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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-20

I (Contluued rom Fage ID
 McLevy claiming the state organiz- ation 8 separate setup. under no orders from the national party, and ] that by seeding from the latter. could not be deprived of 8 place 1t has held on the ballot since 1901. {, Allen, on the other hand, pro- duced evidence to show that the Connecticut unit was an integral part of the national group. directly under its supervision and that with drawal of the charter, which was transferred to the left wing faction, outlawed the McLevy organization.
 The decision, in part. said:
 Decision of Court
 "The question for decision is simply the question as to whether the group which nominated the Mo- Levy ticket or the group which nominated the Allen ticket respect iyely is the group or its successors which at the last state election was known as the socialist party.
 "Our statutes nowhere (with one possible exception) takes any cog nizance of any national political party.
 "It is clear that the political par ties which are referred to in our election laws are the political par. ties within the state. A political party in this state is that group of electors throughout the state. who are registered on the caucus lists organization as those electors have under that party's name, plus such chosen to represent them.
 Requirement. of Electcr
 'There is no requirement. that he (the elector) be an adherent of any 1 nationwide party, now still less he be a dues paying member of any national group.
 Tt is clear, therefore, that the party which is entitled to the use of the party designation under Sec tion 588 of the general statutes, as amended, is the state party which used that designation ct the last previous election, and not any na- tional party.
 Name of Socialist
 There is nothing in the evidence which would justify a finding that the Socialist Party of the United States has any exclusive right to the use of the name socialist party CT socialists. It is therefore concluded [ that under our statutes the McLevy ticket is the one which should be placed on the ballot, under the des- ignation of socialists. A peremp- tory writ Of mandanus may issue l directing the secretary of state to 1 print on the ballots and on the bal- h. labels for voting ma lines un- der the party designatiou of 'social- ists,' the list of nominees herein referred to as the McLevy ticket"
 VIII Be No Appeal
 Harold Strauch, counsel for the left wingers, appraised of the de- cision, said no appeal would be taken to the supreme court. There isn't tisne," he said. T don't know ss there is anything to do at the moment. don't antici- nate the national party will take any action before election day.
 '.But, after election 1t is possible we may get an injunction restrain ing the McLevy party from using the name Of the socialist party.
 we believe that the name of the socialist party is the property of the national party. We gre not sore | heads to the extent that we are zoe ing tO everything in our power to keep AGr. McEevy oiR the ballot. | our sole concern is preventing hifn l from appearing under our own ! label.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-20

factions led by Mayor Bernard Dickerman and ex-Congressman William L. IgOe developed . scan- daI in the Mound City which re- vealed a ghost vote" of some- thing like 45,OOO.
 The St. Louis Star-Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch be- gan to investigate before the primaries and continued to apply terrific heat. A grand jury has in- dicted 24 persons for election frauds and probably will have 200 persOns-mOstly democrats-under indictment before long. Election judges and clerks are scared stiff.
 Governor Guy B. Park, under tre- mendouS pressure, removed the local election board and appointed a new one, which everyone agrees is honest and efficient. Voting lists are being thoroughly purged through 8 pro- cess of check and double-check.
 Independents Turn Out
 Meanwhile, registration in St. Louis is 427,000 = which is 30,000 more than ever before, even when registration lists were padded. The increase appears to represent a large group of independent voters.
 Governor Parks is resisting heated demands that he remove the Kansas City election board also. He is Pendergast man. As things stand now, it's guessed that Kan sas City will turn in a democratic plurality of perhaps 100000.
 One reason Stark seems sure to run behind Roosevelt is William Hirth, former head of the Mis- s0uri Farmers Association, who boiled 18O,OO0 votes for the Dem- Ocratic gubernatorial nomination. Hirth, stressing the issue of ma- chine rule, has thrown his sup port to Barrett, but remains 100 per cent for Roosevelt.
 Kansas City has registered 261,- 000, as compared with 8 popula- tion of 415,000. That means 6S per cent of the population, which is said to be more than the adult male population.
 Old Tom Pendergast, ex-saloon- keeper friend of Jim Farley, and perhaps locally the most power- full political boss in America, lies on what may be his deathbed. But his boys seek a cord-breaking vote as 8 sort of present for him. Felt Machines Power
 The way the machine can op- crate 1 still fragrant in the nostrils of able and popular Con- gressman John J. Cochran of St.. Louis. In the 1894 senatorial pri- maries, he had pluarility of 96,1 GOO outside Kansas City. Pen- dergast gave the now Senator Truman 137,50O votes in Kansas City and Jackson county and Cochran 1500.
 Penredgast is said to con- trol everything in Kansas City.
 Recalcitrant businessmen are said to be punished by increased assessments. The machine Is said to make the political business prOIltaDle 1Or ltS AeaucESs sU eA. ercise virtual monopoly over gam bling, slot machines, vice, hand- books, and liquor. Barrett charg- es it holds businessmen in subjec- ton and allows pickpockets to op- crate as part of its alliance with crime.
 The machine also operates an elaborate philanthropic organiza- ton and hands out charity 365
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-20
Madrid 7err0rized
 At Rebel Approach
sUontlnasd tru1c lsaes D

