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Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
Building Activity Falls Behind 1898
Pace as Permits Total S40b,b39

mately $500, according to Aubrey
Moody, builder. Other permits were
issued for alteration and repair jobs
Builders Supply company an
nounced the start of work on q
new Highway Patrol office building
on Main street. Mark McClelland
will contract work on the ribcrete
structure. The building will con-
tain lobby, two private offices, a
store room and a connecting garage.
Builders Supply reported that the
Waldo Simpson home at 5th and
El Centro and Chester Irving resi-
dence at 9th and Len Rey were
ready for plaster.
Gavin lumber reported progress
on the Gilmore Oil station in Cal
exico and the Aaron Afford home
in El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
INTEND TO WED

INTEND TO WE'D
A notice of their intention to
marry was filed in the county clerks
office Friday by Albert Romero
Mead, "a, Los Angeles, and Lenore
Lopez, 81, Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
Veterans Must Ask
Compensation Soon

World War veterans must file
applications for their adjusted COM
pensation before Jan. l or it will be
lost to them forever, Phil Holman
veterans service officer, said Satur-
day.
The veterans have had more than
20 years to file their applications
and have had many extensions vot-
ed them by congress, he said. The
last congress failed to vote another
extension.
Applications may be made with
Holman in the welfare office on
the top floor of the county court
house in El Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03

Harmony between the interior OF
new home and the exterior ap-
pointments can add materially to
the Inability of California home,
One of the most important fac
tors to be considered in choosing a
new home should be the sunlight
in the home and the arrangement
of recreational space on the grounds.
In the home such factors include
wall-space- saving corner windows,
Placing of principal rooms on the
sunny side of the dwelling. Orient
alton of rooms to combine privacy
with accessibility to the entrances.
Arrangement of outdoor space
should consider opportunity to land
scape for lawn, shrubs, flowers and
yet provide locations for badfmin-
ton courts, a sun court or patio,
and yard for children. This can Of
ten be accomplished by the purchase
of a lot to fit the type of home
desired by buyer.
Lots which are oblong, square or
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
Three Divorces
Awarded Here

Three interlocutory divorce de-
crees were granted in superior court
Friday, one for Wilful neglect, one
for extreme cruelty, and one fol
habitual intemperance.
Sinah Garcia obtained a decree
from Evaristo Garcia and was
granted permission to use her maid.
en- name, Sinah Engles. The de-
cree was granted on the grounds
of wilful neglect.
Extreme cruelty was the basis of
the decree granted Margaret Sur :
giner from James T. Surginer. Mil :
lam Lucille Riggle was granted a
divorce from Walter Gail Riggle on
the grounds of habitual intemper-
ance.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
January CCCList
Open TO Enronees

Applications for the CCC enroll
ment in January may be made now
with Phil Holman, county welfare
director, in his office in the court
house, he announced Saturday.
Young men between the ages of
II and % years will be accepted for
enrolment if they pass other quail
fications, he said.
The government ordered month
ly allotment of $22 to the families
of enrolles and So to the enrolle
himself
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
II Wasn't Knife
Declares Accused

HOLTVILLE, Dec. 2.-"T h a I
wasn't knife I was waving. 1t was
paper was Silvestro Calaboso's de-
fense when he was taken into JUS
tice court here Friday on a charge
of assaulting u. R. Stroh, ranch
foreman, with knife last week.
end.
The foreman accused the islander
of threatening him with knife
and trying to stab one of his truck
drivers.
Calaboso was ordered to trial in
superior court. He was released on
$3.50 bail.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
THE MOST WORTHWHILE
THING IN LIFE IS TO
"0WN YOUR OWN HOME"

El Centro's building activity drop
ped behind the 1888 pace during
the past week when permits totaling
$5085 boosted the seasonal mark to
$406,639 as compared with $423, ,478
on the same date one year ago.
Biggest permit of the week was
issued to Mr.. and Mrs. M. ]. Zavala
for new residence on $50 Brigh-
ton. The home will cost approx
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
Miller to Speak
Here Monday

