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Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-04
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Fiction

"The Dancing Floor John Bu-
chan. The story of an Englishman
and girl from the Grecian Island
Of Plakos.
"Waul & Dyke, Inc" A week
end house party which turns into an
exciting mystery story with the loss
Of valuable bracelet.
1.-THE Sun Also Rises Ernest
Hemingway. y well-written story
Of American and English drifters on
the continent.
"The Dead Ride Hard L. j.
Vance. The revolution in Hungary
is the setting for this adventure tale
which is an attempt to restore the
royal couple.
Non-Fiction
'Reptiles and Amphibians, y
Thomas Barbour. Their habits and
adaptations.
"Anthology of Magazine Verse
for l26,' W. S. Braithwaite. And
yearbook Of American poetry.
. Imagination and Religion" s.
P. Cadman. The ranking publicist
Of the American pulpit.
Adventurous Religion,' II. f.
Fosdick. \ thrilling spiritual cha!-
lenge that distinguishes his sermons.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-04
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
In the Superior Court Of the State
Of California, in and for the
County Of San Diego

OF Ca1fornla, IN and Tor the
County Of San Diego
In the Matter of the Estate Of
Tilla Pruitt, also known as Ma
tilda F. Pruitt, Deceased.
Take notice that the executrix Of
the will Of Tilla Pruitt, also known
as Matilda +. Pruitt, deceased, win
on or after the l4th day of Febru-
airy, 1927, sell at private sale all of
that real property described as fol
lows:
The North Eighty 800 acres
Of Tract One Hundred Seven
ty-three (173). Township Six
teen (16) South, Range Thir-
teen (13) East San Bernardino
Meridian in the County OF I'm
perial, State Of California.
Bids or offers will be received
by said Executrix at the office Of
Claude NJ. Shell, 409-l0 Southern
Title Building, San DIEGO, Califor-
mia, attorney for said Executrix.
r. FLORENCE TRAINOR.
Executrix of the estate of Tilla
Pruitt, also known as Matilda +.
Pruitt, Deceased.
Claude NJ. Shell, Attorney for Exe-
cutrix. 3lt13
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-04
NOTICE or SALE

Notice is hereby given that will
sell at public auction on "Wednesday.
February 10th, 1927, at ten a. m,
at Beckers Garage, Fourth and Main
street. Ell Centre, California, the
following:
One 1920 Ford Touring, California
License No. 1-676-136, Motor Mum
ber 4307995. Damages $45.15.
One 1916 Ford Sedan. License No.
500 700. Motor No. 14s5l60. Dam
ages s66.05.
Said sale will be held to satisfy
repair and storage bills, together
with the cost of this publication.
Dated this 3rd day of February,
1927.
F. A. BECKER GARAGE.
Feb. 3t10
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
GRAY DECLARES
.URY'S VERDICT
IS JUST One
by United Press Leased Wire

LONG ISLAND CITY, n. Y,
May ll.-Judd Gray regards the
verdict of first degree murder re-
turned against him and Mrs. Ruth
Snyder just one, he told Under
Sheriff Desmond today.
elf l had been sitting on the jury
under similar circumstances, said
the slayer of Albert Snyder, 81
would have been forced to return
the same verdict. The evidence
warranted it..
Gray told Desmond he had found
solace in reading the Bible and was
resigned to the death sentence which
Justice Scudder will impose Mon
day. Only the fact that he had
been denied permission to see and
talk with his former mistress, Mrs.
Snyder, disturbed his tranquility.
Mrs. Snyder was calmer today
and more cheerful. Three matrons
continued to guard her constantly,
especially at meal times, when it
was feared the woman might harm
herself with table instruments. She
was handed her mail, which had as
sumed tremendous bulk since the
verdict. Many of the letters were
sympathetic.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
Admits Possession
of IntOxicants

Earl c. Kinsinger entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of unlawful
possession of Intoxicating liquor
through his attorney, William F..
North, when arraigned before Judge
I. Mayfield this morning. In view
of the fact that it was his first
'offense, the district attorneys Of
flee through Deputy Edward H..
Law, recommended that a fine of
$3.50 be imposed. The recommends
tion was accepted and the sentence
imposed with the privilege of serv-
ing term Of $50 days in the coun-
ty Jail in lieu of payment OF the
fine.
Joe Kinsinger, father of Earl,
was arrested by Deputy sheriffs at
the same time but no formal charge
was brought against him. He was
released this morning. Earl was
remanded to the county jail but it
was intimated that the fine would
be paid.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
WORK Of
CHAMBER
IS CITED
McEuen Outlines Chief
Accomplishments During
Past Year.
GIVES CITY CREED
New Board of Directors
to Assume Charge of
Affairs Tonight.

