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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
BLOND DANCER
ARRESTED ON
THEFT CHARGE

Marie Lloyd Miner, 26, blonde
dancer in a Mexicali cafe and for
mer entertainer in an Imperial
night club, was arrested at a CAL
exico apartment house Friday night
on a Los Angeles warrant charging
her with burglary.
The dancer had been at the I'm
perial Establishment more than a
year ago and during the last three
months had divided her time be-
tween Mexicali and Los Angeles,
according to Deputy Sheriffs T. M.
Sharp and Herbert Hughes.
Few details of the robbery for
which the dancer is wanted, were
furnished Imperial county officers.
The stick-up victim was left on a
vacant lot after the robbery, the
officers were informed
The woman is held in the Impe-
rial county Jail pending the arrival
of the Los Angeles officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
1000 BATTLING
FOREST blAzES
ON NTWOFRONTS

NEVADA CITY, Cal, Oct II. UP)
More than 1000 fire fighters
fought desperately on two major
fronts today as forestry officials,
aided by improved weather condi-
tions, attempted to halt the wide
spread damage throughout this min
ing area
While both the Allegheny and
Forset Hill fires still were out of
control, it was hoped they could be
halted over the weekend as high
winds began to aide and humidity
rose sharply. There was a possi-
bility of light showers here within
the next "a hours.
Many of the fire districts were
without means of communication,
but it was believed most of the iso-
lated communities threatened last
night had so far escaped destruc-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Valley Guernsey
Herds Praised by
Eastern Visitors

High praise for the Guernsey
herds of Imperial county resulted
from flying visit made Saturday
by a group of II eastern Guernsey
owners who were en- route from
the National Dairy Show in Dallas
to California dairy country.
The visitors were met at Yuma
Saturday morning by Imperial
county dairymen and breeders and
escorted to the Farnsworth and
Havekorst Guernsey farms for in
Spection of the herds.
Imperial county Guernseys were
declared to be more rugged and bet
ter developed than the cattle in the
eastern sections. The easterners
praised the type of stock and were
especially impressed by the butter
fat records
When Imperial county dairymen
write for bulls to improve their
stock, one of the visitors said, even
though the herds average between
400 and 500 pounds of butterfat
per year we will not think it odd
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
KING EDWARD
HOTLY REBUFFS
CHURCH LEADER

LONDON, Oct. II. U.p)-King Ed
ward VIII has administered sting
ing rebuff to both the spiritual and
political leaders of England for at
tempting to interfere with his friend
ship for Mrs. Ernest Simpson, his
American favorite, it was learned
in court circles today.
The report was that the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, head of the
Church of England, and Prime Min
lister Stanley Baldwin, head of the
government, had constituted them
selves an unofficial committee, gone
to Buckingham Palace and appealed
to the monarch for greater dis
cretion in his relations with Mrs.
Simpson.
The king in effect told the tall,
stern archbishop and the moral,
gospel-loving premier to mind their
own business.
His visitors were discountenanced
when the king, his lips twitching
nervously in an attempt to conceal
his anger, delivered the royal snub-
bing.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

ed simultaneously in San Pedro.
H. w. Dali, Los Angeles, inter-
national vice president of the
Brotherhood Of Transfers, said,
This strike will spread up the
coast the first of next week if it is
not settled and some $500 men will
be involved"
Pickets were assigned this morn
ing to stores of the Pay'n Takeit,
MacMarr and Safeway chains.
Dali said the butchers and team
sters struck after union recognition
was denied them after rs days
negotiation.
He said that union recognition
was denied butchers despite the
fact that an agreement had been
reached whereby recognition would
be reached when it could be shown
ing to stores of the Pay'n Takit,
employed by the stores were union
members. Dali said records show
ed the butchers have 65 per cent
union membership.
'Teamsters are Disseminated
against" Dali said, land sometimes
discharged because of union mem
bership." He said they are forced
to work 10 to IA hours daily and
that they are denied collective bar
gaining.
T. j. Lloyd, international vice
president of the Butchers union
concurred in Dails statement.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

the Federal State Market service
of the department of agriculture
is scheduled to arrive in Ell Cen
tro next week to confer with Os-
walt as to the space needed by
that department in the new build
ing.
Submit to him any plans you
may have for the construction of
the new state building in Ell Cen
tro,' Cato wrote Oswalt. with the
thought of allowing the Federal
State Market service the space re-
quired at a reasonable rate"
AS originally proposed, the
building would house the Califor-
mia Highway patrol and any other
state agencies seeking space.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Fugitive During 20
Years, Resident of
Val ley Surrenders

