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Famous Sayings

A great deal of nonsense has
been printed at one time or an
other about the romance of news
paper work. From the time of
Richard Harding Davis down to
the era of The Front Page, the
neWspaperman has been held up
as chap who moves through an
aura, occasionally, but romance
nonetheless.
AT least 80 per cent of this is
pure hokum. Yet there is a ro-
nance in the business as there is
in all tradas and callings; but
there is nothing spectacular about
it, and it is only rarely that the
man in the street is able to get
a look at it.
One of these rare occasion took
place not long ago when the Pull
itzer Prizes for the past year were
awarded.
The gold medal for disinterested
and meritorious public service was
awarded to the Bismarck Tribune,
in North Dakota; and because the
thing which that newspaper did to
win the award is a striking ex-
ample of the real romance of news
paper work, the tale is worth re-
telling here.
Back in 1888 the farming region
of western North Dakota was in a
bad way. Drought ahd economic
depression had reduced whole
areas to desperation. About the
only solution anyone could offer
was a suggestion that all hands
stand by and wait for help from
Washington.
1t was here that the Bismarck
Tribune got busy. The late George
d. Mann, publisher of the news
paper, had the notion that the
farmers of this particular dust
bowl could work their own way
out of the mess if someone showed
them how. He decided that his
paper would do the showing.
SO a long, mspectacular and la
borious campaign was begun. First,
the newspaper stressed the value
OF irrigation. 1t agitated, cam
paigned and educated; and, after
some three ye ars, brought about
the construction of some 200 irri-
cation projects which helped turn
sun-baked fields into green and
fertile producers again.
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News Behind
the News
Pennsylvania Voting .
jim FarkeY's Game .

WASHINGTON. - Jim Farley'S
last-minute leap into the PennSyl-
vania Democratic primary brawl, al
though its compromise phases were
tied up with the November election,
was part of a widespread admins
tration campaign to nominate New
Dealers which, has been greatly in
tensified in recent weeks.
The White House game is to pre-
tend a hands-off policy in intra-
party contests while letting it be
known, unofficially bat emphati-
cally, that Mr.. Roosevelt has certain
preferences. Less and less effort is
being made to conceal these choices.
When Secretary Steve Early pub
lcly denied the statement of Gov.
Charles Fl. Martin, conservative
Democrat, that President Roosevelt
had once described himself and
Martin as a good pair" insiders
knew that the administration al
ready had sent word to Oregon that
it wanted State Senator Henry l..
Hess, abor-supported liberal, to
beat Martin for denomination.
Another White House favorite is
Congressman Otha d. Wearin OF
Iowa, a leader in the House pro-
gressiVe bloc who seeks the toga
of Senator Guy M. Gillette, anti
New Deal Democrat. Wearin will
have important Washington aid.
Gillette previously has claimed
White House backing. He voted
for the reorganization bill, where
upon an Iowa newspaper proclaim
ed Wearin senator for a day."
asserting his candidacy had fright
ened Gillette into temporary sup
port of the President.
New Deal endorsement of Sen
ators Barkley in Kentucky, Nc
Adoo in California, Duffy in Wis
consin and Pepper in Florida was
chronicled long ago Now Gov.
Olin d. Johnston Of South Caro-
lima has seen Roosevelt and an
nounceS his administration can
didacy against conservative Senator
Cotton Ed" Smith, who has left
Washington before congressional ad-
journment for the first time in 30
years to test the strength of his
fences. And Governor Rivers of
Georgia has lunched conspicuously
at the White House, presumably as a
prelude to announcement of his
candidacy against anti-New Deal
Senator Walter George.
The National Labor Relations
Board has been catching more abuse
than any other government agency
which is quite a distinction. But
it seems to be the Supreme Courts
darling Just the same.
Even the lower federal courts
have been upholding the NLRB in
test cases with almost monotonous
regularity. Nine circuit courts of
appeal have decided in favor of
the board % times out of 25. One
OF the three unfavorable decisions
has just been reversed by the Su-
preme Court and another was lost
by default.
In the Supreme Court itself
NLRB lawyers have chalked up 10
straight victories, sustaining no de-
feats despite contention by some
of the country's most expensive
attorneys that the Wagner act was
unconstitutional.
Although dead cats still fly. the
atmosphere around NLRB contin-
ueS serene.
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mingled eagerness
and apprehension,
She read the re-
views which ap-
peared in the
papers the NOR
n in g following.
Gradually h e r
nerves were quiet
ed. Some of the
critics had men
toned her favor
ably: others not
at all.
well, at last
r oo+ b,, - che told
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S Y vi NJ o N S
No, 1916

