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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-07
Scores Lives In Odd Norwegian Tragedy
Institute For
Teachers Today

Some 300 teachers of the county
assembled in the Brawley high
school this morning for an all day
teachers institute, the last of the
season. c. B. Collins, county super
intendent of schools, presided
Elmer Head, district attorney,
spoke on Communism, defining the
term and stating what he believed
to be the correct attitude for
teachers to assume in this regard.
Prof. Harley w. Lyon, principal
of the Longfellow school, Pasadena,
talked on the place of the fathers
councils in the schools.
Musical numbers were presented
and this afternoon DR.. Paul Peri
CORD Of U. c. L. A, was to talk on
rs 1t Progress or Decadence?'
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-07
To Investigate
Veterans Land

Investigation of % ranches in
Imperial county sold to veterans
through the service of the veterans
welfare board is being made by
members of the board who arrived
here today for that purpose.
The board consists of Jack Bren-
nan, Berkeley, chairman, OFT o
Sandman. Stockton, Herbert Wey-
Ter, San Bernardino, Walter Kibbey
Los Angeles and R. J. Welsh, Jr.
of Riverside. j. Sterling Oswalt,
local police chief is acting as guide
to the board during their visit
here,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-07
EXTENSION LEADER HERE

Prof. l.. B. Smith of the Uni
versity of California extension
service and assistant state leader
of farm advisors, is in the valley
today comforting with Frank G.
Beyschlag, farm advisor.
Not only are they discussing
matters of routine extension serv-
ice work, but the additional work
of the AAA and matters pertain
ing to il.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-07
PLAN COURT OF HONOR

Another Court of Honor for
Scouts in the Ell Centre district
is scheduled for Tuesday evening,
April 10, at 7:30 in the Wilson
school.
Scouts will appear before the
court for advancement and a pro-
gram will be given.
The public is invited to attend.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-07

Dear Sir
Wish TO take tins opportunity tn
express myself as being in favor OF
keeping the one mill tax as II is.
My reason for this is that our
customer count is several hundred
daily, and a large percentage OF
this is directly due to the tourists
who have been contacted in some
form by the activities of the cham
Der of commerce.
To take away this advertising
that Ell Centre gets through the
chamber will result in less patron
age of the hotels, auto courts and
restaurants in our city, and increase
our individual advertising costs.
Very truly yours,
Sherwood's Coffee Shop.
(Signed) RUSSELL p. SHERWOOD
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-07
SILVER BLOC CALCULATES NEW BILL SECRETLY
MlkWill
XsgROGERs
w ,SOyS:

HOLLYWOOD, April g. (Spe-
ciaD-Can't bring insult back
yet. I see by the papers today
where he hasn't finished his
memoirs.
New York stock exchange is
having their own investigation.
They are investigating IA diff
ferent stocks that have been
acting so funny that Wall
street itself didn't know what
they were doing. In other
words you can fool the public
but you mustn't fool the mem
bers of the lodge.
The high income tax came
pretty near passing Thursday
in the senate; only lacked about
six votes, SO it won't be long
now. Well, there is millions
and millions would be glad to
give up SO per cent if you would
let 'em earn a hundred thou
sand more.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-07

APPROVES OF
ONE MILL TAX

The following unsolicited letter
reached The Press today and Is
published as an indication of the
attitude of the leading businessmen
CT the city toward the one mill adj
vertising levy which aids in sup
port OF the chamber of commerce.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-07

Aalesund is one of many small
islands off the west coast of Nor
way. It's $4,000 people live mostly
by fishing. There is some seaport
activity also.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-07

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Evening star., 1934-12-13
MUNICIPAL Center.
PART SALE URGED
Trade Board Group Would
Sell Southern Halt to
Finance Project.

