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Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
NE " FLO Old
N MARKS SET
# 0 R TEXAS
Torrent Moves DoWn
Toward Gulf
Outlet

HOUSTON, Tex, July A..
CU.P)-Muddy flood waters
which established a new
flood record late yesterday
at Victoria fell slowly today
as the Guadalupe river crest that
took % lives and caused a loss OF
millions of dollars to crops, homes
highways and railroads, moVed
toward the Gulf of Mexico.
The Guadalupe rose 3l.4 feet at
Victoria yesterday, smashing all
previous flood record. 1t was fall
ing several inches an hour today.
At Cuero, 80 miles up the Quad
alupe, the river fell from 43
feet Wednesday night to less than
35 feet today.
Cuero had only one highway out
let and citizens spent the fourth
of July cleaning silt from their
homes. Residents of Gonzales and
the devastated village of Lees
Vile did likewise.
The Victoria Red Cross fed
about 300 persons driven from their
homes by high water. National
guard trucks and tents were bor-
rowed and a refugee camp es-
tabliShed.
Complete re0pening of roads will
require week.
Rescuers at Victoria searched for
tn body of the floods 28th vic
tim, Jack Mumford, Negro tenant
farmer whose house was swept
away yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
HEAT RECORDS
SHATTERED IN
DROUGHT AREA

WASHINGTON, July 4. UR)-
Temperatures climbed above 100
again today in the drought-ri ridden
northwest. Wheat and corn wilted
under the fiery sun; cattle and
hogs weakened and died
All-time heat records were broken
in the Great Plains area and
weather forecasts carried no promise
of relief
In Omaha during the 24-hour
period ended at 8 a m. today the
weather bureau reported a maxi
mum of Ito, an all time high for
that city in the month of July. Con
cordia. Kans had LOG; Kansas City,
Mo, 1O4 North Platte, Neb., 104;
Sioux City, Iowa, l04; Wichita
KanS., 100; Miles City, Mont, LOG;
and Rapid City S. D., 104.
During the same period no rain
heavier than a shower was reported
from the affected area and the fore
cast for next week III the northern
and central plains area said: Lit
tie precipitation indicated, with un-
seasonably warm weather most of
the week"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
HUGE DEATH
7 OIL LIKELY
FOR HOLIDAY
Reports Show Fifty
Dead at Noon
Saturday

Under the early jollity of
its annual Fourth of July
celebration, the u t e d
States Saturday m er n n g
looked forward grimly to
the largest holiday toll of years,
an expectation borne out in
United Press tabulation which
showed so deaths up to noon.
Only one death from fireworks,
in Chicago, was included in the
early tabulations. Two men died
in the Dallas, Tex, Jail where they
had been lodged for drunkenness.
Heat was believed to be a contribut-
ing factor There were six drown
ingS. Automobile accident &C
counted for the rest of the fatalities.
BY auto, train, bus and airplane.
city folk by the millions conyerged
on ocean, lake, mountain and coun-
try resorts. Travel out of New York
was estimated to be 40 per cent
greater Cnan laSC year.
The heavy increase in travel over
the long weekend holiday carried
with it the prospect that celebra-
tions would be marred by largest
number of accident deaths in any
weekend this year and perhaps in
several years.
With Oratory fireworks and play,
Americans observed the 160th an
niversary of the United States
Declaration of Independence from
England.
President Roosevelt led the
Speech-making with an address at
Monticello, the home of Thomas
jefferson. author of the Declara-
tion of Independence, near Char
lotteSville, Va.
Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas,
the Republican nominee for Presi-
dent, enjoyed a few last hours of
rest in Estes Park, Colo, planned
to attend rodeo at Greeley Colo.
i'll the afternoon and leave for To
peKa.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
MERCY FLIGHT
ENDS AT ARMY
FLYING FIELD

