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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-29

ings. If sauce is desired, thick on the soup with a small amount of butter and flour, and the re- suit is a delicious mushroom sauce containing chopped mush- rooms; if mushroom flavor is desired in meat dishes, smother or fricassee your meats in the Cream of Mushroom Soup. Below are several recipes for these sim plif'ed mushroom dishes:
 Mushroom Steak Cut 1-2 pounds beefsteak (round) or veal steak, into servings. Dip into 1-2 cup flour seasoned with l teaspoon salt and 1-S teaspoon pepper. Fry until brown in butter, turning fre- quently Pour one lib can can
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-29
ARRIVE BEFORE YOU LEAVE

New York (UP)-Passengers on the new three -mile-a- minute planes of United Air Lines, travel ing to Portland, often find them selves in that city before their time plane makes the trip in less than an hour and Portland is not on daylight savings time schedule. Accordingly, when one leaves Seat tie at p. m. for Portland, he. may arrive in that city at five minutes to four, standard time.
 Trade trends are up in France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-29
Campfire Suppers

Cool fall evenings and supper cooked oyer M few hours the and plenty Of it and should not be elaborate Most of only
 
 The old standbys with delicious. s3 98l@. MENUS CAMPFIRE SUPPER Frankfurters
 Sandwich Spread and Lettuce Sandwiches 4l Dill Pickles or Fresh Pears CoOkcs@ ~.
 Oonee Olive < Oven Baked Beans Gin thermOs) ssA Tomatoes Lettuce Mayonnaise ssg < s.s Watermelon ss !. -( en f
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-29
Food Has Played Important Role
 in COhan's Success
BY MABEL LOVE

If the stories which nave peeh written about George M. Conan were placed end to end they would probably reach from one end or Broadway to the other.
 He has, in the vernacular Of the newspaper world been "done" from every angle, that is except one, and that angle concerns a chocoiate cake.
 Seated in his dressing room. MT Conan who recently returned to the footlights in Pigeons and Peopie..' a current Broadway success, start led his interviewer by reaching in- to a cabinet and withdrawing de- licious looking cake, covered with thick chocolate icing. :.
 "A member of the cast made 1t from one of Mrs Cohan's favorite recipes he said; smiling. It's great food and at one stage of my life had only reached for something like this--" and then came brand new story which revealed that ear ly in his career Conan was almost lost to the stage forever. It came about very suddenly and his doctors were frankly puzzled until finally one, versed in the ways of the handsome young chap who had danced and sang his way into the heart of a nation. put a point blank question to his patient. George" he said, "how much have you been eating?" And then came the solution. :. T can't be bothered eating all the time doc. There's too much work to be done around here. just sort of eat when I get time and when I don't have the time, well I just don't eat, that's all" And so the doctor discovered that the world had almost Aost one of her best loved sons because he was literally starving to death.
 "I took a terrible verbal beating and learned a lot about food" said Conan. T never knew before that harmful unregulated dieting could lead to tuberculosis and since then I have been foe of any dietary program that calls for eliminating the necessary foods.'
 Conan knows the value of Q sweet snack" as an energizer and on matinee days q repast is always served behind the scenes. One day 1t will be tea and cookies, another time milk and chocolate cake, but always something which includes generous allotment of sugar, rec ognized by science as natures greatest energy food.
 That was the reason Tor the chocolate cake and with the grac- ious permission of Mrs Conan, you may try 1t yourself.
 COHAN CHOCOLATE CAKE
 1.2 cup shortening
 2 eggs
 cup milk
 3 Ups baking powder
 1. cup sugar
 i tsp vanilla extract 2 f-2 cups pastry flour
 1.4 tsp salt f Cream shortening; add sugar, Q little at a time, beating until light; add beaten yolks and fiavoring; add flour, sifted with salt and bak- ing powder alternately with milk. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in three greased layer cake pans in moderate oven at 375 de- grees F. about 20 minutes, Spread filling thickly between layers and cover top and sides with icing. HEN CHOKES ON OWN HEART
 Hartford, Kan. (UP)-The old saying, My heart was in my throat" proved true here. It was in 2 case of an old hen that was found choking. Unable to relieve the fowl, the head was chopped of, and sure enough, the chickens haa rf sxyaa Ioduhd ir Ifn throaf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-29
HEN CHoKEs ON OWN HEART

Hartford, Kan. (UP)-The old saying, My heart was in my throat" proved true here. It was in 2 case of an old hen that. was found choking. Unable to relieve the fowl. the head was chopped Of, and sure enough, the chickens heart was lodged in Its throat.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
|ROLPH SIGNS
PROPERTY BILL

