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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15

Quarters in this structure, five
story business house at the corner
of Garnett and Orange streets.
Joel T. Cheatham has been presi-
dent of the bank since it's establish
meflt He is Ole of the citv's ont
standing business men, and his posi-
ton at the head of the organization
has added much to the confidence of
the community in it's operation and
it's integrity, and has attracted bust
ness in large volume. Mr. Cheatham
is known as a safe and conservative
banker and business man.
M. W. Wester is cashier of the
bank, a position he has held for sew
eral years. Most of his mature years
in the business world have been
spent in various banks of Henderson,
and he is thoroughly familiar with
banking customs and practices. He is
in direct charge of the operation of
all details of the banks affairs.
The board of directors consists of
conservative Henderson business lead
ers, drawn from many activities in
the commercial life of the city. The
fact that the institution has grown
and prospered through the years at
tests the judgment and wisdom of
those who have been responsible for
carrying on it's affairs. 1t is in posi-
ton to be of still greater service to
the people of the community, and is
prepared for what appears to be the
greatest era of expansion Henderson
has yet known.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15
Henderson Furniture Go.
Leading Store In Class
Carries High Quality Mere handise and Serves Large
Clientele of Customers in City and Section; ). n.
BRYAN President Man ager and Chief Owner

Perhaps never before has company
been able to offer a large or more
varied line Of furniture than at this
season. Virtually every available
space in the large display of stor-
age rooms is filled with something
for the home. Growers and citizens
in general are urged to look this stock
over before making a purchase.
Living room, dining room and bed
room suites, stoves, heaters. rangers
for oil, wood or coal are carried in
stock-everything for heating and
cooking.
Then there are the famous RCA
radios, those operated by batteries
and by direct current; rugs, lnoleum,
electric refrigerators, monographs
in fact there is everything that a
modern furniture store is supposed to
carry for its trade.
j. Harry Bryan is president and
general manager of the business and
is the principal owner. He has been
with the company for some II to 10
years and has thrown into the COM
pany his full energies and abilities, a
combination which has produced re-
suits and built the business to its
present large proportions. Mr.. Bryan
is one of the citys best known and
most liked business leaders He is ac-
tive in church and civic affairs and
has a hobby for fishing.
Assisting in the business are Mr..
Bryan's son, James, who is an Off
cial of the corporation. Others in the
organization are j. B. Satterwhite, r.
w. Dixon, E. M. Powell and Miss Sal
lie Burroughs.
The concern is a business Of which
the city is proud, and it is in turn
great booster for Henderson. Tobacco
and cotton growers are asked to sell
in Henderson and to make this city
their trading center for all their
wants and needs.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15
UPCHURCH-CARTER
ELECTRICAL STORE
Contractors for Electrical Joh. -
All Kinds; Carry Comnleto VI
Stock of Such Supplies
for Homes

Upchurch and Carter NO..
Modern Electrical Appliances CO u
pany, is a we'll known electrical IN
Germ, carrying complete eouin.,, ~
for any electrical Job i'''''ill
G. r. Upchurch and j. r. Car4a.
Jr', are the managers of this brancb
and both are experienced electricia.i.
This store features everything alno
trical for the home as wen -
Jacket water pumps, Viking oil b,<,
ing space heaters, Delco. CONGO .t.'l
ers for any home heating plan,
well as other well known electro
lines. IA
This concern has been in husioo..
for some time, and is located :.
South Garnett street next to fsa
Barnes Funeral Home They invite
inquiries on heating problems .ra
will give estimates on all Jobs il, tse,,
lines.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15
INDUSTRIAL BANK
HAS FAST GROWTH
Has Made Successful Go
Ever Since 1t Was Or
ganized In 1922
NJ w. Wester Is Cashier and Active
ly in Charge; Makes Loans
on Monthly or Weekly
Repayment Plan

Entering a field that had hitherto
been unoccupied in this community,
the Industrial Bank Of Henderson
was organized in 1922, and Immediate
iy ocgan offering a service to small
borrowers that attracted a large
clientele to build a large enterprise.
1t offers a savings depository with
lost a dollar in an industrial bank.
In the conduct of its business in four
teen years it has gained the con-
fidence of the community and of
large and growing list of customers.
Loans are made on a weekly or
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15
HOME B. B |. BIC
HENDERSON ASSET
Has Assisted In Erection of
Hundreds of Homes
Throughout City

