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Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13

back TO the county jail ana order
ed held on $4,000 bail each. They
were charged jointly.
The return of the indictment eli
NAKED hours of consideration OF
testimony and the questioning of
six witnesses.
Immediately after the return of
the indictment, Judge r. D. Nc
Pherrin at the request of District
Attorney Elmer Heald, ordered the
YorkS arraigned. He then set the
bail. Tuesday was set as the date
upon which the Yorks are to enter
plea to the charges against them.
Heald explained that the prisoners
could be convicted upon all counts
and that each count carries a sep
arate sentence of not less than
one year or more than 10 years
imprisonment on each.
The 20 page indictment tells the
sordid story of the manner in which
the Yorks blackmailed Hall for
$500 by threatening to expose his
relations with Mrs. York, who some
times was called Mary Martin
They threatened, according to
the indictment, to tell Halls wife
and his two minor children of the
relationship To buy their silence
the indictment sets forth, the $4,000
was paid by Hall at various inter-
walls and at various places. They al
so threatened the life of the sheep
man, according to the indictment
if he did not exceed to their re-
peated demands for money
Threats were made verbally and
by other means of communication
it is set forth in the indictment.
Payments made by Hall were list
ed as follows in the indictment
$1,000 on January Is; $1,000 on
February L; $3.50 ON March Is; $500
on August Is; $50 on September 10;
5000 on September Is; $l00 on Sep
tember 18; $3.50 on September 10;
$50 on September "a; 5000 on Sep
tember 25; $3.50 on October %;
$500 on November %.
Mrs. Hall, according to the indict-
ment was approached by York and
money demanded.
Some of the payments were forced
from Hall at the point of a gun, ac,
cording to the indictment.
One phase of the blackmail
scheme including the depositing of
a check with John Brunner, Ell
Centro hotel owner, to be forwarded
by him by mail to the Yorks in San
Francisco, the indictment outlined
The list of witnesses included: O.
C. ellison, California hotel clerk
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.. Casey
staff of the Brawley branch of the
Bank of American, and the Yorks
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13

1000 biloli a liOIAi letbNb "tAAV
to Edwards offices at Bucking-
ham Palace.
He received Sir John Simon,
home secretary, in a brief audience
and went home for lunch to his
Piccadilly residence. Later he re-
turned to Buckingham Palace and
started sorting out the accumulated
state business. Royal routine has
become chaotic since the begin
ming of the crisis which ended
yesterday in the abdication and
departure abroad of Edward to
wait until he can marry Mrs. Wal
lis Simpson.
Parliament met at 2:45 p. m. and
began administering the oath of
office to the king as head of the
greatest empire on earth.
King George officially approved
May II as his coronation date,
during an audience with Ramsay
Macdonald at Buckingham alace.
Outside, while he worked at
Buckingham Palace, the colorful
pageantry of his public proclama-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
FOOD MARKET
LOSES S100 TO
NEAT GU N MA N

Ho Quon, Chinese proprietor of
the Quality Food Market at Fourth
street and He'll avenue. was held up
Friday night and robbed of more
than 500 in cash and checks by a
neatly dressed Filipino bandit who
flourished a 80 calibre automatic
pistol.
Concentration of El Centro police
and county officers in the vicinity a
short while after the robbery failed
to bring arrest of the robber, who
fled afoot toward the railroad yards
east Of the store after the crime.
The Filipino entered his store to
ask for five cent cigar, the Chinese
proprietor said Quon turned his back
to get the cigar When he turned
again, he was facing the muzzle Of
the automatic.
The Filipino was described as
about 80 years old, ana wore blue
suit and hat.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
MAN NAbBED
WHILE IN BED
AT HIS HOTEL
Prisoner Reveals
Details of l.. A.
Stabbing

