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Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
LIBRARY WILL
LOAN BOOKS
ON SATURDAY
New Quarters Ready
To Serve Patrons
Of Community

Ell Centre public library
will be open for business
Saturday morning at 10 O.
clock in its new headquar-
tiers on South Seventh in
the old Fox Imperial theatre build
ing.
Books will be given out at this
time so that patrons may bGve
them for use over the weekend
although the library Will not he
completely installed by THAT time
Agnes Ferris Bigelow, librarian,
has asked patrons to keeptheir
books until the library is open SO
that all the staff's time may be
devoted to installing the volumes
in the shelves this week.
A moratorium on fines has been
declared and will be in force for
the first three days next week
when books may be returned, said
Mrs. Bigelow.
The library staff has been busy
this week unpacking books and
placing them in the stocks which
occupy two rooms in the building.
The old building was condemn
ed as being unsafe and for several
weeks the board has been seeking
new hadquartrs, finally selecting
those on South Seventh.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
union PLANS
enforcement
OF SHORT DAY
Meeting Thursday to
Seek Furtherance
Of Program

Ell Centre members of the
Fruit and Vegetable Work
ers Union will meet at the
Labor Hall at 8 pm. Thurs
day to discuss methods by
which the union can help enforce
the eight-hour prorate program
approved this week, A. S. Doss,
financial secretary, said Wednes-
day.
The meeting originally was
scheduled for Tuesday night, but
conflicting engagements prevented
use of the hall and a conference
with shippers kept union leaders
away.
The program, under which union
members have agreed to work no
more than eight hours a day, is
meeting with wide approval, Doss
said. 1t eliminates broken hours
and 20-hour shifts for the labor
ers, he continued, by pro-rating
labor just as shipments are pro-
rated. Formerly, he explained, shed
workers night work from eight to
20 hours some days, and not at
all on others. Under the new pro-
gram they work eight hours each
day, with the time determined by
necessity.
Shippers generally have agreed
to the union proposal as a part Of
the pro-rate program.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Mesa Experiment Station
Site Hunted by Officials

Selection of a suitable site for a
government experiment station on
the east side mesa, was the object of
a trip to that area Wednesday by a
group of Imperial Valley citizens.
Establishment of the experiment
station is deemed important by val
ley residents because a report from
the United States department of
agriculture contained the statement
that the soil on the east side mesa
was of low productivity and any at
tempt to COLOMBO it would prove
disastrous both economically and
socially"
Officials of the county and the
Imperial Irrigation district and sew
eral organizations do not agree with
the report of the department and
sent petitions to the government
asking that the experiment station
be established and a thorough study
of the soil be made.
Veterans organization are inter
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
TRANSIENT BAN BEARS FRUIT
Tiger Woman Wins
Mastery of Mauler

Ell MONTE, Feb. 5. UP) -
Mabel Stark, famed circus ami
nal trainer, today affectionate-
ly petted snarling Nellie, huge
tigress which suddenly attacked
her four months ago i'm Ari-
z0na, the night before she was
to appear at Ell Centre.
Recovered from the wounds
which nearly cost her life, Miss
Stark returned to the Al G..
Barnes circus at winter head
quarters in Baldwin Park yes
terday, determined to assert her
mastery over Nellie and TO con-
tinue her career.
Showing no fear, Miss Stark
barked out her orders and sent
the whip cracking near Nellie's
cars. The sinewy beast hesitat-
ed for an instant, then went to
her pedestal.
Scared? Well, a little" Miss
Stark laughed afterwards.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
-FOUR HOLDUP
I HUGS HELD
BY SHEER |Ff
Quartet Conf sses to
Beating Victims
+ Monday Night

Identified by their assert
ed victims following a sud-
den raid and dramatic ar
rest Tuesday night by Sher-
if Robert w. Ware and IN
The prisoners, Sheriff Ware said,
confessed to the series of robberies,
admitting that they beat at least
three of the victims severely with
pistol butts.
Lloyd Smith, %, Dan Smith, %,
Curtis McClain, % and ElviS Cash,
rs, are the prisoners. Their asserted
victims were Mangel Singh, Hindu,
Raymond Hays and an unidentified
companion, hitchhikerS; and Elmer
and James ClinkscaleS, Holtvile
residents. The suspects were arrest
ed following day of intensive in
vestigation by the Sheriff's office.
Holtville police aided in bringing the
prisoners in. They were taken into
custody at their home a mile and
a half north of Holtville.
Singh was robbed of $25 and a
watch Later in the evening the
hitchhikers were picked up. From
them the robbers took a suitcase,
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
More Loot Casts
Chain of Evidence
Around Transient

