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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
POSTAL MEN WAR
ON "SMUTTY BOOKS

Washington, Oct. 21-Postal in
spectors have received orders to
"drack down" on booksellers who
offer obscene iteratuee to boys
and girls throughout the country.
Kilroy P. Aldrich, chief of the
postal sleughs, told his men to re-
double their Investigations of las
civious advertising sent through
the mails. He named New York
City as the source Of most of the
Objectionable sex" publications. :
"We'fe going to clean up that
fostering sore if we can," Aldrich
said. eff we can't do it with exist
ing laws, We're going to try to
get the laws amended.
The chief postal Inspector said
boys academies and girls schools
have been a center of the sex pub
lisher's sales campaigns, and that
advertisements have been mai ed
to adolescents ranging from II to
II ''in every state in the union"
eff the book publishers had to
depend On adults ito buy their
books, they'd satrve to death"
Aldrich said. adults aren't inter
ested in the junk.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
TWO BABIES DIE
PREY OF FLAMES

The most heart -rending catas-
trophie in this community formany
years, occurred Tuesday AFTERNOON
OF this week alt about two o'clock
in the aftsrnoon when Juanita, age
3; and Coy Francis, months old
daughter and son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John TomilinIson, burned to death
in a tent house on the Columbia
Basin Orchards, four miles north of
Coulee City.
The Tomilison's, who formerly
resided in Tennessee, were work
ing in the apples, and Mrs. TomQin-
son, leaving the bales asleep, had
walked out ito bring in water from
a tap about 70 yards away. On hor
return she had stopped a minute
to chat with neighbor, looked
around and saw heir quarters in
flames, according to deputy Cord
GU Nicks, who Investigated
By the time the mother ran Ito
the place, although the distance
was short, the flames had made
such Roadway that the room in
which the little ones slept Was en-
veloped in flames and any attempt
alarm was sent in to the Coulee
City Fire Department, which re-
sponded quickly with crew of
men and the chemical engine.
The fire was extinguished before
tile little bodies were burned be-
yond recognition Coroner Jenk1
ms of Ephrata was notified and
following an official examination,
the bodies were taken to Ephrata
to be prepared for burial.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning at 10 o'clock and
the little ones laid Ito rest in the
Ephrata cemetery. Rev. Finlay-
Son, Pastor of the Presbyterian
Church officiated.
The heartfelt sympathy of tn
entire community goes out to Mr..
and Mrs. Tomilinson in their
great sorrow.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
WOMAN'S CLUB HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING

The regular meeting Of the
Womans Club was held Tuesday
evening at the Mrs John Mccain
home, with thirteen members and
one guest in attendance. Roll call
was responded to by giving an in
teresttng article on our National
Constitution. Following the busin
ess meeting a very interesting and
educating talk was given by Mr.
Stevenson On the Forming Of the
Constitution, and the interesting
facts leading up to it.
The next meeting will be held at
the H. E. Stoll home.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
300 BUSINESSES, 54
TYPES LOCATED IN
GRAND COULEE AREA
GRAND CoULEE DAM, Oct. %.

GRAND COULEE DAM, Oct. %.
How well the dam site area is
supplied with business of various
types was shown today in the
first issue of the Grand Coulee
tabulated business directory, is
shed by Harvey N. Larsen, adveits
Using man here.
Some 800 businesses of 50 diff
ferent types are listed on the
chart.
The following business and
their numbers are listed:
Apartment houses, g.; attorneys
5; auto parks, 19; bakeries, /;
BARRIERS, II; beauty shops, 7; beer
parlos, %; boarding houses, 8;
car wreckers,' 1; cabinet shops,
1; cleaners 8; creameries, Q; de-
partment stores, g. dentists, a;
dress shops 5; dry goods, 2; dime
stores, g.; drug store, 8; doctors,
ON. d. 5; electric shops, 1; flor
lists. L;
Gas stations, 2S; grocery stores,
20; garages, 10; hardware, 6;
hospitals L. hotels, S. ice plants,
Q; jewellers, 3; 1aundries, q; lum-
Der yards, Is; machine shops, q
meat markets, 7; motor freight
depots, 3; mimeograph publica-
tons, 1; newspapers, 2; opticians,
q radio shops, s.; plumbing, 3;
real estate, 8; restaurants, 30;
rooming houses, 49, sheet metal.
1: shoe stores, 6; shoe repair, s;
shopping news. 1; tire shops, II;
theatres, Q; tourist camps, II;
used Car lots 6; washington mach
inc dealers, 8; and wood and coal
yards, II.
Mason City is not listed in the
directory
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
ANOTHER AUTO FATALITY

