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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-22

Setting Precedent
Doris Baker was married this
week to George Robertson. Last
month another girl who lived at
the same place where Doris stayed
before the marriage also entered
the state of welded bliss. RR cam
not help wondering If the fact
that both girls lived the Ernest
Lovesee home had anything to do
with 1t.
Year After Year
The old buggy Oliver Wendell
Holmes wrote SO much poetry about
had nothing on the Christmas tree
holder loaned to the Safeway store
here by Charles Free, jr. If you
think a Christmas tree holder is
just couple of crossed boards, or
a wire gadget of some kind, you'd
better revise your opinion. This
one was brought to this country
by Frees grandmother rs years
ago, and has operated just about
every year since then without re-
pairs of any kind. It's a beautiful
silvered revolving gadget that keeps
the tree turning, AMI somewhere in
side there is a music box that rings
out merrily with Silent Night
aid other Christmas tunes from
Germany. 1t almost makes you
wish you celebrated Christmas as
they did rs years ago.
o.
Tragedy
On Olive avenue Tuesday after
noon there was limp white form,
life snuffed from it by some care
less motorist. Gathered about the
lifeless body of their dog-friend
we're three little boys. Forgotten
was the Christmas season, forgot
ten the toys that will come. They
knew only, at that moment, that
fate can be a pretty cruel thing.
There was lump in RR's throat
as he passed by.
Dark Conspiracy
There was dirty work afoot at
the Lions club meeting in Ell Gen.
tro Tuesday. Here's what happen
ed, in chronological order.
DR.. o. II. Van Eman appeared
ON a special mission. He an
nounced the discovery of tiny
baby, left an orphan at birth, and
suggested - this being Christmas
and all-that someone in the club
should take the infant and care
for it until a permanent home
should be discovered for it.
The club was receptive. But they
couldn't agree who was to have
the child. Finally someone sug-
gested drawing lots. The slips were
prepared. They were passed around.
Hugo Miller got the different
one.
Hugo declared himself not un-
pleased at the prospect of having
baby in his home.
Then the baby was brought in.
1t was the cutest little pickaninny
you ever saw.
Furthermore, it was quite while
before Hugo learned that the cnild's
! parents. both living, wouldn't give
the little feller up for all the mil
lions there are.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-22
ADMINISTRATION
SET FOR BATTLE
ON BUSINESS AID

WASHINGTON, Dec %. (UP)-Admnistrato lead
cleared away the wreckage of President Roosevets
special session program today to prepare for struggle
control of aidto-busness legislative campaign
starting January The regular session of congress a-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-22
SWING EXPECTS
COURT TO DROP
BAN ON POWER

temporary injunction against the federal gov Cn-
and the Imperial Irrigation District to prevent full
construction of the All American canal system will
dismissed by the District of Columbia supreme court
in January Phil Swing believes. Swing. special represen-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-22
ARMED LAUN CHES PATROL
s. p. BAY IN SECRET MOVE

SAN DIEGO, Cal Dec. %. (UP)--The navy simulated
actual wartime conditions in San Diego bay today during
sudden and secret fleet
A concentration of destroyer units apparently had
been effected For the consecutive night armed
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-22
STORES STAY
OPEN TO 9P.M..
UNTIL DEC. q

To give late shoppers in Inn
perial Valley an opportunity to
shCp long and late. FL Centre
stores will remain open until
9p.m. every evening until Christ
mas.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-22
WestmorIand
Commanded to
Drive Out Vice
Sheriff Ware DEGREES Reform After
Protests by Residents; Says
Move Out Or Else

Westmorland vice establishments, objects of grand
Jury dspeasure early this year. must close and all women
nhabiting must leave the community immediately
Sheriff Robert w. Ware ordered Wednesday.
order he said at the request OF
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-22
ST RIkE ON
CANAL JOB
HITS SNAC
Picket Lines Broken, Union Men Drift
Back to Work; WalkOut Not So
Good Say Officials

YUMA Dec %. (Special)-Picket lines broken
and union aborers and craftsmen filtered back to work
today the r. A. Allen subcontract at the Pilot Knob
wasteway on the All American canal where strike
called Monday morning by Yuma labor leaders.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-22

Attracting much attention as one
CT the most attractive Chris mas
lighting displays in Ell Centres
nCrth- side residential district is
the Fred Nebel-Thau home at
1043 Park avenue. shown as 1t
appeared Tuesday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-22

Butter: Los Angeles 81; But
terfat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch
grade A ~; manufacturing milk
40; route gathered cream 361sc
l.. A. Hay; u. 5. No. I $3.50
S20.5O. No. 2 leafy sis.-1s.5e; No.
2. leafy S16.50-17.
Minneapolis Flax; Dec s2.02ts
Evening star., 1937-10-08
Answer to Yesterdays LETTER-OUT.
Lights Out.

