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Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08
Lions Club Has
Varied Program

Lions Club members enjoyed a
particularly fine program yesterday.
aviation being the principal subject
discussed. Sterling Price, president
of the Zenith Aircraft corporation,
and several other men connected with
the contemplated attempt to break
the worlds endurance flight, were
special guests and gave decidedly in
teresting talks. Judge A. c. Finney
was the main speaker of the day,
talking on "Lincoln. Lincoln s
life and philosophy were interesting
ly discussed by the judge. +. A.
McCollum acted as chairman of the
day.
Mr.. Price told of the construction
Of the big Zenith plane, "Alabat-
ross,' its accomplishment and re
cords it has already broken. w. w.
Gibson of San Diego, who is also
here in connection with the flight,
spoke highly of ImpeIal Valley S
natural advantages in the matter of
landing fields, and stated that the
desert location being used as a base
at present should be made into a
regular field for the landing of big
planes only. That Imperial Valley
can make its self national name
by its landing fields was emphasized
by Gibson.
Dudley Steele of Los Angeles,
official of the National Aeronaut
ical Association, spoke on other in
tercsting aviation matters.
d. L. Zinn gave a booster talk
for Dairy Day, which is to be OBJ
served this year on February 25.
Guests present included Earle
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08
Improper Fuse
|. Causes Blaze

Fire breaking out shortly after 8
o clock last night threatened for a
time to wipe out the 10-room rooming
house on Park street, near the inter
section of Fifth. Firemen, however,
managed to confine the blaze to
one room of the house and after a
Is minute battle had the fire under
control.
The place is occupied by l.. d
Hall and the fire was caused, Chict
Reams declared, because of plugged
electric fuse. One water line was
used by the firemen, the damage
being estimated at about 5000.
This is just the ting we have
been fighting against in our recent
inspection Chief Reams declared.
"The people do not seem to realize
that improper fusing is dangerous.
This fuse was bridged across the
block an>. as a result the fire broke
cut. Warnings against such plugging
seem to be of little avail. We have
sought to make our inspection u
rigid one, to guard against such oc-
currances and this inspection will
be continued by our department.
Those having improper connections,
however, should take last night S
fire as warning to install proper
connections.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08
New French Cable
Connection Made

After long negotiations the West
ern Union Telegraph Company has
been given permission by the
French government to land one of
its transatlantic cables in France.
One of the speediest cables has been
diverted from Penzance, England to
Havre, France. At Havrc the cable
is connected through automatic re-
pcaters TO 200 miles of underground
cable making direct connection be-
tween New York and the Paris Of
flee at Rue Des Italiens.
Havre the cotton center of France
is also in direct touch with New
York through this new facility.
The opening of the cable occurs
on the .150th anniversary of the
signing of the treaty of alliance be-
tween France and the United States
and symbolizes a new alliance of
publication of the two countries.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08
Georgia State
Officials Here

A. d. Murdaugh, horticultural com
missioner of the State of Georgia
and G. J. French, industrial agent
of a Georgia railroad, made tour
cf the VALLEY yesterday accompanied
by II. A. Hansen, district freight
and passenger agent of the South
crn Pacific, and-B. A. Harrigan, hort
icultural commissioner of this coun-
ty.
The Southcrncrs made the trip to
acquaint themselves with the manner
in which packing, shipping and mar
kcting of valley products, especially
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08
Valentine Day
Parties Planned

Valentine parties are being plan
ned by Miss Marion McGlashan,
head of Americanization work here,
for the members of her classes. On
February Is the Colored Women s
class will have its party in the aft
ernoon, and on the following after
noon the Mexican women will OBJ
serve Valentines day. Refresh
ments will be served at both par
ties, through the courtesy of the
Missionary Society of the Presby-
terian church.
The evening of February 16 the
English class at McCabe school will
have a Valentine party, and on the
evening of February II, there will
be another for the pupils of the
Eastside school Americanization
class.
Increased attendance in the Am
ericanization classes is also report
ed by Miss McGlashan. The East
side school evening class now has
an average attendance of 80, and
the McCabe group has an enroll
ment of more than 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08

lettuce arc handled in the valley. In
the morning they went to Holtville
,Sandia and Brawley, stopping at
numerous places enroute and IN the
afternoon toured the southern part of
the valley.
The visitors made numerous favor
able comments on the manner in
which business is handed IN tha
valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08
Youthful Bandit
R0bs Bus Driver
by United Press Leased wire

