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Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
SARDINE SHIPS
REMAIN IDLE
IN UNION ROW

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. UPl
Eight sardine reduction cannery
ships, together with their fleet OF
more than 100 purse seinders, an
3hored from San Pedro, Calf to
Alaska, remained idle today as Q
result c,' disagSements b bIween
maritime unions and the OPERATOR
James Lockhead, of the Coopera-
tive Fishermen's Produce company
and II. A. Nibecker of the Santa
Cruz Oil corporation, negotiator3
tor the operators, said the marine
cooks and stewards and the sailors
union of the Pacific demanded over
time privileges before they woula
sign agreements.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. 25 CUP)-
The twisted, crumpled Wreckage OF
a giant naval patrol bomber was
under guard in a hangar at the
North Island Naval Air station here
soday while a board of inquiry con-
tinued its investigation into the
crash which killed six naval filters
and injured two.
The board, headed by Comdr. M
A. Mitsher, captain of the U.S.S.
Wright, flagship of Rear Admiral
E. j. King, commander of aircraft,
base force, was to examine the
Wreckage today.
Findings Of the board will be
secret and will be forwarded to the
navy department in Washington
DC, as soon as a decision as to the
cause of the crash is reached by
officers here.
It was revealed four of the six
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
JURY ARGU ES
OVER FATE OF
ALBERT DYER

LOS ANGELES, Aug rs. CUP)-
A jury today argued the fate of AL
bert Dyer, illiterate WPA worker
who is charged with numbering
three little girls and ravishing their
bodies.
1t was one of the most atrocious
sex crimes in years and Superior
Judge Thomas P. White cautioned
the jurors against being prejudiced
by the enormity of the offense.
You must not suffer yourselves
to be led convict the defendant for
fear that crime may go unaveng-
ed or for the purpose of deterring
others from the commission of 3
like offense, so long as you have a
reasonable doubt of his guilt, the
Judge said.
At noon today the jurors inter
rupted their session and were taken
to lunch under the watchful eyes
Of bailiffs. The seven men and five
women were tight-lipped and OBJ
viously under great strain.
Dyer was a crossing watchman
whose duty was to help children
across a street. Three of the chill
lren over whom he was supposed
to watch, jeanette Stephens, 8;
Melba Everett, 8, and her sister
Madeline, 7, were lured from play
ground by a man who promised
TO take them rabbit hunting in the
Baldwin Hills near lnglewood. Two
lays later their bodies were found
in ravine. They had been strang-
led with ropes.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25

their lowest eDD IN Cne valley dt
this season with the balance be-
tween the two great economic
forces fairly well equalized, said
Chan Livingston, head of the MRS
in Imperial county. A large number
of the persons included on the
rolls already have part time en-
ployment but are local residents
who want and will get preference
in work assignments. They know
the procedure of the MRS and file
their applications before the sea-
sons open.
During the past week several
valley residents who were among
the first assigned to work on the
All American canal three years ago
reported to the MRS office for re-
assignment after having stayed with
the contractors until certain phases
of the big construction job were
completed.
Many of these men, Livingston
said, were classified as unskilled
when assigned three year ago. By
means of their experience gained
in working with the valuable and
complicated machinery used on
canal construction, their classified
tions will be changed to qualified
and competent engineers of drag
line equipment"
This between-seaSon lull is Gus
tomary and permits plans to be
made for the assignment of workers
as soon as employers begin to swing
into the winters tempo of work
Orders already are on file for 1000
cotton pickers needed next month
Work, in the cotton fields will be
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
RELUCTANT F. R.
SIGNS BILL TO
ALTER COURTS
President Adds Bitter
Criticism Against
Weakened Plan

