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Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

breakfast. He didn't eat very much,
for he had so much Thanksgiving
the day before. But he said
I'll go out and hop around and
look for an adventure. That will
make me hungry and I'll eat a good
lunch"
You had much better play some
games with your children" said
Nurse Jane. That will give you as
much exercise as looking for adven-
lures and, at the same time, it will
amuse the children and keep them
from running in and out of the
bungalow when your wife and I are
busy doing the work"
"a fine idea" said Uncle Wig
gily. III do itw
The rabbit gentleman hoped
down to the end of his bungalow
yard, where he saw Jingle, Jangle,
Buster, Custer and Baby Bunty and
all the rabbit boys and girls jump
ing and hopping.
"Oh, here comes Unkie Wig!"
shouted the little orphan rabbit.
Are you going to take us adven-
turing?" she asked.
81 have come to play games with
you" said Uncle Wiggily.
"Hurray" cried the boy rabbits.
what game shall we play first?"
the rabbit gentleman asked.
"Tagl" said some.
Hide and go seekl" said others.
"We1l play tag first decided
Mr.. Longears, "and then wen play
the other. I'll be IT."
This meant that Uncle Wiggily,
being it, would have to chase some
Of the bunnies until he caught
them and at once the chase began.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

traveller who has seen the remote
corners of the world. Since no BIZ
biography is included in the book,
we assume this to be Miss Yates
first effort, but it is to be hoped
she will discuss her experiences
with us again. She has knack for
capturing significant detail, and all
the enthusiasm of a fresh, original
mind is brought to bear on her task
of story telling. The illustrations
are interesting, and an addenda in
cludes recipe for a sort of glori-
fled curry called rijsttafel, which
she says is the Dutch lunch which.
takes tWenty-three men and boy
to serve. What more could one ask
for than vivid writing, clear illus
trations, and a practical recipe 1--WE
think rijsstafel could be simplified
and served by one) for a native
dish?
Books, The New York Herald
Tribune literary supplement, con-
tains an interesting article by May
Lamberton Becker this week, on a
course of reading suggested by Gec-
trude Stems enormously popular
Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas"
The recommended books are in the
library collection, and include 1.-The
Art of Henri Matisse," by Barnes
and de Mazza; Adventures in
Ideas" by Whitehead" Education
and tie Modern World" by Rus
sell; Modelling My Life" by Janet
Scudder; "a Hilltop on the Marne,"
by Aldrich. Mrs. Becker thinks it
would be well to re-read Scott F'itz-
geralds This Side of Paradise"
Van Vechten's peter Whiffle," and
Andre Gide's THE Counterfeiters,
to find out for ourselves if Miss
STEMS critical estimates hold up
well in view of the years since the
first publication of these books.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01
GIANTS BUY HURLER

NEW YORK, Dec. l. U.P)-The
New York Giants today announced
the purchase Of Joe Bowman, pitch
er, from the Portland club Of the
Pacific Coast league. A large
amount" of cash and infielder Gill
bert English were given in exchange.
Bowman, %, won % and lost Il
games last season.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01
ROOSTER USES WOODEN LEG

BELOIT, Wis. U.P)-A wooden
leg for a rooster is one Of the
many things fashioned by Ben
Hunsbusher, Darien blacksmith.
The ROSTERS leg was run over by
a mower, but is able to run about
the Frank Langdon farmyard.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

Important steps in their program
for cooperative handling of the val
ley's sheep problems were decided
on at the organization meeting OF
the Imperial Valley Sheep and Wool
Growers association held last night
in the city hall at Hoitville.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01
PRESENTS BUY EDUCATION

LAWRENCE, Kan. U.P) Stu
dents at the University of Kansas,
members of the Self-Supporting
Students association, are earning
money for second semester tuition
by making and selling nicknacks
for the Christmas season.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

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portion of them do. We have to be pollte
and say thanks to Mr.. Hoover and sun
ny jim" for their well-meant but entire
" futile effort to stage real battle.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December I. 1913

A second wave of the influenza
epidemic seems to. be sweeping
through Brawley, as six patients
were taken into the Red Cross hos
pital Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Pest Year.
TWENTY YEARS AGO

