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Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02
Answers to Foregoing Questions

hI.S"tfS tU TUftSUfIfS RuCStfUffS
l. Hector.
2. Contagion is the communica-
ton of disease from body to body
directly or Indirectly. Infection
is the communication of disease,
especially by agency of atmosphere
or water.
3. Walt Whitman.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02
Famous Sayings

Modern government has become an instrument thru
which citizens may apply their reasoned methods of
prevention in addition to methods Of correction
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02
TOday's Horoscope

Persons born on this day are
quiet and think deeply, as gen.
eral rule, but they have high tenn
pers and may act under ill-advis-
ed impulses.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02
EAST SIDE SCHOOL

| made a horse. | made a rabbit
The horse was brown. The rabbit
was yellow. Robert Rodriguez,
Americanization.
I made a dog and a rabbit
Jesus Comacho, Americaniaztion.
[ made a coW.-Jose Loya.
I made a rabbit-Pablo Lopez,
Americanization.
I made big cowboy. He was rid
ing big brown horSe.-Willie VAL
enzuella, Americanization.
We made umbrellas out of orange
paper and crayolaS. They were
rain umbrellas. - Arthur Prince,
Kindergarten.
/ made big green Oleatha
Byrd, Kindergarten
Last Saturday was George Wash
ington's birthday. Our teacher
read to us about George Washing
ton. He helped TO make our coun-
try free.-Walter Wagner, Grade
d.
|. Yesterday III our room ! made a
picture Of lady who lived at the
time OF George Washington. She
used powder to make her hair
White.-Goncha Leyva, Grade a.
Friday Mr.. Stocks room played
Mr.. Princes room game of baS-
ketball. The whose school was out
at 2:30 to see the game Mr.. Princes
room won. 1 enjoyed the game very
much.-Theodore Wright, Grade a.
This morning our teacher read us
a story. 1t was from Our Weekly
Reader" 1t was about Jack Frost
Joy Shaw, Grade q.
Our teacher said that we are 60
ing to have a test on the multipli-
cation tables every day. She is go
ing to put the two best papers OF
the bulletin board. Every day she
is going TO put different papers up
Wednesday she put up Eva Leyvas
and Thomas Lewis papers. They
got 100,-Jimmy Cassillas, Grade 5.
Every Monday our teacher gives
US poem to learn. This week We
are learning America for Me-" We
have until Friday to learn the poem
and then we write it on Friday
Jesus Dominguez, Grade 5.
Our teacher puts maxim on the
board each week. This week we
have this one, Better suffer fol
truth than prosper by falsehood. ,
| like to learn them because III
know lot of sayings when / grow
older.-F'rank Mccoy, Grade 5.
We have a monitor for each row
in our room. When the bell rings
for us to go outside, the monitor
goes to the front of the row to see
If the floor is clean. If the floor is
clean, the monitor stands in thf
front of our row and then the
teacher let's us go. I like this very
much. I hope I'll get to be a mon
itor soon-Manuel Singh, Grade 5.
impose single tax on land in a
five-year period. This will mean
that all other taxes, including gas
taxes, taxes on improvements, etc,
will be eliminated and the newt
able result will be the confisca-
tion of all land by the State"
Gabbert said that during the
present biennium the State of
California will make subventions
to the counties of more than two
hundred seventeen million dollars,
more than half of the anticipated
expenditures for the biennial Pc
riod.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02
Correctly Speaking
Words of Wisdom

