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The Washington times., 1938-03-25
BRITISH LIMIT
TORPEDO USE
BY HOWARD BERRY

LONDON, Mar. 25.-The British
Admiralty has decided to abandon
the use of torpedoes on new bat.
tleships.
British naval experts, like their
American contemporaries, today
regard the torpedo as a useless
encumbrance in warships above
the cruiser class.
The first British battleships to
be designed without torpedo arma-
ment are the five ships Of the
King George v class, which are
now under construction.
This reform will also be carried
out among the older capital ships.
When they come up for refit,
their torpedo tubes will be re-
moved.
Nevertheless, the torpedo is still
considered to be one of the most
potent weapons for smaller craft,
and the latest British destroyers
are now being equipped with 10
tubes whereas in pre-war days
they only mounted four.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
whitney SANITY
REPORT TODAY
AFFECTS TER M
5 PsyChiatrists Ready
To Advise Court

NEW YORK, March Is QN.S).
A report by five pSychiatristS on
the character and intelligence of
Richard Whitney, former head of
the New York Stock Exchange
who has pleaded guilty to two
counts of larceny. will be made to.
day to Judge Owen W. Bohan.
The psychiatrists. headed by
DR.. Karl T. Bowman, of the New
York Department of Hospitals,
examined Whitney for more than
an hour and then conferred two
hours among themselves in pre-
pairing the report:
The examination was ordered by
the court and will be a factor in
determining the sentence given
Whitney.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
ReSCueS 10 Men
In Blazing Building

DETROIT, March 25 QNS.). - Construction Engineer
George Hamilton, 35 hero today after he rescued 10
sleeping iunkmen from a blazing building last night.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Skilled WOrkmen
Solicited by WPA

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March
24.-A charge that WPA officials
solicited skilled workmen to enroll
with relief organizations was
made by the Indianapolis Building
Trades Council to Mayor Walter
C. Boetcher. The council asked
the city to rescind orders for con-
struction of public buildings ny
WPA4 labor.
The council charges skilled work
men not on relief remain idle
while WPA workmen do work that
rightfully belongs to private work.
erS.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Mosquito Control
, Aids Realty Value

, ATLANTIC CITY, March Is.
Through the expenditure of
$4,000, 900 for mosquito control in
New Jersey over 80 years, prop
erty valuations in affected areas
have increased from $64,500,000
TO $745, 100000. the New Jersey
Mosquito determination AsSocia'
ton was informed by its preSi
dent, David Jenkins, of Franklin,
NJ.
! In my own city of Franklin
yas late as 1914" said Mr.. Jen-
'kins, It can remember when at
least 10 per cent of the factory
workers were incapacitated dur.
ling the summer by malaria"
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Can't Dance!
Relief Shoes Unfit
For Ballroom

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, March Is
Composition soled shoes provided
by the county for persons on relief
may wear all right, but they
are not good for dancing, woman
spokesman for a group on relief
complained to the county boards
institutions committee today.
They don't slip over the floor
at dance as well as leather soles, -
she said.
William L. Coffey, superintend-
ent of county institutions, said the
composition soles were 20 per cent
cheaper.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Teachers Lives
Fool Actuaries

NEW YORK, March rs G.N.sl.
New York's school teachers are
fooling the mortality experts to-
day and something has to be done
about it.
Reporting on the condition Of
the teachers retirement fund.
George r. Buck, actuary for the
retirement board, declared that
the mortality averages will have
to be devised due to the casual
habit the teachers have of out
staying their estimate years on
earth.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
s Quit, Chinese
Own INTERPRETER

OMAHA, Neb., March 25.-Six
Chinese interpreters quit in terror
when called in to help question
Chin Teung on the murder Of
HON Fook Neo. They said Chin |
threatened them. Then Chin de-
cided to plead guilty to a man.
slaughter charge. At the same
time he showed an ability to con
verse huently in English.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Alibi Fails; Month,
$500 Fine Follow

William H. StiverS. who said
he roomed at Third and C Streets
Northwest, when away from his
Congress Heights home, tripped
on his alibi to Judge Edward M.
Curran in Police Court today
when he called on Clerk "Char-
ley" Driscoll to substantiate his
contention he never solicited aims.
DriScoll replied Stivers touched"
him yesterday in front of Police
Court. Judge Curran then gave
Stivers 80 days on a drunk charge
and 5000 bond for vagrancy.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

While these are very rare, Bau-
man hesitates to place a value on
them.
Such material, naturally, is
of value principally to special
istS," he said. 1T depends on
how badly the specialist wants
them and on the ability or de-
sire of the owner to hold them
for increased demand"
Issue Of the first Lindbergh air.
mail stamp, authorized June 18.
1927, one week after Lndy re-
turned to Washington from his
epochal flight to Paris, is the only
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
washington Times Staff Photo.

