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Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Duo REMAINS.
AT LARGE AS.
HUNT PUSHED.
Fugitiues Believed In
Valley; Officers
Spread Net

In spite of redoubled eff
forts on the part of Imperial
Valley peace officers, two
bandits who held up the
Brawley theater at 8 o'clock
Friday night had eluded capture
late Saturday night.
1t was not known definitely by
Sheriff Robert Ware and cooperat-
ing officers whether the two fugi-
tives we're still in the valley al
though it. was expected that the
blockade of all roads had effectively
bottled the fleeing duo in the valley.
Automobiles and motorcycles OF
officers and highway patrolmen
shuttled over highways Friday night
and Saturday in an attempt to cut
off the escape of the men believed
to have left Brawley in a sedan.
The manhunt was under the di-
rection of Sheriff Robert Ware, who
sought the aid OF every law enforce
ment organization in the valley.
After taking the money from the
cashier at the theare, one bandit
ran down the street and entered a
coupe. The machine was believed to
be one stolen from Glendale Thurs
day night by two men who left the
owner tied to a telephone post in the
Piru area. Two men were said to be
in the sedan when it left Brawley
The pair avoided capture at Holt
vile Friday night by turning off
their car lights and lodging down
a sideroad, officers said. Marshall
w H. Corneilson and other Officers
who drove the bandits from the
highway, missed capturing them by
but a few moments it is said.
Officers were summoned to the
Bard area shortly before noon Sat-
urday when the bandit car was said
to have been sighted. The machine
however, was one borrowed from
Calexico and was not involved in the
bandit chase.
Sheriff Ware said the search for
the bandits would continue and ev-
cry effort would be made to keep
them from escaping over the Col
orado river to Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Ell Centrans Urged
To Support Milk
Institute Meeting

Mayor A. N. Bucklin Saturday
gave El Centros official recognition
to next Wednesdays annual meet
ing of the Milk Institute of Imper-
ial Valley, in a proclamation calling
upon every Ell Centro resident to
support the institute.
The proclamation follows:
THE Milk Institute of Imperial
Valley is a non profit civic organiza-
ton of business and professional
men in all lines of activity, who are
committed to aid every phase of the
dairy industry in Imperial Valley:
production, manufacturing and mar
keting This organization holds its
annual meeting at luncheon gath
ering at Hotel California, Ell Centre
next Wednesday, January 22nd at
noon.
''As mayor of the city, urge the
business men of this city, of other
valley cities, and of the county at
large, to attend this important COLI
ference where reports of the past
years activities will be received end
Continued on Page 8; Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19

most beloved pioneer was 75.'
Apoplexy caused his death, the
attending physician said. He had
suffered a number of strokes, the
i:lcSt severe about a year ago.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Tuesday in the B. E. Lem
onS chapel, where members of the
Imperial Valley Pioneers asSocia-
tion, the Masonic and Woodmen's
lodges and other organizations, as
we'll as many who knew Forester
as friend, will pay final tribute
to him.
Officials Mourn Loss
City and county officials, civic
leaders and business men joined
members of the Forester family
in mourning the Patriarch of the
Forester Clan," Saturday. The
widow, Mrs. Emalinda Forester,
was prostrated She married For
ester SO years ago, union which
resulted in the birth of II chill
dren. They were Jerome, George
Everett, Emma, Anna, Elmer
James, William, Edward, Arthur
and Lena. The recent death oi
two sons, Jerome and William, was
a shock from which Forester
never completely recovered.
Two daughters have been mar
ried One is Mrs. Emma NJ Rosen-
baum of Ell Centre and the other
Mrs. Lena Smalley of Fairfield.
Forester was born in West Vir-
ginia on May II, 1860, the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Forester.
He Travelled westward to Califor-
mia go years ago. Thirty -four
years ago he made midsummer
trip from his home in Santa Bar
bara to Imperial Valley, then al
most all desert. 1t was just a
month after the first water trickled
across the desert, and the era OF
reclamation had begun.
Forester homesteaded 100 acres
of land-holding which were tc
increase later to almost 1000 acres
Assisted by his sons, he began
cultivating the property, and If
1903 felt sufficiently assured of the
future to send for the rest of his
family. The Forresters, since then
have loomed large in the agricul-
tural development of Imperial Val
ley.
Recount Experiments
Early newspapers carry accounts
of Forrester's experiments with
citrus fruits. grapes, sweet potatoes
corn, alfalfa, livestock and tur-
keys. At county fairs, Forester
entries were prize winners on al
most every occasion.
The history of Forrester's life in
Imperial Valley is sprinkled with
stories of achievement. He was
active in water company and ir-
Continued on Page 8, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Ex-City Manager
Of Phoenix Killed
In Auto Accident


PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan 18. UP)-A
former Phoenix city manager, S. NJ.
Johnston, 81, was killed early today
in a traffic accident in Los Angeles.
friends here were notified.
Johnston resigned as city manager
two years ago and has been engaged
in business here since. He went to
Los Angeles several days ago to at
tend to business matters and to play
golf on Los Angeles courses, friends
here said.
Johnston came here from Pitts
burgh, Pa, nine years ago and was
engaged in the hardware business
until he became city manager. He
served in that capacity from May,
1888, until March, 1884.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Roy Thompson Gets
Promotion In Bank

HOLTVILLE,-F. Roy Thompson,
cashier in the Holtville First Ma
tional bank for several years, was
recently promoted to vice presi-
dent-cashier by action of the board
of directors following a meeting cf
the stock holders.
Thompson's promotion was the
only change in personnel of the
board or appointive officers, Dave
Vencill remaining as president and
chairman of the board, Joel Ander-
son as vice president and K. w. SAY
age and Theodore Bolin as cashiers.
Vencill's report before the direc-
tors shows increased earnings ana
improvement in values of securities
and in real estate liens.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Girl Injured By
Jar From Crash

injured when the parked auto
mobile in which she was sitting
was smashed from the rear by an
asserted drunken driver, Betty Irene
Smith, 8, was suffering from pos
sible concussion and bruises Satur-
Gay night at the home of her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Smith,
424 Adams street.
The accident happened on Main
street about 4:30 Saturday after
noon. S. Smith, rs, driver of the
crash car, was said by police 10
have attempted to escape after the
smashup. He was booked On tech
nical charge of driving while under
the influence of liquor, pending in
veStigation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Memory of Coe
Honored by Board

Resolution expressing the af-
fection in which the late Horace
c. Coe. for many years superin-
tendent of schools for Imperial
county, was held and apprecia-
ton of his many services tC the
county, was passed at the meet
ing Saturday morning of the
county board of education.
Out of respect for the memory
of Gee, the board adjourned for
a brief session.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Early Morning I
FLASHES.
REPUBLICAN STICKERS
CAUSE THREAT

WASHINGTON, Jan. l8. Wp)--
The Post Office department tonight
put thousands of New York Repub-
licans in jeopardy of five-year psi-
son sentences because they affixed
to their letters stickers bearing car
tocns uncomplimentary to President
and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Officials said, however, that Post
master General James A. Farley
probably would let the sticker-past-
ers off, if they promised never to
do 1t again.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
THIRTEEN LOSE
LIVES In PLANE

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Jan. 18. U.P)---
Thirteen persons were killed in a
tri-motored airplane that crashed
in the Tapacari swamps % miles
from Cochabama, police at Cocha-
bama were advised today.
Pilot Wilsterman, 26, Bolivian,
and Co-pilot Hennel. AZ, a German,
were reported among the dead.
Cause of the crash was undeter-
mined The plane was owned by the
Lloyd Aereo Boliyiano company and
was flying toward La Paz.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19

'fectiVe between now and Feb. |.
Deepest cut was in the social serv-
ice division, where 700 were laid
off.
The 100000 cut was promised
by Roy w. Pilling, director, fol-
lowing Governor Frank Merriam's
declaration that state relief costs
must be reduced.
Today's dismissals followed pre-
dictions that the average dole of
$40 monthly would be cut to $25
for February and $40 for March
and subsequent months, in order
to stretch a $2,O0000O February
budget and $1,500,0O0 for subse-
quent months enough to care for
$4,000 INDECENT California families
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19

Copyright 1886 BY United Press
SANDRINGHAM, England, Jan.
18. WR)-King Georges heart grew
weaker today, causing grave anxiety
for the life of the British monarch
who lay i'll in a specially ventilated
room of his country residence, Sand
ringham House.
AT the gates of the country estate,
where hundreds of his subjects
gathered Watchfully, the following
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Hearing Set In
Boundary Case

