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Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
LINCOLN SCHOOL

We have very many pets in our
room. We use them for nature
study. We have Oscar, the terra
pin; Satan, the black widow spider;
Tom and Jerry, the two snakes
julius, the frog; Willie, the scor-
pion; Mickie, the fish, and last but
not least, Unky Dunky, the sala-
mander. I think We have quite a
collection, don't you? - Burke
Lemons, Cd.
This morning our teacher said
that he would read to us. He hap
pened to read something about
mining and that started us talk
ing about it. We learned some very
interesting things about mines as
our teacher worked in one for
about year. 1t was so interest
ing we talked most of our reading
time away.-Mary Earl Muncill, GA.
This week we decorated our room
We hung streamers crossWise from
the ceiling and put a big red bell
in the center of it. We hung tin
sci from the Streamers. We also
made pictures about Christ and
painted them with linseed oil
which made them look transparent.
We pasted the pictures on the win
dows. They look very pretty.-Fred
Bickhart, Ga.
The Lincoln school boys and girls
are going to make some needy peo-
pie happy. We are not sending
IN ui1. 0f
well-to-do families this Christmas.
We shall send canned goods, books
that have been cast aside, fruit,
candy, forgotten toys and clothing
to needy folks. We all hope they
will have very merry Christmas.
Phyllis Purdy, Ga.
This morning we had a slight
touch of London weather. BY this
4 mean we had a thin fog. Al
though it was only a light one it
was an unusual thing. 1t was re-
ported that car could not be seen
at longer distance than SO yards.
Before it rained I hoped it
would, but now I wish it hadn It.
We always have troubles when it
rains at our school. We have no
walks to our wash-room and no
foot scrapers, and we always slip
and fall on the walks we have.
Rain and school don't mix.-Frank
Dixon, 6-4
The Imperial Valley has formed
a Milk Institute. Now, as many of
you are in doubt as to what this
new organization is, shall explain
it to you. 1t is a group of people
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17

low servants.
Capt. John J. Lamb and a special
detail of sleuths appeared at the
Morrow home at 10 a. m. and told
the girl to prepare herself for the
short trip. She rushed upstairs.
Ten minutes later there was a
thud, as of a body falling, in the
buffers pantry. The housekeeper,
rushing in, stumbled upon Violet's
body. She had swallowed a solution
of cyanide of potassium-used for
cleaning-and lived only long
enough to make her way from her
room to the ground floor.
Immediately the detectives hearts
leaped within them. Here, at last.
they thought, was q solution to the
most battling crime of the cen
tury.
Her suicide" it was solemnly an
nounced, may be taken as con-
fession of guilt"
Denied Friendship
Ernest Brinckert, blinking in
amazement at his unexpected ar
rest, went willingly with the police
to New Jersey, but protested not
only that he hadn't been out with
Violet, but that he didn't even know
the girl AS for his business cards,
found in her room, he hadn't the
slightest idea how they happened to
be there.
For days, wearied detectives at
tempted to beat down Brinckert's S
story. His alibi was air-tight. His
proof was perfect. He had never
laid eyes on Violet Sharpe.
At this juncture another charac-
ter entered the play. A young man
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
Woman Shoots
Daughter And
Ends OUn Life

FRESNO, Calf, Dec. II. U.H -
Believed today to have become sud-
denly deranged through desponden-
cy, Mrs. Gertrude Hughitt, 50-year-
old club woman, wounded her
daughter Frances and killed herself
in their home here.
The 18-year-old girl is not ex-
pected to live. She had three bull
let wounds.
Police learned Mrs. Hughitt and
her husband, Clarence w. Hughitt,
had separated November 7. He is
credit manager for the San Joaquin
Power and Light company herr.
District Attorney Glenn Devore
learned that after shooting her
daughter, Mrs. Hughitt called ano-
ther daughter, Mrs. Leroy Nc
George, and asked that she have
her father come home Immediately.
Frances, although wounded bad
", shouted into the telephone:
Keep him away from here. Mo-
ther has just shot me-"
Before relatives could reach the
house, Mrs. Hughitt sent bullet
into her own head, causing immed-
late death. She left no notes, but
friends said she had been increas-
ingly unhappy since. the separation.
Adventist conference, will be pres
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
REVIVE RUMOR
MRS. DALI TO
MARRY AGAIN

