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Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
UNCLE WIGGILY's STAIR SLED

Uncle Wiggily, who had been
out all day looking for adventures
had come home TO his hollow
stump bungalow and was resting
in his easy chair. The rabbit gen.
tleman was half asleep, dreaming
of what a fine supper Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy would soon have
ready for him when, all of sud-
den Mr.. .Longears heard a loud
clattering, banging and binging
noise on the front steps.
Bless my whiskers! What's
that?" cried Uncle Wiggily, jump
ing out of the chair and twinkling
his pink nose. Are the Bad Chaps
after me?"
Don't be silly!" laughed his
wife who had come in to tell him
he had better shave before supper
Its only the children"
The children. What children?"
asked Uncle Wiggily.
Your children and mine,' an
swered the rabbit lady with smile
Did you forget about them?"
"I guess I must have" said Mr..
Longears, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
ing the Bob Cat lollypops and he
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

II was dreaming that I was feed
nicked me on the paw Oh, I'm glad
I awakened! But why are the
children making so much noise?"
he asked, for thebanging, Glitter
ing, clattering noise sounded
louder than ever.
They have just come back from
sliding down hill on their sleds,'
the rabbit lady answered. Most of
the noise is made by their sieds
banging on the steps. But the chill
dren are alughing and shouting be-
cause they had such fun on the
hill"
"Oh, I see!" said Uncle Wiggily,
and soon he not only saw but he
heard. For into the bungalow came
trooping Baby Bunty, Buster, Gus
ter, Jingle, Jangle and all the other
forty 'leven sixteen bunny boys
and girls shouting:
What funl Oh, what fun! What
jolly good fun we hadl"
And we'll have a lot more fun
tomorrow" laughed Baby Bunty,
the cute little orphan rabbit.
Were going to slide down hill
some more and maybe you'll come
with us, Unkie Wig" she added
using all the baby talk she was
allowed
Maybe / will" said Mr.. Long
ears. you seem to have had a
lot of fun on the coasting hill"
"Oh, such fun!" shouted Buster
II bumped into Custer and knock
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
Don't Quote Me-
Ey United Press ,

These stalwart ones may have
the onus
'sOf laying hands upon the bonus.
1.-The currency: To them we hand
it
TO shrink, contract or expand it
Wen let them exercise their tai
ents
"on making that thar budget bal
ance
And pointing out with no delay
ing
"a tax the public won't mind pay
ing.
'sTo them we leave with stifled sobs
AL persons who are seeking jobs
While we roam that vast expanse
Where lame ducks seek their sus-
tenance.
When happy Gays are here again
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
BEDTIME STORIES
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1892 BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)

ed him off his sled head over paws
into a snow bank"
"Oh, MY goodness!" squeaked
Nurse Jane, who had come into the
room just then to count the pink
noses to make sure none of the
little rabbit children was lost.
Into a snow bank! Oh. dear!"
Pooh! I didn't mind it," said
Custer "It was fun!"
We'll, if it was fun, I guess it
was all right" said Nurse Jane as
she went on counting noses. And
then she exclaimed. "Oh, Snipsy
isn't here! Little Snipsy didn't
come back with you from the coast
ing hill! Little Snipsy is lost!"
mo, I'm not, Nurse Jane" said
Snipsy, as she looked around for
girl. Here am hiding under Dad
dicums' chair" And there she was
surely enough, with pair of scis-
sors trying to cut some buttons off
her fathers coat tails. That's how
Snipsy received her name-because
she was always shipping buttons
off every chance she got.
We'll, then I guess they're all
here" said Nurse Jane as she took
the scissors away from Snipsy. "I'll
finish getting supper now"
will you come coaSting with us
tomorrow, Daddicums?" asked
Snipsey, as she looked around for
another pair of scissors to snip off
more buttons. "Oh, it's such fun
coasting!"
"I'll try to come" promised the
rabbit gentleman. Il hope we have
a nice day tomorrow.
IF it should rain it would be
terrible" said Baby Bunty.
Well, as it happened, it was ter
tible. For it rained. After the
little bunny rabbits had gone to
sleep in their cribs, when their
father had read them the Bedtime
Story, all of a suddeni n the mid
die of the night it began to rain.
In the morning it was raining
so hard that there was no hill
coasting on the snow, for it was all
slushy. 1t rained SO hard that Mrs.
Longears said the children must
not go out to school.
Then we'll have to stay in the
bungalow and we can't go sled rid
ing and we can't have any funp'
cried Baby Bunty. Uncle Wiggily
felt very sorry for the rabbits, as
he knew it was no fun to have to
stay in the bungalow on rainy
day. So all of a sudden, he called:
II will make some fun for your
"How?" asked all the boy and
girl rabbits.
with a stair sled,' said Mrs
Longears. Were going coasting in
the bungalow on my stair sled
Wait for mel" Up to the attic he
hoped and all the little rabbits
wondered what was going to hap
! pen and what he meant by stair
sled. They found out, as you shall
also in the story tomorrow which
will be about Uncle Wiggily's coast
/ ing fun.
And I think it would be very jol-
! ly if the man in the moon would
come down to take ride on the
milkman's horse, don't you?
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