Petitions for changes in boun-
diaries which will result, if grant
ed, in annexing various parts of
Glamis school district to others in
the east side section have been
filed at the office of the county
superintendent of schools and have
been set for hearing by the board
of supervisors for Jan. % at 4
o'clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Hoffman Lacks New
Clues In Campaign

TRENTO. N. j., Jan. Is. WR)--
Governor Harold G. Hoffman is
starting his huge-s;ale campaign
to solve the Lindbergh case, it was
learned tonieht, without a single
definite new clue.
A source high in the councils Of
the governor told the United Press
that, as yet, the purported new eyi-
dence in the kidnapping and murder
of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., had
produced not one positive lead
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
DEATH TAKES Ed FORESTER
Bandits Elude Police Search
KINGS Life Hangs i'm Balance

bulletin from the kings doctors,
timed $3.50 p m, was posted:
His majesty the king has had
some hours of restful sleep. The
cardiac weakness and embarrass-
ment of circulation have slightly i'll
creased and give cause for anxiety"
Queen Mary, the Prince Of Wales,
the Duke and Duchess of York aid
their two little girls, the Princes ie5
Continued on Page 8; Column a.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Here II Is! Your New
Sunday Post-Press
---OO---

This is the NEW Sunday Post-Press.
Into it has gone the combined resources of the
Imperial Valley Press and The Morning Post
southeastern Californa's greatest newspapers
With it is introduced for the first time to subscrib
of The Post and The Press the weekly
Sunday magazine feature section the Five Star
Weekly
In it are all the features you have grown to like
in your newspapers. Local news, national news,
photos comics features and departments
bned in the Sunday Post-Press for the pleasure of
our readers.
The Post-Press will be glad to hear your reac-
tionS.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
ROCKNE MEMORIAL
PLANNED

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Jan. 18. up
Testimonial services, luncheons
and banquetS will be held through
out the nation March commemor-
ating the memory of Knute Rockne,
Notre Dame football coach who was
killed March, 1881, in an airplane
crash near Bazaar, Kansas, DR.. ID.
M. Nigro said tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
tility Dictatorship
in California Charged
Initiation Amendment
To Bonus Defeated
Battle Over Munitions investigation OvcrshadOws
Soldiers Payment Issue; Senator Nye
Fights For Life of Inquiry

WASHINGTON Jan. 18. (UP)-The senate, mixing
bitter munitions committee debate with discussion of the
$237O 100000 soldier bonus, today defeated the Thomas
Initiation Amendment last threat passage of the
promise baby bond bonus BILL The vote ga to 27
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
1000 Lose Jobs
On Relief Staff

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 49, (UP)-One thousand en-
poyes today were notified of their dismissal from the Los
Angeles county relief administration staff Looping off
of their Approximately 100000 salaries will effect half
of promised 100000 cut in expenses Dismssas eff
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
. PIONEER
e FLOWED
IN VALLEY
Famous Early Day Character Expires AT
Ranch Home As Family Keeps Watch;
Hundreds Mourn Passing

Edward Everett Forester, 'Whispering Ed' to hun
dreds of friends in Imperial Valley died at Saturday
kept watch.
The man who has been described Imperial Valleys
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
The Season is On

Unfailing sign of the season:
Attractive feminine fruit tramps
amblng down Main street clad in
trousers-not slacks, but real trous-
crs. The lettuce season is here.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19

