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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-27
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

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Of Estate Of Mary Reidy. deceased. late Of
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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
ehind the Scenes
'" Washington
By RODNEY BUTCHER

WAsHINGTON-Some up their necks
neutrality think explanation Canadas
the Nations
delegate sanctions oil.
commitment binding Canada
military anconn widely regarded in
dcatng the dominion didn't consider itself bound help England
aoBritsh
any the policy which
help fight Furthermore hasn't
oil that heard CT.
information than the and
followers the international convinced that Can
simply United States the idea that she
bgeren warfare involving Britain
the league.
insist with
this might result application of neutrality
she considered beligerent
a could buy
the United States She
neutrality the contrary
aheadshppng England
friends admirers of George
Norris of Nebraska dssuade him from his intention of retiring in
rather
will have effect
pouring including
all his life but said he had just the
largely right him
the railroad labor met recent
their chairman lobby with Norris against his
trement
top pleaders President
written
of and asked
Nebraska progressives desire the
is excellent health has confided ntmae
into dotag decline from their
following disappointing himself his friends
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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
UNCLE SAN BUYS
MORE FIGHTING CRAFT

Forward thinking Americans are
cheered at the news that the war depart
ment has awarded contract for con-
struction of 100 new attack planes with
top speed of $50 miles an hour and
cruising speed of 220 miles an hour
The purchases will be the first of a SER
les by which Uncle Sam will acquire 500
new planes of all types, something he
should have started to do a long time
ago. Americas fighting forces have
been weak in the air. 1t is not a lack of
manpoWer or courage, but a lack of
equipment. Against some of the more
heavily armed powers, the United States
would present puny aerial defense.
The United States cannot talk of dis
armament in an international confer
ence, because her disarmament would be
purely theoretical With the second
largest reserve man power of any major
nation in the world RUSSIA is first, she
has one of the smallest of standing arm
les. Only the comparative isolation af-
forded by two oceans and peaceful
neighbor nations makes her at all Sc
cure.
In ordering the first of 500 new fight
ing planes, the United States has taken
the first step in program to make her
powerful enough to defend her outlying
territories, and to make attack by any
power inadvisable. 1t is to be hoped
the program is carried to completion.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
A FINAL RESORT
FOR BRUNO HAUPTMANN

Bruno Richard Hauptmann convicted
of numbering the Lindbergh baby, has
no further hope that his death will be
stayed through the courts. Step by STEP
his attorneys have followed the paths
staked out in the books of law, and step
by step Hauptmann has drawn nearer
to death. Each move has beer unsuc-
ceSSful. Every court has ruled that the
accused man was given a fair trial
With the time of execution matter of
days away, however, the men who defend
Hauptmann have taken their case to the
last court. They are attempting to swing
public opinion. If they can create a
strong doubt in the minds of the public,
and so in the minds of pardoning Off
Gals, they believe they may yet win a
measure of victory. First, they want a
stay of execution. Another hope is for
communication of sentence to life impris-
onment. A last, seemingly futile hope
is for pardon.
If officials can be made to doubt that
Hauptmann is guilty, or to believe that
new evidence might disclose the guilt
of another party, defense forces hope to
gain their point The many reports and
rumors most of which have been quoted
for what they are worth in the news
papers, have had all the earmarks dur
ing the last week or so of tales emanat-
ing from interested sources. Such a re-
port was that of asserted evidence that
ransom notes had been traced to the
now-dead Isador Fisch in Germany. An
other example is the purported confess
sion of Hauptmann that he and Fisch
collected the ransom money, but did not
have any hand in the kidnapping Both
stories were denied vehemently by the
persons from whom they were rumored
to have come.
In any case as sensational as the Lind
bergh case, there are bound to be con-
flicting stories Most of them have no
foundation, but sometimes they serve to
muddle the memory of evidence which
has been presented. Each should be fol-
lowed to its end, for there is always
possibility one report is correct. Until
the correctness of it has been proven,
however, it should be taken for what it
is worth, gossip.
In the light of publicity attending ev-
cry step of such a case, there is little
danger of miscarriage of justice.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

