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The Washington times., 1936-10-21
Fire RACES Ha|f-Hour
Aboard BerenQaria
ERNEST A. SIMPSON

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct.
81 G.N.SJ.-Fire ragged for half
an hour yesterday aboard the vet
eran transatlantic liner Berengaria
at her dock here as she was laid
up temporarily for repairs. The
blaze was extinguished by two en-
ines from the city of Southampton
and three fire-fighting tugs.
VOTE AMERICAN
Snow in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Oct. 81. GN.SO.
Heavy snow, following the heels of
subfreezing temperatures, swept
portions of Minnesota yesterday.
slowing down traffic and hating
fall farming operations. At Brain
ard the mercury fell to "a degrees.
The Washington times., 1936-10-21
Atlantic Storms DELAY
Liners Bound 10 N. Y.

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 G.N.S0.
Atlantic storms which buffeted
the Liner Queen Mary on her last
westbound passage are delaying
other ships, according to radio re-
ports received here today. The
Arnold Bernstein Liner Koenig-
stein, due here tomorrow from
Antwerp with 200 passengers,
radioed that she could not arrive
until FRIDAY,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
News Behind the News
Tel and Tel Cuts Rates !. Another
Tradition Goes By The Boards NO
bodYs Being Ruined

WASHINGTON Something new happened
when the American Telephone q Teiegraph Co.
as a result of informal conferences" with gov
ernnent officials, agreed TO cut its long distance
rates so as to subscribers about $l2OOOOoo year.
Tradjtionally the way to get telephone
company to cut rates is for a commission to oroer
a reduction, whereupon the company goes nto
the courts with the complaint that II Is peihs
ruined The public pays the bill on both Sloes
for years of expensive litigation which may OF
may not end with rate cut.
Telephone rate cases have dragged out any
where from five to IL years. The big Illinois
Bell Telephone rate case was IN Ine courts htie
years before the supreme court finally SAID Ine
company would have to cut its charges
Under a new technique supervised by Feder-
al Communications Commissioner Paul walker,
boss of the continuing FEC investigation Oh tie
A. T. & T, the government company sat down
at a conference table and finally reached agree
ment on the extent to which long distance rates
should come down.
The telephone company now says the reduc-
ton is greater than it ought to be and the gov
ernment says it is too small, but the big fact ls
that long distance calls will be cheaper after
JAM Is.
Negotator for FEC was Carl Wheat, former
public utilities counsel for the city Of Los An
gees Wheat was able to jimmy the rate cut
out of President Walter s. Clifford OF A T. !.
because he had all the facts about Gifford's
company, facts developed and co-ordinated py
Samuel Becker and John Buckley, respectively
chief counsel and accounting expert for the in
vestigation
Wheat undertook to show the telephone Off
cials how on the basis Of their own figures, they
could afford to bring rates down by $15,000,000
The telephone officials wanted to make cut OF
from $3O0o.00O to S6,000000. Finally they COM
promised on what amounted to $l2000,00O.
Pressure arising from two years or investiga-
ton plus psychological influence OF the election
returns is believed to have made Wheat's job
easier. s
Walker hopes to see the day when fellow
on the Atlantic Coast can call up his aunt in
San Francisco for about go cents. He believes
increased business resulting from low rates and
inventive progress are working toward that goal.
Already you can make night station-to-
station call from Eastport, Me-, to Cape Mendo-
cino, Calf, for SIN case you happen to be in
Eastport. Me, and have S. and know someone on
Cape Mendocno.
Mayor F1orello LaGuardia Of New York, who
was in Washington with other mayors to pro-
test large reductions in WPA rolls is working for
a constitutional amendment and says the prob
lem OF wording it Is simple. He says he has
found much support for one which would read
like this:
Congress shall have power to regulate COM
merce, industry, labor, and agriculture"
The most important thing, LaGuardia says.
is to straighten out the commerce clause COM
plication so industry and agriculture will be
accepted as national not local.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TAKING UP ESTRAY
ANIMAL

