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Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
DAM
CONTRACT LET
IN VERDE JOB

PHOENIX, July %. WP)-Prepar-
ations for actual construction work
on Bartlett Dam on the Verde river
were under way today with grant
of contract to construct a village
for hundreds of workmen at the
damSite.
The contracting firm of Barrett,
Hip g. Maco, successful bidders for
the dam contract, awarded a sub
contract to the Del E. Webb Con-
struction company of Phoenix to
build dormitories, dining halls.
offices, a schoolhouse, recreation
center, and other structures in the
village. The contract repeatedly in
volved about $65,000
The village, it was planned. will
have electric lights, running water
and other conveniences, and will be
completed within 80 days.
Crews already are at work con-
structing a road to the damsite.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
SINGLE TAX WOULD PARALYZE FARM
INDUSTRY DECLARES SPEAKER HERE

the total tax on land 88 per cent
of the tax burden in California
He said the tax would lessen the
burden on public utilities and Of
flee building but would penalize
the homes.
He pointed out the dangers of
the single tax and advocated a
program OF education to inform
the voters of the burden they
would be assuming by adopting the
the measure.
The chamber promised full CO.
operation with the newly formed
Imperial County Association
against the Single Tax. Super
visor Hugh T. Osborne and County
Assessor Collector Dan West also
promised their aid.
Edward C. Hall, president of the
San Diego Realty board explained
the effects which the proposal
would have on real estate.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
HEAT DEATHS
STILL MOUNT
IN THIS AREA
Toll Reaches II As
Long Hot Spell
Continues

Torrid weather continued
to hold undisputed sway in
Imperial Valley Thursday
with two more deaths at
tributed to heat, bringing
annual heat death total to- 81
While the temperature in Ell
Centro at noon Thursday was only
102 degrees, the humidity sky
rocketed to As. The sun was par
TALLY obscured by haze Thursday
but the slight shadow brought no
relief from the heat.
Maximum temperature for We'd
nesday was 1T degrees. At 8 o.
clock in the afternoon it had drop
ped to LOG degrees and the humi-
dity was only 26.
Increasing numbers OF residents
have suffered heat attacks which
have necessitated the administer
ing of restoratives. The danger
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
JAMES DEFENSE
LAWYER PLEADS
FOR ACQUITTAL

LOS ANGELES, July %. UP)-
Defense Attorney William j. Clark,
playing upon the emotions Of the
Jurors today, launched into a final
desperate appeal for acquittal OF
Robert S. James, accused torture
slayer of his seventh wife, Mary.
"If you convict this man of muir
der and send him to the galloWs,
the chief of the defense battery said
in throbbing voice, "his pale face
and eyes will forever haunt you.
You will hear him forever, saying
to you in the innermoSt reCesseS of
your conscienceS, You killed me,
you killed me!'s
Reiterating the words of one of
his associates, Clark assailed the
confession" the state introduced
as one of its most damaging bits of
evidence. He denounced the docu-
ment as utterly valuelesS' because,
he cnntended, it was wrung from
the green-eyed barber under dureSs.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
INDIAN STYLE
BUFFALO HUNT
PROVES COSTLY

SANTA CATALINA ISLAND,
Cal. July %. (UP)-A brief squirt
of the wild west was over today
for two youths who went hunting
with stolen bows and arrows and
shot 40 arrows into one of the
tame buffaloes in the island herd.
Lee and Alton Stafford, aged IT
and 81, of Glendale, must buy
the island a new buffalo, and the
elder brother must pay a $3.50
fine, under a sentence imposed
by Justice Of Peace Ernest Windle.
Alton confessed he broke into
the island pavilion and stole two
bows and 276 target arrows and
took his brother for a hunt. A
game guard saw the wounded
buffalo fleeing with arrows stick
ing into its sides and arrested the
brothers. The buffalo died.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
FRESNO FAMILY
WIPED OUT BY
AUTO ACCIDENT

KETTLEMAN CITY, Cal, July
90 UP)-A Fresno family was virtu-
ally wiped out today as the result of
a terrific collision involving an oil
truck and a heavy sedan a mile
south of here.
The wife and three children of
John j. Enos, 43, were dead. Two
more were expected to die. The
condition of two others was critical.
A oneyear-old baby, Louise, alone
escaped injury.
Lack O'Gilbreth, 38, Los Angeles
driver of the truck, suffered Slight
injuries
Mrs. Enos was driving at a high
rate of speed, police said.
The EnoS automobile, a new
family car" yet unregistered, was
demolished. The impact of the
collision was so great that it tore
the crankcase and a wheel from
the heavy truck, overutrning it.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
NEW BUTTERFAT
PRICE CHARGED

