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Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09
BY HENRY McLEMORE

Un1tcd freSS SIdf1 correspondent
NEW YORK, March g. Now if
you III get out your states and PEN
ellis. teacher will give you further
evidence that betting in the Ken
lucky derby winter books is strict
ly a suckers paStime, and that
matching quarters with the we'll
dressed stranger in Grand Central
station is twice as profitable. AT
least, the stranger is likely to give
you a dime for carfare home.
Today's lesson is all arithmetic
and involves such intricate man
euvers as long and short division,
addition, subtraction, and fraction
ing, proper and improper My source
book in the preparation for this
lecture was the attractive gray
booklet issued by Churchill Downs,
and which records the history of
the race since its inception in 1875
when Aristides, with Jockey Lewis
up, beat out Volcano and Verdigris
in driving finish.
The race hasn't missed a run
ming since then. For 40 conSecu-
tive years the noble stcedS have
paraded to the post and broken
from the barrier with the hopes
and bankrollS of thousands riding
with them During that span
from Aristides to Brokers Tip
6,052 three-year-olds were nominat-
ed. But-and I'm finally getting
down to my subject-but SIS, OF on
ly one out of every 10 and fraction
H.
5,479 were languishing in the barn
when the bugle sounded And Ian
gushing with them was the money
bet on them in the winter books.
So you see, your chances of even
getting a starter is something like
l to TO- And as for your chances
of getting Winner-well, about the
same, I'd say, as Dillinger getting
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09
Weich Funeral
Here Saturday

Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie
WEIGH who died Wednesday morn
ing at the home of her son, Joseph
Wright Of Meloland, will be held
tomorrow afternoon, 2:30 o'clock
from the funeral chapel of B. E.
Lemons.
Survivors of Mrs Welch besides
her son, Joseph Wright, are: a
brother, Isaac Murphy, of Iowa;
son, Earl Wright of Murtaugh,
Idaho; and a daughter, Mrs. H.
C. Colman OF Oakland.
Interment will be in Evergreen
cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09
Trojans-Huskies
Battle For Title

LOS ANGELES, March 8. U.P)-
The University of WaShinton Hus-
kies will renew their bid for the
Pacific coast conference basketball
championship tonight when they
meet the University of Southern
California quintet on the floor of
the Olympic auditorium in the first
of a two, or possibly three-gamc
series.
The Huskies have won only one
coast title although winning seven
northern division championships in
the past II years and that fact
more than any other relegated them
to the position of unGerdogs in to-
night IS battle.
Two victories are needed to quail
fly for the championship. The sec
ond game will be played tomorrow
night and the third if it is re-
quired will be played Monday
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09
Court OF Honor
Next Thursday

Announcement of the next Court
of Honor for Scouts in the FL
Centro district is made today, the
court to be held on Thursday
evening, March Is, at 7:30 o'clock
in the Wilson school auditorium.
Tuesday is the night on which
the Court of Honor is usually
held but due to the fact that
the building will be in use that
night, the meeting has been post
poned.
Ventura county for the second
year won the prize for having the
highest percentage Of it's farmers
members of the farm bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09

Better Business Bureau of New
York City,
New York City, N. Y.
Gentlemen:
In connection with our campaign
to prevent the fraudulent sales
of worthless land in Imperial coun-
ty we have been notified OF the
transfer of 40 acres in Section 10,
township 9, range 9, by VIM. r.
Robson to Theron r. Lyle and
Bertha M. Lyle of 1923, 124th ST.,
Richmond Hill, N. Y. Acknow-
Judgement was taken before Louis
D. Meyer, notary public of New
York county.
The purchase price of this land
was $4,000. The land is on a rocky
point in the northwest corner of
Imperial county where there is no
water available and no possibility
Of obtaining water for irrigation
or other purposes. The land is
barren and gravelly and would not
| be suited to agriculture even were
; water available. This organization
| and other civic and commercial
bodies in California have beer
/ fighting the sales of similar lant
for years.
In order to protect your resi-
! dents from further purchases o1
this worthless land we would sug-
gest that you investigate the ac-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09
A. B. w. Club To
Play Hollywood

The local A. B. C. baseball team
which has been playing great ball
here this season will travel to Riv-
erside next Sunday where they will
play the Hollywood Stars who are
training at that city.
On the following Sunday the
Hollywood A. B. c. baseballers will
play the locals here. 1t was stated
here today that the Hollywood team
is composed of wimen who are ex-
perts in the national pastime.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09
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LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY

Fair and continued warm tonight
and Saturday; with low humidity;
gentle to moderate winds from the
interior
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09

The University of Idaho won
grand champion carload of lambs
at the Ogden show on Southdowns.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09

Several farmers in Douglas coun-
ty, Oregon, contemplate installing
systems this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09
LOCAL TEMPERATURES

data compiled by Howard En-
mons, local observer for the United
States weather bureau.
Maximum yesterday ........................85
Minimum today Observation-Disclosures.
Reading at Noon Today
Temperature .-........................... 80
Humidity
Reading at a. m. Today
Temperature ................................. As
Humidity 48
Reading at p. m Yesterday
Temperature rs
Humidity "a
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-09

The Imperial Valley Press Is
glad to publish each day one
full text letter received by Or
sent from Ell Centre Chamber
of Commerce, to acquaint the
citizens of FL Centro with the
work, detectives and accom-
pIishments of that organization
in behalf of Ell Centre and I'm
periaD Valley.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
VET AUXILIARY
ORGANIZED

Mrs. Katherine west of Ports
mouth, Va, president of the Vir-
ginia United Spanish-War Veterans
Auxiliary, mustered in the newly
formed auxiliary of Alexandria
last night.
Other officials present included
Mrs. Mammie B. Schmidth. ma
tional president; Mrs. Carrie E.
Nolan, national secretary; Mrs.
Ethel Cummings, Mrs. Grace
Byrne and Miss Gretta Ludwig,
all of the national office; Mrs.
Katherine Dintner, department
president of the District of Co.
lumbia, and her chief of staff,
Mrs. Margaret Burns.
The national president installed
the officers of the Alexandria
chapter, including Miss Lucy
Graves, president: Mrs. John w.
Hillery, senior vice president; Mrs.
James E. King, junior vice presi-
dent Mrs. j. w. Travers, chap
lain MRS. w. M. King, secretary:
Mrs. T. B. Cochran, treasurer;
Mrs. Mary Belew, patriotic in
Structor; Mrs. Helen Williams,
historian; Mrs. Margaret Tyler,
conductor; Mrs. Edith Mumford,
Mrs. Mary Priest, guards; Mrs.
Charles ShepperSon, reporter;
Mrs. Effie Dickerson, color bearer.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
WALLACE GIVES
SUIT VERSION

Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace today gave his version
of the manner in which United
States Deputy Marshal E. Norris
Becker attempted to serve him
with q subpoena on a Pennsyl-
vania Railroad train in Odenton,
Md, Tuesday night.
Mr.. Wallace said he was asleep
In a lower berth on his way to
Chautauqua, N. Y, but remem-
bers tossing the papers" back to
the. marshal twice.
The subpoena was in connec-
ton with q suit by the Royal
Farms Dairy, of Baltimore, to
prevent the AAA from inspecting
it's books.
There were "four of 'em" at
tempting to serve the papers,
Secretary Wallace said. One, he
declared, told him:
"When you get to Baltimore,
I'm going to notify the sheriff
to take you Off"
The threat was not carried
out. Secretary Wallace says he
does not know whether the Off
GERS were Republicans or Demo
Gratis.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
.MRS.RO0SEVEE7
SEES BEREA

BEREA, KY, July 7 G.NS).
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in
spected Berea college campus
here today before resuming the
autoIpobile vacation tour which
takes her to Lexington, KY, this
afternoon for an address.
She evinced keen interest In
the unique mountain college
which has become famed for its
development of handicraft and
its system of student self-main-
tenance.
With her were Miss Nancy
Cook and Miss Mary Dickerman,
of Hyde Park, N. Y. The party,
with Mrs. Roosevelt at the wheel,
arrived last night after an all
day drive from Norris, Tenn.
DR.. w. j. Hutchins, president of
Berea College, was host at dinner
to Mrs. Roosevelt last night and
personally escorted her over the
campus today. DR.. Hutchins is
the father of Dr. Robert HutchinS,
president of the University of Chi
cago.
Mrs. Roosevelt speaks at Lex
ington at the request of DR.. Frank
L. McVey, president of the Uni
versity of Kentucky, to the stu
dents at the summer session. Her
associates indicated she may con-
tinue on to Chicago.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
COMPLAINING
GROUP USAGE

