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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Harlow Signs.
Gets Present

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. HJean
Harlow celebrates the beginning
of her sixth year at Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer with the signing of a
new contract!
Five years ago two young play
ers were given their big oppor-
tunity in 1.-THE Secret Six" which
starred Wallace Berry.
It marked their first important
step to Stardom-
They were Jean Harlow and
Clark Gable!
A year later they were costar-
red in Red Dust"
Hold Your Man" brought
them together again as one of the
screens most popular teams.
This year China Seas" saw
them form a sensational starring
trio with Berry.
And they will see their fifth
year out and sixth year in at
M-G-M united with Myrna 10y
in a brilliant starring threeSome
in wife VS.. Secretary" produced
by Hunt Stromberg and directed
by Clarence Brown.
With the contract came a
Christmas present for Jean, per
mission for a six-weeks vacation
in Hawaii following Wife VS.
Secretary"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Gables Nag Is
An Also Ran

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. "A lot
Of film colony money went down
with Clark Cables horse, Beverly
Hills, which finished eighth in a
field of 10 at Santa Anita'S open
ing day. The reason the ribbers
could not find Clark after the
race was that he never got to the
track at all. He stopped in at
Don Stewards in the morning and
Don'S conversation or something
was so amusing that Gable forgot
to leave. He's taken plenty of kid
ding since, however. Especially
from w. S. Van Dyke. who told
the star he never did see just
where Beverly Hills finished be-
cause Of all the dust back. there.
A funnier story is about
Cables jockey refusing to pose
for q picture with the star and
his horse. The jockey insisted
it was bad luck to pose with =
film actor; that every time q
jockey does it he loses. But he
went ahead and lost anyway,
50 what, asks Clark,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
CHARLES LAUGHTON
GRETA CARLO

who wins the accolade for her Interpretation of the title rolf
in Gamma Karenna Katharine Hepburn the challenger
with her "Ace Adams" portrayal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
JoIson,
IfYou Please

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. Ats
Mayor AL Jolson now, if you
please. On Christmas Day the
singing star was visited by COM
mittee of fellow residents, of En-
cino, who informed him that he
had been acclaimed honorary
mayor of the community. They
brought a scroll to confirm it,
signed by such people as w. c..
Fields, Warren William, Daryl
Zanuck (feud or no feud), Ann
Dvorak and Edward Everett Hor-
ton.
AL now occupies the same posi-
ton in Encino as Dick Arlen does
in Tolucca Lake.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
AS You Like It
To Be Next

HOLLYWOOD. Jan. AS
You Like It." rated one of Shake
speare'S greatest romantic come
dies, and which on the stage
served as a starring vehicle for
Maude Adams, Margaret Anglin,
Julia Marlowe, Edith Wynne Mat
thiSon, and other famous &C.
tresses, is to come to the talking
screen.
Metro-G oldwyn- Mayer this week
announced plans to produce it on
q lavish scale. Ethel Borden is
engaged on the screen adaptation,
and it is planned as the first
Shakespearean drama to follow
Romeo and Juliet" which Irving
G. Thalberg is producing with
Norma Shearer and Leslie How
ard starred.
: What actress will play the prin-
cipal part of Rosalind, the dukes
daughter who, disguised in boys
clothing, invades the Forest Of
Arden to find her baniShed kinS-
folk, and there finds romance,
has not been decided. The roles
of Orlando, the lover, Celia, the
sister, the Duke, and others are
all among the best acting parts
in dramatic literature.
Based on Sir Thomas Lodges
Romance of Rosalynde," written
in 1890, and "The Tale Of Gande-
lyn." it was first produced about
1900. Despite its age, its con-
Struction and drama are such
that the play seem perfectly mod
ern today, and hence is favorite
among dramatic stars for Shake
Spearean reViValS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Bing Plans to Breed
Thoroudhbred Horses

Bing Crosby has announced
plans for thoroughbred breed
ing farm, as a Sideline for his
present racing stable.
A stable, with stalls for six
brood mares, is now being built
on the singing stars place at
Rancho Santa Fe. "WeStie," a
4.year-old mare now in foal, will
be the first inhabitant,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04

