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Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
Reds Get Blame
For Death of Boy

LAWRENCE, Kan, Oct. 4. UP)-
Communist activity at the Univer-
sity of Kansas that may have in
spired Donald E. Henry, student,
to go to his death on a battlefield
in Spain, was the chief topic for
campus discussions today.
The youths father Ed Henry. OF
Dodge City, Kan, said he would
ask university authorities to inves-
tigate campus Communism.
J. M. Osma, professor of Spanish,
said he had handled money tnat
was collected on the campus to
buy medical supplies for the Span
ish Loyalists. He said he did not
think any of that money was used
to send Henry to Spain.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
VALLEYS HAVE
500 JOBS OPEN

Employment is available for 500
cotton pickers in Imperial and
Coachella valleys.
The shortage was reported by
Chan Livingston of the State En-
ployment service, who said he is
unable to supply the demands of
growers.
The usual influx of cotton pickers
from the northern part of the state
is late this fall. Livingston said.
During the last four years they
came south between September Is
and October l.
Livingston broadcast the shortage
to other employment offices in the
state o make up the shortage.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
THOUSANDS OF
TROOPS FACING
AN NNIHILATION
Japanese Shock Troops
Smash Thru Lines
OF Chinese

SHANGHAI, Oct. 4. (UP)
Scores of thousands of
Chinese troops were in dam
ger of isolation and annihila-
ton today as the result of
a savage japanese thrust at the
heart of the Chinese lines south of
Shanghai.
Following up the most deVa3tat-
ing bombardment in a far eastern
war, Japanese shock troops broke
through the Chinese line at Liu-
hang. at the center Of the north to
south entertainments extending from
the north railroad station here to
the Yangtze river
The result was that all the Chi
nese troops massed in the KiangWan
and north railroad sectors at the
south end of the line were i'm
periled.
A thrust southwark by the Japa-
nese. from their new line at Liu-
hang. would mean that retreat
would be cut off-and in this war
few prisoners are taken.
The main body of the Chinese be-
gan a slow, orderly withdrawal from
the recent line to the new concrete
and steel "Chinese Maginot' line
a few miles to the west. extending
from the Lihuo sector on the north
to Naziang and the southwestern
suburbs of Shanghai.
LONDON, Oct. 4. UP)-The British
labor party in conference at Bour-
pemouth today. unanimously ap-
proved a resolution calling for a
boycott on Japanese goods and urg-
ing the government to put ban
on munitions or financial credits to
Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
Merrill C. Mills
Dies at His Home

IMPERIAL, Oct. 4-Merrill George
Mills, ga, died Sunday night at his
ranch home near here as result
of sudden heart attack.
Friends said he had consulted a
physician recently because of a
heart ailment. He suffered an at
tack Sunday night and died be-
fore a physician could reach hm
He was born in Detroit, Mich,
and had lived in the Mesquite Lake
district for the last eight years
The body was taken 90 the Lemons
undertaking establishment in El
Centro. Funeral arrangements have
OF been made.
Mills is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Gertrude Mills, and several chill
dren.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
COrOnerS Leave
After Sessions

Coroners and public administra-
tors of the southern district of Cali
fornia departed for their homes
Sur lay night after a convention
session in FL Centre
All Of the sessions were informal
and the visitors were taken for a
Hour Of the All American canal and
dam. The convention con-
cluded with a dove dinner at the
California hotel Saturday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04

Cape San Antonio pust before 8 am
when the San Antonio lighthouse
heard three explosions and reported
watching the destroyers drop depth
bombs.
First reports did not name the
destroyers. Similar reports were
received here from Valencia down
the Spanish coast from Cape San
Antonio.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
.BRAWLEYITE
STABBED IN
FIG H I
Women, Children
Watch Bloody
Tragedy

BRAWLEY, Oct. A Att
lano Arono, So, was stabbed
to death by Jose Guerro, 55,
in a fight a Ninth and G.
streets Sunday afternoon.
The fight took place in view of
men, women and children walking
along the street and sitting in auto
mobiles parked at the curb. Arono
fell lifeless after Guerro stabbed
him in the heart once with a pocket
knife with a curved bla'1e.
Frederick Orono, son of the dead
man, was cut on the hand and
Julien P. Mantell was cut in the
stomach while they fought to take
the knife from the enraged Mexican.
Orono held Guerro until Brawley
police arrived to take him to jail.
He and Mantell turned the knife
with its bloodstained blade over to
the police.
The knife handle has Guerro's
initials carved on it. Deputy Coroner
Frank Raney said
The fight took place after the
principals had engaged in a drink
ing spree alleged to have started
Saturday night anG continued
throughout the day Sunday.
The body of the stabbing victim
was taken to the Hopes under
taking establishment in Brawley and
an autopsy performed An inquest
was scheduled for 3 o'clock Monday
afternoon.
Guerro was held in the city jail
at BraWley.
The dead Mexican was the father
of 10 children.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
DYER APPEAL
PUT AHEAD

