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Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
E. J. CARLSON
VISITS VALLEY
SCOUT co J'NCIL

C. j. Carlson, regional scout ex-
ecutive, visited the Imperial Yuma
council, Boy Scouts of America
Wednesday. His program included
an address at the Brawley Rotary
club meeting Wednesday noon, a
council board of directors meeting
at the California hotel in the even-
ing, and a final talk at Wilson
school Wednesday night.
In addressing the Brawley Rotar-
ians, Carlson outline the many
great works Of the Boy Scouts in
America. Carlson declared that
the best defense against communism
and other subversive influences, is
the training given Boy Scouts.
He gave a stirring picture of Boy
Scout activities and what they mean
to the future security of this ma
ton. He said more than 100000
boys are in scout organizations in
this region and that this region,
which includes Hawaii, is 25 per
cent ahead of all other regions in
this nation.
Carlson gave an interesting talk
at Wilson school Wednesday night
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
WESTMORLAND
TO ENCOURAGE
AGRICULTURE

The Westmorland chamber of
commerce appointed publicity
committee at their meeting Tues
day night to start campaign OF
advertising to put before the public
the many agricultural advantages
Westmorland offers ranchers.
The committee, headed by Jim
Poe, will begin Immediately in an
effort to encourage dairymen and
rancherS to settle in the northend
of the valley around Westmorland.
B. A. Harrigan, county horticul-
tural commissioner, told members
of the group that the Westmorland
area was ideally suited for dairying
and complimented chamber men,
berS on their efforts to further the
industry in their community.
Charles H. Morrow, irrigation
district director, cited the many adj
vantageS the district office in the
Westmorland area afforded ranchers
of that area.
Morrow outlined the district pow
er development program to extend
lines into ranches of the West
morland district as we'll as to the
city itself. Morrow predicted that
the city would be furnished with
district power within year.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
7 W0 PLEAD
c U|LTY TO
MAIL THEFT
Men Arraigned On
Charge Before
Whitelaw

Pleas of guilty to theft of
mail from a United States
post office were entered
Thursday by Fred Alvarez
and Agustin Obillo when
they were arraigned before Depu-
ty United States Commissioner
Dorsey Whitelaw.
They signed Statements admit
ting that they took mail from
lock boxes at the Westmorland
post office. WhiteHlW ordered
them bound over to the federal
courts for trial. They will be
taken to San Diego to await ac-
ton by the courts.
In the meantime, Imperial coun-
ty authorities are gathering evi-
dence of their confessed activities
in forging and cashing checks from
the Westmorland post office.
Caught in Westmorland
District Attorney Elmer Heald
instructed Deputy Sheriff Frank
P. McCaslin to continue his inves-
legations of the islanders activi-
ties in this county. The evidence
and information will be kept on
file with a possibility of it being
used against the Flipinos upon
their release from the federal peni-
tentiary. '.
Alvarez and Obillo were arrested
by WeStmorland police at the re-
quest of Postmaster E. Fl. Cain OF
WeStmorland.
Complaints of tomato growers
having failed to receive expected
mail, led Cain to watch the lobby.
Tuesday morning he caught Al
varez opening lock boxes. The
islander slipped away from him
and jumped to the running board
of an automobile parked in front
of the building Obillo was seated
in the car and Immediately drove
from the scene. -.-#...
Realized $500 .#. -.
Cain entered an automobile and
gave chase. He later had them
arrested. --
The Filipinos told McCaslin
that they had realized about 5000
as a result OF caShing the stolen
checks They admitted forging
endorsements on the backs of the
checks. Obillo described how he
stood in the post office lobby and
watched tomato growers open their
mail boxes. He copied down the
combinations and he and Alvarez
used the directions in obtaining
the letters from Los Angeles toma-
to buyers to valley growers.
A post office inspector was IN
Ell Centre Wednesday and Thurs
day in connection with the case.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
FARM CENTERS
HOLD MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY

Mt Signal and Acacia farm
centers met Wednesday evenings
in their respective schools for
varied and interesting programs.
At Mt. Signal the new soil con-
servation program was outlined by
Frank G.. Beyschlag, farm adviser,
who also was asked many questions
by the group.
After this somewhat complicated
discussion, McCabe Eucalyptus
home department afforded gay
relief, presenting a clever skit,
THE Smart Shoppe".
DR. T. E. Bartholomew of Cal
exico showed pictures taken by
himself OF Yellowstone park and
Boulder dam, giving an interesting
travel talk.
Vocal solos were given by Mrs
l.. d. Hanks.
Acacias program began with
motion pictures, Alfalfa Weevil
Control" after which George l..
Winwright, assistant farm advisor,
discussed results obtained from
carrying on full dairy improve
ment program.
Scott B. Foulds, farm bureau
secretary, discussed the farm bu-
reau program for the control OF
agricultural markets.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
BUM BLOCKADE
CONTINUED BY
|. A. POLICE