When a man assumes public
trust, he should consider himself
as public property.-Thomas JEFF
ferSon.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 = Having
Just seen an old friend off for his
home town I returned through the
boil of the evening rush with a
back yonder tingle. A sort of tug
for the quiet of peaceful village
in contrast to the galloping mad
ness of the current scene!
Our town cleayes to the sWerVe
of a river bend and is never SO Sc
rene as during that hour between
thin lemon sunshine and purpling
dusk. While New York releases its
hordes in maddening eruption our
town merely dries up like rain on
the Sahara.
There is no greater peace than
that which descends on the small
town when day is done 1t becomes
Wrapt in a calm that is breathleSS.
The eyen-song of birds, the murmur
of trees, the noises of the street
seem to whisper respectful acco-
lade to dying day.
No sound l have heard has the
exquisite poignant about the valiant
efforts of cricketS to chirp an over
tone of cheer.
I've known the city many more
years than the small town and it's
possible my occasional nostalgia Is
specious sentimentality It is al
ways at shutdown and seems incur
able. I think want to go back but
shrink from going-fearful ! shall
miss the roars and excitements that
| make city detestable yet hypnotic
10
| read my home daily regularly
| A personal item that the Squire
Maucks, Harry Maddy and others
| know have been guests at this party
and that whelpS a longing yet |
know so many passing years have
lapSed our friendships into mutual
restraint. 1t would take weeks TO
get back on the familiar, long ago
basis. Several years ago I ran into
a fellow with whom I had spent in
| Vulnerable hours, hours that ran in
TO days and days into weeks, when
| each was younger. 1t was an
affectionate and joyous reunion
that is for about half hour. Then
| We ran out of talk. We forced q
cordiality and interest we did not
feel and finally made excuses and
| drifted off. We should not have
tried to bridge the gap in one meet
ing. Something happened neither
| could explain. We have met several
times since, but always with a flick
of embarrassment. We would have
been better off with only our mem
cries.
In three e-sheeting the small town
/ am conscious life's pattern there
can be deadly dull. I know the
monotony of the porchy folk
'ketchin' up with their sittin," the
narrowness that often creates ven
omous talk and boredom. Yet my
moments of greatest ennui have
been in such cities as New York,
London and Paris. My wife and I
once fled from Berlin, whittier We
had gone for month, in "a hours,
overwhelmed by the emptiness of
its royal pageantry and pomp. I've
never remained in a small town 43
hours without feeling of kinship
and sneaky notion it would not
be bad to remain permanently.
90
My small town, of course, was
that Of Is years ago. Since then
has come the civilizing influence
of the movie, the radio, the auto
mobile. Frontiers are completely
abolished. My town was the berg
of the Sunday suit, the dollar ex-
cursion, the county fair, the river
show boat and the Kitty Bellaire
Repertory Company. The onyx soda
fountain with its silvery row Of fas-
cinating flayors included that one
of eternal mystery labeled IT Don't
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02
TEN YEARS AGO
March 2, 1926

Fire of undetermined origin, gut
ted the grocery store owned by w
j. B. Harvill at Eighth and Parb
streets last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March 2, 1921

Yesterday a number of slogans
for the city and valley were sub
mitted to the chamber of COM
merce. They are being consider
ed and if any of them are used
announcement will be made in a
few days.
-OO
The civic Improvement commit
tee of the chamber of commerce
will have complete charge of the
luncheon next Wednesday accord
ing to decision reached by Di-
rectors last night. Ross T. Hickox
will be in charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02

Governor Abelardo Rodriguez of
Lower California denied that he
had issued an 'ultimatum threat
ening to close the International
border between California and
Lower California cities unless the
U. S. government lifted the early
closing order at the Mexicali and
Tia Juana gateways. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-02
HARDING SCHOOL

Miss fkenberry's third grade is
STUDYING about the boys and girls Of
China They have learned how they
dress and how their schools are dif-
ferent than ours.
The little Chinese children have
signs for their alphabet. Their
mothers do the teachers washing
and sewing. The teachers scold the
children when they don't come To
school even If they are sick, unless
the parents come TO eXplain.-Phyl-
lis Maxwell
once upon a time there was a
little Chinese boy whose name was
Flea. He went to school in the ear
ly morning and helped with the
work. then he began to study. He
studied aloud and if he didn't make
as much noise as the rest he got
a rap on the head.-Marllyn Tison.
The Chinese boys and girls bow
To their teachers when they arrive
at school. They sit on the floor in
stead of in desks. They use brushes
and ink to write with. Their work
is harder than ours because their
alphabet has over 1000 signs in 1t.
Their school lasts II months-Bet-
ty Scott.
Our class went TO Vencills' dairy.
We went i'll six cars. We saw 100
COWS being MIXED by electricity We
saw them bottle and double cap the
milk by electricity. The men wore
white clothes. The ranch was very
clean. We saw little calf only an
hour old It's mother was washing
it with her tongue and trying TO
make it stand up. Mrs. Vencill gave
us some milk TO drink. We had lots
of fun and we wish we could go
there again.-Mrs. Reid's second
grade.
Once a little girl lived in a little
shack. Her name was Lola May.
She had little dog. One day she
went outside Just as she went out
in the road a car was coming py
fast. As it was about to hit her her
dog caught her dress and dragged
her out of the street - Dorothy
Shannon
One day l was playing out in the
Ya1d. | heard my mother call me
When l got there she told me thai
we were going to visit grandmother
told her that I was glad because
there I can ride the pony. I can
also play with the pup. His name
is Jack Dick and I can feed the
chickens and play in the pasture
Barbara Briggs.
Have you ever been on a farm?
Let's take a journey tc \ farm. There
are many fields. In these fields
there are all kinds of grain. There
is wheat. alfalfa, corn and mustary
We saw some ponies. There was
the cutest little pup you ever saw
We saw colt too.-Leslie Horton.
We went to the farm Saturday
afternoon and caught fish. There
was baby calf born in the stable
We went to see it but it was pretty
little.-Henrietta Gomez.
The class as a whole is studying
about the not, dry countries. Since
weaving is an important industry
of those countries they are maxim.
a real Persian rug on a small loom
1t is lots of fun TO weave on it.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
Heat Flies Right Out of To'on
Before Stars ''Heat Chaser

