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Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
DEATH TOLL IN
CYCLONE AREA
MAY INCREASE
Number OF Seriously In
jured Expected To Sue
cumb To Wounds.
BY GEORGE b. ROSCOE
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, No..
Decentralization Of Bethany,
& colony of 1000 inhabitants near
here laid level yesterday by cyclonic
winds, was started today with every
charitable organization in the state
lending aid
The death toll stood at 25 with
more than 10 of the 100 injured
expected to die from serious iniur-
les received when the cyclone, ac-
companied by drenching rain
struck the suburban settlement.
The wind descended without
warning and cut a 300 yard wide
path. More than 100 homes and
business establishments were
smashed.
Residents of the little town,
where picture shows are prohibited
and storekeepers are now allowed
to sell cigarettes. were trapped as
they went about their routine
tasks
Three children we're killed in
stantly in the Camel Creek 3Choc,
house near Bethany. Quick think
ing of Miss Mildred Proctor, the
teacher, in ordering them to lie on
the floor when she saw the ap-
preaching cyclone enabled other
pupils to escape.
Rehabilitation work was in charge
Of l.. M. Jones. Red Cross official,
and Adiutant General Charles F.
Barrett, in command of three
troops Of national guardsmen. The
village was under virtual marital
law, with guardsmen patrolling the
streets to prevent pillaging Of
wrecked stores and homes.
Governor w. j. Holloway started
plans to raise state wide relief
fund.
More than 600 persons made
homeless by the storm spent the
night on cots and in tents taken
from here. Emergency supplies Of
! food were rushed to the village.
OLA, Ark. Nov 20. U.P)-D. E.
lowell. city recorder, was killed
and Is persons injured by a tor
nado that struck the business Sec
I ton of Ola last night.
/ Half the business buildings in
this town of 1000 population were
in ruins today The tornado cut
a swath $50 yards wide through
the town. Damage was estimated
at S25O,0OO.
Red Cross workers in charge ot
relief work, said all the injured
! had been removed. The storm
] struck from the southwest and was
believed a part of the same dis
tUrbance that was felt in Oklahoma
; yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
GAINS IN STOCK
MARKET LOST BY
PROFIT TAKING

NEW YORK. UP)-Ncarly all
carly gains recorded in an active
stock market today were lost near
the close and the market ended the
day irregular.
Impairment of the technical pos
ition by the recent advances which
had brought prices TO new highs
since mid-October brought out
heavy profit taking. Then, too,
traders in the west, i'll the dark as
to the market situation due to fail
urc of many brokerage wires as a
result Of the storms, sold on hold
ings by telegraph messages to New
York
Closing of nine more banks also
worked against sentiment. Th c
bank failures we're first felt il the
cotton market where all carly
gains were wiped out. The selling
then spread to the stock market.
Bonds. however, worked higher.
Uncertainties persisted In the
grain situation, although prices at
all ccnterS were higher. Chicago
wheat rose y to - cents for the
day: corn > =, to cents a bushel,
while Winnipeg wheat was up lai
10 l7sc.
During the early trading U. S.
steel had risen to 40, where i. was
up is and other leaders followed
/. with persistent demand for such
stocks as Westinghouse Electric,
American Can, General Electric
and other blue chips.
While these issues were advance
ing moderately, WIDER gains were
being run up in the automobile and
automobile accessory shares. Foods
amusementS and special stocks i'm
proved. All of these groups sold
off near the close. Utilities Newa
p. m. were off fractions to more
than point. Earlier they had
teen up fractions to, two points.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
PASSENGERS OF
WRECKED VESSEL.
PRAISE RESCUERS,

LISBON, Nov. 20. U.Pj-Surviyors
of the wreck Of the British steamer
highland Hope. saved by Portu-
guese fishing boats when the ship
grounded on the rocks of Farilhoes
Island, paid tribute to the daring
and SeamanShip Cf their rescuerS
today
William Penny, a British director
OF bank in Santos, Brazil, said
that the quick work of the fisher
men prevented possible great loss
Of life and avoided panic among
the steerage passengers. Penny
was dressed only il shirt and trouS-
crs when he reached Lisbon, and
went directly to the British consul
ate in this attire.
The survivors were a diSheaveled
and sorry lot when tnev arrived
here. Many OF the women were
dressed in pajamas, and only a few
Of the passengers had had time to
put on dressing gowns. Appa, GENTLY
no baggage was saved from the
ship, although some of the surviv-
ors carried valuables in hastily tied
bundles.
Manuel Perez. a Spanish passcn-
ger, died after reaching Lisbon. No
other fatalities were reported, but
several passengers were injured
Daniel Carval. a member OF the
Brazilian Chamber Of Deputies, said
that there was great con fusion
after the ship went aground. He
understood that one family, a faith
CT, mother and child, were over
looked wnen the passengers took
TO the lifeboatS and were discovered
and saved later by fishermen.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
BelascO Still
Seriously II!

