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The Washington times., 1937-11-05
CHURCH RITES
OF MSGR. GAvAN
TO Be TUESDAY
PontificaIRequiemM Mass
Will Be Sung

Pontifical requiem mass will be
sur. in the Shrine Of the Sacred
Heart, Sixteenth and Park Road
N. w. Tuesday morning at 1890
o'clock for the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Pat
rick c. Gavan. distinguished pre-
late who died today.
Msgr. Gavan, who was 65 years
of age. had been seriously III Tor
the past three years, following a.
heart attack in the sacristy Of the
church. His death was caused by
pneumonia.
Born in England, Msgr. Gavan
was educated at the st. Charles
College in Baltimore. He later
pursued his studies at the Amerl-
can College in Rome, where he
was ordained to the priesthood.
Returning to Baltimore, ne
served at st. Joseph's Church and
> st. Johns Church, then became
chancellor of the cathedral under
the late James Cardinal Gibbons.
In 1914, he came to Washing
ton to the Sacred Heart Church.
then an old wooden structure on
, Park Road.
, BUILT NEW CHURCH
Finding the church inadequate
to meet the needs of the parish,
he undertook the work of building
new church, eliminating in the
completion of the great church
and school, one of the largest and
most beautiful in this section Of
the country.
In addition to his parish work,
. Msgr. Gavan was keenly inter
ested in charitable and philanthro-
pic work. He was one Of the foun-
ders of the Washington Commun-
!, ity Chest and member Of the
; Board of Catholic Charities. He
was also keenly interested in the
work Of the Holy Name Society.
CHANCELLOR IL YEARS
For the past IL years, Msgr.
d Gavan had served as chancellor
of the Archdiocese.
He was elevated to the rank OF
nonsignor at the same conclaVe
: at which Pope Plus K was named.
/: Since his illness Of three years
ago, Monsigner Gavan had been
. forced to drop many Of his activi-
ties. Last year he was again
. stricken with illness and under
went an operation.
Until recently his condition had
been improving, and occasionally
!, he was taken for automobile rides.
Last spring he made his final ap-
, pearance at church function in
the high school.
Monsigner Gavan is survived by
two sisters, Miss Anna and Miss
Adele Gavan.
The Washington times., 1937-11-05

What! Give the Reno Divorces back
to their original husbands? How q
new ruling on Reno divorces threatens
severe matrimonial headaches to thou
sands who have lightly tossed their
marriage bonds away in Nevada. Read
about II in The American Weekly. with
Sundays Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1937-11-05
SANDS FUNERAL
SERVICES HERE

A heart attack suffered yester-
day at the home Of her sister,
Mrs. Charles Harris, 1924 Hiilyer
Pl. N. W., proved fatal to Miss
Rose Virginia Sands, daughter of
the late Rear Admiral James H.
Sands.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at 8 o'clock at
st. Mathews Church, where
requiem mass will be celebrated.
Interment will be in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
EDUCATED IN EUROPE
Miss Sands, who comes from a
prominent Army and Navy family,
was educated in Europe. She at
tended Reidenburg Convent in
Austria and the Roehanton Con-
vent School in England.
Upon her return from Europe,
she opened an exclusive school
under her own name. During the
World War, because Of her knowl-
edge of French, italian, German,
Austrian and Spanish, she became
a member Of the U. s. Military In
telligence Department. After the
war, Miss Sands became Research
Assistant to DR.. Hunter Miller,
Historian of the State Depart.
ment, and retained that post
until her death.
MEAD'S GRANDDAUGHTER
Miss Sands was the grandaugh-
ter Of Admiral Benjamin Sands.
Her mother was the former Mary
Meade of Philadelphia, daughter
of General George Gordon Meade.
Surviving her are three sisters,
two of whom took the veil, Mother
Clara Meigs Sands of the Sacred
Heart Convent, Torresdale, Pa. {;
Mother Hilda Sands, Sacred Heart
Convent, Overlook, Pa, and Mrs.
Charles Harris. She also leaves
two brothers William Franklin
Sands, formerly of the Diplomatic
Corps, and Henry Meade Sands.
The Washington times., 1937-11-05

FUNERAL DIRECTORS
The Washington times., 1937-11-05
CENTRAL tST MrtsnDSIits1 9th sis:rs ss4H y y