The Villa Farms Investment COM
pany entered into a contract today
with P l.. Hendrick to build cement
walks and curbs in the Sandalwood
subdivision in the southern part OF
the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

L. B. Lauer, Alturas, recently
completed the first trench silo in
Modoc county and filled it with
rye and alfalfa.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

Tonight's program at the L e. s
includes THE Faithful Servitor,"
two reel feature; IAN Errand CT
Mercy" drama; and Keystone
comedy, Safe In JAIL
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01
SHOP EARLY

With Thanksgiving out of the way and
Christmas little more than three weeks
off, the annual Christmas shopping cam
pagn gets under full sway.
Hand in hand with Christmas shop
ping goes the annual admonition to do 1t
early. This means early in the day as
we'll as early in the season.
Despite the widespread publicity Civ
en- to early Christmas shopping, there is
always a large percentage who let It go
until the last week and even to the last
few hours available to them.
The Christmas season is always
heavy strain on store clerks, post office
employees and others upon whom the
public depends to obtain and transport
their Christmas presents. With the CO.
operation of the public much OF this
strain could be alleviated.
In addition to early Christmas shop
ping showing consideration for others, it
also exhibits wisdom on the part OF the
shoppers. There is a wider range OF Sc
lection for the early shoppers, prices are
no higher, and the shoppers save them
selvs the wear and tear on the nervous
system experienced by those who put it
off until the last moment
One month more before the 1884 can
didates begin on their campaigns, though
some are already jumping the gun
Youths who may think the racketeer
has nice time of it might bear in mind
the fate of Verne Miller
-O-
Today it is somewhat distressing to
know that more turkey is on the bill of
fare for Christmas.
To many December is the real big
date this month. Then old John Barley
corn stages his comeback.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01
Don't Quote Me-
By United Press

: WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Abece-
darianism of the Roosevelt admin
istration has reached such a pass
that the plain citizens are doing it,
too, A f-the-mine example:
81. P. U.
IS. P. S.
"F. D. r.
"N. R. A.
"P. D. @.
80. K.'
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

Today it is somewhat distressing to
know that more turkey is on the bill of
fare for Christmas.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

Youths who may think the racketeer
has nice time of it might bear in mlnd
the fate of Verne Miller.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

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Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

One month more before the 1884 can
didates begin on their campaigns, though
some are already jumping the gun.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

To many December is the real big
date this month. Then old John Barley
corn stages his comeback.
The Washington times., 1933-05-02

What marvellous things young do if it seems
worth WHILE
In ancient Crete in the bung young girls in their teens
rings OF bronze rveted around their waists forbddng atne
seized the rushing bull by the horns vaued its head
landing its hind quarters and jumping lightly to the ground
The trained Crete girl thought little of that performance
though occasionally when she missed that the end Of
bull jumping.
This remarkable young woman Sonia Hene only 18 years
DID, has beaten all Of the world skating champion
In fact there that approaches her. although Faule
r. Burger of Austria, stands second and Mrs. g. Wilson
Samuel, of Canada, third.
Dr. Grille, Of Cleveland scientist with terrific facts and fig
To begin with she has in her brain FOUR QUADRILLION
SEPARATE DYNAMOS ALL HELPING THE BRAIN WORK.
And important for skating she has arrangement
In her something like the drop of oil in carpenters
eve that tells her BRAIN automatically sending the
sage through the nerves. just when she is out Of balance
Whatever fancy skating any earth do Sonia
Hene do and much And through it all she smiles
for those who do things BEST do them MOST EASILY.
She depends courage patient practice extraordinary de-
veopmen but that which really does the work and does not
get the credit is the little arrangement in the that tells
about the balance Of the body.
You have such arrangement in your If
times happens in disease 1ocomotor aax for instance that
little drop Of oil should dry up and longer tell the brain
about your position you could not stand you closed your
walk without looking the ground at each STEP
with your eyes open.
We are the Bible says fearfuy and wonderfully made
and this skating girl proves it.
The Washington times., 1933-05-02
Europe's "Fly-Paper" to
Entangle America
By James T. Williams, Jr. =

