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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
Bruce Cation Says
20 Murder is Seldom Labor of Love

Sometimes a woman is the bene-
ficiary and sometimes it is a man,
but the story is always the same
the poor, tormentcd defendant
merits praise rather than blame,
because selfless affection forced
her cor him) TO go out and kill.
1t might be little less nauseat-
ing if the Selfless affection really
was the handspring of the whole
business. But it isn't a love SO
great and overpoWering that it
caused one to take a human life
and risk ones immortal soul
would not be the kind of love that
winds up in the divorce court The
thing just doesn't add up.
And, of course, the plain truth
is that people don't kill for love.
They kill for jealousy, or spite, or
pettiness, or selfishness, or wound
ed vanity, which are quite differ
ent things; they kill because they
ere small-souled folk who just
can't take the inevitable bumps
which life hands out SO impartial
ly.
The case of this hammer slayer
points the moral. Remember it, the
next time one Of these murders
for-lOVe comes along.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
SALARY BOOSTS FOR
DEPUTY SHERlFFS

Imperial county supervisors exercised
sound judgment this week when, leaving
all other county salaries unchanged, they
increased the wages of S133 month
deputy sheriffs TO $3.50.
Like the supervisors. We believe this Is
no time TO increase the expense of county
government in any department, but
also like the supervisors-We believe a
man who may be called upon at any
hour of the day or night to give his life
in line Of duty deserves higher wage
than S133 a month.
A peace officer who faithfully per-
forms his duty never knows when he Rill
step up to an automobile to question the
driver about some minor infraction of
the law, and receive leaden slug in his
vitals. 1t has happened often. Even more
often the officer is called upon to go
out after criminal when the chances
are at least even that the hunted man
will shoot to avoid arrest.
A job like that is worth more than
$133 a month.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
NOT A COMPLAINT
IN SAN FRANCISCO

There hasn't been a complaint against
the Teamsters' Union in San Francisco
since the union agreed to allow farmers
to haul their own produce to market
without paying tribute to the dues fund,
spokesman said in the bay city this week.
What in the name of all that's holy
do they call a complaint in San Fran
cisco?
The Associated Farmers of California
individual county farm bureaus and
other farm organizations have kept up
a continuous stream of protests against
the Transfers Union tactics. Many, like
the Imperial county farm bureau, even
now have votes on record to boycott the
San Francisco fair next year unless the
labor racket is cleaned up.
Evidently the Teamsters' union would
consider nothing less than another fire
and earthquake as a protest"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
LEGAL SERVICES OF
STATE LEGISLATORS

Bribery charges against Assembly
man Hornblower of San Francisco, true
or false, will serve to bring to the atten-
tion of California voters the crying need
for strict laws preventing any public rep
resentative from receiving money for
Services" connected with a matter on
which he votes as an agent of the people.
Assemblyman Hornblower may not be
guilty of accepting a bribe from a COM
pany interested in sardine legislation,
but it is our opinion that he was guilty
at least of very poor judgment in ac-
cepting money from the firm at all
even if the money was for straightfor-
ward legal services-while he as an as
semblyman considered how he should
vote on a bill in which the company was
intensely interested.
AS long as an assemolyman or repre-
sentative is allowed to serve as attorney
for company. and at the same time vote
on matters in which the company is
Interested there is no way of proving
bribery against him unless the company
turns states evidence.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
THE LAWS PROTECTION
10 LANDLORDS
EDITOR, P0ST-PRESS:

