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Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
Ten Thousand Club
Plans Dinner Party

Instead of the dinner scheduled
for the January meeting of the Ten
Thousand club, the clubs finance
committee has planned 10 hold
bridge dinner the evening OF Thurs
day, january 26. Consequently the
next meeting of the club will be
held the afternoon Of January ~.
Detailed announcements of the
dinner VIII be made through The
Press, but club members and their
friends are asked to keep the date
in mind for the committee Is plan
ming a delicious dinner and pleas
ant evening OF. bridge.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10

ber of informal affairs. Sunday
evening they were guests, with the
Horne family, at an informal sup
per given by Mr.. and Mrs. Q. J.
Bradshaw and yesterday Mrs. Reed.
with Mrs. Mary E. Johnston, was
honor guest at luncheon given by
Mrs. j. s. Larew.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10

General Ortiz Rubio, former pre-
sident of Mexico, with his family,
has been spending some time in
Yosemite Park.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
PERCOnAL
PARaCRnPHT

Entire Nos club members will cele-
brate the arrival of 1888 at their
first dance this year to be held to-
night at $3.50 O'Clock in the Ten
Thousand club.
Members of the Methodist Sunday
school board will meet Wednesday
evening, January IL, at 7:30 o'clock
at the Rollie Clark ranch. Those
wishing transportation are asked
TO call Mrs. w E. Malan, 904.
Imperial County Music Teachers
will meet tonight at o'clock in
Brawley at the home of Gladys
Macdonald Fawcett, 224 I street.
An interesting program will be
given.
Combined music sections of the
junior and senior Ten Thousand
clubs will meet Thursday evening,
January IL, at 7;30 o'clock with
Mrs. otto Sprinkle, GA Olive ave-
nue..
Social committee for the Junior
Ten Thousand club will meet at
$50 tonight with Miss Edith Eicke,
chairman, to complete arrange
ments for the Midwinter Frolic, Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Reed of
Santa Monica are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. o. G. Horne Of this city and
have been complimented by num-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
Miss Florence Glenn, home
demonstration agent, is coop
Grating with The Press by Of
fering timely recipes.

OTaham IraCAGf FIts
French Cream Pie
Crust-18 graham crackers, rolled
fine
4 cup sugar
y cup melted butter
Mix together and pat firmly into
pie tin. Save out half or three
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27

frequent {, experience that when popular demand called for a cut in the tax rate, the resultant econ- omies in, city government were such that the same public demand cd retention of eliminated services.
 What the taxpayers need and deserve Is systematic inquiry into their municipal activities so that economies may be applied in such measure and at such points as they may prefer. Such information can become the basis of intelligent &C., ton. Mayoral and aldermanic can didates could be made to respect such data and be given something of Q mandate when elected to of- flee. As 1t now often happens. the public Is at the mercy of cross- currents in the discussions on mu- nicipal economy.
 Engaging an executive director means spending some money. Yet 1t might prove g profitable invest ment. Results are not to be exc pected in Q moment. The various inter-related branches of city government which spends annually around $10,000,000, need to be obs served in action and their relative importance estimated. This is not the work of a week or a fortnighe but of continued intelligent obsers yation. It should be non-parisans patient and fearless. Tn that die rection lies hope that the taxpays CTS interests may be protected against the self-interest of office. holders and political office-scekers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
A LIGHT THAT FAILS.
(New York Times)

