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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
SAN DIEGO CLEANING HOUSE

This column, frequently finding fault
with San Diego and its city government
in recent months, notes with pleasure
that the result of yesterdays primary
election in the coast city indicates the
citizens there have grown tired of "po-
litical" regime and have turned out of
office practically all of the present city
council.
Those who may claim that San Diego's
city politics concern only the citizens of
the coast city overlook the fact that San
Diego has placed itself in the world spot
light by the international exposition
which is to be held there this summer.
1t has invited the world to come there
to see the exposition and it behooves it
therefore to have a city government
which will represent the best ideals of
the best citizens and not the desires of
the professional politicians. These lat
ter have made a laughing stock of San
Diego for several years past.
Sweeping them into the discard is the
first step toward a reconstruction of the
city government which shall put it on
sound and satisfactory basis by the time
the exposition is to be opened. All of
California is concerned with the welfare
of San Diego and its exposition and it is
in a spirit of neighborliness as we'll as
realization that California as we'll as San
Diego will be ION parade that prompts
an interest and concern in what would
otherwise be merely San Diego prob
lem.
Having taken the initial step in the
primary, it is hoped San Diego will con-
tinue the work in the election to be held
next month.
Now if the coast city newspapermen
can be persuaded to call the exposition
something else than expo" (Which is
too akin to hypo), we have no doubt the
exposition will be all that all of San Di-
ego's friends hope it will be.
-o
For his own enjoyment it is to be
hoped Mr. Roosevelt finds the fish more
tractable than some of his party men,
bers in congress.
Just why the jury recommended "mer-
cy' for one of Baby Face" Nelson's
gunmen is something we are not able to
understand.
Somehow or other this coast tanker
strike seems to have a bit of difficulty
working up the publicity needed to make
it a success.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
Dinner Enjoyed
At Elm School

SEELEY. March 81. (SpeciaD -
Patrons and friends of the Elm
school Friday evening enjoved a
Spanish dinner prepared by Mrs.
Duarte and daughters. Mrs. Rasue.
Mrs. Mallabox and Miss Connie
Duarte.
Spanish music was furnished by
the SERA orchestra fron, Calexico.
Vocal solos were rendered by Miss
Duarte.
Rev j. c, Spencer and Rev. NJ.
Lowe we're the speakers of the eve
ming. After the serving of the din
ner, Spanish games we're played.
Over 100 people we're present dur
ing the evening. All departed at a
late hour, having had a most en-
joyable time. Mrs. o. Shieber and
her assistants were given a vote of
thanks for the get-together eve
ming.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

"Oh. my goodness!" said Uncle
Wiggily stopping and looking back
As he did so he saw the Bob Cat
sneaking out of bush behind Fif-
fy. When Fifty knelt down to tie
his lace he looked around he also
saw the Bad Chap coming toward
him.
You re not going TO get met"
yelled Fifty. AS quick as a wink
he tied his shoe lace and he tied it
very we'll. Then he jumped and
ran TO his father and Uncle Wig
gily threw stones at the Bob Cat
and made him 90 away. But. for
fear he might come back. Mr.. Long
ears and Fifty hoped like the
wind all the rest Of the way TO
school. They got there safely and
neither Of Fiffy's laces came loose.
Ever after that he tied them so
well they never came undone. He
had learned the lesson. And If you
will help the junk mans auto to
turn back somerSault on the ice,
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
gtly's big kite.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
Author To Glue
Narcotics Talk

