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Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation Says
- Good Intentions No Excuse for CareIessness

1t is a long time since anyone
has accepted Il didn't know it
was loaded" as a satisfactory eX-
cuse for a shooting And it may
be that one reason why our auto
mobile traffic death toll is at last
going down is the fact that a
similar healthy skepticism is being
developed toward the excuses Of
fered by motorists.
A case in point occurred the
other day in Fresno, Calf, where
a young man was sent to Jail for
80 days because he fell asleep while
driving his car.
The mans family was moving,
and he was transporting household
goods back and forth. 1t got to be
late at night, and he was, naturally
enough, very tired and droWSy.
He dozed off while driving along
the road. His car swerved and hit
a truck. His niece, riding in the
car with him, was killed, and the
young man was held on a charge
of manslaughter.
Now the point is that this driver,
in a sense, was as blamelesS as a
man could be. He hadn't been in
toXicated, nor had he been speed
ing or breaking any traffic laws.
He was a good lad, and the district
attorney asked that leniency be
shown. But the judge remarked:
The fact remains that he was
negligent in driving while sleepy.
1t is the duty of drivers to stop
their automobiles before they go
to sleep. A sleepy or droWSy
driver is a menace to the public. "
So the young man has to spend
a month in jail, where he can
mediate ON the need for eternal
vigilance at the steering wheel.
Simple enough, all of this-and
hardly worth comment, except that
it does highlight little truth that
We can too easily overlook
The man who is driving an au-
tomobile has Il ton and q half of
steel rolling along the highway.
He may have the best intentions
in the world, but if for any reason
at all it gets out of his control,
somebody is going to get hurt. He
may be guilty of nothing more
heinous than doing for five sec
ondS-but the effect can be as bad
as if he were a homicidal maniac
possessed of a meat-aX. And the
only possible rule that can be laid
down is that he has no business
getting behind the wheel if any
thing is going to interfere with
his ability to drive his car safely.
1t has taken us a long time to
learn this lesson, but it is soaking
in slowly. And when we get it di-
gested, we may be able to go on
from there and realize that the
same sort of truth applies to all
of our activities in the modern
world
For this whole age of machinery
with its mass production lines, it,
speedy communications, it's intri.
cate web of financial and politica
relationships, is careening alon!
the highway of history like {
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
An Economists
Viewpoint
By John T. Flynn

As the year has come to a close
one wonders what has become of
the great Public Works program of
over a billion dollars authorized
last June, which was to lift the
country out of the recession then
going along merrily. Although over
a billion dollars was authorized,
only 60 million OF that money has
actually been spent.
For several months after June,
almost weekly announcements were
made giving huge totals of pro-
jects that were authorized. The
impression got around that q vast
pouring of public funds into public
works, instead of WPA, was TO
be the administration final bid
tor reroVery.
Then an announcement was
made that all Of the vast sum
had been authorized and there
was no more left. The WPA al
preparation was purposely kept
down because PWA was to take
up the load as the days went on.
But now WPA funds are practi-
cally exhausted and PWA is still
far from being under way. For 68
million dollars in six months is
only about II million a month,
hardly as much as the government
spends in the most prosperous per-
iods
Rumors have got around that
PWA funds are being purposely
held back in order to have them
available for military construction
when congress meets. The argu-
ment will be strong that the arma-
ment plan will thus cost very
little more than the funds already
provided.
But in the meantime, what be-
comes of government expenditures
is any validity in the claim that
for relief and work relief? If there
public works expenditures will pro-
duce recovery. then is it not plain
that any plan which tends to divert
them into war expenditures will
postpone their expenditure and
postpone recovery?
SIA years dSO Illt IItSlQtllI,
when the first PWA money was
appropriated, was urged to go in
for loW-coSt housing. This he re-
fused to do Here and there few
housing projects have been built
at costs and at rental rates which
put them completely beyond the
reach of the low income groups.
Had the President six years ago
put behind a real low cost housing
program one-half the energy that
was expended on the ill-starred
NRA and other almost forgotten
adventures, the government would
have something tangible in assets
for the money it has spent; the
people would be we'll on the way
to the solution of one of our most
serious problems.
We would now know something
perhaps about loW-cost housing
construction. But now, six years
after the New Deal began, it is a
little late to talk about housing.
1t ought to be inaugurated, even
at this late day, but it will take
years to develop it to the point at
which it would be developed had
the golden opportunity been seized
in 1888. Now, apparently we are
to have battleships instead OF
houses
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
Editorials and Comment
THURSDAY, JANUARY s. 1899
D ALE CAR NEGIE

