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Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
RETIRED ORGANIST OUIZZED IN
WIFES DEATH AFTER ACCUSATION

of Mrs. Ethel f. Whitaker, told po-
lice that the retired musician had
slain his wife,
In an asserted statement made
public by police, Culver, a recent ar
rival here from Evansville, lnd., ac-
cused Whitaker of shooting ms vile
following a quarrel.
The elderly organist was taken to
police headquarters from his cot in
a Huntington Park sanitarium fol-
lowing CulVer'S statement, police
reported. He denied the charge but
was said to have admitted knowing
the youth prior to the time he was
picked up as suspect in the staying.
Detective Lieutenant Thad Brown
reported that Culver told him he
staged a fake holdup' to give Mrs.
Whitaker a thrill.
The officer quoted Culver as say
inc he fired at Whitaker under a
pre- arranged plan, not at Mrs. WHIT
taker as the husband reported TIC poe
lice following the Staying.
In returning the fire, Whitaker
shot him three times, the youth
charged.
ITO prove it's the truth" the
youth told Brown, III take you
where the gun is
He led the detective to his lodging
house adjoining the hotel where
Mrs. Whitaker was slain and there
pulled a .32-caliber belly gun" from
a mattress. Three bullets had been
fired from it while the autopsy re-
pert showed that Mrs. Whitaker
had been shot four times. police
said.
After being questioned on Culver's
fantastic story, Whitaker was to be
taken to the prison ward of General
hospital TO confront his accuser, po-
lice said.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
Additional Market
- Quotations
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oils strengthened with Standard of
New Jersey at new top at 20 up "a.
Chemicals w ere higher with Coiam-
bian Carbon, Allied Chemical and
Du Pont up , to 3 points each IN the
farm equipm ent issues.
A long list of special issues rose
sharply, notably National Lead
which reached 500 for the first time
for a gain of 5 points. American
Wooden Issues were strong and ac-
Clark Equipment. Borg Warner, and
Radio preferred b were up l 10
points.
Utilities were mixed near the close.
American Telephone dipped more
than points in its section. Amerl-
can Can lost a point and Amerada
dropped 4 points.
Traders paid little attention to the
floods and were mainly swnyed IN
their buying activities by the re-
ported agreement of the Locarno
Powers.
ly in dull trading. Steels w e
slightly higher despite slowing up
in steel operations as a result of the
flood in the Pittsburgh area.
A long list of issues made new
highs for the year or longer. in
Guiding American smelling. Eaton
Virginia Carolina Chemical Issues,
international Harvester. e W
Truck. North American Aviation,
United Air Lines. Phillips Petroleum
and National Supply. The later fol-
lowed the advance in the oil shares,
Copper issues were bid up small
amounts as were several building
shares, notably American Radiator.
Utility issues slipped back from
early highs late in the session but
there was no pressure in any issue.
There was little in the news to af-
feet the market except the Locarno
situation. Earnings reports were
better than anticipated in seveTal
instances International Telephone
90 cents a share, against 81 cents
in 1884 was 10 cents higher than the
most optimistic estimates. Colum-
bian Carbon was 1885 reported net
equal TO S5.56 a share against so.92
in 1884. Montgomery Ward in the
euual to s2.66, against SIP.
Dow-Jones preliminary closing aV-
erages showed industrial 1910 up
1.5s. railroad Ass up 0.42. utility
3211 off 0.1O. oo,o ooo
Volume e approXimated 100000
shares compared with 1.75O,OoO shares
Yesterday. Curb sales were $4,000
shares compared with $4,000 shares
Yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
IMPERIAL COUNTY GRAND JURY
TURNS IN ITS ANNUAL REPORT

