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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
THE LOW DOWN
FROM HICKORY GROVE

About every pace l go, people
are wondering about what is goln
on with business and prices, ana
they are sorta up tree and con-
fused. And the folks down there on
the Potomac, they are kinda up TO
their neck explain why everything
is not grand and rosy like they said
it would be.
And right along we been told that
another law or two would fix every
thing up sweet and pretty, and the
rivers would run up hin or side
wavs or whichever way the law
says for 'em to run.
But right recent, everybody seems
to be sorta gettin's woke up at
about the same time, and we are
like Rip Van Winkle-the powder
was wet and his pants was ragged
and we been dreamin', but not
gettin' any place.
And now, if we will take a coupla
stretches, and a hitch in our belt
and get over our ideas that some
1odv is goni a feed US, and look
after us ever minute, and we %
20 work, maybe our nap did US some
good, after al.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
WHAT WOULD you DO?

WHAT would you do if your moth
er had set her heart upon having
your younger brother marry a
certain girl and you fell in love with
that girl? What would you do if
your younger brother was accused
of embezzlement and you believed
he had stolen the money? These are
the problems that confront the
elder son in the play big Brother, "
to be presented by theJ Jlnior class,
Thursday December 16, in the High
school auditorium.
Would you be willing to go to
prise n to save your brother? Would
you give up the girl you had fallen
in love with just to please your
mother These problems will be
solved in the play. Come and see
it
The play cast is working hard,
practising twice a day and most Of
the members have learned their
parts for Act I and II. The proceeds
of the Cay will be added to the
funds for the JuniorSenior Prom
Nadine Irvine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
Red Cross Drive
/, Successf I'll

Chairman Earl H. Hicks of The
local chapter O. the American Fed
Cross is pleased at the successful
showing made in Coolidge in he
recent Roll Gail, and expresses his
thanks to- all those who helned
make a success of the roll call. in
the following statement:
CAS- Chairman of the Local Chap
ter of the American Red Cross
wish to express my appreciation to
the ladies who helped so faithfully
in The recent roll call. The roll call
this year netted a greater number
of members than have ever belong
ed to the Red Cross in Coolidge be
fore. This means that Coolidge is
growing, and that the local chapter
is in better financial condition tlan
ever before. We also wish to thank
the Hi School Inn for their
very liberal offer of 5 percent of
their gross sales for the month OF
December plus membership. Two
local business houses with several
employees enrolled 100 percent.
wish to call to the attention of he
membership their privilege of sug-
gesting where funds areN to be
spent, they must be spent in this
community, and it is not possible
for one person 20 know of all cases
needing and deserving help from
our funds"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
Vah-Ki Inn Popular
For Parties

Waikiki Inn was the scene of Sc
veral Thanksgiving festivities. The
Al State Club of Tucson had an
elaborate six course dinner at
noon. This is the third year that
the All States Club has celebrated
Thanksgiving at the Inn, followed
by a visit to the Monument and a
drive through the Indian reserva-
ton.
DR.. and Mrs. G. B. Steward of
Florence, DR.. and Mrs B. L. Stew
ard of Coolidge, Mrs. Katherine
Mac Rae and her daughter, Mrs.
Hupfel of Los Angeles also had
Thanksgiving dinner at the Inn.
On Tuesday night Mr.. and Mrs.
A. d. Taylor entertained at dinner
for Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. Smith and
Mrs. F. R. Barnaby of Los Angeles,
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Hines.
MIR. and Mrs. w. d. Struthers had
dinner at the Inn on Sunday Mr.
Struthers is representing the Rus
sell Electric Co of Tucson, in the
Rural Electrification of the district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parke w. SOule and
son and Mrs. SOule's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Girard of POcate,-
10, Idaho. were dinner guests on
Monday night Mr.. Soule is the new
chef clerk at the Monument, TAX
ing the place left vacant by Mr..
Luther.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
ARIZONA
IN WASHINGTON
BY BOB MERKLEY

