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Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
BRAWLEY ASKS POWER REPORT
City Officials Inquire When District Will Be Able
To Give Service

How soon will the irrigation dis
trict be in a position to deliver
power to the city of Brawley, was
the question put to the board of
directors at their meeting this
morning by 81 Carey and R. w.
Diver of Brawley, committee
whose duty it was to present this
matter once more to the board.
Harry w. Horton, district chief
counsel, was then called by the
board to attend the meeting and
explain the present status of legal
actions in the courts relative to the
power situation. Horton stated
that if it could be possible to Sc
cure the dissolution of the injunc-
ton granted the Nev-Cal against
the Brawley standby power plant
and the district power program,
power would be delivered in Braw-
ley within 80 days.
He stated that Judge Hollzer real
lied the fact that the case before
him has seemed to be dragged out
to a great extent but explained
that it has SO many angles and as
poets that time must be taken in
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
Pastors OF Two
Local Churches
Will Leave City

Two changes in the pastorates of
Ell Centre churches are about to ma
terialize, involving the departure
from this city of Rev. Carl Har-
wood, pastor of the First Baptist
church, and Rev. Charles Bailey,
rector of st. Pauls Episcopal church,
Rev. Harwood, who has been do
ing evangelistic work throughout
the middle west during the sum-
mer, has received an offer to con-
tinue in that field and has tender
ed his resignation to the board of
the local churcR, which will meet
tomorrow night to act on the resig-
nation and MAKE plans for his sue
ceSSor.
Rev. Bailey has been transferred
to Los Angeles where he will have
charge of two missions, the Holy
Apostles and st. Francis. He plans to
leave within the next day or two for
his new charge. His successor, tenn
porarily will be Rev. Robert Key of
Brawley, who Will take charge of
st. Pauls pending appointment of
a rector by Bishop Stevens of the
Los Angeles diocese.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
REPORT FRONTIER FIGHTING
Aviators Fail To Find Trace OF Lester Cox
Case Goes To
Grand Jury

Following an examination of the
transcript taken at the preliminary
hearing of Rene Rambout and
Manuel Avalos in Calexico last
week, Elmer Heald, district attor-
ney, has turned the whole matter
over to the county grand jury
which was summoned to meet at
the court house this morning.
The jury will investigate the act
ion brought against Rambout and
Avalos which charges them with
attempting to commit murder. The
charge states that Rambout prom
ised Avalos $50 to kill Mrs. Ram
bout and that the Mexican agreed
to the proposal but changed his
mind before he had an opportuni-
ty to commit the crime and report
ed the whole matter to the Calexi-
co police.
The two men were brought be-
fore Judge Lorenz in CaleXico last
week for their preliminary hearing
and were held to answer to super
ior court Edgar Hervey, who rep
resented them in court for the Cal
exico hearing, maintained that
there was insufficient evidence to
hold the men and brought the
whole matter to the attention of
Heald, who in turn placed it in the
hands of the grand jury.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17

the World war, men, struggling in
the wreckage of poverty brought by
that catastrophe and complications
of the machine age, are in despair
surrendering their freedom for
false promises of economic security.
Whether it be Fascist Italy,
Nazi Germany or Communist Rus
sia, the result is the same. Every
day they have repudiated every
principle of the bill of rights, with
speech, press, worship and criticism
censored, and men sent to jail for
uttering their honest opinions.
Referring to the "crisis" facing
the United States and its conStitu-
ton, he declared that this is the
most fundamental clash known to
mankind 1t involves. the issue
of the rights of the individual in
relation to his government.
"If for no other reason, this dis
cussion (of the constitution, is
forced on us by new PHILOSOPHERS,
new theories of government which
have arisen, denying the validity of
our principles.
Involves Principles of Liberty
Our constitution is not alone a
working plan of a great federation
of states, but has embedded in 1t
vital principles of the American
system of liberty, based on inalien-
able freedom that not even the
government can infringe upon.
"They are called bill of rights
which, as clear as the Ten Com
mandments, include freedom of
worship, freedom against unreason-
able search, security against depriv-
alton of life, liberty, and the pur-
suit of happiness without due pro-
cess. These are the principles that
distinguish our civilization"
OF the new economic philoso-
phies," he said:
Here is a form of servitude slip
ping back into the middle ages.
Whatever these governments are,
they have one common denomina-
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
May Get Jury
By Night In
Gibbons Case

