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Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
By O. O. Mcintyre

and giant fur collared coat flashed
by in his limousine.
Centre Market Place is one Of the
tiny lost streets downtown. 1t is
a hub-bub of commerce spang be-
hind police headquarters and used
almost exclusively by members of
the force Just a block long. it is
lined with a tumble of shops that
cater to the professional needs of
cops. Such as handouts, whistles,
heavy snOeS, regulation blue shirts
and other regalia of the flatties. A
number of the merchants are retir-
ed members of the force, adding
to their pension checks and keeping
in touch with the boys
1t is astonishing how many will
stir themselves to attend the early
morning lineup Of prisoners at po-
lice headquarters in Chambers
street. One may see there such
celebrities as Theodore Dresser, H.
G. Wells Nine Claybergh. Mary
Pickford and such. For the regu-
lars there are often laughs, but to
the casual visitors it is a vince.
Many prisoners are old offenders
and actually seem to enjoy a little
wise cracking with the police under
the spotlight.
On two different newspapers l
covered police headquarters and
was continually depressed by the
dry. sad aroma of lysol that en-
velops every prison. Arnold Ben
nett once wrote of a sudden de-
lection that afflicted him when he
saw anything pink. He finally at
tributed it to the pink colored aims
houses Of England. Similarly even
today when I smell lysol or that
cloying disinfectant so noticeable
in the Bowery lodging houses, I am
plunged into dependency. On the
other hand no odor is so rejuvenat-
ing as the scent OF clover A few
Whiffs and I'm actually spryl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
Negro Sentenced
To San Quentin

Frank Eddy, Negro, was sentenc-
ed to San Quentin for first degree
robbery by Judge Vaughn N.
Thompson in Imperial county su-
perior court Monday. He was con-
victed of taking money from Tony
Palomino in a stickup in Ell Centre
this winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
Barbs --

Chinese diplomats are holding
war councils at The Hague Has
the Japanese drive pushed them
clear into Switzerland?
With Dictator Stain looking on
from a balcony. all votes Of the
new Soviet parliament have been
unanimous so far That's majority
rule with vengeance.
What is the world coming TO?
New York lads choose spinach as
their favorite vegetable in a poll
conducted by the Boys Athlete
Club.
a Philapelphia judge rule S
that man is justified in punch
ing cop who gets too sassy.
Justified, perhaps. but not very
prudent. asl4
Germany DEGREES that henc-
forth no names shall be changed
without permission. So Rose
berg by any other name isn't just
as sweet
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

{ h e Plaza. Or
with more geo.
graphical clarity
from 34th street
on the south to
seth on the north.
Term IS allitera =
tive but not apt.
The truth is.
Fifth avenue. save
for the several
blocks of Rookie
feller Center has
lost gobs OF its
,,r,ictf,ao no,oNn Of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
Special Session in
Month Indicated

LOS ANGELES, Jan 25. CUP)-
Gov. Frank F. Merriam today IN
dicated he would call a special
session Of the state legislature with
in a month, .
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

Imperial Valley yesterday shipped
LAT cars OF lettuce. Prices held
steady around $165
Twenty persons were hailed into
police court this morning to face
various charges filed agaist them
over the weekend
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
New York Day by Day

NEW YORK. Jan. "a recent :
historian refers 10 Fifth Avenues
Magnificent Mile. A phrasing for
that Strin hetMeen the Emnire and
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
Ten Years Ago
.January 25 1903

" F.. Frizzell, district freight and
passenger agent for the Southern
Pacific railway company. left El
Centro this morning to go to Los
Angeles where he will attend a
conference.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
The Grab Bag
ne-Minute Test

l. Who is chief of the national
WPA administration in the US?
2. What South African pioneer
established a series of scholarships
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

