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Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
PANIC FOLLOWS
SHORT CIRCUIT
IN SUBWAY CAR

NEW YORK, Dec. 20. W.H-The
spark of short circuit caused a
panic on an inbound train of the
Brooklyn Manhattan transit com
pany today and sent hundreds of
passengers scurrying through a
smoke clouded tunnel under the
East river.
Transit company officials report
ed 80 persons had been treated at an
emergency first aid station at the
Queensborough Plaza station, but
said none was seriously hurt Six
teen of the 80 were subsequently
taken to ST. Johns hospital, Long
Island City.
John Corbey, motorman of the
train, said he had just taken his
cars into the tunnel that leads to
Manhattan. 1t was the height of
the rush hours, passengers were
packed in tightly, and the train was
proceeding at moderate speed.
Suddenly there was a flash on the
floor of the tunnel and smoke rolled
up into the first car. Corbey threw
on his emergency brakes.
The smoke brought panic and
passengers showed through the mar
row car doors toward the rear of
the train; screaming women smashed
at windows with their fists and the
air was thick with flying glass.
Patrolman Thomas j. Smith, pas
senger, dubbed his way through the
crowd and forced the panic stricken
passengers into some semblance of
order. Within 10 minutes passengers
were trickling out of the rear door
of the last car into the smokey tun-
mel.
Inside the train, however, the con
fusion added to the terror. Passen
gers shouted that the whole train
was ON fire and memories Of the dis.
astrous Times Square subway wreck
caused riot.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
CONTRACTS FOR
FAIR WORK LET
BY SUPERVISORS

Contracts totaling $21,24S were
awarded by the board of supervis'
ors at Il special meeting held yes
terday afternoon, for construction
work on the grandstand and admin
istration building to be erected a!
the county fair grounds.
Bids on this work had been re.
ccived some time ago but all were
rejected by the supervisors because
they were not in the proper forn
Another call for bids was then is
sued and the following firms re
sponded: The Sorlei Il Peterson
Go. of FL Centre; c. w. Billups 4
Son, Carlsbad; the Minneapolis Steel
and Machinery division of the Min
neapolis Moline Power Implement
Co., Los Angeles; ID. A. Ward X Son
San Diego; w. l.. North, Vista; the
Consolidated Steel corporation O.
Los Angeles.
The lowest bidders were: Tho
Consolidated Steel corporation witt
bid of $9,l70 on the structural
steel work Of the grandstand; {. W
Billups Il Son, who bid $5,340 fo'
the concrete work on the grand
stand, and w. l.. North, with a b.d
Of $6,73S for the construction of th'
administration building. After som,
consideration, these firms wcr'
awarded the contracts.
One bid was not considered be
cause it was not accompanied by
certified check or bond, and an
other was filed too late to be legal
a petition to change the toun
daries between the Brawley and I'm
perial school districts was rejected
as the limits set forth in the peti
ton did not coincide with thos,
finally agreed upon. The petitioners
then expressed their intention o.
filing a corrected petition.
The board adopted resolution t.
employ Emory Girard as superin
tendent of construction for both th'
proposed grandstand and administra
tion building at the county fail
grounds.
1t also directed the purchasing
agent to advertise for bids for ;
dump truck chassis for road district
No. ., after which adjournment wa!
taken until January 6, 1880.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
|. A, EXCHANGE
PRICES TOPPLE
follow MARKS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20. U.P-
A violent selling wave on the Los
Angeles Stock and Curb exchanges
today forced most issues down frac-
tionally to ms high as 5 points.
Four new lows for the year were
established as the general liquida-
tion movement continued, and one
or two issues reached their previous
low marks at midday.
Those issues making new lows
were: Byron Jackson, 500 at 15A,
off / u; Douglas Aircraft 500 at IA,
off /; Security First National, eX-
dividend of Slip, 800 at ll1M, off
21s; Pacific Finance, 400 at 37M,
eff IN.
Hydraulic brakes touched its for
mer low of 40 with 100 shares of
trading cx-dividend or 81, off 5.
The oils attracted the most aetiv-
ity and support was fairly strong
for most issues. Bolsa Chica traded
5000 shares at l.25, off 10 cents.
Rio Grande Oil was off 3s at 10 with
$500 shares trading. Richfield Oil
was heavy trader with 6,l00 shares
changing hands at 251s, off Is,
Standard Oil of California traded
400 shares at G0A, off q. Union
Associates traded 400 shares at A,
off y. Union Oil of California
traded $500 shares at 441a.
Pacific National Company showed
no net change with 400 shares trad
ing at Sl2.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
MERCHANTS STATE CHRISTMAS
TRADE IS BETTER THAN EVER

