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Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
BY MRS. ALEX MEYER
Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

On Wednesday morning the
members of the Meloland eighth
grade were given an opportunity to
visit high school to meet the teach
ers and locate the classrooms they
will use next year. They visited
several freshman classes and those
at Holtville especially enjoyed the
assembly period. Rubylee Roberts.
Maxine Mcbride, Concha Sabala,
Richard Mcbride, and Edward Hale
accompanied by Mrs. Alex Meyer
went to Holtville high school while
Betty Forsberg, Marichen Water
man, Albert Won Rotz, Charles
Leja, and Bill Christian accom-
panied by Ben Christian visited
Central Union at Ell Centro.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Hall, Mary
Jane, Hardin, and Melvin Hall
Olive Mcintosh, and Miss Vera
Havekorst spent Friday at Hipass
to rest and enjoy the cool breezes
driving on to San Diego on Satur-
day, for a view of the ocean.
Mrs. Sherroll Belts accompanied
by Evelyn McGrew tnd Charles
Summers made a trip to the coast
on Friday. The party was Joined
at Carlsbad by Miss Millicent Hight
and at Santa Ana by Sherroll Bet
tbs. Evelyn and Charles stopped at
Orange, Evelyn visiting her aunt
Mrs. Earl Crawford, and her baby
sister while Charles stayed with
l1sr hH,-c III
and Mrs. Belts and Miss Hight
continued on to Los Angeles where
they spent the weekend The en-
tire party, with the exception of
Belts who is employed in Los An
geles returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Isaac Mcbride assisted with
an ice cream social which was held
at Acacia school on Thursday. The
proceeds from the social were used
to help defray the expenses of the
trip the All took to Laguna dam.
The same evening, the pupils OF
the fourth to the eighth grades in
elusive and their parents gave a
party in honor of c. j. Lewis and
Mrs. Earl Rogers, Acacia teachers
After a happy evening OF games
ice-cream was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Farley spent
a pleasant day Sunday when they
motored to Banning where they
were met by Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Bush and Kenneth Bush oi
Los Angeles. After enjoying pic
mic lunch in the park, they callec
on Miss Imogene Peterson and hel
mother. formerly of Ell Centro
Both Miss Peterson and her moth
er are reported as much improved
in health.
Harold Forsberg was among thu
C. U. H. S. seniors who motorec
to Cuyamaca recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Meyer ant
Mrs. U. Werling left early Tuesca.
morning for Los Angeles wher
Mrs. Werling will spend the sum
mer months with her son William
Green. While away, Mr.. and Mrs
Meyer expect to visit Grandm
Meyer who is with her son, Charles
in Ell Monte.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Ordonei
Geraldine and Mickey and j.
Gott spent Mothers day with Mr.
Ordonez's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. I
S. Gott of Holtville.
Friends will be sorry to hear c
the sudden illness and death c
Mr.. McClaflin, father of Mrs. j. F
Hall. McClaflin who was 78 year
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
NANCE BACK
FROM SOCIAL
GROUP MEET

E. A. Nance, county probation Of
ficer, who has just returned from
the California Conference of Social
Workers, held in San Diego this
week, Is highly enthusiastic over the
interesting and instructive sessions.
With the exception of the early
morning general session, Nance
spent the greater part of his time in
those sections devoted to probation
work. He states that he got great
deal out of these sessions, much in
formation being obtained as to the
different methods of handling the
work by those in the same profess
sion and also much from the ex-
change of ideas and problems.
Those in the work he found to be
interested in the human side of the
problem and they spent much time
in discussion of the prevention OF
juvenile delinquency.
Nance was asked to sit on one dis
cussion panel and was honored by
being appointed to others, speaking
on various problems involved in pro-
baton work
The probation sections were pre-
sided over by K. j. Scudder proba-
ton officer, Los Angeles. Outstand-
ing workers in every field of social
welfare were present to give talks
and lead discussion panels.
Mrs. Josephine Graham Shaclel-
ford, deputy county probation Off
Ger, attended part of the conference.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
CREEL OPENS
CAMPAIGN IN
LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, May 18. U.P)-
George Creel of San Francisco, can
didate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor, brought his cam
paign into Southern California last
night by denouncing the historic
doctrine of laiSsez faire.
Rugged individualism at the
price of human misery can have no
part in meeting the present emer-
gency," Creel said in outlining his
platform to large audience at the
Figueroa playhouse theatre.
Initiative and enterprise are
tremendous values, but they can
not be used as a cloak for ruth
lessnesS or an excuse for the strong
to trample on the rights of the
weak" Creel said. Business
should and must be free from leg
chains and handouts, but at every
point there must be recognition
that all business today is vested
with public use, and a business
that cannot return profits without
lying, cheating cut-throat compe-
ton and dogs wages, is not a bus
ineSs that the country wants or
means to endure
Creel condemned any plan of
wholesale transfer of city dweller
to farm land as means of curing
unemployment ills.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
.HEAV|ES HEAD
CARD TONIGHT

