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Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
BED TIME STORIES
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1882, by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)

know soldiers are very fond of ba-
con in war and bacon comes off a
pig. I'll give Twisty some flowers.
And Uncle Butter, the goat. He
would be very brave in war, I am
sure"
HE has sharp horns" said Nurse
James with a laugh. IF he ran at
the enemy they would be afraid and
would skip away"
Sure they would" said Uncle
WiggiIy. well, now I'm going to
hop out and get some Decoration
Day flowers"
Better have your breakfast
first" said the muskrat lady. You
may meet some of the Bad Chaps
while you are gathering Decoration
Day flowers and if you don't eat
you will not be strong enough to
run away from them"
II am not going to run away
from any of the Bad Chaps on Dec
Grafton Day." said Uncle Wiggily
bravely.
What will you do?" asked Miss
Fuzzy WuzZy.
I'll decorate them!" exclaimed
the rabbit.
So he hoped over the fields and
through the woods looking for flow
ers to decorate his friends. He
found violets, daisies, buttercupS and
then. in a field, some whitish-pur-
pie flowers on tall, green stems
With the blossoms in his paws, Un-
Gle Wiggily started to hop back to
his bungalow. But, all of sud-
den, out of a bunch of weeds, pop
ped the Bob Cat.
New! New Mew!" howled the
Bob Cat.
Here's your decorationp cried
Uncle Wiggily, showing the whitish-
purple flowers into the Bob Cats
face And right away so many
tears came into the eyes of the Bad
Chap that he couldn't see to bite
the rabbit. And the Bob Cat cried:
I. Onions! Onions! Those aren't
flowers! They're onion blossoms!'
and away he ran Then Uncle Wig
gily laughed and, leaving the strong
tear-making onion blossoms on the
ground, he hopped along with the
other flowers to decorate his friends
who liked them very much. And il
the garden rake doesn't plant cleo.
trio light bulbs and expect to grow
cabbages, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily's blackberries.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
UNCLE WIGGILY's DECORA-
TION DAY

Early one morning in May, Un-
Gle Wiggily was awakened in his
hollow stump bungalow by the rub
OF dub dud of drums and the
rat ia ia of trumpets blowing.
What is this-war?" asked the
the rabbit gentleman as he jumped
out OF bed.
1T is what come from war" an
swered Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
cut in the hall where she was get
ting ready to put about forty 'leyen
sixteen clean towels in the bath
room for the many bunny children.
What do you mean?" asked Mr..
Longears.
II mean" answered the muskrat
lady housekeeper, this is Decora-
ton Day. and the drums and trum-
pets you heard were those of SOL
diers going out to decorate with
flowers the places where there are
soldiers who fought in the war
soldiers who will never fight again. !"
That is a very beautiful idea, F"
said Uncle Wiggiiy. Il think l
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
Editorial Page
and
Features
REMEMBER THE LIVING

MILLIONS of Americans today turn
Hltheir thoughts toward the green graves
here and in ali parts of the world, where
in rest the remains of those who died or
served in the battle forces of their coun-
try.
Memorial day, observed today in the
majority of the states, and on other dates
where local custom has so dictated, is
distinctly an American institution. which
has sprung from the desire of the peo-
pie to express their feelings toward those
who served the nation in time of need.
Our thoughts are drawn back to the
tales of Valley Forge, of New Orleans,
of Cerro Gordo and Monterey, of Antie-
tam and Cold Harbor, of San Juan and
Manila. of ST. Mihiel and the Argonne-
all written in the pages of American his
tory with the blood of her heroes.
1t is particularly fitting, while we pay
our tribute to those who have answered
TAPS, that we should turn our thoughts
to those who still bear the burden of war,
the disabled veterans and the widows
and children of veterans.
Recently the nation has passed leglsla-
tion which will seriously injure many
who sacrificed themselves at the call of
their country. 1t was not intended that
the legislation should injure any de-
serving veteran or the widows and child
ren of veterans, but it is SO drawn that
injury to these is certain.
On this Memorial day the people of
the United States might well rededlcate
themselves to the pledges they made to
the veterans at the time they answered
the call, whether it was in '61, '9S or II
Care, and the best of care, for the dis
abled veteran, his widow and his child
ren, is a sacred duty of the American
people. 1t is the duty of their President
and of their congress to see that the
pledges made are kept No promise
could be more binding upon countrys
honor.
For the heroic dead there is nothing
we can do except to extend our homage
and our veneration to their memory
and to hold fast to the principles Tor
which they died. Chief of these is that
their comrades and their widows and
children should not be neglected
From an Irish standpoint, these fur
riners" have held boxing titles long
II tiYne Mr. Mcl,ar-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30

