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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
BARD AROUSED
BY CRIMINAL
ATTACK ON GIRL
Child Picked Up in Auto
At School, Taken to
Lonely House

BARD, March Is. = This
community was in a furore
today because the 7-year-old
daughter of an Imperial dam
workman was criminally as
saulted Monday night by an uni
Identified man.
Several suspects were arrested
and released.
The child, badly bruised and
scratched, found her way home af-
ter the attacker abandoned her in
an empty house, she told officers,
and drove away in his automobile
The story of her abuse was con-
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
$4,000 Received
In Conservation
Checks in Valley

One hundred eighty conservation
payment checks, totaling $23,032.75.
have been received at the Imperial
County Agriculture Conservation
committee office, and have been
distributed to valley farmers, ac-
cording to c. L. Mclaughlin, secre-
tary of the committee
More payments will be made as
soon as E.. H. Spoor, district super
visor of the state committee, re-
checks payment demands of valley
growers. Spoor arrived in the val
ley Monday and will spend the re-
mainder of the week checking al
ley bases for conservation pay
mentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15

him to concoct the story.
The hoax cost the county a large
sum of telephone, teletype. and
telegraph messages and officers a
sleepless night. Ware plans to sign
a complaint charging Ledenski with
furnishing with false information,
Ledenski, a service station en-
ploye, told Chief of Police Ed Dick
erson of WeStmorland he had been
forced at the point of a gun to
drive another man from Los An
geles to Westmorland. Deputy sher-
ifs, police, and highway patrolmen
blocked highways in all directions
seeking "the man" Then came
Ledenski's confession. There was,
he said, no such man, no such kid
naping, no such hijacking.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
RAIL LABOR
TO FIGHT PAY
CUTTING PLAN

WASHINGTON, March. Is. (UP)
Railway labor voted today to
resist vigorously wage reductions
which would affect nearly 100000
employees and which have been
proposed by directors of the Asso-
citation of American Railroads.
George M. Harrison, president OF
the Railway Labor Executives As
sociation which includes all rail-
road unions, announced the deci-
sion to eight wage cuts as he
emerged from the executives meet
ing to attend the White House
meeting called by President Roose-
welt to consider the railroads criti-
cal financial and economic prob
lens.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
DOPE STOLEN
FROM AUTO
AT BRAWLEY

BRAWLEY, March 15.-An in
determinate amount of morphine
and valuable surgical instruments
in two medical kits were stolen from
DR.. Charles M. Cutshaws auto
mobile parked in front of his office
here early last night.
Brawley police were summoned
to search for the two black bags
and they telephoned descriptions
to all law enforcement officers in
the county SO they might watch
for them.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
FREIGHT RATE
BOOST STARTS
ON MARCH 2S

Freight rate increases of per
cent on vegetables in interstate traf-
fic will become effective Mar 2B,
according to John Donohue. district
freight agent for the Southern
Pacific railway company In Inn
perial Valley.
The increase. according to Dono-
hue, was made necessary by IN
creased expenses of the railway
companies.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
Regular Railway
Service Resumed

Full train service between Los
Angeles and Bakersfield was re-
sumed Tuesday as rail crews COM
pleted work on tracks damaged by
recent severe rain storms in the
area.
Service had been discontinued
for IL days, according to John
Donohue, district freight agent for
the Southern Pacific.
The break in the line had delay
ed shipments from the valley to
points near Bakersfield.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
G-MEN ENTER
KIDNAP HUNT
FOR n. Y. BOY

NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y. Mar. Is
CUP)-G-men and local police be-
gan a nationwide search today for
10 year old Peter Levine, kidnapped
Feb. "a for 100000 ransom.
Federal and local authorities en-
tered the case openly after the
boys father, Murray Levine, an
rounced that their activity would
not preclude the safety of the
kidnapers in negotiating for ran
som.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
Hoover on Inspection
Of Finland Government

HELSINGFORS, Finland, Mar
Is (UP)-Herbert Hoover inspected
parliament today, meeting many
leading politicians at a reception
Newspapers devoted full pages to
his visit
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
THIEF FLEES
WITHPAINTING