Opens II A. M.
Today: THEY WON'T FORGET" with
CLAUDE RAINs-GLORIA DICKSON and
EDWARD NORRIS.
Tomorrow: BOBBY BREEN in MAKE A
WISH: and LORETTA YOUNG-WAR-
NER BAXTER-vIRGINIA BRUCE in
WIFE, DOCTOR AND NURSE" Also
poDeye Cartoon,
The Washington times., 1937-11-05

WEDDING announcements. 81 rs up: 24.hr.
service. Goodhart's 1914 q MA 8173.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS

WIN J. NALLEY mo. u..o
622 EIGHTH ST. 8 e. LII. V4oV
The Washington times., 1937-11-05
DEATHS

GAVAN, RT. REV. MSGR. PATRICK c.
On Friday, November 5. 1887, at his
residence Sacred Heart rectory, Sixteenth
Street and Park Road Northwest RT.
REV. MSGR PATRICK c. GAVAN, the
beloved son of the late Patrick and Brid-
get Gavan.
Funaral notioe later
The Washington times., 1937-11-05
CATVERT ss"4 Wisconsin Ave

Matinee 2 p. M.
Today: BING CROSBY-MARTHA RAVE
in DOUBLE OR NOTHING" Also March
of Time and News.
rTomorrow. Opens 1890, Show 1 p M.
EDNA MAY OLIVER in my DEAR MISS
ALDRICH." Also Short.
The Washington times., 1937-11-05

| WNW nRIN Georgia Avenue and
OOLVDlN Georgia $500
Today: JOHN HOWARD and JOHN BAR
| RYMoRE in BULLDOG DRUMMOND
COMES BACK" Also Short.
Tomorrow: Opens IL 80. Show 1 z; M.
EDNA MAY OLIVER In my DEAR
MISS ALDRICH." Popeye Cartoon.
The Washington times., 1937-11-05

AF0DAAAU Lincoln 1878
Today: MARRY THE GIRL" with HUGH
HERBERT and MARY BoLAND.
Tomorrow: Opens 12 80. Show l 7. M
JANE WITHERS in WILD AND WOODY. :.
and CLAIRE TREVOR in "ONE MILE
FROM HEAVEN" Popeye.
The Washington times., 1937-11-05

Today. BRUCE CABOT in bad GUY"
Tomorrow: Opens 1890. Show p. M
GUY KIBBEE in BIG SHOT" and
CEDRIC HARDWICKE-ANNA LEE In
'sKING SOLoMON'S MINES"
The Washington times., 1937-11-05

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Washington times., 1937-11-05
AVENUE GRAND

eAE pa Ava a n. Lincoln 24O8
Today: DEVILS SADDLE LEGION"
with DICK FORAN.
Tomorrow: Opens IL 80. Show l P, M.
GENE RAYMOND-HARRIET HILL1ARD
in LIFE OF THE PARTY" and KOSA-
LIND KEITH in DANGEROUS ADVEN-
TURE." Edgar Bergen-Charlie Mccarthy
in "Necking Party"
The Washington times., 1937-11-05
WENN Pa. Ave y bet 6th 7tis
ElNIN Lincoln 2170

Today: RITZ BROTHERS in life BE-
GINS IN COLLEGE" March of Time.
Tomorrow: Opens 12 80, Show l Z. M.
EMUSIC FOR MADAME" Cartoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
News Behind the News
TugpeH's Last Grenade His Diges-
ton Disturbed Making LIE
Miserable
Thank you please.

