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finally determined the purchase Of
this particular home in the country.
After the actual purchase, OF course,
the fun began. There was all the
excitement OF the remodeling. getting
acquainted with the hired man, learn
Ing to know the neighbors, the first
Winter and the inevitable hold that
ones own piece OF land and ones
own dwelling takes on one. The sub
title Of the book is AN Adventure in
Serenity 1t is Just that, an essay
on the joys and blessings Of owning =
home in the country, written with
humor and in a spirit OF good nature
and thankfulness induced by that
blissful possession. r. r. T.
OLD FUSS AND FEATHERS. BY
Arthur D. Howden Smith. New
York: The Qreystone Press.
WINFIELD SCOTT, one Of the most
notable military figures the Ma.
ton has produced, is the subject Of
= brilliant biography. in which Smith
illuminates some neglected chapters
Of American history
Although Scott held high command
In three Of the country's greatest wars
and in 4 number Of its lesser cam
paigns and Is one Of the few soldiers
in the history OF the world who never
lost 4 battle in which he commanded,
he has been strangely neglected by
historians and bioxraphers.
Scott, as the author makes quite
clear, was . bundle Of contradic-
tions.' The Duke Of Wellington. the
famous Iron Duke who smashed
Napoleon. referred to Scott aS the
greatest living soldier and yet he ex-
hibits many undeniably petty traits
Of character. Though he was several
times the country's military savior,
he was throughout his life the victim
Of puny political sharpshooters, who
CALLED and hAmpered him. This Scott,
who infallibly did the right thing in
campaigns and battles. almost invari-
ably did the wrong thing politically,
and, Is result, was In hot water 4
large part OF the time.
The Scott who took childish delight
in - splendid uniform exposed him.
self unhesitatingly, even at advanced
age, to campaign rigors which taxed
the endurance of the young gentle
men" OF his staff. He had, as Smith
observes, AN absurd vanity and hum
ger for glory" which, in those days,
probably were assets. He also had
many moments OF shining greatness.
Most of sootts officers, the author
says, admired him. while they
laughed At his infirmities Of temperA-
ment; the enlisted men adored him
because he WAS fair in administering
the rigid discipline upon which he
insisted and did his best to zee to 1t
that they were dressed comfortably
and properly fed"
The author is to be thanked for q
genial and engaging study Of one Of
the great Americana. ]. q. 3.
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x compensation rates for 7,oo0, 900

Ak compensation rates for 1000, 900
Clients
Control shipping policies and de-
velopenent through subsidies granted
Or withheld BY the Maritime Com
mission.
Ignore or recognise 4 state Of war
and then grant or deny to belliserents
Access to the worlds chief source of
war mAterials."
The reviewer read the piece with
cos,siderAble interest, hoping to learn
the answer to the question asked in
the title-just when does 4 President
become 4 dictator? Mr.. KAltenborn
does not mention the exact moment,
but happily he feels that We may be
safely past It In this country. He
says:
Congress at last IA champing At
the bit. The leaders on Capitol Hill
are tired Of being bossed. And bossed
Ia the word. For four years white
House emiasaries have told them
The Doss says or the BosB wants.
The court packing proposal, dumped
on the desk Of an astounded Congress
broke the white House SPELL The
lawmakers resumed their constitu-
tional functions. They told the Pres
ident that he cannot have his six new
judges. And having once refused to
do his bidding. they are much more
likely to continue to 20 their own
way"
SENATOR GEORGE H. MOSES alst
~ IL 4 Contributor to the July
Commentator, writing On the subject
OF "Cloak Room Cioeros" According
to the Senator, the best Of Capitol
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The Public Library

