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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
To the citizens of Ell Centre:

To the citizens Of Ell Centre:
All of us believe in fair play.
Good craftsmanship should pre-
vail in all political campaigns.
However, it has come to my atten-
ton that certain misleading state
mentS have been made to the eff
feet that the only reason am max
ing the race for city council is for
the purpose of discharging every
member of the police force, the en-
cheering department, and what
have you.
Now in the first place, no single
councilman has it in his power to
do anything of the kind. In the
second place I do not have the axe
out for any member of the city or
ganization. Those who are conscien-
tiously discharging the duties of
their office have nothing to fear
from me.
Quite obviously, these statements
are made for political purposes, but
I do not hesitate for a moment to
deny their implication. Personally
I think there are bigger things con-
fronting the city than making DO
litical footballs out of city employ
ees. Very truly yours.
(Signed) LEO HETZEL.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
8 EFT 40 HOLDS
BUSY MEETING

Appetizing sukiyaki dinner was
enjoyed last night by 81 ct 40
members and their escorts after
which the ct 40 members met
with Mrs. Harvey A. Kenyon, 2lO
North Tenth for a business meet
ing.
In addition to routine business,
plans were made for a steak bake
and desert picnic for the 8 ct 40
and the 40 ct 8, their wives and
husbands, the event to take place
within the month.
Further events talked over in
cluded the ritualistic contest be-
ing sponsored by the organization
among the valley Auxiliary units
and the junior auxiliarieS.
This contest will take place April
% in the Imperial hall and judges
from San Diego will decide the
competition. A prize of five dollars
will be given the unit winning and
two dollars to the junior winners
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
Will Pay Tribute
To Grace Terrell

In the program scheduled for
the annual county convention OF
the Imperial Valley Federation OF
Women IS club, tribute will be paid
to Mrs. Grace Terrell, who, to the
time of her death, was chairman
of education for the federation.
The convention itself will take
place on Wednesday, April II, in
the Brawley Women Community
club house. The tribute to Mrs,
Terrell will be given by Mrs. r. l..
Glasby, county president and the
ceremony will take place at the
close of the convention.
Mrs. B. F.. Warmer, district pres
ident, and Mrs. Edwin Fuller are
to be the speakers. Annual reports
will be given and officers elected.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
Bradley SeUers
City Connection

Ted Bradley who for the past sew
en- years has been an engineer at
the city water works plant has re-
signed that post to become factory
representative in the valley of the
o 'Keefe and Merritt refrigeration
company, specializing in commercial
and household refrigeration. He
will also act as representative of the
Carrier-Yor air conditioning sys-
tenn.
Bradley who is located at 554
Holt street announces that he is
prepared to service all makes of re-
frigerators, his shop being equip
ped to repair anything that re-
frigerateS.D
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
Central Plays
At HoItuiLIe

Central Union high schools base
ball nine is playing the Holtville
high school team on the latter's
grounds this afternoon in an Imper-
ial Valley Interscholastic league
game.
Smith and Gibson were selected
by Coach Armstrong to do the bat
terry work for Central.
Holtville hasn't shown much
strength as yet but has been i'm
proving with each game. Central
also has improved its play and the
team was expecting to win today S
contest.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05

Democratic club of the county, has
been intimately connected with
CWA and PWA work in California
and it is upon these two subjects
that he will speak at the meetings
in the county tomorrow.
The Ell Centre speech is to be
given at the Wilson school auditor
ium tomorrow night following 6
banquet at the Barbara Worth hote,
starting at O'Clock. 1t is the
hope of those sponsoring this event
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
Track Meet At
Central Friday

Announcement of a triangular
track meet at Control Union tomor-
row afternoon at 2:30 was announ-
ced today by Coach Armstrong, of
the high school.
Schools participating are Central
Union high school and junior COL
lege and Yuma high school.
The j. G. team will use about sew
en- men and the high school about
the same number Yuma plans to
send over about IA men and will be
at full strength.
The local institutions are favored
to win the meet, with such stars as
Madden, Hartigan, Brewer, Moore,
Ash, McNay competing for j. c.,
while kirkpatrick, national cham
pion hurdler, Dillbeck, Hernandez,
Bruner, Beeson and others will per-
form for the high school,
No charge will be made for adj
mission and the public is invited.
The University Farm, Davis, has
developed nematode resistant peach
root-stocks which are being tried out
in several localities.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
WardeU To Talk
Here TOMORROW

