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Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23

SIllalI snack across the 1leld from
the ranch house When Sheriff
Robert w. Ware and T. M. Sharp
chief criminal investigator for the
sheriff's office, arrived at the
ranch, they were warned that
Brown had shot gun in the
shack. He had borrowed it abou,
month ago from Lewis F.. Brown,
owner of the ranch where the at
tack and the suicide took place.
Ware and Sharp entered the
shack to find the aged man dead
= The back and right side of his head
had been blown away by the charge
from the gun. The blood drenched
body was lying beside the bed upon
which he had been sitting when
he fired the shot.
A canvas loop was twisted over
the trigger of the gun and Brown
had fired the shot by inserting his
toes in the other side of the loop
Ware said, and giving it jerk. He
when the Officers reached the
shack, leading to the assumption
that he took his life when he saw
them approaching.
Brown had been a resident of
Imperial Valley for several years
and had worked as a proSpector.
He had been employed at the Brown
ranch for about five months. The
families are not related.
The body was taken to the HENS
Rugg funeral establishment at Cal
exico No inquest will be held.
A search of the blood spattered
interior of the shack revealed the
name of a sister in the northern
part of the state. She was notifieo
of the suicide of her brother.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
Minor Quakes Hit
Near Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES. Aug. %. U,R)-
Two minor earthquake shocks which
were felt in several cities to the
east of Los Angeles last night ap-
parently did no damage, a check
today disclosed
The temblors were recorded at
9:22 and 9:25 p. m. and were felt
in Belvedere Gardens, Santa Fe
Springs and Orange county areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
TWO RECOVER
FROM TRAGIC
|ENTOM BMENT
Death of Pair Told
Graphically by
Old Miner

MOBERLY, Mo-, Aug. %.
(UP)-A story of IL black
hours imprisoned with the
bodies of two companions in
a tunnel 40 feet beneath the
earth's surface was told today by
the two survivors.
The men-"Boomer" Jack Nc
Cam, So and Demmer Sexton, 81
rallied from effects of days Of
breathing poison gases and fight
ing off exhaustion and starvation
while determined rescue workers
toiled through muck and fire-char-
red timbers to reach them.
Veteran miners who never lost
hope that their friends would be
rescued, were convinced that only
quick realization of their plight
saved the men.
The men, caught when the main
shaft of the long abandoned mine
collapsed and fire started in the
tipple, dobbed themselves behind a
barricade to shut off black damp
and other mine gases. Within two
hours the first man died. He was
Edward Stoner Jr
They ventured from their haven.
Within a few minutes, McCann,
tough, hardened veteran of the coal
mines said Stoner "keeled over"
IT tried to make him breathe. I
pulled open his shirt and felt his
chest. His heart stopped-just like
that"
Later, George Cameron, 27, Negro
mule driver, Succumbed to the
dread damp. His mule imprisoned
with the men, died too.
Mccain for 72 hours prayed and
Continued on Page 6; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23

through the antelope dance in
which they carried ears of corn in
stead of snakes as they moved about
the mesa.
Although the Hopi snake dance is
not a prayer for rain as commonly
believed, but a plea for prosperity
the Indian nations prosperity is SC
dependent upon rain for crops that
it has been considered mainly an
appeal for rain.
Desert wise Arizonans firmly
claim that rain always falls with
in "a hours after the snake dance
ends.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23

jury against them in connection
with an asserted liquor bribe plot
contained technical errors and must
be replaced by new true bills.
A special session of the jury was
called for Monday when new indict-
ments will be asked by the district
attorneys office against the Wern.
ers and Joseph Weinblatt, local pol
itician.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
Last Minute
FLASHES !!
ANGELENO BEATS
FRANKIE PARKER

