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Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
HUNDREDS IN
SOUTH BATTLE
RIVER FLOODS
Mississippi And Other
Streams Again On Wild
Rampage.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May II. W.H
Government and district en-
ginccrs, assisted by national guards
men and hundreds of volunteer
workers, moved in full force today
to combat the most serious flood
menace in this section in two years.
Arkansas streams had broken over
dykes in at least three places and
presented serious threat i'll half
a dozen others. The Mississippi
river, swollen to the highest point
If the year by recent rains, washed
dangerously near levee tops in
southeast Missouri, northeast
Arkansas and western Kentucky.
Engineers believed that if main
lcvccs' could be held until Monday,
the greatest danger would pass on
Arkansas streams and on the Mis-
sissippi above Memphis. Below
Mem-his to Wick sburg the crest will
present Il serious threat next week.
Company | of the Tennessee Ma
tional Guard was ordered to the
scene of threatened break below
Hickman, Ky, last night.
The most serious situation today
prevailed on the Arkansas river
above Little Rock A lcvee holding
back-water gave way near Plumer-
vile last night and inundated
thousands of acres of cotton lands
in Conway county. The main levee
there continued to hold. however.
Two small breaks were reported
in Arkansas in western Pulaski
county. of which Little Rock is the
county seat, and several hundreds
Of acres were being inundated to-
day.
, Between Dardanelle and Pine
Bluff hundreds of workers and
teams have been busy for two days
strengthening weak points on
levees bordering the Arkansas. The
crest was expected to reach this
section TODAY.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
TWIN DIVORCE
GRANTED TWIN
WIVES OF TWINS

LOS ANGELES, May IL. U.P) -
Twin sisters who married twin
brothers pair of months ago, found
twin troubles in their matrimonial
ventures and yesterday they obtain
ed twin divorces.
Lucy Doyle Young. and Louise
Doyle Young were granted divorces
from Alvin Earl Young and w.
Buyl Young.
Louise testified w. Buyl found
fault with her cooking and failed to
provide a promised honeymoon trip.
She said he also asserted she looked
like Fiji Islander.
Lucy followed suit declaring Alvin
Earl had the above mentioned faults
except that her husband said she
looked like "sick dog"
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
Aten's Ranch All
Decorated Up For
Pioneers Picnic

Ira Aten's front, back and side
yards were the scene of considerable
activity this morning as force of
workmen prepared the grounds for
the annual picnic of the Imperial
Valley Pioneers, which will be held
at the Aten ranch, two miles north
on Fourth street, tomorrow.
Always neat and attractive
ranch, following out Aten's Texas
ranger training, the ranch owner was
even more anxious to have every
thing in ship-shape fashion for his
guests tomorrow.
There is plenty of shade on the
ranch grounds and Whispering
Ed has appropriated good section
Of it for his mammoth 40 gallon
coffee pot. General Edgar, with
Ira Aten as "kitchen swipes,' will
have a corner of the shade in which
to handle their pots and pans. Long
table. have been set out under the
trees and on these the picnickers
will eat the food they bring with
then, washing it down with plenty
of ED 's'' coffee, lemonade and ice
water.
Whispering Ed" was in town
this morning buying generous guam
titles of tonsil limberer, so he can
sing "Lone Prairie,' ''Cowboy's
Lament' and other Texas hymns to-
morrow.
A special invitation is extended to
all who were in the valley prior to
January l, 1910, and who have not
as yet joined the Pioneers, to do so
tomorrow.
There will be no movies or other
dissipations for the pioneers tonight
for they are going to bed early in
anticipation of big day tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

