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Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
WHO'S LOONEY NOW?

If you read about it in last nights
Press you probably were as much puz-
bled by it as we were and still are for
that matter
California S odd Interpretation of in
sanity in criminal trials is surely mysti-
flying
Mrs. Gladys Carter made the third
corner of the old triangle" her hus-
band and woman boarder being the
other two The woman was killed dur
ing row at the family home and Mrs.
Carter was convicted Of Staying her, the
degree being manslaughter. Then Mrs.
Carter, who had entered our funny de
Tense Of mot guilty by reason of insan-
ity,' was tried by the same jury of lay
men who found she was insane at the
time of the killing. Examined by lun-
acy commission of doctors, she Is now
found to be sane and goes free. We have
plenty of sympathy for Mrs. Carter and
do not consider her a murderer so much
as the victim of unfortunate and dis
tressing circumstances. Our objection
to the handling of her case is the tlnge
of hypocrisy it carries. Based on the
testimony she was as much entitled to
clean acquittal as some of our other muir
derers have been, without resorting to
the subterfuge of insanity, which
fools lew II any.
That's one angle of the insanity IN
depreciation.
The other concerns Edgar II. Rucker,
who, three years ago killed his sweet
heart because she refused to marry him.
He was found insane at the time OF the
killing and was committed to Patton IN
sane asylum, where he has been patent
| for three years. Now he is pronounced
| to be sane and is to be tried for crime
committed when he was insane.
Mrs. Carter, sane now, but insane
| |when she killed, is free; Rucker, insane
when he killed. but sane now, is to be tried
for crime for which the state itself, by
committing him to an insane asylum,
saws he was not responsible.
We don't believe Mrs. Carter or Ruck-
er, either, for that matter, ever WaS' Is
|or' will be insane, but we are not so GER
tain about the rest of US. 1t is our strong
belief that if we aren't nuts" now we Will
3be if this sort of thing keeps up.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
VERSE USED
To ENCOURAGE
SAFE DRIVING

Speeds of cars have increased Dut
how about the motorists mind?
Back in the day when there was
less haste,
A checkered suit, a diamond ol
paste,
A gay cravat and Timber cane.
such were the marks Of a male who
was vain.
But now he struts" in a car with
flash
He's always out for a crazy dash.
His brakes may be worn and out OF
line
But both of his horns are always
fine.
He drives like a demon. even
though
He hasn't a single place to go.
He cuts around when chances are
slim
Danger to others means naught 10
him.
He thinks that stop" sign just
means Slow"
And jumps the lights before they
say, Go
He shows no quarter to those who
walk
And thinks that their rights are SC
much talk.
The Imperial County Street and
Safety Council.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM HEBER
Mrs. Laura Barnes, Staff Correspondent

Mrs E. r. Cheser and children
Rufus and Argyne motored TO SOM
erton. Ariz.. THURSDAY, returning
the same day.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vogel and
Arthur Jr. and Claudine Torrence
spent Sunday at Jacumba.
Edith and Lucille Switzerland, OF
Ontario who have been visiting in
Heber. have gone TO Meloland to
visit their aunt and uncle, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Sam Clevenger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Fleming and
family. of Heber, Mrs. R. NJ. Cheser
and daughter Betty and Mrs.
Wooten and two children, Of Long
Beach. motored to Somerton. Sun
day. to visit Mrs. FlemingiS sister,
Mrs. Lloyd Wallis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Chamberlain
formerly Mrs. Orr motored to Los
Angeles Thursday going by way OF
san Diego, visiting friends and rel
atives in San Diego and Los An
geles and returning home Sunday.
Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Smith. formerly Of FL Centro, and
well known in Heber, will be sorry
10 hear Of the recent death Of their
daughter, Peggy Lee, in an automo-
bile accident at Lemon Grove,
Calf. where the family is now 10
Gated.
Mrs. James Willett, Of Norwalk
visited friends and relatives in
Heber last week.
Little Arthur Vogel has been i'll
for the past week with an abcess
on his leg
Basil Sarisin principal of the
Dixieland school, was a dinner guest
al the Barnes home Thursday
Sarsin left Saturday for his hons
in San Francisco, his term having
expired at DiXieland.
A disastrous fire was averted by
the timely arrival OF the shed crew
at the Sun-States Packing shec
Morday. With the aid Of the
chemical apparatus. when the ex-
cGlsiOr caught fire in an unknown
manner
AIr. and Mrs. Harold Bell anc
Bob Bell left Tuesday for Phoenix
Ariz.
! George Russell is expecting hi
wife and TWO children from Texas
They have taken the Frandser
home.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27

