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Evening star., 1937-06-07
SOUTH
GIVEN HIGH PRAISE
1000 Attend Memorial Rites
at Ar|Ington-Veterans
Present.

Confederate organizations united
yesterday 70 pay tribute to heroes Of
the South at memorial services IN
Arlington Ampitheater.
Three Confederate veterans. all
from Washington, sat on the stage
during the program, which was Wit
messed by more than 1000 persons.
They were Gen E. NJ. Waller, -, Of
1409 Harvard street; Mai. Robert W.
Wilson, 90, of 3548 Warder street. and
J. J. George, 81, who lives at 1873
Quincy street.
The observance was sponsored bv
Camp I'll, United Confederate VET
Grams, the Sons and Daughters Of tho
Confederacy and several other pa
triotic organizations.
Representatives Rayburn OF Texas.
the Democratic floor leader, and Fish
of New York addressed the assembly.
with Mrs. Julia Evans, president of
the Maj. Charles NJ Stedman Chapter
of the Children OF the Confederacy.
If Lincoln had lived, the great
Southland would not have been
ground under the heel OF the carpet
bagger," Rayburn said The speaker
also paid tribute to Gen Robert e.
Lee and his Confederate associates.
THE issues OF that hour have long
since been settled" he said, but it
is fitting that on such occasions ~
this those Confederates be remem-
bered by their descendants who liv.
today"
Fish described a bill he has intro
duced TO authorize erection OF
statue OF Gen. Lee at the West Gate
OF Arlington.
Pred P Myers. past commander of
the District and Maryland division Of
the Sons OF Confederate Veterans, pre-
sided during the program Mrs. Al
bion w. Tuck. past president Of tho
District division Of the United Daueh-
ters Of the Confederacy, gave the sa-
lutte to the Confederate Flag. and
Marx E. Kahn recited his American
Ode"
After the amphitheater services, the
assembly followed the Marine Band to
the Confederate Monument near the
West Gate, where wreaths were placed
over the graves Of the Confederate
dead
Other organizations which partlci-
pated in the services included the
Confederate Southern Memorial Asso-
citation, Children Of the Confederacy,
United Spanish War Veterans, U. s.
A., American Legion, District National
Guard and Boy Scouts OF America.
Evening star., 1937-06-07
DANCE RECITAL

A recital in creative and interpre-
tive dancing will be given at the
Gordon Junior High School at $50
pm. tomorrow under the direction OF
Mrs, H. w. Sweeney.
Approximately 40 children will per-
form on the program which includes
20 dances. Mrs. Sweeney, . former
Marsh dancer of New York. will do
q Gypsy dance as the concluding
number.
Evening star., 1937-06-07
TORSO SLAYER HINTED
IN FIND OF SKELETON
Cleveland Killer Believed to
Have Been Responsible for
8 Murders.
b. the Associated Press,

3! The Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, June Police In.
vestigated today the possibility that
. skeleton found buried under a
CuyahoSa River bridge might be that
OF the ninth victim Of Cleveland's
torso slayer.
Portions Of eight mutilated bodies
have been found in Greater Cleve-
land within the past three years.
Authorities said examination indi-
Gated one killer-probably insane-was
responsible in all the slayinEs.
Fourteen -year-old Russell Lauer dis
covered the skeleton, with arm and
les missing, In fNburlap bag which
had been covered <tth lime.
Evening star., 1937-06-07
To Graduate at Oberlin.

Ruth Orville Gron, 5000 Ingomar
street. will be graduated with an A. B.
degree at exercises at oberlin College
tomorrow. Miss Groff, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Diller r. Croft, is 4
member Of the Aeolian Literary So
training. y
Evening star., 1937-06-07
SWIMMING POOL
FUND REACHESS122
Variety Club Leads Days
Contributions With $50
Check.

With sl22 already donated, the cam.
paign to open the Y. w. c. A. SWIM
ming pool at 6l4 E street for the
forgotten children Of Washington
actually got into its stride today.
First contribution Of the day was
q check for $50. sent in by Rudolph
Berger, secretary of the Variety Club
and chairman OF Its Welfare Com
mittee, who announced there would
Be additional funds IN the event they
are necessary to carry on the work.
In his letter to The Star, Berger
wrote
I'VE consider 1t privilege to con-
tribute to this worthy cause and
enclose our check in the amount
of $50. We should also like to add
that in the event additional funds
are necessary, we shall be very happy
to extend further consideration"
All old-time theatrical men. mem
bers Of the Variety Club, are interested
In helping the youth movement in
this city-and the youth movement
this week is directed toward q finish
Of the swimming pool campaign by
Saturday night at the latest.
1t looks as if the boys and girls
might get their wish, too. When the
morning mail was opened at The
Star cashiers office. $32 in checks and
currency popped out of the envelope,
This sum- with the $40 donated
Saturday and the $50 given by the
Variety Club, reaches the total of
sl22-not bad for a starter.
AS it stands now, 1913 more will
turn the trick-and turn the water on
at the E street swimming pool
Contribute inns fndau canne from.
Evening star., 1937-06-07
Tobacco Crop Large.

