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Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
n an effort to restore order.

fire in an effort to restore order.
Firing was reported also on the
outskirts of Jewish settlements in
the Emik valley.
An orange packing house In the
town of Petach TikaVh, in the heart
of the citrus region, was burned
down by demonstrating Arabs.
Police searched all Arab dwell
ings at Petach Tikvah, seizing large
stores of arms and ammunition.
The only casualty reported dur
ing the past "a hours was in the
village of Lydia whert an Arab
constable accidentally killed an
Arab watchman.
Officials denied a report that a
British soldier had been killed.
They denied also a Cairo report
that hordes of armed Arabs had
surrounded and beaten a British
police patrol near GAIA.
Fighting now is confined to Arab
resistance to police and troops en-
gagged in mopping up operations
and to raids against Jewish settle
mentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
Alien Labor to
Be Restricted in
Proposed Law

The Fruit and Vegetable Packers
association of California, whose
Headquarters is in Brawley, has ap-
pointed a permanent Alien 1nitia-
tive Committee with r. 1. Castle
man as chairman.
Not so long ago the association
undertook a movement for the en-
actment of laws in the state which
would require the employment OF
at least 90 per cent American citl-
zens in industry and agriculture.
Recently it was decided to place
the movement before the people OF
the state in the form of an initiative
petition TO be voted on at the Nov
ember election.
The association realizes that this
step is a big one but the group is
confident that the people of the
state will be willing to step in and
put over the movement making it
state law.
The association plans to organize
county organizations and appoint
committee to frame the proposed
initiative measures compelling the
employment of not less than 30
per cent citizens of the United
States in all industry, agriculture
and any and all other employment
in the state Of California.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
SMITH FUNERAL
RITES WILL BE
HELD THURSDAY

Funeral services for Elmer F.
Smith of Brawley will be conducted
Thursday morning at l0:30 O'Clock
from the Elks temple, Brawley, and
The body will be shipped to Los An
geleS for burial.
Smith died Monday night at his
home, 435 North Imperial avenue,
as the result of a heart attack. He
was widely known in Ell Centre and
BraWley, being a member of the
Elks lodge and also a Mason. Both
orders will take part in the service.
AT the time OF his death Smith
was distributor for the Signal Oil
company with headquarters at
RraWlev sss'
Survivors include his wife, Mary;
a son, Gordon two daughters Aileen
and Marilyn; two sisters. Mrs. Floyd
Johnson and Ms. william Payne,
both of Los Angeles, and his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Smith.
also of Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
TEST | NJ o N Y
or DOCTORS
DENOU u N c { D
Physician Protests
Shameful Data
GiUen at Trials

CORONADO. Cal, May 2.7 WR)-
DR.. M. F.. Behnemann of San Fran
cisco denounced the Shameful ex-
pert testimony OF certain of our col
leagues in silicosis industrial dam
age suits today before the Califor-
mia Medical association convention.
A large part Of the $5O,000000 in
such suits pending chiefly in Cali
fornia, Ohio, New York and Illi-
nOis, is due to activity of the legal
profession and such shameful test
imony' by doctors. he said.
1T is my personal opinion that
every silicosiS victim is or was par
TALLY tubercular or the disease
would not have gained headway."
Turning to attack physicians "ex-
pert testimony" he declared
"A review of hearings leaves an
honest physician or lawyer sorely
disgusted with so-called expert test
imony. Juries do not know who to
believe and give the benefit of the
doubt to the claimant"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
WAN Ed | N
M u RDE R 0 F
TWO WOME N
Flees Cell, Scale S
Wall, Dashes To
Freedom

MEXICALI, Mex, May
27. (UP)-Socorro Esquivel
wanted for questioning by
Los Angeles police in con-
nection with the Staying OF
two women was sought today by
Mexican police following his escape
from city jail here yesterday
The prisoner, an asserted Blue
beard, had been held on a charge
of disturbing the peace. He es-
capped from his cell during the day
and apparently scaled a wall sur
rounding the prison in his dash to
freedom.
Two Los Angeles police officers
were in. Calexico, across the border,
attempting to arrange for surrender
of the prisoner for questioning when
he escaped.
The Los Angeles officers report
cd they wanted to question ES-
auival in connection with the deaths
of Mrs. Andrea Kurman 63, and
Miss EUgenia Vance, 65, both OF
whom were fatally beaten and
robbed several years ago.
Esuuival'S name was mentioned
in conjunction with the unsolVed
slayings by his wife who declared
she feared he would kill her.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
LEGION URGES
STORES CLOSE
MEMORIAL DAY

