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Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Valleyite Returns
From Six-MOnth
Journey Abroad
ALAMITOS NOTES

Miss Margaret Bingelli returned
Sunday from a six months trip to
Germany and Switzerland where
she visited relatives and friends.
She was accompanied on her trip
by Mrs. Burgi and two children
whose home is in Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. Burgi and children left Tues
day for the north
Guests Sunday evening at the
Fred Bingelli, ST., home were the
Walter Locker, Fred Bingelli and
/ John Studer families 20 greet their
daughter and sister, Margaret and
Mrs. Burgi, on their return.
Ernest Thams spent Saturday in
Ell Centro attending the Ben Hulse
tractor show.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Downing of
Brawley spent Sunday afternoon
and evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frazer Alfdredge.
Miss Cora Mae Smith of Imperial,
a former Alamitos girl, is making
her home for the present with her
uncle and aunt, Mrs. and Mrs.
Henry in Holtville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur McKinnon
and son Bobby and daughter Joyce
of Bakersfield arrived in the valley
Monday for a weeks visit with
Arthur's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. A..
McKinnon.
Mrs. Edwin Nilsson was hostess
last Thursday to the quilting club.
A pot-luck dinner was enjoyed at
noon by Mesdames Lewis Brodie,
Minnie Yeargin, Irene Bucket
Lewis and John McQuenn, Wal
lace, Tom Cox, Mary Hogue, Jessie
Plummer, Joe Kemp, John Studer;
Misses Dorothy Bucket and Amy
Tuttle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Whitmer and
three children came down from
Imperial Saturday evening to spend
the weekend with Jacks parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Loyal Whitmer. They
returned home Monday.
Mesdames Loyal Whitmer, Burton
McKinnon and Frazer Alldredge
were Calexico shoppers Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Neevs About Valleyites
HOLTVILLE WOMAN HONORED
ON NINETY SECOND BIRTHDAY

Mrs. Dave Vencill entertained at
an annual silver tea at her home
recently. An impressive musical
program was given. Mrs. F. Nc
Cowan gave a reading.
Auxiliary members held an all
day meeting at the home of Mrs.
r. A. Maddux. They sewed for a
veterans hospital.
Annual rally of the Boy Scouts
of troop l6, 20. and "A, was held
last week at the Recreation park
where Hugh Wilcox, scout execu-
tive, spoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert BaShans AMI
two daughters arrived Tuesday from
Chicago to visit Mrs. N. Brandon.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

Mrs. Gilbert WiiIoighby has been
enjoying a visit from Mrs. R. w.
Brown and the latter's daughter,
Miss Agnes Brown of Los Angeles.
Last weekend the group motored
to Phoenix to attend the party
given by Mrs. Wilioughby's sister,
Mrs. l.. G.. Vinson, at which time
the engagement of Miss Ruth VIM
son was announced.
Max Brents spent several days
in Los Angeles on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kincaid left
for their home in Hollywood after
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Florida Citrus
Escapes Damage

LAKELAND, Fla, Nov. %. W.P)-
AS rising temperatures today light
ened worries of fruit and vegetable
growers of loss from the most Sc
we're weather of the season, re-
ports indicated the citrus crop
escaped damage.
Although freezing and sub-freez-
ing temperatures of last weekend
pushed south into the heart of the
citrus area, preliminary surveys
showed no material damage result
ed to the orange, grapefruit and
tangerine crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Court to Be Asked
For Liberal Ruling

SACRAMENTO, Calf. Nov. %
(UP)-The California water au-
thority today took an initial step
to protect prospective purchasers OF
electric power generated at Shasta
dam of the Central Valley water
project.
Attorney c. c. Carleton, counsel
for the authority, was instructed
to petition the state supreme court,
for liberal ruling in deciding
pending dissolution proceedings
against the Bidwell Utility district
of Butte county.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
FORMER BRAWLEY RESIDENT
HONORED AT OPEN HOUSE