ARIZONA STATE PRISON,
Florence, Oct. II. U.P)-Pred-
enciO Castro was back in his
cell at the prison today after
20 years of freedom from all
but his conscience and a gnaw-
ing fear he would be recaptur-
ed.
Castro, serving a three to
10-year sentence for grand
larceny, escaped from a prison
road camp in 1916. He was
hunted for some time, but as
the years passed, the search
was dropped. Castro wander
ed about the west, working in
various towns.
Yesterday Castro, now so
years old, came here from Ell
Centre, Calf, where he had
been living, and surrendered
to prison authorities.
"I'm tired of hiding and
tired of the constant fear 1
would BE- caught" he explain
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
F. D. r. Completes
Campaign Tour

ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPECIAL,
Oct. II. U.P)-Confident of re-elec-
ton, President Roosevelt tonight
endede 5000 mile campaign tour
with a transforming trip through
New York which he hoped would
clinch his native states AZ electoral
votes.
Friends of the. president said that
as result of his drive into IL states
as far west as Wyoming, he was not
even conceding Kansas to Governor
Landon.
Mr.. Roosevelt closed his trip with
series of brief addresses to thou
sands who, despite threatening
skies, turned out to hear him in
Buffalo, Rochester, Utica and Al
bany. Then he moved toward Hyde
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Sees
COP. Win
In Election
Decisive Battle In Six
Pivotal States Won,
Says Publisher

TOPEKA, KaHs., Oct. II.
CUP) Vice e Presidential
Candidate Frank Knox set
tied back in a chair at the
governors mansion t O d a y
and told Governor Alf M. Landon
that the decisive" battle of the 1886
campaign in six pivotal states had
been won by the Republicans.
He made this claim during a
conference here at which the two
standard bearers of the Republican
party mapped final campaign stra-
tegy.
Governor Landon leaves Sunday
night to bid for votes in California,
a heretofore unscheduled battle
front.
The. pivotal states are New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Him
ois and Michigan, the sandy haired
Chicago publisher told reporters
later as he sat on the mansion porch
smoking his pipe.
1--WE are safe in all those states,
Knox said, "and we are getting
Continued on Page 2; Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

remains unsettled mere.
This action offered potential
threat to the movement of winter
vegetable and fruit crops to east
ern markets, which obtain much Of
their perishable fresh produce sup
plies from these dry, warm areas
between November and February.
The labor council, a month ago,
labelled lettuce shipped by Salinas
and Watsonville growers in defiance
of strikers as hot. This ban,
however, apparently had little eff
feet as the employers moved their
crops at near-normal flow with the
aid of non-union men here and
union men in eastern terminals.
Meanwhile, police guards were
thrown about the city as $50 non
union men were released from bar
ricaded plants where they have
been working for three weeks.
On two previous occasions, riots
between the non-union men and
striking union men were precipitat-
ed when the men were given a
might off" to roam the city and
make necessary purchases.
Sheriff Carl Abbott and Chief of
Police George Griffin raided hotel
room in search of the source of sui
phuric acid and electric light globe
bombs" which they said were be-
ing used in strike violence. The
raid proved futile, however.
Shortly after the visit, seven men
were arrested on suspicion for in
vestigation in connection with the
recent bomb" throwing which re-
suited in little more than awaken
ing Salinas residents and bringing
out police squads.
Two truck drivers, carrying let
tuce loads, reported they had been
burned by the sulphuric acid bombs
Another driver said he had been
beaten badly when group of men
stopped his truck.
Yesterday falling lettuce prices
added to the worries of growers and
shippers. Prices were reported tC
have dropped abruptly from a high
of $3.50 a crate fob. Salinas q
fortnight ago to low of $1.35 q
cate. There were no sales yester-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
TOO BADY SAYS
DRIVER AFTER
CAR HITS MAN

