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Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
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President Tells His
Foes to Face
Issues
WASHINGTON, jan

w ASHlNGION Jan. 4.
(UP) - President Roose-
velt's challenge to his foes
to abandon 'cowardly gener-
atty" and meet squarely the
issue of accepting New Deal STAN
dards or discarding them alto
gether pitched the country and
particularly Washington into seeth-
ing dispute today.
World reaction To his all but I'M
precented speech before joint
session of house and senate Fri
day night was immediate though
somewhat nebulous and, politically,
divided along partisan lines.
In his annua! message on the
state of the nation, which was car
ried into more than 100000 homes
by radio, Mr.. Roosevelt reviewed
the troubled international situa-
ton in stern, biting phrases and
appealed to congress TO carry for
ward his broad domestic program.
He asserted that:
/. National income and employ
W lllClCdoC. Of tllClC
will be no need for further and
higher taxes.
2. The country may anticipate a
reduction in appropriations for re-
lief.
3. The United States desires
peace but will maintain adequate
defense against attack. He urged
adoption OF the administration
permanent neutrality bill introduce
ed today.
q. Control of the government has
been wrested from powerful but
small minorities.
5. Dollar diplomacy has been
Scrapped.
6. Foes of the new deal are
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ROAD FUNDS
SUGGESTED
FOR RELIEF

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 4. U.D
Use of $1O,0OO,0OO in surplus high
way special funds to purchase I'M
employment relief warrants was
advocated by State Treasurer
Charles G.. Johnson today as a
means of relieving tension and
eliminating the necessity of issu-
ing registered state warrants to
persons on relief rolls.
Johnson said Gov. Frank F.
Merriam approved this plan and
had authorized Earl Lee Kelly, di-
rector of public works. to use high.
way funds to purchase $1,902 ,624
worth of warrants to handle relief
work in January. Kelly was to
determine whether this procedure
could be followed legally.
Commenting upon the refusal of
banks to purchase the large block
of warrants, Johnson said he did
not believe the situation should be
permitted to grow serious so long
as there were millions in special
funds which could be used to pur-
chase warrants for unemployment
relief.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
MAIN STREET
.UNDERPASS
DRAWS FIRE
Decision of Change
Up to Federal
Bureau

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3.
CUP A proposed under
pass in Ell Centre may be
constructed on State street
instead of Main street, II
the federal bureau of public roads
approves of the change. The state
highway commission decided today.
A. Y. Preble, chairman of the
Imperial County Supervisors, led a
delegation before the commission to
protest construction of the $249, 600
underpass on Main street because OF
the congestion there. The commits
sion informed him the location was
stipulated under terms of a federal
agreement appropriating funds for
the project, ana that any change
must have the approval of the fed
eral bureau.
A state highway engineer will ac-
company Preble to Ell Centre to-
morrow to study the situation and
assist in obtaining permission from
the federal bureau to change the 10
cation
Accompanying Preble from Ell
Centre were Herb FaWcett, city
councilman, and Robert Hays, rep
resel.ting Ell Centre chamber of
commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04

engineers employed month ago
to investigate hazards in the
library building.
Mayor A. N. Bucklin, D. B. Rob-
erts and E. T. Surface were named
to a committee to- obtain temper
airy quarters in which the library
may operate.
A member of the library staff
will be on duty each day next
week, from l to 5 p. m, to accept
books which have been borrowed.
No new lendings will be made I'M
til temporary quarters have been
obtained. The public will not be
admitted to the building, but must
return books at the door.
Temporary Quarters
Temporary quarters will be Sc
lected as soon as possible, library
board and council members agreed
New quarters will be provided
eventually, it was indicated. No
definite plans fer permanent quar-
tiers have yet been made.
The action of the library board
approved by the city council, fol-
lowed an investigation by John c.
Austin and Frederic M. Ashley
Los Angeles architects, which was
undertaken a month ago when the
board members became alarmed al
the belief the library building
might be unsafe. President A. H
Keller, D. B. Roberts, DR.. E. F
Surface, Ross T. Hickcox and o
CT. Horne, members of the board
instituted the investigation.
The result was set forth in a re-
port received Friday, and in ar
accompanying letter. The letter
says:
Board of Trustees,
Ell Centre Public Library.
Gentlemen:
Following a careful inspection o
the building by our structural en-
gineer, Mr. Milton w. Nigg, and al
analysis of the plans by the write
and Mr.. Nigg, the attached repor
was made.
Summing it up. the building ha
never had strength enough to re.
sist the horizontal forces exerteo
by earthquakes such as those tina
occurred in San Francisco and il
Long Beach.
BY comparing the building will
the plans, it will be seen that SOM
change must have been made b,
the board of trustees in the con
struction of the building at the tim
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04