Mrs. George King, Mrs. Robert
Mcdowell and Mrs. Lawrence o.
Connell attended the Womens
club convention at Long Beach.
/ An executive meeting of the
Valley Girl Reserves was held at
$50 Friday morning in the home
of Mrs. Percy Palmer. At that
time plans were laid for advisers
and committee womens conference
to be held Dec. 13. Attending were
Mrs. Bert Reddish and Mrs.
Strawn. Calexico, Mesdames j. G.
Finney, H. G.. Jones, and McEwen,
and Everett Gullett, Ell Centre,
Mrs. Wallace Kent. Holtville, Mrs.
Harry Russell and the hostess, Mrs.
Palmer, Brawley.
Visiting in the w. I. Lane home
recently were Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Booker of Los Angeles.
A meeting of Gamma section of
Present Day club was set for Tues
day, Nov. 80. Mrs. E. o. Schwegel
will be hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Axemaker
returned Thursday morning from
trip to Santa Ana where Axe
maker attended building inspec-
tors convention.
Miss Charlotte Young, who is at
tending Woodbury. college in Los
Angeles, is visiting in the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs w.
M. Young.
John Finnegan of Denver, is a
business visitor.
A testimonial dinner for Braw-
leys football teams, sponsored
jointly by the local 20-30, Rotary,
Kiwanis, BLOC clubs will be held
Nov. 30 at Dunlack hotel. The din
ner will be stag affair.
Visiting in the Charles Carey
home are Mrs Carey's mother. Mrs.
Pearl Mohr, Mrs. Fritz Simmons
and Mrs. Nora Willis, all of Water
loo, Iowa. Mrs. Mohr is planning
to visit in her daughters home un-
til New Years. The others are leav-
ing for Oregon Thursday.
Preceding the Eastern Star Soc
ial clubs afternoon of bridge en-
tertainment Tuesday, new officers
were elected, Mrs. j. c. Archias
heading the club. She will be as
sisted by Mrs. w. c. Eaton. vice.
president, Mrs. George Gullett,
secretary and Mrs. A. T. Witter,
treasurer. Mrs. Palmer Barrett,
outgoing president. was surprised
with a handkerchief shower. Mrs.
Gullett and Mrs. Archias were
bridge winners. Hostesses for the
day were Mrs. Witter and Mrs.
George Smith.
of Del Rio Country club sponsored
Last week the Women's Auxiliary
bridge party. Winners were Mrs.
Hollis Wood, Mrs. w. G.. La Berge,
and Mrs. Harry Smith.
After weeks visit in the home
of Mrs. McDaniels, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. J. Cragen and small son Tommy
returned to Los Angeles. Mrs. Cra-
gen is Mrs. McDaniel's daughter.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Cashier Identifies
HOldup as Convict

WHITTIER. Cal Nov. % (UP)
Miss Nethele Campin, 26, cashier
of the Bank of Santa Fe Springs,
today identified Edward M. Snow
80, escaped Missouri convict, as
the man who held UP the bank this
morning and escaped with between
$500 and $1,000.
She identified him from rogues
gallery photograph.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
COURT REJECTS
BLACK CHALLENGE

WASHINGTON, Nov. % (UP)-
The supreme court rejected today
the latest challenge to eligibility of
Associate Justice Hugo l.. Black.
The new petition had asked that
all questions relating to Blacks
right to sit on the high bench be
settled "once and for all'
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Young Women Tie
Up Traffic to Get
Glimpse of Actor

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 90 (UP) -
Hundreds of young women broke
through a police Gordon and tied
up traffic in the center of the city
today in an effort to obtain a view
OF Robert Taylor, American motion
picture star. Taylor arrived from
Paris aboard a special Douglas
kim plane, which he chartered for
"a tour of Scandinavia.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Ellsworth Vines
UndergOes Operation

