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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-05-15
Muscle Shoals Development
Measure Blocked In Senate
my A.seeIasea Pse.a,

WASHINGTON. May I5.--Im.
mediate confederation of the
Muscle Shoals and Tennessee Val.
ley development bin conference
report was blocked in the senate
today BY Senator MeNary, repub.
liean leader. Who said many sena.
tors wanted an opportunity 10
study the agreement.
Secretary Hull said in the forth.
coming economic conference ne
viii be glad 90 reexamins any
vraetice policy or method Of this
government which other countries
might think unfairly restrictive OF
trade.
Congressional leaders we're sum
snoned 20 the White Hossse con-
ference 10 discuss with Pressdens
Roosevelt . proposal igor '.reem-
ployment" or ''salear tax 10 ii.
nance the gigantic puhlx wog&s
praxyrsn.
The chief executive ~ expected
10 de;ernine whether ii vii Re
feasible 10 rscornnend "a ssnpesss-
sao7 VI . generai tar ON industry
80 slightly more shan enc perreas.
The senate Judiciary COMMITTEES
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

Then Jack Frost, who was living
with Mr.. WhiteWash for the Winter,
blew his cold breath and 10 and be-
hold The ball was as good as new.
Then Uncle Wiggily looked at diff
ferent Christmas tree ornaments,
made of icicles, balls of white and
colored ice, and snowflakes, and he
picked out dozens and dozens for
his Christmas tree.
You'll want a golden spear for
the very tip top of your tree said
Mr.. Whitewash, giving it to the
bunny. And you had better take
this golden spear of ice home with
you. You can easily hide 1t from
the animal children and if you meet
any Bad Chaps you can tickle
them with the golden spear and
make them run away"
So Uncle Wiggily hoped toward
his bungalow with the golden
spear. And if the corkscrew will
pull the rubber boots off the legs
of the rocking chair I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily tickling
the old Fuzzy Fox.
Copyright, 1888, by H. R. Garis0
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
Editorial Page
and
Features
UP TO PUBLIC OPINION

Perhaps by the time this appears in
print, legal drinking of liquor will be an
actuality, instead of a dream which has
been pursued by devotees of John Bar
leycorn for the past Ii years.
The thiry-third state to ratify the 2lst
amendment, repeating prohibition, was
scheduled to take that action some time
during the day and Immediately there
after prohibition becomes a dead issue
insofar as it is concerned nationally.
Public opinion was against prohibition
from the start. With such a handicap 1t
could not succeed. Even many who ad-
vocate temperance or total abstinence,
felt that such ends could be obtained bet
ter by education and individual persua-
sion rather than by national legislation.
Having accomplished the repeal of pro-
hibition, public opinion faces a new task
that of controlling liquor. 1t is a task
even more stupendous than removing the
prohibition amendment.
Public opinion must be so nodded that
promiscuous drinking and all the old
evils of the pre-prohibition era will not
be tolerated. Even so-called ''wets" have
deplored the promiscuous drinking which
has been the rule rather than the eXcep-
ton at social functions during the pro-
hibition era. The hip flask was every
where in evidence and drinking was by
no means confined to adults.
Nor will it be under the new regime
unless public opinion sets its foot down.
A serious angle for our courts and cit
liens to consider in connection with this
phase of the new deal" is the drunken
automobile driver In California it is es-
timated there are three times the number
of automobiles now that there were when
prohibition became effective. With drinks
easily procured, there is grave danger
that the number of drunken driving cases
will increase
It will be necessary for public opin-
ion to back up the courts in dealing out
severe punishment to such offenders
First of all though, it will be even more
necessary for the courts to show a suf-
ficient amount of backbone to inflict Sc
we're punishment
Those who think that our liquor trou-
bles are over with the repeal of prohibi-
ton are making a grave mistake. In
stead our troubles are really beginning.
They are grave troubles but they are not
SO grave that they cannot be solved.
1t would be we'll for each individual
citizen, with repeal an accomplished fact,
to pledge himself to live up to the law
if he must drink to do so temporarily
and by his example show to his fellow
citizens that we can be sane about this
liquor question. If we mistake liberty
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