Boyce Aten Post, American Leg
ion, went on record as favoring 100
per cent closing of business firms
Memorial day at a meeting Tues
day night in the Veterans hall
In addition the post will ask the
city council to urge that all bus
mess houses be closed on that day.
1t was also decided to send a del
egation to Hipass camp to make
needed repairs and possibly to con
struct new dornitory.
Verne Monte, twenty second dis
trict vice commander, was endorsed
for the office of district commander
Or. o. H. Van Eman of FL Cen
tro was offered the position of dele
gate at-large by the post.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
NEW ARRESTS
OVER TERROR
Cult H|NTED
Prisoners Kept In
Jail Hearing
Adjourned

DETROIT, May 27. (UP)
Examination Of IL mem
bers of the Black Legion
charged with the kidnapping
and murder of Charles A.
Poole, 80 was adjourned today for
six days despite the objections OF
their attorneys.
All were ordered returned TO
county Jail after Judge Ralph w.
Liddy refused to entertain motions
for bail.
Wayne county Prosecutor Dun
can c. McCrea, who is inveStigat-
ing reports of widespread terror
istic activities CT the legion, re-
quested the adjournment in order
that his office might pursue its
inquiry.
He promised the court that
within four or five days l anti
cipate we will be able to bring
other defendants into court and
have hearing for all of them at
one time"
John Doc" warrants charging
70 other members of the legion
with the murder of Poole, who
knew too much" about the inner
workings of the band. have not
yet been served.
Meanwhile. inquiries into the
Black Legion were to be extended
statewide in efforts to determine
whether other mysterious deaths,
tortureS, bombings and arson could
be attributed to the vigilante group
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
HUGE SPEED LINER
OFF FOR RECORD

ed to smash all commercial speed
records in a run to end Monday at
Ambrose Lightship, off New York,
was edged slowly from her pier at
Southampton, Eng, by siXN tugs.
While half million proud British
erS cheered her on her way her nose
swung eastward toward the Isle of
Wight and the passage to the open
sea.
a favorable sea and a following
wind awaited her beyond the Jagged
entrance of the Needles, gateway
to Southampton.
Hundreds of craft tied down their
whistles in tribute to the newest
candidate for the blue ribbon of the
North Atlantic, at present held by
the Normandie OF the French line
Twenty one hundred passengers,
a crew of 1000, and 5000 bags of
mail were aboard when Sir Edgar
Brittcn, commodore of the line, gave
the quiet order which started the
ship on her first North Atlantic run.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27

session last night, the legislature
approved two measures solving the
relief problem for the next sew
eral months and liberalizing the
state old age security act.
1t also passed 10 rather technical
bills, rejecting only two of the ID
proposals outlined in Gov. Frank
F.. Merriam'S official call.
The relief measure, which was
the major reason for the special
session, provides that $2,500,00O
of the next fiscal years $24,000 900
dole appropriation may be spent
to finance relief between now and
July l.
This amount will be sufficient to
handle relief until the remainder
of the appropriation becomes
available on that date, admins
traitors said.
OF equal and more lasting i'm
portance in the eyes of social
security lawmakers was
the old age pension bill introduced
by Asscmblyman William Horn
blower, San Francisco.
Becoming effective July l. it
provides that eligible aged-those
who are IS or over, must have
lived in the state five years and
have no means of support-must
be paid a monthly pension of $35
Any cash income received by the
pensioner will be subtracted from
that amount, and a $40 deduction
will be made in cases where no
rent is paid
Eligible married couples will re-
ceive $40, if each is able to meet
requirements.
Close associates of the governor
said they were certain he would
sign the pension bill, which was
inserted in his official program
at the last minute.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
COM NIT 7 EE
VOTES CHARGE
OF CONTEMPT
Aides Who Refused
To Testify Also
Included

WASHINGTON, May 27.
OUP) - The house old age
pension investigation COM
mittee today voted six to
two to recommend a con-
tempt citation to the house for Dr.
Francis E. Townsend and two aides,
who have refused to appear for
questioning.
The committee, by the same vote
agreed also to refer the case 10
the United States district attorneys
office for court trial instead of rec
ommending trial by the house.
Those to be cited are the Rev.
Clinton Wuuder, New York, and
John B. Kiefer, Chicago both d1-
rectors in the Townsend move
ment.
The committee did not act in de-
fiance of it's powers today by
Sheridan Downey, ToWnsend's at
torney.
Chairman c. Jasper Bell D., Mo,
said Downeys name had not been
called for testimony although he
is under subpoena.
Therefore, DoWney is technically
not subject to a citation.
Representative John H. Tolsn,
D.. Cal. and Samuel L. Collins, r.,
Cal, both Townsend supporters,
voted against both decisions.
Bell said he would convey the
action to Speaker Joseph w. Byrns
and discuss means Oh speeding it
for house floor action.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
CHILDREN GIVEN
ANTI TYPHOID
VACCINATIONS

