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Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-13
SCHOOL NOTES
Of NORTH END

The Community club and Literary
Society met in the school auditor
ium last Friday evening, October 26,
and enjoyed an evening of com
munity singing, music, games and
refreshments.
An interesting part of the pro
gram much enjoyed by all was the
! group songs, readings and arith-
metic stunts offered by the pupils
Dan E. West was present and in
short, interesting talk, thoroughly
explained the Frazier Lempke farm
loan mortgage plan, and its vital
bearing on agriculture and pur-
suits depending upon agriculture.
/ These enjoyable community yet
together" meetings are held every
second Friday evening during the
school year.
"'TiS an III wind that blows no
good Mr. F. Hewitt, who farms
the land just to the rear of the
school house, had a man and team
cleaning out the drain ditch that
extends along the edge of the
school property. In so doing he
managed to pretty thoroughly muss
up the ball ground and cover the
hcme plate with about half a foot
| of soft soil. The fourth grade de
cided that this set up was just
about what they needed to make a
relief map of California and pro
ceeded to do so with much enjoy
ment and splendid success.
I Jay Hooten, president of the Wei
fare club, reports that the young
! tamarisk trees, replacing the dead
cottonwood trees along the entire
east side of the school grounds,
have been thinned and trimmed and
are growing at most satisfactory
rate. While these trees were plant
ed only last fall they give splendid
promise of furnishing plenty OF
shade for next summer.
Miss Helen Thomas. county rur-
al supervisor, paid our school Wis
it last Tuesday afternoon to make
a survey of conditions. Many help
full suggestions we're made to the
teachers with a view of increasing
the scope of the school work ano
more efficiently administering it.
The girls All sewing club, with
II members present, held their first
meeting last Friday afternoon, un
der the leadership Of Mrs. Peter
Dayton. Miss Florence Glenn, coun
lty home demonstration agent, was
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-13
GALLANT SIR
TOP WEIGHT

SAN MATEO. Calf, Nov. 49, UP)
Gallant Sir. ace of Norman
Church s stables. was assigned ~
top weight Of l26 pounds today III
the S25. 900 Bay Meadows handicap
which will be run at Bill Kyne S
new racing plant on December Is.
The entry list has been closed,
with 38 horses nominated for the
feature event OF the first meeting
Other entries given high weight
assignment included Faireno. 1875:
Time Supply. 1913: Azucar, l22; Mr..
Khayyam, l24; Head Play, one
time Kentucky Derby winner, ll8,
and Riskulus, stable mate of Gal
liant Sir, ll5.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-13
BAER QUELLS
MAT MUTINY

LONG BEACH, Nov l3. UP
Jack Dempsey who long has settled
with his fists questions challenging
his judgment as a wrestling ref
cree, is having his thunder stolen.
Make Baer. the heavyweight
champion, emulated the former
boxing champion when Louie Mil
Ter, a l22O-pound Reno granpler,
swung at him during his referee
ing of Miller's match with Steve
Strelich last night.
Make unwound a looping right
that collided with Miller's chin,
dropping the wrestler for the full
count. Strelich fell on him to
qualify as the winner.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-13
NEWLYWEDS AT CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, Nov 13. W.P) -
Mrs. Rafael De Onate, daughter of
Senator William c. McAdoo, and
her movie actor husband arrived in
Washington today upon their hon
eymoon.
They registered at the Shoreham
hCtel, said they were not going to
New York, added that their plans
were indefinite and indicated they
we're becoming weary of the atten.
ton they have received.
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RUTH KEEPS 1T UP

TOKYO, Nov. l3. up - Babe
Ruth, that fat old crowd pleaser
who is Japans greatest sports hero,
put another notch on his big bat
today by slamming a home run in a
game between the American all.
stars and All-Japan.
II was the fifth straight game in
which the Bambino has knocked
the ball out of the lot at least once.
Jimmy FoxX and Earl Whitehill
also had circuit blows as the Amer
leans won, IA to 0.
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STATE AGGTES LOSE

FRESNO, Calf, NOV. 13. U.H
Fresno State showed terrific Of
fenSive power yesterday in defeat
ing the California Aggies, 40-13. in
a far western conference football
game played before 5000 fans.
Van OSdel, Fresno halfback,
scored the first touchdown within
four minutes after play started.
He crossed the line again few
minutes later. Soinila also had two
touchdoWns and Byrd and Ditten-
bir each one Dittenbir made three
conversions and Soinila one.
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GRID SCORES
BY United Press

