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Smyrna times., 1936-12-03
E)NAL AND
|CTAL ITEMS
|@ Come and Go,
BIO Our Community
|lrnsr Smyrnians
PARTIES

E. Kenneth Covey,
g bought the FAIRIES
South Street, have
York City for an ex-
Were Mr.. covey, who
nnsnt position, has
: tine being, transfer
eVsy's mother, Mrs.
FFi' left with them Sat
lHai' expecting to go
The winter with her
0Opsr and family in
A@ from Smyrna who
Y Amy-Navy football
adslphia on Saturday
u Mrs. ]. Edwin Will
! Ms ". C. Deakyne,
j harry P. Jones, Mr..
Mss Margaret Col
Wy Jones, Mr.. Warner
q, Mr.. Robert Pearl,
Gs5hart.
a 'lu Mrs. Fred
sE returned Friday
j, Philadelphia , where
Be Fftieth Anniver. !.
n %pasns Church, Was
: Barton assisted at
Sa0ng, and preach
= the Choral Euch-
|, wng y morning.
; morgan Of PhiIadel-
; :. 'Tsr.night guest Of
>. ' J. Prickett on
,ss ! addressed q a joint
e Kent and Sussex
Association lart i
Dr.. C. ]. Prick
sesty. - Oun-
y, Robert .ss Mccullough
sss'aad sad Mr.. and Mrs.
s,.sse and infant son
~ Mr. and Mrs. Wal
~ soiecker, who has
sa's ! Summer at the
y ,ssey Me- Hawkins in
n, has mo,,o,,
s'a! ~ spend the win win .
W. Hall. -ei :
%t Norris, Jr h..
ssaa extended visit +dt
"a, aud Morganss ea, :
[ssl.s.'as = sas were guests
N.s,.lag .',,.a holidays is,,,
'ssI It'sr ! ..,' u Pennsyl-
n At p.s p.sxng a post
~s ~snss aries Owens, Of
/ D. aud, aaa afs' aveF R. the F
o..ss,aa. .sa Of Teachers
49,, ss,,,. sp.. spent /
Smyrna times., 1936-12-03

H., of automobile driv-
tsi,r operating while IN
..n,scs !, Of intoxicants
/, /, last month. OF
4, y were from Della
m Maryland, and =
Srsnia.
Smyrna times., 1936-12-03

u Of local sportsmen
Ia lie marshes Thursday
3 be opening Of the 1886
aun but few birds were
kuers say that there
4 ducks around now,
|. he nearby marshes at
pending the daylight
be Delaware River.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
QUEEN HELEN
HYSTERICAL
AT HEARING

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. UP
Helen Werner, the onetime queen
of city politics, burst into a fit
of hysterical weeping today after
hearing a witness describe how
newspaper reporters had obtained
dictograph records of her private"
conversations bearing upon her me-
thods of obtaining liquor licenses.
Mrs. Werner, being tried with
husband, former City Attorney En-
win Werner, and Joseph Weinblatt,
on bribery conspiracy charges, broke
down as a short recess was called.
With tears streaming down her
face, she was led cut of the court
room until she could regain her
composure Unlike a previous out
break, Queen Helen" wept without
words.
The witness, M. r. Watrous, a
ksound electrician. testified he in
IStalled a photograph in the Wer-
ners' office and sat with reporters
for II days to listen to what trans
pired behind the closed doors.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
DIE AS
AIR LINER FALLS
DURING TAKE>OFF
GIRL GUNMAN
FLEES IN CAR

Awakened at 1880 am. by the
scraping Of chair which he had
placed against the door, William
Franklin was startled out of
drowsiness Tuesday night by the
sight of a shining nickeled re-
volver advanced around the door
jamb, followed by woman's
face.
ESP 'ed," the woman said, "are
you there?"
Not knowing speed, and
rather nervous about the man.
ner Of the intrusion, Franklil
edged toward the light switch,
and in a minute flooded his
room with light. The feminine
prOwler fled tC an automobile
parked outside with the motor
running, leaped in and disap-
peared.
Ell Centre police hunted un-
successfully for the woman,
whose presence in his room was
reported to them by Franklin.
The startled man told officers
he lives in a roOming house in
the 600 block on State street.
He could not identify the woman.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
BATTLE OVER
REMARK PUTS
MAN IN JAIL

All was not peaceful between
Pauline Haines, taxi dancer, and
Mamerto Sulay, 20, Filipino, one
night recently so the taxi dancer
went to court.
Now the islander must stay in the
county Jail for 80 days because he
was convicted of assault in Holtville
justice court upon complaint of the
taxi dancer.
The dancer accused him of as
saulting her even after she was kind
enough to offer to take him to his
camp home in the Holtville area, his
companions having abandoned him
in Ell Centro.
She told Deputy Sheriff Frank
McCaslin the Filipino beat her
up" The islander denied it but
did confide to the officer that she
had told him he reminded her of a
member of the Simian tribe. He
said such a remark made him lose
his temper "a little"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
OMAN OUTLINES
ROBES MYSTERY
CHILD PLAYS
DURING PROBE.

