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Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
A Plea for Clarity
In Politics

To the non-political citizen whose IN
terest IS more in national progress than
in party supremacy, there is something
Just as discouraging about the address Of
former President Herbert Hoover this
week as there was about the speech Of ex-
Candidate Alfred Landon last week, and
about most Of the talks Of President
Roosevelt any week. Republican and
Democratic leaders seem to nave one
thing in common: they cannot tell the
public just what it is they want TO do,
or how they propose to do It,
Hoover called for a renascense Of the
Republican party with an affirmative
program responsive to the needs and
crises Of the people" Landon wants the
party to be progressive and liberal"
President Roosevelt pleads every chance
he gets for program which will increase
purchasing power, give the working man
a more noble place IN his community
and assure prosperity for all time to
come.
All of that is very grand. Nobody can
disagree with any Of 1t. Yet, in the name
of all that's holy, HOW are they going
to achieve these things? So far, nobody
has told us.
We have heard a lot of words, master
fully assembled and presented with grand
flourishes. They have dealt with every
thing from tearing down the slums to
setting up an utopia of finance. They
have set forth the noblest objectives to
which man could be heir. The only thing
they haven't done is to tell US how they
are going about setting up this heaven on
earth.
1t seems to US that the time is past
when the average citizen is going to be
satisfied with glorious promises and star
Ting adjectives. John @. Citizen is too
well informed these days about his public
business to be satisfied with fairy stories;
he wants to know not only what is to be
be achieved, bu how his servants intend
to do it. The man on the street these
days wants a little bit Of chicken in his
chicken soup.
The habit of saying nothing in lot of
words is not confined to Democrats, nor
to Republicans. It is an age-old trait of
politicians-but it is about time that poll
tics, as well as other things, changed to
be responsive to the needs and crises Of
the people"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
News Behind the News
- Republican Party Diseord

WAsHINGTOS-Tuere Is a curious sltua-
ton within the Republican party OF when ne ne
dissereemenfs between ex-Presdent Heroert
Hoover and eX-Candidate Alfred NJ Landon pre-
sen 3 conspicuous phase.
Il would be neither so curious nor 50 compA-
Gated except for The fact that Mr.. Hoover Is
FAR more potent force in the party machinery than
Mr. Iandon Recognition Of this fact probably VIII
make the meaning OF recent and forthcoming
events in the COP. palmer TO the outside oo-
WIth the Republican National Committee due
70 meet at Chicago on November ;. Landon timed
his radio attack on Roosevelt Tor little more tLlan
fEo weeks earlier as a means o. reasseIslhs MN
self as the party leader.
He felt mat Hoover sought TO dominate the
party There is excellent reason 70 believe that
Iandon also suspects Hoover. despite al denlals'
Of yearning for Republican nomination II ls4O.
Theoretically q party's last presidential can
didate is regarded It's titular leader. But the
hard. cold fact Is that Hoover can control or
influence a large bloc, perhaps even majority
Of the national committee. There Is much doubt
whether IAndon could control the vote Of more
than eight or 10 members.
Through long years as a cabinet member and
Tor four years as undisputed boss of the party
and its patronage Hoover dug himself in.
The result is that the proposed national mid
term convention OF the party next year, for which
Hoover has vigorously worked now seems certain
TO be called by the national committee. This Is
despite Landons original opposition and his more
recent private- nsistence that It first receive ap
proval of a majority OF the party's representa-
ton in Congress
william r. Castle and William Hard, the two
assistants 70 National Chairman John D. N.
Hamilton are old intimates and admirers Of Hoo
yer vice-Chairman Ralph E Williams OF Oregon
is another Hoover man.
And that brings you TO Hamilton himself. and
10 recent reports planted by friends Of the former
Kansas governor that Landon desired 10 get
Hamilton out Of the national Craftsmanship.
Despite the fact that Hamilton was Landons
pre-convention campaign manager last year and
also his choice for national chairman, there Is
no reason for disbeieving these reports. Friends
and advisers Of Landon represent him as annoyed
By the working arrangement appearing to exist
between Hamilton and Hoover.
Hamilton, finding himself at the head Of a
national committee which neither he nor Landon
could order around, naturally played ball with
the so-called Hoover crowd the committee,
and has refused 70 stand in the way Of the
Hoover proposal for a mid-term convention de-
spite Landon's antagonism. This was not only
the best thing for Hamilton since 1t solidified
his position but also tended to make for harmony.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
NOTICE OF HEARING TO
FSTARIJSH RIRTH

