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and acting under my instructions, and evinced no
interest in money. She used to make stenographic
reports of conversations, take carbon copies of
letters and reports of field workers and mail this
information to every night.
1t seems the party wasn't eating any too regu-
larly, although the leading spirit Gan Austrian)
made heroic efforts to keep great pot of stew on
the gas range in the kitchen at all times. Also, the
party was supported by voluntary donations from
its membership, and inasmuch as its membership
comprised men and women mentally unstable
they couldn't possibly have held job had they
secured it, they were always broke and the contri-
buttons were pretty dscouraging. Like Mr. Kip
lings "Bander-log," they made great plans, but
Immediately forgot them to make an even greater
plan.
Their most ambitious plan, during the six weeks
my spy worked at headquarters the aiding
and abetting of strike in auto-body plant in
Oakland, California. The employees of this plant
had struck of their own accord. Being solid Ameri
can workmen whose motto (paraphrasing
Omar Khayyam) NOR heed the rumble of distant
bum," they settled the strike of their own accord
and went back to work.
The Communist Bander-log was Disguised with
them, but cheerfully set about to foment strike
in the Southern Pacific shops, for which purpose
they managed to introduce on the Southern Pacific
shop payroll man whom they regarded as tops in
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15

the gentle art of agitation. My spy reported this
man one usually hungry, with no sense of humor
and obviously psychopathic He was just chronic
crouch. tipped the Southern Pacific police to his
activities and they bounced him promptly
\ AZ SPY lost her job when the Comrades, led by
WI Anita Whitney, but recently convicted of sym
dicalism and pardoned by the governor, held
parade to encourage Chinese Communists in
Chinatown San Francisco They had no permit to
parade and the police always referred to the
Cossacks) broke it up, and my spys boss received
a clout on the head from billy and was arrested
and couldn't secure bail. The cops also visited
headquarters and upset 1.-THE pot of stew and broke
the kitchen table that served as DESK the firm
which rented the typewriter re-possessed it and
so, the job having persisted of inanition, my spy
quit and all I had was some frst-hand knowledge
of some harmless unatics and about 5000 worth of
laughter.
In my youth l employed in lumber and
shipping Offices in San Francisco If the word Com
munist had been coined then, number of shipping
men would have applied it to Mr.. Andrew Furuseth,
secretary and sole leader of the Sailors Union of
the Pacific Andy, as he was affectionatey known
to his union, has never been labor skate. He is
too honest, too brave, too much the dealist for
that. In those days, the crews of steam schooners
ate their meals out on deck. The food was placed
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15
Letter Contest on Question Of Larger Babies Roses Readers
Replies Indicate Wide Divergence Of Opinions On Value Of Bigger Human Beings