Ed IOk, BOSI-PRE.SS:
No wonder Mr.. Holcomb thinks there
amt no Santa Claus because up to the
present the landlord has had no protec-
ton.
Recently a law was enacted and more
recently still this law was tested out in
FL Centre by an owner. and it worked.
The tenants were unable 10 pay rent.
There was a large family and neither
the father nor mother could get a job
that would feed nine hurry mouths,
much less pay rent or get clothing. They
were too proud to go on relief although
a married son finally did apply for re-
lief, and was turned down. There were
several judgments against this family.
SO much for the tenant.
The landlord on the other hand was
threatened with foreclosure by the bank
if he did not keep up his payments. No
rent-no money-no payments. Vicious
circle.
The landlord pioneered with the new
law. He served the regular three-day no.
tice and followed it with service by the
sheriff after giving bond stating that
tenant was absolutely unable to pay, that
he had no personal property-nothing to
attach-therefore it was impossible for
him to remain in the house as tenant.
AT midday of the third day after SER
vice of three-day notice the tenant mov-
ed,
There is protection for the landlord,
but it does take the aid of an attorney,
and filing fees and sheriff's service. how
ever, it can be done for a precedent has
been established.
Jessie CONNER.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
CHINESE WHY AGAIN
(OrOVille Mercurv-HeraldA

The shreWd Chinese, more willy than
the japanese. pulled a good one when
they sent their bombing planes over Japa-
nese cities dropping leaflets. The leaf
lets carried message to the japanese
people designed to affect their morale
at a time when the japanese government
was forcing through a surprising mObil-
lzatlOn moVe-a move surprising to the
japanese people. who are restive though
under government they have been
taught is godlike.
Had the Chinese planes dropped bombs
they would have angered the japanese
people and solidified them behind their
government. The bombs would have done
some damage, but not much, and would
have given the Japanese government the
chance to rally the people to the defense
of the homeland"
The leaflets, however. warned the Jap
anese that "China is strong and unde-
feated', and gave them something to
worry about when they read 1--WE have
you at our mercy. The very restraint
epitomized in the bombers was the re-
.straint of a great power that does not
need to slay few civilians At least,
that is the impression one is apt to get
while reading the startling warning.
At the same time, China strengthened
her claim to world sympathy. Had she
bombed the japanese cities she would
have placed herself on the same plane
with the japanese, who have heartlessly
murdered thousands of defenseless peo-
pie from the air
If the pen truly is mightier than the
sword, maybe the effect of the leaflets
will be seen in the Morale of the Japa-
nese people.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

YOU with the thought OF DONG
business today. or selling you any
life insurance Perhaps you may
never buy any more insurance, and
certainly you may never buy it
from me. But may tell you why
l came to see you? Why l have
sought this opportunity to have a
brief talk with you
How simple it is! He makes his
customer feel pleased that he
wants to meet him, and naturally
the customer warns toward a man
who wants to be with him though
he has nothing to sell.
Here are two SaleSmanShip guide
posts Mr.. Hamlin has developed
for ruling his business life:
l. Ones best work is in listen
ing.
.. The beginning of definite
ness is the end of confusion.
Few writer's and actors are finan-
cial wizards. Rarely is the artiS-
tic temperament combined with
business ability. Rex Beach is a
notable exception. He is Doctor
Beach now-Doctor of Literature.
When Rex Beach was fifteen, he
worried for fear he would not be
able to turn a handspring when
he reached fifty. Now that he has
reached fifty, he marvels that he
ever wanted to turn handspringS.
Maybe it is just as well not to wor-
ry about our troubles before they
arrive.
We remember easily the thing
that interests us; we can learn
readily the subject which we be-
lieVe will be of benefit to us. or
which we realize will serve a pur-
pose.
DR.. Rollo CT. Reynolds, Principal
of the Horace Mann School, New
York City, told at a meeting of the
fathers of the school recently
that he had once found mathemat-
les dull, uninteresting, and diff
cult to learn. He flunked it his
first year il was still dull and un-
interesting; he flunked again. 1t
didn't seem to offer any more the
third year; he flunked again. The
fsurth year he just managed to
get by.
AT Dartmouth College he took
pathematicS again. BY this time
he had decided that his life work
would be along educational lines.
His best chance would seem to be
in-of all things-teaching math-
ematiCs. SO he began to think
more about mathematics He wish
ed he were good at mathematics.
Then, all Of sudden, mathematics
became interesting. He began to
study with enthusiasm. He did not
funk again.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

