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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Released
After Quizzing in
DAUGHTERS Death

LOS ANGELES, Dec. Is eUP)-
Mrs Anna McDole, mother of six,
was at liberty today after three
days in jail on suspicion of murder
in connection with her 15-year- -old
daughters death.
She was released after the dis
trict attorneys office said there
was insufficient evidence to hold
her for prosecution. Coincidental-
ly il was indicated the girl may
have died natural death despite
coroner's jury verdict that she
died of Strychnine poisoning.
The county chemist told police
that strychnine found in her stom-
ach was not sufficient TO have
caused death. He said further that
tonic the mother had been giving
the girl contained q derivative of
strychnipe and this might have
accounted for the poison
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
PIONEERS RETURN TO VALLEY
FOR VISIT WITH OLD FRIENDS

Evelyn McGreW was a weekend
guest of Ida Belle Miller, attend
ing senior class play Friday night
and the show Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry James and
Mrs. Edith Garrow were guests
OF Mr. and Mrs. George Portlock
of San Diego Saturday and Sunday.
While in San Diego Mrs. James
attended the Rural eTachers con-
ference at State college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Scroggs of Ell
Centre were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Willis Sunday at dinner
III honor of Mrs. Scroggs birth
day anniversary.
A. G.. Mcintosh and Henry Have
korst made business trip to Ari-
zona the first of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Engebretson
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. d. G.
Scott and family at dinner Sunday
Mrs. Marie Olson visited her SIS.
ter Mrs. Herbert Bergstedt in E
Centre Sunday.
Dinner guests at the Ward Nc
Grew home Sunday included MI
and Mrs. I. w. McGrew and thei
grandson Calvin Crawford Craw
ford stopped for visit with th'
McGrews on his way home from
| Florida.
Professor B. A. Madison and F
Bridgs of Davis spent Sunday anC
Monday at the Experiment station
On Dec. % Meloland school chill.
dren will present their Christmas
program. This year Mrs. James
has chosen for production the roy.
atty play Good King Wcncelaus.
Miss Helen Rumscy was guest
Of Miss Isabel Millar and Miss
louise Kennedy in San Diego last
weekend and attended the Rural
Teachers conference at State col
le!e.
Mrs. II. G. Skipper and chfidrer
10 Ann and Lon Pay of san Diego
we're weekend visitors at the home
of Mrs. Shippers parents Mr.. ano
! Mrs. J. r. Kinnaird.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
.CALEXICO DOG
WINS TITLE in
FIELD TRIALS

Champion King Lion, CalexiCo
bred dog, won the open all-age
stakes in the California field trials
for Cocker spaniels and Springer
spaniels Saturday and Sunday near
San Francisco.
, Champion King Lion was the
third CaleXico dog to win the tro-
ply.
The win makes Champion King
Lion a field trial champion, also
dual champion. and the only AM
erican bred. dual champion in the
west.
There have been only three Oh
ficial field trials in California. In
1885 it was won by Champion King
Lion, in 1886 by Robert Elliott's
Elysian Eric. Eric was entered this
year but was scratched because of
al injured foot. e-ea.
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You Haven't Read All the News
Until You're read the Ads.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
MELOLAND NOTES

Mr.. and Mrs. Young who pioneer
ed in a PENTHOUSE in Imperial in
the early days of the valley, stop
ped for a visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Forsberg Thursday. The
Youngs now reside in Exeter and
are taking a leisurely trip through
Arizona.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Roberts re-
ceived a surprise visit Thursday
from Mrs. Roberts nephew, Harry
Flack and his friend Jack Dickey
OF Ignacio, Col
Mr. and Mrs Ed Hagan and
their son Richard of Riverside were
luncheon guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. C. Scott Saturday Roderick
Scott and Harry Scott of Los An
geles were also visitors at the Scott
home Friday and Saturday
A. E. Standall of Seattle was a
recent visitor at the K. K. Sharp
home On Sunday the Sharps also
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Pardue of FL Centro at dinner.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Recession Blamed
On Cost Advance

CHICAGO Dec. Is. (UP)-Mar-
iner S. Eccles, chairman of the
federal reserve board today blamed
rapid advances in costs and prices
for the current business recession
and said that only a better bal
anced economy will bring recov-
cry.
Eccles, addressing the American
farm bureau federation convention,
absolved the capital gains and un-
distributed profits taxes of blame
for the business recession.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
II. p. WILKE GUEST SPEAKER
FOR 2O-3O CLUB In BRAWLEY