LOS ANGELES, July %. U.P)-
A new scale of butterfat prices,
expected to result in a one-cent
increase in the price of delivered
milk, went into effect today.
On order of the state depart
ment of agriculture. distributors
advanced butterfat prices from
5212 to 50 cents a pound.
A one-cent per quart increase
in the price of milk to absorb the
butterfat advanced was agreed up
on by most of the distributors
two weeks age but an order put
ting it into effect has not yet
been issued. The new price would
be II cents a quart.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
STRIKERS FACE
ORANGE COUNTY
TRIAL BY JURY

WHITTIER, Cal, July %. UP)-
Three Mexicans went on trial here
today on assault and battery charg-
es arising from the widespread cit
rus strike gripping Los Angeles and
Orange counties.
Leo Gallagher, attorney for the
American Civil Liberties Union, is
defending V. Gutierrez, Joe Herman
dez and Guadalupe Camarillo, who
were arrested on June 30. Judge
Cecil Holland of Beverly Hills is
presiding at the jury trial and
Deputy District Attorney Donald d.
Avery is prosecutor.
Selection of the jury started yes
terday but second jury panel had
to be called before the attorneys
accepted jury at noon today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
CANALPLANTS
ENDORSED BY
HIGH OFFICIAL
District Chiefs See
New Promise of
Victory

Secretary of Interior Har-
old l.. Ickes said Thurs
day ne heartily favors de-
veloping power possibilities
on CALIFORNIA; All Ameri-
can canal to the fullest" the
United Press reported.
The statement came after Gov
ernor Ed Johnson. Colorado, had
protested against installing power
facilities on Imperial Valleys big
reclamation project on grounds
that such action would reduce sale
of electrical energy from Boulder
Dam.
Ickes' pronouncement met with
enthusiastic response from public
officials here. President Evan t.
HeWes of the Imperial Irrigation
district summed up the comments
when he said, "the people of the
Imperial Irrigation District are
exceedingly fortunate in having
such a solid official as he is sup
porting their power development.
The Southern Sierras Power COM
pany should begin to realize by
this time that if they expect to
stampede him into some action
that will be averse to our power
development and helpful to- them,
their chances are very SLIM"
Gov. Johnson's protest is cur
rently believed to have been in
spired by arguments formulated
by agents of private power inter
ests.
Action Withheld
In a Washington disDatch, the
Continued on Page 2; Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

What makes this particular item
mysterious as all get-out is the fact,
according to Hoover, that he has no
brokerage accounts.
This news follows pat-pat-pat on
the heels of the secret service
sleuths who inquired into the activ-
tiles of the G-men who ventilated
John Dillinger with bullets. They
asked around in st. Paul and Chi
cago whether the G-men were right
IN killing John; whether they
couldn't have captured him alive.
The plot thickens here. When the
G-Men discovered they were being
shadowed by the secret service, they
did little vice-versa shadowing.
Then they reported to Hoover, who
reported to his boss, Attorney Gen
eral Homer S. Cummings, who re
ported to the public that there
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

ward of 900 persons from farm,
town and city are expected here
for the jamboree in celebration of
the political recognition of the great
plains.
Toward evening they will gather
under the elms and cottonwoods
of the capitol grounds. Banked row
on row on the drought-fired lawn,
the representative of midwest and
a leaven of party men and women
from other parts of the country will
see Landon lift the burden he must
carry until November in contest
for a greater burden during the en-
suing four years.
He will begin speaking at approx
imately 800 p. m. est (6:30 p. m.
PSTD. But the show began many
hours ago Special trains, or cars
attached to regular traffic began
Continued on Page 8; Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
REGISTRATION
ABOVE $1,000
FOR PRIMARY
Democrats Ahead In
Imperial Valley
TabuIati0n

Total registration in I'M
perial county stands at &c.
979, with the Democratic
registrations leading the Re-
p u b lean by comfortable
margin.
Democratic registration totals
1888 and the Republican 6,336.
The Socialists number 38, the pro-
hibitionists 26, the Communists l
and those who declined to state
any party affiliation, so.
Since the great register opened
following the May primary cleo
tion, 963 new registrations were
added to the rolls.
Registration now is closed until
after the August primaries.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

ana QrlVS on 10 Victory ana power.
Trucks filled with singing, cheer
ing men, regulars and Fascist and
Royalist volunteers, rumble along
the roads to- the south. Artillery
and machine guns go with them.
Rebel airplanes circle overhead,
accommodating.
Gen. Emilio Mola, commander in
chief of the rebel northern army,
is understood to have advanced
his field headquarters to Burgos,
1876 miles north of Madrid.
Though rebel strategy naturally
is subject to some reserve, it is in
diCated columns from the far north
and the north central areas are to
meet on the river Dour0 south of
Burgos and advance together on
Continued on Page 2; Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
G -
- @<1
REPoRTER ANR11NS
Says
Desert Tragedy

