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Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
POLICE KILL
ESCAPED LION

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. l9. (U.P)-
A densely- packed crowd of $4,000
persons was thrown into panic
here today when lion Of the
Hagenbeck- Wallace circus escaped
from a cage during street parade.
The lion tore from its prison
soon after the parade left the
state fair grounds and swung down
Boulevard avenue. 1t trotted men
acingly half a block, driving thou
SANDS of men, women and child
rem before it.
Then a circus horse strayed in
its path. The beast sprang upon
the animal and claWed it to pieces
in a few seconds.
Meanwhile circus attendants and
police assembled. They succeed
ed in cornering the lion in the yard
Of the American Radiator Works
and shot it to death.
One man, wounded when po-
liceman shot at the lion and
missed, was taken TO hospital.
His condition was not believed SER
iOuS
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
Storage Tank Is
Ignited When Hit
By Lightning Bolt

COALINGA, Calf, Sept. 10. U.P)
lightning set fire to 10000 bar
rel oil storage tank near here today
and endangered a number of other
tanks in the vicinity.
The tank. owned by the Shell Oil
company, was struck by bolt dur
ing a violent electric storm about IL
a. m. and stiil was burning fiercely
late today. Shell and Standard Oil
company crews joined forces in an
attempt to halt the fire, which
threatened to spread to number
of Standard company tanks nearby.
The storm, according to reports
received here, was general over the
west side of the San Joaquin valley
CORCORAN, Calf, Sept. 10. U.P)
Leo Green, tractor driver on the
Nick Weis ranch near here, was
struck by lightning and knocked un
conscious today during heavy
thunderstorm. He was able to re
turn to his home after first aid
treatment.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
Passengers Cain,
Though Faced By
Possible Crash

ST. PAUL, Sept. 10. U.p)-Mal B.
Freeburg, Northwest Airlines veter-
an pilot, today praised the calmneSS
of five passengers who joked while
he maneuvered his big plane to {
safe landing when the retractable
landing gear jammed
Freeburg took off from st. Paul
with the passengers and copilot
John Woodhead for Chicago, via
Minneapolis Over Minneapolis he
discovered the landing gear was
jammed. He was ordered py radio to
return to St. Paul.
While Freburg circied over st.
Paul for an hour and 40 minutes,
Woodhead joked with the passen-
gers, telling them there was no dan
ger. On the ground large crowd
attracted by ambulanceS and fire
engines gathered.
Freeburg emptied his gasoline
tanks and skidded to a safe land
ing. The propeller was bent and the
bottom of the ship dented, but none
was injured.
The passengers were Mr. and Mrs
C. w. Shilling, Celia Hanslick of Los
Angeles and Ann BeckStrom of st
| Paul.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
BAT TIE
WAGES OVER
OIL LEASES

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10. U.P) -
Attorneys briefs were under prepar-
alton today as the next step in the
long fight between the Associated
Oil company and the Hartman
Ranch company over management
Of the famous Hartman and Lloyd
oil leases in the Ventura oil fields.
The briefs must be filed in 10 days
to obtain review by the state su-
preme court of the decision under
which a Ventura county superior
court awarded the ranch company
$500, 700 damages, but re-veSted man
agement of the leases in the oil
company. The oil company appealed
the decision.
The ranch owners suit had asked
S2,076.747 damages and cancellation
of the lease, on the complaint that
the oil company had not properly
protected the Hartman lease from
drainage by drilling offset wells and
that the oil company had not drill
ed wells on the lease which would
reach deeper strata. where it was
claimed richer deposits lay.
The transcripts disclosed that of
the approximate 31,1l8,106 barrels
of oil and the 1884 ,842 cubic feet
of gas estimated to have lain un-
der the leases, 1916, ,766 barrels of
oil and 81 1,547, ,686, ,628 cubic feet of
gas had been Withdrawn at the
time the SiIit WAS filed
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
Motorist Is Held
On Serious Charge

