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Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
PROPERTY ON
MAIN STREET
IS SOLD HIGH

Faith in the potentialities of Ell
Centre real estate is shown in what
is believed to be one of the largest
land transactions in the city since
the sale of the site for the Barbara
Worth hotel, in the sale of $50 feet
on Main street embracing the M. O.
King Company, Holdam Stuart Com
pany and Edgar Brothers Hardware
Company by the Globe Grain Com
pany to w. E. Keller, Los Angeles
business man. The sale was for cash
and the land sold for $1,000 per
front foot, totaling approximately
$150,000.
Consumation Of the sale was en-
acted August 9, but was not record
ed until August IA. M. o. King of
the M. O. King Company is in re-
ceipt Of letter from the Globe
Grain Company ANNOUNCING the
deal.
Keller is not stranger to Ell
Centre business men. Recently he
purchased large industrial tract
in this city. The recent deal was
made as an investment by Keller,
which indicates his faith in the con-
tinued prosperity of Ell Centre.
M. 0. King stated this morning
the transaction would not cause any
changes in the company as the land
is controlled by long lease by the
company. Incidentally Keller is a
stockholder of the M. o. King Com
pany, King said.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
TRAGEDIES TAKE
SCORE OF LIVES
OVER WEEK END
Half OF Death Toll Is
Caused BY Automobile
Accidents.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. W.P)
Nineteen persons met death over
the week end in series of tragedies
occurring on the Pacific coast, ac-
cording to reports to the United
Press today.
Automobile accidents contributed
II names to the tragedy toll. The
other deaths were caused by a var
iety of accidents, including falls,
lightning, shock and suicide.
Twelve Of the 10 deaths occurred
III California. Oregon reported one
suicide and one fatal automobile
collision, Washington two automo-
bile casualties, an airplane fatality
and train death. One person was
killed by lightning in British Col
umbia.
California deaths:
Arnoldo Mancini, 40, of San Fran
cisco, was fatally injured at Fair
fax when he fell from tree.
Fred Sabin, As, San Francisco,
died of shock while witnessing a
fire.
Frank S. Howard, AZ, was shot and
killed by his IL year old son, Rich
ard, in Los Angeles.
The body Of man about 80 years
of age was washed ashore near San
Rafael.
Mrs. Rosetta Klein, 81, of Ala
media, was fatally injured when
struck by an automobile.
Mrs. Cora Malone, SO, of Burbank,
died in Oakland following IAN auto
mobile crash.
Charles Cueno, 35, San Francisco,
was killed when his automobile
plunged over $50 foot embank-
ment.
A man believed to be Faustiva
Abatti of San Francisco was killed
near Napa when an automobile over
turned.
William Thomas, 80, Los Angeles
negro, was fatally injured when his
motorcycle collided with an auto
mobile.
Miss Gussie Young, Redlands, was
killed in an automobile crash near
Pisgah. 80,
Fred Stein, Camarillo, was kill
ed in an automobile crash near
Owensmouth.
Arthur Carson, Inglewood, was
fatally injured when his automobile
crashed with another machine near
Belvedere Gardens.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Endurance Flyers
Returning West

CLEVELAND, Aug. 10. <U.H)-
The cross country endurance plane,
Spokane Sun God, piloted by Nick
Manner and Art Walker, left the
Cleveland airport for st. Paul,
Mimi, at sos a. NJ. today.
The Sun God arrived here short
ly before a. m. Two contacts
were made with the plane here in
which their breakfast and 25O gal
Ions of gas were transferred to the
flyers. They left Immediately af-
ter the last contact was made.
The Sun God arrived here after
battling severe storm almost all
night.
Manner dropped note shortly
after arriving at the airport ask
ing for food and gas. A severe
storm held them up ever since leav-
ing New York last night, the note
said, but they were go. k.' On
arrival here the flyers found fine
flying weather, bright sun greet
ing them.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
WOMEN FLYERS
REFUSE TO USE
CALEXICO FIELD
By GEORGE H. BEALE

