davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
PEACE AND WAR

TUCKED away in an obscure position,
brief cable dispatch the other day
told how a japanese troop train was
wrecked near Harbin, Manchuria, and
added that japanese officers on the spot
believed that the wreck had been caused
by Russian partisans.
Apparently this news item has drifted
on down the stream of time and will be
heard from no more; but some day a
seemingly unimportant little story like
that may land on the front page in
black-face type, to acquaint us with the
fact that Japan and Russia are to go to
war.
For that is the kind of situation that
now exists in the Far East; tense.
strained, capable of bursting into flame
at any moment from the smallest spark.
This business of the wrecked troop train
might have done it. If the world has
bad luck, some incident of no more in
trinsic Importance will.
Wars have a way of beginning over
minor Jars of that kind. 1t may seem
absurd to think of Russia and Japan fly
ing at one another because a railway
train went into ditch; but all the great
nations of the earth went into a death
grapple in 1914 because a half-baked
student killed an Austrian prince, and
the American Civil war got under way
because the federal government tried to
send supplies to a fort on the South Car
olina coast.
The point to all of this is that wars
never come suddenly Through many
years they build themselves up. Their
causes are piled up like some tremen-
dously powerful but relatively inert eX-
plosive, which can be set off by the con-
cussion of a tiny illuminate of mercury
detonator. A pistol shot or a train
wreck can be that detonator
Work for peace, then, if it is to do
any good, must begin long before the
crucial moment of accident arrives. 1t
must begin when there seems to be no
danger of war. If-to be plain about it
"a terrible war in the Orient is to be
averted, the great powers must at once
work for peace lot harder than they
have yet shown any signs of doing.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
RUNNING BEAR

When Mr.. Twistytail, the pig
gentleman, called on Uncle Wig
gily one day. to tell the rabbit
gentleman that a Cross Bear had
come to live in a hollow tree, near
the hollow stump bungalow, Mr..
Longears felt very sad.
THAT Bear will always be after
me-" said Uncle Wiggily.
Yes" agreed the pig, "unless
we can drive him away and I
think I know a trick that will do
it," While talking together, Uncle
Wiggily and Mr.. Twistytail had
heard the Woodpecker Bird tap
ping with his beak on a hollow
tree TO dig out worms and bugs.
Uncle Wiggily told the pig how.
when the Woodpecker first began
tapping. everyone thought it was
some one knocking at the door.
And" said Mr.. Twistytail, "if
the Woodpecker Taper foolec,
you, Uncle Wiggily, and your wife
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
Don't Quote Me-
-o- By United Press >

against incumbent congressman
maintain it gives the incumbent a
special advantage in that he can
reach constituents through the
mail at no cost.
The general supply committee Of
the government has just added tear
gas guns and grenades to its auth
orized list Of purchases. That
means that government depart
ments generally are allowed to buy
and use them. In the past they
have been used only in special
cases. All treasury guards who
have anything to do with the pro-
lection of money carry them. The
Smithsonian institution guards
have them handy when guarding
some Of the particularly valuable
exhibits. 1t is said high govern
ment officia keeps tear gas gun
under his desk.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
After Tomorrow
At Fox Theatre
Is One OF Best

Frank Borzage's first contribution
to the long list of talking pictures
that will be produced during 1892
opens tonight at the Fox Imperial
theatre. 1t is the Fox production
after Tomorrow and in its lead
ing role is featured that popular
screen favorite who first achieved
film fame under Borzage's direction
in Seventh Heaven, Charles Far
rell.
1t is one of those simple, real
istic and vividly human stories and
is said by critics who have already
viewed it on the screen, to rank
with those other two masterpieces
of Borzage, Seventh Heaven" and
bad Girl.
Based upon the stage success OF
the same name by John Golden
and Hugh STANCE, after Tomor-
row. tells of an everyday youth
who wishes to marry the girl OF
his choice, but who is handicapped
by three opposing forces: his moth
er, the girls mother, and his lack
of adequate financial support.
The optimistic spirit and enthus-
iastic hopefulness of youth is por'
trayed in '""After Tomorrow, max
ing it a delightful romance. In il
Charles Farrell is said to give the
best performance since Seventh
Heaven, while Marian Nixon, who
plays opposite, is said to give the
best performance of her career.
Minna Gombell and William Col
lier, Sr., add considerably to the
merit of the picture as do Others
of the cast, Josephine Hull, Will,
liam Pawiey, Ferdinand Munier
Nora Land and Greta Granstedt.
After Tomorrow will play to-
night only at the Fox Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22

