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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-16
MASSES

GARREN-First anniversary mass
Of requiem will be celebrated Mon
day morning, at $500 o'clock. at st:
Cecilia's Church, for the repose OF
the soul of the late Timothy J.
Garren, Jr.
STANLEY-First Anniversary Mass
of Requiem will be celebrated
Monday morning, Jan. 18th at
o'clock at the Sacred Heart Church.
for the repOse of the soul OF the
late Martin Stanley.
LYNCH--M0nth's Mind Mass Of Re-
qieum will be celebrated Tuesday
morning, Jan. 10Th at 1880 O'Clock
the repose Of the soul of the late
Mrs. John Lynch. -.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-16

The Theobrcma cacao, Q small
evergreen tree native 70 tropical
America. yields the large nutritious
seed from which chocolate and CO.
Goa are made.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-16
FUNERALS

Funeral services for Henry J.
Hall will be held this afternoon at
1 o'clock at the Anderson funeral
home, 10 Central avenue. Rev. David
p. Gaines oficiating. Burial will be
In Center cemetery, Newington. The
palibearers include: Leslie Dorman,
Percy Dorman, Everett Taylor, Les
lie Blish. Raymond Young and Del
bert Russ.
Funeral services for Mrs. Blenda
Bengston will be held this after
noon ct 4 o'clock at the Anderson
funeral home. 10 Central avenue,
Rev. John N. Lewis officiating. Bur-
ial will be in Pine Grove cemetery.
The pallbearers include: 0ustave
johnson. Albert johnson. Bengt
Mattson. Martin Anderson and Fred
eridck Anderson.
The funeral Of Miss Josephine
Altman win be held Monday morn
Ing ct Sis O'Clock from the Null
vile funeral home, 40 West Main
street, to the Church Of the 6a-
cred Heart, where . solemn high
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GEN. FRANCO IN
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BARRYMORE in
DIVORCE COURT

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Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
TEN YEARS AGO
January Is. 1927

Senator Kline of this district has
introduced bill in the state senate
for the purpose of having the high
way between Calexico and Ell Cen
tro made state road, according
to a letter received by the Calexico
chamber of commerce from Assem-
blyan Myron d. Witter of Brawley.
Yesterday proved to be a banner
day in the Issuing Of license plates
at the special headquarters OF the
motor vehicle department located in
the court house.
More than $l400 In money was
taken in and to date 2700 sets of
plates have been issued
Quick action on the part of Billy
Beam, the country store man" of
Brunk's comedians, probably saved
his life Saturday night shortly after
IL o'clock. when the Ford coupe
he was driving suddenly burst into
flames, east of Pegleg's filling sta
tion on the Yuma-El Centre high
way.
Plans for the Imperial County
BOY Scout finance campaign To
raise the 1927 budget will be dis
cussed following a dinner at which
finance committee members will
meet tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
BRINGING ALL
THE NEWS TO
IMPERIAL
II VALLEY I'd
SETTING A
DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

Disappearance from the records OF
the county board of supervisors of a
letter pertaining to a recent highway
souabble sets dangerous precedent. 1t
is not pleasant matter to discuss. This
paper would much rather not have print
ed news of the happening; but it did
happen it relates directly to public
affairs, and no newspaper can afford to
violate public confidence by suppressing
such news, even though a member of the
county board saw fit to do so.
The letter disappeared from the same
file where are kept letters, petitions and
other documents of vital public interest.
If it could be done away with at the
pleasure of one supervisor, then so could
any other public document. An election
petition, for instance, could disappear
Just as easily. Evidence of criminal
negligence on the part of some county
official also could be spirited away.
The board of supervisors is public
body, sworn to perform its services in
the best interest of the public. If
matter will not stand public scrutiny,
there is always a question about its
savoriness. The best public officials are
those who perform their duties above the
board.
The letter in question might be rela-
lively unimportant, showing only set
back, to the hopes of a certain group.
That is not the point The point is
that, if such a precedent is set, vastly
more important documents might dis
appear in the future. l is bad pre-
cedent to set.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Neutrality is Costly; Will U. S. Pay Price?

