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Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20
News Behind the News
Clothing Becomes Political Fddder :.
Golf KnickerS Public Menace
PajGmdS Enter The Campaign :.

WASHINGTON wearing apparel of the
two U. S. senators from Mississippi is ordinarily
a matter of no great concern TO anyone but
themselves and their immediate families.
At the moment. however, it has come to be
a large issue in the primary campaign which
finds Senator Pat Harrison fighting to save
his job from former Gov. Sennett Conner
Senator Theodore G Bilbo, hero of the
back country" is the chief supporter of Con-
ner and he has been going about the state
showing pictures of Pat in golf knickers. Ac-
cording to Bilbo, these pictures are good and
sufficient evidence that Pat is no fit servant OF
the people and cannot be trusted.
That was doubtless effective in certain areas
until Pats friends resurrected a story about
Bilbo Early in 1884 Bilbo complained to police
in Memphis Tenn. that his parked automobile
had been robbed there
He enumerated among the missing ar
ticles some 40 red necktieS-moStly new-some
red pajamas some yellow pajamas, some black
paiamas with rattlesnake trimmings, and "ls
or 20 shirts, one yellow silk one gray silk, one
or two with stripes and the rest white"
"sun-tanned farmers Of Mississippi" de-
mands the Jackson CMss) Daily News. editorial
ly "ye who sit and listen to the droolng OF
poison from the lips of Blbo, IS there one
among you who ever possessed ls or 20 shirts
silk or otherwise?"
The national capital is interested in the
outcome. Harrison, administration wheel-horSe,
is an important figure in Washington.
The primary is on Aug. 25 and chances
seem to be that Pat will be returned
o
You can always depend on Frank woody"
Hockaday airway engineer from Wichita Kan,
to produce something spectacular
Wearing red swimming trunks and an Indian
headdreSS, Hockaday dumped a great pile OF
feathers in the office of Assistant Secretary OF
War Harry Woodring, a sort of a demon
stration for world peace. He is back in an in
sttution again now, but the incident recalled
pleasant memories of something Hockaday pull
ed back in 1928
About 200 persons connected with aviation
were pilgrimaging by boat to the dedication OF
the Wright brothers memorial monument in
Kitty Hawk, n. c.
1t was on a Sunday and Hockaday created
some CONSERVATION by threatening to jump
overheard unless church services were held.
Woody Won Senator Hiram Bingham was
pressed into service as the preacher.
O.
Obituary writers who turned to the Con-
gressional Directory for material after Con-
gresham Marion A. zioncheck had committed
suicide found no help there.
The representative who received so much
publicity in his latter days had been SO modest
when he first came here, in contrast to con-
gressmen who sometimes take whole page to
brag about themselves, that the biography he
inserted simply said:
Marion A zioncheck, Democrat, of Seattle,
Wash"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE INVITING BIDS

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the board
Of trustees of Central Union High
School District of the County of
Imperial, State of California, at the
office of Guy A. Weakley, principal,
in the main school building of said
district, located on Brighton Ave-
nue., in Ell Centro, California, until
1:30 o'clock P. M on the 28th day
of August, 1886, for the furnishing
of all school supplies and equipment
required by said district for its use
during the school year 1886 and
1887 All bids shall be based upon
the specifications of supplies and
equipment as shall be required by
said district on file In the office OF
said Guy A. Weakley, as aforesaid;
and each bid shall clearly state the
price at which each article of sup
plies and/o equipment will be
furnished to said school district
during the school year of 1886 and
1887, at such times and in such
quantities as the said school dis
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The supplies and equipment upon
which bids are hereby invited are
separated into the following units
Supplies
Unit l, Janitor Supplies
Unit 2, Auto Shop Supplies
Unit 3, Print Shop Supplies
Unit 4, Wood Shop Supplies
Unit 5, Gasoline for buses
Unit 6, Oil for buses
Equipment
Unit 7, Water Cooling Units
Units 8, Auto Shop Equipment
Unit 9, Print Shop Equipment
Unit 10, Wood Shop Equipment
Unit II, Physical and Biological
Science Equipment
Unit II, New Typewriters
Each bidder shall have the priv
ilege of bidding upon the articles
included in one or more units as
set forth in the specifications. Bids
shall be made on all articles in
cluded in the unit upon which the
bid is made. Bids must be made
on the articles included in each unit
separately so that one bid on 6
unit may be accepted and another
bid by the same bidder on a separ-
ate unit may be rejected, at the dis.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20
ASTOR BURLESQUE ENDS
WITH SANE DECISION

