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Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
Shanghai S Importance
To the japanese

Japanese troops in China have paid
dearly in men and ammunition for the
conquest of Shanghai only to find they
have gained little more than strategi-
cal advantage over their Chinese foes.
The fall of Shanghai does not mean
victory to the japanese nor defeat to the
Chinese. 1t means only that Japan has
gained a foothold in the huge area it
covetS.
Shanghai, with its foreign concessions
and settlements, has always been more
important to other nations than to China.
True, it has been a center of industry
and a market-place for large part of
China; but China can go to market else
where, and foreign investment is largely
represented in her industry China can
pull her troops farther into the interior,
sit tight, and thumb derisive nose at
Japan. Shanghai will do Japan no good
without the surrounding country.
The victory of Shanghai is not as de-
cisive as it might appear on the surface.
1t still leaves China to be conquered.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
faseism as Bad
As Communism = or Worse

If anything could be worse than Com
munism, it is Fascism-or Hitlerism, or
whatever you want to call it. Premier
Benito Mussolini of Italy demonstrated
that this week when he warned the world
that Italy will stand in arms beside Ger
many, if necessary, to get back Germany's
pre-war colonies-and that Italy will,
also, launch more troops into Spain in
an effort to win the civil war there for
the rebels.
In Fascism we have dictatorial force
attempting to batter the world into sub
mission by threats and--if that fails
by force. In Communism we have die
tatorial power in one nation attempting
TO stir up iternal bloodshed in other ma
tions by propaganda, and later aiding
the rebels with armed force. We might
say that Fascism is as bad as Communism
or worse. And we might say, also, tnat
Communism is as bad as Fascism-or
worse.
The wise thing, however, seems to be
TO stay clear of both in this country.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
News Behind the News
Taxes for the BUDGET

WASHINGTON-New and heavier taxes will
be used to balance the federal budget when and if.
This prediction is made privately by most OF
the few persons who if they do not possess clair
voyance are at least in the best position to size
up the near future and TO be informed as TO
what will be done about it.
Nothing is sure, it appears, except death ana
taxes which will cut into incomes of from $4,000
to $4,000 year far more painfully than they
are being tapped at the present time.
Incomes ranging down to $500 are very likely
TO be affected And it's practically certain that
when the rates these middle brackets are
raised, all incomes over $4,000 VIII likewise
be subjected to leves higher than those existing.
All this is contingent on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
recommendation and act of Congress. But the
fellows who have earned the right to be called
wise guys in Washington, say it's inevitable dur
ing this Congress, regardless of traditional Capt.
toll Hill reluctance to raise taxes in an election
year. The naked truth is that it's harder to
get Congress to hold down appropriations than
it is to persuade it to pass tax BILL
Roosevelt has warned of higher taxes fire.
ouently as an alternative TO this that. He has
even been rather definite with assertions that fed
eral spending will be cut But if you count them
up, you'll find that his tax warnings have built
up large pile of "ifs," some of which aren't
materializing. Experience has indicated that ex-
cept in postwar periods government budgets tend
to stay up, rather than go down.
Signs of relief heard on virtually ever!
hand with the return of Russian Ambassador
Alexander Antonovich Troyanovsky from his
native land
Troyanovsky probably is this capitals most
popular ambassador. When he was summoned
back to Moscow last summer heartfelt though
subdued groan arose from his numerous friends.
Most of those friends know of one or more old
Russian acquaintances whose fate either
none too sure-or all too certain. Nearly all OF
them feared the worst and they feared that the
ambassador feared the same.
But it seems that Stain only wanted TO confer
with Troyanovsky-who once was his enemy at
Todo-to discuss Far Eastern policy. And it's
understood that the ambassador now rates ace
high in Moscow.
present Russian foreign policy in the Far
East is to let Japan spend plenty of troops, money
and other resources in trying toconquer China,
with the conviction that she will gradually be-
come weaker prospective foe)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
Editorials and Comment
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 49, 1887
By O. o. Mcintyre