ought to get some flowers for Dec
Grafton Day"
1T is nice of you to think that, !"
said Nurse Jane. But you know
your animal friends were never IN
a soldiers war"
why. how you talk, Nurse janet"
exclaimed MI Longears. who had
quickly dressed and was now hop
ping down the hall. Many ami
mails have taken part in wars.
Think of the horses that pull the
cannon and the horses the soldiers
ride. I'm sure many horses were
hurt in war"
Yes. I suppose So agreed Miss
Fuzzy WuZzy. Il didn't think OF
that" :.
and dogs, too" went on Uncle
Wiggily. Many dogs took part in
war. They carried water TO sick
soldiers and did other things"
Il forgot about the dogs" squeak
ed Nurse Jane.
"Then there are the pigeons.
said Uncle Wiggify. Il have read
That in war many pigeons fly TO
and fro over the battlefield carry
ing messages fastened in tiny rourd
boxes on their legs Some war pi-
/ geons were very brave and some
were wounded just as soldiers were.
My! I didn't know you knew SC
much about war" said Nurse jana
with a smile.
II don't like war" said the rab-
bit gentleman. but if we have tt
have it, I think animals who dIl
( their part should be decorated thf
same as men and women soldiers
So 1 am going to gather some bios
SONS and give some to my anima
/ friends who, some day, might figh
IN a war I'm kong to decorate
them while they are alive
That's a dandy idea said Nurs
Jane. whom shall you decorator
oh, Mr.. Twistytail, my fat pil
friend said Uncle Wiggily. "YoJ
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
Woman Leaps
From Vessel

SAN PEDRO, May 80: U.0 - Mrs.
Eleanor Hogg, 36, of San Francis
co. leaped overheard from the liner
Yale when the ship was off Port.
San Luis southbound to this port
from San Francisco last Sunday,
it was revealed by company Off
cials today.
No search was made in the fog
and darkness because Of delay in
notifying the ship 5 master Of
Mrs. Hogg's act. the steamship
company reported.
She was a sister Of Mrs. A. A..
Amos, newsstand operator on the
Yale, who told ships officers her
sister had been respondent since
the recent death of her husband.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
sDor1't Quote Me-
By United Press %

no rule against opening the Va
rious containers If the new treas
urer desires.
The retiring treasurer once served
as auditor of the department and
in that capacity originated the
counting out" process which mas
been used in recent changes Of adj
nainistration.
II is expected that the task will
require several weeks, although tie
current cash probably viii be
counted by Thursday evening.
WOODS will leave good wishes
behind him. as well as the tre-
mendous aEsount of money. He
believes President Roosevelt has
mace a happy choice in selecting
the Cincinnati banker.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
JAPANESE BOTTLE IDENTIFIED

HOQUIAM, Wash. U.P - r.
Saito. japanese p merchant, identi-
fled a card found in bottle by
Charles Marouart at North Cove
near here. He identified it as a
tidal and current recorder from
the japanese nautical experiment
station at Okinawa Province,
Southern Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30

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Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
DIRECTORS TO MEET

Farm bureau directors will hold
their regular monthly meeting on
Saturday, June 8, at 1:30 p. M, in
the office at the court house. All
directors are urged to be present
since an amendment to the bylaws
will be considered
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
HOMICIDE RECORD Is LOW

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah U,P)-
The homicide record for Salt Lake
City is less than half the record
for the nations cities. The ma
tional record is 15.5 per 100000
population. The local mark for
1882 was 4.8 per 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
TURKEY LAID Z OF. EGG

SNYDER, Texas U.P) "A new
deal" observed j. p. White, de-
voted follower of President Roo
sevelt, as he exhibited seven
ounce egg laid by turkey pullet'
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30

A Deglet Moor date palm bearing
a crop of Coachella Valley dates
will be exhibited at the Century OF
Progress in Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30

And the governor perhaps thinks tn
senator would look we'll at Napa.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
SPANKING BADLY NEEDED

