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Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Affidavit Filed in
Marital Controversy

Justina Verdugo Rambout filed
an affidavit in superior court Fri
day refuting statements made in
an affidavit filed recently by Rene
Rambout and accusing him Of boast
ing that he never would pay the
alimony accorded her by the court
She declared $50 paid her as as
serted in Rambout's affidavit was
not alirnony but money TO pay a
lawyer. Besides..she said, she paid
it back in small sums. She also
contended she did not collect $50
in rentals from mules but only S22
to which she was entitled.
They have been battling in the
courts Of the county since Rambout
was accused Of paying $50 to have
her killed. The hired assassin was
too tender hearted TO carry out his
part of the bargain and confessed
the plot. RAmbQIt and the assassin
were released after a fluke verdict
returned by jury.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
ROCKY FORD
USING NO. IS
MELON SEED

Rocky Ford is having equally
successful results with the canta
loupe seed, No. As, which is mildew
resistant, as did Imperial Valley
in the past season. said j. B. Nor
ton, valley plant pathologst who
arrived in FL Centro from Colorado
The seed from which the present
Rocky Ford crop was grown was
harvested and selected in Imperial
Valley, and is a second selection.
So successful has it been that some
growers are debating whether to
cell their melons at the present good
market or 10 save them for seed.
Norton spent the spring n Harts-
vile, South Carolina in work with
Mary Washington asparagus, the
strain originated by him and which
is used in Imperial Valley. The
original bed has been split up and
set out in new beds, eight acres be-
ing planted from a half acre. With
in another year splendid seed should
be obtained, said Norton.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20

dollars compared to the cost of
operation in 1880.
The Board is responsible and
has jurisdiction over monies spent
for operation and maintenance.
Therefore. I feel it proper to offer
a comparison of the districts cost
of operation and maintenance for
1896 and estimated cost for 1887
with cost of operation in other
years considered near normal.
Il believe. since conditions all
over the United States are on the
up trend and We are on the road
to recovery. to levy an illegal rate
and plunge the district into hope
less state of uncertainty, would
be disastrous. 1 believe the only
way to make possible the develop
ment of the power program, the
profits from which will be used
to meet the cost of payments on
the All American canal, was for
the district board to levy a legal
rate. as required by law"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
FAMILIES SEEK
FUNDS FOR TRIP
BACK TO VALLEY

Attempts to obtain money from
welfare agencies in northern Cali
fornia to pay expenses for returning
to Imperial Valley for the winter,
now are being made by certain FAM
lilies who have no fixed abode
Messages from the northern
agencies are pouring into the I'M
perial county welfare office, welfare
officials wishing to ascertain the
legitimacy gof the claims, said
Charles Nice. welfare officer for
Imperial county
Many of these families try this
every year." said Nice, and each
time hope to get away with it. There
are about 100 families using this
method of getting back down here
after working in the San Joaquin
and Sacramento Valleys during the
vegetable and fruit seasons there.
They go to the agencies and ask for
transportation, alleging that they
live down here, want TO return and
can get work here.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Loyalists Tremble in
Fear of Air Raid
On Madrid
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(C0ntlnued from rage ID
be dynamited or the garrison must
be sealed in living tomb by a
continued artillery bombardment.
If the people in the Alcazar are
all killed, the ruins of Madrid it
self may be their monument, it
was disclosed for the rebels are
expected to lombard the city mer-
cilessly in reprisal.
The capital fears terrific rebel
air raid in reprisal for the dyna-
miting of the AlcaZar yeSterday-a
dynamiting that failed, it is clear
ly apparent now, and must be re-
peated.
Believing the raid might come
during the night that has just
passed, authorities ordered a COM
plete blackout of lights at II o.
clock last night.
At 4 a. m. the thousands who
waited sleeplessly for the sound
Of planes heard the unmistakable
drone of the motors of a rebel
bomber. But the sound died away
and no bomb explosions We're
heard.
Toledo is a city that might
represent madman's dreams Of
a hell.
Down in the living rock under
the ruins of the great fortress
palace of the Alcazar, rock on
which the Romans first built a, fort
2,128 years ago, are between 1900
and 1000 men, women and chill
dren.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
CITY WELCOMES
NEW TEACHERS

