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Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
Jury Sought In
Police Court

Efforts to secure a jury to try the
disturbance of the peace charge
against j. Fl. Dickson in police
court, had not been successful by
press time today and it was neces-
sary to secure additional names TO
be called for that purpose.
Dickson had been arrested in con-
nection with the recent strike trou-
bles and pleading not guilty to the
peace disturbance charge had asked
for jury trial.
He is being defended by Grover
c. johnson, San Bernardino attor-
ney, who also represented large
number of strikers in recent hear
ing in superior court on petition
for writs of habeas corpus. r. l.
French, deputy district attorney, is
prosecuting the case against Dick
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
Over the ice they djded

way" said the bunny gentleman.
'AS soon as you catch your breath,
which, as l can see, nearly ran away
from you, why, we can walk safely
across the ice, you to your pen and
] to my hollow stump bungalow. All
will yet be we'll"
No. Mo-" squealed the lady pig.
You know I can't walk on the ice
without falling down. And l fell
down so many times as I was run
ming after you to get a ride in your
ice boat that 1 must be all black
and blue spots, to say nothing of
red, green, yellow, and pink"
Dear mel That's too badl' said
Uncle Wiggily.
1T is more than two bad" said
the lady pig, making her rubbery
nose Wobble in and out like an ac-
Gordon. 1T is three or four bad,
that is, if you are speaking Of the
spots OF bruises 1 must have on me
from having fallen on the ice
oh, yes, l didn't think of that, -
said Uncle Wiggily. But if you
can't walk on the ice, I must think
up some other way of helping you
TO get back to your pen. You haven't
a sled about you, have you?"
"A sled!" squealed Mrs. Twisty-
tail. Where would have sled?"
mo, you haven't, I can see that
now" said the rabbit. Truth to tell,
Mrs. Twistytail was so fat and her
skirts stuck out so roundly about
her feet that she could easily have
hidden a sled there. But she had
none and that's all there was about
it.
How about skates?" asked Uncle
WiggilY.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

The Press staff feasted on the
cake-eating decorations and all
except the candles. The balance of
the cake was taken to Wilson school
where, presumably, it maoe just as
big hit.
In writing of the cake for yester-
days story of the Presidents ball,
it was stated that materials for it
were donated by Leo Madden of
Cramer Bakery and that U. L. Mar
tin of the National Bakery did the
baking, a statement which was not
quite correct, according to Martin.
He supplied the materials and did
the baking and decorating, he in
forms us, the Cramer Bakery shar-
ing the expense with him. Martin
did a lot of work on the cake and
took justifiable pride in its appear
ance. His pride may rightly go be-
yond the appearance of the cake
it tasted swell elegant" as Joe Pa
looka says.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
If YOUR EARS RING
WITH HEAD NOISES

If you have roaring, buzzing
noises in your ears, are get
ting hard of hearing and fear
Catarrhal Deafness. go to
your druggist and get l ounce
of Parmint double strength,
and add to it n pint Of hot
water and a little granulated
sugar. Take l tablespoonful
four times a day.
This will often bring quick
relief from the distressing
head noises. Clogged nostrils
should open, breathing be-
come easy and the mucus
stop dropping into the throat.
1t is easy to prepare, costs
little and is pleasant to take.
Anyone who has Catarrhal
trouble of the ears, is hard of
hearing or has head noises
should give this prescription
a trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
RIVER READINGS

ritualistic work of Ell Centro lodge
placed on a high plane which had
much to do with the prize winning
degree teams which the lodge pro-
duced. He attended several of the
grand lodge sessions and Elk meet
ings outside the valley on frequent
occasions.
He is survived by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Nance, his father
being probation officer of Imperial
county. Funeral arrangements had
not been completed today but will
be held by the Elks lodge.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
Confession Saves
Innocent Man

What might have been a gross
miscarriage of justice was prevent
ed yesterday by the confession of G..
Ragonjon that he and not j. Re-
clasodo had stabbed Juan Avila dur
ing fight. Reclasodo had been
found guilty by jury of having
done the stabbing.
It was said this morning that Ra-
gonjon confessed to the Stabbing
after Avila had recovered from his
wound, saying that before that he
was afraid the man might die. Avi-
la, whose liver had been punctured
by the knife thrust, had not been
expected to recover from his
wounds.
A motion for a new trial in ia
vor of Reclasodo has been pre-
sented to the superior court.
The total returns from a majority
of the Monterey County crops for
1929 amounted q m c16 oOe QQo
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press Inc, 625 State street.
FL Centre, California. w. C. Costello. business
manager. Telephone &C. business office; 700, edi-
torial department. Full leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January 81, 1914