Identification of a pair of shoes
stolen from the home of Stanley Ry-
erson on Wensley avenue some time
ago formed an additional link in the
chain Which connects Neil Beckman
with a series of burglaries in Ell Gen.
tro. The shoes were found at The
jungle" home OF Beckman along
with a quantity of other articles, ac-
cording to report at the police
station.
Residents whose homes were bur-
glarized since early December 1885,
are being given an opportunity to
look over the loot in an ATTEMPT La
recognize articles taken.
Beckman, alias Leo Becker. adj
mitted the burglaries after he was
arrested while clad in clothing taken
from the r. B. WhitelaW home Dec
December IS.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
EX-SOLDIERS
RUSH TO FILE
FOR PAYMENTS

Even though they have until
i94o to make out their application
blanks for the soldiers bonus, more
than 200 Imperial county veterans
already have filled out their APP
pllcation blanks at the office of
Charles Nice, veterans service of
ficer.
Nice estimates that there are
1,500 veterans in the county who
Will make out the application
blanks within the next few weeks.
Arrangements were made at the
office for veterans to fill out the
blanks there and full instructions
are available.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
SIX PERISH IN
COLD STRICKEN
EASTERN AREA
By UNITED PRESS

Snowblocked roads, ice-glazed
streets, piercing winds, Arctic cold
and floods were on the winter
weather map OF the entire eastern
half of the United States today
At least six deaths were added to
the Weather's toll.
TIL peril of coal shortage be-
came increasingly serious in many
sections. Iowa had been without
an adequate supply of coal for
more than week; transportation
tieups and the severe cold cut sup
plies to the danger point in parts
of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky and Massachu-
sets.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
DUCE AWAITS
OIL VERDICT

ROME, Feb. 5. (U.P) - Premier
Benito Mussolini today awaited
the decision of the league on i'm
position of an oil embargo against
Italy, his course of action, and
possible retaliation determined.
AS league experts at Geneva the
technical problems incident to an
embargo, the Fascist grand coun-
ell, supreme governing body, out
lined policy to be pursued if the
embargo is imposed.
There was no hint as to what
the policy might be, and it was
believed there would be no dis
closure until the league has acted.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
SULLIVAN TO
TAKE ISSUE
into COURT
Parker Project Inks
Fiery Attorney
Of State

PHOENIX, Feb. 5. (UP)
Attorney General John l..
Sullivan asked the Arizona
Colorado river commission
today for funds to finance
court battle to halt construction
of Parker Dam.
The fiery state counsel who re-
Gently declared war single-hand-
edly against California over con-
struction of the dam without this
states formal consent, declared in
letter to- the commission that
unless this state haltS construction
of the dam California will gain
rights by appropriation to water
in the river which rightfully be-
longs to the state of Arizona"
In the letter, Sullivan quoted a
section of Arizona law which
makes it unlawful to construct
or commence to construct any
bridge. dam, dixie or cauSeWay
over or in any navigable. river
or other navigable water within
the jurisdiction of the state of
Arizona unless and until such con-
struction shall have been first rec
commended by the attorney gen.
cral and authorized by the COVER
nor"
The Colorado river he pointed
out, has been judicially declared
to be navigable and since the at
torney general has never recon-
mended the construction of this
dam and since the governor has
never authorized the same, it is
apparent that the foregoing sec
ton of the law is being violated"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
BORDER PLANS
CITY PARK ON
RIVER BANKS

CALEXICO-A plan to create
large park west of the city on the
banks of New river was proposed
at the city council meeting Tues
day night by w T. Fugate. The
project, as described by Fugate,
calls for extensive Identification
operations on both sides of the
river for three miles. Under the
plan, trees would be planted, un-
derbruSh cleared and picnic
grounds formed. Bride trails for
horse back riders also are includ-
ed in the project.
Park Commissioner Less Cardiff
has the proposal under considera-
ton, with a view to recommending
it as possible WPA project.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Mrs. Zurcher Hurt
In Traffic Crash

Mrs. j. Zurcher OF Ell Centre,
teacher at Acacia school, was taken
to La Solana hospital Wednesday
morning suffering from minor in
juries sustained in an auto-truck
crash south of Ell Centre.
Mrs. Zurcher was driving east
and crashed at an intersection into
the truck driven by Ernest Mathis
of Ell Centre, according to the Cali
fornia Highway patro office
Mathis was uninjured.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Speaker Describes
Cow Disease Control

