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Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-12
BY RICHARD c. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent


Copyright, 1885, by United Press
HONOLULU. T. H, Jan. u. -
George Palmer Putnam, husband
of Amelia Earhart, told the United
Press today that his wife may try
to reach Salt Lake City before end
ing her present flight across the
Pacific Ocean from Honolulu.
Il would not be surprised if
Amelia continues eastward in an at
tempt to break her own womans
long distance record" Putnam said
while nervously pacing the floor of
the United Press office.
At the time he made his surpris-
ing announcement, Miss Earhart
was about 1000 miles from Homo
lulu and was Is minutes ahead of
the schedule she had mapped be-
fort taking off from Wheeler Field
yesterday.
Aviation experts estimated that
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-12
0UNYlBlEFS

Perishable Shipment.
Of perishables yesterday featured
four cars of lettuce, one car OF
greens. and one car of grapefruit
according TO B. A. Harrigan, agri.
cultural commissioner.
DIR. Goble HurSt-Modern chiro-
practic treatments. light therapy
/. V. Press Bldg. Phone for ap-
pointment.
Building Permits ISsued-To J.
W. Bridenbaugh for alterations at
445 Main street. $40 and TO Frank
Carlson for a chimney at Tenth
and Park avenue. SIS.
Real Good Steaks-Sherwood's.
Fifth and Main. 29to
Seeks Marriage Annulment-Tyree
Bellamy Miller filed suit for an
nulment against r Miller in Su-
perior court claiming that at the
time of their marriage on Decem-
Der Is, 1884, the defendant, un-
known to plaintiff, wss already
married
DIR. A. b. Hanson. dentist. New
Professional Bldg. Phone IS, 9to
Reid VIII Probated-The will of
--s.-=.s.= - SSXz
iector who died on December IS,
was admitted TO probate in superior
court yesterday. All property is
bequeathed to his widow by the
terms of the will.
Hotel California Coffee Shop -
Charcoal broiled steak dinners from |
5 to 8. 26to |
Sues On Policy-Otto Eberli, ct |
al, filed suit in superior court |
against the Policy Holders Life In
surance association for the collec- !
ton of $4,000 alleged due on policies |
held by Ottilia Eberli, deceased.
Coal, wood charcoal. hay, straw,
milo maize, honey. 366 Olive Ave. !
Tel. "a. m,w,s-1mo |
Center Meetings Postponed-Due !
to the rains and the muddy condi- |
ton Of the county roads, both Mt. |
Signal and Spruce-Westmorland !
farm centers postponed their meet !
ings to have been held last night. /
New School Trustee. Clifford |
Hatfield has been appointed to fill !
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-12
Or'l<e
L. A. Poultry

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IL. W.D -
Following are todays market quo
tations.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-12
L. A. Banks

LOS ANGELES. Jan. IL. UH -
Trading was dull almost to the
vanishing point on the Los An
geles stock exchange today. Vol
ume was so light 1t was impos-
sible to gauge the trend of the
market.
Transamerica was unchanged at
SIS on 400 shares sold. Edison 5k
per cent preferred was up u at
16 7-8 on a turnover of 300 shares.
Edison common was off 4 at IL
on 100 shares sold and Bolsa Chi
ca was off Is at 2 7-8 on 100
shares.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-12
STATE WILL ATTEMPTTOTRACE
RANSOM MONEY PAID KIDNAPERS

