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La gaceta., 1937-05-29

va noche de aver Sc entire
Sit6 con nosotros una Conf
(Sion del CLUB "Juventud Demo-
cratica Pro Espana" Y explic6
a este Comite que las tarjetas
de "Regalo" que estan vendien-
do no tiene otro prop6sito que
con ell producto que les de dicho
regalo comprar un Amlplifica-
dor con ell fin de celebrar fies-
tas en- su salon social y poder
celebrar Asambleas ptblicas en-
FRO de la causa de rs oana, al
propio tempo que facilitarle
gratis a este Comite ell amplifi-
cador para la celebration de sus
Mftines.
Asi, pues ,queda aclarado que
este Comite no tiene NADIA que
yer con ell asunto, Y que TODD ell
que compre una tarjeta 10 hace
a sabiendas que es para benefit
clio 1nico del Club que es quien
ma organizado los regalos para
poder reunir fondos con ell fin
antes senalado, y nunca con pro
p6sito de sorprender a nadie
con enganos, pues las personals
que integran didho Club nos me-
recen toda la consideration "
respeto, Y creemos firmemente
que no pretenden perjudicar la
causa de Espana, pues al con-
trario son fervorosos defen-
sores de ella.
Jose Martinez,
P~residente.
La gaceta., 1937-05-29
LIGA GACIONAL

Los Cubs aplastaron aver a
los Rojos de Cincinnati, batean-
do IA hits y con Root de pitcher.
Ell Cincinnati utilize cuatro pit
cheers.
Cincinnati Sc, 8h, lie; Chica-
go 12c, 14h, De.
La gaceta., 1937-05-29
I'm Nia0

Cb Az tHV
Para albergar, alimentar Y
educar a uno de los ninos que
seran traidos de Espana, Sc
,brind6 aver ell j6ven Cesareo
Martinez, uno de los Delegates
del Centre Asturiano en- ell Co.
mite Popular Democratico de
|Socorro a Espana.
Los que deseen incorporate
a esta Legion de bondad Y hui
manidad pueden darnos sus
nombres y domicilios.
Obra de amor en- pro de los nj
hos de la nueva Espana, de la
immortal.
NotG del Comite Democrdtico
de SOcorro a Espa5aG
Jose Martinez, a nombre del
Comite Popular Democratico de
Socorrc a Espaha, nos manda
una nota aclaratoria que dice:
La gaceta., 1937-05-29

Con Hoyt de pitcher los Pira-
tas batieron a los Cardenales.
siendo la anotaci6n final de 10
carreras por 8.
Pittsburg 10c, 14h, De; San
Luis &c, 11h, 2e.
La gaceta., 1937-05-29

ahnque el por Sd ha
comprade todavia la guadana.
Estos segadores Sc proponen
limpiar la finca La Columna
para que luzca como I'm lugar
nuevo ell dfa 10 de JUNO, fecha
del Picnic de la Ambulancia.
Isl cuadra-dice Ramonin-el
|grupo dara lecciones a los que
Ideseen cooperar y no tengan ex-
p~eriencia en- Ell delicado trabajo.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
LEGISLATION IS A STOPGAP
IN DRIVE FOR NEUTRALITY

Congress Is engaged IN a commend
able effort to enact neutrality legisla-
ion which will keep the United States
out of war 1t follows hard on the heels
of the recent Pan-American Peace con-
ference at Buenos Aires, undoubtedly
one of the most historic meetings for
the good of the nations ever held in
the western hemisphere. 1t puts pune
tuation mark to the determination of
this country that it will not become en-
broiled in the childish yet tragic dis
putes of other nations.
War, according to international law,
can be waged in legal manner. War,
under that law, is legalized murder.
History regards war as something that
was justified, in some cases, and unJu
titled in others.
War is never justified 1t is like any
automobile accident. Someone is to
blame. Nations, if their leaders desire
it badly enough, can always find an eX-
cuse for declaring war-just as an auto
mobile driver can always find an excuse
to Justify the poor condition OF his
brakes This is not to say that nation
is not justified in defending itself-but
there is always one aggressor. When
nation wants to go to war, no reams
of law books will stand in the way.
when that is the case-and Germany
may have coined the phrase, but it did
not originate the practice.
Legislation may prevent some rash in
dividuals from creating embarrassing
situations for their governments. 1t may
hinder the progress of war in other coun-
tries. and it may avoid downright un-
pleasant diplomatic situations = but
legislation is not the way to eternal
peace. 1t is merely stopgap, safety
valve to control dangerous emotions.
World peace, lasting peace, will be
reached only if and when all the peoples
of the world want peace. They must
want it to such a degree that no leader
will have temerity enough to seek war.
They must want it so badly that their
feeling is not open to question. Peace
will come to the world when, in truth,
all the inhabitants of this globe abide
by the code of the greatest of all of us:
Good will to man.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
WHAT THE TRANSIENT PROBLEM
MEANS TO YOUR POCKETBOOK

