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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
You re Telling Ne -
BY WILLIAM RIFT

EVERY DAY the japanese en-
joy a new blessing which comes
to those whose nation has set out
to win its place in the sun. Now
Jap motorists are being allowed to
use but one gallon of gasoline a
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
One-Minute Test Answers

!. BRAZIL
2. Irregular fighting by small
predatory bands.
3. George Gordon, Lord Byron
Q733- 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Hints ON Etiquette

Amy public display of affection is
Ill bred Love is sacred and beau
tiful, and it should not be exposed
t. the rude comments of strangers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Grab BAG
One-Minutc Test

/. What South American gov
ernment recently crushed a Fascist
revolt?
2. What is guerrilla" warfare?
3. What British pOet-peer swan
the HelleSpont
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
WITH ONE rANkFvL OF ASSOCIATED AVIATION ETHYL

Yes-ts as simple as that Just switch to Associated
Aviation Ethyl gasoline and discover new motor,
new power you never knew you had.
This true aviation fuel propes with single tank
full that it has more get-up and go" than any other
gasoline you have ever used.
That's because Aviation Ethyl (only aviation
fuel for your ear) is built after aircraft specifca
tons 1t mixes instantly and in scientific exactness
with the air in your carburetor-the dry vapor
gets to the cylinders faster in ready-to-fire FORM
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Words of Wisdom

The best security against revolt.
ton is the constant correction of
abuses and the introduction of
needed improvements.-Whately
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

Here's the way one man utilizes
his spare time He lives in Mont
clair, New Jersey, and he hasn't
slept for years. That is, he hasn't
slept without continuing to think
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

Once you have found the new motor this different
gasoline gives you-you'll never go back to that
old motor again. So switch to Associated Aviation
Ethyl today
Tobe d0nbly sme you gel every last Bit of bower
bare yonr car Motor-Cbeeked Your car dealer
property equipped garages-and yow Assoeiafea
Motor-Cbeek Station can all gipe you this factory
recommended serviee. Ask your Assoe;ated DelAey
abomH
TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

One promising idea might be to de-
clare world moratorium on all foreign
policies of all nations for five years.
Worcester Gazette.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

The new gas-conservation rule
should make hardy race of the
Nipponese. They drive 10 or II
miles and then have to walk back
home.
Noted philatelist says he hopes
to see America become a nation of
stamp collectors What does he
mean by become? We are right
noW-only its tax stamps.
Hitler and Mussolini have pledg-
ed eternal friendship This is all
very beautiful if one forgetS that
in dictator's dictionary the def
milton of eternal" means per-
iod of time extending until at
least day after tomorrow.
Statistics show there are now
only 200 windmills in operation i'll
England The survey was not
made, however, during an election
campaign.
The approach of the annual in
ternational 500-mile auto race in
Indianapolis should serve as a re-
minder to all Sunday drivers thai
the speed championship was never
won by any of Them
Poultry researchers have perfect
ed a type Of food which is said to
produce eggs of any color desired
Cadets at West Point Military
academy get haircuts once week
whether they need them or not.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

Now it is possible to clear tl
feeling up. A recent protest in
British House of Commons ol
the shipment of Japanese-ma
cotton shirts to the Malay Sta
casts flood of light on eve1
thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

Poultry researchers have perfect
eel type of food which is said to
produce eggs of any color desired.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-14
BOS'N HAL, Sea Scout

] AkTEkT ok GETTING SACK uG GOLDEN CHAIR HE
 SACNA6EO FROM rHe OCEANS DEPTHS
 MELVIN HORN iS AOL OtkG TIE PROV OF TIE
 LITTLE STEAMER FIRMLY ~ THE
 MAKE OF THE
 DlSREPUTA8IE
 TR AMP. HER RENEGADE CAPTAIN $ DESPERATE
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
TROUBLE IN COTTON
FOR CALIFORNIA
Riverside Press

