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fore he fell into the hands Of police
again. this time as a pickpocket
suspect. and from that time on he
was in and out of Jail in rapid sue
ceSsion.
In November. 1929, a London court
gave him twelve months hard labor
for stealing suitcase from a plat
form at Victoria station.
He got out in September, 1880.
and until he fell into the hands of
police again, earned a precarious
living working for bookmakers at
some of the dog races.
Now he is an old, broken man
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-08
EDDIE CUERIN
MAY END DAYS
IN PRISON CELL
Famous Crook, ON Last
Legs Gets 3-Year
Term in England.
BY MILTON BRONNER,
NEA Service Writer

LONDON, May eddie Guerin,
internationally known crook and
famous as the man who once es-
capped from Devils island, stood in
the dock in the Old Bailey the
other day and received what prob
ably is his death sentence.
For forging checks, the court
condemned the 71-year-old man to
three years Of penal servitude. And
that in an English prison means
hard grinding labor, close conf1ne-
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can archaeology. Most American
Psychologists hold that the first
people who ever migrated into
America must have come by way
Of Boring Strait, and that traces of
their settlements, if any remain,
will be discovered somewhere along
the coast of the region.
The oldest type Of remains so far
discovered in the Arctic are known
as the old Boring sea Eskimo cUl-
ture. The people who left this type
Of tools and other possessions buried
in the earth have been traced as
far north as Point Barrow.
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with no prospects. but those OF rot
ting to a slow death in prison.
Forty years Of conflict with the
law has done nothing more than
that for Eddie Guerin.
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No. 400 West Maryland Street, Ii. 1901
No. 2-2O37 East Washington ST., CHI. 1928
No. 3-2201 North Capitol Avenue, IA. 2742
No. a New York and New Jersey, RI. OO61
No. 5-virgina Ave. and South St, RI. oo6o
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MAY 8. 1891
RS Chicks Die in Fire

By Times Special
INWOOD, Ind, May s.-Firs
which destroyed a brooder house on
the Bessie Peterson farm two miles
southwest Of here, killed 225 chicks.
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George F. Baker Jr., above, is
expected to assume control of the
great fortune-estinated as third
or fourth largest in the world
which remains after the recent
death Of his father, George F.
Baker, famous banker and philan-
thropist.
Most Of the family's vast wealth,
long a potent factor in the world
Of finance, is invested in securities.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
MANY REASONS
FOR GROWTH OF
CITY ARE SEEN

One of the reasons which has CIV
en- Imperial Valley white spot
position on the economic map of
the United States has been the val
ue of new building. During 1880 Fl
Cenros building permits passed all
previous records when we reached
the sum of $647805, exceeding ali
past years. But new buildings in
Ell Centro are but an incident. Des-
pite the business depression else
where retail merchants reportd a
volume of business in 1880 almost
as good as that Of the previous
year. Collections and credits are
almost normal, business leaders
say, and Ell Centro enters the new
year with high hopes of a success
full twelvemonth.
Shipments of Imperial Valley let
tuce are commencing in quantities,
a little earlier than they did last
season. Yesterdays shipments we're
Just short of one hundred carloads
and from now until mid-March
shipments will Increase until eco,
225 or $50 carloads of Imperial Val
leey white winter iceburg lettuce
move daily to supply every city and
town in the United States. Acre
age devoted to lettuce is about equal
to last year. The quality of the
lettuce is superior. Scientists OF
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
CROWN
IS ATTIRE OF
LATE BATHER

September Morn in all her glory
could not have been colder than
Clarence Myers when he was
brought into the sheriff's office last
night dripping wet, clad in nothing
but a scrap of tattered blanket
and with lettuce leaves in his hair.
An excellent imitation of asthetic
dancer with the stage fright was
presented by the man as with chat
tering teeth and shivering knees
he attempted to explain how he
happened to be taking a dip in an
irrigation ditch north of Calexico
with temperatures as low as they
ever have been in the history of the
valley.
Amid the uncomfortable laugh
ter of the night force at the sher-
ifs office, Myers explained that
he was riding in an automobile
with another man when the driver
collided with a lettuce truck, hence
the crown of green.
What happened to the driver he
did not know and refused to tell
whether they both went in swim
ming or not.
The automobile involved in the
accident was found to have been
stolen in Mexicalia.
Myers will not have pneumonia,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
ACTIVITIES AT CENTRAL UNION