PASADENA, Cal. Nov. 23 (UP)
Friends of Ellsworth Vines, pro-
fessional tennis champion, today
reported he underwent a minor
back operation to correct a muscle
ailment. Vines expects to resume
his professional career in January
when he starts on a new barn
storming tour.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
BRAWLEY NOTES

Honoring Mrs. Guy Pearson. a
former resident, open house was
enjoyed Friday afternoon in the
nome of Mrs. Meredith Wills. Tea
was poured by Mesdames Pearl
Dickson, w. c. Eaton, H. B. Grif-
fin, Lucy Baughman. Assisting
were Mesdames Harry Jones, H. L.
Dickson. r. l.. Secord, Frank Ford.
With Howard Brown, field Sec
retary of California C.E.'s present
to discuss problems about 100
members attended a rally in Braw-
ley Presbyterian church Thursday
evening.
Visitors in the Lon Cromer home
are Cromer's niece, Miss Thelma
Cromer, of Globe, Ariz, and Miss
Ruby Nalley. Mrs. Cromer's niece,
a resident of Tucson.
At the Thursday afternoon PIT.
A. meeting, Miss Catherine Khury
spoke on her duties as school
nurse. Music numbers were enjoyed
by members of the 5th grade glee
club, Ruth Reid school. Mrs. M
H. Wilson poured tea.
Those interested in arts and
crafts division of Brawley Woman's
Community club are invited to
gather Monday afternoon, 1880 o.
clock at home of Mrs. George r.
King, 267 G Street
C. C. Seval, INLAND, visited friends
in Brawley Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Streva will
enjoy Sunday in Yuma visiting in
Nkhe home of Tom Williams, brother
VA law to Mrs. Streva.
A demonstration on television
will be given Wednesday morning
at 9 O'Clock in the high school
auditorium.
Those from Brawley who attend
ed the White Shrine club banquet
Saturday night in Ell Centro were
Mrs. Mary Smith, junior past wor-
thy high priestess, Mesdames Glea-
son, Edith Cappell, Mabel New
som, H. A. Blume, and Mrs. Brody,
all from Brawley. Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Blume assisted in serving.
Mrs. D. H. Wolford motored to
Riverside Saturday on a business
trip.
Bob Casey, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Casey, attending Woodbury.
college, spent the weekend in the
home of his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis Wood went
to Los Angeles on combined busi-
ness and pleasure trip last week.
Under the auspices of Brawley
Women's community club, DR..
HainSworth MaSCoy conducted her
monthly child clinics Thursday
and Friday.
Siam was the discussion topic
at the Presbyterian ladies mission
ary meeting Thursday in the home
of Mrs. r. Keith. Mrs. Earl We'll
liver was assistant hostess. Mrs.
Vernon Smith had charge of devo-
tionals. Mrs. Roscoe Jones was pro-
gram chairman.
While in Los Angeles recently
Mrs. H, E. Ramsdell attended a
district D.A.R. convention She en-
5oyed luncheon with two former
SBrawley residents, Medames Neil
Coombs and Vernon Harris
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
COUNTRY CLUB
HAS MEETING
SEELEY NOTES

SEELEY NOIES
The Westside Country club met
at the home of Mrs. Vera Green,
Thursday, Nov. 18. A Japanese pro-
gram was sponsored by Mrs. West
moreland and Mrs. Wooliscroft. Five
girls danced and sang. The girls
were Mary Mitamura, two girls
from the Nakamura family and two
from the Kikamota family. Mem
bers present were Mesdames Curtis,
Allender, Cannon, Ferguson, CAL
laher, Higgins, Herrick, Lytle, Wix-
ON and the hostesses Mrs. Havens
and Mrs. Green. Visitors were Mrs.
w. Cobleigh and daughter, Mrs.
Dorothy Anderson, Mrs. Engle and
Mrs. Bowman and little daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Robinson and
Mrs. William Schultz spent Sum-
day at Ramona visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Huff and
young son were Holtville visitors
Sunday.
Rev. Smith accompanied Paul
Felker to Los Angeles Monday and
will return after Thanksgiving.
FINAL DECREE GRANTED
A final decree of divorce was
granted Monday to Maria Rosa
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

