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Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
.t's Heat Spell
In Southland

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6. CUP)-
A continuation of the winter heat
spell thas has broken all time
southern California records was
forecast today.
Yesterdays 80 degrees in San
Bernardino was the hottest Decem-
Der day there on record. The prev
iouS mark was 80 in 1917
Los Angeles had 86 degrees, three
below the all time record for De-
Cember set in 1897.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
&c Shopping Doys
lOTiII Christmos

T OOKING BACK TO CHRIST
- MAS I6 YEARS AGO
Italy was rumored in control of
MuSsolini. Three inventors
were demonstrating novel talk
ing movie" almost Simultane-
ously. Announcement that
electric light current instead of
batteries might soon be used for
their receiving sets added to
holiday cheer of radio fans.
Administration concerned
over bootleg boom. New
York radio amateur picked up
program from Vancouver.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

brey Boles, city building inspector,
said.
Phil Knights, city engineer, eX-
planned that SShort will visit the
valley at the request of packers
and inspectors alike, in an effort
to iron out difficulties over electri-
cal installations for pre- cooling
units.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06


Short will inspect installations in
FL Centro that have been the sub
iect of controversy between pack
ers and city inspectors and make
his rulings at a meeting in the city
hall Thursday afternoon at 2:30. A
dinner meeting at the California
hotel at $50 will follow. Both the
afternoon and dinner meeting are
open TO all interested parties, Au-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
INDIAN JAILED FOR
DRIVING DRUNK

WINTERHAVEN. Dec. 6.-Henry
Lewis, 38year-old Indian, was sent
to Jail for 35 days for drunk driv-
ing here this weekend. He was
tried IN justice court here late
Monday and sent to El Centre to
serve the sentence in the county
iail.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

such as restriction OF licenses and
sale of liquor 10 minors.
Don Marshall, chief liquor con-
troll officer for San Francisco, be-
lieved the greatest complaint was
that too many places were selling
liquor He believed the next legls-
lature probably would limit licenses
on a population basis
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Cable Sna ps> 20
Plunge TO Death
FAMED CARMEL MAYOR
DIES AT AGE OF SO

CARMEL, Cal, Dec. 6. up
Perry Newberry. newspaperman,
fiction writer and former mayor
of Carmel, noted for his effGrts
to keep Carmel free from tour
ists," died today. He was 68.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

uIVIOHS nave improved vastly since
the speakeasy, Blind Pig" and
bathtub gin were relegated to the
limbo of the prohibition era by the
of the voters.
People are tape2irg off in their
the experts agreed, but
there are certain liquor control
aspects they would like to remedy,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Minister Roasts Jimmy Roosevelt
For Snubbing Church Contributions

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (UPD-
The Rev. Howard Stone Anderson
of Washington's First Congrega-
tional church, testifying before the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Inspectors visitMay End Old Fight
Over Cooling Electrical Usage
In Fl Centro Packing Plants

Peaceful settlement of months old controversy between
power and electrical inspectors in Imperial Valley
1Tuesday expected to follow visit from Frank A
Short of Los Angeles district electrical engineer for the
State Industrial Accident commission. who will
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

Wade Ramsey in that dreamy
southern way of his looked out the
window and muSed:
A I'm going to start on a vacation
at the end of the week. l don't
know whether to go to New York
and see some shows, or go home to
South Carolina and do little quail
and deer shooting. Quail shooting
back home is the best III the Worlo,
and the duck shooting! Oh, my!
With practically no compunc-
ton whatsoever RR whipped out a
revolver and shot him dead.
Anyway, RR wanted to, and still
wants to.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Christmas Lights Prize
Total SWeIIs to $50 as
Biggest Contest Begins
Homes Divided into Three Sections
With Large, Small And Medium Houses
Given Chance to Partici pate Equally

More than $50 in prizes will be awarded winners in
Ell Cenros Christmas Lighting contest this season, the
prize list showed Tuesday. Already $12 in PostPress
checks have gone the pockets of Ell Centrans in
minarv contests The main contest separate from smaller
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Italians Shout J
Colony Demands:
Students i'm Riot
Possession of Three French Colonies on
List; Leaders Also Ask Dominant
Control Of Strategic Suez Canal