The Rotary club will follow their
usual program at their weekly
meeting Wednesday noon at the
Planters hotel. Charles E. Barry,
III charge of the transient camp,
will be speaker of the day.
Gordon Hardy spent the weekend
in San Diego where he visited his
daughter, Charlene, Ill at the Mer-
cy hospital.
Dean Field is in Los Angeles on
business.
Ladies day was again observed
Friday at the Del Rio Country
club. Following golf in the morn
ing, luncheon was served under the
supervision of Mrs. Walter p. Casey
and Mrs. Paul Johnston. Bridge
was the diversion of the afternoon
with high scores going to Mrs
Keys Mitchell and Mrs. George
Noble. Mrs. Hollis Wood was hos
tess, assisted by Mrs Keys Mitchell
When the KiWanis club met Tues
day noon at the Planters hotel, H
p. Wilke, past president of the club
spoke on his travels in Europe
Next Tuesday the Kiwanis will be
ho~ts to their children, who will
present the entire program, under
the direction of Mrs. Marie Best
wick.
Brent and Quay Smith jr.. have
resumed their studies at UCLA af-
ter spending the week end with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Quay
Smith.
Miss Verna Wallace. a teacher at
the Barbara Worth school spent
the week end in San Diego.
Roscoe Jones will arrive this week
from Watsonville to spend the holi-
days with his family.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

You Haven't Read All the New
Until You're read the Ads.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Widow Tells of
Aiding in Suicide,
Then Denies It

GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec Is.
CUP = Mrs. Martha Foster, 60
year-old widow who said she aid
ed her crippled husband in a razor
suicide-slaying, and then repudi-
ated the confessions, told authori-
ties today she must have been
crazy to say anything like that"
Officials are investigating the
death of her husband, o. E. Foster.
sc, found with his throat slashed,
in the living room of their home
last Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
SUPPORT PLEDGED
IN PUBLICITY DRIVE

TULARE, Cal, Dec. Is. eUP)--
Representative of Tulare county
chambers of commerce today pledg-
ed their support to the Central
California Tourist association in
its program to advertise the scenic
attractions of the San joaquin VAL
ley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
BRAWLEY NOTES

BRAWLE1 NOIES
H. P. Wilke who has recently re-
turned from the American Legion
convention in New York and an
extended tour of Europe was guest
speaker at the 20-30 club weekly
meeting Tuesday night at the
Planters hotel. The new officers
had charge.
Edith Hazel Fleming will arrive
Friday from Redlands to spend the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. Fleming.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Give A Kodak
the gift that remembers

WIHEN you select gift, consider its usefulness
w through years to come! That's why odak should
be first your Christmas list for right from the start
it's ready click each important happening into clear
sharp snapshots.
Our gift counter fairly sparkes with these fine Eastman
Cameras Prices reasonable, Kodaks from S.,
Brownies low 81, all smartly packaged for the
holiday.
Drop in today and look them See particularly the
new Kodak Junior Series H. Its fast o lens gets snap
shots in any weather In the Six size for 2N
3H" pictures it only $14.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30

Roger w. Babson, Americas
No. | business prophet, is a con-
firmed optimist. Business Will
Be Better" he says. When?
What will bring about change
in trend?
These questions are discussed
frankly and clearly in bis An
nual Outlook Letter which will
appear :
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
HIGHWAY FUND CUT
CALLED DIVERSION
Sparger Says Federal Tax
on Gas Should Continue
For Roads
Daily Dispatch Bureau.


Raleigh. Dec. 3O-Drastic reduction
in Federal funds for highway build
ing would be form of gasoline tax
diversion unless the Federal tax on
gasoline and lubricating oils were re-
pealed, in the opinion of State Senator
S. Gilmer Sparger, secretary OF the
North Carolina Petroleum Industries
Committee.
For that reason, those who oppose
diversion of highway funds should OPP
pose reduction in federal highway APP
preparations, Mr.. Sparger believes.
"Of course, it is the primary con-
tention of the oil industry that the FED
eral taxes on gasoline and Oil should
De eliminated. They were levied on
the plea that they were emergency
measures, although it was freely .ad-
mitted that the federal government
was thereby invading the field of tax
alton which should be reserved for the
states said Mr.. Sparger.
He pointed out, however, that if the
taxes are continued in force any re-
duction of highway expenditures would
have exactly the same effect as if the
government directly diverted gasoline
anG oil taxes to purposes other than
construction and maintenance of high
ways.
This is tr1. even though the fed
eral government has no special high
way fund into which this gasoline and
Gil tax revenue is deposited said the
committee secretary, Because it
would in effect be collecting taxes on
gas and oil and spending the receipts
on other things than the highways of
the nation"
Mr.. Sparger said he expects to con-
tinue his intensive campaign against
diversion. He showed a schedule
which calls for him to be out of Ra-
leigh and in the field throughout the
month of January and February
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
GAMING HOUSE MEN
LIABLE UNDER LAW
Authority Says "Book-Mak'
ers" in State Could Be
Prosecuted
DAILY Dispatch Bureau.
IN The Sir walter Hotter.