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, Aug.
10. W.H-Eighteen women, who just
happen to be among the worlds best
known airplane pilots, early today
gave a first rate demonstration of
how the feminine sex gets its own
way.
The women, all entrants in the air
derby of the 1929 National Air
Races, collectively stated that they
would not continue to Cleveland un.
less they had something to say
about the route. they would take.
With the threat of having the
derby, considered the greatest
competitive flying test ever held for
women, called off, the race commit.
tee in Cleveland compromised, and
the flyers will not have to land at
Calexico, Calf, as they refused to
do
The women said their committee
or some of it's members bungled in
not advising them soon enough of
the control points between here and
Phoenix, Ariz., tonight 8 overnight
stop. The women didn't want to
land at Calexico because many of
them had supplies and new parts at
Yuma and they considered the
Calexico field poor for fast landing
and slow climbing planes. They
wanted the stop at Yuma.
Despite the girls desires the
executive powers in Cleveland in,
sisted that stop be made at
CalexicO. Failure to land there
would mean disqualification, Floyd
Logan, chairman of the race, ad-
vised them by telephone. After the
disqualification threat from Logan,
the women got together and decided
not to bulge from San Bernardino
unless Yuma was designated in place
Of CalexicO as the short stop-over
point. I
The decision brought out one of
the strangest professions ever seen
here.
Sign Round Robin
In the early hours Of the morn
ing, a self-appointed delegation
started a parade through the corri-
doris of the hotel. 1t stopped at the
doors of rooms occupied by derby
contestants and after each stop it
had another signature to a "to-
whom it may concern. That meant a
group of women were just about to
have its own way.
The "to whom it may concern" "
condemned the air committee for
having failed to make the route
clear to participants before the
start of the race and it carried the
ultimatum that it was no stop at
Calexico or no more race. There was
considerable talk about "the prin-
ciple of the thing" although no
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Three Seeking
TO Lead Legion

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Aug. 10. W.R
THE annual convention of the
California American Legion was
started officially here today with
the first business meeting of the
session.
George Moulton, San Diego, was
elected grand chef de care of the
Forty and Eight, fun organization
of the Legion.
Early indications We're that Clar
ence l.. Kincaid of Hollywood, G. c.
McGonegal of Bell, and II. j.. Cald
well of Ontario will be leading
candidates for leadership of the
state organization.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
TROUBLE
HAMPERS
AVIATORS
Two Women Flyers Land
In Valley And One In
Mexico Field.
NONE IS INJURED
More Crack-Ups Report
ed From Yuma But Most
Entrants Get Away.

Two women flyers in the cross
country air derby were down with
trouble in the valley at noon today,
the balance of the l8 flyers having
gone on to Yuma in the second leg
of the race which started from
Glover Field, Los Angeles, yester~
day. s~.M4
Miss Thea Rasche, the German en-
trant, broke her landing gear, es-
Gaping otherwise uninjured, when
her plane was forced down by en-
CINE difficulties one mile north and
two miles east Of Holtville about 8
o o'clock. The daring young aviatrix
sent to Yuma for mechanic and de-
clared she would continue her
journey if the plane No. 81, was re-
paired in time.
Miss Claire Fahy, plotting plane
No. "a, narrowly escaped injury
when she made forced landing at
Calexico. The plane was said to have
hit the ground real hard and bounce
ed bit high on two Occasions be-
fore it settled.
Her husband, Lieutenant Fahy,
holder of the world g solo endurance
flight record, came over from Yuma
at noon and was trying to talk his
wife out Of continuing the race.
Fahy himself cracked up at Yuma
airport this morning but was not in
| jured.
The flyers left San Bernardino
airport at 6:1O this morning, the
first one to pass over the valley be-
ing Miss Amelia Earhart Of New
York, who passed through Ell Gen.
tro about 1920 and was signaled
from Calexico airport at 1888. As
recounted in another column of the
Press the women did not stop at
Calexico as originally planned.
Many Ell Centrans watched the
planes as they cruised southwark
across this city. Most of the planes
were travelling high and all were hit
ting a fast pace.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 10. -
U.P)-Louise Thaden, Pittsburgh,
was the first entrant in the wom-
ans air derby of the national air
races to finish today's lap from
San Bernardino to Phoenix.
Mrs. Thaden, one-time holder OF
the women's altitude record, landed
her Travelair here at 1:04:3O. The
winner of each lap is determined
by elapsed time, so until all OF the
women pilots reach here the win
ner of the lap will not be known.
Florence Barnes, who won yeA
terday's lap from Santa Monica,
Calf, to San BernardinO, Calf,
was the second to bring her plane
across the line. She reached here
at 1:05:35.
She was followed at short inter-
walls by Gladys 'Donnell, Blanche
Noyes, Ruth Nichols, Keith Miller,
Phoebe Omlie, Ruth Elder and Vera
Dawn Walker.
YUMA, Ariz., Aug. 10. W.R-
Lacking three of it's most prominent
members, the group of women COM
peting in the women's air derby of
the National Air Races, took off
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Immense Movie
Merger RumOred

