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Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
HALF MILLION
IN PROJECTS
GET APPROVED

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8. U.H
California Works Progress Ad-
ministration officials today were
notified that the federal division of
applications and information has
approved $491.318 allotment of
federal funds to get the Presidents
work program under way in Cali
fornia
Authority to disburse the money
was vested in Frank Y. McLaugh-
lin, state administrator, who will
designate which of the projects
submitted by California cities and
municipalities shall be started.
Mclaughlin previously had for
warded to Washington applications
totaling $564,870. To this amount,
$208,841 would be added by sponsors
of the proposed work projects.
Approved projects included in the
program submitted to Washington
by Mclaughlin were:
Imperial county-Brawley, gym
nasium and grandstand reconstruc-
ton. federal, $4,575, sponsor S. 5,297.
Los Angeles county-Glendale,
high school building and grounds
repairs. federal 33,249, sponsor,
$17,495. Pasadena, Rose Bowl i'm
provements, federal $194,461, spon-
sor $41, 1,497.
San Luis Obispo county-AtaSca-
dero, road improvement district S,
federal $6,947, sponsor $5,385. Paso
Robles, road Improvements east of
city, federal $16,367, sponsor $3.425.
San Luis Obispo, sewer extension,
federal 1886, sponsor 5000. Pile
trestle to end county highway, fed
eral $2,426. sponsor $4,000 Frande-
Lopez canyon road, federal 1868,
sponsor $4,000.
Santa Barbara county - Widen
hazardous Tepesquet road corners,
federal $4,000, sponsor $36,176.
Santa Maria road realignment and
surfacing. federal $48,320, sponsor,
$31,774.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03

Sets Record Mark in 'Bluebird
Police Find Radio
Works Both Ways

Police radio serves a useful pur-
pose in the apprehension of Grim
inals but, as fiction writer's point
out, it may in many instances serve
to warn law violators or peace dis
turbers of pending raids by the off
icers of the law.
A case in point is listed on the
local police log over the weekend.
Neighbors complained about a wild
and riotous party which was being
staged by certain residents here
Saturday night Upon receiving the
complaint a call was broadcast to
the patrol wagon which was hur-
ried to the scene of the disturbance
only to have the officers find ev-
erything calm and under control.
After several such disappoint-
mentS it was discovered that the
merrymakers had a radio which
picked up the local police calls and
thus were enabled to keep them
selves advised when to expect the
next visit from the law. However,
police soon overcame this difficulty
and put an effective quietus on the
roisterers.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
Cricket "Cure"
Too Powerful

The present visitation of crickets
which has proved so annoying to
local housewives and other residents
brought an extra headache to a
lower Broadway merchant as they
have caused him whot might posi-
bly, turn out to be considerable
monetary loss.
Studying over this problem of
how to get rid of the pesky crickets
the distraught merchant hit upon
the plan of spraying them with a
lye solution. He made the mixture
extra powerful and proceeded to
spray the sidewalk in front of his
establishments with results that
were not at all to his liking.
He kille dthe crickets, to be sure,
killed them by the bucketful, but
while spraying the sidewalk some
of his mixture fell on nearby auto
and nearl ydeprived them
of their paint. Now the cricket ex-
terminator is faced with the posi-
bility of having to go down deep
into his jeans to dig up money to
pay for repainting several cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
August Quiet In
Police Circles

Police arrested 73 persons here
during the month of August, ac-
cording to the monthly report filed
at headquarters. These arrests were
classified as follows: drunkenness,
81; disturbing the peace, 8; vag-
rancy, 9; non-payment of license
fees, 2; destroying property, 1; bat
terry, 3; illegal entry, 3; investiga-
ton, 8; sleeper, l; material wit
ness, 1; suspicion of statutory Of
rense, 1; reckless driving, A.
Disposition of these cases was
as follows: paid fines. IL; served
time, 30; cases suspended to leave
town, Is; case dismissed, 1; cases
pending, 3; released, no complaint
filed, 13.
During August the police de-
partment collected $77465. OF this
amount 500 was in general fines,
$131 in traffic fines, $45.90 in dog
license taxes and $50775 for oc-
supation licenses.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
Storm Warnings
On Florida Coast

