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Montana labor news., 1935-04-25

The American standard of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
situations may not be sub
ject to perils of discomfort.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
F LLOYD : PAL
TRIES SUICIDE

KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 8. -
Adam Richetti, the tough Ozark
badman who ran with Charles
Pretty Boy" Floyd until the lat
ter was shot 20 death in Ohio, lost
his nerve today and tried suicide.
Richetti is under sentence to
hang for his part in the Union
Station massacre in which four Of
ficers and a prisoner were killed.
Richetti, held in the death row
in the county Jail, climbed to the
top of his bunk and leaped head
first to the concrete floor. Dazed,
but able to get to his feet, he then
beat his head against the bars of
his cell.
Guards heard the commotion,
rushed in and restrained him. His
injuries were not serious, Doctors
said, and he was not removed from
the death cell
Richetti, who teamed up with
Floyd in the last years Of that
gangsters life, surrendered without
fight when he and Floyd were
surprised by officers near East Liv-
erpool Ohio last fall. Floyd es-
capped but the next day was killed
by federal agents.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
They found the things.

Uncle Wiggily to Jingle and jan
gle, please go ask Nurse Jane for
her ice pick"
"Ohl" exclaimed Jingle. You
aren't going to stick us with the
ice pick, are you, Daddy?"
oh, how silly you arel' laughed
Baby Bunty. "Of course, he isn't.
Now go get the ice pick"
I'll need a garden hose, some
ropes and a lot of other things to
make the shower bath - said Uncle
Wiggily, but III get them myself.
Wait here for me" When he came
back, Buster, Custer and Duster
mad found a fine, large, empty tin
can. Jingle and Jangle had brought
the ice pick and Uncle Wiggily had
come rope, string, sticks and other
things 10 make the shower bath.
First Of all, with the ice pick, he
punched a lot of holes in the bot
tom Of the can. As he was doing
this he heard a noise in the BUSH
eg. II must see what that is,"
said Mr.. Longears. So he went to
look.
So If you see the umbrella TAX
ing the rubber boots out for walk,
III tell you next about Uncle Wig
giiy and the busher
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
MISS SHONTZ
CHALL.E. Noes
PROBE MOTIVE

LOS ANGELES, July 8. W,P) -
Orfa Jean Shontz, head of the
fourth board of equalization dis
trict challenged the motives be-
hind a state investigation of liquor
licensing here as a senatorial COM
mittee went into session.
In a message addressed to Ray
L. Riley. state controller, Miss
Shontz asked that he intercede Of
ficially in the hearings.
1T is our opinion that consider
ations entirely foreign to public
welfare have inspired the charges
concerning liquor dispensing con-
ditions in this area.
Hopeful that the investigation
will be productive of facts pertin-
ent to efficient administration, we
urge that a representative familiar
with local conditions be permitted
to assist in questioning of witness
es brought before the committee" :"
Miss Shontz also asked that the
hearing be open to the public be-
cause of the untrue reports of
conditions"
State Senator Sanborn Young
chairman of the committee. de-
clined to comment on Miss Shont2'
charges or requests. He indicated
that approximately 4G witnesses
had been subpoenaed. Records Of
the local equalization office were
seized by the committee last week.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright 1885, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

I'll make you a shower bath. But
you must help me"
What must we do?" asked Bus
ter, boy rabbit.
First get me a large, empty tin
can. =" said Uncle Wiggily. "A big
can-the kind that holds five gal
Ions of gasoline"
"Oh!" exclaimed Duster, Eve
don't want a gasoline shower bath!"
"Silly!" laughed Baby Bunty!
AS if Unkie Wig would do thatp'
Il said an empty tin" spoke Mr.
Longears. "One that has nothing
in it; no gasoline, water or anything
else"
We'll" said Duster 'if the can
hasn't any water in it I don't see
how it can be a shower bath. You
got to have water to take bath. Z"
IF you boys would do what Unkie
Wig tells you instead Of talking so
much" said Baby Bunty, maybe
we'd have a shower bath and could
get nice and cool"
Search For Can
That's right" said Jingle.
All right" agreed Duster. Come
on" he called to his brothers. Bus
ter and Custer. Wen go look for
a big empty tin can"
while they are doing that" said
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
RYAN RE ADY
FOR w AR ON
RADICALISM

