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Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
BLOODY CAR
PUTS POLICE
AFTER KILLER

PITTSBURG, Calf, Sept % WP)
Police were confronted today with
what possibly may be a murder
mystery after Patrolman chased an
automobile into blind street
where it crashed INTO a fence, and
a young man fled. leaving behind
a blood splattered bag containing
blood soaked Women's slippers.
No woman was seen fleeing from
the car, which crashed in the west
ern residential section CT Pittsburg
at about 3 a. m.
The automobile. a coupe, was
registered to Helen H. Premises, of
Ojai, Calf. and bore license plate
3V5899.
After the crash Officer Clyde
Maze said man about 30, weighing
140 pounds and five feet seven inch
es tall, left the coupe and fled ac-
ross field into the darkness.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
MAJOR LEAGUE
|-SCORES-|
NATIONAL

NATIONAL
Brooklyn 1000 100 110-3 9 /
Boston ........ 900 200 11X-4 IL l
Butcher. Winston, Eisenstat and
Phelps; Lanning and Lopez.
New York ....120 202 600 7 13
Philadelphia .071 0O2 01x-11 15
Smith. Castleman and Mancuso,
Banning; Passeau, Bowman and
Lopez.
New York -. 200 600 OOO-2 II
Gabler, Coffman, Gumbert, Schu-
macher and Mancuso, banning;
Walkers and Grace.
Pittsburgh -. OO4 900 600 0
Chicago .,... 200 20i 06X--11 10
Hoyt, Brown and Padden; French
and Hartnett, Davis.
CINCINNATI .'..,....1
st. Louis ...........O
Frey and Lombardi; Plppen and
V. Davis.
Second Game:
Brooklyn -. 200 600 O0O-2 3 1
Boston ..... 200 600 001-3 o
Jeffcoat and Phelps; Chaplin and
Mueller.
-OO---
AMERICAN
First Game:
st. Louis 49,. 900 600 000--
Detroit ........120 400 23x-i2 IL o
Caldwell, Jakuchi and Hemsley.
Auker and Tebbetts.
Second Game:
st. Louis ..........OOO
Detroit ........... 900
Van Alta and Hemsley; Bridges
and Tebbetts.
Philadelphia 600 200 O00- IS
New York ....310 500 01x-~lO II
Archer. Gumpert, Llsenbee, Doyle
and Hayes; Malone and Dickey.
Glenn.
Boston ........0 900 900 000--0 7
Washington 80. 900 900 3lxf 10 o
Walberg and FerrelI; cascarelia
and Hogan,
Chicago .......t...sU0
Cleveland .s..s.s..33
Stratton, Davis All Scwell Gale
house. Lee. chaIini and sullivan.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
ABB JENKINS IN
NEW ASSAULT
ON SPEED MARK

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah,
Sept. 90 UP)-Ab Jenkins, veteran
Utah speed driver, today missed the
first two important records in his
48 hour assault on world speed
marks but appeared to have a good
chance to shatter the "a and 48-hour
records.
jenkins had hoped to set new
marks for 1000 miles and u hours
in the run which he began last
night but missed them by a wide
margin. His II hour average was
150.07 miles an hour against the
world record of 1899 held by John
Cobb of England.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22

today. Four pickets were assigned
to each plant but union officials
said more pickets probably would
be assigned later in the day.
Meantime grower shippers an
nounced they were advertising in
midwest drought areas for strike
breakers and said many already had
arrived
While the Growers-Shippers asso-
citation prepared to expand their
packing and loading activities to
nearly full-time capacity in defiance
of the strikers, the Fruit and Veg
etable Workers Union held a strike
meeting and heard Joseph Casey,
organizer for the American FEEDER
alton of Labor. demand that agita-
tors in Salinas be thrown out"
1--WE must rout out the subversive
elements in this situation" Casey
said,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22

chael Shevlin, president OF the
Fruit and Vegetable Workers I'm
ion, whose members are on strike
here.
But we can see that this lettuce
rots on the railroad tracks.
I'VE have definite information
that no lettuce has arrived in the
east Our men are there waiting
for the stuff to show up"
The lettuce, which is being moved
from fields to shipping sheds and
packed with the aid of non-union
labor, has been labelled mot" by
the Salinas Central Labor Council
and the State Federation of Labor.
Both groups have asked trans
portation unions and warehouse
men throughout the country to re-
fuse to handle the carloads shipped
under strike conditions.
Only 18 pickets, carrying unfair
signs, appeared at packing plant
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
VALLEY TEAM
SPLITS DOUBLE
GAME IN SOUTH