THE Forge of Vulcan" "The
Lances" and 1.-The Drunkards' by
Velasquez: 1.-The Children of the
She'll" Immaculate Conception, y
Saint Andrew" Holy Family with
the Bird" and Children Eating
Fruit by Murillo; "Christ on Mount
Olivat," Holy Family" and "The
CARDINAL by Ell Greco; "Picador"
| and "Consuelo" by zuloaga; prince
Baltasar." by Carlos; and THE
Aims" by zubraurre.
| Fathers of the Girl Reserves will
be entertained by their daughters
January at the high school cafe
terra.
This year the high school Girl
Reserves and the Wilson school Girl
Reserves are going to collaborate,
The grammar school girls have
charge of the decoration and place
cards.
In connection with this event
there was a cabinet meeting Tues
day afternoon to work out plans for
the Father-Daughter banquet. The
theme of the year being Treasure
Hunters" This idea will be empha-
sized in the plans.
In the annual contest for selling
the most ANIMALS, the Juniors are
leading. Meryal Meadows is the in
dividual who has the record at pres
ent for selling the most LA Sola-
mas"
Complete organization for the al
fairs accompanying commencement
was accomplished by the seniors IN
q class meeting Tuesday noon.
Graduation announcements have
been chosen, committees appointed
to care for the class day program
and the matter of clothes. Marjorie
Moore is at the head of the COM
mittee for the girls graduation out
fits, and ]. B. Evans is at the head
of that which concerns the boys.
Bobby Reynolds is taking orders TOR
announcements.
Unusual announcements have
been secured this year. There is on
each one small etching of the high
school.
In the art class there is always
something interesting being studied
Just now the junior college class OF
history of art are engaged in de-
signing the scenery for the operetta
Roy Sweeney and Ruth Correll each
have a scene to do.
Because there is to be q fantastic,
modernistic prologue, the scenery is
designed in accordance with mod
ernistic art principles. Gorgeous
colors and strong design OF melt
ing pot figure in the plans for the
stage setting.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
Gotham Stays
Fairly Sober
On New Years

NEW YORK, Jan. /. W.P)-The
year 1881 arrived in New York to
the accompaniment Of a bedlam of
noise, an unexpected sobriety, and
a precading atmosphere of welcome
based on the suspicion that its pre-
decessor had not done as we'll as it
might have but the new one would
do better.
In fact, there was a general
agreement in the air that the less
said about 1880, the better.
Times Square, traditional center
of New Years Eve celebrations, did
itself proud. BY the time the the
atres were over, the mob in the
square was so thick that a sparrow
couldn't have made a three point
landing anywhere, and the Eoise
was terrific.
The platoon of extra police which
marched optimistically into the
middle of things earlier in the eve
ming emerged individually here and
there, but made practically no
concerted efforts toward keeping
order. A fire truck which started
from 37th street got as far as 44th
street and turned around. Plate
glass windows were smashed, apple
vendors threw away their apples
and sold horns, people were hit over
the head with over-Zealous WELD
ers of coW-bells.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01

the United States Department oi
Agriculture, the University of Cali
fornia, and the horticultural COM
missioner's office have been pat
iently working each year to improve
the lettuce strain. Each year better
and finer lettuce is produced in In
perial Valley. The lettuce indus
try centers in El Centro and each
night at the Barbara Worth Hotel
is conducted a lettuce auction fol
the benefit of Eastern buyers sta
toned here, SO they can easily sup
ply their demands at this miniature
stock exchange.
One of the reasons for Ell Cen
tro's prosperity is the wide diversi-
cation of crops in Imperial Valley
with some commodities moving to
market at all seasons of the year
The chambers of commerce recon-
mend more than anything else
dairying and the production of live
stock and it is on these great basic
industries that Imperial Valleys
increased future growth will doubt
lessly be predicated. In california
there is shortage of meats and all
the states Of the west are daily
shipping carloads and even train
loads of beef, pork, veal and NUT
ton to the coast centers. Eventu-
ally Imperial Valley, with its per-
petual green fields and twelve
months growing season must be-
come the food basket for the entire
coastal region where urban develop
ments are encroaching each year tor
the farm areas. Imperial~Yafey
already the largest irrigation en-
terprise of the Western Hemisphere
will, with the addition of the new
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
Indian Parley
Reaches Crisis