The Los Angeles police depart
ment bum blockade still is in
effect at the railroad port of entry
at the Colorado river near Yuma.
Transients taken from the
freight trains entering the state
still are fingerprinted and the
prints forwarded to the depart
ment of justice in Washington,
the state department at Saera-
mento and the Imperial county
police department.
One half of the persons finger
printed during the blockade have
had previous criminal records, ac-
cording to Sheriff Robert Ware.
Sheriff Ware said the activities
of the "bum blockade members
have been a help to this county
in curbing the entrance of tran
sients with criminal records,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
CONSTRUCTION
OF SWIMMING
POOL APPROVED


Construction of permanent
swimming pool at the Scout sum-
mer camp, San Felipe, was approx
ed at the meeting Of the council
board of directors Wednesday night
in the California hotel, S. j. Carl
son, regional executive meeting
with the board.
The board plans to construct one
that will be sanitary and safe,
meeting all the requirements of
the state board of health. In order
to do this, said Carl Helmick. Scout
executive, additional funds will be
needed and joint meeting of the
camp and finance committees is to
be called to axe plans for raising
the needed $1,000 for the construc-
ton of the pool.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09

al
caused by private employment alb
sorbing great numbers of the men
formerly on WPA rolls, according to
j. Kenneth Hickox, head of the
WPA in this county.
Repairs and alterations at Mt.
Signal school will begin Monday.
The total cost of the project is $2,83l
with the WPA to pay $2,010 and the
school district 1921. Twelve men
will be employed on the project for
two months.
The work includes: building two
drinking fountain shelters, additions
to garages, installation of a ditch
filter building a shelter over the
water storage basin, installation of
a pump and a drinking fountain,
building of lunch shelter with
tables and benches, erection of bas-
ket ball stops, grading of the
grounds and the cleaning of bitches.
Repairs and Improvements at
Acacia school were completed this
week, Hickcox said The cost of
the project was 1851 with the WPA
to pay $66l and the school district
5000.
The work included: painting the
exterior of the school building and
the teacherage, cleaning, revarnish-
ing and painting of all desks and
tables, calsomining OF the interior
OF the school building, landscaping
of the school grounds and the plant
ing of trees.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
N OTTO RCADE
WILL ARRIVE
HERE TONIGHT
VaIIeyites Gather
For Big Highway
Meeting

Headed by President H.
w. Stanley of Dallas and
Vice-president Leo Hetzel
of Ell Centro, the Broadway
of A m erica associations
motorcade will arrive in El Centre
at 7 o'clock tonight. ready for the
opening of the associations conven-
ton in the Barbara Worth hotel be-
ginning at 10 a. m. Friday.
The motorcade has been on the
road exactly one week since leaving
McMinnville, Tenn. 1t includes a
large number of public officials
from almost every city along the
route of the transcontinental high
way
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
REPORT OF CUT
IN CANAL FUND
FOUND FALSE

Reports of recent cuts to ALI
American canal allocations were
found to be unfounded and the
allotment stands at 2l,000,0 900,
said Evan T. Hewes. chairman of
the Imperial Irrigation DISTRICT
board of directors
The cut reported recently refer
red to one made in September
1885, Hewes said, and did not af-
feet the total upon which the
project has been proceeding for
several months.
Hewes had the report checked in
Washington, he said. and it was
said to be unfounded.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09

DC4OiS.
Finding its general motif in the
Palo Verde trees now Springin3
into bloom along Ell Centre streets,
the festival will include a flower
show for all of Imperial Valley, 4
children's parade and a fashion
show in the afternoon. and a dance
in the evening.
Activities will center about the
Veterans Memorial Hall, chosen
because the festival outgreW the
Women'S Ten Thousand clubhouse,
where it was held last year The
flower show will be opened to the
public at noon. The children'S
parade will march out at p. m ,
followed by the fashion show at
the veterans hall.
Visitors viewing the festival will
include Broadway of America con-
vention delegates and a group of
San Diego officials and business
men making a goodwill tour of
Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
SEED COMMITTEE WILL MEET
FRIDAY IN CALIFORNIA HOTEL

