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Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18

o. j. Bradshaw Is chairman OF
committee, which was augmented
by a group Of valley citizens from
various part C the county so that
all groups might be represented.
The committee is TO be non-parti-
san and non-political.
The first meeting was devoted to
study of the present situation.
Evan T. Hewes, chairman of the
District board of directors, had
made out for the group several
schedules in which the present set
up was shown. the old r. F. c. pro-
posal, another based on refunding
at rs cents on the dollar and stin
another based on refunding at 80
relation to refunding.
The committee, after obtaining
dealing directly with the bondhold-
erS to discuss with them a reduc-
ton in interest to or 3ta per cent.
The present rate if interest if five
per cent.
Drainage was also discussed in
relation to refundin.
The committe after obtaining
and studying all facts intends to
work out a plan on which two
thirds OF the bondholders viii
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18

ldllU.
Worried officials, entrenched be-
hind a warning to the Agrarians
that such tactics would mean
death of the Agrarian movement
saw labor union antagonism rise
to new heights. bringing a mass
meeting of protest scheduled. for
the Municipal Park Sunday after
noon.
Francisco Tranquilino Majoral
and Pablo Villa, members of the
GROIN, were storm centerS. They
were attacked and beaten late Fri
day by group of II Agrarian
colonists, who subsequently bound
them tightly, carried theme to the
hospital in Mexicali, and proceed
ed to the office of Governor San
chez Taboada to tell what they
had done.
The startled governor, listening
to the story of the Agrarians that
they had beaten the two men be-
cause they refused to give up land
they had rented south of Mexi-
cali in Vale Imperial de Mexico,
warned the AgrarianS that such
tactics as they had employed might
cause failure of the entire Agrar-
ian movement. ~. '..
Meanwhile the GROIN officials,
| hearing of the attack, voiced a
protest to Mexico City against in
fringements of the rights of non
AgrarianS. A demonstration of
GROIN power by means of Sun
days mass meeting was planned.
Whether officials of the powerful
labor union, successful last week
in general strike against high
electricity rates, can control the
enmity of their members against
the Agrarians became an open
question.
Majoral and Villa expected by
Sunday to be partially recovered
from the beatingS administered
them, may address the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18

Ior pm. yesterday by the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, was post
poned hour and 40 minutes before
the deadline.
Postponement followed agreement
by the two brotherhoois to submit
their dispute to a three-man emer-
gency mediation board previously
appointed by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
The dispute, while not directly
concerning the railway company,
involved the company in that mem
bers of the two unions disagreed
over membership representation
with the Locomotive Engineers and
Order of Conductors.
These latter brotherhoods of the
Big Four had announced they
would not join the trainmen and
enginemen and firemen in strike
action and the Southern Pacific
indicated that it expected to be able
to continue service with their help
despite a strike by the other two
uniOnS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
ARGUMENTS ON
LIBRARY BOND
CIV EN-
Public Opinion Asserted
More Favorable to
Proposal

With more complete under
standing Of the need for the new
library, public opinion is more IA
vorably inclined toward the pro-
posed bond issue of $4,000 accord
ing to reports received by the IL
brary board, said A. H. Keller,
president.
Since figures have been given
showing that the increase in tax
eS, if any, will amount to little
and since the need for the build
ing is made evident, the board
has received favorable comments.
The library board has not acted
hastily, said D. B. Roberts, secre-
tary. I'VE have employed two arch
itects of standing who have both
condemned the building as un-
safe.
IF we should in the face of
the reports and opinions of these
architects, continue to use the old
building, and should an earthquake
occur while it was occupied, the
citizens would be the first to con-
denim the library board for GRIM
inal negligence and rightfully so.
Under the circumstances the
board will not use the old building
for library purposes while it stands
condemned as unsafe, Roberts
pointed out that previous catastro-
phes, including the New London
explosion of this year could have
been avoided by proper inspection
and the abandonment of unsafe
buildings.
The election is Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
SOcialite Shoots
Wife, Arrested
Following Flight

SANTA CRUZ. Cal, April IT.,
tU.P)-Allan Bo2gs, SO, socialite po-
10 player and retired army officer
was arrested today in the fash
ionable Palo Mar hotel where he
had registered under an assumed
name, after shooting and serious
ly injuring his wife as she lay in
bed at the home of a friend, Mrs.
James Harris.
Boggs was found covering in the
hotel room after his car had been
traced TO a nearby garage. He had
registered under the name of IF.
II. Brown. Burlingame.
District Attorney Ben B. Knight
filed charges of attempted murder
after questioning Boggs who re-
portedly signed statement say
ing jealousy was the motive
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
MAIN STR EET
BRINGS
RECORD PRICE
25-fOOt Frontage Sold For
More Than $4,000;
5 And 10 Site

