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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-17
Farm Implements

FOR SALE USED
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418 Main Phone 636
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-17

Now that cooler days are here.
Also warm days of the year
Now is the time q cooler install,
Do not wait until late Fall.
Get you a cooler right away,
You can enjoy one during May.
Ell CENTRIC LUMBER AND
TRADING COMPANY
1909 Adams Street Phone 1902
Ell Centro, California.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-17
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u Wanted Miscellaneous

WANTED. Hay baling, cutting
raking and stacking. Phone
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BUILDING MATERIALS
Lowest Valley Prices

1915 Main st. Phone 1890
Evening star., 1938-01-09
From The Stars Letter Mail
Corporations and the Fifth Observation-Disclosures
Japan-Our Traffic Reign of Terror.

Let no Government employe be exempt
from taxes.
Place more men on Government jobs
as mail men and the like by cutting down
luxurious salaries of our Government on
cials.
Put our Government on . pay-as-you-
20 basis, cutting hours for all workers to
80 hours per week.
Throw the cheap politician in the waste
basket.
Sell the P. w. A. to Europe, where It
belongs.
Place all relief back on the counties as
soon as possible. Relief Is better man.
aged through the counties.
Discontinue the foolish dream of boom
in business through the Federal Gov
ernment It Is failure in my opinion
before 1t starts. Where is the relief man,
who needs Z house the most, ever going
to get 10 per cent to pay down? If he
has no job or nothing to eat except
what the Government gives and promises
how can he buy home? Why should
he pay $1,000 when a man can send away
and have one cut out and sent to him
for $3.50 to $1,000? For $500 believe
the house can be put up with everything
in 1t. I for one would not pay $4,000
when $3.50 to $500 home will suit
me As well and will, believe, be built
as we'll
The politicians are about at the end Of
the rope. They cannot forever run their
ofices for their own selfish needs, nor can
they continue to fool the public with
all kinds of untitled promises. The
wealthy men of our Nation should make
their own share the wealth program" !"
1t is better to have the honor of being
patriot through liberality in> govern
mental, public or private enterprises than
to have wealth conhscated under q die
tatorship. DAVID w. HUGHES.
Horse Heads, N. Y
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Says New Cars Mean
Increased Unemployment.
To the Editnr NJ Tho 4tar.


NEWS that the Capital Transit Co. will
purchase 50 new street cars and buses
in 1888 confirms my conclusion that hun
dreds Of faithful workers who have toiled
for years for the street car companies
would eventually lose their positions.
I recently took occasion to see what in
formation could be found to show that
men who have been employed as long as
30 to 40 years are slowly being pushed aside
for younger men because they are too old
to run those new one-man cars and found
that some IA men are now only earning
from $l2 to $l8 per week on . part-time
basis. Since taking my survey q total
Of so men are on the part-time list.
The undersigned strongly urges Govern
ment ownership of all transportation lines
in the District, with subways downtown,
two-man cars and buses and the Public
Utilities Commission to be taken over by
. congressional committee at q saving
Of $4,000 per year. Ten thousand dollars
can be saved by abolishing the peoples
counsel. The Congressional Committee can
have open hearings several times during .
session Of the Congress for citizens to
voice their troubles direct to the COM
mittee. BY abolishing 5000 taxicabs
drivers of the 1000 remaining will be
able to make decent living Also have
an insurance liability. Have regular taxi
stands and allow no picking up Of pas
sengers while driving empty. In that way
you will lessen the trafdc hazard to q
great extent during rush hours More
one-way streets and less parking on the
downtown streets also is urged.
Let the motto for 1898 be less crowding
on cars and buses. more new two-man cars
and buses, hve tokens for IS cents, 81
passes good for all lines and free transfers.
FELIX A. URY,
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Forty Thousand Dead
In Modern Reign Of Terror"

