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Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17
KEEP YOUR SENSES

Various rumors relative to the domes-
tic water supply are being circulated
throughout the valley, some of them
quite alarming and absolutely injurious
to this community if they are circulated
on the outside.
Against these rumors is the flat state
ment of the county health officer that
the domestic water supply of El Centre
is in excellent condition. Coupled with
this statement is the pledge that as soon
as any difference is noted in the condi-
tion of the water, the public will be amp
ly and fully informed and cautioned.
The water shortage is serious enough
without being the source of crazy stories
which are without basis and which un-
dernine the morale of the residents here
Statements made in jest are taken Sc
riously by some, others, wishing to give
an impression of Importance, claim to be
''in the know or on the inside" and give
out as truth what they absolutely know
to be untruth.
There is no reason why thinking per-
sons should pay attention to rumors in
the face of authorized statements from
authoritative sources.
Little or no sickness exists in the val
ley at present. certainly there is not even
an inkling of an epidemic.
1t is time to keep ones good sense
at work and disregard what is known as
"the bunk. y
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17

clear up the mystery, supplies the
romantic interest along with the
lovely Drue Leyton. Others in the
supporting cast are Murray Kin
nell, Reginald Mason, Virginia
Hammond, ST jerks and Harvey
Clark
George Hadden directed under
the supervision of Producer John
Stone. Seton /. Miller wrote the
screen play.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press. Inc- SIS State street,
Il Centre California. W. c. Costello business
manager. Telephone 90, business office; 700 edi-
torial department. Full leased wire United Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17
Six Killed As
Car Hits Truck

MONTEREAL, Que, July II. 0U.H
Five men and one woman were
killed and ten others were injured
in a head-on crash between a
truck and a street car here early
today.
The truck, carrying passengers
and baggage swerved from the car
tracks just as the street car ap-
preached and was struck amid
ship and hurled on its side.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17

Ellis Franklin, member Of the
state fair board for many years,
died at his home in Placer county
on June 9, aged 85.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17

General Johnson's presence may add
some color to the bay city situation but
we don't think it is going to help settle
the difficulty.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17

One is tempted to question the patriot
ism as we'll as the sanity of San Fran
ciscans when they permit bunch of
aliens to tell them what to do and how
to do it.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17

If appearances count for anything the
rain gods seem to have walked up at last.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
July II, 1919
TEN YEARS AGO
July II. 1924

D. l.. zinn spent last night with
his family at Jacumba.
Otis Kelso departed yesterday on
a camping trip to Cocopah noun
tainS.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-17
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
July II, 1914

Charles L. Childers has been ap-
pointed to the library board.
Mrs. A. H. Griswold, assisted by
Mrs. A. Anderson, entertained with
a bridge party yesterday afternoon
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
July II, 1919
Holtville was the scene of an
other serious and disastrous fire
Tuesday.
Supervisors today denied that the
county tax would be doubled.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
l6 MEN OF NORWEGIAN SHIPS
CREW SAVED BY VOLUNTEERS

ABOARD STEAMSHIP NEW
YORK, AT SEA, Dec. 19.-(UP)
A lifeboat manned by ten volun-
teers from this Hamburg-Ameri-
can liner last night snatched 16
members of the sinking Norwe-
gian freighter Sisto's crew from
death in dramatic exhibition of
courage and seamanship.
While a gale piled up noun
famous seas, rescuers fought four
hours to reach the Sisto, which
was listing heavily.
AS the lifeboat was within ten
feet of the Sistc's side, the Sisto's
sailors leaped into the sea, one at
a time, to be picked up. The sail
ors had dashed themselves to posts
more than SO hours before while
a gale dashed the ship in mid-At-
lantic.
The rescue was effected under
a glare afforded by searchlights
from the North German Lloyd
liner Europa, whose hundreds of
passengers lined the rails, cheer.
ing as each man was rescued.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
new THEATRE
TO OPENED
NEXT MONDAY
Queen, Like the Carolina,
Built for Sound Along
Scientific Lines

