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Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
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Concern Willing to
Give Option TO
District

Officials of the Southern
Sierras Power company are
willing to negotiate with the
Imperial Irrigation District
for joint operation in dis
tribution of power in Imperial VAL
ley, F.. o. Dolson, vice. president
and general manager of the COM
pany, told Railroad Commissioner
Leon o. Whitsell Thursday after
noon.
Further, Dolson said, the power
company is willing to set a price
and give the district an option on
its property in the valley under
which the property may be pur-
chased by the district at "the end
of some reasonable period"
Dolson was on the witness stand
in the rural electrification hearing
presided over by Commissioner
Whitsell. The irrigation district,
the county of Imperial and the
county farm bureau are opposing
the request of the power company
for permission to erect rural elec-
trification lines in selected farm
areas here
1t was the first time an offer
to negotiate settlement of differ
ences had been made by any par
ty to the prolonged power dispute
in the valley.
Ready For Conference
IF the district is interested, we
are ready at any time to sit down
around the table and discuss de-
tails" Dolson said.
Dolson'S suggestion embraced a
plan whereby the power company
would continue to distribute pow
er over its own lines, with rates
based on costs and automatically
reduced when earnings increase.
The power company would help
build hydro plant number three on
Continued on Page 6, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
NEW FILINGS
REPORTED IN
SCHOOL RACE

Additional candidates for school
trustees have filed with the county
superintendent of schools to have
their names placed on the ballots
for the school elections on June 5.
May 81 is the final date for filing
In the high schools William v. Col
son has filed for Imperial Valley
Union high school; L. L. Lyerly and
Ira d. Aten have filed to succeed
themselves as trustees for Calipat-
ria Union high school.
Candidates for trustees for ele-
mentary schools are: Lewis H.
Boyle, incumbent, North End; c. S.
Hawkenson, Palmetto; A. G. Jones,
incumbent, Mulberry; C. F. Boarts
incumbent, Westmorland william
" Colson, Imperial Union.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
ROBINSON IN
PRISO N FOR
{ TE R M
Enters Penitentiary
After Pleading
Kidnap Guilt

ATLANTA, Ca, May IA.
(UP) = Thomas H. Robin
son, Jr., today smilingly en-
tered the forbidding Allan
ta f e d era penitentiary
where he has been sentenced to
spend the remainder of his life for
the kidnapping of Mrs. Alice Speed
Stoll. He walked up the steps OF
the prison at $50 am, CST.,
manacled to a federal agent.
The 29-year-old Nashville Tenn,
kidnaper entered the prison II
minutes after he arrived in At
lanta by train from Louisville, KY
where he pleaded guilty last night
to the kidnapping.
His trip from Louisville was
made in the company of five
federal agents, one carrying
machine gun. He babe fearful
good-byes to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas H. Robinson, ST.. in
Louisville then they left for Nash
vile. His young wife, who has
instituted divorce proceedings,
was not there TO bid him farewell
Continued on Page 6, Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
TRADIN c ON
STOCK MART
TAKES JUMP
Prices Show One of
Best Recoueries
For Year

NEW YORK, May IA. O.R)
Trading on the stock eX-
change today exceeded a
million shares for the first
time in a week and prices
made one of their best recoveries of
the year.
Measured by the averages the
gains of to points recorded in
the leading issues brought the
market back to the levels of April
25 In only two other sessions in
l936-March IA and March II
were the gains larger.
The rise started from the opening
gong, following up the advance in
That was considered a signal to the
street of a technical rally ahead,
for in recent sessions the list had
sold off regularly in the last hour.
In addition to technical factors,
the market had in its favor the
death of the Frazier Lemke farm
mortgage relief BILL and further
improvement in the French franc.
Other markets joined the rise with
bonds in demand and cotton up as
much as so cents a bale.
First hour sales were 100000
shares In the corresponding per
iod yesterday the total was only
100000. Thereafter volume slacken-
ed but was more than double yes
terday's.
Highest grade issues were in de
mand all day American Telephone
touched 1924 up SIS points; Case
Continued on Page 5, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
Walter Hauek0rst
Chosen President
OF Ell Centre {. {.

