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Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
COUNTYDEATH
RATE LOWEST
IN SOUTH CAL.
Valley Ranks Fourth
Healthiest in
State

Imperial county had the
lowest general death rate in
Southern California during
1885 and the fourth lowest
in the entire state. The rate
for this county was 8.5 and for the
last three years, it had lower
rate than the state of California
and the United States registration
area.
This information was received by
DR.. Warren F. Fox, county health
officer. The three counties in the
state which had q lower general
death rate were: LasSen with II,
Modoc with 80, and Contra Costa
with "a.
DR.. Fox pointed out that the
three counties do not have the
health problems which exist in this
county, because they do not have
the transient population. the mi
gratory workers or the close proX-
unity to foreign territory.
Should Lead State
The citizens OF Imperial county
may we'll be proud OF this record
Continued on Page 6; Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
OVER THOUSAND CHILDREN GIVEN
TYPHOID INJECTIONS AT BRAWLEY

side where most of the milk from
the dairy was said to have been dis.
tributed, according to DR.. Warren
F.. Fox. county health officer, who
is cooperating with DR.. j. l.. Parker
Brawley city health officer.
A total of 1914 children were im-
munized Tuesday by DR. Fox ard
268 children and adults wede added
to the total Wednesday.
Three children. who were said to
have used milk from the dairy
were found to be suffering from a
severe type of typhoid Wednesday,.
They were placed under obServa-
ton by Dr. Parker.
The three children Who lived at
the dairy and the two ADULTS who
worked there, are at the county
hospital. The children are said to
be suffering from a severe type of
the disease.
DR.. Fox and Dr. Parker are CON
Quoting a cooperative campaign in
which all available precautionary
methods are being used The ia
cilitieS and services of the county
health department were placed at
the disposal of the city in their
campaign, Fox said.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
Motorist Arrested
After Pedestrian
Struck by Machine

Slight injuries were received by
F.. Inoshita when he was knocked
to the pavement Wednesday night
by an automobile driven by Angel
Acosta of 282 Orange avenue. The
accident occurred in front of the
post office on Fifth street
A j. Conkey of 104l Vine street
saw the accident and pursued the
Acosta automobile TO Fourth and
Orange street and took Mr.. and
Mrs. AcoSta to Ell Centro police
headquarters. Conkey said Acos-
ia did not stop his car after strik .
ing the japanese.
The Mexican woman said they
were in a hurry to get home to a
sick baby and did not have time
to stop, according to officers.
Police sent Mrs. Acosta home to
her baby and Acosta to Jail on
charge of suspicion of hit and run
driving.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21

Alleging that the Imperial Ice
and Development had maintained
a monopoly on the retail and whole
sale ice sales in Imperial county for
many years and had regulated the
prices at which ice was sold con-
sumers, Joseph E. Patterson Thurs
day filed an affidavit and a demur
rer to the suit brought against him
by the company.
The demurrer was filed in super
ior court by Harry Horton, attorney
for Patterson. The ice company re-
Gently obtained a temporary re
straining order preventing Patter-
son from engaging in the sale of
ice as an independent dealer in Ell
Centro and accused him of solicit,
ing business from customers Of the
company and using knowledge
gained while he worked for the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
LAST MINUTE
MOVE MADE TO
SAVE CONVICT

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.U.R)-A
last minute effort to save AieXand-
er MacKay, British subject, from the
gallows at San Quentin prison to-
morrow as made today when Melvin
Belli and Harding j. MCGUIRE, at
torneys for Mckay and Joseph
Kristy, condemned with MacKay
sent an urgent wire to governor
Frank F. Merriam requesting an
other 30-day reprieve to enable
them to carry the case to the
United States supreme court.
I'VE will take the case to the
highest court in the land ~ our
own expense if this reprieVe IS
granted" Belli said.
MacKay and Kristy were sentenc-
ed to die for their part in the sen
sational attempt to break loose
from the prison,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21

Hilficker, dairyman of Holt
vile, who says he mas been unable
to recover payment for hay sold to
Hynes dealer The hay was
taken from his ranch on May
with a promise that a check would
be left at an Ell Centre weighing
scale, the complaint sets forth.
The check was never left and
when the dealer was contacted at
HyneS, he refused payment, say
ing the hay was moldy and over
heated, Hilficker charges.
Since January l the district at
torneys office has had three COM
plants against the same dealer
A warrant was issued for his ar
rest and turned over to the state
market enforcement division for
service. As yet, said c. G.. Halli-
Continued on Page 6; Col. 50
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
PRESIDENT ACTS
IN CALIFORNIA
STRIKE CRISIS

