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The Washington times., 1938-08-01
ACCUSED.
OF SIDING With.
UTILITY BARONS
Constituents 'MiIked >
Says Mrs. Strong

In fiery attack on the voting
record of Representative Howard
w. Smith, Mrs. Richard Strong,
president of the Northern Virginia
League Of Women Voters, today
charged he had aligned himself
with the utility barons against the
Administration and millions Of
electric light consumers.
Speaking over Station WMAL,
Mrs. Strong declared that electric
light consumers among Smiths
constituents in Arlington county
had been "bled and MIXED" by the
power trust for years.
RIGHTS" DEFINED
Denouncing Smith for refusing
to debate the power issue in his
campaign or explain his votes
against the Administrations pro-
gram to regulate utility holding
companies, Mrs. Strong said:
"You had a right, Mr.. Smith,
to cast your vote any way that
you wanted to, but only Mus
solini, a Hitler or a Stain would
assign to themselves the right to
do as they please. In America,
Mr.. Smith, a Congressman is a
representative of the people"
"ASPERSION" CITED
Smiths refusal to publically ex-
plain his votes, Mrs. Strong de-
clared, was an aspertion on
every Virginian." She continued: :
"You had a right, Mr.. Smith,
to support the utility barons
against the Administration and
the millions of electric light
consumers when you cast your
vote against the death sentence
in the holding company act.
But in doing that, Mr.. Smith,
you chose for your pal, the elu-
sive Mr.. Hobson, and not the
Congress of the United States
which passed the act or the Su-
preme Court of the United
States which sustained every
provision Of the act"
TELLS OF RATE FIGHT
Mrs. Strong charged that a
super-holding company controlled
almost $50,000,000 of other peo-
pies money in Virginia and that
an absentee landlord in the guiSe
of a New York holding company
had tried to bleed" electric light
consumers until the State Corpora
tion Commission forbade series
Of proposed dividends.
Mrs. Strong pointed out that
customers of the Virginia Public
Service Company in Arlington
county were unable to obtain rate
reductions until they threatened
to establish publicly-owned power
plant.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
4 STATES VOTE.
TOMORROW IN
KEY PRIMARIES.
New Dealers WatChfuI;
Prestige at Stake
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES

(I.N.SO Political battles as
warm as the August sun will be
fought to conclusion this week in
six States-Kentucky, Tennessee,
Kansas, Missouri, Virginia and
West Virginia.
Four seats IN the Senate and SO
seats in the House are involved in
this weeks primary balloting. But
in many of these contests more
than that is involved-the per
sonal prestige of President Roose-
welt and the popularity of the sec.
ond phase of the New Deal.
This is particularly true in Ken
lucky, where Mr.. Roosevelt made
almost a personal issue Of the
Democrats renominating his Sen
ate leader, Aloen w. Barkley, who
is being opposed by Gov. A. B.
"Happy" Chandler.
BARKLEY FAVORED
The belief obtains in Washing
ton, and is held by those who ac-
companied Mr.. Roosevelt on his re-
cent visit to the State, that Bark
ley will win. That belief, how
ever, is qualified by many ifs, ands
and butts. Chandler has a we'll
oiled and efficient State machine,
which is working it's head off for
the governor. Against it is the
Federal machine, bulwarked by
some 10000 Kentuckians who are
on PWA relief rolls. Charges of
coersion and use of Federal and
State employees in the hectic cam
paign have been made by both
sides.
Before the Kentucky primary
Saturday, five other States will af-
ford an insight into the political
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trend. Four of these, Kansas,
Missouri, Virginia and West Vir.
ginia, vote tomorrow. Then comes
Tennessee on Thursday.
There may be considerable fire.
works in Tennessee, where Gov
Gordon Browning and National
Committeeman Ed Crump, the
boss of Memphis, are engaged in a
spectacular and extremely bitter
fight for political control Of the
State.
GOVERNOR FOR BERRY
Browning is supporting Senator
Berry, who was once an ardent
New Dealer but who has Soured
on the Administration. Berry is
serving in the Senate under Brown
ing's appointment. Crump and
TenneSsee's senior Senator, Ken
meth McKellar, are supporting At
torney General Tom Stewart
There are several other candidates.
Governor Browning has mo-
bilized troops for his invasion"
of the Crump stronghold in Mem
phis this week. In Tennessee, as
in Kentucky, coercion of Federal
and State employees has been
charged.
In Kansas tomorrow the princi-
pal fight is Republican for a
change. The Rev. Gerald B. Win
rod, who has been called the
Kansas Hitler" is making a pro-
digious effort to capture the Re-
publican senatorial nomination.
Winrod has been repudiated and
denounced by Republican Ma
tional Chairman John Hamilton.
In Missouri the expectation is
that Senator Bennett Champ
Clark will be renominated to-
morrow despite the opposition of
several opponents who are 100
per cent New Dealers"
Virginia, tomorrow, presents but
, one real New Deal contest. In the
Eighth congressional district, 80
year-old William E. Dodd, jr., son
of the former Ambassador to Ger
many, is seeking to unhorse Rep
resentative Howard w. Smith.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
Houston at Cocos Island
F.D K. Denied Side Trip

