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Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

mum prosperity.
2. Setting of acreage goals in
line with needs of the soil and of
domestic and world markets.
3. Protection against drought
through an ever normal granary,
with reserve supplies stored on the
farm or in elevators.
4. Crop insurance.
5. Retirement of submarginal
land.
g. Price adjustment payments.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
CHINA TROOPS.
FILL NANKING
IN LAST STAND
Rain Delaying Japanese
Advance; Surrender
Suggested

SHANGHAI, Nov. 23.
(UP)-Japanese a d v a n C e
units, crushing all Chinese
opposition, were reported
today to have swept past
Wusih, approximately 100 miles
from Marking.
A japanese army official said
that the Chinese were being push
tCcntinued on Page 2. Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Mob Threatens
To Lynch Man in
Death of Girl

SOCORRO. N. M. Nov. "a dIp'---
w. B. Cassidy. Socorro business
man, was rushed to Los Lunas.
NM. 54 miles north OF here. today
after a mob Of approximately 900
persons threatened to lynch him
in connection with the death of
Rose Garcia, 10. whose mutiIated
body was found in shallow grave
II miles north of here earlier today.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

hold conStitutionality Of an "equit-
able and sound" farm program. His
proposals, he said, could help farm
ers make an orderly retreat to an
acreage in line with the needs of
available markets
Wallace spoke at a meeting of
southwestern wheat producers. His
speech was broadcast nationally.
His program for wheat:
/. Planning to gain that share of
the world wheat market which will
bring wheat farmers their maxi
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

day tied up service IN the st. Louis
area.
The strike was called by John
Mclaughlin. regional organizer for
the Committee for Industrial Or
ganization union, the American
Radio and Telegraphists.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
LaFOllette Named
AS FIR. Successor

MADISON. Wis, Nov. %. UP)-
Sen. Robert M. LaFollette. r., is a
likely successor for President Fran
kiln D. Roosevelt if the latter were
free to pick his successor, DR.. STAN
ley High said today in his new
book, "Roosevelt-And Then What?'
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Arbitration Started
I'm Auto Plant Dispute

PONTIAC, Mich. Nov. %. (UP)-United Automobile
Workers officials and General Motors representatives
meet today to attempt to arbtrate the grievances which
led to sixday sdown strike in the Fisher Body plant
that forced 1A271 workers into ideness
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
PROCESSING TAXES on COTTON
WHEAT PROPOSED BY WALLACE

WICHITA, Kan, Nov. %. (UP)-Secretary of Agri-
culture Henry A. Wallace today proposed re-enactment
of processing taxes cotton and wheat to finance six
point middle-course program of production control
He said he believed that the supreme court would up
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
WAR HORRORS DESCRIBED IN
LETTER TO EL CENTRO FOLK

Fatastic acceptance of death probability, not as
possibility, among American hospital and mis-
sionary workers in China is revealed letter received
this week by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harris of Ell Centre
from their friend Miss Moie Townsend of the Danforth
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
They Can't Stay Away