Methods used in California in
controlling contagious abortion in
dairy stock were discussed for
valley dairymen Tuesday by DR..
Kenneth G. Mckay, extension vet
erinarian, who addressed a group
at luncheon at the Barbara Worth
hotel and a meeting in the farm
bureau office at the court house.
DR.. Mckay told of the work in
Del Norte county where control
has been effected by testing and
segregating diseased animals
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
CaleMco Considers
Gymnasium Building

CALEXICO-At a city council
meeting Tuesday night construc-
ton of $4,000 municipal gymna-
SUM was discussed and referred to
the school board for further con-
Sideration.
If building Specifications can be
altered to meet school building re-
quirements, it is proposed to place
the new unit under supervision of
the schools, according to John
Carroll, spokesman for the project
A decision is expected this week
following conference with school
officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
e. OH =. So
W. says
-IG FRANK MATAsABs
tWS by
~ SO MODEM
THOSE BONUS

THOSE BONUS
I go skipping around doing
MY intelligent reporter job for
this newspaper 1 are ask
ing many of several War Vet
Grams what they are going did
with bonus money. Here are
them answers:
First Veteran: II are going
send my wife to China on that
Clipper ship"
Second Veteran; Il are going
buy a hammock, a tree and bot
tles-then l are going sit under
the tree until my bottles and
bonus are gone. Then l going
back to work and wait for an
other war"
Third Veteran: "Well al
ways wanted TO hit cop, 50
when / getting my bonus I are
going hit the first cop ! see
right i'm the nose. Because
will have enough money TO pay
the fine"
Fourth Veteran: Il are going
back to school 30 ! will know
sOmething-then my little son
cannot making monkey out OF
me any more
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05

James E. Davis foreign legion"
were idling, either because of oppos-
ition from local authorities or delay
in receiving special deputy commits
sions, eight officers at Blythe start
ed fingerprinting suspicious Migrants
who attempted to cross the Colorado
river bridge from Arizona. Six were
fingerprinted when found to be car
rying guns but none were placed
under arrest, according to a report
from Sergeant B. B. Eubanks, in
charge of the detail.
200 Turned Back
EubankS reported that approx
mately 200 transientS, all of them
hltchhikerS, were turned back yes
terday but that the number today
had fallen off by more than half.
so far they're only diplomatic
turnbacks," he said.
EubankS divided his detail into
three shifts, each working eight
hours a day. They were stationed
at the state quarantine station on
the California said of the bridge
Blythe is off the main line of the
Santa Fe, only spur line running
up to Rice and Cadiz where it con-
meets with the main line running
from Needles. AS a result, Eubanks
was not called on to deal with many
hoboes who ride the rods" into Cal
ifornia.
Overloaded automobiles were the
main objects of scrutiny. AS each
stopped at the quarantine station.
a Los Angeles officer questioned the
Continued on Page 2, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
CITY Planners Act
On Special Permits

Ell Centres city planning commits
sion met in special session Tues
day Afternoon at the call of the
chairman, Jasper L. Travers, in
order to consider petitions for non
conforming building permits.
The commission recommended
the granting of permit
to E. w. Frey for remodeling of
the old hospital building on The cor
ner of Sixth and Holt streets. The
building, which was damaged by fire
several years ago, is to be converted
into apartments. The planning com
mission also recommended the
granting of permit to c. H. john
ston for remodeling a single family
dwelling into a duplex.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
ROOSEVELT IN
MOVE TO STOP
INFLATED CASH

WASHINGTON, Feb. s. W.H -
President Roosevelt arranged ten
tatively today for further study
of the general problem of taxes at
this session of congress.
MIR. Roosevelt asked his fiscal
aides to call at the White House
today if they can assemble neces-
sary data for a further survey of
the situation in view of twin con-
gressional movements against new
taxes and for initiation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Dark Moment Comes as
1886 Plates Are Lost

Lifes darkest moment came for
c. A. Parsley Tuesday when he real
lied that his new 1886 automobile
license plates had fallen off the
trunk of the car while it was being
driven about town by Mrs. Parsley
He appealed to Ell Centre police
to help him find the plates which
bore the numbers IV9740
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05

IckeS announced Tuesday his de-
cision to route the canal north of
CaleXico.
Up until noon Wednesday, j.
H. Fertig, Reclamation Bureau
engineer in charge of the Calexico
division, had not received orders
from Washington to proceed with
work on the route. Word was ex-
pected at any time, however, and
teams will be shifted to the new
project Immediately after official
confirmation. In the meantime
force account workers are still
stationed east of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Lettuce Licenses
Checked by Chief

