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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-02
Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By Frederick M. Kerby

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 Enclose three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR o. Do the Philippine Islands have a bicameral or unicameral legisla- ture?
 A. Unicameral.
 o. How can I obtain ticket reser- vations for the 1888 Kentucky Derby?
 A. Write to the Secretary, Churchill Downs, Inc, Louisville, Kentucky.
 o. Have females in the United States outnumbered males since the Civil war?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-02

Just the same that ice floe the Russian scientists have been living on hasn't crumbled and drifted any more than Lenin'S BOlSheviSm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-02

A fashionable tailor is worrying be- cause mems pockets bulge, but what else can they do with their hands and hankies?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-02
Current Comment

I'm just beginning to learn about writing. Booth Tarkington, playright-auth-
 or, who is now 68.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-02
A Thought for Today

So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.-I Kings 2:1O
  Death has nothing terrible which life has not made so faithful Christian life in this world is the best preparation for the next-Tryon Edwards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-02
Michael MacWhite, Retiring Irish Minister To U. s. Made
 Brass Ring "Grand Officer
N DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT 9 AHzRql

EDITORS NOTE-TOday Pearson and Allen better than their Ring rand Brass Ring to Michael MacWhte retiring Minister of Ireland previous Grand Officer of the Brass Ring Augusta Italian ambassador to the United States)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-02

WASHINGTON, March 2.-Michael MacWhite Irish Minister to the United States, is sailing for new post Irish minister to Vatican City, Rome and with his depart ure the American people are losing an old friend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-02

(Copyrght, 1888, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
New Deal Beaten
In Iowa Primary

Continued from Page One)
greater than the vote polled by his
four opponents.
In 2,203 precincts, Mrs. Ellsworth
Richardson, a farm wife, had 9,075
j. j. Meyers, Carroll attorney, IT,
1856; and w. G.. Beyerhoff, Fort
Dodge attorney, 1902.
On the basis of these returns, 1t
was estimated that the combined
Democratic and Republican votes
would not far exceed 100000
In 1896, President Roosevelt poll
ed 62l,756 votes against 487 ,977 for
Alf NJ. Landon, the Republican
nominee.
There was no positive assurance
that Mr.. Roosevelt wanted Gillette
defeated. Wearin claimed to be the
Roosevelt Deal candidate, but
Gillette did not concede him that
position. Hence the Democratic vot
ers could not be certain that a vote
for Wearin was a vote of endorse
ment to Mr.. Roosevelt. James
Roosevelt. the presidents son, and
Works Progress Administrators Har-
ry l.. Hopkins had given oral tribute
to Wearin. But Gillette said that
if Mr.. Roosevelt had wanted him
defeated he would have said so per-
sonally, and that since Mr.. Roose-
welt maintained silence, Wearin had
no claim to presidential favor.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
All American Shrinks
When Viewed from Air

