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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
TRAFFIC DEATHS AND A
NEW YEARS RESOLUTION

During 1885 there were 40 traffic
fatalities in Imperial County. This is in
spite of the continuous drumming on
safe driving by newspapers, preachers,
orators, civic leaders and law enforce
ment representatives. Suppose the state
Legislature were to give such a law as
this, as a 1886 resolution:
Whereas: Automobiles are the greatest
death dealing device in this country to-
day, and under existing conditions, any
one with enough money to buy a broken
down wreck and license is permitted to
bump down road with it. And where
as: the driver of the car may be partly
blind, totally deaf, physically unfit, color
blind, lame, over 100 years old, an es-
capped convict, possessed of a serious
heart trouble, so nervous that you would
Mt trust him with a cap pistol, or unable
to pass examinations in the first grade:
Now therefore be it resolved that
every driver must pass severe eXamina-
lions before receiving drivers license,
examinations just as strict and just as
often as aviators must pass.
(2) No car will be permitted on the
highways that doesn't carry complete
history OI the car, lllCIuulHg CeTlIlcdle
showing that thorough test has been
made within the past 80 days, for brakes,
lights, tires, condition of steering appar-
atus, and other features of car stability.
(3) Strict jail sentences shall be i'm
posed upon any driver responsible for
wreck or accident, sentences varying
with the seriousness of the accident.
(4) Persons may drive when drunk or
sleepy, and go 100 miles an hour, but if
they pass over that black stripe down
the middle of the road, park partly on
the concrete, turn left without proper
signals and caution, or do any other
fool thing, they must give up their car
for anywhere from six months minimum
to forever maximum"
Not until there is a legal resolution
such as this passed will traffic fatalities
seriously diminish-and we wonder who
would favor them? Probably you would
say mo" most emphatically. And yet
:. YOU MAY BE THE NEXT ONE
KILLED!
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06

Win the opening lead with dunn
my's Ace of diamonds. Say declar-
er discards his lowest heart. Lead
back the 2 of diamonds. Ruff with
the K of spades. 1t is immaterial
what East discards, suppose it to be
the lowest heart. Put dummy in. lead
with it's Ace of hearts, scoring trick
3. Lead back the of diamonds
Ruff with the Ace of spades. Sup
pose East discards another heart
Lead the K of hearts from declarer's
hand. Discard dummy's lone club
At the sixth trick lead declarer's
lowest spade. Cover with East's 8
Win with dummy's j of spades. Sup
pose West discards it's lowest club
The cards held by each player will
be as shown below. Dummy is tc
lead and its side is to win 6 of the
remaining tricks, to fulfill the g.
Spades contract, doubled and re-
doubled.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
4 POLITICAL CHALLENGE
WHICH IS GOOD ADVICE

When President Roosevelt in his ad-
dress to congress, challenged his political
opponents to offer a definite program
repeating all New Deal reform and leg
islation, he gave them a hint which they
should heed
The heavy swing by voters from one
party to the other, indicates that more
and more people nowadays are voting
independent of party affiliations. They
are voting for definite things, rather
than blindly following one party or the
other
In the national campaign that comes
to fruition in November, the party in
power has a definite record to which
to refer Whether voters do or do not like
it, there isn't much doubt as to what the
New Deal is
The Republicans, thus far, have
founded their attack on fault-finding.
Every good salesman knows he can't sell
potential buyers on the merit of his mer-
chandise by merely finding fault with
that of a competitor To be acceptable,
the merchandise itself must have its own
advantages To date, the best the Repub-
licans have offered was balanced budg-
ct. Roosevelt's statement now makes the
two parties share this same budget OBJ
jective.
Republicans, and these Democrats who
are independently inclined to desert the
New Deal ranks, want to see the Repub
icans make the best stand possible in
the coming campaign By offering a def
mite program, they can best strengthen
their position and wage the best battle.
Regardless of what they propose, it
should be affirmative and definite and
progressive.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
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Lead the of diamonds. Play
Vests c. Ruff with declarer's low
est spade. This is the first chonce
East has had to win a trick since he
led his lone diamond, just as was
done in actual play when the hand
was dealt.
Suppose East overruffs With his 8
and wins the seventh trick played.
What shall East do next? If he leads
his last spade, dummy's @ will win.
Declarer's last trump will ruff the
diamond led by dummy. Vests last
diamond will fall Dummy will ruff
a return lead of a club and all its
cards are worth tricks. If East leads
his heart, instead of leading trump,
after overruffing declarer's ruff Of a
diamond, dummy will ruff, pick up
Easts last trump. Declarer will ruff
the last diamond out of West, leav-
ing dummy's cards all good Moth
ing can defeat the 6-Spades, after
the of diamonds has been .he OPP
ening lead.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
AUCTION
PHILOSOPHY
BY ID. L. ZINN

