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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
Don't Quote Me-
BY United Press

independence, only to have Post
master Warren F. Miller there shoot
it back to him. SO Burkhard wrap
ped up the limburger and dispatch
ed it to Farley for q ruling on whe-
ther it is a mailable commodity, or
an explosive, or what.
Farley turned that problem over
TO his hired hands, who were at
this writing gasping for air. The
particular cheese involved has had
a lengthy history and considerable
travel. 1t is super limbtrger.
When a citizen of Monroe Strolled
into the post office there to mail
the piece of limburger to cherished
friend in Independence, Postmaster
Burkhard accepted it as a matter
! of course. He is something of a
cheese fancier, himself.
When it arrived at Independence,
Postmaster Miller shifted one sniff
and shot it back to Monroe. He said
such stuff was not mailable. "Oh,
yeah?" retorted Postmaster Burk-
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Palmer and
son, Charles, were dinner guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Scott Wednesday evening. A spe-
cial feature of the dinner was the
birthday cake bearing eight can
dies in honor of Roderick Scott IS
birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ciyey of San
Dimas are spending several days
this week as the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Gregg. The Ciyeys plan
to return home on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Farley were
dinner guests of Mrs. Sadie Fish
burn on Sunday.
Fred Herr of San Bernardino was
dinner guest at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Will Meyer on Wednesday.
Herr formerly lived in El Centre.
Mrs. H. A. Wells spent Tuesday
in inland visiting an old friend,
Mrs. j. H. Nichols, whose home is
in Hollywood, but who is spending
somee timee with her brother, Adam
Parker, in inland.
Mrs. II. o. Galloway, Mrs. H. A.
Wells, Junior Galloway and Allen
Scott formed a party who drove to
San Diego Saturday and enjoyed
the snow ON the return trip. jim
my Peters spent the day with
Maurice Galloway while his mother
was away.
Friends of Lawrence Richards
have persuaded him to be candi-
date to succeed himself as trustee
of Meloland school at the election
to be held March 20.
Mesdames Ralph Engebretson,
Dan Scott, and Lawrence Richards
have been appointed to serve on
| the election board.
Fred Walker and his brother
Ralph were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Farley Thursday
evening.
Mrs. j. c. Roberts has returned
to her home in San Diego after
spending some time visiting her
son Wesley and family.
The names of Betty ForSberg,
J Ruth johnson and Loris McCon-
nell appeared on the California
Scholarship Federation roll at Cen
! trail this semester.
Miss Edith Claypoole of Meloland
school and Miss Gladys Claypoole
of Alamitos school are spending
the weekend visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. 0. ,Claypoole
in National City.
Members of the Holtville Thin
BILE club met at the home OF Mrs,
Hardy Odell recently for pot luck
dinner after which they worked on
a quilt for Mrs. Odell. Those who
enjoyed the afternoon together in
cluded Mesdames Fred Buckel, Ted
Bucket, Clifford Gibbens, A. E
Walton, O. l.. Hill, Sarah Mills
Fannie Blackwood, Clarence Wade,
John Mcqueen, Louis Brodie, Har-
+, ry Whelpley, Edwin Nilsson, U. B,
McKinnon, Robert Plummer and
Hardy Odell.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Hanna, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Bailey, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland Combs formed q
Jolly party who motored to Shell
! Canyon Sunday. After enjoying a
picnic lunch, they spent the after
noon exploring the canyon and
collecting attractive shells and
rocks.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hill and
Mrs. Kenagy of Holtville were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. O.
/ Galloway on Tuesday. .
Melba Mcfarland, Carmen Enge-
bretson, and Mary Jane Peters en-
tertained their classmates. with q
treasure hunt at school last Friday
After an exciting hunt the treas
I ure, which proved to be candy bars
was finally located by the side lee
by Jack Studer.
Mrs. Charles Forsberg was gues
at luncheon given wednesday b,
Mrs. Earl Maddox of Ell Centre IL
honor of Miss Gay Harris who i
Christian Americanization director
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
Birthday Party
Giuen For Visitor

MELOLAND, March 8. (SpeciaD
Mrs. Anna Mitchell who is visit
ing her daughter Mrs. Joe Kinnaird,
was happily surprised by a dinner
party given in honor of her birth
day recently. After dinner the hon.
oree was presented with many at
tractive gifts and the afternoon
was spent in visiting.
Those hidden to this lovely af-
fair, which took place at the J6e
Kinnaird home, were Mesdames
Anna Mitchell, F. E. Boyd, Ebert
Newton, Merle Hartsock, Gladys
McElroy, Alice Heath, Lytle Kin
naird, Davenport, Richard Kinnaird,
G. c. Richards and the hostess,
Mrs. Joe Kinnaird. .-.,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
FILMING THE c. MEN