thousands crowded. An extraor- uinary number of trains puffed on tracks in the yards. steam up, ready to leave for the south. They in- cluded troop trains.
 1s was reported without confirma- ton that the llationaIists, by 9 terrific airpIaue boEnbardInent, had broken the raiiroad to the east coast at 6 point near Alcazar Uc san Juan, loo miles south of Mad rid.
 Nevertheless trains were leaving and many more awssted orders. Troop trains were prepared to take reserves Go Aranjuez, 28 miles south of Madrid, and points east.
 Wild Runners Circulate
 The attitude of the working ele- xnent of the capital underwent a night and this morning. Wild I'll. IaorS circulated regarding national ist movements and worknaen avidly read the early editions of the after noon newspapers as they walked to their jobs. and soleul1ly nodded ap- prova1 of the leaflets the militia men handed them.
 At tho war office, the atmosphere was electric with expectancy. Gen Jose Asensio, in charge was at hii office all night and at dawn wal busy telephonlng orders and send. ing message by courier to the front while his aides gave instructions tt officers commanding reinforcement hein gsent to the fronts. Trucks Filled With Food Trucks filled with men and pro. visions. sand bags and construc. tools, Tumbled through thorough fares which until recently wert barred to truck traffic.
 They headed to Torrejon, on thu ] Toledo road south of the city toward Navalcarnero directly to tho I west, and toward Fl EScorial on thu northwest.
 It was believed that Fl Escoria and Navalcarnero would be the frs points of renewed nationalist at. tack. Trenches were thrown UT hastily in all regions likely to be at. tackled.
 As I left the central telephont building at 6 a. m. today I saw tha considerably fewer workmen thar usual were proceeding to their job than has been the case on pas days.
 At the same time large groups ot men were gathered ct the various militia headquarters obviously or dinary citizens who had left theil jobs finally to offer their services
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-20
PITrsBURGH sTRIKE

Pittsburgh, Oct. 20 - WF9 -, 4 strike of 1000 Pittsburgh ElaSa Glass Company employees ir four state1 will be called at 6 2. m tcmoyTow unless the company accepts Q union contract calling for wage SDcreases and other coneeSsians, Glenn w. N:Cabe, international presidsnt oS the Federation Of Fiat GlhsA Work CTS. seii today.
 The 1ederation's wage committee ind i,1terpat.os1ai ct1cers have been in session Lcre i;7lce Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-20
$lOO,OOO BET
 ON ROOSEVELT
Scps Howard Reporter Completes Longest Assignment On Record $