ROME, Dec. g. (UP)-Anti-French demonstrations by
students in Rome and Tuns developed today into seven
maximum and six minimum demands on France
The Italian expansonst campaign being waged by
Fascist press Italian coonss in Tunisa and group
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Experts 0kay Brass Plate by Which
Sir Francis Drake Possessed State
In Name of Herr Maiesfv'

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. g. (UP)-A time worn brass
plate inscribed in Ezabethan English found in 1886
near San Quentin prison. identified today by a COM
mtee of experts the plate left brakes bay by Sir
Francis Drake when he discovered California in his ship
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Most Liquor Licenses Of Amy State,
Fewer Orunks Since Repeal Claimed
For California by State Officials

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6. (UP)-Five years after
repeal California has liquor licenses than any other
state IN the nation but its drinkers temperate
than during prohibition enforcement officers and liquor
men said today All quered in survey agreed that con
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
All Lit Up

Here is a letter from the Christ
mas Lighting editor received from
a 9-ye9r-old
I nm proud to tell you I have
a lovely cross and bell all lit up al
my house. The name is Earnest Ray
Page. 563 Fark avenue. Yours
truly. Ray
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Country Boy Made Good

The guardian angel of coinci-
lence has preserved the Post
Press sports editor fer posterity, o.
whatever a sports editor is bad for
In Los Angeles last weekend
Burdette Kline was doing as they
all do when they get to the big
city, gawking skywards at the tai.
buildings. Still sky gazing, he
wandered out into the middle o.
Eighth near Grand and an auto
mobile stopped just in time to keep
from making a pancake out of him
You can't do that!' Kinnne
trebled. whipping out press cards
The driver of the car was Penny
Richmond!
It's a good thing it was I driv-
ing, and not one Of these Los An
eeles taxi drivers" said Penny
Good thing for you, that is. but
tough on your public"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Dogs Out

Dogs Out-
The reason why Bill Apple skulks
about alleys at night is exposed al
last! He takes the Pekenese fol
walk He explained:
I'm ashamed to be seen walking
,he dog in the daytime"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

Butter. Los Angeles, 3loi but
terfat, Imperial valley lob. ranch
grade A. 39c, manufacturing milk
30c; route gathered cream 29c.
l.. A. Hay: u. ). No. /. Sli.00i
U. 5. No. l leafy s15.50-l6' No. 2
Ieafy SI3.OO-I3.5O; No. 2 S11-lI.5Oi
Minneapolis flax. Dec. S1.79ia.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Wasted sympathy

Now isn't that just too bad thai
George is i'll! I'll just take him
some soup" thought Mrs. Mae
Brown. So she trotted up to
George Lederman's room ano
knocked. She knocked and knocked
but no answer. So she ate the
soup herself! OR is it drinkO
Evening star., 1938-01-19

Federal Bureau of Investigation caught
up with their elusive quarry at Cali
fornia race track. Trapped with thou
sands OF dollars Of the blood money" in
his possession, he confessed the staying
of his victim and Of an accomplice.
Again the Government has shown that
kidnapping is q most dangerous and un-
profitable racket, the perpetrators Of
which have little chance to escape Ger
tain and drastic punishment. Kidnap-
ing as a profession appears to have been
abandoned completely by organized
criminal gangs. The smashing of the
Touhy, Machine Gun" Kelly, Karpis-
Barker and other notorious mobs which
sought to make business OF holding
human beings for ransom has discour-
aged other gangs.
Swift prosecution of the Ross kidnaper
is promised by Department Of Justice
officials. In the meantime there are
legal questions to be decided. Since the
corpus delicti"-the body of the victim
is missing. State prosecution on murder
charges undoubtedly will be dispensed
with in favor of Federal prosecution
under the "Lindbergh law" That law,
however, applies only in cases where q
kidnapped person is transported across a
State line. An amendment raises a pre-
sumption of interstate TRANSPORTATION
When the victim is not returned within
a week.
The Ross case is the first in which the
Government faces possibility of prose-
cutting kidnaper with the victim miss
ing. OF course, the body may be found
before trial is begun. If 1t is not, the
Government will have on its hands the
problem of proving that Mr. Ross was
transported out of Illinois. ]. Edgar
Hoover director of the F. B. l., is quoted
as saying his men are certain" the VIC
tim was taken out of the State. The
F. B. I. may be depended upon to dig
up every scintilla of evidence available
to bolster the Governments case.
The record to date is an impressive
one. OF the more than 100 Federal cases
of kidnapping since enactment of the
"Lindbergh law" all but one or two have
been solved. The Mattson kidnaper Is
still at large-but so are the G-men,
which makes the odds against him very
great indeed.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
The Rockefeller Wav.

