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Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
THEFT SUSPECT
CAUGHT IN YUMA

Raymond Martinez, 16. was plac-
ed under arrest by Yuma sheriff's
deputies when the Arizona officers
recovered an automobile stolen early
Wednesday from George r. Farr in
Brawley, the Imperial county Sher-
ifs office was advised
The car theft was reported to the
sheriff's office here at Ais am.
Wednesday. It's recovery by Yuma
officers was reported at 5:35 am.
John Crousen, Imperial county dep
uty, undertook an investigation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
FLAME
NEARS BERLIN

KITTSEE, Hungary, July 29. tU'R)
Custody of the Olympic flame,
en- route to Berlin to light the torch
which will burn throughout the
games, passed from the hands of
the Hungarians to the Australians
today.
The torch is scheduled to reach
Vienna tonight, where two-hour
celebration is scheduled. After the
celebration the torch will be taken
to Reingers, where the Czechos-
loVakians will transport it to the
German border.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
MOVE MADE TO
PUT STRIKERS
BACK ON JOBS

SANTA ANA. Cal, July %. UP-
With lis MeXicans freed from jail
on writS of habeas corpus, Mexican
leaders sought today TO place former
strikers back into citrus orchards
in Orange county.
Judge Homer Ames, in a ruling
late yesterday, upheld defense law
vers who contended that the Mex.
cans could not De held on rioting
charges on the basis of mass identi-
ficatiOn.
7 don't agree with the district
attorney when he holds We can
make mass Identification of all per
sons present at the scene of a
crime" said Judge AmeS.
The defendants were arrested a
month ago after strikers and or
chard guards fought near Fuller
ton. Gregorio Delgado, whom the
state claims to have identified as
one of the attacking strikers, was
not freed by Ames but must stand
trial August 7.
Mexican Consul Ricardo Hill and
former President of Mexico Adolfo
De La Huerta. who acted as medi-
ator in the strike. were present at
the hearing. Defense attorneys in
cluded Grover c. johnson of the
International Labor defense, Leo
Gallagher of the American Civil
Liberties Union, J. Allen Frankel,
Clarence Rust and c. w. Astle
District Attorney w. F. Mention
upheld the prosecution.
MeXicans are being taken back
to work slowly to replace outside
laborers imported by packing house
managers at the peak of the strike,
it was stated by Stuart Strathman,
growers representative.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
Heavyweights Fight
In Disorder Action

ORANGE, N. j., July 20. U.R-
Mrs. Henrietta Anderson, 800 pound
Negroes, sat down on Mrs. Maud
Scott, 9O-pound Negro, and Mrs.
Scott went to court. Since Mrs
Anderson could not get into an
elevator Police Judge Martin set
up court in the municipal building
lobby, found Mrs. Anderson guilty
of disorderly conduct and told her
to stay off Mrs. Scott.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29

WE invite you to, ride in
w Ford V-8 "Scottie" dem
onstration car. See for yourself
the increased gas mileage you
get today in a Ford V-8.
This car is regular Ford V8,
taken from regular stock. 1t is
specially painted and fitted with
a glass measuring tank which
shows exactly how much gas is
used as you ride. You take no
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
Probe of Tunnel May
Solve Murder Case

NEW YORK, July 90. W.R)-Crime
chronology: Mote arrives tell
ing police they will find some
thing interesting" in old tunnel
closed in 1861. 2-Police spend two
days searching for entrance. 8
Angered, police plan to bore
through street into tunnel tomor
row hoping to solve some old muir
der.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
Delegate to Speak
At Pensions Meet

Mrs. E. s. Strickler, Imperial
Valley delegate to the recent Town
send national convention at Cleve-
land, will report on details of the
convention at a meeting of Ell Cen
tro Townsend Club No l in the
city park here at 7:30 p. m. Thurs
day.
Officers of the club, promising
an interesting program, asked all
members to attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
Miner Accused of
Starting Big Blaze