cheS OF property owners. Also pre-
vents pyramidin9 of delinquency.
Out of the original 100000 court
house bonds issued in June, 1922,
there was unpaid on June 30, 1885,
bonds in amount of S217,5OO at 5l2
per cent interest; S1.24S,O 900 unpaid
highway improvement bonds at the
same date. These bonds were is
sued in August, 1919. in the amount
of 81 100000 to pay for paving
number of roads in different parts
of the county and bear 5 per cent
interest.
One of the first orders OF bust
ness of the grand Jury was the
calling of bids for the annual audit
and selection of an auditor. BIDS
were awarded to Faulkner, Oakes
and Faulkner. certified public ac-
countants for S1,750 Special audits
required by the grand jury added
$3.50. Recommend this company to
! 1896 grand jury and that they be
+ given an opportunity to bid on
the neN audit.
i Complaints were registered with
/ the grand jury that the detention
/ home at Imperial is inadequate in
construction and arrangement. Al
/ ter inspection. the grand jury IS
convinced it is sufficient to take
care OF present juvenile cases. that
the inadeuuacy of the building does
not warrant cost of a new struc-
ture at this time It was recon-
mended that heavy steel screens
be placed over windows as they
are frequently broken and constant
re placement Of glass incurS incon-
veniencc and expense.
At beginning of the term, the
jury heard evidence regarding
strike and killings in Wahls shed.
No bills were returned in open
court. In other criminal matters.
in only three cases did the grand
i jury return indictments. Were re-
turned in open court. In some
cases no bills we're returned and IN
others no action was justified.
BY meeting only when necessary
en- call Of the foreman or on call
of the district attorney on Grim
inal matters, a reduction of the
grand jury budget was possible.
The 1885 grand jury recommends
that the 1896 grand jury follow a
similar plan.
II is our desire to compliment
the law enforcement officers OF
this county for organizing Peace
Officers association Quoting from
the report sucn an organiz9tion
will promote greater cooperation
among Peace officers, which in
turn insures greater efficiency il
/ the enforcing o. laws ana the pre-
| ventiCn Of crime as well as the
apprehension Of criminals. Only
three meetings of this new Asso-
citation have been held but an in
creased good will has already been
noted among the officers of the
different departments
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19

dollar Golden Triangle the bus
ineSs and industrial district. The
military was in control to prevent
looting and panic.
A series OF explosions rocked a
section adjacent to the triangle just
before dawn, giving a sense of terror
to a city in inky blackness because
of the failure of electric generating
plants. Boats manned by WPA
workers and volunteers poked about
through the water-lapped walls of
hotels, banks. office buildings, and
business houses, flashlights and
lanterns providing their only illum-
ination.
The explosions came from the
three story plant of the Soffel
Plumbing Works Bricks flew out
in clouds as the walls crumbled and
flames shot upward.
Earlier two underground gasoline
storage tanks of filling station were
set on fire and soon flames. lighting
the city for miles, were leaping up
from where had been pylonS.
At the same time another fire was
raging on the Allegheny river front,
two blocks from the Fort Pitt hotel.
Streets we're flooded and the over
worked fire department. haraSSed
by one fire after another since flood
waters began creeping into the Gold
en- Triangle yesterday morning,
could not reach it.
The two square block plant of the
WaverlY Oil company, a few miles
up the Allegheny, still was ablaze,
shooting flames into the sky. 1t had
been burning for "a hours with fire
men all bat helpless in their efforts
TO check the inferno.
The stage of the swollen rivers
was falling rapidly as their flood
crests entered the Ohio and ragged
on down the valley, flooding Wheel
ing. w. Va, Steubenville and Mari
eta, O., and threatening other cities
and towns further on.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
DEATH TOLL
NOW ELEVEN
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Calexico Thursday held Marvin
Curtis and Albertina Quiroz, 18,
drivers of the autLmobile and
truck involved, responsible for the
death.
In trying to repair an automo-
bile which Curtis was driving, Of
ficers said, Pitts and John Fain
mounted the left hand running
board to ride while a friends car
was used to propel the damaged
one to a vacant lot.
Miss Quiroz, who was said to
have borrowed her brothers truck
without permission and who also
was said tC be driving for the
second time in her life, drove
across the vacant lot and the car
and truck collided.
Pitts, Fain and Curtis are Okla
homans engaged in picking peas in
the north end.
Fits was said to have received
a fractured pelvis, ruptured
bladder and other injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
Man Admits Guilt
In Fatal Accident