"Yes, am Frank Agui-
lar" suffered a terrified
Filipino from his bed in an
Ell Centre hotel at dawn Sat
urday morning. H e h a d
awakened to face the guns of four
Imperial county deputy sheriffS.
This admission, the deputies de-
clare, identified the Filipino as
the man who stabbed and beat
Julian Ugenio to death in a Los
Angeles hotel November "a. He
will be turned over to Los An
geles officers for prosecution on
a murder charge.
Aguilar said a photograph on a
police circular was his and told
the deputies the knife he used in
the Staying was thrown away in
Los Angeles. His wife, Juanita,
is held in the coast city in con-
nection with the murder
Harold Dickerson, Westmorland
police officer, telephoned the coun-
ty sheriff's department Friday that
he had received information that
Aguilar was in Ell Centre.
Deputy Sheriffs Park Burritt and
Roy Tenant located Aguilar's
room in a hotel on Broadway, Ell
Centro The long vigil between
the time the room was found and
the Filipino's return at 5:45 a. m,
proved to be a successful one.
In the presence of Burritt and
Tenant, and Deputy Sheriff Har-
ry Stiff the Filipino admitted his
identity to T. M. Sharp, criminal
investigator for the county sheriff's
office.
The islander is known to have
used aliases, Pacifico Marito and
Pacifico Narito, Burritt said. He
also checked Aguilar's fingerprints,
he said. and they checked with
those of the wanted man.
Aguilar is the usual Filipino
type, Burritt said, and had ex-
pensive clothing. He had been en-
ployed as a houseboy in apart
ment houses and as a bus boy in
cafes and drug stores.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
FOUR ALIENS
FOUND IN CAR

Two Chinese and two Mexican
aliens were found in the luggage
compartment of a car driven by Bert
Wingate, 38-year-old Ell Centre cleo
trician, on the highway near San
Clemente Friday.
The aliens we're discovered by i'm
migration border patrolmen when
they searched the automobile.
Wingate, who had been living in
an Ell Centro rooming house, was
taken to the San Diego jail and the
aliens turned over to immigration
Inspectors.
\ Border patrolmen declared the
aliens were loaded into the car at
Mexicali and smuggled across the
border at an undesignated point
west of the border city.
Wingate had been in Imperial
Valley for several months and had
been employed at an Ell Centre lum-
Der yard as an electrician.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
DEBATE TEAM
PLACES THIRD

Centrals debate team, composed
of Mary Ann Riddle and Bill Dunn
placed third in the Southern Cali
fornia debate contest in which eight
schools competed Friday at San
Diego State college
The other debate teams repre-
senting Central were Kay Surface
and Heath Hovey, Marge Hovey and
Mary Westmorland, Warren Rhodes
and Dorothea Eiler and Kay Nuffer
and Barbara Hatch were the ex-
temporaneous \ speakers, Central,
placing in the finals.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
CHILD'S DEATH
AN ACCIDENT

Lucia Fischer. 20-month- child
who was crushed beneath the
wheels of a truck at her home in the
Holtville area Friday, met death as
the result of an accident, according
to a coroner's jury verdict.
The inquest was held at the Fields
undertaking establishment in Holt
vile Saturday morning by Deputy
Coroner Frank Raney.
j. E. Pritchard, %, the driver Of
the milk truck which was RESPONSE
BILE for the death, was not held in
connection with the death.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
Mercury Slides
To Lower Level

Temperatures dropped to 81 in the
colder locations in the valley Sat-
urday morning, said Fred A. Baugh-
man, local meteorologist for the U
S. weather bureau frost service.
The average minimum tempera-
ture for the county was 20 or 30.
Baughman said at noon that he
saw little prospects for change in
the weather this weekend. The
cold nights are excellent for lettuce
and grapefruit.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
Man Gets Prison
On Morals Charge

Carl Eckerstrom was sentenced
to Folsom on two counts in a
morals case growing out of his
relations with four-year-old and
Ia seven-year- child in con-
Atruction camp near Imperial dam.
y The sentences are to run concug-
rently, Judge r. d. McPherrin rul-
ed in superior court Friday. The
fact that Eckestrom had been in
yolved in other morals cases in
other states, placed him in the
category of the habitual criminal.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
MASONS HOLD
ELECTIONS AT
MEET THURS.

