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Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Rain Douses Valley, Leaving Lettuce
Undamaged, Closing Schools for Day.
Setting Record for Precipitation

around 7 a. m. TO-al precipitation
for the storm, according to the U
S. weather bureau at Ell Centre,
was 81 for q 1899 total of .23. For
the winter season the total was
1.28.
The valley already in January
has registered more rain than Tor
any January since 1885 when a
monthly total of Sd was recorded.
Only a trace was registered in jan
uary 1888. .03 in January 1887 30
in January 1898.
Arthur Sinclair of the county ag-
ricultural office summed up the
farm situation in this way:
There will not be much dam
age to lettuce. except to keep
crews out of the fields until they
are dry. What damage there is
will depend on how quickly the
crews can get to work. There
might be some damage to hay"
Schools over the valley were
closed for the most part. In Ell
Centro the high school, junior col
lege and grammar schools were
closed, as well as in BraWley, Cal
exicO and Imperial In Holtville
the high school was closed but the
grammar school held sessions. Rur-
al schools, however, were virtually
all closed.
Concensus among school princi
pals was that sessions would be
held Tuesday in case no more rain
fell.
Valleyites had brief bits of SUM-
shine throughout the forenoon and
Woodrow C. Jacobs of the fruit
frost service predicted widely scat
tered showers for Monday night
and clearing skies. Temperatures
should drop as the storm passes,
he said He anticipated no addi-
tional rain for several days.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09

The sub committee had not
agreed on figure to meet relief
needs until next July when it
ended hearings today. 1t will meet
again tomorrow to recommend an
amount for financing continuation
of WPA activities until the end OF
the current fiscal year.
Although the hearings were exec
utive, it was learned that committee
members received proposals for in
creased appropriations coldly and
privately predicted the recommend
ations will be cut
The three witnesses who testified
today each submitted requests ma
terially above President Roosevelt's s
1915 900 600 recommendation.
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia of
New York, spokesman for the
United States conference of mayors,
suggested $915 100000, and termed
1915 100000 inadequate.
David LASER, president of the
Workers Alliance, organization Of
relief workers, asked for 81 ,050,-
UUU,UUU
Ralph Hetzel, unemployment dir
ector of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, urged $1,000 600, 600.
Col. F.. C. Harrington, WPA ad-
ministrator, who also testified, said
that La Guardia's suggestion was
based on keeping WPA rolls at
approximately current levels. Pres
ident Roosevelt's figure, he said
contemplated reducing relief en-
ployment during April, May and
June.
Chairman Clifton A. Woodrum
D., Va, said the house could not
begin consideration of the measure
before Thursday or Friday.
LASER said the figure he recon-
mended would enable employment
of 100000 workers by WPA until
Continued on Page 6; Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Police Suspicious
Lead to Solution
Of Five BurqIaries
Four Mexicans Arrested,
Two Confess RObbing
Ell Centre Places

Bullying pockets and a po-
lice IF f C err S suspicious
brought a solution Monday
to at least five Ell Centre
burglaries, recovery of a
wide assortment of loot, and landed
four Mexicans in jail
Awaiting burglary charges were
John Olivera and Richard Coppi.
both II, Frank Rodriguez, 25, and
Francisco Romero, %.
Olivera and Coppi were arrested
lust before midnight Sunday when
Special Officer Chan Livingstone
heard them behind the Coca Cola
bottling works plant at l26 South
Third street and became suspicious
when he saw their bulging pockets.
Search of their clothing at the
police station revealed several car
tons of cigarettes and more than
SIG in change. Later investigation
showed they had entered the bot
tling plant through a skylight and
broken open several vending ma
chimes.
Questioned at police headquar-
ters, the two youths confessed to
other burglaries as well and LED
officers to the Little Pig, former
cafe and pool room in the 200
block on Brighton, where they
pointed out Rodriguez and Romero
as their confedesates. Loot re-
covered at the cafe included quarts
of whisky, several guns, radio,
silver ware, camera, clock and
quilts.
The quartet was suspected of
burglarizing the Southern Califor-
MIA Freight lines warehouse, jan.
7, the Pioneer warehouse Jan. 4.
the Western States grocery Jan. 4.
a lunch stand at 228 North Fifth
street Dec. 81 and the Pacific stor-
age as we'll as the bottling plant.
The four said they had been in
Imperial Valley a month. They
came to Ell Centro after meeting
at INLAND.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Chamber Directors
To Plan PROGRAM

