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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
News Behind the News
Public PoUer for the Country
IVA Points the Way Committee
Goes to Work ..

WASHINGTON presidents abrupt ter
mination of negotiations toward pooling IVA
power with the electricity of the private power
companies should give you some idea OF the
type of programs which will be recommended by
his new hand-picked National Power Policy
Committee.
If something doesn't happen to throw 1t off
the track this committee and the admnstra-
ton may be expected to work toward the day
when the country will be almost blanketed by
public power projects modelled after the one IN
promise with private power companies except
the Tennessee Valley with little If any COM
such as might be forced by decisions OF the su-
preme COURT
If the power policy committee didn't decide
for Roosevelt that the IVA pool negotiations
should be called off. it was at least in complete
agreement with him when the president ac .ti
citing the persistency with which the industry
had pressed its court suits against IVA.
The committee under craftsmanship of Secre-
tary Harold Ickes will concentrate for the time
being on policy Tor the Dig BohneVhe ptoJec'
in the northwest.
Eventually according to those who know its
members most intimately, there probably VIII
be authorities" handling Tennessee valley
Boulder Dam, Bonneville, Missouri River, st.
Lawrence Ohio Valley, and perhaps other big
federal power developments more or less cover
ing the country.
An Ohio Valley Authority becomes daily a
more fixed idea with Roosevelt and his power
ADVISERS, VINO TtalZe something iIiuoI NC ooIiC
toward flood control in that area and, OF course,
prefer to tie it in with power development
Such program faces a hot fight, not only
with the power companies but also with rail-
roads, which will see a menace in any improved
navigation facilities. The same interests may
be expected to try to beat the proposed ST.
Lawrence navigation-power project when the
president begins to push it this year.
Bonneville will be selling power by October,
it IS now predicted and the NPPC will work out
rates and distribution policies, probably recon-
mending that the Federal Power Commission be
temporarily empowered to fix the rates.
The committees scope is huge, as it also
can make decisions as to what ought to be done
about rates and other equally important prob
lens by IVA and any other future develop
nents
If the administration does push on with the
program for a series of far-fung regional fed
eral power authorities it will only be reverting
to the original big idea Roosevelt had in Gre
ating PWA. That idea primarily was one OF
developing the river valleys.
Lew Douglas, then director Of the budget,
persuaded Roosevelt to let that ride and con-
centrate on NT1A as a recovery weapon. BY the
time the president got his mind back PWA,
there was too much pressure for specific local
projects to be resisted. And money poured out
through CWA and PWA and into schools, sew
ers bridges, and courthouses instead of into
the original grand scheme.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
BORROWED PROPAGANDA
HAS NO PLACE HERE

Somebody seems to be getting Ameri-
ca and Russia mixed up.
1t is husband not America
where they have "frameups' in court,
and where men of the wrong political
beliefs are executed.
That is offered as thought for those
who are shouting ''frameupi" about the
Modesto dynamiting case, in which our
courts sentenced eight men to prison for
RECKLESS and malicious possession of
dynamite"
Certainly no one wants to see innocent
men doing time in San Quentin. But
this "frameup" cry is palpably ground
less. And in the name of justice and
public confidence in our courts and our
democracy, the truth about it should be
spread far and wide.
These "dynamiters" were convicted a
year and half ago. During an oil
tanker strike, they were caught moving
the dynamite, and mass of evidence
indicated their intention was to blow
up hotel housing certain sailors The
following four tribunals have upheld
the guilty verdict:
Superior Court of Stanislaus county,
State Appellate Court, State Supreme
Court, and the nine astute, elderly gen.
lemen of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Just the other day the
Stanislaus County grand jury investi-
gated specific frameup charges against
a witness and the District attorney,
and declared them to be groundless.
Let this reassure any who may have
been misled. For in these unsettled
times when vast unfathomable forces
are abroad and democracy is steering
perilous course between the rocks of the
"isms". above all we need confidence III
our courts and democratic processes OF
law and order.
The cry "frameup!" repeated often
enough and believed, could in time Shake
that confidence They may not care
about such things in Russia, where free
dom is gone anyway. But in America we
do care.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
NAZI .STRAIGHTJACKETS
FOR NAZI YOUTH

