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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-15
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
imperial Valley for Thn
Date 10 Past Years
-
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March Is, 1915

Probably the first wedding cere-
mony ever performed at the county
jail took place Saturday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-15

er, which went out of commission
TWO weeks ago, has been repaired.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-15

The REQ fire department pump
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-15

1t will be interesting to see what states
if any, line up with Louisiana for Huey
Long next year.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-15

From the son of slaves who escaped
to Canada to an outstanding actor, is
the record of Richard Berry Harrison
de Lawd" of "The Green Pastures"
who died yesterday. The Negro race has
reason to be proud of him.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-15

The fair is still as good as it was last
Sunday. If you haven t seen it don't
miss il
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
GREAT CHANCE FOR YOUTH

L ESTABLISHMENT Of the National Youth
II Administration seems TO mark the in
auguration Of another Of those jobs which,
II handled properly, could be Of immense
service to the nation-and which, if the
proper Leadership is lacking, can swiftly de-
cline into just another well-meant but fruit
less bit Of official boon-doggling.
With the aims Of the project, no one can
quarrel. It is planned to utilize the enor-
nous potentialities Of American young men
and women-to see that they get the train
ing they need, to provide recreational facilities
for them. to make jobs so that they can at
least partially support themselves. and to hunt
for proper openings for them in private in
dustTy.
A national advisory board is to cooperate
with Tire state and city boards throughout
the country TO achieve these ends. Much VIII
depend on the way these boards do their
work. They have an opportunity to be CT
immense service. Let US hope that they work
with the efficiency and intelligence needed to
put over a program of this kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
CITIES GUST CORRUPTION

NTHEN the history OF this era is written by
" ow grandchildren, it is probable that the
postwar years will be described as the period
in which American municipal government was
redeemed after it had almost fallen apart
The chief trouble with our city governments
in the last Is years has been an ineficiency
and a blind greed which reflected the extent
to which stupid and corrupt partisan politics
had made control Of municipal affairs racket
rather than a branch of public service and
the most prominent symptom of this state of
affairs vas to be found in the brazenness Of
organized criminal gangs
There is not much use in rehearsing a
great deal o, past history on this point. What
happened in Chicago and New York-to name
only two cities under the regimes of such men
as Capone and Rothstein-is too we'll known
to need repeating The point is that at long
last the tide seems to have begun to run the
other way
St Paul had an explosion the other day
An energetic newspaper the st. Paul Daily
News. and a determined commissioner of pub
lie safety. H. E. Warren. dug out evidence to
show that the citys police department was in
a direct and startling alliance with the under
world.
The sensation which followed brought about
a swift purge Of the police department, and
probably Jared the citizens of st. Paul suffi-
GENTLY to make them insist hereafter on de-
cency and honesty in control of their govern
ment
This explosion in st. Paul was a symptom,
just as the corrupt condition which preceded
it was also a symptom.
For a long time American cities generally
were content TO go along under the kind of
political misrule which had developed during
the generations before. People knew that in
most cases they were being misgoverned. but
they had plenty of money to pay for it and
nobody cared very much.
But az last the situation became too costly
tc put up with any longer. The gang fights of
prohibition days did not bother the ordinary
man very much; the depredatiOns of the
Dillingers struck too close to home to be en-
durable.
Public opinion demanded and got a con-
certed drive against these gentry-and in the
course of this drive il became obvious that
large-scale crime can exist only when it can
maintain a working alliance with city govern
ments.
Slowly but surely. this alliance is being
overthrown. And along with the overthrow
we are beginning to learn anew the old lesson
Of democratic government-that a city, state,
or a nation gets Just about the kind of rule
that it deserves; that greedy partisan politics
is the mos. expensive Of all luxuries; and that
even the worst Of meSSes can be cleaned up
if the citizens really desire it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
PROSECUTORS STAFF is
SUFFICIENT, HE SAYS
Bv Jerry Meyers.

BY Jerry Meyers
Why must the taxpayers OF this
county be burdened with additional
costs of government in times Ike
these? If any valid reason can be
found for adding to the cost Of ad-
ministering the affairs Of our prose-
cutor's office, then there could be
10 objection to enlarging his staff
by giving him three Investigators.
All of Mr.. Spencer's deputies can
practice civil law, IN addition TO
performing their official duties and
have sufficient time for both.
In the criminal branch of the
Municipal Court, sometimes three
and four deputies stand around
while one of them tries a case. Dur
ing the sessions Of both Criminal
Municipal Courts, there are never
less than two or three deputies
hanging around the prosecutors Of
flee with nothing to co. Two or
three deputies are always off duty
entirely.
Then there is Buzz" Watson, who
just buZzeS around with no benefit
to the taxpayers who pay his salary.
Mr.. Spencer's force, as now consti-
tuted, can do everything he expects
additional assistants to accomplish
if those now in his employ earned
their salaries. This looks like an
other movement to take care Of
three more deserving % Democrats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29

