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Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
EMMETT NEW
LEADER FOR
STATE LEGION

FRESNO, Calf, Aug. IS. U.p =
A Legionnaire pledged to carry out
the campaign for Americanism
which formed the keynote of the
annual state American Legion con-
vention headed the war veterans
organization today as commander
of the department of California.
Elected on the fourteenth ballot
after the longest and one of the
most bitter contests in department
history, Dan W. Emmett of SAINTS
Paula Immediately declared himself
in support of the principals of AM
ericanism and of the opposition 10
subversiYe elements proclaimed by
the delegates in their five-day con-
vention here.
Emmett may be one of the last
department commanders to be cho-
sen from the floor. A resolution
passed during the sessions provided
for choosing department officers by
secret ballot.
Such procedure would eliminate
the necessity for the roll-call vot-
Ing which prolonged the tinal seS-
sion of the convention yesterday
and delayed the departure OF the
delegates for their homes.
Through a long and hot after
noon Emmett, Richard Welch OF
Riverside and Charles McGonegal
of Bell battled for the highest po-
sition in the state Legion organi-
cations. Southern delegates large-
ly supported McGonegal; northern-
ers gave their support 10 Emmett.
On the thirteenth ballot the Santa
Paula man came close 10 majority.
The next ballot was landslide IN
his favor. with the tally showing
1893 votes for Emmett; 674 for
Welch, and 261 for Mcdonegal.
MeGonegal Immediately moved
that the election be made unani-
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
REL|NQU|SHES
ITS CLAIM TO
JURISDICTION
Will Wait Until House Lobby
Probe Is Finished With Witness
Before Seeking Him
WHEREABOUTS NOT KNOWN
Lower Branch OF Congress Is
Successful In The Battle OF
Capitol HilP'

WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. UD -
The house today apparently won
the congressional game ofs"Hopson,
Hopson, who's got Howard G. Hop
SON."
With the house leading by nose
in bitter race to establish prior
claim on testimony of the Associa-
ted Gas and Electric financial wiz
ard, Chairman Hugo L. Black of
the senate lobby investigating COM
mittee, abandoned his immediate
efforts to have Hopson arrested for
contempt.
Attorneys for Hopson told news
papermen that the mystery man
of the Associated Gas and Electric
company would appear before the
senate lobby committee as soon as
he completed testimony before the
house group.
Chairman John j. OConnor of
the house committee insisted that
as long as Hopson was a house wit
ness, the senate had no right to
interfere with him.
To nail down that point, O'Con-
nors committee approved a resolu-
tion to have the house sergeant-at-
arms take the body of H. G. Hop
son" into custody under warrant
and hold him until the house COM
mittee was through with him.
The resolution provided that the
senate could question Hopson when
the house group was not in session,
but Black preferred to wait until
the senates jurisdiction would be
unquestioned.
William A. Hill, Boston attorney
for Hopson, appeared before the
senate at noon to answer a citation
for allegedly helping Hopson to
dodge the senate committee.
The senate, however, decided to
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
Cent A BusheL
Gain On Wheat

CHICAGO, Aug. Is. WP)-Wheat
prices gained nearly cent bushel
on the Chicago board of trade to-
day under influence of bullish pri-
vate reports from Canada. Con-
tinued drought in the Argentine
and further strength in corn. IN
creased flour demand was an add
ed factor.
Wheat closed & to 7s cents a
bushel higher. Corn 3-8 to l 3-8
higher. Oats unchanged to q
higher. Rye q to u up.
Closing prices:
Septmber wheat .871A -3-8; Sep
tember corn n 3-8-A; September
oats .261a-5s.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
RELIEF
HEAD UPHOLDS
WPA PROGRAM
Protests By Organized Labor
On Schedules OF Wages And
Hours Not Recognized
WILL ABIDE BY HIS ORDERS
Persons Unwilling To Accept
Wages Provided d viii Be
Taken From Relief Rolls