and as I don't want Santa Claus
all blackened up when he comes
down my chimney Christmas Eve
I'm going to clean out the dirt.
To do that I always put on my old
est clothes, as I have done today.
Now you know all about it,"
Climbs To Roof
Yes, jamie, we do, said Mrs.
Longears and she was satisfied. She
never would have been if she hadn't
been told. Uncle Wiggily knew that.
So in his oldest suit he got a lad
der and climbed up on his bunga-
low roof.
Uncle Wiggily had tied brick on
a long rope and to the brick he
had tied scrubbing brush. He let
the brick and brush down the CHM
ney and by juggling them up and
down he scraped off all the SCOT
and dirt, which dropped into the
cellar ashpit.
Nov the chimney is nice and
clean. I have made it ready for
Santa Claus" said Mr.. Longears.
THE chimney is clean, but my
paws and face aren't" he laughed.
I'm all covered with black soot."
So he was, but it turned out to be
a good thing For as Uncle Wig
gily was climbing down the ladder
to wash his paws and face, out of
the bushes popped the Bob Cat,
who had seen from afar the rabbit
on the roof.
"Ha! Now II get Uncle Wiggi-
ly" mewed the Bob Cat. But when
he saw Uncle Wiggily with such
black paws and face the Bob Cat
thought he had made a mistake.
"Oh, excuse me-" he purred. Il
see you are a chimney sweep.
mistook you for Mr.. Longears. Par
don me- So Uncle Wiggily was
very glad to do this. The Bob
skunk away, the bunny washed off
the chimney SCOT. And if the oys-
ter will stop jumping in the pota-
to soup and calling it clam chow
der, I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily'S telephone.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
UNCLE WIGGILY
GETS READY

One day Mrs. Longears, the rab-
bit lady, saw her husband, Uncle
Wiggily, putting on his oldest suit
of clothes. They were ragged and
torn and the ends of his trousers,
or pants, if you wish to call them
that, went flippity, Happily around
Uncle Wiggily's ankles.
why, Wiggy" exclaimed Mrs.
Longears. why are you putting
on your old suit? Are you going
adventuring?"
mo, my dear" he answered, 81
am going to get ready"
Get ready for what?" Mrs.
Longears wanted to know. Are
you going to get ready to go to a
party? If you are it must be one
of those funny parties where all
the guests wear their oldest things"
mo, I'm not going to get ready
for a party" said Uncle Wiggily
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-That har-
um-scarum block of West 49th street
between 9Th and 7th avenues Of
ferS an array of cafes as varied and
colorful as those along tie Mar
settles and Havre water fronts.
Most are low priced, garishly dec
grated and have walters with POM
padours.
Mrs. Lees Chill Villa, discovered
by Joe Cook and Will Rogers and
featuring a visitors book that reads
like a who's Who" of the stage,
screen and literature, is there. A
tiny blaze of conspicuous red to
symbolic its peppery face. Mrs. Lees
languishes until dawn, then over
flows.
There are also chowder counters
and oyster bars, where the service
is hippity-hop but comradely Chow
der is White Way panacea for the
hangover. Steak houses stress dou-
ole chops, the T.-Bone, planked sir
chop sueys, one three-tabled with
a single Chink doing everything.
In the medley is a cutely red
aWninged touch called Youth House
Dine and Dance" And there are
idyllic and intimately boothed ba-
zaars called See Me Again." and
Dream o. Love" Also gypsy tea
rooms, doughnut hooks, hamburg
er hutches and Spanish kitchens.
Yells of newsboys in large cities
have a curious fascination. Each
strikes a different leather-lunged
tempo. For a number of years I've
often passed a Childs on a Broad
way corner just to hear the yoickS
of the haWker out front. He sells
'em like hot cakes with his strange
mumbo- Jumbo. Forlornly sad-eyed,
he lets go a sort of Alpine yodel
now and then that sounds like
e-laitee-ee-el" and then after
a 80 second interval and as though
an afterthought there's a throaty
bull-frog croak: "Bung-gee"
In Cincinnati there is-at least
was on my last vista globe trot-
ting neWSboy as much a fixture as
Fountain Square, opposite which he
has stood from boyhood into grey
haired middle years. He is Jimmy
Widdmyer, the first of the Hully
Gee Guys I ever saw. Jimmy know
the big-shotS, the flashy gamblers
of the Walnut street bars and the
Latonia touts. Nick Longworth al
ways stopped for moment when he
came to town. To receive Jimmy's
salute was something of distinc-
ton.
1t was inevitable those terrible
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
Please Tell Me