and Nurse Jane into thinking his
rapping was someone knocking at
the door, why the Bear can be
fooled in the same way
Tell me how begged the
rabbit.
Well" said the pig, you and
this Woodpecker are good friends.
Ask the Taper Bird to go to the
hollow tree where the Bear has
come to live to catch you. Ask the
Woodpecker to tap on the Bears
hollow tree. The Bear will thinl.
it is some of his friends knocking.
He will run to the door, but there
will be nobody there, for the bird
will be high up in the tree"
"Oh, now I understand
chuckled Mr.. Longears. THE Bear,
when he sees no one at the door,
will go back into his hollow tree
Then the Woodpecker will begin
tapping again.
That's it," grunted the fat pig
gentleman. No sooner will the
Bear have gone back in his hollow
tree, after seeing no one at the
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
Cash Demanded
In Kidnap Note

FRESNO, April o. W.P-Police
today sought the author OF an ex-
tortion note demanding $4,000 cash
from Dan w. Beebe, soft drink
stand owner, on the threat that his
seven-year-old daughter, Mary
Ellen, would be kidnapped unless it
was paid.
Beebe received the note Wednes-
day and notified police who had
him set for the extortionist de-
coy of a package of fake money at
the appointed place. No one ap-
peared to retrieve it.
Police were undecided whether
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
TEAR BOMBS TAKE
WOMAN PRISONER

SAN FRANCISCO April %. UP)
"A poorly dressed woman known
only as MARY Smith, &c." was cap
tured by police tear bombs early
today after holding them at bay
for an hour with a loaded gun and
threatening dwellers of an apart
ment house.
An entire block was thrown into
confusion as residents barricaded
themselves against the apparently
demented woman, who was charged
with assault with intent to kill
pending tests by physicians.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
Valley Teachers
Asked To Meeting

Imperial Valley school teachers
and superintendents, according TO
c. B. Collins, county superintendent
of schools, have been invited to at
tend the annual Round Table of
the San Diego State Teachers col
lege which will take place April %
and 80 at the college.
A splendid program has been ar
ranged and Vierliag Kersey, state
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, will be a special guest. Prom
inent educators of Southern Cali
fornia will be present and in ad-
dition to the business sessions en-
tertainment has been arranged.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1925, By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

door, than he will have to run to
open it again as the bird knocks. y
"Oh, this is going to be a jolly
trick" exclaimed Mr.. LongearS.
Wen make the old Bear run
away because he gets so tired of
going to his door so often and see
ing no one there"
"Surel" said the pig. Now call
to the Woodpecker to see if he
will help up play that trick"
1t happened that Uncle Wiggily
and the Woodpecker Bird were
good friends. Often, when the
Taper Bird could find no bugs
or worms in hollow trees, the rab-
bit would give him scraps from
the kitchen.
"Of course I'll fool the Bear
for youl' chartered the Wood
pecker, nodding his red feathered
head up and down very fast. He
had flown down out of the tree
to talk to the rabbit and pig.
"All right" said Uncle Wiggily,
please go and tap on the Bears
hollow tree. Make him run back
and forth to and from his front
door and Mr.. Twistytail and will
hide nearby and see the fun
Away flew the bird to the hol-
low tree where the Cross Bear,
eager to catch a rabbit, had taken
up his home. Uncle Wiggily and
Mr.. Twistytail went softly through
the woods and hid in some
bushes near the big, hollow tree.
All of sudden the Woodpecker,
perched high up, out of sight, be-
gan to knock with his beak.
"Ha! There is some one at my
door' growled the Bear, inside
the hollow tree. 81 guess it's the
Fox" He ran to the door, opened
it and looked out. but of course,
no one was there.
That's funny" growled the
Bear I'm sure I heard knocking. y
Uncle Wiggily and Mr.. Twisty-
tail laughed in whispers. So did
the Woodpecker, who began tap
ping again as soon as the Bear
closed his door. "Rat-a-tat-tat
Rat-a-tat-ta tail" knocked the bird
with his beak.
Someone is at my door again,
growled the Bear, running to open
it. Il guess this must be the Bob
Cat" But when he looked, OF
course, no one was there. Say
this is queer!" growled the Bear
as he shut the door and went back
inside the tree
Uncle Wiggily and Mr.. Twisty-
tail laughed again. So did the
tapping Woodpecker, who once
more knocked hard with his beak
on the upper part of the tree.
There's som cone knocking
againl" howled the Bear. 1T must
be the Wolf" But when he ran
to the door and opened it he saw
no one. This is getting on my
nerves." growled the Bear. Some
one must knock and run away be-
fore I get the door open. I'll stay
close to it this time" Once more
the Woodpecker knocked. The
Bear threw open his door and
when he saw no one there he was
so angry and nervous that he
howled: "Oh, I'm going to run
away. I can't stand all this
knocking without anyone being at
my door!"
So the running Bear left the
tree and Mr. Longears felt safe.
He thanked the Woodpecker very
much. And if the bread knife
doesn't cut off the broom handle
to make a baseball bat for the
alarm clock to play tag with the
football, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily's torn coat.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22

