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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-18
Approves Critic

Dear Mr.. Kelley:
It was good to see your article
on "A Great Filtration" in last
Fridays paper, as I heartily agree
with you that it is q splendid
picture.
1 couldn't understand why 1t
received such small notice in the
press all week. Is it because
people overlook a picture when it
is not highly publicized or bally-
hOOed? If so, IL is not fair to the
picture.
Personally, / found it one Of
the few enjoyable shows of the
season. While the story Is not
particularly striking, 1t is never
theleSS played beautifully by those
two splendid SOphiSticateS, ELISA
Landi and AdOlph MenjOu.
/ think that most of our Holly
wood thespians have o great deal
to learn i'm dramatic art and
technique from these two talented
stars. Il imagine. the picture re-
ceived q shabby bOx-Office welcome
last week, and to atone for that,
it should receive . return engage
ment at the Met, and the public
be informed Of what they're miss
ing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-18

Better Color
Maxine doesn't have anything
to say. She is merely called up
on to look cuddly and coy and
sing a snatch of the song, what
tayer Coin To Do Now" Her
voice is absolutely o. K. and such
expressions as she is called upon
to deliver fit the gay mood OF
this comedy. The Doyle follow
ing I am sure will agree their pet
has good Hollywood possibilities.
Incidentally this short will be
the supplementary feature of the
Earle program beginning Friday.
In the m a in screen attraction,
1.-THE Key" Miss Doyle appears
only in a very brief sequence,
speaks nary word. It was in
this picture she became a victim
of the cutting room for, the first
time.
Color pictures, by the way, are
getting better. This Service
With A Smile" has none of that
1urid and plush album color of
the earlier multi-hued films, and
the blur which destroyed clear
cut features has been eliminated.
It gives Maxine Doyle a real
break for she is photographed to
the best advantage. In fact she
more than holds her own amid a
galaxy of real screen beauties.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-18

Pat O'Brien is that patriotik,
having been born under a sham
rock. he has now installed
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
UNCLE WIGGILY'S CANDY
STORE

What! No carrotS?" exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily as he sat down to the
table in his hollow stump bungalow
one day.
mo carrots, my dear" answered
the lady rabbit, his wife.
Why not?" asked Mr.. Longears.
Did Nurse Jane forget to cook the
carrots? l know our muskrat lady
housekeeper has been very busy but
when she knows how fond I am OF
carrotS-why-"
"Oh, it isn't Nurse James fault,
don't think it, said Mrs. Longears,
quickly. "As a matter of fact. Wig
gy," said the rabbit lady, speaking
like a lawyer, I'VE have no carrots. .
NO carrots" gaSped Uncle Wig
gily, his pink twinkling nose turn
ing as pale as marshmalloW can
dy. Why, I thought we had plenty
of carrots in our cellar
I'VE had great many his wife
answered, but you gave a great
many away to poor families this
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
BE ED-TIME STORIES
with cabbage for a while"
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright 1884 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndcate)

with cabbage for a while"
Uncle Wiggily felt so sad about
not being able to buy carrots for his
little rabbits that he didn't go out
adventuring. He sat in his easy
chair reading the paper, and, all of
sudden, he shouted:
Il have it,"
DO you mean you have the mon
ey for carrotS?" asked his wife.
No, but 1 have thought of way
to get carrots and turnips and let
tuce for our hungry children with
out money"
You don't mean you are going to
take carrots without paying for
them, do you?" asked the lady rab-
/ bit.
oh. my goodness, no. laughed
, her husband. But 1 was just read
ing in the paper here that in places
where the animal folk have no mon
ey they trade with one another. II
a dog has a lot of milk which ht
doesn't want, the dog trades his
| milk for the cats bones
But what have you to trade IL,
that way to get carrots, turnipS, anC
lettuce?" asked the lady rabbit
You have neither milk nor bones.
But l have a lot of maple sugar
candy said Uncle Wiggily with &
laugh. II made a great deal more
maple sugar candy than we car
eat in a year. I also gave a lo'
away, but I have much left. So
am going to open candy store.
"a candy store?' squeaked Nurse
| Jane, coming in again. DO yol
mean you are going to sell candy
! Mr.. Longears?"
NO" he answered, Il am going
| to trade it for carrots, lettuce anC
turnipS. I'll turn my bungalow into
maple sugar candy store and We
shall do very nicely by trading un-
| til Summer comes. Hurray!'
So Uncle Wiggily printed large
sign:
MAPLE SUGAR CANDY STORE
This he fastened outside his hol-
low stump bungalow and then he
waited for what would happen next
1t wasn't long in coming. You shall
hear about it tomorrow night wher
! the story will be Uncle Wiggily
Makes a Mistake. And 1 hope yoU
can stop the wind from blowing
around the corner Of the house ano
making the front porch think its
the postman whistling with a letter
from Santa Claus.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
Thief Meets With
Warm Reception