For the first time in many moons
past two heavies will fill the top
spot on the boxing card arranged for
the local arena tonight. Art Nc
Cullough, local big boy and Jack
Dillon, Canadian mauler who
comes here highly recommended as
a real Slugger with dynamite in each
fist will meet eahc other over the 10
round route.
Mccullough has impressed fans
here by his last two appearances in
the Imperial avenue ring He knows
how to handle himself and is ex-
tremely shifty for big fellow. That
he can use his fists is evident from
the fact that he has kayoed the last
two boys tc face him here. He will
be seen against high class COMPETE
ton tonight and if he treats Dillon
like he did the other two boys he'll
be on his way right up the ladder.
Frenchie BriSson will meet Mike
Villareal in the special event to-
night and although the latter lost to
Frankie Venegas here last week he
looked good enough to give any
other scrapper a go of it. Brisson is
stablemate of Dillon and has
boxed extensively in British Colum-
bia rings and along the coast as
well. 1t is said that he is plenty
good.
In the semifinal frankie Venegas
will tackle Snowy White, a San Ber-
nardino colored boy. Venegas won
his last two starts here and the
Anaheim scrapper who is here now
under the tutelage of Trench King
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
NEW HAVOL|NE:
OIL AVAILABLE

1t was in 1904 that the first
branded" motor oil was placed on
the American market it was
branded" Havoline. Since that
time-over 80 years-Havoline mo-
tor oil has been one of the leading
motor oils in America, according to
M. o. Simms, local agent for the
Texas company.
In 1929, producers of Havoline de-
veloped the first process for taking
all the harmful wax out of a paraf-
fin-base oil, the biggest Oil improve
ment in years.
Now company scientists and en-
gineerS announce new Havoline.
super-refined by a revolutionary
solvent process which takes out
thick, gummy, tar-forming subsian-
ces found in all crudes and not COM
pletely removed up to now, by any
process.
The new Havoline waxfree Is SO
selected that it takes 48 gallons of
the finest paraffin-base crude -
make seven quarts of the new la
oline.
The Texas company realizes che
of the most effective means OF in
forming the motoring public OF the
advantages of this new product Is
through newspaper advertising,
SimmS states
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
New York Stocks

NEW YORK, May 18. U.P)-
Stocks eased off near the close to-
day after moving in narrow
range most of the session. Trad
ing continued light Losses at the
end of the day ranged upward to
more than 2 points.
Grains declined. Wheat ended
at losses of IL 10 "a cents a
bushel from the previous close, and
off nearly 8 cents from the day IS
highs. Corn closed slightly high
er. Oats were down fractions to a
cent, and rye down LIZ to 1%
cents. Silver and silk made small
gains, while rubber and cotton
eaSed.
Activity in stocks centered on
General Motors and Chrysler,
which eased fractions to more than
a point. U. S. Steel lost more
than a point as did American Can,
American Commercial Ale h o
Bethlehem Steel, General Electric,
Western Union, American Tele-
phone, Westinghouse Electric, Ow-
ens-Illinois Glass, and Loew's
Silver issues reacted downward
with U. S. Smelling off 2 points
Rails dipped on a decline in car
loadings. Utilities were easier
Mail order shares and farm equip
ments declined with grains. Cop
pers dipped.
The American dollar lapsed into
dullness and leading currencies
were little changed.
The bond market did better than
other markets. The Dow-Jones
average of 10 high grade railroad
issues made a new high since 1915
U. S. Governments made small
gains.
Stock sales today approximated
10000 shares against 100000
shares yesterday. Curb sales were
248, 1000 shares against 10000 shares
yesterday.
Dow Jones preliminary averages
showed industrial 95.17 off OBI
railroad 43.64 up DOL, utility 23.3(
off q o.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
BRIEF NEWS FROM MELOLAND

