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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-10
CHAPTER XIII

'.Hurry up, Jennifer. Your break fast is ready"
 "I've loads of time" Jennifer, with her hat and coat on, stood in the doorway to tn e small kitchen. "Neat trick of yours, Miss Brett, setting the clock ahead" She pulled a chair up to the table of the cabinet which served as their morning breakfast table.
 ''Well, you don't want to lose your job, do you?" Daphne poured cocoa into two cups and snapped of the switch on the toaster.
 q don't care much if do."
 'Oh, Jennifer, please dontl Thirty-five a week is the best you've done and we're getting along so nicely"
 'There isn't much future in be- ing model" Jennifer went on hopefully.
 '"There might be. Some day you might get to be photographers model and, who knows, maybe the movies will be next"
 "DaphneI Wouldn't that be won- derful?"
 Daphne buttered the toast. ssYes, 1t would, but I wouldn't en- certain the idea. Tell me about last night. Your girl friends usu- ally have Q lot of news" Daphne was playing for time. She didn't want Jennifer to ask her what Larry had said.
 Jennifer looked at her sister ur1- der lowered lids and said casually, ''H suppose you heard that Jerry and Peg were married at Armonk on Wednesday"
 sNo! They eloped? I think that was shabby thing to do."
 Jennifer put her cup down very carefully. "Why was it2 They are both of age and they knew what they wanted. It wasn't anyone else's business if they wanted to-"
 "It was shabby, Jennifer. Peg is only 18 and girls that age don't know their own minds. Besides Pegs parents should have been shown more consideration. They wanted Peg to have good educa- tion and see a few more people be- fore she settled down. don't think that was very considerate of her. I imagine her people will be up in arms"
 Jennifer touched a napkin to her pretty mouth. "Well, they'll have to like it now. And you're quite wrong about girls IS not knowing their own minds. I think Peg is well of. Jerry has little money and they'll have 8 ducky time. Everyone will be giving par ties for them and she won't have to worry about job. I'm all for matri- morly. I'm sick of working"
 'Lots of us are," Daphne ad- mitted "but getting married just because you're sick of working seems like a pretty poor reason to me. Marrying because you love a man makes it t he best thing in the world but any other way, is my idea of no-go."
 Jennifer laughed. "Grandmaw Brett! Lavender and old lace and lovel I suppose you think a bride sits home of evenings and darns her husbands sox while he reads the market reports. Well, I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-10

George Gershwin, one of Amer ica's foremost modern composers, wrote six song hits in collaboration with his brother, Ira, for the RKO Radio dance musical, Shall We oance," co-starring Fred Estaire and Ginger Rogers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-10

Dudley Clements, ex-Broadway stage actor now under contract to RKO Radio and appearing in a prominent role in 'Too Many Wives" began his theater associa- tion as treasurer of the Old Ann phion theater in Brooklyn. Anne Shirley and John Morley head the cast of the film.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-10
ANSWER TO YESTERDAYS
 TWIZZLER

The manager probably fired his assistant because he lost $100 on the transactions. One house cost him e45O0 and he gained $450 on it. The other cost him $500 and he lost $55O on 1t.
 lCopyright John F. Dille Col
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Ranchers Attend
C of C Gathering;
Hear GOar Speak

Imperial Valley is now entering
the most productive period in it's
history said l.. G. Goar, superin-
tendent of of the Meloland Expert
ment station, in talking on Imperial
Valley crops of the future at the
chamber Of commerce luncheon
Wednesday noon at the Barbara
Worth hotel.
Some 25 ranchers and their wives
were special guests of the chamber.
Difficulties in establishing proper
crops and the proper methods OF
agriculture have been solved and
new crops are in the process of be-
ing developed, Goar said.
The luncheon eliminated good
will tour businessmen of the city
made to neighboring ranchars. Ed
gar Mason, as chairman. thanked
the members for their cooperation
and the introductions of visitors
were made.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G.. Bennett, Mr.
and Mrs. j. M. Mendival, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. w. Haworth. Mrs. A. Glass,
Mrs. Elton B. Christian, John Haf-
Tiger, E. DeRuiter, Edgar Davis, H.
Richardson, George N. Austin, Har-
j. Clinton Haworth, G.. T. MCCarty,
r. d. Mccall, r. w. Boyd, w. E.
Hancock, William McCulloch, d
Clevenger, F.. P. Lehman, Ray
mond Reeder attended.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
ALIENS NABBED|
; HOURS AFTER
CROSSING LINE