MISS MARY McELROY is 25 years old,
IA and therefor too big to spank but she
rates spanking more than any young
ster who ever burglarized the cookie Jar.
Miss McElrOy is the young lady who
who was kidnapped from her home in
Kansas City on Saturday and was re-
turned there after her father had paid
$4,000 in ransom for her.
Ordinarily there is much sympathy for
one who is victim of lidnapers and
there would be for Miss McElroy. but
for her attitude toward the kidnapers.
She does not want them apprehended,
nor will she assist in search for them.
To her the kidnapping was a romantic
thrill
One is justified in assuming that the
young lady has seen too many romantic
movies and read too many romantic
novels, taking them all too seriously
She should be aware that a very seri-
Gus breach of the law has occurred and
that she is in a position to help rectify
it. One could sympathize with her if
fear kept her from doing so, but the
stand she has taken warrants a spank
ing.
1t will not be very surprising to many
observers if the kidnapping should prove
to have been a hoax, born in Miss McEl-
roy's romantic mind and carried out with
her assistance.
Kidnapers don't often go unmasked.
1t is too dangerous. Two who took her
from her home were minus the kidnap-
er's favorite disguise. Nor are men, des-
perate enough to engineer kidnapping,
likely to bring flowers to the party kid
naped. -.
If Miss McElroy gets away with it,
we might as we'll prepare ourselves for
an epidemic of kidnapings with romantic
ally inclined heiresses starring in plots
involving modern Robin Hoods. A new
field is opened up for thrill-seeking girls
with plenty of time and money in their
hands, and with nothing to occupy their
brains-if any.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30

Probably Senator Inman felt Cover
nor Rolph was where he belonged when
he visited Folsom on Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30

We have seen no account of Chicago's
favorite amusement on exhibition at the
big fair. But then maybe no gangster
would part with his machine gun.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30

In a brilliant address, DR.. Rufus
Won KleinSmid, president of U. S.
c.. last night advised graduates OF
Central Union high school.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
TEN YEARS AGO
May IN 1902

More than 300 cars have been or
dered for cantaloupe shipments to-
day and it is likely all of them will
be needed to move the pick for the
day.
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Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Nav 20. 1913

The new road from Calexico to
Yuma which is being built by
ranchers assisted largely by CAL
exico money with some contribu-
tions from other valley communi-
ties. is being tried out by various
pathfinders. A great deal of work
is to be done yet.
Mercury reached only 80 today
and it seems likely that this is the
first May in the history of the val
ley that the temperatures have
failed to reach 100.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30

From an Irish standpoint, these fur
riners" have held boxing titles long
enough. 1t was about time Mr.. McLar-
min upset the apple cart.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-30
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
AH on 1nrQ

May 30, 1918 ..
The Irrigation district asked the
secretary of war for the placing OF
a detachment of soldiers at the new
lockwood gate during the period
of high water as precaution
against any possible German plot
to destroy the valley water supply.
Imperial county was chosen to
lead the. first war savings stamp
drive because many residents are
leaving for summer vacations soon.
1t is up to this county to set
shining mark at which 100000, 1000
people are asked to shoot.
The Washington times., 1933-06-13
Paramount Wants
Actress for Alice

With the success of Para
mounts screen production of
Alice in wonderland" hinglng for
a large part on the girl who is Sc
lected for the title role, studio
executives plan to spend the next
four months combing the globe
for just the right actress, and the
general public is asked, in view
Of the widespread appeal the pro-
duction will have. to send in Sug-
geStionS.
Paramount executives are dead
locked on several important points
concerning Alice, and suggestions
and reactions received will detl-
nitely influence the final decision.
Should Alice be girl or a
grown woman? Should she be
English or American? A blonde
or a brunette. Should she be Sc
lected from among the lists of
HollyWood'S trained actresses, or
should she be an unheralded un-
known? And who, besides Alice,
is the most popular character in
the two Carroll books, Alice in
Wonderland" and Through the
Looking CLASP"
Paramount asks that all replies
be sent directly to Emanuel Cohen,
vice president in charge of pro-
duction, Paramount Studios. Hol-
lywood, Calf.
Paramount enters into a
The Washington times., 1933-06-13
Rubinoff, When?

