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Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
UNCLE WIGGLY'S
TREE TOAD

One day when Uncle Wiggily
was hopping around in the woods
near his summer cottage at Green
Lake, the rabbit gentleman heard
sound which at first he thought
was somebody whistling.
Perhaps it's the Bob Cat,
thought Mr.. Longears. I must be
careful" So he hoped on careful
ly, but saw no Bob Cat Then he
heard a sound as if somebody were
humming part of song.
That may be the Fox" thought
the rabbit gentleman, though I
didn't know the Fox could hum. I
must be careful" So he hoped on
carefully again and then he heard
sound which was partly whistling
and partly humming. The sound
came from a tree and, all Of a sud-
den Mr. Longears saw, sitting on
one of the branches, a tiny crea-
ture of a sort Of greenish gray col
Tor.
Hello. Mr.. Tree Toad" called
the bunny uncle. Il should have
known it was you making the
Whistling. humming sound and
then wouldn't have been afraid.
Finds Bunny Children Unhappy
OF course trilled the tree toad
for his voice or song is sort OF
trill, you needn't have been afraid
of me. I am your friend"
Thank you" said Uncle Wiggily
and away he hoped to his cottage
feeling happy because Of the jolly
trilling song of the tree toad. But
when the rabbit gentleman reached
his cottage he saw Baby Bunty and
some of his little rabbit children
sitting on the grass out in front
looking sad and unhappy with
frowns on their faces and without
a single twinkle on the ends OF
their pink noses.
Whats the matter, my dears?'
asked Uncle Wiggily.
Nobody will play with US OF
make fun to amuse US" said Baby
Bunty the orphan rabbit
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
LOW EST INA TE
Of CONGRESS
BY TOWNSEND

PASADENA. Aug. 10. U.P-"1
could pick 435 men out of crowd
just by their faces, and get bet
ter congress than the one we've
got"
That was the disparaging eSti
mate of the legislative branch of
the federal government expressed
by Dr.. F.. E. Townsend, author OF
the pension plan, who was back
home today discouraged over the
failure of congress to act on his
scheme.
Dr. Townsend was greeted by
$4,000 of his followers at "felcom-
ing picnic"
Having arrived here by airplane,
he said he would fly to Oakland,
Calf, and that he would be in
Kansas City, Mo, on August 20.
The Long Beach, Calf, physician
who originated the revolving pen
sion plan and made it a national
issue was to address his followers
in San Francisco tonight. He indi-
Gated he would travel by airplane
despite his narrow escape from in
jury or death in a plane accident
at Pittsburg, Calf, yesterday.
DR.. Townsend, Edward j. Margett,
state manager of the Townsend
club movements, and Hubert Hin
kel, Oakland pilot, were shaken
and bruised when the plane in
which they we're leaving Pittsburg
crashed in taking off, knocked
down trees and fence posts, and
buried its nose in the ground.
Townsend was thrown out on top
of Margett. The wicker seat on
which he had been sitting was
crushed in the pile-up.
Undaunted, the physician board
ed another plane, flew to Oakland,
and climbed aboard an air liner to
reach the picnic scene.
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He turned yellow.

some Of my bunnies to see you
said MI Longears.
pleased to meet you" trilled the
tree toad.
"Oh, isn't he cute" said Baby
Bunty.
3 But I don't see him changing
his colors," said Tinker. Hes sort
of gray-no. he's sort of green, l
guess"
Watch carefully" said Uncle
Wiggily. The tree toad climbed to
where the bark of the tree was
dark brown. At once the skin of
the tiny toad turned to a brownish
hue so he looked like the bark.
Then he crawled to a place where
the bark was yellow and the skin
of the little chap turned that color.
On white bark he looked to be white
and on dark bark he looked to be
dark.
why does he change colors?"
asked Bunty.
80 I will match whatever bark
am on and make it harder for
birds to catch and eat me" laugh
ed the tree toad as he trilled an
other song. The little Dummies al
so laughed, no longer sad. And if
the butter will please stay on one
side of the slice of bread, I'll tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily in
the fog
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
lCnnvr right hy McCJ Jnr News Svnd

