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Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
Child Barricades
Self in Bathroom;
Defies Policemen

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Nov. II.
<U.P) Two year old Ruth Ann Baird
barricaded herself in the bathroom
and defied her mother and police
to get her out.
She pulled out a linen drawer.
jamming it against the bathroom
door SO the door could be opened
only three inches. She then gath
cred up the skirts of her long,
flannel nightgown and proceeded
to "have fun"
Ruth Ann pulled Dub all of the
towels and threw them in the bath
tub, washbowl and other respec-
tacles. She Squirted the tooth
paste around. She made drum
sticks of the toothbrushes. She
combed her taffy colored hair and
then broke the comb and through
it all she hummed little song OF
destruction.
Mrs. Charles Baird, the mother,
spoke soothingly to Ruth Ann. She
spoke angrily, she urged and warn
ed and coaXed. But Ruth Ann on
ly turned up her round blue eyes
and answered Hi.
Policemen William Reynolds and
Glenn Nelson appeared outside the
bathroom door. They showed and
heaved unsuccessfully and Ruth
Ann looked up and gave them
greeting of Hi
Ruth Ann climbed into the bath
tub, atop the towels, and turned
on the cold water faucet. Officer
Reynolds hurried around to the
bathroom window and attacked
the screen Mrs. Baird warned Ruth
Ann not to turn on the hot water.
Ruth Ann didn't because she was
too busy watching Reynolds scrape
the skin off his hand trying to
unjam the window screen. He
muttered something and Ruth Ann
gave him CHEEKY Hi"
Policeman Nelson hurried out to
aid Reynolds. Ruth Ann turned
on the faucets in the WaShbowl.
She discovered that the bottom of
her nightgown had fallen into the
water of the bathtub and it was
uncomfortable.
Reynolds and Nelson pried
nightly at the screen and it gave
way. Reynolds scrambled through
the window and saw Ruth Ann
shove the linen drawer back home
and open the bath room door.
Hi" said Ruth Ann.
Coffee plants are in flower for
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
Young Musicians
In Valley Boys Band
Giuen New Uniforms

Thirty-six youthful musicians
comprising the Greater Imperial
Valley Boys band are the proud pos
SCISSORS of brand new, eye startling
uniforms.
The uniforms consist of brilliant
red Russian blouses white trousers
and shoes, and highly polished over
seas helmets. The boys paid for
their uniforms with money paid
them for playing in various concerts
since their organization JAM 8,
1896.
All the blouses were made by
Works Progress administration sew
ing room under the direction of
Mrs. Marcia Delp, supervisor of
Women's work for Imperial county.
j. Kenneth Hickox, head of the
WPA in this county, obtained of
district officials permission for the
work to be done.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
MAN BROODS OVER SUICIDE
FOR % YEARS LANDS IN JAIL

stranger in an alien city. so he
walked two blocks to East Fifth
street, pushed. open a heavy oak
door and went over to where a
man in blue sat behind high desk.
Il came to New York to commit
suicide" Roth said. My father
committed suicide and SO did my
grandfather" -
"Well?" said Police Lieutenant
John Becak.
The things been on my mind u
Roth continued. Il knew 1 would
do it, too, someday. 1 wanted to
die. But everything is changed
around here now
Gun Removed
He paused and Becak came out
from behind the desk.
Il got a pistol in my pocket, y
Roth finished.
Becak took the gun away from
him, called a patrolman to guard
Roth and began scribbling in high
ledger
Sullivan law Becak told the pa
trolman. Take him to the tombs
In felony court, where the VIM
doWs were gray with dirt. and the
lights shone sickly yellow, Roth, who
is 81, stared at the floor when Magis
trate Leonard MCGEE asked: You
are charged with carrying loaded
pistol in violation of the Sullivan
law, how do you plead?"
Guilty Roth said, and signed
Alex Roth in a shaky, uncertain
hand on the paper they thrust il
front of him Bail was fixed al
$1,000. Two men led Roth across
the bridge of sighs into the tomb:
and left him in a single cell, which
also was strange and new, because
never before had this man been If
jail
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12

Coffee plants are in flower for
one day only.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
Chrysler, G. E. Wage
Raise Said Farcial

