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Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Men who reach ripe years generally
have three periods of intensive
sprucing up fever. The first is
between the ages of Is and "a and
indulges all the exaggerations of
the time Then lapse. 1t is re-
vived again around what some are
disposed to call the Dangerous Age
the early 40's. And when one
reaches so there seems to be the
final sartorial fling. The victims
are those boys who appear in the
night clubs and in a short while are
wearing one of thoss fool paper
caps and festuring a giggling cutie
on each knee. So far as I know,
Chauncey Depew was the only styl-
ish dresser without a let-doWn. He
continued his sartorial elegance to
his goth birthday.
There seems some merit to the
charge of careless dressing among
the poets. A possible exception is
Ogden Nash, genial descendant of
the upper crust, whose ancestors
founded Nashville, Tenn. Berton
Braley clings to a venerable slouch
hat Witter Bynner doesn't give a
fig for style. Arthur Guiterman is
no Adolphe Menjou. And so it
goes down the list. Most poets are
what might be called comfortable
dressers.
And driving along past the Gill
lette estate, we veered off on an
unused back road and passed a
broken down goats nest of farm
houses. proclaiming utter desola-
ton. Someone in the car remarked
What poor souls exc out existence
here?" And then there was noted
For Sale" sign and gaunt farm
er and his entire brood were assem-
bled in side yard, all ready to
depart in a trailer, loaded with
valises and bundles, for greener
pastures. And we hoped better for
tune.
Also one wonders whence come
the patrons for the jinkle- jumbles
of ceramics on sale at those road
side pottery stands. Big vases ot
scarlet, green and yellow, large
enough to take bath in. Every
day they are placed in the yaro
in precise geometric array and q
member of the family stands ir
waiting anticipation, yet in years OF
motoring by them l have never
seen a customer
Too, we came on an ancient ice
house, rifted and ridged with age
The roof was saggng and about tt
cave in and the clap-board walls
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
Social Leadership
For Rural Residents

Imperial county is extremely fortunate
in the rural leadership which has given
it such organizations as the Rural Recre-
alton Council, yet too few of us know any
thing about this and similar organiZa-
tions.
The Rural Recreation Council, meeting
twice a month, offers training to farm
leaders in recreational work, so they
can take back to their respective COM
munities greater experience in providing
entertainment and instruction at rural
community meetings. Age of those at
tending the meetings. varies from youths
to those of 85, and attendance during
the last three years has never fallen be-
low 60. 1t has attained high mark of
300
One of the monthly meetings is de-
voted entirely to training in dancing,
games, dramatics and similar subjects,
while the other is devoted purely to So
cial items, usually including a dance.
There is old-time dancing for the older
people, and modern dancing for the
younger ones.
In the old days there was no organiza-
tion to further the social life of farm
groups. AS result farm life sometimes
presented pretty dull picture. Now,
however, all this is changed. Through
such organizations as the Rural Recrea-
tion Council, the social life of rural resi-
dents has become as bright and probably
more wholesome than many aspects of
city life.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
Editorials and Comment
THURSDAY OCTOBER A. 1887.
News Behind the News
= The Isolation Reverse