An alien smuggler and six Mexi-
can aliens were arrested by i'm
migration border patrolmen We'd
nesday morning uSt three hours
after they slipped across the in
ternational boundary east of Cal
exico.
The seven MeXicanS were travel
ing toward Los Angeles in a sedan
driven by Perez when the patrolmen
stopped their machine in the BraW-
ley area. Two of the smuggled
aliens rode in the front seat with
Perez while the remaining four
were packed in the rear seat.
Perez, according to the aliens,
let the cargo stay at his home in
Mexicali for five days. The SNUG
gler waited until shortly after 10
o'clock Tuesday night before he took
the six aliens to the line and left
them to walk across.
The aliens walked across the line.
one of them explained. and waited
at designated spot.
Perez is scheduled to be taken
before Deputy United States Com
missioner Dorsey WhitelaW on
charges of smuggling aliens into the
United States. The aliens, Jesus
Venegas. Candelano Miranda, Cic-
toriano Buena Mastro, Luis Quenas,
Guadalupe Gabral and Joaquin Bra
ca Monte. will be charged with
entering the United States illegally.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
PEA GROVE RS
THREATEN TO
DESTROY CROP
Pickets Must Return to
Work, Ranchmen
Declare

NIPOMO, CAL, April ID.
(UP)-Pea growers of San
Luis Obispo county today
threatened to plough under
their crop unless striking
pickers return to work.
Between 400 and 500 pickers are
on strike in an attempt to get SO
cents per hamper for picking,
double the present rate of rs cents
a hamper.
Growers offered to pay 80 cents
but said the offer was turned
down by the pickers, mainly itin-
Grant harvest workers who come
here annually to handle the pea
crop.
The growers blamed the strike
on a labor contractor who brought
in more men than were needed AT
present. They charged the surplus
labor supply was responsible for
the strike as the men without
work instigated the unrest.
Although there has been no dis
order so far, Sheriff Harry Haskins
had a large force of deputies in
the fields to guard against posi-
BILE trouble.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14

the Salinas grower shipper associa-
ton violated the national labor act.
Sanborn was charged by union
leaders with starting red" scare
during strike of lettuce packing
shed workers last fall. He appeared
at the hearing with his attorney,
j. G. MoSer, yesterday and last
night and in response to questions
said, Il refuse to testify on advice
of counsel"
Richard Gladstein. attorney for
the Fruit and Vegetable Workers
union, which filed the charges
against the growers shippers, sue
ceeded in drawing only open respon-
ses from Sanborn. After Glad
stein had asked him series of
questions, he interrupted the at
torney and asked Trial Examiner
Charles N. Feidelson, Am I on
trial?"
Questions which brought this
query were in the form of asking
Sanborn if it were true his pur-
pose here during the strike was
to prevent peaceful picketing: that
he had acted as a cooriinator with
out legal authority; that he insti-
tuted a program of deliberately
trrorizing strikers and citizens by
excessive use of tear gas, by depu-
tizing citizens, by designating union
leaders as radicals and by public dis
play of armed forces.
He was questioned also on charges
that he participated in fomenting
Red" scare in the attempted
suppression of news, the intimida-
ton of reporters and photograph
ers and the importation of strike
breakers and armed guards.
Sanborn consistently refused to
answer the questions.
The trial judge also joined in
the questioning, asking Sanborn
about his army status, press re-
lations, and role as an intelligence
officer during the strike.
The hearing was called here on
complaint of members of the Fruit
and Vegetable Workers union, who
charged that union members were
"black listed by the association
as result of their strike activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14

Inc io-year-old producer, Vlgor-
Gus opponent of the labor union
that has won recognition from
his chief competitors-General Mo
tors and Chrysler-declared that
the Ford Motor company "has al
ways been fair and the Wagner
Labor Relations act can have no
effect upon U.S."
Ford announced the start of an
expansion program that will in
clude the hiring of more workers
and the paying of higher wages.
He refused to discuss reports that
his wage scale would be boosted to
$40 a day, but said:
I'm going to give them compe-
tition and you can't compete on
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Thieves CRACK
SAFE in FEED
STORE ESCAPE.
Thugs Ignite Powder,
Escape With Cash
And Checks