A. %. Black, of Spokane. North
ern Pacific engineer, lost his life
in AN auto collision On the sunset
highway, just west of Dead Mans
curve, Wednesday evening at 8
O'Clock, when 1928Chevrolet
driven by man from Davenport
collided with the car in which he
Was riding. He was taken to the
Gibson hospital at Almira and pass
ed away shorty after arriving there
The driver of the car, 1885 Olds
mobile, was so seriously injured
that he Is not expected to live.
Blak and anothr man were re
utrning to Spokane after havins
Inspected Some mining propert,
near the Grand Coulee dam.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
BJORKLUND MEN STORE
LOCATES IN COJLEE CENTEI

Wick Bjorklund, of Ephrata, ha'
purchased the clothing store alt
Coulee Center, known as the Kin
nune store and has already taken
possession. This week they are Con-
Quoting a gigantic sale there to re-
duce The old stock and make room
for new goods which they expect
to carry in their new location,
Ralph Ackerman, who for the past
two years. has been manager of
the local store, will have charg of
the store alt Coulee Center.
In all probability the store at
Coulee City will continue with a
new manager in charge. Some of
the goods, however, will be moved
to the new store.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
EVIDENCE OF PROSPERITY

unmistakable evidence of a re
turi to normal times are found in
the fact that employment has
gained 60 percent in heavy indust-
ries since March 1888; Industrial
activities were at IS percent
the 1923-25 average in May and
the first half of 1885 Was five per
cent better than the same period
las year In the automobile indust-
ny production the first half of 1885
was 35 percent over the same per
iod in 1884 and the highest since
1929. Farm income in 1895 is es-
timated to be the same as 1884
which was a billion more tina min
1895.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
BIG DANCE AT RIMROCK

The Varsity Orchestra will play
and entertain for hallowe'e I.
dance at Rimrock on Saturday
October 20.
These boys have all the pep"
ii takes to make a dance big sue
cess. They also have two girls to
put on floor show which Is til
best ever given to people in this
district. Everyone is anticipating a
big dance and gay time On this
holiday which only comes once a
year. You are all guaranteed hill
:trious time. The hall has been
made comfortable by remodeling
and the installation of mod rn
heating
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
WARNS HUNTERS

With a record ARRAY Of hunters
in the hills after bear, deer and
birds, the Washington state game
department has issued another
warningthat extra care must be
taken to prevent hunting accidents
Any person, who while hunting
shoots another person Or domes-
tic animal, automatically Is barred
from ever possessing a hunting IL
cense in Washington without dir
ect permission of the state game
has been invoked in several in
stances.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
p. T. A.

The October meeting OF the local
unit of P T. A. will be held at the
schoolhouse, Monday evening, Oct
obar %, 1885. at 1880.
Everyone over twenty4one years
of age, interested in school and
children is invited to attend A
play hour in the gymnasium and
social time will follow the business
ard study meeting. May we count
OH You to be present?
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
VERN f.OLAND KILLED

Charles V (ker received a mea-
sage Wedne 'ay from Medford
stating that lij son in law, Vern
holland, was Tiled on the 23rd m
mine accie at near Medford. De
tails Of his ath are lacking as
we 90 to psr g.
Mr.. Nolan was we'll known to
the people c his vicinity as he liv
ed here for any vars bfore NOV
ing to the C :. He farmed for a
number Of y rs in the st. Andrew
country
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
Red Cross Has Busy Year3
Statistics Impressive;
Services Varied

Figures gathered at random from
the years report Of the American
Red Cross reveal the magnitude OF
the work being carried on by that
organization.
Red Cross workers assisted 54.305
veterans. 5S7 Red Cross Public
Health nurses paid 2l.455 visits to
1S6.326 patients; 3S,44l frst Md Ger
tificates were issued while 46,693
persons were trained in life saving
Volunteer workers produced 3,lO2.
S43 surgical dressings. with S0.9Ol
volunteers being on active duty
throughout the year.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24
KILLE EN- DEAD

