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The Washington times., 1936-09-15
Ken MURRAY
Says:

Mr.. Roosevelt must have been
slightly embarrassed when Los
Angeles radio stations refused
to broadcast his Fireside Talks
free, saying they were campaign
speeches and would have to be
charged for just like any other
advertisements. Well, l guess
that settles once and for all the
old criticism of politics, that talk
is cheap.
The radio stations didn't mind
donating the time when 1t was
a question of bringing back pros
perity, but now they figure they
should share in all that money
that's being spent in bringing
back Roosevelt.
Oh, well, F. d. r. should have
no trouble in finding sponsors,
considering all the selling he's
done for the WPA. Remember,
there's always the shovel manu-
facturers.
Copyright, 1896. by McNauEht
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
NOW
AnecdOte OfD.C.
Defense
GOOD YACHT
BY HELEN ESSARY

With southern Europe in a
nasty state of mind, it is cheer
Ing to think of that sturdy little
boat the Secretary of Commerce
mas at his disposal, and about
story concerning it and former
Secretary of Commerce Whiting
who died recently.
While Mr.. Whiting was serving
under the late President Coolidge,
q prominent manufacturer ex.
c1tedly called in the then Secre-
tary. He said he had heard that
. certain foreign power was prac-
,tically ready to come across the
Atlantic and lombard Washing
ton. .....
Secretary Whiting, who, like
Coolidge, possessed his own unob-
trusive brand of humor, reas-
sured the frightened man. He
said:
Don't worry! shall take
care Of that trouble. When
the foreign power comes, I'll
board my official yacht, meet
the power at the mouth of the
Potomac and chase it back
home"
The Washington times., 1936-09-15

Some Virginia friends have
been telling me a pitiful story.
4 story that has put back to
zero that elation one feels at
the end of a vacation.
Hunt clubs, they say, are hav'
ing the most awful time with
drunken gentlemen. The poor fel'
lows crawl into the shadow OF the
brush jumps and go to sleep.
Before point-to-point RACES
erooms and other, strong-armed
fellows have to go round the
course and crush the drunks-l
mean the drunken gentlemen
ont of the brush jumps.
The Virginia friends swear,
moreover, that this habit of sleep,
ing off excess merriment has
made it necessary to abolish
water jumps in Virginia. Water
Jumps are still popular on the
English steeplechase course such
as the Grand National at Ain
tree, England. But in post pro
hibition United States too many
overheated onlookers have been
won't to use the water jump fol
cooling off, while waiting for the
starts.
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
Third Offense, Speeding

Third OffenSe, Speeding
Broadus H. Hamilton, 2418
Seventeenth st. N. W., $40.
Second Offense, Speeding
Johnnie ]. Doonis, 4509 Kansas
Ave. N. w., $25.
James R. LAWN, 920 Ninth St.
N. E., SIS.
George w. Reid, Virginia, SIS.
Samuel S. Brightwell, 1913
Tenth st. N. W., SIS.
Edward C. Nelson, 1904 Nor
rison st. N. W., SIS.
Charles F. Funkhouser, 1927
Dorset Pl. N. W., SIS.
First Offense, Speeding
Guy B. Stephenson, Maryland,
SIS.
Albert J. snead, no address,
$40.
James Butler, 1926 Kenyon st.
N. W.. $40.
Benjamin E. Brown, 221 vir-
ginia Ave. S. E.. $40.
Harold Council, 2412 Tenth
st. N. E., $40.
Henry C. Lederer, 1860 Thirty
third st. N. W.. $40.
Ace Boyd, 1927 Fourth st. N.
W.. $40.
Russell E. Anderson, 502 Eighth
st. S. w., $40.
Rex Howell, s23 Virginia Ave.
S. W., $40.
Robert E. Hooker. 1880 Massa-
chusetts Ave. N. W., SO.
Harry c. Bernstein, Virginia,
James G. vidi, 2os E st. N. w..
$40.
Albert H. Holtzmann, Boiling
Field, $40
Ralph F. Gordon, Maryland,
$40.
Sam Rizzo, New York, SIS.
William B. Waldecker, TIA
Webster st. N. W., SIS.
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
SCHOOL FIJI N D
ESTIMATE
DELAYED
Four Departments In
Conference, Slash
In Lump Sum Seen

