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Evening star., 1937-11-19

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Reasons for Condition.
According to the Public Utilities
Commission there are two reasons
for this condition.
First, the commission believes there
are too many cabs in Washington.
Second, the commission estimates
the cabs are taking about IS 100000
a year from the transit company by
capturing the cream" of its busi-
ness-the short haul passengers.
Latest records show there are 4.80O
licensed taxicabs in the District,
more per capita than in any city in
the world. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia
and Chicago combined have only
2,475 cabs.
In fact, statisticians have figured
there are IL times as many cabs here
for each square mile as in Pittsburgh,
Philadelphia and Chicago together.
Cannot Fix Cab Rates.
While the taxicab industry has
taken second rank as the citys lead
ing mass transportation service. the
commission does not have the same
control over the cabs as it does over
other public utilities. 1t cannot fix
rates. 1t cannot require cab own
ers to provide financial responsibility
in the event of death, injury or prop
erty damages.
About the only authorized control
the commission does have over the
cabs is the right to Ak rate zones
and to require the cabs to be in safe
mechanical condition.
Ever since the taxicab industry be-
came an important element in the
Evening star., 1937-11-19
Smoker. Burned in Bed.

Believed to have fallen asleep while
smoking In bed at hotel in the
600 block Of Ninth street NV, George
j. Gallagher, 80, Of Oakland, Pa, was
burned severely about the body Last
nighA
Evening star., 1937-11-19
BAND CONCERT

BY the Army Band. in the band
auditorium, tomorrow at 1880 am;
Capt. Thomas r. Darcy, conducting;
Lark Huhnsg. assistant leader.
Evening star., 1937-11-19
Cream of Transit Co. Business
Believed Being Taken by Cabs
Short-Houl Passengers Using 1890 Ii
censed Ta1is, Commissioners Beliere,
Step to Reduce Number Urged.
mo. s OF q Series.) J
Nv NES z ruVH-N-

Taxcabs have become
ton " r
he cabs last year carried approximately
lected an estimated total of s1000o00o
Inc CapHal transit Co.
omclaly reported operating Of
And strangely
Evening star., 1937-11-19

Scheduled bus service was started on
temporary basis last 1Ueek to replace
the station Wagons that had made con-
nections morning and evening 1uith Capt.
tai Transit Co. buses for Washington.
Operated by the Greenbelt Consumer
SerDices, Inc, the buses make connec-
ttons at East RiDerdale The fare is S
cents, plus the Capital Transit Co.
charges o. C. Lightner, boarding this bus
at $50 q m, SW reach his office bu 9 m.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
NOT MANY LAWS
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL

1t is interesting in the middle of the
current storm of public opinion to pause
for moment in consideration of the
United States Supreme Court and the
number of laws it has held unconstitu-
tional during the 148 years of its exist
ence. Precisely 73 laws have been de-
clared unconstitutional during that time.
Congress has enacted 24,902 laws.
1t does not seem from this that the
Supreme Court is opposed to the wishes
of the people as voiced by Congress.
Neither does it seem that Congress has
been in the habit of adopting laws con-
trary to the constitution.
The figures, startling enough in them
selves become even more startling when
y is considered that, of the 73 laws de-
clared unconstitutional, only 16 con-
cerned bills of national social or econo-
seems. is. not entirely anti-social.
coart that has gone along with
public desires for SO long seems little
IN need of drastic change.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Men Must Die If Navy Is To Be Fit for Next War