Second injections OF anti-typhoid
vaccinations were given at the
IIidalgo school in BraWley Monday
to 1000 school children and on
Tuesday to 200 adults and children
bf pre-school age.
The vaccinations were given by
DR. Warren F.. Fox county health
officer, in cooperation with DR.. j. l..
Parker, Brawley city health officer,
as a precautionary measure.
Five persons living at a Brawley
dairy developed typhoid recently
and the vaccinations were begun as
a means OF preventing spread OF
the disease, Fox said.
Final injections arc expected to
be given at the Hidalgo school next
Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27

day tomorrow, it was revealed to-.
day.
Last year, the parents We're in.
Vited to the party in Dafoe Mem
orial hospital which is the quintS
home but, because they still arc
not reconciled to the province TAX
ing charge of their famous off
springs, they did not attend.
This year, they will not have the
opportunity of rejecting an invita-
ton, though if they go to Dafoa
hospital they'll be welcome
The hospital today was gayly be
decked, five frosted cakes with a
name on each were in the pantry,
new toys were wrapped and ready.
This birthday Pape Dionne is
likely to be working on the refresh
ment booth which he is building
near his home. He had not made
up his mind whether he would at
tend the Grand MeSse" the Rev.
Father j. B. McNally will conduct
at the Sacred Heart Parish church
at Corbell tomorrow morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
Requests Denied In
Elk Hills Oil Case

WASHINGTON, May 27. U.R)-
Secretary of Interior Harold L.
IckeS today denied the request of
the state of California and nine
other claimants for a rehearsing
Of the famous Elk Hills oil base
in which the federal government
took title last year to $25 100000
worth of petroleum and gas lands.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27

Fisher. 20 and Walter Fisher, 10.
were arraigned in El Centro JUS
tice court where they waived pre-
liminary hearing. They then were
taken into superior court before
Judge r. d. McPherrin. Sentence
will be pronounced Friday morn
ing.
The charge of attempted kid
naping carries with it sentences
of not less than six months nor
more than l2l2 years. Elmer Heald,
district attorney. explained.
The youths were represented in
justice court by P. N. Myers.
A complaint charging the youths
with attempted kidnapping was
signed late Tuesday afternoon by
Winzenried.
Winzenried persuaded C. Fisher
to put away his gun after Fisher
threatened him. The boys had
eaten breakfast and ordered theiI
car filled with gasoline. They an
nounCed they could not pay the
bill.
Refused Demand
When Winsenricd refused to en-
ter their car the youths agreed
to try to exchange wearing ap-
parel for the bill. They could not
agree on the exchange and finally
signed a ticket and promised to
send the money later.
Three officers, Guy Echols, CAL
eXico chief OF police, lee Echols Of
the customs border patrol, and c..
Willingham, police officer, arrest
ed them when they stopped at
Bonds Corner to inquire the way
to MeXicali
The boys fell into the net spread
out by the peace officers of the
county one hour after the alarm
was spread. The famous road
blockade in which all law enforce
ment departments cooperate, again
proved It's effectiveness.
Signed statements were obtained
from the boys by Sheriff Robert
Ware and T. M. Sharp, chief Grim
inal investigator for the sheriff'5
department,
Winzenried returned to the de5-
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
MONKS PUT or TRIAL
on MORALITY CHARGE
CHINA REJECTS
ALIBI FOR BIG
TROOP INVASION

NANKING, May 27. U,P)-The
Chinese government today rejected
Japan's explanation of heavy Jap
anese troop movements in North
China and instructed its Tokyo
embassy to make further vigorous
representations to the japanese
government.
With Japanese troops pouring
into north China from the sea
and through the great wall from
Manchukuo, Tokyo's diplomatic
representatives explained they were
sent to assure protection for Jap
anese lives and property.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
Elks Will Conduct
Initiation Thursday

Elks will conduct initiation
Thursday night in the Elks hall,
the ceremony to be preceded by
a stag dinner. Fred Nebel-T
will show pictures of the picnic
at Manzanita and the new cooling
system, just installed. will also be
initiated
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
MAJOR LEAGUE
SCORES

