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Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
BY LOGAN JENKINS

A dimple and a Wisecrack will go
further toward pleasing a custom
er's stomach than a T-bone steak
This word of wisdom to wives
came Saturday from Mrs. Lucille
Averitt, Winsome Ell Centro wait
resS whose hands have juggled
goodness knows how many thou
sands of meals and whose head
daily whirls with ''ham and
stew on the dinner" or "roast
beef on rye.
Angeles, Ell Centro or Texas cities,
the 27-year-old blonde has taken
and filled orders in the center of
maelstrom of Gathering plates.
She has pleased thousands of stom-
achs, upset few because you can't
win all the time) but never lost a
customer.
Women Tougher
Women are, as a rule, harder to
>serve than men," she confided
E'Maybe that's because they won't
let you get away with thing. If
you bring man the wrong dish,
most of the time he will accept it
anyway. But a woman? Nossir!''
Only about ten per cent of the
customers are really difficult to
handle, she said, but nearly all of
them need handling
"Most people must be suffering
from some kind of a complex, be-
cause in a restaurant more than
any other place they want atten-
ton. That's only human, though,
because most people are bossed by
someone else all day long and when
they get chance they like to do
a bit of bossing themselves, she
interpreted.
Customers fall into several clas-
sifications, and each type takes
its own approach" and demands
a certain style of technique. "It's
(pest to size up the customer as
pest you can and then trust to luck.
some like to have you admire the
baby that is tipping over a water
glass, and others prefer you in a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. CUP)-
Rep. j. william Otter, Pa, vice
chairman of the National Republic
can Congressional committee, today
predicted that Republicans this fall
will capture a minimum of 10 house
seats now held by Democrats.
Ditter asserted that sweeping re-
volt of farmers against New Deal
crop control policies and "meddle-
some bureaucratic domination from
Washington" would mean defeat
for many of the present $50 Demo-
Gratis in the house, and gains for
the present 80 Republican members.
1.-The disastrous agricultural poll
icies of the last five years cannot
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
Large Candidate
List Offered in
Epworfh League
CALEXICO NOTES

Believing that competition for Of
flee is stimulating to organization
membership, Rev Zimmerman has
encouraged several candidates to
run for office in the local Epworth
League.
The following candidates have
been nominated, president, Charles
| Cash and Constance O'Connor; first
vice-president, Bill MacCampbell
and Gene Kyle; second vice-presi-
dent, Bill Caughlin and Frank
Raab; third president, Jack
Candland and Edwin Simmons;
fourth president, Elizabeth
Brewster and Joe Eady; secretary
treasurer, Mary Kincaid and Mar
garet Stimson.
The League has arranged a sand
party to be held Saturday. The
committee in charge of arrange
ments are Ranny Williams and his
cabinet
DR.. Y. w. Chan, Chinese consul
in MeXicali and Earl Cavanah, lieu
tenant-governor of eleventh district
Kiwanis, attended the Kiwanis
luncheon in Brawley Tuesday where
DR.. Chan was the chief speaker.
The Altar society of the Catholic
church met Monday afternoon for
election of new officers. The follow
ing officers were elected: Mrs. R.
Laroque, president; Mrs. Ernest
Morlett, vice-president; Mrs. John
Eashid, secretary y-treasurer.
Mrs. Dexter Babcock, chairman of
The membership drive of the PIT.
A. reported Ais members secured
to date. The committee was COM
posed of Mesdames T. c. Worthy.
Roberts Vath, Frank Raab, L. H.
Dove, j. M. Ostrey, Ear Williams,
Porter Brown, 3. F. Kearney.
humphrey BlalSdell, until recently
associated with John R. Robertson's
valley interests has purchased the
Texaco station at Second and Pau
lin and will continue the business.
E. E. Comingore, former proprietor,
of the station, will locate in Long
Beach.
The Business and Professional
women enjoyed steak bake at the
Homola ranch Tuesday night. As
sisting Mrs. Homola as hostess were
Mesdames Clara Taylor, Katheryn
Taylor, Effie Cam, Elsie Lueck and
Alameda Webster.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09

