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Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1898, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

given the rabbit children their
breakfasts and they were about to
hop out to play, the muskrat lady,
near the hot water boiler, sudden
ly called out: "Hark!"
Whats the matter?" asked the
lady rabbit.
Listen" said Nurse Jane. Don't
you hear piping, peeping sound
near the boiler?"
Maybe the boilers leaking" said
Buster, a funny rabbit boy,
oh, my gooduess! Call your
father!" said Mrs. Longears.
THE boiler isn't leaking" said
Nurse Jane. THE piping, peeping
sounds must come from the baby
robin I think it is hatched and
has picked its way out of the egg
shell. I'll look"
Carefully taking the covering of
soft cloth and fluffy cotton off the
box, hurst Jant looked within.
Then she said:
oh how cute! Come and look,
all of you"
Baby Robin
They all looked and there, on the
cotton in the box, with broken bits
of blue egg shell around it, was the
newly Matched baby robin.
"Oh, how wonderful said Baby
Bunty and all the other rabbit
children. Jingle asked: May /
hold it?"
"Oh, my goodness, no." said her
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

mother. Call your father she
told Buster He must come and
see what has happened. It's his
robin. He brought the egg home to
hatch. Call himl"
When Uncle Wiggily came and
looked at the little newly hatched
robin he was very happy. Every
thing had happened just as he
hoped it would. He had helped in
bringing the little bird to life. The
robin chirped and chirped and
fluttered in the nest box.
But what makes it open its
mouth so Wide?' asked Bunty.
1T has very big mouth for such
a little bird" said Jingle. why
does it keep opening its mouth so
wide, Daddy?"
Because it is hungry" said Mr..
Longears. AS soon as baby robins
come out of the egg they are hun
cry and open their months to be
fed. must feed this robin. Where's
the shovel, Nurse Jane2"
What are you going to do, Wig
gy?' asked his wife.
You'll see he answered with a
laugh. And if the COW will blow
one of her horns to tell the Boy
Scouts it's time for supper. III tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily ana
Mother Robin
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16
Don't Quote Me-
(By United Press

THAT charges for transportation
of baggage cover personal effects
only.
"Or where household effects are
included that they were the prop
erty of myself and family as defin-
ed by the regulations and that they
embraced no garden tools or agri-
cultural implements, no groceries,
wines or provisions. no animals and
no birds;
And thai The intrinsic value oil
the effects was sufficient reason
ably to JUSTLY their transportation
Postmaster General James A.
Farley is eager to increase the vol
ume of air mail handled by the post
office. The total is growing, but
not fast enough for him.
He has just sent out elaborate
instructions to postmasters on now
to increase use of the airmail. He
advises them to enlist the business
houses in a drive for more airnall.
ut will be appreciated, he said
IN a general order to postmasters,
IF postmasters will submit plans or
means which they have founG to
produce good results in their COM
munity in order that the ideas may
be passed on to other postmasters.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16
P POLICE HUNT
G|T|VES IN
CHINESE DENS

CHICAGO, July Is. Up)-Police
today began a search of every
Chinese business house in Cook
county for Harry Jung, Chinese
thug, and his white consort, Mrs.
Evelyn Smith, accused of murder
ing Erwin Lang, %.
Lang's body, the legs hacked off
at the hips, was found a week ago
in a swamp near Hammond, Ind.
Mrs. Blanche Dunkel, Lang's moth
er-in-laW who at 43 fell in love
with him after the death of her
daughter confessed that she paid
$500 to Mrs. Smith for his murder
She was in such terror of retribu-
ton at hands OF Chinese gangsters
today that she declined freedom on
a writ of habeas corpus.
Squads Of police seeking Jung
and Mrs. Smith battered upon
dozens Of Chinatown doors which
more often than not remained
closed while silent Orientals peered
from nearby windows. Detectives
found opium resorts closed, fam
tan games suspended and even
more legal business houses locked
for the day.
Mrs Dunkel was taken yesterday
TO the marsh where Langs butch
cred body was discovered.
Standing knee deep in the reeds
Of the swamp, she told detectives
she watched Mrs. Smith drug Lang,
strange him to death with a rope
and then chop off his legs 80 he'd
be easier to carry"
While policemen searched near
Hammond today for a trunk in
which Lang's legs were cast out of
a motor car, according to Mrs.
Dunkel, the grandmother may be
subjected at Northwestern Uniyer-
slty for questioning under the olie
detector.n
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