All officers for the valley Royal
Arch Masons were reelected at the
meeting Thursday night. H. E. Holt
continuing in the office of excellent
high priest.
Other officers are: r. E. Couch,
ing; H. R. Anderson, scribe; J. w.
Tyler, treasurer; Ralph Reynolds,
secretary; George Bucklin, captain
of the hosts; Ralph Johnson, royal
arch captain; j. w. Donohue, third
veil; F. W. Peterson, second veil; H.
r. Sones, first veil; j. c. Emerson,
sentinel.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
ROY RAMSEIER
TALKS BEFORE
FARM CENTER

Domestic water systems for Impe-
rial Valley ranches were discussed
for the members of Mt. Signal farm
center Friday night, by Roy E.
Ramseier of the county health de-
partmcnt, the center meeting in the
Mt. Signal school.
Products competing with the local
dairy industry formed the subject
for the talk by George L. Winwrighi
assistant farm advisor. ..
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
LOW LETTUCE
PRICE OFFERED

Lettuce growers shipping now are
receiving discouragingly low prices
for their crop, the market ranging
in for cash sales from $l.l5, ac-
cording to the last market reports.
Imperial Valley is shipping as few
cars as possible, the cold nights en-
abling growers to hold back harvest
ing, according to The agricultural
commissioners office
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
Valley Knights of
Columbus to Attend
Initiation Degree

Imperial Valley Council. Knights
OF Columbus, exemplified the degree
work OF the order at the meeting
Friday night in st. Mary's hall.
The entire council will go to Yu-
ma, Arizona, Sunday for the initia-
ton degree to be conferred in that
city, members from all parts of Ari-
zona planning to attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
LAST MINUTE i
FLASH ES.
MANIFESTO ISSUED
DEMANDING WAR

TOKYO, Japan, Sunday, Dec.
13. W.p The Domei lJapanese)
news agency today reported young
marshal Chang Hsueh- -Laing had
issued manifesto at Sian-Fu. IN
western China, demanding a dec
aration of war against Japan and
the restoration Of Manchuria.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13

the internal affairs of another.
2. League members participat-
ing in the work of the non-inter-
vention committee are urged to
do their utmost to make the
agreement effective.
3. Moral support is accorded
Franco-B British efforts to effect a
settlement of the bloody strife
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13

which has torn Spain for five
months.
A, Secretary General Joseph Ave-
mol is instructed to lend tbs
leagues technical service to all
humanitarian and reconstruction
work in Spain.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
Breaking The News

George Varney was rather puzzled
by the stack of envelopes-an unus-
ual number of them-in the mail
Saturday morning. What, he Won
dered, could be the reason? He puz-
zled over it a while, even as you and
I, then took the logical way of find
ing cut. He opened the envelopes
The messages congratulated him on
his 10th birthday-a detail he had
forgotten about
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
THREE KILLED BY
POISONOUS GAS

BERLIN, N. H.. Dec. 13. W.R)--
Three men were killed. slx others
were overcome. and l2 affected
when the digester room Of the
Burgess Mills filled with poison
gas today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
LEAGUE COUNCIL ACTS
TO HALT SPANS WAR
Four-Point Program Designed to Stop Conflict
Adopted at Geneva; Nations Warned to
Leave Others Affairs Alone

GENEVA, Dec. II. (UP)-The league council tonight
unanimously adopted fourpont program designed to
halt the Spanish civil and aid FrancoBrtsh efforts
to that end The program provides
/. Member states must refrain from intervening in
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
BRITAIN PROCLAIMS
NEW RULER AMID
POMP, CEREMONY
King George vi, Successor to Edward,
Plunges Into Affairs of State;
Takes Oath

LONDON Dec. r. (UP)-George VI today was
proclaimed king of Great Britain and Immediately went
to work at state tasks. The king proclaimed in
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
sc Majesty