So the great Astor case has been set
tied at last. Miss Astor and DR.. Thorpe
share part-time custody of their child,
and the Judge gets full-time custody of
the famous diary; in the interests OF
public sanity, one hopes that he hangs
onto it like grim death and guards it as
he would his life.
The whole dreary case was a mess
from the start The one ray of light IN
it was the fact that the judge, sharing
the disgust felt by his fellow citizens,
finally stepped in and peremptorily told
the warning parties to work out COM
promise.
The Judge apparently realized some
thing that neither Miss Astor nor Dr.
Thorpe seemed to have any glimmering
of; namely, that the important thing at
issue was the question of the child's
future.
If the lawsuit could not work out some
means of safeguarding whatever the
youngsters dotfng parents had left of
her happiness and her chance to grow
up to a normal, happy womanhood, it
was worse than useless.
These persons had already been dl-
vorced The court was hardly concern
ed with any trysts the eX-husband may
have had with nurses, girl friends, or
whatnot, or with any romantic moments
whose ecstatic overtones the actress
confided to her diary.
Those things may have made enter
tanning reading for the keyhole section
of the public; but the community does
not pay out its hard-earned money in
taxes to support legal arenas for the
staging of Pier grudge fights.
Yet that was precisely what the case
became. Glancing at the day-by-day re-
ports of the trial, it was very hard to
believe that either the plaintiff or the
defendant was thinking very much about
the best interests of the little girl whom
they had brought into the world.
The Judge had the right idea, and
his fellow jurists might profit by his
example. For a judge is not put in
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20
J Oh Sel s'z. FRANK
: SAYS ! WATANABE
MEMORY
BY Ed HOLDEN

What have became of them memory schools Of
correspondence? Used to be big fad to calling
a fellow by he first name after meeting hlm once.
If Won could remembering % telephone numbers
the school would giving you gold button providing
YOU will give half the numbers to the president II
they were blondes. One fellow remember some
telephone numbers and he talk in he sleep his
wife heard it and phone to the next day
Heaven sake :. it Vivian. l thinking in
this world what we needing lessons in how TO
forget That the hard job all right.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-It is al
most a set phrase to speak Of beau
tiful stage stars" Yet the most
striking box office magnets of the
day are what someone has called
the unbeautiful glamour girls" On
the stage and screen it is the era OF
the ugly duckling. The girls with
out 1T.
No actress has scared to more ar
tistic heights the past few years
than Helen Hayes. She is not, of
course, difficult on eye, but she
would not carry away many beauty
prizes. Yet there is likely no one
of her period with such distinct
personal following.
Then there is Katharine Cornell,
who runs Miss Hayes a close second
in dramatic popularity. She casts
little physical appeal across the
footlights. Out of the odeum she is
the athletic type, given to tweedy
togs, sometimes even frumpish. She
jokes about the back Of her head be.
ing as flat as a pancake.
Lynn Fontanne has an exquisite
complexion-and that almost adds
up her assets in the beauty row.
But she has that indefinable quail
ity dubbed charm. Judith Ander-
son and Ilka Chase are eligible, too
for the unbeautiful glamour list.
The chorus may need beauty, but
stars do not.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

universal club Asked to step
around the corner for drink, he
said: mo, I want to get home and
catch up with my whining about
the state of the world
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

Pictures reveal Landon's an angler,
but it would seem that fishing is hardly
proper campaign technic, since they
don't pay off in November on the states
that got away.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

gle sting but because he was a fav-
orite and warm friend of my faith
er. He is among the talented en-
tertainers who can't get away from
one single effort that distinguished
him. That is his "On Again, Off
Again, Finnigan!" Just as De Wolf
Hopper could never duck reciting
Casey at the Bat" The fact is
Gillian has been an ineXhaustible
fount of sparkling wit. "Finnigan," )"
as good as it is as jingle, was
really one of his minor efforts
Gillian, by the way, has delivered
more after-luncheon and after
dinner speeches than any speaker
in America.
Thingumabobs: George Horace
Lorimer has a weakness for wind
jammer sea stories and likes to Sc.
lect them personally Bob Wild
hack, the artist, who became famous
initiating snoring, doesn't Fanny
Hurst is the earliest riser among
the fictioneers, often out walking
dG d. III. OOllIl III lin WdICl 4,
the poet, collects shaving razorS
George GerShwin likes nothing bet
ter than to be asked to play the
piano at a party.
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rather warm to the fellow in an
elevator this evening. He is mem
Der of what should be an almost
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

charge of his court merely to be referee
over brawl He is there in the interests
of the public as whole; he is there,
more plainly, to see that justice is done.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