DABIES are BIG NEWS! This is proved by the
response received on 1.-THE Biggest and Small
est Baby story which ran in recent issue of this
magazine.
S25 prize for the best ideas on babies Of
fered and the mail bags have been overfowing
with readers contributions from the Canadian to
the Mexican border-and they're still coming in!
And what ideas they arei
Here is Mrs. Emily B. Gerlough, of Palo Alto,
California who says, IAN opinion should have
basis in scientific fact and data. You ask, we
gain mentally as well as physically, or will we, as
race, begin to go downhill in our mental ac-
complishments our size gradually increases?
The question has been partly answered by history.
Even since the middle ages, the stature of men
has so noticeably increased that the armor worn
by the knights is much too small for mod
ern men that it is next to impossible to find men
who can get into arrnor! doubt whether our
taty has decreased at the same rate Though we
are at times tempted to believe it,"
1 IRS. HARRY H. COLLIER, of Tacoma, Wash,
M says, Babies today are smaller at birth than
those of two or three generations ago." but adds
the comment that they grow larger AFTER birth,
due to proper care and feeding.
Mary L. Mitchell, of Burbank, California, says
that "all down through the years find the small
weak child, at birth, becomes the healthiest and
brightest" This she attributes to the and at
tention which delicate babies are given.
Mrs. A. M " (who doesn't want her name used),
of Garibaldi, Oregon telling about growth of
babies says, my oldest son grew seven inches in
one year, between his eleventh and twelfth birth
days. He was six feet, two inches at twelve"
Mrs. A. Walker Boyde, of Puyallup, Wash. OBJ
ects to large babies at birth, declaring "seven
eight-pound babies are large enough for any
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people know the sketchiest rudiments of the
policies of Communism. A man or a woman, fight
ing blindly for something conceived to be a right
withheld is not apt to be discerning in the matter
of leaders, so the Communist takes command. Few
people realize that command is nearly always
corded to those who assume it.
While 1 am violently opposed to Communism
and advocate swift and dire punitive measures in
the cases of actual Communists-and particularly
those who are not even citizens of our country
still long years of quiet observation of human ma
ture incline to the belief that the present Juror
over Communism in this country is tempest in
teapot. Once had access to nest of foreign Com
munists and what discovered was very amusing.
A WOMAN know answered an advertisement
- for capable secretary to work for a literary
man and was invited to call and discuss the job.
She found a shabby, dreamy-eyed man in
sparsey furnished fiat that reeked of stew with
plenty of onions and garlic in it. This man sat on
kitchen chair behind kitchen table, which was
his desk. He was little guarded in stating the
nature of his literary work but following consid-
cradle questioning along political lines the lady
made up her mind she was at Communist head
quarters. Finally she accepted the job at S25
week, and then came and told me about it. begged
her to become a Communist and ascertain for me
the true inwardness of this queer creed.
At first the Communist chief and the queer men
and women who frequented headquarters were sus-
picious of her, but she went to work and in two
weeks exhibited so much sympathy with the Cause
that presently they were calling her Comrade. She
collected her first weeks pay but they were four
days late with the second check. When the third
payday rolled around they could only give her
$1S. But she didn't care. She was on my payroll
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of the United States were born under the sign:
Andrew Jackson March 15th), James Madison
March 18TH and Grover Cleveland March 18TH.
Among other famous persons born in Aries may
be mentioned ST. Patrick March 17th), Amerigo
Vespucci, who gave his name to this continent
March 18TH; John Calhoun March 18th, states
man; ST. Benedict March 21st) who founded the
Benedctine Order; David Livingstone March 19),
African explorer Rinisky- Korsakov March 18th),
Russian composer; Henrik Ibsen March 2Oth),
dramatist; Charles William Eliot March GOTH,
Harvard educator and Johann Sebastian Bach
March 21st), composer.
YOUR DAILY GUIDE
SUNDAY: An active fortunate day; many OPP
portunities appear.
MONDAY: thoroughly delightful day when
all matters may be successfully pushed
TUESDAY: Another excellent day, inspira-
tonal. Good for business connected with Others
Avoid haste.
WEDNESDAY: Morning good; afternoon cratic
and upsetting.
THURSDAY Energetic and cooperative, but
make haste slowly.
FRIDAY: Finish up old tasks and make plans
for new. Romance is favored.
SATURDAY.: Strange, mystifying events hap
pen in the world around this period. Postpone i'm
portant ventures.
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her tongue in her cheek when she started little
short story on babies. 1t begins like this
'Dr. Science bent lovingly over his test-tubes.
His long, supple fingers handled them carefully.
He mixed the contents of three tubes watching,
waiting.
"A Chairman came in.
Look! he cried laughing namely This paper
dated 1936-picture of a baby Weighed ii
pounds and ounces at it's birth Such a puny
thing And they think it Target"
Mrs Ruth M. Jones, of San Rafael, California,
declares that we are mot producing larger babies
but raising them better and bigger
\ AARTiN H. HERLICK, of Glendale California,
wi says, Good physicians and surgeons are
needed for humanity in certain cases. But when
they start tampering with nature Gods chidren),
through injections-Watch out! The pen health
and brains rule the world, not size brute
strength"
Mrs. Genevieve Moffat of Port Angeles Wash,
wants to know why would be happier making
our children larger, and adds THE doctors would
be 'tinkering' with fe And life should be left to
the One who knows where it came from and where
it goes"
Mrs. Ethel Duckett, of South Fork California
asks, what does the Bible, the word of God the
only sure authority, say upon this subject? Since
sin entered the world, the race has been growing
smaller Originally man was very tall There were
giants at the time of the flood Gen. 6 40 and in
Moses day (Deut. 2:10-1D, Og, king of Bashan
$500 years after Creation, had an iron bed 1872
feet long and six feet wide (Deut BID.
Joseph F. Derham, of Ojai, California declares
that IMAM can control the clockwork of nature to
some extent and willfuy produce certain types of
physical phenomena, such as large or small
persons"
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story that has 70 do with COM
munists. The strikes by the itin-
Grant laborers, who harvest our
cotton, fruits and vegetables
have got the farmers stirred up,
while the strikes of longshore-
men and marine workers have the
merchants and shipowners and
shippers worried.
In the old days we used to label
men and women who fomented
strikes, demagogues, radicals and
Socialists. Now they're all Com
munists, albiet I verify believe not
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Babies babies, babies! The world is certainly interested
in Them judging by the to the in
these columns for opinions the subject of the large
baby the small baby And here's quite normal
young lady Miss Susan Gay Finch to add interest to the
discussion.
mother to give birth to- They have whole life
time in which to grow. For example, one of my
relatives, who weighed less than three pounds at
BIRTH small enough to be Graded in cigar box,
now tops the rule at six feet two, and tips the
scales at $50 pounds"
4 /RS. CHARLES CHAMBERS, of Visalia, Cali
WI fornia, writes that she was born in 1873 and
has had IL children Six Of these have died, but,
she says, her first child who is now six feet three
inches, weighed II pounds at birth" So, you see,
big babies are no novelty to some old-fashioned
women
Retta E. Ewers, of Riverside, California, had
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HOROSCOPE
Famous People Born This Week
by LAURIE PRAH=