Continued From Page ID
systems, the principals and secre-
tarieS.
Community singing, led by l.. A
McCarty, new director of music for
Central Union high school and
junior college, assisted by Roland
Taylor, was featured, Mrs. Dorothy
Armstrong, music supervisor for the
elementary schools, playing the ac-
compartments.
One by one the various represen-
tatives of city organizations, service
clubs, patriotic groups, women's or
ganizations, the sheriff, the chief
of police, the county school office
the ministerial association. civic
groups, probation office, city IL
brary, gave their greetings.
At intervals during the program
musical numbers were presented
which included vocal solos by Eliz-
abeth Waterman and L. A. McCarty
and a duet by Miss Ruth Yehline
and Miss Gladys Ikenberry. Mrs
Armstrong, who played all accom-
paniments, was with McCarty IN
charge of the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Record Total of
Building Permits
Predicted for 136

FL Centro's mounting building
permits are fast being catapaulted
into the bracket of pre-depression
totals, according to figures on file
at the department of City Engineer
Phil Knights.
From January to September J.,
permits totaled S172,178 as compar.
ed to $52,768 for the corresponding
period in 1885, or total of $98, 103
during the year Of 1888.
Knights predicts that at the
present rate of increase. the years
total will exceed $225.000.
The largest building year in the
history of Ell Centre was recorded
in 1880, when building permits
amounted to $64780l.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
D | 0 R s
VOTE Al FOR
TAX BOOST
Continued From Page -

NCOnIlllueQ rTOlH rage ~
and Chairman Evan T. Hewes
asked for the roll to ee called.
Four directors voted In favor OF
the S465 rate and Rose voted
against it. Morrow moved for
adjournment and the directors and
officials dispersed within a few
moments. Approximately IL spec
tatorS were in the board room for
the meeting and several of those
were newspaper correspondents.
Breakdown of the levy:
Bond Interest, S791 $50, 1888
mills per S1.00 of net equalized
assessed valuation;
Warrant interest, $4,000 = 2.24
mills per S100 net equalized as
sessed valuation;
Laguna Dam, S43 ,000-155 mills
per S100 of net equalized assessed
valuation;
Current expenses, 1891 1854 =
14.l3 mills per S1.00 of net equal
lied assessed valuation.
TOTAL EXPENSES, $1,287, ,436. IA
1850 mills per s100 of net equal
lied assessed valuation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Setting Legal Rate
Held Only Course

Continued from Page II
part OF construction Of the All
American canal.
The district has a rural cleo
trification contract for 100000 ap-
proved by the Rural Electrification
administration.
The district has loan appli-
cation approved by Public Works
administration and funds may be
allotted at any time. The only
security behind the outstanding
district bonds. from a collection
standpoint. is the provision made
by law TO force the board of direc-
tors TO levy a rate sufficient TO
meet the obligations of the dis
trict.
The districts program of financ-
ing power development through
revenue bonds will be possible on
ly if assurance is given that the
directors will fix power rates to
guarantee repayment of the reve-
nue. bonds. 1t seems to me any
thinking person would realize that
if the board of directors refuses to
protect one type of security unless
compelled by court action 10 do so,
it would be assumed they would
not do 50 with another security.
such as revenue bonds for future
power development. 1t would be
useless to attempt further financ-
ng of the power project unless
the board sets a legal rate
In 1885 a rate was set to raise
1882 10000 for operation and main
tenance. This was supplemented
by water toll, sale of tax decided
land. and rentals from district
property. The total amounted to
approximately Sl,350,000. 1t was
necessary to set a rate for 1887
TO raise more money by assessment
than for 1886 because a large per-
centage of the tax decided lane
was sold this year and the revenue
for 1897 will be less from that
source. Also, there is no relief
labor available. The problem Of
fighting heavy sand in the Alamo
canal. the High Line canal, Cen
tral Main and the West Side Main,
tie board estimates Will bring an
additional cost of about s50,0O0OG
Therefore, the board budgeted for
1897, 81 1897 900 instead of approx
imately s1,350,000.00 which will be
spent for maintenance and opera
ton of the system.
Cost S1,973,000
I'm 1880 the cost of maintenance
and operation was s1,973,O00. The
budget for the 1861 levy is ST.
397 900.
Taxpayers surely see that ever
after five years OF drastic curtail-
ment in operating expenses and
with a demand for service of water
reaching all time peaks this year,
the district still is operating at
saving of over one-half a million
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Strous Thru Hollywood

the conclusion Arzner isn't a bit of
feminist in direction.
Russell builds up the character
of the woman who married for
security-a house-and attempts to
bend the lives of everyone about
her to the purpose admirably, and
just when the audience wonders
how scripters will get her out of
her troubles for the customary hap
py ending-they don't. They leave
her sunk, which is just what every
one had hoped but didn't expect.
Jane Darwell, Alma Kruger,
Thomas Mitchell and Raymond
Walburn also take bows.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
'HUNCH LEADS
TO ARREST OF
OLD OFFENDER