Complete check-up of the present
lettuce deal in regard to proper il
censing and bonding of operators is
being made in the valley by C. J.
Carey, chief of the division of market
enforcement, state department II
agriculture. and Wilson B. Wood
burn of the department.
Carey and WOODBURY. are also
hearing several complaints in regard
to violations of the agriculture code
relative to the milk and grain sec
tionS.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Crops SaUed From
Damage by Frost

No damage has been done agri-
culture by the light scattered frosts
which were reported in various
localities of the valley, occurring
early Tuesday and Wednesday
mornings.
Neither B. A. Harrigan, agricul-
tural commissioner, nor Fred A.
Baughman meteorologist for the
U. S. frost service, have had any
reports as to damage done crops.
Frost was not anticipated for
Thursday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Housing Official to
Give Data Thursday

H. V. Davidson of the Federal
Housing Administration will be at
the FL Centre Chamber of Com
merce Thursday, for conferences re-
garding housing and residential i'm
provement loans.
Appointments may be made by
telephone with the chamber head
quarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
PARKER DAM FIRE
CALLED ACCIDENT

NEEDLES, Feb. S. W.P)-Inquiry
into the cause of a fire which
RACED dormitory at Parker Dam
campsite with loss of seven lives
was continued today although San
Bernardino county officials were
convinced the conflagration was of
accidental origin.
OF the seven victims, three were
joblesS who came to the damsite
to look for work over the week
end and had been given temporary
lodging over Sunday, coroner's in
vestigator Norman Henderson de-
clared.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
RACING ENTHUSIASTS
RESPOND TO CONTEST
Defendant Speeds
Diuorce of Wife

CHICAGO, Feb. 5. UP
Dudley Buff. broker, today
proved chivalry is not dead. His
wife filed a divorce suit charg-
ing cruelty. Duff returned a
summons TO the clerk of super
ior court with the following
penciled notation on the back:
II, the defendant, wish that
this court may grant the de-
cree to the plaintiff, thereby
making her happy, and l will
be made doubly happy"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
100000 IN FEES
COLLECTED BY
PATROL OFFICE

Automobile license fees and per-
sonal property taxes collected by
the California Highway patrol Of
flee in the court house totaled
100000, according to Captain Frank
OSXalt
A total of 5000 sets of pleasure
!. car Incense plates was ACQUIRED by
Continued on Page 3, Col, o
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
BRUNO WON'T RECEIVE
FURTHER DELAY

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 5. U.R
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman indie
ated in a statement late today
that he would not further delay
the execution of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, convicted slayer of
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr, until
the renewed investigation of the
case is completed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05

eSted in the station, it was pointed
out, because veterans will be given
preference when the land is opened
for settlement.
The group making the trip We'd
nesday included: I. Schlatter, chair
man of the county board of superVls-
ors; Supervisor B. M. Graham; B. A.
Harrigan, county agricultural conf
missioner; and Sam Robinson, di-
rector of the farm bureau
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
f. r.. CONSIDERS CHOOSING
STATE DELEGATION

WASHINUIUN, Fed. D. lU.H
President Roosevelt is still
considering the suggestion that
he select the personnel of the
California Democratic delegation
to the national convention, Sen.
William Gibbs McAdOo, Califor-
MIA Democrat, said today on leav-
ing the White House.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
New York Elevator
Strike Postponed

NEW YORK, Feb. 5. U.P)-A
threatened strike of elevator oper-
ators that would have inconven-
fenced hundreds of thousands of
workers in Manhattan was called
off today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
POWDER EXPLOSION
KILLS TWO MEN

BENSON, Ariz., Feb. 5. UP)
County and Apache powder
company officials joined today
in investigating an explosion at
the COMPARES plant near here
which killed two men and in
jured two others.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
MOTORBOATERS
PRAISE OFFER
OF POST-PRESS

Are valley motorboat devotees en-
thusiastic over the Imperial Valley
Open Championship race listed as
a feature on the program of the
Mid Winter Regatta to take place
Sunday on Salton Sea?
The answer is yes. Applications
started coming in as soon as the
event was announced in this news
paper yesterday.
Continued on Page 2, Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
q -
<~I
ID AMBLING
IMPORTER
Says
There's Many a Slip

