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Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
News Behind the News
= Too Much Confidence

WASHINGTON-"Lack of confidence Is SO
often said to be fundamental factor in the bus
mess slump that its news item of the man
bites-dog type when anyone says that too much
confidence rather than not enough, was one OF
the recessions major causes.
The plain truth of the matter is that busi-
ness in general had too much confidence, and
speculated in inventory buying says DR.. Leon
Henderson, chief economist OF WPA When
corporation is uncertain about the future, It
does not buy materials, supplies and new ma
chinery Business went blndly ahead even when
many storm warnings were signaling that the
great mass of cosumers lacked purchasing power
to take their goods off the market
Henderson's words have been carrying plenty
of weight in Washington since he predicted the
business recession, with startling accuracy, many
months in advance.
According to Henderson's tabulations so large
corporations with total assets of Sl,330,30 10000
had inventories valued at S232, ,456O00 at the end
of 1929. But at the end of last September even
though the price level considerably lower,
these inventories amounted to S285 COG 600.
Those who are optimistic about business pros
poets are sure that industrial activity will pick
up when inventories get worked off"
In past years no president ever considered
sending an Irish Catholic ambassador to London
because relations between England and Ireland
are always so delicate But the appointment of
Joseph P. Kennedy to the Court OF St James
may turn out to be a good idea-because rela-
ton between England and the Irish Free State
are still delicate
For one thing, the British wouldn't think of
suggesting that they would just as soon not have
an Irishman. They need united Empire front
in the face of the European situation, and they
can't afford to affront an Irish government
which still keeps sticking pins in the British gov
ernment. (The latest incident is the dispatch Of
an Irish Free State minister to the Italian En-
peror of Ethiopia in Romeo
Furthermore, the U. S. government is anxious
that Britain be able to face Germany and Italy
without worrying about Ireland, and it is be-
ieved Kennedys appointment, and perhaps his
subsequent activities, may help improve Anglo
Irish relations
Friends of Anti-lynching legislation are al
most hundred per cent convinced that they can
get the WagnerVan Nuys bill through the Sem
ate after Congress reconvenes in regular
session. The measure is the preferred list
and will come up at once somewhat similar
bill has passed the House.
Some filibustering is anticipated, but lobbyists
for the measure believe that southern members
most bitterly opposed certain of eventual
defeat that they won't talk more than four or
five days at the most.
Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina,
opposition leader, privately has conceded
that the bill will pass. Senator Tom Connally
of Texas, previously of the longest, loudest
filibusterers against it has slid
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
.LEGIONNAIRES
GIVEN NEW
ASSIGNMENTS

Imperial Valley American Le-
gionnaires this week received notice
of assignments to state committees
of the organization.
v. G.. Monte of Brawley is chair
man of the distinguished guest COM
mittee while Chief of Police j.
Sterling Oswalt of Ell Centro is
chairman of the craftsmanship
committee. Hugh T. Osborne, Ell
Centro, is a member of the radical
research committee and j. P. Hof-
man of Imperial a member of the
committee for child welfare.
Max r. BrentS of Calexico will
serve as a member of the legisla-
tive committee; DR. o. H. Van Eman,
Ell Centro, penal institutions; w. S.
Dunn, Imperial, publishing: Charles
Nice, Brawley, rehabilitation; H. K.
McC1imans, Ell Centro, education and
war orphans; and Claude Ritter,
Calexico, poliomyelitis survey.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Resolutions for
This New Year