A Tip in Time
ally highly reliable, that MeXicali
will be announced within a month
as a free port. The governor al
ready has received word from
President Lazaro Cardenas that
! duties will be dropped on goods
enterting the border town. 1t will
be denied probably, for a while.
A Friend Passes On
Out of character for once, RR
wishes to pay tribute to whisper
ing Ed" Forester, who died Fri
day night He was one of the men
; who built Imperial Valley. The
strength of his character is just
such strength as has entered the
community life of the valley since
1901. He could laugh, he could
joke, he could play-but how that
man could work! If he was your
friend, he would go through hell
for you. If he was your enemy,
you didn't have to wait for a cut
in the back to know it. Whisper
ing Ed Forester was a man.
The Mail Goes Through
The mud of swamp near Good
win, Ark, came to Ell Centro Sat-
urday. Specks of it were on the
face Of an envelope addressed to
Russell Bennitt of the Post-Press
1t was ground into the frayed edg-
es of the envelope. Air Mail" was
stamped across the face of the
paper container Another stamp,
affixed later, bore the prosaic
legend, Damage Due to Airlnail
interruption Near Goodwin, Ark,
Jan. Ia, 1885,
The letter had gone through
the most tragic disaster in the
history of American commercial
aviation, the luxury airliner crash
which claimed II lives. Pictures of
the planes wreckage are on Page
Three Of the Post-Press today
That's what the letter went
throughput the mail went on.
Right or Wrong, Stick to It
Bill Dunn doesn't usually stain
mer when he's talking politics for
his Republican party, but the mike
at Frank Bowles radio emporium
evidently did things to Bill Friday
night.
Roosevelt has ruined the Re-
public!" Bill intended to say.
Roosevelt has ruined the Re-
publicans" is what he did say
Oh yes, he corrected it.
o
Matter of Cultivation
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Right or Wrong, Stick to It
Matter of Cultivation

Fred Elliott, the deputy sheriff,
is trying again to raise a mustache.
Frank Rancy, the deputy coroner,
claims he shaved the first one off
to have another soil test made.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
WEATHER

Maximum temperature SO. minimum 81; am
emperature As, humidity 81; noon temperature SO
humidity 20; pm. temperature rs, humidity 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter, Los Angeles 351s; butterfat Imperia
Valley fob. ranch, grade A 431a; manufacturing
milk, 361a; route gathered cream 35.
L. A. Hay-U. S. No. l, SIs.50-190O; u. S. No 2
leafy, $17.50-18.O0; U. S.No. 2, Sl65O; Chicago
flax, 1897.
Evening star., 1936-02-23
Magazine Section

qrabs from tree to tree. can remember how
dark il was in those woods, and rather terri
fying Then, just ahead of us we saw the
lighted window of a house, and smoke curling
up from the chimney.
.Of course the light at the window meant
that there were people still out of bed, so there
was nothing for us to do but wait We ecrouched
down on a sort of grassy ledge, rather like
polf-geen, where the snow was half melted,
and the moonlight lay over it like sort OF
trembling sea. As looked back at the pine
woods reaching up the side of the mountain.
noticed star touching the dark edge OF the
treetops - just one little star. can almost
see those woods and that star now, if l shut
my eyes.
Il daresay we waited couple of hours it
seemed twice as long. What began to puzzle US
was that there was no sound from the house.
At last Nanny whispered: 4 can't stand this
any longer = I'm going to scout around.
I'VE crept to the outside wall and saw that
the place was mountain chalet, timbered
and heavily gabled. We listened awhile but
there still wasn't sound - but I'll tell you
what there was - there was most luscious
and to us an infuriating smell of food. In the
end that settled it. We groped round to the
doorway and Nanny tried the handle. 1t
turned - the door was unlocked. A gust OF
warm air reached us and - more overpoWer-
ing than ever-a definite smell of all the
good things hungry man ever tormented
himself by thinking about. looked at NANNY
and my look meant: Let's take chance -.
I'VE entered the house and tiptoed along
corridor There was room that had strip OF
light under the door, but still no sound. Man.
ny was trying to deduce where the larder was
we didn't dare strike matches. And then
suddenly we heard footsteps on the inside OF
the lighted room, the door opened, and
young girl came walking straight into us -
actually she'd have collided if we hadn't
Evening star., 1936-02-23

The girl came back then and laid extra
places at the table. She had a very serene face
and beautiful hands. Now that the idea was
put in my head, it seemed obvious that she
was blind. Yet her movements were scarcely
less quick and accurate than if she had had
sight. She waved us to our chairs and Nanny
carved the chicken. They talked and laughed
lot together. and though l could follow
what they were saying more or less sometimes
they talked too quickly or used words l
didn't understand. But the food = and the
wine - and the fire! I've never had dinner
that was as good as that!
The girl showed us photographs of her
father and her two brothers who were at the
Front. We drank their health and the health
of the German Army and - in our hearts -
of the British Army, and of all brave men.
Then she and Nanny began an argument
about the whole war business, and how silly it
was that men should spend their time hunting
other men over mountains instead of feasting
at home. She agreed, and then added some
thing that made my heart miss another beat.
She said: I thought at first you were the two
English prisoners
Evening star., 1936-02-23
February 23, 1896