u vi NJ ~ ~ -
No. 1916
In the Superior Court Of the State
of California, i'm and for the
County of Imperial.
EDWARD ID. WHALEY,
Plaintiff
LILLIAN MAE WHALEY,
Defendant.
Clarence B. Smith, Attorney for
Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
f0rnia Send Greetings to:
LILLIAN MAE WTtALEY, De
fendant.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State
of California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Summons
If served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
Plaintiff will apply to the Court for
any other relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court Of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 2nd day of April, 1898.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY G.. O. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
A. 5 u 10 ON. 3 10 II "a 81.
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The Supreme Court in refusing
to boost the amount a song writer
collected for infringement of a
ditty called '9You Made Me Like
It, Daddy, made the composer
like it.
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Thoughts for the Day

When Jesus heard it. He saith unto them They that
whole have need Of the physician, but they
that are sick not to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance.-Mark 2:l7.
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DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

After the opening performance
of Death Takes Holiday, in Phila-
delphia, a red-headed, reen-eyed
girl who had appeared in the cast
spent a restless night. Shakino with
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ArcheClOgists in Asia have found
what they think were the first
tools. That makes how many mil
lion years that plumbers have been
looking for them?
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS

we hereby call
County bond
or lack Oh FUNDS Providing
payment
Court House bearing numbers 3848
Highway tn 11630
Read Imp District No 5, numb to- 3o7
Road Imp District No. g. bearing 10 1852
Westmorland Sanitary District, 134
The following Union
Caipatria U. H, bearing | to
The following Elementary
bearing 416
CaleXico School District our 1923
Imperial School District | to
School to
will
under chapter provides
that bonds
days this
be cancelled from
applied to the bonds
DATED: Ell Centro, %,
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you have read the ADS!
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Joe Stain has been nominated
for a deputyship in every one of
the Soviet Unions Supreme
Ssviets in the IL constituent re-
publics. The sun will rise tomor-
row morning also.
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TAKE NO CHANCES

A FredOnia man recently received
statement from the county collector, in
forming him his dog tax of 81 was un-
paid and that a five-cent penalty had
been added. The following letter came
back in reply: please find S1.O5 for dog
tax-as' have not owned dog for three
years-and do not own one yet, | shall
try to keep shaved and my hair cut so
this will not happen again. Altoona
Tribune
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Barbs .--

Chicago college students are, us
ing mechanical "K6s-O-Mrter"
to find cut the intensity of their
kisses. If they can't tell without a
machine, what do they want to
know for?
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There may be no further point in buy
ing bound atlas, as Europe is now defin-
itely loose-leaf proposition.-Sa Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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YOU haven't read ALL the news
Until You've Read ALL the Ads!
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Berlin recently had an "eat
more cheese" celebration, and a
number of big cheeses were carried
through the streets i'm a parade.
Several absent minded citizens
gave the NaZi salute.
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Somebody who explained he's
got religion" returned a towel to
an Albuquerque hotel several years
after he'd stolen it. In the inter
ests of poetic justice we hope he
got his religion from Gideon
Bible.
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By Igor CaSSini;

