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Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
Alarm Caused
By Firecrackers

Children playing with firecrack-
ers started q fire in dry grass be-
side the residence of Mrs. d. c.
Maley at 821 Olive street this morn
ing at $50 o'clock Mrs. Maley was
absent at the time.
Neighbors turned in the alarm
and then fought the flames until
they eXtinguished them, their ef-
forts meeting with success just
prior to the arrival of the fire
trucks.
The boys had no intention OF
starting a fire but in their play be-
came careless.
In discussing the fire, Chief Tom
Reams urged all children to be very
careful in handling firecrackers as
the danger of fire is great. He
explained that if greater care is not
taken there is possibility that they
may be prevented from shooting
firecrackers anywhere with in the
city limits.
At l1:l5 o'clock today firemen
answered a cali to Fifth and Main
streets where fire was burning in
the rumble seat of an automobile
parked at the curb. The fire was
extineuished before much damage
was done. The cause is unknown.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
AIRDOME OFFERS
FUNNY FARCE AND
MYSTERY PICTURE

Winnie Lightner, the girl who
smashed her way into movie fame
by her work as Mabel, In "Golddig-
gers of Broadway" will provide the
laughs for patrons of the Fox I'm
perial Airdome at tonight's show
and she will have the able assist
ance of Olsen and johnson, famous
as comedians lonw before Miss
Lightner achieved fame.
The three are appearing in Gold
Dust Gertie", a rollicking mix-up
of husbands, wives, ex-husbands
and ex-wives in which the trio get
plenty OF opportunity to keep the
audience roarin. Claude Gilling-
water, the dour stringbean, is also
in the cast, as are Virginia Sale
Dorothy Christy, Arthur Hoyt, vi
Wan Oakland and George Bryon.
There Is not much plot TO the
play. but it concerns the efforts OF
concern to get daring bathing
suit on the market in spite of the
opposition Of one OF the partners
who wants the company to stick to
the more conservative modes. When
former wives and husbands get
mixed up in the operations, the
fun wakes strong and fast.
One of the best mystery plays
produced in years is offered tomor'
row night in THE Maltese Falcon
which is presented by an all-star
cast including Bebe Daniels, Rich
ard Cortez, Una Merkel, Dudley
Digges, Robert Elliott, j. Farrell Mac.
Donald, Walter Long and Oscar
APPEL.
This. is one play about which nc
previous information concerning
! the plot may be given To do sc
would be to spoil the interest fol
the audience.
1t can be said, however. that it i.
the type of play that keeps every.
one guessing until the final fade.
out and then they depart with the
knowledge that they have seen q
really good picture which they
would not have missed for worlds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27

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and II they refuse this will be re-
moved from the employment regis
ter. To be stricken from the en-
ployment register means that the
worker loses his food book, is de-
prived of the right to buy in the
stores, and is driven from his lodg-
ingS.
Russia's alleged dumping of goods
into the United States, as into other
countries, is a result of her effort
to sell enough TO finance her own
industrial development. She is
stripping herself to do this, ex-
porting products, including food
stuffs, which she could well use.
Protests have been raised in other
countries against the dumping"
but no government has taken very
positive action. All governments.
like the American, are pulled two
ways-for an embargo by those
whose products suffer from Russian
competition, such as lumber, pulp
wood, oil and manganese, and
against any restriction in import
trade by those who have developed
markets in Russia for this product
and do not want to antagonize the
Soviet government.
Any embargo would provoke pro-
tests from American manufacturers
who are selling to Russia, and VINO
even now are seeing this trade slip
from their fingers. The demand
for an embargo from other interests,
on the other hand, is just as insis-
tent, if not more so.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
Press Carriers
Enjoy Party

Press carrier boys enjoyed their
annual party last night when Dad
Howard, Press circulation manager,
took them for a swim at Kenyon's
Desert Plunge. The boys had a
great time in the water and later
went to city park, where another
great time was enjoyed getting out
side of Watermelons.
The boys in the group included
Jack Hensley, Edwin Allen, Phil
Wiegand, Bradford Hollingshead.
James Scroggins, Richard Strange,
Harvey Jernigan, Cecil Pennington.
William Ed Free, Calexico; Johnny
Mallory, Jimmy Savidge, Imperial,
Richard Grogan, Holtyille; Wendell
and Christy Plemons, "Skeets"
Mayfield, Ernest Zinn, Howard
Hensley, Odell Hamilton, Grady
Watson and Leonard Bennett.
Sherman Eldridge and Ralph
Connor helped Dad" keep the
youngsters from getting drowned or
eating too much melon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
NO Time Limit
FOR FINANCIAL
AID To VETERANS