Completion of growers selection
applications and other important
items of business will be discussed
at the meeting of the approved seed
committee Friday at u noon in the
California hotel.
In addition to this business the
committee will review, the work of
the past year, the certificates
granted, the surplus, and will discuss
ways and means of obtaining more
satisfactory seed conditioning equip
ment,
A new handbook issued by Burle
Jones, county agent at large and
acting extension specialist in agron-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
new ROW ON
SOVIET LINE
Russian Soldiers
Open Fire On
Surrey Unit

TOKYO, April 9. (UP)-
Another serious Mongolian
border clash was reported in
a Nippon Dempo news agen-
cy dispatch today from
Swenfened.
1t said IA Japanese -Manchu SOL
diers, surveying near the border,
met IA Soviet soldiers who opened
fire. The Japanese-Manchu troops
returned the fire and the Soviet
force retreated after four Japan
ese-Manchu soldiers had been
killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09

omy, will be studied. Sufficient
copies are available for every mem
ber of the committee and for the
use of cooperatorS.
A schedule for seed inspection
and roguing meetings will be worked
out at this meeting also.
Jones, with Professors B. A. Msd-
sen and c. A. Weibe, will meet with
the committee to inspect fields and
to make a checkup of the work, this
meeting to be in the near future.
George Buffers of Brawley is
chairman of this committee with
Harold Hunt of Ell Centro as alter
nate.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
STRONG PEACE
APPEAL MADE
BEFORE ROTARY

A strong appeal to keep out of
war by avoiding entangling Eu-
ropean alliance, was made by Ed
'Aard F.. Flynn of st. Paul, Mimi,
in a talk at the Thursday meeting
of the Rotary club in the Barbara
Worth hotel.
Flynn, former director of Rotary
international and director of pub
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
RAID REPORTED
TO WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, April 9. UP) =
The Japanese embassy received
reports today of a raid by Soviet
troops on a Manchukuoan border
unit at Pogranichnaya, on the
eastern border of Manchukuo.
According to a dispatch from
the japanese consulate at Pogran-
ichnaya, an officer and three men
in the Manchukuo unit were fired
on in a surprise attack. The Off
Ger was killed and two men cap
tured.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09

lie relations of the Great Northern
Railway company. is visiting in
Imperial Valley.
The costs of war. he explained,
cannot be measured only in the
lives lost and the actual money
spent. DepreSsions inevitably fol-
Continued on Page 2, Col, y
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
FRANCE THREATENS
ACTION AGAINST HITLER

GENEVA, April o. Ug)-franee
in a verbal communication 10
Great Britain has warned thai
she intends to seek concrete ae-
ton against Germany " Adolf
Hitler fOrtifies the Rhineiand. II
was reported today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09

will be tNo-day affair, be-
ginning at 10 a. m. Friday and last
ing until Saturday noon, after
which delegates will view the an
nual Festival of the Palo Verde
here.
Charles A. HorrWorth field sec
retary of the All-Year Club OF
Highway in a Broad Way and
Dollars and Cents of Tourist Trav-
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09

loads for the railroad shipments.
trengthened toward the close and
growers of late lettuce received sub
stantiallly higher prices than the
average maintained during the peak
shipment period.
Grapefruit harvest faces stronger
markets and good demand, with the
fruit of good quality and shipments
by rail heavier than in previous
years. Considerable fruit still re-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09

mains to be harvested.
The carrot deal also is a bright
spot in the 1886 season even
though the prices are lower than
earlier in the season. Acreage for
this season was the largest in sew
eral years and growers, the report
said, should realize fair returns.
Another note of encouragement
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
d RecalcitrantS-

1t has just come to the notice
of RR that Johnny Donohue OF
the Southern Pacific Donohues de-
serves a place of honor on the roll
u invalids VINO refuse to be in
Nlids. Johnny, it seems, almost
had to be strapped to his bed to
be kept in the hospital during a
recent siege. RR knows exactly
how he feels-and welcomes john
ny into the club.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
G -
@' <~@
ID AMBLING
IMPORTER
Says