LtSlOll pOSI EOlIlillduIitI.
However, Hanford said, no COM
plant "as to what actually took
place has been lodged with the col
lege authorities The matter is
being carefully investigated by the
university, with view to taking
disciplinary action"
The routing of the parade by
jeering students brought sharp re-
Dukes today from Gov. Charles F..
Hurley and Mayor John w. Lyons
as district court complaints were
issued against four Harvard fresh
men.
The complaints named Morton j.
Blumgarton, New York City; John
S. Caylor, Canton, o.; Joseph M.
Ambrose, Danvers, and Frank A.
Pemberton, jr., Newton. Police said
the four will be summoned to court
Oct 8 to answer charges of inter-
rupting and disturbing legal as
Sembly.
The students were seized las
night as large group of shouting
and goose-stepping youths dashec
through the parade ranks and triet
to snatch instruments from mem.
bers of the junior band. A polio,
riot squad was called.
Hurley, member of the Cam.
bridge Legion post, urged that per
petrators of the riot be punished.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
Republican Party Executive Sees
Sweeping Gains in Congress Seats

be ameliorated by a mere reshuf-
fling of the Wallace Bureaucracy
he said. Yesterdays departmental
reorganization presents a last des-
perate attempt to make the quota
system work. The new arrange
ment of offices and powers in the
department merely seeks to force
the rejected and repudiated Wallace
schemes upon American agrioul-
ture."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
Boy, &, Sues Ice
Cream Co. for $50

IRVINGTON, N. j., Oct 8. (UP)
The Betsy Ross ice cream cor
poration of Newark must answer
next Tuesday the suit of Master
Edwin Rogers, 6, for $50 damages,
the result of the wrecking of his
red express wagon by one of the
company's trucks.
The complaint alleges that "the
wagon was presented to plaintiff,
according to the best of his knowl-
edge, recollection and belief, from
the hands of Santa Claus on Christ
mas day, 1886"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09

Of excitement all over the world
the recovery from our recession
would have been lot further
along. The settlement of the Euro
pean trouble has fully justified the
no-war- -in-1938 forecast which I
made in my Annual outlook on
January first and which I have
repeated many times since.
London, of course, is overjoyed
that Prime Minister Chamberlain
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
Union Oil Shifts
Three EMPLOYEES

SHIFT" is the order of the day
for Union Oil company employees.
Effective Saturday, John Johnson
will be transferred from Ell Centro
to Calexico, Reg Brenchley from
Calexico to Yuma, and the Yuma
manager to Ontario.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
ADJOURNED COUNCIL
MEETING POSTPONED

An adjourned meeting of the FL
Centro city council, originally set
for next Tuesday, has been moved
to Thursday, Mayor H. w. Fawcett
announced Friday, because of con-
flicting meetings.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
22ND DISTRICT
VETERANS TO MEET

BRAWLEY, Oct. 8.-Veterans of
the 22nd district will meet at Vet
Grams Memorial hall at pm. Oct.
16 for business and organization
meeting, Commander D. H. Wolford
announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
CITY CLERK BACK

Roy Johnstone, city clerk, was
back in Ell Centro Friday after a
brief vacation in San Diego and
Los Angeles. He will be back at
work Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
Harvard Freshmen Break Up Legion
Parade, Commanders Protest
Brings College Apology

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 8. (UP)-Harvard college
officially expressed regret today the breaking up
an American Legion parade aegedy by freshman stu
dents Dean A c. Hanford announced he had personally
conveyed his regrets for the incident to the Cambridge
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
Dissipation of War Scare Clears
Way TO Greater Business Boom.
Babson Finds; Europe Joyous
BY ROGER BABSON

LONDON Oct 8.-The settlement of the Euronoan
crisis was the most optimistic in over wear The
the only barrier in the path of sharp bs
ness recovery this fall If the Czechosovakian situation
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09

dragged England back from what
most people believed to be the
brink of war. have been here only
few days, but 1 have talked with
numerous people in all walks of
life-from cab drivers to nigh gov
ernment officials. They have told
me that everyone momentarily ex-
pected war to come However, while
badly frightened, the people went
about their daily chores as usual.
There is large amount of new
building of apartments, stores and
private homes although business is
not as prosperous as it was at the
time of my visit year ago.
Germany Not Hated
In the recent poker game, Ger
many got what she wanted despite
the earlier violent objections of the
British and the French. Hence,
England has lost lot of prestige.
However, there is very little feel
ing here against Germany. All the
business interests and large per-
centage of the people respect the
Reich and want to do business with
her. 1 have found no desire to
fight the Germans. Chamberlain
solution of the Czech issue means
that England is making every ef-
fort to continue on friendly terms
with the "Fatherland". When 1
talk about Italy, however, 1 get a
wholly different feeling.
My impression is that the Brit
ish will not stand any nonsense
from Mussolini after England gets
fully armed. At the present mo-
ment it looks as if Great Britain
and Germany would get together,
leaving II Duce out in the cold.
One reason for this is that there
is hardly anything left to give
Mussolini. Many believe that the
old German and Austro-Hungar-
ian empires should be restored. If
so, Germany still has lot more
to get. Italy, however, now has
more territory than when she en-
tered the World War. Therefore,
it is said there is little to give
Italy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
England Our Buffer

