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New Britain herald., 1930-06-13
LIMITATION OF CLAIMS

A. Court Of Probate holden at New
Britain. w.thin and for Tie District Of
Berlin in the County ot Hartford and
state Of Connecticut, on the 10th day of
June. 4 .. 1880.
Present. Bernard F GaNnty ESQ.
Judge "a notion Of Joseph Lernerls Of
sad New Britain as Administrator on the
Estate Of Mary Lerer!s o. Mary Lsners,
late Of New Britain within sad district
deceased
This Cour- do.h deere. that FIX
months Re allowed ana limited FOR the
creditors OF sad estate 10 exhibit their
claims asainst the same to the Admins
traitor and directs that public notice re-
given ~ this order by advertising in q
newspaper published in said New Britain.
and having a circulation in said district.
and by posting copy thereof on the
public sign post in said Town Of. New
Britain nearest the place where the de-
ceased last dwelt.
CertlGcd from Record.
BERNARD F, GAFFNET, Judge.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13
FORD TO QUIT SERVICE

New London. June IS IP'-EdWin
G. Ford. for IS years manager of
the New London exchange Of the
Southern New England Telephone
Co.. retired today
J. \. Weymouth. exchange mana
ger at Norwich prior to 1926, has
neen transferred from New Haven
headquarters to succeed Mr. Ford.
He had been on temporary duty here
since January.
George D. Johnson, exchange
manager at Mystic who has served
So years will retire July !. and the
Mystic exchange will be added TO
Mr. Weymouth's jurisdiction.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13
Round by-Round Story
+ Of Battle foY Title

schmeling vas the first in the
ring, accompanied by his seconds IN
sTeaters and Sharkey followed a
rainute later with an American faE
d-aped around his shoulders TIL
ctowd greeted Schmeling with q
round of cheers but Sharkey's rscep-
taon was tempered with oooes as tho
crowd spied the fag
= While SharkAr stood calmly IN
has corner photographers stepped jr
ere ring
.Czcudun. Campolo and Young
stribling climbed into challenge the
winter. Sharkey glow4red as the
rsshlight went off TOO close to his
bead.
rs The Judges were announced AZ
enarles 11atthison and Harold
Barres,-4- ----.- -.- --.. ..--- -
The crowd stirred restIessly and
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13

Nashville. Tenn, June IS PA.
N. Townsend, negro, secretary of
the Baptist Sunday school publish
ing board, arrested here last night
and charged with murder, but re-
leased in $4,000 bail. told officers
that he knew nothing regarding the
killing of Edward Pierson. negro
auditor OF the National Baptist con-
vention, slain in Indiana.
Police here asked Townsend if he
had paid Washington $4,000 to kill
Pierson and he replied in the mega
tive. During the questioning, how
mltted he had a transaction with
George Washington in March in
which he paid Washington a large
sum for services rendered by
Washington.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13

They ware psnlc-stricker. add
l1g ira he thought all might have
been saved If they had rot leapAd
INTO the sea
II YOU we're in charge Of a gang
Of men and fire broke out as it did
on the Fairfax, TO YOU think you
could have gotten the fire out any
4u.cHer,' Lyons inquired.
Ire fire. on the Fairfax couldn't
have been pur ont any quicker" TIE
UltnAss replied. Put the passengers
aided greatly and possibly saved the
shi7"
Helped Create Panic
Referring 70 Kipps statement that
Negro members Of the crew we're
acting dangerously. Hoover asked:
What I'D they 10 that indicated
they we're Dangerous
They were furrying about csear-
Irg greater panic when they should
have been reassuring They ran
aboVt a,naless.v and we're hollering
Hoover asked the witness as 70
he truth or talsitY Of newspaper
stories that negro seamen had torn
49,, "''.S Il '+'' some u inc fdss'h-
- ..s.... -..,. 49,.
~ 49, 49,. .,'''s o. I'd i
4nlfQ Nave A. ). Powell OF the
Fairfax, Who testified yesterday vas
recalled TO the stand today for 1uts-
ton'nE TeEardinG reports that dur
'1E me excitement aboard the
steamer ne mad engaged IN an al
creation 71th 4 marine. Powell
s'oEt!y denlef ms.
no" dIf yo4 gHt that GU on your
Up asked Captain Lyons, referring
70 minor wound which had been
shielded by court plaster yesterday.
That's the Only injury I have
snail cut on The llp-bIt I don't
kno" no" 60, IT, said Powell.
MISS Nellie Todd o. Baltimore, A
pe-!te bloate and hostess OF the
Fairfax, vas the next witness,
Helped With Life Preseryers
She vas playing the piano at the
time OF the crash. She ran bacE
through the social hall Where - or
Is men ard women we're standing
and helped some OF the women ad-
jus- life preservers
The witness said she SAN no ore
+rampe1 on. She saw members Of
the crew Aghu1g the FIRE and saw
A negro waiter and some officers
breaking doors and windows 10 ge,
life belts for the passengers.
The stewards department was
very calm and ia all that was hu-
manly possible" she asserted. THE
ships nurse, a Miss Mannix. and the
stevardess, Miss Stone. worked
furiouslv giving first aid 70 pas
sengers. according TO her testimorv.
We had everything necessary for
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13

