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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03
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We can't agree with the crabs and the
pessimists, who see the world series as a
lot of hokum, a money-making plan for
which the American people fall every
year, and who complain that It is non
sensical to waste so much time and eff
fort over a professional sporting event.
Aside from the color surrounding the
baseball classic, and the keen competi-
tion between two teams of expert ath-
letes, naturally endowed and splendidly
trained in their special lines, the world
series is a Yankee institution. 1t is as
Yankee-as American, if that term is
preferred-as pumpkin pie, corn on the
cob or apple pie.
England has its DARBY" and goes
cuckoo over it; France has its, well what
ever France has; Italy has what the Ital-
ians like and we suppose the Scandinav-
lans work up quite a perspiration over
skiing so why shouldn't we Yanks have
something that is particularly our own?
The psychological benefit of such a
thing as the world series is good for the
country Certainly it doesn have the
disastrous effect that market crashes or
business collapses have. 1t is we'll that
many of Us can be logged out of our
hum-drum routine for a week, to follow
lne fortunes OF InOSe VINO nave GedCfleu
the top in game that every American
boy learns-or at least that he used to
learn before golf and tennis elbowed
their way into the sports picture.
Therefor, if for no other reason than
that it is a good old American institu-
ton, we are for the world series. We are
perfectly willing to devote considerable
attention (and space) in the next few
days to the doings of the Deans. frankie
Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, Schoolboy
Rowe and all the others.
We view the series with absolute i'm
partiality, that is impartial to the point
of hoping that the Tigers claw the ever
lasting daylights out of the Cardinals.
If Mickey Cochrane and his men can
win four straight it will be a perfect
series. If they happen to lose-well that
will mean there was dirty work at the
crossroads by somebody, but they can't
lose. Or can they?
1t is almost distressing to think of the
heavy mortality among grandmothers
this week in Detroit and st. Louis.
Maybe the world is getting better af-
ter all-no Los Angeles newspaper we
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03
Head To Address
Safety Council

District Attorney Heald will be
the speaker at a meeting of the Ell
Centro safety council to be held to-
morrow night at o'clock in the Of
flee of Judge Mayfield at the court
house.
The safety council is carrying out
a definite program designed to in
crease the safety in travel on Ell
Centro's streets and adjacent roads,
with representative citizens of this
city acting on the souncil.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

1t is claimed that the big Tagus
ranch in Tulare county is to be at
tackled in every possible way by
Communists until it is financially
ruined.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

man Of the national labor relations
board, had been looked on here as
one of the coming front rank brain
trusters." Garrison is a shy type. He
and Gov. John Winant of New
Hampshire, textile mediation board
chairman are on par that way.
Both blush easily.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

A meeting of the All-American
canal association has been called
for tomorrow afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

For the first time in many
months, Imperial Valley expert
enced a real rain storm.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

1t is almost distressing to think of the
heavy mortality among grandmothers
this week in Detroit and st. Louis.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03
TEN YEARS AGO
October 2. 1924

Establishment of a Salvation Ar
my post in Imperial Valley, with
headquarters in Ell Centro, is as
Sured.
Mrs. F. D. Jacobs, president, gave
brilliant address of welcome at
the first fall meeting of the Ten
Thousand club.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
October 3. 1919

Another delightful dance will be
given tomorrow night at the Ma
sonic hall by the Imperial Valley or
cheStra.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
October 3. 1914

The Heber cotton gin is one of
the best equipped gins in the val
ley and the only one equipped to
gin both long and short staple fl
ber.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

Maybe the world is getting better af-
ter all-no Los Angeles newspaper we
have seen carried headlines on yester-
days San Francisco earthquake
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

Miss Frances Robinson, Gen.
Johnson's right hand aide Tesign-
ing) was offered huge salary to
write a Washington letter for a
syndicate. She turned it down.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

Again insult is the center of attraction
in Chicago, but he has a far different
role this time.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

