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Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18
HEBER
(By Press Staff Correspondent

HEBER January 1s.-Mr. and
Mrs. Howard P. Ware, Mrs. M.
Borden, Mrs. John Briggs and
daughter, Mary, attended the sur
prise birthday dinner given for
Mr.. j. p. Wagner on Friday, Jan.
uary 13, at McCabe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Duckworth and
daughter, of Bisbee, Arizona, arc
| visiting with Mrs. Duckworth S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pike of Colo
RADIO, are visiting in Heber.
Mrs. Z. NJ. Fleming, of Long
Beach, is caring for her mother,
Mrs. Z. r. Cheser, who is i'll with
/, influenza.
II. C. Keith received word that
Mrs. Keith was stricken with heart
trouble, at Chino.
Mrs. w. II. Edwards and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Wyatt Briggs, motored to
San Bernardino for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Gavin ana
| Neal Gavin were dinner guests OF
Mrs. Sadie Fishburn recently.
Mrs. I. Grove, of Plainview, Min
nesota is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Thompson.
Entertains for Visitor
Mrs. George Thompson will en-
tertain at dinner this evening in
honor of Mrs. l. Grove, of Plain
view, Minnesota. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Thompson will be guests
Mrs. Grove and Mrs. Ralph Thomp,
son formerly lived at Plainview.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. A. Taylor are
moving to Wisteria, Mexico.
Mrs. Arthur Vogel made a trip
to Yuma, recently.
Mrs. c. S. Thompson and children
spent the weekend at Volcano
Junction.
For the school month just closed
the Heber school shows great in
crease in enrolment and average
daily attendance over previou,
years. Mrs. Thompson room had
26 enrolled and % average daily az
tendance; Mrs. Orr's room % en-
rolled and u average daily attcn
dance; Mrs. Ware : room 80 enroll
ed and Il average daily attendance
Mrs. Jacob room 81 enrolled and
40 average daily attendance, max
ii ing an enrolment of $50 and an
average daily attendance of l25.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Ralph and
baby. Eula, are visiting with Mrs
Ralph mother, Mrs. Catherine
| LYON.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18

The sixth annual Ramona Pageant
is now being planned and six per-
formances will probably be given
during the spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18
Peace Officers
To Meet Friday

A meeting of the Peace Officers
Relief association of Imperial Val.
lev has been called for Holtvillc Al
$50 o clock on Friday night. Mem
ters of the organization will be
the guests of Chief of Police Cornel.
ison at that time, the gathering to
convene at the fire hall.
At that time the FL Centre police
department will be presented with "A
silver loving cup, donated by Sher-
if Gillett. president of the organ
ilation to be awarded the winner
FL Centre pa,rolmcn showed the
FL Centre patrG:man showcd the
way To three other teams in the con
test held Sunday.
Numerous other matters are eX-
pcctcd TO lie brought up at the meet
ing including the subject OF the dis
tribution of the magazines published
recently by the association and
through which "a fund was raised TO
be used by the organization IN its
relief work.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18
Parents Night at
Baptist Church

Tonight is parents night at the
revival services at the First Baptist
church. The fathers and mothers
of El Centre are invited to hear
this special message tonight. All
who are attending the special serv-
ices are realizing that truly great
evangelist has come to Ell Centro.
Mrs. Hermiston s wide experience,
her most attractive personality, and
her simple yet profound messages
are arousing deepest interest in all
who hear her. The evening sessions
open at 7:30.
Friday evening will be Young
Peoples S night. No services will be
held Saturday evening. Sunday
evening the evangelist speaks on
the subject "The Death of Fool. "
On Monday "Bible and Mission
ary Conference will be held. Ses-
sions will begin Monday afternoon
at 1:45 and in the evening at 7:l5
with fellowship dinner served by
the ladies of the church at 6 'cloek.
Speakers for this conference will
be DR.. F. A. Agar of New York, DR..
Randall T. Capen Swatow, Chi
ma. Mrs. c. T. Ellis of Long Beach
and Rev. W. w. Catherwood of Riv-
erside. All sessions are open TO the
public.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18

John Shaver, Hcmet, Rivcrsid,
county, has held the office of coun.
ty supervisors for 80 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18
Ell CENTRO WOMEN
ATTEND BRIDGE
PARTY AT BRAWLEI

