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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23
Photographs

The custom of throwing rice at
weddings is said to have originated
in the Orient, where rice is the
symbol for fertility.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23
thoughts for the Day

Deliver me from bloodsuiltincss. God. thou God
of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud
of thy Righteousness Psalms 5l:l4
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

Insanity is much more prevalent
in U. S. cities than in rural Sec
tions of the country, statistics in
dicate.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23
Barbs -

GermanyS seizure of Austria was
like waving rcd flag in tJohm
Bulls face.
New York spent S600,00O ON snow
removal this winter. Too bad snow
doesn't melt as fast as money.
The least popular occupation in
France these days is that of cab
inct-maker.
The Toledo man who brought
his 20-year-Cld girl friend to live
under the same roof with his wife
was probably just a fight fan at
heart.
"A single house key
Said StCkoWSki.
rs vastly bettah
For me and Greta'.
To accommodate visitors TO New
York City during the 1899 world S
fair, the Metropolitan Opera COM
pany will play a 40-Week Manhat-
tan season, largely eliminating its
customary road tours.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

You Haven't Read All the News
Until You've Read the Ads
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

An electrical toothbrush whose
bristles rotate 1000 times per min
ute is now on the American mar
ket
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23
You re Telling Ne ~
By William Ritt

BY William KItt
THE GOVERNMENT of Bengal.
India, will begin the enforcement
of prohibition 'on April l. Now
Bengal win have two types of til
gerS-blind and the other kind
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

Even Napoleon was once afraid
of Austria Which gives you a
rought idea of what can happen
in six generations.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

Everyone, writes music critic,
should learn to play some musical
instrument. IF only. adds zadok
Dumbkopf. shutting off the radio.
in self defense"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

Fable: Once upon a time a musi-
cal genius gave the best years OF
his life to perfect a melody. At last
success came-it was adopted as
the theme song for pretzel COM
pany's program.
Evening star., 1938-12-16
Tnssling with
gift problems?

She hsods q whole stoH Of experienced shoppers
who will shop with YOU, o. for you! MEtropolitoa
0300.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Gy the Associated Press.

LONG BEACH, Calf. March B.
The fascination Of watching the food
crest of the Los Angeles River roar
from its mouth into the ocean here
lured an undetermined number of per-
sons to death last night
The number lost was generally es-
tinated at 10, but an appeal to ships
at sea to watch for survivors or
bodies said IS were on the bridge at
the time.
Three survivors told today of the
sudden collapse of the 30O-foot pedes-
trian bridge, which plunged a party
Of Sightseers into the torrent.
One of those rescued, an uniden-
tilted elderly man. was picked up
miles at sea and treated aboard the
battleship Utah.
Closer ashore Navy crews rescued
William Munholland, 48, and Lloyd
Folkstead, 26, both of Long Beach,
and took them to Seaside Hospital.
Four laundering cracks were heard
before the bridge fell.
There was a youngster, not more
than IL, standing by me when the
crash came" said Mr.. Folkstead. Il
saw him sink grabbed log and was
rushed to sea. I must have been
carried more than a mile before was
picked up by boat from the U. S. S.
California"
Mr.. Munholland said he was stand
ing on the bridge with Charles Yolnt
sailor Of the battleship Arizona.
Evening star., 1938-03-03

near Pasadena. collapsed. marooning
20 homes and drowning an unidenti-
fled man.
United States Army trucks from
Civilian Conservation Corps camps in
Southern California were kept busy
throughout the night evacuating fam
lilies marooned in canyons and low
lands.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Man on Collapsing Bridge
Is Rescued 3 Miles at Sea

I'VE were pitched into the food va.
ters and I saw Chuck 60 under" Mr.
Munholland continued.
Il think he must have drowned.
grabbed a plank and the water fell
warm. When hit the sea it was cold
A plank struck me in the head anc
dazed me. I let go of the board 1 hac
been clinging to and thought I surely
would drown. Then Navy boat picked
me up"
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Flood Casualties
Eight Dead Identified.
List of Missing Is
Announced.
Announced

