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Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
UNCLE WIGGLY'S WHITE
UMBRELLA

After rain comes sunshine. We
all know that, though sometimes we
must wait rather a long time for
the rain to go away. But it always
goes. Now Unere is no Use asking
me where it goes, nor Uncle Wig
gily, either, for we don't know
Anyhow, the jolly old rabbit
gentleman with the pink twinkling
nose was very glad. After the
rainy day in the attic when he had
made paper dolls dance for the
bunny children, he was very glad
to see the sun come out.
"Now I can go adventuring," he
told his wife.
"Dear me!'' said Mrs. Longears
with a laugh. "I don't know what
you would do if you couldn't go
adventuring nearly every day. What
would happen?' she asked, just for
fun.
"Wen, for one thing, there would
be no Bedtime Story" said Uncle
Wiggily with laugh.
ETrue enough, 1 didn't think OF
that said his wife. "Well, hop
along with you. Have good time.
But it is very hot. -
"That is why I'm going to wear
my white linen suit said Mr..
Longears. ''And am going to take
my white linen umbrella. 1 have
one especially made to take with
me when I wear my white suit. -
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
BED TIME STORIES
By HOWARD e. GARRIS
Copyright, 1894 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

heavy. He sat down on my toad
stool and broke it. He said he
would send me new one but he
hasn It, And now I have company
coming today. Mrs. No Tail, the
frog lady, is coming and this is
the only extra stool I have. III
have to give her mine and I must
sit upon the floor and that will be
very impolite.''
"Never mind" said Uncle Wig
gily kindly. 81 know where a lot
of very fine toad stools grow in
the woods not far from here. III
go get you one."
"Oh, will you? That will be so
kind" said the hoptoad lady.
/ Away hoped Uncle Wiggily in
his white linen suit and carrying
, his white umbrella. Soon he was
at the place where grew many big
tall toad stools, much better than
the broken one. Uncle Wiggily was
just going to pick two, for good
measure, when all of a sudden he
heard voices behind him. One
voice said:
81 saw him come in here!'
'Well, nobody will see him go
outl" said another voice. "For we
are going to eat him.
Uncle Wiggily looked and saw,
coming toward him, the Bob Cat
and the Weasel. Both of them were
cruel Bad Chaps.
Dear me! What am I going to
do?" thought the rabbit gentle
man. He lodged behind big
toadstool, of which many grew in
the woods. But the Weasel and
Bob Cat came on, looking from side
to side. Then up in a tree a little
bird whispered to the bunny gen.
tleman:
"Stand up very stiff and straight.
Hold your white umbrella over
your head. Stand very still. Don It
move. Don't wink an eye. Then
you II look like a toad stool your
self, being all in white, and the
Bad Chaps won't see you. They III
be fooled and go away
No sooner said than done. Uncle
Wiggily pretended to be a toad
stool. The Bad Chaps looked and
looked and looked but didn't see
him. If they did they thought he
was like a mushroom.
~ thought you said Uncle Wig
gily was hereip snarled the Weas-
ell.
~ thought he was,'' mewed the
Bob Cat. "But I made mis-
take" Then the Bad Chaps went
away. Mr.. Longears took the
stools to the toad lady, and if the
puppy dog will promise not to eat
the hole in the cruller, I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily's summer
snow.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

WASHINGTON, June %. - One
small woman, who habitually wears
broad smile and a funny looking
hat, is handling America s big Ia
Dor strikers almost single-handed-
ly.
She is Frances Perkins, secretary
of labor, who works Ia hours a day,
drives her chauffeur to biting his
finger nails, drinks only a cup of
coffee for lunch because she hasn It
time for a sandwich, and runs the
department of labor without its
traditional brass cuspidors.
The steel men, the longshore-
men, the automobile workers and
all the other laborers who have
struck or threatened to strike go
into their first conferences with
her bashfully, but come out of her
office with wholesome respect for
her ability.
When Miss Perkins says Eyes"
she means eyes, When she says
"no" she means just that. She is
plain spoken, frank, and apparent
iy lacking in diplomacy. The labor
, leaders like that. .ss.
When she says "frog," therefore
they are inclined to jump
Evidence Of that is the way she
calmed the would-be steel strikers
by threatening to set up board tc
hear their complaints and ther
maze a decision from which there
could be no appeal She has made
almost the same threat in the Pa
cific coast longshoremen IS strike.
Miss Perkins speaks with auth.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
TROJANS APPEAR CINCHES TO
TAKE HONORS in NCAA MEET