Using giant powder to
blast the door from the safe,
thieves Tuesday night es-
capped with about S78 in cash
and $3.50 in checks from the
Conkey Feed store on East Main
street in Ell Centro.
Police believed the safe blowing
was the job of a professional GRIM
inal. Boring a hole above the
safes combination, the thugs in
serted 40 per cent giant powder
and touched it off. After gathering
up their tools, they escaped thru
the rear office door. They had
entered by jimmying the catch on
a rear window. :
Of the loot, $4820 in cash and
between. $50 and $40 in checks was
the property of the Conkey Feed
store, and about $50 in cash and
$500 in checks had been left in
the safe by an agent of the Globe
Mills company, which formerly oc-
cupied the building.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Tide of Worms
Sweeps Toward
Swanky Resort

PALM SPRING. April 4.-tU.p
Appeals for voluteers went out
from this swank desert resort
today to help fight tide of
millions of worms, advancing ON
a Cne-mile front and destroying
all vegetation before it,
IOunty Agriculture C0mmis-
sioner A. f. Bottel said the
worms are larvae of the white
lined sphinx moth. First noticed
on the sand dunes of the resort,
they have advanced rapidly, eat
ing all the verbenia, primrose
and other flowers of the deserts
spring carpet.
Once inside Palm Springs.
BOtteI said, the worms will des-
troy all lawns and landscapins.
Ground covered by a similar In
vasiOn two years ago is still bar
rem.
Ground crews dug ditehes and
prepared oil. The chamber OF
commerce called for volunteer
fighters
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14

announced the walkout of $500
workers in the Pacific division
of the Southern Pacific, will go in
to effect at pm. Friday, accord
ing to United Press dispatches
from San Francisco.
Barring a last minute settle
ment, the walkout will become eff
fective throughout the railroad
company's extensive lines in the
western states, c. V. Mclaughlin,
vice president of the firemen and
enginemen. and c. H. Smith, vice
president of the railway trainmen,
said.
Only other possibility of avert
ing the walkout, Mclaughlin said,
is intervention by President Roose-
velt
The strike would involve train
men from Portland, to Dawson,
N. M.
DR.. William M. Leiserson, men,
ber of the National Mediation
board, who has been conferring
with representatives of the bro
therhoods and management for
several days, said he sent his re-
port on the situation to the board
in Washington last night, in which
he said he had exhausted all re-
sources at his command.
It was pointed out that should
the board request it, President
Roosevelt can appoint fact-find-
ing commission to act in the con-
troversy. Under the Railway Labor
Act, this would automatically de-
lay strike action go days.
Shipments of valley carrots, nov
| averaging 30 to 35 cars daily, and
small shipments of peas, greens,
and Gull grapefruit by rail would
be stopped in event of the strike
Incoming shipments of merchan-
disc, of course would also be ef-
fected.
THE company does not expect
strike" President A. D. McDon-
aid of the Southern Pacific de-
clared. There is no dispute be-
tween the company and the labor
OfSdlllZd JlOllo. L llC uiliil,hby 5AS"
out of q controversy regarding
jurisdiction between the firemen'S
and the trainmen's brotherhoods
on one hand and the brotherhood
of locomotive engineers and the
Order of Railway Conductors on
the other.
The management" he contin-
ued. will accept any reasonable
plan for handling the matters in
volved that may be satisfactory
to the organizations.
"Since the questions at issue are
still pending before the u. S. Ma
tional Mediation Board, strike &C
ton at this time would distinctly
violate the Railway Labor act. In
view of this and the further fac
that the history of the organiza-
tions concerned has shown them
to be law abiding, it is inconceiv-
able that a strike will be actually
forced, needleSsly and unlawfully,
at this time"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Hatfield Signed
For Valley Talk

Belief in the old adage about the
cary bird getting the best of things,
led the American Legion post of
Brawley TO sign Lieut. Governor
George j. Hatfield for all address
at the Arrnistice Day celebration,
November IL.
Hatfield is an ex-servlce man
and one of the most popular speak
ers i'll the state, according to Fred
j. Trude, chairman of the committee
delegated to arrange the program
for the countrywide celebration
this fall
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Children Feature
Lions Club Meet

