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Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
HAYCROWERS ELECT
OFFICERS AT MEET

S. f.. Robinson was reelected
president of the Imperial Valley Hay
Growers association at the meeting
Tuesday night in the Dunlack hotel,
BraWley.
H. B. Stewart of BraWley was re-
elected president; M. E. Ryan,
secretary-treasurer; and Roy Wood,
manager.
Since several thousand additional
acreages have come into the asso-
ciation it was decided to open and
office in Ell Centro in the immediate
future to take care of the business
in the south end of the valley.
In view of the new interest shown
in the association it was decided to
hold the membership open until
May l when all application must
be in.
Directors elected Tuesday are:
John Kubler w l.. Jacobs, both of
CaleXico; H. B. Stewart, A. c. Eaves.
w. R. Gardner, M E. Wills. c.. l..
Marsh, all of Brawley; C. r. Walk
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22

ployed on the Col. W. F. Nichol-
son ranch in the Calipatria area
died in the county hospital early
March /. of injuries received
when Todd admittedly struck him
on the head with an automobile
crank and then allegedly drove
Guzman's own automobile over the
helpless man.
The prosecution is being handled
by D. H. Wolford, chief criminal
deputy district attorney Todd is
represented by w. F. Patterson.
Admissions made in the pres
ence of Walter Walsh, California
Highway patrolman, and Deputy
Sheriff Frank Raney, while Todd
was being questioned by T. M.
Sharp, chief criminal investigator
for the sheriff's office, caused Todd
to be charged with murder. A cor
oner's jury held Todd responsible
for Guzman's death in a verdict
returned March l.
Todd was found drunk in an
automobile by Brawley police and
he explained a broken head light
on the car by saying "he struck
man, became frightened and
fled the scene" Officers said,
He was booked by Brawley police
as a hit and run driver.
Body Found by Road
Guzman's body later was found
beside the highway outside the
city limits of BraWley and Walsh
was summoned. Walsh took Guz-
man to the county hospital and
began an investigation.
When it was discovered thai
Todd had been found in a Car
registered in Guzman's name, Todd
was brought to the county jail
for questioning.
He told the officers, they said,
that he met Guzman in a BraWley
saloon the night of February %.
En- route to the Mexican'S home.
Todd said, Guzman criticized his
driving and an argument followed
Officers said Todd told how he
stopped the car on the highway
and the Mexican stepped out.
Todd the officers said. told them
he picked up the crank and struck
the Mexican on the head three
times, causing him to fall down
in front of the car. Todd then
said he drove over the MexlcanS
leg in his haste to leave the
scene.
Guzman is survived by a wife
and several children.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
WOMAN FILES
COMPLAINT ON
HOLTVILLE VOTE

Mary V. Jones, who lost her race
for Holtville city clerk by eight votes
following a canvass OF the ballots
Tuesday night, Wednesday filed
complaint in superior court in which
she alleged errors in counting the
ballots and demanded a recount of
the votes. Mrs Ella M. Carpenter
incumbent, had been declared city
clerk after the election of April IA
In her complaint Mrs. Jones al
legged that % of the % ballots thrown
out of the county by the election
board. should have been counted for
her. This. she alleged, would have
given her the clerkship.
AS a separate cause of action, Mrs.
Jones alleged in her complaint that
the refusal of the election board to
count 27 ballots cast for clerk. was
contrary to instruction. She said the
counting of these votes would have
given her the majority.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22

per cent.
The evidence, given by a Texas
Utility company official, was d
vital part of the power companies
request that the program be de
clared unconstitutional.
Over government objections,
George H. Carter, Marlin, Texas,
utility president, said Col.
Henry T. Hunt, public works Off
cial telegraphed him Aug. %, 1884,
that PWA would finance a munich
pal plant in his home town unless
your firm reduces its rates
Carter testified that Hunter
said the city proposed to furnish
electricity service Is, per cent
lower than the Texas Utility Co.;
and, unless the company lowers
its rates to equal or below that
figure, the application will be
granted"
The utilities present Hubert L..
Allen, Webbock, Texas, another
company vice president, who tes-
titled his firm had net revenues
of $45,573 in 1884 and $41,273 in
1895.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
GE N ERAL STRIKE
BY ARABS SEEN
IN JERU USALEM