Alonzo L. Baker, noted author and
editor of one of the leading health
journals of the country will speak
on Narcotics" in the Calexico high
school auditorium Wednesday eve
ming at 7:30 o'clock.
This lecture is sponsored by the
narcotics division of the w. =. T.
u, which urges all public officials,
teachers, parents, young men and
women, students to hear this lee
ture.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD z. GARRIS
Copyright, 1885, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

end, tripped and fell. 'Oh, boo
hool" he cried.
There! You see what happen
ed" said Uncle Wiggily. You were
careless again. Now I'm going to
watch you tie that lace and you
must do it right" With his father
watching, Fifty tied a very good
knot. Then the two rabbits hoped
on again.
They were not far from the Hol-
low Tree School and Uncle Wiggi-
ly was feeling thankful that Fifty
wouldn't be late when, all of sud-
den, the boy rabbit, stopped and
called: wait for me, Daddicums!
Ny other lace is united nowi"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

are brushed TO
an eternal gloss.
More perfumed
po m a d c S and
fiXings or the
hair are sold
per capita than
in any 0 t h e +
city.
There are not
many who do
not have a trim
at least once a
W e e K, SO m e
twice. The pop
ular coiffure for
several VI a 7 S
h a S b C e II a
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
SENTIMENT AGAINST BAN

SACRAMENTO. March q. UP
Sentiment against bills designed 10
prohibit the licensing of CONNER
cial fishermen ineligible TO citizen
ship appeared to be developing in
the legislature today after final
action was delayed by the fish and
game committees Of both houses
because of the international re-
lations" involved.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

straight brush back from the fore
lead without part. About the only
pompadou since Harold Ross flat
tened his is that of George S. Kauf-
man.
In the days OF more luxurious
growth, Sailing Baruch offered the
most unusual touch. His middle part
extended down in the back to his
collar edge. Then. of course, there
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

were Elihu Root and Charlie Falls,
the artist, with bangs. And Yascha
Bunchunk, who spread thin lock
over an entire bald head.
Actors. of course, set a meticulous
pace in hair dress. Few can top Bert
Lytell or the mirrory silver sheen
attained by Harry Silvey. Irving
Berlin reputedly goes to the barber
twice a day solely to be brushed
And Charles G. Norris, en- brosse
causes his cauStic poker pals to dub
him The Stay Comb Kid.
have no way of knowing he de-
sierS such post. Yet I often Won
der why big move concerns have
not annexed D. W. Griffith at least
in advisory capacity. In the days OF
the speechless and rather cumber-
some silent films, he produced
what many contend is an all time
top in pictures. THE Birth of a
Nation" They still rave about it.
And has anyone noticed the strik-
ing resemblance between Griffith
and Cardini, the illusionist?
One of the most pronounced ten
mis- enthusiasts is E. L. Blumen-
schien, the painter, of Taos, New
Mexico, and New York. At 60, he
plays every day, summer and WIN
ter. A runner-up is Ewing Gallo
way, the photographer who, past
So is a daily visitor to the courts.
was in Galloway's office day re-
Gently during a bit of over-the-
phone leSe majestic. He was letting
a magazine editor have both barrels
for pink of diScourtesy and con-
signed him with magnificent fury
to one of the Arctic places. Gal
lowav is a whiskerless Lincoln In
appearance but his favortie unbeat-
itudinous beatitude is that the
meek shall inherit the earth, but
not in his time.
Madison Square, which in Sc
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
UNCLE WIGGILY AND FIFFY'S
LESSON