Austin 27, AbilGne Christian 6.
Bates 13, Colby 0.
Boston College 7, Centre o.
Central (Iowa 0, Penn College 0.
Greenboro A. 61 T. 6, Va. Union
Haskell 13. South Dakota 7.
College Of Idaho 26, Whitman 0.
Maryland %, VMI 0.
Tuskegee IA, Clark 6.
UCLA 6, st. Marys 0.
Willamette 81, San Jose State 7.
Yankton 13. Dakota Wesleyan 0.
Fresno State 40, Cal Aggies 13.
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OLD GRAD HONORED

BOSTON, U.P;-The Rev. Sam
uel M. Beale, Boston University's
oldest and only surviving member
of the original graduating class,
celebrated his 95th birthday an
niversary recently. Though his
hearing is poor. his health and
sight are almost perfect.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-13
WILLAMETTE WINS

SAN JOSE, Calf Nov. l3. U.P)
Willamette University of Salem,
Ore, scored a 21-7 victory over San
Jose State college before an Armis-
tice day crowd of 10000 football
fans here Yesterday.
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DIVING CHAMP BETTER

BOSTON, Nov 10. Wp)-Georgia
Coleman, Olympic women's diving
champion. today was reported rest.
ing very comfortably" at New Eng
land Baptist hospital where she I'm
derwent a brain operation a week
ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-13
YOUNG BAER TO FIGHT

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13. U,P) -
Buddy Baer. younger but heftier
brother Of Champion Make Baer,
will go to the firing line in his first
local start tonight as an opponent
of Gene Garner in a Ground pre-,
liminary.
Make will second him.
Hank HankinSon and Paul Ma
tan, New York heayyWeightS, tangle
in the l0-round feature bout
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CRIOIRON
BRIEFS
BY United Press

SANTA CLARA, Calf, Nov. 13.
st. Marys setback at the hands
! Of UCLA met with little rejoicing
today in the camp of the Santa
Clara Broncos. That will make the
Saints that much tougher next Sun
day said the team which meets
the Moragans in the little big
game in San Francisco. Tickets are
at premium, with indications that
every one OF the 62,50O seats will be
sold.
BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. 10. -
CaiiGornias happy football squad
/ turned out today for their first
practice since the win over use. Al
I though they play Idaho Saturday,
/ the Bears will be pointing at the
Stanford game two weeks away. Sew
eral injured members of the squad
have returned, including Don Fowl.
er and Jim Carlyon, fast halfbacks.
Coach Ingram is due back from In
diana to take charge today.
EOGENE, Ore, NOV. 10. (U.H) -
A somewhat bruised University of
Oregon squad put to good use to-
day one of their two days of prac-
tice before they entrain for Los An
gelcs to meet use Saturday. Frank
Michek, halfback, hurt his knee
again in the clash with oregon
State and Johnny Reischman, an
other back, came out of the hard
contest with a bruised shoulder.
CORVALLIS, Ore, Nov bore
gon State expects to score its first
conference victory Saturday in
meeting Montana, tail-enders of the
coast organization. With Norman
! (Red) Franklin back in the lineup,
the staters hope to start going
/ places immediately.
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The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Capt. Fried to the Rescue
He Knows About Safety at Sea-

