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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
City Dwellers Move Back to Farm

Middle West, Netherland believes.
The tide, which for many years
had been flowing to the city. began
ebbing back to the farm more than
a year ago, he said.
Since, then, industrial workers
either definitely out of employ
ment, or in prospect of a layoff,
have joined the trek In constantly
Increasing number. records of the
Federal Land bank show.
Many city people, realizing that
farms may now be purchased for a
fraction of the price asked a few
years ago, have gone to the coun.
try with the idea of profiting by
the present depressed land prices,
he said. More than 30 per cent of
the current farm sales are to city
people. he added.
The movement, according to
Netherland, results from the first
instinct of man, self-preservation.
Faced with hunger, or becoming a
ward of charity, city dwellers are
moving out where they get plot
of land upon which to raise food.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
War Prisoner Flees French Camp

Daubmann's return home now
has aroused these hopes anew.
Governmental offices have been
swamped with innumerable letters
by relatives of soldiers killed in
the war, asking the government to,
make new, more thorough inquiries.
Daubmann's return, on the other
hand, has become the center of
varied comment by newspapers.
Those favoring Franco German
reconciliation doubt his story. Ma
tionalistic organs sharply demand
an inquiry, railing against France.
The fact that officials of the reich
have taken up the matter has given
the case considerable prominence.
Daubmann's return was turned
into a monster nationalistic demon
stration. Over 5000 villagers
awaited the soldiers arrival at the
railway station. Brass bands and
wild cheering greeted him when he
SISppcu lIOLu luS LTdlI.
His aged mother tainted. His
father sank to his knees as he
grasped his sons hand. Daub.
mann himself was so weak that he
had to be carried home. All fes-
tivities planned in honor Of him
had to be called off.
The soldiers story of his capture
and final escape from Africa has
been termed "weird and fantastic"
by numerous newspapers. This Is
what he recounted:
II was taken prisoner by the.
French on the 21st of October.
1916, after being severely wound
ed. After recovering from my
wounds was transferred to q pris-
on camp.
There l made an attempt to es-
cape. | killed guard who tried
to block my way. thereupOn was
sentenced to 20 years hard labor
In the French colonies.
''In Africa | again tried to es-
cape. I was caught and put in
chains. Following a term of soli-
tary confinement was put TO
work building roads. Then | was
transferred to the prison tailor
shop for good behavior. There /
finally was able to make my es-
cape"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
Says New York Better City
Than in Old Days.

New York.-The jewelry thefts
and pickpocket rackets are slipping
in New York. The old-time penny
weighter, whose trick of substitut-
ing fake stones for good ones cost
jewellers many a dollar in the good
old days, has about disappeared.
And the old school Of pickpockets,
many of whom were so proficient
that they were hard to catch, have
been succeeded by youthful thieves
whose work is crude and amateur
ish by comparison.
Bogus cheeks are the leading
racket these days." according to for
mer Detective Ernest l.. Moore.
Banks, jewellers and stores are the
victims Of this type of confidence
game, and the merchant is the most
defenseless against it, for in most
cases, rather than lose a sale, he
will take a chance"
Mr.. Moore has just retired from
the police department after 25 years
of service. Practically all Of It was
spent In the detective division, and
on the Fifth avenue squad. the
group Of plain clothes men especial
ly detailed to the midtown section
to guard against confidence men
and pickpockets.
Fifth avenue today isn't the
street II was when the Fifth avenue
squad was formed" the old veteran
crime chaser said For one thing,
75 per cent of the towns jewelry
establishments are now located In
the midtown area. and the safe
guards have been greatly increased
If you are accustomed to thinking
of Maiden lane as the center of
New York's jewelry section, you are
behind the times. for, with the ex-
ceptlon of the silversmiths, most
jewellers have moved up town to
Office suites.
Then, too, most Of the better
known thieves no longer operate
here. for dips and confidence men
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
Increase in Insanity
Blamed on Fast Living

Bolivar Tenn.-The fast pace OF
modern life must be slowed dowr
in order to stop the alarming In
crease In the number Of young peo-
pie who are losing their minds. In
the opinion of DR.. e. w. Cooke. su.
perintendent Of the Western Tennes
see Hospital for the Insane.
East living" is the cause. and
"apply the brakes and slow down,
Doctor Cooke urges.
Wine. women and song-an age
old story-constitutes Doctor Cookies
definition of fast living.
Less liquor, fewer wild parties
and longer hours of good sound sleep
are the things that make up the
slowing down process.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
Harvard Moving Historic
Bell to Memorial Chapel