As guests of Mrs. W. II. Best of
Brawlcy, a group of FL Centre wom-
en- motored to Brawley yesterday
where Mrs. Best gave bridge
luncheon entertaining u guests.
Those attending from the south end
Of the valley were: Mesdames c.
f. Conant, y. c. Johnston, Jerry
Asher, Ray C. Roberts, Ross 7.
HickcoX and j. S. Jones of this
city. and MeSdames Juan Britting
lam and R. o. Thompson of Calex
leo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Best. who are valley
pioneers, are planning to leave
shortly for Los Angeles, where they
will make their future home. Pre-.
ceding Mrs. Best S departure, u
number Of social affairs, including
several to be given by F. Centre
! Lostesses, will be given.
Horse stables to cost $4,000 are
/ to be built at the Los Angeles CouI
ty fair grounds near Pomona.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18
Routine Matters
Disposed OF By
District Board

! Practically all of the matters
brought before the board of dir.
ectors of the Imperial Irrigation
district at its regular weekly meet
ing yesterday afternoon were of
routine nature. In the absence Of
President Earl Pound, w. o. Blair
presided.
! A new contract for period of
three years was entered into with
the Southern Sierras Power COM
pany for furnishing electrical power
to a small pumping station north
of FL Centre.
j. L. Ellis appeared before the
! board and asked that the district $
lien on some property located at the
highlinc canal on the Yuma high
way be reduced and offered for
sale. Ellis at present holds n govern
ment title to the property but IS
unable to obtain clear title until
the district assessment against it
is satisfied.
The directors agreed to the re-
! huNot bul ohlN upon the pTpuHu tldt
an open bid be allowed. Ellis then
withdrew his petition.
/ b. c. Robertson, author of the new
song, "Please Build Boulder Dam, -
appeared before the board. He rem
dered the song in vocal number
and it was highly applauded by
the directors. No official action,
! however, was taken.
The district, at the request of
! Postmaster Jenkins, passed n res.
olution extending an invitation to
the members of the Western Frui.
Jobbers to visit the company hold
, ings at Andrade while here on Jan
rary so.
The board also passed a resolution
asking that the board of supervisors
Cf the county name William Black,
u district cmployc located at And
radc, as a constable.
The meeting was brought to q
close with the renting of the old
district offices Nos. > and :, locat-
cd ut Holtvillc, to \. Il. Bysshc.
! John Shaver, Hcmet, Rivcrsid,
county, has held the office of coun.
ty supervisors for 33 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18

l.. +. Lemons; Mrs. Coolidge,
Minor NJ. Sweeney; "Charlie Chap
lln,'' Rev. George A. Hartman
"Adolph Menjou," George Tucker.
George Holiday, as "Paderew-
ski played the wedding march
and Walton Johnson as "Mme.
Tetrazzini' was soloist.
Among the Guild members respon-
sible for the evening 5 success were: /:
Mrs. Forrest Kutz, general chair
man, Mrs. Minor NJ. Sweeney, chair
man of the dinner committee; Mrs.
l.. T. Sargent, chairman of the en-
tcrtainment committee; Mrs. Naug-
In Thompson, chairman of the decor
ating committee. and Mrs. O. G..
Horne. chairman of the scrviu.
committee.
Assisting the chairmen were
MesdamcS c. +. Coggins, Howard
L. Meyer, o. j. bradshaw, Roy 4.
Breedlovc and b. f. Lemons on the
dinner committee; Mesdames j. c.
Neale, G. Tucker, w. j. Clements,
dwight Smith, Fred 2. Nuttall. G.
b. jackson, Don Rex, Ralph Rey-
noldS, Gilbert Preston, F. Z. Miner,
{. 4. Riley, Nern W. DeTar ana
George A. Hartman, serving com
mittee; Mesdames \. NJ. Williams
Elmer W. Heald and F. H. McIver,
entertainment committee.
The Guild wishes to acknowledge
donations from the following indi
viduals and firms, Fred R. Bright
Company, Imperial Valley Milk
Producers, Sussman Wormser COM
panv, Riddle s Grocery, a. NJ. Will
liams and the Pacific Land and
Cattle company, which donated the
lams used.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18
Social Brevities