THIS week sees the start of spring, the astro-
] logical New Year which comes with the Vernal
Equinox day, around the 21st of March each year.
All those born from March 21st to April Goth
are marked with Aries characteristics, notably
capacity to lead direct and initiate, since this is
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the first and most commanding
of the zodiacal signs.
A fiery, impulsive, enthusiastic
and somewhat headstrong atti-
tude is typical of Aries people
The intellectual powers are large
and very active, since Aries rules
the head and brain.
Ambition, self-assertion, love
of adventure and change are
prominent. Leaders, pioneers and
crusaders of all kinds are born
under this most enterprising and
fearless sign.
No less than three presidents
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'eter B. Kyne Says Communism Scare Tempest In Teapot
Famous Westeyn AHtb0r
Thinks Present Fnr0r
old Stuff in Ne1V Gnise

(For the novels and fiction stories of Peter B.
kyne have been by thousands throughout the world
Now readers Of this magazine have the opportunity to
see another side of this outstanding Westerner His color
full has kept him in touch with every walk Of te
hence the value of his observations the passing scene
The EditorO
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15
BY Peter 8. kyne

COR the past two years people on the Pacific
Coast, and particularly in California, have
rarely picked up newspaper without finding
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90 Sunday at a glance

OlympicsS Sunday at a glance:
Unofficial point standings for
track and field on a 10-5-4-9-2-l
basis:
Finland 27 ID; United States
25; Germany ID Ia; Japan D IL
Great Britain 2; Argentina 1.
WoMENs: 7,on
3; Austria 1. !,
Olympic champions crowned
10000 meter run-1lmari Sal
minen, Finland. 49,! =,
80 Shot put-Hans Woellke, Ger
many. = 1oL..o,
United States.
|Women's javelin-Tilly Fleis-
cher, Germany.
TODAY'S PROGRAM:
(Subtract five hours for Ed.
T. Time).
Track anu
1910 a, mist 400-meter hur-
die trials.
800 D. m.-2nd 4OO-meter hur-
die trials.
800 p. m.-Hammer throw
final.
$3.50 p. m. - 10G-meter semi
final.
5 100 D. m.-1O0-meter finals.
5:15 o. m.-800-meter semi
finals.
$50 o. m.-Women's 100-meter
semi-finals.
600 D. m.-300O meter steeple-
chase trials.
Wrestling
500 a. m.-Weighing in.
10 a. NIL 80 p. m.-Second
round.
6 D. MS p. m.-Second round.
Modern Pentathlon
900 a. m.-Fencing competi-
ton (epee).
Fencing
800 D. m.-Foils (men's team
elimination rounds).
500 D. m.-Foils (men's team
elimination rounds).
Weight Lifting
600 D. m.-Weighing in.
500 p. might heavyweight
finals.
Field hockey, polo and soccer
| oil in afternoon.
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under the Olympic round-robin
system.
Before losing to Austria the
United States foursome of Joseph
Lewis fBoston. Hugh Alessan-
droni of South Ambroy, N. j.,
Warren A. Dow of New York
City, and John G. Hurd of Cam
bridge, Mass, had defeated Nor
way, 1874, and Switzerland, 49,
8.
The Austrians scored Ga hits
against SO for the Americans. In
tea mpoints Austria led America,
"a to s. The Americans meet
Italy or Hungary on Tuesday.
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idle one year in every seven.
"That penalty" he said, "exact-
ed of the sons of Jacob was no
more severe or certain than will
be suffered by our children and
children's children if we do not
heed natures warning.
"Some few in the security of
their abundance may say that this
is the cry of the timid; that there
is still an enormous supply of
good farm land in our country.
Today that is true.
"There are approximately $780,
100000 acres of farm land in the
United States. Specialists tell us
that 1OO,00O,OOO acres of once
fertile soil have been destroyed
through erosion, that another
125,000,000 acres are seriously
impaired and still another 100,-
100000 acres are threatened.
"Dust storms of 1884 swept
800, 100000 tons of fertile soil of
the great white plains and we are
told that 40O,000,OOO tons of soil
material go down the Mississippi
river every year"
Balm said the one and only
source of wealth of any nation is
land.
with the readjustment and re-
settlement of poor land farmers, "
he explained, "the remedy for the
i'll used land comes into the pic
ture. The impoverished lands OPP
toned and bought by the govern
ment, some 100000 acres in this
region, embracing North Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia, Tennes-
see and Kentucky, which are unfit
for farming are taken over and
now being developed for the pub
lie good. -,
"Within the borders of North
Carolina, to say nothing of all the
other states, are thousands of good
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-FOUR OLYMPIC
CROWNS GIVEN
Johnson, U. S., High Jump
er, Among First to
Win Laureis