last, turned. Not only turned but,
lit seems, has cropped into a weav-
ing. Dempsy crouch and is just
waiting for somebody somewhere
to start something.
First tossing among the literati
was more or less confined to non
entities until a few months ago
when the historic battle between
Max Eastman and Ernest Heming-
way took place.
The book people were a bit
stunned at the fury of that fracas
but put it down as something that
just wouldn't happen again. But
now it seems it was the signal Of
the dawn of a new era in the
world Of writing.
For fresh is the news that a
theatrical critic in New York has
been pummeled by a playwright
who in turn was given O. note
worthy chastisement by a group
Of notables who chanced to be al
the scene.
What will this all come to, nc
one can forsee. But if the warning
amOung the matchmaking boy:
doesn't settle down schools OF
journalism will need to convert
themselves into pymnasiums tc
better fit their graduates for the
Gentle field Of literature.
NINETY FIVE per cent of the
worlds bathtubs, according to re-
cent statistics. are in the United
States That being the case how
can we expect those foreign dip
lOmats to always come clean in in
ternational matters?
As an aid to lhe war on speeder
and other traffic law yiolators, no
doubt, New York states new auto
licenses bear a worlds fair adver-
tisement making the license nu-
merals % per cent less visiable.
Zadok Dumbkopf is now engaged
in tracking down the vague rumor
that there is a man in this town
VINO still has one of his New Years
resolutions left, completely intact
The Vegetarian News, a Dondon
periodical, wonders in a recent is
sue, whether or not Hercules was
a vegetarian. Meanwhile, we not
50 learned folk win 90 right on
wondering whether there was a
Hercules
This columns 1888 prize for in
consistency goes to Benito Musso-
lini who. finding Italy so over
crowded he had 10 take over Ethio-
pia for expansion, promptly de-
manded more italian babies be
born.
Sad indeed is the fate these days
Of many dilapidated jaloppies. Sold
as junk 10 Japan they are cut into
iron confetti to be tossed at the
Chinese who don't appreciate it!
Chinese girls were plucking their
eye brows. powdering and rouging
their faces 5000 years ago, we
read. Yes-Eut did they know the
proper way to hold a cigaret?
What has come over the gentle
art Of bellies lettres is hard to
understand But We do know that
recently the world of literature has
stolen the thunder OF the prize
ring, producing by far the better
lights.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
thoughts for the Day -

Where Is boasting them It is excluded BY what
law? OF works? Nay; by the law Of faith. Therefore
we conclude that man is justified by faith with
out the deeds of the laW.-Romans 3.27, 28.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
Photographs

The average American boy today
is ten pounds heavier and two
inches taller than the average boy
of so years ago
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
Twenty Years Ago
January 25, 1908

E. j. Parke, former editor of the
Seeley Sentinel left with his
family for Chicago today.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

Horticultural commissioner F.W.
Waite destroyed three sacks Of
Texas cottonseed. which arrived
today in an emigrant car from
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

A bee can pull 80 times its own
weight, and is thus proportionally
as strong as a locomotive
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

Plant scientists are trying to pro-
duce a watermelon that will fit the
average ice box.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

You Haven't Read All the News
Until You've read the Ads
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
Looking Backward
In Our Files
Thirty Years Ago
January 25. 1908

In the last three days the South
ern Pacific has bought in three
carloads OF bees.
McKim brothers yesterday shipp-
ed three carloads of hogs to east
ern markets.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

The book people were a bit
stunned at the fury of that fracas
but put it down as something that
just wouldn't happen again. But
now it seems it was the signal Of
the dawn of a new era in the
world Of writing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25
You re Telling Ne -
BY WILLIAM RIFT
The Batting BibIiOphiles

The BOOK WORM has. at
last, turned Not only turned but,
it seems has cropped into a weav-
! ing. Dempsy crouch and is just
waiting for somebody somewhere
to start something.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

For fresh is the news that
theatrical critic in New York has
been pummeled by a playwright
who in turn was given O. note
worthy chastisement by group
Of notables who chanced to be at
the scene.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

First tossing among the literati
was more or less confined to non-
entities until a few months ago
when the historic battle between
Max Eastman and Ernest Heming-
way took place.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

Dairy scientists are experiment
ing with the injection of pituitary
extract into COWS to increase milk
production.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

What will this all come to- no
one can forsee. But if the warning
amoung the matchmaking boys
doesn't settle down schools of
journalism will need to convert
themselves into pymnasiums to
better fit their graduates for the
Gentle field of literature.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

Beauty experts say women lose
their figures only because they are
lazy. Try telling that to a plum
pish grandmother who raised
eight children.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

A group Of youths picketed a
Detroit billiard hall in protest
against poor loafing conditions.
Apparently the pool room operator
thinks he's running a business.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

TWENTY-FIVE per cent of the
worlds bathtubs, according to re-
cent statistics. are in the United
States. That being the case how
can we expect those foreign dip
lomats to always come clean in in
ternational matters?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-25