tANOW 0Ah AbASo( s- In "Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States George R. Putnam lists five primary light
 houses between New York and the Chesapeake. They are Absecon, Cape May, Cape Henlopen, Assa- league and Hog Island. The best
 known is Absecon, and until last nigst its lantern had warned helmsmen away from Brigantine Shoals for seventy-nine years. Now it is out, decommissione by the government, because it has been
 charged with inefficiency and for reasons of economy. It has been
 since Atlantic City, situated on
 as Absecon Beach," became one of
 the greatest seaside resorts. In 1854, when the lighthouse was
 built, only. few fishermen's huts
 could be sen from it's tower. The
 little settlement was then named
 Atlantic City, with no thought that
 1t would some day have Q summer population of between 100000 and 100000.
 When Absecon Light first beam- ed across the waters its foot was almost in the surf. Now 1t stands two city blocks from the sea. All about 1t Is made land. The sand for miles up and down has proved to be gold mine for hotel and cot- tage wners. Some of the buildings tower above the lighthouse. and 1t Is said that, while the fight can be seen nineteen miles out at sea, 1t Is obscured when ships come close in. For many years Absecon, Light has been a show place to visitors. With the great light out. Atlantic City naturally wants, the site for a public park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
The Governor of Virginia
 Acts
lHartford Courantl


 Governor Pollard of Virginia has called special session of the Leg. islature for August 17 to fix date for the election of delegates to D state convention to act on the &C., ceptance or rejection of the pro- posed Twenty-First Amendment repeating the Eighteenth. He will recommend that an early date for this election be fixed in accordance to what he believes to be popular demand. There is no doubt in his mind that the voters will follow the prevailing trend for repeal.
 Confidence thus grows that the offending amendment will be cut out of the way before the year ends. The quicker 1t is accomplish ed, the better will 1t be for all cons cerned. There can be, in the exist ing situation, neither national pro- hibition enforcement, nor effective state regulation and control. Only skeleton organization exists so far as the federal agency Is con- cerned, which is devoting it's eff forts half heartedly to the de- tection of major conspiracies. The twenty states that have already voted for repeal naturally are not concerning themselves particular ly with what remains of the vol- stead Act.
 It is now taken as matter of course, that the Eighteenth Amendment is done for.3 yet until 1t is actually repealed 1t remains to plague. All but the most fam atical drys are therefore showing a sense of the realities and regard ing repeal as almost in the light of q blessing. When 1t comes they can resume their work for temper ance where 1t was interrupted by this ill-starred excursion into the realm of unenforceable law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
Time Out For Conference

The world economic conference, already half-forgotten. will adjourn on July 27. with infinitely less regret than would have been felt month earlier. There is less hard feeling now between the rival groups, and less inclination to regard it as the last hope of civilization. It will probably reassemble in the fall. The adjournment is taken to let the; United States conduct, unhampered. laboratory experiment in economics. The experiment is vital to our own fortunes, and its result will be Illuminating to the other
 All of them are more interested now in what is happening in America than in what might happen in that London Hall of Eos sils. We may be pointing the way. in posi- tive action, for the salvation the nations hoped to find in conference. Many of the nations. especially Britain and her Domin- ions. are inclined to think so. In an event by autumn we shall all know better where we stand and what remains to do and how far international action may help the pro- cesses under way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
Waterbury In Line

Just as our local factories are in line with the national industrial recovery act, so are the merchants of the city cooperating. This has been exemplified in no uncertain fashion this week by the whole-hearted response to the call for action. At yesterdays meeting there was nothing but unanimlty of opinion among the merchants represented at the gath eri1g It was representative of the mercantile life of the city and when the gathering disbanded it was apparent that so far as . Waterbury is concerned there IS complete agreement with President Roosevelts plan.
 We don't think that Waterbury will be any different from other cities in this respect. We are as desirous of establishing normal living conditions in the nation. since that will mean the same for Waterbury, There is only one way to do that. President Roosevelt and his aides are endeavoring to beat a path out of the wilderness into which we were plunged by rapid sequence of events. Already the rank growth seems to be thinning With everyone of us lending hand we should reach the clearing before fall which is better than was anticipated when the democratic administration went into office in March.
 Waterbury will soon Haunt the NRA in- sisnia on everything that is sold and bought. It will occupy conspicuous spot in store windows. It will appear on stationery. By it we shall be known for what we are worth. And in these days there is no rea- son why any man should be singled out for exsmtpion from the general demands of the national recovery act. It applies to each and every one of us in some way. Our re- sponse to the plea must be hearty coopera- ton to the best of our ability. The gaunt- let has been thrown down to us. We have picked it up. Let us proceed now to the battle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Steal A Yacht And Have A Gay Cruise

