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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Devotional was conducted BY
Mrs. F.. c. Buford, after which
the cause secretaries gave their
reports and plans were perfected
for entertaining Group Confer
ence, which meets at the local
church October 21st. The meet
ing was dismissed with prayer
by Mrs. j. E. Maxwell.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

DIR. w. +. Yarbrough, Mr.. A.
p. Yarbrough and Mr.. j. j. Tuck
er attended the Holmes County
Baptist Association last week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14
PICkENS NOTES

The Presbyterian Auxiliary met
at the church Monday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in regular business
session with &c president, Mrs.
j. B. Farabee, presiding.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

The School Band, under the
direction of Mr.. Joe Hamilton,
gave several numbers IN chapel
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Arthur Torrance was called to.
Jackson Friday afternoon, his
father having suffered a stroke of
paralysis. Mr.. Lorance's condi-
ton remains grave. He is at the
Baptist Hospital.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ziegler
and Mrs. Sam Kaplan were bust
ness visitors to Jackson Wednes-
day.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

last week. Laura w. Ingrar1 has
been made drum major of the
band.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Miss Cecile Rainier of Midnight
is visiting her aunt. Mrs. Edward
Ziegler.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Mrs. Zuella Bacon of Durani
was a business visitor here on
Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

The Fourth Quarterly Confer
ence met at the Methodist church
Sunday with DR.. w. L. WATSON
presiding.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

ibrough of McGool were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. I. j. Gas
ton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Mrs. SGsorges Poxall and small
son, Roy Eimore, returned to Du-
rent Wednesday to visit her pa
rents, DR.. and Mrs. r. G. FL
more.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Miss Sybil Odom attended tn
State Fair Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. jackson
have returned home after a vaca-
ton to Tennessee and other points
East.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Mrs. Ellis Presley and son,
Jack, and Mrs. /. U. CASTOR at
tended the Fair Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

T"ldllldtlo1l was d DuSlittSS NiSitol
Tuesday.
Mr.. Bryant Cotton, member Of
Madison County Board of Super
visors, was a business visitor in
Picknes Tuesday.
Mrs. Stella Dendy enjoyed a
pleasant visit in Cameron last
week with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Abbott Moore has return
ell to her home in McComb after
a pleasant visit in the home of
her mother, Mrs. Stella Dendy.
Miss Frances Maxwell Of Co.
lumbus spent the weekend in the
home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. V. Maxwell.
Thomas Walter Landrum, Hugh
Varnado and Chris Pepper Hay
mes, students of Miss. State,
spent the weekend with home
folks.
Hardy McKie and Marvin Me-
Pherson spent the weekend at
University, guests Of Miss Al
lene Tye.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. III. Brantley
and Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Kim
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Rev. and Mrs. G. G. Gregory
and son, Gerald. motored to Kos
ciusko Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Landrum
spent the day in Jackson Thurs
day. guests of her mother, Mrs.
Medora Counts.
Mrs. Bob Bridgeforth and Mrs.
j. d. McKie shopped in Jackson
last week.
Mrs. Sam Hawk Of Lexington
was in town Tuesday having den
tai work done.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

DR.. Lee Fox of Shady Rest
Plantation was a business visitor
Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Ebrough OF McCOof were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. I. j. Cas-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ziegler
and Mrs. Sam Kaplan were bust
ness visitors to Jackson Wednes-
day.
Miss Cecile Rainier of Midnight
is visiting her aunt. Mrs. Edward
Ziegler.
Mrs. Zuella Bacon of Durant
was a business visitor here on
Tuesday.
Miss Sybil Odom attended the
State Fair Tuesday.
Mrs. Ellis Presley and son,
Jack, and Mrs. L. U. CASTOR at
tended the Fair Tuesday.
Mr.. Thurmond Fulton and Miss
Katherine Dendy motored to Jack
son Tuesday afternoon and at
tended the Fair Tuesday night.
w. L. Davidson, Sara Nell
Aston, and Mrs. w. S. Owen s
on the sick list this week.
Ms. and Mrs. B. X. Jones and
Mrs. Jessie McEachern of Ben
ton visited Miss Maude Jones on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Taggart, Mr..
and Mrs. George Gloyd and Mr..
John Killibrew of Goodman were
business visitors Monday.
We are glad to know that
"Doc" Campbell is recovering
from a broken arm.
Miss Maggie Henley now has
charge of the w. p. A. library
here. She reports many new
and interesting books on hand.
A script dance vas given at
Grapes Camp Wednesday night.
Doc Parmlee's Orchestra from
jackson furnished the music.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

