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Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
sDon't Quote Me'
by United Press

farmers in the grasshopper areas
would plant their fields before May
IS, the hopper larvae would be bur-
led alive and for keeps.
The business of being polite to
congressional visitors at PWA head
quarters these days isn't as rushing
as it used to be. The reason?
The moneys all gone, all $780,
100000 that congress allotted in tho
first place for PWA building activi-
ties.
Delegations OF congressman SEEK
ing further allotments for their
states therefore have dwindled from
dozens daily to one or two. Secre-
tary Harold L. IckeS' office has Its
stock answer down pat for the
struggling requesters:
Sorry but we haven't any mo-
ney." ," =.
The lobbyists and the lawyers who
used to swarm through the vast In
terror department, meantime, also
have dwindled, but for an entirely
different reason.
They're afraid of Ickes.
He has declared half a dozen such
gentleman persona non grata at the
department. Ii there's anything
which ruins lobbyists career, it Ia
when an official publicly utters that
Latin phrase in his connection.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
RESENT CUT
BY SHIPPERS

A complaint from members of the
Vegetable Packers Association that
certain shippers had cut the wages
for washing carrots from As to 25
cents per hour was submitted to the
County Central Labor Council at
it's meeting last night. The council
was asked to assist in investigating
this matter and to attempt to avoid
an open break between the shippers
and the association over the ques-
ton.
Communications were read from
Simon Lubin and w. J. French,
thanking the council for its en-
dorsement given the report Of the
regional labor board saying that
they felt it was necessary that an
entirely different attitude of mind
toward problems in Imperial Valley
must be generated before these can
be solved satisfactorily.
1t was with regret that the coun-
Gil learned of the agreement reached
between the shippers and the Mexi-
can field workers union, and the
council felt that these workers
should be shifted into the American
Federation Of Labor unions as rap
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
SCHOOL ELECTIONS TOMORROW

Two school elections are to be held in
FL Centro tomorrow, at which a trustee
will be chosen for the Ell Centro gram
mar school district and two trustees for
Central Union high school district.
Despite the fact that much of the tax
dollar is spent for educational purposes,
school elections invariably draw out an
extremely small vote.
Citizens generally do not take the time
or trouble to 60 to the polls, notwith-
standing the fact that many of them
have children in the schools and for this
account alone, if for no other, should
have lively interest in all that pertains
to schools. They certainly should be in
terested enough to express their opinion
as to who shall conduct their school af-
fairs for them.
The citizen who refuses to go to the
polls to vote at a school election, is gen.
orally the one who is most dissatisfied
when something arises in the schools of
which he does not approve. Then he
yells to high heaven and wonders why
something can't be done about it, for
getting that he himself must share the
blame if undesirable conditions are Gre
ated because he was too lazy or too in
different to cast his ballot.
Even many who read this, will ignore
the urge to do their duty as citizens and
residents of the community and will fail
TO visit the polls tomorrow, yet it is as
much newspapers duty to give the re-
minder, even while it may know it will be
largely ignored as it would be if it knew
all who read would heed the reminder.
There are three candidates for the high
school board, Dorsey G. Whitelaw,
Charles E. Sones and Leo Madlem (not
Leo Madden as been confused in some
minds). Messrs. Whitelaw and Sones
have given years of service on the high
school board and have taken an active in
terest in developing it into one of the best
institutions of its kind in Southern Cali
fornia. They are sincerely interested in
improving the school in every way con-
sistent with consideration for the tax
payer and have served the high school
and the community unselfishly. Mr..
Maiden has children attending the high
school and naturally has the welfare of
that institution at heart.
E. E. Clements and w. "A. Tondro are
candidates for trustee of the grammar
school district. The latter is at present
member and clerk of the board and
seeks reelection. Mr.. Clements has child
rem in the schools and as a good citizen
and taxpayer, is willing to do his share
in fostering the city's educational pro-
gram. He has not hitherto held public
office, is not aligned with any clique or
faction and is interested solely in what
ever will help to improve the city's pub
lie school system.
Voting places in the city will be at the
high school for the high school election,
with the polls open from a. m. until 7
p. m. and at Wilson school for the gram
mar school election, the polls being also
open from a. m. until p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
GROWLER