Summer seems to be the ideal time for light and frothy farces; and one which might please you very well is Five Days," by Eric Hatch.
 This tale has to do with a young man named Beadleston Preece, who discovers abruptly that the vagaries of the stock market have transformed him from a rich man into a very poor one. He sits on the steps of hie Long Island home, which has just been sold under the hammer, and contemplates suicide; but before he can transform thought into action a burglar comes on the scene and our Beadleston Preece makes friend of him. Then the fun begins. Preece and the burglar set forth and steal 3 private yacht, in which they begin an aimless but diverting tour of the waters about Long Island Sound. They pick Up girl from a New Jersey barge, recruit a hem pecked millionaire who wants to escape from his wife and find their forces still further augmented by a pretty debutante and a restless
 bishop.
 No very good purpose would be served by relating their further adventures in detail, especially since your reviewer can't remem-
 Der ali of them. But they have, as you can imagine, a rather hilari- ous time, and the whole thing makes pretty entertaining summer reading.
 Mir Hatch has good touch for farce comedy of this kind. Occa- sionally he shows an echo of the cheerful insanity which makes
 Thorne Smiths characters so di- yerting.
 Published by Little, Brown and Co, "Five Days" sells for $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
Hire, Pay, Work, Spend

The governments general plan for more employment. shorter hours and higher pay. for the remainder of this year. will come hard on many employers. For many of them are not yet making money. and many will have difficulty in financing this sudden spread of work and wages. Yet the imme- diate response shows that the men in charge of the country's industry and trade see the need of such stratsgy ant, will cooperate as they are asked to do. It IS for them and the country. The campaign has equal parts of self-interest and patriotism.
 This is temporary expedient. The President gives assurance that if the general agreement is unfair to any group of employers their remedy is to present promptly their own competitive codes. which will have immediate consideration. As for legal eompulsion. there is none, moral compulson is strong. There is no force here except conscience and opinion" says the NRA bulletin. This is an appeal to those good instincts of our people which have never been sought in vain"
 It cannot fail because it must not. The business gains already made must be con- solidated; then we shall go ahead again. There can't be any doubt of 1t if all hang together - employer; workman. and con suming public. No more idleness, no more boarding, no saving for the present. Hire. pay, work and spend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
"~s Penalized Rubbish Makers

There is more to making the punishment At the crime than merely deciding to do so. It takes wisdom to comprehend precisely what the crime is and then to select the truly fitting punishment. Occasionally, however it is accomplished. A magistrate in New York City the other day suspended the fines and jail sentences of several men brought before him charged with strewing newspapers about Central Park.
 He made one condition. They were to spend an hour picking up rubbish. The judge declared that public property is en- titled to, at least the same care and respect as private property. He pointed out that rhoughtlessness is just as offensive as willful disregard of ordinances against littering parks and streets. If more such sentences were imposed, the apeparanee of American cities. villages highways parks and picnic spots would improve amazingly. It might ere, ate popular determination to oust rubbish from the American scene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27

Senator Thomas, democrat, of Oklahoma wants Uncle Sam to fix the prices of stocks. Not bad idea at that. Somebody ought to fix the prices so that they might give fair representation of the commodity for which they stand Of course there isn't too much to be said about pree-fixing. Too often it goes to the other extreme. But Senator Thomas suggestion has its possibilities. He would have the President or some govern mental agency establish high and low price for each. stock. It could fluctuate between these set posts as the market swayed. He would initiate such scheme to offset the pools and manipulations of brokerage houses. This probably would go hand in hand with the plan to place the New York Stock Ex- change under federal control Alleged oper- ton of stock prices is rumored every time there IS a sudden rise or fall in the market price. If any of the charges can be ptoved then there is every indication to believe that President Roosevelt will demand govern ment control here as in other fields of en- deavor. Certainly nothing has come to play the important role in the daily lives of many of us as the stock market. And when peo- pie start playing around with something
 over which they have no control and have little or no practical knowledge anything is apt to result
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
Our Daily Washington Letter
 Africa's Prince Honored, But There's Reason
rector Douglas and treasury off,
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