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Is. d.D
With the flat ultimatum that the
government will aid only those
who are able and willing to work."
Frank Y. Mclaughlin, state relief
administrator, today overrode pro-
tests of organized labor and relief
recipients and said wages, hours
and working conditions as specified
by President Roosevelt shall prevail
on state WPA projects.
Persons unwilling to accept wages
provided in the new federal pro-
gram will be dropped from relief
rolls, Mclaughlin said.
Pointing out that the Works
Progress Administration program
was conceived as medium for the
government to withdraw from the
business of relief, officials said
workers shall not be employed
more than e;gnt hours day, or
100 to 140 hours a month.
Will j. French, state director OF
the division of labor management,
said the specific number of hours.
within limits fixed by Washing
ton, will be established by the state
administrator for various projects
and localities. Wages range from
$55 for common labor to $85 for
skilled and $94 for professional and
technical labor.
Relief clients will be offered
work opportunities by means of
useful public projects and at
monthly salaries which purposely
have been made lower than those
paid for similar employment in pri-
vate industry" Mclaughlin said.
"The plan is to provide the able
bodied unemployed with jobs per-
mitting them to support them
selves and their families only until
they can find jobs for themselves.
1.-The free public employment SER
vices with which all relief clients
must be registered if they are to be
employed by the WPA will help
clients to reestablish themselves in
private jobs.
'The work program was devised
in order the federal government
might quit the business of relief.
1.-The administration must as
sumo persons on relief who are not
willing to work for wages and un-
der conditions provided by the pro-
gram have been certified impro-
perly for relief as employable," he
said. The government will aid
only those who are able and will
ing to work"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
FOR
RELIEF ROLL
NEE 7 DELAY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is. UP) -
Because Gov. Frank F. Merriam re-
fused to postpone a Long Beach
dental appointment and come here
to release $2,0O0,000 in federal re-
lief funds, $4,000 hungry clients
were forced to wait anot.fr "a
hours for their checks, The Illus
trated Daily News charged today.
State relief officials reported they
notified Governor Merriam at 10
a. m. yesterday that the draft was
in his office awaiting his signature.
The Daily News quoted the gov
ernor as saying:
"I'Ve got to see my dentist and
I won't be in my Los Angeles office
until Thursday. I'll sign for the
money then"
In Glendale several thousand re-
lief clients who were supposed to
have received their checks last
Monday began milling about the
relief office shouting they needed
their checks to buy food.
Relief officials communicated
with Frank Y. Mclaughlin, state
administrator, who authorized is
suance of emergency food orders to
all families whose checks had been
delayed.
Bank Makes Offer
Bank of America officials, to
whom the government draft had
been transferred by the federal re-
serve bank of San Francisco, Of
fered to accept the signature of
the governors secretary. They
were informed by the reserve bank
that the money could not be re-
leased until Governor Merriam's
signature was obtained.
Clifford Cutler, director of the
state disbursing office here, mean
while, had released his staff of lis
check writer's when it became evi-
dent that the money would not be
obtained in time to issue the checks.
Finally, j. E. Fishburn, vice
president of the bank, rushed to
Long Beach with the draft last
night and located Governor Mer-
riam in the office of Ralph H.
Clock, state senator. The gov
ernor then signed the draft.
The SERA offices in Sacramento
were notified that Governor Mer-
riam had acknowledged receipt OF
the money and the bank would
credit it to the relief administra-
tion's account.
BY some clerical error" the mon
ey which had been due last week
was mailed instead of being tele-
graphed to the SERA. 1t arrived
on Tuesday which was a banking
holiday, forcing the relief admins
tration to wait another day. Most
of the relief checks were to have
ben disbursed last Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
bird Of Lengthy
Swin1 Completed

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Aug. 10.
WP-Byron Sommers. marathon
swimmer, today had completed ap-
proximately one-third of his 90
mile endurance swim down the Sac
ramento river to Vallejo, reports
to the local yacht club said.
Sommers left Sacramento early
yesterday and by nightfall had
reached Freeport, IS miles down.
stream. During the night he COW
cred is miles more, arriving at
Courtland this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
Declares SiIUer
Market Normal

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. OR -
Henry Morgenthau, Jr, said today
that the London silver market was
almost normal after government
purchases of more than 25,500,000
ounces yesterday.
Morgenthau lodged questions as
to whether the United States had
resumed purchases of silver there
this morning.
Things have quieted down in
London" Morgenthau said. 'The
price is SIS cents an ounce and
bears almost a normal market" i"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
TABLE MIDGET COIN BILL

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. U.D -
The house coinage committee to-
day voted to table q resolution au-
thorizing the treasury ot issue
midget" coins for use in paying
state sales taxes.
Chairman Andrew Somers (Dem0,
New York, said committee opposi-
tion was based on a belief the bill
gave the treasury too broad dis
cretionary powers and that issu-
ance of such coins should not be
undertaken by the federal govern
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
Strike Holding Up
Potato Harvesting

SANTA MARIA, Cal, Aug. Is.
U.P)-Harvesting of the potato crop
in this section was threatened to-
day with strike of field workers
and packers for the E. H. Mettler
interests. largest owners of the
$500 acres of potatoes.
Members of the Santa Maria
truck drivers union also served no.
tice that Mettler must employ only
union members or his trucks would
not be permitted to unload any
where in the state.
The workers demand As cents an
hour for field work, SO cents an
hour for all other workers, includ-
ing helpers for sackerS, and no dis
elimination against employees for
union activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
Exchanging District
Bonds Nearly Ended