he expects another good team this
spring.
The nucleus of it will be Bill
Graber. Worlds record holder in
the pole vault, Duncan McNaugh-
ton, who won the high Jump IN
the Olympic games, and Ed Ablo-
wich, quarter miller, who ran a
place on the U. S. Olympic team
in the 4x1600 relay.
Cromwell, whose coaching psy-
chology requires no understate-
ments of strength, thinks we'll OF
the chances of his team to con-
tinue the Trojan's title streak.
"I'll have a good bunch of boys"
he states. "They should, as a team,
be able to take any school in the
country with the possible exception
of Stanford"
His reference to Stanford leads
to another interesting thing about
the I. c. 4-A's and that is that
since 1921, California, Stanford or
U. S. C. have taken the champion
ship every single year but 1924,
when Yale won,
California was first in 1921-22-23
Yale in "a, Southern California in
rs and 26, Stanford in '27, % and
80, and Southern California in 80,
81 and 80. Incidentally Stanford
has been runner up to Southern
California the last three years and
those two teams seem destined to
fight for the title again.
The I. G. "A meet must be lots
of fun for eastern teams and
coaches.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen, congresswoman
from Florida, didn't get reelected,
hut neither did she get angry. In
stead she wrote her will which
follows:
ITO members of the coming ses-
sion
1--WE leave what's left of the de-
preston
with $4,000 tones appended
"Telling just how it can be end
ed.
"To congressman who'll draw our
salary
I'VE leave all gunmen in the gal
cry,
"And Communists who march and
fight
"And threaten us with dynamite.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
COMMENT ON
SPORT WORLD
By GEORGE II. BEALE
United Press Staff Correspondent
Pinch Hitting for Henry McLemore

fIncn Hlttlng 1Or Henry NcLemOro
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20. - AS
something that should plough
wrinkles in the brows of track
coaches all over the country, we
point to red-haired Seattle youth,
James Abbott, who, while repre-
senting the freshmen, ran 100 yards
in 9.7 in the very recent interclass
meet at University of Southern
California.
Southern California has won the
national intercollegiate track
championship three consecutive
years; its team looks good enough
to repeat this spring; and Young
Abbott represents what the TrojanS
have in store for the future.
Abbotts time has been bettered,
of course, but it must be realized
that Abbott and the season were
just warming up, so to speak, and
that Abbott, as freshman, has
not yet felt the coaching influence
of Dean Cromwell.
Cromwell's influence must be adj
mitted.
AS an all-around track coach he
has turned in five consecutive
championships in the nine years
U. S. c. has been competing in the
I. C. "A AS pertains to Abbott
specifically, Cromwell has developed
such sprinters as Charley Borah
Charlie Paddock and Frank Wyk-
off. They don't come much foster
than those three.
Cromwell lost bunch of last
years stars, including Wykoff
holder of the worlds record at loo
yards, and Dick Barber, intercol-
legiate broad jump champion, but
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
Editorial Page
and
Features
WASHINGToN,S SPIRIT NEEDED