Selection of jury for the trial Of
George T. Gibbons. charged with
murder, is expected sometime this
afternoon. it was said at the dis
trict attorneys office this morning.
The trial opened before Judge
Vaughn Thompson in superior court
yesterday morning with D. H. VOL
ford conducting the prosecution
and S. P. Williams, for the defense.
In his opening statement on the
case Wolford stated that he would
ask for the death penalty.
Gibbons is charged with the
shooting of Harry Loss in Brawley
on the night of July Is. He had
hitched ride from a ranch south
of El Centro to the house in Braw-
ley where Loss was living, boarder
in the home of Gibbons divorced
wife. He had not met Loss previous
to the shooting.
When charged with the crime
and held to answer to superior
court, Gibbons had entered a plea
of not guilty which was later
changed to a plea of not guilty by
reason of insanity. Two alienists
have been appointed by the court
to appear during the trial to exam
inc Gibbons as to his sanity.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
CLUBS
To HEAR TALK
ON ETH|OP "A

Ell Centro Lions club will be host
tonight at 7 O'Clock to a joint meet
ing of the KiWaniS, Rotary, 20-30
and Business and Professional
Womenis clubs of this city, at the
Barbara Worth hotel.
Raymond Keck, world-traveler,
who has recently returned from
Ethiopia, following an extensive
stay in that country, will give an
address on the nation which is at
present in the limelight because of
the crisis in its affairs with Italy,
which are expected to result in war
between the two nations, probably
dragging in other European ma
tionS.
Keck, who calls himself a "Trop-
ical Tramp" has lectured before
service clubs throughout Southern
California. and has been heard on
the radio over Station KENO, San
Diego.
Les Harrington, president of the
Lions club, stated today that men,
berS of the service organizations
may bring their ladies with them
tonight, if SO desired.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
Street Begging
Not Necessary

There is no need for panhand-
ling on the streets of Ell Centre, "
Captain Epiett of the Salvation
Army stated today, in announcing
that the Army has opened its shell
ter work to care for those who are
homeless and without friends.
"The Salvation Army, as in the
past, will feed men, provided they
are willing to do a small amount of
work in return. OF course if they
are physically incapable of working,
they will be fed anyhow" Captain
Eplett said.
Merchants have told me that
panhandlers are becoming active in
Ell Centro. Instead of giving such
men money we urge the public to
refer them to the Salvation Army
and we will care for them"
Captain Eplett solicits assistance
from local restaurants, bakeries and
others handling foodstuffs, and
from lodges which may be giving
dinners. to donate any extra COM
modities to the Salvation Army,
which he says will make good use
of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17

A committee has been appointed
by Chairman Kenyon to interview
merchants and manufacturers of
Ell Centro and to aid the staff of the
chamber Of commerce by taking re-
servations for space along Main
Street in the industrial exhibit. All
spaces have a frontage of 25 feet
and the exhibits will extend from
5th to 7th Street on the South side
of Main Street, it is announced. Ap-
plicationS are being handled in the
order received, that is, numbered,
giving the applicants their choice of
parking positions in the order in
which they apply. Prizes will be an
nounced later for the best exhibits.
With the gala street decorations
the brightly decorated store win
oows and several blocks of indus
trial exhibits of Ell Centre merchants
the Fall Opening will resemble a
city exposition. Other cities of I'm
perial Valley have also been invited
to participate.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
AVIATOR KILLS
BALL PLAYER
IN AIR FIGHT
Plane Lurches Crafty In
Space AS Lon KOenecke
Stages Fatal BraWl.