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10. W.R}-
Rumors Of gigantic "movie"
merger involving Warner Brothers
and Paramount studios, with their
countrywide chains Of theatres,
were revived today with officials
of both companies admitting that
negotiations were in progress.
Jack Warner said he planned to
leave tonight for New York where
the estimated $400,000,000 fusion
will be consummated.
About 2,4O0 motion picture thea
tres, in addition to the studios
themselves, would be involved in
the merger, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Pantages Plea
Next Thursday

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. U.P>-
Alexander Pantages, millionaire
theatre man, must enter a plea to
charges of assaulting Eunice Prin-
gle, II year old dancer, next Thurs
day afternoon, Superior Judge Will
liam 7. Aggelar decided today.
Pantages was arraigned before
Judge Aggelar on two counts of as
sault and his attorneys asked for a
delay to prepare their plea.
Deputy district attorneys made
no protest to the request for more
time.
Pantages was accompanied to
court by his counsel, Joe Ford and
w. 1. Gilbert, and by his two sons,
Rodney and Lloyd.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
FEDERAL FARM
BOARD TO HELP
RAISIN GROWERS
Sterilization OF CalifOr-
MIA Industry One of Ear
ly Undertakings.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

(Un1Ce0 freSS Staff COrreSpOnQenC)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. up
The federal farm board has gone to
the rescue of California grape and
ralsin trade in its first large scale
attempt to assist agriculture under
the new Hoover program. The in
dustry, which has tripled since 1920,
has been in financial trouble.
The board announced today that
$9,O00,000 was being advanced to
the Sun Maid rasin growers coopera-
tive of California. Half of this is
to be advanced by the farm board
out of the $l50,000,000 revolving
fund appropriated by congress. The
other half is to be advanced by
California bankers. The board also
had decided to advance sufficient
funds to finance the fresh grape
crop through the federal fruit sta
bilization corporation, the exact
amount being undecided at the
moment.
This program, most ambitious the
farm board has launched, is design.
ed partly to relieve the hard press
ed ''raisin bowl'' Of California, in
the San Joaquin Valley where
President Hoover has model farm.
The board has other ventures un.
der consideration including the for
nation of a $20,000,000 grain mar
keting corporation at Chicago, ma
tional wool marketing corporation
to be launched in October, and ma
terial assistance of cotton growers.
Creates Confidence
The California grape industry,
however, already was organized, and
in position to receive support al
once. This industry has the con
fidence of President Hoover and
several of his closest friends are in
fluential in the effort to put it on a
sound basis.
These include T. T. c. Gregory
San Francisco lawyer who has de-
veloped the grape stabilization cor
poration, and Henry M. Robinson
head of the Security-First National
Bank of Los Angeles, regarded by
some as in line to succeed Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon.
G. c. league of California, now 6
member of the federal farm board
had much to do with building up the
California cooperatives before com
ing to Washington. George E. Far
rand, the new general counsel of the
farm board, has been a director in
Robinson's bank and is known on
the coast as grandfather of the
legal features of the cooperative
marketing movement
Thus the California grape industry
came before the farm board under
sponsorship which inspired conf
dence, and encouraged the farm
board to 60 as far as it could to-
ward alleviating it's difficult situa
tion.
"The basic rate of advance to BIZ
made to the Sun Maid raisin grow
ers ON raisins will be three cents a
pound, which is something more
than dOubleAthe amount advanced tC
growers last year, the board stat
ed. This cooperative also will oper
ate pools for growers now members
of it, the board stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
NORTH CAROLINA
SENDS SOLDIERS
TO STRIKE ZONE

