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Evening star., 1937-06-22
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MANNERS.

Our Emily Post seems to haze
been little bit ambiguous in a
recent piece about not bouncing up
and oiutng your bus seat to elderly
persons on the ground that they
may feel younger than you do.
At any rate an operative reports
having witnessed the case OF
young man ,Uho held seat at the
expense OF a do,Ud0er- looking
iDomdn. For blocks the young man
irds torn bet,veen 1Chat his mother
had told him and ,Uhdt he must
haze recently read in Mrs. Posts
column. Mrs. Post pon. but the
,porlan who did not get the seat
turned tt into sort OF Phpryic
uictory, NTH the observation to the
young man. as he left the bus;
'Nert time l see you. hope you
haze better manners"
THUNDER.
PILL CRANE. securities salesman
don't call him a bond salesman,
or. if you do, smile when you say it,
subj picked up an elderly gentleman
hitchhicker in Northeast Washington
recently. When the payless fare had
seated himself Bill remarked, What
do you think OF the market?" Well"
replied the oldster. I'm long on it. I
suppose you're short"
Bill took a look at his passenger. He
was we'll dressed, in fact rather dis
tinguished. MY name is Col. Cole"
continued the speaker Il loathe
busses and street cars. They make me
i'll. So usually wait and signal some
one in ar automobile who is going in
my direction. l find it very salts
factory
INCIDENT.
THIS story has all the earmarks of
Washington folklore, but they're
telling it around the Social Security
Board ofhces. 80 We'll tell it. too.
Seems Board Member Arthur J. Att
meyer gave a speech one night about
social security to large gathering.
On the way home he wondered
why Mrs. Altmeyer was so silent
finally asked her, We'll, how was the
speech?"
I'm not sure" said Mrs. Altmeyer.
There was a distinguished WELL
groomed man sitting next to me, who
kept turning to me and saying, What
a bore this Altmeyer is!'
Who was it?" demanded Mr.. Alt
meyer.
I'm coming to that" said his wife.
you see, finally asked the gentle
man II he knew who was. He said
he didn't and I told him. Then he
said to me, Do you know who amp
I said, No Whereupon he said,
Thank God reached for mis- hat and
Evening star., 1937-06-22

South Africa has . satety.first
drive.
Evening star., 1937-06-22

Record fer Last - Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. Sc. At pm. yesterday. Year
Afo, 70.
Lowest. 66, at an. today, Year
ago. 81.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, a3. on April IS
Lowest, 10. on February IS.
Humidity for Last 81 Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayl
Highest IS per cent. At $40 Yesterday.
Lowest 80 per cent. at noon today
Tide Tables,
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Report for Last ~ Hours.
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Tide Table.

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
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The Sun and Neon.
Precipitation,

Automobile lights must be turned on
Sne-half hour after sunset. va
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Group Organized
To Boost Travel
Along Highway 80

Problems connected with travel
on highway 80 between Imperial
Valley and San Diego are the OBJ
ject of the Highway so chamber
of commerce organized in Pine
Valley Friday night.
All communities bordering the
route between San Diego and Ell
Centre are included in the new
group, Ell Centrans said after they
returned from the meeting Parti-
cular interest was shown in the
improvement of Inkopah Gorge or
Mountain Springs grade as it is
deemed traffic hazard.
Meetings will be held once a
month in the towns situated on
the l25 mile road under the direc-
ton of John Rettick of Ell Caion.
elected president Friday night.
The Ell Centre delegation includ-
ed H. R. Anderson, vice-president
of the Ell Centre chamber of COM
merce; Leo Hetzel, Walter C. Mac
Donald and Robert HAYS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Youth Admits He
Sent $1,000 Threat
Note to Film Star

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. IS. UR)-A
20 year old Michigan farm youth
confessed early today, according to
the sheriff's office, that he mailed
letter demanding $1,000 to Marion
Davies, motion picture star.
The youth gave the name of John
Timney. He was Jailed on an eX-
tortion complaint filed by federal
agents.
The letter was mailed Tuesday
to Miss Davies Santa Monica home
The blonde actress turned it over
to authorities ana a trap was laid
for the writer. Two woman in
vestigators dressed as Miss Davies
waited in front of the California
theater here and a showhouse of
the same name in Venice. The let
ter hal not designated which was
to be the rendezvous. But the
writer did not appear. Timny said
he meant the Los Angeles theater,
and he was watching the entrance
through the window of his room
nearby. He apparently did not rec
ognize the disguise as that of Miss
Davies
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
SENATOR SEES
SIMPLIFYING
IVA SYSTEMS

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 UP)-
Senate Majority Leader Alben w.
Barkley, D., KY, today said that
there may be simplification" of
the proposed regional planning
legislation which would be intend-
ed to lessen controversy over esta-
blishment of seven additional IVA
systems in the nation.
At the same time Speaker Will
liam B. Bankhead said that under
tentative plans the house will be-
gin it's legislative work Tuesday by
starting consideration of the first
of two government reorganization
bills. Monday both houses will hear
President Roosevelt's special mes
sage.
Barkley, following a conference
with President Roosevelt this NOR
ming, also said that "in my judg-
ment, we cannot act this session"
on proposals for. amendment Of
the undistributed profits tax to re-
lieve new and debt burdened COR
porationS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Move to Cut Off
Madrid Forecast