Justus S. Wardell who is sched-
uled to speak here tomorrow night
will address the Rotary club in
Holtville at a luncheon meeting to-
morrow noon, Ed. H. Law was adj
vised by telegram yesterday.
Wardell who is coming to the
valley under the auspices of the
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
MRS. CROWELL
VISITING HERE

Mrs. B. G. King and Jonn King
returned yesterday from San Ber-
narino where they spent the week.
end with relatives.
Mrs. Homer F. Crowell accom-
panied them to the valley and will
remain here for a short visit. She
will be remembered by her many
valley friends as the former Dor
othy King.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
LAST MEETING
OF GYM CLASS

Members of the Ten Thousand
clubs gym class are reminded that
the session tomorrow morning at
$50 is the last regular lesson in
the series for which they have
paid.
In the future, Florence Moran
Montgomery, instructor, state 6
practices will be conducted with
out charge as long as the weather
remains pleasant.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
MISS SHERMAN
VISITS McRAES

Mr.. and Mrs. Alex McRae whose
home is south of Ell Centre on the
Dahlia canal road, were pleasantly
surprised by a visit from their
daughter, Miss Marjorie Sherman
of Glendale.
Miss Sherman had just returned
from San Francisco where she
spent several days with her sister
who is a member of the Marin
county Junior college in Kentfield.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
FIRE CHIEF LOST HAND

ISTANBUL U.P)-The chief of
the fire brigade at Eskicher had
both hands blown off when light
ing a powerful rocket at a recent
national celebration. He will have
two artificial hands adjusted to
his arms in Vienna, and will re-
turn to his post.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05

that the public will take advantage
of an opportunity to hear wardell
on this subject and attend the
meeting tomorrow night.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
LONG STORY!

IT'S NOT bedtime story,
eitherl There's so much length
to a HANES shirt tail that it
can't inch up and bulge over the
belt. Which proves you can
keep a good shirt down!
But that's only part of tho
story. HANEs Shirts are plenty
plant! They snap. and cling
coolly into place. without a
wrinkle or droop. And washing
won't weaken the stretchy knit!
Now here's the HANEs
short story. When you climb
into a pair of HANEs Shorts,
you won't be double-crossed at
the crotch! You can bend and
stretch as much as you want
nothing pinches or c1inches.
Colors guaranteed fast. Gentle
men-that is Wonderwear! See
your HANEs dealer today. ;.
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company,
Winston-Salem, N. c.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-05
HETZEL GIVES
POSITION ON
CITY AFFAIRS

Leo Hetzel, candidate for the city
council, today makes the following
statement denying rumors which he
declares have been circulated re-
garding the city political campaign;
The Washington times., 1934-04-06

TIMES b'hsd week day In the 1917
GeOrEs Preston mans
g J.
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
Changing Government
Interesting Suggestions

interesting Suggestions
The many suggestions which are being made for re-
organization Of the District interesting and
highly important to every Washingtonian
They should stimulate the interest of our citizens in their
form Of government and ultimately should produce any
provement change which is found necessary
Senator Mard Tyngs in his series of articles in The
Washington Times has very ably pointed out the difficulties
which the city encounters when is forced thrust
trivial problems upon members of the Senate and the
who are engrossed with national affairs.
The articles following Senator Tydngs discussion likewise
present the views Of members Of Congress who have
strated their interest in local affairs
These articles being written by the and women
whc in the final analysis will play large part in making
whatever changes found to be necessary desirable
Their views therefore, should give clear insight into the
manner in which the problem is to be handled
IT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT IN CONSIDERING ANY
ALTERATIONS THAT ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE DIS
TRICT GOVERNMENT THAT CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE
MADE MERELY FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE
INNOVATIONS WHICH ARE SUGGESTED MERELY TO
SATISFY THE WHMS OR DESIRES OF INDIVIDUALS
OR SMALL GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WILL BE RE-
SISTED TO THE UTMOST UNLESS 1T CAN BE SHOWN
DEFINITELY THAT THEY WILL PROMOTE THE VEL
FARE OF THE CITY.
The Washington times., 1934-04-06

