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Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
ANOTHER SIGN OF
NATIONAL SANITY

Congress, in its first days, has failed
To reveal the presence of another coun-
terpart of Huey p Long or Marion Zion
check. both of whom are dead: 1t may
be that someone will arise to lead the
lunatic fringe if that fringe still exists:
The Townsend forces are not heard oil
as formerly Father Coughlin has quiet
ed down. The showmen OF politics, whose
politics were much weaker than their
oratory are in the majority this year.
II is we'll.
Periods of economic stress, felt by
many people, always bring forth many
crazy schemes, and each one has many
followers. Times of prosperity are dead
iv for these schemes and the men who
PROFOUND them. The great American
public. by all evidence, is much saner
IN good times AthAn4ffi bad, a fact which
leads undeniably to the conclusion tnat
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
anuary 7, 1912


t. j. Douglas who has been down
from Los Angeles for several days,
has started the work for the excava-
ton for the foundations of his new
business on Main street. This is
the structure that will be the Ell
Centre post office for the next 10
years.
Rose Booher of Imperial will
make final proof on the desert en-
try on tract No SO, township II,
south, range Is, east, before the
clerk of the superior court at FL
Centro tomorrow. The witnesses
are. Grant Booher. Luther Goings,
Henry G. Berry and Clark Booher
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January !, 1917
The members of the school well
fare league will sell home made
candy at the performance of "Intol-
erance' at the LIS theatre tonight.
r. H. MadduX, treasurer of the
Imperial Irrigation district, today
announced that he would again be-
come a candidate for the office.
Mrs. r. l.. Glasby, we'll known club
woman of CaleXico and interested
in women's work throughout the
valley was operated on this morn
ing at Eagle Rock where she has
gone to recuperate.
TEN YEARS AGO
January !, 1926
Prospecting for gold, Miss Nellie
Schick, Ell Centro artist, accompan-
led by a party from Los Angeles, is
leaving today for Chocolate noun
tainS.
Response to the letter writing
campaign, sponsored by the Impe-
rial Irrigation district. is gratifying
to the officials, according to Secre-
tary McIver, though there is still
room for considerable improvement
he stated.
Nearly 10000 letters were address
cd to Imperial Valley residents last
week, urging them TO write con-
gressmen or friends in Washing
ton, asking them to lend aid in be-
half of the Swing johnson bill
Wednesday 10000 follow-up cards
will be mailed urging those who re.
ceivcd letters to write, if they have
not already done so.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

weighted with much gold and sent
a bill which was naturally a bit
high. The patient came in later, all
smiles, tore up his bill and made
out check for an amount in amaz-
ing excess of the charge. Then he
took out a fat cigar and with his
teeth snapped off the end That,
he said, "is what have been want
ing to do for ten years.
Co.
Then what rambling column
this is turning out to be-there is a
mistaken idea busineS men have nc
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT 4
NOTICE OF GUARDIANS SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AT
PRIVATE SALE


No. 71265
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, In and For the
City and County of San Francisco.
In the Matter of the Guardianship
of the Person and Estate of
PHEBE HUNTER,
an incompetent person.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned. c. M.
HUNTER, Guardian of the person
and estate of PHEBE HUNTER, an
incompetent person, will sell at
private sale to the highest bidder,
upon the terms and conditions here
matter mentioned, and subject to
confirmation by the Superior Court
of the State of California, in and
for the City and County of San
Francisco, on or after Wednesday,
the 18th day of January, 1887. all the
right, title and estate of said in-<
competent person in and to thasU
certain lot, piece Or parcel of land, =
situated, lying and being in the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia. and particularly described as
follows, to-wit:
An undivided one-half interest
in and to Tract Ninety-six (96),
Township Thirteen (13) South,
Range Fourteen Q4) East, San
Bernardino Base and Meridian.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
SALE:
United States; ten per cent 00Ps)
of the purchase price to be paid at
the time of sale; balance on con-
firmation of sale.
All bids or offers must be in
writing and may be left at the
office of r. L. Hustled, 2595 Mis-
sion St. San Francisco California,
Attorney for said Guardian, or may
be left with said Guardian, at the
address of his said Attorney. at 1895
Mission St, San Francisco, Cali
fornia. or may be filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of the State of California in and for
the City and County of San Fran
cisco, which is the place to which
return of said sale must be made att
any time after the first publica
ton of. this notice and before thc<
making of said sale.
Dated: December %, 1896
C. M. HUNTER,
Guardian of the person and estate
of Pheber Hunter, an incompetent
person.
r. L. Hustled.
Attorney for said Guardian, 1896
Mission St. San Francisco, Calf.
D28-J10 Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Let's Turn Deaf Ear to Advice from Abroad