WASHINGTON, Dec. IT. U.P) -
Rumors current in Washington So
ciety several weeks ago that Anna
Dali, daughter of President and
Mrs. Roosevelt, soon would an
nounce her engagement were reviv-
ed today.
The rumorS have linked her name
with thatof John Boettiger, whose
resignation from the Washington
bureau of the Chicago Tribune be-
came effective yesterday. Boettiger
left Immediately for New York.
He announced he had taken a job
with Will H. Hays, head of the mo-
ton picture producers and distri-
butorS. He refused to comment and
no confirmation or denial of the
rumors could be obtained at the
White House.
Mrs. Dali and her two children
"Sistie' and "Buzzie" have been
making their home at the White
House since her divorce from Cur
tis Dali, stock broker, in Nevada.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17

presented himself to the police and
said:
Il am the Ernest with whom vio-
let Sharpe went out in the evening
of March l. But we didn't go to u
movie. We went to the Peanut Grill
and drank beer"
This was Ernest Miller, and the
story of his meeting with Violet
and Edna, and his subsequent ex-
cursion with the maid checked COM
pletely with the police knowledge of
those events.
Then why did Violet Sharpe iden-
tify Ernest Brinekerts photograph
as that of her escort? Was it for
pure malice. out of hatred for the
police whom she regarded as tor
menters?
And why did she lie in the first
place, over relationship which.
while it might have had unhappy
reaction from the direction OF the
sober Septimus Banks, certainly
was not criminal?
The probability is tnat the auth
critics were dealing with a case of
hysteria induced by fear. Her pro-
missed marriage to the butler was
jeopardized. To woman Of her po-
sition, approaching 30, this was ira
gedy.
YEARLY, the police checked off
the Violet Sharpe file from their
doSsiers, to begin a new, and more
brilliant attack upon the problem.
They turned, drawn by the magnet
of logic, towards the Bronx.
(Tomorrow: The Trail of the Ran
som Bills.)
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17

aside for further investigation. at
about the time the Lindbergh baby's
body was found. Meanwhile, Violet
spent week in a hospital, under
going a minor operation.
In May, the investigation was re-
sumed. The New Jersey inquisitor-
ial forces had moved their head
quarters to Alpine, and it was pro-
posed to take the serving maid
there for renewed questioning. They
were certain she had been to no
movie on the fateful night, for she
had been unable to give them any
description of the play.
A search of Violets rooms had
disclosed little of interest save a
number of business cards of the
POST Road Taxi Co., Ernes t
Brinckert, Proprietor" at White
Plains, New York.
To trace down Ernest Brinckert
was the work of but a few hours.
The speculation of detectives was
heightened when it was learned that
Brinckert had a police record-a
record of minor offenses, to be sure,
but nevertheless, record. They
brought photographs of the youth
to. Violet who identified them as
those of the Ernest" with whom
she had been out on the night of
March IL
Violet's identification was utter
ly falsel
Maid Committed Suicide
On the following morning, while
the police were rounding up the
suspected Brinckert, they prepared
to take the maid to Alpine. Il will
never go there" she told her fell
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
GUIDE TO REAL ESTATE
MODERNIZATION AND REPAIR
A STATEMENT FROM
F. w. MARROW

F. w. MARROW
District Director, Better Hous-
ing Division of Southern Cali
fornia of the National Emer-
gency Council, regarding the
NATIONAL HOUSING ACT"
1.-The provisions of the new
housing act are exceedingly
simple. The owner of any resi-
dence, apartment building, store,
office building, warehouse, or
farm building should decide i'm
mediately what improvements
he can afford to make now to
his real estate at least the
improvements he cannot afford
to neglect any longer.
Banks and major financial
institutions Of this city are now
eligible to make loans to bor-
rowers and avail themselves of
Federal Insurance. They will
make a loan to cover the entire
cost of the necessary repairs, al
terations and improvements to
your property up to $4,000, pro-
vided the borrower is able to
demonstrate a reasonable credit
standing.
1.-The loan must be repaid in
equal monthly installments over
a period of from one to three
years. The cost to the borrower
for such loan will be at the
rate of SIS per 100 per year."
To further assist property
owners in securing reliable con-
tractors to carry out the improve
ments, The Press herewith presents
selected list of contractors in
nearly every line of building ac-
tivity. These firms and individuals
will render every aid possible, sub
nit estimates, and complete the
work required with utmost care
and consideration.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
Adventist Church
To Be Dedicated

Dedication of the Seventh Day
Adventist church at Tenth and Holt
streets has been set for II o'clock
next Saturday morning, it was an
nounced today by Superintendent
Rentfro, in charge of Seventh Day
Adventist churches in Imperial VAL
ley.
The church was originally built
about 20 years ago, he said, and
was remodeled four years ago, but
has never been dedicated.
The dedicatory sermon will be
preached by Glenn Calkins of Glen
dale and E. F. Hickman, formerly
of Washington, D. c.. but now
president of the local Seventh Day
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
THEFT TRIAL OPENS

