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Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11

Civil Service tests.
Two members of the oral testing
board-E. H. Christian and Arthur
Brown-are also members of the
personnel board which reviews pro-
tests. Thus, the association claims,
Christian and Brown are in a posi-
ton 10 rule on protests to their own
decisions.
A motion by Fred Woods, member
of the personnel board, that the con-
troversy be made a special order OF
business at the next meeting of the
group failed for lack OF a second.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Auto Crash Suit
Seeks Damages

Damages totaling $57052.81 are
sought from Thomas l.. Woodruff,
Ben Harrison and others by Charles
Durazo, Mrs. Charles Durazo, Law
renee Amaya and Matilda Lucero,
in suits filed here Tuesday, in
volving a collision between Wood
ruff's automobile, driven by Ben
Harrison, and Durazo's car on the
Yuma highway 10 miles west of
Yuma, July 8, 1885.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
HORSE SHOWS
ARRANGED ON
FAIR PROGRAM

Despite inroads Of modern mach
inery, the horse is making rapid
progress along the comeback trail.
To prove it the Imperial County
fair will have two horse show
days for the 1886 exposition of
Americas Winter Garden. One will
be valley show and the other
will be Yuma day. Each show will
have II events including exhibi-
tions Of harness and saddle stock,
polo ponies, cattle horses and chill
dren's ponies.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
COUNTY TO SELECT COWGIRL FROM
HIGH SCHOOLS FOR SALINAS RODEO

BRAWLEY.-F'eb. 11.-Sponsored
by the chamber of commerce, a
countrywide competition will be held
to select a high school cowgirl to
represent Imperial Valley at the
California Rodeo in Salinas, George
Kruger, chamber secretary an
nounced today.
The representative from Imperial
Valley will compete with other girls
from other sections of the state, Sc
lected in similar competitions.
The only requirements are that
the candidates must be high school
students taking regular courses.
They will be selected on basis OF
scholastic ability, charm and horse
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Better Housing
Agent Due Here

H. V. Davidson, representative of
the Federal Housing Administration,
will be at the Ell Centre chamber of
commerce Thursday to interview
those interested in using the federal
plan of better housing for new con-
struction and remodeling of existing
buildings, according to M. o. King,
chairman of the chamber of conf
merce better housing committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
STATE JOBS BOARD
IGNORES PROTESTS

SACRAMENTO, Feb. II. U.R)-De-
mands for new examinations for ap-
plicants who "flunked" state job
tests went unanswered today as the
state personnel board failed to act
on a resolution of the state en-
ployeS association.
The resolution protests passing
only 25 out of 200 applicants in oral
examination for liquor control off
ices. The 200 previously had passed
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Holiday Cancels
Chamber Meeting

Wednesday being holiday, there
will be no noon-day weekly lunch
con meeting of the Ell Centro cham
ber of commerce, according to DR..
Sem Bacon, nor will there be a
meeting of the board of directors.
On Wednesday of next week, Feb
ruary 10, the luncheon gathering of
the Ell Centre chamber of commerce,
directors ard members will be de-
voted to a resume of the life and
works of the late DR.. Elwood Mead,
commissioner of reclamation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Son, Thought Dead,
Returns to Home


MESA, Ariz., Feb. IL. (U.P)-
On Jan. 26 w. ]. Carter, a SER
vice station employe, watched
the clOds fall upon the caSkct
which contained the mutilated
body of a youth killed in an
automobile accident.
That body, Carter was con-
vinced, was that of his son, Al
ton, 20. Mrs. Jewel Thompson
Of Los Angeles, who shared her
fathers bitter grief, also was
sure.
Today, Alton was home, un-
injured and hale, from a hitch
hiking trip which took him
through Texas, New Mexico and
Colorado.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Epidemic of Colds
Hits Santa Barbara

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Feb. II.
WP)-Every school in the Santa Bar
bara coastal area save one was closed
today as an epidemic of colds swept
through the county from Lompoc to
the southern boIier.
Although county health Officers
denied that pupils and teachers
we're victims of influenza, they ad-
mitted that nearly 1900 had been
forced to remain at home at various
times during the last two weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
SOIL CONSERVATION
SUBSTITUTE PROPOSED