We hope Mr.. Cummings, the attorney
general, will stick fast in his decision not
to let his &c" men be filmed a la Holly
wood.
The &c" men, as most readers know,
are the bureau of investigation men
the fellows who cleaned up Dillinger,
Clyde Barrow, Machine Gun Kelly and
a lot more of our undesirables. With
out wishing to cast any sarcasm at other
branches of the government, we feel safe
in saying this is one department that is
operating 100 per cent and in which the
people have full confidence
They believe now that the ''G' men
have one thing and one thing only on
their minds-business. That business is
enforcement of the law and apprehend-
ing those evil-doers who have made mon
keys out of most of our police and other
law enforcing agencies. The people have
been educated to believe that the &C.
men take up their task, follow it through
to conclusion with no ballyhoo and
then keep their mouths shut. That is
what has inspired such confidence in the
&c" men.
If the people of the United States
should see them acting before the movie
cameras, with all the froth and frills of
"red-hot mamas," "boudoir sirens and
misunderstood women" it is bound to
lessen the present respect accorded the
&c" men.
There is no need for them to make a
movie anyhow. Hollywood gangster pic
lures, of which we had serious epidem-
ic for a few years, and which, happily,
have become passe, taught us all we need
to know about the operations of gang
sters and racketeers. In fact it is open
to argument whether or not some of
these same pictures didn't inspire some
of the operations of Dillinger ct. al. Hol-
lywood painted the gangster and rack
eteer with a halo. Oh, he got it in the
end all right, but while he was going
good he was credited with being pretty
much of regular guy instead of the rat
he is.
Nobody would want to see Babe Ruth
in a ballet dance. He doesn't fit the
part. Neither are our "G' men movie
actors. They are mighty fine police of
ficers and we ought to do everything we
can to keep them so.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

hard, mailing it back to Postmaster
Miller.
The latter returned it at once to
Burkhard, while the railway mail
clerks involved pondered the pur-
chase of gas masks pending cessa-
ton of the hostilities.
Burkhard, though, said he'd stood
enough from that anti-cheese crusa-
der in Independence. So he dis
patched the lumburger to Farley
with a plea for an official ruling
He said the country had come to a
sorry pass when Uncle Sam refused
to carry a package of lumburger Tor
one of his citizens.
When the cheese and the plea ar
rived, Farley was pondering the case
of Huey p. Long, who has threat
ened to RUN him out of office.
Farley ran, all right, but Huey f.
Long wasn't the cause.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press, Inc. 625 State street
El Centre, California. W. G. Costello. business
manager. Telephone 26, business office; 700 edi-
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Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

RALEIGH, N. C. WP-Effects of
price war among Raleigh dry
cleaners was felt almost across the
nation. A cleaner here, who had
advertised drastic price cuts, re-
ceived a package from New Mex
leo, containing six dresses, two
blouses and a lady's coat. Postage
for the package Cost 73 cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
BRIEF NEWS FROM MELOLAND
Mrs Alex Never Staff Correspondent

for Southern California and Ari-
zona. other guests of Mrs. Maddox
were Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. E. w.
Lindsey.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
March &. 1920

The Red Cross is still wanting a
day housekeeper for a family of
motherless children.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
EDITORIAL PAGE
end
FEATURES
LET'S PLAY SAFE

