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Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
4-H Club Organized
In Verde District

Verde All club was organized
recently under the direction of H.
Lee Landerman, assistant farm
advisor and All club leader. Rec
ord books. and projects were as
signed to the % members in the
club.
Following is the list of officers
elected: Harriette Laborde, pres
ident; julius Hilfiker, vice-preSi-
dent; Alice Null, secretary; Elsie
Pendley, reporter; Julius Hilfiker,
Joe Enz, Lewis Brown. Maxine
Boxley, Suik Matsumoto, George
Miller, Paul Hawk, executive COM
mittee members, and George Ross
kopf, yell leader.
After the meeting the members
visited the Enz ranch where they
were shown the hogs being raised
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
Dentists Letter
Admits Staying

ST. LOUIS, Dec. "a. W.P;-Dr
Squire P. Bevier, go year old den
tist, left a note confessing the mur-
der Of Mrs. Josephine NJ. Elder, H.
patient, and indicating his in
tention to commit suicide, police
revealed today.
Mrs. Elder, mother of Conway
Elder, former Missouri supreme
court judge, was found beaten tc
death with 2ls pound mallet in
the dentists office here late yester-
day.
DR.. Squires disappeared from his
home Thursday after telling his wife
he had had some trouble with a
patient-had to get away" Mrs. Ell
der had been dead about "a hours
when found.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
EzeU Funeral
Rites On Monday

Funeral services for Harold AL
fred Ezell 26, a resident of this
city, who died in Salinas as the
result of an automobile accident
early this week, will be held Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock from
the funeral parlors of B. E. Lem
ons.
Rev. Carl Harwood of the First
Baptist church will officiate and
burial will be in Evergreen ceme-
terry.
The deceased had lived in this
city off and on for several years
and is survived by his mother, Mrs.
H. Morales, two sisters, Mrs. Vera
Rogers and Miss Dorothy Ezell, and
brother, Roy Ezell, all of this
city
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
BY FREDERICK KUH

United Press Staff Correspondent
CWorld Copyright, 1882, by {U.P))
BERLIN, Dec. 24.-Opposition OF
Russian peasants TO the Soviet gov
ernment's agrarian policy will force
early abolition of grain collections,
in an effort to help relieve the food
shortage, the writer was advised
today by Russian source general
ly considered reliable.
The Russian government has de-
cided TO make this most import
ant change since the new economic
policy was laid down in 1921 by
Lenin as a result of the highly ac-
centuated peasant opposition. This
has thrown grain collections be-
hind schedule despite a vigorous
press campaign and various clean
sings" made by the government in
important grain producing regions.
The change is considered so i'm
portant that Josef Stain, virtual
Soviet dictator, will break an 18
months silence to enunciate the
project personally at an extraor-
dinary session of the Communist
central committee, the most import
ant official body in Russia. A spe-
cial session of the central COM
mittee is without precedent and
the fact that Stain will speak out
indicates the Importance of the
situation.
Bolshevik leaders were convinced
of the necessity of an abrupt about
face by events of the last three
months irf which peasants obstruc-
ted the government collection of
grain, sometimes by passive resis-
tance and sometimes by sabotage.
Counter-revolutionary and bandit
elements made it apparent that
unless there was change of policy
the peasants might not plant
enough next spring to feed the ma
ton during 1888 and 1884.
Several Executed
The government attempted to
eliminate the peasant resistance
by executing several score Com
munists in North Caucasian vii
lagos during November, and oc-
casionally resorted to the requisi.
tioning of grain. Then it was de.
cided on system of taxation II
place of the collection method. Tn:
tax will be a tax in kind, baseC
on acreage, the size of farms, anc
the number of cattle kept. The
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
Price OF Liquor
Drops On Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a. W.p)
AS Christmas Eve approaches, 10
cal liquor prices dropped to the
lowest level since pre-Volstead
days, William G. Walker, federal
prohibition administrator, said to-
day.
Walker said genuine imported
Bourbon and Scotch was being sold
at $2250 a case, shipside, in rum
row, II miles off the coast. 1t sold
for $50 last Christmas.
Alcohol was bring $1.80 a gallon
as compared with So last year, he
reported.
Walker reported the last minute
decline in prices due to the lack OF
customers together with an over
supply held by bootleggers.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
NEW LINE Of
STUDEBAKERS
At Low PRICE