More than Is per cent OF all persons
Jailed by Ell Centro police during the
last month were transients. That IS
they had been in Imperial county less
then six months. A goodly portion Of
them had been in the county less than
one day. Their crimes ranged from
drunkenness, vagrancy and petty theft
to burglary. They cost the city OF El
Centre hundreds of dollars, just to feed
and house them.
The figures are enlightening to many
who oppose any proposed legislation to
discourage emigration Of transients into
this state That they are not isolated
in the case of Ell Centre has been demon
strated not only in other valley towns,
but in Los Angeles and other metropoli-
tan centers. Transient itinerants, home
less and penniless, are very real, very
costly problem for the state of Califor-
MIA.
Anv proposal for solution of the prob
lem is deserving of more than passing
consideration by anyone who pays so
much as one cent sales tax in the state.
1t is burden we all bear-a burden of
caring for those who should care for
themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
Bruce Cation SayS:>>
Needless Tragedies are Wars Real Horrors

Volumes have been written about
the horror of war-the suffering,
the sacrifice, and the heart break
that go with it. But the very worst
thing about it seems to be the
utter needlessness of some Of the
tragedies which it causes.
You can stand the thought of
suffering if you console yourself by
thinking that it was in a good
cause. Mems deaths are not COM
pletely wasted if they go to ad-
vance great end.
But when Mars stalks across the
landscape, he goes roughShod. and
he tramples heedlessly. He demands
innumerable sacrifices. for no good
reason at all: he strewS the coun-
tryside with causeleSs, senseleSs ac-
cidentS. He destroys lives whose
loss does not affect the outcome of
the conflict in the slightest degree.
There lies the true meaning of the
horror of war; and the news COL
umns gave a brief but significant
glimpse at it the other day when
they told how 80 Hungarian war
prisoners finally had succeeded in
making their way back to Budapest
from Siberia.
X X \
These men. former soldiers in the
Austro Hungarian armies, were
captured in 1915. Along with thou
sands of others, they were sent to
Siberia for safe-keeping. And there
the war god seems simply to have
forgotten them.
The war ended, the empire that
they had served collapsed. and SO
did the empire whose soldiers had
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
GOVERNMENT MORE HUMANE
THAN THE HUNTED MAN

Mothers and fathers throughout the
nation, mindful of the youngsters who
mean everything to them, will feel
deep sympathy with the Tacoma, Wash,
father in his bereavement at the hands
of kidnapers, and will feel, too, touch
of pride and respect for the hard boiled
officers of the law, state and federal,
who withdrew their forces from the
manhunt so the father might attempt
without interference to get his son back.
Out of Difference for the feelings of
parent, the law has stayed its hand
against men who are alien to every feei-
ing of humanity.
When the midway point is reached,
when the fate of 10-year-old Charles
Mattson is known, the machinery OF law
enforcement will start again. 1t may
work slowly-but in such cases 1t has
not failed once, unless it be in the June
Robles case, in the last four years. II
will not fail this time.
When the kidnapers are brought to
Justice, punishment should be as nearly
commensurate with the crime as pos
sible. No punishment can repay the par
ents for hours of grief and anxiety, MOTH
ing can reimburse the state and federal
government for the cold cash poured
into the manhunt-but the severest pun
ishment allowed by law might do one
thing: 1t might save some other father
and mother from similar grief and an
Xiety
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
pital D. o. A.