Plans for the first six months OF
1899 will be perfected by directors
of the Ell Centro Chamber at their
regular meeting at headquarters at
730 p. m. Wednesday.
Directors also will devote time to
program for increasing the num-
Der of dairies in Imperial Valley.
H. R. Anderson, chamber presi-
dent, said the first six months OF
every year bring the greatest bus
mess rush to the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Health Will Guide
MONEYS Activity
In Labor Program
Famed Prisoner Spending
Quiet Week With His
Wife and Family

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan.
9. (UP)-Thomas j. Mooney
rested quietly today after a
rOusing welcome home to a
city that % years ago was
ready to hang HIM.
Having experienced what he de-
scribed as the happiest day of my
life" Mooney went into compare
tive seclusion pending a checkup
on his physical examination.
A free man again after his par
don by Gov. Culbert L. Olson.
Mooney prepared to spend part OF
the week with his wife, Rena, his
brother John, a trolleyman, and
his sister. Anna.
Some time after Tuesday when
DR.. Leo EloeSser, famed west coast
diagnostician returns to the city,
Mooney will undergo a medical ex-
animation. This examination was
Continued on Page 6; Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Two Seats Vacant
On Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, Jan. g. CUP) =
The Supreme Court held brie:
session today with only seven JUS
tices on the bench.
Justice Louis D. BrandeiS, 81
year-old dean of the court. was
confined to his home by what his
office said was rather severe
case of grippe"
There have been recurrent re-
ports that Brandeis might resign
soon. The other empty seat on the
bench today was that of the late
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
which will be filled by Prof. Felix
Frankfurter as soon as his appoint
ment is confirmed by the senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09

At the same time Merriam an
nounced in a separate statement
that he was turning over to At
torney General Earl Warren the
secret Phlbrick report which the
state senate sought from the for
mer governor. The report was pre-
pared for the Sacramento county
grand jury after a long inquiry in
to the conduct of state officials.
Merriam. who appointed Meglad-
derry to the Alameda county su-
perior court bench just before re-
tiring from office. said in his state
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
$4,000 Paid Here
For Auto Licenses

Automobile owners paid Sl4,03l
for l,670 sets of 1889 license plates
during the first five days of the
renewal period.
There are % more days in the re-
newal period, Captain Frank Os-
walt announced Monday If the
plates are not purchased before the
close of business Feb. 4, the state
demands heavy penalty.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Youngsters Urge
LaFo||efte Probe

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8. (UPC =
Delegates to the state convention
of the California Youth Model
LEGISLATURE were back in their
class rooms today after mulling
over problems of youth at a two
day conference mere Saturday ana
Sunday
The Model legislature adopted a
resolution asking that the LaF'ol-
lette Congressional committee con-
tinue its investigation of the AS
sociated Farmers Of California ana
also endorsed a bill to create a Cal
ifornia Youth commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09

this afternoon in the office OF
Frank McHale, Indiana Democratic
national committeeman place Nc
Nuts name in the lists as mid
die -the-road" candidate, then
open headquarters from which
the drive to install him in the
White House will be directed. The
meeting will culminate a quiet
movement which has been going on
for two years, and make McNutt
the first avowed candidate of either
party for the 1910 campaign,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Phone Men Hurt
When Pole SNAPS

IMPERIAL, Jan. 3.-W. H. Smith
and j. B. Arbuckle, telephone COM
pany construction men, were III
jured shortly after noon today
when a pole snapped while they
were working on it and carried
them to the ground
They we're taken to the Ell Cen
tro hospital in an ambulance. The
accident occurred at Thirteenth
and F. streets.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09

McHale, who confers with Nc
Mutt about three times week
by telephone over the 10000 miles
to Manila may announce when
McNutt will resign his Philippine
post and return to the United
States.
1t was understood McNutt wants
to resign within a month. Paul
Feltus, Bloomington publisher, said
last week McNutt planned to sail
from Manila Feb. IL, but McHale
denied that was definite decision
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Munitions Box
Trade Increases