Plans for utilization of the
organizations of young Republi.
cans, in the various states, will be
formulated at a meeting in Chi
cago, July 10 and II, the Republi-
can National Committee an.
nounced today.
Henry P. Fletcher, national
chairman, will meet with a sub.
committee headed by John Ham
ilton of Topeka, Kans., and in.
cluding Harrison Spangler, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and Mrs. Manley l..
FoSseen, Minneapolis. Justus L.
Johnson, Illinois state chairman,
and representatives of the various
young Republican groups also will
participate in the meeting.
Mr.. Fletcher will go to Chicago
from jackson, Mich, where cere-
monies will be held tomorrow in
observance of the 80th anniver
sary of the birth of the Republi-
can party.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
John D. Sr., Well and Happy,
To Be 95 Tomorrow

early this week, but it wasn't Seri,
Gus and he is all right today-con-
Sidering his age.
His personal physician, DR.. Rob-
ert Buerman, of Lakewood, ex-
presses no fear for his health, but
says he, must have no excitement
or undue physical exercise, that's
why he has had to give up golf.
"In Good Shape"
John D." hasn't played golf,
his favorite game, this year. Not
many years back he played nine
holes a day. Gradually he cut
the distance down to seven holes,
then five, and finally three holes
to avoid fatigue.
Now his only form of recreation
is occasional automobile rides
within his estate here.
DR.. Buerman told international
News Service today:
Considering his advanced age
he is in good shape. He is go
ing along much as usual except
that he has given up golf"
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
Wy Own Story"
/by MARIE DIRE SSLER

l slept on! In fact, the souve-
mir hunters have long ago
whitfield away all traces of my
ancestral domain. Huh!
whiting
Well, I did some whiting
myself. One of my first jobs
was to whittle away my name,
which isn't any better if you
pronounce it Lie-la or Lee-la-
it's still Leila and sounds like
a sick flower smells. Koerber,
the massive stick that propred
it up, had too unbending q
look for a stage aspirant, SO
long before I reached the pleas
ant noon of IL years, I an
nounced to my a st o nj n e d
family that I was purloining
the name of a German aunt.
Two years later I dumb
founded them by answering q
newspaper want column writ
ten by Emma Nevada's brother
advertising for an actress!
Imagine! I had worn angel
wings at all the church socials
so I sent him word that I was
just what he was looking for
and, since I asked less than
SIS a week to play any and all
(Continued on Page 4, Col. y
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
|C.kES. ASSA|L5
OFFICE DRONES

Government workers may loaf
generally during warm weather,
play dominos instead Of work,
dream in an inclined position
with feet on desks, read, doze,
and otherwise while away long
hours, but not in the Interior
Building.
Incensed at results of a persona.
tour of inspection which revealed
many executives absent and their
aides engaged in every sort OF
occupation but work, Secretary
Of the Interior Ickes late yester.
day berated 5000 assembled EN-.
ployes of the Interior Department
and the PWA.
Displaying keen sense Of
humor, yet leaving no misunder-
standing as to his motives, the
Secretary especially aSsailed clock
watchers for quitting work at 3
instead Of $3.50 in order to be
ready for the early rush.
One girl employe has already
been laid up for several days
from injuries received in the rush
Of departing employees, he said.
The Administrator explained
further he has ordered the build
ing'S cafeteria closed at 8 o'clock
to break up the late breakfast
habit, and will take any other
steps necessary to give taxpayers
full value for their hard-earned
paYments.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
K. Of c. BUY OLD
COURTHOUSE

The Knights of Columbus and
the Catholic Daughters of Amer
lea at Upper Marlboro have pur-
chased the old Prince Georges
county courthouse for a club
house. The two organizations
incorporated to accomplish this
some time ago.
The courthouse was partially
destroyed by fire several decades
ago and the remainder has been
used as a house. It was pur-
chased o $4,000, fin anc d
through the sale of bonds" to
members. Within a few weeks,
workmen will begin remodeling
the structure for two club rooms.
a recreation room, a library. a
dining room and kitchen and an
office for club heads.
To supervise the Incorporation.
officers were elected, with Will
liam Brooke as president; Miss
Agnes Duvall, vice president, and
Samuel Wyvill, secretary and
treasurer.
The structure is one of the his
toric spots in the old town and
will not be changed outwardly, it
was said.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
PWA ASKS NEW
FINANCING
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
New public works financing
from the RFC, or from other
sources, must be arranged before
many additional non-Federal al
lotments are made, it was indi-
Gated today by PWA officials.
Most of the 400 million dollars
actual cash made available from
the total 500 million appropria-
ton for PWA has been COM
mitted. Pending word from the
White House when the remain
ing 100 millions will be offered,
Secretary Of Interior Ickes today
was pushing negotiations with
the RFC.
This group is directed under
new legislation to purchase up
to $50 million dollars Of public
works obligations, taken over as
security for Government loans.
So far none of this money has
been turned over.
Another source of revenue ap.
peared when Mayor Rossi of San
Francisco wired he had a chance
to float the city's bonds for pub
lie. works at less than the Govern.
ment interest rate. If this is done
it would release 100000 for
other work.
With these and funds with
drawn from slow, inactive com.
munities, Secretary IckeS hopes 70
put still more projects into con-
struction in the near future, de-
spite the present shortage Of
funds.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
DRY SPELL PUT
ON IN D. {,