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. U.P)-
The U. S. weather bureau reported
today that at $50 a. m. the center
of the tropical disturbance sweep
ing the Florida straits had moved
about SO miles west of Everglade
City, moving slowly to the north
west.
The bureau warned that shifting
gales should be expected along the
southwest Florida coast and winds
of hurricane force as far north as
Punta Gorda.
Southeast storm warnings re-
manned displayed from West Palm
Beach to Miami" the bureau ad-
vised.
Northwest warnings displayed at
Key West. Hurricane warnings at
Everglade City to Punta Gorda and
northeast warnings elsewhere on
the Florida coast, Titusville to Car
rabelle."
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
HOPE To GET
FINAL WORD
FROM HOOVER
Party Leaders Plan To Obtain
Withdrawal As Candidate Or
Definite Statement
BY LYLE c. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent


Copyright, 1895. BY United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. "a plan
to obtain from Herbert G. Hoover
public and definite withdrawal of
his name from consideration for
presidential nomination by the Re-
publican national committee was
revealed today by an influential
member of the C. o. P. high com
mand.
Prediction was made to the
United Press that Hoover would
remove himself from presidential
consideration during the autumn.
Inquiry developed, however that
the prediction was not based on
any expression of intention by the
former President
1t represents the Judgment of
certain party leaders aware of the
plan to approach Hoover.
AS outlined here the direct ques-
ton is to be put privately to Hoov-
er in such way that he must
either renounce all further political
aspirations or, by silence. acknowl-
edge that he is at least willing to
run again.
Promoters of this strategy to
Hoover with regard to his 1886 in
tentions feel that something will
have been accomplished if the for
mer President is placed in a posi-
ton in which he must reveal to
them whether he still aspires to the
White House.
Expected Oblivion
When Hoover left Washington in
1888 he appeared reconciled to po-
litical oblivion. If his mind was in
doubt it must have been set right
early in the Roosevelt special ses-
(Contip,,e6 oy, pooe GA
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
FUNERAL FOR
QUEEN ASTR|D
At BRUSSELS
European Royalty Represented
AT Final Rites For Victim Of
Tragic Auto Crash

BRUSSELS, Sept. 3. U.P) - Bel
gium paid last honors today to
Queen Astrid in the Cathedral of
st. Gudule, the same church in
which she was married nine years
ago to the Duke of Brabant, now
King Leopold III.
The ceremony came to its i'm
pressive cynclusion with soft play
ing of the Belgian national an
them, played so triumphantly when
the Swedish princess, to become
queen of the Belgians, was mar
ried to the heir to the throne.
Kings and princes walked bare
headed in the funeral train. Thou
sands clustered from midnight to
dawn in parks opposite the royal
palace
All traffic was halted. All bus
mess houses were closed.
At 1915 a. m. guns roared a sa-
Lutte as Astrid's coffin was carried
from the place and placed in the
same hearse which, before the war,
carried Leopold II and his queen,
Marie Henriette, to their graves.
Six black horses drew it, pre-
ceded by detachments Ct mounted
gendarmes, light artillery and in
fantry.
King Walks
King Leopold walked alone. Des-
pite the injuries received in the
automobile accident in which his
wife was killed, Leopold declined to
ride in a carriage.
Behind him was his brother,
Prince Charles, and then Prince
Charles of Sweden, representatives
of foreign nations, including Prince
Humbert of Italy, who is the hus-
band of Leopold's sister, Princess
Marie Jose.
The Crown Princess of Denmark
and Norway, the Duke of York, rep
resenting George V of England, and
Louis Marin, French minister of
state, were next in line. They were
followed by the entire diplomatic
corps and the members of the Bel
gian parliament.
The queens children were not
present.
Cardinal Van Roey, archbishop of
Malines. celebrated the mass in q
cathedral draped in solid black ex-
cept for the statues of the apostles.
After the ceremony the body was
conveyed past the tomb of Bel
gian's Unknown Soldier to the
Church of Our Lady of Laeken, sew
en- miles outside the city. There
Queen Astrid was inferred in the
same crypt where King Albert is
buried.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
Postpone Date OF
Dairymen's Meeting

A meeting of valley producers
and distributors of market milk and
cream which was to have been held
here Thursday of this week has
been postponed until September 20,
Walter Macdonald, county milk
inspector announced this morning.
Postponement was made at the re-
quest of Paul G. Robertson, in
vestigator for the division of mar
ket enforcement, state department
of agriculture.
AT the postponed meeting which
will be held at the court house, C..
j. Carey, chief of the division will
address the producers and distribut-
orS on the provisions of the state
fair trade practices act and other
recent legislation controlling the
distribution Of market milk and
cream. a.ii
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
FALLS SHORT
'Uf OFFICIAL
50 D NJ P. H.
Englishman Makes Mark OF
304.31l On One Lap But
Wind Slows Next One
COURSE In SPLENDID SHAPE
Salt Beds OF Utah Desert Pro-
vide Best Place Yet For The
Assault On Land Travel Mark

