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Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20
ROSE BOWL is sELL-oUT

PASADENA, Calf. Dec. 20 lU.H-
A sell-out within the next "a hours
seemed assured today when 1t was
announced that only 1000 seats re-
NAMED for the Stanford Alabama
football game here New Years Day.
Rose Bowl seats slightly more than
"a, 900 spectators.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20
LLOYD TO BE MARSHAL

PASADENA, Dec. 90 W.P)-Har-
old Lloyd, motion picture comedian,
will act as grand marshal of the
Tournament of Roses parade New
Years day, C. L. Anderson, acting
president of the tournament COM
mittee, announced today.
Mary Pickford acted in the same
capacity two years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20
BLOWS HIMSELF TO DEATH

PRESCOTT. Ariz.. Dec. 20 UP)-
Arnold Clement, 90. itinerant pros
pector, placed charge of dynamite
under his head and set it off. kill
ing himself instantly coroner's
jury had decided today after the
mangled body was found near a
lonely cabin.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20
PERRY LOSES AGAIN

SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 20 W.H
Vivian McGrath, Australian Davis
cup player, today defeated Fred
Perry, Great Britain, international
champion, 6-1, 6-8, 11-9 in a trian-
gular Australian British French
tennis tournament.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

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Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

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Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
HANDICAPPING THE COPS

To many other reasons for the prevail
ence of crime can be added the custom
OF dlshlng out police badges promiseuous-
~ to every Tom, Dick and Harry who
has some sort of political influence.
Happily the custom is largely confined
to large cities, and even these are becom-
ing wise to its dangers.
The comment is prompted by seeing in
coast paper picture of the diamond
studded detective leutenant's badge
which graces the portly person of Dave
Hutton
Why this particular person should
have police badge is beyond US. Yet it
Is quite possible there are thousands of
others in Los Angeles wearing honor
ary' police badges who are as little en-
titled to them as Hutton is
What does it mean to the ordinary pa
trolman pounding his beat or cruising in
radio car? He has his modest ranking.
and equally modest salary, yet he never
knows when somebody whom he has to
question in the performance of his duty
may flash 'big shot" badge on him and
not only tell him to go jump in the lake
but may even make trouble for him.
The result is the policeman is going to
think twice before he gets himself en-
tangled, tne Wearef OF the honorary
badge is placed in a privileged class and
the efficiency of law enforcement is dealt
a serious blow.
Police badges should be kept for those
who are fully entitled to wear them.
They are the hallmark of law enforce
ment, and if they are cheapened by be-
ing passed out like campaign buttons
there should be no surprise if all police
badges are treated with contempt
The honorary" badge breaks down
the morale of police department and
when the morale is gone efficiency is
gone and the criminal flourishes
-O
Another bit of good news is the official
report that Mr.. Roosevelt's health is per-
feet. The man is remarkable and we are
not trying to be funny.
-O
Wonder if that new city hall will be
hanging from the community Christmas
tree next Tuesday morning
-O
1t would be grim joke on the Los An
geles 1884 grand jury if it were indict-
ed.
Christmas sales are reported the best
since 1929. Could it be that we have
turned that corner without knowing
about it?
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20
TEN YEARS AGO
December 20. 1924

"a White Christmas at the
Seeley church is the plan Of the
committee in charge Of the pro-
gram.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

bell, I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily's Christmas stocking.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

All members of the old alfalfa as
sociation will have a meeting in the
farm bureau rooms Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years

TWENTY YEARS AGO
December 20, 1914
Friday night the senior class of
the high school presented "The
Rivals - at the opera house.
Fire did slight damage at the
Mission apartments yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December 20, 1919

A party Of oil experts are here
for the purpose Of looking over the
valley for a possible drilling site.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

A surprise party was given at the
home of Mildred Churchill last
night
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

Wonder if that new city hall will be
hanging from the community Christmas
tree next Tuesday morning
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

Christmas sales are reported the best
since 1929 Could it-be that we have
turned that corner without knowing
about it?
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

Another bit of good news is the official
report that Mr.. Roosevelt's health is per-
feet. The man is remarkable and we are
not trying to be funny.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

1t would be grim joke on the Los An
geles 1884 grand jury if it were indict-
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-20