LOS ANGELES, Oct. II. UR)-
Police today sought a motorist who
ran over a pedestrian and then, ac-
cording tC a witness, stopped his
automobile long enough to remark:
"Well, that's too bad; I ran over
him. I've got TO be going"
James Grade, the witness, said
his own machine knocked the pedes-
trian to one side, where the second
ed the license number of the other
car.
The pedestrian, unidentified, was
one of five persons who died in ac-
cidents, most of them rain-cauSed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Records Of
Are Studied
F. d. Roosevelt Declared
Wholly Favorable to
Labor Cause

WASHINGTON, Oct. II.
President Roosevelt's labor
record was interpreted by
the American Federation of
Labor today as entirely ia
vorable to the labor cause.
Gov. Alf M. Landon's record
was presented in detail but was
not interpreted either as favorable
or unfavorable because it was not
available in the same concrete
form of bills supported or oppos-
ed
In report usually issued several
months before election time but
this year delayed by internal dis
sension, the federation similarly
classified the vic presidential
candidates giving John N. Gar
ner a legislative score of favorable
action on II bills and unfavorable
Continued on Page 2; Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
MILK VIOLATION
CHARGE FILED

Merrill Cole. state dairy inspector
and Walter Macdonald of the coun-
ty health department, filed a COM
plant Thursday against H. L. Rus
sell of Brawley of the Lorence
Dairy, charging him with violation
of section 673 of the agricultural
code. The case will be heard by
Judge H. B. Griffin in Brawley
The section relates to the unlaw-
full use of milk containers which
are registered in another's name.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
BOULDER DAM
PARK APPROVED

WASHINGTON, Oct. II. UR)-
Secretary of Interior Harold L.
Ickes today authorized the National
Park Service to develop and admin
lister the large recreation park sys-
stem planned for Boulder Dam.
The NPS will have charge of
Lake Mead behind the big project
and the Eldorado canyon fishing
grounds below it.
The bureau of reclamation, Ickes
said, will continue in charge of
Boulder Dam itself and Boulder
City, the town construction by the
government to house project work.
erS.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
TRANSAMERICA
WILL TAKE OVER
INSURANCE co.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. II. UR)-
A new plan under which Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance would be-
come a member of the Transamerica
group was announced tday by L. M.
Giannini, president of Occidental
Life Insurance Co.
Twelve million dollars for reor-
ganizing two new companies out of
the Pacific Mutual would be sup
piled by the Transamerica group
under the purchase and reorganiza-
ton plan
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Last Minute
FLASHES !!
FOUR NEVADA
CATTLEMEN SLAIN

ELKO, Nevada, Oct. II U.P)-
Four Nevada cattlemen were
found shot to death tonight in a
tiny cabin on the outskirts of
Elko. The men, objects of an
extensive search since they we're
reported missing yesterday after
noon. were believed victims of a
robber who stole approximately
S10O from them. forced one OF
the men to tie the hands of the
other three. and then shot each
of them through the head.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

Chief Cato instructed Captain
Frank Oswalt, in a letter received
Saturday, to contact Ell Centre
builders to find out if any of them
would be willing to put up a sub
stantial building with a five-year
lease to the state.
Information concerning suitable
sites, including the park site i'm
mediately north of the county
court house, also is sought by
Chief Cato. In conclusion, he
said, Il believe We will be in
position to finance it ourselves
in a short time" He also wished
Oswalt to get estimates for con-
struction Of an adobe building as
being more satisfactory in a hot
country.
H. j. Breuer, radio engineer of
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
CObleigh, Winwright
Attend Conference

Gilbert Cobleigh, COW tester for
the valley association, and George
L. Winwright, assistant farm ad-
wiser, attended the meeting of COW
testers conducted Friday in Santa
Ana by G. f. Gordon. o. A. Smith
from Washington, d. c., outlined
the new system of records which
provides more continuity in record
keeping over period of years and
gives better identification in the
proving of sires.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
PASADENA BRIDGE
CLAIMS 80TH LIFE

PASADENA, Cal, Oct. IL. W.R)--
The body of the S0th person 10
commit suicide by ieaping from
Colorado Street bridge was found
today on the rocky arroyo be-
meath the high concrete span.
William NJ. Houston, 40. OF Glen
dale. parked his automobile ON
the bridge and jumped from the
rail to his death without leaving
a clue to his motive, police re-
ported.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
F.D.R. DEFENDS
SPENDING AS
HE ENTERS N. Y.