indications now are that 1880 will
be a good year for the people OF
Imperial Valley"
Business at the Western Auto Sup
ply company was first rate accord
ing to information from that store.
The clerks have been kept very
busy so far during the holiday buy
ing season and everything points to
an increase of sales before next
Wednesday.
Festival Is Aid
A casual visit paid to the Mont
eomcry Ward store showed great
activity and the canvasser was told
that business was extremely good,
better than last year by great
margin. The Christmas Festival
stirred up more trading from the
rural districts and brought increased
business to the merchants OF TINS
city.
w. j. Reed of Edgar Brothers
Hardware, was enthusiastic in his
praise Of the Christmas buying splr-
it shown by the people of FL Centre
and vicinity. "Sales are exception
allv good this year." he declared,
"and bigger percentage of the peo-
ple are buying now than i'll previous
Years. There is not so much mere
looking about or shopping, nor have
the people been putting off their
b.ving until the very last moments.
"This, he said, "helps the merchants
and is a source of great satisfaction
to the individual. The public is
settling down to buying sensible
gifts for young and old alike and
is not interested in trifling pres
ents." Reed declared that the same
was true of all the Edgar Brothers
stores in the valley.
The Valley Drug company report
cd q steady stream of sales and eX'
pected the usual Christmas rush
during the last two or three days Of
the season. No cause for complaint
was found by the management and
Il sense of gratitude was expressed
to the buying public for its patron
age.
j. r. jenkins of Jenkins Jewelry
store when quizzed about his Christ
mas sales, said: "Finc. This is the
best wear we have had for several
years past and l am very we'll sat
lsfied. Our sales are far ahead OF
those Of last year by a big margin
Warren Currier, general manager
of the /. V. Hardware company,
Continued on Page Eight
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20

FL Centre retail merchants have
gone on record, almost to man,
as holding that this Christmas IS
the biggest and hest they have ever
had from a sales point of view. a
canvass of the different stores yes
te,day brought out the fact that the
volume of sales has increased over
tbs. of the same period last year.
More people are buying in spite or
the threatened financial panic due
to the collapse of the stock market,
which evidently had bat little effect
on the people of this vicinity.
One very interesting and import
ant fact was uncarthed, namely
that this year the buying public has
concerned itself principally with
the purchase of sensible and service
able gifts. Gimracks and other
temporary" presents are neglected
and the merchants, keen to sense the
desires of their customers, have put
such things into the background and
brought out only those articles which
were sure to please.
Another interesting fact found
,htring this survey was the impetus
to trading given by the Christmas
Festival inaugurated on December q,
under the auspices of the chamber
CT commerce. More than one mer-
chant, giving credit where it was
due, said that this movement more
than any other unified the buying
activities of the public and was of
the greatest benefit both to mer-
chants and customers alike.
Our genial mayor, proprietor of
Clements Drug store, when asked
what he thought of the Christmas
shopping said: at is bigger and
better than last year with still sew
! cral days to 60. We have noticed
an increased volume of sales in ev-
cry department of the store"
Duke johnson of the Johnson
Greene company had this to say:
"This year has been very satistact-
ory from the merchants viewpoint
in that the entire year has been
good. Although the four heaviest
selling holidays are still ahead of
us, business for the past 10 days
has shown such volume as to assure
the biggest Christmas season John
sun- Groenc company has ever en-
| ioyed. We believe the FL Centre
Christmas Festival and the extra
week of keeping the stores open
evenings, have helped materially to
swell the volume of business and to
give the public better service. All
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
HOLLYWOOD IS
THREATENED BY
SERIOUS BLAZE
Volunteers And Firemen
Called To Battle Big
Brush Fire.

HOLLYWOOD, Dee. 90. W.P)-A
brush fire raging in the Griffith
Park Hills and threatening scores
of exclusive residences became so
serious today that an appeal for vol
unteers was broadcast from radio
stations.
The blaze started in Vermont can
yon, not far from the imposing
home of Jack Dempsey and Estelle
Taylor, and was quickly whipped
out of control by 40 mile wind
All available fire equipment was
called out and when it was evident
that fircmen could not halt the
flames, boy scout and other organ
izations were called to aid.
Five men were injured serious
ly in traffic crashes that resulted
from the rush of fire fighters to the
scene.
Four of the men hurt were en-
Eloyecs Of the city water depart
mcnt. The truck in which they were
cnroute to the fire turned over.
j. B. Dollar was injured critically
and G. +. Davis, j. II. Calvin and
r. H. Montoya suffered minor hurts.
NJ. j. Lakey, a fireman, was
struck down by an automobile and
was injured seriously.
Boys Have Fun
Shortly after noon fircmen re-
ported that 600 acres of land had
been burned over. No homes had
been destroyed, it was said, and
fighters were concentrating on keep
ing the flames away from residences.
Twenty acres of flowers in the
nursury of A. II. Kuromi were
ruined by the flames and the heat.
Billows of smoke made it difficult
to determine the progress of the
flames.
Sling-shots and clubs were welded
by the young boys in the district as
swarms of rats, rabbits, squirrels
and gophers swarmed from the brush
land.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
Father OF Six
Hanged Today