JERUSALEM, April %. W,P)-
A general strike by Arabs here at
Jaffa, Haifa and other cities was
feared imminent today.
Arab leaders were understood to
have considered calling a strike of
indefinite duration in an effort
to force the government to stop
Jewish immigration and the sale
of land to Jews.
Two Jews wounded in rioting
at Jaffa and Tel Aviv have died.
Dispatches said today. Fourteen
Arabs and five Jews were injured
in sporadic attacks yesterday. and
incidents of incendiarism continu-
ed on the boundary between Haifa
and Tel AviV.
A total of % Jews and Arabs
have been killed and 100 wounded
in the rioting at Haifa and Tel
AViv in the past week.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
SHAFT DRIVEN
TO TRAPPED
MEN IN MINE
Workers Shout NeW
Encouragement
To Victims
MOOSE RIVER. n. S

MOOSE RIVER, N. S.,
April % (UP) = Rescue
crews sawed feverishly to-
day at a twisted mass of old
steel which seemed to be the
last barrier separating them from
DR.. D. E. Robertson and Alfred
Scadding. who have been entomb-
ed 141 feet underground in an
old mine for 233 hours.
Shortly before p. m. (EST), the
rescue crews, working at the peril
of their own lives in an old shaft
that crumbled years ago, picked
their way through what they be-
lieved was the last rock between
them and the two imprisoned men.
They could talk to Robertson
and Scadding, who were reported
to be in good spirits although
suffering.
The rescuers then encountered
Continued on Page 2; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
TOWN ES'
DEFEND PLAN IN
INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, April %. UP
Supporters of the Townsend old age
pension plan today dug into the
testimony of Economist Robert r.
Doane in an effort to undermine his
assertions before house investigat-
ing committee that the plan is "un-
workable.
Doane, who once had been quoted
by the Townsend organizers in sup
port of their movement, returned to
the witness chair after the commit
tee had summoned DR.. Francis E.
Townsend, co-founder of the Or
ganization, to appear May 5.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
He Sells Best

Chambers of commerce and the
board of trade in Imperial Valley
are missing a bet when they don't
urge all visitors to call on Girden
Allender, collegiate-appearing west
side farmer. He sells best who is
sold himself, and no one was
ever more sold on this fertile coun-
try of ours than Girden. Further
more, RR would like to see his
40-acrc tract with its modern
pretty white and green dwelling
moved bodily to the San Diego
exposition and displayed under a
big sign: Model Imperial Valley
40-aCre Farm
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
DOCTOR PINCHES
HEART; DOESN'T
HURT PATIENT

PHILADELPHIA, April %. UP)
The human heart is incapable
of emotion-it wouldn't even hurt
if literally broken, DIR. Fred K.
Kalteyer, heart specialist at JEFF
ferson hospital. told a medical So
ciety meeting today.
Celebrating upon his theory, DR.
Kalteyer told of an operation he
performed on a heart. He said
that while the patient was under
local anathesia, he made an in
ciSion, reached in and pinched
the heart.
Il gave it a good hard pinch
and there was no pain" Dr. Kali
teyer said.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
SCOUTS RECEIVE
HONOR AWARDS
AT HOLTVILLE

Holtville Scouts received awards
at the Court of Honor held in that
city Tuesday night.
Second class badges were award
ed to Roger Griffin, Robert Earl,
Maxwell and Billy Murray, all of
Troop A; first class badges to
Johnny Miyata and Izumi Omori.
both of Troop 20; merit badges TO
Charles Hancock; Ted Kenney.
Cradle Walton, Robert Amstead of
Troop A; John Ishimoto, Akira
Kashiki, Wallace N. Kent. Kozo
Sanbonmatsu, and Mitsuo Sanbon-
matsu, all of Troop 20.
Robert Amstead, Scoutmaster OF
Troop A, received star badge and
Troop 20 received citation for good
appearance and registration certi-
ficateS.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
FIRM To.
USE BOULDER.
D AM POWER.
Pacific Co. Reveals
Vast Setup of
Voltage Lines

SAN FRANCISCO, April
%. (UP)-Pacific Gas and
Electric company, northern
and central California util-
ity, today announced plans
for using part of the huge power
output of Boulder Dam through
interconnections with the lines OF
Southern California Edison COM
pany.
Application was to be made dur
ing the day to the California rail-
road commission authority to pro-
ceed with the gigantic undertak-
ing, which, if and when completed.
will span the Pacific coast with
a continuous network of high vol
tage transmission lines
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
q -
P -
ID AMBLING
NEPORTER
Says
On Dangerous Ground