When will Dave Rubinoff and
his violin get a Washington book
ing? The curley-headed maestro
has become big celebrity since
his Sunday night broadcasts with
Eddie Cantor, and probably only
the Palace regulars can recall
when he was guest conductor at
Thirteenth and F Street.
Loew's brought Rubinoff in as
guest conductor during the reign
of Tommy Cannon on the podi-
um. Yes, the same Tommy who
is now tickling the Steinway in
the Fox pit. Rubinoff arranged
some of those snowy overtures
such as 1872" and the burning
of Moscow but made his biggest
hit with his own arrangements
for the fiddle of popular melo.
dies. Substantially the same ma
terial which the radio audience
favors so highly.
The Washington times., 1933-06-13
Bogus Mind Readers Are Exposed
In New Film at Columbia

Hollywood turns the spotlight
on the mind reading racket in the
latest starring picture for Warren
William, current at Loew's Co.
lumbia Theater.
Starting out as medicine man
playing the small towns and
county fairs, Actor William, in
THE Mind Reader" discovers
there is more money to be made
in amazing the yokelry by So
called supernatural powers"
which enable him to forecast the
future.
So he becomes Chandra the
Great, a charlatan given to gaz-
ing into the crystal and astound,
ing carnival audiences with What
he sees. He is proSpering unit.
he meets a country girl (Con.
stance Cummings, marries her,
to discover that she cannot abide
his crooked means of livelihood
and the misery he produces.
Chandra agrees to go straight,
gives up the carnival and be-
comes a door-to-door brush sales
man.
Poverty forces him to again re-
sumo fortune telling, but this time
in New York, as the eminent DR..
Munro. He tells unhappy wives
who their husbands are straying
with and soon has built up a fine
practice. But one of his victims
comes for vengeance and DR..
Munro kills him in defending him
self. The end sees him being led
off to Jail to serve a manslaughter
term after his wife has tearfully
promised to stick.
Warren William gives a forth
right performance that has little
or no sympathetic appeal. He is
an admitted fakir without a re-
deeming quality and it is difficult
to understand how such. whole
The Washington times., 1933-06-13

teur studio program. 1t was one
of the bright gems in play
that failed to make the Broad
way grade.
1 think Mr.. Kaufman could do
one eloquent job right now if
he turned his attention to the
number of loud speaker addicts
who are on the verge of nervous
prostration from the constant
dinning of that dirgeful Har-
lemania. Stormy Weather"
Or he might find a fruitful
second act in the number of So
called Broadway comedians who
are absolutely sterile without
their gag man, the unseen power
behind their broadcast jokes.
Or the other Broadway comed-
fans who are completely defeated
when they discover it is neces-
sary to be funny without being
8mutty.
There is also some good es.
sence of biting comedy in the
way the recognized stars of the
air waves have flopped gloriously
and destroyed illusion when they
stepped on the Hollywood sets
The announcers, the advertising
bores and the professional ap.
plauders and the horrible anna
teurs. All can stand good bit
of kidding on the screen. But
the right author hasn't tackled
the subject YET.
The Washington times., 1933-06-13
Plays
Are Booked

The Children's Theater Of New
York, which closed its first Wash
ington season with a successful
performance of Little Women
in April, is to return to Wash
ington with a new series Of six
plays at the National Theater,
beginning in October.
1t is interesting to note that,
Of the six plays chosen for this
new series, three Cinderella,
Five Little Peppers and "An
Fashioned Girl"-were the
leaders in a ballot vote taken in
the audience at the last perform
ance this season at the National,
while the other three we're also
decidedly popular with the chill
dren of that audience. The exact
schedule for next season will be:
October 21-"Five Little Pep
pers," by Margaret Sidney.
November 25 "Curdie, the
Princess, and the Goblins," by
I George Macdonald.
December 28-"Cinderella."
February 3-"An Old-Fashioned
Girl" by Louisa M. Alcott.
March 1O-"Rip Van Winkle,"
by Washington Irving.
April 28-"The King of the
Golden River" by John Ruskin.
AS before, all performances will
begin at 1920 a. m. and will De
sponsored by the Womens Inter
national League.
Mrs. Franklin Delano Roose-
welt, Mrs. Harold L. IckeS, Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. Henry
A. Wallace and Mrs. William A.
Woodin are included among the
patronesses of the series, which
should prove most attractive to
Washington children.
The Washington times., 1933-06-13
Sally EiIers Will
Play Kathleen
Norris Story
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1888, King Features
Syndicate, Incl

