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Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

Rev. c. Scroggins, Mr.. Brewer,
Rev. Algier and Robert Amstead re-
turned Tuesday from a deep sea
fishing trip to San Diego. They
caught over 300 pounds of fish on
their trip.
The delegates from Holtville to
the assembly Of the Nazerene move
ment to be held in Pasadena have
been appointed and are Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert AmStead with Charles
Weeks and Mr.. Wallace as their
alternates. Rev. and Mrs. G. Scrog-
gins and family and Mrs. B. B.
Perritt and daughter, Gertrude, al
so plan TO attend.
Pedro Gallurdo who underwent
a minor operation Tuesday, is con-
fined at the Storey hospital.
Holtville members who attended
the bridge party Tuesday evening
of the Guappa club given by Mrs.
Ray Fletcher at her home in Braw-
ley were: Miss Ruth Hood, Mrs. T.
Samaha, Miss Marie Edwards and
Miss Anna Bell Brodie.
Marvin Gardner and Leslie Flores
were visitors at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Bill Lyons Tuesday eve
ming.
The indoor baseball game Mon
day evening between the Firemen
and the Creamery ended with a
score of 8 TO in favor OF the Fire
men.
Mrs. o. Walker spent a few days
this week in Los Angeles.
Mrs. o. c. Harris, who has been
i'll and confined to bed the past 10
days. has recuperated enough to be
about.
Exactly 2l5 OF the 265 students
IN the Holtville Union high school
signed a petition asking for the
offer of a contract for next year be
given to Miss Elsie M. Flatt, in
gtructor in dramatics and English.
This was submitted TO the school
board by James Ryerson, president
of the student body, and after
much discussion was voted upon
and passed
Mrs. Charles Williams was host
ess at a lovely bridge luncheon
Tuesday for a bridge foursome con-
sisting Of: Mrs John Zenos, Mrs.
Gordon Schneider, Mrf Charles
Williams and Mrs. William Burke
The high school ANIMALS Will be
distributed Wednesday.
The Imperial Valley girls dril
team from the Holtville Unior
high school were photographed il
their full uniforms Of blue and gol'
Tuesday afternoon by Harold Gil
lett. These pictures were taken 10
publicity purposes in connectio
with their appearance at the Sa
Diego Exposition. They VIII ap
pear and drill there the night {
june % and Sunday, June q
which has been set aside as I'M
perial Valley day. Photograph
were also taken by Eddie COLIN
Who plans 10 sell them to differen
newspapers all over the states =
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
UNCLE wIGGILYs BIRD HOUSE

Once upon a time as Uncle Wig
gily was hopping through a field
not far from his hollow stump bun
galoW, he saw little bird flutter-
ing and flying around an old, dead
tree that was as tall and thin as
a clothes post.
Il wonder what's the matter with
that bird?" thought Uncle Wiggily
as he hoped nearer. She seems
to be in trouble. Perhaps 1 can
help her. Why, it's Mrs. Wren!"
went on the rabbit gentleman as
the bird came to rest on top of the
pole.
Hello, Mrs. Wren," he greeted
the bird. Did you enjoy the win
ter down in the warm southland?"
Very much, Uncle Wiggily," an
swered Mrs. Wren, who was an old
friend. only the house where my
husband and I lived last summer
is gone. I don't know what we are
going to do for a home"
Looking more closely at the top
of the pole where Mrs. Wren was
perched, Uncle Wiggily saw that
the bird house, which he remem-
bred as having been there the year
before, was gone. The storms of
the winter had broken the frail lit
tie bird house and blown it away
Loved Their House
Mr.. Wren will be so disappoint-
ed when he gets here and sees that
our old house is gone" sadly chirp-
ed the lady bird I'VE loved our
dear little house and now it is
gonel Oh, dear!"
Didn't Mr.. Wren fly back from
the southland with you?" asked
the rabbit gentleman.
"Oh, yes, he is here" Mrs. Wren
answered. He just stopped for a
moment in the woods to chat with
Mr.. Robin. Here he comes now"
Singing his quick little warbline
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
Students Form
Dancing Club

HOLTVILLE, May "a (SpeciaD
Students Of the Holtyille high
school have formed club recently
to be called the Terpsichorean club
and has already on its roll over 40
members. This club is formed for
the purpose of holding dance once
a month and was originated by
Otis Watts and Miss Virginia
Truttman, having for patrons Mr..
and Mrs. Wilbert GaTrick. Officers
elected were: Otis Watts, president;
Fred Lackey, yice-president; Mickey
Peck, secretary; and Virginia Trutt-
man, treasurer. The first dance was
given Thursday evening in the new
hal. Yves Hanson and his orches-
ira furnished the music.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
Former Resident
Writes On Valley