Hearings with various depart
ment heads, to find means of par
ing estimates for the District 1885,
1887 budget, were continued today
by the Board of Commissioners
and were expected to last until
Friday at least.
Four officials conferred sepa-
rately with the commissioners
yesterday on the total budget de-
mand of $58,O0O,OOO, and four
more were scheduled to be heard
today.
The departments whose indi-
vidual estimates were to come un-
der scrutiny today are those con-
cerned with sewers, city refuse.
Fairgrounds and electric inspec.
ton.
School Bid Put Over
Although in the normal course
of events the school department
would be the next under consider
alton, it was announced education
estimates will be laid over for a
time while the Fire Departments
request is studied, probably to-
morrow.
An effort is being made to de-
crease estimates for most depart.
mentS, it was believed at the Dis
trlct Building, except possibly in
the case of departments whose
1936-1937 demands are similar to
this years budget.
In Two Parts
Upon completion of the confer
ence, the Commissioners will have
practically completed the task of
preparing a tentative pudgoU ~
submission to the Bureau of the
Budget. If present plans are
carried out, the budget Will coz.
SiSt of two parts. the first covering
$40,000,000 and general main
tenance, the second covering i'm.
provements to facilities and in.
creaSeS in personnel.
The second part may be affected
by the study of fiscal relations
between the Federal and District
governments ordered by President
Roosevelt, since it represents funds
that cannot be gained from rev.
enue under present tax laws, and
must be secured either by a Fed
eral contribution or increased
faYpS
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
LeaUe 1t To the StrasUs

Just thought from a woman;
Straw votes are silly.
What do they show, anyhow?
They way the wind blows
Or are they a racket for the
man who puts them over?
I never answer their old ballots
Because it isn't anybody'S affair
how I vote.
Didn't we once shed blood fight,
ing for the Australian, or secret,
ballot?
I keep my plans for voting to
myself.
Secret ballot! MY eye! Secret!
thought they said woman
couldn't keep a secret.
Whose idea is the straw vote?
Not woman's idea.
Certainly not. Some foolish man
thought it would be smart
And entertaining, and profit
able, and would sway elections.
To find out ahead of time where
you and I would put a cross marx
on election day.
Do those crazy creatures think
that everybody is going to put
A straw cross mark where he
and she, puts the real cross mark?
Besides, if I say am going to
vote one way today,
/ may change my mind tomor
row.
Even if I should vote and vote
and vote with straws
Every time I get sample ballot
In the mail
Or somebody asks me How
about November"
When November comes I'd be SO
tired of ballots and votes
I'd never go near poll.
Or maybe if I did cast 234 straw
votes
I'd just naturally forget to cast
q real vote.
And then how'd you know who
was really President?
It's a child's game, this straw
vote.
Or tiddledy winks, or Bingo.
Signed
AMERICAN MOTHER"
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
CONSTITUTION
QUESTIONS BY
BLOOM GIVEN
Commission Director
Offers Answers to
Age-oId Queries