MOBILE, Ala, Sept. %. (SpeciaD
Imperial Valley Merchants Mon
day night divided a doubleheader
with a strong Mobile softball team.
The valley team won the first
game 1919 but dropped the second
contest 10.
Ed Kelly suffered his first de
feat of the campaign in the second
game. He pitched no hit ball until
the ninth when the Mobile hitters
slashed out three singles to score
the winning run of the contest.
The next game will be played at
Baton Rouge.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
Did San Diego
Put Over Fast
One on Valley?
AN EDITORIAL

When San Diego sent its representatives to Imperial
Valley Monday to pursuade this county to cosponsor
the project for changing grade on Highway u S. 80,
the delegation succeeded only too WELL Soothed by the
speaking voice of State Senator Ed Fletcher, silver
ongued super salesman from the seaport and confront
ed with carefully planned arguments valley opposition
wted and the VISITORS like the traditional Caesar,
came, and conquered
The sanction by county board may prove to be un-
important 1t is possible that the project will get
beyond theoretical stage in which event. the
be only pleasant gesture to maintain the friendly rea
on
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22

SpOllSOISillp, SupclVlSOrS passed Il
resolution approving the plan with
the provision that this county nev-
er will be called upon to contribute
funds for the work and no federal
money intended for farm to mar
ket roads be used upon it.
Senator Ed Fletcher declared
funds for the two counties share of
the construction We're Forthcoming
as soon as the project gets the
approval Of the federal WPA. He
said he could not reveal the source
from which the money is hoped to
be obtained, and did not do so dur
ing the session.
Vigorous Protest
Members of a special commit
tee from the Imperial county farm
bureau led by C. o. Hoober, pres
ident, entered a vigorous protest
against Imperial county accepting
the joint sponsorship.
Throughout the hearing which
lasted almost three hours, Hoober
led the attack against the proposal.
He contended it is not necessary
to the welfare of the valley and
that while it would be a mice
thing to have, We are not concern
ed with luXuries, but with neces-
sitieS.'
Business interests of the valley
were hardly in evidence, there be-
ing no spokesman present repre-
senting the chambers of commerce
or other similar organizations, ex-
cept Leo Hetzel who spoke against
the proposal as a representative
Of the Broadway of America.
Most of the persons speaking
from the audience were farmers
and professed to have had insult
ficient time to properly investigate
the matter. Efforts TO have a deci-
sion postponed, thus allowing op-
portunity for closer consideration,
were unavailing when Hugh Os-
borne moved for a delay in the
decision which failed for want of
a second.
The board withheld a vote until
the Farm Bureau directors could
hold a separate meeting. This,
however, was 50 fraught with de-
bate that the supervisors left the
room and visited the Farm Bureau
directors meeting.
There, following a. strong appeal
by Supervisors Graham and Preble,
the bureau passed a resolution
saying it would not oppose the
co-Sponsorship on the condition
the project would not cost the
county anything, and that it not
untlize federal road funds which
might otherwise come to the valley
A clause giving as an added
condition that the project use nc
state funds which otherwise would
come to the county, was stricken
from the bureau resolution.
The San Diego delegation was
headed by Senator Fletcher and I
Leroy Richards, San Diego super
visor. They urged immediate ac-
ton because Frank Mclaughlin
Continued on Page 8; Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
BOARD ALTERS
BOUNDARIES
OF DISTRICT
Divisions Changed. to
Conform to New
County Lines