MARION, N. c., Aug. 10. W.H-
Two companies of North Carolina
national guard were enroute here
today to keep order among strikers
at the Clinchville textile mill.
The troops were ordered out b.
Governor o. Max Gardner in res
ponse to a request from Sheriff
Oscar Adkins of Marion after a
group of approximately 400 strik-
ers repeatedly refused to permit T..
H. Henderson, superintendent of
the mill, to open it for business to-
day.
Sheriff Adkins said Henderson at
tempted. to open the Clinchville
mill, one of two affected by the
strike and asked the strikers, who
were gathered before the gates, to
return to work. The strikers re-
fused and you'd not allow anyone to
enter the mills to work, he said.
Adkins denied report Henderson
was beaten when he invited the
strikers to return. He said he re-
quested the troops merely because
of the possibility of trouble"
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Swiss AyiatOrs
Off For America

LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 10. W.R,
Two young Swiss flyers, Oskal
Kaeser and Kurt Luscher, scared
away into gray western sky at
a. m. Il a. m. EST) today, bound fol
New York in the first attempt to
put Switzerland upon the records OF
transatlantic aviation achieve
ments.
The plane, "Young Switzerland, y
made an ideal take-off under the
expert handling of Kaeser from I'm
cal flying field and headed direct
ly westward. A half hour after the
plane's wheels had left the earth it
had been swallowed up in the hori-
ZOn,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Police To Probe
Theatre Robbery

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. W.R---
The United Artists theatre on South
Broadway was robbed of $l5,54O
sometime early today.
The robbery was not discovered
until shortly before noon when
Horton Kahn, manager Of the thea
tire, opened the safe to get the petty
cash for the box office.
The safe was locked in its usual
fashion, Kahn said. and all windows
and doors of the building were Sc
cure until Kahn entered.
Detectives said the robbery ap-
peared to be an "inside job" and
began questioning employees.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Fields Ready To
Defend Crown

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. WH--
William "Gig" Rooney, manager
of Jackie Fields, welterweight
champion, said today he considered
a bout between his charge and the
winner of Gorilla es-Dummy
Mahan bout next Tuesday at the
Olympic Club logical if the pro-
moters could produce favorable
terms,
Rooney admitted he considered
the Dummy and Jones logical con-
tenders and said he would match
Fields against the winner If the
producers came to terms with him.
Ancil Hoffman, San Francisco
promoter is said to be in the field
for the match, and Los Angeles pro-
motors are known to be after it.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Ontario Suffers
Mad Dog Scare

ONTARIO, Calf, Aug. 10. U.R)
-Four persons were under Pasteur
treatment today following a mad
dog attack yesterday. Two CANNES
known to have been bitten by the
mad dog were being sought by po-
lice, while the city authorities
passed their decree that all Ontario
animals must be shut up for 80
DAYS or suffer death.
Mrs. G. l.. McClelland, Charles
Wilcox, and Worthington Clark are
the persons under treatment.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
CHINESE
PREPARE
FOR WAR
Extensive Troop Move
ments Reported From
Manchuria.
RUSSIANS ADVANCE
BOmbard Town and Speed
ReinfOrcements To Red
Army Now In Field.