In the news columns of this issue read
ers Will lind an appeal from the Imper-
1al County Street and Highway Safety
council, for support in a campaign to
make the streets and highways of this
county safe and to reduce our all-too-
heavy traffic death toll.
The safety council is starting its cam
palgn OF education and hopes to enlist
the cooperation of the only agency which
can make it a success-the people. both
drivers OF automobiles and pedestrians.
by means of the newspapers and the
radio the council hopes to educate the
people OF this community to the need of
always being careful and to avoid TAX
ing chances.
Many phases of accident causes will be
touched upon in the course of the cam
paign-eXcessive speed, improper equip
ment, ignorance of road rules or their
wllful disregard, driving while not in
condition to drive intelligently and 9TH
erS with which we are all familiar
All of us know them but we forget
about them easily. The council hopes to
drive home by consistent repetition, the
dangerous results of such forgetting.
Our highways and roads can be made
safe. The council recognizes that any
intelligent person can also recognize it.
But they can only be made so when all
those who operate vehicles on them, or
who use them for walking, can be en-
listed in a movement to make them safe
Here is movement designed for the
good of all of us. That cannot be dis
puted. 1t costs nothing to cooperate with
it and as none of us knows when we or
someone dear to us may be the victim of
a road tragedy, we have the strongest
incentive in the world-self-prese
to prompt our whole-hearted support
for the campaign.
We urge our readers to watch for the
articles issued by the safety council and
to listen for its program over the radio.
They will contain information which
should be shared by the whole family.
This is campaign for the safety of ev-
eryone in Imperial Valley and all should
be made familiar with it.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
BED TIME STORIES
By HOWARD e. GARRIS
Copyright 1884 BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,

asked the rabbit gentleman.
Mind Pinky while I'm having
the permanent curl put in my tail
OF course, I wouldn't ask you to
do it for cents. It's worth a
quarter, I IN sure. But I'm SO dis
appointed and bothered and I'll be
late for my appointment if 1 wait
for Susie and -...
T "Say no more, Mrs. rTwistytail, ,
spoke Uncle Wiggily. "I'll gladly
come in and watch the pig baby
until you come back or until Susie
gets here And 1 don't want any
money for it. I shall be pleased to
do it.n
'And maybe you II have an ad-
venture out of it, laughed Mrs.
Twistytail as she got ready to leave
after showing Uncle Wiggily where
Pinky was asleep in his crib,
"Though I'm. sure he'll be no
trouble. He may not even wake up.
Just sit near"
Sits By Crib
! So Uncle Wiggily sat near the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

FL Centre showed a preponder-
ance of births over deaths in Feb
ruary.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
TEN YEARS AGO
March &. 1925

In common with most Of South
ern California, Imperial Valley is
experiencing a cold wave.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

San Diego is now assured of its expos
ition, the President having signed the
appropriation for it yesterday All they
need over there now is mayor, a new
CITY council, and an efficient police force.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

"Our boys" just can't seem to behave
in San Quentin. Two from this county
have been implicated in stabbings, in the
past two weeks. They'll be eligible for
being paroled pretty soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
Says The Big One
Made His Escape

The snake was killed at the point
where the All-American canal cross
es the Highline canal, last Saturday
by Amos Parish of Holtville and was
brought to The Press office this
morning. According to Parish he
saw another snake, one-third as
long again as the one he shot with
"a rifle, but it got away from him -
at least temporarily for he plans to
go hunting for it again. ,....
h The big one got away but one
big enough was killed.
1t was az diamond back rattle
snake, five. feet, four inches in
length, weighing eight pounds and
with 10 rattles showing. The condi-
ton of The tail showed there were
at least. seven more rattles.
by-dihbV iSp said Mr.. LOngearS as
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

Central was again the champion
last Saturday when the Ell Centro
girls track team took the cham
pionship at the valley girls track
meet.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

After hearing Huey Long on the radio
we have come to the conclusion that he
is only an Upton Sinclair-in the big
leagues.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08
Looking Blackboard
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
20 TWENTY YEARS AGO
March 8, 1915

Seekers after the chimerical life
story of the enigmatic aphis are
destined to disappointment.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

by-dibby is, said Mr.. Longears as
he hoped away. And if the bath
tub doesn' u, splash soap in the eye
of the needle I III tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily's show flowers. ., 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-08

Complaints of dog owners whose
CANNES have been attacked by 9TH
er dogs not complying with the city
ordinance has led William Eyer
er, chief of police, to enforce the
law more strictly.
Evening star., 1935-05-22