to demOcracleS were seen as Ill
rected openly at Germany, Japan
and Fascist Italy. They were seen
also as forwarding measurably the
possibility of an Oil embargo
against Italy. Observers recogniz-
ed that the United States, separ-
ated by the Atlantic and the Pa
cific from international politics
and determined to make no entan-
Cling alliances, remained in a place
apart.
BritCns and Europeans saw in
the speech psychological encour-
agement for non-aggressive pow
ers, which though admitting the
possibility of peaceful revision of
treaties and frontiers, must eXer-
else strong diplomatic influence in
strengthening the stand OF such
big nations as Britain, France and
Russia, as well as the weaker ma
tions which face the danger of pos
sible attack"
Avoids Entanglements
A responsible spokesman said of
the message:
1T avoids entanglements. But
it makes clear that the vast au-
thority of the United States in the
world will be exerted against those
nations which at the moment eth
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
200 SAVED BY
HERO DURING
FIRE IN SHOW

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. U.P)-A
quick-thinking theater manager
was credited today with prevent
Ing loss Of life among 200 patrons
when the showhouse burned. The
roof collapsing just as the last
person escaped.
When fire broke out in the the
alter, H. w. Lohrum, manager,
leaped to the stage and cody
pleaded with the audience to- re-
main calm and leave quietly He
stood at his post, shouting instruc-
lions, while flames crept up the
walls.
The last patron safe, he ran out
a side door just as the roof fell
in.
Eight fire companies fought the
blaze, which caused 100000 less.
The flames started in the heating
plant at the rear of the tWo-story
building.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
HERE'S HOW
U.S.LEADERS
COMMENTED

Splendid" said Speaker Joseph
w.. Byrns. "a challenge to the
enemies of popular government"
at was pure political speech"
contended House Republican Lead
or Bertrand H. Smell.
Sen. Hiram w. Johnson, veter-
an Progressive Republican of Cali
fornia, said: "Bully!"
"a fighting speech" said Chair
man John J. O'Connor of the house
rules committee.
"A pure stump speech" said
Rep Carl E. Mapes, r., Mich.
"a damned good speech" pro-
claimed Rep. Maury Maverick, D.,
Tex
A republican cheer came from
Sen. Gerald P. Nye, r., N. D.: ut
was great speech and "a chal-
lenge to the Republican party"
Rep. Martin J. Kennedy, a tam
many Democrat of New York, was
sharply critical.
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of
the Republican national commit
tee said: THE speech was a poll
tical harangue.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04

California is faced with the most
serious tax problem in its history
and Mr.. and Mrs. Voter is respon-
sible.
That virtually was agreed Fri
day night by an array OF public
leaders and tax authorities who
addressed the dinner meeting of
the Associated Chambers of Com
merce in the Calipatria union high
school.
Among the speakers who opened
the tax question for flashing COM
ment were Senator Ed Fletcher of
San Diego, Sen. Ben Hulse, state
assemblyman Clarence Walker of
Westmorland and l.. D. Clifford
director of research for the Cali
fornia Taxpayers association.
Demands on Public
The heavy state deficit is the
result of contributional and stat
utory demands upon the public,
Clifford explained. Whereas in 1881
the state had surplus CT 81 mil
lion dollars, the treasury had been
overdrawn Il millions by June Of
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
WATER DATA.
GATHERED BY
c 0 NJ N |TTEE
Valley Situation
Surveyed by
Visitors

After a careful study of
conditions in Imperial Val
ley, Paul P. Prosser, Color
ado attorney general, and
Edwin w. Burritt, Wyoming
state engineer, committee appoint
ed by the upper Colorado river
basin states, left Ell Centre for San
Diego Saturday morning in COM
pany with Phil D. Swing, Califor-
MIA special counsel, who accom-
panied them to the valley.
The committee is to report to
their own states and to the other
states named in Arizona's supreme
court suit to bring about redistri-
button of Colorado river water,
concerning their finding here and
relative to the Metropolitan Water
district.
Special interest was shown in the
California limitations act which is
this states own check upon the
use of the waters of the river. The
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
ELKS DRAWING
PLANS FOR Big
CELEBRATION