Daily we hear relationships rallied
against, and daily we pick up random
ideas of what European hierarchies of
rule by force are like. But only occa-
sionally do those brief, sharply etched
snapshots of regimented living filter
across to us from the other side of the
Atlantic to speak volume on what life
under dictator actually means.
Witness, for example, the German edu-
cational program that Hitler recently
Dragged about If any American can
witness it without breathing fervent
thanks for living in this country, then
he must be one who has never loVed
Mark Twain's youthful immortals, Tom
Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
At the age of nine, German youths are
given. intelligence tests. Five per cent
with the highest ratings go into second
ary schools, where they begin prepara-
tion to become brain workers. The re-
naming % per cent are given another
test at IA years, when few more
achieve the 'brain" status; but the bulk
of them remain forever bound to phySi-
cal labor.
These hand workers must attend
elementary school from ID to 16, then
trade school from 16 to Is. Then they
90 into. work camps, and later term
of military service. After that they
work for three years as apprentices. Inc
hand workers are told to marry at IL
and the brain workers at %.
Thus does Nazi Germany attempt 10
bring up its youth. And mark you, there
is nc choice All private schools have
been wiped out. There is only this one,
compulsory system. And woe unto any
one who dissents.
Now we in America can always find
nlentv to kick about. But, in view OF
the plight of these unfortunate, Europ-
cans. are we SO bad off, after all?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Don't Judge Tennessee by Freak Happenings

The wondering attention of tn
nation again centers upon Tonnes
see. The objects of interests this
time are a raw-boned, 22-year-old
mountain lad and his 9-year-old,
golden haired child bride.
It was only few days ago that
news of this unusual marriage tri-
ckled to the outside world, but ii
already is creating a flood of criti-
cism.
Though the girls parents and
her brawny husband can see moth
ing strange about the romance
theirs being a region in which girls
marry young, ministers and social
workers from afar are castigating
it as a crime against society, and
blaming the state for permitting
such alliances.
Before the whole affair dies down
the nation may receive another
unfortunate impression of the state
of Tennessee. Another--because the
notorious Monkey Trial" also gave
it something of a black eye.
Most people still remember the
circumstances of that affair in July
1925, test case was to be fought
at Dayton, Tenn, over state
measure that, in effect, prohibited
1.-THE teaching of evolution in Ten
nessee schools.
When the ouside world learned
about it, reporters and cameramer
descended upon Dayton, William
Jennings Bryan and Clarence OAR
row were on hand to lend then
respective talents to the opposing
sides of the debate, and the hip
podroming was on.
The whole fisco contributed very
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11

materially to the entertainment OF
nations. but when it was over, Ten
neSsee had lost caste among her
sister states The impression had
been created that Il state which
would shield its young from a very
important branch of science must,
to put it kindly, be behind the
times.
Now, it would be unfair if the
people of other states were to draw
such an estimate of Tennessee sin
ply because she was unfortunate
enough to have two quirks in her
laws magnified by incidents for the
nation to see.
Far from being a "horse-and-
buggy" state, Tennessee is rapidly
becoming one of the most progress
sive in the Union. 1t is, for instance,
the laboratory in which the gov
ernment's iva project is taking
shape, program that is fashion,
ing a future American design for
living. Tennesseans are co-operat-
ing heartily in the great plan.
AS other evidence that the state
is at least keeping abreast of the
times are the new highways that
unite its formerly isolated popula-
ton; its busting, enterprising cities
of Memphis, Nashville, Chattanoo-
ga, and Knoxville; and its lure fopu
new industries
And though Tennessee has failed
to set in its code minimum age
for brides, school attendance is
compulsory throughout the state,
and employment of children under
16 in workshops, factories, or mines,
is illegal
Truly it would seem as absurd
to judge Tennessee by such scatter
ed incidents as the child marriage
and Monkey Trial as it would be
to assume that hexing is rampant
in Pennsylvania, or that the aver
age Kentuckian goes to the polls
both to cast his ballot and riddle a
few political adversaries.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
For Bronchitis
Coughs Colds
Acts Like a FLASH