MARCH FIELD, RIVERSIDE,
Cal, July 4. UP-Ar air ambulance
bringing William G. Perry here from
New York for treatment OF a serious
lung ailment, landed at sos am.
PSD.
Pilot Barney Hall, famous Alaska
flier, brought the Travelair hos
pital ship" to a smooth landing on
the army airfield near the admins
tration building where an ambu-
lance had been waiting all night to
receive Perry.
AS the plane came to halt, Perry
was carried out by members of the
army ground crew and placed in the
ambulance which sped off to nearby
Banning hospital where he will be
treated for his illness.
The air ambulance left Amarillo
at Sis p. m. for the coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05

capture.
81 was going to kill myself if
1 thought I was about to be ar
rested" police quoted him as say
ing, although he submitted to ar
rest without struggle when he
shambled into the arms OF police
on a downtown street.
All articles which MortenSon
might use in suicide attempt
were removed from his cell.
The gaunt Utahan told police he
had purchased the poison for 35
cents while en- route here from
Ogden On a bus.
I'll go back. 1 won't fight ex-
tradition" he muttered, a shock
of sandy hair hanging over his
bloodshot eyes as he fumbled ner-
vously at his unshaven chin.
MortenS0n said he boarded a
bus in Ogden at $3.50 am. last
Tuesday morning, soon after the
killing.
Went to Mexico
"I started for Mexico and got
to Ensenada without any trouble, "
he said. But I run out of money
and was coming back to face the
music"
Mortenson is accused by his wife
Mrs. Grace Snyder Mortenson, 25, OF
clubbing to death with pickhandle
her mother, father, and grandmoth-
er in their Ogden home last Tues
day. The dead are Mr.. and Mrs
Adam Snyder and Mrs. Emma
Scott Rose, 81.
Police said he admitted the deed
readily and went into rambling
confession in which he blamed
domestic troubles for the slayings
my wife left our place in Sal
Lake City and went to her home il
Ogden" said MortenSon. Il fol
lowed her and went to sleep a
the home of her parents"
I'm the evening her father calleC
me into the kitchen and showed
me the pickhandle and told me tina
if I ever struck his daughter h,
Continued on Page 6; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05

industrial organization and old
line American Federation of Labor
leaders headed for a showdown
before the A. F.. of l.. executive
council meeting here next week.
Rejecting demands that he dis
band his CIO, John l.. Lewis hoped
for approval of his industrial un-
ionization campaign from the ex-
ecutive council, presided over by
William Green, craft-unioniSt head
of the A. F. of l..
Executive council members said
the industrial union VS.. craft union
issue will come up Wednesday
An unofficial report said the coun-
Gil was split nine to seven in favor
of expulsion of the IL rebel
unions forming the CIO. Labor
leaders predicted the vote would
be close.
Summons Rejected
Lewis flatly rejected sum-
mons from Green to appear with
other CIO officials before the coun-
Gil to show cause why they should
not be elected for attempting to
set up a rival organization to
the A. F.. OF l.. He said it was
a safe assumption" others would
also refuse to appear.
All the CLIO unions, having a
total membership of about 1,000,-
900 workers, are affiliated with
the A. F.. of l.. Lewis united
mine workers, an industrial union,
Continued on Page 6; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
WOMAN IGNITES
HER CLOTHING
IN ANGRY FIT

PHOENIX, July 4. WP)-Mrs. Ele-
amor Mendoza was in critical con-
dition at a hospital today from
burns she received when, in a fit
of anger, she set fire to her cloth
ing.
Burned deeply about the back
and arms, she told police she poured
oil over her garments and ignited
them. While admitting she per
formed the deed while angered she
did not explain why she was infur
lated. She asked police to locate her
husband. 80 he can see me-"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05

Judge Leon Yankwich said:
"ThiS verdict was the only one
possible under a fair view of the
evidence. The defense was pre-
posterous-and an insult to the in
teligence OF the jury and court
This was a most craven sort of a
crime-the kind of offense that in
Continued on Page 6; Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
Burglary Charge
Aired at Hearing

