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Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
Other Editors Say
BREAD TAX TOPS THE HEAP
Riverside Daily Press

On Its itinerary from ripened threShed grain
on the farm TO the ultimate table Of the con-
sumer, bread passes through six stages of ham
ding. In each of these stages it pays its tri-
butte TO the SO different kinds of taxes each loaf
must carry.
This analysis was made en- figures lust re-
leased by the United States Department of Com
merce.
1t is not the tax on wheat alone as many
ina gine, which pyramids the tax on bread They
begin at the country elevator and include trans
pOrtaton, terminal charges, flour transportation
railroads, cost Of milling tax on cotton for bags
and other items which make up the very sub
stantlal pyramid Of taxation that the cost of
loaf Of bread to the consumer must carry
According to James Britt, executive director
OF the California Consumers conference it is
net the basic tax that is represented in ultimate
cCst so much the vast number Of subsidiary or
hidden taxes OF the So different types of tax
paid in order TO bring the finished loaf to the
breakfast table six are paid by the farmer elev-
en- by the grain elevator. Eleven different forms
# taxation are met by the railroads Seven are
paid by the trucker. A half dozen kinds of taxes
paid by the bread wrapper manufacturer
and the baker himself undertakes to pay the
final dozen.
And while you eat your morning toast you
can add three additional forms CT hidden
taxes" because you prefer this breakfast deli
cacy.
Come to think of it these hidden taxes
are carried by every other basic commodity We
can think Of. But the fact that the homely nu-
tritiCus slice of bread is carrying such tax load
kinda gets US down, so to speak.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
Editorials and Comment
WEDNESDAY, MARCH H. 1886
News Behind the News
ROOSeUeH Balances the Budget =.
Good Political Medicine 1t
Won't Happen Soon

WASHINGTON.-Mr Roosevelt-of all peo-
pie. as some might says building himself
reputation as champion of budget balancing.
Politically speaking, it is very good medicine
Tor him to be found insisting On living up to his
budget promises for the fiscal year 1861 while
Congress balkS and squirms at his demands for
the necessary taxation.
Presidents customarily have gained popular
strength in their battles with Congress and in
the present case Roosevelt has a popular one
budget balancing with which to work
OF course the budget isn't going to be bal
anced right away. What the president insists is
that the deficit be kept below that of 1886,
now estimated at 1924 100000 About 81 llOO-
100000 Of anticipated uneXpended balances may
already be charged up against next years deficit
and to that must be added an amount-currently
guessed at about $4,000 OOO0 0OO-for relief
To avoid adding TO those last two figures,
Roosevelt dtmandS that Congress raise $780,
100000 annually for nine years tC cover the cost
of prepayment Of bonus S5OO0000OO for the new
farm plan next year. and S5000000 900 to replace
processing taxes eliminated from governmental
receipts this year by the supreme court-which
he thinks can be had mostly from professors and
others who stood to save it under the courts
decision.
Congressional leaders who were shocked"
and surprised to near that Roosevelt wanted
them to raise more than a billion dollars needn't
have been. And the Republicans and other
budget-balancers now complaining that he won't
tell them how TO raise the money are in funny
position, because they have so often complained
Of executive dictation to Congress
Supreme Court Justice Cardozo derives
amusement from reading journalistic deductions
to the courts secret discussions and maneuver-
ings
He was reminding friend the other day how
dopesters had reported that Chief Justice Hughes
had delayed reading the majority opinion on
the hot oil case until after lunch, marking time
with transaction Of minor business meanwhile
in order not to cause commotion in the stock
market.
Hughes simply has a great aversion when
in the middle of an opinion, to calling time out
for lunch at the traditional hour of 2. So if he
sees he can't finish before lunch, he waits until
afterward to start.
New Dealers who have zealously striven to
discourage eXhorbtant corporation salaries are
sorer than ever at Chairman Jesse Jones of
RFC now that its revealed that he made Walter
j. Cummings treasurer of the Democratic ma
uonal committee. chairman of the Continental
Illinois Bank & Trust Co. and trustee of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul railroad at COM
bined salaries of 100000 a year.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
&2-9ss says
G-FRANK WATANABE
ZV5 by ED HOLDEN
b4I> ED HOlDG
OUR SIDE


