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San Benito

DR.. and Mrs. q. r. Bruce have
as their guests DR.. A. r. HAYS and
sons Jack and Robert Of New Or
leans.
Chris Meadows OF san Antonio
has joined his wife and children
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GIRLS SEWING
CLUB MEETS

The members az the little girls
sewing club met M the home Of Miss
Ernestine Galloway On "Wednesday
afternoon Eleven members were pre-
sent. Miss MaNene Galloway Joined
The clue. After the sewing hour. the
tinle "a spent playing games and
refreshments were served. The next
meeting will be held AT the home uf
Doris Marie Peterson.
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PICNIC AND SWIM
Is ENJOYED

Several residents OF Los Fresno
spent a pleasant evening at Lax
Olnnto Wednesday with a swim
and picnic supper. Those preson.
were Mr.. and Mrs. G. & Casey and
son, J. T., Miss Ruth ShoptaW. Bill
lie Hunts. Bobbie Nanmcter. Hazel
Encore. Mr.. and hrs. O. Q. Page
and daughter. Verdale. Wayne Pat
ters0n. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Whit.
Mary. joseph. j.. ~. and Charles
Whit. Mr.. and Mrs. Beasley. 90
Brownsville. Mr.. J. J. Boho. n. h.
Hollon, Mr.. al Mrs. George =.
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BRAIDED RUGS
INTERESTING WORK

The members Of the Home De-
monStration Club met on Thursday
al the home al MIS-. s. Y. Barr.
eleven members and four visitors
were present The business meet
inc was conducted by Mrs. S (. Bar.
VICC-prcSident.
Miss Dorothy Porter was present
aud demonstrated the making OF
braided rugs. Visitors we're Mrs. J..
wv. Schneider. Mrs. s. Simonson.
Mrs. A. a. Laughlin and Miss BobJ.
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HENDER
CLUB HOSTS

The members Of the NcirhbCIh0od
bridge club met Saturday evening
at The home Of Mr.. and Mrs 5. I'll
Henderson. Three tables Of players
were present. The club planned ca
have a picnic at BOca ChIca We'd
nesday evening.
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BIBLE STUDY
CLASS MEETS

The monthly Bible study class Of
the w. N. U. OF the Baptist church
met at the home Of Mrs. VIII Beene
IN La Paloma Ave. this week. Dis
cuSSion for the afternoon vas on
"Rabah'.
About fifteen ladies attended the
class.
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Mercedes moved this week in the
Potts residence IN Los Fresnos.
O @. Patterson Of Weslaco spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. w. Patterson.
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from Q trip to New orleans and
Lake Charles. la, Houston and
Galveston Mrs Mcintosh and Miss
Cox arc sisters.
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Rio Hondo
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL

Mrs. Ira Garrison entertained the
Junior =. u. p. U. at her home,
the Baptist parsonage, Monday
evening. The meeting was a COM
binatiOn business discussion and
party. After the business was dis
cussed and disposed OF. games OF
various kinds were enjoyed.
Delicious refreshments were Serv-
cd TO about twenty-five members
and visitors.
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Coates and daughter. Bobbie Gean.
Elsie Brooks, Rachel. Dorothy Mos
Cs.
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in the Rio Hondo schools this nexi
term.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
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DAMSITE TOWN
BADLYDAMACED
BY W1NDSTORM

LAS VEGAS, New, April %. (U.p)
Three major camps of the Boul-
der canyon dam project were parti-
ally wrecked late yesterday by 8
near cyclone which swept down the
canyon.
The Six Companies camp at the
rivers edge was almost completely
destroyed while the Lewis camp
lost so tents and the Letourneau
camp and Boulder City were less
affected.
The wind tore the Six Companies
camp to pieces, ripping up tents
and depoSiting them through the
canyon. Clothing and bedding was
scattered and the Anderson mess
hall at the camp was blown over.
All of the workmen at the Six
Companies camp were taken to the
Lewis camp where they were quar-
tered.
Men were unable to stand up in
the force of the wind and machin-
cry was clogged with dust and sand.
A house in Las Vegas and gar
age were blown over. Lightning
systems in all camps were damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
Hawks SmasheS
Two More Marks