ABOARD U. S. S. HOUSTON,
Off Cocos Island, South Pacific
(Via Navy RadiO, Aug. l Q.N.So.
After a week of lazy cruising
about the Galapagos group, while
President Roosevelt busted him
self with fishing and exploring,
the cruiser Houston arrived off
Cocos Island today.
Because of choppy seas. the
Houston omitted its, scheduled
stop at Tower Island in the Gala
pagos group and instead made
the 380-mile run directly from
San Salvador Island to Cocos.
Mr.. Roosevelt expressed keen
disappointment, as it had been
hoped the presidential party
might make q thrilling trip In.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
Injured Man Held
Hit-Run Victim

ALEXANDRIA, Va, August l..
Apparently the victim of a hit-run
driver, John r. Beach, SO, Of
Springfield, was being treated for
head injuries at Alexandria Hos
pital today. The hospital reported
a Washington taxicab driver found
the injured man beside a highway
near Alexandria last night and
brought him to the hospital. Fair
TAX County and Alexandria police
had no report on the accident.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
IOwd and u. S. Clash in Maytag Strike

NEWTON, Iowa, Aug. l G.N.S0.
A. possible clash between Federal
and State governments today ap-
peared in the offing on the May
tag Washing Machine Company
strike front following Gov. Nelson
G. Kraschel's order hating a
National Labor Relations Board
hearing.
Observers expressed belief that
a Federal injunction against Gov
ernor Kraschel may be sought
after written notice of the order
The Washington times., 1938-08-01

small boats about the water-filled
crater Of an extinct volcano on
Tower Island which occasionally
can be reached from the sea.
Yesterday marked beginning of
the third week of the presidential
jaunt which began at San Diego
July 16. Sunday, as always on Mr..
Roosevelt's cruises, was a period
of relaxation. All on board ship
attended the regular churc h
services.
Under the present schedule, the
Houston will remain off Cocos
Island, possession of Costa Rica,
for two days and then proceed to
Balboa, Canal Zone, approximately
$50 miles away, arriving there late
Thursday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
1000 Guardsmen
EncirC|e Memphis

