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Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
HOUSING AGENT
GETS TRANSFER
TO L. A. OFFICE

H. V. Davidson, member of the
Federal Housing Administration
staff at San Diego, made his last
visit to Ell Centro last Friday. DAY.
idson has been advanced to the Los
Angeles office and the FL Centro
business of the Federal Housing ad-
ministration will hereafter be con-
Quoted by Edward Walsh of the
San Diego office.
According to M. O. King, chair
man of the Ell Centro chamber of
commerce better housing committee,
Davidson has done some very ef-
fective work in Imperial Valley and
at the present time is making ef-
forts to assure the handling of the
Ell Centro city building program by
the Federal Housing Administra-
ton. A number of those purchas-
mig lots from the city. according to
King, expect to finance their build
ing operations through the Federal
Housing single mortgage plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06

from fireworks vas abnormally
small, only seven, and in view OF
the record breaking movement of
the population TO resorts, parks,
lakes and beaches the toll from
other accidents was considerably
smaller than predicted by insur-
ance company statisticians.
Millions crowded highways to
seek relief from the hot summer
July A at resorts, and at least 207
were killed in automobile mishaps.
Of the hundreds Of thousands who
went TO rivers, lakes and beaches,
Ill were drowned. Five died in
airplane accidents, and other acci-
dents claimed a toll of at least
78 lives.
The death list was regarded as
surprisingly small by safety au-
thorities who had anticipated a
greater loss of life than at any
time since the start of the depres-
sion. More people were on the
move, more money was spent by
celebrators and the general tenor
of the holiday was of more hilar-
ious nature than at anytime since
1881.
In New York there was but one
fireworks fatality. Approximately
300 were treated at hospitals for
firecracker wounds. Last year the
list was $500.
One of the New Yorkers who
had his fingers burned by fire
crackers was Fire Chief John J.
McElliott, fire commissioner CT
New York City. Last week he
issued a lengthy order to firemen
and police outlining the anti-fire-
works ordinance A defective sky
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
WIND TAKES
ROOFS FROM
MANY HOMES
Storm Misses Farms
And Cities Of
Valley

A cyclone originating in
interior of Baja California
swooped down on the desert
west of Ell Centro at 3:15
o'clock Sunday afternoon
and swept through a 13 mile area,
lifting roofs, uprooting trees and
damaging the cement plant at
Plaster City. A half inch deluge
fell in 10 minutes as one of the
features OF the freak Storm. The
twisting wind spent Itself In the
uninhabited areas NORTH west of
Seeley, DiXieland and Plaster City.
No one was injured.
Dust storms declared to rival
those encountered in pioneer days
Swirled through the remainder of
the valley during the progress of
the cyclone. A few light sprinkles
fell in scattered areas.
The unsettled desert region fire.
quently is visited by similar storms
The light damage would have been
multiplied many times if the storm
had struck in the well settled
agricultural regions. AS it was.
agriculture escaped damage.
Light, telephone and telegraph
wires went down in the wind.
necessitating emergency work by
repair crews. A live wire ignited
a pole a short distance west Of
Plaster City. The blaze attracted
motorists returning from coast
and mountain resorts.
Corrugated iron from the ce-
ment plant blew from the build
ing and cluttered the highway
Roofs to workmen's homes near
the plant were crushed or blown
away in the gale. Trees were up
rooted, blown over and their
branches splintered.
The sun roof blew eff the San
Diego and Arizona depot at Plas-
ter City. Two box cars standing
on the tracks were overturned by
the force of the gale. Four tele-
graph poles also went down In
the wind. The monetary damage
to the company was estimated at
$500.
Even though telephone wires
and poles were down in the dew
astated area, service was not in
terrupted. Toll calls to local points
and to San Diego were routed
Continued on Page 6; Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
Snake Death Defense
Charges Third Degree

LOS ANGELES, July 6. WP)-A
determined effort to prove that
Robert S. James, accused wife mur-
derer. was subjected to third degree
methods before he made an assert
ed confession, was made by the de-
fense today at the trial of the
much-married barber
The jury was excluded from the
courtroom as William j. Clark, chief
counsel for James, made an offer of
proof to Judge Charles w. Fricke,
pressing a contention that a So
called accusatory statement and
subsequent confession by James
should be disallowed because of
third degree methods.
AS the state neared the end of
its case, District Attorney Eugene
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
FARM HANDS
MAY Join IN
FRENCH ROW
Severe Fighting In
Paris Streets
Spreads
Copyright 1886 by United Press

