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The Washington times., 1937-12-03

CHEVROLET 1884 Master Coupe-Drive
this car Just once and you'll realize why
the name "CHERNERIZED" has become
the best known used car name in America.
Reduced to $3.50. Easier terms. Your
present car brings higher allowance at
CHERNER MOTOR CO., 1881 Florida Ave.
N w North 8565
The Washington times., 1937-12-03

CHRYsLER 1896 7-Passenger Sedan--The
correct mileage is 12,27S miles: original
paint is perfect; this is very clean car;
you simply cannot find value like t else.
where: S64B; c. C. C. guarantee Capitol
Cadillac Co., 1922 22d ST. N. W. MA.
$500. Open evenings and Sunday.
The Washington times., 1937-12-03

CHEVROLET 1885 5-Pass. Touring Sedan
excellent black paint, fine, clean uphol-
stery. all good tires. radio: you can readily
tell this car had the best of care; $455.
C. c C. guarantee. Capitol Cadillac Co..
evenings and Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04

! by Patricia Douglas, ~, VINO Claim
ed she was criminally assaulted by
a boisterouS salesman after being
brought TO the party under the
impression she was getting film
work.
Beery had been cast as gallant
"reScuer" who offered to drive
home another distressed extra,
Ginger wyatt, 10. This was in an
affidavit Miss Wyatt swore out
in support of Miss Douglas de-
scription of the party.
Beery, reached in San Diego,
however. diSclaimed credit for 9TH
er than the courteous act of giving
a lift to two OF the extra girls
seeking TO reach a Hollywood stu
dio from the ranch scene of the
party.
Much as I'd like to be hero,
l can't claim the honor" said Bee
ry. i was at the party, along with
a group OF motion picture eXecu-
tiveS. l sat quietly watching a
prizefight that was staged as part
of the affair. also the floor show
AS far as l could see there was no
disorder. The girls were dancing
with the men much as they would
on a film set.
Afterwards as l was getting iii
my car, two extra girls asked me
for lift back TO the studio where
they had to check in their cos
tunes. l drove them in. This young
lady might have been one of these
two girls, perhaps"
The film comedian, who stopped
in San Diego while flying his son
plane here from Yuma Ariz., ex-
pressed himself as puzzled over
Miss Wyatt'S affidavit.
Miss Wyatt's affidavit said she
was brought to the party in the
same manner as Miss Douglas, af.
ter being outfitted with a cowgirl
costume, and was assigned to help
entertain visiting film statesmen.
She said Beery appeared "out o.
harmony" with the affair and. see
ing that she was distressed, polite
~ offered to drive her home. She
said she accepted the offer.
Miss Wyatt made an affidavit
saying Wallace Beery had res
cued" her from the party. Beery,
she said, was an invited guest but
was not in harmony with the par
ty. She described it as the widest,
most drunken. and worst party /
ever saw"
The girls said they answered the
studios call thinking they were
reporting to work. When they
reached the ranch where the par
ty was given and found it decor
ated like a miners camp of the
'49'er days, with champagne and
whisky on the tables, they still
thought it was to be just a"mob
scene" before the cameras, they
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
W. l.. STAGNER
DIES IN ARIZ.

Wilson L. Stagner, 48. resident
of El Centro for Is years, died
Wednesday at the Veterans hospi-
tai in Tucson Ariz., after long
illness.
He was born in Birmingham Ala.
Jan. 18. 1889. During the World
War he served in the Marine corps
at Quantico Marine base in Virginia.
He arrived in Eli Centro in May.
1922 and made him home here un-
til i'll health forced him to seek
treatment at the hospital in Tucson.
Stagner was a barber and main
tanned shop on the first floor OF
the Elks building throughout his
residence in El Centro. He spent
every Sunday he lived in Ell Centre
at the county hospital where he
cut the hair of the children and
shaved and cut the hair of the
aged men.
Among the organizations to which
he belongeer were: the FL Centre
Elks lodge Boyce Aten Post of the
American Legion, and the Bar
berS Union.
Funeral services are scheduled for
the Lemons Funeral chapel in FL
Centro at $50 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. The El Centro Elks will pre-
sent the lodge ritual at the chapel
and the American Legion will off
ciate at the burial The burial will
be made in the Legion plot at Ever
green cemetery.
His survivors are: his wife. Mrs.
Mae Stagner; daughter, Mrs.
Elsie Denton FL Paso, Tex; sob.
Arvel. Ell Centre; two sisters. Mrs.
Ray Lowell, San Francisco; Mrs.
Lexie Bass, Kentucky; four broth
ers, Allan, Charles, Luther, and
Calvin. Abilene. Tex.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
North End City
InStallS Offices
In New Building

