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Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
CONCRESSMEN ON
UTILITY PAYROLLS,
SENATOR CHARGES

PUBLIC HALL, CLEVELAND.
Aug. ID. (U.P)-Sen. Rush Dew Holt,
youthful anti-NeW Deal Democrat
from West Virginia, today charged
in his keynote speech at the first
convention of the national union
for social justice that public util-
tiles control the United States
government and have members
of congress on tw'ir payrolls.
Sen. Holt said he may be ex-
pelled from the senate next Janu-
ary for making this statement"
Nearly 10000 delegates, alter
mates and visitors to the conven-
ton OF Father Charles E. Cough
Inns organization booed their enc
mics and cheered their friends
as the meeting opened.
Boos swelled from the audien%s
when speakers mentioned former
President Hoover, Sen. Carter
Glass, D., Va, and Samuel insult,
Cne-time utilities mogul.
There were cheers for William
Jennings Bryan and Thomas Jeff
erson and for Father Coughlin q
tumultuous demonstration that
matched and perhaps exceeded the
widest enthusiasm during recent
Republican and Townsend national
conventions in this same hall.
Coughlin spoke briefly. He pledg-
ed the national Union to support
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
LEMONADE SOLD
Ar EXECUTION
IN KENTUCKY

OWENSBoRO, KY, Aug. Ia. UP
-Rainey Bethea, burly 22-year old
Negro, was hanged publicly here
today in an execution witnessed by
$4,000 persons and supervised by
Mrs. Florence Thompson, frail
woman sheriff of Davies county.
The level tripping the trap OF
the gallows, located in the heart
of Owensboro, was pulled by Harry
Hasch, former Owensboro police
man.
The crowd was in a holiday mood
Only a moment before the arrival
of Bethea from Louisville, where
he had been held in a precaution
against lynching, vendors of hot
dogs and lemonade shouted their
wares and found many willing pur-
chaserS.
The crowd cheered and yelled as
Betheas body dropped.
Bethea was convicted of the
murder and criminal assault of Mrs.
Eliza Edwards, 10, wealthy Owens
boro widow
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
J. E. PATTERSON
TO APPEAL IN
ICE FIRM CASE

Notice of appeal from an Impe-
rial county court order preventing
Joseph E. Patterson from engag
ing in the ice distributing business
in Ell Centro, Was.filed Friday by
Patterson's attorney, Harry Horton.
The court order was issued after
trial of the case brought against
Patterson by the Imperial Ice and
Development company.
Patterson served notice he will
appeal to the district court Of
appeal from the court order set
ting aside the verdict of the jury
which heard the case.
The court order entered this
week granted the ice company a
permanent injunction preventing
Patterson, a former employe Of
the company, from soliciting bus
mess from Ell Centre residents
who were customers of the COM
pany when Patterson was SO en-
ployed.
A notice of intention to move
fer a new trial also was filed Fri
day on the grounds of irregularity
OF proceedings and newly discover
ed evidence.
Patterson through his attorney
also filed notice that he would OIL
August % move to retaX the costs
of the suit and strike certain items
from the plaintiff company's bill
of costs.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
MAN ARRESTED
FOR BIGAM Y
FOLLOWING SUIT

John Crawford Smith, 26, was
arrested in Ell Centre Friday on
a charge OF bigamy less than Il
hours after he filed suit for an
nulment of his marriage to Minnie
Evelyn Smith because he already
was married to another woman at
the time.
The complaint for annulment
was filed in superior court Thurs
day afternoon and the complaint
charging Smith with bigamy was
signed in the district attorneys
office shortly thereafter.
In his request for annulment OF
his marriage to Minnie Evelyn
Smith, he said they We're married
in Kensett, Ark, May 10, 1888.
Smith asked that the court pro-
vide for him to support the two
year-old son of the couple and
declare the child legitimate. He
declared his Willingness TO leave
the child in the custody OF the
mother.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
MARY ASTOR
CASE CLOSED
SAYS JU GE|
Conyright 1896 by United Press