Hundreds of beautiful homes in
Henderson are owned and occupied
today by families who have been help
ed to that desirable status in life of
building and possessing the roof
above their heads, through the assis-
lance extended by the Home Build
ing and Loan Association. It is one
of the oldest institutions of it's kind
in this section of North Carolina and
has enjoyed a constant growth
Today the association has thous-
ands of shares outstanding, some re-
presenting loans on homes and others
the setting aside of funds by investors
Only few weeks ago the associa-
ton matured it's 36th series, the lar
gest in its history, and amounting to
$4,000 in cash and cancelled mort
cages delivered to shareholders. APP
proximately $31 900 Of this total was
in cash, the remainder in settlement
of mortgage obligations.
Payment of this series marked the
Oath year of the association which
was organized in 1912, and has been
in successful operation ever since.
During that time it has paid OF it's
shareholders $1,284, 949.64, and has
matured all series on time It has
never failed to earn in excess of Six
percent for stockholders. The 10th
series is now open and payments start
on Saturday, October 3.
w. A. Hunt president of the
Citizens Bank & Trust Company, is
president of the building and loan as
sociation, a relationship he has held
throughout the entire history of the
concern. He has missed only one an
nual meeting during that long period,
and that time was i'll in a hospital,
and rarely ever misses a monthly
meeting of the board of directors.
Joel T. Cheatham is secretary-trea-
urer of the association, having served
in that capacity for some Is years OF
more. His conduct of the associations
business has always been marked by
the closest application to his duties
and the books and records always
have been found in the best of con-
dition.
Frank B. Robards is vice-president
and Jasper B. Hicks is attorney for
the association. Robert L. Oakley is
bookkeeper, and during his several
years with the association has made
many friends and has impressed his
superiors with his ability and atten-
ton to business matters.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15

In northern China, vast hollows to
a graet depth are filled with a pc
culiar yellow soil known as loess, of
remarkable fertility, rewarding Gull
tivation even at great heights.
Portugals illiterarcy rate is one of
Europe's highest.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15

Between dictators, civil strife .lo
conflict between fascism and cor,
munism, and economic conditions Eu
ropes humanity is being brutIajzed
as would have seemed impossihIo
decade and two ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15

monthly basis for the accommodation
of borrowers, with repayments in
small amounts to suit ones convent
ence.
Ae few years ago the bank pur-
chased building for its own home,
and since that time has occupied
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
MISS IMPERIAL
VALLEY WILL BE
GUEST OF FAIR

San Diego exposition has invit-
ed Mis- Evelyn Johnston of Cali
patria who won the title Miss I'm
perial Valley at the county fair
and who Nill represent the coun-
ty in the Salinas rodeo, to be guest
of the fair during the rodeo there
April 3. 4 and ).
Miss Johnston and her mother,
Mrs. c. Johnston. will be the guests
of the fair. having all their ex-
penses paid by that organization.
In recognition of the honor done
the community, the Calipatria
chamber of commerce Monday night
issued a proclamation urging all
residents of that community to be
present at the fair next weekend.
The city council also held an ad-
iourned meeting Monday night and
issued a similar proclamation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
MOTHER STILL
HOLDS BRUNO
is INNOCENT

KANENz, Germany, March 81.
UP)-Frau Paulina Hauptmann, 10,
Wrinkled, frail, Worn from month
after month of worry, waited to-
day for the news that her favorite
son had been put 10 death for the
kidnapping and murder of the Lind
bergh baby.
"He is innocent" she said re-
peatedly. "Those people over there
have no conscience. My Richard
is their victim"
It was plain that she never would
see Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
condemned as enc guilty of a bes-
tial crime. except as the young
man who ran away from Germany
even then very to her to
make fortune in the United
States.
Frau Hauptmann lost two of her
four sons in the World war.
She burst into tears when first
she was told that the New Jersey
court of pardons had rejected the
last appeal.
oh, God! What can happen
noWl' she exclaimed. Il have had
a presentiment that something bad
would happen. My only belief now
is my sons innocence"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
CLIFFORD DENIES
IT'S WRONG TO
CURRY FAVOR