SACRAMENTO, Cal, June 7.
U.p,-Ownership of property was
today a definite voting qualifica-
ton in elections of the Imperial r.
rigation district, after Governor
Rolph had signed a measure impos-
ing the electoral restriction.
The measure, introduced by Sam
uel E. Robinson, applied only to ir-
rigation districts of 100000 acres or
over. That definitely limits it to
the Imperial district.
Property owning as a qualification
for voting in Imperial Irrigation
District affairs, has long been ad-
vocated by many Imperial Valley
residents, and has been as strongly
opposed by others who see in it a
disenfrancnisement of citizens.
Supporters of the measure, in
cluding The Press, have maintained
that citizens owning no property
should not have the right to sad
die Indebtedness on taxpayers OF
the district. The latter must pay
the burden, while the non-property
owner, who helps pile up the fin
ancial burden, assumes no part OF
IL
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07

started the Peoples Ledger, third
failure, and the Tribune and Far
mer. His first wife, Louisa Knapp
of Boston, created a column that
survived after the papers demise
and became the Ladies Home Jour-
nal, prosperous keystone of the Cur
tiS properties.
In 1890 Curtis founded the Curtis
Publishing company and seven
years later purchased the Saturday
Evening Post. In 1911 he bought the
Country Gentleman.
Then followed a period of rapid
expansion in the newspaper field.
In 1913 Curtis took over the Public
Ledger, a year later he started pub
lication Of the Evening Public Led
ger, in July, 1918, he purchased the
Evening Telegram and two years la
ter the Philadelphia Press, which
he merged with the Morning Public
Ledger. In 1925 he purchased the
Philadelphia North American and
in 1880 the Philadelphia Inquirer.
He acquired the New York Eve
ming Post in 1928
His. hobbies were music and
yachting. His boat, the Lydonia, is
considered one of the finest plea
sure craft afloat.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
HEART DISEASE PROVES FATAL
TO NOTED MAGAZINE PUBLISHER

PHILADELPHIA, June 7. DUP
Cyrus H. K. Curtis, newspaper and
magazine publisher, died at his
home at Wyncote, a Philadelphia
suburb, at 2:10 a. m. today after a
lingering illness.
Curtis would have been 83 years
old on June 18. Funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon at
the Curtis home.
Mrs. Curtis died May 81, 1882,
shortly after her husband suffer-
ed heart attack from which he
never fully recovered.
CurtisS life was in the American
tradition-the poor boy who made
good. He started his newspaper ca
reer as newSboy in Portland, Me.
The Curtis family had background
extending to 1852, but had little
else. AT Is, he bought a second hand
press and started a paper. A fire
ended the venture.
81 liked the smell of the paper
and ink" Curtis explained in later
| years.
AS an errand boy in Boston he
saved enough money to start an
other paper, but it was a failure
Then he went to Philadelphia and
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
REORGANIZATION OF DISTRICT
URGED BY HEWES AND YOUNG

Reorganization of the Imperial
Irrigation district along strictly
business lines would result in a
saving of 100000 and normal oper-
alton could be accomplished with
expenses cut 20 per cent, were
statements made by Evan T. Hewes
and w. E. Young, district directors,
at Better Government League
board meeting at the fair grounds
last night.
The savings could be effected,
Hewes and Young said, by reor-
ganization of the district systems
and methods now in use and would
concern everyone from zanjeroS to
managers and would be necessary
in every department.
Minor changes already establish
ed in the Calipatria division, Hewes
explained, resulted in the savings
of many thousands of dollars. These
changes had to do with the deliv-
cry of water and were brought about
through the efforts of Young.
The two directors pointed out
that it was impossible to carry out
general plan of reorganization at
this time on account of the hos
tility of employees and the fact
that a political and not business
management now exists.
Young proposed a complete re-
assessment of all lands in the dis
trict and said if every land owner
would pay an equitable share a
substantial reduction in tax rate
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
THEORIES ON
BLAST DIFFER