1t is fine to read of the governments
increased income-not so fine to think
about the increased outgo.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-03

der in substance when this correc-
ton in form is adjusted"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-21

ports indicated, but it remains SER
ious enough to continue relief meas
ures if suffering is to be prevented
later in the fall and winter. During
the first week of cattle purchasing,
only about three per cent OF the ami
mails bought were condemned for i'm
mediate slaughter and burial, while
almost none of the purchased stock
was considered Of sufficient quality
to be used for subsistence foundation
herds. Farmers showed a desire to
make every sacrifice to keep as much
of their best stock as possible for
building up their herds.
The state ERA announces the ad-
dition of IA new counties to the emer-
gency drouth area, making 81 in all.
At the same time, IA new counties
were designated as secondary drouth
areas, making a total of 20 in this
classification. Counties in the Sec
ondary area will receive additional
funds with which to furnish more
work for farmers who are in need
OF relief. In the additional emer-
gency drouth area, cattle purchasing
is expected to begin this week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-21

ton Of the Minnesota Conservation
Commission which may result in the
closing of the 1884 fall hunting sea-
son on ducks and geese. Several
species of ducks and geese are threat
ened with extinction unless drastic
action is taken by the states and fed
eral authorities. The state commits
sion is seriously considering the rec
OmmendatiOn to the federal govern
ment of closed season this year
/, pending results of survey with
other states where large breeding
areas exist.
Here is bad news for bootleggers!
In an action in Ramsey County Dis
trict court, Attorney General Harry
H. Peterson was successful in extend
ing the application of the liquor
stamp tax law to unlicensed vendors
of intOXicants and 80 malt beverages.
This means that bootleggers come
under the tax provisions Of the law,
| despite the fact that it is illegal for
them to sell liquor.
Under the direction of Governor OIL
son as federal relief administrator for
the state, a sub-marginal land project
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-21

of the officers of only $1,000. What
chance has the public against such
financial piracy? The investigation
is being conducted by w. E. G. Wat
son, attorney for the state, assisted
by Kenneth Haycraft, chief investiga-
tor of the State Securities Commits
sion, and Roger Rutchick, assistant
attorney general.
The news from Washington that the
Federal Relief administration has
taken over two idle underwear fac
tories in Boston and is to operate
them in the interest Of the unem-
ployed and the needy is quite inter-
esting. This is exactly what the
present State Administration has been
advocating in Minnesota and which
has turned loose all the reactiOnary
forces with cries of Communism"
If it is communistic for the state to
take over and to operate idle fac
tories to solve the unemployment and
relief problem, it surely is commun-
istic for the federal government to
do it. Shouts of communism" against
the Federal government have not
been made. Those who have studied
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-21

is now under way in the Minnesota
valley between Shakopee and Men
dota which will provide a recrea-
tional ground for hundreds of thou
sands of the states population and
also provide summer vacations for
1000 underprivileged children. The
Governor said there would be no costs
to the state.
Recent rains helped tighten the
complexion of Minnesota's relief prob
| lem for the time being. In Big Stone
county, the preliminary inspection of
| cattle prior to the rains showed an
| average of about ten head of stock
per farm to be bought by the gov
eminent in it's drouth relief cattle
purchase program. When the bureau
of animal industry inspectors went
their rounds to make the final inspec-
ton and purchase, rains had come
and they found only about seven head
of cattle pier farm that the owner felt
he had to sell.
| Put to the test of cattle purchase
and condemnation of unfit animals
the drouth situation appears less i'm.
mediately serious than previous re-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-21

