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Evening star., 1936-02-09

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also folding chairs. United States Stor-
age Co. AIS 10th st. NV. Met. ls43.
IRONING MACHINES "6-in. to SO-in. roll.
several makes: $50 so up. Proctor e.
Ridgely. 1924 14th st. NV. Col. 10000.
LADY'S 3-CARAT DIAMOND RING; per-
feet. Will sacrifice. Address Box 2-R,
Star ONCE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-03

What could be more fascinating to top your
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A sport felt in bright shades or pastels-a new
"Bowler"-a new Oxford Homburg or Sailor!
And you'll also find sharkskins, pedalines and
rough straws with VIOLETTE and DRESSY
TRIMS-and plenty of NAVY or GREY in
grand selection of shapes. Sizes %, % and "a
inch.
The Hecht CO.-BaSement Store
Evening star., 1936-05-10

VOUR Chevrolet dealer knows that pleased buyers will
buy again. and he takes all possible steps make certain that
will be pleased with the used you buy from him.
He his carefully he conditions the bodies and the chassis
he satisfies himself that they AL condition. he prices them
the lowest figure.
And thn these selected places this OK tag
the buyerprotecon the whole used businesoered
only by Chevrolet dealers.
You Chevrolet dealer lasting friendship And
he'll win if you'll his wide popular
makes and models Because you'll get rstcass ow prices
TERMS thoroughly
satisfied with your purchase. Better see him today!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-28
STROM LEARNS REDS DEMAND
FOR FOREIGN COIN IN RUSSIA

Arte Strom is q Danish poul-
try expert Uho had lived in
Canada and the United States.
He tDGs engaged By the Soviet
government to help Improve its
State farms. Accompanied by
his tutte and child, Mr.. Strom
tDent to Souiet Russia in1bued
Nth a deep sympathy for the
Communist experiment. He
spent q year oft the beaten
track. He returned to Denmark
utterly diSilluSioned.
With the pitidble cry OF the
tortured millions, "Uncle, Glue
Us Bread" as the title, Mr..
Stron has published the record
of his experiences. 1t is SuttuSed
tDith a profound lone for the
helpless Russian people ground
dot0n by a mercileSS dictatorship.
The following Is the second
inStGllmert of Mr.. Strom'S mar
r1tipe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-28
BY ARNE STROM

Copyright. 1888, by American News
papers, Inc. All Rights Reserved0
The office of my chief was
some way off and a taxi was not
to be found. The trans were
filled in the truest meaning of
the word, for people were not
only pressed together inside, but
they hung in punches on the
steps and on the buffers and at
each stop crowds Of people were
waiting. It had to be q long
and firing walk.
Although our smart guide was
very charming and polite he i'm
pressed us as being very un-
friendly and untrustworthy.
well, 1 suppose we'd better
try to find you a ROOM" he
drawIed lazily, while lighting
cigarette. snow listen, if you
were ready to pay for it in for
eign money, it would be quite
an easy matter; and 1 presume
you've got no objection to do
ing that"
I answered at once that I
had got no foreign money to
waste on hotel rooms. We were
in Russia now, and, as far as I
understood, the Russian coinage
was roubleS and kopeks. Anyhow
] was to be paid in that kind
Of money.
MATTERS COMPLICATED
"Of course, of course" re-
piled our friend, I'VE can quite
easily get you a room for
rOubleS, only it complicates the
whole question very much"
This did not interest me at
all, as least so I said. I only
asked him to find us room as
quickly as possible.
Don't you want to have a
look at Moscow" he asked in
an ingratiating voice. ct would
cost a small sum in foreign
money"
I was getting angry at all this
talk about foreign currency and
asked him to what part of the
country we were going. He
thought we had better leave that
question alone for the time being,
and begin by finding a room
in a hotel.
A Buick could be put at our
disposal at SIS a day. Evidently
I had not expressed yself
clearly enough. No, I snarled
Grossly, wondering at the same
time whether it were wise to use
that tone towards this high Boil
shevik. We had no foreign money,
and we had no wish to rush
about the streets of Moscow in
a car oftener than was strictly
necessary; for so we should see
nothing that was worth seeing.
Would he please arrange for
our departure from Moscow as
soon as possible? It had already
cost us a tidy sum in foreign
money to reach the Soviet Union,
and none of those who had en-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-28

