davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
SOCIAL SECURITY BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
Three Propositions Turned Down By State Voters
REALLY NOW
MISS AURER,
PLEASE STOP!

CHICAGO, Aug. IA. Up)-More
than 5000 beauty specialists, put
ting beauty on a 24-hour shift,
bade farewell today to the old
fashioned nightgown.
A new creed of the fastidious fe-
male will be:
sleep raw and stay beautiful" 4"
Miss Ruth D. Aurer, educational
director of the American Cosme-
ticians association, said the body
cannot breathe properly when COW
cred.
1.-The pajama is worse even than
the nightgown because it swaths
you like a mummy and it seems
that the drawstring always tight
ems up on you along about 2 a. m"
she said.
Miss Maurer, whose job keeps her
on the jump thinking up new
ideas, suggested that women sleep
with the pillow under their feet
instead of the head.
ITS more comfortable and gives
you better circulation" she ex-
planned.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
FAR REACHING
PROVISIONS IN
NEWEST LAW
Old Age Pensions, Unemploy-
ment Insurance And Aid For
Unfortunates Included
OUTLINE OF CHIEF POINTS
Success OF Undertaking To
Depend In Great Measure On
Cooperation OF States

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. W.P -
Roosevelt today signed
the social security bill, launching
the new deals vast program to
protect millions against poverty in
their old age and in times of fu-
ture unemployment.
The stroke of his pen completed
enactment of one of the most inn
portant and far-reaching of all
new deal" proposals. Championed
by Mr.. Roosevelt to help Americans
meet some of the major economic
hazards of life," the measure:
l. Provides for federal contribu-
tions of up to SIS per month per
person, starting soon, to help states
pension their most needy aged resi-
dents. ~
2. Establishes a great national
annuity system by which an esti-
mated 25,000000 workers and their
employers will be taxed billions Of
dollars through the years and will
be paid $40 to $85 a month by the
government when they are 65 and
jobless. ~
3. Creates joint state-federal un-
employment insurance systems to
provide limited benefits in times of
future unemployment.
4. Assists the states Immediately
in caring for dependent mothers
and children, the blind and the i'll.
About $100,000,000 of federal funds
are called for to finance the fed
eral share of immediate assistance
to the aged, and to mothers, child
rem and the blind.
Depends on States
The administration's committee
on economic security estimates at
least 100000 persons are over 65
and in need. How many of them
will be helped Immediately de-
pends largely on the states. Feder-
al funds will be granted only to
the extent that states or their sub
divisions pay pensions to the aged.
But in 1887 an estimated 5000, 900
persons will begin paying special
taxes which eventually will lake
three per cent of their wages each
year. Their employers will be re-
quired to pay an equal levy. From
the proceeds of these taxes, begin
ming in 1912, persons who have been
paying the taxes for five years and
who are over 65 and out of work
Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
BY LYLE c. WILSON

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's retreat on the
$45, 100000 year bill for Spanish
American war veterans benefits
looks today like the beginning of
the end of the World war bonus
battle.
Mr.. Roosevelt waited the limit of
10 days before signing the bill for
the boys of '98. He accompanied
his signature with a statement. 1t
explained that the case of the vet
Grams of the Philippine and Cuban
campaigns apd the disgraceful
Florida encampments, where hun
dredS contracted fever from impure
food, was fundamentally different
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
LIST IN
ITALIAN DAM
BREAK IS ZOO
Women, Children And Old Men
Caught In Flood Which Swept
Over Countryside

GENOA, Aug. IA. WH Thick
mud, human bodies, the ruins of
homes and small farms covered to-
day a path 25 miles long and two
miles wide on the northern slopes
of the Ligurian Apennines where
yesterday the dam of Lake Orioella
sent 706 100000 cubic yards of wa
ter raging over the fertile country
side. Upwards of 200 lives were be-
lieved lost.
Firemen, soldiers and Fascist
volunteers worked through the
ruins gathering bodies and caring
for survivors.
Forcing their way into ruined
homes which the water had en-
quilted, firemen found bodies of
women, children and old men who
were caught indoors when the wa
ter broke with a roar which peo-
pie thought was that of an earth
quake.
A United Press correspondent
touring the area saw dozens of
bodies scattered through the debris
as the water subsidized. Many bodies
were carried great distances, some
as far as 25 miles. AS they were ga
thered, the bodies were put into
temporary morgues until relatives
could find and identify them.
Comparatively few able bodied
men were killed. They were work.
ing on their farms on the noun
tain slopes when the water burst
ing from the dam swept down the
northern hillside to join the local
rivers which empty into the Pc.
Authorities summoned survivors
into the streets of ruined villages
today and the roster of inhabitants
was called so that a complete death
list could be compiled
Authorities said they believed re-
ports of from 600 to 1000 dead
would prove great exaggerations.
Railway and telephone and tele-
graph communication all over the
district was stopped because of
washouts and wrecked bridges.
King Victor Emmanuel was re-
ported on his way to the flood area.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
Protest Plar, For
PotUer Line Route