modern conditions with an open mind
are agreed that such a move is nee
essary If government is to live up
to its obligations and responsibilities.
Governor Olson spent the greater
part of last week getting first hand
information regarding drOuth condi-
tions. The Governor was accompa-
MED by federal relief officials.
Figures compiled by the State In
dustrial Commission show that 1.151
more accidents were reported during
May of 1894 than during May of 1888,
which is an increase Of 1928 per
cent. Fatal accidents show an in
crease of 20 per cent. The percentage
Of accidents which were compensate
was 1856 in 1894 and 1924 in 1888,
both of which percentages are slight
ly under the all-time record. The
reason for the increase in accidents
is doubtless because there are more
persons today working in industries
where hazards occur than year ago.
True conservationists who recognize
the immediate crisis facing migra-
tory waterfowl on the North Amer
lean continent will welcome the ac-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-21

corporated under the laws of the state
of Delaware with dummy incorpora-
tors. These dummies paid in to the
corporation the sum of $1,000 which
consisted Of it's total assets. Shortly
after they sold their interests to past
and present officers of the Northwest
Incorporation for $1,000. The cor
pOratiOn, then, without increasing
their assets, $5,OOO,OOO worth of stock
to the public, lacking on an addi-
tional 35 cents for each share to be
used for the payment of a first divi-
dend. The officers had put up thou
sand dollars; the assets were in
creased by five million by printing
stock certificates which were eX-
changed for the public's cash.
But that was not all. At the same
time. with still only $1,000 in the
treasury, the corporation then author
lied the issuance Of 100000 shares
of stock, at par of $50 share,
to be sold for cash or exchanged for
stock of the various banks to be af-
filiated with the banking chain. This
issue represented over $75,0OO,000 all
on an original investment on the part
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-21
State Capitol News
By A. l. HARRIS

Farmers owning land abutting state
highways have been adding to their
supplies of stock feed by cutting the
grass and other forage crops, such
as sweet clover. which grow along
the highway right-of-way. This prac-
Aice is encouraged by the highway de-
pzrtment, according to Commissioner
n w. Elsberg. The department
wishes the farmers to get full adj
vantage of the roadside grasses but
requires that the grass be cut in
stead of grazed. Cattle turned loose
on the roads to Craze would be a
menace to public safety and farmers
probably would suffer losses through
stock being injured by motor vehicles.
One gasps at the financial chican-
cry that is being uncovered in the
investigation of the Northwest Ban
corporation by the State Commerce
Commission. 1t was brought out that
the Northwest Incorporation was in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24

Japan Is going 70 kick over the Washington
naval treaty Dispatches from the London
naval meeting seem to agree as 10 that In
deed this has been the theme of Toxic state
ments for many months. And still it is hard
to believe. It is such foolish thing for Japan
to do from her own point Of view
II Japan kills that limitation treaty she
will force an armament race. OF all nations
Japan least can afford such race Great
Britain and the United States are bigger,
stronger and richer than Japan. In need
less spending orgy Japan can not possibly win
The reasons she gives Tor her new policy
are just as difficult TO understand as her mo-
tives
She explains that she wants equality IN
defensive armament. and that therefore the
5-5-3 ratio for Britain, the United States and
Japan-established by the Washington treaty
must be torn up. She is right IN demanding
equality in defense. But she is wrong in stat
ing that it is necessary to destroy the treaty
to get it. She has it already
The $50 ratio to which Japan originally
agreed was not pulled out Of hat as an acct
dental figure: nor vas it liked to assure Amer
feriority It vas arrived at for the express
purpose of creating a stalenate in which each
of the three powers would be secure from at
tack in its own waters. AS long as that ratio
is maintained it is impossible for either Brit
ain or the United States to attack Japan be-
cause of the great distances from their naval
bases.
In fact Japan with a three-ratio is in much
stronger position to protect her mainland and
possessions than are either Britain or the
United States with their fve-ratios.
And that is the test of so-called defen-
sive navy The Japanese admirals have their
tongues in their cheeks when they talk about
dividing up craft as defensive and offensive.
That is one of those half-truths which is not
true. A navy operates as a unit and craft
which may be used for defensive purposes at
one time may be used for attack at another
time
If japan really wishes a defensive force it
can be achieved only by some such overall
balance of navies as worked out in the Wash
ington and London treaties. OF course there
is nothing sacred about the particular 5-5-5
ratio. Perhaps conditions have changed
sufficiently during the decade to merit slight
shifts in the ratios to maintain the balance
originally established But that is quite diff
ferent from attempting as Japan apparently
is trying, to destroy the balance
Japan has legal right to denounce the
naval treaty But she should stop at least
long enough to realize that, once it is broken,
it will not be easy to PUT together again
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24
RELIEF SHOWDOWN