A Cldish motto speaking Don't
hear what a person say-think-
ing of why he say it," For in
slant - other day the ice man
telling me how beautiful it are
to using ice to keeping food
fresh and gentle oh he Civ
ing me plenty .good excuse for
using alright and he right :.
because selling of ice are his
lively bread. Then electric
refrigerated fellow telling me
how bum it are to using ice &.
letting the electric wires did it
:. that are more better way he
say. And he are right from his
standview . because he think
ing about what side his bread
is buttoned on. So that making
hesitation of brain to me &.
Which one? That are same as
/ listen at many speech making
about best fellow for President
What to do? Shell ] vote
with electricity or put it on ice?
Thank you please!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
TEN YEARS AGO
March IL, 1926

Traffic over the plank road be-
tween Holtyille and Yuma is pro-
crossing fine under the new control
system inaugurated by the highway
patrol, according to Frank Oswalt.
Fred Nebel-Thau writing from
New York reports that Imperial VAL
ley lettuce publicity campaign is 60
ing over big in that city In addi-
ton to the usual line of posters
moving picture slides, and street
demonstrations, Nebel-Thau con-
Quoted radio programs at severa
of the city's leading stations.
Acting on the instructions of the
city council Chief Barker is having
the four button traffic system in
stalled in the business section oi
the town removed, and the old sin
gle button system replaced.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
=, Auction Philosophy >
BY ID. L. ZINN

Folks President Roosevelt ought TO say prayer every
night for Mr. Hoover praying that he will remain in
good health and good voice.
Folks the big bunch of TO the decorating com
mittee at the fair the main exhibit building and the
little heaer look fine Then some bright guy dug
little dirt out in front of the stage, made sort of
chesra pit they just stand the crowd in and around
that orchestra pit Sure works swell and they have
swell show the farm centers done themselves proud and
the oil companies Struttng their stutf the live
stock exhibit is good usual Folks, you Just got to go
up and the fair, we'll worth your time and money;
nobody tell you about it, Friday and Saturday.
will be Seen' you.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11

The increase of aiTc0nditiORiHg W of
fices, stores and homes ICHI benefit
Everyone.
Arthur Brisbane, worlds widest read
columnist, has a saying which is espe-
cially meritorious He continually re-
peats that Whatever man can imagine,
he can accomplish, or words to that
effect.
Years ago when wide distribution of
low-cost district-produced power was
first visualized air-conditioning was al
so forecast. Not air-conditioning as an
exception to the rule, but air-condition-
ing as almost a universal equipment in
homes, offices, and stores.
1t is spreading more rapidly each
season. New homes contain provision for
it, stores equip with it. Movies since
found it essential to summertime sue
cess. And now the King store, Ell Cen
tro's largest department store, has con-
tracted to pay $4,000 for plant to be
installed Immediately. Other business
houses are doing likewise. Clerks and
inside labor will benefit from cool work
ing conditions; work will be more pro-
ductive, workers happier.
That is a real benefit for the entire
valley. AS soon as cooling becomes more
widely used in homes, more people will
enjoy comfort during the hot seasons.
More will remain here rather than going
elsewhere, taking dollars from the COM
munity. Soon cheaper and cheaper
plants will be devised and 90 into the
rank and file of living quarters.
-, All of which shows that progress
goes forward despite economic reces-
sions. And it shows, also, that what
Brisbane says is true, namely that what
man can imagine, he can do
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
LO o king
B &C k w ar d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March II, 1916

Imperial high won the seventh
annual track and field meet here
Yesterday coming from behind to ov-
ertake the Central high squad.
Cooper Angel and Lyal did most OF
the scoring for the Imperial cinder
stars.
George w. Watkins filed for office
as a candidate for city trustee in
the coming city election.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March IL, 1921

Fannie Coombs, local high school
girl. who has been in the Brawley
hospital the last few days proved
herself quite a heroine by rescuing
several babies from fire in the hotel.
According to an announcement
made here yesterday there will be a
special meeting of the farm bureau
next Saturday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
AVIATION MOVES
FORWARD.

1UiatiOH mOUeS fOrUard. Small planes
are being imported from Europe and
are purchaSeabIe for $3.50. AUidtiOR
does more fOrUdrd rapidly.
It is we'll that we in the rank and file
of daily life keep an eye on aviation. Not
long ago a student of current affairs
said: 81 will forecast that in but a
very few years, most of your Imperial
Valley will travel from here to Los An
geles in an hours time That prognos
tication has every possibility of coming
true.
Aviation is progressing rapidly and
is being taken up more and more by
younger citizen elements. The high cost
Of airplanes is the most serious obstacle
to rapid advancement and now-until
Henry Ford brings out his proven sky
rider at small cost-the spotlight Is on
small air louses''. little ships made in
Europe and being brought to this coun-
try. These are being offered for as little
as $3.50. They land at % miles an hour,
cruise at 80 miles an hour and have
top speed of 20 miles an hour. Not fast,
It is true. but a beginning in the lowest
price bracket ever applied to aviation.
To be afraid of aviation is no longer
the vogue On the contrary, it is old
fashioned. Someday, Imperial Airport
will begin to justify its existence.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11