NATIONAL
BROOKLYN ...0O1 100 O2O OO0-f 10 >
New York .002 110 600 0O1-5 l I
Mungo. Brandt. Farmhouse and
Bcrres; Hubbell and Mancuso.
Boston ....... 002 900 600 & o
Philadelphia ...O02 600 OBS Z o
Rcis and Lopez; Walter and
Grace.
Cincinnati 900 600 OO5-5 II ,
Chicago ....,..001 600 Oils )
Derringor and Lombardi; French,
Carleton and Hartnctt.
Pittsburgh .........0t0 $50
st. Louis ...........O .OO1 600
Swift and Padden; Hallahan and
Ogrodowski.
AMERICAN
Chicago .......OoO oOl 100 6 .
Lyons and Sewell; Bridges and
COchrane.
st. Louis .......O1O 100 600 , 0
Cleveland ...... 305 100 21X-12 u !
Mahaffey, Van tia, Tietje. An
drews and Hemsley, Giuliani; Hide
brand and Sullivan.
Philadelphia at Washington, post
poned, rain.
New York -. 43O 900 O1O O1-9 - 0
Boston 101 002 $40 00-S l3 0
Broaca. Kleinhans, Hadley, Pear
son and Jorgens; Marcum, Walberg,
Cascarella and Berg.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
LAST MINUTE
FLASHES
WITNESS REyERSES;
ADMITS DEATH PLOT

LOS ANGELES, May II. tU'F
James Pagan Culver, 23-year-
cid Kentuckian, reversed him
self today to declare from the
witness stand at the murder
trial of Samuel T. Whitaker.
so, that he had been hired by the
one time church Organist 10
stage fake holdup in which
Mrs. Whitaker was shot and
killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
HOLLYWOOD PROMOTER
GIVEN o YEARS IN PEN

LOS ANGELES, MAJ "a. WD
-Bayard Weibert, 30-year old
Hollywood promoter, was SEN
fenced to 8 to IS years in san
Quentin today for defrauding
investors Of approximately $40
900 they put up for supposed
brOadcasting venture.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
Driver of Truck
Hunted in Crash

Peace officers are hunting a
truck driver believed responsible
for wrecking an auto near Braw-
ley Tuesday night. Aubrey Lewis
of Brawley reported the truck col
lided with his machine and the
driver failed to stop.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27

ABOARD S. S. QUEEN MARY
EN- ROUTE TO NEW YORK, May
q. UP)-Great Britain'S proudeSt
ship put out to sea on her maiden
voyage at 4:32 p, m. Greenwich
time, today.
The super-liner, which is expect
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
JAMES FOUND GUILTY
ON MORALS CHARGES

Los ANGELES, May 27. tU.p
Robert 5. James, amOrOus bar-
Der who later VIII be tried on a
charge of numbering his wife.
today was found guilty on three
morals counts involving his FL
year-Old niece, Lois Wright.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
CONGRESSIONAL PROBE

WASHINGTON, May u. tU.P)
"A resolution to provide for y
congressional investigation of
the Black Legion was introduced
in the house todag by Rep. Sam
uel Dickstein, d., N. Y, author
of an earlier resolution TO inves-
tigate Nazi and Communist.
activities in this country.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27

Goebbels. Observers believed the
Nazis were intent on using the
trial for propaganda against Cath
olics on even a wider scale than
was employed when large num-
bers of monks, nuns and other &C.
Continued on Page 2, Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27

it would produce evidence showing
all except one of the monks in
a Franciscan monastery in west
ern country neighboring Germany
are engaged in immoral actions"
The trial began in a fanfare of
publicity directed by the ministry
of propaganda under DR.. Joseph
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
ARAB GUERILLA
WARFARE SPREADS
Angry Citizens Continue Sniping, Protesting Against
immigration of Hebrews to Palestine; Police
Return Fire i'm Effort to Get Order
90

JERUSALEM, May 27 (UP)-Guerilla warfare wag
ed by Arabs protesting Jewish immigration to Palestine
spread to Jaffa today.
An official government bulletin declared Arabs at
Jaffa had resumed Snpng police returning their
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
PARENTS NOT INVITED AS CUNTS
PREPARE FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY

CALLANDER Ont, May o. UP,
Olivia and Mrs Dionne, parents
Of the world famous quintuplets,
will not be invited to the party
celebrating the babies second BIRTH
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
Special Legislative
Session Ends With
Passage ofPension
Penniless Aged Promised $35 Monthly in New Bill
Continuation of Dole Assured; Merriam
Meets Success on II of IA Acts