On Jan. in Great Britain there went
into effect new liberalized divorce laws.
No longer is adultery the only ground
for divorce in the little island" king
DOM Desertion, cruelty and incurable
insanity now become cause for divorce
in England. Already thousands of Brit
ons have applied for divorces under the
new law. In years to come, millions will
have their marriage ties severed by it.
Divorce wrecks homes, ruins lives and
creates social disorders. Yet We cannot
condemn the new British law. Surely
there is no God so cruel that he would
have a person remain married through
out life to an incurable maniac. We cam
not conceive any Diety who would re-
quire that a woman hold sacred the mar
riage tie that binds her to a drunkard
who never is kind, but who beats and be-
rates and humbles her at every opportu-
nifty. Nor can we imagine any Divine Be
ing who would require devotion through
a lifetime to another person who is hus-
band or wife in name only, but in fact
has deserted the marital status for all
time.
The cure for the divorce evil is not in
legislation against divorce. 1t is an edu-
cation before marriage. Too many mar
riages are contracted in haste, in youth
full spirit of adventure, or in the surge
of temporary passion. When the young
people Of the land are taught that mar
riage is solemn contract requiring COM
mon sense and self restraint on both
sides; when they know that the ability
to make a successful marriage is not
born, but acquired; when they take as
much pains in preparing for marriage,
which lasts a lifetime, as they do in pre-
pairing for job that lasts a few years;
then and only then will the evil of di-
vorce be overcome by the rules of COM
mon sense.
Until the preparation for marriage is
made through education, the bonds of
marriage will be broken through divorce.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Other Editors Say j.
USES FOR AGRICULTURAL WASTE
(San BernardinO Sum


Convert waste products of farm and forest
into usabe material has been the dream of chem
lists and congress is expected at the regular ses-
sion to give serious consideration to a measure
that would provide for construction of processing
plants for that purpose.
A plant capable OF handling $50 tons of farm
waste daily would cost about Sl50000. The pro-
gram of the Observation-Disclosures founda-
ton is to organize farm centers covering an area
of 1000 to 10000 acres each with processing
plant.
1t has been demonstrated that such waste
as straw stalks, hulls, prunings, cullS, diScards
and surpluses of many farm products can be
converted into sugar, protein feed and Hgnn
residue for soil improvement.
Gov Frank F. Merriam has appointed Dr.
Alvin J. Cox, chief OF the division Of Chemistry
of the state department of agriculture,
California representative on the advisory board
of the Agricultural ngineering foundation.
1t is application of chemical and engineering
knowledge to the operation of farms that holds
the greatest hope for improving the position
of the farmer.
The Northumberland foundation seeks
not only to convert farm waste into usable
terial but to discover new industrial uses for
field crops. Through such a development the
financial return 10 farmers would make possible
lower prices for food, and lower prices would
increase consumption.
R. H. Cabel, president of Armour & Co, de-
clared the United States can use twice much
meat as is being produced, and unlimited foreign
markets are available if we can succeed in low
ering the cost of livestock production.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
By 0. 0. Mcintyre

more bang-up fun out of a joint
career than Florence Ryerson and
Colin Clements. Miss Ryerson sug-
gests the appealing naivete of the
Mona Lisa, and Clements might be
the leading hardware merchant tip
toeing down the aisle for the morn
ing collection. Consequently their
ribaldry among intimates edges on
the excruciating. They always write
together and their collaborations in
clude several romantic novels,
few mystery books, thin volumes of
poems, short plays and many Of the
finest radio skits of the day. Out
of the workshop, Clements is a
cabinet maker and Miss Ryerson
raids the Joint savings accounts
now and then to buy antiques. They
live and work on a pleasant acreage
called Shadow Ranch near Holly
wood and their hacienda is one of
the few establishments at which
Chaplin will drop in informally.
The Duke of Kent has been CIV
ing Larry Adler, the young Ameri-
can harmonica player, a rush az
an attraction for his dinner parties
inviting him to several. The Duke
pounds a nifty piano himself and
is expertish on early Gershwin
Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Berlin
and Jerome Kern. And, when the
Duchess isn't about, is said to be
quite a push-over for swing.
Bagatelles: A study in calm: Doris
Duke Cromwell usually maps i'm.
mediately after an airplane takes
off. The Lambs plan a spceia
night for James Cagney, once a bel
hop there, the next time he comes
! to town. Booth Tarkinton likes
to bundle up in blankets and watch
the gulls in the late afternoon al
his Maine estate. Admiral Schley
passed away at the Algonquin hotel
Discord: Overcome by setting oi
hiccups during a lull at a sedatt
Carnegie Hall musical, he arose and
in increasing embarrassment rush
ed up the aisle to an exit, burburp-
ing enroute. And was not comfort
ed by a low person in a gallery
who yelled" You flatted that high
one, pail"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