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IA. UD -
Formal protests against the plan
of the bureau of power and light to
run Boulder dam transmission lines
through the Padua Hills above
Claremont were filed with the city
council today by property owners
contributing to the San Gabriel
valley defense committee.
The proteStantS claimed that the
proposed transmission line would
destroy the natural beauty of the
hills and would decrease property
values.
Letters of protest were signed by
A. H. Lake and Delacourt Kell of
Claremont, Mrs. A. M. Sargent of
Redlands, Floyd r. Bunnelle Of
San Dimas, A. w. Doolittle of Pasa-
dena, and Miss Romaine l.. Poin-
dexter and Meta Marquis Of Los
Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
BRAWLEY GIRL NOT KIDNAPPED
Found Today In Los Angeles Store She Tells Police
She Merely Ran Away

Filkas, acting head of the homi-
eide bureau.
Mrs. Vivian Stavros, who came
here with Helen in May to escape
the heat of Imperial Valley, was
near collapse today as her husband
was enroute from Brawley to aid
in the search.
She expressed the fear her
daughter had been kidnapped and
possibly slain. Investigators also
believed the child may have been
abducted by degenerate and con-
cealed somewhere in the vicinity
of tn Stavros home.
Another theory was that the
child's natural mother, Mrs. T.
Coumas, may have taken her. Mrs.
Coumas, according to police, has
been patient in a state mental
hospital.
Detective Filkas today sent the
following telegram to Stockton,
Calf, authorities:
"Please ascertain if Mrs. T. Cou-
mas is confined in the state insti-
tuition for the insane. If patient
has been released, please furnish
all available information as to pre-
sent whereabouts. Information very
important. Please rush"
The girl last was seen playing
with a kitten on the back porch of
the neighbor's home. Mrs. Stavos
told police she had sent her daugh-
ter from the house to empty a box
of trash.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
Ask Judgment Be
Lien On Property

In a suit filed in superior court
today by the Second National Bank
and Trust company of Cortland,
N. Y, against w. R. Carey, ct al,
the court is asked to declare that a
Judgment rendered on June 3, 1885,
in favor of the plaintiff is valid
lien on the title and interest which
defendants had to lot 10, block 5;
lots 9 and 10 in block 20 and lots
81 and % in block 20, Ell Centre,
prior to the execution of a deed on
December 6, 1892.
The action on which the first
Judgment was obtained concerned
two promissory notes which later
came into the possession Of the
present plaintiff.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
CHAIRMAN OF SENATES LOBBY
PROBE SEEKS HOPSONS ARREST

force elimination of many holding
companies.
Inspired Campaign
He said he had inspired" much
of the campaign, but denied knowl-
edge of details. He was not asked
about spending of telegrans with
fake signatures by employees of his
companies or destruction of records.
He argued the expenditure was
justified because the bill would
ruin the industry" and "I am op-
posed to more government in busi-
ness and will do everything I can
to stop it."
He admitted trying to evade SEN
ate committee agents. During the
long hunt he was in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia
and even-one night-right in
Washington at the exclusive Shore
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
ONE-F|FTH Of
REG|STRANTS
co To POLLS
Bond Issue For New Buildings
Beaten In Southern Section Of
State But Favored In North
DEFEAT IS OVERWHELMING
Returns Leave No Doubt That
Citizens Generally Did Not
Favor Three Projects
(By United Press

