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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08

charge VI HeBuSenJ nOmlclOe was
brought against Pete Rebik, 20,
following an inquest in Brawley
Monday.
Mrs. Martha Dyson, 45-year- -old
Beaumont resident barely escaped
with her life in another auto
mishap when her car left the
highway, moved down two guide
posts, turned over several times
and came to rest right side up
near the Riverside county line
Saturday night. The lights on her
car led to her rescue. She was
taken to Brawley for treatment
of mashed vertebrae, her physi-
clan said. The top Of the big sedan
she was driving, was crushed to
a point near the top of the DASH
board Mrs. Dyson owns property
in the valley and was down here
on business.
In the accident which cost the
life of Burrola, Rubik failed to
heed a boulevard stop sign and
crashed into a machine driven
by Enrique Lastra, 40, Brawley.
The impact tossed Burrola from
the car to the pavement. He was
taken to the county hospital where
he died Sunday afternoon.
Barney Guardado, 10. Imperial,
was injured Saturday night when
the brakes on car driven by
Joe Arellano, 81, locked and forced
the machine into the borrow pit
beside the highway north of El
Centre.
Teddy M. Ayres, 81, is held IN
the county Jail on drunk driv-
ing charge because he chased
highway patrol car into the bor-
row pit near Holtville. California
Highway Patrolmen Tillman Da-
ley and Floys Chandler were in
the machine and took to the ditch
to escape Ayres erratic driving.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
GO
BACK TO HOMES
IN FLOOD ZONE.
u. S. Engineers Believe
Fight Won; Crest
At Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 8. W.p)--
Thousands of flood refugees left
here for their homes in the Missis-.
sippi valley lowlands today as the
river and it's tributaries began a
steady pour. U. S. army engineers
fought sandboils and seepages along
a thousand miles of levees. but said
they believed they had won their
fight
Flood water crested a Memphis
and continued falling upstream to
Cairo, ILL.,, where the Ohio began a
more rapid drop
Engineers shifted a part of their
pick and shovel army of 100000 men
from above Memphis to threatened
points below, and continued patrol
at all points
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Townsend Aides
Fined $1OO on
Contempt Charge

WASHINGTON Feb. 8. W.D-John
B. Kiefer and DR.. Clinton Wunder,
former lieutenants of DR.. Francis
E. Townsend in the $200-a-month
old age pension organization, today
pleaded guilty to charges of con-
empt of the house resulting from
their refusal to testify before an
investigating committee last year.
Each was fined $l0O and given a
one-year suspended sentence.
Townsend, scheduled to go on
trial in District of Columbia federal
court on the same charges today did
not appear. His attorney asked that
the trial be postponed until Feb. 23
and promised to present Townsend
for arraignment tomorrow :.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
RUNAWAY |. A.
TRAM INJURIES
EIGHT PERSONS
Trolley Smashes Through
Sandwich Stand,
Then Upsets

LOS ANGELES, Feb. s.
(UP) A runaway street
car, jolted from it's rails as
it reached the end of a
downgrade, caromed across
lower Hill street today, injuring five
women and three men, at least one
of them seriously.
The trolley demolished small
sandwich stand at the corner, mar
rowly missed the old city jail and
turned over on it's side. Sparks flew
as high tension wires fell from a
snapped pole.
The car, an old wooden vehicle
operating on the ST" line, was crawl
ing down the steep slope on First
street when its magnetic brakes
slipped 1t shot out of conrol as ii
hit a switch at Hill sreet, bounced
off the tracks and snapped the pow
er pole as it leaped the curb and
darted across the busy thoroughfare.
With the motorman and conduc-
tor tugging frantically at the old
fashioned handbrakes at the front
and rear, the trolley ploughed into
the sandwich stand on the opposite
corner. burying Miller in the ruins,
The street car continued its wild
dash, Gathering across parking lot
and tipping over on two parked
automobiles, bare 25 feet from tn
walls of the old city Jail.
Police said it was only by a freak
that the intersection was clear Of
automobiles and pedestrians at the
exact moment the stree car hurtled
across the thOrOlIphfare
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Sit-DOWn Strike
Continued in Jail

A sit-down strike may be good
strategy in an automobile plant,
but w. L. nailey, 81, vegetable works
er, found thst the new mode is out
of place in IAN estranged wifefs
apartment, according to Ell Centfo
police records.
Railey, who beg$. his sit-down
strike in Mrs. Railey's apartment
Sunday in protest. against her treat
ment Of him, wat completing 1t in
the city jail, where he was sent by
Police Judge Lee Nuffer for seven
days for disturbing the peace.
Railey was one of 20 defendants
on the police court docket Monday
morning. Drunkenness. vagraney
and disturbing the peace made up.
the charges. q
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
WINDS SWEEP
VALLEY AREA