Charged as a hit and run and
reckless driver, Charles Walker of
Brawley was booked at the county
Jail early this morning following
his arrest by two members of the
county highway patrol.
According to the report at the
traffic office, Walker is said 10
have struck car belonging to l..
belmont of Los Angeles while the
latter was parked off the pave
ment about a mile west of West
morland at lis clock this morn
ing. belmont was changing a tire
at the time. Walker, it is said in
the report, failed to stop after
striking the other car and was ar
rested by the officers several miles
from the scene of the accident.
belmont was not injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
FOR
PLATFORMS To
Be DRAWN Up
tCOntir.eed Prom Page u

ing a platform liberal enough to
+ counteract some of the effects of
/ Sinclair's EPIC plan.
Because of the reported strength
/ Of Sinclair. Merriam leaders felt it
was essential TO offer the electorate
program far more progressive
than might ordinarily be expected.
The candidate drawing the next
largest amount of interest was Ray
mond L. Haight. who won the Pro
greSsive and Commonwealth party
nominations. His convention was
likely to be a one-man affair. how
ever, since only nominees and hold
over state and United States Sena-
tors are official delegates to the
various party conventions.
Approximately $50 delegates will
attend each the Republican and
Democratic conventions.
They will select convention chair
men, draw up platforms, and elect
state central committee members.
The committees will meet here Sep
tember 90.
In addition to the two major par
ties, the Progressive, Common
wealth, Prohibition, Socialist, Com
muniSt and Liberty parties qualified
to hold conventions. Democrats will
meet in the assembly chamber-the
largest room in the Capitol because
that aSsemblage was expected to
draw the most spectators.
Patrick j. Cooney, Los Angeles at
torney, and candidate for attorney
general, was being booster for chair
manship of the Democratic conven-
ton, while Fred E. Stewart, member
of the state board Of equalization,
was mentioned most prominently
for the Republican Craftsmanship.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
LITTLE HOPE
THOUGHT FOR
EARLY BREAK
lCOntiilued From Page Il


union leader, ordered pickets to as
semble outside national guard bar.
ricades.
Violence Breaks Out
The death toll in the general tex.
tile strike mounted to Is today as
violence flared in New England and
the south. ...4 -
A striker died of bayonet wounds
at Belmont, N. c., to add the latest
fatality.
Georgia state troops maintained
martial law over many textile cen
ters. Approximately $50 pickets were
interned in a barbed wire camp. Six
more mills were reopened.
Maine guardsmen arrested 10
pickets from contingent of 225
girls who had marched to Lewiston
to force closing of plant. Several
were injured in riot in Waterville,
Me.
In Saylesville, r. l., scene of re-
cent strike warfare, the Sayles fin
ishing plant was reopened. Pickets
were peaceful and state troops had
no trouble maintaining order. other
plants in the state opened under
similar conditions.
In Washington, further peace ne.
gotiations were held in allegiance
pending a report on the strike from
President Roosevelt's special board.
Findings were expected to go to Sec
retary of Labor Perkins today, who
would transmit them to the Presi-
dent.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
SENATE BILLS
SEEK RELIEF
IN PAYMENTS
CONTINUED rom page -

paid either by way of penalties or
otherwise.
The second of these is Senate
Bill No. 6 and was introduced by
Senator Hulse. 1t is an act TO
amend certain sections of the po-
litical code relating to tax delin-
quencies, penalties, costs and re-
demptions and declaring the meas
ure to be based on an emergency
which will give it immediate ef-
feet.
This bill provides that where real
estate has been sold to the state on
or before September l, 1884. for de-
Hnuuent taxes and the state has
not disposed of the same, the per-
son whose estate has been sold Or
his heirs. shall, within six months
from date of the sale. have the
right to elect to pay such delin-
quent taxes in installments, TO be
determined by the county auditor
and by the payment of each of such
installments, together with interest
as prescribed, to extend the per-
iod of redemption Of this real estate
and to postpone the date of its
sale at public auction as provided
in the code. A declaration of in
tention to redeem this property
must be filed with the county aud
itor by persons seeking this right
of redemption within six months
from the time of the sale.
The third bill which is in the
form of a senate constitutional
amendment introduced by Senator
Swing of San Bernardino county
refers to the proposed state bond
issue to raise funds for unemploy-
ment relief. The sum of s24,000, ,000
is set for this bond issue and it is
provided that the entire revenues
of the state shall be applicable 10
the payment of these bonds. II
further provides for the formation
of a state board TO handle the dis
bursement of funds gained through
the sale of these bonds for relief
purposes.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19

woman for So, he is not yet free of
court entanglements. counsel for
Mrs. Maid Gilfillan. wealthy widow.
indicated today.
Her attorneys said that action
may be taken against Cobb to re-
cover SO 100 allegedly loaned him by
the widow.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
Search Is Started
For Missing Girl