Ben Herring-remember him?-
halted on the street to say hello
TO an old friend. Coming back
Tor good?" the friend asked.
VI NO. exploded Ben, Il haven't
. been away. I'm just back after
four-year visit outside. And I
didn't have to come back-but I'm
doggoned glad to be back"
Ben, by the way, is new Chrysler-
Plymouth distributor for Imperial
Valley.
Resemblances-
A dead ringer for the Mysterious
Montague, Hollywood golf wizard,
when seen from the back walking
down the street, is Sol Danenberg
If you don't believe it, follow him
down the sidewalk some day.
II Works.
Mrs. Angela McNeece listened to
q radio broadcaster the other eve
ming while he commented on the
queer fact that many persons born
on Friday the Thirteenth have,
unknown to themselves or their
parents, names with 13 letters. Mrs
McNeece began checking up in her
own family - Sharon McNeece.
Sharon was born on Friday. the
Thirteenth. Count the letters your
self. Then there is Mrs. W. c. Reed,
who used to be Sue Hazel Baker.
1t took marriage to get her out
from under the shadow Of 13.
Maybe there's something to this.
Starting Something
RR will lay dollars to doughnuts
that there'll be something in Doc
Zinn's column next time about
Enthusiastically if Doc sees the
picture of the catfish Milton CHM
(not ZinnD gave to Penny Rich
mond Monday. The pix Is some
where in this paper.
\ Prize Alibi-
, d. H. Wolford and his young
son have the best alibi yet in
vented for the lack of quail after
their quail hunting expedition. Out
in the Mulberry district, % miles
from Brawley, they got stuck in
the sand at 1890, and didn't get
out the sand until dark. At least,
that's Darwin's story, and every
body else is stuck with it.
There's A Reason
Did somebody ask why the Ell
Centre police had to have their
pictures taken again this week?
Well, children, you should remem-
ber that, last time the photos of
the coppers were snapped, the
studio burned down that night
and all the evidence with 1t. Won
der if they have insurance this
time?
Final Proof
Two officers, who have head
quarters in Ell Centre were con-
graduating themselves today on
their own honest faces. On a deli
cate mission in BraWley the other
night, the two were parked in a
disreputable old automobile to
which out-of-state license plates
were attached. They waited and
waited, until finally pair of
Brawley policemen spotted them.
The policemen bore down on the
car. They glanced sharply at the
occupants. Finally, Let me see
your faces!" one barked. The two
officers turned their faces to the
light The Brawley policemen am
1 bled on their way without further
ado. The point is, the Brawley men
did not know the Ell Centre men.
Thus. the pride in honest faces.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
&. Q. p. Leaders
Attack Program
Of Legislation
Farm Bill Presented to Senate Held
Confusing and Confounding;
Vandenberg Takes Lead

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UP) = Republican leaders
opened attack the administration special session
today by protesting the confusing and conound
ing" farm bill presented to the senate
Minority Leader Charles l.. McNary, R., Ore. opened
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

Resemblances-
A dead ringer for the Mysterious
Montague, Hollywood golf wizard,
when seen from the back walking
down the street, is Sol Danenberg
If you don't believe it, follow him
down the sidewalk some day.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

Butter: Los Angeles 81; But
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A 46; manufacturing milk
40; route gathered cream 36tze
L. A. Hay; U. s. No. 1 $1,000
S2I.O0. No. leafy S1900-S19.50, No.
2 S1750- $500.
Minneapolis Flax; Dec- S1.91z.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND poses with her
Russian wolf hound, Sergei Dimitri, and wears
white chiffon, pin-tucked nearly all over. Bright
flowers lend touch Of color at the neckline,
and her hat has color in the ribbons that circle it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
Tax Information

Taxpayers don't have all the grief in
connection with taxes. Take it from the
tax administrators of % states who met
in conference recently in Indianapolis
They discussed at length the difficulties
they meet in seeking public favor and
cooperation.
The way to promote better feeling and
produce better tax collections, they finally
agreed, probably was to give the taxpayer
more complete information. Taxes loom
large in the public thought, but as a rule
few individuals know exactly all the taxes
they pay, how the total is divided among
taxing units, or how the money be clear
and Informative. There should be as
little indirect taxation as possible, and
what there is should be talked about
plainly.
Some of this work is up to the public
intself, working through its elected repre-
sentatives. Some of it is up to tax offices
and administrators, where much could
be accomplished by more businesslike
methods and more honest publicity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
Honest Magicians

Magicians have serious purpose in life
these days, in addition to their delightful
profession. The Society of American
Magicians in this country and the Magic
Circle in England are professional Or
CARNATIONS giving much of their atten-
ton to preventing fraud. They expose
tricks which are falsely labeled super
natural. The late Houdini devoted much
of his time to showing that he could do,
by means of sleight of hand and other
tricks, things which were being faxed in
the. occult field.
The British Magic Circle has commit
tee which goes about investigating
haunted" houses, spirit writing, and so
on. The head of the organization says
their work has proved that 80 per cent
of occult claims are fraudulent. AS for
the other 10 per cent, this magician is
cautious. There are" he says, things
which can't be explained" At any rate,
they can't be explained by sleight-of-
hand magic, and so he and his fellow
magicians wisely let them alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
Roads Needed