friends, the Childs, than home.
Emiline dolly" Corbin, who
changes escorts with more rapid
ity than she buys hats, is seen
all the time with a tall, handsome
lad from Canada Che prefers the
lncognito for the moment)
Manuel Trucco likes Anne
This time she is from Baltimore,
for change John Galliher
and Connie Child make quite a
handsome couple and Tinsley
Adams now thinks that Muffin
Bacon is charming Harry
Moorhead and pretty Peggy
Townsend don't agree any more,
but older brother Tommy Moor
head and Louise Alexander are still
singing "Amour, Amour" We
won't say anything about Bob
Knowlton and Rebeca Trucco cause
Bob is at Garfield Hospital
You already know about Tommy
Adams and Caroline Cecil A
happy announcement is expected
any day. At least, that's how Cos
sip goes (but we don't gossip, do
we0.
From New York we hear that
Althea Pardee is off again ). It's
Stuart Kellogg, of New York and
Princeton &. But it's spring
so anything goes, etc. Margot
Garrett has two house guests from
Pittsburgh :. DePeyster Brown
and attractive wife, the former
Betty Bughman The Pitts
burgh couple, Margot and Larry
Baker, had dinner last night, then
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went to the Melody Club .. and
they got plenty of swing, plenty
-. Have you seen the picture "Joy
of Living" with Irene Dunno and
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.? Well,
they go out one night and they
have a swell time doing all sorts of
things on only 50 -. Last night
Eleanor Meem and Charlie van der
Straten-Ponthoz reacted all the
scenes, perfectly. the only trouble
was about spending the two dollars
e. Charlie suggested the thing to
do would be to take the two bucks
that RKO was so generously Of
fering and go and sit on a bench
in the park Anyway, it was
pretty good you'll see for your
self from the pictures in the morn
ing paper >. and you'll tell us if
Petit Points choice of Eleanor
and Charlie was a good one.
At one of the largest houses in
Dupont Circle, the son of the illus
trious family has set of slot ma
chimes, not for his own profit, you
understand, but for the amuse-
ment of his guests, who keep them
in perpetual motion After a
sumptuous dinner one evening,
one of the guests, less pecunious
than the rest, decided to gamble
his last nickel before bidding good
night =. With the sound of an ava
lanche he hit the jackpot, and be-
fore anyone could bat an eye he
pocketed his winnings and made a
hasty exit, much to the chagrin of
his host.
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Sen. Medina
withdrawals

The Minister of Portugal and
Nine. Bianchi have as house
guests in their Wardman Park
apartment their distinguished
countryman, Senior Henrique
Medina, famed portrait painter.
Senior Medina's works are on
display at the United States
National Museum and will be for
several weeks.
Miss Anna Wolcott Archibald
entertained at a luncheon party
today at the Hay-Adams House
in honor of Senior Medina.
Miss Archibald plans a series
of luncheons at the Hay-Adams.
The next will be given On Mon
day in honor Of Frau Thomson,
wife of the Counselor of the
German Embassy.
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large reception at the Sulgrave
Club No definite date for the
wedding has yet been set, but it
will probably be in the middle of
June . . Austine Mcdonnell gave
small luncheon for the two yes
terday Another small lunch
con (eight people, was given by
Miss Janet Fish on Wednesday
Cafeteria day. at the Sulgrave
Club Madame Cantacuzene
Grant, president of the Repub-
lican Club, was the guest of
honor -. Charlie Dick and
Tinsley Adams also had lunch,
but in Jail En- route to
Princeton they were arrested for
speeding Released, they came
back to Washington for a good
nights rest but they thought
it would be safer to go to their
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Club to Visit

