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Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
State May
Enter Oil
Blu usiness S
Merriam DisclOses Plan
To Erase State
Deficit

LONG BEACH, Nov. 2S.
(UP)-Plans to make the
state an active oil producer,
tapping "black gold" from
state-owned tidelands, were
disclosed here today by Gov. Frank
F. Merriam, outlining the program
he will submit to the legislature.
Pledging himself to mo tax in
crease" budget, the governor said
he will ask the legislature to en-
power the state to sink its own
oil wells on tidelands and use the
revenue to erase the state deficit.
Merriam was guided by voters who
rejected recently a proposition to
lease the tidelands to private COM
panies in exchange for IA per cent
return on all oil drained
Il expect to recommend to the
legislature that the state do its
own drilling in connection with
development of tideland oil de-
poSits," the governor sair. THE
state is entitled to the revenue from
its own land and I shall propose to
the legislature that we proceed to
drill our own wells.
Substantial oil revenue would be
a meterial assistance in wiping out
the existing state deficit"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
SIX KILLED IN ARMY
REVOLT IN ECUADOR
Group Opposes Govt of
Dictator FREDERICK
PaeZ

QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 2S.
(UP)-Rifle and artillery
fire filled the streets of
Quito today, when part of
the army, supported by some
policemen and Communistic ele-
ments, revolted against the govern
ment of Dictator Fredrico Paez.
Six officers of the Calderon bat
terry principal military unit in the
uprising, were killed in the fighting.
The battery wheeled light artillery
pieces into position and fortified
itself in Teatro Sucre square Arms
were distributed among civilians
who volunteered to support the at
tempt to overthrow the dictator.
The rebels seized the telephone
system and repeatedly imprisoned
Interior Minister Auerelio Bayas and
the chief of the bureau of investi-
cation of the police department.
Dictator Paez remained in the
presidential palace where he issued
orders to crush the revolt. Defense
Minister Col Alberto Enriquez and
the commander of the Quito mill
tary zone took steps to throw thei1
forces into battle against the rebels
The dictator was surrounded at the
presidency by several army officers
The movement appeared to be
confined to Quito. The rest of the
country was reported quiet.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
PWA SEWING
PROJECTS WILL
CLOSE NOV. 30

All Works Progress administra-
tion sewing projects in Imperial
county will be closed November 30.
in compliance with orders received
Saturday from the district WPA
office in San Bernardino. This
project reduction resulted in the
administrative staff being cut to
four persons.
Most of the SO women now en-
ployed on the three sewing projects
will be referred to the State Relief
administration, said j. Kenneth
Hickox, WPA head in this county.
During recent weeks only three
sewing projects were active, Ell Cen
tro, Brawley and Calipatria.
The WPA will have only IS men
and women working on five active
projects after December 1.
Electric sewing machines number
121 and all unused yardage were
taken to the San Bernardino office
Saturday. There are but few gar
ments made at the projects which
remain to be distributed.
A year ago seven sewing projects
in Imperial county employed TOO
women and the administrative staff
numbered Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
SHOWDOWN
EXPECTED IN
CELERY ROW

SACRAMENTO, Nov. %.
(UP) : A showdown between
striking celery workers in
the Isleton area and Sheriff
Don Cox was expected to-
day after Cox announced he would
enforce Sacramento county'S anti
picketing ordinance.
In the face of the sheriff's warm
ing that pickets must get off the
highway and that he wanted no
monkey business" strike leaders
called 200 pickets for duty at the
Southern Pacific packing sheds at
ISleton.
Later, informed of the picket
call, Sheriff Cox promised whole
sale. arrests if the men are found
on the highway.
The sheriff charged that most of
the pickets in the ISleton area
are not celery workers, but mem
bers of the LILA. from Stockton
"who have nothing else to do"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
ROY RAMSEIER
GIVES TALK TO
FARM CENTER

