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Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
Responsibility For
Governm ent Put
Squarely on Voter

1T is up to us, the people, to
determine the kind of government
we will have in our city, county
state and nation The right of de-
cision is vested in us and us alone"
So declared Judge r.. D. Nc
Pherrin in concise review of the
Constitution at the Thursday noon
meeting of the Ell Centro Rotary
club in the Barbara Worth hotel.
Judge McPherrin, who spoke on
program arranged by John KEEP
ley, chose the subject Our Gov
ernment and Constitution" as ap-
propriate to this year, the 150th an
niversary of the acceptance Of the
historic document.
"The constitution, for the first
time in the history of the world,
vested in the people the full SOW
ereign right to govern themselves.
There were many doubts and
qualms as to the ability of the
masses to decide their own des-
tiny, and in view of previous his
tory we can realize what a cour-
ageous step this was in the direc-
ton of human freedom" he de-
| clared. a
This right OF determination
in government is passed on to
branches of government only by
delegation, he explained. and there
fore, the voters are the final au-
thorities.
This is why it is essential that
everyone study and keep informed
on government affairs. The degree
to which we have good government
will reveal the degree to which
We are entitled to it,
Three new members were intro
duced at the meeting. They were
the Rev. De Won Ellsworth, vicar
of st. Paups Episcopal church,
John Robertson, Ell Centro motor
car dealer, and William Martin OF
the Union Oil company.
Jack CLANCY, manager OF the
Barbara Worth hotel gave his life
history, and S. H. Harris of Brawley
presented a plan for the sale OF
Christmas seals advertising I'M
perial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

ana a small group OF "Qie nara
Nankingers" including doctors and
missionaries. remained behind.
The American gunboats Luzon,
Guam and Oahu were enroute to
Marking to- remove Ambassador
Nelson T. Johnson and all but two
of his staff as soon as the nation
alist government formally an
nounced removal of its ministries.
Americans were boarding crowed
river boats in defiance of the re-
fusal to sell even deck passage.
They carried blankets and meager
personal effects, leaving most of
their possessions with the few who
elected to remain.
Despite the imminent departure
of the embassy staff for Hankow
the embassy was calm and AM
bassador Johnson gave assurance
that routine business was proceed
ing as usual. George Acheson, jr.,
and j. Hall Paxton, secretaries
will remain in Na1lking.
The first japanese assault was
expected to come from the river
The japanese army west of Shang-
hal resumed its advance and for
eign military experts believed that
Marking was doomed
Twelve divisions under Gen. Tang
Shen-chi occupy strong defenses
surrounding Marking, and 10000
troops are inside the city where
they are expected to remain even
though the Japanese encircle the
capital. 80
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
TWO ESCAPED
KIDNAPERS
RECAPTURED

SYRACUSE, NY, Nov. 18. WP)--
Percy (Angel Face) Geary, last of
the escaped O'Connell kidnapers to
remain at large. was believed trap
ped inside the city today.
Geary's pals, John Obey and Har-
old Crowley, who found breaking
out, of the Onondaga county peni-
tentiary at GAINESVILLE as simple as
getting out of a paper bag" were
under heavy guard.
They were captured yesterday
without tussle. Geary eluded
police by leaping from a second
floor window of the rooming house.
More than $50 federal agents and
state and local police blocked every
road from the city, and patrole'd
the downtown district
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

before Sheriff Robert w. Ware
arrived to scatter union members
who were attempting to force nom
union laborers to leave the job.
H. w. Walker and Charles A.
Evans, San Pedro organizers, were
escorted to the county jail by the
sheriff. Walker is representative OF
the Piledrivers, Bridge and Dock
Builders Local No. 2375 and Evans
represents Operating Engineers l'o-
cal No. 235.
Conferences between the union
representatives and the sheriff,
deputy district attorneys and other
county officials, and interviews with
the contractors, resulted finally in
release of the prisoners, who ex-
pressed the intention of leaving
the county Thursday night for
San Diego, from where they will
return to San Pedro. No charges
were filed against either Walker
or Evans.
They complained that the power
drop job is the only one on the
All American canal where non
union pile drivers and operating
engineers are employed. The picket
line was formed in an effort to
force the contractor to replace his
non-union men with union workers
Walker said.
Stanley Stills of Stills Brothers
sub-contractors under Herman ant
Klug on the power drop job, charg
ed that the pickets halted one o
his truck drivers, hauling material
to the power site, and warned hin
to get off the job and not com
back. Other laborers also wer'
warned to quit the job, Stills de
clared.
Centering about the pile drivers
union, the attempt to organize thu
job followed closely on prepara'
tions by Sills Brothers to begir
driving piles at Drop -Four, sits
of the first unit in the All Amer
ican canal power system. The con-
tractors assembled their pile driver
Wednesday and expected to begir
driving Thursday, according to }
H. Fertig, division engineer for tht
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. II
attempting to force open shor
workers to leave the pile driving
Job, contractors charged, the pick.
cts tried to stop all laborers from
going to work.
Work proceeded as usual aftel
pickets were dispersed
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