In surprisingly light balloting,
California voters turned thumbs
down yesterday on three special
propositions, all involving expendi-
lures of state moneys, available re-
turns from special election show
ed today.
With about 20 per cent of the
qualified voters participating, the
plans which apparently failed of
the bare majorities they needed to
carry were proposition l, proposing
a $13,950,000 bond issue for state
institutions; proposition No. 2, au-
thorizing state fiscal authorities to
borrow against anticipated reve-
nues, and proposition No. 3, provid-
ing for construction of Rector dam
in the Napa valley.
The vote in 7138 of the states
1866 precincts was 193,453 in favor
of proposition No. l. The opposi-
tion vote was 219,574.
The vote on proposition No. 2
was 143,033 in favor of the propo-
sition, 263,337 in opposition.
The same precincts cast 173,60c
votes in favor of proposition No. g.,
but piled up negative vote OF
234,269.
The proposal to spend more than
$13,000,000 in increasing facilities
at state hospitals and homes and
in building a prison for first Of
tenders in Southern California ap-
parently was decided along section
al lines.
Southern California countie S
turned against it. Los Angeles
county alone showed 1891 voting
against the plan and 59,992 in ia
vor, with only few precincts miss
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
BY MACK JOHNSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-How-
ard c. Hopson grinned broadly at
a senate lobby committee subpoena
server today and accepted a sum-
mons after his three-week game of
tag with committee agents had
brought him to the brink of a ci-
tation for contempt.
The subpoena was showed into his
pudgy hand while photographers
flashlights doomed at conclusion of
a second day of testimony before
the rival house committee, marked
by an angry clash in which Rep.
Eugene Cox Oem), Georgia,
threatened to kick the head of the
Associated Gas and Electric system
''out of the room"
Senate committeeman, frenzied
by their long failure to bring Hop
son under their Jurisdiction, plan
ned to hear him at once and bear
down on him with questions about
the Associated company's 100000
campaign against the Wheeler
Rayburn utilities bill.
Joseph P. Mccarthy, senate
agent and former Oman" who
was strong armed by a house COM
mittee policeman when he tried to
serve a subpoena on Hopson yes
terday, met no opposition today.
AS the utilities magnate walked
from the Sweltering house commit
tee room, swabbing his brow and
glistening bald head, Mccarthy
showed the paper at him. Hopson
looked at it, grinned, and accepted
it.
Highlights of the house hearing
, were:
Hopson admitted A. G. E. spent
100000 to 100000 "and maybe
more" fighting the bill which would
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14

WASHINGTON, Aug. ID. U.D -
Chairman Hugo L. Black of the
senate lobby investigation commit
tee, in a whitehead of anger,
stormed into the senate late today
to obtain warrants for arrest of
Howard G. Hopson and his attor-
ney, w. A. Hill of Boston.
After waiting five hours for Hop
son to answer a subpoena which
he smilingly accepted about IL a.
m, the Black committee voted to
ask the senate to cite both the
Associated Gas e. Electric magnate
and the lawyer for contempt of the
senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
Greyhound Wins
Trotting Classic

GOSHEN, N. Y, Aug. IA. WD -
E. j. Bakers Greyhound, the odds
on favorite today won the worlds
trotting classic, the $4,000 Hamble-
tonian stakes, by clicking off VIC
tories in the first two heats.
Greyhound established a new
record for the Hambletonian mile
when he was clocked in two min
utes two and three-fourths sec
onds for the second heat.
The fleet Illinois horse, such an
overwhelming favorite that the
bookies finally quit accepting bids
on him, won the classic only after
overcoming a 10 length lead en-
joyed by Warwell Worthy in the
second heat.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
TAXPROGRA|N
ATTACKED BY
REPUBLICANS
Vandenberg Takes Lead In An
Assault On Measure, Terming
1t "Sham BilP'

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. U.P)-
Republicans battered the admins
trations revised $250,000000 tax
bill in the senate today, charging
that it will neither raise revenue
nor redistribute Wealth-although
"it may force remodelling of our
entire social structure"
The barrage of criticism came
after the senate finance commit
tee chairman, Pat Harrison, sur
veying charts and papers stacked
high on his desk, had presented
the majority views on the bill, ex-
pected to pass this week.
In reply, Sen. Arthur Vanden-
berg, (Rep), Michigan, swept the
Democrat side of the chamber
with wide gesture of disdain and
assailed the measure as "a sham"
likely to change the nations social
structure.
''If you must have tax bill, why
this sham bill reported to us by
the senate finance committee, ra-
ther than real bill.
"It's main defect is that it is
unrelated to the budget. 1t mis-
erably fails to connect the two. 1t
hurts the taxpayer and no one
else" he said.
lie described it successfully as
Shooting an arrow into the night;
like thrusting your finger into the
lake, withdrawing it and looking
for the hole; and like starting on a
1000 mile journey with a gallon of
gas in your tank-you'll not get
to your destination and you'll have
wasted your gas"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
Fourteen Demand
Merriam Recall

ALTURAS, Calf, Aug. IA. CLIP
Fourteen Alturas voters wrote in
demands for the recall of Gov.
Frank F.. Merriam on the ballots
of yesterdays special election, it
was disclosed today.
On the same ballots the citizens
cast votes for Sheridan Downey,
Sacramento attorney, for the gov
ernor's office.
Election officials said that the
recall write-ins and the votes for
Downey would be recorded Off
cially.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
SIAMEsE QUINTUPLETS