From Paris "an official
spokesman" of the French
Government sends word to
the American people that
France is deeply impressed
by the reopening of CONVEX
sations at Washington con-
cerning "a consultative
pact for the security Of
peace.
In the opinion of this Old
World spokesman, the en-
trance of the United States
into such an engagement
would mark ga distinct evo-
luton in American policy"
Of the greatest Importance.
Our French informant
evaluates accurately the
importance" if true, Of
this predicted excursion into
European politics. Evolu-
tionary it may appear to
European eyes. From an
American point of view,
however, it would be moth
ing less than a revolutionary
departure from American
theory and American prac-
tice. It would mark a dis
tinct reversal of our tradi-
tional foreign policy. From
the beginning of our nation
we have needed the warn
ing Of the fathers to steer
clear of permanent alli-
ances" with any part of the
foreign world.
The Washington times., 1933-05-02

that belief by ELSIE ROBINSON
cutting the rope or pulling the
lever which sends him to his
doom?
OR IS THIS JUST SOME
MORE OF YOUR LOOSE,
L A Y THINKING; AND
WOULD YOU REALLY PASS
OUT COLD IF THE HANG
MAN CALLED YOUR BLUFF
AND PUT THE MOOSE IN
YOUR HAND?
All Of which I'm asking, be-
cause I'm mad. AS I write this,
Winnie Smith Judd'S ghastly
trial is still going on; and I've
been hearing a lot of slack
jawed talk on the subject OF
capital punishment. Particu-
larly from Nice Ladies, who
never even saw a pig7sticking-
much less a hanging-yet who
think they're talking awful
smart and brave when they
say they'd send that poor,
wretched soul to her death.
Now I do happen to know a
little about capital punishment.
Because I am a woman, I have
never been permitted to see an
execution; but I have seen
plenty Of hard-boiled newspaper
men come gagging back from
covering the story" and I have
taken pains to learn each hide.
Gus detail of the whole foul
business which you and I, by
our votes. are countenanclng.
So I know what I'm talking
about when say that I DON'T
BELIEVE IN CAPITAL PUN
ISEIMENT. .,..... .....
I'm against it with every
atom of decency that there is
in me. I consider it the beast
lest blot on our So-called CIV
ilization. For it not only makes
murderers Of us but it does
something worse = something
Sinner. TT MAKES CHEATS
AND EDWARDS OF US ALL.
FOR HERE WEARE CLAIM
ING WE. WANT CAPITAL
PUNISE1MENT-AND VOTING
TO HAVE CAPITAL PUNISH
MENT-AND HIRING MEN TO
PERFORM CAPITAL PUNISH
MENT-AND YET THERE
ISN'T ONE OUT OF A THOUS-
AND OF US WHO WOULD
HAVE THE NERVE TO DO
THE THING WE HIRE THOSE
MEN TO DO!
You doubt 1t, lady? All right,
answer me this. You have
equality now, and a vote.
You're supposed to think as
straight as a man, and take 1t
The Washington times., 1933-05-02