poloiob Dec. 3O-"Bookies' who
have been acquitted in several North
carolina cities, including Salisbury as
the most recent, could pc convicted Ior
the common law offense of operating
a gaming house, III the oplhiol u
liable. but unquotable, legal authority
here.
There has been no dispute about the
facts in any of the "bookle Cases
The defendants operate brokerage
places for clearing bets on horse races
IL other states where the racing ana
the betting are legal The bets are
transmitted to the tracks and winning
if any, are paid the next day.
In the cases already tried the prose-
cutting officers have continued there
is a violation of the states lottery sta
tutes, but in every case the Judge mas
found a not guilty verdict.
If the prosecutions had been
brought. and convictions urged, under
the common law and without refer
ence to the statutes the result might
have been different.
Chief authority for this view is
found in the North Carolina suprem
courts decision in the case of State
VS. Black, reported in the Oath volume
of North Carolina Reports, beginning
at page 500
In that case the defendant was con-
victed of "banking' poker game
The court held that the keeping of a
gaming house is a common law Of
tense and that such house is pub
lie nuisance. It further held that the
gist and heart of the offense is Undue
ing persons to congregate in large
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
EDGECOMBE NEGRO
FARMERS DIVERSITY

Tarboro, Dec. 30.-Two years ago
most of the winter gardens of Edge
comba county Negro farmers boosted
Of but one egetable-collards
Now realizing the Importance of 4
variety of vegetables in the diet, 2
number of the colored families have
planted several varieties, said F. D.
Wharton, Negro farm agent of the
State College Extension Service.
After recent inspection of the gar
dens in the county, Wharton report.
ed that most of them were looking
good, and that all Negro families are
becoming more interested in having
a variety of winter vegetables.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30

fContlnpco from Rage One.)
mas time seems to have been follow.
ed by explosions of wrath in numer.
Gus communities of the State.
From Wilmington, Wilson, Colds
boro and Faison, among other places
come stories Of serious injury to per.
sons or damage to property. It seems
likely that there will be determined
effort to ian the shooting of pyro-
technics in most of the States cities
Those who engage in the pastime G'
that's what it is) will have at least one
more Christmas, however, before thu
legislature can do anything about il
on a Statewide, scale.
Wayne has been added to the lis
Of counties where the embattled slot
machine industry is struggling for life
reports are that many machines have
been confiscated there
Most people leave home to Ego to
the wars but Ralph Gardner, &c.
year-old son. of former Governor O..
Max Gardner, is coming back home
Tor that express purpose.
He plans to run for the State Sen
ate next spring and is securing a leave
of absence from his classes at Yale
in order to come down to Cleveland
county and do it,
Ripples on the Yadkin, caused .by
the Tuckertown case decision of the
Federal Power Commission, are
spreading into circles far wider than
was anticipated.
AS result Of the Tuckertown fight
the commission first ordered an in
vestigation of five power dams pre-
viously built on the Yadkin. Now. ac-
cording to news reports, it has extend
ed it's probe to the entire nation and
will look into power developments
everywhere
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30

or small numbers for the purpose OF
betting on games
Though there seems to be no NORTH
Carolina case on the subject, Corpus
Jereis ca sort of lawyers Bible) de-
clares that the weight of authority
holds that horse racing is game
within the meaning of statutes against
gambling 1t would logically follow
that the "hookies" who induce, many
to congregate and bet on horse races
(held to be "games) would be clearly
guilty of the common law offense.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
Report M'Donald
Suffers Relapse