LONG BEACH, June 7. U.R-
Conflicting theories of cause were
advanced today as a coroner's jury
Investigated the death of nine peo-
pie, killed last Friday when fire
swept a part of the Signal Hill
oil field after an explosion at the
Richfield Oil company absorption
plant there.
Carl A. Fears. an oil producer
and an eyewitness to the explosion,
said he saw stream of vapor aris-
ing from a pressure relief valve of
vertical tank, then saw the tank
give way at the seams and a few
seconds later came the explosion.
Clarence Gotterbaugh, superin-
tendent of all the plants of the Sig
nal Gasoline company, subsidiary
of Richfield, opposed Fears state
ment. Gotterbaugh testified it was
his opinion that pressure inside a
horizontal tank-behind the tank
that Fears described-caused the
pressure relief valve to pop off and
this led to the explosion.
The chief point of the dispute,
as observers saw it, was whether
or not any tank gave way before
the explosion.
william Ike, Richfield construc-
ton foreman, testified that all
valves were in working order at the
plant. He said they were examined
most carefully after the major
earthquakes that shook Long Beach
and vicinity on March 10.
Nine experienced oil men COM
posed the coroner's jury and the
inquest was expected to continue
throughout the day.
The explosion and fire, in addi-
ton to killing nine or more per-
sons, injured approximately 40 per-
sons and caused property damage
estimated as high as $2,000,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
FRANCE DOES NOT INTEND To
MAKE PAYMENTS ON WAR DEBTS
Neither Defaulted December Installment Or
One Due On June Is Will Be Paid Accord
ing To Official Report In Paris.

hope Britain also will default June
Is, believing it would precipitate a
general settlement and aid the sue
cess of the world economic confer
ence. They believe the conference
must be accompanied by a general
debt settlement as well as stabili-
zation of currencies, if it is to
achieve anything worth while.
Government circles said the only
chance for change of attitude on
the part of the French population
would be a gesture by President
Roosevelt, which they now finally
are convinced is impossible in the
face of the attitude of congress
French politicians argue now the
same as they argued against for
mer Premier Edouard Herriot, whose
government was defeated on the
debt issue-"paymentS from Ger
many were stopped by information
al agreement. France cannot pay
the United States unless Germany
pays France"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
FLYER ON WAY
OVER SIBERIA
Mattern Leaves Omsk And Is
Believed To Have Reached
Chita Without Mishap.

NOVO-SIBIRSK. Siberia. June 7.
U.P) - Jimmy Mattern, American
aviator, was sighted at ITO a. m.
Greenwich mean time) today, en-
route to Chita.
One ten a. m. (GMT) is 9:10 p.
m. (EDT) and 6:10 a. m. Omsk time
Mattern was flying so high he
was barely visible.
Novo-Sibirsk is approximately
400 miles east of Omsk.
MOSCOW, June 7. U.P)-Soviet
officials felt today it was likely
Jimmy Mattern had landed his
airplane in Chita. Siberia. News
of his arrival, however, may be
long delayed. Urgent kilograms
from Chita often are delayed 10 to
20 hours before reaching Moscow
News of Mattern being sighted
over Novo-Sibirsk was telephoned to
the United Press bureau here The
telephone line ends at Novo- -Sibirsk
Officials of the airdrome there told
the United Press that weather con-
ditions we're good and there was
every reason to believe the flight
was proceeding smoothly.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
WEB T|GHTENS
UPON LANS0N

SAN JOSE, June 7. WP)-Blood-
stains found on a piece of pipe said
to have been used in the Stanford
campus murder of Mrs. Allene Lam
son, were formed by blood from the
pretty young victim, authorities
claimed today.
The pipe was found in ashes OF
a bonfire David Lamson was tend
ing in the backyard of his campus
home on Memorial day.
The new disclosure, supporting
the prosecution IS belief Mrs. Lam
son was bludgeoned to death as she
stood in her bathroom, was made
by DR.. Frederick 1. Proescher, San
ia Clara county pathologist.
Previously, DR.. Proescher said
there were bloodstains on the pipe
but his examination had not prog
ressed far enough to determine
whether the blood came from an
animal or human. Chemical tests
revealed, the sheriff S office said
that the blood was Mrs. Lamson IS.
In addition to identifying blood
on the pipe, DR.. ProeScher IS report
said stains leading from the bath
room to the kitchen and then to
the yard toward the bonfire were
found to be Mrs. LamSon S blood
The body of the young woman, he
said, bore finger marks and bruis-
es on the arms, legs and hips
There were no fingerprints on the
pipe.
Pieces of cloth material found in
the fire have not been established
as remnants of towels which the
prosecution claims may have beer
used in an attempt to remove
traces Of the supposed murder.
Lamson, charged with the mur-
Ger, insists he knew nothing of his
wife's death until he found hel
body in the bathtub. The pros
cution claims it has evidence enough
to prove its contention he killec
her.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
Will Abandon
Wrecked Ships