90
Somerset Vaughan is reputedly
the most cutting of the conversa-
tionalistS. A master of riposte, he
can lash out with a murderous
phrase that slashes mercilessly. A
kindly fellow ordinarily with vel
vety hesitant voice, he has no pa
tience with bromide or sham. Re-
becca West in recent Cosmopolitan
tells of the day Vaughan met a
lady clad in deep mourning for a
relative who had been unequaled in
tediousness and who had left her a
considerable fortune. He fixed his
gaze on her flowing Grape and, after
what seemed a respectful hiatus.
archly inquired: would a glass of
sherry be any help in your great
grief?"
Vaughan has just turned 63 with
the zest for life of an eager sopho-
more SO gay, although he has been
every place, seen everything. With
London his base, he is off at a
moments notice with his valet
Hodgkins for Borneo, Sumatra or
where-not. More than any other
author he's the true cosmopolite
There isn't far fling on any outer
rim of the world where he cannot
drop in, meet the importants as old
friends and swing Immediately in
to the gossip of the locality. His
favorite spot is Tunis, North Africa.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
Other Editors Say
FAREWELL TO SPINACH
nos Angeles Times)

Nobody really likes spinach. Children DO not
cry for it. Grown-ups accept it on the menu as
dietary discipline In flavor 1t can be classeo
only with young nettles or mustard greens or tur-
nip tops. In appearance it is jitt sploshy green
mess Between the teeth it assumes the texture
of a ball of woody yarn. No Jaws are tlreieSs
enough to consume it to the bitter end.
None of its disadvantages, however, nave
been able to disodge it from the dinner table.
Hygienists and dietitians and food sharks have
found it filled with minerals and salts and vita
minis and ca1ories that no self-respecting stomach
can afford to disregard. At least it has been so
supposed No child so many heads OF iamllles
led them to believe, could hope to be President OF
the United States or make the football team or
grow UP to be famous aviator unless he devour-
ed large quantities of this despotic vegetable.
It was science alone that kept the spinach
at the top of the list. Now science mas desert
ed it, Physiological chemistry has discovered
that Tommy may become football player or
flyer or a President movie star even if he
rejects the daily ration of spinach. Its body
building value has been exaggerated 1t is not
digestible. A wel-regulated stomach can get
along Just as well without it.
Tommy will not dispute this latest finding OF
science whatever his elders may think about 1T.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January 6, 1917

The presentation OF the report by
consulting engineers Grunsky and
Anderson to the directors of the
Imperial Irrigation district was
formally made this morning.
1t is apparent there. will be a
consular agent appointed at Mexi-
cali, telegran1tbeing received from
Congressman Kettner TO the effect
that an announcementwill be made
in a few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
TEN YEARS AGO
January 6, 1927

Reports of the results accomplish
ed during the last year were given
at the county executive meeting of
the W.C.T.U.. which was held at
the Community church in Imperial
yesterday. Interesting and insruc-
tive reports were given.
g. P. Bollman, manager of the
Liberty Magazine, today praised
highly the quality of Imperial VAL
ley grape fruit. He received crate
of the valley fruit from his brother,
@. M. Boilman of this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

captured them. Civil wars. famineS.
and plaques swept across Russia.
There was no one around to bother
his head about repatriating war
time prisoners; it was every man
for himself, and if a former soldier
couldn't find his way alone across
1900 miles OF strange country, that
was just too bad
We don't know what happened
to these soldiers during the long
years after the war ended 1t does
MT especially matter. All that
counts is that nearly two decades.
of their lives were completely
wasted.
Whatever useful work those men
might have done in those years is
gone forever Whatever human
happiness they might have found,
whatever significance they might
have put into their brief mortal
moment between two eternities-
that, too, is gone forever. They
simply were robbed of the best
years. Of their lives and for no
reason at all
There is where wars real horror
lies. The man who dies in battle
at least dies for something; the
civilian who suffers at home at
least knows that he is suffering
for something but casualties like
these mean nothing at all Nobody
wills them, nobody profits by them.
They just happen-senseless ac-
cidents which no one even notices
EXCEPT the human beings whose
lives they rob of all meaning. 4
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 6. W.P)-Coin-
cidence of the suicide of Ross Alex
ander with a strange prediction
made a year ago supplies an, object
lesson in why troupers are the
most superstitious lot in the world
Late in December, 1885, Mahlon
Norvell, slim, black-eyed film COL
ony aStrologer, forecast among a
widely publicized list of predictions:
Suicide of a prominent star, SO
clearly indicated l am reluctant to
venture the name in this statement.
Because of the grave danger of
causing apprehension to players I
am averse to using their names.
But the suicide is there, definitely"
After the young juvenile shot
himself to death in a hay loft be-
hind his home, the astrologer not
only said he had had Alexander in
mind but had actually printed the
statement hoping he would see it
and be warned
''In reading Mr. Alexander more
than 18 months ago." said Norvell,
Il was impressed with violent con-
flicts existing in his horoscope I
warned him that the malefic aspects
affecting his house of marriage
doomed the marriage partner (Aleta
Freile, his first wife to a sudden and
violent end.
II warned him not to tell his
young wife of my findings. A short
time later she committed suicide,
fulfilling wierd aspects of the young
stars chart"
Alexander subsequently married
Ann Nagel, film actress.
Thereafter, said Norvell, "he
came to me again to uncover further
mysteries of his horoscope. In it
found such horrifying mixture of
grief and tragedy that I said Moth
ing of it, but warned him to try
and overcome the Affections. 1t
proved impossible to stem the plan
etary tide which swept, first his
former wife, then himself into sui
cides' graves"
Norvell at the time made a flock
of other predictions, some of which
have been fulfilled and some not,
apparently according to the theory
that if forecaster throws enough
pitches a few are bound to go over
the plate.
And now he's getting a bigger
play than ever from filmSterS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
.Januarv 6 1912