CConttnued frum Page ly of eiOO.OOO to wager with you that President Franklin D. Roosevelt will be reelected" "
 Digest Dossn's Bet
 New York. October 90. =. The Literary Digest does not bet on pres- idential elections nor on the results of its own polls, VicerP President R. 3. Cuddihy told the United Press today.
 Cuddihy's statement was in an- aweR to a wire received from the Franklin D. Roosevelt for President League of Massachusetts which of- fered to wager &100.O0O with the Digest that President Roosevelt would be reelected. The latest Di- gest poll currently shows I.andon carrying g states, Roosevelt IS.
 '.EYery time we've held a poll dur ing the past 25 years, Cuddihy said, ''we've received scores of let- ters and telegralns offering to wager with us. We don't even aii- swer these offers. The Literary Digest doesn't bel"
 Plans to Guard Him
 Extensive preparations were made today to handle the huge crowds ex- pected to turn out when President Roosevelt comes to sachusetts tomorrow 9
 One of the largest police guards ever assembled here will be on duty while Mfr. Roosevelt is in Boston More than 200 police will be on Bos- ton Common when the president speaks.
 schools will be recessed to enable | the children to see the president and Boston city employees will be relieved from duty at 2 p. m. to at- tend the rally. {,
 The presidents special train will arrive at Providence, R. l., tomor- row morning and Mir. Roosevelt will motor through Seekol1k, Rehoboth Swansea and Somerset to Fall River where he will speak in South Park at about -10:S0 a. m.
 His Second Stop The second stop of the campaign tour will be at New Bedford. The president will lunch at the DelanC Homestead in Fairhaven, and leave for Boston at p. m. He was ex- pected to make brief talks at Tatin- ton and Brockton.
 MT. Roosevelt win speak from his automobile on Boston Common. The machine will be run onto 8 platform to enable the crowd to see the president.
 The presidential party then will proceed through Cambridge, Wa tertown, Waltharn and Marlboro to Worcester. At 10 ?. m. the presi- dent will deliver his principal New England campaign address at Wor- cester.
 May Review Campaign
 Washington, October 20. -(UP)-- President Roosevelt, it was under stood today, is giving serious con. sideration to the possibility of mak- ing another campaign swing through the middle west and into Pennsylvania.
 SucG @ SWlngs III uu0eELaken would start on his return from g 48- hour tour, beginning tonight, through the heart of republican New England.
 Evidence that these plans were in the making was seen in disclosure that Mir. Roosevelt may return to Washington at the conclusion of his New England drive instead of going to Hyde Park, N. r., for several days as had been originally ar ranged. strongly to inshrdl. .wouldufetaoinu
 The president is being urgeo strongly to invade Indians, several strategic centers in Ohio and either Harrisburg or Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1t was indicated that although he was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-20
Mrs. Simpson Has
 Detectiue As Guard
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She took the house there to file her divorce in the eastern counties aS- sizes. She has been living there wit ha small staff includinr Y = keeper and a couple of footmen from the kings residence at Eurt Belyedere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-20
Behind the Scenes in the Campaign - PendergaSt Machine And Huge Registration Frauds Are Big Issues In Missouri Election
BY RODNEY BUTCHER Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

st. Louis, Oct 20-In Missouri: capital, Jefferson City, is e biz building which newspapermen, lob hglsts, and some legislators call Uncle Toms Cabin"
 The fact that this building is the state capitol will give you some ides how important is Tom Pendergast's Kansas City political machine in Missouri pouitics and in any state wide election.
 The Pendergast machine and Fraudulent elections are the chief ieglaes in the campaign. The machine, with its ability to deliver q huge vote, is one of the chief nropS for the commonly held theory that Missouri is in the bag for Roosevelt.
 liability.
 At the same time, revelation of huge registration frauds in St. Louis and Kansas City may prove Co De F. D. R.'s outstanding cam- paign liability.
 Democrats are predicting that Roosevelt will carry the state by from 100000 to 25O,OOO. More neutral observers are inclined to shade the former figure consider. . bIy.
 The republican attitude can best be described as hopeful. In 1882 the Roosevelt plurality over Hoover, was 100000.
 
 Registration Sets Record
 Periodically, both St. Loui. whose voting lists have just been scrubbed clean after exposure of the worst election fraud in Missouri in history, and Kansas City, where critics say the registration lists are padded with 60,000 ghosts, have had record-breaking registrations this year. Although the Pendergast machine is given almost full credit in Kansas City, argument rages as te the proper interpretation of this Phenomenon in St. Louis.
 "The employers are against Roosevelt, the employees are for him, and the farmer are split" says one old time democratic lead- CT in St. Louis.
 sThe workingman and the farmer, along with the business man, have come to realize that only Landon's election can save them from disastrous future" says republican.
 At any rate, the democrats, con- trolling the governorship, the two senatorial seats, the whole congress sional delegation, the municipal set- ups in St. Louis, Kansas City, and other cities, along with most other ofiices, have much superior organ izasion for campaign and electoral purposes.
 Barrett Given Chance
 Business is good and throughout thN state are many who have been Eweetened by federal spending.
 Jesse w. Barrett, republican can ditlGte for governor. seems to have a much better chance of defeating Major Lloyd Stark, democratic and pendergast candidate, than Landon has to beat Roosevelt.
 Stark extols the New Deal. Bar xett says nothing about national is- sues and makes his slogan, in ef- feet, "Claen up Kansas City" State- wide resentment against machine elimination may elect him.
 st Louis expects to have the most honest election any large American city ever had. A bitter primary fight between democratic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-20

arduous winter months. His courage in not siding with tho reactionary republicans on the board was prais- ed throughout the city today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31