WAsHINGToN.-Rex Tugwell tossed last
grenade among group of his OLD enenlss SuolI
ly before the midnight bells rang III ehe I've"
year and rang him out as Resettlement admin-
istrator. ,..o o,oo,,
tive vice president of the American MoiasSes
COMPANY Soon thereafter his digestion began
tn be disturbed by published reports that his
chief function would be that OF a washington
lobbyist. H.,
men who had left the AAA to use their KnoWl-
edge and influence in the capital In the service
of private business.
T1igwell disliked some of these fellows in
tensely having batted with them inside AAA
at neriods when he felt he was representing the
farmer and the consumer and they were repre-
sentng predatory" corporations
Finally with one stroke, Tugwell underlined
tho fact that he was not going to be a lobbyist
and at the same time moved to make life miser-
able for the large number of officials VINO nave
left the Department of Agriculture to take jobs
in the food industries.
Before departing Tugwel signed an order
which simply says employees of the department
must not discuss matters pertaining to admin
istration or to legislation relating to the depart
nent's work with anyone who Is employed by OF
connected with affected commercial interests and
who has been an employe OF the department
within two years.
to emphasize the fact. that he would be governed
by the order
If the order is okeyed-and violators are sub
iect to possible dismissal-the style of at least
a few present and ex-employeS will be definitely
cramped 1t brought no holiday cheer to several
minor officials who were on the verge OF resign
ing to become lobbyists.
Gossip as to cabinet changes begins to take
on a little more sustenance All cabinet men,
bers will submit their designations by inaugura-
ton day and the president plans to accept none
except possibly that of Postmaster General Jim
Farley, who may be ready by that time to carry
out his announced intention of quitting.
Thereafter, the probabilities are that the
next resignation will be that of Secretary of
Commerce Daniel Roper. large posse within
the administration will be cunning for Uncle
Dan and is sure to get his scalp sooner or later.
Likely to succeed Roper would be John H.
Fahey chairman of HOLC. Fahey is able
an administrator as has appeared in the en-
tire New Deal. Roosevelt wants him in the
cabinet and you may be sure Fahey will be
there sooner or later, assuming he's open to
offers.
There's also a healthy little movement to
persuade Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
that the Secretaryship of the International Labor
office at Geneva. said to pay $4,000 year, is
just about the cozeSt little job in the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
THE FARMERS ONE
POWERFUL ORGANIZATION

Every farmer in Imperial county
should be glad to subscribe to the goal
set by President c. o. Hoober in the
current Imperial County Farm Bureau
membership drive. One thousand men,
bers are sought by the county farm bu-
reau, and every business man, every
resident Of the county, should hope that
the goal is reached.
The farmer, as an individual, is pow
erless against united groups seeking spe-
cial privileges in legislation. His indivi-
dual voice does not sound very loud
when he demands adequate farm-market
roads. His complaints against taxation
are not paid much heed. His ability to
engage in agricultural research is limit
ed. The farm bureau overcomes all this.
United in live organization, farmers
become a powerful influence. This is
as it should be, for they are the men who
feed the nation Their voice should be
as loud as any other. 1t can be made as
loud only through organization, and the
best form of organization is represented
in the farm bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Rats Practice Mass Suicide; Must Men?

There exists in the Wilds OF Nor
way a tiny, rat-like animal called
the lemming, which. goes haywire
by platoons and battalions every SO
often and ruShes off for an expert
ment in mass suicide.
DR.. Raymond Pearl, Johns Hop
kins University's famous biologist,
suggests that the lemming Is not,
after all, so very much different
from modern man.
The lemming enjoys periodic
spurts of prosperity. Boom times
come. bringing an abundance of
clover seeds. or bumblebees, or
whatever it is that Jennings feed
on, and the numbers of Jennings
increase tremendously. Then, just
when everything seems to be going
fine. something gets into the heads
of these tiny rodents and they all
start travelling across country.
They don't seem to know where
they are going or why they are
going there, but they leg it like
good fellows-af1d by and by they
come to the ocean. 1t doesn't stop
them. In they go, to drown by
the thousands, leaving only few
survivors back home to repeat the
whole process few years later.
Now all this, says DR.. Pearl, is a
striking and unflattering parallel
b. +ha bahovinr nf modern human
beings.
About 300 years ago the human
race suddenly started to increase
at an unprecedented rate. Alto
gether, it multiplied its numbers by
five during the three succeeding
centuries.
Today it is exhibiting the rest
lesSness and confusion that the
Jennings show when they are
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

gilded trappings. half covered, its
flashing electric signs bulbless,
merry -go-round horses flicked with
drifting snow. Deserted and gaunt
goody shops and freak museums
with gaudy banners whipped by
chilled winds. And in the distance
the rhythmic and melancholy swish
of the sea against the bleak shore.
90
j. P. Morgan gave a dinner and
dance for his grandchildren a recent
evening at the Morgan town house
on Madison avenue in the Murray
Hill district. I happened to pass
through the neighborhood the night
the canopies were up with the ven-
cradle mansion aglitter with lights
while limousine after limousine roll
ed up. The next day read the
guests numbered 600 and the entire
meal was cooked on the premises
That's something I'd give a cookie
to see: A kitchen big enough to
prepare food for 600
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
PUT PATROLMEN
WHERE THEY BELONG