PHOENIX, Ariz., July %. UR)-
Juan Aguilar, 33, a miner, was held
today on charges he started a fire
which resulted in 100000 damage
to a milling companys plant at
Chandler July 3. Five thousand
tons of hay, valued at $l2 a ton,
and other property were destroyed
in the blaze.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
DesertiOn Charged
On Unique Grounds

CHICAGO, July 90. WP)-George
Wurster, 40, sought a divorce from
his wife EStelle, %, today charging
'desertion." Asked for details,
Wurster explained she had moved
into another part of the bungalow
they owned jointly.l
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
BOOtlegging Expose
Promised in State

SACRAMENTO, July 90. W,P)-An
expose of bootlegging conditions
throughout California was promised
today by AsSemblyman G. c. Cot
trell, San Jose, when the legislative
committee investigating the state
liquor situation resumes its hearings
in San Francisco August 7.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
MAN FINED $40
FOR SLEEPING
WITH PORKER

VAN NUYS, Cal, July 20. U.D
Sleeping with pig carries
$40 fine i'm this mans town.
John Nj. Primrick was given
that penalty in municipal court
when police testified they found
him sleeping in a pig pen, with a
single porker as bed-fellOw.
Officers said they had to tear the
pen apart to get John out.
The specific charge was intOx-
icatiOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
Mrs. Vera Matheson
Funeral to Be Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Vera
Matheson, who died at Live Oaks
Springs Tuesday morning, will be
held at the B. E. Lemons chapel
in Ell Centro at a IN. Friday with
burial in Evergreen cemetery.
A select group of friends will at
tend the rites.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
Sleepy Watchman
Bitten by Big Rat

NEW YORK, July 30, U.D-
George Solomon, Watchman, was
caught sleeping on a WPA project
during the night But it wasn't by
WPA officials. Three huge rats
Slipped up on George and bit him
so badly he required medical treat
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
Steamer COllides
With Huge Whale

SEATTLE, Wash, July %. U,P)-
The coastal steamer H.F.AleXander
iberthed at Seattle with 450 pas
Sengers and one whale. The ship
collided with the huge mammal in
the strait of Juan de Fuca, killing
it instantly, and carrying most OF
the body into Seattle on its bow.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
No Auto Rides So
Wife Asks Divorce

NEW YORK, July 90. UR)-Mrs.
Nellie Mitchell asked for a separ-
alton today charging her husband
refused to take her on automobile
rides.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29

ones word for anything. You see
the results for yourself.
Take this "Scottie Car" ride
today. Learn, once and for all,
that you can have the advantage
of 8-cylinder performance and
still get the real economy you
want. Phone your Ford Dealer
now. There's absolutely no obi
cation.
YOUR FORD DEALER
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29
Will Leaves Soul
And Body to God

SPOKANE, Wash, July 90. WP)
The will of Olof Olson which
was admitted to probate bequeathed
his soul and body to God.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-29

WILL MAKE
SELECTION AUG. 4

WASHINGTON, July 20. (UP)-The nation looked
today to August primary elections for pre-November
accounting of Republican and Democratic sentiment in
border and mountain states and in the far west.
Most interesting of next months primaries is sche
Evening star., 1936-02-24
YEAR SET AS TIME.
FOR NEXT DIVIDEND
Commercial Bank Deposi-
tors Receive Their Third
of 10 Per Cent.