Members of the Adult Biblt
Glass of the State Street Christian
church last night enjoyed a business
end social meeting at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Leffingwell
Mrs. l.. A. Mcconnell read from the
diary which she kept while in the
Holy Land last summer, giving a
very interesting account Of the
country and conditions there. Re
freshments were served by Mrs.
Leffingwell, assisted By Mrs Phil
Knights, at the close of the even
Ing.
The McCabc Farm Home Depart
ment will meet Friday for an all
dav gathering at the home of Mrs.
Angeline Courtney at Heber. \ pet
luck luncheon will be served at
noon. Women attending are asked to
bring their handiwork.
Mrs. II. w. Brewer, formerly of
this city and now of Escondido, is
expected here Friday, accompanied
by her children, Billy, PHYLLIS and
Richard. They will spend the week
end visiting Mrs. Brewer s parents,
DR.. and Mrs. j. +. Foncannon. The
family will visit here while Mr.,
Brewer, who is lieutenant governor
of the kiwanis Club of this district
is absent on an official visit to
Monterey.
Tonight at the Masonic Temple
Oasis Shrine, White Shrine of
Jerusalem, will meet. The evening
will be devoted to preparation for
the visit of the supreme worthy
high pricstess, Mrs. Lula Mackin-
non, who will be here February 10.
Refreshment will be served at the
close of the meeting. All members
are particularly requested to be
present.
At the Approved Junior Matinee,
to be given at the Valley theater
Saturday afternoon, ION Your
Toes featuring Reginald Denny
will be the main attraction This
film is one approved by the Gen
eral Federation of Women S Clubs.
Other entertainment will include an
"Our Gang" comedy, Aesop's Fa-
bles, the Pathe weekly and the Jun
Tor Girls Chorus, which will furnish
music.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18
Probe OF Hemp
Coming Despite
Recent Opinion

A letter received by Judge I
Mayfield yesterday afternoon indi
Gates that a sweeping investigation
into the growing of hemp in the
valley for use by the Imperial Lin
en- Products corporation will be
made by the state bureau of corpor-
ations.
The letter which was received
declares that officials of the bu.
reau expect to be in FL Centre on
February in connection with the
investigation.
In n recent letter sent out by
Deputy Attorney General French it
was said that the state department
had held the cultivation of hemp
in the state as legal
The letter received by Judge
Mayfield yesterday was through
the office of J. NJ. Freidlandcr,
commissioner of corporations, by H.
A. Welch, assistant commissioner
1t reads as follows.
In view of the opinion rendered
by the attorney generals office,
Friedlander s letter came as sur
prise to local officials, who believ-
cd that the opinion had ended the
matter. Some expressed the belief
that the corporation commissioner
possibly was not aware of the opin-
ion rendered by the attorney gener-
ais office.
Friedlander visit here is await
ed with interest in order that the
dispute relative to hemp cultiva
tion may be settled definitely.
The sixth annual Ramona Pageant
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18

DIR. W. P. Kelley and E. E. Thom-
as of the Citrus Experiment Station
at Riverside report that grapefruit
trees in Imperial County are not
seriously affected by Baron In
Jury.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-18
Today's Program
In Congress
by United Press LEASED Wire

Senate:
Votes on Norris resolution to ex-
elude Frank Smith Of Illinois from
senate.
Takes up Jones shipping bill.
Irrigation committee continues
Boulder Dam hearings.
Commerce committee considers
minority recommendations on Jones
shipping bin.
House
Continues consideration Of inde-
pendent offices appropriation bill.
Election committee No. 2 con-
tinues Beck case investigation.
Naval affairs committee continues
hearings on building program.
Agriculture committee continues
farm relief hearings.
Flood control committee continues
hearings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-03

CREW or Liner
PARIS STRIKES
WALK-OFF SHIP
Authorities Use Clubs
At Demonstration

LIE HAVRE, France, Aug. q
Heavy detachments of armed police
were pacing the Havre docks and
quays yesterday following an at
tack upon a demonstration of har-
Dor and marine strikers carrying
The Red Flag, in which the authori-
ties fractured the skulls of a num-
Der of the workers.
The struggle with the police was
part of the demonstration resulting
from the attempt of the ship own
ers and the municipal authorities to
man the transatlantic liner Paris
with navy men hastily drafted as
strikebreakers.
The crew of the Paris began to
70 out on strike early in the day
and before the sailing time prac-
tlcally the whole complement had
struck and joined the harbor strik-
ers on the docks.
Attempts of the authorities to
enforce the decree of the ministry
Of the interior, issued several days
ago, ordering strikers not to inter
fere with sailings for the United
States, resulted in the struggle on
the quays and afterwards, as a
demonstration and police raid, in the
city.
The Paris finally sailed with a
sketchy crew. Of French navy men
hurriedly pulled together from con-,
tingerts which had been rushed from
Brest several days ago when the
strike first broke out at LIE Havre.
No immediate settlement of the
walk-out is held possible by lead
ers of the strikers while the gov
eminent and the ship and dock own
ers persist in their present attitude.
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TO HONOR
SACCO-vANzETTI
Chicago Workers to
Meet Aug. %