against them have no foundation
whatever for sustaining the charge
that they are inefficient and incom-
petent.
Retirement Held Unfair.
Replying to the proposal that police
officials be retired who have reached
the age of so, Werner said he had
found no evidence justifying that
Recommendation, and moreover, a
lack of evidence to support the state
n1ent that they are now physically
and mentally exhausted" Their
retirement at this time, he declared.
would be unfair to them as well as to
the public.
Likewise Werner took exception to
tie crime committees finding about
the crime situation in Washington,
and pointed out that despite the COM
plains that the city is crime ridden" d"
gangster murders and such other
depredations are almost nil.
One of the statistical crime sum-
naries used by the committee in its
report also was attacked by Werner
on the ground that it is misleading.
Police Increase Asked.
-Four specific recommendations are
made in Werner's minority report.
They follow:
a That the personnel Of the
police department be increased to
meet an immediate need.
(2) That proper automotive equip
ment be provided for special details
such as the vice squad.
80 That proper appropriations be
made for better housing facilities for
the department.
a. Abolition of the indeterminate
sentence and parole law and adoption
of the Federal parole law.
In addition, Werner opposed the
crime committees recommendation
for consolidation of the Metropolitan
and Park Police forces, and urged
administrative action be taken to
correct the evils" in the civil service
system for the appointment and pro-
motion of police officers.
Werner, in augmenting his argument
in defense of Garnett, included in his
minority report as an exhibit, the
United States attorneys recent eX-
JduStINO lSPIy W lIlC II IlllC ACPOAb
which was submitted to Chairman
Norton of the House District Com
mittee.
Text of Report.
The text of Werner's minority re-
port follows, in part.
Finding myself unable to concur
in the report submitted by my COL
league, Representative Jennings Ran
dolph, chairman Of the Subcommittee
on Crime of the Committee on the
District of Columbia, herewith sub
nit for the consideration Of the full
committee, a report under the resolu-
ton pursuant to which this subcom-
mittee acted.
Although there are several ultimate
conclusions in respect to legislation
contained in the report with which
I am in agreement. said report con-
tsins so many conclusions and recon-
mendations to which I cannot sub
scribe and which in my judgment
are beyond the scope Of the subcom-
mittees authority, that am impelled
to submit this report for the approval
of the full committee.
The hearings occupied the time
Evening star., 1935-05-22

the same period the 1854 indict-
ments included 2,0l3 persons.
THE summary further confuses the
figures for the fiscal year with the
figures for the calendar year and
draws incorrect and unfair analogies
when 1t Is used as the basis for the
odds in favor OF persons guilty of
crime not being indicted. convicted,
or sent TO jail. When these factors
are taken into consideration the
1919 persons arrested are all salts
factorily accounted for and appro-
pirate punishment has been meted
out. The failure to include these
factors in the summary Is another
example of the undependability Of
the report. It is important to recall
that the testimony adduced before
the subcommittee conclusively estab-
lished that four-fif of those in
dicted were successfully prosecuted
either by pleas of guilty or by con-
victions by a jury, and that these
prosecutions were speedy is con-
clusively shown by the testimony Of
Chief Justice Wheat.
Crime Held Decreasing in ID. C.
Notwithstanding the large increase
in the population Of the District Of
Columbia during the past two years,
the testimony and figures show a
substantial decrease In felonies. Ar
rests for felonies, according to the
testimony and statistics submitted,
have decreased something over l .0OC
between the fiscal year 1882 and the
fiscal year 1884. Let 1t also be no
ticed that. while the number of
felonies committed has been materi-
ally decreased for the past two years,
the number of indictments returned
for 1884 was in excess of any pre-
ceding year, which shows that the
trend Of enforcement is distinctly
upward.
Although not a major crime,
gambling occupied great deal of
the attention of the subcommittee.
Numerous figures and statistics we're
submitted, much Of which was mis-
leading. Some OF the testimony sug-
Evening star., 1935-05-22

guilty by jury, and seven were nolls
pressed. leaving 80 cases undisposed
OF. Since these figures we're submit-
ted TO the subcommittee, many OF
these cases have been reached for trial
and many convictions have been had,
including the conviction Of Sam
Beard and his II associates"
An increased penalty for soliciting
prostitution and a change in the lar
ceny statute to eliminate the uncer-
tainty between grand and petit lar
ceny was next suggested by Werner.
He also agreed with Police Court
Judge Schaldt that jury service be
extended from two weeks to a month.
Evening star., 1935-05-22

gested that there had been laxity in
the enforcement of the gambling
statutes. The contrary is true. Mr..
Garnett's attached letter TO Repre-
sentative Mary T. Norton, chairman,
District of Columbia Committee,
gives the condition of the gambling
docket In detail. During the
first year Of Mr.. Garnett's term of
the office there were 81 indictments
returned, and 23 cases ignored by
the grand jury, presumably on the
ground Of Illegal search and seizure.
OF the 81 indictments returned, eight
pleaded guilty, three were found
Evening star., 1935-05-22
Lack Of Facts Charged.