NOGALES, Ariz., March l9 U.21
Louis Matza, Of Los Angeles,
driver Of an automobile which
figured in a fatal accident near
Tubac Feb. 25, pleaded guilty in
superior court today to manslaugn-
ter charges.
Superior Judge E. r. Thurman
suspended sentence for three years,
but forbade Matza to drive an
automobile in this state fer that
period and revoked his Arizona
driving permit.
Matza drove an automobile that
crashed into a parked truck, fat
ally injuring George Kalan. Tue
sen winter visitor from New York,
and inflicting less serious injuries
upon two women companions.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
BOYER TAKES
STAND AT TRIAL
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representing Rutherford and Buel
Wood is representing Speer.
The cattlemen were implicated
when j. C Wilson, son-in-laW
of Boyer, found guilty Of grand
theft and the sale Cf mortgaged
cattle in the deals, declared Ruth
erford and Speer had bought and
sold the cattle. Wilson made his
accusation at the time he was
sentenced to Folsom for his part
in the deals. Wilson was brought
from Folsom to testify in the case
now in progress.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
n LIGHT SMOKE
OF RICH, RIPE-BODIED TOBACCO

Luckies are less acid. For hundreds of
years, tobaccos were selected-and grada-
tions in flavor secured-by the rouehest sort
of rule of thumb methods. Hence, one of
the most important innovations made by
the Research Department was provision
for chemical analysis of selected tobacco
samples before purchase: the resulting re-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
STIGMA LAID
ON GERMANY
BY BIG POWERS
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a meeting of the committee of 13
on the Ethiopian war-the council
without Italy-for tomorrow, and
decided tc hold another session
after the meeting Of the l3, to de-
eide further procedure in the
Rhineland dispute.
The Locarno powers agreed in
principle on a three point British
Franco Belgian plan for handling
the Rhineland dispute. 1t must be
approved by the respective govern
ments. The British cabinet met
late today to consider it.
At today's FIRST meeting of the
council, Won Ribbentrop, Adolf
Hitler'S personal adviser on for
eign affairs and first German to
take part in a league meeting in
2ls years, stated the German case
eloquently.
He spoke, tco, for peace.
The German government conf
piled with the invitation to attend
the council to help clarity the pres
ent situation" he said. Germany
decided to cCme TO the council
meeting only after missivings-
among other reasons, in view OF
the fact that Germany is nom
member.
Germany accepted in hope 1t
would lead tC a turn in Europe's
destiny
At the end, he appealed to the
council to realize its responsibility
Tor leading Europe to a better fu-
tllrp
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
LABOR PROBLEM
UP TO HOPKINS

Continued From Page ID
Disappointing results because the re-
lief roll workers complain because
they have to travel too far to the
scene of the work.
In addition to the dam and de-
sitting works projects, Imperial
county has two road building prof.
ects of considerable Importance, a
force account construction method
on part of the All American canal
project. and a $290,9O9 sewer project.
These figures" the telegram
concluded, ARE official and may we
urge, in view of these facts, that
you exempt the dam and desilt-
ing works from the 90 per cent re-
lief roll employment rule
The telegram was signed by the
supervisors, by A. Y. Preble.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
CHINA CLIPPER
AT HONOLULU

HONOLULU, T. H, March 10.
UP)-Pan American Anyways Chi
ma Clipper carrying express for
Honolulu and air mail for Pacific
Islands. landed here at 6:03 a. m.
C9:33 a. m. psf today, complet-
ing its westward flight from Ala
media Airport, Cal, in 18 hours,
20 minutes. Capt. r. o. D. Sulli-
van and a crew of eight brought
the plane in. After a short rest
and inspection of the plan, they
will fly to Midway Island on the
next lap Cf their trans-Pacific
cruise.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
100 PERISH in
NEW FLOODS
OVER NATION

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Chenango rivers and its water sup
ply cut off. The Susquehanna was
out of it's banks all through central
Pennsylvania, flooding scores OF Cit
les and towns.
Philadelphia began to feel the
flood when the Delaware and Schu-
ykill, rising rapidly, overfloWed low
sections.
In New England, the Connecticut
valleys fertile farmlands and indus
trial cities from Vermont to south
ern Connecticut were flooded. Break
ing of a dam looSed a 15-foot wall OF
water in the Blackstone valley.
Hartford. Conn, faced an imminent
power failure
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
New Class Initiated
By Eagles Lodge

Eagles lodge initiated another
class of candidates at their meeting
Wednesday night in the hall where
the entertainment committee also
announced plans for the tacky
party Saturday night.
Announcement was made of the
membership drive to be conducted
from the first Wednesday in April
until the first Wednesday in May
Captains of teams were chosen and
the losing team will have to enter
tain the winners at a banquet.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
FIRES SPREAD DESTRUCTION IN FLOODED PITTSBURGl
Youthful Dancer to
Appear at Theater