WASHINGTON, July 16. - Wine
bibbers, dog fanciers, canary en-
thusiasts and amateur gardeners
are perfectly welcome to join the
United States diplomatic corps but
they had better not try to charge
up to the government any part of
cost of their hobby.
Because of the way the govern
ment has beeen passing out billions
in the depression battle, the i'm
preston may have gotten abroad
that Uncle Sam isn't too careful
about the way he spends his money.
That may be true when it comes
to sums up in the seven and nine
digit class but he still watches his
pennies mighty closely.
For instance this matter of wine
bibbers and amateur gardeners.
Here is the statement which ev-
cry state department worker-trom
ambassador down-has to sign be-
fore the government will reimburse
him for any travelling expenses:
Il hereby certify that drinking
water has not been charged for ex-
cept when it was not furnished
gratis or when furnished Tree was
not safe to drink;
THAT charges for laundry cover
only clothes soiled and laundered
during the journey;
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
LITTLE ROBIN

Every morning before they hoped
out to play, Baby Bunty and the
other rabbit children in Uncle Wig
gily's bungalow went to Nurse
James kitchen to look at the box
where the robins blue egg was be-
ing kept warm near the hot water
boiler. The egg must be kept warm
so the little bird inside would hatch
and come to life.
rs he out yet, Nurse Jane?" Bun
ty or some of the other bunnies
would ask. Nurse Jane would go
close to the box, lean over it and
listen for any peeping sounds or the
noise of the egg shell being broken
by the beak of the little bird inside.
She heard no sounds, SO she said:
No. the baby robin hasn't hatch
ed yet. Come in again tomorrow. ="
So each day, Bunty and the 9TH
ers asked about the egg and each
day Nurse Jane would listen for
any peeping or chipping sounds
But for a week or more none was
heard.
Even Uncle Wiggily went to the
kitchen each day to ask about the
robins egg. He had found it in
the woods and, seeing no nest from
which it had fallen and in which
he might put it back, he brought
the egg home to the warm kitchen.
Wiggify's Query
Any little robin yet, Nurse
Jane?' the rabbit gentleman would
ask, twinkling his pink nose before
he went adventuring.
1T hasn't Matched yet" the
muskrat lady housekeeper would
answer.
I'll stop IN tomorrow" Mr.. Long
ears would say, and off he would
hop, over the fields and through
the woods.
But at last one morning, when
Nurse Jane and Mrs. Longears had
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

Oracle Square. A little girl of 4
and her nurse were almost run
over by truck, charging hell bent.
In her terror the child dropped her
doll and that ten ton camion's s
wheels crushed it as flat as a gin
ger-bread man. But it wasn't the
little girls heart broken sobs that
touched the bystanders. 1t was the
indescribable look on the face of a
fat man without collar, who looked
at her and at her doll and dabbed
his eyes with a dirty rag OF a hand
kerchief.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

NEW YORK, July 16. - George
w. Tryon is a snow-white-haired
Kyrle Bellew looking veteran ad-
vertising man known in his field
and along Broadway as a Brum-
mel. For 30 years his smart sar-
torial effects have been remarked
around Times Square, a region
noted for swank.
Yet Tryon. despite his fastidious
appearance. probably spends less
on dress than many laborers on
the Bowery. In days when the ex-
pense of dressing is a strain on al
most every purse. the effects he
achieyes-and how he achieves
them-are worthy Of chronicle.
He is fond Of light colors and
usually has a wardrobe Of six suits
and two top coats Aside from a
dinner outfit. The highest price
he paid for any one is SI7.50. Some
as low as $685.. He has com
manding figure. but his secret lies
in effective shopping. Hunting out
odd lot bargains.
He has 25 shirts, collars attached
none Of which cost more than so
cents save a few French pereale
for SIS cents which ne wears with
high Picadilly collar and bat wing
He never pays more than 10 cents
for socks and wears rayon union
suits at 65 All purchases are made
at miscellaneous shops. no two at
the same.
Boz Brinkerhoff at the pipe
sellers Jan. l. This pipe is all
burned out already" yes. but you
have scraped all the cake out of
the bowl No wonder On July /.
Same place This pipe has burned
out already" Yes. no wonder.
You ought to serape out the cake
and keep II clean" Tsbleaul
Gelett Burgess has one Of his rev
oiutionRry articles in a recent is
sue OF Technology Review It's
upon Efficiency in Fiction and
defines what he calls Nudism ana
Dudism in art / predict a career
for his newest word Dudism, as
applied 10 literature. Especially
literature Of the fancy waistcoat
verbiage. the spring oottomed
phrases all bejeWelled with meta
phors and 0oSSed with brass adj
gectiveS. Such as Fannie Hurst OF
Achmeo Abdullah turn out in more
fancilHl moments.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16
ONE ERROR, ONE PUToUT

