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Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
PHOTOGRAPHS

ST. Augustine, Fla, is said to be
the oldest city in the United States
proper founded by Europeans
Spaniards settled on the site in
1865. The second oldest city is
Santa Fe, New Mexico. settled by
theSpanish in 1905, on the site of a
deserted Indian pueblo.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
THIRTY YEARS AGO
December 8, 1906

M. Granger, U, S. Customs in
spector at Calexico. met with a
painful accident at the Hotel Ell
Centro. While in the act of at
taching a revolver to his belt, the
revolver slipped from his belt to
the floor and exploded, inflicting
a serious wound in his leg. Mr..
Granger was sent to bed and a
doctor was summoned.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08

Ancient playing cards were paint
ed by hand on pieces of ivory,
parchment or wood.
Italy prohibits kissing in public
except at railroad stations.
A new electrical camera, so small
that it can be swallowed easily, is
being used by physicians and sur
geons to take pictures of the inter-
ior OF the stomach.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
December 8, 1911

Mrs. Violette S. Campbell ad-
dressed the Holtville study club on
measures which will come up be-
fore the legislature at the next
meeting.
Assemblyman w. E. Willis Of
Brawley was the guest of the
Woman's Ten Thousand club before
which he gave an interesting ad-
dress on law making.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
GRAB BAG
Onc-Minute Test

Q. With what subject does ar
cheology deal?
2. In modern speech, what are
Thespians?
3. Which two teeth does an infant
normally cut first?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
TEN YEARS AGO
December &. 1926

Central Union High schools most
important game of the 1926 football
season will be played on the local
gridiron Saturday afternoon against
the Calexico Bulldogs. The winner
of the game will be crowned cham
pion of the valley league.
The county board Of supervisors
has transferred s55,000 from the
general county road fund to five
separate road funds, with the sums
equally divided.
Covers we're laid for 80 at the
Barbara Worth hotel last night
when the winning and the losing
teams in a sales contest conducted
by the Chevrolet agency in the
valley faced each other across the
table,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
Tnday's HOroscOne

Today's Horoscope
A person whose birthday is today
may be honorable and generally
sincere. He may have quick wit
and pleasant sort Of sarcasm.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08

Under average city conditions,
street noises cannot be heard in a
building beyond the tenth Or
twelfth floor.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
Thought for the Day

Verify verify say unto you That We shall weep and
lament but the world shall rejoice: and We shall be
sorrowfu but your sorrow shall be turned into JOY
St John 1920.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
TWENTY YEARS AGO
nccfvnher & 1915

Signal Chapter O.E.S. No. 276 held
its installation ceremonies yester-
day at the Masonic parlor.
Imperial Valley residents shiver-
ed yesterday morning from the ef-
fects of the coldest morning of the
year when the mercury fell to 20
degrees. Small crop damage was
reported in the northend of the
valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
One -Minute TEST Answers

l. The study OF the remains ol
ancient civilization. 49,
2. Actors. '
8. The lower central inclsors.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
Hints IN Etiuuette

Hints on Etiquette
A woman who is invited to we'd
ding does not take an escort with
her. The bride and bridegroom
compile the guest list and only those
who are invited should go.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-08
Words nf Wisdom

WUfuS OF WISuUIm
Mother is the name for God in
the lips and hearts of children
Thackeray.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18

cha Lantini and Alesandro Lessona.
Count Ciano's former ministry was
taken by Diono Alfieri. Giuseppe Bas-
tianini, ambassador to Poland, was
made undersecretary for foreign at
fairs. He is only thirty-seven.
The action of II Duce gave rise to
talk of his successor. Observers point.
ed out that because of the Importance
of the post of foreign minister, Ciano
is believed to be in closest succession
to Mussolini.
Elsewhere in the world governments
were experiencing changes. In Mica
ragua, DIR. Carlos Brenes Jarquin, CON-
plotting the uneXpired term of the de-
posed President, DR.. Juan B. Sacasa,
announced his cabinet. The cabinet
included DR.. Luis Manuel Debayle,
minister of foreign relations; DR.. Ge-
ronimo Ramirez Brown, prime minis
ter; Jose Roman Gonzales, minister of
public works; Benito Ramiriz, minister
of finance; DR.. Lorenzo Guerrero, min
lister of education; DR.. Roberto Con-
zalez, minister of health; DR.. Alexandra
Sequeira Rivas, sanitary director.
In Madrid, the Spanish government
crushed what was described as a right
list conspiracy to seize control of the
government. 1t was expected that
number of monarchist arrests would
he made. In some quarters it was re-
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The Mind By
LOWELL
Meter . HENDERSON
Famous Men Test
g Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.