There is no longer a time limit for
veterans to file for compensation
and disability allowances, according
to information received at the Red
Cross office in the court house by
Mae Sherry Winans, executive Sec
retary of the organization.
II disability was caused by service,
compensation is payable. If dis
ability is due to some other cause
and is a permanent one. the veteran
may be entitled to disability al
lowance.
Fifty dollars a month for life is
paid to compensate World War vet
erans whose active tuberculosis has
reached the completely arrested
state.
The time limit for filing applica-
tons for adjusted service certificates
is January 2, 1895.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
BOSTON STREETS
PAVED BY STONES
FROM SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO. June 81. U.P)-If
the beach at Ballast point had not
been covered with small, round
rocks, the streets of Boston back in
1870 might not have been paved. and
San Diego's own growth might have
been crippled.
Even today. in the famous city of
culture and Goldfish. there are streets
paved with cobblestones which came
from Ballast point.
It started back in l7S0-l790, when
New England merchant adventures
became interested in the California
fur trade. Ships on the voyage to
northern trapping points put in here
for provisions.
Later trade arrangements were
made and Boston ships put in here
with heavy cargoes. Unloaded, the
hulls would rise so far out OF wa
ter that the ship was hard to con-
troll.
AS a result, they stopped at the
rocky little peninsula on San Diego
bay that since has been named Bal
last point. there to take on loads OF
rock. When the ships docked in
Boston and other east coast ports,
the rocks were unloaded, and city
officials seized upon this cheap, con-
venient supply to lay cobblestone
paving.
Biologists since have found that
the rocks have been worn round by
rolling down small rivers to the sea.
From the chain of mountains high
in the back country of San Diego
county these rocks ended their wan
erings or the streets Of far-flung
cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
Three Marriage
Licenses Issued

Weather to the contrary, June
continues to be the month Of mar
riages in Imperial county.
Three marriage licenses were is
sued in the county clerks office
yesterday, and one notice of inten-
ton to marry filed.
Felix Estrada Limon, 81. of I'M
perial and Ampara r. Galvez, 20 OF
Brawley gave notice of their inten-
tion to marry.
Licenses were issued to Fred w
Cutler, 81, and Maria Louisa Man.
tano, Is, Of FL Centre; Paul House,
"a, of Imperial and Frances Heve.
ner, %. of Ell Centro; and Andrew
Esparza, 81, and Esperanza Estrada,
20, of Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
Daily Report OF
Stock Markets

NEW YORK, June 81. U.P)-The
stock market added another billion
dollars to its values today on a rise
of l to points, which brought the
values of stocks listed up S7,000,000,-
900 in seven sessions.
The advance TO-DAY, on market
which started weaker, then renewed
the vigor of the past few sessions,
meant an increase in quotations OF
from to 25 points for the week
The list had recovered almost 10
per cent OF the losses suffered be-
tween February "a, the high point
of the year, and June 2, the low.
No such rally has been seen in
the stock market since the boom
days of 1929.
Impetus for today's uprush was
the action of the French chamber
of deputies in voting confidence on
the cabinets conditional acceptance
of President Hoover's one-year debt
moratorium plan.
Wall street concluded the action
of the French chamber paved the
way for negotiation which, it was
expected, would result in eventtul
agreement on debt plans.
United States Steel common stock
led the rise, squirting to around los
after touching 1o0@s in the early
trading. 1t closed yesterday at l02
compared with its low OF 1915 made
on June 2. Westinghouse Electric
American Can, Bethlehem Steel
case. Vanadium, Allied Chemical
Industrial Rayon, youngstown
Sheet & Tube and a long list OF
others rose to points.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
STATE ACCOMPLTSHES DAIRY
GOAL SET TEN YEARS AGO