Donald R. Richberg. new deal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-13
Chapter 2s
THE ESCAPE

rCAN'T tell how many of these A people are about" Frank went on. Come. We have just enough time to get into the jungle before daylight"
 "Fm tied" Her whisper was faint with fatigue Grahame realized that since dawn she had probably been awake.
 Grahame examined her bonds They were tied intricately. bull loosely enough not to constrict the flesh. She had free movement of her limbs, but the ropes were cunningly arranged to prevent any major ac- tivity.
 Grahame drew his clasp-knife, and made short work of the thongs.
 Janice sat erect and placed her feet upon the floor. She was dressed as he had seen her that morning, in coat, brooches, and puttees.
 Come" he said, we'll go now"
 Wait" she answered. "We cant
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leave MT. Greene. He's here some where. He was wounded a week ago and today they hit him"
 q know. But I'm afraid we can't .ake him this trip. Perhaps you don't realize, but we're in dangerous position. We have a thousand-to-one chance of getting"
 "You don't understand" she said weakly. "I will not leave here with. put him."
 Grahame had a curious sense of anger. Some of the old hurt she had dealt him revived. It seemed that in every situation this girl was to shwart him.
 Docs Greene mean so much to you then that"
 Naturally" Her tone was final with its simplicity.
 Grahame's nod was almost a bow of submission. He slipped into the corridor. He glanced at the still fig. ures of the guards; they would be unconscious for sometime yet, he decided.
 Greene was asleep when he found him. Grahame worried. for an in stant, that th> mans slight snore betrayed coneussion resulting from the blow he had received. But as the keen blade cut into the ropes. Greene started up with a fury that while it reassured the other, nearly sent him off balance.
 Easy. man!" he cautioned.
 |, I, |,
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Ias Third and Franklin. IA Front and Franklin. l-6 Front. near Ferry Way. i-6 Front, near Gross Apta. l-7 Front. opp. City Wharf. l-S Front, near Saw Mill. l-9 Front at A. J. Office. 2-1 Wiiloughby at Totcn
 Grocery.
 a-3 Willoughby. opp. Cash
 Coles Garage. 2-4 Front and Seward. 2-5 Front and Main. 2-6 Second and Main. 2-7 Fifth and Seward. 2-8 Seventh and Main. 2-9 Fire Hall. a-2 Home Boarding House. s.5 Gastineau and Rawn
 Way.
 S-4 Second and Gold. 3-5 Fourth and HarriA. 3-6 Fifth and Gold. 3-7 Fifth and East. 3-6 Seventh and Gold. 3-9 Fifth and Kennedy. s-l Ninth, back of power
 house.
 z-2 Calhoun, opp. Seav1cw
 Apts.
 4-3 Distin and Indian. 4-5 Ninth and Calhoun. i-6 Tenth and Q. 4-7 Twelfth, B.PR garage. f-e Twelfth and Willoughby <-e Home Grocery. s-l Eenter Tract
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-13
CWA'S LIFE LENGTHENED.

Passage bv Congress of the S950 OOOOO additional funds for Federal emergency relief and civil works assures the continuation of CWA for at least two and one-half months or from February l5 to May l. This is a distinct victory for President Roosevelt The issue in the Senate was not whether the sum asked for by Mir Roosevelt ought to be appropriated and the CwA kept going until May l, but whether 8 much larger sum should be appropriated and CWA transformed from a temporary agency to one more nearly permanent. From any parts Of the country, appeals have been made by responsible leaders, Gov. Lehman of New York among them, that the latter policy be adopted. The President declined to be swayed from his original position and the test of the Senate proved that he still maintains his power in that body as well as in the House.
 When the creation of the Civil works Admin stration was announced last November by the Pres- dent he gave it's objective ito put 100000 people from the list of the still unemployed back to work for the Winter months" An allotment of $400, 000000 was made from the fund already appro- priated. It estimated that it would carry the CWA through the most severe part of the Winter, and that Public Works projects would by that time be restoring many to jobs However, President Roosevelt made it plain at that time that there was good reason to believe that there would still be work for the CWA after February 15 but he made it clear that any extension would depend
  rent session More recently, he announced his inten- ton to seek additional $350000000 for CWA and $500000000 for other forms of Federal relief ac- tivlties. In the end this tentative estimate was raised to s95ooOo00o without specific reference to whether the increase for CWA the other sections of the program.
 The Presidents view, reported by Wash ngton correspondents. is that by the end of April seasonal conditions will open outdoor employment
 
 full swing. Private industry ought to be pro- gressng at a rate under MIRA codes that will take up of the slack. Burdens the Federal treasury ought to be frightened in every possible way And the discontinuance by summer, at any rate, of CWA is indicated desirable for these
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-13
Railroads on Trial.
(New York World -Telegram)
problem

