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Smyrna times., 1935-03-07
Dover Firemen February Meeting

Warren w. Pettyjohn, new presi-
dent of Robbins Hose Company
presided at the February meeting
of the company at which consider
able business was transacted
Nominations for chiefs to be elect
ed next month were made as fol
lows: Chief engineer, Thomas E
Baker; first assistant, Hughlett A
Colt and William H. Baker; Sec
ond assistant, Robert G. Dentser
and Benjamin F. Simmons. A
committee was appointed by the
company to look into the advisable
ity of forming baseball team tc
represent the firemen
Smyrna times., 1935-03-07
Banks Case Settled

The fourth murder case sched-
uled for the present term of court,
that of Lewis Banks, Negro, who
is alleged to have shot and killed
another Negro at Smyrna, last
summer, the case having been con-
tinued from the October term of
court, was settled when Banks en-
tered a plea Of manslaughter,
which was accepted by the State.
Sentence was deferred in the
Banks case.
Smyrna times., 1935-03-07
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS

Continued From Page Two)
Smyrna times., 1935-03-07

rising throughout the country to
compel automobile owners to have
their cars inspected under compul-
sorry laws at least twice a year,
and repairs and adjustments made
before the cars are permitted to
continue to use the highways.
Memphis, Evanston, ILL.,, and Des
Moines passed municipal laws last
year compelling every automobile
to submit to olcal government in
spections. What were the results
Well, about So per cent of the cars
could not pass. Some of the pro-
testers complained that the law
was unjust, and story after story
could be told of the braggarts who
said their cars were all right But
careful inspections proved in start
ling ways that the cars were not in
good condition. Delaware has, for
a number of years, insisted Oh COM
pulsory inspections and the time is
coming soon when every state and
community will insist on physical
inspection of cars" The United
States is at the crossroads of the
speed problem, Mr.. Cameron told
his audience. For some strange
reason there was more speed last
year." he said, and while he did not
know 1.-THE whole answer" police
reports from many cities of the
country indicate that some pur-
chasers'' may have construed ad-
vertising stressing speed potential
tiles of automobiles as an urgent
invitation to step on the gas. The
Rev. Park w. Huntington, Nation
al Chaplain of the American Leg
ion, conducted a short memorial
service in memory of the $4,000
people who lost their lives in auto
mobile accidents in the United !
States last year. Remarks of well
come were extended by Mayor Will
liam H. Speer. A band concert was
given by the Wilmington Police
Band under the direction of Cap !
tain George A. Black. WD. Smith,
PRECEDENT and Manager of the Della
ware Safety Council, introduced |
Mr.. Cameron. A mixed chorus of |
20 pupils from the Alexis I. DUPONT
Senior High School participated in
the program. t. H. Hawkins, Vice
President in Charge of Public Safe
ty for the Council, presented GER
tificates to fleets winning first
place in the Councils Inter-Fleet
Safety Contest. Just prior to the
opening of the meeting Mrs. w.
Floyd Jackson gave an organ re-
cital Guy R. Ford led the audi
ence of approximately 1000 in
singing the National Anthem. Boy
Scouts in uniforms acted as ushers.
Several of the Country's outstand-
ing safety motion pictures were
projected. w. Floyd Jackson,
Chairman of the Commercial We
hicle Committee, presided. The
theatre was loaned the Delaware
Safety Council for this civic rally
promoted annually in the interest
of street and highway safety
through the courtesy of the War
ner Brothers Theatres.
Smyrna times., 1935-03-07
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO

Continued From Page Two)
Smyrna times., 1935-03-07
p.tr.rch's Chief Wish

Petrarch Is called the first Of the
moderns, In the sense that his one
wish was to live In the fullness of
his powers.
Smyrna times., 1935-03-07

Frank Foster, of West Dover,
whose body was found last Decem-
Der 81, by State Police, after Fos-
ter had been missing for more than
a year. However, Morgan's status
in this case depends upon the deci-
sion of the jury in the Pierre muir
Smyrna times., 1935-03-07
FOUND
k1rY BY JURY
|, First Degree Verdict
! 'r;,:s ;;.,,. q p !
,cr AT FELTON,

| ,,,,can. alias Jack"
ICED with the Staying
.,,e ]. Pierre, on ms
FELTON,, December 1o'
Z. sapd guilty of murder
r.. 'S DECREE at 1890 o'clock
.sternoon in the Court
= Terminer. The jury
ssa - mercy. Chief Justice
b IavtOn, upon receiving
=. announced that the
',d defer entence until
wv =. Jury did not lose much
~ aching its verdict as
,,stjce Layton did not con
~ sssrce until 11.30 o'clock
s+s i Morgan was placed
] lands promptly at 11.4o
/ Dsputy Attorney General
,,rsy presented the States
e after court convened to At
f. and spoke for 10 min
kas Attorney John B. Hut
|.,sseuting the defendant
|ssn 1915 until 1o.S5. The
| .daress was made by At
/ General Percy Warren
i was concluded at 1910
Smyrna times., 1935-03-07
Enthusiasm Lacking

