davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
Famous Sayings

The President apparently was
thinking out loud, rather than
making a serious proposal, when
he remarked at a recent press con-
ference that it might be a good
idea to have the citizens pay their
taxes on election day.
Whether such a stunt would be
at all popular is an open question.
Election day seems to be tough
enough as it is; at any rate, about
half of us cat't even take the
trouble to go to the polls. Making
it taXpayment day as well would
just make a tough day tougher.
And in any case the President
wasn't offering a formal plan: he
was just tossing out a suggestion,
and the odds are that the sug-
gestion will never be acted on. But
when you stop to think about 1t
there is a good deal to recon-
mend it.
We plume ourselves on our de
mocracy, in season and out of
season. We enjoy reading about
ll1t liant ClCCIlOllo VI lllC bANbt'tOA
ships, and we like to remind our
selves how different it all is over
here, how every man has a vote
he casts according to the die
tates of his own conscience, how
all men are equal at the ballot
masters of our own destiny.
Then, in the next breath we
like to complain about taxes. They
are too high, too numerous, too
complicated. The money that goes
INTO them is not well spent We don :
get much for our dollars;the poll
ticians are wasteful and spend
without proper forethought.
If we set aside one day for the
exercise of both functions, we might
realize, for one thing, that our citi-
zenship is a privilege that that is
well worth paying for. So many
people in this world enjoy the
freedom of the polls. The mere fact
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
Barbs -

An 83-year-old man who has
been standing on his head every
birthday decided not to do it this
year. He found that these days the
world looked the same right side
up.
Candidates are beginning TO
throw their hats i'm the ring al
ready. Herbert Hoover went on 4
fishing trip the, other day.
Give a child a pad to draw on
and be may not draw on the walls
Smith College girls are being
taught to cut jewels, probably in
the hope they'll lay off their
classes.
There's supposed to be law
against cruel and unusual punish
mentS, but the United States re-
Gently depOrted an Ethiopian.
Germany is now making stock
ings out of old coffee grounds.
That's nothing; we've drunk more
than one cup of coffee that was
certainly made out of an old
stocking.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
B||R|'EI|||IIa|g{|| aR||lI|E7 sa||EgZ{|l|| |||||||
THE POST-PRESS

Published every Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Publishing Com
pany. 625 State street, Ell Centro.
California. as successor to the
Sunday issues of The Morning
Post and Valley Farmer. and the
Saturday issue of the Imperial
Valley Press.
Entered at El Centre. California,
post office as second class mat
ter.
paul jenkins, publisher; A. c.
Johnston. vice-president and gem
eraI manager; f. A. Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
Member California Newspaper
Publish erls' Association.
West-Holliday Co., Inc, National
Advertising Represent atives.
Subscription Rates: &c per copy
or, in conjunction with the I'm
perial Valley Press or The Morn
ing Post. Per Month. 60c: Paid In
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
Well | II
Tell You..
says
Bob Burns

haven't anything against for
tune tellers or anybody else that
l don't know any more about than
l do them. If did, l wouldn't be
tippin' 'em off that Hollywood is
such rich field for their line of
work.
Th eOthe rda " uoteenrha,caI
tress announced her engagement
to a fella who shed only known
for a week. When her friends told
her she was takin' some awful
chances. the actress says "Oh, no
I'm mott wouldn't go into mar
riage recklessly like that-Tve
consulted seven palmists and they
all say it's all right
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
News Behind
the News
NeU Deal Wrath
NOU It's Radio =.

