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Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
HIGHER FARM PRICES AID
RECOVERY

One of the most favorable develop
ments in President Roosevelt's recovery
program Is the increase in the value of
farm products, which adds many hun
dreds of millions of dollars to the coun-
try's purchasing. 1t Is true that grain
crops were small, but farmers held over
unusually large amounts which they are
selling at the advanced prices. This is
true also with regard to cotton.
The average of farm prices on July Is
was 76 per cent of the average between
1909 and 1914, compared with 81 per
cent a year ago. A buShel of wheat is
now worth twice what it was a year ago,
even after the recent market collapse.
and cotton has doubled in value. Ten
bushels of corn now sell for as much as
II did last year.
Added to this price increase are the
benefits which the farmers will receive
from payments for restricting wheat and
cotton crops. Money is now being paid to
cotton farmers for destroying part of
their growing acreage. The reduction in
wheat acreage applies to next year, but
producers will be paid the greater part
of their money this year for agreeing to
restrict planting. A total of more than
S200,000,000 will be distributed, and this
will be added to purchasing power this
season.
1t is too early to predict the outcome of
the efforts to curb production, or of other
measures taken by the government to in
crease farm prices. The cotton farmers
accepted the governments proposals
willingly, and there is every evidence that
the wheat farmers will do likewise.
There are many difficulties to be met be-
fore success is assured, among them the
problem of exporting products maintain
ed at artificially high prices. Also, the
effect of the processing taxes is yet to be
revealed.
A major problem is to maintain farm
prices at fair level and at the same
time keep them from going so high that
an unbearable hardship will be imposed
on consumers. Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace has warned that runaway mar
kets will not be tolerated He has ample
authority to keep prices from going too
high, but the adjustment is a delicate
one.
Meantime, industry will at once benefit
from the greater purchasing power OF
the farm population. There is an imme-
diate relation between factory output and
farm income, and the impoverlshment OF
farmers in recent years had seriously I'M
paired the great home market and de-
stroyed the prosperity of cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
FINDS GOLD IN
OWN BACKYARD

BEALLSVILLE. Md. Sept. 9. (U.P)
Gold, the lodestone that drew the
'49ers across a continent, has been
discovered here, near the nations
capital.
The strike was made by l.. Ron
Hubbard in his wifes backyard,
when he attempted to nail a target
to a tree for rifle practice. The
rock crumbled IN his hand. Hub
bard general manager of the West
Indies Mineral company, recognized
the rock" as gold quartz.
The vein, which begins short
distance from the house, is sew
cral yards in width ana runs over
a mile in length. Ironically, Hub
bard had gone TO the Antilles last
year in search of gold, returning
empty and considerably
weakened by fever.
Imagine me gong 1900 miles in
search of gold when it lay right at
the back door of my bride-to-be, "
Hubbard said
A New York assaying firm esti-
mated the gold content Of each ton
at S82.47
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
SWORD FISH

Uncle Wiggily was sitting in the
shade of his SeaShore shack Won
dering what was going to happen
next. He had been very busy since
he came to the ocean beach foT
his summer vacation. There had
been many adventures.
The last one was where the rab-
bit gentleman dug ditch so the
saw fish, trapped in tide pool,
could get back into the sea. Now
the rabbit was resting after his
hard work in digging the ditch.
And I wonder what will hap
pen next?" said the bunny.
He waited a little while but no.
thing happened From down on the
beach came the shouts of the bun
ny children playing on the mer-
ry-go-round Uncle Wiggily and Mr..
Whitewash had made for them. Mr..
Stubtail was playing his mouth Or
gan to make music for the whirli-
gig.
Il think I shall just hop along
the beach again and see if I may
not find an adventure" said the
rabbit gentleman. Il can hardly
hope to find another saw fish
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
NRA A STEP TOWARD BETTER
ORDER OF THINGS