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. U.P)-
The automatic appeal of Albert
Dyer, convicted slayer of three little
Inglewood girls, to.1ay was trans
ferred TO the California supreme
courts Sacramento November cal
endar.
Dyer's appeal from the death
5entence was mandatory under state
law It had been scheduled for
consideration today No date for
the appeal hearing was announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
<NIFER SLAYS FATHER OF 10
Hoover and Knox
Confer on e. p.

CHICAGO, Oct. 4 UP)-Herb-
ert Hoover and Col. Frank Knox
today urged the creation of
committee of distinguished Re
Iublicans who will formulate a
draft of fundamental principles
to be submitted to a general
convention of party leaders
next spring.
This declaration must be
positive. courageous and free
from personal politics-a declar-
ation i'm face that will meet the
crisis in the party and the eOun-
try" Hoover said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
KING TO FACE
TRIAL OCT. Is

N E. King, Ell Centro used car
salesman, will go to trial in superior
court october 18 on a charge of
numbering Clayton Franks.
The trial was set for Monday
morning but was continued to per-
nit trial of other cases on the
calendar in superior court.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
Rancher Accused
By Girl Released

Clarence Napier Calexico ranch
er. was released from the county
jail this weekend after he furnish
ed $500 bail.
He was arrested by CaleXico po-
lice upon complaint of a 17-year-
old white girl and charged with
assault with attempt to commit
rana
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
Fails
As Black Takes
Seat in Court

WASHINGTON, Oct A. (UP)-Hugo L. Black was
seated today as justice of the supreme court of the Unit
ed States without formalty successful challenge
He the bench with his eight colleagues when
the high tribunal opened it's 1898 session IL O2 pm
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
Thousands See
Circus Parade
In FL entro

Circus spirit took Ell Centro by storm Monday.
Drawn here by the Cole Bros-Clyde Beatty show thou
sands gathered early along Main street watch the par
ade and later attend the single afternoon performance
The parade, scheduled at first for II am put off
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
~ AMBLING
IMPORTER
SayS::
Quantity Consumption

Quantity Consumption
Don Ameche, the film celebrity
about whom we columed the other
day, may be expert where auto
graphs and celluloid are concerned,
but it now develops that he is
pretty small artillery when it comes
to dove hunting Ameche had to
make a special trip back to town
for more ammunition before he got
his Is doves-and rumor has it
that the total number of shells used
up on the expedition was l25. Won
der how big the blue mark on his
shoulder was?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
TORPEDO FIRED AT
BRITISH DESTROYER

submarine fired a torpedo at
Cape San Antonio, about so
the Mediterranean coast of
seven British destroyers and
attacked destroyer, identified
the submarine, with unknown re-
suits.
The Agence Espagne said that
the destroyers were rs miles off
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
He's On A Diet


shoulder was?
He's On A Diet
The vegetarian life, they say, is
the healthiest of all. and if that is
SO the big police dog which claims
Angeles PuglitSiS as master should
be able to take care of ZOO full of
wildcats. Puglitsis, who runs a fruit
stand on the San Diego highway,
startled RR by picking grape
from bunch and tossing it into the
air. 1t fell right into the middle OF
the dogs NAV. Il piece of banana
followed it to the resting place of
all good food; then a tomato. One
after another the canine displayed
his liking for fruit by plucking bits
out of the air. The only reason he
won't eat a watermelon, Angeles
says, is that he can't catch it.
Positive Proof
The person who doubts that WIN
ter is here with all it's activity
would have been convinced with
out a struggle by the size of the
crowd lining Main street practical
ly all day Monday to witness the
circus parade. The only struggle
involved was in getting through the
the crowd.
Ready on the Firing Line
When the Brawley American Le-
gion post does a thing, 1t leaves
nothing to chance. The Brawley
post is in charge of the Armistice
tDay celebration this year, just for
example, and the speaker-Joe Hat
field-has been spoken for since
early summer The lunch arrange
ments, even, haV been started.
Thoroughness-tha the name for
BraWley.
For Rent-One Goat
Dee Kessee, pistoleer for the
Imperial county sheriff's office.
has sworn eternal vengeance
against Bob Parrish, his fellow law
enforcement agent. Dee was on
the way to what, to hear him tell
it. would have been worlds rec
ord at Yuma. Then Bob turned
loose his own personal cheering sec
tion, in reverse, and Dee folded up
on the rapid fire course. Now Dee's
considering different target for
his next pistol practice.
o
Pocket Edition
Vivian Moffatt has acquired a
Pomeranian dog-if you can call
them dogs At any rate, the pint
sized little tyke is handy to carry
around in side pocket. To Viiv-
ian's contention that the thing is a
watch dog, one might answer:
Hes a watch charm
Just Too Late
Police Chief Sterling O5Walt's
vacation was ruined, after he got
back, because he couldn't gloat
over us poor residents about the
snow storms and hail he encount-
cred in Denver and thereabouts.
It's SO cool in the valley now that
everybody listens with perfect good
! grace. Result is, next time the
)chief of police is going to take his
vacation in July, just TO get in some
gloating when he comes back.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04