Ell Centre members of the Elks
lodge will complete plans during
the next few days to entertain fell
low Elks from every lodge in I'm
perial Valley and from other
southern California and Arizona
points Thursday, Jan. 8, in observ-
ance of the Goth anniversary of
the Ell Centric lodge.
Entertainment will be provided
from the ranks of various lodges
represented. Dinner will be a part
of the program, which will include
brief business session.
Details of the program will be
completed soon, Secretary Henry
Swanson said. Full membership
attendance of the Ell Centric lodge,
besides visitors from other groups,
is expected to swell the crowd to
record proportions.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
POLICE PICK UP
WANDERING TRIO

Three wanderers were arrested
by Ell Centre police Friday night
in the hobo jungles and brought TO
headquarters for questioning. They
said they are looking for work but
cannot find it, records show.
Sherman Isaacs, Walter ISaacs
and Philip Valley pleaded guilty
to vagrancy charges but were re-
leased in police court with in
structions to find a place to sleep
and stop wandering on the streets
at night.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
$35,OOO,OOO to
Be Sought for
Flood Control

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. U.P-
Chairman Herbert c. Legg of the
Los Angeles county board of super
visors announced today he would
seek a $35,000,000 Appropriation from
congress for the greatest single
flood control program in the coun-
try's history.
He said he would call meeting
CT all California congressman and
senators this month either here or
in Washington to enlist the sup
port for his proposal to bring such
a bill before congress this session.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
e. OH Sol
W.. says
1dSxh FRANK WATAklABE
kV5 by
W 30 HoLpEa

A moving picture are get
ting made expressing them
Dionne auintriplets. They go
ing to getting S50,0O0,000 for
same! Canada have been more
as a Mother to those babies.
thinking Canada have spend
about Sl00,00O.0O. And other
Money have come dumping into
that baby bank account like
water on ducks back. HUI
mainly have made pretty big
investment ON them kid. Now
1 wondering what shall he case
when they are II year old? Will
Humanity feeling regretfuily
that so much time and money
were spend upon? What will
they going be when grow up?
Maybe shall be very nice II
they all be Nurses and donate
their life TO helping some other
poor Mother brung she off
springs into the world. II they
was Europeans - no chance 10
getting debt paid = but Can
adams never forget their man
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
Arizona Death
Toll Advances

PHOENIX, Jan. 4. W.P) - Three
more deaths were added today to
Arizona's rapidly-mounting 1896
traffic toll.
Homer G. Buchanan, "a, of Ros-
well, N. NJ, was crushed to death
in truck collision near Coolidge.
Arnold Ochoa, 81, died from in
juries he received when a stolen
automobile, in which he was rid
ing, overturned in Phoenix.
An unidentified Mexican was in
jured fatally when he was struck
by a truck on the highway near
Glendale.
Their deaths brought the New
Years total to five, three more
than were recorded for the same
period of 1885.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
Voters Held to Blame
For. State Tax Crisis

last year, and this overdraft is
increasing at the rate of millions
per month, he said. At the present
rate, by the middle of 1896, the
rate will be 80 millions overdrawn.
$'For four years, it has been ap-
parent that the state is drifting
into financial trouble" Clifford de-
clared. 1.-THE climax will come ut
any time. The public must decide
whether to spend less or be taxed
more"
state operating costs are re-
sponsible for very little of the
Continued on Page 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
ATTACK PREP AIRED In
POWER PLANT ISSUE

Harry Horton, chief counsel for
the Imperial Irrigation district, will
face attorneys for the Nev.-Cal.
Electrical Securities company in
Judge Harry A. Hollzer's court in
Los Angeles Monday in an effort to
obtain dissolution of the order re-
straining the district from proceed
ing with construction of q power
generating and distribution plant in
Brawley pending appeal of the Sc
curities oompany's suit to the Unit
ed States Circuit court of appeals
in San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04

ordering that the temporary re-
straining order remain in effect UNI
til after January 6, when he is
scheduled to hear the companys mo-
ton to have the temporary re-
straining order remain in effect
pending appeal of the suit, to the
higher court.
The $12,0O0,000 plant the district
desires to build in Brawley will be
used as a standby plant after the
proposed power plants are erected
on the All-American canal, it is
explained.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
FILM MAGNATE
DIES AT DO

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 4. UP
Herman Zohbel, 46, general man
ager of the RKO Studios of Hol-
lywood, died today following an
operation for appendicitis.
zohbel was taken to- a hospital
Monday for the appendectomy. He
is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Adele Zohbel
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
ARIZONA u. HEAD
TAKES u S. POST