Carmen Vinfrido, II, acrobatic
dancer who won the amateur con
test at the Imperial county fair,
will be given a one Neek engage
ment at the Orpheum theater in
Los Angeles and another week at
a smaller theatre in the same city.
Carmen was scheduled to appear
at the Orpheum during Easter week
but postponed her appearance un-
til June in order to avoid missing
school.
The young dancer is a pupil Of
Wooda Blesy of this city and has
appeared in many local programs.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
FILES DIVORCE COMPLAINT

Charging cruelty, Catherine Ro-
bicheauX filed suit for divorce in
superior court Wednesday against
Roy RobicheauX She asked that
he be restrained from molesting
her and their miner child. The
couple married in Yuma March %,
1882, and separated November 30,
1885. Mrs. Robicheauz asked for
custody Of the child.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19

ports offer the professional buyer an accu.
rate guide and reinforce his expert jude.
ment based on the senses of sight, smell,
and touch. Thus extreme variations toward
acidity or alkalinity are precludcd by such
selection and subsequent blending.
Luckies "A LIGHT SMOKE of rich,
ripe-bodied tobacco
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO. March 19. UP)-Wheat
futures rallied on the board of trade
today under lead of the May option
which recovered almost cent
bushel.
net while the new crops were 4 to
q cent higher. Corn was Is higher
to X lower Oats was unchanged
to Il cent lower and rye was net
unchanged.
NAV wheat was in good demand in
ALI North American markets, reflect
ing the improved cash wheat de-
mand. winnipeg moved higher and
aided the local advance.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
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urday afternoon issue now sue
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ter.
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sell Bennitt, Secretary-treasure
Ed. Fitzhugh, Managing Edi-
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subscription Rates: &c per copy.
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months, 1925; One Year. $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
Federal Grant for
Project Authorized

LOS ANGELES, March 10. OPP
A resolution authorizing the harbor
commission TO accept S117,818 feder-
al grant to form the last link in the
Belt line, was adopted by the city
council today
The federal grant will pay for half
the cost of the project, the city to
furnish funds for the remainder.
Shortly after the council approved
the plan the harbor commission in
a special meeting, voted to ask the
PWA for permission to award con-
tracts for the work to Bennett and
Taylor and Shannahan Bros. Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES

LOCAL TEMPERATURES
data compiled by Howard EN-
mons, local observer for the United
States weather bureau)
Maximum yesterday .............s 80
Minimum today ...................o o4
Reading at Noon Today
Temperature .................. 81
Humidity .......',..'.'.'....' '.''.''lo
Reading at a. m. To-day
Temperature ......,...........'..
IL umldltN ........... %
Reading at y. m. Yesterday
Hun'iditV 25
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19

LOS ANGELES March 10. UP)-
Samuel T. Whitaker, 60-year-old re-
tired organist, was questioned today
by police after James Pagan Culver,
%. held as a suspect in the death
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19
EXPLOSIONS ROCK
CITY BEFORE DAWN
Copyright 1886 by United Press

PITTSBURGH March 10. (UP)-The red glow of
three fires illuminated this flooded city Of 100000 popu
laton today while the of the Allegheny and Mon
ongahela rivers receded slowly from the mult-mion-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19

File Intent to Wed N0tice-Dan-
iel Hernandez, AZ, and Bentura
Mendez, 80, both of WeStmorland,
Wednesday filed notice of inten
ton to wed, according to records
at the county clerks office.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19

Two building permits were issued
at city hall Thursday, bringing the
annual total thus far to $38.650. A
permit for a $50 screen porch at 583
Brighton was issued to Walter Carey
and a permit for $25 floor replace
ments at 755 Orange was issued
Mrs. E. M. Watson.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-19