gagged me had told me that the
rouble was practically worthless.
Again 1 realized with surprise
that anger seems the best means
of getting anything done in
Russia.
He asked me whether I had
any special wish as to what part
of the country we should live in.
81 want to be where I can be
Of real use." 1 declared.
With an enigmatic smile ne
murmured that that applied to
all Russia. The state trust which
had engaged me had enormous
poultry farms in all parts Of the
country. How should we like to go
to Povorino?
"HOw big is the poultry farm
there?" asked.
It was a completely modern
poultry farm with about 10000
fowls and an enormous number
of chickens. He did not know
their exact number, but-here he
looked at me with surprisingly
stupid expression in his eyes-it
was every bit as large as an
American poultry farm.
"And what will my job be
like? Are there any special cir
cumstanceS at this poultry farm
that need imprOving?"
Oh, yes, there were a good
many, he thought, and especially
the egg-laying ought to be i'm
proved. Last years return had
only been IS eggs for each fowl
and the mortality had been terri
bly, high.
Gorgeous Room, Bad Food
A small, thick-Set, red-haired
man with only one arm now en-
tered the room. This little man
to whom we were now entrusted
had learned his dreadful German
in prison camp during the
great war. He told us we were to
drive to our hotel in the motor
car belonging to the trust. and
asked us where we had left our
hand luggage.
An overwhelmingly gorgeous
room at the Grand Hotel was put
at our disposal, and the red-haired
man handed me bundle Of notes
for present expenses.
Soon after his departure we con-
Sumed a very odd dinner in the
magnificent restaurant of the
hotel. A vegetable soup made with
sour cream, piece of bad fish,
small piece of cake-and a bill for
nearly 80 roubles. I fully realized
that our meals only in this hotel
would cost us at least 100 roubleS
a day.
In the evening, our baby being
asleep, my wife and I went for d
walk in the strange town. During
our walk we were constantly being
worried by beggars. This sur
prised us, for. before leaving Den
mark, we had heard a lecture de-
livered by a famous Danish author
"a Communist, it is true; but that
was no reason, we thought, why
he should not tell the truth-in
which he gave a glowing descrip-
ton of Soviet Russia. and men
toned that he had seen no signs
of poverty in the streets of
Moscow.
What a pity he was not with us
now for us to show him the most
terrible living Scarecrows one
could think of!
AS we came nearer to our hotel
the beggars disappeared, for it was
situated in one of the better parts
of the town, whose streets had evil
IDENTIFY been "cleansed" of such as
they. The beggars had evidently
known us for foreigners, 50 they
did not use many words, but only
used that gesture we already knew
so we'll of carrying their fingers up
to their own mouths. Some Of
them looked so terrible that we
were quite frightened.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

OOU,UUO damage 10 crops, FOrecdSIeT
J. R. Lloyd of the Chicago weather
bureau reported.
It was the start of the third
week of intense heat in the fur
nace-like Dakotas where govern
ment relief programs have put
thousands of drought-stricken farm
ers to work.
There will be no rain in the
north central states except in east
ern North Dakota, northern Min
nesota, western upper Michigan,
and extreme northern Wisconsin, y
Lloyd said. "ThundershoWers were
falling over those areas this morn
ing but they will not bring enough
moisture to do much good
Lloyd forecast a continuation OF
hot, fair weather through Sunday
in the southern part of Illinois, In
diana, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska
and Kansas.
It was hot again today in the
lower Mississippi valley, the mid
die and upper Mississippi valley
and the lower Ohio valley.
Light rains softened the ground
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
| MAJOR LEAGUE
SEQ ES-

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit ........010 oil 1000 s 0
New York ..... .035 O10 00O-9 U
Lawson, Sorrell and Myatt; Had
ley and Dickey.
st. Louis ....000 100 000-1 s 0
Boston ......... 900 000 002-2 II 0
Andrews and Giuliani; w. Ferrell
and r. Ferrell.
GhiebE9 T u shi go ston '..'.'i;oo99 'i;o9 go oo2 200
Chelini and Sewell; Whitehill,
Cohen and Miles.
Cleveland ........ 900 103 0
Philadelphia 80. 900 001 0
Galehouse and Pytlak; Doyle and
Hayes.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston ......... 100 040 000-5 Is D
Chicago .....1 100 900 000-1 6 l
Smith and Lopez; Davis, Root
and O'Dea.
New York ......33O 900 OOO-G 10 l
Pittsburgh 49,. 600 600 600 q
Weaver, Wech, Birkofer and Fin
philadelphia ..........00
St Louis .....,........0
Bowman and Grace; Earnshaw
and Davis.
Brooklyn ...... .101 O02 10
Cincinnati .......0 .010 001 90
Mungo and Berres; Derringer,
Brennan and Campbell.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
DISTRICT FILES
NEW OBJECTION
IN POWER SUIT