Sale of Ell Centre busi-
ness property now occupied
by the Woolworth five and
ten cent store at the high
est price ever paid for 'front.'
age in the 500 block on Main street
was reported Saturday.
Sold by Mrs. Ethel Mason, Okla
homa City, to Mrs. B. Brasley Co
hen, Los Angeles, the deal was re-
ported to involve considerably more
than $4,000. 1t united the 25-
foot frontage of the present Wool
worth store with the similar 'front.'
age abutting on the west, of the
former Pioneer Title Insurance and
Trust company building, also re-
Gently acquired by Mrs. Cohen.
Whether Woolworth will remain
in its present quarters, OF. eXpend
into the larger frontage, or make
room upon expiration of its lease
for some other business, could not
be learned.
No statement could be obtained
at the office of the Pioneer Title
Insurance and Trust company,
where the deal was reported to be
in escrow.
Price paid for the frontage was
highest in the history of the 500
block on Main street. The last sale,
on property west of the Pioneer
Title company's former building,
brought $4,000 for a 50-foot 'front.'
age, while the Pioneer company
sold it's former building to Mrs.
Cohen for $16,50O. 1t was 25-
foot frontage.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
100000 Received
BY Valley Farmers

Nearly $4,000 has been received
to date by less than 200 of the 1900
valley farmers eligible for payments
under the 1885 agricultural con-
servation program.
Approximately 1000 more checks
are due to arrive shortly in the
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Selling Beer to
Workers Lands
Man Behind Bars

Personal service dispensed by
Rafael Figuero, Al, in selling beer
to field workers from truck he
drove to the fields, probably was
appreciated by the workers but
officials frownei ON the idea be-
cause Figuero did not have a Ii
cenSe.
He is serving 25 days in the county
Jail for violation of section three
of the alcoholic beverage control
act. He was arrested north of
Holtville by H. H. Hayden, liquor
control officer of the state board
of equalization.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Bandits Caught by
Country Sheriff

OMAHA, Neb., April II, tU.P-
Department of justice agents rode
off today with two suspected pub
lie enemies captured by county
sheriff as they fled federal trap
in Topeka, Kans.
Six agents and the prisoners left
in two cars. repeatedly headed
through Iowa to Topeka. where
the men admittedly shot an FBI
agent and two bystanders TO es-
cape a trap laid for them in the
postoffice.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18

PLAN VOTED

PHOENIX, Ariz., April IT. W.P)-
Salt River Valley project share
holders voted 11,131 to 100 yester-
day to refinance the irrigation dis
trict's si3,0OO,OO0 bonded indebted
ness.
Under the plan, approved by the
shareholders, the district will sub"
stitute new, long-term bonds foi
those now outstanding. The new
bonds will carry lowed interest rates
than the present issue.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
HEARINGS ON
POWER WILL
BE CONTINUED

Hearings in the Imperial Irri-
cation district case against the
Nevada California Power company,
under way in Los Angeles last
week, were continued Thursday un-
til Monday of next week.
The, district seeks to prevent the
company from crossing district
property with power lines and poles
Hearings are held before Judge
Isaac Pacht, special master in
chancerV.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Driver Hits Tree,
Suffers Injuries

J. M. Barnett en- route to Arizona
from Les Angeles to visit his wife.
drove his coupe into a tree on the
FL Centro- Holtville road at l am.
Saturday, sufferine superficial head
wounds as a result.
Thu coupe he was driving was
badly damaged ON the drivers side
Officers believed Barnett fell asleep
while driving.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Burglary on Large
Scale! House Stolen

BurglarieS on a big scale were
perpetrated in the Descanso region
recently, according to j. C. Chalup-
nick.
A small cabin was moved away
without the owners consent, he told
deputy SheriffS. A wood stove, used
lumber and 80 potted cacti plants
also disappeared. A Caterpillar and
a large Caterpillar type tractor were
cut up with a torch at Yuba farms
and hauled from the site.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Caught At Last