Anyone whose interests run tC
ancient history and homicide can
derive a little melancholy interest
from the fact that Clara Phillips,
the once-famous hammer slayer
OF 5un-kiSsed California, has Just
obtained the permission of her
states parole board to get a di-
Vorce and remany.
In case you never heard of her,
Mrs. Philips was the woman who
sky-rOcketed through the nations
newspaper headlines upwards of a
decade ago after she took a ham
mer TO her husbands secretary.
one Alberta Meadows, and reduced
the lady to a corpse.
Her flight, capture, trial and
imprisonment were conducted ac-
cording TO the best American
standards; which is to say that
the whole business was turned in
to field day for the sob-sisters,
and it appeared presently that
American Womanhood and the
sanctlty of the home were on trial.
But Mrs. Phillips was finally con
Victed, sent to prison and forgot
ten. Now, at liberty once more. she
is going to get a divorce and re-
marry.
Which leads to an interesting bit
Of speculation.
Here was lady who killed for
love, as they say. That is, she was
vas profoundly, eyerlastngly and
whole -souledly devoted to her hus-
band that she rushed TO arms and
committed homicide as soon as an
other woman began TO trifle with
his affections. At her trial she was
pictured as the victim of an emo
ton so high and holy that it drove
her TO take a human life.
Which was all very noble and
Eplifting-eXcept tnat it developes,
now, that this soul-sWeeping devo-
ton was something less than eter-
nal, after all. For, having slain
al other woman for love of her
husband, and having gone TO pri-
son for it, the lady now finds that
she loves somebody else, and her
husband goes into the discard.
Now the murder-for love gag is
one Of the Oldest gags that the
modern criminal lawyer possesses.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
Well Ill
TeIlYou..
says
Bob Burns

| never could see much use for
high Iivin'. II costs just 50 much
to buy the necessities of life and
when you go beyond that. you're
Jest buyin' Il lot of stuff that you
have no real use for.
My Uncle Slug's wife went into
a store one day to buy Il drinkin'
trough for her dogs. The man says
We'll, VIC have some plain ones
for twcnty-ninc cents hut can
give YOU one with dogs written on
il for sovcnty-five cents"
My aunt said We'll, I'll just
take the plain one-my docs can't
read and my husband don't drink
water"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
News Behind
the News
4 Very Big Bite
LeWiS Disappointed

NASdlNOI lON.-bOtll l. .bNNlo
bit off more than he could chew
in Pennsylvania.
Lewis was supremely confident
up to the last minute that Tom
Kennedy, the lieutenant governor,
the vice president of the United
Mine Workers and the handpick
ed candidate of Lewis for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomina-
ton. would Win And so were
many of his chief lieutenants.
Veteran politicians and Wash
ington correspondents hardly were
prepared for a victory by a ticket
which had been SO constantly dub
bed "the CLIO. ticket" cannot car
ry a statewide election anywhere
i'll the union. Results of the Penn
SylVania primaries will always
leave certain large question marks
and. just to bunch them, you
might try to guess what the Ken
nedy total would have been if
Lewis had not had the support OF
Senator Joe Guffey and Mayor
Wilson of Philadelphia plus the
last-minute endorsement of Ken
nedy by Jim Farley.
1t is fair to suspect that the an
ii CLIO. vote, consisting of those
who voted in the Democratic pri-
mary for Gubernatorial Candidate
Charles Jones and Senatorial Can
didate Wilson largely because they
feared domination of state politics
by Lewis and the CLIO. was larg-
err than the vote which Guffey and
Wilson brought into the Kennedy
column.
But YOU can't prove that and it
wouldn't make much difference if
you could. Whatever effect, in
terms of votes. was eXerted by
Farley'S laSt-minute endorsement
OF Kennedy for governor and Earle
for senator will forever remain a
legitimate topic for debate.
On the other hand 1t can be and
is being argued that if Kennedy
had not been a Catholic he might
have won. Roughly, a switch of
10000 votes would have made the
and it may be that So
600 Democratic voters in Pcnnsyl-
Vania were swayed by religious
More evidence of realism, how
ever, attaches to the theory that
Lewis and his man Kennedy were
beaten by vigorous opposition from
the AT. of l.. William Green's or
claims 100000 members
IL Pennsylvania. Presumably Green
and other A.F of l.. leaders were
able to swing at least $4,000 votes
against Kennedy which otherwise
would have been cast for him be-
cause of his status as labor can
iidate.
The logical inference from that
assumption is that if the two ma
.lonal labor movements had gang
'd up together in the Pennsylvania
0attle they could have elected their ,
of course, the aid
)f Senator Guffey and Mr.. Farley.
The fact that the Republican
vote was bigger than the
Democratic vot reinforces the con
tuSion, already gathered from the |
failure of Jones to get more votes |
han his two opponents combined |
hat the Democrats cannot posi- |
oly carry Pennsylvania this year
without support of Lewis and his |
eammate Guffcy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
CUTTING OFF NOSES