smoke the weed. He says users re-
fer to such smoking as tea" The
vendors are called pads" The most
potent part of the REFER is the
last drag, and that is why users
hold the butt with pin or tweez-
ers to get this wallop. The smoke
to get the right effect, must be
held in the lungs as long as pos
sible. The writer states that under
the influence one is high" And
that d. the sensation may be best
described as floaty. He admits that
in a few months he has lost weight
and feels good only when smoking.
Unconsciously he sounds a warn
ing and breaches sermon with:
Like all the REFER smokers I
know, I started just as an expert
ment to see what the stuff was
like"
I have always liked Charming
Pollock's story of the sailor who,
asked what he had done with his
wages, answered: Part of it went
for liouor, part of it for women
and the rest just frittered away
fooliShly."
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
More Room for the
Detention Home

Now that the county grand jury has
added its voice to the numerous others
crying in a wilderness of inactivity about
the need for additional room at the
county detention home, it does not seem
too much TO hope that something will be
done about the regrettable conditions
there. We sincerely hope that the re-
concentrations of the grand jury will
have more effect than has attended the
repeated urgings of the probation de-
partment, the superior court judges and
this newspaper.
The detention home at Imperial does
not have sufficient room to care for the
juveniles housed there. Many times the
county is placed in the embarrassing posi-
ton of violating the state law by placing
juvenile offenders in the county jail.
There is not room for them at the deten-
ton home, nor is there any facility there
to provide for them if they are taken
there
First, if the detention home were prop
erly constructed, there would not be room
for all the juvenile offenders and others
who should be cared for. Second, fire
hazard makes it impossible to house the
worst offenders at the juvenile home, be-
cause the strong rooms would be death
traps in the event of fire. The condi-
ton is deplorable. Everyone who is in
terested has known this for many months,
yet nothing has been done about it to date
1t seems high time that the juvenile
detention home should become the center
of some activity other than recommend
ing
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
New York Day by Day

an old fashioned if in proper mood.
Frank O.Malley did much to pub
licize the place in his roaming
stories of the gas-lit days. Two of
Docs jovial patrons were Herb
Swope's irrepressioie. ink-stasned
journalistic twins, Joseph Jeffer-
son O'Neill and Donald Henderson
Clarke. When they went on the
loose Swope always found them at
Doc Perry's. e''
Now and then a poet at some
tiny dot i'm the outland, is able to
winnow a living sending in stuff at
long range to the New York marts.
There is for instance. Miss Billy
B. Booper. OF Neodesha, Kan,
hop skip from my birthplace.
Plattsburg, Mo, who attains this
recognition writing sonnets and
such and about her neighbors, her
Main street ana sundry observa-
tions in a prairie town. She has
appeared often in Good House
keeping, Saturday Evening Post, the
New York Times and nearly all the
poetry magazines. Proving it can
be done.
l have a letter from a REFER
marihuana-smoker, a jazz band
who gives some interest
ing if depressing high lights on
the habit. He has known but two
women-cabaret entertainers, who
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
Bruce Carton Says:
= Campaion Promises and Coon Hounds

extra share Of the relief allowance
for his district. Such promises are
his stock in trade. How could he
live without them?
Or-to ascend to more rarefied
air-consider the presidential can
didate. Boiled down, his platform
usually amounts to just about, this:
elect me and | will see that you
are prosperous and happy, that
foreign peace and domestic order
reign, that your taxes will be re-
duced and your businesses flourish.
My opponent is too unworthy and
untrustworthy to give you these
things, but II will be the fount-
ainhead of all good things.
OUTLAW campaign promises, and
you would mobilize a good per-
centage of all our presidential
candidates past, present and to
come. The situation is dreadful to
contemplate.
But we might, just possibly, live
through it. We might be able to
struggle through to an order OF
things in which candidates offered
themselves to the electorate on the
basis of principles not promises;
in which we elected men not be-
cause of what they were going to
get for us, but because of how they
were going to guide our efforts to
help ourselves.
The transition period would b
bewildering, but in the end we~
ought to have much saner and
healthier political life.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29