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN:
That on September Is, 1886 there
was taken up, seized and there is
now confined by us on the premises
known as Charles Balance Ranch
same being located about one mile
West of Acacia Schoolhouse and
about 2h miles east and one-half
mile South of the County Court
house in Ell Centre, Imperial Coun-
ty, the following described animal:
l Bay Mare, age unknown,
no marks or brands-of the
probable value of $4,000.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN
that if said animal is not claimed
and damages paid for such taking
up within thirty days hereof, the
undersigned will notify the Justice
of the Peace of Judicial Township
No. 2, Imperial County, California,
in which said Township said ami
NAL is now held, requesting him to
sell or cause to be sold said animal,
all as provided for under ection 391
to 402, inclusive, of the Agricul-
tural Code.
DATED: December 2, 1896.
JOE MENDIVIL
MRS. j. M. MENDIVIL.
D2-S-l6)
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
Other Editors Say
IGNORING THE THIRD DEGREE
tSanta Paula ChrOnicle)

It's rather difficult to take in this shipping
strike. The maritime workers have many points
in their favor-and so have the shippers. But
there's third side to this particular kind Of a
strike which deserves consideration from the
other two That side is the public.
Right now the strikers appear to be treating
the public unfairly. Latest news Is that they
have defied a court order to unload cargo OF
bananas, perishable fruit.
Moving of perishable goods during the strike
is common sense way of doing things which
appeals to the sympathy and understanding of
the public. After all, the public has no part in
this industrial quarrel between shippers and
employees. And the public should not be made to
suffer because of 1t. fA%
Another type of shipment deserving special
consideration is Christmas MERCHANDISE and
toys. If these goods are not delivered In time
for the Yule season sales many stores will under
60 terrific losses.
There are other shipments, too-perishable
or not-which are needed for emergency use
and which should be unloaded regardless Of the
strike.
At the outset of the strike the maritime
unions recognized this situation and unloaded
pershables from tied up vessels, under orders
CT Federal authorities and with their own con-
sent. But this change in policy on their part
will not curry favor from the public-and pub
lie support Is just what the unions after.
Adequate respect by the unions and shippers
for the rights Of the innocent public can do lot
toward averting the bloodshed and bitterness
which marked waterfront labor troubles in 1884.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
ROADSIDE SAFETY STATIONS
PLANNED BY RED CROSS

The proposal of the American Red
Cross in Imperial county to install road
side safety stations at Mountain Springs,
Miller's Service Station and Heber in this
county will fill need which has been
apparent for many months. Especially
will the station at Mountain Springs be
a safety factor on which no price can be
set.
The Red Cross will carry out its pro-
gram by instructing attendants at the
various stations in first aid practice.
This means that, in the event of an
automobile accident nearby, it will not be
necessary to wait for an ambulance or
state traffic patrolman. First aid can be
administered near the scene, saving Sec
onds, minutes and sometimes longer pc
riods. The saving time might well mean
the saving of life.
Only one part of the Red Cross cur
rent safety campaign, the safety stations
nevertheless will be an important factor
n making life safer on the highways OF
Imperial county. Taken with plans for a
widespread first aid instruction drive
and a campaign against accidents of all
types, It should be most effective.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16

The little fellow is getting back
into the stock market, according
to observers in Wall Street.
In the 48 hours following the
presidential election, nearly 7,0O0,-
600 shares were turned over. A
big market seems to be in the max
ing, and it is taken as automatic
that big markets are made by
little people.
And so, of course, If this sort OF
thing is going to start, we shall
start remembering what happened
in 1929. If the curve of specula-
ton goes on up, We shall present.
ly he hearing. as of old, that "ey-
erybody" is in the market.
There will be stories about scrub
women, bellhops, ditch-diggers, and
other workers loading up with
stocks on margin, and Wall Street
leaders presently will be telling
us that the ordinary folk Of the
land to a man are infected with
the speculative craze.
Before this business gets going,
If 1t does get going, it might be a
good thing for us to take few
OF these everybody stories apart
and throw away the surplus pieces.
Was everybody in the market,
back in 1929? Were "all Of us"
turning our attention to the profit
that might be made by specula-
ton? Was a majority Of ordinary
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16

HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 16. U.H-
Ginger Rogers, redheaded film
tap dancer, has been invited as
guest of Franklin D. Roosevelt TO
the presidents 1887 birthday ball
in Washington for the benefit OF
the Warm Springs, Ga, infantile
paralysis foundation.
All of which goes to show Miss
Rogers shares nice eye for pub
licity with Mr.. Roosevelt's bally-
hoo boys.
Year ago Miss Rogers and her
mother, Mrs. Leilah Rogers, at
tended the Washington blowout
and all but stopped the show.
Customers argued for days after
ward whether the No. attraction
was the girl or the president.
Canny ball committeeman be-
lieve q return engagement Will
stand 'em up. They believe 1t to
the extent of offering Miss Rogers
an army airplane to fly her to
Washington and return her to
Hollywood.
Reason for all the service is
Miss Rogers will be at work with
Fred Astaire on their new pic
ture Jan. 80, and can spare only
two days for the ball. OF course,
her trip across the continent VIII
be flying advertisement for the
benefit, but that can't be helped
Tale of a movie poker game
that rivals the "bet 'em high and
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
A STATE POLICE FORCE
OF CALIFORNIA

Among the measures introduced IN the
state legislature at its coming session
probably will be one which would turn
the California Highway Patrol into a
state constabulary, similar to those oper-
ated in several eastern states. The mea-
sure will meet stern opposition because
of several objections. Some of them are
we'll founded.
Making the most noise, however, are
those who contend that such state po-
lice force would become a strong strike
breaking force. Regardless of the merit
of other objections, and of the bill itself,
there is good ground to take issue with
this point. Any peace officers group in
the state might as we'll be called a strike
breaking organization. When an officer
ceases to do the things which cause some
people to call him strike breaker, he
will be violating his oath of office.
ANY peace officer is sworn to protect
the property and rights of the public.
Facing an angry mob of pickets, bent on
causing bodily harm to those who are
working and physical damage to the
property on which they are working, an
officer would be traitor to his oath to
allow the mob its way Yet this is called
by many strike breaking.
There has never been case in Impe-
rial county in which any peace officer
engaged in strike breaking activities.
When strikers violated the law, they
were arrested. Yet the Imperial county
officers. to certain persons, are known
as among the worst of the "strike
breakers"
1t is unlikely that any police force,
state or municipal, would be strike
breaking agency.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Stock Market Never Did Lure Everybody

Americans, or anything remotely
resembling a majority, putting its /
money on the line in the brokers'
offices?
You need not reflect very long
to be convinced that the answer
to each of those questions is an
emphatic NO. The 100000 far
merssassuredly were not represent
ed In the stock market by more
than q microscopic fraction OF
their number. The 30,000,000 wage
earners who manned the countrys
basic induStries-the men below the
white-collar class-were hardly in
the market to any great extent.
There were few exceptions, of
course, but in the main the people
who speculated in the 1929 boom
were drawn almost entirely from
the whjte-colla class. And that
class in 1929, numbered approxi-
mately 100000 people.
How many of them actually did
speculate? One guess may be as
good as another; possibly mil
lion, possibly two--hardly any more
surely.
That Is how everybody" was in
the stock market in 1929. 1t is
point worth remembering.
For it is reminder that the
overwhelming majority of Ameri-
cans never bought a share Of
stock in their lives, and never will.
They have neither the time nor,
In most cases, the money to spare.
They are too busy doing the ma
tion's work-harvesting It's food,
running its trains, mining its
minerals, making the million and
one articles that keep its factories
and its market busy.
Tell these people that the little
fellow Is getting back into the
stock market and they would un-
doubtedly reply that, If he is, he
is doing them no part of favor
There is no point in assuming
that the speculative flurries infect
the whole country when they don't.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
BRINGING ALL
THE NEWS To
IMPERIAL
VALLEY
HOW NATIONAL RE-EMPL0YMENT
CUTS DOWN RELIEF ROLLS

Unfortunately, some persons misun-
derstood the intent of recent editorial
in these columns opposing union hiring
halls for agricultural laborers, and COM
mendng the American Farm Bureau
Federation for its stand against such
hiring halls. The result has been an
unfortunate one for the National Re-
employment Office in Ell Centro, which
is in a position to furnish farm laborers
when they are needed, and has furnish
ed many satisfactory workers to lmpe-
rial Valley farmers.
The National Unemployment Service
is not, in any sense of the word, union
hiring hall. It's assignments are made
without prejudice. 1t does not and can
not enter into controversy with the far
mer over the wages he pays or the con-
ditions he offers his workers, no more
than it can insist that he employ only
representatives of a union. 1t is dis
tinctly a unit of service, and one of
which the farmer should take advantage
when possible.
The National Unemployment Service
in Imperial county has been instrument
tai more than any other agency in cut
ting down the county's relief rolls. 1t
is the organization to which state and
county relief offices can pass the buck
when able bodied men ask to be placed
on relief. They are directed to the re-
employment office. If they refuse rea-
sonable employment there, they are not
eligible for relief.
The office here has never been accused
of abusing its privileges. On the other
hand, it has rendered good service to
the county. 1t is to the benefit of the
taxpayers-and farmers loom large IN
this classification-to make use of the
services offered by the National Re
employment office as means of reduc-
ing the relief load and incidentally re-
ducing the cost of taxes which pour
money into relief.
The National Unemployment Service,
as operated here, is one of the govern
ment's greatest strides toward coopera-
ton with private industry.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
Strolls Thru Hollywood

