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Smyrna times., 1935-09-19

DR.. Brice rendered aid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Compton
and son Joseph, Jr., after spending
two months with Mrs. Compton's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. ]. Tay-
lor, left last week for Fort Roy
al, Va, where they will visit Mr.
Compton's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Compton.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. j. Taylor and
Mrs. Mary ]. Young and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Compton and son
Joseph, Jr., have been visiting
friends in Dover.
Miss Anna Jones has returned to
her school at Hyattsville after a
very pleasant vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Atkins, of Pit
man, N. J., were recent guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs Charles P. Jones.
Mrs. Evelyn Bramble, of Balti-
more, has been visiting her sister
Mrs. R. M. Logan.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-19
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharves
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, Sept. 19.-Mrs
Harold Outten and little daughter
Doris Annett, who have been con-
valescing at Mrs Thomas Wrench's
returned to her home at Townsend
yesterday. Her recent visitors
were Mrs. John David and daugh-
ter, Miss Ethel, and Mr.. and Mrs
Clifton Shorts, North Boulevard;
Mrs. Harry Kinsey, Mrs. Harry
Cole, of Bay View; Mr.. and Mrs
Clyde Shockley of Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gaulke of
Wilmington, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Gaulke
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Jackson
spent yesterday in Wilmington.
Mrs. Louis Ford of Wyoming.
spent a visit with Mrs. Annie
Wrench yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Steller and
daughter Marie of Taylor's Bridge,
were recent visitors of Mrs. Thom-
as Wrench.
Miss Priscilla Collins of Smyrna
spent the weekend with Miss Vir-
ginia Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Ross OF
near town, are receiving congratu-
latlons on the arrival of a baby
boy Tuesday the 18th, at the home
of Mrs. Thomas Wrench.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-19

Mr. Floyd Wright of Philadel-
phia, Pa. spent last week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Wright.
Mr.. Willard w. Hickman, Joe
Parker, Stanley Boyd, Jack
Gooding and Jim" Bailey spent
Saturday in Philadelphia.
Miss Evelyn Farrow of Cheswold
spent Sunday with her cousin, Miss
Jeanette Loder.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ennis and
children, Jackie and Jean, of Odes-
sa, spent Sunday with Mrs. Mary
Naylor and Mr.. Arthur Carey.
Mrs. Robert Hollett, spent Mon
day in Wilmington.
Mrs. Gordon Cockburn and son
of Dover, spent Monday with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. G.
Severson.
Mrs. Fred Burke has returned
home after spending last week
with relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. John Y. Boggs of Whining
ton, spent Thursday with Mr.. and
Mrs. William c. Boggs.
Mrs. William Hollett spent
Thursday in Wilmington.
Miss Nina Griffin returned home
last week after spending several
with relatives in New
Haven, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pratt of
Philadelphia. Pa, were weekend
guests of his father, Mr.. George
Pratt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Brown
spent Sunday in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Bertha Sevil has returned
home after spending several days
last week in Rehoboth.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-19

We are sorry Messick will not
be with us on Sunday. Jimmy has
returned to Duke University to re-
sumo his law studies. Here's to
you, Jimmy, for the greatest sue
cess.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Clay
ton, Rev. Frederick Marx Barton,
minister in charge, announces the
service on Sunday next will be at
7:30 p. M, evening prayer and
sermon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sayin have
returned home after spending sew
eral weeks with friends in Younes-
town, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs Lynch and Mr..
George Davis of Wilmington, were
guests on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Julius Hawkins.
Mrs. William Shepherd spent
Monday in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pennock
and SON Merritt, of Elkton, Nd,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Pennock's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William T..
Ho1necker.
Mrs. Lewis Hurd spent Monday
1n Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Seyil are
spending several days in Atlantic
City, N. J.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-19

niece, Miss Rebecca Wolcott,
daughter of Chancellor and Mrs.
Josiah o. Wolcott were guests of
the formers brother and sister-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Rash, for
several days last week, at their
home in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker L. Mifflin
and family have closed their sum
mer home at Rehoboth Beach and
returned to town.
A. Torbert Cole of st. Louis
Mo-, is spending two weeks with
his mother, Mrs. Amos Cole and
Smyrna times., 1935-09-19