In the first 10 days of 1887, five peo-
ple were killed in automobile accidents
The new year began its highway TRACE
dies at a pace to indicate that even last
years all time high in traffic deaths
might be surpassed this twelve months.
Normal individuals, usually rather
thoughtless about the accidents in which
they have no part, and the death of those
whom they do not know, are gradually
awakening to an ever-present fear while
driving on the highways. Many have
refused weekend trips outside of I'M
perial Valley when they knew traffic
would be heavy, for fear of accidents.
What is the answer to this ever grow
ing problem of death? No one knows.
There may be many answers or, rather,
many causes which need correcting. One,
at least, is apparent here.
For the last two weeks the California
Highway Patrol office in Ell Centre has
been busy from in the morning until
five in the afternoon issuing new license
plates to Imperial Valley motorists. The
services of no less than five officers are
required in the office to care for the
throngs requesting new plates. Remain
ing members of the force are all too few
to patrol the highways successfully.
Those who work in the office are SUBJ
ject to call at any time-and not one
has worked less than 10 hours in any
average day during the last two weeks,
according to confidential records.
The duties of issuing license plates
should fall upon the motor vehicle de-
partment, not on the California High
way Patrol. The patrolmen perform
this duty only because there is no branch
office of the motor vehicle department
here now. Such a branch office is sadly
&needed to turn loose the highway patrol
men so they can do that for which they
are intended-patrol the highways.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12

ready to set out on one of their
cross-country hikes.
And if there is no all-engulfing
ocean ahead of the human race,
there is something just as effective
war.
A new war, DR.. Pearl tells the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science. would do to
the human race just what the
plunge into the ocean does for the
Jennings. The World War of 1914
was bad enough, and World War
Of 1887 or 1888 certainly would be
a great deal worse.
By violence, by famine, and by
plague the human race would re-
duce its numbers just about as eff
fectively-and just about as sense
lessly-as the Jennings periodically
reduce theirs.
We hardly need man Of DR..
Pearls brilliance to tell us that
human beings ought to be able to
order their affairs a little more in
telligently than do the rats of
Norway.
If the progress of the last three
centuries has been nothing more
than build-up for a painful ex-
pertinent in mass suicide, then
modern progress is a sham and the
race has learned nothing worth
knowing since the Stone Age.
The present-day struggle to avert
war is more than an effort to pre-
vent misery and loss. 1t is nothing
less than a fight to save civilization
itself.
If it fails, the race will stand
convicted of being no brighter than
the northland Jennings, which cll-
max years of prosperity by joining
hands and rushing down a steep
place into the sea.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January IL, 1917

The Auto Club of Southern Cali
fornia warns autoists that the road
between Ell Centre and San Diego
is almost impossible. Heavy rains
and snow have blocked traffic in
the mountains for at least one
week.
At meeting OF the county su-
pervisors yesterday afternoon the
board appropriated $500 to enable
the valley to have representa-
tive stationed in Los Angeles to di-
rect attention to the wonders Of
this section. That sum was donat-
ed on condition that the whole
salers of Los Angeles contribute a
similar sum to defray expenses.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
KIDNAPPING DESERVES
NOTHING BUT DEATH

Ten-year-old Charles MattSon of Taco
ma. Wash, was too young to do any,
body hurt. He was child, with a child's
pleasures and a child's troubles. He was
the most precious thing in the world to
his parents. His misfortune was that
his parents were wealthy. For that, he
died. Because his mother and father
had more than the usual amount of
money, Charles Mattson's head was cav
ed in by fiend, and his nude body was
left beside the highway.
The man who killed this boy is sub
ject to the death penalty, because he is
guilty of murder. The law goes this far,
at least, demanding a life for life.
In the emotional shock that follows news
that the boys body has been discovered,
the punishment seems just, but there re-
mains doubt that the law goes far
enough. If the Mattson boy had been
found alive, what would have been the
fate of his kidnaper?
Even the taking of a human life is
justified sometimes by the law. The
kidnapping Of a child for ransom can
not ever be justified-yet the law in
most states brands kidnapping as lesser
crime than murder. The death penalty
can be imposed for murder in most
states; it cannot be imposed for kid
naping. Yet the man who would kid
nap a child for ransom would not very
often stop at murder.
If the death penalty is to remain on
the statute books, it might be used to
good advantage as a weapon against
kidnapers, whether their prey is return
ed to stricken homes dead or alive.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
PAROLES ARE PROBLEM
MADEIRA Tribune)