Studebaker announces a COM
plete new line of champion motor
cars, featuring a new Commander
Eight with 100 horsepower in the
81 900 field-the most spectacular
value Studebaker has ever offered
to the buying public. according to
Rogers and Tison, local Studebaker
distributors.
There is also a new President
Eight of 135-inch wheelbase and
1872 horsepower: new 125-inch
President with ITO horsepower,
and a new 85 horsepower Stude-
baker Six. All are priced to meet
present day economic conditions.
Factory list on the President ram
ges from S1325 to Sl650 and $3.50
to S2040 for the two President
wheelbase models, respectively. The
new 100 horsepower Commander
is priced from $1,000 to $1,000, and
the new Studebaker Six from $840
to Sll20.
The new Studebaker line for
1888 incorporates the most impress
sive combination of important i'm
provements in all Studebaker's 81
years of history. Most significant
of these is power brakes. The
highway development brought about
through the efforts of Highway
Safety Engineers during the past
few years has resulted in faster
travel. This in turn has created
demand for better braking. The
answer to this demand is power
brakes, the most outstanding me-
chanical contribution to motoring
this year.
There are such other far-reach-
ing developments as automatic
heat control and automatic choke
control, that are said to afford the
nearest approach to perfect COM
bustion ever attained in an auto
mobile engine. An entirely new
system of manifolding, plus great
ly improved down-draft carbure-
ton contributes to smoother, pep
pier performance. Another i'm
provement which will be appreciat-
ed by the owner is the reduction
of fabrication points in the new
Studebakers by score and the
perfection of remaining places so
that only four points require at
tention at $500 miles-all the rest
will go 5000 miles. Horsepower
has been greatly increased in prac-
tically every car of the line. In
cluded among other noteworthy
advancements are vastly enhanced
appearance. improved muffling of
intake and exhaust, new ease of
handling due to improved steering,
greater silence, increased comfort,
and many other features.
Studebaker engineers h ave
achieved something more than just
a beautiful automobile in the new
cars-although beauty is fully sub
scribed to in every phase of their
work. They have achieved some
thing more than performance
alone-more than comfort alone
more than safety alone. Instead,
there is the fullest measure of ev-
cry quality that goes to make the
new Studebakers the most salts
flying cars that ever took the
road.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
Hope Hat May Lure
Burglar Third Time

Several nights ago a burglar en-
tered the residence of Mrs. C.
Chumrine at 328 South Fifth street,
taking a pair Of brown trousers.
Last night he returned for the
coat and vest to match the trou-
sers, and for good measure carried
away woman's top coat
Police are setting trap for the
burglar, believing he will return
Monday night for a hat to match
the ensemble.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
Clerk Checking
Voting Register

County Clerk Edward H. Law
today was preparing notices to
those citizens whose registration
will be cancelled at the first of
the year because they failed to
vote either at the August primary
election or the November general
election.
The cancellation is not effective
until January l, but after that
Gate those who did not vote at
one of the two elections must reg
lister again in order to be qualified
for coming elections. Ii .
Printed notices have been pre-
pared and will be mailed from the
county clerks office after Janu-
ary l, so that those who are no
longer registered will not be left
in doubt.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
Hoover Signature
Will Assist Needy

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a. UP-
President Hoover's last official act
before leaving on his holiday cruise
was to make a Christmas present
to the needy.
He signed a congressional res
olution authorizing distribution oi
surplus naval clothing. The secre-
tary of the navy will sell the
clothing to relief agencies at
nominal prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
District Assessment
Delinquent Monday

Imperial Irrigation district as
sessments become delinquent Mon
day, legal holiday, and the asses
sor-collector's office will be closed
until o'clock in the afternoon
when it will be open for one hour
to accept payments.
This announcement was made
today by Miss Winnie Barry, asses
sor-collector, who will be at the Of
flee between and 5 o'clock Mon
day afternoon in order that those
who wish may pay.
AS the delinquency date comes
upon a holiday, Miss Berry said,
the penalty will not be added un-
til the assessment rolls are closed.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
juvenile Dancers
"~oUe Popular

ThrCuk. unfortunate over
sight. the name of little Betty
Smyer. daughter OF Frank Smyer,
traffic officer was omitted from the
list Of pupils of the Abel School of
Dancing. who appeared at United
Artists theatre Thursday and Fri
day nights.
The youngsters made a highly
creditable showing and were gen.
erously applauded by the audience.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
MONEY RACKET DISCLOSED