President Roosevelt makes fine intelligent move in
naming Capt George Fried hero of half dozen rescues at
sea- supervising inspector for the New York district OF
Steamboat Inspection Service
Captain Fried is a seaman who knows his job.
is unlikely that any steamship officer any steamship
company put him.
We could wish that he had been position to inspect
the Morro Castle before her last voyage.
We imagine that he had, that faed liner would still
be plying the
In all fairness to the Steamboat Inspection Service how
it must be admitted that is wretchedy paid and in
sufficiently Manned also that the frequent changes of crew
ships make discipline and safety hard to enforce
It would be welcome STEP therefore, the Government
only increased number of inspectors paid them
correspond with their responsibilities but required officers
and of American ships to join the Naval Reserve.
The latter provision would eliminate all who could not
meet the standards, well all who not American
citizens
higher subsidies required to pay such living
wages the results would be well worth the money expended
We should then have body Of merchant marine sailors
trained to supplement the Navy in time of war-and avert
tragedies like that of the MORO Castle in time Of peace
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dow was wide open and I got
quite an earful.
And just when the green
light was turned on the genu-
inc mink said to the imitation
mink, well, my dear, when
you really come down to brass
tacks, all our troubles were
merely psychological"
Little boys and girls, learning
their grammar, might do worse
than study the meaning of the
word merely" in this particu.
lar sentence.
But even older and wiser
heads should bow before the
sublime resignation with which
much harried lady in very
expensive fur coat got rid of
all her troubles and worries by
dropping them quietly into the
general garbage can of the
Department of Plants and Psy-
chology, as if that settled any,
thing at all.
This is an old and well-known
trick of the human race, this
habit Of trying to get rid of
unpleasant facts by giving them
a different and more agreeable
name. This desire to find q
safe retreat behind a false
front.
The other day, in a highly
useful and intelligent talk on hy-
giene, doctor of eminent stand
ing and respectability referred
to the most dangerous of all
our social Affections by its
scientific name.
The storm of indignation that
Immediately arose from thous-
andS of indignant parents is
still filling his fan-mail with a
highly spiced variety of imprint
able epithets.
ERA OF FACTS
Those Selfsame parents, whose
sons and daughters he may have
saved from the ghastliest of all
ailments, are outraged because
this physician had the courage
to call skunk-cabbage skunk
cabbage, and did not refer to
that nefariouS weed as a mem
Der Of the rose family.
1t is, of course, a form Of
mental cowardice, and it would
take a better psychologist than
I happen to be to suggest a
suitable remedy.
But this is an era of facts.
Compared to the time just gone
by, it is an era Of a great many
brutal facts" All the more
reason for us to face them
honestly and bravely.
To run away from the truth
by hiding behind the stately
walls Of some old and pictur-
esque ruin may bring a temper
ary feeling of relief, but it Is
full of danger.
For the next day we may dis
cover that the place was over
grown with poison ivy.
(CopyriRht. 1894, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Fair Play for Dentists
By Frank Sullivan

pie are allowed to go about
slaughtering these public bene-
factors. OF course, in the case
of the dentist who was potted
in New York, sympathy for him
is mingled with regret that he
did not take the precautions a
careful dentist always ought to
take before he starts probing g.
live nerve.
Why wasn't that youth
frisked for lethal weapons be-
fore the dentist started probing?
Where was the dentists bullet
proof vest? And had the pa
tient been offered any of the old
humorous magazines in the
waiting room to read?
My guess would be that he
hadn't even glanced at one of
them. Had he done so the
shooting would not have oc-
CURED. These magazines which
are always to be found in the
waiting rooms of up-to-date
dentists and doctors are without
equal as opiates, producing after
a few minutes reading q state
of droWsiness in which the pa
tient can undergo the most
painful operations without a
trace of suffering.
Ether has its merits and so
has novocaine, and laughing
gas, but when I have to have
anything out, just take an old
humorous magazine from a
dentists office and read to me
from it.
This very column, for in
stance, would be quite useful in
the extraction of an liberated
tooth. The average patient
would have been waited into
the land of dreams about two
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exceedingly active when an
agreement is reached as to the
future policy Of the United
States.
/Vinson has advocated that
the United States go ahead and
build up its Navy to full quota.
Since he first took his place
on the Naval Affairs Committee,
VinSOn has been a "big Navy"
man.
He has believed that the
United States should maintain
an adequate Navy and in this
position he differs greatly from
many of his Southern colleagues.
Vinson favored big Navy in
preference to petty economies
while other nations were deVel.
oping fleets.
His work is cut out for him,
however, at the next session.
Demands from members of
Congress for a 11GUGl race 1Dith
Japan are not tGUorGbly re-
ceived by the State Depart
nlent.
Members of Congress Who
shout "economy at all costs"
are not favorable to VinSon's
plan.
He must first be diplomatic
with the State Department. He
must overcome the objections of
his colleagues. He must be as
sured that any plans approved
for new construction are the
best ObtainabIe.
And all in all that is a job
for any man.
Senator elect Joseph Guffey
of Pennsylvania, the keystone
States next Democratic Sena-
tor, does not object to a place
before the public eye.
Although all new arrivals in
Washington have more or less
love Of the limeIight, Guffey
has an unusual affection for
the spotlight.
AS the man who defeated vet
eran Republican Senator David
A. Reed he knows that he COM
mands an interesting position.
And he likes it.
A time back, to illustrate
Guffey's love of the "Spot," he
was surrounded by newspaper
men following a call at the
White House.
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amount Of unnecessary chatter.
ing he prevents by means Of
that wise he clamps on your
jaw when he wants to work in
peace and quiet on a back
tooth.
While the jaws are distended
by this wise it is impossible to
make any remarks, either wise
or foolish, and although posi-.
bly, we miss some wise remarks
through having peoples jaws
clamped in this manner . in the
last analysis it is probably true
that far greater proportion Of
foolish remarks are suppressed,
so that in the long run the wise
is a real blessing.
It is too bad that its use is
confined to dentists offices.
If it could be placed in general
use it would put a stop to an in
calculable amount of loose talk.
ing and that would be a great
boon, even though the cam
paign is over. Later, some
genius might come along and
discover a wise that could be
applied to the mind, and pre-
vent loose thinking.
If even so per cent Of the
loose talking that goes on in
this country were eliminated,
think what a step that would
be toward the solution Of the
ever-increasing noise problem in
our cities. And if so per cent
of the loose thinking were done
away with, the United States
would become such a dull coun-
try that people who insist on be-
ing entertained would emigrate
in droveS to Germany, where,
during the reign of Hitler,
Goebbels and Goering, the art
of blather has been developed
to the greatest state of perfec-
ton in recorded history.
You see what we owe the
dentist and his wise? Yet peo-
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