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.
(UP) President Roosevelt
placed a reluctant stamp of
approval on the lower court
reorganization b Jill today,
but emphasized that it did not full
fill his ideas on Judiciary reorgan-
ization and indicated he would
continue to fight for his supreme
court objectives.
AS a climax to six months of Bit
ter controversy over his original
judiciary reorganization proposals,
Mr.. Roosevelt signed the lower
court procedural reform bill last
night and announced the action
this morning.
The announcement was accom-
panied by presidential statement
emphasizing that the chief execu-
tive felt that the measure, which
was dictated by opponents of the
original plan, did not satisfy the
judicial needs of great and
growing nation.
Need of Reform
Mr.. Roosevelt emphasized the
need that the federal government
have the right Ito defend the con-
stitutionality of the law of the
land" and asserted:
mo longer must the government
stand idly by, a helpless spectator.
while acts of congress are stricken
down by the courts"
The president renewed his criti-
cism of the conservative element
of the supreme court on which he
based his original demands for The
right to appoint six new justices.
1T seemed" he said, that q
veritable conspiracy existed on the
part of many of the most gifted
members of the legal profession to
take advantage OF the technicah-
ties of the law and the conserva-
tism of the courts to render r1ea-
sures of social and economic re-
form sterile or abortive"
But, he added, the lower court
bill moves in the general direc-
ton of reform" and:
Il have therefore given it my
approval"
Mr.. Roosevelt criticized the lower
court bill particularly because it
failed to provide for any increase
in the number of federal court
justices and docs not touch the
problem of aged or infirm justices
who fail to take advantage OF the
opportunity accorded them to re-
tire or resign on full pay"
Final Phase
Mr.. Roosevelt'S original judici-
ary reorganization program was
based chiefly on a request for pow
er to appoint to the high tribunal
young and liberal justices to sup
plement those over 70 who failed
to resign or retire.
The presidents action was the
final phase of the controversy which
split the Democratic majority in
congress and had repercussions
which extended through the final
day of the congressional session.
The bill provides merely for pro-
cedural reforms in the lower fed
eral courts and makes no mention
of the supreme court.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
u. S. WINS 1ST
TILT IN ROW
WITH OIL co.

LOS ANGELE, Aug. 25. UP
The government today won the first
round in its legal battle to recover
from the Standard Oil company
and others $lO,OOO,OOO worth of oil
lands In tie Elk Hills reserve. TIE
land was portion NJ that leased
under the administration of form
er Secretary of the Interior Albert
Hall.
Federal Judge Leon r. Yankwich
decided against the company and III
favor of the government that the
court was bound by the ruling OF
ecretary of the Interior Harold lc-
kes, Jan. %, 1886, holding that ow-
ing to their mineral character the
land did not come under the school
grant to the state of California ano,
therefore, neither the state nor the
defendants in the present suit had
ny title to them.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
MARINES
HEAVY ARMED.
READY TO SAIL
Leathe rnecks, Fully
Equipped For War,
At San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25. WR'
= Steelhelmeted and carry
ing only war equipment, 14OO
u. S. marines will embark
here Sunday for war-torn
Shanghai.
The marines will sail aboard the
transport, US.S. Chaumont which
will arrive at San Diego tomorrow
after a hurried overhaul.
Wearing field uniforms, carrying
heavy packs and ready for action,
units of the sixth regiment are be-
ing sent to join the fourth regi-
ment now on duty in the interna-
tional settlement, at Shanghai.
Accompanying the Chaumont, the
anti-aircraft battery of the fleet
marine force under command OF
Capt. w. w. Benson, will sail aboard
the light cruiser Marblehead
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
Housewife Held in
Adultery Case

BRAWLEY, Aug. 25. = Modesto
Nunez, 81, Brawley housewife and
mother of four children, is held
to answer in superior court on
charge of adultery. it was ruled
in Brawley justice court Tuesday.
S. Barriga, "a, arrested on a simi-
lar charge, was released after the
charge against him was dismissed.
Both charges were brought by T.
Nunez, husband of the defendant.
Barriga was not married so the
adultery charge was dismissed by
the court.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25

Shanghai.
simultaneously the japanese pre-
pared to bring their total strength
IN China up to 25O,000 men equip
ped with all modern machines of
war.
The great Nipponese military
machine here roared into action on
four major fronts along line OF
more than 1000 miles against Chi
nese armies estimated to total
10000
An unprecedented battle was un-
der way at Shanghai.
In North China two japanese col
umns converged on five Chinese
divisions trapped between the Nam
koW Pass and Kalgan on the Peip-
Ing-Suiyuan railway northwest OF
Peiping while other japanese divi-
sions fought defensive actions south
west of Peiping and south of Tient-
sin
The positions of some 1000 Amer
leans remaining and thousands OF
other Occi'1entals in the bomb torn
fire swept international settlement
of Shanghai was desperate. There
was grave danger that maddeneo
Chinese soldiers would be driven
into the settlement areas guarded
by U. S. and British forces.
Meantime it was reported that
Britain had started a new diplo-
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. IS. W.P)
Members of the United Automo-
bile Workers Union roared their
approval today of a proposal to
pool the JAWS resources for a
finish fight with Henry Ford.
mo matter how much money ii
takes" Homer Martin, U.AW. pres
ident, told the organizations Sec
ond annual convention, II tell you
we are going to organize Ford's
workers because they want to be
organized, they deserve to be or.
ganized, and Henry Ford deserves
licking. 81. .,.,
During the coming months, we
gill call upon automobile workers
throughout the country to pool their
resources and pool their strength
to carry the gospel of organization
and drive out of this country that
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
Wife Brings Out
Rifle, Husband
Takes Own Life

OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. rs. tUP)
Mrs. Hazel Dowling told police
she ''OOk a rifle away from her
husband, Albert, IS. several
times when he threatened 10 end
his life.
Friends, interested in fire.
arms, asked to see the gun To-
day. She brought II out. While
she was saying good bye 10
hem at the front door. Dowiing
took the rifle 10 the back porch
and shot himself fatally In the
head.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
Wedding Bells For
Two Elderly Pairs

FRESNO, Cal, Aug. 25. UP
Wedding bells will ring soon for
two elderly couples. James A. Bias
ingame, sc, of Reedley and Mrs.
Eta Deck, 70, of Orange Cove,
have announced their intention to
wed in Fresno while John Alfred
Bolander, 78, and Helen E. Dean,
78, both of San Jose, filed their
intention to marry in Modesto =
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
MOTION FOR.
D | s M|SSAL
| S REF USED
King, Who Shot
Truck Driver,
Charged

Nunry E. King, 33, Ell
Centre, must 60 to trial in
superior court on a charge of
numbering j oh n Clayton
Franks August 10. Through
his attorney, Lee Nuffer, King
moved that the charges against him
be dismissed. Judge E. Simpson in
El Centro justice court denied the
motion. King is held without bail
in the Imperial county Jail.
The used car salesman went to
Ell Centre police headquarters, told
officers of the shooting, and gave
them the six shooter he used in
taking the life of Franks, a truck
driver He said he emptied the
weapon into Franks.
The shooting occurred at noon
August 10 in the living room Of
the King home, 3l2 South Twelfth
street, in the presence of Mrs.
Laura King, the three King chill
dren, and Mrs. Gladys Hearen, the
housekeeper.
Mrs. King ran from the home
to nearby house and telephoned
police. She later appeared at po-
lice headquarters for questioning.
King said he shot Franks be-
cause he held him responsible for
breaking up his home, officers said
Chief of Police j. Sterling Os-
walt and Sergeant Jack Stark OF
the Ell Centre police department
testified at the preliminary hear
ing They told of their conversations
with King Immediately after the
shooting.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
PROBERS EXAMINE
ILL>FATED AIRPLANE

victims died of drowning, apparent
ly after being knocked unconscious
in the crash, and trapped inside
the metal hull Of the 13-ton craft.
The two survivors of the accident
worst in the history of naval avia-
ton at this largest of all US. navy
flying centers-were improving at
the Naval hospital.
1t was indicated that from these
two, j. w. Blackman, aviation ord
nanceman, 2nd class, and T. P
CoufHprty, aviation machinist's
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
Wilkins OH Second
Flight Over Arctic

EDMONTON, Alta, Aug. 25. U.P)
Sir Hubert wilkins, noted ex-
plorer, left the mouth of the Cop
permine river in the northwest ter
ritories at 6:15 am, psf, today
on second flight over the Arctic
in search of the missing Russian
ranspolar1 fflers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
Hospital? No, Jail

mo hospital for me-, was the
decision of c. j. Henry, 54, as the
ambulance drew up at the county
hospital. I'D rather go back to
Jail You'll have to sit on me ali
night if you leave me here. Judge
Lee Nuffer accommodate Henry by
sentencing him to five days in the
city jail for drunkenness
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25

mate, 3rd class, the board hopes to
ascertain with reasonable degree
The men are to be questioned as soon
of certainty the cause of the crash.
as their condition permits, it was
said.
Officers, unofficially, expressed
the belief the big plane was travel
ling at nearly 100 miles per hour
when it crashed into the rotting
hulk of an old whaling vessel, and
nosed over in eight feet of water,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25

followed by work in the asparagus.
corn, general field crops, and by
the major lettuce harvest, Livings-
ton said
Usual assignments for replace
ments on the All American canal
are being made at present and $50
men recently were assigned to the
American Girl mine in the Ogilby
district. Only experienced miners
are acceptable to mine officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
Aha! Footprints