The proposal of a congressman to puri-
fly the advertising columns of newspa-
pers, if not worded with extreme care
will eliminate lot of politicians, many
of whom are in Congress, from the press.
San Rafael Independent
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
ONLY ONE DEATH

"There is only one death for us--Ioss
of honor. There is only one life for US
honor of the German people, So goes
the Nazi orators theme song. The rest
of the world is beginning to wonder if
there shouldn't be another phrase added
to it: ''There is only one end for US
war;
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

n g V er ruSheS
anybody into a
quick deal - yet
he writes more
than a million
dollars worth of
insurance a year.
| was surprised
to learn how in
dealing with Il
lpS toner he
makes his "ap-
proach."
Mr.. Blank. .
he begins, I'm
not coming to see
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

AS if John L. Lewis wasn't hay
ing enough trouble, somebody
finds platinum in Colorado. All
Mr.. Lewis coal miners may now
be expected to start digging plati-
num-in which case they won't
need uniOnSm.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
Onc-Minutc Test Answers

I. Senator Gerald p. Nye, Re-
publican Progressive, of North Da-
kota
=. An sh-American naval Of
ficer sometimes called Father of
the American Navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
TOday's Horoscope

A sentimental nature is charac-
teristic of many persons whose
birthday occurs today. They are
often swept by powerful emotions.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

Clay Hamlin of Buffalo. New
York, is ranked as one of the
most successful life insurance
statesmen in the United States. He
never appears to be in a hurry he
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
Hints on Etinuctte

The spoon may be used for ice
cream, although the fork is now
regarded as more correct.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
You're Telling Me --.-
RY WIITIsM RTET

THE DUKE OF WINDSOR, We
read, still holds the jobs of admiral
of the British navy. filed marshal
of the air forCc-but gets no pay.
That ought to make him the Vot-
ers popular job holder.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
Words of Wisdom

l would sooner call myself a
journalist than an author, for a
journalist is journeyman.-
Chesterton.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
Famous Sayings
Grab Bag
c-Minute Test

l. Who headed the u. S. senate
munitions inquiry ?
2. Who was John Barry?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26


swing session sounds TO him like
a nervous breakdown set to music.
After listening to the many fl
nancial woes of all his friends, the
man at the next desk says he's
rapidly getting the impression that
all of us must be living in TaX-us.
Halle SclasSie has lost another
decision before the League of Ma
tions. BY now Ethiopia $ cX-cm-
peror must firmly believe the lea
cue representatives know only one
word in his native tonguc-.t's
Mo-
Residents of an Austrian town
have just dedicated a perpctually
flowing fountain to Adolf Hitler
They must have been listening to
some of der fuchrer's long -windcd
speeches.
The office boy says he wouldn't
mind returning to The soil if only
some dust storm blew it back on
TO his pas farm.
Now that a group of Cleveland
auto accident victims have organ
lied, Yawn Yawnson thinks the
first thing the new organization
should do is agitate for softer
bumpers and more comfortable
YOU haven't read ALI the NEWS
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26
Barbs -