MARBLEHEAD, Mass, UP)-By
using his head, Patrolmen Charles
Woodfin helped to win a baseball
game He tried to catch a fly but
the ball hit him on the head. 1t
bounced, another player caught it,
and made the out.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

Published every evening texcept Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press Inc 625 State street,
81 Centro, California. W c. Costello business
manager Telephone 26. business office; 100 edi-
torial department Full leased wire United Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

Last week the President had to subdue
scrap between Senator Tydings and
Secretary Ickes. On the Presidential
weekend party, Tydings saved Ickes
when crab (must have been a giant
seized his leg. Dispatches do not state
whether or not Tydings hired the crab.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

It is estimated that the cherry
crop returned $4,000 to Sonoma
county growers.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

the nouVeaux richie In Palm Beach
whose home was one Of the out
standing eztraYaganzas of the
COON. As he stepped into draw
ing room whose size suggested the
Grand Central rotunda, he ex-
claimed What. 40 red capsl"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
NOON ~ THE SPOTLIGHT

The moon, always popular topic with
song writer's and poets. and also popular
with most of us at some period in our
lives. was the big center Of attraction
last night as it put on its unusual show
consisting of complete eclipse.
Many who are content to know there Is
such a thing as a moon and let It 60 at
that. gave considerable attention to it
last night, watching It become totally
covered by the earth S shadow and then
emerge into supreme command Of the
heavens.
It was spectacular sight and watch
ing it enabled Us to get better under
standing of the legend attributed to
Columbus who knowing an eclipse OF
the moon was imminent. led the Indians
to believe that he was the party respon-
sible for the phenomenon and used his
knowledge to work them for additional
supplies or perhaps il was labor. Incl
dentally that was about the first trick
the white man played on the Indians and
he hasn't stopped since.
The length of time the moon was IN
total eclipse-the greater part of two
hours-presumably gave scientists suffl-
cient time to obtain a lot Of desirable
data. 1t also gave the layman oppor-
tunity to discuss and argue on the why
and wherefore of the eclipse and if some
were awed or frightened by the sight it
was natural reaction. The spectacle
was weird though extremely interesting.
1t is undoubted that the valley afford
ed one of the best places in which to see
the eclipse. the absence of clouds in the
early part of the evening making all
phases of the eclipse visible. For that
matter there is no place where those IN
terested in astronomy have better
place to study the celestial bodies than
right here in Imperial Valley. When it
comes to star-gazing we have excellent
facilities and that goes whether the star
gazing is the real thing astronomlcally
or the more romantic kind.
We feared it, and it has come to pass,
San Diego's factional fighting has even
extended to the exposition.
The administration is considering
minting a one mill piece. That S quite
come down from billion dollar approprl-
ations.
Those Los Angeles folks who like to
rave about Imperial Valley summer
weather, would probably like to be here
for a change after the Week-end's siz-
zling.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

Someone sends me what Jesse
Lynch Williams said in an obitu-
airy blurb for the late Harvey
O'Higgins He hadn't an enemy in
the world" And underneath it the
sender scribbled: Carve not that
upon my grayestone, o simple flat
tereri"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16
LOO king
B a C k W a d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
JuIy I6. 1920