HESTON AIRDROME Eng, April
%. U.P)-Captain Frank Hawks, the
American flyer. arrived from France
today, smashing two more European
records to finish off his two days
of flight between London and Rome.
An official announcement said
the American speed flyer who yes
terday set new mark Of five hours
and % minutes from London to
Rome, had broken two records on
his flight from Paris to London.
Flying from lie Bourget, near Paris,
he reached Croydon airdrome in SIS
minutes to break the SO minute
mark recently set by Commander
Glenkidston and then continued to
Heston airdrome to set a new rec
ord of SO minutes.
Hawks arrived here at 1851 p. m.
Hawks revealed that he had al
most passed out" while flying at
great altitude over the Alps enroute
tC Rome yesterday because he had
no oxygen to aid him in flying at
great attitudes.
THAT would have meant I was
done for" he commented with
smile as he told of the incident.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
BULK OF SLAIN
MANS PROPERTY
LEFT TO SLAYER

PHILADELPHIA. April 80. U.P)
Frederick c.. Nixon -Nirdlinger
Philadelphia theatre owner, left
one-third of the income of his res.
iouary estate to his wife, who killed
him in France and who is now
awaiting trial at Nice, according to
his will probated late yesterday.
His wife, the former Charlotte
Nash of st. Louis, will receive the
income from the estate, valued at
more than 100000, until she remar-
ries or dies, the will provided.
Forty-three per cent of the in
come of the estate will go to the
theatre magnates second wife,
Laura McKebba Nixon -Nirdlinger
of Hollywood.
Eventually the principal Of the
entire residuary estate will be di-
vided among five charitable insti-
tutions, Hahhemann Medical School
and College, Edwin Forrest Home
for Aged Actors, Jewish Hospital
Association of Philadelphia, Nation
al Vaudeville Artists Home an d
Club of New York and Eagleville
Sanitarium.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
CONTRACT FOR
CANAL WILL BE
OFFERED SOON
Should Be Ready Within
Week Or 10 Days Says
Mark Rose.

After months of preparation, the
All-American canal contract is eX-
pected to be submitted to the board
of directors of the Imperial Irriga-
ton district within the next week
or 10 days, according to Mark Rose,
director.
When the contract is submitted to
the directors, each section will be
discussed and if agreement is
reached, it will be sent to Washing
ton for submission to Secretary Ray
Lyman Wilbur. Should the secre-
tary sign without demanding
changes and reservations, the con-
tract will be resubmitted to the dis
trict board for signature. An elec-
ton then will be called and the con-
tract placed before the voters for
their opinions.
Prior to the election, the contract
will be given wide publicity and will
be fully discussed and explained in
all its phases.
1t is expected that the election
will not be called from, 40 tG so
days after the contrac oNt'is sig. ID
by the directors. This I'll be done
in order that the public may be
fully informed, it is explained.
Preparations of the contract as
it will be submitted has required
many months of work on the part
of attorneys for the government and
the district as there were mazes of
legal technicalitieS to be agreed
lOon
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
HOPE TO
CLEAN Up
PROGRAM
Chief Executive Insists
States Water Problem
Must Be Solved.
MAP is REMODELED
Increase OF Half Million
Dollars Made In State
Budget

SACRAMENTO, Cal. April %
Threatened by Governor Rolph with
special session if the Legislature
fails to provide water relief TO
parched farm sections of Califor-
MIA, the senate constitutional a.
mendments committee today laid
plans to thresh the water dispute to
q finish.
The proposals now under dis
cussion in the legislature would per-
init the federal government to pay
for the huge water projects in the
Sacramento and San Joaquin val
leys, and the state TO guarantee
repayment OF the loan.
The major projects include a
large storage dam at Kennett on
the Upper Sacramento river, to
store up the rivers flood waters for
transportation into the San Joa-
quin river. and fresh water in
dustrial canal at the delta.
SACRAMENTO. Cal. April %
W.P)-Legislatio completely re-
modelling the political map OF Cal
ifornia and providing for the ex-
penditure of S266,000,000 to operate
the state government was enacted
into law last night by the sigma
ture of Governor James Rolph, Jr
The governors budget bill, A. B
So. by Assemblyman Robert l.. Pat
terson, Taft. provides for expendi-
ture of s265 ,48l ,59l for the biennium
beginning July /. This represented
an increase of $505 900 over the Or
iginal budget prepared last Janu-
airy by ROLAND A. Vanderbilt, di-
rector of finance.
Before signing the congressional
reapportionment bill of Senator J.
w. Mckinley, Los Angeles. giving
Southern California IL of the state S
20 congressman, the governor read
q protest from Senator viii r.
Sharkey. Martinez. against alleged
"gerrymandering" which removed
Contra Costa county from the third
district and placed it with Alameda
county.
This was done. Sharkey charged,
to bolster the political strength OF
Senator j. M. Inman. Sacramento,
defeated in the congressional cam
paign last year by Congressman G.
F.. Curry.
The assembly redistricting bill, by
Edward Craig, Brea, gives Southern
California AZ of the 80 assembly
men. of which Los Angeles county
will have 30.
The governor alsos igned bill
by Miss Eleanor Miller, Pasadena,
creating a Pasadena branch of the
superior court in Los Angeles coun-
ty. .,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
SITUATION
PRESENTS
PROBLEM
Investigation OF Brawley
Shooting BY Grand Jury
Starts Activities.
LAW HANDICAPPED
Lack OF Sufficient Depu-
ties Gives Bootleggers
Upper Hand.