The chamber of commerce has
received a copy of the Press-Tele-
gram of Long Beach, in which is a
featured article, given preferential
space on the editorial page, by j.
Ed Davis, formerly a resident of
Ell Centre, but now living in Long
Beach and still a large property
owner in Imperial Valley.
Davis article dwells briefly upon
the history of Imperial Valley and
explains the benefits resulting to
this area from completion of the
Boulder Dam and the building OF
the All-American Canal.
The article by the former Ell
Centre man gives facts about the
canal construction and was writ
ten by him for the Long Beach
paper in order to stimulate travel
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
"DONT QUOTE
ME"
Ru ITnifad praSc
By United Press

WASHINGTON, May "a W.R) -
Andrew w. Mellon does not, it was
established today, maintain body
guard
But he does have a flock of husky
lawyers.
A reporter covering the Mellon
tax hearing puzzled for some time
about the identity of a heavy-set
individual who took a seat each day
beside Mellon but apparently never
participated in the proceedings.
In a dull moment during testi-
mony, he passed a note to one OF
the Mellon counsel.
Does Mellon have a bodyguard?'
the note asked.
mo" came the answer.
"I see he has a flock of husky at
torneys," wrote the reporter.
Some of us are hired for our
muscles" was the response.
How about brains?" inquired the
reporter.
Don't reflect on our chiefs we'll
known financial sagacity," came the
reply, ending the exchange.
They may be plckets to the
White House, the NRA and the
department of justice but at the
labor department they're guests oi
Frances Perkins, secretary of labor
A group of striking workers from
the Colt Firearms works at Hart
ford, Conn, came down to Wash
ington to arouse interest in theii
cause. They rode past various gov
ernment offices, carrying banners
and the usual paraphernalia Of
pickets but did not show up at thC
labor department.
Miss Perkins was asked about il
by reporters.
Have the pickets paid you visit?'
she was asked.
What pickets?"
The reporters explained.
oh" said Miss Perkins. "Well
am entertaining some guests from
| Hartford at lunch
AS it turned out Miss Perkins wa'
not able to have lunch with he
guests but they did meet-16 o
/ them-with Hugh kerwin, chief o
the labor conciliation bureau, ant
Miss Perkins paid the bill.
Sen. Pat McCarran Dem0, los
a hat on the vote of the senate II
support Mr.. Roosevelt's bonus veto
He was so confident that the sen
ate would override that just a few
hours before final action he sup
ported his forecast with a bet ol
some new headgear for a reporte
in the senate gallery.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
HOltville News Briefs
Louise Rogers, Staff Correspondent

Neideffer, w. L. Pendley, Ethel
Kamm, Susie Edwards, M. o. Bus
enberg. R. o. Maddux, Virginia
Cosby. Ida Little and Dave Vencill.
Students OF the high school plan
to have a dance in the Legion hall
Tuesday, May %, following the class
night program at the high school
auditorium. The music will be fur
nished by Yves Hanson and his Or
cheStra.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E GARRIS
tCopyright 1895, by Mcclure Newspaper syndicael

song, along came flying Mr.. Wren.
He flew to where his wife was
perched on the old tree pole, nod
ded his head to Uncle Wiggily and
asked:
What have you done with our
house, my dear?"
Il haven't done anything to it, E"
answered the lady bird. ut just
isn't here. 1t was blown away in
the winter"
"Oh, dear me! That's too bad!'
said Mr.. Wren. Il was counting on
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
GETS HEART BALM

NEW YORK, May "a. WR)-Miss
Katherine Leary Bond, 37-year-old
beauty parlor operator was award
er $4,000 today by the supreme
court jury which heard her $780,
600 breach Of promise suit against
Paul S. Clapp, vice president Of a
utilities company.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