July 10, I5EU
The candidacy of Judge Phil d.
Swing for congressman from the
18th district was started at an en-
thusiastic meeting last night.
Imperial county road plans pro-
pose the construction of over 30
miles of pavement.
Machinery for the new cotton gin
at Third and Broadway has ar
rived.
TEN YEARS AGO
July Is, 1925
Miss Grace Ansell and her sister
from Imperial were in town on
business today.
Mr.. and Mrs S. O. Lingo will
leave the last of this week on an
extended trip
Mr.. and Mrs. u. r. Buffers, we'll
known residents Of BraWley went
through III Centro this morning Oh
their way 70 The coast
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

The administration is considering
minting a one mill piece. That S quite a
come down from billion dollar approprl-
ations.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

Those Los Angeles folks who like to
rave about Imperial Valley summer
weather, would probably like to be here
for change after the week-end's slz-
Zling
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

NEEDY GET LIQUOR TAXES
SALEM. Ore UR-oregon's liq-
uor stores turned over taxes OF
S709 .890i0 in the first SIX months
Of this year. according to the state
commission The money goes 10
unemployment relief.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

We feared it, and it has come to pass
San Diego's factional fighting has even
extended to the exposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

Another Wilson Miner yarn He
was invited 10 dine With a lady u
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16


upon my grayestone, o simple flat
tereri"
The only American newspaper
man I nave known to join the mon-
ocle Wearers. is Forrest Wilson, al
though lately he has deserted the
news shops fol roaming assign
ments with Cosmopolitan. He pick
cd up the single eyeglass custom
during his London days when an
astigmatism bothered and an ocu-
list proved a monocle relieved It
better than regular spectacles.
I nurse a secret admiration that
most men hide with outward con-
tempt for the monocle. No article
Of adornment has ever attained its
side. A Bond street tailor once told
me the most perfectly dressed men
in England and on the continent
were monoclists. He explained they
were constantly compelled to dress
up TO it." A monocIe will not blend
with slovenly attire. New York
once had, before he went to Holly
wood, the most accomplished mon
ocle wearer in Andreas de Segurola
Of the Metropolitan opera. Achmed
Abdullah, mentioned above, IS some
shakes with the monocle and Sin
clair Lewis in festive moments car
ries one with which he does a slick
bit OF mimicry of a Yacuous. haW-
haw Briton that is side splitting
Figaro IN Paris has six reporters
who sport monoeles and half the
London reportorial stsffs are so
adorned
Another Wilson Miner yarn Be
WIS lnAIrn IN nInr nlLL q Iadu II
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-16

Aei.lsat'aa iateflaae' Il vas near
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-27
Big Gap To Fill

There will be much work ahead for Oliver Ellsworth, Hartford banker, who has just been appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Thomas Beck on the State Board of Fish and Game, if he en- deavors to live up to the latter's reputa- tion. When the well-known editor of Golfers took over the chairmanship of the board several years back he proceed ed to revolutionize the fish and game situation in Connecticut And ever since then the methods that he has installed have served to make ConnecticutS name known wherever game conservation was mentioned.
 We could not hope to enumerate all the changes that he accomplished in our hunting and fishing laws that worked to the advantage of the sportsman and also aided in the fight to restore the native birds, animals, and fish of this state to their former state of abundance. This was accomplished in many ways, all of which demanded of the energetic chair man of the board considerable time. Pressure of personal business now forces him to retire in favor of somebody else. In this instance it is Hartford banker, also well known as sportsman.
 Everyone naturally hopes that the policies established by MT. Beck will be continued. We don't see how they really could be abandoned now when they have proved SO successful. If necessary we can hope to see the board press forward with renewed courage and inspired by the fact that all eyes will be centered upon it to see if it can maintain as efficient record without the guiding genius who turned the board into a really worthwhile one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-27
Prize Traffic Pest

Tn an automobile show contest seeking "the worst pest infesting the traffic lanes today" the first. prize goes to veteran rail- road man. He names "the grandstand speed maniac, the show-off." Everybody knows him, but nobody does anything about him. He's the guy who shoots in ahead of you when you're slowing down to make the next traffic light on schedule, who jumps the gun and races to the next light instead of moving evenly with the traffic, who weaves in and out, taking advantage of every little gap in the line and endangering everybody, crowding past when going up steep hill or around bad curve, footing his horn for every body to get out of his way and let some body drive that CAN drive, in situations where it's impossible to let him through.
 He combines nearly all the sins of other drivers except awkwardneSS. Usually he's so quick that he gets away with it and saves his own skin, or has his skin saved for him by angry drivers hurrying out of the idiots way to save themselves and their cars But the wrecked temperS he leaves in his train! Also the wrecked cars. It's incredible how many accidents result from decent drivers trying to escape collision with smart alec.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-27
Mechanical Cotton Picker