Of age became i'll about O'Clock
Sunday night and passed away at
O'Clock Monday morning. He
lived with his daughter and fam
lly on the Havekorst ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs Wesley Roberts,
Eeubylee. and Allene drove to San
Diego Mothers day for a family
reunion held at the home of Rob-
ert IS mother, Mrs. j. C. Roberts
While on the coast the Roberts al
80 visited Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
5trickler at Santee.
Mrs. Lawrence Richards return
I'd Friday from attending the con-
vention of the Federation of Wom-
en- IS clubs held at the Mission Inn,
Riverside. Mrs. Richards was a
delegate from the Holtville club.
Mrs. w. H. Gregg, Mrs. A. T.
Gregg and her daughters, Juanita
and Dorothy Gregg drove to the
w. j. Gregg IS home in La Verne
Friday where they spent the night,
continuing on to Los Angeles Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Weeth and
baby son we're guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Woolsey Sunday. Mrs. Ar
thur Hill of Holtville was a guest
Of Mrs. Alex Meyer and Miss Helen
, Rumsey on Thursday.
Roderick Scott and Harry Scott
of Los Angeles spent from Mon
day till Thursday with Mr.. and
! Mrs. Dan Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Havekorst
| and Miss Vera Havekorst were din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. w. H
| Palmer Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Forsberg was
! luncheon guest of Mrs. Earl Mad
don in Ell Centro on Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
L. A. Banks

Bid Asked
Transamerica ...................... 6is 6as
Security First National ....3lla 3Z#G
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
Better Fill Your
Gas Tanks Now

SACRAMENTO, May Is. U.P -
Retail gasoline prices throughout
California are scheduled to go up
two or three cents within the next
week. George D. Nordenholt. state
director of natural resources, said
today.
Nordenholt, who just returned
here from Los Angeles, where he
conferred with oil industry leaders.
said all major oil companies have
entered an agreement and that all
Independents with but one excep.
ton have signed the pact. That
company will sign within a few
days, it was expected.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18

local promoter, is rated conner.
Rumor has it that he will have to
work fast and punch hard to take
the San Bernardino boy.
Pelino Garcia and Obie Miller will
open the card tonight.
The management has announced
that for tonight's program all ladies
accompanied by escorts will be ad-
mitted to the arena free of charge
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
Ir.kefS
L. A. Poultry

LOS ANGELES, May 18. U.P)-
Following are today's market quo
tations:
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
L. A. Stocks

LOS ANGELES, May 18. WP)-'
Stocks moved sluggishly without
trend in early trading on the Los
Angeles stock exchange today. Vol
ume was the lightest of series OF
light sessions.
Lockheed Aircraft was unchanged
at 2h, 900 shares being sold.
On volume of 400 shares or less,
Transamerica opened at 6h and
sagged to SIS, down a; Chrysler
was up 1A at 4O1s, after opening
at 4Oas; Standard Oil was down
q at 32A; Pacific Indemnity was
up Il at as, and Edison common
was up 4 at 16h.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our heart.
felt thanks for the many express
sions of sympathy and for cour.
tesies extended to us in the recent
death of our son and brother, Rol.
lie Clark.
(Signe0
Mr. aand Mrs. Rollie M. Clark
Raymond Clark
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
The Weather
LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Saturday; con-
tinued warm with little change in
temperature; moderate humidity;
gentle to moderate wind, mostly
northerly.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
data compiled by Howard En-
mons, local observer for the United
States weather bureau.
Maximum yesterday ....................98 98
Minimum today .............................58 SO
Reading at Noon Today
Temperature SO
Humidity .............................. IA
Reading at a. m. Today
Temperature .............................. SO
Humidity 38
Reading at p. m. Yesterday
Temperature 81
Humidity ..................... II
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-18
L. A. Livestock