LONDON, Jan. 1. tU.PSThe In
dian round table conference reached
crisis today when the Hindus and
Moslems refused a British sugges-
ton for a compromise on the ques-
ton OF minority rights in the pro-
posed basis for new constitution
for India
Prime Minister Macdonald con-
sidered the situation SO serious he
called a special meeting OF the
minorities subcommittee for 10 p. m.
to sit until tomorrow morning II
necessary to break the deadlock.
To complicate the crisis further,
the "untouchables" (the lowest caste
in India) demanded that the future
constitution abolish restrictions in
their caste. They also demanded
separation of the lower classes for
the Hindus, charging the Hindus
merely used the untouchables as
political tools.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01

Report cards for the preliminary
grades of the second quarter of the
school year came out Monday eve
ming. These grades cover all work
done up to the Christmas holidays.
More profitable than most such
affairs was the Christmas Dance
given by the high school December
26 at the gymnasium. Many alumni
of the high school and junior COL
lege attended.
Fred Heald. interested in biology,
has offered a reward of 25 cents for
horned toads. Under Miss Wilson S
direction he intends to mount the
little animals, which are so charac-
teristic of the desert.
All the Junior college teachers
have been having their pictures
snapped by Martha jenkins for the
junior college annual. THE Painted
Desert"
Numbers of beautiful reproduc-
tions of Spanish art, which Miss
Brooks, language teacher at Cen
trail, brought home from her tour of
Europe, have been framed and are
now hanging in the library and the
two Spanish classrooms.
The pictures which were framed
were chosen from four pamphlets or
portfolios. which are now in the L.
brary files. Greco. Murillo. Velas-
quez, and a group of modern paint
ers are each collected into port
folio.
Those pictures which were framed
are: The Ladies in Waiting" 1.-The
Infanta Margarita, The Weavers," 4"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01

government lands to be brought in
under the All American Canal and
augmented by Coachella Valley,
have a million acres of the most
fertile and productive lands in the
world, with Ell Centro as it's capital.
When this time arrives and all this
land is watered and cultivated, Cali
fornia, now the sixth state i'll popu-
lation, will have probably ten mil
lion souls to feed, and only one I'M
perial Valley can increase its yield
and production and supply this
great population with necessary
food stuffs.
In 1881 much development lies
ahead of El Centre. The park OF
the city are to be improved. Better
ments are to be made to the city,
swer system. Construction will start
within few months on the Sl40 COO
Federal building, the site for which
has been selected. State street Will
be opened in it's entirety ard be-
come another great east and west
artery. A state Junior college, 1t is
hoped, will become a reality during
the present year. Highways ap-
preaching the city are being con-
stantly improved. New paving ano
lighting of some of the city streets
are about to be contracted. The
greater, the better, and happier Fl
Centre, for which the members OF
tn chamber of commerce are con-
stantly striving, seems to be nearer
and nearer a reality.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
BUSINESS MAP
SHOWS VALLEY
WHITE AGAIN

The January number of Nations
Business has made it's appearance
with Imperial Valley shown as en-
joying the white spot" of good
business on the nations economic
map. This months map is very sim
! liar to that of last month with bus
mess conditions throughout tn e
country virtually unchanged.
That business conditions in Ell
Centro and Imperial Valley are ac-
tually good is substantiated by
reports of Christmas buying in the
stores of Ell Centro. Many of the
business institutions show an in
| crease over last December's high.
Practically all of them showed in
creases over every previous year
except over 1929. 1t is conceded
that 1929 was a banner year, far
above normal, and not to be often
exceeded. mot only is business
good here but there exists in FL
Centro healthy mental condition."
stated Manager Hays Of the Ell Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce.
ut is we'll known, we have had no
boom here, no great influx of peo-
pie. no industrial nor agricultural
increases. Our people have gone
along Saving wood, doing the best
they can, neither downhearted nor
depressed and the result has been
that we are weathering the coun-
try's financial depression much bet
ter than almost any other area in
the United States. This is due
somewhat to our diversity of crops,
yielding something at every season
of the year, but it is due more than
anything else to the very COM
mendable mental state, which we
find prevalent here in every busi-
ness. This state exists throughout
the whole Imperial Valley. Other
Imperial Valley cities show busi-
ness conditions practically as good
as in Ell Centro. Building permits,
bank clearings, savings deposits,
building and loan assets, postal re-
ceipts, all the indices to prosperity,
are with us and show substantial
increases here over past years.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
BAJA CALIFORNIA
GOVERNOR WILL
SEE R0LPH HERE