What has come over the gentle
art of bellies lettres is hard to
understand But We do know that
recently the world of literature has
stolen the thunder OF the prize
ring, producing by far the better
lights.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
Hester Is Forum Speaker

The new Civil Aeronautics Act, its
purposes and how it will be admins
tered, will be discussed by Clinton M.
Hester, civil aeronautics administra-
tor, in the National Radio Forum to-
morrow at $50 pm. The National
Radio Forum is arranged by The Star
and broadcast over the network of the
National Broadcasting Co. 1t is heard
locally through Station WMAL.
Mr.. Hester, until his recent appoint
ment to be civil aeronautics admins
traitor, was an assistant general coun-
sci of the Treasury Department. He
worked with the congressional COM
mittees framing the new aeronautics
law for many months.
The new act becomes effective Au-
gust %. 1t sets up a Civil Aeronautics
Authority, composed of fve members,
with quasi-judicial functions and is
similar to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which deals primarily
with the railroads OF, the country.
The act also provides for an tad-
ministrator" of the law-Mr. Hester's
ofhce. The administrator has charge
Of all executive functions.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
L|RA1S CONVICTED
IN PARTY KILLING
Faces Term for Staying N.
J. Lawrence, Former
D. T.. Resident.
By the Associated Press,

PRESCOTT. Ariz., July 16.-Ernesto
Lira. Prescott sportsman, was con.
victed today of second degree murder
in the killing Of Marcus Jay Lawrence,
IS, wealthy guest ranch owner and
former resident Of Washington, D. G.
The conviction carries q penalty Of
10 years to life Imprisonment.
Lawrence died May IL as the result
OF a tight in the Lira home, where he
had attended a birthday party for Mrs.
Odessa Webb, who posed as Lira,s wife.
On the witness stand Lira told of
suspecting Lawrence of being intimate
with Mrs. Webb, and of finding them
in compromising situation after the
party. He said he intended to photo
graph, them, but "a streak Of some
thing like lightning" went through
him, and he began beating Mrs. Webb
and Lawrence with his camera. .-
Superior Judge Richard Lamson
said sentence would be pronounced
July 80. A motion for new trial will
be submitted at that time, defense
counsel said.
No leniency was recommended by
the jury.
Lira sat with head bowed, eyes
closed, his hands clasped while the
verdict was read.
c. B. Wilson. who aided In the
prosecution, charged that Ltra had
formed an extortion plot when he
went into the bedroom of his home
with camera and flash gun to
photograph Lawrence and Mrs. Webb.
Wilson charged Lra either intended
to blackmail Lawrence or sell the
picture to Mrs. Lawrence, who was
then seeking q divorce.
Gene Cunningham OF defense
counsel said Lawrence and Mrs. Webb
had talked themselves out Of two
situations" and said Lira had been
"gulled" by what was going on under
his own roof.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
PARLEY is PLANNED
ON CO.OPERATIVES
Farmers From Montgomery and
Prince Georges Will Attend
Session.

Montgomery and Prince Georges
farmers have been invited to attend
annual meetings this week Of Southern
States Cooperative patrons at Sell
man, Boyd and Seneca communities in
Montgomery County and Brandywine
and Mitchellville in Prince Georges
County.
At all meetings G. L. Leitse. district
manager for the cooperative, and
patrons and advisory board members
will discuss the cooperative program
and what 1t means to farmers New
advisory boards Of local farmers will
be elected.
The first Of the meetings will be
held at 8 pm. tomorrow in Brandy
wine High School. with J. H. Blandford
presiding. At the same time Tuesday.
Belt Townshend will preside over, a
meeting In Mitchellville High School
Montgomery patrons will meet at
pm. Wednesday. in Poolesville High
School. r. T. White Of Poolesville pre-
siding. -
Each meeting viii include contests,
prizes, refreshments and entertain
ment.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
'L|TTLEFELL0W'S'
TAXFACESSTUDY
Treasury Plans Extensive
Probe This Summer With
View to Increase.