Bs the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 3.--Casualty
list in the Southern California flood:
Identified Dead.
Eliseo Ayala, Santa Paula.
Fred Wilke, 919 Yolo drive, Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Joseph Randall, 1852 I,anda
street, Los Angeles.
Leonard Randall, 6, her son.
Simeon Bathgate, San Juan Capis-
trano.
Charles e. Parks, San Juan Capis-
trano.
Mrs. Rachel Whitman, 1o524 Sea-
bury road, Los Angeles.
Donald Whitman, l., her son.
Unidentified Dead.
A middle-aged woman, found on
Los Angeles River bank near Elsyian
Park.
Missing.
w. H. Atherton, zoos Los Enicos
avenue, Glendale.
William v. Gray, 80, 1856 Mariposa
avenue, Long Beacn.
John Croft, 1135 West Seaside
boulevard, Long Beach.
P. E. Kay, same address.
Lynn Stewart, Long Beach, tourist
from New York.
Charles Yount of battleship Arizona.
Unidentified Missing.
Six persons hurled into Los Angeles
River, with four others. in bridge col
lapse near Long Beach.
Two oil field workers.
Four persons lost in bridge collapse
Ut Bell.
Five persons reported engulfed in
their automobiles in Santa Ana River
near Riverside.
Three men, woman and boy lost
IN flooded Lytle Greek near San Ber.
nardino.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
GEN. PERSH|NG'S
. PROGRESS SLOWS
Condition Is Not Such as to
Cause Apprehension,
Physician Says.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
TUCSON, Ariz., March 3.-Physi-
cdans maintained close watch to-
day on the condition of Gen. John
j. Pershing, whose steady improve
ment slowed. although not sufficiently
to arouse apprehension.
THE general is not yet out of dam
ger" said DR.. Roland Dawson. and
he announced he would remain in
constant attendance at the sanitarium.
Improvement shown by the 77-year-
old World War commander late last
night had not maintained the rate
set in the previous 48 hours. But
DR., Dawson said that should not be
interpreted as offering occasion for
alarm"
The generals progress, he said.
probably would be in just such a
manner, abating at times and then
resuming.
Physicians and members of the
Pershing family retained their opti-
mism, and DR.. Dawson spoke of a
protracted period of convalescence and
return to "a reasonable state Of
health"
Function of Gen. Pershing's kid
neys has been re-established, but it
has not been determined if it is sufii-
cient to remove the poisons which
accumulated in blood and tissue.
Gen. Pershing continued to eat
and drink, but fluid was injected under
the skin to save him undue effort
1t. Col. S. U. Marietta, sent here
by the War Department to assist DR..
Dawson when the generals condi-
ton became critical last week, planned
to return today to San Antonio, Tex.
Mai. Gen. Herbert J. Brees, COM
mander of the 9th Corps Area. re-
leased railroad equipment for which he
had arranged in event of Gen. Per-
shing's death.
Frank Pershing, the generals
nephew, returned to his home in Palm
Springs, Calf.
Brig. Gen. George c. Marshall of
Vancouver Barracks, Wash, who went
to Washington, D. c., to make funeral
arrangements, arrived here last night
and said he would remain until the
general is out of danger.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Floods
Continued From First Page }

through a 200-foot break in the levee
made by a food February II. Resi-
dents were warned to evacuate the
lower section.
The whole town OF Watsonville was
awake by l am. residents OF the
lower section fleeing from the rising
waters and others helping move and
protect stores. Bridge street, which
parallels the river, was flooded foot
deep.
No attempt had been made to re-
pair the broken levee since residents
were confident there would not be
another flood Never before had
Watsonville been flooded twice in one
year.
The February food caused heavy
damage, but no casualties.
Rising rivers threatened other
towns, especially MADEIRA.
Rainfall for a 24-hour period meas
ured 629 inches in Los Angeles and
ranged upward to 1923 at Pasadena
Monrovia reported 1916, Monterey
Park 1901, La Verne e.o8, San Gabriel
1903. Sierra Madre 12.17.
For the storm, which began Satur-
day night, Pasadena's total precipi-
tation was 2685 inches.
Film Players Marooned.
Many Hollywood film players we're
marooned by flood waters. The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences annual merit awards ban
quet, scheduled tonight. was postponed
until March TO-
Bob Burns, Dolores Del Rio and Leo
Carrillo were among those whose
houses were damaged
Virtually the entire Southern Cali
fornia area was thrown into dark
ness for more than IS minutes last
night when break occurred in the
320-mile power line from Boulder
Dam. The light failure caused an
interruption in Nation wide broadcast
Ing programs originating in Holly
wood.
In Santa Paula, $50 families were
evacuated from a 12-block area in
the southern section of the city, where
water ran feet deep. The water
was as high as when the ST. Francis
Dam broke March 13, 1928, with a
loss of more than 400 lives.
Flood conditions in Pasadena were
reported the worst in the last decade.
The city experienced a rainfall of an
inch an hour for 13 consecutive hours.
A wooden bridge over the Arroyo Seco.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
PIT. A. Hears Two Talks.