WASHINGTON-No single reason suffices to
explain why Roosevelt and the State Department
have suddenly and completely reversed the pre-
vious national policy of isolation and so-called
neutrality which Congress IN its wisdom was
commonly supposed to have enacted into law.
The Roosevelt quarantine" speech at Chica-
go and the subsequent government statement
branding Japan as an aggreSSor nation IN emma
were no part of a plan of positive action aside
from the administrations willingness TO consult
with other sgnatories of the nine-power treaty
which theoretically guaranteed Chinese sovereign
ity
Sanctions and provisions for economic boy
colt or similar action omitted from both the
nine-power and kellogg treaties The admins
tration's only recourse is to exhortation of the
American public. Unless it applies the neutrality
act to both China and Japan, in effect the neu-
trality has been completely repudiated
The violent contrast between the new policy
and previous policy is indicated by the fact that
an Administrations embargo on arms to
Spain. a duly recognized nation invaded by Italy
and Germany, flashed through the House last
January by vote of 406 to /, and through the
Senate by 80 to o.
Behind recent developments are these facts,
although not necessarily in the order of their
Importance:
Roosevelt and Secretary Hull are emo
tionally on the side of the Democratic" peace
seeking nations sometimes called the "Haves,"
distinguished from the dictator-led aggressive
and warlike "Have-note" Their fear of dictator
ships and the ultimate menace threatened by
fascism if it should sweep the rest of the world
is genuine and widely shared.
2-Roosevelt's instincts although peaceful
impel him to step out on the world stage in a
star role, although these instincts have been
somewhat restrained by healthy regard for the
popular desire to avoid steps which might lead
toward war.
3-The State Department, which unalter-
ably opposed TO neutrality legislation and success
fully made mandatory, clings to the old tradi-
tions which have kept it deep in Far Eastern
politics for 40 years or more The open Door"
policy as to China is no dead letter and there is
still a vague but strong belief that Americas
destiny is more or less wrapped up in Asia.
domestic considerations cannot be ignored
Although this governments leap into the inter-
national situation tends to rally support behind
Roosevelt and to blur memory of the Black-Klan
incident, it is more to the point to reveal here
with that Roosevelt has persistently contem-
plated use of the sour internal state of Fascist
nations to point an object lesson to Americans
in aid of his legislative proposals.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
'Barbs -

If publicity hungry movie
gal can't persuade the editors that
she has been picked for that Gone
With the Wind" role, she can at
least announce that she's going
to marry Rudy Vallee.
Francis Dillon of the A. F. of L.
fsays the uniODization drive in
the auto industry has failed.
Messrs. Sloan and Chrysler night
be pard0ned for asking what it
takes to make such a drive a
success.
Dietitian at Maryland college
is going to have slow waltzes played
in the dining room at meal times
TO keep the students from eating
too fast. When the bread pudding
is served, the band will doubtless
be instructed to swing it.
The microph0ne broke while
General Pershing was address,
ing a meeting of touring Ameri-
can Legion men in France. The
general had Just spotted three
ex-buck privates who hadn't
shined their shoes.
Japan, it is reported, will de-
nounce the nine-power treaty, the
other eight signers having already
denounced Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

The business world wants the
small liberal arts college to supply
1t with "men who are citizens first
and business men second"
DR.. Luther A. Harr, Pennsylvania
state secretary of banking, made
this remark before some 800 edu-
Gators who had gathered at Muhl-
enberg College the other day for
an academic symposium. He went
on to expand his statement by say
ing that the business world needs
men with these qualifications:
"Men with an awareness of the
pressing problems of our distressed
world; men with the desire to
grapple with the most dangerous
and difficult issues; men with
enough historical background not
to be deluded by the sirens of Fas-
cism or the vigorous claims of Com
munism; men who realize that bus
mess is not the be-all and end-all
of life, but part of larger whole" +"
All of which shapes up to quite
a set of Specifications. 1t is much
like telling the colleges: 1--WE need
a smarter and more altruistic set
of human beings-won't you please
start grinding them out?" 1t is a
good trick if the colleges can do
it. And yet something along the
line of what Mr.. Harr is asking for
is very greatly needed-not only
in the world of business, but in all
other walks of life as well. For we
are under the necessity nowadays,
more than ever before, to realize
that all of us as Americans are in
the same boat together, that we
can't drift our way out of our trou-
bles, and that we need something
more than a mere application TO
the problems of our own bread and
butter.
Life has grown almost unimagin-
ably complex in this modern world
The national welfare depends on
the mutual adjustment of an in
finite number of individual selfish
desires-which boii down, in the
end, to the varying ways in which
each Of us tries to get as many OF
the good things of life as he can
possibly lay his hands on.
Our success, or lack of it, in that
age-old human quest depends
largely on the sort of country we
have-its degree of prosperity, its
ability to evolve policies that will
keep the economic machine work
ing, its readiness to remove disabil-
tiles from the shoulders of the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
Bruce Cation Says:
= SEEING Our Jobs as Part of the Whole