Mrs. Harold Bell Wright was an
Ell Centro visitor yesterday from
the Wright ranch near Meloland.
The Business Mems Bible class
will discuss "Local Social Prob
lems' Sunday morning in the Ir-
rigation District office, with Eu-
gene D. White as the leader.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

I Boston hotel and the limousine
pulled to stop, half dozen in
ebriates climbed out, with high
Praise for the efficiency of Boston's
finest. the general came in later,
unattended.
TIE White House clerks seem
bent on stirring up battles in the
house of representatives over which
committee shall have the honor CT
speeding President Roosevelt's leg
iSlation to passage.
First squabble came when the
White House sent tie Presidents
gold bill to the house. banking and
currency committee. The coinage
committee claimed the right to
have the bill, and got it after a
fight.
Another fight seems to be brew
| ing over Mr.. RooSevelt's revised
stock market regulations because
they also were sent to the banking
and currency committee. The in
terstate and foreign commerce COM
mittee supervised the original stock
regulations last spring. Members
say they should also supervise tfc
new ones.
Rep. Frank CroWther of SChc-
nectady. N. Y, is member of the
rouse ways and means committee.
Reports have it that his desk is
becoming SO piled with letters from
! laundries and the like that it be-
gins to look as though Americans
have stopped using soap. All tie
letters are in protest against five
| cent excise tax upon imported oils.
a principal ingredient of soap.
AT exactly 10 minutes after mid
night, January 80, President Rocse-
welt received his first birthday
greeting from about dozen cil;-
zeps who stood an hour in the bit
ter cold outside a hotel waiting for
the President to leave the Vice
Presidents annual dinner. When
Mr.. Roosevelt finally appeared, the
birthday greeters applauded briefly
and dispersed to warm their numb
cd hands,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
SAN DIEGO AND CANAL


Added Importance to the necessity of
getting the All-American canal started as
promptly as possible, is given by the ac-
ton of the San Diego city council in tax
ing formal steps to negotiate for partici-
patton in the canal construction.
San Diego is vitally interested in the
canal, which it hopes will provide it with
an additional water supply and power to
be generated on the canal.
A committee of so. headed by John l..
Bacon, long identified with Colorado
river development as president of the
Boulder dam association, is studying va
1ious phases of the water situation and is
vigorously active in arousing residents of
San Diego to the advantages of a tie-up
with the canal project.
Steps have been taken for conference
with directors of the Imperial Irrigation
District at which details of an arrange
ment between the district and San Diego
can be discussed
Those who have considered the canal
as something of Importance to Imperial
Valley only, will have to revise their
ideas on the subject in view of San Di-
ego's plans. /.
While San Diego is doing everything
possible, without undue haste, to avail it
self of the opportunity which the canal
offers, the project has met delays which
few believed would be encountered when
the government announced granting of
the appropriation to start work last
October
Talk of dirt flying before January l
has faded into the past and few would
venture an opinion now as to when con-
struction will start.
Twice the people of the valley have
gone to the polls and by their ballots an
nounced that they want the canal. They
still want it and they want it NOW. But
NOW seems to be very indefinite per-
iod.
Perhaps with pressure eventually be-
ing brought by San Diego we may get a
wiggle on U.s. Those who really want the
canal will certainly hope so.
If the nation today has tired feet, it
can still say it was worth it.
Greater love the Los Angeles papers
cannot show than to put San Francisco's
earthquake inside. One even charged it
all up to Nevada.
Somehow we all feel a little more
solid today, now that the government has
all the gold. Or do we?
Right now we are eating a piece of the
Presidents cake and this will do for that
except to say that Mr.. John Tyler is
very nice man.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

I. l.. Borden is now the sole own
er Of the 7,000-acre Victoria Is
land in the San Joaquin delta.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
TEN YEARS AGO
January 81, 1924

Mrs. S. o. Lingo returned this
morning from a two days. buying
trip to Los Angeles.
c.. D. Hartshorn was a visitor in
Ell Centro today.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
COPS MUST BE THRIFTY

UTICA, N. Y. U.P)-Because Utica
police and firemen 'have become
noted for not paying their bills" )"
Capt Arthur w. Pickard, newly ap-
pointed commissioner of public safe
ty, has ordered the men to pay their
debts. Either pay your bills or get
out of the department" Pickards
order said. Remember, you can't
entertain a champagne appetite
with a beer income"
The upper San Joaquin valley
has been shipping considerable let
tilce this winter and getting fair
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

Professor w. w. Weir of the Un-
iversity of California has arrived in
Ell Centro to begin a drainage sur
vey.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