WASHINGTON. March 81 UP)-
Walter S. Clifford, -5206,000 a year
president of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co., told the
federal communications hearing to-
day he saw little wrong in giving
cigars and luncheons to legislators
and nothing very wicked in hand
ing them theater tickets.
Nor could Clifford find any wrong
doing in the practice of the tele-
phone company in meeting legis-
lators when they arrive by train
in state capitals, he told the COM
munication commissions investi-
gators as the inquiry into the af
fairs of the telephone monopoly
resumed.
rs it proper for a company to
employ agents to meet trains and
help arriving legislators get hotel
accommodations he was asked.
We'll, it is proper to meet them"
Clifford retorted. "They are pros
pective customers and we are a
public service corporation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
BRIEFS FILED
IN WATER SUIT
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of a stream "in a state of nature"
and rights to the increased flow
artificially produced by stored
water
4 Arizona has misconstrued the
powers OF state over the waters
Of an interstate stream.
5. Arizona has misinterpreted the
rights of a state in and to the wa
ters of naVigable river after they
have been taken under control by
the United States,
In connection with the second
point, the brief stated:
such water is incapable of alb
solute ownership. Arizona there
fore, can not own the corpus of
any part OF such water flowing in
the Colorado river in full pro-
'prietary right as asserted by her."
States named as defendants in
the suit by Arizona are California,
Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico,
Utah and Wyoming.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
ZERO HOUR TRY
MADE TO SAVE
Indy SLAYER
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'SOllblIluCu IIODl fd2e i
opinion that when his excellency.
the governor of New Jersey, grant
ed the last reprieve and the state
OF New Jersey failed to challenge
the authority of the governor to
grant this reprieve, it placed Bruno
Richard Hauptmann in a legal
position where the court, (Judge
Thomas w. TrencharD was and
is without legal authority to have
resentenced him to his death"
Marcos telegram stated.
Marco said his recommendation
was based upon advice of attorneys
familiar with New Jersey law"
Surely nothing can be lost in
following this suggestion" he said
in concluding the Fisher telegram.
In a separate telegram, Marco
pleaded with Gov. Harold Hoffman
to intervene a second time in the
execution.
"I beg you,' he stated, ito
exert every Conscientious endeaVor
to prevent this uncalled for, un-
justified and cruel execution. l
cannot reconcile your failure TO
act in preventing this execution,
inasmuch as you must have been
prompted most definitely by facts
that were convincing to you that
the trial upon which Bruno Rich.
ard Hauptmann was convicted, was
not fair trial and was not con-
Quoted in a manner in which even
those who convicted him and pro-
secuted him, would care to be
tried.
II am certain no one knows de-
initely what happened in The
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
en- between II and %

years of age, inclusive, is between
April l and Is, at the State Relief
administration office on Fifth street
in Ell Centro.
Youths from families on any
kind of relief are eligible for the
corps. The boys will receive $50
a month with $25 to go their their
families and $5 to themselves. In
addition they will receive food.
clothing, housing, entertainment,
healthful work and training for a
position when they leave the camp.
Free training in more than 100
subjects is available to enrollees.
Included in the subjects are book
keeping, stenography, tipping, blue
print work diesel engine mechan-
les, aeronautics, arc Welding, jack
hammer operation and forestry, ac-
cording TO Dayton E. Jones, direc-
tor of the CCC department for the
SRA.
Plans are under way for crea-
ton of an employment bureau for
former CCC enrollees and employ
ers will be asked to call the bureau
when they need workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
SLOT MACHINES
DISAPPEAR IN
RURAL AREAS

Disappearance of many of the
slot machines in the town and ru-
raj areas of Imperial county was
brought about as a result of Dis
trict Attorney Elmer Heald's re-
quest that section 330-A of the
penal code be observed.
Heald recently wrote letter to
the county sheriff and the chief
of police in each incorporated town
to ask that owners and operators
of slot machines be warned to dis
pose of them within 10 days.
The owners were asked to CO.
operate and a cursory check of the
area this week showed that the
request had been granted in many
instances.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
SEEKS DIVORCE

Lucille Cecilia SWartout filed suit
for divorce from Gordon w. Swart-
out in superior court Monday, charg-
ing extreme cruelty The couple
married in Yuma, Octo. 4, 1880, and
the husband abandoned his wife and
two children March 13, 1886, accord
ing to the complaint. Mrs. Swart-
out asks for custody of the children
and that SWartout contribute SIS a
week for their support.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
BRUNO'S SISTER
IN SECLUSION