Alleging that the superior court
of Imperial county does not have
jurisdiction in the case, Imperial
Irrigation district directors and Of
ficials Friday filed a demurrer to
the Southern Sierras Power COM
pany suit asking that the district
be restrained from engaging in the
power business in Brawley because
of alleged violations of California
railway commission rules.
The demurrer was signed by Har-
ry Horton, chief district counsel,
and George R. Kirk, assistant coun-
sci.
The Southern Sierras company
filed the suit against the district
June 26, asking that the district be
restrained from engaging in the
power business pending settlement
of the suit.
District officials were accused of
131 specific violations of the rail-
road rules in the installation of the
power system in Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
COURT RULES
FOR BANK IN
LENGTHY SUIT
Wealthy Valley Man
Must Satisfy
Judgment

Properties and assets held
by Will S. FaWcett, who
amassed a fortune in the
neighborhood of $1,000,000
since his advent into Impe-
rial Valley farming operations in
1901, were ordered sold to satisfy
judgments totaling 100000 held
by the Bank of America.
The judgment was entered in
superior court Friday by Judge
George Freeman of Riverside
county who heard the case brought
against Fawcett by H. w. Everts,
March 90.
The bank held the judgment
after suit to collect On notes
given by Fawcett to purchase
Transamerica stock.
In effect, the judgment ruled
that property transferred to the
Sunset Farms company formed by
Fawcett, was his personal proper
ty and the property of the compa-
ny which bore his name and
thus must be sold to satisfy the
judgments held by the bank.
When the stock went down,
Fawcett could not pay the notes
given for the stock and the bank
sued.
The property affected by the
Judgment includes farms in 1mpe-
rial county and lemon and orange
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
HEWES ATTACKS
POWER COMPANY
POLICIES HERE

Stating that the present fight
against the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict, is just a continuation of the
fight OF the power trust against
the construction OF Boulder dam
and later the All American canal,
Evan Hewes, chairman of the board
of directors of the district, present.
ed the peoples side of the con-
troversy before the Ell Centro
KiWanis club Friday.
I'VE can expect nothing favorable
to the peoples interest from an
organization that has been fighting
the best interests of the people for
the past twenty years" said Hewes.
THE recent proposal of a joint
operation of the power system in
Imperial Valley by the power COM
pany and the district, was just a
clever piece of propaganda" Hewes
declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
|OARP GROUP
BARS fAvORS
IN CAMPAIGN
Party Presidential
Candidates Not
Supported

PU BLIC HALL, Cleve-
land, July II. (UP)-Mo-
tions or resolutions to en-
dorse any 1886 presidential
candidate were barred from
consideration today by Townsend
plan national convention leaders
in an attempt to calm the politi-
cal storm sweeping the movement.
The new rule was announced al
ter Charles E. Coughlin carried
to the platform a denunciation OF
President Roosevelt and plea for
support of William Lemke, preSi-
Dental candidate of the new union
party.
Vice President Conner Smith,
sentenced by DR.. Francis f. Town
send to be removed from office
because he attacked Father Cough
lin and defended President RooSe-
velt, promised today to return to
the convention.
Il am still president and a
delegate Smith, an Oklahoman,
told the United Press. 81 am COM
ing back, take my seat and see
what happens.
Townsend said his former asso-
ciate would be permitted to come
to the convention but that he
would be removed from office at
some future date, probably a few
days after this convention ad-
journs Saturday.
Scattered "Boos" sounded in the
convention hall today when tele-
gram from the White House ad-
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
POLES DOWN
IN HIGH GALE
OF THURSDAY
Dam. ye Reported In
Various Areas
OF Valley

High winds, t h Il n d e r,
lightning and light showers
characterized t h e summer
Storm which visited Impe-
rial Valley Thursday night.
Telephone poles in the southeast
ern section of the valley went
down in the gale, causing the tele-
phone company the most severe
damage experienced in recent years
on the Los Angeles-Yu toll sys-
TENS
Power line damage in the vicin-
ity of Calexico brought a none
tary loss Of between $500 and $1,000.
interrupting the service for ap-
proXimately two hours. Telegraph
lines were unchanged.
The storm Ws preceded by tenn
pertures OF 1T degrees and there
abouts with the humidity ranging
between 26 and 81. Threatening
clouds visible all day Thursday
along the rim of the valley rolled
up before the gale. Dust obscured
vision for several minutes before
few drops of rain fell Thunder
and lightning followed
Virtually the same early after
noon conditions existed Friday,
promising a repetition of the
storm, Or at least thunder show
er for Friday night Noon tempera-
ture Friday was Ill, one degree be-
low the previous day, but humidity
was equally high. The storm OF
the previous day had failed to
, break the heat
Two heat strokes occurred in Ell
| Centre Thursday but both victims
recovered after physicians treated
them. Lee Killingsworth of Holt
Vile suffered a heat stroke while
in Ell Centro and was taken to- a
physician for treatment. C. S. st.
John collapsed from the heat
shortly after 6 o'clock Thursday
afternoon and was rushed to the
police station for emergency treat
ment. He too recovered.
Irrigation canals and laterals
were undamaged by the storm
Thursday. Brush blew into the
water as is usual during wind
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