WESTMORLAND. June 4-Offi-
cialdom of this city is keeping
house in the new $19013 city hall
erected with $13.419 in federal funds
and $5,594 provided by the munich
pality.
The handsome adobe, tile rooted
structure stands in the parks on
Center street. Within its walls are
offices for the city council. city
clerk. police judge, city treasurer.
police department. and Jail. The
floor plan is 100 feet by 35 feet in
extent and is built around a patio
planted with ornamental cactus.
Work began January 13. 1886,
under the Works Progress Admins
tration through which the federal
funds were dispensed. Construction
was completed recently and the
building now is headquarters for
all city business. An average of
16 workmen were employed on the
project. All the adobe bricks were
made by WPA workmen.
Nearby is the municipal SWIM
ming pool, also constructed with
WPA and city funds.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
U. s. CITIZEN
EXECUTED FOR
NAZI TREASON

BERLIN, June 4 UP)-Helmuth
HirSch. 81, an American citizen,
was executed today for high trea-
son despite efforts of American
authorities to obtain a reprieve.
An American National who never
had lived in the United States,
Hirsch was executed by the silk
hated. gloved headSman of Ploet-
zensee prison here at dawn. Be-
headed at the same time was Os-
car Denner, 20, also convicted of
a political crime.
A government communique said
that Hirsch was executed for viol-
alton of the law concerning eXplo-
siveS."
"Hirsch came to Germany in be-
half of a foreign group of traitors
in order to commit crimes with
explosives" said the communique.
Two internal machines which
were in his possession were liable
to confiscation.
HirSch was convicted last March
of possessing explosives. German
authorities said that HirSch, arrest
ed at Stuttgart last December after
arriving from Czechoslovakia, pos
seSSed bombs with which he con-
feSsed he intended to take the
life of a high official. Rumor.
never confirmed, was that Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler might be the official.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
FIVE COUPLES
SEEK TO WE'D

Cupid. while a trifle late in get
ting started on the June bride rush.
made up for lost time Thursday by
ushering five couples into the I'M
perial county clerks office to file
notices Of intention to wed.
If they live up to their recorded
intentions 10 enter the marital
state. Cupid may add five more
notches to his little how and ar
row.
Notices we're filed by: Forest
zinn. jr. 10 and jeanette Barbara
Killgore, l9. El Centre residents;
John L. Simpson. So. and Geraldine
Shultz. %. Holtville; Andres Gomez.
q and Gregoria Lopez, 18. CaleXicO;
Benjamin Sanchez. IS. HOLSTER. and
Berta Rae, 16 BraWley: and Morris
Flennaugh, %, and Alice Simpson.
Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
Former Police
Chief Refuses to
Give Up Books

WESTMORLAND, June 4-Form-
er Police Judge Sam Rowe, dis
charged from the position bv the
city council late last month in the
big political upheaval, still refuses
to relinquish the books of the Of
flee.
He adopted his watchful waiting
policy after informing the council
he would hold the records until they
had been checked by a competent
auditor Rowe mounts daily guard
over' the records at city hall while
waiting for the council to send the
promised auditor.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04

said.
They soon learned. however. that
they had been imported as real
life entertainers, the girls said. and
the boisterouS sales executives be-
gan plying them with liquor and
forcing amorouS attentions upon
them.
Deputy District Attorney Eugene
D. Williams said he had ordered
the studio to surrender the man
accused of aSsaulting Miss Douglas
by Monday and if it failed to- do
so, he would issue an arrest war
rant.
The girl said the man. whom
she knew only as an "Easterner."
had knocked her unconscious and
attacked her in an automobile out
side the ranch house.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
Girl Gets Trout
With Bare Hands

PENN VAN. N. Y. June 4. UPl-
Trout fishing laurels on Lake KeUko
this season were claimed today By
a girl. Mary Louise Peck.
She caught two pound trout
with her bare hands.
Miss Peck noticed disturbance
in the water about 100 feet from
shore in front of her parents cot
tage. She made grab for the trout
as it jumped from the water. grasp
ed it tightly and brought her catch
TO shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
Sacramento to Try
&c Parking Meters

SACRAMENTO. Cal, June 4. U.P)
Sacramento will be the next Cali
fornia city to try five-cent park
ing meters in its downtown area.
The city council last night placed
a $4,000 order for TOO of the one
hour parking devices with the
Dual Parking Meter company, of
Oklahoma City, Okla. They are to
be installed along ID blocks of
downtown streets July IS for at
least a three months trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
DEATH BARELY
SOON ENOUGH