In the following test there are ten
problems. In each one a mans name
is given, followed by the names of
four professions, vocations or avoca-
tions. Cross out the particular occu-
patton or pursuit in which the man
Is or was most famous.
/. Frank f. Merriam-actor, gov
erGor, composer, artist.
2. Sam Parks-Boxer, artist, golfer,
actor.
3. Adolf Lorenz-lawyer, surgeon,
explorer, senator.
A. Richard Wagner-physician, COM
poser, actor, historian.
5. Leon Errol-author, fnancier,
actor, playwright.
6. Lawrence Tibbett-violinist, avi-
ator, golfer, opera singer.
Z. Tom Heeney-baseball, boxing,
soccer, tennis.
8. Robert E. Peary-composer, avi-
ator, physician, explorer.
9. Frank ii. Vizetelly-compose
historian, physician, photographer.
10. Otis Skinner-statesman law
yer, actor, historian.
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\ VITAL alteration in Great Brit
aims foreign policy, particularly
as it affects Anglo-Italian relations,
was indicated by Chancellor of the
Exchequer Neville Chamberlain in an
address in which he implied broadly
that England may soon move to end
sanctions against Italy. Regarded by
many experts as likely to become Brit
aims next prime minister, Chamber
lain said:
collective security based on sane
lions has failed"
This was taken to mean that Eng
land may reverse the policy which had
supported the League of Nations flu
tile sanctions campaign to halt Mus
solini's conquest of Ethiopia.
In authoritative diplomatic circles in
London it was reported that Mussolini
had definitely served notice on Britain
that Italy will leave the league unless
the assembly meeting at Geneva on
June 80 drops the anti-Italian sane
tons program.
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Sacrifices to Science.

7 LOVE dogs and admire them for
traits which so many human beings
lack. So, because some of us joined
a movement to save impounded dogs
from possible mutilation and torture
at the hands of unauthorized agencies
and guarantee for them a swift merci-
full death large number of folks seem
to think we're vivisectiOnists.
For one, I'm against weird expert
ment upon dumb brutes in the often
abused name of science. When I read
that some gifted exhibitionist snapped
the vital organs of pelican and a
hound pup, so that the pelican went
out in the back yard and barked him.
self to death at the moon and the pup
choked trying to carry half a bushel Of
fish in his lower jaw, fail to see
where the cause of medicine has been
advanced. But since the war on disease
demands the sacrifice of certain crea-
lures that mankind may be benefited,
I'd rather that every white rat In
America should have the bubonic
plague twice than that my grand
babies should have it once.
IRWIN S. COBB
G-wNU Service
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18

Lovely shirred sleeves finished off
with wide contrasting cuffs and a
jaunty bow tie neckline are enchant-
ing features of this dress. Carry it
out in becoming dotted swiss,
batiste, or wolfe, and your friends
will compliment your good taste.
incidentally it's very easily made,
with only two pleats and stitchings
in the front skirt, and a flattering
blouse trimmed with buttons. It's
accented at the waist with either a
self-fabric or purchased belt.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1946-B is
designed for sizes II, IA, 16, Is and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18
ut%h .
9 Y~ III
Nuvnh1 about
Political Conventions.