terms of endearment, extremely
sugary in their content, which, he
averred had been the bait used to
lure his erstwhile happy other half
away from him.
He told the police officer that
after all he did not care SO much
because his wife was gone, no sub,
it was the low-down, sneakin' way
in which this was done. Evidently,
he stated, this letter-writing had
been going on for some time ana
he in his simplicity did not know
what was happening Until said wife
was on her with the writer of the
billets-doux, the latter having been
left behind in her haste TO get
away. This was a sad mistake, an
oversight which may have serious
results should the present holder of
them ever catch up with their au-
thor.
! Sensing plenty of trouble in the
offing should these two meet up
here in Ell Centre, al officer was
detailed to accompany the visitor
to the bus depot where it was ex-
pected that the wife stealer might
arrive on the late stage. Fortunate
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
sDor1't Quote Me-
! BY United Press

Washington legal bars went ou5
of business during the war. Build
ings along one side of the avenue
have been demolished since then to
make way for great stone govern
ment structures. Chinese laundries.
curio shops, second hand stores
row are damned into buildings
where liquor once flowed on the
other side. AS a trophy for its
clubroomS, the National Press
club recently was given the last
brass plate that Shoomaker's had
in its swinging doors.
Chairman Jesse Jones, who deals
in millions and billions of dollars
in his capacity as chairman of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton, got a bill for five cents the
other day. 1t was a bill for a debt
incurred 40 years ago.
At that time Jones was young
man in Houston, Texas. One G.. w.
Harris was a newsboy then. Jones
bought a paper from Harris, but
for some reason didn't pay for it.
Recently Harris, now a resident
of Denver, remembered TIE old
debt and sent the bill to Jones.
Jones sent him a check for 25
cents.
Acting Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau is having financial
news ticker installed in room ad-
joining his office, SO he can have
p-to-the-minute quotations on
government bonds and other fir
ancial news at his finger tips.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
HARDING SCHOOL

Wednesday before Thanksgiving
we invited our mothers to come and
visit us. We cut out and colored
little turkeys and placed the invi-
tation to our mothers inside.
A group of us read story about
Billy, the goat, and Terry, the dog.
Those who read we're: Ralph Brit
ton, Russell Clark, Richard Larry,
William Paloma, Billy Swanberger,
Howard Emmons, Henry Morales
and Jimmy Conn.
Carl Fiore, Merlyn Miles, Henry
Morales, Georgette Pullenza, jim
by Conn, Gilberta Solman, Henry
Cliviera and Paul Prestridge sang
us a group of three Thanksgiving
songs. This was followed by "a
Thanksgiving Thought" given by
Tommy Wire, Patricia Mcnamara
then told us the story of THE
Three Bears"
Our room was decorated for
Thanksgiving. We had made a
large border for the front of our
room. We made pictures of In
dams and Pilgrims and colored
them and put them on the border.
Every child in the class helped
Our best work in reading, writ
ing and numbers was placed on
the bulletin board at the back Of
the room and other pictures that
we had painted were on the walls.
There were 13 mothers who came
to visit us and we hope they will
come again. The visitors were.
Mrs. Grace Fite, Mrs. Jeff Pruett,
Mrs. Irene Prestridge, Mrs. Duane
Stafford, Mrs. G.. E. Wire, Mrs. G.
Morales, Mrs. Jack Conn, Mrs. Lii
lie Stark, Mrs. r. j. Mcnamara,
Mrs. L. P. Reuland, Mrs. Glenn
Larry, Mrs. H. u. Emmons, Mrs. w.
B. Swanberger.
We have the limb Of tree from
Laguna in our room. Lichen Is
growing on it. We learned about
parasites. Now, whenever someone
copies from another paper or loafs
in his work we call him "P" pu-
pil. "P" stands for parasite.
Charles Porter and Jack Duff,
4-B2.
Every time we read a book on
library comes in handy. We put
initials of the book and author on
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
HEADED FOR OBLIVION?