sleepy little boy lying on a couch
in a farmhouse in Northwestern
Missouri while my mother read
that book aloud to me. She read
many other books aloud to me also.
And in that way stimulated my
imagination and developed in me
the desire to learn.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt re-
Gently told me that his mother had
read Pilgrims Progress and
"Ivanhoe' and scores of other
books aloud to him as a child. His
mother and father instilled in him
a love for poetry even before he
was old enough to read. when
father was dressing for dinner" he
said. I'VE children used to gather
in his room while he amused us
by reciting to us. In this way,
learned nearly all OF "The Rhyme
of the Three Sealers" and a dozen
other poems"
The love of poetry that he ac-
quired from hearing his parents
recite has endured all through life
says Colonel Roosevelt. When my
brother. Kermit, and I were travel
ing in Central Asia, the verses that
our mother and father had taught
us to love stood us in mighty good
stead. AS we rode mile after mile
over the sandy limitless deserts, or
through wild mountain defileS, we
chanted poems together. The land
of Genghis Khan often resounded
to the Saga of King Olaf" or
Ulysses
The Colonel told me that one
night during the World War while
moving up to the battle of Sois-
sons. he and another officer, Dab
ney Kern, whiled away the hours
repeating their favorite poems
while the truck chugged and slith-
cred in the mud. Dabney Kern was
killed in battle the next day. The
last night he had on this earth. he
spent reciting victorious, exalting
poems.
If you want your children to
have love of good literature, read
interesting stories aloud to them
when they are young, and recite
to them resounding poems that
will Sing in their memories for
years.
My friend, Pierre Bonin, treas
urer of the Union Bag & Paper
company, interviews hundreds of
applicants for positions yearly; he
tells me that many college gradu-
ates refuse to begin by doing me-
nial work After studying Latin,
higher mathematics, and philoso-
ply for four years, they aspire to
start as an assistant to some exec
utiVe. What mistakel Young man,
decide what business you want to
enter and then begin at the bot
tom. That kind of practical eXper-
ience will help to make you an
executive later on that you could
never hope to become by superb
cial knowledge gained halfway up
the ladder.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
Photographs

The worlds largest sponge mar
ket is at Tarpon Springs, 30 miles
north of St Petersburg, Fla
The Daughters of the American
Revolution are directing a refores-
tation campaign. The Daughters
are going to buy the trees-"penny
pines they are called-and the
Civilian Conservation Corps will
care for and plant them under the
supervision OF the United States
forestry service.
In Switzerland, May, not June,
is the favorite month in which
TO be married.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05

speeding automobile. 1t requires our
constant attention and our best
skill. We may have the best in
tentions in the world, but if We
let the thing get out of control
the results will be disastrous.
The world is moving at automo-
bile speed not at horse -and-bug-
gy pace. If we fail to take charge
of it, it will take charge of u.s.
Like that man in the auto, we
can't afford to doze even for a
moment.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
TOUGH BREAK FOR J. L.

This was a tough November for John
L. Lewis and the CIO. The radical labor
organization centered its efforts in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Michigan. Earle, Saw
yer and Murphy, its three particular
pets, were overwhelmingly defeated.
Nat Republic.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
STOP Coughing
and Stop 1t NOW
Enjoy A Good Nights Rest


BUCKLEY'S MIXTURE certainly
makes short work Of relieving those
stubborn old hang-on coughs and
colds that other cough remedies fail
10 bulge, according to Mr. II. A.
Allen.
Nr. Allen says: "For years I suf-
fcred every WiIter with u terrible
cough. . have had mnny sIcepIess
nights aud cOughed until tears ran.
and my stomach acbed. ! started
again with the same old "ongh this
year hut after few doses Of
BI CkLEI'S MIXTURE my cough
was gone"
You cant 20 wrong on BUCK
LFY'S-by far the largcst-scIIng
cough medicine in all cold Canada.
One or two doses and stubborn
tough hang-1n coughs are often on
their way And it's only a few
cents at druggists everywhere.
Money back If not delighted.
CLEMENTS DRUG STORE
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05

| n a II perhaps
any other o n e
thing?
refer to a
pleasure tn a t
need cost you
nothing. That of
reading to them
before they are
old enough to
read for them
selves. and read
ing with them
later.
ON 81 of I n a
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05