Uncle Wiggily hoped out of his
Hollow Stump Bungalow, twinkled
his pink nose in such a funny way
that the looking glass laughed out
loud and then the jolly rabbit gen.
tleman slid down the stair banister
railing to get his breakfast of car
rot oatmeal.
You are down early this morn
ing, Mr.. Longears," squeaked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy as she dished
out cabbage marmalade for the
forty 1even sixteen bunny boys and
girls already at the table.
"Yes, I am bit early" said Mr..
Longears blowing kisses from his
pink nose TO Baby Bunty and all
the other rabbits at the table. Il
am going to give Fifty a lesson in
shoe laces this morning"
will it hurt much, Daddicums?"
asked the little rabbit boy
"Of course it won't" said his
father. AT least it will not hurt if
you do just as / tell you. I am 60
ing 10 take you TO school this
morning and Buster won't be late,
as he was yesterday, having to wait
for you TO stop and tie your laces.'
"Oh, I'll tie them well today,
said Fifty.
We'll see" said Uncle Wiggily as
he took some more maple sugar for
his parsnip pancakes.
Early Start
Knowing that he had to teach
Fifty a lesson in tying shoe laces,
Uncle Wiggily started off with him
10 school before the other rabbit
boys and girls had quite finished
from their breakfasts. Away the
little bunny and the big bunny
hoped from the hollow stump
bungalow, over the fields and
through the woods, up hill and
down hill.
Before he started off with Fifty
the old rabbit gentleman watched
his little boy tie the laces of his
shoes.
did you tic them good and tight
Fiffy?" asked Mr.. Jongears.
"Oh. yes, Daddicums, very tight
They won't come undone."
Let us hope so" said Uncic
Wiggily. why was it, Fifty, that
you didn't tie your laces tightly
yesterday. and on other days wher
they have come loose to trip you OF
make you late? Why was it?"
oh. ] don't know how to tie
knots very good" said Fifty.
Yes. you do said his father
for your mother and Nurse Jane
have taken pains 10 teach you. II
ten you why your laceS come un-
done. II is because you are caro-
less In tying them. You don't take
enough care"
They won't come undone now,
said Fifty, hopping along after his
father u tied EN- Tight" But
alasl He had hopped only a little
way when his left lace came loos,
and Fifty, stepping on the dangling
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

NEW YORK. March 27.-EngliSh-
men in general and H. G. Wells in
particular have commented on the
sleek hair dress of male New York
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

A special train Of 10 or more
coaches will arrive in the valley on
Saturday. bearing hundreds of Elks
from all parts Of Southern Califor-
mia.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
TEN YEARS AGO
March 27, 1925

The Harold Bell Wright ranch
was re-purchased recently by w. H.
Longstaff.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

Baseball stock at Central high
school took a squirt yesterday when
the local nine defeated Calipatria
on the latter'S grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
Loo king
3 &C k w a r d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March 81, 1915

Ground has been broken and the
foundation is in for a new business
block on Main street, Calipatria.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March 27, 1920

Mrs. j. S. Bridenstine of Holtville
was in the city yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27
Seeley Boy Scouts
Hold Track Meet

SEELEY. March 27. (SpeciaD-
The Boy Scout Troop 5 of Seeley
held a track meet Sunday after
noon and divided in two patrols
Harold Robinson's patrol won in
the events.
The troop is busy practicing ey-
cry night for their play to be given
Friday night, March % Let every
one come that evening that can and
encourage these boys who have
worked hard to make a success of
this evening. Court of Honor will
be held. Many Scouts arc in line
for merit badges.
S. +. Robinson returned from
Sacramento Monday where he at
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

An early cutting of hay is in
sight. A little alfalfa is already
ready for cutting and early barley
in many fields is now headed.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

ouence has been a potter's field, the
site of an arsenal, a public square
and refuge for hot gospelers, is get
ting ready for its next change. Un-
der the authorized plans 1t becomes
q sort of formal Park Monceau With
huge fountain and tree lined gra-
veled walks. One hopes in its beau
tifying it will not ban the swarm
of boot blacks. "A bench seat and a
shine in the gathering dusk has
long become a rite to many of the
city's contemplative philosophers
and potential o. Henry's.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

Harry K. Thaw continues to stick
TO the broad acres of Kenilworth,
his Virginia estate. He wears the
high spurred boots and wide hat OF
the old time landed gentry and
rarely leaves his domain. Now and
then a bevy of rather buoyantly
rouged ladies arrive in flashing mo-
tor cars for a festive evening, but
much of Thaw's time is devoted to
letters. With a collaboration he mas
Eeen turning out book which he
hopes will knock the lid off the
blackmail racket, of which he has
been repeated target. In a similar
manner Evelyn ThaW, who attained
thick headlines every few months,
has become conspicuously self-ef-
facing the past year.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