WIND instead of rain was I'M
perial Valleys lot in the heavy
storm which swept over California
this past weekend, Ell Centre re-
ceiving trace of rain, IA inches.
the southern end of the valley hav-|
ing almost no rainfall at all
A maximum wind velocity of sd
miles per hour is reported for Sum
day, occurring between noon and
2 p.m., according to Howard EN-
mons, local observer for the u. S.
weather bureau. Emmons reported
an average velocity of rs miles when
the storm was at its height.
Fair weather with cold nights is
the prediction for the next few
days made by Fred A. Baughman
of the U. S. frost service. Minimum
temperatures close to 80 were pre-
dicted.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Petitions Sent Out
Opposing Labor
Camp at Brawley

BRAWLEY. - Petitions were cir
culated here today asking Governor
Merriam to intervene with the cow
ernment to prevent the establish-
ment OF a nearby migratory iaborers
camp.
Taxpayers and residents arc re-
ported signing In large numbers az
a protest TO the establishment Of the
camp by the resettlement admins
istration despite widespread dislike
Of the plan.
The petitions were prepared fol-
lowing Jonathan Garsl's declaration
in Brawley Friday night that Moth
ing could be done to halt conatrtic-
tion OF the 200 camp sites for ditch
bank dwellers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Floods Nearing
Imperial Dam

YUMA-NO trouble from flood
waters of the Colorado river Is
anticipated at Imperial dam or
along the reclamation bureau
construction route betVeen Yu-
ma and the dam, r.. B. Williams,
reclamation bureau engineer in
charge of construction, declared
Monday.
Even though the river was re-
ported to have risen five feet at
the Palo Verde intake above
Blythe, It Is expected to fIatten
out sufficiently to become HARM
less near the damsite.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Jacumba Has a Lake

Flood waters this weekend fill
ed the basin Of the artificial lake
built about is years ago by Bert
Vaughn half mile southeast of
Jacumba, thus silencing all gibes
that the venture was not satisfac-
tory.
The reservoir filled up in the
flood of this weekend and now con-
tains between live and 10 feet OF
water.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08

Directors Evan T. Hewes, w. E.
Young and Mark Rose will not
be re-sworn until the second Mon
day in March, because they were
elected in general election, COM
bined with the special election
for purposes of economy.
When Miss McManus and Nc
Fadden take office, it will be the
swan song of F.. H. McIver, trea-
surer, and Miss Winnie Barry, as
collector, both veteran elec-
tive officials of the district.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08

ficerS expecting to be sworn after
the board re-conVenes Monday af-
ternoon are Directors Ira Aten
and Charles Morrow, Treasurer
Anna McManus and Assessor
lector w, A. McFadden.
The board adjourned Just be-
fore noon after completing its Of
ficial canvass. Candidates success
full in the special election We're to
present bonds during the after
noon and be sworn into office in
the presence of the board.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Roosevelt Anxious
For Judicial Change

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. W.P9 =
President Roosevelt was represent
ed today as desirous of quick con-
gressional approval of his judicial
reform program so that new NRA-
type labor legislation and substitute
AAA legislation can be enacted.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Roads Washed Out,
San Diego Hit
By Torrents
BY UNITED PRESS

Hundreds of persons in
California and Arizona were
homeless today, highways
were washed out and rail
way roadbeds swept away, as floods
which apparently had reached their
peak, swept swollen torrents
through lowland valleys.
Rivers. fed by melting SHOWS and
heavy rains, were rising rapidly in
both Oregon and Washington but
it was believed colder weather
would forestall floods
In California, Los Angeles report
ed the most serious flood conditions.
The worst inundation since the
New Years day flood of 1884 left
two persons known to be dead, sew
eral others missing and more than
200 homeless.
Flood waters were receding today,
leaving a sodden trail of debris.
Highway bridges had been washed
out and damage 10 the roads them
selves was heavy
Compton, adjacent TO Los An
geles, today was cleaning up debris
resulting from high waters which
covered its level lowlands and un-
incorporated communities as far
south as Del Mar cast an apprehen-
sive eye to the skies as they cleared
away the litter left by receding
flood waters
More than $4,000 acres, most OF
which was cotton or pasture lano,
was reported to be under water ano
400 families to be homeless in the
San Joaquin valley area.
Flood damage was reported from
Merced, Tulare, Hanford, Mariposa
and other towns in the area.
San Diego and several nearby
communities we're virtually isolated
as result of the floods but damage
to the cities themselves was COM
paratively light.
Highways and railway roadbeds
north of San Diego were washed out
and all travel was halted. Heavy
rains added to the torrents caused
by melting SHOWS and the U. S.
coast guard was called in to assist
in rescuing families from the low
lands. The streets of San Diego
were Uttered with flood debris.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Hold That Line