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL. Ue)--
A Republican substitute for the
administrations new farm bill
was introduced in the senate to-
day as the minority party direct
ed a fresh assault upon the pro-
posed soil conservation produce
ton control measure.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
'Skidded on Eye,'
He Tells Police

Happy Compstock appealed to Ell
Centre police Tuesday because an
unidentified person Jumped on him.
skidded him on his left eye and rob-
bed him of 80 cents" He displayed
his skidded eye to rove it.
He told officers he was en- route
home from downtown pool hall re-
Gently when he was beset upon. Po-
lice are searching for his asSailant.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
EXPO TO OPEN
RAIN OR SHINE

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb II. UP
Showers threatened today to mar
the reopening of the California EX-
position tomorrow, but officials said
the fair-complete with nudists and
new exhibits-would open as sched-
uled even if rains continue
Lighting arrangements in the 300
acre section of Balboa Park devoted
to the exposition were previewed last
night and reported ready. A new
mobile lighting system, used for the
first time on such an extensive scale,
has been installed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
MISSING PLANE
HUNTED AT SEA

PARIS, Feb. II. WP)-A dispatch
boat was sent from Dakar, Senegal,
and another from Fernando Do Nor
onha Island, off the Brazilian coast
today to search for the four motor
ed French .airmail seaplane, city of
Buenos Aires, missing with one pas
Senger and crew of five.
The mail plane, making its second
round trip across the Atlantic, left
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
HOOVER AIMS
NEW ATTACK

PALO ALTO, Feb. II. WD =
Former President Herbert Hoover
leaves his Stanford University
campus home tonight for Portland,
Ore, where he will deliver a Lin
coin day address expected to be
another broadside at the New Deal
Wednesday night.
Mrs. Hoover and Ben Allen, his
friend and advisor, will accompany
him
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Church Box RObber
Is Forgery Suspect

LOS ANGELES, Feb II. UP
John j. Roberts, %, was held today
on suspicion of robbing church poor
boxes while officers communicated
with authorities in Denver where he
repeatedly is wanted on a forgery
charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11

N the Storm, and three lie boats
which went in answer to calls for aid
were unreported.
The gale extended over almost all
western Europe 1t was accompan-
led at many places at sea by pelting
rain that made visibility almost zero.
Temperatures ranged from % de-
greeS above zero at Brussels to IL be-
low at Moscow.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Holiday Will Be
Observed Here

Financial institutions and public
offices of the city and county will
be closed Wednesday, Lincoln's
birthday, legal holiday.
Schools of the city will conduct
special programs in observance of
the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11

manship. No fancy riding will be
required.
The Salinas rodeo will be held July
16 to 10. Selection of "cowgirls"
probably will take place July 4,
Kruger declared. First prize of a
trip to Honolulu is planned.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
YOUTH SEES
FRIENDS Die
ON ICE PACK
Indians Saue Life by
Primitive
Methods
Copyright 1886 by United Press

Copyright 1886 by United Press
CHARLEVOIX, M ic h. 4,
Feb. II. (UP) = After 40
hours in a skiff in ice-chok-
ed Lake Michigan while his
two companions froze to death by
degrees, Clayton Brown, %, crawl
ed on his hands and knees over
eight miles of ice, and reached
shore more dead than alive.
Brought to a hospital from Pet
oskey, Mich, physicians had hopes
of saving his life. Both feet and
one hand had been frozen. Indians
who found him on the shore at
Goodhart last night applied prim-
Continued on Page 6; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Towering Seas Whip
Ocean Craff; Gales
Unabafed i'm End Day
Dangers Enguf Ships; Dispatch Boat Seeks Plane
Long Overdue on Transatlantic Flight
With Passenger, Crew of Five

LONDON, Feb H. (UP)-Ships all along the coast Of
Europe fought mountainous toward shelter today in
roaring gale expected to last another day Messages
from signal stations reported large and small steamships
in dangerous situations Seven persons known killed
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Last Minute,
Flashes!
n !. u - - IN = q
RAINFALL RECORD
ANTICIPATED

ANTICIPATED
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. IL. W.D
"A new February record for "a
hours of rainfall was anticipated
for San Francisco today by the U.
S. weather bureau here. The de-
luge which started last night,
clogging sewers, flooding base
ments, stalling automobiles and
disrupting street car service, had
totaled by 10 a. NJ, but 1.04 inches
short of the record of $50 inches
recorded in "a hours on February
and 5, 1897.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Roy Shibler Funeral to
Be Conducted Wednesday,