PEIPING, China, Aug. 10. (U.R)-
Extensive Chinese troop movements
were begun along the Peiping-
Mukden Railway today following
reports that Soviet troops had in
vaded Western Manchuria.
The situation was regarded with
such seriousness that the Marking
and Mukden military authorities
have called a war conference, to be
held in Mukden tomorrow.
Although foreign representatives
here were inclined to believe that
the Mukden reports of Red army
invasion were exaggerated, they
confirmed the persistent rumors cf
border clashes between the Soviet
and Chinese forces.
MUKDEN, Manchuria, Aug. 19.-
W.Rj--Russian troops occupied
Tuugning, opposite Vladivostok, on
Sunday morning, an official COM
munique announced today.
The Russians began lombard
mcHC VI OullcHHO, WHlcH WAS lHTedI-
ened, the communique said. Fight
ing continued near Manchuli, on the
other side of Manchuria, the an
nouncement said further, with the
Russians slowly advancing. Rein
forcements were speeding to the
border.
Several authoritative sources re-
ported that the movements of more
troops toward the Siberian frontier
had begun and that Generab Chang
HseuehL Liang, war lord of Man,
churia, had ordered his men to re-
sist Russia IS reported advance in
the Manchuli sector.
An official communique by the
Mukden government said large
force of Soviet troops had begun
the long-threatened invasion of
Manchuria and continued to march
on with the apparent intention of
isOlating Manchuli.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
SENA TE
RESUMES
SESSIONS
Gentlemen's Agreement
Will Hold Up Business
For Two Weeks.
WILL STUDY TARIFF
Sessions Will Be Mere
Formality Until Septem-
ber 4th.
By PAUL r. MALLON

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. UR)-
Rates Of the new Republican tariff
bill as changed by the senate fl
nance committee were turned over
to the Democrats today as the SEN
ate reconvenad from it's summer
recess.
The reconvened session lasted only
long enough to permit reading Of
the prayer by the chaplain, adop-
tion of the journal, and adjourn
ment until Thursday, in accordance
with the gentleman 8 agreement of
leaders to do no business until the
tariff is ready for submission to
the senate September 4.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. UP)-
After two months midsummer re-
cess to allow the finance commit
tee to prepare the tariff bill, the
senate reconvened today, resum-
ing the extraordinary session called
by President Hoover for farm re-
lief and tariff revision.
Arriving. senators found the long
drawn out dispute among RepubEi-
can leaders over how high the new
rates should go had preSented the
committee from finishing the bill
The rates were to be handed over
to the Democrats while the commit
tee resumed executive sessions tc
write administrative features of the
measure.
Under a gentleman agreement
between Republican and Demo
cratic floor leaders no business is
to be transacted by the senate until
September A, when, it is believed,
the bill will be completed and in
shape for senate consideration.
Having been informed of this
situation there were only few
senators on hand for the opening.
They will be permitted to take the
floor for any kind of discussions
they desire, under the liberal SEN
ate rules, but the program calls for
three daysrecess the next two
weeks and any business which is
brought up will face immediate pro-
tests from the leaders.
The text of the rate sections of
the bill were being completed by
government printers who had to
work all night last night in extra
shifts to complete it.
Expect Hard Fight
Enough is known of the bill to
lay the ground for what is expect
ed to be the most extended and
heated senate debate since the
Versailles treaty fight. 1t is OBJ
vious that the Democrats are pre-
pairing to work with the indepen-
dent Republicans to lower the rates
as set by the house and generally
affirmed, or slightly cut, by the
senate committee.
The principal dispute will come
over the sugar rate. The house
raised the present law 1.70 cents
a pound on Cuban sugar to 2.40
cents a pound. Estimates as to
what this will cost the consumer
have ranged all the way from $780,
100000 to $300,000,000 year. The
senate committee decreased the
house duty to 2.20 cents a pound
but the reduction has failed to
have any pacifying influence upon
either tho Democrats or Republi-
can opponents of the high duty.
The opposition is rallying around
a bounty plan which is being de-
vised by Senator Borah of Idaho,
but which has not yet been made
public, and also around the 1924
tariff commission recommendation
for a rate of 1.23 cents pound
which the commission held really
represented the difference in cost
of production between Cuban and
American sugar.
T O.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Breaks Ancient
Track Record

BERLIN, Aug. 10. U.p)-Regi-
nald Bowen, fleet University of
Pittsburgh sprint man, bettered the
worlds record for 800 yards here
yesterday when he stepped the dis
tance in 30 2-5 seconds.
The existing record, 30 3-5 sec
onds, has stood for 33 years. 1t was
established by b. j. Wefers in the
United States on Sept. 90, 1926.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
British Flyer
In Fast Time

CALSHOT, England, Aug, 10. U.H
A speed of $40 miles an hour was
attained today by Flying Officer
Atcherley, member of the British
Schneider cup team, in a test for
the coming international seaplane
competition, experts estimated.
Athcherley flew a Blocter-Napier
4 over the Schneider cup course.