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Evening star., 1937-10-28
White Oak
(Quercus Alba).
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

" Rec lovers are especially fond
Of the queenly white oak. They
are loud in their praises for
4 the trees, no matter in what
season they see them. 1t is one of
the oaks to be found throughout most
Of the Eastern half of the country
and is easily recognized by its light
colored bark.
Where the white oak has found
itself in rich, well-drained soil it has
been known to reach height of $50
feet, with a diameter of between six
and eight feet, and white oaks have
been known to live to be 800 years
old.
There are many beautiful white
oaks found in our woods. Where
they are closed in and hedged about
Evening star., 1937-10-28
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English.
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.

B. N.-"The most jocose person I
have ever heard Of" is the required
form. Heard tell of" is not desir-
able expression and should be avoided.
Jocose pronounced jo-KOSE, not
JO-kose) means jocular, merry, wag-
gish, droll, facetious.
Send a return envelope for the
ieafet. Business English"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
AIR DEFENSE
PLAN BACKED
AT MEETING

BOISE, Idaho, June 10. W.P)-
Determined to push a program
calling for adequate defensive mil
itary aviation facilities on the Aleu-
tian Island and Pacific Coast, the
northwest aviation planning con-
ference moved today toward ad-
journment.
The conference. lead by the Ore
gon delegation, voiced its deter
mination to enlist combined aid
of congressional representation
from Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and
Washington to secure a sustained
aviational building program for
the Pacific slope and Alaskan pos
sessions.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
FARM GRANGE
SEEKS LOW Err
INTEREST RATE.
Seven-POint Program m
Sent to Congress
On Legislation

LOS ANGELES, June 10.
u.D-The National Oranges
Executive committee sent to
congress today a seven-point
demand for 3 1-2 per cent
interest farm loans and other legis-
lation.
The committee also went on re-
cord against President Roosevelt's s
proposed supreme court reorgani-
cation before adjourning its sum-
mer meeting last night The Grange
claims more than 100000 members.
The broad program to congress
was:
l. Federal farm loans at 31s per
cent interest.
2, Legislation enabling worthy
tenants to become land owners.
3. Continued soil conservation
legislation; crop insurance and ever
normal granary laws along lines
protecting the small or family-size
farm; maximum farm control in
all rural legislation.
4. Opposition to transferring the
bureau of forestry or any soils use
service from the department OF
agriculture
5. Opposition to the Pettingil,
bill in its present form.
6. Legislation giving American
farmers the American market on all
crops sufficiently produced in this
country
Z. No more money for vocational,
education, extension and research.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
MORE QUESTIONS ON VALLEY

5. The famous Mormon Battal-
ion which, under command of Col.
Stephen w. Kearney, made one OF
the most desperate and tragic mill
tary marches in history. crossed a
portion of Imperial couny. The
battalion consisted of 500 Mormon
men who enlisted in the army at a
temporary Mormon immigration
camp on the Mississippi river. The
march across the western desert
for the purpose of aiding the gov
srnment in its war with Mexico
was started in 1846, with California
as its goal. The struggling column
crossed the Colorado river near the
mouth of the Gila and proceeded
on across the desert towards San
Diego. The suffering and priva-
ton of the troops as they crossed
the then unknown desert country
constituted one of the most heroic
military efforts on record.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
McIVer Leaves to
Start Sentence

F. H. McIver left the Imperial
County jail at 5 o'clock Saturday
morning in custody of Deputy
Sheriff Don Campbell for the San
Quentin, to begin serving sentence
for embezzlement of Imperial Irri-
cation District funds.
The ex-treasurer of the district
probably will be delivered to the
warden at the state penitentiary
sometime Sunday
He was sentenced Friday from
one to 10 years on IL counts OF
embezzlement. 1t was recommended
that the state board of prison terms
and paroles, the group setting the
time of sentences, permit the sem
tences on the various counts to run
concurrently.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20