Fine art went hand in hand with
crime in Ell Centro Monday.
Mrs. M. C. Falkenbury, 604 Ell
Centre avenue, reported burglar
had entered her home. The only
thing he stole was a Water-color
painting of the English Channel.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
Corn Import Duty
Lifted i'm Mexico

WASHINGTON Mar IS. tUPl--
The commerce department as adj
vised today that Mexico has tenn
porarily nftei the duty ON corn
imports because Of corn scarcity
In certain sections OF the country,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15

Common Sense Speaking
Because RR has become con-
vinced that a lot of fellows are
going to scare themselves into
real setback if they don't stop
talking about the recession, it is
a relief to talk to l.. r. jefferson,
whose business record indicates
that he should know what he's
OF.
" There isn't any recession in
Imperial Valley says jeff.
And he goes ahead to demon
strate that not only has his busi-
ness picked up by an amazing
percentage this year, but the busi-
nesseS of everyone he's talked TO
has done the same thing.
And all this talk about a poor
lettuce DEAL" Jeff adds, lis so
much twaddle (or words to that
effecD. The only real money the
valley gets out of good lettuce
deal is the money the shippers pay
their labor-and We get that any
way"
So-and this is RR's thought
maybe after all this recession talk
is just another streamllned methoo
of sales resistance.
That's Loyalty
There's one church in Ell Centre
that's going to have bang-up
Eprogram this year, if enthusiasm
" is any indication. Twenty-Five men
and one woman got up at 4:3O o.
clock Tuesday morning to discuss
the Methodist church program for
l933-and when that many people
get I'D at 4:30 in the morning TO
talk about anything, it's bound to
be a success.
And That's Enthusiasm
The judges just about decided
Tuesday to count Tees vote Tor
Dale Carnegie on the editorial page
as two votes. It's worth it. It's a
bird! Actually, we mean. Tee
(whom we suspect is T. E. CresSy)
sent in a beauty of a penmans
sketch of a bird, with all those
fine shaded lines RR's always wish
ed he could make. In the birds
beak is a penant, and on the pen
ant in beautifully written letters
\Ais Dale Carnegie Something like
y that makes you wish you hadn't
used a typewriter all your life.
The Volunteers
A trash fire in the yard OF a
Holt avenue home between Seventh
and Eighth streets was by way ol
causing a panic among the women
folks of the neighborhood during
the recent winds until couple oi
volunteer fire fighters arrived, APP
propriated hose, sprayed the
flame and conquered it. They were
George Kinnerson, 3, and John
Kinnerson. T. sons of Mr. and Mrs
George *.
Can't Stay Away
Remember when Charlie Ander-
son pulled out a few years ago tc
take residence on his ranch some
where up near Mono county? RI
N ran into him on the street tothel
Y day.
cant stay away, eh?" jibed RR
Charlie, who was visiting ole
hauntS for a few days, just grinned
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
Cotton Picker
Burns to Death
During Sleep
ENGRAVING

HOLTVILLE, Mar. 15.-Roy Holloway, 45 cotton
picker carrot puller and World veteran burned to
death in his sleep Tuesday morning when cotton sack
tent ignited from homemade candle.
His tent mate. James Trpp. sleeping cot. aMoke to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
BattIe Rages
On Control Of
IVA Inquiry

WASHINGTON, March Is. (UP)-A Democratic Re-
publican coalition today introduced resolution in the
house and senate for comprehensive 10 joint
gressiona investigation of the New Deals Tennessee VAL
ley authority The Identical resolutions drafted
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15
New Frontiers
Of Reich Set in
Hitler Speech
German Military Might Thunders Past
AS Dictator Accepts Nation as
Part of FatherIand

VIENNA March Is. (UP)-(By telephone to London)
The pride of the German goose-sepped past Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler today he formally accepted Austria
the Reich and proclaimed it's future mis-
siOn-O be the frontier of greater Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-15

Butter: Los Angeles, SOC; But
terfat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch
grade A, 3sc; manufacturing milk
33c; route gathered cream 29lsc.
L. A. Hay; U. 5. No. l $1,000
1900; No. 2 leafy S15.00-15.5O; No.
2; S14.OO. Mpls. Flax. May S2.021s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Penalty Oaths' Are of
Several Different Kinds