Back in the fall Of 1921. at the
Pacific Slope Dairy Show, Professor
B. II. Crocheron, director of agri-
culture extension of the University
OF California, announced that a
great dairy campaign was to be un-
dertaken. A study of the 1920 CEN
sus figures indicated that the av-
erage production of all cows in the
state of California was only 49,
pounds Of butterfat per COW year.
He stated that this campaign was
designed TO increase the average
production Of all cows in the state
TO 265 pounds of butterfat by the
end of 1880.
The method of determining this
production was to be the same in
1880 as in 1920; therefore the 1880
census would be used to determine
whether or not the goal had been
reached. OF course the important
thing TO do was to make the dairy
Industry more efficient, and mas
much as the average production
per COW has more to do with eff
cheney of production than any othe~
single factor, the emphasis was put
upon the average production per
COW. 1t was found that the low
half of the COWS in the Ferndal-e
association in Humboldt county
averaged 265 pounds of butterfae
per COW per year, and while that
was SO pounds or 45 per cent above
the 1920 average. it was hoped to
benefit this important industry
through raising the average pro-
duction of all cows in the state 10
this figure.
This appeared TO be an optimistic
goal, as it was found that there was
an increase of only about u pounds
per COW from 1900 to 1920, or an
average increase of six-tenths OF
a pound of butterfat per COW per
year. At this same rate of increase
it would take more than 136 years
to reach an average. of 265 pounds:
SO the campaign was attempting to
bring about in nine years an in
crease which would take 1876 years
at the average rate from 1900 to
1920.
If this goal was TO be reached
"
gram adopted to bring it about. The
annual report of the director of ag-
ricultural extension for 1922 stat
ed:
The outstanding feature of dairy
improvement has been the setting
of a goal and the adoption of a
program of work which outlines
means whereby this goal may be
reached. Because average butter
fat production per COW per year is
a good measure of the status of the
industry, and because the work is
planned to benefit the industry o.
the whole state, goal of 265
pounds of fat per COW per year in
1880 has been established for the
state. The present average pro-
duction is about 1872 pounds of fat.
The program of work, which speci-
fies the activities through which
we hope to reach this goal, con-
sists mainly of methods which will
secure:
/. More and better COW testing
associations.
2. Wider use of good purebred
dairy bulls.
3. Better feeding practices.
f. Better care Of dairy cattle
S. More control and eradication
of cattle diseases.
1t was realized that it would be
necessary for great many people
to work on this program in order
TO achieve this goal The program
was first presented to the farm
advisors and assistant farm advis-
ors scattered all over the state, who
were assigned TO carry on the dairy
improvement work in their respect
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
Japanese Arrested
On Check Charge

Undersheriff Rodney Clarke is in
Los Angeles today, where he went
to take into custody a prisoner ar
rested by Los Angeles police for the
sheriff's office here.
T. Gomi, japanese, is the prison.
er. He will be brought back here
to face trial on a bad check charge.
The complaint against Gomi was
signed by a Brawley business man,
on whom he allegedly passed the
worthless check.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
Denies Guilt In
Assault Case

Willy Nealy. 81, colored, pleaded
not guilty to simple assault IN Judge
Kendall B. Perkins police court this
morning, after Lottie Cook swore
to a complaint against him.
The entire trouble rose over a ring
Nealy wore. Lottie Cook wanted
the ring. She said it was hers.
The case was continued.
Celso Maynes, As; Cedro Allairy,
30; and Francisco Valdezyo, 80;
were sentenced to pay fines of $40
or serve five days in the county jail
for being drunk in public.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
Grand Jury To
Take Recess

After a hectic session, the Imperi-
al county grand jury adjourned yes
terday afternoon for an indefinite
period, or subject to call.
Several matters relating to acti-
vities of outside business firms in
Imperial Valley during the past two
years were investigated by the grand
jurors.
1t is expected that within a short
while the grand jury will be pre-
pared to submit a report Of the
results Of its Investigations to Judge
A. G. Finney in the superior court.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
RAIN BROWNS DUCKS