Copyright 1896 by United Press
LOS ANGELES, Aug. Ia. U.P)-
Threatened outbreaks in the Mary
Astor-Dr. Franklyn Thorpe case
apparently ended today when
Judge Goodwin Knight announced
that his decision iii awarding joint
custody of their daughter would
stand despite the expressed dis
satisfaction of both parents.
Bitter statements by principals
and attorneys less than a half
hour after the case ended late
yesterday with Miss Astor in pos
session of little Marylyn Thorpe
for nine months of the year, ano
DR.. Thorpe for the remaining three
months caused reports that Dr..
Thorpe's attorney would attempt to
reopen the sensational litigation.
you may say for me-" judge
Knight told the United Press, that
the Thorpe-Astor case was CLOSED
when I stepped off the bench
and went into the chambers 0f
presiding Judge Douglas Edmonds.
Judge Edmonds approved the COM
promise agreement and the case
ended. l will go on another case
today"
Miss Astor touched off the fire
works before a morbid crowd OF
onlookers had cleared the court
room. She issued a statement
through R. R. Woolley, her attor-
ney, charging her divorced hus-
band with "Scandalously and NAL
iciously' using her famous laven-
der diary outside of court. She
referred to issuance of the diary
to the press without the formality
of entering it into the court rec
ord.
The actress also declared that
she entered the custody fight to
"liberate me and my daughter from
this complete bondage"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
THREE ARMY
MEN DIE In
FIERY PLANE
Bomber Explodes in
Midair; One SaOed
By Parachute

WEST POINT, Va, Aug.
IA. (UP)-Three army fly
ers, trapped in a flaming
bombing plane, were burned
to death as the ship plum
meted to earth early today. The
radio operator parachuted to safe
ty.
The dead:
Second Lieut.. Willis S. Marvin
Riverside, Cal, pilot.
Pvt. John j. Maher, McKeesport,
Pa
Pvt. James E. Crittenden, Rich
mond, Va.
Norbert G.. Flynn, McDuffy, O.,
radio operator, jumped in para
chute and landed in tree, suffer
ing only a cut lip.
The bomber plunged a thousand
feet to earth about midnight.
There was a fire and l was given
the order to jump" Flynn told H.
w. Williamson of the Virginia state
police.
The radio operator was cauBiil
in a tree with his parachute ano
his shouts brought aid. He rode in
the front seat of an ambulance that
took him to Langley Field. The
bodies of his three companions were
in the back of the ambulance.
Williamson said Flynn was unable
to tell just what happened except
there was some sort of a fire.
Several persons who saw the
bomber as it made training flight
from Langley Field, heard a muf-
fled explosion. Light flared in the
plane, the motor coughed and the
bomber fell.
The big plane nose-dived into q
cornfield. AS it struck the ground,
another explosion occurred ano
pieces of the ship were scattered
for hundreds of feet. The bomber
was consumed by flames.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14

from Huelva described the mems
predicament, saying they had ar
ranged to evacuate the mines but
were unable to leave.
R. M. Preston, managing direc-
tor Of the Rio Tinto CO. here,
said:
1--WE are anxious for the safety
of the men, who are held as host
ages for the security of the REQ
force at Huelya. We fear that an
advance by ati-government troops
whose vanguard is 80 miles away,
would place our state in the grav-
est jeopardy"
THE Reds controlling the mines
offered the staff safe conduct sew
eral days ago." Preston continued,
"but when they tried to use II
yesterday, they were not allowed
to leave"
The British government starteo
negotiations with Madrid to ar
range departure of the men.
Amber was described as a min
ing consultant. The Rio Tinto &c,
said Mrs. Amber is touring III
Europe.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14