Depositors receiving their third
dividend of 10 per cent from the
closed Commercial National Bank
were notified by Receiver Robert C..
Baldwin today it will be at least an
other year before it can be decided
whether another dividend can be
made available.
Baldwin informed depositors to this
effect in formal statement, handed
to each depositor, with his dividend
check for an additional 10 per cent.
A small crowd gathered outside the
bank before O'Clock, when payment
of the dividend began.
The funds for the payment of this
dividend of 10 per cent of your claim
as a creditor of the C-i;:---...cial Ma
tional Bank of Washington" Baldwin
told depositors, were made available,
as were the dividends paid to date,
aggregating so per cent, through a
loan obtained from the Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corp.
This additional advance, together
"AV1l t1lO UllJo4d OoldIlCC Va lllC DIG.
vious loan, brings the Indebtedness of
this receivership to the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. to a considerable
sum. This amount must be paid back
to the Reconstruction Finance Corp,
through the orderly liquidation of the
remaining assets of the bank, consist
ing largely of real estate, without sac
rifice, which will, in my opinion, re-
quire a period of time of not less
than one year before it can be deter
mined if the remaining assets will
warrant the declaration of a further
dividend.
The bank will be open daily from 9
am. to 5 pm, except Saturday. when
it will close at l pm.
The Commercial is one of the four
local banks which the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue has listed as having
a complete loss on its capital stock
in 1888
If they did not file for credit in the
year 1888 they may ask for refund up
to and including March Is, but not
later, because the statute of limita-
tions brings an end to their oppor-
tunity to claim the refund after
March Is.
The receiver of the District Ma
tional Bank, Norman R. Hamilton,
has notified stockholders to get in
touch with the Bureau of Internal
Revenue regarding losses on this
banks stock. This is the second re-
ceiver in town to so notify stock
holders, as Receiver Hardee of the
Federal American National Bank s.
Trust Co. late last week sent out a
similar warning to stockholders Of
that institution.
Evening star., 1936-02-24
AGENTS DECLARED
IN OWN BUSINESS
Compensation Board Hears
Argument Insurance Men
Are Contractors.

Whether fire and casualty insurance
agents are statesmen" and employees"
as defined by the District unemploy-
ment compensation act, or "independ-
ent contractors" was argued before the
District of Columbia Unemployment
Compensation Board at the District
Building today.
Local insurance agencies, for whom
solicitors or statesmen bring in business,
contended the solicitors are not 'em-
ployes" under the meaning of the act,
but are owners of their own business
and thus totally independent of the
agency.
E. Barrett Prettyman, corporation
counsel, in questioning spokesmen for
the insurance companies ard agencies.
disputed the contention and indicated
such solicitors are employees, under the
law. and as such the agencies must
pay the pay roll tax required.
Thomas Waters of the Underwriters
Social Security Service cited that the
agent does not control the hours or
condition of WORK OF the solicitors,
does not require them to report at any
given time ana that the solicitors
have the right to place their business
with any fire or casualty company
they choose.
He was followed by Edward S. Bra
shears. head of the District Agency
Co., which represents l3 separate fire
and casualty companies. He. too. con-
tended solicitors on commission should
not be classed as employees" because
they are wholly independent to work
when and in any way they desire.
Although not brought out at the
hearing, it was learned that the near
ing today probably will be used as
a basis for test OF the law. Under
the law now. agencies in the District
already are paying the pay roll tax
on salaried employees, but they nave
not yet made a report of payments
on commission.
Evening star., 1936-02-24
RED RIDER REPEAL
FIGHT IS MAPPED
Education Board to Discuss
Advocacy Before House
Group.