Louis Rhodes, Hershal LETTERS
and Cecil Lee were the first Cou-
leeites to return home from a sue
seccfhl hunting trip. The boys
were hunting in the Usk country
and a fine deer Was brought down
by Lee.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-10-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Max Cunningham.
who reside at the dam were Sun
day guests of Mrs. Rose Cunning
ham, here.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
IN
MARKETING ON
VALLEY VISIT

F. R. Wilcox, extension specialist
in marketing, is in Ell Centro today
conducting meetings to discuss
growers problems.
This morning he met the citrus
committee of the county farm bu-
reau at the court house and later in
the day he conferred with the flax
committee and number of grow
ers on marketing problems.
A. G.. Abel, secretary of the state
pro-rate commission accompanied
Mr.. Wilcox and talked to the grow
ers on the possibilities of cutting
down the crop in order to maintain
higher prices.
The experts found little encour-
agement in the grapefruit situation,
but prospects for the flax producers
are somewhat brighter. Secretary
Abel outlined the project on foot
among walnut growers of the state
to assess themselves for funds to be
used in retiring marginal producing
orchards from cultivation.
Discussion of such a project in its
possible application to the local sit
uation occupied the morning meet
ings and also a gathering OF vege-
table growers this afternoon at the
court house.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
GroUers Secretary
Ready For Showdown

The following statement was
made this morning by c. B. Moore,
secretary-manager of the Western
Growers Protective association:
yesterdays meeting between
shippers and strikers, held at the
Barbara Worth hotel, was called by
E. H. Fitzgerald, federal conciliator
and ended in an absolute deadlock
on the part of shippers and the
strike committee. The strikers de-
ny absolutely that they had any
part in the raiding. If this be true,
then there must be some radical or
Communistic background to the af-
fair.
1T is program of rule or ruin,
and the shippers believe the situa-
ton must be met sometime and now
is the time and this is the place. If
there is not a stop to violence and
attacks on private property, the at
tackers must take the consequences
and more trouble can be expected. I
am not in favor of calling in the
national guard at present unless the
situation gets worse. We can take
care of our own problems" Moore
concluded.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
UNION SECRETARY SAYS STRIKERS
WERE ATTACKED AT VAIL SHED

ing. One of the gunner was stand
ing on a truck emptying his gun
into a group composed mostly OF
women.
Paul Knight attempted to re-
monstrate and reached up and took
hold of the mans leg to stop the
shooting. The man with the gun
pulled the gun down and shot him
in the mouth. Knight leaves a wi
dow with two children and his wife
is now in a hospital expecting an
other baby soon.
Says Shooters Known
"Hamaker was local boy, and
lived here for a long time. The men
who did t;le shooting are known to
. number of witnesses" Lawrence
added.
Concerning the meeting held in
the Barbara Worth hotel with the
shippers Lawrence said "I explain
cd to Mr.. Fitzgerald and others pre-
sent that attempts had been made
for the past several months to meet
with the shippers to exercise our
lawful right of collective bargaining.
At first these meetings were pro-
missed repeatedly but each time they
were put off and then fatty re-
fused. When the shippers were asked
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
MILITIA NOT TO BE CALLED HERE
Supervisors And City Council Against Doing So And
Authorize More Deputies

meeting of the board of supervisors
with the shippers to take stock of
the situation. There was a demand
on the part of some present that the
state militia be Immediately called
for, to come into the county and
assume control. However, this pro-
cedure did not meet with the ap-
proval of the majority present and
the following course of action was
determined on:
Sheriff Ware was authorized to
appoint as many special deputies as
he felt were needed to go on duty
Immediately following their appoint
ment. Thirty such deputies were to
be appointed today and take their
places with other officers now on
strike duty. 1t was further ordered
that police chiefs in each city of
the valley Immediately put on extra
officers to aid in preserving law ana
order and, finally, Frank Oswalt,
captain of the state highway patrol
was commissioned to ask E. Ray
mond Cato for additional patrol
men for duty here.
1t was the opinion of the meet
ing that only when such additional
forces had failed TO preserve the
public peace here that Governor
Merriam should be asked to send
state troops to the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
M& Ro71~.
Cis3s, McNadght Syndicate. Lac
THREE MEN
WOUNDED IN
LOCAL ROWS