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 9.
(UP) = Harold Anderson,
chief of the federal bureau
of investigation in Arizona,
resumed his outline of the
June Robles case today before a
federal grand jury which is in
vestigating the two-year-old mys-
terry
Andersen was on the witness
stand more than five hours yes
terday and was expected to con-
clude his testimony perhaps this
morning. He presumably will be
followed by several department of
justice agents who worked on the
case, long listed publicity as the
only major msolved kidnapping on
the departments records
Also awaiting calls to testify were
June, her mother and father, Mr.
and Mrs. Fernando Robles; her
uncle. Carlos, and her grandfather,
Bernabe Rcbles, wealthy, retired
cattleman. June, during the long
hours Of waiting yesterday, played
unconcernedly in the corridor of
the federal building with her
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
OFFICERS GET
NEW CABINET
FOR TROPHIES

immigration border patrolmen
and inspectors apparently plan to
take most of the trophies and me-
dals in target shoots in the future
as they have a huge new trophy
cabinet of enormous proportions at
headquarters on Imperial avenue.
The latest addition to the trophies
is the handsome bronze prize the
officers won at the recent shoot at
Palm Springs.
They included in the display the
individual medals won by the in
dividual officers. On the bottom
shelf of the cabinet appears an
appropriately garbed miniature of
their chief, Herbert Gerrish. At
least, the officers say. the doll is
the image of Gerrish.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
PATROL NABS
II SMUGGLERS
IN NOVEMBER

Twelve alien smugglers and SO
aliens were apprehended by the i'm
migration border patrol in this dis
trict during the month of Novem-
ber. search of the records revealed
today.
The record for smugglers was
higher than the usual monthly
catch, patrolmen said, but the num-
ber of aliens was about as high as
usual
All the aliens eventually will be
returned to their native lands, the
patrolmen said, but some of them
are held for formal deportation un-
der warrants while others will be
prosecuted in United States courts
before deportation proceedings are
initiated.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
Nuts to the Coast Strike!
Walko,n Fails to Hit Valley Trade :
Except for LowIy Pineapple

plies. At any rate, Santa Claus
VIII be able to fill most of the
orders because he, too, will be
able to substitute.
Many of the valley wholesalers
and retailers anticipated the
strike and took the precautiOn
of ordering all their stocks sent
by rail.
Even bread suffered a set
back by the strike since the flour
used in its manufacture was
scheduled to arrive ty boat. The
flour is tied UP somewhere along
the line but the shipments by
rail saved the situation in the
valley. The increase in cost, it
was revealed, thus far has been
assumed by the bakery.
Taking everything into con-
sideratiOn, the vegetable garden
of America" may be said 70 be
getting along very well,-strike
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
GOVERNMENT STARTS
ADVANCE ON BURGOS

MADRID, Dec. 9. (U.P)-Govern-
ment troops pushed a swift ad-
vance on BurgoS, the rebel capl-
tai, today before insurgents could
loose their expected big attack on
Madrid.
While both rebel and loyalist
forces remained inactive in the
frozen trenches around Madrid
word came from the north telling
of heavy fighting on the Santan-
der front where government troops
now dominate the railway to Bur-
gos.
Fighting through the snow and
ice in the Cantabrian mountains,
the Basque loyalists took Alto Deuz
Quiano and the fortified town OF
Ciriarte, in their drive to the rebel
capital, and entrenched themselves
on a line centering on Orduna,
with extensions to Amurrio and
Respaldia.
The advance brought them to
within 25 miles of Vitoria, an i'm
portant railhead on direct line
from Burgos to Bordeaux, France,
which, in government possession,
would insure line of supplies
from France.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09

available from jObbers and re-
tailers.
Stocks of imported luxuries
are getting low, dealers and
wholesalers agreed, but cOnsum-
ers can do without luxuries or
substitute domestic products.
Soap prices are due for a rise
because it is impossible to get
some of the necessary raw mate
rials used i'm its manufacture.
Net that il will be necessary for
tie whole population to swear
eff using soap entirely, but they
probably will have to pay little
more for the privilege of clean
illness. There is no reliei for
small boys there.
Recorders failed TO help out
in the Christmas merchandise
shortage in some instances be-
cause the goods already were
shipped via boat and the manu-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09