Have to take it easy here. We're
skinning close TO the border and
Mexico wouldn't like it if we wan
dered into her air.
Look there. That's the present
canal that brings water i'll through
Mexico.
Sure enough. a half-pint riyulet
flowed northwest and the puny
All American, at that point part
fun of water that seeped in from
breaks. made a half turn TO the
east.
Mile after mile of the canal
drifts past below. Surely this isn't
the giant that the force account
made. not the monster that the
drag lines dug But it IS.
How Cute,
Again Chad circleG, gracefully
fitting a wing while his ship arched
around a supersructure over which
Lilliputian men crawled.
How very cutel Some child has
been playing with his Erector Set
But that isn't so, for this is a
power drop that soon will churn out
electric energy for Imperial VAL
ley. From 1000 feet above. however,
it appears just big enough to run
a toy electric train.
Now the canal settled down to
the business OF covering territory.
speeding eastward like the "sWoosh'
left by an arrow in its flight, or
like the frozen wake of a speed
boat Minute by minute the crags
of Pilot Knob came nearer and
down below the planes shadow rae
ed over the desert, floating past
creeping bus on the highway.
Playfully Chad pointed the ships
nose upward and the altimeter
climbed to 1000 feet. Then the ship
was flirting with grim Pilot Knob.
The Dam
Had a forced landing down there
once" said Chad. ".Jidn't hurt any
thing. Just scared hell out of me"
The motor purrs on like a Swiss
watch with a cut-out and down
below the canal bends through the
Ol THU NllOp III d HllllJ.
There are too many things to watch
as the Colorado river appears,
toy stream with the sun on its
waters. The plane drops low over
where the brown waters pour into
the present canal system and the
river, emasculated, Wanders off
alone.
Through made gorges the
canal winds northeast. Laguna
dam passes below and then appears
the unbelievable, a dandy model
Of Imperial dam and the desilting
works, done in alabaster 1t isn't
a model, of course, but it looks like
one, with the spidery arms OF the
scrapers in place in the settling
basins. The whole picture is so
neat and clean and so nearly fin
ished that less take it home for
Junior to ply with!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
FUND MEASURE
OKED IN LAST
MINUTE HUI URRY
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believed that aanger of a filibuster
ay southern senators will have been
averted. Formal consideration Of
the compromise was delayed until
tomorrow.
The proposal provided a flat 25
cent an hour minimum wage, an
increase OF five cents an hour dur
ms the second year of the act,
establishment of advisory boards
in each industry to make recon-
mendat,onS Tor wage standards
above the 30 cent minimum with
an administrator to pass on the
recommendations. and no time limit
under which industries must reach
the goal of a 40 cent an hour wage.
The proposal would let them accom-
pliSh that standard as soon as
economically feasible
The house appropriations COM
mittee. after last minute reyisions,
sent the S274 ,233 .229 final deficiency
bill to the house for immediate
action 1t may be sent to the senate
by Thursday, 1t provides approx
mately SAL 100000 for naval pur-
poses to finance beginning of naval
building authorized by the sll57,-
100000 naval expansion measure
previously approved by congress.
Unexpected opposition among
house conferees to a $212 900, GOO
appropriation for farm parity pay
mentS raised a new obstacle to
plans to adjourn congress by Sat-
urday Although President Roose-
velt's S3.723 100000 recovery bill,
carrying the farm parity amend
ment. joined the wages and hours
bill and other important legislation
in conference committee. no action
can be taken to reconcile the house
and senate versions before Thurs
day.
The senate today approved the
conference report on the SASS ,40l,-
254 military appropriation bill for
1899, completing congressional ac-
ton. 1t now goes to President RooSe-
yelt for signature.
President Roosevelt meanwhile
directed the Public Works Admins
tration to prepare allotments for
projects costing an estimated $780,
0G0,000 Immediately upon passage
and signature OF the recovery bill.
These projects, the PWA said,
should result in heavy orders for
basic construction materials and
provide immediate employment for
men on the projects, in factories,
railroads, mills, mines and forests.
1t was estimated the projects will
create orders for more than 1922
100000 worth of materials and will
create l,756,000 man-months of di-
rect employment and 2,841,0 GOO man
months of indirect employment.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07

Although representatives OF coun-
ty farm organizations and business
and civic groups expressed no OBJ
lection to the project, the super
visors voted down 3 to a motion
of Supervisor Jay Brown to appro-
pirate $500 for the exhibit
The vote climaXed a discussion
meeting called by the supervisors
to sound out sentiment for and
against participation in the fair.
Leland j. Cutler, president of the
exposition, A. E. Roth president
of the San Francisco Waterfront
Employers association, F.. M. Nc
Auliffe, chairman of the California
exposition commission spoke for the
exposition.
Farm interests represented by
William Rosenberg, president of the
Tulare county associated farmers,
and c. E. Pennebaker, president of
the Tulare county farm bureau, did
not oppose the fair proposal and
left the discussion up to the super
visorS.
The Tulare county board last
November went on record against
supporting the exposition until San
Francisco authorities guaranteed
farming interests that produce
would be moved without interfer-
ence from strikes and labor dis
puteS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07

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all sides. its neat farms like vari-
colored squares of fudge laid on
a platter. A half dozen horses in
a field. appearing like mounts for
tin soldiers, raised their heads at
the sound of the planes motor,
then went on grazing. In a few
seconds the bottom lands OF New
river drifted past, ridiculously ike
a child's sandpile, and then:
There's the canal" Chad shout
ed above the roar of the motor.
Just Joking?
Surely Chad isn't pointing at THE
canal. There must be some mistake.
Chad is a marvel at handling a
plane. but he can't be expected to
be an expert on canals Maybe he
is just joking.
But Chad isn't joking and this
puny trench is the western end OF
the All American canal Lord, what
liars these newspapermen can be.
WHY anyone could lean out OF a
plane, drag a finger along the
ground, and make a ditch like
thisi It's an outrage ana a lie!
Let's 90 home.
Chad, however. wheeled his ship
with flick OF the wrist and headed
east, lowering easily above the
canal Just west OF CaleXico he
Acircled around what appeared TO
be a child's attempt TO dam up a
rivulet Men, in the guise of ants,
crawled over it.
Say it isn't SO. This can't be
the siphon. 1t just CAN'T be the
monster, double barreled flume
that will span the canyon of New
river! Those barrels are too dinky
sfor a squirt gun.
Another Canal
The plane wheels, Chad cuts the
motor for an instant while pictures
sare snapped, and a few seconds
later:
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Knife Fight Puts
Man in Hospital