Sale of the southern half OF the
present Municipal Center site to
finance immediate construction on
Judiciary Square of buildings to house
the citys lower courts was recon-
mended yesterday by the Board OF
Trades Public and Private Buildings
Committee. The proposal will be pre-
eented to the directors OF the board Tor
Endorsement.
Approving the report of subcom-
mittee headed by Louis Justement, the
full committee passed a resolution
stating:
The southern half of the present
Municipal Center site should If pos
sible, be sold to the Federal Govern
ment and the court buildings be erect
ed on Judiciary Square out Of the pro-
ceeds secured by the sale, reservlng for
future consideration the location OF
the administration building on the
northern half of the present site or on
the site of the present old Pension Of
fee Building"
Difficulties Held Blessings.
The difficulties which have beset
those seeking money to finance the
contemplated 100000 Center prob
ably we're blessings in disguise, Juste-
ment declared. He said If the first
unit of the Municipal Center had been
built 1t inevitably would have resulted
in the ultimate completion of the en-
tire project as originally conceived.
and it is nov generally recognized that
this plan is entirely too eYtravagant
for the needs Of the District of Co.
lunnbia."
He said there is an urgent need only
for new court buildings and that they
should be on modest, dignifled scale
in keeping with the old courthouse.
Sale of half the present Municipal
Center site, which cost between six
and seven million dollars, would pay
for the Judiciary Square site and for
construction of the court buildings,
Justement declared.
Needs Seen Different.
He contended courts and admins
trative Offices should not be housed in
the same building since their needs
are different and the interest Of one
would necessarily have to be sacri-
feed to the other
Arguing against the Municipal Gen.
ter, as originally planned, Justement
said the scale of the project was in
fluenced largely by desire to con-
form with the monumental type Of
building which has been placed with
In the Federal Triangle.
He pointed out that the gross floor
area planned in the Municipal Center
to meet immediate needs is three
times the area now occupied, and the
floor area of the completed project
would be six times as great as at
present.
Arthur 3. Heaton. chairman OF the
Public and Private Buildings Com
mittee, presided.
Evening star., 1934-12-13
ARMY PLANS SECOND
STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT

By the Associat ted Press.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, December 13.
The Army Air Corps is planning
second balloon stratosphere fight
next Summer.
It was learned at Kelly Field yes
terday that Capt. Orville A. Ander-
son, one of the three pilots partici-
pating in the fight last July, will
60 to Washington in March to pre-
pare for it. Capt. Anderson and his
companions barely escaped disaster
when the gondola ripped loose from
the stratosphere bag. They "bailed
out" and descended safely.
Evening star., 1934-12-13
SONS CUSTODY GRANTED
Treasury Department Official
Wins Writ Action Against Wife.

Alfred Burrows, Treasury Depart
ment bank receiver, was awarded Gus
tody of his 1o-year-old son, Thomas
Henry Burrows. in District Supreme
Court yesterday. This action was
taken by Chief Justice Alfred A.
Wheat on habeas corpus proceedings
instituted by Burrows against his wife,
Mrs. Louise w. Burrows. Victoria
Apartments, who allegedly removed
the boy from school in Pennsyl-
vania and refused to tell the father
his whereabouts.
A divorce suit involving the couple
Is pending in North Carolina Bur-
rows was represented by Attorney
Neil Burkinshaw.
The Washington times., 1934-05-05
TAX SALE GOUGE COSTS D. C. PROPERTY OWNERS MILLIONS
To PARK
READYFORU,S.

Deeds to the Shenandoah Ma
tional Park area will be turned
over to the Government by the
State of Virginia about May IS,
it is announced by Arno B. Cam
merer, director Of the National
Park Service.
That the deeds are ready to be
transferred was disclosed after a
visit here by William E. Carson.
Virginia conservation commits
sioner. The titles will not be Of.
ficially accepted, however, until
after they have been approved by
Government lawyers.
Plans are already underway for
a colorful ceremony to mark the
opening of the park, but park Of
ficials said today the ceremony
would not be staged until after
the Skyline Trail, from Panorama
to Swift Run Gap, has been COM
pleted.
Opening Of the gates to Shen-
andoah Park is expected to at
tract hundreds of thousands OF
tourists to the area annually.
The Washington times., 1934-05-05
JUDGE To HEAD
LEAGUE DRIVE

Judge R. Granville Curry, Of
Montgomery County Juvenile e
Court, has been named executive
director of the annual drive for
funds to be opened by the Mont
gomery County Social Service
League May 81 and to run till
June S.
The goal set is $4,000, the
same as in past years, and it is
pointed out by Miss Ruth Bolton,
executive secretary of the league,
that if the precedent of the past
two years is followed, the total
will be oversubscribed.
This sum is sought to supple
ment the county appropriated
funds in making up the budget
required by the agency for its
social welfare work during the
year 1934-35.
The district plan, under the
direction of numerous branch
committees, which has been util-
lied so successfully in the past,
will be followed again and an
ncuncement of the committee
heads is expected within the next
few days.
The Washington times., 1934-05-05
Former Virginia Senator
Joins McKeeUer-HartunQ