Allen Miller, registrar of con-
tractors, will be principal speaker
at a meeting of Imperial Valley
builders at the chamber of COM
merce offices Monday night at 7:30.
The meeting is not restricted to
building trade members, according
to officers of the valley organiza-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
DAMAGES ASKED
FOR AUTO CRASH

Lawrence E. Sinclair filed a suit
against Claude Childers Friday for
damages he alleged his automobile
suffered in a traffic accident on
Central Valley highway last Jan. 7.
Sinclair alleged Childers' car crowd
ed his car off the highway and into
a drainage canal.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-03
Jones Appointed
Valley Distributor

Philip Jones has been appointed
distributor for the Rainier Hard
Water Softener in Imperial Valley,
according to j. L. Burton, company
official
Jones is also distributor for
Westco pumps in Ell Centre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04

also indicates quite clearly that our state college has arrived at full manhood.
 Many of our citizens were aware of the broadening influences of the school at Storrs for some years past, but the aver age citizen has not taken the interest he should have in this fine institution From a small land-grant school it has expanded until now it reaches the magnitude of a university. It confers degrees in many subjects; it is recognized enthusiastically. For some years past the Legislature has felt the influence of the college, for the demands for proper financing became so insistent and backed by such weight that they couldn't be ignored
 Today our state college boasts not merely the name of university, but grad ually it is assuming the general outlines of one. Its physical properties are being increased and modernized. That is as it should be, for if the tsate is to maintain a university, it must do so with proper regard for the student and instructor. No huge private endowments are ours, but public sentiment and public support will take their place. University of Connec- ticut is our own school for our boys and girls. We must make it the equal of any ir the land.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
No Literary "Bests"

The various committees picking out the nations "best" literary works of 1888 have had a hard time The Pulitzer awards will not be known until May, but in the meantime we have the results of a poll taken by the Saturday Review among critics, reviewers and editors of America" Fifty-seven people from all parts of the country participated in the ballotting. They were supposed to name four ''bests", in the fields of biography, the novel, history and poetry. They named more than seventy-two different books.
 Votes were scattered over so many authors and titles that only five votes chose the winner in history and second place was won by four. The biography winner, Carl Van Doren's Benjamin Franklin, actually received a majority of the votes in it's field, 46 out of 56. And Mrs. Rawlings captured 26 out of 54 votes for 'The Yearling". In poetry, however, as in history, so many different books were named that first place was won by eight votes and two books tied for second with only four votes each.
 Does this mean that the United States is so rich in first-rate literature these days thatscritics can't pick single "best" in any field, or that standards are so con- fused that the votes don't mean anything? Posterity will have to answer that ques- ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
Best of Good Neighbors

To paraphrase Master Shakespeare, some countries achieve anity with thelr neighbors, some are born friendly, and some have peaceful relationship thrust upon them. But in the relations between the United States and Canada, both are fortunate in being bound by all three conditions We have achieved mutually cordial relations by 100 years of their con- scious development, we are born naturally friendly and in key with one another, and our geographical and economic relation ships thrust us one upon the other in so emphatic way that any but the most friendly relations would be ridiculous.
 Often we take this relationship for granted so accustomed to it have we be- come. We strive to improve relations with Mexico Central and South America, which is eminently proper. But we are apt to take Canada for granted, ana she us. We seldom think about the inter- weaving of desiny that is drawing ire sistibly together the two great countries: When Presiednt Roosevelt gave renewed assurance that the United States stood ready to defend Canada against any for eign invasion, nobody was much surprised He only said what everybody knew would be the case in practice anyway
 Obviously neither country could feel aafe if a foreign force got foothold in the other What Pacific war could be inn agined that would not concern Canada equally with the United States? 1nterna- tional affairs, especially those of the last go years, have been putting the two coun- tries, even more emphatically than they have put all the American countries, into the same boat. It would not be at all sur prising to see Canada some day partlcl- pant in Pan-American conferences, from which her status as an empire domlnlOn has hitherto barred her.
 But we also sometimes forget that the trade between the United States and Canada is per cent of all world trade, and greater than that between any other two countries While U. S. exports to China in 1887 were under 50 millions, Canada was taking more than 500 mill lions in American goods. She was mean while sending back about 400 millions. And this apparently unfavorable balance was more than made up by U. s. tourist traffic going into Canada, estimated for 1888 at 150 millions.
 One-third of all U. S. foreign long-term investments are in Canada, nearly four billions, but that is no one-Way affair, for Canada has invested at least billion Ill the United States. So closely lnterWoven a relationship as this needs no political ties, and no formal alliances to empha- size that the two great countries are growing closer as each year passes, ana that in respect to certain phases of for eign relations they are, and must be, one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
Frank P. Walsh