lowed a seasonal hike to California
nine wears ago. 1t read: Broad
way will never take to the cafeteria
like Los Angeles" Today the cafe
terra redominates in the city's low
riced eating laces. Even large no.
te,s seeing enormous dining rooms
emty and patrons flocking to lunch
rooms nearby, have installed self
serving inches under different names
and in two instances the intake IS
larger than that of the hotels. Such
imortants as Jules Bache, Conde
Mast and Theodore Dresser are oc-
caslonally cafeteria conscious.
90
Then we have an overahundance
of those Frenchified piano box places
itWh cutely trlcKed up silver, blood
red or snowy fronts bearing such
PARTNERSHIPS as Estelle and Leon,
Armand and Yvonne, etc. A stroll
ING guitarist or accordionist in vel
vet blouse end latticed pants plays
softly. The food is served ShoWlIy
from blue famed pots and pans.
Your next table neighbor may be
Phillip Merrivale. Or Helen Hayes,
Or other biggiues escaping the rab-
Bile. dear, dear, in high-priced lux
ury.
Gene Ahern, the folksev cartoon
/ ist. who has Americas finest set OF
etchings, decided not long ago to
have a little rural retreat to vary
life from his Hollywood home. He
invited his friends for a house
warming at ahem!, Lakeside View.
Two days later he cancelled the in
vitations by telegraph. I saw fell
low approaching the lake with
blotter," he explained.
Gelett Burgess has a pet super
stition about the good luck value
of double o's in book titles. SO in
his forthcoming novel he decided to
crowd his luck. He will call it: Too
Good Looking" Faith Baldwin is
often astronomical in her name
choices. She gets a moon, sun or
star in somewhere. Lloyd Douglas
| likes to get shadings such as Green
Light" white Banners, etc
Charles H. Norris has stuck mostly
to one syllable -WorderS such as
Brass" Seed" Bread d
Hands"
Comic papers and vaudeville zan-
les have almost laughed the over
coat with a fur collar out Of the
male wardrobe. Once a symbol OF
opulence, it's now suggestive of a
ham actor or medicine show man.
There were probably no more than
dozen seen this winter and mostly
among the high hats Of the opera
or first nights. Jimmy Walker
still has courage to wear one. So
has Roy Howard The first fur
collared evening coat at a premiere
was worn by Stanford White at the
first night of "Florodora" at the
Casino, where Evelyn Nesbit was
appearing, by the way.
Bagatelles: Cardini the card
manipulation is a steady loser at
poker EX-King Alfonso brush
| eS up on American slang reading
Variety 1t takes eight stenograph-
ers to answer Major Bowes' fan
mail Irwin Cobb has complet-
ed his annual visit to the family of
Gov Hog in Texas Louis Brom-
field can plot best in train or
steamer berth For q years.
Winston Churchill has breakfasted
on two minute egg. one thin
slice Of toast and cup OF mint
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
NEW YORK
DAY by DAY
By 0. Q. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, March 11.-A dis
tinguished observer of public reac-
ton to foibles declared at Town Hall
that no doo-dad of personal adorn-
ment was so provocative as the
bang. The demi-monde Of France
recognized this for years. So much
so. the bang is the professional
badge of the grisette.
In America, of course, the oang
does not suffer from such stigma
But that it has distinguished those
who affect it is certain. A Helen
Morgan without her witchy taSSel
is unthinkable. And this applies in
similar fashion to Irene Bordoni.
Katharine Hepburn and Miriam
Hopkins touched off bang craze
not so long ago SO devastating that
in one of the largest five and ten
cent stores there was not a sales
girl without a bang. Too, Claudette
Colbert and Loretta Young added TO
the furure
More than his craftsmanship peo-
pie refer to Elihu Roots bang. And
there is no denying the one affected
bv Charlie Falls, the artist, beStoWs
a sort of Jaanese charm. The most
pronounced of the male banks is the
| glossy, plasUered-doWn cOmicality Of
Jimmy Savo.
Sudden reflection along the Cen
Sral Park Mall: Who wouldn't want
70 be a kid again to have a pair of
those Woolen gloves whereof the
fingers are of divers hues?
New York's Youngest looking man
is Raymond Orteig, owner Of the
Mellony Cafe Lafayette where pa
irons play dominoes over thei1
| brandy and whose $4,000 prize in
spired the Lindbergh flight. Sc
! youthful indeed, he looks younger
than his two sons. Jacques Busta-
nuby is another veteran restaurateui
whose years seem ahead.
Lawrence Tibbett confessed over
! the radio that he can always clear
up the singers bugaboo, a common
cold. by standing on his head for ter
minutes. But it's not a universe.
nanacea. I have a friend who triec
it. Not only is his cold no better
but he is LAID up with a strained
tendon in his shoulder. Napolean be-
lieved in similar trick. lie. reclining
for a half hour with the legs and body
! higher than the head. he was ever
/ able to throw off a fever in this
! fashion There used to be a stere-
Otyper in East Liverpool, o. who
carried a buckeye in his pocket u
word off rheumatism. One winter
he lost it and came to the newspaper
shop in distress. He did not know
where to find another. In two day,
time he was in bed with muscular
rheumatism. Another buckeye anc
he was well.
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The ghostly Hampshire House OF
Central Park South, the new petit
coat lane and promenade for stage
and radio folk, continues it's de-
preston droop. An oyster white
modernistic miracle of stepping
towers, it was nearing finishing
touches when everything went black
Rain and melting snow now leah
through its vast interior and moth
ing is untouched by decay. Orly
one other deserted sire Sheds q
thicker gloom and that is the unfin-
ished structure on West End ave-
nue. at 72nd street. Both suggest
"hant" Bool
A Wincing line in this column fol-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
GRAB BAG