Desert Tragedy
Loyal KiWanians of CaleXico and
Escondido were in deep mourning
this week, all over Oscar. The Es-
condido KiWanians came to Calex-
leo Wednesday, bringing with them
Oscar, Biddy and their two chill
dren. That is, they brought Oscar
part of the way, then he couldn't
take it. He passed out, Succumbed,
went to his reward, at an undeter-
mined point on the desert The
coast KiWanianS did the best they
could with Biddy and the children,
mourning Oscar all the while. Then
the visitors were shocked immeas-
urably when M. F.. Rugg, Calexico
undertaken, walked into the room
and presented Oscar" alive and
well. The Escondido skeptics exam
ined the fraudulent Oscar, and came
to the reluctant admission that he
looked like Oscar, acted like Oscar
and might be Oscar, although they
didn't see how it was possible. Then
Mortician Rugg got pangs of con
science, and admitted that the bogus
Oscar was really not Oscar, but
just another Buff Cochin rooster
he happened to have around. All
was well, and the shades of the real
Oscar rested in peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
CHAMBER WILL
PROVIDE TREES

Ell Centre chamber of commerce
directors will provide the city with
trees to fill in the gaps along the
parkways of the city, it was voted
at a directors meeting Wednes-
day night. The trees were grown
by the Future Farmers of Ameri-
ca.
Directors also discussed tenta-
tive plans fer the annual fall
opening arranged for October and
Chairman Fred Kenyon and Rob-
ert Hays, manager of the chamber,
were instructed to ascertain the
desires of merchants in connection
with this event.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
CALEXTCO MAN
DIES ON COAST

J. E. Talbot, we'll known business
man of Calexico, died in Paradise
Valley sanitorium Wednesday fol
lowing an appendicitis operation
performed last Friday.
He had been in the tire business
in Calexico for many years and lived
on a ranch east of Heber. He was
a faithful contributor to charity and
community projects in the border
city where he had a wide circle of
friends.
Talbot was a member of the Cal
exico Elks lodge and of the Imperial
County Democratic Central COM
mittee.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Minnesota Firm
Lou Bidders on
Canal Drainage

YUMA, Ju'y 23. U,P)- The
Peterson Construction company
of Minneapolis, Mimi, was low
bidder today on proposal to
construct OVerchutes, drainage
inlets and turnOuts on the N
American canal north and west
of here.
The low bid was approximate
ly $339,000, about $4,000 less
than that of the second low bid
der, the V. II. Dennis company
of San Diego, Calf. Four bids
were submitted in all.
Definite amounts of the bids
could not be determined i'm
mediately pending a check bg
construction Engineer X. B. Will
liams.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

the controversy centering around
it.
Schlatter made his remark after
it was revealed that the sign had
been erected by Ralph Ellis of
the Ellis Neon company at the
instigation of the Ell Centre cham
Der for $100. Ellis said he had re-
ceived $40 in payment even though
he had asked for the remaining $50
several times.
Imperial county was named de-
fendant in a suit filed by River
side county to force removal of
the sign from the highway in
Riverside county.
Ellis said he was tired of hold
Continued on Page 8, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Ray Ingels Makes
Inspection Visit

Ray L. Ingels, director of the
department of motor vehicles for
California, was scheduled to ar
rive in Ell Centre Thursday after
noon for his regular inspection of
the California highway patrol and
ether motor vehicle departments.
The visitor will be guest of hon
or at a dinner at the Barbara
Worth hotel at $50 o'clock Thurs
day night. according to Captain
Frank Oswalt of the highway pa
troll.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

Agriculture, California's chief in
dustry, will be paralyzed if the
single tax goes into effect and the
sales tax is abolished, declared
E. c. Merrill OF the Union Trust
company of San Diego at We'd
nesday nights meeting of the Ell
Centro hamber of ommere.
Farm land in Imperial ounty
would be assessed at two and one
half times its present amount, ac-
cording to Merrill. The final re-
suit Of the single tax would make
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
AIRMAN SACRIFICES
Life TO SAVE MANY
CONSUL VOTED
STRIKE POWER

