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Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11

lates, Miss Pickfords mother called
upon him to break up another
romance which threatened the
actress career. He told how at 3
a. m., he hurried to the New
York apartment of a prominent
movie director and took Mary home
to her mother.
Miss Pickford's attorney vehe-
mently denied Hemmer'S charges.
CHICAGO, Aug. II. UP)-Mary
Pickford laughed and then became
genuinely angry when informed
that she had been sued for $780,
600 in New York by Edward
Hemmer, self-styled foster father
and former manager of the act
reSS.
Pausing in her packing for a
return to Hollywood, Miss Pick
ford stamped foot in emphasis
as she declared that "I'll not settle
this case for as much as post
age stamp"
Hemmer's story of chasing Doug
las Fairbanks from her dressing
room on a Hollywood lot at the
point of revolver won hearty
laugh.
He should be making a very
fine living as a scenario writer" F"
Miss Pickford commented. HE has
a colorful imagination.
'Hemmer was employed by mother
and me just as hundreds of others
were employed. He was paid a SAL
ary regularly and I have the cam
celled checks to prove it. He has
no other claim"
Miss Pickford said Hemmer left
her employ II years ago for a
very good reason"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11
MISS SCHNURR
To Be GUEST
At CHAMBER

Reservations are being received
daily at the Ell Centre Chamber of
Commerce for places for the lunch
con to be rendered Miss Mae
Schnurr, assistant commissioner of
reclamation of the United States
department of the interior next
week by the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict. -.
The luncheon will be held Mon
day, at noon, at the Hotel Barbara
Worth. An invitation has been ex-
tended to all valley residents to at
tend and meet Miss Schnurr. Pre-
ference will be given to out of town
guests in seating arrangements, 1t
is stated by the chamber of COM
merce staff. who are assisting the
Imperial Irrigation district in ar
ranging entertainment for Miss
Schnurr.
President Hewes of the Imperial
Irrigation District has stated 1T is
highly desirable that there be a
representative group to greet Miss
Schnurr. Her work in the bureau
of reclamation has been outstand-
ing and she has been a consistent
friend to Imperial Valley in mat
ters relating to the Imperial irri
CATION system. She will address the
group gathered at luncheon on ir-
rigation and reclamation topics.
Miss Schnurr is making tour
of inspection of western irrigation
projects, and will thoroughly view
the Imperial Irrigation system, the
Yuma project and the Boulder
Dam while in the west.
Reservations for Monday IS lunch
con may be made at the Gl Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce, the I'M
perial Irrigation district office, or
any chamber of commerce in the
county. =. 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11

LOSE OUT IN
STRONGHOLD
Bourbons Have $4,000 More
According To Latest Compil-
alton OF Figures.
NOW CONTROL 81 COUNTIES
Los Angeles And San Francisco
Lead In Revolt Against G.
o. P. Affiliation.
NOW CONTROL 81 COUNTIES
BY GEORGE f. HELMER


United Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 11-Cali-
fornia, always considered a Repub-
lican stronghold, went Democratic
today for the first time in history.
Registration for the August %
primary showed Bourbons leading
Republicans, 1,494,111 to 1,418,826.
Los Angeles and San Francisco
led the revolt" which pushed 81
Of the states So counties into the
Democratic column.
Official registration figures re-
vealed by Frank G. Jordan secre-
tary TO state not only portrayed
what until two years ago had been
considered an impossibility. They
also disclosed the shattering of rec
ords in total figures and parties.
Registration for all parties and.
for those who declined to state a
preference totaled 3,062,317, the
largest number ever recorded in
California and a gain of 396.487
over the primary registration two
years ago. ae
There were 117,539 persons who
declined to name party; 12,012
who registered as Socialists; 9,443
Prohibitionists; 4,l28 Progressive;
3,016 Commonwealth; 1857 Com
munists; OFT members of the Lib
erty party and 408 listed as mis-
| cellaneous. Socialists, Prohibition
and Liberty parties slumped heavily
since 1882
/ commonwealth. Progressive and
Communist registrations picked up
considerably since official figures
were announced in June.
The Democratic swing began in
earnest in 1882, when majority
of the California electorate sup
ported the candidacy Of Franklin
D. Roosevelt against that of Her.
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11
LOCAL YOUTH
HURT IN CRASH.