There is now in the Senate Com
mittee on Public Lands and Surveys
a bill introduced by Senator Carl
Hayden which provides that
there is hereby granted to the State
of Arizona four million acres of the
nonmineral, u1appropriated, and
unreserved public lands of the Unit
ed States within such State for the
use and benefit of a hospital for
crippled children to be constructed
and maintained within said State
from the proceeds to be derived
from the leasing and sale of such
lands: :------------.
Although this bill is almost GER
tain of meeting with difficulties be-
fore it becomes a law, there can be
few Arizonans against it. Three
fourths of Arizona's area is federal
land. 1t will be no easy matter,
however. to talk Congress and the
President cut of four million acres.
Congressman Murdock is taking
a census of his own on the matter,
and whether the bill ever becomes
a law. he will have a fairly depend
able report on the number of Grip
pied children in the state. The
census is similar to the unemploy-
ment canvas now under way, ex-
cept that the crippled children sur
vey only goes to the extent OF con
tacting schools and churches.
The result of this survey, Mr.
Nurdock hopes. will be sufficient
data to give him and his colleague
basis upon which to work. Nh one
has ever doubted the existence OF
oroblem bit few if anv
- 1orga th,t 0roh'- II +.
a~tod co operation hT
oczi ig owe -nn-ir1
Undoubtedly mean quicker reiie
Or the most needy, even should the
bill itself come out of the com
mittee room a hopeless cripple.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
New Business Block
Under Construction

Mr.. George Hayduke and his
father, Mike Hayduke, today start
ed actual construction work on
so 20 brick building on their lot
at corner of Main and Harding
streets. The plans call for plate
glass fronts on east and south
sides, and sidewalk Will be con
structed along the new building, on
both streets. The plans also pro-
vide for a modern heating and cool
ing system TO be installed later
The contract is let to Mr. Geo. R
Hedger of Mesa, and construction
cost is said to be $1,000. Mr.. Heger
stated that he is employing as many
local men as he possibly can. and
that the contract calls for compile
tion of building by February 1st.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
Chevrolet Winter
Driving Tips

The proper technique of safe
winter driving rests primarily upon
the avoidance of quick, sudden
moves of any kind, according to
bulletin issued by Chevrolet this
week in the interest of traffic safe
ty under hazardous road and wealth
er conditions.
Modern motor cars are engineer
ed for year-round operation, the
bulletin states, and the driver who
takes fulf advantages Of their engi-
neering refinements can reduce
driving hazards to a minimum. The
principal of such hazards lies in
poor tire traction on icy pavements
where safe driving depends on the
avoidance of any abrupt applica
tion of either the power or the
brake
Some of the points stressed in
lut Dullellu al
"a good driver uses second
speed extensively in stopping, in
approaching intersections, and in
turning corners. With the syncro-
mesh transmission, it is simple and
easy to shift to a lower speed and
maintain control Of the car at an
times. Another important point is
to leave the car in gear when slow
ing down so that the egine may act
as a brake.
Cultivate the habit of giving 9th
er drivers ample notice of your in
tention to stop, turn, or slow down,
the bulletin continues. Even
though you may have your own car
under perfect control. the driver
behind you may not be so fortunate
Never permit the wheels of your
car to spin if it can be avoided.
Spinning wheels may cause danger
Gus skids. and if they come into
contact with a spot of dry pave
ment and thus gain sudden trac-
ing down so that the engine may
act as a brake.
Good visibility, always of the
utmost Importance, is assured IN
winter driving by the use of de-
frosting units which are available
in several forms at moderate cost.
Chains add traction in snow. but
they should not be relied upon to
take the place of sensible driving
as a guard against skidding.
Besides making for greater high
way safety, these suggestions Will
prolong the life of any car if they
are followed the year round. Pro
per care of the car in cold weather
adds immeasurably to driving plea
sure. The engine should never be
raced. because lubricants flow more
slowly when the engine is cold and
the stress on engine parts is in
creased"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
CUBS DEFEAT CHANDLER 1926

The Cubs defeated Chandler
Wednesday night November "a, II
to 6. At the end of the first half
il was a scoreless tie though Coo
lidge had the ball on Chambers
ward line. The boys went into the
third quarter and marched the
length of the field for the first
touchdown as Fielding Weddle took
a short pass over the goal line. The
Cubs then kicked to Chandler who
returned the kick to the Cubs 4O
yard line. The next play Skousen
took the ball on a quarter back
sneak and ran 40 yards for a touch
dow. The extra point failed. At
the end of third quarter score 6-6.
At the beginning of the fourth
quar- er the Cubs blocked a kick on
their own goal line; gaining the
ball 18th only three yards to go. D..
: S oemakertried lin plunge
,ut ade no gain. Jacl Bickford
hen rent off tackle for he second
QUO, own. The try for axtra pont
,ailad. At the end of the game Coo
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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
Commander To
Visit Local Post