When Congress takes off its gloves
and gets down to work on the new
neutrality law, it ought to be pos
sible to find out whether the Amer
lean people are really in earnest
when they say they want to keep
out of the next war. no matter how
much it costs them.
The argument over the kind of
embargo law we shall wheth-
er it shall apply automatically to all
warning nations or may be applied
to one side only, at discretion of
the presidents really secondary,
important as that issue is. The
crux of the matter depends on what
we are going to embargo.
Munitions, of course. The old
law cuts off the shipment of guns,
shells, explosives, and fighting
planes to warning nations: the new
one unquestionably will do the
same. Since very few of us own
munitions company stocks or work
for airplane manufacturers, it is
easy for us to applaud.
But that hardly scratches the
surface.
Suppose a new world war should
break out in Europe tomorrow. Both
sides Immediately would turn to the
United States for supplies. But
what kind of supplies would they
be after?
Munitions? Yes, if they could get
them. But every great power in
Europe has been dcvoting the last
decade to putting its own munitions
plants in order. England, Germany,
France, Italy - all these countries
can make their own guns, shells,
and airplanes, if they have to.
What they can't possibly make for
themselves is the bulk of the great
cannot be fought wheat, beef, oil,
cotton, and the like. Those are the
things they will be really anxious
to buy from the outside; and those
are precisely the things which
America has to sell.
Shall we have the courage to put
an embargo on them?
1t would be expensive; make no
mistake about that. 1t would touch
all of us in that sensitive pocket
book-nerve. A years embargo on
the shipment of such commodities
would cost us stupendous sums.
But there is one thing that would
cost a great deal more. That would
be for us to get into the war our
selves. And Just as oil, wheat cot
ton, and beef helped to get us into
the last war, they could help to
get us into the next one.
In 1917 Germany made des-
perate attempt to starve England
into surrender by cutting off those
supplies. AS result, we had to
fight. The attempt to starve Eng
land failed. but it failed by the
narrowest of margins.
Have we any guarantee at all that
a similar attempt would not be
made in another war? And is there
any chance that we could keep out
of that war if the attempt were
made, with American ships, cargoes,
and seamen being sent to the bot
tom by daily submarine attacks?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
News Behind the News
Friends in the Congressional Direc-
torn But Women Break Precedems
Back to School Days

Observation-Disclosures OF Congress nave
seldom if ever, chosen the Congressional Dltec-
tory as place to refer to their friendships with
persons in high places and certainly not 10 any
drag they may have with the PreSloent.
Women have broken stronger preceoehtS
than that however, and in the biography con-
tributed to the directory by Congresswoman Nan
wood Honeyman new of Oregon, one reaos
that 1T was during her school days in the EN-
pire State that, through mutual friends Sne
became acquainted with Franklin and Eleanor
Roosevelt who were near her own age, and the
friendship has endured through the years.
Members of the 18th Congress reveal great
many surprising things about themselves III
these Notwithstanding their ideas as 10
those things in their lives which others might
care a whoop about, and many proud fond
memories
EX-SENATOR GUY VICTOR HOWARD,
Republican. has a footnote biography showing
him to have been deputy registrar OF motor We
hicles in Hennepin county, MINI, for p years
He served from Nov 4, 1886 to an 8, 1881,
and boasts he was the only Republican elected
to a major office in the state OF Minnesota last
November Howard can say that because no
Democrat or Farmer-Laborite remembered to
run for the tiny term. 70
The Hon James A. MeekS of Illinois, obvi-
ously striking on the chords OF sentimental
memory tells of getting his training in debate
at the lively literary societies OF the Wingard
and other schools" iosa2u
CONGRESSMAN EDOUARD VICTOR MI
CHEL IZAC of California takes special pains to
list the ages of his five children along with
their names-Cabell, 20; Edouard, Pr, II; De
Rosey y: Suzanne, 4; Forrest, 3.
Senator Edwin Carl Johnson of Colorado
boasts that he was elected by the largest vote
ever given to a candidate of any party ne
glecting to mention whether he means just in
Colorado.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
tell of Imperial VAL
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
January Is, 1912