PARIS, July 6. (UP)-
France, recovering from a
weekend of violence in which
scores, of including 80 po-
licemen, were seriously injured,
feared a nationwide farm strike
today.
Severe fighting between left and
right groups of the Champs Ely
sees was quelled only after many
were arrested and Minister of the
Interior Roger Salengro issued a
public warning that agitation is
spreading to the countryside.
The center Of current strike
activity shifted to- southern France,
where a printers walkout deprived
inhabitants of Biarritz and Bay
onne of newspapers. All buildings
trades workers walked out at Linz
ogeS.
The spectre of a farm strike
that would silence every reaping
machine in France at the height
of the July harvest season was
conjured up by moderate and con-
seryative elements in Paris and
the provinces. 1t was feared that
farm laborers, encouraged by the
remarkable success of the strike
movement among industrial work.
ers, would choose harvest time as
the best moment to strike.
Yesterdays troubles began when
rightist elements clashed with po-
lice on the Champs ElyseeS. Minor
Incidents assured grave proportions
and involved 1000 demonstrators
after rightists, protesting dissolu-
ton of the CroiX de Feu (croSs of
fire Fascist organization swarmed
into the boulevards shouting "via
La Rogue" (Col. Robert De La
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
j. s. DROUGHT
CROP LOSSES
100 MILLION
Farmers Giuen Jobs
Through Relief
Program

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, =,
July 6. (UP) = The great
northwest drought spread
eastward today and farmers
prepared to go to work on
WPA projects to keep their fami-
lies from starving.
University of Minnesota experts
warned crops are in a critical
state east of the DakotaS, and fur
ther serious losses will result un-
less rain comes mis- week. Wealth
er burea uofficials said no rain
was in sight-only seven more
days of scorching sunshine.
Meantime the federal govern
ment prepared to put as many as
10000 farmers tO work on WPA
Continued on Page 2; Col. So
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
HURTS KEPT.
TO Minimum.
DURING 4TH.
Knife Battle Only
Violence Over
Weekend

Imperial Valley celebrat-
ed a safe and sane Fourth
of July this year with no
fatal traffic accidents, no
fatalities from fireworks
and only one stabbing affray to
mark the passage of the great ma
tional holiday. A check of the
valley revealed that 1886 brought
the safest and sanest celebration
this region has enjoyed in many
years.
Hubert Sasaki lies in the county
hospital with a knife wound near
the heart and two knife wounds
in his legs as a result of a fight
with H. Yeno after a gambling
session in a resort on Brawley's
eastside. The fight occurred at
$50 o'clock Saturday night.
After a prolonged search, Yeno
was found in hiding in drug
store on Main street in FL Centre.
He was arrested there by It. M.
Sharp, chief criminal investigator
for the Sheriff's department.
This knitting constituted the on
ly major crime reported to the
sheriff's department over the
week end holiday.
E. E. Upshaw of Yuma received
broken collar bone in a one
car automobile accident one mile
west of the Arizona state line on
highway 80 at 3 o'clock Sunday
morning His injury was treated
in Yuma.
The car driven by Upshaw, ac-
cording to California Highway
patrolman John Meadows, ap-
preached a turn on the highway
at a speed SO great that the car
Continued on Page 6; Col. u
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JAPANS REBEL
LEADERS DRAW
DEATH PENALTY

TOKYO, July 6. U.P) - Sixteen
army officers and one civilian were
sentenced to death and five officers
to life imprisonment today for their
part in the military revolt of Feb
26 last.
The sentences were imposed after
weeks of painstaking investigation
and trial by a special Tokyo court
created to determine the fate of
the young officers who rebelled, di-
rected the assassinations of several
high officials and for a few hours
took over control of the capital.
Since the moment when the lead
ers of the rebellion surrendered the
trial has been carried on in great
secrecy, presumably at the Yoyogi
parade grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
HARPER RITES
HELD MONDAY