AT the final luncheon Of the Ell
Centre Chamber Of Commerce un-
der its present officers, held a. the
Barbara Worth hotel this noon,
President W. W. McEuen thanked
the directors and members for the
splendid support given during the
past year, and enumerated among
the projects brought TO a realization
this year: construction of the new
depot; installation Of the ornamen-
tai street lighting system; grading
the Imperial avenue highway; es-
tablishment Of radio station KGEN: {:
larger and better DAIRY Day.
and installation Of the gas plant.
McEuen offered the following as
his creed for FL Centre:
II believe in FL Centre, the cen
ter Of this truly Imperial Valley
| believe in and am proud of her
past achievements. ] take pride in
being citizen of FL Centro, and
am glad it is my privilege to enjoy
the opportunities my city affords,
made possible BY the matchless and
indomitable will of the pioneers
who dedicated their lives to the
founding of this my city. I believe
in the reality of her present a
present which makes her the rail.
road, shipping and industrial cen
ter of Imperial County.
81 am proud of her homes, her
schools and churches, of her parks.
financial institutions and press. |
believe in her future and her abil-
i;v to become city Of greater in
fluence and power-a city moro
beautiful better city filled with
happy and contented people-a city
where destitution is unknown-a
city where cooperative competition
is the slogan of its business men
n city whose progress shall be the
result of retaining the good of the
old, and accepting the best of the
new-a city where each and every
citizen may become a cog in the
wheel of progress and bear his share
of the bur1en OF community build
ing.
"ln order to promote and attain
those ends | pledge that as l go
about the duties of my vocation in
the next year l will refrain from
disparaging remarks about my city.
my chamber of commerce, my city's
officials and about my fellow men. y
The Importance of tonight s meet
ing Of the directors was stressed.
all members of both the old and
new board being urged to be at the
chamber rooms at 1880 o CLOCK
sharp. The old board will meet and
clean up all Of its business, ad'
journing sine die. The new board
win then organize.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
Famous Violin
Found by Police

CHICAGO, May ll.-Recovery Of
!, $4,000 violin stolen from Zimbal-
list, the famous concert viOlinist,
was announced by Chicago police
today.
Henry Schizell, 25, whom police
accuse Of the theft, is said to have
confessed that he stole it off stage
in a Los Angeles theater April g..
The costly instrument known as
the Guadamina violin and is lS5
years old.
Schizell was arrested when he
brought the violin to a downtown
music store and offered to sell it,
stating that he was retiring from an
orchestra and wished to dispose Of
it. John r. Bulbs, to whom he
tried to sell the instrument, recog-
niZed it at once as the famous vio-
lin reported stolen from Zimbalist
and police were called to the store.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
film ACADEMY
MOVEMENT WILL
GET UNDER WAY

LOS ANGELES, May H. The
charter membership banquet of the
newly founded Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences will be
held here tonight with the "blue
book OF flimdOm in attendance.
Two hundred members of Holly
wood 8 screen colony will be at the
dinner. An attempt will be made
t., enroll all Of them in the new or
ganization.
Will Hays, Car Of the motion
picture industry, viii be the princi-
pal speaker Of the evening. He will
discuss the Significance Of the new
academy and what it will mean to
film production. He has already
gone on record in prophesying that
the academy will "some day be to
the motiog pictures what the French
academy is to art and literature. -
Douglas Fairbanks, first president
Of the academy, Mary Piekford,
Joseph Sehenck and other founders
will tell Of the immediate plans Of
the organization.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
STRIKE CALLED
BY STUDENTS, AT
CAPITAL SCHOOL
By United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, May ll.-Six
hundred students of Sacramento
high school walked out Of their
classes "On strike" today as a pro-
test against the dismissal Of Prin-
cipal John F. Dale by the city
school board Monday night.
Just before the school bell sound.
ed for the morning session, more
than 1000 students held a protest
meeting in the bleachers of the
school athletic field. AS result Of
a warning by c. c. Hughes, city
superintendent of schools. thai;
drastic steps might be taken if the
strike' were carried out, a special
squad Of Sacramento police was de-
tailed to prevent riot.
The police were called into action
when the students rushed a news
paper cameraman, threatening to
smash his camera if pictures were
taken
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
Market Bureau
Will Be Here