A thief who attempted to steal
some hogs from Earl Lang who lives
north of Ell Centre city limits be-
tween Third and Fourth streets was
given a warm welcome by Lang last
night, according to report made to
the sheriff's office.
This states that Lang fired one
charge of No. 2 and one of No. 5
shot at the thief. The first charge
was fired from a distance of about
40 feet through thin board wall
and the second from about 125 feet.
The thief yelled, Lang told the sher-
ifs office, and cried all the way
across a field. He ran south and east
from the place and crossed the road
west of Third street. The shooting
happened about 10 o'clock last night
the report states.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
How One Woman
Lost 70 Lbs. of Fat
Lost Her Prominent Hips,
Double Chin, Sluggishness
Gained Physical Vigor-
A Shapely Figure

If you're fat-first remove the
cause.
Take one-half teaspoonful Of
KRUSCHEN SALTS in a glass of
hot water every morning - in 3
weeks get on tie scales and note
how many pounds of fat have van
ished.
Notice also that you have gained
in energy-your skin is clearer -
you feel younger in body-KRU-
SCHEN will give any fat person
a joyous surprise.
Get an 85c bottle of KRUSCHEN
SALTS from Clements Drug Store,
Valley Drug Co.. or any leading
druggist in America 0asts a weel1s)
If this first bottle doesn't convince
you this is TIE easiest, safest and
surest way TO lose fat-your money
gladly refunded. (adv)
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
sDor1't Quote Me-
BY United Press. .o'

MANY revisions and changes,
prompted at least one stenographer
in the post office department to
have a bad case of nerves. A few
books were slammed around, but
transcripts continued to pile up like
leaves on a fall day.
The Public Works administration
added its contribution, too. In addl-
ton to the routine work, many re-
visions of contracts doubled, ana
sometimes trebeled the usual out
put in a particular section. In one
instance a draft was revised four
times and before it was finished a
substitute stenographers services
were needed.
Then the scores of NRA hearings
held during Gen. Hugh S. Johnson'S
field day for criticism called for
new battery of nimble fingered
workers. A transcript of every word
uttered at the hearings was made.
1t was mandatory that this work be
completed within a few hours after
the hearings closed StenographerS
worked in relays. In one room OF
the NRA a hundred stenographers
are busy writing letters exclusively.
On Capitol Hill, where often more
than q score of committee hearings
are held in one day, stenographers'
pencils fly. Sometimes there is a
scarcity, and the situation was SO
bad one day that certain commit
tee holding a lesser hearing ad-
journed so that another committee
could borrow its Stenographer.
A word to match every cent spent
under the new deal may be figured
out sometime by a statistician, if he
spends his life in trying to amass
such data.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
To EXPLAIN
'SYNCROTAX'