Cambridge, Mass.-What might be
called the official clock of the ma.
tiOn's Oldest university has been
transferred from its traditional
position in Harvard hall TO the bel.
fry of the new million-dollar World
War Memorial chapel in the Har-
ward yard. The bell. which for dec
AIDES has tolled the hours, weighs
1900 pounds and has a 160-pound
clapper.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
Former N Y. Detective Says Times Have Changed

are known to the police, who pick
them up on sight. The Baumes act,
too, which sends fourth felony Of
fender to prison for life, has no
doubt done much to scare away the
pickpockets."
Moore, who was born in Pennsyl-
vania, joined the police department
in 1907. and, with the exception of
two years during the war, when he
served as lieutenant in the navy, he
has been continuously a member of
the city's finest.
During his quarter of a century
In the detective division he has
worked on many famous cases, but
a lifetime of keeping his own coun-
sci makes it difficult to get him to
reminisce. He Is a slender, quiet
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05

looking individual. whom you'd take
at first sight for a conservative
business man. But one look from
his penetrating blue eyes and you
understand why a crimp was put In
the crime racket during the years
he operated on Fifth avenue be-
tween Forty-fourth and Forty
eighth streets.
Moore was chief arresting officer
when the Gondorf brothers, Charles
and Fred, who were called the wire
tapping kings for their swindling
operations, were started to Sing
Sing.
With this arrest the bunco syndi-
cate that embraced the United
States. Canada, and England was
broken up.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
Iraq, $50 Holidays,
Is Clerks Paradise

Basrah, lraq.-lraq is without
doubt the bank clerks paradise.
1t has more holidays than any
country In the world. a medley
of Christian, Mohammedan, and
Jewish celebrations which alb
sorb more than one-third of each
year.
Most of the subordinate bank
staffs are Jews, without whom
the work could not be carried
on. They have their Saturdays
off, and In addition there are 25
other days on which they do
not work.
There are IL to Is days al
located to the official Moslem
festivals and the banks close on
these as we'll. In addition, there
are 81 Christian Sundays, and
the banks also close on Christ
mas day, the day following
New Year, Good Friday, and
Easter Monday.
Altogether the total bank holi-
days of lraq number around
$50. When they do open the
hours are 80 a. m. to IL noon.
except for period during the
winter, when they open a little
longer. Moreover, one of the
three banks with many branches
In the East pays its British staff
an extra allowance for working
in Iraq.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Polly OF Circus
Now In Pictures

One of the best selling books of
a generation ago, later a ire
mendous stage success, in which
Babel Taliaferro starred for sew
eral seasons, Polly of the Circus"
has now been made into a talking
film and comes to Fox Imperial
theatre tonight and tomorrow with
Marion Davies and Clark Gable
in the leading roles.
The story deals with a beautiful
romance between circus trapeze
artist and young minister to
whose house the circus girl is
brought after being injured in an
accident.
Their romance ripens but brings
the inevitable scandal and when
the minister marries her he loses
his parish. Unable to get work
he is respondent and the girl plans
to make the supreme sacrifice for
him but is prevented by change
in their fortunes which provides a
dramatic climax to the play.
In addition to the two popular
stars, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond
Hatton and a score of other not
ableS are in the cast.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Seven Face Judge
In Police Court

Drunkenness ran a neck and neck
race with vagrancy for the number
each charge brought into police
court this morning, while a charge
of disturbing the peace trailed be-
hind with only one defendant.
Tony Suddeth, 20, C. C. Brown,
81, and Lewis Babbitt, 81, appeared
on charges of vagrancy. Each was
sentenced to 30 days in jail, and
the sentences suspended on condi-
ton they leave town for four
months.
A. r. Hotelling, %, was fined S.
for disturbing the peace, and the
fine was suspended for 80 days on
condition he leave town during
that period.
Fines of $5 were levied against
c. P. Churchill, 26, and Calvin Glib
son, 26, for drunkenness. Churchill
paid 81 and was rleased to pay the
balance, while Gibson was released
on his promise to pay the entire
amount of the fine. K. Sakaba,
45, paid a $40 fine for drunken
ness.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Fire Department
Changes Threads