Preparatory to the opening tomor-
row of hearings before the Education
Subcommittee of the House District
Committee, the Board of Education
planned to meet late today to map
its fight in support of the Sisson bill
to repeal the Blanton anti-red amend
ment on the District appropriations
bill.
A report, drafted over the week end
by the boards Legislative Committee,
was to be submitted to the whole
membership. 1t was anticipated that
the report would be approved unani-
mously and that Mrs. Marion Wade
Doyle. president of the board, would
be instructed to direct the presenta-
ton of support for the repeater.
The pending bill, which replaced an
earlier proposal to amend the anti
communism provision and clarity 1t,
was offered last Friday and asks out
right repeal of the ban. When the
original bill was offered. several MEM
bers of the Board of Education ex-
pressed approval of it. but the Legis-
lative Committee and two other men,
bers of the board expressed preference
for the outright repeal at a special
meeting Friday.
Quinn Favors Repeal.
Henry 1. Quinn, member of the
Legislative Committee, has favored
repeal of the rider from the time
it was enacted, although some of the
other members declared clarifying
act would be satisfactory. They sought
to have q clear distinction drawn be.
tween the meaning Of teach and the
meaning of advocate. Such distinc-
ton had been made by E. Barrett
Frettyman, corporation counsel. but 1t
was disallowed by Controller General
j. r. McCarl in a ruling requiring
all teachers to take an oath each
pay day, stating they had not taught
or advocated" communism during the
pay period.
The Sisson measure would do away
with. all such formality and permit
the District teachers to fall back on
the oath as a Government employe
they took when they were appointed.
!. Gilligan Prepares Report.
The report to be made today was
prepared over the week end by Henry
Gilligan, chairman Of the Legislative
Committee; Quinn and John H. Will
son, new member, of the board.
Support for the Sisson repeater was
voiced at the Friday meeting by Mrs.
Doyle and Robert A. Maurer, who at
tended the committee meeting.
Several other organizations in the
District, including a number OF Par.
ent-Teacher Associations, the District
Education Society. the Cenetral Labor
Union and q number Of citizens asso.
Citations are expected to join the Board
Of Education during the bearings.
Evening star., 1936-02-24
kaf TRAFFIC
rX}coNvIcTIoNs
PERMITS SUSPENDED.

PERMITS SUSPENDED.
Louis Fine, Mount Rainier, Md, 36
miles, IS days.
Ada Fuller, Chevy Chase, Md, 36
miles, Is days.
Bruce Cav, 1116 Thirteenth street,
SO miles, IS days.
Julius Nachman, 1900 Georgia ave-
hue, SO miles, IS days.
Aubrey ParkeE Berwyn. Md. so
miles, revoked.
John Pate, 1701 Sixteenth street, SO
miles, Is days.
Roger Pierce, 2008 Seventeenth
street, SO miles, is days.
Roy Powell, 5504 Foote street north
east. 40 miles, 80 days.
Orien Rhodes, Cherrydale, Va, 40
miles, 80 days.
Joseph Walshe, 4190 Wheeler road
southeast, so miles, revoked.
Evening star., 1936-02-24
DISTRICT BILLS
PASSED IN HOUSE
WITHOUT DEBATE
Clear Title Will Be Given on
Property Bid In for
Taxes.
POLICE MEASURE
GIVEN APPROVAL
Increased Attention to Local At
fairs Forecast During
Week.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

Without debate. the House today
passed the only two District bills called
up by Chairman Norton of the Dis
trict Committee.
The first is designed to give the Dis
trict clear title to property bid in at
public auction for delinquent taxes.
The other would authorize the Police
Department property clerk to dispose
Of unclaimed property having value
of S100 or less without a court order.
Both bills were passed by the Sem
ate at the last session of Congress,
but legislative action will not be com"
pleted until the Senate agrees to sew
eral minor amendments approved by
the House.
The police bill also would authorize
the sale every three months Of un-
claimed automobiles. More frequent
sales are necessary, according to Dis
trict officials, to prevent congestion at
the Police Department property yard
Aside from acting on these two bills,
the House expects to give increased at
tention to District affairs this week.
Tomorrow, at 10 am. the Special SUBJ
committee of the District Committee
studying traffic conditions. will resume
its hearings. A half hour later, the
Education Subcommittee will start
hearings on the Sisson bill to modify
and clarity the anti-communism rider
on the 1886 District appropriation act
Meantime, the House Subcommittee
on Appropriations. headed by Repre-
sentative Blanton. Democrat, of Texas,
expects to complete work on the 1897
District supply bill, and have it ready
to report next Monday There are in
dications the subcommittee will treat
the District more literally than did the
Budget Bureau. and allow additional
funds for public schools. the Police De-
partment and the treatment of
tuberculosis.
Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin-
tendent of police, and other officials
of the department will appear before
the Traffic Subcommittee to explain
enforcement problems Chairman Car
penter said he also plans to call later
in the week some of the precinct cap
tains for discussion of traffic condi-
tions peculiar in their respective ter
ritories.
School officials and members of
the Board of Education are expected
to appear before the Education SUBJ
committee to support the Sisson bill.
The opposition will be led by Blan-
ton. who has announced his inten-
tion of fighting any move to change
the so-called "red rider"
In addition to the bill to modify
the rider. Sisson also has introduced
measure calling for its outright re-
peal The repeal bill, however. has
not yet been referred to the Educa-
ton Subcommittee. and as a result,
the hearing will have to be devoted
to the modification bill.
Evening star., 1936-02-24
MOTHER VAN|SHES,
FEARING MYSTERY
PLOT ON HER LIFE
Mrs. Charlotte J. 0pheim
Leaves Son and Dis
appears.
SENATOR NORBECK SPURS
HUNT FOR WRITER, 35
Boy Tells of Her Threats to End
Life-South Dakota Jurist,
Her Father. on Way Here.