"Ho Hol" laughed Uncle Wig
gily. He twinkled his nose. "Ho!
Ho! What sadness! Why don't you
amuse yourselves, my little rabbits?
Why must you have some one al
ways to make fun for you? SillyP
I'VE don't know what to dol!
said Tinker, a little boy bunny.
Couldn't you do something to
amuse us?" asked his brother
Blinker.
Just this once I will" said IN
Gle Wiggily. There is just about
time enough before supper for me
TO take you into the woods and
show you a friend of mine. He is
very cute little chap who can hum
and whistle at the same time and
also change his colors."
How can anybody change their
colors?" asked Tinker. IF you're
black rabbit you stay black and
if you're a white rabbit you stay
white. Colors can't be changed
Come and see,' invited Uncle
Wiggily He led the silly, sad lit
tie rabbit children to where the tree
toad was humming and WhiStling
his evening song "I have brought
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, - The
Home Owners Loan Corporation,
which recently has had to crack
down on some folks because they
won't pay up on their mortgages,
has another class of patrons which
balances off the non-paying con-
tingent.
These are the people who have
paid up their mortgages in full des-
pite the fact that the loans have
Is years to run.
| The agency revealed that up to
August exactly 1923 people had
paid in $3,6l0,892.23 to wipe out the
mortgages originally obtained be-
cause they were in danger of losing
their homes.
The payments, HOLC believes,
indicate that prosperity has come
to at least that many persons in
the United States.
To balance against these pay
ments there are the 910 foreclos-
ure actions which HOLC has start
ed against persons who won't pay
anything at all.
The -HOLC has completed its
foreclosure against 1853 persons who
had received mortgages totalling
$475 900. The homes that were
mortgages are supposed to be worth
lS7l0.000 Whether they are or not,
the HOLC has yet to find out.
Neither the full paying nor nom
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
ODDITIES IN
THE WORLDS
NEWS NOTES
BY United Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-You nave
normal speech if you can say the
following without tripping over
your tongue, according to Dr. Eliz-
abeth D. Mcdowell, professor of
speech at Teachers College, Colum-
bia university
Are your oars here?
Many a wit is not a whit less
Wittier than Whittier.
THE menu is not less important
than the men you will meet
His suit showed spots Of suet
and soot."
In voice survey published to-
day DR.. Mcdowell said resonant
voices go with sharply defined fea-
lures. She said it improved the
voice to cultivate the art OF being
genial"
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. = Harold
Fowler, deputy police commission
er. lowered 300 feet over Manhat-
tan in a blimp. Signs on the ship
invited motorists to tune in a spe-
cific radio station. When a motor
ist below violated traffic laws F'oW-
ler beloved into microphone and
radio short waves carried his voice
to a re-broadcaSt on standard
waves. Many offenders, judging by
their quick response, heard their
cars and locations described and
themselves bawled out in old fash
ioned cop language. The stunt may
be made a regular part of safety
campaign.
BALLSTON, Va, Aug. 10. - 1t
rained little fishes here yesterday.
A flash from the sky, 'plop" and
there on Elwood Barnes lawn lay a
pound and a half golden carp.
Barnes has the fish to prove it. And
the neighbors for witnesses.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Aug. 10
"A sea lion hunting expedition
cruised around the government pier
today seeking Oscar, the playful
animal that has been pilfering fish
from the Lake Michigan nets. Civic
minded citizens want to exhibit the
sea lion 2t the local zoo. Oscar was
wary of heavy net spread along
side the pier. He came in for fish
but lodged the net and glided
away.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-Contrary to
general belief, crime rate is higher
in cities whose population is large
ly native born than in communities
with a large foreign born popula-
tion, William F.. Ogburn, University
of Chicago sociologist, reported to-
day.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. l9.-"Pros-
pectorS," who pan sands Of the
beaches for lost nickels and dimes
and jewelry were panning the city
government today. City commits
sioners imposed license fee on the
sand-sifterS.
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Aug.
19.-Prince Louis, ruler OF this tiny
principality, fired his entire army
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
Brothers Held In
Shooting Scrape

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 10. U.P)-
Romuldo %, and Antonio Vicente
81, of Uplands were held by New
hall deputy sneriffs today Tor Up
lands police in connection with a
shooting affray at a picnic Sunday
IN Mountain View camp.
a. rurreon and v. Arcade were
wounded, deputies said, in a quarrel
over Arcades wife Romuldo vi
cente was held on suspicion of
welding the gun.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
TRAIN KILLS TWO