The bareback that killed half
dozen men in gun crew On the
U. S. S. Wyoming is tragic little
reminder that the navy man has to
take his chances in time of peace
as well as in war.
There probably will be the usual
squawk from the perennial critics,
alleging that the accident proves
our naval officers to be incompetent,
careless. and poorly trained. But it
ought TO be remarked that tragedies
of this kind are more or less in
cvitable, in all navies. -
For the navy has to spend its
days playing at the most dangerous
of all games, using the most dan
gerous of all implements. No matter
how carefully it is played, the game
can't be made accident-proof. Once
in a great while, by the mere law
of averages, something is bound to
happen.
A few years ago, the navy had
some distressing submarine acci-
dents. The S-4 and the S-51 were
sunk after collisions with surface
ships. and they took good many
fine young men to the bottom with
them.
The naval air force, like all other
air forces, has frequent accidents.
Leaving the dirigible catastrophies
out of consideration, there are air
plane crack-ups-ships plunging in
to the sea, ships colliding in mid
air in maneuvers, and so on.
And there are gunnery accidents,
such as this one on the Wyoming
High explosive is queer stuff. Handle
it long enough, and some day a
hunk of it is apt to go off in ones
hands, no matter how careful he is.
Then somebody gets killed, and
civilians complain that the navy
is getting careless.
But the point of it all is that
these accidents are the price the
navy has to pay for development.
1t might be possible to exercise
navy in peacetime so that acci-
dents would not happen. The only
trouble is that the exercise wouldn't
be worth anything, and the navy
wouldn't be ready for action if
action should be needed.
You might, for example, conduct
your gunnery exercises slowly and
with painstaking care, putting the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

Editor Post-Press:
In the Sunday issue, Feb. 2Sth, there appear
ed an interesting editorial entitled "A Question
Someone Should Answer" relative to the well
known tact of sad shortage Of rental homes in
the city, Then you ntimate' that there may be
nlrnoer of reasons for this sad plight, and ask:
us it taxes? Is it the difficulty of obtaining
materials, or financing?" 3r.
To my mind your first question is it taxes?"
hits the nail the head 1907, 1t is the writer's
belief that the extremely high taxes which have
already become confiscatory and with the threat
of still greater increases for next year and con-
tnuing on indefinitely by the 'taxeaters is prac-
tically the sole cause for the dilemma of which
you complain -"
OF course the question oof financing enters
into the picture to all of those who would have
to borrow funds in order TO build Capital, how
ever does not seek investment where property
may be confiscated by high taxes otherwise.
Ell Centre and all Imperial Valley should
have awakened to the dangerous rocks upon
which we have been drifting for, To- these many
years. Let us hope that 1t is not yet too late o
retrench, and that by united front of all those
who have the interests OF the people at heart
notice the taxeaters that they must
call halt on the reckless manner in which they
have been squandering our funds for far too long
+ period.
A. ". BUCKLIN.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
THE TRADEMARK
IS PERSONAL PROPERTY

There is pending before the state leg
islature a bill-Neilson Bill S-491-ot
which few persons have heard, but which
is of grave Importance to every family
in the state 1t provides, the sponsors
say. for trade mark registration. Thru
quirks in the bill, however, it definitely
would encourage trade mark piracy and
misrepresentation.
The result of the bill, if it were enact
ed into law, would be to handicap reput-
able manufacturers who have spent
thousands of dollars in California popu-
larizing their trade marks. On the other
hand, it would give fy-by-night opera
tors chance to palm off inferior goods
under labels similar to those of the re-
putable manufacturers. The similarity
could be so marked that the purchaser
would not be certain which product ne
is getting.
The bill would make it difficult for
housewife to determine whether the ar
ticle she is purchasing is the genuine
article to which she is accustomed, or
spurious article Offered to her by
trade mark or label pirate whose opera
tions become possible through the enact
ment of the law.
Defeat of the bill is important to
every Californian who is in the least
interested in maintaining a high stand
ard of goods among the things ne pur-
chases.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
TELEVISION FOR
THE AVERAGE MAN

In bulletin released this week, one of
Americas major radio broadcasting net
works jubilantly announces that televi-
sion is almost ready for its public debut.
Before the end of the year this develop
ment, which may revolutionize the enter
tainment world, may be ready for use by
the average man. Working quietly, with
out fanfare or boasting, technical engin-
GERS have devoted many months to per-
fecting sending and receiving apparatus
in the television field.
Approaching dvent of television
brings to mind the early days of radio
comparatively recent, too-in which the
possessor of a crystal set was much
envied person in the community. 1t still
gives one thrill to recall early expert
ments in jabbing around on a bit of rock
with thin wire attached to some kind
of thingumjig, and eventually hearing
low strains of music coming out of the
air.
Science goes forward much more rap
idly than most of us realize. The devel-
opment of radio was rapid. 1t seems a
long time since television first was men,
toned but in a comparative sense, it is
only a short while Further develop
ment of television for use in the home OF
the average person may be expected to
be, just as rapid, once the world as
whole gets used to the idea.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
FARM INCOME
UP IN JANUARY