Butter: Los Angeles 81; But
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A Al; manufacturing milk
40 route gathered cream 361a.
L. A. Hay: L. S. No. S1S.00-Sl9;
No. 2 leafy S17.00- s17.50; No.2
SI5.50-S $1,000.
Minneapolis Flax Oct. S2.11.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04

PARIS, Oct. 4. (UP)-A
a British destroyer today off
miles north of Alicante on
Spain. An intensive hunt by
two seaplanes resulted. The
by the British admiralty as the
Basilisk, was on ani-piracy patrol
duty, accompanied by another Brit
ish destroyer.
1t dropped a depth bomb against
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-04
For Rent-One Goat
Pocket Edition

POCKET Gdtti0n-
Vivian Moffatt has acquired a
Pomeranian dog-if you can call
them dogs At any rate, the pint
sized little tyke is handy to carry
around in a side pocket. To Viiv-
ians contention that the thing is a
watch dog, one might answer:
Hes a watch charm
Carbon County news., 1937-09-24

| II shouldn't like to think" the
girl said oddly, as if with difficulty,
that you turned him down because
I'm here"
For an instant he sat perfectly
still, silent. He hadn't expected her
to come out with it, direct and
straight like that.
She put both hands on the rail
between them and leaned toward
him. 'I'd never forgive myself if
] thought you let Horse Dunn down
on account Of me. Pll-get out of
here, if you want me to-"
He looked straight at her-and
lied. Nothing farther from my
mind" he assured her. mo call
to even think Of such a thing"
He paused, listening to the stam-
pede Of hoofs beyond a big barn
which obscured the riders as they
swung into the layout.
And now rescue came, as Horse
Dunn thundered around the corner
Of the barn and slid his pony to
stop before them in a great up
jump Of dust.
To old-timers John Dunn was
known as RED Horse Jack"-or
more commonly, just ''Horse"
Dunn-partly because he was big
as a horse, and partly because Of
the coarse sorrel name he had had
in his youth. Nobody knew how old
Horse Dunn was; they thought he
must be sixty-eight at least, and
his mustache and curly beard were
at last roaned with gray. But he
seemed to have an Indian medicine
on him which cheated time, for he
was powerful and barrel-chested
yet and straight as a lodgepole
pine.
=. Half an hour after his return
Dunn was to be seen leaning
against a post of the open gallery
which ran along the front of the
cook-shack; he was chewing a blade
of burro grass. Said he, 1--WE all
grant a man is dead. Any of you
still doubling that?" He watched
the cowboys, who lounged along the
open edge of the gallery floor, but
none of them answered.
Breakfast had been set out by a
little withered old woman known as
Tia Cara. She had fed them prompt
y-and they ate the same way.
Look here" Dunn went on.
Look here! I'm going to ask you
once more-and this is the last
time. If any of you is a good enough
man to have blasted a cow thief,
say so now! I'll back any boy of |
mine that shot in defense of the
brand. You know that!"
He paused, and waited. Val Doug
las, Dunn's thirty-year-old range
boss, let mild eyes dream on a dis
tant peak, and Tulare Callahan spat
over his shoulder through his teeth. |
Carbon County news., 1937-09-24
Dog as Pet Is Aid to Nervous People;
Philosophy of Animal Simple, Logical