DALLAS, Tex, June 4. UP)-
Marvin Clevinger, "a, died a min
ute or two before midnight We'd
nesday night of gunshot wounds.
Today it was disclosed that had he
lived past midnight, $4,000 worth
of insurance would have lapsed
A youth was charged with his slay-
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
ACTOR QUIZZED III HOLLYWOOD ORGY CAS-
SOFTEST JOB

LOS ANGELES, June 4. U.P-
The worlds Softest job went today
to Marlyn Stuart, II, and blonde.
A judge approved her contract for
speaking one line during a weekly
radio program. The line was: "Oh,
mamma, that mans here again..
For that she gets $50 weekly.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-04
PARTY NOT ROUGH,
BERRY DECLARES s

HOLLYWOOD June EURWalace Beey the actor today
cbed the film
which
aners charged she attacked.
party brought attorneys office
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

20 degrees be maintained in cold
weather?
Are the school windows kept
clean?
Are the artificial lights so shad-
cd that there is no glare?
Is the water supply safe at its
source?
Are drinking fountains sani-
tary?
Is warm water for hand-wash-
ing available?
Is there ample space for school
children TO play?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
NOTICE OE SALE

Under and by virtue OF the GER
tain Judgment Of the superior
court of Henderson county in the
case Of independence Corpora
ton. ct. al w. BESSIE w. Kirk. ct.
al, dated March 20, 1887, the I'M
derSigned commissioner will on
Monday. May 3, 1897, ut or about
II o'clock Il. m. sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for
cash. in front of the courthouse
door OF Henderson county, the
following described property, to-
wit:
All that certain, piece, parcel
or tract of land in the City Of
HcndcrSOnville, Henderson coun-
", State Of North Carolina,
bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at 4 stake in the
east margin Of Ripley street or
Patton street standing north 9 de-
grccS west $50 feet from the in
terscction Of the east margin OF
said street with the north margin
of Fourth avenue west, being the
northwest corner Of lot. No. 6 as
shown on plat hereinafter refer
red TO, and runs thence with the
east margin of Ripley or Patton
street north = degrees west 40
feet to stake, the southwest
corner of lot No. a; thence with
the line Of lot No. 4 north 81 de-
grceS east 16l feet to q stake in
the original line Of tho sHarrell
and Tanner subdivisions; thence
south IT degrees west with said
original line 30 feet, to u stake,
the northeast corner of lot No. 6;
thence with the line Of lot No. &
south 90 81 degrees west III
feet to the BEGINNING, and be-
ing lot No. 5 Of the Harrell and
Tanner subdivision as shown on
plat made by G.. w. Justice, Sep
TENDER ., 1924. excepting and
rcservine a strip Of land five feet
wide adjacent to and Just north
of the southern boundary line OF
the above described lot and OK
tending with said line 100 feet in
an eastcrly direction from Ripley
or Patton street for a right of
way; also giving and granting
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

ter line of the concrete pavement
of the Observation-Disclosures
highway, said nail standing S. 81
deg. A, f. 90 #. from a point in
the center line of said highway
where the original most westerly
line of the old McMinn 397-acre
tract, which is also the southeast
crly line of. the present Mathis
tract, intcrsccts said center line
of said highway as said line runs
from an original stone corner on
the south bank of the very, old
discarded State road, S. 46 deg.
TO- W. 594 IT. to stake lnow a
stone) across the branch, Mathis
and Pery's , present corner;
thence with the center line Of said
highway S. 70 deg. % T.. 100 1T.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

trustee, for Alan S. O'Neal, said
substitution being duly recorded
in the office of the register of
deeds of Henderson county, n. c.,
in deed book PIG, page 407, will
offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash at the
courthouse door in Henderson
county, Hendersonville, n. c., at
~ o'clock noon on the Goth day
of April, 1887, the following de-
scribcd real estate, to-wit: All
that certainil lot, tract ofiparccl of
land situate, lying and being in.
Green River township, County of
Henderson, State of North Caro-
lima, and more particularly de-
scribcd and defined as follows:
BEGINNING ut nail in the GEN.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

wife, Anna X. O'Connor, by J. $.
Brown and wife by deed dated
November %, 1927, recorded De-
GENDER 3, 1927, in book lsl, page
200. Same being shown on map
or plat thereof made by Geo. W.
Tidd, surveyor, April IL, 1884,
now on file with Home Owners
Loan Corporation. The purchaser
ut this sale will be required to
make a cash deposit Of 5 per cent
Of the purchase price TO show
good faith.
This, the 18th day of March,
1887.
r. c. ABERNETHY,
Substituted Trustee.
/. j. PRINCE, Attorney.
s.;.t.. 3-30-Tues-4tp.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