\ to work. wish you'd make that
clear"
Bellows life has been nearly as
colorful as that of his famous
father. Born in London, he went
on the stage as a young men,
then deserted it to go gold pros
pecting on the Orinoco River in
the wilds of Venezula, Returning,
he went on the concert stage, as
a singer, left it to troupe in
vaudeville, landed on Broadway
and finally came to Hollywood
to try to crash" the movies.
He is of medium height, trim
and good looking, with curly
silver hair; dresses impeccably
and can manipulate a monocle
with the best Of them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Radio Star Arrives
For Paramount Film

Heralded by a series Of radio
and newspaper announcements
Jimmie Allen, 18-year-old radio
serial star, has arrived in Holly
wood for his first film work.
A crowd of approximately 1OO'-
900 youngsters and grown-upS
were on hand at the Grand
Central Air Terminal to greet the
hero of hundreds of thousands OF
children
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04

has devolved upon the
Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences with the
awards made at it's annual
banquet in February. The
Academy findings have
come in for some criticism,
some saying it is studio
dominated and that studio
politics Jumps more largely
than it should in the
spreading of honors.
At any rate the Screen
Actors and Authors Guild
steps into the picture this
year and will do it's own
annual decorating. Their
prize announcements will be
made before the Academy
voting is completed.
Another factor. in this
"picking the best" situa-
ton is the organization
which comprises all of the
New York motion picture
critics. Like the Guild, the
metropolitan scribes are dis
satisfied with the Academy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
New York Critics Laurel Is
Given Carlo, Loughton and
"The Informer"
IS Best Performances of '35

l. Edward Arnold in Diamond JIM"
q Victor McLaglen in 1.-THE InfOrmer."
3. Freddie Bartholomew in David COpperfield"
4. Eleanor Powell in broadway Melody Of 1885,"
& Marion Davies in page Miss Glory"
6. Charles LaughtOn in "RuggeS Of Red Gap"
T. Dick Powell in Thanks Million"
8. Fred MacMurray in Hands Across the Table"
g. Peter LORE in "Crime and Punishment"
10. Greta Carlo in "Anna Karenina."
II. James Cagney in Omen"
IL. Katharine Hepburn in "Alce Adams"
Is. Franchot Tone in Lives Of Bengal Lancer"
IA. C. Henry Gordon in "The Crusades"
Is. Julie Hayden in "The ScOundrel."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04

Another split came IN
choosing the years best di-
rector, but again the initial
majority prevailed and the
Relection is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04

gnmen and the voters seemed threatened with the pros
pect of still being in session the New Year chmed in
But again the unexpected happened and the very first
ballot
"THE SCOUNDREL"
the script of the original story by Ben Hecht and
Charles Macarthur who also produced the picture,
selected. And thus the tale endeth with hearest
grauatons to all the winners and best wishes for happy
New Year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
JOHN FORD

for "The Informer," of
course. And his opposition
was the distinguished Briton,
Alfred Hitchcock, who con-
tributed "The Thirty-nine
Steps" and "The Man Who
Knew Too Much" to the
directorial achievements of
1885.
The final business of the
meeting was in response to
the request of the publish
ing house of Covici-Friede,
which had asked the group
to recommend for their pub
LEGATION in book form what
the New York film critics
adjudged the years most
readable motion picture
script. This, as you may
Judge, was a difficult as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Elecng the best acting performances of 1885 and dec
Grating others the industry for superatve work
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
CHILD GOES
On Search
FOR MOTHER

Little Leland Moore, 4, was so
lonesome for his mother while she
was in an Ell Centro hospital that
he decided to go in search of her.
The friends with whom he had been
left were good to him but he want
ed his mother.
So he started walking down the
street He walked as rapidly as he
could but he soon became tired. He
turned corners and searched and
searched but could not find her.
Milton linn found the tired little
boy sitting disconsolantly in his Of
flee on Main street Wednesday af-
ternoon. An ice cream cone cheer
ed him greatly SO he did not OBJ
ject to going to police headquarters
to find out where he belonged.
1t did not take long to establish
his identity. The world was bright
ened for Leland Wednesday night
because his mother returned from
the hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
FRED MILLER
| N
AUTO CRASH
Two Trucks, Coupe
Play Part in
Accident