The most likely candidate for the
passenger list on any of the the
many big liner cruises is the author
Octavus Roy Cohen. Addict is the
word that describes his enthusiasm.
He's always rarin to go. In the past
ten years he has been on more than
20. AS one of Americas most pro-
life writers, he has found he can
work at top speed without the
slightest fatigue, drifting from port
to port. He has been over the
ground so much he rarely goes
ashore. Just writes and relaxes in
deck chair.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

The golden dream of many writ
ers, especially the fictionists. is to
lead an E. Phillips Oppenheim life.
He has a palatial home on the Cor
niche road short spin from Monte
Carlo. His yacht tugs at anchor in
the Mediterranean blue of the wa
ters tapping his private beach. He
works in an all-glass studio filter
ing the comforting Riviera sun. His
editors can reach him only by cable.
He has a glum secretary who never
talks save when addressed and
then in monosyllables. The only
thing we can think of to add to "
is a Chink valet with long nails for
ck-scratching.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-27

Somehow or other this coast tanker
strike seems to have bit of difficulty
working up the publicity needed to make
il a success.
Montana labor news., 1935-01-03
Explain Two Billion Dollar Loss

According to a recent statement by G. Munro
Hubbard, president of the advertising firm of
Doremus & Co., before the Advertising Club of
Boston, the bankers of the United States should
launch a widespread publicity campaign to ex-
plain the nature of the banking business. He
said:
"f you want the lawmakers of the coun-
try to refrain from suicidal banking legis-
~lation, you can do nothing more effective
than to make millions of voters understand
what a banker is and what he is not"
Mr.. Hubbard added that the average man
has not the ~faintest glimmering" Of the bank
ers' place, function and limitations in our eco
nomic order.
Reports of the United States Treasury Of
fcials state that millions of persons who de-
posted their savings with the bankers for safe
keeping, with very low interest rates, or no in
terest at all, as a guarantee of that safety, have
suffered loss Of around two billion dollars
through the inefficiency, crookedness and down
right dishonesty of thousands Of these custo-
dams of the peoples thrift.
This figure represents only lost bank deposits,
not including many billions lost in worthless
Securities"
These victimized citizens long ago made up
their minds that the major function of bankers,
up to the first session of Congress under Roose-
welt, was to borrow billions of dollars from de-
p%ositors without proper security for repayment,
loan the borrowed funds to bank directors and
other business men on questionable collateral
or no collateral at all, and, then when business
conditions or stock market conditions suffered
a reverse, go into bankruptcy with the deposit
tors suffering the major loss.
In case the bankers adopt Mr.. Hubbard's sug-
gestion, among the first things which should be
explained, and justified, are the practices by
which they swindled depositors out of these two
billion dollars-a crime so enormous that the re-
cent Congress Of the United States enacted a
Federal law guaranteeing the safety Of bank de-
posts up to a maximum which protects prac-
tically all of the savings which the masses place
in these institutions.
Montana labor news., 1935-01-03

the purpose Of the new plan is to Gre
ate harmonious relations with the COM
pany. No mention is made of wages,
hours or conditions of employment, or
the signing of a contract. The consti-
tuition can be amended only by two-
thirds vote of all members of the al
lance, in meeting assembled. Union
lists point out that this practically bars
amendments, as no mass organization,
whether labor, fraternal or business,
can count on two-thirds of a member
ship Of thousands attending any bust
ness meeting.
The alliance idea is expected to be
widely copied by other steel corpora
tons. U. S. Steel revised its company
union plan last February so as to in
clude all workers in the mills and to
make all eligible for membership on
the committees. However no provision
is made for meetings or for self-fi-
nancing OF the committees. All ex-
penses are donated by the company
and charged up to operating expenses.
The new plan is expected to make
workers pay for their W e%nslavement
through a check-off system. The open
meetings, held on company premises,
give company spies an easy chance to
spot "agitators," as union members are
called.
The corporations are offering the
steel labor board a compromise which
includes recognition of the Amalga-
mated Association Of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers to represent such work.
ers as are paid-up members. This in
PRODUCES the proportional representa-
ton dea just rejected by the auto
workers union in Detroit. Unionists
are scornful Of the idea and are con-
tinuing to insist that the steel labor
board proceed to hold elections in the
steel plants to determine whether
workers prefer the real union to the
company union. So far the steel labor
board has been unable to summon
nerve enough to hold elections, al
though it is empowered to do so.
U. S. Steel attorneys have threatened
to appeal to the courts against any
such elections.
Montana labor news., 1935-01-03
COOP GROUPS
CELEBRATE GOTH
ANNIVERSARY