II we have no vision or ideals,
II life is just a matter of bread
and butter, then enthusiasm Is i'm
possible.
Smyrna times., 1935-03-07
!, Morgan Confessed

!, petective D. D. Wharton,
,vlOr and Corporal Samuel
u told the Court that Nor
-spssed to the Staying OF
! nd that he affixed his sig
i tbe confession in the
4 # all three. They relat-
\ experiences at the Pierre
4 the night the murdered
| piy was recovered. Nor
,g told the jury, aided them
tng the body. The iron
kae crank, the instrument
liza Morgan is alleged to
5r,cz Pierre was produced
kre and was identified by
Chief Justice Layton and
9,tsi Justice w. w. Harring-
!, Associate Justice Richard
niy presided.
1 Fund Mentally Sound
kIA. Tarumianz, of the Del
sate Hospital, testified that
brted a thorough test of the
k!s mentality and that he
LIN perfectly sound. He also
sa the opinion that Morgan
very god actor" The de-
sought to impress the
Hh his ignorance of what
Fa On the night of the muir
]. stated that he was under
lznce Of intoxicants and
nssed by Attorney General
Warren Green, concerning
s@ion, he said he could not
artain things in connection
Z Staying. Morgan is also
Enactment for the murder of
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-22
5 Years In Alaska,
 But City Doesn't
 Scare The Athurs
(From Seattle Times)

MT. and Mrs. William Arthurs, who left here thirty-five years ago in the hectic rush of some 40,000 pioneer minded and gold-seeking men and women to Alaska, and who arrived again lon the outside" only last week, took another look at Seat ties skyline today and said:
 "There's more of it, particularly of the big buildings, but don't ex- pect us to get excited because it's not new to uS.'
 Arthurs, who lived at Nome thirty three years before he went to Fair banks, two years ago, laughed as he reminisced of the last time he was Seattle visitor
 $40 Day for Hauling
 "Why, when I left for Alaska he said, there was one automobile on the Pacific Coast and that was on eX hibition at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
 When 1 arrived at Nome there was nothing there and I lived on the
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-22

beach in a tent, with only my four horses and wagon for company. But I made $40 the first day, since we used to charge $lO every time we turned around. Those were the good old days.
 EOt Ig'0O Dwcllers
 Now Mrs. Arthurs had word to say:
 Don't think we're two green horns" she said emphatically, be cause we have every modern con- venience that you have down here, Folks sometimes think because we live in Alaska that we're behind the times When MT. Arthurs was post master at Nome we used to receive letters, even from school teachers, asking us what language we spoke up there and asking for some of our foreign stamps One woman even asked is we lived in ice houses
 MT. and Mrs. Arthurs, who are Alaska boosters if anyone is, are perhaps proudest of the tomatoes and cucumberS ihey raise in their own hothouses.
 We have tomatoes by the first of June and tWenty-three and twenty four inch cucumbars by the 20th of May" they said "and we think that record is hard to beat"
 AirpIane Develops North
 Arthurs, now an airplane company executive, says he believes the air plane will be leading factor in the further development of Alaska.
 "You can go from Fairbanks to Nome now in less than five hours |
 for Sl25," he said, While it used to cost around $75O and take about thirty days to go by dog sled. That is going to have a lot to do with in- creasing prospecting-al with the rise in price of gold.
 Have Good Time
 Just interested in having a good time and seeing everything there Is to see,' Mir. and Mrs. Arthurs will not return to Alaska until June Mrs. Arthurs will visit her family in Minneapolis, Minn.
 Although it is kind of first honeymoon" for the couple WhC were married in Nome, they will be interested in picking up a few sur prises for their two grandchildren whose father is Noel Wien, notec Alaskan fyer-Seattle Times.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07
CREW INDICATED