Prints of small bare feet beneath
a window at the Alex Engelmar
Packing shed in FL Centro let police
to decide the place was entered by
emall boys instead of adult burglars
Nothing was missed from the build
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
DIDN'T KNOW MRS. ROOSEVELT

MORRISTOWN, N J, Aug 25. (UP-A stopped the
Mendham owned by
Fisher antique Mrs Fisher remarked that
Eleanor Roosevelt thought buying The made
a tre that Mrs. Franklin
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
It's Worth It

It's Worth It
There are public speakers who
would give cool million dollars in
cash if they could swipe Norman
Deaton's golden speaking voice. RR
doesn't blame them.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
~ AMBLING
N.EPORTER
II
Says:

Why, Boys
AS l live and breathe, A. ]. Mer-
cier and Larry Duff were caught red
handed while studying a book OF
gaily colored dresses and whatnots
designed for the female of the
species. They declared, amid blush
es, that they were selecting uniforms
for the girls at the laundry. RR
doesn't believe a word of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
SLATED FOR TRIAL
japan Tries TO
Blockade Coast

SHANGHAI, Aug 25. (UP)-Japan, determined to
smash organized military resistance throughout all China,
tonight was officially reported have declared blockade
of than 700 miles of the Chinese coast against Chi
shipping from Swatow in the south to the north bank
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
1883 Workers
On mrs Rolls

Names of 1888 and women appear on the rolls
at the National Unemployment Service headquarters as
being available for employment in industry and agrcul
in Imperial Valley when the fall agricultural and in
dustral OPEN Labor supply and demand are at
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25

p NeWsom, WaIberg, Olson, Con-
zales g. Desautels; Feller and PVT
lax. aH+ .f
Washington, 90, at st. Louis, CO.
Deshong & Miles. Van Alta &
Hemsley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
Open Season

Open Season. -. -
Hunters who always forget to buy
their shot gun shells during busi-
ness hours, may relax. Russell
Sherwood laid in his usual supply
in readiness for the customary
am. trade in hunting season. The
arrival of the shells at his cafe
Tuesday is a sure-certain sign that
fall Is just around the next hot spell
BY Remote Control -t
Many bouquets should be tossed
In the general direction of the
lunchers at Clements Wednesday
and they probably wouldn't even
duck. They received an unexpect-
ed scattering of matted milk when
a shaker fell off the electric gadget
They showed no CONSERVATION. They
suffered the sticky bath In silence
In silence they mopped up the goo
and in continued silence returned
to their food consumption A great
social as well as domestic asset.
They Both Won " f.
A hot argument which threaten
ed to oyershadow' the bouts in the
squared ring at the Brawley fight
arena Tuesday night was. staged by
Richard Palmer, TO- and Bobbie Dye
IL, nephews of Shorty Hogue. The
unofficial bout had to do with the
crown Shorty won in the Hogue-
Wilson bout. The win made him
unofficial lightweight champion OF
the state of California.
Now Shorty is state champion, .
crowed Richard in his ringside
seat
He is not" shouted Bobbie dis
eustedly hes California cham
pion." The argument continued for
Is minutes and finally verged on
the fistic. At last the youngsters
decided to get help from one en-
dowed with superior wisdom. They
appeared to another Hogue nephew
Bennie Dye, aged IL. He settled
the whole trouble with one lordly
sweep.
You saps," he muttered, looking
down his nose. This is the state
of California and Shorty is cham
pion of it," . -
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25
Baseball Results

(By United Press)
AMERICAN
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-25

Butter: Los Angeles 3ltz; butter
fat, Imperial Valley, fob, ranch.
grade A 46I5; manufacturing milk
3815; route gathered cream 81.
L. A. Hay: u. s. No. l leafy sac
2O.5O; U. S. No. S1s-Is.50; u. 5.
No. 2 Ieafy $17-l7.5O; u. s. No. 2
SI5.5O-16. Minneapolis flax s2.O1Is.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-09-02
Sandstone Woman
Called By Death