Caught AT Last
Charles Halliday, rhief deputy
d.a., is having great difficulty in
explaining away the red bunting
he inadvertently pulled out of his
pocket following a recent trip to
l.. A. Court house attaches charged
that Halliday had entered the pick
ct lines, but they couldn't locate
a current strike in the coast me-
tropolis. The counselor stuck to
his story that the red strip had
been warning behind a trailer
load of goods.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Eleventh Hour Action Taken by Union
Heads in Respecting ROosevelt's
Appeal; Mediation Board Acts
.OO--

SAN FRANCISCO, April II. (UP)-A strike which
threatened to tie travel 5000 miles of tracks of the
Southern Pacific railway in the eight western of
Pacific division yesterday has been averted until
at least it announced today. The strike called def
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Aqrarians Beat
2 Members Of
Union Faction
Governor Warns Against Dangers OF
Strike; Powerful GROIN Officials
Protest, Mass Meeting Slated

MEXICALI April II. (Special) Violence that threat
ened open warfare between two of the strongest fac
ons in Mexico today put two members of Baja Cafor-
MAS CROM powerful labor union in the hospital
y beaten by R Agraran coonsts who appropriated their
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Farm Bureau Tax Group
Seeks District Bond
Refunding in Program
United Backing of Imperial Valley Citizens
Sought in Plan Outlined at First
Meeting of Committee

definite program for refundng Imperial Irrigation
District bonds with the united backing of Imperial valley
citizens is the goal of the Imperial county farm bureaus
tax committee outlined at its first meeting Friday IN the
Imperial Irrigation District headquarters in Ell Centro
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
McIver, Indicted, Put Under Arrest
ENBEZZLEMENT
CHARGES FACED
Former Treasurer of District Accused
On Twelve Counts; Bail Set at
$4,000; Returned to Ell Centre

F. H. McIver former treasurer of the Imperial lrriga
ton district indicted by Imperial county grand jury
late Friday his way to FL Centre Saturday after
his arrest bv Long Beach police Ell Centro bench
warrant He was scheduled to arrive at the Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
And Mark Objects

And Mark Objects
Mark Connolly can't do any
thing about it-that is, nothing but
erunfble. You see, he has a group
of trained seals around the house
every now and then, and can ex-
pect to have them until next
Wednesday. To clarity matters,
RR might explain that the seals
are Mrs. Connolly, Mrs. Henry
HeiSch, Mrs. Jack Christensen,
Mrs. Percy Thacker and Mrs. j,
ID. Townsend. They're rolling on
the floor III rehearsal for the Ten
Thousand Club Hi-jinX next We'd
nesday-and in spite OF his grum!
bling, Mark admits that he would
like to see the affair
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18

Your Honor, We Object
Or perhaps it was Mrs. Margaret
Ann Christian, clerk of the court,
who should have objected. If you
go even farther, maybe the grand
jury had something to object
about, too At any rate, Mrs. Chris
tian couldn't read the handWrit-
ing of Mrs. A. B. Hanson when
she started TO call the roll of the
grand iury-and you should have
heard the names!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Anything But The Truth

Anything But The Truth
Opinions differed Saturday on
the amount of credulity members
should apply to next Fridays meet
ing of the Ell Centre KiWanis Glib.
You see, Gordon Scriven and Ray
nor Clemons were assigned to give
their life'S histories. AT last re-
ports, both had refused to be
placed under oath.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
All Puffed Up

All Puffed Up
His chest has expanded until he
is the biggest little man on the
police force, all because T. P. Par
mer became a grandad Friday.
Eulan Eddy Valuseck, six and
half pounds, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eddie Valuseck, is the newcomer,
born at San Diego. Mrs. Valuseck
was formerly Margie Fac Farmer.
Held That Line
Hey, wait up! You folks who
have been married 25 years or more
like Mr.. and Mrs. p. j. Ritzen-
thaler-can get your free tickets
during Anniversary Week at the
United Artists theater, as per the
Post-Press United Artists show
house arrangement, at the cinema
palaces ticket window. Only, they
aren't available until Anniversary
week, which begins Monday. They
will be handed out, by the way,
upon presentation Of a marriage
certificate or other suitable evil
dence of lengthy martial status.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
BY BARBARA BELL