Kiefer's one minute, S. 0 seconds
for the distance bettered the old
Olympic record and even topped
his new world mark of 1:06.8s he
set in yesterdays semi-finals.
The Chicagoan won out by a
length and half over his team
mate, AL Van Der Weghe of New
ark, N. j., whose time of 1:077
also broke the Olympic mark Of
1882 set in the 1928 Olympics al
Amsterdam by George Kojac of the
United States.
The American team nearly fin
ished -tWo-three in the back
stroke when Taylor Drysdale OF
Detroit was noSed out by MaSoj,
Kiyokawa of Japan. Yasukiki Ko-
jima of Japan was fifth and Per-
cival Oliver of Australia, sixth.
Relay Team Loses
In today's only other final the
w0men's 400 meter relay, the Unit
ed States quartet finished third
behind Holland and Germany. The
Dutch girls-Wilhelmina Siebere,
Willy Den Chden, Catherine Wag-
ner and Rie MaStenbroek-Set a
new Olympic record OF four min
uteS and SO seconds to crack the
mark of 4:38.0 set by the Ameri-
can relay team at Los Angeles in
1882. The German foursome's
mark of 1853 also bettered the
mark, but meant nothing in view
of Hollands performance.
The u. S. team OF Kathryn
Rawls, Bernice Lapp, Mavis Free
man and Olive Mexican, was timed
nearly four seconds behind Ger
many, in 4:40.2.
Canada and Hungary tied for
fourth place and Great Britain
was sixth.
American divers again dominat-
ed when Marshall Wayne of Mi
ami, Fla, led at the half way
point in the l0-meter platform
l33 feeD diving. In the four com-
pulSory dives this morning, Wayne
ran up a lead of 1865 points over
Echard Weiss of Germany who was
second at 4609. Two other Amer
leans were expected to better theil
standing in the four optionals to-
morrow. Albert Root of Miam
was in fourth place with 44.0t
points and Frank Kurtz of Los
Angeles was in sixth place WITH
ALL.
Johnny Higgins of Providence
Continued on Page 3, Col. .
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
HOT FIGHTING
BREAKS OUT
OVER SPAIN
Rebels, Loyalists in
Bitter Struggle to
Death
1896 by United Press

Copyright 1895 by United fress
MADRID, Aug. Ia. CUP)
Rebels and loyalists, their
hatred whipped to white hot
pitch, fought savagely for
supremacy and life in every quarter
of the country today, while an Am
erican government warned its 1872
citizens to leave Madrid at once or
remain on their own responsibility.
The rebellion had become a civil
war in which the humanizing code
of normal welfare was forgotten.
Around Malaga in the far south,
before San Sebastian in the far
north, in the Estremadura country
on the Portuguese frontier; in cara
goza province in the northeast, in
Teruel province on the east coast, at
Oviedo in the northwest, battles of
Importance were progressing.
In provinces all over the country
minor fighting, in which the killed
numbered perhaps a few score, was
in progress.
The American warning authorized
Continued on Page 3, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
DEER SEASON
TO BE OPENED
NEXT SUNDAY

Good hunting is promised Inn
perial Valley sportsmen when
deer season opens in southern
sections of the state August Is.
Deer are declared to be plenti-
full and well scattered through
sections where hunting is per-
mitted for one month. Suffi-
.cient water and feed are avail
able for the animals. Experts
agree that they are i'm unusually
good condition.
Hunters are warned to be ad-
vised of the game laws and be
certain they are in territory
where hunting is permitted since
the open sections do not include
all the southern part of the state.
The season in the southern
district closes September Is. Mid
die sections of the state had a
season opening date August l,
while the extreme northern sec
tiOns remain closed to deer hunt
ing until September l.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
RESCUERS REACH
BODIES OF FOUR
KILLED III MINE

and William Burns, 48, Mountain
Sheppard 80, wellington, Colo,
and William Burns 48, Mountain
City. Identification of the other
two had not been established.
The other dead listed by company
officials were:
Frank Teixera, ID, Mountain City.
Nsy.
Albert Atel, al, Mountain City.
June Barr, as, Mammoth, Ore.
Lawrence Willis 80, Emmett, Ida
no.
The six dead men were victims Of
carbon monoxide gas poisoning,
officials said. How the gas got into
the mine could not be determined
Immediately. Five of the victims
died trying to rescue the sixth, who
was overcome while inspecting the
pump 500 feet down.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14

