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Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
THE PARKER DAN, GILA
PROJECT STRIKES

Labor troubles at last are laid directly
IN the lap Of Uncle Sam. The Admins
lration during the last few hectic months
has been able to stand off, promulgate a
set Of theories, and apply them verbal
" TO numerous strikes in industrial
plants. The theories, for the most part.
have been founded on the basic one that
the laboring man is a downtrodden in
dlVidual who needs all the government
help he can get, and that industrialists
are, on the whole, pretty grasping.
unscrupulous set.
II will be interesting to note whether
Il makes any difference when the trou-
bic comes close to home.
Laborers on the Parker Dam and ella
reclamation project. already being paid
the wages specified in government con
tracts, are striking for higher wages.
ostensibly. Actually, the clio organiz-
ers have been in the field, with the usual
result. They want their union recognized
rs the collective bargaining agency.
The Administration is vitally interest
ed, through the bureau of reclamation,
IN both the Parker Dam and the ella
project. 1t wants to see them both COM
pleted. It does not welcome labor war
fare on either project
It becomes increasingly difficult for
the Administration to abide by its ardent
pro-labor union policy Whether the
strikes on government projects will make
any difference remains TO be seen.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28

/ performers and script writer's. At
o'clock the odd assortment that
/ breakfasts then and for dinner a
variety of song writer's, actors. gag
men, cabaret folk and screen
celebrities Then the early a. N
croWd-the smartlv dressed Tender
loin termites who live by their wits
Broadway also has three dinner
hours. The 6:30 crowd that must
dine early TO be ready for the theatre
curtain Then the 7:30 o'clock movie
and theatre goers and at $50 those
who want to dine leisurely. sit over
their coffee and cigars and wait for
the night clubs to oDen. A o'clock
rain is the most disastrous thing
that can happen to the restaurant
world. Drenching away a fortune
that can never be regained That
is why head walters so often come
to the door just before the dinner
hours to scan the skies
x Il y
Idiosvncrasy: One of the biggest
induetrialiStS confessed at a private
dinner he loses interest in executives
who have a conference with him
depart and suddenly return 10
mention something they have for
gotten. He will get rid of them more
quickly for that than for some
blunder.
Bow WOW bon bons-candv for
dogs-decorate The windows of
fruit and dtlicatessen shops as well
as the windows OF the fashionable
dog salons Two department stores
how have departments devoted ex-
clusively to canine outfittings and
toys for the pooch. And on upper
Park avenue there is a dog tonsor
who not only clips and plucks XII
coolies but gives them perfumed
baths at So per plunge.
Two toned silk pajamas are now
the Billiards in the sWank haber-
dasheries. Flaming red pantaloons
with snow white jackets or green
jackets with purple pantaloons. The
idea was popularized in Hollywood
as style conscious as evening dress.
I note pajamas as high as SITS a
pair Among the extraVagant pa
iamists a haberdasher tells me are
Noel Coward. Adolphe Menjou.
Franchot Tone, Billy Leeds, William
Goadbye LoeW, Lucius Beebe and
of course. the most valued customer
of all Marlene Dietrich. Any new
star arising in the Hollywood heavens
becomes an immediate target for
the exclusive pajama makers. for
as a rule they go in for the gar
ments in a big and expensive way.
Il X *
Since the passing of Tammany
Young and the apparent retirement
of One Eyed Connolly, the big
sporting events, as well as the
theatres have no outstanding pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
Heald, Halliday
Attend Hearing
On Power Lines

District Attorney Elmer Heald and
Deputy District Attorney Charles
G.. Halliday are in Los Angeles for
continuation of hearings relative
to the Nevada California Electric
Securities company crossing Impe-
rial county and Imperial Irrigation
District property with power lines.
The company sued the county to
stop demand for permit before
county property may be crossed by
the power lines. The district sued
the company to prevent the COM
pany stringing wires across district
canals and bitches.
Hearings have been conducted in
Los Angeles and in El Centro at
stated intervals for months. Judge
Isaac Pacht, special master in chan
Gerry, hears the testimony. He will
make recommendations to the court
of appeal after reaching his con-
clusions.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
Japanese Cleared
In Highway Death