SUING to prevent radio broad
casts of transcriptions he made
several years back. Bob (Bazooka)
Burns says the programs aren't up
to his present standards. Aging
works wonder with true art.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

Success of the "blackzout' aerial
raid at Farmingdale, l.. l., proves
the US. is fast getting the hang
of European culture.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

zadok Dumbkopf sasy that a
swing session sounds TO him like
a nervous breakdown set to music
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

Herr Hitler warns Brazil he
won't tolerate "annoyances" How
can Der Fuehrer do a thorough
job of annoying the world if he is
peStered in South America?
"A once gOOdLnaturcd boxing
bear got so irated over being in
jurcd in an auto accident that he
started going around tearing up
people. Might be a good idea for
other traffic victims.
Show-Off children, according to
an educator, just show up their
parents.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

YOU haven't read ALI the NEWS
until you have read the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
10 fhgPERIAL
VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-26

Now the murder-for-lo love gag is
one Of the Oldest gags that the
modern criminal lawyer possesses,
Evening star., 1938-07-20
ERRAT|C COURSE !,
TAKENBY
Broad Upward Sweep Gives
Way to Shifting Buying
and Selling Tides.
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
~ ~ Wv -C ASThANN'
Associated Press Financial Writer.

hSSOcldleu freSS FINANCIAL Writer.
NEW YORK, July 2O-The broad
upward sweep of the stock market
gave way today to shifting buying and
selling tides, highlighted by sharp
decline in movie shares Immediately
following court action by the Federal
Government to divorce theater owner
ship from film production.
From industrials, leadership on the
upside was switched to rails and utili-
ties. while scattered individual issues.
IN other groups were brought up from
the rear to enjoy brief moments of
popularity.
The result was much surface con-
fusion and highly scrambled list of
losses and gains. Declines at the ex-
treme ran to 2 or 3 points, offset by
advances of as much in the carrier and
power groups and among the rugged
performers which continued to move
ahead
While not so heavy as in yesterdays
dig market, transactions approximatedA
Z,50O,O00 shares, with the ticker sew
eral times overtaxed by the trading.
Beset by renewed profit taking, fol-
loving Yesterdays upsurge to new
peaks for the summer bull movement.
the market encountered an earlv set
back. 1t was moving ahead again
When the break in movie shares
precipitated general selling, but it
steadied in the afternoon behind the
upturn in the power issues.
Substantial gains in secondary rsal
bonds impaired an appearance of
strength to the investment market.
Most speculative commodities reacted
with stocks on the selling waves,
especially rubber and hides
Wheat at Chicago dipped s. to 1
cent bushel and corn closed "a to ?.
! down. Cotton near the finish was
about 25 cents a bale lower.
Under the first selling impact Loew's
| broke 4, later recovering part of the
decline. Down a point or more at tM
| worst were Paramount, Warner Bros.
20th Century Fox.
Leading the advance in the rails
/ and utilities were such shares as New
York Central, Santa Fe. Southern
Pacific. Great Northern. North Ameri-
can, Consolidated Edison and Electric
Power & Light. Other strong spots
were United States Gypsum, National
Supply, National DiStillers and Inter-
, national Paper preferred
Losing part Of their gains of the
preceding session were U. S. St5G,
Bethlehem. General Motors, Chrysler,
Montgomery Ward, U S. Rubber, In
| ternational Nickel, International Har-
vester and Union Carbide.
| On the curb moderate losses in
/ Aluminium. American Cyanamid and
| Chicago Flexible Shaft were mixed
! with gains in American Gas g. Electric,
Creole Petroleum and Electric Bond
and Share
! Quickening speculative interest in
! power shares was a report the S. E. c.
| had an impending announcement on Z
utility matter.
/ At midafternoon the British pound
was up /. of cent, at S492ls. The
/ French franc was 00l4 of a cent
/ higher, at 276i, cents.