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS,
Utah, Sept. 8. UR)-Sir Malcolm
= Campbell, British speed king, bare
Wy failed to attain his goal of MAX
ing a record of driving 300 miles
rel hour here today.
He drove the first measured mile
in 304:311 but dropped below that
mark on the rerun which, under
American Automobile Association
rules, had to be made within an
hour after the first run.
81. His average for the two runs was
299.874 miles per hour.
Although he set new worlds
record, Campbell was detected be-
cause he fell short of 300 miles per
hour. He said he would not run
again today but probably would
speed again early tomorrow.
The Bluebird made the second
run in 12005 seconds-a speed of
295566 miles per hour.
BY a mere five thousands Of a
second, Sir Malcolm missed setting
a new record of 300 miles per
hour
Barely making his second run
within the allotted hour after his
first run. the Englishman roared
the Bluebird back to the starting
point at 5 a. m. (PST).
Slowed By Wind
\ His fastest speed was the first
trip when he went 304.311 miles
per hour.
A slight win on the backstretch
slowed the Bluebird enough to pull
tn. average blow the 300 mile per
hour mark.
The breeze was blowing at about
. four miles per hour. The difference
slowed him down by about nine
miles per hour.
With his new record today,
Campbell demonstrated that this
desert salt plain is undoubtedly the
finest race track in the world. He
CONTINUED on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
MUST
GIVE MILLION
To ETHIOPIA
American Given Option Until
October 10 On Right To Ex-
plore For Oil And Minerals

LONDON, Sept. 3. W.P)-Leo Y.
Chertok, American broker now in
New York, has until October 10 to
raise $1,000,000 and get in return
the sole concession to gold, plati-
mum and oil rights in Ethiopia, it
was revealed.
The United Press obtained the
text of a letter of July 10, signed
by Ethiopian Minister Ajaz Warg-
neh Martin, which says:
Confirming our conversation of
July 10, for the period of 80 days
from today's date you have the sole
concession to raise a sum of not
less than $1,000,000 as a loan for
my country. AS security for this
loan we are prepared to give a con-
cession for 80 years on gold, plati-
mum, oil and other mineral rights
in territories to be defined and
which are under our absolute con-
troll"
The sudden subsidence of Euro
pean excitement over the ceSSion of
oil rights in Ethiopia to British Oil
Promoter Francis Rickett was ex-
planned today with the disclosure
that he fooled everybody at Adds
Ababa by pretending that he was
there only to present a Red Cross
airplano given by Egyptians.
Hence statesmen decided that af-
ter all his contract to permit an
American syndicate TO prospect for
oil was not deep plot by Great
Britain.
Anthony Eden of Great Britain
explained all this at Paris to Pre-
mier Pierre Laval, and assured him
that Britain claimed no interest in
Ethiopia outside of the Lake Tsana
irrigation region, vital for the Great
Nile irrigation project.
Rickett told the London Daily
Mail correspondent that the cap
ital of his African Exploration and
Development company totaled $5o,-
100000 and was entirely American.
He said an American staff would go
to Ethiopia at once to start work.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
WEATHER TOO
STORMY FOR
RESCUE WORK
Captain OF Stranded Steamer
Reports "AIl Well" In Late
Afternoon Dispatch
FOUR SHIPS READY I'd AID
Attempt To Take Off Passen-
gers Will Be Made As Soon
AS Sea Moderates