Folks, amt we going to have a big
time this year? Roosevelt making
a fighting speech before congress
and Hoover swapping back at him,
this will be one of the hottest cleo
tons for years. Just registered
again, registered Republican as US
ual.
Hoover says the Federal govern
ment, state and city always took
care of the needy. Please don't tell
the boys that run the soup kitchen
on Main street, and us fellows that
donated to it about that, but may
be we were the only town that done
that way.
Did we have a good sale Friday?
I say we did, big crowd and better
prices. Things are looking up for
the farmers, All kinds Of imple-
ments, lot of good mules, and horses
in the Starner sale Thursday. ! will
be seem you.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
Wall Street and Politics
Midwest Boon,s Business South Sticks to Party
Lines . Farmers PrO-ROoseUet Long Men Back
F. ID. X. :. Hoover Strongest of GOPers

probably is the strongest Republl-
can possibility in the south.
There are three reasons: ID He
has a powerful hold on Republicans
in the south, since he appointed
nearly all available Republicans
to office; % he saved" the south
from AL Smith in 1923; and 90 he
is the best known of the Republi-
cans, to the south.
Governor ALT M. Landon, OF Kan
Sas, however, has a strong follow
ing in regions that border the south
Frank Knox, the Chicago publish
er, is not generally known; nor is
Senator Arthur Vandenburg OF
Michigan.
Senator William E. Borah, OF
Idaho, on the other hand, is very
well known; but there is no likeli-
hood that the hand-picked south
orn delegations would be for MIN.
AS for Justice Owen j. Roberts
of the U. S. supreme court-lt is
doubtful whether he would obtain
more than a handful of votes in all
the south Besides, man from
Pennsylvania would carry none OF
the west.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
NEW YORK
DAY by DAY
By O. O. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, Jan. Elm the man
ner of Arnold Benefits journal: I
came in from an after breakfast
walk to tell of an elevator mans
child naming her three kittens
Eenie. Meenie and MIME. M. OBJ
served: And there amt no MOP"
But neither really gay. Last night
we had to sack servants with us five
years.
MY lightest days are those when
the mail brings homeopathic nick
hacks from Gilbert White, Henry
Sell, Idwal Jones, Russ Cole, Gelett
Burgess, Valentine Williams, Frank
Case, Ewing Galloway, etc. All have
panache for those twists one Won
ders one has not thought OF before.
After many years a daily writing
chore, such as this, becomes touch
and go. / often feel like the old lady
in her negligee, starting across the
floor, putting out her arms for some
supporting hand ana mumbling: Il
feel one of my spells coming onl" A
sort of boiling inside, and 1 finish
the job in Jiffy.
Other times, all day drag. found
names for comic opera in the news
lately. G.. and S. stuff. A Chinese
named Ho. And that Canadian town
from which a lady flew to Winni-
peg, arriving just in time to be-
come mother gracefully. The town
is called Erin From. I wrote approx
mately $4,000 words in 1885.
tackled continuous burlesque
show the other afternoon. Flat. Dull
Trying to be dirty instead of funny
I kept thinking of that standard
scene in every burlycue. Two hobo
comedians suffering the bitter eX-
perience OF having three blondes sill
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06