DETROIT. Nov. II. UR)-Homer
Martin, president of the United Au-
tomobile Workers of America, said
today bonuses announced this week
by General Motors and the Chrys-
Ter corporations were "farcical
slight of-hand performances"
Despite the much advertised
S10,000,000 bonus and five cent an
hour wage increase" Martin said,
General Motors will find their
workers are universally dissatisfied
because they realize both the bonus
and increases are more than taken
up by wage slashes and speed up"
Martin described the Chrysler
S4,000,000 bonus announcement as
IAN empty gesture which was ac-
complished by private cutting
wages"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12

and every time a fly gets on youl
food or falls in your milk it leaves
enough germs to start the disease
in your body.
'Flies visit all the unclean places
! of the neighborhood. eat decayeo
matter, and then come to youl
table.
"There are many kinds of flies
and they are different from other
insects because they .aave only two
wings and other insects have four.
"Gnats are small flies and mos
quitos belong to the fly family.
Files multiply very rapidly. A
female fly lays about 100 eggs al
one time. These eggs hatch into
larvae in eight hours. The larvae or
little white maggots, eat a lot and
change into the chrysalis and then
in a few days come out as grown
flies. In 10 days these flies start to
lay eggs. So in 20 days from the
time the egg is laid 100 eggs have
become adult flies, 60 of which are
females. Suppose one fly lives
through the winter. In the spring
it starts its egg laying and by
September there might be six tril-
lion flies because of this one.
Flies lay their eggs in manure
piles and other dirty places, SO
when the maggots are hatched they
will have enough to eat. You can
always find these little maggots in
and under dead and decaying
things.
I'VE hardly paid any attention to
flies because we never thought much
about them except they were a nuis-
ance. Now, after we have found
out how dangerous they are, We are
trying to get rid of them. We keep
our lunch papers off the grounds
and keep the lid of our trash can
on tight.
Some of the boys dug big pit
put old papers, apple cores and any
put old papers, ,:pe:e Goes and any
thing that flies like in there and
burn them. If any flies do get in
the room we spray them with fly
spray. We want to do our share to
get rid of flies and tell other people
how to get rid of them. If every
one would do his share we wouldn't
have so many. People start wars
on flies and they are very success
full.
I'VE read in social science that
during the SpaniSh-American war
the sanitary officers of the United
States army discovered that the
house fly spread typhoid fever
among the soldiers and caused
thousands of deaths. A campaign
was started against flies then ano
while the World war was being
fought there was hardly any ty'
phoid"
-Lantana Science Glass
AS a result of the students work
Lantana school has eradicated flie'
almost entirely from the class rooms
and the school grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12

The guide which Mrs. Anderson
is completing is a study of insects
those harmful and beneficial, and
in connection with her study the
Lantana school children became in
terested in a project to eradicate
flies from their school grounds.
AS a result of their work they
have written the following article
for the Post Press, this article be-
ing a cooperative composition writ
ten entirely by the youngsters, their
teacher having served as guide
only
In our science class at Bantana
school this year we have taken up
study of flies to find out which
ones are helpful and which ones
harmful to human beings.
I'VE started our study with flies
because we found so many of them
in our school room and around the
school grounds and in our homes.
They were such a bother We de-
cided to find out all about them,
why they came here, where they
came from and how to get rid of
them.
These are the things We found
out after reading all the books We
could get. magazine and newspaper
articles and watching them.
The common fly known as the
house fly, has with his relatives
killed more people than any other
creature. The people that have
been killed by lions. tigers and other
wild beasts, rattlesnake bites, black
widow spiders are only a handful
compared to the ones who have died
because of the house fly.
Even the men who have been
killed IN wars are not as many as
those killed by flies.
THE reason for all these deaths
is that flies carry deadly disease
germs. The worst germ is the ty-
phoid fever germ. They carry. these
germs on the small hairs covering
their feet. They can carry thous-
ands of these germs on their feet
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12

NEW YORK. Nov. ~. U.P)-Alex-
ander Roth's father and grandfath-
er committed suicide, so today
after 33 years of brooding on the
evil star under which his family
lived-he put a 38 caliber pistol in
his overcoat pocket and came to
New York, intending to keep his
rendezvous with death.
He came from Point Pleasant
Beach, N. j., where he worked as a
cook-a Short flabby man with
thinning hair who asked nothing
out of life except that he be al
lowed to die amid the roar of the
East Side where he spent his boy
hood
He walked down Lafayette street,
where the wind blew sharply off
the East river. and turned into
Seventh street, peering at the house
numbers until he found No. 81.
Had Been Home
Thirty-three years ago this five
story, brown building, with the
stone bulldogs guarding the steps
Ildu Dttil AAN va ehs1o AAbsA'N%
rails still were along the steps, and
the gilt "62" was over the door as
Roth stood there. right hand in his
overcoat pocket.
Then he saw that it was his Ole
home, but not his old neighborhood
All the other buildings were new
and strange Beside the brownstone
house there rose a new, freshly
painted apartment building with
sign saying "Six-room apartment
to let"
Strangest of all in the eyes OF
this man who thought he was about
to die was the fact that he was
standing midway between churcf
and a funeral parlor, neither o.
which were there when he Wen'
away.
Then Roth realized that ne was
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12