She will have at luncheon
Monday the Fortnightly Club
from New York, who once be-
fore have been her guests at the
White House. Her aunts, Mrs.
William Sheffield Cowles and
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, founded
the club some years ago and
Mrs. Roosevelt is a member.
At her press conference yes
terday Mrs. Roosevelt had invited
Miss Catherine Bauer, Director
of Research and Information of
the United States Housing AL
thority, to speak on new rent
levels as reached by her depart
ment.
Later in the afternoon, follow
ing her attendance at the "A
Club luncheon, she received a
gift of Bermuda lilies, and then
a group of editors of railroad
papers was entertained at tea.
They were followed by the
Daughters of Founders and Pa
triots. and last evening Mrs.
Roosevelt brought her day to a
close with an address at Ameri-
can University.
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ORANGES CREIGHTONS
4 singing was equally inspir.
ing. Her voice is a rich con.
tralto and her lower tones are
reminiscent of mellow cello,
and the fact that she is a beau
tiful, slender person with huge
blue eyes and the most enchant-
ing mouth just added the last
touch to the whole thing.
7 AFTER into the Walker house
- for a cocktail, and Mrs. Wal
ZACH Merriam, all in blue and
looking quite in the pink, sur
rounded, as usual, with her own
special court; Mariana Sands,
smart as paint and wearing the
most daShing small hat; Mrs.
j. Ham Lewis, Miss Pauletta
Guffey, Mrs. Walter Jones, Igor
Cassini with pretty Austine
"BootSie" Mcdonnell, and she is
the cutest one, what with wear
ing two blue boots suspended by
a blue cord from a wooden but
ton in the lapel of her coat.
Carrying out the nickname per-
fectly! Mary Steel, in black
and white dotted ensemble and
tiny yelled hat, and ever so
many more.
THE DINNER given for Kali
l. Crowley, hours later, at the
Mayflower. So many, many peo-
pie there and wonder of won
ders, Postmaster General James
Farley, who acted as toastmas-
ter, actually kept the speeches
within the specific ten-minute
limit.
OECRETARY of State Corde!l
~ Hull made a speech which
must have given Karl Crowley
the greatest pleasure. The Secre-
tary had known Karl'S grand
father, an eminent jurist of
Tennessee, and had himself been
raised at the foot of the Cum
berland Mountains, which was
the Crowley birthplace, and had
known Karl since he was a
youngster.
TEE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
l. Homer Cummings, was in ex-
cellent form and began by say
ing that Surrounded as I am
with statesmen, presidential
probabilities and-improbabili-
ties" a line that brought down
the House, and then he ended
on a very gracious note, to the
effect that no matter what and
where Mr.. Crowley might be,
"it would never be out of the
reach of our affection"
SENATOR JOSEPH O'MA-
- HONEY, of wyoming, was
brief and clever and said that
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he differed with Jim Mead, who
had said, Accustomed as I am
to short speeches." for said Sen.
ator O'Mahoney, Accustomed
as I am to long speeches"
SENATOR ALDEN BARKLEY,
~ of Kentucky, who is never at
a loss, especially when it
comes to saying a few words,
announced that he was not on
the program to speak. He also
announced, and the guests prac-
tically roared, that no man
ever resigns from public office
in the expectation that he will
remain in private life. Other.
wise, he would not resign"
DOB THATCH, of Pan-Ameri-
- can Anyways; Red" Mosher,
of American Air Lines, and c.
r. Smith, president of American
Air Lines, and four of their
guests were the center of one
of the most amusing incidents
of the evening. A waiter ar
rived at their table bringing, so
he said, Scotch and soda, sent
by friends from an adjoining
table. The aforementioned gen.
tlemen accepted it, poured it
into glasses and were nearly
through the drink when they
discovered that it was nothing
in the world but cold tea. Just
a little joke, and goes to prove,
SO one of the instigators of the
plot told us, that everything is,
including Scotch and soda, en-
tirely mental.
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private affair.
Only members
of the two fam
lilies and a few
close friends
will attend the
cere mony, to
be held at the
M e e m s. resi-
d e n c e, 273O
Thirty fourth
Pl. It will
be Immediately
followed by a
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Feted in New York

Ida Eleaine j m es, well
known Washington poet, will
be honored today in New York
city when she will be the guest
of honor at a recital to be
given by Elmo Russ, noted COM
poser, when he will present to
the public for the first time his
superb musical setting inspired
by two of Mrs. James poems,
Questioning" and Virgin I'm
mortal" at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
Previous to the musicale by
Elmo Russ, Mrs. James will be
honored at two small parties,
one by Mr.. and Mrs. Clement
Wood, distinguished poet and
critic, and another by Gloria
Goddard.
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in the South.
The youngsters party at
which little Sara and Kate
Roosevelt, the James RooseveltS'
daughters, will be hostesseS will
be an afternoon affair, and
amusing entertainment will in
clude a marionette show with a
twelve-year-old girl managing
the tricky strings, and a magi-
clans act with Harry Baker per-
forming for the wide-eyed tots.
The annual Easter egg roll
ing on the White House lawn
will follow its usual procedure,
with the First Lady making sew
eral expeditions around the
grounds through the milling
mob,
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Will Rank