The Roosevelt Administration is sincerely try ing to help the railroads help themselves.
 And even after the report of Federal Co-ordinator Joseph Eastman, Administrator of the Emergency Railroad Act, it is evident that effort is going for a while yet If finally, it doesn't work, the alternative is Government ownership and operation
 This phase of the first Eastman report just sub mitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the President, got big notices in the newspapers But as expression of MT. Eastman's opinion it wasn't
 Although he is still trying to give the railroads a break" to help them help themselves, he hasn't moved one whit from his position in favor of Government ownership and operation He ap- breaches this in practical way. He holds that the railroads are only masquerading private in- Idustry and that Government regulation goes into their most detailed operations Such a hybrid arrangement, he says, must eventually be replaced with public ownership and public operation. This the co-ordnator believes, is the inevitable result
 In this alone railroad managers will find little solace But they may be comforted by the fact that MT. Eastman finds that this is not the time for the Government to take the roads, that Gov lernment finances do not now permit it and that Government policies, regarding these and competing carriers, not yet definitely fixed.
 His further recommendation that eventually grade scale consultations might be enforced upon the carriers probably will be no more popular with the managers.
 And so, meanwhile, what?
 Meanwhile the Co-ordnator would rely chiefly upon the emergency act he is now administering. Changes may be made in that; he suggests now that it's labor restrictions are unreasonable and should be amended. He will report later and more fully on this.
 1 In our opinion, whether such changes should be made will depend not only upon business recovery but also upon whether MT. Eastman's hint that the salvage of employees should be charge against savings be worked out
 So it's still a matter of the railroads helping themselves with Government help.
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the rear of the ruin. There was an other entrance on that side. quite oYergrown.
 They climbed over the rubbish that had fallen between the portals. and found themselves within large chamber. A portion of the roof had crumbled inward making a center pile of stone blocks.
 The sky through the roofs gap, was orange with dawn. Other parts of the room seemed weathertight. The curious Marched bracing, with. out keystones, which was unique with an extinct race of Maya build CTS. was apparently intact and would stand for further centuries.
 Grahame diyested himself of his coat, and produced his food supply. Each seemed conscious of the most vital business in hand. First of all they must have food and rest. Later they could discuss their circumstan. ces, and tho events that had brought them together in this ominous situ. ation.
 They consumed their meal in si. lence. Greene rolled his last bit oi meat in a fragment of tortilla and remarked that he could do with 8 glass of beer, large one preferably, but lacking that, half a gallon oi spring water would do.
 The other man looked at him sar. donically.
 When the Governor of North Carolina made his classic remark to his political neighbor." Frank ob- served, he surely had Yucatan ir mind. With luck we'll get little water about four o'clock this after noon, when it rains. The wider you can stretch your mouth the more you'll get"
 MT. Greene looked a trace discon certed.
 T don't like you" he said, and resting his head against a stone, he slept.
 But Janice and Grahame had toe much to discuss for sleep. He avoided most carefully any mention of their last interview in Hollywood. He gave as his sole reason for com. ing to this country his conviction that his friend. the lost flyer Lang. ton. had fallen somewhere within this jungle.
 fcosvisht, 1054. 5t Rs,6srt Jensen)
 Tomorrow. terrible fate befaIIs
 the party.
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The Direct Primary.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

Cincinnati Enquirer)
 Growing dissatisfaction with the results of the direct primary for nomination of party candidates appears likely to to head in Ohio this year. Like many another device of democracy, it has not fulfilled the hopes that pinned it by the idealstic reforners of the 1890's when multitude of innovations set in motion Having failed of its purpose in large measure, the direct primary should be abandoned
 When the direct primary system undertaken, its sponsors asserted that the convention system 'undemocratic," that it gave the voters only two choices for any office compelling him to select one Iof the party choices, that it promoted machine politics and the buying of offices In contrast, they said the primary would enable the voting public to choose it's officers from larger field would do away with the domination of party machines and would prevent the capture of high office by wealthy men solely through their wealth.
 After several decades it is clear that the direct primary has not lived up to the promises made for lit. While it has done away with some of the abuses of the convention system, it has led to new abuses, perhaps more serious. It prevents many able men from seeking office, because it forces the candidate to campaign actively and curry favor with party rank and file. It is costly for the public involving additional elections with their numberess officials to be paid
 It has not prevented machine politics. but rather has fallen into the hands of political machines, and it is notorious that the machine vote is the dominating vote-often nearly the only vote-in a primary. Not only has the primary not prevented machine domination, but it has allowed party ma chimes to evade responsibility for their work The party organizations will not take responsibility for nominees made by popular vote as it will for nominees chosen by the party in convention.
 This is the decisive argument for abolition of the primary. Under a system in which political parties have the clear undivided responsibility for their choices, higher level of ability among nomi nees might be expected and new willingness among able men to stand for office. No longer forced to ,@a+tY O1,f, ;r +1 win nomination, these less blatant but useful men might be induced to accept partys nomina- tion. The time is ripe for reconsideration of this problem.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-13
GODDESS
by Herberf Jensen