Mrs. George King, Mrs. Robert
Mcdowell and Mrs. Lawrence o.
Connell attended the Women's
club convention at Long Beach.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

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Montana labor news., 1937-07-08

yond the pale Of law. But the au-
thor's more significant point is that
in order to lend meaning to the Pact,
force and violence must be outlaWed
in individual lives, in the home and
family, as well as in the community
and the nation. The problems of
farm and factory, business and gov
eminent must be solved never by
violence, but by a willingness to see
them through in the conviction that
they cannot really be solved by vio-
lence. This willingness to listen, to
confer, to talk things through is an
art which individuals and nations
must practice if fighting is to go. In
the home and school this art of con-
ference" needs to be taught so that
the citizens of tomorrow will reach
for a gavel instead Of a gun. There
is a formula for peace that goes deep
into human conduct.
The book tells how through the
ages man has successfully expert
mented with the peaceful settlement
of disputes, and gives practical ways
to develop pacific means in both
personal and political spheres. The
Town Hall of Washington, together
with the Town Meeting of the Air
in New York, is singled out for
praise as illustrating the discussion
method rather than the use of in
tolerance and violence.
The author is director of the Ma
tional Student Forum, an u~nendowed
organization of high school princi-
pals under the honorary chairman
ship Of former Secretary of State
Frank B. Kellogg, one of the authors
of the Pact which bears his name.
The Forum promotes the study of
international relations in high
schools throughout the country, and
the book was written principally for
use in these courses. The book is
rot, however, written down." and
adults will find in it new challenges
to thought and discussion.-N. c.
P. w.
Montana labor news., 1937-07-08
Goldie's Argument Favoring Long
Work Week Is Invalid

Alexander Goldie, Canadian employers
delegate to the international Labor Confer
ence at Geneva, Switzerland, is reported as
opposing the %forty-hour week with the argu-
ment that the workers must choose betWeen
increased income and increased leisure" add
ing:
q do not believe that the Canadian people
as q phoIe want more leisure, but they lOant
more thingS-better homes, more food, more
clothes, more automobiles"
It is regrettable that Mr.. Goldie should
have undertaken to foist on the delegates to
the Geneva conference the fallacious claim
that under machine production shorter hours
mean decreased output and consequently less
Of the good things of life.
The utter shallowness of this outworn
theory was pointedly illustrated by the Exec
utive Council of the American Federation OF
Labor in its report to the 1886 convention OF
the Federation in an authentic account of
hours and output in the shoe industry. In
comparing the output, hours Of labor and
workers employed for the years since 1928,
the Council said:
an the pre-depreSsion peak gear Of 1929,
% I,tlG,UUU PuCfS W oitOSO WCfC PiOUWNSU' ~
1885, 1888, $4,000 pairs aDere produced, an IN
crease of 22,349, 900 pairs. On the other hand,
the number of Jobs IN the industry had
dropped from ZOE, 500 IN 1929 to about 1877
900 in 1885. In other lUords, it took 5000
feuer workers to produce 22,000,O00 more
pairs Of shoes.
"More than that, during this period all
porkerS engaged in the production Of shoes
worked on the acreage S.8 fel0er hours per
lDeek. This curtaiIment IN both hours and
employment resulted IN a 23.2 reduction in
total man-hourS required for production be-
tuueen 1929 and 1885. The productivity Of
each aUorker IN one hour during THIS time a1GS
increased By 80 per cent"
Taking a longer period for comparison, the
Executive Council pointed out that the vol
ume of production of shoes was Is per cent
greater in 1885 than in 1926" adding:
I'm fact, the record production Of last gear
exceeded even the precious aII-time high Of
1929 By 6 per cent. AT the same time,
IN 1885, it took 22.7 per cent less man-hourS
of aUork than in 1926 to produce Is per cent
more shoes. Most marked Of all aOas increase
in the output per man per hour. In the ten
gear period the man-hour productivity IN
creased by SIS per cent"
With these accurate figures regarding the
continuous increase of output per hour by
Montana labor news., 1937-07-08