Discussion of Syncrotaxo, a
revolutionary plan of taxation
whose sponsors claim it may reduce
real estate taxes by as much as 80
per cent, will be discussed at a
mass meeting in Wilson school Fri
day evening by W. M. Patch of Los
Angeles, author of the idea.
The meeting is called and spon-
sored by a group of 80 citizens of Ell
Centro, Calexfco, Brawley and
other valley towns, who heard Patch
briefly explain thr Syncrotax' idea
during a flying visit last week.
Because of the widespread inter-
est in taxation, the men calling the
mass meeting are urging all people
to attend the meeting, though they
do not desire to be understood as
endorsing the idea until further
study.
Among those sponsoring the
meeting are Senator Ben Hulse,
Fred Bright, Evan T. Hewes, w. c..
Costello, George Bennitt, Roy Wom-
ack, Henry l.. Loud, Howard Mey-
er, Leroy Holt, o. G. Horn, Hugh
Osborne and A. Y. Preble of the
board of supervisors, President Ty-
Ter and Secretary Hays of the
chamber of commerce, Councilman
H. w. Fawcett, w. McEuen. Roy
Breedlove, president of the Rotary
club; Everett Minor, Lion IS club
president, Joe E. King of the South
ern Sierras Power Co., w. D. Carey,
county auditor, and w. l. Stone.
The syncrotax' idea contem-
plates abolition of all existing tax
levies and replacement by one and
only one taxa percentage levy
upon gross money or value turn
over.
DR.. 2. T. Malaby, of Pasadena,
| first Democrat to announce himself
as a candidate for the nomination
for governor, will also speak at the
meeting, it was announced today
A. M Anderson, manager of the
; Malaby campaign, states, CDR. NAL
ably, as a candidate for governor, is
enthusiastically in favor of 'syncro-
tax as a solution of CALIFORNIA; s
veXed taxation problems
The combined meeting does not
mean, however, that the SyncrotaX
association is backing DR.. Malaby's S
campaign for governor, according to
w. NJ. Patch. author of "syncrotaX. y
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

it is true, but that will not justify break
ing the laws themselves.
Those who come here from the outside
to stir up trouble are either known, or
by their tactics they can soon make them
selves known. We have laws to deal
with such, as has been convincingly
proved by the numerous convictions OBJ
tanned in the past few weeks
Forewarned is forearmed. Having or
ganized to combat those who would flout
the law, let those so organized be Jealous
in upholding the law and they will find
it strong enough to guard their rights
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
MEETING A CHALLENGE

Radical labor agitators, having served
notice of their intention to prevent even
car of cantaloupes leaving Imperial
Valley this summer, according to what
are believed to be authentic reports.
those who are opposed to the activities of
the radicals are justified in taking steps
to thwart any move to iniure the canta-
loupe crop as the lettuce and pea crops
were injured.
This has been done in the formation of
the Imperial Valley Anti-Communist as
sociation, announced earlier this week.
There is no doubt that the Commun-
lists and their allies are we'll organized
Imperial Valley has had two demonstra-
tions of this fact and it has cost this COM
munity heavily in revenue and even more
heavily in the damage done to its good
name
If the Communists, the labor agitators
and the radicals have the right to organ
ize, surely those who oppose their tao
tics have the same right. In fact the
balance of right weighs in favor of the
latter.
The Communists, the labor agitators
and the radicals haven't a dime invested
in Imperial Valley, nor have they yet
proved by their actions that they have
any such thing as the welfare of Imper-
ial Valley in mind. They sponsor
movement that is wholly destructive in
character. They are here while there is
chance for stirring up trouble and
when that opportunity is gone or they
have been chased out, they go elsewhere
to continue their trouble making.
Those who oppose them are, on the
contrary, big factor in the life of the
valley. Their homes are here, some have
money invested here, they depend on the
valley crops to make their living, either
directly and indirectly, and when these
crops are wantonly damaged every resi-
dent of the valley is injured either di-
rectly or indirectly.
The cantaloupe crop represents an in
vestment of millions of dollars. and on
the successful marketing of the crop de-
pends the prosperity of Imperial Valley
for many months. The lettuce and pea
crops having been hard hit, not only the
growers and shippers but the valley at
large look to the cantaloupe crop to make
good the losses experienced.
Successful harvesting and marketing
of such highly perishable crop as cam
taloupes, is attended by enough natural
risks, without having to contend with
brazen interference from those whose
only objective is to destroy it.
Granted that there may be shortcom-
ings on the part of the growers and ship
pers, which we believe they are making
efforts to correct, this does not Justify
the cause of the. Communists, the labor
agitators and the radicals.
By organizing to defeat their object
ives Imperial Valley is only taking the
same course that any man is justified in
taking to protect his property.
In organizing to prevent lawlessness
from the outside, we sincerely hope that
those who organize will also take steps
to prevent lawlessness on their part.
They have to deal with lawless element,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
State To Honor
Pioneer Flyer