| tanker Tuesday night, with the gas
oline cargo catching fire and the
Pinthis exploding and sinking. went
into the records yesterday. No coast
station or ship reported picking one
up.
Captain Archibald Brooks of the
Fairfax testified he ordered one sent.
Assistant Radio Operator Eugene W.
Neff said he had received it and
Chief Operator J. w. Gewekin de-
clared he had sent the distress call.
Flames soon destroyed the antenna
and neither Nef nor Gewekin could
say whether the message was broad
cast.
Didn't Repeat S OS
Thinking the call had gone, Ge-
wekin said he did not send it again
when the antenna was repaired with
in half an hour. He testified he re-
piled everything okeh" to a query
from the coast guard cutter Tampa
subsequently learned 10 have been
within 20 minutes sailing distance.
Most of the Fairfax officers testi-
fed. Captain Brooks admitted that
the ship vas steaming II knots an
hour through fog described as very
dense On sighting the Pinthis, he
said, the Fairfax was put hard aport
and full speed astern ordered. The
crash followed within a minute. the
engine room log showed
Only one OF the II bodies picked
I'D in the sea after the disaster re-
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13
DEGREES CONFERRED

Worcester, Mass, June IS CP-
Worcester Polytechnic Institute con-
ferred five honorary degrees Of doc
tor Of engineering and awarded 81
degrees OF bachelor Of science and
master Of science to graduates in its
commencement exercises today.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13
EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAYS CARTOON

EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAYS
Mountain NghtMorte
preceded
The Monkey
IS
all 4
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13

night. the winner but badly bat
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13
PASTOR ARRESTED
IN negro Staying
(Conrinued From First Page
Townsend Denies Charge

room and escaping.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-13
FAIRFAX owners
SUED FOR $4,000;
INQUIRY Continued

l-oc--c1-t From First Page
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
DON'T SEND MONEY
IN ORDINARY MAIL

Patrons of the post office are
urged TO refrain from sending cur
rency as Christmas gifts in letters
which are not registered accorc>'
ing to the local postmaster. Unless
such letters are registered. there is
danger of loss and there is no as
surance that the currency will
reach the addreSsee.
Parcel post packages should not
be sealed unless the sender wishes
to pay first class mail charges. II
regular parcel posts are sealed, the
seals must be broken or the extra
charges paid, the postmaster ex-
panied.
A return address is of vital i'm
portance to all Christmas mail
whether a package or a letter A
slip containing the name. street
number, town. and state of the adj
dressee, together with q return ad-
dress. should be placed in the in
terror of the package. This is ad-
viSed in case the wrapper should
be damaged or torn off in trans
port If this precaution is taken,
according to the postmaster, the
addressee eventually will receive the
mail.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
THE RISE OF Politics S

Politics is seldom very pretty spec
tac!e. Most people in this country do
not have very high regard for the tricks
of the political game: nor are they apt
to he surprised at any unseemly deals or
maneuvers that are made in the course
of political scheme.
Nevertheless. it is worth noticing that
politics today is conducted on far high
er plane than it used to be. We may
have politicians now who cut a sorry
spectacle, but they are figures of good
ness and light compared with some of
their predecessors of a generation or two
earlier
For proof of this the reader is refer
red to the book. The Age of Hate, by
George Fort Milton. which describes the
struggle of the radical Republicans
against President Andrew Johnson in the
years Immediately following the Civil
War. The political plots and practices
disclosed in this book make politics of the
present day look clean and wholesome.
President Johnson was committed TO
program of kindness. decency and toler-
ance in the reconstruction of the south
following the war. Congress was in the
control of clique headed by such men as
Senator Charles Sumner of Massachu-
setts. Representative Thad Stevens Of
Pennsylvania and the unSpeakable Ben
Butler: and this clique was determined
to grind the southland down in the most
oppressive manner possible.
Because Johnson stood out against
them, they sought to impeach him. The
house of representatives held extensive
hearings found nothing substantial to
base impeachment on-and then voted
to impeach him anyway The senate
proceeded to try the case-with Senator
Sumner contemptuously declaring that
they did not really need to hear the evi-
dence, as they We're going to convict him
regardless!
The account of the impeachment trial
is sorry stuff. The case against the
President fell completely flat Never
theless, the clique put all kinds of pres
sure on Wavering senators to force them
to vote for conviction. Brides were off
cred, threats were made, constituents
back home were induced to lombard the
wavering senators with telegrams-ev-
erything possible was done to compel
vote that the evidence did not justify.
Fortunately the efforts failed, and the
Impeachment was not sustained. But the
story of the trial, and the plotting that
preceded and accompanied it, is dismal
reading-unbelievably mean, sordid and
corrupt. Bad as politics of today may
be, it at least could not produce such a
spectacle as that. We have made real
Improvement.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
THE LEGION ACTS

