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Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Items Of News
About ToWn

Miss Winnie Barry, assessor-col-
lector of the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict. returned this week after
spending a weeks vacation in San
Diego.
Mrs. Duke johnson returned to FL
Centre yesterday from Los Angeles
where she went to buy goods for the
Greene store.
Miss Marcia Lee Cox, who was
stricken with an appendicitis attack
while attending school in Los An
geles, returned TO Ell Centre this
week greatly improved in health.
She entered Central high school this
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reams and
son are visiting in Ell Centre for sew
eral days. Reams formerly was
mayor of Ell Centro and he and tho
family have many friends here.
Reams is a brother of Fire Chief
Tom Reams.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hartman
are here for a few days from Red
lands. Hartman and Hugh T. Os-
borne were at the same military
training camp during the World
war. Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman were
visitors at the j. L. Trav ers home
last night.
r. II. Allen of san Bernardino
formerly on the staff of the Impe-
rial Valley Press and later on that
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
VALLEY TO HEAR
FAMOUS BAND in
CONCERT TONIGHT

Tickets for tonight's United
States Army band concert at the
county fair grounds are on sale al
10 business places in FL Centro, al
most every businessman expressing
himself as being willing to assist
in making the first unemployment
benefit a success.
Members of Boyce Aten post OF
the American Legion, sponsors OF
the event, are anxious to make the
affair successful from financial
standpoint. Legionnaires are conf
dent that they have brought an ex-
cellent musical organization to the
valley and they want everyone to
take advantage cf the opportunity
to hear this famous band known
throughout the civilized world as
"Pershing's Own.
The band led both the Coolidge
and Hoover inaugural parades, the
Lindbergh homecoming celebra-
the Defense Day parade and the
funeral professions of the late
President Harding and Former
President and Chief Justice Taft.
The group of musicians is declared
to have broadcast farther and to
more millions last year than any
other military band. 1t has ap-
peared in more than $50 American
cities during public concert tours
without q single adverse press crit
icism.
Legionnaires III uniform will po-
lice the grandstands. attend to the
ushering and guard automobiles in
the free parking space allotted to
the use of those who attend the
concert. Perfect order is to be
maintained in order that everyone
may enjoy the music.
The excellence of "Pershing's
Own" band was proclaimed abroad
during a recent European trip and
the organization was received fav-
orably in Latin America where it
was declared the official band for
the introduction of Latin American
music into this country.
Proceeds from both afternoon
and evening concerts will go to swell
the unemployment relief fund to
be used in El Centre this winter in
caring for the needy.
FL Centro elementary schools were
dismissed early this afternon to per-
nit pupils to attend the 3 o'clock
concert.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Prisoners To Be
Taken To Coast

Law violators will be welcomed
merrily at the Imperial county jail
after tomorrow morning, for there
will be more room in the cells and
corridors of the Hotel de Campbell
after that, and deputies are Jealous
over keeping full house.
In two large busses, 63 prisoners
or more will embark tomorrow
morning for San Diego to face ar
raignment and trial before the fed
eral court there. 1t may be some
of that number will return, but
many will be distributed to other
jails to serve terms before being
deported.
Of the 63 leaving tomorrow, 81 are
Chinese. Last minute arrangements
may call for more than that num-
ber of Orientals, but no less than
81 will start the journey to Hong
Kong via bus to San Diego.
Ten Mexicans, one white man and
one japanese are among the hu-
man freight San Diego bound.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Car Thief Shows
Plenty OF Nerve

Giving a complete demonstration
Of the nerve of some people. an
automobile thief who last night
stole the car of Louis Valdora of
Holtville from its parking place in
El Centro, told a woman who re-
monstrated with him she must be
drunk.
The woman reported to the police
station she saw a white man, tall.
slender, and wearing a cap and
white shirt with dark trousers, get
in the car.
Knowing it was not his automo-
bile, she demonstrated with the
thief, only to be told she must be
drunk"
The automobile was a Studebaker
touring, 1922 model, with license
number 4P3l95.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Believe RObber
Frightened Away