WASHINGTON, May 21. WP)-
President Roosevelt acted today to
prevent a rail strike in California,
Nevada and Utah by naming an
emergency board to investigate and
report on the dispute between three
roads and certain of their employees.
Engineers and conductors of the
Western Pacific, seeking a higher
rate of pay for work on the Keddie-
Bieber trackage in the northern
California Sierras, notified their
employers of the strike zero" hour
when long-drawn out peace confer.
ences ended in failure late yester-
daV
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
HULSE TAKES
STAND AGAINST
RELIEF TAXES

Senator Ben TIulse, who was
summoned to Sacramento for the
special session of the legislature,
said he was not in favor of any
more taxation to obtain funds for
relief purposes in the state.
The special session scheduled for
10 o'clock Monday morning is eX-
pected to continue for two days
with the time to be devoted to a
discussion of possibilities for get
ting money to care for the relief
problem, Hulse said.
The senator advanced the Opt
Mon that funds could be trans
ferred from the relief funds allo-
Gated to other periods in order
to carry the relief setup though
May and June.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
WILL
ADMIT SOVIET
LEADER TO u. S

WASHINGTON, May 81 UP
Jacques Gutzman, the Soviet gov
ernment's travelling business repre-
sentative who neglected to get his
passport properly filled out when
he came to this country from Aus
tralia, will be admitted in spite of
his oversight, immigration officials
ruled today.
They said that Gutzman will be
allowed to enter the country at San
Francisco, where he has been de
tanned, as soon as papers III his case
reach Washington. probably tomor-
row
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21

The committee decided at the
same time to drop proposals to
increase the normal income tax
rate.
Members agreed on a plan, es-
timated merely to raise "over
100000 900" as compared to the
1923 100000 corporate tax item in
the house bill, as follows:
10 per cent ilat tax on corpora
ton earnings. per cent rate on
undistributed corporation income.
Make dividends subject to the
normal income tax rate of 4 per
cent
Grant corporations earning 500
0O0 or less in one year an exemp-
tion of ST ,000
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
Death
OF Woman PrObed

SAN BERNARDINO, May 81. UH
HOLLYWOOD police joined San Ber-
nardino county deputy sheriffS to-
day in investigating the death OF
Mrs. Bertha C. La Liberty, 55 di-
vorced wife of a Hollywood lawyer,
whose body was found Slumped
across a table in a cabin near Big
Bear Lake.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
ECE CONCERN FACES
MONOPOLY CHARGE

company to take their customers.
Patterson in his affidavit admit
ted that he had worked for the
company as the driver of a delivery
wagon and had delivered ice to
wholesale and retail consumers but
alleged he was not now and never
had been soliciting business from
company customers while an indie
Continued on Page 6; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
REPORT CANAL FUNDS
CUT OFF DISCOUNTED
Contest Threatened
After Gou. Hoffman
Selected Delegate

TRENTON, N. j.. Nav 81. W.P)-
Supporters of former Congressman
Franklin w Fort threatened a con
test of Tuesdays election count to-
day to keep Gov. Harold G. Hoffman
from going as a delegate large to
the Republican national convention,
To observers it seemed that the
governors seat was safe, but o. d.
Keep. Forts campaign manager
said it was quite evident there
had been skullduggery." A confer
ence of Forts advisers will decide
today whether to demand recount,
he said
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21

Typhoid immunizationS totaling
1893, mostly to children, were given
in the Hidalgo school at Brawley
Tuesday and Wednesday as a part
of the plan to eradicate danger oil
Il spread of the disease among users
of milk from a Brawley dairy where
five typhoid patients were discoy-
cred late last week.
Immunization was given to chill
dren of school and pre- school age
and to adults in the BraWley East
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
Roosevelt Invited
To Visit California

WASHINGTON, May 81. UP
Sen. William Gibbs McAdoo, D.,
California, today invited President
Roosevelt to come to the west coast
for a summer vacation in the vi
cinity of Santa Barbara. He said
Mr.. Roosevelt had taken the invita-
ton under adVisement,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
STRIKE-BREAKER
HOME BOMBED