pink nose.
Please Tell Me
"What them" asked his wife.
ooh, for goodness sakes go on and
tell me. Do you want me to stand
here guessing all day?"
ooh, no." laughed Mr.. Longears.
"Of course I'll tell you" He looked
around the bungalow to make sure
none of the rabbit children was lis
tening and then whispered: I'm
getting ready for Christmas"
Christmas Oh, my goodness"
squeaked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy,
the muskrat lady housekeeper COM
ing in with some dishes she had
lust given their bath. why it's
too early for Christmas, Mr.. Long
ears"
"A title early, yes, but want to
be in plenty of time. That's why
I'm getting ready now" said Uncle
Wiggily.
But who ever heard of a rabbit
gentleman getting ready for Christ
mas, early or late, by putting on his
oldest clothes?" asked Mrs. Long
ears. TITS the funniest thing I
ever heard of"
II say the same" squeaked
Nurse Jane.
Then Uncle Wiggily, seeing how
curious they were, as all animal
ladies are, took pity on them and
said:
II am going to get ready for
Christmas and Santa Claus by
cleaning out the bungalow CHM
ney. 1t must be full of black SCOT
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
Harnish Elected
By Hotel Greeters

Bert L. Harnish, manager of the
De ANA hotel, CaIexico, was elected
second vice-president of the Hotel
Greeters of San Diego at a meeting
held in the U. S. Grant hotel Mon
day night.
Arthur w. Ponsford, associate
editor of the American Greeter and
publicity manager Star e. Crescent
companies, San Diego, was chosen
president of the group, succeeding
Taylor Hay, assistant manager of
the Grant.
Other officers include George L..
Chittick, manager La Jolla Manor,
La Jolla, first vice president; Robert
w. Mosher, secretary; C. B. Savage,
treasurer Fred Kessler, Embassy
hotel, sergeant-at-arms. Both Mosh-
er and Savage are well known in
the civic and social life of San Diego.
Ponsford was also elected chair
man to the board of governors.
which will be composed of Charles
Reed, La Valencia, La Jolla: Byron
Harwell, San Diego club and Arthur
Warner, Maryland hotel.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
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Bidding went: South, 1-Heart;
West, 1-No Trump in an attempt
TO stave off an adverse game call,
or to encourage partners bidding
in case he held anything worth
showing; North 2-Spades; South,
3-Spades, having no idea how good
partner was; North, 4-Spades;
South, a conventional 5-No Trumps,
to show three Aces and the KS
Of both suits previously bid by
North and South, leaving it to
North to bid a small or a grand
slam. He bid 6-Spades and West
doubled.
The opening lead was the 3 of
clubs, marking West with three
cards of that suit, and later on en-
abling declarer to count just what
the doubler held. Dummy's Ace
won, leaving both dummy and de-
clarer with two losers in clubs
Hoping for an even break in
trumps, declarer won the next two
tricks with the K and @ of spades.
East showed out on the second
round, marking Vests original
holding of three spades.
Dummy ran off two winning
hearts. On the second one declar-
er let 90 one of his losing clubs
The Ace of diamonds was led, to
enable dummy to ruff itself back
on a diamond. The of hearts was
led. Vests 1-No Trump had an
nounced possession Of the @, and
he covered with it. Declarer ruffed
Dummy was put in through ruffing
low diamond. On dummy's good
9 of hearts declarer discarded his
last club. Now declarer was able
to count Just one more diamond In
Vests hand. Another ruff OF dla-
monds by dummy must establish
declarer's @, if West held the lone
K, as expected. Declarer led g
club from dummy and ruffed, II
took next to his last trump. Each
PLAYER was down to his last three
cards.
Declarer led one of his diamonds
Dummy's last trump won. VESTS X
fell and declarer's G became good
The long heart was led from dunn
my. West was trapped. He helc
only the j of trumps and the K o.
clubs. If he trumped, declarer''
Ace would win the twelfth tricl
and his good diamond would yielc
a grand slam. If West did no
trump, declarer would discard nj
good diamond and the last tricl
must be won by the Ace Of trumps
North not only fulfilled his small
slam contract, but made tricl
! over.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
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CONT RACT
a BRIDGE a
WRITTEN FOR oeflTRAL PRESS
BY E. V. SHEPARD
is A SMALL SLAM POSSIBLE?