ohi DuhiSA
What will happen to France /
do not know. She does not fear an
invasion so long as she keeps out
of war. She wonders, however, whe-
ther she can continue to hold her
colonies. England certainly has her
feet on the ground and knows what
she is doing. I have greater faith
in Great Britain than ever So long
az England does not drift toward
Fascism within her own borders,
should not we in the United States
frankly back England as our first
line of defense? This is a question
which is worthy of careful con-
sideration by every person who
lives in North America.
Before leaving America I was
asked especially to find out what
attitude Russia will take in case
Of a real European war. The best
opinion here seems to be that
Russia will use her influence not
to prevent war, but rather to stir
up war. The conduct of the Soviet
foreign minister at the league ses-
sions at Geneva recently confirms
this. He was apparently doing his
best to start the pot boiling.
Russia Playing Cute Game
Russia is playing the dog in the
manger" act. She hopes to see a
great war between the Democratic
countries and the FaScistic coun-
tries. 1t is even believed that she
will do all she can to bring such
a war about and to keep it going
as long as possible, but without get
ting into it. If so, it is said her
game would be to wait until both
the Democratic and the Fascistic
countries were exhausted and then
sweep over Europe with her armies
and take control of the situation,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
SUMMER TOURIST TRAFFIC
INCREASING RAPIDLY

Summer tourists are pouring into
the state in increasing numbers, it
was indicated this week.
On aiEs Informal traffic count be
tween Chehalis and Vancouver, WASH,
Herbert Nelson, Olympia resident,
told the Washington State Progress
the automobiles he observed in sin
gle day bore f'foreign' licenses.
Nelson, who said he got the idea
of counting the cars because he was
impressed by the number of out-of-
state automobiles on the road, said
226 of the 1853 autes he passed were
tourists.
"The visitors are coming-they re
here, spending their money in Wash
ington. seeing the finest collection of
vacation scenery to be found any
where in the country" declared Prog
ress Chairman Chaplin d.. Foster. Che
halls newspaper publisher.
every city and town in the state
has seen lots Of out-of-state cars this
summer, but probably no one has TAX
en- the trouble to actually count
them,' Foster observed eff yo'
think state advertising is not bringing
visitors to Washington this summer,
go out and try Mr.. Melons, expert
ment'
Pointing out that the state has err
eeted welcome lodges to aid these Wis
itors. Foster urged that "citizeps of
every community should go out OF
their way to greet these people, to in
quire if there is anything that can be
done. Try it and learn how much a
little cordially is appreciated II will
ray big dividends. -
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
Work Speeded
On Power Line

Two hundred men will be put to
work immediately on purchase of right
|of way and other work prefminafy
to construction of the proposed power
line between Coulee dam and the Bon
neville dam, J. D. Ross, Bonneville
power administrator, said. The PWA
last week authorized funds for the
construction.
Accompanied by his engineers, Don
Campbell, Charles E. Carey and
Charles Lund, Mr.. Ross conferred
with L. A. Banks, bureau of reclama-
ton engineer in charge of Coulee dam
construction, relative to the main
substation, which has been tentatively
located near Yakima.
Construction work will be started
on both ends of the line, and about
1000 men will be given employment.
1t will require about two years to
complete the project, but the major
lines of the proposed network will be
ready the first year. The work will be
let out on contract, Ross said.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
Pouring Al Dam
Starts New Era
(By HUI BLONK)