The stars Heat Chaser" chased
the heat right out Of town yesterday
and the cold-drink relief truck took q
holiday today when the Thermometer
had risen only to "a degrees ut IL am.
But every day the sun shines hard
the truck, which Is lent by the Chevy
Chase Chestnut Farms Dairy, will
make it's humanitarian tour, carrying
cool drinks until the officers put their
coats back on for good.
In it are carried tin tubs filled with
ice and bottles Of orange Juice and
soft drinks, as we'll as iced water, free
Of charge for any and all enforcers Of
the law.
In droves the police crowded around
the "heat chaser" yesterday and
gulped their refreshment, handed out
free Of charge by Hope Batcheller,
who fshed bottles Of the beverages
from tin washtubs filed with Ice.
They drank II quarts Of orange
Juice, and two cases Of soft drinks,
served In paper cups from the rear Of
the heat chaser.
The thirtiest crew were . group Of
policemen arriving ut the farst pre-
cinct station ct the end Of their days
duty.
When the heat chaser parked in
front Of the building, out came On
GERS A. B. Nicholson, B. r. Knapp.
John A. Meyers. w. A. Diers and
Samuel r. Smith. Lieut.. Robert
Pearce stood In the doorway beside
Desk Oficer Charles Van Meter and
waved his crew toward the truck.
That's wonderful" said Smith,
Evening star., 1936-07-31

dal," the afidavit read In one place.
In another, It said, "I wanted TO be
able TO see George for the rest Of his
stay here without being upset"
Miss Astor, easily the star Of this
court room drama, despite the recital
Of DR.. Thorpe's alleged romantic IN
terludes with four women, nlled the
room with electric tenSity when she
took the stand.
woolley led her quickly over the
months Immediately following her di-
vorce from DR.. Thorpe in April. 1885.
He had already admitted she paid
the bills for Marylyn's support and
had the child at her home, although
the court had awarded guardianship
to him. Miss Astor corroborated this.
but denied her ex-husband had o.
fered to pay any Of the bills.
Tells Of Discipline"
Then she was brought to the rela-
tionships she and DR.. Thorpe had
with the little girl.
Between April IL and October TO-"
Woolley asked, did he ever try 70
discipline the baby?"
Always" said Miss Astor. AL
ways. 1t seemed to me that there was
always something wrong to him in
the way she acted"
How did he discipline her?"
He would jerk her roughly to her
feet. He spanked her-he shook her
until her teeth rattled-her hps were
cut-her little body was covered with
bruises"
She broke dswn and woolley waited
\ moment.
In a moment she recovered and
woolley left that point.
Miss Astor said DR.. Thorpe threat.
ened her "in a terrible scene" on
another occasion, demanding that q
nurse be discharged because she as
sertedly was cooperating with the
mother in turning her away" from
her father.
There was time when was very
busy" the actress said, working hard
on two pictures. Sometimes I would
come in late, after her bedtime. Even
then, I'd 60 into her room to tuck
her in and have Just that little glimpse
OF her"
She related another severe argu-
ment with DR.. Thorpe, incurred, she
said, when he took the baby one Sum-
day and kept her up after her bed
time. "I fought It out with him
then" she said. II had been afraid
to, before"
Evening star., 1936-07-31

smacking his lips after . draught OF
orange juice.
Come back every day." urged
Diers.
That's what I've been waiting for. T"
chimed in Nicholson.
Lieut.. Pearce and Van Meter stood
in the doorway. 1--WE can't come out, !"
they shouted. Miss Batcheler brought
the refreshments into the station
house, where the two members Of the
force downed their pint apiece.
The truck halted at rs intersections
In its six-hour peregrination. A nom
policeman guest was served at Wis
consin avenue and M street.
Oficer w. B. Hollinger was on duty.
Have a drink" he was urged. Sure.
that's great" he replied. "But how
about my friend"
His friend was D. w. House, Capital
Transit crossing inspector. Each
gulped his chilled afternoon tea"
'T1l be here every day." said 8. w.
stickley, who guides trafic at the busy
corner Of Massachusetts, avenue and
North Capitol street. He wiped his
mouth between swallows of root beer.
II like this idea fne."
Evening star., 1936-07-31
MARY ASTOR TELLS
OF CHILD CRUELTY
Says Ex-Husband Shook
Baby Girl "TiII Her Lips
Were Cut"
B, the Assce ceiated Press.