The most stimulating little story
of the fall has to do with the poll
tician down in Kentucky who got
into jam with the authorities
for promising too much to the
voters.
This man was running for his
party's nomination for sheriff. AS
platform, he vowed that, if elect
the backbone of his campaign
platform, he vowed that, if elect
ed, he would not collect dog tax on
coon hounds-which, considering
the widespread ownership of coon
dogs in his bailiwick, was calculat-
ed to appeal to everybody.
But circuit judge stepped in
and ruled that this was an at
tempt to bribe the electorate. For
that resan, the Judge ruled the
candidate off the ballot and
brought his campaign to an in
glorious conclusion.
To the baffled candidate, to say
nothing of the coon dog owners
of Kentucky, one must extend
sympathy. But 1t is impossible to
avoid little dreamy speculation
about the revolution that would be
worked in American politics if this
circuit judges ruling should be ap-
piled to all candidates for office
high and low.
Promising everybody everything
is the oldest standby of our cam
paigns. Everyone does it. The Ken
tuckian, limiting himself to one
direct appeal to the coon dog vote,
seems to have been pretty mode
rate. If candidate can't offer
special privileges to different
groups of voters, how is any
American ever to run for anything?
Take the congressman, for ex-
ample. He has to promise things.
new postoffice, or an appropria-
ton for dredging, Strengthening
and beautifying Mud creek, or an
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29

Leslie Howard IN o. D. Mcintyre
glasses and you have our elevator
boy.
Rhyme: To play an old hag in a
garret, III take Sheila Barrett. The
fulfillment of George M. Cohens
line, Hes grand little guy: Bur-
CESS Meredith. For something neat
in wax under glass: George Rector's
mustache. Shot -out-of- -a-gun walk
ers: Edwin Balmer, Major Bowes
and Eddy Duchin.
To Jack Benny; Don't let them
pretty you up that way in your next
movie. You're all right as is. Theo-
dore Dresser moping along A mil
lionaire of the depression: Henry
Luce, the publisher. Crack descrip-
ton of a~certain BroadWayite; AL
ways wrong at the top of his voice
Most hilarious scene of the sea-
son: The legionnaires carrying Noel
Coward in silk hat AMI all on their
shoulders for block and his: "That
was not very funny" Then Gra-
ham McNamee's jape as Eddie Rick
enacker entered the subway: There
goes an ace in the hole!'
One Of the midtown oases for
newspaper and magazine writers is
Jack Bleeck's-pronounced Blake's-
Writers and Artists Club in mid
town. It Specializes in lark heavy
brews, thick steaks and chops with
giant spuds. And is its liveliest be-
tween two and four am. Among the
diversions is a target practice at
which rubber suction gadgets are
fired from toy pistols, the revival
of a Gay 80 innovation by Stanley
Walker. one of the leading spirits
of the place. LuciuS Bebbe also
makes it a port of call sometime
during the evening, top hat and all.
Bleeck's is the modern journalis-
tic version of Doc Perry's-a drug
store in the old World building
whose room behind the prescription
case offered sundry potions for
bucking the reportorial rip tides.
The Docs customers were mostly
drinkers of whiskeyneat, although
he could be persuaded to build up
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
Barbs

WITH meat prices rising, the
government should declare open
season on the bulls" and bears"
of the stock market.
The discovery of new shotgun
pellets to keep ducks from dying
CT lead poisoning should be a great
consolation to the duck. Hunters
want to keep the fowl from dying
cut of range.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29

while strolling: Harpo Marx affects
me like the village simpleton. AT
whom 1 never laushei. Molly Picon
the Ghetto's stage darling with the
French aperitif last name. For pre-
maturely snow-white hair none OF
the boulevardiers tops the old seer,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
Looking Backward
. In Our Files 3
YEARS AGO
October 30 1907

Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Edgar re-
turned home after six weeks visit
in the Perris Valley and in River
side.
Deputy Sheriff Jake Meadows re-
turned from the coast, accompanied
by his family, who have. been away
all summer, and are now returning
to their home in Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29

hairy 0llNeN.
My f a t h e r S
black port er +,
Hannibal. laugh
ed precisely like
Joe Penner What
the music world
needs is another
ic I or Herbert
re S t h S soul.
Louis Sobol has
also become one
of the friends for
dark = hued col
lars and shirts.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
TWENTY YEARS AGO
October % 1917

Don c. Bitler, city editor of the
Progress, has his name in the paper
only when he is away. With a
party of friends he and Mrs. Bitter
are spending the weekend in the
Laguna mountains.
Seventy-siX men have been or
dered to leave the valley on the
next contingent for Camp Lewis.
After that the county will have 90
men to finish out its full quota of
653.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
TEN YEARS AGO
October %. 1927

In common with other points of
the state, Imperial Valley enjoyed
rainfall today, a brisk shower
falling. shortly before noon.
One man suffered a. broken arm
and another severe cuts about the
face in two auto accidents which
occurred over the weekend.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
The Grab Baq
One-Minute Test

l. Who is German minister of
foreign affairs?
2. Who is under secretary of the
us. department of interior?
3. What was the original name
of New York City?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
TOday'S Horoscope

A great capacity for assuming
knowledge is typical of persons
whose birthday occurs today Many
of them enter educational work.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29

Crocheted hats, purses and rugs are being
made from glass The glass is spun into threat
one-twentieth the diameter of human hair.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
One Minute Test Answer.

l. Konstantin von Neurath.
2. Charles West, of Ohio, a for
mer college professor.
3. New Amsterdam.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29

Vinegar used greens will not destroy the
vitamins. Generally, the more acid in the product
the less danger there is of vitamin destruction
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
Other Editors Say
EDWARD AND WILHELM
Riverside Press


Before the Duke of Windsor leaves the con-
tinent to sail for America, it seems as if he
ought to take a trip to Holland and visit that
other distinguished exile, the former Kaiser Will
helm
There would be excuse in the fact that
they are distantly related. The British housing
specialist and the woodchopper of Doom, who
used to have the reputation of being an expert
in everything, should have much to say to each
other.
Their conversation, if sincere, would probably
deal mostly with exile. Wilhelm with nearly
20 years experience by this time knows better
than Edward how bitter is the exile's bread. He
might warn Edward that to render it tolerabe,
intelligent man must plunge into some forced
occupation, no matter what to give him new
purpose in life, or at least excuse for living.
The indication, however, is that Edward is
really learning that for himself and rather rapid
ly. If he had any notion, when he abdicated,
of taking the remainder of his life holiday
and living an international playboy, he is
getting over it. His sudden plunge into the
housing problem of the great poor shows that.
In sheer self defense, to make life tolerable
he turns sociologist. And if the British govern
ing group will let him alone-perhaps even if
they won't-he may yet justify his abdication
by a life of useful service.
One thing he can depend on is a glorious
reception when he and the Duchess come to
America.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
Hints on Etiquette

When not in use, the dinner knife
should be laid across the upper half
of the plate with the handle to-
ward the right.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29

The Danish flag, consisting of large whit,
cross on red field, is the oldest unchanged ma
tional flag in existence.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29

According to ancient prescription toasted
sponges were given to persons suffering from
throat ailments during the fourteenth century
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
Words Of Wisdom

We must fight the politician who
believes that since the unborn pos
terity has done nothing for us we
need do nothing for it.-Dean Inge.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29
Famous Sayings

We not too often think that there is never
sleeping eye that reads the heart and registers our
thoughts-Bacon.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-29

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4,841.87
8,075.22
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843.28
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2,756.68
2,261.49
4,878.22
597.92
389.28
428.40
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713.45.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
WESCHLERS BUY
MATTAPONY FARM
D. C. and Maryland Couple Now
Owns Practically All Of
Old Estate.
Srecial Dispatch to Tie Star.