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Dee. 90.
W.p)-Mario Croce was hanged here
today for the murder of his wife
Dec. 26, 1928.
Croce, apparently clam and re-
signed to his fate, was led from the
death cell at five minutes after ~
o'clock.
He was dropped through the gal
lows trap at 1905 a. m. and pro-
nounced dead l2 minutes later.
Croce and his wife separated in
October, 1923, after several year,;
of domestic discord. Following the
separation, Mrs. Croce continued to
manage the Union hotel at Green
wood, MendocinO county.
Croce pleaded guilty to murder,
but insisted that he intended TO
fright worse wrong in correcting
the scandal going on in my family"
He said he was convinced his wife
was having relations with another
man. He was the father Of six child
rem.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
Brothers Hanged
In Quebec Jail

MONTREAL, Que, Dee. 90. W.D
Two brothers, neither of whom
had reached his 29nd birthday, were
hanged back to back in Bordeaux
Jail today.
Norman Menard, 81, and Lawr.
cnce, 10, Were executed for the muir
der of John Earl Durham in hold.
up in February of last year.
Prison officials, who refused to
admit newspapemcn to the execu-
ticn, said both boys walked unflinch-
ingly TO the scaffold The boys
mother is believed to be living In
Detroit, Their father, prostrated by
the hanging of his sons, lived in
Ford City.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
I. v. Pyramid No. 81, A. E. O.
Sciots, 8, Masonic Temple
Troop 16. B. s. A., 1880,
Court house.
Troop 25, B. S. A., 7:30 Nc
Cabe.
Lettuce growers, 8, court
house.
Present Day club, 8, 1882
Brighton.
Jasper Farm Center, 7:45,
Jasper school.
Boxing, 9, El Centre Arena.
Fox Imperial Th eatre,
Flight
Bronson Players in 1.-THE
Mysterious Mr.. Brown,' 1880
Palace Theatre.
TOMORROW
Pageant rehearsal, 8, Presby-
terian church.
Junior matinee, 10, Fox Impe-
rial Theatre.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
DIE
IN PLANE:
TRAGEDY
Massachusetts, Congress
man Among Victims In
Boiling Field Wreck.
ON INSPECTION TRIP
Faltering Motor Causes
Army Plane To Crash On
Flying Field.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 20. UH-
Five men, including Representative
William X. Kaynor, Republican.
Massachusetts, were killed in an air
plane crash at Boiling field here
today.
The dead are:
Representative William X. Kay
nor, Repubical, Massachusetts.
Stanley B. Love, his secretary.
Captain Harry \. Dinger.
Private Vladimir Kuwma.
Arthur A. McGill.
The plane was a tri-motored
Fokker. 1t attempted to make 4
left turn at an altitude of 300 feet
and fell into a nose dive when one
of the motors is believed to have
failed.
Representative Kaynor, of Spring
field, Mass, representating the Sec
ond Massachusetts district, wax
born in Sanborn, Ia, and was 40
years old. He was graduated from
Yale in 1912. Kaynor leaves
widow, the former Alice Chaplin
Reed of Springfield, and six chill
dren.
Captain Dinger, who was consid-
cred one of the best pilots in TIE
army, recently completed a 10000
mile air tour with Chairman James
of Michigan of the house military
committee.
The plane fell few feet from
The hangar and near the spot where
Lieutenant Cuddihy, crack naval
pilot, crashed to his death few
weeks ago.
The plane was taking off for
Springfield, Mass, and was then TO
have gone to Hartford, Conn, to
inspect national guard units.
There were but five in the ship
when it left the ground and all were
horribly crushed in the crash.
War department officials were
shocked by news of the accident.
Motor Fails
1t all happened with sickening
quickness. The giant three motored
Fokker had just taken off from
Boiling field and had risen 800 feet
in the air. Gracefully it began to
| curve toward the north when sud
denly one motor failed and the
huge craft shot downward.
The Fokker hit the ground not
more than 70 feet from where Lieu
| tenant Cuddihy, ace naval pilot,
crashed few weeks ago.
Unlike Cuddihy's plane, the FOX
| kcr was not buried far into the
! ground. 1t hit first on the right
side, burying the right motor aud
wheel The center motor was buried
! Just level with the ground, while
the left motor made a two foot hole
in the ground and then bounced
nack.
The rear part of the fuselage and
the rear part of the cabin were
left intact. The cabin door was not
touched. The glass in the door was
not broken. Some of the chairs in
the cabin were not even scratched.
Dingcr and Kuwma were in the
cockpit. They were instantly
killed. Dinger'S watch stopped az
| S:oO H. Ill. Hc tHrct men liuihS
IN the cabin were thrown forward
when the plane hit and were in
stantly killed.
Although the fore part of the
plane was badly smashed, there was
little difficulty in getting the
bodies out.
Within half an hour after the
crash, the fuselagc had been drag
ged out by tractor to a dump on
the edge of the field. Soldiers wcro
busy digging out the motor and
the wreckage was all cleaned up by
1880 II. m.
Officials and fellow congressman
were stunned by the accident.
President Hoover learned of it
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
BOYS WORKER
CHIEF SPEAKER
AT INSTITUTE
DR.. Grafflin Of New York
Gives Inspiring Address
To Teachers.