Luis Cabajol was held to answer
on a charge of burglary after a pre-
liminary hearing conducted in
Judge John E. Simpsons court
Friday afternoon. Bail was set at
$1,000.
The Mexican was arrested by FL
Centro' police while he was engaged
in selecting merchandise from the
Samaha store on Main street at 2
o'clock Sunday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05

OF the federal livestock feed agency
to act as a clearing house for in
formation concerning feed supplies
and to inform cattle-raiSers where
supplies are available.
In the northwest, grain statistical
experts predicted the spring wheat
crop would be shortened by at least
1OOO00,O00 bushels because of
drought and insect damage. Wheat
fields in the Dakotas, eastern Mon
tana, and northern sections of Neb-
raska were withered and burned to
Continued on Page 6; Col o.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
EX-NAV MAN HELD
SPY FOR JAPANESE +
Keep MoUin', Boz
It's Docs Orders
To $1,000 Pill

LOS ANGELES, July 4. UR)--
With a $4,000 capsule Of radium in
his stomach. Charles l.. Jones, 81,
is under constant X-ray Observa-
ton by hospital physicians.
Jones, undergoing radium
treatment for a throat ailment,
was so nervous he chewed a
string holding the tiny platinum
capsule. He gulped and the 30
milligrams of radium promptly
disappeared.
There is no danger TO the pa
tient az long as the radium. does
not remain i'm one place. That's
why the X-ray is used to make
sure IL keeps moving.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
PRESIDENT DEFENDS
CAUSE OF FIR EEDONA

MONTICELLO, Va, July 4. W,P)-
President Roosevelt called upon the
nation today at the home of Thomas
jefferson to "re-light that sacred
fire of freedom'' which the author
or the Declaration of Independence
kindled.
Speaking to several thousand per.
sons gathered on the lawn of Jeffer-
sons Monticello home and to Ma
tional Radio audience, Mr.. Roose-
welt SHE'D away from politics and
confined his Fourth of July re-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05

navy yOeman from Baltimore, Mo,
last night was found guilty of
stealing battlefield secrets and turn
ing them over to an officer of
the Imperial japanese Navy.
A federal court jury needed only
four minutes to return the verdict
against Thompson after a swift,
two-day trial.
In accepting the verdict, Federal
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
HORSES KICK
FATAL TO COWBOY

PRESCOTT, Ariz., July 4. WD
Injuries he received when he was
kicked by horse at a rodeo here
were fatal today TO Lawton Stock.
dale, 10, Castle Hot Springs COW
boy. He was holding one Of a
relay string of horses when the
frightened animal kicked him In
the abdomen.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
LAST MINUTE
FLASHES
FRENCH STRIKERS
TAKE OVER FACTORY

LILLE, France. July {. up
Workers who have been on strike
at three large candy factories for
a month decided today TO take
over the plants and operate them
for the benefit of themselves and
other unemployed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
Former Petty Officer Guilty of Sales
Of Naval Secrets to Foreign
Governments Agent

LOS ANGELES, July 4. UP)-Harry Thomas
Thompson convicted of espionage against the United
States today observed the anniversary of his
countrys independence by nervously pacing his county
Jail cell he awaited sentencing Monday. The former
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
1t Was A Good Idea

1t Was A Good Idea
Louis McManus was the most
popular man in FL Centre Satur-
day morning. He was the toast of
the youngsters because he establish
ed a fireworks stand in front of
the Office Supply and did land
office business in torpedoes, rockets
and sparklers, For hours and hours,
the top Of his head was barely Wis
ible in the milling crowd of chill
dren of every race and color.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
Steel DRIVE RIFFS
SOLIDUNIQNFRONT
AS CHIEFS BICKER
Future of Organized Labor in Balance at
Council Meeting of Federation as
Opposing LeUis' Group