TUCSON, Ariz, Jan. 4. W.P-Dr.
Homer LIE Roy Shantz, president
of University of Arizona the past
eight years, prepared today to
leave Immediately for Washington,
d. c., where he will become chief
of wild life management for the
u. S. forest service.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
Officers Catch
Escaped Prisoner

Edward Dickerson, Westmorland
chief of police, telephoned the I'm
perial county sheriffs office short
ly before noon today that he has
in custody Harold Eddie Kyman,
said to have escaped from dep
uty United States marshal at
inland recently.
Imperial Valley peace officers
were asked to assist in the capture
Of the prisoner, who escaped from
the train at INLAND Thursday. De-
tails of the capture were not forth
coming.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04

Judge Hollzer on December %, de-
MED the company suit for an in
junction restraining the district
from paying out funds for the &C
QUESTION of generating equipment
and sought an order declaring I'M
constitutional the California statute
authorizing irrigation districts to go
into the power business.
The work of setting power line
poles and other construction began
in Brawley the following day and
continued until Judge Hollzer, De-
cem5er %, stopped construction by
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
GRAND JURY
TO CONVENE

Members of the Imperial county
grand jury will meet at the court
house Thursday.
The grand jury was in session
shortly before Christmas.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
QUICK DECISION
on CANAL SEEN
Engineer Predicts Water Route in CaleXcO Area
Will Be Set in Two Weeks

decision will be Forthcoming within two weeks on
the request of Caexco civic leaders and public officials
that the All American canal be routed through instead OF
around the city, S. O. Harper assistant chief engineer of
the United States reclamation bureau predicted Friday at
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
STORM BEARS DOWN ON VALLEY

Indications of a storm approaching Imperial Valley
this afternoon by Fred Baughman meeOrolo-
gist, in rapidly falling barometer. The barometer,
Baughn,an said showing unusually rapid drop.
He Uoiced definite conclusion pending further study
of conditions
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
< Late News
SLIDE WRECKS SCHOOL

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. (UP)-TOnS of earth slid
ing dOWn the Uest slope of Telegraph Hill crashed into
the of the Garfield grammar school today Wrecked
classroom and caused thousands of dollars damage
No children in the school at the time
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04

Ickes at Washington after study of
the recommendations made by
Charles Jacobs, Seattle, and L. c..
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
Unused El0quence--

For the first time, RR heard Bill
Lorenz of Calexico address group
of men in something comparable
to public speech, and the result
was that it started an interesting
train of thought. Suppose, and we
might as well make it good while
we're supposing, that the judge
happened to be on the other side
of the bench some day, for speed
ing, or running through a boule-
ward stop, Or something. Would
his undeniable eloquence win him
free? 1t might, unless there were
another judge like Bill Lorenz on
the bench.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
TWO ADMIT ROBBERY

Los ANGELES, Jan. 4. (UP)-W s. HanSIey and
Fred ROkes confessed today to the $1,000 diamond and
cash robbery of the Grand hotel Santa Monica, Police
Captain L. l.. Curtis announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
Roosevelt Talk
Puts Brand on
WarIike Nations
Europe Regards Address as Direct
Censure of Imperialistic Italy,
Japan And Germany
Copyright 1885 by United Press

LONDON, Jan. 4. (UP)-Great Britain and Europe
the United States aligned firmly today with the ma
lions of the world standing against miitarism and
sonsm President Roosevelts comments in his message
to congress warke expansonst countries opposed
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04

THE close CT a hearing on afgu-
ments for the CaleXico routing.
The decision will be announced
by Secretary of Interior Harold l..
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
HAZARD OF
EARTHQUAKE
POINTED OUT
Board And City Council Take Action;
Committee Named to Find
Temporary Quarters

Ell Centro's public library ordered closed today.
Danger to lives from possible earthquakes as
signed the after the action taken by the
library board and the city council in joint session It fol-
lowed report from Los Angeles firm of architectural
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
Off With the Old