Nerve specialists contend that
driving an automobile, especially
through heavy traffic, tends to re.
lieve the condition Of nervous peo-
pie. But the problem of the bad
tempered motorist who unnecessari-
ly blares his horn and says many
bad things to other drivers re-
mained one Of the great I'M
solved puzzles until an official of
The American Kennel club, (gov-
erning body Of pure-bred dogs) com.
mented on the subject. He told that
it is recorded in contemporary and
historical dog writings that hot
tempered person who becomes in
terested in dog improves in dis
position.
The dog has such an infinite
capacity to take punishment that he
shames his master into calrner re-
actions to annoyances. The dog
may look reproachfully at the
master who has struck him, but will
attempt no retaliation. This sit
uation is true, Of course, only be-
tween the dog and the master he
loves - often unreasonably. The
pure-bred dog will not tolerate an
indignity from a stranger.
The philosophy of the dog is very
Carbon County news., 1937-09-24

maverick. He carried me along
four years. If it wasn't for him, I'd
be in the wild bunch-orz- in the
pen. And he showed me my start
in cattle"
II suppose then," Marian said,
''you won't turn him down in this
thing now."
"I've got things to see to, Mar
ian," he stalled. II couldn't take
on another job now."
He supposed she might know that
this was not so. For the present he
was out from under; he could afford
to do anything he wanted to, to fill
his time or to help friend. But to
take a job in which no would see
this girl every day, while yet tight
cinched by the knowledge that she
was not for him, and never would
be-that was something else.
II don't know how much he
needs you," Marian said; ''nor who
else he could get, instead. But I
know this-he has more enemies
than friends, by three to one."
Billy Wheeler stirred restlessly,
and began to build a cigarette. He
knew it was true that the 81 had
many enemies, few friends. Here IN
Carbon County news., 1937-09-24

what appeared to be the emotion
of the king? What did he say?"
"Well, sir" said West, che
made reply characteristic of the
goodness of his heart" or words
to that effect. WELL he said,
If they can be happier under the
government they have chosen,
then under mine, I shall be hap
py!'"
Morse stayed four years in Eng
land where he achieved consider
able success as a portrait painter.
Then returning to his native coun-
try, he afterwards became presi-
dent OF the national academy and
an eminently successful painter,
his sitters becoming so numerous
that he was unable to meet and
fill all of his orders. It was dur
ing his return voyage to America
in 1882, following a second visit to
Europe, that Morse got his con-
ception of the telegraph. Twelve
years later-May "a, 1844-he
gave public demonstration of
his invention, sending a message
from Washington to Baltimore.
The rest is well known history.
Kansas City Star.
Carbon County news., 1937-09-24
When King George Received
the Big News from America

Samuel Morse, inventor of the
electric telegraph, had only one
ambition as young man and that
was to become an artist. He stud
led under Washington Allston,
then the greatest painter in the
United States, and with Allston
went to London in 1911. There he
met Benjamin West who, although
an American, was president of the
Royal academy, and a great fa-
vorite with the king, who later
made him Sir Benjamin West.
West was actually at work on a
portrait of the king when the lat
ter was handed the Declaration of
Independence. Morse heard the
piquant story from West himself,
says Ernest Greenwood in ''From
Amber to Amperes." Here it is
as related by Morse:
Turning to the picture of the
king, Sir Benjamin West said:
''Do you see that picture, Mr..
Morse? Well, sir, the king
was sitting for me when the box
containing the American Declara-
ton of Independence was handed
to him."
"Indeed!" I answered, "and
Carbon County news., 1937-09-24

simple, but very logical. If he gives
his affection, it is given whole.
heartedly. He dislikes trouble, and
will avoid it as long as possible. Yet
his defense mechanism is quickly
stirred by malignant forces. The
curious part Of dog and human re-
lationships is that the human being
invariably learns something from
his dog-the degree Of knowledge
varying according to the intel
ligence of the person.
Motorists of the petulant species
are not the only ones who benefit
from the dog. The diabetic, who
also is really Of an explosive, worri-
some disposition has a greater ex-
pectation Of life if he becomes in
terested in a dog. Doctors have
recommended dogs as pets especial
ly for children suffering from dia-
beteS.
Carbon County news., 1937-09-24
The. Scales. q. !. !.