NEW YORK, May 24.-Thoughts
while stroliing: The blarney OF
those Irish bus conductors! To old
and middle-aged ladies they chirp:
Hurry up, girls!" Nuisance name
to write: Woollcott. Billy Rose has
become better known than his vile,
Fannie Brice. Look alikeS: Jack
Lait and Ed Wynn.
Mrs. Allan Ryan might have just
drifted down from the Milky Way.
Who remembers when braces were
galluses? Silver would sky-rocket
with most of us down to the last
dime. Cholly Knickerbocker's sky
blue Rolls. Jimmy Durante sug-
gests a drawing by Steig.
Add names that come up like a
hiccup: Bernard Baruch. Best
contributed jape of the month:
John Chapman's yarn of the lady
screaming: Someone has taken my
pay and my aunt's pay!' And the
cop yelling: Cut out the pig Latin
and tell what happened" Most tai
ented of the Bennetts-Joan.
Modern Katherines the Great:
Cornell, Hepburn and Brush.
What's become of the wink? No
present day sculptor SO widely dis
cussed as the eccentric George
Grey Bernard. Does anyone buy
one of those canes you can make
into a prop-seat? Cyrena Van Cor
don has Maxine Elliotts regal
walk.
Modern Damon and Pythias: Lee
OlWel land George Buckley. Marc
Connolly used to stand twice TO
make a shadow. Now look Speak
ing of iron constitutions, there's
Norman Kerry. And still the life
of parties. White vest edgings
again. I used to go for them. Those
mincing deflorates around Auto
mats.
City Interlude: On the elevated
platform at Sixth avenue and
Forty-Second street is a penny in
the slot for salted peanuts. When
someone operates it the pigeons
from Bryant Park swoop around
in sudden cloud. And nearly every
one feeds the pigeons instead OF
| himself.
William Rhinelander Stewart is
probably New York's best known
beau. The most intimate friend OF
Vincent Astor and best man at his
wedding, he swirls off with the top
drawer set as we'll as attending the
off-hand BohemianismS sponsored
by A. C. Blumenthal. He squires a
! blueblood to one the first night and
the next many splendored beauty
| of the stage or cinema. The sup
erbly valeted type of man about
town, wearing the mask of bore
dom but never quitting the chase
/! He is of illustrious ancestors and
when there used to be rich persons
he was one.
The popularity of Gene Tunney
grows steadily 1t is reflected by
the sports writer's who razzed him
gently at every opportunity-jibeS
about his bookishness, tall words
and friendship for George Bernard
Shaw. That phase has passed. To
day the tone is of sincere respect
He has not the easy going ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press, Inc. 625 State street,
El Centro California. W. G. Costello business
manager. Telephone 26. business office: 700 edi-
torial department. Full leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

to this area, Davis contending that
to see the huge dredges in oper-
alton on the canal makes a trip to
Imperial Valley we'll worth while.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

not sit we'll with the great majority of
the American people and it may be TAX
en- as another reason why a bonus march
has slight chance of clicking.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

SUBSCRIPTION RATES - Delivered by carrier
per month"; 55 cents by mail so cents per month
in advance Entered at Ell Centro, California. post
office as second-class matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association M. @. Mogen-
son. national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
L O o king
B a C k W a r d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
May "a, 1915

NIdy "a IJI0
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Harrison will
leave tomorrow for a summer vaca~
ton at Mt. Vernon and Cornett,
Washington.
The First National Bank of Cali
patria is looking forward to being
in their new and permanent quar-
ters very shortly.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

Along with trying to lick California
Arizona has now taken on the JOB OF
licking its two United States senator's.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

San Diego, if it hurries, may still get
its municipal house in order before the
exposition opens.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

There's fun in a prowl in one of
those nly-for-the-rich specially
shops where o, so diffident clerks
in their habedashered glory have
to detach themselves from day.
dreaming to wait on commoners
They sell such dodads as water
proof cigaret cases for bathing
twin face clocks for between beds,
compasses for cross country drives,
pedometers for golfers and such.
But what fascinated me was one
of those long bell yanks they use
to summon buffers in English dra-
mas. I'd like one for the Gallipo-
lis sittin room if I dared.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

The senate vote on the veto may revive
that old slogan of our school-day MS
tory books to read "54-40 and tlght.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Nav "a, 1920

Children of the Jasper school dis
trict staged the operetta Jack and
the Beanstalk" recently.
Fire Monday morning destroyed
10 acres of heavily headed wheat on
the ranch Of r. A. Todd near
BraWley.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
'CTVILIZED' CALIFORNIA