Hold That Line
Palm Springs can do no wrong
and no wrong can be done to Palm
Springs. AT least. that is, as long
as the Coachella chamber of COM
merce is on the job Fred Baugh-
man, u. S. weather man, wrote to
Coachella for data to complete his
frost records, just after Januarya
lamented cold spell. The Coached
la chamber of commerce wrote back.
So sorry, it said in effect, but fl
cures had been blurred by the
rains. and couldn't be read. Fred
is still trying to figure out how
rain in December can blur figures
in January. But then, it NEVER
freezes Sat Palm Springs.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Virtue is Rewarded

Bill North, after several days Of
doub., is convinced that virtue real
iy does get rewarded now and
then. Bill barged into young
lady's party at Jacumba the other
day, motivated by the idea that he
could help her out Of a difficulty
he had heard Of Not knowing the
young lady, he had to introduce
himself. Not knowing Bill, the
young lady wasn't sure that his
motive was helpful one. How
ever, Bill did his part, and left
He's been thinking ever since that
he was in the doghouse-until there
arrived a pretty Letter of apology
for the y.lis GOODNESS, and now Bills
conscience is at rest again.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
WASHOUTS, DEBRIS
JAM HIGHWAYS

Washouts and debris jammed
roads south Of Redlands and fore
ed many Imperial Valley residents
to remain in that area Saturday
night while the destruction of por-
tions of the roadway between Los
Angeles and San Diego caused
traffic between the two cities to
be routed through Imperial VAL
ley Sunday.
Southern Pacific trains were
delayed at Palm Springs for three
hours Saturday night because OF
high water but service was re-
sumed Sunday. High water de-
layed San Diego and Arizona trains
this side of Tiajuana. In this
case, also, service was resumed
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
FARMING INTERESTS WILL
HAVE REPRESENTATION ON
COUNTY ROAD COMMITTEE

That farming interests shall have equal representation the
secondary highway committee county board
subject resolution passed by d
the meeting Saturday
president presided in the absence of
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
District Election
Unchanged After
Official Canvass

Election results from ballotng in last Wednesday s
Imperial Irrigation District vote remained virtually un-
day morning preparatory placing four officials in Of
flee for wovear terms Newly elected and reelected Of
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Strengthening Them Out

Pat Glasgow prospers where
others wither In Sundays high
wind on the Barbara Worth goli
course, Pat went around in 49-
and he's still denying that the vino
Strengthened out his shots.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Woman Injured
When Machine
Dives off Road
Brawley Man No. 16 in Valley Traffic
Toll; Beaumont Resident Escapes
Death in Freak Crash
-()C-

One more life wiped out by Imperial county high
way traffic this weekend Pastor Burrola TO- Brawey
became the sixteenth victim since January when he
succumbed Sunday morning to injuries suffered in
accident six miles east of Brawley Saturday morning
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
Just One Guess

A goodly sized group was con-
gregated about Jim Carson Sunday
night AS RR passed he heard just
one word, dictator. accompanied
by a fist slammed down on the
counter by the unidentified speak
er. RR's willing to offer odds the
subject was the New Deal-and the
conversation started with the Su-
preme Court.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08
WHY The Name?---

The name of the latest addition
TO Ell Centres list Of clubs, the
Silver Spoon Club, Ermadine Mum
Gill, Pres. intrigues RR. Were they
born with silver spoons in their
mouths, CT why?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-08

Butter: Los Angeles 33isc;
Butterfat, Imperial Valley fob.
ranch, Grade A 42c; manufaetur-
ing milk 37c; route gathered
cream 33c.
L. A. Hav: u. s. No. extra
leafy, S27-28; u. 5. No. I S26-27:
u. S. No. 2 leafy s24.50-25.50; u.
S. No. 2 S23-23.50; Minneapolis
flax S2.23-2.30.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19
Bartons Sailed