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10. U.P) -
Upon information furnished by St.
Louis police, Los Angeles officers
today launched search for Helen
Silverman, Is, of st. Louis.
The st. Louis authorities said
Charles Heaton, 16, returned to the
Missouri city and told them he had
left the girl in Los Angeles with two
men they had picked up in Phoenix,
Arizona.
He and the girl, he said had left
st. Louis, July 80, on a cross coun-
try hitch.h hike.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
Valley Methodists
Elect NeD Officers

At a recent meeting of the Meth
odist Ministers association of the
valley Rev. F. w. Hewlett of I'M
perial was elected president and
Rev A. D. Buffers, of Ell Centre,
secretary treasurer for the ensuing
year. The next meeting will be
held in Imperial October l.
MethodistS throughout the val
ley will be glad to know that DR..
James A. Geissinger, district super
intendent of the San Diego district
of Methodism, who has been SER
iously i'll for the past three months
is now home from the hospital and
well on the road to recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
RELIEF COSTS HIGH

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 10. UP
Unemployment relief in Los An
geles county for the past fiscal
year has cost s43, ,443 500 an aver
age of sl9 per capita, special
SERA bureau Of research reported
today.
Based on present expenditures,
the cost during the present fiscal
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
Control Committee
Met Here Today

Members of the valley S corn-hog
control association IS committee
were meeting this morning in the
court house to secure a list of
names for the first check-off
which must be completed and in
the office before the producers re-
ceive their next checks from the
federal government.
November Is is the date when
the next checks will be issued
amounting to 1-5 of the total
amount due. Growers have already
received 2-5 and the balance will
be paid later.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
School Official
GiUen State Honor

Roger NJ. V. Walton, attendance
supervisor for the county schools
just received word today of an hon
or given him: he was appointed 70
the executive board for the rural
school supervisors association of
Southern California.
Walton will attend the meeting
of the board 10 be held Monday,
September "a. in Pomona.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
Hay GroUers Hold
BraDley Meeting

Members Of Imperial Valley Hay
Growers association met yesterday
in Brawley to discuss the policy
for the coming year and to con-
slider applications for membership.
Due TO the fact that many OF The
members have not returned to the
valley, the meeting lacked a quor-
um but informal discussion was
held and plans formulated for the
year
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
BOARD MEMBERS RESIGN

LOS ANGELES, Sept. ls. up
designations of four members OF
the consulting board of engineers
of the Los Angeles flood control
district were handed to Supervisor
Hugh A. Thatcher today by Sam
uel M. Fisher, new chief engineer
of the district.
Those who resigned were c. F.
Tolma, Louis c. Hill. G. A. Elliott
and Rush Sill.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19

! Gun Reported Stoien-The sher-
iff s office has been notified that a
1920 Spanish type revolver has
been stolen from Del Stinson of
] Holtville.
The Finest natural raw milk is
produced by the Vencill Dairy.
All milk bottled and handicapped
on the ranch from their own herd.
Phone ll23-R. 1st5
For Farnsworth Guernsey Milk
phone 655. Highest testing herd
for 10 consecutive years. Why not
have the best? lift
was granted a building permit this
morning for repairs TO a dwelling
at $50 Lenrey avenue, 500.
Carmen Gibson Music Studio -
Private and class instruction in
violin and piano. Rates reasonable.
142 North Eighth st. Phone l044.
l7tf
WOoda Blesy, Dancing School.
723 Orange. Phone 1888. l5t26
Extension Head Due-George L.
Winwright. assistant farm advisor,
received word this morning that
Prof L. B. Smith. state leader of
farm advisors, will visit the local
extension service office tomorrow.
Ruth T. Reid Piano studio,
523 Holt avenue. Phone 236. Mod
ern studio equipment and meth
DDS including the Creative System.
Glass or private instruction.
Rhythm Orchestra, Harmony, The
ory, History. Accredited. l7tf
Oria Kenah - Piano and theory,
class and individual lessons; pre-
instrumental classes. Phone l89-W.
$50 Olive. 17tf
Visits Branches = Romaine Rich
mond, county librarian visited the
Caiexico district today, taking books
to the branch library and to the
schools.
Academy of Music - Elmer A.
Todd. director, Estelle Livingston,
associate. Rates to suit the times.
632 Olive. Phone 466. l4tf
Hazel Baker piano studio, 665
He'll. Glass and individual instruc-
tions. 12tf
Russell Lewis III Russell Lewis
of this city was taken i'll recently
and moved to the mountain cabin
belonging to his brother DR.. B. Lew
is of Brawley.
Mirrors Resilyered - Phone 673.
1876
DIR. Il. c. Clemons. denrist pro-
tessional bldg Phone 245.
m VT IT
Notice-we have sold the produce
department in our store at 653
Main ST., El Centro to Al Burke
and will no longer be responsible
for bills incurred by it. Piggly
Wiggly. l9t1
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
CORN STALK is PROLIFIC