The automobile people now have only
one worry. Their cars are fine their
market is expanding. They have done
very well this year and expect to do still
better next year. The number of cars in
use, now 100000, might conceivably
be swelled to 100000 within a few
years, with an average life of perhaps
seven years, providing market for
100000 requirements year. The in
dustry can do it's part. The big question
is not manufacturing ability, not even
buying power but road capacity.
Streets and highways have improved,
but not enough. 1t may be recalled how
traffic damned in 1928 and 1929, with
about the same number of cars on the
road that we have now. There are not
enough main trunk highways, and there
are still far too many sharp turns and
bottle-necks. In too many places traffic
is held up needlessly, critics say, by Excess
sive traffic lights, not adapted to the
present lightly moving and easily con-
trolled cars. If road conditions are not
improved, and driving therefore becomes
less pleasant, people will stop buying cars
and the industry will stop growing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
Golf With Gunners

General Chang, recent kidnapper of
China's leader, Chang Kai Shek, played
golf the other day at the Marking Coun-
try Club. He was accompanied around
the course by eight soldiers with sub
machine guns. There was no shooting,
so the bystanders, if any, were left to
guess whether the guards were there to
protect Chang or to keep him from run
ming away. Maybe they were only SOL
diers on leave learning golf.
The really impressive thing about that
game, at this point of vantage, is the
demonstration of Chinese imperturbabil-
ity. Imagine an American golfer, easily
thrown off his game by mental hazards
or unwanted observers, playing 18 holes
serenely with eight such companions.
Still, we don't know how serene Marshal
Chang really was, for the news item didn't
report his score.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
Tragedy Stalks The Land

Grim tragedy is playing to packed
houses in central United States. While
New England basks in the clear, cold
weather to which it is accustomed at this
time of the year - incidentally the first
we've had in long weeks of springlike
atmosphere - less fortunate regions, not
too far distant are ravaged Rising
rivers have wiped out communities at
unbelievable rate. Thousands are home
less. Yet in this dire moment the relief
forces of the nation have responded as
nobly as ever.
System is being installed in place Of
confusion. The work of rescuing and
resuscitating is going on every hour Of
the day and night. We feel that the
height of the disaster has been reached
and that from now on conditions may
reach toward normal. Here Is where
fortunate persons, like most Of us bask-
ing in warm offices and homes. can do
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27

debate to settle all discussions,
will give that some consideration.
Maybe a little verbal brush with Ed
Davis would give me plenty Of men,
tai stimulation.
However, In the same issue Of The
Democrat I waded through three
columns or more of reported
statement from Charles G. Morris.
Mr.. Morris according to past labels
is or was a democrat. He ran three
times for governor Of the state. He
was defeated three times. His writ
ings sound like one of George Co.
hans flag waving dittieS.
Mr.. Brodie's letter appears on the
editorial page. His writing pictured
him as an idealistic young man,
waging crusade for the good cause
the Merit System.
On Page 3 of the same paper I
notice that John M. Brodie has
been elected secretary Of the Young
Republican Club. Now there's a
practical young man. lie is going to
keep chasing his ideal, but when
the democrats 60 down to defeat
and the republicans lead the grand
march into the City Hall or state
capitol, John M. Brodie Is going to
be two-gln applicant. Now there's
the spirit of the times! Either heads
or tails John M. Brodie and the
boys in the Merit System brigade
plan to be In the picture when a
new pork barrel is tapped.
Sincerely, but still Just a
TAXPAYER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27

Labor Shortage - Idle Workers

A puzzling and alarming thing about
the present economic situation IN THIS
country is that, in some industrial CEN
tiers, while there now appears to be an
actual shortage of labor, the WPA ana
local relief lists remain almost as great
as ever. 1t is a serious matter for local
communities, harassed by the depression
relief drain on their budgets, and for the
federal government in it's efforts to cut
down it's operating deficit. People Won
der why such a contradictory situation
should exist.
No doubt there is chiseling Many are
on the WPA and the relief rolls who no
longer belong there. One reason for that
is the false economy which has reduced
appropriations for continuous lnvestlga-
ton of relief cases by competent social
workers. There are WPA workers doubl-
ing up on jobs, or remaining on WPA jobs
when they could get private employment.
There are people still on relief when they
could get Jobs, or when members OF their
families have found private work.
thorough checkup, at whatever cost,
would usually be found profitable.
This is not the whole story, however.
Many skilled workers have lost their sklllS
through idleness and hardship. There is
much need of retraining skilled workers,
or training them for skills required by
new industrial processes. A great deal
of forced idleness, too, comes from the
preference of industry and also of general
business, for younger people.
We shall have to be wiser about this
embargo on age. Carried to extremes, it
\ becomes bitterly unjust to millions of
competent men and women, discarded by
a ruthless economic system through no
fault Of their own. 1t also puts heavy
and needless burden on their families, on
taxpayers ard on the whole body of work.
ing a1d producing people who, directly
OF Indirectly, have to support them in
idleEeSs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
Hank, Hank, The Dogs Do Bark!