Representative Sol Bloom Cd,
New York, director general of the
United States Constitution Sesqui,
centennial Commission, today
made public a list of questions and
answers which he has prepared in
order to clear up conflicting opin.
ions as to the details Of the docu.
ment upon which the Government
is established.
Accor ing to Representative
Bloom, most of the answers to
questions which have arisen in the
past have been given from biased
viewpoint and not in accordance
with a middle-road Interpretation.
Representative Bloom said:
I'm the book which 1 am pub
fishing as one of the first steps
to turn American people toward
our Constitution, 1 have under.
taken to give a straight analyti-
cal presentation of the facts re-
garding it.
Each word in the COnStitu.
ton and the words inferred have
been defined in my book accord.
ing to the thought back Of them
at the time the Constitution was
drafted. l have no ak to grind
nor any point to prove. 1t is my
belief that the citizens of this
country are entitled to a clear
analysis Of their Constitution
q and that is my aim
Representative Bloom added that
so little is known of the actual
facts surrounding the Constitution
that there are a number OF simple
questions about that document
that even a large percentage Of
lawyers cannot answer.
Today The Times presents 10
questions and their answers ad-
vanced by the New York Repre-
sentative.
They follow:
Q.-When was the Constitution
established?
A.-The Constitution became
binding upon nine States by the
ratification of the ninth State,
New Hampshire, June 81, 1888.
Q.-When did our Government
under the Constitution become
fully operative?
A.-On March 3. 1889, the old
Confederation went out of exist
ence, and on March 4 the Con-
greSs of the United States began
legally to function; however, it
had no practical existence until
April 6, when the presence Of
quorums in both Houses permitted
complete organization. On April
80, 1889, George Washington was
inaugurated as President Of the
United States, so on that date the
executive branch of the Govern
ment under the Constitution be-
came operative. But it was not
until February 2, 1870, that the
Supreme Court. as head of the
~d branch of the Government,
organized and held its first Ses-
sion, so that is the date when our
Government under the Constitu-
ton became fully operative.
No Deputies Sent
(Which State did not send
deputies to the Constitutional Con-
vention?
A.-Rhode Island and Provi-
dence Plantations.
Q.-Were there any members Of
the constitutional convention who
never attended any of it's meet
ings?
A.-There were nineteen who
were never present. Some of these
Continued on Page 81, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
Among the ImteITigemtsia

DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president
of George Washington University,
and his young son, Cloyd, jr., have
CONTINUED on Page 80, Col. II
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
Danish Dilemma

promised-never another
knock, Knock"
But this one is different. It
comes from Kansas, prominent
ct the moment.
The newspaper photographers
out there have been worrying
about the expected arrival of
our former Minister to Denmark
and her new husband at a time
when conscientious writer's will
feel bound to fix up a knock
knock" for the campaigners.
Henry L. Woods in the Wei
hngton News says this seems like
an impossible task. But never
mind. He's ready for the speech
makers:
KNOCK, Knock"
WhO'S there?"
Ruth Bryan Owen ROhde
and husband, Kammerjunke
Kaptjan BOrge ROhde."
''Never mind, come on in."
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
DOCTORS FIGHT
RUTLAND PLAN

Private physicians, terming the
scheme "State medicine" will
fight a proposal to create two
elaborate municipal health centers
here, it has been declared by DR..
R. Arthur Hooe, spokesman for the
executive committee of the District
Medical Society.
Attacking specifically an idea
advanced by DR.. George C. Rub
land, District health officer, who
has suggested construction of two
huge polyclinic hospitals, DR.. Hooe
said it was flirting with State
medicine"
He asserted:
"POlyclinics are supposed to
treat the poor. But they will
abuse this and treat anybody,
poor and those able to pay,
alike. What will be the fate of
the doctor with this unfair
competition"
VOTE AMERICAN
Seek New "St. Helena"
The producer, director and de-
signer who were responsible for
the success of "Dodsworth" and
Pride and Prejudice" have been
reunited in the production of
"St. Helena" which has it's Wash
ington premiere on Monday eve
ming, September %, at the Ma
tional Theater. The trio in ques-
ton are Max Gordon, Robert B.
Sinclair, and 10 Mielziner, and
the reunion of their talents bodies
well for the success of "St.
Helena"
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
Record of Convictions
hTraffic Court

HerSel Haggins, $500 Garfield
pSt. N. W., SIS.
Milton P. Pagan, BIS Hiatt
Pl. N. W., IS.
Charles Snead, Virginia, SIS.
John F. Mozart, 1916 Seven
teenth st. N. W., IS.
Maurice Laden, STU Sixteenth
st. N. w., IS.
Continued on Page 81, Col. A.
-VnTE AMERIcAN-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
Shakespeare Play
Comes Here Next
Week for Showing