concepts at all. But" concludes DR..
Radin, "if an analysis of religion is
to mean anything, it must concern
itself with the manner in which it
is embedded in life and not examine
merely the beliefs, rituals, specula-
tons as such. Paraphrasing our Els
kimo philosopher, we must insist
that religion comes from life and is
directed towards life. In itself it is
nothing"
Science and Society is published
quarterly from 80 East Goth Street,
New York City, at 35c a copy. An
nual subscription is n dollar. The
current issue of 176 pages contains,
in addition to the article by DR..
Radin, articles by Louis B. Boudin,
James A. Allen, Oliver Larkin, and
Carl T. Schmidt.
Montana labor news., 1937-07-08

Real
Silk Hosiery Co., which fought the
union for 10 years, went closed shop
even to the point of accepting the
checkoff, in an agreement signed
with the American Federation of
Hosiery Workers. The contract pro-
vides that all Real Silk workers
must become members of the union
and that new employees must be
hired through the union. Other pro-
visions call for union wages, the g.
hour day and 5-day week, arbitration
of disputes and abolition Of fines and
payment by point systems. Shortly
thereafter, negotiations got under
way with the General Hosiery Co.
at Fl. Wayne.
Montana labor news., 1937-07-08

workers in the shoe industry and the certain
ty that this increase is typical of increases in
other industries, employers representatives
at the International Labor Conference and at
other conferences which consider reduction
of the length of the work week should cease
bringing up the palpably inaccurate state
ment that shorter hours inevitably mean less
of the good things of life for distribution
among the people.
Montana labor news., 1937-07-08
Science And SOCIETY
DESCRIBES ECONOMIC
BASIS OF RELIGION

The economic aspects of religion
in primitive societies, which has
been disregarded during the last
twenty-five years, is carefully anal
yzed by Paul Radin, author of
primitive Man AS a Philosopher"
and "Monotheism Among Primitive
Peoples" in a brilliant and discern
ing article, Economic Factors in
Primitive Religion appearing in the
Spring Issue of Science and Society
out today. DR.. Radin criticizes the
psychological approach which has
characterized religious research in
recent years.
No correct understanding of the
change in the content and form of
religion and magic is possible unless
the nter-relationship with economic
forces is fully recognized. declares
DR.. Radin. Religious beliefs and
attitudes" he maintains, were not
created originally by methods of
food production or a mechanism of
exchange, but they did grow up to-
gether with them; and it was the
economic system that made certain
constituents and certain forms rele-
want at one time and others relevant
at another"
The article, well-documented in
all phases, deals with the role Of the
medicine mar in primitive society,
with the significance of magic and
witchcraft in different parts of the
world, particularly among the Yo-
kuts, the Winnebago, and the
Esquimo.
"Most students have discussed re-
ligion as though aboriginal peoples
spent their lives either r~eveling in
a world of concepts or possessing no
Montana labor news., 1937-07-08
BOOK REVIEW
STANDS FOR
PACIFIC MEANS
ARTHUR CHARLES WATKINS

NNaClOnal capital Press, 500
DR.. Watkins once observed that
before anyone begins work for peace,
it is a good idea to find out what
peace is. This book contains an an
swer which will come as a surprise
to many pepole. For peace, the
reader learns, is not just the absence
of wal and fighting among nations.
Peace, DR.. Watkins holds, is a way
of life, an attitude, a philosophy
personal, as well as national and
international.
The national and international ex-
preston of that philosophy is set
forth in the Kellogg Pact, by which
the United States and 81 other ma
tons have pledged never to seek
settlement of their difficulties except
by pacific means.
This pledge represents the worlds
great stroke in putting warfare be-
Montana labor news., 1937-07-08
The Need for Court Reform