Building Boyvillc," was the sub
iect of an excellent address given
bv DR.. Samuel W. Grafflin of the
West Side Y. NJ. {. \. in New York
City at the morning session of tie
institute.
The theme Of his remarks was the
means of getting the most out Of
life and with this as baekgro round,
DR.. Griffin went on to say that in
order to get anything out of life,
the individual must bring something
to life.
Applying this in the field of edu-
cation, he declared that If a teacher
does not get real JOY out Of teach
ing, then she should be at work
i'll some other line.
Stating that the biggest job in
education is letting out the minds
of boys and girls, the speaker citeG
five things necessary to achieve
this job. These we're Imagination,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
BLIZZARD
TRAVELS
TO EAST
Atlantic SeabOard Area
Paralyzed BY Severest
Storm In Years.
DAMAGE ENORMOUS
All Lines OF Transport
tatiOn Badly Crippled BY
Huge Drifts.
(By United Press Leased Wire)

The most disastrous blizzard II
years crept slowly eastward toward
tie Atlantic today, leaving com
munities buried in snow and traffic
anarled into tanglc that may take
days to remedy.
The midwest dug out of Il record
fall of snow but the east was be-
ginning to catch the full blast Of
the blizzard ..s
Rail, air and highway travel in
tnd ont of New York was either
suspended or hours late. No airmail
las arrived or left New York City
since December Il, at first because
- n record fog, now because of the
blizzard that displaced the mist.
Chicago made IA record recovery
from fan of Is inches of snow.
Traffic today was approaching no..
ihal and householders venturcd
forth for much needed groceries.
chicago saw the sun for the first
time in II days but the sunshine
was fitful and not very bright.
Snow flurrics were reported in the
south at New Orleans, Mobile ana
Pensacola and low temperatures
we're the rule where the sun usually
Keeps the weather mild. New Eng
land was in the grip of rain anG
SNOW storms.
Zero temperatures in Kansas City
and Omaha and territory gave way
k;o the sun which trailed the biz
'Szard.
CHICAGO, Dee 20. U.p}-Mid.
America wore Il thick vestmcnt o.
snow today as the aftermath of Il
'wO day blizzard and cold wave that
wrecked havoc of disastcrous pro
portions.
Not in IL years has such a snow
fall been known in the midwest
More than II inches had fallen ip
many localities. The official meas
rfement in Chicago was AS in
ches. That was within Il inch of
the all time record.
Millions of people felt the paralyz
ing clutch of the storm. More than
40 lives were exacted either by cold
exhaustion or accidents caused by
the frigid blasts. Transportation
was virtually at a standstill at the
height of the storm and was limping
along haphazardly today as thou
sands of men toiled to clear away
the drifts that clung to rail, side
walk and street.
Intense suffering remained whcr
ever the blizzard struck with inten.
sity. Poor families shivcrcd in cold
that their dwindling fuel supple
ailcviated only a few degrees. Home
less men crowded relief agencies
and public buildings. All who were
physically able were given shovel,
and put TO work clearing the snow
piles from city streets.
Cost of the storm in dollars wa.
mounting into the millions. Fires
added perils to life and took thei,
toll of property. Shipping wa'
severely crippled by thudding
waves. Merchants lost heavily a,
the snow drifts kept patrons AT
home.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
GEN. BOUQUET
EXECUTED FOR
PLOTTING COUP
Last Words Revile De-
feated Candidate In Re-
cent Election.