HOLTVILLE, June IA knife
battle over a woman sent Jose
Gonzales to the county hospital
and put Pedro Castillo to flight
to avoid arrest.
The fight took place on Cara
wal Singh ranch east of town Mon
day night. Castillo fled after the
knitting and still is at large. Con
zales is suffering from stab wounds
in the back and a bad stab in the
lung.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07

ed Tuesday
Truck drivers bearing certifica
tions of the association frequently
ask the Los Angeles office for pro-
tection while thev unload Imperial
Valley products in spite of union
orders to get men from the union
hiring hall to do the work Fastain
quoted instances to show how the
association operates.
Arthur Van Lob. FL Centre truck
driver and owner, was one OF the
first men in the state to use the
certification He and five other
truck drivers were stopped near a
Los Angeles market recently and
ordered to go to the union hiring
hall to employ unloaderS and not
to touch their cargo until they did
so. Van Lob immediately telephon-
ed the Los Angeles office Of the
TRANSPORTATION association. he said.
Guards were sent to the unloading
platform.
There were men standing around
while we unloaded,' he declared
but we couldn't see a union button
anywhere. They didn't bother lis
any more. We unloaded and came
home"
Van Lob explained the certificates
to the other drivers and took them
to headquarters to sign up
Hastain described another situ-
atiCn created by union orders TO
the drivers of eight trucks from
Imperial Valley. They were told
union men would be at the market
to do the unloading. Guards from
the TRANSPORTATION association stood
on the platform while the drivers
and owners did their GWn unloading
Hastain said union men did not
interfere.
MANY similar stories are tCld by
the truck drivers who carry dSso-
citation catifications," Hastain eX-
planned. They are learning of the
protection We can give them at the
markets and the farmers are learn
ing the value Of the protection we
can give their products after they
leave the farms. More and more
formers. truck owners and truck
drivers are affiliating with the asso-
clatlon. It is something new the
farmers are doing. We were little
slow in getting started but We are
getting underway now
Farmers belonging to the assocla =
ton refuse to let truck drivers haul
their products unless they present
an association certification. These
certifications are available free TO
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Council Silent
On Power Deal
Continued from Page ID

Mayor Herbert FaWcett declined
any comment on the plan and de-
MED a formal proposal had been
presented. The adjourned council
meeting is Tuesday not Wednes-
day he said.
Other members of the council,
preferring to reserve opinions, ad-
mitted the plan had been given
cursory examination individually
but denied collective consideration
r. P Moore CT Nev-Cal declared:
Il have no comment to make.
The plan is being handled entirely
by our commercial department"
Chairman HeWeS of the district
predicted no action would be taken
by the council on the proposal and
reiterated that delivery of district
power by autumn is certain.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Anne Hewitt Left
Without Legacy

PATERSON, N. j., June I. (UP)
More than a score of relatives
of the late Erskine Hewitt received
bequests totaling $1,690,00O in his
will filed today, but his niece, Mrs
Anne Cooper Hewitt Gay center OF
California's famous sterilization
case" did not get cent.
The will of the grandson of the
late Peter Cooper. who founded
Cooper Union, gave 100000 out
right to his nephew, Noryin H.
Green of Tuxedo Park, N. Y, who
was named sole executor.
Others who received bequests in
cluded the Princess Eleanor Viggo,
of Copenhagen, Denmark, a niece,
who received $500,000; the wife and
two daughters of Green, and a
brother, Edward Ringwood Hewitt.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07