After Uncle Wiggily had put OIL
his hat and his fur coat, for the
wind was blowing cold, as it often
does in March. the rabbit gentle
man said to his wife:
rs there any maple sugar left?'
"Oh. yes, many large chunks" "
answered Mrs. Longears. But why.
Wiggy," she asked. "do you want
maple sugar as you are going out to
look for adventures? For you are
going adventuring, aren't you?"
"Oh, yes" Uncle Wiggily replied.
81 hope to have very jolly ad-
venture today. For one thing I am
going to call on Mr.. and Mrs. Robin,
in the old barn. Then I'll hop along
and see what happens next
But what about the maple Su-
gar?" the rabbit gentleman's wife
wanted to know. why do you want
, to take some with you?"
II can't come along to bake pam
cakes" said Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuz-
zy, the muskrat lady houSekeeper,
as she took the dust rag off her
tail, where she always tied it tc
clean the piano. 80 why do yol
want maple sugar on an adventure
trip, I can't imagine, Mr.. Longears.
II only wish you could come along
to bake pancakes for me so coulc
shave up maple sugar and sprinkle
it on them" said the bunny uncle
l"But I know that can't be done. ST.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

WASHINGTON, March 30. =
Grasshoppers, which are no joke in
the state where they do their hop
ping, seem to be extra athletic this
year, and hence extra dangerous.
Entomologists claim that this
years grasshoppers are so husky as
to be close relations to the Rocky
Mountain locusts, which brought
havoc to the western countryside
go years ago.
The 1884 model grasshopper, they
say, is good hopper an da strong
flyer, capable of destroying all plant
life for miles around.
Unless something is done quick,
the entomologists say the hoppers
will infest 100000 acres in 27
counties in eight states-North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Wy
oming, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ne
braska and Idaho.
The agriculture department, con-
sequently,. plans to spend a larger
chunk of the $2,354,893 anti-grass-
hopper fund appropriated by con-
greSS.
The money will go for arsenic,
molasses and bran, which is sure
death for grashoppers Wnen spread
on the ground where they hop.
The department says, however, II
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
BEDTIME STORIES
ways the daddies who do the chirp-
BY HOWARD Z. GARRIS
Copyright, 1884 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

ways the daddies who do the chirp-
ing.
Here is treat for you," said Un-
Gle Wiggily, leaving some crumbs of
maple sugar for the birds on an old
wheel-barroW in the barn.
"Oh, how kino you are" peeped
Mrs. Robin. First you bring us a
loaf of Nurse James raisin bread
and now you bring sugar"
We'll, I have plenty of it, spoke
the gentleman rabbit. II thought
might get hungry while adventur-
ing in the woods today and there is
nothing better tor hunger than a
piece of maple sugar"
He talked a little longer with the
robin birds and then hoped along
| to see what he could find in the way
of adventure. All of a sudden, as
Mr.. Longears was hopping along,
he heard a growing noise coming
from within big tree near which
he stopped for rest.
"Ha! This tree must be hollow
and therei S growler inside" said
the rabbit gentleman to himself. II
hope it isn't one of the growing
Bad Chaps
| Then the rabbit gentleman re-
membered that neither the Fox, the
Wolf nor the Bob Cat lived in a
hollow tree. Each one had a den in
the deep, dark, dismal woods.
"Gurra! Gurra! Gurra!" came the
growing voice from within the hol-
low tree.
"Oh, it must be Bear!" said Un-
Gle Wiggily aloud.
"Yes, I am a Bear!" was the
growing reply. And 1 am cross
old Bear with sore nose. I am just
waking up from my long Winter
sleep and I am hungry. AS soon as
get out am going to nibble you!
"Oh, myl This might as we'll bt
one Of the Bad Chapsl' thought
poor Uncle Wiggily. He started tc
run away but before he could take
more than two hops, out of the hol-
low tree came bursting the Bear. He
caught the rabbit gentleman by his
ears and looked hungrily at him.
"Oh, don't nibble me! Nibblc
thisl" said Uncle Wiggily. He thrust
a chunk of maple sugar into the
Bears mouth. And when the hun
CRY Bear had chewed and tastec
this delicious sweet he stuck out his
tongue and growled:
! "More More! Morel" So Uncle
Wiggily gave the Bear lot OF
maple sugar and then the shaggy
creature wasn't hungry any more
and he let the rabbit gentleman go
Uncle Wiggily said it was a gooc
thing he had brought the sugar with
him. He had little left for himself
Tomorrow, if the letter @ viii
jump out of bed tail first and tickle
the gas stove under the chin, II
tell you about Uncle Wiggily anc
the net.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
He cou4ht TIE cobbitl