nent Washington real estate brok'
ers in the Shoreham Building, as
their Virginia and Florida repre-
sentative, specializing in suburban
homes, Southern colonial estates
and Florida farms and acreage
tracts.
While in Florida, Senator Byars
became interested in the proposed
Everglades National Park, to male
of Southern Florida a human
sanctuary for Americas touring
millions, as well as a bird and
game sanctuary.
Interested also in the unemploy-
ment and economic problems con-
fronting this nation, Senator By
ars says the people should de-
mand of Congess a financial sys-
tenn that will make possible a
modern home for every family
and a road to every farm. He
suggests as one method of provld-
ing work, salvaging human wreck
age, and giving impetus to the
"back to the farm" movement,
the construction of a great educa-
tional boulevard from Maine to
Florida-"Down by the Noun
tains, Up by the Sea" - connecting
the principal cities and points OF
interest and Importance in the
eastern part of the United States.
The Washington times., 1934-05-05

as SITS in fees, plus all District
penalties, plus the original amount
of delinquent taxes, usually less
than $100.
In one case where a wealthy
man who has been living abroad
for several years returned and
found a piece of property sold for
$400 in back taxes, the tax-shark
asked the modest bonus of $3.50
for clearing the title to the prop
ert--' so tlNt it might be sold.
All Traffic Will Bear
In most States the tax7shark
would not be allowed to collect
more than 8 per cent on his in
vestment, but here in the seat of
our National Government, he may
charge anything ne thinks the
traffic will bear. He specializes in
buying properties on which there
are large trusts outstanding, know
ing that the holders of those trusts
probably will pay off his claims
rather than have his lien take
priority over their claims.
The flaws in the laws of the
District are simply being used to
feather the nests of out-of-town
syndicates, the local government
securing no profit from the
transaction other than that de-
rived from having taxes paid up.
In exchange for this, the local law
penalties the small home-owner
more than he can possibly afford
to pay and delivers him into the
hands of the tax-sale shark from
which few, if any sdays, can
hope to escape.
The Washington times., 1934-05-05
LOAN UNIT BANS
j. 8. HELP FOR
DEFAULTERS
Those Able to Keep Mortgage
Payments Up Must Do So,
Federal Office Orders

Unanimous approval is being
given by the building and loan as
sociations to the resolution
adopted by the Federal Home
owners Loan Corporation to the
effect that no loans will be ap'
proved by the corporation to per
sons who have stopped payments
on their mortgages when they
could have gone on paying.
Morton Bodfish, executive vice
president of the United States
Building and Loan League, says:
"A cursOry investigation shows
that 10 per cent Of the home
owners with mortgages can keep
their payments going normally.
and this normal flow of money
is as necessary to a restoration
of better times as is the main
tenance Of the wage scale.
They Must Pay
These people have a patriotic
as well as c0ntractual Obliga-
tiOn to meet their payments nor.
mally. The building and loan
managers approve the stand
taken by the board unquali-
fiedIy."
The portion of the boards an.
nouncement relating to this Sltu'
alton reads as follows:
"Supplementing its previous
public statements and instruc-
tiOnS to state managers on the
subject, the board Of directors
Of the Home Owners Loan
Corporation has passed a spe-
cial resolution which it has
forwarded to all state man
ayers instructing them to make
clear that persons who are
able to make their payments
on their present mortgages held
by banks, insurance companies,
building and loan associations
and other private holders and
who default on such mortgages
for the purpose of securing
loans from the Home Owners
Loan Corporation will not be
considered eligible for such
loans.
Want Transfers
Chairman Fahey referring
to attitude of corporation,
said that in order to carry on
the work of the corporation
successfully and prevent inter
ference with its operation for
the benefit of borrowers who
actually need help we are
obliged to do everything we
can to stop the filing of appli-
cations by people who are
abundantly able to meet their
present obligations to those
who now hold their mortgages.
The Washington times., 1934-05-05

The Washington Real Estate
Board and the Home Owners Pro.
tective Enterprises are attempt
ing to have the law changed so
that the District may confiscate
md sell, if necessary. the proper
ties of tax-delinquentS, delivering
a clear title to the buyer, and at
the same time returning to the
owner or trust-holders any money
realized in excess of the Districts
claims. Another proposed bill
would extend to the delinquent
property-owners of the District
the same privileges extended in
Detroit, namely, that of giving to
the local government a note for
all delinquent taxes and penalties,
this note to be payable in seven
equal, annual installmentS.
Realtors and District officials
alike agree that until the present
law is revised there is no legal re-
Striction on the taX-sale shark and
no legal protection available for
the property-OWnerS,
The Washington times., 1934-05-05
OLD HOMES TOURED