at Ell Centre markets TO satisfy
appetites. Enormous amounts OF
the traditional "fixings" OF cram
berries, jellies. candies, pumpkins.
mincemeat, celery, asparagus. and
scores of others have been stocked.
Merchants hesitated TO estimate
the total amounts OF ''fixings" but
one gave clue to the size by esti-
mating sales of 800 pounds OF cram
berries in his store alone.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
Isles Isolated
After TyphOOn
Hits Philippines

MANILA, Nov l8. WP)-Extent
of typhoon damage to life lad prop
erty in the southern part of the
Philippine Archipelago remained
uncertain tonight as the distressed
area entered its second day of iso-
lation from the rest of the common
wealth.
Weather bureau officials were un-
able to contact their outposts in the
stricken sector. They believed the
fertile islands of Surigao, Cebu and
Leyte hardest hit. -.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

The Chamber OF commerce Guy
Identification committee, officially
announced rhe contest Thursday
morning, iii behalf of the cham
ber, the city council and the Post
Press who are uniting in the con-
certed drive to "beautify Ell Cen
tro.''
The program will be known as
the "Beautify Ell Centro" contest,
and will give everyone, grownups
as well as boys and girls, chance
to "Beautify your home and get
paid for it,"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
Woman Discovers
She Has Married
Husbands Slayer

ST. GEORGE, Ut, Nov. 10. W.P)-
Mrs. Charles Bosshard knew today
that her first husband was slain
and buried in an abandoned well
near her home and that for the
past two years she has been mar
ried to the man who killed him.
She thought Spencer Malan de-
serted her nearly three years ago,
leaving her on their sheep ranch
with an eight year old son.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
Woman browns,
Baby Saved in
La JOlla Surf

LA JOLLA. Cal, Nov. 18. tUP)-
An unidentified young woman, her
six-months-old baby claspei in her
arms. walked to her death in the
surf here, shortly after noon today.
Police reported that a young girl,
whose name was not Immediately
available, plunged into the ocean
and dragged the infant to safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
Wounded Officer
Reported Improving

Harold Dickerson, Westmorland
police officer, is recovering salts
factorily in the Brawley hospital
of gunshot wounds inflicted by a
Filipino Tuesday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
Americans Flee
Before Drive on
Chinese Capital
U. S. Gunboats Race Up River to Aid
OF Diplomats as Japanese
Armies Advance

SHANGHAI Nov. 18. (UP)-Amercan citizens and
other foreigners fled today from Marking japanese
spread the Yangze valley and prepared to lay
siege to the ancient capital of the Mngs.
Of the Americans only United States embassy Officials
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
Union ATTEMPT
To Halt Work
In Valley Fails
Organizers Try to Tie Up Building Of
Power Drop; Sheriff Escorts
Two to County Jail

An abortve attempt organize laborers at Power Drop
No on the All American canal failed Thursday morning
when 35 pckets dispersed and two were taken
to the county jail in Ell Centre for questioning.
Picketino lasted Onlv short time Thursday morning
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
$500 Offeredin Cash
Prizes in Drive to
Beautify FL Centro
Four Hundred Dollars!