Change of threads on all Ell Gen.
tro fire equipment from Pacific
Coast standard to national STAN
dard threads began this morning
with crew of three men doing the
work.
This change is being done under
the direction of the state fire
marshal and in conformance with
a state law. When the change is
effected, fire equipment in all val
ley towns may be used interchange
ably.
In El Centro it will be necessary
to change the threads on 100 fire
hydrants, 240 couplings on the $500
feet of fire hose owned by the fire
department, 100 couplings on fire
trucks, threads on the city street
sprinkler and on all equipment at
the city water plant. 1t is antici-
pated more than a week will be re-
quired to complete the transfer.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Local Runners
Capture Honors

Four large gold medals today
adorned members of the Central
Union high school mile relay team
as the result Of a thrilling race
Saturday afternoon in the Long
Beach meeting for track men from
schools with student bodies of over
500 and under 1900.
The Ell Centro team took first
place by combined efforts of Gill
lett, Hartsog, Maiden and Bennett,
in just that order. The victory was
more complete because the Ell
Centro team travelled a greater dis
tance than any other school en-
tered.
After watching Wycoff and
other track stars in exhibition
events, the winners returned to Ell
Centro.
The local victory was the result
of a lead taken by Gillett on the
first lap. The baton, handed to
Hartsog, kept the lead as it was
passed to Madlem, and by Maiden
to Bennett.
Bennett started with a Slight
lead, but the Muir Tech runner,
from Pasadena, passed him on the
first turn and held the lead until
Bennett was able to go around
him on the home stretch, winning
by about three yards.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
EAST SIDE SCHOOL

Thursday we went into Mrs. Cul-
berson's room to sing by the piano.
The music teacher said that we
sang very nicely.-Velma Kiles.
Yesterday they planted some trees
and hedge in our school yard. l
think it will be pretty when they
groW.-MarcuS ValenZuela.
We learned the golden rule song
to surprise Miss Redden, our music
teacher-F'rank CasillaS.
This morning the art teacher
had us draw some eucalyptus trees
for Arbor day. Beatrice Arm
strong.
The art teacher came this morn
ing and we drew trees. At first
started with a round circle. The
teacher said it was wrong. I start
ed again and when I finished, she
said it was very good.-Gazell Davis,
fourth grade items.
Yesterday in our drawing lesson
we drew a mountain with snow on
it. We also drew japanese lady
We thought they were very good.
Antonio Zuleta.
We played the third grade the
other day and they said they were
going to beat US til we cried. We
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Coast Title Is
Won By Bears

BERKELEY, Calf, March Z.
U.P)-The University of California
celebrated today its fifth coast
conference basketball champion
ship in eight years, earned by
dual victory over the stalwarts of
Washington university.
Twenty minutes of inspired
playing Saturday night, in which
all five of Coach Clarence "Nibs"
Prices men combined for their
greatest effort of the season, gave
California a 36 to "a decision which
clinched the title.
While 10000 fans in Oakland
auditorium cheered, the Golden
Bear quintet loosed a daring at
tack that swept Coach "Hec" Ed
mundson's men off their feet and
piled up a % to 8 California lead
in the first half.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
CENTRAL UNION
GIRLS CAPTURE
SATURDAY MEET

Central's girls have won their
third sport championship of the
year from the other schools of the
valley. By very large score, the
Ell Centre Girls track team won
in the meet held on the high school
field, Saturday. Competing for
honors in these events were Calex-
leo, Holtville. and Central. Nearly
all the first, second, and third
places were taken by Ell Centro,
which finished with a score of 73
points against II points of Calexico
and IA won by Holtville.
Results of the various events
were: 80 yard dash-Sherlock, Gen.
tral, first; Doxey, Central, second;
Briggs, Central, third; time; Az
seconds. Fifty yard dash-Beynon,
Central, first; Printz, Central, sec
ond; Waterman, Central, third;
time 2-5 seconds. Seventy-five
yard dash-Powelson, Central, first;
Thomas, Central, second; Langley,
Calexico, third; time 8 is seconds.
One hundred yard dash-Powel-
son, Central, first; Miller, Central,
second; Going, Calexico, third; time
1872 seconds. High jump-Duke,
Holtville, first; Miller, Central, sec
ond; Gray, Calexico, third; dis
tance, four feet, six inches.
Hop, step and jump-Miller, Gen.
tral, first; Powelson, Central, sec
ond; Thomas, Central, third; dis
tances, 33 feet, two inches new
record. Basketball throw for ac-
curacy Holbrook, Central, and
Waterman, Central, tied for first;
Clayton, CaleXico, second; Barley,
CaleXico, third. Javelin throw
Cannon, Central first; Bowley, Gen.
tral, second; Brewster, Calexico,
third; distance, 80 feet, X inches,
(new record.
Baseball dndoor) throw for dis
tance - Wagner, Central, first;
Clevenger, Holtville, second; Hurst,
Central, third; distance l48 feet
31a inches.
Discus throw - Canon, Central,
first; Richmond, Holtville, second;
Carroll, Central, third; distance, 70
feet, 714 inches.
Two-tWenty relay-Central, first;
Calexico, second; Holtville, third;
time, 28.2 seconds. Medley relay
Calexico, first; Central, second;
Holtville, third; time, 80 3-4 Sec
onds.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Three Cars Taken
Over Weekend