headed his field with a leap of Is
feet, Az inches.
Since under the NCAA ruling
the best mark in field events,
whether made in trials or finals.
stands for the meet, it was pos
sible that Carpenter and Olson
already registered 10 points each
with firsts for Southern California.
While Carpenter and Olson were
surprising anything expected of
them, Jack Torrance, Glenn Hardin
and other Louisiana State stars
were coming through as heralded
1t was concerned that l.. S. u.
could expect no better than second
place If Southern California's stars
kept up the pace set yesterday.
Stanford seemingly ran itself out
on the competition when Allan
Blackman failed to qualify in the
440 and Sam Klopstock fell in the
low hurdles. Stanford had counted
on points from both these men in
these events.
Two NCAA records fell in the
trial rounds when Johnny Lyman,
Stanford, heaved the 16-pound
: shot put SO feet, Z and y inches,
and Bob Parke, Orengon, threw
the javelin 220 feet, 119s inches.
| Chief interest today centered in
the 440 where Glenn Hardin,
Louisiana State defending cham
pion, Jimmy Lualle. U. c. L. A.,
former I. c. "A champion and
Ivan Fuqua, Indiana, who has
beaten Hardin once, were the chief
contestants.
Fifteen thousand people witnessed
the trials and 10000 were ex-
pected today to see worlds rec
ords broken and Southern Cali
! fornia win the NCAA title.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
JUST 80 YEARS AFTER

h 1t is particularly fitting that, today
ksees the first contracts for construction
Tf the All-American canal awarded.
Just 33 years ago this week, on June
20, 1901 to be exact, the first water from
the Colorado river reached Imperial Val
ley. By the next day, June 21, 1901, it
had reached Imperial, the oldest settle
ment in the valley.
1t was a thin trickle of brown liquid
mot romantic in itself perhaps-but
playing the leading role in a reclama-
tion project that has been one of the most
romantic in the history of the world.
There are still men and women resid-
ing here who were in the valley when
the first water came. Others, who
worked with them in wrestling the land
, from the desert, have passed on or have
taken up their lives in other commun-
tiles.
Those who remained and others who
came after them, started the long fight
for canal which should not be under
the burden of any foreign power few
years, comparatively speaking after the
. first water arrived
1t has been long, hard and veXatiOus
battle. The valley itself has been di-
vided on the feasibility of the canal.
Many honestly felt that the sand dunes
to the east presented a barrier that
doomed the canal to be dream. Con-
struction of highway through the same
sand hills, after experts said it couldn't
be done, opened the eyes of some of the
! dissenters. Others held to their object
q ions for one reason or another.
Five and half years ago the govern
ment stamp of approval on the All-Amr
erican canal was given when President
Coolidge signed the Swing-J ohnson bill
! which provided for its construction, to-
gether with Boulder dam
. Since that time other obstacles have
arisen. Again the valley has had di-
vided sentiment, but that the great ma
jority of the people wanted the canal
was proved on two occasions when they
overwhelmingly voted approval of the
canal contract.
More recent developments in the canal
fight are too near to need comment.
They are familiar to most of us. Delay
has followed delay, but each obstacle
has been swept away. The Press has in
sisted for years that the canal was
project too vital to the development of
the entire Southwest to be stopped by
, any differences among men, any indif-
ference on the part Of legislators, in
deed by anything, not excepting the ma
tural difficulties to be overcome.
The shovel brigade is to get going at
last, and we dare anyone to say, What
of it?"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