Earlier this month this column had oc
casion to comment on the activities of an
armed group of American Legion men,
bers at st. Clairsville, Ohio, condemning
them for entering a store on Armistice
day and after driving out patrons of the
store with tear bombs, forced the pro-
prietor to close his business for the day.
We are glad to note that the executive
committee of the American Legion, De-
partment of Ohio, has added its con-
demnation, calling the attack "an un-
called for demonstration which reflected
on the spirit and principles of the Leg
ion
The committee voted to ask the depart
ment commander formally to censure the
st. Clairsville post which was held re-
sponsible for the affair.
While the store bombing was not an
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD z. GARRIS
Copyright. 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGlLH'S
DISCOVERY

Something very strange had hap
pened in Uncle Wiggily's hollow
stump bungalow. You "ememoer
told YOU how Mrs. Longears could
MT find the lace curtains to hang
in the parlor the day after Thanks
giving when Mr. and Mrs. LongtalI
the mouse lady and gentleman,
were coming to spend the evening.
Jolie. Jillie and Squeakie Eel .e,
cousin mouse, were also to come.
At the last moment the lace cur
tains couldn't be found SC Uncle
Wiggily went down to tire eight and
nine cent storc, bought some ne"
ones and hung them himself, for his
wife and Nurse Jane were busy
sweeping and dusting.
Then, when evening came and The
mouse family arrired, the first
thing they did when shown into
the parlor was TO Jump at the new
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
Published by
IMPERIAL VALLEY
PRESS, INC.
WELCOME IMPERIAL HIGHWAY
". C. COSTELLO,
Manager

1t is a pleasure to extend welcome TO
the representatives of the Imperial Hleh-
way Association who gather IN TINS cltE
tonight for the annual meeting OF the as
sociation.
Having for its object the construction
of a new highway from the coast through
an inland route that will enter Imperial
Valley via the old Butterfield stage road,
the association has achieved much since
its organization several months ago.
The route it proposes will provide res
idents of Imperial Valley with short
and direct route to the coast, which VIII
eliminate the necessity Of passing
through any large centers Of population
and will open up to them section of
California rich in historical lore and
abundantly blessed with the beauties OF
nature.
As vet the route into the valley has
not been definitely decided. This is
something which should be given the at
tention of every resident in the valley and
they should unite-city and county Of
ficials, chambers of commerce and other
civic organiZatlons-to give the Butter
field stage route their complete support.
The Imperial Highway will not in the
least interfere with or lessen the import
via Salton Sea or San Diego. Rather it
will serve to increase traffic over them
by providing a new loop route to and
from the coast.
Imperial Valley is glad to have the
Imperial Highway Association as our
guests. Its members are persons who do
things and who are inspired by the same
spirit that fired the pioneers of old to
blaze new trials and build new cities.
On this, their first visit to Imperial
Valley as an organization, we hope they
will enjoy their stay to the utmost and
that they will want to come again We
hone it will not be long before caravan
from Imperial Valley can return the
visit, travelling to its destination over an
old road that has been made new road
and resumed its Importance in Southern
California transportation.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
COURT RULES ON
FATHERS RIGHT
TO SEE CHILD