MORE than half Of the forty-eight state
IVA governments today are making no effec-
tive contribution TO the support OF their needy
citizens. A dozen states contribute less than
5 per cent. The average state contribution is
now about y per cent, and the average Of
local subdivisions about IS per cent.
Already the relief burden OF the federal
government has become heavier than it can
long sustain. and the delinquency Of the ma
jority Of states threatens TO cause break
down in the cooperation now being extended
by a responsible minority. Unless the federal
government forces the hand of the delinquents,
the few states that are still helping 70 carry
the load hardly can be blamed if they too abdi-
cate their responsibilities.
Under the Hoover regime the national ad-
ministration was slow to admit that it owed
any responsibility TO the unemployed. Today
many state and local governments seem to.ss-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24
JUST BEYOND HIS NOSE

CECRETARY OF TREASURY MORGEN-
- THAI told reporters recently he had not
made up his mind whether federal liquor taxes
are too high.
Lying on the front of his desk were sheets
revealing the results Of Activities Of Investi-
gators, Alcohol Tax Unit, For Week Ending
oct. g. 1894"
These results were:
236 stills seized, capacity 33,797 gallons
1921 gallons spirits seized.
412,515 gallons mash seized.
Fifty-nine autos and trucks seized,
Value Of property seized, S73,947.
Arrests 443
The figures do not show any great varia-
ton between wet" and dry" states. There
we're twenty stills seized in wet" Kentucky and
fourteen in dry" Tennessee.
With such weekly reports on the edge Of
his desk, Secretary Morgenthau should not
have to look far beyond the end of his nose
to see that taxes are creating sufficient mar
gin in prices to make bootlegging still profit
able.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24

sumo that the federal government should do
the whole job.
The depression was. and still is. national.
There was. and still is, a wide disparity in
the wealth Of the individual states and dis
proportion in the percentage Of destitute per-
sons within the various states. But there IS
no excuse for the states that are now Sinking
The task Of feeding, clothing and creating
employment for the jobless is so tremendous
it can not be handled successfully without
equitable cooperation. An estimated 100000
families may be on relief this winter. So that
no person shall be hungry or naked, the fed
eral emergency relief administration has thus
far refrained from penalzing the delinquent
states But the time soon may come when the
FERA will be forced TO discriminate against
states that have the ability but not the will
ingness to help shoulder the burden. Such
drastic action may arouse the people within the
states. Then evasion Of state responsibility
will no longer be politically expedient.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24
GIVE!

A GAIN the President has appealed to us to
n support our local charities. All over the
nation community chest and similar joint
organizational drives are under way-the 1884
mobilization for human needs"
There has been a great deal of criticism
Of government relief. From the beginning Of
the depression certain groups have insisted
that relief should remain on a personal vol
untary basis Well, the opportunity still re-
mains for personal relief and for support of
the numerous character building agencies
which exist in every community and whose
good works are we'll known.
Many of these institutions will go under
unless citizens fortunate enough to have in
comes during the depression support their
organized philanthropies. The federal gov
eminent is doing its share. Some of the state
and local governments can and should con-
tribute more to official relief. But when that
is DONE the need for the private agencies will
still exist. That need can not be met unless
the employed and especially the well-to-do
give and give literally
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24
A TOUGH KID CRIES