On Dangerous GrOund-
When an irrigation district dir
ector passes on, Chairman Evan
T. Hewes remarked at the recent
board meeting, the board passes
a resolution of sympathy. He
thought the same procedure should
be followed in relation to the nup-
tials of Director Charles Morrow.
Mark Rose moved that a resolu
tion of sympathy be spread on
the minutes. Bill Young agreed,
but on the condition the sympathy
. was to be for the bride. Mean
while, Morrow left the meeting,
and the motion was passed unan-
imously. After adjournment, dir
ectorS put in several hilarious min
utes drafting the resolution. All
RR can say is. it's lucky the wives
of some of the directors didn't
hear all that was said about ma
trimony.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
WOMAN FREED
OF CHARGES OF
JAIL SMUGGLING

Mrs Rosie Tempe was freed OF
charges of smuggling a saw blade
to her 17-year-old son while he was
a prisoner in the Imperial county
Jail. She was freed after prelim-
mary hearing in FL Centro justice
court Wednesday morning before
Judge John E. Simpson.
The saw, officers said, was con-
cealed in a cake and given to a 10
year-old son to deliver to his broth
er.
She was freed of the charges be
cause of the lack of sufficient evi-
dence, the court ruled. The 17-year-
old boy now is in a juveline home.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
BANDITS KILL
TWO PERSONS,
WOUND TEN

MEXICO CITY, April % UP)-
Bandits killed two persons. wound
ed 10, burned three school houses
and slashed the ears from a school
teacher in raids on four Puebla state
villages, official dispatches said to-
day.
The bandits shouted long live
Gales" as they raided in profession
of their loyalty to former President
Elias Plutarco Gales, recently exil-
ed by the government. They posted
on walls proclamationS in the name
of the army of liberation"
Federal troops pursuing the ban
dts, killed one and wounded eight.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Mrs. Richard Cotton
Dies After Operation

Cherry Cotton, 26, wife of Rich
ard i. Cotton of Ell Centro. died
Wednesday in Mercy hospital, San
Diego, where she underwent an
operation Tuesday.
She leaves, beside her husband,
and 5'a months daughter Cherry
Annette, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert F. Hariss, brother and
sister, Albert E. Harris, Jr., and
Mary Helen HarisS, all of Arcadia
Mr.. and Mrs. Cotton had made
their home in Ell Centre for the
PAST two years and had made many
friends during their stay. Cotton
is local representative for the
Pomona Box Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
SHAW MAYOR
OF HOLTVILLE

B. l.. Shaw was elected mayor Of
Holtville at tuesday nights city
council reorganization meeting All
departmental heads were reap
pointed to the positions they held.
The following results followed the
election of commissioners: Mark A.
McClelland, water; Ned Holmes,
sewer and health: John Cavanaugh
streets and parks; Frank Walton,
police and fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Youth Goes to Trial Charged
In Brutal Murder of Rancher
BULLET PASSES
THRU MAD DOG,
WOUNDS GIRL

LOS ANGELES, April %. U.P)
-~Watha Keefer, l6, accident
ally struck by bullet fired al
a mad dog, was reported recov-
ering in a Hawthorne hospital
today.
The bullet caromed off the
sidewalk and pierced the girls
body as she was walking down
the street nearly a block away.
The slug had frs; passed
through the body of the dog.
Physicians. fearing the bullet
carried rabies infection, gave
the girl Pasteur treatment.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
DUCE TROOPS
ADVANCE ON
ALL SECTORS
NatiDe Chiefs Driven
Back, Captured
In OffensiUe

ROME, April %. (UP)-
Italian troops are advancing
on all sectors of the south
ern front in Ethiopia, a war
communique said today.
No mention was made of the
situation on the northern front
except that submission of native
chieftains continued in ever in
creasing areas of the country.
Press dispatches from headquar-
ters. however, said the Italians
were fighting heavy concentra-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
State Treasury Audit
Will Be Investigated

SACRAMENTO, April %. tUP)-A
separate study of the finance de-
partment's audit of state treasury
accounts was planned today by Dis.
trict Attorney Otis d. Babcock in
an effort to ascertain whether the
proper amount of interest has been
received on deposits of state funds.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
I1,7O8 Precincts to
Ballot IN Primaries

SACRAMENTO, April %. U.P)--
There will be 1l,708 voting pre-
cinets scattered throughout the
state for the May presidential
primary, Secretary of State FRANK
c. Jordan announced today upon
receipt of reports from county
clerks.
The number of precincts in
each county includes:
Imperial 83, Inyo 30, Kern 213.
Kings SO, Los Angeles 4,263, Or
ange 245. Riverside 100, San Ber-
nardino 352, San Diego 479, San
Luis Obispo 78, Santa Barbara 1870,
Ventura 100.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
SENATOR HOLT MAKES
SENSATIONAL CHARGE