Redoubled efforts on the part of
various law enforcement agencies In
Imperial Valley to cut down the
percentage of liquor law violators
was indicated today after an inves-
tigation yesterday by the county
grand jury into the hijacking raid
and fatal shooting of Jack Eugene
Geesman on F.. B. "Blackie" Bells
ranch west of Brawley Saturday
night.
A searching investigation by the
grand jury, 1t is believed, covered
not only the shooting of Geesman,
but other bootlegging activities in
the valley. Speaking of liquor law
violations today, District Attorney
Elmer W. Heald described the sit
uation as presenting great
problem
Sheriff George L. Campbell's
force, handicapped by lack Of suf-
ficient deputies to cope adequately
with the crime situation here, has
made an enviable record in all
branches of law enforcement, it was
pointed out, and especially in raid
ing and apprehending bootleggers.
The sheriff's force last night
made four liquor raids on establish
ments in Westmorland, arresting
two offenders and failing to find Ii
quor at two other places. This ac-
ton is taken as an indication of the
renewed efforts of officers to make
bootlegging dangerous occupation
in Imperial county
Police departments of the valley
have promised cooperation in the
campaign against liquor dealers.
The grand jury completed its in
vestigation into the Brawley shoot
ing yesterday afternoon after inter-
viewing witnesses of the gun battle
that resulted in the death of Gees
man and believed wounding of an
other of the alleged hijackers.
Continue Probe
In the mean time deputies from
the sheriff's office, under direction
of Undersheriff Rodney Clarke, to-
day continued their Investigation of
the affair. Harold Gillett and Fred
Elliott, deputies, were detailed to
the Brawley sector today to carry
on the investigation.
While Gillett and Elliott were In
Brawley, other officers were con-
tinuing the search for the two hi
jackers who escaped after the
shooting fray, and especially for the
man who was thought to be wound-
ed in the right thigh.
What recommendation If any, will
be returned by the grand jury as q
result of its investigation into the
Brawley gun battle can only be sur
missed. Some remarks on the boot
Logging and vice situation in Impe-
rial Valley are expected, since the
investigation is thought to have led
to discussion of the situation as 1t
affects the entire valley.
Many speculations and rumors
dealing with the shooting were
heard on the streets after it became
known the grand jury was investi-
eating.
Geesman's body was found in the
yard outside Blackie Bells house
about mile west Of Brawley Sat
urday night after two men. believed
to have been his companions, en-
tered the house and attempted to
rob customers, said to have been
playing poker.
Bell started the gun battle when
he came from another room to find
the hijackers holding up his guests.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
COUNTY OFFICIALS PLANNING WAR ON LIQUOR
WtsyR9s9%s;fR

N E w YORK CITY,
April %. (SpeciaD-The
king and queen of Siam are
here. Now we will get a
real test of our wisecrack-
er's ability. See who can
say something without re-
ferring to tn e Siamese
twins. | am licked already
and withdraw.
Pat Hurley, secretary of
war, left Washington for
Oklahoma in a navy plane.
Was the one the army owns
broke down?
Mayor Walkers oppon-
ents have wisely decided
to withdraw any reference
to his private life. They
had to withdraw it on ac-
count of a biblical quota
ton, ''Let him without sin
cast the first stone,' so
they would have to import
somebody into New York
to make the accusation.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
LAWYER TAKES
LIFE TO EVADE
FELONY CHARGE

