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Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
United States To
Defend Man From
French Accusation

NEW YORK, June %. U,P)-Am-
erican courts imprisoned Charles
Jean Drossner three years for
crime he didn't commit. Today
American courts defended him
from possible injustice at the
hands of France, which has honor
ed him three times for bravery.
Drossner is held without bail IN
Milwaukee Jail at request of the
French government. He was con-
victed in Paris, while he was in a
Wisconsin penitentiary, of sale of
$4,000 of fraudulent bonds.
His lawyers take dispositions hero
today of friends who assert that
on the day of the alleged crime he
was getting married in New York.
The testimony will be presented
, later to a u. S. commissioner. If
Frances extradition order is grant
ed Drossner faces a long term in
! the French Devils Island colony
of French Guiana.
DroSSner became involved in the
legal tangles which put him into
! the Wisconsin penitentiary and
threaten his freedom again because
; he left Leland Stanford university
with a determination to find ad-
venture and see the world.
He was born in San Francisco in
| 1890. When he enlisted in the
French Foreign Legion he was an
athletic youth. Today at as he
stands more than six feet and
weighs around 200 pounds. France
gave him the croiX de guerre, me-
daille militaire and an award of
the Legion of Honor for heroism.
Back in the United States he
prospered and once served on the
Cuba good will committee with
James J. Walker and Alfred E.
! Smith.
He was sentenced in Wisconsin
for passing a worthless check. Al
ter three years imprisonment he
proved his innocence and received
full pardon. Then he was ar
rested at the prison gates for the
French government.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
UNCLE WTGGHY AND THE
FROGS

One day when Uncle Wigglly was
hopping through the woods looking
for an adventure, he came to a
quiet litt.a pool of water beneath
some green trees. It was such a
lovely, cool and quiet spot that the
rabbit gentleman thought he would
sit down on a log beside the pool
and rest
Adventures seem very scarce to-
Gay" thought Uncle Wiggily as he
hoped toward the log.
He had not yet reached it before
he was surprised to hear some
voices calling words that sounded
! like
"Ker-ump! Ker-ung! Ker-zing!
Then came many loud Splashes
into the pool so that a shower Of
water drops flew up like spray of
rain and if Uncle Wiggily had beer
close enough he would have been
made very wet.
My goodness!" exclaimed the
rabbit gentleman. Are there a lot
of boys in the woods throwing
stones into the pool to scare me?
He looked around but saw no one
The boys must have run away tC
hide after throwing stones in the
pool" said the rabbit out loud.
Two Big Eyes
AS he spoke there was a ripple ir
the pool and two big. bulging eyes
and part of dark. green head was
thrust out. A moment later a big
hullfrog came swimming to shore
and. climbing out on land, hoppec
toward where Uncle Wiggily Stooc
near the leg he had intended to sit
on.
"Ker-umpl Ker-ung! Ker-Zing!'
rumbled the bullfrog in his deepest
voice we didn't know it was yoL
coming along, Uncle Wiggily, or we
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
Seeiey Girl Married
After Graduation,

Miss Roberta Ferguson, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs A. r. Fergu-
son, Well-known residents of See
ley and Ross Grove Hurtt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Hurtt of
Parma, Idaho, were married this
afternoon at the home of the
brides cousin, Mrs. G. H. Engblom,
in Beverly Hills.
The bride was attractively dress
ed in a lovely lace knit dress, and
her cousin was hostess at a we'd
ding supper at her home, follow
ing which the newly married couple
left for Parma, where they will re-
side on the grooms ranch. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferguson attended the we'd
ding
The groom attended law school
at use and the bride graduated
yesterday from UCLA.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
SAY RADICALS
To BLAME FOR
EUREKAF|GHT