Walter b. Havekorst was unan-
imously chosen president of the
FL Centre chamber of commerce at
the organization meeting of the
newly elected board of directors
Wednesday night. Havekorst is
manager of the Bank of America
and has served as director for sew
eral terms.
Other officers chosen unanimous
ly were George Bennitt, 1st vice
president; H. r. Anderson, End
vice president: W. H. Tyler, jr.,
treasurer. Robert w. Hays, secre-
tary- manager for the past eight
years was unanimously appointed
for another term.
The board passed a resolution
of appreciation for the splendid
work done by the outgoing presi-
dent. Sem Bacon, during the past
year. A resolution protesting the
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14

persons heard HeWeS make his first
public answer to Roses charges OF
delay, mismanagement and extra
vagance in irrigation district op-
Grafton. The district chairman was
cheered wildly at the close OF the
debate.
The early part of the debate re-
volved around charges similar to
those contained in recall petitions
recently circulated by the Rose fac
ton against HeWes, but rebuttal
talks gave way to personalities
when Rose criticized HeWes for
management of district affairs, and
Hewes answered with comment on
Roses insistence, while in the sad
die, that others pay their water
bills. while his own went unpaid.
Power Program
The debaters touched upon en-
ployment of Harry w. Horton as
chief counsel for the district, upon
development of the All American
canal power program and its Varl-
Gus legal entanglements, and upon
other items in their long political
battle. but chief subject was the
districts efforts to obtain Recon-
sruction Finance Corporation aid in
refinancing bonded indebtedess.
Rose attacked the willingness of
majority members of the board to
refinance at 80 cents on the dollar.
The district should not pay more
than so or 55 cents on the dollar,
Rose declared.
Bondholders can force the dis
trict to levy tax for payment of
interest and due principal, he eX-
planned. but cannot force collec-
ton. This, according TO Rose,
leaves the district in position to
force bondholders to accept a low
er figure. He denied that he had
ever promised bondholders that
they would be paid 100 cents on
the dollar. Hewes had read min
utes of a meeting at which Rose
was said to have promised the
bondholders full payment
Figures Cited
No irrigation district in Califor-
MIA has settled its bonded indebt-
edness for a figure as high as that
proposed for the district here, Rose
declared. He cited figures for the
larger. He cited figures for the
with RFC statistics showing that
the average since the RFC act was
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
MASON TODD.
SEN { N c { D.
TO PEN TER M
Pleads Guilty to
Manslaughter; Gets
10 Years

Mason Todd, 81 who was
accused of the murder of
Simon Guzman, p | e d d
guilty to manslaughter in
superior court Wednesday
and Immediately was sentenced to
San Quentin for from one to
10 years. He had pleaded not guilty
to murder charges.
The jury which heard the trial
of Todd on murder charges was
unable to reach a verdict and was
discharged by Judge Vaughn N.
Thompson. The case had ben set
for retrial.
Todd was alleged TO have struck
the Mexican ranch worker on the
head with an automobile crank
after the two had quarreled over
Todd's driving of the Guzman auto
mobile. GuZman was found be-
side the highway near Brawley the
night of February 90, and died in
the county hospital March l, with
out regaining consciousness.
Todd Arrested
BraWley police officers found
Todd drunk in an automobile within
the city limits of the northend city.
He explained the broken headlight
on the automobile by saying he had
struck a man on the highway and
fled the scene, officers said. When
the car in which Todd was found
was discovered to be registered to
Guzman, Investigations began.
Walter Walsh, California highway
patrolman, asked that Todd be
questioned by county officers. Dur
ing the questioning by T. M. Sharp,
Continued on Page 6, Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
INSANITY PLEA
TO BE MADE IN
RATHER DEATH

LOS ANGELES May IA WP)-.
An insanity defense which Robert
S. James hopes will enable him to
cheat the gallows for the rattle
snake murder" of his fifth wife
move3 through its preliminary
stages today when he was question
ed by three court appointed alien
lists.
Drs. Paul E. Bowers. Ross Moore
and Edwin Wayte questioned him
closely about his past life and fam
ily record which, the prisoner in
sisted, contains numerous instances
of insanity.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14

w. r. Ralston, in charge OF the
administration of the federal agri-
cultural conservation program in
the southern part of the state, Will
be IN the valley May q and have
an all day training meeting With
the committeeman elected in the 10
communities in this county.
The meeting will take place in
farm advisors office at the court
house and during the session the
10 chairmen of these committees
will meet to elect q county chair
man and vice chairman. These two
automatically become members of
the county yseXecutive committee, the
chairmen also electing one com
miteeman and one alternate.
The community committeeman
will also work out the time and
places at which ranchers nay fill
out work sheets in their respective
communities.
BY the end of this week nearly
all of the community committees
will have been elected, two having
been elected Wednesday, those for
Bard Winterhaven and Meloland
Acacia.
Bard -WinLcrhaven ranchers met
in the afternoon at the Bard eX-
pertinent station and elected +. C.
Beasley. chairman; Ralph Gran
ford, vice-chairman; C. l.. Nc
Laughlin, member; C. A. Whipple,
alternate.
Acacia ranchers met Wednesday
night in joint session with Acacia
farm center and chose Leslie Nc
Connell as chairman; d. F. Hawes,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
BORAH THREATENS TO WALK OUT
ON COP. AS VOTE OPPOSES HIM