PORTERVILLE, Calf, Dec. "a
U.P-What police believed was a
new racket" to make money was
disclosed here. Two young men,
police said, went to a cheap ROOM
ing house, gave the landlady a
''hard luck" story and secured a
room for so cents a night for the
two. The following morning, they
said, the pair complained that they
had been robbed of SO during the
night. The landlady, believing the
robbery to have been possible, re-
funded the amount, only to dis
cover later that the robbery story
was faxed.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
NOT MERRY CHRISTMAS"

WHITTIER, Cal, Dec "a. UP
Death drove out Christmas cheer in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Morti-
her L. Nesbit today.
Their four children, the eldest IL,
were orphaned when the parents
died, few days apart, from pneu-
monia. A double funeral was held
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
REPORTS PLANE CRASH

MEDFORD, Ore, Dec. "a. W.P)-
A rancher in the dead Indian dis
trict, 40 miles east of Ashland,
reported to state police today that
he saw an airplane crash in the
heavily wooded timber last Mon
day afternoon. He said the plane
bore number NCC-35. Medford air.
port officials say that number is
issued to a department of com
merce plane.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
TWO DIE IN CRASH

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. "a. - Will
liam Murdoch, Jr., 10, and Bernice
Greenwood, l8, were dead and five
companions we're injured as a re-
suit of an automobile crash early
today. The young people we're res
ident of Phoenix. One of the in
jured, Louis Troutman, 18, was in
a critical condition in the hospital.
A blowout was blamed, the car
swerving out of control into a tree.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
Pomona Man Killed
In Auto Accident

ONTARIO, Calf, Dec. "a. U.H
F. c. Mills, 40, of Pomona, died
today from what was believed to
have been a fractured skull, suf-
fered last night in an automobile
accident.
Mills was hurt when the car he
was driving skidded on the wet
pavement in the effort to pass a
heavy oil tanker and was struck
by the machine driven by Jack
Holbrook, also of Pomona. Hol-
brook was slightly injured.
An inquest into Mills death will
be held Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
"ATTA BOY, JONSEY"

LOS ANGELES, Dec. "a. U.P)-
A. B. Jones, locksmith, became a
real Santa Claus to his debtors and
creditors today when he inserted the
following advertisement in a local
newspaper:
"On account of the depression,
all debts owing A. B. Jones are
cancelled. If he owes you, call and
get your check"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
Actress Forced To
Remain In Mexico

MEXICALI, Mexico, Dec. "a. U.P)
-Tala Birell, motion picture ac-
tress, spent a quiet Christmas Eve
awaiting reentry to the United
States.
The actress must wait until a
quota Of her fellow-countrymen
arrives from Rumania before i'm
migration officials will permit her
to return. Her temporary passport
expired this week, forcing her de-
parture from Hollywood.
Only 4,198 of the 1000 acres
planted TO avocados in California
are in bearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
WANDERWELL ESTATE SMALL

LOS ANGELES, Dec. "a. WR)-
Capt. Walter Wanderwell, whose
adventurous wanderlngs ended with
lis murder aboard an anchored
chooner in Long Beach harbor,
eft an estate of only $500, accord
ng to a petition for letters of ad-
ministration on Gle in probate
court today. His widow, Aloha Wan
ierwell, and two children, Vairi, z,
and Nile Walter, 5, were listed as
heirs. q ia sa aE sM IA ~
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
INSULT TRIAL TUESDAY

ATHENS, Dec. "a. U.P)-Samuel
insults hearing on extradition pro-
ceedings to face embezzlement
charges in Chicago will begin in
the appeals court at 9:3O a. m.
Tuesday, December 81, the court
announced today. Alexander Geor-
gopoulous will preside.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24

On Account of Death in the FAM
lily there will be no magazine de-
liveries until Thursday. (Signed
John L. Hook. 24tl
Funeral Services-Baby Duggins,
month-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Duggins of this community, died
at the family home yesterday.
Burial services were conducted
from Arnolds funeral home at 2
o'clock this afternoon with inter-
ment at Mountain View cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
MURDER INCREASES SALES

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, UP)-The
mysssry murder of Carrie Allen,
pretty cafeteria cashier, shortly
after Mrs. James Crumbliss was
shot down by an unidentified man,
increased sales of locks here, hard
ware stores reported. They said
the demand was heavy for chain
bolts for doors and window locks.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
0UNIYB(RIEFS 0JB(R

Christmas Pants and Cut Flow
ers. Stricklers Floral Company,
BIO So. 9th. 21t4
Perishable Shipments = PERISH
able shipments rolling from the
valley yesterday included eight car
loads OF lettuce, two of grapefruit
and one of green's, according to a
report submitted by B. A. Harri-
gan. agricultural commissioner.
DR.. A. b. Hansen. dentist. New
Professional Bldg. Phone SO Off
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24
MERRY CHRISTMAS" CAPTAIN

LOS ANGELES, Dec. %. tU.P)-
Capt. F. E. Anderson of the Dol
lar line President Hoover will eat
his Christmas dinner at home ir
San Francisco for the first time in
% years.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-24

Two outbreaks of hog cholera
were reported from southern Idaho
late in November.
Evening star., 1932-07-03
REPUBLICANS HERE
APPROVE CONVENTION
League Expresses Satisfaction With
Platform and Nominees
Chosen by Party.