From several sources the Press
hears the report that a group of
men of large means, who have been
looking over the valley in recent
months, have made offers for land
25 per cent below prevailing prices.
1t appears that these careful buyers
we're making a test of the actual
value of valley land
Six four horse teams are now at
work grading the park, and it is
expected that considerable work
will be done On the northend park
before the advent of warm weather.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
Editorials and Comment
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1887.
q on Sol says
9r FRANK WATANABE
IVY BY ED HOLDEN
A HORSES
RY led HOLDEN

Dear Mr.. Editor:
Can you bora to me 65 cent? 1t seem
a horse run away with my money. | tell
how. Yesterday we are at those, race
horsing fun-Sana Anita. My friend
Mr.. Get Rich Swift Hotuchi he say
Have you got some money in pants,
Entirely so" I clatter, ''One Hundred
dollars worth" "Oh heated dog! he
say, present those money at me and J., i
shall make it having 1000 pups for you !
So I done it. He pumped all my money
upon an horse entitled Rollicking Rol-
land. But ROLAND forgot how to rollick
and now are out of bucks. Please, put
me down for one of those fellows which
believe that gambling are VERY EVIL.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
Ell CENTRO AS CAPITAL
FOR VALLEYS BUSINESS

Ell Centro justified its claim in 1898
to being trade center for the great I'M
perial Valley area, and the chances
are that it improved its justification in
1896. although no figures are yet avail
able. A United States business census
shows that 80 per cent of all retail sales
in the valley were made in Ell Centro
during 1886, and that 46 per cent ofstne
total retail store payroll is represented
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Shelia Bar
rett is the seasons outstanding top
| flight night club draw And the
most highly paid. Her following is
largely among folk from the Long
Island Hamptons and the Sutton
Place area. Her pat mimicry is re-
garded as best since the reign of
CisSie LOTUS
| Miss Barrett was born in Wash
ington, D. c.. the daughter of a
we'll known attorney and educared
at Pittsburgh convent. She's one
of the few performers who go in for
| athletics, being a several times med
al winner for swimming and is also
an accomplished equestrienne.
But her ambition was for the
stage Finding herself too tall for
ingenue parts she decided to satirize
| those fortunate enough to get them.
Her first engagement was as show
girl with the Greenwich Village
Follies. She admits no critical
cheers and a few hungry interludeS.
Her favorite impersonation and
one that always steps up her pro-
gram is that of Lionel Barrymore
The most difficult, Fanny Brice.
Some times she can catch a carl
cature with one visit. Other times
she may have to see her subject
ten times. Her best friend and fav-
orite writer is Lois Long.
Food Fancies: There are certain
edibles, as we all know, of which it
is SO easy to oyereat. Hash, pop
corn and chilli. for instance. Some
how one can always reach for an
other mouthful.
In days when sporting life con-
gealed around Herald Square there
was an amiable character of the
bars known as Pop Corn Bill. Ev-
cry bar had its capacious bowl of
pop corn and it was part of Bills
bar fly activities to deyour the en-
tire bowl just for the fun of it and
some free drinks. He was a Bide
Dudley type physically, not weigh
ing more than 125 pounds, and it
was said he could consume a dozen
bowls of pop corn day along with
a healthy appetite for regular food.
But Pop Corn Bill journeyed to
the we'll too often and one night
after an extraordinary joust fell in
a paroxyism and reached the hos
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
Words of Wisdom