Roy E. Ramseier, deputy county
health officer, discussed rural water
supplies and sanitation for the
members of McCabe Eucalyptus
farm center Friday night at the
meeting in the McCabe school.
The speaker outlined methods by
which rural dwellers may be assured
II a sanitary water supply.
y j. E. Harshman, farm bureau
president, talked on the state
and national conventions in Pasa-
dena Dec. Til, his remarks being
supplemented by Mrs. Alex McRae.
Mrs. McRae, as home department
chairman, introduced Mrs. Richard
Moore and Mrs. Earl V. G. Northrop
who told of recent home depart
ment activities.
Richard Moore, alternate, presid-
ed in the absence of o. j. Brad
shaw, director.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29

of hunters, also from Presencia, we're
packing up to leave for their homes
after hunting at the Gun Club north
of Westmorland, Poe accosted them.
He accused the men of stealing
some hides that belonged to him,
but the hunters assured the rancher
they knew nothing of his hides.
While the group was still arguing
with Poe he turned suddenly on
Johnson and fired one shot into
his chest from the left barrel of the
shot gun. Poe was less than six
feet from johnson when he fired
the shot. johnson died instantly.
The other members of the hunt
ing party, whose names the sher-
ifs office would not disclose, over
powered Poe, tied him and contact
ed the Westmorland police. Miller,
Westmorland traffic officer, tele-
phoned the sheriff's office and dep
uty coroner Frank Raney was sent
to investigate the shooting.
Poe was arrested and booked for
investigation at the county Jail
pending the outcome of the inquest
| which will be held at the Hopes
funeral parlors in Brawley at 1C
o'clock this morning.
Poe is pioneer of the valley
having resided in the Westmorland
region more than 20 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29

which has given the country the
most powerful military machine
in the world.
He gave the percentages Of in
crease from January l, 1888 to
January l, 1896, as: Submarines,
715 per cent; other warshipS, 300
per cent; naval aviation, $40 per
cent; naval bases, 100 per cent;
coast defense, l55 per cent.
"We are building a big navy
in all classes of ships so that the
sea beasts will lose their desire
to attack our shores" Orlov said.
"We can expect Germany in
the near future to have nine bat
tleships, 100 mine layers, hundreds
of submarines, hundreds of other
war craft.
Japan has $4,000 tons.
"In face of all these menaces
Russia cannot leave her coasts un-
defended, as coasts comprise three
fourths of our frontier line.
The speech was made as Rus
sian japanese relations became
more dangerous, because of a bor-
der raid on the far eastern from
tier between Siberia and Manchu-
kuo.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
Duel Saga of Budapest
Don Quixote Brought to
Inglorious End by Cops

BUDAPEST, Nov. %. W.D
Police brought the duel
ing saga of DR.. Franz Sar-
gas to an inglorious end to-
day, saying "this nonsense
has to stop"
AS mad as hops, the 30-year-
old Don Quixote was more con-
cerned with missing the three
saber duels he had scheduled for
this afternoon with critics who had
called him "a fortunate hunter
than he was with his finances,
which, to put it mildly, were badly
strained.
Mrs. Sargas, the 20-year- deb
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29

military leaders contended that this
advance together with the stem
ming of the rebel attack on Madrid
itself, greatly improved the strategic
position of its armies
On the Madrid front. after 81
days of fighting the insurgents have
been unable to advance beyond the
Casa de Campo and University City,
where attacking Wednesday thrust
their way into the loyalists lines at
the city's edge Government staff
officers felt that General Francisco
frances rebels occupying these two
positions were in a precariouS sit
uation
Loyalist militia and government
artillery succeeded in surrounding
the Casa de Campo and University
City positions of the nationalist
on three sides, and hope was eX-
pressed that the Casa Gle Campo
positions might be surrounded en-
tirely.
Furthermore, Frances lines of
communication TO the north and
Continued on Page g. Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
DELEGATES TO
GATHER FOR
LEGION MEET

One hundred delegates from five
southern California counties will
meet in Brawley Sunday afternoon
and night for the quarterly confer
ence of the American Legion Fifth
Area, Joe Gabard, Brawley post
commander, announced Saturday.
Gabard especially invited mem
bers of The Ell Centre post TO at
tend the meeting.
The Fifth Area business session
will begin at pm. Sunday in the
Brawley Veterans Memorial hall.
Counties represented in the Fifth
Area are Imperial, Riverside, San
Diego, Orange and San Bernardino.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
THREE INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH
NEAR JACUMBA