ABOARD ROOSEVELT CAM
PAIGN TRIP, IN NEW YORK
STATE, Oct. II. UH - President
Roosevelt carried his campaign for
reelection into his home state to-
day, defending his spending policy
and declaring that the money was
a major factor in restoring the pur-
chase power of the worker and the
farmer"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
COUGHLIN ATTACKED
DURING RALLY

DETROIT, Oct. IL. W.P)-Father
Charles f. C0ughlin was attacked
during NUSJ rally here today
by man wearing a red coat and
candy butchers cap who mount
ed the platform and threw feath-
ers from q bag on the radio priest.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

a 50-foot frontage and extends 100
feet to the alley. The floors will
be of concrete.
Interior arrangements of the
structure will be built to suit the
tenant.
Building is scheduled to begin
Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

permit at El Centric city hall Sat
urday for the remodeling Of her
business building on Main street
between Sixth and Seventh which
was destroyed by fire this summer.
The permit was for $4,000 and
brought the annual total to 5000 ,469.
Plans call for the remodeling of
the brick structure and the arcade
over the street. The building has
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
PLANS FOR NEW
STATE BUILDING
IN CITY PUSHED

state building for Ell which
by county,
nearer reality Saturday when revealed
head the California contracting agencies
regarding the they would structure
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
SAN DIEGO STRIKE
HITS CHAIN STORES
Butchers, Teamsters Walk Out in Trouble Which
May Spread Along Entire Coast; Group
Demands Union Recognition

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Oct. IT, (UP)-Unon butchers and
teamsers struck today at 65 San Diego chain
stores strike which labor leaders said may extend
the entire Pacific Coast and involve warehousemen and
longshoremen The strike reported have been call
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
BUILDING PERMIT TOTAL
GOES OVER 100000 MARK

Ell Centro building permits passed the 100000 mark
Saturday to provide rrefuabe evidence of the return
of prosperity to the building trades of the community
we'll to all other lines of industry and business of
the city. Mrs. Ada L. Murphy of San Diego obtained
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Labor Group Ban
Menaces Valleys
Lettuce Shipments
Same Tactics Will Be Used in Imperial Valley and
Arizona if Strike at Salinas Remains
Unsettled, Leaders Declare

SALINAS CAL, Oct IT, (UP)-The Monterey county
central labor council early today authorized appointment
of committee to exend it's socaed shot" lettuce ban to
include crops of the California Imperial Valley and Ari
during the winter if the Salinas workers strike
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Insurgents
Close in on
RedCapital
Main Push Less Than 20
Miles From Capital
City

WITH LOYALIST
WEST OF MADRID, Oct.
II. (UP)-Insurgent forces
battered their way relent-
lessly toward Madrid today,
closing in on the capital on a wide
front and gradually cutting Mad
rids communication with the out
side world by bombardment of it's
railroad lines.
The main push was less than 20
miles from Madrid on the north
west front. The rebels completed
the occupation of Orbledo de Chav-
ella, 10 miles southwest Of Escorial,
the key point just off the north
western highway leads to the capi-
tai.
Rebel batteries fiercely shelled
the Escorial and Navalperal rail-
road, less than two miles north
of Robledo. The insurgents held
the hills covering the railroad, which
leads to Navalperal and thence to
the main highway to Madrid.
| A LOyaliSt armored train carry
ing munitions raced back and forth
between Escoral and the front line
which was being shelled. The train
had made eight trips by noon to-
day. On the ninth trip, shells
dropped on the track about 80 Sec
onds after the train, consisting OF
an engine and three cars, had rae
ed past.
BURGOS, Spain, Ost. II. g.
Rebel headquarters announced to-
day that the siege of Oviedo, or
the northwestern Spanish coast, hac
been ended with the relief of the
rebel garrison by insurgent forces
from Galica.
The announcement said that tbs
siege had been completely lifted
ending a rebel resistance in the
city since almost the beginning oi
the war and comparable in many
respects to the siege of the Alcazal
| in Toledo.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Congratulations, Everybody