An advantage which is enjoyed
at the local Carolina theatre will
be one of the features of Hen
dersonville's new Queen theatre
when it opens it's doors to the pub
lie Monday evening, December
"a, at z o'clock.
The Queen has been built for
the presentation of sound pic.
lures. Most theatres had to be re-
conditioned when the era of talk
ing pictures arrived, so that there
would be a minimum of reverber'
alton and sound distortion. But
in the Queen this important angle
figured extensively in the con
struction of the building from the
floor to the roof.
First the angles of the building
were considered. The sound, ema'
mating from the screen and flow
ing into the audience, just as
, though it were spoken by real &C.
tors on the stage, must fall or
surfaces which will properly alb
sorb it. This was taken into con-
sideration in the construction sc
that the sound will fall on, pri
| marily, surfaces which will prap
, erly absorb it. The walls, or
Continued on page five)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
Fred Cooley Will
Give 50 Presents
Dresses for Needy Women,
Hats for Men, Is Plan

Fred Cooley of Cooley's Sec
| ond-Hand Store, corner Main
street and Second avenue, wants
to present so Christmas gifts to
needy people of the town and
county,.
The store will be open from 9
| to 10 o'clock Christmas morning
and to the first rs men who call
will be given hats and to the first
25 women who call will be given
dresses.
The store will be open for only
an hour and for the purpose of
distributing these gifts. No goods
will be sold and there are no
strings of any kind attached to
the gifts, Mr.. Cooley says. No
person will be required or al
lowed to make a purchase as a
condition Of receiving a gift.
The only condition is that those
i who receive the gifts must be
needy persons and must call at
The Times-News office between
this time and closing time of this
office Monday evening before
Christmas to get a card,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
$4,000 Engage In One OF Bloodest
Battles OF War In The Gran GhacD
Paraguayan Offensive Is Expected to Climax Norsh
ward Thrust Starting When Fort -
BalEvian Fell

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 49,
(UP). - Eighty thousand men
were thrown into action yester-
day in the start of one of the
bloodiest battles of the Gran Cha
CO border war when Paraguay
launched her preliminary attack
on the Bolivian field base of Villa
Monies.
Dispatches from the front said
the Bolivian command expected
the Paraguayan offensive would
climax their northward thrust in
the Chaco ending an advance
which began with the fall Of Fort
Ballivan several weeks ago.
Bolivian advices said the Para
guayans, in order to gain time,
were launching mass attacks on
Bolivian positions in the highway
leading to Villa. Monies, with the
hope of capturing the fort and
seizing possession of rich OIL re-
fineries in Tarija, north Of the
field base. They are reputed the
richest in South America, largely
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
CHARITY BALL
WILL Be GIVEN
Jr. Welfare League Plans
Event at Skyland Hotel
Friday Night

The annual Christmas Charity
Ball, given each year by the Jun
Tor Welfare club, will be held at
the Skyland hotel on Friday even
ing from $50 to 1880 o'clock.
The ball will be given in cab
aret style, and the Buccaneers, an
11-piece orchestra from Asheville,
will play for the dancing during
the evening. The committee IN
charge of table reservations is
composed of Mrs. E. A. Smyth,
third, Mrs. W. P. Andrews, and
Mrs. Fred Blank.
The proceeds for the dance will
90 to the charity work of the or
ganization. which will aid II
needy children and an entire FAM
ily at Christmas.
The dance will open the Christ
mas festivities here and a large
number of Hendersonville young
people and visitors from other
cities are expected to attend.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
NAVAL TREATY
IS DENOUNCED
BY JAPANESE
Paves Way for Building
Race; Washington Silent
Until Notice Received
JAPANESE EMPEROR
AT DECISIVE COUNCIL

LONDON, Dec. 19.-lUP)--
The 1884 naval conference, de-
signed to check rising tide of in
creased ornaments ended fruit
lessly when British, American and
Japanese delegates today voted
adjournment sine die. The act
came after Japan formally de-
nounced the Washington naval
limitations treaty.
News that Japan's privy coun-
ell formally has denounced the
Washington naval limitation was
received with profound regret"
here today. ar
While it had been a foregone
conclusion the action would be
taken, the final, step sobered dele
gates to the three-power naval
conversations who saw their coun-
tries faced with unbridled naval
building and a competition in
ornaments not dissimilar to that
which preceded the World war.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
abamians Charge IVA Prices For
Lands To Be Flooded Are Unfair
'anize for Action While Another Section of Cltl-
zenry Satisfied With Compensation
by Government