(Riyerside Press
To the traditional uncertainties which
dog farmers step cotton growers of
San Joaquin valley found a new one
swapping their heels last week when
flying squadronso invaded their fields
seeking to get plckerS to join strike
Labor unrest in Tulare and Kern coun-
ties. born of demands for 80 per cent
boost IN wage scales. presents dilemma
known to farmers throughout California.
How can the farmer submit To unioniza-
tion and imposed wage scales, when of
all means of earning a livelihood, his IS
the most uncertain? His earnings are
not guaranteed. Neither world markets
nor weather bureaus assure him fixed
return. How can the farmer possibly
promise one TO others?
Nevertheless boycotts and highway
blockades have been launched against
farmers in violation of all fair play. And
If the farmer proposes that q fairer deal
and freedom of the highways be assured
him through the reasonable regulation of
california's labor initiative it is because
he feels, with countless city-dWelling
wage earners, that Proposition No. l
offers a just means of minimizing the
grief industry and agriculture know so
we'll.
Given a voice and vote. most citizens
in every state would Sue for an armstice
on the labor front. But until Americas
strong will for peace is given concrete
expression through effective legislation,
the duelling generalissimos the quickie
strikes the Sit-doWn tactics, will continue
to dispose of whatever Intellectual pleas
the public proposes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
TOO MUCH CHANCE
FOR POLITICAL ABUSE

One argument against Proposition No.
on the Nov. 8 ballot condemns it entire
~ in our eyes.
II would open the door wide for politi-
cal abuse and porkbarrel politics.
The proposition, an assembly consti-
tutional amendment, would give the state
legislature power to apportion funds
out of the state treasury for county,
city, city and county or other municipal
purposes. 1t would eliminate legal pro-
hibition against legislative gift on money
or anything of value to municipal cor
porations.
There are no restrictions in the pro-
posal Under it the state legislature
could make an outright gift of half the
funds in the treasury-or all of them,
for that matter-to any county or city
in the state if it SO desired.
Under such law a powerful political
machine in Sacramento would control
unending patronage, enjoy opportunities
for extensive graft, and be able to con-
troll votes in most of the large centers
of population by iudicious use of this
power to give away the states money
to municipal governments.
Under the proposed amendment, too,
rural areas would be the suffers, even
if distribution of state money. were ham
died with entire honesty. Such cities as
Los Angeles and San Francisco could
logically be expected to obtain the lions
share, if not all, of the money handed
out by the legislature.
For all of the voters in California,
and especially for those in such areas
as Imperial county, we believe it wise
to vote mo- on Proposition No. 8.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30

and sanitation laws to the courts.
All camps must maintain certain
standards of health and sanitation
as to drinking water supplies and
the disposal of sewage and garbage.
All camps of all kinds will be in
spected regularly to see that they
are established and maintained in
a manner safe for the camp dwell
ers. and for the residents of the
areas where they are situated.
He asked for the cooperation of
growers, labor contractors, crop dis
tributors and the laboring men and
their families. Contractors and
growers will save time, expense,
and trouble, he said, by calling
at the county health office to get
information concerning approved
types of outdoor toilets, drinking
water facilities, and covered garb-
age pits.
Growers who have permanent
IGlllI1o dI dShtO W lISlft stll SCilll-
tary facilities gone over if they
have not already done SO in prep
aration for the opening of the fall
pea harvest within the next week.
Contractors for field workers
must in the future provide ade-
quate drinking water facilities for
workers at the fields. Plans call for
a portable type of drinking water
container which may be moved
from field to field. The state law
provides that every employer fur
nish free, fresh, pure drinking water
for employees during working hours.
The law prohibits, he said, use of
the common dipper and a milk can
or similar container.
He recommended the same type
of water container as those pro-
yided by the contractors on All
American canal construction prof.
ects.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
w estmoreIand's S
Estate Closed

Final account and decree of dis
tribution were filed Friday in the
Charles H. Westmoreland estate,
the center of a bitter legal battle
among his three heirs.
WeStmoreland died intestate No.
Vember "a, 1886. His wife, Mrs. Clara
Westmoreland and his daughter,
Miss Kathleen Westmoreland, sued
and were sued by his son, Roy
Westmoreland, in disputes over the
handling and distribution Of the
estate
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
UNDOiNG AN UNINTENTIONAL
LEGISLATIVE INJUSTICE

Before 1885 war veteran in Califor-
MIA who was entitled to $1,000 tax eXemp
ton could apply it to his automobile If
he wished, or to his home, if he had one.
In 1885 the automobile tax collections
began through the state board of equali-
zation instead of county assessors, and
the attorney general held that it was
not tax, but a license fee.
The veteran who had only an automo-
bile could no longer apply his exemption
to his property, since the exemption ap
plies only to taxes, not to licenses.
Proposition No. 9 on the November
ballot corrects this situation. 1t allows
use of the veterans exemption by those
who need it most-those who, possibly,
have nothing but an automobile upon
which they may depend for their living.
Because it corrects what We believe was
an unintentional injustice to the poorer
veterans, we heartily favor No. 9.
1t will not amount to a great deal in
sofar as the states total tax collections
are concerned, yet it may make all the
difference in the world TO the veterans
affected.
Vote yes
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30