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 1
More than 1000 miIitiamen
remained encamped along the
roads into Memphis today,
but Gov. Gordon Browning
denied they would be used as
guards in Thursdays election.
Battling the powerful
Crump organization that is
fighting his bid for renOmina-
tiOn, the governor said he
would "uSe force only as q
last resort"
The governor accused the
Memphis press of a prOpa-
ganda campaign against him.
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VOTE TO DECIDE.
new DEAL ISSUE.
IN VA. TOMORROW
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South and of the State which yet
gave the country the Declaration
of independence and Bill of
Rights, and which cherished its
independence enough to lead it to
secede from the Union with other
Southern States, call for a vote
for Smith.
VOTING STARTS EARLY
New Deal interest in the fight,
reaching a climax in Secretary
1ckes' criticism of Smith last
week, has placed the stamp of
White House approval squarely on
Dodd.
President Roosevelt's hold on
his party is involved not only by
implication, but directly. If the
Byrd-Smith forces win, with the
New Deal the chief issue in the
congressional contest, it will mean
in all probability that the vir-
ginia delegates to the next Demo-
cratic national convention will for
the most part be Byrd delegates.
If the New Deal-Dodd forces win,
it will greatly increase the chances
that a New Deal delegation will
be sent to the convention as the
Byrd star passes into partial or
complete eclipse.
Voting will start at sunup and
end at Sundown. In Alexandria
and Arlington county the sun will
rise at SIG and set at 7:19. The
official time of sunrise and sunset
in other parts of the district, as
obtained from the Weather Blu.
reau, varies a few minutes both
ways from the Alexandria-Ar Airing
ton average.
AS voting machines are not used
in Virginia, the ballots will have
to be counted by hand after the
polls close, soon after 7 o'clock.
SIZE OF VOTE MYSTERY
Predictions vary as to the size
of the vote to be cast, Organiza-
tion forces supporting Smith do
not believe more than 10000 votes
will be cast, all told. The Dodd
managers are convinced the total
will run nearer 10000.
Both sides were working hecti-
cally on last-minute arrangements
to get voters to the polls. Volun-
teers in every county, city and pre-
cinct had orders from campaign
headquarters which will send them
out at dawn tomorrow to work for
their favorite.
ONE OTHER CONTEST
In only one other Congressional
district Of the State-the Second,
which includes the TideWater
counties around Norfolk, is there a
contest for a Democratic congress
sional nomination. There Repre-
sentative Norman D. Hamilton,
Portsmouth publisher, is opposed
by former Representative Colgate
w. Darden, jr., Norfolk lawyer,
whom Hamilton defeated for the
nomination two years ago in an
unusually close race. There is no
clean-cut New Deal or other issue
in this district, the contest being
between rival personalities rather
than political PHILOSOPHERS.
Neither are there primary con-
tests in the State for other Of
fices. County officers come up in
1889, Byrd in 1910, the governor
ship in 1941.
All eyes therefore are on the
Eighth district and Messrs. Dodd
and Smith. And tomorrow will
tell the tale.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
Rails Will Make
Mediation Appeal

CHICAGO. Aug. Q.N.SO.
An appeal to- the Railway Medi-
alton Board will be made this
week, H. A. Enochs, chairman of
the carriers group, revealed today
after the wage conference between
railroad officials and union ex-
ecutives had adjourned again,
still deadlockd. The conference
will resume Tuesday. No solution
of the problem, however, is ex-
pected.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01

In green, burgundy taupe and blue. Everyone alw'
likes these plain rugs They will fit in with the m
modern of furniture or the old colonial style. If you
not want them now, we'll keep them for you until F.
But buy one now and save.
Kann's-Third Floor
The Washington times., 1938-08-01

State troops which hold Newton in
the grip of martial law.
Governor Kraschel closed the
hearing because he said it had not
been conducive to peace in the
community" and actually was a
disturbing factor" which might
be delaying a settlement of the
dispute.
Thurlow Smoot, attorney for the
labor board, was reported to be in
favor of continuing the hearing
despite the order.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
Treasury Condition

G.N.S0 Treasury balance July
90. $2,117,319,3S1.75; internal rev.
enue, $4,000, ,846.43; customs re-
ceipts. $22174,728.82; receipts,
$297 ,040. .184.53: expendi lures,
E74fl n24 3R2 R5
The Washington times., 1938-08-01

Take your Herald and Times with
you when you go away. II you are q
regular subscriber the Patterson News
papers will be mailed to you. A teIe-
phone call to Republic 1894 will COM
plete arrangements.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01

is served on Trial Examiner Madi-
son Hill today by Maj. Gen. Mat
thew A. Tinley, commander of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-07
TOO FEW CURBlNGS,
TOO LITTLE PARKING

Seemingly small thing, this matter
of curb cutting that at present occupies
the attention of the FL Centre city coun-
Gil is in really an important considera-
tion in light of the city's present and
future growth.
Especially is this true in the downtown
area, where automobile parking even
now is at a premium on busy days and
evenings. In the residence sections, there
should be no question that every house
holder should be allowed a driveway by
which TO reach his garage.
In the downtown area, however, the
curbs should remain intact except in
cases of absolute need. Otherwise one
person or one firm benefits-and hun
dreds of motorists and shoppers are
penalized.
Where there is a service station, gar
age or truck loading station, there
can be no question about the necessity of
a driveway. Even in these cases, however,
municipal welfare seems to dictate some
limit to the size of the driveway that
can be cut through the curbing.
An unlimited allowance for curb cut
ting would result in less and less park
ing space as time went on. Too, it would
to some extent create a far less attrac-
tive vista on the downtown streets.
The city council has decided upon a
searching scrutiny of all applications for
permits to cut the curb, and in this deci-
sion we believe the city trustees are wise.
Their wisdom, we think, will be manifest
in greater comfort for motorists and
greater accessibility for stores which
depend upon shoppers for their trade.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-07
NOTICE OF TAXES