Among the New Years resolutions
which Americans might profltably
make is the resolve to be busy with
something else whenever a distin-
guished European comes to these
shores to enlarge upon Americas
duty to world civilization.
The parade will be beginning al
most any time now. Famous auth
orS, retired statesmen, and high
powered economists will be arriving
in New York, coming up the bay
amid a cloud of fine phrases about
the critical situation in Europe and
the things America ought to do
about it.
For our Congress is about to pass
a new neutrality law. No one
knows what sort of law it will pass,
but Congress has to do something,
because the existing one is about to
expire. And our late allies in the
fight to make the world safe for
democracy have a deep and abiding
interest in the new law.
x
We can do one of two things with
this new law. We can make our
neutrality foolproof, as far as any
law can do that in an uncertain
world, or we can fix things so that
we can give moral and material aid
to one of the two sides in the next
European fracas.
We can't possibly do both, and
we might as we'll make up our
minds right now which of the two
courses we prefer. And it is in this
connection that we could very well
decide to turn a deaf ear to the
advice of distinguished visitors.
These visitors will do their job
skillfully They will begin by tell
ing up what a great nation we are,
and how the eyes of the world are
fixed on Washington Europe. they
will insist, is headed for disaster un-
less the United States does it's part
in a wise and statesmanlike mani
ner.
That. in turn, will be followed by
an argument something like this !:
Europe'S only hope of peace lies in
the League of Nations, the one
force that has a chance to restrain
war-like and aggressive countries.
But the league is hamstrung I'M
less it gets the support of America.
If America could just help the
league apply boycotts and sanctions,
for example. and throw its influ-
ence against aggressorS denounced
by the league. a new light would
dawn.
This will be put very persuasively.
When Congress tackles the new neu-
trality law, some of us will feel that
the emhargoes contemplated in the
law ought to be made discretionary
with the president That is, in
stead of cutting off all financial
and material aid to both parties in
a European war. we should let the
president cut off such aid from one
side only. In that way we could
make our influence felt for peace.
Now the only trouble with such a
course is that it wouldn't lead
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre
By Williams

talents. Such as actors and often
necktie salesman. Not long ago l
was in an office of hard-fiSted
executive. A hell-for- Leather sort
like Herb Swope. The days Wor-
ries were over and for no reason he
began some representations. One of
a floor walker and then of himself
as child singing about Jack Frost.
Something about who is it that
paints the leaves all red? Jack
Frost. Jack Frost, etc." 1t was a
howl.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
Editorials and Comment
THURSDAY, JANUARY T. 1897
' I'm S0 says
a, FRANK WATANABE
TNyS BY ED HOLDEN
GOLF
20 HOLDEN

January are a good calendar for Golf
on the West. 1000 golfist will knock
balls for 5000 dollars this week in Calf.
And that reminder me about one golf
tale. A oldish looking gent was having
golf ailments. He did not knowing what
kind of a hook to hang his slices on. SO
he went to a Golf Professor to finding
out. "Your left thumb are hanging over
too far, and you must unbuckie your
knee that's what's trouble!" Say the Golf
Pro You don't believe it," say the old
man. Then he took off his whiskers
and it were BOBBY JONES! 50 the
Golf Professor advance backward feel
ing discourage.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