What is believed to have been an
intended robbery was reported to
the sheriff's office last night by the
attendant at the Richfield Beacon
service station near Imperial, with
the result officers are keeping a
sharp lookout for the man who
drove up there last night, called to
the attendant, then fled.
Driving up to the service station,
the attendant reported, the man
stopped his car in a shady spot. He
called to the attendant. When an
assistant stepped from the station,
the man started his car with such
haste it threw gravel for several
feet. He seemed frightened, the at
tendant said.
The man was driving an old car,
license 6D3423. No personal de-
scription was obtained, since he
could not be seen in the shadow well
enough to be identified
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Legion Meeting
Well Attended

Presiding for the last time before
turning the gavel over to his sue
cessor, Hugh T. Osborne, Comman-
der Norman E. Dupont was greeted
by an unusually large number of
Legionnaires at last nights session
of Boyce Aten post.
The unusually large gathering was
assembled as a courtesy to the re-
firing commander and many eX-
pressions of appreciation of Com
mander Dupont's efforts during the
recent successful Legion year in FL
Centro were heard during the eve
ming.
Arrangements were made for the
joint installation ceremonies to be
held at Imperial Veterans Memorial
hall at 7:30 o'clock Monday night
Valley Legion posts will join forces
for impressive ceremonies upon this
occasion.
Final arrangements for the band
concerts this afternoon and tonight
were made during the evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Hale Quits Staff
OF Weaver Firm

I. Dodge Hale, manager of the
western business of c. II. Weaver
and Company. has resigned his po-
sition after 20 years of service with
the company, it was announced to-
day. f.9ak
Hale is one of the best known men
in the cantaloupe and grape busi-
ness and propagated the "Hale's
Best" brand of cantaloupes, known
throughout the produce world.
He plans to continue in the prod
uce business but has made no fur
ther statement relative to his fu-
ture activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Mushroom Would Feed 200

FITCHBURG, Mass, U.P)-Joseph
Semmino has grown a mushroom
which ne estimates is large enough
to feed something like 200 persons.
1t is Is inches high, II inches in
circumference, and weighs 80
pounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Many Inspect New
Model Milk Houses

Representatives from all the val
ley districts attended the formal
opening Of the new j. E. Sinclair
milk house and barn held in Cali
patria recently.
The buildings are ideal for the
valley. according TO George L. Win
wright, assistant farm advisor and
serve as models for construction
They were built from plans made
in cooperation with the University
of California.
Among the speakers at the gath
ering were o. G. Horne of this city
Walter B. Havekorst of Brawley
Waiter c. Macdonald, market milk
inspector for Imperial Valley, Dr.
R. P. Gingerich, supervising market
milk specialist of the bureau of
dairy control.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Father OF Girl
Causes Arrests

Technically charged with contri-
buting to the delinquency of a mi
nor, Cecil Byrd, 25, and w. L. Crow
der, SO, are held in the county Jail
today, facing preliminary hearing
in Brawley tomorrow afternoon.
Both Byrd and Crowder are
charged with taking a 13-year-old
Brawley girl to a beer garden near
Brawley. and coaxing her to drink
beer. The father of the girl signed
complaints against both men.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
LIVESTOCK

LOS ANGELES, Oct. "A. UP
Hogs, receipts 100 Market steady
Locals S5.75 to $3.50.
Cattle, receipts 400. Holdovers
583. Market slow, steady to weak.
Load fed California steers S700;
other steers S465 to S6.35. Com
mon to good COWS S285 to S440.
Calves, receipts 100 Market
steady. Few calves $500 to s70O
Sheep, receipts 300 Holdovers
SOC. Market steady. Two deck
common Nevada lambs S410.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
sMOKELESs SMOKER TESTED

BOSTON. U.P) - A smokeless
smoking car is in experimental op-
Grafton on the Boston & Maine
railroad. A device which recondi-
tions the air makes the smoker viz
tually as free from smoke as the
day coaches.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
GRID STAR AND WIFE TEACH

NORTH BRIDGTON, Me-, U.R
Fred "Fish' Ellis, former Tufts
star, is sports coach and his wife
a Latin teacher at Bridgton Acad-
envy. What If Mrs. Ellis should
funk one of her husbands ace ath-
letes. thus making him ineligible?
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14

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Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Hitch mixers Blamed Hoover