If news dispatches from Louisiana to-
dav are correct, the obnoxious figure of
Huey P. Long, United States senator
from that state is headed for the discard
and oblivion.
Long, heretofore the political boss of
Louisiana, has been embroiled in bitter
fight which he seems to have lost by the
failure to hold an election in one of the
Louisiana congressional districts. Long
had hand picked" the widow of the con-
gresham who formerly represented the
district. as his successor. Citizens of the
district refused to accept his choice and
prevented the election by court action.
1t is not this that is concerned IN the
dispatches referred to, however. THESE
state that Long has classed all newspa-
pers as my enemies" and has barred re-
porters from interviews with him.
That being true, and If it IS adhered to,
spells Longs doom as a public figure
He was a joke at first, able to give the
country few laughs, which none can
DISPUTE were needed. His success, however,
went to his head, resulting in a long list
of undesirable affairs, eliminating in
the Mushroom incident in New York sew
eral months ago, which put the senator
quite beyond the pale of decent things.
Long may rescind his present attitude
toward newspapers, but it would be for
the best interest of the country and soci-
ETY. at large for the newspapers to for
get him. The sum total of his contrlbu-
ton to things worth while can be repre-
sented by a zero. The debit side of his
ledger is -burdened with an account
which could hardly be erased by good be-
havior for the balance of his life and
good behavior, from all indications, is
something entirely foreign to the king
fish. The press should put him 'in
Coventry.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
GRID PLAYERS
KNOW CATTLE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5. U.P)-A
pair of San Luis Obispo football
players crowded out a field of
wealthy livestock fanciers to win
chief konors at the great western
national livestock show here yes
terday.
Colyear Burres, 49, year CT /
tackle on the California Polytech-
mic school team won the grand
championship when his 13-month-
old Hereford steer was adjudged
the best in the show. His team
mate, Norman Zipser, 10, captured
another grand championship with
a 9-month-old Berkshire hog.
The grand championship in the
car load division was won by F. c.
Fullerton of Miami, Okla, who en-
tered Is Black Angus cattle. Grand
championship in the single lamb
and pen of three lambs division
went TO the Brownell ranch OF
Woodland, Calf. Howard Vaughn
of Dixon, Calf, won tie grand
championship in the carload divi-
sion.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
MCKINLEY SCHOOL

Next Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday will be visitors days at
our building. Parents and friends
are invited to come and observe the
regular class room work.
A pleasing and appropriate pro-
gram was given last Wednesday as
a feature of the weeks observance
of Thanksgiving. A piano solo by
Miss Lanier opened the program.
Three whilstling selections by Miss
Sprinkle were enjoyed. Another
feature was an Indian dance by
Dora Sambrano of the Americana
cation class. Tie 2-B pupils gave
a play which they had written. In
addition to these, were songs and
recitations, for every room furnish
ed one or two numbers. Groups OF
children were dressed as Indians or
Pilgrims. Twenty mothers attend
ed our program.
In their hygiene period the Alb
pupils are enjoying their Land of
Health" project. Each story takes
them to a fascinating place where
a rule of health is emphasized.
Whenever we finished reading a
book at home or at school Mrs.
Harris gave us a blank for a re-
port. We told the character we
liked best, one we did not like,
where the story happened, whether
we wanted to read it again, who
wrote it and whether it was funny.
We made a picture of something in
the book. Today we made book
let of our report and put in some
blanks so we can make more re-
ports at Eome.-2-A, 3-B class.
We have finished our alphabet
books. We cut the letters from
colored paper. In each page we
put a rhyme about something es-
pecially good for us to eat. For x
we put Xix" a food for fairies be-
cause no one knew anything for
us.-2-A, 3-B class.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Pro-
hibition repeal recalled to old
time Westinghouse the days
when a man could start at the foot
of Capitol Hill and drink his way
from bar to bar up Pennsylvania
avenue.
If he was good enough, he
could get almost to the White
House without missing a drink in
any block along the route of more
than a mile. The saloons were that
thick.
Oldtimers lad TO do their re-
miniscing without the benefit OF
legal liquor or any immediate
prospect of it. Washington re-
mains dry until congress passes
new legislation next year.
Would there ever be another
place, the oldtimers wondered, like
Shoomakers, perhaps the most
famous of the old saloons that
lined the avenue.
Shoomaker's, in the heart OF
what then was Washington's news
paper row, was dark and musty.
Cobwebs hung over the barrels OF
its choice WHISTLES in back room.
But the place had distinctive char
acteristics. Senators, congressman
high government officials crowded
the bar.
The bartenders were gentlemen
of the old school, always perfect
ly attired, always on their dignity
Gus, the head bartender, taught
Sunday school.
Shoomaker's and the rest OF
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD Z. CARRIE
tCspvrighA lSsl. By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
by HOWARD Z. CARRIE