SACRAMENTO, May 81 (UP)-Cafornias
ployed assured continuation of the dole and penn
less aged who residence requirements promised
$35 monthly pension today result of action taken
by the 5lst legislature. Before adiOurnng its special
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
268 Accused in Court by Nazi Prosecutors,
Following Fanfare of Publicity Marking
Opening of Case; Propaganda Stunt

COBLENZ Germany May 27. UP)-Nazi prosecu-
trying the first of group of 268 franciscan monks on
charges of immortality today charged mass immortality in
monasteries outside Germany.
During today session the prosecution announced
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
Bluebeard Suspect Vanishes
AfterBreaking Ont of Jail
Three Youths Enter
Pleas Of Guilty 70
Attempted kidnapping
Boys Caught in Web of Desert Blockade After Trying
To Holdup Gas Station Operator; Pulled
Gun Threatened Attendant

Pleas of guilty to attempted kidnapping entered
in superior court Wednesday morning by the three youths
arrested Tuesday after they attempted to kdnap Frank
Wnzenred attendant at the Gordons Wells service sta
ton between Hoville and Yuma. Herbert Wynot 49, C..
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
@ -
~' 3D.. -
- AMBLING
1NEPORTER
Says
NOb0dy's Orphan

On suspects that somewhere there
must be an individual who favors
double feature attractions" at the
moving picture emporiums, but to
date RR has failed to discover him,
in spite of repeated pleas voiced
since this column took over the ed
itorial writer's suggestion anent a
vote on the subject. Adversely, RR
has found that Imperial Valleytes
seem to feel rather strongly on the
subject, and all on the. side
of the single features, with news
reels, comedies and all the old time
trimmings.
IL looked fer a minute like a
prOp0Dent of the double bills had
been found when the Harding
school teachers sent in their vote.
Anyway, it was the nearest, thing
vet to a vote i'll favor of double
bills. One teacher the initials
looked like &c. L." said, It's in
material TO me. i seldom go any
way These advocating single
feature performances were EStelIc
). Ried,-"Onc comes out tired
instead Of feeling rcsted:"-Merry
5. Cartwright. Marjorie Gillmor.
jean Angler, Josephine King, NJ.
Hcdrick, Bertic Caldwell-"Onc
feature is lcng enough. No one
wants tC sit in show for three
hours"-Guthrie w. Wilson-T
would much prefer to stay
shorter length of time and go
more oftcn,'-and Winifrcd Pro-
vcncc.
Through the mails came another
emphatic vote for the single bills.
Ruth Cook Of FL Ccntro believes
that double feature bills take too
much of busy womans time
Moreover, they tire ones eyes too
much"
II would bc NEWS of someone
voted for double features.
Seen at Jacumba-
An oleander is due one man and
set of brickbatS 10 several, RR
decided after witnessing the spec
tacle of federal government truck
at Jacumba-it was No. TD8-from
which an intoxicated crew piled
into a beer parlor. Those intoxi-
Gated included well dressed men,
evidently the overseers, and roughly
drSScd laborers. To them, brick
batSl
And now for The oleandcr It's
duo the driver of the truck. For
ten minutes he resisted insistent
pleas that he take a drink, then
he walked out. He was the only
sober one of the lot and evidently
he intended to stay that way as long
as there were mountain grades
around
This Bee Business
Did you know that there is
species of StinglcSS bees? Or that
the state of Connecticut still has an
antibce law on its statue books,
unobSerVed? Or that selective breed
ing has strcntched the tongues OF
certain bees to they can reach the
pollen in red clover blossoms? The
county board Of supervisors didn't
until Attorney Leslie Burr of I'm
pcrial cxrounded the bee business
to them the other day.
IICrscplay-
The Ell Ccntro police department
would rather cope with criminals
than horses, any day or night, Mo-
tor Copper Floyd Valentine Ackley,
notified of a stray horse, set out to
lasso the brute, but didn't count on
the noise Of his motor. So Patrol
Car Driver Bill Heating, despite
hayfcvcr, was detailed and led the
animal to where it was going at
the end Of a tcther affixed to the
patrol car.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-27
MARKETS IN BRIEF

bntfer; Los Angeles 2019c, butter
rat Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
trade \. 371Re; manufacturing milk,
5&ci route gathered cream, zoe.
Il. \. hRy-U. =. No. I, extra Ieafy,
Nl1-lS; 4. =. No. I. SI4.j0; 4. :. No.
lenfy. S1f-I4.5O; a. =. No. =, $3.50
IL. Minneapolis flax 16O-165.