LYNN, Mass. UP-Nine ducks
drowned when heavy rain partly
inundated their coop here, accord
ing to a report by Constable Ben
Sears. The birds were only eight
weeks old.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27

small boat capsized. Fred Frantz,
"a, was killed when he picked up a
live wire.
LOS ANGELES. June 81. U.D-
The weather man wiped the per-
spiration from his brow and pre-
dicted continued warm weather Tor
Southern California over the week.
end.
Despite figures which tended to
show slump in the heat wave, the
lowering humidity was said by
weather bureau officials to be re-
sponsible for seemingly increase in
warmth.
The bureau said there was no
immediate sign OF any relief.
In Los Angeles the temperature
reached SO at 10 a. m. and was
climbing although 1t was said there
was no chance of it reaching 96,
high mark set during the week.
All the Southern California beach,
es were crowded with swimmers to-
day and additional life guards were
ordered out to keep watch over
them.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, June
81. W.P)-A tropical storm was re-
ported in the Gulf of Mexico today,
100 miles off the Texas coast. caus-
ing winds of between so and 60
miles per hour.
1t was expected to strike the Tex
as coast between here and Browns
vile around p. m.
Weather Observer j. p. McAuliffe
said hurricane was not expected
but that the wind would probably
attain 2 velocity of 60 miles an hour
as the storm passed inland, south
of here.
Residents of Port Arkansas and
Mustang Island moved to the main
land for safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
City Library
Badly Crowded

On account of crowded conditions
at the Ell Centre Public Library,
II recently was necessary TO add two
new steel book cases to facilities for
containing books, according to Miss
Agnes Ferris, librarian.
The new cases provided space for
1880 volumes and they are installed
In the main room on the first floor
1t was necessary to eliminate one
reference table to provide space for
the cases.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
BASEBALL SCORES
National

At New York
Cincinnati -. 002 0l0 0l2--6 10
New York ........ 0l0 001 l10-4 IL
Carroll, Benton, Kolp and Suke-
forth; Berly, Heving and Hogan.
At Boston
Chicago ....... lOl 900 073-l2 II l
Boston ......... 100 0Ol 001- 3 7
Bush and Hartnett; Cunningham,
Haid and Spohrer.
(First Came
At Brooklyn
st. Louis 100 900 000-0 2 l
Brooklyn ........03l 002 10x-7 II o
johnson, Sout and Wilson; Phelps
and Lopez.
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At Philadelphia
Pittsburgh 200 260 000-10 II 2
Philadelphia 900 OLA 100 6 II 3
Wood. Swetonic and Phillips; j..
Elliott, H. Elliott and Davis.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27

Last year Stanislaus County
picked $4,000 tons af apricots, but 1t
is said this years crop will be three
times as large.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27

w. E. Gilfillan, Tulare County
farm advisor. urges orchardists to
keep q good soil moisture content as
an aid to control red spider.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
American
First Game

f1rSt Tame
At Cleveland
New York 80. 410 900 000-- 5 II
Cleveland . liz los 02X-l2 IS 0
Johnson, Weinert and Perkins:
Jorgens, Ferrell and Myatt.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
Old Sol Has
Nation In Grip

Continued from page u
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27
Plan Embargo On
Russian Imports

Continued from page II
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27

small boat capsized. Fred Frantz,
"a, was killed when he picked up
live wire.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27

Bush and Hartnett; CUNNINGHAM
Haid and Spohrer.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-27

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The Washington times., 1931-09-29
COUZENS AFTER
AIR, CABLES
CONTROL
Wants Radio Board Abolished
and All Communications
Given to One Jurisdiction

The proposal sponsored by Sen.
James Couzens (RO of Michigan,
for creation of a Federal commits
sion to regulate communications
will be pressed this coming ses-
sion more vigorously than ever
before.
One of the constant changes
in this field stressed by Senator
CouzenS is the traffic routing
agreement entered into by the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany and the r. c. A. communi-
cations and Radiomarine Corpor-
alton of America. The alliance
between these two powerful cor
porations, it is held, greatly in
creases the problem of govern
mental regulation of either.
r. C. A. communications Is
under Jurisdiction of the Federal
Radio Commission, while the
Western Union comes within the
authority of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Such a situa-
tiOn. Senator COuzenS maintains,
makes it practically impossible
for the Government to determine
the question of fair rates on in
ternatiOnal messages handled by
both companies.
Under his Federal communica-
tions commission the two con-
Germs would be under a single
regulatory agency. 1t would elm
mate the radio commission, TAX
ing over the work it is now doing.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
u. S. Turns on Heat
In Fifty Buildings

The sharp drop in temperature
yesterday forced authorities to
turn on heat in most Government
buildings. Heat for so structures
was ordered by the Office Of Pub
lie Buildings and Public Parks
and the Treasury Department
also was heated.
The lowest temperature re-
corded by the Weather Bureau
yesterday was 81 degrees in the
early morning. The prediction
for today was fair with slowly
rising temperature.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
This Finny Pet Eats
Country Sausage,
Sure Enough!