NEWPORT, Il. l., Aug. 22. W.D
Robert Riggs, Los Angeles, scor-
ed a surprising victory over
frankie Parker, Spring Lake, n.
j.. today to win the Newport In
vitational tennis tournament. 8-6,
Ga, $40, 3-6. f-1.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23

evidence in the liquor scandal is go
ing to the grand jury next week" !"
Stahlman declared, confirming re
ports that the district attorneys
office had been seeking new evil
dence on liquor control corruptions
for several weeks.
Meanwhile. Helen M. Werner and
her husband, Erwin p Werner, won
a partial victory in superior court
when Judge Charles w. Fricke ruled
that indictments voted by the grand
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
RIOTERS DELAY
BREMEN SAILING

NEW YORK, Aug. 22. WP)--
Approximately 100 men and WON
en- demonstrating in protest
against alleged efforts by Ger
many to help the Spanish rebels
delayed an eastward sailing Of
the German liner Bremen five
minutes today. Police said the
rioters were Communists.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
OIL FIRM OFFICIAL
HELD FOR MURDER

PHOENIX. Aug. 20. WP -
Charles Gilmer, 80. former oil
company official, was held with
out bail today to await trial In
superior court on charges he
murdered his attractive, 2S-year.
old wife, Alma
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
Delbert Williams
Released on Bail

Delbert Williams, Ell Centro youth
who was arrested on a charge of
negligent homicide as a result of
an automobile accident in which
Frank Leroy Blunt was killed, was
released from the Imperial county
Jail recently when he furnished
$4,000 bail.
The accident occurred at Jacum-
ba bridge when the automobile
Williams was driving swerved into
piling.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
1
%(I
REPoRTER hWR5rfaS
Says
Of First Importance

VI frSt Importance
On the circulation managers desk
is a framed picture, the central fig
ure of which is a typical American
newsboy. Below is the legend:
q ther snow, nor ram, nor heat,
y ; gloom of night stays these
Ecouriers from the swift completion
of their appointed rounds"
While Everett L. Massey, Jr., 13-
year-old Post Press carrier boy at
Holtville, was battling his way out
Iof the ether administered for an
temergency operation after he was
struck from his bicycle Friday after
noon, relatives, friends and EN-
ployerS waited anXiously for word
\ of his condition. Their one thought
Z was for the boys life. Everett
semi-conscious from ether and the
effects of the operation, was trying
to speak. Finally attendants made
out his words:
Get Bucket"
n Walter Bucket is Everett's relief
carrier, and the only other boy who
knows Everett's newspaper route.
To The Best OF U.s.
With the weekend upon us, and
day for the high sheriff to cool
off in, it can be reported without
fear of too many terrible conse.
quences that Sheriff Bob Ware is
\ )e faced and slightly under
\ eht just now, all because of a
fishing trip to San Diego's offshore
waters. The sheriff had warned
Ernie Cox SO vehemently against
getting seasick that he got the
idea firmly implanted in his own
mind, with disaSterous consequence
es. And him sailor, too!
The Grip of Habit
DR.. o. H. Van Eman evidently
has not recovered from the Ameri
can Legion convention. At the
amateur fights Friday night, the
doc spent most of his time in the
outer corridor, in conference with
various individuals, while the fights
went merrily on inside. (Wonder
If he paid to get inO
o
Just Try 1t Once
Midget race pilots who took ex-
ception to story on the sports
page concerning the size of their
autos today studied challenge
from Bill Hunt, circulation manager
of the PoSt-PreSs. If they can get
Hunt into Bill Douthitt's car with
out using a shoe horn and axle
grease, they can collect a drink
from Bill.
Nothing Sacred?-
RR hesitates to think what will
happen during his vacation. Just
yesterday the staff did him a scurvy
trick (and probably prejudiced his
readers, if any by secretly insert
ing libelous article anent RR's
stiff neck, which really was obtained
in diving too enthusiastically. He
who laughs last, though. JUS
wait!
Quite A Lift
Mrs. Leo Hetzel was worried this
week by letter from Victor, work.
ing on Los Angeles construction
project. Victor wrote:
I'm working hard, doing some
of the heaviest lifting of my career"
A post script saved Mrs. Hetzel
from wiring her son to stop strain
ing himself. The postscript read:
1.-THE lifting is on the other end
of a steel crane"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
killer ENDS LIFE
AFTER MAD SPREE
Two Victims Dead in WatsOnvile Business Area;
Posses Discover Body of Murderer in Park
ONLY Ten Miles From Scene of Crime
90