fContlnrco srom Page One.)
Evening star., 1937-02-07

things we're plain now. Sans frequent
dropping in at the fiat, promising
matches that never came to a sign-up,
pretending to be interested in his work
at the garage. Funny that he hadn't
seen through Sans game before this! A
minute before he had been keenly con-
scious Of the cold biting at his bruised
ribs, now, to his surprise. he couldn't
feel the cold at all. Something warmed
him from head to foot.
He had fought in the third preliminary,
and the eight round semi-final was now
on, with the main bout yet to 60. which
meant that Sam wouldn't be out for a
while yet. Well, he could wait, now
that he was warmer. Sam couldn't stay
in there all night.
A group came stamping down the
steps to the side exit. It was Spike and
his handlers. Spike wore a sporty top
coat, thrown open about his bulging
chest, and his face was bland and NOON
like. He saw the Kid and came over to
him.
-"I'm as sorry as hell, b." he blmted
earnestly. II swear l didn't know l was
supposed to carry you. l honestly thought
you were fightin' in my division, and you
used to be good in yours. Sam didn't
open his trap about carryin' you. and l
didn't give it thought when they
didn't announce the weights. Come
along, and have a steak, won't your"
That's all right, Spike" said the Kid
through puffed lips. II told you that
back in the dressing room. Thanks for
the steak. but l guess I'll wait around for
Sam"
Hell be out soon. That main bout
looks like set-up. too. Slong. No hard
feelin's, Boz"
mo hard feelings" assured the Kid.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

-E Kid stood in the lee of the audi
torum, his muscles tensed against the
cold that bit through his shabby coat.
The slush seeped through the worn soles
of his ring shoes, and, under the sickly glow
of the exit light, his battered face looked like
distorted putty masque, but he gave small
thought to his physical hurts. The thing
which had just happened to him struck
deeper than surface cuts and abrasions. Big
SAM his supposed friend, had let him down,
and Sadie, his wife, in his time of defeat, had
walked out on him.
Sadie, he supposed, was home by now. She
had not been in her ringside seat when he had
come back to consciousness after that blasting
wallop that Spike had landed in the fifth He
could have stood the beating, could even
have stood the jolt of knowing that Big Sam
had deliberately sold him down the river. if
Sadie had only not walked out on him.
What fool he had been to believe Sam!
1t had seemed good chance for comeback
after his long lay-off, when Sam had offered
to substitute him for Flanagan against
Spike. He had known that he couldn't take
Spike, who had him by twenty pounds, but
Sam had promised that Spike would carry
him; that Spike might even let it 60 to a
draw. At worst it would be a close decision,
with the heavier man pulling his punches Be-
sides Flannigan's broken mitt had left Sam
in spot, and it was up to him to help after
the promoter had got him that job of car
washing in his cousins garage. Yeah, Sam
had promised plenty, and then deliberately
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Spike to please the mob's fancy. Sam didn't
give away ur-dollar tickets for nothing. He
had deliberately framed it so that Sadie
could witness his defeat!
Yes, sir, it was pretty plain now what Sam
had been up to- He had made play for Sadie
before the Kid had married her. A lot of
Evening star., 1937-02-07

played him for a set-up.
Sadie had been sulky
about this match, as she
had been every time that
he had mentioned a come
back since Dutch Schultz,
had pinned that trimming
on him four months ago.
Sadie wasn't much help as
a fighters wife, nagging
and belittling on the eve
of a scrap until she sent
him into the ring worried
and discouraged, so that
he always got off to a bad
start. Well, as she had pre-
dicted. Spike had put the
daddy of all lickings on
him, and her walk-out
probably meant that she
was through with him.
He wished to hell that
Sam hadn't given her that
ringside seat.
Standing there in the
cold, it suddenly dawned
upon him that Sam had
more than let him down,
in feeding him raw to
Evening star., 1937-02-07
GLIMPSE OF GLORY
At the crossroads of his life a boxer wages
his most important fight, outside the ring
and away from the roar of the crowd
by HENRY F.CHURcH
Mosoxiss Section