DODGEVILLE, Wis, U.p0 - Two
hitch-hikers. a man and a woman,
passed through this city together
recently. On the mans back was
a sign; Don't offer me a ride. l
don't deserve it. 7 voted for
Hoover"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14

of the Imperial Valley Farmer, was
a visitor in Ell Centre today while
enroute to Des Moines, Iowa, where
he and Mrs. Allen will spend the
winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14

The addition of only 100 pounds
Of gypsum to alfalfa at Dallas, Ore
gon, brought a heavy increase in
crop.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
@1aIleD
POULTRY

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10. U.P)-
Following are today's market quo
tationS:
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
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Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14

NEA
of the
Mrs Ellen Noe announced Unexpectedly in
reconciliation with her husband Dean
Noeo ST. Marys Cathedral Episcopal at Memphis Tenn
neglected his life
with Dean Noe they appeared
he fir eight months.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14

Solves Feminine Hygiene Problems
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-15

Continued on from Page One>
Grand opened the doors again
land with bow and gesture babe
Clapp a benevolent good.
Afternoon. Mind the third STEP"
The called. The third step was
broken right down in the center.
A WOMAN named Josephine
~ Loehdcn was working for
Grand and Rosalie at that time.
When she had come a year ago to
apply for the position Of general
houseworker in the Fenwick Man.
sion, she had said, "My name Is
Josephine Loehden. When l work
I work. When I sleep / sleep. l
do more work with one hand than
most women do with two hands.
But l want my pay"
When she quilted the Fenwick
Mansion. five months after the day
Gladys had brought the children to
live with their grandparents, she
made much the same speech. when
1 work I work." she said. when
i sleep I sleep. I am not a dog.
For five months / have worked like
"a dog. Now I will 60 and sleep for
five months and I will not be rest
ed. And I want my pay"
A procession Of houseworkers fol-
lowed, after that: women who came
through the front door and left
Through the back door rapidly and
to march time. One with a de-
formed shoulder, whose name was
Christina Eugenia Passafiume.
stayed for more than a year before
she went away through the front
door and on a stretcher to the am.
bulance that took her to the charity
hospital. Three months later,
Christina 'Eugenia Passafiume's
lawyer (if you please!) threatened
suit against Jonathan Fenwick for
$3.50, six months unpaid salary due
to his client. Grand sold one Of the
few remaining lots. on which he
had kept the taxes paid, and the
affair vas settled, promptly and
quietly and out of court
Ann knew nothing of this, but
the talk with Rosalie, precipitated
at least by Miss Fumes insolence,
marked a turning point in AIMS
life. She was 16 years old, by this
time, and in her freshman year at
Reed College, where John Fenwick
had taught and was we'll remem
bered.
Darling" Rosalie began, eve
been thinking today-Such jolly.
merry little thoughts. They have
flown about me all day long like
sweet wee song birds. Biddie BIRDS
Tin a lower register). do you
know what they have been singing
to me? independence. over and
over. Independence. and chummi'
ness" (Ann shuddered slightly but
Resale did not notice., land shar'
ing one another's burdens, and
um-all that sort Of thing. you
Know a4'.
mn said. "Oh?" Rosalie sat and
- smiled with her tiny Cupid's
bow mouth, embedded away W
above the first Of her three chins
and nodded her head with its crow
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-15
HAS HIS

Houston, Tex.-Troubles, they say,
comes in punches, Herbert Groves be-
lieves that. He was held up and BAN
dts took $3.50 from him. When he
went to get his car q short time after
he found that someone had stolen the
mctormeter from it. To clap the
climax, when he opened the grain
store in which he works, someone
had broken in. and taken 2 cents in
pennies from the register, and about
$50 in feed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-15
1ue I. z lD EJSfS ~ !! T. : )
bS ocVSIblN. poaAN Mbm