PASADENA, Calif., Feb. s. a
bold l5-vear-old boy bandit who
held up Il. NJ. McWhirter, Pacific
Electric bus driver, and robbed him
Of about so in cash, was being
sought by police here today.
The juvenile highwayman s
threats failed to cause McWhirtcr
to hand over the money at first, but
when the youth showed gun deep
cr into the drivers ribs and threat
cned to shoot, lie yielded the cash.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08

Vencin, J. w. Wright, Vaughn
Thompson, John Hunter, d. l.. Zinn,
and Judge Finney, FL Centre, Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Gibson of San Diego
Sterling Price of Santa Ana and
Dudley Steele, Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08

That new loud speaker that would
enable speaker to address the en-
tire population of sizeabie city
ism t at all necessary for some peo-
pie to make themselves heard.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08

Seventy Five percent Of the pro.
hibition agents fell down on civil
service exams, according to dis
patch. Evidently Uncle Sam wants
them to be able TO both raid and
write.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08

Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Horne presided
at an informal dinner party given at
the Hotel Barbara Worth last night
ut which Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Frank
Stern and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph B.
Hardacre of Los Angeles were en-.
tertained. Others for whom covers
We're laid were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Stewart Ross and the host and host
ess. Both Mr.. Stern and Mr.. Hard
acre are officials of the Los Ang-
c}es First National Bank, Mr.. Stern
Icing vice president and MIR. Hard.
acre, executive vice president.
Mrs. u. +. Allen returned to the
city yesterday from Los Angeles
where she has been visiting for
several davs. She was accompanied
by Mrs. w. NJ. Owen of Beverly
Hills and Mrs. Irwin Kruger of
Long Beach who are spending sever
al days here as her guests. The party
hotored to Yuma today. Mrs. Owen S
husband is Los Angeles Sales man
ager of the California Petroleum
company of which Mr.. Allen is dis
trict sales manager.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Thacker of this
city, who prior to their moving here
a number of wear ago, were resi-
dents of Waukegan, Illinois, enjoy
ed a visit from a group of former
Waukcgan friends last night. Mrs.
v. j. Allen and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Lee, now of Los Angeles but former
lv of Waukegan, and Mr.. and Mrs.
William r. Smith of Waukegan spent
a pleasant evening at the Thackcr
home recalling former days.
BY an interesting coincidcnt the
party, which had motored down from
Los Angeles, found a group of other
Waukegan friends registered at the
Hotel Barbara Worth. Members of
this second party included Judge
{. c. Edwards, Judge NJ. c. Decker,
and several of their friends.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08

The Emmanuel Circle of the First
Baptist church held we'll attended
business meeting at the church yes
terdav afternoon. The afternoon was
spent in finishing curtains for the
Sunday school room. At the close of
the afternoon. refreshments were
ser7ssl by, Mrs. W. G. Denham, Mrs.
II. +. ,CorkhiH and Mrs. G. W. Fin
lev.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-08

Mrs. A. L. Pyle of 649 Olive ave
nue. will entertain the .Women's
Christian Temperance Union at her
home Friday. An all day meeting
is planned, with a pot luck lunch
con at noon. \ good program will
be presented. All members are ask
ed to be present.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30
100 o. At Turkey
Shoot kt Ranch

More than one hundred people
attended the Thanksgiving turkey
shoot at the Circle "Z" Ranch last
Sunday. The match was held on the
ranch target range and was quite
an event for the guests at the
ranch.
Although most of the best shots
of Santa Cruz County were contes-
tants. the highest score of the day
was made by Mr.. Edward Fitch, of
New York City, one of the guests
at Circle "Z".
Al of the matches were made up
of -four. to team, the person max
ing the highest score at one hun
dred yards being the winner of
each match. There were fifteen
events during the afternoon.
Joe Kane, a Circle "Z" Ranch
cowboy, carried off the honors by
winning the most events, four
matches.
Mrs. Lee Zinsmeister won the
ladies' match with score of "a.
Other match, winners were Oil.
yer RothroCk, two, r. C. Blabon,
BAIL Goodall, Sheriff Jim Kane,
Lee zinsmeister, S. H. Motz, W.
M. Klaus, and Carl Zinsmeister.
Mr., Zimmerman, Principal of the
Patagonia High School, was mas
Ter of ceremonies.
A Christmas turkey shoot will be
held on the target range at the
Circle 50" Ranch on Sunday after
noon, December 10th.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30
A ROTUND SANTA

