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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18

chairman,
parade Friday night october 49, in conjunction
with El centros Fall Opening:
LINE OF MARcH-Parade starts Eighth Streets
Twelfth street where parade will disband
TIME OF FORMATION p. Friday. October 49, 1884.
TIME OF MoVENENT-715 Parade must move promptly
trucks must be in service Immediately fol-
PARADE FORMATION
DIVISION Form Eighth north of Main California
Highway Patrol and city police; Mayor chas E. An
derson, representing the city administration head OF
division drum corps of Boyce Aten post, American
Legion fire department entry; enw car entries of car
dealers
DIVISION on Eighth street. south of Main
johnson, director general of Ell Centros Fall Opening
heading division; oil company trucks; freight and
transportation company entries; tow
street, north Main in Park
Bob Marshall chairman Junior chamber parade COM
mittee, head of division; Williams band; schools of
Imperial county, candidates for queen; Boy Scouts of
America.
Ninth south Main. w H Tyler
Jr, president Centro Chamber of Commerce.
head of division all wholesale entries; emergency
DIVISION 5Form Eleventh street south of Main Lee Lam
merce head of division Holtvie swiss band all re-
civic organizations
DIVISION Eleventh street. Bob
president 2O-so club division; public
utilities tgas telephone, light ice, laundry companies
etc.
DIVISION Form on Twelfth street. south Main chas
gion division; Brawley American Legion drum
corps; political candidates
DIVISION e-Form Main Wilson School,
Crane, manager of sunand Diaries and fleet of Sun
Bakery, Inc, and fleet of Cramer's trucks.
Henry A. English Village
they Sixth and Main electrical
system supplied by Badger, Jr of Radio Station KXO
late entry in the parade the Langendorff Baking
which will fleet of trucks,
parade chairman urges everybody
to be promptly o'clock Friday evening
parade punctualy at tbs
Two silver trophies the awarded Friday
nng's Fall Opening parade.
advertising other
character idea These trophies display
window of the Crescent Jewelry
Jewelry Co.
M Dowd, A. H. Keller McNeece will also
oiciate judges in the parade contest
Merchants needing additional
requested commerce at any
time. These tickets will be OUT said
until Friday evening and the winning posted
windows o'clock
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
EARL BONNER
FOUND Gull TY
Of BURGLARY

Guilty as charged was the verdict
returned by jury in Judge Thomp-
son IS court this morning after con-
sidering the evidence brought
against Earl Bonner charged with
the burglarizing of the home If
A. G.. Yates of this city. The jury
had been out about an hour at
the time the verdict was reached.
Following the return of this ver-
dict the court was prepared to try
him on an insanity charge as he
had entered plea of not guilty by
reason of insanity at the time IF
his arraignment but this plea was
withdrawn for the burglary charge
by his attorney, N. w. Hacker.
With the first trial completed
Earl and his brother Clyde went
on trial late this morning charged
with robbery. A jury was being
chosen and it is thought the first
witnesses for the state will be called
to the stand this afternoon. On
the completion of this second ac-
ton the two men will again face
the court for their third trial Of
the series, this time on a charge Of
assault with intent to commit mur-
der.
The two men were arrested here
on August % following gun battle
between them and Ronnie Voyles,
member Of the local police depart
mcnt when he found them in
packing shed at 4 o'clock that
morning. VoyleS and Bonner were
both wounded in the exchange Of
bullets but neither received serious
wounds and recovered.
While under arrest the Bonner
boys were said by police to have
confessed to having robbed Don
Freeman and q companion while
sitting in a parked car several
nights previous to the shooting and
also that Earl confessed to the
burglarizing of Yates home here.
1t was further stated that effects
from the burglarized home were
found in the possession of the men
as also were a watch and other ar
ticles taken from Freeman.
Sentence on the burglary charge
will be pronounced Tuesday MORN
ing at $50 O'Clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
NAB ASSERTED
CHIEF TAIN OF
PLO 7 GROUP
Leaders OF King Alexander's
Assassins In Custody But De-
ny Their Guilt.