NEW YORK. Nov. 20. U.p)-The
condition of David Belasco, aged
theatrical producer, who is serious
ly i'll with pneumonia in his suite
at the Gladstone hotel was report
ed unchanged early today.
Belasco asked in vain to be al
lowed to read newspaper reviews OF
his new play, Tonight or Never
which opened on Broadway Tues
day night. 1t was the first OF more
than 400 openings which he had
missed. His physicians refused to
allow him to see the reviews, since
his condition did not permit him
to read
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
Bids On Highway
Work Received

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Nov. 20
U.P)-Bids totaling s244,52l for con-
struction of highway and bridge
projects in Marin. Butte and Santa
Barbara counties were opened
yesterday by the State Department
of Public Works.
Among the projects and low bid
GERS was:
Santa Barbara County-GradlnG
and paving approaches to bridge
now being constructed over NoIoqul
Creek; Macco Construction Com
pany, Clearwater, S22,5l3.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
ROB SOUTHERN BANK

BERRY, Ala, Nov. 20 U.P)-Rob-
bers who drilled a way into the
vault of the Bank of Berry early
today. escaped with cash totaling
between $4,000 and $4,000 and Sc
curitieS which may total as much
as 100000 in value.
The rolNery w;s discovered by
Thelan Shapherd, cashier, when he
opened the bank at Ga. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
JAIL PRISONER
TIPS DEPUTIES
ABOUT HOLD-UP
Exposes Alleged Plan To
Stage Break For Free
dom On Brawley Road.

Warned by prisoner at the
county Jail that several of his cell
mates were laying plans for des-
rcrate escape attempt deputy sher-
ifs yesterday afternoon succeeded
in blocking what is believed to be
the boldest conspiracy ever laid By
prisoners at the jail.
A last minute warning was con-
veyed to the sheriff'S force IN
note passed to Deputy George
Young just before five prisoners
were to be taken to BraWley Tor
preliminary hearings.
Plans were laid TO hold up the
deputy taking the prisoners to
BraWley, hit him over the head and
escape with. his car, leaving the
deputy and the car in the desert
near the Alamo river, according to
information cleaned by the sheriff.
On the note passed to George
Young was a diagram of the BraW-
Icy road between Imperial and
Brawley, with mark to indicate
the spot at which confederates OF
the prisoners would be waiting
There were to be four OF them
equipped with rifles.
1t is the customary proceeding at
the Jail for one or two deputies TO
take prisoners to other towns tor
arraignment or preliminary hear
ings. Young was one of the depu-
ties who were to take them to BraW-
ley.
The note to Young, on piece
of torn scratch paper. said:
when you take the prisoners tc
Brawley handcuff everyone OF them
and watch your step. They want tc
hold you up to escape.
Above the note was the diagram
showing where the holdup was tc
take place. A spot short distance
south of the Brawley Main canal
was indicated.
Informer's Name Secret
1t was feared at the jail today
that, should the identity OF the prl-
soner who passed on the lntorma-
ton regarding the planned holdur
be discovered by his mates, his lie
would be in danger.
Following receipt Of the note from
the prisoner four deputies IN tWo
cars took the prisoners, handcutfed
to Brawley. Perhaps because OF the
number and care taken by the oep-
uties. no sign Of the expected holoul
car was seen.
Deputies who made the trip were
George Campbell. George Young
| Harold Gillett and Fred Elliot. IhcI
were heavily armed.
The prisoner thought by otiicer'
to be the ringleader in the plot to
escape is described as tough Gus
toner" He is B. Calsada, alias
Frankalino Castro, held on charge
Of CARRYING concealed weapons. Cal
sada is thought to be the same VINO
less than two months ago, ex-
changed shots with federal imml-
grafton authorities and escaped
across the international boundary
line.
The other prisoners taken tc
Brawley yesterday, some OF whom
we're thought to be implicated IN
the plan to scape. were A. r. Leon.
charged with forgery; A. Llmon
charged with threatened offense; d
Rodriguez, assault with deaoiy
weapon, and George Grunaoa
CHARGED with a statutory offcnse.
In Brawlcy the charge against
Leon was reduced to petty thelt'
and he was sentenced to serve iour
months in Jail Limon was rclcaSec
after hearing of evidence on the
threatened offcnsc charge. George
Grunada was released when insult
ficicnt evidence was introducc 10
enable the court TO hold INN. -.
Rodriouez and B. Calsada were heic
To answer to the superior court.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
Hurley's Pilot
Safe In Ell Paso