LEONARDTOWN, Md, March g.
Mattapony farm, located in the eighth
election district, st. Marys County,
has been purchased by George A. and
Theresa Weschler of Washington and
Maryland, it was reported today by
Gilbert Dent, Leonardtown real es-
tate broker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weschler now are the
owners of practically all Of the orig
lnal Mattapony. which comprises ap-
proximately 1,50O acres. The prop
erty has large frontage on the Pa
tuxent river and overlooks the Chesa-
peake bay. It also has about three
miles of State highway front.
Mattapony is one of the Colonial
estates of Maryland. 1t was the home
of Charles, third Lord Baltimore.
One session of the General Assembly
and several meetings of the council
were held there. 1t was the original
site of the Indian village of the Mat
tapionts and was presented by the
Indians to the Jesuits who estab-
Hshed there a store house and mis-
sionary station.
Gov. Charles Calvert. later Lord
Baltimore, had erected on Mattapony
q massive brick residence which still
stands and is in a good state of pres
ervation. MIR. and Mrs. Weschler ex-
pect to occupy the old home in the
early Spring. The property was sold
for Mr.. and Mrs. John Britton OF
Washington and Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
SILVER STAR HOME
ON GLEBE ROAD TO
|ENTER LAST WEEK
Nearly 10000 Visit Exhibit
of Popular Early Ameri- /.
can Design.
STRUCTURE LOCATED
NEAR COUNTRY CLUB
Housing Experts Endorsement
Follows Rigid Inspection-How
to Reach Home.

The Silver Star home at 1925 Glebe
road. Country Club Hills, Va, popu-
lar dwelling of early American design,
tomorrow will enter the fourth and
final week of its exhibition period
Nearly 1000 persons have visited the
home in three weeks it has been open
to the public
Built by Charles B. Her, the home
is constructed of brick and stone
painted white. 1t is located near the
Washington Golf and Country Club,
in one of the most exclusive residen-7
tial sections in nearby Virginia. The
section is high above Washington
and within easy reach of the city's
business area. Her, well known in
Capital building circles, recently took
over operations in the Club Hills re-
gion. Seward G. Dobbins, local archi-
tect, planned the home.
Rooms, 2 Baths.
There are eight rooms and two
baths in the Virginia home. which is
the first structure in Arlington County
to receive the Silver Star award in
several years. Cubic contents of the
house are 33 900 feet, and the selling
price is $4,000. Tasteful decorations
and furnishings we're supplied by
Woodward g. Lothrop. Landscaping
work was done by Quaint Acres
Nurseries of Silver Spring, Md.
One of the features of the new home
is the large lot, third acre in extent.
which is only short distance from
the gold course of the Washington
Club. A towering oak tree is in the
front yard. To the rear of the house
is a spacious garden plot.
Endorsement Of the Silver Star
Homes Committee. a group of five
housing experts, was given the home
following a rigid inspection OF the
property, construction and planning of
the house. This committee is headed
Evening star., 1937-03-06
FORUM DISCUSSES
APPRAISAL PHASE
J. A. Herbert, Jr., Member of
National Association, Talks
on Procedure.

Procedure followed by experienced
real estate appraisers was discussed
by Joseph A. Herbert, jr., at the open
ing session of the Washington Real
Estate Boards Forum held Wednesday
night in the United States Chamber
of Commerce.
Herbert, who is a member Of the
American Institute Of Real Estate Ap-
praiSers of the National Association
Of Real Estate Boards, touched upon
the factors considered by real estate
appraisers in reaching their conclu-
sions. The purpose Of an appraisal. he
stated. is to provide interested parties
with an opinion Of the value Of cer-
tain property as of a given time, and
under certain limiting conditions
based on determination and study of
existing trends and influences. They
are frequently used to determine the
security for loans. the sale or pur-
chase price. taxation. condemnation
and divisions of estates. The i'm
portance Of assembling detailed infor-