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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-01
ST ATE LINE.

Murrell Wicklow and Paul Wetzel
of Addison, Pa, spent Wednesday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Wicklow.
Mrs. Ruth Holiday spent Wednes.
day with her brother, Henry Miller
at Accident.
Henry Hetz made business trip to
Oakland on Monday.
Joe Seibert moved to his new home
at Strawn, Pa, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Platter and
daughter Wilma, were visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Hone Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-01
To Celebrate Past ChancellOrs'
Night at X. of p. Meeting

Past Chancellors' night will be OBJ
served at the regular meeting of Gar
rett Lodge, No. 113, Knights of Pyth-
las, tomorrow evening, at which time
also officers for the ensuing months
will be elected and Grand Lodge rep
resentatives chosen.
A committee has been appointed to
provide entertainment and large at
tendance of the membership is re-
quested.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-01
DIED..
GEORGE BLOCKER

George Blocher, aged 81 years,
died at 2 o'clock Friday morning at
the Miners hospital, Frostburg. He
resided with his nephew, Nh. John
Carey, a farmer of Garrett county.
Mr.. Blocher leaves a sister, Mrs.
James Carey.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at Mt. Zion church, with
interment in the Blocher cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-01
ate foreign treaties.

negotiate foreign treaties.
BY his attitude he has delayed an
orderly, well-considered examination
of the war debts problem, and thru
which delay, and thru the uncertainty
this will create, can only come fur
Their postponement in our economic
recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
New FirestOne
Manager Here

George F. Kennedy has arrived
in El Centre to become manager
Of the Firestone Stores, Inc. in this
city. succeeding Herbert Paul who
recently resigned.
He has been four years with the
Firestone organization in Los An
geles, and is not a stranger to I'M
perial Valley, having visited here
frequently. Mrs. Kennedy was for
merly Miss Helen Bentson of this
city.
The various service units in the
Firestone super service station at
Fourth and Main streets are being
reorganized and factory trained
brake specialist has been added to
the force to give expert service in
this important department.
Paul will go to San Diego to take
up his new duties with the U. s.
Grant company. He was manager
of the Firestone station for two
years and made many friends dur
ing his stay here. He was a director
of the FL Centro Chamber of Com
merce and member of the Rotary
club.
An invitation is extended to his
friends to visit him when in San
Diego, he stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
Runaway Youths
Sought In Valley

Two ambitious youngsters answer
ing the call of the open road in a
cross country hike from Los An
geles to Texas today were the OBJ
ject of a search by the sheriff's
office here, as well as by other law
enforcement agencies.
The boys, Harwell K. Averitt and
Alex F.. Amundsen, both IL, left
Los Angeles Monday noon, accord
ing to a teletype received at the
sheriff's office here, with the
avowed intention of hitch hiking to
Texas.
Both boys weigh about 95 pounds,
both are about five feet in height
and have light hair, blue eyes and
are slender. HarWell was wearing
blue waist overalls, a white shirt
and white tennis shoes. Alex was
wearing blue bib overalls, a blue
shirt and high black shoes. He al
SO wore a signet ring, with his in
itials, on the third finger of his
right hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
MEXICAN FLEES
ACROSS BORDER
AFTER SHOOTING

That measure of safety afforded
by the Mexican border probably
protected Pablo Mendez today. as
he found himself a fugitive from
justice after shooting Enrique
Carrasco through the chest with q
revolver during an argument over
small sum of money at the
X. Umezawa ranch west of the Nc
Cabe school last night.
Carrasco is at the Ell Centro hos
pital. where attendants said he
probably viii recover from the
wound inflicted by Mendez in a
sudden fury at the attitude of the
victim
Fred Elliott, deputy sheriff, was
called to the Japanese ranch after
the shooting last night and traced
the Mexican from the ranch TO the
highway running between Seeley
and Calexico. There trace of the
fugitive was lost.
A japanese woman living in the
neighborhood told the officer she
saw Mendez making his way, afoot,
toward the border. Since it is only
about six miles from the scene of
the shooting to the line. he prob
ably escaped 10 the comparative
security of Old Mexico.
Aided by Harold Gillett, sheriffs
Investigator, Elliott returned to the
ranch this morning TO make a fur
ther investigation of details sur
rounding the shooting.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
Olympic Coaching
Officials Named