Max Reinhardt'S super produc-
ton of Shakespeare's comedy, "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" comes
to the United Artists theatre ono
day only Tuesday, Feb. 25th. as q
road show with one of the biggest
and most talented casts of Warner
Bros. stars ever to appear in a sim
gle picture.
Reinhardt, long acknowledged to
be Europe's greatest stage producer.
consented to present his spectacle
in film form after it had met with
tremendous success at the Holly
wood Bowl and in San Francisco.
1t is said to be the ultimate in
spectacular grandeur, while at the
same time, its comedy and romance
are as hilarious and as human as
the mortal race.
James Cagney heads the all star
cast with Joe E. Brown, Hugh Her
bert, Frank McHugh. Otis Harlan,
Dewey Robinson and Arthur Treach-
er playing with him as the artisan
mummers who present a play be-
for the Duke of Athens on the oc-
casion of his wedding to the Queen
of the Amazons.
The leading romantic roles are
played by Dick Powell, Jean Muir.
Ross Alexander and Olivia de Hav-
illand, whose mixed up love affairs
lead to some strange pranks by the
eli OF mischief, Puck, portrayed by
Mickey Rooney.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18

FERROUS circumstances which had
inspired reports that Hauptmann
changed his story. Al least III some
details
After LciboWItz left the death
house Sunday. he Nen; 10 the
home Of Gov. Harold G Hoffman,
who save Halptmann the 30-day
rcpricve that expired Saturday,
and conferred with Inn al length.
MI Leiaow.tz has not succeed
cd in changing Hauptmann's story
one single bit MatthieSen said.
And I don't think Il will be
changed
Then. despite the verdict OF the
Flcm.ngtoa jury. YOU are certain
he has told the truth?' Matthieser
was asked.
i am absolutely convinced OF
his innocence. and I am sure he
told the truth
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
Judge Hears Pleas
Of Many Def


In Judge Vaughn NJ Thompson
division Of superior court Tuesday
the burglary case against V. Juarez
came up for trial. He is charged
with burglarizing the Morrow
Lumber yard in BraWley.
The jury was selected and the
state rested its case before the
noon recess was taken.
Robert A. Goree. Negro. pleaded
not guilty to a charge OF assault
With a deadly weapon, and trial
was set for March 2.
Leo Becker, pleaded guilty to a
series of burglaries IN e. Centre,
and February q. was set as the
date for sentence. Charles Jones
and Leonard Jackson. Negroes
charged with robbery, were ar
raigned agd George p. Kirk, APP
pointed TO represent them. Plea
will be entered Friday.
c. NJ. Miles, charged with non
support Of minor children, was
sentenced to 90 days in the county
jail and given two years probation
during Nhich time he Is to sup
port the children.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
Crime Records of
Trapsients Shown
-cnn-lnucd from Pc !

Continued from PAGE i
Penn he Was arrested In 1927 Tor
attempted robbery but the case
was ignored by the grand jury.
In 1921. under The name Of George
Martin. the same man received a
sentence from one u 20 years tcr
burglary and grand larceny. He
was arrested ln wilkes Bare. Penn.
ir 1893 for highway r-bbery. He
was arrested GO the border Febru-
ary o. 1896
Jesse Ga.nes has nine entries on
his criminal record which began D.
igl8 Pc vas arrested for YagrancF
investi eaton. begging and larceny.
hog stealing burglary trespasslag.
and Or being a fazab7ud ana
roamcr b. began his career n
Trvas aud uas picked up BY Of
ncrrs in louisiana Salt Lake CITY
and California
Edmond Earl o p#uu Was given
from one % lFe gear. Tor arana
larceny Iu Wa.hiHsf#a b. 1880. ana
vas arrested a. parole f-o.aiof
NIre umf. Dee Was arrested TT
cord oraroe burglary reekle 5
driving and ,HFetiaatlal H ao-
mffrd violating parole twice.
Icaeul PEREZ "a arrested TOT
ara..f ufh deadly weapon d.
santa hra BEL 1912 AID served SO
month. b. tHe e1HtF a. i 1873
n- va. arrested 81. EaEs bond D.
F CrrIr uEdef tHe name q JSe
NarrFH
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
Reuerberations of
IVA Edict Sounded