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
In the Matter of the Petition of
PEGGI SUSIE STEVENS, formerly
Peggi Susie Applestill, to establish
the fact Of the birth of
CATHRYNE MAE APPLESTILL.
Notice is hereby given that Peggi
Susie Stevens, formerly Peggi Susie
Applestill has filed petition in
the above entitled Court to estab-
lish the birth of Cathryne Mae
Applestill. Said petition will be
heard before the above entitled
Court on Friday the 29th day of
October, 1887, at the hour of 200
o'clock pm. of said date, at which
time any person interested may
appear and show cause, if any they
have, why an order should not be
made establishing the birth of
Cathryn Mae Applestill. Reference
is hereby made to said petition for
further particulars
DATED: October Is, 1887.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk and Ex-Officio
Clerk of othe Superior Court,
Imperial County.
BY C1THA LAMSON,
OLD 20 incl. Deputy
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
Dear Sir or
Dear Madame

Dear Sir" began the correspondent
and then proceeded with letter which
left little doubt in the editors mind that
nothing was actually farther from the
correspondents mind than calling the
editor Dear Sir" The only salutation
which could have been farther from the
truth, Judging by the tone of the letter,
would have been Respected Sir" and
luckily that became outmoded, as letter
forms go, several years ago.
Imperial Valley has started many
movements which have become nation
wide, so it does not seem out of place
to suggest that we as community take
up the idea adopted by the Imperial Val
ley Pioneers Association, which drops
the salutation from all communications.
II would be much simpler, and save lot
Of brain-fag, if only we could plunge
into the writing of letter without first
considering whether it should be started
with a Dear Sir or Madame, or a Ny
Dear Mr., Mrs, or Miss, or any one of
the too-many Of the ways you can start
a letter.
We don't start kilograms that way,
we don't start telephone conversations
that way, and we certainly don't talk
that way in our daily conversations at
home, in the office or on the street. Why
not, then, gear letter writing TO the mod
ern tempo by eliminating the hypotheti-
cal and often inane salutations?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
Famous Sayings
By o. o. Mcintyre

derson. killed recently in an air
plane crack-up in Greece Both
OF VIII Rogers's sons are earnest
gum chewers. just like their Dad
John Chapman, Of the Daily
News. is the only linguist among
the columnists Corey Ford.
who loves to fish and makes it pay
writing articles about it. has a
dozen fishing flies named for him.
Pastel. A boy and girl in the
Waldorf lounge having cocktails.
He was one Of those bright fellows
who does not have much money,
but gets around They were to
have cocktails, go 10 his apartment
where ne was ito get an important
telephone call" and then out to
dinner. The table vas dotted with
dishes Of pop corn. pretzels, pea
nuts and potato chips. The young
man was making heavy inroads on
ne outlay. The girl was drinking
quietly. Finally the boy. jokingly:
Why Anna. you are not eating a
thing" And she, eyeing the nuts,
chips. etc, a shade contemptuously,
mumbled: Yes. and I'll probably
regret it later on"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

The Scrap of Paper" incident
Of early World War days remains
too fresh in the memory of the
world to permit much credence IN
Germany's big brother" pledge Of
Belgium's neutrality in event OF
yestern European war.
Echoes of war machines rumb-
ling across devastated Belgian fields
drown out the pleasant platitudes
Reich spokemen voice in proclaiming
faith with their western neighbor.
Tacitly. seeking every advantage
70 protect herself, Belgium has acc
epted the pledge somewhat tongue
in check but awaits developments
to test its fulfillment.
Not wholly altruistic was Germ
anys promise to respect the terri
itorial rights OF a neutral nation
and to defend her unthreatened
sovereignty.
Hitler eyes covetously the lands
of western Russia. If Germany is
to be deprived of colonial possess
ions on other continents, more att
ractive lands are nearer, more acc
eSsible.
With Belgium a neutral buffer
between French and British armies
and her own western border, Der
Fuehrer sees opportunity to con-
centrate his growing military mach
inc on eastern objectives.
Steady wedge of Naziism is be-
ing driven towards the goal. Treat
les with Poland and Austria assure
moves against the Soviet.
Treaties bind France and Russia
in case of aggression. but Hitler
discounts French assistance if his
ancient enemy is forced to fight
along the narrowed battle line be-
tween Belgium and Switzerland
Frances powerful Maginot line of
forteSses is designed to halt inva-
sion, not to press an attact, and
already Germany is constructing her
own defenses along the western bor-
der. To check France and throw the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
S u NJ NJ o n S
TGnAn


