davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-21

to B. A. Harrigan, agricultural COM
missioner.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-21

For a change SerFe assorted cof-
fee cakes or cinnamon rolls. Fresh
daily at Martin S National Bakery.
1876
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-21

DR.. A. b. Hanson, dentist. New
Professional Bldg. Phone 3S 9to
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-21

Real Good Steaks-Sherwood's S.
Fifth and Main. 29to
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-21

Blanket Reported Stolen-Mrs. H.
H. Hovey, 6le Vine, reported to po-
lice that a blanket was stolen from
the family car parked in front of
her home sometime after o clock
last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-21

State Official Here-C. @. Gillis-
pie. chief of the state board of san
itary engineering. Sacramento, ar
rived in the valley today for a con-
ference with county health off,
cials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-04
Church's Status In
 Mexico Is Reviewed
Catholic University Professor Traces Developments o
 Several Centuries Radicals Wrote Constitution

The position of the church un- der Porfirio Diaz and the social program 1t advanced in it's three Catholic congresses before 1910; the constitution of 1857; the ques- ton of the church in politics; and the question of the American in- vestments in Mexico, of which 1t was stated that "in 1912 1t is esti- mated that if all property in Mex leo had been sold at it's m ark c t value and the proceeds distributed to the owners. more would have been sent north of the Rio Grande than remained south of it." were outlined in detail.
 Radicals I'm Control
 After pointing out that the con- stitution of 1917 was written by a convention, the bulk of whose del- egates were linen of little experi- ence who tended toward the more radical and theoretical ideas of government" the speaker observed that in this body of delegates there was "a striking similarity to the aims and purposes of those who had gathered sixty years before to write the constitution of 1857. Radical theories and anti-elerical- ism were dominant and it is to them that many of Mexico's pres ent difficulties may be traced"
 In conclusion, MT. Murray said..
 Contemporaneous accounts of happenings in Mexico since 1924 are v0luminous enough to fill a dozen libraries. In fact. it would appear that. the greatest emhasis has been placed on the history of the last ten years. with those who wrote it and those who read 1t evil dently forgetting that few things, like Topsy in Uncle Toms Cabin, "jnst srow..' The church question is one of the many vexatious prob :. ienls which Mexican statesmen must solve in the decades to come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-04

Kacey cooperation in fund rais- ing has been extended to the Euro pean Relief Council. the Near East Relief. and the China Famine Re- lief Committee. Contributions have been made for the relief of stricken people in Japan and for the Irish Relief Fund. Other con- tributions were made for earth quake sufferers in California: {: flood sufferers in Colorado, Kan sas, Ohio. Texas, and Kentucky: |: fire sufferers, of Chelsea. Salem, Ontario, and northern Minnesota; for those who suffered from de- structive storms in Florida, Cuba. Maryland. Missouri, Texas. and Newfoundland; s50.0o0 for Mis- sissippi River flood relief; $5.000 for New England flood relief: $2.5O0 for California flood relief. more than &20,000 for hurricane relief work in Puerto Rico ana Florida; $5,000 for relief work m Santo Domingo; $5.o0o for relief work in Cuba in 1929: and later $2.0ee for relief work in Santiago. Cuba.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-04

Washington, D. C., May 1.-The status of the Catholic church in Mexican history and it's relations to present day conditions was the subject of an address by Paul V. Murray, M. A., graduate student of Hispanic-American History at the Catholic university of America. before the Catholic Evidence Guild of Washington. Mfr. Murray spoke on Some Observations on the His tory of Mexico. 1519-1930."
 After a brief review of the CO., lonial period, from 1519 to 1870. Mir. Murray dealt with the follow ing topics: The question of clerical incomes and the right of the church to hold property: the status of the Spanish Inqufsition with re- gard to its condemnation of inde- pendence leaders in 1610: the peculiar conduct of Joel Pointstt. first United States minister to Mexico and the nan who intro- duced the York Rite Masons into that country; the provision of the constitution of 1924 which estab- lished Catholicism as the state re- Hgion; and the origin of the Mexf- can flag. In this connection, the lecturer said:
 Catholics Rrcisesninate
 "On the guarantees (of the pre- dominance of Catholicism, equality of Spanish and natiye-b born citizens, and independence) was projected the idea for the new nag which still waves over Afexico-a bar of green signifying independence; a bar of white. denoting the purity or the Catholic faith; and bar of red, indicating the blending of Spanish and native blood. In the center of the white bar Is the famed symbol of the combined eagle, snake. and cactus. placed there as a reminder of the Aztec legend concerning the founding of the city of Mexico or Tenochtitlan about the year 1325."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-04
SUPREME BODY TO
 MEET IN NEW YORK