SANTA ANA, Cal, July %, (uD
Striking Mexican orange pickers
today announced through the Mex
lean consul's office that full arbi-
trary authority had been voted to
Mexican Consul Ricardo Hill of Los
Angeles.
Lucas Lucio, Hill's aide in Santa
Ana, reported that in several meet
ings held last night, the strike vot-
ed not to recognize mediation ef-
forts of Fred West, labor union or
ganizer from Los Angeles, William
Velarde, president of the Mexican
Agricultural Workers Union, Joe Els
pinoza, local strike leader, and 9th
ers associated with the three union
leaders.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
COUGHLIN APOLOGIES
To ROOSEVFIT

DETROIT, July %. UP) An
open letter of apology by Father
Charles L. COughlin for his re-
cent statement that President
Roosevelt was a double crosser
and a liar" viii be published to-
morrow in the PRIESTS paper
Social Justice"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

mate Paul Gresky stayed with
Oliver until the ship was near the
earth and then attempted to bale
out but he was too low. The par
achute failed to open and he was
killed in the fall
Continued on Page 2; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
BRITISH DESTROYER
FIRES ON PLANE

LONDON, July 20. Up)--An
Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Tangier said today that the
British destroyer Whitehall fired
on a rebel Spanish airplane
which dropped four bombs near n
British cargo carrier six miles
from Tangier while the freighter
was heading for Tangier.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Last Minute
FL ES
LOWER REFRIGERATION
RATES PROMISED

LOS ANGELES, -yuIy %. U.H
New rates for refrig's cation
will represent a large saving for
California citrus growers, l.. A.
StrOuse, traffic manager of the
California Fruit Growers Ex-
change. said today. The saving
will total a quarter million dol
lars to exchange growers alone.
he said. The new, and i'm most
instances, lower charges become
effective Sept. 10.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Speaking of Courtesy

RR never ceases to marvel at the
varied accomplishments of George
Bucklin, night desk sergeant at the
Ell Centre police station, nor at the
genial versatility of the sergeant in
looking up anything from light fuses
to fishing tackle for those who for
got about them during the daylight
hours, when stores were open.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
INQUIRY PLANNED
IN INSURANCE LOSSES

Los ANGELES. July 20. UD
State Insurance Commissioner
Samuel c. Carpenter, Jr.. today
announced he was planning an
investigation into the affairs 0g
the reOrganized Pacific Mutual
Life company of California Lo
determine II any violation OF
the Sstate corporate law was In
volved In the cOmpany's losses
in non-cancellable accident and
health policies.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
It's A Good Idea

Congratulation to the group of
Junior Ten Thousand club men,
bers who calmly play cards once
each week. Just in case the dear
public might think they are gluttons
for punishment this torrid weather,
RR hastens to explain that they
hold forth in the air cooled offices
of the Imperial Ice and Develop
ment company.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

to make a landing beyond. AL
though he still had time tC jump,
Lieutenant w. oliver stuck to his
ship and piloted it beyond the
tents to crash on an adjacent
parking lot.
Lieutenant Oliver died with his
ship. Third class machinist's
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Well, Why NOt?-

When it comes to swanky and
novel shorts, RR would back I'm
perial Valley against the rest of the
world even if most of the shorts
are of backless variety. This
weather has made some of the
buXom females throw caution to the
winds and take to the abbreviated
gadgets so favored by their slender
sisters. Why not? Comfort in spite
of anything and everything should
be the rule of the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
From Bad to Better

Out of the limbo where the souls
of all good newspapermen stagnate,
sometimes one escapeS-so maybe
there's still hope for RR. One of
his operatives informs RR that
Judge Fletcher Bowron, Los An
geles, who heard the power COM
pany suit here has a background of
five years on San Francisco news
papers (San Francisco doesn't
make all newspapermen judges,
however, as per example RR) Any
way. we're in good company.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
No Repetition, Please

r. f. Cressey who lives just west
of Ell Centre, gave RR couple of
chills Thursday with his set of 25-
year-old photograph showing dam
age done by a cyclone that hit the
valley July %, 1911. The pictures
are so convincing that RR spent
the entire day hoping the twister
won't repeat on its anniversary.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Naval Flier Sticks With Ship as Crowds
Watch Horrified When Wings Fall
From Craft Over Fairgrounds
90

