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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

Nailey Doys and girls when he visit
ed Fl Centre last Saturday
There Is no blame for Sants
Claus. but wistful note that reach.
eses deep down, in the letter of 6
little Mexican boy who lives neal
El Centre. Said he:
Dear Santa Claus. I'm writing
this letter to tell you what I want
for Christmas I like to get some
candy and some things to play with
You have not bring me anything
yet. Have I been a bad boy? !
hope you bring me something. I
have a little brother and a little
sister. They can't write so please
bring them something, two. P. S.
III be a nice boy
Not All Pathos
But it's not all pathos. either
On teensy-weensy bit of ruled
note paper in a tiny envelope that
you could hide in the palm of your
hand a small lady writes: Dear
Santa. Please bring me a GREAT
BIG table and yo yo.n
This cnap recognizes his own
shortcomings. Dear Santa" he
says, Wi you please bring me
cowboy suit and some toy soldiers.
! have been bad boy some of the
time. but most Of the time I have
been a good boy. Next year I will
try and be a good boy all of the
time. l hope Santa brings all the
little girls and boys lots of nice
things. I am only five years old
so my daddy is writing this for
me. Maybe next year I can write
you letter myself"
Santa has a large order TO fill.
but one girl made it easy There
are 10 of us children she said,
and I would be happy if you would
bring us some presents" The names
OF the ten are written out.
The postscript tells the story
here: Dear Santa Clause. How
are you this year2 I have been
good, good girl Please bring me
doll, iron, a ironing board so
I can help my nom. A little spy
glass. Bring a towe car and
a train. Bring my little brother
wagon l hope you have enough
for the poor kids PS. am doing
good in school,
Rattle and Lamb
We're going to print the name
here. because it's the best part of
the letter. The writer says, Dear
Santa. Please bring our little sis
ter a rattle and woody lamb She
is three months old. Her name is
Evelyn Lee Dell Davis. She is ever
SO cut. Oh, yes. Santa. Bring our
grandma a basket of candy and
hair band. Bring our Aunt Gladys
hair band, too, and grandma
pair of socks and daddy, too Thank
YOU (Signed. Ruby, Dorothy, Dick
and Charley Davis"
Somehow the imperishable quail
ty of Christmas is sensed by the
worried lass who wrote, Dear San
Ia Claus. I am very glad to see you
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
LEFT-HANDED
ACCIDENT A

PORTLAND. Ore, Dec. 15 ,CUP)
An automobile occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. E. P Nelson rolled off
the Oregon coast highway today.
Each of the occupants suffered in
juries to the left eye and lost left
lens from his glasses. The left
headlight of the car was shattered
and the left side of the machine
demolished.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
$500 Dog Slain
With Bow. Arrow

VENICE, CAL, Dec. Is. (UP)-
The bow-and-arrow killing of
a pedigreed dog worth $500 puz-
zled police today.
The dog was found with a 20
inch arrow i'm its side Sunday
by the owner, Mrs. Donald NJ.
Atwood. A veterinary removed
the arrow but the pet died.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

We KNOW YOU'D LIKE to be one of those lucky
devils who have the reputation of having good
taste in buying presents for your women folks .
You know every woman loves something to wear,
also she will like the style and quality that you'll
find at KINGS!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

PASADENA. Cal, Dec. Is. (UP)
A committee which looked over
1900 beautiful school girls today
announced Cheryl Walker as the
queen of the forthcoming tourna-
ment of roses.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
BANK OF AMERICA
ANNOUNCES BONUSES

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Is. CUP)
L. NJ. Giannini, president. an
nounced today that the Bank of
America authorized special Christ
mas distribution of bonuses to en-
ployes amounting to 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Mrs. Culbertson
Arrives i'm Reno

RENO. New, Dec Is tUP)-Mrs.
Josephine Culbertson. wife of Ely
Culbertson, noted contract bridge
expert, arrived at the Riverside
hotel tonight to open a six weeks
divorce residence.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Irish Parliament
Votes Recognition

DUBLIN, Dec. Is (UP) = The
Dali Eireann dover chamber) OF
the Irish Free State parliament
today voted, ~ to Il, to give Italy's
conquest of Ethiopia De Facto re-
cognition after an angry debate
between President Eamon De VAL
era and the labor party opposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Note of Sadness
In Santa Letters
De a season of heartaches, too.