IhCfcS Many a Slip
It's a mighty good thing for
the eyebrows of the community
that Leo Magee's clothing is well
balanced. Shaving the other NOR
ming, Leo clipped few hairs too
many off one side of his pride
<and joy, one of Ell Centros mus
tschiest mustaches. He shifted the
razor over and clipped few from
the other side, attempting to make
it all even. Woe of woes! He got
too many from that side. He shift
ed again. That went on for a
while, until there wasn't much
left. In rage and chagrin, Leo
made one fell sWoop, and the re-
mainder no longer remained. His
face blossomed forth in all its
pristine glory. Now, if you see
someone ambling down the main
stem who looks a little familiar
like you might have known him
at one time or another-it's Leo,
whose face has gone nudist
Marbe II Was RR's-
Today'S puzzle comes from the
monthly report of doings in and
around the office of B. A. Harri-
gan, red-headed county agricul-
tural commissioner. Thirty-one
goats were shipped from Imperial
10 RI
chronicles. Thirty were trucked
out. No further mention is made
of the one. Perhaps it's the one
we've been looking for SO long,
that we lost years ago.
Looking Forward
If there's anyone lIlore confident
in the future of Imperial Valley
than Jack Person, RR has yet
to run across him. Jack knows the
valley from the packing sheds up,
too, which may be why he unload
ed another carload of Packard
zoos tother day. The valley is
in the market, Jack believes, and
that's some kind of sign of
something or other-lnost likely
of prosperity.
Down to the Sea-
o. C. (Tommy to you Harris is
all down hearted. Tommy, it
seems has a very fast boat. He
believes it can win from anything
in Imperial Valley going away"
and he'd mighty we'll like to
launch it into the race at Salton
Sea Sunday that is limited to val
ley owned boats. But Tommy is
all mad because he left his boat
back at Electra Lake in Colorado.
vJust goes to show, Tommy, that
you should keep homegrown pro-
ducts at home. You might get
surf-board and enter the Post
Press 1. " open.
a Matter of Pride
Fred Cross is proud of a wrecked
Chrysler. He shows it to everyone.
He'd rather show the wreck than
new car, it seems sometimes
There's a reason for his madness,
however, and it lies in the fact
that the big airflow motorcar
skidded 500 feet on it's topside
after clipping a truck the other
day. There were three people in
the machine, and none was hurt.
The top was showed a bit awry,
true, but the car came in under
rs own power. That's why Fred is
proud of the wreck.
Personal Note
To w. A. Capehart, Yuma:
Thanks for the oleander. We've
given out lot, but our bread al
ways comes back brickbats. (W.A.'S
oleander, by the way, was directed
to the paper, not to RR, but to-
day we feel like snatching at
StraWs)
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Leaders Of CaIexico
Continue Battle for
Preferred Canal Route
kilograms Dispatched to Ickes After Inside Data
From Washington Received by City Backers;
Workers Awaiting Official Word

CALEXICO-Following receipt of private information
from Washington, Mayor Marcus Bates and the chamber
of dispatched kilograms Tuesday night to Secre
tary Harold L. Ickes resang Caexcos request for
ing of the All American canal through the city Secretary
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
SHARP DROP
REPORT AT
BLYTHE PORT
Six Transients Turned Back by Foreign
Legion at Yuma Entry; Davis Backs
Stand Despite Opposition

LOS ANGELES, Feb 5. (UP)-A special police cru
SADIE against Migrants bent vacatonng" in Los Angel
bore its first fruits today when sharp drop
ported in the number of travellers crossing the state
der at Blythe While other detachmentS of Police Chief
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Last Minute
Flashes!
CALIFORNIA FIRM BIDS
LOW ON DAM WORK

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb, 5. U.P
Dan Peders & Company, of
Garnet, Calf. was apparent low
bidder today with an offer to
alter and recOndition spillway
gates at Roosevelt Dam for $751;
$50.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
MARKETS IN BRIEF

hutter. Los Angeles 34K; butter
TAT. Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
Trade A; 421@ manufacturing milk.
s'H2; route gathered cream, ~.
T.. A. hRy-U. =. Mol, extra lcnfy,
nZ5'"O; US. No. I, S1S.5O-10; US. No
:: Ienfy, T17.5O-IS; Us. No. =, $3.50
'i minneapolis flax, 1S1N-1sS%.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05
Personal Note

To w A. Capehart, Yuma:
. Thanks for the oleander. We've
given out lot, but our bread al
ways comes back brickbats. CW.A.'s
oleander, by the way, was directed
to the paper, not to RR, but to-
day we feel like snatching at
StraWS.)
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-05

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