bottle of wine, | whispered to Nanny, just
what l felt about it, He seemed surprised,
and told me then that the girl had offered to
show us a short cut over the mountain that
would lead us exactly where we wanted to go.
II was rather appalled, by that. I wouldn't
trust a yard of that short cut l told Nanny.
She's obviously going to lead us straight into
trap. He answered, in that dreamy way of
his: Well, you may be right. Wisdom or
cleverness which are we up against? -
that's the question, always
That irritated me again - it didn't seem
to be the right moment to be philosophical.
But he only kept on saying: You may be
right, and may be wrong - time will show
But time never did - nor anything else.
Because while we were still arguing we heard
commotion outside in the corridor, then the
girls sudden cry amidst mems voices. Both
Nanny and took it that our number was up
and that the girl was telling them all about us.
But she wasn't. We could see what was hap
pening through the gap in the hinge of the
door, She was crying because they had
brought her father home - on an improvised
stretcher.
Evening star., 1936-02-23

NANNY answered her and they exchanged
few sentences in rapid German. Then re-
allied that we were being invited into the
room That room shall never forget
it. 1t dazzled me, its freight and lamp
light. :. Then saw table set for two and
food for banquet warming in front of the log
fire. Roast chicken, slices of veal, beans, po-
tatoes. Cheese and bottle of wine. just
stared and left Nanny to do the talking. 1t
seemed to me we'd probably have to sur
render and make the best of it we GER
tainly weren't prepared to terrorize girl.
and for myself, the thought of immediate
things that surrender would bring - food,
sleep, warmth - nearly outweighed the dis
appointment knew should feel afterwards.
wondered whether Nanny felt the same. es-
pecially as the girl and he went on talking At
last she smiled and went out of the room.
Then Nanny turned to me and said: It's all
right. You can sit down and make yourself at
home
Il must have looked rather stupid about it,
for he added Draw your chair to the table
and don't guzzle too much all at once
"'But - have you - told her - who -
who we are?' whispered.
"Sssh,' he answered. I don't have to.
Can't you see . she's blind
"Blind?'
Simply the most incredible piece of luck
he went on She's alone here - her fathers
one of the frontier guards - he's out on the
mountains with a search party There's a
woman comes here to do the cooking, but she's
down to the village - the girls told me all
about the household arrangements, you see.
Alone here i just think of it = left to warm
up the food for her fathers return. My good
ness, we're in luck The frontiers quite close,
Evening star., 1936-02-23

apparently he'd fallen somewhere - had
nasty head wound and an arm was limp. He
was in lot of pain and we heard the girl i'm
ploring the men who had brought him in -
there were two of them - to hurry down to
the village for a doctor. And that would take
them couple of hours at least
"Well, there isn't much more to tell you.
Nanny, as you may or may not know, was
born to be a surgeon if he hadn't been poet
with private income, and those soldiers
hadn't done good job with the broken arm
Nanny reset it, and we made the old boy as
comfortable as we could before we left He
was semi-conscious and obviously didn't care
damn who we were - you don't, you know,
if things are hurting and somebody's helping.
&. .. So we said 'Gulen Abe,d again. and made
off into the woods We didn't find the short
cut, but we did, after sundry other adventures,
manage to wriggle across the frontier. And
that's the end of the story. I've no doubt
Nanny would have told it better"
'The odd thing is said, that he never
told it at ALL"
Continued on page I5)
Evening star., 1936-02-23

"'That would have been awkward for you,
said NANNY.
"'Oh no, expect they would have wanted
food. just the same
"'They certainly would
because, after all, there's not as much
difference between English and German as
between tired and hungry people and those
who aren't
Other people mightn't see that, said
Nanny, laughing.
"'They see other things instead"
Middleton glanced round the room as if to
reassure himself of privacy before he con-
tinued: II remember this rather strange con-
versation because at the time it irritated me-
You see, l was getting more and more panicky
over an idea that had just struck me - that
the girl was leading us on with all that sort of
talk, that she already suspected who we were,
and was deliberately trying to keep us till her
father came back. AS soon as she next went
out of the room, ostensibly to fetch another