There are all kinds of ways OF
making the news. Consider Vice
President Garner who keeps his
mouth shut, gees to bed very night
at nine o'clock and crashes Page
One regularly.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05

things for which I am most CRATE
ful to my mother is that she Gre
ated in me. when I was very young,
a love for reading.
I never think of Uncle Toms
Cabin" without seeing mYself as a
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05

Are you who are fortunate enough
TO be parents availing yourself of
a very simple. yet very important
pleasure that will do more to exert
your influence on your children
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
One Minute Test Answers

!. Deer.
.. The last work of an author,
artist OF composer. 1t alludes to
the old belief that n swan sings
beautifully when it feels it is dy-
ing.
3. CormOrants. They are trained
in China and parts OF Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
Barbs--. --.

DR.. Ralph Willard settled out OF
court his plagiarism suit against Il
movie company he charged used
his scenario, Frozen Alive" for a
picture. Probably settled for cold
cash.
Free translation of Japan's new
Orient for the OrientalS' policy
China for the japanese.
Hygienic note from war torn
Spain: A dirty shirt in a suitcase
led to uncovering of spy ring IN
the insurgent government.
A Memphis, Tenn, woman has
had two appendices removed with
in three years. Have you seen my
operations"
Weeks most encouraging news:
A Detroit judge ordered psyche
pathic examination for an autoist
who coyly admitted he was a iit-
terbug.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

One-Minute Test
l. What animals have no gall
bladder?
?. What is swan song?
g. What birds are trained to
catch fish for their masters?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05

japanese cherry trees differ
from our own orchard variety in
not bearing fruit. They are mere
ly decorative.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
TOday'S Horoscope

The person born in this day is
clever, original and energetic. He
will be fortunate and successful.
The coming year will be most
eventful for such persons. They
must work hard but will gam much
from their labors. initiative and
originality.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
Words OF Wisdom

The chains of habit are general
ly too small to be felt until they
are toe strong to be broken. -
Johnson.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05
Hints OH Etiquette

Hints on Etiquette
The lettering of the invitation
to a 25th or silver wedding ami
Versary should be done in silver.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-05

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-24
CIaudete Colbert AT Maryland, Monday In midnight
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
IN TECHNICOLOR
"The Little Princess" APP
pearing at Maryland
Thursday

Chosen as the one story that
came closest to being adequate to
the amazing talent of Shirley
Temple, and the ideal subject fOr
her first Technic0lor vehicle goth
Century Fox's screen version OF
Frances Hodgson Burnett's inn
mortal classic, The Little Prin-
cess" comes to the Maryland
Theatre next Thursday Friday
and Saturday.
Produced on a more pretentiOuS
scale than any previous Shirley
Temple film advance reports haye
acclaimed The Little Princess
not only the dimpled stars finest
picture, but one Of the truly great
films Of all time.
Daryl F. Zanuck in charge Of
production, assembled an imp0s
ing supporting cast headed b.
Greene and Anita Louise Of the
romantic leads and including Ian
Hunter, Cesar Romero, Arthur
Preacher, Mary Nash, Sybl Jaso1
Miles Mander and Marcia Ma
Jones. Gene Markey was ap
pointed associate producer and
Walter Lang was handed the
Notwithstanding assignment.
During the week Of wardrob
and makeup tests before the pic
ture started shooting, a controver-
sy waged between Director Lang
and the Technic0Ior experts over
whether or not Shirley would
wear makeup The color experts
insisted that no star had ever APP
peared before a Technicolor cam
era without benefit of makeup
and that Shirley would prove no
exception.
Lang was right. The test Of
Shirley without benefit of makeup
proved the best and the star ap-
pears without makeup throughout
the picture.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-24
NEW Al ACCOUNTING PLAN
COVERS FARM AND CROPS