Off With the Old
Now that were fairly well start
ed into 1886, wouldn't it be a good
Idea to remove the holiday dec
orations from over Main street. RR
has an uncomfortable feeling every
time he rides along the thorough
fare that one OF the stays is going
to give way and send large.
rather sharp pointed Christmas
star hurting point down into his
automobile.
Where There's Smoke
There might be fire. At least the
possibility worried RR for full
hour after he noticed the old
gentleman, who had all the ap-
pearance of a hermit on vacation
from his isolation, emitting clouds
of cigarette smoke from the am
bush of as healthy crop of whis-
kers as it has been our pleasure
to view since Napoleon made We'll
lington famous at Waterloo The
whiskers, we swear it, protruded
further than the cigarette, yet
there wasn't even a Singed hair.
Dishes in Danger
Another worry to cause wrinkles
on this creased brow was present.
ed Friday night when most of the
Imperial Irrigation District board
of directors got together at dinner
with Phil Swing, Walter Goodson,
Mike Dowd, Harry Horton and the
gentlemen from the upper basin
states, all around one small table.
There wasn't even room for a
fleck of ash on the table after the
walters got through depositing the
food there-so how could the
gentlemen discuss their problems
in the proper way? Each one of
them needs a whole table to pound
on when he really gets under way.
The safest bet is that they were
telling that story about Arizona's
army -.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-04
COMPARATIVE COST OF
THREE ROUTES LISTED

Comparative estimates of three
proposed All American canal
routes through and around Ca
lexico, as presented at Fri
days hearing in CaleXico, are
tabulated herewith. The r.
route is that a mile and half
north of Calexico, the &C" route
that through CaleXico along the
international border, and the ID"
route that through Calexico On
First street. Route G represents
a modified siphon of 1880 feet,
Route D siphOn of 1870 feet,
and Route r an open canal
around the city.
The comparative estimates
were made by Thad Calhoun. Los
Angeles engineer, and the U. S.
reclamation service
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-11
CHARMING BRIDGE
YESTERDAY

Mrs. A. E. Doyle, of Long
Island, who is the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Alvin Lyle Pra-
ther, entertained a group of
friends at lovely bridge yester-
day. Summer flowers graced the
rooms and added an effective note.
Mrs. Paul Mentally held top score
and the consolation was cut by
Mrs. A. E. Podesta. .-.
Dainty refreshments were serv-
ed, when cards had been laid
aside, to Mesdames S. Y. Bryson,
r. H. Station, Podesta, Mentally,
Augustus Williams, R. E. Noble,
E. w. Fullerton, Hazel Warner,
Mrs. Hand and sister, Miss Lee,
Mesdames Irwin, Conroy, Wilmot,
Brennan, E. w. Bush, Miss Midday,
and Mrs. Prather. Tea guests at
this charming bridge included
Mesdames Henry, Hall, Barnard,
and Miss Schroeder.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-11
..!WiHetIsHeaaMrsda2 sF
AT Bonclarken
Large Audience Out; Has
Asheville Appointment

w. S. Willet, construction engi-
ncer, who lectured recently at the
high school auditorium on India,
was heard again last night at the
Bonclarken hotel by a large and
attentive audience when, follow
ing two piano solos of Indian mu-
sic by Miss Mary Brooks, he told
of the life and customs of the orr
emit. 100. '".'.h ,'Ss'a''t
i On Friday night of this week
ate $3.50 o'clock, he will appear at
the Grove Park Inn under the
auspices of the woman's auxiliary
of the Welcome to Asheville club.
On this occasion he will have a
company of assistants and will
discuss india in Song, Dance and
Story"
A supper and reception for the
group will precede the lecture
there.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-11
pDESBYTERIAN CIRCLE
MEETINGS HELD

Circle No. l met with Miss Kate
CIe7eland at the home of Miss
Carrie Hughes, with the chairman,
Ms J. Adger Smyth, in the chair.
The devotional, on the topic, Sin
md the Saviour, was presented
ibly BY Mrs. William Mckay. The
program was given well by Mrs
l. 7. Wids on the subject, Edu-
eating for Personality, which was
used BY nearly all the circles. She
stressed the point THAT careful
consideration be given by parents
in selecting colleges that bring out
the best in their children. Mrs.
j. 7. Fam, president of the Wom-
ans Auxiliary, was present as we'll
Is z members and four visitors.
Mrs. J. VI. Good was hostess at
the meeting of Circle No. 2, over
Etleh Mrs. R. C. Kuhn presided.
The Bible lesson from Genesis was
Presented in an instructive man.
nef by Mrs. Agnes Eichlitz. The
Program was conducted by the
CHAIRMAN in the absence of Mrs.
( p Packard. Fifteen guests
we're present, seven of whom were
E9tors from six states.
The meeting of Circle No. 8 was
a ! by Mesdames C.. NJ.
Wallace and H. Cannon at the
Sne Of the latter. Mrs. Ada
S Sts;asIey presided and a splendid
SloIe study was given as usual by
us; Wallace. Mrs. L. A. Gossett
@Adueted the program which was