thorough and vell-substantated &C.
count Of what they hope ; accom-
plsh, why they hope to accomplish
it and what real need there's for the
1ob to be done."-Daines Darlington.
Explorers.
ROALD AMUNDsEN-My lie as an
Explorer. BY r. E. G. hnundsen.
1927. Gl4Am96m.
Because OF the controversy with
Mobile, designer and captaa of the
Norge, the famous NorwegiA explorer
devotes n good share of his book
to the inner story Of the poar flight,
as 1t was conceived by am and
financed chiefly by Mr.. Ellswrth."
THE LOG OF BOB BARTLETT; the
True Story of 40 Years Of Sea-
faring and Exploration. BY r. A.
Bartlett. 1928 EB2s3S
Capt. Bartlett started q Arctic
voyaging with PeAry, comma ding the
Roosevelt on its voyage to he North
Pole"
SEARCH. BY Lincoln Ellsvo.h. 1892.
E.EL57.
THE modestly written utobioe-
raphy Of . man whose drem from
boyhood was exploration beond the
uttermost rim Of discovery"
PEARY, the Man Who REUSED to
Fail BY Ftshugh 0rea. 1925.
EP3lSs.
I'm this day. when men Il many
nations are forcing their ny into
the Northern ice, it Il soodto have
such . record Of the life one of
Americas greatest explorers-J. M.
Thorington.
PEARY. BY ". H. Hobt. 1897.
EP3l8h.
"Dr. Hobbs possesses the ekntific
knowledge to Judge Peary asa acien-
tist and = geographer and t under
stand his errors, which som critics,
without such knowledge, hSe sup
posed dhcredited Peary."-C.l. Skin
ner.
THE SAGA OF FRIDTJC NAN
SEN. by Jon sorensen 1882.
ENl57s.
"A full and authoritative account
and Interpretation Of the fe and
character" Of the Norwesin ex-
plorer.
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MAGAZINE MAKES DEBUT HERE
American Aviation, Published in Washington, Covers Aircraft
Activities From All Angles-Senator Moses Writes o
"C1oak Room Ciceroe" in the July Commentator.

Hills wit and wisdom Is notexpended
on the floor He writes afietionately
Of the "old L-shaped rooms and the
cloak room orators who erformed
there, and his article Is higdy enter
tairinS. ..
Among the Ciceros, he ays, was
Senator Claude Swanson OF lireinia--
who has now undergone translation.
like Elijah. I can well imeine that
he now illumines councils Il war In
the Navy Department with hose sage
ApotheEms with which he used to
light up the murky atmospf.re Of the
cloak room: When in douh, tell the
truth Stick to the ship until the
water rises above the secod deck. 4"
Mr.. Moses also remembes q Con-
sressman who WAS once dacribed AZ
mute, silent and dumb which"
he says tom Reed added II his shrill
voice, And he Amt saying word"
He closes with = somewha nostalgia
paragraph:
The United States sente, after
all, is made up Of men who rave con-
victions, which they may think they
must stife because of phemeral
manifestations, but which, itthey were
carried out to the extrene, would
make this Government OF nrs what
the fathers wanted it to te-a re-
public Of representative iHtitutions.
II the Ciceros of the cAk room
could move upon the floor inthe same
quality, even If In undress. which they
show in the purlieus Of ther retreat.
the country would be infinitely better
on.'
Not just little better II, mark
! you. Infinitely"
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Royalty.
THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH. BY
Capt. Erik Acland. Philadelphia: !:
John c. Winston CO.
A short and informal biography Of
the little girl who may some day be
empress. The author B he who wrote
THE House of Windsor" and "1onx
Live the King"
HIGH HERITAGE. BY Mary Chaplin
White. New York: &. P. Dut-
ton Co.
Selected reading from the experience
Of life from the Old And New Testa.
ments and the ApocryphA.
Casual Nsvels.
BARBED- WIRE EMPIRE. Dy win
Ermine. New York: Green Circle
Books.
Western stun-the fight between
the railroad and the range owner.
And the like.
AFRAID TO LOVE. BY Marion White,
New York: N. 3. Mil.
Trash about 4 girl who had IN
ohsession because her male parent
had been . murderer. She Is saved
by love, or 20 the author tells u.
Mysteriss.
THE PUZZLE or THE BLUE BAN
DERILLA. BY Stuart Palmer.
New York: Doubleday, Doran
d CO.
A Hildegarde Withers story. With
the action taking place In Mexico.
Lively. A Crime Club selection.
THE BROTHERS sACKvrLLE.. BY
q. q. H. and M. Cole. New York
The Macmillan %.
MurdeS In Birmingham. Better
thAa ttSANo4aGA.
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Brief Reviews of Books

