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Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Photo of Ex-Prinee
Brings Waitress $40

BUDAPEST, Aug. 10. CUP)--A
coffee house waitress had only
praise for the business acumen of
Germany's eX-crown prince, Will
helm, who gave her an autographed
photograph in recognition of her
service. The waitress sold the pic
ture to a Hungarian banker for $40
and then asked Wilhelm for anotrpr
alleging she had lost the first. The
crown prince complied so readily
that the waitress confessed.
Lets become partners if it's such
an excellent business" Wilhelm re-
piled.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19

Lee Lanuerman, 4-H Clup director,
who is in charge of the trip. The
return trip will pc made by way
OF the San Joaquin Valley. Eighteen
boys, six girls, and two leaders and
the director will represent Imperial
county. e
Total cost of the trip is $16 This
Includes $9.55 car fare, So regis
tration fee, $1.5G Pullman fare, and
S195 for meals en- route The total
cost includes all meals, camp dues,
and the day at the state fair at
Sacramento.
McCabe club heads the list with
the largest representation, five club
members and two leaders.
Club representation follows: Nc
Cabe-Mrs. Clara Harrington and
Mrs. Rafael Sariego leaders: Mary
Anna Burch, Emil Burch, Rafael
Sariego. Mary Louise Sariego, Ray
Nlltond Carr, members. Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Hall Throws Hat
In Governor Race

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. 19
CUP)-Fierson M. Hall, former US.
attorney at Los Angeles, definitely
entered the 1888 gubernatorial fight
today when a group of southern
Democrats filed incorporation pa
pers for the "Pierson Hall for Gov
ernor club, with. the secretary OF
state.
Purpose of the club, hackers said,
would be ito place in the governors
chair-a man with qualifications
equal to those of our great Presi-
dent, Franklin d. Roo9evelt,' and
to rescue the state from what we
deem to be imminent chaos"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Arctic Explorer
To Fliers' Rescue

TORONTO. Ont, Aug, 10. W.D-
Sir Hubert wilkins, famed Arctic
explorer, and crew of four landed
the flying boat Cuba in Toronto
harbor late today after fast flight
from New York, en- route to search
for six Russian Tiers missing in the
Arctic.
additional fliers story on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
RAPoRTSe AMsI1Te

Baby Talk
The seasons most original brand
of roofing was dished out by Swell
dina Morgan, 5-year-old Brawley
fight fan. Her sallies kept the ring
side seat occupants in gales OF
laughter at a recent bout, especially
when she dubbed Referee Bill
Tackett Mickey Mouse. She sell
ected a fighter in each bout ano
boosted him to the skies. Each time
her selection was blond, probably
because she herself is blonde. Her
best contribution to roofing lore was
Sneak up on him and knock him
out"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19

lcIbcr Iedu dI SOullCH HlccIiiS
Wednesday night. The letter was
sent m response to one from the
council in which councilmen asked
what could be done to further
grade crossing and grade separa-
ton projects in Ell Centro.
He also scggested that the city
give immediate consideration to
plans of financing a grade separa-
ton for the city. He did not in
tend, he said, for the city to plan
to pay the entire cost of such
project.
ANY grade crossing study should
include consideration of grade sep
arations as well,' Brown said In
his letter. CounciImen ordered the
requested survey made Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Ten To Testify
Against Pigs

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 10. U.P)
Ten witnesses will testify Mon
day that Is pigs constitute
public nuisance, Tom Campbell,
complaining witness, said today.
Campbell outlined the case
against Mr.. and Mrs. X. Stan,
Phoenix, after they pleaded not
guilty to charges of maintaining
a public nuisance-the pigs.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Jailed in Time to
Get Free Operation

PHOENIX, Ariz, Aug. 10 (UP)-
A young man chuckled softly as he
he went under an anaesthrtic to-
day. Jailed by police on vagrancy
counts, with sixteen others, he de-
veloped acuts appendicitis and un-
derwent an emergency operation at
public expense.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
FARR INJURED

LONG BRANCH, Nj. Aug. 10 U0
With his worlds heavyweight
championship fight with Joe Louis
just one week away Tommy Farr
of Wales today suffered a deep cut
under his right eye during SPAR
ring session.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Thief Sinks Low,
Turns Hat Snapper