Definite announcement that the
market news service bureau for the
coming cantaluupc season will be
located in RI Centre has been made
by the United States Department of
Agriculture Bureau of Agriculture
al Economics.
According to notice issued by A.
T.. Prugh, who was here last canta-
loupc season and in charge of the
office at Brawley during the lettuce
season, the bureau will open some
time between May 20 and %, de
pending upon the season.
All growers and shippers desiring
the report should send in their
names for the mailing list, address
ing requests to A. f. Prugh, state
Inspection Office, Hotel Barbara
Worth, FL Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
BY A. L. BRADFORD
United Press Staff Correspondent

PARIS, May 11.-Official denials
of anti-American demonstrations in
connection with the failure of Cap
tains Nuneesser and Coli to succeed
in their effort to fly from Paris to
New York were made by the French
foreign office TODAY.
The foreign office took cogniz-
ance of reports eabled to the United
States that there had been demon
strations here against America and
Americans. In an official state
ment the foreign office said mani
festations of popular anger were
against the press because of false
news of the flyers success and par
ticnlarlv against the French press.
The foreign office statement said
that any theory that the French
people or French officials held
America responsible in any way for
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
'L|NDbERCH'
LANDS IN
s LOUIS
Arrives From San Diego
Three Hours Ahead of
His Schedule.
HAS NO TROUBLE
Young Flyer Hopes to Be
Ready for Atlantic Hop
Late This Month.
BY United Press Leased Wire

ST. LOUIS, May 1l.-Captain
Charles A. Lindbergh, who expects
to attempt nonstop flight over
the Atlantic ocean late this month
arrived at the Lambert-St. Louis
flying field here today 3 and one
half hours ahead Of schedule.
Lindbergh's g Ryan monoplane
made the trip from Rockwell field,
North Island, near San Diego, Cal,
in II hours, 90 minutes. A strong
west wind accounted for part OF
the speed.
The giant Ryan monoplane in
which he expects to cross the At
lantic, will be christened spirit of
st. Louis and he will continue his
trip to the east coast as soon as pos
sible.
Only few flying field employees
were on hand to greet the % year
old pilot, who expects to succeed
where veterans have failed in the
attempt to cross the Atlantic with
out a stop.
The shiny silver plane, recently
completed at San Diego plant, ap-
peared suddenly out Of the west,
and circled the city before alight-
ing. Members of the Ryan com.
pany had not expected it for at
least three hours.
Small Plane
Lindbergh s plane is tiny COM
pared with the machines in which
others have attempted long flights
1t weighs less than 5000 pounds and
has wing spread of only 46 feet.
The gasoline capacity is 425 gallons
Its average speed ON the trip
from San Diego, the first nonstop
flight ever made between the two
cities, was l07 miles an hour, Lind
bergh s course was a bee line across
the country.
After christening ceremonies here
Lindbergh will attempt a nonstop
flight to Long Island, n. Y, and
there prepare to hop off for Paris.
Lindbergh is uncertain of his
starting date for the perilous Allan
tic hop. He will await favorable
weather conditions which may not
come until after the middle of the
month. The transatlantic trip is
more than twice the distance be-
tween here and San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
AREA
BY
DISASTERS
Esissippi ALLEY Torn
&y Combined Ravages
IF Flood and Cyclones
|SERY is RAMPANT
e and Property Losses
Continually Mounting
AS Reports Come In.
= United Press Leased Wire