" AAVOS0HO OC80
In Modern Reign Of Terror"
To the Editor Of The Star:
HE Juxtaposition Of two statements of
fact in recent editions Of The Star
should be brought squarely to the attention
OF every automobile driver in the country.
In the Questions and Answers column Of
recent date We are told that during the
1rlshtful Reign of Terror 1900 people met
violent death in France.
Inlnk OF 1t, ye automobile drivers Of
America, $1,000 souls blotted out by the
eulllotine route between September, 1893,
and July, 1894.
In headlines Of The Star of December
~ We read: Forty Thousand Fatalities
Forecast" The National Safety Council
sees that total for year just ending. In
1885 there were $1,000 fatalities.
During the frishtful Reign of Automobile
Terror 10000 people met with violent death
IN the United States Of America.
Think Of it-oh, ye RuilIotine uanipu-
A1ofs-4o'Oo0 souls blotted out by the
automobile route between January l and
December 81. 1887.
More than twice the number of violent
deaths claimed in that horrible nightmare
OF French history +
HOW Will historians $50 years, hence re-
coro this horrible nightmare Of American
history?
on, automobile drivers Of America, we
who are the culprits must We forfeit our
heritage Of liberty and freedom to 20 and
come when We please or shall we stay this
gruesome, sensele1 decimatton before It u
too late?
We alone have the power to do 20 and
without recourse 70 stsrnse laws and
strdcter law eu1orceunsnt
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Repealist Promises
And Repeal Results.

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Il EPEAL1STS promised no saloons, re-
duced drinking, increased temperance
and greater prosperity, If only America
would discard prohibition and restore the
liquor trafic. After years of repeal, this
is what we find:
As to no saloons-There are 437.50l
places retailing alcoholic beverages and
paying taxes to the Federal Government As
against 177,0o0 saloons put out Of business
BY prohibition In 1920. They occupy the
best locations passed by millions of cars
and multitudes of pedestrians
As to reduced drinking Government re-
ports indicate that liquor consumption Is
increasing at the rate OF 100000 gallons per
day 1t is estimated that Americas drink
bill for 1887 amounted to $3,750,000, 900.
For the period of repeal the Nations liquor
bill exceeds $4,000, 900 900. Indirect cost
Of caring for the victims Of the liquor traffic
adds $4,000 900 900 more to the total out
lay for drink. But who expected reduced
drinking? Certainly not the brewers and
distillers willing to spend $25,000, 900 an
nually in every conceivable form Of adver-
tiAng to make Americans drink conscious.
As to increased Overtaxed
prisons, crowded alcoholic wards, expanded
relief rolls, disease, destitution and reduced
living standards bear testimony to the up
ward swing Of intoxication A disturbing
factor is the extent Of drinking among our
younger citizens. Furthermore. nearly
everybody recognizes the growing menace Of
drinking drivers in view Of the new all
time high for automobile deaths-approxi-
mating 10000 for the IL months Of 1887.
As to greater prosperity-Note the ~ per
cent falling OF Of milk consumption in 50
cities Every dollar spent for alcoholic
beverages ID that much consuming power
taken away from such legitimate trades as
groceries, shoes, clothing, housing and other
necessities Of life. Enough money has been
spent for liquor since repeal to finance the
building Of 100000 5000 homes, thus
creating . market for materials and giving
employment to wage earners SUFFICIENT to
turn back the business recession now cast
Ing q pail over the Nation.
J. RAYMOND SCHMIDT.
General superintendent Of
the National Civic League.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Suggestions for

Suggestions for
Curing Economic Ills.
To the Editor Of The Star:
T SUBMIT the following suggestions in the
= belief that II adopted they would solve
some Of the ills which now beset the
country.
To save democracy and prevent economic
disasters cut down Ill Government ex-
psnses % much - posdble. Wages Of
high ofhcials from the Prssidsnt down
should b cut ons.third.
Evening star., 1938-01-09

we must want to stop It!
Overemphass cannot be placed on that
statement.
We must want to stop it!
But how? Aye, there's the rub.
Humbly suggested Is the adoption Of q
sensible universal drivers code, to which
every driver must subscribe, q code 30
simple and yet SO formidable Is to Danish
forever the killer type of driver from the
American highways.
"A committee Of 100 representative auto
mobile drivers through the country, in
cluding the District Of Columbia (shame to
have to express 1t that way), could formu-
late such q code in 1888 to 20 into effect
January l. 1899.
Speed the day; but less speed to the demon
juggernaut which has oustripped the gull
lotine more than two to one.
The guillotine was at least painless and
not so messy. SAMUEL p. THOMAS.
Would Rescue" Japan
As Well as China.
To the Editor Of The Star:
IT Is reported from Japan that 80 per
cent Of the people of that country are
opposed to the war with China. But what
can they do? They need to be delivered
from their military masters and the world
needs to be delivered from Japanese domi-
nation. The United States ought to put
q peremptory stop to what Is going on
by means of an embargo on japanese
commerce.
There is no need for us to 20 to war,
and we ought not to do so. Yet we owe
help to the japanese as we'll as to the
Chinese when We can give it by economic
pressure. We can and should make it
plain that We have no hate for the Japa-
nese people, but are aiming to break
the power of the military lords.
We made such a distinction between
the German rulers and the German people
20 years ago, and the Germans understood
1t. Are not the Japanese as intelligent
as the Germans? And they need de-
liverance just as much.
A correspondent from Toxic says that
in this war if Japan wins she loses. A
victory for the Chinese would be the sal.
vation of Japan. It would break the
power Of the army, prevent national bank
ruptcy and check the determination Of
the cream OF the country's manhood.
True. it will temporarily hurt the inno-
cent private people Of Japan. and this is
truly regrettable. But they are bound
to suffer anyway, and We ought to take
this means Of rescuing them, as we'll as
rescuing the Chinese and protecting the
civilized world. WILLIAM C. LEE.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
He Charges Tyranny In
Guise Of Democratic Procedure.
To the Editor Of The Star:


CO-CALLED Democratic Procedure" is
wrecking our democracy. An un-
thinking public Is allowing the use Of
the phrase democratic procedure" to jus
tify movements which, regardless Of good
intentions, contain elements Of tyranny
such as could not possibly exist in a real
democracy, such as we think we have.
Majority rule" Is not necessarily demo-
cratic procedure" It would not be demo-
cratic procedure for q band Of robbers,
which numbered IS, to rob q bus load
Of passengers on the highway because they
numbered only "a. For such procedure
to be democratic In the sense Of what our
Constitution provides the consent Of the
passengers would have to be obtained be-
fore the pistols were brought into play.
II the band Of robbers had decided by
. vote Of 13 to IL among themselves to
attack bus instead Of train, that would
have been perfect democratic procedure.
but that would not have given them any
right to rob the passengers. And yet
we have the Wagner Act which contains
exactly this principle.
Moreover, We have in this city the wage
hour law, and we may have . national
wage-hour law; which does not even per-
NIT the principle Of allowing one the
liberty Of having ones personal actions
decided by ones peers" Is in the Wag-
ner Act, but says in effect to . WASH
ington waitress, for example: IT you
are capable Of earning no more than SIS
week, you shall not have that. You
relief or do anything you choose" What
. law for Z. civilised country.
II 10RfYmanda1inR loR HoilinR anA hank,
Evening star., 1938-01-09

scratching exists, q 1t does and always will,
what hops there for good laws and good
Government, except in the Constitution
and the Interpretation thereof BY . court
unwilling to stretch any a the principles
y meet current hysteria?
W. STANLEY FREEMAN.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

backwards. He has said time and
again that he will not be a can
didate for Governor, but he meant
he will not be candidate now. He
has said he will not be candidate
for mayor. He will not be a candi-
date now. He was elected for one
job and he intends to finish it.
But for 16 years the Repub.
licans of New York State have
lost elections for the governor
ship. For 16 years they have gone
to national conventions with nc
magic name to utter.
Republicans AUdre
The Republican party know!
that. Young and old, they know
| it. If Dewey convicts Hines, Tam
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

for Schultz, were among those
who confessed. Abraham "Bo"
Weinberg, Georges brother, must
have bought one-way ticket for
somewhere, for he went away and
never did come back.
Some people think he might be
found, wrapped up in cement, a.
the bottom of the East River.
Others think he lies buried in a
WeStchester pasture.
The whole case has scintillate,t
with color and fairly exploded with
drama. Even the chorus lady,
Dixie Davis ever-loving girl friend
Hope Dare, has some claim to being
called pretty. Dixie's connection
with Schultz and the rackets was
to advise Dutch and his minions
how to dodge trouble, but he was
a poor lawyer for himself. He
couldn't advise himself how to
keep out of trouble.
James j. Hines, the onetime
blacksmith who rose to power il
the Tammany Hall Of Charles r
Murphy's day-so much power, in
deed, that he defeated Murphy
and Illuminated that great leader
when Murphy tried to throw hin
out of the leadership of the Eleg
enth assembly district - Jimmy
Hines knows that he is in for 6
terrific battle.
Dewey is out to get him and ha!
six impoI tant witnesses on ice
There may be as many as $50 wit
nesseS called, and the trial is ap
to last a month OR more
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
HINES SAYS I'LL.
WIN THIS FIGHT.
AND MEANS IT.
Tammany Chieftain Is
Confident at Trial
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, Aug. IS G.N.S0
Jimmy" Hines, the Tammany
big shot" who was brought to
trial today, thinks he can beat
Dewey.
Nobody important has done it
YETI
I'll win this fight" Hines told
me in court today, a few minutes
before Americas ace rackets pros
ecutor, Thomas E. Dewey, brought
him to trial. I've been through
political fights before"
HINES A BATTLER
Hines light blue eyes glinted as
he snapped out these words. It
was the first time I met the man
and I'm sure from the way he said
it he meant it. You get the i'm
preston that Hines is a battler.
One of the things you notice most
about him are those light blue
eyes. They can snap at times.
They snapped when he said he'd
beat Dewey.
Dewey was no doubt just as con-
fident as Hines-but he didn't
have any predictions to make
when he strobe into court, and
got down to business in a business
like way.
BATTERY OF LAWYERS
1t was quite a spectacle-the
dewey versus Hines battle which
went into the first round today.
At the ringside, so to speak, was
the greatest collection of news
paper talent since the trial Of
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

