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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
MORTGAGE

Notice is hereby given that LEAH
e. BENTHIN of Ell Centre, Califor-
mia, docs intend on the 9th day of
February, 1897, to mortgage to MEL
LIE Z. SMITH of 1887 w. Terrence
st, San Diego, California, the fol-
lowing described property:
Shelving, counter 4 large
round end display tables, 4
small stand display tables, 3
display racks, and 2 large work
room tables.
Said property is located at the Ell
Morado Drappery Studio of Ell Gen.
tro, at 127 South 9th Street, Ell Gen.
tro. California.
The consideration will be paid at
the time the mortgage is given, and
said transaction will be consumated
at 127 South 9th Street, Ell Centric,
California.
NELLIE E. SMITH, \
Mortgage.
State of California
IS.
County of Imperial
On this 10Th day of January, 1887.
before me, Notary Public in and
for said County and State, person.
ally appeared NELLIE E. SMITH
known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged that
she executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and year in
this certificte first above written.
I. MAYFIELD, Notary Pub
lie in and for said County
and State.
(SEALl - J3l-F7 inc
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
Grant Team In
Doubles Finals

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. 6. W.P)
Bryan NJ (Bitsy) Grant of At
lanta and Wayne Sabin of Los An
geles today battle Charles Harris
of Palm Beach, Fla, and DR. Eugene
McCauliff of Chicago in the doubles
finals of the Surf club invitation
tennis tournament.
Harris and McCauliff advanced to
the title round by upsetting the
team of Donald Bulge and John
Harris of Miami, 26, Ga, 1910, in
the semi-finals yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
GEORGE MYATT
SIGNS CONTRACT

SAN DIEGO. Cal, Feb. 6. U.p
George Myatt. shortstop for the
San Diego Padres of the Pacific
Coast league, was understood to
have received raise in salary
today with his signing of 1897
contract.
Myatt was the first Padre to
return his contract, in contrast
to his stubborn holdout campaign
last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
BINC CROSBY HOSTTO
14O IN GOLF TOURNEY

RANCHO SANTA FE, Near San Diego, Cal, Feb. G.,
UP)-Crooner Bing Crosby host today to 140 pro-
fessona and amateur golfers including dozen more
Hollywood film celebrities in his So 900 open golf
ment great field of professionals board for
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
JUNIOR COLLEGIANS
HUMBLE ACADEMY 5

Central j. c., "A, Army and Navy .33.
A reuvenated Central junior college basketball team
Friday night fulfilled its to end five game losing
streak by whipping the San Diego Army and Navy acad-
my And in winning the junior collegans demonstrated
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07

ecopyrisht, 1887. by United Press
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE THE COUN-
TY OF IMPERIAL.
No
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
Americanize Menus!

Any American who has ever sat in a restaurant and looked helplessly at the menus with it's long list of French phrases must applaud Congressman Maury Mavericks new campaign. MT. Maverick wants French names driven oil American menus, and he would start by calling hors d'oeuvres "dingle doos."
 "Dingle doos" is word of his own ir1- vention Its great advantage, he says, is that anybody can pronounce it-which IS far from true of "hors d'oeuvres." And the congresSman's campaign might well be carried right on down the menu.
 For the hungry American in restau- rant not only has to understand what these French names mean; he has to be able to pronounce them when the waiter bends over to take his order, and that IS something of job. Brave men Stammer and stumble and blush pitifully; towards give up and ask for something simple such as ham and eggs; both groups are entitled to relief With "dingle doos" as a starter, can't we go ahead and get Americanized menus?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
A Step Backward?

When the Indian reorganization act of 1884 was passed, it was hailed generally as a great humanitarian move. For gen. erations Lo had been in dismal straits; he had been neglected if not actually op- pressed, and his lands had brazenly or furtively been taken from him.
 The provisions of the reorganization act were the work mainly of man who had taken the problem of the white mans burden" close to his heart, and made an intensive study of it-John Col Her, commissioner of Indian affairs.
 Now bill has been introduced in Con- gress, calling for repeal of the act on the general ground that Indians should be encouraged to mingle with the white population, rather than to live in their own way, as specified in the bill.
 Since repeal of the act would only help revive the sordid conditions that once surrounded the red men, it obviously IS a step that Congress should not take un- less carefully considered legislation is to be substituted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
One State Can't Profit