If California had state athletic COM
mission, there would be no more revolt
ing exhibitions such as that at Los An
geles Wednesday night when a 317 pound
wrestler jumped on the already uncon-
scious form of what had been his oppon-
ent-a Japanese weighing little more
than 100 pounds.
If California had state athletic COM
mission such match would not have
been permitted, in view of the great diff
ference in the weights of the contestants.
If California had a state athletic COM
mission it would not be necessary to wait
until the life has been crushed out of
some man by this 317 pound hulk, before
action is taken against him, either barr
ing him from the ring entirely, or at
least preventing him from jumping on
defenseless men.
If California had state athletic COM
mission there would still be some semb-
lance of sport in wrestling and the "Ro-
man arena" exhibitions of this 317 pound
man would be stopped
Why the man whom the hulk jumped
on Wednesday night was not killed is
something that not only spectators, but
hardened sports writers cannot under
stand.
Oh yes, we know California HAS a
state athletic commission, but its as
SHINE decisions and rulings indicate on
ly too clearly that it is worthless and
disgrace to the state.
We can almost hear the commission
putting up the bright eXcuse-'but the
people want it." And of course if the
people wanted a man to tackle lion or
an elephant, the commission would per-
nit it. The commission would, for it is
just that type, and by condoning the
style of the 317 pound hulk it proves it.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24
TEN YEARS AGO
Nav "a. 1925

Mrs. j. K. Fahring of Holtville
was in town yesterday.
Indications are that the present
week will see big increase in cam
taloupe shipments from the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

The 74th is a Democratic congress
and acts like it.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-24

nroach of the loveable Dempsey 'of
the picturesque background but re-
spectable fans of boxing believe he
did more to give the game class
than any predecessor since Coroett.
Champions from Sullivan down
have, with minor exceptions, been
loud-mouths, blow-hards. Tunney
said he was going to quit when ne
fought Heeney and did. AS to his
ability, he licked the champion OF
champions, Dempsey, twice. SUCH
an astute historian as Bill Corum
believes Tunney in top form could
slash the bungling Baer to ribbons
in a few rounds Jack McAulitfe
saws he could have licked Sullivan.
Tunneys aloofness is largely shy
ness. He has stuck by old friends
The most spectacular yet shortest
lived success among theatrical
team-ups continues to be Gala
CHER and Shean. No alliance before
or since has equalled it. Obscurities
out of burlesque, they rode the top
waves on the notes of an exquisite
ly mediocre but amazingly catchy
song. Shean continued a life OF
exemplary habits with fame and
fortune but Gallagher, then in his
SOS, went a pace that soon cracked
him up for permanent invalidism
and the wheel chair. was press
agent during his last professional
days when in their Follies number
in Boston he was led half blind
| to the wings TO wait his cue in
agony. Their sons, incidentally, are
now carrying on over the radio with
| the original song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-12
FISHING GIVEN PRAISE
Offers Opportunity to Think Says
DR.. George B. Cutten.

DR.. George B. Cutten.
UTICA, N. Y, September II (Pl.-
Fishing, says DR.. George B. Cutten,
president of Colgate University, pro-
videS the only opportunity for mod
ern men to do real thinking undis-
turbed."
1T offers a real escape from the
complexities of modern life," he told
the annual convention of the New
York State Division. Izaak Walton
League, last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-12
CARLA ORLANDO DEGREES
WOMEN'S PEACE MOVE
Daughter Of Former italian
Premier Cites Intolerable
World Conditions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 17.-Carla
Orlando, daughter of Vittorio E. Or
lando, Italian prime minister during
the World War, yesterday de~r:ed
the action of American women in
signing a petition for peace in the
memory of Jane Adams
Miss Orlando, on leave Of absence
from her duties as executive secre-
tary of the Italy-America Society,
soon will give series of lectures
throughout the country on Italy's
point of view in the present world
crisis.
Referring to the peace petition
signatories she said: Instead Of seal
ing with their signatures the status
quo Of the world, which is intolerable
to more than one nation, they should
encourage any change that will ulti-
mately bring about permanent world
peace through real balance of power.
Two aspects should find
sympathy. One is the overcrowded
condition of Italy. which makes COL
onization essential to her national
health. On the other hand, we have
in Ethiopia a country whose standard
Of living Is vastly lower than the
modern average, with conditions of
slavery and disease that should be
intolerable to every modern mind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-12
Virginia Maryland News
Mr.. Young Entertains at Fairfax-Mrs
White of Takoma Visiting.