The saucer wouldn't break, so a
Chinese witness in Cambridge
(England) court had a hard time
promising to tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth. Breaking the dish was his
way of saying his soul also would
break if he lied.
Such oaths, when person swears
to tell the truth under pain of pun
ishment if he lies, are called "pen-
atty oaths," and take many different
forms, observes a writer in the
Washington Post.
For instance, in Assam province,
India, witnesses grasp dog or
chicken cut in half with one blow.
This implies the same fate will
strike them if they testify falsely.
Another Indian region has the
speaker stand within a circle of
rope. He'll rot like rope, it's be-
lieved, if he commits perjury.
Sometimes the head of a tiger,
bear or other fierce animal is
brought to "court" in Siberia and
Africa. Those involved in a suit
call upon the animal to kill them
if they lie.
William the Conqueror swore "by
the splendor of God," and King John
"by Gods teeth"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Black and White

For all practical purposes white
and black are colors, but technically
they are not. White is combina-
ton of all colors, and black, the alb
sence of color. Colors are produced
by the difference in the length of
light waves. We see the longer waves
as red, those little shorter as or
ange, and so on. The shortest
light waves visible appear to the
eye as violet. A red object is one
which absorbs all the light waves
except the red ones; they are reflect
ed back to the eye and produce the
color called red. An orange-col-
ored object is one which absorbs all
the light waves except the orange
ones; they are reflected back to the
eye and produce the color called or
ange, and so on. White consists of
light waves of all lengths-of all
wave lengths mixed together. A
white object is one which reflects all
or nearly all the light waves; and
a black object is one that absorhs
all or nearly all the light waves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
RISING SUN HIGH SCHOOL
BY The Journalism Club
EDITORIAL

The fall athletic season for the
interscholastic sports, field ball and
soccer, has opened. Since the start Of
school our athletic coaches have
worked to place winning teams upon
the field. Have they succeeded? The
accompanying articles, athletic
Prospects," might give q clue. but
only time can really tell.
After all, however, the number OF
games we win is not the only i'm
portant factor. Naturally we are hop
ing for championships, but without
them we could still call the year a
great success.
For the value of athletics lies In
more than winning games. They not
only give exercise, enjoyment, and
variety to school life, but provide
experience in cooperation and re-
sponsibility-traits that will be
needed in later life. Physical COM
bats such as these also tend to de-
velop courage and sportsma nship in
the players.
1t Is these last two traits that
we wish to especially call to atten-
ton. The games, played right, will
bring them out. Brought out they
will prove an asset both to the in
divdual and to the team. For hard,
clean playing can only at times over
come great phsical odds, but can
make a team appear very good in
defeat. In SO doing, that typo of
play gives honor to a team and
school that championship would
not.
Thus we ask the members of our
teams to do their best at all times
but, If their best is not sufficient,
to be good losers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Daddy of the HOLIDAYS

It is to King Edgar that we owe
the holidays which fall at Easter,
Whitsun, and Christmas, as well as
our half-holidays, such as Saturdays,
observes a writer in London Tit
Bits magazine. King Edgar lived
in the Tenth century and was re-
sponsible for many sane laws and
reforms. In his day noon was about
three in the afternoon, at which
hour Nones were recited. Later
Nones were moved to midday and
periodically the people were given
a half-holiday for the purpose Of
praying. Unfortunately in time re-
ligious observance gave way to
boisterous revelry, and the authori-
ties stopped the weekly half-holiday.
1t was not until the Nineteenth
century that half-holidays and GER
tain festivals were observed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
The Presidents Flag

The Presidents flag consists OF
the Presidents seal in bronze, upon
a blue background with a large
white star in each corner. The seal
consists of an eagle, holding ar
rows, symbolic of war, in one claw
and an olive branch, symbolic OF
peace, in the other. The design OF
this seal is in the floor of the en-
trance corridor of the White House.
When the President visits vessel
of the United States, the Presidents
flag is broken at the main the mo-
ment he reaches the deck and is
kept flying as long as he is on board.
When the President is embarked on
a boat he usually directs that his
flag be displayed from the staff in the
bow of his barge. When he passes
in a boat flying his flag, vessels
of the navy parade the full guard,
four ruff1es are given on the drum,
four f1ourishes are sounded on the
bugle, the national anthem is played
by the band, and officers and men
salute.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
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Costa Rica's First Flag
Was of Spanish Country