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (UP)
The national munitions con-
troll board reported to congress
today that munitions exports in
1888 were double those of 1887.
II reported that the total value
of export licenses issued under
the neutrality act for the period
Dec. 1, 1887 to Nov. 80, 1888
was S94,2O9,532. compared with
S45,O76,317 in the corresponding
period of 1867.
The leading countries for des-
tinatiOn of the exports were
Great Britain and northern Ire
land, the Netherlands, Indies,
Japan, China and Argentina.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Damages Asked in
Truck Collision

A collision between two trucks
is the basis for a Sits damage
suit filed in superior court Monday
by E. J. Brooks and Dan Zeckler,
Buena Park residents.
They accused j. H. Bailey, Feto
zambrano, and the Brawiey Trans
fer and Storage Co.. of being re-
sponsible for the accident % miles
north of Westmorland Dec. 5. 1888.
Brooks asked for $l,275 property
damage and Zickler for $500 for
personal injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
200 New Drivers
Licenses Issued

More than 200 new drivers IL
censes were issued last week in I'm
perial Valley, Stanley Wolfsohn, ex-
aminer, announced Monday after
the first week of the renewal period
which ends Feb. 4. About half of
the total was issued from Ell Cen
tro, where examiners are available
at the police station Mondays, We'd
nesdays, Thursday and Saturdays
from 9 to 5,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Merriam Denies Wrong in
Pardon Bribery Scandal

LONG BEACH, Jan. 8. CUP) =
Frank F.. Merriam, who a week ago
was succeeded by Culbert l.. Olson
as governor of California, today
came to the defense Of his former
secretary, Mark Lee Megladdery
with a statement denying any ir-
regularities in connection with the
communication of a sentence.
The former governor refuted
charges that the freeing of Clar-
ence A. Leddy of Santa Clara coun-
ty, serving a sentence on homicide
charges. was irregular.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09

ment:
"Since the Leddy matter has bo-
come matter of public discussion.
Mr.. Mark Lee Megladdery. my for
mer secretary. has assured me that
his conduct In no particular violst-
ed my confidence in him as my
secretary, or In any way disqualified
him for judicial service.
my action in the Leddy case
was based on routine ingestlga-
ton made by The secretary charged
with that duty. Mr. Megladdery
was not the secretary IN question.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09

Nearly a quarter of an inch OF
rain doused Imperial Valley early
Monday, halting lettuce shipments
and closing schools and keeping
farmers out of fields.
The rain started between l and
2 a. m. and reached its height at
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09

play Of light plane usefulness in
the history OF aviation The midget
planes. arriving here in a WeirG
cavalcade of more than 500 vari-
colored ships, proved their ability
to fly under almost every kind of
condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
e AMBl|NG
IMPORTER
At the Ball

At the Ball
1t might have been the Varsou-
yienne, the Lambeth Walk or the
schCttiSh, but something drastic
came over William North ST, last
week. One day he was barely ma
yigating with the aid of two canes.
and that night he tripped to Old
time tunes at the rural recreation
al council dance at Imperial with
dash that mace the youngsters
jealous.
At the same dance, d. E. Green
left the dance floor with the last
laugh over one of the feminine
members of the jitterbug clan, who
insisted on dancing the Lambeth
Walk with him. The girl thought
Green wouldn't know how. BUT
he'd been taking leSSonsl
Luck fer Wanda
Thirteen of RR'S freshest olean-
ders go to Wanda Ackley, and II
RR could find 13 fourleafed clo-
verS he'd dedicate these too. Wan
da will be 13 years old Friday, Jan.
49, May the black cats stay away
and the ladders not collapse.
The Finger On en-
II may be unofficial, but w. j
tCap) Gregg earned lhc title CT
Chief Usher Saturday at the farm
bureau meeting. AS every ncWcom-
CT arrived Caps head popped UP
as well as forefinger and he di-
rected each to a seat in the bes,
head waiter manner
=. l.. the Bulber-
In squirt of gardening en-
thuSiasm, P. L. Moore tried plant
ing a number of fancy bulbs in his
yard. Trouble was the bulbs were
of a variety that grows only in one
direction, and p. L. aimed some to-
ward China and only few to-
ward the sky. The China-bounc
bulbs probably would be part way
there now if Sambo the Moore cat.
hadn't dug them up.
The incident would nave been
forgotten, except that they changed
the cats name to Ferdinand
Habits You Can Have
The power of habit amazes
RR from time 10 time. Now RR
has habit of liking to sleep late.
Purely a habit, you understand.
He also has a habit Of diSliking to
shave. That also is pure habit.
But E. de la Vega has some habits
that send cold shiverS down RRs
back.
One of them is taking a cold
shower every morning. Another IS
wearing a minimum of clothing
while shaving.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
BILL DUNN ENDORSED
AS LEGION CHlEFTAN

