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Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

the old story. Wall Street and my
husbands physical and financial
crackup. We came out here to a
scrubby ranch the creditors some
how overlooked Four miles from
even a general store. In three years
my husbands health is restored to
a ruggedness he never knew.
haven't had a professional mani
cure or expert hair dressing since
we arrived. We eat three meals a
day like starving wolves. And we
have $198 in the bank and pros
poets of a crop sufficient for needs.
Are we happy-In say. Oh, yes,
and important we discover we are
really in love. Our affections used
to rise and fall with the number
of cocktails we consumed. And we
find it more fun to go to bed dead
tired at o'clock than to drag from
night club to night club until sun
I'D"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
PEACE ON THE
POTOMAC

The blistering Supreme Court battle
has concluded its last round and compar-
ative peace has descended for the time
being.
After brief protests, the nominee for
the Supreme Court vacancy, Senator
Black of Alabama, coasted into the high
est court of the land by a large Senate
vote of confirmation. Willis Van De-
vanter, retired justice of the supreme
court, has sought the calm of a white
frame house on his ranch in Maryland.
The President has decided to accept, for
the present the drastically revised ver-
sion of his court reorganization plan
which provides for changes in lower
court procedure only.
What the nation at large thinks about
the supreme court issue, on which Mr..
Roosevelt was defeated, will be much
clearer after next years congressional
elections. Then voters will have chance
to renOminate either those who favored
or opposed the supreme court plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
Bruce Cation SayS:>>
Dead Jokes Most WistfuI of Ghosts

Nothing shows more clearly how
the people of the United States
have changed in a generation than
few melancholy reflections on the
death of James Mcintyre. AS a mem
Der of the team of Mcintyre and
Heath he was known to everyone
when father and grandfather was a
boy.
Back in the minstrel show days
from the 1905 to 1900, Mcintyre
vowed 'em with What Are the Wild
Waves Saving?" and "Hanna's at
the Window Binding Shoes Nc
mtyre was doing his famous soft
shoe dance when the travelling
minstrel shows were burning deep
into the American consciousness
the songs of Stephen G. Foster,
way Down Upon the Suwanee
River, and the others. Into the
sparsely settled towns Of the new
west went the "wagon-shows" with
their minstrel choruses, end men,
and the wheezy jokes hurled at
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
AMENDMENTS MADE TO EGG
STANDARD LAWS FOR STATE

Trades, have not been changed
except that the tolerances permitted
in the two highest specifications
have been transferred to a general
tolerance clause. "Checks" and
"Dirties" have been set up as regu-
lar quality grades. Eggs of the
quality of Trades" may not be sold
under any conditions except for
manufacturing purposes. The toll
erance section permits a certain
number of eggs to be below the
requirements of the particular quail
ity or size marked.
The new law requires that all
chicken eggs in containers or In
bulk, be plainly and conspicuously
marked with the full, correct and
unabbreviated designation OF size
followed by designation of quality
according to the standards as pre-
scribed in the law. In addition,
all containers must be marked clear
ly and conspicuously with the name
and address of the producer, whole
saler, retailer or agent by or tor
whom the eggs were graded OF
packed. Exemptions to these mark
ings include the following condi-
tions: (a) When sold at retail from
a properly marked bulk display ano
packaged in the presence of the
purchaser for the immediate pur-
pose of the sale; (b) When being
delivered to or when in possession
Of a wholesaler or retailer fol
Gambling and grading; Co Wher
packed for sale to the U. S. Army
or Navy; (dD When packed for ship.
ment or being shipped to points
outside of California; (e) Wher
packed for purpose Of cold storage
or when in cold storage; % Wher
occasional sales are made without
advertising by the producer from
eggs produced on his own premises
and (g) When packed in accordance
with the u. S. grades, providing the
containers bear a proper certificate
to that effect.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 27.-Design-
ed to bring about greater protection
to consumers and benefits to the
poultry industry of the state, many
amendments to California's egg STAN
dardization law are now effective.
The former egg standards in the
Agricultural Code were repealed by
the 1887 legislature and the new
ones, effective today were substi-
tuted at the request of the industry
and others supporting egg standard
ization legislation. The new law
is administered by the State De-
partment of Agriculture through the
Bureau of Fruit and Vegetable
Standardization and the county
AGRICULTURAL commissioners.
The recently enacted egg stan
dardization law which repeals the
present egg standards of the Agri-
cultural Code, becomes effective
August 27, 1897. The grades OF
quality and weight remain prac-
tically the same. Markings includ-
ing grade and size, are required in
more transactions than has been
the case formerly. More general
provisions and definitions have been
added to give the enforcing organi-
cations increased powers and ar
opportunity to bring about more
thorough enforcement.
The most essential portion OF
the present law has been retained
embodying the requiremnt that al
| eggs which are unfit for human
consumption cannot be sold under
any conditions. The new law pro.
yides that it is unlawful to prepare
pack, place, deliver for shipment
place in storage, deliver for sale
store, load, ship, transport, Or sci
eggs which are mislabeled or de.
ceptiyely packed There is one ex.
emption provided which permits un
graded eggs to be delivered to {
wholesaler in the state for Gambling
grading or storing.
The standard of sizes, Large
Medium, Small" and "Peewee''
remain the same as in the past
The quality Specifications, "Speci
ais, Extras, Standards" ant
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
A STITCH
IN THE