The death of Frank P. Walsh reveals to many what an unselfish life this man led From the time he left school to study law he devoted himself to interests which he thought demanded help. He was con- Sistent until his death this week in New York City. In these hectic days perusal of his life story is so refreshing. Here was life of accomplishment, one of purpose. Fine principles were instilled in the youthful Frank P. Walsh and he never lost sight of them.
 His activities were many and varied, but usually could be boiled down to few general pursuits. As lawyer he devoted tireless energy to the cause of American labor. He defended it in the courts of the land; he fought for it before legislative and deliberative bodies. A great pride in race was also Frank Walsh'S. That must have actuated him back in the days when he was donating his services in an effort to secure Irish independence.
 Oddly enough he was never candidate for public office, although he held many offices of trust and responsibility. When the history of the labor movement in the United States is written some day, the name of Walsh will have to be used with frequency. He secured many rights for them that today are regarded as naturally theirs, but which were hard fought issues. He fought against odds all during his career as a labor lawyer He died re- spected, admired, and highly regarded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
TENOR SCALES HIGH
 IN ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The popular credo that tenors are aesthetic souls who weep in their martinis and keen falsetto notes into silver-plated micro phones, doesn' tgo for Lanny Ross, who is making the youngsters swoon in a Broadway cinema palace.
 The tall and photogenic Lanny is lady's dream man. Give him a bucking broncho, fighting marlin, pitchers mitt on sand- lot, tennis racquet, bid him go to-and he'll forget all about sweet song. He is quite lad.
 A professional vaudevillian at two. Che was carried on in a bas- ket), a Shakespeare declaimer at 5, he made his real debut on a New York street corner selling Liberty bonds. At Yale, he was star member of the track team, qualified for the Olympic games, led the Glee club and edited the college paper.
 Catholic in his tastes, he has worked in a night club, in stock company, and in Carnegie and Town Halls (where he gave seri- ous concerts).
 He lives on the East river bank, next to Orson Welles, with whom he often sings duets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04

We still can't see any need for levying toll on the completed section of the Merritt Parkway to provide funds to start construction of the Wilbur L. Cross Park way. Yet serious attention is being given to this matter and even legislative circles are getting interested. There's only one answer to such proposal. Tolls are col lected to pay for a bridge or road over which the motorist is passing They are not collected, we hope, to provide funds to build new roads. Placing such the ory on the toll system is the surest way to kill off this possible means of financing some proposed new bridges in Connecti- cut. We are going to be able to pay for the Merritt Parkway with bonds already issued for that purpose. Their retire ment is also taken care of. Why not then center attention on tolls for bridge over the Housatonic and similar other proj- ectS?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
TAPPING PAPERS TELEHONE WIRE

When "Bojangles" Bill Robin son went off the floor at the Cotton club the other night with the excuse that he had to make a phone call, the excuse seemed odd from an entertainer who has never let down an audience. But after Investigating, I'd like to place "Bojangles" back in the clear. The phone call he went back to make was to Shirley Tenn pie in California.
 And there is more to thie tele- phonic trifle. It seems that "Bo- jangles" calls up Americas little sweetheart every week, to inquire into her health, behavior and dis position.
 He chats with her parents, too, on sundry matters. It is a regular ritual, and often "Bojangles" per- mits a friend to listen in on his conversations with Shirley on an extension line. When Shirley celebrated her birthday the other week, however, she revresed the call-but not the charges. She phoned "Bojangles" to remind him of the occasion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04

