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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-13
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
October l3, 1914

Mrs. G. D. Mellor OF SeeIey has
gone to San Diego for II visit.
Manager Elliott of the FL Cen
tro airdome is improving his popu-
lar theatre by enclosing it with a
roof.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-13
LOCAL TEMPERATURES

LOCAL TEMPE DATURES
data compiled by Howard En-
mons, local observer for the unit
ed States weather bureau0
Maximum yesterday .................... SO
Minimum today .,............................ 80
Reading at Noon Today
Temperature
Humidity 10
Reading at 5 a. m. Today
Temperature ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. b4
Humidity Al
Reading at p. m. Yesterday
Temperature ..-.-............-......,.,....... 30
Humidity ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-13

Miss Lurline Clark, Calistoga,
Napa county, was voted Queen of
the Vineyard at the state fair,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-13

Fifty new educational motion
pictures have been added to the IL
brary OF the University Of California
department of visual education and
are available for use by civic and
Evening star., 1934-08-25
In Capital Letters
Secretary Ickes' Absence Causes Quandary on
Proper Stationery to Be
Used.

Chief clerks whispered with assistant
bureau chiefs. Finally somebody
thought of Mr.. Wright. I don't know
his first name-but I do know that he
was the Emily Post for the bureau
Send the buffalo" he counseled.
No crisis this Saturday. Secre-
tdTy Ickes is in totUn. The Buffalo
is mandatory.
No Question on Dress.
Back IN Chicago, I once foolishly
declined an invitation to dinner
aboard a yacht, because I didn't
know what to wear. Dinner aboard
the presidential yacht, Sequoia, holds
no such terrors. The President wears
q pair of rather baggy trousers, a
white shirt, open at the throat, and
no tie, and a slouch hat. CNot the
hat to dinner, don't be absurb) The
women, if they are wise, wear jersey
sweaters and slacks.
Glancing today at the new edition
Of the Congressional Cook Book
put out by the Congressional Club,
and filled with the favorite recipes
of the spouses of Congressman, Am
bassadors and cabinet members,
came upon social - suggestions u
written by the club president, Mrs.
Clarence Dill, spouse of the senior
Senator from the State Of Washing
ton. The following is verbatim;
Don't pick the teeth at the table.
But if one is absolutely unhappy with
out paying that little attention to
Evening star., 1934-08-25
NORTHWEST FIRES
WHIPPED BY WINDS
Avery, Idaho, Blaze Causes Most
Concern to Foresters-0ne
Out of Control.

ny the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash, August 25.-
vagaries of the wind caused Pacific
Northwest forest fire fighters concern
today.
Foresters were most worried about
the Avery, Idaho, fire, which had
Jumped ahead again to the northeast.
On 20 miles of line over rough and
steep territory crews strove to quell
the fire.
The McLendon Butte fire in the
Selway also spread Unexpectedly into
the Bimberick Greek drainage basin
until it covered $1,000 acres. The
Martin Creek fire in the Selway For
est and the Big Rock Greek burn In
the Clearwater Forest also spread.
Northwestern Oregon experienced
Its first serious fire of the season on
Green Mountain, near Buston, as fire
ate its way toward several farms. One
was believed burned and two others
were in danger.
Seventy-five men were ordered tc
the Skull Greek fire in the Payette
Forest of Southern Idaho as the blaze
roared out Of control. -Four hundred
men have been virtually powerless
against the blaze in its northward
course.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Marriage Licenses.