sleep in the gutter" gambling
stories of the old west filters
through here with names advised
ly eliminated.
A much-in-the-news Los An
geles theater magnate had. just
finished building a cooperative
apartment house, and being a
bachelor, threw a poker party
Came the dawn and incredibly
lofty stakes and losing streak
left the host broke. He turned to
picture mogul with:
1--WE got $4,000 in this build
ing. Shall take it out in chips?"
The chips changed hands. In
another hour they had changed
again, and without a word the
theater magnate handed over the
keys and moved his toothbrush
and pajamas to a hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATORS
SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT
PUBLIC AUCTION.
No. 1901 In Probate.

No. 1901 In Probate.
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, In and For the
County of Imperial.
In the Matter of the Estate of
GEORGE w. ALLEN,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by Garfield
Allen, Administrator of the Estate
Of George w. Allen, deceased that
he will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, in lawful
money of the United States, and
subject to the conformation Of said
Court, on Thursday, the 28th day
of December, 1886 at the hour of
twelve o'clock noon, at the premises
known as
Lot Seventeen (1D in Block
Thirty-eight (38), Townsite Of Ell
Centro,
located at ,734 Brighton Street. Ell
Centro, Imperial County, California,
all the right, title, interest, and
estate of said George w. Allen at
the time of his death and all the
right, title, and interest the estate
has acquired by operation of law or
otherwise, other than or in addi-
ton to that of said deceased at the
time of his death, in and to that
certain lot, piece, or parcel of land,
situate in the City of Ell Centre,
County of Imperial, bounded and
described as follows, to-wit:
Lot Seventeen CD in Block
Thirty-eight (38), Townsite Of
Ell Centre, Imperial County,
California.
Terms and conditions of sale:
Cash In lawful money of the United
States; 10 per cent of the purchase
price to be paid to the administrator
on the day of sale and the balance
upon confirmation of sale by said
Superior Court and the delivery of
conveyance.
Dated this 31st day of October,
1886.
GARFIELD ALLEN,
Administrator of the estate of
George w. Allen, Deceased.
CLARENCE B. SMITH,
Attorney for the Administrator.
D7-20 Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
Editorials and Comment
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1e, 1896
/ OH SoI says
< FRANK WATANABE
nv I'm HoIDEN
syEp HOLDEN
ORANGES

Other day in New York | start feel
ING like orange. So | enter a truit
establishment to secure one. In those
place seen oranges like l never seen be.
fore! "What kind orange are this one!
I asking. This are California orange.
He vocalize. But cannot was! l llving
in California since was knee hign mop
ping grass 4. but never seen oranges IKE
this kind before" They was pig as my
personal cocoanut and juice like buck.
Of IF vou wish to knowledge about Cali
fornia fruit go to New York. Also
Florida oranges are there but they
must dive them orange color to making
them look like one Otherwise you Will
thinking they are overstuffed lemon.
Not fooling.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