A continued trend toward higher peaks
of prosperity in the agricultural indus
tries is good news to Imperial Valley,
where agriculture is most important of
all.
The federal bureau of agricultural
economics reports Ia per cent gain in
farm income for January this year over
January of last year. Prices for farm
products averaged 20 per cent higher
than in the previous January Farmers
sold S626000,000 worth of farm prod
ucts in January, 1887, against S550,000,-
600 in January, 1886.
Now, if only the taxing agencies will
allow the farmer to keep some of the
income, or put some of it back into his
farm, the national picture will be far
more encouraging.
The farmer, like everyone else, has
found his federal taxes, to say nothing
of his state taxes, considerably higher
in recent months. He has had to make
more money Luckily for him, the mar
kets were better and financing was some
what easier to get.
The city dweller, as we'll as the farm
er. is making more money and is better
able to stand the expense of govern
ment-as long as government expense
is not too great. Therein lies the danger
to increased incomes.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

gun crew through it's work in slow
motion fashion, and sending each
charge of powder to the laboratory
for testing before you put it in the
gun. The catch is that you'd have
a sadly incompetent gun crew when
you got through.
You could maneuver your sub
marines with extreme care, keeping
them always on the surface when
other ships were around and letting
them dive only when the sea was
clear for miles about. Unfortunate'A
your submarine force would
completely unprepared if war should
come.
And you could put the air
squadrons through their PAGES in
such way that there would never
be any collisions, dives into the
sea, or landing deck crack-ups. Your
record would be free of accidents
and your air fleet would be utterly
unable to meet the test of war, if
war should come.
The navy is grim proposition.
If it keeps in condition, it is bound
to have occasional accidents. Tragic
as they are. such accidents simply
prove that the navy is doing its job.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

NEW YORK. March 2-There are
not many of those dim-lit brown
stone fronts left. And the few
remaining bear the window card
Furnished Room" To my5 mind
that is the we'll night perfect title
for a play. A play perhaps by
George Abbott With Pauline Lord
as the harried chatelaine.
The rooming house was my haven
in the formative days of New, York.
Characters to be found there are
rarely seen in any other environ
ment There are seldom friendly
contacts. Everybody remains in a
shell. And for the larger number,
life has them on the ropes.
The community postoffice, a silver
plate on a. table in the hall, drew
most of us who wrote in eager an
ticipation. Perhaps check from a
magazine for an order for a Sunday
feature. How often we approached
with high hopes and left it wonder
ing. .sGf..
In those days the weekly prices
ranged from $3.50 for a top flight
and all the way back hall room to
81 front parlor with the marble
mantle. The front parlor couple
was always exclusive. They never
sat with the rest of us out on the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY, MARCH 3 1887
q on S0< says
* FRANK WATANABE
IVY BY Eo HOLDEN
HON. HOOVER
eY ED HOLDEN

Mr.. Hoover are vowelling once more.
He making big publish speech last week.
He telling all folks what badly boy
our President are, because Court stuff
ing are desire.
Hoover are uttering many reason why
Supreme Court must not, be tarnish by
human hand. Also he say the Republic
are in jericho. Hon. Roosevelt are teach
ing us that those Court are needing com
plete mutualation for the good benefl-
cial -,
Oh please Mr.. Hoover those battle
among YOU and Hon. Roosevelt are over.
Very few of gentmen can winning a
championship after they are has-was.
You not are Jim Braddock please. we
loving you like son-a-gun Mr.. Hoover
but gee rooselums.
Thank you please
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
TEN YEARS AGO
March 2, 1927

Figuring al54. games season for
three years Babe Ruth's $4,000
will average $f45 per game for the
Yankee star in actual time, for an
average game, about IS minute.
A communication was received by
Sheriff Gillett this morning to be on
the lookout for two boys who ran
away from San Diego last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March 2. 1917