Few people in the District know
it, but Washington has had its
own private drought" for the
past few weeks.
It's all due to scientists of the
Department Of Agriculture, who
wished to find varieties of wheat
showing the most resistance to
such dry weather as that which
has devastated the Middle West.
The scientists, B. B. Bayles, j.
w. Taylor and A. T. Bartel, all OF
the Bureau of Plant Industry.
have created an artificial
drought" at the Arlington expert.
ment farms of the department.
They placed eight different
types of wheat in eight pots on a
revolving table in a greenhouse.
AS the CaDIe turned, the plants
were subjected to a hot blast OF
air one after another. All plant
were given the same small amount
of water.
After a few weeks Of this test,
the variety cf the grain that will
grow best Under dry conditions
was found.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
ARMY To SPEED
PROMOTIONS

Present "stagnation" in the ad.
vancement Of Army officers ICON
stitutes a distinct threat to
Americas military efficiency
and with passage of time will be-
come steadily more serious. it
was asserted today by Gen,
Douglas Macarthur, Chief of
Staff.
He made this assertion as he
announced that he has ordered
the Army General Council to be.
gin a three-months' study Of the
present Army promotion system.
The council was directed to
draft a new promotion system
which will be transmitted to
Congress with a request that IA
vorable action on legislation to
carry out such recommendations
be taken.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
GROOM COMES
ASSTOWANAY

NEW YORK, July 7 GN.s),
The Liner Gerolstein arrived to.
day with a groom and best man,
but there isn't going to be any
wedding.
1t seems sometime ago Dusan
Strika, of Czecho-Slovakia, came
to America, met a girl in Pitts
burgh, became engaged to her
and went back to his native
land to get his brother, I've, to
act as best man.
To cut expenses they slowed
away on the Gerolstein. All went
well until a member of the
crew, on July 4, heard harmonica
music coming from the coal
bunkers. An investigation re
vealed the groom and best man
hidden under a tarpaulin with
supply of food and water-and
an harmonica. Both are to be
deported.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
RED CROSS AIDS
26M|LL|ONS

More than 26 million persons
in United States territory have
been aided by the two-year relief
program undertaken by the Red
Cross under authorization from
Congress, it is revealed in the Of
ficial report just completed.
In 1882 Congress enacted legiS'
lation providing that wheat and
cotton stored by Government
agencies be turned over to the
Red Cross for distribution to those
in need.
More than los, 100000 garments
made from the cotton, 10,688, 900
barrels of flour and nearly $780,
900 tons of feed for livestock have
been given out.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

LAKEWOOD, N. j., July Z
GN.SO John D. Rockefeller will
be 95 years old tomorrow and
slowly - inevitably - the famous
philanthropist is slipping out of
the limelight into a serene, settled
and somnolent existence.
No more golf-the game he
loves.
No longer a regular attendant
at Sunday church services.
No longer active in business.
Seldom seen in the newsreel
movies.
Just His Age
The answer is not so much ILL
ness as it is age-the fact he has
exceeded the allotted three score
and ten" by Is years.
How long the old gentleman
will live is, of course, anybody's S
guess. But one who knows him
well doubts that he will live be.
yond the ripe age of 100.
Rockefeller was indisposed again
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
N. Carolina, Georgia
Lead South in Births

Bv International News Service
North Carolina and Georgia led
the South in the number Of live
births during 1888, according to
figures available today at the
Census Bureau. North Carolina
births for the year aggregated
75,102. Those of Georgia totaled
6O,142.
Georgia births decreased from
21.9 per thousand in 1892 to 20.7
per thousand in 1888, while those
in North Carolina decreased from
"a per thousand to 22.9.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
HELD,
NOT PARADE
Two men do not constitute a