Miss Catherine Smith, who has
been spending the summer with
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. E. F.
Smith has returned to Lewes as a
member of the faculty of the High
School.
Mrs. Elshie McCandless and chill
dren, of Philadelphia, who spent
the summer with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Erwin, have re-
turned to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Thomas Powell is visiting
Mrs. George Short and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Dill enter
tanned company on Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-19
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Townsend, Sept. 19.-Mrs. Leon
Buckson and son David, have re-
turned home from an interesting
trip to the Middle West after Wis
iting relatives and friends there
for five weeks. They visited Cleve-
land, Ohio, Bay City. Mich, and
also visited Canada, and report a
most delightful trip.
Things are pretty well evened up
in our series of baseball games
with Clayton. They have won one
game, Townsend has won one
game. This week it will be quite a
bit different. With the changes and
instructions given, it will probably
be Clayton one game, Townsend 3
games. We admit Clayton has a
good team, one of the best that
Townsend has ever played, but as
is usually the case, we think we
have stronger team. Clayton
won last Sunday. 1t was superior
playing, for the day. We have lost
gracefully. We will win joyously
Miss Ann Boehmler, of Malvern,
Pa, has returned home after
spending two weeks with her aunt,
Mrs. r. r. Reynolds.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-19
MILLINGTON
Items of Personal and Social In.
! teresr Cleaned From the Vicinity

terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Millington, Md, Sept. 19.-Mrs.
Pearl Free, who has been spending
the summer at Beach Haven, NJ,
has returned to her home. She
was given a surprise party at Mr..
and Mrs. Hyland Semans' last
week that was most enjoyable
event and largely attended by the
young people of the community
Paul Comegys met with a pain
full accident last week. He was
standing on chair which threw
him and in falling he grabbed a
meat saw which tore his hand Sc
verely. Twelve or fifteen stitches
were necessary to close the wound.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-19

sister, Mrs. dup,,,
Cole and mot h., y, !
ing several d A.. 2.
Ter Mrs. Cec i 9 7
ner cottage at Res,. J,
Mr. Bert BursIap
Rev and Mrs, g ~
lem, has left 70, ) !. !
enter West Notti,. # !
His sister Miss u. |
viii leave next rs.s j,
burg Pa to coats III
at Wilson CoIla,.
honors last year
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02

PLAN OPPOSED
BY COMMITTEE

Copyright, 1895, by United Press
WASHINGTON, July 2. WR -
A majority of the house ways and
means committee is opposed to en-
actment this session of President
Roosevelt's 'taX-the-rich" program,
a poll revealed today.
The informal poll of the COM
mittee, where the tax program
must originate, showed 13 of the
25 members personally opposed to
rushing the program through as
requested by the President. Those
opposed to the plan included eight
Democrats and five Republicans.
The committee will meet Mon
day to begin hearings on the Pre-
sident's request for higher taxes on
large incomes, large corporation
profits and on inheritances and
gifts. Estimates of the length of
time it will take to prepare a bill
varied from two weeks to a month.
Meanwhile, a roundrobin against
adjournment of congress until the
tax legislation and the $3,000,00O,-
600 Frasier-Lemke farm relief in
flation bill have been disposed of
was drawn up for house sigma
lures. In the senate an effort was
made to shelve the tax program
until November.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
BLOOMCARDEN N
CHARGE: MADE
Federal. CASE

That Phil Bloomgarden, Detroit
produce dealer, will eventually face
prosecution for issuing alleged n.s.f.
checks to valley growers in return
for their produce seems certain, Ell
mer Heald, district attorney stated
this morning. Heald said that the
whole matter has been turned over
to the U. S. district attorneys office
in Los Angeles to be handled by
that office.
1t appears that during a recent
hearing in Detroit at which efforts
were made to eXtradite Bloomgar-
den to this county for action on
the check charges, the Detroit man
signed certain affidavitS which lead
local officials to believe that he
can be prosecuted on a charge of
using the mails to defraud. With
this in view the case has been
turned over to the federal officers
for further action.
R. I. French. assistant district
attorney, returned from Detroit
yesterday. French had gone to ar
que the eXtraditiOn application
which was finally turned down by
the Michigan court.
Heald stated this morning that
FrenchS trip back to Michigan in
this case had not cost the county a
penny as the growers who had been
allegedly victimized by Bloomgar-
den had supplied the money neces-
sary to make the round trip. AL
though French returned without
his man it is felt that the affidavits
secured during the hearing will be
sufficient finally to secure Bloom
gardens conviction on the charges
against him. Checks totaling near
ly $4,000 are said to have been giv-
en- by Bloomgarden for the produce
bought from valley growers but
they could not be cashed.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
OLD LOCKWOOD
R UC RESCUED D
AND RESTORED

