup of teal" she
begged. 1T will do you good"
I'D take tea if you had cake, y
said he.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08
House On Wheels
Reported Stolen

When Pat Inaanum starts out
to look for a house, he does it up
in a grand manner.
Pat is looking for house today,
and he has enlisted the aid of the
sheriff's office and various police
departments. 1t is not known how
many members of the American Le-
gion are aiding in the hunt.
But Pat had the house once, and
lost it. 1t was on wheels. And some
one else moved the house before
Pat got around to it-moved it
without Pats consent.
Pat had two houses to start with,
both on wheels. He purchased them
from M. T. Paul, who had used
them for a lemonade stand near
the old stage depot The houses
were on vacant lot near the tel
ephone office. Pat moved one
When he came back for the other
it was gone.
So the house hunter notified the
sheriff's office to be on the look
out for the house thieves
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-U.P)-
Secretary of Interior Wilbur, who
had been reading about the farm
ers' protests which were to greet
President Hoover at Des Moines,
greeted one of the returned White
House secret service men like this:
Hello, Colonel, didn't think
you'd get back alive"
The man who has done more to
solve the problem of what to do
with used safety razor blades turn
ed up here at the national safety
congress this week. His name is
Harry Gilbert. He is safety director
of the Pullman company with head
quarters at Chicago. He is the man
who has made the statisticians say
that a man is safer on the train
than in his own home. One Of his
achievements was pursuading the
Pullman company 70 put those lit
tie slots for discarded razor blades
in each Mushroom. Porters were be-
ing badly cut by used blades which
careless travellers would drop in
with the used towels. His little de-
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

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Citations.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Oct0her &. 1917

In valley church circle the inn
portant work tomorrow is the dedi-
cation of the new First Presbyter-
ian church at the corner of Sixth
Ind Orange streets. Dedicatory
services will take place at II o.
clock tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

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Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

The Apple Poultry and Rabbit
Show, which is an annual event
at Yucaipa, San Bernardino
county, will be held October 21-23.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08
Editorial Page
and
Features
HANDSHAKES

THE recent handshaking episode be-
Il tween Governor Roosevelt and AL
Smith has been given considerable pub
llclty, and is seen by many Democrats
as assuring victory in November. Strange
to say it has also given some weak
kneed Republicans bit of the filters.
But as Shakespeare said about name
what's in handshake?
Those familiar with the world of
sports know of the bitter feud that has
existed for years between Jack Demp-
sey and Jack Kearns, formerly as close
buddies as Al and Frank once were. Re-
Gently Dempsey hoped into New York
ring where Kearns was managing box
er and astounded all, including Kearns,
by shaking the latter's hand
Some saw in it the end of the Demp-
sey-Kearns feud. But they were in the
minority and apparently in the wrong
as well, for nothing has come of the
handshaking episode yet.
To cite another sports instance of all
not being as it seems, there is the Jack
Johnson-Jim Jeffries handshake. Since
the day Johnson defeated him at Reno
in 1910, Jeffries has hated the very
thought of the big colored boxer.
Early this year Jeffries was referee
ing fight in Los Angeles when john
son hoped into the ring to give the
usual good-luck wish to the contenders.
He walked over to Jeffries and stuck
out his hand. 1t was the first time they
had met in % years. Jeffries was put
ION the spot" before large crowd, and
he did the only thing that could be done.
He accepted the extended hand.
The crowd saw in it burial of the
hatchet, particularly as Jeffries half
grinned and said something to Johnson.
A sports writer, sitting close by, tells
what Jeffries said This doesn't go,
you know
Smith and Roosevelt were "on the
spot" at Albany, and both are politicians
enough to know that it wouldn't pay to
refuse a handshake. They could easily
have had their fingers crossed and it is
not impossible that Smith was saying,
This doesn't go, you know"
We don't know whether it is five or
six times that the Laborites have read
n j H. 1o,.@xy
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

Imperial Valley farmers have
found that yields of wheat prac-
tically equal those of barley under
similar conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

the Hurley Wright building here
because the government was a ten
ant.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

Vigorous enforcement of the
traffic laws in Ell Centre with the
falling of offenders is promised by
Chief of Police Matlock.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

We don't know whether it is five or
six times that the Laborites have read
Ramsay Macdonald out of the party.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

Valley is contained in resolution
passed last night by the Ell Centric
Chamber of Commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08
Looking Backward
Fhat the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
October &. 1912

The Southern Pacific company
today presented a proposition tc
sell the irrigation system to the
district on the basis of the COM
pany being paid $2,600,000, the
people of the valley to assume re-
sponsibility for other claims against
the district which aggregate near
ly million dollars. This would
make the possible purchase price
about three and a half million
dollars.
There are but four business build
ings on Main street without ar
cades. This has become the accept
ed form of architecture of all bus
mess buildings.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

If the women respond to Hoover's plea
for support as they did when he asked
them to conserve food, there'll be moth
ing to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