magazine pie e u. u. Mcintyre
but soon asleep, my wife finding
me, mouth agape, coming from the
matinee. Later Hattie Bell Johnston
stopped by with a groteSque cane
she picked up in East Africa cary
ed by natives.
The Will Hays to dinner and I
was holpen twice to the creme cara
mel Albert Kellar sent over from
the Ritz. They home early and on
a sudden notion we motored to At
lantic City to spend the night and
bowling along I sang and did a
number of recitations with gestures.
Coffee after sun-down is general
ly regarded as sleep disturber. Yet
a recent investigation by experts
shows that caffeine in moderate
amounts promotes sleep. 1t was
their conviction that only the
psychic fear" causes wakefulness
A woman friend banisheS insomnia
by brewing a strong cup of coffee
in the middle of the night. If one
thinks coffee disrupts sleep it will
About year ago in BronXVllle
home a hostess served me what she
called imitation coffee. Later she
learned the maid had given me the
real thing. She did not tell me un-
til next day when she phoned to
see how I had slept. Ordinarily a
demi-tasse keeps me ga-ga all
night, but I had slept like a log.
Damon Runyon had one try be-
fore the microphone and called it
day. On the program with him
were Gatti-Cazazzi, Gloria, Swan
son, Belasco and Arthur Brisbane,
who was making his first appear
ance. This was in 1926. Brisbane
was to precede Runyon and the lat
ter watched and listened off side
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
One Way to Cure
The Divorce Evil
1t is now 1893.

II IS now 1888.
Like an unmarried unbroken pave
ment, II months of the year stretch out
before US. They are ours to do with
what we will. They will be bright or
dull, as we make them. They will be
filled with success or fraught with fail
ure. 1t IS IN our hands to determine
which shall be the case.
IN the public prints and on the streets
We make jokes about our New Years
resolutions, but behind the Jokes for
most of us there is deep sincerity. Our
pity goes out to the man who does not
resolve IN one way or another to make
his life more successful during the pc
riOd of time before him. Surely such a
man must have lost the very will to live.
1t does not matter whether we draw
up our resolution in written form; il
makes no difference even if they are not
clearly formed in our own minds AS
long as the resolutions exist, as long as
there is a determination to make the
most of the days and months before us,
there is hope-and more than hope
that 1888 will not be entirely wasted.
There will be troubles and dark days
in 1898. Nobody but a Pollyanna of a
man would expect anything else. Nobody
with the stamina to surge forward will
want a life untrOubled by ups and downs
The one who makes the greatest success
of 1888 will be the one who resolves now
to overcome difficulties as they arise,
to make every day a stepping stone to
the next, and to emerge at the end of the
twelvemonth period better, more un-
derstanding, more successful person.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
A Three Days Cough
Is Your Danger Signal

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold, or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulsion;:
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take chance
with any remedy less potent than
Creomulsion, which goes right TO
the seat of the trouble and aids ma,
tire to soothe and heal the inflamed
mucous membranes and to loosen
and expel the germ-laden phlegmi.
Even if other remedies have failed.
don't be discouraged, try Creomul-
sion. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money if you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene..
fits obtained from the very first
bottle. Creomulsion is one word-not
two, and it has no hyphen in 1T.
Ask for it plainly, see that the name
on the bottle is Creomulsion, and
You'll get the genuine product and
the relief you want. (Advo
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
NEW MOTOR
CAR DEALER
ANNOUNCED

Chrysler Motors announced Mon
day the appointment of the Ben
Herring Co. at 1877 So Fifth street,
Ell Centro, as valley distributors for
Chrysler and Plymouth motor cars.
1888 models of both lines of cars
are now on display in the new
shoWrooms.
Ben Herring, the new dealer, was
for years a resident of Ell Centro,
being associated with the Tom Gill
tire company at one time and later
having his own tire business and
service station here. While away
from the valley he was sales man
ager of an automobile agency in
San Diego and district manager for
a national automobile manufacturer
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
You re Telling Me -.-.
BY WILLIAM RIFT

