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Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
PLANT, ANIMAL LIFE
WILL BE STUDIED BY BALLOON

balloon observations to be invalid
able in directing the diver to
under-sea lodges and growths for
collection of scientific speci aens."
The expedition will set off in
about three weeks on the yacht
Invader, formerly owned by JOS
eph Schenck, film magnate, and
now owned by HunniWell.
1t was on this yacht that Doug
las Fairbanks took pictures for
the film portrayal of Robinson
Crusoe." Hunniwell will join the
expedition at Ensenada, Mexico.
Sea divers-all scientists-Will
plunge into tropical depths dress
ed in a new motion picture suit"
containing water proof camera
cases which can be operated WITH
out the protection Of a diving
bell.
Ten persons, not yet named, will
accompany the expedition.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
Hundred Millions Federal
Money Spent in California

Since May Of last year and VI
TO December 81, 1888. the fedora
government has spent in Califor.
mia the huge sum of S100. .866 .294
the office Of the state director
for California, the national emer-
geney council disclosed.
OF this sum over s66.000,000 has
gone into direct relief. the balance
being expended in useful types
Of work and services. S3, 1881. .376.35
has been spent for the building
or repairing of reads. streets and
highways SIC, 728, ,72470 has gone
into the conservation work under
taken by the CCC. Over $500. 900
has gone into direct educational
facilities. Public recreational facil-
tiles of all kinds account fer the
expenditure Of over s5.5O000o
A further breakdown of this
sum CT Si000O0,O00 already spent
in California reveals that the
Works Progress administration has
spent S9494.338 in the projection
and operation of many types of
useful work programs. The Reset
tlement administration is Just be-
ginning to hit its full stride. ac-
counting for S435.9I2.38.
1t is interesting to note that
supplies, materials and equipment
purchased account for approx
mately S7500,0OO of the total
amount. The administrative cost
appears to be much lower than
that of any private industry or
industries who might be charged
with the execution Of the vast
Works Relief Program. for only
to December 31st last
has gone into administration ex-
penses. A two per cent administra-
tive expense is certainly not ex-
ceSsiYe.
This s1OO.Oo0OOO spent in Cali
fornia was allocated from the
Emergency relief appropriation act |
of 1895, in which a total of S4,-
300000000 was made actually avail |
a lie to provide work relief direct /
relief, and to increase employment |
by providing for useful projects.
Further figures released by the |
national emergency council reveal /
that for the week ending De- /
cember %, 1885. 158.928 persons in |
California were employed en- WPA /
projects emergency conservation /
work and projects Of other agencies /
excluding administrative employees.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
Pertinent Traffic
Questions Asked

OF 7 receive permission to
drive a friends automobile for a
certain trip am I permitted to
take 1t another time without Sc
curing permission.
A.-No. The permission granted
once is fer once only. Taking it
a second time leaves one open for
prosecution.
Q-How soon after an accident
involving injury or death must a
person involved make a report.
A.-Within "a hours.
Q.-TO whom?
A.-Within an incorporated city
to the police department; otherwise
to the Department of Motor We
hicles or local California Highway
patrol office.
On the event I leave my op-
orators license home what must I
do to identify myself in case OF
accidnet?
A.-Furnish satisfactory evi-
dences Of Identification by letters.
monogram on watch or otherwise.
Q.-Must I carry operators IL
cense at all times?
A-YeS.
Q.-Am 7 liable to be held in
custody for Identification if arrest
ed for violation Of sections Of the
Vehicle Code and DO not have Ii
cense with me.
A-Yes. Officers may take you
TO nearest magistrate where you
may be held until Identification
satisfies latter official
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

stretches from the highway to the
valley.
There. in a 5OO-acre depression
entirely surrounded by treacherouS
sand dunes, has arisen a thriving
little community There is a mess
snack IN which the 3O0-Cdd bogus
EO-eieu Legioanaires eat each day,
COrrs Is, tents and a house over
q well which brings water to the
surface for the thirsty film players.
Camp Of Sacks
All the work is not confined to
Buttercup Valley, however. The
two forts-at least they look like
forts from the front-aud the city
gates without a city behind them,
are not the only props in use by
the film Company. Beside the
highway, where any travelling mot
Orist may see and wonder at the
village in the sand, is a Foreign
Legion camp made for the most
part Of burlap sacks. No one stays
there when the cameras are idle.
Across the highway and a little
to the west is the film cCmpany's
real camp whore the comElisary
and tents for executives are loc-
ated.
In that camp the problems of
location are met each day. One Of
them is occasioned by the very
sand which drew the players to
the scene. The sand gets into the
cameras, and the only solution
worked out is a compressed air
bath for the dismantled cameras
each night. It is a rite religiously
followed Dy the cameramen.
Policing a Problem
One Ci the graVeSt location prob
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
Even Sahara is Paradise
In Films at $17OO q Day