Virginia boy guilty of running away
with the Sheriff Of Jasper.
The loving mothers of the state
should be forever grateful to The
Times and Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz
Jr. To both of you this boy owes
his parole and he will not serve
such an outrageous sentence as first
given to him.
Many lawyers know the law but
it is a smart guy with an alert mind
who, under pressure Of official duties,
is quick to see in a flash, way out
Of a difficult situation when the To-
cal prosecutor and judge could not
solve the problem with mature de-
liberation.
I hate the McNutt administra-
ton for its arrogance and power, but
the people can never forget that we
have a Governor and Attorney Cen
eral who have sympathetic hearts,
attuned to decency, common sense
and justice in an emergency. Long
live The Times. Gov. McNutt and
the Attorney General
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29

but he does make fur fy when he tackles
a JOB.
As a pohcy-maker, such as he was in his
MIRA JOB. the general was something less
than distinguished success. But as an ad-
ministrator. pure and simple, entrusted with
an executive job like this one in New York,
he ought 20 be a whirlwind.
His talents may be somewhat peculiar.
but they are genuine talents, and it is good
20 see that they are going TO be exercised in
the public service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29

THOsE great stone faces which sculptors
Il are carving on the rocky peaks of various
mountains about the country provoked some
heated argument at the recent national con-
ference on state parks, held in Skyland, Va.
Gutzon Borglum sculptor, who is carving the
giant memorial on the face of Mt. Rushnore,
in the Dakota Black Hills, said that such mon
uments were an integral part of natural scenic
beauty. And then up rose Tom Wallace, ed
itor of the Louisville Times, to declare that
such projects are, in the very nature of things.
horrible.
All such things are an outrage" he de-
clared. They don't belong, anyway"
This gentleman seems to have voiced a
thought that has occurred to more than one
citizen in recent years. There is something
permanent and unacceptable about these gi-
gantic memorials in living rock You can't es-
cape seeing them, and if you don't happen to
like them there is nothing much you can do
about it.
And that fact is perhaps an indication that
we should go slowly in ordering any more Of
these mountain sculptures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
Judge Sun1Ner Is Praised

follow the advice of the pauper
attorney, but they insisted, by
reason of the previous threats,
that they did not desire counsel.
Judge John L. Sumner regret
fully had to do his duty, as he
had taken an oath to carry out
the laws of the state of Indiana,
the prosecutor did not offer TO
make a lighter charge to help him,
but when the opportunity was
given to Judge Sumner, by the
motion to permit these boys to
withdraw their previous plea Of
guilty and enter a plea Of not
guilty Judge Sumner did not
falter but gladly sustained 1t.
Then the prosecutor permitted
afidavits to be filed against these
boys for a lesser offense, the
charge Of auto banditry, thinking
that the boys would get a 25-year
sentence. but by doing that he
opened the doors for Judge Sum
ner to display his true character,
that of a kind, fatherly, dutiful
human judge, and over the pro-
tests of the prosecutor with tears
rolling down his cheeks, he gave
the boys the least under the cir
cumstances possible.
He did not act from fear, from
any influence, authority or threats
from Atty. Gen. Lutz or the Gov
ernor of Indiana, but did what he,
as the judge of the court, had an
inherent power to do, and not
because he was a Republican or a
grass rooter. 1 am more than
pleased to have met him, because
to know him is to love him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
BORAH. THE NIMUTABLE

CENATOR BORAH. that old party Of one,
- today achieves his SEVENTEEN birthday
little changed except for fewer hairs upon his
lernine head. from the day he entered the
Senate three decades ago.
Borahs span Of Senate life stretches back
to The DAYS OF the giants When he arrived
from Idahos plains the Senate rafters were
slakrs with the thunderS of Beve-.dge Of
Cu own Indiana. Allison Of Iowa. OH Hale
q, Maine. Depew of New York. Krox Of
PENNSYLVANIA. Ia Toilette the elder. These
au have gone. succeeded by theirs sons or
l.s,er statesmen. But Borah. like Tennysons
h-cCz. sim bickers down the valley.
As a young insureent the WeSterner was
hailed as promising White House timber: to-
CAV he's being mentioned as his party's hope
for 1886. I'm postwar days he fought beside
Loose and Johnson against the League Of Ma
Iors. today. with no reason for fighting it, he
sill tits its shaky ramparts. Il has been said
that II sou want to hear the best thing ever
sa,- on any side Of any qussticr go 70 Borah:
DE is even unchanging IN his ,nangeableneSs.
This Senate dean has unique record. He
never bothers about little chores for his con-
stituents. yet they proudly send him back
a-en and again. He seldom initiates legis,a-
tior- one hears a lot about Bill Borah. but
who ever heard OF Borah bill? A fellow
senator said tia, Borah can hit the ball. but
never gets past FIST base. Another dubbed
hir- ~the great beginner" Nevertheless. the
Fans are always in the bleachers when Borsh
goes 10 bat Not even Huey packs the gallery
Is making speech today
For all OF which were grateful. Borah is
a great personality. an institution in our public
hte We wish him many happy OF EN-. and
We hope his people send him back next year.
one can hardly think OF the United States
Senate without him
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
FAIRGROUNDS AND SAFETY