THE Sunday issfe of coast contempor-
L airy, carried a photograph of Wash
ington in honor of his approaching birth
day, topping it with the caption Spirit
Still Guides Nation"
We wonder if the caption would not be
nearer correct if the word should" were
inserted between spirit and ''still'.
Does the spirit of Washington still
guide US? Are our men in public af-
fairs today guided by the same spirit of
patriotism and unselfish sacrifice that
marked Washington's entire career? Are
they as honest and as patient as he was?
OF course there are individuals in the
public life of the nation today who are
honest, sincere, patriotic and fully
worthy of the confidence of the country.
But are they a majority or a minority?
We have had the sad example of men
in high office-cabinet Misunderstanding
their country for money as truly as Ben
edict Arnold ever did. The papers are
full of the petty graft INDUCED in by
members of congress-padding mileage
records, employing dummy relatives on
the congressional payroll, junket trips
for members and their families on navy
vessels to all parts of the world, and
numerous other ways of cheating.
How do these things compare with the
acts of a man who left the luxury and
comfort of large estate to lead a rag
ged and undisciplined, often disloyal,
band of men through seven years Of war
fare, for which he refused to take any
compensation above the expense account
he turned in, which must have been
much less than he actually spent?
Are our public officials today desir-
Gus of giving full value for the taxpay-
ers dollar, or are they more concerned
with so conducting their offices as to
enhance their political prestige? The
question can be asked not only of our
national officers but of state and munl-
cipal officers as we'll. The answer, we
fear, in the great majority of cases,
would be that political prestige is pre-
ferred to unselfish service.
There are many suggestions as to what
this country needs at this time. Few
will question the assertion that one evil
dent need is a little more of the ideal
ism of Washington SO that it can truth
fully be said his spirit guides the ma
tion.
At last congress seems to be taxing
.fHow Dry l AM, seriously.
Dispatches advise that Colonel Robins
did not get lost on his second attempt
to visit Mr. Hoover.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
Buffers Mistake
Causes Arrest

That whiskey and automobiles do
not mix was demonstrated to the
satisfaction of Frank Butler, 81
Saturday night, when he stepped
into the wrong automobile and
ended in the Calexico Jail on a
charge of driving while drunk, ac-
cording to a report at the sheriff's
office.
The sheriff's report showed a
telephone call at 1925 noting the
theft of an automobile registered
to w. w. Stewart. Butler was list
ed as suspect. He had Stewart'S
wallet and Identification papers
the report said.
AT 9:23 another report stateo
that Butler was in the Calexico jail
on a charge of driving while drunk
and ordered cancellation of the au-
tomobile theft report.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

Published every evening Except Sunday by the
Imperial Valley Press, Inc. 625 State street. El
Centre, California. W. c. Costello, business man
ager. Telephone 26, business office: ZOO, editorial
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ciationa
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
Constipation g Years,
Trouble Now Gone

John j. Davis had chronic consti-
patton for six years. BY using Ad-
lerika he soon got rid of it, and feels
like a new person. Adlerika is quick
acting-safe. Clements Drug Store.
adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

The Placentia Mutual Orange
association, Orange county, mar
keted 1,474 cars Of oranges and
lemons last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

The steamer Paul Luckenbach
recently discharged 2,750 tons OF
Illinois corn which had been barged
down the Mississippi river, at Los
Angeles harbor.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 20. 1919

The way freight is pouring into
the Ell Centro depot is a caution.
Day after day string of cars is
lined up to be unloaded that taxes
the force to the utmost and illus
trates the development of the coun-
ty.
Cotton acreage this year is ex-
pected to be 10000 and it is expect
ed the gross revenue of the crop will
run we'll toward two million dollars.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

Roy Breedlove of Meloland has
20OO pounds of honey sorghum seed,
r. w. Eppler of Ell Centre has 400
pounds and S. H. Smithson of Alamo
has 500 pounds. This is the total
holding in the valley. The price is
around 20 cent per pound.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
February 20. 1918

1t is estimated that 10000 bales
of cotton are to go out of Calexico
as result of the lifting of the en-
barge on cotton. This is the larg-
est amount ever stored there.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

A club for the purpose of a
greater Calipatria was formed in
that city yesterday as a sequel to
the civic celebration and chamber
of commerce banquet.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

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Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

please let US know just where an;
when.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20
TEN YEARS AGO
February % 1919

Directors of the district today set
about to determine a method upon
which tax assessments are to be
made after March l this year. The
questions of whether collection of
all funds needed through taxation
on land values, assessments for wa
ter received or compromise as Is
now in force, were discussed.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

Dispatches advise that Colonel Robins
did not get lost on his second attempt
to visit Mr.. Hoover.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

At last congress seems to be taking
s'How Dry | AM, seriously.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-20