NEW YORK, July 8. WP)-Jos-
eph P. Ryan, president of the In
ternational Longshoremen's associ-
alton announced today as the Or
ganization began five day nation
al convention here, that he was
determined to resist attempts OF
left wing factions to gain control
of the union.
Ryan said he had heard rumors
of contemplated left wing action at
the convention, the first in four
years, but that he was prepared TO
combat any attempts at Commun-
list propaganda on the floor as
long as he was in the chair.
He said he understood that Har-
ry Bridges, leader in the marine
Walkout that precipitated general
strike in San Francisco, was flying
here to attend the convention as
delegate from the San Francisco
bay region Bridges was reported
to be seeking the presidential post.
ANY member has the right to be
nominated and elected president Of
the I. L. A." Ryan said.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
ROOSEVELT {
TRIP DEPENDS
ON CONGRESS

WASHINGTON July 8. UP)-
President Roosevelt hopes to start
on a trip to the Pacific coast i'm
mediately after congress adjourns,
the White House disclosed today.
The President tentatively has
arranged to stop off at Milwaukee
on August %. when the young
Democratic clubs of America will
be in convention there.
The White House made clear
that the schedule of Mr.. RooSe-
velts late summer travelling was
contingent on congress. If congress
remains until September, he will
not make the Milwaukee trip.
Mr.. Roosevelt desires to visit the
San Diego exposition, with a stop
off also at Boulder dam.
Once in California, it was said
that in addition to visiting the fair,
he probably would tour some Of the
national parks. In all likelihood
the President then would board a
fast Warship to bring him home via
the Panama Canal.
1t was expected that the sum
mer White House at Hyde Park
would see very little of him this
year if he carries out his plans for
a swing across the country-a trip
partly designed for observation of
economic and social conditions. He
may, however, make a weekend
trip or two TO his old Hudson Val
ley home.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
UNCLE WIGGILY'S SHOWER
BATH

After the Hollow Tree School had
closed for the summer vacation the
weather became very hot in Wood
land where Uncle Wiggily lived.
The sun was shining brightly, as it
nearly always does after the
Fourth of July and there was hard
ly a cloud in the sky.
Baby Bunty and the other little
rabbits were playing in the cool,
shady woods but it was hot even
there. They played tag for a
while. then Hop Scotch and they
were so warm they had to stop.
"I know what I'm going to do"
said Baby Bunty as she famed her
self with a leaf from a burdock
plant.
Il hope you aren't going to think
up some running game" said jim
gle.
NO" said Bunty, this will be a
nice, cool game if Unkie Wig will
help us play it. Here he comes
now. I'm going to ask him"
Uncle Wiggily came hopping
along. He, also, was looking for a
cool place.
A New Game
What kind of a game are you
going to ask him to play?" said
Jingle.
"A shower bath game Bunty
answered. oh. Unkie Wigl" she
called as Mr. Longears sat down
on a flat stump to rest, will you
please make us a shower bath game
to play? It's so hot it would be
lovely if we could get cool under a
shower bath here in the woods"
"Oh, yes, that would be a lovely
camel" said all the others.
"All right" said Uncle Wiggily,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

WASHINGTON, July 8. - The
one best bet in Washington for
tourists is the original Declaration
of Independence, preserved in yell
low wax, in the Library of Con-
gress.
1t is installed in marble booth.
Bronze gates swing open, from a
niche in the wall and are closed at
night. A guard stands vigil
throughout the day.
Congressional galleries may be
deserted, the White House may be
viewed with indifference, but there
always is a line curling out in the
lobby of the congressional library
waiting to view the Declaration of
independence.
Experts in the preservation of an
cient manuscripts and books fear
sunlight more than anything else.
1t causes fading.
About the only thing left dis
tinguishable to the human eye in
the Declaration of Independence is
the broad. bold signature of John
Hancock. Contrary to popular be-
lief, Hancock was not the first man
to sign the declaration. His name
appears in the middle column and
can be distinguished only because
he wrote a free and flowing hand.
Other signatures cannot be deciph-
cred.
Many notables have travelled to
the library to see the Declaration
of independence. Guards recall the
time Ramsay Macdonald, former
prime minister of Great Britain,
was there. 1t was the time he came
over and sat on the log at Herbert
Hoover's Rapidan camp and talked
about momentous affairs.
The guards were worried about
MacDonald's visit They feared he,
as a representative of England
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
We DON'T BELIEVE HER