Musical numbers by group of
children constituted the Lions club
program Tuesday noon at the Bar
bara Worth hotel.
Sam Magic was chairman of the
day and presented his daughter.
Concetta Magic, in a piano solo.
his nephew, Carmelo. in an accor-
dion solo. Rosie F'iore played a
violin solo mad Mary Fiore, the piano
accompaniment, all four students
giving excellent performances.
Guests who attended the meeting
were c. A. Gardner and Ralph
Ward.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14

lndlVlQual views OF ana IllOSS VI
their respective groups, stating
some of the questions which had
come up on the election.
Among those present were: j. z.
Eyer, Gordon Scriven, city coun-
Gil; DR.. Norman E. Dupont, Boy
Scouts; Warren Currier, Rotary;
Donald w. Ketchen, Kiwanis and
Coordinating Council; Mrs. Cur
rier, Ten Thousand club preSi-
dent; w. A. Tondro, chamber Of
commerce; Frank Ric b m on d &,
Lions Club. Leo A. DeCelleS, Mrs,
Estelle Reid. and Ketchen explain
ed the wide use to which the Ii
brary is put by students, DIR. Du-
pont stating it's value to Scouts.
Agnes Ferris Bigel5w, librarian
stated that P.-TA. groups, Junior
Ten Thousand club and the P.E.O.
groups had expressed their inter
est.
Others present were DR.. and Mrs,
A. B. Hanson. j. d. johnson, Al
Shaller, Mrs. Ross T. Hickcox, the
board members, A. H. Keller, D. b.
Roberts. E. F. Surface and Q. q.
Horne.
A statement, signed by the IL
brary board, to clarity the situa-
ton was released. 1t follows;
TO THE VOTERS OF THE
CITY OF Ell CENTRO:
Next Tuesday, April 20, there will
be submitted to the electorate the
approval of $4,000 bond issue for
the purpose of erecting new Ii
brary.
Feeling that central location
is desirable, the library board goes
On record stating that the location
of the new library shall be on Its
present location, or as near to 1t
as is practical.
There has been some discussion
as to whether or not the old build
ing can be remodeled economically
It must be remembered, in this re-
gard, that the present building was
erected 81 years ago at a cost OF
approximately $4,000 and was
planned to accommodate 10000 vol
umes. This library was built when
Ell Centre was a town of $500. We
now have a population of about
10000 and We have approximately
10000 volumes in our library, with
a circulation in excess of 100000
volumes per year Even if the old
building could be remodeled, it would
be necessary to double its size. Re-
modelling the building and con-
5tructing an addition would cost,
according to estimates Furnished
to the library board by reliable
architects, approximately as much
as a new building. We would still
have an cid building not properly
planned for library purposes.
Due to complaints as to the safety
of the building, in the early part of
1896, the library board employed
John c. Austin. one of the best
known architects in Southern Cali
fornia to examine and pass upon
the safety of the old library build
ing. His investigation showed that
the building was not safe.
Most of our patrons believe that
we have a brick building. This is
not true. The present building has
one-layer brick veneer over a
double layer of tile. There is no
binder holding these layers togeth-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Monte Endorsed
For Legion Leader

Verne Monte of Brawley was
unanimously endorsed for the office
OF department commander by Boyce
Aten post, American Legion, at the
meeting Tuesday night in the Veter-
ans hall.
The post voted to send one boy,
a high school junior or senior, to
the boys day at Sacramento, June
1890 where the boys set up q
miniature municipality.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Rent Raise Seen
If Library Bond
Issue Approved

All rents in Ell Centre will be
raised automatically if the library
bond issue carries, according to 45
members of the Rental Protective
association who met in special ses-
sion Tuesday night.
Taxes are so high now, it was
pointed out at the meeting, that
there is little money in rentals.
Lack of residential building is one
reason for.existing conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14

low wages"
InterviewerS asked Ford what he
thought of the "A. F.. of L. and the
CLIO" He smiled.
DO you know" he said, Il
don't know what any of those let
ters mean"
Then he added:
Il have spent 33 years in build
ing up my business. Our men have
been free to join anything they
like. We have no restrictions. 1
only say that 1 don't see what our
men gain by joining a union. They
lose their freedom and win only
the right to pay dues to someone"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Water District
Refinanced Under
Federal Program