TORONTO, Ont, Sept. II. U.P -
Three men waged hand to hand
battle in a pilotless airplane several
thousand feet above Toronto early
today.
Lon Koenecke, star outfielder of
tht National baseball league, was
killed by Joseph Mulqueeney, the
pilot, who said that only by that
means did he prevent a crash and
the death of all.
Koenecke, depressed by his dis
missal from the Brooklyn Dodgers
at st. Louis Sunday, arrived intoXi-
Gated in Detroit last night. He char
tered Mulqueeney's plane to take
him to Buffalo and took Irwin Da-
Wis, professional parachute jump
er, along as his guest.
Over Toronto Mulqueeney felt the
plane quiver and jerk, though it
was a calm night, perfect for fly
ing. Ht looked back. Koenecke and
Davis were flaying one another with
their fists, jumping around in the
narrow, frail cabin.
Mulqueeney screamed commands
to halt Davis stopped, but Koenecke
didn't, Mulqueeney told police, who
held both him and Davis on tech
nical charge of manslaughter. He
shot the plane up several thousand
feet, then left his controls and join
ed the fight. For a number of min
utes the plane jerked about with no
hands at its controls. Mulqueeney
jerked the fire extinguisher from its
rack and brought it down on Koen-
ecke's head.
He then raced back to the con-
trolls, leveling the plane off less
than thousand feet above the sub
urb of New Toronto.
When he landed a few minutes
later on the Ldng Branch race
track, Koenecke was dead. Police
Lieut.. G.. Joy announced he had
been killed by the blow from the
fire extinguisher. The plane was
damaged slightly in the landing.
Koenecke, an erratic but brilliant
performer on the diamond, was %
years old and had been in profess
sional baseball since 1927. The Gil
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
FOUR HELD IN
FATAL BATTLE

David Campas, %, Alex Campas,
26, Ramon Campas "a and Ignacio
Gastellum, 48, Holtville MeXicans,
were booked at the county jail last
night following an inquest yester-
day afternoon into the death of j,
A. Castro in a Holtville beer gar
den early yesterday morning. The
four Mexicans were named by the
Coroner's verdict as causing the
death.
Casio, it is said, came to his death
from kicks and blows admMAtered
during a quarrel in the beer hall.
One of the quartet was quottd yes
terday as saying that Castro had
provoked the quarrel and attempted
to hit one of the Campas brothers
with a chair when another Campas
struck him on the back of the neck.
killing him.
Further Investigations are being
carried on by the sheriff's office.
Four other MeXicans who had been
held pending the outcome of the in
quest were released later.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
B[AMES REDS
FOR MARINE
UNION STRIKE
State Labor Head Says Mos
COW Inspired Threats To
Tie Up All Navigation.

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Sept. II. UP
- Communistic activity, inspired
from Moscow, is responsible for the
present threatened strike of marine
unions, Edward L. Nolan, state la
Dor commissioner, told delegates to
the California State Federation of
Labor convention today.
THE San Francisco waterfront
situation is perilous," said Nolan,
but I believe a general strike will
be aVerted. If the Reds back of the
trouble there carry their program
through it will tie up all shipping
on the Pacific coast and be extend
ed to the gulf coast, probably first
along the Texas-Louisiana coast
line.
II believe the threatened general
strike of all unions having to do
with the loading, manning, handling
and movement of ships is distinct
ly Communistic in nature and in
spired from Moscow.
II believe it will fail because I
think many workers in those unions
got all they wanted IN the last gen.
eral strike which Harry Bridges pro-
NOTED. 1 am sure he can never pull
another one. When this convention
has repudiated him, as feel sure it
will, he will fine much of his wan
ing power in the San Francisco bay
district gone forever
Clashes Deferred
Active clashes between radical and
conservative forces were postponed
today as delegates worked to solid
ify the obiectives of organization
and unification upon which praC
tically all are agreed.
Final drafts of resolutions to be
introduced for approval or rejection
of the delegation were being worked
out by committees in private ses-
sion.
The first setback of radical forces
yesterday, in which delegates voted
overwhelmingly to place on record
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17

which to write a satisfactory de-
cision. Judge Hollzer said that he
is doing his best to write this de-
cision although interrupted contin-
ually by other court actions and
hopes to have the matter cleared
up at the earliest possible moment.
The case to which reference was
made is that brought by the New
Cal company against the district
and in which the injunction was
granted by the federal court. A
decision was handed down recent
ly in which this injunction was
modified to the extinct that it
could not be construed to interfere
with the general power develop
ment program of the district and
granted the district the opportun-
ity to ask for a federal loan to fin
ance this program. Acceptance of
the loan, however, was held de-
pendent upon further action of
the court.
Horton added that he would
check up thoroughly on the whole
matter this afternoon and report
to the board just as soon as this
had been completed.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
LARGE CROWD
HEARS HOOVER