Mr.. Rivers plans to do consider
able work on the school grounds
during the summer vacation. He is
laying q new pipe line and later
will level the grounds.
A group of the Verde boys took
advantage of theeXcursion to san
Diego and spent Sunday at the
fair. Those in the party were Le-
Roy and Wayne Bonesteele. Che5-
ter and Harold Hawk, Gerald RlV-
ers and Wylie McAfee.
Mrs. Leroy Hawk, Helen ana
Stanley plan to leave Monday Tor
Live Oaks Springs, where they VIII
spend the summer Hawk and the
boys will join them week-ends. La
ter in the summer they will attend
the fair and visit relatives in Los
Angeles and Riverside.
Mrs. Laura Dobbs plans to leave
soon to spend the summer with
her sister at Arlington.
Franklin Humber expects to ac-
company his uncle, Floyd Leng, on
a fishing trip to Big Bear. He plans
to be gone three weeks or a month
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Armstrong
and boys, Harold and Paul HAWK
plan to spend part of the summer
at Live Oaks Springs. Later they
will visit relatives in San Diego
and Los Angeles.
Walter Enz and Asako Sakural
are representing the VERDE 4-H
club at the summer camp in La
guna this week.
James Tuttle, who has been at
tending San Diego state college, re-
turned home Saturday to spend
the summer with his parents, MI
and Mrs. Guy Tuttle of Alamo. .
Miss Lorraine Bernshouse lelC
last week for Chino where she VIII
spend the summer with relatives
Sunday school and Christian En-
deavor services at Alamo conclude
next Sunday. There will be no SER
vices during July and August
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
VALLEY OASIS.
TO OPEN 1T S
DOORS TONIGHT

Termed Imperial. Valleys gayest
fun spot" by Proprietor Billy Nc
Donald, the Valley Oasis Inn at the
corner of Imperial avenue and the
San Diego highway. formally opens
tonight with an evening of fun and
froliC promised all patrons.
Dining, dancing, dhythmic music
from an exceptionally good orches-
ira, and a bar featuring any drink
wanted mixed by expert mixologistS
will be the attractions offered to
Imperial Valley.
Mcdonald has many friends in
the valley, as he has operated cab
arets in MeXicali and Algodones.
AS the summer progresses he plans
to steadily improve the oasis un-
til it is one of the finest places of
its kind in Southern California.
"All Imperial Valley is invited to
cur opening" Mcdonald said, land
1 promise them the time of their
liVes!"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
DON'T QUOTE
ME"
BY United Press
BY United Press