GRUENAU, Germany, Aug. ID.
U.P)-The University of Washing
TONS mighty crew won the eight
cared feature final of the Olympic
regatta today, giving the United
States its fifth straight victory In
this blue-ribbon event of inter-
national rowing.
Italy finished second. Germany
was third.
Lifting their cedar Husky Clip
per- over Der Lange See with
mighty strokes of their white-tip-
ped oars, the Washington oarsmen
covered the 1000 meters in 6 min
utes, 25.4 seconds.
The Washington crew came from
behind to win this classic after
one OF the most thrilling battles
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
INQUEST TO BE
HELD IN BLUNT
TRAFFIC DEATH

San Diego officials were sched-
uled to hold an inquest in Jacumba
at 2 o'clock today relative to the
death of Frank Leroy Blunt, 20
year-old tractor operator of Ell Cen
tro. in an automobile accident at
the Jacumba bridge last Sunday
afternoon.
Delbert Williams, El Centro serv-
ice station operator who was the
driver of the death car, was one OF
the persons summoned from this
county
A. T. Bump, California Highway
patrolman of Imperial county, was
summoned TO appear at the Inquest
because he was near the scene
when the accident occurred ano
conducted an investigation prior to
the arrival of San Diego officers.
The car, impaled on bridge pill
ing, dangled over chaSm In q
manner which made rescue of the
men exceptionally difficult, officers
said. Williams was taken from the
car first but rescuers were unable
to extricate Blunt until later.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14

Britain was pressing Germany at
this point, followed by Italy anG
Hungary, and with the United
States swinging along in last place
At the 1000 meters Italy had
wrested the lead from the Swiss
and was rocking along only a half
length ahead of Washington, which
still was in fifth place.
Although the Huskies were the
youngest and lightest crew in the
race, they started demonstrating
their rythmic power and stamina
when the 1900 meter mark was
reached and they moved into
second place.
Italy was still leading at the
1900 meters, and the Washington
shell dropped back into thiro
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
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American
g. a pfure q
HAMILTON SEES
LANDON GAINS

Los ANGELES, Aug. Ia. U.P)
John ID. NJ. Hamilton, step
ping from an airplane at Union
Air Terminal today, said that
Gcy. Alf M. LandOn "reeds on
ly to pick up 80 or 40 electoral
votes west of the Mississippi =
i'm order to assure his election.
MANY states which 1 thought
were doubtful I now think are
definitely Republican.
"The reason for the ground
swell to LandOn and Knox is
the New Deals abandonment of
the constitution and betrayal
of the Democratic party"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
SETTLERS FLEE
AS FIRES SWEEP
THRU WOODLAND

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug IA up
Settlers near Warroad. Mimi. close
to the Canadian border. were
warned today to flee for their livea
as roaring fires broke out in new
section of timberland.
The fire cut a path seven miles
long near the boundary. Ranehers
said it was "crowning" rapidly. ex-
planning that 1t raced through the
tops of the giant pines on the
Canadian side there were few fire
fighters and inadequate equipment
All settlers north OF Warroad %
the border we're asked to move out.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
DRIVER KILLED
AS CAR UPSETS

WICKENBURG, Ariz.. Aug IA
U.P)-George D. Hughey, about AZ
of Miami, was injured fatally last
night when his automobile failee
to make a curve on the highway
east of here and overturned.
Hughey was thrown clear of the
car, which caught fire, and was
brought here by a passing motor
ist. He died an hour later with
out ragaining consciousness.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14

in Olympic rowing history The
Huskies appeared to have about
quarter-length advantage over
Italy as they crossed the finish
line at the end of the 1000 meter
grind
This was Americas lone victory
in the seven events OF today'S
regatta that saw Germany make
an unprecedented sweep of five
first places. The sixth event, the
double sculls, was won by Great
Britain.
The half-dozen slendsr shells
surged away from the starting
line well together, but Germany's
white-shirted oarsmen moved into
slight lead at 100-meters.
The yellow cyprus shell of Great
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14