| TURIN, Italy, Oct. 18. U.P)-Dr.
Ante Pavelic, described as the mas
ter mind" of the Croatian terror
lists, and Eugene Kvaternik, his aide,
were arrested today on suspicion of
being implicated in the Marseille as
sassinations.
The arrests came just as the
murdered King Alexander was be
ing buried in Jugoslavia.
KVaternik was known as the
delegate" and was supposed to have
acted as liaison man for Pavelic,
making contact with the Marseille
aSsaSSinS.
Police have hunted them through
out Europe Pavelic was known to be
in Italy and the search turned
there, on the theory that the two
would get together.
Continental police still are seek
ing two other members of the band,
and when they are caught, believe
they will have rounded up the en-
tire group of principals.
Three are now under arrest and
facing trial for their lives at Mar
seille. They are Sylvester Malny,
Yaraslaw Pospisel and Wladislas
Benes, the alleged trigger men" of
the murder band.
These sought are Maria Vjou-
droch, blonde siren, who is sup,
posed to have smuggled into France
the murder weapons, and Gustav
Perchec, alleged to have conducted
the Croatian exile murder farm
at Janka Pufta, Hungary, where the
assassins held target practice.
Turin police held Pavelic and
Kvaternik at the request of French
authorities. Both denied their guilt.
J French authorities urged the Ital.
ians to do ther utmost to trap Maria
Vjoudroch and Perchec, if they are
in Italy. They believe the woman
will furnish the essential evidence
in plot which might have disrupt
ed the peace of Europe.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
CLERK GIVES
WARNING On
REGISTRATION
Election Officials Instructed To
Watch For Any Who Have
Violated Law.

All inspectors appointed to act on
the election boards for the ap-
preaching November general elec-
ton have been asked by Edward
H. Law, county clerk, to Scrutinize
carefully all registrants when they
come to the polls TO vote on elec-
ton day.
This action is to be taken to
prevent the possibility of anyone
who has not been registered at
tempting to vote and also to check
up as far as possible on the au-
thenticity OF the registrations al
ready filed. Two such registrations
had been question some time ago,
it was said, following the primary
election, but an investigation
showed that both of them were in
order.
Concerning registration for the
election--time for which has closed
the state election law provides as
follows: Each registrant must be 81
years of age and a citizen of the
United States, 80 days prior to the
election; a resident of the state
year; of the county 90 days and Of
the precinct 40 days next preced-
ing such election. Violation of the
law is a felony.
The state penal code sets the
following penalties for violations
OF the registration laws: Every
person who Wilfully causes, pro-
cures, or allows himself to be reg
istered in any register of electors
required by laws to be made Or
kept, knowing himself not to be
entitled to such registration, is
punishable by Imprisonment in the
state prison for not less than one
nor more than three years. All
who assist in procuring illegal reg
iStrations are subject to the same
penalty as above noted.
Persons not entitled to vote who
fraudulently attempt to vote in vi
olation OF the state provisions, are
punishable by Imprisonment in the
state prison for not less than one
nor more than two years, accord
ing to the state penal code.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
GETS
LONG TERM

Notice received and filed at the
county cerk's office this morning
states that the sentence of H. B.
Green, committed from this coun-
ty to San Quentin prison on Decem-
ber 20, 1881, on a charge of second
degree murder mas been set at 17i@
years by the board of prison terms
and paroles.
Green was tried here December
7, 1881. for the killing of H. L. War
rem near Calexico on October %,
1881. A verdict of guilty was
brought in by the jury in Judge
Finney's court on December IL and
he was sentenced on December 10,
following the denial of a motion for
new trial. A subsequent appeal to
the appellate court was also denied.
The state board has also set the
sentence of Pete Borospe, commit
ted to San Quentin on February 7
of this year for the possession of a
blackjack, at 18 months. GoroSpe, a
Filipino, was arrested here during
the labor agitations attendant on
the lettuce strike last winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
REGISTER FOR
CANAL WORK

With word expected almost daily
that force account work on the
Calexico sector of the All-American
canal will get under way, farmers
have been busy the past few days
registering available mules and
horses as we'll as tractors, fresnos
and other equipment at the local
Unemployment office for use in the
construction work.
1t was announced this morning
that to date, Clio mules and horses
have been so registered while So
tractors are on the books as avail
able for the canal construction
work as soon as the word is given
that they will be needed.
1t was said further that the mule
market men have not reported their
quotas as yet and that when these
are reported the horse and mule to-
tai will be near 1900 head.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
Mk& R7~e>
DissL AsRsaxht 8, sdlss,s. iaA
CONTEST FOR
QUEEN OPEN
To ALL GIRLS