NOTICE Is hereby given that all
taxes for the fiscal year of July /,
1898, to June 30, 1889, i'll the City
OF FL Centre are now due and pay
able.
That all taxes upon personal
property and one-half of all taxes
upon real estate, mortgages, deeds
of trust. contracts or other obliga-
tions by which debt is secured upon
real estate will become delinquent
upon the last Monday in November
next thereafter at five o'clock PM.
and that unless such taxes are paid
prior thereto ten per cent Will be
added to the amount thereof.
That the remaining half of the
taxes upon real estate, mortgages,
deeds of trust, contracts or other
obligations by which debt is secured
upon real estate, will become delin-
quent upon the last Monday III
April next thereafter. at five o'clock
PM, and that unless such taxes
are paid prior thereto, five per cent
will be added 20 the amount there
Of
That all taxes may be paid at
the time of the payment of the first
installment as herein provided.
That taxes may be paid at the
City Hall to the Deputy Tax Col
lector, between hours of eight
O'Clock AM, and five O'Clock PM,
with the exception of Saturday and
on which day the hours shall be
from eight o'clock AM, to twelve
o'clock noon
Dated this 3Oth day of September,
1888.
j. STERLING OSWALT,
City Tax and License Collector.
BY FAYE BURKE,
Deputy.
S. 800. Q 34567 10 IL IL 10 IA.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-07
WHY ROOSEVELT FACES A
STRUGGLE WITH CONGRESS

President Roosevelt's undoubted quail
ties of leadership will be put to their
severest test when congress convenes in
January.
The prediction has been made in many
news dispatches from Washington, both
Republican and Democratic. We have
not seen many accounts, however, which
clearly outlined the reasons for the ap-
preaching struggle.
There is, really, one big reason: the
presidential election comes in 1910.
The Presidents unpopularity among
senators and congressman has increased
since last session. His purge of the Demo-
cratic party, which went on the rocks in
the SOUTH bred fear among some law
makers, and something approaching
hatred among others. They will not be
dormant in congress.
Another factor is found in the desire.
of those who have, all along, opposed the
President. Wishing to discredit him be-
fore 1910, they will do all in their power
to block any program he favors. They
will take every opportunity to put him in
a bad light They will be looking toward
1910 with determination that Roose-
welt shall no longer control the party
by then.
Especially when the President asks
for money will he be opposed Cries of
bought votes" will be even more numer-
Gus than they are today. Relief agencies
will undergo the closest scrutiny, and
the bitterest attacks.
The wise American voter, regardless
of whom he favors in the political line
up, will remember in January that poll
tics, as well as public service, motivates
some congressman.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-07
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation Says
barriers Between States: Block to Prosperity

have been more prosperous than
Europe largely because We have not
had Europe's intricate network OF
trade barriers to contend with.
Europe has great natural resour-
ces, too. Her people come from
the same stocks that ours come
from and must have equal natural
gifts. Her technicians and engin-
GERS do not need to take a back
seat for ours All that has been
lacking has been that great, un-
trammelled domestic market which
our producers enjoy.
We restrict our own market at
our own dire peril. These state
trade barriers will, if carried far
enough, have the effect of regular
tariff walls.
And if we drape a network OF
tariff walls across our great DOM
estic market we give American
prosperity a blow from which it can
hardly recover.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-07
We'll, Il
eIlYou...
says
Bob Burns

Anybody whC understands human
nature at all knows that the kids
are harder to fool than the grown
folks. The smoothest street fakir
will turn pale when ne sees couple
of sharp-eyed kids i'm his audience.
When my uncle WIS teachin'
schOOi down home, the superinten-
dent came to him one day and
said, 81 want to put motto on
your desk that will inspire the pu-
pills" My uncle read the sign and
il said, Knowledge is wealth" He
turned to the superintendent and
says, mo. If I'm gonna learn these
children anything, they've got to
have confidence i'm me and they
know what small salary l get!'
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-07
S u M nj o N S
No. 1882