ert A. Taft, blessed by an informal
coalition of other Republican as
pirants got the rest of the delega-
ton
While the Borah boom shriveled
for practical purposes in Ohio,
Father Charles E. Coughlin's Ma.
tional Union for Social Justice hit a
new high. Half of the 80 various
candidates endorsed by Coughlin
were nominated. Two or three Dem
ocratic members of the house were
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14

pursuit of 200 officers and posse
men. Two of the kidnap victims
in the bloody break from the peni-
tentiary, Guards Truck Cope and
Victor Conn, were wounded.
Grave concern that they and
the third prisoner of the felons,
Wilburn Doak, would meet the
same fate as did another guard at
the time of the break-summary
death when their purposes has
been served-was general.
This same group of convicts
shot C. d. Powell, superintendent
of the prison brick yard. through
the head shortly after they re-
belled yesterday. They dumped
his body from the Communicated
automobile in which they fled
Continued on Page 6. Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
ONE MAN ARMY
-Porta Ricans Arouse Zioncheck-


chose st. Thomas as a haven of
refuge after telephone wires to
my San Juan hotel room had been
cut and our room attacked"
ZiOncheck last night was the
center of amazed interest at
ball at government house.
"AS soon as L return to Wash
ington, we will cut Puerto Rico
away immediately ZiOncheck
shouted. He had halted an as
tonishing fancy dance with his
bride to proclaim his program.
In the presence of his bride
and reporters Ziorcheck flowed
OH at length, describing the people
of Puerto Rico in unprintable Ian
guage. He paused only to de-
mand of startled officials:
Bring me another highball.'
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
DOOMED YOUTH
HAS ONE DAY
OF LIFE LEFT

ARIZONA STATE PRISON, Flor
ence, May IA. WP)-The sun rose
today on the last "a hours of life
for young Jack Sullivan, murderer
of an Arizona peace officer.
In the first light of dawn tomor-
row, the 23-year-old ex-convict will
be stripped to pair of shorts, led
into a small, stuffy, white painted
room, strapped to white chair and
put to death with deadly cyanide
gas.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
TURNER WILL TAKE
OFFICIALS on TRIP

Col. Roscoe Turner, noted speed
pilot, will arrive at Imperial airport
at p. m. for a two day visit in FL
Centre.
At 6 o'clock, Colonel Turner will
take a group Of city councilmen
chamber of commerce officials, and
others on an air jaunt over Imper-
ial dam. Following the flight Col
onel Turner will be guest of honor
at dinner sponsored by the jun
ior chamber of commerce at the
Barbara Worth hotel. Reservations
for the banquet can be made at the
hotel
DuIing his visit i'll the valley,
Colonel Turner will renew old
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
WEYERHAEUSER RANSOM
MONEY RECOVERED

WASHINGTON, May IA. Wp,--
The federal bureau of investiga-
tiOn announced today that $751;
S74.47 belonging to William Ma
han, most of which had been
identified as ransom money paid
for return of six year old George
Weyerhaeuser, had been recover
ed since Mahan's arrest one week
ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14

ST. THOMAS VIRGIN ISLAND,
May Ia. UP)-Rep. Marion Zion
check, d., Wash, today constituted
himself a private one man army
TO "go back and clean up Puerto
Rico.
The swashbuckling congressman
climaXed series of escapades i'll
San Juan by flying TO st. Thomas
with his bride because, he said
his life in Puerto Rico was in
danger.
=. lie regarded the Puerto Rican
ydent riots and anti-American
demonstrations as having been
specifically anti -Zioncheck.
"I had no intention of coming
In the Virgin Islands" Zioncheek
said. But my personal safety
demanded that seek safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14

WASHINGTON, May IA. W.P)-
Sen. William E. Borah had his foot
in the air today toward the first
step Of a walk out on his party.
The@Borah bolt became at least
a possibility as tabulation of West
Virginia and Ohio presidential pri-
mary returns piled up a big regular
Republican victory.
Borah won five or six of So Re-
publican national convention dele
gates in Ohio. His slate of dele.
gates-at large was swamped Rob-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
MAJOR LEAGUE
SCORES