INDIANAPOLIS Fairgrounds offer the chill
dren of this city an opportunity to play
safely
Every parent should make it his business
to see that his son or daughter is given the
chance for safe, supervised play.
To aid you, The Times Monday will reprint
the complete list of Fairgrounds where in
structoss are prepared to insure your child
safety and health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
MISS DUNN RETIRES

CPORTSMEN of Indianapolis Will appreciate
= Miss Elizabeth Dunns attitude in retiring
from competition in the indianapolis women's
golf tournaments after having won the tour
news for 10 consecutive years.
With the title clinched, Miss Dunn retires
to permit some other woman golfer to try for
the honOrs.
Miss Dunns craftsmanship has been as
significant in her playing as in her retirement
She has battled hard road to win the title
each year and she will get immense pleasure
from seeing some one else take the cup next
year and the following years.
Working by night and playing golf by day.
Miss Dunn offers the true sportsman, man or
woman, a goal at which to shoot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
WHITE RIVER MOTOR BOAT
SITUATION is DEPLORED
Rv Mrs Z. IL

BY Mrs. T. ii.
The bad situation relative to mo-
TOR boats on White River could have
been remedied long ago if Buck
Sumner, former sheriff, had paid
heed to the numerous requests for
relief from the nuisance.
Several times he was called upon to
compel boat operators to obey the
laws and on one occasion a petition
was sent to him. This petition was
signed by a great number Of resi-
dents Of River Heights, opposite Ra-
venswood, but no attention was paid
to it.
The noise from these boats is
almost unbearable. Yet there is a
state law against operating such a
boat without a mufher. Moreover,
the danger Of colliding with canoes
and other smaller craft is always
present.
Much has been said about the
drowning Of a young man last SUN
dav. but few know that the waves
from ulObOI DOdbS ukboCG a bOe1U AN'S
summer containing three children,
two vomen and one man, and quick
rescue work on the part Of swim
mers and others prevented a ter
rible tragedy.
We hope The Times will strive TO
enlist the aid Of the present sheriff
in bringing a more satisfactory So
luton of the problem.
Understand US. please. We have
no objection to the operation of mo-
tor boats but we do object TO the
unnecessary noise and danger Give
them, the speed boats, the dam
from the north end of Broad Rip
pie Park to the entrance Of the ca
nal and that should satisfy all con-
cerned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
SOnnetS of a
SOjOurner
BY BERTRAM DAY

BY BERTRAM DAY
If lovers seek a beautiful romance,
Then let them sit on deck some
moonlit night,
And from coy nook where waves
entrance,
Allow their souls to thrill with
pure delight.
All things will seem divine-no word
amiSs-
The moon will tell Of love in
whispers low,
Then see them pledged in a be-
trothal kiss
Which man and maid and moon
alone can know.
So two hearts linked together on the
sea
Go sailing wishing waves to yon-
der shore,
For something new within has
made them free
Since love came flooding through
the open door.
God smiles His love on such holy
sight
When hearts are mated on a moon
lit night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
FORMER LEGION COMMANDER
LAUDED BY SUBSCRIBER
BY C. w. Ardery.

By C. w. Ardery.
AS a constant, but over-enthusi-
astic reader of The Times, 1 can
not but resent the letter captioned
Legion Members Really Should Be
Sincere" by "Anti-BonuS,' in your
issue of June 25.
Edward Hayes, former American
Legion commander was, it is true,
prominent figure at the Repub-
lican Grass Roots" convention. Ed
Hayes needs no defense; he would be
a prominent figure wherever he APP
pears, but I can not conceive where
his actions at the Grass Roots
convention places the good old
American Legion on the spot" Ed
Hayes is 81, white and a citizen and
voter in this country, and as such
has a perfect right to voice his
opinion as to the rights or wrongs
of the present Administration.
For the information of Anti
Bonus Ed Hayes, during his year
as commander of the American Lee
gion did more for the disabled SOL
dier than any previous national
commander and I venture the
statement that had full payment OF
the adjusted compensation been on
the legislative agenda during his
year, there would have been a diff
ferent outcome
I am wondering what would be
the attitude of Anti Bonus" if he
was the holder of an adjusted COM
pensation certificate Would it be
any different than that Of the vet
Gran, whom he claims as being in
sincere to his government, and who
is at present unemployed and in
debt?
The veteran has been accused of
everything, but his sincerity in his
love for his country is something of
which he should not be deprived.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
AT 4 JOB THAT FITS