Mrs. Walter E. Barton and
her daughter, Miss Eleanor Bar
ton, who arrived in New York
Monday, sailed Tuesday on the
S. S. Stattendam for a five
weeks visit to Europe. They
stopped at the Waldorf Astoria
during their brief stay in Man
haitian.
Mrs. Barton and her daughter
will live in London for most Of
the time they are abroad.
Countess Laszlo SzechenY will
give a luncheon for 200 at the
Breakers tomorrow for the tennis
players competing in the an
nual invitation tournament at
the Newport Casino and for the
younger members of the colony.
The Countess will be assisted
in receiving by her debutante
daughter, Miss Sylvia Szechenyi,
for whom she will give a ball at
the Breakers on August %, and
by her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene B. Roberts,
of Washington.
, Countess Szechenyi and her
family are among the most
faithful and ardent enthusiasts
at the tennis matches, entertain.
ing and being entertained in the
gallery at the Casino every day
of the games.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19
Hosts
At Dinner

The Air Attache Of the
Chilean Embassy. Group Capt.
Alfredo Puga and Sonora de
Puga gave a dinner party at
the Shoreham Terrace last eve
ming in honor of Major Robert
Cummings, newly appointed
Military Attache to Chile, who
will leave later this week for his
new assignment.
Guests included the Air At
tache OF the Italian Embassy,
Col. Vincenzo Coppola. Honor.
airy Aide-de-Ca to H. M. the
King Of italy, and Signora Cop
pola; Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. John
B. Coulter. Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
Ralph H. Wooten, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Maurice G.. Holmes, Major
and Mrs. Edward M. Almond.
Miss Kathleen Brown, Miss
Isabel Gest, and the First Secre-
tary of the Chilean Embassy.
Senior Manuel Pereira.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19


CENATOR SHERMAN MIN.
~ TON, of Indiana, whose
handsome good looks are remi-
niScent to many people Of Fred.
rick (movie starr March, is du-
bious about advantages, If any,
in having the children of clients
or constituents named after
him. ~
Only once did the Senator
have this honor conferred upon
him and the result was, Ger.
tainly not, for a particular mo-
ment, advantageous. 1t all be-
gan many years ago when Sen.
ator Minton, not yet a Senator,
but a well-known young lawyer
of Indiana, defended the case
of a young boy so well that the
boys grateful and poverty.
stricken mother named the
youngest of her large brood
Sherman Minton, after her sons
savior. so to speak. Well, Sen.
ator Minton knew of this compli-
ment to himself, but neglected
to pass the news around the
town.
One day a friend was
marketing in one of the far
downtown sections and pausing
near a side street heard the
beginning Of a back fence con-
versation which two weary look
ing women were carrying on.
How'd you like to go black
berrying with me up to the
hills" asked one WON q n.
pretty much," was the quick
answer Of the other woman,
land I will If can find someone
to stay and look after Sherman
Minton." The friend, who, up
till then was intent on crossing
the street, Immediately lost in
terest in everything but the
sound Of that familiar name.
Later on Mr.. Minton explained
the incident - promptly - and
wished good and loud that no
more children would be named
for him.
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MRS. COUZENS CHEWING
NA (MARGO), daughter Of the
late Senator James CouzenS, of
Michigan, isn't quite sure
whether young ladies Of just
three should go to church or not.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19
Senator Host

Senator George L. Radcliffe
was host at an informal dinner
party at the Shoreham Terrace
last evening.
The guests included Senator
and Mrs. Claude Pepper; Mrs.
Peppers sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas L. Snyder: Miss Lucy
Salamanca, Miss Elise Ford, Mr..
j. Fred Essary and the noted
painter. Mr.. Howard Chandler
Christy.
Miss Kathleen Norris, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. Thomas
Joseph Norris, spent last week
end at her home in Ernitsburg,
Md, where a dinner party was
given in her honor on Sunday
night, which was attended by
over 20 guests from Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Washing
ton.
Mrs. T.. M. Nelson has re-
turned from Newport, R. l.,
where she spent the summer,
and is at the Shoreham for q
few days before opening her
home in Chevy Chase, Md.
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Mrs. F.. Lowell Bixby is at
the Biltmore Hotel in New York.
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Mrs. Valentino Wood, Of Los
Angeles, Cal, is in Washing
ton for a few days, and is stay
ing at the Martinique.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19
Mrs. Melgs
Off toN.Y Y.