at first, when we hear criticism
felt frightfully sorry for my
self! Sat down and cried, and
thought of all the Wonderful
Things I'd done for everybody.
And how Brave, and Hardwork-
ing, and Unselfish I'd always
been. And how hard I studied
and worked-and how much
smarter I was than the mean
little chits who were criticising
me!
Thus, on and on, until I
worked myself into a regular
lather of self-pity over my Poor,
Dear, Wonderful, Misunder-
stood Soul. And then, just as I
reached the peak Of my rawlings,
something inside me went
"bliff!" And I began to wonder.
Was it. maybe, true? Yes,
it was! I'd grown to be a pain
in-the-neck, to myself as well
as everybody else. Once upon
a time life had been a big bang.
I'd gotten as excited over cook
ing a new dish, or buying a
$2.49 hat, as if I'd been going
to China. And I'd made other
people excited, .too-drabber
humans who couldn't get
thrilled on their own.
But lately-why, I was about
as zippy as a last years waffle!
Well. didn't I have a right to
be dull if I wanted to be? Or
did I? Was, or wasn't, enthu-
siasm A DUTY?
Suddenly 7 saw that it was.
But how rarely we think Of it
that way! Enthusiasm? That's
something like having brown
eyes and small ankles. Either
you have them. or you haven't.
And If you haven't, what can
you do about it?
That's our popular notion
of enthuSiasm-but it's wrong.
FOR WE BOTH CAN AND
SHOULD DO PLENTY ABOUT
ENTHUSIASM. WE CAN NOT
ONLY CONTROL TT, BUT WE
CAN CREATE IT.
Enthusiasm needn't be q pass
ing mood. It CAP be. lit should
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
Truth About Air Mail Errors
Is Coming to the Surface
RI Jnn1es r. Williams. Jr.
By James T. Williams, Jr.

the Federal Airmail Act and its
amendments, commercial avia-
ton in this country became the
eighth wonder of the world.
But this achievement was not
due to the railroads. In fact, the
record will show that the su-
premacy Of commercial aviation
in this country was achieved in
spite of the railroads and in
spite of the opposition their rep
reSentatives were able to stir uo
in both houses of Congress
against the legislation under
which American air transport
and the Federal air mail we're
developed to a point where they
surpassed all similar services
elsewhere in the world.
Matter of Record
The opposition Of the rail.
roads to the building and main.
tenance by the Federal Govern
ment of the excellent system Of
Federal airways. which this
country now possesses, is also
matter Of record.
When the Air Commerce Act
was under discussion in Con-
gress, the railroads insisted that
building and maintaining these
airwayS was not the function of
the Federal Government. The
railroads would have preferred
that the government permit
these airways 10 be developed
by private enterprise under
private control.
But the Congress took the con.
trary view. The Congress insisted
That the seas and the sky belong
to the public and as the Federal
Government provides and main.
tainS lighthouses and other nav
igational facilities for ships at
sea, so the Federal Government
should provide and maintain air.
ways and the best possible navi-
gational aids for ships of the air.
The fact that the railroads
were opposed a few years ago to
Federal aid for American air
transport and for the Federal
air mail, and the fact that travel
by air was increasing by leaps
and bounds until Postmaster
General Farley cancelled all do
mestic air mail contracts last
February, would seem to chal-
lenge the Congress to find out
whether the railroads are in
volved in the reckless policy un-
der which the Federal air mail
has been wrecked, American air
transport crippled, and CONNER
cial aviation dealt a staggering
blow.
1884, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
Much for Little
The Mcleod Program


What little opposition has developed the Mcleod 100 per
cent payo bill rest largely upon the belief that
the measure would cost the Government money
PROPONENTS OF THE MEASURE HAVE EVERY REA-
SON TO BELIEVE THAT ULTIMATELY THERE WOULD
BE NO COST TO THIS MEASURE WHICH WOULD GIVE
BACK TO DEPos1ToRs THE MONEY NOW TIED UP IN
CLOSED BANKS.
But for the sake of argument suppose that the bill should
the Government money suppose should cost the Govern
ent in the end five hundred million doarsthe outside es
mate made by those who in opposition to the
cost the that much (and would nOt)
II difficult imagine any form of governmental expenditure
which would return greater and immediate dividends
WITH WHAT LITTLE MONEY THE GOVERNMENT
WOULD BE CALLED UPON TO SPEND 1T WOULD BE
BUYING GREAT MASS OF PURCHASING PowER-THE
POWER WHICH ALONE CAN REALIZE THE FINAL AIM
OF COMPLETE NATIONAL RECOVERY.
WITH THAT MONEY 1T WOULD BE BUYING RE-
NEWAL OF CONFIDENCE IN THE BANKING STRUCTURE
OF THE CoUNTRY-THE CONFIDENCE OF THOSE WHO
TRUSTED THAT STRUCTURE WHEN 1T WAS FAULTY
AND WHO ARE NOW PAYING FOR THAT MISPLACED
CONFIDENCE.
WITH THAT MONEY IT WOULD BE sUCC0RING THAT
GREAT BODY OF THRIFTY AND PATRIOTIC CITIZENS
WHO ARE AND MUST BE THE BACKBONE OF THE
NATION.
TREMENDOUSLY GREATER SUMS HAVE BEEN SPENT
BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR INFINITELY SMALLER
RETURNS.
The Mcleod program calls for just sensible handling of
the closed bank situation.
Just now that situation is completely out of hand
The assets of the banks being eaten up rapidly.
They being disposed of forced sales lying idle
while those who really the assehe depostors-are su
fering as the objects of charity.
THE GOVERNMENT OWES THESE PEOPLE HEAVY
OBLIGATION,
PROMPT AND FAVORABLE ACTION UPON THE BILL OF
REPRESENTATIVE MCLEOD IS THE ONLY WAY IN
WHICH THE OBLIGATION CAN BE MET
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
LISTEN, WORLD
BY Elsie Robinson