Judge Cole has issued an order
allowing the realty firm of Sargent
ana Seat to change its name to the
Eastside Realty company.
The. Colorado is very low at this
time, carrying but 34O0 second feet
OF water and registering but 1900
gauge height.
Inc heavy machinery for the
new plant of the HoIton Power
company is being gradually placed
in position and begins to make q
good showing. Wilbur H. Judy. a
former employe of the Allis- CHAIN
ers company, which concern is fur
nishing the equipment, is in charge
OF the placing of the machinery.
The Imperial county W.C.T.U. is
in session at Calexico. Mrs. Hester
T. Griffith, state president of the
union, is present and this after
noon delivered an address.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
New York Day bv Day
By O. O. Mcintyre
By Williams

chirgraphy of Kathleen Norris.
Katharine Brush. of the modern
authors. writes a strikingly clear and
steady hand. Faith Baldwin also
swings a meticulous pen. AS do
Louis Bromfield, Somerset Maug-
ham. Fannie Hurst. A tough one
for some editors is hurriedly writ
ten note from Sinclair Lewis.
One of the best ham, -Streaked
stories concerns the talented Alfred
Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in their
first film. Alfred, scorning the cin-
ema. declined to see the picture. So
Miss Fontainne went alone. When
she returned, he withstood her sill
ence long as possible and then asked
about the film. She said: "Oh, AL
fred I was terrible. looked badly.
I acted badly. I read badly. I was
simply awful"
And how was 70" he queried.
You were marvellous. Perfect
pronunciation and Characterization
A little too much makeup on your
lips but you were great. l, though,
was miserable, everything was wrong
With me
"Ah," interrupted Alfred. too
much makeup on my lips, eh?"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
Editorials and Comment
FRIDAY, JANUARY Is, 1887.
q on S1/s,...:. says
TX FRANK WATANABE
SVS eyEp HoCpeN
HOSTESS
BY Ep HOLDEN

It seems be the style to having a
hostess for everything now days. All
planes got them :. boats, hotels, aen-
tist offices and other variety OF beer
gardens 1t are very gleeful to having
a sweetsh girl arrive under your lace
and say: How do please, | are Miss
Cunningly your hostess
This causing very stupified look TO
form on your mustache. Then she say;
1--WE got dandy dinner tonight includ-
ing fish, also hot water bottles, carbon
paper, dog biscuits and dyspepsia tablets.
So before you can say BOO she are dane
ing with you. Then she prance away
and warn you to be happy.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
Editor, The PoSt-Press:

Only this week, the first of 1887, news
paper man came into Ell Centro with the in
tention of building for investment on lot ne
had bought some time ago from me.
He made a careful survey of the city and
likes the busy appearance of the town both
dav and night, and the general air OF activity
and prosperity. ,... ,o,,o.
bult as I had constantly been writing him OF
the very great neec OF modern homes for rent
He decided to do little investigating on MS
own" p -,
The first thing that met his eye was the
ridicuously low sale. price advertised on the
lot of Holt and Sixth He said IN BarStoW
that lot in such splendid location would De
at least sl2OO-then be considered bargain
He went tax inquring He found that cur
rent taxes for his vacant lot on West olive are
s7e77 He then tried to pedd)e his lot to
neighbors near the lot well as to people who
came into the various taxing offices He Oh
fered it for S2O0-finally S150-and couldn't get
a bid except that one woman offered MN 80
down and IS month, total, sl50-he TO pay
current taxes 80 4ssa
Here we are-the hub of agricultural activ-
ity the county seat of the most productive
section of the country, admitted to be on verge
of an unprecedented upward trend-twe don't
want a boom)-in every lipes Isn't 1t about
time we actually got together and did something
about our problem of housing and encouraging
genuine investors TO come toaus.
Perhaps we're too much IN the foleSt 10 see
the trees-in other words We've grown too ac-
customed to things as they are here, not as
they appear TO newcomers from the coast and
elsewhere Surely we're not Snug and self
satisfied enough TO say TO substantial prospec-
tive home builders well, if you don't like
what we've got, go somewhere else. what was
good enough for grandfathers should be
good enough for your grandchildren" Progress
is not made by bellyaching Or ballyhooing.
Shouldn't something really be done about it?
Aren't taxes all out of proportion to values?
CITY valuation of this lot S250.00
(Tax rate, SLIGO per S100)
state and County assessed valuation IS $4,000
Tax rate S575 per 500.
Irrigation assessed valuation $4,000
Tax rate S4.65
Special assessment 33 63
II this lot on West Olive is normally valued
at S400 and surely in that location it is worth
that, has $50 per year taxes, then annual taxes
are 20% of value of the lot, what will taxes
be II and when a residence Is put the prop
erty? And it looks though taxes will go high
ser! Imagine combined tax rate of l0% on such
low valuations
Is this condition conducive to prospective
builders and home owners?
JESSIE CONNER '''
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
: Strolls Thru HOLLYWOOD