dismayed at the unexpectedly
strong case presented by the state.
Although defense counsel MAIN
tanned an exterior air of confidence
and deprecated the prosecution
evidence, 1t was known that the
week had been one of surprises and
disappointments.
Condor Holds Fast
First Edward j. Reilly, one of the
cleverest of criminal lawyers and
chief of Hauptmann IS defense, had
banked heavily on breaking the
story Of Dr.. Condor. Instead DR..
Condor positively identified Haupt-
mann as the ransom collector and.
| by inference, as the man who
climbed into the nursery window
and stole the baby, and remained
unshaken through hours of severe
croSs-eXamination.
The state produced one witness
who placed Hauptmann at the
scene of the crime only few hours
before it was committed-the first
| of series of witnesses who will
testify similarly, it was promised
and two witnesses corroborating
DR.. Condor IS story.
The states assemblagc of hand
writing experts will back up the
expert testimony of Albert S. Os-
! born, the highest paid handwriting
expert in the world. who testified
yesterday that the script of the
crudely phrased ransom notes was
identical with that of Hauptmann IS
acknowledged hand writing. They
will present six or more experts
who will dissect the writing and add
their convictions to the masters
decision.
TRENTON, N. j., Jan. IL. W,H -
Defense counsel said today they
would investigate reports that a
double" for Bruno r. Hauptmann,
charged with the Lindbergh baby
murder, had been found and might
be able to refute prosecution testi-
mony that Hauptmann was seen
near the Lindbergh home on the
day of the crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-12
SHOT IN FOOT

ALTON. Kan, U.P)-TWo hours
after Kenneth Hoar accidently dis
covered that he had shot himself
through the foot. He said he
hadn u felt it.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-12

Picetti Brothers, Sonoma, Sono-
ma county, have been shipping to-
matoes to Manila this season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30

The death of Harry Bond removes one of the states best-known hotelmen. For years his name has been intimately linked with Hartford where the Bond hotels are we'll and favorably known. His death prevented him from putting into execu- tion plan that had long been under consideration. It was the creation of a great new Bond Hotel in Hartford, one England. Twice in his long career he was voted the "most popular hotel man in the United States and Canada. And there was no doubt about the title being conferred upon the right man. He was certainly the prince of hosts and royal one, too His hotel experience began as a bellboy, so it can be truly said of him that he climbed the ladder of success.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30

The appeal for reunion with the Roman Catholic church made by num- Der of Protestant Episcopal ministers last week comes as a startling contrast to the recent attacks made upon Cardinal Hayes of New York by another group of Protest ant and Jewish clergymen, who objected birth control. We don't doubt but what pulpits all over the country will resound for weeks with the remarks of ministers who will object to any one group speak ing for all However, it can't be denied that there is gradual but, nevertheless, noticeable trend towards Rome
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
Old Age Pensions

The Townsend Plan, with its lavish proposal for payments to all persons of 60 or more, has stolen the stage from state and federal measures already adopt ed It is not generally recognized that 35 states now have old age pension laws, that the federal government has defi- 1litely stepped into this form of perma- nent relief, and that the combined efforts of state and federal governments next year are expected to provide modestly for III ,O00, 900 men and women over 65 who needSsupport. These states are Arizona, ArkansaS, California, Colorado, Connecti- cut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, In- diana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsyl- Vania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Others will soon join them.
 This undertaking, to be sure, is differ mt in quality from a proposal to pay pension tO every man and woman of 60 Ssars 0r more. And the amount of the Hension looks stingy compared with $2Oo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
Major Problems

There are many problems facing our city fathers. It's the same in majority of American cities which have found it hard to keep progress with the rapid pace of civilization. As we come near to the beginning of new year it is always easy to sum up in our minds the chances and possibilities of affecting many changes in the year to come. Right here in Water bury there are many civic improvements that could be suggested, but we think several outweigh all others. >
 One of the most important is naturally community health. That is at high peak to be sure but we must continually strive to improve it. One way is by ade- quate sewage protection for every section of the city. That is program which fortunately receives primary attention from the perSent administration. The sewage system expands with the growth of the city's residential districts. But over and above the addition of sewer mains is the need for sewage disposal plant and the end of Naugatuck river pollution. It is goal towards which we must constantly aim.
 After that there might be difference of opinion, but we would venture to rec ommend city planning with a view to- wards ending traffic conditions which have been so apparent as at. fault for many years now. This can come in sev- eral different ways. One would be most expensive, involving as it would struc- tural changes in our streets and, of course, the buildings fronting on them. The simpler way is traffic control, such as we have put into effect so successfully of recent years and which must be con- tinued to keep pace with the increasing number of cars on our s"eets. Here are two problems in which = of us are inter ested We should manifest such interest actively and not merely by sitting back and criticizing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30