EUREKA. Calf, June %. U,p)-
Police established virtual martial
law in Eureka today pending a
cleanup o. assertedly radical ele-
ments held responsible for a riot
in which ore man was killed, nine
were hurt seriously, and more than
100 arrested.
Bars and liquor diSpensarieS were
ordered to suspend sales until the
situation became quieter, Two hun
dred residents of a hobo jungle
or the outskirts of the city were
burned out" by authorities with
torches.
Police patrols sought undeSir-
ables who were TO be elected quick
~ from the town.
Men accused as leaders in the
disturbance IN front Of the Holmes
Eureka Lumber mill were rushed
to an over flowing Jail.
The man killed in yesterday S
riot was G. w. Kaarte. 60, a Strik-
er in the picket lines surrounding
the Holmes mill. Harold Edlund
and Paul Lampella, other plcKetS,
we're wounded so seriously physi-
clans said they might die.
The riot started when the pickets
attempted 10 pull James ONeil, a
special officer. from an automobile
near the mill. In response to an
appeal for aid Chief Of Police Lit
tIefield rushed 25 men to the scene.
where 200 picketS had gathered.
The police and the pickets clash
ed. Pushed back by the crowd the
police first tried tear gas, then
used revoIvers and riot guns to sub
cue the demonstrators. The crowd
replied with q YOlley of stones.
Scores received minor injuries. -Four
policemen we're among those need
ing hospital treatment.
The outbreak was the most SER
ious Of the Pacific northwest lum-
Der strike which began seven weeks
ago and which affected 10000 work
ers IN northern California, Oregon
and Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD Z. GARRIS
lConyright, 1895, by Mcclure Newspaper SYndcatel

wouldn't have been frightened and
wouldn't have jumped into the
pool"
oh so it wes you and some 9TH
er frogs that made the splashes in
the pool, was it?" asked the rabbit
gentleman.
Yes, it Wa" answered the big,
green frog. Il and some of my
friends We're sitting on the edge Of
the pool, summing ourselves. But
we heard some one coming through
the woods and. thinking it was dan
ger, we all jumped in the water to-
gether. We are safe under water"
We'll, you certainly made some
loud splaShcS," said Uncle Wiggily
laughing But you know 1 wouldn't
harm you"
"Of course, you wouldn't" croak-
ed the jolly frog It's all right!'
he called IN MS deep, bass voice to
his friends still under water. IT'S
only Uncle Wiggily. Come out!'
SO the other frogs poked their
heads and bulging eyes up out of
the pool and soon they were all sit
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

LONDON, June %. U.P)-Stin
unmarried, and apparently quite
content as a bachelor, the Prince
of Wales celebrates his 41st birth
Gay tomorrow.
AS a special staff sorted hun
dreds of cablegramS, kilograms and
letters of ccngratulation at Fort
Belvedere, bis country home, many
of his future subjects saw in the
occasion the reason for renewed
speculation on his wifelessness.
No wife, no heir; and an unmar-
ried crown prince or bachelor
king is almost unheard of in Eng
land
King George was 10 June 8. Hi
health is delicate.
At present, the second heir is the
Duke of York, second of the kings
four sons. and his heir is 9-year-old
Princess Elizabeth. The fourth heir
is Princess Margaret Rose, now
nearly 5. The duke and the duchess
have been married II years.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
BY FREDERICK C. OTHMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED STATES NAVAL OBJ
SERVATORY, WA S HIN G T o N,
Jun %, 3:38 a. m, (EST)-Summer
Just arrived. a little later than
usual, but there's nothing to be
alarmed about.
The keepers of the naval alman-
ac, operating under Capt. j. F. He'll
veg. figured it all out ahead OF
time. so it was no surprise. They
didn't even stay up to see whether
their calculations were correct.
1t was pitch dark here, but on
the other side of the world the sun
was creeping up the horizon, high
er than it had gone all year. At
3:38 a. m. it reached its zenith,
called by the experts the summer
solstice." or the official beginning
of summer.
Immediately after 1888 o'clock,
the sun began to slide down again,
indicating that winter is on the
way. no matter what the thermo-
meter saws.
More often than not summer al
riyes some time during June Y,
which was yesterday, leading to the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
No Agreement In
German British
Naval Matters
BY FREDERICK KUH


LONDON. June 22.-British and
German naval negotiators in three
days of technical discussion have
failed to agree definitely on three
main points, it was understood to-
Gay.
The British-German agreement
calls for a 35 to 100 ratio Of
strength for the German and Brit
ish fleets. Technical points On
which, it was understood, the dele
gates have not agreed are:
l. The exact number of ships
Germany intends to build by 1912.
3. The rate of construction of
ships built.
3. The size of ships and guns.
AS regards the last point, it is re-
ported that the Germans have ac-
cepted a limit of 25,000 tons and
12-inch guns for battleships and
1000 tons and 6-inch guns for Cruis-
ers.
a final meeting of the experts
was scheduled for 3 p. m. today.
The Germans expected to go to
Berlin Sunday, leaving further eX-
changes TO diplomatic channels.
Failure to reach agreement would
not, for the present, endanger the
British German naval accord as a
whole. This guarantees Britain a
100 to IS advantage over Germany
in total tonnage, limits specifically
the total tonnage of submarines
and thus assures Great Britain
against the danger of major
naval race with Germany. Sizes
of ships, however, and OF their
guns, are of Importance to Britain
and particularly TO France and
Italy, already angry because Britain
reached its agreement with Ger
many privately.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
DESERVING OF HONORS