IdlllCd.
The principal speaker of the
evening will be E. c. Merrill, jr. of
the Union Trust company in San
Diego, noted tax expert, attorney
and active member of the San
Diego Realty Board. In 1885,
Merrill served as chairman of the
Mattoon Settlement Campaign
Committee of San Diego, which
successfully supported a bond is
sue of $2,600,0OO for the aid of
distressed special assessment dis
tricts.
Groups have been formed in
counties throughout the state un-
der the leadership of the Califor-
mia Committee Against the Single
Tax, a statewide organization.
The Single Tax. which has
Continued on Page 2; Col %
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
LABOR LINES UP EN
SUPPORT o. STRIKE
HOSPITAL PAY
PETITIONS ON
FILE THURSDAY

twenty-five disqualification pc
titions containing approximately
LOTS signatures we're filed with the
county clerk late Thursday by Scott
B. Foulds. manager of the county
farm bureau.
The petitions ask that county
supervisors be granted permission to
allow the acceptance of pay patients
at county hospitals.
It is hoped the proposition may
be placed on the ballots at the COM
ing election, FouldS said.
Farm bureau and home depart
ment members circulated the petit
tions as one of the organizations
projects. Other organizations also
played a part in advancing the
proposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
LICENSE CLERK
MAY FACE NEW
THEFT CHARGES

LOS ANGELES, July II. WP)-
Embezzlement charges against John
S. Lester, former deputy license
clerk of the city of Santa Monica
will be re-submitted to the grand
jury next Tuesday, Deputy District
Attorney Percy Harmon announced
today.
Lester recently was acquitted by
a jury in Superior Judge Joseph w.
Vicker's court of five counts of en-
bezzlement involving approximately
$3,000
Harmon characterized the ac-
quittal of Lester as "a gross mis-
carriage of justice"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

SUDBURY, Ont, July II. U,R)-
Supplied with food and water, Jules
Beaullieu, intrepid forest scout, re-
manned in his 80 foot observation
tower today directing fire fighters
battling a forest fire which was
burning itself out.
He refused to leave the flame
scared tower, in which he had
been marooned without food and
drink, until the raging timber and
brush fire had been brought under
control.
A crew of IL men had fought
their way to the tower and brought
supplies
Beallieu stuck to his post when
the fire sweeping the north Ontario
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
POLICE FIND
MAN DEAD IN
FAM IL Y ROW
Oil Worker Shoots
Brother-in-Law
By Mistake

LOS ANGELES, July II.
(UP) : Police called to a
Westside home today found
Clifford Ratliff, 21, shot to
death, and his brother-in
law, Samuel Stafford, 81, lying in
the street with a rifle in his hands
and two bullets in his chest.
Officers believed Stafford, oil
worker of Ventura, aimed a shot
at his estranged wife but hit her
brother instead, and then attempt
ed to commit suicide.
Stafford's wife, Olive, left him
a month ago and went to live at
her brothers home, where the
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
Forest Scout Sticks
To Tower Thru Blaze

forest approached his observation
tower on the banks of Paddy Greek.
He was marooned, without food or
water.
The brush on both sides of the
creek caught fire. A dense pail
of smoke hovered over the tower
and was so thick that the scout
could not see a forestry plane pilot
ed by Earl Hickson when it flew
overhead in an attempt to drop
food and water.
His wife, worried by the plight
of her husband climbed the 80 foot
Murray mine tower and talked with
Beallieu by short wave radio while
II men fought the mass of flames
to reach the observer.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
1I37 FARMERS
JOIN PROGRAM

Work sheets entered in Imperial
county under the soil conservation
program of the government total
1,723. This number represents the
farms listed under the program
with 1,137 individuals concerned.
Enrolment under the govern
ment plan closed for this year on
July Is.
Committees will investigate the
work sheets and fill in the applica-
tionS for federal benefits.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