SANTA MARIA, Cal. July 23 OP)-A naval pilot
sacrificed the lives of himself and coyer today to pre-
vent his disabled plane from crashing into crowded tent
the county fair Wings of the fighting plane crumpled
swooped 500 feet above the Santa Maria fair grounds
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
District Wins Court
Battle From Sierras
Landon Will Accept
Republican Banner
In Bow To America
Kansas Governor Will be Formally Introduced te
Nations Voters in Acceptance Speech Timed
For $3.50 PM. Coast Time

TOPEKA, Kans., July %. (UP)-Gov. Alf M. Landon
will accept the Republican nomination for president of
the United States today in the first major of the
G. O. P. campaign to back under progressive west
leadership. Topekas biggest crowd is gathering Up
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
IRATE SIGN BUILDER
MAY SAVE COUNTY
Tourist DirectiOna Billboard to Be Torn Down
Because Payment Never Made to Company;
Legal Action May be Unnecessary

The big sign erected Mecca under the sponsor
ship of the Ell Centro chamber of commerce bobbed up
in the news again Thursday when Schlatter chairman
of the county board of supervisors declared he
for the county having ANYTHING further to do with
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Decisive Battle Due
Friday i'm Riot-Torn
Civil War Of Spain
Rebel Leaders to Hazard Fortunes in Clash With
Loyast Forces North of Madrid; Britain
Warns Fighters Off of Gibraltar
Copyright 1886 by United Press)

WITH THE SPANISH REBEL ARMY IN THE
FIELD, July %. (UP)Rebel leaders, ready to hazard
their fortunes and their lives decisive BATTLE hope
to meet government army north of Madrid tomorrow
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
MARKETS AN BRIEF

Butter; Los Angeles 37cs butter
fat, Imperial valley Lob. ranch,
Grade A, f51,c; manufacturing milk,
doe; route gathered cream. SIC.
$3.50; L. :. No. 1. S15-15.5O; u. y.
No. = Ienfy, SIf.5O-1j.OO; u. :. No.
:, S14; Minneapolis flax 2O3-2O9.
II; Minneapolis flax 203-2O9.
Evening star., 1936-07-23
SALE-AUTO TRUCKS.

FORD 1881 panel: excellent appearance
and performance; S125 cash. 4414 5th
& N Call auaninpS
Evening star., 1936-07-23
ADAM A. WEsCHLER 4 SON. Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF TWo-STORY BRICK
DWELLING. NO. 361 MCLEAN AVE

TRUSTEES SALE OF Two-sToRY BRICK
DWELLING. No. 361 MCLEAN AVE
NUE. SOUTHWEST.
BY virtue Of deed OF trust recorded In
Liber No. 6270. folio AT ct seq, one OF
the land records OF the District Of Column
bia. and at the request Of party secured
thereby. the undersigned trustees viii ofier
for sale by public auction, in front of prem
ises on TUESDAY, THE TWENTY-EIGHTH
DAY OF JULY. 1896, AT FOUR-THIRTY
O'CLOCK PM. the following described
property In the District Of Columbia. to
vii Lot 135 in Mclean n Lar =, and Van s Rs-
as per plat recorded in the once Of the
surveyor for. the District Of Columbia in
Liber IL at folio 1872.
Terms Of sale: One e-fourth Of the pur-
chase money 10 be paid in cash: balance in
equal installments. represented by prom
isSory notes of purchaser payable in one.
two and three years. with interest at six
per cent per annum from day. of sale, pay:
able semi-annually. secured BY nrst deed
option of purchaser deposit Of 5000
cash required of purchaser at sale Examt-
nation OF title conveyancing.. recording. rev.
enue stamps and notarisl fees at cost OF
purchaser. Terms TO be complied with
within thirty days from day Of sale. other;
wise trustees reserve the right to resell
property. at risk and cost Of defaulting pur-
chaser after fve days advertisement OF
such resale in some Newspaper published IN
washington. D. C., or deposit may be for
feited or without forfeiting deposit trustees
table rights against defaulting purchaser.
RAYMOND J. VIERBUCHEN.
EDMUND NJ. EMMERICH.
iy17 2023 1923 Trustees.
Evening star., 1936-07-23

PREMISES NO. $500 THIRTY-TH1RD
eTPTTT NOETuWEET
Evening star., 1936-07-23
WANTED TO BUY-HOUSES.

7 PERSONALLY PAY CASH FOR WASH
ington property. white or colored. 1mme
diate settlement. No commission. G..
DUTY. 1924 Vermont ave. National 44S.
Evening star., 1936-07-23
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