SACRAMENTO, March Is. U.P)
"A proclamation urging every Cali
fornian to unite next Sunday in
paying tribute to the memory Of
John j. Montgomery who made the
first sustained flight ever made by
man, was issued by the governors
office today.
This anniversary of this epochal
event, which has revolutionized our
system of transportation, will be OBJ
served with fitting ceremonies at 2
D. m. Sunday, March 18, at Santa
Clara college where the first flight
was made in 1884" the proclamation
said.
"As governor Of California and as
one who has long been an ardent
supporter of the feasibility OF aer-
ial transportation and an airplane
enthusiast, I am pleased to take
this opportunity to call attention to
the observance of the 50th anniyer-
sary of the epochal flight of Mr.
Montgomery"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

winter, and you ate a great many
yourself, you know
yes, I am very fond of carrots,
Mrs. Longears."
And then there are the child
rem" said his wife.
The children! Are they hom5
from school so early?" asked Uncle
Wiggily. MY goodness! 1 didn't
know it was so late!"
"Oh, no." laughed his wife, -
mean the children also ate a great
many carrots so what with you and
Nurse Jane and the children and
me and giving carrots away TO the
poor. there are none left. You'll have
to eat turnips or cabbage or some
lettuce"
Excuse me-" squeaked Nurse
Jane, coming into the room at that
moment, but there are no turnips
down cellar, either
mo turnips!" cried Mr.. Longears
why not?"
They went the same way as thf
carrots" said the muSkrat lady
| housekeeper. And so has the let
tuce. All we have left in the cellar
are some cabbages. You'll have u
live on them until Spring comes
Mr.. Longears, when more vegetables
like carrots and lettuce will grow il
your garden"
Spring is soon coming" said Mr.
Longears, but it will be quite {
while before carrots will grow larg'
enough TO eat. Oh, dear! Wha
shall / do?"
why not take some money anc
buy us some carrots, lettuce ant
turnips?" asked the lady rabbit
That will be easy
1T would be if I had the money,
! spoke the gentleman bunny. Blu
though times are getting better fas
they are still bit hard and l haV
no money. 1 guess Wen have TO d.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
Norton Departs
For Carolina

j. B. Norton, plant pathologist
in the agricultural commissioner S
office, left this afternoon for Harts-
ilcle. S. c., where he will continue
his experiments in plant breeding
of Imperial Valley cantaloupes
and asparagus.
AS the originator Of the Mary
Washington asparagus grown in
the valley, Norton has gained con-
siderable fame, and his experiments
with sulphur resistant melons, in
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
INDIANS GETTING WISE

Our hat comes off to the Navajo In
dianS, who have decided to take the war
bonnet from the heads of numerous pale
faces who have been masquerading as
brothers and sisters of the Indian,
chiefly for publicity purposes.
Some of the Indians, including the
Navajos, inspired by the pressure of high
powered pale-face publicity agents, or
by the Indians grim idea of joke, have
from time to time adopted pale-faces in
to their tribes as brothers and sisters.
The list includes movie stars, politi-
clans, athletic stars and what not The
adopted one was given an Indian name,
considered appropriate to his station in
life or to some characteristic was dec
Grated with a war-bonnet and blanket,
and Immediately posed for his picture.
This resulted in newspapers through
out the country being almost flooded
with pictures of short, fat, Indians, long,
lanky Indians, Indians with bald heads,
Indians with horn-rimmed spectacles and
Indians who did not look intelligent
enough to tell tomahawk from a pa
pooSe.
Secretary Ickes, an estimable gentle
man in every other way, is terrible eX-
ample of such an Indian. Al Smith is
another. Al may have been born and
reared IN the shadow OF the 1ammany
wigwam, but he falls flat as an Indian,
almost as flat as Hitler or Henry Pu Vi
would.
1t is to be fervently hoped that the ban
adopted by the Navajos will be taken up
by every other Indian tribe in the coun-
try and that no more pale-faces will be
turned into bad Indians
The Navajos are entitled to vote of
thanks for their action If q halt Is not
called, some one of these days some
careless Indians are going to adopt Huey
Long and it would be asking too much of
the nation to accept Huey as an Indian
or as anything else.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