GILROY Cal. Aug. %. (UP)-Jack Bennett 5o ac-
cused killer of persons yesterday during watson
Vile business district shooting found dead IN
Mt Madonna park today. He had shot himself through
the head with the same rifle that killed his Wasonve
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
State Officers May Be InUolued When Los
Angeles Grand Jury Studies
More Graft Evidence
90

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 90 WFo-New evidence which
possibly will involve high state officials in conspiracy
to defraud the state of liquor to be placed before
the county grand jury Thursday, Deputy District
ATTORNEY George Stahlman disclosed today. "The real
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
Farm Hand Puts Gun
To Own Head After
Assault on Girl. f
Bonds Corner Ranch Worker Commits Suicide When
Officers Approach to Arrest Him for
Unsuccessful Attack on Child

Turpo Brown, 65-year-old ranch employee committed
suicide Friday by shooting himself through the head after
ne was discovered in the act of attacking sx-year
girl at a ranch mile southwest of Bonds Corner
The laborer fled from the of the attack To
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
Truck Driver Killed
On Mountain Springs
When Shaft Skaters
Auto Mortality Rate Aboue Last Years in
Imperial County to Date by
Official Records

Traffic accidents in Imperial county took the thirty
second life since January when Henry Malcolm, 3D.
killed in an accident the Mountain Springs grade Fri
day night This years total to date is 10 ahead of the
number reached similar date last year. official
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter: Los Angeles 37la; butterfat, Imperial
Valley fob. ranch grade A 49, manufacturing
milk 4OI6; route gathered cream 371a.
L. A. Hay: u. S. No. 1 extra leafy sl8.50-t9;
u. S. No. 1 S1550-16; u. 5. No. 2 leafy s14.50-l5;
U. S. No. $3.50; Minneapolis flax 2O3ia a-21Ola.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14
BETTER OFF DEAD"

The nation is beginning to realize the
horror of automobile deaths that reached
a total of $4,000 last year. Not so we'll
realized, but perhaps even more horrible,
is the situation of those who were involved
in automobile crashes, were not killed
but would be better off if they had been.
Their CHASTITY plight has been de-
scribed in new booklet by ]. C. Furnas,
author of the famed And Sudden
Death, entitled Better Off Dead. Here
is an excerpt
"They weren't doing more than as
around a slight curve. But centrifugal
pull had dragged them couple of feet the
wrong side of the white line j.. one of
those semi-headon, angling crashes.
Two passengers, bleeding, unconscious,
were loaded into the ambulance. They
were on the point of driving away when
the policeman discovered the third.
''He was doubled up like broken
stick and thrust halfway through the mar
row back window of the wreck, his head
between his knees They didn't dare try
to unbend him till they reached the hos
pital. He was still alive and conscious. He
had proved that by stealing the police
mans gun and trying to shoot himself.
''The spine was snapped clean, bent
at an acute angle, and the bare end pro-
truded from rent in the skin like the
stump of horrible, bony tail.
Thanks to the doctors that man is
still alive. He has been operated on %
times. He is always in acute pain and
paraIyzed from the waist down."
Two horrible, too nauseating for
print? Perhaps it is-but it's the truth.
And it doesn't describe an isolated ex-
ample. Thousands of people have emerged
from automobile accidents to become help
less, pain-ridden cripples all their lives.
They live on to remind us of the awful
price we pay for speed, for recklessness,
for incompetence at the wheel. Yet their
agOnies will not be entirely in vain if they
teach the lessons that will save us from be-
coming members of that tragic legion who
would be Better Off Dead
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14
FINANCIAL ADVICE FOR 1886