A decided lessening of criminal
activity in Imperial Valley during
the weekend saw only three cars
reported to the sheriff's office stol-
en-, instead of the greater number
usually missing Saturday and Sum-
day nights.
Stolen cars were a Dodge coupe,
license 5-W-7952, owned by George
V. Lockhart; a Chevrolet coach,
Foster; and a Ford coupe, license
3R8050, registered to ]. R. Kelly.
The first two were stolen in Calex-
leo and the last in Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Missing Girl
Returns Home

Ruby Lloyd, 13-year-old girl re-
ported missing Friday afternoon. is
safe today at the home of her par
ents south of Seeley, returned there
Saturday night by deputy sheriffs
who located her through a radio
announcement.
The girl told officers she missed
her father Friday when she came
into town with him, and in spite of
several trips to his car, could not
find him. She decided to stay with
acquaintances in Ell Centro Friday
night, she said.
1t was while listening to q radio
announcement the girl first discoy-
cred she had been reported as
missing. Officers were notified,
and turned her over to her par
entS.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Interesting Items Of News
Written For The Press By
Ell CentrO School Pupils

beat them to 0. They looked as
if they wanted to cry. = Edward
Washington.
Last Friday Mrs. Payne's room
played ours. We won. We haG
nine and they had one. I like to
play ball; it's good exercise.-Le-
roy Bellamy, fifth grade items.
Through Mr.. Gruwell, our super
intendent, the schools of El Gen.
tro are having trees and shrubs
planted. Our school grounds look
SO much different with them and
we certainly appreciate them
Louise Mason, seventh grade.
Our school is certainly grateful
to Mr.. Gruwell and the school
board for the lovely plants they
have given us. This will make our
school look like any other city
school grounds. Ruth Payne,
eighth grade.
The boys Of the seventh and
eighth grade made aprons today.
Next Friday we are going to make
some biscuits. One of the boys
only made few stitches in his
apron. - Thomas Craig, eighth
grade.
Our geography lesson today was
about Norway and the regions
around the North Pole. Our teach
er showed some slides of the peo-
pie and their activities in these
places.-Joe Solano, eighth grade.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
British POlOist
Badly Injured

DEL MONTE, Calf, March Z.
U.P(-Capt. c. I. T. PaD Roark,
British international 10-goal polo
ist, was reported in a serious con-
dition today from injuries received
ionship final match here.
Playing yesterday with the Hur-
ricanes, Captain Roark was thrown
heavily in the second period and
his pony rolled on him. Prelimi-
nary examinations at the hospital
indicated he suffered a brain con-
cussion and internal injuries, ply
Sicians said.
With the loss of their star, the
Hurricanes went down to defeat
before the Del Monte Rangers
6 to 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Central Wins
Diamond Tilt

Ell Centros high school baseball
game Saturday showed that fans
may expect a great deal of the
outfit this year, by walloping an
Imperial high school nine, l6 to 4,
in practice game on the local
field
The hitting of McCinston, re-
cruit catcher, featured the game.
He connected three times with the
horSehide, and walked once. SWink
also helped out the Ell Centro
cause considerably by getting three
safe hits.
Fisher and McCinston made up
the batteries for El Centro, with
Fisher keeping Imperials hits well
scattered. The game went only
seven innings. Ell Centre scored IS
hits; Imperial got 4. One error
was chalked up against the local
high school, compared to four
errors for Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Cummings Wins
Oakland Race

OAKLAND, Calf, March 7. U.P)
wild Bill" Cummings, Indianapo-
lis speed driver. showed the way to
a field of the coasts best pilots to
win the 50-mile Oakland speedway
race yesterday in 33 minutes, 10 2-5
seconds, an average of SO miles an
hour
Babe Stapp finished second,
Wilbur Shaw third, Bob Carey
fourth, Ernie Triplett fifth, Sam
Palmer sixth and Lester Spangler
seventh. The first five held their
positions from the tenth lap to
the finish.
Cummings captured a five-mile
dash in 3:l5; Shaw took another
in 3:19, and Chester Gardner the
third in 1928.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
MCKINLEY SCHOOL