Funeral services for John Harper,
80, who died at Ell Centro Friday
after a long illness. were scheduled
to be held at the Lemons funeral
chapel at o'clock Monday after
noon. Burial will be made at the
Evergreen cemetery.
Harper had made his home in
Imperial Valley for 81 years and
for 20 years had been employed at
w. A. Marshall furniture store on
Main street in Ell Centro. He was
born in Pennsylvania.
So far as is known, Harper has no
relatives as efforts to find them
have proved to be unavailing.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06

ing deputies indicated preparation
for long and possibly bloody con-
flict in one of the greatest mass
drives for organization in the his
tory of American labor.
Organizers already in mill and
factory towns reported to the COM
mittee for industrial organization
that companies are preparing a
military-like campaign of resistance
to unionization efforts. Labor lead
erS warned that force would be
met with force"
Industrialists, they charged, are
arming and drilling helmeted loyal
workers and deputies behind barb
ed wire fences. Spies have been
sent to labor meetings to 'intim-
idate and coerce" workers, it was
charged.
Confidential reports to the de-
partment of labor, which is keep
ing a close tab on developments,
indicated approximately 1000 men
are armed in the vicinity of Akron,
O., long a trouble center in the
rubber industry.
John L. Lewis, chairman of the
c. I. o. and president of the United
Mine workers, breaks his silence
tonight to a nation wide radio ad-
dress in which he is expected to
reply to mill owners declaration of
war on him.
While he speaks his industrial
efforts will approach a crisis from
another direction-threat of expul-
sion from the American Federation
of Labor. Members of the A. F.. of
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
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PRISON SCENE

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal.
July 6. U.P)-A San Francisco
baseball club came over to play
the prison nine. As guests of
the prison officials, the players,
in company with prison players,
were shown around. They stop
ped by the gallOws. One of the
visitors asked:
"WhO's going to be hanged
neXt?'
A guard finally answered.
"Walter, Elbert Walter, from
San Francisco. The fellow right
here. lie plsys shOrtstOp on
the prison team"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
WPA ALLOTMENTS
DUE TUESDAY

WASHINGTON. July 6. (UP)--
The Public Works Administra-
tiOn announced today that ini-
tial allotments from its $780,
900, 900 construction fund will be
announced tomorrow for $4,000
900 worth of projects.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06

noun. OIIlCtTS SaIU IIlVtSIIgdIIOIl
revealed the truth of the boys
story and Calhoun was arrested.
1t was found that Calhoun had
registered at the hotel as F.. Mil
Ter and son, officers said. The
boy said he wanted to come to
Eel Centre to visit an aunt. He
accepted a ride from Calhoun. He
tried to jump out of the truck on
the desert, he said, but the truck
driver promised not to molest hlm
further. f...
Police are checking Calhoun's
record.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
LAST MINUTE
FLASHES
JUDGE FINED
ON TRAFFIC CHARGE

Los ANGELES, July 6. W.P)
Court of Appeals Judge VIII
liam c. DOran today was fiNed
SIS in Malibu justie court on a
charge of passing a truck on the
right hand side of a highway.
The southern California auto
club, which represented the jur-
ist, is expected to appeal the
case in order to clarity this sec
tiOn of the state vehicle act.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
LAND SPEED
RECORD SHATTERED

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS,
Utah, July 6. U.P)--Capt. George
T.. Il. Eyston, British speed driv-
er, streaked his brilliant red
racer, Speed OF The Wind, across
Utah's salt flat speedway AZ
162.529 miles an hour today,
shattering the world record for
a One-hour speed dash.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
Holiday yUnmarredBy
Accidents In Vallev
{ Employers Arm Men
Against Union Drive
In Factories of y. s.
lndustralists Drill Loyal Crews in Preparation Fo
Long Conflict With Organizers Sent Into
Plants by Labor Leaders

WASHINGTON, July 6. (UP) = Labor organizer
spread through the nations steel mills and automobil
ana rubber factories today to unonze $4,000 workers
the face of a threat of resistance
Union reports that employers arming and drill
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
Truck Driver Arrested
After Boy Tells Story

Frank Calhoun, 39-year-od truck driver was arrested
Ell Centre hotel Sunday night because 15-year-old
hitchhker he brought from ndo appealed to police for
protection The boy up to two police officers and
sobbed story of attempted abuse on the part of Cal
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
Sane Fourth Deaths
Only Slightly Over
400 Throughout ". S
Fatal Holiday Accidents Far Below Expectations
With Greatest Throngs of Years Crowding
Americas Highways And Resorts
Copyright 1886 by United Press