whether fairly or unfairly"
Judge James E. Horton, of
Athens, Ala, was among proper
tv owners unfolding iva meth
DDS. Judge Horton sold more
than 1000 acres to the Authority.
"I dealt with the IVA on nine
senarate tracts and had no sug-
~estion of unfairness," said the
iurist. "Some people think the
IVA is Santa Claus. They
wouldn't be satisfied with any
On one tract, Judge Horton
said he set a value five years ago,
and the iva offered virtually the
Another defender was K. L.
Maury, who sold 1000 acres TO
the governments authority, DE l.,
asserted his price requirements
were met fairly. Dt ooont
The Federal Land Bank agent
for the section, J. A. l aH
Continued on page hVe)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19

foreign operated. n - E :F!g'}
Bolivians said the: defsndjng
armies would be in better Soi d.
ton to defend Villa Monies sec
tor, not being Handicapped Ahis
time as at Balfivan, BY the iced
to defend an extended, front.
Bolivian troops were TIT drder-
ly retreat after the Paraguay3a
offensive in the Cafmens sector
which constituted an effort to cut
communications between the first
and second Bolivian corps. i rs
These units are now defending
Fort D'Orbigny, belowsNilh Mum
ties, last key fortress on the Pill
comayo river, in Bolivian Sterri-
tory. as-r,,. -, x.
The battle now is: ,rsgilg :at
Fort O'Orbigny. Cdmm,fniques
indicated the, fighting ia theiSIoSa-;
lest and bitterest of the = whole
campaign, with cannons thunder
ing day and night aeress The
Continued on page 6se) 81
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
EMPEROR ATTENDS
JAP COUNCIL. WHEN :,
TREATY IS DENOUNCED 3.

TOKYO, Dec. 19.-(UPI-Ja-
pan today denounced the Wash
ington naval limitation treaty. ri.
The move opens the way for
unrestrained world competition
in naval ornaments and clears
the way for the United States to
fortify her territory in the Pa
cific. .- =. sa;tas 10
Final action was taken by the
privy council-highest advisory
body to Nippon's youthful, bespec-
tacled Emperor Hirohito.
The emperor personally attend
ed the councils session at which
the momentous decision was
reached. " $500. p
The meeting was held in Chiyo-
da castle, the great moatrencir-
cled palace in which the Japanese
imperial family resides in the CEN
ter of Tokyo. =
Formal notification Of the de
nunciation will be delivered the
United States by Ambassador
Hirosi Saito in Washington about
December %. .,-., g
Premier Keisuke Okada, HIM
self an admiral and a staunch pro
ponent of denunciation, was PREF
emit with all his ministers whenathe
decision was recalled.
The meeting was brief and
formal. NJ
The action was a distinct VIC
tory for the military classes which
have dominated Jaranese policy
since the Nipponese armies began
their forward march into MN-
churia. in June, 1881. la-' F'T ~
1t means that Japan is prepar-
ed to stand alone in. the, Orient
and will defy Anglo-American
pressure in naval affairs. ~ {
Members OF the .privy council
who had opposed the action, fear
ing Japan will be worsened in. "a
naval construction race, were
! Continued on page eighty
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
JUNIOR ORDER
HAS ELECTION
Sinclair Again Council;
Death of Alex Hill Is
Acted Upon

John A. Sinclair was reelected
as councillor of the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics at
a meeting of the order last night.
This will be Mr.. Sinclair's third
term as councillor of the order.
j. C. Coston was reelected for
his fourth term as recording sec
rotary of the order. Mr.. Coston
has held this position since . the
order was organized here.
w. Jay Ballard was reelected
as vice-councillor for the second
term. Other officers elected were:
D. D. Searcy, chaplain; Edward
Sherman, outside sentinel; Gal
Their Nancy, inside sentinel; Ed
gar LYDIA, warden; Albert Dixon,
conductor; Daniel B. Hart, assis-
tant recording secretary; c. R.
Brown, financial secretary; Ben
E. Blackwell, treasurer: Thos. V.
LYDIA, degree captain; ]. NJ. AL
len, trustee, and D. D. Searcy'
janitor. ~,
Resolutions of regret at the
death of Alex D. Hill were ADOPT
ed as follows:
"Whereas, our Heavenly Fa-
Their, in His infinite wisdom has
seen fit to take from US our es-
teemed brother, Alex d. Hill, a
kind and loving husband, good
citizen of the community and
lovai and devoted member of this
order. ..,l
NV the ]. o. U. A. M: First, that
we bow in humble submission to
tbe Divine will, although recog-
nizing the great loss which has
been sustained; that we extend TO
his wife our sincere sympathy;
that a copy of this resolution be
spread on the minutes of the or
der, and that a copy be forward
ed to his wife, and published IN
the local newspapers"
There will be no meeting OF the
order on Tuesday night, Dec. 20,
but meeting will be held on Jan.
1. 1885.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19

