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Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry James, Mr..
and Mrs. Vincent Hamerson, Lorna
Hamerson, Miss Edith Garrow and
Percy Gaskell of San Diego, enjoyed
a picnic at Algodones Sunday. Upon
his return to San Diego, Gaskell was
accompanied by Miss Garrow who
will visit her sister, Mrs. George
Portlock for some time. Mrs. Port
lock suffered badly sprained knee
recently and will be required to use
crutches for some time.
Henry Salcido of Fresno enrolled
in the first grade at Meloland school
Monday. School was closed Tuesday
and Wednesday because of the rain.
Helen Rumsey is spending mid
year vacation this week at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Alex Meyer. She
will return to- State college Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Palmer and
son, Charles, were dinner guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Machado at their
home in Brawley Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
IMPERIAL READERS COLUMN
Evelyn Hicks, Staff Correspondent

spite of the inclemency of the wea-
ther had 100 per cent attendance
as their semi-monthly meeting.
Robert Bergie of McKim district,
was an Imperial city business visi-
tor. Wednesday afternoon.
r. G. Watson of Thermal, Califor-
MIA, was an Imperial city business
visitor, Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Margaret Kline, mother OF
Mrs. Fred Hudson, who has been
visiting here for the past six weeks,
returned to her home in Santa
Monica the forepart of the week as
motor guest of Mrs. T. l.. Hudson.
Mrs. T. L. Hudson and son Tom
mie of Los Angeles visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Sted-
man, the past weekend, returning
TO their home Tuesday.
The bridge party sponsored by the
Legion Auxiliary, which was to have
been held at the Veterans Mem
orial hall, was postponed indefin-
itely because of rainy weather.
Frances Erskine of San Diego
State college is home on a Today
mid-semester vacation.
| Mr.. and Mrs. D. league have
moved to 704 North G street. They
were recent residents of Ell Cen
tro.
Jacqueline Love, who has been
confined to her home the past few
days, is recovering from severe
case of tonsilitis.
Ed Griffin was called out of the
valley for a few days because Of the
death of his sister, who resided in
AnUoloc
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
BRIEF NEWS FROM MELOLAND
Mrs. Alex Meyer, Staff Correspondent

Ewing Scott is now on location in
Tennessee directing picture for
Paramount. He will be in New Or
leans for the Mardi Gras festival
and will leave late in the spring for
Alaska to direct another of his in
teresting films of that country. His
picture "Igloo" filmed several years
ago is considered the best Alaskan
picture from an educational stand
point.
/, B. M. Dorman and friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Smith of Aberdeen,
| Washington, and Dick Leger of
San Diego, who are spending this
week in the valley, were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. K. K. Sharp
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Gregg are en-
joying a visit this month from an
old friend, Mrs. H. j. Greenman OF
Los Angeles.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Walker and
family of Santee, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Farley on Sunday
The Walkers own ranch southwest
of Meloland. -
Mrs. Charles Forsberg was hap
PLY surprised when she returned
home from church Sunday to find
several of her friends at her home
to wish her a happy birthday In
her absence delicious dinner had
been prepared, including three
birthday cakes. Places were laid for
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Maddox, their
son, Haroldine, Mr.. and Mrs. Ezell
Russell and daughter, Bobbie Jean
Genevieve Moody, Walter Forsberg
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Forsberg, and
George, Harold and Betty Forsberg
Word has been received that Mar
garet and Marian Jones, daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Jones, have
become members of the Honor
Scholarship Society of the La Jolla
high school where they are stu
dents this year. Students are re-
CURED to have high scholastic
standing to be eligible for this hon.
or.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Palmer and
Charles took advantage of the rair
holidays to spend several days Wis.
iting Mrs. Palmers mother, Mrs
Annie Crawford, in Orange. They
plan to return Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Stricklel
and children, Clyde and Zoe Ann ol
Santee were weekend guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Ro-
berts. On Sunday the two families
drove to CaleXico to see the work
that has been done on the Allan
erican canal.
! Mrs. Alfred Valenzuela of Los An
] geles was a visitor at the home o.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Ordonez We'd
nesday.
The Meloland Ladies Social club
will meet at the home of Mrs. H. A
Wells next Wednesday, February 13
The meeting for February 6, wa
postponed because OF the rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