A new film is Born to Dance. If
there is a sequel, it probably will deal
with the subsequent generation and be
titled, Born to Pay the Piper"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

The curb of freedom, instead of free
dom of the curb, is feared in Califor-
MIA city by residents opposed to auto
parking meters.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

Leon Blum's New Deal should be
worthwhile, if its AAA pays Frenchmen
for not planting underground forts.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

It's getting so a timid entomologist
daren't open a paper, lest he find the
police are on the trail in another but
terfly murder.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20
TOday's Horoscope

TOday's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are apt
to be impulsive, psychic and intui-
tive. AS a rule they want to do
everything, and have everything
done, in their own way
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20
Hints on Etiquette

Unless she is to be seated with
the family, a woman need not wear
black clothes to a funeral. She
should wear something dark.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

One Minute Test Answers
/. Hardening of the arteries.
2. U. S. senator from West Vir.
ginia.
3. Lansing.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

OIlc-huiutt ACSb
/. What is arterio-SclerosiS?
2. Who is Rush D. Holt?
8. Name the capital of Michigan.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20


Ugly ducklings on the screen have
been in the ascendency for some
time, too. The rise Of the hoyden
Patsy Kelly is notable example.
Patsy has a head of hair suggesting
last years mop, a go-funny eye,
button nose, voice like a gates creak
and a face that only a mother could
love. But she has the divine spark
of comedy and the gift OF making it
infectious. So she should worry she
is not a Maxine Elliott Certainly
Bill Fields and Wallace Beery are
not John Barrymore. Yet any pro-
ducer will jump at the chance to
let them write their own ticket. Una
Merkel, zasu Pitts and Helen Brod-
erick are also in the big pay and not
doing anything startling to uphold
the pillars Of pulchritude.
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Week end stuff: Why is it there
is always one person at a house
party everybody thoroughly detests?
90
Joe Jackson is back in America
after three years Of touring Euro
pean music halls. He was an es-
pecial Knockout in Berlin. His
tramp bicycle act has been a stand
ard vaudeville turn for Is years be-
fore the buckling of that amuse-
ment Not then nor now has Jack
son varied his costume or changed
the routine of his mattoid mood a
single iota. The truth is his is al
most the perfection Of pantomimic
art. An art that makes his audi.
ence believe he is just on the verge
of performing a feat he never ac-
complishes. Those sheepish smiles
and that triumph of futility in try
ing to put a torn cuff in his panta-
looms pockets are idiocies that never
stale. I have seen them at least
so times and whenever he is IL
town, wherever I am, go again.
Joe is the last of the mimes-and to
my notion the peer. And that in
cludes Crock, the Fratellinis and
our oWn-or, is he England's?-
Charlie Chaplin
One of my fayorite humorists is
Gillian. Not only be.
cause of his long record for gracious
u
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

One Of my fayorite humorists is
Strickland Gillian. Not only be
cause of his long record for gracious
humor that never concealed a sin
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-20

THE moon a of 2160 miles, and a gravaonal
that of the earh other words
weighing pounds earth would weigh only 20 pounds he
lived the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10

towns to pool available health funds
In order to form sanitary districts
In which full-time health service
similar to that furnished In the
larger cities may BIZ had, DR.. o.
born said. The formation OF such
districts was made possible by an
amendment to the general statutes
last year, and when the plan Is TAX
en- advantage of to full extent the
outcome, In the commissioner
opinion, Is sure to be reduction In
disease and more sanitary en-
vironment In which to live.
Certain individual physicians have
been carrying on studies OF mater
nal and infant deaths In Connects
cut In order to devise methods for
decreasing these fatalities. IN addi-
ton TO this important activity, the
committee on public health OF the
state Medical Society has greatly
assisted the maternal and infant
health fight, approved by the Chill
dren's Bureau ct Washington. The
Windhafn County Medical Society Is
actively aiding q project In that
county whereby O plan Is being
formulated that Is hoped 10 assure
the best prenatal, obstetrical and
postnatal care for ell mothers n
tho county.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10
HITCH-HIKERS TO
DRAW HEAVY fine
Penalties Vary From 81 to
$500 and From One to
Ten Days