CdI L arm DuIcdu ttlCI dllOll COil-
vention, Wallace revealed that a
committee appointed by President
Roosevelt has worked out a ten
tative plan of providing crop in
surance in kind" which would be
voluntary instead of compulsory.
"It has been suggested that the
plan be tried out in only three or
four commodities, perhaps in wheat
only" the secretary said.
Under the plan outlined to the
farm delegates, premiums on the
crop insurance policies would be
paid for in surplus years out of
surplus crops. Indemnities would
be paid back in "sour" years, either
in the form of the stored-up sur
plus to be sold by the farmer, or
its cash equivalent.
The plan would have the double
effect of stabilizing the market
in years of plenty and providing
insurance against drought or other
lean years, Wallace said. He warn
ed, however, the plan would not
nullify the need of crop control.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
RICHBERG, NRA
CHIEF, RESIGNS


WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. U.R)-
ATTORNEY General Homer S. Cum
mings announced today that Don
aid 1. Richberg, former NRA ad-
ministrator, has resigned as speciai
assistant attorney general.
Richberg first was appointed on
April 25, 1885, and reappointed on
April II, 1886 to prosecute SIX
Oklahoma oil companies charged
with mulcting Usage Indians OF
several million dollars in oil roy
alties.
1t was understood that Richberg
after forming a law partnership
with firm handling cases against
the government. The resignation
was dated Nov. 30
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09

the hostess, Miss BongerStam OF
Holland, suffered only shock.
Admiral Solomon Landman, for
mer prime minister of Sweden, and
Juan de la Cierva, Spanish inven-
tor of the autogiro, were among
those killed.
The crash occurred in fog less
than a mile from Croydon. Com
mander Hautzmayer, an Austrian
was pilot. The visibility was linn
tied to few feet and the plane,
failing to gain altitude, scraped
off the roof of a house, hit a tele-
phone pole and crashed into the
side of a residence, bursting into
flames.
One wing of the airplane was
shorn off by the telegraph pole
and dropped in Hillcrest road. The
rest of the plane was buried in the
wreckage of the house.
Flaming gasoline set three houses
on fire.
Most of the passengers were
German, Dutch or Scandinavians,
with several British subjects. No
Americans were on board.
The most prominent was La
Cierva, world famous for the in
vention of the Autogiro, the "fly-
ing windmill"
The crash of an airplane in
Madrid in 1920 had first interested
him in aviation and he resolved to
build safe" plane.
The result of his experiments
was the autogiro which was de-
scribed as being liable to shoot
through the air like a bullet, take
off from the roof of a barn, land
like humming bird. and be stow
ed away in an ordinary garage"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
PARLIAMENT
DISAPPOINTED
BY BALDWIN
Prime Minister Not
Yet Ready to
Give News
Copyright 1896 by United Press)

Copyright 1896 by United Press)
LONDON, Dec. 9. (UP)-
Prime M in is ter Stanley
Baldwin, with the country
and the world waiting to
hear confirmation or reputation
of a belief that King Edward VIII
has decided to abdicate, told the
house of commons today he could
not make an announcement before
tomorrow.
Baldwin expressed regret that he
was not in position to add any,
thing to what he has already said.
1t had been taken for granted until
just before commons met that a
statement would be forthcoming.
The situation has changed so Of
ten and with such rapidity during
the crisis that hope was aroused
in some circles that if the king al
ready has made up his mind, as
believed. further efforts would be
made by the cabinet and royal fam
lily to change it.
Clement R. Attlee, labor leader,
asked Baldwin whether he was in
position to add anything to Mon
days statement.
Baldwin replied simply:
Il regret that I am not in a posi-
ton to add anything today but I
hope to make a statement tomor-
| row." .....--.,.st..
Attlee then asked
will he (the prime minister)
| give us good hope in his statement
tomorrow. because he will realize
the anxiety which is continually
increasing as long as this matter is
not dealt with
Baldwin replied:
Il can assure the right honorable
gentleman and the house that no
one knows that more than I do"
Baldwin appeared less strained
and more composed than usual.
some members thought his express
sion showed signs of mental relief.
Frederick j. Bellenger, laborite.
asked whether Baldwin is aware
of the grave financial inconve-
nlence being caused to many SUBJ
!ects of this country by the delay
IN coming to a decision. Will he
kindly suggest to his majesty the
necessity of -
Shouts of "order, order" cut him
off but Baldwin replied:
1 can assure him that has not
escaped me-"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
LAST MINUTE =
FLASHES
REDLANDS HIGH
PUPILS STRIKE