at their table, one by one, ordering
all the fancy dishes in the mouse.
The Writhing was devastating. The
putty-nosed BOYS were experts OF
the writhe Lloyd Hamilton, of the
old silents, was No. l writher in
wiithe age of comedy.
Hamilton would show up at Mrs.
Van Sittert'S swell dinner wearing
a badly fitting stiff shirt. And tails.
Just as Mrs. Van Sittert engaged
him in polite small talk, a mouse
would enter the cape in his shirt and
carry ON some Olympic games there
under. Hamilton's face became an
alternating series of smiles at his
hostess and expressions of terror at
what was happening under his
clothes.
o, yes, the hoboes at the table
Blonde No. l seating herself smil-
ingly Gale the waiter and orders,
first, lobster la Newburgh. And the
boys writhe. When they have strai-
ghtened up she orders pate de fois
gras. More Writhing. And this is re-
peated twice on the appearance of
Blondes No. and 3. Then the no.
boes jump up on their chairs, shade
their eyes, and yell to the wings:
Hey, close that hole out there
We've got a full house now-three
queens and couple of jackasseS!"
RoarS.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
BY LESLIE EfCHEL
Central Press Staff Writer

HOT SPRINGS, Ark-There'S a
Hindu fortune teller here. praying
for business. His auto trailer is
parked on a lot near the biggest
hotel. But his business is bad be-
cause everybody else is busy.
That's the way some of the ma
tives look on the 1886 political race,
too. The Republicans will predict
dire happenings unless their man
is elected president. But folk will
be so busy that they will say: ooh,
we guess were doing as well as
could be expected under Roosevelt. y
Of course, this is in the south.
And the South will be Democratic
anyway. Don't let any soothsayer
fool you on that. The conserva-
tive, states rights Democrats are
as mad as wet hen concerning
Mr.. Roosevelt, but it would be con-
sidered heresay to leave the Dem
ocratic party.
Besides, any conservative Demo-
crat running for reelection is GER
tain to come out whole hearJedly'
for Mr.. Roosevelt prior to the pri-
maries (which IN the south, is
tantamount to an election. Far
mers and workers are strongly pro-
Roosevelt-and las one person re-
marked to me yesterday there
aren't many rich folk here" Even
the former pro-Long men in Lou
isiana are now saying: We're for
Roosevelt.
90
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
SPECIAL PRIVILEGE SHOULD
BE ACCORDED THIS COP

The other day, constable in Elkton,
Maryland, arrested motorist speeding
through the little community The mo-
torist became unruly and Constable
Clayton Ellison handcuffed the culprit
enroute to jail. The culprit turned out
to be. the Minister from Iran The mayor
apologised: so did the governor of Mary
land; so did Secretary of State Hull.
Ellison was fired.
At this distance, it would appear that
Elkton and Maryland and the U. S. A.
should be ashamed Ellison was doing
his duty, whether speeders be CCC work
ers or the President himself. Reports say
nothing about insolence or conduct un-
becoming an officer, and we assume that
Ellison acted properly If he did, he GER
tainly should not be condemned for do
ing what he is paid to do.
Ask any traffic officer and he will
tell you how many people try to get out
of a violation because of some prestige
or other. Many prominent man, in
this and other communities will tell
(confidentially, of course) how he pull
ed strings" in order to get out of traffic
tickets in Los Angeles.
And yet these same people howl
against social privilege-that is, against
don't enjoy At any rate, men like Eli
son should not be penalized for trying
to uphold the law.
The 150-pound cheese which recently
arrived in Washington has been eaten,
which may serve to dissuade some of
our more ambitious would-be congress
men.
Society women are raising potatoes to
defy Federal Potato Act. Some of the
youngsters might have pitched in had
it been a Federal Wild Dat Act.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
CONSTITUTION

The Republicans are going on the
wrong assumption if they believe
that notification by the U. S. SUI
preme court of new deal laws will
be popular in states right south.
On the contrary, because of the
large agricultural percentage of the
population, such supreme court &C
ton would likely cause the rise in
the south of a concerted movement
tc restrict the power of the supreme
court to nullify the acts Of congress.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06