dit" revealed this today as he sat
in the Nevada county Jail awaiting
extradition to Michigan.
I'm not afraid of going to trial, "
he said. II think I have good
chance to clear myself.
Everybody back there knows
Brown was a pretty fancy boy and
/ had a good reputation despite the
fact that I served tire in prison"
Franchettte said he had killed
Brown when the latter made dispar-
aging remarks about girS with
whom Frechette was friendly.
The staying occurred Tuesday,
January 90, near Howell Mich.
Frechette placed the body in the
trunk of Browns sedan and drove
about Michigan for several days be-
fore starting west to abandon the
machine and the body in San Fran
cisco ana hoard boat for China. .
Erroute he held up several stores
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
UNCLE WIGGMY'S SNOW SLIDE

Uncle Wiggily was reading the
newspaper in his hollow stump
bungalow one day when, all of a
sudden, he smelled smoke coming
from Nurse James kitchen.
~ hope Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy ism t
burning the carrot shortcake she
promised to bake for me-, - said the
rabbit gentleman. ~ had better
hop out there and see what makes
that smoke BY this time some
of the smoke had blown into the
living room where he sat.
Hopping out to Nurse. Jane s
kitchen, Uncle Wiggily found more
smoke there. The muskrat lady
housekeeper, coughing and sneez-
ing, was trying to open some of the
windows to let the smoke out.
"'What' s the matter? Is the
bungalow on fire?" asked Uncle
Wiggily.
"Noi" said Nurse Jane. +" !" The
only fire is in the stove, but it is
smoking dreadfully.
why does the stove smoker
asked the rabbit gentleman. "It
never smoked before and there has
been a fire in it all winter. -
81 think the chimney is stopped
up,' said Nurse Jane. h#
"What with?' asked Mr. Long
ears.
Blames the Snow e
"With snow answered Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy. "You see lot of
snow fell last night Some of it
piled up on the edges or rim of the
chimney. Now the wind has blown
this snow down inside the chimney
and it is so stopped up that none
of the smoke can go up the CHM
ney as it should.'' II.
"Won't the heat from the stove
melt the snow in the chimney?'
asked the bunny gentleman.
81 have been hoping that it
would, but it doesn' It seem to-" an
swered Nurse Jane. 81 think you II
have to get up on the roof. Uncle
Wiggily, and poke at the snow in
the chimney with the broom handle.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
VISIT IN LOS ANGELES

MELOLAND, Feb. z. (SpeciaD-
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Scott spent sew
eral days the past week in Los An
geles visiting Scott's mother, Mrs.
Roderick Scott, who recently re-
turned from trip to Europe. Mrs
Scott IS health was greatly improved
by the ocean voyage and four
months she spent visiting her sis
ters in Newton Stewart, England
and Peterhead, Scotland. Her de-
lightful voyage home on the Hol-
land-Dutch liner, "Damsterdyke,'
via the West Indies and Venezuela,
was climaxed when her husband
and all of her children except one
son were present to welcome her
when the boat docked at Whining
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Scott also
visited Mrs. Scott's mother Ma
dame Ethel o Neil, at her home in
Hollywood before returning home
Monday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
PROMPT ACTION JUSTIFIED