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rtile fields and populous towns
he south and southwest lay va
rs from the ravagcs of the ele-
Is.
pspitals were filled with injured.
here was a mounting death toll
mated at from 575 to G00.i
omeless were estimated at up
is of 100000.
roperty damage is tremendous,
ing into millions Of dollars.
ehef is needed III many places
the great army of rescue work
aided by government, Red
ps and other organizations, ~
z mustered into service along
disaster frontiers.
orm and flood have rxacted 4,
within two weeks that contiV
to rise today.
long the great Mississippi basin
G was untold damage and hhe
tide of the Mississippi has not
| reached the sea. The crest il
brted flowing before Natchez,
H.. and engineers say - parishes
south central Louisiana are en-
|gered.
4 the lcvees in Louisiana give
more people will be made home
There is possibility of addi-
al casualties and the damage
mount.
he Mississippi has made roaring
|erwavs Of the main streets of
by villages extending from =
ht north of Cairo, H., down the
re route Of the river.
Cyclones Increase Damage
Filth this calamity forcing relief
fun capacity, cyclones whipped
Fath of destruction over five
es early this week. Many small
3 gcs were wrecked. Popular
Iff, Mo, felt the full brunt of
strong winds The main bust
) street of the town is a waste.
wards of so bodies have been
nd and relief workers expect
-c to be taken from the debris.
cvcral Small towns in Arkansas,
towns in Texas and score of
ms in Kansas and Missouri wer"
ppcd bv the winds which left
lis of death and despair. Crops
e ruined. Supplies were blown
~.
ccrctary of Commerce Hoover is
the flooded southland conducting
gx'ernment Is relief forces.
eeretary of War Dwight Davis
N Poplar Bluff, Mo, aiding in
of work there. Davis is Il Mis-
rian and returned I" his home
"a from the southland, where he
accompanied Hoover on an in
elton trip. Governor Sam Baker
is in Poplar Bluff di'
ting relief and rehabilitation eff
n.
fpted Press tabulations of the
n disasters show;
hood: Dead, $50; injured and
4 900; homeless, 100000; land
naated, $4,000 square miles.
welcomes: Dead, 22s; injured,
10; homeless, 1000 to 1900;
ms damaged 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo-. May H.,
with 80 known dead, the toll of
d promising to be swelled still
Ether, and property damage csti.
hted at between $5,000,00O and
q, LOCO, 600, plans were being formu'
he'd here this afternoon for restor-
lion of the city s business district,
Yelled by a tornado Monday aft
moon.
|"Propertv damage will be close
$1O,00O,000, State Senator
wight II. Brown, editor of the
bplar Bluff American, told the
|nited Press.
Plans for rehabilitation are al
Iady under way. Most of the dead
la been identified this afternoon
IL a few bodies remained unclaim'
! in the two mortuaries, where all
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
HardWick Freed
Under Bond

Joe Hardwick, former chief Of
police of Calexieo, was released
from the custody of the sheriff late
Yesterday afternoon under $25, 200
bail. AL Casner and Robert Goree
furnished property bond for the for
mer chief. The bail was fixed at
that amount by Judge A. C. Finney
at a hearing held yesterday after
noon and Hardwick was released at
$500 O'Clock.
Effort was made by Dist Atty.
Head to have the court deny the
release of Hardwick on bail. The
judge. however, refused the recon-
mendation of the district attorney.
Head then asked that bond be
fixed at $4,000 and this suggestion
was accepted by the court.
The judge in fixing the bond or
dered that up until the time a de.
cision is handed down in the case
by the appellate court, the defend.
ant shall not go into Mexico or
leave the county of Imperial; that
he shall refrain from use of intoxi-
eating liquor during that period -;
that he shall not carry a gun and
that at all times he shall keep the
peace in every respect.
Following the hearing Hardwick
was remanded to the county Jail to
await the filing Of bond.
Formal notice of appeal will be
filed either late this afternoon or
tomorrow morning, it was announc.
ed by the defense counsel. ...-
Ernest R. Utley, former district
attorney, and Lee Nuffer, have been
engaged as associate counsel to
represent Hardwick in the appeal
which is to be made to the appellate
court.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
OFFICIALS DENY
YAQUE SEEK TO
CAPTURE NOCALES

NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, May
11.-Mexican federal officials here
today denied reports that Chief
Matus Of the YaGuis had demanded
that this city be surrendered to
them by sunday.
They minimized reports Of f.
"heavy battle near here yester-
day.
An official report from Lieut.. Col.
Benito Reyes, commanding federals
near Santa Barbara, o5 miles east
of here, was as follows:
Zone Yaqui killed and several
wounded. One federal wounded.
faquis We're defeated, retreated
toward FL TrocOn and Aqua Zarca. -
Queried as to why federal troops
were patrolling the hills about the
city q prominent Mexican official
replied:
"To watch for smugglers.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
Federal Court to
Try Dry Agents
ny United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, May ll.-Trial
of Frank P. Farley and George Hud.
son, federal prohibition agents,
charged with murder in connection
with the death of F.. p. Ingmire,
San Pedro oil man, will be held i'll
federal courts, Federal William
James ruled here today.
Judge James refused to remand
the case to the state court, holding
that the two agents were acting in
an official capacity when their gov
ernment automobile crashed into
one driven by lngmire April 6.
Ingmire died Of injuries received
in the collision and Farley and
Hudson with three others was in
dicted for murder when testimony
was introduced to the grand jury
that the agents had been drinking
heavily.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
Law Enforcement
Urged By Hoover