Department Commander B. b.
Shimonowsky Of the American Leg
ion will make his annual visit to
District 4, at meeting to be held
in the Coolidge hall of the Ameri-
can Legion, on Friday, December
10th, at $50 p. m. District IS
composed of the owns of Florenoa,
Case Grande, Hayden, Superior,
Ray and Coolidge ), and legion men-
bers from these points are expe /
ed to be here in force, to meet and
greet their Commander
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
Wages and Hours Bill

DN VII w ilOAS-h<A%N
Fate of the Wages and Hours bill
in Congress depends largely or
farmers, declares Charles w Hol-
man, Secretary of the National Co
operative Milk Producers Fedora
ton, in a critical analysis of the
measure for the 2.O00,00 Midwest
farm families who read Rural Pro
gress Magazine, edited by DR..
Glenn Frank.
Mr.. Holman writes from long
experience in Washington watch
ing the Congressional mill and ap-
praising the effect of its output up
on agriculture In the December is
sue OF the magazine, out today, he
says the effect on farmers of the
wages and hours legislation as it
was passed by the Senate, but held
up in the House last summer, would
be:
l. To increase the cost of most
things farmers have to buy, includ-
ing implements, clothing, furniture,
radios, fertilizers and feeds.
.. To draw labor away from
rural communities and increase far
mers' wage costs when there is al
ready labor shortage on farms.
8. To increase cost of process
ers and distributors, who take the
increase more often out of the far
mer rather than pass it on to the
city consumer.
4. To compel plants owned and
operated by nearly 10000 farmer
owned cooperatives, which market
the products of 100000 farmers,
to meet costs of production and to
reduce correspondingly the return
to their members.
The original purpose of the New
Dealers, says Mr.. Holman, was to
eliminate sweat-shop conditions in
some industries. But, to Get at
the sweat-shop operator, this bill
has been written n such a fashion
as to place a yoke on All American
industry"
Wage and hour control presup-
poses complete economic national
ism. but Mr.. Holman holds this to
be inconsistent with the aims of
Secretary Hul's commercial treat
les. Zone or the other of these
policies" he declares, must be
abandoned, for we cannot lift to
artificial levels our domestic costs
when we are lowering our import
duties on the competitive goods
and not requiring the producers OF
these imported articles to conform
, to the same standards which are
prescribed for American producers
in the Wages and Hours bill"
From his observation of other
| Federal boards, Mr.. Holman sus-
poets the Wages and Hours Board
of Standards, once created, would
soon be asking for more and more
grants of power, until 1--WE Will
have an agency more powerful than
it was ever intended the NRA
| should be"
Disagreement within the ranks OF
labor over the advisability of such
legislation, the attitudes toward II
of John L. Lewis and William
Green, and their lieutenants' fears
of the effects upon union dues col
lection are described from a farm
-iowro'n+ T"dustry's fears that the
9avorrment might find
= \ them for their op-
mt. in Mr.. Holman's S
OPT i0I lo come employers al
sie-r ectiug to hide behind fence:
and Shoot over logs" at the Wages
and Hours Bill.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
Coolidge School News
Grammar School

The Boy Scouts are collecting
toys from everybody to give to poor
boys and girls. The Scouts will fix
them like new. Everybody, please
bring all the old toys that you
don't want and give them to the
Boy Scouts.-George Knox.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
Union High School
LIONS CLUB TO HONOR FOOT
BALL PLAYERS WITH BANQUET

BALL PLAYERS With BANQUET
Nov. 31.-The Coolidge Lions
Club will gave a banquet in honor
of the CUHS football boys Monday
eve ing December at 7 o'clock in
the high school nome economic de-
partment. Mrs. Loucks, with the aid
of her home economic classes will
be responsible for the cooking and
serving of this banquet The menu
will include turkey with all the
trimmings. About seventy people
are expected to attend this celebra-
ton Tickets are on sa e to mem
bers of the Lions club and business
men -IneZ Wellborn.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
PRESERVING PERISHABlES

1t is estimated that six million
tons of ice are used every year on
American railroads to preserve
perishah,e foods being transported
to market. More than 2,90O ice sta
tions are used to serve the rail
roads.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

Our eighth grade activity pro-
gram for this week will consist of
poems and musical numbers cele-
brating days gone by.-Lawanna
VeaZey.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