Somehow we all feel a little more
solid today, now that the government has
all the gold Or do we?
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

Right now we are eating piece of the
Presidents cake and this will do for that
except to say that Mr.. John Tyler is
very nice man.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January 81, 1919

January 81, 1919
Imperial Valleys first big crop of
the war product, castor beans, the
raw material from which oil is OBJ
tanned for fabrication of Liberty
airplane motors, has been harvest
ed and threshing will begin Mon
day morning at Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

Greater love the Los Angeles papers
cannot show than to put San Francisco's
earthquake inside One even charged it
all up to Nevada.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

If the nation today has tired feet, it
can still say it was worth it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16

women out Of his life forever, took off his coat, slipped into G dreSs' ing gown, picked ID a book from the table and commenced to read.
 But instead Of the words on tho printed page, all be could seos was two sm0Iderlng blue eyes, two full, moist, rcd lips, q cool, white fore. head haI0Gd by soft, light brown hair. lie looked ID from ths book and tho same vision met his eyes, but this time In Beptl, from the Db0tOgPaDh of the girl resting on his desk, He got ID, walked over to the desk and turned the ,ph0t0s graph face down, Not that that made him any more comfortable. He glanced at the sofa, And in- steld Of the plump, upholstered cushions, All he could see was Il slim, laughing girl eurled ID at one end of tt, a cup Of tea in her hand. Dsu1lIy on Sundays they ended ID at his apartment, hDd Dot made tea Roger sighed,
 He was about 10 sigh again, more heavily this time, when his dOOpbeII rang, His first thought was that the awful blonde had fer. p0ted him out, followed him homo. But it was just 10 o'clock and tho play would still Dc on. one of the fellows, probably, who had seen his light from the street, decided tO come up.
 ItOger pressed the button which would open the downstairs door. Then he turned the knob Of his own door and waited. There was light step coming uD the carpet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16

voice was nothing ike Dots But DO matter n, impulse Roger invited her jD, "I have two tickets li you |" care t0 accompany me"- ., "Just ask me-" the biobos sr' beaf0ed at hin,
 uohfs lowered, He helped her Wjtb bSr ooat. AS the curtain rose, be bont toward her, ooh, by the way,
 nv noma,s HOger Walker"
 "JUst o8jj me Mabel" she wbls' poved, .,
 Roger fhOught, and trihe S6o, Tine girl beside him laugned hy M inc wrong places Or at the place rathsr. M where Dot would not have laughed, Toward the end 0f the aet there was q love scene, And tbs jUDrosiOBabjs young w0man 0f his side, whom Roger had never seen before iD his life, ran her band alone his sleeve, iB search or hIs hand, HH held t G minute, The curtain fell and the lights 61Bbed on, He looked down at the hand fin his, Tine DGiIs were spiked and blood sYed, He Pejaxed his fingers ana the girl BDSjIy withdrew her hand,
 w THINK yOU'IsE
 SWELL" SHE SAID,
 T think you're swell" she said,
 "YOu'Te ajJ right yourself" IsOger replied galaDtIy, But he noticed Al 1t once the bIe1eh0d b0ir/ with the wide strip 0f dark brown 0t the part, the heavily yOuged lips, the tOOstblcDy mas' cared eyeA Tboater lights were none too kind, And the girl. by her very contradiction Of All that was Dot, made 1t impossible for Roger to forget her, 7.
 "Er--Mabsj--I wonder jf you'd mind f l go out Co phone. Busi' ness, Just wait here"
 "D0Bt forget co come back, good sIOOkiDg," w0s her parting word,
 And as Roger smiled 8t her, ne knew that was Gxact1y what Dc would do, jt would Dc kinder in tho end, For he just couldn't 70 through with tt He had checked his hal, fOr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16
UNRELIABLE ROGER

, which he was now thankfuL Then he walked out onto 18th street, turned south on Broadway, went
 east on 44th, and in . few minutes
 was home. He wondered rather gulltily
 what the girl would do when he failed to come back. But at lenDt
 she would see the play, and she
 wasn't the kind to remain long alone.
 But it was Roger and Rogers loneliness which concerned him chiefly now. He and Dot had been
 engaged for q year, and he hadn't dated another woman all that
 time. He wasn't sure he could get
 along without her. And if he had
 to, hc wasn't sure how. But life, he
 decided for all his twenty-thrce
 years, was like that. Ho could
 always work, Night, day, all tho
 time. And Roger, deciding to bo a successful business man and put
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16
Nebraska Dry Units
 Launch State Fight
Forces Seek to Defeat Repeal Movement Up in FaIl
 Election Set for November

desirable settlers and enterprises"
 he said. "Dut we couldn't bo bad
 enough to Dc conspicuous, no mat. ter how h0Pd we tried. And l0
 be hopelessly average is tO be help
 IessIy lost"
 Ho urged Nebraska and KnnHDs,
 heart Of the "BIblo Bolt" Go bc con.
 Spieuously righteous and eonspicn. 0uBly sober.
 Hutton proposed that A Btnln
 meeting Of church leaders, woe
 mons club honds and temperance ganizntions Do held 'BometInln
 before tho month ends" to orgnn' izo for . statewide campaign for | prohibition, to be carried into every voting precinct.
 "A big vote for prohibition Ls not only right but profitable," will be the raIIying cry of the drive,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16