They say, peace, peace, when there
is no peacew So said one of the old
prophets SO also might modern OBJ
server say, counting the havoc frequent
ly wrought by bitter-enders among labor
and employing groups.
However, common sense appears to
be getting an increasingly firmer grip
on the saddle. "Strong-arm" methods
of settling sharp points of difference
is falling into disrepute. 1t deserves to.
1t is unworthy of civilized and demo-
cratic nation.
What may point the way to an i'm
portant development in labor relations
in California is suggested by the recent
formation in San Francisco of large
committee of business people.
This body asserts its prime function
will be to try to avert the disruptive
hazards of strikes lockouts, and sit
downs, by seeking solutions to disputes
before they have already reached the
boiling point.
Probably greater use of the old maxim,
"An ounce Of prevention is worth a pound
of cure" would decidedly benefit both
workers and employers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
Other Editors Saw
BRADDOCK AND TAX COLLECTOR
(San Francisco Chronicle)

Consider the case of Jim Braddock and the
income tax collector. In all his life Jim has
had only two cash crops One OF these was little
more than just a fair year The other is
really good one When he licked Baer he may
have carried away as much $4,000 or S25 900.
For his licking by Joe Louis he will probably
pocket when the net is all netted, about $780,
000
For the first time the tax collector was COM
paratively easy Jim. He took probably,
little less than $4,000. The second time is where
he will really move in on Jim. With the
taxes he will take about $4,000, nearly a third
Of all Jim got for his lacing recently. We do
not guarantee the precision of these figures
but they roughly represent the case.
The tax collector will not consider for
moment the fact that all the rest of his life
so far Jim has been one of the "underprivileged
third" Nor will he consider that Jim has no
prospect Of ever again reaping a cash crop
He will not average Jim's annual income for
his working life thus far and his actuarial expec-
fancy in the future Unfortunately for Jim,
practically his lifes income came in one lump
In one year he is an economic royalist. So the
tax collector reaches in with his large hands and
scoops out about a third of it.
Poor JIM He could not incorporate himself as
a yacht!
Prize fighters are not the only victims of this
system A scribbler, for example, may write one
best seller IN a lifetime and never again earn
enough to pay the rent But merely because
his life's earnings all come in tax year Uncle
Gam, by surtaXes, will take a huge chunk of 1t
all Industries charge off depreciation.
Prize fighters and authors cannot. If prize fight
ers could what edge that would give theml
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
WHAT NAMES
WILL DO

Names make a difference, Shakespeare
to the contrary.
Big names make little incidents into
big news. Seldom is it the other way
round Nearly every mothers child suf-
fers a case of sniffles, but this is news
only to mother. But when the Dionnes
caught slight cold the other day. that
was news of the first order. Though a
certain aquarium octupus has glowered
at thousands of spectators, it wasn't
news till recently when a little girls
fingers raped conmandingly against
his glass cage. The octopus leered, snaked
his eight arms toward the glass, and
angrily dyed the water blackish with
inky fluid.
This was news because the little girl
he frightened was Shirley Temple. Names
do make a differencel
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, Aug. 28.-As the
years crowd down most of us begin
to day dream of the Trails End.
That haven we hope to find when
we call it day and take life in
easier strides, laugh at the alarm
clock, catch up with our porch
rocking and mediate on the blessed
promises.
Every city man has his fleeting
moments when he wants to bolt,
When his window panorama re-
veals nothing but cold asphalt. aloof
towers of spun steel and the mad
dening swirl of a precipitate hu-
.manity. And he signs for an Arcadia
without the shattering honk of a
motor horn.
He longs for the enchanting vista
of a brook -watered pasture, sunny
meadoWland and sloping hillSides
Hidden gurgles of spring. circled
by moss and such. He wants to
feel soil under his feet instead OF
the deSsicating tread of cement
walked hardness. Pink blossomed
incoming, of course. Uptopia never
achieved.
A kindly French curate over the
checker board in his garden of a
little Provence village once told me
the tragedy of most men of success
was they lacked courage to quit. To
follow Jason and the Golden Fleece,
and he was right.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