NEW YORK. Jan. IL often
wonder why people, especially those
rooted to America, do not read
more of Ed Howe In particular his
The Story of Country Town" I
notice it has been republished in
London, elegantly by some old es-
tablished firm and the British are
making it a best seller.
Howe could not at first get any
one interested in the book and at
last set it up in his own print shop.
In time, however, Howells and
Twain read and praised it. The au-
thor is an octogenarian now, al
most blind and one of the writer's to
amass a snug fortune in a small
town newspaper ~ =.
His Globe Sights" column in his
Atchison paper was one Of the most
widely quoted in America. A COL
umn Of homely philosophy that
earned him the sobriquet of Sage
of Potato Hill That was his resi-
dence when he broke from his wife
and took to living in a separate
| house on the same estate
He told me a story in Miami one
year somewhat typical of his plight.
A farmer quarreled with his wife
and one black winter night was sent
for kindling. He did not come back
for years and she lived on there
On another stormy night years later
he tumbled an armload of wood in
the box with: Here's your kindling."
90
I talked to despairing fellow to-
day whose soul seems to have died
within him. He has lived to ex-
perience the futility of his most
cherished ambitions. I frequently
in such eXigencies think of my home
town and how many worthy, talent
ed people. tied by circumstance, who
have never been able to do the
things of which they we're capable
and longed to do. Many fine act
or. musician. dancer and author is
literally buried alive in your town
and mine.
Every one now and then has a
quick flash of foreboding I recall
my wife having a sudden, eldritch
stab of pity while wrapping a doll
one Chrismtas for a neighbor child.
The child died in a horrible catas-
trophe before the doll was received.
Not long ago i watched workers
dropping those long scaffold ropes
over the edge of a building near
Times Square with an unusual
shudder. I idled many moments
contemplating hazards. And in the
evening editions I read that one
toppled to death. Kipling, walking
country road, felt an urge to cut
across a field path never taken
before. Directly he came upon a
relative who had been hunting and
had been desperately wounded by
accidental discharge Of a gun. Kip
ling's short cut saved a life. Such
hapstances are flicked with what
we like TO think is the supernatural
but realists call coincidence.
Co.
My dentist, Guy Campbell was
telling that among patients was q
wealthy man, who came for SCI
Of teeth. He had had many from
here and there but none had proved
satisfactory, After pouring out hi'
complaints, the denist set about II
test his skill. He did the job
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

toward neutrality; it would lead di-
rectly away from it. 1t would put
us into every European quarrel,
right up to our necks, the moment
the president decided to exercise his
discretionary powers.
An ironclad embargo law applica-
BILE to both Sides-that is what we
need if We really want neutrality.
1t might pain and shock our Euro
pean advisers, but it's the best bet
if we hope to keep out of war
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

l. What gas has the greatest lift
ing power?
2. What is the name given to a
tWo-chambered legislative system?
3. Why is Akron, O., so named?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
Hints on Etiquette

Persons should only seek letters
of introduction from their intimate
friends. 1t is unethical to intro
duce by letter a person of whom
the writer knows but little.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
Other Editors Say
LAW-AND- ORDER PUBLICITY
Riverside Daily Press

Some minor bureaucrats at Washington have
been quoted lately complaining that J. Edgar
Hoover of the Department of. Justice, top foe
of racketeers and kidnapers, is getting too mucn
publicity" Raymond MoEey comments IN To-Day:
Their campaign has been timed 70 reach
a crescendo during the Presidents absence. SO
much headway has it made that should hate
and spoils would not drive from office the
greatest police officer this country ever had.
1t would be a pity and an injustice If any
such thing were permitted. To be sure, most
men in public life, and even in private life, have
a yearning for fame. and perhaps Mr. Hoover Is
not above that weakness. But it is better for
someone like this G-man head TO get the pub
licty than for the thieves and murderers to get
it, as they did before Hoover and his scientific
sleuths started after them.
--O
Atlanta men charged with crapshooting
freed because tot slept through the dice
clicking For a reward the lady should get that
pair OF shoes.
The actor who said he loved nothing more
than an evening at home with his pipe probably
has the right idea smoking improves ham.
An Ocala Fla. farmer who has been talking
for a week is growing weaker A later dispatch
may reveal whether he sold tffe farm
-O---
Santa Claus may be able 10 distribute more
toys, he was able to get about his work this
year without tripping over explorers.
these times are good
A~FHe United States is regaining it ma
, -tiOnai sahstg~<~4--=--=----~-s.=
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

these times are good
A~Ffie United States is regaining il ma
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
Words of Wisdom

Some people are so fond of ILL
luck they run half the way to meet
it.-Douglas Jerrold.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
LOOKING
BACKWARD

What The Press Files
tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
Thought for the Day