unfortunate. And yet these things,
in their turn, grow out OF the way
in which we as individuals go about
the business of earning living.
We are all links in a chain which
describes an endless circle. No trade,
business or profession can settle
its problems without reference to
the larger whole. It is hardly going
too far to say that our national
future depends on our ability to
see our personal concerns in their
relation to the national picture. II
the colleges can help us to do this,
then more power to them.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
New York Day by Day BY o 0. Mcintyre

were slivered with the hoariness
of years. The ice house, once a
sort of mysterious cavern in small
towns, has given away to the prog
ress of modern refrigeration, and
this was the only left over I've
seen in a decade.
Ed Swazey, of the advertising
biggities, is Americas No. air.
plane customer. He, moge than
any other aviation layman, is a
human bird of passage and always
on the wing. He flies in to New
York from California almost every
week, sometimes twice, not to in
clude his side trips to FIT. Worth,
New Orleans. Cincinnati and where
not. Indeed, nearly all of the crack
advertising men are air passengers
in a large way. Art Kudner even
has private plane from which he
flies to and from his New Mexico
ranch for weekends. Bruce Barton
is also a consistent traveller along
the air lanes Among the Holly
woodites who are giving the planes
a big play is George Jessel. He flew
in the other evening, for instance,
to have dinner with some friends
and winged westward again the
same evening.
One of the ranters was rabble-
rousing from his Step-ladder in
West 72nd, right off Broadway, the
ether evening. In climaxing his hot
gospeling he inquired shrilly and
paused for answer: What do we
see on every hand?" And passing
smart alec in a roadster: -Four
| fingers and a thumb, you mug.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
MOTTO EoF INTENTION TO EN-
GAGE IN THE SALE
OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES

~OcUODeT Is, 1881
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that fifteen
days after the above date, the tn-
dersigned proposes to sell alcoholic
beverages at these premises, de-
scribed as follows:
Hin,dustan Capital, 442 Broadway,
El Centro.
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license Cor
licenses) for these premises as fol-
lows:
On Sale Beer and Wine.
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such license (s) may
file a verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacra-
mento, California, stating grounds
for denial as provided by law.
INDAR SINGH, S. SHINE
AND KISHAN SINGH.
Ola.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

NEW YORK, Oct. 14-The art am
bulandi is almost lost to the metro
polls. There are no accomplished
strollers, such as Robert CorteS
Holiday. Out OF 100 walking clubs
ten years ago, only half dozen
remain. About the only upholders
of walking are the members OF
the Boy Scouts.
Even that old Standby, the 5
o'clock promenade on 5th avenue
is gone. Men who used to walk
from offices to clubs now go in
motor cars or taxis Kin Hubbard
used to say the only way to cross
New York street was to lead a
COW. The reason, of course, is traf-
fic jams.
Plus the feeling of danger in
Drawing so many crossings. check
ers have found that all the i'm
portant corners have from 20 to
80 per cent fewer pedestrians at
the peak hours. Visitors who have
not been here in several years I'M
mediately notice the slow-up OF
the sidewalk flow.
One of the most auspicious sur
vivors of the walking age still is
DR.. John Finley of the Times, who
heels off his five miles day nc
matter the weather. Most of the
valiants who used to circle the grav-
ell path around the Central Park
reservoir have called it day. Ano
are seen no more.
That odd home of William Gill
lette, the octogenarian actor, on a
fling of Connecticut countryside
continues to be for sale, although
1t represents an investment of $780,
900 and an asking price of only
s150,O00. And for that it must be
sold to the right person. Only one
in sympathy with the actors Ia
Dor of love. There winds through
the grounds a complete, practica
miniature railroad This was the
hobby that engrossed the define
ator of the Sherlock Holmes role
for years. And while fascinating to
children, is likely to be met with
a yawn tap by most gownups. Yei
unless one can show proper sym
pathy and agree to preserve tht
estate as it, it will not be sold.
Duding usually goes in spurts
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
Other Editors Say
FARM POWER
Sacramento Bee)