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The tragic
memory of August 22nd is dawning
on the consciousness of Chicago
workers as the first anniversary of
the misdeed approaches.
A most stirring Memorial cele-
bration is being planned by the Chi
cago office of the International La
Dor Defense together with the
Sacco-Vanzetti Memorial Confer
ence. 1t will be held in Temple
Hall, Van Buren, and Marshfield on
August %, the date of execution of
the labor martyrs.
The meeting will be held until
eleven o'clock Chicago time), the
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RED CANDIDATES
WILL make TOUR
Foster, Gitlow To
Cover u. S.
Continued from Pooe One

Continued from Page One
expelled from the S. P. with the
Left Wing in 1909 by the reaction
airy party bureaucracy in the State
of Washington. He Joined the I. W.
W. and took an active part in that
organizations activities. He visited
Europe in 1910, spending thirteen
months there, studying the labor
movement.
Fosters Record.
During the war Foster was active
in the trade unions, being secretary
of the committee that organized
100000 packing house workers in
1917. After this, in 1918, he was
secretary of the committee that or
gained quarter of million steel
workers and conducted the great
steel strike of 100000 workers.
Foster made a trip to Russia in
1921, attending the congresses of
the Communist International and the
Red international of Labor Unions.
Upon his return to the United States
he declared himself a Communist,
and has since been active in the
Communist movement.
Foster is the most polite
writer .in the American revolution
airy movement, having produced
more than dozen books and pam
phlets, his latest isleaders of
Labor"-being considered one of his
most valuable contributions to the
literature of the Communist move
ment.
Gitlow Active for Years.
Gitlow, a member of the Central
Executive Committee of the Work
ers {Communist) Party, has been
actively engaged in trade union
work since 1913, first in the Retail
Clerks Union and later on in the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
Gitlow joined the socialist party
in 1910. In 1917 he was elected to
the New York State Assembly on an
anti-war platform and in opposition
to Consumption. He was one of the
of the Left Wing of the
Party in 1918 and opposed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-03

the wrong tactics of the Russian
Federation Group, and was one of
the leaders who organized the Com
munist Labor Party. John Reod,
who died in Russia afterwards and
is now buried near the Kremlin Wall
in Moscow, was associated with Git
low as editor Of the Voice of Labor,
a Left Wing organ.
In 1918-1919 Gitlow became con-
nected with the Revolutionary Age,
edited by John Reed. Gitlow was
the first revolutionist in the United
States to be placed on trial for being
a. Communist. He was sentenced to
ten years in prison, three of which
he served before the mass protests
of the workers forced the govern
ment of New York State to release
him. He is now under indictment
for alleged violation of the criminal
syndicalism law of the State of
Michigan, said violation consisting
of attending a Communist conven-
ton in the town of Bridgeman, Ber-
rion County, in 1922.
To Cover Many Cities.
Gitlow has been active in the poll
teal and industrial work of the
Party since it was organized. In
May, 1923, he took over the editor
ship of the Jewish Daily Freiheit.
The Foster itlow tour will cover
every important city and agricul-
tural center from Boston, Mas
sachusetts to Portland, Oregon.
On the southeastern swing San
Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles,
Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha,
Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, In
dianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville,
Birmingham, New Orleans, and At
lanta will be covered.
Then they will travel north,
speaking in Norfolk and Richmond,
Virginia, Washington, D. c., Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh, Pa, and the
principal Ohio cities, both tours end
ing about the same time on the eve
of the balloting the first week in
November.
In addition to the Party's nation
al standard-bearers many other
speakers of prominence will be
toured. Scott Nearing, one of the
most popular platform speakers in
the United States, who was ex-
PEELED from universities for his
radical views, author of several
books on economics, is scheduled
for national tour in the Com
munist election campaign.
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WASHINGTON IN
MOONEY DRIVE
Trade Unions, Farm
ers Active in Drive