WASHINGTON. - RaulO conl-
mentatorS are likely to be an early
target of Roosevelt and the New
Dealers. who lately have been taking
the warpath again on various
fronts.
White House resentment against
certain newspaper columnists, ac-
cused in very high places of mis-
representation has been extended
to include persons who appear on
hired radio time to attack the ad-
ministration and its policies.
The grudge against hostile radio
speakers has been growing stead
lily and more than one federal
agency is now engaged in studying
the problem" on the theory that
the ether belongs to the people
and that the interests of the peo-
pie. as represented by government
should not be attacked except
through regular political channels.
No specific plan of censorship
appears to have been evolved. But
threats are being made that paid
propaganda" on sponsored programs
has got to stop
A recurrent Washington rumor in
sistS that the Government Printing
Office has been secretly printing
conscription questionable blanks
for a draft army to fight the next
war. This may possibly be true
but in the opinion of many who
have tried to confirm the yarn
it isn't.
Those who circulate the rumor
cite the fact that such blanks cer-
tainly would be printed ahead of
time without legal authorization
or declaration of war-as they were
before the United States entered
the World War.
Meanwhile, England, although her
newspapers are silent about it, is
being disturbed by even Weirder
rumors. One OF them says Ger
man agents preparing for a bac-
THEOLOGICAL war have been ex-
perimenting around and injecting
British cattle with hoof and mouth
disease. Investigation of the story
thus far has proved nothing beyond
the fact that England is in a much
higher state of tension than Amer
lea.
Should army horses and mules,
becoming crippled or unfit for serv-
ice, be sold to end their careers in
harness with some junk dealer or
other person under conditions like
ly to be less than humane? That
was the issue in bill by Con-
gresham Harlan of Kentucky, in
troduced with the support of hu-
name societies and temporarily
blocked by Crawford of Michigan,
which would require that such ami
mails be shot or put to pasture.
II want to see these mules and
horses properly taken care of in
their old age just as members of
Congress should be taken care of
in their old age" argued Congress-
man Wolcott of Michigan.
Maverick of Texas argued that
to retire mule because of mill
tary service" would retire half of
us soldiers here in Congress-" Citing
evidence that army mules were re-
tired at an average age of II, he
declared:
THE gentleman states that an
age of II years in mules life is
comparable to 10 years in a man.
We .have put Justice Van Devanter
to work since he passed that age
and quit the Supreme Court. He
does light work in lower courts.
The army has right to use its
discretion now and 1 see no rea-
son for this bill"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
PANOSH FUNERAL
SERVICES HELD

CALEXICO, May % - Funeral
services for John Panosh, SO, pio-
neer resident and former member
OF the police department, were
held at am. Saturday at the
Hens chapel. He suffered from i'll
health for some time prior to
death. He had lived in Imperial
Valley "a years.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
JObless Insurance
For Out Of-State
Workers Provided

SACRAMENTO. May 27 up
Arrangements whereby interstate
workers eligible for unemployment
compensation in other states but
now in California seeking jobs
may receive their payments have
been completed, the state unem-
ployment reserved commission an
nounced
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
SPARE TIRE STOLEN

BRAWLEY, May 27 - In a re-
port to police Thursday morning.
C. w. Waters. 239 B street, told
officers that while his. car was
parked near the Circle Theatre
Wednesday night someone stole his
spare tire and wheel.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29

enough. He taped
his fingers and
asked the propri-
etor to give him
another try, but
he was fired, any
way. The man
said he would
never get any
where in music.
He was fired by
Roxy. the theatre
man. who said he
didn't know much
about music and
wasn't up to the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
Horoscope for Sunday

An interest in fine arts is char
acteristic of many persons whose
birthday occurs SlIlday. They
gain peace from contemplating
beautiful paintings and meaning
ful poems.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

This is the true story of a boy
who was always being fired.
He was fired from a dance hall
on the Boston waterfront because
he couldn't play the piano loud
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
TOday'S Horoscope

Persons whose birthday occurs
today may be quite materialistic.
They must not set too great a
price on worldly goods.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29

iAOii Iilio IcWopdpeT, you
think your readers would like to
know what was the most exciting
thing l ever saw? Well. I've seen
plenty, and most of it left me cold
but I'll tell you"
I've seen Mother Eve arguing
with Father Adam about apple
sauce as a steady diet. and I've
seen Noah, worried about dull
rings around me, putting a night
shift to work. And I saw Cleo
patra staring into a mirrored pool.
wondering if Mark Anthony would
think her still young and sweet. +.
Il saw Nero playing his awful
violin and Napoleon pacing in in
decision before his tent, just be
fore the dawn of Waterloo. I
saw Lief Ericsson, crusted with
salt spray, but holding the helm
toward the west, where lay Amer
ica.
Il saw the hurt in Washington's
i"1C do ile IIdIilpeu from campfire
to campfire in snowbound misei'-
able Valley Forge. I looked
through a window to see the boy
Lincoln asprawl before the cabin
fireplace, a book between his
hands.
I've seen the glow against the
Black Hills of the Dakota war
campfires as men planned the
Indians last stand And I've
seen the look in Doughboy Johnny
Jones eyes as he stared along the
barrel of his Lewis gun toward
Germany.
But the greatest sight I ever
have seen-and I've seen it ten
billion time" the Old Man
in the Moon chuckled loudly and
gave the reporter such a nudge
that he sent the faithful scribe
spinning toward earth, "is that of
two young faces, boy and girl.
turned toward me, whispering to
each other how very soon it would
be Junel"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
SAVE ALL WAYS!