Satisfaction at the nomination of
President Hoover and Vice President
Curtis and with the platform adopted
by the Republican party at Chicago
was expressed by the Executive Com
mittee Of the League Of Republican
State Clubs at a meeting Thursday
evening in the National Capital Re-
publican Club, Scott circle.
E. C. Snyder, president of the league,
who was delegate to the conven-
ton, reviewed the work of that body
and told Of the effort there to include
in the platform a plank favoring ma
tlonal representation for the District.
The Executive Committee decided to
inaugurate the Republican campaign
in the District with a rally early in
September, at which nationally known
speakers will be heard.
The resolution indorsing President
Hoover stated mo President could
have worked harder, with more intel
ligent and steadfaSt purpose to accom-
plish everything possible for the good
and welfare Of the people of the United
States than has President Hoover"
1t further stated that the league in
dorSeS the efforts Of the convention
lin the adoption of a strong, safe and
sincere platform upon which the Re-
publicans of this Nation can stand
with a full faith and confidence that
the principles embodied in this plat
form will be carried out by the Re
publican party"
Evening star., 1932-07-03
T0WNSMEN REJOICE
AT HONOR TO "FRANK''
Hyde Park and Albany Cheer
Nomination-Formal DEM
onstrations Planned.
By the Associated Press.

ALBANY, N. Y, July Great re-
joicing in Gov. RooSevelt's home county
and demonstrations in Albany, followed
today in the wake of Roosevelt's nomi-
nation as the Democratic presidential
candidate.
Half the population of the Hudson
Valley village of Hyde Park, where the
Roosevelt homestead stands, turned out
last night and early today TO parade
in honor Of Franks" nomination
When the nominee sailed away from
Albany by airplane at breakfast time
bound westward to the convention he
found a crowd of his Albany neighborS
had arisen early and Travelled miles
out into the country to see him of.
Their cheers rang across fields as the
two large cars bearing the Roosevelt
party, escorted by police cars and motor
cycles, swept toward the airport.
Similar enthusiasm brought small
crowd of neighbors to the lawn OF the
Eagle street mansion last night, where
they stood in the rain applauding
Roosevelt until he appeared to acknoWl-
edge the greeting.
At Hyde Park, Duchess County citi-
zens poured from their homes to the
village square, headed by a drum corps
they paraded halting traffic and rous-
ing other villagers to join the demon
Stration.
Here and at the neighboring city OF
Poughkeepsie formal demonstrations
were planned for Monday and Tuesday
nights.
Evening star., 1932-07-03