SAN DIEGO. Sept. II. UP)-
More than $4,000 persons. includ-
ing approximately 1000 high school
students excused from classes for
the occasion, listened to former
President Herbert Hoovers consti-
tuition day address at the Califor-
mia exposition today.
Heavily guarded by plain clothes
and special officers, Hoover arrived
at the exposition entrance a few
minutes before the speech was
scheduled to begin at II a. m.
The former chief executive was
greeted by Philip Gildred. vice
president of the exposition, and
went Immediately to the huge Or
gan amphitheatre from which he
delivered the address.
All seating facilities we're taken
an hour before start of the speech,
and thousands stood in the arena
near the open-air theatre.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
Nance Manager
OF Gas Company

r. L. Nance, formerly with the
Natural Gas Corporation of oregon
and Washington, with headquarters
at Portland, has been transferred to
Ell Centro as valley manager of the
Natural Gas Corporation here, sue
ceeding Cliff Hayden, who has been
transferred to Santa Cruz.
Hayden was acting manager dur
ing the summer, succeeding his bro
ther, R. L. (Dick) Hayden, who is
now with the company at Martinez,
Mrs. Nance and their two children
have arrived in Ell Centre and the
family will make their home at 469
Len Rey.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
INCREASE IN
CITY SCHOOL
ENROLMENT

Increase in the elementary school
enrolment YVES reported today by
Guy A. Weakley, district superin-
tendent, the heaviest increases oc-
curing in Harding and East Side
schools.
Harding'S enrolment is larger by
80 pupils than it was on the second
day last year and larger by % pu-
pills as compared to yesterdays en-
rollment, there now being 1896 STU
dents as compared to 367 yesterday.
East Side reports a considerably
larger enrolment but figures were
not available at press time. McKin-
ley, Lincoln and Wilson have prac-
tically the same enrolment, each
reporting one or two additional pu-
pills today.
First day enrolment at the high
school fell considerable under that
of last year. The total number of
students enrolled in the fall of 1884
was SGT, new pupils 1877, old stud
ents who returned, 400. This term
the first day registrations totaled
572, 274 old students, 1913 new stud
ents, and about so who are regis
tered but have not as yet returned
to the valley.
Figures on the county registra-
ton will not be available for some
time, but from the few schools which
made preliminary reports yester-
day, decrease was reported over
the registration at the end of last
year. The Mexican holiday, the alb
sence of the children of migratory
workers and other factors are be-
lieved to contribute to this result.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
PROGRESS ON FALL OPENING PLANS
committee Reports Fine Cooperation From
Merchants On Annual Program

Further details of El Centro's Sew
enth Annual Fall Opening. to be
held on the 10Th of October, were
planned last night at meeting of
the Fall Opening Committee of the
chamber of commerce, presided over
by Fred Kenyon, general chairman
1t has been decided to hold the
annual parade of the school child
rem with the probable selection of
a queen to rule over the event. and
this part of the program has been
turned over to the Junior chamber
of commerce.
The committee has also selected
its posters and street decorations, ac-
cording to Kenyon, and is making
arrangements for musical entertain
ment to be held on Main Street dur
ing the afternoon.
In the evening, the 2O-3O Club OF
Ell Centro plans to give large Fall
Opening Dance at the American Le-
gion Hall, climaxing the events of
the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
Burnham Dinner
Date Is Changed

Those planning to attend the
welcome home" dinner to be Civ
en- George Burnham, congressman
from this district, in San Diego, are
advised by w. S. Dunn, chairman
of the Imperial county Republican
central committee, that date for
the dinner has been changed from
Thursday evening, September 10 to
Tuesday evening, September "a at
$50 in the Plata Real at the U,
S. Grant hotel
Dunn today received letter
from DR.. Paul Wedgewood, execu-
tive secretary of the S. D. county
Republican league, that the date
had been changed due to con-
flict in dates, Governor Merriam
being scheduled to talk at the
Grant hotel on the 10Th.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
HOOVER WARNS AMERICANS NOT
TO SURRENDER THEIR FREEDOM
Former President Scores False Promises OF Eco
nOmic Security In Address On Constitution At
San Diego.