looking about him with the ut most curiosity, and. it seemed to Grahane, with little dismay. Grahame remembered that the man had been carried to this height while unconscious.
 1t spoke volumes in praise for MT. Grcene's poise that his expression betrayed so little consternation.
 They began the descent, with the eastern sky splitting into streaks of saffron. Grahame led the way, with Janice following. and Greene bring up the rear. Greene moved slowly, his fingers gripping at the rough stone steps with the nervous anxiety of a man unaccustomed to height.
 They skirted the rocky ledge about the pit. Janice gazed at it's sullen depths with frank wonderment, while Mr. Greene, after one quick glance, ayerted his eyes and stum- bled after them with quickened pace.
 They reached Grahame's hiding place, breathless from their haste, and paused.
 q think" observed Grahame, "that it would be safer to keep on for a mile, until we are well into the stsny country just below. We can double back and hide in the small ruin" He gestured with his arm.
 rEHEY continued onward. After \ little while Grahame bore to the right, returning in rough circle to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-13
% YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY B. 1914
From The Empire


 B. F. Watson, Alaska agent for the Pacific Alaska Navigation com- pany announced the transfer of Alaska headquarters of the com pany from Seward to Juneau. Rob- ert Mccarthy, of Tacoma, who was to be assistant to MT. Watson and would have charge of the Juneau office. The new offices were to be opened as soon as furniture could be installed. Quarters had been secured in the Valentine build ing with H. R. Shepard and Son, who would be ticket agents for the company.
 The Seventh Annual Grand Ball of the Juneau Fire Department had passed into history as one of the most brilliant affairs ever under taken by the organization. On the previous evening the Elks' hall was a crush Of happy people from both sides of the Channel and all had marvellous time.
 The Juneau basketball team re- turned from a triumphant journey to the ancient capital of Alaska, where they met and defeated the Sitka Athletic club basketball team. They reported being royalty enter tained by the Sitka team.
 The weather for the previous 24 hours had been cloudy with snow The maximum temperature had been B degrees above zero and the minimum 28.
 w G. Beattie, superintendent of Indian schools for Southeast Alas ka, was to leave for Metlakatla on a trip of inspection
 Encouraged by the recent thaw, baseball fans were beginning to sit up and take notice. Already Ju- neau had a winning team in em- bryo, provided things got off right at the start According to one old fan, What Treadwell did for Douglas last season, the Alaska Gastineau company should do for Juneau this season, then we would have a chance to win. Treadwell and the Alaska -Gastineau both have lot of college chaps that know the game and like to play it"
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HRAHAME turned his head and NJ found Janice just behind him.
 "l think" she said. T heard noises of some kind. They seemed far away"
 From below answered Grahame. Noise floats upward. It's about time the city below is awakening. We have no time to lose" They stole into the corridor, made the turn past the burning recepta. cle. and out before the great stone altar. It was then that Grahame made the discovery that about the base was heaped many kinds of food, chiefly cereals and meats, some raw, some cooked.
 It was the odor of these foods that had aecentuated his sense of hun, ger He grasped great handfulls and stuffed them into the wide slits of his khaki coat. He felt immensely .cheered.
 "A break for us." he whispered.
 Janice smiled wanly. Greene was
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recovery was apparently well started by the - Federal Reserve open-market purchases,
 which revived prices and business from May
 to September, 1882. The effort was not kept
 up and recovery stopped by various
 circumstances including the political cam
 pagn of fear"
 It would have been still easier to have
 prevented the depression altogether. In
 fact in my opinion, this would have been
 done had Governor Strong of the Federal
 Reserve Bank of New York lived or had
 his policies been embraced by other banks
 and the Federal Reserve Board and pursued
 consistently after his death In that case
 there would have been nothing worse than
 the first crash. We would have had the
 debt disease but not the dollar disease-the
 bad cold but not the pneumonia.
 Prof Fisher is convinced, however, that the go standard would have had to be abandoned modified (by devauation) in order to have avoide depression He arrives at this conclusion by u process of reasoning: With the go standard as of 1929, the price levels of the tin could not have been maintained indefinitely in u face of: the scramble for gold due to the cor tinued extension of the gold standard to incluc nation after nation, the increasing volume of trad and the prospective insufficiency of the wor gold supply
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-13

There's one thing, at least, that even the sever est critic will have to chalk up in favor of repeal It's keeping bay rum almost exclusively on the outside of the face again. Boston Herad)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-13
BLOND A New Serial

SYNOPSIS. Frdnk Grdhdme. explorer i,i the 1ciids of Yucdtdm searchin0 tor Bili Ldn0ton miss iuQ dUiqtor. fNst has found the 0irl he toreS Jdnice Kent the mouie star. imDrtsoned dt the toD Of q Nauqu DUrdmid She nfth Dnrtu from HOlluUood has come into the inn qle to mqke q Mericdn Diciure. and hds fdiieH into the hdHds of the sHbleUGdos