The Treasury intends to make an
intensive study this summer of the
feasibility Of levying heavier income
taxes on the little fellow"
No decision has been made as to
whether the administration will
sponsor any change in the low income
tax brackets, but q study of the
subject was one of the items of
homework" that Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau assigned his
experts before leaving Friday for
France
Although more taxes for the little
fellow" are believed by some ad-
ministration advisers to be politically
inexpedient, Secretary Morgenthau
has limited at process which might
ease the sting of such a change, He
indicated some of the excise taxes
now paid by the ''little fellow" on
theater admissions, cosmestics and
the like might be. repealed to lessen
the burden Of increased income taxes.
A few of the smaller excuses, including
those on tooth paste and chewing
gum, were repealed by the last Con-
greSs.
Stacks Of Statistics.
Treasury experts will prepare stacks
of statistics and reports on many tax
proposals during the summer, but
Secretary Morgenthau has said no
policy decisions would be made until
he and the President returned from
their vacations and had q chance to
discuss the problem.
However. matters definitely sched-
uled by the President include res
toration Of the tax on undistributed
corporate profits and graduation of
the capital gains tax. He declined to
sign the 1898 tax bill because he was
dissatisfied with its provisions on
these points, but permitted the meas
ure to become law in order, he said,
to save other features.
Mr.. Roosevelt also has asked for
abolition of income tax exemptions on
odldi lCo hllu Bc-
curities, and further research has been
ordered by Secretary Morgenthau to
assist in presenting this request to
Congress.
La Toilette Favors Move.
Senator La Toilette, Progressive, Of
has tried for several years
to get Congress to broaden the in
come tax base" both by reducing per-
sonal exemptions and increasing the
tax rates on small incomes.
He and most Treasury experts be-
lieve tax rates on large incomes, which
now range up to rs per cent on in
comes of more than $4,000, ,000 are aS
high as can be expected. His pro-
posal to increase rates on incomes up
to 100000 was defeated by the Sen
ate. A to 33, last April.
The Senate also rejected Senator La
Follette's proposal to reduce the per-
sonal exemption for single persons
from 81 900 to $500 and for heads Of
families from $2500 to $4,000.
The Treasury had estimated the two
changes would have increased 1888
revenue by s2s3, 100000. This would
have barely dented the Federal deficit
Of $4,000, 100000 estimated officially
for this year. But in q better busi-
ness yesr-when relief costs might be
lower and more little fellows" liable
for tax-the changes might help sub
stantially in balancing the budget.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
SIX PERSONS INJURED
IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Three Are Seriously Hurt When
Crashes Occur in Nearby
Maryland Last Night.

Six persons were injured, three of
them seriously, in accidents in nearby
Maryland last night
Edwin s. Eslin. 43, OF Woods Cor
ner, was taken to Casualty Hospital
from Meadows, where his car collided
head-on with one operated by Harry
L. Eubank. 81, of 802 Tenth street
NE. He sustained cuts on the head
and arms and possibly a punctured
lung. His wife, Mrs. Mary Eslin, 80,
escaped with cuts on the legs and
arms. Mr.. Eubanks was taken to
Providence Hospital with severe cuts
on the head and bruises on the body.
Carl James Morders, 25, Of 1855
Girard street NV. received cuts and
bruises en- the head and body when
his car collided with another on Cen
trail avenue, near Largo, Md, and
was removed to Casualty Hospital.
Howard X. Farrow, "a, of Arlington,
Va. and William Smith, 10, of 1917
w street Sc. who were in his car,
were not seriously hurt. The names
of the driver and several passengers
in the other car were not learned
Immediately.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
$3.50, 900 wendell
SUIT DISMISSED
Federal Jurist at Trenton Rules
in Effort to Get Damages
From Gov. Hoffman.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, NJ j., July 16-Federal
District Court Judge Phillip Forman
dismissed today the $450,000 damage
suit brought by Paul H. Wendell, former
Trenton attorney. against former Gov.
Harold G. Hoffman and others.
The court ruled that Wendell was
not resident of New York as he
claimed and that there was lack Of
diversity of citizenship.
Wendell alleged that Gov. Hoffman
and the Ellis Parkers, senior and jun
ior. conspired Ito kdnap and falsely
arrest me, and by 4" threats
extort from me false confession to a
murder"
Wendel's repudiated confession"
that he kidnapped the Lindbergh baby
delayed for three days the execution of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
Wendell has been staying in Brook
lyn as material witness in a case
based on his own complaint of kidnap-
ing against the Parkers and others.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
Ne1U Devices Aid
Those Desiring
TOReadin Tub
BY the Associated Press.