NEW YORK, Sept. 8. W.D-The
grounded liner Dixie reported "all
well" and four ships standing by
in a message late today to Morgan
line offices here.
The message said:
1.-THE wind is now hauling to the
south and west. Still too rough
to transfer passengers. Four ships
standing by. All wen.'
The message was signed by
Capt. E. w. Sundstrom of the
Dixie.
MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 3. U.1Hurri-
cane swept seas prevented rescue
today of 352 passengers and crew
aboard the Morgan liner Dixie
hard aground on French reef, about
Is miles off the Florida coast.
Three vessels were standing by
with boat crews ready, but the
mountainous billows made a res
cue attempt impossible.
The United Fruit liners Limon
and Platano and the tanker Reap
er arrived at the scene tnlS AFTER
noon and hove to.
Another Morgan liner, the FL
Occidente, was expected momen-
tarily to aid in the work of trans
ferring the passengers and crew.
some of whom were reported In
jured.
Two coast guard vessels also
were enroute.
MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 3. W.P)-The
United Fruit liner Limon, after a
race through mountainous seas
against a tropical hurricane. arriv-
ed late today alongside the ground
ed liner Dixie and prepared to take
off 252 passengers and crew.
The Limon was the first of the
rescue ships to reach the stricken
Dixie.
Rescue had been impeded by
failure of the liner properly to To-
cate itself. In its first sos last
midnight, the Dixie indicated 1t
was ashore on Carysfort Reef. But
when the Limon, along with the
tanker Reaper and another fruit
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
MURDER CONSPIRACY CHARGED
Belgian AssertedIy Plotted With Mexican To Take
Life OF Formers Wife

GRATED by Rambout, the latter made
the deal a week ago.
Last night he took AvaloS to his
ranch a half mile north of the Cal
exico city limits, gave him large
hammer and left him there on the
understanding that AvaloS was to
kill the woman and then come to
MeXicali where he would be paid
off. Avalos, however, got cold
feet" and came back to Calexico to
tell his story to police authorities
who Immediately communicated
with the sheriffs office.
Both were arrested by Sheriff
Ware and Deputy Sharp and Ram
bout is said to have admitted to the
officers that Avalos' story was cor
rect.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03

Charges of conspiracy to commit
murder will probably be filed
against Rene Rambout, SO, and
Manuel Avalos, 80, it was said at
the jail today following an investi-
CATION made by Sheriff Ware and
T. NJ. Sharp, chief criminal deputy
which started last night after Ram
bout and AvaloS had been booked
at the county Jail for investigation.
Rambout, a Belgian who is mar
ried to a Mexican woman. is said
to have offered Avalos $50 if he
would kill Mrs. Rambout. Accord
ing to the investigating officers
who were told the story by Avalos
which was later aSsertedly corrob-
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03

A canvass by the Southern ST.
erras Power company of rural ar
cas- in Imperial Valley to obtain
signatures of farmers acquiescing
to the power company's request for
a Rural Electrification Admins
tration loan was described by
Chairmon Evan T. Hewes of the
Imperial Irrigation district last
night as another step by the power
company in its effort to block the
districts program of All-American
canal hydro-elect development.
Support of the power company's
application by signatures on their
petition" Hewes said in a formal
statement, would be nothing less
than actual support of the COM
pany in its fight to prevent the
district from distributing power
from the All-American canal.
Lands in the district are
pledged to repay to the govern
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
Revision Needed
In Business List

A letter was received at the
county clerks office this morning
from Dayton, Ohio, financial con-
Germ, addressed to w. H. Brooks,
chairman of the board of supervi-
sors.
A search of the records at the
court house showed that Brooks,
who lives on his ranch west of Ell
Centro, served on the county board
from 1916-1921, having been elect
ed from the Ell Centre district.
Referring to this letter a county
officer was heard to say that it was
about time that business firms
brought their reference lists up to
date.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
Directors Sitting AS
Equalization Board

For the next 10 days the irriga-
ton district board of directors will
sit as a board of equalization to
hear petitions from district tax
payers relative to tax adjustments.
Members of the board and the
legal department were today served
with papers filed by objectors to
the bond refunding program rela-
tive to the appeal of the matter to
the United States supreme court.
A recent decision of the federal
court in Los Angeles approved the
districts bond refunding program
and since that time the exchange
of new bonds for the former bonds
for the former bonds has been COM
pleted.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
j. 8. COURSE
NOT ALTERED
BY OIL PACT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. W.H -
The attitude of the United States
toward the threatened Italo- Ethi-
opian conflict will not be altered
as a result of the reported conces-
sion granted an American concern,
Cordell Hull. secretary Of state,
said officially and emphatically
today.
In response to newspaper in
quirieS Hull said it had been diff
cult to obtain full details con-
cerning the reported concession,
especially inasmuch as this gov
ernment had not been consulted
or informed by those interested.
Sufficient information had been
received, however, Hull said, 70
state that regardless of what the
nature of this concession may be
it will not affect the attitude or
policy of this government.
ut has not thus far been possible
to secure the full facts relative 10
the reported oil concession trans
action in Ethiopia" Hull said.
"The reported concession, as I
stated on last Saturday, was made
without this government having
in any way been consulted or in
formed"
"a sufficient amount of informa-
ton, however. has been received
to enable us to say definitely that
whatever the nature of this trans
action may prove to be, either
commercially or politically or both,
the attitude and policy of this
government toward the controversy
between Italy and Ethiopia will
be maintained hereafter just as
it would have been maintained had
this reported oil transaction not
occurred"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
Pasadena Records
Nearby Quake