CHICAGO, Aug. IA. W,P)-A new
feline phenomena-Siamese quin-
tuplets-wes reported today by Mrs
John Courtney. Five kittens born
to Shorty, a cat owned by Mrs
Courtney, were joined together by
growths.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE

At Boston (1st game)- R H E
Cincinnati 900 100 000-1 l
Boston ................ 900 $40 01X-8 II 0
johnson, Hermann and Camp
bell; Farmhouse and Mueller.
At Boston (2nd game)- R H E
Cincinnati 200 300 600 5 8 0
Boston $40 900 04x-11 13 0
Frey Brennan and lombard;
MacFayden, Smith and Spohrer.
At B'klyn 1st game)- R H E
Chicago 031 100 000-5 8 3
Brooklyn $1,000 23X-9 l6 2
Lee, French, Root and Hartnett;
Babich, Munns, Clark and Lopez
At B'klyn (2nd game)- r H E
Chicago ............010 001 000-2 o
Brooklyn ............ 101 900 10X-3 6 l
Carleton, Henshaw and ODea;
Leonard, Vance and j. Taylor, Lo-
pei.
At N. Y. Qst game)- R H E
st. Louis ............ 100 010 300 l
New York ..........140 001 00X-6 7 o
P. Dean, Heusser and V. Davis;
Hubbell and Mancuso.
At N. Y. (2nd game)- r H E
st. Louis ............110 00l OOO-3 U
New York ......... 900 900 000-0 10 8
Hallahan, P. Dean and Delaney;
Castleman and Mancuso.
At Phila. Gst game)- R H E
pittsburgh ........ .020 030 1l1-8 Is l
philadelphia 900 900 100-1 8 0
Swift and Padden; Davis, Null
cahy and Todd.
AT Phila. (2nd game)- r H E
Pittsburgh 100 001 041-7 II 3
Philadelphia 002 010 1000 IL 8
Birkofer, Weaver and Grace;
Johnson, Pezzullo, Bivin, Jorgens,
Prim and Todd.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
PLANES PASS OVER CITY

Nine airplanes, evidently on
practice flight from March field at
Riverside, passed over the city at
2:30 this afternoon in military
formation, apparently headed for
Calexico, and possibly for bad
weather from the looks of the sky.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
D&SIaagpo &9g&
SA &N0Ss

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 13.
(SpeciaD Alaska is a great
country. If they can just keep
from being taken over by the U.
S., they got great future. This
is the greatest aviation-minded
city of its size in the world. There
is only 10000 white people in
Alaska and there is 10 CONNER
cial planes operating every day
in winter on skis.
Edmonton, Canada, is similar,
for their country runs clear to
the Arctic. Both countries have
developed marvellous pilots. What
they need is mail line from Sc
attic up here.
There may be some doubt about
the Louisiana purchase being a
mistake, but when Seward in '68
bought Alaska for seven million
dollars he even made up for
what we oyerpaid the indians for
Manhattan Island.
Yours,
Mkg Rc1u<.
. isss. asNsagAs sysAssass. A>&
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
BY ii. o. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Repub-
licans launched a scathing attack
on the revised administration tax
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14

Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-14
Baseball Scores
BY United Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE

dlIIUIIS, NIUI ply, OOIIIOH uII1
Dickey, Harder, Lee and Brenzel.
The Washington times., 1935-06-21
ENIGMA WOMAN
ADMITS DEATH

TEHACHAPI, CAL, June 81
QN.S).-Facing death on the
gallowS, Mrs. Nellie Madison from
her cell in the woman's prison
here confessed the killing Of her
husband, Eric D. Madison, studio
worker.
With only the possibility of
Communication of the death SEN
tence by Gov. Frank Merriam
standing between her and the
moose, Mrs. Madison, known since
her murder trial as the Enigma
Woman" not only confessed the
killing of Madison, but the EN-.
ployment of new attorneys sig
nailed new effort to avoid the
gallows.
According to the confession
Mrs. Madison shot her husband
after he had thrown a knife at
her and was reaching for a
second.
The condemned woman also
claims that shortly before the
Staying Madison informed her
they were never legally married
and that a ceremony which had
been performed was fake.
The Washington times., 1935-06-21