Dudley Hatch, II, son of E. N. d.
Hatch of this city received badly
crushed arm and other injuries i'll
an automobile crash which happen
ed this morning at $50 O'Clock
about five miles west of Ell Centre.
D. Marsh and J. Burke who were
riding with Hatch at the time Of
the accident were bruised and
shaken up but not seriously.
According to the report made by
investigating officers, the car driy-
en by Hatch was returning to Ell
Centre when it struck Golden
Eagle stage which had left Ell Gen.
tro a short time before on its way
to San Diego. The machine in
which the three local youths we're
travelling was wrecked while the
side of the stage where it was
struck by the car was smashed.
Several passengers in the stage
were shaken up but uninjured. the
report states. Hatch was brought
to La Solana hospital by passing
motoriSt for treatment.
j. B. Reynolds of Monte Vista
and C. f. Watson. Wilmar, were
painfully but not seriously injured
in another accident which happen
ed on a county highway last night,
according to a report at the traf-
fic office.
This report states that trucks
driven by the two men collided
near the Sidewinder service station
on the Yuma highway at 1890
O'Clock last night. Both men we're
cut about the face and otherwise
bruised and were taken for treat
ment to the Yuma hospital
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11
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Sf,sI. NsNsurht Syndicate. taA
VALLEY FLAX
CROP HELPED
Government Grants Additional
AlIotments To Linseed Oil
Manufacturers.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IL. U.P) =
The AAA acted today to assure
Pacific coast flax growers a market
for their 1884 crop of which about
40 per cent is unsold.
1t ruled that coast flaxseed
crushing firms not having quotas
under the linseed Oil manufac-
turing code would be granted al
lotments if they purchased "suffi-
cient" quantities of California and
Arizona flaxseed.
The quotas will be in addition
| to those already allotted crushers
and may also be secured by those
already having them.
Pacific coast flax production this
year is estimated at about 100000
bushels, of which 100000 have not
been marketed.
This is another bit of good news
for the valley 10 offset some that
is not SO favorable" said Ira Aten,
pioneer settler and one of the
leaders in flax production when
shown the above United Press dis
patch.
This will open up the marked
for flax stored in the valley" he
said, and with the naturalization
of silver having tendency to in
crease the cost of Argentine flax
should enable valley growers to get
a good price for their flax
His opinion was echoed by Geo.
rye Winwright, assistant farm adj
visor, who saw in the dispatch a
ready market for the Imperial
Valley crop.
1t is estimated that there are
several hundred tons of flaxseed
now in storage in the valley await
ing better price.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11

MOSCOW, Aug. II. W.H-Whole-
sale murder and sabotage along
the right of way of the Chinese
Eastern Railway-subject of long
standing quarrel between Soviet
Russia and Japan-was charged to-
day in the report of the Russian
director of the line.
He declared reign of terror
centering in the region divided by
the railroad had resulted so far
this year in the deaths of 46 per-
sons, including nine officials of the
road and the wounding of l02.
simultaneously, the newspaper
Pravda, organ of the Communist
party, in front page editorial,
pointedly warned Japan that the
Soviet government could not be
bullied into sacrificing the railway
either by the terrorism of "ban-
dts or threats of the japanese
press.
Negotiations have been proceed
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11
DEATH CLAIMS
ROBERT FERRIS

Two weeks of illness with ty-
phoid fever proved fatal last night
at La Solana hospital to Robert
Charles Ferris, II, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. w. Ferris, of 534 Ell Cen
tro avenue.
known as "Bobbie" to his many
friends in this city, he was born
in Elkador, Iowa, May 18, 1917,
coming to this city with his parents
as a youngster of three. He was
educated in the local grammar
schools and would have been a
senior at Central high school this
fall.
He was popular with fellow stu
dents and was active in athletics,
pitching for the Holy Name Soci-
ETY. baseball team of st. Mary's
church and participated with them
in a game at Oceanside three weeks
ago.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by brother, Forrest of this
city He was a nephew of Louis
McManus and Miss Anna McManus,
also of this city, and of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Cary of Los Angeles;
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. McManus, Los
Angeles and Mr.. and Mrs. G. B..
McManus of San Diego.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated
Monday morning at 9 o'clock in
st. Marys church and burial will
follow at 3 p. m. in Holy Cross
cemetery, San Diego,
The rosary will be recited Sum
day night at o'clock in Lemons
funeral parlors, to which friends are
invited.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11
CRIME NEWS
HAS VARIETY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IL. U,P)-
"Baby racketeers' who sought
protection money! on the paper
business of newsboy today were
sought by police.
The victim, 13-year-old Ernest
Lopez, was leaped upon by gang
of five boys who beat him and rob-
bed him of ST in pennies. Then,
police said, the boys father was
told that unless he provided them
with more money, they would con-
tinue to take it out of the news
boys earnings.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. IL. U,P)-
Something new in holdup tech
nique developed today, and Verne
M. Bowton of Monrovia lost his
faith in signs.
Driving home early today, Bow
ton saw sign reading "detour. -
He "detoured to reach the end
of a blind street where young
bandit waited.
1t cost Bowton $50.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. II. U,R)-
Two radio officers drove to the ad-
dress where a prowler had been
reported.
They searched the premises care
fully and wrongfully concluded
that the report was false.
The radio car was gone when
they reached the street.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11
BILL OF PARTICULARS FILED IN
EAST AGAINST MARY PICkF0RD
Self-Styled Former Manager Makes Charge
Of Improprieties In Connection
With Fairbanks Romance