Two men do not constitute a
parade.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
E. M. Welliver ruled that today
in dropping a charge Of parading
without a permit against two men
arrested last night for picketing
the German Embassy in protest
against the Hitler government.
A charge of violating the Dis
trict sign ordinance was continued
until next Tuesday in Police
Court.
The men, held in lieu of $25 COL
lateral each at the First pre-
cinct, gave their names as Joe
Zameres, %, of the 100 block of
Four-and-a-half st. S. w., and
Sarkin Avadakian, "a, Of the 600
block of Pennsylvania Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
Three Youths Fined
For Be0tinO Driver

Three youths were fined and.
fourth was released on charges of
beating washington driver,
after a hearing in Prince Georges
county police court at Upper Marl-
boro yesterday.
Louis w. Creel was fined $3.50
and committed to jail for 20 days
in default of the fine. Arthur
Ellis was sentenced to 10 days,
and Julius KrouSe was fined Is,
and another $25 fine was sus-
pended. Clifford GladiS was freed
of the charges, sworn out by
Harry Winingder, who said the
youths assaulted him after a col
Lsion near Suitland July 4.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
2-MOnth Marriage
Ends in Divorce Suit

Will Reta A. Van Dyke, of Ber.
wyn, Md, yesterday filed suit for
an absolute divorce from Richard
E. Van Dyke, of MarySville, Pa,
in the Prince Georges County Cir
cult Court, at Upper Marlboro.
In the bill of complaint, filed
by Kenneth Lyddane, of Rockville,
and the firm of Ryon and Hassall,
at HyattSville, she charges deser'
ton after a two-month trial at
marriage. She asks the return OF
her maiden name, viii Reta
Appleby.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
Alexandria Church
Has Guest Speakers

A number of guest speakers
will replace the Rev. E. w. Aaron,
pastor of the Alexandria Metho-
dist Church. South, during July.
The Rev. w. D. King, of Falls
Church, will be heard tomorrow
at II a. m. and Tyson Janney
will speak at the 8 p. m. service.
The following Sunday, July Is,
DR.. j. H. Wells, presiding elder
of the Washington district, will
conduct the II a. m. service, with
A. R. Gillum in charge at 8 p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07

First, where weren't you born?
Well, I'd like to have been
born in Switzerland, on &C.
count of the scenery, but, on
second thought, the scenery
where you are born doesn't
amount to much, anyhow. and
it's much more beautiful and a
whole lot more expensive when
you have to travel to some
inconvenient spot to look at it.
Naples always appealed to me.
I'd like to have been born
there, with a hot chance Of
getting covered with mud, but,
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
Riverside ShQckS
Doomed By HighWaH

All ShackS and houSebOatS on
the, shore Of Little River, which
separates Theodore Roosevelt
Island from the Virginia shore
will be removed shortly to make
way for the George Washington
Memorial Parkway into RoSslyn,
it was said today at Arlington
court house.
The orders were issued by
authorities in charge of the pro.
posed road some time ago, it was
said. Only last Thursday one Of
the Shacks burned to the ground
while unoccupied.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07

after all, you run a chance of
getting covered with mud any,
where, particularly if you are
an actress.
Most of the places where I
wasn't born would probably
have thought a lot of me. They
would have opened a candy
parlor in my honor and called
it Sweet Marie or named the
big new town bridge or, at
lease, the police wagon for me,
but in Cobourg, Canada, no
bed is kept sacred as the one
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
y. S. Board Begins
General Mix Quiz

The Federal Trade Commission
yesterday began an investigation
to determine whether there is
monopoly or unfair trade prac-
ticeS in the sale of milk and other
dairy products over the country.
Commissioner Charles H. Match
will supervise the inquiry. ordered
by joint resolution Of Congress. It
has not yet been determined in
what milk sheds the first investi.
CATION will be made.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
DIR, BRADY TO SPEAK

DR.. st. Elma Brady, head of the
department of chemistry at Fisk
University, will address the mems
Brotherhood at Lincoln Temple
Congregational Church tomorrow
at 1890 a. m. DR.. Brady was
formerly a member of the faculty
at Howard University.
The Washington times., 1934-07-07
Boy, II, Hurt; Seek
Hit-Run Cab Drive1

Police today are searching for
the driver Of a hit-and-run taxi
cab who late yesterday injured
Socrates Mangolos. IL, Of the 100
block Of Sixth st. N. w. The boy
was treated for cuts and bruises
at Sihley Hospital after the cab
struck him at Seventh and
streets Northwest. His injuries
were not serious.