SNOW-BLOCKED roads stopped
automobile traffic around Buffalo.
It was awful. There were no traf-
fic deaths for a week.
One can't tell the rear from the
front of new buses for city use.
Something like this seasons hats
for women.
Perhaps radio comedians who
laugh at their own jokes got that
way by listening to too many stories
told by the boss.
Great Britain is busiIy engaged
in trying to restore world peace by
prevailing upon France to give up
a few colonial possessions to Ger
many.
We are quite sure that "Ham-
let" will be produced in the movies
when a director can figure out how
to turn the ghost into an army OF
ghosts. all riding on horses--or
reindeer through the palace. IN
til this big scene can be conceived
on a three million dollar scale,
Shakespeare will lie unrewarded by
the Divine Hollywood call.
Coal dealers again believe in
Santa Claus-but we wish they
would think more Of a very warm
place down below.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
IN
THEFT DIES

Roberto Medina, who had been
held in the county Jail on a charge
of petty theft in Brawley, died in
county hospital late Friday.
His cell mates told officers he
had not been feeling well and had
refused to eat. The body was taken
to the Lemons mortuary. Deputy
Herbert Hughes said an autopsy
would be performed and he also
scheduled an inquest for II o'clock
Monday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

awhile to heargay
tales of the town
And re turn i n G
home found a
note from Will
liza m CT erd e {
about his Dads
famous old tav-
ern in Cincinnati
SO lazing before
the open fire
with a scratch
pad to jot down
thoughts for q
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

There was something about Bris-
bane's deadly earnestness that chill
ed Runyon and two minutes be-
fore he was to speak( he slipped
out a side door and made the ele-
vator in nothing flat. No broad
casting studio has been honored by
him since.
Memory: The Almanac hanging to
the knob of the kitchen cupboard,
the cupboard with the perforated
tin doors.
Few married writing couples get
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Dull Headaches Gone,
Simple Remedy Does 1t

Headaches caused by constipation
are gone after one dose of Adlerika
This cleans poisons out of BOTH
upper and lower bowels. Ends bad
sleep, nervousness. Clements Drug
Store. Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
New York Day by Day
Jan 2-DiarN. BE-

NEW YORK, Jan. 3-Diary: Be-
times and said farewell to the Jos.
P. Kennedys against sailing to
London for his ambassadorship.
Then sitting with Harry Evans
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Barbs -

Paper shortage curbed Japan's
holiday greeting card exchange. A
thrifty people ought TO be able to
make something of the treaty
scraps in the war department
waste basket.
Until 1887, duties of British cor
oners included inquests upon bodies
of royal fish whales or stur-
geon, thrown ashore or caught
near the coast.
High quality starch is being
manufactured commercially from
sweet potatoes.
A ball of cork measuring 10 feet
in diameter weighs 5000 pounds.
Theodore Roosevelt, who be-
came president of the United
States at AZ, was the youngest
chief executive in the nations MS
Test papers are fed into Texas
Universitys automatic grading ma
chine. each student, of course, hop
ing he hits the jackpot.
The Soviei-Japan agrument over
fishing rights has been adjusted.
Red baiters will stay on their own
side of the channel.
Maybe Japan should hire a On
Eyed Connolly to help crash the
gates of Chinese cities.
A British Columbian has figured
that evry word spoken by men,
ber of his legislature costs IA cents.
And with speech on silver standard.
too.
Death Valley Scotty, fueling his 10
fireplaces with railroad ties, can
claim the only travel-log OF pic
lures in the flames.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
One-Minute Test Answers,

1. Dr. Eduard Benes.
2. An early American humorist
whose real name was Charles Far
rar Browne.
3. Because it is lighter than
water (Which expands upon freez-
ing). AI9M
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Suspect in Jail on
Charge of Receiving
Stolen Property

Earl Dugmore, sometimes called
E. B. Mort, is in the county jail in
lieu of $700 bail required after he
was arraigned in FL Centro justice
court on a charge of receiving stolen
property. He was arrested by Ell
Centre police He also was sem
fenced to Jail for So days on a va
grancy charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
The Grab Bag
One-Minute Tes

One-Mlnute IeSt
/. Who is president of Czecho-
slovakia?
2. Who was Artemus Ward?
3. Why does ice float?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Hints on Etiquette