High praise is given by passengers
aboard the Ward liner Havana, ground
ed off the Florida coast yesterday, to
the members of the crew who function
ed so efficiently in the emergency that
no passenger is reported missing.
Praise for ships crews is the rule
rather than the exception so that it
would not be particularly noteworthy in
this case eXcept that many of the Hav-
ana's crew were also members of the
crew aboard the Moro Castle when it
was burned last September with a loss
of 124 lives.
Subsequent to that disaster grave
charges of cowardice and disregard for
the lives of the passengers were made
against til e crew. Federal charges
against executive officers of the MORO
Castle are now pending.
The conduct of the Havana's crew,
contrasting so strongly with that of the
MORO Castle, appears to bear out as
truth what many have long suspected
that the difficulty aboard the Morro
Castle was caused by the inefficiency of
the executive officers who went COM
pletely to pieces when an emergency was
thrust upon them, and proved them
selves totally unfit to direct those un-
der them in efforts to prevent loss of
life.
Seamen, from the humblest man in the
forecastle of tramp steamer, to the
gold-braided captain on the bridge of
crack liner, have reputation for person
al courage and devotion to duty, partic-
ularly where the safety of their passen-
gers is concerned This reputation has
been acquired over many years of bat
Ting with the forces of nature in their
maddest moods and with the results of
human errors of one sort or another.
The Morro Castle debacle appears to be
the only black mark on the record. 1t
is indeed gratifying to have some of the
men against whom the mark was made,
repudiate it by again upholding the hon
or of their calling
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07
SAFE DEPOSIT
BOX RENTALS
STILL TAXED

Many bank customers are con-
fused regarding the termination
dates of the federal tax on checks
and the tax on safe deposit rem
tails, according to officers of local
banks who contact the public. De-
positors generally are unaware that
the check tax is no longer appli-
cable, while others mistakenly be-
lieve that the safe deposit tax has
likewise been removed. The facts
are that the check TAX came to an
end on January l, 1885, while the
tax on safe deposit rentals still ap-
plies. no date having been provid-
ed by congress for its termination.
In reviewing the legislation deal
ing with this subject, o. G. Horne
vice. president and manager, FL
Centro branch of the Security
First National bank, said today
'The revenue act of 1882, institut-
ing a tax on bank checks, provid-
ed for the termination of the tar
on July /, 1885. The revenue act OF
1884 provided that the termination
date should be January l, 1885, in
stead of July l. 1885.
"With respect to the safe deposit
tax, the revenue act of 1882 a:
amended contained no termination
date whatever. The revenue act ol
1884 made no provision for termin
alton of this tax nor did any othel
act of congress. Therefore, thi
tax will continue in effect unit
congress passes explicit Legislation
providing for termination. -
The effect of the Inauguration o
the check tax in 1882 was to re
duce the number of checks drawn
the bank executive explained.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
REASONS FOR SAFETY

Friday night the Associated Chambers
Pf Commerce of Imperial county, ap-
pointed a chairman for a countrywide
|afety committee. We submit the follow
|ng 36 reasons why every operator of an
automobile in Imperial county should
|tart now to cooperate with this commit
Zee in every possible manner. The "rea-
ions are the traffic death toll in this
bounty for 1884. Further comment should
bot be necessary.
January Harry Stieret, "a, Yuma,
|ast of Holtville.
January 21-Weldon Knight, IL, Ell
Centro, between Ell Centre and Calexico.
February Ar. Robes, so, Calipatria,
between Brawley and Calipatria.
| February 5-Manuel Martin, 30, FL
Centro, three miles east of Mt. Springs.
February S-Demetrio Martinez, 25,
Eestmorland, two miles west of West
norland.
February 1S-Francisco Berber, "a,
Mexico, two miles east of Truckhaven.
February 25-Harry Miller, 10, West
horland one mile east of Westmorland.
March Jose Villegas, 81, Calipatria,
ix miles north of Brawley.
March Louis Madrigal, Sc, Calipa-
ria, six miles north of Brawley.
March 10-Apifanio Martinez, %, Gu
amonga, seven miles east of CaleXico.
March 11-Mason Read, 80, Brawley,
i've miles south of Brawley.
March 17-Fred Terry, 80, CaleXico,
asst of Holtville.
March 24-E. B. Evitts, So, Bellflow-
+, County Wells.
March 27-Bertha NJ. Klise, so, Pasa-
ena, Midway Wells.
April 6-R. T. McGlamery, "A, An
rade, three miles west of Yuma.
Nav 13-Henry Patterson, Al, Beau
hont, four miles west of Brawley.
May 22-J. d. Forester, 81, Ell Gen.
TO, &c miles west of Brawley.
June 4-Schiko Najahara, 4, El Cen
10, McCabe school.
June 14-Lewis Nichols, 26, Los An
eles, east of Ell Centre.
June 24-Leon Perez, 80, Brawley,
bree miles east of Brawley.
June 29-Fred McClelland, so, Holt
lie, near Holtville.
July 3-Jay McLaws, %. Yuma, four
lies east Of Holtville
July 15-Helen Loucks, "a, Riverside,
prthwest of Westmorland.
August Carmen Yepiz, 2, Brawley,
miles west of Brawley.
August 12-Alfred Foster, 18, San
lego, 16 miles east of Holtville.
August 25-L. R. Philley, A, Ell Gen.
10, two miles west of Coyote Wells.
August 25-Lulu Philley, 81, Ell Gen.
10, two miles west of Coyote Wells.
August 25-Dorothy Fitzgerald, 35,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07
Knights Appointed
Masonic Inspector