SAN PEDRO, Cal, May 81. U.P)-
The home of C. D. Stocking, who
refused to go on strike against
dockyards where he was worked for
25 years, was bombarded with rocks
and his telephone wires were snip,
ped early today, he told police.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
Last Minute
Flashes!
MOTHER OF STAR
WINS TILT IN COURT

Los ANGELES. May 81. WH
Freddie Bartholomew mother to-
day won her first step I'm an ef-
fort to obtain an accounting from
the 12-year-Old film stars aunt OF
$4,000 a year earnings. Superior
Judge Robert Kenny denied y
melton brought by the aunt, Miss
Myllicent Bartholomew. to dis
miss the action brought by Mrs.
Lillian Bartholomew.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
Watermelon Growers
Vote for Assessment

Watermelon growers agreed Wed
nesday night to assess themselves
rs cents per acre to cover the cost
of inspection for this seasons crop,
appointing Harold Hunt rs lair
man of a committee to collect the
assessment
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21

board said he was convinced The
report was not correct as he had
received no indication of it from
washington or from other districts
concerning which similar reports
were made.
In discussing the report, Harry
Horton. district chief counsel, said
he thought there must be mis-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
HUGE ARMY BOMBER
NOSES OVER IN LANDING.

EUREKA, Cal. May FL. Ueo--A
huge army bomber n0sed over
while making a forced landing on
a wet sogsy emergency field here
today.
None of the crew was injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21

take and in any event, there was
no way OF ascertaining at present
lust what funds were mentioned
as having been cut off.
Harold l.. Ickes, public works
administration, was said to have
announced that unless congress
Continued on Page 6; Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS
DROWNED IN RIVER

SAN JUAN. p. r.. May "a. W,R
Twenty five persons were
drowned today when the flood
swollen Rio Grande river hiun-
dated six small towns at the east
ern end of Puerto Rico.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
Firemen Extinguish
Small Trash Blaze

Ell Centre firemen answered
fire call to Sixth and Broadway
Thursday morning to extinguish
trash fire. The flames were
extinguished before damage result
ed
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
Washington Aduices Quote Ickes as Urging
Action on Appropriation; District
Officials See No Harm For Valley

Washington reports that funds for All American canal
construction had been off by failure of congress to
approve appropriations, discounted by Imperial If
rgation district officials here Thursday.
Chairman Evan r. Hewes chairman Of the district
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
VI. s. TO FLOAT
BIG BOND ISSUE
Eiaygrowers i'm Valley
Warned TO Operate or
Strictly Cash Basis
District Attorneys Office Urges Caution In Deals;
Warning Grows Out of Darymans
Complaint Against Hynes Man

Haygrowers of the valley have been warned
again by the district attorneys office against selling their
hay to anyone unless they obtain cash and that he
buyer pays for the before the hay leaves the ranch
The warming follows filing of complaint by Otto
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
.Neev Parking Order
Bitter Revolt Among
Senators Against New
Tax Bill Beaten Down
Compromise Designed to Save Corporate Levy Plar
Evolved in Committee; Proposal to Boost
Normal Income Tax Rate Dropped

WASHINGTON, May 81 (UP) Administration
forces beat down roaring revolt in the senate finance
committee today and achieved compromise designed to
save the drastcay modified theory of the New Deals
tax on undivided corporate profits.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
WALKS OUT,
CHALLENG { s
COMMIT 7 { {
Gentlemen, Goodbye
Pension Leader
Declares
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, May 81.
(UP) DR.. Francis T..
Townsend, old age pensions
advocate, today defied the
power of the house old age pension
committee and walked out OF the
committee room.
Townsend challenged the COM
mittee to arrest him or force him
to testify.
His defiance came after he had
delayed a scheduled afternoon ap-
pearance before the committee for
one hour.
When he resumed the witness
stand, the elderly, mild-mannered
physician sought to read into the
record a prepared statement. When
this was refused, he grabbed his
hat and said:
Gentlemen, good bye"
90
WASHINGTON, May 81. W,a)-
A charge that Townsend leaders
used the mails to defraud In seek
ing to raise bogus" $1,000 lobby
fund was presented and immed.
lately denied today as the house
old age inquiry renewed examina-
ton of DR.. Francis E. Townsend,
5000 a month pension booster.
The charge was made by CON-
mittee Counsel James r. Sullivan
who submitted copies of TOWN.
send Gram" sent out in March,
1895, which urged members to
hurry contributions for lobby
which he charged did not exist.
Townsend, 70-year-old sponsor Of
Continued on Page s.; Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
Compulsory Fame