Congratulations, Everybody
With Clarence Hinderks, chief
deputy county clerk, going to Los
Angeles to become travelling agent
for a paper and printing company,
as announced elsewhere in this
paper, an interesting situation de-
velops. RR would like to venture
a couple of predictions, and hopes
they come true for the public
good. First is that Wallace j.
McClelland, court clerk, will be
promoted to chief deputy county
clerk. Second is that Taz Lamb,
newspaper reporter, will be named
to take Macs place in superior
court. So far, perfect-and the
rest isn't so bad, either. If county
Clerk Edward H. Law is elected
state senator, Mac would stand a
very, very good chance of being
appointed county clerk, and there
couldn't be much objection to that
Let's wait and see.
Bit of Park Avenue
Add this one to the novel ways
of taking the dog for walk.
Friday night a coupe idled down
Wensley avenue, while the drivers
white Spitz dog gallivanted around
the neighborhood, investigating
flower gardens and getting a
breath of night air. After Suf-
ficient time, the dog re-entered
the car and the coupe Swished
away.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
The Line Forms Here

Herb Norris, beaming, had just
come from watching one of the
Fall Festival Queen contestants
rehearsing at the United Artists
theater.
and Praise Be that I had my
glasSeS!" Herb calculated.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Thank You, Madame or Miss

Ihank You, Madame or Miss
A delightful feminine voice
(wonder who she isl telephoned
RR to explain the reason SO many
members of the Bachelors Club
have deserted this season for we'd
ded bliss is that this is leap year.
Now, remember it was a girl who
said it-So you cannot blame RR.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Motorists, Watch Out


Traffic Officers Floyd Ackley and
Frank Smyer have new motor
cycle purchased for the depart
ment. Seems like a smart move
by the city council, since the boys
are as proud of the motor as q
couple of kids with new toy.
Result is, it's doing "a hour duty,
what with carrying Smyer in day
light and Ackley at night.
o
Maybe It's Funny
But RR cannot see where there's
any humor, even Of the crudeSt
sort, in the antics of a group OF
youths of doubtful age and even
more doubtful wisdom at the Cal
exico football game Friday night.
Somewhere the boys had captured
small live snake, and paraded
along in front of the grandstand
with it. Now and then they would
stop, shout to some girl in the
stands, Here, catch this" and
throw the snake to her. The girl
had to catch the reptile or have
it around her neck. Some fun!
Simple Arithmetic
About the best way to embar-
raSs Vernon Hill, who assisted
the head lineSman at the Ell Cen
tro football game Friday night,
is to ask him what down it is in
any given game.
Setting Precedent
Paul Feeley, "A, up before Police
Judge Lee Nuffer for vagrancy,
based his defense on his conten-
ton he is the worlds best tenor.
He insisted, not once but many
times. To prove it, he wanted to
sing Just one song, judge" Lee
had lot of trouble preventing
him, but finally hit upon a solu-
tion. He sentenced the prisoner
to the city Jail, but suspended
the sentence with two provisos-
that Feeley leave town, and do SO
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First Modern Hotel

NO ONE spent a night in a hotel
' a century ago if he could pos
sibly avoid it. The fact was, NO
real hotel in the modern sense OF
the word then existed.
The guest who retired for the
night in the ordinary 'inn" never
knew whom he might find beside
him when he awoke in the morning.
T. hotel keeper thought nothing OF
telling one lodger to "move over
and share his bed with a late ar
rival. Three or four people fire.
quently slept in one bed spoon fash
ion, and women were sometimes
"roomed" with men in rush seasons.
The first inn definitely recognized
as a modern first-class hotel was
the fremont house in Boston, Mass,
opened in October, 1929. 1t con-
tanned ITO rooms, and its rate was
81 day, including four meals.
Travelling men considered it a
rare privilege to be permitted to
rent a single room instead of doub-
ling up with strangers. Some of
the innovations made by the Ire
mont house were an individual key
for each room, a wash bowl and a
pitcher filled with fresh water daily.
Gas lights were another attrac-
ton. A mild sensation was created
when they offered to give a free
cake of soap to each and every
guest. And the biggest sensation of
all was "a fine supply of running
water in the eight bathing rooms in
the basement"