They're marching across the
burning sands Of the Sahara.
They've put the Riff to route;
they're nearing the desolate fort
set in the break Of the dunes.
They are a ragged, nondescript
Let, this bunch Of castouts who
have found their haven in the
ranks Of the French Foreign Leg
ion. But, Withal, they are a happy
lot. And they earn q total Of sl7O0
q Gay. That's enough tC make a lot
Of men happy It's more than the
Foreign Legion ever paid in good
francS-but this time the pay is
in better American dollars.
The Foreign Legion in question
is made up Ct Imperial Valley
residents. recruited from the ranks
Of the unemployed by Fox 2Oth-
Century moving picture corpora
ton, on location in Buttercup Val
ley filming under Two Flags"
Buttercup Valley. in case some
Of Imperial Valleys other resi-
dents do not know, is about a
Elile directly south Of the highway
maintenance station in the sand
dunes bstWeen the valley and
Yuma 1t is such a place as can
not be pictured even by a good
imagination, unless one has seen
IT, It is not entirely sand, despite
the fact it is entirely surrounded
by sand dunes. An automobile can
travel across almost any part oi
its floor without being stuck.
F.E. johnson is the man who pay
the Foreign Legion S1700 a day
and as business manager Of the
company On location he pays cut
considerably more than that. The
S1700 includes only wages paic
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

lens is that of policing, a problem
arising froya habit human beings
have of being curious. Special Of
ficers, sworn in by Sheriff Bob
Ware and placed in charge Of
Deputy John Crousen, have the
task Cf directing visitors where
they should go, or keeping them
out of the way while the cameras
are grinding. The special deputies
are paid by the film company.
The whole company is having
a lot of fun" Johnston said eve
have had nc trouble, and no one
has complained. In fact, even the
regulars don't seem to want to
leave the camp. Sometimes car
goes in to town at night, but only
few take the opportunity to get
away from the camp"
The company will be on location
for three weeks more, at least,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26


Rev. Ellsworth Squire Deane,
the bridegroom. is an evangelist
of the old school" and has de-
Iivered his messages from the pull
pits Of sawdust floored tents and
meeting halls from the Atlantic to
the Pacific coasts for more than
twenty years. His bride, Esther
Holmes Hugent, confessed she is
Just an d-fashioned home body"
The aged woman managed
blush that would do credit to
bride a half century her junior.
as she insisted her marriage mot
only is sensible. but downright
nice, even if it does give the rest
Of the country a big laugh.
Besides" she added, Ellis
worth has promised to do all
the cooking, wash the dishes
and do the hOusework. Person
ally I think he'll forget some of
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
Plea to Government
Asks Intervention
In Labor Troubles

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. up
The San Francisco council OF the
Maritime Federation of the Pacific
today appealed to the federal gov
ernment for a congressional investi-
CATION to prevent civil war" on Pa
cific coast Waterfronts.
Charging that a nationwide con-
spiracy exists among waterfront
employers. shippers and allied fin.
ancial interests 10 wipe out the
Pacific seaboard's maritime unions.
the appeal was addressed to Senator
Royal S. Copeland, chairman of the
u. S. senate commerce committee.
in Washington
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

or course, when printed the
four hands were given in detail
Just as if the writer really knew
what each player had held or as II
ne cared a whit what the small
cards were, or even cared in which
position declarer and dummy sat.
as printed, some papers had de-
clarer sit South, while Lochridge
stated that he sat North. 1t does
not matter in the slightest where
he sat, SO long as vital cards are
placed in proper relative positions.
Filling in the usual diagram OF
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
STROLLS THRU HOLLYWOOD
BIZ HENRY SUTHERLAND HoIyuOod Correspondent

whimsical title in a coon's age
goes to Walter Wanger's The
Moon is our Home Margaret
SULLIVAN and Henry Fonda are
making it, {
Paramount alters the Mae West
"Klcndike Lou to "Klondike An
ME" and let's have no wise cracks.
The Paramounties have also can
celled Marlene Dietrich's Invita-
ton to Happiness" and made 1t
Il Loved a Soldier"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
FISH POPULATION INCREASED

OLYMPIA. Wash. UH - The
Washington state game department
is carrying on the heaviest game
fish propagation program in its
history. More than 26,O0O00O trout
have been planted in lakes and
streams of the state, as well as4
nearly 25,00O,OO0 other varieties Of
fish.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
PLANES CARRY SEED POTATOES