HOLLYWOOD, CALF
L L This month, being engaged
in the somewhat responsible task
of filling the most important office
in the world, the accredited repre-
sentatives of two great parties will
discharge these duties by acting as
though, shortly before they were born,
their respective mothers had been hor-
ribly frightened by an intoxicated toe
dancer.
At Cleveland, if the delegates for
Zookus fail to behave like bowling
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18

to succeed Viscount
Monsell. Sir Samuel,
who boldly faced a
hostile house Of COM
mons last December to
defend his part in the
Anglo-French peace
plan which would have
given Mussolini only a
part of Ethiopia, will
face the task of solv-
ing problems arising
out of British-Italian
fleet difficulties in the
Mediterranean The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18

dent of the United
States by the Repub-
lican national conven-
ton meeting in Cleve-
land.
Nominated on the
first ballot, Governor
Landon received the
unprecented number of
9S4 out of a possible
1908 votes. The NOM
inatiOn was made
unanimous. Although
his name had not been
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18
INDICATIVE of the rising tide Of

INDICATIVE of the rising tide OF
1 business recovery, the Western
Electric company, a subsidiary Of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, one of the largest employers
of labor in the Middle West, resumed
its common dividends. The action fol-
lower restoration Of the company's OPP
erations to a profitable basis in 1885,
with gains in both sales and employees.
Practically the entire payment, amount
ing to $3,000,0O0, goes to American Tele-
phone and Telegraph, which owns
more than 90 per cent Of Western
Electric's stock.
At the company's Hawthorne works,
near Chicago, 10000 employees were
on the payroll on June l, an increase
of 1,730 since January 1. This compares
with low of approximately 6,700 during
1888. Employment is now the highest
since 1882.
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derVlSneS Tor at leaSL
forty minutes follow
ing the mention of his
name, they're traitors
to a sacred trust. And
il the delegates for
Gookus don't carry on
longer and louder and
craZier than the Zoo
kus bunch did, they'll
never again dare lift
their shamed heads.
The setup will be
I:eeouoo& Of Dhila dol
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Wis, administrator of
the AAA to that body.
In discussing his ap-
pointment, Mr.. Davis
said: 1.-THE fiscal pol
icy of the federal gov
eminent has never
been tied in closely
enough with agricul-
tural problems" Mr..
Davis has spent most
of his life in agricul-
tural activities. He
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18

Ills udIue llu uOI pCCh
placed in nomination, Senator William
Z. Borah of Idaho received 10 votes,
including Is from the Wisconsin dele
CATION and one from West Virginia.
Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, pub
Usher of the Chicago Daily News, was
nominated for Vice President on the
ticket, receiving the unanimous vote
of the delegates.
Party unity and harmony were the
watchwOrds of the delegates. The &C
ton of the three other leading candi-
dates for the Presidential nomination
Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, Senator
Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan and
Senator Borah-in withdrawing in Ian
don's favor paved the way for mill
tant and united front in the coming
campaign by the Republican party.
The convention adopted platform
of "Americanism," pledgirg a broad
farm relief program, repeal of recip-
rOcal tariff bargaining, the elimination
of mOnOpolies and opposition to Amer
lean entry into the League of Nations
and the World court.
COndemning waste and eXtraVa-
gance" of the Democratic administra-
ton, the platform declares for economy
by reduced expenditures and for bal
anced budget. Adequate relief for the
unemployed and cooperation of the
states is provided. The platform de-
mands the repeal of the present social
security program for a simplified pay
as-yOu-gO" old-age pension plan. With
out proposing a constitutional amend
ment, it pledges support to states min
imum wage and working hour laws,
abolition of sweatshops and child la
Dor, improvement of working condi-
lions and the right of labor to bargain.
1t calls for restoration and mainte-
nance of the merit system in civil serv-
ice, regulation of business by tribunal
whose actions would be subject to
court review and federal supervision
of interstate utilities.
The platform demands adequate ma
tional defense, right of free enterprise
without competition by government,
free speech, pledges care Of the vet
Grams and calls for efforts to collect
the defaulted war debts.
Governor Landon in telegram read
. to the convention by his campaign
manager, John Hamilton, placed his
own Interpretation on certain planks in
the platform. Under the title of labor
he advocated a Constitutional amend
ment permitting the states to adopt
legislation necessary to protect women
and children in the matter of maximum
hours, minimum wages and working
conditions, provided it is not possible
to do so under the Constitution as it
now stands.
He likewise advocated a currency eX-
pressed in terms of gold and convert
ible- into gold, adding: 81 recognize,
however, that this requisite must not
be made until and unless it can be done
without penalizing our domestic econ
omy and without injury to our produc-
ers of agricultural products and other
raw materials"
Concerning the merit system in civil
service, he suggested that it should
include every position ih the admins
trative service below the rank of as
sistant secretaries of major depart
ments and should cover the entire Post
Office department.
TN A long expected cabinet shake-up
L in Italy, Premier Mussolini gave out
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18