HOLLYWOOD, June 13.--When-
ever Sally Eilers can tear herself
away from London Sol Wurtzel
abs a picture ready for her to
step into at the Fox Hollywood
studio.
1t is Kathleen Norris walls
of Gold" a story about a Broad
way play-girl who refuses to set
tie down until-Well, what do you
think?
The boy in the picture will be
Norman Foster, who teamed very
nicely with Sally in Estate Fair"
Norman is a Fox contract player,
in case you didn't know. He has
been loaned frequently to other
studios, but now that Fox is get
ting back to it's usual volume of
production, you'll see him more
on the lot.
From a half dozen people in
England, you hear how popular
Sally is and what a good time
she's having. One of my scouts
writes of seeing her and Harry
Joe Brown dancing to the music
of Bert Ambrose's new Mayfair
Band. Bebe and Ben Lyon were
there the same night, also
Thelma Todd and Dennis King,
jeanette Macdonald and Bob
Ritchie, Hal Roach and others.
1t was like the cocoanut grove in
los Angeles
The Washington times., 1933-06-13
The Prize Musical

Metro-Goldwyn is opposed to
the policy of reissuing its fea-
lures, no matter how popular. 1t
prefers to remake them.
That explains why there has
been no announcement about a
revival of Broadway Melody"
which to my mind was the first
real screen musical and has never
been closely approached by the
crop of carbon copies. Broad
way Melody" had a great story,
some splendid tunes, good pro-
duction numbers and fine act
ing. These combined virtues have
failed to appear in any of the
musicals which have followed.
United Artists have reissued
Eddie Cantor's "Whoopee" and
the box office results are being
watched closely by the industry.
If it goes over as expected I look
for a reissue of broadway Mel
ody."
The Washington times., 1933-06-13
Farley Looks at Farley

Postmaster General Jim Farley
was anxious to see how he ap-
peared as a news reel actor. So
he dropped into Loew's Palace
late one night last week and had
Angie Ratio run off the Metro
tone Newsreel after the regular
performance. Speaker Rainey
dropped into the Fox last night to
inspect his own screen perform
ance.
AS matter of fact all the ma
tional celebrities who are caught
by Arthur De Titta and the other
camera and microphone experts
slip quietly into the downtown
theaters and give themselves a
critical scanning. j. Pierpont
Morgan got a special print of all
the news reels which carried his
features in the recording of the
Senate hearings.
The Washington times., 1933-06-13
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

ACE Ann Harding in
"When Ladies Meet" at 1870
a. M, 1885, 3:35, 5:35, TAO and
METROPOLlTAN - Claudette
Colbert in Il Cover the Water
front" at II a. M, 12:45, 2:35.
4:2O, Cos. 7:55 and 9:40 p. m.
EARLE Joan Blondell in
"Gold Diggers of 1888" at 1O:15
a. m, 1875, 2.55, STA. 1888 and
s9:55 p. m. Stage shows at 1855
a. M, 2:15, 4:35, 6:55 and 9:15
p. m.
FOX-Lee Tracy in THE
Nuisance" At II a. m, lao, 4:25,
7:15 and 10 p. m. Stage shows at
12:4O. 1925, 6:15 and 9 p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S-Ginger Rogers
N professional Sweetheart" At
Ills a. M, 1:47, 4:19, 6:15, 8:17
and 1919 p. m. Gene Dennis at
1:l4, 3:46, 7:44 and 9:46 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Warren William
in THE Mind Reader" At 11:l0
q. M, 1885. 2:40, 4:30, els, sos
and $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-06-13
STAGE AND SCREEN
All In a Day
ODDS AND ENDS
BY
MARK HELLINOER

do later. For when he tried to
get the shoes on, it was no go.
They we're only size 10 and John
uses size IL!
John hobbled to the phone
booth, phoned the salesman
and told him what he thought
of him in various languages.
The salesman called for the
shoes a little later and took
them away on his shoulder.
And that was the end of the
deal. John never got his
money back, and he never got
the shoes either.
well, John" 1 asked, didn't
you ever do anything to get
even with him?"
Handsome" John waved his
razor excitedly.
You betcha my life" he
cried. Il geta him right into
de court. 1 tella de judge to
put him in jail, but he's gotta
da lawyer there who putSa over
do case for once week.
80 I foola him. l don'ta 60
back to de court next time at
all. He amt gonna bulldog
mel"