Sonora de Guachalla, wife Of
the Bolivian Minister, will be the
ranking guest at the luncheon
party which Sonora de Huneeus
will give at the Shoreham to-
morrow.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Iole, of
South Norwalk, Conn.,, are stay
ing at the Hay-Adams House.
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Plans Visit

The Governor General of
Canada, Lord Tweedsmuir, will
sail for Europe aboard the En-
press of Australia from Quebec
on July l. Lord Tweedsmuir will
return from Sout h ampton
aboard the Empress of Britain,
August 6.
X X
Miss Ann La Rocca, of Wesley
Heights, is at the Beekman
Tower Hotel in New York City.
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Plan Visit

The former Assistant Post.
master General with Mrs. Arch
Coleman and their son-in-law
and daughter, Captain and
Mrs. John G. Dundas will motor
to Washington from Sanford,
N. c., on Monday, for several
days visit with General and
Mrs. Frederick Coleman at the
U. S. Soldiers Home. Captain
DundaS, Royal Navy, is return
ing to his homeland from China
where he has recently been on
sea duty.
Captain and Mrs. Dundas
will visit General Coleman's
sister and brother-in-law, Col
onel and Mrs. c. C. Carter, at
West Point, N. Y, over the week
end of April %, before sailing
for England later in the week.
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To Attend Two Services

Easter Sunday will find Mrs. Roosevelt attending the early
morning service Arlington and later she will accompany
the President St. Thomas Church. Young Bill Bonner
Roosevelt of Elliott Roosevelt is to be with his grand
parents over the week end but whether he will be able to
remain for the chdrens party Monday afternoon not
known vet may be that he will have to return for school
on Monday His mother, Mrs. Curtin Winsor and her hus
band going stop by for him route from soourn
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From Mexico

Baron and Baroness Albrecht
Won Schroeder have arrived
here from Mexico and during
their visit are stopping at the
Carlton. .saIAII
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Dance for Spain

The Comite Central Espanol
de Socorro and the American
Friends of Spanish Democracy
will celebrate the seventh ami
versary of the Spanish Republic
with a reception and dance at
the Raleigh Hotel on April II.
The reception will be in honor
of the Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de los Rios and their
charming daughter, Laura.
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PETIT POINT

The marriage of Edward Beale
Mclean, jr., to Ann Carroll Meem
will be very small and strictly
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First Ladyto Accompany President
To Services at St. Thomas
Church on Sunday
By Flora Macdonald
This is NEWS! Mrs. Rooseve

This IS NEWS! Mrs. Roosevelt has nOth-
ing particular to do today.
But the energetic First Lady will make up for todays
inactivity tomorrow for she has rather full schedule In
The afternoon she will receive Good Citizenship Pilgrimage
which will followed by call by number of High School
students from Tvoli Between and o'clock pupils of the
graduating classes of the District 200 strong,
will be greeted by Mrs. Roosevelt.
If it all possible Mrs. Roosevelt hopes to get
Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, tomorrow afternoon,
when the Alexandria Association Tour of Historic Homes
will be held Tea will be served at the Tavern from until
o'clock
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Roosevelt Youngsters to Entertain Easter Mondays PETER CARTER
Says

M rs. Harold Walkers garden, Kurt Het-
AVA zels music and Mrs. John (Frances)
Creighton's singing have all put into such sweet and
calm state of mind that will probably take hurricane to
get into a active routine once more.
Nothing could have been lovelier than sit in the gar
den 1--WE had to sit there, because ate with its
white tulips, its justbeginning shrubs its
warm late sunshine and listen to piano, played magnfi
Gently and Understandings by Kurt Hetzel One remem.
bered things long forgotten when he played Schu-
manns Romance s feet tapped lightly the bricked
with Chopns Waltz in Minor; wept bit with
the exquisite melodies of Ioldes "Love Death" and one
could hear the lap quietly against dark shore when
he PLAYED Hoffmanns "Barcarole"