The flag of Costa RIGA is closely
associated with the history OF that
nation. Costa Ricans take pride IN
recalling that the first flag ever
flown over their lands was that OF
the mother country, Spain. In looo,
the city of Carriage was granted a
scutcheon on which appeared sew
eral castles and lions (the emblem
of Castile) and six black eagles on
a silver field. eide ct Pace" was
the motto on this scutcheon.
When Costa RIGA became inde-
pendent it joined Iturbide's short
lived empire and, therefore, it's first
flag as an independent nation was
that of Mexico. However, history
tells US that this flag was never
raised over Costa Rican territory,
says the Washington Post.
When the Central American fed
GRAFTON was formed, Costa RIGA, be.
ing one of it's components, adopted
it's colors: Two horizontal blue
stripes separated by white stripe
Later on, the national flag was
modified in several respects and
finally, when complete independ-
ence was achieved, the present
flag was adopted. This flag and the
national coat of arms were adopted
by means of a decree dated Sep
TENDER %, 1848.
The national Costa Rican flag has
five horizontal stripes, of which the
uppermost and lowermost are blue,
the next two white and the center
one red and of twice the width OF
the others. The national coat OF
arms appears in the center of the
white stripe.
The Costa Rican flag brings to
the mind the ties that bind the sis
ter republics of Central America,
and pays homage to those who spent
their lives in the service of the ma
ton. And the rays of the rising sun
symbolic the brilliant future that
the people believe awaits their coun-
try.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Mustard Grows Everywhere

No spice or condiment has long
er history than the mustard seed.
Probably in ancient days next to
salt it was used more than any
other seasoning. The reason for
this lies in the fact that it is a
cosmopolitan plant and grows in
many places. The tiny seeds, which
may be brown or yellow, are used
in their own form for splicing pickles
and fruits and for a few other pur-
poses. The ground mustard flour
which we know as dry mustard is one
of our staple condiments. Then we
have a large variety of mixed mus
tards which vary in flavor, both on
account of the kind of mustard
which is their base and because of
the liquids which are used to blend
them. This is often vinegar and
sometimes wine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Hand of Dead King-Saint,
Steph n, on Exhibition

One of the worlds few historically
authentic holy relics is the miracu-
lousy preserved right hand of Hun
gary's king-saint, Stephen, who died
900 years ago. Each year on St.
Stephens day the holy right hand
is paraded through the streets of
Buda, the older half of the Magyar
twin-city on the Danube, in a pro-
cession that is generally regarded
as Europe's most gorgeous and i'm
pressive annual pageant event, &C.
cording to correspondent in the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
King Stephen was canonized in
1888. His tomb was then opened and
the saints body in the great alabas-
ter sarcophagus was found in state
of complete preservation in a fra
grant pink liquid of mysterious orr
gin that filled the coffin.
The Hungarian king, Ladislas,
who was present, ordered the right
hand of Stephen be put in a precious
ly wrought container and a parch-
ment bearing the inscription, "This
is the Holy Right of Glorious King
Stephen the Apostolic" placed in
its grasp.
The relic is in the same state in
which it was found. 1t is some
what darker than in life, but the
flesh and structure are intact, and
it has neither turned to stone, as
does anything petrified, nor shriv-
eled as mummified bodies do. The
fingers and thumb are slightly
fexed. The hand rests on a red
velvet cushion within tabernacle
of gold and glass. A gold band en-
circles the wrist, which extends for
several inches above the hand.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Are Sin, Disease, and Death
Real?" will be the subject Of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches Of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, Oct 8.
The Golden Text will be from
Jer. 3O:17: II will restore health
unto thee, and will heal thee thy
wounds, saith the Lord"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Luke SPA:
But that We may know that the
Son of man hath power on earth to
forgive sins, he saith unto the sick
of the palsy, say unto thee, Arise,
and go into thine house. And i'm
mediately he rose up before them"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 1873: 1.-THE
supremacy of Spirit was the founda-
ton on which Jesus built"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07