Blanche Cromwell. 2e. Baltimore. Nd:
Rev. Kenneth Carson.
Hogen l. Cradle. 80. Henry. Tenn. and
Phyllis z. Lee. 2s. Miami Fla; Rev.
O. Hiss Ellsworth fA1 Barrett. e7. 2as Cromwell
lain. "a, winchester. Va; Rev. Jared
kingdom q. widon. 25. and Mildred M.
Scott. %. both OF 4341 Chesapeake ST.;
Nathaniel Metts. 21. 746 Twelye-and-a a.
half ST.. and Louise Hawkins, 10. Rail-
road ave. Sc; Rev Mitchell Wilcox.
Leon z. Rice. 23. 231O Georgia ave. and
Naomi Z. Bolden; Is. 1924 9th ST.; Rev.
George o. Bullock
Joseph A. Kaufman. %. 1874 Columbia
rd.. and Helen J. Cohn: ~ 29O1 Con-
Charles @; Curtin. il ~ sos Kenyon ST..
David H Selsky. %, ;35i l. ST. sw and
Ida s. Horwitz 23. 2921 11th ST.. Rabbi
George Silverstone.
Eorvelle W. Sharpe. ir. SO. and Bessie r.
Gardner. 81. both Of Silver Spring. Md;
Rev. w. s. Abernethy.
David H.. Hodges, 81. 142S list St. and
Anna E. Derricks. 80. 31S, New York
AYE; aye; Rev Ernest J Green; E,s,o v,aw.u
10, both of Alexandria. Va; Rev. L. /,
Rainer W. schickele. 90. 72o Jackson pl..
and Elizabeth wilcox. 20. 3S43 Chesa-
peake St. Judge Robert E. Mattingly.
Charles A. Coles. IS. 919 Westminster St,
and Margaret HairSton, %. 1912 Co.
lumbia rd.; Rev. Dennis J. Edwards.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
DRAMA OF EARLY MARYLAND
CHARLES COUNTY FAIR FEATURE

crown granted each redemptioner SO
acres of land. This, with certain
articles Of food and clothing from the
former master. constituted their re-
muneration for the four years Of
service.
In this pantomime drama Mrs.
Coontz pictures the life and customs
of the early lords and ladies of South
ern Maryland. The story Is woven
around Capt. James Neale, settler Of
Cobb Neck. purchased with Spanish
Cobb money (from which it gets its
name). and Lord of Wollaston Manor.
his lovely daughter, Henrietta Maria,
namesake and godchild of the Queen;
Col. Digges, DR.. Barber, Squire Hat
ton. Col. Hanson and their ladies and
families; Richard Bennett of Wye
House. Annapolis, and Philip Truman,
redemptioner. Colonial life with these
individuals will be carefully portrayed,
interviewer with fictitious love story
between Henrietta Maria and the re-
demptioneg.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
FUNERAL TOMORROW
FOR C. R. M'INT0SH
P. W. A. Engineer Succumbs to
Burns Received in Gaso-
line Blast.

Colin Ross Mcintosh, Public Works
Administration engineer, died in
Detroit yesterday, his 35th birthday
anniversary, from burns received
Tuesday when cabin cruiser caught
fire in Detroit Harbor. The boat be-
longed to Charles P. ONeill, of the
legal staff Of the P. w. A. With a
party of friends the men were pre-
pairing to sail to Buffalo, through the
canal and down the Hudson, con-
tinuing down the coast to Chesapeake
Bay. Others who were burned are
recovering, according to an Associated
Press dispatch.
Mr.. Mcintosh had lived in Wash
ington for two or three years at 32l7
Connecticut avenue. He was born In
Fayetteville, w. Va. Funeral services
and burial will be tomorrow at his
former home, Huntington, w. Va,
where he was contractor and mining
engineer. Mr.. Mcintosh also had lived
in Coudersport, Pa, where he edited
the Eastern State Oil and Gas Weekly.
He is survived by three sisters, Miss
Jean Mcintosh and Mrs John Sowards
of New York. and Mrs. j. F. Gieske
of Washington; his father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Mcintosh, and
three brothers, George and Robert of
Washington, and Frank Mcintosh of
Huntington, w. Va.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Radio Strikers
Weakening Under
Record Fasting
BrOddcdsters Ignore Of
fer of Back Pay.
ShOw Strain.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO, D. F., August 25.-A
physician announced over the air from
Mexico's radio hunger strike station
today that a majority of the strikers
were "prostrated" and showing SYM
toms Of weakened hearts and general
nervousness.
The diagnosis of the physician, who
Is attached to Red Cross tent out
side the emergency station, came Just
after the employees claimed two
records on entering their fourth food
less and sleepless day.
This morning the artists, an
nouncers, electricians and mechanics
had been broadcasting nearly 100
hours and had been without food and
sleep for 81 hours. This, they said,
was a record for group hunger strike
A check, understood to be for 1000
pesos, was furnished by the Pam
American Radio Co. for part payment
of the back salaries for which the
workers are striking. The company
was reported to have offered to pay
the balance Of approximately 1000
pesos within eight days. but the strike
went on,
Evening star., 1934-08-25