"GraciouS mel" said Nurse Jane
Fuzzy WuzZy when she saw Uncle
Wiggily all dressed in white and
with his white umbrella, ready to
hop off. "I hope you don't think
it IS going to rain again!"
"No,' he answered, ~ am just
taking my white umbrella to keep
off the sun. 1t is very hot after
yesterdays showers. -
Over the fields and through the
woods hoped Mr. Longears He
looked on every side for an adven-
ture.
The first one he saw had to do
with a little toad lady. She was
out in front of her house, made of
some clamshells fastened together,
and when Uncle Wiggily saw her
the toad lady was hopping up and
down and saying most sadly:
"Oh, I can't fix it! I can't fix
it!o
"What IS the matter?" asked I'm
Gle Wiggily, for he knew, right
away, this was an adventure.
''My best toad stool is broken, -
said the little hopping creature.
"Look, it IS all cracked and split
and hrokenl' She showed the rab-
bit gentleman a large toad stool
Truly, it was broken. The top was
gone and the stem upon which it
stood was cracked in two pieces.
How did it happen?" asked
Uncle Wiggily.
conf" answered the hoptoad
lady, "Mr. Bull Frog called the
other day. He is very fat and
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
TOpANS
.SPORTsPARADE.
MafXMBfa
BY HENRY McLEMORE
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, June 23.-Putting the
sports shot here and there:
The highest paid stars OF Eng
lish football get but $40 week,
that being the top salary club is
allowed to pay :. This doesn't
make much sense when you remem-
ber that football is the national
hysteria and the teams play before
crowds of anywhere from thirty to
ninety thousand The players,
however, are paid during the off
season for four months -. The
professional golfers are highly or
ganized over here and their union
is tough to make One OF their
little rules is that a professional
must be five years with a recog-
nized club before he can enter a
tournament sanctioned by the as
Sociation :. E.
Fred Perry is now writing a daily
piece on tennis for an afternoon
newspaper, and the current sensa-
ton of English tennis is a 18-year-
old youngSter named Hare He
may make place on the Davis
cup team The Prince of Wales
is a three-goal polo player and
rides so recklessly he scares the life
out of the spectators at his
matches
Cricket is an expensive game, the
better balls costing around five
dollars and first class bats about
SIS F.. Baseball is catching on over
here, especially in Liverpool where
there are half a dozen amateur
leagues If scores mean any
thing the boys don't play it so
well though, for games of 6 to So
and 48 to SO are common
Games won with fewer than 20
The reason for this is that Eng
lish boys are accustomed to throw
ing with the overland bowling
motion, and batters find their
straight, slow deliveries easy to hit
Englishmep, by the way, just
won't believe you when you tell
them that baseball pitchers curve
the ball without bounding it off
the ground Peggy Scriven, the
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
Patrons Thanked
BY Won1as1's Club

Officers and members of the
Woman's Civic Improvement club
wish to thank all who attended
for their patronage at their dinner
yesterday.
The dinner was a wonderful sue
cess and the indebtedness on the
club house was greatly reduced.
The club hopes to hold the burning
of the mortgage on December l.
Also the officers and members
of the Woman's Civic Improve
ment club and those of the Idarko
social and literary club are plan
ming the greatest Fourth of July
celebration for the East Side that
has ever been staged in Imperial
Valley. Many of the candidates for
office will be present to speak and
in addition good old fashioned
singing will be featured.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
sDora't Quote Me-
" United Press

ority and labor leaders know it.
Congress has enacted laws by
which she can settle disputes and
President Roosevelt has given her
his full confidence. The combina-
ton makes her one of the most ef-
ficient labor secretaries the country
ever had.
Madame Secretary personally /
modest, almost bashful. She hates
to be interviewed. She dislikes for
NAL parties. She does not make
friends easily, but those friends she
has are permanent.
She lives quietly in an old house
in Georgetown, with her telephone
unlisted. There she entertains her
intimates infrequently and adds to
her collection of modern art. She
particularly likes the pictures of
Diego Rivera, the Mexican artist
whose mural in Radio City plunged
him into controversy with John
D. Rockefeller, Jr.
When Miss Perkins took office.
the chauffeur she inherited from
the late William Nuckles Doak re-
signed after few weeks of driv-
ing for her. He said that any
woman who favored the six hour
day had no right to work her
chauffeur day and night.
She obtained a new chauffeur.
He also works day and night. But
he says Miss Perkins is the best
boss he ever had.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
By GEORGE II. BEALE
United Press Staff Correspondent!