On page one of this issue readers will
find an account of the thanks of the army
air service being extended to Martha
Jane Preble, 14-year-old Imperial girl
for her action on the night of June 3 by
which she saved an army flyers plane
and possibly his life.
Attention Of readers is called to the
item, not only because of the splendid
thing this young lady did. but particular
ly for her conduct subsequent to the in
cident.
At the time The Press carried an ac-
count of Captain Malone'S experience in
becoming stranded at night over Imper-
ial Valley in his plane. only to be saved
from parachute jump when the land
ing lights on the county airport at I'M
perial were turned on It was stated a
small boy had been responsible for
lighting the field. 1t wasn't a boy; it
was Martha Jane
On occasions too numerous to men,
tion, when an error of this kind has been
made, those concerned have been prompt
and sometimes quite vehement in de-
manding that the correct account be
printed The Press has never heard a
word from Martha Jane or any of her
family concerning the incident. It's ac-
count of the affair at the time it happen
ed came from another source.
Such modest demeanor IS worthy of
comment, we believe and coupled with
Martha James ability to coordinate quick
thinking and prompt action as she did
on the night of June 8. stamps her in
our opinion as pretty much of all right.
We are somewhat belated in doing so,
due to Martha James modesty. but we
are happy to Join with the air service in
congratulating her and thanking her for
what she did
We HOPE the chairman of the board
of supervisors is proud of his daughter.
He should be-
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

/Nl- GAJl ! = X NV ' W'A-1 HC'N'
ting in a r0W near Uncle Wiggily
on the log.
Daytime Stories
DO you know any stories, Uncle
Wiggily?" asked the first frog,
"Stories?" asked the rabbit. DO
you mean Bedtime Stories?"
Not Bedtime Stories" said the
frog IT isn't time to go to bed,
But could you tell us some Daytime
Stories? II isn't much fun for US
to sit ont here summing ourselves
with nothing to amuse US"
Please tell US some Daytime
Stories" begged another frog.
4 never knew frogs liked stor-
les, chuckled Mr.. Longears. But
I guess can tell you a few" So
he began and the frogs sat quietl"
in a row listening. They were as
quiet as mice. Uncle Wiggily told
them five stories and promised to
come back next day and tell them
some more. Each day after that,
when he couldn't find any advcn-
lures, Uncle Wiggily hoped to the
pool and told Daytime Stories to
the frogs
One day. Just as Uncle Wiggily
finished the last story, up behind
HIM, as he was sitting on the log.
came sneaking the Woozie Wolf.
But frogs, because Of their bulging
eyes, can see behind them One
of the frogs saw the Wolf sneaking
up to catch Uncle Wiggily.
"Ker-umpl Ker-ung! Ker-zing!'
cried the frog. Then he jumped
into the pool ard so did all the 9TH
ers with many loud splashes. And
the Wolf, thinking it was boys
throwing stones at him, ran away
as fast as he could. SO he didn't
get the rabbit
And if The mud turtle will wipe
his feet before be dances with the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