Thus saith the Lord; cursed be the that trsteth
in man, and maketh flesh his arm and whose heart
departeth from the Lord-Jeremiah 17:5.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

Santa Claus may be able TO distribute more
toys, he was able to get about his work this
wear without tripping explorers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
Today,S HOrOScOpc

Today's Horoscope
If your birthday is today you are
apt to be stubborn and retaliative.
With knowledge of what is right
you may not always choose to live
up to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

An Ocaa, Fla. farmer who has been talking
for a week is growing weaker A, later dispatch
may reveal whether he sold tfH farm.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

The actor who said he loved nothing moro
than an evening at home with his pipe probably
has the right idea as smoking improves ham
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

Atlanta men charged with -crapshooting we're
freed because a tot slept through the dice
clicking For reward, the lady should get that
pair Of shoes
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

One-Minute Test Answers
l. Hydrogen.
2. Bicameral.
3. Akron is named from a Greek
work which means summit, or peak.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07

My dentist, Guy Campbell, was
telling that among patients was a
wealthy man. who came for a set
Of teeth. He had had many from
here and there but none had proved
satisfactory. After pouring out his
complaints, the dentist set about to
test his skill He did the job
Evening star., 1937-03-02
z BILLION SECRET
RE|CHDEBT Barred
S. E. c. Reveals Huge Sum
in O. ling $685. 900, 900
Bonds to Pay Interest.

The Securities Commission told
American holders of German Sc
curities today that the Reich gov
ernment had an unrecorded or secret
debt" of about S2,000,000,000.
The commissions unusual action in
disclosing this debt accompanied an
announcement that German regis
tration of a s69,000000 bond issue TO
pay interest on foreign debts became
effective today.
The German government. the COM
mission said. had refused to include
the S2,O00.O 100000 debt in the registra-
ton filed with the commission. 1t
added that the debt was being re-
vealed so that American purchasers
could make an intelligent appraisal
of the new interest bonds.
Stop Order Held Unwarranted.
While the commission felt that it
was important to inform Americans Of
the huge debts existence. it said re-
fusal to register it did not warrant a
stop order being issued against the
bond issue.
The debt which the Reich refused
to reveal, the commission said. in
cluded advance tax certificates, short
term financing for the German en-
ployment creation program, automo-
bile highway construction and rearma-
ment costs.
The Reich took the position, the
commission said. that the unrecorded
obligations were of a temporary ma
ture
The interest bonds will be offered to
satisfy interest claims arising between
July /. 1884. and December 81. 1886.
The original bonds were sold in this
country prior to passage of the john
son act prohibiting the floating of
loans by nations in default on debts
connected with the World War.
A German law prevents payment of
interest in money outside of that ma
(See GERMAN, Page AID
Evening star., 1937-03-02
TRADE UNIT SEES
FOOD 'MONOPOL|ES'
Federal Commission Asks
Power to Bar Mergers.
LARGE Firms Cited.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Trade Commission
asked Congress today for power to
prevent business mergers tending to
lessen competition.
This recommendation was made in
a report on an investigation of the
Nations food industries.
In the study of the handlers, man.
ufacturers and professors of agricul-
tural products" the report said, "the
commission has observed the existence
in various industries of a high of
monopolistic control which, in some
cases, has been derived, in part at
least, by methods contrary to the
letter or spirit of the law
In some cases, no doubt, ineffec-
tive enforcement has been in part
responsible. In other cases the law
itself appears to require amend
nent
History of Corporations.
"The history of various corporations
indicates that their present
dominant position in their respective
industries has been obtained largely
as result of consultations and merg-
ers or acquisitions of the capital stock
or assets of other corporations.
The commission cited General Mills
in the flour milling industry, Armour
81 Co. in meat packing, Continental
Baking Co. and National Biscuit Co.
in the bakery field. National Dairy
Products and the Borden Co. in milk
and several large grocery chain store
systems.
Other recommendations included:
Grain-That all deliveries of grain
on futures contracts be made from
public warehouses under Federal regu-
lation, with uniform storage rates
fixed by Federal agency; that the
Interstate Commerce Commission re-
quire railroads to operate their ele-
vators as public warehouses at fixed
rates; that brokers, commission men,
officers and large stockholders of COM
panies doing brokerage or commits
sion business in futures for customers
be prohibited from speculating in
grain futures.
Warehouse Licensing Study.
Cotton-That study be made of
Federal licensing of warehouses, of
cutting the unit of futures sales from
100 to so bales, and of the feasibility
of determining cotton grades and
staples at the gin.
Cheese-The commission said it Is
considering a further study to de-
ternoire if the Wisconsin, Cheese FIX
change at Plymouth, Wis, is violat-
ing the antitrust laws.
Tobacco-That the fiat Federal tax
on cigarettes be changes to gradu-
ated rate based on the manufacturers
net selling prices, in order to encour-
age competition.
Potatoes-That the Department OF
Justice take action against "monopo-
lies and rackets" in some of the
larger markets, especially New York
and Chicago; that producers escape
some of the excessive charges" for
credit by borrowing from Federally-
sponsored production credit associa-
tions.
Grain Warehousing Situation.
The commission said the grain
warehousing situation IN Chicago,
coupled with a Chicago exchange
rule requiring all futures contracts
be delivered in Chicago, has favored
manipulative squeezes and corners
and often forced an uneconomlc
movement of grain to Chicago in
order to make delivery"
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Canary Of Yankee Doodle Fame
To Appear With Marine Band