The Edison Electric Institute reports that for
the first time in history the number of American
farms having electric service has passed the
100000 mark
The Institutes survey shows 1,l38335 have
electricity gain of 80 per cent or 278297 over
one year ago.
Encouraging though this is it is only II per
cent of all farms having some sort of dwelling
and rs per cent of farms having house worth
$500 or more.
This means there still is vast field for elec-
trio expansion among the farmers of the country.
Indeed, in some of the obscure sections of the
South there are reported to be entire counties
in which not single home is served with elec-
tricity.
The per capita use of electricity in the United
States has increased fifteen times faster than
the population growth in the last thirty years.
Farmers are becoming power minded, and the
Rural Identification Administration, created by
President Roosevelt has given tremendous
impetus to electrical expansion.
Considering these facts, it is not unreasonable
20 predict that most farms will have electric
power within the next twenty years.
Such future envisons a happier and more
contented farm population, freed by the magic
hand of electricity from much of the drudgery
of long hours and back breaking toll.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Research shows that in the 18th CEN
tury the table knife was used for cut
ting as well as eating. In the unskilled
pea-balancer's hand, it still serves both
purposes.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
Photographs

In birth registration areas Of
the United States maternal NOR
tality has declined II per cent since
1929. The material death rate now
is lower at any time in the ma
tion's history
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

which is smarter than the man
operating it is the slot machine.
There are only two kinds of
women says old zadok Dumbkopf
those who wish they had a fur
coat and those who wish they had
better one.
Friction in Europe is result of
the nations being too close to
each other. No closer than the
United States and Canada, are
they?
That Idaho farmer whose farm
land Is sinking must be getting
nervous. When the sinking stops,
the farm may be part of. Mainl
street, Shanghai, China.
The world series may not have
been so hot but 1t settled at least
one question. 1t proved that Judge
Landis does own hat.
The man at the next desk says
it's foolish to save up for rainy
day. If you've got the dough to
hire then you're never able to To-
cate a taxi.
One of Mussolini's sons is now in
the movie business, another is an
aviator for Spanish rebels. It's ma
tural that shooting should interest
the boys, their dad being Italy's
biggest shot.
Whenever the Japanese offer a
new excuse for their latest afro
city against the Chinese it makes
us think the editor has made a
mistake. 1t should appear in the
bright : sayings-of-c f-children column.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

u. S. chronological investigators
report that widespread use of the
photo-electric cell in industry would
replace more than a million work.
erS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
Thoughts for the Day -

He that wasteth his father and chaseth away his
mother is a son that cauSeth shame, and bringeth
reproach.-ProverbS 1926
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, author
itative business analysts. predict
that U. 8. bankruptcies this year
will be less than in any year since
1919.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Baseball umpires have been equipped with
loud speakers and concern is expressed they
might be struck by lightning and electrocuted
But it is a certainty the average umpire fears far
more impending pop bottle shower
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Calico noted Italian astrtnomer,
was imprisoned because of his theo-
logical writings rather than for his
astronomical views.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Although the population of Aus
tralia is less than 100000, the
continent is almost as large as the
United States
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

The late Georges Clemenceau,
premier of France during the
World war, began his career as a
skin specialist
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
Famous Sayings -

Remorse not only turns God against us, but turns
us against ourselves, and makes the soul like the
scorpion in the fire, which stings itself to DEATH
Thomas
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
The Grab Bag

One-Minute Test
1. Name the president Of the
League of Nations assembly.
Q. With what sport is Wimbledon,
England, associated?
8. Name the phases of the moon.
Hints on Etiquette
1t Is no longer necessary that a
gentleman remove his glove before
shaking hands. This avoids a de-
lay which frequently was embar-
RAISING.
Words of wisdom
Laws are silent in the midst of
arms.-Cicero.
Today's Horoscope
Many whose birthday occurs to-
day have a dominating nature.
They desire to have their own way,
and they usually get it.
One Minute eTst Answers
1. Aga Khan.
2. Tennis tournaments.
3. New moon, first quarter, full
moon, last quarter.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14
You re Telling Me -