THE Pride of lockwood" al
though it may not be known to later
valley residents, will be recognized
by pioneers as the beautiful Persian
rug which once adorned the home
of C. p. lockwood at CaleXico.
Reputed to be the first oriental
rug brought into the valley it was
admired by all who were privileged
to know the home of the valleys
real founder.
Following the sale of the Rock
wood home several years ago, the
rug was neglected and eventually
was cut in two pieces and used IN
the bedrooms.
Some six months ago, N. j. Sleem,
CaleXico dealer in oriental rugs,
and an authority on their manu-
facture, recognized the two pieces OF
rug while doing some work at the
lockwood home, now occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Rodwell.
Although neglect and abuse by
former caretakerS had played havoc
with the rug, Sleem asked permis-
sion of the Rodwells to be allowed
to restore it to its former beauty.
Long weeks of work followed, during
which Sleem completely renovated
the rug, and restored it to its former
splendor. 1t has a turquoise blue
for a background with a spray OF
floral design and beautiful borders
in fawn, soft red and brown.
The coloring was brilliant, Sleem
states, when the rug was first made,
and it has now through age, achiev-
ed the soft, mellow, colors so
sought by experts. He estimates
that the rug is at least $50 years
old.
1t is now on display in the lobby
of the De ANA hotel at CaleXico,
where it is admired, not only by
those who appreciate such splendid
but by all who realize
what the name lockwood means TO
Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
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BELIEVE MANY
PER|SHED AS
SHIPS CRASH

BEPPU, Japan, July 3 (UP) -
"wednesday The excursion steam
er Midori Maru, carrying 1859 pas
sengers and a crew of 81, collided
early today with the freighter Sem
zan Maru on the Inland sea. The
extent of the casualties was not
known, as neither ship was equipped
with radio.
The Miduri Maru was reported to
have gone down. AS rescue vessels
hurried to the scene, it was reported
that so had been rescued.
The rescued passengers were land
ed at Sakaide harbor on the island
of Shikoku
1t was believed few if any foreign
ers were aboard the excursion
steamer, as it carried only two first
class passengers.
The collision occurred in a heavy
fog.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
SLEEP REAL
ENJOYMENT
FOR FLYERS
Key Brothers Land With New
Record, Leave Celebrating To
Fellow-Citizens

MERIDIAN, Miss, July 2. UR)-
Fred and Al Key slept right
through the widest revelry Meri-
dian ever saw today making up
weeks of sleep lost while establish
ing a world record for sustained
airplane flight.
The young brothers landed their
borrowed plane, "Old Miss" on the
municipal airport at sunset last
night, a few hours after surpass-
ing the unofficial 6471a hour record
CT Dale Jackson and Forrest o.
Brien.
They had been in the air 81 days,
five hours 33 minutes. Trouble
with their planes barograph and
controls forced them down.
Officials of the National Aeron-
autics Federation and department
of commerce inspectors at the air.
port said the record undoubtedly
would be accepted as official after
instruments are calibrated in
Washington.
The previous official record fol
sustained refueling flight was es-
tablished at Chicago July 4, 1890
by John and Kenneth Hunter, an
other brother team. The Hunter:
and their famous question Mark
flew 55312 hours before motor trou.
BILE forced them down. Jackson
and OBrien bettered the mark a
st. Louis the same year but it wa!
refused official recognition because
their instruments and reports wert
verified improperly.
The young Key brothers were
hardly able to walk, so dizzy were
they from lack of sleep when they
landed. National guardsmen anC
police held back a crowd of $4,000
They had averaged less thar
four hours of sleep daily since the!
took off for what they described a!
"a bit of fun"
Automobiles driven into the han
gar took them with their wives anC
children to a hotel where they were
bathed, fed, massaged and almos
lifted into bed. They dropped int
Supplied sleep Immediately, des.
pite the roar of a making
crowd under their windows. Ply.
sicians said the physical effects Of
the flight would disappear almost
overnight.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
BUDGET APPROVAL POSTPONED
County Supervisors Not Likely To Take Definite
Action Until Next Week