Ell PASO. Tex, Nov. 20 UP
Reported missing ON a flight from
Tucson, Ariz.. to Ell PaSo, Lieut.. Cor
neliuS Causland, Army flyer and
personal pilot for Secretary OF War
Hurley, set at rest fears for his
safety when he landed at Fort Bliss
here today.
CauSland explained he had been
forced down by adverse weather at
Demng. N. M, where he spent the
night He was unable to make
known his plight because OF lack OF
communication facilities
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
WOmen's Bodies
Found On Shore

SAWTELLE, Calf, Nov. 20. U.P
The bodies Of two women were
found floating in the surf a short
distance from the mouth of the
Santa Monica Canyon today.
Police said that it was believed
the two women committed suicide
in pact. One of them wore a
black shawl wrapped around her
mead.
No identification marks could be
found on the bodies or clothing o!
the victims.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
SEEKS NEW RECORD

HARRISBURG, Pa. Nov 20. U.D
Gerald p. Nettleton 20, Toledo.
Ohio, flyer seeking a new ,unior
tranScontinental flying record. left
here today fer Columbus. o. on the
second Lex OF his journey from
Newark, N j., TO the Pacific coast
He vas forced down here Yesterday
by dangerous flying conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
------ 49, ----------- -
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

toANtNAhA
Dinner, Woman's 10000 club,
$50.
Peace Officers benefit, Fox
Theatre. !,
Southern District c. +. W. c.,
Brawley, s.
Royal Arch Masons, Masonic
Temple, $50.
High school night school. !.
R.P. o. 4. 40. 1925, ElkS hall.
!. V. Council, No. 43, Masonic
Temple, s.
Barbara Worth Rebckahs,
Davis hall. 8.
Citizenship class, high school,
7.
Public speaking class, high
school. 1880.
Troop Ii, u. =. Hut, 1880.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
HEADS SOUTHERN ORDER

ASHEVILLE. N. c.. Nov. 20. U.P(
Mrs. l.. NJ, BashinSky Troy, Ala.
was reelected president general OF
the United Daughters of the Con-
teceracy in national convention
here today.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20
-FOUR NEW RADIO STUDIOS

CLEVELAND, O., U.P)-Four new
studios are being arranged for
Cleveland'S new radio station,
VICAR, on the top floor OF the
Statler hotel. The station is to
start its broadcasts on Dec. ac-
cording to a recent announcement,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-20

The Idaho Falls district of Idaho
had 600 men harvesting the sugar
beet crop.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16
REPRESENTATIVES VOTE ON
IMPORTANT BILLS