PASADENA, Calf, Sept. g. O.P)-
An earthquake of slight intensity.
about as miles east of
Pasadena, was reported at 10:47
p. m. last night, the chronological
laboratory of the Carnegie Institu-
ton and California Institute of
Technology reported today.
The temblor was not strong
enough to cause damage, the re-
port stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
FiUe Arraigned
In Police Court

In police court this morning SEN
tences of $40 or five days in Jail
were given E. Gonzales, Lee Kill
ingsworth. and Jose Ramirez when
they pleaded guilty to charges of
drunkenness.
Sam Bass pleaded not guilty to a
drunkenness charge and his case
was continued until Thursday. G.
Garcia, drunkenness and disturbing
the peace drew a $25 or 1919 days
in Jail term when he pleaded guilty
to the charges.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
Find Dynamite And
Guns At Laguna

While playing near a cave in the
Laguna mountains yesterday, two
boys discovered two boxes of dyna-
mite and two machine guns hidden
in the cave, police were notified
this morning. The information
was relayed to San Diego county
authorities through the local sher-
ifs office.
The report of the discovery was
made by a local man whose full
name was not obtained but no fur
ther particulars were contained in
the item on the log book.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
Friday Limit On
WPA Petitions

All WPA applications must be in
San Bernardino not later than Fri
day of this week according to infor-
nation received by j. X. Hickox.
Imperial county manager of WPA
in telegram from Ralph B. Smith,
area director for the organization.
Sponsors of proposed projects in
this county must submit these prof.
ects to the local office on or before
tomorrow, Hickox said.
The WPA program has been in
Stituted TO furnish work for en-
ployables who were previously TAX
en- care Of by the SERA. which lat
ter organization will now be con-
cerned chiefly with the care OF re-
lief cases Cad transient camps.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
GRID SEASON TO OPEN

Coach w. S. Taylor, of Cen
trail Union high school, arrived
in Ell Centre today and asked
The Press to remind candidates
for the Spartan grid squad that
football suits will be issued to-
morrow morning at 8 o'clock and
again at 2 p. m. First practice
will be held tomorrow night at s
o'clock,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-03
Baseball Scores
BY United Press

All games scheduled In both
leagues postponed, rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-07
Equipoise On
Way To East

LOS ANGELES, March T. tUP)-
The c. V. Whitney stable of
horses, including Equipoise, second
largest money-winner of all time.
today was being shipped to Lexing-
ton. KY, where "Ekky' will 20 into
stud.
The Whitney departure removed
two horses as entries i'll the $4,000
San Juan Capistrano handicap Sat-
urday, final feature of the Santa
Anita meeting. They were High
Glee and the Darb.
Next to F. NJ. Alger, Jr., owner of
Azucar, winner Of Sl08,400 in the
Santa Anita handicap, Whitney
headed the list Of money-winners
with $28025.
Norman 3. Church's two-year-old
Proclivity set a track record of AZ
seconds in the four-furlong sprint
yesterday, finishing length and a
half ahead of Hasty Day. Santa
Anita was third.
Proclivity paid s5 on a 50 win
ticket.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-07

velocity and just as long distance
to stop this blue thunderbolt.
IF a lighter car with an engine
developing the same power could be
produced it would take a lesser dis
tance to reach maximum speed and
could be stopped more quickly. Actu-
ally I can honestly say that feel
the Bluebird is travelling slowly
when we are shooting the measured
mile at 270 miles an hour.
THE human element can control
mechanical transport at far higher
velocities; the experience of our
pilots when winning the Schneider
trophy or setting new worlds
air speed record of more than 400
miles an hour has proved that.
There is no worry of losing con-
sciousness or control"
In brief there are only two fac
tors controlling high speed travel:
the engineer, and the creator of the
perfect course.
One day they will get together.