Boundaries of Imperial
Irrigation district divisions
were changed by resolution
of the board of directors
Tuesday to conform to I'M
perial county precinct lines and to
make the divisions as nearly equal
as possible in area and population.
The resolution passed by unanim-
Gus vote of the board.
Due to the changes in precinct
boundary lines made by the county
this year in conference with state
law, voters were confused as to
the correct place to vote in the
coming district election. The
changes, therefore, were considered
convenience to the public, it was
explained. There will be no over
tapping of precinct boundary lines.
County precincts were consolidated
as a part Of the rediStricting plan.
DIVISION NO.
The boundaries of division No. l,
the area represented by Evan T.
Hewes, were established as follows:
CaleXco precinct A and B, Ell Gen.
tro A, Mt. Signal, McCabe, Date
Central Seeley DiXieland, an d
Heber-Perry. Calexico A precinct
is composed of county precincts l,
2, and 3. Calexico B precinct Is
compose dof Calexico 4, and 6.
Ell Centro A precinct is composed
of Ell Centro precincts l, 2, and
4. Other consultations are appar-
ent from the names.
The former boundaries of Divi-
sion No. l were: Perry, all of Cal
exico, Heber, McCabe, Mt. Signal,
Seeley, Dixieland, Date, Central,
and Ell Centro precincts l, 2, 3,
and 4.
DIVISION NO. 2
Boundary lines of division 2, the
area represented by Ira Aten, were
established as follows: Ell Centre
precincts B, c, and D; all of I'm
perial, Mesquite, New River, and
Dogwood- -Meloland.
Ell Centro B precinct is composed
of county precincts 5, 6, 7, and IA.
Ell Centro G precinct is composed
of precincts 8, 9, IL, II, and 13.
Ell Centro D is composed of pre-
cincts 10, Is, and Is.
Former boundary lines for divi-
sion were: Ell Centro precincts
5 to 16, Dogwood, Meloland, Mes
quite, New River, and all of I'M
perial.
DIVISION NO. 3
Division No. 8, represented by
w. E. Young, includes all of Cali
patria, inland, North End, Rock
wood, and Standard.
The former boundary lines for
No. 3 were the same as those un-
der the new set-up.
DIVISION NO. 4
In No. division, represented by
Charles Morrow, the boundary lines
were established as follows: Braw-
ley A and B; Keystone, Magnolia,
Tamarack, Westmorland Spruce,
and Halloway-Rio Bend.
Brawley A included the county
precincts l, 2, 3, 6, 8, 8 and 10.
Brawley B includes: precincts 4, 5,
7, II, IL, 13 and IA.
The old boundary lines for divi-
sion No. 4, included: Brawley, West
morland, Spruce, Tamarack, Rio
Bend, Keystone, Halloway, and
Magnolia.
DIVISION NO. S
Division No. 5, represented by
Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES WILL
BE DISCUSSED

Development of recreational fac
ilities in Ell Centro will be discussed
by w. H. Orion, chairman of the
department of physical health edu-
cation of the state department OF
education, Thursday night at a
meeting at Wilson school,
Members of the Coordinating
council will meet early to transact
business in connection with the Or
ganization and then join the recre-
ational group consisting of j. P.
Eyer, city park commissioner, and
Representatives of various organiza-
tions interested in recreational
plans.
The meeting is called for pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
PALMS PLANTED
IN CITYS PARK

FL Centro's palm garden assumed
a more attractive appearance this
week since 25 big palms were plant
ed as the first part of the program
to make the city one of the most
attractive in the valley The garden
is situated in south east El Centro
A landscape arrangement per-
mitting a natural arrangement of
the trees in, groups is being followed
by the park department in laying
out the planting details.
Seventy-five palm off fshoots will
be set out Immediately, according
TO Councilman j. p. Eyer, park
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
Police TO Protect
All Public Meets

All law abiding individuals and
organizations VINO wish to conduct
meetings in FL Centro will be ac-
corded the protection of the police
department, according to Chief of
Police j. Sterling Oswalt Tuesday.
No religious group will be dis
turbed, he continued, in the event
public gathering is desired.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
COUNTY SUPERVISORS
SUPPORT GRADE PLAN
Livestock Men
Gather in Phoenix

PHEONIX, Arr, Sept. % W.P)-
Arizona livestock men met here to-
day to discuss with x. r. Carpen-
ter, federal director of grazing, the
formation of additional grazing
districts in this state.
The cattle and sheep men have
been opposed, generally, to creation
of more districts. Only three have
been formed in the state since pass
age Of the Taylor grazing act.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
Death Row Nears
For Woman Killer

RIVERSIDE Calf, Sept. % UP
Fred Hart, so, confesser slayer OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, his asserted
former sweetheart today awaited
TRANSPORTATION to the death row at
San Quentin prison after superior
court Judge o. K. Martin sentenced
him to be hanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
$500, 900 Dividend
Voted by Directors

LOS ANGELES, Sept. % W,P)-A
dividend of $500,0O0 for the 10000
stockholders in the defunct Guar
antee Building and Loan association
was voted last night by directors of
the Guarantee Liquidating Corpor-
alton.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
LANDON FIGHTS FOR
MIDWEST VICTORY