Editor Askov American:
In the last issue of the Pine Poker
see past record of Joseph E.
Therrien. No doubt when a man is
in the race for reelection he will
leave the bad out of any statement
he prints. but to my thinking and
view of his present record" he has
in the last two terms become a
thoroughgoing reactionary.
Mr.. Therrien was originally elected
by the FarmerLabor forces in 1922.
During the 1923 session he made a
fair record. That was when he Voted
for the iron ore tax. In the 1929 ses-
sion he voted constantly with those
representing large corporate interests.
He was co-author of two bills which
if they had passed they would have
saved the iron ore companies and the
U. S. Steel Corporation i'm the year
1929 alone about $1,600,0O0. Is this
trying to reduce the taxes of the peo-
pie of Pine county? Every dollar re-
duced from the iron ore tax must be
made up on the farmers and other
taxpayers. He voted with the Twin
City Rapid Transit Co. against the
repeal of the Brooks Coleman bill to
restore home rule. He voted a &c
per cent tax reduction to the Twin
City busses, saving the bus companies
about $4,000 yearly and thereby de-
priving the state highway fund of
this money. Did he vote to reduce
the tax on a poor mans car? No. But
tax reduction on the busses must be
made up from you voters. He voted
against approving the Shipstead-New-
ton bill which was supported by the
most progressive elements in Mime
sofa. He voted against giving the
people of Minnesota the privilege to
vote on giving the state legislature
authority to allow state development
of hydro-electric power. People of
Pine City and Pine county could have
cheaper electric current as has been
proven in Ontario where it is sold
to the small consumers for less than
two cents per kilowatt hour.
This is some of his present record.
Do the people want this kind of rep
resentation? No! To prove my state
ments see H. F. 215. The minutes of
the committee on taxes and tax laws
reveal that Mr.. Therrien on Feb. 10.
1929. moved that H. F. 215 be recon-
mended to pass. This was his own
bill to reduce the iron tax from 81
to 4fo.
Pine county voters, if you have any
interest in retaining the 6 per cent
rate in the occupation and royalty
taxes you will leave Therrien at home
and send representative of the peo-
pie to the next legislature.
MRS. ALEX THIEMAN.
Pine City, Mimi, Oct IA, 1890.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16
BIG AND SMALL SERVICE

Carl Nj. Iverson who represents the
4Sth legislative district in the state
legislature-from the western part of
the state-has served in the lower
house for - years, and during that
time has never had one employee on
the state pay roll, Notwithstanding his
right to such patronage on the basis
of service.
This, il can be said is not preach
ing but practicing economy. Unless
il meant Gripping of states agencies
and institutions. Mr. IverSon has in
variably given his support to propo-
sails reducing expenses of the state.
Besides being true economist. Mr..
lyerson is also a good progressive and
his stand is commendable.
The practice of Legislators getting
jobs for their sons, daughters. other
relatives. and political henchmen is
not a good one. and is prac-
tice that certainly should be stopped
for il is not conducive TO good gov
eminent. Those petty politicians that
are in the legislature to feather their
own nests are big expense to the
public, for in getting those appoint
ments for their relatives and politi-
cal workers. they generally vote right
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16
IF MORE WOULD DO 1T

A report during the past week
makes known the fact that william
Wrigley, famous chewing gum king
and millionaire owner of the Chicago
Cubs, National League baseball team,
will help 1000 of Chicago's jobless
men during the coming winter. The
report says he has started men to
work cleaning up a building on the
west side of that city, and when it is
ready, which is expected to be before
the first snow fall, it will provide beds
for 1000 men. Wrigley will heat the
building and provide food and enter
tainment for it's occupants.
Whether or not Wrigley had a
champion baseball team during the
current season, he has set himself
as champion in the hearts of these
men whom he is about to befriend,
and his example is worthy of being
followed by others. Mr.. Wrigley is
to be congratulated upon his effort
to relieve some measure of suffering
in his city even though he will not
miss the amount involved as expense.
1t is a pleasure to chronicle such ac-
tivities as this, and the whole coun-
try should feel proud.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16
A COMEBACK

In this day and age of the world
when so much is said and heard about
comebacks the last Saturdays football
game played at the Minnesota uni
verSity stadium between Minnesota
and Leland-Stanford university OF
California might be taken into con-
sideration as one worthy of mention
After being defeated the week before
by the Vanderbilt eleven by decisive
score of 33 to Z the Minnesota boys
came back during the short space OF
a week and held the nationally fam
Gus team from the west coast to a
nothing to nothing tie.
Great credit for this feat not only
goes to the players who took active
part in the game but also to Coach
Fritz Crisler and his able assistants
who instilled in their charges the
lighting spirit and the necessary de.
fensive plays to Withstand every
strategy known to the fighting ma
chine from the coast which came t.
wreck the morale of old Minnesota
Every true lover of the sport in Min
nesota will wish the boys from down
university way the best of luck in
their conference games and when they
journey west in 1881 may they finish
up where they left off on Pop War.
ner's ''footballerS."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16