One reason why it is an advantage to have our republic split up into 48 states is that individual states can make exper- iments in government which the na- tion as a whole could hardly dare to make. Nebraska, for instance, can test out the one-house legislature, and Massa- chusetts can experiment with savings bank life insurance, and the rest of the country has chance to see how these experiments work in actual practice.
 Now it happens that some of the most instructive experiments of all are laws that never actually get passed. The leg islators of sovereign state occasionally get brainstorm and bring in bill that is simply fantastic. The bill may die, but the discussion it provokes and the pros poets it opens can do all the other states great deal of good.
 Florida seems to be engaging in that kind of experiment right now, with "state recovery act" which one candid Florida editor promptly rechristened "the Florida ruination bill" This bill sets out to bar chain stores, but it goes several miles beyond the limit which binds most opponents of chain stores. It would not only prevent any retail merchant from operating more than one store anywhere
 
 any retail establishment whose common stock was not wholly owned by permanent residents of Florida.
 This bill would wipe out chain stores all right, and do the job thoroughly enough to suit the most rabid of individ- ualists. It would also drive some millions of dollars of "outside capital straight out of Florida, put out of business some thriving concerns - which buy Florida materials, hire considerable numbers of Florida citizens, and pay substantial taxes to the Florida eXchequer - and provoke some of the leading buyers of typical Florida products, such as citrus fruits, to do their buying in some other state.
 Considering the earnest way in which Florida bids for outside capital, it is ex- tremely doubtful that this bill will ever become law. But the mere fact that it is being considered is instructive. A good many of us often forget that all the states in the union hang together, economically. We get the idea that if we can just keep money in the state" we shall prosper; we delude ourselves into thinking that we can in some way boost our states prosperity at the expense of other states.
 That line of thought leads directly to a bill such as this one proposed in Florida. If that sort of economics is sound then :he Florida bill is perfectly logical. And the next step after that would be to put up state tariff walls and insist that "for- Hgners" from the next state have pass ports when they come to visit. This country grew great and rich because its
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

If ever a transformation occurred, 1t has been in the Naugatuck Valley coun- tryside in the last four days. It started Saturday when trees and shrubs showed only slight fuzzy growth indicative of awakening nature and maturity that lay beyond sweet springs nurture. Sun day, Monday, and Tuesday brought in- creasing warmth and the mellowing rays of a beneficient sum- And how the trees, the bushes, the flowers waxed under those rays. The warmth fairly radiated from the earth as the succeeding day brought continued fair weather. You could almost see things growing and if you stopped to listen you might even hear buds bursting on the trees, as the poets were wont to sing. A little rain now will accomplish just as much as the few warm days have done. Things are very dry as is evidenced in the increasing number of brush fires, which spread so rapidly with underbrush and grass still highly infiam- mable
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
USe Of Enumeration Grant Two Schools of Reasoning On Question Both
 Have Good Arguments, For and Against
HARTFORD TIMES

It is the Church of England (Epis- copaD in Britain, the Lutheran Church in Germany. But in the United States, from the outset, there has been a clear-cut, complete separation of church and State and those who have this historic situ- ation in mind fini it inadvisable to alter that policy even in mild de- gree. For, as was pointed out at the hearing, once public funds begin to flow to private schools, the end is not easily to be foreseen.
 What is more, once the legal bar riers against such grants have been broken down, Protestant groups which predominate in so many large areas in this country will find the way opened for religious educa- tion in the public schools. It will be Protestant instruction and the aid those of other faiths may have re- ceived in areas where they have private schools will be more than offset by the much larger use made of public funds in other areas to their disadvantage: That is, the bars against the use of public funds for sectarian purposes is one essen tialiy for the protection of minority groups. Remove those bars and the majority groups will be sure to take advantage commensurate with tneF numbers. l..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

cation for the school years 1933-34 show 570,514 men and 348,662 wom- en.
 o. Is the secretary of the treas- ury 8 member of the board of gov- ernors of the federal reserve sys- tenn?
 A. He is no longer an ex-off1cio member of the board.
 o. What is the difference be- tween iron and steel?
 A. Iron is a chemical element and cannot be split up into other clements, but steel is a chemical compound of the elements iron and carbon. The physical properties of steel vary enormously with slight changes in the percentage of carbon in the steel.
 @. How many collisions were there between automobiles and horse drawn vehicles in 1886? How many persons were killed and how many injured?
 A. There were 4,320 collisions, re- sulting in the death of seventy per- sons and 4,750 were injured
 If you want copy of our book let on POULTRY RAISING," write the Waterbury Democrats
 Washington Bureau, 1912 Thir-. teenth Street. Northwest, Wash- ington. D. c. Enclose 4 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
A Thought for Today
Will They Watch Them?