the Democratic nominee. The Repub-
licans will make mistake II they un-
derestimate the sort Of fight that con-
fronts them.
Topeka (Kans.) Daily CapitoI.-The
work Of McAdoo fiabbergasted the
group of anti-Roosevelt leaders with
whom he had ostensibly been cooper
ating and into whose counsels he had
been fully admitted. 1t was more than
a political event which left a sense
of betrayal which is likely to increase
with time. Done on the pretext of
creating harmony. 1t created about the
same sort Of actual harmony as the
throwing Of a bomb.
st. Louis Globe Democrat. - Gov.
Roosevelt is a genial, likable man and
highly cultivated gentleman. His
ideas and principles endear him to the
progressive elements Of his party, but
they arouse more or less disfavor among
conservatives, and it is a curious cir
cumstance that he has received the
strongest support from the West and
South and most opposition from his
own State and the industrial States of
the Northeast. What significance this
may have in the approaching election
can only be determined by its results
Certain it is that the peculiar diStrac-
tions of the Democratic campaign Of
1928 will be absent, and the differences
within the party, If any, will arise from
economic questions and the varying
aspects of prohibition rather than from
religious disagreementS.
Des MoineS Register.-The Demo-
Gratis have avoided the effects Of
long, disruptive deadlock. They have
enabled McAdoo to take again decisive
role. 1t is going 20 be Hoover versus
RnOcAVaff and 6oo
rather effectively tagged in the course
Of the campaign in his own party as Q
shifter, an Intellectual dodger, too un-
certain In his convictions, too quick to
give in to persuasion, too tfmid to make
a last-ditch fight for anything at any
time
Cleveland Plain DeaIer.-A popular
family name and a gracious PERSONAL
ity have greatly helped the Governor Ia
climb to the pinnacle on which the ma.
tional convention of his party now
places him. The powerful industrial
East was generally hostile. His am
port had none Of the frenzy of adIls-
ton which marked that Of Smith or
even Ritchie or Reed
Raleigh IN. CO. News and Observer
Last night in Chicago the Democrats
OF America nominated q free man ~
lead them in their battle against the.
entrenched forces OF privilege. which
already In control Of the Republicar ~
party, had raised their clamor TO con-
troll the Democratic National Conven-
ton. With the naming of Frankl1ip
Delano Roosevelt as the next President
OF the United States. it became certsin
that the Nation would not be ovsr-
ridden; that man had been nan,ed
to lead in the greater battle against the
small group representing the Interest
IN the Nation" which has too long don.s
mated the Government and nv tsrifv.
and other subsidies has shaped n -
their own predatory ends. - "
Evening star., 1932-07-03
DISTRICT DELEGATE
RULE NOT BALL0TED
Col. O'Brien Fails to Secure Recog,
milton to Call Up Amend
ment.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY,

SlAu Correspondent "a AhS SN"A'
CHICAGO, July 2.-The Democratic
National Convention adjourned tonlghI
without considering proposed rule Tor
the next convention, to require tnat
no delegate could be elected from the
District of Columbia who is not bona
fide resident, or who maintains vol
ing residence in any State. The sug-
gested rule would have applied also TO
the territories and dependencies.
Col. Arthur O'Brien, one OF the DIS
trict delegates, had prepared the rule
and was ready to offer 1t as an amend
ment to the usual resolution author1z-
ing the National Committee to de-
termine the number Of delegates Tor
the District and the territories. Thls
resolution came up in the closing hour
of the convention. and Col. OBrlen
said he tried without success 10 geC
recognition to have the amendment
considered before the resolution was
acted on.
Evening star., 1932-07-03
NEW PARTY NUCLEUS
LAID AT KANSAS CITY
Presidential Candidate Sought by
Fusion Elements in Con-
vention.

KANSAS CITY, July 2 NP).-A ma
tional political convention seeking
fusion Of various third" parties adopt
ed a platform here today which in
cluded a demand Of payment of the
soldiers bonus and the organization OF
Government banks.
The convention was called by Roland
z. Bruner Of Kansas City, national
committeeman of the Liberty party
which advocates the monetary ideas OF
w. H. (Coin) Harvey, Monte Ne, Ark,
economist.
Bruner asserted he did not seek to
bind the Kansas City conve D ion to
Harvey's views as much as to unity
opposition to the two major political
parties. Harvey advocates currency in
fiation.
Oficials of the convention asserted
nearly 200 delegates from q score of
States were in attendance. Late today
38 men and women were on the floor.
Frank E. Webb of San Francisco,
member of the Farmer-Labor party.
Norman Thomas, Socialist leader and
Jacob S. Coxey, mayor of MaSSilon,
Ohio. were mentioned as potential
presidential candidates of the as yet
unnamed unity party.
Evening star., 1932-07-03
Washington Jurist,
AS Well as Soldier,
Speaker Tells Bar
Alexandria, Va. Man Gives
Address to Maryland
Association.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July ii
Randall Cation. jr., Of Alexandria, Va
addressing the thirty-seventh annual
convention of the Maryland State Bar
Association at the Ambassador Hotel
today, said George washington was not
only a soldier, surveyor, engineer
statesman AMI a scientific farmer, but
also a pre-eminent jurisr.
During a little known part OF the
founders life for eight years before the
Revolutionary War. Mr.. Cation said
Washington was a gentleman justice
in Fairfax County, Va.
Although Washington had no for
nal legal training" he said, his last
will was regarded as a masterpiece OF
legal form and is still used as a basis
of study"
Mr.. eaton quoted from letter writ
ten by Washington in which he de-
scribed the legal profession as wall
of life" Today, Mr.. Cation said, the
profession was mot walk, but wild
scrambled race"
He added his father mad addressed
the Maryland Bar Association In Gags
May 80 years ago and that he deenet
1t a great honor to follow in his foot
steps and speak to the same gathering
The annual banquet viii be helt
tonight