Fred Miller, Ell Centre in
surance man, suffered a
broken nose and a broken
finger in an automobile ac-
cident two miles east of
Holtville at $50 o'clock Wednes-
day night. He was taken to a
Holtville hospital for treatment of
his injuries.
Two trucks and Miller's coupe
were involved in the accident. The
coupe was wrecked when it crash
ed into the left side of truck
parked beside the highway.
Eddie Beltran, "a, of Los Angel
es was the driver of the truck
which California Highway patrol
men declared was left on the high
way while the driver helped G.
Harry Sedlacer of Yuma after his
truck and trailer uncoupled. Bel
tran was given ticket for parking
on the highway.
Sedlacer's truck and trailer un-
coupled and the trailer went into
the borrow pit beside the highway.
He turned the truck around, hook
ed it to the trailer and pulled the
trailer from the ditch. Officers
said there were no flares.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17

canal should be completed early
in 1889, the speaker explained
that following completion of con-
Struction work a period of from
two to three months will be nece5-
Sary FOR priming and seasoning
the canal. The water will be turned
in slowly at first so that this sea-
soning may take place.
An unusually large attendance
was recorded at the luncheon, in
cluding many visitors from all
over the valley, drawn by the
speakers reputation. Many asked
questions following the address.
Two main questions are usually
asked him, said Williams. One
Of these is relative to the neces-
sity for desilting works and the
other, the problem of keeping the
canal open and the danger Of
shifting sand.
These questions the speaker an
swered in detail, explaining the
need for desilting works during
the period of sterilization of the
river, pointing out that the works
will more than pay for themselves
in that period. Shifting sands
Continued on Page 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17

III ClidIBt, lOlu ltle I'll 1eIlJTO fLu-
tary club Thursday noon.
Some realization of the extent
of the gigantic project was given
in the figures cited by the engln-
eer.
OF the total IS 100000 cubic yards
of excavation involved in the en-
tire canal, 40000,000 have been
excavated to date, and so of the
total 80 miles completed. OF the
many contracts let, that to the CAL
lahan company is the nearest to
completion being 76 per cent COM
plete. Excavation cost on the canal
is S7500,000
A total of $50 structures will be
built and of these the dam and
desilting works are 30 per cent
complete.
Williams went into detail con-
cerning the various contracts and
their percentage OF completion as
well as the sums of money involv-
cd, explaining also the purchase
Of materials by the government
through the central office in Den-
YER on the basis of competitive
bids.
Pointing out that if everything
gocs along as well as it has so
far in the construction work the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
LANDON WILL
DISCLOSE HIS
FARM PLANS
Pledges Dependable:
U.S.. Agricultural
Program

TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. H..
(UP)-Gov. Alf M. Landon
promised to d ay that he
would carry to Americas
farm belt next week a "de-
pendable and permanent program
that will give farming the equality
10 deserves
Seeking to maintain the fight
ing pitch of the Republican cam
paign, the Kansas governor will
strike at the administration agri-
cultural and reciprocal trade poll
cies i'm speeches at Des Moines,
Minneapolis and Milwaukee on his
first major campaign through the
farm and lake states area.
The present stop-gap policies
of this administration need to be
replaced by a dependable, perma-
nent program that will give farm
ing the equality II deserves" Gov
ernor Landon said.
The Republican party has such
a program. The policies by which
this administration is trading off
the markets for the American far
mer must be changed.
Drought and flood have made
imperative a proper state water
and soil conservation program
so far neglected by the present
administration A well worked out
land use program has become a
necessity"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
VALLEY TEAM
VICTOR a TO 7
in KENTUCKY

NICHOLASVILLE, KY, Sept. IT.
(Special-A three run Splurge in
the second inning Wednesday
night gave the Imperial Valley
Merchants a AZ victory over Mich
olasville in the first game of their
transforming tour back to the
valley.
The Merchants, after hearing
Rochester had won the final game
of the national tournament in
Chicago, banged the starting pitch
er all over the lot in the second
and third innings to score all of
their runs. Rochester Softballers
eliminated the All Stars in the quar-
terminals of the National tourna-
ment.
Ralph Black started off the
second inning with a slashing dou-
BILE to left field. Hurst walked,
Forshey singled. and Kelly doubled
to clear the bases.
Hurst paced the valley hitters
with three safe blows in four trips
to the plate.
Homer Chambers hurled the en-
tire game for the Merchants. He
gave up four hits and famed
twelve Nicnolasville hitters.
The Merchants will play a dou-
BILE header in Nicholasville to-
night, meeting the Nicholasville
team in the first game and tam
Cling with the Lexington All Stars
in the second tilt.
The score:
Merchants ........ 03l 900 000-4 8 ]
NiCholasville 49,. 900 0l0 0l0-2 4 {
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17

