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Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
Bridge Club At
Hendry Home

Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Hendry, 434
Wenslcy avenue, entertained their
bridge club Monday evening, mem
bers having dinner and a game Of
contract.
Mrs. zurcher and Mr.. Tondro
won high scores and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hendry second high. Members
present we're Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
Ferris, Mr.. and Mrs. John zurcher,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Tondro and
the hosts.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
Graduation Dresses
ShouUn AT Kings

Mrs. M. o. King has just re-
turned from Los Angeles where she
has been selecting graduation dress
eS and all the new accessories.
The new articles are now on dis
play in Kings reaoy-to- sec
ton, ready for hte graduates of
valley schools.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05

Mrs. Cora Willoughby Mrs. DAISY
Dearborn. Mrs. James Schofield,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dee Henry. Mr. and
Mrs. John Martin, Mrs Eva Nelson,
Mrs. Birtha Burgum. Mrs. Viola
Peterson, Mrs. d. w. Payn, the
Misses Enola and Imogene Peter
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wolf, Mr..
and Mrs. Downing George, Ralph,
and Carl Downing.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
Golf Club Auxiliary
To Elect Officers

Annual election and installation
Of officers of the Barbara Worth
golf clubs Womens Auxiliary will
take place Wednesday morning
when the Auxiliary meets at 10
o'clock in the club house.
Following the annual business
meeting will be a pot luck luncheon
Mrs. K. C. Burke of Holtville has
acted as president of the Auxiliary
during the past year.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
Harding P.-T.A.
To Haze Dinner
And Program

For their final meeting of the
year, which is set for Wednesday,
members of the Harding Parent
Teachers association are setting
aside their cares and are planning
a frolic for parents, inviting the
fathers to join them.
Instead of an afternoon meeting
the group will have a pot luck dim
ner at $50 o'clock at the school,
the evening to be devoted to en-
tertainment, a short program hav-
ing beene scheduled.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
Return From Trip
To PorterUiUe

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Hetzcl and Miss
Virginia Hetzel returned Monday
from a trip to Porterville, the oc-
casion being the birthday celebra-
ton for Mrs. Hetzels father, w. j.
Davis of that city. Mrs. Hetzel left
earlier in the week, MI. Hetzel and
Virginia joining her for the week
end.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
Junior Chamber OF
Commerce Ladies
Night Monday

Junior chamber of commerce
members proved themselves delight
full hosts Monday night in the
ladies night dinner and entertain
ment given at Tony's International
club.
A large group of members and
their ladies was present for the af-
fair.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY,
Coli club Auxiliary, 10, Barbara
Worth club.
Mt. Signal home department,
1890, A. Pollard ranch.
City council, 1880, city hall.
Oasis lodge No. 664, +. and A. NJ,
1880, Masonic temple.
Eagles, 8, 500 Broadway.
Troop ;, B.S.Ao Scout hut.
Troop 3, B.S.A., Seeley.
Choir practice, 1880, Presbytcr-
ian church.
Bachelors club, 1880, Tony's.
Harding P.-T.A., $50, school.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
Society
Clubs
Social Calendar
TUESDAY

TUESDAY
LO.O.F. No. 397, 8, 532 Main.
]. V. COmmandery No. 81, 1880,
Masonic temple.
Oasis Shrine No. 20, w. S. of j.,
Masonic temple.
Troop 6, B.S.A, Scout hut.
Troop %, B.S.A., East Side school.
Townsend mass meeting, 1880,
city park.
Lip reading class, 7, high school.
Drama section, 1880 53S Euclid.
Music Teachers, 8, $50 Olive.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05

No change OF cars.
SAN FRANCISCO:
Giant Bay Bridges
you can see these
amazing projects en-
route East by going
one way Overland
Route at no extra fare.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05

+Limit as days Season fares slightly higher "Lim Oct 5Is
DALLAS: Texas Centennial Exposition-our direct,
through service is fastest by more than IA hours!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
LOW SUMMER RoUNDTRIPS

From May IS to Oct. Is inclusive, finest
trains with 2-way roundtrip privilege. Below are
a few examples; ask our nearest agent for fare
to other ponts
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05

you two important advantages: You can see places
you've never seen before, by going new way. You
can see TWICE AS MUCH, because we give you
the privilege on any roundtrip of going East ore
route and returning another.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
See hm Sights