United Press Staff Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, June %. = 1t
seemed today as if the University
of Southern California had played
host to 88 other colleges and uni
versities just to prove that U. S. c.
was superior in track and field
competition.
The Trojans, who underworld the
meet, apparently were "in" as the
finals were called in the 18th An
nual National Collegiate Athletic
association meet.
One of the three strongest teams
entered, Southern California quail
fled so many men in the trials
yesterday that Louisiana State,
defending champion, and Stanford,
1884 I. G. A. A. A. A. title holder,
held only slight hope for victory.
| Briefly, the story of yesterdays
qualifying rounds might be told like
this:
Southern California, Louisiana
State and Stanford started even
favored to finish one-two-three and
they were so closely punched that
no expert hazarded guess on the
outcome. Then, Southern California
went to unexpected heights, Louis
lana State did just what it was
scheduled to do, and Stanford failed
| where failures meant important
points.
Heroes for Troy were Ken Car
penter, discus thrower, and Al
Olson, broad jumper.
Carpenter, considered a rank out
slider, hurled the discus 155 feet
eA inches to lead his event. Olson
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

Wightman cup player who beat
Helen Jacobs in the finals of the
French championship, is one of the
best bow and arrow shots in the
country But Dorothy Round
spends her spare time sewing.
The umpires' seats at Wimbledon
have been raised three inches for
the tennis season, and some tennis
followers consider it such a radical
change they wrote bitter letters to
the editor of the Times English
bookmakers, even the biggest ones
who cater to the wealthiest patrons
of the turf, will take a bet as small
as sixpence i. f.. Colombo's jockey,
w. L. Johnstone, employs a valet
as private secretary, and rides in
the biggest Rolls-Royce in Lon
don,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
WE PREFER EMMA

We never thought it would appear nee
essary for us to come to the defense of
Emma Goldman, avowed anarchist and
stormy petrol of radical circles in the
United States during the nineties and the
early part of this century.
But when Grover Cleveland Bergdoll.
notorious wartime Stacker. COMPLAINS
that the United States does wrong in per-
mlttlng Emma to come here while refus-
ing his plea that he be allowed to return
to his native land, we will have to stand
by Emma.
Emma is an anarchist, just as Bergdoll
asserts. She advocated for years, the ov-
erthrow of the United States govern
ment, by force and violence if necessary,
though she has denied that she advocat-
ed violence. Emma never made any
claims or even pretended that this was
her country. She was its open enemy
throughout all the years. The govern
ment didn't have to guess as to where she
stood
Bergdoll is a native born citizen of the
United States, named after one Of its
greatest Presidents. This nation pro-
tected him in his youth, gave him all the
advantages which it offers to all, and
considered him an integral part of the
nation.
When the nation to which he owed so
much called him to military service,
Bergdoll refused. He offered no excuse,
such as conscientious scruples, disability,
dependents who required his support, or
anything else. Forced into service, he
was able to escape from custody through
the wealth of his family and fled to Ger
many, at that time his country's enemy
in war.
Now, 16 years after, he begs for per-
mission to come back. But he does not
wish to come back except on his own
terms. He must not be required to face
a military tribunal, but demands that if
he is to face any charges that it be be-
fore civil court. The man who has no
rights demands the right to dictate.
Bergdoll complains because the gov
ernment pays no heed to his pleas. Why
should it? He paid no attention to his
country. He hasn t even the excuse of
sudden burst of temper, credited to Ed
ward Everett Hale's mythical "Lieuten-
ant Nolan" Bergdoll deliberately chose
to be "Man Without Country" and
should be permitted to keep that status.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