The annual tour of old homes in
Alexandria, under auspices of st.
Pauls Episcopal Church, was at
tracing hundreds of visitors to
the Virginia city today. Fifteen
homes, several of which have
never been opened to the public
before, are included in the tour.
The Washington times., 1934-05-05

j. Cloyd Byars, of Arlington,
Va, former State senator, active
in civic and political affairs of the
State, returning from Florida re-
Gently, has become associated with
the Washington office of Nc
Keever -Hartung Co., Inc, promi-
The Washington times., 1934-05-05
COMEDY AT SCHOOL

"The Belle of Barcelona"
Spanish musical comedy, will be
presented by the students of
Sherwood High School next
Thursday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-25
YANKEE DOPESTERS' FAILED TO FIGURE
 ON DETROIT CLUB
Washington Was New Workers Chief Worry a
 Month Ago
BY THEoN WRIGHT

United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 New York. July 25-UP)-FUr a club scheduled to crack wide open a month ago, the Detroit Tigers are holding up very we'll They lead the American loop by two games.
 Baseball dopesters, who go into a huddle with ream of paper and come out with the pennant winner, figured out before the start of the current invasion of the west by eastern clubs, that Detroit couldn't last the month. Detroit couldn't stand the pace they said.
 Yankee spokesmen announced Washington was the club they feared. It appears they forgot to show these calculations to MT Mic key Cochrane, foreman of the Fig CTS. Anyway. Detroit managed to win nine game while losing four since the forecast was made, while Washington has lost ten and won only one. The Yankees have only broken even, winning seven and losing seven on their western raid.
 Two Names Up
 Yesterday Detroit increased its clutch on the lead, belting out the Boston Red Sox 6-3, while the Tanks were losing. Red Phillips. Texas Rookie, relieved Carl Fischer in the fifth with the tying runs aboard and retired the side on one pitched ball. He gave only four hits after that.
 New York suffered a double loss in St Louis, losing both the ball game and the services of left fielder, Earl Combs, for the sea- son.
 Combs raced back for Harlan Gifts fly, crashed headlong into the concrete left field wall, and the hit went for a triple, scoring the winning runs. Combs was car ried off the field with fractured skull, a broken shoulder and blood streaming from his nose and mouth, He will be out for the sea- son. The Browns took the game Az. Lou Gehrig hit his 2Sth homer.
 Washington lost to Chicago Al, and dropped into sixth place again, St Louis moving back to fifth. Les Tietje gave the Senators only six hits.
 Cleveland hammered Johnny Marcum for twelve hits in four innings, beating the Athletics 10-6. Ed Coleman led the attack with two homers.
 Whitewash!
 Roy Parmelee continued to blaze the way for the Giants, stopping St Louis cold 50, allowing but four hits. Mel Otis 24th home run i,l the third, driving in his tooth run sewed up the game.
 The Cubs kept the pace, two games behind New York, beating Brooklyn the second time, 6-3. Sam Leslie's double gave the Dodgers the lead in the fourth, driving Frey and Taylor home, but Charlie Grimm's homer for Chicago, SCOT. ing two ahead in the sixth, finished the game. Van Lingle Mungo helt the Cubs to six hits, but couldn'' ! win.
 Flint Rhem hurled Boston to | 4-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds breaking a six game losing streak for the Braves.
 Aging Sylvester Johnson shut out the Pirates with four hits, the Phillies winning 90. Only 1G Pittsburghers faced Johnson in the first five innings. The Bucs slid to fifth, point behind Boston, while the Phils went into a tie with Brooklyn in sixth place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-25
BOX SCORES

John Francis Moore of Waterville helped himself and the scrappy Phils plentifully yesterday with brilliant sup port both at bat and in the field of Sylvester Johnson, the discarded Cincinnati Red pitcher who set the Pittsburg Pirates down with four hits and blanking them, 90, which is some blank in any ball game. All Moore did for the day was boost his batting average to 1886 with a pair of doubles and a single and make two spectacular grabs in the outfield. Lou Chiozza and Dick Bartell also had some neat fielding plays to their credit. Johnson held the Pi- rates hitless for five innings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-25