Nearly 2s,0o0.0 900 pounds Of leaf
tobacco Will Be sroxn In Mexico this
year.
Evening star., 1937-06-07

At this rate, 1t will not be long be-
fore the full amount is at hand-and
the work on the pool begins. Object
Is to have the pool in full operation
on or before July /.
Evening star., 1937-06-07
EGGS.

WHEN attendants at the Public
w Library gather books from the
reference room tables, after students
have completed their research work,
the titles found some times give rise
to smile. There was the young
lady. for example. who left behind
Life With Father" and 80 You're
Going to Have a Baby"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
NEGRO DRAWS
PRISON TERM

Willie, Fisher and Homer Duffy,
Negroes pleaded guilty in superior
court Tuesday to taking $50 from
Victor Alvarez in a hold up in the
eastside packing house district last
month.
Duffy will go to San Quentin on
the second degree robbery charge
A three-year sentence for grand lar.
cncy in Oklahoma occupies an i'm
portant spot in the Negroes record
Fisher was sentenced to San Quen.
tin but commitment withheld when
he applied for probation. He was
placed on probation for two years
and must serve six-month sem
tence in the county Jail He, too,
was charged with second degree
robbery.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10

morning. Mrs. Locke Smith. SO,
was found dead in a hotel room in
Calexico late Monday. Her death
was caused by heat prostration and
over indulgence in Intoxicating
liquor, Deputy County Coroner Her.
bert Hughes said.
Maximum temperature for Mon
day was Ill degrees. At 5 O'Clock
Tuesday morning the temperature
registered 81 degrees while the hui
Nudity registered 83. The oppres-
Sive heat experienced Monday con-
tinued until after shutdown. At S
o'clock the thermometer had drop
ped only one degree from the maxi
mum for the day. The noon tenn
perature Tuesday was 10l degrees.
The humidity stood at 40
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10

lines carrying power from the huge
canal to farm and city homes and
business places.
Bids will be opened here Sept.
81, and work will start soon there
after, district officials said. Adver-
tisements inviting bids will be pub
lished Immediately.
Superintendent NJ ]. Dowd sub
mitted specifications to the board
on which the bids will be based.
The three schedules call for:
l. Sale and delivery to the dis
trict of one $4,000 horsepower hy-
draulic turbine, with a wheel u
feet in diameter, the entire turbine
to weigh 100000 pounds.
2. Sale and delivery to the dis
trict of governor to control the
speed of the unit.
g. Sale and delivery to the dis
trict of one $4,000 KVA electric
generator, overall size Is to 20
feet in diameter, to weigh 100000
pounds.
When installed in the districts
first hydro-electric plant, this
equipment will help generate enough
electrical energy to supply the
present needs of all Imperial VAL
ley. That it will do so in fact.
when the United States courts
rule on the right of the district
to erect competing distribution lines
here, is the hope of district Off
cials.
The bids are called under a court
order which permits the district
to go ahead with construction Of
hydro-electric plant and additions
to the existing Brawley diesel plant,
and to connect both plants through
suitable sub-stations to the REA
project now under construction.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
RIFLE WOUNDS
YOUNG DUPONT
Academia

Norman E. Dupont, Is, son of DR..
Norman E. Dupont of Ell Centre, is
recovering from an accidental gun
shot wound in the right wrist.
A 30 rifle accidentally discharg-
ed at the Dupont cabin at Hipass
late Monday when the youth and
his 11-year-old brother, Forrest,
we're lowering it from tree by a
rope.
Mrs. Dupont rushed the youth
to Jacumba physician for treat
ment and summoned DR.. Dupont
from Ell Centric. Dupont took his
son to an Ell Centre physician to
nave the bullet removed. Tuesday
night he took him back to their
summer home at Hipass.
Young Dupont is prominent in
Boy Scout work in Imperial county
and this summer attended the in
ternational Boy Scout jamboree in
Washington, D. c.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
FIRE SPREADS
NEAR LIVE OAK
FOR IND TIME