TEN YEARS AGO
October 8, 1922
Complete endorsement of the
cooperative association plan of
marketing products of Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-08

Thank heaven the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation chose ito force" that
S8O,OCO,O00 loan upon Charlie Dawes
and not upon u.s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

Red Cross Chapters in Connecticut owe a debt of gratitude tofRepresentative Angus tine Lonergan for his splendid work in se- curing distribution, of government wheat for the needy. It was Congressman Lonergan who introduced the bill in the House seeur- ing such free distribution. It was passed by both Houses and signed by President Hoover in the same spirit that 1t was intro dueed. Now Connecticut people. who are in dire straits due to lack of work are get ting grain free. Waterbury's consignment ar rived last week. as did those for other towns in the Naugatuek valley. There were l2.- 900 barrels guaranteed this state, which cer- tainIy ought to do an immense amount of good when 1t finds its way into homes whose cupboards are bare. In all Uncle Sam Twill distribute 40,000,000 bushels of whe4t It certainly is going to do more good in the homes of people in straitened circhmstances than in government granaries. Sueh efforts as Representative Lonergan's are9 going to do more for. the return of prosperity than any other relief work. Now if somebody would pass bill to distribute at modest charge per bottle all the contra band liquors that Uncle Sam impounds and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
\ Municipal Banking

Milwaukee has had a Socialist administra- ton for 16 years, but not much more actual Socialism than various other American cities. Boston and Detroit in some respects have gone as far or farther. Milwaukee's reputation as a Socialist city comes mainly from having had mayor of that political faith as its head. Daniel Webster Hoan. who has occupied the mayors chair during this whole period, being now reelected with Socialist council. proposes some more drastic applications of his principles.
 He would have the city retail coal and coke. establishe the six-hour day in municipal work and go into the banking business. This latter proposal is the most striking of all. There would be municipal savings bank and, if the necessary legislation could be ob- tained, the city would issue bank notes as the national banks do.
 This effort needless to say, will be op- posed more strenuously than any of the others. Aside from the general prejudice against anything called Soeialistc, it will be argued that the issuance of money Is too tempting and dangerous power to place in the hands of city governments. If 1t would work anywhere in the country, 1t would probably work in Milwaukee, but nearly all other cities would be afraid of it, and naturally private bankers would fight it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
Chicago Taxes

Chicago's taxpayers strike" is said to have been ended by the decision of the Ili- nois supreme court, reversing the decision of a lower court, which had held that assess ments of 1928, 1929 and 1930 were illegal because they were too high compared with taxes on personal property. It is cheerfully announced that this decision places the city and county on the way to normal condi- tion.' There seems to be hopeful assump- ton that the unpaid taxes for the last three or four years, amounting to couple of hundred millions, will now be paid, along with the present taxes due.
 To an outsider, this looks like unwar- ranted optimism. If the people who owed those taxes would not pay them even when they had the money, how are they going to pay them now. law or no law, when the money is mostly gone? The so-called tax payers trike. which extends pretty we'll over the country, has become less of deliberate withholding of tax payments than practical inability to pay them. Chicago can hardly be luckier in this respect than other cities.
 The worst thing about 1t is that nonpay ment of taxes, once started tends to become habit Except for bad laws and bad en- forcement. many communities would never have formed these bad habits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
Here, There And EDeryDhere

air conquest of uncharted polar regions, this time as citizen of the country which he has served so well, Bernt Balchen's name lends to the impending adventure the stabilizing influence of Viking quail itjes, and 8 brand of endurance and skill well proven in many worthwhile achievements.
 Tn the. field of exploration, the dream of to-day is the actuality of tomorrow. First of the explorers to foresee the future for flying in nigh attitudes was Admiral Peary. Captain Amundsen, Admiral Byrd and Sir Hubert Wilkins have since proved the spracticability of avia- ton in polar exploration and the superiority of the airplane's quick thrusts into unknown regions as compared with older methods of transportation.
 :. Back in the days Of blunt proved surface ships and dog sledges. Sir Ernest Shackleton viewed the ob- Jective which the Ellsworth expe- dition hopes to reach as "the last great adventure in south polar ex- ploration." As the projected trans anarctic expedition shapes its course toward this important goal, the fact that it hopes to attain it through the air will carry the ring of an even greater adventure than Shackleton foresaw as well as the Likelihood of achieving far more positive results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

Robbins B. Stoeekel. commissioner of motor vehicles. is campaigning against motor vehicle manufacturers who advertise excessive rates of speed for their automobiles. Unfortunately for the manufacturers it isn't always their fault that their product is rated for 85 or 90 miles per hour ability. It is often the glib salesman who gives to his par- ticular make of car such qualities of speed with which the commissioner takes excep- ton. However, we think that when adyer- Using the relative merits of automobiles there should be less stress placed on the ability of the car to attain high rates of speed and more placed upon its safety features. There are enough of them on the modern car to rec ommend the sale of that car to any man. As to its speed qualities most of the present makes can attain rate sufficient unto our modern roads and the desire of any man.. Why advertise it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
So They Say