to a nail in said center line;
thence still with the center line OF
said highway S. 81 deg. So Z. $50
#. to a nail in said center line;
thence leaving said highway n. 6
deg. TO- E. 446 TT. to IL stake IN
DR.. J. S. Browns line; thence
with Dr.. j. S. Browns line \. 60
deg. 49, w. l55 #. to a stake IN
said line, corner OF DR.. j.. S.
Brown; thence still with his line
s. 4 deg. AZ w. 300 #. to stake,
Anna Traber's northeast corner;
thence S. 81 deg. TIw. 20S.2 It.
to the point of BEGINNING. Elk,
ccpting such rights OF way and
easements of the State highway
and being the same property con,
veyed to George F. O'Connor and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
TRUSTEES SALE OF, REAL.
~ o.. ESTATE ...
lBy substituted TiNstce(

Pursuant to the power and au-
thority contained in u certain deed
Of trust dated the l4th day of
April, lFS3i, eStscated by George
+. oQGonnor and wife. Anna X.
0'Connor, To Alan s. O'Neal. trus-
tee. which deed Of trust is duly reg
istered in the office Of the reg
lister of deeds of Henderson coun-
ty, n. c., in book of deeds Of
trust 1l6, page 1877. securing
certain note PAYABLE to Home
Owners Loan Corporation, de-
fault having been made for n pc
Rod Of more than ninety COO days
in the payment Of said note az
provided therein and in the per-
Torrance of certain covenants set
out in said deed of trust and de-
mand for foreclosure having boen
made by the holder Of said in
debtedness, the undersigned trus-
tee, having been substituted a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
SIERRASDAM
WILL REVERSE
RIVERS FLOW
One Town VIII Be Blotted
Out, Trunk Rail Route
To Be Changed
By JOHN ABBOTT
United Press Staff Correspondent

REDDING. Cal. April 10 (UP)
High i'm tho Sierra watershed. this
thriving community awaits actual
construction on the Central Val
leyS project. CALIFORNIA; $l1O.-
10000 solution 10 its greatest
prOblcm-w winter floods and sum-
mcr water shortage.
Completion OF preliminary sur
veyS and selection Of nearby Ken
nett as the focal dam site have
been announced.
Magnitude of the project al
most StaygorS the imagination.
Greater than famed Boulder Can
yon dam development. the Cen
trail valleys project includes plans
for j0O-milc waterway from the
upper Sacramento river, down
through the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys To the great cit
rus fruit regions OF southern Cal
ifOrnia.
The valleys lie midway between
the Sierra range and the Pacific
coast, and San Francisco and Los
Angeles lean heavily upon their
productivity. San FranciScO's de-
tendency has beer conscrvativ"ly
placed at 0.0OO.O0O and that
of Los Angeles at $laO.O0UOU0.
PROJECT TO PAY OUT
A selr-iquidatin% undertaking.
the project will repay federal
loans by sale of water and power.
The 42O-foot dam at Kenneth ut
the headwatcrs of the Sacrament
20 river will impound 100000
acre feet of water, half rs much
rs the combined total of Califor-
MAS $50 other dams, assuring a
year-round controlled river flow.
The dam will give to 100000
acres Of settled lands flood pro-
lection valued at $l4,0O0,OOO and
assure year-round river naviga-
ton valued at $l5,000,00O.
Spectacular engineering featS
will be necessary.
The main line of the Southern
Pacific must be re-routed and
United States highway SO will be
radically revamped.
Kennett itself will be at the
bottom of Il huge lake, with the
waters surface for above the
present roof-topS.
A doublc-dcck bridge. with the
worlds tallcSt piers, will carry
automobile and railroad traffic
far above the then swollen waters
of the Pitt river.
River boats. a JOY 10 the hearts
of SentimcnIaliStS and a source OF
profit 20 businessmen, again will
reach Red Bluff. 60 miles south
Of here, from Sacramento" and
San Francisco.
Inland cncroachmcnt OF salt
water from the San Francisco bay
area will be halted. likewise u'id-
ity in the San Joaquin valley.
At tho top OF the San Joaquin
watershed, the i.O0O-loot Frrnt
dam will become the longest CON
crete dam i'm the world, making
the San Joaquin river run back
ward and carrying much needed
irrigation water over step dams
under pressure.
From a national viewpoint in
tcreSt ccntcrS on the project be-
cause its completion Will mean
assurance Of water normally In
an arca from which arc drawn the
country's choicest Specialty crops
of raisins, figs, olives, prunes,
citrus fruits, vegetables and cot
ton.
When all the seemingly "insur-
mountable" engineering problems
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
SUGAR WORKERS BONUS