You buy, practically with the
advantage of Cash in your
hand" when we are behind you
in an Auto purchase. Our Auto
Financing lets you buy what and
where you want. No need of TAX
ing any Car just because the
Terms are easy" You buy For
CASH. Cash we provide!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
Grab Paq
One-Minnte Test

OTIC-IIIIIUIt ItSt
l. Who is U. S. secretary of
agriculture?
2. Name the president of Ar
aentina.
3. What is a utopia?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
Words of Wisdom

Reason and love often keep
company. 1t is most happy when
they are s.-Shakespeare.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
LICENSE ISSUED

James Odell Crowell, 20, Ell Cen
tro, and Tessie Novela Russell, 10,
Mt. Air, N. M, obtained a mar
riage license Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you have read the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
NOTICE FILED

A notice of intention to wed was
filed Friday by Raymond Mar
quez, 25, Senaida Ochoa, l6, Braw-
ley residents.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
MEXICAN UPRlSlNGS
PROTEST COMMUNISM
{ (Tulare Advance-RegiSter)

(Iulare AdNance-RegiSter)
Renewed frequency of armed upris-
ingS against the government in Mexico
indicate that the CommuniStic-Social
tic regime of President Cardenas may
soon face severe test.
Closing of the churches. seizure of
arms from the land owning farmers and
a long series of other acts in the present
Mexican governments communistic pro-
gram apparently does not find favor
with a large part of the citizens.
Within the past few weeks troops
have been called out to quell armed up
risings in half dozen different sectors
with bloodshed resulting.
Should the forces opposing the govern
ment become boder and better organized
it is not improbable that a large part of
Mexico may become embrOiled in a bloody
evil war, much like that in Spain. And,
also like Spain, the cause of the war, if
it develops to that stage may be placed
squarely upon the shoulders of commu-
n S11a on - ,-i.ip
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
Hints on Etiquette

Such expressions as "HoW's
things?" and Whats up?" show a
lack of speech cultivation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
One Minute Test Answers

l. Henry A. Wallace, of Iowa.
2. Roberto M. Ortiz.
3. ANY place or state of ideal
perfection.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
Thoughts for the Day

Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to
build house for the sanctuary: be Strong and do
it-Chroncles 29:l0.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
You re Telling Ne -
BY WILLIAM RITT
An Interview With the Man i'm
the Moon

so, SMILED the Man in the
Moon, shaking hands with a re-
porter from this newspaper, you
think your readers would like to
know what was the most exciting
thing 1 ever saw? Well, I've seen
plenty, and most of it left me cold
but I'll tell you"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29
A WARENESS OF PUBLIC
GIVEN CREDIT FOR DECLINE
IN TRAFFIC CASUALTIES
HantOrd SentlneI) J

GIVEN CREDIT FOR DECLINE
IN TRAFFIC CASUALTIES
(Hanford SentineD
Public aWarenesS of the need for safe
driving was given by the National Safety
Council as the probable reason for the
marked decline in traffic fatalities that
has occurred since November, 1897. The
council gives the press of the nation
large measure of credit for creating this
"aWareness
Newspapers and magazines have join
ed whole-heartedly in the efforts of pub
lie safety agencies and organizations such
as the American Legion and Parent
Teacher groups, to cut down highway
slaughter. Tales of gore and horror,
of mangled bodies and broken homes
have confronted the potential drunken
and reckless driver at every turn. Appar-
emily these messages from the dead"
have had the desired effect. In addi-
ton to this form of "education,' automo-
biles and highways have been made safer
from an engineering standpoint, better
laws have been adopted and enforce
ment has been more rigid.
II the present downward trend of au-
tonomobile fatalities continues, those
who have died i'm automobile accidents
will not have died entirely in vain Their
sacrifice will nave served toward putting
an end to needless slaughter of human
life on the highway. But, in the months
and years to come, there must be no
relenting, no let-up in the drive to make
our highways safe. The automobile must
be ,'broken,' as domesticated animal,
and made to serve man-not destroy him.
BRIT ANS SOLIDARITY
(Riverside Press)
England, the Balance wheel of Eu-
rope is the significant title of an ad-
dress that Dr.. Frank J. Klingberg, pro-
fessor Of history at UCLA, is delivering
before series of meetings of various
organizations in southern California.
He points out that the British home
front is solid, and would more likely
withstand and weather a serious crisis
than other nations, with the possible
exception of Japan.
"The present situation in Spain places
her beyond consideration in this respect"
he stated. at is question how France,
Italy, Germany or Russia would with
stand hostile pressure that would foment
internal dissent
Britain has the heritage Of one-fourth
of the territory and one-fourth of the
population of the world, he stated She
has great wealth, a great navy friends,
and has developed a diplomatic stand
ing second to none. She possesses great
industrial skill.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-29