CONCORD, Calf, Aug. -. (U,RJ-
Two motorcyclists we're killed in
stantly beneath the wheels Of a
Southern Pacific railroad train to-
day at grade crossing on the out
skirts of Concord.
The victims were Eugene Gattis,
80, proprietor of a Concord electric
shop, and David Hughes, 27, SER
vice station employee.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
FUN At THE CAPITOL

What this country needs more than
ever now, is a flock of good laughs, the
need being more imperative than when
Thomas Marshall said what he needed
most was good nickel cigar
The supply Of laughs to be found in
the Congressional Record, if produced
in the theatre or on the screen by some
modern Shakespeare. would remedy the
need that exists.
If one had the time and patience, for
instance, to wade through the testimony
of the committee Investigating the util-
tiles lobby. with particular reference to
its attempts to get Harry Hopson to ap-
pear before it, and had the ability of a
She aspeare, his fortune would be made
anu .le would supply his countrymen
with the needed laughs.
Over nine pages of the Record are tax
en- up with the testimony. running from
discussion whether an elevator was
crowded with two policemen who es-
corted Hopson in it, to why a camera
man was running toward Hopson and his
escort with his camera focused
Of course it would depend on the girth
Of the policemen as to whether or not
the elevator was crowded The camera
man was probably running toward the
group to get away from one of the cap
itol mosquitoes, or perhaps this is his
method of working up an appetite for
lunch, or working off the lethargy of too
many beers.
Get load of this, as the boys say:
where were you when this gentleman
was trying to serve the summons?
Il do not know. If he was in the ele-
vator, was not there, because | was out
side when Mr.. Hopson came out, and for
several minutes before he came out
Were you on the outside when Mr.
Mccarthy came up to Mr.. Hopson to
serve the summons?
Il do not recall seeing this gentleman,
but I was on the outside when Mr.. Hop
SON
Outside the building?
Yes, sir, outside the building
Down close to the car?
yes, sir; down close to the cab
who supplied the cab?
well the cab was ordered.
who ordered it?
Il did.
"At whose direction?
"At the direction of Mr.. O'Connor's
man.
What is his name?
Il do not know. I could identify the
man if l saw him again"
And so on for nine pages of the dispute
between the house and the senate as to
which should have custody of Mr.. Hop
son, dispute which ranks with 'Who
Killed Cock Robin" and Button, button,
who's got the button"
Meantime the unemployed are unem-
ployed food prices ore away up; business
doesn't know what it is all about and
why and if anybody else does he has not
as yet appeared on the horizon
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
:OO.NcInfyre

NEW YORK. Aug. 19-Diary.
Abroad and came upon Herb Roth
looming in the crowds like Glib
sons drawing Of The Champion.
Then driving with c. 2. Driscou to
Yonkers, ysrning about Addison.
knife-throWing and penguins. And
at a soda bazaar 7 net Mary Mar
garet Mcbride. the Martha Dean
Of the radio
Home and nelghbor's canary
50 bursting with song il was dis
tracing. SO TO a trainers with a
Peter Arno original and loitered
over q lemonade at a sidewalk cafe
solving a charade Carolyn Wells
sent Home again and another
bird-an astonishing owl an Ar
kansas lady sculpJed out Of a pine
cone.
With Harry Silvey to a duckling
dinner on a Seacliff gerandah and
dropped him at the Lambs Then
with my wife TO the Coblentzes
and Helen Wills Moody there And
Carl Won Wiegand George Hearst
and Dick Berlin. Late TO bed read
ING a musing letter from Winnie
Sheehan on life and the strange
times
The bell-hop too, finds the de-
presh still depressing. Hopping
bells in a de luxe New York hoIel
8 few years before the crack-ur
was quite an opulent calling fol
the unsllilled Many could knock
ont from $40 to 500 a week and ans
number were home owners in AS
Jorla. the suburban haven of bel
boys A few owned their cars. To-
day in even smart inns the job is
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
L o O king g
B a C k w ar d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
August 10, 1920