ess.e~-o~-o--"--o~~"
Compulsory Fame
Some achieve honorS, some in
herit them, but Claude l.. Shaw
of Holtville has honors thrust up
on him. When Shaw decided not
TO run for city councilman, a petit
ton bearing more than 300 names
was presented to him drafting him
for the job. He was subsequently
elected by a large vote. But Shaw'S
drafting days were not over. His
neighbors next insisted that he be
returned to the Holtville Union
high school board from which he
had a respite from service of just
q few years. County Superinten-
dent of Schools C. b. Collins has
appointed Shaw to fill the unex-
pired term Of Cora Copeland just
one job after another
Just In Time
Glenn Miller of the Valley The
ater can breath freer now, follow
ing his marriage in Yuma. He
won't have to work SO frantically
to stave off badness now that
the catch is made.
O.
Get Out of The Way
RR would like to force a gilded,
half baked oyster upon the driver
of a shiny red truck who OBJ
Stinately refrained from yielding
the right of way to an Ell Centre
fire truck en- route to answer
repeated siren blasts failed to
move the truck to the curb to let
the fire fighters pass. Congratu-
lations to the private citizen who
stopped the stubborn truck driver
and poured effective and pictur-
esque instructions into his ear.
Another Ill Wind
The bugaboo of parallel park
ing on Main street lifted It's
thre atening head at council meet
ing Wednesday night. During a
serious discussion, a vivid imag
ination could picture the delight
on the faces of the fender repair
men. Talk about good businessl
lney Earn IneIr MONTY
Councilmen were whipped down
to a nub Wednesday night after
their first battle with the flutter-
ing legal papers, notes memoranda
and letters which had to be clutch
ed to escape scattering by the
ceiling fan. j. P. Eyer groaned
audibly as another Sheaf Of must
attend to" notes were spread be-
fore the council.
Mayor Roy Womack-Are you
still glad you were elected?"
Eyer-"Yes, but all this detail
is exhausting."
Gordon ScriVen-SometimeS it's
fun to come to council meeting
but when We get mixed up with
City Engineer Philip w. Knights,
City Attorney Dorsey Whitelaw
and all their resolutions and re-
ports it's just plain monotonouS.
Those men pull more papers out
of their brief cases than magi-
clan can lift rabbits out of a hat.
o
Not A H0ldupper-
Similarity of names has caused
Jack Greenwell, Ell Centre produce
man, some embarrassment. He in
SistS he's not the Jack Greenwich
wounded in a Los Angeles holdup
attempt. We believe him.
Good Work.
The Harding school Parent
Teacher association of Ell Centre
and Mrs. r. L. Glasby of CaleXico,
county P.-T.A president, did excel
lent work in organizing four new
P.-TA. organizations in Ell Centre
elementary schools. The county
seat elementary schools all have The
organizations now What will hap
pen when all those groups get pc.
hind some desired school improve
ment? It's as good as done.
A Truce Called
A fine case of cooperation and
controli Think how the tall city
official must have felt. making the
talk of welcome to the opening Of
Sears, Roebuck's S new store A com
petitor!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21

Just In Time
Glenn Miller OF the Valley The
ater can breath freer now, follow
ing his marriage in Yuma. He
won't have to work SO frantically
to stave off badness now that
the catch is made.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21

Another Ill Wind
The bugaboo of parallel park
ing on Main street lifted It's
threa eatening head at council meet
ing "Wednesday night. During
serious discussion, a vivid imag-
ination could picture the delight
on the faces of the fender repair
men Talk about good buSinessl
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
Not A HOldupper--

Not A HOldupper-
Similarity of names has caused
Jack Greenwell, Ell Centre produce
man, some embarrassment. He in
wounded in a Los Angeles holdup
attempt. We believe him.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21
MARKETS IN BRIEF

HHtteri Los Angeles 2s1scI butter-
fat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
Grade a. jO1aci manufacturing milk,
5lcI route gathered cream. 2Se.
l.. A. hny-U. :. No. I, extra lenfy,
M7-IS; Us. No, I. SI4-I5i US. No.
leafy. x14-I4.50; u =. No. ., SI3.5O-
IA. Minneapolis flax 1879 l6S1a.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-21

A Truce Called
A fine case of cooperation and
controli Think how the tall city
official must have felt, making the
talk of welcome to the opening Of
Sears, Roebnck's new store A com
petitori
Evening star., 1936-12-28
Ecuador ENJOY
Reports Sons
Kidnap Hold-UP
$40 Bill, Yule Pres.
ent, Taken From
Boy, IS, by Trio.