J. Nagaoka, 48. japanese. was
freed of responsibility for the death
Of Mrs R. M Chapman, struck and
killed by his truck near Westmor-
land Sunday night, in a verdict re-
turned by a coroner's jury Tuesday
afternoon.
The jury returned a verdict attri-
buting the death to an unavoidable
accident. The inquest was held in
Br3wley.
Mrs. Chapman was killed when
struck by the japanese pickup
truck as she watched her husband
and a garage man repair a flat
tire.
BOULDER CITY. NeV. April %.
UR)-Mrs. Doris Nester was sought
today in connection with the first
major crime ever committed at this
model city a few miles from Bould-
er Dam. the Staying Of George F.
Nester her divorced husband.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
New York Day by Day
By O. Q. Mcintyre

NEW YORK. April 28-No class
of New Workers seem SO shucked
Of emotions as the professional
/ gamblers when they gather around
I a. m for their coffee in the Broad
way all-night cafes. As solemn as
papooses they sip their coffee in
tight Tipped silence. Never a joke
nor a laugh
All have acquired that pallor that
50 often goes with steady nerves
like Arnold Rothstein and Nick the
Greek. And. in contrast TO the
general notion. the majority are
sedate dressers-eenerally dark blue
suits drab ties and little jewelry.
They are the most regular of
manicure parlor patrons and the
biggest tippers. The reason is that
their hands are most in evidence.
And it is almost invariable that
they have the long and sensitive
fingers of the true artist. They like
perfumes and barber scents.
Living hard and dangerously
their faces are honed to a Sphinx
like immobility. Now and then their
ladies. brightly rougod and eX-
travagantly over dressed, drop in at
the morning interlude If it has been
a lucky night they share in the
come-easy,go easy bounty.
= =
The most famous haunt of Broad
way in the early morning is. Lindy's
It is where Damon Runyon sat a
hundred and one nights gathering
material for his Mindy stories in the
magazines. Lindy's has a shifting
clientele as colorful as the kaledio-
scope. At noon there come the radio
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28

fessional gate crashers these days.
Another halt for the idea is the
novelty wore off and no longer do
newspapers give them publicity.
The fact is, gate crashing requires
little ingenuity. Anyone who does
not mind the humiliation Of being
found out can eventually crash the
gate 1t is done nightly at movies,
theatres and prize fights by hun
dreds all over the land.
From an Arkansas paper: Read
ing McIntyre's gadding. one would
scarcely know where to look for
him in the big town"
I generally pop in at the hotel
some time during the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
Ten Years Ago
Anril o2 lQo7

Roy Hensley of Ell Centro was
seriously injured in an automobile
accident near Holtville last night.
Thieves breaking into the BraW-
ley high school last night made
away with two revolvers kept in
the machine shop, it was reported
to BraWley police this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
- on Sol
* FRANK WATANABE
SA2 BY 60 HOLDEN
MINERAL WELLS. TEXAS
BY go HOLDEN

.TT.NEha " ELTN, I E-t-IS
Oh hark. | are in dusty storm. This
are the disgust of all house boys. 1t are
the first time I ever ehewed the weather
and are very unpopular % NY gums.
Oh gee. the sun are hanging in hor-
rorzon Of powdered mud. Please extra
crate me out here. always like To TAX
ing Mother Earth to my heart but now
taking her to my lungs Ny ears got a
traffic congestion of dust. when I bend
ing over can hearing the potatoes grow
ing.
will be expectorating somebody's
pasture for three days, I expect The
triangle Of life are air. earth and water.
Now the earth have turned to air. Oh
water. water.
Thank u0n please
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
FORMER GOVERNOR
OF VIRGINIA DIES

WASHINGTON, April %. up
John Garland Pollard, 65. former
governor of Virginia, died today
from a heart ailment He had been
i'll more than five weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
ApriI o2 1919

Rev. A. M. Williams, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, return
ed today from a week spent in San
Diego and Los Angeles.
A carload of Shasta water receiV-
ed by Sam DunaWay shows the mag
nitude of the soft drink business in
Ell Centro This is the second car
load that has been brought to the
valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
Twenty Years Ago
April %, 1917

Owing to the rapid increase in
circulation of the Imperial Valley
Press in the city of Imperial, a
carrier boy is being put on the job
there.
A. p. Shipley, superintendent of
schools, visited the Verde district
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
The Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

l. Who is U. S. ambassador to
Germany?
3 How many feet are there in
fathom?
3. Which is regarded at the roy
al" color?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
VAR GAMES
IN THE AIR