Advised that it has been rumored
the Queen of Autumn will be chosen
from the high school and junior col
lege contestants only, the Fall Op.
ening committee wishes to correct
any such erroneous statements and
herewith quotes the rules govern
ing this contest ANY girl student
of the Imperial county schools is
eligible and all will have an equal
chance. An eight year old miss from
one of the rural schools stands the
same chance to be made queen as
a grown-up girl from junior college.
Elaborate costuming need not be at
tempted
The judges fer the queen contest
will be Mrs. M j. Dowd, president
of the Womens Ten Thousand Club
A. H. Keller and John McNeece, who
have kindly consented to assist
this year.
Other prizes offered the schools of
Imperial county is a SIS cash prize
for every school which has so per
cent of its attendance represented
in the parade. The school with the
greatest percentage of attendance
will receive $15 and the school with
the second greatest attendance will
receive $40. 1t is not necessary to
have an entrant for queen to par
ticipate in the attendance contest.
The queen contest is separate.
It is urged that everyone be in
place promptly at o'clock so that
the parade can move punctually at
7:15.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
SPLIT VERDICT
RETURNED IN
CHECK CASE

AT o'clock last night the jury
which had heard the evidence in
the charge of issuing fictitious
checks against Ed Wong and J. r.
Cunningham brought in their YER
diets of not guilty for Wong and
guilty in the cases of Cunningham.
Sentence will be pronounced on
Cunningham by Judge McPherrin
on Saturday morning.
When this trial had concluded at
4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, C.
A. Marvel, alias C. A. Barber,
charged with escape from the coun-
ty Jail, went On trial. Arguments
were concluded by the attorneys
and the case was presented to the
jury by o'clock A verdict of guilty
as charged was reached shortly af-
ter that time. Marvel will be
brought up for sentence on Monday
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
TOTAL Of 162
NOW WORKING
UPON CANAL
Continued On Page y

A total of 1862 men are now at
work on the All-American canal
construction, according to figures
compiled at the local office of the
National Unemployment Service.
This number includes not only val
ley residents who are now employed
on this construction work, but also
the "key" men operating for the
contractors doing the work and the
office force.
This total is divided among the
three contractors as follows; for the
Callahan company, 108; the Grif-
fifth company, 80 and the Boyce-
Igoe company, "a.
Registered valley residents includ-
ed in this total are taken from the
different cities of the county as fol.
lows: Ell Centre, IS; Winterhayen.
"a; Brawley, Is; Imperial II; Holt
vile, II; Andrade, 8; Seeley, 8; Call
patra, s.. Heber, 4; Calexico 4; West
morland, 4; inland, 3; Meloland. 3.
McCabe, 2; Bard, 2; with Dixieland
Jasper and Ogilby one each, grand
total of 147.
1t is to be noted in connection
with the above figures that certain
cities or communities appear to have
a larger percentage than might be
considered appropriate This is ex-
planned by Chan Livingston, mana
ger of the local unemployment of
flee, who stated that since veterans
are given preference over others In
the assigning of this work, they
have been taken wherever possible.
Another point TO which attention
was called by Livingston is that In
the Winterhaven and Andrade to-
tails are included many of the key
men with the contracting companies
who took up their residences IN
those communities and registered
there in July, when they arrived to
make preparations for the com
mencement OF the construction
work on the canal Every effort b
made to distribute this work among
oil parts of the county With yetef.
ans. Of course, being on the pre-.
ferred list and others receiving con.
sideration according to the number
Of their dependents.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
HATFIELD To
SPEAK HERE

George Hatfield, running mate OF
Governor Merriam or the Republi'
can ticket, as candidate for lieu
tenant governor, will be in Imperial
Valley tomorrow in connection with
his campaign.
Hatfield will be heard over station
KXO at $50 at which time all ra-
oio owners are invited to tune in"
and will also speak at the Barbara
Worth school in BraWley at o.
clock. He will come here by airplane
from San Diego.
Another radio program in b-.alt
of the Hatfield campaign will be
given tonight at 6:15 over station
KNX, Los Angeles Q050 on the diaD
when Arthur S. Guerin will deliver
an address.
Hatfield Is an outstanding mem
ber of the American Legion, and is
the author of the present veterans
welfare laws. He was formerly fed
eral district attorney at San Fran
cisco and is an authority on water
legislation.
"Citizens who are not in sympathy
with the Sinclair campaign should
lend their fullest support to Hat
field as well as to Merriam" said
Kendall B. Perkins, county chair
man of the Veterans All Party Mer
riam- Hatfield club, which is a coun
ty-wide organization of ex-service
men, opposing the Sinclair program
and supporting the Merriam Hat
field ticket.
"Handicapping Governor Mer
riam, if elected, with Sinclair's run
ming mate, would be a calamity. II
enthusiasm for Merriam we mus
not neglect Hatfield and everyone
opposed to Sinclairism should keer
it in mind to vote for Hatfield along
with Merriam
The Veterans All Party club di
vision leaders are: Carl jacobson
Brawley; Frank Grubel, Calipatria
R. P. Ostrander. Westmorland; Re'
MadduX, Holtville; Joe Burdick
Calexico; Hugh T. Osborne, Ell Cen
tro; and Mike zayala, Ell Centre
secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
SHOWS
STEADY DROP