ones mouth, place the toothpick be-
hind a napkin and attend to the mat
ter unostentatiously."
Mrs. Dill (,Dho used to be Gen.
Rosalie Jones, rich and resolute
suffrage leader, tDrote that aduice,
doubtless, for the aid OF the con-
gressional iUife, notU famed IN local
history, ,Uho, tUhen asked hotD her
husband iDds making out as a
Statesman at the Capital, replied:
"Oh, Pas gettin' along just fine.
He EFT out ttoice last Deek."
Twice is just once more than Chief
Justice Hughes would "eat out" In
any week. One dinner invitation
a week. That's his ruling. There is
never a dissenting opinion from the
misSus.
Copyright. 1894. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc0
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Deaths Reported.

Annie T. Seaman. 81. 37l1 Huntington st.
Louise Seward 90. Garfield Hospital.
Albert F. Meem, 81. GEORGETOWN Hospital.
Mary E Bennett, 73, st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital.
Lena Lane. 72. sibley Hospital.
Archibald Pool Il. 1907 Eye st.
Jessie A. Legge. 80. st. Elizabeths Hos
James R. Tennyson. 5s. AIT 18th st. Sc.
Nelson H. HUFF. 56 1909 35th st.
William Weatherall, 55, 439 18th st. Sc.
John J. Pepper. so. Providence Hospital
Margaret Roberts 81 Emergency Hospital.
Louise Zimmerman, 81, Homeopathic Hos
Mary a. Edwards. 81 Walter Reed Gen.
eral Hospital.
Rease Semo. II. Emergency Hospital.
Alfred White GA Garfield Hospital.
Samuel Johnson, 81, 10 Defrees ST.
Louis Gordon. 81. l30 N st. Sc.
Elamara Thomas alias Mary Butler, 43
Gallinger Hospital.
Louis Whitby 3S. st. Elizabeth's Hospital
James Watts, 35 1850 Wisconsin ave.
Evelyn Harper. "a, 1923 Prospect ave.
Marcellus Bellheld. II, Gallinger Hospital
Joseph Waters ] Gallinger Hospital.
Infant Francis Simms. Children's Hospital
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA. Md, August 25.-The
story of the redemptioner in early
Maryland history has been dramatized
by Mrs. Kathleen Read Coontz and
will be presented as one of the cpl
sodes to the queen and court of the
Magic Weed" at Charles County Fair
on September % and %.
This phase of Maryland history has
been used as the theme for novels
but has never before been dramatized.
During the early colonization OF
Maryland there were many persons
of the mother country desirous of
venturing forth to the new shores who
were unable to pay their passage.
Numbers of them. from all classes,
gentlemen and commoners, indentured
themselves for four years to wealthy
planters, who paid their passage and
used their labor for the four years.
These indentured servants became
known as redemptioners. At the ex-
piration Of their term Of service the
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Curley Club Will Picnic.

A picnic has been planned for the
Curley Club of Washington at the
Summer cottage of John B. Townshend
in North Beach tomorrow. After
swimming, boating and q picnic din
ner, members of the club will assemble
at the Continental Hotel, where Rev.
Francis J. Kelly, spiritual director,
will be the guest Of honor.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Births Reported.