Bill Dunn of Imperial was en-
dorsed for state commander OF the
American Legion at a meeting OF
the twenty y-second district in San
Diego Sunday.
Twenty Imperial Valley Legion
naireS attended the session.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
McNutt Becomes First Avowed Seeker
After 1910 Presidential Nomination
As Political Henchmen Rally Around

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. g. (UP)-Paul V. McNutt edu-
Gator former governor of Indiana and IT, S. high commits
sioner the Philippine Islands, formally announces today
his candidacy for the 1910 presidential nomination.
select group of ranking Hoosier politicians will meet
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Stute Lawmakers Take Up
Changes in Constitution:
Prepare for Bill DeIuqe
376 6Measures Put Thru Hopper During
First Week Of ofLesisIature; New Projects
Include Many Proposed Amendments

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8. (UP)-Changes in the Cali
forna constitution under scrutiny today members
Of the legislature entered the second week of the 53rd
Regular session. somewhat exhausted by the hectic events
of nauguraton organization and getting acquainted.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
House Committee
Predicts Cut in
ALLEGATION
CIO Agent. Workers Alliance Chief,
Urge Billion Dollar Appropriations;
LaGuardia Would Boost Deal Figure

WASHINGTON, Jan O. (UP)-Members Of house
subcommittee after receiving requests for WPA appro
priaton ranging up to S1050000O00 predicted privately
today that the bill will be cut below the $875
OOOOO recommended by President Roosevelt.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09
Bond Refunding Plan Wins Left-Hand
Victory as Farm Bureau Directors
Repu|se Attack Against Committee
Secretary Retained in Face of Criticism by
Minority Group Aimed at Double Salary;
Argument Follows Membership Discussion

Bond refundng currently planned by the Imperial
Irrigation District left-handed victory Saturday
when directors of the Imperial county farm bureau put
down by 20 to vote abortive attempt to sabotage
the farm bureaus bond refundng committee
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-09

Butter: Los Angeles. 2Siaci but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, 35Iac: manufacturing milk,
29c, route gathered cream, 27c.
LA. Hay: U. $. No. extra leafy
S16-i7i u. 5. No. 1. SI350-1ii M.
2 leafy S12.50-13.00; No. 2. Si1.0o:
Minneapolis flax. May, Sl.SSiso.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-23
Flowers and Education

A commercial high school has set up flower shop which is to be operated by pupils. It follows an experiment which ran for eight weeks and seemed to prove that the shop had right to exist because of it's educational value. A floristry course precedes work in the shop and teaches the pupils much about flower growing and selling, cutting flow CTS, making corsages and artistic bou- quets, accounting, and SO on. An inter- esting and unexpected result was that the pupils themselves so enjoyed the flowers that they began to spend less of their loose change for chewing gum and candy and to buy flowers instead. A girl told the interviewer she bought one rose every day because 1t made her feel so much happier" Another said she had given up ice cream and candy in order to take flowers home regularly.
 Florists in the city are pleased with the plan and glad to cooperate with the school authorities. They have promised to employ some of the students who fin ish the course. They believe their own business will be improved, not hurt, by this educational venture. "We are com peting with chewing gum, candy and cosmetics" one of them explains. "Per- haps the students will develop lasting love for flowers" Of course they will, both those who take the floristry course and those who see the little school shop every day and come to like its gay color and fragrance. Love of flowers grows like love of music and art.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-23
A Thought for Today
The New Commissioner