More and more it becomes clear that
no matter what direction the great NRA
program is taking Us it can hardly be re-
garded as more than a tentative first
step.
If it fails, the second step will un-
doubtedly be productive of even more
fundamental and far-reaching changes
than those which have already taken
place. We cannot cancel years en-
deavor and sit back to wait for some
thing to turn up. We are committed to
a course of drastic action; if the first act
flops, we can only make the second one
a double dose.
But we do not believe that the step
will fail. And it is in looking ahead to
the course we must follow if and when
this program has succeeded that we shall
have to call on all the brain-power that
the country possesses.
The NRA program is admittedly an
emergency measure. 1t is an effort to
surmount a crisis as much, it has to meet
the problems of the immediate present
and let certain long-range objectlves
wait.
Taken altogether, it is a magnificent
thing. But it does leave untouched the
fundamental issue of the modern world
the queer, illogical way in which the
tremendous increase in manhlnd's pro-
ductive capacity has been accompanied by
rising unemployment and poverty.
For the present we are trying to meet
that problem by imposing sharp checks
on production. We are spending vast
sums to keep down our production OF
such basic commodities as wheat, pork
and cotton. We are putting oil produc-
ton under a curb; we are fixing things
so that the great manufacturers may
keep from making more goods than they
can sell.
For the period of the emergency, such
steps are good. Sooner or later, however,
we must find better way Of meeting the
problem.
1t is physically possible now for the
world to produce at such rate that
every mortal can have all that he needs
of everything. Somehow, once fair
measure of prosperity has been restored,
we must find out how to do that We
shall have to start thinking about in
creasing production instead of checking
it-our fields, our mines, our factories
and our wells must bring forth more in
stead of less.
That is the direction toward which the
next step after the NRA program must
carry US.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD T. GARRIs
(CspyrigAt, lSss by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,

thought a soldier must be down
under the water. But the sword was
not one of steel like the sword OF
a soldier. 1t was sword OF bone,
long and sharp and it was on the
nose of a fish. The sword fish was
like the saw fish only instead OF
having teeth on his long nose as
had the saw fish, the sword fish
has something like the bayonet on
gun.
Out of the ocean the sword fish
thrust his nose and then his head
and face followed and he said:
"Oh, dearl'
Whats the matter?" asked Un-
Gle Wiggily.
Matter enough" went on the
fish. My sword is SO dull I could
hardly cut soft butter with it. My
sword nose needs to be sharpened
but I can't do it myself
"I'll do it for you,' kindly offer
ed the rabbit. Come close to shore
and put your sword nose out OF
water. I'll rub it with soft stone
like a grass cutter sharpening his
sickle and then your nose will not
be dull
"Oh, thank you!" murmured the
fish. He did as the rabbit told him
and soon Mr.. Longears had sharp
ened the bony sword quite enough.
Just about this time the Fox and
the Bob Cat had sneaked up be-
hind Uncle Wiggily and were 60
ing to catch him, for the rabbit
did not know they were so close.
Jump and grab him!" barked
the Fox.
"Tll get hlm! mewed the Bob
Cat.
But before they could harm the
rabbit the sword fish leaped out
of the ocean, made cut at the
Fox, nearly slicing off his tail, and
made a cut at the Bob Cat, nearly
nipping off his nose.
Get away from here!" roareo
the sword fish. Don't you dare
hurt Uncle Wiggily. He is a friend
of mine!" So the Bad Chaps ran
away and the bunny gentleman
was safe. And if the alarm clock
will wrap itself up in a sheet OF
paper and go to sleep in the flower
bed, I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily back in Woodland.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09

ray completed study OF the So
Wet state for the school.
Originally intended for the state
department, this study did not be-
come a state document because an
inquiring reporter discovered it was
being made, printed that fact. Hen
ry L. Stimson, then secretary OF
state, cancelled the order. Too
much publicity, said Stimson. Al
len Klotz and Robert Kelly, the lat
ter chief of Far Eastern affairs for
the department, were ordered to
make such a report. 1t was made
and it lies now beneath dust in
the files.
MacMurray began his diplomatic
career in Bangkok, Siam; served as
counsellor at Peiping; and was
minister TO China during the 1925
80 revolutionary period. Previous
" he had been assistant secretary
of state for Far Eastern affairs,
AS minister to China it was Mac
Murray's custom to reprimand the
department and rather severely
when he judged its Far Eastern pol
icies TO be in error.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
sDoHa't Quote Me-
By United Press

180 miles from Riga is the Soviet
frontier. Eastward another $50
miles is Moscow.
MacMurray's selection was mat
ter Of chance. He retired several
years ago from the diplomatic
corps, resigning as minister to
China. Before that Q908-l9lD, the
distinguished looking gentleman
who soon will grace the Baltic was
second secretary of the American
embassy at Leningrad, nee st. Pet
ersburg and ex-Petrograd. Service
in Russia and in the Orient made
MacMurray familiar with problems
peculiar TO those areas.
From the legation in Peiping,
MacMurray retired to Baltimore,
Md, TO become director of the
Walter Hines Page School Of In
ternational Relations Johns Hop
kins). Recently director MacMur-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-In and
out of the news, and almost unre-
marked slipped this week the name
of John Van Antwerp MacMurray.
Perhaps soon the name may appear
again in the news, but this time
with a thump of emphasis that
will attract to it the attention Of
the entire world.
There is cause to suspect that
President Roosevelt has selected
John Van Antwerp MacMurray as
United States ambassador TO So
Wet Russia, if and when diploma
tic relations are restored.
Cause: MacMurray has just been
named United States minister to
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia,
three obscure Baltic states born Of
the World war.
Riga. Latyia, is the listening post
for news about Russia. Eastward
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
He leoped OLt