1. v. Pyramid No. 81. A. Z.
o. Sciots, 8, Masonic Temple.
Boxing, S:45, El CeItro
arena.
Adult English Glasses, 7,
high school.
Troop IS, B. s. A., 7:30, Nc
Cabe school house.
Junior class play, ""Penrod,"
8, high school.
Recital by pupils of Ruth T.
Reid, s, Presbyterian church.
Fox Imperial Theatre, 1.-THE
Voice of the City
Radio KXO, 6-1o.
TOMORROW
Pythian Sisters Thimble
club, 1880, 1856 Brighton.
Christian Endeavor cooked
food sale, M. o. King store.
Imperial Valley Pioneers, 10,
Ira Aten ranch, 2 miles north
en- Fourth street.
County club council, 1880,
court house.
County board CT education, 9,
court house.
Episcopal guild rummage sale,
all day, 526 Main street.
Radio KXO, Ill.
Junior matinee, 2:15, Fox
Imperial Theatre.
Story hour, 10:30, city
library.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
REPORT HOOVER
HAS COMPLETED
LAW COMMISSION
BY LAWRENCE SULLIVAN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May II. U.H -
President Hoover has completed or
ganization of his law enforcement
commission and will announce the
personnel early next week, it was
stated officially at the White House
today.
Although no confirmation has
come from official quarters as to the
name of any individual decided upon
for the commission, it was learned
authoritatively that Newton d.
Baker, of Cleveland, o., secretary of
war in the cabinet of Woodrow Will
son, will be a member.
George w. Wickersham, of New
York, former attorney general, tact
lily has confirmed reports that he
would be chairman of the commits
sion.
Other names reported in Informed
quarters to have been decided upon
include James r. Garfield, former
secretary of the interior, and George
Wharton Pepper, former senator
from Pennsylvania.
At the same time it was learned
Justice Harlan Fiske Stone has def
initcly declined to relinguish his
place on the supreme court to accept
the craftsmanship of the enforcement
commission.
Three of the four men now report
ed to have been selected by Pres
ident Hoover were cabinet members
OF former administrations.
Robert M. Hutchinson, newly
elected president of the University
of Chicago, was sought by the Pres
ident to serve on the enforcement
commission but it was impossible for
Hutchinson to arrange leave of alb
sence from the university for a long
period of time.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
GROWERS VOTE
TO MAINTAIN
HIGH QUALITY

At a meeting of the growers and
shippers of cantaloupes and melons
held at Brawley, Thursday after
noon, May IS, which was attended
by the entire group and presided
over by b. A. Harrigan, horticui-
tural commissioner for Imperial
County, the following resolution
was adopted:
Whereas, there are now about to
he harvested in Imperial County,
California, cantaloupes and melons
in excess of $1,000 acres and, real
i2ing the dependence Of the growers
and shippers upon Il market that
must primarily be created by an
appeal of quality to the consumer,
and further realizing the necessity
Of creating such an appeal by ship
ping only fully matured, vine
ripcncdo cantaloupes and melons,
at least during the first three weeks
IF the harvest, and thereafter
maintaining Il standard of matur.
ity that will assure the consumer of
sweet ard @cll-favored cantaloupes
and melons, we, the undersigned,
hereby rledge ourselves to ship
cantaloupcs and melons as are har
vested up to and including May -
of that state of maturity that Will
test not icss than 10 points Of sugar
~ the Brix Hydrometer method,
aud after May % ana until the end
Of the shipping season to confine
IT,. state of maturity of all oanta
loupes and melons shipped to not
less than nine points of sugar, ac
cording 10 the BriX HydrUmeter
method.
The establishment of the hydro
meter tests referred to above shall
not be changed, unless conditions
row unforeseen should arise during
the harvest season that neccssitate
a reduction, and then it will be the
intention Of the undersigned TO call
meeting to discuss such reduc-
tion.
The resolution was signed by all
the growers and shippers III the
valley with the growers voting a
tax of 90 cents per acre to help de-
fray the cost of cantaloupe inspec-
ton for the current year. 1t is an
nounccd that the inspection this
year viii be more rigid than ever
before.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
mrs. KENNEDY
MAY RETURN TO
ANCELUS TEMPLE

LOS ANGELES, May Il. U.H -
Rumors that Mrs. Minnie Kennedy,
mother Of Aimee Semple Mcpherson,
would return to Angelus Temple as
business manager, were circulated to-
day following meeting between the
evangelist and her mother yesterday.
About a year ago, Mrs, Kennedy
and her daughter separated, the
mother going to the northwest to
engage in evangelical work indie
pendently, while Mrs. Mcpherson re-
maincd at Angelus Temple.
While in the northwest, Mrs. Ken
nedy several times was quoted as
expressing her disbelief of her
daughters remarkable kidnapping
story.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
'SCARFACE AL
CAP0NE SPANKED
BY PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, May II. U.E,
-" Scarface APP Capone, who ear
ries a gun because I'm on the
mark, you know--marked fol
death,' was sentenced today tt
serve one year in the county prison
because he brought his revolver to
Philadelphia.
The notorious Chicago gangland
leader and his bodyguard, Frank
Cline, pleaded guilty to the charge
of carrying concealed deadly wea-
pons, after which both Capone and
Cline received sentences of a year S
Imprisonment. Judge John E. Walsh
sentenced the men in the criminal
division of municipal court.
The plea was taken after the men
conferred with their attorneys,
Bernard L. Lemisch and Cornelius
Haggerity Jr. Previously they had
been advised to "stand mute'' and
Judge Walsh directed a "not
guilty" plea be inscribed upon the
official court records.
Indictment and sentencing of the
men occurred about l3 hours after
their arrest here.
PHILADELPHIA, May II. U.P)
old gangland feud in Chicago
apparently has ended.
Director of Public Safety Lemuel
+. Scofield announced today that
Scarface Al" Capone, who was
sentenced today to jail for year
for carrying concealed weapons
had signed a treaty of peace in At
lantic City yesterday with bugs
Moran, his rival for the gangland
throne in Chicago.
Capone said he met Moran and
two other gangsters, whose names
he refused to tell, week ago at
the President hotel, Atlantic City
and after six days of negotiations,
they finally came to an agreement,
which was signed.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
SUPERVISORS VOTE TO MAKE
DEMAND ON SHERIFF GILLETT