The national convention of the Knights of Columbus will be held in New York city this year. Wa terbury has not sent delegate to the session of the supreme body in a number of years, but it is under stood an effort will be m d e to nominate a member of Sheridan council for consideration of the state council during it's convention here. tomorrow and Monday. Mi chael J. Conlan, former financial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-04

Knowing as we do that the Cath
 ollie church has in the past, and
 in the present, contributed volumes of spiritual strength and moral courage to the advancement of many nations who sought a full and worthy existence on this earth,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-04

The Knights of Columbus main- tains correspondence school foE members and their families with in- structions in 100 subjects and an enrolment to date of BLOOD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-04

At it's Golden Anniversary con- vention on August IA, 1932, the Knights of Columbus presented to the people of the United States bronze statute of the late Cardinal Gibbons in Washington. D. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-04

secretary of Barcelona council was the last supreme delegate ts go from this city as representa- tive of Connecticut.
Evening star., 1935-09-27
Disappointment.

Secretary of the Interior Ickes, In
his capacity as P. w. A. administrator,
yesterday announced the almost COM
plete collapse of his Nationwide Slum
clearance program. The fraction OF
his dream which he has managed to
preserve is relatively so inconsequential
that it serves only to symbolic his
defeat. Of all the many projects he had
scheduled and studied and prepared to
initiate only scant one hundred million
dollars worth has been salvaged from
the wreck of his Hyde Park conference
with President Roosevelt. Funds are
available in the District of Columbia for
nothing but the Kingman or Langston
terrace enterprise colored housing
scheme-and the acquisition of site in
Anacostia for an equivalent undertaking
for low-wage white workers.
But considerable public understands
what has happened and does not blame
Mr.. Ickes in the circumstances. The
choice between practical and expedient
use of the money was one which it was
the Presidents privilege to make. MIR.
Ickes advocated policy of wise invest
ment in projects likely to be worth their
cost From the beginning he had favored
q sane philosophy of expenditure, de-
manding of every plan submitted to
him that it should justify itself prag-
natically-in terms of the Latin prin-
Evening star., 1935-09-27
Bus Rider Finds New y
Service Is Deficient

40 ine EDITOR OF Inc star:
live at the corner of Porter and Con-
necticut avenue and work at the United
States Patent Office, Fourteenth and E
streets. 1t was my custom to wait on
said corner at 7:50 each morning. take
the Potomac Park car, transfer at Fiji
teenth and New York avenue, or. if for
tunate enough to get a car that went
east on Pennsylvania avenue. I could get
off half block from the office without
transferring
No more! Alasl
Now I stand on the same corner
otherwise all is different. I am provided
with token, two cents and green ticket
for coach bus if one comes first. If a
local comes first and is not packed to the
doors" can use my token. This is verv
seldom the case If an express coach
comes 1 may be more fortunate. By
adding the two cents to the cost I can
possibly find one of the less comfortable
seats. If this fails can use my green
ticket for which have paid Is cents, but
unfortunately this bus takes me onlv to
Thirteenth and streets I must then
walk nearly three blocks and wait for
the lights to turn at four corners before
I can reach the Office If this continues
on rainy or snowy days will have other
things to consider, namely, umbrella, rub
ber shoes. etc.
The problem of getting downtown dur
ing rush hours has assumed serious pro-
portions since the time when I could
even relax and read my paper on the way.
If this must be, do you not think it
could be so arranged that at least one
bus would travel nearer the buildings
where hundreds work? A loop around
the base of the triangle of buildings be-
tween Twelfth and Constitution avenue
would be more satisfactory to many
patrons.
I often feel myself getting jittery, try
ing to remember so many things prac-
tically before the day has begun I am
not tall and find it quite unhandy to
stand and hold to a rail. Neither do I
think should, as am perfectly willing
to pay the extra five cents for sitting.
GRACE BYRN.
Evening star., 1935-09-27
Connecticut Avenue
Bus.Trolley Compared