The annual thrush Of fine silt
from the Gila river is again max
ing its appearance.
The thunder storm Monday eve
ming was a regular treat for the
valley.
Two sailors carrying barley
sack filled with good furs which
they were offering for sale TO as
tonished Imperial Valley residents
yesterday created sensation on
Main street.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

a scant living. Twenty dollars in
tips is considered a fair week.
Simeon Ford always mad a red
head bell-hop or his staff for
luck In a lifetime Of hotel liY-
ing it seems to me the most alert
bell hops were rec haired. And
there was. Of course, Red" Nc
CURE Of the Regis in Mexico City
who ran his tips into gold mine
fortune.
Gypsy Lee Rose continues by
overwhelming odds the star Of stars
in continuous burlesque. At the
moment she is the only actress
along And streets Burlycue Row
to have her named etched in lights.
Under a shortened name, Gypsy
Lee, she had a walk-on part in The
Follies, but stepped out after a few
weeks 10 return TO the rougher re-
vue. Her vogue is largely among
the out-of-toWn sports who arrive
To whoop things up. She has a way
Of tossing a knowing wink that
means much 10 them, absolutely
nothing 10 her. and makes the boys
from out yonder her Worshipful
slaves. Her days run of mash
notes often oyerflows a bushel bas-
/ ket.
Personal nomination for the
greatest boon in years 70 strug-
/ Cling unknowns - Major Edward
Bowes' amateur hour"
Dogs-cannot-reason notes. on
bot days Peggy Hoyt's Peke drop,
a palm leaf fan at her feet ans
whimpers Albert Payson Ter
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Published every evening Except Sunday by Ths
Imperial Valley Press. Inc, 625 State street.
81 Centre California. W. c. Costello. business
manager. Telephone IS, business office: 700 edi-
torial department. Fun leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

of rs men today. They were given
three months notice.
The reason is the need for econ
omy because of diminished gamb-
ling returns from the casino
With the abolition of the pictur-
esque military body, some officers
were reported trying to enlist as
generals in Ethiopia
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier,
per month, 55 cents; by mail, SO cents per month
In advance Entered at Ell centro, California, post
office as second-cass matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. M. @. Mogen-
son. national advertising representatives.
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EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
MUSSOLINI SPEAKS

Mussolini has thundered his no" and
ali Europe IS shaking from the reverber-
ations his answer set up.
The refusal of II Duce to accept the
proposals made by the Paris conference
between Great Britain. France and Italy
ana which would have given him virtual
control Of Ethiopia. means but one thing
war
Under the present set-up it cannot pos
slbly mean just an Italian Ethiopian
war, but a war which will involve other
European nations. There is a chance to
avert such a calamity but not even the
outstanding optimists among world
statesmen have any hope it will be sue
cessful
England is to have a cabinet meeting
very shortly at which MuSsolini'S refusal
will be discussed. The upshot of that
meeting is expected to be a removal of
the ban on arms shipments to Ethiopia.
This act will brand Italy before the
world as an aggressor nation, and while
II Duce thunders out his defiance, he
does not want Italy branded as the ag-
gressor. If England SO brands his cOun-
try, it will mean Mussolini and John
Bull will be at outs with anything liza
BILE to happen.
Even should war at the outset be linn
tied to Italy and Ethiopia, there are eX-
cellent chances Of England being drawn
into it. for England controls the SueZ
canal through which Italian troops must
go to Ethiopia. While the canal is NOM
inally supposed to be open to the use of
all nations at all times, even for war
purposes, England has its own way of
putting on pressure to accomplish its
ends Also England holds a protectorate
over Egypt, which bounds Ethiopia on
the west and controls Tanganyika Ter
ritory Immediately to the south, and
Somaliland, which it also controls, lies
between Eritrea and Italian Somali-
land, both Of these being Italian colonies.
With British territory touching the
disputed territory of Ethiopia on three
sides, it is difficult to see how England
can avoid being drawn into the dispute
in some way or other.
The circumstances are shaping them
selves into a contest between John Bull
and II Duce With all due respect to the
latter's ability, John has been doing bus
mess for a long time and the asset of eX-
perience is invaluable. In sports par
lance, II Duce would be a poor bet
against John Bull.
1t is either the rise of Mussolini to a
position similar to that which Napoleon
held, or his fall into swift oblivion The
cards just don't indicate the former can
be accomplished
Dispatches tell of a boy baby living 27
days without a brain. Death revealed
the fact. The same agency might reveal
e. A1--- L
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MONTANA BUYS MORE AUTOS

GREAT FALLS, Mont. W.P) -
New automobile sales in Montana
for the first six months of 1895
were just one less than double the
number sold in the corresponding
period of 1884, according to A. j.
Breitenstein, secretary of the Mon
tana Motor Trades association.
Sales for the period in 1895 were
1881 new cars; in 1894, 1910 new
cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
EXPAND MISSOURI roREsrs