4 Scenic Routes to the Eost
GO One, Return Another
The fact that we operate
FOUR scenic routes East
instead of only one gives
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PRETTY SIGNS, MORE TO COME

Recently WPA projects have sprouted new, big,
and pretty red-whte- and-blue signs.
The printing on them is big and clear and they
have enough resemblance to or suggestion of the
American flag to arouse sort of reflected patrio-
tic glow in us when we see them. . ..
: A different kind of printing will come out of
them, much less noticeable, largely at later dates,
and of sort to rouse no such pleasant patriotic
glow in most who see it. That printing will be in
tax bills for those who pay some direct taxes to
the federal government and in higher prices for
many things bought-prices higher because nclud-
ing more taxes-for all of us. 49,.
People of community who have a WPA project
going on among them usually feel as if they were
getting something for nothing, something they are
not going to have to pay for as they would if the
work were jaid for out of town or county or state
funds.
Actually, of course, everybody is going to. have
to pay because these projects are going on all over
the nation, Whether or not farm people and peo-
pie In small towns will pay more in proportion to
what Is put out locally than big city people be-
cause WPA projects tend to be so much bigger and
OF such greater variety in the big cities we have
never seen figures to indicate. In any case
though were all going to have to pay the bills, and
IN some cases the completed works are costing more
than II they were done by local governments super
yising the works through their own officials or by
I local contract.
/ What ABOUT the federal government finances,
which make additional taxes upon everybody ap-
pear so inevitable, how do they stand now with
| three-fourths of the governments financial year
ended the first of April? '
The government has taken in moro money in
taxes than it did in the same period vear earlier
But - 80 80.
Compared to the same period year earlier, the
government has spent more money. -. .
And the deficit, the amount by which spendings
were greater than income was greater than in the
| same period year before .I ~ .
In, spite Of increased income, government spend
ing is running faster ahead of it. And in spite
of all the talk from Washington, this system has
! not yet been slowed. down.. ), IN
The only way Of paying, off will be to;colect the
money necessary from the people. -Goldsboro
1 News-Arguss ,l> 5ass.s 49, ~ .I :.
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LETTERS TO
THE.EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned COM
munications arc published by
The. Times-Ncws. All letters
must be signed with the real
name Of the author. No com.
munications signed with a fic-
ti.io.s name will be published.
EDITOR
Editor, The Times-News:
| refer to Mr.. Ludwig Schallcr's
article in your issue of the 9th
inst. 49,
| think the people Of the city
have pretty well expressed them
selves on the matter of the So
called "open Sunday" and | have
seen nothing or heard nothing
that would lead me to believe that
their attitude has changed.
| am addressing myself to Mr..
Schaller's article because of his
reference to the Jews and what !
think is the inference contained
in that reference. Innocent Jews
have suffered and will continue to
suffer, throughout the world, for
a crime committed by fanatical
individuals of their race in cruel
flying Christ. That crime will be
carried as burden by the Jews
for ages yet to come, yet what
Christian does not now hold most
dear the message Of God through
the Jew from Genesis to Revela-
tons? What Christian would dare
seek to destroy the good name Of
Moses; who would seek to destroy
the beauty and the message of the
Psalms; the work of st. Paul?
Who would seek to detract from
the greatness of the prophets?
What man says, 81 will have none
of Christ, because he was a Jew"
If some committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce proposes to pur-
sue some course the wisdom of
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BY RODNEY DUTCHER

BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Stsn Correspondent
VIASHINGTON.-Several devel-
" opments on the labor front
point to intensification of the
long struggle between employers
and employees in industry.
These include unprecedented 20.
litical activity by labor groups, ev.
idence OF repressive tactics OF a
sensational nature. the rise of Ia.
Dor organizations to demand a
voice In new fields. and likelihood
of Senate investigation Of indus.
trial practices inimical to labor or.
ganization. ........ ....,
The old-fashioped conception of
the employer as benevolent per.
sonage with the welfare of his
workers at heart. though it still
must apply in many cases. has
taken a severe jolt with the revela.
lion reported to have been made in
Senate probe, that major indus.
tries were secretly buying stores of
machine guns. tear gas, .revolvers.
and ammunition, in anticipation OF
labor strikes.
The evidence was found by the
Senate Munitions Committee in the
files of Federal Laboratories, Inc.
Of Pittsburgh. dealers in tear and
snauseating gas, who handle pistols
and machine guns on the sides
3 -
THESE revelations are being
= used as a talking point by
= President John L. Lewis of the
United Mine Workers, head of the
new Industrial union movement,
and will be. followed up by the
La Toilette subcommittee in it's
preliminary hearings which will
be used to base request for full
Investigation of violations of civil
rights. .-......--.
K The National Labor Relations
Board has vast store of evidence
as to industrial espionage which
, is being placed, before the sub,
committee and which has a direct
bearing on enforcement of the
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER

IWagner IaDor disputes acI-prop.
ably the most commonly fouted
Elaw in the country today.
It has been common practice,
this evidence indicates. for large
corporations to employ stool
pigeons" to join labor unions,
make reports on the unions af-
fairs and memberships, and to OBJ
struct or. nullify their work from
the inside. Activities of labor
spies would be first on the investi.
cations agenda.
1t is also proposed that the
committee cover the whole field
of civil liberties violations.
0BVIOUSLY. the exposure and
~ denunciation of these alleged
tactics-with recommendation for
legislation in some Cases-would
aid militant labor organizers. 1t
would also accrue to the benefit
of the Roosevelt administration,
which will have the support of
organized labor and pose as its
champion while its opposition has
the support of the American Lib
erty League, chiefly representative
of anti-union employers. o..
Organization of Labor's Non
Partisan League by George Berry
of the pressmen, Lewis Of the
miners, and Sidney Hillman of the
clothing workers is important be.
cause it. will be difficult for the
other A. F. of l.. leaders to avoid
playing along with them.
With Berry at its head, the
movement cant be branded by
Bill Green and conservative lead
ers as a mere offshoot Of the
Lewis-Hillman Committee for In.
dustrial Organization.
The leagues support Of Roose.
welt means that 100000 miners
and 10000 garment workers in
Pennsylvania. and $4,000 needle
trades workers in New York, prob.
ably will be delivered to the ma.
tional Democratic ticket in No.
Lvember. t-1' ~ 80 Erg5 e.
1e$pvrieht. 1885. NEA Service. Incl
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ISLANDER AND CHILDREN

Every now and then somebody
declares that the arguments and
doings of the statesmen of the
world make him think of the men
tai processes of children.
Now that is not fair. 1t is not
right for anyone to throw off ON
children in any such way as that
Should we take the brightest
boys and girls of any high school,
give them the facts in given
case, and protect them from the
Vaccinations of lobbyists, we
should, in the majority of in
stances, get cleaner, better de-
termination on almost any ma
tional or international question
than we get now, because those
high school boys and girls would
not go into the conference with
their minds already made up, for
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-11
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
BABYLoNIANs FIRST TO TRY INELATIoN

=
Texts from thousands of ancient Assyrian anc
Babylonian clay tablets the longest series of bust
ness records available, are being pieced together
into a remarkable picture of business and banking
in the Tigrs- Euphrates valley $500 years ago by
DIR. Waldo H. Dubberstein of the Oriental Institute
of the University of Chicago. tf
Forerunners of such modern practices as old-age
annuities, long and short-term credit, price-fixng
attempts. and government boarding. of precious
metals, with resulting initiation" clearly evil
dent from Doctor Dubberstein's work de has
compiled price-eharts for standard commodities in
terms of shekes, for period of more than 200
wears. 625-425- B. c. ...
"Various kings from the great administrator
Hammurabi about 200 B. c., to the cholarly Ashur-
banipal 66S-626 B. c., attempted to fix prices at
low levels" Doctor Dubberstein said, Their de-
rees and their lists of prices show them attempting
70 create prosperity for the people and feeling Of
g,,,d will by announcing low official prices for
stapIe commodities and at times setting wages for
skilled and unskilled labor. Hammurabi even de-
crood the fee for surgical operations or man or
beast S.. ............
"Rut the truthful commercial documents of those
remote centuries make it apparent that royal Ell
forts in behalf of fixed prices were not successful
The economic life of the nation could not be bound
bv artificial price levels and the period of the late
Rahvonian history which is most flourishing shows
no record of royal interference in price setting.
Conner, lead. silver and gold all served as money
at various times during the long centuries of none
tarv DEVELOPMENT in the Tigrs-Euprates valley.
cd in tho
cities where the banking business was chiefly in
the hands of few important families. These firms
were not mere money lenders but bankers in
every sense of the v'ord. They commonly lent
money at 20 per cent per year.
can Understanding note OF a share in the in
come of popular temple could be valuable
legacy left to a rutiful son or daughter. An an
nuity arrangement for old age comparable to those
offered today was known. The recipient of the
annuity turned his properties or the income OF
specific properties, in return for which he was
guaranteed a certain minimum income in food and
clothing for the duration of his life.
Centuries of experience in legal matters had
developed astandard, incontestable form of docu-
ment for every possible form of government.
Land renting and leasing was profitable and
extensive business.
"The legal aptitude and general shrewdness of
the Babylonan business man is attested to by
thousands of carefully often cleverly worded tab
let's
"As the three thousand years of ancient Baylor
ian economic history pieced together, there is
discernible throughout the ages gradual increase
in prices of nearly all staple products as well as III
real estate and rents. Fluctuations appear, yet the
general trend is upward" -Exchange.
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CONGRESS is RELIEVED OF
TOWNSEND SCARE
By BRUCE CATION