John and Dorothy Payne. boy
Robert and Mildred Nash. boy.
Washington and Gladys Williams, girl.
John and lola Bell. girl
Glenn and Ruth Unzicker, girl.
Daniel and Myra Reichgut, girl.
Harry and Ethel Orme girl.
Richard and Violet Cottrill. boy.
Holmes and Beatrice Hansford. boy.
Nathaniel and Dorothy Mundell. boy.
RAYMOND and Clora Holt. boy.
Walter and Lillian Hansberry, boy.
Everett and Dorothy Smith. boy.
James and Helen Curtis. girl.
Albert and Isabelle Brown, girl.
Walter and Lille Scott. girl.
r. Hrmond and Mary Gains, girl.
Evening star., 1934-08-25

tributing agents. The. indictment
charges the mails were used in q
scheme to defraud.
The suspect was arrested In Califor-
mia, where he jumped bond. Post
ONCE inspectors found him in Mime
apolis. The complaint here will be
used If he should fight removal to New
York. Authorities said they expected
he would 60 voluntarily.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
TEXANS TO SELECT
GOVERNOR TODAY
Two Aspirants From Same
Precinct in Democratic
Run-off.
ny the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, August 25.-Two as
pirants for the governorship Of Texas.
living In the same Wichita Fails pre-.
cinct, awaited the outcome today OF
the Democratic run-off primary cleo
tion.
Aroused by caustic stump charges,
close TO q million Democrats we're ex-
pected to cast ballots which will land
James v. Alfred, attorney general, or
Tom r. Hunter. an attorney, n the
Governors chair. The winner is vir-
tually conceded the governorship for
the Republican party In the State
carries only q few thousand scattered
votes.
Although Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson
has withdrawn from politics, the
name of her husband, James E. Fer
guson, once impeached as chief execu-
tive, has been injected into The run
of campaign.
Ferguson actively supported c. c.
Mcdonald in the first primary, but
when his man trailed a poor third,
he re-entered the aren1 for the run
of by espousing Hunters cause. Alfred
made it a campaign iscue and retail
lated by charging Hunter had made
q political trade" with Ferguson
which would carry Hunters indorse-
ment OF "Fightin' Farmer Jim" for
national Democratic committeeman
from Texas
Hunter answered that Ferguson'S
support came If his own free will and
that If elected, he would enter the
Governors office free of obligations.
Only two congressional races were
forced into the run-off, w. D. Nc
Farlane faces Sam p Spence in the
thirteenth district, and Morgan San
ders is opposed by Herman Puckett
In the third.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
U. S. EXPORTS IN JULY
RISE TO $161,787,OOO
Figure for Month Compares With
$144, los, 900 for Same
Period in 1888.

By the Associated Press.
Preliminary Commerce Department
figures showed today that exports oi
American goods during July totaled
$161, ,787, 900 as compared with $144,-
5000 year ago.
Imports during July were 1927. .342,-
900 as compared with $142, $50, 900.
For the seven months ending with
July exports totaled 81 ,197, ,857 900
compared with 1913, $4,000 in the
same period Of 1888. Imports during
the period totaled 1890, ST., 900 as COM
pared with $735 5,072, 900.
Evening star., 1934-08-25

and divorce. and Is often responsible
for serious physical complications.
within two decades we may expect
o stationary population Of 100000, 900
in our country. and before long the
White House will follow the now dis
credited procedures Of Mussolini and
Hitler who plead for larger families. :"
Evening star., 1934-08-25
OPERATION ON SUSPECT
FOR BULLET APPROVED
Accused Slayer Has One Chance
in 100 of Surviving Brain
Surgery.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, August 25.-In re-
sponse to mothers request, consent
was given by Superior Judge Ruben
s. Schmidt yesterday for a delicate
operation to remove bullet from the
brain Of 33-year-old Gray McNeer
charged with numbering his wife last
June 20.
Mrs. Lola McNeer sought the opera
ton in the hope Of easing her sons
pain and saving his reason and life
DR.. Benjamin Blank, county ply
sician, testified that If the operation
is not performed. McNeer will "cer-
tainly die" and if it is there may be
q 1-in-100 chance for recovery.
Should McNeer recover, he will
face trial on the murder charge. He
declares his wife shot him and com
mitted suicide.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
BANDIT SUSPECT BACK
IN JAIL HE ESCAPED
wy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 25.-Ches-
ter Carson, 22-year-old suspect in a
filling station robbery, was arrested
here early today and returned to the
johnson County Jail at Franklin from
which he and four other men escaped
Thursday night.
One fleeing prisoner was captured
by the sheriff in the Jail yard and
three others surrendered to a posse
near Edinburg last night.
Indiana's escape record for the week
stood at 10 prisoners breaking for
liberty; six recaptured and four still
at large.
Evening star., 1934-08-25