Tom Cook was annoyed when hn
discovered burglars had messed up
the contents of his house south of
Brawley lie was angry because thny
stole some of his shirts and trou-
GERS. But he was in a towering rage
because the burglar traded hats
with him.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Ridden by Hobby


n Past generations may have oeen
y%age slaves, but the new genera
tion will be one of slave drivers.
according to Carl Vogt. Carl made
the fatal mistake of building a
miniature, gasoline motored racer
for Juvenile Barney Oldfields, and
now he has tough time combin-
ing business with helping the
youngsters soup up their ma
chine.
While Carl was busy with GUS
toner Wednesday, one of the. race
drivers" asked him: How long
will it be before you can attend to
important business?"' +" r@
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Copyright 1887 by United Press

SHANGHAI Friday, Aug. 90 (UP)-Chinese reganed
the offensive sector of the btterycontesed north
Shanghai front at 2 am today:
After they had been driven back earlier by an intense
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
KIDNAPER HALTED IN VALLEY
+. D. r. ATTACK
FAILS TO DRAW
DIRECT REPLIES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 49, (UP)-President Roosevelt
returned to the capital today to stand by during
stretch drive toward adjournment to keep first hand
watch the far eastern situation and to await reaction
to his North Carolina speech which close associates said
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
GRADE CROSSING
SURVEY ORDERED

thorough study of railroad crossings and grade sep
arations throughout the Ell Centre will be made by
the city engineering department at the request of Warren
K. Brown, director of transportation for the railroad
commission Brown made the request for the survey in
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
RICHARD STRAUSS
REPORTED ILL

MUNICH. ATT, 10 UP)-Tiie
composer, Richard Strauss, was con-
fined in a sanftorium at Garmisch
today, suffering from a cold.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
JAPAN WARN '1s's 7s'.ss 6 : s''s:'s ss''ss
u. S. SHIPS to
keep DISTANCE

TOKYO Aug 49, uI-The
Chinese
United
their wahps miles
the Whangpoo
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
4-H DELEGATES TO
ATTEND MEETING

Imperial county will send % delegates to the 22nd
nua All club convention at Davis September g. and a.
The group will leave Ell Centre the Southern Pacific
at 10 O3 September and go to Davis by way of Los
Angeles and San Francisco to the bridges said H.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 .CUP)--
Gov. Bibb Graves of Alabama plans
to name his personable, white hair
ed wife, miss Dixie, to fill Sen.
Hugo L. Blacks seat in the U. S.
senate, several sources reported to-
day.
The governor, however, did no
choose to disclose his intentions.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
BLACK INVITED
TO LUNCH AT
WHITE HOUSE.
Roosevelt, New Jurist
To Get Chummy
Over Meal

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.
(UP) = President Roosevelt
today invited Hugo L Black
his selection for U. S. Su-
preme Court associate JUS
tice, to lunch with him at the
White House.
The president extended his in
vitation to Senator Black after AL
bert Levitt, former special assistant
attorney general, filed a petition
attacking Blacks nomination be-
fore the supreme court.
Although Black has not resigned
his senate post and taken his new
oath of office, the White House
engagement list carried his name
as:
Associate Justice Hugo l.. Black" Z"
The White House said that Black
has not received his formal presi-
Dental commission to the high
court. He must have the commits
sion before he can take the oath
of office.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Remember When

John E. Wells started to work at
the Imperial Valley Building and
Lean association five years ago? He
will leave that institution Friday for
Los Angeles where he has position
in the mortgage department Of the
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany. Remember his prize adver.
tisements. s., Tsr
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
Something New

Mrs. Jack Tackett, who accom-
>panied her husband to San Quentin
10 leave a prisoner for the peniten-
tiary, sent post card addressed
to The Gang, M. o. King COM
pany" The note on the reverse side
was something new In the way Of
vacation greetings. San Quentin
Dear Gang-I am inside. Just hope
they let me out when Jack puts his
man safely away Had nice trip
up and the weather is grand. Don't
work too, hard" She had to spoil
the whole ething with those last
two sentences. Won't they ever
learn?
Always Bragging-
The most consistent sresenter of
vacation post cards, E. A. Fitzhugh,
who earns his bread and potatoes
by managing editoring this news.
paper, is as bad as anyone when il
comes to rubbing vacation in on
the stay-at-homers. His contribu-
tion to the general discomfort was
mailed from Roosevelt, AriZ. It real
as. follows: Shanghai, Chats
ioke). Aug. IS Irrational News
Service Chats another joke) Hills
to the right of us, lakes to the left
CT us, and the trout volleying sno
laundering. Work, Slaves!" Now,
we ask you? RR hopes one of the
blasted trout volleys up and bites
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19