A letter was received this morn
ing by Judge l. Mayfield from Her
bert A. Hoover, secretary of com
meree, urging strict enforcement of
the motor vehicle laws and declar-
ing that nation wide campaign is
being begun in an effort to check
automobile fatalities.
The letter goes on to describe the
findings Of the enforcement com
mission of which Secretary Hoover
is chairman and also contained a
pamphlet of recommendations com
piled by the commission. \ record
of these findings and recommends
tions is being sent to all traffic
judges in the United States in an
effort to bring down the fatality
rate through strict enforcement of
the motor vehicle laws.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
Rickard Waits on
Dempsey's Word
ny United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK. May 1l.-Tex Ric-
kard was awaiting telegram Of
confirmation from Jack Dempsey
today before formally announcing
that the former champion would
fight two and possibly three bouts
in New York in the summer and
fall of this year.
Rickard wired Dempsey final de-
tails of his plan yesterday and said
he was confident he would get a
return message Of acceptance.
The promoter planned to match
the former chapmion against Pao-
limo Uzcudun and the winner of the
Maloney.sharkey fight as tests to
see whether he is in condition for
bout with Tunney. Rickard appar-
emily was confident that the boxing
commission would lift its suspen'
sion order against Uzcudun.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
Father Sues For
Injuries To Son

a suit seeking $4,000 damages
was filed at the county clerk s of.
flee this morning by Charles R.
Kelly, father of West Kelly, min
or, against Coleman Sutton. The
case grows out of an automobile ac-
cident at the Date Farm Crossing
on January 5, last, in which West
Kelly was injured.
The complaint charges that the
defendant drove his automobile in
careless manner, striking the said
West Kelly and dragging him for
a considerable distance and causing
serious injuries. D. c. Bitter and
Dorsey Whitelaw are appearing as
attorneys for the plaintiff.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
Red Cross Still
Needs Donations

BY United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE
Red Cross S10,00O,00O flood re-
lief fund went over the top to-
day.
Contributions totalling $1O,-
120,808 had been received up to
noon, with all chapters urged to
continue their appeals for money
as the scope Of midwest disas-
ters grew.
The Red Cross, already feed
ing 100000 flood refugees, today
had taken full charge of relief
work in the four cyclone states
and estimated the tornado death
toll was 800 in Missouri, Ar
kansas, Kansas and Texas.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
Kings County
Drops Charges

FRESNO, Cal, May ll.--An in
vestigation that started three weeks
ago into the alleged Irregularities
of the recent Kings county election
was dropped today following the an
nouncement by Arthur c. Shepard,
deputy district attorney, that he
had failed to find any criminal in
tent.
"'There were irregularities in the
election, Shepard said. But it
is apparent they were due to ignor'
ance and were not purposeful.
Therefore no charges will be filed
hv this office.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
FRENCH DENY ANTI-AMERICAN
FEELING EXISTS OVER FLIGHT
cesser's failure was ridiculous.

'Nungesser s failure was ridiculous.
General Del Cambre. director OF
the National Meteorological office,
emphatically denied today the ac-
eusations printed in Paris newspa-
pers that the United States Metro
rologieal Service wilfullv had with
held and distorted weather reports
during several days Immediately
preceding Nungesser and Coils de-
parture, :,
"These accusations of sabotage
the director said, "are absolutely
false. If we for two days were
without American reports, II was
due to electrical and atmospheric
Interruptions which prevented our
receiving Annapolis reports. But,
on the eve of their start, and on
the previous day we had full re-,
ports from America. enabling Coll
TO study them for 4s hours. "
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
arm Centers to
Hold Meetings

Meetings of the Meloland and
|ruce Farm Centers are announced
I Friday evening of this week by
T.. Burton, secretary'manager or
+ Imperial County Farm Bureau
Meloland Mrs. l.. G. Goar will
in charge of the meeting, and
acial entertainment program Will
given.
At the Spruce meeting, the wom'
Of the home department of that
strict will be in charge. The
,eting will be held at the Brawley
oh school, and the nature of the
ogram is to be kept as IA surprise,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-11
AviatOr's Mother
Is Critically Ill
United Press Leased Wire

united freSS Leased wire
4 PARIS, May liberalization
that her son has probably lost
his life in gallant attempt to fly
from Paris to New York today
was crushing the spirit Of Ma
dame Nungesser.
Newspaper accounts of the
search for Captains Nungesser
and Coli were read by the for
mer's mother today and she
learned that her boy was miss
ing.
Nine. Nungesser was critically
Ill today. Her confidence that
her son would be found was
growing smaller every hour as
she lay in bed surrounded by
her family. m