BERLIN, Aug. 8. (UP).-The
United States Olympic wrestling
team made a clean sweep in the
first days program, winning four
matches at Deutschland hall Sun
day.
The results:
Featherweight Francis E. Mil
lard, North Adams, Mass, pinned
Jean Chasso, France, 13 minutes.
Bantamweight Ross F o d,
Blackwell, Okla, defeated Enrique
Jurado, Philippines, decision.
Lightweight Frank w. Lewis,
Gushing, Okla, pinned Bekke,
Belgium, five minutes, three sec
onds.
Pettigrew of Canada, Dyed in
the first round, and his team
mate, Schleimer, pinned rastid of
India, in two minutes.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Having qualified as administra-
tor of the estate of Miss N. C..
Man, deceased, in the superior
court of Henderson county, this is
to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceas-
ed to present them to he under
signed on or before the 21st day of
July, 1887, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This July 20, 1886.
j. H. YELTON, Administrator.
7-20-Mon-6tp
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YESTERDAYS SCORE
TOLD IN BRIEF
BERLIN, Aug. 8. (UP).-The
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Says Man Alone
Abuses, Misuses
Natures Wealth
Hope of Thousands in This
State Said to Lie in
Resettlement

RALEIGH, Aug. S.-(UP).-
Man is the only inhabitant on the
earth's surface ever to abuse or
misuse the abundance of nature.
That is the assertion of Grady
L. Balm, chief of project develop
ments in the Resettlement Admin
istration here.
Balm pointed to the age-old con-
tention that the Jewish people
were enslaved for 70 years be-
cause they failed to keep the Bib
lical injunction to let the land lie
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men living in adject poverty and
despair. It is this class of people
that must be helped. The only
hope of thousands of them lies
with the Resettlement Admins
tration.
"The problem is a gigantic one
and cannot be successfully carried
out a solution by private industry
or by states but must be nation
wide and under one control"
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u. S. FEATHERWEIGHT is
CHAMPION LITTER

Toney Terlazzo of York, Pa,
Sunday won the Olympic weight
lifting championship for feather
weights, establishing new unof-
ficial Olympic record of 1925
Kilograms.
with the military press, 97.5 kilo-
grams with the snatch, and 1925
Kilograms with the jerk.
Terlaxozo's lift of OTIS for the
two-handed snatch broke the
world as well as the Olympic rec
ord.
Two Egyptians, Saleah and
Ibrahim, were second and third
with aggregate lifts of 305 and
800 Kilograms, respectively. John
Terry, New York negro, was sixth,
lifting 2S7.5 kilograms.
vCcTCpnAV,c crNpE
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u. S. FENCING TEAM ?
Hoses TO AUSTRIANS !,

The United States fencing team
lost to Austria, ~ to 4, in semi
finals of the foils competition last
light but remained in the running
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Twenty years 4 $; after the Mexi-
can volcano,s Mount Jorullo,. erupt-
ed, a cigar could be lighted from
the lava a few inches below the
surface.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06