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
RICHARD SHEA and KATHERINE
SHEA, his wife, SECURITY TITLE
INSURANCE AND GUARANTEE
COMPANY. a Corporation, Trustee,
A. E. PATRICK, ct al.
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. R.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA SEND GREETINGS
TO: -
Richard Shea and Katherine Shea,
his wife, Security Title Insurance
and Guarantee Company, Cor
poration, Trustee, A. E. Patrick,
John Doe, Jane Doe, Richard Roe,
John Doe Company. Corporation,
and Richard Roe Company, a Co
partnership, Defendants.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as above,
brought against you in the Superior
Court of the County of Imperial,
State of California, within ten days
after the service on you of this
Summons - if served within this
county; or within thirty days if
served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required the said plaintiff
will take judgment for ahy money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract,
or it will apply to the Court for
any other relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia this 21st day of September,
1887.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) Clerk
o815 % 20, N 5 IL 10 26, D 3 10
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
Other Editors Say
MA FINANCE IN EXCELLI
CONDITION
(yiSaIia Times-Delta1
CALIFORNIA FIN

ttlSana 11meS-DeHAD
When Governor Merriam was here before the
2O-3O club he promised a state operating within
its income, and the gradual Wipng out Of the
states deficit Merriam has given the state
good business-like administration, and if given
legislative cooperation We believe that he will do
exactly as he says.
Governor Young retired from office leaving
the state with a S300O0000 surplus. When death
overlook his successor about seven years later,
the surplus had been turned into deficit of
like amount. Under Merriams administration
this deficit has been gradually reduced until
surplus is again in sight. Backing Merriams
forecast Of a brighter financial outlook comes
the new state controller appointed by the gov
ernor when he elevated Ray Riley to the Cali
fornia Railroad Commission. The controller is
authority for the statement that for the first
three months Of this fiscal year. the general
fund revenues totaled s43 585, ,49551, compared
with S36O29,3l534 in 1896. During this period,
sales tax revenues accounted for more than So
100000 Of the advance, totalng So, 3,46l, ,345. Is
against Sl9923, ,793 for the same period the pre-
ceding year.
Personal income taxes contributed s. 0165l8y46
another considerable increase. In the 1861
period income taxes aggregated S2342,033. Bank
and corporation franchise taxes showed Jump
from s4,523 004 to s4908753. Gasoline and liquor
stamp revenues collected by the board of equal
ization showed an advance Of approximately ST.
100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
SUMMONS
M If423

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In and for the County Of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff.
CHARLES H. FIELDS, EUGENE
B. NOBLE, THE FIRST NATIONAL
TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK OF
SAN DIEGO, Etc, Successor to
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SAN
DIEGO, JOHN DOE, Administrator.
Etc, ct al, Defendant.
Harry w. Horton and George r.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO: CHARLES H. FIELD,
EUGENE B. NOBLE, THE FIRST
NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS
BANK OF SAN DIEGO, A Ma
TIONAL B BANKING ASSOCIA-
TION, SUCCESSOR TO FIRST Ma
TIONAL BANK OF SAN DIEGO.
JOHN DOE, ADMINISTRATOR OF.
THE ESTATE OF o. H. WILSON,
DECEASED, H. E. HECATHORN, G.
E. GREASER AND Russell K.
PITzER, TRU STEES, HOME.
BUILDERS LOAN ASSOCIATION
A CORPORATION, RICH ARD
ROE TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR TO
F. B. FULLER, TRUSTEE, BANK
OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, A
NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIA-
TION, SUCCESSOR TO SOUTH
ERN TRUST AND COMMERCE.
BANK, JAMES E. WALTER AND
AND TILLA S. WALTER, HIS
WIFE, SUSIE l.. WILSON, JOHN
DOE TWO, JOHN DOE THREE
JOHN DOE FOUR, JANE DOE
ONE, JANE DOE TWO, JANE DOE
THREE, JOHN DOE COMPANY, q
CORPORATION, AND RICHAR1
ROE COMPANY, A CO-PARTNER->
SHIP, Defendants.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as above.
brought against you in the Supe-
rior Court of the County of Impe-
rial, State of California, within ten
days after the service on you of
this Summons-if served within
this county; or within thirty days
if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said paintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract.
or it will apply to the Court for
any other relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court Of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 10th day of December,
1886.
w. j. McCLEIIlAND,
(SeaD County Clerk.
| (O7-14-21-28: N4-11-i8-D2-9D
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
NAMES OF MORNING POST AND
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
BONUS CHECK CAMPAIGN .
WORKERS -