ABOARD LANDON TRAIN Moines, Sept WlP
victory
the Midwest today when Alf M
speeches many
appearances
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
Realignment of Mountain Springs Road
Meets With Approval of Valley Officials
At Meeting in Ell Centre

Imperial county supervisors voted unanimously Mon
day afternoon to join San Diego county supervisors
Joint sponsors of proposed reagnment of the Mountain
Springs grade Works Progress administration project
After listening to arguments for and against the joint
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
TO ROT
ON RAILS DECLARE
LEADERS IN STRIKE

SALINAS, Cal Sept 90 WSanas Valley lettuce majority
of the nations supply will rails
market terminals strike leaders warned the
Association can't shippers from shipping lettuce
ships sailing
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
Parents Undecided on
Letting Child Die or
SnrviVe as a Cripple

CHICAGO Sept 90 NPThe mother and father of maomed
disputed whether they should let him die gamble
on IN operation him him
old, slowly starving
to born with of the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
Former Asylum
inmate Quizzed
Chief of Police Announces Admission After
Questioning Prisoner All Night;
Describes Passion Murder

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. %. (UP)-Cty Manager Rob-
ert NJ Fack today announced confession had been
ceived in the passion Staying of Ruth Muir 48-year-od
spnser ravshed and beaten to death La oa the night
of Aug. 81. No immediae details were available
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
How Embarrassing

Here's a predicament to have
nightmares over. A woman owner
of sedan parked her car on Main
street, carefully slipped the catch
locks on the car doors, then went
shopping. When she returned she
found she had left the keys in
side When RR came along she was
fishing with q stick thru a partly
closed window!
It's An idea
Frequent references TO a Ian to
establish a big camp in the noun
tains between Imperial and San
DIEGO counties for unmarried
men, began to pail ON Supervisor
A. Y. Prab.2 Monday afternoon
The Works Progress administration
wants 10 build camp for single
men" and the state sis anxious to
build the camp for unmarried
men," were sounded once too many
times for Freble He shuffled a
bunch of papers and bit off a
Mcneil as he muttered almost in
Gudibly:
What do they want to do?
Bring all those single men down
here and marry them off to our
Women?"
Where? Where? Wherc?-
SUPERVISOR T. Leroy Richards
of San Diego sweltered through a
long and involved highway hear
ing Monday in the board Of super
visors room at the Imperial coun-
ty court house. When the heat
was at its worst, Richards asked
in a voice audible to the crowd
around the big table.
Does anyone know where Thom-
as Collins lives?'
Supervisor Dave Vencill looked
up from a mass of figures he was
examining and remarked absent
ly, :.
"He lives over east of Holtville." E"
Sad Comeback
Everything was dandy until my
wife saw that RR," Vic Blalack OF
Yuma remarked Tuesday. There
was such a hurt look in his eyes
that RR's conscience (Such as
there is Of it) took a bad beating.
home Home, Indians
If anyone sees two little Indian
radiator caps hobnobbing it any
where in imperial Valley, j. P.
Moore wants them rounded up and
bl ought back to his automobile
radiator where they belong. The
Redskins disappeared one at a
time but Moore has a sneaking
notion they may have got together.
He Can Have It
Flowery praise of Imperial Val
ley'S weather as 4 cure for coids
leaves RR unenthusiaStic these
days. w. F. Ackerman journeyed
all the way from San Diego to let
Imperial Valley weather cure his
Geld and it did. Cheers for the
weather. 1t SHOULD be good for
something
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
MARKETS AN BRIEF

Butter; Los Angeles 371&c; burtet-
fat. Imperial Valley Fob, ranch,
Grade A, 46c; manufacturing milk,
1OI2c; route gathered cream, 3712c.
l.. A. Hny-U. =. No. 1 extra lenfy,
S1S.5O-S10.OO; 4. =. No. 1, $1,000;
u. :. No. lenfy, S15; u y. No. =,
SI3.5O; Minneapolis flax 20412 -2151a.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-22
BANK DEBTS