NEW YORK, June 22.-When
one has exactly IS minutes to turn
out column its no picnic. Either
this one must be off TO the print
er in that time or something else
will fill the space. And permitting
something else to fill the space is
always dangerous. 1t might by
sheer excellence become perman-
ent.
The inclination is TO reprint some
old column and label it by Re
quest" but editors are hep TO that
one. So a fellow must muddle
through. Instead I shall fill in
few paragraphs with a letter that
pleased me. Pleasing because it is
from that hard boiled, crack news
paperman, Gene Fowler.
And because it came-of all pla-
ces-from way Damascus.
Said he: "A mueZZin on mlnaret
was bawling some passages from
The Koran today and made me
think Of you. 1t seemed to say
odd McIntyle, Odd Mcintyre sells
old clothes So I'm dropping a line
TO say something I've never told
you.
But which I have long felt. You
have always been interesting and
fertile Of brain without once, to my
knowledge. having had to quit be-
ing a newspaperman and hurting
someone. So best Of luck from out
here where all the aromas are not
waited from the cedars Of Leban-
on"
Speaking of The Koran, I once
picked up for l8 cents in a Fourth
avenue book shop an English
translation of the Moslem pro-
phet's philosophy I fell away from
its charm upon learning that 10
Islam those with blue eyes are des-
tined TO eternal fires Many friends
are blue eyed. My wife is blue eyed,
the blue of corn flowers. But in the
Introductory passage to the Moham-
med treatise ran across a word
/ never discovered before. Namely.
monoglot. That is what I ana
monoglot j. e. a person who has
command Of one language only.
wish someone with a gusto for
fine food-someone such as Ford
MADDOX Ford. Julian Street or
George Rector-would annotate a
few paragraphs on the why OF the
appeal OF those neatly bleak, open
kitchen places with hickory burn
ine fires. Whenever I'm hungry,
can't stay away from them, but
once arriving. I eat but little. The
customers are booming and hearty
and suggest stoking. Yet ] can &C
20 the sedate and tiny orchestra
less places-Gene and Ernest's Col
ony, for nstanee-with the appe-
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press, Inc, 625 State street,
El Centro, California. W. c. Costello business
manager Telephone 26 business office: 700 ed-
torial department. Fun leased wire United Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

tite of sick canary and pop vest
buttons IL shameless gorging.
A sudden paucity Of undead mo-
dern books drove me to Victor HUI
go's Les Miserables' the other
rainy night. For two hours I was
gazing again across the acres OF
chimney pots wandering at twi-
light through Pare de Vosges, drop
ping in for a crOissant and glass Of
milk at the dainty Kendall Lee-like
lady's boulangerie in rue des Petit
Champs and riding by poSt-chaise
along the Seine toward st. Cloud.
So real was the transition I eX-
pected to see a shaWled and mus
tached concierge when I looked out
Of the window toward a Waldorf
doorway instead Of the night hawk
taxi driver.
7 was thinking today Of an as
signment to interview Jane Cowl
when the actress was most efful-
gent Of the bright stars. have
talked to presidents. one king and
one eX-king since, but all collec-
lively were not as difficult to reach
as Miss CoWl. Such abracadabra
looks silly from the side-lines but
its a great build-up. 1t so impress
ed me I always think Of Miss Cowl
along with Bernhardt, Duse and
Marlowe, yet know she is in no
wise so talented. It's like Anon
Carter's story of the Texan who
. wired he could send 100000 bull
frog skins and about two weeks
later sent in one lone skin by mail
with the note. 7 was fooled by
their hollerin'.'
It interests me that the sons Of
Eddie Collins baseball star, and
Martin Quigley, movie magazine
editor. have consecrated their lives
TO religion. The Collins lad is in an
Episcopal theological seminary and
. Ouigley's son at the proper age is
70 study for a Jesuit priesthood.
The fathers are men of the world
whose lives have been many-facet-
ed. That, in the buzz-fuzz of ram
pant materialism, they should want
their sons TO spread the spiritual
s solace Of the Scriptures will heart
en- many who see faith tumbling
I A group led on by Wendell Dodge
+ discussed descriptive poetical lines
in the Murray Hill barber shop this
noon. Keats, Shelley, Byron and
j Browning we're quoted. A manicure
girl working over the sturdy hand
of Capt Bob Bartlett, no less,
+ looked up and recalled a line from
+ Eddie Guest that the geranium
was the orchid Of the poor" As
good as any I thought. So the COL
umn is finished with minutes TO
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
Local Couple Among
RedIands Graduates

Among tie graduates from the
University II T4edlands are Mr.. and
Mrs Chester irving. Both attend
ed the local high school and junior
college
Irving IS The son of Mrs. Marie
Land OF this city. Mrs. Irving, for
merly Ruth Grafton. is the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Grafton
Of the Acacia district
The young couple are now max
ing their home in Ell Centro, where
Irving is going into the real estate
business with ais mother.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

Mrs. Madison. CALIFORNIA; condemned
slayer, seems to have had most as
founding recovery of memory. inspired
by the knowledge she faces the moose.
But don t worry, she'll never hang.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