Ellis Parker Butler has written Christmas story
entitled "a Slim Santa Claus Uncle Samuel has
written many stories of fat Santa and for the ap-
preaching Christmas season has a tale about the
most rotund Santa of them all.
The Christmas shopping season, now in it's in
cipiency finds the United State enjoying an unpre
cedented condition of prosperity. With the fabulous
total of nearly fifty billion dollars in the nations
banks the Christmas business this year promises to
be the most extensvefin in history.
Both bus ness and financial authorities support
this view. The treasury department at Washington
calls attention to the countrys banking situation to
back up it's verdict that conditions are sound Depos-
its in the twentyeight thousand banks in the United
States about $4,000 900 greater than year
ago, while banking resources approximate $64,O00,
100000 excess of two billion over those at the
end of 1927.
Early in December depositors in Christmas saw
ings clubs will receive more than billion dollars.
Experience has shown that large portion of this
huge will finance Christmas shopping expedi-
tions.
government financial expert estimates that
the American Santa Claus will spend $1,O5O, ,OOO, 900
this year.
Thus does it become year by year more difficult
for American fathers to explain how Santa Claus
packs all his gifts in his bag and sleigh.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30
THE NEW WORLD

BY all the evidence, we learn that fundamental
change befe the world within the last two centuries
change that no mere incident to the grind
ing of the mills Of time but one which led swiftly to
new knowledge, new modes of society, hopes for
progress and happiness. Observers have placed at
different points in history the birth of the order
and with less assurance have offered one cause or
mother for the upheava Yet it is clear that modern
history is effect rather than and that its
stirring events declare fundamental change in
the racial environment which has permitted and
ated this vigorous confusion.
Human nature, we know, has not much changed.
Our loves and hates, hopes and fears, are much
like those of DID, If there is change, is in the light
and air in which the human spirit lives and breathes.
These, by some mystery beyond present fathom-
ing, different, though cean strong wind had
swept old mists and darkness away.
Such evidence declares that there is purpose
to history and some supreme guidance at work for
human destiny. The new not much of our own
making it as if in spite of us, after long night
Of ignorance and misery. It has given new world,
rich wth promise and bright with hope for all that
is worth while.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30
80 Years Ago

(From "The Oasis" December 8,
1882
Next week Doctor A. H. Noon
will go out to Orc Blanco to look
after his interests in that vicinity.
Tuesday and Wednesday Feirge
w. Grove, superintendent of the
Holland mine was over from Wash
ngton Camp.
Wednesday Mrs. VIM. Broder-
ok and children with her sister,
Hiss Charlotte Martindale, went
cast to remain through the winter.
Mark Exekie.s, from San Fran
cisco, is visiting Nogales. In early
'ays the visitor was engaged in
business in the line city. He finds
many changes here.
Yesterday John w. Began and
Ignace Burgoon went out to Ari-
vaca, Orc Blanco and other points
northwest from Nogales. They ex-
Pc ted to be over there a week or
ten days.
Thursday the Nogales Fire De-
partment received the new hose
ordered by the Town Council, and
given sufficient supply of water
are ready to quench any kind of
'onflagration.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30
NEW ASSEMBLY CON-
MITTEE is APPOINTED

A meeting of the Board of Con-
trol was held Tuesday, November
13. A new assembly committee,
including Dor t ny Sanders,
chairman, Edith Perkins, and
Gray Wright, was appointed.
The constitutions of the Boost.
er Club, Commercial Club, and
Home Economics Club were ap-
proved
(From "The Apache Warcry",
Nogales High School paper.)
Nogales international., 1928-11-30
INSIDIOUS PROPAGANDA