, rector Douglas and treasury off, cials.
 Other causes of delay: Pro- tracted disagreement as to who should be public works adminlstra- tor and the care which Secretary | of the Interior-Administrator Ickes has taken to keep politics and graft out of the operation. |
 Britain's Costly Experience
 Britain's refusal to match our public works program, based on past costly and futile experience, mare no impression on economists and officials here. Britain proved that from $1,200 to $2,000 of public works expendi- ture would keep Q man at work for a year, but 1t spread expendi- lures over such Q long period un- der changing methods that neither other jobs nor purchasing power were materially stimulated. The success of our own highly concentrated program depends on the outlay of q whole lot of money almost immediately.
 Roosevelt Catches Up
 Confined to his bed by cold, Roosevelt did just what all of ns hope to do some day. He caught up with his "back correspondence"
 There's always plenty of mail to which the president likes to give his personal attention. Missy" Margaret LeHand, his personal stenographer, takes bedside dicta- ton.
 On such occasions his three sec- retaries try to disturb him as in- frequently as possible. but they're likely to have to wilt him half e dozen times Q day.
 Copyright, 1883, NEA Service.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
Healthful Fish Tanks

There are rumors of new miracles, rIyaE ling those of the middle ages that were ac- eomplshed by bathing in springs or pools. Only these modern miracles seem to be defi- nitely associated with fish. People with skin diseases are said to be coming to the New York aquarium and asking to be allowed to dip their hands into the fish tanks Word has gone around that there is healing in those waters. &et
 There is the story that doctors hand, which had festered, healed quickly when it had been dipped by chance into aquarium water. He and another doctor observed that aquarium water remained clear and health ful in spite of the supposed contamination from the fish in it. They investigated. and discovered that such water contained many "bacteriophages or eaters of bac- teria. They are still investigating but say ing little. Bacteriophage research, though. does suggest wonderful possibilities. These tiny eeratures are invisible wit hthe strang est microscope. There seems to be many of them devouring many kinds of disease mi ,crobes. There may be one which devours nearly all kinds. and it may be associated with fishes.
 Maybe this fact has something to do with fishes dying when they are washed. Any way. there will be less squeamishness now about taking care of fish bowl. And event ualy we may hear something authoritative along this line. Meanwhile. better not bother the people at the aquarium. They have enough trouble now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
Timely Words Of Wisdom

In President Roosevelt's remarks to the forest army there was paragraph which ought to be tackled up where every citizen could keep his eyes on 1t during the next year or SO. This paragraph reads as fol- lows: Too much in recent years large nImbers of our population have thought of success as an opportunity to gain money with the least possible work. It is time for each and every one of us to cast away self-destroy- ing nation-destroying efforts to get some thing for nothing and to appreciate that satisfying rewards and safe rewards come only through honest work
 Here is one of those little observations to which all of us are ready to give lip service, but which we are not quite so ready to put into practice in daily life. The stock market is boiling up toward the rim of the kettle these days, and a good part of its rise can be accounted for solely by the desire to get something for nothing. The man who bought Amalgamated Clothespins at l3 last winter and sold out yesterday at 98 may be smart fish, but he has enrolled himself among the something g-for-nothing boys and any recovery that takes place will come in spite of him and not because of him. For that man is symptom of na- tional disease; disease that came upon us most virulently during the gay twenties and which has had us flat on our backs for the last four years
 In the old days the eonntrys admiration went to its builders, its doers. its men who got things done and made it possible for their fellows to get things done. The rail road builders the steel builders, the auto magnates and their brethren may have been guided by some cloudy ethics now and then and they may have profted unduly occas- sionally - but at least they gave the eoun- try definite return for their wealth. X A decade ago we started shifting our ad- smifation to the clever lads who put up their booths at the crossroads and levied toll on passing commerce: the men who made their fortunes by juggling stocks, who got rich not because they produced something we needed but because they got in on the ground floor and let the elevator carry them up. Unless we can turn our admiration back to the builders instead of the takers, the recov- Cry. which is now in progress will do us precious little good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
Why Works Program Waits
So They Say