California apparently has company in the
matter of easy paroles for the more desperate
crininals-Illinois is stirring UP scandal over
the quiet parole of score Of second and third
time losers The Illinois protesters are suggest
ing the removal Of the indeterminate sentences,
the Judges to fix the minimum and maximum
terms.
Suggestions of the Illinois objectors fail to
give the relief that experience with easy paroles
has taught is badly needed. The 1ndeterminate
sentences were the result of too varied penalties
for similar crimes. Under the old method,
severe court would impose the maximum penalty
while a lenient court would impose the minimum
for identical crimes.
The indeterminate sentence was devised with
a view to prison board fixing the penalty with
equality However ii was never intended that
it should be a loophole for weak boards to re-
lease hardened criminals and the parole plan
was intended as attempt to rehabilitate those
whose crimes were committed under trying cir
cumstances or were Of petty nature.
Abuse of the indeterminate sentence and its
twin the parole has reached the point where
both are a menace to the honest citizen.
Higher types Of citizens on boards ruling on
terms and paroles seem to offer the best solution.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
TEN YEARS AGO
January II. 1927

Reports that he had predicted
more earthquakes in Imperial Val
ley on January IS, has been en-
phatically denied by Father j. S.
Ricard, noted weather prophet of
Santa Clara College observatory.
"Broadcasting" news of Imperial
Valley and its resources. the dis
tribution Of 5000 copies of the spe-
cial Imperial Valley section of q
San Diego paper published New
Years day, was completed today.
Chambers Of commerce in all parts
of the country RECEIVED 2500 copies
and individuals on compiled mail
ing list the same number,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, General
Land Office at Los Angeles, Cali

department. Oh tne IltcTiOi, oChoi~a
Land Office at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, December IA, 1886.
NOTICE is hereby given that
CLARE WAYNE McARTHUR, OF
Coyote Wells, via Plaster City, Cal
exico, who, on November 18, 1890,
made Homestead Entry, No. 048842,
for
S1kNWH; Lots 4, 5, 6, Section q,
Township 16H S., Range 10 E,
S. B. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
final three year Proof, to establish
claim into the land above described,
before United States Commissioner,
at San Diego, Calf, on the 21st day
of January, 1887.
Claimant names as witnesses:
d. "A. Robertson, of Box 1891, Yu-
ma, Ariz.
d. Fl. Stephens, of Seeley, Calf.
Robert Elliott, of Plaster City,
Calf.
j. Campbell, of GO County Farm,
Ell Centre, Calf.
PAUL B. WIT,MER,
Commissioner or Register.
Non-coal;
Withdrawn by Ex. Order of Nov.
&c, 1894. D15-22-29 J5-12
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
Other Editors Say
HUMAN VULTURES
Riverside Daily Press

According to labor men throughout the coun-
try certain attorneys claim agencies and small
loan companies preparing for bountiful
harvest in handling old-age insurance claims.
If true, it is just another Illustration OF the
way Ambulance chasers' and other unethcal
individuals or organizations leap on any chance
to prey upon the unfortunate.
But the plans of such gentry to enrich them
selves at the expense of needy old people may
be baked for the Social Security board reveals
that its machinery will be kept so simplified
that workers will need no assistance when their
benefits due
Any aid needed in the filing OF claims VIII
be provided at a large number of field offices.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
g Oh Sol says
~ FRANK WATANABE
ZNy BY Ep HOLDEN
WHAT HO!
RY En HOLDEN

In 1928 Congressman Tinkham of Bos-
ton went gunpowdering for leopards in
India. He shooting leopards in II days!
Last week he were inform very official,
that those killing record is STILL un-
broken! 1t must be delicious to know
ing that nobody but you have blown the
life out of leopards in II days!
That are real famous to bloat about
alright. | not know what politics the
Congressman have got. But maybe he
can telling us how the wounded Repub-
lican ELEPHANT of 1885 are getting
along. And if any chance for recovery.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
A PROJECT FOR
ALL IMPERIAL VALLEY

Winterhaven, Bard and Yuma busi-
ness men should have the good wishes
of residents in Imperial Valley proper
in their efforts to create new state park
in the river bottom area known for so
long as "No Mans Land" The area,
adjacent TO Yuma, has been used for
many years for outings of all sorts.
Creation of state park there would IN
crease Us use, not only by residents OF
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
January l2. 1912

F. H. Edgar of Bozeman, Montana
has come to Imperial Valley to
make a general inspection of con-
ditions here and he may purchase
ranch lands. He is the guest of
his former neighbor, L. H. Vreeland
of Holtville.
Fine growing weather has pre-
vailed for several days now and
this change for the better did not
come too soon.
The long period Of cold beat the
valley out of more than a months
growth of barley and alfalfa, with
the result that pasturage is ex-
tremely short.