I was musing by the Hudson ir
the glow of marvellous sundowr
this evening how nice it would be
to renounce the banality of high
pressure living and drift with the
pleasant currents. To trade the
topsy-turvy of the crowded artifice
for the serenity of the natural calm
civilization seems to have muffed
1t is trite but true that the sue
cessful men 7 know express the
tautneSs of a fiddle string. Ans
one day naturally they snap-and
for what?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
Horoscope for SunZay

HHUIOSCOPC TUT ouiEA"y
If your birthday occurs tomorrow
you may be interested III gaining
many material benefits, including a
large bank account and much prop
erty. This interest may prevent you
from full enjoyment of the things
in life which are free.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
TheGrab Bag
One-Minute Test

One-Minute Test
|. What woman was recently ap-
pointed to the us. senate?
2. What are the three chief relig-
fous faiths in China?
3. What is the largest statistical
bureau in the world?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

The weekend will be spent by
Mrs. Carrie E. Paine and daughters
Caroline and Dorothy, in the JUL
ian mountains as guests of Mrs.
Mary Feeler
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

in this connection I quote from
a city lady now of a tiny town IL
remote Idaho who sums up the
city VS.. country with guSto and
sanity. She writes: Our radio
broadcasts Stunning on Park
Avenue, a tune which should make
me quite blue. I was born on thai
illustrious street 33 years ago. And
I danced the merry dance that
went with prosperous years. Then
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

Edmund, Robert, and Hubert Bar
mettler returned last week after a
months stay in the mountains and
at the beach.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
McCABE
Caroline Paine
%

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sunstrom and
daughter, Frances, left Friday for
San Diego where they will spend
several days enjoying the beach.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
TOday's Horoscope

Persons whose birthday occurs
today may be deeply interested in
music and art. They are distin-
guished by their natural culture.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
Words of Wisdom

A soldiers mere tool, kind OF
human sword in a fiend's hand: the
other is maSter-mover of this war
like puppet.-Byron.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

Fred Carr came from San Diego
to spend the week here with his
father
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
Hints on Etiauette

The acceptance or refusal Of a
formal luncheon or dinner invita-
ton follows closely the wording of
the invitation
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

No successful man seems immune
from the hypnotism of the modern
hurrah. He will tell you he wants
to get away from it, speaking trem-
ulously Of the fantasy he conjures
between directors meetings. The
home set in naples far back from
the road. the selected library, hunt
ing dogs the wild bird life and the
stable of horses. Yet in his heart
he knows it's fabrication. He would
be in a fdither if the morning paper
were not at his plateside at break
fast. He would champ at missing
the highball or cigar at his fayorite
club after market closes.
For me the worlds alarms grow
more frightening with each fresh
headline. No reasonable person is
not conscious many things are
wrong There Is, too, something
terrorizing in the inescapability OF
a gathering avalanche, hell bent Oh
destruction. 1 have the good for
tune to be in contact with both
city, village and isolation OF the
farm, and l say the more remote
people are from mass population the
happier. The most contentful let
ters come from lost places, often Sc
miles from depot and without
ciyilizing influences of the movies,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