WASHINGTON, July a. (U.P)-Fifty years of union
solidarity hung precarous in the balance today as organ
lied labor leaders strove for united front in the drive
to organize $4,000 STEEL automobile and rubber workers
The DISPUTE between the newly formed committee for
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
POLICE TAKE
POISON FROM
UTAH SLAYER
Suspect Will Not Oppose Extradition; Tells
Of Journey to Mexico, Return
Across Border

j LOS ANGELES, July a. (U.P)-George Mortenson,
81 arrested here Yesterday for the pckhande Staying of
three persons Ogden, Utah. under strict guard
in jail cell here today after police revealed they had
confscaed deadly poison from him shortly after his
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
Tain't Fair

'Taint Fair
1t wouldn't be SO bad to have to
stay in over the holidays if the
stay-at-homers did not have to
listen to all the fish stories, swim
ming feats ana scenery descrip
tions handed out by the vacation
lists when they return. That adds
insult to injury and then rubs it in.
(The stay-at-homerS COULD get
even by playfully slapping sunburn
all day Monday0
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
u. S. Drought Relief
Program Rushed For
Stricken Northwest
Scattered Rains Bring Slight Hope to Farmers
Livestock Feed Agency Organized; Grain
Fields Wthered by Basis
90

WASHINGTON, July A. CU.P.)-Government Of
fcias rushed plans for programs to relieve drought
stricken farmers today scattered rains partially allie
waited conditions in eastern and southern portions of the
farm belt Latest relief step establishment
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
The Little DarIings-

There we're just enough children
left in town to disturb the slumber
ers Saturday morning by sporadic
bombardment beginning at the first
faint squeak of dawn. Even the
maps were interrupted thereafter as
the imps rose to greet the day with
a blast of patriotic dynamite. Oh,
well, anyway, what of it?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
PICKHANDLE KILLER GUARDED
q -.
~ <~2
% AMBLING
NEPORTEyR y
Says

He Can't Help It
In case anyone is in danger of
forgetting, July Fourth is the day
Dad buys a lot of fireworks for the
kids and then shoots them off him
self
The artistic rivalry existing be
tween John Kepley and Clarence
HinderkS received another shot in
the army Friday. The two song
sters sang a duet at the Holtville
Rotary club, harmoniZing beauti-
fully throughout the trills and ira
las. Peace was shattered for all
time, however, when Clarence dis
covered that John had ballyhooed
himself as the Bing Crosby of I'm
perial Valley Now the feud has
reached an eye for an eye intensi-
ty. They probably will take it out
on the public in trying to out sing
each other.
Snake Eyes, Or Something
Two little girls, Martha and Mar
garet Lizarraras, saw three-foot
gopher snake wriggling around in
the yard at their home in Ell Centric
They followed the journey the rep
tile made across the walk and fin
ally to the automobile just vacated
by their Papa Joe. The snake
crawled up the wheel and disap-
peared inside the works. Shrieks
brought Papa Joe. He probed and
probed but could not find Mr.. Snake.
AS he leaned closer to give the
motor one last scrutiny, he finally
observed the snake lying within ap-
proximately one-tenth of an inch
of his chin.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-05
Danger! Thrills! Thrills!

Mickey Mouse is in the secret
service. Americas most lOvable
comic, in the midst of his great
est adventure, is presented to you
every day on the comic page of
the POst-Press
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
Loves Litany''
Defrauded of Inheritance
! Christine Fights Way
To Social HEIGHTS
WHAT HAS HAPPENED
BIZ HAZEL LIVINGSTON