Calling attention to the size of appro- priations the need of finding out just how much the state can spend on this and that was Senator Joseph P. Cooney's idea of a gentle reminder of his fellow legisla- tors yesterday that they must be wary in the remaining legislative days We don't know whether or not the Assembly will take the hint and watch it's step, but if 1t doesn't it will surely have the state well spotted behind the eight-ball for the next biennium. And maybe the stateu be there without any legislative interior ence.
 There is much need for pruning and prying by legislators these days. And to do this lot of political differences and opinions will have to be relegated to the background while there is some old-fash- toned house cleaning and auditing. We know that the state has ambitious plans for the next two years; they are plans long held up and should receive their due attention today. There are also obvious warnings written high upon the walls that prescribe very definitely what the state can and cannot do in the next two years.
 We should adhere very closely to two lines of thought in the remaining weeks of the Legislature One of them does not call for new taxation of any form; it nec- essarily involves stringent economies in government operation and an effort to ef- feet further stringent ones during the next two years. The other calls for some extraordinary means of raising funds with which to finance the gigantic build- ing program that faces Connecticut. It could be slashed from top to bottom very easily or listed as to importance and some items postponed. But we've done that for years; we have to face the music some day, why not now. Good thinking lating proper solution to our troubles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

The public hearing, Thursday, be- fore the Legislative Education com- mittee on two bills providing for allocation of part of the state enumeration grant to private schools disclosed 8 pro and anti argument which rather clearly illustrates two types of reasoning on this issue.
 Those in favor of the measure reasoned that inasmuch as the enu- meratorS count the children who at- tend private, chiefly parochial schools, the grant, based on such enumeration, should also be paid to the schools where such children at tend. That seemed ao them only fair. In a few towns, for example, half of the children attend paro- chial schools yet the public schools receive the entire enumeration grant. That just does not seem equitable to some minds. This req soning seems plausible but is based on certain too obvious aspects of the situation and overlooks serious, fun damental implications.
 Deeper is the reasoning voiced, say, by the representative of the State Teachers and State Superin- tendents' organizations, comprising members of all faiths, who were unanimously opposed to this legis- lation because they rightly see in it the first steps toward public support of private educational institutions, the firste step to an unwise, un- Amberican policy. The fact that III some states public funds have been appropriated for paying for trans portation and textbooks in parochial schools and have been upheld in the courts, does not alter the Sound- ness of the objection to state par ticipation in Sectarian education.
 Many persons easily transfer to the American scene situations which have always existed in Flu rope where government funds are freely appropriated for religious purposes. Most countries have a so- called State Church, usually the leading denomination, which re- ceives grants from the government
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

cried: Don't take me, take limg He attacked me! He attacked mel"
 The police took her oil and later asked the Count to appear in court against her. The Count is one Of these bored aristocratS. Appear. ance in court he considered bee heath his dignity.
 HE REFUSED TO GO.
 Later, bored with the whole inc cident and especially with un~ fortunate and distorted innuendos, he was quietly transferred to Ber- lin.
 Merry-G Round
 Proponents of a stringent pure food and drug bill are charging Representative Clarence F. Lea, Calif., chairman of the House In- terstate Commerce Committee, with deliberately appointing foes of the legislation to the subcon1- mittee which will consider 1t. . :. It is & desperate effort for Cordell Hull or Sumner Welles to find anything new to say about the Buenos Aires Peace Conference, but requests for speeches on that subject still pour in on them. The new Cuban ambassador, Pe- dro Fraga, is taking up fencing to reduce his weight.
 Copyright, 1897, By United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
A Book a Day
Here Are A-B-C's of "Highbrow" Music
 BY BRUCE CATION

If you have ever wandered into a symphony orchestra concert, looked on bleakly while the con- ductor led his men into slice of something meaty by Mozart, and wondered dumby what on earth it was all about, you ought to be very glad to know about "A Book of the Symphony" by B. H. Hag1 gin (Oxford Press: $5).
 MT. Haggin has written this book primarily for the man who, know ing nothing whatever about music, would like to improve his status g bit. You might cal 1t guidebook to the labyrinth of highbrow music, written so that lowbrows can under Stad it.
 A Sympony is one of the most elaborately formalized methods of artistic expression in existence. It is music fitted to a rigid frame work, with the composer saying his say inside an extremely com plicated and dovetaling set of rules.
 To appreciate what the compos- CT is saying, 1t is necessary to know what these rules are. Unless you have had something of a musical education, that knowledge is hard to get at. MT. Haggin provides it here, and does 1t simply and clear ly.
 Having done so, he then proceeds to analyze some 30 or more of the symphonies of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tschaikovsky, and Franck. If you can play the piano, here are salient excerpts from the score; if not, this tells you where these works are recorded. In either case, you can study the sym phonies at home-and, eventually, go to the concert hall in shape to understand and enjoy what you hear.
 Incidentally, the book is not solely for novices. Even if you are an old concert2addict from way back, you will find "A Book of the Symphony" valuable book to have on your library table. 7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
Current Comments

The sitdown strike must be dis avowed by the thinking men and women of labor. William Green, president. A. F. of L.
 The easy chair is becoming more and more a factor in American life. No great civilization ever has devel- oped leisure and lived. There are few indications that America will be any exception. Prof. J. B. Nash, New York University.
 Any labor unrest is the meat and drink of the communist. In the end the radical leadership will de- feat Lewis unless he can check it.. William Allen White, Sage" of Emporia, Kans.
 I heartily disapprove of governors who are bitten by the presidential bug.
 Governor Earle, Pennsylvania.
 