Inventors have come to the aid Of
those who want to curl up with a
good book in the bathtub on hot July
days
Two new devices for the solid COM
fort of man were granted patents last
week by the Patent Once. The first is
a new headrest which hooks over the
end Of the bathtub. 1t was especially
designed by Stella Rotolo of Eliza
beth, N. j., for those who like to
keep the hair dry and others who
dislike the feel of cold porcelain on
the spinal column.
The other contribution was made
by Gerald Henry Wingate Of London,
England. 1t is a new type of spec
tacles having mirrors set at As
degree angle to make possible COM
Portable reading while lying down.
No patent was issued on q device
to keep the book dry.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
Noted Eye Surgeon Operates
On Colt In Barn to Saue Sight

The colt was born with congenital
cataracts, virtually unheard-of oc-
currence in the history of veterinary
surgery.
Although the first operation was
success, DR.. Blaydes said one or
two more will be necessary before he
can determine whether the colt will
see
The colt is owned by T. D. Hubble,
who lives about 4 miles from Bland.
DR.. F. F. Buck. veterinarian Of
Rural Retreat, Va, diagnosed the case
as catsracts. Knowing DR.. Blaydes'
success with human operations. he
asked the Bluefield surgeon to under
take the case.
While DR.. Buck administered anes-
thetic, two Of DR.. Blaydes' own nurses
stood by to assist him in the opera ton.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
H0PPERS EAT CROPS
IN EASTERN MONTANA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOzEMAN, Mont, July 16.-Suc-
culent vegetation of late-sown grain
crops suffered heavily today as migra-
tory grasshoppers swept northward
across Eastern Montana.
Harlow B. Mills, State entomo1ogist,
said clouds of the hungry insects
dropped like a hailstorm" late in the
day to start their feeding.
The clouds extended as far as the
see." he said. -. o.. 4-
When a cloud passed overhead the
wings made sound like wind whis-
Ting through pine trees"
Evening star., 1938-07-17
BY the Associated Press.


BLUEFIEID. W. Va, July 10
instruments poised once again for the
task which made him famous as a
giver Of sight, DR.. ]. A. Blaydes sig
nailed his nurses he was ready to
operate.
Instead Of spotless hospital room,
however, Dr. Blaydes stood in a barn
near Bland, Va, and for the first
time In his life used his instruments
to save the sight of an animal.
The Bluefielda surgeon, whose work
with blind patients at the State
Schools for the Deaf and Blind at
Romney have given him q reputation
throughout the East, disclosed today
the initial operation on 2-month-
old percheron colt had been a sue
cess.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
Harry Byrd. II he had appointed the

HAIRY BYRD. II nc Hdu appOlHIeu Clie
man recommended by the Senators,
it would have been announced that 1t
constituted q surrender to those two
hardened old dealers. 1t would not
have occurred to any of the commen-
tators that perhaps the President
thought the man he chose was better
fitted for the post than the other one.
In other words. the President must
never b conceded . decent motive II
a in6scsnt ons can b conceived.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
Potomac and Shenandc
wsather Conditions Last r. Hsurs.

Pressure is low from the Lake region
northward and northeastward to Hudson
Strait and Southern Greenland and from
Texas and the Southern Plains States
westward TO California and from there
northward to British Columbia. Port Har-
rison Quebec 1888 inches: Julianehaab,
Greenland 80 90 inches; Las Vegas, New:
90. .68 inches. and Dodge City, Kans.. and
Oroville. Wash. 29.74 inches. Pressure is
high over wyoming Alberta. Saskatchewan.
and Western Alaska. and from Florida
eastward and northeastward over the
ocean. St. GEORGES Bermuda, 30.2S inches;
SS Frimsire 3O.42 inches: Bethel Alaska,
30. 10 inches: Sheridan. Wyo.. 30.14 inches.
and Edmonton. Alberta. 30.12 inches.
Showers have occurred along the South
Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the Plain
States. the Missouri Valley and the Rocky
Mountain region and scattered points in
the Plateau region. The temperature has
risen in the Lake reaion and the Upper
Ohio Valley and the weather Is still un-
seasonably warm in most sections except
from Montana southeastward to Missouri
and Arkansas. The highest temperature
reported this afternoon was 1l2 degrees
at Las Vegas, New