Judge A. c. Finney YESTERDAY af-
ternoon defended the right of
father to see his child in deciding
& civil suit involving the age old
situation of a divorced wife living
with her mother, and the mother
hostile to her one time son-in-laW.
After the entire afternoon was
taken up by hearing of evidence
IN the case Judge Finney refused
70 modify the former order giving
custody Of the child to the mother,
to visit his child at reasonable
times and to have the child one
day out of each week.
Emma Louise Crow first brought
suit, petitioning the court TO modi-
fy the first order SO that Phines
r. Crow could visit the child at its
mothers home, but could not take
1t from the home.
Phines Crow in turn asked that
the court issue an order changing
the custody of the child.
Seven witnesses were called for
the plaintiff yesterday afternoon
and six for the defendant. At
torneys announced that they had
several more witnesses, but Judge
Finney expressed himself as having
heard enough testimony
Mrs. Crow obtained an interlocu-
tory decree of divorce from her hus-
band several months ago.
In refusing to modify his order
Judge Finney stated that, should
further trouble arise between the
parents, and should any effort be
made TO keep the father from see
ing his child, he would not hesitate
one second in issuing an order
giving Crow custody of his boy.
1t appeared in testimony that
Mrs. Vilua Payne, Mrs. Crows
mother, had objected strenuously
TO Crows visits TO the child. Judge
Finney instructed Mrs. Crow that
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
FORMER LOCAL
PUBLISHER TO
COMPILE BOOK

An interesting announcement was
made in yesterdays Press by Otis
B. Tout. former newspaperman of
CaleXico and El Centre and futhor
of the recent novel Silt. who is
undertaking the compilation of 4
complete history of Imperial Valley
under the title, The First Thirty
Years The fact that next year
is the 30th anniversary Of the first
delivery of water in the main can
ais is the basis for the title.
Tout asserts that he reached the
decision to go ahead with this wort:
only after a preliminary survey that
brought scores of endorsements
from valley people 1t will take six
months or more TO do the research
work and distribution is not CON
templated before May Is. 1881.
According to the announcement
the edition will be a fine bound
book Of 200 or more pages, printed
on fine book paper and well illus
trated The contents Will be COM
piled from original records and in
terviews with pioneers. many OF
whom have left the valley The last
section will set down Tor all future
generations to peruse, the facts
about agriculture. business. pro-
feSsions and industry as they exist
today together with q chapter in
which contributors will indulge in
the harmless pastime Of prophesy
as TO what the valley will be 30
years hence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tout are opening
history headquarters" at $40 Main
street. FL Centro. from which they
are lunching a canvass for advance
orders. Only enough copies OF the
edition will be printed to fill ad-
vance orders. plus 300, they an
nounce. An unusual fact regard
ing the canvass is that no payment
will be required with advance ord
ers.
Furthermore, says Tout. IF
the book fails to surpass expecta-
tions when delivered nobody has to
accept. l mean to put my best in
TO this work for our hundreds OF
friends here. accumulated through
25 years. will expect it and we must
not disappoint them
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29

the windows, they would look as
we'll as the curtains in the evening
And in the morning I thought /
might find the old curtains or get
some new ones at the proper store.
And do you mean to say asked
Mrs. Longears slowly, that you
hung slices OF Swiss cheese up at
the windows for curtains?'
Sure I did, my dear! And very
nice they looked, too But l sort of
forgot that We were going TO have
you mice for company, and he
looked at the visitors and laughed.
II didn't remember how fond mice
are of Swiss cheese, or would have
got some paper lace curtains to
hang up just for one evening"
oh, what a shame!' said Mrs.
Longtail. We ate your lovely
Swiss cheese curtains. Uncle Wig
gily. But we really thought they
were hung up to give us a treat. "
1T was a treat all right said
Squeakie Eekie. the cousin mouse,
finding another morsel of cheese on
her whiskerS.
We'll, then, 7 guess everything is
all right and I hope you'll excuse
me for making such a fuss" said
Mrs. Longears. For moment
couldn't understand why anybody
would eat lace curtains"
Then everybody laughed and they
spent a pleasant evening at the
bungalow, even if there were no
lace curtains at the windows. And
the next day going up in the attic
Mr.. Longears found the regular
lace curtains. He discovered them
all tangled up in a corner
However did they get up there?'
asked Nurse Jane as she brought
them down to iron smooth and
hang up.
oh, are those lace curtains?'
asked Baby Bunty Jingle and ]
thought they were lawn tennis nets
and we stretched them across the
attic and played ping pong one
rainy day. We didn't tear EN-
much"
"Oh, my goodness" cried Mrs
Longears. But she forgave the
bunny children and Nurse Jane
made the curtains look like new SC
all was well.
And if the broom isn't too proud
to speak to the doormat when il
sweeps the front steps, I'll tell you
next of Uncle Wiggily's snow house
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
INDIANA FACTORY
IS PURCHASED BY
CHEVROLET FIRM