It's different-its faster in action
its compounded On superior med
ical fact findings new in this
country.
BUCKLEY'S MIXTURE Cripple
acting) is the name of this amazing
cough and cold prescription that is
so pure and free from harmful
drugs that a child can take it
and stop coughing.
One little sip and the ordinary
cough is eased-a few doses and
that tough old hang-on cough is
seldom heard again - it's really
wonderful to watch how speedily
hard, lingering colds are put out of
business. BUCKLEY'S MIXTURE
is now on sale at all good stores
guaranteed. At CLEMENTS DRUG
STORE.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
Other Editors Saw
1T MAY BE LEGITIMATE, BUT :.
Needles Nuggettl

House 10 house peddling may be legitimate
business. But We have our doubts. Too many
strange situations have been brought to our
attention to make US feel friendly TO this type
of selling.
strange figure calls at your home with
samples Of alleged oriental rugs under his
arm He speaks with a peculiar accent. He
asks for just a moment to show what he has.
With an air of mystery he implies that there
are reasons why these remarkable values can
be offered. He makes some careful obserya-
lions while he displays his wares. He may be
merely an advance agent for band Of thieves.
young man calls who announces that he
is working his way through college. He wants
only small deposit in advance, the merchan-
disc he offers will be shipped direct from the
factory Frequently that shipment never ar
rives.
Another demonstrates the usual utility OF
some cooking utensils. The order is delivered,
but when you make a comparison with the
values your local merchant offers you find that
YOU have paid well for everything you got.
He may be followed by the man who in
forms you that his firm sells SO cheap because
it spends nothing for advertising. This is prob
ably one Of the most absurd Of all arguments
that have survived the years, for compare the
peddlers commissions of 40 and 80 per cent
with the advertising appropriations OF TWO ana
three per cent, and one can answer tlat the
cheap price is due only TO the poor quality.
The house to house selling scheme persists
because people do not like to admit when they
have been stung. They usually forget their loss
es protect their pride and leave the field open
to racketeers
If you refuse all dealings with these bell
ringers, you are playing safe.
The threatening letter received by the film
tap dancer proved to have been from a=-Wouio-
be-extortionlst, not from the people downstairs.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test


/. What was the highest stage
recorded in the Ohio river flood, and
where did it occur?
2. Who is United States amba
sador to Great Britain?
3. Name the first widow of a
U. S. president to receive a pension.
Hints on Etiquette
Fish bones, fruit seeds, pits, ETC..
are removed from the mouth one
at time, between the thumb and
forefinger. 1t is bad manners to
use ones fork or napkin in the
process.
Words of Wisdom
We can advance and develop
democracy but little faster than we
can advance and develop the aver
age level of wisdom and knowledge
within the democracy. - Samuel
Gompers.
TOday's Horoscope
Persons whose birthday is today
are sometimes inclined to cloak
their Abilities in an air of mystery.
For this reason some of them have
few friends, preferring to play the
game alone.
One Minute Test Answers
l. 1899 feet, reached at Cincil
natl. e
2. Robert w. Bingham, of Louis
vile, KY.
3. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
e Oh S0g says
* FRANK WATANABE
W. BY led HOLDEN
FOR LOVE AND MONEY
BY ED HOLDEN

Many lady are asking for cash divi-
dends because husband love was stolen.
They blaming allbody but ownself, so
balm sets in. | wondering if those hus-
band knowing how valuable he love was?
Also certain variety of divorces seems
similar. Mrs. Jacobs Barrymore was
marry to John for two months. Now she
wish him to pay $4,000 a month dues
because it lasted so long. She going to
take his name and do sort of shenanl-
gan dance under it on the stage. |
think use of Barrymore name are plenty.
She have won already.
Love. Honor and Behave are getting
extinct l thinking.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
A WEEK WE'LL WORTH
OBSERVING