-WashingtOn Times Staff Photo.
instance in United States history
that a stamp has been issued in
honor of a living person.
Lindy's head was omitted
from 500 stamps. These got into
circulation before the mistake was
discovered. Mr.. Bauman has an
entire sheet of these.
Lindbergh'S head appears twice,
one of them inverted, on SO stamps.
Bauman has one of these. He
also has five pairs of the 20 pairs
printed in which the sheets were
not perforated.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

Newest Gadgets to Curb Crime. The
Thugs Are Smarter These Days, But So
Are the Limbs Of the Law. Equipped
with Pint-SiEed Tear-Gas Guns, New.
Style Handouts and Lightweight Leg
Irons, Ten Times as Efficient as the
Old Ball and Chain. They Are Making
Life Uncomfortable for LawbreakeTs.
Read the Article and See the Pictures
Of These Ultra Modern Devices In The
A m r can Weekly, with Sundays
Washington Herald-Tlmes.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Girdler, Jr., Weds
Oklahoma Woman

SHAWNEE, Okla, March Is
UN.SO.-Thomas M. Girdler, jr.,
married Mrs. Marie Legate Ksep-
per, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
c. Legate, of Shawnee, here yes
terday. The 28-year-old son of the
Republic Steel Corporation head
is working here as a geologiSt for
the Sinclair Oil Company. The
couple will honeymoon at Hot
Springs, Ark.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Winchester Man
! Found Shot Dead

WINCHESTER. Va. March Is.
Charles H. Smith, Sc, was found
dead today, Slumped over a wood
pile in the rear of his house, a
shotgun wound in his chest. His
wife, who found the body, said
he had been ill for several months.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

building used as a home by the
junkmen, discovered the flames
and entered the building alone to
arouse the men. He was forced
to crawl on the floor to evade
smoke fumes on the second story,
where seven of the men were sleep
ing on the bare floor.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
ALASKA TOO IMPORTANT
FOR REFUGEE HAVEN

Secretary of Interior Harold L. lckes
evidently sending up what has become
known as political trial balloon, this
week tentatively suggested that Alaska
might be considered as a haven for poll
tical refugees from Germany. Austria
and other European nations.
We rather suspect that the people of
this country will stick a sharp pin in
the trial balloon
Alaska is too important to this country
as a military territory to be made haven
Tor political refugees from any other
hatlon. There may come time when
Alaska Is considered by an aggreSSor
nation northern entrance to the North
American continent. and when that time
comes we should have no colony of politi-
cally uncertain residents there.
Entirely aside from the diplomatic
question of meddling in European affairs.
we believe our military and naval ad-
Vlsors would strongly and rightly oppose
any move to cOloniZe Alaska with people
from another nation.
And entirely aside from the military
and naval significance of the territory.
there is the fact that this country is year
ly producing an ver-abundance of man
power, as demonstrated in unemployment
rolls. If Alaska is to be used for coloni-
zatlon, let that colonization be done with
American citizens
1t would be safer. saner and a whale
OF lot more sensible.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
A TWO EDGED SWORD
IN RAILROAD DECISION
Nogales Herald