Funeral services for Shiper father
Palmer and James Shipler city,
Wednesday from the funeral chapel Shpe died
Monday at the Palmer home
in Decato Illinois, Aug 1872
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Zero Wave Brings Starvation Fear
BrawIey Clerk Near
Death from Wounds
At Butchers Hands
Argument in Store Leads to knitting as Victim
Attempts to Eject ObstreperOus
Patron From Premises

BRAWLEY, Feb 11.-A. Durou, Brawey grocery
store clerk lies death in Brawey hospital as a
suit knife wounds inflicted by Edward Gonzales butch
and slaughter house employe who welded skinning
knife Monday night when Durou put Gonzales of the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
PR ESS AGENT
REBUKED FOR
SPLIVALO PUFF
Evangelist Objects to Partiality by Girl at
Angelus Temple; Rumors of
Violence Denied

LOS ANGELES, Feb. II. (UP)-Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson and Rheba Crawford Splivalo coevangeiss
Angelus Temple reported the verge of open
break today result of suicide attempt by young
man agent The report founded on the state
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
SUCCUMBS
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. ii. (U.p)

"A Bounce girl baby, kept
alive for eight days despite lack
OF medical facilities, died today.
DIR. Lenox Dick, attending phys
ician, said it was remarkable"
that the baby lived as long as
ii did.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Holiday, Maybe!--

Holiday, Maybe!-
Agnes Ferris Bigelow and her
crew of assistant librarians will
close the library's doors Wednes-
day, Lincoln's birthday - but it
won't be holiday for the staff.
They'll spend the day arranging
and re-arranging. Today is a big
day for oleanders, but a flock go
to the library crew for their hard
work of the last few weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Ambition Neglected.

Poochy's sad. His education has
been rudely stopped. Poochy is
fox terrier belonging to Mary Car
roll, 8, daughter of Calexico's post
master. Once there was a time
when Poochy accompanied his
young mistress to school every day
and listened in. He'd just got be-
iyond the A B c stage and was
toying with arithmetic when the
powers that be decided against
continuing his schooling. So now
Poochy sorrowfully sees his mis-
treSs to school in the morning and
then finds consolation in watching
the mail clerks at the postoffice
during the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11

Two Oleanders Coming Up
Everyone has them, most people
once year, so RR always ponders
why such a fuss is made about
them. AS long as it is being done,
however, here's an oleander apiece
for Fred Miller and C. R. Kirk
patrick, each of whom celebrates
a birthday Tuesday, Feb. IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
Another Record Falls

j. A. Balm, well known farmer
from the McCabe district is setting
records all on his own hook. In
the "a years that he has been in
the valley he has been away from
here only cnce. What's more, he
says that's the last time. John
tops 70 on the 18th of the month
SO here's a few birthday greetings
TO you. and some belated we'll
wishes for Mrs. Balm who Just
passed her natal anniversary.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
MARKETS IN brief

Butter. Los Angeles 341I; butter
fat, Imperial Valley fob. rnneh.
Grade A, 42H; mnnufa curing milk,
30l2; route gathered cream, 81.
L. A, hay-U. 9. Mol, extra Ienfy,
s2s-23 50I as. No. /, as 5O-l0g Us.
No, 2, ieafy, sfg-1si US, No. 2, s18-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11
ut-Experting the Experts

Out-Experting the Experts
Charles Delp, DR.. N. E. Dupont
and the rest of the high powered
marksmen were gathered for a gala
Sunday on the Reserve Officers
range near CaleXico for spot of
pistol practice. Their aim was good
and their esprit de corps excellent.
Then there came young stranger
to the distinguished gathering, the
aim of which remained good. The
esprit, however, was slightly under
the weather after Jerry Robertson
began tossing them into the bulls
eye. Jerry's score was high for the
day, if you haven't already guessed,
which leaves the regular patrons OF
the range somewhere or other with
out paddle to get home.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11

Pay AS You Go
Francisco Alvarado evidently was
not very well acquainted with the
physical aspects of Ell Centre bust
ness when he attempted, according
to police records, to pilfer leather
jacket from the j. c. Penney store
here. Gordon Scriven, whose eagle
eye is backed with height, reach, etc,
saw from afar, and Francisco
didn't have a chance Gordon
reached for him across the store,
garnered him in, and experienced no
difficulty in holding him until police
arrived. Francisco swore later that
his future business with the Penney
company will be purely on a cash
basis.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-11