But it's not the beggars who are COM
ing to town, it's the reformerS. The pro-
posed reorganization of our state govern
ment having been examined at more
length by this writer becomes more and
more interesting. There are so many
things proposed that 60 contrary to
political expediency that it puts both
major political parties on the defensive.
What would happen if the Bridgeport
socialists had a toe-hofd in either the
Senate or House we don't know.
But at least one office-holder, whose po-
sition would be changed under the new
regime, has bowed his head to the yoke.
That is Senator Joseph H. LaWlor of this
city whose position as Athletic Commits
sioner would be subordinated to that OF
the Commissioner of Public Safety under
the proposed reorganization. Senator
Lawlor is as Willin' as Barkis to 60
through with the plan. But we don't
expect this hearty acquiescence from
other affected executives. Nor can we
expect an electorate to accept meekly the
plan to have the governor name the At
torney-G General, Secretary of State, Comp
troller, and Treasurer.
If our citizens could just look at the
outlined changes as presented by every
newspaper in the state yesterday, things
might not be so bad, but legislators have
a bad habit of tearing such structures to
pieces It's doubtful right now II one
Single bit of reorganization will get
through this 1887 Legislature. 1t may
TOSS the whole thing out or push it aside
and excuse itself on the grounds of too
many other important pieces Of legisla-
ton. We would point out, though, that
il such reorganization is to be attempted
this is the year, as such wholesale changes
require years to bring them about legally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27

our part. The Red Cross appeal for funds
Is the logical means by which we may ex-
tend the helping hand.
The funds donated for its work will do
the most good. Don't be afraid to sacri-
flee some pleasure this week or next just
to donate your bit to the fund. The larger
it is the more work that can be done in
the flood-stricken areas And certainly
there is and will be for long weeks to
come much work to be done. Just put
yourself in the place of the unfortunate
homeless and you won't hesitate to give
generously. Disaster has touched us
lightly here in Waterbury. 1t is, never
theless, very real and always very close
at hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
A Book a Day
Smith Novel Fairly
Drips With Romance

All that saves Lady Eleanor Smith
from being to us what Charles w.
Garvice was to our grandmothers is
her ability to write prose little
more finished and less excessively
civilized than that Of the eminent
Victorian super-romanticiSt.
In Portrait of a Lady" Double
day Doran; $3.50, we have the
story Of Medora Venn, polite ad-
ventures of the last years OF the
second empire. Well and expen-
sively educated by her unscrupuuols
mother, Medora leaves her. tempo
rary home at Biarritz, after the
death of her first lover. to seek a
position in England as governess.
Through the influence Of friends,
she Is employed BRIEFLY by the
Thornton family In Liverpool until
she Is dismissed because Of an es-
capade with one. Of their elder sons.
Julian Ross, popular, second rate
actor, meets and falls in love with
her, and makes her his leading lady.
Unfortunately, this alliance brings
only disaster to- both, for Medora
has no talent whatsoever for the
stage.
After many vicisitudes, culmi-
mating in the suicide Of Julian. she
marries the incredibly wealthy
Marquis Of Cheyn, many years her
senior. She then becomes what we
crassly call "a bird In gilded cage"
until driven to desperation by her
husbands coldness-she elopes woth
; q gypsy lad named Gilderoy. Even
tually, Lord Cheyn seeks her out ana
she returns to him; their reconcile
iation Is complete, and the curtain
falls on happy ending.
This is certainly the most shame
lessly romantic novel of the season.
It Is rescued from the slough OF
complete impossibility, however, by
1.-THE wit and technical skill Of the
author, and by its none too gentle
stabs at the habits Of polite society.
lie. M. T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27