Mrs. Eric Madison, condemned to the
gallows for having slain her husband. has
addressed Governor Merriam. asking for
executive clemency which will commute
her sentence.
No doubt the governor will give the
necessary consideration to her appeal be-
fore he takes action.
Among the things to be considered are
that Mrs. Madison pleaded not guilty at
her trial, thereby putting the people of
the state to the expense of trying her
She not only denied that she shot her
husband but denied also that it was her
husband who was shot, declaring the
latter had gone away and that the slain
man was somebody else
Her story failed to convince the jury
which brought In a guilty verdict with
out any recommendation for leniency
Faced with death, Mrs Madison sud
denly "confeSseS" to an attorney other
than the one who defended her, that she
killed her husband in self-defense. A
climax to long series of disagreements
came, she asserts, when her husband
picked up a couple of knives from box
beneath their bed Gall good homes keep
their knives there) and started hurting
them at her. Only then did she fire, and
did it to save her life.
that self-defense is the strongest plea in
any murder case and it certainly was the
only logical plea that should have been
entered in this case if Mrs. Madison's
confession contains the truth. No jury
would have convicted her of first de-
gree murder had she told this story in
court.
The obvious conclusion is that Mrs.
Madison's self-defense claim was born in
prison and inspired by fear of the gal
lows.
If the governor considers the facts in
the case he is going to have a difficult
time convincing himself that Mrs Madi-
son is fairly entitled to Communication.
Of course if he wishes to be sentimental
about it and not hang a woman, we hope
he will say so rather than try to make
out he believes her story.
1t is not nice thing to think of any
one hanging, and particularly woman.
Neither is it a nice thing to think of
woman killing her husband. Eric Mad
ison cannot tell his side of the story but
he is entitled to consideration too The
governor can, with justice, disregard the
fact that Mrs. Madison took a shot at
one of the two husbands who preceded
Madison. He has enough facts to go on
without considering that.
-O-
We hope readers are giving US due
credit for refraining from mentioning
certain topic which always changes for
the worse when we comment on it.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
FREE-oNE SWARM OF BEES

WICHITA FALLS, Texas, UP
II you want to go into the bee bus
mass. j. F. Tevis of this city will
give YOU a swarm for a starter.
The bees arrived about two weeks
ago and set up business In Tevis'
home All TeHs wants Is someone
to take The bees away.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
Don't Quote Me-
(By United Press

against which the colonies rebelled,
might be cool toward it.
He wasn't.
"Mr. Macdonald looked at it for
long time" said one of the
guards. Maybe it was because he
is near-sighted, but he seemed to be
interested"
After Macdonald got through
looking he turned to one of the
guards and said:
VERY interesting. Give me your
name and l shall send you an au-
tographed copy of my latest book"
The book hasn't arrived.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

cal hairs and beagling among ac-
complished writer's for misused
whoms. Remindful of Sir Thomas
Browne, author of Religio Medici
who wasted much time puzzling
over queer problems, such as whe-
ther storks live in republics. and
If elephants have joints. Also the
ghastly wonder if man weighed
less a second after the last breath
Every soul has macabre taste. I
like queer surgical Instruments, the
sctssors-like dingus to pinch things
around the corner and get a broken
cork out Of a bottle I used TO prowl
with Louis, our medical student
servant. for bargains in the Ecole
de Medicine quarter. Where, 1 won
der are Louis and his dreams?
My legacy from the dawn is an
occasional stark wide -aWakeness. I
try lately 70 seek sleep in alpha
betical sequence. Adele Blood Bliss
Carmen, Claud Duyall, David FL
einbroOd. Elsie Ferguson. Faith
Gartney. And there l stick
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
UNIQUE DTVIDEND DECLARED

HAHfOHDl CaIif., U.R) = AZ
though it owns not a single pro-
oucing gas o. oil Weli, the Azores
Oil company has declared its sixth
annual dividend Of z per cent The
eompanys income comes from lease
rentals ano investments.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press Inc, 625 State street,
El Centro, California. w. C. Costello business
manager. Telephone 2s business office 700 edi-
torial department. Full leased wire United Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