CONT RACT
a RIDGE q
WRITTEN FOR CENTRAL PRESS
BY E. v. SIZE P ARD
ONE OF WATSON'S BEST

MIR. LOUIS H. WATSON not on
ly is one of our best practical play
ers and most delightful partners, as
shown by the problem hand given
below, he is one of the ablest solvers
of tough problems. Very few play
ers ever would have worked long
enough to have discovered a fool
proof method of making 6-Spades
doubled and redoubled. The open
ing lead was the of diamonds. Can
you make the small slam against
the best subsequent play OF East
and West?
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
UNIFORM WINE LABEL SOUGHT

SANDUSKY, O., U.P)-Wine man
ufacturers of the Sandusky section
will ask congress to authorize label
for wine containers that will be ac-
ceptable all over the United States
At present each state demands some
thing different in labelling, entailing
expense and trouble for the winters.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Publishing Company, 625 State
street, e Centre, California. Telephone 800. Full
leased wire United Press Association. Entered at
e Centre, California, post office as second-class
matter. Member California Newspaper Publish
ers Association. NJ. c. Mogensen, national aa-
vertising representatives
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
TEN YEARS AGO

In order to facilitate affairs in the
business office. the board of direct
ors of the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict at today's meeting changed the
jurisdiction of several canals in the
districts system.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06

The feature surprise of the 1naug-
ural Ball, held last night at the Mas
onic hall and given by the Imperial
County Auto Trades association, was
the unwilling of large portrait of
President Warren G.. Harding.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06

Mayor Swanson and r. B. Moore,
president of the commandment FL
Centre Chamber of Commerce, to-
day issued a call for a meeting to
reorganize that body, to be held at
the city hall tonight.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January 6, 1916

At a meeting of the board OF sup
ervisors this afternoon, one unan-
imous vote, the Imperial Valley
Press was made official county pa
per.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
Looking Backward
What The Press Files Tell of Imperial Valley This
Date in Past Years

local high school, was the presenta-
ton of Seven Keys To Baldpate,
the Senior class play last night be-
fore a large audience.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06

TEA SET WEIGHS HALF OUNCE
BERLIN, U.R)-A porcelain tea set,
said to be the smallest in the world,
is being shown in a Berlin shop. 1t
has taken two years to make. The
weight of the tiny teapot, sugar bowl,
cream jug and six cups and saucers
is less than half an ounce.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January 6, 1921

What may we'll be called the clev-
crest production ever staged at the
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
THE MORROW'S FOLLOW
LINDBERGH'S SUIT

Now Constance Morrow and her
mother, Mrs. Dwight Morrow have fol-
lowed the Lindbergh's abroad. Constance
has been the target of kidnap threats. We
still say the Lindbergh's did right in
leaving, and we say Miss Morrow is do
ing right If every person who is serious
ly threatened, should leave, certain it
is that pretty soon, it wouldn't be pos
sible to get away with threats in this
country.
Wouldn't Ell Centre be a beautiful
little city if all lawns grew grass and
shrubbery typical to this section of the
country? Those with enough money to
come south in the winters and who pass
through here by the scores every day,
might believe without being told, that
Imperial County is real potential Win
ter resort.
An English movement is under way
to find the man who invented the collar
stud. A harder task might be just to find
the stud.
1t turns out that the 200-inch mirror
is really meant for an observatory and
not. as believed, for Paul Whiteman.
You have to hand it to France and
Britain-they're determined to have
peace if it takes every acre of land Ethlo-
pia has.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
GRAB BAG

In auction bridge what is the
honor value Of four honors in one
hand, fifth in partners?
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
Answers to Foregoing Questions

!. Ninety points.
2. The name given TO a period of
play in a polo match.
3. The Derby.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
Words Of Wisdom

Romance is the poetry of liter
allure. Madame Necker.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06

1t turns out that the 200-inch mirror
is really meant for an observatory and
not, as believed for Paul Whiteman.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
Correctly Speaking

Lose out" or win out" are slang
expressions, and not proper except
in connection with sports.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
What is a chukker?