WASHINGTON, April %. The
propose Of the senate TO cut 10 per
proposal of the senate to cut 10 per
budget has SCI somebody to look
ing into the records to determine
how much congress costs the post
office. There seems to be a sug-
gestion somewhere in the woods
that maybe the postoffice might
get even and cut down on congress
a little.
Last year members of congress
mailed out free of charge under the
franking privileges 33,413,032 pieces
of mail. 1t cost the postoffice
S723, 1871 to handle this lead Of con-
gressional records, public docu-
ments and congressmen's speeches.
All told, the postoffice handled
789, ,576,175 pieces Of mail free last
year at a total cost Of Sll,575 ,837.
This included all the mail Of gov
ernment departments and offices
the country over. Naturally not all
of this is useless-but there are
suggestions that perhaps it wouldn
be too great hardship TO ask con-
gressmen to pay q little something
for mailing speeches TO constitu-
ents.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
Cattle Man Pays
Official Visit

c. w. Robinson, western repre-
sentative for the Guernsey Breed
ers' association, made his official
visit to the valley Tuesday. He in
spected the various ranches and
found everything in good shape.
Guernsey breeders met with him
for luncheon at the Dunlack hotel,
Brawley, to discuss mutual prob
lens. Robinson left Tuesday eve
ming to make his official visit to
the breeders in the Phoenix dis
trict.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
SET SOUNDED LIKE FIRE

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. UP
Aroaring, cracking sound in the
living room Of his home led A. j
Arnold to summon the fire de-
partment. BY the time firemen ar
rived. however, Arnold had dis
covered the roars and cracks ema-
mated from his radio.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
WORLDS LARGEST LIVE. OAK

AUSTIN, Tex. W.P) - A large
tree on a point east of Copano
bay in Aransas county is believed
by DR.. B. c. Tharp, University Of
Texas professor of botany, to be
the largest live oak tree in the
world. 1t is 8 feet in diameter, 80
feet high and has a spread of
nearly 100 feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
Short Illness
Fatal To Baby

Webster Andrew Price, eight
months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis c. Price, died yesterday at
the family home three and a half
miles east of Holtville. He had
been i'll but for a short time.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Arnold Funeral home
here at 2 o'clock this afternoon. In
terment will take place at Mt. View
cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
April 22. 1917

Another bridge across the Color
ado river is being planned by cit
liens of the Blythe country and
Erenberg. A request for the state
to provide $4,000 was made by
Riverside county supervisors.
DR.. Elwood Mead, who is max
ing survey of the states food re-
sources, arrived in Ell Centre today
and will be one of the main speak
ers at tonight's meeting of the de-
fense organization.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
1T WAS JUST JACKSON DAY

TYLER, Tex. U.R}-The Jack
sons were "it' in a court trial here.
Floyd Jackson, farmer, charged
o. C. Jackson, Negro, with steal
ing two turkeys. Penn j. Jackson,
county attorney, prosecuted the
case. VII r,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22