No. DiPPNA ehtitAootN VI tNVo-
ciusko spent Tuesday in Durant
visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs. Edward Zeigler of Pick
ems, Mrs. Walter Rainier and Miss
Cecile Rainer of Midnight visited
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Heggie We'd
nesday.
Misses Endama Vickers and
Kathleen McElwain spent the
weekend in Kosciusko.
Mrs. Lottie Peoples, Mrs. Ber-
nice Rodgers and Mrs. Gurthie
of Holmes Junior College, Good
man, YER shopping visitors in
Durant Wednesday.
Mrs. S. r. Alexander and two
daughters of Emory spent Sat-
urday in Durant visiting friends.
Miss Julia Crow of jackson
was the guest of Mrs. Albert
Bennett this past weekend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Mr.. Thurmond Fulton and Miss
Katherine Dendy motored to Jack
son Tuesday afternoon and at
tended the Fair Tuesday night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Mr.. Dipper Smithsor of Kos
ciusko spent Tuesday in Durant
visiting friends and relatives.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

Mr.. and Mrs. J. HI. Brantley
and Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Kim
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

A script dance was given at
Grapes Camp Wednesday night.
Doc Parmlee's Orchestra from
jackson furnished the music.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-14

w. L.. Davidson, Sara Nell
Aston, and Mrs. w. S. Owen ase
on the sick list this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
HIGH ROTARY
OFFICIAL AT
JOINT DINNER

Marshall DeMott of Cor
ming, governor of the second
district of Rotary Interna-
tional, made his official visit
to the clubs of Ell Centre,
Brawley Calexico. Holtvillc and
Mexicali at joint dinner Friday
night in the Barbara Worth hotel
Emphasizing the fact that Rotary
was one of the first organizations
of business and professional men to
stress high ethical standards as mat
tiers of business expediency. the
governor went on to say that it has
long since been proven that fair
dealing and the treatment os a
customer as friend are ways to
guarantee profits.
The necessity and the importance
of safety on the highways was also
emphasized by DeMott who pointed
out that adoption of the motto "As
We would others drive toward you.
so we drive toward them" would
result in the desired goal and that
any large organization such as Ro-
tary international could revolution
ize conditions if the members would
unite in that aim.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
HALF OF FLOOD
QUOTA RAISED
BY RED CROSS

Half Ell Centres quota in the Red
Cross drive for funds to aid flood
sufferers has been attained, the
sum of $649.5O having been received
by the two banks.
In addition, the Ten Thousand
club, the 20-3G club have vet to
report on the amount of their dona-
tons. Friday night the State Street
Christian church took up an offer
ing which reached $35 and members
of the church thought that addi-
tional contributions might bring
this gift up to $50
Those who have donated since
the last list was published are.
John S. Mcfarland, Mrs. j. H. Ed
gar, employees of the Imperial office
of the Imperial Irrigation District,
A. H. Rehkopf, E. j. Ludford, M.
Low. Helen Thomas, Edgar Bros
Co., United Spanish War Veterans
Imperial Valley Camp, Imperial Hay
Growers, I. v. Hardware Co., en-
ployes of I. " Hardware Co., Wood
row Mayfield, Alfred Stehli and
family, G. w. Adair, Herb Lowder-
milk, Mrs. Arthur Flood, Aubrey
Draper, Saddle Rock cafe, Joe
Thompson, Violet Thompson, r. de
La Vega, Mrs. Jessie Mason, Elmer
Leonard, Horace Williams, Flora
B. Pitt, Mrs. George Tally. Ell Cen
tro Lumber and Trading Co. john
sons, Mr. and Mrs. George H. For
roster, Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Van
Dyke, Hal Baker, Mrs. Dorothea
frederick.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31