Bruno Richard Hauptmann in
Pennington, N. j., few years ago
The first Of the principals to
enter the court room was Hines.
A gray-haired man of 81, he en-.
tered at 9:55 a. m, carrying his
straw hat. He was accompanied
by a battery of lawyers-his chief
counsel, Lloyd P. Stryer, and
Attorneys Joseph Shalleck, Harold
Shapiro, Thomas M. Brassel and
Maurice SEEK.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

William G. Dodge IL %insr the Risy ,iss
in the courtroom drama Is the former district
attorney Of Manhattan. The man who lat
the governors cOmmand) appointed Dewey a
special assistant district attorney, Dodge was
named by Dewey as one of three officials who
were influenced by Hines in favor of the policy
combine. Popular report is that his name was
supplied by Davis, who will be the chief witness
against him.
Magistrate CapShaW- S1 De Rs%e as
Hines stOOge was Magistrate HuIon Cap
shaw, who has been suspended pending the
outcome OF the trial Guess what? He also
was prominently mentioned as a prospective
district attorney when PecOra was looking for
the job. He IL = former member of Hines
political club,
Harry SchOemhauS-tHS s po astiye st IN
up, he haspIeaded guilty and will turn States
evidence.
George Weinberg-RDnits With 81 sG pixis
Davis and Hope Dare when the two love birds
were shared in a Philadelphia hideout
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
Dutch Schultz bsimer A tbe 6ut cSgsT
will play one of the leading roles in the Hines
trial-but in absentia. Before he was wiped
out in Newark saloon, he ruled the policy
racket. Witnesses will testify that he and
Jimmy Hines were bosom pals. His widow may
be called to the stand to contradict that claim
j. Erwin - Nhs disd h tSree
and q half years ago while on the bench was
one of the three "influenced" officials named
by Dewey in his bill of particulars.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
HINES REGRETS
GIFT OF SHIRTS

NEW YORK, Aug. IS GN.S).
If you look at the record, it woulA
appear that the history of the
Hines case dates from last May Is
when James j. Hines surrendered
for arrest at the office Of District
Attorney Dewey.
But the record does not tell the
story behind the story.
Unofficially, it is fair to state
that the Hines case dates from
1882 when Henry Miro, a Harlem
policy magnate, was on trial for
income tax matters in Federal
court.
Dewey was then assistant
United States district attorney.
One Of the witnesses at Miro's
trial testified that the Negro
policy racketeer had sent a dozen
magnificent, monogrammed silk
shirts to Jimmy Hines at his MO
nongahela Democratic Club.
So, when in the summer of 1885.
Governor Lehman appointed him
special prosecutor to clean out the
racketeers and destroy their po.
litical connections, Dewey believed
he knew the big shot whom he
must cut down.
From that hour he set his course
for the indictment, arrest and
conviction of Jimmy Hines.
1t was a long haul, too long for
achievement during his two and
one-half years as special prose.
cutor.
But less than five months later
he took the oath of office as dis.
trict attorney he had Jimmy
HineS indicted.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
HINES AT RECESS
JOKES and SAYS
HE'S BAD 'F|xER'
Tells Of Mistakes He
Made at the Races