Published every evening Except Sunday by the
Imperial Valley Press, Inc, 625 State street. Ell
Centre, California, w. c. Costello business man
ager. Telephone 26, business office; 700, editorial
department. Full leased wire United Press Asso-
Citations.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22

SUBSCRIPTION RATES-Delivered by carrier,
per month, 55 cents; by mail, SO cents per month
in advance. Entered at Ell Centro, California post
office as second-class matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. M. c. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22

Bryan C. Bryan of San Diego
writes that he is about to open
stage line between Ell Centro and
San Diego, leaving here Sundays
and Thursdays and San Diego
Tuesdays and Fridays. A large sew
en- passenger auto is to be used.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22

In 1923, Covina Valley, Los An
geles county, produced 1856 more
cars of citrus fruits than in 1881
and the price was 10 cents box
more than that of last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
ADril %. 1912

Articles of incorporation have
been filed by the Security Savings
bank of Ell Centro. The capital
stock was listed at $25,O00. Sew
eral well known local men are the
incorporators.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22

the note was a genuine threat up
on the safety of Beebe's family or
hoax.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22
TEN YEARS AGO
AnriI % 1922

The directors of the Imperial
County Farm Bureau today went
on record as favoring a separate
vote on the fairgrounds and court
house bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22

There is another element in the
matter Of congressional franking
privileges. Candidates runnin g
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-22

McCabe and Date school houses
will be sold for the purpose of
raising money to purchase supplies
for the new McCabe union school,
was a decision reached at a mass
meeting at McCabe recently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-20
Motor Magnate'S Adviser
Declares Thousands Are
His BeneficiarieS.
RM United Press


DETROIT, April 20.-Henry Ford
is the most inconsistent man
alive" William j. Cameron, the bill
ionaire's executive adviser, told
members of the Detroit Kiwanis
Club here.
I'VE find Mr.. Ford gloriously in
consistent" Cameron said, "in his
charity ideas. He doesn't believe in
outright charity, nor in making
work just to employ man. But
we find that he has built what l
shall call 100000 welfare thingama-
jigs at great cost, just to keep
men employed. Now he must scrap
all these thingamajigs.
Even when the Ford plant in
Dearborn is closed tight, 10000 men
still are working. There are almost
$4,000 working there now"
Cameron referred to Ford's "ges-
ture of confidence" in raising the
wages Of his employees 81 a day
after the 1929 stock market crash,
saying it had amounted to $685.
100000 gift" to employees.
IF he had given per cent of
that sum to any single charity, -
the speaker said, "he would have
been hailed from coast to coast as
a great philanthropist.
Even if the public knew what a
six-month deficit of the Ford hos
pital amounted to, Mr.. Ford would
be called one of the greatest dis
penSers Of charity"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-20
PUBLIC HEALTH
WARNING GIVEN
Foes of Tuberculosis Meet
at Lincoln.

Warning that the economic de-
preston may result in grave stu
alton in public health is before
three groups arrayed against tuber-
culosiS, in session today at the Lin
coin.
Two speakers sounded the warn
ing in a joint meeting Tuesday
night at the Lincoln of the Indiana
tuberculosis Association, the Indi-
annapolis Medical Society and the
Marion County tuberculosis Asso-
citation.
DR.. George Thomas Palmer, medi-
cal director of Palmer sanatorium,
Springfield, Mass, discussed the
physical breakdown of persons due
to effects Of the depression on the
emotional side of life. He drew
the conclusion that weakening of
resistance will result in spread of
tuberculosis and other diseases.
Reduction in public funds for war
on disease, result of depression,
was discussed by DR.. Philip P. ia
cob of New York, director of pub
locations and extension of the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association. He
said that it is becoming increas-
ingly imperative that every case
finding device be brought into play.
Two-day meeting of the state as
ISOLATION closes today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-20