Flash
C. S. st. John is just as puffed
up as though he had something to
do with il. The note about the
l.. c. House colt brought Johnny'S
pride TO the notice of RR. 1t seems
there are quintuplets at the st.
Aims home-and quintuplets are
es in anybody's newspaper these
days. Yessir! Three boys and two
girls. The st. Johns bulldog is the
proud mother.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09

n IL U I III Z /
delegation Of
S a n Diego
and Corona
d o aSSocia-
ton m e m =
b erS,, public
officials and
business men
W i'll arrive
Friday morn
ing, combin-
ing attend
ance at the
conve n t ion
with a good
will tour of
Imperial VAL
ley.
L IL Z COil
Vention, for
which Man
ager Robert
Hays of the
Ell Cen t 70
chamber o f
commerce has
a IRA II 6 e d
MANY details.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
HARRIGAN MAKES
FARMING SURVEY

March market
the monthly issued the
agricultural commissioner all
showing better market conditions
shipments total of 93
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
Court Ubholds Neev Deal Act
To Help Irrigation Districts
Final Arrangements
Made For Festival
o. Palo Verde Tree
Saturdays Activities to Center About Veterans
Memorial Hall Where Flower Show Will Open
AT Noon; Parade Set For PM.

With only day to go before Ell Centre presents its
third annual Festival of the Palo Verdes committees
der the general craftsmanship of Mrs j. Jones Thursday
had completed virtually all arrangements to make the
festival far greater than those of last year and the year
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
Speaking of Argument

Speaking of Argument
Paul Pace is no slouch when it
comes TO arguments-at-g golf. When
he thinks the ball is in the fair
%ay, and not in the rough, he says
So-much to the irritation of Billy
Burke, jr. Not only that, Billy
claims, but he uses his toes TO
edge the pill onto the fairway while
the argument is in progress, and
there's no *" to mark the original
spot.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
SHORTAGE
OF LABOR
IN VALLEY
Private Industry Takes Up Slack In County
Until Workers Are Not Available
For New Jobs Programs

Private employment has taken many laborers from
the rolls of the Works Progress administration in Imperial
county that WPA projects cannot be started until
present finished There 404 workers 24
WPA projects operating The shortage of men
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
Last Minute
FIashes!
HUGE DIRIGIBLE
BELIEVED IN TROUBLE
= xz - q - - . - -

PARIS. April 8. W.P)-The air
ministry was informed today
that the German dirigible Hin
denburg, EN- route back from It's
maiden voyage to South Amer
lea, was in difficulties near Bor-
deaux and asked permission to
land in France.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
\een With Envy

Aeen With Envy
0ditor George Bucklin and Man.
aging Editor Hazel Livingston, from
all RR has heard, are stealing his
thunder in a big way, with the
result that every peace officer in
Imperial Valley is awaiting with
fear and trembling-and some with
incipient blushes-the forthcoming
edition of The Turnkey, official
publication of the Imperial Coun-
ty Peace Officers association. Still,
they're trained investigators, so
RR doesn't feel so bad about some
of the things he's been scooped on.
O.
Can't Resist
RR has resisted all these weeks,
on account of how it's office pratt
tie after a fashion. but this time
it's too good to keep. Logan Jen-
kins. Post-Press golfing represen-
tative, had a great day Wednesday,
what with long drives and all that.
(He played seventeen with drive
and a short eight-iron shot0 En-
couraged, he swung at the next
tee shot right heartily. The ball
scared a long ways. So did the
club head. The game broke up
while Loge argued with his mates
that he should be allowed TO play
the club head instead OF the ball
on that hole.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-09
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter; Los Angeles 31c; butter
fat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
Grade \, 39ci manufacturing milk,
321sci route gathered cream, 3I12c.
l.. A. hay-U. 8. Mol. extra Ieafy,
17.OO-ls.5Oi 1. =, No. I. SI4.50; u.
=. No. leafy, S14.OO: u. =. No. =.
Si3.'O; Minneapolis flax. IGSh-174H.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
Treasury Condition
International News Service

International News Service
Treasury balance as Of Febru.
ary 81, $1,821,7 773, $1,000; internal
revenue, $4,522,078.79; customs
receipts, $24,030, ,5O7.08.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
500 FUR COAT
S0UGHTHERE