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April 90. UP)
Edward r. Dampier, 81, attorney
and investment broker, formerly
of Rupert, Idaho, shot himself
through the head early today to
avoid surrendering to the district
attorneys office on felony charges,
according to police.
His action, police said, would
probably save his property for his
wife, Mrs. Grace Evelyn Dampier,
and baby, Edith Irene, two and a
half years old.
Mrs. Dampier discovered her
husbands body in their luxurious
| home here and Immediately notified
police, who explained the motive
for the suicide as desire to evade
the charges preferred against him.
Complaints against Dampier and
his partner, E. Howard Chaplin,
were issued yesterday by the district
attorneys office.
The concern, which advised in
vestorS on securities, had no permit
to sell stock, according to police who
said the arrangement was to advise
investors who as fee paid S per
cent of the amount of money used
in the purchasing of securities.
The firm of Dampier and Cha
pin sold on the partial payment
plan, the complaint charged The
pair was charged with pocketing
money turned over to them for stock
purchases. The q eff lea O MS
amounted to $12,458.5O, the district
attorneys office stated.
Bail had been set at $4,000 for
each man and Attorney Harold
Judson. representing the pair, had
promised to surrender his clients
today.
A note left to his wife read:
Honey, I love you and baby.
That's why I'm doing this. ! want
to save everything for you and baby.
This seems to be the only way to
do it,"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
Special Session Threat Made by Governor
UTAH SUFFERS
HEAVY LOSS in
SEVERE STORM
Wind Reaches High We
lOcity In Mo II mt a i n
States Area.

SAN FRANCISCO, April %. U.p)
! "A storm that swept out of the
Nevada desert and spread over the
entire Pacific northwest was grad
ually spending its force today, leav-
ing trail of damage and destruc-
tion behind it.
The storm took its heaviest toll
In Oregon and Washington, where
communications arteries were dis
rupted, small flames were famed
into numberless fires and trans
portation facilities were impeded.
Atmospheric conditions in south
ern Nevada, where a steadily fall
ing barometer was noted. were
blamed by weather officials here
as the cause of the storm. While
the storm shifted to the southeast,
gales swept through the Cascade
and Siskiyou mountains. snow fell
in the Sierras and winds of vary
ing velocities. up to So miles an
hour blew up the coast toward Can
ada.
A heavy dust storm centered
around Arlington, Ore, and Walla
Walla and Pasco, Wash, and des-
cended upon Portland in the form
of huge yellow cloud that envel-
oped everything in its path. Hun
dredS of small fires throughout the
northwest were reported in the
wake of the miniature tornado,
which also blew down trees, houses
and buildings.
Shipping in the Grays harbor
area was hampered. In Tacoma
harbor the steamer Pacific Pine
was smashed against a dock by
high waves, several log booms were
broken up and tugs and other
(Cnnfinu nm nnnn QA
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
SWING SAYS BARBOUR MAY BE
CHOSEN SPEAKER OF CONGRESS

vided between Republicans and
Democrats that it will be nee
essary to give some recognition
to the Republican Progressives
to obtain the harmonious CO.
operation necessary.
Barbour has that discrimi-
mating judician temperament so
desirable In a speaker. He new
er has shouted his demands
from the hOusetOps, but has
been extremely effective i'm get
ting things done i'm quiet and
orderly manner. When he rises
to speak, he gets attention.
"He has been sanely progress
sive in his voting and would be
acceptable. I am sure. to both
wings of the Republican party.
at Is very natural that we OF
the California delegation should
support him 100 per cent
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
Doctors Suicide
Attempt FOiled

PASADENA, Cal, April %. U.p---
DR.. Frederic c. Melton, OF Alta
dena was recovering today from
poisonous gas fumes inhaled in an
attempt to end his wife. police
stated
When discovered and taken TO q
hospital for treatment DIR. Melton
complained, III l want TO die. why
cont you let me?" DR.. f. G. Mat
tison reported TO police.
The physician was found lying
ON his bed in smoke filled room
with a gas tube in his mouth when
C. E.Batton, a neighbor noticing
smoke coming from the home and
hearing the telephone ringing IN
cessantly turned In fire alarm.
DR.. Melton was taken from the
room in am unconscious state and
revived on his front lawn With an
inhalator. The mattress OF his bed
had caught fire in some mysterious
manner.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
MEASURE URGES
SUBSTITUTION OF
CASTOR CALLOWS