christmas can be season OF heartaches, too
It's not all tinse and gilt and gifts and the woodsy
smell of pine needles for the youngsters of Imperial Val
ley You would know that if you could look
Claus shoulder he reads the letters handed him by
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

License Issued-Archie johnson.
%, and Pauline Peacock. 81. Holt
vile residents, were issued a mar
riage license Tuesday.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-09-25
REVEREND ELLIS G.
HARRIS AT PILGRIM

Reverend Ellis G. Harris is now
preaching every Sunday at 4 p. m. at
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, 5lst and
Humboldt Ave. North.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-09-25
IT PAYS TO HEAD FOR
WOODLANDS

New Fords, used cars of all makes,
best prices, easiest terms. Regent 6277.
HEAD FOR WOODLANDS. Az E.
Lake.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-09-25
Barney's Lunch
700 9Th Ave., No.
Good Lunch, Hot Coffee
"a Hour Service

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
Sunday School, 80 A. NJ
Morning Service-ll: 100 A. M.
Evening Service-7:45 P. M.
Ellis R. Thompson, Pastor.
925 10Th Ave. So, Tel AT. S4/I.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Late but Welcome.

The apparent meeting of minds which
has taken place within the past few days
between the administration and the
utility industry is both pleasing and
Vexing.
Through more than four years the
utilities have served as principal whip
ping boy as the administration spon-
sored rigidly regulatory legislation and
financed both Federal and local enter
prise in direct competition In many
important respects this program, al
though still factor of uncertainty be-
cause of the untested constitutionahtv
OF many of its features, has been
salutary one. The common utilities have
been extended to many to whom they
were previously unavailable, rates have
been driven down to more equitable
basis, and the evils of unjustifiaby top
heavy capital structures have been
partly cured
The industry has now reached a point
however. where it has the capital and
the need for heavy requirements. 1t
stands ready, also, to extend its services
into new areas, a development which
would require further heavy construc-
ton expenditures. The country needs
expenditures of this type and extent to
counteract the beginnings of what
might become another serious business
slump.
Naturally, before the industry COM
mltted itself to such expenditures it
was desirous of some assurance from the
administration that there would not be
further efforts to wipe out the earning
power of investments in this field.
With both Government and industry
thus in position to make corollary con-
trlbutlons to welfare which in the long
run is mutual, no better approach could
have been devised than the series of
conferences now under way between Mr.
Roosevelt and industry leaders. After
only two such meetings it was an
nounced by one industry spokesman that
Tears OF Government competition were
very much lessened and by another that
the troublesome disagreement over rate
making theories was near settlement.
1t is pleasing that these results have
been attained; it is vexing that they
were not achieved earlier.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Traffic Regulations.

For more years than most people can
recall, farmers of nearby Maryland and
Virginia have been backing their wagons
or automobiles into the curb at the
Western Market, to form improvised
stands for the display of their merchan-
disc.
In the wagon era traffic on K street
was negligible and SLOW The main
artery for vehicles moving between
washington and Georgetown was Penn
sylvania avenue, just to the south.
Along came automobiles, paved streets
and traffic regulations. The farmers
took to automobiles and paved streets
but, like motorists in general, they ac-
cepted traffic regulations reluctantly
as a necessary evil. They submitted to
licensing, they stayed away from fire
MIGRANTS, they drove within the speed
limit, they obeyed the countless other
"do's and donts' laid down by traffic
authorities.
But, through the years, the farmers of
the K street market have resisted any
effort to have them conform to the
general rule of parallel parking on K
street. Municipal officials have been
lenient in applying the regulation at
the market, cognizant of the hardship
that would be caused the farmers.
Meanwhile K street has become one
OF the buster thoroughfares leading to
Washington Circle and points west.
Interstate buses have been routed over
it. Congestion has increased to serious
proportions, especially at the K street
market ''bottleneck"
So traffic experts recently decided the
time had come to enforce the parallel
parking rule on farmers row." The
storm broke Immediately, and with un-
expected ramifications. Not only the
farmers were outraged-but some of
their customers as well.
The question involved is one that con-
fronts traffic authorities nearly every
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Thanksgiving.