Announcement that Charlie S
Knights of this city has been ap-
pointed inspector OF the 108th
Masonic district, was made yester-
day by o. j. Bradshaw at a called
meeting of the officers of the valley
Masonic lodges, held in the local
temple.
The appointment is effective as
of January l and the district COM
prises the six Masonic lodges in I'm
perial Valley. Knights succeeds
Bradshaw who has resigned chiefly
for the reason that his ranch re-
quires so much of his time that ne
has felt unable to continue with his
duties.
knights has been active II
Masonic work for many years ano
his appointment has met with ap-
proval in Masonic circles. go
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07
UNCLE WIGGILY'S SNOW
HOUSE

One day, after much snow had
fallen in Woodland near the Orange
Ice Mountains where Uncle Wiggily
lived, the rabbit gentleman hoped
out of his hollow stump bungalow to
go adventuring. He had on his paws
a pair of snowshoes made from toy
tennis rackets. These broad snow.
shoes kept Mr.. Longears from sink
ing too deep in the snowdrifts.
Il can hop along fast this way"
said Uncle Wiggily, twinkling his
pink nose fast to keep it warm, for
the weather was cold. Il ought soon
to have an adventure" He hoped
along and along and pretty soon,
back of a bush, the rabbit gentle
man heard voices talking.
Lets make a snow house." said
one voice.
"Thatll be fun" said the other
voice
Looking over the top of the bush,
Uncle Wiggily saw two of his little
rabbit boys named Buster and Gus
ter. They didn't wear snowshoes for
they didn't care how deep they went
in the drifts Each one had small
shovel and they had been playing in
the snow a long time, for their noses
were as red as strawberries II
Summer. There had only been one
session of school that day. That's
why Buster and Custer were out sc
early.
do you know how to make a
snow house?" asked Buster.
mo" said Custer. But I guess
it's easy"
Stays to Watch
I'll stay mere and watch what
they do without letting them see
me- said Uncle Wiggily to himself
"I don't believe they know how te
make a snow house but when they
try and can't do it I'll show then
4 how"
1.-The first thing to do when vol
make a snow house." said Buster tc
his brother, sis to have four walls
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07

Butte, two miles west of Coyote Wells.
August 26-Sigmund Zehetmair, "a,
Ell Centre, 40 miles east of Ell Centre.
October 20-H. w. Anderson, 81, Yu-
ma, Winterhaven.
October 27-Mrs Emma Carr "a, Win
terhaven, Winterhaven.
December Mrs Bernice Buffers, %,
Brawley, five miles east of Brawley.
December Bishop Blake, 43, Corona
Del Mar, five miles east of Brawley.
December 24-Mariano Tapia, 80,
Brawley, Brawley.
December 25-Estaben Duarte, 8,
Brawley, one mile south of Imperial.
December 27-Mrs Katie Kelsey, Ell
Centro, Ell Centric.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07
Seek To Speed Up
San Diego Mail

Manager Robert Hays of the Ell
Centro Chamber of Commerce has
received a communication from
Don M. Stewart, Postmaster of San
Diego, calling attention to the fact
that the San Diego and Arizona
evening train which formerly left
San Diego at 7:15 p. m. is now leav-
ing the coast city at Gas o'clock
p. M, half an hour carrier. Mail in
order to catch this train must be
deposited in the San Diego post Of
flee prior to 6 o'clock p. m.
The purpose of this letter was to
have residents of Imperial Valley
advise their San Diego correspon-
dents to mail letters destined for
Imperial Valley at an earlier hour
so that this mail may reach the San
Diego post office not later than 6
o'clock p. M, if such letters are to
catch the first evening train.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07
TANKER
LOST At. SEA