California, in 1880
where his parents settled after the
Mexican war in which his father
served as major. 1t was the era of
the spectacular California gold rush.
He watched miners pan for gold dust
as boy. After graduation from Yale
he set himself up as a mining engi-
neer. Soon he visited the west coast
of Mexico, believing it could be devel-
oped as mining country.
He became known as an expert judge
of mining property and was sent to
South Africa by Barney" Barnato,
great speculator of the last century
Hammond experienced some romantic
adventures including an acrimonious
encounter with Paul Kruger, president
of the Transvaal republic who SEN
fenced him to be hanged and relented
only on the Intervention of the secre-
tary of state.
After developing mining property in
many parts of the world, Mr.. Ham
mond was appointed by President Taft
in 1911 as special ambassador and per-
sonal representative at the coronation
of King George V.
Mr.. Hammond had been in i'll health
for year. In 1885 the Boys Club of
America honored him with its annual
medal for his interest in boys club
work. Three sons and daughter sur
vive him. They are John Hays Ham
mond, Jr., famous inventor; Richard
Pindell Hammond, widely known
composer; Harris Hammond and Miss
Natalie Hammond.
4 FTER settling general strike in
\ which 100000 workers had par
alyzed the industrial life of France,
the new popular front" government
under Premier Leon Blum was faced
with further difficulties in the form of
a series of new strikes. Although the
government had toiled day and night
trying to adjust disputes and though
most of the demands of strikers had
been satisfied by employers, there was
a smaller return to work than had
been expected. 1t was reported that
as IaSl DIS III SULlc
were settled, others were affected.
The extent of the permanent ravages
which will be left in the wake of this
upheaval will only become apparent
later on. Some observers predicted
that private industry would be forced
into bankruptcy so as to secure oper-
alton by the state. But whether Pre-
mier Blum and mis- popular front"
government were prepared for such ex-
IRENE measures was not at all certain.
THE Supreme Court of Illinois up
i held the constitutionality of the
states fair trade act in a decision af-
firming the opinion of the Cook Coun-
ty Circuit court. The court held that
Carl w. Mcneil, in the liquor business
in Chicago, could not sell his product
at less than the wholesale list price.
| Said the opinion:
"The fair trade act has for its ma
jor objective the preservation and pro-
lection of property interests of the pro-
Queer and his distributors in the good
will represented by brands, trade
| marks and trade names"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18

pointed his son-in-law,
Count GaleaZZO Ciano,
as foreign minister.
Ciano, only t b ir t y
three, is the worlds
youngest foreign min
lister. He moved up
from the cabinet post
of propaganda. Mus
solini also gave up
the ministries of colo
MES and corporations,
these posts going re-
SDectiyely TO Ferruc-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18
Newfoundland Doo Worker

The Newfoundland has the power,
the weight, the courage, and the dis
position to work and serve its master.
A mature male dog may weigh around
40 or 80 pounds. A female may tilt
the scales at ITO or 100 pounds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18
seriou. EPIDEMIC infection.

The most serious epidemic infections
known to man, according to Disease
and Destiny, are the following: Small
pox, diphtheria, malaria, leprosy, typh-
US, yellow fever, syphilis, plague and
tuberculosis.
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biggest task facing Hoare, however, is
restoration of the British navy to an
undispnted position of supremacy on
London naval treaties expire six
months hence, observers believe that
Britain may embark on a gigantic
naval building program.
TEXAS celebrated the one-hundredth
L anniversary of it's independence by
opening $25,00O,O0O centennial exposi-
ton in Dallas. Foremost among dis
tinguished visitors attending the worlds
fair the first week was President
Roosevelt. To obtain the centennial
exposition Dallas made available more
than 100000 in cash and property.
The exposition will be open until No
vember 20. Numerous other celebra-
tons marking the states 100 years of
freedom have been held in various
cities and towns of Texas. The exposi-
ton presents educational, historic and
recreational features associated with a
major worlds fair.
THE senate passed the SS29,000,000
L compromise revenue measure by a
vote of 80 to "a. The bill then went
to conference with the house of repre-
sentatives which had enacted a rev.
enue measure carrying out tax pro-
posals made by President Roosevelt
The senate measure called for a 151s
to IS per cent tax on net corporate In
comes as compared with the present
121s to Is per cent levy; new type
of Z per cent tax on undistributed
profits; repeal Of the existing exemp-
ton of dividends from the per cent
normal income tax; an increase of 1
per cent in the individual income sur
tax on surtax brackets between $4,000
and $4,000. The house measure called
for tax on corporate net income seal
ing up to 421s per cent. depending
upon the amount Of undistributed
profits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18