A SMALL SLAM is not often bid
against an adverse no trump call,
but today we have an excellent
example of such a case. North had
large contract on his hands, but
he certainly played the cards of
his side with great skill. The gall
lery watched his work with great
interest, questioning among them
selves whether or not the contract
could be fulfilled
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
AMERICA RECOGNIZES
RECLAMATION BENEFITS

The current reclamation program is
the largest in the country's history. Sec
rotary Of Interior Harold L. Ickes states
IN his annual departmental report. Fed
eral reclamation bureau projects irrigat-
ed 1887 ,207 acres of arid land in 1888
"a, the report disclosed An even larger
irrigated area is foreshadowed in a
Sl15,000,000 program now under way
The acute drought in 1884 in the west
brought into bold relief the benefits of
irrigation" Ickes comments. ''When
farmers and ranchers depending upon
natural rainfall were suffering losses
aggregating hundreds of millions of dol
lars, f d era reclamation projects
showed no lost crops or no dead stock"
Recognizing that Imperial Valley, an
irrigated area, suffered from effects of
the drought because the Colorado river
virtually ran dry, the secretary points
out that the possibility of another such
period has been removed by the compile
tion of Boulder Dam and the storage of
water in Boulder lake. Thus the conten-
tions of Imperial Valley leaders for
many years have received another mark
of official recognition
Irrigation, it is evident. is receiving its
just share of attention at last 1t was
unfortunate that such an event as the
drought of last year should be required
to bring about the recognition, but the
lasting benefits are sufficient to justify
a measure of cheer.
Eventually, it is probable that the mid
western states most seriously affected
by the drought will be freed from the
threat of repeated tragedies by storage
of water and irrigation facilities. Such
development will have the double effect
Of 4i,,rr II
flood. Dust storms such as followed the
drought, lifting rich soil and denuding
the countryside, also will be eliminated.
A more abundant agriculture will be
possible, and there will be far less dan
ger of the heavy losses which came to
farmers in the path of the drought.
To large section of the west, irriga-
ton is an absolute necessity. Without
irrigation, Imperial Valley would be a
desert Most of Arizona, New Mexico
and Utah would be sagebrush and mes
quite Irrigation has come into being
here because, without it, nothing is pos
sible
In other areas which depend on ma
tural rainfall for water, irrigation has
not been practiced so widely because
it has not been thought necessary. In
stead, farmers have taken their chances,
anu oIIen Iney nave IOSI. 10 IHeu lHeIe
would be periods when there would be
no good in an irrigation system, but also
there would be periods when irrigation
would save their homes and farms from
destruction. The insurance given by a
system of irrigation would be more than
worth while in emergencies.
Man depends on nature for his live
liheod, regardless of his status, but be-
hind the entire civilization of the world
is the practice of controlling the forces
of nature to mans best interest. Irriga-
ton is one Of the best examples, and one
which will be more widely practiced in
the future
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Publishing Company, 625 State
street, e Centre California. Telephone 800. Full
leased wire United Press Association. Entered at
e Centre, California, post office as second-class
matter. Member California Newspaper Publish
ers' Association, NJ. G. Mogensen, national ad-
vertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
NEW YORK
DAY by DAY
By O. O. Mcintyre