What maiden lost a foot race be-
cause she stopped to pick up three
golden apples which her opponent
dropped?
What was the name of the son
of Ulysses?
90
In what constellation of the 20
diac are Castor and Pollux to be
seen?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
Correctly Speaking

A passage more than 300 words
long, even if it constitutes single
unit of the composition, should
usually not be written as a single
paragraph, but should be divided
into two or three paragraphs of
convenient length.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
Words of Wisdom

There is not a fiercer hell than
the failure in a great object.-John
Keats.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
TOday'S Horoscope

Persons born on this day are
musical, poetic and forcefully elo-
quent.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
do

He is one of the windy lads who
pulls up in front Of Lindys for a
midnight elbow rub with Broad
ways Who's Who He hove up a
recent evening with: We'll, sir,
you'd never believe what happen
cd to me today!" Whereupon Irving
Hoffman sighed: why make us
try?"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
Answers to Foregoing Questions

|. Atalanta.
2. Telemachus.
3. The Gemini the twins.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
Famous Sayings

Perhaps The time will when the legal age for
voting will be determined not by years but by
sort of intelligence teSt"-Bruce Barton.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11

A wincing line in this column fol
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11

Churchills old stand For Rent
on a Broadway corner is symbolical
of the vast changes in the neigh
borhood. When Captain Jim Church
i'll retired from the police
force to buy the site and open his
restaurant it was believed choicest
in the Lobster Belt. When Church
i'll quit, the various rentals prom
ised an income of $4,000 year. No
one knows what happened. The
corner simply went dead leaving the
gap of lost tooth.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11

A movie director in Brooklyn
working on a short with Ernest
Truck sent hurried call to the
Lambs for six bald-headed men. A
scout went Immediately to the card
room and conveyed the message in
almost a whisper Instantly six
actors snatched off their toupees.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11

One of The chronic story tellers
came bursting into the Lambs card
room with a new one. stop me if
you've heard this" he began. And
Joe Laurie, Jr., looking up from a
pinochle game drawled: "How?'
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-11
AIR CONDITIONING
GROWS.

The increase of airc0nditiOniHg in of
fices, stores and homes CiH benefit
Everyone.
The Washington times., 1936-01-16

LEARN beauty culture: earn while you learn
Stewards Beauty System. 921 F St. NV
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
GULF COAST
BEAUTIFUL,
HISTORIC