Near Litchfield, Arizona the Rust broth ers' contemplating machine recently took it's first test on irrigated cotton land. In less than three hours it had picked 600 pounds of cotton, more than 20 hand pickers could have gathered in the same length of time and at one-fifth the cost. The machine is described as "waddling, ungainly." Yet it runbles right along leaving behind it trail of bare stalks and turning in cotton as clean as that from the average hand-picked bag
 This machine, as its use spreads, will mean reduced employment for 100000 southern field hands. In the long run, as social and economic changes are effected, the machine ought to mean less drudgery, a higher standard of living better chance in life, for these people. In the immediate future, before the necessary changes have taken place, greater hard ship, new unemployment and relief prob lems are in prospect.
 An efficient contemplating machine has long been needed. It was bound to be invented and put to work some time. But while thought and technical skill were perfecting' the mechanical cotton picker, other intelligence ought to have been considering the problem of the many hand-pickers and preparing the way for their quick readjustment to new conditions. Only, that isn't the way the world does things yet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-27
Demolishing Buildings

A good many people shake their heads when they read that many buildings in this city are being demolished so that the owners may cut down their tax bills. The situation isn't as bad as all that, how ever. In a good many cases investigation will show that both the city and the tax payer is better off by raging the structure than with it still standing and being as- SesSed.
 There are great many structures in this city which have outlived their use- fulneSS. They should be razed 50 that the way may be made clear for newer and more modern structures if necessity de rriands their erection. But at least the removal of many unsightly shacks or abandoned factory buildings will serve, perhaps, to increase nearby realty values, as well as make available fine sites for building expansion.
 Of course the city stands to lose for the time being something in taxes. In the long run there will be no loss, as the money saved in taxes may be just the in- centive to more building which, of course, means broader tax base. As we said above, the situation is not deplorable one by any means. DisuSed buildings ought to go under the axe after certain number of years. They really are black mark, inasmuch as they indicate either stagnancy or retrogression as opposed to the progress denoted by the buildings in constant use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-27

Thanksgiving Day in this year of 1885 is perhaps the brightest one in great many years. That does not mean that peace and plenty distinguish the celebra- ton of the day entirely. But skies look brighter and the future more assured There's more money in circulation, more automobiles on the road and on the city thoroughfares; more people crowding the streets spending little of the pay that last year was conspicuous by it's absence. Waterbury has been busy checking up on welfare lists, preparing Thanksgiving baskets for those that cannot provide their own. The Salvation Army bell on the corner has invited you to help fill the baskets, and at least one thousand families of the Public Welfare and Mutual Aid lists will be remembered on the holiday. While Thanksgiving is generally observed all over our country, we in New England, feel it is particularly ours and celebrate it accordingly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-27
Causes For Thanksgiving

The people to whom reviving industry and trade have brought jobs and pay envelopes know that there is cause for thanksgiving this year. Those who never, in the whole course of the depression, reached the ragged edge of poverty and despair, have cause for thanksgiving. Even those who are still jobless, on relief, uncertain of their future, have something to be thankful for, although it may be snug of others more fortunate to tell them so.
 There have been times in the past when Thanksgiving Day was observed by Amer jeans more hard-pressed than we are to- day. The Pilgrim Fathers who first set aside a day for giving thanks for their blessings had come through crisis more difficult than ours. Sickness and the seventies of winter in a new land killed many of their number. Those who sur vived knew cause for gratitude in the fact that they yet lived and had a new chance to fulfill their hopes in the New World.
 Abraham Lincoln proclaimed national Thanksgiving during the Civil War when no one knew whether the nation would survive the ordeal it was passing through and when the country's youth was being sacrificed in battle. There must have been thankfulneSs then for the strength and courage to carry on. Today's troubles are numerous and severe, but more hope fQi There is plenty of cause for Thanks HIX|UN . te