SAN PEDRO, June Z. W.P-Two
more ships, the Japanese tanker
Nippon Maru and the coastwise
lumber steamer Chehalis, today
were added to the toll of Point Ar
guello, Graveyard of the Pacific >.
The vessels were beached on the
night of May % when a heavy fog
caused the Nippon Maru to run
aground on Honda Reef and the
Chehalis collided with the steamer
j. B. Stetson.
Owners have abandoned the ships
to underwriters as total losses.
Salvage of the Chehallis' cargo
has begun.
Capt. T. Oni, master of the Jap
anese tanker, and his crew Of sc
officers and men are scheduled to
sail from here next Tuesday for
Japan aboard the tanker Fujisan
Maru.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
Calipatria Woman
Called By Death

Mrs. Rosa M. Travers, 43-year-
old Calipatria resident, died last
night in local hospital and fun
eral services will be conducted from
Lemons chapel at o'clock tomor-
row afternoon with Rev. Harold
Eymann officiating.
Interment will take place in Ri
verside at 2 o'clock Friday after
noon.
Mrs. T'ravers was born in Illinois
and had made her home in Cali
fornia for 80 years. She was a resi-
dent of Calipatria for 16 years. She
was greatly beloved in Calipatria
and was we'll known for her many
acts of kindness and helpfulness.
She was a member of chapter CIV,
P. E O., at Calipatria.
Her survivors are: her husband
Bayard K. Travers; a daughter
Adella Travers; her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lyman M. jenkins of Riv-
erside; two sisters, Mrs. Lucille
Finney and Mrs. Doris Hart, both
Riverside; three brothers, Charles
jenkins of Los Angeles, Howard
Jenkins of South Pasadena and
Fred jenkins of Riverside.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
BURNHAM WRITES ON OUTLOOK
FOR FARM LOANS IN VALLEY

Scott B. Foulds, secretary-man-
ager of the Imperial County Farm
Bureau, has received the following
letter from Congressman Burn
ham. relative to farm loans in I'M
perial valley:
Washington, D. G.
June 3, 1888.
Mr. Scott B. Foulds,
Mgr, Imperial Co. Farm Bureau,
Ell Centre, California.
Dear Mr.. Foulds:
Upon receipt of your telegram
this morning / called at the office
of Honorable Paul Bestor, farm
loan commissioner, and went over
same with him.
Mr.. Bestor advised me that it has
been decided to make an inveStiga-
ton to ascertain If conditions un-
der which the Federal Land Bank
has heretofore refused to make
loans in Imperial county have not
been corrected to such an extent
that loans can now be made there
ad I requested that this investiga-
ton be made promptly.
With reference to Farm Loan
Commissioner loans I regret to ad-
wise you that Mr.. Bestor docs not
see how loans can be recommend
ed and made in a district whose
bonds are in default as the pub
lies money is used. He told me,
however, that if any applications
tor loans were submitted they would
receive individual atte1iAon. so
will present to him promptly the
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
Los ANGELES
ELECTS SHAW
Mayor Porter Defeated For Re.
election By Chairman Of Coun-
ty Supervisors.

LOS ANGELES, June T. W.P)-
Frank l.. Shaw, chairman of coun-
ty supervisors, was elected mayor
of Los Angeles for the next four
years, late returns showed today.
He defeated John C. Porter, in
cumbent. in yesterdays election by
an estimated 10000 to 10000 votes.
OF the 1855 precincts out of a
total of 1889 tabulated, Shaw re-
ceived 1881 votes and Porter
1892.
Ten councilmen were elected, al
though the outcome in several dis
tricts still was uncertain. Edward
w. Hauck, George McDill, Stewart
o. Mertz and William H. Henry
were elected to the school board
by apparent majorities of nearly 2
to l. They defeated incumbentS.
Shaw got away to an early lead
in the voting and retained the mar
gin throughout the balloting, which
was spirited. He pledged "neW
deal' in pre-campaign addresses
and today said he would fulfill his
pledge.
The mayor -elect said a liberia
policy would mark his tenure o.
office. He assumes his duties July
l.
Shaw was born in Canada anc
came to- this country at the age o.
5. Because of this fact-the ques'
toned citizenship of Shaw-a bit
ter fight ensued throughout tn
campaign.
Conceding his defeat, Mayo
Porter said he had not raised tn
question of Shaw's citizenship.
! Shaw was educated at Joplin
Mo-, and Denver, Colo. He is Serv
| ing his second term as a supervis'
Or
Municipal Judge Edward r
Brand was elected to succeed him
self in office No. IL, defeating Ar.
thur E. Briggs.
The likely makeup of the city
council showed that the municipa
ownership majority, supporting the
management of the bureau OF ligh
and power, would continue.
Citizens voted to permit motor
busSeS to operate on Second ant
Third streets in downtown areas.
An estimated 345,0O0 cast votes
or approximately Sd per cent of th'
635, 900 registered voters.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
DEMAND NEW
COMPROM|SE
ON VETERANS
Rebel Bloc In Congress Not
Satisfied With Increases Or
dered By Roosevelt.
LEADERS MAKE REQUEST
Administration Chiefs In House
Give Way Before Determined
Stand Of Members.