If sometime in May squadron of
fighting planes comes roaring out of the
sky and down at you in power dive,
don't be alarmed. 1t won't be some for
eign power attacking our peaceful shores.
But there will be something big doing on
the first L. S. war games exclusively
for aircraft, to be held in national his
tory The bulk of Americas army sky
fighters will be concentrated at March
Field at Riverside, and Hamilton Field
at San Rafael, and from these points
they'll take to the air to repel imaginary
invaders along the whole Pacific Coast.
If the exercises are satisfactory the
games will be moved yearly to other sec
tions of the country to perfect national
air defense Californians, watching the
exciting spectacle at close range, will
hope that it is successful, and will hope
further that no occasion will ever arise
calling for the application of this air
power in deadly earnestness.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
Hints on Etiuuette

The fork is held in the right
hand, tines up except when it is
used with the knife to cut meats.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
Words of Wisdom

America is the home of freedom
and the hope of the doWntrodden
and oppressed among all nations
of the earth-Daniel Webster.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28

A customer who was served brass pol
ish in midwest saloon has started suit
Time was when he would have smacked
his lips.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
TnfIaY'S HOrOScODe

Many persons born today are of
highly nervous nature. They rely on
intuition in making decisions.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-28
0ne-Minute Test Answers


l. William E. Dodd.
2. Six.
3. Purple.
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in the fact The great question used to be; "Why
men do not attend church" And, even then we
always felt that the question was propounded by
those who never were interested in the church nor
in the Christ who is its head. We might ask them'
What have you done with Jesus? Church lovers
need not rant nor snarl because of criticism May
be fewer of our church members should hie then-
selves away to the golf links or picture shows or
spend the Sunday morning hour in bed. we 40
not see what we can do about the so-caled de1lec-
ton Nothing much, save maintain our own loyalty
in all faithfulness and go right along with our
church movement. All the golf-playing, SUNDAY
movie patrons nor lazy snoozers in bed combined
would be worth anything to vital religion, no mat
ter whether they did or did not go to church. Co
ing to church is not the objective of Christianity,
but transating life into terms of Christ And truly
brings sadness to the heart of the faithful when
many grossly msrepresent His teachings
The question today, as of old, is: God, or no
God, Spiritual values of materiaism The world
today is fighting out that question the entire
world And it is not strange to see the array on
the side of no-God. 1t is not church or no church.
but God or no God Materialism cannot find God
for it has blind eyes and deaf to all save that
which is of the earth earthly. Many of us who still
believe in the church are face-to-face with actual,
deadly persecution at this very hour.-The Union
Times. .
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GEORGIA LEADS The WAY

Naturally we like to think that South Carolina
leads the way. But Georgia has taken the lead in
advance of the other AZ states, by placing copy
of the King James version of the bible in the hands
of every school child in the entire state Georgia,
thus has the unique honor of being the only state
in the union in which the Bible is included as a
standard textbook for the school system.
This will mean that upwards of million copies
or more of the Bible will go into the childrens
homes. Many will go into homes where are, and
where there always have been Bibles. Others will
find their way into homes, where perhaps there are
no Bibles One of our contemporaries writes that
"if it were known that the million volumes to be
distributed would be read in whole or in part, by
as many as million persons the investment by
the state would be good one" We believe this
number might be reduced many times, and still
make the investment good one.
As the Spartanburg Journal concludes:
"The Bible is the basis of the laws Of civilization
and possesses style that has made profound
impression on all literature of Christian peoples.
In it will be found solaee for every grief, in
spration for every laudable ambition, safe guide
for mans conduct-Newberry Is. c. Observer.
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LICENSED PICKETS