CIllSe OF Ilelr DdllOIS were SpOliSQ.
In accordance with legal require
ments, one week elapsed between
the election and the counting of the
absentee ballots. This count was
added TO the official totals COM
pleted by the board of supervisors.
The changes made no difference in
the final result but the way the
votes were cast for the various
candidates iii the Democratic snow
storm, provides an interesting study
OF political trends
Absentee ballots added 368 to the
votes for President Franklin d.
Roosevelt to bring the grand total to
1850
ALI Landon picked up 154 votes in
the absentee count. This brought
his total vote in the county to 4,771.
The Socialist candidate for presi-
dent. Norman Thomas, received no
votes in the absentee tally while
the Prohibitionist candidate. D.
Leigh Colvin, and the Communist
candidate. Earl Browder, each re-
ceived one absentee vote. The total
for Colvin was 40. for Thomas %,
and for Browder 38.
In the congressional race, each
candidate picked up votes in the abb
sentee tally. Ed V. Izac's total vote
was 5,795; Ed P. Samples was 4,901
and Esco L. Richardson's was 81.
Only three absentee ballots fell to
Richardson's lot
Edward H Law successful candi-
date for the state senate. garnered
365 votes in the absentee check.
one for each day next year. This
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12

addition brought his final total to
6.434 His Republican opponent, w.
S. Dunn, received % absentee votes
which placed his final count at 4707.
In his unopposed race for state
asSemblyman on the Democratic
and Republican tickets, Clarence R.
Walker polled 6.99l after his 264
absentee votes were added.
A total of 4.457 Imperia; county
residents approve of Douglas l.
Edmonds as an associate justice OF
the state supreme court. Only 1876
diSapproved of him. Absentee voters
numbering 209 voicec approval of
Edmonds while 68 Gid not approve.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
Police Take Back
Their Bicycle Bribe

JEFFERSON, CITY, Mo, Nov. IL.
U.P - Police who bribed young
James (Pooie) Childs, Negro boy,
with a bicycle TO give up his cycle
stealing crime wave today took back
their bribe because the lad couldn't
keep his hands off a case of soda
pop belonging to someone else.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
Noted Herb Doctor
OF OZarkS Falls Ill

AURORA. Mo, Nov. y. UP
Omar A. Palmer who was famed
widely throughout rural Missouri as
the doctor" who cured all ailments
with his herbs today rested in the
Ozarks hospital here recovering
from an operation for gall bladder
obstruction
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
Bullets Hit Fugitive
Where They Do Good

TULSA, Okla, Nov. IL. U.P)-A
sharpshooter policeman shot Leslie
Rollins, Negro, where it would do
the most good when Rollins tried
to run away and escape arrest on
a burglary charge. Rollins was in
Jail today with bullet wounds in
both feet.
The Washington times., 1936-03-17
LOS ANGELES,
March II lU.S.D

"GOv. ALI M. LandOn Is the
outstanding candidate for the
Republican nomination as Presi.
dent and all indications point to
his election by a sweeping ma
jority."
This was the declaration here to
day Of Michael j. O'Brien, presi
The Washington times., 1936-03-17
RACING
OPPOSED BY
WEST END
BY A. ]. DRISCOLL