CORDOVA, Alaska. UP)-AyiatiOn
is responsible for the growing of po-
tatoes along the Mackenzie river
Marine transportation ordinarily
used for transporting seeds from
warmer southern cities proved mad
equate. Airplanes rush the seed po-
tatoes northWard at the first SIGN Of
spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
BIRDS BATTLE IN RINK WATER

SUDBURY, Ont, lUPl-SparroWS
are proving a real problem to the
hockey playing youth of this city.
Everytime a good job of flooding the
outdoor hockey rinks is finished the
birds come along in sWarms and in
sist on using the rinks for bathing,
with the result the ice freezes in
Jumps, making good hockey impos-
SihlP
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

placing measure on ballot; would
create state police to supplant sher-
ifs and coordinate police work.
PROPONENTS Taxpayers Asso-
ciations) claim state police would
reduce cost of government and in
crease police efficiency.
OPPONENTS COrganized Labor
and Sheriffs) claim state police
would be used to break strikes: claim
tendency toward Capitalization of
government and state machine"
TEACHERS TENURE
0nitiatiVe)
Creates State Tenure Board OF
three members elected by districts
to hear and decide charges against
instructors: causes for dismissal
are specified; 2-year probationary
period has been served and ten
ure acquired teacher has right to
appeal to tenure board. Provides
81 annual fee to be collected from
the teacher to support the board.
Removes control of tenure from
from legislature Arguments Of
PROPONENTS and OPPONENTS
r. EH II
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
LAW TOO TANGLED

CLEVELAND, UP)-The problem
of disposing Of 60 license plates TAX
en- from traffic violators confronts
the probation department. They are
worthless now, but the department
has no money for postage to notify
the owners. 1t is unlawful for him
to throw them away.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

TO the men who appear before the
camera.
Money to Valley
Rent for 20 TO 30 horses. wages
Tor horse Wranglers and 25 or so
common laborers, and Otner in
eidentals run up the daily expenses
Of the Under TWO Flags com
pany Most OF the money remains
IN Imperial Valley, for most Cf it
IS paid to Imperial Valley people
hired 10 play extra parts or to do
the labor details.
The professional sJmpany on
location in the sand hills this
week is not large Besides Johnston
1t includes Otto Brewer as director.
Booth McCracken as assistant dir
ector, and Sid Jordan as the man
IN charge Of the horses. Then
there are 25 film cowboys import
ed from Hollywood to do the
heavy riding stunts. The rest are
local residents.
Victor McLaglen and Ronald
Coleman the stars, with the main
company from Hollywood, viii ar
rive about Jan %. Johnston said.
They viii be On location approx
imately two weeks Meantime, mob
shots and long distance scenes in
which doubles used will have been
shot by the cameramen.
Road Cost $1,000
Buttercup Valley, as it looks to-
Gay. is a tribute to the efficiency
Of the moving picture industry. A
plank road. constructed in three
days, is the only means Of ingress,
but it is better than most desert
roads. It cost more than $1,000 in
] time, labor and materials. It
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
WEDDING COSTS JUDGE

TOLEDO. UH - One dollar and
fees was the cost to Municipal
judge Frank E. O'Conneu for a
wedding he performed After the
ceremony, the bridegroom confided
that he needed 81 to get TO his
home in Detroit The judge obliged
him, on his assurance to pay as
soon as ne had earned the money.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

California's S length of $50 miles IS
equivalent to the airline distance be-
tween New York and Jacksonville.
Fla, crossing the states of New Jer-
sey, Delaware. Maryland, Virginia,
North and South Carolina and
Georgia.
This is but one of many diStinc-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
PRISON EARMS Urged

TURLOCK, Cal. UP)-A 1000
acre prison farm is being advocat-
ed by members of the California
Prison Parole Board TO relieve con-
gestion in the two state prisons
at Folsom and San Quentin. Pro-
duce from the farms. operated by
selected inmates, would be used in
reducing the cost Of living Of the
other 5000 occupants Of the two
institutions.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
Title Department =

Title Department - (All items
subject to change without notice.:
Columbia's new Grace Moore mu-
sicai is based on the Viennese
stage hit "Cissy,' but Grace won't
stand fer the title on the screen.
She refuses to be called a big Sis
sy!
RKO-Radio has switched titles
on Gene Raymond. Don't bet on
Love" becomes Love on a Bet.
This columns vote for the most
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
LIQUOR REGULATION
(Initiative)