Mason Carter ana the average per
son. She did something about it!
When sha went home for her va
cauon. she rented the town theatre,
and got a group of musicians to
agree to come and play classical
music. TIE people Wttr dumb
founded. What! a girl hiring a
theater and getting musicians from
1o0 miles away to come and play!
She started in to sell tickets.
From door to door she went. No
che on the streets was safe from
her appeal. She sold the tickets.
TIE coEeert was success
She married and moved to West
on. in my old home state OF Mis-
souri,. She wanted the people there
to have music She had the only
Grand piano in town, and she in
vited the people to see it and hear
It. Farmers hitched their horses
q the fence in front of the house,
and stood With their hats in their
hands TO hear the DANCED thing
work"
No one in the town had ever
heard a pipe organ. She got the
church interested, and started in to
raise money. Before they knew it.
the town owned a pipe organ.
She went to Los Angeles and dis
covered a natural cup in the hills
CT Hollywood. An ideal place for
concerts. Outdoor concerts sym
phonies under the stars" she said.
It would cost $4,000. She didn't
have any money but she started in.
And the Hollywood Bowl became a
reality.
7 was just getting well under
way when a crisis arose. The streets
were torn up and cars could not
get near. The Bowl would go broke!
The steam shovel must leave the
street untouched. She rushed to the
Mayor. the City Council, the Board
Of Supervisors, the Board of Pub
lie Works. No one did anything.
That IS. nc one but Artie Mason
Carter.
She went to the Workmen on the
street and pleaded her cause.
They laughed. It was but a few
minutes before time to start the
steam shovel. As they started it,
she threw herself before it ana
shut her eyes. Closer and closer it
came. roaring and laundering. It
stopped.
7 won't run over no woman"
the engineer said, and discontinued
lis work.
The papers had front page stories.
The Bowl was saved.
Artie Mason Carter will help
others for generations to come.
Isn't i worth while? Think of it
some night as you sit in that Won
derful amphitheatre listening to di-
vine music coming, seemingly from
the stars. What can you do to
blisg beauty and happiness into
o;ner lives?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Photographs

Suggested motto for Communists:
Never say Dies"
Archduke Otto now becomes q
double pretender. Pretender to the
throne of the pretended Austria.
Billy Rose has finally made up
his mind, it's Holm Sweet Holm.
The unsuccessful producer has
this TO be thankful for: when his
play flops he doesn't have all those
plagiarism suits.
A movie actress boasts of eye
ming slippers she can tie in knots.
Those are knot evening slippers.
England is so well pleased with
the prospect for peace that she is
ordering all the war planes That
America can furnish.
TO BUY or sell bargain use
Post Press Want Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Famous Sayings
Well ,I'lI
TeliYou..
says
Bob Burns

1 may be wrong, but IL ai"'s'
seemed to me like my folks are
lest n little closer together thah
other people. Maybe it's because
they was always so poor. II LOOKS
like the poorer a couple is, the
more they understand each other.
was talkin' TO wealthy heiress
out here not long ago who haa
married a foreign nobleman. Neither
one oe 'em could speak a word OF
tbe othcr ones lansaage. When l
asked her how in the worid 'hty
could understand each other wen
enough to want to get married. she
said. "Oh, that was easy-we mad a
perfect understanding lie showed
me his family tree and showed
him nv bank book!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Second Indian
Held for Theft

George Bryant, II, Yuma Indian
school pupil, is held in the county
jail on a charge of theft of cameras
from a teachers home on the
school reservation.
He was arrested in Riverside
Thursday and transferred to the
Imperial county jail to await trial.
He is charged jointly with Louis
Jackson, 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Auto Workers PIar,
Ford Cooperation

DETROIT, Get % CUP) - The
United Automobile Workers plan
for standardizing wages, hours and
working conditions in plants which
supply automotiye parts provides
for cooperation from the Ford
Motor company, it was learned re-
liably today
The proposed standardization
program is being drafted by a spe-
cial UAW committee and is expect
ed 10 be presented to the unions
executive board at its Nov. meet
ing, President Homer Martin OF the
lnon disclosed
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Bruce Cation Says