HENDAYE, FRANCO SPANISH
FRONTIER, Nov. 13. U,R)-Fierce
engagements directly south of Ma
drid were reported in dispatches
to the border today to be prelude
to Nationalist attempt to encircle
the city.
Military observers on the border
believed that it was the opening
move of ''pincer" push to cut off
Madrid from all outside communica-
tions. 1t was said that it would be
timed with the Nationalist big
push" on the Aragon front north
east of Madrid.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
VESSEL SINKS
DURING GALE
ON ATLANTIC

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 CUP) -
A Greek freighter sank today in
storm that ragged over the At
lantic seaboard, damaging shipping
and grounding airplanes.
The weather. bureau ordered
storm warnings hoisted from At
lantic City to Sandy Hook in ad-
vance of a disturbance of marked
intensity" The Greek ship Ten
ny-Chandria OF Chios began send
ing distress signals before dawn
and D. c. Mallory tanker, Swift
sure, raced to her aid 40 miles off
Cape Hatteras. NC, where a life
boat bearing six men was picked
up.
The rescued sailors indicated
that a second lifeboat carrying IA
men was adrift in the storm swept
seas and that eigh other men had
leaped into the ocean in lifebelts.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

ginning here in the morning,
t h e mediation conference
moved to Yuma in the after
noon, with hopes that the
strike will be settled and
laborers will be back on the job
by Monday.
Hope for peace in the gravest
labor trouble yet encountered on
the All American canal project
was strengthened by the attitude
of striking laborers.
No Trouble
I'VE do not want trouble" said
w A Edwards, member of the
strike committee. 1--WE will not
cause any trouble on the job. We
want to see this thing settled
but we do demand a wage scale
high enough to pay us a living
wage. A man cannot support a
family very well on S18 week
and when you don't get enough
work to pay you even that much,
Well-Something has got to be
done"
Edwards is married and has three
children.
The strikers, meanwhile, denied
charges by George Peterson, con-
'struction superintendent on the
job, that they had walked off, leav-
ing wet cement to spoil and raw
cement exposed to a possible rain.
THE company was granted a
crew of men to cure all the cement
that has been poured and to cover
all the cement on the ground to
prevent rain damage. All govern
ment property was protected" said
N. L. Mullenix, business agent for
the carpenters union, and H. l..
Arnold, representative of the la
borerS
While peace negotiations were
In progress, picketS continued to
patrol sectors OF the canal covered
in the Peterson contract. Their
primary duty, said the strike COM
mittee, is to warn laborers that
there is strike in progress. They
are instructed to avoid violence,
the committee said
IL Structures
The so-called Peterson contract
is now held by the Pacific Coast
company, which took over the job
as agent for the Seaboard Surety
company, bonding firm, when the
Peterson firm met financial diff
ficulties. The job is still known
on the canal as the Peterson job,
however. -
The contract covers u structures
scattered along 15-mile stretch
of the canal, beginning seven miles
Continued On Page 2; Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
MALNUTRITION
CLAIMS BABYS
LIFE AT CAMP
Infant in GrandmOther's
Care While Parents
Go on Trip

HOLTVILLE, Nov. 13.-
Malnutrition and dysentery
claimed the life of Walter
Claude Griffith, six-month-
old baby, at a Holtville auto
camp late Friday.
The baby was left in cabin at
the camp in the care of his grand
mother, Mrs. Clara Griffith, and
his aunt Merrie Griffith, 16, by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Griffith, officers discovered after
the death was reported. The par
ents went to Bard, the grandmother
said, week ago. They took 22-
month-old son with them.
When the baby in the grand
mothers care became Ill several
days ago, she consulted physi-
clan. She said she had no money
to buy medicine or certain food
recommended. She told officers
she tried to feed the baby sweet
ened condensed milk and sweet
ened malt but he would eat very
little of it. She declared she had
nothing else to feed him.
The body was taken to the Lem
ons mortuary pending investiga-
tions of the cause of the child's
death. Burial is scheduled to be
made at Evergreen cemetery Sun
day. No inquest was held. The
parents returned to Holtvihe when
informed Of the death OF their
SON
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

SbdIco, bllJdlll anu FIdllCt.
Count Luigi Aldrovandri- Mares
cotti, Italian delegate who has per-
sistently defended japan before
the conference, flatly rejected the
declaration of condemnation.
The declaration was preceded by
speeches of delegates of the prin-
cipal powers, including Norman H.
Davis Of the United States, who
warned Japan that it was to her
own material interest to cooper
ate in ending the war with China.
After expressing hope that Japan
would change her attitude, the
draft declaration Said:'
IF, however, this proves not to
be the case, the representatives
met in Brussels must consider
what is to be their common atti-
tude ina situation where one
party to an international treaty
maintains, against the views of all
other parties, that the action which
is to be taken does not come within
the scope of that treaty and claims
to set aside provisions of the treaty
which the other parties hold to be
operative in the circumstances"
The declaration firmly rejected
all of Japan's arguments to justify
her invasion of China, including
the contention that Japan is try
ing to prevent the spread of COM
munism, declaring:
THE representatives met in
Brussels are moved to point out
that there exists no warrant in
law for the use by any country
of armed force for the purpose
of combating in another country
the spread of a political doctrine,
and that the logical conclusion of
any general assumption of such
a right would be International
anarchy
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
SLAYER SLITS
OWN THROAT
IN ALCATRAZ