The Grammar school report
card come out next Wednesday, De
cember 8th. The eighth grade does
Mt seem very happy over the fact.
Maxine Wallace.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

Mrs. Kleinman ordered five new
music books for Miss Morris. The
Arizona song books will be used
for special programs.-Lawanna
Veazey.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

Miss Fulkerson's fifth grade gave
a combined book-week and Thanks
giving program for their parents
last Friday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

Miss Shiffer's fourth grade is
making Christmas posters this
week. They are also mounting
pictures for a Christmas border.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

Wednesday, November oath, the
fourth and sixth grades gave their
Thanksgiving program to the
eighth grade in the music room.
The fourth gave theirs during the
Activity period, which the sixth
gave theirs during the girls music
class.-Marcella Black.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

The eighth grade started off the
week very badly. There were only
fifty-two pupils present on Mon
day.-Kenneth Baker.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

The eighth grade room has new
blackboard which was put in dur
ing the Thanksgiving vacation
Vic Dossey.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

Miss Edwards third grade has
nlanted bulbs for Christmas pres
ents in connection with Nature
Study. They are also working on
plv board scrapbooks for Christ
mas presents.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

There is going to be Christmas
Carnival at Kenilworth on Decem-
her g 1897. There will be shows
and all kinds of games for young
and old-Wilburta Squires.
New books are Advertised by
folders in the library. 10 i'll and
take a lock.
The two teams playing on the A
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San Carlos Reservoir

Dec. 1, 1897
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Undoubtedly mean quicker reiie
Or the most needy, even should the
bill itself come out of the com
mittee room a hopeless cripple.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02

The two teams playing on the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
MEXICAN NEAR
DEATH HURT IN
DRUNKEN ROW
LabOrer Attacked, Beaten
BY Group; Discovery
OF Injury Delayed

A Mexican laborer was
near death in the county hos
pital here Friday while po-
lice sought assailants, be-
lieved to be Negroes. who
ruptured the victims intestines in
a drunken brawl on Broadway
Wednesday night.
J. Lagunas, the Mexican, was
ordered to the county after night
in the FL Centre city Jail, where
he was placed when officers ar
rested him for drunkenness. 1t was
not until he became sober that his
injuries were revealed.
When peritonitis developed in
Lagunas' internal wound, inveSti-
gators from the police department
and the sheriff's office questioned
him, learning that he had been
attacked by group of Negroes,
beaten, knocked down and kicked
in the stomach.
Lagunas, when found by officers.
was lying in the gutter in the 400
block on Broadway. He was so
drunk, the officers said, that he
could not speak distinctly.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
TALK OR STAY IN JAIL!
VICE LEADER
SUSPECT HELD

SAN FRANCISCO, June II. U.P)
= Peter McDonough, millionaire
bail bond broker, and asserted head
of a $l,O00,000-a-year vice ring in
San Francisco, must remain in
Jail at least four months unless
he agrees to answer questions be-
fore the grand jury or to assert
his constitutional rights that in so
doing he would incriminate and
degrade himself, attorneys said to-
day.
McDonough is serving an inde-
terminate sentence for contempt
for refusal to answer questions con-
corning his alleged connection with
an alliance through which it was
charged protection money" was
collected from operators of houses
OF prostitution and gambling es-
adjustments.
McDonough lost his appeal in
California courts when the state
supreme court upheld a decision of
the district court of appeals and
denied McDonough a writ of ha-
beas corpus and a writ of review
on the contempt charges.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
Proposed Slash in
Freight Rates for
Phoenix Protested

A move by Phoenix cantaloupe
shippers to obtain lower freight
rates than in effect from Imperial
Valley was protested Friday by the
FL Centro Chamber of Commerce in
an open letter to all valley melon
men. The chamber urged concerted
action to block an application for
a 10 per cent reduction under val
ley rates.
Members OF the transportation
committee of the chamber charged
the move is a follow-up of the let
tuce case decided last year, under
which the Interstate Commerce
Commission granted Salt River VAL
ley lettuce growers a reduction of
10 per cent under the freight rates
for lettuce moving from Yuma, I'M
perial Valley and Salinas.
The chamber communication stat
ed: "You were warned by the Ell
Centre chamber last year, at the
time the lettuce rate order was
issued that if this reduction to
Phoenix were allowed to stand, an
attempt would be quickly made to
secure a similar reduction on cam
taloupes."
President Walter B. Havekorst of
the Chamber of Commerce was in
structe1 by directors to appoint a
vigorous local committee to work
with shippers in opposing any fur
ther reduction on freight rates
which would favor Phoenix over
Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
HEWES, CAGE
WILL SPEAK
TOOFFICERS