OSSINING, N. Y, July IT. U.R)--
Mrs. Mary Frances Creighton died
in the electric chair last night with
out ever seeing the death chamber.
The woman who had poisoned
another woman and delivered her
own 15-year-old daughter to an eld-
erly lover who had tired of her,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
AUTO CATCHES
FIRE DURING
MIDGET RACE

Midget race enthusiasts at the Ell
Centro course Thursday night were
treated to an unexpected thrill be-
cause some careless smoker tossed
a cigarette into the rear seat of
an automobile parked near the
tracks.
The upholstery burst into flames,
Immediately attracting the atten-
tion of the audience. Apparently
the fire had been smoldering un-
noticed for some time when a
breeze famed it into flames.
The automobile belonged to
Charles Weagele of Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
DAMAGE ACTION
ON FILE HERE

Damages in excess of $91, 900 are
sought from C. r. Pender and the
Union Oil company for injuries
suffered by Mrs. Anita Sumner and
Maria Lila Ramos in the automo-
bile accident June 25, which cost
the life of Mrs. Summers husband
and 14-year daughter. The
suit was filed late Thursday.
Pender, the driver of the oil
tanker with which C. S. Summers
automobile collided near Spring
er's service station on the Yuma
highway, also received traffic
citation Thursday in which he was
charged with reckless driving with
injury in connection with the ac-
cident.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

untrue reports that Strlkers We're
ready to accept an agreement Of
fered by growers.
Speaking before a union meet
ing last night in Santa Ana. Velarde
charged that representatives of the
Mexican consul's office did not rep
resent the strikers and were trying
to trick them into an agreement
with the growers.
Velarde attacked statements yes
terday by Lucas Lucio, represent
ing Consul Ricardo Hill in Orange
county, that a tentative agreement
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
LAST MINUTE
FLASHES
DEMOCRATS LEAD
IN REGISTRATION

Los ANGELES, July II. UP)--
Democrats exceeded Republicans
by TO majority in the more
than 100000 citizens registered
to vote in Los Angeles county to-
day. Republicans tOtalled more
than 47S,0O0 and Democrats 760,-
600.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
MexicaH Resort
Sued For Payment

Suit to collect $364.67 alleged to
be due from the A. B. w. club
and M. j. Mueller, j. Flores and
w. A. Rodwell, was filed in super
iCr court Friday by B. Kurlander
for the Western board of adjust
erS.
The claim of the California Pipe
and Supply company was turned
over to the adjusters for collec-
ton, according to the complaint
against the Mexicali resort and
its managers. The merchandise
was purchased during the last two
years.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

had been made.
A formal communication to At
torney General u. S. Webb from
Walter Cowan, vice president of the
State Federation of Labor and j,
w. Buzzell, secretary of the Los
Angeles Central Labor council, de-
clared that all law had been sus-
pended in Orange county in an
effort to terrorize and starVe strik-
ers into submission.
Edward Vandeleur, president of
Continued on Page 2; Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
WOMAN MURDERER DIES WITHOUT
SEEING PRISON DEATH CHAMBER

tainted of fright 80 minutes before
she was executed. She rode to death
in a wheel chair unconscious, and
felt nothing when 1000 volts of cleo
tricity ended her life.
Nine minutes after two guards
lifted her flabby body out of the
electric chair, her former lover,
Continued on Page 2; Col, p
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
MERCY FLIER
RADIY INJURED

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July II.
UP)-Percy Hubbard, famed Alas
ka "mercy flier," remained in a
critical condition today from i'm
juries received i'm an airplane
crash which killed Mrs. Nora
LehtO. and seriously injured her
daughter, Miss Betty Thomas.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
BRUSH FIRE
CONTROLLED IN L. A.

LOS ANGELES. July n. WP'--
Firemen. augmented by $50 park
employees, today brought under
control a grass and brush fire
which broke out ia Griffith park,
west Of the National Guard air.
port. The blaze was halted after
spreading over 10 acres.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

bulIdlng, and aCCOTulllg 10 OIIICtIo,
a patient" was on the operating
table" at the time of the raid
They gave their names as Mrs
Laura Miner, 38, and Nedra Cor
don, alias Nedra Arden, q.
Another woman, scantily clad
was waiting in the offices and two
Continued on Page 2; Col .
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
Cleaners Agree
To End Wa[kout

LOS ANGELES, July II. UR)-
More than 500 striking cleaners and
dyers effected a tentative settle
ment of wage dispute today with
operators, meeting at call of Mayor
Frank l.. Shaw.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
TRIP ABANDONED

PARIS, July II. O.P) The
French Himalaya expedition head
ed by Henry de SegOgne, beseL by
a monsoon has abandoned its at
tempt To climb the summit, the
expedition wirelessed today.