Four Hundred Dollars!
That's lot of money but it represents the cash prizes
which will be awardGd sometime in May to the successful
contestants the biggest city wide Identification contest
launched in Ell Centro. P E. Ryerson chairman of
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
DEATH NEAR FOR 1000
THANKSGIVING BIRDS

Death staring into the faces of nearly 1000 Impe
rial Valley turkeys Thursday, Ell Centro merchants
prepared for record breaking sale of strictly Thanks
giving foods Contracts already let call for hundreds
of turkey day birds which will be sold by Ell Centro
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

ducks, geese, chickens. squads for
other festive boards. Quail dinners
were scheduled for homes of Impe-
rial Valley hunters.
Fat fowls, the piece de resistance,
are only part of the preparations
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

Inc fflZe WulHcTS-
If things keep going-pardon us,
growing as they are, the Calexico
Elks Border Days celebration will
face the problem Dec. 4 Of not hav-
ing any place to happen, because all
the room will be taken up by
whiskers sprouting from the chins
of Marvin Weber and Marvin (Man
Mountain DeanD Springer. Whiskers
not comparable to. those Of the two
Martins. but nevertheless something
to cape at if you're in a gaping
mood, can be found these DAYS on
the chins and cheeks of Elmer
Littles Ed Thompson and George
Morris. Any OF them may apply
a bit of hair tonic one of these days
and outstrip the Martins in foliage
our agents report.
Menu For The Day
w. L. "Tex" Byrd coffee pourer-
outer at Christensen's, is on diet
so be can only eat one meal day
At least. that was the way he ex-
planned the breakfast of one waffle
with molasses, one big piece of ham
four eggs, three slices Of bacon, four
pieces of toast. Jam, peanut butter
and a pot of coffee. After that, Ri
would say. one wouldn't need an
other meal.
Music Hath Charms
Lee Lan1erman woke up aione
about midnight, galvanized into
action by the sound OF proWler
in the house He slipped quietly
to the bureau, extracted a large
calibre revolver. and tip toed
through the house. Suddenly ne
naused. the gun ready. In front o,
him. a ,disreputable figure wesved
about unsteadily. Clothing proved
him a tramp, the air about him
shouted of over indulgence in strong
spirits.
You" pronounced Lee, "are dog
eoned lucky I didn't shoot you
What are you doing here?"
81 heard your radio going-ane'
I came in to listen to the music,
was the somewhat thick eXplana-
tion.
The prowler was too drunk to
think up that kind of an alibk un-
less Il was the truth. Lee figured
He took the tramp outside. beddeo
him down in the haystack, ano
himself retired to worthy sleep
Oh, yes! He locked the doors.
o
The Last Straw 3,
Wallace McClelland doesn't mino
walking 90-odd miles in search oi
a few quail, he averred Thursday
but it wears his strength down a
bit when he has to crawl through
brush over his head. That's why
the last few, miles made him some
what tired.
Here's Our Sympathy
One expects that there was more
truth than jest in Earl LinholmS
reference to the "No-Man's Land
of the World war when he appear
ed as speaker before the University
Womens club here wednesday
highland discovered that he was
the only man present in meeting
of 20 women.
City BeautificatiOn?-
Sterling OsWalt. burning the
weeds off of a vacant lot, had COM
pleted the job whe~ he noticed thai
one of his most prizei gloves hat
disappeared. "A search revealed the
top edge of the glove among the
embers. The rest was ashes. Re.
membering his own gloves, a bi
i grimy from wear. RR cannot hell
wondering if it was just another
step in city Identification.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

This the closest Magda de Fontange
from the United States alleged "mOral tupiude"
The picture snapped aboard the
the immigration station young
detained deportation The Manhattan skyline
ground Magda world headlines
Italy
what she described romance" with
Italy.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

CIIdIIlS IUT IIUIIIt CUIISuIlIPUIOII NUV.
25. Estimates of growers shipping
valley birds to other sections of
the. nation for the annual feast
ranged up to $4,000.
In addition to turkeys, Ell Centre
butchers this week stocked up on
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

Butter: Los Angeles 81; But
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A 46; manufacturing milk
40; route gathered cream 36isc
L. A. Hay; u. s. No l $1,000
s21.00. No. 2 leafy S1900-S19.50. No.
2 17.50-S1S.00.
Minneapolis Flax; Dec, $500
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18
The Last Straw

Wallace McClelland doesn't mino
walking 90-odd miles in search OF
a few quail, he averred Thursday
but it wears his strength down a
bit when he has to crawl through
brush over his head. That's why
the last few, miles made him some
what tired
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-18