No one has been able to figure
out how Deputy Sheriff Pete Ku-
linovich spotted a we'll concealed
gun upon the person of man walk
ing along the highway early Sat-
urday morning. But he did.
The deputy saw a man plodding
peacefully along the highway near
Heber. He declared the man looked
as though he might have gun SO
he stopped his car and searched
him. There was the gun.
After Salvatore Bracamontes was
booked and fingerprinted at the
county jail, records revealed that h
had been sentenced to prison for
highway robbery committed in Ven
tura county in 1888. He was sem
fenced from to 20 years and later
paroled. His parole runs to 1886.
He is held on charges of being a
paroled person in charge of deadly
weapon, violation of his parole
terms.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20

Free hot lunches prepared by
Works Progress administration labor
will be served in Imperial county
schools this winter to under -nourish-
ed and under weight children whose
parents cannot afford to buy the
lunches for them.
Three schools in the county al
ready are using WPA labor in pre-
pairing the lunches in their cafe
terias, said j. Kenneth Hickox, head
of the WPA in the county.
Some of the schools are able to
provide the food If the WPA will
provide the labor. All of the work
Is done under the supervision of
the school superintendent or prin-
cipal.
The eligibility of the hot lunch
projects is determined upon the re-
commendations from the county
school nurse and the county welfare
department. If there Is no need
for such project, Hickox said, the
application is denied.
Several rural schools plan to take
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
FIRMS USING
MOTOR TRUCK
COST SYSTEM

Many Ell Centre firms are now
using the simplified motor truck
cost system furnished by the In
ternational Harvester company,
according to Ford Smith, local
branch manager.
Introduced several years ago,
this SIMPLE method of obtaining
an accurate and comprehensive
statistical picture Of each trucks
operation and costs, found instant
favor with many operators, it Is
said. The system and all sup
plies are available free of charge
to truck owners whether they op-
crate Internationals or not.
THE basis for all truck cost
and operating data is the drivers
Daily Report" said Smith, in ex-
planning the system. "It is an
easy part-tine job for a girl clerk
to transfer the data from the driv-
ers daily reports to the cost books,
one of which is provided for each
truck"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Roosevelt Issues
Statement Against
Hostility Campaign

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. W.D-
A formal White House statement
charged today that planned at
tempt was being led by a certain
notorious newspaper owner to make
it appear that the president pas
sively accepts the support OF alien
organizations hostile to the Ameri'
can form of government.
The statement, which mentioned
no names, was issued by White
House Secretary Stephen T. Early
Immediately after the return OF
President Roosevelt from a trip
to Cambridge, Mass.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
LANDON LEAD
CUT IN POLL

Roosevelt cuts Landon's lead
slightly to approximately 31a TO 2
as new returns are reported from
three more southern states and
one more farm state in Tne Liter
airy Digest's national Presidential
poll.
The vote tailed from thirteen
states gives Landon $4,000 to
Roosevelts 88,815 and Lemke's
l0.374 out of a total of more than
a quarter of a million votes.
The new states reported in .
copyrighted article in tthe current
issue of the magazine include Ark
ansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Iowa.
The southern states give the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20