your own respect-hopelessly
lost? Then. perhaps, you will
know what she means. I think
I do.
I do not think that she means
she believes in Mrs. Doke or the
thing she did. I think she
means that she believes in some
thing that Mrs. Doke has never
been able to do. Something far
finer than that woman the
world knew and loved before
this darkness came. Yet that
woman the world loved was not
the real Mrs. Doke, and this
other woman was! And this
other woman is the thing she
believes in now.
A RIDDLE
Is that a riddle? Then it Is a
riddle that exists in every life.
For we are all two selves-the
self the world sees and an
other finer self.
II BELIEVE IN MYSELF"
There never yet was a human,
however vicious, however
shamed and damned, who did
not echo that cry in his des-
perate soul.
st BELIEVE IN MYSELF.
vOIT no NOT KNOW WHO I
AM OR WHAT I AM LIKE. I
CANNOT TELL YOU IN
WORDS. I CANNOT SHOW
YOU IN ACTS. MY WORDS
ARE TWISTED BY MY IG-
NORANCE. MY ACTS GRIP
PIED BY MY HATE. BUT BE-
HIND MY WORDS AND ACTS
THERE is ANOTHER ME. "A
BETTER ME. "A ME THAT
HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO
BE STRONG AND WISE AND
KIND.
THAT OTHER ME. BUT I
MUST. 1T IS MY ONLY
HOPE. I MUS1 OO YIN BE-
LIEVING IN MYSELF. I
MUST GO ON BELIEVING IN
THE GOODNESS THAT I SEE
IN MYSELF, FOR 1T IS ALL
THAT I KNOW OF GOOD
NESS. TT IS ALL THAT I
KNOW OF GOD.
do NOT CONDEMN ME
ENTIRELY. IHAVE A BETTER
SELF THAN THE ONE YOU
HAVE SEEN. HELP ME BE-
LIEVE IN THAT SELF. HELP
ME BE THAT SELF"
Out of every damned soul
out of every wise soul-rises
that cry. You may not hear it,
but 1 am sure that God hears
it. Perhaps it is His own voice
crying!
Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

Venus (the old dame spent most
OF her time being jealous, and
most of the time she had per-
fectly good reason to be- to fall
in love with the most despicable
Of all monsters, she went
through all sorts of strange ad-
ventures but ended by marrying
Cupid and by getting her name
in a very conspicuous place in
the Olympian Social Register.
That this lady, the very en-
bodinent of the ideal of love,
should afterwards have been
identified by the Greeks with
the human soul, shows that the
contemporaries Of Homer knew
what they were talking about.
But then, alas, they learned
reading and writing and arith-
metic, and they began to classify
and divide and sub-divide and
pigeon-hole the entire universe,
and in this way poor Psyche'S
name got incorporated into a
vast variety of scientific sub.
jectS.
STRANGE DETOUR
There was psychiatry, the
science that deals with people
who are already crazy, and
psycho-analysis, the science that
deals with people who soon will
be crazy, and physical research,
which makes a speciality OF
spooks and haunted houses, and
psychopaths, who make a living
by curing crazy people of their
psychoses by means of psyche
therapy.
There are a whole lot of other
physics and psychogeneSeS and
psycho-physics and psychoman-
cies and psycho's this and
phycho's that. all of them avail
able to you in any learned hand
book under the general heading
of psychology, which is the study
of all the higher functions Of
those beings that are supposed
to be endowed with a soul Cn-
cluding the human race).
I don't know what started
this strange detour through
the twilight zone of the psyche
logical realm, but it may have
been a stray remark which I
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Artistic America
From 1875 to 1884