Use Majesty
The district attorneys office and
the Sheriff's office can be counted
upon to do more than their bit on
the case-and an indictment is a
certainty if there is an arrest. j
r. Snyder. it seems, is a grand jury
man-and somebody gave him a
bad check in a hay deal Now he
knows how it feels, first hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
Couple Indicted
BY Grand Jury
For Exforfion
Pair Accused of Bilking Brawley
Sheepman; Held on $4,000 Bail
Each; Ends Long mvestiation

Chester and Mary York indicted by the Imperial
county grand jury late Friday afternoon nine counts
of extortion of money from A. Hail. Brawley sheepman
count of attempt to commit extorton and of
conspiracy commit extortion The prisoners were sent
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
STEWART ELECTED
TO HEAD COUNTY
BRANCH OF LEAGUE

Dorman V. Stewart, Imperial city councilman and
secretary of the Imperial county fair board, unani
mousy elected president of the Imperial county branch
League of California Municipalities in meeting in Ell
Cenro Friday night He succeeds Mae Juvena Brawley
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
Along That Line

Talking about the logical way of
finding out about things, RR is de-
veloping a particular aversion to,
people who, when asked, did put
any sugar in that Coffee" reply,
why not taste it?"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
A COmmond Bond

December IL is a day recognized
by at least four valleyiteS as day
apart. II all started several years
ago.
"This one" Herb Norris remark
ed to Shutdown Slim Harrison, 'is on
me. This is my birthday"
you're all wrong" Shutdown Slim
replied. Its on me, because this is
MY birthday"
While thcy'wcre arguing about it,
Bill Costello saunteie ed up.
I'm buying, boys he remarked
ITS my birthday"
For a minute it looked like riot
land was in that stage when z. Carey
trolled up. MOI knowing what the
difficulty was, he attempted to
straighten it out by diplomacy.
stop your arguing" he COM
manded. step up here, I won't
have anyone fighting on my birth
day"
It was amicably ended in the only
way possible-and you can guess
what that was. Ever since, the boys
have thought kindly of one another
on Dec. IL,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
FORMER KING
WILL GO TO
SWITZERLAND
Successor Plunges
Into Duties of
Monarch

BOULOGNE, France, Dec.
IL. (UP)-Prince Edward of
England arrived here at 3 :45
p. m.
The British d e troyer
Fury tied up at the dock at 1855
pm. and French officials greeted
the self-exiled former ruler. They
welcomed him to France.
1t was understood he will go to
Zurich, Switzerland, by train to-
night.
Edwards crossing from Plymouth,
England, took IA hours 10 minutes.
The voyage was through heavy
fog.
Hundreds of French police held
back throng of 5000 persons who
flocked to the Boulogne docks.
stretching along the quay for half
a mile.
Edward said he would remain on
the destroyer until 8 pm. when he
will step ashore to drive directly
to the $3.50 pm. express train to
Basle, Switzerland. He has
special car attached.
LONDON, Dec. IL. U.P)--It was
officially announced today that
Prince Edward will take the title
of the Duke of Windsor as soon as
the letters of patent are executed.
If Edward marries, his wife will
be the Duchess of Windsor.
CANNES, France, Dec. IL. W.p)-
From radio, Mrs. Wallis Warfield
Simpson heard for the first time
the former king and ruler of the
British Empire say he could not
go on without her
Members of the household of Mr..
and Mrs. Herman l.. Rogers, Mrs.
Simpsons host, said her profound
emotion was due to that sentence
in Edwards farewell to his people.
which she heard over the Rogers
radio last night.
The household stayed up until
2 am. and it was not until noon
today that Mrs. Simpson left her
room.
Four persons we're in the Rogers
living room-Herman l.. Rogers and
his wife, Mrs. Simpsons hosts, Lord
Brownlow, Edwards gentleman-in-
waiting, and Mrs. Simpson.
The voice rang through the liv-
ing room:
But you must believe me when
1 tell you that have found it i'm
possible to carry the heavy burden
of responsibility and discharge my
duties as king as 1 would wish to
do without the help and support
OF the woman love-"
This king was sacrificing four
kingdoms and an empire for wo-
man-she was listening. Then the
voice, breaking, continued: "The
other person most nearly concerned
has tried up to the last to persuade
me to take different course"
For minutes after the royal voice
exclaimed, God bless you ALL God
save the Kingl" no one in the room
was able to speak. Mrs. Simpson
was in tears long before Edward
finished
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
lie Had IL Coming