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Jan. 7 UP
Fear that the British tanker, La
Crescenta, with a crew OF between
25 and 80 men, has gone down in
mid-Pacific, was expressed here to-
day following receipt of a message
by the. Radio Corporation OF
America from the tanker Atnel-
beach.
The message read:
passed through pools of oil 1902
North Latitude, 164 West Long,
tude, presumably from British tank
er La Crescenta, last seen in this
vicinity"
The position given is about 900
miles northest of Hawaii.
The La Crescenta left Port san
Luis, Calf, Dec. for the Orient
with a cargo of $4,000 barrels OF
crude oil. 1t was in command OF
Captain Upskill.
The tanker, due in the Orient
about Dec. 25, has been unreported
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07

yet" said Buster. "As soon as we
put the roof on and cut some win
dows and a door it will be a snow
house"
''Ha! Hal" laughed Uncle Wiggily
to himself. I'll see how they put
the roof on their snow house"
Well, Buster and Custer tried but
they couldn't make a roof. They
began by piling more snow on the
side walls and Slanting this snow in
toward the middle, but after a snort
time the roof always fell down and
they would have to start over again.
IS Daddy Hops Out
"Oh, dear" said Custer II wish
daddy would come and show us how
to make a snow house" Buster said
the same and then Uncle Wiggily
hoped out from behind the bush
much to the delight of the bunny
boys.
you never can make a roof tc
your snow house the way you are
going at it," said Mr.. Longears
You need some cross sticks, beams
or rafters to hold the snow up. Now
we can't easily get poles for beams
so I'll show you how Eskimo rabbit
boys build a snow house. FRS
make big pile of snow as you make
piles of leaves in the Fall for bon-
fires"
+ Soon. with their fathers help
Buster and Custer had big rounc
heap of snow. Then hole wa!
made near the ground. The snow
was dug out from inside the pill
! making a hollow place. And becaus'
I the roof was rounded like dom'
! or arch, it did not fall in.
only don't dig cut too muci
snow, making the walls and roof to'
! thin" the bunny daddy told hi
boys. Soon they had a cute littl
snow house which looked like hal
a big, white apple. Holes were Gu
for windows and Buster and Custe
4 bad lots of fun playing. The roo
didn't fall down on their heads
either. And if the radio will go TO
walk around the block with tn
pussy cat, I'll tell you next abou
Uncle Wiggily driving nail.
Copyright, 1885, by H. r. Garisl
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07
BETTY COW SOBS WHILE TELLING
TRAGIC TALE OF MISSING INFANT

never "gone out" with Miss
Sharpe.
Denies Telling Hoffman
Reilly questioned Miss Cow close
ly about who she had told that Che
Lindberghs would be in HopeWell
on the night the baby was kidnapped
and murdered. She said she tolo
several of the servants and that she
told "Mr. Johnson
"You didn't tell this defendant
did you?"
Betty said that she did not.
She said she had talked to john
son on the telephone the night OF
the kidnapping and that the con-
yersation took place N1ile the
Lindberghs were at dinner.
, Miss Cow began in firm voice.
She told about being called 10
Hopewell where the Lindberghs hao
decided to spend a few days after
March /. 1882 instead of returning
| to the Morrow home at HopeWeH.
The early part of her testimony
was approximately the same as tnaC
given last week by Mrs. Anne Nor
row Lindbergh. She said she had
given the baby some medicine few
hours before he was kidnapped be-
cause he had a cold.
Wilentz was gentle in his ques-
tioning and as Betty Cow grew ac-
customed to her position her an
swers came easier and were given
without apparent nervousness OF
agitation. She put aside her over
coat and was wearing a Drown
/
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-07

trend. The preliminary voting VIII
continue tomorrow and Wednesday
A feeling of tension ushered in
the final week of Is years of post
war dispute over whether the val
liable mining region shall belong to
France or Germany or remain un-
der control of the League OF Ma
tons.
Both the German front. favoring
return to Germany, and the status
quo group, fsvoring the League OF
Nations, held demonstrations yes
terday. The German front display
was by far the more impressive. In
a binding snowstorm, 250,000 Saar-
landers marched from all parts OF
the territory to attend the great
demonstration at Saint Arnoul.