HOLLYWOOD, March 81. (U.P)-
Mrs. Emma Gloeckner, sister of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, was
reported in seclusion today as she
and her 17-year-old daughter, Mil
dred awaited the execution of the
convicted slayer of the Lindbergh
baby.
The Gloeckner home here was
vacant and neighbors reported that
Mrs. Gloeckner and her daughter
had left yesterday afternoon with
out disclosing where they were 60
ing
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
Power Development
Program Blocked

PHOENIX, Ariz., March 81. UH
Any hope for completion of the
Verde Irrigation and Power dis
trict's long-contemplated develop
ment program Waned today with
receipt of an official opinion by T.
A. Walters, first assistant secretary
of the interior. Walters ruled the
Verde districts plans, under grant
which recently were rescinded were
economically infeasible"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
SEEKS DIVORCE

Minnie MCGOWAN filed suit for
divorce Tuesday from Hobart Nc
CoWan. charging desertion and will
full neglect The couple married in
El Centre. Jan. ID, 1922, and sep
arated Feb. Is, 1885. They have six
children ranging in age from II
years to five months of age. Mrs.
MCGOWAN asks for custody of the
children and that MCGOWAN con-
tribute toward their support.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31

Lindbergh home but I am just as
certain there are just as many
facts that can be reconciled with
the innocence of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann as there are facts that
can be reconciled with his guilt.
1t is just the type of case in which
if you are not looking for inno-
cence you will find guilt, but how
in the name of justice anyone
can set aside all the conflicting
circumstances that have occur-
red is beyond the reasoning of
human intelligence.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
Ell CENTRO RED
CROSS FUNDS
REACH $4O6
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received from the children who
wish to help the needy ones in the
flooded sections of the nation. No
matter how small the contribution
may be, Weakley said, it will be
accepted.
In a principals meeting Monday,
it was decided to explain the emer-
gency to the pupils and give them
an opportunity for voluntary con-
tribution as a lesson sharing with
those in distress, Weakley explain
ed,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING AP-
PLICATION FOR LETTERS
TESTAMENTARY

In The Superior Court of the State
of California, In and For the
County of Imperial.
In the Matter of the Estate of
EMANUEL KOUTSICOS,
Deceased
Notice is hereby given that pc
tition for the probate of the will of
EMANUEL KOUTSICOS, deceased,
and for the issuance to PARASKE-
vi KOUTSICOS of letters testa-
mentary, has ben filed in this court,
and that Friday, the 10th day of
April, 1886, at 2 o'clock p. m. of
said day, at the courtroom of said
court, at the Courthouse in the
City of Ell Centre, County of Imper-
ial, State of California. has been set
for the hearing of said petition,
when and where any person inter-
ested may appear and contest the
same, and show cause, if any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated March 25, 1886.
EDWARD H. LAW,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
Judge Luce viii
Speak at Meeting

Judge Edgar A. Luce of San Diego
will be speaker at the meeting of the
Imperial County Bar association
Friday at Z noon in the Barbara
Worth hotel. "The Lawyers Place
In Society will be the title of Judge
Luce's address.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CITATION
No. 2622-Dept. 2

NO. SbZZ-Dept.
In the Juvenile Court of the County
of Imperial, State of California.
In the Matter of NEIL BROWN,
Minor.
The People of the State of Califor-
mia, to MARY BROWN:
BY order of this Court, you are
hereby cited and required to appear
before the judge of this court in the
Courthouse in the City of Ell Gen.
tro, County of Imperial State of
California, at the Courtroom, Dept
2, thereof on the 10th day of April,
1886, at IL o'clock a. m. of said day,
then and there to show cause, II any
you have why said person, said Neil
Brown, should not be declared free
from the custody and control of his
mother, according to the petition on
file herein; and for failure to at
tend and bring said person with
you, you will be deemed guilty of a
contempt of Court.
WITNESS, the Honorable v. N.
THOMPSON, Judge of the Superior
Court sitting in separate session in
the exercise of his jurisdiction as
Judge of the Juvenile Court in the
County of Imperial and the seal of
said Court this 10th day of March,
1896.
ATTEST my hand and seal of
said Court the day and year last
above written.
EDWARD H. LAW,
Clerk.
BY CITHA LAMSON,
(SeaD Deputy Clerk.
FRANK BRIKHAUSER,
(M17-24-31 AID
Attorney for Petitioner.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
BRUNO WEEPS
IN CELL AS
DEATH NEARS
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with that in mind. they put a guard
in front of his cell today with in
structions not to take his eyes off
the doomed man for an instant.
All equipment was removed from
the cell-including bedding-to lse-
vent the slightest possibility of sui
eide.
Kimberling said Hauptmann re-
fused TO eat breakfast this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
TRIO PLEAD NOT
GUILTY IN CASE
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guilty to aiding in escape.
George Pegg entered a plea of
not guilty to contributing to the
delinquency of a minor and trial
was set for April 6. Dorsey White
law was appointed to represent
him. Jim BroWnlee had no attor-
ney to represent him SO the court
entered a plea OF not guilty to con-
tributing to the delinquency of
minor and trial was set for April
6.
Pegg and BroNnlee were arrest
ed upon complaint of young
white girl with whom they were
said to have been living.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
Contracts Let for
Post Office Lawn