Two liquor regulation initiatives
one sponsored by business inter-
ests and liquor industry. the other
by "drys'-probably will be quail
flied for November ballot. Liquor
industry proposal 20 provide for
appo-ntive state board to super
wise liquor licensing and enforce
ment and clear up dissatisfaction
with present law. Dry" proposal
to provide for local option" sys-
TEN such as existed before prohibi-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
WOODEN LEG Is JAIL BOND

OMAHA, Neb., WP)-U. S. Deputy
Marshal Henry Meyers holds the
best bond in the world against Har-
old Hairpin's running away--his
wooden leg. Hairpin is accused of
abducting a Missouri sheriff. His
5000 wooden leg is locked in Meyers
vault
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
0lyIRKS
In the NepVs
THIEF SORTS LOOT

DUNWICH, Ont. UR) - A thief
with taste for variety entered P.
D. CarsWelI's residence here, ana
removed the following: one bas OF
po,atoes; one five-9allon key OF
cider. one folding rule; one pair OF
n7ittens. and one spool Of thread.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
DANCING TEACHERS CENSORED

LONDON, Ont, UP)-Instructlons
in dancing given older boy students
bv London school teachers is froWn-
ed upon here. A motion commend
inc the teachers for teaching dane
ing after school hours was defeated
by the school board.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
.ppIE pRTzFD FOR 81 YEARS

ALBION, Wash, U.P)-Mrs. NOME
Clause Short has an apple studded
with cloves, which is 81 years old.
Mrs. Short prepared the apple, q
Northern Spy variety, when she was
a bride in 1878 and has kept 1t since
for sentimental reasons.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
THIEF PREFERS COOKIES

TOLEDO, (U.P) = Some one Stole
Henry Heitkamp's automobile, con-
tanning three pounds of cookies. A
short time later, the thief, his hun
ger apparently satisfied by the three
pounds Of pastry, returned the car
Undamaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 25. WP)-
Filming Anthony Adverse
brought the movie males smack up
against problem the girls solved
long ago. Lads had to find some
way to keep the long stockings
that go with knee breeches of the
Napoleonic period at full hoist.
Friedrich Marcn, who plays An
thony, was sensible about it. He
consulted a chorus girl, and learn
ed to tuck a small coin in the
hem as a tourniquet on which to
roll the stocking tight.
Fritz Leiber, veteran Shake
spearian actor is a long sock adept.
He has buttons seWed inside his
breeches, and buttCnholes in the
stockings. Edmund Gwenn bought
a feminine garter belt, but could
MT bring himself to wear it. He
wound up by cutting the garters
off and sewing them on his shorts.
Claude Rains had lots of trouble.
He found rubber bands toe tight,
and stockings seWed to breeches
too much trouble. Finally he bought
an oversize pair of sock garders
and wore them about the thighs.
Donald Woods uses adhesive
tape, but George E. Stone has
the reauiest method. He ties his
nose TO his shirt tails.
o.
Loretta Young, sleek screen
siren, breaks down and discloses
that beauty is just a bauble.
Real beauty is a thing Of the
spirit" eXpounds Loretta. "SCme
Of the most beautiful people 1
nave ever known have been unat-
tractive, even ugly, physically
Now if J. P. Morgan and j. D.
Rockefeller would just come
through with a statement that
after all, money isn't everything"
cur day would be complete.
O.
! Most stars are suckers for show
windows, and a few can't pass 'era
at all. Joan Crawford is one of
these, and her passion is shoes.
She scuttles past windows with
eyes aslant, and the minute she
sees an attractive pair, hurries
home and orders them by tele-
phone.
Norma Shearer is another, but
handkerchiefs are her only weak
ness.
Neckties are the flair of Bob
Montgomery. When ne gets too
many he gives them away and
starts a new collection. Lloyd MOL
an is another necktie addict, and
everybody knows it, but he COM
plains he didn't get a single tie
! for Christmas. Clark Gable spends
his money like a drunken sailor for
turtle-neck sweaters, possibly be-
cause they rest his ears.
Sport suits get Maureen O'Sul-
Ivan. She trys EN- on and buys
'em by the dozen. Betty Furness
hungers for earrings, but gives
them away as fast as the buys
them so she'll have an excuse to
buy new ones.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
CONTRACT BRIDGE
WRITTEN FOR CENTRAL PRESS
By E. v. SHEPARD
FAMOUS BRIDGE TEACHER
FOR CENTRAL PRESS
FAMOUS PRlDGE TEACHER