Here's Our sympathy
One expects that there was more
truth than jest in Earl Linholms
reference to the "No-Man's Land"
of the World war when he appear
ed as speaker before the University
Women's club here Wednesday
highland discovered that he was
the only man present in meeting
of 20 women.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
One of Many

It was, Of course, a clarion call
to the country to stand together
in a time Of national crisis. and
the spirit as well as the words
Of President Wilson's speech as
conveyed to Gridiron guests that
night served, as future events
proved, to help solidify sentiment
for the war which even then was
seen by the President to be in
evitable, in spite Of his reelection
in the preceding November as the
President who kept us out Of
war"
This is only one Of the many
highlights which brighten the
record Of Gridiron dinners, the
details Of which, except for the
programs published at the time,
are traditionally off the record.
So careful are guests to observe
the clubs tradition that in 1907
Secretary Of the Navy Claude A.
Swanson, then Governor Of Vir-
ginia, wrote the following letter
to the late John 8. Shriver. then
secretary Of the club, apropoS Of
current discussion Of the Roose-
velt-Foraker exchange, which burst
with such violence in the ma
tional political area that it
found its way into the. news.
papers in spite Of Gridiron se.
crecy:
"In o paper In this city (Rlch-
mOnd) today appears . state.
ment purporting to emanSte
from me In which I am re-
ported rs having said that there
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
Anchor Of Poppies
To Honor Navy Dead

A siX.foot anchor Of peoples,
made In honor Of the members Of
the Navy and Marine Corps, who
have given their lives while in
Naval service, will be presented
tomorrow to Secretary Of Navy
Claude A. Swanson by the Vet
erans Of Foreign Wars.
The anchor will then be turned
over to the Admiral Robert e,
Peary Ship Post Of the Veterans
Of Foreign Wars, on which the an
nual ceremonies in honor Of the
dead will take place. Tie anchor
will be tossed overheard into the
sea.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
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The Washington times., 1937-05-17
GR|DIR0N CLUB
RECORDS ARE
REVEALED
Continued from Page II

NVASAuuCu LEOm rage i
that post since its creation. They
were accompanied by q memoran-
dunn containing strict stipulatiols
as to their disposal and availability
for research. The title remains in
the Gridiron Club. They repoSe
IN a steel cabinet, under lock and
key, and are never guarded.
Here in this repository is a for
tune in autographs, a treasure
chest for the historian writing Of
the American political scene. From
1t come shafts of light to illumi-
nate the men and events seen on
the Washington stage during a
third Of the republics existence.
To be discovered only by digging
deep into the big, red-bound vol
umeS and still larger scrapbooks-
for they are inadequately indexed
are notes, letters and memo
randa which in themselves con-
stitute major addition to the
political literature Of the period
with which they deal, in that they
have never been published and
cannot be duplicated, representing
as they do, in some instances, the
recollections of men who were
present at Gridiron Dinners and
heard and saw things which, un.
der the clubs rule of secrecy.
meticulously observed over all
these years, have never been per-
mitted to become public.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
Confidence InUiOLGte

A few times-so few as to be
notable-the rule Of confidence
has been broken, once by a mem
Der, at other times by guests. The
Roosevelt Foraker exchange of
1907, when the Ohio Senator
coldly, calculatingly and effec.
lively performed an oratorical
operation on the then President
of the United States which so
angered him as to sting him into
a reply which fairly sputtered, be.
came public in this manner.
But, except for these isolated
violations the speeches and un.
planned episodes of the dinners,
the reactions of individuals. the
side remarks, the conversations,
the behavior of guests, the sparkle
and spontaneity which cannot be
written into the advance story on
songs and Skits as given regularly
to the newspapers, have lived most
ly in the memory Of the clubs
members and guests, and only now
and then have found their way
into print long after the event. or
have been preserved as individuals
jotted down a personal recollec.
ton.
OF the latter nature Is a memo
kandum by Ira e. Bennett Of Wash
hgton, a member of the club and
for many years editor Of a Wash
ington newspaper, sent to another
member long since removed from
Washington and now dead-Albert
Miller Of Los Angeles, Cal. It tells
of an incident which occurred at
one Of the clubs outstanding din.
ners. It was the one Of February
I, 1917, held four days after the
United States had severed d1plo-
matte relations with Germany and
iust o month before it declared
war. Mr.. Bennett was president
of the club. Beside him sat Presi-
dent Wilson. Near them both at
the head table was Vice President
THOMAS r. Marshall.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17