A steady decrease in the flow
of the Colorado river at the
Grand Canyon station has been
noted during the past few days
and a further 10 second foot
drop is indicated for today, ac-
cording to river readings pcsted
at irrigation district headquar-
ters. These show 2450 sec
ond foot flow in the river for
today compared with yesterdays
$500 mark.
At Tcpock the river shows a
lac foot decrease from the 1900
mark recorded yesterday while
the diversion also dropped to-
day, 200 second feet to reach the
1100 mark. A slight increase is
noted for the spill with no read
iEg available for the Yuma sta
ton.
No report was received from
the Yuma station of the wealth
er bureau relative to weather
conditions in the upper basin Of
the river for today.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
RANCHERS GET.
NOTIFICATION
To De READY
Seventy-six Instructed To Re-
port With Equipment And
Prepared To Work.
LABOR RULES QUOTED
Thirty-Hour Week To Be Main
tanned With No Double Shifts
Or Extra Time.

Force account construction work
on the Calexico sectr of the ALL
American canal will start at 9
o o'clock sharp, Monday morning,
October %, it was announced here
this morning following reception of
the information from r. B. Will
liams, construction engineer for
the canal project. The work will
start at point three miles west
of Calexico on the Border read.
In announcing the start of this
work which has been awaited by
valley residents since its possibility
was first broached some weeks ago,
Williams issued a call through the
local office of the Natiofal Reem-
ployment Service for between so
and rs "4-ups, - teams comprising
either four horses or four mules,
with full equipment which includes
the driver and a fresno.
1t was further announced that
each man will be alfwed work for
five days each week, six hours a
day or 80 hour week. Equipment
and mules, or horses, will be work.
ed the same hours as the men.
namely only for a 80 hour week
and there are to be no extra shifts
and no extra time on this force
account construction.
The wages scale as set forth N
the information is as follows.
Teamster-50 cents per hour.
-Four animals-60 cents per hour.
Equipment-03 cents per hour.
Total-$1.13 cents per hour or
$3.50 per week.
Working hours have been ar
ranged as follows s-om 8 O'Clock
each morning until noon and from
l o clock until O'Clock in the af-
ternoon for five days each week,
the week commencing on Monday
and ending Friday afternoon The
work is considered a part of the
drought relief program and for
that reason will follow the general
outline of work hours used In that
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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
COURT TACKLES DISPUTED POINT
To Decide Legality Of Compulsory Military
Training In Colleges

sulting in the Bland Macintosh de.
cision. The objectors sought to be-
come citizens of the United States
without promising to bear arms in
defense of the nation should war
arise. Justice Owen j. Robert, who
occasionally joins the "liberal"
group on the court, switched to the
conservatives and held that citizen
ship should be denied in such cases.
Previously, the liberty" group
was Nefeated on the question OF de
pcftation of Roszika Schwimmer,
active and militant pacifist,
The Hamilton question presents
problem distinct from either OF
the earlier cases and is of great i'm.
portance to land grant colleges
where federal aid is obtained ON the
basis of compulsory military train
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
ONCE LEADING
PROSECUTOR
IN SOUTHWEST
Brilliant Career Marred By
Conviction OF Bribery In Ju-
liam Case.
PARDONED BY GOVERNOR
Brave Fight For Reinstatement
To Bar Association Not Sue
cessful.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 49, U.p) -
Asa Keyes whose brilliant career as
district attorney was cut short by
imprisonment for bribery, died al
his home in Beverly Hills early to
day following a stroke of paralysis
He was 81 years old.
His condition had been critica
since he was stricken Tuesday night
He lapsed into unconsciousness yes
terday and hope for his recovery
was abandoned.
1t was the third stroke the former
prosecutor suffered since he was pa
rolled from San Quentin in 1881
The others were mild, and he was
able to carry on an insurance busi
ness, while he fought for reinstate
ment to the bar.
He died without attaining this
ambition.
At his bedside when he sue
cumbed at 6:27 a. m. were his wife
Mrs. Lillian Keyes, other members
of his family and his personal phy
sician, Dr. Carl Lewis.
Keyes, one of the most gifted tria1
lawyers who ever prosecuted a case
in the local courts, was sentenced
to San Quentin for five years i'm
prisonment after being convicted oi
accepting a bribe in connection with
the Julian Petroleum corporation fl
asco.
He served 10 months of his sen
tence and was paroled in 1881. Later
he received a full pardon from the
late Governor James Rolph, Jr.
Friends said his health was i'm
paired by prison confinement.
Returning home, Keyes waged al
energetic though unsuccessful bat
tie to win reinstatement at the bar
His ssconyiction had stripped him OF
the right to practice. The bar asso
citation opposed him.
Ace Prosecutor
Keyes served his entire career
as a lawyer in the district attor-
ney's office. He entered the office
as deputy in 1903 upon his grad
uation from the University OF
Southern California and later be-
came its chief in which capacity
he was serving when indicted in
1929 on bribery charges.
Keyes was instrumental in send
ing to prison or the galloWs scores
of felons, operating here during
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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
Lettuce Workers
Agree On Rate