WASHINGTON, April ~. lU.H
Sen. Rush ID. Holt, d., w. Va,
renewed his demands for con
gressional inquiry into WPA ae-
tivities today In a senate speech
charging that WPA Administra-
tor Harry l.. Hopkins "is doink
more TO destroy President Roose
welt than ary other man in this
country"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22

or, r. r. Pinner, both of Westmor-
land; J. l.. Taeckcr, " F.. Buffers,
beth of Magnolia, Keith Nets of
Holtville, S. E. Robinson of Imperial,
J. s. Strobel of Seeley R. l.. Corn of
Calipatria.
Prior to the business meeting
members and their wives were guests
at a chicken dinner, entertainment
numbers being presented at that
time. After dinner the wives were
given tickets for the Brawley thea
ire while the men met in business
session.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22

III oregon III Mdy.
The announcement was believed
to indicate a growing policy on
behalf of the department of the
interior to make newly irrigated
lands available to homesteaders.
Under such a policy, the East Mesa
lands would be considered when
water is placed on them by the
canal.
The two Oregon projects contain
total OF 1910 acres which will be
made available to homesteading
Continued on Page 3; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Share and Share Alike

The Walter HavekorSts believe
in teamwork. Walter no sooner
returns from San Felipe to re-
cuperate from a sore back gather
ed there than Mrs. Havekorst
slips on Something-and strains
her back. The idea, maybe, is
that two can rccuperate as quick
ly as one.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Staid Bankers

Those who believe bankers are
always staid and stern should ask
Arno Yaeckle for a demonstration
of how to play tennis with a one
inch plank.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Music From The Past

Seeing an old, old, old fashioned
organ riding around on a trailor,
license 1V4267, RR expected at any
moment to hear the strains OF
Aud Lang Syne."
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Bio Utilities Concerns
Attack New Deal for
Forcing Lower Rates
Municipal Power Program Interferes With Private
Firms Companies Charge Before Court;
Government Threat Revealed
O0-

WASHINGTON, April % (UP)-Utility companies
introduced testimony before the District of Columbia
supreme today intended to show that the New Deal
through its $200000000 municipal power program sought
force private firms to decrease rates by much 15
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Selection Of Jurors
Begun in FL Centro i'm
Auto Crank KiIIinq
Ranch Worker Fatally Injured When Beaten Over
Head and Run Over by Machne Trial
Starts in Superior Court

Twenyone year-od Mason Todd went to trial in super
ior court Wednesday charge of numbering Simon
Guzman Brawley the night of February %. Seec
ton of the jury began in Judge Vaughn N Thompson's
court Wednesday morning Guzman, ranch worker
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Business and Pleasure

The cousins McNeece, John B.
and John B., have -Fawcetted
Herb FaWcett. They're topping
their rebuilt service station with
an honest goodness penthouse
air conditioned and everything.
They'll use it while the families
are away for the summer. you
know. Sort of running the busi-
ness while sitting in cold storage.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
MESA HOMESTEAD
PLANS TAKE SHAPE

Belief that lands in Imperial county will De opened to
omesteading of the All American
L. total OF l34 public land farm units
will be opened homesteadng
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Major League
SEQ r ES
NATIONAL

Boston ......... 600 OOO OO0-O D l
Brooklyn .........2 211 00G l0X-5 10 l
Chaplin Rcis & Lopez; Earnshaw
81 BerreS.
st. Louis .............. 002 600 OF
Cincinnati Ill 600 l3
Parmelee & Davis; Hollingsworth
81 Campbell,
Pittsburgh at Chicago postponed
cold weather.
Philadelphia 600 900 200 8 0
New York ... 300 02l l0X-7 16 l
E. Moore Passeau a. Wilson; Hub
bell & Danning.
90
AMERICAN
washington - 600 00l 002-3 II 0
Boston ...............l00 OIL OOX-4 b 0
NeWson g. Bolton; Ostermeuller &
r. Ferrell.
New York at Philadelphia post
poned cold weather.
Chicago at Cleveland postponed,
cold weather
Detroit ..................-..00O1 1l2
st. Louis .....................3l2 010
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Family Tragedy

Among her trained parakeets,
Mrs. N. Parkinson of CaleXico had
two that liked to ride with her
when motoring. The joy-rideS
ended, however, when a neighbor's
tabby ended one of the parakeets
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
That's Confidence

Says Sam COX:
You know, Jim and l had a
fight doNn in Mexico with fellow
95 years old. We won. too! We
could have won if he was l05."
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
AGED MANS.
DEATH RAISES
TRAFFIC TOLL
Auto List Reaches IS;
Fatally Hurt Near
Brawley