Alaska and Seattle have stood by
continuously in an effort to COM
municate with the plane. Concern
mounted when nearly II hours had
elapsed since any one of the army
stations had been able definitely to
contact the plane.
The latest word from the plane
received by the army signal corps
was intercepted by its radio station
at Seattle at 1920 am. PST. At
that time the Soviet plane report
ed its position as "a degrees north
latitude 10 degrees west longitude
The Royal Canadian signal corps
announced at Edmonton, Alta,
that it's Fort Smith, Northwest Ter
ritory, radio station heard from
the fliers at am, (PSTO when
they were passing over Prince Pat
rick island in the Arctic ocean.
90
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 {U.Pj
Three Russian airmen on an at
tempted record breaking $3.50 mile
nonstop flight over the north
pole from Moscow to San Francis
co flew past Prince Patrick island
in the Arctic ocean at 4 am, PST)
today headed for northern Canada
and stormy weather.
Prince Patrick island is approx
imately 800 miles south of the
north pole, directly on the 123rd
meridian. This indicated the Ill
ers were exactly on their course,
as their route was over the 123rd
meridian The island is due north
of Banks Land, about midway be-
tween Alaska and Hudson's Bay.
The Royal Canadian signal corps
announced at Edmonton that its
Fort Smith radio station at Fort
Smith, Northwest Territory, heard
from the fliers at am
Edmonton signal corps officers
did not expect the fliers to pass
over Edmonton before tonight.
Edmonton signal corps officers
did not expect the fliers to pass
over Edmonton before tonight.
Gregory Kokhman, Soviet consul
general in San Francisco receives
reports of difficult weather along
the route the airmen must follow
He was optimistic, however.
"They are fulfilling their task
they never complain Gokhman
said.
The flight, the greatest aerial
adventure since Charles Lindbergh
flew to Paris 10 years ago, started
at am Moscow time Friday (6
! pm, Thursday, PST)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20

2. Yolo Well asked about last
week, IS thought to have meant
the same as Yuha Well, which is
southwest from Dixieland near the
old oiled highway to Coyote Wells.
1t was drilled before the valley
was settled, and was abandoned
Years ago. The name originally was
spelled Yujah.
3. Signal Mountain, proper, Is
entirely in Mexico, but portion OF
5he ridge which approaches the
mountain on the north crosses the
line into imperial county.
4. The Quechan or Yuma" In
dians in the eastern part of Impe-
rial county are of Apache, or Ath-
apaScan stock. They are of the
same origin as are the Navajos anG
other branches of the Apache ma
Cion which migrated from the
north near Lake Athapascon about
the year 1000 AID.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20

Names of at least five American
taxpayers probably will be submit
ted to the special congressional tax
investigating committee when it
reconvenes Tuesday III support of
the treasury's request for legisla-
ton to close loopholes in the pres
ent tax laws.
Congressional tax experts studied
means of legislating against the
treasury terms device" of foreign
corporate setups by American in
dividuals for the purpose of reduc-
ing income tax payments. They
placed the device" as the first in
their eight point list.
Rep. Fred M. Vinson, D, KY,
and other committee members sug-
gested the possibility of increasing
the present 10 per cent tax on Am
erican earned dividends going
abroad. A 25 per cent tax on an
indlVlduaiS income going TO make
up the capital surplus of foreign
corporation also was discussed.
The names of seven persons were
drawn into that angle of the inves-
tigation yesterday by treasury Of
ficials. They were Charles Laugh
ton, movie star; Philip de Ronde,
Paraguayan consul in New York
city; Jules S. Bache, New York
banker; Wallace Groves, New York
chain store operator and financier;
Percy K. Judson, former member
of the New York Stock Exchange;
Jacob Schick, retired, u S. Army
officer and inventor of the dry
shaver" razor; and George Westing-
house, millionaire of New Bruns-
wick and the Bahamas Islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
DRIVER FACES
CHARGES FOR
AUTO DEATHS