Trial of Ramon Martinez and
Ramon Rivera on charges of grand
theft started before a jury in Judge
ThompSon's department of super
ior court this morning.
The two men are alleged to have
stolen a quantity of clothing apd
other articles from a car parked at
the rear of the Barbara Worth
hotel several weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
BY SIDNEY b. WHIPPLE

United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1884, by United Press
The below-stairs world within
the Morrow mansion at Englewood
was ruled by one who rejoiced in
the name of Septimus Banks. But
ler, major-domo, chief seneschal of
the household for untold years,
Septimus Banks was long the fa-
orite servant of Senator Morrow,
and he ruled his small kingdom
with a firm but kindly hand.
A primly correct and precise man,
Banks had little time for frivolity,
and perhaps little inclination as
well. The limit of his excursions
into the world of pleasure was an
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
CHEAP RADIO FOR POLICE

CLEBURNE, Tex, U.P)-A plan
whereby smaller cities may take
advantage of police radio at low
cost has been devised here. A pri-
vate radio shop has been licensed
to send out police calls, thereby re-
lieving the city of the cost of erect
ing a broadcaSting station.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17

EDITORS NOTE: - The fol-
lowing dispatch, seventh In the
Sidney B. Whipple series on the
Lindbergh crime, tells the story
of Violet Sharpe, that strangely
hysterical servant in the Morrow
home whose suicide led the police
for a time, to believe she was i'm
plicated in the kidnapping. The
Sharpe tragedy provided one of
the most dramatic interludes in
the main drama.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
AbYSS|N|A IN
CONTROVERSY
WITH ITALY

ROME, Dec. II. U.P) - Premier
Benito Mussolini today presented
the League of Nations with a new,
troublesome problem by refusing to
submit to arbitration a dispute with
Abyssinia over the frontier of Italy
Somaliland and insisting that his
demand for reparation from Abys-
sinia must be met at once.
The gravity of the Italian -Abys-
sinian clash at Ualual was made
known for the first time today
when it was officially announced
that Italy lost 80 killed and go
wounded, all native soldiers, in a
fight December 5. 1t had been an
nounced previously that the Abys-
sinian killed numbered ITO.
The situation seemed somewhat
akin to that which followed the
Italian bombardment of Corfu,
Greece, in 1923, in that Mussolini
denied authority of the league to
act.
Abyssinia called the leagues at
tention to the frontier situation. 1t
complained, under article XI of the
league covenant, that Italians at
Ualual, in disputed territory, at
tackled Abyssinians and later bomb
ed Ado and Gerlogibi, in what is
claimed as Abyssinia territory
In his note to the league, Musso-
lini said Italy would not arbitrate
the incident at Ualual because 1t
was clearly due to an attack, sud-
den and without provocation, by an
Abyssinian armed force.
GENEVA, Dec. II. U.P)--Italy's
answer to Abyssinia's telegram to
the League of Nations, protesting
aggression" on the Somaliland
frontier, was received today.
1t declares that arbitration = in
some circumstances provided for
under the Italian-Abyssinia treaty
is refused on the ground that it
covers only judicial questions, while
in the present instance Abyssinians
attacked an Italian outpost.
A calm view was taken of the sit
uation here.
It was reported that Premier
Benito Mussolini was preparing to
discourage certain high Italian mil
itary circles which were said to IA
vor colonial war with Abyssinia.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17

The building this year of the finest
cars Buick ever built, in a volume
nearly double the 1888 output, has
brought forth important new i'm
provements and refinements, bear
ing upon performance, smoothness,
dependability and general economy.
Compare the Buick for 1885
as you will. You will see here
the value for your money. You
zciI buy a better automobile
only zchen Buick builds it.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17
The Weather
4OS ANGELES AND VICINITY

Fair tonight and Tuesday; rather
low night temperature with light,
local frost in exposed places Tues
day morning; moderate to fresh
north to northwest wind.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17

Adventist conference, will be pres,
ent.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-17

LOCAL TEMPERATURES
data compiled by Howard En-
mons, local observer for the United
States weather bureauD
Maximum yesterday ...............,.....73
N6;,,;,,,,,,,, tolo,, 40
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-28
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
GENERAL GLASSFORD COMING