NEW YORK, Aug. is U.N.sJ,
After the trial of James J. Hines
had been in session an hour or
so, Judge Pecora granted a recess.
Hines came out into a corridor
and smoked a cigarette. He
joked with reporters.
Il can't fix anything-not even
a horse race" he remarked at one
point. Recently he bet SIS to
win and $50 to show on a horse
named Gramercy. Grinning, he
related:
II didn't think Gramercy had
q chance so bet on two other
nags in the same race. And
darned if Gramercy didn't win!'
That bit of manipulation how.
ever gave the adroit Mr.. Hines
$735 towards his counsel fees.
After court reconvened one Of
the talesmen nodded to Hines as
he approached the bench to ask
Judge Pecora to be excused. The
talesman was promptly excused.
Hines said, Yep, I could have
used that one"
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

many Hall, which means the chief
Democratic opposition in New
York, will go into the hands of
receivers. Tammany is a year
round proposition or it's nothing.
Full weight of party allegiance,
Of the cry for party support, the
pleas of friends and the demands
of national leaders will be storm
about Dewey's head. And if Dewey
beats Hines-for that, essentially,
is what conviction will mean
what will be the effect on the
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

as chief inquisitor at the Morgan
banking quiz, and looked on when
a press agent of colossal impu-
dence plopped a she midget on
the lap of J. P. Morgan.
Equally important is Prosecutor
Dewey, young lawyer (he's only
SO now who came here from
Michigan IS years ago to study
singing. He owns a firstrate bari
tone voice. He's artistic, but that
doesn't change the fact that he is
as shrewd as a fox, a mastery
technician at the law, and with a
singular gift of persuasion with
reluctant witnesses.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
TALESMEN STAMPEDE
TO AVOID HINES Jury

NEW DIRK, Aug. IS
(I.N.SD.-Judge PecOra rap
ped for order and called the
case of the people versus
James J. Hines, the clerk of
court raised his voice and
said:
"All taleSmen who wished
to be excused come forward"
There was a tremendous
rush to the forefront. 1t
looked, for a time, as if no
body wanted to serve on the
blue-ribbOn jury which is to
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

be chosen. Fully half of the
800 rose and started forward.
Judge PecOra in a sharp
voice declared:
Il want you all to know
that only legal excuses will
be entertained or considered
in the cases of those desiring
to avoid jury service"
He added that if any of
them pleaded illness they
would have to bring doctors
certificates to court.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
Thomas E. Dewey 1 mstine Is 70 :
Sang"

attorney was a long time getting
anything he regarded as subStan-
tial.
But Dewey kept pounding away
and at length some of Schultz's
underlingS consented to sing. The
tune was exactly to Dewey's liking.
George Weinberg, Harry Schoen-
haus and finally Davis, the lawyer
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
VOTERS ACT ONHINES

bly, district as a delegate to
the Democratic State cOnven-
ton and as q candidate to
succeed himself as leader of
the district.
The primaries will be held
September 20 and if the policy
racket trial continues as long
as predicted 1t is probable the
voters will pass judgment on
Hines before the jury receives
the case.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
Richard Whitney
4 Months In Cell

OSSINING, N. Y, Aug. is.
Richard Whitney today began the
fifth month of his prison term
in Sing Sing. The former head
Of the New York Stock Exchange
must serve 40 months Of his five
to 1O-year sentence
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
Will Not Go Backward

NEW YORK, Aug. Is
H.N.SD.-A Supreme Court
jury will not be the only body
of peers to sit in judgment
on James ]. Hines during the
next few weeks.
1t was revealed today that
the Tammany leader who
goes on trial charged with
conspiring to operate a lottery
will have his name before the
voters of the Eleventh assem-
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
POLITICAL CHIEF
CALLED PAL OF
SLAIN CANISTER
100000, 1000 a Year
Racket Charged
CONTINUED from Page y


fastened squarely on the tall, we'll
set-up figure of Jimmy Hines.
Around him swings and SurgeS
the drama of the most sensational
and spectacular prosecution the
city of New York has seen in a
quarter of a century.
Two main interrogations imme-
diately leap to attention: What
grim and tragic matter as yet un-
known to the public will be re-
leased by the testimony and evil
dence in this case? And what dam
age will the Hines case revelations
do to the already half-shattered
structure of Tammany Hall?
Will the murder that lurked in
the shadows of the Dutch Schultz
gang be brought out into the
open? Will great names as yet I'M
smirched be blackened by sworn
testimony?
Such arresting queries are in
the minds of all who sit in this
courtroom while the stir and
clamor OF a great criminal trial
arises.
1t is entirely possible Vein
traubs case will be disposed of
before the day is out, though Dis
trict Attorney Dewey refused COM
ment.
For 20 years Hines has been
unquestionably the most powerful
individual in Tammany Hall,
man who ruled as directly over
quarter of a million people as if
he had been formally set up as
dictator. He even gave orders to
judges, so the district attorney
contends. Tammany never saw
anything like it, and there are old
timers going about today and
shaking their heads and saying
they just can't believe it.