Swedish export. will bare the back
of her neck to cameras for the very
first time as Countess Walewska."
Ever since her debut in 1.-The Tor
rent" the long. lank "Garbo Bob"
has been trade mark. For this
picture ir-dressers have piled the
locks in a sort of Parker House
roll on top of her head.
90
He asked for action and got it,
did Sidney SasikoW, 27-year-old
Universal director. Salkow was di-
recting a stampede of passengers
aboard a burning. Ship and had
exhorted more enthusiasm through
several takes. Finally, in excite
ment, he transferred his canvas
chair to spot behind a wild wall
in the panic's path Rush of keyed
up extras bowled him over like a
ten-pin and some 40 heels left prints
on his carcass. -....
90
Eleanor Whitney and Johnny
Downs. offStaee romancers. forgot
the world while doing a dance Sc
uuence for cameras. Downs kicked
his own ankle, leaving a black
bruise. and the pace raised blister
on Whitney's heel. Grinning first
aiders fixed 'ep.
Gretta Meyer. character actress,
has just learned her ster-in-law,
Dolores De Valdez, has been re-
leased from Germany after two
years political Imprisonment by the
Nazis, and is on her way to Holly
wood. Miss De Valdez, sister Of
Carlos de Valdez, actor-huSband of
Miss Meyer, was a war nurse with
the German army and was decor
ated with the Iron Cross. She never
knew the reason for her detention,
Miss Never said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15

other models dresses that her maic
in the old days would have discard
ed. Still another was wed to dish
washer with a ready-made family
of five.
90
That was agreeable snooping for
the Bibliophile in Rockefeller Cen
ter this winter at the Book Fair. A
panorama of Surprises including the
j. P. Morgan loaned Gutenberg
Bible, first editions and original
manuscripts such as those of Tom
Sawyer and Huck Finn, Vanity Fair
and some Kipling poems. If anyone
believes all authors write like Greely,
he would get surprise in viewing
Conan Doyle's mss for the Sherlock
Holmes tale, THE Empty House" 1t
is model of neatness and precision
A masculine version of the clean cut
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
By HENRY SUTHERLAND