We agree with the Rev. Francis x. Downey, s. J., of New York, that it is high time debunking of national heroes ceased. Some years ago The Democrat pointed out the danger to growing generations in the custom we were falling into of picking out the shortcomings of men and women whom we regarded as national heroes. No man is perfect, but many achieve great ness. This urge to tell all, to reveal the imperfections with the perfections can be carried too far and is today. It accom- plisheS no real purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04

morous Gelett Burgess; the broadcaster, Milton J. Gross; the surrealistic Salvador Dali; Floyd Gibbons; Frankie Masters, and the dialectic Lew Lehr.
 And at the behest of bed- clothes lobbyist, they took turns ing wrinkle in furrowed sheet, folding hospital corners, smooth turning accordion pleats and gen. erally providing 8 silly argument for the male species.
 Secondly, there was 8 speed crochet contest at which dozen contestants needed their way through a boring half hour while the sophisticated Glenn Me- Carthy and the always breathless Bill Stern rendered lip-service and announced the body blows.
 Do they knit one and purl two in crocheting I wouldn't know. But Casper Lane, who is a rough and-ready veteran caller of Madi- son Square Gardens prize ring, was there to bark out the names an dthe Gardens fight gong was brought over for this dafydil stunt.
 Are we going to be men, men or mannequinS?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
Current Comment

I'm not going to disclose what our books show unless you pay 2b cents for a years membership in our organization. -Dr. Francis Townsend. to mem- bers of the House Ways and Means Committee,
 
 I'm fully beginning to convince some people that 1 mean it. Arthur Vandenberg, denying for tho 'steonih time that he is seek Ing the Republican nomination for tho presidency.
 
 fl we have a breathing spell. rea- son may reaasert itself and the pas tieni may be put to rest. -PfeaIdent Harold ", podds, Of Princeton. on the international situation,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04

Last week the Legislature drowned on a proposal that bicycles be subjected % registration under local ordinances. A good many people may misunderstood the motives behind this plan It's not an effort to curb the growing use of bi- cycles, which has increased manufacture in this field tremendously in the last few years It is an effort to control riding along crowded city streets and to pre- vent wholesale thefts of bicycles which is quite a. problem in large cities Ask any police chief about the number of complaints he gets in a year on bicycles thefts They are quite large and it's a practice that is hard to curb.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
Views of The Press

of the Massachusetts State Associa- ton of Master Plumbers, that 95 per cent of all bathrooms in the world are here in the United States.
 Americans travelling abroad for the first time, peering about the Old World, are always struck by the lim- tied number of bathrooms, even in the biggest cities. They forget that the facilities in those countries are far below those they enjoy as mat ter of fact here at home. The item of the bathroom alone shows how far superior Americans live to peo- pie elsewhere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
Book A Day
Steinbeck Writes Nomad Tragedy

"The Grapes of Wrath" (Viking: $275) is John Steinbeck's longest novel, nearly 700 pages. It is also his most important. It carries a tremendous message. You will find the pathos, the grimness, the shock of it all lingering with you long after you have turned the last page.
 But you are sure that is precisely what John Steinbeck desires. He is writing this time about the new pioneers" those pathetic share coppers who, driven out of the southwest dust bowl, migrated vest ward to find paradise" in Calif- ornia. Certainly theirs is no pleas ant story and Steinbeck tells it ex- actly for what it is.
 These pioneers reached Califor- mia all right, but they found no pa- radise. They found instead intoler- able suffering, starvation and death. There was little work in the fruit orchards of the Pacific, small pay for doing it and hundreds for the same job. Added to the tragedy of the whole thing was the relentless herding. the shadowing, the cruel- ties of the fruit company police" who were afraid these homeless peoples might organize and rise in wrath against the bitterness of their fate.
 Thus you begin to see the weight Of steinbeck's theme in this novel. He builds it very largely around the load family, only one Of the hun- dreds, perhaps thousands. who struck out for California in their rattling "jalopies."
 ft is crammed with unforgettabie scenes. There are some infinitely tender. others that will test tho strongest stomachs. fn any event he has written his best novel and very probably one of the years greatest. .-P. d. p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
UNDER THE DOME