Appointment of Cornelius Danaher or Meriden as Labor Commissioner is news of great importance to the State Of Con necticut. It is important because MT. Danaher is SO able man for one reason; for another he replaces, If approved by the State Senate, an official whose regime has been characterized by accomplish ment of a high degree. When ex-Gover- nor Wilbur L. Cross named Joseph M. Tone to the office of labor commissioner back in 1881 the department was one in name only. It was a good place for patronage plums. Under the Democratic hand 1t became a vital arm of our state government and has functioned properly ever since.
 We have no doubt of the ability of MT. Danaher to carry on the very splendid work that "Joe" Tone initiated. His ideas of doing things may differ in some re- spects, but he Is bound to pursue much the same course that has been traversed in Connecticut during the past eignt years if he plans to make the department as active as ever ir labor problems. lt was a wise move that Gov Baldwin made, for had he supplanted Commissioner Tone with anyone less able than the Meriden man he might have encounter ed not merely legislative difficulty but ln- favorable opinion throughout the state.
 It is unfortunate, from Democratic ssasapGtq'd nast pstep down a' from his oflce, one he virtually built Up by his own work ana that of the able aides with which he sur, Cunded himself. But Democrats will accept the change, as they should, as pXlitical retribution. The Hartford Cour- ant ventures the opinion that Gov Bald win win justified his removal of commis- sioner Tone by the fact that the latter was active in party politics although holding a commisslonership. That may be sufficient reason for removal m the eyes of the politically-minded, but others VIII probably want to feel that If this IS the case, then no exceptions should be made to the rule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-23
Be.wixt And Between

The position of Governor Raymond E. Baldwin today is slightly askew no douot as a result of some pounding that ne must be taking in various political CIT cles. Republican and Democratic, for his advocacy of several things in his budget measure of last week. Among other ways of bringing about governmental econ- omies to permit balanced budget was diversion of funds He would turn aside funds going into the Highway Depart ment and have them go into the state treasury. He would take advantage or about two millions in the building pro- gram fund that aren't allocated.
 All of which is heresy in this state. For years there have been efforts made to divert funds going to the Highway De- partment. They were urged for relief purposes and also for building state in- stitutions. But they proved too sacred a field to be encroached upon and the pol icy of not diverting funds from one de- partment to another was retained. Per. haps 1t was the best policy, too. But If 1t was the best policy throughout the Cross administration and even before his time, then surely 1t must still be pretty good idea.
 This may not prove real stumbling block to acceptance Of the budget as out lined by Gov. Baldwin. He has been fair ly persuasive up to date, but no real con troversial matter has come up in the few requests that he has made of the Legis- Iature. The Republicans in the Legisla- ture have never been inclined toward di- version and rather regarded their oppo- sition to any such proposal as based on the divine rights Of kings or something like that. If they are forced to choose be- tween highway funds diversion and the pay-as- -you-go policy the COP will indeed be sorely beset on two sides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-23
Too Many Archives

Any housewife with an attic or store- room can sympathize with Uncle Sam. It Is so easy to accumulate things and so hard to weed out and discardl The annual report of the national Keeper of the Archives reveals that there are now 2,699,561 cubic feet of paper records in or near Washington. The pile grows at the rate of 48, ,509 cubic feet a year. There film which require cubic space for stor- age. The new National Archives Build ing Is adequate for the present, but will be filled to overflowing one of these days, If the output of documents and records continues at the present rate. It is more likely to accelerate.
 What to do! The keeper states the sit- uation. The National Archives Council overhauls the mass and recommends that certain materials be saved and the rest destroyed. Will Congress, much addicted to records, be able to act in this matter? If 1t isn't, archeologists of the future dig us out, not from the ruins of skyscrapers nor from dust storm deserts, but from the suffocating depths of our own treas ured archives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-23
Eighty Billions a Year

Much comment has been aroused by the statement, in the Presidents recent budget message, that the country should have an income of $80, ,000, ,000,000 year. That is what we had in the famous year of 1929, in the last quarter of which the bottom seemed to drop out of our system. We have been wobbling along since with an income of $39 100000 to S66, ,000, 100000.
 Colonel Leonard P. Ayres, financial statistician, agreeing that we could get along comfortably with the presidential estimate, says we would have to be doing s5 per cent more business than We did in 1887, which was pretty good year. It would require larger turnover of goods and services than there was in 1929,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-23

because prices are lower now. More goods are needed, too, because there are $0000,O 900 more of us than there were in 1929.
 When we look ct the imponderable factors, however, we find it isn't so easy to get started on this eighty-billion pro- gram. People begin figuring and lose their nerve. They find, as Colonel Ayres observes, that whereas 60 per cent of our corporations made money in the glad days before 1929, only 30 per cent have made money since 1880. The chances of success have fallen one-half. Thus con- science, or arithmetic, "doth make cow ards of us all" We forget that the old term for investing money was, "adventur- ing" it. We have lost the spirit of finan- cial adventure: We want a sure thing, or nothing.