THERE is something both humorous and
u grimly appalling about the story of that
9-year-old New York boy who was arrested
with burglars kit in his possession and was
accused of breaking into a store.
This lad talked the lingo of gangland. He
told the police, Gimme the works-it won't
do you no good" They gave him ice cream,
instead of the works, and he said: I'm
tough, and I don't go for that squealing
stuff"
When he succeeded in getting the police
off on false trail. he chortled. That was
just a run-around for you guys"
Finally to be sure. they brought in the
young toughys mother. and he broke down
and wept like any other kid in a jam.
But this juvenile bravado, his very obvious
effort to pattern himself after the despera-
does of the underworld-don't they consti-
tute a terrifying indictment of the kind of
material some children are given for models
these days?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24

only seventeen years of trying to
convert the Russians to Socialist
theories, so I believe it would be far
better for we Americans to profit
by their example and outlaw both
socialism and communism.
These poor deIuded writer's who
have renowned their American
heritage for a mere theory Of some
thing better have nothing substan-
tial on which to base their argu-
mentS.
have lived under the Constitu-
ton of the United States for forty
three years and I know that one of
the worst problems has been the
horde Of immigrants who wanted to
share our liberty and prosperity.
This all is clear to every thinking
person. A Russian of the Jewish
race with whom I worked told me
that conditions in this country dur
ing the depression are far better
than those in the old country in
ordinary times.
The United States still has hard
time to keep out foreigners. Russia
guards her frontiers to keep her
people at home so they will not miss
any Of the joys Of sociaIism-star-
vation and slavery.
I am poor man but it takes more
than little depression to make a
cowardly traitor Of me. Long live
the United States and confusion to
all Socialists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24
A GO-AHEAD SIGNAL

ID EPORTS that the new NRA has decloeo
N to modify attempts to control industrial
production cause laissez faire advocates to
throw their hats into the air and hail re
treat" in planned economy. But national plan
ming has gained much ground since even most
of the rugged individualists have stopped OBJ
iecting to government brakes on production
of natural resources such as oil, coal and lum-
Der.
1t is high time to lift the lid from most in
dustries. other than natural resources, to per-
NIT an attack upon the depression from the
consumption angle But this does not mean
that henceforth the working of natural eco
nonic laws" will make everything rosy in in
dustry
It should be remembered that the produc-
ton controls in NRA codes were not clamped
down arbitrarily by a regimenting government
bureaucracy. Most of them we're inserted at
the insiStence of the industries. themselves.
Faced with gutted markets and Sagging prices.
the industries demanded this protection. Wise
", NRA agreed to these restrictions to enable
industrysto restore the balance between pro-
duction and consumption. In the interim. the
SURPRISES OF goods have largely disappeared.
Now. it is a logical step TO permit wider play
of competitive forces so that industry can take
advantage of chronological Improvements and
work toward more efficient production and
lower prices TO consumers.
But the same conditions that made produc-
ton control necessary at the beginning Of the
Blue Eagle era may arise again. Unless the
wage-hour and collective bargaining provisions
Of the codes are enforced strictly there Is dan
ger Of another destructive price war and mar
ketS overlooking with sweat-shop goods.
This is not a simple problem There is no
single solution either all black or all white
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24
Doubts Reliability of Literary Digest Poll

even know a poll was being con-
Quoted this time until I read the
results in the daily papers. 1 have
talked with many who have had
the same experience, although the
papers stated that the ballots had
been sent to the same persons in
both polls.
If the speakers experiment at
this meeting is to be accepted as
any sort of criterion it would
seem to indicate that the ballots
on the Literary Digest's most
recent pool were returned only by
bankers and such groups as are
known to be quite hostile to the
new deal and the policies of the
President.
1t is difficult to understand how
the opinions of $1,000 bankers and
captains of industry can reflect
the true attitude of 100000 Of
voters who have been genuinely
benefited by the New Deal.