The railroad unions have won 4 sweep
ing decision in the wage cut case
But this does not mean they can ignore
the increasing critical position of the
railroads. 1t should impress an inteli-
gent labor leaders and Workmen that
their own jobs become daily more inSe-
cure as the railroad industry is driven
toward the wall.
Railroad men don't switch easily to
other occupations. They have seniority
rights and pensions which, if the com
pany granting them goes broke, are wiped
out, and age prevents the men from re-
gaining them on the same basis.
1t has been said that trucks and busSes
could take over railroad transportation
activity. Without arguing the question,
where would that leave railroad workers?
A large. proportion of the railroad men
could not get work on buSses and trucks
because they are not trained in that field,
nor would they get the pay they now
receive.
As railroad purchases are cut, all bust
ness suffers, and this in turn is immedi-
ately reflected back in less and less rail
road hauling, employment and spending.
1t doesn't take much intelligence to see
that the present sweeping wage victory
is a tWo-edged sword that can cut both
ways. 1t has imposed tremendous obli-
CATION on railroad labor to cooperate in
some manner to help the railroads meet
this present emergency and evolve prac-
tical program for the future.
No railroad worker should feel that
his cooperation is essential to help rail
road management alone. His cooperation
is needed primarily to save his own job,
his own rights built up in his own indus
try and his own old-age security.
The railroad situation today is probab-
ly the outstanding example of a crisis
where cooperation between management
and workers is indispensable to save the
jobs and investments of each.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
By RODNEY DUTCHER

WASHINGTON.-Sure its the
Farleys and the Corcorans thai
now are debating what the cleo
tions results mean and who should
be the boys consequently in favor
at the big White House.
The Farleys are the group
around the po,tmaster general
himself. with lines into the politi-
cal organization of the Democratic
party.
The COrcorans are members and
associates of the 100 per cent New
Deal group that includes Harry
Hopkins, Secretary Ickes. Solicitor
General Jackson. SEC Chairman
Douglas. Ben Cohen. Leon Hen
derson and others. They're the
Corcorans because Tommy Cor
coran is the Presidents chief liai-
son man.
The Farleys want the Corcorans
kept out of White House politica,
and legislative deliberations. The
CorcoranS want F.. d. r. to cut
loose from the Farleys. Hence a
battle of recriminationS as 10 which
group bungled the Democratic
campaign. which group was repuoi-
ated by the voters and which
group should now be tossed ever
board by the Head Man.
In this the Farleys are support
ed by the Garners and other DEM
Ccratic tribes whose dislike Tor the
CorcoranS is no less and whose
liking for Roosevelt is not intense.
More on the side Of the Corcorans
are such men as Senator Norris,
Senator LaFollette, Mayor La
Guardia. defeated Governor Mur-
ply of Michigan and other progress
SiyeS and Independents.
Say the Farleys: The Repub-
lican sweep was a repudiation OF
the New Deal radicals and OF
their attempted purge Il showed
the President had been too cocky.
too rough and too unwilling to
compromise with conservatives who
advised him to so slow. New Deal
candidates have been licked and
New Deal counsellors should be
relegated to obscurity. The New
Dealers said SO many bad things
about other Democratic candidates
that people began to believe all
Democratic candidates were sour
It's Farley who has the real Dem
ocratic machine and the President
can't function without him. Now
is the time for Roosevelt to pull
in his horns and take counsel from
conservatives whose advice he
Spurned. in order that Democrats
may appear as a harmonious banG
of brothers against the Republicans
n 1910. Farley has shown his
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
PEACE BY PACTS?
(Christian Science Monitor)

NNllAA lSlAeR4l oS4SIlSC 4lOllltOI
As the Anglo-Italian agreement comes
into force, negotiations between France
and Germany toward a similar under
standing are moving out of their first
stage, and the lOng-aWaited trade agree
ment between the United States and
Great Britain becomes a reality. If peace
were procurable by pact. the headlines
of the last few days would bring more
relief than anything since the announce
nlent that GodeSberg was to be succeeded
by a conference at Munich. But the world
has been schooled for several years, now,
to wait and see.
1t IS still a question whether II Duce
regards the Anglo-Italian agreement as
something to live up to or merely some
thing to wave at the ReichSfuhrer when
ever these two come into hailing distance
on the Brenner Pass. The French-German
understanding comes at time when
world democratic opinion is ill-attuned to
any prospect of further concessions to
Germany. And this opinion is well aware
that colonial problem exists between
Germany and France, and of course be-
tween Germany and Britain, and that the
four-power pact at which current Euro
pean diplomatic jockeying is aimed will
not be certainty until numerous other
questions are solved.
The AngloAmerican trade agreement
is as important for its constructive politi-
cal pOtentialties as for its probable bene-
fits to world trade Yet more definite
indications Of common front toward
questions of pact observance in the Far
East and elsewhere are still wanted if
hopes Of peace through pacts are TO re-
ceive maximum encouragement.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
Bruce Cation Says
Protest of Savageryis Reaffirmation of Faith