SPOKANE, Wash. (R.-Police, in
vestigating q reported service station
burglary. said everything was fine,
the stations bright lights burning and
. customer being served.
Operator Willis Bell agreed every
thing was fine-for the burglar. The
intruder had broken into the station,
switched on the lights and filled his
own saS tank while police investi-
gated
Evening star., 1937-10-08
Conscience Money.

HARTFORD CITY, Ind. R.-A
woman who said she cheated" 4
penny Weighing machine mailed .
nickel to A. Z. 0oldreich. department
store manager, to relieve her con-
science.
The woman explained In . letter
that she and four others had weighed
AL for . penny" on the scales. She
said she had been converted recently
and realised hsr "Wrong."
Evening star., 1937-10-08
SMOKING is COSTLY

LONDON R.-Smoking Is An ex-
pensive habit here. American Gig
arettes cost 81 cents . package. Most
Americans, IS . result, smoke English
brands but don't save much since most
Of those cost IS cents for 20. And
they don't give matches Away-you
have to buy 'em or carry 4 lighter.
Many persons do the latter-say its
cheaper, although the matches only
cost Z cent 4 pack.
English cirgarettes come In heavy
cardboard packages and usually have
souvenir pictures inside. Popular
brands come not only in packs Of 20
but Of 10 and even 5 cigarettes as we'll.
Evening star., 1937-10-08


Vests ill-advised business double
Of four hearts vas based on several
factors. He felt that he held three
tricks defensively and that he could
reasonably expect his partner to pro-
duce one more. At the time time he
remembered that his partner had
passed originally, and hence could
see little chance Of making four
spades q four-spade contract would
have been set one trick.
After winning the opening spade
lead with the ace. Mr.. Hymes lost
little time in leading the queen Of
hearts through West. He reasoned
that Vests double would surely In
clude the king Of hearts and that
therefore his only chance was to
attempt to drop the king and jack
together. When the heart finesse
proved successful, declarer led . small
diamond from dummy and again made
the correct play Of nnessing the jack
West won with the ace and cashed q
spade trick. But Mr.. Hymes had won
the game and rubber on . hand on
which he was defending.
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Winning Contract
sY THE FOUR ACES,

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leading team Of four. inventors Of the
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Evening star., 1937-10-08
Unintentional.

THERE is no better way Of improv-
ing ones bridge game than by
playing duplicate. After the session
1t Is good policy for a pair Of novices
to compare scores with an expert pair.
discuss the hands and f1nd out Just
where they have made their mistakes
However. the excitement Of close
competitive bidding, when one or
both sides have a partial score, is
found only in rubber bridge. On the
hand here North and South, in de-
Tending against their opponents part
score, suddenly found themselves at
q game contract which they would
never have reached In the ordinary
course Of bidding. and the declarer,
Edward Hymes. jr.. then proceeded
to make his contract.
North dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
East-West so on score.
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Evening star., 1937-10-08
Twizzler Answer.

The sentence Is: Possessed Of fun
loving perseverance and certain
keennAss Of mind are those who
streamline their minds by solving
Brain TWisxlers."
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Bedtime Stories
A Difference of Opinion.