NEW YORK, July 9.-In the
manner Of Arnold Benefits jour-
nal: M did not understand my de-
lection at breakfast. A dear old
friend has begun to unravel. A
warm, faithful. pink and tan
dressing gown I got in the Bur
lington Arcade, faded. wrinkled.
The pathos of life. How happy we
have been togetherl
came upon William Lyon
Phelps, with umbrella, hurrying
cross-town TO a matinee. An ice
cream suit with his white hair. He
is the sort who is still asking Of a
cigaret lighter does it really work?
The light heart of a college lad at
10. Arrived Faith Raldwin's new
est book autographed
Amazing how famous writer's
and artists manage to retain their
callow youth and touching interest
IN the nude. Vide: The Dutch
Treat Year Book. Most Of it back
fence stuff-the cellophane cen
tury. Someone was saying the most
] u II r IttLlADltUs oIdbbG4 ~o~4 olillACN
studio was Eeysa McMein's.
I keep thinking about that name
l saw il a small enameled window
sign at the Pen Street entrance 10
Chinatown: o. Y. Kau. NJ. D. Why
is that? One Of the SWEETEST names
I think is Kendall Banning. He
used to be magazine editor. Quite
handsome Gelett Burgess has d
grand name, too. Like swallowing
a plum.
He came today with His Girl,
lie 10, she II. I remember a girl
Just like her. Lovely, bewitching,
cute. Then she wrote me a letter in
which her slang was enclosed in
quotation marks. Girls should ne
yer write. telegraph When To
Throw Away a Book This essay
could be written only by Socrates
M. and ] fell 10 talking about that
hated word humans" We Won
dered If others loathed il. Yeu can
gauge a mans mental status when
he uses II. It goes with chat And
almost as far North as comfy.
the ne plus ultra Of the intellec-
tual Pariah. The nouyeau richie IN
grammar; Between you and I" or,
II a bit uncertain between you and
myself I'm that sort
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
JOHN D..

When anyone has a birthday within
striking distance of the century mark, it
is news. and it is even more SO when the
birthday belongs to person who has
been front page news for more than half
century
John D. Rockefeller today reached his
ninety-SiXth milestone. an event which is
observed quietly as far as he and his
family are concerned. but which will
furnish material for considerable space
in the newspapers.
John D." has become a hallmark in
our national affairs To say or write
John D." means to refer to Rockefeller,
no matter how many other persons. or
how prominent they may be, claim the
name and initial.
His birthday finds John D. a SIM
ple-living old gentleman, whose life fol-
lows a set routine much less complex
than that of the persons of moderate
means, for John D." has lived long
enough to learn that money is, after ALL
a more or less secondary consideration
CAT least it is and can be for him.
Those old enough to recall the trust
busting" days of the first Roosevelt, re
member the almost universal hatred of
John d.. much of which was undeserv-
ed, certainly as far as the personal char
d(lCl VI llS OIl Ming 10
Since those days he has retired from
active business, leaving the management
of his affairs to his son and namesake,
while he has devoted his time and efforts
to fulfill an ambition to reach the CEN
tury mark.
Rockefeller never used his millions for
ostentatious display. He lived frugally
amid regal surroundings, the latter de-
signed more to give him privacy than
luxury. During the years the millions
he has devoted to the betterment of hu-
manity have served to soften, if not to
eliminate, the harsh opinion the masses
once had of him.
Rockefeller may we'll be taken as an
example of the opportunity offered in
the United States for material gains.
He started with nothing and accumulat-
ed more than any other man.
Many of his fellow-citizens who once
thought they never could do it, can sin
cerely congratulate him today on his
birthday and join with him in the hope
he may reach the century mark he de-
sires.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

SUBSCRIPTION RATES - Delivered by carrier,
per month, 55 cents; by mail, so cents per month
In advance Entered at El Centre California, post
office as second-cass matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. M C. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

Howards' tea that Edison used to
keep a horse chestnut in one pock-
eet and raw potato in the other.
The great scientst-of all men.
Rheumatism. Walter Trumbull, I
believe. knew q man who cured
his rheumatism by drinking a glass
of water every hour for two days.
Rudyard Kipling, Booth Tarking-
ton, Eugene Fields, Harold Freder-
ick and Frank Norris have the
most microscopic chirography in
the writing profession. never
knew a famous author to write big.
Too much time, paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
TEN YEARS AGO
IuIy < 1923