The ways of the propaganda and publicist
many He does his work under false pretenses he gets
his message across to the people by taking advan
tage OF unsuspecting editors and publishers.
Take the case of B. NJ Hofer, of Portland, Ore.
who testified before the Federal Trade Commission
that the power companies were subsidizng Hofers'
independent news service.
The electric power interests handed Hofer
elghty-four thousand dollars year. During the last
four years his service has sent out 1928 edi
torias to $4,000 newspapers.
An accurate check on the manner in which the
articles were used throughout the country shows that
an average of 1,935,792 inches used per annum
or total of 7743 1853 inches for the fouryear period
This figure represents Ga 526 solid newspaper pages.
Think of it. These 64,526 solid pages of news
paper space were filled with propaganda paid for by
the power trust through the agency of 'indepen-
dent" service.
Permitting propaganda of this character to enter
newspaper columns is imposition on the reading
public
We pride ourselves in being quite able to differ
entiate between real news and propaganda and have
maintained rigid policy of not permitting propaganda
of any sort to enter columns.
One of the greatest assets an editor can have is
the knowledge of just when to use the waste paper
basket. We have big one handy!
Restaurant prices seem especially fearful to those
who haven't tried feeding family of six at home.
-O-
You can't tell The loafers you know may be ac-
cumuating material for the confession magazines.
Song writing must be easy. Any idiot can write
the words and then he has only to steal the music.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30
TRANSCRIPTION TEST GIVEN
TO SECRETARIAL CLASS

The six weeks exam for Mr..
Miiler's shorthand 8 class Was a
transcription test which was pub
lished by the Gregg Shorthand Co.
First a sixty-word test was die
. tated. Eight of the nine students
who took it passed. They are
Mary Ahumada, Marie Gotta Rob
les, Manuel Leyva, Enrique LIME
ro, Antonio Noriega, Bertha Mohr-
deck, Evelyn Conklin, and Amelia
Memiaga.
The eighty-word transcription
test was dictated to Lillian Fits
and Dora Wingo, as they passed
the ether last month. Lillian's S
paper was rated out because of
errors; Dora passed the test.
Each one who passed these tets
will receive a certificate from the
Gregg Co.
(From "The Apache Warcry",
Nogales High School paper.)
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

Peter Panas and Samuel Brack-
er were initiated, and Harry r.
Renshaw was installed as one of
the trustees, at the meeting of tie
F!ks Lodge Tuesday night.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

Cincinnati employer says that blondes work
harder than brunettes. Well of his most indus
trous helpers may really be brunettes without his
knowing it!
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

Now at last there is some real farm relief. The
farmers are no longer reminded of their plight over
the radio every single night.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

We know a newspaper who thinks Hoov-
ers election was just publicity stunt for certain
vacuum cleaner company.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

1t may seem treason to the sex, but man sell
dom gets more nagging than he needs
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

Mrs, w w. Barbae left last
week for Glendale for visit, and
10 srend Thanksgiving with her
brother.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

The difference is that newspaper man makes
the paper and journalist gets the money.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

Superior-Secion
bacL n.rnaaamt lion Snu Oh lie improved immediately
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

G1obe-Construction in progress
on new S300000 paving Stag brick
and products plant.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

The upper Glass; is much like the Others ex-
cept that it doesn't wash it's own cars
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

Fortunately. a book that improves your mind sell
dom makes you dull as the author.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

Song writing must be easy. Any idiot write
the words and then he has only to steal the music
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

You can't tell. The loafers you know may be &C
cumuating material for the confession magazines.
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

(From "The Oasis" December 8
1882
Nogales international., 1928-11-30

Restaurant prices seem especially fearful to thos
'ho haven't tried feeding family of six at home.
Evening star., 1928-03-07
HOUSE HEARS PLEA
FOR u. S. SHIPPING
American Interests Ask Aid,
Claiming Trade Faces
Strong Competition.

The cause Of private American ship
ping lines was presented TO the House
merchant marine committee yesterday
by II. B. Walker, representing the
! American Steamship Owners Associa-
| ton, the Pacific American Steamship
Association and the Shipowners AsSo-
citation OF the Pacific Coast, comprising
so per cent of the private owners ~ The
United States.
Mr.. Walker gave Endorsement 10 the
White and Wood bills, row neforc the
committee, urging that they pe COM
bined so as TO give the Shipping Board
authority and resources adequate 10 alo
private lines 10 build Necessary new
ships and 10 operate on parity with
foreign competitors. He told The COM
mlttee that privately owned American
shipping lines are today .tllinS Tar
short OF earning enough 10 replace their
ShipS as they wear out. and that the
new Government lines are doing snll
worse.
Privately owned combination pas
scnser ana cargo ships are generally
making expenses" Mir. Walker said.
but tall far short of making enough
more 10 assure their replacement.
Immediate operating necessities OF
such lines viii be taken care OF by the
.ong-term mail contracts provided ioi
by the White bill If 1t becomes law.
The present year-to-year mail con-
tracts. While very helpful. do not per-
nit the Ship0wner to plan ahead as he
should. The policy OF encouraging by
liberal long-term mail contracts the
establishment and Improvement of fast.
regular and frequent service by Su-
ncrior ships available for naval auXil-
iary service has so effectively proved
its usefulness in American shipping
history that we assume Congress will
modcrnize It along the lines OF legisla-
ton proposed.
The future problem Of passenger and
mail lines which consist OF the vessels
most useful TO national defense Is that
of replacement and the successful OPP
Grafton of the new and more costly
ships. They need not all be replaced
in the immediate future, but TO meet
competition and 10 show their serious
purpose TO hold their position some Of
these lines will require TO provide new
tonnage promptly This would seem
to be covered by the provisions OF the
White bill including long-term mail
contracts and low-rate construction
loans by the Government.
Evening star., 1928-03-07