u M M o N s
No. 1882
In the Superior Court Of the State
of California i'm and for the
County Of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff.
A. J. KEMPTHORNE, ct al,
Defendants.
Harry W. Horton & Geo. R. Kirk,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
fOrnia Send Greetings to:
A. J. KEMPTHORNE, ISABEL
M. KEMPTHORNE, his wife, ]. H.
DAVIS, JANE DOE DAVIS, his
wife. A. L. JOHNSON, JANE DOE
JOHNSON, his wife, JOHN
BRAGG, JANE DOE BRAGG, his
wife, EDMUND WEIGH, BONNIE
B. WEIGH, his wife, FRANK c.
PRESCOTT, JANE DOE PRES
COTT, his wife, JOHN DOE, JANE
DOE, RICHARD ROE, JOHN DOE
COMPANY, a Corporation, RICH
ARD ROE COMPANY, a Co-part-
nership, JOHN DOE as Admins
tratCr of the Estate of Richard
Roe, deceased.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of Imperial, State of California
within ten days after the service
on you of this Summons-if served
within this county; or within thirty
days If served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required the said plaintiff
will take Judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the com
plant, as arising upon contract
or it will apply to the Court foi
any other relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 22nd day of July, 1888
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk
S. % 800. IA 81 On. a II l8 25
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-07
WELCOME TO BRIDGE TRAINS
AND GOODBYE TO FERRIES
Chronicle)

(San Francisco ChrOnicle)
With the governor as motorman, the
first train has crossed the Bay Bridge
Soon the test runs will start. Regular ser
vice begins the first Of the year Thou
sands of commuters have awaited it long
and impatiently, for commuters always
are in too much of hurry to be patient.
Before long the commuters will be look
ing at their watches and wishing the
trains would 90 faster.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-07
Photographs

A Scotsman, Alexander Wilson,
born in Paisley, Scotland, July, 1766
is considered by many naturalists
to be the father of American orni-
tology. Wilson was the first man
to spend his time (ten years. in
watching birds and writing down
their daily habits. He was alsc the
first man in the United States to
compile volume on birds, illus
trated with colored plates. His re-
searches were carried out in the
neighborhood of the Mammoth
Cave, Kentucky.
The word lingo, referring to an
advocate OF an aggressive military
policy, originally was applied to the
group of British politicians who
sought to embroil Britain in the
Russo Turkish war of 1877.
In all except the Ethiopian AL
plabet, A is the first letter
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-07

ed to be defeated.
As a writer of fiction. Arthur
Somers Roche had been getting SlOo
a week. Suddenly he was told that
no more of his stories were desired.
He received this notification in
Florida. Always a generous soul
and free spender, he was down to
an empty purse and return trip
ticket to New York.
Three DAYS later he stood before
his former editor
They've been at me to fire you
for six months, Arthur" he was
told. Il didn't, because 1 know you
have a big following. Now the
chief has fired you himself"
Arthur Roche tried to break into
another market. But he'd been shot
down on the wing, and every editor
in New York thought him a dead
duck.
He went UP to Castine, Maine,
and pounded his battered type
writer day in and day out-often
all night long-in turning out thrill
lers nobody wanted.
Il couldn't even give them away
he said, land pretty soon I didn't
have change to pay postage to keep
sending them out"
Obviously it was time for Arthur
Roche to begin all over again in
some other line of work. But Ar
thur didn't want any line but writ
ing. He'd change his style, if neces-
sary, but he wouldn't change his
life work. He tried other maga-
zines time after time. No success.
Surely 4 man couldn't go as far as
he once had gone and be kept down
forever! Finally, with the desper-
ate thought that he had nothing to
lose through trying, he sent story
to a magazine which in former
years might have scorned his work
The Saturday Evening Post.
Little chance, of course, but it was
success or starvation.
Then miracle happened One
Of these miracles that frequently
break through after a long period
of perseverance. The Post bought
the story and asked for more.
Arthur rushed to New York to
see the publishers who had fired
him. He offered to buy back a
60O00-word serial of his that they
had thought too poor to publish
They let him have it, but kindly
refused to take any money for it
wasn't worth anything. He re-
wrote that serial and sold it, like
wise, to the Post.
Later Arthur Roche sold all his
old stuff, trunkfull, at five times
the price he had once gotten: and
his former publisher bought all
they could get at the higher rate
Have you been knocked down?
You don't have to lie there; VOL
TOO, may get a break from a high-
er source if you will plow through
with determination to win. Re
member. you never have anvthine
TO lose by trying.