PALO, ALTO, Calf, July 90. U.P)
Coaches who will assist Lawson
Robertson, head mentor of the
American Olympic track and field
squad, were named today and sew
eral of them will accompany the
Olympiad squad to Los Angeles to-
night.
Six of the 20 assistant coaches
are from the far west, seven from
the east, five from the midwest
and two from the south. They are:
West-Dink Templeton, STAN
ford; Walt Christie, California;
Boyd Comstock, L. A. A. c.; Dean
Cromwell, U. S. c.; Hec Edmund
son, Washington; w. l.. Hayward,
Oregon.
East-John j. Magee, BoWdoin;
Harry Hillman, Dartmouth Eddie
Farrell, Harvard; Tom Keane, Syra-
cuse; Bernie Wefers, N. Y. A. c.;
E. H. Won Filing, N Y. u; George
Connors, Yale
Midwest-Alonzo Stagg. Chicago;
Dr. r. F. Castleman, Ohio State;
Brutus Hamilton. Kansas; George
Bresnahan, Iowa; L. w. Olds,
Michigan State.
South---Wilbur Hutsell, Alabama
Tech; Bernie Moore, Louisiana.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
BOATS CONTINUE
CONTESTS FOR
OLYMPIC GAMES

LONG BEACH. July 90 U.H =
Two young star boat sailors from
New Orleans, Gilbert Gray and
Andrew Libano, jr., delivered a
sailing lesson in a spectacular semi
final race of the national Olympic
games eliminations yesterday to
put the Jupiter of Lake Pont-
chartrain into a one point lead for
the final race today.
Gray, twice an international
championship contestant, put the
southern sloop over a mile
course in a stiff brooze in 2 hours,
13 minutes, 4 seconds.
Eddie Fink of Long Beach, who
led in points as the race started
finished third, with the Pacific
coast threat, Zoa. Fink was seven
seconds astern of the Mist, Long
Island, sailed by Edwin Thorne,
17-year-old Yale sophomore, who
finished second.
Jupiter, with l3 points, is favored
TO win today's race and the right
to carry Americas, colors in the
Olympic star race, though the zoa
with u points and the Mist with
IL are in striking distance.
The Hawaiian Islands entry
Nomad, sailed by +. c. Damon of
Honolulu, was fourth again yester-
day Majella II of the Great Lakes
took last place for the second time.
LOS ANGELES HARBOR, July
20. (UP(-Ted Conant brought the
sloop Gallant up from astern on
the second round of a I2-mile
course yesterday for a second VIC
tory over the Naiad of San Fran
cisco in the national six-meter
Olympic games eliminations.
The Gallant as a result had a
one-point lead, five to four, at the
start of the final race today,
Conant trailed the Naiad, Mike
Casserly at the tiller, until they
went into the second wndward beat
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20

RARE FLOWER IN MICHIGAN
KEWAUNEE, Wis U.P) - The
Calypso bulbosa, rare flower here
tofofe found only in certain Rocky
mountain sections has been dis
covered ON Washington Island IN
Lake Michigan.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
L. A. STOCKS
Beyschlag Speaker
At Chamber Dinner

Plans for the coming years work
of the agricultural extension SER
vice will be outlined by Frank
Beyschlag. Imperial county farm
advisor, at the El Centre Chamber
Of Comerce dinner meeting to be
held tonight at $50 at the Hotel
Barbara Worth. Beyschlag has a
very interesting program for this
county for the ensuing year, which
should be of interest TO every res
ident of the community.
President w. A. Tondro, of the
FL Centre chamber, sstates that any
person Interested in this talk will
be welcome TO attend the chamber
dinner and reminds members that
their wives are welcome at these
dinner meetings. The meeting will
adjourn at 8 o'clock in order that
it may not interfere with later en-
gagementS.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
BY RONALD WAGNER
United Press Staff Correspondent


LOS ANGELES, July 20. -Olym-
pic Village with its rambling white
administration buildings. its red
tile roofs, hundreds of foreign and
American athletes and the little
flags of two score nations flying
in the winds that rush through the
nearby hills, has stolen the show
from the Hollywood studios.
The tourists and curious. who
formerly could be located outside
of some studio trying for a glimpse
of film star, today are found
crowding around the high and for
bidding fence which keeps the
world in general away from TIE men
who in less than two weeks must
run, jump, or indulge in sundry
other exercises, for the honor of
their native lands
Hundreds OF automobiles are
parked daily in the wide open
spaces of the Baldwin Hills coun-
try while their owners vie with
floeks of other autograph seekers
for the signatures of the athletes
who must pass in and out of big
iron gate
In many respects, the Olympic
Village seems to have taken a few
from the film plants
of Hollywood fame.
Someone, for instance, showed
distinctive showmanship in dressing
up the village policemen in white
and gold uniforms suggesting a
between the regaia of
a night club doorman and the fell
low who rides the elephant in a cir
Gus parade.
The policemen move around the
village and environs in twos and
in groups, executing formation
and asking questions in
rapid fire order of anyone who
doesn't look like an athlete. or at
least like an official of some sort.
One newspaper man claims he
had instructions from eight village
policemen on where TO park his
car and then was told by the ninth
that he had it parked ir the wrong
place. He told this one to keep the
car.
Another Hollywood habit much in
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
Burglars Sent
TO San Quentin