Every Saturday morning, every bu-
reau in the Interior Department pre-
pares a neat little digest Of its activi-
ties of the week; keeps one copy;
sends one to the Secretary for him to
keep; sends another copy to the Sec
retary for him to send on to the
President. With this third copy, the
bureau chief always sends along let
ter of transmissal lin routine form)
from the Secretary Of the Interior to
the President.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
BIRTH CONTROL HELD
BLIGHT UPON U. S.
Larger Family Plea Of Hitler and
Mussolini Forecast for This
Nation in 90 Years.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KEYSTONE, Iowa. August rs
America will follow Mussolini and Hit
Ter within two decades in an appeal
for larger families If wilful birth con-
troll Is continued, DR.. Walter Maier.
st. Louis author and educator, pre-
dicted here.
The wilful restriction Of the birth
rate" DR.. Maier said in the conclud-
ing adress of Iowa district of Lutheran
Church assembly, ''for reasons of con-
venience or false standards, restricts
domestic happiness, promotes discord
Evening star., 1934-08-25
BY GENEvIEvE FORBES HERRICK

A buffalo went to the White House
last Saturday.
True, he was only a two-dimen-
sional buffalo, and he adorned the
ultra stylish, ultra official stationery
of the Secretary of the Interior.
Which is proper, since the Secretary
of the Interior is custodian of all
the buffaloes in the United States.
Had he awe refer to the buffalo)
been flesh and fur, his progress to
the Executive Mansion could not have
caused more turmoil.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Expert Gives Decision.

Last Saturday, in a certain bureau.
the report was all ready. What
paper shall use for the letter Of
transrnissal to the President?" queried
the stenographer.
An innocent question. But frightful
In its implications. For Mr.. Ickes was
out of town. And the rules say that
the buffalo" paper must be used only
by the Secretary, or for him. Assist
ant Secretary Walters was acting for
his boss. The bureau digest would 60
to him, and then to the White House.
Perhaps the second best paper-minus
the buffalo-would be the thing
Stenographers consulted with clerks.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
PEACH CROP DOUBLES
One Connecticut Tree Increases
State Yield 200 Per Cent.