PHOENIX, Ariz., June 10. WP)-
M. L.. Harvey, 6o-year-old Ontario.
Calf, truck driver was held to an
swer on manslaughter charge in
justice court of Nat. T. Mckee to-
day, with bond set at $1,000.
Harvey said he would supply bono
Immediately.
The charge grew out of the death
of Herman G.. Bateman, 35 of Mon
terey, Mex, killed in a head-on
collision with a truck driven by
Harvey near Wickenburg, June 15:
A second death from the acci-
dent came when Mrs. Bateman, III
critical condition in a hospital
here for four days, died severa!
hours before the hearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
CAPTURED CITY
FALLS BEFORE
NATIONA.LISTS
Troops Enter Bilbao,
Encounter Slight
Resistance

DERIO, Outside BILBAO,
June 10. (UP)-The besieg-
ing Nationalists captured
Bilbao today. AS they enter
ed the Basque capital the
demoralized defenders fled.
The first Nationalist detachment
entered the city at 3 pm.
Radio stations at Vitoria and San
Sebastian confirmed the news that
troops had entered Bilbao. They
said the attackers did not meet
Basque resistance in the old quar-
ter of the city of the right bank of
the Nervion river. That section in
cludes the main hotel, the banking
and shopping quarters as well as
gas, plant and the Bank of Spain.
There was no street fighting as
the Nationalists advanced through
the narrow streets. But the Basques
in the new quarter of the city on
the opposite river bank, fired into
the old section.
The Bank of Spain vaults were
said to have been emptied 10 days
ago and deposits were shipped to
France.
The Nationalist mission at st.
Jean de Luz announced that 1900
troops, upon entering Bilbao, freed
1850 hostages from Larranaga pris-
on.
A mixed brigade of Italian and
Spanish troops, known as the
"Black Arrows" poured doWnhili
from the heights of Begona and
stormed into the city. The brigade
occupied the gas plant, several alb
batoirs and municipal buildings
1t was reported that troops contin-
ued into the center of the city which
appeared deserted.
BERLIN, June 10. RU.P)-A Span
ish Loyalist submarine fired three
torpedoes at the crack German
cruiser Leipzig off Oran, Algeria
June Is, an official communique
said today.
The cruiser was not hit.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Search Abandoned
For Mrs. Parsons

STONY BROOK, NY, June 49,.
U.P)-Department of justice agents
abandoned today their search OF
the woods along Long Islands north
shore for a trace of Mrs. Alice Nc
Donnell Parsons, 38-year-old Soc
iety matron, who disappeared from
her Long Meadow Farm Estate
nine days ago.
Inspector Earl j. Connolly of the
Federal Bureau of investigation an
ncunced the federal agents, state
and local police and CCC workers
had searched between IL and ID
square miles apparently without
finding a tangible clue.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Duchess Mentioned
I'm Social Register
As WindsOr's Wife

NEW YORK. June 49, tUP,-The
name of Mrs. Wallis Warfield. who
had her own listing in the social
register for years, appeared this
way today in the summer edition
Windsor, H. r. H Duke OF !.
married at Monts. France, June D.
"Warfield Mrs. Wallis Spencer
Simpson,"
Many observers missed the name
on first glance because they assum-
ed 1t would have It's own space.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Questions Prove
Plenty Tough

Last weeks "K now Your
County" questions published by
The POst-Press made the going
so tough for Old-timers and
students of Imperial county his
tory and geology that the best
lists of answers submitted had
only two correct answers.
A. b. Derrick and ]. ID. Nc
Cary, who submitted the hest
lists, answered the second and
third questions correctly, miss
ing the first and fourth. Der
rick left out the fifth, while Nc
Cary's answer did not agree
with the official one,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Martial Laqv Declared in Strike
FEDERAL STEEL
PEACE BOARD
BEGINS ACTION
Back to- Work Marches
Against Pickets
Scheduled