Lincoln, Neb (UP)-Dry forces Of Nebraska, recognized aR a stronghold Of prohibition before enactment Of th0 18th amendment to the federal constitution, will Dc fn0biiized to defeat Q movement for vopeai Of state pr0hibitory jaws, n. P. Hutton, state superintendent of the Anti.saI00n L0ague has an. DouDeed.
 Voters of the state will pass upon Q proposal for state repeal nt the general 0jecti0n in November,
 Urges Dry Voters on,
 of the s0,000 members Of tho Nebraska Christian temp0ran s0 churches who habituaiiy neglect to vote can De gotten to the polls this fall, whiskey will not Do IegaIized in NebraskG," Hutton predicted In his annual report.
 "ff these voters sit at homo, whiskey joints will open up along tho paths Of youth; solicitors will hunt them down in their homes, V" the miiItan dry declared.
 Hutton assured Nebraskans it will Dc c good adyertisement for this state if n big vote in favor of prohibition tB ,Dolied.
 Attract Attention
 "Sueh action would attract here
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16

Heord ju possH0 Jean T,OHcheH, tGterGa Nauoatuck tcachcy is rcti,u0 neE cech utter j3 ycarS Of instructig the youth o the borou0h She s principal of the Prospect Street school rtOht mow. C'aremce Cass former sports editor of the Waterbury Deocrat did nice job for the NeO Yorh Mirror n wrm0 color storv Of the Baer.Carnera worlds heavywet0M cham. pionship G0ht. <. Rav Fitzpatrick and tue Waterb@rv Democrat are comin0 m for few comphme~ts from loca and stato police for fashing te mews orer WA7R Fridau moynin0 that au innate 0 tue sate h0spitat Niddlctovn had escapcd The mfortaatiom led Co h'd rmapturc. Red Glodncv tue demo@ pri"ter ""d pubiicv mum )o, the Revmoed HhicS, wiSheS % 0"' moumce that anu mikn1an whh C" nbondoned mlh bot. tle carrier wond confer d'st'net ta0or on hm oD nin of tho samc Red tarries Mnches back and f0rth from the Denis composin0 room Co he rcstnwunf When he's oadcd up Vth mah bottes he loohS hhe one himself. .'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16

cd stairs. There was . soft volce which Quorled. Roger"
 DOT STOOD THERE
 ON THE LANDING
 Dot stood before him on the landing. The pit of Rogers ston,. ach dropped flight this time, but he didn't say anything. He just waited. Maybe she'd thought 0l something else bitter to say, may. be she hadn't finished telling him what she thought of him. May
 She was in the doorway now, "Roger-you won't bc difficult, Roger. After tonight, mean"
 ITO what" he began. "do owo this honor"
 "Ah, Roger. plonse. It's very funny, really. Roger, walt till you hear what happened to me. couldn't phono you, even. You see, when l was coming out tonight ! changed purses. l forgot to change
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16
THE DEMO IT.:
 Daily Short Story
Complete in This Issue

IT couldn't walk all the way te Brooklyn" She laughed morrlly then, and in few minutes he was laughing with her.
 "I didn't want to come, Roger. [ waited and waited. went into a hotel and sat down in the lobby. Then man spoke to me. thought maybe he'd lend mo n nickel. But when T told him my predicamcnt he--ho misunderstood me, Roger. So l came right over here"
 Anybody can forget to change money from one purse to the other" Roger offered magnani. mously.
 "Or theater tickets, evcn," Dot supplied in turn. "Sometimes." THE END.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16