You may have seen them paradlhe'
marching sprucely along in their clean
and well-pressed khaki uniforms ana
their bright-colored neckerchiefs If you
have. YOU probably felt that nation
with its future in the hands OF these
lads need have no doubt about its des-
tiny y A.. a+;,,;
W. They are the Boy Scouts, and TINS
IS Boy Scout Week here and throughout
the country. ;, o,,o,.,,a
during the year. none is more worthy
nan This one. 1t is the time when adults
,aLa note of the fine things Scouting
i doing for youth, Installing IN them
Tho ideals of self-reliance and fellow
shin and upright living. 1t is the time
when adults take note-and lend encour-
The Youngsters have been happily eA-
h;h;,;ng their skill in modifying, in flrst
Ia and ire-making and all the Things
" aov is proud to know. If you've noi
done SO already, by all means go around a
- a,e of the Scouting functions, before
~ ~ activities end Saturday night.
'''y For If ever anything deserved boost,
!. : This character-building work OF the
! Scouts-this work that is making
hstter men of the citizens OF tomorrow
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11

Then either" Often mangled by
such able writer's as Edith Wharton,
w. j. Locke and Hugh Walpole and
by less account writer's such as O..
o. Mcintyre. Good authorize give
either a secondary meaning of each
But James Fernald sets it in proper
place thus: Either properly de-
notes one of two, indefinitely, to the
exclusion of the other The use OF
either in the sense of each or both,
though sustained by good authori-
ty, is Objectionable because ambig-
uous. IF the meaning is both, it
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
Get Up Nights Due to
Bladder Irritation

It's not normal. It's natures "Dan-
ger Signar'. Make this Csc test. Use
buchu leaves, juniper oil, and other
drugs, made into little green tablets
called Bukets. Flush out excess acids
and impurities. Excess acids can
cause irritation resulting in getting
sire, burning, backachc, and leg
pains Just say Bukets to your drug
gist. In four days If not pleased
your 25c will be refunded. Glenn
ents Drug Store.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11

%
But the misused word is sophisti-
Gated. A ter mthat slithered into
high regard largely through the or
iginal bright minds of the Algon-
ouin group. There you have abuse
to the 9th degree. How the Donald
Ogden Stewards, George S. Kauf-
mans and Dorothy Parks would
vince if you called them impure
by admixture, not genuine; vitiat-
ed; corrupt" And that is exactly
what they are if they fit the term
sophisticated. Although the accept
ed definition is that of pompous
worldlings who think they are blase.
And how their flatus would debate
if you told them their attempts to
be sophisticated were merely-the
dictionary again-"To render OBJ
scure, to delude to mislcad, to reas-
on fallaciously."
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
TEN YEARS AGO
Feb. IL, 1927

A skeleton, believed TO be that
of an Indian buried between 25 and
30 years ago, was unearthed by
workmen at Holtville this morning.
A Hudson touring car, driver I'M
known, was wrecked at Curphy's
Curve Sunday morning when the
machine failed to negotiate the
turn.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE new
one-story building-moStly skele-
ton framework for enormous VIM
dow displays-continues to dwarf
the conventional Manhattan Alpine
skyline. They are blunt monuments
to increasing taxation and on ac-
count of lower rentals and choice
locations fill rapidly.
Most are structures that can be
shot up into sky scrapers when the
proper time arrives by piling on adj
ditional floors. But many believe
they presage the doom of the cloud
piercers, at least for ten years. One
of the big sources of revenue is the
roof-top sign.
In a number of instances space
for the electrical flare pays the en-
tire expense of the building and
makes the rental income all velvet.
The new idea has invaded the
Times Square area as we'll as the
de luxe shopping stretches on Park
and Madison avenues.
There are rumors of a department
store that will spread itself in a
one-storier project in midtown.
This will do away with elevators
and escalators and have instead a
series of moving aisleways that will
speed the customer. A neat trick If
they do it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11

Names in the news SO often catch
the eye for lingering glance.
Some weeks ago, for instance, the
nuptialS of Erin O'Brien Moore and
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11

would be better to say So" And a
prisoner is not executed. The SEN
tence is executed. So there!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11