Exchange of new refunding bonds
for the former irrigation district
bonds is practically completed, W..
w. Goodson, district secretary stated
this morning. Goodson returned
this morning from Los Angeles
where he had been during the past
week on matters pertaining to the
exchange of these bonds.
p II. McIver, and Miss Anna Nc
Manus, assistant secretary are still
in Los Angeles and will probably
remain there until this work OF
transferring the bonds is completed.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
DEATH CLAIMS
AGED WOMAN

Mrs. Laura Brooks, 85,
of this city, died here at p. m.
last night as a result of shock from
injuries received at her home on
Monday.
A native of Mississippi, Mrs.
Brooks had lived here for about a
year. She is survived by a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jones, of Phoenix, Ariz.,
and three grandchildren, A. o.
Jones of Phoenix and Virginia and
Tommie Jones of this city.
Private funeral services will be
conducted at Lemons funeral par
lors at a time to be announced
later.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
Investigate Fire
At Winterhaver

Sheriff's deputies are investigating
the activities of two Winterhaven
men in connection with an attempt
to burn the Cactus club in the east
end city Tuesday night. Slight dam
age was caused by the fire which
is believed to have been Of incen-
liary origin.
Deputies assigned to the case re-
port that a man was seen leaving
the site just before the fire broke
out. The blaze was extinguished
with little difficulty and caused but
nominal damage, it was reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
PaIo Verde Only
Precinct Missing

With only Palo Verde precinct,
which has a registration of approx
imately 25. missing at the county
clerks office, county totals for
Tuesdays election were given to-
day as follows:
Proposition No. /, yes, 436; no,
906.
Proposition No. 2, yes. 1855; no,
877.
Proposition No. 3, yes, 431; no,
806.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
MARRIAGE ANNULED

Because consent of her parents
had not been obtained at the time
of her marriage to Don Hogan on
January 2, 1884, Judge r. D. Nc
PheTin this morning granted a de-
cree of annulment to Winnie Pres
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
AMl9l
N8L&ss,>9ea2 : s,>9e
SR SAYS

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. IA.
(SpeciaD-Well, we had day off
today and nothing to do so we
went flying with friend Joe Cros-
son, Alaska'S crack pilot, who is a
great friend of Wiley's and helped
him on his difficulties up here on
his record trips and Joe Barrows,
another fine pilot in a Lockheed
Electra. We scaled Mount McKin-
ley, the highest one on the Amer
lean continent. Bright sunny day
and the most beautiful sight I
ever saw.
Crosson has landed on q glacier
over half way up it in a plane
and took off, flew right by hun
dreds of mountain sheep, flew low
over moose and bear down in the
valley. Now out to visit Matanus-
ka valley where they sent those
1885 model pioneers.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15

Grove and Il. FefTtII, IItUJt, odI-
Veson and Sewell.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Warneke and Hartnett, ODBH,
Zachary, Munns, Baker and Lopez
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15

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Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-15
Baseball Scores
BY United Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE

At Chicago r H
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
PLAY DAY
(Continued from page one)

Girls dashes: Group A, 6 to 8
years, first, Phyllis Rohlik, district
la; second, Verla Mcnamara,
district 20; third, Jean Sawyer,
district 26. Group B, 9 to II years,
first, Irene Schaffran, district 48;
second, Cathryn Flick, district 26;
third Janet Rams, district 13.
Group C, IL to 16 years, first,
Gladys Kremin, district 66; second,
Evelyn Thoma, district 20; third,
Mary Mcconnell, district 1O2.
Boys high jump: Group A, 6 to
8 years: first, Lester Loges, dis
trict 104; second, George Fox,
district 27. Group B, 9 to II years,
first, James Nelson, district II;
second, Lyle Wolter, district 6W.
Group C, IL to 16 years, first,
Robert Clements, district Is; sec
ond, Gilbert Rohre, district 80;
third, Maynard Fuhr, district 1O4.
Girls standing broad jump:
Group A, 6 to 8 years, first, Verla
Mcnamara, district 20; second,
Alice Kaufenberg, district 4S;
third, Phyllis Rohlik, district ia.
Group B, 9 to II years, first, JAN
ct Rams, district 13; second, Cath
ry Flick, district 26; third, Hazel
Jensen, district 20. Group C, Il
to 16 years, first, Evelyn Thoma
district 20; second, Ruby Klante
district So; third, Gladys Kremin
district 66.
Boys kittenball throw, first
Floyd Bauer, district 1O2, Vests
village, 200 feet; second, Warner
Jensen, district 27, ITO feet; third
Theodore Beran, district Is. Glenn.
ents village, ITO feet.
Girls kittenban throw: first
Dorothy Wurscher, district 1OS
Clements village, 151 feet; second
Doris Zamzow, district At, 13z
feet; Mary Mcconnell, district
102, Vesta village and Phyllis
Dahmes, district Is, Clements vii.
lage, tied, third, Ill feet.
Grand championship, all events
by points is as follows:
District 1O4, Seaforth village
grand champions: dodgeball, Il
points, first place; kittenball,
points, second place; boys dash
3 points, first place; high jump,
points, first place; high jump,
point, third place; total % points
District 108, Lucan village, sec.
ond grand champions: dodgeball
9 points, second place; kttenball
IL points, first place; throw, {
points, first place; total "a points
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
Girl Scout HOnOrs
Awarded to Many