'MlSUdn bOIleS bub tiiC PiS
the popularity of this stage team
of Mcintyre and Heath lies III tns
fact that their show "The Ham
Tree, played seven or eight con-
secutive years, and was revived III
whole or in part up to 1919. Only
five years ago the aging team ap-
peared with Rudy Vallee on the ra-
dio.
We know what kind of soy 81
made the tears run down it,
grandpa's bushy mustache. But
what kind of gags rolled 'em in the
aisles when The Ham Tree" was
the "Abie's Irish Rose" of its day?
Heath would chide Mcintyre (both
in blackface) for discomfort, and
ask Didn't I take you out OF q
livery stable where you were only
getting So a week and put you on
a salary of $20?"
"Shol Shol" Mcintyre would re-
ply. But ah used to GET the So
from the livery stable" Where
upon the audience would fall out
of the seats and roll convulsively
in the aiSles.
90
Try it on your youngest son and
watch the blank stare, succeeded by
incredulity that anyone could ever
have thought THAT funny Yet he
will laugh himself hoarse when
w. c. Fields asks Charlie Mccarthy
why he doesn't marry a cigar-store
Indian and raise a lot of little
clothes-pins.
Humor Is about the most perish
able stuff in life, and fashions IN
humor change more often and more
sternly that fashions in hats. Many
q father sits pretty blankly in q
company of his children and their
friends trying hopelessly to join in
the gaiety of the BE seein' yuh,
tootsl" or How va doin', fella?"
And yet, perhaps, it is change
of manner rather than of matter,
and the witty Frenchman was right
when he sighed 1.-The more it CHI IN
ges, the more it is the same thin ar
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
One Minute Test Answers

Minute Test Answers
l. Mrs. Dixie Graves, Wife of
Gov. Bibb Graves of Alabama
2. Confucianism, Buddhism and
Taoism.
3. The U. S. bureau of census.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
telephone or telegraph.

I have been too long of the city
now perhaps to forsake it. But I
had a background of the rustic SIM
plicities and in my journey from
the coal oil lamp to the Neon's !
know people of the smaller COM
munities acquire more of happiness,
health and mental peace than we
Of cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29
News Behind the News

Bit of Diplomacy =. South American
Incident =. Nations Jealous =.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-29

nINGNG
ALL THE NEWn
20 NfPERIAL
VALLEY
Evening star., 1937-02-02
STRIKE DEBATED
AT CENTRAL UNION
Spirited Discussion Follows
Resolution Condemning
A. F. l. "Aid" to G. M.

A resolution condemning the Amer
ican Federation of Labor and John p.
Frey. secretary of the Metal Trades
Department, for giving laid and COM
fort" to General Motors in combating
the strike Of the United Automobile
Workers. touched of spirited debate
in the Central Labor Union last night
in Typographical Temple.
The resolution was sent to the C. L.
U. by Columbia Lodge, No. 174. Inter-
national Association OF Machinists,
consisting of 1900 members, and the
largest local in the international union.
Besides the Washington C. L. u, 1t
was also addressed to Gov. Frank
Murphy Of Michigan; A. o. Wharton,
president Of the international; the
Metal Trades Department and Central
Labor groups in Detroit and Flint,
Mich, centers OF the automobile strike.
The local union declared, in its reso-
luton, that the recent action of the
A. F. OF L. and its Metal Trades De-
partment. in protesting against Cen
eral Motors dealing with the U. A. w.
in settlement of the strike, was in
effect siding with the corporation
against the workers seeking collective
bargaining and better working condi-
tiOnS.
Frank J. Coleman, c. L. U. secre-
tary, announced he had received a
protest from a member Of the union
that the resolution was being appealed
to the international ofice, and asking
that it not be read pending action on
the appeal. Delegates OF the machin-
lists union brought the question to q
vote and the meeting voted. 20 to Is,
to hear the resolution, which required
no action.
Harry Boyer, secretary of the Read
ing, Pa, local of the American Feder-
alton of Hosiery Workers, spoke in be-
half Of a strike OF hosiery workers
in the Berkshire mills, near that city.
The c. L. U. voted support of the
strikers.
Evening star., 1937-02-02