And not many destinations excel
that of word beagling. Take the
word exotic, for instance. Now
there's a one. Some movie queen,
born in Boston, Chicago or Walla
Walla-wouldn't it be catchy if ST.
none Simon came from Walla Wal
la?-drapes on her twisty hips a
harem gown, her eyes are languish-
ing, her kiss is devastating. And
the gal is, the prints say, exotic y
She is no more exotic than is Mrs
OJeary's cow. Exotic" the die
tionaries tell us, is brought from
aboard, foreign, strange, something
not native or naturalized." A
sweet word clabbered through
abuse. How many casual readers
would believe it does not mean Ian
gushing, vampiriSh, seductive
beautiful, with all the implications
of gorgeous sin Or sinful poSsibili-
ties and inclinations? Then some
leisurely moment look up lurid il
you believe it is bright and dazz-
ling. Or fulsome if you think "ful-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Feb. IL, 1917

Lieutenant w. E. Robertson, who
figured in the sensational aerial
flight from San Diego to Calexico,
and who was lost on the Sonora
desert, is again stationed at
North Island.
Each postmaster in the valley
is aiding in the recruiting of SOL
diers and sailors for the United
States government
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
tell of Imperial VAL
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Fob II 1919

The Imperial Valley Gas Com
pany is extending it's service mains
on West State street.
The board OF supervisors of I'M
perial county has ordered that the
proper corrections be made in the
tax rolls so that the California De-
velopment Company, whose proper
ty escaped assessment and pay
ment of taxes TO the state, shall
be properly assessed.
Floyd, Bragg, a student of Gen.
trail high school, is to go to Los
Angeles this month to try out as
a player in the Vernon baseball
team. Bragg is one of the valleys
outstanding PLAYERS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

Mark Barron Miss Moore is an
actress with the watt of Killarney
and the sweep of heart strings in
her hyphenated name. Barron is a
news agency executive and has a
daisy handle for fictionHing. The
sentence is almost self forming.
Mark Barron, the chief, cast his
eye over the noisy news room for a
quick selection for the latest out
break in Syria, ETC."
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-11

The threatening letter received by the INN
tap dancer proved to have been from awouid-
pe-extoytionist. not from the people downstairs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-13
DAVIS STATION

DAVIS STATION, July 49,
Among the visitors in this section
over the Fourth were Mr.. and
Mrs. Crouch and NJ. and Mrs.
Wise Of Batcsburg, S. c., who
visited Mrs. Matte Gunner, their
sister and her daughter, Miss
me2 and Mary Annie, from North
Augusta, S. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Case, of
st. Petersburg, Fla, are visiting
Mrs. Case mother and father, DR..
and Mrs. W. O. Rouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l. Foreman are
here for the summer at their cot
tago
Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. BenDett Of
Oak Hill. Fla. have returned to
the mountains and have been Wis
ting friends in this section.
Miss Annie Laura and Clcvhon
Pacsc of jacksonville, Fla, were
recent guests of Miss Beula and
Ann Dalton.
Mrs. lola Cherry has returned
home after a trip to Jacksonville,
Fla.
Several of the young folks in
the community are enjoying the
vacation by hikes and picnics.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence have
returned home after several days
in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Henry Mitchell had her
mother. Mrs. Fullbright, Of Green
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-13

recognition of those interests
which are Of common concern to
all nations and Il leading of ma
tons to q living and constant
consciousness of those common
or tranScendcnt Interests"
eve have reached the point
where many people have recog-
niZcd the fact that war is. con-
Germ of the warning states, y
Thomas said.
He said that the idea that war
and disorder are really social dis
eases may be "a hcalthful APP
proach to the solution Of some of
the worlds ills"
Dr.. Anna Lane Lingelbach, pro-
fessor of history ut Temple Uni
vcrsity, Philadelphia, warned that
persons who believed in demo-
cracy should become "aggres-
sive," especially the women.
In 4 talk on international re-
lations from q woman'S view
roint," DR.. Lingclbach said that it
was recognized that there was a
definite contest between the dem
ocracics and the relationships.
Democracy, sh6 said, was "the
best environment "fOr wOmen'S
development and therefore wom-
en- should support it.
Gould the totalitarian state
escape the biological necessity of
motherhood. the position of wom-
en- would doubtless become still
less cnviablc." the professor said
in a summary of women's place IN
the world today.