NATIONAL
Pittsburgh ....,OOO 900 O5O-5 10 .
Boston ......... 600 zoe O00-2 Z 1
Using, Bush and Padden; Benge,
Cantwell and Lopez.
ST. Louis ...... 600 113 70O-12 16 2
Brooklyn ..... O01 600 800 4 l
Walker and Davis; Frankhouse,
Butcher. Baker, Jeffcoat and Berries.
Chicago ........ 600 600 600 3
New York ...... 900 l01 30X--5 o
Warneke, Henshaw and Hartnett;
Hubbell and Mancuso.
Cincinnati at philadelphia, post
poned, cold weather.
AMERICAN
Boston ...........5900 2o0 20o 000-3 000 Z !
Grove and r. Ferrell;n Auker'
X Kimsey and Cochrane.
Philadelphia ...O21 OO0 O10-4 l
Cleveland 80. 900 600 O00-o 3 0
Rhodes, Johnson and HeYes; c.
Brown, Hudlin and sullivan.
New York ..... 100 OO13
81. Louis ........10O 900
WASHINGTON 100 522 011-12 10 Q
Chicago ........ S1l 600 WILLS l6 )
Russell. Weaver Linke, Applet on,
Marberry and Bolton; Stratton,
Brown. Evans, Kennedy and Sewell,
Miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
CITY OFFICIALS
MEET TONIGHT

City councilmen. departmental
heads and chief deputies will meet
at the Barbara Worth hotel for
dinner at 7 o'clock Thursday night
Tor the first conference scheduled
by the new city council.
City problems, plans for the flu
ture and suggestions for improve
ment will be brought before the
meeting in a round-table confer.
ence.
City problems, plans for the fu-
ture and suggestions for improve
ment wall be brought before tfe
meeting in a round-table confer
ence.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
SCOUT LEADERS
FINISH CLASSES

Scout leaders completed the ad-
vanced course in the principles OF
Scoutmastership at the meeting
Wednesday night in Wilson school,
the following receiving certificates:
j. r. Allen, Carl NJ Helmick, Jens
w. Hutchens, A. E. Prince of Ell Cen.
tro; Robert Amstead, Philip Griffin.
Arthur Hill, Wallace N. Kent. all of
Holtville; Kenneth E. Mitchell.
George B. Raine, William Raine of
Westmorland; Arthur Tucker and
F.. j. Tucker, both of Calexico.
1t was announced at the meeting
that the Scout camporal at Irvine
has been changed to June and z.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
TWO SOUGHT AT
BORDER IN SHOOTING

SAN DIEGO. May IA. U.p)-Two
Chicago men were sought by
sheriff's deputies near the Mex
lean border today In connection
with the shooting in Los Angeles
Of attractive Harriet Woody. ~,
In service station hOldup.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
Last Minute:
Flashes! /.
PASSENGERS, CREW
TAKE TO LIFE BOATS

SEATTLE. May Ia. UH - The
steamship North Sea - leaking
badly after hitting a rock during
a heavy fog in Alaska waters
put cut her 140 passengers and a
crew Of 40 men in life boats to-
day when the vessel appeared to
be in danger of laundering, the
coaSt guard headquarters was ad-
viSed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
CANAL BRIDGE
CONTRACT LET

WASHINGTON, May IA. W.P)-
Public Works Administrator Harold
L. Ickes today awarded a $l55. .447
contract to David H. Ryan, San Di-
ego CAL for construction of a rail-
road and highway bridge and
wash crossing structure on the All.
american canal prof ect in Califor-
MIA.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
LODGE
ENTERTAINS AT
BIG MEETING

F.. B. Owens of Long Beach, depu-
ty state auditor and past state pres
ident, and Fred Gunther of Bakers
field, past state president, were dis
tniguished guests of the local
Eagles lodge Wednesday night at
one of the biggest meetings of the
year.
Candidates were initiated and
after the business meeting a Dutch
supper was enjoyed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
POWER COMPANY
PROPOSES TRUCE
LORD ALLENBY,
FAMOUS w AR
LEADER, DIES

LONDON, May IA. U.P)-LOrd
Allenby, World war c0nqueror of
Palestine and one of Britam's
foremost soldier-statesmen, died
tOd2,y. He was IS.
Lord Allenby died at 1890 p. m.
His death plunged England
and the empire into mourning.
Only this week he deplOred in
the strongest terms Italy's
of warfare against Ethiopian
warriors.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
NEW FARM SETUP
WILL BE CREATED

yice-chairman; Roland Ballou,
member, and Ward McGrew, alter
nate
The school presented a program
of music and dance numbers fol
lowing the election
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14

friendships and carry passengers in
his 24-passenger Boeing plane on
short trips over the valley at a
charge intended only to pay cX-
renses While here he will be the
guest of Capt. Frank Oswalt of the
California Highway patrol, an old
friend.
Colonel Turner is en- route from
Los Angeles to New York, stopping
along the way in a campaign to
make Americans more air minded.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
S1O.OOO BLAZE
HITS J.. A. THEATRE