Vic olilpOWllcIS.
This followed announcement by
Harry Bridges. head of the strike
forces, that in his opinion the
ballot on whether to end the strike
would be voted "favorably"
The decision to send out ballot
to about $4,000 striking union-men
on the peace proposal-representing
agreements reached between ship
owners and leaders of the strikers
in parleys over a period of months
was made last night and was fol-
lowed up today by conference OF
strike leaders.
In the case of the longsnoremen
the sailors union of the Pacific and
the American radio telegraphists
association, representing a probable
majority of the federation, the bal
lot will be simply Eyes" or mo" on
the question of returning to work.
Some labor leaders doubted that
the ballots could be back before
next Thursday but Melnikow said
there was likelihood strikers would
return to work without waiting for
completion of the vote ''in event
of early balloting showing over
whelming sentiment in favor of ac-
cepting present agreements.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31

1t was a climatic gesture in his
bold campaign OF tearing up,
clause by clause, the restrictive
clauses of the treaty. Germany hao
her new army, her new navy, her
new air force. Her rivers were
again free of international con-
troll. But the war guilt" clause
was one of tremendous moral i'm
portance. 1t had ranked in Ger
many minds for all the l8 years
since the treaty.
Herewith" he said to the mem
bers assembled in the Kroll opera
house, II declare the Versailles
Treaty stipulations withdrawing
equal rights from the German ma
ton done away with"
Then in apparent promise to
the worried world that he is thru
with his anti-treaty campaign, ne
said:
"The time of so-called surprises
is now past"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
Plot For
Jail Break
frustrated
Ring Leaders of Plan
Given Solitary
Confinement

LANSING, Kans., Jan. 80
(UP)-Warden Lacy Simp-
son said tonight that plot
of four or more desperate
convicts to blast their way
from the Kansas state penitentiary
Monday with crude but efficient
weapons had been uncovered and
frustrated.
Four asserted ringleaders of the
bold plan have been placed in soli-
tary confinement.
Warden Simpson said that six
crudely fashioned but deadly guns
and 20 bombs were removed from
the pillow cases and mattresses in
the cells of the four convicts loca-
ted in two separate wings of the
prison.
He said he had learned that
Continued on Page 6; Col. s. I
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
SEVEN ALIENS
CAPTURED In
BORDER RAID

Seven Mexican aliens, who had
been struggled across the interna-
tional border into the United States,
fell into the net of immigration
border patrolmen near Ogilby early
Friday night and their visit in this
country abruptly cut short.
The aliens all were damned into
one automobile en- route to sup
posedly safer regions we'll toward
the interior. Border patrolmen stop
ped the loaded machine for inspec-
ton and discovered the illegal car
go of humanity. Jesus Villenueba
20; G. Lareno Vasquez 80; QuirinC
Rodriguez, who did not know his
age; Miguel Rodriguez, %; SestC
Corral, 10; Gregorio Villanueba, 10
and Matias Corral, %, were deposit.
ed in the Imperial county jail fol
lowing hearings conducted at patro
headquarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
POE SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PEN
OVER MURDER

Yancey (Jack) Poe was sentence
ed TO Folsom for the remainder Of
his life for the murder Of George
johnson, duck hunter, on the shores
of Salton sea late last November.
Sentence was passed by Judge n.
d. McPherrin in superior court after.
Poe withdrew his plea Of not guilty
by reason OF insanity and waived
time for sentence.
The desert engineer was found
guilty Of fjrSt degree murder by
jury Wednesday night and life Inn
prisoninent was recommended
When Poe entered plea In superior
court. he entered two pleas. not
guilt and not guilty by reason OF
insanity Had he failed 10 With
draw the second plea, he would
have gone TO trial Monday
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31