John D. Rockefeller. jr. announced
yesterday that he has arranged to COM
plete the development Of Rockefeller
Center by providing capital for the con-
struction Of three additional buildings.
The cost, he explained, will be "about
twelve million dollars" and represents
approximately million man-days of
employment for workers in the building
trades.
But even more important than such
practical evidence Of continuing faith
IN the future Of American business" Is
the philosophy which prompts Mr..
Rockefeller's plan. The statement he re-
leased to the press includes these words:
Business and industry alone can pro-
vide the Jobs necessary to restore the
Nations economic well-being." True
beyond cavil, IN observation 50 mani
festly rational and logical as this de-
serves the endorsement Of the whole
country.
Politics cannot solve the problems Of
the depression; talk cannot correct the
Evening star., 1938-01-19

causes nor remedy the tragic effects Of
1t. Soak the rich. share the wealth, level
the middle classes to the status Of q
European proletariat, abolish monopolies
and socialize every commercial enterprise
from the great motor factories down to
the humblest peanut stand, reduce every
citizen to complete dependence upon the
Federal state; there stil would be pov-
erty, bitter and cruel, throughout the
Union. The only feasible, sensible way
to get back to "normalcy" is the Rookie
feller way. Prosperity simply is not to
be had by wishful thinking. It can be
generated only by natural processes
partnership between capital and labor
without interference from government
except as it may be invited by both CO.
operating forces.
Mr.. Rockefeller merits the gratitude
Of every thoughtful American. He has
expressed his patriotism and his fellow
feeling as well as a conviction which
millions approve.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
confused with the mature listener. to be
considered.

confused with the mature listener, to be
considered
The mediator is one who insists on
putting on very grave look Just because
he Is listening to music.
Music is something dumfounding, he
Is sure, and proper respect for 1t makes
1t necessary for all listeners to assume
q position Of due meditation.
Hand on brow is favorite.
Some sorrowfully sink the head. Not
for them the tap-tap-tap Of the dancer
or the hot jazz hound.
The record pusher is one Of the most
curious Of the tribe.
He insists on helping the turntable
turn!
Often he may be seen deliberately
showing the rim, as II electricity were not
enough.
Personal direction of the music, per-
haps, Is what he is seeking. He wants
to put himself into it.
He ought to be a conductor.
The brute is the fellow who breaks EN-
up.
Alter one session the motor groans,
the pickup is out Of whack and there
are several bad dents in the case.
II ne is allowed to use the same booth
twice he is able to cut neat circle
around the felt of the turntable.
He streWs needles all over the place.
He is never known to turn machine
on when leaving a booth.
favorite sport of his is to attempt
to take records of and put them on
without stopping the motor. If he sue
ceeds he harms the motor, II he doesn't
he breaks the record. It is as easy as
that.
The baby is the gentleman who, de-
spite his ownership of many radios,
somehow doesn't know how to work an
electric gramophone.
Maybe he is afraid of one and maybe
he doesn't mind being shown.
Our eighth exhibit, the hot jazz hound,
Is as pretty q specimen as one could
find.
He combines features of other listeners,
but insists on hearing nothing but "hot"
combinations, young gentlemen who
swing for all they are worth.
The louder this music is plaved. of
course, the hotter" it is, with dire re-
suits to the sensibilities of the gentleman
IN the adjoining booth who is trying to
listen to a symphony.
X X X
The classical fan is a specimen all to
himself. He loves the great composers
and, unfortunately, nothing else.
He may be seen to frown lightly at
the young people in the next booth who
take an hour to decide which 35-cent
record to buy.
The critic is too critical Follow him
nome and he will be found to have moth
ing out an old acoustical portable, but
to hear him in the booth a listener might
think him conductor of some great
orchestra.
The Juvenile and mature listeners need
little explanation. They have different
tastes. 1t may be said of the latter that
he knows what he likes and likes almost
everything worth while.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
Washington's Jobless.