SANDY SPRING, Md, March 3
(SpeciaD Talks by Mrs. Jack Boyd
and Miss Clair Hutton, teachers at
the Sherwood High School, featured
the March meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association. Both spoke on
Modern Education. Relative to the
mtegraded Child.
Miss Young, librarian, invited
members of the PIT. A. to visit the
Indian exhibit in the school library.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
LISTENING TO BOTH SIDES

About a week before the farmers of North Caro-
lima voted on the crop control bill, mentioned
something about the measure in a radio broadcast
stating that most of the talking with reference to
the bill had been one side and that we felt the
farmers were entitled to hear both sides before
casting their votes. We added that after having
heard both sides,, che farmers should their own
judgment and vote as they thought best.
In connection with that broadcast we received
several letters. We quote from one of them: Il
heard your broadcast about crop control and L
want to tell you that we farmers don't want to
hear both sides We are satisfied with the way our
county agent has explained it."
The other letters written in the same Velf''
1t seems hard to believe that people do not wish
to hear important matters discussed from every
angle; particularly matters which affect them SO
vitality as some of the national legislation when
has come up during the last few years. spch' now
ever, apparently is the case. There are many peo-
pie who will form an opinion about proposition
and then will refuse to listen to anything which
might be contrary to that opinion
That was true of crop control, and 1t Is true OF
many other things.
How much better off all OF us would De II we
endeavored to really inform ourselves on these
things and then exercise our own judgment instead
of taking the word Of biased politicians State
Magazine .,a
The times-news., 1938-06-20
DEEDS FILED
Activity in the Real Es-
tate Market in the
Last Week

F. H. Roberts, commissioner,
lot 3S, block Ia, Laurel Park, to
Eleanor G. Roberts.
M. ]. Worley, ct ux, lot, Noun
tain View subdivision, to j. M.
Case.
l. B. Brown, ct ux, tract, Bre-
ward highway, to Sam A. Hous-
ton, ct ux.
R. Mildred Yager, ct vir, lot,
Wetmur St., to S. P. Vecker, ct
uX.
D. G. Wilkie, ct al, 12 67-1OO
acres, Hendersonville, to S. B.
Babb, ct uX.
w. M. Nix, 1-2 acre, Blue
Ridge, to Paul Holbert, ct ux.
H. B. Station, ct ux, lot, Grove
street, to r. w. Payne, ct ux.
f. E. Heffner, ct ux, tract, Ka-
nuga road, to Austin E. Podesta,
ct ux.
M. F. Toms, commissioner, lot,
Druid Hills; lot East Flat Rock,
to Nettie Belle Mccall.
The times-news., 1938-06-20

descending into one OF lie val
leys. Eventually we get to the
bottom Of that valley - and there
we shall stay if we grow discour-
aged enough to cease further eff
fort. But if we press on, we shall
come to the opposite side of the
valley and begin to ascend. If we
persist we shall get out of that
valley onto higher ground. Per
higher than the plateau we left
hans the elevation will be no
far behind when we entered the
valley; and perhaps it will be
higher. We may have to traverse
plateau after plateau, valley af-
ter valley, before we reach a
mountain. And then the climb may
become more difficult than any
before, and we may become so
,disheartened we stop before we
reach it's glorious top.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMH0LDT

AS we pass along this way II
we could see ahead of us as we
can while trekking through a ply
steal land, we would not grow dis
couraged. We would press on and
on. realizing that the plateaus
and the valleys must be crossed
and the mountains climbed all in
the course of our journey. 1t is
our inability to realize why we
fail to 90 up, or why we have to
go down, or why the going be-
comes harder. that takes the stiff
fleming out of our backbones. 1t
is why so many persons give up
and quit just before they sue
ceed.
Think of a mountainous coun-
try as you go through this life.
When you are not rising, think
of yourself as crossing a plateau.
When you are going down, think
of yourself as descending into a
valley. When you find that you
are staying down, think of your
self as crossing the floor of a val
ley. When you find yourself go
ing up again. think of yourself
as ascending the opposite side of
that valley. When the going be-
gins to get particularly difficult
and slow, think of yourself as
climbing a mountain. But when
through grit and effort you have
gained the glorious shining sum-
nit. do not forget that there are
more plateaus and valleys ahead
of you, and more and higher
mountains. We in this life must
have our ups and downs. Life is
that way. And because it is that
way. it is evidend we need it that
way.
And do not be impatient with
what seems to be the slowness of
your progress, or the continuance
of lack of progress. Compared
The times-news., 1938-06-20
By RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent

W1ASH1NGTON.-You may ex-
" pect an immediate drive in
several industries for a prompt
raise Of the 25-cents-an-hour
minimum fixed in the wage-hour
law.
Unions in the textile and gar
ment industries, for instance, will
begin demanding a Accent mini
mum as soon as the new admin
lstrator of the law is appointed.
That's the top which may be- fixed
as a minimum after investigation
and recommendation by a board
for any industry.
Actually those unions will hone
to get a minimum of from 30 to
80 cents. Under the new 44-hour
maximum work week, that would
mean a minimum weekly wage of
from Sl3.20 to $15.4O.
a. Z. ]. o. unions will open an in
formation Office in Washington,
designed especially to advise un-
organized workers of their rights
under the bill and of reaching or
approaching the maximum weekly
wage of $3.50 which it is possible
Tor the administrator to set after
four months. (Few such minimum
wage scheduleS-40 cents an hour
Tor ID hours-are anticipated.9
Although the hourly wage
minimum is below the scale in
most industries and depression cur
tailments make the hour maximum
beside the point in many, Wash
ington is looking forward to a
period similar to the old NRA code
days as hundreds of industry
boards are created and their mem
bers and lobbyists for EMPLOYERS
and labor start fiocking to Wash
ington.
The new law provides for
a virtual resurrection of the old
NRA scheme as it was envisaged
by labor leaders and liberals in
The times-news., 1938-06-20
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER

Congress. It's big difference from
NRA is the absence of provisions
for trade practices and price-fxing
agreements by industries.
The wage-hour board which the
original administration plan and
the Senate bill contemplated now
becomes an administrator Of
division in the Labor Department
with power to approve or disap-
prove recommendations of indus
try committees representing en-
ployers, labor and public-or to set
up new committees.
But whereas administration
brain trusters never dared write in
a fiat minimum wage floor and the
Senate would have permitted
minimum wages as low as its
proposed board wanted to SET
them, the law writes in a 25-cent
floor for one year, a 30-cent floor
the, next and virtually a Accent
floor after seven years. The SEN
ate bill exempted many more in.
dustries than the final House.
Senate version.
Pending possible but uneXpect.
ed invalidation by the liberal.
lied Supreme Court, the law
will be hard to beat. The admins
traitor will have his own legal staff
cooperating with the Justice De.
partment on enforcement. Criminal
prosecution with a maximum
$4,000 fine penalty for the first
offense and possible Jail sentence
for the second is provided.
The administrator is entitled tc
seek court injunctions against vic.
lators, contempt of which woulc
mean fine or imprisonment. En-.
ployers appealing wage decision.
to courts must post bond to cover
wage payments.
Finally, employees or unions rep.
resenting them are enabled to sue
violating employers for damage.
amounting to double the wages in.
volved plus court costs.
Copyright 1898. NEA Service. Inc.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
A HALF F-BILILoN-DoLLAR LESSON IN
RAT-HOLES
tBy BRUCE CATTONl

Proposals to settle and finally "pay Oft
the British World War debt to America
are gaining ground in London. They are
getting an increasingly attentive ear in the
United States.
The Baldwin settlement of 1923 called
for payment of $13, ,520,O00,000 in 62
years. but the British war debt has been IN
default, both as to principal and interest,
since 1881. At that time the British atti-
tude was: I'VE, can't pay. Let them whis-
tie for their money We fought their fight
for three years, and spent the money in
the States anyway. Uncle Sam is Just Uncle
Shylock to u.s." And the American attitude
was expressed by the laconic Coolidge
crack, "They hired the money, didn't
they"
But today there is movement in Britain
to pay something, to settle the matter for
good and all. Why this change of front,
all of sudden?
1t is all very clear. In 1881, Britain was
not much worried about another war, or
the financing of it, Today she is. And
American law now forbids any loans to
countries which have defaulted. Looking
toward an uncertain future, it would be
we'll to have that American matter cleared
up so the way would be open to further
loans, rather than closed by default on the
last ones. .'' .-..
Mexico's derisive jibe, that there were
bigger and more powerful countries than
cho ,,-bo bod 5ofoul+od tbo;r ovtornol loans
hit the British in a tender spot. There
wasn't any answer, and that is the kind of
Jibe that hurts.
So now it is proposed that single lump
sum be paid, say half-billion dollars, and
by mutual consent wash up the whole mat
ter.
There is certainly no longer any reason
in the die-hard attitude that demands pay
ment down to the last cent. 1t can't be
done, and there is some doubt that it
would be good thing if it were done But
that does not mean that just any kind of a
cash settlement is advantageous, either.
What is it worth to the United States
: teafave this continual reminder around her
neck that the financing of wars means
default and ruin? 1t might be worth more
than half-billon dollars, when the next
war comes along.
Sc And this is no discredit to the British,
who would probably have paid the debt if
anybody would. The point is that war
debts of this kind are ncolectible from
: any nation and under any circumstances.
|. 1t might be worth half billion dollars if
1 we could be made to remember that; if
we could learn that what is tossed down
the Tat-hOle of war is gone forever. -''' -'
The times-news., 1938-06-20