Pictures.
CAMERA AROUND THE WORLD.
Compiled and edited by Heyworth
Campbell New York: Robert M.
Mcbride b Co.
Pictures Of life all over the globe,
including work Of some Of the worlds
outstanding photographers. Worth
having.
Architecture.
THE NEW ARCHITECTURE IN
MEXICO. Modern architecture,
painting and sculpture in Mexico
collected and arranged with photo
graphs by Esther Born for the
Architectural Record.
Reproduced here in book form
Worth having.
AN ARTISTS HERBAL. By 1o,nae
Mansfield. New York: The Mac
milan CO.
Pencil drawings Of herbs, with text
irving description OF growth. color and
use Of the plant. Exquisite work
Beautiful book.
Athletes.
FAMOUS AMERICAN ATHLETDE
or TO-DAY. BY Leroy Atkinson
Boston: L. c. Page & Co.
The nth Of this series, bringing II
up-to-date, with the names and &C.
complishments Of leaders in oul
sports today - Dizzy Dean, JESSE
Owens, Helen Stephens and others
TAKE A LETTER, PLEASE. BY
John B. Opdycke. New York
Funk q WagnAlls CO.
A cyeloQedia Of business and social
correspondence.
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THE NORTH POLE.
y USs1A's successful attempt 10
J land an expedition at the
l North Pole. under the direc-

~ USSlAS Succe66Iui Attempt 70
land an expedition at the
North Pole. under the direc-
L y tion of Dr. Schmidt, who few
years ago was in command Of the
voyage Of the Chelyuskin through the
Northeast Passage, has turned the
attention OF the public to the field
Of Arctic exploration.
The Public Library presents = short
list Of books passing in review sue
cessful and unsuccessful attempts to
explore the North polar regions in
the past. with emphasis on the ex-
ploits undertaken in the present CEN
tury.
Material about earlier attempts At
Arctic exploration may be located by
asking At the information desk At
the Central Library At Eighth and
K streets.
Arctic Exploration.
THE POLAR REGIONS. = Physical
and Economic Geography Of the
Arctic and Antarctic. BY r. N. F.
Brown. 1927. Gl4B3lep
This book brings together from
scattered sources most Of the facts
known about the polar regions
and the general reader will flnd 1t a
convenient reference book when polar
topics Arise"
THE POLAR REGIONS IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY; Their
Discovery and Industrial Evolution.
BY A. w. 0reely. 1878. Ola GSlp.
"A valuable and up-to-date sum-
mary Of polar discovery made BY 4
veteran explorer"
EXPLORING ABOUT THE NORTH
POLE OF THE WINDS. BY W. H.
Hobbs. $780, olA'.Hes.
THE author describes. in order. the
first cruise on the Morrissey in 1926:
the second expedition on the Disko in
| 1927, and the third Greenland ex-
pedition In June Of that year, which
had dramatic climax in the rescue
Of the Arctic flyers, Hassell and
Cramer."
TO THE NORTH! The Story Of
Arctic Exploration From the Earli-
est Times to the Present BY
Jeanette Mersky. 1884. olAM67.
"'To the North IA more exciting
reading than 4 whole pile Of novels."-
Lewis Gannett.
ACROSS ARCTIC AMERICA: Mar
rative Of the Fifth Thule Expedi-
ton BY Knud Rasmussen. 1877.
0l4.R2.
mot only = work Of literary charm,
but also one Of the deepest and sound
est interpretations Of primitive life
and thought that has ever been put
into 4 book.'-Vilhjamur etefansson.
THE FRIENDLY ARCTIC, the Story
OF Five Years in Polar Regions. BY
Vilhjalmur Stefansson. 1921. Ola.
St34F.
| rs sure to take its place As one
Of the most fascinating and valuable
tales Of polar exploration that has
ever been written" Ellsworth Hunt
ington.
UNDER THE NORTH POLE: the
wilkins Ellsworth Submarine Ex-
pedition. BY Sir Hubert wilkins.
1881. Gl4.W65u.
1.-The book is 4 real novelty be-
cause 1t represents the first
effort Of an explorer and his associa tes
to put out, in advance OF the ex-
plorat4on concerned, disnified,
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BEST SELLERS FOR WEEK
ENDING JUNE II.