Leaving Fort Myer early to-
day, Mrs. Henry Meigs, accom-
panied by Capt. and Mrs. Peter
Hams, of Fl. Leavenworth, is
motoring to New York.
During their stay here they
were the guests Of the COM
mandant Of Fort Myer and Mrs.
Jonathan M. Wainwright. Mrs.
Meigs is q niece of the COM
mandant.
Yesterday, Major and Mrs.
A. w. Ross entertained in honor
of Major and Mrs. R. S. Ramey,
formerly of Fort Oglethorpe.
Major Ramey will be stationed
at the War College.
Senator and Mrs. Alva Adams
plan to take brief trip when
Congress adjourns, returning to
Washington before departing for
their home in Colorado for the
early fall months. Their daugh-
ter, Miss "Bibs" Adams plans to
remain in the Capital during her
parents absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. OBrien,
of Boston, Mass, have arrived
in Washington, and are stay
ing at the Martinique.
\ \
Miss Virginia T. Woolfitt Is
In New York, where she is spend
ing a few days at the Croydon
Hotel.
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Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Updike
have arrived in Washington
from Buffalo, N. Y, and are
stopping at the Martinique.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19
ECuadOrian
Arrives Here

Senior Pedro L. Nimez, Of
Quito, Ecuador. has arrived in
Washington and is at the Shore
ham for an indefinite stay. Senior
Nimez is the former secretary
Of the treasury of Ecuador and
Is prominent in many phases of
Ecuadorian government.
He will visit the Ambassador
Of Ecuador and members of the
embassy and of the Ecuadorian
Boundary Commission. Among
those friends whom he will see
are Senior Homero Viteri Sa-
ponte, Senior Alexandra Ponce
Boyer, and Senior Jose Vicente
Tfupillo.
Later Senior Nimez will visit
his daughter, Miss Sara Nimez,
who is a student at Vassar Col
lege in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19
In New Hampshire

Mrs. Larz Anderson, who is
summering at her place in New
Hampshire, is expected to come
to Washington in November and
open her home on Massachusetts
Avenue for a couple Of months.
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Capt. N. ]. Foy, M. c., and
Mrs. Foy are at the Wardman
Park Hotel. They spent some
time in San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19
'Br1ttenS
MOtOrNOrth

Former Representative and
Mrs. Fred Britten plan to close
their residence on Sheridan Cir
Gle today and motor North.
They will stop first with Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty for an
overnight stay in her new home
at Bridgeport, Conn. From
there they will go to Portland,
Maine, where they will be the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall Leighton at their place on
Cape Elizabeth. Thence to the
Gaspe with a fortnight's visit
In Nova Scotia.
They do not plan to return to
the Capital before october /.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19
Senator's Plans

Senator and Mrs. Key Pitt
man, the day following the adj
journment of Congress, will de-
part by motor for the West.
They plan to stop in Yellow
stone Park. en- route to their
home in Nevada.
Mrs. Hugh j. Gallagher has
announced the engagement of
her daughter, Mary Lee, to Rear
Admiral John w. Greenslade,
U. S. N.
Miss Gallagher is the daugh.
ter of the late Col. Hugh j.
Gallagher, U. S. A. With her
mother she is at present Wis
iting Philip Paschel, Mrs. Gal
lagher's brother, in San Fran
cisco, and her own brother,
Hugh P. Gallagher.
The wedding will take place
in the near future.
Admiral Greenslade is now in
command of enc of the divi.
sionS of the fleet.
y
Laurence A. Steinhardt, newly
appointed American Ambassa-
dor to Peru, Mrs. Steinhardt
and their young daughter are
at the Savoy-Plaza in New York
until sailing for Peru. Mr..
Steinhardt was former Ameri-
can Minister to Sweden.
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Mrs. David E. Finley is stop.
ping at the Hotel Commodore
in New York city.
The Washington times., 1937-08-19

Because, she believed last week,
that they should and because
she takes her lovely three.year.
old daughter, Mango Ann, pracs
tically everywhere she goes, the
two Of them arrived at the Sun
day morning service, in the tiny
church, just outside of Birming-
ham, Mich.-Mrs. Chewning's
present home.
Margo Ann took her seat
by her mother in the pew
and was impresSively digni-
fled. Everything went well until
the collection was being taken
up. Here" whispered Mrs.
Chewing to her child, ''is 0
The Washington times., 1937-08-19
sBulWinkIe Returns

Representative Alfred L. Bull.
Wrinkle has arrived from his
home in Gastonia. N. C. Repre-.
sentative Bulwinkle accompan-
led Mrs. Bulwinkle and the rest
Of the family to their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Rusk, of
Terre Haute, Ind, are staying at
the Martinique during their
visit In the Capital.