The brilliant but erratic daughter
of a Judge of the South Dakota Cir
cult Court was the object of wide
police search today after she wan
dered away Saturday from her Fifth
street home. She left behind her
9-year- old son. Charles. after fright
ening him the night before with
threats of suicide and stories Of a
man who she said wanted to murder
her.
The woman is Mrs. Charlotte john
son Opheim. IS, whose father and
mother, Judge and Mrs. Julius john
son of Pierre. S. Oak, left for WASH
1ngton yesterday after long distance
telephone conversation with Charles.
They are expected to arrive tomorrow
Meanwhile Senator Peter Norbeck
of South Dakota and his daughter,
Selma, began a private investigation
of Mrs. Johnsons wanderings at the
judges request.
Trail Lost at Y. w. c. A.
1t was found that she registered
Saturday night under an assumed
name at the transient Office OF
the Young Women's Christian AS
sociation, GA E street. and gave her
address as Baltimore. The trail from
there on was cold. The teletype mes
sage sent out by police said she might
be found "in downtown hotel or
sleeping in Union Station"
A week ago Mrs. Opheim. who works
g., hr, oR6nn of thn Third AScict MT
Postmaster General, went with her
child to the home of Mrs. Fran
els Davis, 66l0 Fifth street, and, ac-
cording to Mrs. Davis. begged for per-
mission to rent room there for her
self and the boy. Separated from her
husband, she came to Washington in
July.
She told a tale of a mysterious man
who was cunning for her" at Pea
body street address. where Mrs.
Opheim had been living for some time.
Brilliant Author"
Mr.. johnson was described to Mrs.
Davis by friend as brilliant au-
thor" and she impressed Mrs. Davis
as exceptionally intelligent although
excessively nervous in her manner of
speaking.
Friday night. according to Mrs.
Davis, the woman became suspicious
of the mysterious man she feared was
following her and took her child to
Peabody street and put him to bed
after stormy session during which
she threatened to take her life. She
returned to Fifth street. paced her
room restlessly and at midnight re-
turned to Peabody street and aroused
Charles. Both of them came back
to Fifth street.
Saturday morning she left the
house. She was dressed at the time
in brown print dress, dark brown
beret, and light brown overcoat.
Several times during the morning she
telephoned and had long conversa-
tions with Charles. In the afternoon
she spoke with Mrs. Davis on the tele-
phone and asked how her son was
getting along Mrs Davis said she
would care for the child. pupil at
Takoma, D. c., school, until Mrs.
johnson should find another place to
live. That was the last time she was
heard from.
Evening star., 1936-02-24