Account keeping takes on a new
interest this year for All Club
boys and girls in Maryland and
other states as a result Of an an
nouncement which has just been
made by the National Committee
on Boys and Girls Club Work. In
stead of an all inclusive farm
record keeping project. surh as
has been promoted during the
last five years, during 1889 con-
test will be offered in three divi-
home accounts, and crop enter
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-24

sions - regular farm accounts,
prise accounts, under the supervi-
sion Of county and state extern
sion agents.
Last year II Maryland boys
won more than 500 in prizes.
These records in many cases have
aided the fathers Of the boys in
checking financial leaks Oh the
farm.
[ believe the first test of truly
great man is his humility.-Rus-
kin.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-24

There is no policy like polite
ness; and a good manner is the
best thing in the world, either to
get a good name or to supply the
want of it.-Lord Lytton.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-24

New York, N. Y - IT'S TRUE! that a preview of
of the fastest in the indianapolis
will be in Burn En- Up OCOnOr' MGMs racing
murder mystery says Wiley Padan. Some internationally
famous drivers will be the speedway like
Fred Frame, Kelly Petillo Rer Mays, Louis Meyer,
Hanks, Karl Young Fred Friday, Bob
starcy Pat Cunningham ROnnie Householder
This picture is showing the Academy today
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-24
Bobby's Trap
BY Mary Wilder Pease

I made a snare of steel and wood
And hid it near the garden wall.
There's furry folk that love the
place,
Dad says, "There's food enough
for all"
These furry folk have padded
paws
And coats like balls of thistle
down.
1t was cruel thing T made
And left behind the grasses
brown.
''7EEsH 'Fs'f Fry'r9v
I'm lying safe within my bed
With covers tucked in for the
night,
But Oh! I cannot sleep, because
I'm thinking of squirrels
plight
I hear sad noises in the wind,
Perhaps rabbits cry of pain.
Tomorrow I will break that trap
And never build a snare again
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-24

Cast forth thy act, thy word,
into the everything, ever-working
universe; it is a seed-grain that
cannot die; unnoticed today, it
will be found flourishing as ban,
yam grove-perhaps alas! as a
hemlock forest = after a thous-
and years.-Carlyle.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23

On the second day Of the meeting
Mr., Hayes announced that Candy
.Tiua' Taylor would be the manager.
for the birmingham entry. II was
also announced that Redus, OUT
fielder of the Chicago American
Giants would manage the Giants
next season.
Representatives of the Negro Ma
tional League who were present III
cluded Tom Wilson, president OF
the league and owner of the Balti-.
more Elite Giants, Mrs. Abe Man.
lev. owner of the Newark Eagles
AID sum Pose yof the Homestead
Grays. Mrs. Manley recommended
judge HASTE, Dean of the Howard
University Law School, as commits
sioner, this the league rejected and
elected their own commissioner
Major Jackson has served well as
president of The league and is well
up on all matters pertaining to,
baseball and should prove an eX-
celIent commissioner.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
Letter Is
Continued from Page l)

Continued from Page il
eral attempts to secure sucll an
appointment.
1t has been runored, however,
that a supoena will be iss1ed by
the congressional committee on
WPA for Congressman Mitchell
to appear before it early N jan
uary.
According to information, Mr..
Mitchell has made no effort to
Geny the charges agalnsv MN,
most of which have oecr giVel
full publicity in the Chicago press,
as far back as November II ana
even on November "a, when edi-
tolials on the subject were printed.
DEMOS ON SPOT
One. representative of the gcv-
ernmental agencies in discussing
the situation declared:
'Mr. Mitchell's action has put
the whole Democratic. administra-
ton on the spot. To think that
we should have man who would
do such a thing Is unthlnkable
and places a mark upon him.
In discussing the situation wit
the department of justice and the
FBI. spokesmen for those two
powerful organizations indicated
they had no official information
III the matter and were unpre-
pared to make a statement at the
present and knew nothing OF the
affair.
In discussing the situation with
Alfred E. Smith, he said:
1.-THE WPA has an express poll
cy of not interfering with work.
els voting The workers vote as
thev feel, but coercion on the part
of an employe, seeking to intiu-
ence a workers vote, means m
slant dismissal if brought to the
attention of the WPA authorities.
Widespread publicity is being
given the political situation in Its
entirety in Chicago, with special
emphasis upon the first ward
during the Congressional election
of 1898.
Variously reported as being out
of the city in a sanitarium in
Nashville. Tenn, and as being In
tie city, Mr.. Mitchell could not
be contacted at the time this
story was released for a state
nent.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
Birmingham Back In
NEGRO American Loop