Three men suffered serious in
jury IN an automobile accident
nine miles west of Jacumba Fri
day night, it was reported in Ell
Centre by stage drivers. All re-
ceived head injuries.
The injured were Andrew Vor-
nedove, Harold Edward Beather
and T. Cast, former sailors living
in the Pine Valley vicinity. A
coupe driven by Clarence Burrel,
who was uninjured, crashed into
lumber laden truck.
Beather was said to have been
taken to Jacumba for first aid
but his companions were left
bleeding on the highway for hours
before an ambulance arrived to
take them to a hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29

realignment question and their in
sistence on program of roads
which will be of benefit to farmers.
Roads took up the greatest part of
the afternoon, the first report of
the road committee being rejected
and the committee instructed to pre-
pare second report which, with
minor changes, was accepted.
This road program presented in
the following resolution, is the farm
bureaus road program. Whereas
the Imperial County Farm Bureau
has considered recommendations for
ALLEGATION of monies for the i'm
provement of the state road sys-
TENS in Imperial county, and as we
have no way to determine definitely
the exact amounts necessary to
bring the various roads to uniform
servicability, and realizing the ur-
gent necessity of improving and ex-
tending the secondary system, we
recommend as follows:
81. That all possible funds be
apportioned to the secondary rather
than the primary system.
'2. That all funds spent on sec
ondary highways be allocated to
territory within the irrigated por-
ton thereof with the single eXcep-
ton of that necessary outlet from
inland to Riverside county line
known as the North Shore road.
"3. We further urge the inclu-
sion OH parity with other second
ary roads of the certain road known
as the Bonds Corner -Holtville road
Continued on Page g.; Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
GRIDTROPHIES
STOLEN FROM
CENTRAL HIGH

Two footballs, painted and dec
Grated as trophies, were taken from
the trophy case at Central Union
high school Friday night by un-
identified burglars.
Entrance to the building was
gained by breaking through a rear
door in the basement. The glass on
the back of the trophy vase was
smashed. Nothing else was missed.
The footballs memorialized cham
pionship games in the past.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29

utante who threw family approval
to the winds last January to elope
with the penniless writer, an
nounced she had been disinherited
by her multi-millionaire grand
father, Bella Schober, Hungary's
leading banker.
The sudden announcement of
his marathon dueling tournament
left Sargas without means OF sat-
isfaction against the 100 or more
enemies who insulted his honor
by criticising his marriage to Bu-
dapest's most popular belle.
1t also left him penniless, with
out a job, threatened with dispos-
session, and expecting to become
father within the month.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
President of Legion
Auxiliary in Valley

Ruth Mathabat of Alameda, de-
partment president of the American
Legion Auxiliary. arrived in Ell
Centre Saturday to be the guests
of the valley units, being en- route
to her home from a conference at
the national headquarters.
Mrs. Mathabat was to be taken
on a tour of the valley during the
day and was to be guest of honor
at banquet Saturday night at 7
O'Clock in the California hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
Farm Bureau Heads
Meet i'm Court House

Adoption of an agricultural pro-
gram for Imperial Valley which
the county's representatives in the
state legislature will be asked to
Import was being considered Sat-
I1rday afternoon by the farm bu-
reau directors who we're in session
at the court house office.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
LAST MINUTE
FLASH ES I.
LABOR PEACE
EFFORTS AT STANDSTILL

TAMPA, Fla. Nov. 2S. tUP)--
The American Federation Of Labor
executive council tonight threat
cned deadlock i'm peace neg0ti-
atiOns with the John L. Lewis
G. l. o. unions by indicating that
ii would refuse TO lift suspension
of the insurgent groups as a pre-
liminary to settlement.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29

struction and stresSing cheaper
white-collar projects as skilled
workers are called to private in
dustry.
2. Tapering off Administrator
Harold l.. Ickes' Public Works ad-
ministration grants and loan to pol
itical subdivisions for non-federal
building: possibly using PWA to
finance regular government activ-
Continued on Page 6; Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29

informed authoritatively today.
The new policy, made possible
because officials predict relief rolls
this winter will be % per cent be-
low the depression peak three years
ago, features these changes:
/. Revamping the Works Prog
ress administration under Admins
traitor Harry l.. Hopkins to care for
reduced need; cutting down admin
istrative costs; curtailing WPA con-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
PASADENA BRIDGE
CLAIMS NO. III

PASADENA, Nov. 28. W.R)--
Pasadena's notorious ',uicide"
bridge attracted its Slst victim
tonight.
Lloyd Otis Dutro. 81, of Glen
dale, leaped from the lofty span
into the Arroyo Seco, where his
body was found by passing motor
lists. Dutro leaves mis- wife and
child. No motive was learned.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
SOVIET BARES HUGE
NAVAL INCREASE AS
WAR CRISIS LOOMS

MOSCOW Nov. %. (UP)-V R. Orlov, commander
in chief of the disclosed to the all union congress
of Soviets today gigantic increase in Russian naval
strength Orov outlined by percentages the tremendous
Jump in the Russian navy, matching that of the army
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
Administration Will
Slash Government Relief
Costs by Twenty Percent