LOS ANGELES, July S1.-Mary
Astor's dramatic description of a joyous
mother and child relationship was ir
the record today, superimposed on g
picture Of physical punishment and
mental castigation which she said DR.
Franklyn Thorpe inflicted on Their
baby girl.
The trim screen actress and tn:
surgeon, who divorced her last year
are struggling for custody Of chubby
Marylyn Thorpe, who has Just passed
her fourth birthday.
"He shook her until her teeth ratified,
the actress said. Her lips were cut
and there were bruises on her little
body"
Her anguished statement brought
juggling chins and wet eyes to Close
packed audience, among whom was
Miss Astor's Hollywood colony friend
Ruth Chatterton.
DR.. Thorpe was sitting directly n
front Of his former wife. When she
made these assertions he glanced al
his two attorneys, first at one. ther
the other.
They were smiling sardonically.
George Kaufman" Question.
This was the high point of three
nights Of testimony, which has beer
adjourned until Monday morning.
Another ripple Of anticipation
passed over the crowd when Attorney
Joseph Anderson, representing DR.
Thorpe, asked the nursemAid. Nellie
Richardson:
do you know George Kaufman"
Immediately Mary Astor's repre-
sentative, Roland Rich woolley, was
on his feet shouting objections.
That's only an attempt to scandalize
innocent persons" he cried. Its i'm
material and beside the point"
Judge knight Overruled Him.
The significance Of this point lay
In the fact that o written statement"
attributed to Miss Astor in an afi-
davit filed by DR.. Thorpe told Of an
Illicit love affair with . man named
George"
IT love George and the least I can
do 10 save him from . messy scam
Evening star., 1936-07-31
MISPLACED PROFIT
TRADE PACT Peril
Escape Clause Provided II
Third Countries Flood
u. S. With Goods.

Reciprocal trade agreements,
negotiated By the Democratic Gd.
ministration. hape become an tssua
In the present campaign, the
Republican platform Jdporing re-
peal OF the Idip under sDhtch
they tDere concluded. This series
OF articles attempts to present the
results OF the treaties as indicated
By available figures on foreign
commerce. The series 10 not pre-
sented as an argument for or
against the treaties.
The article iDhich Jollous 10 the
strth OF the series.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
Former Representative Dies.

LEWISTON. Me-, July 81 R.-
Daniel ]. Mcdillicuddy Of Lewiston.
Democratic member Of the United
States House Of Representatives from
1911 to 1916, died yesterday after an
OPERATION. He was 76.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-13
SOIL IMPROVEMENT
AID TO PROSPERITY

Elizabeth City, April 13-The new
sNil-improvement program is of vital
interest to farm women, F. H. Jeter,
agricultural editor at State College,
told the Albemarle district federation
of home demonstration clubs here
Thursday.
In addressing the ninth annual
Injecting of the federation, Jeter
pointed out that your standard of
living and the welfare of your chill
dren depend upon the fertility of your
land"
He recounted brief history of agri
culture .durin gthe days of the great
southern, plantations when the land
was rich with the fertility of new
grounds.
Then, by way of contrast, he told of
the poverty and squalor found today
in sections where the land has been
worn out with no effort made to re-
store its original fertility.
Either we must about face or we
will degenerate as a rural citizenry,"
he declared, land nothing is so pathe-
tic as a degenerate rural section. AS
the soil is, so are the people.
Improve your land and increase
your incomes, and your standard of
living will rise. 1 maintain that farm
women will have all the desired con-
veniences and improvements when
they have the money with which to
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-13
ALL STATE OFFICES
TAKE FULL HOLIDAY
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.
" Il a. RASES EsW(V'EVT


Raleigh, April 13.-All State depart
ments and offices are closed here to-
day as result of the usual Easter
Monday holiday granted to all state
employees. Many of those living else
where took advantage of the long
weekend and left here Saturday aft
ernoon for their homes, in order to
spend Easter Sunday there. Those
who live too far from Raleigh to go
to their romes either remained here
or took weekend trips to places near
er by.
Governor j. G. B. Ehringhaus left
here Sunday afternoon for Washing
ton, and planned to board a plane
there today to fly to Grand Rapids,
Michigan, where he will make an adj
dress tonight under the auspices of
the National Democratic Committee.
1888 = First Civilian Conservation
Corps recruits assembled in the East.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-13
ROADS CLOSED BY
HIGH WATER OPEN