CIG1xenS Associations EdlCOr
With President Robert D. Lyons
casting the deciding vote, the
West End Citizens Association, at
last nights meeting in the Third
Precinct Police Station, went on
record as opposing bill intro
duced by Representative Norton
to legalize horse racing in the
District.
A report by Charles w. Norris,
chairman of the zoning commit
tee. was adopted. 1t would re-
Quire applicants for zoning
changes to furnish the Zoning
Commission with an affidavit
that consents had not been Sc
cured through the means of
financial consideration, alleged to
have become a racket in the Dis
trict. Before deciding on any
zoning changes the commission
was urged to grant a public hear
ing to any minority group of
property owners within 200 feet
OF any proposed change.
A letter from Friendship Lodge
No. 2, I. o. o. F., requesting the
association to oppose erection of a
gasoline station at Twenty second
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest. was tabled.
The association requested a park
ing ban recentely inaugurated on
Constitution Avenue west OF Twen-
ty-secOnd Street be eliminated and
that parking of cars be prohibited
on the west side of TwenLy-firSt
Street between Virginia Avenue
and c Street northwest
Resolutions were adopted urging
legislation to correct abuses under
the present real estate tax sale
laws.
Lincoln Park
The group, by unanimous vote,
appealed to the Senate to restore to
the District bill the s. SOC. 900
slaShed from the Federal contribu-
tion by the House.
The Lincoln Park Citizens last
night passed resolutions opposing
q recommendation by Commits
sion Allen for an advisory referen-
dunn in the District, as useless and
involving unnecessary expenditure
Of public funds.
A petition signed by 40 residents
around Lincoln Park was received
protesting heavy trucking, the vi
bration m many instances causing
plaster to fail from ceilings.
1t was pointed out that since
heavy trucks were barred from
Maryland Avenue they now are
using Lincoln Park as a bypass.
The petition was ordered sent to
the director Of traffic.
The association approved a re-
port from Joseph L. Gammell,
tavoring legislation for creation of
magistrate courts.
It reaffirmed a former action
for the Seventeenth and East Cap
1tal Street site for a District ar
mory. Three-way traffic lights
were asked for the intersection
Of Eleventh Street, Massachu,
sets Avenue and North Carolina
Avenue.
Mrs. Jesse C. Adkins, Of the
D. c. League of Women Voters,
spoke on the new Juvelie Court
bill
Resolutions were adopted by
the Sixteenth Street Heights Citi-
Sens Association, at last nights
meeting in the A. R. Shepherd
School, indorsing the Sisson bill
for repeal Of the "red rider" to the
District appropriation bill. The
rider prohibits teaching of com.
muniSm in the public schools.
The Washington times., 1936-03-17
BROKER LAUDS LANDON

dent of the Chicago Stock Ex.
change. upon his arrival aboard
the liner Santa Elena from New
York.
O'Brien, who also is vice presi
dent and Chicago head Of Paine,
Webber g. Co., stocks and bonds
house, said Landon has attracted
the interest of the agricultural
Midwest and the industrial Allan
tic Seaboard States.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-04
KYLES CREEK

KYLES CREEK, March 4-lhe
farmers of this section are nusy
pruning blowing and getting
ready for their early planting.
School bus service in this sec
ton has been renewed: SchoDl
children have been forced to walk
quite a distance on account OF the
condition of the roads.
Mrs. Idah Rhodes. who has been
snanding some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Plato Potillo, mas
returned to her home in Ohio.
Mrs. Emma L. Rogers visited
friends and relatives at Fruitland
last week. ''
Hrs. D. j. Rhodes and son, Ora
ham. are visiting relatives in Hen
Jacksonville.
Mrs. L. F. Hyder, of East Flat
Rock and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Hvder, of Dana, were. visitors IN
this section on Sunday.
Lvold and Dulas Hyder, OF
Glendale. S. c., visited relatives
in this section on Sunday, ,..,.
Mrs. Plato Patillo and little
son. Harry, visited relatives a,
Fruitland on Sunday.
Mrs. Emma L. Rogers and son
I Fl. Rogers, made trip to the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-04
BLANTYRE

|, BLANTYRE, Marca 4.-Mr. d.
S. Morgan expects to have his
new home ready to be occupied
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. V. Duncan re-
turned home on Saturday after
spending the past week on Little
River with Mr.. and Mrs. F. V.
Duncan.
Mr.. Preston A. Rain and son,
Harold, were in Greenvile Thurs
day on business.
Mrs. Clannie Justus and son,
Jack, spent Wednesday with Mrs.
w. X. Duncan and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Frady spent
Saturday night with Mrs. George
Warren.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. V. Duncan had
a stheir guests on Sunday MI.
and Mrs. w. P. Duncan, and sons,
Adam and Ruggles, of Marion,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. q. Duncan, Of
Asheville, Mr.. and Mrs. T. E.
Duncan and daughters, Cogrene
and. Mamie Lou, Of Etowah, Miss
Ann Blythe. of Burlington, and
Mrs. George Warren and daugh-
ter, Ethel, of Blantyre.
Mrs. Tom Couch spent Friday
with Mrs. Henry Reid.
Mr.. Charles Laughter. spent the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-04
Paracautes in AirPlanes

ParachuteS were first carried In
tah airplane In 1912 Captain Berry
made the first descent from an air
plane in 81. Louis, Mo. He used a
medium sized parachute, folded and
stuffed into c0nical cylinder. tied
under the front end of the airplane
skid. During the last days OF the
World war in 1918, German aviatnrs
frequently used them. but after the
war little was done to complete the
use of parachutes until the year
1921. At this time British ami
American aviatOrS began working
upon q parachute which could he
carried conveniently by pilot.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-04