For Jesus de la Rosas and Eu-
gene Barras the course of justice
was swift, If not so sweet, and to-
day they are or their way to San
Quentin penitentiary to serve SEN
tences of from one TO ID years i'm
prisonment.
The two Mexicans were arrested
last week by w E. Capps and T. P.
Farmer, city officers. They ad
mitted the burglary of the Pete
Pool residence here, and were ar
raigned before Judge 1. Mayfield on
a charge of burglary.
Monday afternoon and yesterday
morning a preliminary hearing was
held, and the two were held for
trial by The superior court. Yes
terday afternoon, however, they ap-
peared in superior court to plead
guilty, and were sentenced to
prison.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
OLYMPIC VILLAGE BIG SHOW
NOW INSTEAD OF HOLLYWOOD

evidence is the See Mr.. Jones
idea" 1t works along the same sys-
tenn as Tinker to Evers to Chance, u
the famous baseball combination
This idea was picked up by the
early day film executives and hand
ed down as a tradition to the pres
ent day
You state your business to Mr..
Jones, who suggests Mr.. Byrne,
who sends you to Mr.. Bingham. Mr..
Bingham decides that Mr.. Schmidt
is the one to see and then you
learn from Mr.. Schmidt's office girl
that he is in conference with Mr..
Davis.
The handsome hero worship idea,
which may not have originated in
the movie studios but certainly was
cultivated there, has taken a firm
hold on the village.
The youngsters crave most of all
to look at Paavo Nurmi.
Women of middle-age want to see
the uniforms of the various con-
tingents and seem uninterested in
any particular hero.
But the young girls crowd around
the gate for a glimpse of Tabia
Francesca, the young Italian hop
skip-jump champion.
Francesco's countrymen started it
all when they told newspapermen
that at least 40 women in Italy were
in love with him.
Francesca either was guilty as
charged or was SO surprised at the
accusation that be was speechless.
At any rate, the story gained
wide circulation and Clark Gable,
Gary Cooper and the other movie
stars suffered accordingly in fem
mine alteration.
There is no denying that from
now until August IA olympic Viii
lage and the games will be the big
gest show in town.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20

and son of the dead man, as de-
Tense attorney.
Racketeers whom the district at-
torney had fought are aided by a
woman he discarded in an attempt
to obtain papers the lawyer holos,
discriminating the leader of the rae
keteers. The woman ensnares the
youth whom the lawyer has been
supporting to double cross nm.
When she is killed, the lawyer be-
lieving the boy guilty, assumes the
guilt himself and in a stirring court
battle clears his own name ana
discovers he has been in love with
his secretary who has been aiding
him in the case.
Evelyn Brent is seen as the
scheming woman and Constance
Cummings as the secretary.
In addition to the leading fea-
ture Laurel and Hardy will be seen
in their newest funny piece THE
Chimp.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
The Weather

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Thursday, with
moderate temperature; cloudy or
foggy in the morning; gentle
changable winds.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Thursday but
overcast night and morning on
coast; normal temperature; moder-
ate westerly winds offshore.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
Daily Report Of
Stock Markets

NEW YORK. July 20. U.n) -
Activity increased in the late trad
ing on the stock exchange today
with various shares holding gains
OF fractions to more than 2 points.
The list was firm throughout the
day with trading light and mostly
of a professional nature As var
ious corporations issued better than
anticipated reports for the first
six months of the year, shorts be-
gan to cover and their buying
helped along the advance With
prices at their best levels OF the
day around the close.
Railroad shares were strong
throughout the day with gains
ranging to points in such issues
as Union Pacific, Atchison, New
York Central and Chesapeake and
Ohio. In the last hour, the Asso-
ciation of Railway Executives adj
dressed a lengthy statement Ito the
American public" setting forth the
need of the roads to be given equal
opportunity with other transpor-
tation agencies so they can sur
mount the present difficulties"
LOS ANGELES, July 90. U.D -
The market advanced fractionallg
during slow trading on the Los
Angeles stock exchange today.
STANDARD Oil was the most ac-
tive, selling 1000 shares at 2lls,
up l point. Union Oil advanced =
10 91a on sales of 200 shares. Bolsa
Chica declined 4 to Is on trans
fer Of 100 shares.
TranSamerica advanced i TO ga
on turnover of 20G shares.
Pacific Public Service preferred
sold 200 shares at 81, up 1s. San
Joaquin Light and Power 7 per cent /
preferred advanced Z to S5 on /
sales of 231 shares. Edison 7 Pc /
cent preferred sold 100 shares at 4
24A. up L. Edison 6 per cent pre- !
ferred advanced q to 81 on a sale (
Of 100 shares.
Taylor Milling advanced / point !
% 81 on sales OF 100 shares.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
Repairing Break
In City Sewer