Attention Of readers is called to the
appeal made by East Side residents for
relief from an intolerable condition, ap-
pearing in the news columns of this issue.
The men signing that statement, each
of whom can truly be considered COM
munity leader and loyal, respected citi-
zen of Ell Centro, have stated their case
well. 1t is a condition that is not un-
known to sections of the west side in
weather such as we have had, but inn
provements have been made in that area
during the past decade and more are con-
templated, so that muddy streets are
gradually, even if slowly, becoming less
numerous. NOTHING, practically, has
been done on the East Side.
These citizens are not unreasonable in
their request. They do not demand pave
ment such as other sections of the city
have but they ask that the streets at least
be graveled and placed in good condition
NOW, while there is a chance for feder-
al assistance. This certainly is not ask
ing for more than that to which they are
entitled
Disregarding their appeal because they
are Negroes and Mexicans, is no answer.
1t is in fact foolish answer, because
germs and disease which can easily be
created by such conditions are no respect
ers of race or color. Germs don't stop
at the railroad tracks, as prominent
East Side citizen expresses it.
We realize, as do the East Side resi-
dents, that the city council has many
demands and only certain amount of
money to meet the demands. However,
we are not entirely satisfied that the city
councils, past and present, have given this
matter the attention and consideration it
deserves There is only too much truth
in what the East Side citizens write of
broken promises and passing the buck"
1t is also true that the present offers the
best possible time to remedy the situa-
tion.
There can be no legitimate or sound
excuse for permitting the present intol-
cradle condition to exist indefinitely with
out attempting to remedy it. On the
contrary, there are countless reasons why
the remedy should be started at once
If we cannot be moved by a sense of
justice to East Side residents, or by civic
pride, perhaps we may be influenced by
civic safety, for civic safety concerns
those on this side of the tracks as well as
on the East Side.
These men who appeal to the public
are entitled to hearing. They are not
''bolsheviks," and they are not trouble
makers 1t would be difficult to find a
group of men more sincerely and un-
selfishly interested not only in aiding
their own people but in developing the
city of Ell Centre than they are. Their
appeal has real merit and, coupled with
existing conditions, justifies immediate
action.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Elgood Ferguson,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Por-
ter Ferguson passed through I'm
perial Monday on their way to East
Whittier where they will attend the
school of customs.
Mrs. E. N. CoSand received word
of the serious illness of her brother
in Colorado Springs recently.
R. N, Craigs, formerly of Balti-
more. Maryland, and now of San
Diego. visited Imperial, wednesday.
He reports great progress in the
San Diego fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Burton and
daughter. Gladys, accompanied by
Miss Fanny Williams. motored to
Mt. Signal, Sunday to spend the
day with Mr.. Burton's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Burton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hurst spent
Sunday in Imperial with the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
Williams.
Mr.. Boatman spent the week -end
in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Dan Carter of El Centro was
an Imperial city visitor Wednesday
afternoon.
r. Carlson and D, Vinzant are
repairing the old Douglas building
for future use.
Major John Lamb has been con-
fined to his home the past two
weeks because of serious Illness.
Tommy Allen has been confined
to his home because of bronchial
pneumonia.
The chamber of commerce. in
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
I'll let the smoke out

who, with Nurse Jane, was watch
ing. 1.-The snow on the slanting
roof makes it very slippery"
( Has His Rubbers On
- won't Slip" said Uncle Wig
gily. 81 have my rubbers on"
He stepped off the top of the lad
der to the lower edge of the roof.
Then he began to climb up the
roof, which was slanted like a steep
hill Using the broom handle as
a cane, at last Uncle Wiggily
reached the top or middle of the
roof where the chimney was built.
Standing on his tiptoes and look
ing down the chimney, Mr.. Long
ears saw that it was full of snow
"I'll push some holes in to let
the warm smoke OUT he said.
"T'he warm smoke will soon melt
the rest of the snow He jabbed
the handle of the broom down the
chimney through the snow. In a
moment out puffed lot OF smoke,
getting in the bunny gentleman IS
eyes He coughed, spluttered and
jumped Dack ana LAel, before ne
knew it he had fallen down and
was sliding right off the roof like
"a sled going down hill.
"Wiggy! Wlggy Be carefull''
cried his wife.
Hold onl'' begged Nurse Jane.
But there was nothing the rabbit
gentleman could hold fast to ON
that slippery snow slide Of the roof.
Right down to the edge he slid and
off he plopped into a deep drift.
He didn't have to use the ladder
coming down.
COMP cried Nurse Jane, "Oh!''
cried Mrs. Longears. But they need
not have worried. The snow into
which the rabbit fell was so soft he
didn't get hurt at all. So he fixed
the chimney and the smoke went
out. And if the talking pictures will
speak a piece for the Lady Mouse
School Teacher, III tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily up a tree.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

in Denver. persuaded Salt Lake City
authorities not to search his car and
picked up three passengers whom
he carried from the Utah capital to
the California border, where he was
apprehended last Wednesday night
Police found Browns body, with
two bullet holes in the head, in the
trunk. Frechette, who had repre-
sented himself as Brown, prompt
ly confessed, saying he was sorry
but Brown had got what he de-
served"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
BED TIME STORIES
BY HOWARD Z. GARRIs
Copyright 1884 BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,