A few years ago the hitch-hiker
was looked upon as more or less Of
o joke, but today at least is states
and the District OF Columbia have
enacted laws which to a great or
less degree handicap the art of
thumbing free transportation from
passing motorists. These states are
California, Connecticut, Delaware,
Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Mime
sofa, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsyl-
vania, Utah, Virginia and Wiscon-
sin. Penalties vary from $2.00 fine
or a day in jail to q $500 fine or
ten days In jail.
Ill Connecticut, the law does not
expressly prohibit the solicitation Of
free rides, but Is In substance a
measure to reduce trafiic hazards by
making the THUNDER remain off the
travelled portion Of the highway.
Transportation executives openly
are pressing for the elimination OF
hitch-hiking, on the contention that
Q great many Of the thousands who
daily line Connecticut highways
seeking free rides have the money
in their pockets to afford to pa
tronize transit facilities, and that
they are merely trying to save their
own money at the expense Of mo-
florists willing to take the chance
OF carrying them. The transit COM
panies make no effort to hide the
tact their fight against the prac-
tice Is one involving their own
economics. While Connecticut
Company trolleys and buses car
ried 95,000,0o0 paying passengers last
year for instance, the number Is
nearly IS per cent below what 1t
was ten years ago, and every fare
counts. If all hitch mixers who
are able to pay trolley and bus
fares but who are given free rides
by unwary motorists each day could
be made to pay for their transport,
conditions within the transit indus
try would be much better.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10
STATE DOCTORS
HIGHLY PRAISED
Commissioner Cites Indi.
vidual Efforts In Pro-
noting Programs

Individual physicians In Connec-
ticut deserve great credit for the
part they have taken In the past and
for the work they are now doing In
promoting and effecting the state
and local public health programs,
through which the general health
OF all Connecticut citizens is being
benefited. This compliment was paid
to the Individual doctors Of the state
today by State Commissioner OF
Health DR.. Stanley H. Osborn In the
weekly broadcast Of the state de-
partinent Of health.
In his talk, DR.. Osborn outlined
the role Of the physician In the pub
lie health programs which have
been increased In scope since 1924
when the Connecticut State Medical
society set up Its special COMMITTEES
on public health TO assist those pro-
grams. Physicians OF Connecticut
have always been active In their
assistance, being required even back
In the 10Th century to make weekly
reports Of cases Of diseases to the
health ofiicer. These reports are now
made daily to health officers and re-
layed to the state department Of
health, sometimes by telephone IN
the case OF some diseases In order
that prompt action may be taken u
protect the community. Most Of the
health officers are themselves physi-
cians.
Physicians. both individually and
collectively. are now engaged In d
campaign 10 prevail upon cities and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10
SOVIET RED ARMY
AIR CORPS BUSY

Moscow, Sept. 1o-(UP)-The red
army air corps today set world
record for the unit transport Of men
and munitions by airplane when by
parachutes 1t dropped 1900 soldiers,
$50 machine guns and 18 cannon In
the rear Of the enemy" during
naneuvers In the Volga region.
The men and guns were dropped In
strategic position behind the
enemy troops In eight minutes, an
announcement said. Presumably
this force, quickly appearing from
the skies, would be able to make O
highly-effective surprise attack on
the enemy.
Defenses against the sudden foray
included anti-tank traps masked
trenches, barbed-wire erltanglements
and machine gun nests.
While the "blues" and reds"
fought 1t out, their general STATS
remained under ground In "electri-
cal caverns."
"Blues" secuted the red" defenscs
cavalry and tanks forcing the
enemy" back to q new line along
the Volga.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10