by OAtfON
If the congressional investigation of the
Townsend plan goes on long enough, our
congressmen are likely to wind up by con-
Guiding that what they had feared was go
ing to be a raging tornado has been just a
mild breeze after ALL
Congressman scare easily. t,goes with
the job And when the Townsend business
got under way, the noble representatives
began to recall the fearsome whip which
WAYNE B. Wheeler used to crack, and took
it for granted that another great extra-po-
itical organization was coming into being
to issue orders to them. .s.
But now things are looking different.
The fine unselfishness of the organization
takes on less beautiful hue in the light of
revelations about high fees for organizers.
The venerable doctor himself may be just
as devoted as he ever was, but it is pretty
apparent that some people in his organiza-
ton were much more concerned with the
loaves and fishes than with the idea of Sc
cure old age for the unfortunate.
And that can be expected to lessen Con-
greSs' fears. For what frightened the
congressman about this business was the
high moral purpose that hung over it dur
ing the time of its youth. A congressman
can, if pressed, say mo" to lobbyist or a
sef-seeker; but if you confront him with
an outfit which is sincerely and intensely
devoted to great Cause, it just isn't In him
to get tough. -. :. ''....a
The hope to remember, after everything
else is said and done, is that this Townsend
movement did voice great deal of pittul
fear and pathetic hope. " ~
Growing old is no part of a joke, Tor
many Americans. It means the loss of Sc
curity-dependence on someone who may
meet that dependence grudgingly, the
shadow of poverty across the path, the con-
slant fear that tomorrow, or the day after
some unpredictable accident may destroy
what little security has been won.
Because millions of old people know that
fear all too intimately, the: Townsend plan
drew, an amazing response.
We have had time, by now, to look al
the thing sanely; time to study its COCK
eyed economics, time to weigh she some
what unlovely way in which district organ
izers collected so much head for every
pathetic hopeful they could bring into the
fold. These things are beginning to con
vince, Congress that there is nothing tf
fean after all.
But underneath it all there remain the
conditions which gave the Townsend plar
its initial momentum.
These conditions will still exist, no mat
ter how damaging the congressional mVes
tigation may prove. The Townsend plan
as movement, may be crippled to Sh'
point of death; the fear and hopelessnes
that made millions of people embrace
are yet to be dealt with. And it will TAX
more than a congressional investigation t.
set them right.
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was liStenin' to
Joe Benton sing
in over the ra-
do from New
York. You know
J o e B e n t o n,
don't you?"
THAT fellow
that w e n t to
New York and
got hlsseif a job
singin' in grand
opery and chang
ed his name to
Josef Bentonel-
Ii? Sure | know
him. What about
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-11
STANDARDIZING DEATH
BLOWS

The recent naval arms confer
ence in London makes one mag
Inc a parley between Kentucky
feudists who would agree that
henceforth in shooting one an
other, the bullets used would not
exceed AZ caliber and the shot
gun loads would not contain more
than fifteen buckshot.
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EVEN FOOLS HAVE THEIR USE