a month. The state pensions are based on the beneficiary's actual need, not on the mere attainment of certain age, and start modestly. The federal government merely duplicates the state payment, with limit of $15 a month. Thus if the pen sioner gets $15 from the state, the gov ernment'S contribution will make a total of $50; if the state gives $2O, the govern ment's will raise it to $S5, and so on.
 These payments, however, will defi- nitely be made in 1886, as soon as Con- gresS votes the appropriation which was lost through a filibuster in the closing days of the last session. They are tangi- ble and attainable. The payments can and doubtless will be increased as time goes on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
A Book a Day
Describes Menace of Soil Destruction BY BRUCE CAPTION

There is one of the sanest and dearest discussions of the problem of soil erosion in Deserts On the March," by Paul B. Sears, that this reviewer has yet seen. Professor Sears, who is head of the botany department at the Uni- versity of Oklahoma, makes 1t clear tha tthis is one of our greatest na- tional problems greater, in the long run, than any of our current puzzlers about unemployment, mass production, or government finance, since on the solution of it our whole future existence as a people depends.
 The natural forces which build up and tear down the soil, he says, are normally in 8 state of equilib- rum. Man upsets that equilib- rum and gives the advantage to the forces of destruction. We have set our deserts expanding, and the expansion takes place at 8 steadily increasing rate.
 Mr. Sears soberly recites the tale of the damage we have dope-how we have destroyed forests, plowed land that should remain in grass, over-grazed prairies and turned the minto sandy wastes. and pro- noted ever more destructive floods.
 Our great agricultural produc- tion, he says, hSa been to a large extent a spending of capital. We have been drawing on our reserves, running the land not merely for our descendants, but for ourselves.
 He has written an important and interesting book. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, 1t sells for e2.5o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
Getting Out Of Relief

It is agreed on all sides that the gov ernment must cut it's expenditures and move as rapidly as possible toward bal ancing the federal budget. Unfortunate ly too many citizens seem to stop right there, without figuring just how the change back to normal is going to be ac- complished. The abnormal relief load creates the conditions leading to such deficits. Just how is the government go- ing to get out of the relief business and thereby out of the red?
 To do so, it has to get rid of the unem- ployment burden, including both en- ployables and unemployables. The gov- ernment is now providing work of various kinds for about $500, ,000 of the former, and is helping to take care, in various ways, of about an equal number of the latter. How about these 7,000,000? More workers will naturally get private en- ployment as business improvement con- tinues. There is here strong incentive tor business interests of all kinds to hire ldle men and women as rapidly as they can, for all kinds of work, as the most 2kz1gctlVe means of reducing federal eX-. penses, deficits and taxes.
 {. It will be up to the states and local governments to provide work or SubSiSt- ence for the remainder, if the govern ment sticks to it's declared purpose of get ting out of the relief business as rapidly as it can. And the state and local gov ernments and private charity will have t0 take care also of the unemployables. The burden upon taxpayers, in any case, may be about the same except for the employables hired again by private enter prise. The most effective reduction of public expenses comes from private Employment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
An Interesting Report

It will be page from Waterbury his tory to read the report that William M. Harris is now preparing as complete one of the history of the Mutual Aid Un- employment fund in this city. The Mutual Aid is officially at an end. The last pay checks issued by the organiza- tion were given out last Friday Steps to dissolve the organization are practically completed and no doubt in another year there will be many of us who won't even recall what the Mutual Aid was all about.
 The report that MT. Harris vii pre- pare should certainly occupy conspicu- ous part in this city's annals. Had it not been for the Mutual Aid the city might on many occasions have been forced to admit defeat But this splendid organ ization successfully Stemmed the tide Ot unemployment and Encouragement. And what is more, it succeeded in providing work that enabled the city to pursue its ordinary course of procedure, relieved of the onerous burdens of extra relief cases.
 There have been many complaints about Mutual Aid and about those who benefited by it, but in the end there has been nothing but praise. And that is as it should be. It was mighty undertaking; it was splendidly administered; it has proven eminently successful as an emer- gcncy agency Now that it is becoming past history and the remaining Mutual Aid employees are being swallowed up by industry and business, let us hope that we never may be forced to Mutual Aid again, but if we should be, let us also hope that it can be reSurrected and put into working order as efficiently as it has been in the past five years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
DECEMBER 30