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. WD -
Without an acre Of federal forest
lands two years ago, Missouri wood
ed areas supervised by the national
forest service now total almost
100000 acres
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

hume has a collie that will not go
near him. even when called, if he's
at his typewriter Sir Arthur
Wing Pinero had a docile Sealy-
ham that would always run howl
ing from a quiet-mannered neigh
Dor He turned out an expert
menter in a viVisection laboratory
... John Nee. Bowrnan's Chesa-
peake hunter trotted to the vetin-
ary alone when q tooth needed eX-
tracing
Jessie Reed on Chicago relief
rolls offered a drab dip indeed
from the razzle- dazzle that once
surrounded her when she was the
red haired queen of the Broadway
show girls. ZiegfeId paid her as
high as $500 a week. although she
never spoke a line or danced a
step. She had no stage ability. Even
her smile was a prop smirk. But
in gorgeous costumes against Ur-
ban back-drops and in flood OF
artistically thrown lights she in
spired audience gasps. She liked to
go places and do things but most oil
the time she was inarticulate. A
giggle was her best in gestures
Also, ironically enough, she was al
ways befriending her chorus sisters
in distress. She was one OF the few
Ziegfeld beauties who liked to
"troup" preferring the road to the
metropolis.
Bagatelles: Jack NorWorth, once
so slim, is now a heavyweight
Queenie Smith can nibble a lettuce
sandwich and tWitch her nose like
rabbit Gene Fowler is the
community mayor of the writing
colony at Fire Island o.. Joe Will
combe. private secretary to William
Randolph Hearst, always refers TO
his employer as Chief Ernest
Boyd is blackthorn caneist
From Hollywood: A director in a
hotel office scene ordered an extra
to walk up to the desk. His stride
had a dash Of lavender. TRY il
again and forget that swish" saio
the director. Adding: BE a mani
! Shrieked the extra II should do a
character bit for $3.50 day."
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
Don't Quote Me-
(By United PressD

paying HOLC clients bulk very large
in the corporations business. The
agency has a total of $2,703 100000
in mortgages outstanding and the
percentage of paid up and non
paying loans is just a drop in the
bucket.
This is the way rumors start.
Someone saw a huge basket OF
flowers being carried into the office
of Chairman Lea Crowley of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora
ton. Crowley has been expected to
resign for some time.
Conclusions: Crowley had re-
signed.
Explanation: Crowleys friends
were honoring his birthday.
Nothing like being a senator for
real comfort
Senators loll in an air-cooled
chamber, drink free ice water and
have whole corps of pages to at
tend to their every want.
Four senators also have foot
stools to rest their weary feet on
during long debates. That's sup
posed to be because they are shorter
than other senators and their legs
might dangle above the floor.
Footstool senators: Thomas d.
Schall, Minnesota, Hattie Caraways
Arkansas, and Alva B. Adams ana
Edward p. Costigan, both of Color
ado.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

A moment Of recklessness may undo
years of patient plodding, and the
thought is recommended to Mr. Musso-
lini for a little reflection.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Dispatches tell of a boy baby living 27
days without a brain. Death revealed
the fact The same agency might reveal
the fact that this record has been beaten
in many instance by many years.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

In Chicago a fan dancer leaped into
river to save a man attempting suicide.
The reports left out the interesting part
by failing to state whether or not she was
equipped with her fan.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Another month and We'll be wonder
ing how the summer ever went so fast.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Approximately IS per cent Of the
cotton land in the San Joaquin
valley is planted TO pure Acala
seed
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
TEN YEARS AGO
AuOuef 10 IuoE

The supervisors have placed 100
tons Of decomposed granite at the
disposal Of the county farm and the
residents are spreading it on roads
and walks about the grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Fred Fitch returned last Monday
night from a short stay at San Di-
ego.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Paul Mackey Of Imperial was II
FL Centre last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Aug.
19.-Prince Louis, ruler of this tiny
principality, fired his entire army
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Personal nomination for the
greatest boon in years 20 strug-
Cling unknowns - Major Edward
Bowes' amateur hour"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

LOS ANGELES, Aug. l9.-"Pros-
pectors," who pan sands Of the
beaches for lost nickels and dimes
and jewelry were panning the city
government today. City commits
sioners imposed a license fee on the
sand-sifterS.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Dogs-cannot-reason notes: On
hot days Peggy Hoyts Peke drops
a palm leaf fan at her feet and
whimpers Albert Payson Ter