Punch some holes through the
snow to let the smoke OUT
"I'll do that said the rabbit
gentleman. "The smoke in the
bungalow is getting thicker all the
while. My, how it hurts my eyes!"
"And mine, too," squeaked Nurse
Jane, coughing and sneeZing.
Uncle Wiggily hoped out to the
; garage where he had a ladder.
Leaning the ladder against the side
of his bungalow, the rabbit gentle
man started to climb to the top OF
the roof to push the broom handle
down through the snow that was
stopping the chimney.
"Be careful you don It slide down
and fall off, warned his wife,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
SLAYER SAYS
REPUTATION
To CLEAR HIM

NEVADA CITY. Calf. Feb. 8.
W.P)-Clarence Frechette, 25-year-
old Michigan ex-eonvict. is depend
ing on his good reputation" to help
him escape punishment for killing
his employer, Robert Brown of Kali
amaZoo.
Frechette, a dapper youth who
was Michigan's first "airplane BAN
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
OREGON FLAX SENT TO ITALY

SALEM, o. U.P)-Flax tow, grown
in Oregon and processed at the
state penitentiary, is now being ex-
ported to Italy. Sale of lis tons
was recently made to Italian firms
by William Einzig, state purchasing
agent.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
NoN-ExIsTENT STREETS

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Wp -
When the city planning commits
Fsion checked over city maps to
determine what new thoroughfares
were to be constructed they found
22.1 miles Of streets that did not
exist
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
SLOWLY FORGING AHEAD

Action on the anti-child labor amend
ment to the constitution is developing
much more slowly than on other amend
ments of that document, but it is grad
ually approaching ratification, Idaho be-
ing the twenty-third state to approve it,
doing SO yesterday.
Thirty six states must ratify the
amendment before it becomes part of the
constitution. 1t was approved by the
house of representatives on April 26,
1924 and by the senate on June of the
same year
Arizona ratified it the same year and
California, Arkansas and Wisconsin took
similar action the next year Montana
ratified it in 1927, when it struck a bog
and was not noticed again until 1881
when Colorado approved it. Thirteen
states took similar action in 1888, and
the amendment developed a new lease of
life.
1t is the hope of its supporters that the
36th state may ratify it in 1885, because
legislatures of many which have not yet
acted on it are meeting this year.
The amendment is not complex or diff
ficult to understand. It's total require
ments state: Section l, The congress:
shall have power to limit, regulate and
prohibit the labor of persons under IL
years of age. Section 2, The power of
the several states is unimpaired by this
article except that the operation of state
laws shall be suspended to the extent
necessary to give effect to legislation en-
acted by the congress"
1t is not the purpose of the amend
ment to interfere with the legitimate
working of minors, who, in many capaci-
ties, contribute much to the welfare OF
the country and their own individual well
fare, by working in part time. 1t is
aimed at the disgraceful working of
children of tender years as has been done
in the pasta condition that has been
condemned by organized labor, social, ed
'ucational and spiritual leaders and those
of numerous other callings.
1t cannot be denied that it is serious
reflection on the nation that both the
prohibition amendment and the amend
ment to repeal it received such prompt
action while this anti-child labor provis-
ion has had such tough shedding. How
ever, good things come slowly and this
amendment is good thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
ASK GOVERNMENT SHIFT

TOLEDO U.P)-Petitiops for re-
peal of the city manager form of
government for Toledo, adopted
by voters last November have
been placed in circulation.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

Published svery svepins .excspt Sunday By Tns
Imperial valley Press Tnc- Gas State street
q Centre. California W. @. Costello. business
manager. Telephone 20. business office: 700 edi-
sorial department PUN leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
TEN YEARS AGO
February 8, 1925

Unusual interest is being shown
by local poultry raisers in the SER
les of poultry meetings that have
been arranged for this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

NON-FICTION
"I Photograph Russia" by James
E. Able.
1.-THE Hands of DR.. Locke" by Rex
Beach.
1.-The Wholesome Personality" by
William Burnham.
Costume Design" by Anne
Chuse."
Administocracy, by Guy s..
Claire.
Father Goose, The Story OF
Mack Sennett," by Gene Fowler.
Selected Poems," by Robert
Frost.
THE Plant World" by G. Stuart
eager.
1.-The Story of the New Testa-
ment," by Goodspeed.
1.-THE Story of the Old Testament"
by Goodspeed.
Macmillan, Emperor of Mexico, y
by Jose Luis BlaSio.
Alexander the Corrector," by
Edith Olivier.
"An Oriental View of American
Civilization" by No-Yong Park.
Beyond Conscience" by T. v.
Smith.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