Of Imperial, and setting forth that
the records of the sheriff S office of
the said County of Imperial show
that the sheriff of the County of
Imperial received between the 3rd
day of January, 1928 and the 31st
day of July, 1923, certain public
money belonging to the County Of
Imperial, and the personal property
of the County of Imperial, and re-
questing that the board of super
visors of said County of Imperial
make immediate demand upon
Charles L. Gillett, sheriff of the
County of Imperial, that he forth
with and Immediately turn over,
transfer and account for the afore-
said public money and the personal
property of the County of Imperial
in the manner required by law to
the county treasurer of the said
County of Imperial and the persons
authorized by law to receive same,
and
WHEREAS the report of the audi
tor Of the grand jury of the County
of Imperial, shows that the sheriff
of the County of Imperial, received
and there came into his possession
as the said sheriff of the County
Of Imperial and by reason of his Of
flee and trust as the said sheriff of
the said County of Imperial, between
the dates aforesaid, public moneys
of said County of Imperial, listed
and set forth in the foregoing men
toned request of the grand jury of
the County of Imperial and served
upon the board Of supervisors of the
County of Imperial this 10th day of
May, 1929,
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolv-
ed by the said board of supervisors
of the said County of Imperial, as
follows, towit: That the chairman of
the board of supervisors and the
County Treasurer of the County of
Imperial be and they hereby are
authorized, requested and instructed
to cause to be prepared and served
upon Charles L. Gillett also known
as c. l.. Gillett, sheriff of the said
County of Imperial, demand that
he pay over and transfer forthwith
and Immediately to the county treas
urer of the said County of Imperial
all the public moneys of the said
County of Imperial now in the pos
session of said Sheriff as shown by
his records and listed upon the re-
quest heretofore on May l6, 1929,
served upon the board of supervisors
of the County Of Imperial by the
grand jury, of said County of I'm
perial.
The foregoing resolution was pre-
scented to the board by Supervisor
Pulliam, who moved its adoption
which motion was seconded by Su'
pervisor Vencill and carried by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Supervisors Pulliam, Smith,
Hulse, Jackson, Vencill.
NOES: Supervisors None.
ABSENT: Supervisors None.
NOT VOTING: Supervisors None.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
STRIKER MAKES
SERIOUS CHARGE
AGAINST OFFICER

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. Nav Il.
(U.H -Adjutant General w. G. Rovd
of the Tennessee national guard, was
arrested today on warrant ,Gharg-
ing him with aiding and abetting to
commit murder. The warrant was
sworn out by Miss Evelyn Heaton
and charged she was injured when
an automobile driven by Ed Cal
houn was pointed into crowd at
Valley Forge yesterday upon or
ders of General Boyd.
The officer was released on $1,000
bond, A preliminary hearing will
probably be held today.
Several persons were injured
when Calhoun S ear, filled with
loyal workers. cnroutc to the
Bembrrg and Glanztoff Rayon
plants, plunged into the crowd Of
pickets that lined the highways.
Calhoun is held in jail at Jones
boro for safekeeping, after the
crowd sought to attack him.
Meanwhile, testimony III the pre-
liminary hearing of group Of
pickets arrested after the Calhoun
incident, was being taken. Guards
men patrolled the court house and
grounds. Jeers greeted the appear
ance of District Attorney General
Ben Allen, prosecuting the strikers,
while the crowd burst ias1 prolong-
ed cheers for Defense Counsel Paul
l.. DeNine.
Dynamiting of a mill belonging
to a striker, burning of another
strikers ear, and continued efforts
of national guardsmeu to dispersc
strikers along the highway leading
to the Bemberg -Glanzstoff Raycn
plants, were other Developments in
the strike area.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
Furniture Men
Planning Huge
Merger On Coast