SEATTLE W.P)-Multiple births
in Ontario and elsewhere had minor
parallels at Seattle. George L. Neil
exhibited eight ears of corn grow
ing from a single stem. Homer M.
Phelps found ten peaches growing
from one stem in his orchard.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
Arizona Man Finds
Legal Road Rough

SAN JOSE, Calf, Sept 10. U.H
Although Henry Cobb. Prescott.
Ariz., settled his 100000 breach of
promise suit against a San Jose
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19

Caroline Contract Awarded-The
board OF supervisors yesterday af-
ternoon awarded a contract to the
Signal OIL company to supply gas
oline to the different road districts
for the period from October l to
December 81
Triple-A Water at Snerwood's.
DIR. A. II. Hanson. dentist. New
Professional Bldg. Phone 88. Off
Call &c for Sunland Dairy Ser
vice. Grade A, raw and pasteurized
milk. If
Slot Machine Reeovered-A bat
tered slot machine with stand we're
found by local police late last night
on the sidewalk near Fourth and
State streets They were taken to
headquarters while a search is
made for the owner.
Practical Nursing. Call Mrs. L.
Hart. 692 Vine St, FL Centro.
Phone 789-R. Is tlmo
Wednesday = Chicken pie day
Sherwood's. t " If
Now Open-Mikuni Chop Suey.
We serve Sukiyaki and Chinese
dishes, beer and Wine. 534 Broad
way. Phone 233, El Centre. l8t2
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19
CUP RACE POSTPONED

ABOARD U.S.C.G.C. ARGO, off
Newport, R. l., Sept. 49, U.P)-To-
days Americas cup heat, third Of
the series, was postponed due to
lack of adequate wind.
year will exceed $50, 100000, or more
than $23 per capita, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19

union leader, ordered pickets to as
semble outside national guard bar.
,-,n
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19

TripIe-A Water at snerwood's.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-19

DIR. A. b. Hanson, dentist. New
Professional Bldg. Phone 88. Off
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
By CHARLOTTE I'd. MERRIAM

 All through her life Veronica had waited, just as her mother had waited before she was born. Silent months they were with not a word from her man Jerry. Jerry had left the house that stormy night after the quarrel. He was always quarrelsome when he had been drinking. That was Jerry's tenn perament for you. A finer, more lovable lad would have been hard to find when he was sober. Veronica's mother had told her all about her father in those early days before she had died. How she had waited and longed for his re- turn! What foolish quarrel it had been after all-she couldn't even remember what it was about. Some little word she had said and then he had fiared up-wasn't that the way all quarrels started? Then he had left. Gone madly, blindly, out into the storm.
 She had never given up their rose covered cottage. Here her baby had been born. Jerry had never known about the baby!
 He'll come back some day." she would say to Veronica, "he'd been here before this if he had known about you"
 The years went on and he didn't come. The grandmother, a sweet, kindly old lady. would shake her head, and say, "Stop fretting, lass, he's gone for good" The younger woman persisted, "No, no, I know he'll come back"
 To the day of her death, which occurred when Veronica was 12 years old, she had faith that he would return.
 Keep the light in the window" she had breathed as she lay dying.
 After that the grandmother had placed the light in the window each night. The child watched for her father.
 When the children talked of their fathers she even bragged a little about hers. How tall and handsome he was with his curling hair and his piercing black eyes!
 With the cruelty of thoughtless children, when he did not come, they twitted her with not having father. The child hid the hurt deep in her breast.
 Later, in her teens, she seldom spoke of her father. He hadn't come. Perhaps he never would come.
 At 19 she fell in love with one of the neighborhood boys. "Ie re- minds me of your father" her grandmother said, "the same kind of hair and eyes"
 At this Veronica had felt cold bangs of doubt. How could her sweetheart measure up to her true ideal, her lost father? Perhaps it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23