What is England's biggest horse
racing classic known as?
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06

Society women are raising potatoes to
defy Federal Potato Act. Some of the
Youngsters might have pitched in had
it been a Federal Wild Dat Act.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-06
PAINTINC-W. ID. POLLARD

Also Paperhanging and Decorating done by competent
No job small No job too large. Estimates Cheerful
PHONE 451 Ell CENT
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-23

holds over legislation, and would have
permitted its chairman. one Of the
big three" of the House leaders, to
dominate every inquiry and special
activity of the House. 1t lost, but
then so did the resolution itself.
But Chairman Black over in the
Senate states that the committee work
will proceed without interruption, al
though the House action will make
it awkward for him to act in the
court litigation as he feels the inter-
ests of the legislative branch Of the
Government demand. The so-called
balance of power" between the exc
cutive, legislative and judiciary has
admittedly grown somewhat out Of
balance during the emergency and he
states that for that reason alone this
issue now assumes even greater i'm
portance. And for the same reason
it was pointed out that the case could
not properly be turned over to one of
the executive branch who normally
would handle an important govern
ment case, the Attorney General who
heads the Department of Justice.
The Black committees latest work
has been to take up the affairs of the
number of organizations, self-styled
patriotic and constitutional lobbying
groups, and point out their backing
and purposes. He has grubbed out
evidence that shows beyond dispute
the connection of these organizations
with the American Liberty League,
through the same group of financial
supporters and organizers and Off
GERS. Back of almost all of them may
be found the DuPonts, the Raskobs,
and the other bitter foes of the pres
ent administration and of any liberal
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-23
THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
By CONG. JOHN PAUL KvALE

The House this week made history
of sorts when it rejected the resolu-
ton that would have given Senator
Blacks Senate lobbying committee
$4,000 in added funds, and did it by
a strong majority in addition to &C
companying its unusual action with
sharp words of criticism of the COM
mittee's actions.
Earlier history of the fight will be
remembered. Senator Black subpoe-
naed all kilograms, after utility or
CARNATIONS and lobbying groups and
individuals had either destroyed their
own copies of communications or had
refused to surrender them. AS the
result of his work, bitter protests
arose, as described in earlier letters,
and editor William Randolph Hearst
led an attack upon the powers of the
Senate committee and Congress as
a whole by instituting suits which
eventually will go to the Supreme
Court for determination. The Senate
committee desired to employ the fore
most legal experts to defend its case
before the courts and prepare the ar
guments, and under the law it is linn
tied to payment of a salary of $500
monthly to any of its employees, fig
ure which the committee insisted
would not attract the proper kind OF
talent.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-23

development in government or politics,
whether it be for added social re-
sponsibility, progressive tax measures,
or what. They have literally expend-
ed millions, and it still goes on un-
abated.
The utility issue broke out in an
other quarter when the rural electri-
fication bill reached the Senate af-
ter the House returned it with an
amendment which would permit pri-
vate power companies to share in the
$42O.OOO,OOO fund by loans to extend
their services to farm areas. The
writer was one of a group which
tried to resist this in the House with
out success, but now Senator Norris
grand old man of the Senate, an
nounces that he will fight this pro-
posal to the bitter end. He is the
sponsor of the bill, and his words
are therefore important
He points out that adoption of the
amendment in the final form of the
bill will permit existing private COM
panies to continue to cut into the
choicest markets for power, and un-
dersen public municipal and rural
companies only until they are driven
out of the field, then advance their
rates again. The purpose of the bill
is to provide abundant power at low
cost, of course, and for that reason
his ire.
AS a result, conferees will have
a busy time of it in settling the diff.
ferences between the two bodies, fol
the bove-described argument is only
one of several that are lodged in the
varying forms of the House and Sen
ate measures. If passed before ad
journment and signed by the Presi
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-23

dent, as is hopefully expected, the
new measure will supplant the two
year temporary program and will over
a ten-year period make available be-
tween forty and fifty millions annual
ly for building transmission lines and
supplying farm homes with equipment
through these loans at low interest
rates.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-23
MIDWAY TABERNACLE

Sunday school and Bible class 100
p. M; afternoon service 2:3O p. M;
evening service p. m.
Mid-week service Wednesday at 8
p. m. o. M. HAUG, Pastor.