Today
S214,775.17
BUILDING PERMITS
S177,603
Tc Date This Year
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-19

so influenced by jobs that they strong
ly urge retention of state employees
on the state central committee. The
meal ticket is binding. If such in
dividuals would try to think and rea-
son in an unprejudiced manner, they
should readily be able to comprehend
the folly of what they are advocating,
Be the individual ever so able, if he
holds state appointive position and
has become a member of the state
central committee, it is natural that
his vote and actions on that commit
tee will be influenced by those who
secured his. appointment on the state
payroll. That's human nature. And
that being human nature, it is OBJ
free to vote and act as they deem best
for the party as whole should con-
stitute the membership of that COM
mittee.
Amy political party. like any bust
ness or organization, must of neces-
sity have its leaders. but those lead
ers should have rendered service,
championed causes, and demonstrated
their fitness for that leadership. The
individual membership of the political
party must ever remain the dominant
factor if the party is to serve well.
Manipulating and kingmaking have
absolutely no place in liberal move
ment that sets out to serve the mas
SeS.
With little civil service in force in
state government. it is only natural
that when there is Farmer-L abor
administration, there should be, gen
orally speaking, Farmer-Labor APP
pointments. All of the state jobs,
however, play very minor role in
the economic picture of the entire
state.
The handling of patronage has
caused dissatisfaction and friction,
and it could be handled better, but
the regrettable part is that thereby
attention and much effort has been di-
verted from the real purl oses of the
Farmer-Labor party. Our greatest eff
forts should be bent on improving and
changing the economic conditions so
that there will be plenty of work for
all, comfort in the homes for all, and
conditions such that our people need
not be begging for state jobs of which
there will never be enough to go
around.
Yes, the Farmer-Labor party of the
state of Minnesota has arrived at the
crossroads. Inside control with its
patronage, fixing, and conniving must
be abolished if we are to survive.
Then, and only then, will we go for
ward with hope of attaining our goal,
peoples party.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-19
WE HUMANS ARE SMALL

1t is now announced that the Union
Pacific is planning S250,0O0 recrea-
ton lodge on the north rim of the
Grand Canyon of Colorado. 1t is inn
portant that such sites be made avail
able so that people can see more of
the wonders of nature in their own
country.
AS human beings, we are apt to be-
come more or less conceited. We think
We are pretty smart. We construct
big buildings. bridges, dams and mon
ster ships, and they are great accom-
plishments.
But it is a good thing to get look
at some handiwork of nature to real
ize how insignificant we are when ii
comes to really making dent on the
earth's surface.
Such an object lesson prevents us
from becoming too self satisfied anC
tends to keep our minds on the fact
that there are greater forces at work
than political parties, Industrial or
CARNATIONS, kings, queens, armies anG
navies.
We could drop the Empire State
building, the biggest battleship or the
new San Francisco Bay bridge into
the Grand Canyon, and you woult
have to take a pair of binoculars tC
find them. AS you stand on the rim
of the Canyon at one of it's principa
scenic points, it is 13 miles across
and mile deep. The highest-pow
cred rifle wouldn't even shoot fal
enough to drop a bullet in the river
Anyone who has not seen the Crane
Canyon of Colorado should plan 4
some day take a trip there.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-19
SEE OUR COUNTRY FIRST

From local people and others from
time to time and from what we see
ourselves here and there not too far
distant from home brings the thought
that we have wonders in our own
United States that we have never
thought existed. 1t has for many
years been more or less of fad to
travel to the Old World to get our
scenery loving desires satisfied, but it
has not until recently occurred &c
more than comparatively small
number to look into our own wonder
land of scenery.
Right here in Minnesota one needs
drive but a short distance from home
to witness some wonderful and life
inspiring sights and that with the ex-
penditure of only small amount OF
money. A weeks vacation drive can
take us to the wilderness, to the
mountains and to historic regions. We
can visit great winter Fairgrounds
and we can bask in the worlds best
summer climate. Let us enjoy what
we have.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-19
A CRAZY SYSTEM
Editor AskOv American:

Editor Askov American:
Get out the flags, call out the
bands, the depression is over, as easy
as that. Just build $1,250,00O insane
asylums, drive the majority of the
people batty and the minority will be
too busy trying to support the asy-
lums and their inmates to keep an
eye on economics.
What fools we mOrtals be. We, the
people, maintain and uphold system
of economics that drive people crazy
then we build large, beautiful, build
ings to put them in and we support
them the rest of their lives.
Who is the craziest, those in the
asylums or we who drove them there
with our economic system?
Being that asylums are (nOw) nee
essary, l as one, thank all who took
part, the state, the FarmerLabor
party for awarding our enterprising
township this wonderful institution,
though l prefer to see the Farmer
Labor party take the initiative and
abolish from our national system the
horrors that make asylums and pris-
ons necessary.
EUGENE w. GRANT.
Moose Lake, Mimi.