WASHINGTON, March Is. U.R)-
The life of a government stenogra-
pher has been one of almost contin-
uous transcription, revision and
more transcription in the past few
weeks. No accurate estimate of the
number of words they have written
under the new deal is available, but
consider some of the momentuous
events of the last 80 days.
First there was the entire airmail
situation to be put down in the rec
ords. Re-mapping of all routes, with
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press, Inc, 625 State street,
El Centro. California w. c. Costello business
manager Telephone %, business office; 700 edi-
torial department. Full leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
TO AUCTION LEASES

LINCOLN, Neb. (UH)-Approxi-
mately $1,000 acres of Nebraska
state lands, on which leases have
been forfeited because of delinquent
rentals, will be offered for lease at
public auctions by county treasur-
ers soon, according to Harry Conk-
lin, state land commissioner.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
School Principals
Meeting Saturday

California elementary school
principals association, southern
section, will meet at Claremont
college on Saturday Of this week,
March II.
On the program will be DR.. Au-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

brey Douglas, head of the college
education department, and DR..
James A. Blaisdell, president.
Valley principals who plan to at
tend are asked to make reserva-
tions with Mrs. Grace Ferrell, in
struction supervisor, at the court
house office.
The state meeting is March "a,
in Pasadena.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

When Colonel Lindbergh says a thing
he sticks by his guns, and by cracky,
right or wrong one can appreciate fell
low like that.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

A. c. Hardison, Santa Paula, Ven
tura county, was recently reappoint-
ed as a member of the state board
Of agriculture.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

which he has secured a variety
commercially marketable and re-
sistant TO sulphur, have added TO
his reputation as a plant patholo-
OF icf
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

Einstein has filed an income tax re-
port. If he made it out alone he rates
more honors than his relatively ever
brought him.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March tx 1919

Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Cripps have
returned home from an enjoyable
stay of 10 days at San Diego and
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

Good afternoon. Can you tell us what
the status of Mr.. insult is today?
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

San Diego's police chief is standing on
two banana skins.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

The supervisors of Ventura coun'
ty recently passed an ordinance pro
hibiting picketing, as requested by
the farm bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March Is. 1914

j. l.. Travers began the remodel
ling of the second floor of the court
house this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

Jack Severy returned this morn
ing from a business trip to Los
Angeles
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15
TEN YEARS AGO
- rnnA

Robbery of the safe at the post
office in Heber last night netted
about 5000 in stamps, two Colt re-
volvers and a pair of trousers, ac-
cording to information at the sher-
iff IS office today.
Miss Dorothy Tucker has accepted
a position as stenographer at the
local telephone office.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-15

The st. Patrick s card party to
be given by the Woman's Ten
Thousand club Monday evening
gives every promise of being a bril-
liant SUCCESS.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-05
ROOSEVELT'S
SON OBJECTS
TO CAMERAS

FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. 5 UP)
Il don't give DAMN Elliott Roose-
velt said today, what the news
papers print about the old man and
his politics, but when they start
taking pictures of my baby against
my wishes I'm going to do some
thing about it,"
Thus did the Presidents son, visit
ing at the home of his mother in
law here, explain his recent tussle
with newspaper photographers in a
Chicago railway station. He said
he feared publication of pictures of
Baby Ruth would result in threat
ening letters or abduction attempts.
81 WIS walking down the plat
form with the baby in my arms
when two photographers jumped
from behind a post and snapped
their fla5hlight bulbs. 1 caught one,
and when he refused to give me the
plate, was forced to take his coat
apart to get it,