HONOLULU. (UP.-Approxi-
mately $4,000 Hawaiian sugar in
duStry employees received bonuses
totaling II per cent of their earn
cd wages for one month. While
bonuses is 4 regular part Of the
sugar industry system, the pres
ent one was one of the largest
ever Granted,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
School Safety Is
Made Aim of US.
Education Office
Parents, Teachers Asked
to Study Health and
Fire Hazards

WASHINGTON, Apg. ~ (UP)
The office Of education of the In
terror Department. as a result of
the New London. Tex. school cX-
ploSion which took more than 400
lives. today advised parents and
school officials TO ask themselves
The following questions concern
ing the safety and health condi-
tionS of their schools:
Is Your school building con-
sidcrCd fire rcSistivc by your in
Surancc company?
II not frc-rcsistivc. is your
school considered safe?
DO all school doors open out
ward?
Are oil, gasoline. cellulose films,
or other such materials kept out
of the building or in fre-prOof
closets?
Is the room housing and heating
plant and basement made fire.
resiStivc on all sides and ceiling?
Is there adequate tirc-alarm
provision?
Are there fire escapes?
Are fire escapes adequate to
empty floor i'm two minutes
without crowding?
FIRE DRILLS STRESSED
Is fire drill conducted at least
once n month?
Are there adequate exits. with
safety locks, in good condition.
Are school buildings free from
flies?
Is the playground drained and
surfaced so that there is mini
mum of mud and maximum Of
use?
Are desk and seats washed be-
fore the opening of school term
with soap and water?
Are pupils who are obliged To
sit near the stove protected by 4
screen from direct heat?
Can q minimum temperature of
have been solved and numerous
other pieces fitted into the gigan-
tic jigSaw, California will have
harnessed and put to work the 20
million acre feet Of surplus water
that now sweeps away in dcStruc-
tive floods.
Legal, economic and financial
problems regarding rights of way,
selection of dam sits. provision
for transmission lines to bring the
power TO commercial markets,
and engineering questions, occu-
pied many days of conference be-
tween u. S. reclamation officials
and the California Water author
ity.
The big job will require:
More than 100000 cubic
yards of concrete: 2S,S09, 900
pounds of reinforcing steel; H.
$4,000 pounds of structural
steel; G,I96,000 barrels OF CO.
mcnt; 3S,3ll 900 cubic yards Of
excavation. and lS6,224,0OO man.
hours Of labor.
FUND SET ASIDE IN 1885
An executive order from PrCSl-
dent Roosevelt in 1885 ordered
ALLEGATION OF $l5,000,O00 to be-
gin construction Of storage rcscr-
voirS on the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers.
The 18th congress later apprO-
priatcd nearly $7,000,OO0, but
meanwhile the presidents sum
was cut to $4.50O.O00, leaving
approximately $ll 100000 avail
able.
Some 400 men already arc en-
gagged in the preliminary work,
but the blucprintS are drawn and
even now men are drifting here,
asking for jobs. Seven years prob
ably will be required 10 complete
! the project.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
SAFE FAIRGROUNDS
ARE IMPORTANT

Is the school playground so
placed or fenced that children can
not run into the street or other
dangerous places?
Is all apparatus relatively safe
and in such condition that acct
dents can not occur from faults
in the apparatus itself?
Are Fairgrounds made availa-
bic for use after school and on
Saturdays?
Are the remains of food dis
posed of in a sanitary way and
the lunch quarters kept in clean
condition?
Are health examinations of
school children conducted without
hurry?
Are all pupils showing signs
of possible communicable disease
promptly isolated and sent home
under safe escort?
Is the school nurse trained In
iirSt-aid work?
Is there a firSt-aid outfit con-
tanning the usual materials in
your school?
DO you feel that you are plac-
ing present and future health and
safety first in the case of every
child in your school and TO the
best of your resources?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

the parties of the second part a
right of wav over strip Of land
five feet wide and adjacent to and
Just south of the five foot strip
above mentioned, making an alley
wav 10 feet wide, the center of
which extends from the southwest
corner of the lot above described
to the northwest corner Of lot
conveyed by +. J. Andcrs to II.
G.. Aichel. ...
NJ. II. McCOWN, Commissioner.
a-6-Tues-itp.