am just going to take some chunks
of the brown maple sugar in my
pocket and when get hungry / will
nibble on them. Sugar is food,
you know"
"Yes, know" said Mrs. LongearS,
And while you are nibbling the
maple sugar, Wiggy, take care that
none of the Bad Chaps nibbles you" i"
"I1l be careful" promised Mr..
Longears.
Nurse Jane brought him some
chunks of the sugar Uncle Wiggily
had made from tree sap. as I have
told you. Then he hoped away.
Over the fields and through the
woods Uncle Wiggily hoped. Soon
he saw the old barn where Mr.. and
Mrs. Robin had taken shelter until
the weather should be warm enough
for them to start building their nest
and Matching out their baby birds
from the eggs colored so prettily
blue and with such dainty spots on
them.
"Oh. hello, Uncle Wiggily!" sang
Mr.. Robin, as he saw the rabbit
gentleman come hopping along.
Glad to see you!' and Mr.. Robin
sang: "Cheer up! Cheer up! Cheer
up"
Mrs. Robin didn't sing. For one
thing she couldn't. 1t is only the
gentleman birds who sing. Mother
birds are always so busy OF course
in some lands the mother birds may
sing, but around Woodland it is al
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

the young convict must die for
Joining in the murder of Policeman
Jack Crowley in 1882.
Judge Schauer held that Rolph
acted beyond his jurisdiction when
he commuted Green's sentence,
January 4. In granting the motion
of John Oliver. deputy district at
torney, the jurist based his action
on a provision of the state conSti-
tuition. which reads:
Neither the governor nor the
legislature has power TO pardon or
commute sentences, where a con-
yict has twice been convicted of a
felony, except on the written rec
ommendation of majority of the
justices of the supreme court
The original sentence was SuS-
tanned by the state supreme court
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
Near Solution Of
French OutrageS

PARIS, March 20. W.P)-Officials
Of the, Surete general, the French
Scotland Yard, questioned three
members of the Paris underworld
today, believing they approached a
solution of the Staying Magistrate
Albert Prince, the sensational muir
der climaxed by the Stavisky bank
ing scandal that almost brought
about a new French revolution.
Prince was chief investigating
magistrate in the Stavisky scandal
He was killed the night before he
was to give testimony calculated to
blast the careers of score of prom
inent public men.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
ACTOR GIVES SWEDEN HOME

STOCKHOLM U.P)-The Stock
holm home of AnderS de Wahl,
Swedens most celebrated actor, was
donated by the artist to the city as
a future maven for some deserving
thespian. The donation was made on
De Wallis 65th birthday. His home
is located on the top floor of pa
trician house on fas iona b e
Strandvagen, and is filled with rare
objects from all over the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
Schools To Be
Closed Friday

Schools of the city, both elemen-
tary and high school. will be closed
tomorrow for the Good Friday OBJ
servance.
c. B. Collins, county superintend-
ent of schools, states that many of
the county schools are closing also,
the matter being one for the indi-
yidual school boards to decide.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
REPAIR DELAWARE DYKES

PHILADELPHIA U.P - Dykes
which have protected the industrial
section along the Delaware River
south of Philadelphia for 200 years
are being repaired with funds pro-
vided by the Civil Works Admins
tration and the State of Pennsyl-
yania.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
GREEN ND00MED
To GALLOWS