President Roosevelt is standing firm in his
demand for reform of the Federal courts, and
particularly Of the Supreme Court. And it
might just as well be mentioned here that
labor is standing with him. The recent lib
eral decisions of the Supreme Court are well
come; but they give no assurance Of continu-
ing liberal rulings. Those decisions it may
be noted, came after President Roosevelt's
proposals had focused public attention on
the reform destroying record of the Supreme
Court. Also, those decisions do no more than
to permit the Federal government of the
United States to exercise powers which every
other civilized government has been eXercis-
ing without question for years. Old age pen
sions, unemployment insurance, minimum
wages-these are things of incalculable i'm
portance; but they are almost ancient history
in several countries. We are glad to get them,
even tardily; but we W no thanks to the
r%eactionary judges who kept us from getting
some of them years ago.
# 4 4
The new wage, hour and child labor bill is
sure to be taken to the Federal courts by
r%eactionary employers. We had national
child labor law more than 20 years ago; it is
10 years since the Supreme Court destroyed
it. Three h%ard-boiled r~eactionaries on the
court are ready to destroy it again; and the
fourth-Van Devanter-hasn't resigned, he
has only retired from active service"
AS the Supreme Court stands today, the
fate of Federal law against child labor
would depend on Justice Roberts. If he keeps
to the liberal lines which he has followed for
the last two months, a child labor law would
be upheld. If he goes back to his own deci-
sions in the AAA and railroad retirement
cases, a child labor law would be destroyed.
Who cares to risk a reform like that on the
whim, or even on the judgment, Of one man?
Certainly not American labor.
= * =
The real criticism of the Presidents court
reforms is that they do not go far enough.
They still leave to every Federal District and
Circuit Court the usurped power to suspend
any Federal law by declaring it %unconstitu-
tional on the plea of any chiseling corpora
ton. That is what was done with the Wagner
Labor Relations Act; and it will be done with
other reforms, until those usurped powers
are abolished.
Labor will never be satisfied until the con-
stitutionality Of any act of Congress can be
questioned only in the Supreme Court, by
the direct suit of a state. The Roosevelt re-
forms fall far short of that; but they are a
first step, and labor should insist that they
be taken.
Montana labor news., 1937-07-08

BOSTON. - (FP) - The Boston
Typographical Unions executive
council has urged the New England
Conference of Typographical Unions
to withdraw its June convention
from S. Poland, Me, to some place
outside Maine in line with the boy
colt of the state where seven shoe
union leaders are serving 6-month
jail sentences for contempt of
court" The Cambridge Union of
University Teachers has pledged not
to buy Main products or patronize
the states ~recreational facilities I'M
til civil rights are restored.
Montana labor news., 1937-07-08

The excise tdx on copper hos provided
no direct revenue because there hos
been no importation Of copper since it's
enactment, but it hos provided substdn-
tidl indirect revenue in the form Of tQxes
Qnd decreased relief.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-29
JUMBO DISCOVERIES
STRIKE NEW VEIN
my Associated Press)

INLAY, New, July 29.-Two
years ago J. C. Stages and Clyde
Taylor discovered the now famous
Jumbo mine which recently was
optioned to Texas syndicate for
$250,000 down and a capital sum
of $10,0O0,0OO. The discoveries
sold their rich strike to George
Austin, Jumbo storekeeper, for
$4,000.
Taking the premature deal they
made philosophieally, the two
prospectors tried their luck on the
Nevada desert again. Now they
announce they have uncovered a
promising 12-inch vein in Benit6
canyon assaying better than 500
gold per ton-a small bonanza if
the values hold up.