Phil knights, city engineer, to-
day is directing the operations of a
crew repairing the latest break in
the FL Centro outfall sewer system,
two and half miles north of I'M
perial.
The city engineer said this morn
ing the break is a small one, and
will not prove serious, except that
it lets a great deal of mud and silt
into the sewer line.
Because Of two fatal accidents on
the sewer system, all precautions
are taken to safeguard workmen
repairing the new break, which
came as result Of the decayed con-
dition of the sewer.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20

and went ahead at Point Fermin
mark.
Winning time was 2 hours, IS
minutes, seconds, sailed in a
10-knot breeze. Maids elapsed
time was 2 hours, 20 minutes, 81
seconds.
The weather may decide the SER
les, as the Gallant will be at an
advantage in a hard blow while the
Naiad is better in light going.
Should the Naiad win today the
series would be tie.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-20
Lowe Appears In
Attorneys Role

Edmund Lowe, famous for his
roles with Victor Mcbagien. has
been given a story with a real plot
in attorney For the Defense"
which plays tonight and tomorrow
night at Fox Imperial airdome
AS district attorney, Lowe sends
an innocent man to the death chair,
believing him to be guilty. Later
he learns of his error and resign
ing from office, supports the widow
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-25
School Trustees
At Winterhayen
Sued By Teacher

Charging that the board of trus-
tees of the Winterhaven school dis
trict of Imperial county refused to
allow her to teach after offering
her employment and entering into
a contract with her, Harriet Hess
yesterday afternoon filed suit in SUI
perior court against the school
district for a total of Sl040 dam
ages.
Two causes of action are listed
in the teachers complaint, one ask
ing $645 damages and the other
1895.
The first cause of action charges
that the board of trustees offered
her employment as a teacher for
the term beginning September 16,
1929, and that she accepted within
80 days after the offer was made,
authorizing the school board to
procure Tor her books and papers
necessary for teaching. Later they
refused to allow her to teach, the
complaint said.
Practically the same charges are
contained in the second cause Of
action, except that the school term
beginning September IS, 1880, is
listed. The complaint further stat
ed that she holds an elementary
school certificate for Imperial
county, and is fully capable OF
carrying out the duties of teacher
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-25
UNCLE WIGGnY'S SURPRISE

Uncle Wiggily, who had been
searching in the woods for the lost
twinkle of his pink nose, began, all
of a sudden, to hop joyfully up and
down.
"Hurray," he cried. I've found
my twinkle! And I am happy even
if I didn't find the bluebird Nurse
Jane told me about. Hurray!'
For there, on the woodland path
in front of the rabbit, was some
thing glistening and shiny and Mr..
Longears felt sure it was his lost
twinkle.
I have it! I have it" he eX-
claimed as he made a jump for it..
But. to his surprise, the shiny
thing rose up off the path and went
sailing through the air. Then
Uncle Wiggily saw that the shiny
thing. which he felt sure was his
nose twinkle, had been picked up
by a bird, who carried it of
through the air in his beak.
1T wasn't a bluebird,' said Uncle
Wiggily as he watched the shiny
twinkle disappear. 1T was robin
who picked up the twinkle lost off
my nose. 1t was q red-breaSted
robin bird. but I don't really be-
lieVe the robin meant to take my
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-25
Editorial Page
and
Features
no FLOOD CRISIS