as hard on the chin. Very
well-let's see what your pose
is worth.
Every time a man in your
State dies by capital punish
ment, you help kill him. You
kill him as truly as though
you drove a knife through
his flesh or sent a bullet
crashing through his brain.
And whether you realize it or
not his dribbling blood and
his dying drool clot on your
polished nails.
All Of which is perfectly
jake If you know what you're
doing, and you mean what
you're saying, when you stamp
your ballot. But do you?
WOULD YOU YOURSELF
CUT THE ROPE THAT
SENDS THE BODY JERKING,
TWISTING TO ITS DEATH
DANCE ON THE EMPTY AIR?
WOULD YOU YOURSELF
STAND THERE AND WATCH
THAT TONGUE COME LOLL-
ING, BLACK, OUT OF THE
STRANGIING GULLET; NOTE
, THE EYE-BALLS STRAINING
FROM THEIR SOCKETS;
COUNT THE MINUTES
THOSE BLACK, ENDLESS
MINUTES - BEFORE THE
BLASTED BRAIN IS BROKEN
AND THE TWISTED VEINS
KNOT STILL?
OR, IF ROASTING IS MORE
TO YOUR TASTE, WOULD
YOU YOURSELF, KIND LADY,
STRAP AN 18-YEAR-OLD BOY
TO A CHAIR-A SKINNY,
HALF-GROWN YOUNGSTER
STILL GREEN AS YOUR OWN
LITTLE LAD AT HOMELAND
HAVING STRAPPED HIM,
CRUEL THONG ON WHITE
YOUNG ANKLE AND THIN
YOUNG WRIST, WOULD YOU
SLIT HIS TROUSER AND
CLAMP THE DEATH STEEL
TIGHT?
AND THEN WOULD YOU
PULL THE LEVER THAT LET
THE ROASTING BEGIN
THE ROASTING FOR WHICH
YOU VOTED AT THE POLLS?
How easily you voted! How
smartly you talked at your club
meeting in your Anti Crime
Drive! And how case-hardened
and progressive you felt as you
cried down sob sister senti-
mentality" and said: "The GRIM
inal asked for it; let him
take it!"
Well, then, you also have
"asked for it"-but can YOU
take it?
WILL YOU AS EASILY SEE
THAT BODY BULGE AND
WRTT7E UNDER THE DEAD
LY VOLTS?
WILL YOU BE AS CASE
RDENED WHEN THE
STINK OF THAT SCORCHING
FLESH FILLS YOUR NOS
TRILS AND THROAT-AND
THE CAP FALLS ASIDE-AND
THE DYING EYES GLARE AT
YOU, WHO SENT THEM TO
DEATH?
Would you do that, really?
Would you back your vote with
the actual act; do the thing
you hire another voter to do?
Then, If you would, you're an
honest woman and 7 respect
your opinion.
(Copyright. 1888, King Features
Svndicata. Tne.A
The Washington times., 1933-05-02
ONCE OVERS
Recommendations

You may be a good fellow,
but not a good, reliable worker.
No question as to your popu-
larity, pay your poker debts
promptly, meet all obligations
when due but still not the sort
Of person your friends would
like to recommend for a job.
Your friends realize that
some Of the things that con-
tribute to your estimate Of a
good fellow are not conducive
to success in filling an i'm
portant job.
Late hours, convivial habits,
unfit you for the demands of
an exacting position and en-
ployerS are getting more par
ticular-they have to be.
But you are fond of this
"good fellow" would like to
see MIN liked up.
Don't be carried away by
your honest liking for this
fellow If you are asked to
recommend a man for a posi-
ton.
You think you can get a
job for the one asking your
Influence Most of v0II1. friends
are the sort that will take
your word for it, though once
in a while one might refuse
to do anything for your
friends.
On the other hand, If you
are the one asking the favor,
and are refused recommends.
ton to an employer, don't be
angry h1,t IND nIyf the Y.ea SnT1
The Washington times., 1933-05-02
The New Home

Conditions have made it neces-
sary for you to save your nick
els.
Necessity for retrenchment
has brought you in closer con-
tact with your family.
It cannot be denied that de-
spite the curtailment Of expen-
ses required there is a better
family feeling in homes than
there has been for many years.
There are more family coun-
ellis, more combined planning
and more hours spent at home
than formerly.
During the jazz age you
caught that spirit and gadded
about far more than you should
have done.
It required more to interest
you and amuSe you when every
one was thoughtless and care
less and irresponsible.
You wanted to be on the
move IN your leisure nOurS.
Home was a way station-you
had money to spend and you
spent it.
Family conferences were not
needed or thought of because
things seemed to be always COM
ing your way.
Each member Of the family
had some special amusement
and was able to follow his or
her personal inclination.
Pleasure was the great goal,
but now you are thinking, you
know that mere pleasure, neither
profitable nor possible. gets you
nowhere worthwhile.
Copyright. 1888, King Features
Syndicate, 1ncD
The Washington times., 1933-05-02
Previous Attempts
To Entangle U. s.