Mrs. Jones Dotson, FL Centre; Mis-
Yaeka Nakawaga, Ell Centre; Mrs.
I. Thanner, McCabe district; Mrs.
B. L. Sweeten. Route 1, Ell Centre;
Mrs. Albert Muller, Holtville; Miss
Amy Tuttle, Alamo-verde district;
Mrs. Jewel Rodgers, Brawley; Mrs.
A. J. Woelke, Route 2, Brawley;
Mrs. r. G. Elmore, Route 2, Braw-
ley; Mrs. G. T. Parkinson, Calexico;
Mrs. Laura Carr, Calexico; Mrs.
Alice Mae McChristy, Imperial;
Mrs. Pat Ostrander, Westmorland;
Mrs. F. r. Noble, Calipatria.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

The following people are repre-
sentatives of The Morning Post and
Imperial Valley Press, authofized
TO issue receipts and collect money
on both new and renewal subscrip-
tions during the Bonus Check
Campaign:
CAMPAIGN WORKERS
Mrs. Clara York, Bard Calf;
Mrs. John Crousen, Winterhaven,
Calf; Guy Harrison, El Centro;
Logan Ohmstede, Ell Centre; Mrs.
Thomas Henderson, Ell Centro; An
ita and Helena vinfrido, El Centre;
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
You re Telling Me -

FOR a MOMENT that front
page story had US fooled. We
thought the toboggan season had
arrived, but Is was only Wall
Street. fooling US again.
In America the rabbit hunting
season Is legally restricted, but
the news this year from Spain
and China indicate there is no
limit to the human rabbit shoot
ing.
It's rumored the Duke OF Wind
sor may be offered the throne of
Germany. We don't think he'd
take the job-because Of the tag
attached, Subject to change
without notice.-A. Hitler"
Confound it. we're too late.
again, The worlds softest job
has been snapped up by some
body else-the newly appointed
press agent for the Duke Of Wind
sor.
OF course. it may be that the
Duke really wants his press agent
to keep him off the front pages
instead Of on. In that case it's
a job for a superhuman, like Achil-
les or the Mysterious Montague.
An editorial writer wonders out
loud why all those public enemies
knocked off by the alert G-mn
have been comparative youngsters.
No mystery therein that kind of
business you just don't get a
chance TO grow old.
A German scientist suggests the
Mediterranean sea be dried up, the
water transferred to the Sahara
desert. The search for pirate sub
marines is all right-but that
seems to be carrying the matter
a bit far.
JOE GOT TO figuring what
with prices going up maybe the
little woman was having a harder
time making her allowance stretch
to cover household expenses. The
boss had just given Joe a SIS raise
so Joe thought he would be gener-
Gus.
MY sweet. he said at the sup
per table, i've been reading about
prices getting higher and figured
you must be having a fierce time
M al du = >
raise your weekly allowance by
five bucks per"
With that he opened his wallet
and extracted a fin and hands il
to Mrs. Joe. His air and demeanol
were as modest as though he were
the Emperor of all the Americas
comforting dukedom on worthy
subject.
Mrs. Joe grabbed the v and hurl-
ed it back at her astonished lore
and master. Why. she screamed
that five bucks of yours is only
drop in the bucket! 1t wouldn't
buy a really good meal any more
1--WE been planning to ask vol
for substantial increase and nov
you're trying to beat me to it b!
that measly five dollars. No, sir
you're going to give me plenty mort
or we quit eating around thi
shack"
1t seemed that Mrs. Joe figuret
SIS more week would take care o
the rise in prices. AS Joe went bacl
TO work the next day he remem
bered that only one increase in
salary ever did him any good. Tha
was when he was 16 and the bos
raised from So to $3.50; but, yol
see, he wasn't married then.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

town fairly sCoots
along From an
apartment spire
near by a rabbity
man rushed a half
block one way. a
half block the
other then pOunc-
ed into a taxf.
He was a SYM
Dol OF Manhat-
tan s tempo. EMU
lating Leacock s
hOrseman W \ o
FrTrrrrzFar4 T-Hn rFaarf
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

beloved press agent vas Kay HEN
nipper. always tinkering and put
tering and apparently accomplish
ing nothing
Few men in journalism occupied
a place as unique as Ed Howe. Or
wrote 50 vigorously 70 the end. Ny
affection for him was deep In
floundering around 20 syndicate a
column, he was the first editor and
writer Of prominence to throw me
a life line Something OF mine in
the Kansas City Star pleased him
and he took time out Of busy life
TO cheer me on M way. Later
when We were both Wintering at
Miami Beach We had many after
moons at the races, and motor rides
together Several times a year We
exchanged letters and his last one.
almost an undecipherable sprawl.
because his blindness was nearly
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