FVAiCR, Ala, Dec. 19.-
|. "a controversy of the citi-
was IN progress in this sec
" the Tennessee Valley to-
l. yer prices paid by the Ten
!, valley Authority for land
hooded by Wheeler dam.
| +. of the Tennessee
4! Landowners Mutual Aid
Z. S vas followed by its
e mat the Authority's land
Is'uon department. is paying
prices.
| faction of valley resi-
some to defense of the gov
ental unit.
T. ges and denials surged be-
T. tue two groups. The land
e. agency, headed by John
~ nt: Decatur realty dealer,
~ IT appears to us that
4, ana agents (TVA) are not
r. I" carry out the iva
policy, but to make a
f. s"oyTlng for their jobs by
down prices for lands,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
BUSINESS and
INDUSTRY ARE
DOLE MINDED
Joint Conference Leans to
Direct Unemployment
r e lief
By H. o. THOMPSON
pited Press Staff CORRESPONDENT


WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va, Dec. 19.-(UP).-Amer-
lean business and industrial lead
ers, meeting here in a joint bust
ness conference for recovery, last
night were leaning toward a pro-
nouncement in favor of direct
unemployment relief-the "doie."
The conferences committee on
social security and relief recon-
mended adoption of that attitude
with an accompanying statement
that industry would hold an "open
mind" on any administration sug-
gestion regarding either relief or
unemployment insurance.
The proposal still has to be
placed before the entire confer
ence of 90-odd business leaders
and industrialists and voted on
there before it could be present
ed with conference endorsement.
The committee acted after
studying statistics showing that
work relief, now being advocated
in Washington by those who fear
the effects of direct relief, was
more costly than the "dole" sys-
tenn. 1t recommended a state
ment that industry recognize its
responsibilities but that for the
period of the present emergency
relief system carrying the least
strain on federal finance should
be adopted.
- The conference committee on
labor brought in a conservative
report advocating outlawing of
sympathetic or general strikes
and a announcement that:
Every organization of en-
ployers and employees should be
made equally subject to public
authority, legally answering for
it's own conduct or that of its
agents, and equally subject to
judicial remedy"
The conference, ending its Sec
ond day, was engaged in debate
over the form it's final report
should take - whether it should
be presented as a document con-
ciliatory to the Roosevelt admin
istration or whether it should be
statement of industry's united
views.
One group argued for full
gesture of cooperation, to be
written probably as a preamble
to the conferences final report.
Another, insisting that the i'm
portant thing was to mould a
united opinion among the ma
TONS business men and manufac-
turers, favored more restrained
attitude.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
ALL AMERICANS IN
ANHWEI PROVINCE
ORDERED INTO WUHU

WUHU, China, Dec. 49,
(UP).-Consul George Ander-
son has ordered all Americans
to evacuate Southern Anhwei
province and concentrate with
in Wuhu city limits for safety
as Americans fled from the in
terror after murders of the mis-
sionaries, John Siam and his
wife. The government is fight
ing bandits in the interior.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
CONGRESSMAN HEARD
AT FRUITLAND INST.

J. C. Taylor, congressman from
South Carolina, visited Fruitland
Institute and made a short ad-
dress to the pupils in the dining
room at noon Sunday.
Congressman Taylor is a for
mer pupil and an alumnus of
Fruitland Institute and is great
friend and booster of the instl-
tution
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
Hospital Will Be
Host To Kiwanis

The Kiwanis club will hold its
weekly dinner meeting Thursday
at Patton Memorial hospital. Roy
C. Bennett will be program chair
man. and an inspection of the new
equipment recently installed in
the hospital is also scheduled to
follow the dinner.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
stores Open Until 9 p. M. For Shoppers
~ LATE
Sc NEWS
PRESS CENSORSHIP IN
WAR POSSIBLE UNDER
LEGISLATION DRAWN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10
(UP). Sen. Bennett Champ
Clark, Democrat, Missouri, told
the Munitions committee that
absolute federal control of the
press is possible" under war
department legislation prepared
for submission to congress in
the event of war. He said the
President might impose a CEN
sorship by declaring printers
ink and white paper are essen
tial wartime commodities, re-
curing that they be licensed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
Death CALLS
EUGENE BLACK
Leading Southern Banker
and Administration Man
Dies of Heart Attack