Ever since the Great War
ended, Europe has been try
ing by one means or another
to lure the United States
into an alliance to enforce
the Treaty Of Versailles and
guarantee the so-called
"peace Of Europe.
That was the objective Of
the proposed Treaty Of ALI
ance between the United
States and France, which
was signed at Versailles,
June %, 1919, by Mr.. Will
son and M. Clemenceau.
Under the terms of this
proposed treaty, the United
States would be pledged to
60 Immediately to the assist
ance of France Gin the
event of any unprovoked
movement of aggression be-
ing made against her by
Germany"
This French security pact
was intended to compensate
France for her failure, un-
der the Versailles Treaty, to
obtain possession Of the
Rhine boundary.
There was never the slight
est possibility that the
United States Senate would
advise and consent to the
ratification Of such an ALI
ance. When this engage
ment was submitted by
President Wilson to the Sem
ate, after his return from
France, it received the GUS
tomary reference to the
Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions. There it has remained
ever since. It was never
reported to the Senate. It
was never even taken up
in committee.
But President Wilson
brought back from Europe
at the same time another
and broader security pact.
This one was written into
the Covenant Of the League
of Nations which, in turn,
was inextricably imbedded
in the Treaty of Versailles.
Security Pact
In League Covenant
This security pact - the
notorious Article X-was de-
scribed by Mr.. Wilson as
"the heart of the covenant. "
Under Article K all the
member powers Of the
League were individually
pledged to "respect and pre-
serve as against external
aggression the territorial in
tegrity and existing indie
pendence of all the members
of the League.
And it was further pro-
vided in this Article x,
"that in case of any such
aggression" the Council of
the League "shall advise
upon the means by which
this obligation shall be full
filled"
After this second proposal
for a security pact had
been thoroughly debated by
the United States Senate,
the ratification of the Treaty.
The Washington times., 1933-05-02

you believe in
it-and just
how much do
you KIN o W
about this
thing in
which you be-
lieve?
Do you sin
cerely and in
telligently be-
lieve that you
have, by your
vote, the right
to kill your
felloW-man
and W u | d
you back up
The Washington times., 1933-05-02

covenant of the League, was
refused in November, 1919,
and again in March, 1920.
Then came "the great and
solemn referendum" of 1920
which resulted in the defeat
of the party and the Ad-
ministration tn at cham
pioned this proposed alli-
ance to guarantee the peace
of Europe was sustained by
an overwhelming majority
of the American electorate.
World Court
Only a League Court
That is why we are not
in the League Of Nations
today, and therefore not in
volved in any security pact
to safeguard "the territorial
integrity and existing inde-
pendence" Of any European,
Asiatic or African power.
But our European asso-
ciates in the Great War have
been persistent in their de-
termination and consistent
in the methods they have
pursued to entangle this
country in a political pact
to enforce the Versailles
Treaty and pledges us to 60
to their support in the
event Of another war.
Having failed to entangle
the United States in the
fly-paper Of the proposed
Treaty of Alliance with
France or in the fly-paper
of the League covenant, the
European powers then sent
over a new piece of fly
paper which they called q
"Protocol for a World
Court.
Upon examination by our
Senate, this so-called World
Court was shown to be not
a judicial body of the sort
that Theodore Roosevelt,
while President, started in
The Hague Tribunal for Ar
bitration. This so-called
World Court, the Senate
demonstrated, was in reality
only a League court-the
Leagues department Of JUS
tice, as Senator Borah de-
scribed it. And the purpose
Of this League court, it's
chief function, was to in
terpret and enforce the
Treaty Of Versailles and to
render advisory opinions on
any question submitted to it
by the League of Nations.
Thus far our Senators in
Congress have refused to
ratify the League Court pro-
tocol except upon conditions
that Europe has not found
acceptable.
What Price
Europe's Promise7
Now Europe, according
to the interesting informa-
tion from Paris, is appar-
emily about to send over a
new piece of fly-paper bear
ing the persuasive title of
Consultative pact.'' - It's
purpose will doubtless be
revealed as identical with
that Of its predecessors-to
involve the United States
in a permanent alliance to
enforce the Treaty Of Ver-
sailles and to protect "the
territorial integrity and
existing independence" of
the very League of Nations
which for more than a
decade the United States
mas repeatedly refused TO
enter.
In 1919, we were still in
a technical state of war
with Germany and Austria.
Then we were offered a re-
turn to peace in exchange
for our entrance into a
security pact, called the
League Of Nations. We
said that price was too
high. We refused to pay it.
And we made our own
peace with GERMANY and
The Washington times., 1933-05-02
LISTEN. WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

Would You Kill him, Lady?
IT believe in capital punish
ment," you say.
Very well, that's your privi-
lege. But just how much do
The Washington times., 1933-05-02

COnnubiaI Casualties
A wife had her husband ar
rested last week for embezzle-