Summer homes in the Live Oak
Springs resort area were threaten
ed by forest fire Monday night
for the second time in a week.
Flames started by a cigarette
burned over 100 acres of timber
land before it was brought under
control by 100 CCC enrolles ana
state and federal forestry crews
The fire started between Live Oak
Springs and Manzanita. 1t swept
through scrub oak and heavy brush
in a secondary watershed continue
ing for two miles In a ravine 10
miles west of Jacumba. Crews pa
trolled the area Tuesday to prevent
a fresh outbreak.
The forest fire was rated as the
third largest experienced in San
Diego county this year, forestry Of
ficials said
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
DISTRICT CAN
REQUEST LOAN
DECLARES RFC
Washington Says Agency
Can Negotiate For
Refinancing

Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict directors must go di-
rectly to officials of the Re-
construction Finance Cor
poration if they wish to dis
cuss loan for refinancing the
districts bond debt, RFC told the
United Press Tuesday in answer
to an inquiry by the Post-Press
newspapers. .....
eff the district now wants loan,
it must come negotiate for it again,
said RFC officials at Washington
They pointed out that the RFC
authorized a loan in October, 1888
of S13,298,50O to the district, $11,.
$4,000 to be used in refinancine
and $1,95O,OO0 for drainage rehabil-
itation and expenses.
The 1885 refinancing was blocked
by the unwillingness of bondholders
at that time to accept the offer
made to them.
The RFC statement concerned
the proposal of the Imperial Coun-
ty Farm Bureau that the district
obtain an RFC loan of rs cents on
the dollar to refinance one-half
of the districts $15,000,000 bonded
debt, and that remaining present
bonds would be exchanged at par
value for a new issue at four per
cent, with an additional loan Of
$1,950,OOO from RFC for drainage
work.
The RFC statement was believed
to indicate willingness to receive
another loan application from the
district.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
Salesman Kills Man
Who Stole His Wife
BULLETS DOWN
FL CAJON MAN
IN Ell CENTRIC
Three Children Witness
Triangle Staying
In Home Here

N. E. King, 33, Ell Centre
used car salesman, emptied
a six shooter into the heart
of Clayton Franks, 35, Ell
Cajon truck driver, at the
King home at 312 South Twelfth
street, at noon Tuesday when Mrs.
Laura King, 25, refused to leave
Franks and return to her husband
The murder occurred in the pres
ence of the three King children,
Vera May, 9, Cecil, 5, and Harvey.
3; Mrs. King, and Mrs. Gladys
Hearen, Kings housekeeper.
you'll never steal another mans
wife" said King as he pulled d
gun from a dresser drawer in a
bedroom adjoining the room where
the shooting occurred. He stepped
to the door of the living room and
fired six shots at the man he de-
clared had broken up his home.
Franks gasped twice. He fell
backward into a chair His lifeless
body was sprawled in an easy chair
in front of a window in the living
room of the little frame cottage.
King instructed Mrs. Hearen to
look after his children. He took the
gun, entered his automobile and
drove to Ell Centre police head
quarters where he told officers
what had occurred. Mrs. King ran
from the home where she had lived
with King, entered Franks automo-
bile and she, too, went to police
headquarters.
Mrs. Hearen sent the historical
children to the home of their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Goddard
on Tenth street, and awaited ar
rival of deputy sheriffs and police
officers. Franks was clad in blue
overalls, a grey work shirt, and
wore soft felt house shoe on his
Continued on Page 6; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
FEDERAL COURT
BILL APPROVED
BY CONFEREES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 UP-Sen-
ate-house conferees today reached
agreement on the four point lower
court procedure bill.
Sen. Pat McCarran, D., New.
chairman of the senate group and
foe of the Presidents original judi
ciary reorganization measure, said
he would carry the report to the
senate floor later today and ask
immediate consideration.
The bill carries no reference to
the supreme court.
Conferees agreed today on the
wording of the portion of the mea-
sure giving the attorney general
authority to intervene in cases af-
fecting the constitutionality of a
federal statute.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
SCHOOL OPENS
SEPTE MI Err 20
IN EL centric
Most Public Schools to-
Open on 18th For
Fall Session