To the Editor Of The Star:
have read the views of the traction
company and of its passengers on the re-
cent change from trolley to bus service
on Connecticut avenue to Chevy Chase.
This is view from a motorist who
rides Connecticut avenue regularly, and
I am sure it Is written on behalf of
large portion of others who are in
the same situation. will list ad-
vantages and disadvantages and briefly
summarize the result.
Advantages are:
l. After the tracks are removed and
the street paved, no doubt. there will be
a much better surface for motorists.
2. Those little safety zone buttons that
caused innumerable Swerves in traffic
will no longer be an obstacle.
3. Street cars were hard to pass. espe-
cially when automobiles were parked
along the curb.
4. The bad bottle neck at the Calvert
and Connecticut Avenue Bridges has
partially been alleviated.
Disadvantages are:
l. Bus drivers do not consider that
others are entitled to some of Connecti-
cut avenue. When they stop to take on
or unload passengers they stop right in
the middle of the street, effectively
blocking traffic.
2. Traffic signals to them are as MOTH
ing. The yellow light with green means
hurry and as often as not the crossing
is done on red. The yellow light with
red, which they see out of the corner of
their eyes means start on across; my bus
is bigger than your car, hit me if you
dare
3. When one bus attempts to pass
another and the one being passed says
he shall not pass. the first doesn't, which
results in moving barriers for all be-
hind. One consolation there is-that the
two busSes are usually moving faster
than following traffic wants to move.
4. Buses passing moving traffic turn
into the center lane with no regard for
the motorist on his left going in the
same direction.
Taking all in all, the disadvantages
are all lack Of regard and consideration
for others by the bus drivers They will
perhaps be overcome with time, perhaps
not. Surely, the change can be made a
beneficial one for all if drivers of busses
and automobiles alike will try to think
OF the other fellow and realize that,
after all the street is the property of the
city for the benefit of all and not par
ticulary for the use Of the busseS, as
their operations would indicate.
ROBERT CALLAHAN, JR.
Evening star., 1935-09-27

ciple of quid pro quo The works to
which he gave approval were those which
appeared to have a chance to return
an economic as well as a measure OF
social profit Editorial opinion from
coast to coast supported his stand, but
his plans were dropped at the moment
when, after months of preliminary labor,
he was ready to start actual construction.
The difficulty was that OF the time
element. Mr.. Roosevelt preferred
quick results" Ee had listened to
advisers who urged the political adj
vantage of rapid spending, and when
the crisis came he committed the
funds entrusted to him by Congress into
the hands of Harry L. Hopkins, director
of the F. E. r. A., who in turn is pass
ing the cash along to the States for
distribution. Such is the story, and it
constitutes sad reading. But the people
are not deceived. Boondoggling and
leaf-raking will satisfy very few. Not
even those designed to be advantaged
by it will be able to engender any real
enthusiasm for a temporary and in
sufficient solution Of their troubles. 1t
would be an insult to American char
acter to argue otherwise.
Mr.. Ickes, however, is a philosopher.
Disillusioned and hurt as he must be,
there nevertheless will be comfort for
him in his conviction that expediency
carries within itself the seed of its own
correction and that in the end. some
how and sometime, the right thing will
be done.
Evening star., 1935-09-27
Higher and Deeper Law
Than u. S. Constitution