An Englishman claims he has returned
from heaven after his heart stopped beat
ing But he seems rather indefinite on
the details of the heavenly abode.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

TIE. Newcastle fruit growers,
Placer county, paid s553,973.80 for
freight on a crop which netted the
growers $604, ,296.75. "'A
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

FALLS 200 FEET IN ELEVATOR
CINCINNATI U.P)-Earl Mccoy,
25, fell 200 feet with a concrete
laden construction elevator and
escaped death, but was injured seri-
ously.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
February 8. 1920

Those attending the leap year
dance at McCabe Friday night
pronounce it one of the jolliest af-
fairs of the season.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

Long Beach seems to have more than
its share of natural disasters. Maybe
those former middle-westerners brought
them with them.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

El Centre experienced a slight
earthquake about IL O'Clock last
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

Who's elected seems to be as compile,
as ''who killed Cock Robin?'
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter arrived here
Saturday from Phoenix, enroute to
the San Francisco exposition
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 8, 1915 rs

Ellen Beach Yaw, world famous
coloratura soprano. will be present.
ed soon at the opera house in what
Is billed as a grand concert
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered b. carrier,
per MONTH IS cents: by mail. so cents per month
In advance. Entered at El Centre. California. post
Office - second-class matter Member Calfornis
Newspaper Publishers Association. n. @. Moeen-
son, national advertising representative.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

The Pythian sisters installed new
officers at their regular meeting
Friday evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08
NEW BOOKS AT
CITY LIBRARY
Books Released February 9, 1885
FICTION

FICTION
1.-The White Reef" by Martha
Ostenso.
"a House Divided" by Pearl
Buck.
Woman In Love-" by Kathleen
Norris.
THE Spy Paramount by E. Phil
lips Oppenheim.
Better Think Twice About 1t, -
by Luigi Pirandello.
Don Segundo Sombra," by Ri
cardo Guiraldes.
Where Nothing Ever Happens, y
by Lee Shippey.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

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Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-08

who, with Nurse Jane, was watch
ing. 1.-The snow on the slanting
roof makes it very slippery"
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
EVERY MAN
A KING IS
L0NGD|RGE
l.. S. u. Band to Play
Campaign Song at
Funeral Today

BATON ROUGE, La, Sc t IL.
U.N.SD.-"Every man a king,
every woman queen!"
Huey Long, dead from an assas-
sins bullet he took extraordinary
but futile precautions to avoid,
lay today beyond realization of
his Utopian political preachment,
but the verse he made his cam
paig11 song will be his funeral
dirge.
The lifting refrain the Louisiana
statesman sang at his political
gatherings will be played as his
body is laid to rest late this after
noon in a grave on the lawn of
the ornate, lofty skyscraper capi.
tol he erected as a monument Of
his regime.
The lusty swing of the cam.
paign song he helped compose
has been set to slow, funeral
tempo and will be played by the
Louisiana State University band
as the Seator's body is borne
from the rotunda of the capitol
to the graveside.
Rites To Be Simple
The final tribute of his State to
Americas most phenomenal mod
ern political figure will be marked
by utmost simplicity.
At 4 o'clock (C.S.T) the Sen
ator's body, in its heavy bronze
coffin, will be lifted by six OF
his closest friends and political
chieftains and borne from the
capitol to the sunken garden in
the center of the sloping green
sward where it will rest perma-
nently.
The official pallbearers include
Gov. Oscar Allen, a lifelong
friend, upon whom the mantle of
the party leadership has devolved.
The others are: Col. Seymour
Weiss, treasurer of the Long or
ganization; Lieut.. Gov. James A.
Noe, speaker of the house: Al
len Ellender, Supreme Court
Justice John B. Fournet and Con-
servation Commissioner Robert
MaeStri.
Capitol Offices Closed
The Rev. Gerald Smith, organ
izer of Longs "share-the-w wealth"
clubs, will officiate, reading the
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