Special meetings of every Holy
Name Society In the city will be held
next Monday night at 8 o'clock to
make further plans for Waterbury's
participation in the convention.
Each society will meet in Its own
parish hall
Elect Officers
Richard A. Baldwin, member Of
the Waterbury police department
and president OF ST. Margaret's Holy
Name society, was elected chairman
Of the local convention committee.
other officers named were, secre-
tary, Thomas Scadden, president OF
st. Francis Holy Name society; pub
LEFTY chairman, John p. Breblunas,
-peresident of st. Joseph's Holy
Name society. Martin j. Tehan, OF
st. Francis Xavier church, and
John p. Honan, Of st. Margaret's
church, were named co-chairmen
OF the traffic committee.
Several hundred local Holy Name
men will attend the convention as
delegates throughout the entire four
days, while hundreds Of others are
expected to attend only the rally
on Sunday, Sept. 20. Arrangements
are being made for special coaches
leaving this city in order to accom-
modate the large delegations here.
Program Outlined
In his address Father Conlon
outlined the extensive program OF
the four-day convention and said
that approximately 100000 members
OF the Holy Name societies through
out the nation would attend.
1.-THE purpose Of this convention"
he stated, us to acquaint each Holy
Name man with the societys prin-
ciples and teach him to fight such
danger as communism, socialism,
etc. 1t has been stated that 1T
Cannot Happen Here, but let me tell
you that 1t could
ut has happened In Mexico, q
one-time truly Catholic nation, and
1t Is happening In Spain, q country
which has always been known for
It's devout Catholicism. We must see
to 1t that 1t does not happen here"
he said.
Excursions
Excursion trains for the special
Sunday rally, Sept. 20, will leave
Waterbury at sos daylight time, &C
cording to an announcement made
by Martin j. Tehan. The trains will
leave New York city at 7;lo day
light time. It was also announced
that rates will be the same as that
OF the regular Sunday excursions
OF the New Haven railroad.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10

day, September 20, their places we're
not filled last night.
Two committees were named at
the short business session, both OF
which will make reports at the next
meeting.
John Talvey was named chair
man Of the nominating committee.
which will bring In q salte OF offic-
ars 10 be bAlloted on at this time.
ne Is assisted by Maurice McCar-
NV, Joseph Corcoran, John Slavin,
md John Honan.
James Arnold was appointed
6haif1nan OF the Family Outing
tonlmittec with power to name hts
syn committee, which comprises
George Corccran. ]. Bennett DAILY.
Maurice Mccarthy, Ralph Garth
walt. Gregory GilmartIn, Edgar
sleoki. Robert Kenney. Peter Lud-
MI Harry Dtovers and Robert Mcs
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10
Spotlighting
Brass CityNews
Wages

Wage increases announced by
brass companies Of the city were
brought about by the newly Or
ganized local union of brass work.
ers, according to Jess Gonzales,
executive board member Of this
district OF the international
Union Of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers. Permanent officers Of
the union will be elected at q
closed meeting to follow an open
meeting Saturday night OF 7:30
O'Clock ct Workmen Circle hall.
The Ave per cent increases In
hourly and piece work rates an
nounced by the American Brass
company, the Chase Brass and
Copper company and the Scovill
Manufacturing company will add
nearly O million dollars to the
annual payroll for waterbury
workers, 1t Is estimated.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10
Convention Pleases
Local Republicans
Delegates Supported Brown For Gubernatorial Nomi-
MISUNDERSTANDING Not Represented on Ticket

cratic governor, Wilbur L. Cross.
Some republican chieftains feel that
this will give the democrats a big
opening In the state campaign. An
other puzzling move was Mr.. Rora-
backs trip to Groton last night to
visit the democratic state conven-
ton and say hello to the governor.
Waterbury and nearby towns
have no representation on the re-
publican ticket selected yesterday.
The only New Haven county man
named George Decenzo. Of New Ha-
ven, candidate for secretary Of
state.
The local congressional convention
Of the republicans was held last
night, eight delegates and eight
alternates being named for the 5th
district congressional convention.
Attorney ]. Warren Epson, town
chairman will receive the local
votes and Is thus far the favorite
for the nomination.
The complete state ticket adopted
by the republicans follows:
dovernor-Arthur M. Brown,
Jewett City.
Lieutenant Governor - Albert E.
Lavery, Fairfield.
Secretary Of state-deorge De-
cenzo, New Haven.
Treasurer. Sedgwick Tracy,
Falls Village.
Observation-Disclosures e. HARDWOOD,
Chester.
Congressman -Large-Francis A,
Pallotti, Hartford.
Presidential electors-DeWitt Page
of Bristol, Robert Hodge Of West
Haven, Annie Burr Jennings Of
Fairfield, Mary Hooker Of Hartford
George Clark, Of Plymouth, Henry
B. Plant Of New London, Sumnef
Simpson of Bridgeport and Robert
e. Noyes Of Pomfret.