The attempt of new Republican Senator Alexander Wiley to set himself up as the boss of Wis conlin's congressional delegation has got nowhere. Early in the session he dined the COP con- gressmen elected with him and urged them, in the interest of party effectiveness" to clear all their speeches and press releases through him. The boys didn't say anything, but they have sent Wi ley no speeches or releases Leon Henderson, new SECon1- missioner, and his sister Nellie both went to Swarthmore college. She was a brilliant student, won Phi Beta Kappa. Leon did not. She now manages a beauty shop in Los Angeles; he will chairman the SEC in July -. New phase of the Good Neighborliness: six Brazilian cadets are enrolled aboard the Argentine training ship now en route to New York. The USA, which coined the phrase Good Neighbor", permits no South Americans aboard its bat tleships West Virginia Rep resentative Jennings Randolph gives instruction in public speak, ing in a night school course in Washington's Southeastern Uni- versity Pitt Mayner, presi- dent of the Young Democrats, is pressed from all sides by managers of 1940 candidates who want to use the YD's as spring board General "Ironpants" Hugh Johnson was once attorney for the Chinese Pin-Koon tong in Sacramento. He still has 8 Chinese cook Germany'S No. 1 diplomat in U. S., Dr. Hans Thomsen, is perfect Nordic speci- men, blond, blue-eyed, and square e-shouldered: he speaks English without an accent. does his work as well as any ambassa- dor-under the circumstances.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
University of Connecticut

Unless Governor Raymond E. Baldwin ls unwilling to sign the bill, and there is 20 reason to believe he will be, in a short time Connecticut's state college at storrs HllI become known as the University of Connecticut. This is q step in the right direction. lt not only prevents any fur- <Her confusion between the state-main- <zlntd institution, once known as Con- Hezlicuf Agricultural College, and the collage fof girls nt New London, known Hs Connecticut College for Women, but it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
BUSY BEAVERS
Boston Post)

(BoStOn POSt)
 The government is now recogniz- ing the worth of beavers. In Colo rado, 200 beavers are to be placed in the Huerfano and Cuchara rivers to work in the interest of flood con- trol. The beavers, working quietly and assiduously, build dams and thus help to keep valuable soil from being swept away. Moreover, when the dams fill with silt, the beavers move down stream and build new dams. It is expected that in five years the beavers will have &C., complished so much work and have built so many dams that flood con- trol in that section will be perfected. The beavers are valuable, indeed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-04
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "Leave it alone;
 say, Let it alone"

ogy in all it's branches, minerology, geology, chemistry, physics, etc., put do not include abstract mathemat- ics, philosophy or metaphysics.
 o. Name the most important manufactures of Canada.
 A. Vegetable products, wood ana paper products, iron, textiles, animal products, and non-ferrous metals.
 o. Which of the planets has the greatest density, and which the least?
 A. Mercury's density is greatest its specific gravity being 12.5 com- pared with the Earth's 5.5. Saturna density is the lowest, its specific gravity being only OF.
 o. What does the word finagle mean?
 A. To work by devious and un. derhand methods to achieve ones purpose. o. When was the Bureau of Pen- sions made a part of the Veterans Administration? A. July 21,1930, under an execu- tive order of the president. o. Where is the Rug Cleanera Institute of America? A. 225 w. 34th street, New York city. o. Is there a national association of amateur still photographers known as the Photographic Society of America? A. Yes. The president is Frank Liuni, 104-14 111th street, Richmond Hill, New York. @. How many senators and rep- resentativeS does Arizona have in congress?
 A. Two senators and one repre- sentative. o. Who is president of the United Press Associations and what is his religion? A. Hugh Baillie, who is an Epis- copalian. o. Name the members of the United States Civil Service Commis- sion. A. Harry B. Mitchell, President; Mrs. Lucille Foster McMillin and Samuel H. Ordway. If you want . copy of OUT book let HOME OWNERS" send to The Waterbury Democrats Wash- ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth | St., Washington, D. c. Enclose 10
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