twins of traveSty, Ben HecnC ana
charles " Macarthur, who nave
b1lrlesoued so many others, would
eventually be put on the spot them
solves Thev we're and handsomely
in the seasons theatrical surprise
packet called Boy Meets Girl, an
insanity that gives Sam and Bella
Spewack, after several bad starts, a
bip lead in the riSque farce stakes.
No show of the year excited SO much
continuous laughter. Even the dour
yisages of Percy Hammond and Gil
bert Gabriel burst into rosy smiles
and Robert C. Benchley, the loud
est laughing critic, had to be led
out.
Crane vine rumors persist that E.
Berry Wall is coming home for good
after the holidays. Returning with
his mountainous bow tie, dove grey
vests and chow dog. Once he was
New YorkS greatest dandy, but When
he went to Paris refused to change
the dress style of his arrival. Thus
he has for years presented Gay
80 figure along the boulevards. Rich,
a bon vivant, he fitted into the So
cial life and he and his wife became
leaders of the American colony that
is no more.
I have wondered if the long bow
has not been drawn on these New
York legends: That Damon Runyon
drinks IS cups of coffee a night; Paul
Whiteman is in constant dread of
some strange malady; Jack Pearl
chaSes anyone who touches his ear
lobe until he touches theirs; Helen
Morgan has a fit of dressing room
hysteria every time she sings;
George Jean Nathan has 35 over
coats; Morton Downey carries a
pocketful of lodge emblemS and
Katharine Cornell gets out of bed
to walk alone in the rain.
For the first time in ID years there
will be no afternoon Christmas
party at the Roy Towards. All the
Towards are in the Orient. The
yearly roundup massed a group of
celebrities that often overlooked
to the pantrieS 1t was at one of
these gatherings that Gene Tunney
and Jack Dempsey found themselves
suddenly shouldered together with
tea-cups in their hands, the big sis
sizes, the first meeting since their
last set-to.
Park Avenue TableauX: One of the
crisply White-mustached die hards
of the club windows gazed from his
cushioned ease at the passing throng.
A cloth cap from truck yelled: "A
fine seat for the revolution, old
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

Lake Superior has the largest
waves of the Great Lakes. 1t is
thought probable that during severe
storms waves may be encountered in
deep water of a height of from 20 to
Is feet.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

To date, Ethiopian military strategy
might be summed in an "Ole Bill' parody
eff you know of better bush, go to
it."
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
L king
B a c k w a r d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December 18, 1915

Christmas is to be observed gen.
orally this year in most of the
churches of Ell Centre as well as
practically all the homes where there
are little ones.
Livestock is pouring into the val
ley for winter pasturage.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
Answers to Foregoing Questions

/. Emanuel SWedenborg.
2. William Henry Harrison was
grandfather of Benjamin Harrison.
3. Sir John Barleycorn.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

Now that Fred Astaire is to become a
dad, the theme song for his next glide
may be Its Three O'clock in the Morn
ing"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

"A person afflicted with arithmonania
is obsessed with an uncomfortable desire
to count" Unfortunately. it doesn't at
tack enough golfers.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

More is heard these days of the Great
Wall of China
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
Today's Horoscope

Persons born on this day are
quite sympathetic with suffering,
but they are not given to showing
it.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
TEN YEARS AGO
December I8, 1925

Over a dozen empty beer kegs
parked on Sixth street near The
corner of Main aroused more than
casual interest in passers-by this
morning.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December 18. 1920

Imperial Valley pea growers are
receiving 50 to $12 per 40-pound
crate.
The recent election in Holtville on
the pool hall question may be taken
into the courts, following charges
OF irregularities by both sides.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

c. w. Remele is in Ell Centre for
a few days.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18

Park Avenue TableauX: One of the
crisply white-mustached die hards
of the club windows gazed from his
cushioned ease at the passing throng.
A cloth cap from a truck yelled: "A
fine seat for the revolution, old
timer!"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-18
Words of Wisdom

Poets alone are sure Of immor-
tally; they are the truest OWNERS
of nature.-BulWer-L