The Ecuadorean Minister, Senor
Colon Eloy Alfaro. reported to the
State Department today that his Is
year-old son Almedo had been kid
naped" on Christmas night by three
men who finally released him after
robbing him of q $40 bill, which his
father had given him as q Christmas
present. The boy had been missing
about five hours.
The Minister told Acting Secretary
r. Walton Moore of the incident, but
made no request for action by this
Government. Moore said he assumed
the Washington police were handling
the case.
Police were not notified Of the Incl
dent until today. it was said They
said the boy told his father he was
forced into q car near the Army and
Navy Club at about 10 pm. by three
men, who threatened him and forced
him to ride around with them until
about am. Finally, he said. they
put him out Of the car near the
Capitol.
Young Alfaro also told his father,
the Minister informed Acting Secre-
tary Moore, that the men compelled
him to smoke . cigarette which he
suspected was drugged. On being
elected from the car, the boy made his
way to telephone and called his
father. who went after him and re-
turned him to their home at the May
flower Hotel.
Evening star., 1936-12-28
D. c. YOUTH HELD
IN DEATH Of KIN
Albert B. Hunt, I'd, First Ar
rested on Charge Of Assault.
ing Grandfather.
. Stan Correspondent OF The Star.


LANDOVER, Nd, December 2S.-
Prince Georges County police today
were holding Albert B. Hunt, I'd. 22-
year-old washington Navy Yard
machinist. while they Investigated the
death Of the youths grandfather, Al
bert B. Hunt, 7s, who succumbed at
his home here yesterday afternoon.
Young Hunt was arrested on Christ
mas day and released under $500 bond
on an assault and battery charge
placed against him, police said. after
he had an alteration with his grand
father at the elderly mans farm.
Notified of the death yesterday, the
prisoner, now held for . coroner's in.
quest. surrendered himself at the
Hyattsville police substation, according
to Sergt. Ralph Brown. Young Hunt
lives in the 400 block Of Warner street,
Washington.
As quoted by Ofiicer Oscar BealI, the
youth said he could not remember de-
tails Of the alteration but struck his
grandfather with his fist after a heated
exchange Of words. An autopsy re.
vealed that death was caused by frac.
ture Of two ribs and shock.
Justice Of the Peace Henry O'Neill
Of Bladensburg said the inquest has
been tentatively set for January 3.
Evening star., 1936-12-28
3 Plane Trips Fail to Bring
Ne,u Yorker to d. C.. for YuIe

Paced by very determined indi-
vidual who thus far has made three
round trips out Of New York over
Eastern Air Lines in an unsuccessful
effort to "spend Christmas in Wash
ington." thousands upon thousands Of
holiday bound travellers have taken to
airplanes, trains and automobiles in
the past few days IN mass movement
which a check today showed has
broken all records.
The tremendous business that
started here the week end before
Christmas, when schools and colleges
were dismissed, has been reflected
over the entire country, every trans
portation facility being taxed to ca
pacity. and giving indications that the
same situation win prevail until after
New Year.
Eastern's seemingly perennial pas
senger, who Is suspected Of having at-
tended too many celebrations, appears
to be enjoying the time Of his life,
and If he Is still on schedule" should
pass by the Capital this afternoon.
Every time he has been ready to Leave
Evening star., 1936-12-28

the plane, he has been greatly sur
prised TO discover it was neither
Christmas nor Washington, 80 under
the circumstances there was nothing
for him to do but get back on.
Some consideration has been given
to sending him to Miami to .hreak
the monotony, but the airline Is
all booked up, even with larger planes
that are being put In service, 50 it
looks as though his Odyssey must be
confined to this end Of the country.
Pennsylvania Central and American
Airlines also reported trafic beyond
all previous volume, and at the ONCE
Of the former It was added that
more planes and more schedules could
easily have been used. At Pennsyl.
vania. Central 1t was said that one
noticeable feature was that the i'm
bound trafac to Washington was
equally as heavy Is that out.
The Baltimore & Ohio, which was
the only railroad to have any figures
this early, said business was up IS to
10 per cent over last year both a. to
(See TRAVEIs paee A.2.)