trapped in a tide pool, but some
thing else may happen"
Uncle Wiggily had not any more
than started on his beach hopping
that out from behind pile of sea-
weed popped the Bob Cat and the
Fox. The two Bad Chaps, after
their last trick on Uncle Wiggily,
had ben hiding among the sand
hills. Now they were ready for more
tricks.
There he goesl" mewed the Bob
Cat, turning around and pointing
his silly little tail at ne rabbit.
so I seel" barked the Fox.
well, aren't we going to do any
more than just see that rabbit?"
asked the Bob Cat.
wen catch him if we cant"
barked the Fox
you said i'll" agreed the Bob
Cat, who, 1 am sorry TO say, very
often used slang words which he
shouldn't have spoken. But how
can we catch Uncle Wiggily? We
have tried many times but always
we fail"
This time we shall not fall
spoke the Fox. See, he is hopping
along the beach thinking of an ad-
venture. While he is thinking and
hopping he will not see US. We can
get very close to him and catch
him before he knows it,"
That's all right with me,
agreed the Bob Cat.
Lets gol" barked the Fox.
So the two Bad Chaps started
down the beach after Uncle Wig
gily but they would not catch uI
TO him for some little time. Mean
while Mr. Longears was looking fol
an adventure.
All of sudden he found one
Up out of the ocean a sword wa;
thrust. At first Uncle WiggiI.,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09

City Superintendent of Schools
A. B. Shibley and family have re-
turned from vacation in Colorado.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09

The news depot conducted by T.
C. Lanier has been moved from
South Fifth street to more commo-
dious quarters on Main street.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
NEW BOOKS AT
CITY LIBRARY
September 8, 1888
FICTION

"Livingstones,' by Derrick Leon;
a first novel recommended by the
British Book Society and the Book
of the Month club.
Lost Laughter" by Mattel Howe
Farnham, an absorbing story OF
family life.
THE Sapphire by A. E. Mason;
love and adventure followed the
sapphire's trail across half the
world
protecting Margot," by Alice
Grant Rosman, romance OF post
war England.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION
Saint Augustine by Karl Ad-
am.
Bride of Quietness," by Oscar
w. Firkins.
Early Songs of Uncle Sam.' by
George S. Jackson.
Master Builders of Opera" by
George c. Jell.
Mystery Puzzle Book" by Las
sitter Wren.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Pest Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
September 9, 1913

B. Solomon, head of the dry goods
and gentlemen's furnishing store Of
B. Solomon e. Co., stated today
that he expects che heaviest fall
trade yet known in the valley, dur
ing the coming months.
The social committee of Signal
chapter, Order of Eastern Star, will
entertain friends and members at
whist party Thursday evening ct
the Masonic temple.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
TEN YEARS AGO
Sputpmber Q 1922

Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney c. jenkins
will leave for Jacumba tomorrow
and will motor on to San Diego
Monday to witness the eclipse, re-
turning to this city Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09

Published ever evening Except Sunday BY The
Imperial Valley Press. Inc. 625 State street,
El Centro, California. w. C. Costello, business
manager Telephone 26, business office; 700. edi-
torial department. Full leased wire United Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-09
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
September 8, 1918

Rev. Thomas E. Stevenson, pas
tor of the Ell Centre Presbyterian
church. has resigned his local
charge and will leave within three
weeks for the coast to assume the
paStorate of the First Presbyterian
church OF Santa Ana.
In the current issue of the
monthly bulletin of the California
development board, which cirCu-
lates throughout the west, Imperial
county and it's prosperity are given
wide publicity. The article is from
the pen of Don C. Bitler, county
development agent.
The Washington times., 1933-05-09
Dusek Defies
Londos to
Rough it