But I can easily mend it with
some water"
Don't you mean glue?" asked
the bunny.
mo, I mean water" laughed the
jolly, shaggy bear "I'll stick the
pieces of the rose ice ball together
with water and then I'll have Jack
Frost blow his cold breath ON it
and freeze the pieces together. In
that way water will mend it as well
as glue"
I'D like to see that" said Uncle
Wiggily. So Mr.. Whitewash picked
up the pieces of the rose ball Uncle
Wiggily had dropped. Using water
that had dripped off an icicle, the
Bear palted the pieces together
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

ly he was not there, probably hav-
ing received a telepathic message
which warned him of impending
danger.
Before leaving headquarters, the
husband was advised to enter an
alienation of affections suit against
his new rival. This registered to
such an extent that an offer was
made to split with the "po-leece"
should any judgment be awarded.
The future development of this
case is being watched with inter-
est.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
UNCLE WIGGILY'S GOLDEN
SPEAR

Uncle Wiggily, hiding behind a
cake of ice in the cave of MI.
Whitewash, the Polar Bear gentle
man, where the bunny had gone to
see about Christmas tree orna-
mentS, listened to hear what would
happen when the big, jolly, shaggy
chap reached his front door.
"I heard some one laughing"
whispered Uncle Wiggily, so it
cannot be any of the Bad Chaps
who might have seen me come in
here and be waiting for me to come
out. I wonder who it is?
Just then Mr.. Longears heard a
voice he we'll knew asking:
rs Unkie Wig in there, M.
WhiteWash?"
My goodness! It's Baby Bunty!"
whispered Mr.. Longears. What is
she doing, I wonder? But I must
listen and hear what Mr.. White
wash says"
The Polar Bear, who had just
started to show Uncle Wiggily the
Christmas tree ornaments when the
noise sounded at the doorway of his
cave, answered Baby Bunty by
/ saying:
Now, my dear little bunny child,
this is no time of the year to be
asking questions. You know what
time of the year this is, don't you
Bunty?" asked the jolly bear.
"Oh, yes, it's near Christmas
time of the year." said Bunty. But
Unkie Wig went away early this
morning and he told Nurse Jane he
would see about something. So after
we children got to school we sort
of wondered what Unkie Wig was
going to see about"
And I said" interrupted Buster,
that maybe he had come here to
see you, Mr.. Whitewash. So when
school was out we came here to
see if Daddicums was here"
Mr.. Whitewash laughted deep and
rumbling down in his thick, white
fur and he looked over Baby
Bunty's head and saw, outside his
cave, dozens Of animal children
who were trying to find out about
Uncle Wiggily. Then the Polar
Bear said:
Remember, this is no time OF
year to be asking questions, my
dears. You had better run away
and play"
Il guess we had" agreed Baby
Bunty. I'VE shouldn't be snoop-
ing around to find if Unkie Wig
is here or what he is doing here
It's too near Christmas. Come on!
20. K.!' shouted Buster ano
some of the other boy animals. Sc
they ran down the hill away from
the ice cave of Mr.. WhiteWash, anC
the Polar Bear gentleman did moi
have to say whether or not Uncle
Wiggily was inside, which the rab.
bit gentleman truly was, only hi
didn't want his bunny children tt
know that he had come to SEE
about ornaments for the Christina.
tree.
For Christmas isn't any fun un'
less it's surprise, you know.
well 1 got rid of them" sait
Mr.. Whitewash, coming back in
side the cave They don't know
for sure that you're here and WI
might just as well keep up tn
secret. You heard them, didn'
you?"
"Oh yes; I heard Baby Blunt,
any the Others" said Mr.. Long
ears. But 1 was SO surprised tina
I dropped that rose ball I was look
ing at and I'm afraid it's broken
/ dropped it on the floor"
Eyes, it's broken" said MI
Whitewash, picking up the pieces
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
OTHER MAN
IN TRIANGLE
SOUGHT HERE