NEW YORK, Aug. II, (U.P)-A
picture Of Douglas Fairbanks
sprinting from Mary Pickford's
dressing room on a Hollywood lot
and leaping over a fence, with an
irate manager, waving a revolver.
at his heels. is sketched in a bill
of particulars on file today in fed
eral court in connection with a
$250,000 breach of contract action
against the actress.
The plaintiff is Edward Hemmer,
Miss Pickford's self-styled foster
father and manager. He claims the
sum is due him for his unflinch-
ing devotion to the preservation of
Miss Pickfords fair name with
the movie public.
Hemmer describes himself as the
manager in the Pickford dressing
room incident. The alleged in
cident and several others involving
Fairbanks occurred, according to
the bill of particulars, in 1919 and
1920. Miss Pickford was divorced
from Owen Moore in 1920.
His attention was first called
to Fairbanks in 1918, Hemmer de-
clares, when Miss Pickfords moth
er, the late Mrs. Charlotte Pick
ford, telephoned him and begged
him to hurry to Denver to sup
press publicity unfavorable to the
actress. The publicity centered
around the friendship between
Fairbanks and Miss Pickford.
Hemmer related how he sum-
moned reporters to a conference
a, which, he said. he appealed to
their finer sensibilities to sup
press stories concerning the ro-
nance.
Three years earlier, Hemmer re-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11
LEAD IN STATES REGISTRATION
Nllll-
w QOGERS
w 'says:

One in a week can be excused,
but twice in week is too much.
That statement applies to none
other than Will Rogers, reputed to
be the highest paid newspapelnlan
in the country, who has failed twice
this week to send in his daily yarn.
He is getting away with it only
because we can't find him to fire
him, high price and all.
When last heard from he was
aboard a Pacific liner trying to fig
ure cut what day it was and why,
because of the international date
line.
Anyone meeting up with the ex-
cowboy is asked to notify him that
he is canned, fired, bounced or
whatever he wishes to call it.
The Editor.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11
Syncrotax Group
To Hold Meeting

Chairman William f.. (BilD
Young Of the county syncrotax
committee, announces that there
will be meeting of the county
committee on Tuesday. August l4
to devise ways and means OF carry
ing on the campaign in Imperial
county.
Imperial county has suffered as
much as any, Young states, from
inequality in taxation and this OPP
portunity to eliminate the tax wor-
ries should be welcomed. a gem
eral invitation Is extended.
The meeting will be held at the
California hotel, El Centre. at q
o'clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11
Force Account And Coachella Pact Approved
More Men To Get
Jobs On Canal

Three county men, registered at
the local office of the National
Unemployment Service, will be
chosen today fcr work on the liz
mile section Of the All-American
canal lying between the Central
Main and the Westside canals, it
was announced here this morning.
These men will start on Monday
morning digging test holes under
the direction of H. c. Mcdowell,
engineer in charge of the crew
making a survey of that portion
of the canal route.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-11

The payroll for butterfat in
Kings county in June was $126,
4l2.91
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
Bathing Trunks Threaten to Gust
One-Piece Suits