 You get too much money for too little work. You can't create in the midst of such plenty. Money comes so easily the urge is gone. Robert Sherwood, noted play
 wright, telling why he quit Holly
 wood.
 Maybe it's because ! don't push SO hard. If the union men want to know why have acted in . certain way. just tell them what it was possible to do and what vas impoS- sible to do.--Philip Murrill, ex- plaining his success as C. I. O. or ga-iizre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
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A FEW BOROUGHS LEFT
 (Meriden JournaD

There remain a few boroughs in Connecticut, a fact of which we are reminded by coming elections. Once there were 25 or so such di- visions but citizens moved to do away with the dual system of gov- ernment, just as they made town city consultations, for the pur- pose of saving the expense of two sets of officeholders. Whether they really saved anything, is a question since one set of public officeholders seems to be able to spend as much as two.
 Southington will start on biennial elections, which will have expense and bother. This is an old borough. but the oldest in continuous opera ton is in the town of Stonington, dating from 1901. It has a popu- lation of 2,5OO in a town of 1l,0O0. The consolidation might give i'm provement; it certainly couldn't make matters any worse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
Selected Poem
THE VAGRANT

THE VAGRANT Leone Rice Grelle, Mount Carmel, in the
 New Haven Journal-Courier) Saucy yellow dandelion-
 Reckless wanton-vagabonder Who's to know the route you're taking? Who's to guess the paths you wander? Whats the manner of your coming? Could your shining, perky faces Be small bits of summer nighttime Tumbled from the starry spaces? Or did gypsies, in their hey-day Spill gold coins amid the grasses While they danced around campfire Carefree lads and happy lasses- O there must have been some magic In the manner of your borning Down the hillSides-through the valleys On your first bold, careless morning. 'Twould be fun to know the secret Of your brazen, shameless, way For there never was flower Half so shocking-half so gayi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

I1ze fire in Waterville yesterday must recall very wildly the litigation in which the City of Waterbury was involved in creating the Waterville Green. One of the structures that was destroyed in the blaze was the Macken property that once stood down on the corner of Boyden Street and Thomaston Avenue. It was the removal of this building that caused the long series of court actions, which began when the city, failing to acquire the property, sought to condemn it. The Supreme Court of the United States final ly had to settle the matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

A view of the new athletic field being built up on Watertown Avenue these days certainly impresses the passerby. What a transformation from the old days when the Driving Park was popular rendez- cous for sports fans. You could never re- call the old park now what with the new layout rapidly rounding into shape and cinder tracks replacing the old dirt tracks where pacers and trotters once vied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

o. Are the Bengal Lancers Stfn in existence?
 A. They were disbanded aboue the year 1920.
 @. Which country suffered tt19 heaviest casualties during tho World war?
 A.. Russia.
 o. How many men and women are enrolled in colleges and uni. versailles in the United States?
 A. The latest official statistics from the United States office of edu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
T est Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. What is diurnal motion?
 2. What state educational institu- ton is at Orono, Maine?
 3. Who was Giovanni BattiSta Guarini?
 4. What and where Is Tutu,la? 5. In which American city did the Tweed Ring scandal occur?
 6, Is there any legal requirement. to be fulfilled when adopting a pen-name?
 2. What is 8 saccharometero 8. Name the capital of Texas. g. When and where was the first United States mint established? 10. What state has the smallest population?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

economy is not bound by any state laws. The fantastic Florida proposal Is good example of the mess we could get into by forgetting that basic fact.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, 'T saw in the paper where a man bit 8 dog; say, 'T read in the paper that a man bit a dog"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 3:02 a. m. daylight time Sun rises 5:45 a. m.; sets 7:53 p. m. tday. light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

Note to people who like trouble and dis comfort and buncome-You can see the British coronation for $1 ,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

Great Britain claims to own more automobiles -22 to the square mile --than any other country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
ACTION IN MELLON SUIT WHOLLY UNPRECEDENTED

WASHINGTON, May 6. = The Governments anti trust suit against Andrew w. MeDons Aluminium Com nanv of America has got off to amazing start.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

Springs here again and there's a long, long trailer a-Winding