Governor Lie. Carlos Trejo y Ler-
do de Tejada of Baja California has
accepted the invitation of the Gov
ernor Rolph Entertainment Com
mittee to meet Governor James Rolpf
Jr. at the Barbara Worth hotel
January 7, it was announced today
From the hotel Governor Rolph
and the Mexican governor will pro-
ceed to the county fair grounds
where Rolph will open the Imperial
county fair.
The secretary Of the Governor
Rolph Entertainment Committee, E
b. Goodman of Ell Centre, met the
governor of Baja California Districto
del Norte by appointment at the
Palacio in Mexicali. The meeting
was made possible by the efforts OF
Ben Weitzen, trustee of the His
pano-American AllianZa, and was
held in the presence of General Al
fonso M. Jaimez, secretary of state
and Miguel F. Ortega, adjutante de-
Gobernador Antonio Gabucio.
Governor Tejada expressed his
pleasure in being able to meet Gov
ernor Rolph and the people of I'M
perial Valley at the fair grounds.
r. d. McPherrin, chairman of the
Rolph entertainment committee
made the additional announcement
that Ben Hulse. president of the
Imperial Valley Fair Association
will personally extend an invitation
to Governor Tejada on behalf OF
the fair board.
Mayor Herbert W. Faweett will
also extend an invitation to the new
governor Of Baja California to be a
guest at the banquet of the League
of Municipalities of California
which will be held in FL Centre on
the night of February z.
Following the Mexican governor
acceptance Of the invitation. Good
man dispatched the following tele-
gram to Governor -elect Rolph:
Governor Carlos Trejo y Lerdo de
Tejada, Baja California Districto
del Norte, accepted invitation TO
meet you at Ell Centre upon your
visit to the Imperial Valley to open
the county fair February Z. He ex-
pressed pleasure at the opportunity
to meet you and authorized me to
extend you his heartieSt wishes for
the New Year. E. B.Goodman."
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
City and County News Briefs

Lands In Jail-Emilio Martinez
was arrested yesterday by jmmi-
gratidn officials near Westmorland
and is held in the county Jail,
charged with illegal entry into
this country.
Baby Rice-Butrered or sweeten-
ed pop corn, always fresh, S, ~
end Csc box. Next to Stage Depot.
2tf
Call Newkirk Beauty Shop for
eye brow arching and dyeing. Phone
227. l7tf
Booked at Jail-John Willis, col
ored, was arrested on the railroad
right-of-way last night and booked
at the city Jail on charge OF car
rying concealed weapons. A gun
was found in his possession, said
officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
AIR PILOT LOST
OVER MOUNTAINS
NEAR ROSEBURC

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 1. UP)--
Pilot Russell Cunningham of the
Pacific Air Transport was reported
lost today, somewhere between
Grants Pass and Roseburg.
Cunningham took off from Med
lord at 2:15 a. M, ferrying a plane
without passengers or mail.
His last telephone-radio message
was received at $50 a. M, after he
should have arrived here. At the
time he was lost, he said he had
passed Grants Pass and was in
fog belt.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
COAL STOPPAGE IN
WALES CONTINUES

CARDIFF, Wales, Jan. 1. U.P)-
The coal stoppage in South Wales
was estimated today to be almost
complete.
Authorities said about 100000
miners were idle, but the union
leaders termed the stoppage a
lockout" which they said they
hoped to terminate within a week.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01

Scene OF Battlc-The street in
front of the fire hall this morning
presented an appearance closely re-
sembling that of Clusters last stand.
Firemen and their friends must
have had an arsenal at their dis
posal, Judging from the number of
empty shot gun shells heaped in the
street.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
Natives Gets Cops Helmets

SALFORD CITY, Eng, W.Pl-Po-
lice solved the problem of dispos-
ing of their old helmets when they
learned West African natives need
ed them before they could be con-
sidered members of society.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01

FORTUNATE, indeed, is Imperial Valley and
'her bustling busy people at the close of 1880,
year of prosperity =. The slackening of in
dustry in the East, with resultant lower prices,
mas immensely benefited our community by increas-
ing the purchasing power of our dollars Greater
opportunities lie ahead for those who are prudent
enough to take advantage of these favorable con-
ditions . Building material prices at a low
ebb Builders Hardware is lower. Furthermore,
prices are the lowest in more than II years. So,
this is the time to make your city home, or your
farm better place in which to liye You'll find it
to be good investment Let's go forward in 1881
to new records in progress, happiness and pros
perity.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01
DIR. A. B. hanson, Dentist, Davis
Bldg. Extraction specialist.