Investure of Girl Scouts took
place at a regular meeting Of the
organization Tuesday afternoon in
the Home Economics room in the
Lincoln school with Scout leaders,
Misses Elizabeth johnson, Mary
MacLean, Daisy Vittum and Ruth
Lacher, in charge. Those who
passed tenderfoot tests and re-
ceived Girl Scout pins were Jean
Stebbins, Jane Barnes, Martha
Gold, Marjorie Kolbet, Echo Lus-
senhop, Shirley Mansfeldt, Mary
Kathryn Schottenbauer, June
Waller, Janet Weis, Ruth Roswell,
Dolores Neale, Mary Louise Bak-
ke, Betty Jean Freise, Doris
Kragh and Lucille Johnson.
Jean Drogosch passed first class
tests and received the badge of a
first class Scout. She also was
awarded proficiency badges as a
cyclist, child nurse, land animal
llIlOCI, AouliO1 Coo, uCColCWOIuou cS1iu
in first aid. Lavonne Lussenhop
received the second class badge
after passing second class tests.
Other proficiency badges were
awarded to Airline Waller as a
needlewoman and in scholarship
and Mary Dwyer received the
scholarship badge.
Silver attendance pins were
given to Ruth Roswell, Olive Mill
er, June Waller, Lavonne Lussen-
hop, Mary Kathryn Schottenbauer,
Jean Stebbins, Jean Drogosch,
Mary Louise Bake, Doris Kragh,
Janet Weis, Martha Gold, Jane
Barnes, Shirley Mansfeldt, Mar
garet Dwyer, Dolores Neale, Lu-
cille johnson and Betty Freise for
an attendance of 80 per cent. Echo
Lussenhop and Lucille Johnson
were presented with gold stars for
perfect attendance during the
year.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16

frightened after he had driven q
few rods and stopped his car, CIV
ing an excuse of having to send
his dog back home. He walked
down the road to ask someone to
ride with him. As he left, his son
realized the men meant to steal
the car. He grabbed for the keys,
but was struck across the head
before he reached them and knock
ed into the road. The car sped
off in the direction of Vesta.
Working on the case, Sheriff L.
j. Kise has found that the wreck
ed car, used by them was stolen
from Sioux Falls man, May 6.
The license plates found on it
were stolen from the car Of q
nurse in Wayne, Nebraska, few
days before the crime was COM
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. M. o. Hanson
spent Sunday with relatives at
Russell.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
Farrell, O'Callaghan
Start Marshall Firm

j. j. Farrell and Harry O'Cal-
laghan of Redwood Falls Tuesday
established the Marshall Home
Appliance company at Marshall.
They have the exclusive agency
for Pyrofax stoves in Lyon coun-
ty and will headquarter at Mar
shall where they have procured
building on the main business
street.
Mr.. Farrell has had consider
able experience in selling stoves,
having travelled for the Kitchen
Kook company through southwest
ern Minnesota for eight years and
sold Pyrofax products in Redwood
Falls for the past year.
Mr.. O'Callaghan has just retired
from farming which he has been
engaged in for several years. Pre-
vious to that he spent some time
in Forsyth, Montana where he
was register of deeds and court
reporter.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
UDELL OLSON AND
VIOLA TIETZ WE'D