MOUNTAIN CITY, New, Aug
ID. U.P)-Bodies of four of the six
miners killed by poison gas in the
Mountain City Copper company
mine were recovered today by res
cue workers.
Removal of the other two bodies
was expected shortly, mine officials
said. Two of the bodiessbrought to
the surface were identified as John
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
U. S. Oarsmen Win with Desperate Finish

momentarily, then started the for
ward surge that won.
Great Britain finished fourth,
Hungary fifth and Switzerland
last.
The times we're unexpectedly
slow, being considerably behind
the New olympic time of 6:0O6
which the Huskies established Wed
nesday in winning their semi-final
heat.
As the Washington shell crossed
the finish line, Donald Hume, the
stroke, collapsed forward into the
arms of little Bob Moch, the Phi
Beta Coxswain. Gordon Adam, Nc.
3, also collapsed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
MAJOR LEAGUE
ES-|

NATIONAL
Roston ....... 900 10 600 10 !
Lannlng. Weir. Smith e. Lopez;
Frankh ouse & Phelps.
Philadelphia 200 900 600 Q J
New York 200 101 10x-3
Passeau, Johnson 81 Atwood; Cas-
tIeman & Mancuso.
Chicago ........ .O3Z VI
Cincinnati ..... .001 IL
c. Davis. Henshaw. French
O'Dea; II. Davis, Derringer & LON.
. bardi. -
Cleveland 49,. l03
st Louis ,.....,.... .O1O
Hildebrand & Becker; Hogsett
Hemsley. =
Philadelphia . .030 1873 00x--10-17
Ruffing, Murphy. Brown. Wicker
& Glenn; Ros, Fink & Hayes. =
Washington . 900 600 000-0 2
Boston ......s.420 210 90 . II G
Appleton, Weaver & Miles: Grove
a. II. Ferrell.
Detroit at Chicago postponed wet
grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
Restricted Hunting
Season Suggested

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Ia. W.P)-
The state fish and game commits
sion today recommended to the u.
S. biological survey that the duck
hunting season in California open
oct. Is and continue through Dec
Is. II was recommended further
that shooting be permitted only on
Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sun
DAYS.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
British Lady Sends
Note to Any Cowboy

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug
IA. UP) - Gov. Henry H. Blood
sought a cowboy today, any COW
boy, to give letter from a middle
aged maiden lady to Purley Hill
England. The governor would not
give the ladys name, but said he
had a sealed letter from her for
any young" cowboy he may meet.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14

the constitution.
"If you don't believe the utili-
ties run the government of the
United States. said young Holt,
a gesticulating, emphatic and
skillful speaker, then check the
members OF congress who have
been or are on the payroll of the
utilities of the United States OF
America"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
Roosevelt Arrives
To Inspect Projects

CLEVELAND, Aug. Ia. WP =
President Roosevelt arrived in
Cleveland aboard his special train
today, to inspect two WPA projects
and visit the Great Lakes exposi-
ton celebrating the hundredth an
niversary of the city's incorporation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
Man Steals Police
Auto, Ends in Jail

LONG BEACH, Aug. IA. W,P)-
That urge to drive police car and
blow the siren landed Albert Lee
Garnett in Jail for alleged auto
theft after he Communicated an
empty patrol car and drove some
20 miles before getting stuck in
the sand.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
Chicago Schoolboy Sets
World Record in Olympic
I8-Year-Old American Wins 100 Meter
Backstroke to Boost Team Standing;
Uncle Sans Diuers Again Dominate

OLYMPIC SWIMMING STADIUM, BERLIN, Aug. IA.
lUP)-Wiry Adolf Kiefer 18year-od Chicago schoolboy
born in Germany today set world record in winning
meters backsroke final to give the United States
swimming team big lift in reganing the Olympic swim
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
FELT
FOR LIVES
OF GROUP
Spanish Loyalists Hold Men Prisoner at
Mines as Nations Negotiate to Effect
Release in Spanish Civil War