the four hands, being careful to
put the important cards in proper
places, we have the following. There
is no pretense that it is accurate,
but it is sufficient for every practi-
cal purpose
AAK1O2 VAEta"H 3 AK
tSKX
East a
AQJX VJXX %IoXx
@AQJ%
Bidding went: North, 2-Hearts;
South. 2-No TrQmps; North, g.
Spades; South, 4-Hearts
The opening lead was the 10 Of
diamonds, and declarer was in with
his K. 1t was evident that a trick
must be lost in each major suit. II
defenders could be held down to, a
single club trick, game might be
made. The strategic object was to
force defenders to lead clubs, up to
declarer if possible. North tok his
two top spades. then led a low
spade, putting East in with his @.
Another diamond was led, putting
'declarer in with his Ace. North
took his two top trumps. Vests G
dropped.
Deelarer led the good 10 of spades,
and dummy ruffed with its last
trump. Dummy's last diamond was
led and ruffed East had nothing
left except his three clubs and sin
gle heart. Declarer led a heart.
forcing East to lead clubs, thus goo
ing game, by having To lose only
one club.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
DO
TURLOCK. Cal. Jan.

TURLOCK, Cal, Jan. 25--Life begins at 75
That, least, the contention here today of IS
year old ayhared bride and her evangelist husband 2
who decided to marry because it decent Christian
way to avoiding loneliness in the few days have left
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

The word diva is the feminine
form of the italian Nord dive,
meaning divine.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
OLEOMARGARINE TAX
Rnfnrnf1HI1fInA


Tax of 10 cents per pound on ole
oinargarine and all other butter sub
stitutes made from foreign fats and
oils.
PROPONENTS Dairy Industry
claim butter substitutes made from
imported fats and oils produced by
cheap foreign labor; claim contin-
ued sale without tax or tariff injur-
ious 10 California farmers and would
break down wage scales for Amer
lean workers.
OPPONENTS COleo' Manufactur-
erSl claim tax discrimination against
legitimate industry; claim it will
prohibit sale OF all butter substitutes
made of foreign fats and oils, max
ing II impossible TO compete with
butter prices.
STATE POLICE
1nitiatiVe)
ppfllinnS SoOn IN no circulated
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
l he
FARMERS CORNER
By RALPH I'll. TAYLOR
Exec. Sec'y, Agricultural Council of Calf.

Battles galore and battles CORY
with no holds barred, no quarter and
no time out for smelling salts
promise education with entertain
ment" for the conflict-loving voter
during California S 1886 general cleo
ton, if dozen or more hotly-con-
tested main event" ballot proposals
may be taken as criterion.
But behind all the shouting and
ballyhoo, therell be serious, desper-
ate determination in many of the
campaign camps-with millions Of
dollars in business revenues hang
ing in the balance and with vital
questions of public policy 10 be de-
termined by the verdict of the Vot-
ers.
And out of the welter of charges
and counter charges, California
voters must attempt to ferret the
truth and render fair and intelligent
verdicts. In the 1884 election, Incl
dentally, the voters approved Il
measures Of % subrnitted-rejec ejecting
81
According to all present indica-
tions, the most thoroughly organ
lied and extensive campaigns will be
waged for and against some Of the
major ballot measures this year in
the history of the state-with the
biggest war chests" and the biggest
armies of paid workers in recent
years.
Apart from the sales tax-income
f1x srsx ,nIn 70 ED FfTau u7r~
discussed. here is q thumb-nail
sketch, pro and con-, of some Of
the ajor skirmisles which must be
determined by the voters mandate:
CHAIN STORE TAX
(Referendum)
Annual tax Qicense fee) Of $500
on each store in chains Of 10 stores
or more. Oil companies and certain
other chain businesses exempted.
PROPO NENTS independent
stores claim that chain stores are
gradually eliminating independent
merchants by reason Of wholesale
buying methods and price-cutting;
charge chain system increases con-
centration Of wealth, charge I'm
fair trade practices" used by chains
TO disadvantage Of Independents
charge chains injure producer BY
beating down" prices; charge
chains are trusts
OPPO NENTS (chain stores
charge tax is flagrant use Of states
taxing power to favor Independents
and discriminate against chains.
claim that they have reduced cost
Of living for middle class and poor
by wholesale buying and more eff
cient operation: claim they repre-
sent one Of greatest outlets for Cal
ifornia produce in out-of-state
markets: claim they buy more in
California than they sell. supplying
stores in other states with Califor-
mia products; claim tax would i'll
crease cost of food and other neces-
sites to consumer.
OLEOMARG ARINE TAX
CReferendum)
Tax of 10 cents per pound on ole
oinargarine and all other butter sub
.-Fst,.toc ,,,oIa from foraiUf1 fats anC
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
STATE POLICE

Petitions soon to be circulated