The dome at Sacramento seems to be
developing into another Teapot Dome.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
BROKER NO LONGER LOVES
CLAIRE WINDSOR, HE SAYS
"Nor Do I Love Marian Any
More" Declares Read, Adding
He Will Aid Actress.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. September 1.-Alfred
G. Read said today he no longer loved
Claire Windsor, blond actress, from
whom the handsome Oakland brokers'
former wife seeks $1,000 In an aliena-
tions Of affections suit now on trial.
Nor do love Marian any more" he
said, adding that he would assist Miss
Windsor In the suit brought by Mrs.
Marian Read.
Read expressed sympathy for his for
mer wife, who, after listening yesterday
to fervent love letters exchanged be-
tween Read and Miss Windsor, suffered
q near collapse and was forced to re-
tire from the court room.
Miss Windsor was to continue today
the story Of her romance with the
broker, who, she alleges, deceived her
into believing he was unmarried. It will
be her third day in the witness chair.
The actress 30 far has related hot
she met Read on q New Mexico Desert
railroad station platform during q train
stop, how he kissed her during "gor-
geous moonlit night" as they stood on
the observation car platform as the
train rolled through Kansas, and how
he proposed to her as the train click
clacked its way through the corn belt
Of Illinois.
Evening star., 1933-09-01

Zanuck company which seems to have
limitless money. So far they have been
able to outbid every one on the coast
for the services Of stars-and you will
notice that one after the other Of the
great" are drifting over that way. The
latest Is Robert Montgomery who will
be Constance Benefits leading man In
Moulin Rouge" the musical which
Nunnally johnson has adapted from q
French play.
WHAT we limited at from Holly
w wood is true. Norma Shearer
will play Marie Antoinette, thus break
ing two or three hearts who wanted
to play the same role.
Richard Dix has been signed by
M-G-M to play in forever faithful
Watch this girl Patricia Ellis. Owe.
at Warners-First National, they said:
We expect great things Of the girl y
She Is very young, very pretty and has
a grand sense of humor. Lyle Talbot
thinks so, too!
Another newcomer over at Warner
Bros. (who played here last season il
Show Boat'), George Blackwood, is
at present the white-haired boy on
that lot His first assignment was t.
make love to Kay Francis and his Sec
ond to make love to Ruth Chatterton
Not bad!
FREDDIE SHERMAN will have 9
L small role in Design for Living
when Corinne Griffith plays the Coward
opus at the National the week Of Sep
tember II.
Tonight is world premiere" night
at the Palace. Broadway to Holly
wood" is the hlm. Good" say those
who made it.
Pete Macias has named his new
club the "Heigh-Ho Club" Heigh-ho
Maxine Doyle left this morning for
California She will be given q party
by Dick Powell the first night she ar
rives She was given farewell
testimonial yesterday by the Warner
Bros. She will be back In six
weeks. In the meantime handsome
Oracle Barrie will do the thank you
job, plus an "act" which IS to be all
her own.
Evening star., 1933-09-01

Since I wrote all about Dinner at
Eight" a long time ago, I'll Just mention
once again the marvel Of Jean Harlow's
portrayal OF Dan Packers wife which,
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Palace-"Broadway to Hollywood" at
1l:15 am, l:20, 3:25, $50. 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
Loev's Fox-"Three CoFnered Moon, "
at IL am, las, 4:35, 7:l0 and 1910
pm. Stage shows at 1925, $40. 6 and
$50 pm.
Columbia-"Tugboat Annie" at IL 30
am. 1:25, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and $40
pm.
R-K-O Keth's-"Morning Glory" at
11:35 am. lao. 3:45. $50. 7:55 and
10 pm.
Earie-"Good- bye Again." at ll:l5
am, l:55, 4:35, 7:25 and 1910 pm.
Stage shows at 1855. 3:35, 6:25 and
9:05 pm.
TivolL"Another Language" at 2:30,
AIS. 6, 7:50 and 9:35 pm
Ambassador-"Her Bodyguard," at
$3.50, 8:15 and 9:55 pm
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Hannah Williams Steals
Spotlight At First Night
Wife Of Jack Dempsey Draws Attention Despite
Appearance of Gloria Swanson and
Norma Shearer.