A significant thing has happened
in American life during the last
few days. For the first time in many
years. there has developed an issue
of vast Importance on which the
American people have shown them
selves to be in complete agreement
and have shown themselves also
to be very much in earnest.
The newest Hitler pogrom simply
turned Americas collective stomach.
The spontaneous, nationwide chor-
us of indignant protests that poured
forth was a revelation. Here, if
nowhere else, was an issue on which
all Americans think and fell as one.
On the surface, perhaps, there is
nothing SO very remarkable about
all of this. After all, no decent peo-
pie can enjoy the sight of a bully
torturing an utterly defenSeless VIC
tim. A crime against humanity and
against civilization, when it is as
easily recognizable as the one Just
committed by the Nazis, certainly
ought to draw protests
Yet that simple stand for ordi-
nary decency and humanity goes
to the root of the whole matter.
For this whole fight against die
tatorship, against tyranny, against
repression and RECOMMENDATION in all
their forms and for liberty democ-
racy and freedom-what is it, at
hnttnnO litoa
deCency and humanity?
Those are the first casualties un-
der any dictatorship. 1t is not de-
cent and humane, for instance, to
deny men the right to speak and
think as they please, to persecute
those whose race or religious con-
victions differ from yours, to arrest
without warrant and imprison with
out trial, to substitute force for
reason and to subject men to mental
and emotional straitjackets. Yet
every dictatorship begins with pre-
ciSely those acts, committing them
under the plea that necessity COM
pelS them.
And the noise that the dictators
make, the apparent successes that
they have won, often make us for
set what their power is based on:
a direct and simple offense against
the most elementary principles OF
civilized conduct. So we actually
get to the point where we can talk
about the good things which this
or that dictator has done for his
people-oVerlooking the fact that
his whole program is founded on a
profound and unqualified wrong =.
This new Hitler pogrom restores
the whole picture to its proper TO-
Gus. Here the real meaning of die
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
IT'S TIME AGAIN
FOR ANNUAL WARNING

Just as a tentative suggestion, don't
you think it's time again to do your
Christmas shopping early and your
Christmas mailing, too?
Of course we hear this every year
and every year most of US don't pay much
attention.
This year let's be different. Let's think
especially of the mailman's groaning
arches around Christmas time-and give
him little more time to carry the mail
instead of dumping it on him all at once
And let's give ourselves chance, too,
to enjoy Christmas. Let's do our shop
ping early.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
Famous Sayings
News Behind the News

superior political generalShlp by
saving the party the governorship
of New York. To the wolves with
Hopkins and Corcoran!
But the Corcorans, long before
this. have cried "Nuts!' They say,
Farlcy's Democratic machinery just
doesn't function up north and the
party suffered the heaviest part OF
its defeat on good government"
issues. Voters repelled against mall
odorous machines with which Far
lev first allied himself in 1886
am alliances which have been frozen
ever since. Harmful WPA scandals
were created not by Hopkins, but
by Democratic machines allied with
Farley and Democratic senators
who voted themselves WPA pa
tronage.
Both these arguments have their
thin spots. Roosevelt is certain to
heed some of the elections Go
Slow signs. Whether he will go
slow" with the Corcorans or slow
er with the Farleys is a question
which bothers both the Farleys and
the CorcoranS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
FOREST FIRES THE
BUSINESS OF EVERYONE

Additional forest fires are menacing
many acres of timber land in California
largely because campers and hunters
have been careless with matches, cigar
cites and fires. The loss will be borne
by every person in the state.
The destruction of beauty represented
III the forests, a beauty that annually
pleaseS thousands of visitors. is alone
large item to be charged against those
whose carelessness brings the menace.
Add TO that the cost of fighting fire, the
wages that must be paid to fire-fighters.
and the actual dollars-and-cent damage
to the timber, and you have a goodly sum
lost forever to the people of the state
1t is and should be a criminal matter
to drop lighted cigarette or match in
a forest reserve area. So limited is the
enforcement machinery, however, that
much must be left to the persons who
take advantage of the beautiful forests
for their outings. The person who fails
to abide by the commOn-sense rules of
safety in densely wooded or thickly
brushed regions is a menace to himself
and everyone else in his vicinity.
If everyone made forest fire preven-
tion his business, there would be no more
fire in the forests from man-made causes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
Well. III
TeIIYou...
Says
Bob Burns