He's So PrecociOus---
Harry Horton is not as old as you
might think. Harry, in fact, is not
much more than out of his teens
The attorney will celebrate another
birthday Feb. 29-the first one in
four years. This leap year birthday
proposition allows one to remain
young longer than usual, 1t is true,
but think of the three years of
birthday presents Harry will miss
before he celebrates another mile
stone. Hold old is he? You ask.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Boulder Dam Turned Over
to the Government

COMPLETED two and One-half
" years ahead of schedule, Boulder
dam and it's power houses were
turned over to the reclamation serv-
ice. The job was the biggest single
contract ever executed for the gov
ernment. There was no ceremony
in the transfer. Frank Grove, con-
struction superintendent for the
Six Companies, Inc, contractors.
said to Ralph Lowry, reclamation
service engineer: Take it; it's
yours now," and that was all.
The dam and power houses are
done, but there is plenty of work on
the entire project remaining to keep
the government engineers busy for
a long time. The Six Companies
received 100000, and the total
cost will be $165.000,000.
In addition to the federal project,
which includes an all-American
canal in Imperial Valley, Calf.
there is under way a $220,O00,O00
aqueduct to southern alifOrnia.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Soothing Pipes History
Dates to Indian in 1926

1t is often assumed that briar
pipes are made from the wood or
root of the briar rose. This is not
so; they are made from the root
of the Mediterranean heath bruy-
ere, where ST. Raphael is the cen
ter. The word "briar" is really a
corruption Of "bruyere," according
to a writer in London Tit-Bits.
Pipes have a long history. The
first mention Of inhaling smoke by
the Indian was in 1926; the method
was a forked cane, the double end
being inserted in the nOStrils while
the other end was held over the
burning herb. From that they
changed to the clay pipe, not un-
like the ores used in modern times,
only very much smaller, and the
smoke was expelled through the
nostrils to obtain the full narcotic
benefit of the expensive herb. Other
pipes that were used were the
Pipes Of Peace" These were
passed round the warriors in order
of their rank and age. Also the
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13

Indian WAR Pipe" which had the
bowl prOtruding from one end of
the ak. These were the earliest
types smoked by the North Ameri-
can Indians.
Here are some examples of pipes
enjoyed by other nations. The Lap
landers used thin iron and walrus
teeth. The West coast tribes of Af-
r1ca used soapstone, which is a soft
substance, easily carved and mold
ed, and unaffected by heat. In In
dia and Persia, hookahs, which look
somewhat like a coffee percolator
at first sight, are popular. Turkey
uses much the same thing, but they
have another type with a very long
stem, the bottom Of which is shaped
like a foot to allow it to rest on the
ground while smoking.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Building Service Strike
Cripples New York

MORE than 10000 workers in
4NI 10000 buildings in New York
city were called out on strike by
James j, Bambrick, president of the
Building Service Employees Inter
national union. and the sky-scrapers
from the Battery to Washington
Heights were badly crippled. Ele-
vator men stopped their cars, fur
mace men banked their fires and
Scrubwomen threw down their mons
and all marched out of the build
ings and formed picket lines. There
was some scattered fighting between
the pickets and men hastily hired to
take their places, but the entire
police force of the city was mobil-
lied in a hurry to preserve the
peace.
For almost a month the union
leaders and building operators had
been trying in vain to reach an
agreement that would avert the
strike. Bambrick as he called the
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Texas Opens Centennial
Birthday Party

HD EMEMBER the Alamo" the
IN battle cry of Texas, was
heard all over the state as it's cen
tennial celebration opened at the
village of WashingtOn-on-the-B Bra
zOs, where the declaration of indie
pendence from Mexico was signed.
The old charter of empire" was
taken there from its place in the
state capitol rotunda in Austin
and Gov. James V. Alfred of Texas
and Gov. Philip LaFOllette of Wis
consin went along to take part in
the ceremonies. The party then
went to Huntsville, where Gen.
Sam Houston gathered an army of
Texans to fight the Mexicans, and
there Gov. Hill McAlister of Ten
nessee made the address. San An
tonic and other cities followed on
the program, and the celebrations
will continue for months, reaching
a climax in the opening of June 8
of the centennial exposition at
Dallas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
MVM1u
ADVENTURES
| CLUB