General Pelham d. Glassford, who won
considerable national publicity as super
1ntendent of police in Washington during
the bonus army" troubles, is coming to
Imperial Valley to act as mediator in To-
cal labor troubles.
The general is sent by order of the Sec
retary of labor. who is charged among
othe1. things, with investigating and set
tin labor disputes.
esterday the board of supervisors
sent the secretary a telegram, asserting
that unless General Glassford is author
lied to deal with Communism as it should
be dealt with, his presence here would be
of little use and the expense Of sending
him here unwarranted.
Among other duties Of the secretary of
labor, as set out in the Congressional Di-
rectory, and under which General Glass
ford might have the authority to deal with
Communists, is the supervision of the
immigration of aliens and the enforce
ment of the laws relating thereto"
There is no doubt that many of the rad
ical agitators who have invaded Imperial
Valley in recent months, to stir up trou-
BILE here, are aliens, either naturalized or
unnaturalized. In this case there is a
fertile field for General Glassford to re-
turn to Washington with report recon-
mendlnS Ine deportation OF numerous
individuals who have no right to resi-
dence in the United States.
The board of supervisors-the majori-
ty at least-takes the position that there
is no labor dispute here for General
Glassford to settle. They assert that il
is an open fight on Communism. Accept
ing this viewpoint, the supervisors should
make haste to point out to the secretary
of labor or to General GlaSSfOrd on his
arrival, that his duties are not limited to
labor mediation but are equally concern
ed with the investigation and deportation
of aliens who are actively engaged in ef-
forts to destroy the American govern
ment.
If Communism is at the root of our
troubles, the general can be of assistance
in eradicating at least that portion of il
which is alien.
Taking this viewpoint of it the valley
will be wise to walk carefully and talk
softly until he comes. Nothing will be
gained by antagonizing him before he
gets here
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-28
BED TIM { STORIES
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1884 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

That's it," chuckled Mr.. Robin
And then you ask me to come with
you hide in your pocket and you
wanted me to sing when we got in
your bungalow so your wife would
think it was you
That's right" agreed Uncle Wig
gily. But what is so funny in my
wanting to fool my wife? I want her
to think 1 can sing"
The funny part will pe," laughed
Mr.. Robin, when she finds out you
can't sing after all When she finds
out the trick you have played on
her, what will she do to you? Oh,
that will be funny, Ha! Ha! Ha!'
Hum" murmured Uncle Wiggily,
ut may not be SO funny as you
think. But no matter. Come along
and we'll fool my wife"
As it was cold outside the barn,
Uncle Wiggily put Mr. Robin in his
oVercOat pocket. Mr.. Robin gave his
wife a fluttering goodbye kiss and
said he would fly back as soon as
he had helped Uncle Wiggily play
the joke on the rabbit lady.
III be gathering up bits of horse
hair, string and dried grass for the
nest We must soon build" said Mrs.
! Robin.
! 1t did not take Uncle Wiggily and
Mr.. Robin long to reach the hollow
stump bungalow. Mr. Longears
opened the door and then, taking
/ the red-breasted bird out of his
pocket, he called up the stairs.
I'm home again my dear. Do you
want me to sing to you?'
Net if you are going TO do any
of that crying-singing I heard this
morning was the answer from
! above
Listen to this" said Uncle Wig
gily, winking one eye at the robin.
Then he whispered: Sing, bird!
/ Sing!"
The robin began to sing: Ira!
/ la la Too-ru-la- loo! Chip Chip
Chip! La! La! La"
( "Oh, Wiggy, where did you learn
tc sing?" exclaimed his wife, COM
ing to the head of the stairs with
Nurse Jane. That is wonderful I'm
sorry I said it sounded like crying.
, Then, before Uncle Wiggily could
4 put the bird back in his pocket
Nurse Jane and Mrs. Longears saw
+ Mr.. RCoin. Then they knew they
had been fooled and they laughed
right heartily and so did Mr.. Long
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-28
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
MAYBE II AMT so