The demonstrators on the outside,
armed with clubs. broke factory WIN
dows.
On the inside, company and city
police battled with the workers. Travis
charged that the attack" was led by
company guards armed with tear-gas
pistols and bombs, blackjacks and
clubs. All the injuries were suffered
in the melee inside the building
AS reinforcements Of city police ar
rived. the crowd outside was dispers-
ing, although a group OF pickets still
were in the vicinity when the troops
moved in several hours later.
The new Sit-dOWn at Chevrolet No
followed Immediately after the clash.
General Motors officials said about 200
workers engaged in the strike. but the
union said the number ranged from
400 to 600. Travis said the "sit-downs"
spread rapidly and that in half an
hours time there were similar pro-
tests in seven plants, with 1000 men
, involved.
The 'sit-downs" came as the night
shifts replaced the day workers.
The two injured most severely in the
disturbance were Morley Craft, so.
Dawson, Mich. who suffered a brain
conclusion and a possible skull frac-
ture. and Emerson P. Huggard, Al, OF
Flint. who suffered a laceration over
one eye.
About a dozen other persons, Chev-
rolet officials said. were treated at
the plant hospital and then sent
home. They included three plant
policemen, Capt Lloyd Wertman, 80,
head Of the plant force; Robert Elliott,
25, and Leland Robinson, %.
The disorders occurred at the plant
across the street from Fisher Body
No. 2. where a "sit-down" strike be-
gan December 80, and outside of
which 81 persons were injured in the
January II riot that brought the
first detachments of National Guards
men to Flint.
Union Men Held DISCHARGED.
Travis said union allegations that
"a long list OF men" had been dis
charged by the company because Of
union membership precipitated the
skirmishes. He said he had sought
a conference yesterday with Arnold
LenZ, plant manager. but had been
told they could not meet before today.
Lenz said three workers had been
discharged last week, one for his
own protection" after getting into an
argument with non union workers. He
said the others violated an agreement
between the company and the U. A.
w. A. that there would be no union
buttons worn and no soliciting of
union memberships in the plants.
The "sit-downers" in Chevrolet No.
and the non-union men occupying
the adjoining No. 6 plant battled each
other with fire hose for a time last
night just before the troops entered
the sector. Persons outside the plant
said streams Of water broke some
windows. A union representative
said no casualties occurred.
There were reports that groups Of
union workers from other Michigan
automotive plants were coming to
Evening star., 1937-02-02

rnent held by the strikers is a factory
commissary stocked with nuts and
candy, but Merlin Bishop, union or
ganizer, in sound truck permitted
to remain outside the plant, an
nounced this was company food"
and would not be touched. He said
the strikers were ION hunger strike"
Emil Macy, another union orga-
niZer. drove as close as possible to
the plant, outside the military lines,
in another sound car and shouted
encouragement to the strikers. saying:
This is the crucial day in our fight
with General Motors"
Numbers of school children who
normally use the avenue in front Of
the Chevrolet plant en- route to school
today had to detour about the area.
Some used taXicabs.
Guardsmen permitted food to enter
the Fisher No. 2 plant this morning
after searching each box to make GER
tain no weapons were concealed.
U. S. Conciliator Arrives.
James F. Dewey. Federal labor con-
ciliator, came to Flint from Washing
ton at the direction of Secretary
Frances Perkins. Assistant Secretary
Edward F. McGrady was ready to
come here on a moments notice. but
Secretary Perkins indicated she would
hold her chief corciliator in the Cap
ital for the present. at least.
About 200 union pickets boOed AL
fred P. Sloan, jr.. president Of Gen.
eral Motors. as he left his New York
office last evening. and leaders said
the demonstrations outside the build
ing would continue daily during the
strikes.
Gov. Frank Murphy, who ordered the
National Guard into the strike region
to maintain peace and insure law en-
forcement. held numerous confer
ences and quietly pursued his efforts
to bring a truce in the labor dispute.
He consulted high officers of the militia
and other State officials before issuing
the order that placed the military
blockade around the factories.
Mayor Howard E. Bradshaw of Flint
and Sheriff Thomas w. Wolcott asked
the Governor to move the guardsmen
into the area, saying that city and
county peace officers were ''inade-
quate' to handle the situation.
Mai. Lawrence Mckinney, brigade
executive officer, said Chevrolet Off
cials informed the National Guard
that no plants in the area would be
operated today and that the only per-
sons called to work would be those
needed for essential maintenance
duties.
Two of the dozen injured in yes
terday's disorders were said to have
been hurt seriously. They were in
Hurley Hospital. The trouble occurred
when police tried to break up an lin
side picket line" at Chevrolet plant
No. 9, the motor parts division.
The pickets resisted and clashes
ensued. Skirmishes also broke out
on the outside of the building, where
a crowd of union demonstrators had
formed. In this group were women
wearing the 'E. B." insignia Of the
unions Emergency Brigade"
Robert C. Travis, U. A. w. A. Or
ganizer. said the Inside picket line"
was protesting against alleged dis
elimination against union men seek
ing to work at their customary jobs"