 All the reformers I have met have 8 genuine itch to make the world better, but they irritate more souls than they heal and purify. Rev Charles H. Parkhurst. New
 York.
 The United States army in size ranks 17th among the armies of the world. While there IS no thought of enlarging this small force, which Is only the framework of ah army to be created in case of emergency, am in favor of making 1t the most modern and effective military organization pos sibIe.--Secretary of War Dern.
 Putting brandy in a mint julep is like putting catsup in iced tea. Irwin s. Cobb, humorist.
 Hollywood women get old soon- CT and lose their beauty earlier than women back east. The dry air and the blazing, sandy Califor- mia scene is too much for them. Polly Moran. movie actress.
 Prohibition is on the skids. We can't escape 1t and we might as well not kid ourselves. Major A. V. Daldymple, national
 prohibition director. It Is as easy to form good habits Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27

Tuesday. July 25. was just another day in the lives of most of us. But in that of Louis Bleriot it was a momentous occasion Twenty-four years before he made the first airplane flight across the English Channel That was quite flight in those days-23.5 miles - and Monsieur Bleriot made it in 27 minutes. 2l seconds. Today. well. it's just hop, skip and jump for any plane But then aviation has progressed since the day when Bleriot hopped off in his high wing parasol monoplahe. his own invention. Today at 6l Ms Bleriot is perhaps the big gest airplane manufacturer in France. :. And still justly famous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27

Italians of Connecticut are once more bringing the name of Angelo M. Psonsssa to the fore as candidate for further honors in the demoeratic party. Mir Psonessa was mayor of New Britain for some years and at various times has been mentioned for nom- nations for state or national offices. In fact, he was scheduled to seek the nomina- ton in the first district for Congress few years back. but moved aside to permit Senator Augustine Lonergan run and be elected to the lower house. An unsuccess- ful run for sheriff of Hartford county was rewarded by post in the state labor de- partment which he now holds. Now the Italians of the state want bigger and better things for him. We'll, if they can get this recognition all well and good. He has cer- tainly done his bit for the party. All such efforts should be rewarded. regardless of racial lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27

There is never a lack of cold breezes up near Atamount, N. Y. A mountain near the town has peculiar natural phenom- enon. Out of the mouth of cave. known as Haile's gushes cool breeze. It's always the same temperature and it has never failed. It is in an isolated part of Indian Ladder State Park. Nobody can stand near the entrance for more than few minutes due to the intense cold. Think of it when we get our next hot spell
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
PLAINVILLEs CONsTABLEs LIN.
 DER A NEW MANAGEMENT
(New Britain Heraldl

In Plainville, as in every other small town in the state, the con- stables used to have plain sailing. They carried on their trade with rugged individualism to the fore- front. In practice, they were their own bosses. Thus, some matters re- ceived the attention of the consta- bules and others did not. It de- pended largely how the boys were feeling and whether they were at leisure when something needed at- tention.
 It appears that this has been changed; and it ought to . changed in every other town fin Connecticut where conBtables are q law unto themselves.
 The new PlainvilIe police com mission--a police commission that has charge of the constabIes-is doing fine work. It is directing the constables and formulating poll. cies and rules that must be carried out. First among the innovations