His ideas are shown by a
speech he once made:
81 think the division of the
profits of industry and capital
is immensely unfair and unjust.
I can not conceive that capital
should expect or be permitted
to earn extremely large dividends
and give no share of the
earnings of the enterprise to the
employees whose intelligence, ex-,
perience and honesty have made
these large earnings"
Thereupon he offered his en-
ployes a chance to invest in the
stock of one of his companies. 1t
paid them 300 per cent.
A T the height of his prosperity
L A he built on hillside just out
of Ponca City his palatial $780,
600 mansion. Surrounded by sew
eral hundred acres of neatly
Handicapped grounds and adorned
with sunken gardens, artificial
lakes and imported statuary, it
is one of the show places of Ok
lahoma today.
Nearby he erected heroic
bronze statue of "The Pioneer
Woman" 1t cost him $15O,OOO
and was his gift to the people of
Oklahoma, designed to perpetu-
ate for future ages the memory
of the daring pioneers of the COW
cred wagon days whose sacrifices
made Oklahoma possible.
Today, in little studio he
erected on the grounds of his now
closed and shattered mansion,
Marland and his young wife
whom he wed about the time it
was completed-live amid the
vanished riches of the past.
Two servants, cook and a
maid serve them now instead of
the twenty or more servants once
employed at the mansion.
Across the highway his private
polo ground is grown up in weeds.
So is his private nine-hole golf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-20
PEACE IN EAST
MAY HINGE ON
U. S. ATTITUDE
Experts Believe American
Stand Can Halt Japan
in Aggression.
RUSSIA is THREATENED
Toxic Casts Greedy Eyes
at Siberia, Prepares
for War.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SLMMS
scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON. April 20.-Ques-
ton of peace or war between ia
pan and Russia in the far east may
hinge on the attitude Of the United
States, an important parsonage
whose name the writer is not at
liberty to use, told Scripps- Howard
newspaper here today.
America in 1882, he observed, is
playing the role in this particular
drama that Britain played in the
tragedy of 1914. Had Sir Edward
Grey, then British foreign minis
ter, come cut boldly and announced
to the world just where Britain
stood there would have been no
World war.
Today the far east is lettering
dizzily on the brink of bloodshed.
Russia and Japan are barring their
teeth at each other across the Man
chu-S Siberian border. But instead
of Britain it is up to the United
States to come out boldly and
clarity its stand before the world.
Powers Attitude to Decide
In the touch and-go crisis in the
far east, it is pointed out, the
thing that is going to decide which
way the balance swings is the atti-
tude of the foreign powers toward
Russia and Japan.
If japan is given to understand
that she can rely on the support
of the great world powers, notably
Britain, France and the United
States, it is believed pretty gener-
ally, she may decide that now is
the time to make her bid for a
place in the sun.
Her spokesman claim she needs
part of Siberia to round out her
empire, and this would be the time
to take it.
But, on the other hand, if she
knew in advance that she would
have no such support if she pro-
voked a war with Russia, her gen.
eral staff would hardly attempt any
such adventure, despite the popu-
lar war fever which observers re-
port to be running high in Nippon.
The key to the highly explosive
far eastern situation, therefore, is
described as being largely in the
hands of the United States. If the
United States, by an act of omis-
sion or of commission, signals
thumbs down on Russia, Europe
would follow suit and, it is be-
lieved, Japan would march.
Up to America
But should the United States let
it be known that such aggression
against Russia would not have its
sanction, the effect would be felt in
Europe and through Europe in
Japan. Despite appearances, &C
cording to British sources, England
is inclined to side with the United
States in the far eastern imbroglio,
and France and her smaller allies
hardly would back Japan alone.
On Capitol Hill, therefore, the
impression is growing that the
United States should seek the first
opportunity to clarity its relations
with Russia.
Russia has let it be known that
she is ready to meet with repre-
sentatives of this country at any
time, with view to thrashing out
all differences.
Any gesture Of rapprochement,
however slight, between the two
countries, it is said, likely would
have incalculable importance at
this crucial time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-20
Plane Is Traced
By United Press

BY united Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 90
A red airplane, believed to be the
ship that transported man and
woman to Princeton, N. j., from
where they visited Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh's home at Hopewell, was
identified today by Walter G. Ia
Der as his.
The plane, he said, was chartered
here Monday morning by a woman.
Otto Ferguson piloted the ship and
made arrangements for the trip.
Taber operates commercial fly
ing service.
Ferguson told me he was taking
the plane east on a chartered trip, y
Taber said. He made all arrange
mentS, but 1 know that he had Just
a woman as passenger when he
took off from here at 8 o'clock Mon
day morning.
Il understand the plane registered
at Pittsburgh airport Monday
night, with Ferguson and a man
and woman as passengers"