money by direct taxation without
adding considerably to the tax rate
for the coming fiscal year and also
without extending the county
budget over the five per cent in
crease allowed by law.
Charles Nice, county INDECENT Of
ficer, informed the board that he
had made a check of 156 of the
260 names submitted as unemploy-
ables by SERA social service de-
partment. He was unable to check
over the remaining names on this
list, he said, because he could not
have access to the SERA files.
OF the number he had checked,
Nice informed the board that he
found 113 able to work, six physi-
cally unable to work, II with slight
physical disabilities, IL known
aliens, two who have applied for
old age security pensions five APP
plicants for orphans aid, one blind
person receiving state aid and one
nonresident of the county.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
JUDGE CRAIG
LOSES FIGHT
FOR OFFICE
Court Decides That He Is
Automatically Ousted By His
Conviction In Federal Tribunal

LOS ANGELES, July 2 WP)- A
legal battle to remove Gavin w.
Craig as associate justice Of the
state court of appeal had ended to-
day after Judge Benjamin c. Jones
of Lake county declared the office
was vacated when the justice was
convicted on a federal felony
charge.
Judge Jones said Craigs office
was automatically vacant when he
was convicted in federal court, May
10, on charges Of conspiracy to i'm
pede justice. He ordered the judg-
ment entered within five days.
The custer suit was brought by
Attorney General U. S. Webb after
the state legislature failed to act on
Craig's status. In the quo Warranto
action, Webb cited the section Of
the state political code that "a state
officer upon conviction of a felony
* X must consider his office
vacated Immediately upon his con-
Viction."
Defense attorneys argued that the
federal law under which Craig was
convicted could be viewed only in
the light of contempt Of court as
there was no state statute making
the act for which he was convicted
a felony.
Judge Jones, answering the de-
fense's argument, said:
Estate courts must recognize fed
eral law in this respect. The de-
fendant is amenable both to the
state and federal law and ne now
stands convicted of a felony in the
federal court"
Craig was indicted with Mrs. Helen
Werner, local politician, and Joseph
Weinblatt, broker, on charges OF
conspiracy to prevent prosecution of
Italo Petroleum oil fraud cases.
The two men were convicted while
Mrs. Werner was acquitted of the
cbaroac
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02

Final approval of the county
budget for 1885 which was be-
lieved imminent yesterday at the
meeting of the board of supervis-
ors was delayed because of further
consideration which must be given
the problem of relief cases to be
cared for by the county.
AS it stands now the budget
will in all probability not be ap-
proved until next week as the sup
ervisors are to meet in San Diego
on Friday with state relief officials
and other supervisors representing
the state association on matters re-
lating to the ALLEGATION of funds
for relief purposes. The board
had been called upon to raise a
fund of $4,000 to care for unem-
ployables in the county who are
not to be carried on the federal re-
lief program after July /.
The supervisors feel that it is
impossible to raise this amount of
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
Methodist Pastor
Gets Reappointment

Rev. A. Buffers, pastor Of ST..
Paul's Methodist church, has been
reappointed for next year, accord
ing to the list of pastor assign
ments made today by the annual
conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church which closed last
night at Long Beach. This will be
Rev. Buffers second year as pastor.
Other Imperial Valley appoint
ments are: Brawley, Floyd M.
Reeves; Calexico, Earl D. Carter;
Holtville, II. B. Lang; Imperial,
F. w. Hewlett.
Rev. w. E. Malan, former pastor
of st. Pauls, continues as pastor
of the Garfield church at Phoenix
and Rev. AE. Schultz, also a
former st. Paul's pastor, is assigned
to Ontario.
Reverend Buffers, who has been
attending the conference, is eX'
pected home later in the week.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
HoLU CaIifornia's
Delegation Voted