Mckinley school planted a tree
in honor of George Washington.
We will receive from the American
Tree association a certificate. This
is given to those planting a tree il
memory of Washington 200 years
after he was born.
In our geography work we are
studying about Norway. We have
learned that their most important
winter sport is skiing. About two
years ago when I lived in Pennsyl-
vania I went skiing a few times.
I thought it great fun.-Jane AL
Under, 4-A.
March 7 is Arbor day. The older
pupils, brought to class Friday,
facts about Burbank and Arbor day.
They have a new tree motto. Fri
day afternoon some trees and
shrubs were planted in front of our
building.
We cut out some birds. Some of
the birds are orange. There are
some green birds, too. We pasted
clothes pins on them. Then we
pinned them on a Wire.-1-B.
We went to Miss Hedricks room
and spelled words for her boys
and girls. We went into Miss Nc
Elvaney's room and Mrs. Couch's
room. We spelled words and wrote
them on the board. We have such
fun.-1-A.
The Indians gathered sea shells.
They made them into strings of
beads. They celled them Wampum
and used them for money. They
traded them for skins and food.
We have learned much about the
Indians. We like the study of In
dians very much.-2-B class.
Emma Jean Welch brought a
large moth to school. We wanted
to find out what kind it was. Mir
lam Larson brought a magazine
with pictures of moths and butter
flies in it. We learned that it
was poplar sphinx. 1t eats the
leaves of willow and poplar trees.
1t laid about rs eggs in the jar
IA class.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07

ed an edge by virtue of having won
the championship the last two
years. That they will be hard put
to retain it, was forecast by fol-
lowers who studied their compile
ton. They start against Alberts
Cleaners, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to-
night.
Day and night play will continue
through the week, with the cham
pionship game run off Saturday
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
Fat Boys Trim
Brawley Nine

Baseball which kept fans on
their toes throughout nine innings
featured the game between Maggie
Fat Boys and the Brawley Colored
Giants at Brawley yesterday aft
ernoon with the locals bringing
home the bacon, 6 TO 4.
The score stood to in favor
of the Fat Boys until the sixth
inning when the Colored Giants
scored twice. The score remained
5 to until the ninth when Braw-
ley made two runs. Maggios at
last made the necessary trip to
bring the record 6 to q.
Austin pitched and McCabe
caught for the locals and prac-
tically every member of the team
appeared to be on n hitting spree
except Hammerslaugh
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-07
WILSON SCHOOL

tuesday morning, Mir. Mcdonald
from the state force of the motor
squad spoke to us on Safety First"
He told us how to cross the street,
where to ride our bicycle, and which
side of the street to walk on. 1t
would be good idea to follow the
rules he gaye.-Ruth Riddle, 8-A-2.
In Mrs VOLTS art class our next
subject is to draw a picture of avi-
alton in some foreign country
Thelma Land, 8-A-2.
The last theme that the TAI
class wrote was about safety rules.
We could have conversation or a
writing. I wrote a conversation
theme.-Marjorie Chikakise, TAI.
Last week for music we were as
signed to have a program, ready
for this week. We had it today and
it turned out quite successful. Lor-
ena Sweeney and I sang Polly
Wolly Doodle. The boys glee club
sang white. I thought it was
very good and we'll planned-An-
ita Meyers, 7-B-2.
In one of our classes we have a
bowl of goldfish. One of the fish
started to eat the other one so we
had to get another bowl for it,
David Roberts, 8-B-1.
In social studies room we are
studying the constitution of the
United States. 1t is very hard
Virginia Bozart, 8-A-2.
The 8-B class is going to organ
ize a club. The purpose of this is
to make scrap books for cripple
children, orphans and others. We
are going to collect different pic
lures. Some of the children sug-
gest we make books on homes. I
hope we can make quite a number
of interesting books with attractive
covers.-Dorthy Mall, 8-B-1.
Last Monday, Mrs. Walker and
our class went to visit the telephone
office, Wednesday we wrote a letter
to the telephone office and thanked
Mr.. Kliegel, Mr.. Snuffin, and the
telephone operators for showing us
"Reminiscences Cameron, 7-B.