1t is not particularly our business, but
gratuitous suggestions along many lines,
we decide to urge our readers to start saw
ing some money in 1886.
There are many men in Key West to-
day, who are old and nearly broke. be-
cause they always intended to begin saving
next year." They always figured that
their prospects were so bright that Sin a
year or two" they could put it in the bank
in hunks!
The main lesson for young couples to
learn, since it is too late for the older ones
to profit by advice, is to live below each
years income. The family that lives be-
low its means is the family that will have
something in the future 1t is the well-off
family, regardless of what its income may
be-
There are people in Key West who
are hard up on $1,000 year. They would
be just as hard up on $2,4OO or $4,000 a
year. They have the habit of buying on
credit whatever they desire. That is not
the way to get ahead.
If you would take the advice of the
writer, make it a rule, from now on, to
buy almost everything for cash. Do not
buy anything on credit that does not pay
for itself, or that you can do without until
you have the money to buy it outright.
This does not include those who pay their
bills promptly on a weekly or monthly
basis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The northeastern disturbance
moved rapidly northeastward, and
a high pressure area now over
spreads most eastern sections,
Washington, D. c., 30.26 inches;
while disturbances are central
this morning over the upper Mis-
sissippi Valley and central Plains
States, Minneapolis, Mimi, 1884
inches, and over the north Pacific
States, Seattle. WASH, 1880
inches. Moderate rains have oc-
cured during the last "a hours on
the coasts of northern California
and Oregon, and light rains on
the Gulf coast from Pensacola
around to Tampa, and there has
been light snow on the Lake ST.
perior region, and rain and snow
in the north Atlantic States, and
from the extreme eastern Lake
region southwark into western
Virginia. Temperatures have fall
len over northeastern districts
and southwark into northern
Georgia. and in Montana and
North Dakota; while elsewhere
are generally above nor
NAL. with temperatures 20 ia &c
degrees higher in Minnesota this
Il. S. KENNEDY,
Officer i'm Charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

The summary execution of the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Act by the majority
opinion of the United States Supreme Court
Is not remarkable when one considers the
antecedent lives of the justices, and the
effect of their decision cannot be estimated
until it is seen whether new legislation,
within the Constitution, can bring about
what the AAA aimed at
The Citizen is not inclined to blame a
court for the opinion of its judges, regard
less of what that may be. Every American
knows that the government is divided into
three divisions and that it is given to the
Supreme Court to pass judgment upon
every statute. If the judgments rendered
do not conform to popular opinion the
remedy lies in amending the Constitution
or awaiting the inevitable alteration of the
judicial personnel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

tags have fallen off considerably.
practically no demands being
made for them at this time. U
to the present time there have
been issued licenses for 21s
trucks and 71s pleasure and pas
senger cars. This number with
the 500 vehicles without licenses.
represent almost 1900 motor We
hicles subject to license in this
county.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Two more ferries will be in operation
to Key West from Matecumbe soon so that
trips to the last city in the country can be
made more easily. When they get bridge
all the way down there the traffic will be
so great they'll have to enlarge the island
Miami Post In that case we will take
in Miami as a suburb.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14
Partly Cloudy Southerly Winds

not much change in temperature;
gentle to moderate shifting winds,
mostly southeast and south.
Florida: Partly cloudy in south
portion and mostly cloudy in
north portion tonight and We'd
nesday; possibly showers in ex-
treme northwest portion; not
much change III temperature.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Gentle to moder-
ate shifting winds becoming south
east and south and partly over
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Dr. Harry n 8 Jones Of key
West and Miss Lillian SprztlIn q
Atlanta. were the high contract
ing parties IN = wedding celebrzt-
ed in the southern metropolis last
night. Dr. and Ms Jones len
Atlanta last night and are toczy
in Jacksonville where they MI
visit for \ While before coming L
Key West who're they WI MAKE
their home
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Losing a valuable article, the loser ad-
vertised its loss in The Citizen without eff
feet and complained of the ineffectiveness
of the adj The Citizen guarantees the re-
turn of lost articles when advertised in its
columns only if they fall into the hands of
honest people
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Captain Clark d. Stearns, COM
mandant of the Seventh Naval
District, retires from the United
States Navy tomorrow after many
years of loyal service. The cap
tain will, however, remain on
duty several months before ieav-
ing the service. Captain and Mrs.
Stearns have at all times been
gracious hosts. entertaining cele-
brites from all over the world,
and Key West has been most for
tunate in having this most popu-
lar and distinguished man as COM
mandant of this district for the
past two years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