LOS ANGELES, March %. U.H-
The shadow of the gallows again
fell across Jack D. Green, police
killer today with a local superior
court judge overriding Governor
Rolph IS communication Of sentence.
Setting aside the governor IS exc
cutive order that first spared Green
from the gallows last June Is,
Judge B. Rey Schauer decreed that
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

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Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

idly as possible. 1t was pointed out
that such unions as the ones now
in existence have been tried during
the past 10 years in the valley, and
their breakdown during a crisis fur
nished so-calleo agitators with COM
pletely organized groups prepared to
be taken over by means of a few
flowery promises.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

The first full carload of sewing
machines ever shipped into Imper-
ial reached here today.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

Grape growers in Kern county
are placing tanglefoot in their
vineyards to control cut worms
which are expected to be numer-
Gus.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

without dissenting opinion. Scha-
uer considered Green a two-time
loser because in addition to the
murder charge, he was convicted Of
burglary in the same case.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Brewer, Jr.,
and their children will leave tomor-
row morning for Escondido where
they will make their future home.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
TEN YEARS AGO
March 20. 1924

Charles E. Scott was elected the
new head of the Associated Cham
bers Of Commerce at the annual
and business meeting held last
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

Mr.. Roosevelt must know now that the
honeymoon is really over. Congress is
congress after all.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

Grapefruit rinds are said to be source
of perfume-and grapefruit juice is
great eVeWaSh.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

Admiral Byrd is lucky. He plans to
sit by himself in hut at the South Pole
for eight months. No airmail squabble,
no politicians, no reds or Communists
-gad, what an ideal existence.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March % 1914

The last of the series of after
noon card parties to be held by the
Woman's Ten Thousand club will
take place Saturday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

In addition to several hundred mental
ly unbalanced school teachers, New
York is said to have policemen subject to
fits. We never realized before just how
bad New York really is.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
RECOGNIZING GOOD FRIDAY

Churches of the city will observe Good
Friday tomorrow and extend a cordial
invitation to members of the various de-
nominations, or who profess no particu-
lar faith, to attend the devotons.
Imperial Valley generally has been
lax in according to Good Friday the dig
nifty and respect extended to it in all
parts of the country and indeed through
out the world
Good Friday is a holy day for all
Christian denominations and not for anv
particular sect. States and municipali-
ties and secular organizations of all sorts
elsewhere, recognize Good Friday as a
day that should be set apart and lend
their support to its proper observance.
Here in Imperial Valley we have drift
ed into most undesirable degree of lax
ity concerning Good Friday, blame for
which is difficult to place Social func-
tions, athletic events, public meetings and
other activities which are frowned upon
in other places not only for Good Friday
but throughout Holy Week, have been
held here in the past.
1t is only fair to state that much of
this Is due to ignorance or forgetfulnesS,
which after all are only human failings
and that it is not inspired by any spirit
of irreverance California judges have
set execution dates in good faith, only to
be embarrassed and sincerely regretful
when they learned that the date set was
Good Friday. Always the date has been
changed, as it should be. Likewise when
the undesirability of holding secular af-
fairs on Good Friday has been pointed
out, those planning them have been quick
to change and have been uniformly glad
to do so. ...--...-. ...
1t is too much to expect. complete
revolution in the valleys attitude toward
Good Friday and Holy Week. The change
has been made however, and will develop
in strength in the future. The lead has
been taken by the churches, and on them
and their congregations will depend
the rapidity with which the most momen-
tous episode in Christendom will be CIV
en- the respect and dignity to which it is
entitled. If they are vigorous they will
find the great bulk of the people, non
church members as we'll as the faithful,
anxious to cooperate with them.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29