LONDON. Aug. ID. (UP)-Armed oyalists are hold
ing 81 Brons and American at the Rio Tino mines
in Hueva advces received here today said The Amer
lean is J. O. Amber, from San Antonio, Texas.
H NJ S. Brazen in a wireless message to the admiralty
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14

admitting him, despite Kinne's
frantic flashing of press cards. Fin
ally the gatekeeper let him through,
with the warning:
Next time, young feller, you get
Kinne to write you out pass
In This Modern Age
It used to be that, when a person
hadn't ever travelled by railroad, he
or she hadn't travelled at all. Auto
mobiles changed all that. Delma
Denny, Holtville, going to Mexico
City with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Clarence Parker Denny, boarded
train for the first time Thursday
night. Her sendoff was accompan'
led by the usual advice anent train
sickness, etc, etc. RR envieS her
that first thrill, at that.
Best wishes to Mr.. and Mrs. I. M.
Sharp on their 10th wedding ami
versary.
For Auld Lang Syne-
Mrs. Myrtle Ewing, who had
reached SkagWay, Alaska, on her
vacation trek, stopped with some
friends in soft drink stand, not
being able to get away from business
even on a vacation. Absently, she
ordered drink before looking up at
the woman who tok her order. The
light of recognition flashed into her
eyes. 1t was confirmed by inquiries.
The woman at the soft drink stand,
met by chance on an Alaskan vaca-
ton. was a girlhood friend of Mrs.
Ewing in st. Joseph, Mo.
A Friendly Feud-
President Mike DoWd of the Ell
Centro Rotary club, who Is general
superintendent of the Imperial lrrl-
CATION District, gave paciflcaly
minded Rotarians a few uneasy
moments the other day when he OBJ
jected right out in meeting to all
the publicity given recently to Ro-
tartan r. p. Moore, who is vice-preS-
ident of the Southern SieEraS Power
company. 1t went on until a seat
full of needles might have seemed
comfortable to some of the non.
partisan members, then exploded
into a huge sigh of relief when Mike
climaxed his talk by objecting spe-
officially to all these billboards
newspaper ads and other signs ad'
vertising rpm"
You Figure II Out
To DR.. l.. A. Bowman, who sends
RR the old tabulation beginning
with 365 days in a year, subtractine
l22 days for sleep, then 122 days for
rest, then Sundays, etc, etc, until
the final result proves that you
work just one day in the year $50
why loaf?) RR has another poser
to ask. Puzzling about it has worn
this column out. The subtraction
tabulation'' allows only two weeks
for vacation, yet leaves only one
day for work RR, now, is going to
take a months vacation. Is he go
ing to owe 30 days to next year, or
Whato
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14

Such Is Fame
When Burdette Kline, PoSt-PreSs
sports editor, presented himself at
the midget race track Thursday
night prepared to cover the races
he usually has someone else doing
1.-THE gatekeeper hesitated about
admitting him, despite Kinne's
frantic flashing of press cards. Fin
ally the gatekeeper let him through,
with the warning:
Next time, young feller, you get
kinne to write you out a pass"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-14
MARKETS AN BRIEE

butteri Los Angeles 37Rcy butter
fat. Imperial Valley Fob, ranch,
trade a, 15e; manufacturing milk,
4O1ac, route gathered cream, 371ac.
l.. A. Hny--U. :. No. extra leafy,
$1,000, u. s. No. 1. S15.5O-f0I
u. 5. No. = leafy, Sf5.OO-15.50; u. 8.
No. =, S1a.OO-14.5O; Minneapolis
flax 2OO-2I5.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Wicker Furniture Painting.

If you're applying paint to wicker
furniture with brush, be careful not
to let the paint settle in the wicker
crevices where it will be thick and
cannot dry properly.