fCStOn.
The Outward Room. Brant 81.
mon & schuster.
File on Rufus Ray. Reilly. Nor
row.
Bugles Blow No More. DUdey.
Little Brown.
Cardinal Of the Medici. hAch.
Macmillan.
The Years. Woolf. Harourt
Brace.
Wind From the Mountains. Qul-
branssen. Putnam's.
Non-Fiction.
Mathematics for the Millions.
Hogben. Norton.
Miracle OF England. MNrois.
Harper's.
Orchids on Your Budget. Hills.
Bobbs Merrill.
Flowering OF New Enland.
Brooks. Dutton.
Before I Forget. Rascoe. Dou-
bledAy DorAn.
A Mind Mislaid. Brown. Detton.
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Rv NC. r.

Y VOLUME /, No. / for this
" week. Or, that = to say. the
" weeks new periodical, "a
AnAnrAA1 Avatinn Thih n
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let 1Of tnaC same unrest, ABOUT WHICH
he is unsatisfyingly vague. beyond his
assertion that it does exist.
His book makes all these points. 1t
shows the workers Of = shoe factory
in = small city led out to strike by the
promises extended to them by m op-
portunktic labor leader. It shows how
the majority of the men care little
about the "issues" held out to them by
the organiser, but accept, sheep-like,
the idea that something called
union" Il going to change their hard
existence II they give it unquestioning
loyalty. Those with families are
worried about the future; they dislike
giving up their wages. but fear the
stigma Of disloyalty and 20 say little.
Those who live With their pArents-
the younger men-welcome the work
leas days as q chance to have q good
time. The strike drass on and the
company wins. Then land this seems
out of keeping with what the author
has previously shown us Of his workers)
the men lynch the organizer. They
60 back to work in 4 chaste,ed mood
and Immediately 4 new party starts
AgitAting for memorial for the
marty" %. We are given to UNDER
stand. . new turn Of the treadmill Is
under way.
Apart from It's absence Of bias, the
WORK his little diaktnction. It u dis
connected IN its N ,lents ana seems to
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09
REMOVED
FOR POWER DROP

Contractors removed 1889 cubic
yards of material during October
in eXcavating for Power Drop No
4 on the All American canal, the
monthly report of the United States
Bureau of Reclamation said Tues
day.
Crop No. 1 is the site for the
first unit of the canal power system.
At Drop No. ,, which eventually
will become part of the system
contractors finished rough eXcava-
ton for the sub-structure and con-
tinued driving 50-foot wood bearing
piles. A total of 228 were driven
during the month.
The end of October saw 778
miles o. the 80-mile canal ex-
cavated, said Construction Engineer
L. J. Foster. with all remaining
canal excavation under contract.
The w E. Callahan Construction
company and Gunther AMI Shirley,
who contracted the larges. single
stretch of excavation, brought their
contract within 981O per cent of
completion
Imperial Dam and dssilting works.
headworks for the All American
canal and the Gila project, was 3069
per cent complete at the end of the
month, contractors reported to the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09
DUKE DUCHESS
WILL VISIT U.S..
AFT E R XMAS
Windsor to Shun Study
OF Labor; Will Go
On to Honolulu