II is standing characteristic of our lawmakers
that when they set out to remedy something which
is pretty obviously wrong or dangerous, they pro-
coed to lean so far over backwards that they make
the proposed reform ridiculous.
Take the of mass pcketing All to plainly,
it is source of constant trouble in labor disputes
II does no one any good. If anything, it does the
cause of labor itself the greatest damage, for it
turns too easily into coercion-and coercion, so
far from actually advancing the cause of unionism,
does it irreparabe injury, both by getting the
backs of the Soerced up and by arousing anger in
the public at large. Worse, it is always turning
into riot, and getting number of people killed
the majority of them invariably union men.
But when Cumberland, in Maryland, set out to
remedy ths-did it do something rational about it :?
Perish the thought. 1t limited the permissible num-
Der to six, it provided that the potential picket
must fill out huge form, file photographs of him.
SELF describe the place to be picketed and the time
when he proposed do it, provide exact copies of
the wording of any banners he might carry, (the
wording to be changed at the will of the town Of
ficals), and that he might not carry "any camera,
nor any instrument or device or weapon of any
kinda provision which, as the Baltimore Eve
ming Sun says pointedly, would presumably bar
even a fountain pen or a mouth organ."-Char-
lotto News.
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TWENTY years after the World
L War, which jolted German
territorial ambitions, the Nazi cry
for colonies was ringing around
the globe once more. Regaining
her possessions in Africa became
one Of the first aims Of Herr Hit
Ter.
AS early as 1885, Germany's
ambitions in the east central por-
ton of Africa were recognized by
European nations. Operating
secretly, three German agents had
concluded treaties" with several
native chieftains, thereby obtain
ing large mainland acquisitions.
The extension of German au-
thority in the interior, however,
met with bitter opposition. Revolts
Jared and a rebellion Of the Wan
goni in 1866 entailed the loss OF
10000 lives. Not until German
colonial agents adopted British
settlement policies did African
colonization develop satisfactorily
AND then came the great war,
resulting in the conquest of Ger
man East Africa by British and
Belgian troops. Belgium was as
signed a mandate over part Of the
German lands conquered.
The stamp below, surcharged,
was issued after Belgium assumed
its mandate over the 22,550 square
miles of territory on the eastern
limits of the Congo.
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Venereal Disease.
Study Is Funded

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 20.
(UP)-TenensScc State Commits
sioncr of Health, DR.. W. C. Will
liams, yesterday announced final
approval Of n $4,000 grant to
Vanderbilt University Medical
School, by the L. S. public health
service, to establish a training
center for the control of vcnercal
diseases.
All known cOmbativc forces for
the control Of the diseases will be
taught at the center along with
special instruction to physicians,
health officers. nurses and med
ical social service workers.
States to be included in the
special course are Kentucky, Ten
ncsSCc, Georgia. Alabama, Miss
issippi, louiSiana, Arkansas, okla
homa, Missouri, Kansas, an d
Texas.
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BARKER HEIGHTS

BARKER HEIGHTS TT'~
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred rf I''y :,
as their weekend guests N.Y. q
Mrs. Clyde Kcndricl and '' T.. d, z
of Patterson SPRING. '"'
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis TREAD.
of Buffalo, :. C.. .r.w S Si
with Mr.. and Ms C.'''g'
Trcadaway and family ""''
Mrs. c. J. Mcrrcn of FL.
who is spending the SUNNI. r', ..s
relatives around ilcndcr,,,.s.ts
spent Tuesday, accomnario .' Y /
her mother, with l0r. AMI n,
Ben Whitaker, The 'a,,r - ~
her sister. |
Born, to Mr.. and M, =
Byers Of Barker iu.gh>. or n
18th, n son, who has been NO..
Wayne Allen. '
Mrs. Matilda eagle 49,, :.
weekend guest Of her SON, :.
ncy and Boyd eagle.
Tommic KciSlcr. am cmrr,r
Of Duke Power compapv I"
tanned an accidental cu, on !.
head with m axe while desc.
ing from Il tree where VA, cr,,,
Il right-of-way near Lake Sum,
on Monday morning.
Mr.. Walter Shepherd and 81,
who have been spending a 3,
months in Florida spent Frs-
night in the home OF Mr.. =
Mrs. Fred Edncy. en- rog,.
their home at Brcyard.
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will let me put what please in
their newspapers. ! can truthful
~ say that no paper carrying my
writings has ever made any at
tempt to influence the character
or contents of my column. Not
all newspapers are so broad. Dur
ing the past year while | was Wis
ting a distant city the publisher
of one of this nations largest dali
lies called on me and proposed
to use my column in his paper if
i would tone it down."
at is too hot" he said.
When ! asked him how ne sup
posed the newspapers publishing
my articles all these years got
along, he replied that he didn't
know.
Well, / realize ! sacrifice some
distribution of my column to my
desire to write of matters as |
see them--particularly of poll
tics.
Publishers of my column and
readers of it, on this fourteenth
anniversary of its appearance, |
cordially thank you.
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BIG WILLOW