WASHINGTON, June 7. (U.P)-
House Democratic leaders sought
from President Roosevelt today an
other compromise proposal to end
the revolt against drastic veterans
economies. The move came in the
face of indications that the admin
istration considers senate increases
a rebuke to the Democratic cam
paign platform.
House steering committee men,
bers submitted to the compromise
proposal to the President at a
White House conference. TIL ey
were understood to have declared
that his executive order liberaliz-
ing compensation reductions failed
to go far enough to beat down the
revolt with which several of them
are aligned.
At the same time it was learned
that the administration feels the
Connally senate amendment to the
independent offices supply bill re-
ducing veterans savings by $170,.
100000 violates the principle of the
party platform and the Roosevelt
economy program.
White House sources estimated
that the President IS executive order
would only reduce savings by SAL
100000 and would not unbalanct
the budget.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
Auditor Submits
Monthly Report

The financial condition of the
county apears quite healthy accord
ing to a report of the county audi
tor submitted to the board of sup
eryisors yesterday. This report, COW
ering the month of May, indicates
that the county as such and each
road district has a substantial cal-
ance on hand.
For the general fund the fig
ures show receipts for May of $38,-
164.25, with a balance from the
previous month of $31 ,300.02. EX-
penditures for the month were $685.
995.42. and there is a balance of
S32, ,13119 to be carried over into
June.
Road District No. ! showed So,
403.37 in warrants issued during
May with a balance of $9,29l OIL
Road District No. 2: $3,597.82 in
May warrants and a balance OF
$6442.48 Road District No. had
$4.331.85 in warrants for the past
month and a balance of $l3.615 "a
Road District No. 4, shows $500 09
in May warrants and balance OF
$3,191. .88. Road District No. 5; $4,
572.78 for warrants in May and a
balance of $6,215.65.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07

and water charges would be made
possible.
A policy to correct the present
unsatisfactory method of leasing
district tax delinquent land, HeWeS
and Young said, now is being ini-
tiated.
Changes Would Aid Revenue
Hewes said economies now prac-
ticed by the district made possible
but go per cent of the work re-
quired to keep the system in nor
NAL condition, resulting in 40 per
cent depreciation. Both directors
expressed the conviction that
changes and alterations necessary
would add revenue now lost
through inefficiency.
League directors accepted the re-
signation of Ray D. Johnson as
president of the organization when
the attorney presented 1t last night.
I'm our own quiet way" said Mrs.
Warren Currier, I'VE women hope
to be an important factor in carry
ing out plans explained during the
evening"
Resolutions endorsing the cam
paign for securing federal farm
loans for Imperial Valley were pass
ed and kilograms to that effect
were ordered dispatched to Sena-
tors William Gibbs McAdoo and
Hiram johnson and Congressman
George Burnham.
Twenty-four directors were pre-
sent, representing all valley COM
munities.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-07
FIRST LADY IS
STATE VISITOR

LOS ANGELES, June 7. up -
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today
was enjoying what she hoped would
be quiet visit with her son, Elliott.
She arrived last night by air.
plane from Tucson, Ariz., and was
given an enthusiastic welcome by a
large crowd including group of
notables headed by Gov. James
Rolph, Jr., Mayor John c. Porter
and Will Rogers,
Her arrival was to have been a
quiet, informal affair. 1t was just
the opposite. Batteries of photo
graphers, movietone sound camera
men, and officials in formal even
ing attire greeted her as she step
ped from her plane, smiling and
waving gay greeting to the crowd.
The First Lady said she enjoyed
her transcontinental aerial trip, the
first ever taken by Presidents
wife. She plans to remain here
several days with her son, now an
airline official, before returning to
Washington by air.