LOS ANGELES. May II. OPP
A spectacular $4,000 fire de-
stroyed the interior of the Won
derland theater on South Main
street early today a short time
after the last show had let out.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
EIGHT FUGITIVES
FLEE TO WILDS
Desperate GOnvicts Hide in Oklahoma Back Country
After Spectacular Prison Break; Take
Three Hostages as Protection
100

McALESTER, Okla, May IA. (UP)-Eight desperate
fugitiVes from the state penenary here fled through
the rugged and sparsey settled wds of southeastern
Oklahoma today.
They carried three hostages protection against the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14

@' <~ ~ -
REPoRTER nN19ErER
Says

Starting Early
An important event in the life of
Richard Liaunet Bennit, aged sew
en- weeks, happened wednesday af-
ternoon. His father, George Ben
nit. himself founded in printers
ink, solemnly and with Mrs. Ben
nit looking on questioningly, bap-
tiZed the infant in ink of the same
sort--at least to the extent of five
black dabs on the baby's forehead.
And so another mortal was started
on the rocky road to newspaper
dom.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
Hewes, Mark Rose Lock-
Horns i'm Debate Over
Wafer District issues
Valley Leaders Discuss Regional Refinancing Al
McCabe Meeting; Board Chairman Cheered
After Refuting Directors Charges

Chairman Evan T. Hewes and Director Mark Rose,
longtime enemies in Imperial Irrigation District politics,
locked horns in debate for the first time in many months
before group Of McCabe district residents at the Nc
Cabe school "Wednesday NIGHT. One hundred and fifty
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
CIT Y HALL
SITE CHOSEN
BY COUNCIL
Property Directly North of County Court
House Designated For Building;
Lower Insurance Rate Sought
90

Property directly north of the county court house
designated by the city council the site for the proposed
Ell Centre city hall-library building, if the bond issue
carries the special election May 25 This decision
reached at council meeting Thursday morning after
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
OptOmetrist's Note

Having nothing better to do dur
a. lull in the fireworks OF the
O.4ilroad commission hearing, and
having already chewed all avail
able pencils to bits, RR began
counting noses. AT least, that is,
be began counting spectacles, which
Mounts to the same thing. Among
ri persons, l6 wore specs. Ten
did not. OF the four engineers in
the court room, only one looked
through glass. The eyes have it,
evidently. in the engineering pro-
fcsSion.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
Where is He?--

RR would like to know, just out
of curiosity. whore in tho name
Of the Holy Grail is the Chicago.
Washington New York Baltimore
correspondent who rNas supposed
to be back about now. How about
coming out OF hiding, Mr. Doctor
John d. Keye?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
Getting About a Bit

NfNtVIIlS lfDUut t DIt
The M. o. King company will
puff up so badly it'll bust one OF
these days if it doesn't stop getting
its picture in magazines, and all
that. The recentest is a photo of
the M. O. KS children's knitting
class, published in the trade journal,
The Notion and Novelty Review, is
sued from New York
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
Wrong Man

Wrong Man
Joseph A. Winkler, prop, heard
someone tampering with the gas
pumps at his service station two
miles east of Ell Centro at 2:45 am.
Thursday Cautiously ne reached
for his gun, then burst into a gall
lop gas pump-lNard. A shadowy
form also broke into run. The
gun barked The shadowy form
kept going - faster. if anything,
than before Winkler, however,
stopped. He limped back to the
service station and telephoned for
help. His bullet has passed through
his own right foot.
Penny Pincher-
Penny Richmond, august post
master, appeared at the city coun-
ell conclave Thursday morning
just in time to hear a discussion
of purchase of stamps for the
aity. It's necessary to have cash
= hen buying stamps from the
poStoffice, someone said.
oh, WE'LL" remarked Council
man Herb FaWcett, "Pennyll let
us have em anyway
The man who is p. m. even in
the a. m. paused in the doorway
on his way out and Grated:
TRY to get en-
Extra Extra! Stamp Shortage
Threatens City!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-14
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butteri Los Angeles 2s1ac, butter
fat. Imperial Valley fob. rnnch,
Grade A. 3G1ac. manufacturing milk,
Jlci route gathered cream. 2Sc.
l.. a. hny-U. y. No. I. extra leafy.
-l7-iS; =. M. Sf4-t5; Us. No.
leafy. $14-14.5Oi Il. 8. No. 2, S13.5O-
-. Minneapolis flax 1GOh-I71h.