BIG WILLOW, July 29.-Mr.
and Ms. Robert Cole, of Green
vile, visited the alters parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Huggins, Sun
day.
Rev. j. +. Osteen, was reflect
cd pastor Of Bculah Baptist
church, Sunday, for the coming
year.
Friends of Mrs. j. p. Higgins
are sorry to learn it has been
necessary for her to 60 the Noun
tain Sanitorium for treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Mntz
and son Carl, and j. w. Mint,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. O'Dell Rain
es, of Travellers Rest. recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Fl. Bell spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Bell.
Miss Thclma Drake left Satur-
day, for sylvia, where she is teach
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r HE N lew DEAL
IN WASHINGTON
RODNEY DuTcHER-
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

pointment 10 the court-a unG-
time ambition with Joc-from all
but the progresSivcS. Roosevelt
implied 10 Robinson that nc
couldn't put him in the court
without adding a couple Of lib
erals at the same time Joe and
many of his friends insisted on
action.
And perhaps the high point OF
this story is the fact that about
two months ago il would have
been easy TO pass a compromise
bill adding one moro judicial cir
cult to the nine now existing,
making an IL justice court, having
the chief justice serve over all,
with a justice from each circuit
This would have been SatiSfac-
tory TO Roosevelt, one is told.
But Robinson couldn't take that.
Robinson insisted TO tho PrCSI-
dent he could get a bill SatiSfac-
tory to Roosevelt il nc could be
allowed TO handle il in his own
way on a personal basis. And he
could have. AT one time he said
he had Sd senators pledged 10 the
Hatch amendment, which would
have given Roosevelt three court
appointments by January lie
wouldn't have started the fight
,,,,th1nt nf 20
RUT Robinson died, and many on
- his pledges proved to be
purely personal. They died with
him.
Garner entered the picture, re-
turning and comforting on the
train back from RobinSon's fu-
neral. There is no record that
Garner fought for anything but
TO keep the Democratic party to-
gether.
In Washington he promised
Roosevelt he would get the best
possible compromise if authorized
TO deal with the Senate. But
Garner won no compromise but
only a complete removal OF all
portions Of the bill affecting the
Supreme Court
THEN all Of sudden you heard
that Garner had told Senator
Wheeler and the opposition to
draft their own bill Senator
Barley, the new party leader,
went before the hostile judiciary
committee with Garner. and got
much less than he expected
Garner had command OF the
show and il was obvious to every
one that he was working for
something which would satisfy
more opposition senators than ad.
miniStration senators
Other incidents helped smash
The court bill. notably Governor
Lehman's well-timed letter Blu,
this Us the best available story
now of how the great court bill
struggle ended almost overnight
,conyrtrhi ,ss7 NEa Service. Inc
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FOURTEEN YEARS OF IT
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

with me enough to write and tell
me so have almost always done
so in a kindly way; | can recall
but three communications in all
these years which could be class
ed as nasty.
! do not expect any reader to
give my statements more weight
than he or she thinks they are
worth. | am not offended when a
reader does not agree with me;
do not always agree with N.Y.
self. | am not always consistent;
/ do not consider it necessary to
be consistent. If something oc-
ours which leads me to change
my mind, l change it. We should
all be in sorely benighted state
if there had never been any
changing of minds. 1t is only by
improving our points of view that
we improve ourselves and help
the world to improve.
And it is a great blessing to be
associated with publishers who
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
THIS NEED NOT TROUBLE SERIOUS MINDED
g., CHRISTIANS

The American Magazine for July carries sur.
veg by which the editor concludes that the Protes
tant church of today in the United States has lost
a large portion Of its strength and support. The
statement Is based replies sent in response to
qaestionnaire sent out The serious decline in SER
vices Of the church is blamed upon the church it.
self. The expression adverse TO the church twas
expressed by thousands who are now spending
their Sunday mornings playing golf, listening to
the radio, or smoothing in bed"
Somehow we do not take too seriously the con-
illusions reached by the magazine article. That
many church members are sadly lacking in spir-
itual force we deplore. But when we read that
during the past year the increase Of church men,
bership was more than 100000 we take comic,