To the Editor of The Star:
On Constitution day this year oppor-
tunity was afforded two great news
gathering agencies to convey to the
American people the enlightening in
formation that there is a higher and
deeper law than the Constitution of the
United States. So far as has been OBJ
served, neither recognized news as is
news-startling news for mighty
Nation!
The Star may be the medium for con-
veying that news to the people if it will
kindly do so. This news is authentic
from highest authority, and is all the
more astonishing when the source is
considered 1t comes from a justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States
is found in ma ajority decision of that
august tribunal in the case of Groves VS.
Slaughter Q5 Peters. 5OS), rendered ct
the January term, 1841. This is the
language of the court:
Each State has a right to protect
itself against the avarice and intrusion
OF the slave dealer; to guard it's citi-
zenS against the inconvenience and
dangers of a slave population. The
right to exercise this power by a State
40 AAASAASA olia dCCPCI tiidil ttlC SOllStl-
tuition. The evil involves the prosperity
and may endanger the existence of
State. It's power to guard against or
to remedy the evil rests upon the law
OF -preservation-a law vital to every
community, and especially to sovereign
State"
This law of self-preservation is the
eternal foundation upon which has been
builded every aspiration of the human
race in all ages to be free from the
thraldom of greed and oppression. Ad-
vancing thought proclaims the real
freedom-that there Is no sovereign in
this country except the American peo-
pie; that State is but an agency of
their will, as the Nation typifies the col
lective will of the sovereign people of
all the States.
How far this law of self-preservation
may be utilized and expanded through
humane and righteous law to free the
people of the United States from modern
avarice and oppression that endanger
their well-being and threaten their very
existence is a question which challenges
the deepest consideration of all who
would make this Americas most glori-
Gus era for supremacy of the paramount
and inalienable rights of man.
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
Evening star., 1935-09-27
Letter to the Clergy.

After two and a half years of the New
Deal, President Roosevelt turns to the
clergymen of the country for advice. In
his letter sent to many of these spiritual
leaders of the people the President says:
Il shall deem it favor if you will write
me about conditions in your community
Tell me where you feel our Government
can better serve our people
This is perhaps the first time Presi-
dent of the United States has called
upon the clergy collectively for advice
as to how to run the Government. From
letters and statements already made
public from many of the divines 1T is
apparent that the advice given will vary
as widely as the interpretations placed
upon the Presidents motive in sending
such letter broadcast over the land;
a kind of QUESTIONABLE on the New Deal,
particularly as it relates to social condi-
tionS. Comments of the clergy upon the
New Deal and upon the Presidents let
ter have been both friendly and critical.
1t is not surprising that the President
should have received from one cleric a
sharp reminder that he was a leader in
the successful effort to repeal national
prohibition. Many of the clergy were
devoted to the cause of prohibition. The
nection was that he should Immediately
set about restoring the eighteenth
amendment to the Constitution, as an
aid to social conditions. No one expects
the President to accept this advice.
A number of the clergymen receiving
the letters regard the request of the
President as political move, designed
to line them up back of the administra-
ton and its program. This may be an
injustice to the President. However, the
church is likely to resent any effort cal
culated to draw it into partisan politics.
On the other hand, the President might
point out to his critics that, as a great
number of the clergy worked for the
adoption of national prohibition. which
entered politics in big way, they should
not resent being called upon to support,
for example, the social security legisla-
ton, providing for old-age pensions, aid
to crippled children and insurance
against unemployment. and the works
program.
The clerics of the country are among
its best minds. They have knowledge of
conditions existing among the rich and
the poor The New Deal doubtless will
have its strong supporters among them,
as it does among other groups 1t is
already apparent, however, that this
support is far from unanimous. The
clergy is independent and will not hesi-
tate to express its views, whether those
views coincide with those of the Presi-
dent or not. 1t seems impossible that
any one could expect the clergy to be
flattered into playing politics on the
side of the Roosevelt administration by
a letter from the Chief Executive. The
advice given by the clergy should be Of
value. In the meantime, what has be-
come of the professors?
Evening star., 1935-09-27