ed upon To stave off war until
the amy and navy can get
prepared.
2. The Air Corps, counted
. upon TO prevent German planes
from crossing the channel.
3. The Navy, counted upon
to protect British shipping
throughout the Seven Seas.
4. The Army, counted upon
only in major emergencies.
In this lineup the Foreign Of
flee plays more important role
than appears on the surface. It's
Job, in all too stark reality, is to
Jockey the other governments Of
Europe against each other. ma
newer, side-step, do anything
to postpone war until Britain can
be prepared.
British Diplomacy
Eden is a capable n1yotiator.
but some Of the maneuvers ne
has put across, rs part Of Bril-
tain's frantic effort at postpone
ment. have not enhanced either
his prestige or that of British
diplomacy.
One deal was the recent pact
with Italy, by which Mussolini
pledged a neutral position in the
Mediterranean. Two days before
the pact was signed, Mussolini
landed 10000 troops in Spain,
obviously in violation Of the pledge
he was about to make. His move
was secret, although the British
Foreign Office knew about 1t.
But Eden signed the pact any,
way. Next day news of the italian
troop-landing leaked to the press,
making British diplomacy look
like a series Of makeshift COM
promises, which only befuddle the
chances Of peace.
copyright, 1887, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
ITALIAN WAR VETS RESENT
DEMOCRAT STORY ON
NEW UNIT

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
Dear Sir:
Our branch of the Italian World
War Veterans, Inc, In its monthly
meeting held at Liberty hall, Sum
day, Jan. "a last, after taking vision
Of an insulting article In the Wa
terbury Democrat Of last Monday,
Jan. ID, front page, column 6, under
the title-New italian Veteran Unit
VIII Be Formed-unan!mousIy re-
solved: That same article is full Of
malicious and false statements, and
for the good name Of our associa-
ton and its officials and members,
We feel 1t to be our duty, to let the
public know the truth about it. and
through the same paper that in
considerably and without trying to
investigate, going out Of the good
traditions Of serious paper. has
printed, same shameful article, at
lacking especially its founder and
best member In the person Of our
past and honorary president, School
Commissioner Louis Bria. Any per-
son that can state that Mr.. Louis
Bria has abused his position either
as president or as a member of our
organization, to mix politics; Is a
convinced liar, knowing that he is
lying, because our organization Is
non-political, its members being
free to belong to any local party, as
long as he has a good moral stand
ing and Is a good citizen, and that
never in our meetings have local
or national politics been spoken Of.
That we feel proud Of the work,
personality and craftsmanship Of
Mr.. Bria. and are thankful and
grateful for the personal sacrifices
that he gladly has done for the
good Of our branch, and that In ap-
probation Of that we consciously,
enthusiastically, unanimously and
spontaneously, made him our hon.
orary president. That any state
ment on the contrary Is maliciously
untrue and easily to be controlled
by the facts.
Italian World War Veterans,
Inc, Waterbury Branch.
FRANK MARUCCI,
President.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
TAXPAYER STILL SEES PORK
BARREL ENTICING MANY
MERIT" MEN

January Is, 1887
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
My delay in answering the recent
communication of John M. Brodie,
president of the Waterbury Chap
ter Of Connecticut Merit System As
ISOLATION, was intentional. 1t was
not due, I can assure you and Mr..
Brodie, to any embarrassment Of
being identified" for Mr.. Brodie
processes to recognize In my writ
ings, a certain type of a willy poll
tician out for "the grab" as he
phrases 1t and warns me that the
Merit System is marching right
down my alley and across my toes.
Boy, that would be an experience!
I have been up In Hartford for a
few days looking over the long line
Of applicants for Jobs in the new
unemployment division" of Com
missioner Joe Tones department.
All candidates are being very close
ly scrutinized as to qualifications.
They tell me that all appointments
will be made on MERIT" They
AaCoAI OH VIC appointments ACHldAl~
ing after the good jobs are filled.
After studying the situation I still
maintain that one little letter sign
ed by j. Francis Smith, chairman
Of the democratic state central COM
mittee, Is worth fourteen degrees
from Yale, Harvard or Rutgers, pro-
viding the letter is not written in
vanishing ink" or beaten to its
destination by telephone message
to disregard contents. The "big
shots" that are in are telling their
friends that politics are barred. The
bars were put up after they step
ped into the picture. So works the
merit system! Phooie.'
Looking over the Democrat the
evening in which Mr.. Brodie's let
ter was published, I enjoyed the
best laugh In years. The young man
Is sure very ardent convert to the
cause. His letters indicate that. I
am amused at the fact that he dis
likes anonymous writers. So do I,
generally speaking, but not when
issues, rather than individuals, are
involved. AS for the proposed radio