Barry are the last representatives
besides Director Mark Rose him
self, of the Rose regime at district
headquarters. Miss McMannus and
McFadden represent the new order
pledging themselves against political
moves which would disrupt unity of
the district administration.
The vote on Feb. 3 will not stick
to campaign lines, however, in the
opinion of those who follow district
trends. Regardless of the balloting
for directors, irrelevant issues were
expected to play large part in the
public's choice of a treasurer and
an assessor collector. The north
end-Divisions No. and 4-pre-
sented an interesting study to stu
dents of politics.
The strength of the north-end
vote next Wednesday may fortell
election or defeat for McFadden in
his quest of the assessor collectors
office. He seemed assured this late
in the campaign of a heavy major
ity of north-end votes, but it be-
came apparent that factional lines
may be broken by many in the
south-end who ask the question:
who is McFadden?" He has lived
in northern Imperial Valley since
1918, and has developed overwhelm-
ing popularity there. Further south,
however, the popularity is turned
to apathy in many quarters.
Sighting along factional lines, the
situation is reversed in the cam
paign between Miss McManus and
McIver If the north-end stuck to
fractional issues in its balloting 1t
would follow its vote for McFadden
with one for Miss McManus. OBJ
servers believed this unlikely.
Miss McManus' strength in the
central and southern portions of the
district is unquestioned. Many be-
lieved that, if the north-end vote
were left out, her election would
be assured. If the vote there splits
evenly, she may be elected. If Nc
liver swings heavy majority there,
then the election is believed to de-
pend on the size of Miss McManus
vote in the central and southern
portions of the district. OF all the
district offices, that of treasurer
seemed the biggest question mark
Principal objection to Miss Nc
Manus in the north-end is that sht
is a woman, a cross-section of opin.
Continued on Page 2; Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
Thousands Hear
President Give
Brief Message

WASHINGTON. Jan. 80. W.p)-
President Roosevelt, adore ssing
thousands of birthday gatherings
assembled in his honor, expressed
hope tonight that through national
effort the United States may avert
many disastrous effects of future
floods and catastrophes.
spouse to appeals for aid for flood
sufferers.
The president expressed his APP
probation of the widespread re-
Throughout the nation thousands
were gathering at presidential balls
the receipts of which go to aid
the national campaign against in
fantile paralysis.
Mr.. Roosevelt described the pro-
gress which this campaign has
made. He told of the broad national
fight against the plague which is
being led by the Warm Springs
Foundation-the foundation which
has grown up around the little
southern resort to which the pres
ident himself first went in his early
struggle against effects of paralysis.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31

naturalization of the Riechsbank,
the central banking institution of
the country, and of all railroads.
He announced his action in a
speech before his Nazi Reichstag.
The Reichstag had extended for
four years Hitler's power to rule
by decree. Even as he spoke, de-
cree was issued in his name for
bidding Germans henceforth to
accept Nobel prizes-the result Of
Nazi rage over the award OF the
Nobel peace prize recently to Carl
Won Ossietzky, German pacifist on
ly recently released from con-
centration camp.
He announced his withdrawal,
as Germany's unchallenged mas
ter, of the signature forced upon
the German delegation at Versail-
les in June 1919, In which Ger
many admitted to the world that
the guilt for starting the World
war was hers alone.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
Vote to ernoinate
MaritineWalkOnt
Forecast by Union
Ballots to Be Sent Out to $4,000 Striking
Union Men; Leaders Anticipate
Favorable Vote

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 80. (UP)-Hopes for inn
mediate settlement of the Pacific coast maritime strike
which has tied up waterborne traffic three months
to heights tonight indications pointed to favor
able endthestrke vote by members of the unions
of the maritime federation.
Most favorable indication announced by Fl. P.
Menikow, labor consultant for the strikers that the
joint strike policy committee of the unions had
passed motion asking all unions to submit to
referendum ballot ION the proposition of going back to
work under agreements and understandings reached with
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31

rolled toward the confluence with
the Mississippi at Cairo. ILL.,, $780,
600 men labored to save the billion
dollar levee system which guards
half million lives along the Mis-
sissippis 1000 mile course from
Cairo to the gulf.
Although army engineers believed
they would win the fight, the Mis-
sissippi hurled itself with steadily
increasing pressure against the
complicated levee system which
protects Tiptonville, Tenn, Hick-
man, KY, New Madrid. Mo-, and
scores of other communities below
Cairo.
Should flood walls in the sector
from Tiptonville to Hickman go
out. the river would fill Reelfoot
Lake, created by an earthquake
more than 100 years ago, gouge
out new channel and, engineers
Continued ON Page 6; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
SLOAN AGAIN
SPURNS AUTO
PEACE MOVE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. W.P) -
Alfred P. Sloan, jr.. president Of
General Motors corporation. said
today In a formal statement 1t was
mot fair to ask us to go back and
start all over again to negotiate
whether Shutdown strikers should
leave GIN. plants.
Sloan's statement came after the
third attempt by Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins to settle the Cen
eral Motors strike had collapsed
when the GIN. president returned
to New York after conferences with
her n
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
Fifteen Slot
Machines In
Nv. Seized
Ware, Head Crack
Down in New
Campaign