Prettv 17-yeuro Christine Cooper daughter of the rich
ohd oving but nonetheess negecttM Adolphus becomes
secretly engaged to childhood Sweetheart Gene Dubois
When Adolphus dies his daughter feeling all Alone sends
for Gene 4oho breaks her heart By telling her that he IS to
MARRY someone else.
Young Dr. Donald Latham her Uith kindness and
finds work for her in day nursery But Adele Chr'ses
Aunt Nete tells her step-dGughter, Christie, that the
ldtter is not AdophMs real daughter but had been adopted
bg him. She tells her, too that she is to more of
Latham.
Stunned Christie seeks 1Oork IN the hospital that she
might become independent But the doctor has other ideas
so he and Christie are married.
The 1Veddng takes place midst pomp and spLendor as
dictated By Aunt Nettie After the honeymoon, work IS
begun on O. small house.
S.~.-.--.. -- NOW READ ON
The Washington times., 1936-02-08

station with has gone of his own down in Los Angeles
Told he'd take any time but got room rent
here and the expense of driving down Well that's why
Figured you might help out NOw-well! don't
know what to do Say you couldn't lend me hundred could
you-say, for about three months?'
The Washington times., 1936-04-11

Advertisements under this heading aFU
presumed to be from private individuals.
1nless the advertisement gives firm
name or . business address or states the
word 'Dealer." Members Of the public
Who find dealers advertising in this
column as private individuals are urged
t0 report the matter to The Times for
Investigation.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11

Farms and Lands for Rent SO
WANTED-Two good white men with Q
land. Fine chance to make some money.
See Mr.. Deason at once. 100 Rhode
Island Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1936-04-11
Automobiles for Sale

ANY DEMONSTRATIONS
L. p. STEOART. INC 1925 l4th st.
USED CAR BARGAINS
Northeast Motor. 900 Bladensburg Rd. N. E.
USED CARS AND TRUCKs-suIlivan
Chevrolet. 400 N. 7. Ave. NV. NE. 2S11
USED CAR SALE-Wolf Motor Co.. 1919
Georgia Ave. Silver Spring. Nd.
USED CARS that are better BY compart.
son: Warfield Motor Co.. 1895 Sh0E-
man Ave. n, W,
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
SEATTLE UNION
T0REP0RT TO
A. FL. HERE

A representative Of the Seattle
Central Labor Union will appear
before the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor
next Tuesday to explain the Sc
attic body's position in the strike
of news room employees Of the Sc
attic acknowledgement.
This was announced here last
night by Daniel Tobin, president
of the International TeamsterS
Union and member of the execu.
tive council of the A. F.. of L., now
holding its regular quarterly meet
ing here.
Tobin said the Seattle central
body had been requested by Pres
ident William Green, before the
executive council convened, to send
an official spokesman to Wash
ington to give the council first
hand statement in explanation Of
the whole situation. He pointed
out that inasmuch as the A. F.
of L. had chartered the Seattle
Central Union it had logical in
terest in and a certain RESPONSE
bility for actions of that body.
Tobin was emphatic in deny
ing reports that the A. F.. of l..
Council had called a conference
to seek a settlement of the Post
Intelligencer strike. He said:
"T know nothing of any con-
ference to that end"
-VnTE ANERICAN-
The Washington times., 1936-10-09

LINDEN, Md. Oct. 9.-Exceed-
ing all expectations, a night
blooming cereus. which has been
in the family of E. c. Keys for
more than two centuries, blazed
forth in all its glory last night
for the first time in a decade.
Started from a slip by Mr.. Keys
great-grandmother more than 200
years ago, the plant has been q
priced treasure Of the present
Keys family for nearly 25 years.
Worried because the nocturnal
plant had failed to blossom for
more than 10 years Mr.. Keys said
today he was more than satisfied
when last night at nine o'clock
six large white blossoms on the
cereus we're open and spreading
their fragrance throughout the
house.
While it is commonly believed
that the cereus blooms only one
night in a year, Mr.. Keys said
that this plant continues to open
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
HAYES RUNS FOR MAYOR