Y yOUNG-LOOKING and refresh
" ingly new is this frock de.
I signed on your favorite Prin-
L cess silhouette. The slim line
Of the center panel is emphasized with
pointed collar and pointed patch
pockets. A further accent is the de-
fined waistline and the short, puffed
sleeves. Here is dress for travel
and business wear-and If you're q
home body, for luncheons and shop
ping. Make 1t up for immediate wear
in black linen with accents Of white
and for later in the newest Of the
late Summer fabrics, black satin.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1347-B is
designed for sizes IA, 1e, 18. 20; 40
and ~. Corresponding bust measure
ments 81, "a, 36. 3s, 40 and ~. Size
16 (3D requires 4ss yards Of IS or
80 inch material, plus II yard Of con-
trasting.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
Is easy to understand.
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Spring and Summer Pattern Book
Make yourself attractive, practical and
becoming clothes, selecting designs
from the Barbara Bell well-planned,
easy-to-make patterns. Interesting and
exclusive fashions for little children
and the dimcult junior age; slender
tdng well-cut patterns for the mature
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Evening star., 1937-07-15
My Neighbor Says:

Severe pruning will cause
young hedges to make heavy
growth near the bottom of the
plants. The result will be bushy,
thick hedges from top to bot
tom. When hedges look skimpy
and thin, the explanation usually
lies in the failure of the owner
to trim them several times q
season.
Not more than three ,eights
Of an inch of frost should be al
lowed to accumulate on the COOL
ing unit of your mechanical re-
frigerator before defrosting. The
oftener the door of refrigerator
Is opened the more moisture is
let in and the oftener the unit
will have to be defrosted.
Humidity, not heat, softens
crackers. They should be kept
in wax paper wrappings In q
tightly covered container when
not in use.
Linen closets may be made At
tractive by mailing q piece of
molding along the edge of shelves
and painting 1t in Z contrasting
color.
(copyright. l93S.)
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Danger in
Reflected
Sunlight
Use Plenty of Cream
and Oil Even on a
Cloudy Day.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

IT WAS one Of those days We call
unsettled" but the beach at
tracted hopeful crowd, hopeful that
the sun would put in an appearance.
Cover up-cover up, young man."
This time the male of the species
talking, one man to another (the one
being the father. the other his young
SOM. But, dad, the sun isn't even
out" the young one protestingly.
True, but skylight can burn you
quite as much as sunlight. You can
take my word for 1.-THE school Of
sad experience taught the lesson to
me when I was just about your age
or you can find out for yourself, if you
insist"
Then the father related his ex-
perience Of rowing fishing trip on
lust such an unsettled day as this"
:. not much sun in the sky. One
boy had a slicker on. He came out
OK. Two Of the boys'-"I was one
Of them-came out burned and
badly swelled sore ten
days in bed some of the other
boys teased us, said We weren't tough
enough, couldn't take it and that
hurt almost as much as the Skyburn
For a time We were scared of fresh
air. Dad insisted 60 fishing and
rowing again. just to make sure the
experience didn't leave too indelible
an impression. But we kept our shirts
on and put cream on our faces Z.
yes, cream Imagine real honest-to-
goodness he-men with cream. We
came home with fish and smiles and
no burn. And I haven't burned since
I've learned. believe me-"
The young one evidently did believe
His sweat shirt went on He covered
up. And made for his mothers bottle
OF oil which he applied generously
over face.
The men would have you believe
that it's all vanity-this business of
using creams and cosmetics. But the
wiser of the sterner sex are invading
their wives oil bottles and cream jars
And they are taking their sunlight
and skylight in studied doses. Most
men like to tan-a deep coat of tan
there's a definite masculine quality
about it. But that sort OF tan is
acquired gradually; the skin becomes
toughened to exposure, builds up re-
sistance, gets darker and darker
That's the sort Of tan that has no
burn or pain with it.
And most men, and women, too
are fast learning that reflected SUM-
light can be as definitely detrimental
and dangerous as direct sunlight
Cover up on bright day, and on a
day that is not so bright, too.
Evening star., 1937-07-15