Play was to be resumed in the
mems and women's singles today
in the western tennis champion
ships after yesterdays idleness be-
cause of rain. The postponement
will cause the tournament to be
extended through Monday.
The feature match in the quar-
ter-final round of the mems sim
giles pair Bryan (Bitsy) Grant, At
lanta and Harris Coggeshall, Des
Moines.
MADRID, June %. Pauline
Uzcudun, veteran heavyweight, had
added his challenge to those who
want to fight Make Baer for the
world heavyweight title. He offered
to post 100000 pesetas to fight Baer
in Spain. Pauline made the offer
last night at bouts in which Igna-
clio Ara, middleweight contender,
outpointed Carlos Werini, Italy,
and Alvaro Santos, Spain, defeated
the Cuban, Rodol o Dias.
LONDON, June 90. - Sidney B.
Wood defeated Francis x. Shields,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
Here And There
In Sport World
By United Perss

CHICAGO, June 23.-Guy Bush,
Chicago Cubs pitching ace, who
has been idle since May 81 with a
lame back, was to return to the
mound today in the final game OF
the series against the New York
>Giants. Bush has won eight games
and lost two.
CHICAGO, June 23.-The Dixi-
ana stable Mata Hari was IL
favorite today to win the eighth
running of the Illinois Oaks at
Washington Park racetrack. The
distance is mile and an eighth.
Only three other fillies were
named for the event. They were
Dust Girl, Long Bit and Marcella H.
Dust Girl is held second choice at
81.
RIVER FOREST. Ill. June 23.-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

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Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
June %. 1914

Experiments are being made in
the growing of spineleSS cactus.
Packed to the doors again last
night was the L & S theatre with
an eager throng TO witness the
Harry Bernard Merry Makers.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

l1-9, 60, in the all-New York final
match of the annual Queens club
tennis tourney today
ROME, June 23.-Official inves-
tigation of the Baer- -Carnera fight
will be conducted by Count di
Campello, official of the Italian
boxing federation who departs
Tuesday for New York to look into
rumors of irregularity.
LOS ANGELES, June %. - Guy
Hanson today emerged to an out
standing position in the annual
California country club invitational
golf tournament after successfully
Warding off Eddie Nowalk of Por-
trero l up on 19 holes.
For 18 holes Hanson was two un-
der par, Nowalk one.
In other matches c. M. Beebe de-
feated Bill Davidson two up; Cor
don Norton won from Robert Finch,
two up, and Jim Ross beat Fred
Hopkins. 4 and 3.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

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Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

Fellows who bet and boasted that the
contracts wouldn't be let, are now at lib
erty to say, "Aw we knew it all the time -
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23
TEN YEARS AGO,

TEN YEARS AGO.
June %, 1924
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Moore and
daughter went to Hipass for the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Shaw of Holt
vile motored to Ell Centre yester-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

Future generations may not do it, but
that doesn t mean June % shouldn't be
observed as an annual holiday in Imper-
ial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
June 20, 1919
Mrs. Charles Applestill is report
ed to be recovering from a recent
attack of blood poison.
Grape shipments are starting in
the valley and yesterday 80 crates
were shipped out of Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

The shovel brigade is to get going at
last, and we dare anyone to say, what
of it,"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

RIVER FOREST, ILL.,. June 2s.-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-23

LONDON, June 90. - Sidney B
Wood defeated Francis x. Shields,
The Washington times., 1934-08-07

twas ample opportunity during
these years to dance anything,
from grasshoppers to fire flies;
from mechanical dolls to a fairy
princess.
Leonide MaSsine, who now
heads the Monte Carlo Ballet
Russo, was engaged as premier
danseur and I had the extreme
pleasure Of dancing with him for
two years.
\A1:LL D
The Washington times., 1934-08-07

Wanderings around town
You don't have to believe this
Charley Chaplin announces Sep
tember as the month in which he
will start his next comedy-but he
didn't say what year,. Al Dublin
and Harry Warren, the trill
(meaning song) tycoons, obliged
Al Levy by dashing off a theme
song for him on one of the tavern
tablecloths.
anna Mca" doesn't like the
idea of Jean Muir doing "Glor-
ious Betsy" Sorry, Anna, but I
don't run the studios. I just
write about 'em. Anyway. I'll
register your squawk and thanH
for the letter. . 1t was one of
those warmish Chats hardly the
wor6 days. Ray Taylor, direct
ing THE Return of Chandu," "
took pity on his cast which was
slated for indoor filming and
switched the set to the beach.
Needless to say that Ray is
vera popular.