continued from Page II
II the administration is to take
the issue constitutional amendment
10 the electorate, it will have to be
based on some earlier and less
dramatic decision than this okeh
written across the great Tennessee
Valley enterprise.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE:
The nearly unanimous decision of
the supreme court in the IVA case
at least refutes the weird aSsump-
ton. that the supreme court is
functioning as a reactionary poll
teal body bent on blocking the
New Deal at all costs.
ROCHESTER, N. Y. DEMOCRAT
AND CHRONICLE: In that part
OF the decision approving the right
of the government to transport
power to "reasona bic market
may lie the hint of a limitation of
federal authority that will be close
ly studied by private companies
in any light.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
Boy Scout Case
Demurrers Denied

Dcmurrers entered by Henry
Webster, George A. Chavez and
Albert A. Sandoval were overruled
in superior court in FL Centre
Tuesday in the case of Harold P.
Young, against the Boy Scouts of
America.
The supreme court absolved the
Boy Scout organization from
blame for the accident in which
Young was injured while on a
Boy Scout trip, and court recog-
nized the ruling of the upper
court.
Webster was the sacutmaster
on the trip and the two Mexicaas
were in the automobile said to
have struck Young who was riding
a bicycle with members of his
Scout troop near Calexico. The
higher court did not abSolve them
from blame.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
PublisheD
90
No. O49077
No. O50730

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTER-
TOR, GENERAL LAND OFFICE
at Los Angeles, Calf, Feb T. 1896.
NOTICE is hereby given that Eliza
r. Martin, of Boulevard, Calf, who,
on March II, 1881 ade Homestead
Entry, No. 049077, for
ERNEH Sec. 80;
and on August %, 1882, made add.
tional Enlarged Homestead Entry
No. O5073O for
SWh NWh, Section "a, all be-
ing in Township II s., Range 7
E., S. B. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
final three year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before C.. @. Rowan, Notary Public,
at Jacumba, Calf, on the 26th day
of March, 1886.
Claimant names as witnesses:
C. j. Dewitt, of Boulevard, Calf
A. G.. Mack, of Boulevard, Calf.
Wilbur Garner, of Boulevard, Calf.
Don A. Ruby, of Boulevard. Calf.
PAUL B. WILMER,
Register
Non-coal
Withdrawn by Elk. Order of Nov 26,
1884.
F12-l9 -26-M Alb
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
Kepland Burial
Held at San Diego

Burial services for Lawrence
Kepland resident of Ell Centre
since 1919, were conducted in San
Diego at Greenwood cemetery
Monday. The funeral services were
conducted in FL Centre Sunday
For more than two years prior
10 his death in Ell Centre Febru-
airy IA. he had been employed AT
the Golden State creamery.
His survivors are: his wife. Mrs
Berta Kepland; three children,
Alice. 8. Buddy, 6, and Donald, a;
his father George Kepland tf
Manhattan Beach; an aunt, Alice
Logan Of EScondido; a sister, Mrs.
Kaltcnberger Of Los Angeles, and
other relatives.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18

Monday night was eVentful for the
T. B. de Bose family as Tuesday
morning found the Negro in a Yuma
hospital and his wife in jail in Ell
Centre.
Au automobile driven by de Bose
failed to make a turn in Yuma and
crashed on First street. The Negro
was injured and taken to a hospital
for treatment. He was said TO have
driven through a quarantine stop at
the state line prior to the accident.
A report of the accident was tele-
phoned to the county sheriff's office
in FL Centre.
Liquor had a strange effect upon
Elizabeth de Bose, 22-year- wife.
because she insisted she had been
in California so years when FL Gen.
tro police booked her at headquar-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18