1t seems common belief that,
hecause an athlete is an athlete, We
Il have a right to pan his ability,
regardless of what our own may be.
There was the high school basket
ball player here, for instance. After
listening to fellow high schooler
making light OF his ability, the bask-
etballer turned suddenly and re-
marked:
II don't see any medals on your
chest"
The heckler departed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13

contributing pro-rate share to
the pension fund, the speaker said.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
with Draqvn Guns Capture Angeles Murder Suspect Ell Co
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter: Los Angeles 331a; butterfat, Impreial
Valley fob. ranch, grade A AZ; manufacturing
milk 81; route gathered cream 49,
L A. Hay: U. S. No. l, extra leafy 1920;
u. S. No. 1 S17.5O; u IS. No. leafy $l70O;
u S. No. SIG; Minneapolis flax 212-224
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13

Maximum temperature 73; minimum 81; am.
emperature 49, humidity 43; noon temperature 6S,
humidity Is; pm. temperature So, humidity 27
The Washington times., 1936-07-02
San Francisco at Midnite Show

Tonight'S the night when figura-
tive fireworks are expected to en-
liven F Street as thousands are
expected to overflow Loew's Fox
Theater for the midnight premiere
of San Francisco"
The Fox management reports
greater interest in this midnight
preview than in any such showing
held here in years. Advance sale
of seats has reached an unusually
high total and every indication
points to a capacity house.
Clark Gable and jeanette Mac
Donald are the co-StarS of this
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer production
that's classified as something def
nitely new in musical drama. It's
a tense, gripping, dramatic story
said to be packed with emotional
dynamite and gives Clark Gable
one of the finest roles he's ever
played and Jeanette Macdonald
the widest scope of songs given in
her entire screen career.
Many notables are expected to
be in the preview audiences, and
one of the most colorful gather
ings is promised by GeorgianS in
the District, who are holding a
"theater party" at the Fox to-
night.
Among the national figures who
The Washington times., 1936-07-02
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Fury Back at
Columbia

Curry. the vivid pictorial In,
dictment of lawless outbursts in
supposedly civilized communities.
and starring Sylvia Sidney and
Spencer Tracy, returns Friday.
July 8, to Loew's Columbia for a
repeat engagement.
Tracy and Miss Sidney are cast
as a pair of young lovers, plan
ming to marry. They are separ'
ated by Tracy's arrest as kid
nap suspect, and the small town
in which he is held in prison for
questioning is quickly stirred to
action by ugly rumors. A mob
storms the Jail to get the sus.
pect and the scenes that follow
showing the futile attempt Of the
sheriff to fight off the rabble, tina
wrecking and burning Of the pris.
on, contain realism of a hair-rais-
ing order.
The closing sequence, in which
% of the mobsters are on trial for
their lives, builds to a powerful
climax and is sustained right up
to the logical, though surprising,
twist that precedes the final fade.
out.
The Washington times., 1936-07-02
NJ OWE
o'clock -