GRAND COULEE DAM - The
show Us on again at Grand Coulee
dam site.
Concrete-pouring was officially
started Saturday morning when from
the deck of the new construction
trestle, looming 1870 feet overhead, a
dirty, aluminum-colored bucket came
down to deposit the first four yards
OF mud into the first form to be
built in the east shore since the CBl
took over the reins.
The pouring during tho day was the
object of all eyes. 1t heralded the
beginning of new era of eonstruc-
ton life. Without pouring underway,
well, Grand Coulee Dam "iust ism It.,
as construction stiff would say.
AS the buckets came down inside
the fivefeet high timber and metal,
half dozen workmen warmed about
it, took hold of the opening lever and
the gray "mud", as concrete is
calld here, oozed out the hard foun-
dation of the dam, as it was left by
MWAK company, first contractors.
A signalman, standing on the rim
of the form, directed the movement of
the bucket as it swung from its long
cable The operator Of the huge crane
is unable to see the place where his
load is to be dropped. When the
bucket was emptied it shot skyward
again to be replaced shortly by an.
other cantainer.
The workmen then grabbed vibra
tors, plunged them into the rounded
pile of "mud' and the material
place in the dam. The noise accom-
panying the vibrators remind one of q
flotilla Of airplanes passing overhead
Noises Of every type floated
through the air as the initial poul
luOh I1ldCS, HuuuleIS Hcic, liNCb ,uhf
there, whistles, short, long and inter
militant, shouts of foremen, escaping
of water and hundred accompany
ing sounds.
Government inspectors watched th
pour carefully, as they always do. 4
reporters camera or two clicked a
intervening periods recording an
other first yard story. Nearby I
group of carpenters were prepBrin,
TO subsequent pours. A penstock form
the first to be seen in many months
for the far eastern tube. was takin,
lace.
Tourists in the east vista hous
watched intently at the "show', tn
first real sight of activity for ther
to see this summer Against tho horj
ION Of the murky, smoky day, tn
dark bucket being dropped before tn
background of the silhouetted stee
framework of the trestle was pic
turesque sight, such rs only gian
lGrand Coulcc dam cnn give,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
Warns Against
Asking Too Much

cit never pays to everyday your
hand.''
With these words Senator Lewis Il.
Schwellenbach Wednesday warned
supporters of Grand Coulec dam not
to press too hard cat this time" for
the reclamation features of the pro-
ject
"There is no question about secur-
ing funds for the completion Of the
dam,' the senator said. "The fight
will come on tho reclamation side of
the project.
1--WE are getting what we are try
ing to get at this time, but / would
like to warn supporters of the project
not to ask for too much now.
The program is rolling along
smootlIy as far as the dam is con
cerned, and we don't want to create
,osentmcuts by trying to push too
hard.'
He declared the battls on the
reclamation angle will come i'll 1910,
1041 and 1912. He predicted up
rorters of the dam would win.
Addresses Committee
Senator Schwellcnhach. in Spokane
for the first time since his office was
opened in the federal building. al
dressed the Columbia basin committee
of the Chamber of Commerce.
In the interview he declared he
will stay out of the primary election
campaign, but twill support and cam
paign for those who are nominated by
the Democrats for the congressional
and senatorial positions.
He said it was his opinion the com
plexion of congress twill not be mat
erally changed by this years elcc-
lions.
ROOSEVELT is stronger than he was
Tin jelly 1885," the senator asserted,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
RITZ BROS. GO HILBILLY
AT ROOSEVELT THEATRE

Theee Ritz Brothers, taking hill
arious, tongue-in- the cheek poke at
the radio Droadcasting studio IS pen
chant for talent quests, are scheduled
to show Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
at the Roosevelt Theatre in Grand
Coulee in their latest starring comedy
" Kentucky Moonsnine. -
In this goth Ccntury.Fox film,
with Daryl +. Zannck in charge Of
production, the now established mad
men of the movies Have added many
extra film fenzies to povide mcrri-
ment.
Interpolatc1 through the plot OF
Kentucky Moonshine is romance
between Tony Martin. the popular ra'
dio (and more recently screen Groom
er, and the delightful Marjorie Weav
er, who has come long way toward
stardom since her =" break in "Sec-
ond Honeymoon.
The romance in turn is accompan.
led by three, hit-parade-destined
songs by the prolific songwriting
team of Lew Pollack and Sidney D.
Mitchell who provided three of the
tunes for "In Old Chicago among
nearly two dozen other hits during the
past year.
Three new songs by Sidney Clare
and Harry >Akst written for Jane
Withers' latest starring film, "Ras
cals,' serve as the musical back
ground for several gypsy dance num-
bers in the goth Century Fox comedy
at the Roosevelt Theatre Friday and
Saturday with the stage show hillbilly
Z" Reno Racketeers'' "Rascals' feat
ures Rochelle Hudson Robert Wilcox,
and Borrah Minevitch and His Gang.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
Fire Destroys
70 Acres Grain