CLEVELAND, June 10.
(UP)-The federal steel me-
diation board began a deter
mined effort to end the steel
strike today after martial
law was declared in one Pennsyl-
vania strike center and similar
stern action was limited in Ohio.
The declaration of martial law
at Johnston, Pa, came almost ST.
multaneously with the start of pre-
liminary conferences there among
members of the mediation board
headed, by Charles p Taft and
seeking to settle the conflict over
whether four big independent CON-
panies shall sign union contracts
At the same time, Ohio National
guard headquarters observers close
ly watched developments in
Youngstown and Canton, where
back to work marches against pic
ket lines were tentatively scheduled
for Sunday and Monday.
At Canton new outbreaks of vio-
lence were reported and angry wives
of strikers met at rally to
demand reopening of the mills in
defiance of the picket.
Strike pickets at Canton reported
to county officials that for the Sec
ond successive night they had been
fired on by railroad guards. The
sheriff's office reported it was in
vestigating charges that snipers
fired on the railroad police.
The charges and counter charges
followed a series of clashes between
non strikers and strikers in which
seven back-to-w work leaders were
abducted and then released by
union groups and several were hurt
in fist fights.
WASHINGTON, June 19., W.P)-
White House Secretary Stephen T
Early said today that President
Roosevelt had no legal authority
to act upon Mayor Daniel H
Shields request that he end this
reign of terror" in strike ridden
Johnstown. Pa, because he has had
no request for Intervention from
Gov George Earle of Pennsylvania
Emphasizing that he was not
speaking for the president, Early
officially outlined the govern
ment's position on Shields telegram
as follows:
1.-The government cannot use
force to prevent disturbance until
requested by governor of state
or If the legislature is III session
by the legislature
90
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19. up
A general shutdown of San Fran
cisco's go largest hotels was threat
ened today.
After strike of class "a hotels
had spread to two more hostelries
tie Olympic and Chancellor, bring
ing the total to 18, the hotel oper-
ators' policy committee ordered
managers of AZ class b" to prepare
for voluntary closeup.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
USS NEVADA
WINS IN RACE

SAN PEDRO, Cal, June 10, UP
The l2-man crew from the U.S.e
Nevada today won the 2,000meter
boat race in competition with crews
from other battleships of the di-
vision one sports unit. The U.S.S
Idaho crew was second and Wesi
Virginia boat was third with the
California fourth and the Tennes-
see fifth.
In the last 300 yards of the rae
down battleship row, CoxsWair
"SWede" Anderson in the Nevada
boat called on Stroke Glenn Wilson
to raise the beat and in a power
full rush the NevadanS took firSl
spot away from the Idaho.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
OTHER OVER
TAXES A PAIN
TO LAUGHTON

LON DON, June 10. U.R)-
Charles LaUsbten, asked by the
Daily Express ab6Ct his innlu-
sion in a list Of alleged taS
avGiders at Washington, said to-
day:
MY dear fellow, l don't know
anything about the damned
thing. It's been differing over
my head for two years now and
I'm so tired of hearing about
it,"
(Dither: to tremble, quake,
culver, shake; also bother, and
trouble.)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Funeral to Be Held
For Movie Gag Man

BUFFALO, N. Y June 10. UP)
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday for Al Boasberg, Hol-
lywood gag" man and native of
Buffalo, who died on the west
coast yesterday of a heart attack.
DR.. Joseph L. Fink, rabbi of the
temple Beth Zion, will officiate.
Burial will be in the family plot
at Forest Lawn cemetery
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
JAPAN BUYS
TIMBER TRACT