When "Corky" Them, enter
prising young banker, goes to
work in the summer, he looks
well groomed in a white linen
coat with dark trousers.
X X
Perhaps nothing in masculine
attire is as dead a giveaway-
of good, bad or indifferent taste
as the choice of a necktie. This
shows just how your sense Of
color and design runs. Saw a
beaut the other day on a young
aviator that gave me a pretty
good impression of the way he
dresses all the time. The back
ground was black-with big
lightning zigzags running
through it in many shades of
blue-very many!
X y x
Good-looking bathrobeS are
hard to choose. Saw a very
smart-looking one, however, the
other day. It was a loose-fitting
IouIarO rope with shawl collar
in a dull maroon color with
white polka dots.
X 4 X
It certainly takes well de-
veloped legs to do full justice
to a pair of shorts. Judging
from the majority I have seen,
for once the older men put the
"gangly" young ones on the
shade.
X X X
The trunk style of bathing
suit seems to be enjoying more
of a vogue than ever before. 7
am thankful because it means
that that awful one-piece style
of bathing suit will have fade
out. Gray Foster is wearing a
good looking pair Of trunks in
dark blue gabardine with red
stripes down each side.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
Good Advice on Clothes for
Vey Small Women

more grace in the total effect"
With the coat suit, over which
she wore a top coat of black
and white tweed, Miss Gaynor
wore an off-the-face navy blue
felt, simply trimmed with white
grosgrain ribbon. Blue kid
pumps for walking, a blue hand
bag and beige washable doeskin
gloves were pleasing accessories.
TN gowning a girl of Miss
Gaynor's type, there must be
general harmony of the silhou-
cite from top to toe, both back
and front. If this general har-
mony is preserved, it will often
counteract some minor discrep-
ancies of the toilette, though it
can never entirely obviate
them"
Color Important
Lambert stressed the fact that
color must be kept in mind al
ways. Color plays an impor-
tant part in the becoming value
Of a dress, he maintains.
"Some girls are endowed by
nature with compilations, eyes
and hair that harmonic with
any color" according to Lam
bert, who declares that, as a
general thing, the freshness
and loneliness of youth takes
little heed of the color scheme.
Lambert says if he were to
dress Miss Gaynor for a special
dinner it would be in soft
chiffon, floor length. Soft,
graceful capes of chiffon de-
tachable from the gown. are
very becoming to girls of her
type. The chiffon may be of
any favorite color preferred.
In Miss Gaynor's case it would
be peach or blue, her pet shades
for gowns made of sheer mate
rails.
Dainty Materials Best
Provided it were an evening
costume, Lambert would again
select dainty fabrics, rather
than heavier stuffs. Net
souffle de soie-chystal chiffon
and similar fabrics are best
suited for "little women"
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
BY WILMA LAVILLE

So many women write in for
advice on how to design their
costumes because they are too
tall, or too short, and so on.
They often even go so far as
to. ask me how the Hollywood
designers do it. So I'm getting
together all the information on
their methods I can, and will
relay it as fast as I get it.
Here's what one designer has
to say:
Simplicity is the keynote we
touch in designing clothes for
Janet Gaynor and girls of her
type-the youthful debutante,"
says Lambert, Fox Film de-
signer.
Miss Gaynor is five feet tall
and weighs a bit less than 100
pounds.
Time and Place
"In designing her costumes
we take into consideration the
time and place in which she
is to wear them" explains
Lambert. ut is of the utmost
Importance to know where and
when ones dress is to be
WON.
For travelling by airplane to
New York and for general
street wear there we selected
q coat suit of blue wool. Miss
Gaynor is very fond of blue
and that color is always a nat
ural selection for at least one
of her dresses in her pictures.
With this she wore a cream
white blouse of heavy crepe for
travelling.
For the later sequences in New
York there were various blouses,
all of white crepe or white silk
pique-all of them simple and
youthful. The suit was easy
walking length. A suit like hers
for general utility wear is the
only style for the five-foot-high
girl in which one dares to ig-
more the dictum Of height. In
all other costumes it is best to
design them along lines that
will give the appearance Of
greater height, and therefore,
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
Linen in the
LimeIisht

You have to have linen this
summer-it's a vital, young
fashion. 1t is especially effec-
tive in the two-piece natural
linen dress with the mammoth
buttons which may be used as
ashtrays. White linen makes
smart swagger suits with that
starched, fresh look. Pastel
linen blouses come in mouth
watering colors, while navy and
brown linen fashions pert bows
for white kid opera pumps and
sailor collars for white linen
dresses.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
BY BEAU McALLIsTER