be. "A DELIBERATELY AC-
QUIRED VIRTUE. We can be
enthusiastic if we wish, just as
we can be neat. polite, indus
trious, honest, punctual.
Nor does this imply the hor-
rid, Pollyanna cheerfulness. =.
than which nothing could be
more fakey or depressing. We
not only can ACT enthusiastic
but we can FEEL it.
Just as we can see what we
want to see in life, so we can
FEEL WHAT WE WANT TO
FEEL. There may be score Of
reasons for dullness and dis
couragement in your immediate
situation, yet, if you'll set your
mind to it, you'll also find twice
that many reasons for enthu-
Siasm. The picturesque alley,
the enticing wood trail, the in
triguing stranger that set you
thrilling yesterday, are just as
picturesque, enticing and intri.
guing today. IF THE WORLD
HAS TURNED DULL AND
DREARY, THE FAULT LIES
IN YOU, YOURSELF.
And you've no right to let
your mind turn dreary. Cheer
fulness isn't just a personal treat
to yourself, or a favor you're
showing the other fellow. It's
an obligation you owe!
This modern world, whose
convenience you enjoy, was
built by the deliberate, often
desperate enthusiasm of count
less weary, worried, hard-work-
ing humans. In the face of in
credible obstacles they insisted
on, remaining interested, hope.
full and excited.
You're a pretty poor heel If
you can't work up a little steam
yourself, in the face Of a record
like that.
Copyright, 1884, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-06

The details may not be
particularly bad, but after the
changes they would undergo
when retold, they would prob
ably be decidedly unfavorable
to you.
Have you ever asked your
self why you can NOT keep per-
sonal matters to yourself.
Is it because you seek
sympathy?
Perhaps you think a streak
of devilishness, or world-wiSe
background, creates a good
impression.
Why you should desire such
q reputation is not easy to
answer.
Copyright. 1884. King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
ONCE OVERS

Keep Your Secrets to Yourself
Are you afraid Of what a
former friend may tell other
people about the discreditable
things in which you have taken
part?
There are facts about your
self that he would not have
known If you had not told him.
Now you realize how foolish
you were in imparting these
facts to him.
At the time you told him
you considered him to be a
good friend and you became
over-confidential.
You may be placing your.
self in the same position again,
by telling other friends intimate
details Of your life.
The Washington times., 1934-04-06

Truth tDiH euer be unpdldtd-
bic to those tDho are determined
not to relinQuish error.-E. w.
MontGgu.
Slowly but surely unpalatable
truth about the series of blum
ders that have wrecked the Fed
eral air mail. crippled American
air transport and needlesSly
sacrificed so many Of our heroic
defenders who fly the colors, is
coming to the surface.
The country wide confidence
in the high-mindedneSs and de-
voted intentions of President
Roosevelt fortunately continues
steadfast among the people.
But what the commonSense Of
the plain people prevents them
from forgetting is that no Presi-
dent is ever able, at all times,
to protect himself from misin-
formation or from the bad ad-
vice of ill-informed or self
seeking advisors.
This Is the rule Of the presi-
dency. It is one of the reasons
why no President has ever
claimed to be infallible and why
such a claim, if ever made,
would not be supported by the
people.
Loyal Critics
Those Democratic Senators
and Representatives in Con-
gress who have ventured to criti-
cize the cancellation, without
due process of law, of all domes-
tic air-mail contracts, and to
protest and deplore the blunders
that have followed in the wake
of that injustice, have not
broken with the President and
have no intention of breaking
with him.
Oh the contrary, these sin
cere critics within the Demo
cratic party are giving the Pres
ident far more loyal and intelli-
gent support than are those in.
stigators of the Administrations
mistakes in regard to CONNER
cial aviation, who are now try
ing to "save their faces" and
their political lives at the ex-
pense of the public interest and
the Presidents leadership.
All this, the plain people are
beginning to find out for them
selves. They have not forgotten.
for example, the opposition of
the railroads to the enactment
of those laws which fostered the
development of commercial avi-
alton.
AS a result of the operation Of
the Air Commerce Act and Of
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
The Human Side of the News
Bv Edwin C.. Hill
Vanished Gold-Roths