HOLLYWOOD FILM SHOP

HOLLYWOOD, March 81. U.R
Small, wide-eyed Sybil Jason,
seven-year-old from South Africa,
is nominated by Warner Brothers
as a brunette rival for blond
Shirley Temple, and looks like a
real title threat.
Shirley. a year older than the
challenger. has performed her
dramatic labors on the Twentieth
Century-Fox lot these many years,
Cthree, count 'em). without serious
competition.
Sybil will attempt to muscle in
on Shirley's No. box office rat
ing in "Everybody's Sweetheart,
a story by the late Gerald Beau
mont, to go INTO production late
this spring.
A tiny blue-eyed mite with
straight, black hair, she broke into
show business at the ripe age of
three. doing limitations of Mae
West. Greta Garbo and other film
magniticents on the London vaud-
eville stage.
She has appeared in two British
and three American motion pic
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
TWO CONTRACTS
AWARDED ON
CANAL PROJECT

Secretary of the Interior Harold
two contracts for construction of a
17-mile section of the Gravity Main
Canal of the Gila Federal Reclama-
ton Project in Arizona on bids to.
falling $955,l75.
The work was divided into four
schedules. Boyce and Igo, of Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, were awarded the
contract on a bid of $273,600 for
schedules one and four, schedule one
consisting of excavation of 26,450-
foot segment at the head of the
canal near Imperial Dam and sched-
ule four consisting OF excavation of
a SO, ,460-foot segment east of Yuma.
The Mittry Brothers Construction
company of Los Angeles was award
ed the contract for schedules two
and three, each of which include
excavation of a tunnel as we'll as
excavation of SegmentS of the canal
Their bid was $681 SIS for this work
The successful bids were the low
est for the work involved of 81 sub
mitted to the Bureau of Reclamation
at its Yuma, Arizona, office Febru-
airy 81. Work will be begun within
80 days and the contractors must
complete their jobs ifisse00 calendar
days.
These are the first contracts let
in connection with the Gila project,
the construction of the first unit of
which was authorized by the Pres
ident when he approved an allot-
ment for it of $2,000,000 of work re-
lief funds The first unit consists of
10000 acres, nearly all of which is
public land. in the desert east of
Yuma. There are a total of about
100000 acres which eventually can
be irrigated in this project. Water
will be taken from ne Colorado river
at Imperial Dam, which also will
serve as a diversion point Tor the
All-American Canal in Southern
California.
The Gravity Main Canal will be
excavated to bottom width Oh %
feet, except at the sites of wash
crossings and other permanent
structures where it will be excavated
to the full l00-foot width necessary
when all the units of the Gila prof.
ect are completed.
The two tunnels involved in this
contract will be 1880 feet and 4110
feet long, respectively. They will be
20 feet in diameter, size sufficient
to carry the water which will be
needed for the ultimate develop
ment
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
SUMMONS
No. 1872


No. 1912
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL
TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSO-
CITATION, a national banking
association, Plaintiff.
VS..
ALICE l.. PYLE, ALICE L. PYLE,
as Administrative of the Estate vi
THOMAS E. PYLE, deceased, ct
al, Defendants.
HICKCOX & TRUDE, Attorneys
for Plaintiff.
The People of the State of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to Alice j..
Pyle. Alice L. Pyle, as adminiStra-
trix of the Estate of Thomas e.
Pyle, deceased, GEORGE j. PYL|,
also knoSn as Geo. Pyle and also
known as Geo. j. Pyle, Lee A. Pyle
and Edith Yarnell Pyle, his wife,
John H. Pyle and Amy Strong Pyle,
his wife, Cora Pyle Shank, Florence
Pyle Bradley, ALVIN l.. Pinkney. also
known as Alvin H. Pinkney, Silas
Sellers Pinkney, Vesta Florine Pyle,
Thomas f. Pyle, Jr., Allyene Leslie
Pyle, Frances A. Ryan, also known
as Frances c. Ryan, N. G. Deaton,
Corporation of America. a corpora
ton, as Trustee, Whiting-Mead
Company of San Diego, corpor-
alton, John Doe, Richard Doe,
Henry Poe, John Doe Co., corpor-
alton, Richard Roe Co., a corpo. = =
ton, Henry Roe Co., a corporation,
Doe First, Doe Second, Doe Third,
Doe Fourth and Doe Fifth, De-
PENDANTS.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as
above, brought against you in the
Superior Court of the County of
Imperial, State of California, with
in ten days after the service on
you OF this Summons if served
within this county; or within thirty
days if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you apear and answer rs
above required, the said Plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply TO the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Co..!
plant.
Given under my hand and tie
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 18th day of December,
1885
EDWARD H. LAW,
Clerk.
BY CITHA LANSON,
(SeaD Deputy Clerk.
J. 28-Feb. Mar 3, ,10,17,24-
Ap.6.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
PUBLIC POWER
PLANTS TAKE
HOLD QUICKLY