At meeting of lettuce growers
and field workers held in Brawley
last night, an agreement was
reached whereby a minimum rate
of 80 cents an hour for guaran-
teed five hour minimum day is to
be paid to the workers during the
approaching lettuce harvest season.
Other interested persons attend
ing this meeting were Captain w. N.
Cunningham of the federal farm
placement bureau, Joaquin Terra
zas, Mexican consul for the county
and j. w. Sterrett, county SERA
director.
1t was pointed out by representa-,
tives OF the growers at this meet
ing that higher rate could not be
paid at present due to prevailing
conditions. A higher rate of pay had
at first been asked but was lowered
when the agreement was reached.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
NORTON URGES
ORDINANCE To
CURB MIL De "
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Necessity for some county ordi-
nance which will aid in the control
of mildew in the valley is shown
in the following incident, states j..
B. Nortop, plant pathologist for
the agricultural commissioner RS Of
flee.
Monday Norton and A. d. Sham
NELL grapefruit expert working out
of the Riverside experiment station,
we're surveying the valley grape
fruit groves. On their way they
noted a field of abandoned melons
in the Calexico district, the vines
still green despite lack OF care.
Yesterday Norton and DR.. Ivan
c. Jaeger, mildew expert, visited
the field and found the ornamental
gourds growing there also, were
covered with mildew, and the mel
on vines, with melon aphis. The
melons and gourds had lived
through the dry summer on seep-
ass from a neighboring canal.
ordinance permitting destruc-
M of such field SO that the
T u sew can not be carried to other
IS of the valley is needed, states
on. Condemnation is n 0 t
aough, but fields must be destroy
ed as mildeW can not live on dead
plants. 1t was thought that the
dry summer would eradicate mil
dew, but in this particular instance,
n i least, the intestat/n exists.
! Norton states that Imperial VAL
ley is one of the leading counties
in taking care to eliminate plant
pests and diseases.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
By JOHN A. REICHMANN
United Pres Staff COrresnondenl


WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-The su.
preme court sat today to decide
whether conscientious objectors
could avoid compulsory military
training in the nations land grant
colleges.
Albert Hamilton, a student at the
University of California at Los An
geles, submitted the question. He
contended that, as member of the
Methodist church, his conscience
would not permit him to take part
in the drills and trappingS of war,
however sham.
The court twice before has been
divided on related questions, in both
instances at the loss to the objector.
The most recent case was deter
mined in the courts 1880 term re
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
Contractor Gets
Suspended Tern,

Found guilty of hay.ng violated
the state contractors license law,
Oscar Greeley was sentenced to
spend 80 days in the county Jail and
Fay a $25 fine by Judge Mayfield
yesterday afternoon. The sentence
was later suspended by the court
on condition that Greeley comply
with the state laws regulating his
profession for the future.
The complaint against Greeley
had been brought by Roy S. Hay
den, inspector for the state regis.
trar of contractors.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-18
GETS PRESIDENTS CUP

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. U.P)-
President Roosevelt today present
ed the President IS cup to George
Refs of Bolton IS Landing, N. Y. ano
Pasadena, Calf, who a few weeks
ago piloted his speedboat to victory
in the Potomac river regatta.