A burglar in London goes to
the mansion Of the great mer-
chant, Harry Gordon Selfridge,
climbs to the roof, falls and
nearly breaks his neck. After
which, jail and a long term in
prison. More luck for the Wis
consin boy who left Marshall
Fields, in Chicago, and had the
nerve, this small energetic man,
to open a department store in
London.
AS we are told by Fortune, that
ornate and imposing periodical,
Selfridge had the gall to attempt
to teach a nation of shopkeepers
how to keep shop. But over he
went and spent 100000 in two
weeks advertising, gayly kicking
over some of the most sacro-
sanct traditions Of the London
shopkeeperS.
Before Selfridge, London mer-
chants hired floorwalkers whose
job it was to ease people who
didn't buy, out Of their stores.
The idea Of providing libraries
and restaurants and lounges just
for people who came in to look
around, was an unheard Of thing.
Selfridge invited people to come
to his store, look about as much
as they pleased and stay as long
as they liked, whether they
bought a shilling's worth or not.
Sets Pace
The London shopkeepers paid
their help the staggering sum OF
20 to 40 pounds a year, $1OO
to 5000. Selfridge paid them
decent living wages, and there
were 1900 on his payroll. He
was snubbed and frowned upon.
But pretty soon the surprising
news began to be whispered
about that he had been taken up
by people close to the King and
the Queen, Edward and Alex
andra in those days.
He rolled up a great fortune
by keeping a first class store,
spent money as if there were
never an end to it and married
his three daughters to prince,
a count and a viscount. He
bought cars before cars were
common: flew in planes when
planes were merely military ma
chimes. His son, Gordon, now in
his early thirties, an expert air
plane pilot and a man of charm
and culture, is following in his
fathers steps, and is the active
head of Selfridge, Limited.
Scotland Yard, whose dingy
and historic home rises by the
embankment, not much more
than a rifle shot from Sci
fridge's, has a new mystery on
it's hands. A box Of gold bull
lion was shipped from the ia.
nous mines of South Africa
to London. There were nine
hundred and thirty-five ounces
Of the magic stuff. and it was
worth thirty-two thousand,
three hundred dollars.
It was shipped along with
exactly similar sealed boxes, all
containing more than ten mil
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
Ambassador Ruth
The Jobs Waiting for Him

When Babe Ruth decides the time has come to give up
big league activities and become of
there's job waiting for him.
It's the job Of American goodwill ambassador to Soviet
Russia.
The Bosheviks playing baseball The Moscow Physi
culture Institute has opened classes teach young Russians
how to put ball, and how to smash hot Texas
Lacquer into deep left field.
Young Bill Bultt and the other Americans who speak for
Uncle Sam at the Kremn probably get good laughs watching
the young Reds try their hands Americas national sport
but the boys said to like the game to be eager to learn
BOshevk boys apparently aren't very different from
American boys And baseball the ideal game for bows from
six to sixty in all lands and climes.
Stain and the other big Boshevks may lose some sleep
American propaganda in the form Of love for captastc
sport makes much headway in Russia.
The Washington times., 1934-04-06

Look out, ="
said one to
other, "here
c o m e S
Gloomy"
I couldn't
believe m y
e q r S :.
Gloomy? I,
who had al
ways b e e n
the life Of
the party? It
was a cruel
lie!
So at once
I did what
most Of 1lS do
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
Those Painful Moments

1uOSE Fd1uAUA MVLHCACS
A mans most poignant
memories are the bitter recol-
lections of his failures and dis
appointments. But a woman's
most poignant memories are
the embarrassing recollections
Of her blunders, her sentimental
weaknesses, and the times when
she made a fool Of herself.
Almost every woman has a
few of these, dating as far
back as her green and salad
days.
Almost every woman can re-
member when she deliberately
set out to MAKE some man fall