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
To IMPERIAL
VALLEY
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Prelude to Drive:
CHEST RESUMES
"OPEN HOUSES

The ego and see" tours Of the
C Community Chest today led to
three locations, as citizens con.
tinued their close-ups Of the serv'
ices rendered by Chest agencies.
The second week of the three
weeks series of "open house" pro
grams started today as a prelude
to the Chest campaign.
The agencies holding "open
house" today were the Health
Security Administration, Eighth
and I SITS. N. W., from 2 to 4
p. M, Miss Katherine Schindel
hostess; Emergency Hospital
Seventeenth and New York Ave
N. w., 4 to 6 p. m, Mrs. Chauncey
Parker, hostess: Jewish Commu.
nifty Center, Sixteenth and @ SITS
N. W., 8:15 p. m, Mrs. Elizabeth
Kahn, hoSteS,
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

|SpLitOUer
New Bus
Route

Disputes over the route to bt
followed in a proposed extension
of a Capital Transit Com oauy
bus line, in the Glover Park-Trini
dad area, arose today at a hear
ing of the Public Utilities Com
mission.
It is proposed to extend the bus
line so that the route will be north
on Tunlaw Road, west on Calvert
Street, south on Fortieth Street
and east on.Benton Street.
A representative of the District
Highway Department, however
told the commission that Fortiett
Street at present is not able tc
withstand heavy bus traffic. He
added that street repairs to permit
such traffic would cost approx
mately $4,000.
Property owners objected TO re
routing the bus line along Calvert
Street on the ground that it al
ready is heavily laden with traffic
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

child we ever had do it was a 10
year-old named Katie K. Shed
been away for three months E.
goodness knows how she lived all
that time. Her clothes were in
tatters, her face dirty and I
thought we'd never get the snarls
out of her bushy, curly hair. When
we asked why she ran away, she
said, pathetically:
|SWHY. I was awaitin fer 20
w all to come and git me to
lock, me up. I heered it was
mighty nice over to the 'ceiving
Home. That's what Clara-belle, a
kid 1 knows, tole me-"
IT wants this Shiftless man Of
mine taken in" said a husky young
n1atron, dragging her lesser half, a
sleepy, meek appearing gent into
TIE Bureau.
"He's supposed to pay me six dol
lars week for the support Of our
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
BALL PLAYING.
BANNED TO BOYS.
IN GEORGETOWN

A group of husky boys-some
in football uniforms-looked rue
fully at the smooth, green turf
of the deserted field and then al
the sign, "No Ball Playing on This
Park"
''I wish someone would figure
out how many games can be
played on a field Of grass without
a ball of any kind, yet games
which would keep these young
sters interested" declared c. c.
Richardson, director of the Boys
Club Georgetown Branch.
The group stood on the edge OF
the field at Thirty-seventh and
w Sts. N. w., where they prac.
ticed football for about a week
IN September until a Park police
man loomed up to tell them about
the ban. Now the sign has
been hoisted, and the Georgetown
branch is looking for a suitable
place to practice.
It has long been a problem with
this team to find space for prac
tice, so the players rejoiced when
the piece of Government prop
erty, known as Green Field, was
thrown open to play for children
under 16 years old. This was done
as a result of the agitation over
juvenile traffic casualties.
For nearly a week the Boys
Club branch reveled in using
this field. But one day the po
liceman approached Coach Paul
lCasaSsa and explained tn a
when the neighbors were peti
toned for permission to allow
children to play there, it wa S
granted upon the express stipula
ton that no balls Of any kind
could be used in the play" Mr.
Richardson said.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
By MELISSA TRENT