BAKERSFIELD, Calf, May Il.
UP)-Possibility Of a $l00,00o,00O
merger between furniture stores
and factories on the Pacific Coast
was seen here today in tine an
uJuncement by three local furni-
turc dealers that they were con
sidering plans for entering tie pro-
posed new chain.
The merger proposal was under
stood 20 be- backed by the Doern-
becker Manufacturing Company of
Portland, Ore, considered one of
the largest furniturc.making con
Germs on the coast.
1t was indicated that chain Of
furniture stores would be formed
to provide market outlet for II
controlling chain of manufacturers.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
Student Injured
After 'Hazing'

LOS ANGELES, May II. U.H =
Victim Of high school "hazing .
Leon Sidebottom, l6, was in Osteo-
pathic hospital today, with an ampu-
tated finger and other injuries re-
ceived in threestory fall
Sidebottom fell from third
story ledge when he attempted to
escape from upperclassmen who re-
sented his wearing corduroy trous-
erS to school. Corduroy trousers are
supposed to be the exclusive pre-
rogative of seniors, Principal f. w.
Oliver explained.
Nurses today said Sidebottom was
rapidly recovering from his injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
Asserts Husband
Forced Divorce

LOS ANGELES, May II. U.H-
Accusing her husband forced her to
sue for divorce, Ida May Hendricks,
former New Jersey society woman,
filed suit today to set aside the in
terlocutory decree divorcing her
from Clifford Hendricks, million
aire sportsman.
Mrs. Hendricks complained her
husband forced her to sue for sepa-
ration by consorting with cabaret
dancers, and by threatening to
"blacken her character' unless she
complied.
Hendricks sued his wife for di-
vorce four years ago, naming Joe
Seckakuku, a Hopi Indian chief, as
correspondent. The present inter
locutory decree was granted here in
November, 1923.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
Boy Acquitted OF
Killing Father

LOS ANGELES, May II. W.R-
A burst of applause from court
room spectators greeted the acqui-
tai today of John A. Crawford Jr.,
who was on trial for the murder
of his father.
The boy testified that he had shot
and killed his father when the lat.
ter came home drunk and began
beating his mother.
The jury considered the case less
than half an hour before returning
it's verdict.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
Awards Granted
Film Successes

HOLLYWOOD, May IL. W.H -
Awards for outstanding perform-
ances in motion pictures last year
were made by Douglas Fairbanks, on
behalf Of the Academy Of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences. at the
academy's second annual banquet
here last night.
The principal awards were as fol-
lows:
Actor, Emil Jannings; actress,
Janet Gaynor; director, Frank Bor-
zage; title writer, Joe Farnham;
comedy direction, Lewis Milestone;
einematography, Karl Struss and
Charles Kosher; engineering effects.
Roy Pomeroy, and art direction, vii.
liam G. Mcnzies.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
Torso Mystery
Still Battling

LOS ANGELES, May H. W.P)-
No traces of poison We're found in
vital organs of the victim of the
Los Angeles river torso murder,
County Chemist r. j. Alternately re
ported today.
Previous examinations revealed
that the woman had not been
drowned.
A painstaking check of all miss
ing women reports was still being
made by the homicide squad in an
effort to solve the mystery.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
VETERAN ATTORNEY DIES

LOS ANGELES, May II. W.H -
Herbert j. Goudge, &c, well Known
Los Angeles attorney, died here last
night despite two major operations
79ve his life. Goudge was born in
London, Eng, and educated in
Kings college there.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17