All public schools in I'M
perial county except those
in Ell Centre, Imperial, Nc
Cabe, Acacia, and Andrade,
will open their doors for the
fall term on September 10.
Ell Centre, Imperial, McCabe, and
Acacia schools will begin the fall
term September 20, said county
school officials. The school at An
drade is scheduled to open Septem-
Der 7.
Opening dates are subject to
change by school boards, school
officials said, and in some instances
arrangements for the opening date
may not have been made as yet.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
COTTON LOAN
PLAN OKAYED
BY SENATORS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. U,P)
The senate agriculture COM
mittee today voted approval of
resolution for 10 cent per
pound government loans on cot
ton.
Chairman Ellison ID. Smith, D..
S. c., of the senate committee
said that his group had directed
him to name subcommittee to
prepare resolution calling for
mandatory cotton loans instead
of leaving the loan program to
the discretion of federal agen-
cies.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
CHINESE READY
TO BATTLE FOR
SHANGHAI AREA

Copyright 1887 BY United Press
SHANGHAI, Aug. 10. U.P)-Chin-
csc tonight reinforced their peace
preservation" regiments defending
the Bungjao airdome, railway sta.
tions, and the industrial areas of the
native city and prepared to resist
Japanese demands that they pun
ish Immediately soldiers who killed
a Japanese naval officer and sea-
man late yesterday.
Meantime, the japanese were not
pressing their demands for immedi-
ate action although high officers
of the japanese naval staff, who met
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
Steved0re Fight
Reaches AT. of L.

LOS ANGELES Aug 10 UP)-
J. c. Coulter, one of the 10 vice
presidents of the State Federation OF
Labor. today resigned his position
because five longshore unions were
ordered ousted.
Coulter, who Is secretary of the
CLIO. oil workers international I'M
ion at Long Beach, sent his resigna-
ton to Edward j. Vandeleur, who
ordered the longshore organizations
and Harry Bridges removed from
membership because of CLIO. SYM
pathieS.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
FTVE-AND-TEN
CLERKS STRIKE

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. W.R)
The F. w. Woolworth and New
berry five and ten cent stores were
closed today as 400 employees went
out on strike in an attempt to en-
force the closed shop.
Fifteen stores were affected by
the strike and pickets paraded be-
fore each.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10

N"'"0Su w odOS. INCiIldllll1lS eXCdVd-
ton is under contract, bureau of
reclamation officials said. During
July 767,l78 cubic yards of earth
were excavated. This brought the
total excavation to 44982,O87 cubic
yards. Excavation now is 93.5 COM
plete.
The railroad bridge, overchute
and highway bridge at Araz were
finished in July. The Colorado river
is flowing through the ella head
works temporarily, pending com.
pletion of the overflow section OF
the dam. This diversion began in
July.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
ARSON SUSPECT
AWAITS TRIAL

Frank Morri as, Mexican. is held
in the county Jail in lieu Of $1,000
bail pending trial on a charge of
arson
Mama no come home so l burn
the house down" he told Fire Chief
Tom Ream5 following a disastrous
fire Sunday morning. He said his
estranged wife refused to return to
their home so ne decided to burn it.
Morri admitted firing the place
which was destroyed by the flames.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10

tions, and a flight back to the
station.
Imperial county officials, cham
bers of commerce, and private citi-
zens endeavored to get the navy
department to establish base at
the airport and offered additional
land for buildings if desired.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
DYER JURYMEN
SELL QUIZZED

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 10 U.P)-
Impatient with the SLOW lengthy
questioning of veniremen, Superior
Judge Thomas P. White today order.
ed attorneys to speed up their Sc
lection of jury to try Albert Dyel
charged with the murder of three
little Inglewood girls.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10

In a letter TO the chamber OF
commerce, Captain A. L. Bristol,
commanding officer at the air
station, said the purpose of the
leased fields near the air base was
to provide landing space only. No
building or development is plan
ned and no personnel is maintained
at the places. Their use is restricted
to a flight out, necessary opera
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10

five others.
The power line was erected by
a power company few hours be-
fore the plane took off for Miami,
at 5 am. 1t was to supply electric
lights to a dwelling on the out
skirts of the field, according to
airport officials.
Capt. Stewart G.. Dietz, plotting
the ID passenger Douglas, and Pilot
Robert G.. Reed, had not been
notified of the erection of the
heavy wire.
Victims Strapped In
The plane speeded down the run
way. The passengers we're strapped
in with safety belts. The plane
glided skyward. Suddenly its land
ing gear struck the wire, invisible
in the gray dawn.
The silver plane, with throttles
wide open, turned a half somer-
sault, as if it were on a trapeze.
1t crashed nose down from about
so feet.
One of the engines caught fire.
Airport attendants put out the
flames before they reached the cab
in, where the passengers were
strapped in the wreckage.
Captain Dietz was decapitated
Pilot Reed died a few minutes af-
ter being removed from the cock
DIT.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
DRUGS CAPTURED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. UP
More than $l,OOO,OO0 worth of il
licit narcotics has been seized in
four sensational New York raids so
far this year, treasury officials esti-
mated today.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
NAVY REFUSES AIR
BASE AT IMPERIAL
COUNTY AIRPORT