at kind of looks as If meanness and
intelligence 60 together sometimes, If
you don't mind me being slightly un-
grammatical, Mr.. Jones'"
mot at all. If you call me on the
phone, am very likely to reply, It's
me-. But to answer your question about
the intelligence Of the angel fish. This
creature exemplifles it in everything it
does. Notably its manner of paying
attention to humans"
"You think it really recognizes its
owner?"
There can be no doubt of it. But
instead of owner 1 would substitute
feeder"
1T knows the hand that feeds it, eh?"
Surely. More than that, 1t knows the
actual shape and appearance Of the
feeder from other persons in the house
hold"
You are joking, Mr. Jones"
Not at all. I told you the angel fish
is highly intelligent"
You feed it regularly, suppoSe?"
"Yes."
MAYBE it knows the time of day,
instead of you"
mo, because if some one else comes
up with food at that time of day it does
not dance"
"Oh, 1t dances, them"
Really it is wiggle"
"Oh, dance is all right, then"
you see, these animals have a habit
of swimming rapidly along the front
glass Of the aquarium, when they see
their feeder approach"
You are close to them when they
begin to wiggle?"
mo, they usually begin when they
see me enter the door, about 80 feet
away"
They wiggle for you. and won't do it
for any one else?"
Yes, that's right"
"You get quite a kick out of them
wiggling, Mr. Jones?"
"Oh, yes. You see, there are so few
contacts between a human and a fish,
after all"
rs the angel fish very savage?"
mo, that is the point. 1t is almost
the only cichlid that can be kept in a
so-called community tank, where vari-
oHs types of fishes live together"
Should guppies and angel fishes be
kept together?"
only if the guppies are full grown
and the angels are small specimens"
will there be any chance for baby
guppies to survive in a tank with angel
fiShes?"
None whatever"
They are very fond of live food?"
Exceedingly So"
And baby guppies are excellent live
food?"
Delightful, if you are an angel fish
But it is rather tough on the guppies."
Are angel fish hard to keep"
mo, they are among the easiest of
exotic fishes. except that the tempcra-
ture must not go below IA degrees, at
any time, day or night"
Il have heard their feeding problem
offers difficulties, and that they will go
on a hunger strike"
They need some live food preferably
very small earthworms, from time TO
time"
'Or guppies?"
yes. but guppies are too nice little
fishes to use as food"
Il believe the guppy is really your
favorite. Mr.. Jones'"
''No, still stick to the angel"
Evening star., 1935-09-27

give warning of the changes. At present
the pedestrian crossing street must
in many cases turn around to observe
the state of the lights.
That is a detail of moment. 1t di-
rectly affects the relation of the pedes-
trian to the rules. 1t can be corrected,
and 1t should be, whatever the cost.
Meanwhile in the preparation of rule
prohibiting street crossing save at inter-
sections, and there only with favoring
signals, consideration must be given to
the question of whether such rule is
really enforceable. At present the police
have about all they can do to watch
the motorists. IF they must watch the
pedestrians as well and arrest the jay
walkers in addition to the speeding
drivers they will be in need of large
reinforcements.
1t may be that a few demonstrative
arrests under the proposed regulation
would serve sufficiently as warning.
cIIidpS IlAo WOulu NC JAlC tdoC' ou1
repeated arrests of motorists for fast
driving, for improper corner turning. for
crowding, for failure to give signals and
for other sins Of the road have not
corrected the bad habits of the drivers.
The pedestrian has had his own way
unrestrained save by the partly seen
corner lights for so long that it will
be very difficult to induce him to obey
the new rules, even with arrest and fine
in prospect.
This is not to suggest that the problem
of pedestrian control be abandoned as
too difficult for solution. 1t must be
studied and experiments should be made
in the way of finding a means of COR
recting the grievous situation that now
prevails. But it must be recognized
that the mere writing of a regulation
will not correct long established habits
Evening star., 1935-09-27
The Pedestrian Problem.

Pedestrian control is unquestionably
necessary feature of any effective sys-
TEN of traffic regulation, and the con-
sideration of this matter by the Com
miSSioners at the instance of Traffic Di-
rector Van Duzer is quite in line with
other endeavors to make the streets of
Washington safer. A specific proposal
has been advanced by the director that
would penalize the careless walker with
a fine of 50 for trespass upon the driv-
ing space at other than specified cross
ing points and fine of 81 for disregard
of traffic signals. In other words, the
proposal is that pedestrians be confined
to the street intersections and required
to observe the signals at those points
That may be all right as far as it
goes. But does it 60 far enough? Does
it assure the pedestrian of a safe cross
ing of the street? 1t assuredly does not
in the present and Immediately pro-
spective state of affairs. The so-called
jay-walker as rule, prefers the mid
block crossings. because he there finds
only one stream of traffic to breast,
whereas at the corners he may find two
streams of corner-turners, and his allot-
ted time for crossing between red lights
is greatly reduced by these turning cars.
Furthermore, as the traffic light system
is now, the pedestrian has very poor
service from the signals, which in many
cases are not visible from the curb upon
which he stands waiting for his chance
TO cross in safety. There should be
system of lights especially for the pedes-
trians, clearly visible straight ahead, to