BY United Press
WASHINGTON. June THAR
old L. Ickes, secretary Of the in
terror, isn't doing so we'll with his
new book.
The opus. entitled Back To
Work. The story of PWA, went
on sale a few days ago. AT his last
press conference, 1ckes was asked
whether he had sold as many books
as he had given away.
7 don't expect to" Ickes replied
Those expectations appear likely
to be fulfilled. at least on the
basis OF the experience Of one
washington news dealer. He runs
THE fruit, candy and news stand in
the interior building.
The Ickes volume looked like a
good bet and he stocked up hea-
yily. After all nearly 6,000 people
each of them employed under Ickes
work in the building.
Inquiry about sales developed
however, that up to today the deal
er has sold just six copies-a ra-
ito Of Just over one to a thousand
This is new car week at the state
department.
First. Cordell Hull, secretary OF
state. blossomed out with large
black. chromium trimmed Packard
limousine to replace the equally
large but aging machine which he
inherited from former Secretary
Henry Stimson.
Then William Phillips, appeared
with q new Oldsmobile. He was fol-
lowed by Vincent Chaplin, secre-
tary to Phillips, who bought a new
Ford.
Talk il the department now con-
Germs getting a new motorcycle Tor
the office messengers.
With it all, Sumner Welles, as
sistant secretary, continues to get
along very nicely, thank you, with
his 1924 Rolls-Royce.
Nothing is too small for notice in
Washington's political hot house
The latest peanut controversy to
engage congress is a fight over
what washington street shall be
named to honor Missouri.
Missouri used to have a street III
washington, but it disappeared in
the Encouragement resulting from
extensive construction of govern
ment buildings on the mall.
The fight resulted when Rep
Clarence J. Cannon, tDem0 Mis-
souri,. and Rep. Dewar Short
Rep) Missouri, introduced con-
flicting bills on the Missouri street
question.
Missouri Democrats are deter
mined that the lone Missouri Re
publican member shall not win the
honor of getting a Washington
street named for the home state
and as a consequence the whole
proposal has been tied up.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
Bed Time Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright 1885, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicatej

said Nurse Jane. Il won't hide in
a bush as you did"
We'll. good luck to you" wished
the rabbit lady.
So Nurse Jane, as Uncle Wiggily
had done, began creeping over the
fields and through the woods. She
couldn't hop like a rabbit
I wish, said Nurse Jane TO her.
self as she crept along. Il wish /
had taken some lessons in adven-
ture hunting. I would know more
about it then. But it can't be so
hard. I have often heard Mr.
Longears say an adventure is only
something that happens to you. Sc
I guess I shall easily find one.
She crept along a little faster and
all of a sudden, she slipped on the
muddy bank Of q brook and sat
down hard.
"Ohi" exclaimed Nurse j an
when she had caught her breath
which nearly bounced away from
her. "Oh, I wonder if that was ar
adventure?"
Then she began to think that
Uncle Wiggily had often faller
down but he had never said it wa'
an adventure. so I guess this
can't be one for me-" said the
muskrat lady. She got up out oi
the mud and. seeing that her dress
was dirty where she had sat down
she said:
And This Was Surprise
L will wash off the mud in th'
brook and dry my dress in the sun
I will not need to take off my dres'
! to do that" She stopped down bJ
/ the brook and with her long tail
on whichg6he tied bit of moss like
/ a. sponge. she splashed water OF
I the mud spots. But while she wa
doing this, all Of sudden she slip
ped again and once more sat down
+ in mud. This time she sat down
so hard she was stuck. she couldn'
/ get up. "Oh, help Help Helpl
she loudly cried
Uncle Wiggily, who was hopping
! in the woods. not far away, hearC
J Nurse Jane sitting on the bank il
know who they came from
/ 1T must be an adventure calling
/ to met" cried the rabbit gentleman
"Ill 20 to it. This is my lucky
dayl" He hoped toward where h'
/ heard the cries for help and soor
! he reached the brook and saw
Nurse Jane sitting on the bank II
/ the mud. why Janiel" said Ua'
Gle Wiggily, what are you doinl
here?"
"Oh, / was looking for an adYen
ture She answered. But II thi
is one / don't like it, Please hell
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
JAPAN PUSHES
FURTHER INTO
SOUTH CHINA

HONG KONG, June 27. U,H-
Possible japanese penetration into
KWangsi province in far southern
China was foreshadowed today with
news of visit of japanese officers
to Manning, a chief town OF the
province.
Reports Of the visit came from
Canton. the southern capital, where
there was much interest in the
news. 1t was said that Col, Seiichl
Kita, chief of the Chinese section
of the Japanese general staff, and
the japanese resident officer at
Canton went with a member of the
Kwangsi provincial government to
Manning.
1t was reported that Japan was
willing to offer technical and other
aid in developing the province.
Kwangsi, in south China, horderi
on French Indo-C China and Kwang-
tung province, of which Canton II
the chief city.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
Jane Anderson Will
Giue Radio Concert