DIAPERS in Los Angeles and other coast
cities are trying hard to get US dis
astrous flood in Imperial Valley, based
on the reports that rise in the Colorado
river is now in course and is expected
to reach q maximum Of $4,000 feet dur
ing the coming weekend.
Imperial Valley residents know, or
should know, that rise Of this proper
tion creates only minimum flood
threat. Not until the river is in the
neighborhood of 80 600 feet does flood
become real menace To the district
levee system in Mexico.
The Los Angeles reports cite the fact
that trainloads Of rock are being rushed
10 the levees. The Imperial Irrigation
district reports that the trains are be-
ing sent, but are not being rushed, as
the move Is merely precautionary and
not made essential by reason of any
present damage to the leyees.
Each year when the river rises, the
rock trains are prepared and stand
ready to strengthen the levees at any
point they may need strengthening by
reason of the rivers action. known for
its habit of changing its course at small
notice. the river has TO be watched at
all times, but this watching. with max
imum flow Of $4,000 feet, creates no
crisis.
The basis of the Los Angeles stories
are reports sent out from Imperial Val
ley by persons VINO are we'll aware OF
conditions here, but who fail to explain
their minimum danger to the persons
with whom they communicate. They
leave the impression that real danger
confronts the valley, which does this
community no good and can do much
harm.
little more care in giving informa-
ton to outside parties would be playing
fairer with Imperial Valley and with
coast newspapers. The latter can hard
ly be blamed for seizing upon few
incomplete facts and making the usual
big city story out of them.
A rock train being sent to the levees
is as casual here as farmer going out to
irrigate To the coast newspaper read
er it means a real crisis and causes him
to consider Imperial Valley in light
which the actual facts do not Justify.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-25
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1928, By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

stuck over with chicken feathers
as she was, like some big bird.
Jingle and Jangle dipped Bunty
into the blue water and just then
Uncle Wiggily came hopping along
chasing the robin who had picked
up the tWinkling thing in the woods
The robin perched on tree branch
just over where Jingle and Jangle
were dipping Bunty.
stop! Stop What are you do
ing?" cried Uncle Wiggily to his
/ twins.
Jingle and Jangle were as much
surprised as MI. LongearS was.
They hoped to surprise their Dadi-
Gums by letting him see Bunty, all
blue, SO he would think she was a
bluebird and then he would be
happy.
What are you doing?" cried
Uncle Wiggily again.
"Why-We-We-" began Jingle.
And just then she let Bunty slip,
as she was holding her over the
tub Of blue water And Jangle
also lost her hold Of the orphan
bunny, SO that, all of a sudden,
Baby Bunty fell splash over her
head into the blue water.
OH OH" she gurgled. Get
me Outl Get me out!"
III get you OUT" cried Uncle
Wiggily, hopping to the tub in
great surprise. But why did you
drop Bunty in, my dears?" ne
asked the twins as poor, dripping
blue Bunty was lifted from the tub.
we wanted to make her a blue
bird so you would be happy even
after you lost your twinkle" said
Jingle.
1--WE were going TO surprise you
with Bluebird Bunty," added Jangle
But you caught us before we were
ready and now you aren't surprised
at all. Oh, dear
"Oh, I am very much surprised!''
! chuckled Uncle Wiggily. This is
big surprised he said, looking at
blue Bunty. I'VE must talk this
over. But first we must make
Bunty back into a rabbit And
what happened next will be told
tomorrow night. The story will be
! about Uncle Wiggily's found
twinkle. And please, please ask the
feather duster to stop tickling the
apple pie with an ice cream cone
when it wants to take the piece OF
cheese to the movies. Otherwise
Uncle Wiggily may never get back
| the twinkle on his pink nose.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-25
LOCAL CHAMBER
WILL COOPERATE
WITH SAN DIEGO

w. A. Tondro, president Of the
Ell Centric Chamber of Commerce,
and Robert Hays, secretary, have
recently received appointments to
the Imperial Valley Arizona COM
mittee of the San Diego Chamber
of Commerce from u. S. Grant,
chairman of the San Diego COM
mittee.
The purpose of the committee is
to create better understanding and
more goodwill, as well as improved
business relations between San
Diego, Imperial Valley and the
communities of Arizona and those
serving on the committee include
chamber of commerce representa-
tiyeS from each city in the SOUTH
west. 1t is proposed to hold joint
meetings in Imperial Valley San
Diego and Jacumba and in inter-
mediate points which might be in
terested.
The San Diego chamber Ell
Centro Chamber and commercial
organizations of Arizona cities
along the southern tranScontinental
highways have already established
a strong bond of friendship and
are cooperating TO promote tour
ist travel through this section and
to better business conditions in
these communities which have so
much in common. The Imperial
Valley-Arizon committee will serve
as a basis of contact between rep
! resentatives of the communities OF
this section of the southwest and
it is expected that through its ac-
tivities plans will be formulated
which will be of much benefit.