coming of Winter they had begun to
draw on their supplies. 1t was
then that Chatterer would make fun
of Happy Jack, especially after the
coming of snow. Then Happy Jack
would have to dig down through the
snow for each nut. How did he know
lust where to dig? Only he knows.
He knew just where to dig even when
the snow was several inches deep.
But it was a lot of work and Chat
terer, who merely went to one of his
storehouses and took what he wanted,
would jeer at Happy Jack.
There was one year when Chatterer
put practically his whole Winter sup
ply of nuts and other food supplies
in one storehouse. Some one found
the storehouse and stole all those
supplies so that Chatterer had hard
time the rest Of the Winter. 1t was
Happy Jack who jeered then.
That's what you get for putting
all your supplies in one place. 1t
serves you right" jeered Happy Jack
OF course. that wasn't a nice thing to
do. No, sir, it wasn't.
So there was difference OF opinion
and each was in a measure right.
Each clung to his own way of think
ing and nothing the other could say
had any effect whatsoever. Now in
the great ice storm Chatterer was
jubilant. His biggest storehouse was
in a hollow tree and the storm had
not closed the entrance. He could get
all the food he wanted when he
wanted it. Happy Jack, on the other
hand. could get nothing. He couldn't
dig down to his hidden supplies be-
cause the snow was covered with such
thick icy crust that he couldn't
break through anywhere. It was
Chatterer's turn TO jeer, and he made
the most Of it as he watched his big
cousin in gray running about on the
crust this way and that trying to find
place soft enough for him to dig
through. And not one nut would
Chatterer give to Happy Jack.
I fear it would have gone hard.
very hard, with Happy Jack had he
not had Farmer Browns to go to.
When he had made sure that he
could not get any of his own supplies
he left the Green Forest and made
straight for Farmer Browns house.
He was sure that he would find plenty
there. He was not disappointed. He
and Farmer Browns boy were old
friends and the latter had guessed
how it must be with Happy Jack and
put out some good things just for
him.
tCopyright. 1877
Evening star., 1937-01-02
CONGRESS IGNORES.
NEEDS OF POLICE
Browns Plans for improving
Department Baked by
Lack of Funds.

For Mai. Ernest w. Brown. super.
intendent OF police, 1885 was a year
of bitter OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
year of retrogression.
Nearly every plan Mai. Brown made
for improving the department and its
service failed to materialize simply
because Congress failed to provide the
necessary appropriations.
Mai. Brown, for instance, asked for
funds to increase the department per.
sonnel by 141 men. Only Is addi-
tional men we're allowed. He re-
quested money to replace badly worn
uniforms and motor equipment viz
tually worn out in service. He wanted
funds to restore the old second pre-
cinct. and to erect a new building
for police headquarters. These needs
all urgent-remain to be fulfilled
in the new year.
Short on Uniforms.
I'VE are operating on curtailed ap-
preparations in every respect" said
Maj. Brown. I'VE are short on uni.
forms. Our maintenance fund is in.
adequate properly to keep equipment
in repair. The appropriation for
maintenance was based on labor at
81 an hour. On July /. the District
repair shop raised the rates to 81 80
| an hour, and now. l am advised. there
will be another increase to $l.50 an
! hour.
"One of the most crying needs Is
I Of ha al
! cinct which was abolished July 1,
1881, when the second and eighth
precincts were consolidated. We need
another precinct in the area east of
the Anacostia River to relieve the
eleventh precinct which serves this
rapidly growing area. Both No. 2
and No. IL have too great an area to
cover for effective police work.
There also is a serious need for a
new and modern building to replace
the police headquarters building. The
present building is a disgrace. I'm
ashamed to show 1t to visiting police
officials.
More Men Needed.
"And, of course, the department
needs more men. 1t is seriously un-
dermanned. 1t is imperative that
more men be assigned to traffic duty,
but we cannot spare them from regu-
lar patrol duty.
"The department has not grown
with the population increase and the
rise in automobile registration. There
are only Is more men on the force
than there were five years ago. But
the saddest situation is the fact that
despite the increase in traffic we have
"a less motor cycle officers than We
had 10 years ago. There were 81
| then. Now there are So.
Life and property cannot ade-
quately be protected under such con-
ditions. Give us the funds we need
and we will give Washington the best
Police Department in the country"
Evening star., 1937-01-02
GALAXY OF STARS
TO HAIL STATIONS
TWo.Hour Program to CeIe.
brate Addition of 2
to c. B. S.