The navy department will not establish an air base at
Imperial county airport because it is too far from the
naval air station San Diego and the department has
plan for expanding this type of service Ell Centre Chamber
of Commerce officials informed Tuesday
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
Z NEW HEAT DEATHS
BOOST TOTAL TO IS
HERE THIS SUMMER
Liquor And Old Age Abet Temperature
In Claiming Lives of Women
Residents of Valley

Summer heat claimed two lives in Imperial Valley
within the last IL hours to bring the heat death toll to 6
since May 1.
Mrs. Jennie Ward r. died of heat prostration at her
nome at 424 Orange street. Ell Centre early Tuesday
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
IS MILES or CANAL
DUO AT END OF JULY
Over Thousand Employed on Huge Job
During Month in Spite of Heat:
Araz Structures Completed

All American canal construction this summer is utz
ing the services of 421 to fill the needs of IL
contractors carrying forward on the vast
project in spite of torrid summer weather
A total of 757 miles of the main canal have boen e,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
FOUR KILLED
WHEN PLANE
HITS WIRES
Airport Officials Blame Power Firm
For Stringing Line Without
Notifying Them

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Aug. 10 (UP)-A temper
airy electric power line the outskirts of the Municipal
airportwhch airport officials said erected without
the knowedge-today caused the crash of an Eastern
Airline passenger plane killing four persons nurng
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
HYDRO WORK
WILL START
DURING FALL
First Equipment For All American
PWA Power System Will be Furnished
Under Bids Opened Sept. II

Imperial Irrigation District directors Tuesday author
zed call for bids to furnish equipment for the All Am
ercan canal hydro-electric plant No. d. first unit of
great public power system planned eventually to crisis
cross Imperial VALLEY with transmission and distribution
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10

IL way lake MCHbuo
Walton Johnson eventually may
find out what Gone With The
Wind" is all about. He begged down
over his eyebrows after reading 81
pages of the volume. just as soon
as she gets around to it, Mrs. john
son will read the book SECOND
time. This time she will read il
aloud to her husband. Two bits he
goes to sleep before her voice gets
tired
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
Helm. Hesp. Help

Help! Heip! Help
Ralph Eye, Elks first baseman,
was hard up for a shoestring at
the game Monday night. He substi-
tuted a string from his own shoe for
a badly needed belt. The string kept
slipping and he was forced to take
time out to gear up his trousers
Finally, during time out period, ne
began to beg shoe strings
from hilarious fans. A pair of sus-
penders would have save his lii.
and his pants both.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10
These Coolers Again

These Coolers Again
Desert coolers have been blamed
for everything from arthuitis to
Athe high cost of living but it re-
manned for an unidentified Brawley
thief to thrust them into the world
CT crime. The thief removed a cool
err from a window at Brawley Of
flee to gain access to the place for
a little uninterrupted thievery. 1t
wasn't bad idea at that.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-08-10

Butter: Los Angeles 1914; Butter
fat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch.
grade A 4515; manufacturing milk
371z; route gathered cream 80.
L. A. Hay: U. S. No. 1 leafy SEQ
20.50; U. S. No. 1 S1S-18.50; u. S.
No. leafy S17-17.5O; u. S. No. 2
S15.50-16. Minneapolis flax SOL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
Weddings
Miss BettyD DerIDin Is Sorority Guest

The Epsilon Delta Sorority enter tained for one of its members, Miss Betty Derwin at Q dinner and show CT given on Monday evening at tho old Homestead in honor of her coming marriage to William 0al- lagher in November, A two tone satin puff and a silver tray were presented to the bride to be. W
 The guests included: Misses Ma ryenda Byrnes, Benlta Balfe, Mar- guerite Power, Margaret FitSmau- rice, Anna Mulhern, Renora Barber, Helen Conlon, Kay Ryle. Ella Croke, Mrs. Alfred Kenny, Mrs. Patrick Wallace, Mrs. Barbara Kingsbury and Mrs. Gertrude Fogarty. <