Some startling revelations concern
ing Pete, the canary that whistles
Yankee Doodle" came to light to-
day as the accomplished bird tuned
up his voice box in preparation for
an appearance this afternoon with the
Marine Band in radio broadcast.
Pete, it seems. has gone way up
in the field of radio and theater.
A reporter, searching for details of
Pete's broadcast this afternoon, dis
covered that the radio rights to Pete's
warblings have been acquired by the
National Broadcasting Co.; that the
ater rights have been taken up by
Fanchon & Marco, well-known book
ing agents of New York City.
Furthermore, Pete's promoters-E.
M. Jameson, 1887 w street southeast,
and James Moran, who discovered
Pete's talents-are seeking an insur-
ance policy for Pete from Lloyds OF
London.
Moran, who makes recordings for a
local music store, now holds a con-
tract with Jameson for so per cent
of Pete's earnings. Moran expects to
make Pete a national figure.
Pete already is being treated as an
established radio star. This after
noon at 3 O'Clock, when he appears
with the Marine Band at the Marine
Barracks, he will have his own
studio"
And the musicians will be nothing
more than stooges for Guest Artist
Pete.
Whenever Pete shows signs Of sing
ing, the 81 musicians will halt their
Evening star., 1937-03-02
So, 500, 900 for Testing Basin
Included in Macy Supply Bill

shall be filled by persons now among
80 who are employed under N. R. A.
appropriations.
These Is will be continued in their
jobs with a non-competitive exam
ination.
The ship model basin appropriation
was cut from an estimated cost of
SO 3.500.0 900 by providing the use of land
already owned by the Government and
by elimination of proposals for accom-
modations to test aircraft. This model
testing plant, approved by act of May
6. 1896, was intended originally to be
located at Cabin John, Md. The COM
mittee contemplates that the plant
might well be built on the property
partly occupied by the Naval Research
Laboratory at Bellevue, D. c. Such
course would save the provision of
many facilities already available at
the existing station.
The plans and detailed estimates
studied by the committee disclosed
projects which are in duplication of
facilities existing at the laboratory Of
the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics Ut Lansley Field, Va.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
President Submits N.R.A. Study;
Holds 1t Key to u. S. Problems
Controls of Similar Type Should Be
Limited to Fev Important Indus
tries if Tried 4 gain, Surrey Says.

Clerks, and George H. Mead, Dayton,
Ohio, manufacturer.
No recommendation as to specific
legislation were made, but in its con-
clusions the group said:
Both for legal and for economic
reasons. any program similar to that
of N. r. A. needs more definite stand
ards than N. R. A. possessed. and, as
already suggested. the important ques-
ton concerns standards for any future
action of this sort that may be taken"
Then the committee discussed pos
sible standards for hours, wages, fair
practices and antitrust laws in in
dustry.
The long-run normal standard as
to hours should be one representing
the most effective balancing of the
workers time between producing more
goods and enjoying more leisure" the
report said.
This means that, whenever more
goods would be worth more to the
worker than more leisure hours should
(See N. R. A, Page A-2J