Six per cent Of Washingtons 627, 900
population are out of work-37 900 men
and women.
There are 12,l54 others who have part
time work and need more.
w. p. A. projects are providing Jobs
for 6,22e-a substantial but apparently
altogether inadequate contribution.
This city has next to the highest
unemployment rate in the United
States. just trif1e below that of
the State of Rhode Island. This is a
little difficult to understand at first
thought because all through the years
Of depression Washington's major in
dustry, the United States Government,
has maintained steady pay roll and at
times greatly increased its personnel
It is quite different from the situation
in State like Rhode Island with its
fluctuating textile industry.
The fact seems to be that this city is
burdened with more than its shase Of
the floating population of unemployed
men drawn here by work on the new
Government buildings and left stranded
when this work was completed, clerks
brought to Washington to work in some
OF the newer agencies who are loath to
return home when the personnel is re-
duced and probably great many others
who have come here hoping to get Gov
ernment jobs, but without the neces-
sary qualifications or backing.
But how the District came by this
burden is Of little more than academic
interest. It has it and probably will
keep it. Heart-rending stories come al
most every day from social agencies, from
the Police Court, from Independent in
vestigators. There can be little question
that there are conditions of frightful
poverty. There also can be little ques-
ton that financial resources in sight are
inadequate, however efficiently or even
stingily administered.
The Community Chest drive fell be.
hind its quota, thus crippIng the private
agencies. AS was stressed over and over
again during the campaign. there was
no slack whatsoever allowed for In max
ing up the estimates.
The Budget Bureau recommends an
appropriation of 100000 for relief of the
Districts unemployables and aid to de-
pendent children. This is meager sum
for feeding, clothing and sheltering the
pathetic horde who are on the Districts
doorsteps-regardless Of how they got
there.
It looks as If, to say the least, this
community is faced with as complicated
and perplexing a problem as has arisen
in this complicated and perplexing field.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
The Ross kidnaping.

Functioning with customary precision,
the G-men have captured another kid
naper and obtained his confession to q
particularly abhorrent crime-the abduc-
ton and murder of elderly Charles s.
Ross, Chicago business man.
Sticking doggedly and secretly to q
trail Of recorded ransom money-as in
tho Lindbergh, Urschel and other kid
MAPPING cases-the special agents Of the
Evening star., 1938-01-19

In recalling great States of the Union
there can be no failure to salute the
distinction conferred on modern history
by Kentucky. 1t has had some great
editors, but has been more distinguished
Of late by its practical business men.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

A season of dancing is announced with
bands playing in hostility to infantile
paralysis. As smart measures are Sc
lected, there should by this time be a
respectful request that the big apple be
withheld from attention long enough to
permit the watermelon Song" to assert
itself in remembrance of Colonel Alfred
Stofer. 1t was a song that suggested no
political purpose, yet no song was more
in request at a political gathering.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
Shooting Stars.
By PHHANDER JOHNSON.
Guessing Contest

Guessing Contest.
The greatest reverence we find
Accorded to the human mind
That causes us. in solemn doubt,
To guess what some ones thinking bout.
OF problems strange we often hear,
Which charm the eye or soothe the ear,
AS puzzles new brain brings out,
With "Guess what am thinking 'bout!"
A man may have brain not high:
And yet, If he will wisely try,
He may persuade the world to shout,
I'VE wonder what he's thinking bout!"
Evening star., 1938-01-19

Old writer's did we'll with the material
they had, but there must lmger a wish
that Mark Twain could have lived to
let the versatile Huck Finn recite his
adventures with an airplane. Yet it is
perhaps unreasonable to think of asso-
ciating that figure of past comedy with
the grim tragedy Of the present.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

A part of the present system may be
to bring an element of facetious COM
ment into discussions of the United
States Supreme Court situation 1t can
not be done successfully with SO many
reminders abroad that human existence
is no longer laughing matter.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

When 1t was seen how readily sub
scriptions were collected for dinner at
500 plate in order to settle an old
campaign expense account, there can be
no doubt that the money is here, If a
proper reason can be offered for making
it available
Evening star., 1938-01-19

The wicked old Chicago Worlds Fair
put the poor little country maid who had
never seen the streets of Cairo into
prominence. The story now is that she
is en- route with enough imitators to
give show without much assistance
from her.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