The tradition of THANKSGIVING is
patiently good but mere rejoicing for
the beneficence of tolerant Diety is
not enough. Mankind has learned
through long centuries of experience
that something more than grateful
acknowledgment is demanded. An in
stlnct of human fellowship is growing
in world too frequently devastated by
war and revolution. Perhaps the law
OF compensation is involved. Be the
explanation what it may, the truth is
plain--the suffering of the race is stira-
ulating its survival.
Few individuals have power to COM
prehend the whole tremendous scene.
The vast majority of men and women
cannot be expected to understand the
trend OF social change. Some are
frightened by events; some are impatient
that the pace OF progress is SO slow;
some are irritated that there should be
any advance at all. The picture is con-
fused, the story chaotic But, grad
ually, the principal outlines become
clearer and the logic of them more con-
vnclng. 1t is manifest that the age is
rife with action. Vitality is its ma icr
characteristic. The problem, then, is:
What shall be done with this dynamic
force?
And the answer should be that it must
be controlled, guided and employed TOR
the welfare Of the race. Machinery has
been built for nobler, freer, kindlier
happier civilization than humanity ever
before has known. All that is required
Is that it shall serve, not destroy, it's
inventors. The missing factor has been
that of governance-the authority of
the self-disciplined soul.
That, too, is growing. Democracy NAV
wear the aspect of futility for a while
IN certain desperate quarters of the
globe, but it never fades altogether from
the remembrance of any nation. The
natural impulse of millions is to be in
dependent of arbitrary rule. An oc-
Cdslolldl tyranC may prosper momen-
tarily, yet his fate is one with Caesar
and Napoleon in the end. Similarly. the
prophets of despair are heard for
season, then rejected in derision Men
prefer to trust themselves, tardily cult
Vate willingness to trust each other
nationally and not too far. Each year
they move little nearer toward their
goal of freedom and cooperation,
dlmly glimpsed though it may be.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Mural to Stay.

The Mother Goose mural in the
entrance hall at Glenn Dale Sanatcrium
is to remain. A jury of children selected
by Commissioner George E. Allen has
reported verdict favoring the compost
ton. District Health Officer George C.
Rutland will continue to regard the work
as "grotesque" and Russell Parr, regional
head Of w. P. A. projects, will not
abandon his belief that a juvenile iudg-
ment OF the picture is the silliest thing
ever heard Of; but Bernice Cross. the
artist responsible, need worry no longer.
Her effort, perhaps, is not the greatest
example OF esthetic genius ever conceived,
There may be numbers of youngsters as
well as an army of adults who would
have preferred something more conserya-
tive and less notably chaotic Yet the
intent OF the designer was honest and
sincere, and the result of her endeavors
is not unamusing. The modernists are
entitled to chance to show what they
can do. If they stir up controversy on
occasion, that may be part of their
usefulness
A hundred years hence, it probably will
matter little. Experimentation does not
last. Time has way with it. Children
grow up, artists learn moderation as their
hair turns gray, even critics find it weari-
some to illuminate interminably. The
world spins on, and the quiet moon looks
down and wonders: why SO hot,
humanity?'
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Hitler's Cor Else"