Millions for an All American
canal but not one cent for a canal
in Mexico" was the slogan adopted
by valley people this week.
Linn F. Shaw of Imperial. pres
ident of the. board of supervisors,
vas in Ell Centro today in connection
with the county audit.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
tell Of Imperial Val
ley for. This Date in
Past Years.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
March 2. 1912

Aten and Nichols are now singing
the popular song The New Dixie" ;"
having been appointed distributors
of Dixieland lots for Imperial VAL
ley. Dixieland promises. to be very
popular for valley homes and a few
lots will be sold at this time to
supply the demand.
Dedication at the new Presbyteri-
an church at Sixth and Orange will
take place Sunday. ..
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
LabOrer Guilty
In Morals Case

J. Merritt, Seeley laborer, plead
ed guilty to a morals charge in
superior court and applied for
probation. The probation hearing
is scheduled for Friday.
He was arrested by officers fol-
lowing complaint of the parents
of several small boys in the See
ley area. One of the parents signed
a complaint.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

Basil Woon is always popping up
like a Jack-in- -the-box in unexpect-
ed places. Floyd Gibbons once
passed him plodding along on a
donkey on the edge of the Cobb.
Tommy Millard had to stop at
dingy crowded hut for the night
back country in China. He found
his room mate was Woon. Only
recently Woon vanished from Holly
wood and is now in London with a
play he has written called Simply
Terrific" which ought to go places
if it lives up to title.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
The Peoples Voice

The editor disclaims responsibility for opi-
Mons and statements expressed in this column
and retains the privilege OF summarizing COM
munications of more than $50 words. No con-
tributions will be acceptable unless accompa-
MED by the name and address of the writer
which, if desired will be withheld from publ
cation.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
front steps in the evening.

Racket: A fearful letter en-
closing the writer's engagement
ring. She must have $40 to save
herself and her deserted children
from eviction. The ring is a ten
center from Woolworths.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
TOday'S Horoscope

Many persons whose birthday is
today are fond of finery and crave
the luxuries of high life. They are
intensely interested in sports and
the theater.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

One Minute Test Answers
l. The Nizan of Hyderabad.
2. Budapest.
3. Edwin Markham, recently !
under a guardianship in his old a
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

A very interesting program was
presented by the Alamo school
and the ,P.-T.A. Friday, February
0. Patriotic plays, drills and read
ings were given by the school
children. The P.-TA. ladies had
candle lighting ceremony after
which the cake was auctioned off.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
Words of Wisdom

The punishment suffered by the
wise who refuse to take part in
the government is to live under
rule of bad men.-Plato.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

ne-M1nute lest
l. Who is said to be the richest
man in the world?
o 2. What is the capital OF Hun
gary? = -.t..--. -..
3. What American has been call
ed Poet Laureate of the Laborers"?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
Hints on Etiquette

Although certain slang express
sions are creeping into the Ameri-
can language, well-bred persons do
not use vulgaritics such as Search
mc!'. Hot stuff" or you bet!"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

Most cartoonists are facial con-
tortionists. At the drawing board
they try unconsciously to twirl their
features ino the likeness of the
character they are portraying. Rube
Goldberg's cheek muscles used to
get tired before his hand felt
crampy. Tad could simulate many
OF his cartoon folk and so can Billy
De Beck. There are those who insist
too, that comic strip art ~ ~ tc
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

1 know a now prosperous and
estimable Kansas City business man
%, well it is John r. Kennedy If
you insist-who in his earlier years
was a drug drummer. One night
while lodging in a frame hotel in
a prarie town he was scorched by
fire. He began to carry a safety
rope for window escapes in similar
emergencies. That was 30 years
ago. Today when he goes travelling
to California, New York or Europe,
the rope is still in his luggage.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