Peace should be framed on SO
equitable a basis that the nations
will not wish to disturb it.-David
Lloyd George.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
GRAB BAG
One Minute Test :

l. From what is most of CIR paper
made?
2. What is the capital of the Cen
trail Government of China2
3. Are the vocal cords of man
longer or shorter than those of
woman?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

The famous Fabrician bridge, in
Rome, a stone span joining Aescu-
lapius island with the left bank of
the Tiber, is said to have been built
in 81 B. C. 1t is the only bridge
built in Rome during the Roman
period which has lasted to the pres
ent day.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
Hints on Etiquette

Interesting reading matter, in
Guiding few good books and copies
of the days local newspaper, should
be placed in every guest room.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

Puppy pastel He sat amid a
spread of excelsior, wistful lop-
cared Scottie, the last pup in the
48th street window Seeming to say:
"All the others have found a good
home but guess I'm too ugly" So
he frolicked awhile and moseyed to
a corner for detected squat. A lady,
caparisoned in expensive furs, came
along, stopped, gazed awhile, walked
away, came back, went in and came
out with the Scottie on leash. I
had an urge to tell her: Madam,
you've cut yourself in for a lot of
happiness and a lot of grief"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

The gila monster, a large lizard
of the Arizona and New Mexico
deserts. is the only poisonous lizard
in the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

Queen Anne, who reigned over
England from 1702 to TIA, gave
birth to II children, not one of
whom survived her.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

Charles Washburn, one of Broad
ways crack press agents, had a lot
of fun writing Come Into My Par
lor." history of Chicago's disorder
ly resorts during the reign of the
notorious Everleigh sisters, most
spectacular chatelaines of bagnios in
American annals. Washburn dedi-
Gates his opus ITO John Chapman
the columnist, who has never been
in one." Another publisher has ar
ticled for a similar book on New
York's infamous Hay Market. II
was wicked dance Kiva on 9Th av-
enue where the Knockout drop was
reputedly invented and where the
bloods of the town drew up in ham
som cabs during the Gas Lit Era.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
Today's Horoscope

If your birthday is today, you may
be strong In your affections, making
a good lover good husband or wife,
and an excellent parent.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

in Ell Centre. Seventy-six per cent of
furniture, Household and radio sales
were made here, and this is the most
pleasing figure of all. 1t shows the val
iey's capital, city as the city of homes,
as we'll as the industrial center.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
One-Minute TEST ANSWERS

/. Wood pulp.
2. Marking.
Vocal cords of man are consider
ably longer thah those OF woman.
This Is a factor in. pitch, OF voice.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

Post Yule Tide Note: Clark Gable
has discovered what to do with
Christmas trees. Edna May Oliver
pounced on his green, yellow and
red plaid to add to an CID fashion,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

Pewter is composed Of tin and
lead, with an alloy Of brass or COP
per.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
Thought for the Day

For he seeth that wise die likewise the fool and
the british person perish and leave their wealth to
otherS.-PSalmS 1910
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

which is to be so gay this winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

Lieut.. RAYMOND Westwood of In.
dia's 18th bengal lancers felt a bA
foolish when his complicated Ging&
Rogers stalk worked out SO simply
Young soldier going home to Devon
shire on leave. stopped here for
week and stayed five, haunting
night clubs in hope of spotting Rog-
ers. Finally, patience exhausted, he
called the studio, and the gal in
vited him to come out and watch her
work.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

A six months vacation waits Paul
Mum after he finishes "Escadrillc"
and two mere pictures. He'll prob
ably start about July l.
I'm going to take a trip around
the world with my wife" he said.
'"There1l be no pictures, no theatcrs,
no personal appearances and no adj
dress. just fun"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

Paramount snapped up Gladys
Swarthout's option for another
year, and Metro wasted no time
making sure of Jean Harlow's con-
tract for the same period.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06

Some old faces will appear in Sam
Briskins discovery picture, New
Faces of 1887" among them Joe
Penner and Parkakarkus. Also cast
are Radioman Milton Berle and
Harriet Hilliard. who debuted last
winter in Follow the Fleet"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-06
Strolls Thru HOLLYWOOD

ed crazy" quilt she's making,
wlereupon Myrna 10y dug up all
assortment Of violent scarfs and Di-
rector John Stahl a purple cravat.
On the Sick List: George Raft
and Joel McCrea flu victims, while
Carole Lombard has just recovered
from an attack. Fred MacMurray
went home from work when spots
appeared on his hide, and the doctor
said it was something he ct :. food
poisoning.