PARIS, Nov. 9. (UP)-
The Duke and Dushess of
Windsor plan to visit the
United States Immediately
a f ter Christmas, English
friends of the couple said today.
They will go to to Honolulu, the
informants said, after a tour of
several weeks through thhe United
States, during which they will make
no attempt ostudy housing or in
dustrial conditions.
The duke has weighed all consid-
erations, his friends said, studying
all cables from New York and
Washington and consulting friends
here and In London His decision
was expected to be made public
With two weeks.
All thought of an industrial in
Spection tour was said to have been
dropped for two reasons, firstly, to
allow the furore over the dukes
original plans to subside, and sec
ondly, investigation Or industrial
plants and housing projects, espe-
cially in the north and midwest,
would be hampered by unfavorable
weather.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09
CLASSES WILL
BE CONDUCTED
IN FIRST AID


Free classes in first aid training
will begin in Ell Centro this week
under the supervisor of the Amer
lean Red Cross
Nov. II a standard class will start
at Wilson school at 7 o'clock and
be held for two hours every Friday
night for 10 weeks. DR.. F.. w. Peter
son will instruct.
On Nov. 18 two standard classes
will start. Both will meet from
7 until 8 o'clock. DR.. Philip Hodg-
kin and Dr.. FLOYD Burger will alter
nate in giving the instruction.
An advance class will be taught
at the El Centre fire hall by DR..
o. H. Van Eman. Only those who
have completed a standard course
will be eligible. Men and women
may attenl. Those planning to
enroll are requested to contact Hugh
Heating, chairman of the first aid
training committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09

vey of opinion in nearly a score
of capitals. The general reaction
was that while the alliance might
be suited to the needs of Japan,
Germany and italy, there was no
need for general adherence.
MUNICH, Nov. 9. CUP)-Italy's
adherence to the German-Japa-
nese anti Communist alliance has
extended the Rome Berlin" Euro
pean axis into a world political
triangle, Fuehrer Adolf Hitler said
in a speech last night to men,
bers of his Nazi "old guard"
Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 8. CUP)
Japan may be willing to discuss
peace with China through a third
party mediators, diplomatic sources
asserted today, following word from
okyo that reply to an invitation
to negotiate from the nine power
conference would be withheld until
after Friday.
Many delegates among the 10
nations in conference here to pro-
mote peace in the Far East believ-
ed that the delay indicated that
Japan would not flatly refuse the
overtureS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09

Fires painted weird night
scene along Siccawei creek, at the
southwestern corner of the French
concession, in the wake of the Chi
nese retreat from Shanghai, while
japanese artillery accelerated the
Chinese retreat.
Flaming bridges and barges
threatened to set fire to nearby
buildings French troops were fu-
riously digging trenches In antici-
patton of pressure against the con-
cession. Chinese troops, definitely
threatened with isolation faced
each other across the creek. Nom
chalantly smoking cigarettes, they
stood by their block houses.
japanese troops, driving down
from Soochow creek, won control
of the western side of the city
They already controlled it on the
north and east sides, and the hCi-
nese were believed to be withdraw
ing rapidly from their remaining
strongholds in Nantao and Poo
tung on the south side.
Cracking after days of resis-
tance which astonished foreign
military experts, the Chinese began
general withdrawal on the city's
west side this morning AS they
did so. the japanese ferried tanks
across Soochow creek and sent
them ahead of infantry on a drive
that took the Japanese line to the
southwest proper.
Foreign military experts said that
unless the Chinese could hold soon,
Continued on Page 2. Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09
OF
CAPITAL LOSS
TAX FORECAST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. UP)-The
house ways and means tax subcom-
mittee ana treasury officials agreed
tentatively today on a proposal to
tighten the capital gains and losses
tax by permitting carry-oVers of
losses for one or two years,
There was no opposition to that
proposal" a committee member said
after the group spent its third day
in secret discussion of the levy with
Undersecretary of The Treasury Ros-
well Magill. A treasury spokesman
indicated such a carry-over provi-
sion would be acceptable to the ad-
miniStration.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09