in the path Of her majesty The
queen received q diamond rng-
Miss Anna johnson. second high-
est IN the contest. was presented
with 4 wrist watch snd Mss Jew
el Nelson, attendant % the queen.
with q vanity case
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Last night at the Ku Klux
Khan circus, Mrs. Charles Taylor
was crowned Queen Of Key West
The procession of the queen was
led by boy scouts and followed by
bevy of girls scattering flowers
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY


Key West residents, who are
not members of the Ku Klux Khan,
will have a chance tonight to see
20 members initiated into the or
der. The initiation, or naturali-
cation, as it is termed, will be Civ
en- in public during the perform
ance of the Bob Morton circus
which is being given under the
auspices of the khan. When the
show is half over, Mr.. Morton will
announce the initiation and the
klansmen will enter the ring in
full regalia and be indicted into
the order.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

What was perhaps the longest
automobile funeral procession ever
seen in this city solemnly wendell
its way to the city cemetery at A
O'Clock yesterday afternoon fol-
lowing the body of the late below
ed Rev. Father C. R. d. Critten-
ton to its final resting place,
marked today by a new made
mound covered with a prOfusiOn
of beautiful floral offerings from
far and near.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

The year, 1886, according to reports,
not mean that your competitors are going
to let you take their customers without
fight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

In effect the Supreme Court, in rem
dering its decision on the, AAA, reiterates
that straight line is still the shortest dis
lance between two points, even if the ad-
ministration says "Detour"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

The Steamship United States
arrived in port this morning from
Havana, completing the first pas
sage trip from Florida to Cuba and
return made since the vessel went
in commission last week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14
TOday's Horoscope

Sincerity IS the ksynOte OF this
day and tOGay's native VII BE
orderly and useful There are
many paths that MI lead % SIC
cess. and the VEN Of myScicis1
that runs through the ten Gays
on either side Of tins date WI
have It's climax Of success here
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Notwithstanding there are APP
proximately 500 automobiles and
trucks without 1926 automobile
tags in Monroe county, Trevor
and Morris report that sales of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

The soldiers will get their bonus this
year and Immediately lay plans to get
some other cash later on. The bonusers
only want money, and money is not every
thing
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Very extensive plans for the
high class entertainment which
will signalize the opening of the
La Concha hotel Friday evening,
January 22nd, are rounding out in
most satisfactory manner, &C
cording to the latest reports from
C. E. Aubuchon, president of the
hotel company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Subscribers to The Citizen have a
standing invitation to contribute items for
publication; as a means of Identification,
please sign your name
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

The Ethiopian cow is a poor milk pro-
Queer, it is said. But MussOlini is not after
milk but gold and biologists say there IS
plenty in Halle Selassies kingdom. !
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14
WEATHER FORECAST

(Till 8 p. M, Wednesday,
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday;
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Editorial comment: Many men
feel they could support a family
quite well if only their wives and
children weren't so unreasonable
as TO demand food and clothes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

What kind of a Democrat are you,
constitutional or unconstitutional?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

All along the old street car trackage
among them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

'Old Cold was the first to make the
cigarette trial offer. Now "the Cames
Are Coming"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Being Leap Year, 1886 offers oppor-
tunitieS to girl with steady job.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Crooks probably get that way by fol
lowing their natural bent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Advertised goods stand the test that
they invite. You can usually expect salts
faction.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14
TODAY'S WEATHER

cast weather tonight and We'd
nesday, possibly local showers
over extreme north portion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

Candidates are sowing the wind in
the hope of reaping votes
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-14

1806-Matthew T. Maury, the
navy lieutenant who retired from
service at 80, because of an ac-
cident, to devote the rest Of his
life to improvements in the navy,
one of the worlds greatest hydro
graphers, born near Fredericks-
burg, Va. Died in Lexington,
Va, Feb. 1, 1878.