governor, a former governor, a uni
versity president and hundreds of
others DR.. BabcOck was given an ova-
ton last night that will be long re-
membered. As so aptly stated by Gov.
LOwden of Illinois the wisdom of the
choice made by DR.. Babcock forty
years ago came home last night in
the realization that the whole world
holds Wisconsin's distinguished sci
enlist in affectionate regard.
What an inspiring example is DR..
Babcock in a day given over to the
pursuit of material wealth. What a
demonstration is Dr. BabcOck's career
of the fact that the greatest compen-
sation in life comes from unselfish
service to ones fellow man. The
world is yet pretty much organized
around motives of selfishness and
greed and yet there is steadily coming
into ascendancy the feeling that after
all the most satisfying thing in life
is the consciousness that the world
is a bit better because of the contri-
button made by those great figures
who think more of the common good
than of their own interests
Wisconsin is proud to think that
the inspiring lesson of DR.. Babcock' S
life comes from this great common
wealth.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16
PINE COUNTY TAXATION

The assessment of taxes for all
governmental units-state, county,
school, township, and village-in all
of Pine county for 1929 against both
real estate and personal property was
S7S1,04S.50. This was the amount of
money that all taxpayers combined
in Pine county were to pay according
to the statement of the Minnesota
State Tax Commission for 1929.
The proposed iron ore tax reduc-
ton in the last session of the Mime
sofa Legislature reducing the royalty
tax from $50 to 40 and the Occupa-
tional tax also from SO to 40, would
have saved the iron ore companies
and the United States Steel Corpora
tion the sum of 81 100000 in the year
1929 if the bill had become a law.
This amount is more than double
what all the taxpayers in Pine county
were asked to pay in taxes for 1929
Pine county with it's approximate
10000 population.
Assuming that the state expenses
remained about the same, then if this
obnoxious tax relief legislation in be-
half of the iron ore industry and
steel trust had become law, it would
have meant an increase in taxation
for the farmers, home owners, and
business men of Minnesota to the ex-
tent of 81 100000. 1t stands to rea-
son, and common sense tells us, that
if the mining companies and the steel
trust had been given a reduction in
taxation of about one and One-half
million dollars annually then that
amount OF money must be collected
somewhere else. 1t cannot be gotten
out Of the air or from the moon.
The people must ever be on the
alert to protect their best interests
i'm government.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16
A GREAT TRIBUTE
Capital Times, Madison, Wis.,

N>"pitti 4hdulSoI, w Isl
Forty years ago a modest and hard
working member of the faculty of
the University of Wisconsin gave to
the world an invention that has since
revolutionized the dairying industry.
When he had completed work on this
invention there were two courses open
to Stephen Moulton BabcOck-he could
patent the Babcock test and millions
of dollars would have come to him
in tribute. On the other hand, he
could give the results of his labors
to the world without charge and for
the betterment of agriculture. He
chose the latter course.
DR.. Babcock's heart must have
warmed at the magnificent tribute
given him at the Country Life con-
ference banquet last night. In the
presence of distinguished assembly
comprising a United States senator,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16

with the gang in power and the spe-
cial interests. Furthermore there are
more jobs created than necessary.
One state in the union that we
know of-MiSsOuri-even went so far
as to pass a law against Legislators
hiring any relatives for political jobs.
1t does seem strange that it becomes
necessary for legislature to pass
laws against it's own small petty
thievery and grabbing. Bigger men
should be in those bodies. Minnesota
is well on the way to such a law
if this practice is not eliminated in
our state legislature.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16
IN APPROPRIATE MEMORIAM

Minneapolis celebrated the 25Oth
anniversary of the discovery of St.
Anthony Falls Friday, Saturday. and
Sunday of last week at which time
various noted speakers paid tribute
to Father Louis Hennepin, the first
white man known to have set eyes
on the falls.
In the program of speeches was one
given by DR.. Charles Eastman, de-
scendant of Cloud Man, the Sioux who
adopted Father Hennepin as a son
after the Belgian priest had been cap
tured by his tribe.
The Minneapolis demonstration was
appropriate for the significance of the
event, for possibly if it had not been
for the bravery and hearty spirit of
Father Hennepin, the history of that
city might have been entirely changed
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16
BEWARE OF CARBON MONOXIDE

The season of the year has again
arrived accompanied by frosty nights
and mornings which cause the motor
of the automobile to need warming up
before using. This should not be
done in a closed garage without suf-
ficient air circulation. Frequently
deaths are reported being caused by
this gas poisoning from the fumes Of
the exhaust. The best way to avoid
this danger is to get the car in the
open air as soon as it is possible to
do so. In this way the fumes are
carried away from the exhaust and
a human life is saved.