Butter: Los Angeles 3s; butter
fat, Imperial Valley. fob, ranch.
grade A 46; manufacturing milk
38; route gathered cream 33is.
L. A. Hay: u. 5. No. | ieafy $50
2O.5O; u. S. No. l s18-1S.50; u. $.
No. 2 Ieafy S17-17.50; U. S. No. 2
S15.5O-I6. Minneapolis flax S2.01ls.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

MclIlOIldl IlOSplIdl, EAluhldllS, nj
angst province, China.
The letter reveals, at the same
time, the determination of the Am
ericans to stand by their posts even
though evacuation Is made easy.
Philosophy of the American hos
pital workers is shown in the terse
statement in Miss Townsend's let
ter
I'VE get the alarm signal almost
every day as the planes come near
our vicinity We all take to our
dugouts and wait. We will certainly
get it sooner or later, for the enemy
aims especially at American con-
trolled hospitals. 1t is because we
are friendly to the Chinese.
Now we have plunged and taken
wounded right into this woman's
hospital, for we will be bombed
anyway--so why not let it be for
a reason?"
| Another revealing paragraph
says, "As for us personally, we are
sticking here, for If these folk ever
needed us they need us now and
I could never hold up my head as
Christian worker if I deserted
now because of personal danger. 1t
may be that we will get killed.
We Certainly will if our japanese
friends get in, but that is some
time off, and there is time to think
of that when it comes nearer"
Miss Townsend visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Harris in Imperial Valley in
November, 1885. She was here for
about three weeks, making many
friends
Her letter was more than a month
en- route from China.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
City Helpless as
Moving Mountain
Keeps Travelling

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 90. UP
A geologist told the city today that
nothing can be done to stop the
threatening march of the moving
mountain" in Elysian park.
Only when it reaches natural
resting place. he said, will there
be halt in the creep of the 2,0OO,-
600 tons of rock, earth and trees
slipping down from bluff in the
park a mile from the civic center.
A highway and viaduct probably
will be destroyed. A row Of small
buildings may be engulfed. Police
served formal written warning
upon The occupants who are re-
luctant to flee.
"The question arises what can
be done now to stop the slide," re-
ported Raymond A. Hill, one Of the
two city employed geologists, "the
answer is nothing. 1t will either
stop or it will break up. No human
force can alter the progress of
events"
4 The other geologist, DR.. John P.
Buwalda of the California Institute
of Technology, suggested driving
concrete "rivets" into the hillside
or tlinnelling into it..
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Efforts to Obtain
Parole Started
For DR.. Kruger

Efforts to obtain parole for DR..
Paul Krueger. who escaped from
the Imperial county Jail early this
year, are under way in Columbus,
O., where he is serving peniten-
tiary sentence, Imperial county Of
ficials were informed Monday.
Attorneys wrote that Krueger's
wife will pay off the indebtedness
against her husband if the sum
was not too great They wished
to know if there would be any OBJ
lection to parole for Kruger be-
cause of his activities in Imperial
county.
Kruger vanished from the county
Jail while awaiting trial on charges
CT defrauding Holtville service
station operator. This county re-
quested Ohio officers to hold him
so they might prosecute him for
offenses in California.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
TIP LEADS TO
HAUL Two
men JAILED
Orientals Hidden in
Truck Full of
Bones, Cotton

Five Oriental aliens and
two alleged alien smugglers
fell into a net of immigra-
ton border patrolmen early
Tuesday morning after they
had trailed their quarry for IL
days.
Three Chinese and two Japanese
aliens were hidden under canvas
pulled over a truck loaded with
tons of bones and cotton. Officers
discovered the cargo when they
stopped the truck at Trifolium
inspection station shortly before
dawn, Chief Herbert Gerrish of the
immigration border patrol said
Tuesday.
j. A. Kirkpatrick, A, driver for
Calexico transfer company, was
caught in the vehicle. He was ar
rested and taken to the Imperial
county jail.
J. w. Barnes, 49, engineer, was
arrested by patrolmen as he travel
ed toward Los Angeles in a bor-
rowed coupe. They stopped his car
near INLAND, Gerrish said, about
the same time as other patrolnen
found the aliens. Barnes also was
lodged in the county Jail.
TWO bales of cotton atop the
rear OF the truck load mad been
separated sufficiently to permit
the aliens TO huddle between. Ger
rish said.
Barnes admitted he Was the man
who made all the arrangements
and delivered the aliens to Kirk
patrick, Gerrish said.
The aliens and the alleged SNUG
glers were scheduled to be taken
to San Diego Tuesday for ar
raignment before the United States
commissioner on charges of con-
spiracy to violate immigration laws
and harboring and concealing
aliens. They probably will not
come UP for trial IN superior court
before January.
On the $50 pm. train headed
from Imperial Valley to Los An
geles Nov. IL, patrolmen discover
ed Chinese alien and arrested
him. While his activities were
under investigation in Los Angeles.
he told the patrolmen Barnes and
Kirkpatrick had smuggled him in
to the United States from Mexico.
His accusation directed suspicion
on the two men. Officers were de-
| tailed TO trail them.
Sunday night Barnes was seen
in Mexicali with some Chinese. In
spite OF close watch, Gerrish
said, officers lost the trail Barnes
Is accused of crossing the line Sc
cretly with the Chinese and Japa-
neSe.
InI the meantime other officers
were watching Kirkpatrick, who
was working for Calexico trans
fer company. 1t was discovered,
however, that he was scheduled to
leave for Los Angeles Monday
night with a load of cotton and
bones in place of the regular man
on the run.
The watch on the highway was
established and the two men drove
into the net
Yee Loon. Helm Men, and Lui
Chu, Chinese and two Japanese.
Tasimitsu and Hambo, are the
aliens.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
ALIENS CAPTURED IN RAID
WAGES HOURS
BILL LOCKE[
IN COMMITTEE
No Hope for Favorable
Report on Measure
Says O'COnnOr

WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
UP)-Chairman John J. O.
Connor, D., n. Y, of the
house rules committee, an
nounced today that the
house leadership had determined
there was mo possibility" of favor
able action by his committee on
the wages and hours bill.
THE leadership" O'Connor an
nounced in formal statement dis
tributed at Speaker William B.
Bankhead's Daily Press confer
ence. has exhausted every possible
effort to secure sufficient num-
ber of votes in the rules committee
to report out resolution for the
consideration of the wages and
hours bill, and find that there is
no possibility of the bill being con-
sidered by that method"
O'Connor for the first time call
ed attention to the possibility that
the measure might be considered
in it's regular order on the house
calendar, where it has rested since
IL was reported last summer by
the labor committee.
Bankhead declined to predict
whether the necessary 218 sigma
lures could be obtained on the
petition to discharge the rules
committee from consideration Of
the bill, but said that "if the bill
gets on the floor, a bill will be
passed..
O'Connor said there were ''only
80 bills" ahead of the wage-hour
measure on the calendar.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

the criticism, making the unusual
demand that the farm bill be read
in full in the senate.
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, r..
Mich, demanded of Chairman Ell
lison ID. Smith, D., SC, of the
agriculture committee, what the bill
would cost the government. He
received the reply that "the COM
mittee doesn't know"
"An effort TO benefit agriculture
ought not be limited" Smith said.
"It's a noble sentiment but a
senator can't act intelligently when
he does not know what he Is au-
thorizing," Vanienberg said.
Its a sort of a sliding SCALE"
Smith said.
"Well, which way does 1t slide?"
Vandenberg asked.
Protests Made
Protesting that the bill was being
rushed into debate even before the
committee report was ready, Nc
Nary disregaried the customary
procedure of reading only the title
of the measure and called upon
the clerk to read the entire 'docu-
ment.
This is a confusing and con-
founding situation" McNary said.
Sen. William E. Borah, R., Id, join
ed in McNary's protests against
, rush action of the bill.
Meanwhile, the house ways and
means tax subcommittee, driving
to satisfy demands of business for
relief from taxation. tentatively
adopted a plan revising the COR
porate tax structure. including nor
NAL corporate on levies and the
undjStributed profits tax. The COM
mittee agreed: Ito give corpora
tions earning $4,000 annually or
less total exemption from the I'M
distributed profits tax and to raise
their normal tax to 1919 per cent
on the first $4,000 and IA per cent
on the next $4,000. 2-To place a
top rate of 20 per cent on the in
comes of corporations earning more
than $25,0OO, with a minimum of
lO pei CCllC, COilUillSCllI VII edlli-
ings retained by the corporation.
Replaced Tax
These changes replaced a single
tax-divided in its application for
corporations in the two brackets
below and above $25,000 Present
system of normal rates ranges from
8 to Is per cent, with an undistri-
buted profits tax ranging from 7
to 81 per cent, superimposed on
the normal rates.
Congressional sources reported
that a poll of sentiment showed
80 senator's in favor of revision or
repeal of the undistributed profits
tax. A democratic senator, report
ing results Of the poll, said that an
effort would be made Immediately
after action on the farm bill to bring
up the tax question. Failing action
on repeal or revision the senate
would be asked to go on record by
means of resolution on the profits
levy issue.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
PARTITION OF.
CHINA BEGINS
IN NORTH AREA
Federation of States Now
Indicated Under
New Leaders