Purchase of the Martin Parry
Body Corp. Indianapolis plant by
rhe Chevrolet Motor company. for
production Of certain types of COM
mercial bodies used by Chevrolet. is
announced by w S. Knudsen. pres
ident and general manager OF the
Chevrolet Motor company.
While the plant operated this
year on curtailed schedules. the
Chevrolet organization expects to
put II into immediate full-timc op-
Grafton
Included in the purchase are 40
acres OF land. $4,000 square feet of
factory space. an additional 10000
square feet OF lumber storage space
under roof, railway right-of way.
as well as 81 branches operated in
various parts OF the country.
J. A. Jameson. now comptroller
OF Chevrolet. will go to Indianapo-
lis as general manager of ths newS
development, TO be known as thd
Chevrolet Commercial Body DiviS-
ion Of the Chevrolet Motor COM
pany, while the remainder of the
personnel in the organization will
be taken over intact. Employment
at capacity Will total 600 men.
Despite the sale of its main pro-
ducton unit, the Martin Parry
Corp. will maintain its identity and
continue to operate at York. Penn
sylvania. and South Kearney, New
Jersey. 1t was stated
The plant purchase agreement
took effect october 18th, and i'm
mediately thereafter Chevrolet be-
gan active operations. Knudsen
said. The branches were taken
over November lst, and provisions
are already being made to extend
the number TO more than so to
assure adequate national facilities
for exhibiting and distributing the
new products of the company.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
ii-2Q

!IuI5e jane made the CurtaiT5 bk new
lace curtains AMI eat them all up!
Wasn't that strauge'
We'll" said N,u5e Jane with a
little twiddle of her whi,kers, Il
must say that's yerv odd
whats odd?' asked Mr.: Long
ears, washing his face with his paw
to clean up after eating.
"Nibbling my new lace curtains
all UP that way" spoke Mrs. Long
ears.
oh, they were awful eoodi" said
Squeakie Eekie, poking into her
mouth with the end of her tail the
last little crumh Of curtain LAT
had caught ON he. whi5Iecs. ]
could eat more
so could IT, said Jol.ic and jill
lie.
why, the very idea" said Mrs.
Longears. II think TINS is the
the-well it's the utmost something
I ever heard off,
"Oh, didn't you want us to eat
the curtains, my drar?' asked the
mouse lady of the rabbit laoy.
Want you TO eat the new lace
curtains Uncle WIggly Just got7
Oh, this is too--tOo its too much
Of something but I don't know
what" cried Mrs. Longears. What
makes you think ! wanted you tC
eat my lace c1Uta!n8?" she asked of
the mouse lady.
Why, they were made of Swiss
cheese, and we always eat Swiss
cheese whenever we see it," said
Mr.. Longtail.
"Of course" hi5 wife cnimed in.
I'VE thought you had special
Swiss cheese treat for u8. We never
would have been so impolite as to
eat your lace curtains if we hadn't
thought you made them ot cheese
on purpose for nc"
Swiss cheese--cnee5e curtainS-I
i Mrs. Longears was so as
tonished she couldn't say another
word. She just looked at her hus-
band.
Why yes" said Uncle Wiggily
with a funny twinkle of his pinl;
nose. THE curtains were cheese
You see, my dear, he explained tc
his wife, when got TO the eight
and nine cent store they were al
out of the regular lace curtains
Then I passed delicatessen and
saw some Swiss cheese, full of Mole,
just like the lace curtains. So
thought if I bought some thin slicel
of the cheese, and hung them a
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29

CT the state traffic office this
morning when a car belonging to
Buck Tackett, cousin Of Bill Tac-
fett. state traffic officer, was stol-
en-.
The theft was reported to the
sheriffs office by the owner Of the
car. who said that it had been
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
November %. 1910

Mr. and Mrs True Vencill, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Stanley Brown, and
Mrs. Atkinson spent Sunday m
Brawley. The trip was made III MI
Vencill's Buick 40
C. w. Collins returned from a
short business trip to Los Angeles
yesterday morning.
Charles B. Folsom returned this
morning from Santa Monica, where
he has been for a week visiting his
parents.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29
Issued Daily, Except
Sundays. Entered at the
Post office, El Centro,
Calf, as Second-Class
Matter.

official act of the st. Clairsville post, as
the executive pointed out, it was not IN
keeping with the American or Legion
principle of minding ones business and
permitting the other fellow to do the
same
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-29

Fred A. Baughman, observer for
the frost service operated in I'M
perial Valley by the weather bur
eau, has compiled detailed report
on the cold weather which visited
the valley last week.
In the table following are given
Station 32 81
No. Min. and and
lower lower
II M II M