Last of the radio concerts being
broadcast each Friday at l O'Clock
from the studio of Oria Kenahi will
be given tomorrow with Miss Jane
Anderson, pupil of Mrs. Kenah, as
the artist. Miss Anderson has been
.majoring in music at Whittier COL
lege and is at present home on
vacation.
She will be heard in q classical
piano concert, including, "Capriccio
Opus 76 NO. l" (Brahms1; "Pago-
des." CDebussyj; "Intermezzo Opus
lit, No. !" and "Intermezzo Opus
III No. q" both by Brahms and
Reflection On the Waters" ODE
bussy) The program will last one
half hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27

1T was funny" laughed Mr.
Longears. And I thought you
were an adventure. We were both
fooled. Well III hop along now
and see if I can find real adven-
ture."
Away he hoped. over the fields
and through the woods, looking on
both sides for something to happen
that he could call an adventure.
Uncle Wiggily had not been gone
long from the bungalow before
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy said:
do you mind Mr.. Longears, if
I go lcck for an adVenture2'
Why, no, I don't mind. answer
ed the rabbit lady But what's
the idea, Janie?'
To Surprise Uncle Wiggily
on, it's just to show Mr.. Long
ears he isn't the only one who can
have adventures. squeaked the
muskrat lady housekeeper I'D like
to surprise him and have one my
self"
Il hope you dc" spoke Mrs.
Longears But remember I tried
to do the same thing and Wiggy
had the laugh on me when I hid
IN a bush"
I'm going td be more careful, /"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
ALAMO VERDE NOTES
Mrs. L. C. Hawk, Staff Correspondent

MI and Mrs. Duncan Mckenzie
and daughter Mrs. Josephine HUI
miston plan to spend their yaea-
ton at the fair in San Diego ana
with relatives in National City
Mr. and Mrsl Henry Williams OIL
Alamo are occupying the Christian
church parsonage in Holtyille whlle
the Langstons are spending June
in the Bridenstine cabin at Live
Oaks Springs.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Tut
tie and family Saturday were Mr.
and Mrs. A. l.. Bernshouse, Lor-
raine Bernshouse, Lois 10y ana
EVELYN Maring. The day was spent
playing games and swimming.
Friends OF Mrs. Starner, whose
home was recently destroyed py
fire. gave her surprise miscellan-
eous shower last Thursday morn
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
:O.O.McInfyre

NEW YORK. June 27-They buried
Pat Hartford with the full honors
they bestowed upon eX-Shepherds oi
the Lambs the other day. Several
carriages of the theatrical great fol
lowed him to his resting place. Pat
was not a member of the club For
40 years he had been the night Ell
evator man.
Almost everybody in the stage
world knew Pat. He saw the rise
and fall of the stage through the
eyes OF a historian and it grieved
him. Maurice Barrymore rarely
went to the club without dropping
/ by to call out Hello Pat" Wilton
Lackeye tried out his famous stories
on him.
It is desolating thought for the
Lambs that they shall never see
Pat again in this world. A humble
worker. a runner OF inglorious
chores, he was a gentleman of pro-
found religious leanings and many
worldlings stumbling tipsily into his
lift after midnight always felt a wee
ashamed.
Pat. gnarled with rheumatism,
had a shy pathos that sweetened his
obscure niche in the world. Some
times he would murmur sudden wis
dorns that would be whispered about
the club for days. He remained
until the end of his rs years a gentle
spirit buffetings could not harden.
was thinking today what hilar-
ious fun it would be to turn ". c.
Fields. Phil Baker, Charles Butter
worth. Bobby Clark, Joe Cook, Frank
Fay and Jack Benny loose in q
room and let their comedy run riot.
OF course, they might become i'm
mediately conscious and glum
and the affair would be as dull as
diteh-Water. The only comedian
who ever seemed funny to me Oft
stage is Walter Cattlett, and not
then until he had downed about a
half dozen. And was feeling grand.
Webster Hall at intervals has an
after midnight ball given over large
| ly to the androgynous antics OF
loose -wristed lads. In bal-masque
| costumes. they skip, hippity hop
! and prance along the streets to the
| affair roguishly rouged, and run the
ganut of sidewalk jeers with shrugs
| and head losses. After the bali,
| they gather at a Sixth avenue auto
mat where crowds gaze through the
| windows and boo. The brazenry is
about the most sickening scene Of
| the modern spectacle.
The girl boot-black is a vocational
| innovation that New York is as
sinilating a little sheepishly. The
few I have seen are bright college
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27