], George Bernard Shaw says the United Sat-.
ought to throw the Constitution in the ocean .nd
forget it. This is just the sort of advice e or,d
naturally, expect from clever pervert like shaw
supreme egotist, and extreme Socialist an ;r.a.
national what-is-it, common scold, an a11.ronn a
nuisance and a plain fool We Were afraid Shaw
might some say tae Constitution was god thing.
Thatmisht have fiinaished it The Pathfinder.
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NICKEL PARKING METERS

SALT LAKE CITY. (UP)-
The "nickel in the slot parking
may be installed in this city soon.
The devices, used in several mid
western cities, have coin-clock
meter mounted on a standard
four feet high. The parking prob
lem has become acute here re-
Gently.
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which might be questioned, better
let us block that course by show
ing the error it Incorporates than
plant the. seedy of prejudice. There
is much that can be said against
the supposed "open Sunday" with
out resorting to racial prejudice.
JOHN EWBANK.
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"Well, sir, Big Jim was 3 all
steamed up to send Joe tele-
gram. He had it all wrote out:
Program comm in fine. Please
sing Music Goes Round and
Round
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EngEand's tpfime minister says woman
is better than man at keeping secret,
Which isn't surprising consider how many
friends heipsher do it. rs'' a. - :
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FUNNY THING LIFE
BY WICKEy WAMBOLDT

them by special interests. Or with
their whole aim to get special,
selfish benefits for certain groups
or parties or nations or them
selves. While their conclusions
might b cset forth quantity, they
would be honest and based on
human rights and welfare.
"OHw
A man went to church one Sum
day and woman who was sneez-
ing and coughing all over the
place came up to him and asked
accusingly, "Where is your wife
this morning."
The man replied, "She has a
cold, so she stayed at home"
"Now, now| chided the wo-
man. That's no ecuse! Your
wife hasn't any worse cold than
/ have. But Pm here|
y! at isn't that" explained the
man courteOusly. "She felt able
to come and she really wanted to
come. 1t was that she believed she
should not expose others to the
contagion Of her cold"
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The most tremendous expense congress
saddles on the taxpayers is the purchase OF
votes with public money. 4
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OUT OF THE WEST

"Big Jim Hitchcock was over
to my place last night" said one
Oklahoman to another, land we
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WILMINGTON, our Tar Heel

coastal city like Charleston for
the Palmetto state, is bidding for
business from flower loving tour
lists and broadcasts the informa-
ton that three azalea gardens in
and near that city will be open
to the public on April ID and "a.
Details may be had from the Viii
mington Chamber of Commerce.
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Wait
q
Minute,
Please
By
Noah
Hollowell
TAKING. YOUR MEASURE

TAKING YOUR MEASURE:--
The civil service commission sends
out blank and among other
things the commission asks about
an applicant for a position is an
indication of which of the follow
ing attitudes is or are applicabI"
to the applicant: Honest, lazy,
agreeable, unreliable, disagree
able, Industrious, dishonest, dc
pendabie, Indifferent, energetic,
steady. Add other words which
may describe his attitude toward
his work"
Can you chalk up yourself AS
honestly and efficiently as the
person whose name you might
give the commission as a refer
ence?
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Of Pennsylvania and Plat of New
York; and the grandson Of the
famous "Old Tip" hero of Tippe.
canoe, went down to defeat after
one term in office. s.
Harrison came of an illustrious
family. His great-grandfather
was a signer of the Declaration
OF independence anf his grand
father gained prominence by his
victorious campaigns against the
Indians and the British in the
War of 1912. ...
The later Harrison, however,
| pitted his sense of dignity and
fairness against the political in
trigWes of his colleagues, and lost.
Born in 1888, he had worked his
! way up steadily, first as strug-
CLING young lawyer in 1ndianapo-
lis. then as an officer in the Civil
War After his return he soon
became a leader in Republican
politics. He became U. S. senator
in 1881 and, in 1888. was elected
president -Four years-later, prac-
:ically abandoned by his own sup
porters, Harri- --- : = -
son lost the
presidency. He S-.,r,.
-, Benjamin
" w.. Harrison
,na I3-cent
accent value Of So" ''s
hree different - &Sat
]. S. issues. ---.. -.
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