Between smokes Bill Norton caught the Watert6wf High prom last night In tuxedo Bll leads the parade
 John Gibbs bid adieu to 0akvle Thursday as ne permanent residence Marion Barnes. Eileen Morton Helen Roberts Eleanor otvs Marjorie Bowling and Elc' amor Mc(rath the latter student at t Francis hos pital in Hartford, enjoyed the Wby prom last night Their escorts? You guessed t Frank Donahue Martin Morrissey John Shields John Martin Joseph Donahue and Hugh Downey respectively. Attorney Alfonso Srca Of Detroit is visiting his parents here Fonse tells me Mickey Cochrane is big favore with Detroit baseball addics ana adds why shouldn't he be with Tigers leading the Amer ican League Bill Sullivan Is home for the summer recess after most successful semester at S Thomas Seminary m Bloomfield . Jack Barry genial vce-commandcr of the Disabled American Veterans is receiving visitors at St Mary's hospital
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16
CZECHS STAND ON
 .NAZS MOST FIRM
Attention Turned to Mak. ing Government More
 Efficient

Prague--(UP)-Demoeracy has not been challenged seriously In this country.
 Abolition of democratic stand. ards in most of tho neighborlng countries has as yet not induced large and important Czech pollti. cal parties and groups to follow suit. Tho only effect of these changes Is a tendency toward re. vising the Czech democrative sys. tom of parliament and govern. ment in order to make it more elastic and efficient.
 The Czech government, too has proved its determination to mnin- tain democracy. Thus, In tho fall of 1888, it dissolved the German nu' ti0nal socialist workers pnrty, tho counterpart of tho Hitler party m Germany, which recruited It's fol- lowers from tho German minorities In Cy0chosl0vakia. In addition to dissolution of tho party, It's nom bcrB wero dismissed from statc offices and their seats In state. dis trict, and municipal parlinmenls cancelled.
 At present, Czech faclsm is d. vlded into two groups; The group of ex-0on Rndola Gajda--who dur ing the World war, as member Of tho, Czech legion In siborin, rose from tho rank of non.eom missioncd officer to that of general md after the war was made chief of stnr of the Czech nrmy--and the national lenguo Of Deputy Strlbny,
 Thoso two groups nre tho only political units In Czochoslovakia advocating and authoritative rc' gime ns against n democratic form of government. At present, thnir chances of expansion appear small, All othor political parties and groups in czcchosIovnkia nro strlv. ing for n reform of the democratic rcgimo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16
SHOW OLD SAFE DEPOSIT
 VAULT

Hartford, Conn. (UP)---Conncc. ticut's first safe deposit vault was plQced on exhibition at . loenl bank. Tt iS a large iron box, w0igh- ing moro than 300 pounds, which used to Do lowered through e trap. door and concealed under the h0op of the old Hartford bank in 1702s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16
tv.w.vs to I'veyIOws QuestloWs

tWswers tO Previous Questions ('URTlSS took the i5.kiIOmeter V course in IS minutes sos sec oBds Curtiss also was first to win tbe Jsmes Gordon Bennett trophy tn aerOnautics, Judge PeiI demonstrated the home use Of anthracite coal much Co the eonsi ernatIoD 0f those who re- garded cost as ysiueIess The Mei{sy stitching machine Tevo' iuticnlzed shoe manufacturing AIihouab ii was ssmed Mckay Blake was its insentoT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16
Ry KATHERINE THOMAS

ENQUIRE worthess, stupid undependable = undepend.
 able person. that's what" Dorothys blue eyes flashed fury her fu moist lips set in scorn and her whole indignant bearing was that of a lovely woman piqued.
 But at S:30 D. m. the corner of Broadway and 18th street isn't the most convenient place in New York to tell young what you think of him, if he is tall, man, who make his way easily through Inc xud
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16

SWEDISH MINISTER ON TOUR
 Stockholm (UP)--Rlckard Sand. Tor, Swedish minister for foreign affairs, has paid an ofIleial visit to Finland, Estonln, md Latvin, ao- 'Gompaniod by Swedish Under Sec. retary of State Carl Hamilton. Earlior In the gear tho foreign minister's of Finland and LatviR visited HnnlNr in Htoekholm,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16

Peter StolG the wel-hnown Meadom atret 0aSollme and oil merch0nt is ben0 ashed on nH @deg bD h% manv frieds concernin0 the aye of the meW ~ g,eG" chariot that ho is ridin0 around u. Sid Lynch tue former secretary of hc democratc Sate central com ,nitce aud noV the democratic member Of the board of commissioners for NeW Hapen countg r0aS toW" and shook hnnds aUith Town Charmlan Johnnie CrarY Dan Learp and other WeH kn0Wa democrntdc trdd"rS SomethinO doin0 on thc full stnte conpentionY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-16
The Cast of Characters in
 Unreliable Roger"

ROGER, who fOYgets some tickets Nnd faces disaster because Of tlIe bmpaIbcnce Of hls dance. DOROTHY, who also fOPgcts something and comes W her senses bccaUse Of G.