Bids for installation Of a sprink-
ling system for fire protection in
the court house we're opened at the
meeting of the board Of superYis-
ors.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

We don't know how Louisianians cele-
brated the Fourth of July but it would
appear the lessons of 1776 have been
forgotten there.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

Summer widowers Of the Elk per-
suasion are expected to attend in
large numbers the Friday luncheon
in the Elks club dining room TO-
morrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

The "two Helens" also demonstrated
that couple of star tennis players have
a chamber of commerce licked to a fraz-
zle when it comes to publicity.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08
L kim g
B a c k W a r d
What The Press Files
Tell Of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Tufy Q TQ0n

Imperial Valley will suffer no
water shortage this year, according
to Superintendent r. N. Cronholm.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

F. p. A. strains to be the most
conscientious columnist. His long
hours with the make-up man over
marble slab splitting typographi-
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

The grape girls will be with US
once again, in the next few days,
IT packers being expected for In
perial and FL Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

Why do most ladies nowadays
write it "tonite" and "alright"2
Studying for Prof. Zachrisson's s
Anglic? I can always chivvy a gulp
of admiration for people with z
in their names. Zona Gale, the two
Zoes-Akins and Beckley, Douglas
z. Doty Florenz Ziegfeld. Or an
x. Like Francis x. Bushman.
When Zona Gale became Mrs.
Breese what punning, what pun
ming. Uneasy lies the head that
suggests a punning name. Hardy
and Quick ct alios. To say nothing
of Odd!
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

Someone remarked at the Roy
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

We hope readers are giving US due
credit for refraining from mentioning a
certain topic which always changes for
the worse when we comment on it
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

Just how many directors the I'm
perial Irrigation District has at the
present time is a question that Is
puzzling the directors themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

7 was telling Watterson Rothack-
er lettuce is our least appreciated
vegetable. In France they even
wilt it. Nobody who hasn't fed it
10 an empty stomach, California
style, knows the real taste of let
tuce. The fresh, innocent heart has
the exquisite innocence of a violet
in the rain, the delicacy of a vir-
gins prayer. And people will pol
son it with vinegar Few things so
interesting to a writer as a royalty
report There's a story that Frank
Stockton. great late 18th century
Whimsicalist, told friend he had
a royalty report on one Of his books
showing not single copy sold Yet
his friend had bought the book
himself. 7 wonder, by the way, il
the vogue TOR sentence book titles
viii last-They Brought Their Wo-
men The sun Also Rises. Anne
Sell thought up a lulu. So We All
Got 10 Talking to the Bartender!
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-08

ANY doubt that Pred Nebel-Thau
Is making an impression in the east
with his publicity campaign for I'm
pelial Valley cantalOupea must BE-
dropped.
, 1935-01-06

q deserted wife or a husband, or some
times both, and cutting very romantic fig
ures.
Real life drama sometimes follows that
pattern, sometimes doesn't.
There died the other day a university
professor in the middle-west who had had
a chief part in a different kind of triangle.
His wife eloped with another a
Instead Of playing the outraged hus-
band, the professor said that he hoped
they would be happy, and offered his wife
a divorce if she wished it. But she didn't;
after three weeks she came back to him,
and the dashing lover whom she left in
the lurch was so chagrined he committed
suicide.
Sometimes life takes a twist that defies
the writer's traditions.
, 1935-01-06
BEHIND CROOKS-CROOKED
LAWYERS

The Indictment of two lawyers who de-
Tended the Urschel kidnapers on the
charge that they participated in the divi-
sion of the Urschel ransom money, is hail
ed as a first step in the federal govern
ment's new campaign against INSCRIPTIONS
criminal attorneys; and it is to be hoped
that the campaign is prosecuted with
vigor and intelligence.
Every man accused of crime has, OF
course, the right to hire counsel. But
what are we to say of lawyers who lend
their advice, month after month, to men
they know to be crooked, and accept fees
which they know come from illegal en-
terprises?
Where is the dividing line between the
services a lawyer may legally render a
client, and the kind of work which in eff
feet makes the lawyer a member of the
gang?
In too many cases that line is altogether
lost sight Of. The governments campaign
should be a s~alutary reform.