SAN DIEGO. Sept. II. U.P)-Am-
ericans were warned against sur
rendering their freedom for false
promises of economic security" by
former President Herbert Hoover in
an address here today.
A large Constitution day crowd
heard Hoover score mechanical
civilization of Fascism, Nazism and
Communism" at the Pacific Inter
national Exposition.
Urging a defense of the bill of
rights of the national constitution,
the former chief executive said
To-day the constitution is under
stronger discussion than since the
Civil war, in which the issue was
Negro slavery. Today the issue is
the rights of the individual.
In the hurricane of revolutions
which have swept the world since
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
Doctor Discounts
Black Widow Bite

R. S. Obergfell, Heber, reported to
police yesterday that he believed
he had been bitten by black widow
spider while working here. A physi-
clan was contacted who stated that
the effects of a black widow bite
manifested themselves within an
hour and half after the bite.
1t had been five hours from the
time of the bite until Obergfell re-
ported the affair to police and the
physician believed that some other
insect had caused the trouble. The
wound was treated and the victim
dismissed.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
WIDE SEARCH
KEPT Up FOR
MISSING MAN
Airplane Scours North End
Of Valley In Hope of Lo-
eating Lost Principal.
LAST SEEN SEPT. 7TH
Calipatria High School OPP
ems For Session With Vice
Principal In Charge.

Following a state wide search
which has been made for E. Lester
Cox, Calipatria school principal,
who has ben missing since Sept
ember 6, an airplane was pressed
into service this morning to make
a search over the desert north of
Salton Sea. Watson Dayton, pilot,
accompanied by Wade Cook, both
Of Calipatria, made the search and
reported to Sheriff Ware that they
could find no trace of the missing
man in that locality.
The search by airplane took In
all that territory north of Calipat-
ria to Desert Center. Other friends
of the missing man have organized
into groups to search the foothills
and mountain grades on the west
border of the county and all along
the route Cox should have taken
on his return from Altadena to
Calipatria nearly two weeks ago.
With Cox absent this long time,
grave fears are felt by his relatives
and friends for his safety. After
the first alarm was brought to the
dIItIlOlOIl VI GIle SIltIlll OlllCe,
Sheriff Ware organized a searching
party here which combed the val
ley thoroughly When that failed
to find Cox, Ware sent out an all
point teletype broadcast in order to
secure aid throughout the state in
finding him.
Cox left his summer home in Al
tadena on September 6, intending
to return to Calipatria for the op-
ening of school this week. He Wis
tied with relatives in Los Angeles
on September 7 and they were the
last known to have seen him.
Wife Reports Absence
When he failed to communicate
with his wife after his supposed re-
"rn to Calipatria, she reported his
absence to Sheriff Ware and the
search began which to date has
proven utterly fruitless.
Calipatria high school opened
Continued on page s.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
Conducts Classes
In Life-Saving

Carl Helmick, Scout executive, is
conducting life saving classes in
CaleXico this week, classes being
held each day from "a p. m. with
the exception of Wednesday and
Sunday.
All boys over II are eligible and
those who complete the work will
receive the American Red Cross
Junior life saving certificate. Boys
over II will receive the senior GER
tificate, the course being similar to
the one conducted here in June by
the Red Cross.
Scout troops are holding their
first troop meetings this week, or
ganiSing for the year.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-17
County Will Test
Dairy Livestock

At their meeting yesterday after
noon the board of supervisors deter
mined that it be the policy of the
board that the county veterinarian
should do the bovine tuberculosis
testing work without charge to
dairymen of the county until the
cleanup be completed.
About 315 per cent of the cattle
tested in the county during he past
two years are reactors, and DR.. Pace
hopes that by January he will
have this ratio reduced to less than
one half of one per cent for the en-
tire county.