TlOblJ1 Woob, Odll. 10. NO'rJ -
Jittering James Dunn has offered
his cherry -fuselaged monoplane for
sale because he thinks Uncle Sans
G-Men put a hex on it.
Three weeks ago department of
justice men here arrested one DOM
onik Periano wanted in a hurry by
New Orleans authorities in connec-
ton with a killing.
Because no commercial plane was
available, Dunn, who is palsie-wal-
sizes with the dee Jays, offered his
own ship and piloted the party
down to Bayou-land in person. En-
route agents assertedly obtained a
confession from Periano, and he
was subsequently sentenced to life
imprisonment.
But Dunn's five-months-o Stin-
son, which had flown sweetly as
you please until it landed in New
Orleans, developed a baking COM
plex, and hasn't functioned proper
ly since.
What with series of UNEXPLAINED
accidents it took Dunn IL days to
fly back to Hollywood. To mention
just a few, a gas-line snapped, a
rocker-arm froze, and a propeller
blade split.
But the payoff came when a new
landing tire blew out in mid
air. That convinced Dunn the ship
Is hoodooed, and he hasn't gone
near it since.
Larry Crosby. brother and man.
ager of Bing, the grooming horse,
solf and prize-fight fancier, is in
hiding from vengeful mob of act
ors and newspaper boys and girls
he touted off the longest shot OF
the year
When the crooner's Khayyam
went to the post in the third canter
at Santa Anita. Larry Crosby ex-
ploded sibilant whispers and spread
cocksure Cant miss-right from
the feed box tip not only over all
the Paramount lot, but over half
the town.
A flock of players, among them
Bob Burns, Martha Raye an 4
Charles Ruggles, fancied a second
Crosby entry, Flight On" named
for the use football song, in tie
two-year-old first heat but Larry
laughed 'em out Of it, because
"that goat hasn't a chance"
When the race was run. Fight On
down the stretch like the Twentieth
Century Limited to win and pay
| $1,000 for a So ticket. An hour
later the good thing, Khayyam,
finished poor seventh, and the
family jewels went down.
They can't blame me- said
Larry. steered my own father
off Fight On
which is true. Harry Crosby
Sr. is also hunting Larry.
@-OO---
! Glamornls 5GIeta lGarbo. mo. II
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January Is. 1917

The regular meeting of the Wom-
ems Ten Thousand club will be in
charge of Mrs. j. R. Stevenson of
Imperial.
w. W. Masten. proprietor of the
Panama Rooms on Main street. has
leased the Princess hotel on Fifth
street. nE
The county jail contains the lar-
gest number of prisoners ever hous-
ed in that institution. The iail
register now contains 81 names. of
which SO are in jail, 10 on the
chain gang and twelve in the city
prison
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
The PEOPLES Voice

The editor dsclaims responsibility for opi-
Mons and statements expressed in this column
and retains the privilege of summarizing COM
munications of more than $50 words. No con-
tributions will be acceptable unless accompa-
MED by the name and address of the writer
which, if desired, will be withheld from publi-
cation.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15

We have not yet thought through
this neutrality problem. There is
infinitely more to it than muni-
tions. Unless we have the courage
to see that the basic commodities
are as explosive as gun cotton, any
neutrality law we get will be sadly
imperfect.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
REICH BANS STAMP EXPORT

BERLIN, U,P)-Postage' stamps are
money and therefore cannot be
exported the German foreign ex-
change control bureau has decided.
Consequently, it is illegal to use
them to evade the foreign exchange
law. whereby the ban on the export
and import of German currency is
enforced
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
tc.s LEGAL NOTICE
IMPERIAL VALLEY MILK PRO

lMT Gfblhb NhblJb MlJh fHO-
DUCERS ASSOCIATION, Inc.
Please take notice that the annual
meeting of the Members of the I'M
perial Valley Milk Producers Asso-
citation will be held at the office of
the Association in the City of Holt
vile, California. on Wednesday.
January 20, 1887, at 10 o'clock a. m.
for the purpose of electing a board1
OF directors and transacting such
other business as may come before
the meeting.
+. s. WILEY,
Secretary, Imperial Valley
MIX Producers Associa-
lIon. Jl2-l9 inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

l. Name the governor of Michi-
gan.
q What is said to be "the mother
of invention?
3. Who was the ancient Greek god
of sleep?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
Hints on Etiquette

When a bridge game follows a
dinner, refreshments are not gener-
ally served afterward, unless the
playing has continued until very
late.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
Words of Wisdom

The very commonplaces Of life are
the components of its eternal mys-
tery.-Goethe.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15

and older women who expert
ence heat flashes. By increasing the appetite
This tonic helps TO upbuild the body Buy of
your druggist. New size, tabs, Soc, liquid 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15
TOday's Horoscope

Persons whose birthday Is TO-DAY
are inclined, TO be of indomitable
nature. They have a tendency to
ride rough-shod over their associ-
atcs in striving to reach their goals.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-15

= The funeral of E. T. McKim. who
dled Sunday at his home northwest
OF Calipatria, was held Tuesday
morning at the Catholic church in
BraWley.