VANCOUVER, B. c., June 10
U.P)-Japanese interests bought l.
OOO,0O0,0OO feet of timber on the
Queen Charlotte island today for
$500,O0O, according to announce
ments here.
The timber, mostly spruce, will
be shipped direct to Japan for
manufacture into pulp for paper
making and rayon.
Another Japanese company is ne
gotiating for large tract of Brit
ish Columbia fir on Vancouver is
land it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
HUNT ENTERS
TENNIS FINALS

RIVER FOREST. Ill June 10.
(U.P)-Joseph Hunt, Los Angeles.
ninth national ranking player en-
tered the finals in the upper brack-
ct of the National clay court ten
mis- championships at River Forest
Tennis club today by defeating
Walter Senior, San Francisco, g.,
6-3, AS, So.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20

ruary 1907. The father is connected
with the reclamation service.
Young Cory was riding with his
brother, T. j. Cory, when their
automobile collided with a machine
belonging to j. T. Wight and Clay
ton James. Wight, La Mesa hay
buyers, at the intersection Of
Eighth street, Imperial, and the
Meloland road.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20

This young man obtained his
Masters Degree at U.CL.A. at the
age of 81 years, an unusual ac-
complishment He was considered
a brilliant student, officiating as
an associate Instructor at U.CL.A.
He was a member of Phi Delta
Theta social fraternity.
He was a son of DR.. H. T. Cory,
eminent engineer who stopped the
break in the Colorado river in Feb
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
This Weeks Questions

/. Where was the first Catholic
mission established in Imperial
county?
2. Was any fresh water found
in Imperial Valley before present
development?
3. What and where is the high
est point in Imperial county?
4. Who filed the first homestead
in Imperial county and where was
it located?
s.. Where, and by whom was the
first telegraph line built in I'm
perial county?
Last Weeks Answers
/. If the Colorado river were to
break thorugh into Imperial Val
ley, engineers claim it would cut
a channel approximately 1876 feet
deep by the time it cut back as far
as Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
~ AMBLING
NEPORTER
Add Public Menaces--

Add Public Menaces--
A whole bouquet of garlic to the
man who's lived in Imperial VAL
ley for 10 years-and still doesn't
know better than to dump garbage
in the irrigation canal. His excuse,
Il saw no signs makes it worse.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Data Compiled
In Tax Evasion
Investigation

WASHINGTON, June 10. lUP)-Treasury experts to-
day compiled data organization of foreign insurance
companies by American czens-whch Undersecretary OF
the Treasury Roswell Mag termed the second of eight
! "devceS' used to avoid taxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Stations Fail
oConfacf Ship
On u. s. Flight
Fear Felt for Safety of Daring Russian
Airmen on 5000 Mile Hop to Frisco;
Army Bases Standing By
BULLETIN

EDMONTON, Alta, June 10. (UP)-Frst loord in nine
and from, the SOUiet Russian fiers
today at 1925 (MST) 1856 pm. (PST) When the
pane reported Fort Smith, in the northwest territory
Latitude 64 longitude 124. Everything Ok, the terse
message read.
WASHINGTON June 49, (UP)-Concern for the safe
ty of three Soviet fers attempting nonstop flight from
Francisco the North Pole
today hour after hour passed without word from the
plane Six u S. army radio stations between northernmost
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
DEATH TAKES SON
OF DR.. II. 7. CORY

Traffic added another victim to its grim toll in Impe-
rial county this year when Harry Cory, 81 of DR..
and Mrs H. T. Cory, died in the Ell Centre hospital late
Friday of injuries suffered in automobile accident
three miles north of Meloand Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Mysterious Authority

Mysterious Authority
Pete Ryerson is still wondering
who it was that walked into his con-
crete plant about am. Friday,
found that Pete wasn't there, anc
told one of the Workmen to deliv-
er a message to Pete. 1t was that,
if Pete didn't get to work earlier,
he'll be fired. Fete's all burned up
because he not only gets to work
bright and early but he can't fig
ure out who presumes to be able
to fire him. RR's guess is that il
is one of these new government
agencies.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Here's His Recipe