Walter Fisher. a Princeton youth,
who was said to be delivering papers
I'm the hours before dawn last Tues
day when James B. Cash. ST., well
10 do merchant here, paid a $4,000
ransom for his only child's return,
was believed to be the only person
still being questioned by G-men.
Fisher repeatedly was taken to
headquarters of the federal bureau
OF investigation in Miami Saturday
His father at first admitted the boy
was being questioned, but later said
he had been instructed to say moth
ing. adding that his son was at a
Sunday school conference in Lake
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07

men who answer questionnaires.
They NAV be obtained from the AS
sociated Farmers office in the court
house in Ell Centre, at the BraWley
Chamber of Commerce, and at the
Trifolium checking station. They
must be renewed every month. The
association is financed in Imperial
county by farmers giving 10 cents
for every acre they represent.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Temperature Down
From Years High

Mondays high temperature of 100
degrees, in FL Centro, fell four de
grees below the seasonal high point,
registered Saturday and Sunday
Temperature today read somewhat
lower, with 102 anG humidity of 18
registered at noon at the Ell Centre
weather bureau. The temperature
was 81 at am.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Army Fliers Die
In Plane Crashes

RANDOLPH FIELD, Tex, June
T. (UP)-Three army fliers were
killed and one was critically in
jured today in two airplane crashes.
The accidents occurred within "A
20 minute period.
The dead were Second Lieut.. Ma
than H. Coddingdon, %, of Los An
geles. Cal; Second Lieut. Arthur M
Keppler, %, of Houston Tex; and
Flying Cadet William II. ConeVy
25, of Washington, ID. C.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07

land, Fla.
FBI men meanwhile still were
active in the case. Head Oman
J. Edgar Hoover. who is in charge
of the case. indicated that his agents
would maintain headquarters at
Princeton until there is a break
in this seventh major child abduc-
ton since 1882.
A hand picked searching party
tramped through the area around
Cape sable today, but chief hope
for solution of the case still rested
on appearance of ransom bills.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20. 1901.
Published every afternoon except
saturday and sunday (Safurdgy
afternoon Issue now succeeded by
The pOst-Press sunday establish
ed 1886 by the Imperial Valley
Publishing Company. G25 state
sI-~@f, ItI Centre, Calf.
Entered at lei Centre, California
post office as second class matter.
Paul jenkins. publisher; \. &.
Johnston, vice president and gen
ereIa manager; u. a. Fifzhugb,
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co., Inc. National
Advertising Representatives.
Members California Newspaper
Pubiisbera' Association.
Subscription Rates; 80 per copy.
In coDiunctiOp with the Post
Press lSuBdaysD, per month, 6Oc;
Paid In advance 3 months siGJ.
q months s3.2Ji one year $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Certified Truck Drivers Appeal to l.. A. Crew f0l
Protection From Union Squads; Methods
Prevent Labor Violence

The Farmers Transportation association organized by
farmers this spring to break Teamsters union control OF
the hauling of farm products IS gaming membership ana
force in the nine southern California counties where it
oneraes Harvey Hasain association president, announc
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
PAPER CARRIER IN
CENTRAL ROLE OF
KIDNAPPING PROBE

PRINCETON Fla, June :. experimentation of
the kidnapping of five tear old Jimmy Cash on May Is
centered today 20 year cid newspaper carrier who
it noted would be able to supply the first tangible
clue the identity of the chid's abductors.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Germany Claims
New Air Records

BERLIN, June 7. (UP)-Two new
world air records were claimed to-
day by Germany.
Major General Ernest Udet in
single-seater Heinkel pursuit
plane, made a speed of 396480
miles per hour over a 63-mile
course.
The second record was claimed
for a four -motored Junkers plane,
Crosse Dessauer,' which climbed
9,312 meters approximately 5.78
miles) with a load of 1000 pounds.
THE COMMUNITY CLEARING
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
BARS S. +.
FAIR EXHIBIT AS
LABOR ROW MOVE

NlSAllA, CAL June Z. (UP)-The Tulare county board
of supervisors which has criticized San Francisco labor
policy today record opposing participation in
San Joaquin valley exhibit at the 1889 San Francisco
Golden Gate international exposition
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
WEATHER

data complied by observers for
the official United states weather
bureau station at El tentr0D
Maximum Monday ....--.-......-....... lOs
Minimum Tuesday ..................-.- G5
Reading at Noon Tuesday
Temperature -.-........-..------..--.--... lO2
Humidity .............................-....... 18
Readinr at ) am. Tuesday
Temperature -.-..--.-.,......-....--' ---.---- oI
Humidity NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. n
Reading at pm. Monday
Temperature ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lOl
Humidity ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IA
SALINAS VALLEY Tuesday
night and Wednesday with morning
fog in north portion; normal tenn
perature; northwest wind
SOUTHERN CALIF.-Fair Tues
day night and Wednesday but
morning fog in extreme west por-
ton; no change in temperature;
moderate northwest wind off coast.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-25
AMERICA AT WAR DAY-BY-DAY
USED CAR MARKET
SLUMP is SLIGHT