AT least one mechanlcal deVlce
which is smarter than the man
operating it is the slot machine.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Termites, small wood boring in
sects, do damage estimated at
$37,000000 in the United States
each year.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Approximately 100 million
punches of bananas are shipped
each year to world markets,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

The world series may not have
been so hot but 1t settled at least
one question. 1t proved that Judge
Landis does own a hat.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Duding usually goes in spurts
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-14

Too, we came on an ancient ice
house, rifted and ridged with age.
The roof was saggng and about to
cave in and the clap-board walls
The Washington times., 1937-12-17

We feel right at home in the role Of that Jolly.
chubby bearded gentleman! For 80 years
we have played Santa to perplexed gift shoppers.
Thru the medium OF our honest prices dignihed
credit and our dependable nationally advertised
merchandise we have helped make Xmas happy
occasion for "givers and receivers" If you. too.
are in the throes Of gift problem-do as your
grandparents did - come to Castelbergs and
your gift worries will be over. Make Castelberg's
your Xmas headquarters-its a jewelry. store
that trusts you-and store that you can trust.
The Washington times., 1937-03-04

Two's company and smart
combination when you team up
dainty crochet and fetching eight
to the inch cross stitch in stun
ming motif for towels, pillow cases
or scarfs! Either crochet or cross
stitch may be used alone. It's ef-
fective to use a monogram with
the crochet. Pattern 1922 con-
tains a transfer pattern for two
motifs 6Ax912 inches, two motifs,
5Ax51a inches, two motifs, AJAX
The Washington times., 1937-03-04

1917 inches, and two 5x7A inches;
directions and charts for the filet
crochet; material requirements,
illustrations Of stitches used; color
suggestions.
Send 10 cents in stamps or coin
(cOin preferred) for this pattern
to The Washington Times, Needle.
craft Dept, .82 Eighth Avenue,
New York, N. Y. Write plainly
PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME
and ADDRESS.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
CLUB WILL DISCUSS
"SIT-DOWN" LEGALITY

Public Speaking Glass Of the
soroptimists to Take Up
Strike Question.
Legality Of the sit-down strike will
be discussed by the public speaking
and parliamentary law class Of the
Washington soroptimist Club at 8
O'Clock tonight in the Willard Hotel.
At a meeting yesterday the club
reafirmed the action taken by the
American Federation Of soroptimbt
Clubs in requesting that II q mini
mum wage law Is passed by Congress
1t should not be confined to women
and children.
e. M. schenke, research associate
with the Bureau Of Standards for
the National Association Of Hosiery
Manufacturers, addressed the group
on trade standards Of the stocking
industry.
Mrs. Edith H. Jones and Howard
Moore, accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. Jewell Downs, sang several &C.
lections. Mrs. Winifred Knowles,
president Of the Bath (EnglanO
Soroptimst Club, was a guest.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
65e each

Wsre 81. $l.l5
81 long-sleeve white cotton crepe gowns and
cotton sleeping pajamas; coat style, IN sizes
16 and II.
Sizes Originally 81 95. Now. 95c
1S Combinations and Union Suits 10% wool union
suits with short sleeves. Bandeau top combinations.
10 Cotton Knit Pants. Originally 7sc. Now------35c
Down STAIRS STORE.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Dinner to Honor Matthews.

Brig. Gen. Hugh Matthews, quar-.
termaster Of the Marine Corps and
national president OF the I'd Division
Association, will be guest Of honor .,
4 dinner to be given by the loca
branch Of the organization at s:3t
pm. Saturday in the Colonial Hotel
Fifteenth and M streets. The I'd Divi.
sion Of the American Expeditionar,