Named to run with him as coun
cilmen are Julius Sanders, Viii.
liam Broderick, John Hudson,
Jack Vogel, Thomas L. Smith and
DR.. West. Mrs. Eva Bruce was
nominated as treasurer on the
Hayes ticket.
VOTE AMERICAN
Get football results the day
the game is played. Read late
editions of The Washington
Times every Saturday through
out the season,
The Washington times., 1936-10-09

Pledging tax reductions and the
upbuilding of the town, George P,
Hayes, pioneer resident and bust
nessman of North Beach, Md, has
been nominated for the North
Beach mayorship to run against
the incumbent, Michael j. Lane,
in the election November 3.
Mr.. Hayes was nominated by a
group of about 400 North Beach
taxpayers at a meeting in Pythian
Temple here.
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
Boston Store Owner
Likes Cooperation

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 9
G.N.SO.-Belief that the system
of consumers cooperation is the
antidote for capitalism, com,
munism and fasciSm was ex-
pressed today by Edward A. Filene,
Boston department store magnate,
here for the tenth biennial con,
gress of the Cooperative League OF
the United States.
Speaking of the growth of the
cooperatives, he said:
II believe cooperation will
grow to the point where it will
reform capitalism-not supplant
it. Personally, I believe in profits
in business, provided adequate
services are rendered to the con-
Sumer."
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
43 ReceiVerships
OF Banks Closed

j. F. T. O'Connor, Comptroller
of the Currency, announced yes
terday completion of the liquida-
tion of 43 bank receiverships dur
ing September, making a total
of 484 receiverships finally closed
or restored to solvency since the
banking holiday of March, 1898.
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
ANCIENT PLANT BLOOMS

teach night and close at the break
of dawn for nearly a week.
Neighbors and their friends
came from several miles around
last night to see this strange gift
of nature. The fragrant blossoms
are white. tinted with pink, and
when fully opened, measure sew
eral inches in diameter.
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
Easter Gift Bomb
SLAYER Convicted

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Oct. 8
G.N.SO.-Michael Fugmann has
been found guilty and faces the
electric chair in the Staying of a
one-time friend in the Easter
gift" bombings that claimed three
lives here last Good Friday.
Evening star., 1936-04-12
TOWNSEND OPTIMISTIC.
Says Clements and McGroarty's With.
drawaI Has Helped.

Says Clements and McGroarty's With
drawal Has Helped.
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. April 11.-Dr. Fran
els E. Townsend, founder Of the
Townsend old age pension plan, TO-
night declared the movement had been
strengthened by the withdrawal OF r.
z. Clements, co-founder, and Repre-
sentative John S. McGroarty OF Cali
fornia.
He said McGroaty resigned because
the organizations refused to back his
presidential aspirations" and gave
the following reasons for Clements
resignation:
/. He believed the profits Of the
Townsend Weekly, which exceeded
$4,000 last year, should belong to him
and DR.. Townsend personally. while
DR.. Townsend insisted they should go
to the Townsend movement.
q. He objected to DR.. Townsends
efforts to "democratize" the organiza-
ton by placing the management IN
the hands of . large directorate.'
Evening star., 1936-04-12
Nudists Don Sandwich Boards
To Picket Sally Rand's Sho,v

of the bareskin clan to exercise
patience until they could study COM
ments of Miss Rand and determine If
they were not based on insufficient
knowledge of nudism.
TT might be excusable in other cir
cumstances," stormed Mary Pomeroy
as she clambered to a tree-stump in
Zorro Gardens and addressed the as
sembled nudists. "but We are well
aware that last year in the East Miss
Rand launched bitter attack against
us.
she has had plenty of opportunity
to acquaint herself with nudism's
high principles but the truth is that
she doesn't want to. She probably
figures that nudism will sound the
death knell of sensationalism such as
she practices"
George Barr. strong man of the
colony. walked up.
II cannot take part In this cam
paign:" he said. IT still believe it is
part of wisdom to try to convert Miss
Rand, rather than attempt to an
tagonize her"
Other nudists shouted "phooeyl
and paraded out.