The outstanding disgrace of America is the unhealthy and in- decent housing and sanitary con- ditions of our slums and many of our homes. There are billions of dollars worth of sound. self-sup- porting and profitable projects of construction that await approval and the impulse to get under way. Francis Lee Stuart, ex-president. E American Society of Civil Engi-
 neers.
 President Hoover has inaugurat- ed q program so efficient and so vital that 1t alone stands as me- morial not only to him but also to the wisdom of the public which chose a man capable of accom- plishing this stupendous task. Ernest Lee Jahncke, assistant
 secretary of the navy.
 Work for any candidate of any party pledged for repeal (of the 18th amendment) and against any candidate who opposes 1t.
 Howard Lee McBain. professor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1882
Facing Difficulties

At a conference with Governor Cross and executives of, many of our cities and towns last week State Tax Commissioner Blodgett stated that of the l69 towns in Connecticut 60 were faced with financial difficulties. We wonder just what particular communities Mir Blodgett includes in that list. However. it does not really matter that we know the names, just so we realize that conditions in oir towns are not of the best. It can't all be blamed on faulty manage ment. though. To large extent towns face much lower receipts and higher expenses. It is time that all public officials realized that and took steps to economizc in drastic fash ion. We think Waterbury is doing that very thing
 The prime purpose of the session last week with the governor was, of course, to win hlS consent to special session of the Legislature at which 1t would be asked to give various cities and towns permission to float bond issues for the relief of the unem- ployed. We presume that in some instances the bond issues would take care of public improvements. the work to be done by the unemployed where they proved themselves capable and skilled at the various phases of the work. In other towns there would be bond issues to provide direct relief for the needy in the line of food clothing, and reg ular allowances
 We have wondered ever since the proposal for a special legislative session was voiced if the General Assembly could simply be confined to mere discussion of problems of relief. We feel sure that the issue of tax re- forms would be brought up and surely the Connecticut Legislature could not act on this any differently than 1t did in l93l when 1t fatly refused to aceede to the democratic request for commission to study the sub- jcet of tax reform, which was also heartily endorsed and recommended by Governor Cross in his inaugural address. And what an easy matter it would be to bring up dozen diverse matters even at special session sup posed to be limited to one topic, relief.
 We don't know whether or not Attorney General Burrows will find that in such a contingency as now exists, towns and cities can exceed the 5 per cent borrowing limit as Governor Cross suggested. If he does then we may expect to witness spectacle of reckless abandon in authorizing bond is- sues Unfortunately the bond market is in such condition that many towns will be hard put to find any bidders for their issues, # their local officials do approve of such. The law only allows city or town to borrow within 5 per cent of its grand list We doubt very much if the present emergency will cause the legal department of the state to find any leeway in this mandate. There must be some other way out of our present difficulties than in borrowing far beyond our means.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

gressing and has been looked upon with considerable alarm by agriculture experts. To ascertain best means of combating the disease. scientists were sent to the original home of the potato in South America There they have been combining the wild potato areas of Chile and Peru. Making observa- tions on the life and growth of the original "spud." While much information has been obtained, work has by no means been completed and the economy program of the government will bring to premature end efforts of the Department of Agriculture to find the cause and cure of the potato dis ease.
 Few, realize that the familiar Irish po- tato, really comes from South America. Found there by the Spanish conquerors in the 10th century. it had long been used by the Indians as an article of diet It was later taken to Spain by Spanish monk, and from Spain the popularity of the potato spread to Belgium and Italy. Several years after its introduction to the Latin countries it was imported to Ireland by Sir Walter Ral- eigh.. While the potato was cultivated in all the temperate parts of South America iron Chile to Colombia, at the time of the dis eovefy of America. the largest fields were located in Peru and Chile. For that reason the Agriculture experts journeyed to those countries to study the plan in its natural habitat lsss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
SOUTH, FOR ADVENTURE Christian Science Monitor)

Is it land? Is the region east of the ice-strew Bay of Whales, ex- tending 145O miles from Ross to Weddell seas, barren waste of snow and mountains or an ice locked strait dividing Antartica into two continents? ~ 2.
 These are the questions which a trans-antarctic expedition headed by Lincoln Ellsworth proposes to Solve. Other discoveries in geo. physics and meteorology no doubt await the party which MT Ells- worth plans to lead forth. in Sep- tember, 1883, into the least-known part of the world. But the para mount purpose of the expedition will be to explore the uncharted territory between the coastal in- 6entations of the Ross and Weddell seas.
 The announcement that the Ells- worth expedition will rely on a single airplane piloted by Bernt Balchen to explore the objective territory on 8 2900-mile nonstop flight gives added significance to the proposed undertaking in which hardly more than a dozen men are expected to participate.
 As he prepares once more for an