REDLANDS, Calf, Dec. 8 UP)
approximately $50 students. a
bout one half Of the number at
tending Redlands high school.
went on strike today as the re-
suit of disagreement between
the school board and the boys
basketball team over use OF the
women's gymnasium. The stu
dents paraded through the down.
town streets Of Redlands and
miiled around the high school
buildings. The students were In
jovial mood and no disturb
ances were reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
Mrs. Kenyon Will
Be New Deputy

Mrs. Genevieve Kenyon of FL
Centro was appointed chief deputy
county clerk Wednesday by County
Clerk Wallace j. McClelland.
She served as deputy in the coun-
ty clerks office for five years, leav-
ing the position two years ago.
Mrs. Kenyon took over her duties
Immediately after the appointment
was made. She is the only addi-
ton TO the staff since Edward H
Law resigned Monday and McClel-
land was appointed clerk.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
POWERS PLAN
PLEA TO HALT
WAR IN. SPAIN.
Britain, France to
Arrange Joint
Demand

LONDON, Dec. 9. (UP)-
Great Britain and France
have decided to try to ar
range a joint appeal by five
or six leading powers to the
chiefs of Madrid government and
the Spanish nationalists to cease
fighting, it said today in a reli-
able quarter.
Britain took the initiative. 1t
is intended that the appeal shall
be made to Francisco Largo Caba-
llero, Spanish Premier, and Gen.
Francisco Franco, nationalist die
tator.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
COUNTY RESOLUTION
PUT BEFORE CONVENTION

Imperial County Farm Bureaus
resolution relative to continuance
Of the Reconstruction Finance cor
ccration, has been adopted by the
California Farm Bureau Federation
and will be presented to the Ameri-
can Federation for adoption at its
convention meeting in Pasadena
this week.
This information was telephoned
Wednesday noon by c. o, Hoober,
farm bureau president, to Scott B,
Foulds. secretary. The resolution
asks that legislation be passed con-
tinuing the R.F.C.
Other resolutions sent to the state
convention, which closed Tuesday,
have either been referred to the
tate federation directors or been
included in similar resolutions which
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
Restraining Order
Issued by Judge
In Laundry Case

While the case of the Valley
Steam laundry and Bert Stevenson
against c. B Killgore is pending in
Imperial county superior court, Kill
gore is restrained from interfering
with the management of the laun-
dry, business in connection with 1t
or its monetary assets.
The order was entered Wednesday
by Judge r. D. McPherrin, who also
required the plaintiff to deposit $500
with the court during the pendency
of the restraining order.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
Pitchiinq
Strikes

Thls little ad brought RE-
SUITS! Ernie Cox placed this
classified ad i'm a recent edition
Of the POst-Press:
FOR SALE-American Flyer
streamIine electric train with
track, station, tunnel and
transformer. Bargain. 653 Len
Rey. D3
Less than five hours later Cox
had the money and some FORUM
ate child will be happy with a
new toy.
POST PRESS WANT ADS
PAY BIG DIVIDENDS!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09

have been adopted.
The resolution for a state farm
to-market roads committee has been
referred to the directors; the reso-
luton on subversive activities and
the one on the soil conservation
program were included in similar
resolutions.
Hoober also stated that H. R.
Tolley, new head Of the agricultural
conservation program, succeeding
Chester Davis, will speak over a
national broadcast Thursday morn
ing at 11:30.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
SOLICITOR PAYS
WALLIE VISIT

Copyright 1886 by United Press)
CANNES, France. Dec. 9. U.Pl-
theodore Goddard, Mrs. Wallis
Simpson, solicitor, consulted her to-
day about her divorce.
Previously it had been insisted
Goddard was here only to discuss
MRS. Simpsons business affairs In
LONDON, such as the lease of her
Cumberland terrace house, but God
dard told the United Press they
talked over the divorce during a
meeting of 212 hours.
Goddard said DR.. w. Douglas
klrkwood, who accompanied him
here in a hurried flight from Lon
don, was present only to attend
him and not to see Mrs. Simpson.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
PROMOTER CONSENTS
TO STOP-ORDER

Los ANGELES, Dec. .. Wp)--
John L. Etheridge. promoter Of
the Kettleman Hills Syndicate Of
North Dome Royalties, today con-
sented to stop-ortler on sale Of
his company's securities follow
ing a local hearing OF securities
exchange commission represents
tives.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
Roosevelt to Tour
Island by Motor Car

ABOARD U. S. S. CHESTER,
AT SEA. Dec. 8. U.P)-President
Roosevelt, homeward bound aboard
the U. S. S. Indianapolis, said to-
day he planned to pause long
enough at Trinidad on Friday for
an automobile tour of the Island.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
What! No pineapple?