Miss Mary Doris McFaddin, age
of Phoenix. Ariz.. and Mr. Law
nce McElhaney. age p, Of Heber,
re married in Yuma on June Is.
B5 McFlhaney is a brother-lIl-
of D. c. Beck and IS employed
ally. Their many friends Wlsn
em much happiness.
Mrs. Earl osporne and son Bobby
h for Prescott, Ariz., where they
n 10 spend the summer with ner
rents.
Mrs. Jim Philips arrived recently
nj Illinois to join her husband.
Preston Colquilt LETT for Phoenix,
H., Friday. q,
Mrs. Vincent Hamerson returned
m San Diego last week. leaving
lin Sunday morning.
Henry Gordon and Bill Williams
for Red Bluff Saturday night.
dr. and Mrs. Ernest Aubury and
ldren left Sunday for Ontario
ere Mrs. Aubury and chiloren
spend the summer.
frs. Lottie Islip Of Modesto IS
ting at the Champion home.
fr. and Mrs. Ben Tozier are en-
ing visit from their daughter.
IS Agnes, who is on her vacation
n her school duties at Brea'
if.
PAU Wohl spent the weekend
h his family in San Diego.
|fr. and Mrs. II. z. Burton OF MI.
MAJ and granddaughters. Wilma
Evelyn Hobbs. OF Imperial
e SUNDAY callers at the r. Rob
Bon home.
bavid Bradley left Saturday 70
and the summer at Jacumba.
-. and Mrs. e. r. Cheser hao
~ guests from Long Beach from
llsuav to Tuesday, Mrs. r. M
&sser and daughter Betty ano
-. Wooten and two children.
~. and Mrs. j. Eaker and fam
- oil East Heoer have taken one
ir the Denham cottages and Mr
81 Mrs. r. II. Baker, OF Ell Centre
ssse taken the other one.
1 sunday morning the small store
'.s1se ia the back Of The Robertson
he caught fire and burned u
) ground
little Bobbie Osborne was taker
s54h a conYulsion Thursday ant
doctor ordered him out Of tho
- ey
sdrs. Rlley Mcbride and daugh-
- Karen left last week for Prov
:. nee. Utah to spend the summer
= her parents.
s~frs. Deckert. mother 5f Mrs. VaI
ae. left Saturday for her home
r San Jaciilto after spending tWC
asskS with The Ingle family.
5Sslr. and MIS- Jack Bellsmith anc
.xxN Barbara went 70 Jacumba las
Bellsmith returning TO work
Iszr and A5rS Ben Ayeritt re-
acG from Los Angeles last week
leaving their young son Dar.
with Mrs AVeritts aunt Nh
- AEgs. AYorlt left again Mon
mofniag 10 make their hons
Ontario
~ slslA.S naosed 10 M centI'
week
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
Chicken Dinner To
Be Served By Club

Delicious chicken dinner under
the auspices of the Women's Civic
Improvement club will be served to-
morrow from IL a. m. to 2 p. m.
and also from p. m. to p. m. at
The clubhouse, l44 State street.
Proceeds of the dinner will be
used to help maintain the club
house anc 20 stage what is promised
to be one of the finest Fourth of
July picnics ever held in the East
side park. Patrons will not only
enjoy a good meal but will also be
helping to make q success of these
two projects. Mrs. Naples and
Mrs. Wesson are the cateresses.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
Youngsters Enjoy
Birthday Party