We are fond of saying that this
is an age OF machinery, ana taa1
the ability of the individual man
doesn'. count for as much now as
If used to. But every once in a
while something happens to prove
that when the machinery goes
Wrong-as it inevitably does, soon
er or later-we are right back IN
the ola spot and have nothing to
rely on but the courage and re-
sourcefulness of one man.
An example is that recent wreck
of an ar liner near Montgomery,
Ala.
This liner, bound from Houston
to New York, left the Montgomery
airport with IA people aboard short
" after midnight. 1t reached an
altitude OF some 400 feet; in its
cabin tie lights were dimmed and
the passengers were settling back
in their seats for an uneVenttul,
droWsy trip. And then came trou-
BILE.
The Iight-hand motor began to
vibrate violently. Something Went
wrong with the propeller, maybe,
or a bolt was sheared off; anyway,
the sudden vibration broke the
motor loose from its faSteningS and
it fell to the earth. A gas line was
severed and the plane took fire
abruptly became an emergency
freighted with the dire peril of
death.
The emergency was met and
passed, and nobody was killed. AnG
why? Because the planes chief pilot
Dave Hlssong, was cool and ca
pable chap who knew exactly what
to do, and was able to keep his
head While he did it.
Hissong managed TO keep the left
wing Up while he brought the ship
down. With only his landing lights,
he sought ous an open space on the
ground and negotiated a landing
His co-pilot, C. R. Russell, gave him
by cutting the gas line and holding
the flames back with an eXtinguish-
er. Steward Frank Gibbs saw that
the safety belts Of the passengers
were properly tightened, and stood
by to open the cabin door and help
them out the moment the plane
had stopped.
Nobody got hurt. 1t was a close
call, of course, the occupants had
got perhaps 20 yards from the
grounded plane before it exploded
in a vast puff of flames. All in all
they had had about a minute to
spare III their escape. But the point
is that they did have that minute
and it was enough.
The moral to all of this-if that's
what YOU want to call it's obyi-
GUS. The most cunningly-devised
machinery fails once in a while;
and when it does, everybody inyolv-
ed is i'll the soup unless the right
man is in the right spot This
mechanical age has not done away
with the old need for human ca
pability, bravery and self-possession.
That's good thing to remember.
For underneath all of the stainless
steel gadgets of modern civilization,
life is still lived on its old terms.
In the last analysis, we sink or
we swim by what we have in our
selves and not by our equipment.
There is no substitute for the time
honored individual virtues, and
there never will be. We may build
the most refined and fool-proof
machines imaginable; but if we can
not core up with a Dave Hissong
When we need one we are out OF
luck.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Runaway Youth
Ends Own Life

CHICAGO, Oct. 30. UP)-Nich-
olas Bouras, jr., u, who shot him
self in the head because he was
afraid his mother would give him a
licking for having played nookey
from school, died at a hospital to-
day.
Nicholas and his pal, Bobby Fend-
er, IA, left school al noon recess
yesterday and decided to run away
They started out for California by
way CT Anderson, Ind, where Fend-
er has relatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
PRETTY SOFT
christian Science Monitor)

(Christian Science Monitor)
The hobo's lot is not a strenuous one.
So easy, in fact, railroad police in Albany
are complaining about the increasing de-
mands upon their services by those who
ride the rods. IN Amsterdam, \. Y, the
other day, shortly after a transient had
been untangled from the rods Of the night
freight and hustled up to the local hoose-
gov, came this urgent telegram to Capt.
Joseph B. Boyle OF the New York Central
Railroad Police: Train rider arrested
here says baggage still on train. Please
meet train and recover it.
Judging by Captain Boyle's indignant
outburst, the Well-heeled hobo has only
to make his wishes known and a uniform
ed attendant will make arrangements for
the luggage Its the new vogue the
irate official finds Most Of the boes
we've encountered lately have their be-
longings with them. We got fellow the
other night with food as we'll as blankets
in his baggage
Could anything be more expressive of
the subtle amenities which have come to
mark the manners of the modern mendi-
cant? Food and blankets, Of all things!
What will they want next-soap and
towel with their finger bowls? Gone is
the day when tramp took to the road
or the rods-with his wardrobe compress
ed within the knotted span of a red ban
dana dangling from stick slung on
tired shoulders. No longer does the hobo
humble himself before the farmhouse
door to the threadbare tune of: "Please
ma am, may I have a cup of cold water?
I'm SO hungry, don't know where Im
going to spend the night" Probably his
hints are now more concerned with the
merits Of the mattress, and whether
there's radio in the ROOM
Philadelphia customs officers confis-
Gated 100000 sweepstakes tickets the
other day. Think of that; 100000 mil
Lon ni,.n- Lei L. ,,a-4 4o,.;t-.I
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
KING INVITED
TO WHITE HOUSE