, Weekend with his parents at Da-
Wis NJ 81" Henry Reid and small
,'nbfcr, Hilda, spent Friday with
Mrs. J. T. Justus. .
"t Ms 4; ]. T. Justus spent Sunday
81 Pleastn Grove with her sister.
Mrs. Carl Blythe. Wy
"iI r Justus and W. K. Duncan
oro in Brevard on business on
NJ pnW Lewis Simpson visited his
,,orants, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Simp-
e s on Boileston, on Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs. Hamilton Stepp
called on Mr.. and Mrs. John Reid
IN Thursday afternoon.
VI MIS- W. X. Duncan and SON.,
WYATT, called on Mrs. VIII Owens
and family on Friday.
Mrs. A. C. Hickman is recover
mo, after being i'll with influenza.
Miss Helen Holtzclan, of Etc
voh. visited Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Reid on Sunday afternoon. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Clannie Justus
and family spent Sunday at Etc
wah with Mr.. and Mrs. Milford
Mr., and Mrs. Earl Gray and
hobv were Sunday guests OF Nh.
and Mrs. John Reed.
Mr.. John Reed called on Nh.
Vellev Brown and family at Glade
Creek on Monday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-04
Are
Bowed Over By
Asheville High

ASHEVILLE, March 4. = The
Asheville high basket bail team
last night bowled over the Blue
Ridge Iilltoppers to the tune OF,
so to 27 in a game that saw the
locals take an early lead and con-
tinue to pile up points during the
remainder of the contest.
The Asheville team gained an
IL to 2 lead in the opening per-
iod and romped further ahead IN
the second, the score at the half
being 81 to 5.
The HilltopperS came to hfe IN
the final period, but the lead OF
the Maroons was too great to oe
overcome.
The line-upS:
Asheville (5o) Blue Ridge ca
Justice (9) ... Haislep CD
Forward
c. Jones (8) ....... LYDIA (6)
80. Forward 3
Bartlett (15) ...... Edney (6)
Center ."
Branson (s) ......... Gianakos
e.. Guard .". .s
Vallianeourt (2) 49,. Hyder Cd
. .. Guard So t.
Substitutes. Asheville, ]. JON
es, Michael, Little co, Bryson,
Poole co., Smith (2). Blue Ridge,
Gill go, Austin 80.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-04
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE

Having qualified as administra-
trix of the estate of Mack d. Co.
burn, late of Henderson county,
this is to notify all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate to
present them to the undersigned
on or before the 4th day of
March, 1887, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate
will please make settlement with
the undersigned. o.
This 4th day of March, 1886.
ANNIE R. COBURN,
Administrative, Estate of
Mack D. Coburn.
3-47Wed-4tp
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-04
MT. 0LWET

MOUNT OLIVET, Mar. A.
Mrs. Addie Tankersley visited
Mrs. Hattie Osteen. Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roe Redden have
moved from this community 20
Pleasant Hill on the Big Willow
road.
Mrs. Dollie Hill is spending the
week with her mother, Mrs. A. H.
Osteen.
Miss Hester Tankersley has been
employed at Tuxedo.
Mr.. Edward Osteen was over
night guest of Mr.. Brownlow
Tankersley, Sunday.
Mr.. Tom Ballard. called upon
Mr.. Ruben Ballard, Sunday after
noon. ....,. So. ....
Mr.. Newell Hill visited Mr.. and
Mrs C. C. Hermon, Saturday
night.
Mr.. ]. C. Tankersley made a
business trip to Flat Rock last Sal
urday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-04
Patriotism

Patriotism is tie passion which
aims TO serve ones country, either
in defending 1t from invasion, or
protecting its rights and maintain
ing laws and institutions, yigor and
purity; II is characteristic of a
good citizen, the noblest passion
that animates man in the charac-
ter of q citiZen.Hf
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-04

Mountain, Sanitarium on Sunday
Mrs. Everett Morris and chill
dren. Of. HendersQnyille, spent q.
few days last week wit hher par
ents.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. D. j. Rhodes, Mrs.
Emma L. Rogers, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Budd LYDIA of Fruitland re-
Gently.
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Hummingbird Speed Champ

Speed championship in the bird
world must be accorded the hum
mingbird with runner-up hrGnOrs go
Ing to the bat. The human eye
cannot follow the hummer; when
desiring to leave a bed of flowers
for another more favorable spot,
he shoots away In a fash, says
American Nature Association Of
Washington.