Mark Honestly It's The Best Pol
icy) Washburn likes cigars, but he
likes them treated his way. Other
rope smokers note: Mark dips them
in coffee before smoking-says the
baptism imbues the weed with q
real flavor Personally. RR always
has liked cigarettes best.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20

His Own Course
Most golf clubs may be relegatedi
10 dusty closets for the summer
but not Minor Simms. Cosby
neighbors relate seeing Minor tee
off in his back yard for 200-yare'
drives southwark into the barren
open spaces south of town. A
child usually shags theballs but the
other day Minor had to get 'em
Result was a so per cent mortality
rate. He's better at driving thar
finding.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Warning To Sceptics-

Warming TO DCepI1CS- -. -. -.
Leonard Moore, new Post-Press
,photo-engraving apprentice, is busy
trying TO prove that the experts
are wrong. They say photo-engrav-
ings can't be made here in the sum-
mer-and Len thinks they're wrong.
SO far he hasn't found proof, which
is why several public photos haven't
appeared in these newspapers the
last few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
Dangerous Subject

Dangerous Subject
Few people care to beard lions IL
their own dens. but Ted Holmes has
no compunction about arguing law
with lawyer Counselor Pete Will
liams averred he had found no law
that people can't ride in auto trail
ers while in motion. Ted was even
more emphatic in declaring thai
the law prohibits such a method ot
travel He even quoted the alleged
law and its date. Who wants to
bet that Pete checks up when he
gets back to his office?
3
Speaking Of Trailers--
# anybody wants to rent thei1
trailer for few weeks, see En-
met Clements. He and his family
have the bug but want to sample
it before driving it entirely. Of En-
met gets results, RR's of a mind to
charge him advertising rates, or at
least commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20

CLEVELAND, June 10.
(UP)-The federal steel me-
diation board began a deter
mined effort to end the steel
strike today after martial
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-20
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter: Los Angeles 80: bntterfat Imperial Val
ley fob. ranch grade "A dc; manufacturing miik'
37c; route gathered cream 321zc.
L. A. Hay u S. No. l leafy S2050-21; u. ).
No. SIS-19; u. S. No. 2 1eafy Si7-18 u. 5. No. :
S16-17; Minneapolis flax SIs6a- -19O9i.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-02-19
Nemoci radi v Ceskoslovensku

Sn1h, ami trvale mraZy ne
pTisp6ly k zastaven1 povazlive-
no vzr1stu cetnych nakazli-
vych chorob. Nakazy radf me-
ri dospelymi i mezi detmi.
Zpravy o chripkove epidemii
dochazej1 Sc vsech stran. Zle
radf chTipka v male obci Stra-
sic1ch ma Rokycansku, kde u
mfrali tydnu az til Tide. O.
betf chTipky sc stala take Sale
ia A. Slapakova, ktera byla We
stavenf sama s kozou. Teprve
mecenfm hladoveho zv1rete by
Ii Tide upozorneni ma smrt sta
renky.
V Jihlave podlehly chripce
tri deti a jedna dospela osoba
Nemocnice je 1plne pfeplnena
Mezi detmi sc sirf zaskrt a spa.
la. Matka, ktera Sc vracela z
pohrbu jednoho ditete, nasls
donna i druhe d1te mrtve. V
pardubicke nemocnici podleh.
zaskrtu jeden hoch. We Frank.
statu ma severn1 Morave zem.
rely ma chripku dive deti.
Ma cele severn1 Morave JIG
chfipka tax rozs1rena, re ns
Zabrezsku je uzavreno neko.
lik skol a denne Sc hlasi deslt.
ky novych onemocnenf. V u.
nicove onemocnelo v minulen
tydnu pGl tretfho sta lidf. v
Move Vsi musel byt odreknut
hasicsky pies, protoze pres pc.
lovinu lid1 z obce polozils
chfipka do postel1.