In the arts nationality counts little Artists the
Of beauty which has home other than the human spirit
But it is gratifying to note that Americans gradually
becoming conscious Of their countys worth producer Of
art and artists
The other day painting by the Frenchman Matsse which
had cost 81, 1000. sold for only 1915.
Now the National Academy of Design is arranging exhib
ons of 1858 paintings has had hidden its orerooms for
many years.
Americans will feel thrill of pride when looking at this
collection which the Academy calls quite the most important
from the standpoint of American history and chronology they
see that in 1776 when fighting for indie
pendenc beginning develop here native rather
than an exotic growth.
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husband is on trial for his life
and there's the usual CHASTITY
publicity which the public de-
mands. Page after page Of pas
sionate poetry, bearing each
mad desire, each lawless act.
white hibiscus" the boy
had called her. No flower
broken and smeared with gutter
slime could be more defiled
than she is today. And
Strangely-by her own wish. If
her husband must face trial for
murder, she, she feels, has no
right to go free. So she has re-
sisted nothing-denied nothing.
A CREED
And the public has accepted
her at her own valuation. I
have not heard one voice
raised in her defense. Nor even
in pity. What does the future
hold for her. 1 wonder? Utterly
outcast-all her life she will go
branded. And she must know
it, for she is no fool. Yet, know
ing it, she said something very
fine
mo MATTER WHAT HAP
PENS I STILL HAVE MYSELF
IL STILL BELIEVE IN MY
SELF"
This is no defense of Mrs.
Doke. or of the thing she did.
She has been-and she'd be the
last to deny it-incredibly cruel,
stupid, weak, selfish and
cowardly. Yet in this hour Of
her worst shame, she holds fast
to the truth that is the one and
only hope for all of us when
she crieS-"I BELIEVE IN
MYSELF"
Have you yourself ever broken
faith with everything you held
to be fine or decent? Have you
wandered then in a sort Of
dreadful darkness-forsaken by
everyone you loved-stripped Of
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The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

With SenGtor-elect Guttey wGS
q rather quiet gentleman to
Uhom none paid attention.
Guttey cheertully talked to
the ScribeS but did not dei0n
to mention his companion until
his conference 1Oith the press
tOGS oUer.
He then announced:
Gentlemen, this is George
Earle, Sd, the new Democratic
governor Of Pennsylvania"
There is fair story of a young
press agent floating around
town.
The young man, Working for
a ne10ly organized political oroup
in a nearby State, materially
aided in putting SeUeral of their
candidates in office by his con-
tinuous tloD of publicity.
When elections were over and
a few of the candidates of the
party for which he had worked
had been elected to important
positions he called around at
the party headquarters for his
pay.
1t was given in the form of q
check for a fairly good figure.
He caShed the check and
used the much-needed money.
Then came the Squawk.
The check had been rubber"
OF the public men who are
adept at talking themselves out
OF tight spots, Senator Henry
Fountain AShurst, who has been
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A youth in New York sat in
a dentists chair for 10 minutes
while the dentist drilled an
aching tooth and then leaped
from the chair and shot the
dentist. These denticides seem
to be becoming quite common
lately and something ought to
be done about them, because
they constitute little short of
an insult to a noble profession.
There is no more useful public
servant than the dentist if for
no other reason than the
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

has been vigorously opposed to
AshurSt said:
"After all, man can still be
radical, yet be gentleman. A
man can win votes and still be
a gentleman. The highest trib-
ute that can be paid Senator
AShurst is that for Al years he
has been in politics, yet he is q
gentleman and, as such, sets an
example that other candidates,
and even newspaper editors,
might emulate"
Furthermore, the paper placed
a new light on political opposi-
ton. 1t said:
meanwhile, the Senator's Op-
position is a healthy thing. The
opposition has brought him
home SO that the home folks
once more can hear his delight
full speeches"
Copyright. 1894. The Washington
Times)
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and distant
uncleS, aunts,
cousins and
further hang
ers-on, who 40
centuries ago
d W e lied in
such delight
full lack of
harmony on
the top of Mt.
Olympus.
T a kc the
case of the
lovely Prin-
cess Psyche.
c o n d enned
A-