Mrs. William O'Connell passed
away at her home in Sandstone Tues
day, August 81. She had not been
in good health the past few years but
maintained her faith and cheerfulness
to the end.
Mrs. O'Connell (Sharlotte Lodemia
Crosse was born at Pine Island Aug.
Is, 1871. She was married in Free
port, Iowa, Sept. 16, 1890 to William
O'Connell, and to this union two
children were born. They are May
(Mrs Lauk Spicer) of Faribault, and
Hazel (Mrs. Elmer Larson) of Sank
Center. They, together with their
father, survive. The family came to
Pine county in 1887, settling west of
Finlayson.
Mrs. O'Connell was a kind and
Christian woman, being of a cheer
full disposition which had won for her
many friends. Funeral services will
be held Friday at l p. m. At this
writing other funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-09-02
Cooperation On
Radio From Paris

An international broadcast by How
ard A. Cowden, secretary of National
Cooperatives, Inc, will be on the air
Wednesday, September 8, at Ais to
4:30 (CBC). Mr.. Cowden, general
manager of Consumers Cooperative
Association of Kansas City, and E. G.
Cort, general manager of Midland Co.
operative Wholesale of Minneapolis,
are the American delegates to the
International Cooperative Alliance
Congress at Paris, France. Mr.. Cow
den is representing National Coop
eratives, Inc, and Mr.. Cort is rep
resenting the Cooperative League of
the U. S. A.
Howard Cowden and Vannio Tan
ner, a leader of the Finnish Consum-
ers Cooperative Movement, president
of the International Cooperative AL
lance and now Minister of Finance
in the Finnish government, will speak
over an international hook-up of the
National Broadcasting Company at
p. m. on Wednesday. AS manager of
the Consumers Cooperative Associa-
ton, Mr.. Cowden has the distinction
of being the head of the first Amer
lean Cooperative to ship petroleum
products to the European Consumer
Cooperative WHOLESALERS. Mr.. Tanner
is an international cooperative leader
and recognized student of interna-
tional finance and as such was made
Minister of Finance by his govern
ment
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-09-02
Villages Found
Not Responsible
Attorney Generals Ruling
Frees Cities and Villages
From Public Liability.

According to an opinion given re-
Gently by the attorney generals office
to Glen c. Sawyer, village attorney
of Lanesboro, concerning the main
tenance of playground equipment in
public parks, cities and villages are
not liable for personal injuries. The
opinion explained that such munich
palities which maintain free facilities
in public park for the recreation of
the public are exercising govern
mental function and hence are not
liable to persons who use such facil-
tiles.
The attorney general pointed out
that the rule has been laid down by
the Minnesota Supreme Court in a
number of cases, specifically holding
that where a city equips its public
parks with instrumentalities for di-
version and exercise, for the free use
of its inhabitants, it is not liable in
damages to one injured in their use
because of negligent construction or
maintenance. 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-09-02
BY GEORG STRANDVOLD

There is no war in China. Inter-
national diplomats are very, very
sure about that, for Japan has not
war, and the diplomatic connection
between the two Asiatic powers has
not been officially interrupted. So
there is no war!
And yet, the japanese lombard
ment of Shanghai, the most import
ant commercial city of China, has
been in progress each day and night
for almost three weeks; thousands of
persons have been slain, most of
them, it seems, civilians and, among
these, numerous innocent children
Hour after hour there have been
cloudbursts over Shanghai-cloud-
bursts of bullets that, in most cases,
seem to have found their mark. Jap
anese naval and military operations
have extended to other parts of China,
and there have been ferocious at
tacks even on Marking, the capital
of the country.
But-the chorus of the diplomats
chime in: There is no war! From
Washington an echo comes: Since
there is no declaration of war; since
there is no interruption of diplomatic
communication between Tokyo and
Marking, there is no occasion for in
voking the American neutrality law
Complications.
Whatever interpreters of interna-
tional law may think about the War
That is Not War, the realism of it
was brought pretty close to the doors
of No. 10 Downing Street, London,
the other day when a report came
that the British ambassador to China,
while on lawful and peaceable mis-
sion, was wounded by japanese bull
lets on an automobile journey be-
tween Marking and Shanghai
The imperial japanese government
expressed regrets, in most formal
manner, and pleaded, in extenuation,
that the ambassadors car carried
British flags SO tiny that they could
not be seen from the attacking air.
plane; furthermore, Tokyo said-the
japanese government had warned
non-combatants to file notice of i'm
pending journeys in that vicinity, for
only then could they expect to be
protected.
A stern note was issued by the
British government; in effect, it said
that whether the British flags on the
automobile were conspicuous or not
made no difference; the demand that
advance notice of trips be given was
ignored, for, the British note said,
what happened was, under all circum-
stances, violation of that part of