"You dirty double -crosser!" he snarled. and
let the big man have it. One to the stomach
to double him up. and one to the chin when
the big blue jaw came down to striking range.
1t was peach of blow. knuclxles up, and
straight from the shoulder. The Kid felt a
knuckle snap under the impact, but the
satisfaction of seeing the big ape fiat killed
the pain for him.
The two fashy-looling men skidded the
unconscious hulk into the hallway, and. after
an examination. one of them went up the
steps to phone for an ambulance. A crowd
gathered and, somewhere down the street. a
cop blew his whistle. It sounded dismal and
eerie to the Kid, and he tried to push through
the curious barrier, but it hemmed him in.
Come inside" said the man who had re-
mained with the prostrate promoter. and the
Kid did as he was told. All the fight was gone
out Of him now, and he guessed that, in a
few minutes, he would be on his way to the
police station. That would help hell of lot
with Sadie. he reflected bitterly.
Two cops came up and wedged through the
circle Of onlookers. who slugged him!" they
asked in unison.
II wouldn't know" said Sans guardian.
There were three of them, and they got
away"
When the ambulance came, shivering
inferno looked Big Sam over and grunted.
His jaws broke, and he'll be bye-bye for
awhile; otherwise he's all right" he said. and
called for the driver to bring the stretcher.
well, that's that, " said the man, who had
stood sentinel. and grinned at the speechless
Kid He called up the steps to the other man,
who had stopped on the landing to light
cigar. and that one sauntered down.
This is the boy Spike murdered" " said the
Kids new friend to the man on the steps.
Meet Pop O'Brady. Kid. I'm Joe Kinnelly.
Fights are my racket"
''Gee. don't know it" gasped the Kid,
awed at his first contact with big-time
promoter.
whats your weight1"
''One-forty-fow."
"Welter. chr Why did you mess up with
Spike1"
Coffee and cakes" mumbled the Kid.
and to help Sam OUT
well, he's outw said Kinnelly. and both
he and his companion laughed heartily over
the witticism. The Kid wasn't in laughing
mood. Kinnelly noticed this. Lets rid" he
said, and signalled to taxi.
1t was warm in the taxi, and the two let
the Kid soak in the warmth without speaking.
1t was the Kid who finally broke the silence.
II must have looked pretty bad" he
ventured
"You put up fine scrap" said O'Brady.
II never saw more heart
THE crowd was booing when went
down."
Kmnelly answered. They weren't booing
you. son. They were booing Sam for putting
you in there with Spike. Skipping the weights
didn't fool EN-" That made the Kid feel
some better, but not much.
well, I'm through" he grimaced.
mo, you've just started" said KinneIly.
That hay-maker that you gave Sam con-
vinced me that you can give it as well as take
it. How would you like to fight out of my
stable?"
'Cee," was all that the Kid could manage
to say. O'Brady struck another match to his
ciRar and in its Pickering glare. noticed the
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Sam finally came down, in the company of
two flashy-looking men. who were engaging
him in earnest conversation. The Kid had
known that Sam would slip out the side exit
to avoid the crowd. Sam saw him, nodded, and
started to pass, but the Kid stepped in his
path.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

full King Charles spaniel" .
The Boston Garden is dark, be-
cause of the high rental fee asked,
while Mechanics Hall is getting
the play for boxing and wrestling
One of the chief sufferers
from the gardens policy is Jack
Sharkey, whose tavern nearby
barely meets expenses because the
crowds don't come to the big
arena except for hockey.
Amateur boxing is experiencing
a great revival in Massachusetts
with almost every city staging
weekly tournaments before sellout
crowds. Boston has perhaps the
best amateur boxers in the coun-
try lust now as a result of its fire.
quent Simon-pure shows. ,Da e
Egan, press agent for Unknown
Winston, claims Winston floored
Bob Pastor twice when they fought
last summer in New Haven. James
j. Johnston, jr., Bob'S manager,
says there were no knockdoWnS.
However, an impartial observer
tells me Winston hit Pastor with
a right to the body and that Bob
either slipped or was knocked to
the canvas.
Mike Thompson, grand old man
of football officiating, who has put
aside his whistle after 40 years of
service on college gridirons, is
mayor of Emmitsburg, Md, and
practically owns the town. One
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Pitt Date Keeps
Jordan Away

ThereIl be no Peter Flick Bob
Jordan duel in the Shoreham
Hotels Venetian pool tonight.
This battle between Flick, Olym
pic star, Of Stanton Military Acad
emy, and WaShington'S own Bob
Jordan, formerly of Central High
but now of Massanutten Military
Academy, was declared off when
word was received from Jordan
that he could not be excused from
a swim meet in Pittsburgh in time
to reach Washington for tonight's S
meet at the Shoreham.
Flick, however, will find the go
ing severe tonight. His compe
tition will be furnished by Ernie
Boggs, of Washington; Otto
Schaffhauser and Charlie Ives, of
Philadelphia, and Frank Cum
mings. of Baltimore.
Even without the Fick.Jordan
duel the meet should prove up as
a real competitive affair, for the
reason that June Booth, D. C.'s
No. l feminine star, will hook up
with Dorothy Forbes. of Phila'
delphia, in a duel for backstroke
honorS.
The big event of the evening will
be the 150-yard national junior
championship,