Gridiron club invited the Duke
of Windosr TO banquet. Ha should
not mind a bit of broiling. He was
i'm hot water long enough to be
par boiled.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

Pedestrian apologies after being
struck by motorist And science
spends millions in searching for
freaks of nature.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
New York Day by Day

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-At a bath
room window this morning. gazing
out on New YORK going to work I
was impressed with the way the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
The Grab BAG
One-Minute Test

One-Minute Test
l. VINO is italian ambassador to
Great Britain?
2. What is the longest river in
the United States?
3. Define anarchism.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

Government will supply hunters with
big game. A real service would be sup
plying fish to end all those tales about
the ones "that got away"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

When angry skunk stamps the ground
with its forefeet. And that's not all
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

mounted his steed o. o. Mcintyre
ami rode of in all directions. As
a buFgher taking the village largely
afOot. have long noticed how few
, there are who permit walking to
diminuendo TO leisurely stride.
Somehow. walking along and OBJ
herving things brackets one as a
gawk-a jasper who couldn't handle
a French menu at the Ritz. AS
matter Of fact. like Paris. New
York vas made for the promenader.
Il is a yeritable paradise for the
saunterer.
Nowhere has the window dresser's
art attained such skill. Versailles
with its fountains aspray in minia-
ture. Papier mache golfers swing
ing over their courses. a half mil
lion strand Of pearls against a fluff
Of black velvet. Pocket movies OF
travel bureaus showing lands afar.
And so on.
Few high powered executives
work 50 hard and relax so success
fully as Conde Mast In the mid
Victorian sense and not according
TO Broadway Interpretation, he is
probably Manhattan's most perfect
man-about-tOWn. His parties are
a successful mingling of society.
stage and literati, AMI he IS always
present at auspicious first nights
A fashion plate without ostentation,
he IS regarded by many as the best
groomed man in the metropolis.
Somewhere I have read that Carl
Hubbell. the Giants crack pitcher,
as a farm boy near Carthage, No,
spent hours throwing stones at
barn door until ne could hit knot
holes no bigger than a dime In
these days Of delving into the COM
pleXes Of the young, the experts
would probably ticket such mono
tony as sub-normal. In a boarding
house where I used to reside the
landlady had a son, aloof and de-
tached for one of Is years. VINO
spent all MS time fooling with the
innards of clock. He never play
ed with other children and most Of
us boarders thought him queer"
Yet at % he invented an automo-
bile device that made him indepen-
dent. All of which suggests that
parents let boys alone during for
NATIVE years so long as they are
not in bad company and up to no
mischief. Marconi was a brooding
total, wound up dismally with:
There is not much TO do nov but
wait, but after 81 years of it one
doesn't much mind"
Thingumbobs: BroadWay's most
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
,e-Minute Test Answers

One Minute Test Answers
l. Dino Grandi.
2. The Missouri river is 2,945
miles long. The Mississippi river is
2,486 miles long.
3. At its best. it stands for a So
cial order in which persons produce
according to their power and re-
ceive according to their needs; at
its worst, it stand for terroristic
resistance to all present govern
ment and social order.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

Gas masks for British babies Italy
gives them guns.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

1t seemed that Mrs. Joe figured
SIS more a week would take care of
the rise in prices. AS Joe went back
TO work the next day he remem-
bered that only one increase in
salary ever did him any good. That
was when he was l6 and the boss
raised from So to $3.50; but, you
see, he wasn't married then.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28
thoughts for the Day -

Hear me when 7 call o Cod o. ms righteousness:
Thou has enlarged ne when n distress: have
mercy upon me. and hear my prayer.-Psalms Al.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

HAPPINESS stressed in SoViet's
new program. For those who agree
with Stain.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-28

Today's Horoscope
Many whose birthday occurs to-
day are easily angered. Their tenn
per, however. proves as asset when
properly controlled.