One argument invariably uSeo by
the private power companies is
that they viii retain the majority
OF their business for years, and
that the city Xill be paying its
bonds and interest on a losing ven
ture. 1t is. therefore. Of interest
10 observe how short a period has
been required for a municipal plant
10 establish itself successfully, says
writer in a public ownership
magazine, speaking OF private pow
er company efforts to block the
establishment OF publicly owned
power systems.
Carrying this subject still fur
ther the writer states that it is
Interesting to note in the records
of various cities that the reduc-
lions in rates made by the NUM-
cipalities have invariably been fol-
lowed by reductions in rates by
the private companies IN their eff
forts TO hold the business; but.
even \ hen these reductions in rates
are made to hold the business. the
consumers have forSaken the COM
panies and connected with the
municipal plants.
A study is then made OF the rec
ords of different cities IN which
both municipality and privately
owned power and light systems
are operating on a competitive
basis. This study shows that al
most from the very beginning, the
municipal plants have taken very
large share of the business away
from the privately owned systems
and this has increased steadily as
years passed.
What these cities have accom-
plished is possible with any other
similar community, and if the vot-
ers OF a community are predom-
inantly in favor OF a municipality
Owned plant there can be no doubt
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
Mexican Suicide
Ends Up in Jail

Fastino Davla, 20, Mexican, with
romantic proclivitieis, quarreled
with his sweetheart Sunday Fol-
lowing a peppery exchange of words
in a Broadway cafe the ardent cab
allero dashed out in front of the
cafe and apparently plunged an ice
pick deep into his chest. The lover
from chileland dropped to the
sidewalk and dramatically "eXpir-
ed"
Police were summoned. and after
a hasty examination at headquar-
ters the wounded lothario was
rushed to the county hospital where
physicians found he was suffering
from nothing more serious than a
Slight scratch. Davlas love is cool
ing as he cools his heels in Jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31

in annexatio proceedings
The machinery for the neces-
sary elections would have to be
set up by the legislature. accord
ing TO Elmer Heald district at
torney Heald is a member of a
committee of the Associated cham
bers o. commerce appointed 10
investigate the possibilities of the
annexation.
Provision is mace for The for
nation of new counties from other
counties but so far little has been
discovered to provide for the Sc
cession of a portion of one county
and its ultimate inclusion within
the boundaries of another, Head
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
QUNIYBRIEFS QUN1BRIEFS

Lantana-The P. NJ. Baum fami-
ly have recently moved to Lantana.
90
Lantana-Jack Hunga and family
from Imperial Dam visited at his
parents home this week.
90
Lantana-Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lor-
ane of San Francisco visited at the
A. NJ. Mealey home Friday. Mrs.
Lorraine is Mr.. Mealey's sister.
Lantana-MesdameS A. H. Shell
don, A. NJ. Mealey, B. c. Mulvey and
j. c. Mealey attended the Daugh-
ters of Union Veterans meeting
Friday. 1t was the tents first BIRTH
day and several officers from the
coast were present.
90
Lantana - Several Lantana peo-
pie attended the Regional con-
ference of the farm bureau Satur-
day in El Centro.
Lantana-Joe Wright and family
spent Sunday at the John Hunza
home.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-31
Karpis Believed TO
Have Escaped Trap

TOPEKA, Kans., March 81. UP
Kansas highway patrol headquarters
here said today that Mint Smith,
patrol director had advised that Al
vim Karpis escaped from a trap set
by federal agents near Hot Springs.
Ark yesterday.
Smith did not mention any ar
rests in the raid on the Arkansas
farm house although earlier reports
said two or three suspects had been
captured.