was one Of the hottest discus
SiOnS I ever heard between the
President and Senator Foraker
at the Gridiron dinner. That
Is all the paper reports / said.
81 desire to write as secretary
81 desire to write you as secre-
tary Of the club to let you know
that / have given out no inter.
view, nor have I discussed with
any reporter whatever what
transDired at this dinner. The
statement Is absolutely un.
authorized, and appreciating the
courtesy Of your club I deem 1t
my duty 30 to write you"
It will be noted that the letter
does not say he didn't say It,
1t says, In substance. he didn't
say it for publication!
It was the reiteration Of the
story at that time which finally
forced 1t into print, permitting
publication since in books dealing
with that period and with the his
tory Of the club.
Watch for the second article
OF the present series tonIoTTotU)
The Washington times., 1937-05-17

silent, in the face Of the estab-
lished custom, there would be
surprise and apprehension.
81 called upon Vice President
Marshall to urge the President
to speak.
"'Oh, by all means, Mr.. PreSi-
dent, you should speak, said he.
after further hesitation Pres
ident Wilson yielded to Grid
iron custom, and ended the din.
ner with . speech.
''What he said, and how it
thrilled his auditors, and how 1t
fOreshadOwed history, is a mat
ter that Is not reported, as re-
pOrters are never present."
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
SNUBS
PHILADELPHIA
CELEBRATION
BY EARL GOODWIN

The perennial row over the con-
stitution now moves away from the
courts and debating societies while
Director General Bloom Of the
U. S. Constitution Sesquicentennial
Commission and Mayor s. Davis
Wilson Of Philadelphia stage a YER
bal punching match, as it were.
over whether or not the City OF
Brotherly Love has not gone off
half-cocked with its present constt
tutional celebration.
Philadelphia started celebrating
the 15Oth anniversary Of the Con-
stitution last Friday, May IA. The
official date set for q nationwide
celebration to start is September
II and it will carry on until April
80, 1899, anniversary Of the inaug.
uration of President washington.
Bloom Stands Al0Of
Director Blooms general feeling
about this Philadelphia prelude Is
somewhat akin to his feeling
about a man who starts celebrat-
ing independence Day on April /.
In fact, Director Bloom refused
to let the United States commits
sion have any part in Philadel-
phia's preliminary Constitution
party and would not advise PreSt-
dent Roosevelt, chairman Of the
commission, to have any part IN
it either.
Philadelphia, however, not only
started the celebration with the
tapping Of old Liberty Bell by
Mayor Wilson, who used mallets
made from dogwood gathered at
Valley Forge, but it also displayed
what was called the original draft
Of the Constitution, document
which PhiladelphianS were told by
press and radio was "the third
most valuable document in the
United States"
: Bloom Still UnmOved
However, even this sacred relic
fails to move Sol Bloom to any
thing but a denial Of Philadelphia's
claims. It may be one Of the last
Of the committee reports on the
Constitution, but it is by no means
the Original first draft Of the
Constitution" according to Mr..
Bloom.
Director Bloom maintains that
Philadelphia errs from its own his
torical precedent when it chooses
May IA as the 150th anniversary Of
the Constitution, because the city
chose September II when SO years
ago it celebrated the Tooth ami
versary. Why change now, sug-
gests Mr.. Bloom.
New York city, says he, is going
to celebrate the 150th anniversary
Of the Inauguration Of George
Washington on April 80, 1899. He
should have been inaugurated on
March 4, but he was not and so
New York is not going to try to
make an improvement on history
practical city that 1t Is.
The early committees, which
met in the late spring $50 years
ago, Mr.. Bloom insists, did not
have q written Constitution in
mind. They met to form a con-
federation and after one thing and
another, these early patriots ex-
ceeded instructions and wrote q
Constitution-which was far re-
moved from the original idea. The
first committee meetings were
quite legal; the final Constitution
was the result of revolution away
from the original idea, says Mr..
Bloom; who maintains:
"The formation of the present
National Government no more
dates from May IA than does
the Declaration Of Independ-
ence from April 10. To com.
mence the celebration on May
IA is entirely contrary to the
spirit Of the occasion"