| 1t appears that the few remaining
shredS of sanity which the nation has
| are gong to be endangered by a congress
slonal investigation of the charges made
by DR.. William Writ OF Gary. Indiana
that the nation is being maiciously turn
ed over to the red or is threatened with
that fate, by high officials in the Roose-
Welt administration.
DR.. Writ was told by somebody that
another party had said Mr.. Roosevelt is
playing the part Of "a Kerensky in the
American revolution.
The statement means that Mr. Roose-
velt Is merely the prelude to a revolution
that will find us all swearing allegiance
to the Third Internationale.
Ihe brain truSterS, of the Roosevelt
administration, are, according to the Writ
charges, merely biding their time until
Uncle Sam can be kicked into the Poto-
mac or Chesapeake Bay, and in his place
Will come a cOmmiSSar, presumably from
Moscow
Despite assertions that the "Kerens-
ky phrase is credited to the aftermath
of cocktail party, and was used in fig
uratlve way, it is being taken seriously.
not only by DR.. Writ. but by high officials
of the government. politicians, and lead
ing newspapers.
We also began to be worried about the
state Of affairs, for we have no desire to
have anything red, literally or figura-
lively about us. We just don't like the
color.
But today our fears that We all are 90
ing to become Communists, whether we
like 1t or not, are greatly reduced. be-
cause we learn that Senator Thomas D.
Schall of Minnesota, believed the "Ker-
ensky yarn. Now we know the country
is safe, for Senator Schall is almost in
the same class with Senator Huey Long.
Whatever he believes it is safe to disbe-
lieve
Senator Schall sounds off as follows:
our President fishes while the republic
burns"
The republic came very near burning
last week but Mr.. Roosevelt put out the
fire. Senator Schall didn't have any
thing to do with eXtinguishing it. Re-
viewing the Roosevelt course over the
past year, we make bold to assert that
the republic has pretty good fire insur-
ance in the person of the man in the
White House.
II DR.. Writ, Senator Schall and numer-
Gus others think the wool is being pulled
over Mr.. ROosevelt's eyes, they have
very different idea of the Presidents
ability than the great bulk Of his fellow
citizens have.
To quote another senator, with whom
we do not always agree, he seems to hit
the situation perfectly. Hiram Johnson
says of Dr. Wirt's remarks: They have
neither the charm of Baron Manchausen
nor the delightful literary style of Alice
In Wonderland Correct, Hiram.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-28
sDor1't Quote Me-
By United Press

WASHINGTON, March %. - In
the gaudy new office building OF
the house of representative is u
spic and span barbershop, manned
by the best BARRIERS that can be
found.
They trim congressional hair for
25 cents and shave congressional
chins for Is cents-and it isn't right,
according to complaints which are
coming to congressman from the
BARRIERS the country over.
They claim that they have TO
abide by the Blue Eagle rules, pay
high wages and buy costly powders
and soap. Yet they say them must
dc all this from the profits Of the
business and hence that they must
charge at least 80 cents per hair
cut.
There is no reason, they insist,
why $4,000 a year congressman
shouldn't pay so cents a haircut,
like everybody else, and SO put the
barbershop on non-subsidized ba-
els.
In the house OF representatives
restaurant there is a similar cam
paign to make it self-suppCrting
The biggest reform concerns beans,
which have gone up five cents i'll
price.
Manager Sam johnson noticed
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-28
UNCLE WIGGILY FOOLS HIS
WIFE

Mr. Robin Redbreast laughed 50
loudly that his wife who was Sit
ting on a Wheelbarrow in the old
barn, called to him:
Rob, not SO noisy, my dear! The
cat may hear youl'
What are you laughing at, any
how?' Uncle Wiggily wanted to
know. For the rabbit gentleman was
in the barn with the two robin
birds.
I'm laughing at you'll" chuckled
Mr.. Robin. Excuse me, but I just
can't help it, Uncle Wiggily."
That's all right spoke the rab-
bit gentleman. But tell me and I'll
laugh with you. I don't mind laugh
ing at myself"
We'll, it's like this answered the
red bird, as he wiped the tears of
fun out of his eyes on a piece of
paper that the March wind blew
in under the old barn door. You
told me you wanted me to help fool
your wife, didn't you?'
"Oh, yes said Uncle Wiggily. "Ot
course that's funny-or at least we
hope it will be-"
Yes, it will be funny, all right
! laughed Mr.. Robin. "I-Oh, deal
me-Ha! Ha, Fo, Ho! Cheer up!
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-28

lot of representatives at lunch time
ordering beans and nothing else, fill
linz out their meals with an mex
haustible supply of free rolls,
creamery butter and ice water. He
added a nickel to the price in nope
some bean eaters might buy some
thing else.
johnson feels pretty badly about
the liquor situation. He can sell 81
beer, but nothing stronger TO his
legislative customers. He figures
that if the rules committee would
change the rules SO he could sell
wines too, he could pull the reStau-
rant out of ther ed. There is lot
Of profit in wines, he says.
At the NRA there is a union Of
clerks which takes all those blue
eagle working rules seriously.
The 200 members walk out
promptly every afternoon at 4:30 p.
m. no matter what remains on their
desks. They claim that if the blue
eagle forces everyone else in Amer
lea to quit work promptly at quit
ting time, they of all people ought
to abide. Administrator Hugh S.
Johnson, who frequently works Is
hours a day himself, agrees, at least
in principle.