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UP)-The administration
plans reduce federal relief spending at least 20 per
cent year by shifting its public work program from
emergency basis to less costly means of fulfilling
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
Theft Charge Ends
In Death of Man
Near WestnnOrland
Northend Rancher Fires IL Guage Shot Gun Into
Visiting Huntsman After Argument
Over Theft of Hides

Jack Poe who resides 10 miles northwest of West
morand Saturday night shot and killed George Johnson,
So of Presencia with IL guage, double barreed shot
gun as johnson was preparing leave Poes property
after week end of hunting As Johnson and group
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
Directors Insist
On Road Plan to
Benefit Farmers
Bureau Reaffirms Stand on Mountain Springs Grade
Realignment; State Farm-tO- Market Committee
Recommended by C. o. HOober

Adopting agricultural program which the state
legislators from this county will be asked to support and
which centers chiefly the farmtomarket road and the
agricultural conservation program farm bureau directors
Saturday reaffrmed their position on the Mt Springs
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
LoyaIist Forces Gain
Ground as Factions i'm
Hand-to-HandS Struggle
Stemming Nationalist Attack Improves Strategic
Position of Government Armies; Battle is
BIOOdiest of Revolution

MADRID Nov. %. (UP)-The loyalist command
asserted tonight that in hand-tohand fighting it's
forces besegng the rebel garrison Oviedo had the
last line of communication between that north city
and other held by the nationasts The
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
49,
~ AMBLING
NEPORTER
Says
Just Too Much

Just Too Much
It's adding insult to injury,
what Louis McManus has done
over at the Office Supply compa-
ny. Here it is with the weather
so cold early in the a, m. that
one almost wishes for the grand
old days of summer again-when
it's so hot you can't sleep nights,
remember?-and Louis goes and
spreads his Christmas decorations
about SO convincingly that you
know you're in blizzard the min
ute you step inside the door. RR
even wished for the overshoeS as
sociated with the 12-foot deep
Nevada snow drifts.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
In The DOghOuse-

: In The DOghOuse-
Don Dovey isn't faring so well
Iaround home these days. His wife
had been pressing him to buy a
new axe SO she could chop kin
ding TO keep the mouse warm
a new axe that would not send
splinters flying through the air
in her direction. Don finally sue
cumbed, buying the axe. Some
friends saw it before the wife did.
When Mrs. Dovey was appraised
of its presence, the handle was
painted green, the blade red, and
all was done up in a neat, pretty
gift package, with a note reading
ITO my darling wife-from DON"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
Why Not Sue Them

Trouble follows Frank Johnson.
Back in town only three days, he
got into bed the other night, only
to leap out in something approach
ing frenzy, not to mention rec
ord time. He found 18 reaches
between the sheets. Foul play some
where, it seems.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
A Change OF Heart

Sorry boys. Can't play golf to-
morrow I'm over-golfed and !
need a rest"
So said Don Rex Thursday. (He'd
just finished a terrible" round
slipping to a 49,
Friday on the 18th green there
was trace of guilt on Don's face.
"Bit of cool weather-thats all
my game needed" No need to ask
Don how he Jared. Mel Ferguson
Wayne Elvander and Curley Veasey
reaching for their pockctbooks was
enough.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29
They Walk Home

AT least. the Campfire girls
planned to walk home, but you
know the old saying about the
plans of mice and men-and girls,
too. The girls feet got SO sore on
their hike out of Ell Centre that
they had to hitch-hike home.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-29

Nnu InIS IS NEWS
Mark M. Connolly deserves a
|niche in the hall of fame, but
probably will be blacklisted by
any number of husbands, who
will get awfully tired of hearing
how thoughtful Mr.. Connolly is
''he remembers such things!" Why?
Well, Mark not only remembered
his twelfth wedding anniversary
but surprised his wife with big
dinner party on the occasion. The
mans a genius.
The Washington times., 1936-08-07
Attention, BurIeiths!