"ORTY OF Columbia Broadcast
~ ing systems outstanding stars
will take part in gala two
= hour broadcast tonight to
welcome Stations KNX in Hollywood
and KSFO in San Francisco as links
in the network. WJSV will carry the
entire program, starting at 10:30 pm.
Maj. Edward Bowes will act as
master of ceremonies for the first
hour Of the broadcast, which will
originate in New York. California
will acknowledge the salute in the
second hour. That portion will origi-
nate in the Music Box Theater in
Hollywood. Twenty-three stars of the
screen and radio will participate.
A partial list Of the galaxy Of stars
scheduled to contribute to the broad
cast includes Phil Baker, Rubinoff.
Pick and Pat, George Burns and
Oracle Allen. East and Dumke. Eddie
Cantor, AL Jolson. Joe Penner. Jack
Oakie. Gertrude Niesen. Dick Powell
and Frances Langford.
Orchestras booked for the program
include those directed by Josef Pas
ternack, Victor Young, George Stoll,
Jimmy Grier, Jacques Renard and
Raymond Paige.
THE new Chateau program with
Joe Cook as master of ceremonies
will make its debut on WRC at $50.
The orchestra for the initial broad
bast will be made up of Rudy Vallee,
Guy Lombardo, Paul Whiteman. Fred
Waring. Vincent Lopez, Ferde Grofe,
Ozzie Nelson, Eddie Duchin, B. A.
Rolfe, Harry SoSnick and Benny
Goodman.
tap dencers. and Admiral Richard
Hobson, retired, who bottled up the
Spanish fleet in Santiago Harbor
during the Spanish-American War,
also will be featured.
NEW members Of the Senate will
be introduced in a special pro-
gram on WJSV at $50. Those invited
to take part are Senator's johnson of
Colorado. Hughes of Delaware, An
drews and Pepper of Florida. Gillette
of Iowa, Herring of Iowa, Ellender of
louisiana, Brown OF Michigan, Smath-
ers of New Jersey. Lee of Oklahoma.
Green of Rhode Island. Schwartz of
Wyoming. Lodge of Massachusetts,,
Bridges of New Hampshire and Lun-
deem of Minnesota.
John MCCORMACK. celebrated
Irish tenor. will act as master of
ceremonies for the Saturday Night
Party on WRC at 8. In addition, he
will sing some Of the songs identified
with him throughout his long career.
7 OTTIE LEHMAN. Metropolitan
Opera soprano, will make a guest
appearance on the Speed Show on
WJSV at 9. She will be accompanied
by Vincent Lopez and his orchestra.
THE entire concert Of the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, under the
direction of DR.. Frederick Stock, will
be broadcast by VOL at 9:15. The
program includes The Bartered
Bride. by Smetana. and Brahms
Hungarian Dances"
THE COLUMBIA WORKSHOP
presentation on WJSV at 8 viii be
public Domain" a satirical comedy.
Irving Refs will direct the production.
r OBERT M. BUCK, president of
the Washington Newspaper Guild.
will speak during the Labor News
Review program on WJSv at $50. He
will review some of the principal aims
and objects Of the guild.
Evening star., 1937-01-02

ganization, but one that has entered
the lists permanently upon the side
of progressivism. enlightened thinking
and justice"
One other in a host Of labor de-
velopments In 1886 is perhaps worthy
of closing mention.
Authorized late in the last session
Of Congress, special Senate COM
mittee last Summer began an exhaus-
tive investigation into espionage and
coercion in labor relations. The ex-
tent Of these practices, as revealed in
early committee hearings, was
astounding. Further probing is con-
templated with real pressure looming
in favor Of legislative remedy.
If such remedy is found, labor and
industry should move from the half
world of suspicion and distrust which
exists so commonly today into levels
Of greater equity and understanding
for each. 4
Evening star., 1937-01-02
SHELL KILLS BOY

WATERFOWL. N. Y, January 2
@.-George Washburn. 9, of Phila-
delphia. N. Y, was fatally injured
yesterday by shrapnel from defective
37-mm. shell, which exploded when
he hurled it against pole 6 feet from
where he was standing.
The boys father, Leslie Washburn.
a railroad employe, said he picked
up the shell at the Pine Camp Army
Training Grounds last Summer and
brought 1t home.
Two younger brothers playing nearby
narrowly escaped injury from the fiy-
ing shrapnel which pierced Georges
abdomen.
Evening star., 1937-01-02

~HATTERER the. Red Squirrel
4 doesn't like his cousin, Happy
Jack the Gray Squirrel. Hap
~ py Jack doesn't like Chatterer.
They do not get along well together
at all. They are almost sure to quar-
rel when they meet. 1t is too bad.
Somehow quarreling always seems
worse when it is between relatives.
Chatterer is the most quarrelsome
of the two. He appears to delight in
quarrel. Especially does he delight
in quarreling with Happy Jack and,
although he is very much smaller than
his cousin, he torments the latter
until often the latter gives up in dis
gust and runs away.
All through the Fall both are very
busy harvesting nuts and acorns to
keep them through the Winter. Both
are thrifty. Thrift is family trait.
In this the two cousins are alike. But
they do not agree as to how those
Evening star., 1937-01-02