Miss Mollie Mcbride motoredA
Ontario last weekend accompanied
by Mrs. A. l.. Bernshouse and Miss
Louraine Bernshouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Cummings
of Holtville spent an afternoon Wis
iting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. w. Carey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Freeman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmitt Edwards
left late Saturday night for Okla
homa after receiving news that
their mother, Mrs. F. Evens. is
seriously i'll and not expected to
live.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Maurer had
as their guests Friday, Mrs. Ira
Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Cary had
as their guests Sunday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Verde Freeman and
baby son, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. RichA
erf and daughter Doris, and
and Mrs. r. C. Richerf and FANNY.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Ross and son,
Charles, and Mrs. Ross's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett, spent the
weekend on the coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Wogatzke
had as their guests for the week
end their son and daughter, Wal
ter Wogatzke and Mrs. William
Hanna of Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs Fern Cary visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
Bruce Thursday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Mora Cary spent
Saturday night as the house guests
of Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Gary.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Maurer had
as their guests for the weekend
Mr.. Maurer's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Maurer Of Barsto.
A very interesting program was
presented by the Alamo school
and the ,P.-TA. Friday, February
0. Patriotic plays, drills and read
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

A Ring Lardner enthusiast in
Enid, Oklahoma sends me copy
of lyrical autograph the humorist
author wrote by request in one Of
his early books. Typically Lardner-
ian. it read.
All my life ! want to roam-a
Round Gods country. Oklahoma
Settling down at last in Enid
Am ! spoofing?-No, I mean id.
Copyright 1887, McNaught .Syndi-
cate, Inc)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
Thought for the Day

Remember whatever warrant you have for pray
ing, you have the same warrant TO believe your
prayers will be answered.. Phillips.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

Another hard to get dish in Man
haitian is of the breakfast variety.
This is Tad's favorite fried mush,
thinly sliced and flakily done into a
golden square With squirt of
maple syrup and rasher of crisp
bacon this is a daisy in morning
delecacies. Brownies old chop house
specialized in it for years and
among the regular fried mush Gus
toners were Nat Goodwin, John
Mason and Wilton Lackaye. Sir
Forbes Robertson pronounced fried
mush the most delectable dish
found over here.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

resemble their brain children. They
point to the likeness between
George McManus and Dinty Moore
and Bud Fisher to Jeff The tyke
in Briggs cartoon always being told
to "blow" is Briggs grown up. And
the harried bald little man of
the Don Herold cartoons is Don
himself.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Maurer had
as their guests for the weekend
Mr.. Maurer's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Maurer of Barsto.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

The Welsh rarebit is the most
popular after theatre dish in New
York night clubs and cafes. There
is a special knack in turning out
the rarebit So much SO the chef
who rates high in the art is the
most highly paid of the speciality
cooks. Maurice Chevalier who had
a special yen for this dish said that
in the entire metropolis he found
but four places where it became the
dish it should be. And each one
was crowded.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
ALAMO-VERDE

Miss Mollie Mcbride motoredA
Ontario last weekend accompanied
by Mrs. A. l.. Bernshouse and Miss
Louraine Bernshouse.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Cummings
of Holtville spent an afternoon Wis
iting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. w. Carey.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Maurer had
as their guests Friday, Mrs. Ira
Scott.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Mora Cary spent
Saturday night as the house guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Cary.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

the survey to be made under the
direction OF Surg. Gen. Thomas Par
ran OF the Public Health Service.
The Commissioners as yet have
not complied with the necessary re-
quirement that they make a formal
petition for Public Health Service
survey before one is started, but this
was due to the absence from the
District Of Commissioner Allen. The
request is to be made this week.
Invites Leaders to Farley.
Finding no need to delay informal
plans, however, DR.. Rutland in
vited number Of medical leaders to
the Friday conference. among these
being DR.. Robert Olesen, assistant
surgeon general OF the Public Health
Service, who has been designated
by Surg. Gen. Parran to conduct the
survey.
Others invited to the conference are
DR.. Sterling Rufin of the District
Medical Society; DR.. Sterling Mead,
representing dentists; DR.. Christian,
Miss Ashby Taylor, representing Chill
dren's Hospital; DR.. William Charles
White, chairman of the District Tu-
berculosis Advisory Board, and Joseph
H. Hines, president of Columbia Hos
pital, who was one of the original
sponsors Of the group disqualification
movement.
Still others may be invited, DR.. Ruh-
land said, although he added it was
not intended to have all members of
all Of the survey committees attend
this meeting, so long as the various
groups were represented.