Hints on Etiquette
An unmarried woman always
signs letters with her full name.
When writing to strangers, she pre-
fixes her signature thus: Miss
Virginia Scott.
Words of Wisdom
The brain may devise laws for
the blood. but a hot temper leaps
over a cold decree-Shakespeare.
TOday's Horoscope
Most persons whose birthday oc-
ours today love home life. They
cherish most the humblest pleas
ures.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Thoughts for the Day -

merry heart doeth good like medicine: but a
broken spirit drieth the bones.-Proy. 1922.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
Until You've read the Ads
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

High quality starch is being
manufactured commercially from
sweet potatoes.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Y. M. c. A. YOUTH LEADER
SPEAKS TO STUDENTS
Charles r. Scott Addresses Nc
Kinley and Bethesda Chevy
Chase Student Bodies.

Charles r. Scott. former State sec
retary of boys work for the New Jer,
sey Young Mems Christian Associa-
tions for more than 30 years. who
has addressed thousands OF youths
throughout the country on Christian
ideals and philosophers. yesterday
spoke before the student bodies Of
Mckinley and the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High Schools
Mr.. Scott's address before the Nc
Kinley students was delivered in the
morning and his other address in the
afternoon. The addresses were spon-
sored by the Hi-Y Club at each school.
Sometimes referred to as the dean
of the country's Y. M. c. A. workers
with boys, Mr.. Scott uses as the text
of his addresses the writings of the
late Larry Foster, l9-year-old
Ridgewood IN. J) youth. who was
killed in an accident in Arizona. The
writings of young Foster including
poems, numerous essays, letters and
articles on PHILOSOPHERS, were as
sembled in book form after the youths
death.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Tornado
Continued From First Pape)

like cracker boxes, tumblins in on
their occupants. Larger business
houses swayed and fell under tine ter
ritlc blow. filling the air with huge
splinters, tree limbs and other debris.
The power system failed. throwing
the town into darkness and adding
to the confusion.
Communication ana power lines
snapped. cracked and dargled dan
eerously Throughout the area. Oil
ferrioks toppled One fell across a
highway. blocking traffic. Another,
uprooted and carried from the we'll
permitted oil to blow wild.
Eodie Hill, 20-year-old oil field work.
er, said th2 tornado sounded like a
huge freight train rumbling through
the town.
He was sitting with his wife in
their hotel room discussing the storm
when they heard a terrific roar"
They rushed into the street.
There was plenty of confusion"
he said. People were running about
wildly and some asked what had han-
pened. They seemed stunned" Dead
and injured were living in the street
and in the wrecksee.
It was Ike terrible nightmare. ."
Mr.. Hill related.
volunteers rushed TO the stricken
area carrying lanterns. flashlights
and torches. They dug INTO the
wrecksge blindly. guided in some in
stances by the cries of those trapped
under the demolished houses.
Trucks from the oil fields we're
rushed in and quickly converted into
ambulances. Some were used to drag
portions of fallan walls and heavy
timbers from the victims,
Within less than 30 minutes after
the storm hit aid arrived from Shreve-
port, Vivian and Atlanta. Lack of
facilities here prompted the transfer
OF the dead and injured to the neigh
boring towns.
Louisiana and Arkansas highway
police converged on the area and kept
the highway open for the passage of
the injured d-laden trucks
Gov. Richard w. Leche acted quick
ly at Baton Rouge to dispatch State
aid. He ordered Adjt. Gen. Raymond
Fleming to Rodessa to take care of
the relief and reha bilita ton work and
sent word to Gen. Louis F. Guerre,
head of the State police. to move
every available man.
The tornado apparently singled out
this oil-boom town for its earthward
descent as no other storms were re-
ported within wide area.
Structures destroyed or damaged in
cluded the National Bank. Superior
Iron Works, Butler Macine Shop,
Henderliter Tool Co., Jackson Lumber
Co. and the Wilson Building.
Rodessa is an unincorporated town
which sprang up three or four years
ago in connection with the discovery
OF the vast Rodessa oil field which ex-
tends through Northwest Louisiana
and Northeast Texas.
Its population was estimated at ap-