diplomatic considerations do not permit
spades to be called spades. so impending
Ang.o-Franco-G German discussions will
not be described as what they actually are
an eHort to ascertain what it will cost
to buy oil Germany from breaking the
peace. London and Paris statesmen are
plainly proceeding on the theory that
Hitler is prepared, sooner or later, to
rectify the Reich's have not" status bv
force of arms.
Conscious that European war would
be the inevitable consequence, the demo-
cratic powers, pacific to the nth degree,
are apparently ready to swallow their
pride and see what can be done to keep
the autocrats of Berlin quiet. 1t is not an
edifying spectacle, but the Chamberlain
and Chautemps governments have this
alibi-that the tone in which they are
about to dicker with Hitler is at least in
tune with the supine key just pitched by
the whole western world at Brussels, as
the Far Eastern conference takes its
eDlSOO6S
OF contemporary history.
The way was paved by Viscount Hall
taX's recent visit with Der Fuehrer, who
seems to have done all the talking. He
Is reported to have submitted a three
pronged "ultimatum": Cd Settlement
OF Germanys colonial demands ex-
cluslvely with the two western nations,
irrespective of the League; CD recogni-
ton OF Germanys special interests" in
Central Europe, including the right to
recover her national minorities" in
Austria and Czechoslovakia, and 90
four-power Anglo Franco Italo Ger
man agreement, conspicuously minus
Russia.
II this really represents the Nazi pro-
gram, 1t can only be described as one of
the most brazen international black
mall ventures on record. What it pro-
poses, in effect, is not only that Ger
many's war-lost colonies shall be re-
stored, but that she be given free hand
to absorb Austria and the German-in-
haolted western portion of Czecho-
slovakia, although Hitler magnanimously
1ntlmates he is willing to accomplish
this without use of force"-that is, by
Nazi boring from within.
The program only thinly wells Ger
many's readiness to take, if she is not
given. 1t is an cor else" proposition. It
is virtually on all fours with Chancellor
Won Bethmann's notorious proposal to
Sir Edward Grey in July, 1914 whereby
Germany sought to purchase British
neutrality by undertaking not to attack
France proper, but without any pledge
| not to raid the French colonies. Grey
rejected the offer as beneath the con-
tempt of any government that cherished
its own honor or harbored a scintilla of
respect for its obligations to friend. It
would be q shock to the American branch
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Makes Plea for Unemployed
FilipinOs in, United States
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Star of November IS I read
two editorials which remind me of some
unfortunates among Uncle Sans ma
tionals the Filipinos in the United States
Unemployment Census" and THE
Peoples Delegates"
There are today in the United States
many Filipinos who are out of work
They range from the common calling OF
domestic jobs and maritime positions to
former Government employees. Labor
upheavals on the West Coast are another
source of unemployment. In order to
understand the situation, let me cite a
few examples. Filipinos who have been
in the United States so long as to con-
slider this country their adopted home
are told to "go home" They can go
home under the repatriation appropria-
ton, but their wives and children who
are American citizens cannot accompany
them, because the act specifically states
that only native Filipinos can come un-
der its provisions.
Many Filipinos who make their living
in the merchant marine are auto
matically barred from resuming their
calling should they be discharged honor
ably, because they are not citizens. They
are not the only ones. How about pri-
vate firms and corporations? Certainly
the commissioner of the unemployment
census will encounter thousands of names
as those of the Filpinos!
Now the charitable organizations
throughout the Nation have certain rul-
ings that citizens shall be preferred.
What, then, about the Filipinos?
Can the electorate of this great Ma
ton, founded upon the proposition that
all men are created equal, make a mis-
take when considering the Filipinos in
eligible for citizenship except those few
who served in the armed forces of Uncle
Sam for at least three years? Could the
electorate be responsible for new rulings
excluding Filipinos from remunerative
positions and especially those FillpinoS
who are married to American citizens?
Could the electorate be as unfair as that?
I doubt it. Although the rulings con-
corning exclusion of FilipinoS from diff
ferent positions are not expressly stated,
the fact that only citizens are wanted
speaks for itself since FilipinOs are not
citizens, but United States nationals.
Therefore, the only people in the United
States who can remedy the deplorable
conditions of the Filipinos are "The Peo-
pies Delegates"
v. MARQUIS FORT1CH ZERDA.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| to wit, called "communistic" This latter
| word Is supposed to have such a terrible
| sound that 1t is warranted to still all
| except the most obdurate.
| X r
Granting that it stills them, that is
| all it does.
You can insult the human intelligence
| by telling a man that the "big beans"
always shuttle up to the top of the heap
and that the little beans" always go to
the bottom, where they belong, but you
| cannot make him believe 1t.
He has seen too many exceptions.
Silence gives consent, according to pop
ular belief, but does it?
4 y
Let all high-handed persons take stock
OF themselves, before it is too late, and
realize that many of their hearers
| honestly take no stock in them at all.
| Circumstances may force them to be
still, but down beneath they are laugh
ing up their sleeves, in a cynical, COM
| munistic fashion.
They are refusing to cast their pearls
of argument before swine.
| They are taking it lying down" be-
cause it is much the best practice, under
| the circumstances.
It comes down to common sense pro-
| cedure arrived at by all sensible persons
| One remains sterlingly honest, but does
not enter into conversation when it is
| worse than wasted.
Ones precious honesty is saved for
| those who appreciate honesty.
Who wants to argue with those who
| do not play square?
Much of the argument heard daily,
| either in serious or bantering vain, is
| totally unnecessary the result of a Vio-
lation of the common sense rule afore-
| mentioned.
Intellectual honesty is one of the real
| pearls without price, but it has one great
| flaw.
It's transparency allows others to
muddy it.
1t will be found that there is certain
| group of humans who individually and
| collectively take advantage of every per-
| fectly honest admission made before
| them.
They leap at the chance.
Not honest themselves, they are unable
! to appreciate it in others.
Their sole idea is that the honest
| person has given himself away
And so he has, bless his heart, when
| he puts down his pearls of truth before
! them
Like hens after corn, they peck down
with all their might.
X X
Hens should be fed corn. not truth.
Therefore, and how long it takes many
| to learn 1t. one must restrict the circu-
| lation of the little truth which is any
one persons portion in this world.
Things are told in parallels for fear
| of the "go-getter" the shrewd little
| fellow whose bluff includes the naive
| belief that he knows it all.
| He is good at pecking corn, no doubt
| about that.
| Pearls are not good for him, though.
He does not understand them. hence
! their poSsessors might as we'll keep them
| safely at home.
And if there is no opportunity in a
| life time to display them, what matter?
J Pearls are still pearls.
Evening star., 1937-11-25