TOKYO, Nov. %. (UP)-
Partition of China has al
ready started to take form
north Of the Yellow river, it
was indicated today by press
dispatches which reported a "burn-
ing desire" of certain provinces to
form an autonomous federation of
states.
The Peiping correspondent of the
Domei news agency predicts the
drafting of a constitution for the
provinces of North China, asserting
that present indications are that
a new administration in North Chi
ma will take definite shape at least
before the year ends"
NANKING, Nov. %. (UP)-The
United States, British and other
ambassadors officially evacuated
Marking today in the face of the
japanese drive on the former Chi
nese capital
The foreign gunboats carrying
the ambassadors and the majority
of their nationals proceeded up
the Yangtze river at II am. for
Hankow where most of the Chinese
ministries have been established.
Captains Frank Roberts and j.
M. McHugh, assistant military and
naval attaches of the American
embassy, were left in Marking to
attend to routine affairs and pro-
vide protection for the few re-
manning Americans.
United States Ambassador Mel
son T. Johnson boarded the U. S.
gunboat Luzon of the Yangtze pa
troll yesterday. but waited until to-
day to depart with most of the
other ambassadors.
The Luzon led the procession OF
war ships because Admiral Edward
Marquart, commander of the U
S. river patrol, is senior officer
among Occidental commanders in
the Nanking area.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Three RunaWayS
Found on Highway

Three runaway children from Los
Angeles spent Monday night in the
county detention home at Imperial
after they were placed in the care
of Brawley police.
They were taken to the police
station by a truck driver who found
them beside the highway near San
Bernardino. Brawley police tele-
phoned juvenile officers and placed
the children in their charge.
Juvenile authorities still are at
tempting to sort out false names
and ages from the mass of contra
dictory statements said to have
been given by the children.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
SECRET HELP
ISCHINA HOPE

BRUSSELS, Nov 23 CUP)-
China hopes to obtain secret aid
in the form of war materials from
certain powers attending the far
eastern peace conference, the Unit
ed Press learned today.
This was believed by Informed
sources to be one of the reasons
for the Chinese "filibuster" delay
ing adjournment of the conference
despite the United States desire
to end the conference and check
congressional criticism.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23

The strike had threatened the
leadership of Homer Martin, the
unions international president, but
he succeeded after a series Of heat
ed conferences with local union
chiefs in leading the sit-down
strikers out of the plant. Union
executives had termed the strike
unauthorized"
General Motors officials indicat-
ed that neither the Fisher plant
nor the plant of the Pontiac Motor
Car company which had been
forced to close, could reopen be-
fore Monday.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. %. CUP)-A
sit down strike by union employees
in the main office of the Postal
Telegraph and Gable company to-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Officer Shoots
Out Sisters Eyes.
Then Kills Self

LONDON, Nov. %. W.R-A war
time air officer shot out his sisters
eyes and then committed suicide,
apparently after brooding over the
partial loss of his own sight, police
said today after reconstructing the
murder Of DR.. Naomi Dancy.
The well-known woman physi-
clan was shot to death in her bed
room as she treated knee injury
for her brother, Maurice Odell
Tribe, 49, After killing his sister,
Tribe attempted to shoot his BROTH
er-in-law, DR.. John Dancy. He
then cut his own throat.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
ORIENT TRIP
DESCRIBED
AT MEETING

Describing her trip to Japan and
China, Miss Mildred Hubbard Tues
day presented the program for the
Lions club luncheon meeting.
Miss Hubbard illustrated her talk
with several reels of technicolor
pictures she took in the Orient this
summer.
The musical program consisted
of two vocal solos by Miss Helen
Siegel, accompanied by Ruth Teeple
Reid on the piano.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-23
Prisoner Once
Before Caught in
Smuggling Case

j. A. kirkpatrick ami J. w.
Barnes, accused of smuggling aliens
into the United States Monday
night, are known to immigration
border patrolmen for other de-
predations of a similar type.
In 1922 kirkpatrick was caught
smuggling. officers said, but ap-
parently had been inactive until
recently.
Barnes, however, is declared TO
have been In partnership with
"Wad" Oats, former customs Off
Ger who has been arrested repeat
edly for various offenses and last
week was arrested in connection
with counterfeit RING IN Los An
geles. "Big Foot" Slim the huge
Negro arrested hl 81 Centro earlier
this year. is alleged to have been
one of his partners.