SACRAMENTO, Cal, April %
W.P)-Death by lethal gas instead OF
the moose was proposed as punish
ment for murder, in the state leg
islature today.
The Nevada plan" of executing
killers will be offered in a bill pre-
pared for introduction by Senators
Charles H. Deuel., Chico; Joe Riley
Bishop, and Dan E. Williams
Chinese camp, it was announced at
a meeting of the senate prisons and
reformatories committee.
Warden James B. Holohan Of
San Quentin prison endorsed the
lethal gas chamber in answer to a
question by Senator Deuel..
Execution by poison gas is much
more satisfactory than hanging in
asmuch as it is less gruesome and
absolutely positive" said Holohan.
Warden Court Smith of Folsom
prison expressed no preference. de-
Claring that it made little differ
ence" from the standpoint of the
prison official.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
Mills Arraigned
At San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Cal, April %. U.P)
Accompanied by tears, protests
and objections from Olive Clark
Day, defendants in the Hollywood
girl syndicate case were arraigned
in superior court here today.
John p. Mills, former San Diego
real estate broker, was the only
defendant to enter a plea. He plead
ed not guilty and his trial was set
for May 25.
Alexander Pantages, multi-mil-
lionaire theatre magnate, Jesse
Shreve, San Diego investment brok-
er and William Jobelmann and Mrs.
Day will enter their pleas next
Tuesday.
Mrs. Day, alleged to have been
the head of the Hollywood love
syndicate" became hysterical when
the case was called, denounced her
attorneys and tearfully demanded
that the charges against her be
read
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
VOliva Plans To
Quit Zion City

ZION CITY, ILL.,, April %. U.P)-
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of
Christian Catholic Apostolic church,
has announced he will turn over
active control of Zion to Apostle w.
j. Mintern next summer and de-
vote the remainder of his life to
spreading his religion throughout
the world.
Voliva, who breaches that the
world is flat and sailed around it
last year to prove he is right said
he had made will transmitting all
the church property to Mintern,
whom he will name formally next
July as his successor.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23

FRESNO, CAL, April 2S. U.D
Henry E. Barbour. of Fresno,
may be the next speaker of the
house of representatives.
Congressman Phil ID. Swing,
of Ell Centre, in an interview
here said the California con-
gressional delegation would sup
port 100 per cent a proposal to
place the Fresno congressman
in the chair vacated by the
death of Nicholas Longworth.
Barbour has 4 high standing
in the house and is well liked"
Swing said. "The western dele
cation is out to fight for one of
the three high offices in the
house-the speakership, floor
leader or rules committee chair
manship.
The house is so nearly di-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
Soviet Sentence
Deemed Severe

MOSCOW, April %. U.p) = The
presidium of the supreme court to-
day revoked as over-Severe all
sentences imposed upon the Kulak
(rich peasant group of Tormasovo,
ordering retrial by higher court.
Six Kulaks were sentenced to
death and nine to terms of impris-
onment on April 10. on charges
that they had sabotaged the collec-
tivization plan in the village of
Tormasovo. had not sold grain to
the government, had forged docu-
ments certifying they were poor
peasants. had indulged in anti-So-
Wet propaganda and had terrorized
poorer peasants.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
DEFER HEARING
ON MEASURE TO
CHANGE VOTING

In order to give the opposition
forces an opportunity to be heard,
hearing on the voters qualification
act by the assembly committee on
irrigation, has been postponed until
Wednesday, April %.
This postponement was taken at
the request of the opposition, rep
resentatives stating that there had
been no opportunity for their side
OF the question to be discussed.
The act has to do with resolutions
passed by local organizations de-
manding that voters in irrigation
matters be required to be owners of
real property.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-23
Lengthy Drought
Period Ended

ONTARIO, Cal, April 90. W.p)-
A 26 day drought was broken here
by the storm that brought rain to
Southern California during the past
"a hours.
The precipitation during the last
"a hours here was .28 inch while
the rainfall for the season was 9.3
inches as compared with 14.l9 inch
es last year.
Uplands reported q downpour OF
80 inch during the storm and a
rainfall OF l2.43 inches as com,
with l485 inches last year.
The last rainfall here was on
March 27