Charlie Gaines, beau to
many debutantes, has gone in
for the approved mode Of dress
for dining out on summer eve
nings. He is wearing a white
Palm Beach dinner jacket with
black trousers. Looked we'll
with Jane Thorpe, the latter
in baby blue, the other night.
Hayden johnson, noted for
his fine legal memory-dresses
with great dignity. He likes
for the summer days down.
town a suit of heavy Japanese
silk, with sort of a crepey ap-
pearance, in natural color.
This is made single breasted
and with it he wears a Pan
ANA.
Speaking of lawyers, Stanton
Peelle wears a grayish suit in
a lightweight summer fabric.
Bishop Hill is wearing good
looking brownish whipcord suit.
made single-breaSted. It, Of
course, is a lightweight material
designed especially for summer
wear.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
Quick-Chans
Shoes and Bags

The cleverest summer bag
seen to date is the white wash
able leather envelope with the
six interchangeable tops. diff
ferent in both color and de-
sign. The tops are notched
and fit securely into a groove
at the top of the bag. Other
members of the quick-change
family are the cut-out white
kid ties with several different
colored laces, and the linen
sailor hat with half a dozen
bands to match your favorite
frockS,
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

nations, about four or five,
tightly wired together to give
the effect Of a huge pompon.
She pins this at the throat of
a summary printed frock or to
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

the lapel of a black crepe top
coat and for evening mixes one
or two red ones with the white.
They're really lovely and their
spicy flavor just the thing
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

for the second time in the sum-
mer season. First, she bought
violets back to smart favor:
now her favorite floral adorn-
ment is a cluster of white car
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
SPORTS BELT

BLACK AND WHITE or
tan and white combinations
are good with nearly all
summer clothes. Here's a
white leather belt with
black stripe that is popular
and practical. Other types
in leather and canvas are
available. From a local
store.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

Call in for Fashion In
formation.
Wilma Laville and Beau
McAllister, or their assist
ants will be glad to help
you between the hours of
nine and five on week days
and nine to one on Satur-
day.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

Carnation Cluster
Latest In Corsage
Mae West has revolutionized
the corsage era in Hollywood
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

FreshenS Shoes
Shoes can be freShened up by
rubbing the leather with the
inside of a fresh orange peel
and and then polishing with a
soft cloth.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-26
Advertising rates sent on request
GUARD YOUR cH1LD's HEALTH

Results Of the depression are already becoming
evident in manner more serious than the fnan-
cia aspects widely known. Our children's
bodies are paying the price Of the economic up
heaval. This is to be all over the country by
the increased number of epidemcs and the alarm
ing after-effects A strong, well-nourished child
is usually able to throw off childhood disease
with little difficulty But today's child who has felt
the pinch of poverty finds himself still the battling
ground for number of ailments after his mumps
measles or whooping cough have quite subsidized.
It is making the work of those men and women
who have charge of the health of whole commun-
tiles much more serious matter
There is no need for the parents of this valley
to become unduly alarmed over the epidemic
dtions prevalent in the cities surrounding us.
These towns are far enough away that they are
not visited casually. One plans ahead for these
trips. And when you plan, remember your chill
dren and your duty to them If possible, leave chill
dren between the ages of one and sixteen here at
home where they will be safe. If that cannot be
done, heed the instructions of the county health
officer and do not take them into crowds where
they may contact the disease. And do not allow
them to swim in any public pool or slowly moving
body of water where the virus might lurk
These common sense precautions, if carried
out, will mean that in all probability the Priest
Rapids valley-as healthy community as is to
be found in the state-will remain untouched
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-26
WEEKLY
Hort. Test
By
DIR. E. L. OVERHOLSER, Head
OF Horticulture Department, Wash.
ington State College
Discussion of Last Weeks True Falls
horticultural Statements

Statement l. True. If the summer
pruning is severe, the maturity of both
wood and fruit may be delayed.
Statement 2. True. The dwarfing
effect is more marked than COM
parable amount of winter pruning
when summer pruning is thus prac-
ticed because there is generally but
slight if any immediate growth res
ponse from such summer pruning to
produce additional leaves, and the
leaves previously produced are thus
removed after they have largey util-
lied the food supply stored the pre-
vious season and also largely their own
manufactured supply up to the time
OF pruning in their own growth and
Development and before the time they
would have contributed most to the
stored food supply of the tree for next
seasons growth.
Statement 3. True. Investigations
have found that with most tree fruits
there is a discernible differentiation
of flower parts in the bud as early as
July or even late in June. Further de-
velopment and differentiation of the
flower parts proceeds during favorable
periods up until the time of actual
blooming the subsequent spring.