PHOENIX. April 14.-U.P)-Re-
financing of the Roosevelt Water
Conservation District was under
way today under arrangement made
with the federal Reconstruction
Finance corporation
BY the terms of the plan, nego-
tiated over a period of years, the
district will reduce it's bonded debt
by $2,500,000 and save 2 per cent
interest on the remaining 5l,500,000.
Bondholders were to be paid 37ha
per cent of the face value of the
bonds, and new bonds issued for
the balance will bear per cent
interest instead of 6. The new bonds
will be paid off during 30-year
period beginning in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
IN A GERMAN
QUANDARY

ST. Joseph Mo, April Ia. UP
George zug has 81 000-in Ger
many. But he can't go to Germany
unless he goes to Germany. And
If he got to Germany he could not
take the money out of the coun-
try. He inherited the money from
an aunt in Hirrlingen, he was ad-
vised. He asked German relatives
to send him a ticket to Germany
SO he could get the money, but
he was told that embargo regula-
tions promulgated February Is
prevent even sending a steamship
ticket.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14

|. Engineer Julian Rodriguez
Adame, financial agent of the Ban
co Nacional de Credito Ejidal from
Mexico City arrived in Mexicali
to assist Manager Crisoforo Caba-
Hero of the newly opened local
branch to coordinate operations.
The bank is central agent for
Agrarian communalS.
q Word was received by the
japanese Association of Mexicali
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Tests Slated for
Candidates

Army physicians were scheduled
to give physical examinations
Thursday for entrance to Civilian
Conservation camps.
The tests will be given to Ia ap-
plicants already having passed quail
ification tests, The quota for I'M
perial county in this enrolment
was set at 90. The applicants who
pass the examinations will be taken
to camp aboard army trucks.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14

that President Lazaro Cardenas
had assured the japanese embas-
sador at Mexico City that Japa-
nese farmers in MeXicali Valley
will not be moIested by Agrarians.
3. Immediate establishment of
five more "Ejidos," or Agrarian
communities, is planned in Mexi-
cali Valley. Sixteen such commu-
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
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Motor Ship Sinks,
All Aboard Saved

WASHINGTON, April 14.-UR)-
Rear Admiral H. w Marshall, COM
mandant Of the 18th Naval district,
reported to the naval department
that the motor ship Taiyo sank in
Panama bay today after grounding
on Daniade Rock, about four miles
from Balboa, G. q. There were
no caSultieS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
AriZOnan to Offer
$35O,OOO,OOO Plan
For Dams on River

PHOENIX, April l4,-[UP-F'red
T. Golfer. Arizona water trustee, was
sn route today to Washington, D,
c., as this states delegate to the
32nd annual convention. of the
National Rivers and Harbors COLI
gress.
Golfer will present TO the con-
graSs his plan for a $350,000, 900
program of dams and powersites
OH the upper Colorado river.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
DOWD TALKS
IN SAN DIEGO

NJ. j. Dowd chief engineer and
general superintendent of the I'M
perial Irrigation district, explain
ed All American canal construction
problems to members of the En-
gineers club of San Diego at
meeting in the coast city Tuesday
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
STEAMER AGROUND

SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.-tU.P
The French Lines steamer Bre-
tagne, carrying 800 passengers, was
reported aground today at Point
Galera. near Porto Colombia, Cen
tral America, by the marine 'ie-
partment of the San Francisco
chamber of commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14

Files For Divorce-Velma Nor
gan filed suit for divorce in superb
or court Wednesday, charging will
full neglect to provide and extreme
cruelty. They married IN Yuma
October II, 1929, and separated No
vember /, 1886, according to the
complaint. Mrs. Morgan is repre-
sented by r. l. French.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-14
Duke Goes Out in
Shorts, And My!
How Red The Knees,

ST. WONFGANG, Austria,
April ID. U.P)-The Duke of
Windsor nurses sun burned
knees today. Always the snappy
dresser, he went mountain climb
ing i'm the knee length leather
6reeches of the Austrian noun
taineer, and rejected the advice
of his guide to rub sunburn
lotiCn on his bare knees.