| NEW YORK, Dec. 16-The COM
mercial vision of the Rockefellers is
again forcibly demonstrated by the
final success of Rockefeller Center.
In 1892, when the first of the build
ings was opened, it promised to be
the most colossal real estate blunder
on record. The Music Hall opening
offered no solace.
Critics regarded it the most agon-
izing theatrical failure they ever
witnessed when they left at a. m.
with the show still numbering along
| like a tirseled, wounded elephant.
| It was such a flop it broke the heart
Of the master Snowman, Roxy, and
caused his demise.
The erudite Walter Lippman pen
ned jeremaid to the futility OF the
whole SCENE and The New Yorker
made 1t the theme of several car
toon hoots. Floor after floor Of the
giant spires were untenanted and
the population of the area was not
more than 5000. People shuddered
passing by. aq
Today Rockefeller Center has said
| goodbye to all that. Checkers have
found that in the three blocks of
| new buildings there Is a compact
city of 100000 souls. There are a
few vacancies in ground floor shops
| but the office syace Is reaching sat
lration point.
The decision Of the Rockefellers,
| Junior, to give up their long estab-
lished home In the shadows Of Rock
| efeller Center for Park avenue
apartment removes two of the most
familiar residences of the city for
tourists. The elder Rockefeller
home, next door, Is also to go.
They were comparatively modest
symbols of the oil mems desire to
shun show. Many residences all
around were vastly more preten-
tiouS The only marked differ
ences were the derbied private
guards who always lounged in the
shadows. Fastigated apartment
spires appealing especially to Gold
Coast tenants vii larise on the sites.
The elder Rockefeller's HlanSe
was the last private residence with
servants hall on the grounds-a
long two -storied brick after the
manner Of Rhineland castle stables
In motorless days was carriage for
the servants to use on afternoons
off. Families of extreme wealth
am told, are kept in ignorance OF
servant trouble. A chatelaine becomes
the boss and engages and discharges
help and her job depends on seeing
her employers are never bothered
by trouble below stairs.
10
Real estate writer's are referring
to the strip in Park avenue lyine
between 46th and seth streets a.
the new rue de la Paix. Since the
Waldorf made its stand there witt
its cluster OF botiques, the ides
spread to the Park Lane next doc
and surrounding apartment build
ings that sliced first floors int
shops. They are sparkling niche
without signs. Clerks sport lape
flowers, black coats, ledger rule
trousers and other hi-falutiness.
90
They were talking of an expensiy
dinner Winnie Sheehan had serve
at LaSalle du Bois, a wacky restaur
ant. The host remembered the las
moment a friend insOhio and ser
to his New York hotel cask Q
old-fashioned up-the-holer appl
butter, the sort that retained a dell
cate after cling OF wood smoke. Al
the imported and domestic daintis
were in tempting array but tn
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16

peas and Arnold Bennett thought
one of our delectable dishes was
corn beef and cabbage.
My own most memorable meal
was in Laredo. Texas, depot after
six weeks of birthstone bounty IN
old Mexico 1t was a stool and
counter joust with country sausage
covered with eggs scrambled in
melted cheese-try that on your
palate some nippy morning-and
golden flapjacks with bitey sorghum.
The three waitreses gathered around
to watch me lay to. And as token
of my gustatory delight left dol
lar bill for each.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
AMERICAS FARMERS
SEE IMPERIAL VALLEY

Imperial Valley went deeper in the
debt of C. o. Hoober this week, by rea-
son of the visit here of several delegates
10 the American Farm Bureau Fedora
tons national convention at Pasadena.
Hoober. president of the county farm
bureau. invited them to visit the valley
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16

after the convention, and they did.
Thus the men who know the soil saw
one of he most fertile regions in the
world-and took the story of it home.
Such visits are among the things the
valley needs most.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

One-Minute Test
1. Who is credited with having
coined the phrase, "The almighty
dollar?
2. Into what sea does the Volga
river flow?
8. What very small, independent
state borders Switzerland?
Hints ION Etiquette
When there is no doorman avail
able. an escort leaves his COM
panion standing In the entrance,
halls a cab and returns for her.
%
Words Of Wisdom
II you wish me to weep, you
must mourn first yourself.-Horace
%
Today's Horoscope
A person born on this day Is apt
to be great reader and have a
retentive memory. What he reads
Is generally assimilated and be-
comes part OF him.
Minute Test Answers
/. Washington Irving.
2. The Caspian
3. Liechtenstein.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16

Psychiatrists in delving among
the complexes say that tucked in
every brain is the memory of an
outstanding meal and invariably 1t
was some simple repast in out-of-
the-way surroundings cat fish
fry along a levee front, cheese,
crackers and tin of sardines in a
country store self-served, an on the
run pickup at some prairie depot
or a barbecue in the deep woods.
Fritz Kreiselr has yen for corn
pone, pot likker and black-eyed
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16

touch everybody discussed over the
coffee was the lollop of apple butter
served with the duck.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-16
Hints on Etiquette

II you wish me to weep, you
must mourn first yourself.-Horace