EARLE-Edward G. Robinson,
Bullets or Ballots" 11:00 A. M.
1870, 4:10, 7:10, $50 P. M.
Stage-12:40, 1925, 6:25. s:O5
P. M.
FOX-Damon Munyon's Three
Wise Guys" II A. NJ, 1:45, 4:2O.
7:10, 9:55 P. M. Stage, 1856,
1928, 6:15, 9:05 P. M.
COLUMBIA-Ronald Colman in
"Under Two Flags" 1900. 2:25,
4:45, 7:10, 9:35 P. M.
PALACE-Robert Taylor in "Prk
vate Number" 1880 a. m, 1870,
3:35, $40, TAO, GAS p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Nils Asther,
abdul the Damned" II a. m,
1:05, $40. 500, 1880. $40
p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S-Irene Dunno in
"Show Boat" 1928 a. M, 1856,
4:29, 1902, 9:35 p. m.
"Ruggles Of Red Gap,
with Charles Laughton, Mary
Boland, Charlie Ruggles, ZaSu
Pitts, Roland Young. Feature
starts II a. M, 1:06, 3:13, $40,
1927, 9:34 p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-07-02

have been invited to attend the
premiere showing of San Fran
cisco" at Loew's Fox Theater mid
night, the following have &C
cepted: Admiral and Mrs. Will
liam H. STANDBY, Acting Secre-
tary of the Navy; Hon. Eugene L.
Vidal, director of Air Commerce;
Hon. and Mrs. J. Austin Latimer,
assistant to Hon. James J. Far
ley: Senator and Mrs. J. Ham,
ilton Lewis, Commissioner and
Mrs. Eugene o. Sykes, Assistant
Secretary and Mrs. Harry H.
Woodring, Major Bernard R. Ken
nedy, director of Federal Regis
ter; Senator and Mrs. Walter F,
George, Assistant Secretary Of La
Dor Edward F. McGrady.
The Washington times., 1936-07-02

profits contract. He did the most
brilliant acting of his career in
this picture but the mass movie
public spurned it.
George M. Cohan has never
quite recovered from the shock
of having one of the studio
kfnkers ask him to fill out a
blank setting forth what he had
done in the theater." Nor the
further embarrassment of being
told that his name didn't mean a
thing in lights on the movie
marquee. His first and only pic
ture, 1.-The Vanishing President"
was a failure.
Ina Claire hasn't made a pic
ture in Hollywood since 1.-THE
Greeks Had a Word For It," al
though she is acknowledged to be
the worlds greatest light come
dienne.
Beatrice Lille fell flat on her
artistic nose because her comedy
talents were never fitted to the
right screen story.
HAVE TRIED HER ROLES
Ethel Barrymore made "Ras,
putin and the Empress" a great
picture that should have made
her in demand. But M-G-M's
mistake in rejecting on certain
influential families cost the com.
pany a pretty piece of money
and, they do say, put Miss Barry
more in bad with Hollywood.
For she was smart enough to
warn the producers that "Ras.
putin" as it was being produced
would cause trouble.
Jane Cowl, one of Broadway's
eminent, sees the former little
ingenue of her company, Katha.
rine Hepburn, one of Hollywood's
Scintillating stars, although Miss
Cowl can act rings around Katie
any time, anywhere.
Tallulah Bankhead, a fine &C.
tress and an American girl who
conquered London, was never
quite able to ring the Hollywood
bell.
Lenore Uric, one of the late
David Belasco'S greatest stars
couldn't make the motion picture
grade.
These are but a few of the bril-
liant stars of the stage whose
heaven-born gifts have not been
successfully transferred to the
screen medium.
Katharine Cornell knows ex
actly what Hollywood can do with
her stage plays. She saw Greta
Carlo play Iris March of "The
Green Hat" in a silent picture
called "A Woman of Affairs" She
saw Constance Bennett play Iris
March in the sound version Of
The Washington times., 1936-07-02
L Cover HOIl yWOOd

planting hundreds Of white arti.
fetal flowers among the real
blooms, to thicken it out. Isn't
it wonderful?
It Is also the intervention Of
the BritiSlerS which has taken
mass slaughter out of all our Omen
and parole pictures. They don't
object to killing or two for story
purposes, but when one portrays
the actual moving down Of hordes
of criminals, which should be a
good example to everyone, they
will not accept the picture. Hence,
we are the sufferers. Personally,
I always did like mass moving.