A Brawley Negro of giant stature
appeared at local police headquar-
tiers shortly after O'Clock last
night primed for action but with a
determined object in view upon
which to vent his pent up anger.
One or two questions on the part
of the desk sergeant brought out
the story-it was the age-old tri-
angle, the colored Camera from
Brawley had lost his spouse and
was here in search of the thief who
had taken her from her happy
home. In proof Of this he showed
letters and postcards teeming with
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
Interesting Items OF News
Written For The Press By
Ell Centre School Pupils

little paper books Everyone has
shelf of his own We paste our
paper books on our shelf: A girl
has five books in her library al
ready.-W. j. TEornburg, Jr., ABB.
On November 20 when it rained
the ABB was the only room in the
building that had 100 per cent at
tendance. Miss Eicke came down
to our room and told us.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
Seeley Defeats
HoitUilIe Nine

Seeley's baseball team added an
other scalp to its collection Sum
day when it took the Holtville nine
into camp 5 to 2, on the latter's
home grounds before a large crowd.
Cobleigh and Upshaw formed the
battery for Seeley while Priest,
Curley and Williams did similar
duty for Holtyille.
Seeley scored in the opening in
ming and Holtville sent four runs
across the plate in the second inn
ing. Holtville scored in the third
and sixth.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
TEN YEARS AGO
December 5, 1923

Today luscious red strawberries
from the BraWley district were
noted in the markets OF this city,
and local people will have a good
chance at strawberry shortcake be-
fore the Christmas holidays.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
DecPrlher Z 1918

Seven members of the board Of
directors of the Holtville CONNER
cial club have subscribed 500 each
to start the institution Of a broom
factory which it is calculated will
be one Of the best paying industries
in the valley in the next few years.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
County Getting
Tax Payments

For the first time in many
months the tax collectors office
presented a prosperous sight, tax
payers standing in lines to make
their first tax return on the first
;nstallment of state and county
taxes.
Taxes are coming in splendidly,
reports Mont j. Reid, county tax
collector, and they will become dc
linquent after 5 p. m. tomorrow,
when an eight per cent penalty will
be added.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

Published every evening Except Sunday BY The
Imperial Valley Press. Inc. 625 State street,
81 Centro, California w. G. Costello, business
manager. Telephone g. business office: 200. ed-
esria department Full leased wire United Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
BYRD IN NEW ZEALAND

WELLINGTON, N. T., Dec. 5
U.P)-Admiral Richard E. Byrd al
rived today on his polar explora-
ton snip, the Jacob Rupert. He
expects to sal for the Bay OF
Whales at the end of this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

A party composed of members of
the Ell Centre Rotary club motored
to Calexico yesterday to attend the
weekly luncheon held by the Ro-
tarians of the border city.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

The Red Cross chapter announces
that they have no nurses on their
list and they sincerely urge anyone
who can to proffer their services
during this epidemic of influenza.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Pest Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
nnna,,,har = 1919

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Beynon, who
left on their honeymoon at coast
points on Thanksgiving day, have
returned to Ell Centre and will soon
be at home to their numerous
friends here.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

The Imperial Valley Gas company
is now laying a new main through
the alley between Main and State
streets, to furnish better service to
the business quarter.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

for license it will not be long before we
find the pendulum swinging toward pro-
hibition again. 1t is all up to public opin-
ion
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

A Nazi riot in Houston, Texas, by some
German seamen, was quickly squelched.
They picked swell place to start riot
and lose it.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

The Bullock ranch, Lower Lake,
Lake county, has installed the larg-
est walnut dehydrater in the coun-
tV
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

A former Kansas official has been CIV
en- a maximum sentence of 600 years in
prison. Who would the joke be on if he
serves it?
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

"They never come back is an axiom
of the boxing arena, but then John Bar
leycorn is not, strictly speaking, boxer.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

Columbia? Why not Slippery Rock
or the Longview Teachers college?
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

Under a law which became ef-
fective October rs all public grain
warehouses in California must be
registered with the department OF
agriculture.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-05

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