There Is not much use in trying to
guesS wnat the japanese Emperor will
want to do with China. He has sue
ceeded In arousing interest In this ques-
ton throughout the world.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

There may be theory that q United
States Supreme Court with member
ship in thorough disagreement will be
easy to handle by q simple process Of
having referee engaged.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

As the New Deal goes on to a con-
sideration of men and the stock values
they control, the citizen Of this country.
even though averse to gambling, shows
. Willingness to sit in and draw cards.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

Justice Sutherland has gone into re-
tirement from official duty and will
probably impress the suggestion that he
has just begun to enjoy life.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
GsrfrHde Brooke Hamilton.
Enshrined.

Because knew you, dearest, perhaps 40
no one knew,
Because of traits half hidden that 7
alone might view,
For glimpses Of your inner self that gave
me such delight,
My life shall be tribute to that inti-
mate insight.
Your charm, your grace, your beauty:
these to the world were known.
The sweetness Of your spirit belonged
to me alone.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

years. He considers the fluent conquest
Of the English language, which he didn't
speak when he came. ono Of his banner
achievements here.
tCopyrighA, 1o06A
Evening star., 1938-01-19

II. Juvenile.
IL. Mature.
Our No. classification in some re-
spects is the most curious OF all.
He is the fellow who insists on drag
ging the bench or chair over close to
the loudspeaker and sitting with his ears
pasted to the grille.
Just why he wants his eardrums to
roar is best left to him, for it is i'm
possible for any one else to understand it.
Maybe he Is the man who goes to sleep
with his radio running and only wakes
up when the boys in the studio grow
tired and shut off the station.
Whatever the cause, he is a we'll
known type. He has been seen to twist
a great heavy bench around with great
labor in order to get fairly on top of
the music.
Maybe he likes to watch the turntable
go round. If the lid is left up, some
of the more highly polished woods give
a most engaging reflection Of the turning
record.
The smoker likes his music coming to
him through haze.
He insists on his favorite opiate
wherever he is. In lunchrooms he wants
to make people who are eating smell his
fumes before they have finished.
In taxicabs he insists on putting away,
regardless of the close quarters.
In homes he puts forth vast clouds
after only perfunctory inquiry, "You
don't mind, do you?'-which he means
for no one to take seriously.
1t Is a question whether tobacco smoke
ever added anything to good music.
Certainly it is not permitted in the
concert halls.
The dancer simply cannot keep his or
her feet still.
At this point we should say that per-
haps nine out Of ten record enthusiasts
today are male. Just why this is so is
mystery. for women like music as
much as men, no doubt.
The only plausible explanation is that
men are, inherently, gadget lovers, and
that the modern electrical phonograph is
oaslcaly most intriguing gadget.
The dancer may tap or do the "big
apple but the space is restricted, SO
that mostly waving motion of the body
Is all that is possible under the circum-
stances.
The meditative listener must not be
Evening star., 1938-01-19
Color Scheme.

The classical musician views
The swing band with much dread;
And every time they play q "Blues"
It leaves him Seeing Red"
Evening star., 1938-01-19
Deculiar Caacinatiou

"Are women happy in politics?"
"some Of us are" declared Miss
Cayenne. There is always a peculiar
fascination in finding something new
to worry about"
Evening star., 1938-01-19

1T dom skeer me none to pass a
graveyard" said Uncle Eben. What rs
afraid Of Is dat some day won't bs able
to pass 1t, but viii have to 60 In ct do
gate.s
Evening star., 1938-01-19
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Evening star., 1938-01-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRAcEWELL.

Those who listen to gramophone rec
ords in the glass booths are as different
as the music they hear.
They may be divided into IL main
groups, with many subsidiary classes.
Record hearers might be named as
follows:
/. Huddle.
2. Smoke.
3. The dancer.
4. Meditation.
S. Pusher.
6. Brute.
7. The baby.
8. Hot jazz hound.
8. Classical fan.
10. The critic.
IL. Juvenile.
H. Mature.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
Selfish Attitude.

I have q feeling of regret
When Mother lights . cigarette.
mean no sermons and no jokes
I Just don't like the brand she smokes.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

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Evening star., 1938-01-19

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