John D. is to receive S5,00O,0O0 in insur-
ance policies on July s, his 96th birth
day. That relieves US for we feared the
nice old man was headed for the poor
house.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
L 90 king
B a C k W ar d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
LOOKING BACKWARD

At a meeting held in the Tulare
theatre Sunday morning. the band
known as the K P. band was dis
banded and reorganized TO be
known as the Ell Centro band.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. f Conant are
guests at Lake Tahoe, from which
point they will motor TO Yosemite
valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

spare. I even had one foot off the
floor part Of the time.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

j. Wiggett, state trapper, recently
caught two male coyotes that we're
raiding bands Of lambs near Toma-
les, Marin county.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

June Bug, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and Gaddys Giant.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

SUBSCRIPTION RATES - Delivered by carrier,
per month, 55 cents; by mail, so cents per month
in advance. Entered at El Centre, California, post
office as seeond-class matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. NJ. g. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
TEN YEARS AGO
Junp % 1928

That Jess Willard, former heavy
weight champion, may become an
Imperial Valley landowner in the
near future, has been rumored re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Mitchell we're
weekend visitors at Jacumba.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
June %, 1920

The mountain funfest conducted
by the Calexico and FL Centro Elks
was a success in every particular
The varieties of grapes planted
at the experimental farm have been
reduced from $50 TO II.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-22

Ne G1IN ! KNOW ] ! MAS NUU'
ting in a r0W near Uncle Wiggily
Oh the log.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-08-30
new TAX BILL

Washington, d. c.. (ILNS) The
tax bill just agreed upon in confer
ence will bring Uncle Sam about
S250,000,0OO increase in revenues, ac-
cording to the best estimates.
The bill raises the surtax on all
incomes of $4,000 or more; and the
highest rate is on the largest in
comes. On a $4,000 income, for ex-
ample, the surtax is raised only one
per cent above the old rate; while on
an income of more than $5,000,000, it
is raised 16 per cent.
The man with million dollar in
come last year paid $3.50, 900 in sur
taxes, besides the normal tax which
every taxpayer has to contribute. This
year, that millionaire will have to pay
S641 900. The $5,000,000 income last
year paid $2,893,ooo; while this year
it will be required to hand over
s., 3,591 600 gain to the treasury
Of S698, 600.
The new estate tax begins at $4o,-
600; estates less than this sum are
exempt. In the former law, exemp-
tions ran to $5o,oOo In the new law,
the estate tax starts at 2 per cent, and
runs upward till the estate of $l,000,
900 pays 20 per cent; one Of $50,000,
600 pays SO per cent, and one above
that sum pays 70 per cent. On es-
tates Of $lO,ooo,0o0 each, the rate IS
G5 per cent, and the governments
share Of such an estate would be
50, ,962, 600. On a $5o,0o00oO estate,
the tax would come to $32,362, GOO;
which is nearly $4,ooo,ooo above the
former levy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-08-30

tentiary, to be given to commercial
printers on a competitive basis. Es-
timated annual saving by this action
is 100000
Recalling that the 91st general as
sembly enacted the Wolfe-Harter bill
to regulate printing in Ohio penal in
stitutians, and that this law was ap-
proved By Governor Davey, ogg de-
clared
During the past four or five years
such questions as taxation, economy in
government and unemployment have
been uppermost in the minds Of every
one and, Of course, the employment Of
free labor should be given first con-
sideration It may be deemed neces-
sary for the Sheriff. committee TO
recommend that inmates of penal
institutions be kept busy in some
manner, but it never was the intent
Of the founders of government that
the employment of criminals should
be paramount to the welfare of free
workers. There is little justice in
plan calling for the payment Of taxes
by business men to support inmates
Of penal institutions who are in direct
competition with free men and women
these taxpayers have upon their pay
rolls.
''The operation of prison printeries
with the avowed intention of utiliz-
ing convicts to operate same takes
us back to obsolete times. Prison la
Dor at best IS bad When it COM
petes with free labor it is even worse
than that. Not only must we con-
slider present and future unemploy
ment, but it must be remembered that
there is invested many hundreds of
thousands of dollars by the owners Of
private plants, and that these plants
will become idle if the state enlarges
upon its prison printing activities as
recommended by the Sheriff. commit
(, tee Organized labor throughout the
state should give serious considera-
tion to this report"