Three Mexicans, all badly wound
ed in two different quarrels, were
brought to police headquarters Sat-
urday night and then taken to re-
ceive medical attention.
Jesus Rodriguez. east Holt, was
found early yesterday morning ly-
ing in the street between Fourth
and the railroad tracks on Broad
way. He said he had been attack
ed by a mob Saturday night. stab
bed in the chest and back and left
there. His wounds were not report
ed as being serious.
Marcelino Melenderez, %, and
Francisco Perez, 81, both residents
of the east side, were brought to
headquarters in badly battered con-
dition last night from the vicinity
of Fourth and Main street, another
reports relates. This says that the
men were both SO battered that 1t
was necessary to summon a physi-
clan to treat them. Ten stitches
were taken in a cut over Perez ,
right eye while Melenderez needed
stitches taken in a head wound.
Both had been drinking but could
give no reason for an attack made
on them by a fellow Mexican, the
police report states.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18

c. B. Lawrence, secretary-treasur-
er of the Fruit and Vegetable Work.
ers' union, gave The Press the fol-
lowing statement regarding yester-
days tragic outbreak in the strike:
eve were in the midst of meet
ing with the shippers which had
been arranged by E. H. Fitzgerald,
federal conciliator, when, about 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon a telephone
call came in for Mr., Wahl that
there was trouble at his shed. We
left after this meeting, at about 8
O'Clock and found that two of the
boys had been killed.
"The object of this march on the
Wahl she'd" Lawrence stated, "was
to make a peaceful demonstration.
such as had been made in the S.
A. Gerard shed in Brawley when
the picketers marched through the
shed four abreast in a peaceful
manner and then out again. OFF,
GERS in Brawley commended the
marchers on the sane and peaceful
procedure, but they apparently
walked into a trap here.
THE officers on guard at the
gate didn't ask them to halt when
they reached the shed and while
still outside and on the ground a
couple of armed strikebreakerS
opened fire without word of warn
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
COUNCIL SAYS
C|TY'S PEACE
To Be UPHELD
Mayor Advises Citizens That
Police Will Be Equipped To
Enforce Laws

The following resolution of the
city council of the city of Ell Gen.
tro, relative to certain labor dis
turbances effecting said city, was
passed this morning at special
meeting of the council and I ask
publication so that all citizens and
residents may be notified thereof:
Upon due deliberation it is here
by found by the city council of the
city of Ell Centro that there exists
differences between vegetable ship
pers and distributors as employers,
and vegetable packers as employees,
and that such differences involve
peace and order within the city of
El Centre and the welfare and in
terests OF the inhabitants of said
city and of the public generally.
1t is further found that said diff
ferences should be amicably and
peaceably settled and adjusted by
negotiations between the parties
thereto; but that in any event, peace
and order are to be maintained
within the city; and it is further
found that the police department of
the city is active and vigilant and
equipped for the purpose of main-
tanning such peace and order and the
protection of its inhabitants and
their lives and property while en-
gagged in their peaceful occupations
and orderly conduct of their buSi-
pesses and for preserving or restor-
ing order within said city whenever
it may be necessary, inpartially en-
forcing the laws provided for that
purpose.
1t is further resolved that this
council has entire confidence in the
ability, proficiency and industry OF
It's police department in the strict,
prompt and impartial enforcement
of all laws for the purpose of main-
tanning peace and order within the
city.
C. E. ANDERSON, Mayor.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18

Mayor Charles E.. Anderson called
special meeting of the city coun-
Gil this morning to discuss the
strike situation in the light of the
fatal outbreak which happened here
yesterday afternoon. The council
discussed the necessity of passing
an emergency ordinance concerning
picketing or other activities which
might lead to recurrence of trouble
at the sheds.
1t was the councils opinion, how
ever, that the present ordinances on
the statute books give CHEZ Ster-
ling Oswalt sufficient and ample
powers to protect public life and
property without the necessity of
passing any further regulations in
the matter.
With this in mind the council fin
ally passed a resolution expressing
its complete confidence in the man
ner in which Oswalt and the city
police are handling the situation.
They authorized the immediate
choosing of sufficient additional
deputies to assist the local chief in
guarding private property and pro-
tecting lives of citizens and others.
The council stood 100 per cent
squarely behind Oswalt in the pre-
sent crisis.
Last night there was special
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
FOUR HELD IN
CUSTODY FOR
KIDNAP PLOT