The nation today counted It's toll Of lives in mshapS
during the independence day celebration at than 400
A United Press survey by states showed at least 408
had died by accident The number of fatalities resulting
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
-; -
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# ~
- AMBLING
IMPORTER
Says
Never Again, Eh?--

never AGAIN, En-
Last year, RR distinctly remem-
berS, about half of Imperial Valleys
population swore off when it came
TO beaches and backleSS bathing
suits about this time of year. Good
resolutions seem to have gone by
the board. BY their backs you shall
know them. now. Watching the
stream of traffic come in from the
San Diego highway Sunday night,
RR counted 673 drivers whose post
ure of upright WatchfulneSs seemed
to indicate that a visit to the beach
had resulted in an attempt to bring
a portion of the beach home with
them. Mostly, though, they brought
home only some of the sun, and
that preserved in protesting flesh.
AS if Imperial Valley hasn't enough
of its own sun. A list of the sun
burned population of the valley
would fill this entire paper and the
publishers insist in some. news of
another nature. (No, my dears, RR
did not get sunburned. A little red,
maybe
Say II Isn't So
Another thing. while we're on the
subject of holidays and week-ends.
All day, ek-end vacationers have
been telling RR where they went,
how fast they got there and how
fast they got back-and no one SO
far has mentioned anything seen
en- route. They might as well have
been on oval tracks built for speed,
it seems. Luckily, the absence of
accidents over the holiday seems to
indicate that some of the truth has
been stretched in these yarns of
speed-well, just a little Serious
ly, though, there are some beauti-
full views on any road out of I'm
perial Valley, and it is little less
than a crime That so few residents
stop to look at them. The most en-
joyable vacation RR ever had was
spent largely on the back of a horse,
and you can get lot of view at the
rate of from five to 10 miles an
hour.
It's A Crime
random thoughts, RR wishes might
lily that someone would think up a
new method of torture for use on
those vacationers who time their
letters to reach you just as you've
arrived back at the office grind af-
ter a brief week k-end spent out of
Imperial Valleys famous sunshine
and humidity The torture should
be especially gruesome if they are
visiting the very places you would
like most to be, and doing the
things you would like most to do.
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An Historical Event
Having gone this far without
mentioning name, RR is going to
break all precedent by refusing to d.
SO. We've always wanted to write
this column just once without ring
any names, just to see if you
would read to the end. Not that
we'll aver know
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
It's A Crime
An Historical Event

Having gone this far without
mentioning a name, RR is going to
break all precedent by refusing to do
SO. We've always wanted to write
this column just once without ring
any names, just to see if you
would read to the end. Not that
we'll ever know,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-06
Markets AN BRIEF


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RICHMOND, "a.
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EVERYBODY Sells It

In Cologne one can buy eau de
cologne not only in drug stores,
souvenir shops, book stores, hotels
and railway stations, but also
from sidewalk peddlers.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
SAND BEACHES
At NORFOLK
ATTRACTIVE

Forty or more miles Of smooth
sand beaches edged by the green
surging waters Of the Atlantic or
by the more gentle waters Of Ches-
apeake Bay form the basis Of the
shore resorts near Norfolk, princi-
pal of which are Ocean View and
Virginia Beach. These resorts are
backed by quietly picturesque
country whose charms combine
with the attractions Of the resorts
themselves.
Ocean View, with neighboring
Willoughby, is within the corpo-
rate limits Of the city Of Norfolk,
and though removed from the
commotion and hustle Of city life,
is within less than 80 minutes by
motor of street car from down
town Norfolk. It's frontage is on
the south shore Of Chesapeake
Bay.
Virginia Beach Nearby
Virginia Beach is 1S miles to
the east Of Norfolk, directly on
the Atlantic Ocean. Facing the
sunrise, it extends for several
miles along the Atlantic shore.
A shoreline drive links Virginia
Beach with Ocean View, skirting
first the Atlantic, then rounding
the broad curve Of historic Cape
Henry with its two lighthouses,
old and new, passing by the newly
created Seashore State Park, and
paralleling the South Chesapeake
shore.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Canoe Steeplechase
Is Quebec Sport

TROIS RIVIERES, Quebec,
June 25.-A new and perilous sport
which, however, dates back to the
days of the first Canadian voy-
ageurs, will feature the calendar
of summer events here. 1t is ca
noe racing, and it will be intro
duced in a great water steeple-
chase to be held August 81, % and
Is between La Tuque and Trois Ri
vieres in the st. Maurice River.
Open to contestants from the
United States as we'll as all sec
tions of Canada, the race is ex-
pected to provide visitors with a
new and thrilling spectacle as
canoe experts cope with the rocks.
rapids and other perils of one OF
the swiftest rivers in the Province.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Virginia'S fShag'
Tops Dances in
Speed, Rhythm