nuts and acorns should be stored for
Winter. On this there is wide diff
ference of opinion. It IS always a
subject for argument, and an argu-
ment usually ends in quarrel.
Chatterer stores supplies in hol-
low log or stump or hollow in a
tree. Often he has several such store
houses. Happy Jack the Gray Squir-
rel doesn't believe in putting all his
supplies in one place, or even in two
or three places. So he digs separate
little hole in the soft earth for each
nut or acorn and buries it just be-
meath the surface, or hides it under
fallen leaves. So Happy Jacks Winter
supplies are scattered about over a
considerable area.
If you put a lot Of supplies in
one place something may happen to
that place and then you will lose
ALL" says Happy Jack. Nothing like
that can happen to my supplies"
And If you scatter them around
you can't possibly remember where all
Of them are" retorts Chatterer.
In the Fall at harvest time each had
followed his usual method. With the
Evening star., 1937-01-02
ELECTRIC CONSUMERS
GET 100000 CUT
Industry, Charity and Families
Benefit From Reduction in
New York City.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January New
York City electricity consumers will
benefit by a total rate reduction of
nearly 100000 annually as a result
of further revisions of rates an.
nounced yesterday by the Public
Service Commission.
Electric companies Of the Console
dated Edison System filed revised
rates for commercial, manufacturing,
wholesale and charitable purposes
which will save consumers about S4,.
100000 annually beginning Febru-
ary /.
Reductions Of rates for residential
and religious purposes, effective yes
terday, already had provided a saw
ing Of about $2,100. 900 annually, bene-
fling all customers of those classes,
numbering about 1,735,000. Their
minimum monthly bills are reduced
from 81 to 30 cents for an equal
amount Of electric energy.
Evening star., 1937-01-02

Evening Programs.
1880 p.m.-WRC. Question Bee.
500 p.m.-WRC, Saturday Night
Party; WMAL. Ed.
Wynn.
900 p.m.-WRC, Snow Village
Sketches; WMAL, Ma
tional Barn Dance;
WJSv, Speed Show.
9:15 p.m.-WOL, Chicago Sym
phony Orchestra.
$3.50 p.m.-WRC, The Chateau.
1000 p.m.-WJSV, Your Hit
Parade.
1880 p.m.-WRC. Irwin S. Cobb;
WJSV, Salute to Sta
tions KNX and KFSO.
Short-Wave Programs.
$50 p.m.-GENEVA. League of
Nations News. HBL.
31.2 m. 9.65 meg.
$50 p.m.-LONDON, "The -Four
Winds" GSD, 25.5 m,
11.72 meg.
$3.50 p.m.-CARACAS. Dance
Music, YV2RC. SIT
m, So meg.
$40 p.m.-LONDON, Wolfe So
ciety Dinner. GSD.
25.5 m, 11.75 meg.
1880 p.m.-MONTREAL, Cameo
Theater, CRCX, 49.2
m, 500 meg.
1900 midnight-TOKIO, Over
seas Program, JVH,
20.5 m, 14.6 meg.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Sometimes when two folk disagree
It happens both correct may be.
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
EATS ELECTRIC BULBS

Wife Protests in Vain-Doctors
Remove Glass Splinters.
CHICAGO, January 2 CP-Physi.
clans extracted splinters of seven
Christmas tree bulbs from Joseph
Vargas mouth and stomach yester.
day.
Police said his wife told them Vargs
came home in festive mood and un.
screwed and ate the bulbs one by ono
when she demonstrated with him,
Evening star., 1937-01-02
STEAMSHIPS.

Luxe service on famous express liners via
the smooth Southern Route
ITALIAN LINE. 624 5th Ave, New York
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Brazil Honors Editor.

William H. Ukers, editor of the Tea
and Coffee Trade Journal of New
York. has been made an offer of the
Order of the Southern Cross by the
Brazilian government for his work
"All About Coffee" and his writings
over the past 80 years, it was an
nounced yesterday by the journals
Washington Office.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Coronation Vogue.

Coronation bangles, with little crown
and heraldic chains. are vogue In
London.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Public Health Nurse Named.

LEONARDTOWN. Nd, January 2
R.-Miss Nellie Hanna OF Bel Air
has been appointed public health nurse
for st. Marys County, succeeding Mrs.
Russell T. Howard Of Waldorf, who
resigned.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-03-15
Issued Injunction Evict SitdOWners
 Chrysler Plant
By The Associated Pressl

By The Associated Pressl
 DETROIT, March IS, - Circuit Judge Allan Campbell granted an injunction calling upon sit- down strikers to evacuate the plants of the Chrysler corpora ton, which have been occupied since last Monday.
 He held even if the Wagner Labor Relations Act was valid, it still doesn't give the defend ants the right to occupy proper ty belonging to others"
 Respect for law and order and for the courts, is menaced. There must be no compromise in this issue," he said. The defendants freely admitted seizing the pro- perty. r-. z