"a suggestion for using and
preserving the daily music
themes: The teachers Of sew
eral classes in music apprecia-
ton report that their pupils are
clipping the themes each day
and pasting them on 3xS-inch
filing cards, with the name Of
the composer at the top, and
filing them in alphabetical Or
der by cOmposers.)
The Summer Festival season
made a belated but suspicious
opening last night at the Sylvan
Theater on the Monume n t
Grounds when the Estelle Went
worth Opera Group presented
The Mikado," before a large and
appreciative audience.
The most remarkable thing
about the presentation was that
the loud speaker system carried as
far as the base Of the monument
almost every word that was
spoken or sung. There was a fad.
ing tendency noticeable when the
singers passed to either side Of
the center microphone. Doubtless
this fault may be remedied with
a more general placing Of mikes
in the future and an operator on
hand to mix the sounds.
1t is a pity that when such a
noteworthy presentation is made
that at least a small orchestra is
not provided. With the amplifing
system a large orchestra would be
needed. With the exceptions
noted. the voices were reproduced
with great fidelity of tone.
The United States Army Band,
under the direction of Lieut..
Thomas F. Darcy, gave a half-hour
concert of selections from several
Gilbert and Sullivan light operas;
the overture to The Mikado" was
used as the last number on the
band program and Immediately
preceding the stage production.
The latter was rather long to
follow the band concert as so
many families were present with
children. However, the time might
have been shortened if the inter-
mission between the first and sec.
ond acts had not been so long.
Ira Meyer, as Ko Ko, made
much Of his part and was called
on to repeat his version of 1.-The
flowers that bloom in the spring"
several times. The cast was we'll
balanced with each title role we'll
placed; Alma Harris, as Yum
Yum, proved a delectable love in
terest; Ray Baine, as Nanki Poo,
the wandering minstrel and lover;
Walter Perry, as Pooh Bah, a
whole cabinet rolled into one per-
son; Harry Yeide as Pish Tush;
Harry Grove as the Mikado; Mil
dred Sherman as Katisha. The
whole cast gave a performance
The Washington times., 1935-06-21
KINDERGARTEN
IN NEW PLAN

Children in District kindergar-
tens are to be included in the pub
lie school character education pro-
gram this fall, DR.. Frank w. Bal
lou, superintendent of school, has
announced.
DR.. Ballou said the younger ele-
ment in the District schools should
participate in the program since
the experiment would have more
effect on minor children. The plan
is to be extended through an ad-
ditional appropriation by Congress
for character education work here.
The two schools affected by the
program are the D. D. Cooke and
Morgan Schools. In addition to
these, the program will be ex-
tended to the first grades in sew
eral of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Washington times., 1935-06-21
BISHOPS RITES
DRAW THRONG

Prominent churchmen. educa-
tors, civic leaders and laymen
were among approximately 1900
persons who attended funeral
services for Bishop E. D. w.
Jones, of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion connection, yes
terday. at Union Wesley A. M. E.
Zion Church.
Bishop L. K. Kyles. of North
Carolina, presided, while the ser.
mon was preached by Bishop w.
J. Walls, of Chicago, I'll. Others
participating were Bishops P. A.
Wallace. of Brooklyn. N. Y; j.
w. Wood. Of Indiana: B. G.
Shaw. Of Alabama; j. w. Mar
tin, of Los Angeles. CAL: c. C.
Alleyne, of New York city, and
DR.. Mordecai w. Johnson, presi-
dent of Howard University. Pres.
ent from the South Carolina,
Kentucky and Philadelphia and
Baltimore conference over which
BISHOP Jones presided. were =. u.
Flowe, D. C. Crosby. ]. E. Lewis.
c. j. Henderson and F. w.
Alstork.
Honorary pallbearers were DR..
Emmett j. Scott, William l..
Houston, Judge James Cobb.
Major Campbell johnson, Garnet
C. Wilkinson, Judge Almond
Scott, Thurman Dodson, Col. West
Hamilton, DR.. j. Hayden John
son, DR.. william j. Thompkins,
Samuel Dudley. DR.. John R.
Hawkins, George A. Parker. John
A. Langford. John Paynter,
Augustus Gray, Charles Hall. j.
Finley Wilson, Robert L. Vann
and the Rev. r. A. Farley.
Bishop Jones. who was "a and
a native of this city. died Sun.
day at Garfield Hospital follow
ing an illness of 16 months.
Surviving is a widow and son.
Interment was in Lincoln Me-
mortal Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1935-06-21
Willett Praises
D. G.. Social Work

Intelligent cooperation" of Wash.
ingtonians has placed this city
high in quality of its social
work in comparison with other
cities, according to report made
by Herbert l.. Willett, jr., director
of the Community Chest.
Mr.. Willett has just returned
from the National Conference of
Social Work in Montreal. He listed
the Medical Economic Security Ad-
ministration, the Medical.Dental
Service Bureau, the Community
Chest and the Board Of Public
Welfare as leaders in the field Of
social welfare here.