GET RIGHT TO
ENCAMP HERE

Four batteries of United States
coast artillerymen will encamp in
Ell Centre city park November s.,
while conducting tactical maneuv-
ers and anti-aircraft target prac-
tice in this section of the state.
Five hundred men will comprise
the corps.
Permission for establishment of
the camp on the city property
was given by city councilmen We'd
nesday night.
A band concert will be given be-
tween November and 8, by the
corps band. The men will leave
November 8 for other points.
Planes from March field near
Riverside are scheduled to arrive
to take part in the maneuvers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
CITY COUNCIL
STUDIES 1-WAY
ALLEY TRAFFIC

One way traffic in the alleys in
downtown Ell Centro will result from
the final passage of an ordinance
given its first reading at council
meeting Wednesday night
Go west only, young man, is the
order in the alley between Main
and State street and between Fourth
and Eighth streets. No east bound
alley traffic will be permitted and
the freight leaders and unloaders
as we'll as everyone else must keep
to the right.
All traffic in the alley between
Main street and Broadway and be-
tween Fourth and Eighth streets
must travel east on the right side.
The leaders and unloaders in this
Dllley, too, must stick to the right
eide and avoid blocking the alley.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17

Strobel and Tom Bum, jr., wers
injured in riots Wednesday.
The city was quiet. Not a Single
picket appeared this morning al
the lettuce packing plants or in
downtown streets where yester.
days violence occurred.
At the National Guard Armory
Sheriff Carl Abbott began draft
ing his "citizen police" army OF
all men between 18 and As.
Grade schools were closed. Some
business houses did not open thell
doors this morning. Householders
barricaded themselves behind clos
ed doors and windows. Fearing
recurrence of yesterdays whole
sale tear and nauseating gas bar
RACES.
Gunfire broke the calm early
this morning when guards around
the barricaded Salinas Ice CON-
pany's packing plant opened fire
on three automobiles speeding to-
ward the high wire fence. The
cars contained strikebreakers. AL
bert Blue, 27, of Texas, was shot
in the head with buckshot.
The sheriff's draft" was COM
pulsory. Those VINO fail to report
for duty to the sheriffs office will
be charged with misdemeanor
Strobel, brother of Jack Strobel
Imperial Valley rancher, coolly
led Wednesdays fleet Of loaded
trucks through the angry mobs OF
shouting strikers. He suffered a
cash on the face when struck with
a bottle thrown by one of the
strikers. He has been leading the
fight for the shippers and growers
in the strike area. His wounds
were treated at an emergency field
hospital set up near the light
area.
This strike won't be smashed
until we can guarantee workers
that they will be able to leave
Continued on Page 8, Col. 50
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
PLAN APPROVED
FOR Ell CENTRIC
TRUCK CENTER

FL Centro city councilmen ap-
proved plans for the construction
OF the Pacific Fruit Lines truck
terminal and freight depot and
also the new distributing head
quarters for the A.B.C. beer COM
pany in Imperial Valley. The ter
minal will cost between 5000 and
$4,000. The A.B.C. warehouse
viii cost between $4,000 and
$4,000
Proposed rebuilding Of the Muir
phy building in the 500 block on
Main street was outlined to coun-
cilmen by John Hawley, automo-
bile dealer. He wished to establish
his agency there if the council
would grant permission for cutting
the curb for a driveway. Permis-
sicn was refused. The Murphy
building was the scene of a disas-
trou9 fire several months ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
Two Valley Men
Injured in Riot
Veteran Prisoner
ToQuit Ell Centre
for Good (of City,

II. Martinez, whose irehriated
presence has graced the interior
of the FL Centre jail more than
16 times during recent years,
Thursday morning promised to
shake the dust of the city from
his feet and never, as long as
he lives, pick up any more of it.
His annoying habit of acquir-
ing knives, guns and razOrs did
not ondear him TO the hearts
Of the police, who always had
to take them away from him.
When arrested Wednesday night
officers said he was armed with
a spoon sharpened and filed in
to a deadly looking dagger. The
cffenses listed against him in-
cluded drunkenness, fighting,
disturbing the peace, and va
grancy.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
HEWES ATTACKS
- METHOD USED IN
VALUATION CUT
Statement Issued on
New District
Tax Rate