Raleigh, April 13.-All Of the vari-
Gus highways in the State which were
closed last week by high water and
washouts were expected to be opened
again either today or tomorrow, the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission indicated today. Some six
additional roads were closed Saturday
because of high water, but it was be-
lieved the water would fall sufficient
ly over the weekend to permit travel
over these, roads today or by tomor-
row at the latest. Most of these were
in the southeastern part of the State
along the lower course of the Cape
Feal. and its tributaries.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-13
CHAPTER 10

HAD BEEN telling Van Every
that Young Barrimore had shot him
self.
my fault that the ruby story
got out. Vaughan" Van Every de-
clared. Entirely my fault I was
pleased, Of course, that I had the
ruby. I told my lawyer-I swear
couldn't keep it to myself. 1 was
pleased as a small boy with a new
bicycle. You don't know. AS say,
told my lawyer and he must have
tipped off the papers. At any rate
when the reporters came to see me
about the ruby told them the story.
Who wouldn't? But was careful in
what said. I didn't tell them from
whom I purchased it. The purchase
price. yes, but not the former owner.
would have had to tell them too
much. AS it was 1 probably went
too far. But now, I'm not so fond
of my ruby. I can't bear to look at
It. You don't blame me? 1 shall sell
it as soon as can. I had planned to
keep the stone, never let anyone
wear it. I was going to let it lie in
lily S1ASLy 0CPOSIC OOA Will lily QUIET
Jewels, glad only in the knowledge
that had it. admit that last night
J. was somewhat concerned when
Miss Younger took it and put it on.
But not so much. The stories about
the ruby were just stories, thought.
There could be nothing to them.
Now. I know there is something to
them. I'm positive Of it. as positive
as that I'm sitting here talking to
you"
II think you're wrong. Van
Every" I said. Somebody wanted
to murder Margalo. She would have
been murdered anyway. regardless of
the fact that she wore the ruby"
"You can go on thinking that, but
can't. I'm not going to have the
ruby around. not going to let Joyce
wear it as she wants to, to prove
that my theory is false"
"She wants to wear it," I ex-
claimed.
"She begged me all during lunch
to let her wear it. You must talk to
Keyes. You must. Vaughan. I
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-13
READ. THIS FIRST:

Mdygalo Younger, an actress. is
found murdered in the home of DoaO
Van Every. q collector of rare jelceis.
acith sharp needle-like instrument
at the base of her brain. The only
persons in the room at the time OF
the murder aCe.e Van Erery. lUhom
she had Just met. and Gary MdW0-
han. old friend of hers and an dc-
qLGintdnce OF Van EUery. Against
his tciSheS, she had been Wedrin @
Van Every'S famous Camden ruby.
aOhic7s he described as "mMrder
stone, as he recOunted its 0rWeSome
history to his audience of taco. De-
tective KeyeS questions Vaughan,
Van Every, the l0tter's niece, joyce.
qch0 ireS in the house. and her
elderly companion, Laura Randall.
MGughdn, fCho is anxious to help
sOlve the murder, learns from Mar
00l0's maid that a Roy Bdrrim ore
has called on the dead actress fire.
QWently Vaughan then goes to De-
tectiVe Reyes office for further qWes-
tioming. The detcctiVe calls in Allan
Foster, JoVce's tfGnce, for question:
inc. KeveS and Vaughan learn that
Foster at one time tUas in Iove a1ith
the dead actress. Laura Randall calls
on DetectiCe KeUes to volunteer some
Information. A phone call to the de-
fecti1e brings the report that Roy
BdrrimOre, close friend of M0r0dlo,
has shot himself. Vaughan tells
Van EUery that clipping about the
Camden rn0y had been found II, Mar
0alo's pocketbooE, Indicating her in
terest IN the stone before she eUer
kmetc Van EUery.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-13

pay for them"
w. o. Saunders, editor of the Eliza
beth City Independent, introduced
the speaker, pointing out some of the
Things the State College extension
service is doing for rural women
through it's crops of home agents and
the home demonstration clubs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-13
CONTROL DISEASES
OF SWEET POTATO

College Station, Raleigh, April 10
Measures, for controlling sweet pota-
to diseases should. begin at bedding
time said DIR. Luther Shaw, extern
sion plant pathologist at State Col
lege.
The first, and one of the most i'm
portant steps, he said is to select
healthy, vigorous potatoes for bed
ding.