Ry the Associated Press.
SULLIVAN. Ind. March 7.--While
Col. Jimmy" Lang, 73-year-old banker,
was on his vacation for month, his
friends in Sullivan hoped his trip might
be enjoyable, but yesterday, the bank
closed by State examiners, they shook
their heads, sadly puzzled.
A reward of $4,000 has been offered
for Col. Jimmy's arrest. Police In CHI
cago have been asked to look for
white-h haired, Stoop-Shouldered man
about five feet five inches tall. carrying
n weather beaten black bag.
Old timers who knew Jimmy when
he came here as a "frcsh-air kid from
New York, could not believe the charges
true.
Shortage of S250.O0O.
Gee" one man commented, that
couldn't have been Jimmy. Why. Jimmy
was a frcSh-air kid, He couldn't have
taken the money of poor people"
But the Citizens Trust Co. doors have
been closed Bank officials. who grew
I'D under Jimmy. reluctantly related
that everything was not right. Mayor
Richard l.. Bailey. vice president OF
the bank and lifelong friend of Jim
ny's. said there was an estimated short
age of $250,000 with indications that
Jimmy had about $4,000 of It,.
The missing bankers career in Sui
livan began soon after Civil War days.
He was a product of New York's slumS,
born as Alois Tsairvich, the son OF a
father he professed to remember only
as a drunken Civil War soldier. who
beat his wife and children until they
Evening star., 1928-03-07
SMUGGLING SUSPECT
TESTIFIES FOR U. S.
Says He Was to Have Got $40 for
Bringing 100000 in Dia-
monds In.

Rr the Associated Press
NEW YORK. March IA man
whose big shoes betrayed him TO GUS
toms authorities in their roundup OF
an alleged international diamond SNUG
Cling syndicate testified in Federal
Court yesterday that he had agreed
TO take $40 for bringing 100000 worth
Of gems into the country
The witness was Clarence Lamot.
former electrician on the Red Star
liner Lap!and. Ee was called by the
Government In its prosecution OF julius
Adler. New York jeweler, as one OF the
rfngleaders In a combination that
snnuggled millions OF dollars worth of
diamonds from Antwerp.
Lamot testified the diamonds found
in his possession and some others in
his quarters on the Lapland were TO
have been delivered TO Mrs. Rica
Lamell and Leonie Schois.
LanIot was arrested early In Novem-
Der. with four other men and woman
"go-between." Authorities later ar
rested Adler, Charles p. Goldberg. an
other New York diamond merchant
Abraham Frank, Louis ScholZ and Mrs
Lamell Adler said he was framed"
3. Bartnoys':y. described as thr
chief Of the syndicate. was arrested
near the Canadian border. but commit
ted suicide In a Brooklyn tenement
house while at liberty under bail
Evening star., 1928-03-07
"COL. JIMMY" VILLAGE BANKER,
IS MISSING; SO IS $250,000
Silver-Haired Financier, Is, Rocks Faith
of Townspeople-$10000 Posted
for His Return.

fed to the streets. Hunger led to petty
thievery The boy was arrested and
placed in an orphanage.
Takes New Name.
One day he came with a group OF
fresh air kids" to live with James
Lang. a Sullivan farmer. The boy took
the name of his foster father.
Jimmy attended little red-brick
schoolhouse, later Valparaiso University.
and became school teacher. In 1882
he entered the banking business under
the late William Fl. Crowder, Civil War
veteran. And for about so years since.
Jimmy. who once was q nnighbor CT
Will Hays, movie cZar. has had the con-
fdence Of the entire town.
A check on the bankers movements
since he started on his vacation re-
vealed that he journeycd to Enid. Okla.
where former Sullivan girl, employed
as a nurse, also was reported missing.