Apparently paving g the
way for official announce
ment of the inevitable dis
trict tax rate increase for
the 1936-37 period, Evan 7.
HeWes today issued a strong state
ment which includes a severe con-
demnation of Miss Winnie Barry,
district assessor collector, for the
method used in lowering district
assessed valuations.
The statement is one of three
which HeweS plans to release. II
discusses the effect Of the 80 per
cent reduction in assessed valua-
tions. on the levy. The other state
ments, Hewes explained, will dis
cusS the districts refunding pro-
gram, what it means to refuse to
set a legal rate to meet current
obligations, operation and main
tenance costs and power develop
ment on the All American canal.
The board will decide the levy
at a meeting Saturday.
1--WE believe it our duty to tell
district taxpayers as fully as pos
sible the details of the problems
connected with the annual levies,"
he said.
It generally has been realized
that the rate must be considerably
above the $2.40 rate which pre-
vailed for 1886. Estimates as to
what the rate will be vary between
$3.50 and $5. Almost half of the
increase results from the assess
ment reductions, it is understood,
and the balance will be to take
care of increased expenses and
fixed charges not controlled by
the board.
According to Law
Hewes' statement follows:
THE law commands the board
of directors of Imperial Irriga-
ton district to levy a rate that,
in the opinion of the board, based
on the assessed valuation of the
district, will raise sufficient money
to meet the districts current obll-
gaions for the coming year.
Taxpayers of the district must
bear in mind that the greatest
portion of increase in the rate
over that of last year is directly
chargeable to the lower assessed
valuation. The total assessed val
uation for 1936-37 is 80 per cent
lower than the assessed valuation
for 1885. The board of direct
ors have no control over the as
sessed valuation, that being the
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
HURRICANE PERLS
ATLANTIC COAST

WILMINGTON N. c., Sept. II.
UP-The Atlantic coast from the
Virginia capes to Florida battened
down today against the expected
arrival within II hours of the first
gales of a powerful hurricane.
National headquarters of the Am
erican Red Cross mobolized emer-
gency workers at Raleigh and Will
mington, N. c., Charleston, S. c.,
and Jacksonville, FLA, in fear that
disaster impending greater than
that of Labor Day, 1895, when the
last big hurricane-small compared
TO the present one-killed more
than 400 men in Southern Florida.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
ALTAR TRICK
LAID TO MATE
u YEARS OLD

LOS ANGELES. Sept. II. U.p
His 72-year-Old fiancee piled
him with liquor, bundled him
into an automobile, and didn't
let him sober up until the justice
of the peace married them in
Reno, George w. NOlin, 33-year-
old mining prOspectOr. charged
today i'm an annulment suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17
PISTOL RANGE
TO BE BUILT
In Ell CENTRO

A l5-yard pistol range for the use
of the immigration service will be
established in FL Centre as soon as
suitable site IS obtained, it was
announced at the city council meet
ing Wednesday night.
Approximately two acres VIII be
required for the range. II will be
permanent and long lease will
be required by the government A
building to house supplies is plan
ed for the site.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17

lzeQ Tor service on tne IalaVera
front to stop the greatest threat
of the civil war against the gov
ernment and Madrid.
Storm guards. national Repub-
lican guards (the renamed civil
guards and workers militiamen
crowded the streets awaiting trans
port southwark. For the fourth
day, thousands on thousands of
men were thrown into the area
as reinforcements.
Enrolment of the 10000 volun-
teers was made possible only be-
cause, it was understood, the gov
ernment obtained an important
supply of arms from an unnamed
source
Omitted Press dispatches from
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17

Ships chung to port and coast
guard radio stations constantly
broadcast warnings to those at sea
to hasten to shelter.
Early today the storms center
was 400 miles southwest of Cape
Hatteras and moving northwest
ward at between 10 and II miles
an hour.
The fringe of the storm opposite
to that expected to strike here to-
night was battering Bermuda today
with a gale and iiooding gusts Of
rain that kept the big S. S. on
arch Of Bermuda I'm port.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-17

Madrid emphasized strongly the
importance OF the shipment. II is
possible that part of the supply,
at least, may be that taken TO
Spain from Mexico in thp steam
ship Magallanes, or that the arms
came from Barcelona-if not from
a foreign European country)
Foreign Minister Julio Alvarez
Del Vayo, preparatory to entrain-
ing for Geneva to attend the league
of Nations meeting. made an urg-
ent, eloquent appeal for world
support OF the government. as
engaged in a life or death fight
to preserve not only democratic
government in Spain but demo-
cracy and peace in Europe