been an outstanding need for such
an office, but the owners of the
various clubs had not seen fit to
create the office until this meet
ing. Other officers elected or rath-
or reelected were j. L. Wilkerson
of Kansas City. treasurer and
Frank (Fay) Young secretary.
The following cities were repre-
sented at the meeting: Birming-
ham, Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas
City Memphis, st. Louis and To-
ledo T. H. Hayes Jr. local NOR
tician and business man was grant,
ed the franchise at Birmingham
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
BY SAM r. BROWN

BIRMINGHAM. Ala.-(SNS)-
The Negro American League of
baseball clubs met in two day
session last Friday and Saturday
in Chicago. After all the fireworks
and reports had been disseminat-
ed the results were a new presi-
dent DR.. j. B. Martin, former vice
president and president of the
Memphis Red SoX and the office OIL
commissioner Of baseball, retiring
president, Major II r. Jackson
The commissioners office was
newly created, of course there had
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
Africans Raise Funds To Buy
BattIeship For Great Britain

JOHANNESBURG, s. Africa-( (ANP)-P. A. Gajana
and p E. Lemeke of johannesburg in charge of drive
among Native to buy battleshp for Great Britain
have sent out appeal for funds. The circular says:
'If every determines to contribute every month
towards this fund will be able to buy battle
ship to be made, to honour and loyalty to the British
Empire. AS of DID, when battle sounded fore
fathers nevered to the but took their weapons to
defend themselves annhilate the enemy
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
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Evening star., 1939-06-30
Waitress Uniform
And Suicide Note
Found Near River
Police Begin Seorch
To Check Identity
BY Laundry Marks

A waitress uniform and . note
indicating suicide signed Jean
Graves" were found today about
100 yards from the Tea House on
Hams Point.
Wrapped tightly in the slightly
used, white uniform were a pair Of
heel-strap slippers. an unidentified
picture of a pretty brunette woman,
about % years old. and the note,
scribbled on a piece of brown paper.
The note read:
L, Jean Graves. hereby take my
life and no one is responsible" The
signature was Phoebe CD Jean
Graves" and a postscript said: Il
love my little darling Bootsie." The
first name was barely legible but de-
tectives deciphered it as phoebe. :"
The bundle was found under a
maple tree about IS feet from the
waters edge by a colored park en-
ploye, Edward Brooks, 1905 Kenyon
street NV.
Other than laundry marks there
was no Identification on the uni
form. Police Immediately began
checking laundries in an effort to
identify the owner of the articles.
Harbor police dispatched boats to
Hains Point to begin dragging the
surrounding water bottom with
graphing hooks.
At headquarters detectives were
checking the missing persons files
and comparing photographs with
that found in the bundle.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Kennedy Sees Allen
Today on Pushing
D. {. Reorganization
Commissioners Views
On Revised Plan
= Are Sought

Plans for rushing the long pro-
posed District government reorgani-
zation plan through Congress be-
fore adjournment are to be dis
cussed today at conference be-
tween Commissioner George E. Allen
and Representative Kennedy, Dem
ocrat, of Maryland
AS chairman of the Reorganiza-
ton Subcommittee of the House
District Committee, Mr.. Kennedy
called the conference, primarily to
get Commissioner Aliens indorse-
ment of various features of the mod
ernization plan as revised in ac-
cordance with the wishes of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The President reappointed Mr.
Allen as Commissioner chiefly to
direct the carrying out of any re-
organization plan that Congress
may approve.
Mr.. Kennedy said he proposed to
discuss with Commissioner Allen
the details of the latest revised edi-
ton of the reorganization bill. After
the conference Mr.. Kennedy will
introduce the bill.
The principal feature of the re-
vised reorganization plan calls for
board Of commissioners of five
members appointed by the President
as the governing body, and a city
manager or city administrator who
would assume the administrative
duties of the present Board of Com
missioners.