ONE thing seems 10 be certain. in a world
- OF uncertainties. New York City IS about
% get some real action in It's huge work-re-
lief program. for the simple reason that Gen.
Hugh s. Johnson is going to be the admin
istrator
Say what YOU VII about the general-and
there is a lot to be said. on both sides--he is
At least a man Of action. You may not al
Ways agree with the action he takes. and you
may hardly ever agree with what he says
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
OATHS

THE teachers oath bill has been passed
IL By the Massachusetts Legislature and
signed by the Governor. 1t requires all teach
ers in Massachusetts public schools TO pledge
allegiance to state and national Constitutions.
A next logical move might be to institute a
teachers oath bill requiring pledge Of alegi-
ance TO the Legislature and the Governor. And
for that matter, TO councilmen, sheriffs, dog
catchers and all other present administrative
powers that be.
Therein lies a danger in this oath BUSINESS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
BY T. Ernest MahOlm.

BY T. Ernest MahOlm.
Answering R. P. H. and a
mother, in the Message Center of
June 81, 1885, I desire to say that
as attorney for the two boys
charged with kidnapping the sheriff
at Jasper, Ind, had a very goou
opportunity to view the situation
from a legal standpoint.
True, these boys were charged
with a serious offense. The sheriff
of said county was very much
chagrined and at the time he
appeared before the grand jury,
and the only witness to appear
before the grand jury, naturally
wanted the boys indicted for the
most serious offense possible, and
the prosecutor, being busy pre-
pairing for murder trial, gave
very little attention to the case.
The result was an indictment
returned for kidnapping. These
children were influenced into
pleading guilty at once, upon the
threats that if they did not, they
would get the electric chair, and
that after the 14-year-old boy had
been struck in the face four times
while he was handcuffed by a
State Police officer who said he
would like to be the one to turn
the juice on, and that they had
better plead guilty without a
lawyer and they would only get
life Imprisonment.
The court did send for the
pauper attorney and informed the
defendants of the seriousness of
the charge and requested them to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
The Book World

DENJAAiIN APPEL is the Jack Dempsey" OF
ID the writing craft, II there can be such a
thing as a 'Man-Mauler" in the world Of books.
Mr.. Appel. graduate Of New Yorks Hell's
Kitchen. is one writer who doesn't believe in
pulling his punches. To him a hard-boiled guy
Is tOughie and deserves no sympathy and
should die the way he lives
For that reason his home town critics have
not always recognized his art. True, the Big
City. now realizes the power Of his pen, but few
really paid much attention to this fellow who
hurls solar plexus punches at his readers. One
Of the few. by the way, was Harry Hansen, the
New York World-Telegrams famed book critic
Well. at any rate Mr.. Appel has just tossed
another book into the maelstrom of words. 1t IS
-Four Roads to Death" alfred A. Knopf; So
and he simply slaughters the regulations Of every
one Of his characters. By the time you get
through the book you'd like to personally murder
the three chief characters-probably by slow
torture.
1t is the story Of an archaeological expedition
into Central Asia. Mr.. Appel refuses to give any
glamor to expeditions which are supposed to abet
knowledge and he implies that all the four per-
sons who 90 on the trip are moved by egotism,
by greed. by villainy, and that those who return
do so with soiled hands.
It is a book in which nobody comes clean.
Make no mistake about tits a hard book
and if you like EN- that way, this is the one
for you.
WE Americans work hard we're competent
w and we're efficient but We don't have
much fun.
That's the conclusion of John Gibbons, an
English newspaper man. who has written an
entertaining book in rs This American" Out
ton; $3.50.
Mr.. Gibbons started in New York, took the
train to New orleans and then trekked back
across the country by bus and the good old
thumb route at which Chief Mike MorriSsey will
very probably shudder. Mr.. Gibbons liked our
hotels our good roads, our hospitality, the way
our women-folk dress. and our lack Of self-cor-
SciouSneSS.
But, and a good but, he says that our great
cities are the saddest places on earth, that our
railroads are Overrated, New York's Coney Island
is terrible and that occasionally our brusqueness
isn't becoming.
Mr.. Gibbons has written his book in a humor-
Gus vein and it's dandy summer reading.
Oh. yes, he thinks citizens ought to be
joStled of to the police station once or twice
each week and forced to enjoy good chucke.
Who ever thought police stations were funny?
Ours in Indianapolis isn't.