Traffic deaths in Imperial
county since January L,
reached Is with the death
of Francisco Marquee, IA, at
the county hospital late
Tuesday afternoon. He was in
jured in an automobile accident
near the Brawley city limits short
ly after noon Monday.
Marquee was taken to a Brawley
hospital and later removed to the
county hospital.
Inquest was scheduled for We'd
nesday in CaleXico.
Two other persons were injured
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
There Are Other Ways

A garlic button, split, to the Wo-
man in the nice looking sedan who
bumped the family cat "a big yel-
low tabby) at the corner of Sec
ond and G streets in Imperial,
honked at it and drove away with
her child, leaving the tabby trem
bling and bewildered until it ran
for shelter under an old shack.
She might at least have taken it
to the Humane society, if she
wished to get rid of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22

and later taken to his home. Jose
Madrival driver of the car in
which Marquee was a passenger,
received a shoulder injury. He
was taken to his home at 1901 G..
street, Brawley.
Cunningham was driving a truck
for John S. Porter, distributor for
the Seaside Gas company west on
the Brawley Holtville highway
when Madrival, driving in the
same direction, decided to pass
him, according to Don Nice, Cali
fornia patrolman.
Drove off Pavement
Madrival drove off the pavement
and one wheel of his car caught
in a deep rut beside the highway
When he pulled back, his car
shot across the highway, struck
the truck. went over the fence
into field, Nice said The mach
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
Last Minute,
Flashes!
LANDON WARNED

LANDON WARNED
TO DROP HEARST
WASHINGTON. April ~. (UP)
Sen. Sherman Minton. d., Ind
told the senate today that Gov.
Alfred LandOn of Kansas. must
"give the hook TO William RAN
dOlph Hearst or he'll wake up
with some political lilies In his
hands"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22

? u b0tEV " VI III VI = y
in the same acci-
dent. Joe E. Cum
ningham, %, of I'M
perial, was treated
FOR injuries at a
Brawley h oSpit a |
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-22
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Huttcr; Los Angeles zee; butter
fat, Imperial valley fob. ranch,
Grade \. 36Iac; manufacturing milk,
3OIsci route gathered cream. 2Sc.
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Evening star., 1936-09-18
Copyright 1896 by the Associated Press.)

PM today of its intensity the Weather Bu
announced
by
NORFOLK Va, September 18-One thousand miles OF the
savagely today the winds OF hu
rcane whirlng along the shores of seven States
Communications wrecked the coast in North and
South and there to determine Immediately
how great the losses in life and property might be-
Two listed dead in early reports
storm disturbances included not only the
Caronas Virginia. Maryland Delaware New Jersey and
New York.
Full gale warnings posted all the from here Maine
The first place hard hit in Maryland Ocean City, which
cut off from the mainland by repeated walls Of water
With dozens of small communities isolated with communica-
sundered great flooding coastal
accurately the in lives and
property might be-
center water the only highway bridge
Meeting Ocean City with the mainland.
Suging washed the United States engineers
office the inlet Waves swept $50 feet of the board walk
and battered down three amusement stands.
hundred stalled the causeway the south
which washing Water covered the Ocean
City y-Berin road for mile
Believed Drowned
The Coast Guard said believed drowned Two
missing narrowly escaped death when
their house collapsed
Robbins, 5Oyear-od cammer believed Living
miles from here he guarding claiming bed
City food company Today there
Robbins his shack Five feet of water covered its SITE
Somers A. Jack Callahan 49, clothing
store both of Pocomoke City, missing It possible
Coast Guard craft had picked them The storm caught the
in which they set the bay.
Evening star., 1936-09-18
HASTINGS ACCEPTS
COP. denomination
Shall Have No Unkind Words
About Opponents, Senator
Declares.
BY the Associated Press.


WILMINGTON, Del, September IS.
The Journal-Every Evening today
quoted United States Senator Daniel
o. Hastings as saying he will accept
the Republican denomination to the
Senate.
The Senator announced last Spring
he would not be Q candidate for re.
electio-, but the recent regular Re-
publican State Convention renom-
mated him while he was in Europe.
The Journal Every Evening quotes
the Senator as saying that II shall
make no half-hearted campaign. -
shall have no unkind words to say
about my opponents. shall, however,
endeavor to arouse the people Of this
State to the importance Of electing
the Republican ticket"
A group Of Republicans who an
nounced their dissatisfaction with the
ticket nominated by the regular con-
vention held q convention last week
and placed an independent Repub-
lican ticket in the field.