NEW YORK. - FP) Just before
Christmas, 1874, in "a period of eco
nomic distress and d~isillusion," 28 poor
weavers in Rochdale, England, scraped
together first payments toward $l4O
and started a consumers cooperative
store.
Thus began a movement which now
claims 100000 members in Britain,
and about 100000 families in 100,-
900 cooperative societies in 43 countries,
not counting Soviet Russia. In that
country, with its special type of de-
velopment, there are about 100000
members.
The principle behind this movement
was simple let people cooperate to buy
the goods they need; let them distrib-
ute those goods at current market
prices; let them accumulate a surplus
saving, resulting from the difference
between the cost and the selling price,
to be returned to the consumers in the
group in proportion to their purchases,
after providing for growth, education
and welfare service.
That principle has created a move
ment doing an annual business of $20,-
900, $1,000. In the United States alone,
according to the AAA, the business of
consumer cooperatives last year totaled
almost 100000 a day, $~36O,OOO,OO0 a
year.
This huge turnover has been achieved
though the cooperative movement is
comparatively young in the United
States. The Cooperative League Of
the U. S. A.. was formed about 20 years
ago. OF the thousands Of cooperative
societies with a total membership of
100000, the Cooperative League has
about $4,000 members in 1893 sol
%cieties, with all the largest wholesale
groups except two. 1t acts as a ma
tional organization for fact-finding and
guidance.
The co-ops find sufficient justifica-
ton for the celebration of the nine
tieth anniversary of the first consum-
ers' cooperative store founded Dec. q,
1874, in Rochdale, England, by Is
WeaVers.
Montana labor news., 1935-01-03
Sales Tax Unfair to Workers

The American Federation of Labor has per
s%istently held that the sales tax, federal, state,
or municipal, is in reality nothing but a scheme
to exempt the well-to-do from taxation and
saddle the cost of government on those who are
least able to pay.
The administration of the sales tax in Illinois
confirms labor's contention. The law which be-
came effective July l, 1888, provided that the
proceeds for the first six months should be de-
voted to unemployment relief. At the expira-
ton of that period the proceeds were used to
pay the expenses of the state government, which
formerly had been met by taxes against the
owners of real and personal property.
The sales tax now provides the state with
$36,OOOO0O annually, with the result that no
taxes are levied on real and personal property,
which has an assessed valuation of five and one
half billion dollars.
Practically all of this $36, 100000 is col
Iected from the masses of the people of Ili-
nois, most of whom are wage earners and
persons with similar low income, while the
well-to-do and rich, who are abundant able
to pay, contribute relatively nothing toward
paying the expenses of the State Govern
ment, whose activities are largely conse-
Grated to protecting the interests of the very
property owners who by the sales tax have
secured tax exemption for their property.
Adequate organization in bona fide trade
unions Of the workers in every state, and the
mobilization of that organized power at the
Montana labor news., 1935-01-03
UNION PRINTER, IN
U. S. % A NOW
FACES

NEW YORK. -(FP)-O Oscar Man
isto, a member of the Typographical
Union, faces deportation to Finland
after q years in the United States be-
cause he belonged to the Workers
Party in 1925.
The government admits that Manisto
has an excellent character, that he was
never convicted of any crime and that
he has no connection with any radical
party now. He has a wife and three
children, the latter all having been born
in the United States. They have no
connections in Finland, but because
of his membership in a radical organi-
cation 10 years ago, the family is to be
sent to what amounts now to a foreign
country. His home is in Astoria, Ore.
Attorney David Levinson is attempt
ing to block the deportation by a
habeas corpus writ.