At q ~ a. m.
Buildings and grounds are in
readiness TO receive their occu-
pants and the faculty members
both old and new, will be on hand
10 welcome their students.
Saturday morning the element
airy and high school ana junior
junior college teachers had their
respective meetings with Guy A.
Weakley, district superintendent
and high school and junior col
lege principal At both sessions
final announcements relative TO
the opening of school were made
as well as explanations of the years
program and objectives. Element
airy school teachers meet at 9 a. m.
in Wilson and high school and
junior college at 1880 in the high
school.
With the closing of Lincoln
school, condemned as being un-
safe in case of earthquake, ar
rangements have had to be MADE
to house the fifth and sixth grade
children who formerly attended
that school
For the present all fifth grade
children are to attend the school
in the district where they live.
Monday all fifth grade children
who live west of Fourth street and
South of Main will report at Hard
ing. Those living West of Fourth
and North of Main will report at
Mckinley.
Monday all sixth grade children
will report at Wilson school where
they will be assigned to class rooms,
every effort being made to place
them in the school in their re-
spective districts. There is one
classroom available at Wilson and
the other three classes will have
TO be assigned to Harding and
Mckinley schools the four new
classrooms TO be constructed on
Wilson grounds are completed.
Mckinley school will have to
have its kindergarten session in the
afternoon during the first semester
as the kindergarten room will be
used in the morning as a first
grade room.
Tuesday morning the el ement-
ary schools viii begin at $40 the
morning session of kindergarten
will be dismissed at 1890 and the
afternoon beginning at 1880 will
be dismissed at 3 p. m. Grades
], 2, 8 will close at 1S noon, grades
through 8, at 1:50 p. m. This
schedule will operate for the first
few days. Monday the session will
end at noon.
For the present high school and
Junior ocllege sessions will begin
at $40 a. m. and close at l:5O
D. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20

President whooping pluralities-
more than to l in Arkansas,
nearly 8 to l in Louisiana and al
most 10 ! in Mississippi.
Iowa votes for Landon over 3
to in the latest poll returns.
The addition of over 10000
votes to the previous weeks re-
turns increases Landon's lead. in
Indiana, New Jersey. New York,
Ohio. and Texas while the voting
in Maine. Minnesota and Penn
sylvania is within a fraction Of the
previous weeks tabulation.
Oklahoma increase. its plural
ity for Roosevelt sharply
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
New Officers Will
Preside at Meeting

Newly installed officers of Boyce
Aten post of the American Legion
will preside for the first time at
the meeting scheduled for Veter-
ans Memorial hall in Ell Centro at
8 o'clock Tuesday night.
H. K. McClimans, the new COM
mander, will take the gavel and
conduct the meeting. Post mem
bers plan to have an unusually
large number present to greet
incoming group. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Agreement Near In
Waterfront Dispute

NEW YORK Sept. 10 tU.It-Mem-
bers of the International Longshore-
mems association were heartened
today by new contract agreement
reached with shippers here and ex-
pected to hasten similar negotia-
tions from the Pacific Coast to the
South Atlantic seaboard.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
ELEVEN KILLED
In HURRICANE
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Continued from Page ID
to As miles an hour but ships and
shore radios along the great circle
The mass of cold air, a high pres
sure area from the Great Lakes re-
gion, moved into the north Atlantic
seaboard early today. This saved
the New England coast from the
brunt of the storm Crowded out
to sea the hurricane took a last
whip at the coast at Montauk
Point, Long Island.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Valleys Progress in
u. S. Conservation
Program Outlined

Imperial Valleys progress in the
federal soil agricultural conserva-
ton program is as satisfactory/JA
any county's in southern Califorf
according to reports made at the
conference Thursday in Santa Ana.
This county was represented by
w. B. Houghton, emergency as
sistant in agricultural extension
work, and G. L. Mclaughlin of
Bard. Routine details of adminis-
tration were discussed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
ROSE EXPLAINS
VIEW ON RATE
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Continued from Page ID
which cannot Or will not be paid"
continued Rose. There is a per-
fectly logical possibility that the
income of the district during the
year will be greater than last es-
pecially since a large per cent
of the taxpayers are engaged in
paying delfnquencieS under the
l0-year plan. This plan makes
it mandatory for them to pay their
current assessments and 10 per
cent of the delinquent assessments
every year. That means consider
able money must come in.
Il see no reason why setting a
rate similar to what recommend
would jeopardize the districts suit
in district court. If the people
cannot or will not pay the rate
the board sets, it will be appar-
ent to the court that money for
bondholders may not be forthcom-
ing in the amounts they desire"
-Oo-
The setup contained in the resolu
ton presented by Rose at the meet
ing Saturday when he asked for q
1912 rate, and which failed TO,
want of second, was as follows:
Bonds interest .......$364, ,087
General fund ................ 387,5
Operation and
maintenance)
Laguna contract .............. $4,000
Warrants .............,............ $4,000
Total ...................... 1851 ,674
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20