WHAT goes up must come
" down. Or if you wish to put
it in more scientific language: Ac-
ton is equal to reaction and in the
contrary direction.
This is the law of compensation.
It is the one fixed, immutable law
of life and it applies to every
thing, everywhere. 1t cannot be
evaded or avoided. The working
of it may be immediate or it
may be a matter of centuries.
but if we keep ourselves aware
Of it we may be saved disappoint-
ment and disillusion.
The extent to which we try to
restrict that law is absurd. We
speak of balanced budgets, bal
anced rations, and the balance of
trade; but we quite ignore bal
anced lives and balanced sociolo-
gy; so, in the end, Nature takes
the job off our hands, with the
consequent upheavals and disturb
ances.
We work or play to excess, we
indulge our appetites and our
senses to repletion, perhaps to
gluttony, and when we suffer DUR
ing Natures work of restoring
balance, we rail at fate.
In monarchy and republic we
allow our thirst for power and
for money to overbalance our
lives, both individually and So
cially, then blame God and man
for the chaos which attends the
restoration of balance.
In all the affairs of life we may
evolve PHILOSOPHERS and devise
systems; but just so long as they
are out of balance, individually,
socially, industrially or govern
mentally, just so long will the
scale teeter up and down to our
If as individuals our lives are
out of balance, the structure as a
whole must also be out of ball
ance; and in time that balance
must be restored-by us or by
THOSE WHO FOLLOW.-Ray S.
Ayers in Detroit News.
Carbon County news., 1937-09-24

''All right" the Old Man said
II amt doubling you, any of you
Now I'm telling you what wan
you to do. You've seen the Killer
trail at Short Crick-the trail of :
cup-hoofed, pony, long in the toe
been shod, and the shoes pulled off
We've missed out on locating tha
trail where it left Short Crick. Nov
want you to start in and comb thi:
range. Somewhere, somehow, we
got to cut that trail. And especially
we've got to find the man that's
dead"
Anybody checking back on the
dead mans horse?"
Don't you worry about the dead
mans horse. There'n be plenty
checking done on that horse! Tu.
lare, you take the fat country to
the SOUTH"
"Okay."
"Gil, you sweep northwest be-
tween Short Crick and the Spotted
Range" Dunn went on. oval, you
take wider swing than Gil, and to
the east. Scout the edge of the bare
rock below Red Sleep Ridge"
The cowboys waited. ''Is there
any guess yet," Tulare asked after
moment, ''as to who it is we're
looking for?"
Unexpectedly the Old Man fared
up. "How the hell do I know!" he
roared. "And what DO you care?
You'll know him when you find him
because he's dead! Amt that
enough Tor you? What you waiting
for now? Get on with i'll"
They moved off.
Horse Dunn turned to Billy
Wheeler. Get your war bag. You
got to get into horse pants and
boots. You and I got some riding
Of our own to do, no later than
now!"
Billy Wheeler jerked suitcase and
saddle from his roadster and fol-
lowed Horse Dunn to room in the
rambling weathered house-the only
room the Old Man used when he
was alone.
Here, while Wheeler changed to
cow country work clothes, Horse
Dunn stood looking out across the
range. He turned to Billy Wheeler,
his big crinkly-bearded face unread
able.
'Look out the window. Look. over
at Lost Whiskey Buttes. You see a
signal ~there?" d .~.>
Wheeler obeyed. Four miles off,
on a high place, he made out thin
vertical line against the brassy sky.
'That's Steve Hurley's SMOKE"
Horse Dunn told him. ''Last night
Steve was in Inspiration, checking
up. This morning-he's been on
that butte since before daybreak.
whats the smoke mean,
HoRJe?"
(TO BE CONTTNUEDJ
Carbon County news., 1937-09-24

this dusty, mesa-broken land Horse
Dunn had set out to build a cow
kingdom-a kingdom on the grand
scale of the old days.
But you can't build a cow king
dom, buying up the range rights Of
little brand after little brand, with
out annoying and disturbing the
brands that are left; and the
bought-out brands are forever try
ing to edge back.
Here and there in the world were
perhaps half a dozen graves COM
memorating the drawn-out, inevita-
BILE conflict. There had never been
general open war. But more than
one lone-riding cowboy of the "a had
come to his end by the gunf1re of
persons unknown, and one or two
others had left on the range an en-
emy who would force, the issue no
more. And at Ace Springs had
died two men of four-hired gun
fighters all-who had jumped Horse
Dunn from ambush. The "a could
have started it's own Boot Hill.
More effectua1 than those brief,
unofficial bursts Of action was the
ennity Of certain cooler, more
wisely watchful men, like Link
Bender, Pinto Halliday. Sam Cald-
well-the defeated contestants for
the Red Hills ranges. Nowadays
the expanding 81 found itself en-
circled by veritable wolf ring of
enemies-a wolf ring biding its time
with malevolent optimism.
''I don't even know what the situ-
alton is," the girl went on. ''But
it's worrying him deeply; he can't
hide that, not from me. And his
first move was to turn to you.''
''Oh, shucks now, Marian :"