WASHINGTON, July 6. UP)-At
the weather bureau today it was
the same old story for the drought
ridden northwest:
mo rain anywhere in the grain
states" the forecast said, "tempera-
lures to continue high in north
west"
General rains have effectively
relieved crops in the southeast.
the weather bureau reported, but
no precipitation is in sight to re-
lieve the Great Plains area.
The bureau reported extremely
high temperatures throughout the
Great. Plains area had combined
with lack of moisture to make gen.
eral conditions worse than ever.
The forecast for the next 36 hours
said mo rain anywhere in the grain
states, temperatures to continue
high in northwest"
The south. however, where rains
fell last week quite generally, had
additional showers over the week.
end
The drought is now effectively
relieved rather generally from
Mississippi, Louisiana, Central Tex
as and Southern Missouri, north
eastward over the southern Ohio
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
TWINS BORN ON
4TH TO COUPLE
IN Ell CENTRO

July 4 will be the birthday an
niversary for the twin sons born
Saturday to Mr.. and Mrs. Nick
Hronopoulors, 756 Commercial ST.,
El Centro
George Nick weighed seven
pounds at birth and Koslontenon
Nick weighed eight pounds. The
husky youngsters were born at the
FL Centro hospital.
One other child will have to
combine birthday parties with
Fourth of July celebrations. Larry
Keith, son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. K
Graham, was born at the Ell Centro
hospital July 1. He weighed six
pounds and - ounces. The Gra-
hams live at 780 Brighton.
Aida Mae. daughter of MIR and
Mrs. f. B. Johnson of 1900 San
Diego highway, was born at the
hospital July 5. just missing the
double celebration handicap.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
Neutrality-suspicious.
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, July 6. tUP)-Stocks
turned irregularly lower today while
grains scared the prescribed limits
of tluctuation and closed on the
tured by gains in rails and utilities.
The dollar was steady in terms Of
foreign exchange.
Stocks started fairly well with in
creased volume after the holiday
shutdown. They soon softened un-
der the lead Of steel issues. steel
operations for this week We're
sch eduled at G7.2 per cent of capaci-
tY a decline of 6.S points from the
previous week. The drop, however.
the rate was 35.3 per cent.
Motor shares had a good start.
Chrysler touched its best level since
1929 at 115 up y point 1t later de-
clined . points from the top. other
motor shares followed it down. Rub
Der futures made new highs for six
years. Motor equipment issues were
quiet and mixed.
The latter at its lOW was off more
than points. Mail order issues
were steadier.
Railroad issues were irregularly
and Great Northern lost more than
a point each. Featuring on the up
side were Chesapeake & Ohio and
Chesapeak Corporation which made
Mercantile issues were strong
Gimbel and Interstate Department
stores made new high for the
year. Substantial advances were
noted in Macy and several others
of the group.
Louisiana Oil preferred jumped 4
points and held most of the gain.
The main oil list fluctuated mar
rowly in light trading, however.
Silver shares were lower with L. $.
SIN netting at q new low at 70 off .
points while its preferred lost
pOin- T. II on a single transaction,
American Smelling lost more than
a point.
Gold Dust and American Bank
Note made new lows for the year.
Western Union lost more than a
point in its section. Losses in the
steels ranged u more than . points
in Youngstown Sheet & Tube and
Bethlehem.
There were several exceptions to
the decline. Wesson Oil and Snow
drift gained more than points.
Union Carbide was up a point and
50 was Monsanto Chemical Du
Pont touched 1919 up 23s and then
sagged from the high.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
Townsend Delegate
Leaves For Farley

More than $50 members of the
Townsend clubs in Imperial Valley
assembled at Live Oaks Sunday for
an all-day picnic and program OF
sports and addresses. The valley
delegation vas joined by a large
crowd from the San Diego county
clubs after 4 picnic they had at
tended at Finn Springs.
Gerald Shaw of El Centro pre-
sided as chairman of the day. The
program opened with the singing
OF familiar songs ana devotional
exercises led by the Rev w. Will
lingham of CaleXico closed it.
After the big basket dinner. Ray
johnson Of El Centro introduced
Ed Sample Of San Diego, candidate
for congress. who is said to have
the endorsement Of DR.. Francis
Townsend, founder of the Town
send movement. Other candidates
for office also spoke during the pro-
gram hours.
Delegates TO the Townsend con-
vention N Cleveland were intro
duced and given the backing OF
the clubs for the sessions scheduled
for July IS to 20.