Eugene Walters play, "Th
Wolf" comes to the Holt opera
house tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-29
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March 20, 1919
Through taking the matter up
with Congressman William Kettner,
the Ell Centre Chamber of Com
merce hopes to secure a better tele-
phone service with San Diego.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
TROLLEY CHANGE
Project BACKED
Chevy Chase Unit Also Re-
ceives Scout Troop
Charter.
pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BETHESDA. Md, April PRO-
posed Improvements to Wisconsin ave-
nue. from the District line to Bradley
lane will be facilitated and accom-
plished at less cost to the county II
the street car tracks are eliminated,
the Citizens Association of Section 8,
Chevy Chase, declared in resolution
passed last night.
The group recommended the re-
moval of the tracks and the substi-
tuition Of bus service for trolley serv-
ice. provided that rates and sched-
ules are maintained as favorable as
those which prevail at present in the
street car and bus service combined"
Committee Gets Motion.
A discussion as to the necessity of
placing a stop sign at the intersection
Of Leland avenue, Elm street and
Willow lane resulted In a motion to
refer this matter to the Safety Com
mittee, of which E. A. Drake Is chair
man, with power to take such action
as it sees fit.
Forty-one new members we're Sc
cured in the recent drive made by
the association. w. F. Henry, chair
man of the Membership Committee,
reported
Evening star., 1934-04-08
RELIEF CHANGES
IN future SEEN
Frances Perkins Declares
Improvement Was Made
in 1888.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 7.-Adequacy of
relief proceedings improved vastly In
1898, said Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins in an article contributed to a
survey on social change and the new
deal, but she added:
Few who have been In touch with
the way in which the unemployed
have been assisted during recent years
will favor a return to similar methods
of care in future periods Of de-
preston"
Her article was one of IL in the
survey published by the University Of
Chicago Press.
Relief in the future, Secretary Per-
kins said, should continue to be CO.
ordinated with programs for increased
employment under satisfactory con-
ditions of labor and wages; national
cooperation should help maintain To-
cal relief units equipped to provide
aid on a self-respectins basis to the
INDECENT.
"In the future" the Labor Secre-
tary wrote, I'VE should make quite
different provisions for unemployment
and relief. Early establishment of
some form of unemployment reserves
or insurance in the various States
Evening star., 1934-04-08

a loop. possible around z, Ninth and
g streets
Service to Anacostia would be pro-
yided through another proposed
change. A street car line now operates
from Tenleytown to First and D
streets southeast, this terminus being
one block distant from the Anacostia
line. 1t is proposed that these lines
be connected and that cars operate
from Tenleytown to Anacostia, with
q routing past Union Station.
=. Cars now operating along Four-and-
A-half street southwest now come
from the Georgia avenue line. Some
OF the Georgia avenue cars do not go
to the Southwest section. The i'm
mediate proposal Is for substitution
Of buses for service on -Four -and-a-
half street southwest.
Later, however, after the general re-
routing plans are completed, the COM
mission will consider substitution of a
bus line for the present LeDroit Park
street car line and the Four -anda-
half street line. The IeDroit Park
cars now terminate at the Treasury.
One argument for using busses on the
LeDroit Park line is that its tracks
now are in poor condition and re-
placement would involve heavy cost.
The suggestion for later develop
n1ent of a p street cross-toWn bus
line. it is said would be tied in with
a proposal for abandoning the P
street car lines from Wisconsin avenue
to Dupont Circle. There is now bus
line travelling through that section
The Wisconsin avenue street cars.
under such a plan. would be routed
through M street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Street car interests formerly have
opposed elimination of the P street
tracks, but that was prior to merger.
when plans were being considered for
the new P Street Bridge, it is ex-
planned.
Evening star., 1934-04-08

through the three stages of the next
generation-the larvae, the nymphs
and the egg-laying insects. All of these
retain enough of 1t to kill guinea pigs.
Presumably they can pass it on to
rabbits. who, in turn, can pass it on
to other ticks.
The tick itself is immune to spotted
fever. 1t merely acts as a carrier. But
during the nymph stage. the Public
Health Service experiments show, it
sometimes is killed itself by the tulare-
mia virus. The experiments are re-
ported by Cornelius B. Philip. asso-
ciate entomologist, and William l..
Jellisop. associate bacteriologist of the
Public Health Service staff.
Evening star., 1934-04-08

should be stimulated so that a sys-
tematic, honorable method will be
available to tide over a slump period
for those who want work and lack 1t.
Industry builds up reserves for pay
ment Of dividends during lean years,
and it should be expected to provide
supplementary compensation to be
paid workers out of jobs through no
fault of their own"