On . second beholding, became more Of
q human triumph than 1t did the first
time I saw it. This girl knows how
to do things; she never copies any other
stars tricks; she has tempo and q
sincerity that few attain. And she
makes the artificial tricks Of some Of
the good old actAhs" show up in
painful light.
Claudette Colbert always gives q fine
performance, SO 1t Is nothing new to
hear that Torch Singer" is no excep-
ton. So well does La Colbert torch"
that we are convinced she could have
had q career at this particular type of
thing, and her throaty voice has strange
value from the screen. She should
sing more In her pictures. What Is
bothering me IS why doesn't q girl like
Colbert, who always gives a fine per-
formance. make one sensational hit like
Katharine Hepburn's in Morning
Glory? Perhaps the day will come
when the studio will dig up something
fine for her She carried q rather
silly story that had few good emo
tional moments.
Patsy Ruth Miller and Tay Garnett
are saying good-by In Budapest D.. as
good a place as any other, dare say,
If you have to say good-by. And most
of us Hollywoodites do. And just to
show you how intrepid lady may be
where her admirations are involved. a
tourist at Paramount studio the other
day was introduced to Gary Cooper.
She yearned for his autograph. He
obligingly assented and then became
embarrassed because he didn't have
card with him on which to scrawl the
immortal gag. With a fine emotional
gesture the lady thrust forth a very
handsome handbag which now carries
the Gary Cooper signature. That's
telling them.
(Copyright, 1888, BY North American News
paper Alliance, IncD
Evening star., 1933-09-01
By MOLLIE MERRICK.

By MOIL1E MERR1CK.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
r OLLYWOOD, Calf, September
l (N.A.NA).-Heigh de no!
Although Gloria Swanson made
i i her first public appearance
since her return from Eu-
rope and although Norma Shearer die
likewise, 1t was Hannah Williams
Dempsey, now Jacks cheerful little
earful," who knocked 'em cold at the
opening Of Dinner at Eight" at the
Chinese Theater.
Hannah. in q striped velvet evening
coat whose sleeves puffed out beyond
any have ever seen, reminded me OF
the story q friend of mine tells about
her father and mothers courtship. So
large were the sleeves in that day that
q genuine gallant always bought three
stalls when he took his lady to the
theater so she might attend In COM
fort and without having her sleeves
crushed. They had their moments in
those days even II we've taken to wear
ing our gardenias by the bushel.
But to come back to Hannah. Her
hair was the most amazingly golden
no platinum for La Dempsey; and her
smile-well, it was radiant, all right
Gloria Swanson stressed the Victorian
note in the modern mode by appearing
In a red evening gown reminiscent Of
hustle and wearing her hair In q
fringe bang.
Norma Shearer's blue and silver cos
tune had blue and silver gloves. 1t
was modern in trend. But the true
modern note was struck by Carole Lom-
bard who arrived with freshly divorced
husband Bill Powell Just to substantiate
that fine old Hollywood saying I'VE are
the best of friends"
Since wrote. all about Dinner ut
Eight" long time ago, I'll Just mention
once again the marvel Of Jean Harlows
portrayal OF Dan Packers wife which,
Evening star., 1933-09-01
CLAUDETTE COLBERT MAY
RESUME ROLE IN FILM
Physician Pronounces Her Recov-
cry From Operation Almost
Miraculous.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, September L.
Claudette Colbert, film star who under
went an operation for appendicitis last
Friday just as she was preparing to
embark on location trip to Hawaii,
may play the role after all, her studio
announced yesterday.
Making what the studio quoted her
physician, DR.. Samuel Hirschfeld, as
pronouncing "an almost miraculous re-
covery," Miss Colbert was said to be
determined to leave with four other
players-Leo Carrillo, Mary Boland
Herbert Marshall and William Gargan
ON the Malolo when 1t sails Saturday
eight days after her operation.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
DOUBLE FEATURE BAN
FOUGHT BY PRODUCERS
Independents Launch Fight
Against Inclusion of Clause
in N. b. A. Code.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. September 1.-THE
Independent Motion Picture Producers
Association today launched q faght
against inclusion Of q clause in the N
r. A. code for the motion picture In.
dustry which would prohibit the show.
ing Of double feature programs.
The major object Of the code is te
put people back to work." said Phi
Goldstone, vice president of the organ
izatlon. "Railroading the single feature
clause will decrease film output and
throw thousands of people out Of work
tn the production end.
TT will also close theaters and effect
other branches Of the industry depriv-
ing people of an entertainment policy
they have enjoyed or they wouldn't pay
to see it,"
Evening star., 1933-09-01
PEACEMAKER ATTACKED
80 Days in Jail Given Prisoner
for Fight With Two.

When Beach Day, colored, 1900 block
Of Fifteenth street, intervened In q
quarrel Wednesday between Townzy
King, colored, SO. and the latter's wife.
Ella. King turned on him, Day told Of
ficers, and proceeded to continue the
assault with Day as the victim.
Both Day and the wife got out war
rants for TownZy and when he was
arraigned In Police Court yesterday,
Judge Ralph Given sentenced him to
100 days in jail for attacking Day, and
80 days for the assault on his WIFE,