in the Midland Journal last week.
AS can be seen from It, the four
teams of Perryville, Calvert, KEN
more and Rising Sun play one an
other for the division" champion
ship, the winner meeting the victor
from the other division for the Coun-
ty Championship.
Although this is, in all ways, q
new year, the past can often give
fairly accurate preview of the flu
ture. IL it proves to be so this fall,
the fieldball girls may prepare for
another successful campaign, but
the outlook for our soccer boys is
not as good. For over the past two
years, the fieldball team has twice
been in the Championship game,
once coming out victorious, while
over the same period our boys
gained only third and second places.
However from the immediate past
for last years team improved, game
after game, until 1t climaxed the
year by beating the previously un-
defeated Perryville In the last game,
GA.
Four members of last years Soc
Ger team is retained this year; the
girls keep several. A more noticeable
improvement should be seen in Soc
Ger, for we now have our coach, Mr..
Warren, with us the entire week.
This is great help, and combined
with what appears to be fairly
good material, may be enough to
break the Suns poor soccer jinx".
The recent record of our field ball
team indicates what may be expect
ed of them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Art of Glassmaking Has
Long Survived in Venice

Glassmaking has been associated
with the Venetians for more than
700 years. In the city of Venice
since about the year 1000 glassmak-
ers have expressed in their designs
something of the splendor of the
city, it's gayety and sparkling color.
The guild of glassmakers was es-
tablished on the Island of Murano
in the Adriatic during the l2O0s.
The furnaces have never been trans
ferred from that little hidden spot
and the industry has had continu-
Gus history that is full of interest
both on the artistic and human side.
Glassmaking reached high devel-
opment in Venice during the Cru
sades and continued all through the
days of Venetian power and glory.
Through days of misfortune in the
history of this city, notes Alice R.
Rollins in the Los Angeles Times,
the furnaces at one time were al
most extinguished, but in the Nine
teenth century the craft was re-
vived and many of the early tradi-
tons which had been preserved
were followed.
More than any other of the arts
that were brought to such high de-
velopment in Venice, glassmaking
seems to have been a peculiar prod
uct of her environment. 1t is char
acterized by gracefulness in form
and an especial ethereal quality in
color and texture. It seems to take
on something of the charm of the
sea and the softly sparkling atmos-
phere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Monument Near Montreal
Paws Tribute to Heroine

No episode in Canadian history is
more stirring than that of the val
liant defense of fort in the pic
turesque Canadian village of Yer
cheres against marauding band OF
Iroquois Indians about $50 years ago
by fourteen-year-old girl, recalls
a writer in the Boston Herald.
Madeleine de Vercheres is the
heroine's name and her epic feat
is commemorated by monument
to her honor. 1t stands, only a
short distance from the ruins OF the
fort she defended, at the edge OF
the st. Lawrence river, 10 miles be-
low Montreal on the south shore
of the river.
The fort and blockhouse at Yer
cheres were besieged in the summer
of 1890 by band of Iroquois who
massacred the Inhabitants" working
in the fields. The Seigneur of Yer
cheres and his lady were away but
their fourteen-year-old daughter,
Madeleine, determined to hold the
lOTL. lIllS SHE ulu lOl WCCh uii'ii
the fort was relieved, being aided
in her courageous stand by gar
rison" consisting of an old man OF
eighty years, her two brothers, aged
twelve and ten, and two cowardly
soldiers. The Indians supposed that
the fort was held by strong garrl-
son and dared not make direct
attack. They prowled about until
a force from Montreal drove them
away.
The following account of the de-
tense of Vercheres given by Made
leine herself appears in standard
Canadian history books: II placed
my brothers on two of the bastions,
the old man on the third, and took
the fort. All night in spite of wind,
snow and hail, the cries of 'AlPs
we'll were kept up. One could have
thought the place was full of sol
diers may say with truth that
l did not eat or sleep for twice "a
hours but kept always on the bas-
tons. kept cheerful and smiling
face to encourage my little COM
pany with hope of speedy succor."