Washington police today we're
seeking a woman's coat, but since
the Manhattan socialite from
whom the valuable garment was
stolen is now in Florida, the loss
is probably of greater financial
than physical Importance.
Mrs. Phillip King, of 903 Park
Ave-, New York, told local authori-
ties last night that a brown Rus
sian muskrat coat worth $7O0 was
taken from her luggage during the
time the Florida Special, Atlantic
Coast Line train, was speeding be-
tween New York and washington
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. King, who occupied four
compartments, remained on the
train which was scheduled to ar
rive at Jacksonville at 1905 a. m.
today. Police believe the thief may
have left the train here.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25

was charged with responsibility
for conduct of this arm Of the
service.
Things finally came to such a
pass that General Pershing had
to take a hand.
After the war General Hagood
did some writing on the Service
of Supply in the war, in which it
was made to appear by inference
that, had it not been for him the
Service of Supply would have been
a flop. Officers in positions to
know resented this. They knew
at the time, they pointed out, and
they know now to whom credit
belonged for conduct of the most
colossal business enterprise the
world had ever seen, the Service of
Supply of the American Expedi-
tionary Forces in the World War.
While General Harbord was
urged to write his recollections Of
the Service of Supply at least 10
years ago and again after General
Hagood had written his opinions,
Harbord did not do so. However,
one or two professional writer's
who had been associated with Har-
bord in the war did. But recently,
General Harbord has finished a
book which will deal with his part
in the war, and it is expected that
the johnson Hagood incident will
be good reading.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
Gen. Hagood CIashed
With Harbord in War

The verbal activity of Mai. Gen.
johnson Hagood, while appearing
before a House committee re-
Gently, which Representative Blan.
ton charged in the House yester-
day was responsible for removal
of the officer as commanding gen.
eral of the Eighth Corps area, is
not the first instance in which
General Hagood has drawn the
frownS of his superior officers.
General Hagood was assistant
to Mai. Gen. James G. Harbord,
commanding general of the Serv-
ice of Supply in France during the
World War. Those who served
with General Harbord in the war
or who have known him since, re-
call that, while outwardly placid
and courteous, the present head Of
Radio Corporation of America
never was one to brook a crossing
of his plans by Junior officers.
Hagood had his own views on the
proper way to run the Service Of
supply and these were not the
views of General Harbord, who
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
M0FFETT
WILL ACCEPT
NAVY POST
Former u. S. Housing
Director Said to
Like Position
BY EARL GOODWIN

The name of James A. Moffett
is being used with considerable
emphasis today as the Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy to succeed
the late Henry Latrobe Roosevelt,
whose funeral was held this morn
ing.
Although none in official Cir
cles will discuss the name of the
man whom the President will ap-
point to one Of the most impor-
tant jobs in the Government at
the moment, nevertheless, it is
known that Mr.. Moffett's name is
being considered.
Delay Announcement
No announcement will be made,
Of course, until after the funeral
services, at least, and after the
official period of mourning by the
Navy.
James A. Moffett, formerly chief
Of the Federal Housing Admins
tration, was and is one of the
strong Roosevelt supporters and
was highly thought of by the
President for the straightforward
and vigorous method of starting
off the Federal Housing Admins
tration, which was responsible for
the looSening up of many millions
Of dollars of private cash and
credit for house building and reno
waiting.
Prior to that Mr.. Moffett had
a wide experience in the interna'
tional features of the oil business.
He had sold oil by the fleetload
to European governments, had or
ganized an oil-shipping business
in the face of great difficulties.
Successful in Louisiana
He has to his credit the fact
that he developed and expanded
an oil and gasoline business of tire
mendous proportions in the State
of Louisiana while Huey Long was
governor and had his axe out fol
the corporations.
Mr.. Moffett has been looked or
by the Roosevelt administration
as a big business" man friendly
to the Roosevelt policies. In fact
it was Mr.. Moffett who interested
some of the largest of the insur
ance companies to use some of the
excess millions in house building
under the new Federal housing
plan o. insured mortgages.
He left the Government service
in order to get back into private
business. although the President
was reluctant to accept his resig
nation. Prior to his resignation
it had been rumored that he woulc
some day become Assistant Secre
tary Of the Navy.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
Reception Is Planned
For Capt. McMu|Ien

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. 25.-A
farewell reception for Capt. Le-
nora McMullen, in charge of the
Salvation Army post here 10
months, will be given this eve
ming at 7:30 o'clock in the Army
Hall.
Captain McMullen has been
transferred to Station No. 5 IN
Northeast Washington and will
assume her duties there immedi-
ately. She will be succeeded here
by Capt. Edna Cooper, who has
been working here as an assistant
since Captain McMullen took the
local post. Captain Cooper'S
assistant will be Capt. Edna RaS-
nick, Of West Virginia.