1--WE come to give myself up"
piped a tiny voice from a spot
near the floor meath the Police
Departments Women's Bureau
complaint desk yesterday. I was
assisting Sergeant v. A. Devlin
detailed there, for the day.
My dangerous criminal" wasn't
more than nine and his bravado
was short-lived, tears springing
to his large blue eyes when his
case was stated. 49, ,.... r.
Whats your name and ad.
dreSs?" I asked as soon as my
face was straight again.
MOTHER THREATENED
S6ENREDDIE x" he answered and
J. between sobs, explained: !:
my mother threatened to get the
police after me so often thought
I'd better come here myself so
you wouldn't be too hard on me.
"Well, If I were you, I'd go home
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Society
Meets "Wednesday

The washington Philatelic So
ciety will meet at 8 p. m. Wednes-
day at the Carlton Hotel.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
PLEA MADE that
BRITAIN REDEEM
PLEDGE TO JEWS.
4,5O0 Demand Gates of
Palestine Stay Open

Demands that Britain keep
open the gates of Palestine for
Jewish refugees and immigrants
were cheered to the echo her last
night at a protest meeting OF
4 500 persons of all faiths in Con
stitution Hall
warning that any laxity on the
part of England, in supporting
Jewish immigration, would in ef
feet make the Balfour Treaty "a
scrap of paper" Representative
Hamilton Fish (R.) Of New York
keynoted the meeting when he
said:
I'VE are asking the British
government to keep its prom
ises and fulfill its obligations.
We Americans propose to exert
our influence openly to uphold
the policy that has been ap-
proved by the Congress OF the
United States"
SPONSORED RESOLUTION
Fish in 1921 sponsored the con
gressional resolution. approving
the establishment Of national
home for Jewish people in Pales
tine.
The Congressman was intro
duced to the audience by Rabbi
Isadore Breslau, chairman OF the
Emergency Refugee Committee
which sponsored the meeting in
Constitution Hall.
Rabbi Breslau, describing Pal
estine as "the last frontier against
Nazi hate" said:
"The demands OF. the moment
require the world set apart one
little home, one little refuge
for those victims of Nazi hate
dumped upon the democracies
of the world"
APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT
A direct appeal to President
Roosevelt in behalf of the Jews
of Palestine has been made, Sena-
tor George Radcliffe CD Of
Maryland revealed.
DR.. Abram Simon warned
Palestine "is like a city built on
a volcano" and reminded what
freedom meant to the Jew in
America.
Other speakers included Charles
Edward Russell, noted liberal
writer, who attacked claims Of
Arabs being "disposSessed" in the
Holy Land, and the Rev. Peter
Marshall, pastor Of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, and
Henry I. Quinn, member Of the
Board of Education.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

baby. He won't do it though.
Spends his dough for gin and
horses" The lady's eyes spit fire.
you know the law says you
have to provide for your family.
mister" said, taking the advice
Of Captain Milliken, who doesn't
believe in making arrests when
conferences will do as well.
IT know that" the errant huS.
band replied, "but I can't see why
a little baby who can't do nothin'
but drink milk needs six dollars 81
He had me there, so passed
the buck to Sergeant Devlin and
went to see Captain Milliken.
A commotion in the hall an.
nounced the arrival of an officer
with a prisoner. After the girl, a
youthful shoplifter, had been set
tied upstairs in the women'S quar-.
ters, and the policewoman's bites
and scratches doctored, Captain
Milliken sighed and remarked:
THAT doesn't happen often now
adays-moSt citizens submit quiet
| w."
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Union Playhouse
WiII Stage SIsOsU

The Union Playhouse on Thurs
day will show its audience how
radio transcriptions are made, in
the Agriculture Department Audi
torium, at 8 p. m. Songs of Ernest
C. Livingstone will be recorded
and played back to the audience.
In addition there will be a one
act play, "A Wedding" guitar
music by Arsenic Gale and dane
ing by the Lyons Twins, Of the
Going Nae Revue" Four
naval films.
The program, free to the pub
lie, is sponsored by the N. F. F. E.
Lee H. Shugar is director.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
20 YEARS
SOdGLity Union Marks
Anniversary

Marking its goth anniversary,
the Sodality Union will celebrate
its founding tonight at S:15 p. m,
in the Gonzaga College auditori.
um, with the Most Rev. Michael
j. Curley, archbishop of Balti-
more, as principal speaker.
The Rev. Joseph M. Johnson,
whose school was built by the So
dality Union, will speak on the de-
velopment Of rural education in the
last few years. Miss Mary Mat
tingly, union president, will tell
o. the unions development and its
various activities.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Times Sends Cash
To News II ppers

Alert ster turned their into cash as winners OF
the weekly awards in The Times newstp contest today