NOGALES, SonOna, Mex, Dee.
90 U.p>-Thc latest attempt to in-
augurate a Mexican revolution was
believed today to have been nipped
in the bud with the execution 6t
Gen. Carlos Bouquet by firing
squad and the imprisonment of flv:
of his comrades.
A quantity of arms, ammunition,
maps and other military equipment
was seized by federal authorities.
General Bouquet, credited with
being the leader of the Nasconcelos
loalcontcnts on the west coast OF
Mexico, was arrested several days
AGO on orders from Gen. Juan Rico,
federal commander here. \ military
trial was held at which the general
and his companions, Miguel Mendez,
Daniel Navarro, Rezio Lugo and two
unnamed men were found guilty.
Bouquet was ordered executed
and the others were held under
.leavv guard in the military prison
here. Their probable fate is un'
known. Colonel McndcZ was TO
have become chief of staff to Gen
cral Bouquet, it was reported ami
was to command the expected up
rising in the state of Sinaloa.
Federal authorities declare Gen
eral Bouuuet and his aides came
here to receive instructions and
rnonev from the leaders of the Vas,
eoncelos political party.
The man said to have been the
leader of the second revolt in Mex
leo this year, faced death unfllnch'
:nglv. walking to the death wall
with firm step. He declined to be
blindfolded, and with a glance OF
scorn at the soldiers of the firing
squad, signified his readiness to
die. His last words, according TO
federal authorities, were in reVll2
ment of Jose Vasconcelos, defeated
candidate for president, who ne
charged cleft his followers IN
trap"
TUCSON, Dee. 20. U.R)-Hun
! dreds of his followers in Mexico
stand ready to rise against the gov
crnmcnt whenever called upon, jose
Nasconcelos, defeated candidate foi
president of the southern republic
declared here today.
{ Vasconcelos was enroute to Los
Angeles to spend the holidays will
his family.
81 will return to Mexico to LEAD
my friends in the uprising after Z
cbor+ stav in Los AnpeleS" he Sai0
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20
STORY HOUR OMMITTED

Since the junior matinee will be
given tomorrow morning at 1C
o'clock, the city library will not
hold its usual story hour, thus en-
abling all children to attend the
matinee.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20

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Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-20

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The Washington times., 1929-10-23
ROTARIANS TO MEET

CHERRYDALE. Va. Oct ga
The Arlington Rotary Club will hold
its weekly meeting tomorrow at
1890 O'Clock at the Washington
Golf and Country Club. President
DIR. r. n. Sutton will preside.
The Washington times., 1929-10-23

Immediately after the storm which
yesterday afternoon 1ashed the city.
uprooted trees, unroofed at least
one house and played havoc along
the river front, the mercury began
to drop. BY Z o'clock it had fallen
to 4s degrees.
After that it began to rise and
within two hours had climbed to Sc
degrees.
When the wind was at it's highest
late yesterday afternoon it tore the
roof from the hardware store Of
Harry Wolf in the 100 block of
North Capitol st. Wolf was in the
store Al the time. but was uniniured
and declared later that he did not
know what was happening until he
felt the rain coming in on him.
The Naval Air Station at Ana
costa was in its usual vulnerable
position during a heavy wind, and
early in the day the entire crew of
the post was called to duty to
make things fast. They apparently
succeeded because no damage wa s
reported.
An old barge which for years has
been stuck in the mud of Analostan
Island. was torn loose by the wind
and blown down the river to a
point near the Washington Canoe
Club, where 1t sank.
The Washington times., 1929-10-23
SLANTSON CApITALPE 0pLE

about to o. K. the application,
he said, when he discoUered
that the applicant had been in
jail the past three years, which
accounted for the fact that he
had been in no scraps and tDas
a model of behavior.
The other night as a reporter
Was sitting at table in
restaurant in the Downtown sec
ton, an elderly man tUho looked
as if he Were none to familiar
Uith the "sidewdlks of New
York"-or of Warrington
came in and ordered a piece Of
pie. II was brought, With
fork. The man regarded the
plate helplessly for a moment,
then NTH an injured air re-
marked in tones to be heard
oil over the restaurant, "Woiter,
how do you expect me to eat
this pie when you didn't brink
me no knife?"
SENATOR HASTINGS sec
rotary, HAYES WILSON,, is
back from a duck-shooting ex-
petition on the Delaware
marshes. He brought back no
ducks, but instead got a basket
of DelasUare apples, with which
he inUites Visitors to keep doc
tors aWay.
Hayes father, by the way, re-
Gently celebrated his eighty
third birthday at his home in
Dover. The senior WILSON
doesn't let his age interfere With
his lively interest in politics and
n>'ch hunting.