Mr.. Frank Young was host last
evening at the home Of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs N. Peyton Young, in Fair
fax, Va, when his guests included
Miss Mary Flemming Bennett, Miss
Anne Hooe Rust. Miss Phyllis Rich
ardson, Mr.. Charles Pickett, jr.; Mr..
James Nickel. Mr.. Richard Washing
ton, Mr.. Mason Grove, all of Fairfax,
and Miss Jean Wilsey and Miss Mar
garet Wilsey of Alexandria.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Damron, their
daughter Mary and son Dicky have
returned to their home in Virginia
Highlands from motor trip to Texas.
They visited relatives in Beaumont.
Houston and Wharton. On the re-
turn trip they spent two days with
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Albert Turner in
Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. William White and Mrs. Angus
Lamond of Takoma Park are at Tusca-
loosa, Ala, where they motored with
Mrs. Whites daughter, Miss Mary
Janet White, who Is entering the
University OF Alabama. They will re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-12
MURDER LAID TO FATHER
AFTER FIRE KILLS GIRLS
He Threw Gasoline on Burning
Clothing, He Admits, but
Thought It Water.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla. September 12.-H. G.
Denmark, 36-year-old bread salesman.
was held to the grand jury on first
degree murder charges yesterday in
connection with the death Of two of
his daughters when fire swept their
bed room August 80.
A coroner's jury yesterday decided
Denmark caused the fire. which
proved fatal to Frances, Is, and
Dorothy, II, and badly burned
another daughter, Jewel. 9. He ad-
mitted throwing gasoline, thinking 1t
water, on burning clothing. The jury
did not, however, declare him GRIM
inally responsible and recommended
no course of action for Judge Fergu-
son.
Throughout Denmark strongly de-
MED any intention to harm the girls
A cigarette, he explained, ignited
damp from washing in gaso-
line; the fire awoke him; he ran for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-12
Redlands Hunt Horse
Show at Rockville

The opening of the fox-hunting
season, favorite sport of Washington
society, is still two months in the
ofdng. but members of the three hunts
In the Capital area will hold a get
together" at the RedJand Hunts horse
show set Saturday on the fair grounds
at Rockville, Md.
Mr.. Thomas T. Mott, Redland's
M. F. H, has invited Mr.. De Long
Bowman, M. F. H. of the Fairfax
County Hunt, and DR.. Fred A. San
derSon, M. F. H. of the Riding and
Hunt Club, to bring their fellow club
memers to the show and compete
in special hunter classes which have
been arranged for those organiza-
tons. Both have accepted.
A similar invitation was sent to
Mr.. Augustus Riggs, NJ F. H. of How
ard County Hunt, which is another
OF Redland's neighborS.
In the class for the Riding and
Hunt Club only members of that club
may compete and they will ride their
own mounts over an outside course at
hunting pace. Conditions in the class
for Fairfax County are identical.
A similar event is to be staged for
members of Redland to compete for
ihe N. o. Terpening Challenge Cup,
Z which has been in competition for
the past two years. 1t was first won
by Mrs. Alice c. Berry, honorary
whip, in 1888, and by Mr.. Mott in
1894.
A number of novel classes have
been arranged by the Show Commit
tee, including an Old Guards class
for riders over 40 years of age, an
event for combination riding and
driving horses and family class.
Seventeen events will be staged In
all, with the program beginning at
10 am.
During intermission the Rockville
Woman's Club will serve luncheon
and the proceeds are to be dedicated
to the Girls Loan Scholarship Fund.
Mrs. Donald A. De Lashmutt is chair
man of the Luncheon Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-12
Shower Is Given
To October Bride

A shower was given last Saturday
evening by Miss Kathryn Floyd Kelly
and Mrs. J. Leo Sugrue at the lat
ter's home IN Chevy Chase, Md, In
honor of Miss Elizabeth Teresa Scan
Ion, who is to be married to MIR.
Thomas Frances Joyce October u.
The guests were Mrs. Daniel J.
Scanlon, Mrs. Richard J. Murphy,
Mrs. Frederic B. Warder, Mrs. J.
Emory Turner, Mrs. George Thomp-
son, Mrs. Paul M. A. Hunter, Mrs. Ed
win N. Campbell, Mrs. Christobel
Bicksler, Mrs. Harry Touhey, Mrs.
Bertrand z. Trenis, Miss Bernadine
Scanlon.. Miss Frances Scanlon, Miss
Elsie o. Oliver, Miss Katherine Ford,
Miss Katherine Kirk, Miss Katherine
WEIGH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-12
PLUNGE FROM WINDOW
KILLS WOMAN OF so
Fifth Avenue Resident Leaves
Three Notes, One Telling Son
to Follow Bible
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 12-The
body Of Mrs. Florence B. Hill, so, was
found yesterday in courtyard beneath
the windows of her Fifth avenue
apartment.
Police said they found three notes
she had written, including one in
structing her 10-year-old son Curtis
to follow your Bible and see your
God"
II am suffering great anguish and
cannot stand 1t any longer" she wrote.
Another note asked a neighbor to
care for the boy until the arrival OF
William Himmel, described as a
publishing house executive Of 2710
Asbury avenue, Chicago, III.