of Spain and his son, Prince Juan, the
heir-presumptive, were seeking to take
advantage of political disturbances.
T ARGER loaves of bread at no in
- crease in price to the consumer
were being offered by leading baking
company chains selling their product
in large cities of the United States. One
company increased the size of its 10
cent loaf by % per cent, and another
by 10 per cent. The saving to COM
sumers was made possible by the in
valuation of the AAA processing tax,
according to an official of a baking
company. The tax was 80 cents a
bushel on wheat, he said, and was re-
Elected in an increase of from SIPS to
$1.40 barrel for flour.
At the same time, the threat Of a
possible potato famine, due to drouth
that is seriously curtailing crops in the
Southeast, caused uneasiness among
housewives. Prices rose precipitately,
but eased off, because immediate de-
mand from consumers declined. The
seriousness of the situation was re-
f1ected in reports from the crop divi
sion of the Department of Agriculture
that unless rains fell soon an acute
shortage will boost the price of pota-
toes. The carry-over this year was
small, it was revealed, and Maine re-
ported only 100 carloads of last years
holdover on hand. While weather con-
ditions up to the middle of July will
determine the extent of the shortage, it
was believed by farm experts that the
later crops will meet the August and
September demands.
Damage estimated at more than
S2OO.0O0,000 has been caused to farm
crops generally by drouth in six
southeastern states. 1t was reported
that drouth conditions were the worst
in the history of this section of the
country. In Georgia, alone S4O,OOO,O0O
damage has been done to potato, corn
and general produce crops. In Ala
bama, North and South Carolina and
Tennessee and in southern Kentucky,
much of the early planting was said
to have withered.
@EATE cama to John HavS Ham,
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Shirred Sleeves, Wide Cuffs
Feature This Comfortable Frock

20. Corresponding bust measure
ments 80, 80, "a, SO and 80. Size IA
1927 requires Az yards of 80 inch
material plus % yard for contrast.
Send fifteen cents for the pattern.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, 367 w. Adams
ST., Chicago, Ill.
@ Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
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Mass. He had lived a
life high in adventure
and rich in expert
ences. He was a friend
and con fl d a n t of
Theodore Roosevelt,
Mark Twain, III. Rider
Haggard, Cecil Rhodes
and many other fig
ures celebrated in
world history in the
past half century.
Mr.. Hammond was
born in San Francisco,
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Iowa, was graduated from Grinnell col
lege and later owned and operated a
farm. For some years he was news
paper publisher and then became editor
of the Montana Farmer.
Mr.. Davis was succeeded as AAA
administrator by DR.. Howard r. Toll
ley. Nationally known as a soil expert,
Doctor Tolley helped Mr.. Davis draft
the soil conservation plan, enacted af-
ter the United States Supreme court
decision invalidated the AAA. He has
been carrying on this program during
the absence of Mr.. Davis in Europe.
Another important agricultural post
was filled when the President nominat-
ed Emil Schram, grain elevator oper-
ator and farmer of Hillview, ILL.,, for
the post of director of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance corporation.
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Landon Is Republican Nominee May Alter Sane
tons Policy-Mussoini Makes Sweeping
Changes in Cabinet.
By EDWARD w. PICKARD
Changes in Cabinet.
g Western Newspaper Union.

IN ONE of the greatest demonstra-
L tiOns of popular acclaim in the his
tory of American politics, Gov. Alfred
NJ. Landon was nominated for Presi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-18

A GRICULTURE was given represen-
\ tation on the federal reserve
board through the appointment by
President Roosevelt Of Chester G. Da-