Teddy Hughes, Gallaudet Col
lege athletic director, is away on
vacation. Walter Young, Ameri-
can U. athletic director and coach,
returned to town recently, but
leaves soon for a short visit to his
Ohio home before SummOning the
Eagle gridders for their first prac-
tice, September 8. doc" White
had planned to attend yesterdays
scheduled Griffs-A's game, if the
rain hadn't interfere d. and
Harry Woodward cruelty remarked
the rain spared the Griffmen an
other defeat. .Al ROthenberg, alb
sent from town for several years,
came back to discover that WreSt-
The Washington times., 1936-08-07
Clark Breaks 2Marks
In Decathlon EUent

} entrant, tied with Armin Guehl,
of Switzerland, and Jarvinen, OF
Finland, for fourth place.
The 400-meter Semifinals got
under way with Robert H. Small
wood, a leading American con-
tender, in the hospital following
an appendicitis operation. AS
expected, Archie Williams and
Jimmie Lu Vale, the fleet col
ored pair from California, won
their respective heats.
Roberts, of England. finished
second to Williams. and Loaring,
of Canada, third.
Williams time was 47.2, the
fastest 400 meters of the day.
Roberts 48.0 and Loaring's 48.1.
Running in the lane next to
the outside. Williams had the
race in hand from the start,
leading by four yards in the
backstretch, eight upon entering
the stretch and five as he crossed
the finish line after pulling up.
Smallwood was operated upon
two hours after the decision def
initely eliminated him from the
4O0-meter final later today, in
which he had been expected to
place.
GrOanS Heard
Coach Lawson Robertson said
two hard heats run by Smallwood
yesterday brought on recurrence
of the appendix. trouble. Early
this morning, Fred Pollard, the
hurdler, heard Smallwood groan-
ing in their Olympic Village
quarters and discovered the cham
pion'S plight.
Smallwood was taken to the
operating room of a west end hos.
pital at ITO p. m. DR.. Neupert,
director of the hospital, per-
formed the operation, with DR..
Walsh assisting.
Smallwood was in the operat-
ing room an hour.
Two other Americans also were
sent to the hospital. One was
Ray Clemons, of Duke, Okla,
likht-heavyweight, suffering from
a heavy cold and running tem-
perature of 104.
The second was Lieutenant Star
bird, who finished seventh in the
pentathlon yesterday, suffering
from an injuy to his left foot.
Altogether, % athletes OF all
countries are in the hospital from
colds and overindulgence at the
table.
The United States was shut out
of the 5,0O0-meter race today when
Hoeckert, upholding Finnish Su-
premacy in distance runs, finished
first with Lethinen of Finland, sec
ond, and Murakoso of Japan, third.
The one-two Finnish wind-up was
not unexpected, but Don Lash, the
Auburn, Ind, sensation, proved q
disappointment to American fans,
as he did in the 10000 meters on
Sunday by failing to place.
The Washington times., 1936-08-07
Love Gets Trial
Sport Worlds
Passing Show

Latest Olympic results re-
vealed Americans brilliant in
dasheS, but without champions
in distance events. Jack Love
lock set new record in $500
metres race, beating Glenn
Cunningham, who also bettered
old mark. United States team
boosted lead in point score by
winning PentathlOn honor for
first time.
Philadelphia Jack OBrien,
veteran light heavyweight,
spared with Joe Louis and
managed to land few rights to
bOmber'S chin. Jack Sharkey,
Louis opponent in August 1S
battle, showed good form in
workouts at Orangeburgh IN.
r. camp.
The Washington times., 1936-08-07
CONTINUED from Page u

(COntlnued from rage /
brought the United States into
the first heat against South AT
rica, Japan, Italy, Finland and
Australia.
England drew the second heat
against Holland, Hungary, Argen-
tina, France and China. In the
third heat Germany will compete
with Canada, Switzerland, Sweden,
Greece and Czechoslovakia.
A new American, world and
Olympic record-smaSher emerged
today as Robert Clark, of the San
Francisco Olympic Club, shattered
two world marks in the decathlon
event within a few minutes.
First. Clark broke the Olympic
and listed world records for the
decathlon 1O9meter dash. win
ming his heat in the startling
time of 10.9 seconds, and taking
the lead with 872 points.
Then, almost before his rivals
had a chance to get their
breath. Clark broke the world
and Olympic records in the de
cathlon broad jump on his first
try with a leap of Is feet. He
fouled his second try, and failed
to better his first mark on the
third try.
World Mark Easy
The listed world record was Ill
seconds, established by Siebert,
of Germany, and the Olympic
record was lit seconds, set by
Bausch for the 100-meter dash.
Clark, who ran in the opening
heat of the second group, won
by eight yards.
The United States defeated Den.
mark 81 in the first round OF
the olympic team fencing com,
petition.
Glenn Morris, of Denver, Colo,
an automobile salesman and pres
ent holder of the decathlon world
record in points, won his heat in
the dash in Ill seconds, also
breaking the Olympic record and
taking a total of 814 points for
second place.
Jack Parker, third United States