Seventy acres of wheat belonging to
Guy c. Watkins was destroyed and
about 1000 acres of pasture land was
burned over in series of four fires
Wednesday in the st. Andrews dis
trict.
Men from the harvest crews and
many from town gathered to form Il
crew of 100 who fought for five hours
to get the fire under control, and al
though it was still burning Wednesday
night no further damage was DONE
Tractors and plows were finally used
to save wheat field belonging to f..
w. Rice.
Fire in the same vicinity but across
the highway burned about 200 acres
of pasture land near the i. w. Rice
ranch Tuesday afternoon. Harvest men
and crews from town soon brought the
tire under control Both fires were
thought to have been started by Gig
arctic stubs being thrown from pass
ing cars.
Which all brings to mind the law
in the state of Washington governing
the accessories reputable on automo-
biles. 1t says, or words to this effect
all cars must carry as standard equip
ment an ash tray in an accessible
place on the instrument panel.
We wonder if motorists would only
stop to realize that it takes around 4
months to raise crop of wheat up to
| harvest time, and only about 10 min
| utes to burn it down if they continu-
ally throw their cigarettes out car
| windows, we naturally believe that
our wheat and forest fires would be
brought down to minimum.
| 1t has been reported this week that
! one man picked up over dozen Gig
arctic stubs within one mile along thS
highway west of town
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
Life Lost IN
Gr. CouIee. Blaze

For the third time in three wears.
fire ragged through the business dis
trict of Grand Coulee, this time taking
che life and injuring several persons.
About 1890 Thursday noon, fire
broke out in the Massart Plumbing
shop swiftly, spreading to adjoining
buildings and leveling the entire block
'cforc being brought under control
Nrs. Larry Massart, in whose sstab-
'ishment the fire started, was brought
from the blazing building partially
overcome by smoke Evidently think
ing the flames had not advanced so
far she ran back into the shop for
some of her valuables and was caught
III the raging inferno before her alb
sence were noticed.
Besides the plumbing shop the fire
destroyed the Station A post off,c,
Nail IS Apparel shop, Simons Cloth
ing store, WigVam Cafe, Superior
Cleaners and about "a cabins of the
Prince Tourist Cabins.
All windows across the street in the
.'entral Market and Coulee Dam Bak-
Try were broken, but the fire was
niraculously kept from spreading by
the two volunteer fire departments
\ call was sent to Almira for their
The loss was estimated at around
100000, partially covered by insur-
ance. About year ago another block
was lowered by fire, on B street, just
one block east of the scene of Thurs.
lays fire.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
CONTRACT LET FOR STEEL
ON GRAND COULEE DAM

Grand Coulee dam received another
national distinction today.
1t came with the announcement Nv
the bureau of reclamation that cor
tract of $170,984 for 1000 tons of
reinforcing steel has been awarded to
the Bethlehem Steel company.
This order is the first large ma
tcrial purchase under the new recov-
cry drive says the reclamation
bureau in Washington D. C.
Frank Banks, bureau engineer in
charge Of Coulee construction, said
the steel will be needed reasonably
soon for use in the west side power
house, where Consolidated Builders
Inc, will start work this fall
"We have some steel for the power
house, but not enough said Banks
There were 13 bidders for the con-
tract, which went to Bethlehem on a
bid $4,000 under any other bidder.
Banks said the Western Pipe and
Steel company of San Francisco has
completed erection of its buildings
for fabrication of steel penstocks, and
is now installing some testing appa-
ratus.
About go men are employed in the
fabrication plant
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
Mold News

Mrs. O. l. Frederick and children
visited Mrs. James Edgemon Tues
day,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Miller of
Moses lake were Sunday dinner guests
at the Hartman home.
Lois Edgemon of Oroville is visit
ing her grandmother, Mrs Carrie Edge
mon, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Edgemon spent
Sunday at the lakes
Mrs. James Edgemon and mother
Mrs. Malone, were shoppers in Wen.
atchee Thursday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-07-21
INJURIES FATAL TO
AUTO CRASH VICTIM

Miss Gertrude Alderman Of Buff.
falo, N. Y. died in the Mason Ui,y
hospital at 1880 o'clock Wednesday
morning from injuries received in an
automobile crash near Grand Coulee
Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. Antoinette Kramer. also of
Buffalo and passenger in tho
wrecked car, is being treated at the
Mason City hospital for skull frac-
ture. Physicians this morning report
ed her condition as slightly improved
Hay E. Hennessey, 90, Spokane,
said he fell asleep at the wheel of the
12cylinder Cadillac It went from the
roadway near Osborne.