Los Angeles md Nicinity-Fair to-
night and Friday with cloudy night
and morning; moderate temperature
and humidity with little change;
gentle changeable wind, mostly
northeast to northwest.
southern California Fair east
and cloudy west portion tonight and
Friday: moderate temperature; gem
tie changeable wind off coast.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14

the night before her wedding to
Brewer. But then she thought
better Of it and when she went to
the little summerhouse, it was to
tell Dennis that the elopement
was no go.
For the few minutes she stayed
in the summerhouse with the body
she had the premonition that the
elopement plans were bad bust.
ness but it wasn't until Dennis and
his cousin arrived that the corpse
on the floor made it impossible for
the wedding to be held also.
The body on the floor was Ben
jamin Brewer. Dennis and his
cousin try to cover up the murder
by making it look like a burglary.
1t didn't fool the police or any.
one else. 1t really only confused
things so that the real murderer
almost got away. The story will
stay with you as has so many Of
Miss Eberhart's excellent works
in the past.
("Danger in the Dark" by
Mignon G. Eberhart, published By
Doubleday DoranD
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
New Faulkner
Novel

Mr.. William Faulkner, who has
shocked and intrigued his fol-
lowing in various offerings con-
corning a life in the South that
has become pretty near a sign
post for strangers to that prom.
ised land. brings forth an In
volved and not particularly inter
eSting tale in "AbSalon, AbSa-
lom."
Again we have the family his
tory in jefferson, Mississippi.
Not q particularly hardy family.
Not one given to overharsh
thoughts or extremely beautiful
ones. It is in the realm Of
thought that Mr.. Faulkner really
moves his characters.
Mr.. Faulkner gives you the
story Of Thomas Sutpen, who es-
tablished a plantation before the
Civil War. 1t is a tragic story.
1t is hardly Of any great moment
and Mr.. Faulkner wanderS here
and there and back again in set
ting it to paper. It is difficult
to read.
CAbSalom, Absalom," by Will
liam Faulkner, published by Ran
dom HouSe.)
The Washington times., 1936-11-14

family picture.
Mrs. McKelvey lies awake
nights, counting the strokes OF
the clock, never getting a wink
of sleep, and burroWing restleSsly
into her pillow wonders if her
girls are growing up to be good
women"
Morning comes and Mr.. Nickel
Vey sizes up his sons as "a loose
lot" and wistfully recalls the
shameless female in the transpa-
rent wrapper who upset his equi-
librium when he came down from
the country to settle Sister Ellen S
estate.
Sarah, "the sensible one," di,
vorces her own husband, and
blissfully appropriates the love be-
longing to another. Mildred, the
busybody, forces her father to
watch his diet, leads her mother
around by the nose" and fuses
about the seeds in the grapefruit
Henrietta hears she has an incur
able disease, wakes up fighting
for breath and wonders If she will
be able to teach through the
school semester.
Jack, aged 16, chins himself Is
times in his gymnasium and pur
sues his miserable adolescent
dreams. Garfield gulps his iced
tomato juice and tries to hide his
hangover from the family. Mar
cissa, the youngest, wrinkles hel
brow over university English be
tween luncheon dates at Santa
Monica.
"There had never been a di
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
Danger in the Dark Now
In Book Form

Danger in the Dark" by Mi
gnon G.. Eberhart, is now presented
in book form. This latest volume
by one Of the brightest stars in
the mystery story armament
pleased thousands when it ran
serially in one of the popular maya
zines. For those who don't care to
wait from week to week to find
out about it, here it is in one big
gulp.
Daphne Haviland had made up
her mind to marry Benjamin
Brewer. Not that she loved the
man but family fortunes being
tied up like they usually are and
bossy relatives being extremely
bossy as they are, the wedding was
all set.
Dennis read about 1t in a New
York newspaper. Dennis took the
shock on the run to the flying
field. Dennis told Daphne when
he arrived that this kind of mar
riage was out Of the question
Daphne believed him. She even
made plans to elope with Dennis
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
Phillip Makes
A Mistake

Phillip Cloud was what you'd
call "a funny guy" but in the
beginning he was just one OF the
great masses. 1t seems, however,
that he made mistake. He killed
his wife's lover. ,
All the same, Phillip was kind
to old men and little children.
And he didn't go around insult
ing people indiscriminately. On
the contrary. he usually picked a
person to whom he was already
indebted. Still, he had soft side.
AS author Robert Carson says,
BE Hard" was Phillips creed.
He goes on to call Phillips story
the bitter Odyssey Of a man be-
trayed."
"The Reves Are Ended" a char
acter study by Robert Carson.
Published by Doubleday Doran.