Johnson, y, Corlnda Montgomery,
9, and Marietta Montgomery, 10,
were working in the fields while
school was in progress. M J. john
son father of the Johnson child,
and Mrs. L. Montgomery, mother
of the Montgomery children, also
were arrested by Cue in his cam
paign to enforce the state child
labor law.
After a hearing, Judge E. White
fined wilkins $50 or 60 days in
the county Jail on each of the
three complaints filed against him.
The Jail sentence and a portion of
the fine were suspended by the
court on condition that he comply
with the child labor law. He was
warned, Cue said, that any further
violations would result in payment
of the balance of the fine or COM
mitment to Jail for the go days.
Similar sentences were given
Mrs. Montgomery and johnson on
each complaint filed against them,
Sentences were suspended by the
court upon condition they place
their children in school and COM
NIT no further violations of the
child labor law
Allegations that they received
permission for their children to
remain out of school from a Yuma
school official were discounted by
Cue. He informed the court that
Arizona officials have no juris-
diction over the children working
in California and did not believe
the permission was granted by any
school official
Cases of three persons arrested
by Deputy Cue. and Attendance
Officer Walton last week were
tried Monday. Luis Vasquez, charg-
ed with permitting his Is year old
daughter to stay out of school and
pick cotton, was fined $50 or go
days in Jail. he sentence was sus-
pended on showing that the girl
was placed in school following the
arrest.
Macario Aguirre, charged with
working his Is year old son, Mar
tin, during school hours, received
similar sentence. Santiago Mon
toya, foreman of the cotton field
on the j. E. Miller ranch where
the Vasquez girl was found en-
ployed, was given a like sentence,
but was required to pay a cash
fine.
Deputy Cue announced that both
he and Walton will maintain a
constant check of the cotton fields
in the Bard area for the balance
of the picking season and that
in the future no suspended SEN
tences will be recommended.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09
PEA PICKERS
CAMPS FILL
UP IN VALLEY

CALIPATRIA. Nov. 9--Pea nick
ers camps in this area gradually
are being occupied as the annual
fall Pea harvest gets under way.
Much of the 5000 crop OF peas
is not ready for picking but will
be ready within the next few weeks.
B. A. Harrigan. agricultural COM
missioner. said Tuesday.
Pea picker5 and their families
summoned from the north by Chan
Livingston. head of the National
Unemployment Service to supply
demands Of growers, gradually are
arriving. he said He has been able
to supply growers who ordered
pickers from him. Those not util-
lied in the pea fields are engaged
in hOeing other crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09
UNIONS AGREE
ON DIVISION OF
10 INDUSTRIES

WASHINGTON. NOV g. (U.R) -
Tentative agreement on apportion-
ment of 16 industries between the
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton and the American Federation
Of Labor was reported today as
peace conferences resumed.
A member of the 10-man CIO
delegation said mutual understand
ing has apparently been reached
concerning union demarcation in
approximately Is fields. He believ-
ed definite agreement could be rati-
fled easily.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-09
Safety Council to
Back New Plan to
Stop Accidents

A traffic school with at
tendance m n d a t ory for
traffic law violators in I'M
perial county was launched
Monday night by the Impe-
rial County Safety council.
Judges and officials throughout
the county will be visited by coun-
Gil members to obtain their COOP
Grafton in making attendance at
the school part of the court SEN
tence given traffic law violators.
Details of the school were out
lined by Edgar H. McMath, chair
man of the committee appointed
to arrange for the classes. He also
recommended books, magazines,
and pamphlets dealing with safety
on the highways.
In outlining the proposed curri-
culum. McMath suggested the lat
est edition of the Motor Vehicle
Code as the main volume with
instruction in good driving habits
as the most important class. He
suggested that driving hazards be
pointed out as one means of avoid
ing trouble.
Traffic officers or certificated
high school teachers could be util-
lied as instructors.
Schools will be established in
several cities in the county if
present plans carry. They should
be attended, McMath said, by
reckless, ignorant, or drunken drlv-
ers as a part of the sentence i'm
posed by the courts.
McMath's plans were adopted by
the council and will be studied by
the directors.