Clever Combine
 Tinker to Evers to Chance"- greatest double-play combination in the history of the game; "Cobb stole second, took third on the sec ond baseman's error and stole home for the winning run; "Kling whipped the pitchout to second SO nard Doyle was held on third and Snodgrass was tagged out at sec ond"; Braves take fourth straight and swept series" All these and more have a familiar ring in the ears of millions.
 Where are they now?
 The Association of Professional Ball Players of America, which has headquarters here, will tell you receiving the association aid, his name Is guarded.
 Cobb is in San Francisco, retired and living comfortably, but talking about buying into a minor league club. Art Nehf, former Giant pitcher and World Series hero. Is writing insurance in Phoenix, Ariz. Johnny Evers is scouting for the Boston Braves, and has sporting goods store in Albany. George Wright, who once completed a sea- son for Cincinnati without losing a game, is rated a millionaire follow ing his retirement from the manu- facture of sporting goods.
 "Ping" Bodie, the great old Chi cago outfielder, does bits in moving pictures. Slugging Sam Crawford, who teamed with Cobb in Detroit's old "Murderer's Row." works for the Los Angeles County recreation department. Johnny Kling, whom Chicagoans still count the greatest catcher of all time, is prosperous, with a share in the Kansas City ball club and a billiard club. Ma. poleon Lajoie. called the most graceful player of them all, is re- tired and living quietly near Cleve- land.
 Frank (Home- Run) Baker, the clean-up cloutsman of the Athletics of 19O5-14, is Q solid citizen and potato grower in Maryand. "Cy" Young, whose record for total games won in 0 season still stands, is living quietly at Paoli, o. Grover Cleveland Alexander, for whom training rules were made to be broken; occasionally pitches two or three innings with the bearded House of David prophets.
 All Stars
 Heine Zimmerman, the third base man, who completed the famous old Cub infield. Is living in New York. Remember wee Dick Ru. dolph, who with Bill James and Lefty Tyler dusted off the Athletics in 1914 in four straight games? Rudolph lives in Connecticut, James in Oroville, Cal.
 Remember the great Red Sox outfield of Iris Speaker, Duffy Lew is and Harry Hooper? Speaker is in business in Cleveland. Hooper IS postmaster at Coalinga, Cal. Re- member Combs and "Stuffy" Me Innis of the famous old AS? Combs is coaching baseball at Duke University and McInnis is living among the drying codfish in h's native Gloucester. ..
 Map" Rucker, former Brooklyn star pitcher, scouts for the dany Dodgers summers and winters at his home in Roswell. Ga.
 The greatest shorthelder that ever lived-and few will dispute his titlc--is coaching the Pittsburgh club. He Is the old Flying Dutch man, Honus "Hans' Wagner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-25
PORTO RICAN FIGHTER
 TO DEFEND HIS GROWN

Three Rivers, Quebec - (UP)-- Sixto Escobar, hard hitting Porto Rican. who holds the Montreal Athletic Commissions recognition of the worlds bantamweight crown, wil make the first defense of his title here August 5.
 His opponent has not yet been selected, but Armand Vincent, promoter, is negotiating with Hu- gene Huat, France; Johnny King. England; and Midget Wogast, worlds flyweight titleholder, and it is expected that one of thsee vii slip into the ring with Eccobar for a 15-round fight fo rthe Sea- gram Belt.
 Joe Tie Ken, Japanese bantam- weight. and Pete Santol hnve turned down offers to meet Esco- bar. who recently knocked out Rodalpho (Baby) Casanova of Mexico and captured the Mont real Commissions recognition of the bantamweight chapion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-25

Players must be amateur mem- bers of clubs affiliated with the U. s. G. A. They must make their en- tries directly and not through off, ficials of their clubs. Competitors must have handicaps, recognized by women's sectional golf associations in the United States, of not more than, six.
 A prospective entry, whose name is not listed by sectional asso- citation, may submit five dated and attested score cards made on at least two courses this year. The correct distance of the holes must be marked, together with the fact if women's tees have been used.
 The entry fee of $5, drawn to the order of the U. s. G. A., should he submitted to Mrs Emma Gilig BetZ, secretary of the U. s. G. A. Wo- mems Committee, Merton, Pa.
 Accommodations for out-of-town entrants. expected from all parts of