The cold spell of weather
made Oscar joyful. He can
now have country sausage for
breakfast, which he apparently
enjoys, in spite of the fact that
he is said to be the only gold
fish in the world that eats meat.
Pop Ellin, who runs a res
taurant at Silver Spring, is the
owner of oscar.
His pet gold fish learned to
eat country sausage when a
joking customer dropped a
small piece into Oscars bowl Of
water.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
REAL MARYLAND JUSTICE!

A charge of intent to kill pre-
ferred against Richard Hardy,
10, of Bethesda, by Ernest Whit
man, was dismissed yesterday by
Judge Charles w. Woodward in
Rockville police court when no
one appeared against Hardy.
Hardy said he had warned
Whitman to stay away from his
home on numerous occasions. The
night of the alleged assault he
found the man in a machine in
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Half of the Families
On Coast HaUe Radios

Over half Of the families in
California have radio receiving
sets, the Census Bureau reported
yesterday.
There we're 1,61s,533 families"
in California on April /, 1880,
compared with 9OO,232 in 1920
The number of persons per fam
lily in 1880 was 3.5, against 3.8
in 1920. The number reporting
radio sets in 1880 was 839, ,846.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Board to Inspect
Naval ReSerUiStS

The Naval Reserve Inspection
Board headed by Capt. c. A,
Blakley, will make inspections of
naval reserve units in Illinois,
California and Texas next month,
it was announced yesterday.
Units will be inspected at Chi
cago, october 6, 7 and 8 and in
California cities from october IL
to October 81. Houston, Tex, will
be visited on October rs and Dal.
las, Tex, October 81.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
SeabOard Zion Unit
COnDenes Here Oct. 25

Delegates from the Seaboard
Zionist Region, comprising the
District of Columbia, Maryland,
Virginia, North and South Caro-
lima, will convene at the Jewish
Community Center here Sunday,
Oct. 25, for a midyear regional
conference.
The speakers will include Rabbi
Edward L. Israel, Simon j. Levin,
H. L. Caplan, Simon Land, Harry
r. Kellman,
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
HER LEG HEALED
AFTER Is YEARS

Mrs. J. Jackson. r. /. Pineland, Texas
w9o fto was vf,eens hrey nsareo ies sores
ferers to write DR.. H. J. Whittier, 1O6
Westport Bank Building. Kansas City,
Mo. for his new free copyrighted book
which explains a home treatment for
leg sores, varicose ulcers. milk leg and
varicose veins, thai quickly stops the
pain and heals There is no cost or
obligation.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

front Of the house with Hardy's
daughter. Running into the
house, he returned with o pistol
which he fired into the ground
to scare the man, he explained.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
COUNTY CHAPTER MEET

DR.. C. P. Close, president of
the Prince Georges County Chap
ter of the Red Cross has called
a meeting for Wednesday night
at his home at College Park.
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
By Robert
Terry Shannon

holding a revolver and waiting.
It was like opening a lid Of a
jack-in-the-box and waiting to
see what popped OUT.
His Better Plan
Garson's face was set; his
left hand clutched the knob,
and Connie saw his strong
right fist clinch. For a moment
he hesitated, and then, with
his eyes, drew her close to him;
his lips were within a few
inches of her ears.
1--we a better plan," he whis-
pered. you open the door and
pull it shut against yourself or
you stand close to the wall"
This, she was quick to see,
would provide her with a screen,
a barricade.
I'll stand on the other side
and grab him before he can
start any trouble"
The thrill of stimulation ran
through Connie. This was STRAIT
egy, action, a quickening inter
est tingling through all past fu-
tility. She nodded.
Don't get in my way-I'll be
able to handle it," he warned
her, softly.
Instinctively, he frightened the
cord around his waist; the robe
was loose enough about the
shoulders and his legs to give
him ample muscular freedom.
When he was set, tensely, he
nodded the signal for her to
turn the knob and pull the door.
A warm current Of sharp ex-
filtration quivered in her nerves,
and, with a steadying hand, she
swung open the door.
But cautious self-protection
was impossible . inVoluntarily
Connie stood aside looked ...
Inside the closet, pale, narrow,
standing straight as an Indian,
stood the blazing-eyed form OF
Mary Smith!
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