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18. U.P)-
Four persons, one mother of four
children, we're under arrest here to-
day, charged with plotting to kidnap
Jacob Freedman, wealthy Los An
geleS money lender.
The suspects, arrested on a tip
from an anonymous informant who
said he overheard the plot in a
beer garden, are John S. Holland,
35, relief worker; his wife, La Mae
Holland, and Theodore Dargel.
The fourth suspect IS name was
withheld, but officers said he was
recognized by Freedman as for
mer employee.
Freedman told officers he had re-
ceived information he was to have
been kiGLaped last Tuesday, but
deputy sheriffs guarding the home
frustrated the attempt. Freedman
has wife. Mrs. jeanette Freed
man, and two children, Yetta, l8,
and Louis, 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
Horton Praises
Courts Verdict

Decision of the United States su-
preme court, upholding the validity
of the gold clauses, was received
with considerable satisfaction by
Harry w. Horton, chief counsel for
the Imperial Irrigation District.
"'The decision is certainly good
news for us, Horton said. "Our
new bonds, issued under the re-
funding plan, call for payment in
lawful money of the United States
and not in gold, as the old bonds
which they did replace did. Had
the decision been adverse, 1t would
have meant payment at the old
standard OF $1y69 for each dollar OF
the face value of the bonds.
1.-The average citizen, unaware OF
the effect which the decision might
have upon him, can probably rec
ognize from this, if he is a taxpay-
er in the district, just what the de-
cision means and how 1t benefits
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
ON
NRA DELAYED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. W.R) -
President Roosevelt today made
final revisions of a message on
future NRA legislation to be sub
mitted to congress where revolt
against the recovery unit is de-
veloping. ,#...
The message is designed, it was
learned, to head off this revolt if
possible. Expected for submission
at the opening of the congress
sional session at noon today, the
message was delayed.
The White House said that Mr..
Roosevelt was making. final revi-
sions of his recommendations and
they would not be sent to the capi-
tol before late today.
There appeared to be some pos
sibility that the message might be
held up until tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
Grand Jury To Be
Chosen Thursday

A summons has been issued by
Judge McPherrin for the empanel-
ing of county grand jury to serve
FOR the current year. In superior
court this morning, 80 names were
chosen from which the jury OF 10
will be chosen in the presence OF
Judge McPherrin on Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Those called for court appearance
Thursday are: William T Lott. Ed
c. Hall, Everett Miner. Gordon p.
Scriven, George II. Cannon. Jasper
L. Travers, Fred Kenyon, Isaac 8.
McElvaney and Ed w. Schiller, FL
Centre; George ID. Willoughby. Har-
ry E. Bowman, William Lorenz and
Earl E. Cayanaugh. Calexico; George
NJ. Conley. Earl b. Ingle, Edmund
H. Cosand and John Andrews, Inn
perial; Robert Pirtle. Yuma; joel
Anderson and Clarence Denny.
Holtville; Paul w. Palmer. q. q.
Webster, George Lich. Herman y.
Willke and Elmer j. Sears. Draw
ley; w. A. Keener, William @. VII
kison and l.. r.. Sinclair. CelipatFia:
Clifford T. Randolph. Westmorland.
and Roy Breedloye, Heber.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-18
QUIET FOLLOWS KILLINGS IN LETTUCE STRIKE
prenoe Court Up1oLds Government On Gold Clause
STRIKE NOT
CONCERN OF
LEGION MEN

THE American Legion in Imper-
ial Valley. will take no part what
soever in the present strike between
workers and employers in the lettuce
industry, and you can make that
as emphatic as possible said w. S.
Dunn, commander of the Inter-
post council of the Legion, in a
statement to The Press today.
IT have been besieged by tele-
phone calls from Legionnaires and
those not connected with the organ
ization, :.sking what we are going to
do" Dunn, continued. "The answer
is nothing as strong as can make
il.
"Tha Legion has no control over
the acts of its individual members.
If any of them wish to join the
strikers or special deputies, that is
their own concern. They are not rep
esenting the American Legion in
their action"