LOS ANGELES, May 10. U.H) -
Hogs. rs. Steady, locals 3.75 to 4.
Cattle $50. Quotably steady. Com
mon to medium steers 4.50 to $50.
Common to medium COWS 2.75 to 81
So Cutter grades 1.25 to 2.65.
Calves, SO. Steady to lower, few
'vealers 6.25 to $50.
Sheep, 275. Steady, Santa Cruz Is
land spring lambs 725. Shorn year.
ilings S. Shorn ewes 2.90.
The Washington times., 1934-08-07

drag the burden under the
blade of grassD I thought I
had found one redeeming quail
ity in ants. I thought I had
caught an ant in the act of
displaying loyalty to a fallen
comrade, and I was touched
and almost sorry for some of
the things I had said about
ants.
A moment later was disillu-
stoned when I saw the Samari-
tan drop his efforts to drag his
colleague any farther and
calmly proceed to eat him.
Loyalty, eh? Then I read that
an ant relishes nothing as much
in the way of viands as a
freshly killed sister or cousin,
or-excuse it, please-aunt.
Ants are towards, too. They
won't put up a fight, like the
bee. Despite it's rather SNUG
reputation for industry 1 have
lot of respect for the bee. At
least it knows where it's going
straight to the flower from the
hive, straight back to the hive
and then back to the posy
again. A rather monotonouS ex-
istence, yes, but at least it re-
suits in honey. Ants do not
produce honey. They get in it,
but they don't produce it.
It isn't too late to do some
thing about ants. If half a mil
lion of us ant haters banded TO-
gether and each one took a
VOW to search out at least one
anthill every day and scrunch
his foot in it in the course of a
year that would mean 182,500,-
900 anthillS scrunched, provided
we worked Sundays and holi-
days. That would at least
throw a scare into the ants and
force them to retreat from the
mayonnaise back to the lawn.
Copyright. 1884, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-08-07
1uman Side of the News - ByEdwin c. Hill

The Zuni Indians stage a
particularly realistic ceremony.
They use a noise machine, SINH
lar to the "bull-roarer," while
a separate crew works up a ire
mendous lather in a huge veS-
Sel-this being the turbulent
welter of clouds for the thun-
der storm.
The Tarahumari In dianS,
hard working farmers, go about
it in quiet, workmanlike way.
The father teaches all the chill
dren ceremonial rain dances.
When one is found to be better
than the others, he is assigned
to dancing while the others
work in the fields. All day long,
he stays in the hut, intermina-
bly, dancing. At the end of the
day others take up the night
shift, but if the day worker is
beginning to get action, with a
cloud somewhere in the sky, he
continues through the night.
In Africa, the English found,
here and there, bit of racket
eering growing up among the
rainmakers. Old Chief Umban-
dine, King of the SWazis, whose
speciality was sacrificing cattle
to bring rain, used to clean up
when he brought storm. Then
he used to collect again, threat
ening to let the rain go on for
ever if they didn't pay.
My jungle7scouting friend tells
me of the "Tulie Vieja," the old
Tulia of South America, a
dreadful creature which blights
and curses all living things.
Women are barren, no rain will
fall when she is anywhere
around. Ages ago she murdered
her child and in punishment,
the gods turned her feet back
ward and her body blood red.
It is a good season for the Obi
man, selling rain and spells and
defensive charms, when the old
Tulia comes.
My friend was summoned to
his hut 2 o'clock in the morning
by frantic native, imploring
him to "say an grafton" against
the Old Tulia, who was creeping
up on the village. In the bright
moonlight, he stood on a stump
and SonorouSly declaimed the
Declaration of independence.
The natives said it was mar
velously effective, and they had
him reciting it on all occasions.
Our politicians occasionally "say
an grafton" for the farm belt,
which sometimes is effective
and sometimes not. But, with
all the wide reaches between our
civilization and that of the
jungle folk, between our faith
and theirs, between our science
and their incantations, we are
the same pawnS of the destiny
which may lurk in a sun spot or
an ikon.
Man dreams Of a controlled
economy, but in world disaster
like this devastating drought, he
seeks a leverage somewhere out
beyond the rim of this parched
and bedeviled earth.
Copyright, 1894, BY King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1934-08-07