The marriage Of Miss Viola
Tietz, daughter of Mr.. and G..
Tietz of Springfield and Udell Oh
son, son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Olson
of Montevideo, took place Monday
morning, May 6, at the Lutheran
parsonage at Estherville, Iowa.
Rev. Mathre officiated at the serv-
ice.
Miss Hilda Otto of Morgan as
bridesmaid wore a pale green silk
crepe suit with white accessories.
The bride also wore pale green
silk suit with white accessories
and both had corsages of pink
roses. Adolph Tietz, brother of
the bride, was the groom,s at
tendant.
After the ceremony, a wedding
dinner was served to the wedding
party and a few friends at the
Gladstone Hotel in Estherville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson will make
their home in Estherville where
Mr.. Olson is employed in the Gam
BILE store. He formerly had a po-
sition in the Gamble store here.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
Class B Kittenball

Clark Sponaugle, ERA athletic
director, under whose supervision
all httenban games and leagues
are played, states that the Class
B league schedule will be drawn
up Monday. Any team wishing to
enter this league is asked to noti-
fy him before Monday, as after
Monday no new teams will be ac-
cepted. The teams so-far enter
ed in the Class B league are Wan
da, Wabasso, Vesta, Clements,
New Avon Bears and New Avon
Tigers, the Paxton Cubs and Wal
nut Grove with four teams. Those
teams which are being organized
but as yet have not reported are
Morgan, Seaforth, Lamberton,
Revere and Lucan.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
May IS Will Be
Poppy Day Here

Complete plans for the observ-
ance of Poppy day here Saturday,
May 25, were announced by Mrs.
R. F. Byram, poppy, committee
chairman of the American Legion
auxiliary and Mrs. w. E. King,
chairman for the auxiliary of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Camp
Fire Girls and Girl Scouts will dis
tribute the memorial poppies
throughout the city, custom
which was established several
years ago.
The flowers used here were
made by disabled veterans, who
have been given employment in
the work during the winter and
spring, enabling them to help sup
port themselves and their families.
More than 100000 poppies are
expected to be distributed by the
auxiliaries in the nationwide OBJ
servance of the day.
The money which goes into the
coin boxes of the workers on Pop
py day will be expended in the
welfare work Of the Legion and
V. F. W. during the coming year,
the bulk of it here. These contri-
buttons form the major source Of
support for the work that is being
done not only for the disabled
veterans but for their needy fami-
lies as well.
In connection with the sale of
memorial flowers, poppy poster
contests are being conducted in
the Lincoln and Senior High
schools under the direction of Mrs.
Glenn Hillig of the Legion Auxili-
ary.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
CUFF IN TRACK MEET

Ward Cuff Of Redwood Falls
will compete in three events, the
broad jump, high jump and javelin
when the track squads Of the Uni
versity of Minnesota and Mar
quette university meet at Memoir
ial stadium in Minneapolis Satur-
day. Cuff, Marquette star, has
high jumped six feet, five inches
and broad jumped % feet in COM
petition this year besides tossing
the javelin PIG feet.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16

mitted.
Sheriff Kise is also investigat-
ing what he believes to be another
angle to the crime. Friday morn
ing, two men answering descrip-
tions of Limerick and Denning, ac-
companied by woman, left car
at an oil station in Marshall. They
got into a car similar to that
which figured in the accident and
drove away, promising to return
for the other car in a few days.
The license plates on the car
which they abandoned at Marshall
were issued to a man in Madison,
Nebraska, Sheriff Kise found.
Hospitals in Minneapolis and
st. Paul are being carefully check
ed, as it is believed that the men
will seek medical treatment.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
$50 ACRES AMBER CANE
TO BE PLANTED HERE

Approximately 15O acres of
Redwood county farmland will be
planted with amber cane seed this
week as 1,50O pounds, furnished
by the state, has been distributed
by Lyle Tweet, game warden and
Frank Thiering of the Game Pro-
tective league. One hundred farm
ers spoke for the seed which viii
be cut and shocked when fully
grown and left in the field during
winter enabling game birds to eat
the seeds from the top of the
shocks during the period of heavy
SHOWS.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
TAKEN TO MINNEAPOLIS

Carl Jackson, Wabasso farmer
who was critically injured April
IT when he was kicked in the head
by a horse was taken from the
Redwood Falls hospital to the Un-
iversity hospital in Minneapolis
Wednesday. Suffering a basal
skull fracture, Jackson was uncon-
scious for six days but has been in
a somewhat improved condition
since.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-16
Wins Sales Prize

Jack Tout Of the Redwood Falls
Motor company sales force won
first place in a district Ford sales
contest here Monday night. En-
trants from Renville and Marshall
as well as Redwood Falls present
ed their sales talks to three
judges, after which they were
judged for completeness, presenta-
ton and accuracy. A. C.. Dolliff,
C. D. Clipfell and Scott Schoen
acted as judges.