Evan T. Hewes, irrigation dis
trict chairman and Albert Cage,
vice president of the Nevada
California Electric corporation,
will be principal speakers Friday
night at a meeting of the Impe-
rial and Yuma Peace Officers
association in the Planters hO-
tel, Brawley.
The speakers will discuss the
power election to be held next
Wednesday.
nj. J. Dowd, chief engineer of
the irrigation district and Mark
Rose, district director, will speak
Friday night at a mass meeting
in the Heber schOolhOuSe. They
will explain why the future well
fare of the valley depends on a
big yes" vote for REA and
WPA contracts i'm the election.
1t was announced ut district
headquarters that a meeting
will be held in Calipatria Sat
urday night for nOrthend resi-
dents to hear speakers discuss
the power issue.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
MELON STRIKE
RUMORS LAID
TO AGITATORS

Rumors of possible melon harvest
strikes in various parts of Impe-
rial Valley were described in an
authoritative source Friday as the
work of disgruntled outside organ
izers sent here in an effort to
unioniZe the agricultural industry
of the valley.
Imperial Valley shed and field
workers who live here or who came
here for the express purpose of OBJ
tanning work are satisfied with
conditions, the official said. Dis
sension is caused, he said by the
propaganda of outside organizers
who have been unable to interest
local workmen in their plans for
organization.
The organizers, one investigator
said, do not want to improve the
condition of the laborerS SO much
as they want to organize a dues
paying unit Whichi would have as
its only objective eventual col
laboration with radical elements in
union membership.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
AMELIA ENDS
ANOTHER HOP

FORT LAMY, Africa, June II.
U.P) - Amelia Earhart. on her lei
surely flight around the world, ar
rived here from Gao at 1855 pm.
Greenwich time today (8:55 am.
EDIT.
Miss Earhart averaged 1876 miles
an hour over one of the most
difficult sections OF her flight across
Africa. She was obliged to fly
low to follow the few landmarks
and was hampered by dense vapors
arising from the forests. Nearing
Fort Lamy, she flew over a herd
of hippopotami in the Chari river.
Three F'renchmen comprising the
crew of the Fort Lamy airport
sheltered her plane in the ham
gar. Miss Earhart had lunch at the
home of Field Commander L. E.
Thomas.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
DEATH COMES
TO
| N p { R IALITE
Traffic Toll Climbs 10
Twenty-Five in
Valley

One man was killed and
two others injured serious
ly in automobile accidents
on Imperial county high
ways Thursday night.
Harry Nelson, Imperial dish
washer, was killed instantly when
hit by a truck driven by Tresso
Arredando of Ell Monte.
Arredando. driving toward Los
Angeles, hit Nelson as he was cross
ing Imperial Avenue IN Imperial
Nelson was rushed to Ell CenUro
hospital.
Nelson, according 10 Imperial Of
ficers, attempted to cross the street
80 yards from the pedestrian lane
when hit by the moving truck.
The Imperial man was the tWen-
ty-fifth victim of Imperial Valley
highway accidents since January /
Rodney Clark, OF the Sheriffs
office and Frank Oswalt of the
highway patrol investigated the
crash.
Peter Compouris, A, of Holtville
was seriously injured in collision
on highway 80 near Holtville al
$50 pm. Thursday evening.
According to Herbert Hughes
deputy coroner. Guy G.. Stokely, Los
Angeles whose car collided with
Compouris' coupe, was driving on
the wrong side of the road at the
time of the accident. Stokely is
being held by the sheriff's office
for investigation.
Compouris was rushed to the Val
ley hospital at Holtville by Deputy
Huqhes.
He suffered a broken shoulder.
Raymond Stanley Glass, Ell Cen
tro, suffered compound fracture
of the left arm and deep cuts in
his face when his car collided with
truck driven by Gordon Loeffler,
Brawley, on the Los Angeles high
way mile north of Kane Springs.
Glass evidently went to sleep,
Highway Patrolman Walter Walsh
said. His car was four feet over
the center line of the highway
when it struck the truck, loaded
with cantaloupes and tomatoes
bound for Los Angeles.
Glass was taken to the Brawley
hospital. The truck driver was not
hurt.