Peterson Bros. of Inglewood have
received the contract for putting
n the shrubbery and lawns for
the Ell Centro post office, the con-
tract being for 1897 and the job
to be completed in $50 days.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
Guaranteed Treatment
For Tender Stomach

DR.. Emil's Ada Tablets bring
quick relief from a sore stomach,
pains between meals due to acidity,
indigestion and heartburn. If not
your money is refunded. Clements
Drug Store.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31

GET MARRIAGE LICENSE

Marcelino Rosario, 25, and Mary
Vasauez, 10, both residents Of Cal
exico received a marriage license
at the county clerks Office Tues
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
OPPORTUNITY TO
HELP FAMILIES
-OO-

Young men who wish training in a trade or profession
may get the training support themselves and contribute
toward the support of their families by enrolling in the
Civilian Conservation corps
The enrolment period for men between II and %
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31

Earl Harold Wilcox Monday filed
a divorce complaint against Short
Wilcox, charging cruelty. The COM
plant was filed at the county
clerks office. The couple married
in Kansas City, Aug. 20, 1888, and
separated Sept. 20, 1885.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
THE
WILKEN
FAMILY
BLFNDED WHISKY

It's our famiiy's whiskey,
neighbor and neighbor, It's
your price. Folks say when
they go TO pour Wilken Family
Whiskey that it's so mild and
gentle. That may be why so
many folks so for il. 86.s proof
with 75R grain neutral splits.
Copyright, l9s6. schenier
Produce Co. lac. New Ynlk = z.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED

Elmer Francis, "a, of Yuma, and
Josephine Fleming, 18, of Ell Centre
obtained a marriage license at the
county clerks office Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Los Angeles and Hicinify-Contin
ued somewhat unsettled and cooler
tonight; Wednesday fair, diminish
in gnorthwest TO southwest wind.
Southern California - Unsettled
and cooler tonight with showers
southwest portion: Wednesday fair;
dim finishing northwest wind off
coast
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
RED LABEL

You'll find that real" "tastiness"
in this Cream of the Blended
Whiskies. And its fasfinsu
that tells the quality of any
whiskey. A 90-proof blend
with s0a grain neutral spirits.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
Luckies Gre less ocid

Recent chemical tests show
sh1t other popular brnnds
hove on excess Of ueidiiy
over Lucky Strike 81 from
53S 10 1907.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
Each puff less acid
n LIGHT SMOKE
OF RICH, RIPE BODIED TOBACCO

The simple mechanical details of cigarette manufacture
are of surprising Importance Upon them depend the
physical properties of the cigarette such weight SIZE
frmneSs moisture holding properties uniformity of FILL
uniformity of productal of which have far-reachne
effect the character of its combustion and the con-
stituents of its smoke.
In the manufacture of Lucky Strike Cigarettes all of
these properties have been standardized with for
the perfection of LIGHT SMOKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-23
SEAMEN'S UNIONS SNUB PEACE PLANS |

The situation thus was approx
mately what it was when Admiral
Hamlet came to San Francisco
as the emissary of the maritime
commission.
He said he would begin fact
finding hearings october 26.
AS the seven maritime unions
kept alive the threat Of a coast
wide walkout of their $1,000
men, balloting continued in a
referendum to authorize an Octo-
Der % strike.