ATLANTA, Dec. 19.-Eugene
R. Black, 81, liaison man between
the Roosevelt administration and
the nations bankers and former
governor of the federal reserve
board, died at his home today Of
a heart attack. President Roose.
welt appointed Black governor OF
the federal reserve board in 1888
CONTINUED on page tivel
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
WASHINGTON SEES ACT
AS AMONG MOST SERIOUS
BLOWS AGAINST PEACE

WASHINGTON, Dec. -. (UP)
Officials here regarded Japap's
action in renouncing the Wash
ington naval limitation treaty ss
one of the most serious blows to
peace since the war but they re-
Trained from public. comment,
waiting at least for formal noh-
fication Of the act. a-.g. y
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
VOLUNTEER BLOOD

AKRON, O., Dec. 10. CUP)-
Four athletes of Wooster college,
Wooster, O., volunteered to give
blood transfusions when Virginia
FERN, Is, daughter of professor
at Wooster, lay near death.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
English Woman
Is Hanged Today
Is First Woman Executed
There in 8 Years

HULL, England, Dec. 10
(UP).-Mrs. Ethel Little Major,
60, was hanged today for poison
ing her husband while men and
women knelt outside the lprison
praying that King George would
intervene to save her life. 1t was
the first woman to be executed
in England in eight years.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
TENNESSEE MOB
SEEKING TO LYNCH
NEGRO is GASSED

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn, Dec.
10. (UP). - Tennessee Ma
tional Guardsmen used teargas
bombs today to repulse a men,
acing mob attempting to storm
the courthouse where E. K
Harris, negro youth ACCUSED OF
criminally assaulting 5 white
girl is being held.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
|)LIDAY RUSH.
|T POSTOFFICE.
EGINS TODAY.
hrs Postal Business Is
S4OOO Ahead of 1888
/ Volume
TRADE
| INCREASING DAILY

BEGINNING tonight, most Hen
EorviIle stores will remain
4 until 9 o'clock to accommo-
Christmas shoppers.
[erchantS said today that while
Iav business this year was not
\ up to last years volume,
were taking into account the
4 tina. the four biggest days
hined. that weather conditions
somewhat unfavorable, and
last year several thousand
hrs weekly was being released
EVA payrolls, whereas this
4 there is no artificial stimu-
10 business. 1t was recalled
that the real rush never de-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
EnsTMAs LIST CONTEST

Readers of The Times-News
h expect to enter the Christ
u list contest sponsored by
h Times-News and a number
merchants are asked to mail
bring their lists and letters
This Office not later than Fri
N noon. Interest in the con-
d indicates that judging the
kries will require some time,
Z since the names of the
liners must be announced
Iturday il is asked that con-
tanb be prompt in sending
in their lists and letters
be entry blank, with rules of
contest. is published today
page 3 and will reapPear
Iusday for the last time.
; until the last two or three
NiOre Christmas.
sa,Ehile at the post office j
aid this morning that TIT
/ was just getting into it,
j. in the matter of mailing
fstmaS packages, and that tht
Of the period probably viii
feached Thursday afternoon
IA business here for the yea
reached $4,000 at the clos,
Business yesterday whereas /
at $4,000 on the same dat
DeCember-a gain of NOR,
$4,000 to date this year. I'm
sae Scent letter postage rat
I INTO affect a volume of $40,
would give a post office first
rating, but now only 90 pc
Of the total can be counted
Pas purpose. T. L. Osborne
Pant postmaster, said tn,
POO mark would easily be eX
n but that postal official
20 hope that the excess woulC
2Tlcient to restore the loca
to frst-class rating.
operations went forward il
Us quarters to make the 'hoii
season a joyous one, not onl.
persons in prosperous circum
PES but for the less fortunatu
seA The usual charity organ
pms were becoming activu
"a while church pastors an,
PAS We're planning specia
1maS services. Public an,
'e schools were planning L
IS classes this weekend TO
So-weeks period. All stores
and Institutions will Oh
a tuII holiday next Tuesday
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19
WEATHER

Saw or rain tonight and to-
ro~; no change in temporal
ture.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-19

You can't say the United States
hasn't maintained neutrality in
the Gran Chaeo. American made
bullets are used by both sidss.