Continued from Page One
ell; Carl Brannin, of the Federal
Labor Union and the International
Labor Defense; Rev. NJ. H. Mar
vim; John c. Kennedy, director of
the Seattle Labor College; w. D.
Lane, Farmers Grange Associa-
ton; James A. Duncan, Seattle
Auto Mechanics Union, and many
others.
To this statewide conference
prominent speakers from outside
the State of Washington are being
invited. Invitations have been ex-
tended to Frank p Walsh and to
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. The In
ternational Labor Defense is organ
izing statewide tour on behalf
of the Centralia defendants, Among
the speakers will be Carl Brannin
of the I. L. D., John c. Kennedy of
the Seattle Labor College and 9th
ers. Meetings are already sched-
uIed for Brannin in Bellingham,
Anarcortes, Auburn and Everett.
Resolutions demanding the release
of the Centralia prisoners are be-
ing adopted in unions, fraternal or
CARNATIONS, farmers oranges and
elsewhere throughout the state.
A statement issued yesterday by
the I. L. D. says:
at becomes increasingly clear
that II the Centralia victims are to
be restored to the ranks Of the la
Dor movement, an organized move
ment of protest of working men and
women only can effect this. The
lumber barons and their govern
mental lackeys want to see all fight
ers for labor in prison. The work
ing class must fight to free them"
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WARN AGAINST
new WORLD WAR
Must Fight Against
Irnperialists
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
the social democrats must be inten-
sified, particularly against the lat
ter, because they are the most dam
gerous.
The Communist Parties must re-
member Lenin's words that the ''boy-
colt of war" is only a stupid phrase.
The Communist Parties, however,
are not opposed to mass actions, like
the refusal to accept military serv-
ice and boycott when used as sub
ordinate measures in the struggle
to transform the imperialist war
into a civil war. Such actions, how
ever, must be strictly distinguished
from pacifist humanitarian phrases.
The parties must strive to prevent
the mother countries from sending
troops into Che colonies. The par
ties have not done enough revolu-
tionary propaganda among the
troops.
Furthermore the Communist Par
ties have not reacted sufficiently to
recent important events as for ex-
ample the occupation of Shantung,
the entrance of the Soviet Embassy
and The ARGOS raids and the murder
of Voikov.
War Industries.
The struggle against war, how
ever, is now the most important
task before all the parties. Factory
groups must be for1ped, particularly
in war industries and at the docks.
When war comes the parties must
strive to prevent the reformists from
placing the trade union apparatus
at the disposal of the capitalists.
The illegal apparatus must be built
up and more attention paid to ma
tional minorities. When the imper-
ialists declare war, the Communist
Parties must find weapons to over
throw the century ,old enemy and es-
tablish world Rols6evism. ZAP
plause). W
At the proposal Of delegates from
North and South America, the Con-
gress then despatched a telegram
of greetings to the workers and
peasants of Nicaragua and the gal
liant army of independence under
Gen. SANDING.
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SPLIT Expected.
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AT KOUMINTANGa
=
NANKINC FARLEY
Opponent of Chang
Kai-shek Absent =

SHANGHAI, Aug. 2.-Renews9
struggle among the rival Chinese
war lords looms as the fifth plenary
session of the Kuomintang party
open in Marking today.
The absence of Yen Hsi-shan, gov
ernor of Shansi, from the conference
and his known allegiance with Feng
Yu-hsiang against Chang Kai-shek
has aroused much speculation here
on the outcome of the session.
Yen Hsi-shan left Picking, sup
posedly bound for Marking by rail,
disappeared on a plea of sickness
and turned up again later at Tai
Yuen, capital of Shansi.
Southern armies under the com
mand of General Pei Chung-hsi are
so reported advancing towards the
Great Wall where several thousand
of Shantung troops are said to be
encamped.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-03
Unrest Against Gomez
Regime in Venezuela
Grows; Report ''Plot"

IA R R AN QUILLA, Colombia,
Aug. 2.-The Colombian newspaper
La Prensa, reports that several wo-
men had been arrested in connec-
ton with a revolutionary pilot"
against the dictator of Venezuela,
Gomez.
Ihe newspaper also reports that
the "plot" had become so serious
that Gomez has prepared a ship to
make quick departure for Europe
if necessary.
Meanwhile the strict censorship
existing turnout Venezuela, and the
strong measures of the dictatorship
do not permit any further news of
the revolt to leave the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-03
IN
OWN PARLIAME
IN YUGOSLAvIA
Belgrade Session Is
Declared Dull

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Aug. 2.
Declaring that the abbreviated
parliament which met in Belgrade
for Is minutes no longer repre-
sented Jugoslavia, the parliament of
the Croat-Democratic coalition,
meeting in Gagreb, called upon all
the non-Serbian nationalities to fight
against the Belgrade hegemony.
Prebitchevitch, the democratic
leader, delivered the key speech, in
which he denounced the Belgrade
parliament as being responsible for
the shooting on June 20, and de-
nounced it as a Serb hegemony
which could no longer be tolerated.
Resolutions were passed which
pointed out that when the Yugoslav
kingdom was created out of the
Croats, Serbs and Slovenes each ma
tionality was to have an equal
status, but that the Belgrade regime
had betrayed the nationalities. The
resolutions then went on to declare
that the Parliament which met in
Belgrade had no power to act, es-
pecially in matters of finance and
international affairs, for the only
deputies present were those belong
ing to the Serb party. The Serb
Agrarian Croat Peasant, Democratic,
German and part of the Moslem
parties were not represented at Bel
grade.
The final resolution called for
coalition of all the nationalities
against the Belgrade regime and
offered reformist measures for a
new constitution and new elections.