Copyright, 1856. by United Press
TRENTON. \. J. Fce. 10. up-
Bruno Richard Hauptmann did not
change his story one single Bit
in rs dramatic death house inter
view With his neW counsel. Samuel
LeiboWitz. nor Is ne likely 10 change
IL. the third party 10 the inter-
view told the United Press today
Despite hints from LciboAitz. a
famous criminal lawyer who asso-
ciatcd himself tentatively with the
Hauntmann defense on condition
that Haupimann stop telling cock
and bun stories. The stolid Ger
man carpenter clung to his Flcm-
ingtou lral story point % point.
The Rev John Matihieson. Luth-
Gran minister and Hauptmann S
spiritual counsellor Tor six months.
was present Al Lefbowitz' three
hour conference with his client
Sunday and today cleared up mys-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
WPA Offices TO
Observe Holiday

Washington's birthday, February
%, will be a holiday for the staff
and those employed on Works
Progress Administration projects, it
was announced this week.
Workers will receive credit. ac-
cording to letter from the WPA
district office, for the holiday Just
the same as if they had worked.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
Assemblyman Speaks
Here on Red Menace

Assemblyman John Phillips of
Riverside county addressed a pub
lie meeting Sunday afternoon in
Central high school, his topic be-
ing Russia and Communism.
Conditions in Russia and the
goals of Communism were discuss
ed with passing reference to con-
ditions in Germany and France.
Invitations to hear Assembly
man Phillips were sent out by
group of citizens CT the county
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
Chicago Pharmacist
Curbs Deafness

A Chicago pharmacist. who SUI
fercd for years from earache, head
noises and deafness. says he finally
solved MS case through the prep
aration Of a European spec allst
after countless other preparations
and devices failed to help him
OURINE is used and praised by
thousands who were hard Of hear
ing. bothered by head noises, ear
ache, ringing and buzzins in ears
II you dread approaching deafness
get OURINE today Relief is i'm
mediate - and the cost IS only a
feX cents a day Money back IL
dissatisfied
CHRIsTENSEN's PHARMACY
9th at Main Phone 100
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
Grandmother Started 1t,
But Moderns Finish Job

you purchase yarn Entry blanks
can be obtained either at these
stores or the offices of The Post
Press. When you send in your en-
try at the close of the contest, April
10, include the entry blank and sales
slip. That's all the red tape there
is.
The first adult prize will be SIS.
second $40 and So each for third,
fourth and fifth places. In the
children's class the first prize is
SIS, second 81 and third, fourth and
fifth prizes are ST.
The rest is up to YOU. Don't let
your neighbor get aheadl
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18

Your great grandmother started
something when she invented the
knitted shawl. Now, you, the great
granddaughter are finishing the Joo.
And what's the result? A sWanKy
Partisan outfit!
There will be plenty of smart gar
ments entered in the big PoSt-PreSs
knitting contest, for reports indicate
women of Imperial Valley are out
doing themselves in fashioning at
tractive entries. Housewives in ev-
cry valley town are busy with knit
ting or crocheting needles, with an
eye to the $50 in cash prizes offered
for the best handwork
Rules of the contest are simple.
Yarn or thread used in your entries
must be obtained from any of the
following stores: M. o. King store,
Johnson's and j. G. Penney in Ell
Centre, Stahl Brothers and Palmers
in Brawley and the Knitting Shop
in CaleXico. Save the sales slip after
,fECaE znNED
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-18
NEGRO FAMILY HAS VARIETY OF
EXPERIENCE IN EVENTFUL NIGHT

terS Monday night on a drunk
charge.
Records show that she has a 30
day suspended sentence facing her.
She was scheduled for trial in DO
lice court Tuesday afternoon.