This summary fails to state that
OF the total number arrested 3l0 we're
children under IT years of age where
the general practice Is to charge a
mSdemeanor in the juvenile court
and not to indict. The summary
further fails to state that large
number Of persons arrested for fell
onies are determined to be guilty only
Of misdemeanors and are punished
in the police court without indict-
ment The summary further fails to
state that the grand jury ignores a
not inconsiderable number OF cases
where the evidence does not make
out a prima facie case. The sum-
mary further compares the number
of persons arrested with the number
OF indictments when frequently In.
dictments include more than one per-
son and as a matter of fact during
Evening star., 1935-05-22

Police Department. Moreover the at
titude evinced by the report of May
has the effect Of setting the age
Of retirement for all police officers at
so. without Justification or excuse.
Instead of there being AN amazing
absence of any effort to bring to the
stances or records of achievement,
I had no difficulty in finding many
Instances where high-ranking officers
expressed satisfaction with the ad-
miniStration Of those branches Of the
department under them. and their
pride was justified by the facts.
ID. C. Crime Held Not Abnormal.
During the extensive hearings
graphs and tables were presented. I
prefer not to place my reliance on
them, as the members of this COM
mittee know that graphs and tables
can be SO arranged as to reflect the
light in any desired direction. This
is a city OF 100000 inhabitants with
large metropolitan area in Virginia
and Maryland. and also with an enor-
nous abnormal floating population,
due to the fact that this is the Capital
of the Nation. 1t Is my experience,
and there is no testimony to the con-
trary, that residents Of Washington
can go about the streets without fear
of molestation. Gangster murders
and such other depredations are almot
nil. and the testimony shows that the
homicides, the number of which has
been stressed by the report were
nearly all crimes of passion, which all
concede do not reflect lax law en-
forcement. Washington, therefore, is
not crime ridden city In any sense
II realize that the uniform crime
report (Vol. " Nos. l. 2, 81 disclose
that the number of serious crimes per
100000 Of population in the District
Of Columbia appears to be in excess
of many cities of comparable size, but
in this connection the statistics con-
tained in such reports should be con-
sidered with caution and in no sense
conclusive. It Is striking that the
compilers Of the uniform crime re-
ports, in the volume cited in the re-
port, recognized the inconclusive and
indeterminate character OF these fig-
ures, and warned the readers Of this
fact ."
THE responsibility OF the district
attorneys Office for the prosecution
of crime commences only after ar
rest. The summary in the report
thereof gives the number of persons
arrested for alleged felonies as 1919
and shows the number indicted as
1854 This is designed to indicate
laxity because of the failure to indict
the remainder, namely, 3,465.
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CRIME REPORT HIT
:. INM|NOR|TYW
Werner kssaiIs Custer Rec.
ommendation on Garnett.
Charges Held Trivial.

/, tContinued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-05-22

against them have no foundation
Whatever for sustaining the charge
that they are inefficient and incom-
rhtent
La opinión., 1935-05-26
DUDA DE LA AMISIAD
DE ERANCIA EN- Case DE I'm
CONFLICTO DE IMPORTANCE
En- las Cortes Sc exige al Gobierno de Alcala Zamora
que defina de una vez su p~olitica International; Sc
mira Espana a la carrera de armamentos

cooperation y amistad de
El segundo, especialmente, puso de
relieve que Francia habia eNcedido
en- su penetration los i5nites le-
gales de su territorio en- lfni. ex-
citando al gobierno a insistfr en-
que Sc definan claramente las &C.
marcaeiones de las zonas espano-
la Y francesa en- aquel territorlo.
lei senior Maura recomend0 la apro
ximaci0n u inglaterra y aeregd que
la actitud asumida por Francia en-
relacion con Espana no iniicuba
amistad ciertamente.
El Representative de la Liga re-
g~ionalista catalina. senior Nento-
sa. sueiri6 que no seria ventajoso
ahora moGificar el acta de A'geci-
ras de 1902 que regula ios protec-
torados espahol Y lrarcfs en- Ma
rrueeos. agregardo Que lSspana era
siempre 6emasiadu Modesto Y har
to g%enerosa en- stis relaciones con
otras naeiones. H.zo hincapie en-
su concepto de que la polftica exte
rior de Espaha ha estado siempre
caracterizada por la falta de pre-
paraci6n de sus diplomaticos. al
mismo tempo cue los gobiernos no
han conseguido apercibirse de que
a cansa de su posicion geografi-
ca. Espaha representa- Ia verdadera
clase del problema del Mediterra-
neo.
En- general todos los discursos