still block the Road to Recov-
cry, and how can these most
rapidly be removed?
House Divided
Unfortunately, for the Presi-
dent, his advisers are a house
divided when this question is
put to them for answer.
The political vivisectionists
are still clamoring for more ex-
perimentation on the American
system of business, even if it re-
quires radical revision of the
American system of govern
ment. Opposing this group are
an ever growing number of
Roosevelt supporters who be-
lieve that the time has come to
concentrate on measures of re-
covery.
In the judgment of this group
these are some of the obstacles
to recovery that most urgently
need to be removed if there is
to be a revival of business and
a steady return to prosperity:
First, the fear of the 10-cent
dollar-that is to say of a sur
render by the Administration
to some of the demands of the
extreme inflationists. Until this
fear can be replaced by a con-
fidence that the AdminiStra-
ton will not yield on this front,
it is urged that return to con-
fidence for which the President
and his Cabinet have been so
long hoping will not be forth
coming.
Second, the fear of tremen-
dous increases in taxation at
the next session of Congress. If
the tax burden of the people in
general and the business world
The Washington times., 1934-08-07
President Faces Problems
By James T. Williams, Jr.

in particular is to be greatly in
creased within the next fiscal
year it is argued that this dis
NAL outlook will prevent any
early return of confidence.
Third, the ord-breaking
number of labor disputes all
over the country which is re-
tarding recovery. According TO
the figures of the National
Labor Board these disputes
have increased from 8O8 in 1882
to 4,277 in the fiscal year just
ended.
The hope that under New Deal
laws labor disputes would be re-
duced has been destr ye a.
whether the increase is due 70
some of the new laws or to other
causes, labor troubles are more
prevalent than ever and the Az
ministration has not addeo 10
its prestige by many futile a.
tempts at settlement.
Fourth, the unprecedented eX'
tension of the spoilS system ana
the consequent sacrifice Of the
merit system in the making OF
Federal appointments. This is
having a demoralizing effect on
many branches of the Federal
service, including some of those
engaged in relief work. 1t is dis
couraging to relief agencies and
it is damaging to the prestige OF
the New Deal champions.
Fifth, the uneasiness through
out the business world caused
by the continued threats of new
and more drastic schemes OF
Government regulation at time
when the country is still suffer
ing from the effects Of the worst
depression in the memory OF
men now living. If there is to be
more and more Government in
reference with business and
more and more agitation against
profits, when there are no prof
its, the fear of the more conserv-
ative advisers of the President
is that the Road to Recovery will
remain blocked for another year
if not longer.
The President has the power
so great is his popularity-to
go a long way toward clearing
the Road to Recovery between
now and the time Congress
meets next January.
The Supreme Test
It is the supreme test which
his leadership now faces. If he
concentrates for the next six
months on measures of recovery
and gives the business world a
breathing spell, if he lets it be
known that there will be no 40
cent" dollar while he is in the
White House, if he deals deciS'
lively in the future with disputes
between capital and labor, if he
calls halts on the raids of the
spoilsmen on the Federal serV-
ice and champions legislative
and administrative reforms in
Federal. State and local govern
ments that will reduce instead
of increasing taxes, he can go
long way in a short time toward
reasuring the country and clear
ing the Road to Recovery.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-08-07
The Ant Problem
BY Frank Sullivan

I do not wish to seem unduly
crotchety, but isn't it time some
thing was done about the ant?
This unpleasant insect has long
since outlived it's usefulness as
an object lesson in industry, if
it ever had any, and it may now
be definitely classed as a ma
tional menace.
People may shrug their shoul-
ders and complain, "Oh dear,
has that subject got to come up
again?" but it is only by harp
ing continually on the ant men,
ace that we can ever hope to
get anything done. The trouble
is, the ants are organized and
we aren't. People who live in
the country know how well or
ganized the ants are.
Last year up in Saratoga
the ants stayed out on the
lawn. It was bad enough to
have them out there, spelling
the lawn with their ugly little
anthills and crawling all over
anybody trying to take a sun
bath in peace and comfort.
This summer emboldened, they
have come into the house. 1t
is one thing to read jokes
The Washington times., 1934-08-07

Upon his return to the main
land after his Atlantic-Pacific
cruise aboard a modern man.
of-war, President Roosevelt must
be gratified to find that his
personal popularity persists un-
diminished North, East, South
and West.
But the political honeymoon
Of his Administration, as Mr..
Roosevelt is doubtless we'll
aware, is nearing it's end. More
and more the reconstruction
program of the New Dealers
appears to be conflicting with
their recovery program. And
the political problems with
which the New Dealers are
wrestling seem more and more
to conflict with the economic
problems from which there ap.
pears to be no escape.