In celebration Of her sixth birth
day little Betty Lou Coulter was
hostess yesterday at a party held at
her home, $50 He'll.
Table decorations were pink and
Freen, the center of interest being
q large birthday cake encircled
with an animal parade which proved
intriguing to the young guests.
Miss Coulter received many nice
gifts and ct the close Of the party
favors were distributed among the
guests.
Those invited were Glen Summers
Geraldine Bransford, Bobby Lunder
Evelyn May Grisley, Neal Cole
Larry Bennett, Victor Benton
Dickie Hodges, Gerald Clayton
Preston and Edith Pickle, Gene and
Fatty Cory, Lorane and Junior Stat
ford, Wilma Graves, Dorothy Coul-
ter, and the young hostess, Betty
Lou Coulter.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
WAR OR CHEERS?

Wonder if we shouldn't trot out the
brmy, navy and marine corps and nave
bnother war.
Two of our citizens Cat least we THINK
bne of them is still citizen) have peeh
|nsulted by foreign power, and 1t Is hlgh
lime Uncle Sam gave some attentl0n 10
|he dignity of his nieces and nephe"S
travelling abroad.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
Robbery Reported
By Screen Actress

LOS ANGELES. June p. WP) -
Thelma Todd, screen actress, was
robbed last night Of perfumery,
furs and other articles valued at
81 no the actress reported 10 Hol-
lywood police today.
Miss Todd said she returned TO
her West Hollywood home to find
burglars had cut the glass from
the front door 10 gain entrance.
The loot. she said, included per-
fumes valued at $1,000; a polo coat,
aincoat. tuxedo and suitcase.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27

looking girls and their approach is
rather timid. Two at Bryant Park
wear berets. iersieS and corduroy
skirts One at Columbus Circle is
+ prem5curely gray. She resembIed
Jeanne Eagels.
Cole Porter, rounding in from a
sWing around the globe, is expected
' to become a permanent fixture in
the New York scene. For many
wears he has lived in a chateau in
. France. crossing to America only to
answer theatrical calls for his
musical and lyrical wares. But even
high-priced composers royalties
are almost insufficient for the new
living and taxing demands of eX-
patriates. Nearly all save Porter
have long since fled. Porter and
Jimmy Savo, incidentally, could be
twins.
Thingumabobs: jim Flagg, often
offered small fortunes for his fam
Gus crayons by nouveauX richie, re-
! fuses. but does them Of friends for
nothing The late Harry Acton
salled his Flushing home Mort
gage Manor" -. When visitors
knocked. he'd call out: I'm sending
a check" Milwaukee, Wis, has
a Kinnickinnic avenue VIII
Rogers daughter Mary refused a
fine Broadway offer to gain the eX-
perience of still another season in
stock Bert and Grace Lytell,
coastbound, stopped over to see the
Grand Canyon for the first time
and were so entranced they remain
ed three days d. Arnold Benefits
American royalties since his passing
have averaged $4,000 a year.
I notice dancing has undergone
some distinct changes since my
brief lay-off from public cafes. The
new method is for the man to hold
the girl at arms length with light
hip hold, her arms resting lightly
on his shoulders Thus executing
I diminutive Charleston steps and
rolling eyes in rapturous ecstasy
they inch around the floor. Some
/ times to make it even more terrible
the girl smokes as she dances.
At the Versailles an o, so hand
some exquisite with Narcissus-like
abstraction was guiding his charm
ing partner about the floor and
mirror glancing in a studied pre-
occupation. He seemed entirely lost
IN idvllic reveries. Harry Silvey,
watching him awhile, observed;
Hes just running through a few
/ love scenes with himself
Copyright, 1885, McNaught
/ Syndicate)
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27
Lees Ferry Man
Dies Of Wound

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. June 81 U.n)
"A bullet wound he received dur
ing a holdup was fatal early today
to William G.. Wilson, 81, operator
OF a service station at Lees Ferry.
Wilson, before he died, identified
Carl White, II, Of Provo Utah, as
the one who shot him when he re-
sisted the alleged attempt of White
and two other men to rob him.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-27

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