WASHINGTON, July 2 W.P)-Here
is the first record roll-call of the
California house delegation on the
utilities BILL
An AYE" vote is a vote for the
mildel house regulatory measure.
A mo- vote is a vote for the strict
senate death sentence" bill, favor
ed by President Roosevelt.
The California vote:
Ayes:
Democrats:
Buck, Costello, Hoeppel, Lea, Nc
Groarty, Tolan.
Republicans, for:
Burnham, Collins, Englebright,
Kahn.
Democrats: Noes:
Golden, Dockweiler, Ford, Kramer,
McGrath, Scott, Stubbs.
Garter, Hearhart and Welch abb
sent or not voting)
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
FOUR To FACE
PROSECUTION
FOR Staying
Women Admit The Death OF
Hughes Nephew Deliberately
Planned For Robbery
Bv JAMES C. AUSTIN

Omteu ITeSS SIaiI correspondent
Copyright, 1885, BY United Press
DETROIT, Mich, July 2.-Mys-
teries of the murder of Howard
Garter Dickinson, New York attor-
ney and nephew of Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes, were defin-
itely solved today. An underworld
procurer and three ladies of the
evening conspired to kill him for
his purse. They face life terms in
the Michigan penitentiary.
Breaking under long questioning,
William c. SchWeitzer, 26, who has
lived most of his adult years as
parasite of women, and three of his
girls gave detailed accounts of the
last hours Of the professionally and
socially high-placed Dickinson. Be
lieving he had large sum of mon
ey. SchWeitzer, with the girls ap-
proVal, killed him. His purse con-
tained only $120.
Schweitzer will be arraigned to-
day on a charge of murder. A plea
of guilty was believed likely. Since
Michigan law does not permit the
death penalty for any offense, life
imprisonment was the maximum
punishment possible.
Women Knew Plan
The girls, Florence and Loretta
Jackson, sisters, and Jean Miller,
probably will be charged with first
degree murder today. The Misses
jackson admitted they knew
SchWeitzer intended to kill Dickin-
son. Miss Miller, while denying
she knew of the intent to murder,
did admit she knew of the intent
to rob. On the basis of their con-
fessions, they are legally guilty of
first degree murder, subject to
Michigan's most severe penalty.
Prosecutor Duncan @. McCraw
accomplished the final denounce-
ment of the murder drama by con-
fronting the Sullen SchWeitzer with
the detailed confessions of Miss
Miller and Miss Loretta Jackson.
All the girls had steadfastly insist
ed that, while Schweitzer killed
Dickinson, they were not present
when it was done, nor knew it had
been planned. Schweitzer had told
varying stories, insisting at times
that Dickinson was killed in self
defense, again that he had killed
himself.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
TENTATIVE BUILDING PLAN
City Council And Library Board Agree On One
Story Combination Structure

Following special meeting of
members of the city council and the
library board yesterday afternoon
an agreement was reached on a
tentative plan for the proposed
combination city hall and library
to be erected on property facing
the court house on Main street.
Those attending yesterdays meet
ing discussed three proposed sets of
plans, two of which called for a
two-story building and the other a
one story structure, and approved
the last set of plans.
These plans had been submitted
to Claude Beelman, Los Angeles
architect who had been retained by
the city to aid in drawing up the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-02
HOUSE AGAIN REJECTS UTILITIES MEASURE
District Executive And Operating Costs Decreased
PROBATION AND
FINE IMPOSED
ON ED w 0 N G.

A $500 fine and probation for
period of four years were placed on
Ed Wong, San Francisco produce
dealer in superior court this morn
ing by Judge Vaughn Thompson at
the conclusion of a hearing on
probation application made by
Wong. In addition to this the de-
fendant will be obliged to refund a
total of $34S8.11 said to be due on
alleged nsf. checks given in pay
ment for produce bought from val
ley growers.
Hearings on probation applications
of E. j. Riggs, n.sf. check and
George Mclean, forgery, were con-
tinued until July 10. T. H Murphy
entered a plea of not guilty to a
charge of having forged an endorse
ment on a check and his trial was
set for July %.
j. Rodriguez pleaded not guilty
to charge OF grand theft and will
be tried on July %. P. Hernandez
pleaded guilty to a charge Of con-
tributing to the delinquency OF q
minor and applied for probation.
This application will be heard on
July IL. F. Cortez was arraigned on
drunk driving charge and will
enter his plea next Friday.