PARIS, May II. U.P)-The Grip.
pied dirigible Graf Zeppelin, driven
helplessly by a storm towards the
Mediterranean sea, was in desperate
peril tonight with her is passengers
and crew of Al.
The single hope seemed to be that
the gale would blow the dirigible
over Toulon, on the southeast French
coast, where troops and a trained
land crew waited at the airport to
land her.
Otherwise, it appeared inevitable
the dirigible must be blown out to
sea.
The dirigible drifted without pow
er for hours and it was feared that
all five of its motors were dead. DIR.
Hugo Eckener, her commander,
fought desperately to maheuver the
ship, her steering gear and fins still
.-unimpaired, but the wind made il
difficult.
The plight of the ship was des
perate. The French authorities or.
dered the prefect of the department!
of Drome, to organize a relief with
every means at his command.
The prefect himself commandeered
an automobile and raced to a posi-
tion directly under the dirigible, fol-
lowing it as closely as possible as it
drifted across the countryside.
Eckener continued to drop notes,
many of which were blown away but
some of which were picked up. All
the notes contained the plea:
Please organize troops at all
available grounds or airdromes in
this vicinity
France, which in wartime feared
Zeppelins as deadly enemies, was
eager to help the German passenger
liner, with her Is passengers and
crew of Al, which was forced by en-
gine trouble to turn back near Gil
braltar while ON her second trans
Atlantic voyage.
VALENCE, France, May II. W.D
The Graf Zeppelin, tossed about
like free balloon by growing
storm, turned from her course up the
Rhone valley this afternoon, seeking
smoother sailing over the Alps.
DR.. Hugo Eckener, commander of
the Zeppelin, was afraid to risk a
landing in France under the severe
weather conditions. After wireless
ing that he might have to come
down, and requesting troops to stand
by, he signalled ct 3:40 p. m, half
an hour later, that he intended to
try another course.
Taking a chance ON fighting out
the storm alone, Eckener turned
eastward from the Rhone and started
through the Drome valley, in the
department of Drome, toward the
Alps.
The wind had become so strong
that at times it blew the dirigible
backwards, the crippled motors be-
ing too weak to push the ship for
ward.
Anxiety for the dirigible's safety
grew. Troops continued to stand
ready at Valence and Lyons, in case
DR.. Eckener found the weather too
severe to the east and returned for a
landing,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-17
A|RSH|P
SAFE At
TO()LON
Graf Zeppelin Weathers
Dangerous Period And
Comes To Earth.
FRANCE LENDS AID
Commander Eckener Has
Difficult Time But
Shows Great Skill.

TOULON, France, May II.
,U.P)-The dirigible Graf Zep-
pelin, saved from grave peril
by the magnificent vancouver
ing CT her commander, was
brought safely to the ground
with French troops aiding at
the Cuers air field near here
and taken into the hangar at
S:55 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18

conditions of moisture, temperature,
and infection must be present all at
the same time to break down wood
fiber. This does not happen once in
a million times and always can be
prevented.
The world is rich in heirlooms o.
wood. From the newly opened tombs
of the Egyptian Pharoahs come ar,
ticles of wood, thousands of years
old, as sound as when first used by
the people of this ancient ciyiliza'
tion. ~.
Wood is non conductor of heat
witness the handles Of the curling
iron and the coffee percolator--and
so is one of the best insulating ma
terials known to science. Where
, wood is used correctly, special in
sulation is not needed, Heat and
| cold penetrate wood more slowly
than other materials because wood
has millions of tiny cells contain
ing dead air.
Engineers know that wood, prop
erly used, is one of. the materials
| most .rcsistive to fire. They have
| evolved type of industrial building
known as heavy mill construction
where the important factor is wood
so. used that it has great fire resist
ance. Used according to best build
| ing practices in an industrial build
ing or home, wood will resist fire
long after other "Firc- proof" mater
ials in themselves incombustible-
have crumbled from heat of flames
Wood is the most inexpensive
building material, use and qualities
considered. From roof covering to
sill boards no other material can re-
place it, for a home. For wood is
friendly, warm and .companionable
1t lives as does no other material. in
the surroundings of family. Wood
is life, just as are human things. 1t
will go ON, to the end of time, man's
home making companion.
Wood grows. 1t is a product of
nature, like cotton or wheat. Left
in the forest until ovcr-ripe, trees
die and are wasted as wheat would
be, 1t unharvested. Protected from
fire, the harvested forest quickly re-
produces a new crop Of wood.
! Because the West Coast timber
! lands are so vast, because its species
i-Douglas fir, California Redwood
! West Coast hcmlock, Western red
cedar, California white and suga,
pine. and Sitka sprucc-are so re-
productive, America win always
| have a surplus of material for beau
tiful comfortable, durable homes OF
! wood. .ssEf.sE '',4<
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18
The Builders
Question Box

@. We are abont to paint the cx-
terror of our ranch house and favor
yellow for the body color. What
eolors would you suggest for the
trim and roof u. H. X.
A. If you use deep blue for the
trim and golden brown for the
roof you will have good combina-
tion of colors for either a small or
large house.
Q. What is the proper paint to
use on floorse We do not wish to
use varnish.-I. v.
A. Only paint intended for
floors should be used for that pur-
pose. Either floor paint or 4
porch and deck paint should be
chosen, as these will stand wear
longer than ordinary. paint. ~
Q. Is hydrated lime suitable for
making wliitewash:-W. I. II.
A.. No. Lump or "qaicks lime''
is the proper material to use foi
whitcwash. If you do not have a
formula for whitewash, the Building
Service Bureau will be glad to mail
you one free.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-18

People everywhere are building
new homes, or undermining and re-
beautifying old houses.