Bldg. Extraction specialist.
New POsitiOn-Mrs. Anna Soren-
son recently accepted a position as
manager of a Women's wash goods
and lingerie shop in CalexicO.
All Pictures-10 per cent to SO per
cent discount during Pre-inventory
Sale. Valley Art and Picture Shop,
639 Main ST., Ell CentrO. 26t8
Drunk Driving-Carl Renquist of
Los Angeles was arrested on the
Calexico highway last night and
brought to the county jail where he
was booked for drunk driving.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01

as prior to his dip, he had imbibed
freely OF what usually is considered
an excellent preventive.
He was picked up by the Poole
brothers and brought to Jail here.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01

Edwin Stewart--dry cleaning and
pressing. We call for ano deliver.
Quality, service, dependability. Casa
Rey Hotel. Telephone 116. 30t5
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-01

? Wallowa County, Oregon, has this
year shipped 81 ,294 cattle, hogs and
sheep, bringing $473,271.
The Washington times., 1931-05-30

fighters and wrestlers are going
out to Walter Reed Hospital
next Tuesday night to help pass
the time of night for the lads
out there.
Sammy Rose, the dynamic
impresario over at the Veterans
Bureau, has been promising the
Walter Reed boys something in
a ring since last February, and
when Sammy starts anything
he usually finishes it.
Mrs. Mable Shackelford, who
has mothered Walter Reeds
sons for the last dozen years
and usually has a batch Of them
out at the ball park, will be on
hand.
And so will we if we get out
of Mt. Alto from q tonsil re-
moval in time. They figure on
yanking those babies about 8
a. M, Monday, which ought to
give a big, strong, healthy guy
plenty of time to get to Walter
Reed by 8 p. m. Tuesday, walk,
creep or crawl.
Those tonGilS, incidentally, are
all we brought out Of the war.
One doctor over there wanted
to grab 'em, but we told him
we'd give our life to the coun-
try but not our tonSils.
Now, IL years later, the coun.
try's going to get 'em-and be-
lieve us, they can have 'em.
We're sick and tired of 'em.
We're fed up on 'em. Come on,
get 'em-and keep EN-!
Quick, doctor. the needls1
The Washington times., 1931-05-30

"We're little late in getting
started, but when we get going
there won't be no stopping"
reiterated Armstrong.
Those interested get in touch
with Armstrong at 1901 A ST..
S, E., apartment /, after 6 o'clock.
Sam jewelers. Kanawha nine
engages Boiling Field tomorrow
at 3 o'clock on the latter's dia-
mond. All Kanawl1a's players
are urged to report at the home
of the manager at 2 o'clock.
Prexy Griffith, Joe Cronin, Joe
Mccarthy, and Lou Gehrig will
be the guests of honor at the
first annual breakfast to be given
by the K. C. Boys Club tomorrow
morning at 9 o'clock in the I'M
maculate Conception School audi
torium.
William J. Feeley, prominent
in civic circles in this city, will
act as postmaster for the event.
Charles Reynolds, chairman Of
the arranging committee, antici-
pates 200 boys.
Bennie Is Hero
Skinker Brothers Eagles de-
feated the strong Fredericksburg
Elks yesterday, 6-5, after a hard
The Washington times., 1931-05-30
BOAT
|SP|CKED

PRINCETON, N. j., May 30.
Columbia's varsity crew ruled a
heavy favorite today over Prince
ton and Pennsylvania in the an
nual Childs Cup race over the
shallow waters Of Lake Carnegie.
The race will not be held until
late this afternoon. The Childs
regatta was started in 1879 and
is the second Oldest in American
rowing history.
If Columbia, which has chased
everything that crossed its path
this season, wins today, the Blue
and.White crew win tie with
Pennsylvania in wins Of the
Childs Cup, Penn having an
nexed it nine times, Columbia
eight and Princeton five.
Columbia was viewed today as
near the peak of its form and
only the most unlocked for upset
could score a win for Princeton,
figured second choice.