DECEMBER 30 Most favored ones today are those who were born from Feb. 19 through March 20. General Indications of the Day
 For Everybody. Morning-Bad. Afternoon-Poor.
 Evening-Fair.
 Today's Birthdate. You should have the ability to at- tend to routine duty and to make successful government crimino- logist.
 Very sudden and successful new arrangements should be profitable to you during June, 1936. Romantic attachments or love affairs may be the outcome Of chance acquaint- ance.
 Danger July { through II, 1886. Socially favorable Feb. 2. through 6, 1886.
 Study and travel should benefit you in a conservative way during January, 1886.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
IN TO-DAY'S MAIL
This not responsible for facts opinions from communications accompanied with the writer's and address will not be accepted.

and not for boss who owns the whole product of their labor, and pay the same wages no matter how their productivity increases.
 In capitalist industry, with the speed up, production is certainly increased, but the last ounce of energy is squeezed out of the work CTS and in a few years they are nervous wreckS. Moreover, they get no share of the increased wealth produced. On the contrary the fast est record quickly becomes the standard for the whole industry be- cause of the law of competition which makes every capitalist equal the record of his competitors or go broke because they .undersen him. Capitalists improve methods of pro- duction in order to sell more goods and more profit, never in order to pay more wages.
 Workers of the Soviet Union, on the contrary, get the benefit of their increased production directly in higher earnings (many have dou- bled and tripled their income by Stakhanov methods, a fact which the Waterbury Democrat very wise- ly conceals and which can be con- frmed by looking through the files of the New York Times and the Business Weekly) and indirectly through the more rapid increase in the wealth of the country as a whole, which is owned collectively by all the toilers, who took power and threw out the capitalists. There is another important dif- ference. The speed up, like all capi- talist efficiency systems, is imposed on the worker by the boss, under pain of being fired, and takes no &C., count of the worker. Naturally the worker resents it. The Stakhanov movement is movement of the workers themselves. It could not develop anywhere but in a socialist society, there the workers are high ly conscious that they are working for themselves, and have the best of reasons to want to improve their production.
 The Stakhanov method is not im- posed from the outside by some en- gineer with stop-watch, who thinks the workers are robots. This could not even work where the workers are anxious to improve their production. On the contrary it is worked out by the workers them- selves, by their own study of their own work, by their own socialist teamwork, because they are intense ly interested in what they are do- 1 ing.
 1 Thus. far from making them into robots, far from being a type of speed up" 1t is the very contrary, 8 source of real pleasure to the worker, something which makes his work more joyful.
 One auto worker. Stakhanovite said: Another remarkable thing is that the better one works the less tired one is. The more smoothly and efficiently the work proceeds, the healthier and stronger one feels. We shall work with song."
 Can you imagine any American worker saying that about the speed up?
 l MIKE RUSSO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
Question Box

Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- tion of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Home Service Bureau. Legal and medi- cal advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under taken. Be sure all mail fs ad- dressed to the Waterbury Demo- < crat's Home Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, NW., Washing ton, D. c. THE EDITOR
 O. Does the Republic of China use the same calendar as the Uni- ted States?
 A. Yes.
 O What teams competed in the Tournament of Roses football game in 1921, and which team. won?
 A. Ohio State University played the University of California. Ohio State was defeated by score of 28 to o.
 e. How did Harold Lloyd lose his right thumb and forefnger?
 A. He lost them in 1919 while posing for comic photographs. He had a real bomb in his hand, which the property man had given him by mistake. With the burning fuse, he was to light his cigarette. The bomb exploded, blowing up the photographers studio and injuring Lloyd's hand.
 o. Does the federal government issue pedlers' and canvassers' M- censes, good in all states and terri- tories?
 A. No.
 e. What are the duties of 8 city comptroller?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL 'SPEEDUP NOT THE SAME AS IN U. S., SAYS WRITER
 Waterbury, Conn,
 Dec 30, 1885.
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Last week an editorial appeared in The Democrat entitled "Old Capitalist Device" The editorial att tempted to discredit the extraordi- nary increase in production attain ed in the Soviet Union.
 1t states that "the speedup is an old and dreaded enemy of the Am- erican workingman." From there it proceeds with the pleasant and agreeable surprise that it "has made its appearance in-of all places Soviet Russia"
 The magnitude and aim of the First Five Year Plan staggered the world. It was laughed and scorned at by the capitalists. This laughter, scorn and satire of the enemies of the U. s. s. R. was soon turned to wonder and even greater wonder be- cause the period of the Soviet Unions greatest progress synchron- izcd with the period of capitaliSm's greatest crisis. This was bitter pill to swallow. However the capitalists, as The Democrat points out, still take comfort in the stock-in-trade argument that there is no freedom under the proletarian dictatorship, But recent events in every capitalist country, this country included, have done much to destroy the picture so proudly painted. The decline of capitalist democracy is rapidly be- ing supplanted by capitalist dicta- torships. Dictatorships which in open or concealed forms, destroys or reduce to a minimum the rights and liberties of the workers.
 On the other hand the strength ening and extension of social-dem- ocracy has been consistent policy of the Soviet government, as the position of the Soviet Union became stronger and stronger, as more and more millions were drawn into the task of socialist construction. The Soviet system is the most democratic and free system. Nowhere in the world have the toilers had such rights, nor have they such rights now as in the Soviet Union. This brings us back to the speed up."
 There are many fundamental dif- ferences between Stakhanovism (the new standardization of industry in the Soviet Union, named after its initiator worker, Stakhanov) and the hateful speed up system of capitalist production. The most im- portant of all rises from the fact that the workers of the Soviet Union are working for themselves,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30

A. He is the fiscal official who Is responsible for expending the money of the city in accordance with the laws and ordinances of the legisla- tive body.
 e. Name the two newspapers in Mexico City that have the largest circulations.
 A. Fl Universal (morning daily) -66,9S2; and La Prensa (morning daily)-62,328.
 c. On what date did Labor Day fall in 1917?
 A. September 3.
 e. Is it true that the steering mechanism of Sir Malcolm Camp bells "Bluebird" racer was locked while he was trying to break the speed record? A. No. If you want copy of our book let on SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGES. write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth St.. Northwest, Washington. D. c. Enclose 10 cents for postage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30

longer safe to live in this cCun- try?" He asked not to be quoted in answer. ID. R. D., Helena, Mont.-The states in which wages on Works Progress jobs have been boosted frornl subsistence wages to prevailing wages are Wisconsin, Nevada and Montana. The same has been done in New York City. In all other sections, WPA pays subsistence wages.
 Copyright, 1885, By United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30

It's great the way the g.o.p. presiden- tial possibilities are jockeying for posi- tion these days. There is very pro- nounced attitude among them that Roosevelt just can't be beaten. All of which is going to be more and more evil dent as 1886 rolls along and democratic siege guns start to take toll of the prospects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30
A Thought for Today

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedneSs till thou find nOne,-PSalmS 10:15.
 Good has but one enemy, the evil; but the evil has two enemies, the good and itself Johannes Won Muller.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-30

 1. Who was William Hunnis? 2. To which country does the ls- land of St. Pierre belong? 3. Who is the Roman Catnohc patron saint of students?
 {. What is a philanderer? $. Name the arm of the Mediter- ranean which separates Italy from the Balkan peninsula. 6. What is the name Of that branch of farming concerned with, the production of milk and its p.9s' ducts?
 '. What narcotic is obtained from peoples? 8. What is the literal meaning of the same Philadelphia?
 g. Who wrote, "The Gilded Age?" 10. What form of government has Finland?