ter's health, insisted We bundle her
up"
Drifts grandparents inhabited the
Dakotas, and his wife comes from
the Iroquois of New York State. The
father. whose love for his child is
very evident, told how his grandpar-
ents Injured him to the elements during
his childhood. He admitted, how
ever, his parents did not wholly ap-
prove.
Many old Indians used to cut holes
in the ice and dip their children into
the water to toughen them, he ex-
planned. They were always healthy,
he boasted.
Drift said that 'Varmint" seldom
slept with covers on at night, only
occasionally a light blanket. when
my daughter is warm, she's fretful,'
he said. but otherwise is contented
and happy. She hardly ever cries"
To strengthen the child's back. Drift
said he put two suit cases on her back
before going to bed. providing she was
restless. Proudly he pointed to the
well-developed back of the child. and
said later he would teach her SWIM
ming
Evening star., 1936-02-24
FAIRFAX MAN CHOSEN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, February 24.-Dr.
r. w. Huddleston has been elected
president Of the board of directors of
the Fairfax National Farm Loan Asso-
citation for the ensuing year. Other
officers are: r. Cotton Lewis, vice
president, and Senator John w. Rust,
secretary and treasurer.
Members Of the board of directors
will be John w. Kerns, r. B. Nickel,
E. e. Nef7, Joseph Wheeler. r. Cotton
Lewis. DR.. F. w. Huddleston and ]. B.
Armfield. a,
Evening star., 1936-02-24

relief client, he
left 16 children.
At once. the
homicide S q u a d
sought clues to
the identity Of
the hit-and-run
driver who struck
Grasso Wednes-
day evening at
Fourth a nd H
streets northeast.
The victim was
f oun d uncon-
scious in the gut
ter at $3.50 pm.
by Edward Dant,
728 Maryland
Evening star., 1936-02-24

sinclair W q S
CT e d / t e d with
making more ar
rests than any
other officer in
the history Of the
department.
But G os n ell
and Will made a
record all n. their
own. It was the
largest number of
speeders ever ar
rested in a 16-
hour period by
precinct officers,
and it was the
first tim q that
Evening star., 1936-02-24
BANQUET POSTPONED
Ritchie Death Causes County Bar
to Defer Dinner.

Because of the death of former Gov.
Ritchie, the annual banquet of the
Prince Georges County Bar Associa-
ton. scheduled tomorrow night in the
Marlboro House, Upper Marlboro. has
been postponed indefinitely. A new
date will be set later.
Evening star., 1936-02-24

GERS arrested %
speeders between
7 am. Saturday
and 3 pm. yes
terday, working in
two eight hour
shifts. Three of
the speeders were
second offenders.
The officers op-
Grated on two Of
Washington's IA
Vollte SpeeQWayS,
the Pennsylvania
Avenue and Ana
costa Bridges.
Only one OFF,
Evening star., 1936-02-24
w. J. Father Seriously III.

William j. Flather, one of the vice
presidents of the Riggs National Bank,
who has been connected with the
financial life of Washington for SO
years, is confined to Emergency Hos
pital, suffering with double pneumonia.
His condition has required oxygen
treatment.
Evening star., 1936-02-24
7 VAN DRIFT, half Sioux Indian,
has his own ideas about raising
children. and means to carry

/ children. and means to carry
L them out despite the complaints
Of "too civilized" persons.
Strolling Saturday IN the cold with
his unclothed 5 months old daughter,
neighbors saw them and called police
The law declined to interfere, SO to-
day he was back on the job of making
his daughter a tough subject for ILL
ness to overcome.
For a demonstration. the ynungster,
whose nickname is 'Varm.At" went
through a daily routine ordinary chill
dren could not endure. The Drift
family lives here at Sis Twenty
second street. Mrs. Drift also is an
Indian.
"Varmint's used to the snow" the
father explained. I'VE take her out
IN the rain, and when it's showing,
even give her a snow bath. OF course
afterward the child's given a hot
bath, then a cold bath.
And would you believe it." Mr..
Drift went on. The only time VAR
mint was ever i'll was in New York
when friends anxious about my daugh-