1t is an interesting thing to watch how
the "on- your toes" boys are coming into
the picture again, just as they did after
the World War.
The depression was a sort Of a war, to
be followed by the same phenomena
evidently
Now once again We hear SNUG persons
admonishing others to be ION your toes,
as though life and business were to be
solved by tap dancing.
The person who sees through sham
and pretense will not always admit that
he does. To do so, in many cases, is to
throw pearls before swine.
Honesty, that most precious ingredient,
Is worse than wasted on certain persons.
The honest man will think twice when
he meets bluff at its lowest and worst.
He will realize that the time may have
come for plain speaking, but maybe he
is not the one to say it.
Time has way of taking care Of
such matters.
The World War did it, and the de-
preston did it, and maybe some other
event will do it again. who knows?
A saving sense of humor will prevent
one from rushing to the house tops to
cry fraud" at solemn persons admon-
lshing all and sundry-except them
selves-to be on their toes.
Being on ones toes must be nuisance
at the best, but it may be we'll to pre-
tend one thinks highly of the exercise,
IN the face of the smugness which ad-
vocates it,
Often it is better to let them get away
with it. Mainly they fool only them
selves.
If they are permitted their bluff, they
go away thinking they have accomp-
lished something. This satisfies them,
for really they are not as efficient as
they think themselves; they go away
rejoicing, leaving everybody else grim
ming privately.
To this extent smugness may be
allowed to reign. 1t hurts no one and
adds to the JOY of the worlds secret
delight.
Factors are such, in this curious world,
that many person who says yes, yes
privately says no, no."
1t may be believed that the number
of the real ''yes-men" in America is no
way near as large as is popularly sup
posed
Let US give this solemn fellow credit,
this man who accepts a pronouncement
with fervid yes
Maybe he is not saying yes" at all.
but merely exercising his common sense
and his divine right of humor.
When he is told that famous mil
lionaire got that way by not criticising
others, and that therefore he in his turn.
NAV become vastly wealthy throlph not
criticising others, he will realize that he
is simply being told. sub rosa, to stop
complaining about his lot in life
He will grin and bear it, perhaps, be-
cause he has to, but nothing can make
him accept it.
One may wonder how many thousands
OF ordinarily sensible persons there are
who seemingly accept such CUFF, who
at the same time are not taken in a bit
by it.
If they say anything, they will be
called cynical or. of that word does
not floor them, be given the last degree
Evening star., 1937-11-25

time they promulgate a new regulation
shall the interests and welfare of many
motorists prevail against the wishes of
a minority adversely affected by the
change?
Unless the farmers and customers Of
the K street market can produce an
argument against parallel parking more
convincing than that of personal in
convenience, they will undoubtedly ex-
pe1ience considerable difficulty in hold
Ing out much longer against the tide of
transportation progress along K street.