might have been her children.
 The picture of her father had | long faded from her memory. Morx from force of habit than through any thought of her fathers return she still placed the lighted iamr | in the window.
 Forty years old. She looked every day of her age. Her fine hair was graying at the temples. her shoulders little stopped, the soft curves Of her face had long since given place to thin shallow- ness. She lived alone in the little l cottage, which her grandmother had left her.
 Then one day her father came.
 Tn spite of his age and the strangeness of his clothes, shs knew him.
 He stood there before her on the porch, matted gray hair bristling head toward her apologetically. He was looking at her with red-veined, watery eyes.
 Veronica searched his face for a trace Of that idealized person who had been her father. The floods of expectacy which she had damned up within herself through- out a lifetime oozed away with the sigh that escaped from between her thin, bluish lips. She bent her head, defeated.
 The old man was speaking. Nigh on forty years since I left the old town. Been out west gold mining-deSert rat some folks called me. Used to live right here - He glanced around with curious disappointment. Never know this house. seems like. It looks so gosh blamed oldi" Old! Veronica's face muscles tautened, and her eyes began to blaze. But almost immediately her anger was dissipated away. Old? Of course 1t was old. So was she old, grown old waiting and watch | ing for this absolute, paupered old man; grown dry and withered teaching the children of the man she should have married-
 The aged man was kicking at a rotted board in the porch floor. Just thought I'd like to come back and see the old lady. Don't supp pose I'd recognize her now, though. | odys SuuOeHly, you LOOK a DlL like her. Wouldn't be any rela- | tion-?"
 "No relation" she said. The old man nodded. Course" he unused. Suppose the old lady married again anyways. Been a long time since left. Didn't seem it til I got here, though" A long time! Two lifetimes of waiting, her mothers and her own; two lifetimes wasted for this prod - iga1 father, insolent1y expecting to return for the fatted calf after 40 years! Veronica glared at him bit terly.
 ":The Travellers hotel is down the street, she said. "It's clean, and they serve good meals"
 The old man bowed quaintly and shuffled away. It seemed to ve- ronica that the ghost of g. dream fiuttered and died away with his receding footsteps.
 That night through force of habit Veronica set the lighted lamp in the window.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23

Following recreation of the Captain Cooks cottage" at Mel bourne, Australia, after 1t had been transported stone by stone from Great Ayton, England, the Great Ayton parish council de- clared that 1t is doubtful whether the navigator ever visited the building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
DAILY SHORT STORY
 CHILD OF HATE Veronicas Father Left Home Before She Was Born,
 but She Devoted Lifetime to His Memory.

was this; perhaps it was a quarrel A year later her fiance had mar ried one of her girlhood chums.
 Veronica was teaching school af 25. Each day she hurried home C care for her grandmother who Wel now totally blind. A few short years passed and she was feachfnE the children of the boy to whom she had once been engaged. They
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
Answers to Previous Questions

HHSWcFS 10 I'feVlOUS tgtlcStIOnN DRESIDENT OSEV ELT flew from Albany. N. r.. to Chicago, on July l, 1892, to ad- dress the Democratic conven. tion upon his nomination. The First Division entered the fight ing line in the Luneville sector, near Nancy. each unit attached to corresponding French unit. The Davey Tree Expert Com. pany of Kent. O., gave the for < estry course for men intending to. join it's tree surgery insti- tute,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23

might have been her children.
 The picture of her father had long faded from her memory. Morz from force of habit than through any thought of her fathers return she still placed the lighted iamr in ffe vvindow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23

Tomorrow: ssHis Grudge," by Buck Hathaway, is the amazing account of the actions of Mir Gresham's new neighbor, who in- troduced himself by informing Gresham he intended to beat him up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-27

thony and everything else but tho doings next door. The only tnlki were between Anthony and Pat and of no real use to anybody, be. cause they were already agreed about everything.
 Pats father announced that night at dinner that he had found solution of his problem. "ITS HIGH, BUT
 IT'S WORTH TT'
 "It comes high. but it's worth it I'm going to offer that lunatit twenty dollars apiece for his cedar trees, they to be my property but emain where they arc. Except the camel. The camel I'm going to cut
 But, SPat began, "do you think--?" ..
 T do. I happen to know he can't
 "That's q lot of money these days" Anthony said, flor some trees growing in another fellows yard"
 "It is. But I figure the moral ef. feet on Matt as worth something. Worth, in fact, Q good deal. "
 "He's right" Pat said, when he had gone over, check in hand. '"Thjngs look better."
 But he was back before they thought he'd had time to take tho few steps 1t was, much less do any talking.
 "The old jackass!" no snorted. "He wouldn't take it!" And he stamped off to bed.
 "Y0u couldn't" Pat said the next morning, ''stay over just one moro day, could you Anthony? This ono's going to be a total flop! He's hay. ing n real attack. poor old dear"
 Not and keep my job," Anthony said,