Seldom in the course Of a few
hours does one contact as much
beauty and romance of our
nations history as on the coast
that encircleS Pass Christian,
Miss. with sapphire and silver.
You see sun-tanned adventures
sailing in little white-winged ships
and half-hear the soft chatter OF
French sailors who accompanied
them.
You see royalty fleeing the
French RevolutioniStS; CaStllllan
grandeeS dropping anchor in
Spanish galleons; brown-robed
monks bringing messages OF peace
to the red men, and bold pirates
. sneakin~ into the sheltered coVeS
on moon S nights to conceal
their plumber in the tangle of
palmetto and Sweet-Scented mag
nolia.
There is something in the souls
of men which, down through the
ages, has driven them across un-
charted seas, into dark continents,
over ice-capped m oun n S:
through jungleS of despair, blaz-
ing new trails. Sometimes 1t has
been the quest for gold; more
often it has been merely the
craving to go where no man has
been before, to see what lies on
the other side.
Spirit of Early Days.
Born of this spirit of eXplora-
ton, gold hunger, conquest, in
trigue, and sheer love of ad-
venture, the Gulf Coast today
reflects the spirit of colonial days
when the French, English and
Spanish in turn held sway.
To the emerald waters Of the
Gulf of Mexico each Summer
come sportsmen from the four
corners of the continent to en-
ter their boats in the Annual
Regatta of Yacht Clubs. For
weeks before the event the Is
miles of ultraviolet way that
stretch from Biloxi to Pass Chris
tan are lined with pleasure
craft of every description. Sea-
going yachts browse like huge
white swans beside their piers
and high-powered speedboats
drift in balmy Incidence close
to shore on waters that long
ago floated canoes of the In
dams and tiny sailboatS of the
first settlers.
The City of Presidents is the
name that has been given to
this tropical playground as far
south as Cairo, Egypt.
Here Andrew Jackson returned
for a visit while President, with
more pomp and grandeur than
might have been expected of one
with the pioneer stamp and back
ground of odd Hickory"
To these year round fishing
grounds came the great sports
man, Theodore Roosevelt, to visit
his friend John M. Parker, former
Governor of Louisiana, and enjoy
mansize fights with the giant tar
pom who flashed his silver length
in the sun as a dare to fishermen,
the game tarpon and reddish,
speckled sea trout and other salt
water varieties that challenge
those who love the scream of the
reel and the pull of an unseen
force at the end of rod.
Visited By Wilson
Here in the tranquil beauty OF
this tropical land Woodrow Will
son found peace in war-torn
world. Wilson loved the sunsets.
And sunsets at Pass Christian are
something impossible to express,
but never to forget. Here waters,
dancing emerald at morning,
great blue bowl in the MONDAY
sun, change to an incredible pur-
pie over which the sun, dropping
behind the rim of sea, casts
opalescent tints of milk and fire;
small clouds that have scampered
playfully over the heavens now
drift drowsily toward the flushing
!
The Washington times., 1936-01-16

EXCLUSIVE LEE BLVD. HEIGHTS
Large outstanding stone bungalow. 3
bed rms. glassed in sleeping porch, tiled
bath, hot water heat. oil burner. screened
porches. Up to the last minute in con-
struction. Priced under $500
j. ROBERT MOOG, 1882 Wilson Blvd
Clarendon. Va. Phones: Clar. SO5-2290
The Washington times., 1936-01-16

NEW BRICK BUNGALOW
Five rms, ami, h.-w.h.. built-in tub
and shower; stores. schools; 81 ,500-S300
cash. $40 mo. inc. int. taxes. insurance.
ROGERS & ToMPKINs. HYattsvllle $40
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
18th ST. HIGHLAND PARK

FlVe-rm brick bungalow and garage;
equipped with elect. refrig. and gas range.
Screened & weather-stripped. S695O. terms
] ROBERT MOOG
1852 Wilson Blvd Clarendon, Va.
Phones Clarendon sos or 1890
The Washington times., 1936-01-16

4-RM. & BATH bungalow. large attic cleo,
water. sewerage improved street. close to
schools 3l2 m. Wash: l0c bus fare;
$3.50; small cash payment, bal. like rent.
r. NJ. Smith. 24OS Columbia Pike. CL. 2O3S
The Washington times., 1936-01-16

NEW HOME Mr.. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
Open Daily and Evenings
Michigan Ave. & 18th Pl. N. E.
A beautiful home of rooms and . baths.
PETERS HOME
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
Educational
instruction Courses

instruction Courses 80
FRENCH professor from Paris guarantees
you to speak French after 80 lessons:
reas.; will come to your house. Cathedral
Studio 3114 Wise. Ave. CLeve. 22O9
LEARN barber trade: best instructions:
earn while you learn: positions secured.
New York Barber College. 400 Pa Ave. NV,
SHORTHAND INSTRUCTION by one of
Washingtons finest teachers: reasonable
Call between As p. M. Adams 9l96
The Washington times., 1936-01-16

dining rm, 2 bedrms.. and tiled bath.
Recreation rm., & gar Hot water heat.
$675O. Terms
J. ROBERT MOOG. 1852 Wilson Blvd.
Clarendon, Va. Phones: Clar S05-2290
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
VIRGINIA PROPERTY

Acreage and old homes and estates in
nearby Fairfax and Loudoun counties. All
prices and sizes.
HERMAN E. GASCH
923 18th st. N. w NAT 3239 1855