An out-and-out invitation to
slug it out toe-to-toe has been
issued Champion Jim Londos.
Ernie Dusek, who stacks up
against the gorgeous Greek at
Washington Auditorium Thurs
day night, is the challenger
Ernie says:
.'"They tell me Jim has
changed over. He used to like
the scientific stuff. Now, SO
1 understand, LOndOs prefers
rough play.
'I'H willingly promise to give
Jim elbow for elbow If he's
looking for it. I'm out to win,
whatever the COST"
In the semifinal, scheduled
As minutes, Gino Garibaldi goes
with Dick Raines. Both are
stormy petrels.
Rudy Dusek duels Martin I'll
koff, Eli Fischer meets with Lou
Plummer, and Tom Alley locks
with "Chief" Chewaki in 80
minute bouts. The last pair
open the show at $3.50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1933-05-09
Brokers' Tip Works Out at Pimlico Today
A. ROBERTSON
HEAD PLAYS
JOCKEY

BALTIMORE, May &c. R.
Bradley's Brokers Tip, winner
of the Kentucky Derby, today
started training for the $25, 900
Preakness at Pimlico. Head Play,
who finished second, was expected
during the day.
Others who arrived with the
Churchill Downs winner we're
Ladysman. Good Advice, Mr..
Khayyam, Dark Winter, Pompo-
leaon and Pomponius.
Mrs. Silas S. Mason, who pur-
chased Head Play, just before the
race at Louisville, is trying to
sign Albert Robertson to ride the
big chestnut in the Pimlico
classic on Saturday.
Don Meade, who rode the Brad
ley colt to victory will not be al
lowed to ride in the Preakness,
his suspension for 80 days at
Louisville, automatically bars him
from the Maryland track.
The Washington times., 1933-05-09
POUND BALL
FOR 1886 IN
5 GAMES
BY GARRETT WATERS
Times Staff Correspondent

ST. LOUIS, May eff base
hits mean anything the Griffs
are doing great piece of work
on this western trip though
their percentage column reads
only three games won as against
two lost.
So far Manager Cronin's men
have appeared in five contests
since leaving Washington on
April 80. In these five engage
ments the teams basehit total
has never been below nine and,
in most cases has been we'll over
the dozen mark.
Furthermore, the Griffs have
socked out 70 hits in 1919 trips
to the plate for sweet tune Of
1895.
Every man on the squad has
helped boost this average, par
ticularly Luke Sewell, Ossie
Bluege, Goose Goslin and Joe
Kuhel, who of late have been
pounding the ball like nobody's
business.
BOken Helps Out
The youngster, Bob Boken Is
not to be overlooked as his timely
hitting since taking Buddy Myers
place at second base has been
invaluable.
The Griffs began this latent
hitting streak when they reached
Cleveland last week. In the lone
contest played with the Indians
nine bingles were knocked out in
the 6 to encounter that was
lost. The next game-against
the Detroit Tigers at Detroit
found them collecting IL hits
which, in this instance, were used
to excellent advantage in the 6
to 2 victory scored by Earl White
hill, Manager Cronin's hurler for
the day.
Sunday, a double header found
% safeties ringing off Griff bats
but the IA compiled in the first
game went to waste as the Tigers
won, 10 to 9. In the second en-
counter, however, ID were collected
to every advantage as Lefty Wal
ter Stewart rang up his second
triumph of the season, to 2.
Pound Out 20 Hits
Yesterday in the first contest
of a four-game series against
the st. Louis Browns, "Our
Griffs" went wild at bat, getting
no less than 20 base hits, but
were forced to go II innings be-
fore bagging the decision.
Naturally, Manager Cronin is
greatly pleased over this batting
barrage, but would be more salts
fled if the opposition offered less
resistance. Yesterday the ia
miliar case presented itself again
that of a tough struggle from
the opposition from the opening
gong to the las5.
The Washington times., 1933-05-09
PAUL IS SLIGHT
FAVOR|TE OVER
SARRON

The call to featherweight arms
will be issued tonight at Portner's
Arena and Pete Sarron and
Tommy Paul will answer by blast.
ing away in a 10-round mill.
Another war between Nick
Antonelli and Roddy Davis ap-
pears to have the fans as warm
as do Sarron I'D Paul.
Paul is the favorite at 6 to 5
today to defeat the Syrian bat
tier, who earned a draw against
the Buffalo clouGer IN their first
meeting.
Surprises Served
Tommy one of the clasSlest
boxers to show here during the
indoor season, was handed plenty
of surprises by the onrushlng
Sarron in that melee. Pete
struck him with a bevy of right
hands and if he had landed as
many as he missed, would have
won going away.
The same held true for Paul,
who was way off in his timing.
Tonight's 1O-round distance fig
ures to steady both battlers in
their attack.
This is the first meeting for
Davis and Antonelli. Nick, after
a series of tough breaks, began
finding himself month ago. He
flattened Jackie Lemar in one
round and two weeks ago walked
off with a decision over Willie
EsSinger.
Comes In Swinging
Both boys are fighters,
especially Antonelli who walks in
swinging. Davis is a comEina-
ton boxer and fighter. He is a
fighter when he is stung and a
classy boxer when in there with
a slugger.
Matchmaker Frank Mann an
nounced today he would throw
Davis in with Joe Brittle next if
he defeated Nick tonight.
Cary Wright, sensational
junior welterweight, who has
chalked up IA straight triumphs,
meets Johnny De Marco in a
six rounder.
Another six offers Doug Sweet
man VS.. Bobby Cleary. Cleary is
a Stablemate of Paul's.
The Washington times., 1933-05-09
Two Smart Guys