IF YOU and your husband belong
to different schools Of thought about
whether clocks should be fast or on
the dot, don't tell us. We know
already. Your life is a shambles.
Yon can't arrive anywhere on time
unless you think you're late. You
don't feel that you're really getting
enough sleep unless you can sleep a
half an hour later than you think
you should. And so you have to keep
the clock half an hour fast. It's
very logical to you.
But then your husband, some morn
ing after you have fixed the clock to
suit your taste. dashes off to his train,
. and has to wait half an hour until
1t comes in. He never quite forgives
you.
II that's the way life is with you,
We think you'd better get an extra
clock. The only way to resolve the
time troubles in your married life is
TO have a clock apiece. Let your
husband set his by his ultra-correct
watch, and you can set yours by your
imagination. Then each Of you can
follow your own timepiece and prob
ably you'll both arrive at places just
the way you always did-one OF you
late and one of you early. JEAN,
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-07-15

though 1t is gradually running our
ability to really dine" or lunch"
daintily. and with leisure-it still
manages to uphold the best dietary
traditions, and usually gives us most Of
the vitamins and other food compo-
nents which the nutritionists tell us We
must have. The modern, up-to-date
American sandwich would astonish the
famous gentleman who originated the
idea OF placing = thick slice Of rare
English roast beef between two slices
OF bread. 80 that he would not have to
break up his card game in order to
partake OF food II the Earl Of Sand.
wlch could see today's version Of his
invention-he would not recognize it
as his own.
THE sandwich, which used to be the
mainstay OF the picnic, the long
excursion, and the tea hour. has now
invaded the sacred precincts of the
home. and appears in various guises
as the main dish for luncheon and for
supper. Open-faced models are most
favored for home consumption, and
practically any filling may be used-I
say filling" for want Of better word.
Youngsters like them, because they
save time, and also because they have
not yet become wholly divorced from
the glamour of the picnic era: men
enjoy them. as rule. because In hot
weather they are apt to be bit more
substantial than the delicate dabe OF
jelly and vegetables that constitute
many Summertime salad.
A few that find especially popular
combine several ingredients, which
offer q good balance in both diet and
flavor,
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Children
Jealous
Of Babies
Due to Preparation
Talks by Parents In
stilling Fear.
Underwood Photo.
BY ANGELO PATRI.
[>HE coming Of new baby to home

/ he CoiIAAAe VI y AAcN UdUy W q IlOIIlC
where there are other children IL
q matter OF deep interest to them. His
arrival is going to affect them in many
ways. 1t is sensible to prepare them
for the newcomer. The way this Is
done means = great deal to all con-
cerned
Lately saw a mother and her son,
5 years of age. The mother was In
great distress and the child was about
the most unhappy child have seen for
years. He hated his baby brother. He
could not be left alone near him for
the space Of an instant. He ragged
and hovled and kicked without ap-
parent cause. or at the slightest sug-
gestion Of cause He was wrecking
an otherwise happy home
1T all began when the baby came
I had talked to him and talked to
him about the new baby before he
came. I told him every day that no
matter how many babies came
would always love him the same. I
told him he needn't ever worry about
not being the only one. Daddy and
would always love him. He seemed to
think it was all right. but as soon as
the baby came he began like this, and
he gets worse every day. We Just
can't stand 1t any longer"
A child under years Of age does
not get much good out of talk. He
feels what We want to convey rather
than hears 1t in our words. It seemed
to me that the mother. in her anxiety
to have her little boy feel at ease
about the new baby. had conveyed her
fear and anxiety to the child and 90
set him in opposition to the new
conner. He thought that his mother
was telling him not to be afraid of
something. and he didn't know what
that something was. It was connected
with the new baby. When the baby
came he defended himself against the
things his mother had told him not
to fear, loss Of her love and attention.
loss OF place in the family, loss of face
generally. His tantrums were his
answer to the threat he felt in his
mothers repeated warnings.
Children Of or thereabouts ac-
cept bald statements with complete
satisfaction. We're going to have
new baby" is just such a fact as
they welcome. They will ask 4 few
questions. perhaps. Perhaps not. Now
II the family goes ahead on the basis
OF that fact and its casual acceptance
talk naturally about the coming child
from time to time. not dragging him
into the conversation, not poetizinp
not preparing" then things will 70
better.
In a family I knew the coming of
the baby was announced something
like this: Don't bother your mother
There's 4 baby coming and you have
to be careful" Then again, Don't let
your mother 60 up or down stairs.
You have to be careful Of her" ''Your
mother will have to rest now after
moons so you be careful not to disturb
her for anything. See how much you
can do so she won't have to think
about things 80 much"
When the baby came he came as 4
matter Of fact. Nobody was Jealous,
just interested.
Children do need teaching and train
ing and all that go with a good home
training, but they don't need too much.
They are children, = people somewhat
different from adults. Don't over
burden them.
(copyrisht. 1937J