of yellow hair Grand always called
it a crown, aud she had ever 90
much of it, and it was touched up"
merely, and said nothing. So Ann
was forced to say, What do you
mean?"
Rosalie meant that this servant
problem was torturing her by day
land tormenting her by night: tho
|ingratitude, the inef1cieney, the
necessity OF having daily contact
!with-it was Rosalie's turn to shud.
der, and Ann noticed-"that sort OF
person." So it seemed to Resale
that with three girls in the house
l(Rosalie, Ann, and Cecily) all low
ingly eager to help one another,
they should be able to manage.
easily and happily, with a charwo-
man coming in once or twice .
week.
So charwomen came, though more
often they did not come, and three
months went along, somehow. and
it was Ann who sought Resale for
the second talk. She began It
forthrightly. "Rosalie, didn't
Father leave any money at all?"
Resale leaned back in her chair
and held out her white hands
little dimpies, and hitler diamonds,
but big amethysts and n gold
flower filigree with a seed pearl
"Come to Resale. darling-nestle
here. l want to have a talk with
you, a heart-to.heart talk with my
little girl"
1t developed that there had been
a small life insurance, but that
John Gle wasn't practical. Aren't
you glad and happy. Ann dear. that
your father was not q wholly practi.
cal man?") had. months before he
had passed on, borrowed heavily
against it to meet-well, very
urgent obligations. n supposes.)
No-beautiful memories. high
ideals and-um-things Of that
sort were all that John had been
able to leave behind him. All-and
yet everything.
"And us girls. Of course" Ann
suggested.
ITO carry out his visions, to full.
hll. his hopes and ideals, to-
UNI" She paused. Ann had
sighed. heavily. Rosalie began
again: 'Was there something. dear
some girlish adornment, some lit
tie pleasure that you had set your
heart on? Tell me. Tell mo all
about 1t, and perhaps, II 1t is wise.
Grand and I can manage 1t for
you"
mo" Ann said. "Nothing. I
! had thought-hoped- No. I guess
Ill have to quit school for this
term, anyway"
A ND that. it leaked out, was pre-
"A cisely what Grand and Rosalie
had been desiring but disliking ia
mention.
On Thursday afternoon Ann went
TO SEQ DR.. Elm and asked him "a
lend her $50, which was the tuition
fee charged by the business college
she had selected. He wrote thu
check, and = prescription for Z
tonic, and could not remember wha,
: IL was all about when. four month,
later. Ann called at his once to pay
him five dollars.
~ have a position" she explained
"But I get only SO a week, and !
: have something to pay with THU
:. other five. I'll bring i've again mex
. week."
DR.. Elm detained her. He asket
:. questions. Ann answered them all
The Redfern Plumbing and Health,
Company. She liked 1t pretty well
She was feeling pretty we'll. Yes
she had gone to Reed College. bu
= she had stopped for q number o
reasons. Her sister, Cecily, wa
% going to college. No, Cecily nov
was in the sixth grade at gramma,
school. 49,
Ito Be Continued)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-15
IT'S NO JOKE

Salt Lake City.--Practical jokers,
opines Mrs, Louisa Maclaren, run
things too far. For weeks now some
one has been sending taxicabs, bak-
ers, plumbers, coal dealers, grocers
and milk men to her home with mer-
chandise she never ordered. The
climax was reached when the third
ton of coal she hadn't ordered reach
ed her house. She appealed to po-
lice to locate the joker responsible.
A process to extract radium from
ores in 80 days In place of the pres
ent 6-month period. is said to have
been developed on the Pacific coast.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-15

Buy or Sell Through
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-04
QUEEN MARY Ill
WITH COLD

LONDON, Dec. 4 UNSJ,
With the Prince of Wales con-
fined to his bed in London with
a slight attack of malarial fever.
another illness in the royal family
became known today when it was
revealed here that Queen Mary
is recovering from a severe cold
at Sandringham. Norfolk.
A statement from st. James
Palace today said the prince
was making satisfactory pro-
gresS."
Queen Mary was confined to
her bedroom at Sandringham
House.
DR.. F.. j. Williams, surgeon.
apothecary tc the royal family,
is attending the queen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-04
BOY DIES IN GAS
BLAST, IS HURT

BERKELEY, Calf, Dec. 4
UNSO.-Rocking the entire dis
trict. a gas explosion today
killed one person, injured SIS
others, wrecked one house, caved
in the side wall of an adjoin-
ing one, and hurled blazing tim
bers for blocks.
The blast occurred while fire
men were battling a fire in the
basement of a house in the resi-
Dental district The explosion
was caused when the flames
melted a pipe line and ignited
the gas.
Sherman Pepper. 16, son Of
Prof. Stephen Pepper, Of the
University of California, was
killed as he stood outside watch
ing the firemen. His body was
buried in the wreckage of the
house.
Three firemen, including Chief
George Haggerty, were reported
to be in a critical condition to-
day from injuries. Fourteen
others were seriously injured and
38 others were so badly hurt
that they required hospital at
tention.
Among the injured were Uni
versity of California students,
well-known residents of Berkeley,
and 10 children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-04
CHILD BURNED,
MOTHER HELD