You may call this propaganda
on the part of Lucky" Bradley
and you may call it coincidence,
but we are inclined to interpret
it as just plain smart horse
manship by which his fellow
citizens in Kentucky might back
his horse and make a goodly
sum for themselves.
Because no Kentuckian sWal-
lowed that Bradley blast about
Ladysman being the class Of
the Derby lot. That wasn't like
their Colonel Bradley. That was
just their cue to get down on
Brokers Tip, and if you don't
think they did you should have
heard them yelling after No. Is
went up on the board. They
were still yelling at midnight
Saturday.
That it took a smart jockey
to make good all OF this
phenageling goes without say
ing, but we doff our skinner to
a smart breeder and an ebert
Jockey, and nobody should have
a kick on the outcome, even if
the boys were having a dog
fight coming down the stretch.
The Washington times., 1933-05-09
That Winter Talk

That his previous races, in the
plans of Colonel Bradley, were
nothing short of schooling for
the time when the honor and
glory of a fourth at bridge, we
mean in the Derby, was at stake.
Now that wasn't all of the
camouflage, and a beautiful job
It was for which no credit
should be taken away from the
proudest man on the turf today.
Part of the plan was to leave
Brokers Tip practically unmen-
toned through the pre-Derby
gossip which started away last
winter. Then the other Bradley
mounts, Boilermaker and Beef
steak, were banded about as
the most likely prospects and
you'd have thought Brokers
Tip was a red-headed stepchlld.
Then, right on the very eve
of the Derby, the villain" of
this story permitted himself to
he quoted that Ladysman was
the class of the Derby lot and
that Boilermaker was practi-
cally not to be mentioned.
The Washington times., 1933-05-09
z CANES BILLED
FOR TODAY

Two baseball games, one this
afternoon and one tonight, are
the only contests today involV-
ing local intercollegiate teams: ,
This afternoons scheduled
game, which may be cancelled
because of wet grounds, involves
Maryland and washington ana
Lee. Tonight's game, which
probably will be played, because
of superior conditions III Grit
filth Stadium, brings together
the Sixth Reserve Marines ana
the Colonials. The Marines nave
won four of five starts.
w. & L. was scheduled to play
Georgetown yesterday, but the
game was cancelled because OF
the rain and the terrible condl-
ton of the field on the Hilltop
Georgetown's tennis match with
William and Mary was also can
ceIled.
Coach Burton Shipley. OF
Maryland, feels that he has a
well-balanced Terp nine, now
that a drastic shakeup is com
pleted. Bill McIlwee probably
will hurl for Maryland.
The G. W.-Marin9 game to-
night stacks up as a colortul
proposition. Some 1900 buddles
of the Marine players will be in
the stands to root for their ia.
vcrites, while a Marine Band Will
furnish music.
The Washington times., 1933-05-09
MIXED DOUBLES
GA|NSPREM|ER
BOWLERS

A great battle is in the offing
for the District mixed doubles
duckpin championship, scheduled
at the Columbia at 8 o'clock to-
night.
Between 20 and Is pairs, made
up with the city's premier men
and women bowlers, will take the
drives.
Defending Champs
Carroll DAILY and Billie Butler,
last year winners, are conceded
only a fair chance Of succeeding
themselves, with such teams as
Freddie Moore and Lorraine GULL,
United States champion last year;
Whip Litchfield and Evelyn Ellis,
Paul Harrison and Elsie Fischer,
Frank Mischou and Catherine
Quigley, and Carl Gochenour and
,Rena Levy rated on the par with
them.
Crowding this group on the
dopesters' sheets are Paul Brill
and Mary Cox, Earl McPhilomy
and Jenny Egan, Margaret Lea
man and Charley Bernhardt, Lu-
ellie Young and Dave Burrows,
Norman Schroth and Helen Sui
Ivan, Chester Bid and Cath
crime Federline, AL O'Donoghue
and Evelyn Ream, Jack Wolsten-
holme and BesS Ackman, and
George L. Isemann and Esther
Burton.