OLD POINT COMFORT BEACH,
Va, June 25.-The "Shag." a bar
baric dance that tops them all in
speed and rhythm, originated here
and now has over 100000 ad-
herents In this area completely
goofy.
Barred in New York Philadel,
phia, Baltimore, Boston and even
nearby Richmond, the "Shag" has
never been approved as a dance.
It's a hybrid combination of the
Charleston" "Lindy Hop" and
the ''Blackbottom."
There is nothing sensuous about
the "Shag." It is as clean and
athletic a type of dance as any
that ever struck the fancy Of SO
large large a public. The entire
body remains motionless except
for the up and down movement.
You can dance it in a two-foot
circle.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
VALLEE PLANS
CAVALIER
VISIT

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, June
25.-A festive and profitable sea,
son seems assured for this sea-
side community with every indi'
cation the summer ahead will set
a new record in attracting vaca'
ton and holiday seekers to the
resort.
The Cavalier, exclusive hostelry
and social rendezvous of the re-
sort, is setting the pace, Sidney
Banks, the managing director, re-
porting the "best spring business
since 1929." The hotel has been
filled to capacity over the several
week,ends since the official open
ing of the summer season on
Memorial Day.
Conventions Set
The hotel will be host to 35
conventions during the next three
months which alone will bring
5000 delegates to the Seashore
The list of conventions is, in itself,
a record breaker while another
optimistic portent is the large
number of advance reservations
received, some dating ahead to
Labor Day. :,
The remodeled Cavalier Beach
Club already has been the scene
of many gay parties and, for its
reopening, had Irene Bordonl,
singing star of the stage, screen
and radio, as it's guest entertainer
Rudy Vallee, Hal Kemp and Guy
Lombardo are among the well
known maeStros who will act as
guest conductors during the sea
son.
The Cavalier was host last week
to the Virginia Bankers Assocl'
alton, which convened here for a
three-day conference. Jesse H.
Jones, chairman of the Recon
Struction Finance Corporation,
was one of the nationally known
speakers on the program.
Phi Kappa Meets
Another large convention will
bring $50 members of the Phi
Kappa Psi National Convention to
the hotel. Fraternity brothers
from every State in the union and
several provinces Of Canada will
converge on the resort for their
annual meeting June 24-27.
Much of the social activity OF
the summer will be centered at
the beach club, where teatime and
after-dinner dances are featured
diversions. The Cavalier stables,
where thoroughbred mounts for
the finished equestrian or the
novice can be secured, is close by
and are adjoined by modern ten
mis- courts and a riding ring.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

OCEAN VIEW, VA.
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Another summer festival which
annually attracts scores of Amer
leans to the scenic st. Maurice
Valley region is the Fete du Flam-
beau, July 4, at Trois Rivieres,
commemorating founding Of the
city. Among events on the pro-
gram will be old peasant dances in
costumes of Normandy and Brit
tany, torch light parades and song
tests OF old French chanteys.
Amateur musicians from all Sec
tions of Quebec will gather at
Shawinigan Falls July II for a
two day band festival, during
which visitors will hear the SUR
rounding hills resound with tunes
which the first pioneers sang.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

NATURAL BRIDGE, VA.
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Rehoboth Hotel
Open for Season

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del, June
Carlton, one Of Re-
hoboth Beach's favorite hotels,
is now open for the season. Many
changes and improvements have
taken place since last year, adding
greatly to the convenience and
pleasure Of the guests.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

Of May q record was reached with
1874 killed and 4064 injured on
German streets and roads. The
average casualty list Of German
traffic presently amounts to 100
dead and about 5000 injured
weekly.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

RICHMOND, VA.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
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BASYE, VA.
IN THE N

IN THE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA
Brice's Hotel and Cottages (Basye
Va.) just before you get to Orkney
Springs. Goth year, bigger and better
each year Reputation built on food and
service, swimming pool. sulphur and
iron water baths. All sports and amuse-
ments free to guest. Bowling, pool,
dancing, tennis, horse shoes. Saddle
horses for hire. American plan, $3.50
per day; SIS per week. Booklet. Mr..
and Mrs. WILLIAM B. BRYCE, owners.
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OCEAN VIEW. va.
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Record in Auto Deaths

BERLIN. QN.S).-Apalling fig
ures of traffic casualties were re.
vealed by the German minister Of
transportation, Baron Eltz Won
Ruebenach. During the last week