TTFFIN, Ohio. Dec. 4 1.N.S0-
Six-year-old Helen BANDS fearful
account Of being burned with a
hot poker by her mother today
stirred this community, and
brought forth personal investi-
CATION by Probate Judge V. A.
Bennehoff.
Wearing bandages on her small
arms and hands, Helen sobbed
her story to Jackson township
school officials, who notified
Seneca County Sheriff George
Burkett.
Mrs. Eliza Bland, the mother,
was said to have admitted she
had punished the child by burn
ing her hands with a hot poker.
She was placed in the custody
of county probation officials. The
child was placed temporarily in
the charge Of Mrs. Burkett, wife
of the sheriff.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-04
BLER
HANDED 8
MONTHS
IN JAIL
La Fontaine to Begin Sen"
tence After Playing Santa
Claus to NieCeS

Jimmy LaFontaine must go
to jail. Past 60 years of age,
Washington's "big shot"
gambler must do nine
months stretch in the cooler.
and pay a fine Of $1,000. :.
But, Jimmy 's~two adopted
nieces must have a happy
Christmas, so Jimmy s sentence
will not 60 into effect until
January 2.
This unusual turn in the tax
evasion case against Washing
toms most promising gambler oc-
Cured in Baltimore today wt1en
gray-haired Jimmy with tears IN
his eyes, pleaded for a chance
to play Santa Claus before he
pays the penalty for failing to re-
port ON his income received from
his gambling house on Bladens'
burg Road.
Had Pleaded Guilty
La FOLlGdIIlS was AuACO SGAOAN
Judge w. Calvin Chestnut in Cir
cult Court to receive sentence on
a plea of guilty to evading taxes
in 1925 and 1926.
La Fontaine heard the sentence
without moving. Then. as q sus-
picion of moisture gathered IN
his eyes, he said:
81 thank you, Judge, for
being so cOnsiderate in your
sentence. 1 wish. however,
that you could let me start my
sentence after Christmas. 1
have two little nieces that /
have adopted and 1 want to be
home with them"
Judge Chestnut, who during
the negotiation of the case
against LaFontaine had been Wis
IDLY touched by the frankness OF
the defendant, declared that If
the $4,000 bond under which La
Fontaine has been released is re-
newed, the gambler could wait
to begin his sentence January 2.
Attorneys for LaFontaine i'm
mediately began preparations to
pay the $1,000 fine and renew
the bond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-04
5. VIEW
ST|RS REVOLT
International Photo

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 4 UN.S0.
The revolution in San Salvador
yesterday by which President Ar
turo Araujo was driven from
power after fighting in the
streets of the capital was OF
distinctly anti-American charac-
ter, according to advices re-
ceived by prominent Salvadoreans
here today.
Araujo stirred up popular re-
sentiment by his efforts to OBJ
tain a loan in the United States,
which was interpreted as a move
for closer relations with the
Washington Government. The
Salvadorean congress approved
the loan, whereupon strong ele-
ments in the army revolted and
launched the insurrection.
COLON, Panama, Dec. 4 GN.S0
Arturo Araujo, president of Sal
vador, driven from his native
country by a military directorate
which has taken over the govern
ment, is reported here today. to
be en- route for Porto Barrios, on
the eastern coast of Guatemala.
Messages reaching here state that
he planned to board ship there
for New Orleans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-04
JURY POWDERS
BARRETT CASE

Justice James M. Proctor in
District Supreme Court today
summed up the case against
Robert j. Barrett, headquarters
detective, charged with assault
ing George Baber.
Following the charge, the jury
of nine men and three women
retired for consideration of the
case.
Attorneys Harry Whelan and
Russell Kelly for the defense as
serted in closing arguments that
Barrett employed only the force
necessary to apprehend and hold
a man he considered a dangerous
murderer.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Julian 1. Richards termed the
alleged beating the "act of a cow
ard" and asked the jury to be-
lieve tie story told by Baber and
his witnesses that the 20-year-old
filling station employee was the
victim of a brutal, unlawful as
Sault,