F f tie e n slot machines
were confiscated in the ru-
raj areas of Imperial coun-
ty Friday night by order of
Sheriff Robert w. Ware and
District Attorney Elmer Heald in
their countrywide campaign to ELI
inmate gambling devices. The raid
followed repeated warnings that
the machines would be collected
if not disposed of within a rea-
sonable time.
Each machine is ticketed with
the name and address OF the owner
and if Head carries out original
plans, complaints will be issued
and the owners prosecuted for al
legged violation of the state law.
Authority for the action came from
Attorney General u. S. Webb.
Four slot machines were taken
in raid in the eastern edge of
the valley earlier this week This
brought the weeks take to 49,,
The drive will be continued
throughout the unincorporated
CONTINUED on Page 6; Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31

and aSSeSSor-cOIIeCtOf OF The I'M
perial Irrigation District, to be
filled anew by district voters Feb. 3.
McIver's campaign seemed in most
desperate straits, with Candidate
Anna McManus rolling up what
observers believed will be the big
gest vote in many years for any
of his opponents. Miss Barry count
ed upon the fact that w. A. Nc
Fadden, her opponent for assessor
collector, is comparatively unknown
south of the imaginary line that
divides the north-end from the
souih-end.
Campaign lines, in fact, were
tightly drawn. McIver and Miss
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31

etched a coating of frost on the
Kremlin.
Factory workers adopted resolu-
tions demanding that Leon Trot-
zky, exiled war lord" identified in
confessions of the II defendants as
the drains" of the purported plot
to overthrow the Soviet state with
the aid of Germany and Japan,
be returned and put to death
Trotzky has taken refuge in Mex
leo City.
"Trotzky will not escape trial
death to the wretch" shouted work.
ers of the Kaganoyich brake shoe
plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31

the square, around the tomb Of
Nicholai Lenin. at dusk, cheering
the verdict which early today sem
fenced 10 former government Of
ficials to be shot by firing squads.
Karl Radek, brilliant Soviet pub
licist, Gregory Sokolnikov, former
ambassador to England and two
others received prison terms of eight
and 10 years on the grounds that
they did not actually participate
in terrorism and sabotage.
The 100000 Russians jammed
the square and filled streets mile
away They waited for hours,
shouting and singing revolutionary
songs, in l5-below zero cold that
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
Dictator Scraps
War GULF Part
Of Peace Treaty

Berlin Jan. 80 (UP)-Fuehrer Adolf Hitler began
the fifth year of his rule Germany today by with
drawing the counry signature to the clause of the Ver
saes Treaty which pronounced Germany guilty of the
World War. Immediately afterWard he announced the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
10000 Battle to
SaveLevee System
On Several Fronts
345 Dead in History's Worst Flood, Property
Damage Mounts to Half Billion; One
Million Persons Homeless
BY UNITED PRESS

The Mississippi river, brimming from evee-top to
leveetop in fivestate region threatened Saturday
night on several fronts to defeat the efforts of thousands
OF weary men wagng ceaseless struggle to hold back
the Hood waters that already have claimed 345 lives
AS the crest of the Ohio's record-shatterng flood
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
1 900 900 RUSSIANS APPROVE
SENTENCING OF TROTZkYISTS
Group Mills About Red Square in Greatest
Spontaneous Demonstration in History
Of Soviet Union

MOSCOW, Jan. 80 .(UP)-More than 100000 Rus
slams mied in Red Square late today in one of the
greatest spontaneous demonstrations in the
Soviet union shouting approval of the sentencing of IL
confessed Trotzky terroriss The crowds surged into
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-31
Campaign Lines Slated to
Fall in District Election
Irrevelent Issues Expected to Play Big Part
In Assessor-Collector, Treasurer
Struggle on Feb 3
BY EDWIN A. FITZHUGH

Last strongholds OF a former regime shook before
determined onslaught Saturday, F. H. Mcver and Miss
Winnie Barry fought to the last trenches in an effort
to keep Tor themselves the respective offices