GIVEN AIRING IN
SUPERIOR COURT

Dr.Thomas o. Luckett's contested
divorce suit against his wife, Mrs
Myrtle Luckett, was given an airing
in superior court Saturday when
the alimony question came before
Judge R. D. McPherrin. He was
ordered to pay her $75 month
pending settlement of the suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
CENTRO SCHOOLS READY TO RECEIVE INFLUX OF CFIDRE
FREE HOT LUNCHES TO BE SERVED
IN SCHOOLS OF IMPERIAL COUNTY

advantage of the opportunity pro
vided by the WPA as soon as suit
able rooms and equipment are OBJ
tanned, Hickox declared.
School officials who wish to use
WPA labor in their institutions may
communicate with Hickox or Mrs.
Marcia H. Delp, county supervisor
of women's work for the WPA.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
VACATION DAYS
TO END MONDAY

Vacation days will be Monday for Ell Centre stu
dents for on that day the doors of the city schools will
be wide to receive the hundreds of youngsters who
will start their studies again. Elementary pu-
pills will start at and high school and junior college
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
"craig's Wife," (Coiumbia).

CralgS WIG, (COlumDIdJ.
For once Hollywood does broad
way play tBy George Kelly and a
Pulitzer Prize Winner) without
losing the original smacko. which
is a feather for the cap of Dorothy
Arzner, lone woman film director.
John Boles with never song)
and Rosalind Russell do it, aided
and abetted by Billie Burke and
others.
Russell! quite overshadows Boles
For one thing, her part Is the best
and for another it's hard to escape
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

The First Church of Christ Scientist
Boston Mass all in the church edfice corner OF
Olive Seventh streets.
Sunday o'clock Sunday Morning Service IL O'Clock
Subjct: "ldATTER"
Evening Testimonial Meeting at O'Clock
The Reading building 115 No 9Th St is
daily Except and legal holdays from 12o0 to pm
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-17

Petitioners from the Hopeville
school district appeared before the
meeting Of the board Of education
yesterday to voice the complaint
that the second grade room at that
school Is overcrowded. Three wo-
men, headed by Mrs. Mary CONNER
ford appeared. All are mothers OF
children attending tn school In the
second grade room, which Is the
bone Of contention.
Until this year, Mrs. Commerford
said there has always been two
second grade rooms, but starting
with this fall term, the rooms had
been combined, throwing the burden
Of AZ children on one teacher. This,
they claimed Is too many pupils
for one teacher. Supt. Thomas j.
Condor, In defending the single sec
ond grade room at the school stated
that 20 pupils was not an abnor-
NAL number for the second grade,
and that In some cases 40 had con-
stituted o class. The. delegation
claimed however, that they did not
think their children were getting
the proper education under the cir
cumstances.
No Double Session
At the suggestion Of the delega-
ton that double sessions be institu.
ted ct the school as q means Of
eliminating the situation, 5uperin-
tendent Condor answered emphati-
cally, Double sessions are through
in waterbury, or at least will be
through as long as I am here"
The superintendent stated that
the average class room attendance
in schools throughout the city Is
about 20, and that the average IN
Hopeville school is 80 to a room. He
added, II you have more than that
per room -FOUR per capita costs will
rise. Waterbury now has the high
est percapita costs for education Of
any city In the state. New Haven,
which has a much lower per capita
cost, has many more pupils per room
than this city. II we followed New
Ravens example Ill oul school
rooms would have more pupils than
Hopeville's second grade"
Suggestions
Commissioner Burton Walker said
that as the years continue, the sit
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-17

Ferraro, Angelo A. Capua, Ralph
Capuano. CarInine Capuano, Beny
Oricchia, A. Colasanto, Anthony
Pine, Thomas Lamitola, William A.
Gray, Douglas Stewart, John F.
Hayes, Albert Morrow Anthony
Lamitola, Joseph Della, Frank
Tesla, Angelo Mistura, Frank Ber-
ardi, Peter 0alullo, Angelo Colange-
10, Charles stango, Anthony L. Pur-
caro-, Algird Lasky, James B. VAL
aitis, Patsy Granato, Gallo Farigene,
Anthony Poslin, Anthonio Colasan-
to, Anthony Taglia, Angelo Ber-
gantino, Ralph Granato, Charles
spiotti, Vincent Pozella, Anthonio
Colangelo, Arolo Colangelo, Arthur
Misturo, Michael Tesla, Sam Col