WEST HARTFORD. Conn.,. August
rs (R.-Connecticut's peach crop was
increased by 200 per cent yesterday
when it was disclosed that Carl @.
Lindgren's peach tree has four fully
grown ripe peaches on 1t.
Previously the States crop was said
to have consisted of two peaches.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
MAIL FRAUD SUSPECT
FACES NEW WARRANT
New York Fugitive Held In
Minneapolis After Jumping
Bond on Coast.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, August 25.-A complaint
against L. Stanton Pugh, indicted in
New York for mail fraud and arrested
early this week in Minneapolis, was
drawn up yesterday in the United
States district attorneys office in st.
Paul.
Pugh is one of the alleged operators
Of Modern Management Counsellors,
Inc.." which offered manufacturers
direction Of selling campaigns and
placing of their products with dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-01
Americans Paired
With Each Other
On British Links
0uimet Matched With Gus
MoreIand, WeStIand
With Harris.
BY STUART CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK, May None Dyed
first round wherein all play COM
parative unknowns excepting Oui-
met meets Moreland Westland meets
eX-champion Robert Harris''-thus
an excerpt from a United Press Lon
don cable reporting the draw for the
British amateur golf championship
Amplifled it means. of course, that
none Of our boys was lucky enough
to draw a first round bye. and that
Francis Ouimet, the Walker cup
team captain will play Gus More
land Of Dallas while Jack Westland
of Chicago meets Robert Harris.
The significance is that they do
things differently over there than
here. The United States Golf AS
ISOLATION would no more conute-
nance pairing-for example-Rogec
Wethered and Tony Torrance, if
both we're entered in a United States
tourney than they would think of
telling the Britshers they weren't
welcome, in the first place.
Since the British are universally
/ CNO5 AllICQ w pC QUILL SUI lIilR SI)OI bS-
men, the incident above can not be
charged against the nation involved,
but is left squarely upon the door
step of the Royal and Ancient Golf
Club of st. Andrews. This is the
same official organization which
once told the United States Sure,
we will go along with you in modi-
flying the golf ball. and which,
when the matter was actually
brought up, decided to have none
of it.
1t would be interesting in this
country to know what the so-called
rank and file among British golfers
think Of their governing body. To
this end the writer has asked Henry
McLemore who is now in London)
to see what he can learn on the sub
ject.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-01
Bobby Chick Will
Show In Hall Go
Lord Finnegan Paired With
Pedigo in Feature.

Bobby Chick, former cow-puncher
who was we'll known in the Indian
apolis mat arenas several season ago,
will return in the semi windup of
the Friday night show in Tomlinson
hall, promoter Jimmy McLemore
said today.
Chick now is a middleweight, hav-
ing put on few pounds since the
days when, wrestling here he
claimed the welterweight belt.
Chicks record shows several wins
over some of the most prominent
men in the lighter weight divisions.
The main go Friday night will
match Lord" Pat Finnegan. British
welter, with Cecil Blacksmith
Pedigo. veteran Kentucky mailman.
The Times yesterday erred in stat
ing that Pedigo would meet Duke
Ruppenthal, Milwaukee, in the
feature bout.
Finnegan and Ruppenthal last
Friday night staged one OF the fast
est wrestling exhibits in Indian
apolis in some time, going an hour
and a half TO a draw.
The main go and the Semi-final
bouts Friday night will be for two
falls out of three. Chicks opponent
wiz be named later,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-01
By Joe Williams
McLarnin-ROss Go Assailed
Barney's Fall Predicted
Gives Up Too Much Weight

NEW YORK MAY Among the mail was a letter from
Mr. Tom Laird who contrves pungent pieces the San
Francisco News topics appertaning to and touching
sports
The first line in Mr. Lards letter read There is going
to be murder in your town on the night of May 28'
This was not only startling information but information
of character calculated fill mid soul with horror Did
this mean that Dnger headed east specific mission
of destruction?
might call murder addict in form and
little that steeled myself to read
cs murder" the letter continued That's what the
they supposed to stop all similar 9uages against society ROSS
Mr. explain (who the light
weight champion don't happen to remember in couple Of gn
5at he might have 50 much as an outside chance against Marnn
who he 0 spot pounds weight"
fighters gave Ross armu of misery on
puzzled critics who persist ascbng super qualities to the
IF Ruth great toe dancer says the
Wen particularly don't like be-
eight nine pounds little fellow
to heavyweight light heavyweight or even
wouldn't make much difference But he's natural 49,
have no small admiration Jimmy
the always almost always comes
of then This something pugisto his
orns keep around establishing his true
greatness a fighter.
WHY blame McIanin hm?"
doesn't make The d qos ANU @ opdd Primarily the blame should
of the boxing commissioners who
matches
matct brings together
but remains none the less bad match and unspong
much harder hitter comes to
EqupoSe
overnight
IL right you may say
n can't the trk? am not
physical evidence the
that the practice permitting
fight makes with
SUBSTANTIAL pull weights neither him, andou
no. good
It may that McIafning really great fighter
number competent judges insist he is Certainly
he not division That
when he weight to Lou Brouard and took
about whose hangs
constellation?