LONDON, Oct 30. CUP) - The
Daily Herald reported today that
President Roosevelt had sent per-
sonal invitation TO King George and
Queen Elizabeth to visit Washing
ton and stay at tho White House
a few days this summer during Their
visit abroad.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
PROPOSITIONS

No. Labor To be discussed later.
No. Pounds. Vote No.
No. 3.-Gas Tax. To be discussed later.
No. Highways. To be discussed
later.
No. 5.-Fishing. Vote No.
No. 6.-IHsurdHce. Vote Yes.
No. 7.-ReIief. TOte Yes.
No. S.-CredH. Discussed today.
No. 9.-Heterans. Discussed today.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30

Carter.
s h e is h 2
founder of the
Hollywood Bowl.
She WIS thrilled
by music. was
the loyeliest thing
in the world. and
she wanted eV-
eryone to have it.
Right here is
the difference be-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Valley Warned
Against Solicitors

LOS ANGELES police Friday
warned Imperial Valley residents
against three men soliciting con-
tributions to a publication they
are said to insist is connected with
state, county and city civil service.
The men are known to be oper-
ating in the Brawley area allegedly
soliciting for their magazine. Los
Angeles police said the trio has
no connection with the state, coun-
Gy, or city.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of 'now to Win
Friends and Influence
People

This is the story of a woman who
unselfishly helped others without
thought of getting paid for it-and
became famous around the world.
Her name Is Mrs. Artie Mason
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Health Dept Declares War on Dirt
In County's Winter Squatter Camps

Unsantary squater, grower and labor contractor
camps will not be tolerated in Imperial county this winter
Dr. Warren F. Fox county health officer, announced.
He and his staff of inspectors declared the
unsanarv camps said take Vioators Of the health
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
GILMORE ESCAPES INJURY

WEISER, Ida, Oct 20. (UP)-
Earl Gilmore, Los Angeles, presi-
dent of the Gilmore Oil company,
escaped injury here late yesterday
when he TAXED his twin motored
Lockheed plane into a pile of tele-
phone poles while landing at the
Weiser airport. The poles were
piled at the end of the runway.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30

tiCn of an ammunition factory in
Pretoria that will turn cut 10000
600 rounds of ammunition annu-
ally.
Franz Yon Papen, former chan
cellor of Germany, has announc-
ed his retirement from public life.
Two of his secretaries were killed
in recent Nazi purges. Franz can
take hint.
The grand jury investigating the
skeet shoot held at the home of
Miss Ruth Etting have charged
Martin Col. Gimp Snyder with
attempted murder. kidnapping and
Illegal possession of a weapon. What,
no boulevard stops?
Walt Dizney has been sued by
Snow White and three others for
pic agiarism. There must be moments
Wnen ne wishes Snow White and
the Seven DWarfs were all back in
the ink bottle.
Dec Protbro, the new manager of
the hapless Phils, is a dentist. Prob
ably the first thing he'll do is send
the scouts out for some fresh ivory.
Elmer Trey. shoWgirl who socked
Singer JACK Doyle in a New YORK
restaurant, claimed the Irish boxer
broke a date with her. The moral
seems 10 BE-: If you stand gal up.
she PROBABLY will knock you down.
HELP yourself TO bargains with
Post Press Want Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
You re Telling Me ---.

lhe PRESIDENTS son is a handicap
sometimes Being the father of the
PRESIDENTS son also occasionally has
disadvantages.
A ton of helium expands to 2O0 =
900 cubic feet. That almost equals
the record of the sophomore half
back upon first seeing his name in
the Sunday papers.
We have some wonderful echoes
in our national parks, but none can
be compared to that one il Italv
When party in Germany shouts
something, the reply comes clear
across the Alps, Yeah, mani"
The American College of Sur
geons met in New York the other
day Must not be much of an outfit
we can't find the name on any of
the football schedules.
The old fashioned German band
hit some blue notes once in while.
but the net result was much more
pleasant than is being achieved by
the German bund.
The new upsWept coiffure being
what it is, a good many OF the gals
are going to Win-or lose-by a
neck.