"Maniac's Trap
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter,

ERES from fellow reporterand by goly after read
ing his yarn almost convinced that maybe
thrill or two in the newspaper business after ALL
Charles Long City happened
Sunday January 1913 while Charley working
New York Herald He his
who had called telephone
beat since Well
it's being the biggest but certainly
of trouble the fellow mentioned
The they had given Charley n story
of apartment building One Twenty
he noticed boy
turned whittier he told
to The said ~ hopes that
bird" But Charley attached particular significance his
cryptic
Within accompanied the screeching
The
alarm him. they he
Reporter Invited Enter Room.
Charley bell A it. IN
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13


by Tom Blanton of Texas and some
other Democrats, assailed the ac-
tion vigorously, and Senator Met
calf of Rhode Island introduced a
resolution for an inquiry into the
incident in behalf of free speech" !"
Breaking its usual rule of ST.
dence," the War department made
public letter from General Craig
to Secretary Dern, declaring Ha-
goods record was marked by re-
peated examples of lack of self
control, irresponsible and intemper-
ate statements"
Hagood had told a house subcom-
mittee that it was almost impoSsi-
BILE" to get WPA'S "stage money!
for "anything worthwhile. These
remarks, said Craig, can only be
characterized as flippant in tone
and entirely uncalIed for and de-
signed to bring ridicule and con-
tempt upon civil agencies of the
government"
Accusing him of "thinly veiled''
opposition and contempt" toward
War department policies in the
past, Craig pointed out as con
temptuous" Hagood's references to
CCC activities as hobbies" "col-
lecting postage stamps" and TAX
ing an interest in butterflies"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Don't Entrust Your
Own or Your Family's.
Well-Being to Unknown
Preparations

REFORE you take any prepara-
ID ton you don't know all about,
for the relief of headaches; or the
pains of rheumatism, neuritis or
neuralgia, ask your doctor what he
thinks about it in comparison
with Genuine Bayer Aspirin.
We say this because, before the
discovery of Bayer Aspirin, most
so-called pain" remedies were ad-
vised against by physicians as being
bad for the stomach; or, often, for
the heart. And the discovery of
Bayer Aspirin largely changed
medical practice.
Countless thousands of people
who have taken Bayer Aspirin year
in and out without Ill effect, have
proved that the medical findings
about its safety were correct.
Remember this: Genuine Bayer
Aspirin is rated among the fastest
methods yet discoDered for the relief
of headaches and all common pains
-. and safe for the average person
to take regularly.
You can get real B;g er Aspirin at
any drug store = simply by never
asking for it by the name aspirin
alone, but always saying BAYER
ASPIRIN when you buy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13

strike said the owners must now sign
the union terms and that he would
accept no calls for arbitration. Each
building, he asserted, must sign for
itself.
Since the strike affected not only
office buildings but innumerable
apartment buildings also, the oc-
cupants Of the latter were deprived
of heat and telephone connections,
and in many cases sick persons were
marOOned without food supplies.
This led Mayor La Guardia to call
the city health officials into confer
ence, and declare a civic emergency
and order Health Commissioner
Rice to see that fires were stocked
and that trips necessary to health
of the tenants and care Of the sick
were made in all residence build
ingS of more than six floors.
Union officials in Akron, Ohio,
warned the law enforcement Off
cials there that a general strike
would be called in that city if force
were used to break the strike block
ade by pickets at the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber company plant.
About 14,0O0 workers of Akron are
idle because of the strike, which
was started in protest against lay
off hjnh n
seasonal reductions in production
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
A. F. of L. Estimates the
UNEMPLOYED at 12,626,OO0

a CCORDING to the American
"A Federation of Labor, the num-
Der of unemployed IN January was
12,626,000, and the increase from
December to January was the great,
est in five years.
"To lose ground to such an ex-
tent at this time is nothing short
of tragic" the federation said in
reporting that its survey indicated
1,229,000 persons who had jobs in
December lost them in January.
The survey blamed heightened
working hours and slackened man.
ufacturing operations for the job
losses.
Out of the 12,626,OOO unemployed
in January, the federation said,
3,524,000 now had WPA work,
while PWA took in 14S,259 others