What No pineapple?
Imperial Valley is due for q
pineapple famine, "A scarcity Ill
nails, higher priced soap, a short
age i'm cigars and a slightly de-
pleted selection of Christmas
merchandise as a result of the
maritime strike which has tied
up sea shipments for weeks.
Shipments ty rail, a survey OF
retailers and wholesalers reveal
cd, relieved the situation in all
cases except those where the
merchandise already was tied
up on board boats and shipments
from foreign nations.
The pineapple situation really
is a bad one, SO bad that it
is good thing pineapple and
pineapple juice are not absolute
ly necessary to human existence.
Warehouses in Los Angeles and
San Francisco are all sold out
-.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09


District Attorney Elmer W. Heald,
public spirited as he is, believes that
there is a limit to all things. But
tonholed by A. S. Newkirk on be-
half of the current Townsend club
Hrummage sale, the district attorney
WAS being pressed to donate his old
clothes to the cause.
THE only old clothes I have he
protested, ARE the ones I'm wearing
and you can't have those"
Who can blame him?
o
Hooray-And Welcome
Now that w. j. McClelland has
been appointed county clerk, as pre-
dicted many weeks ago by RR,
there comes another announcement
which will meet with the unqualified
approval of all who know anything
about the operation of the clerks
office. Mac has appointed Mrs.
Genevieve Kenyon his chief deputy.
It is not often RR is given to ex-
pressing approval Tor disapproval
either) of public officials, but the
supervisors made a wise choice in
Mac. as demonstrated by his own
wise choice in Mrs. Kenyon. Con-
gratulations, both.
The Economical Way
It would be hard to find a better
scheme for cutting down the cost OF
living than that demonstrated Tues
day night in a downtown cafe for
an hour or two-until the proprietor
decided it had gone far enough. A
gentleman, to give him the benefit
of not knowing Strayed in, ordered
a cup of coffee, and promptly went
= to sleep over it. He had gotten his
11uota of rest when awakened, and
ywent forth refreshed
o.
After The Ancients-
One Imperial Valley farmer has
solved to his own satisfaction the
problem of dealing with casual raid
ers who now and then run off with
a chicken, a bag of seed or some
other loose bit of farm equipment.
Agent X-9 reported to RR one day
this week that the farmer in ques-
ton was observed seated atop a
ditch bank between Holtville and
Ell Centro, a bow and arrow in his
hands, keeping sharp lookout for
petty thieves. The buckshot of our
younger days wouldn't be in it, COM
pared to the point of an arrow.
o
Let's Get Together
Perhaps the situation has been
corrected, but did you notice the
other day that the Western Union
and the Postal Telegraph We're very
much at odds about what time of
day it was? Competition, perhaps,
is the life of trade-but it would be
sort of comfortable now and then
Ito know, really, what time it is.
yS5ince it's only a matter of clocks,
anyway, how about cooperation?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
BALDWIN REPORTS
ON KINGS STAND

LONDON, Dec. 8. WP-UsuaIiy
reliable sources said Prime Min
ister Baldwin told tcnight's emer-
geney cabinet meeting that the
king had decided definitely 10 abb
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
Former Swedish Prime Minister And
Inventor of AutOgiro Among Victims;
Plane Bursts Into Flames

LONDON, Dec. 8. (UP)-Fourteen persons were killed
and three others injured today when Dutch kim
arner crashed took off from Croydon ardrone for
Amsterdam. The three survivors removed to hos
ptal and small hope held for the survival of two
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
Sec. Wallace Pledges
Crop Insurance For
Benefit Of Farmers
Speaking at National Convention at Pasadena
Government Leader Outlines Voluntary
Control Planned by F.D.R.

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 8. (UP)-A system of voun-
ary crop Insurance. premiums for which would be paid
in surplus crops promised an aid for American
agriculture today by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace Addressing the opening session of the Ameri-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-09
MARKETS AN fRuEF

nmtter; Los Angeles 34c; Butter
rat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
Grade A, 4212c; manufa cturinG milk,
J9Ec; route gathered cream. 33Hsc.
L.. A. Hay-U. =. No. 1 extra leafy,
NlO.JO-2O; u. =. NO. x17. 80; : No
: ieafy. SIs; L = No. =, SIG; Minne-
apOlis flax 20S'M2I0A.