Raleigh, Jan. 25-The slump in the
used car" market of the United
States has not been as marked in
North Carolina as in many sections
of the country, but at the same time it
has been sufficient to affect unfav-
oralbly the new car market to some OK
tent, according to records Of the Divi-
sion of Motor Vehicles of the Depart
n1ent of Revenue.
Exact figures on the sale of used
cars for the past few months are not
Immediately available, as they are US
ually worked out through the issu-
ance of licenses and transfers of titles.
However, it appears that there is
some danger that the States automo-
bile dealers will soon be faced with
quite a problem of disclosing of the
many cars they have on hand.
In the United States as a whole
there are approximately 100000 used
cars in the hands of $4,000 dealers, ac-
cording to figures of the American
Petroleum Institute. Attention to this
fact was recently called by Alfred
e. Sloan, president Of General Motors,
in his testimony before a Congress; on
al committee. It listed it as one of the
problems which must be solved before
the current business recession can be
conquered.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-25
ANSWERS

L. The militia age IS from 18 to IA
years: The last census shows that
587,665 male persons between these
.ages.
2. Thomas L. Clingman,- in 1850.
Congressman Clinglnan voted 'or The
repeal of a House Rule which for
babe reception Of abolition petitions
Q850) and made a speech in the
House of Representatives concerning
his action. Clingman's Dome in The
Great Smoky Mountains National
F'ark, which was explored and meas
ured by Congressman Clingman was
named in his honor. Congressman
Clingman was b,.~n in Surry county
later made his home in Asheville, and
died in Morganton November 8, 1897.
8. From July 1884 to June 1886, ac-
cording to the last reports of the State
Department of Conservation and De-
velopment, 100000 men baden
fertilizer fish were caught. These
were value; at $1,o54,425.
4. According to the report of the
State Budget Commission the real es-
tate buildings, Improvements and
equipment are valued at $8,329, 73O
5. The following is taken from an
advertisement of that time Gold
Epaulets, Ostrich's feathers and
sashes for officers, sword belts. $3.50.
Gilt and horn buttons, paper snuff
boxes, looking glasses, combs of diff
ferent kinds. .Scente,' waters -.
Hair powder in pounds. - etc.
6. "The cloud nf public creditors, in
Guiding the arr : is gathering about
us; the prospect thickens. Williamson
said that Continental Congress was
unable to adopt a plan and that ma
tional affairs were in a gloomy con-
dition.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-25
agent of Louisburg College.
College Has Annual.

Final plans are being completed at
Louisburg College for the publication
of an annual this year. At special
class meetings held recently, the staff
for the annual was elected. The COM
plete annual staff is as follows
Editor-in-chief w. T. Medlin, Jr., of
Raleigh; publicity manager, Carroll
Chauncey of Grifton; advertising
manager, Enoch Dickens, of Halifax;
Photographic editor, Allen Knight, of
Goldseoro; feature editors, Miss Lii
liam Johnson, of Holly Springs; Miss
Grace Newell, of Goldsboro, and Dan
Walker, of Southport; sports editors,
Miss Sara Foutz of Moyock, and
David Watson, of Southport; junior
editor, Maurice Peacock, Of Roper;
junior photographer, Cotton Allen, of
Middlesex; junior business manager,
Miss" Mary Bethea, of Wilmington;
and Junior advertising manager, Miss
Margaret Parrish, Of Raleigh.
Second Semester Begins.
The second semester has just open
ed. The number of students attend
ing is very gratifying to President
Earnhardt and the executive officers
OF the college. This has been, in every
respect, record year for Louisburg
College, both from the fact that it has
enrolled the largest student body in
the history of the institution and from
the fact that the students seem to be
better prepared for college work and
have more determination than ever
before to succeed.
Quite a number of improvements
have been made on the college cam
pus during the fall semester, and the
manager of the buildings and grounds
proposes to make a number of other
Improvements before the end of the
college year.