| use'ta look upon college stu
dents as being pretty much alike,
but since l got acquainted with
'em, I've found 'em about as diff
ferent a bunch individually as I've
ever seen. You can fill big book
Jest tellin' how some of 'em got to
go to college. Some are there be-
cause their Nav and Paw wanted
to get 'em off of their hands.
Some poor boys and girls have'ta
work their ways through and one
girl told me that she had'ta use
strategy because her father was
against college education. 1 asked
her how she did it and she says
'Well, ! told my father that if he
didn't send me to college, l would
get married and l guess he thought
he couldn't afford that. ....
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
legal ADVERTISEMENT
S L VI VI o n :
No. 1852

S Jun MONS
No. 1852
In the superior Court of the State
Of California IN and for the
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT. Plaintiff.
A. J. KEMPTHORNE. ct al,
Defendants.
Harry w Horton & Geo. r. Kirk,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
fcrnia Send Greetings to:
A. j. KEMPTHORNE. ISABEL
NJ. KEMPTHORNE. his wife. J. H.
DAVIS, JANE DOE DAVIS. his
wife, A. L. JOHNSON. JANE DOE
JOHNSON. MS wife, JOHN
BRAGG. JANE DOE BRAGG. his
wife. EDMUND WEIGH, BONNIE
3 WEIGH. his wife. FRANK C.
PRESCOTT, JANE DOE PRES
COTT bis wife. JOHN DOE, JANE
DOE. RICHARD ROE, JOHN DOE
COMPANY, a Corporation, RICH
ARD ROE COMPANY. a Co-part-
nership. JOHN DOE as Admins
traitor Of the Estate of Richard
Roe, deceased.
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 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 elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required the said plaintiff
viii take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract
or it VIII 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 thie 22nd day Of July, 1898.
". j. McCLELLAND,
'oEAL' County Clerk. |
BY CITHA LAMSON.
Deputy Clerk |
S. % 30 .O.7l42I 28 N All 10 rs !
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25

If YOU write business letters.
won't you please read and ponder
over the following paragraph? It
may save YOU time and money
and il may also increase the sum
total of your stenographer's hap
pinesS:
Carl Grow who conducted an adj
vertising agency in Shanghai for
quarter OF a century, declares
that the number and the length OF
letters written by American busi-
ness man amaze the business men
of every ether nation-eXCept the
Spaniards The Spaniards. he
means. are even more long-Worded
than the Americans.
1T is my candid opinion says
Mr.. Grow in his book. 400 Million
Customers. that half the type
writer's in America could be scrap
ped and half the stenographerS
married off, and the wheels of
business would run lust as fast and
with a good deal less noise and
waste effort Businesses in other
countries are conducted success
fully with only a fraction CT the
amount Of correspondence Amcri-
cans appear 10 find necessary. Ev-
cry man whose business it is to
dictate letters should be compelled
TO read over, at the beginning of
every business day the copies OF
the letters he dictated one year be-
fore and see Tor himself how many
OF them were twice as long as
necessary, and how many were not
necessary at all
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-25
legal ADVERTISEMENT
s u Nj NJ o ~ s
No. 1898

Nv. 10000
In the Superior Court of the tc
of California, i'm and for thd
County of Imperial.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plainti
JAMES H. CARR, ct al.
Defendant
Harry w. Horton and 20. R
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaint.--.
The People of the State of & Iii
fornia Send Greetings to:
JAMES H. CARR, A. N. Ell L.
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL
TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOC A
TION, A National Banking Asso-
ciation, JOHN DOE, JANE DOE,
RICHARD ROE. JOHN DOE COM
PANY, a Corporation. RICHARD
ROE COMPANY, a partnership
and JOHN DOE as Administrator
of the Estate of Richard Roe, De-
ceased, Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in 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 no. = that
unless you appear and areuer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 26th day of August,
1888.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
By C1THA LAMSON.
Deputy Clerk
N. 18 25-D. 2 8 16 23 30. 6 13 20.