As we go through this life we
should always bear in mind that
it is a place of mountains, valleys
and plateaus.
We go along for awhile, per-
The times-news., 1938-06-20

Editor TimcS-Ncws:
Since you are always gracious
in permitting your readers to
write letters for publication in
your paper, ! should like to write
a few lines today. | have only
recently returned from a long
business trip, and knowing that
Rev. J. Harold Smith, evangelist,
was to begin an evangelistlc cam
paign for precious souls sometime
in June, | wrote to my folks here
to send me the Times-News, for |
wanted to know when these meet
inGs were to start, for the, saving
Of precious souls is dear to my
heart.
The papers came, but we found
no accounts of the meetings NJ
all. and when | returned here
about the 9Th of June, to my sur
prise | found that the meeting
had already been in progress for
a whole week.
Mr.. Fain, | have been almost
amazed at times in the past that
you would give the space in your
paper to long articles, antagoniz-
ing almost viciously you and your
stand on certain political prob
lens. You have printed attacks
on yourself which your friends,
many Of them, would never have
The times-news., 1938-06-20

maps L III i . u \ u
years of toll. and
we can see we
have gone no
higher. That is
because we are
on one of Life's
plateaus. T h G il
as time goes on
we find ourselves
goin g d o w n,
down, down; and
we become more
and more de :
pre- S S e d and
think we are ac~
tually losing out.
That is because
we are actually
The times-news., 1938-06-20

Disclosure that the navy is considering
two-man submarines suggests that warfare
of the future may be acceptable to mill
tsrists and paciists alike. Crewless battle
ships, pilotless planes, and armies without
soldiers.
The times-news., 1938-06-20

with the life of this planet, and
with space and with eternity, your
entire stay here is less than an
hour.
The times-news., 1938-06-20

Did you read about the hiteh-hiker who
left an unfinished sandwich on truck and
then followed it clear across the continent?
Friend, when man dogs bite, that's
news. N,
The times-news., 1938-06-20

Finland may require licenses of pedes-
TRANS Pretty soon a man will have to
have license to get into the accident
ward ~ 80 G
The times-news., 1938-06-20

You can say one thing for slang Nobody needs
a dictionary to get your exact meaning when you
say thing is lousy.
The times-news., 1938-06-20

An educator comes out with the recon-
mendatfon that low-brows be taught poise
at least. Doesn't he know that you can't
make silk poise out of sow's ear?
The times-news., 1938-06-20

Some election officials recently found that
dead man was running for public Office. Now
why doesn't somebody check over few of the
ones that are already in?
The times-news., 1938-06-20

"Citizens Day seems grand idea' But isn't it
risky to let citizens vote the same day they pay
taxes? . ..-.
The times-news., 1938-06-20

Woman has sorrows, too by tne timc she can
afford her ideal kitchen, hired cook gets all the
benefit of it.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
BIBLE THOUGHT
DIVINE ARITHMETIC
And when He had taken the five ioave''
MARX SAD

The lad with the loaves and fishes was willing TO
give up his lunch. Subtraeting 1T from hlmseif' ne
added it to the resources of Jesus. Jesus divided
the gift that it might be distributed; and IN the
division it was multiplied until the great throng
was fed So there is a divine srithmete'--Sunday
School Times
The times-news., 1938-06-20

NO FOOD SCARCITY: If sea-
sons hold out Henderson county
will have no food shortage. Its
vegetables and fruits will go to
distant states and there will be
sufficient apples to give the south
a fair taste. Crops are looking
good, with large acreage.
The times-news., 1938-06-20

GOING STRONG: Dad Croas-
dell, having been showered heart
lily with kind words and tokens
on his birthday, has set out on his
S3rd year. He works hard, OBJ
serving long hours. and worship
ing regularly at church services.
He is blessed with a youthful,
conquering spirit.
The times-news., 1938-06-20

BIOLOGISTS tell that three times in the earthS hT
glaciers from Norway have pushed down toward Russia G
Holland of these advances the river OF ice pcnez
as far south as the Hartz mountains, and deposited moHI
100 feet of soil over portions Of Germany.