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 CUP)
Edward Wutje, 36, of San Diego,
serving 27 years for murder on
the high seas, committed suicide
on Alcatraz prison early today by
tieing blade from a pencil
sharpner to the handle of safe
ty razor blade and cutting both
sides of his jugular vein.
Warden James j. Johnston said
it was the first case of suicide
since the island prison was opened
as a federal penitentiary in Au-
gust, 1884
Guards discovered Wutje about 3
O'Clock this morning. He was alone
in his cell, bleeding from gashes
in his neck.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
CANAL WALKOUT MEDIATED
JAPAN TROOPS.
SMASH tn R u
DEFENSE LINES
Nipponese, Using Tanks,
Continue Devastating
Shanghai Drive

SHANGHAI, Nov. 13.
(UP)--Japanese troops have
smashed through the Chi
nese defense lines Is miles
northwest Of SHANGHAI. it
was announced today. 1t was be-
lieved that the Chinese would be
forced to withdraw westward all
all along the southern part of their
line.
The move was the second phase
of the japanese drive to isolate the
Chinese from the country's COM
mercial capital.
japanese troops advancing from
the northeast and southeast hit the
Chinese "Chiang Kai-Shek" line at
Kaiting, Is miles northwest OF
Shanghai at its strongest points.
Tanks entered the city first a Jap
anese spokesman asserted, and in
fantry consolidated the capture.
The victory was regarded as one
of the biggest single ones of the
Shanghai campaign. Kaiting has a
strong wall and is bounded on three
sides by deep creeks.
Move to Hills
Chinese admitted that at the
south end of their long line, in
the Sunkiang sector southwest of
Shanghai, their men were with
drawing westward to the hills where
they might resist to better effect.
Japan's victory was bringing nor
mallty to Shanghai today. OuJ IN
the suburbs, United Press cores
pcndentS found the streets and the
fields dotted with bodies of Chinese
soldiers and farmers. Many lay in
bitches. The thunder of guns was
family audible in the suburbs, but
in Shanghai proper there was no
sound of the war that had ragged
continuously for more than three
months.
Traffic Resumed
Small boats resumed their traffic
up the Whangpoo river past the OBJ
Structive boom which the Japanese
had blasted open. There was smoke
for the first time in weeks, from the
chimneys of some factories on the
Pootung side.
In the International settlement
it was announced that the Cathay
hotel ballroom would be open to-
night with "Sids Syncopators" Of
ficiating. In real life, the Is men
of "Sid's Syncopators' are the
bandsmen of the United States
cruiser Augusta.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
JUDGE HOLDS
BAN K R UPTCY
ACT ILLEGAL
Court Bound by Ruling
Of Supreme Court,
Says Jurist

FRESNO, Cal, Nov. 13.
(UP)-Federal Judge Leon
Yankwich today ruled the
federal municipal bankrupt
cv act was unconstitutional
on the grounds 1t was an inter-
ference of state rights.
1t was the second time that such
an act was declared unconstitution-
al. The supreme court of the Unit
ed States outlawed the 1884 act
in May, 1896.
The attack on the constitutional
ity of the law was brought by bond
holders of Tulare county's Strath-
more-Lindsay Irrigation District OF
California.
Judge Yankwich declared that
his decision may be appealed di-
rectly to the United States supreme
court under provisions of the new
judiciary reform act. The act he
ruled upon approved by President
Roosevelt on Aug. 16,1937.
The jurist said he was bound by
the decision of the supreme court
on the original law in making his
decision.
GAS a student. I agree with the
minority decision concurred in by
four justices of the supreme court.
but as judge, I have no right of
private judgment and must apply
the law as upheld by the majority" :"
Yankwich said
The decision upheld the conten-
ton of the bondholders that an ir-
rigation district is a governmental
agency and therefore not subject
to the bankruptcy power of con-
oreSS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
WRIGHT HEARS
SELF ACCUSED

GLENDALE. Cal, Nov 13 (UP)-
Paul A. Wright, one of the nations
leading aviation executives, stoo1
with military bearing in munich
pal courtroom here today and
heard himself formally accused of
the white flame" murder of his
comely wife and his best friend.
Wright's arraignment took less
than five minutes. After Judge
Frank Lowe read the complaints
charging Wright with the double
murder of his young wife, Evelyn,
28, and John C. Kimmel, 35, traf-
fic manager of the Union Air
terminal of which Wright was
president, he set the preliminary
hearing for next Thursday:
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

ful, to boost wage scales for COM
mon labor
The prediction was based on the
fact that the average common la
borer on the canal project receives
so cents an hour for his work, and
the Peterson laborerS are demand
ing go cents an hour. They have
been receiving As cents.
If laborers on the Peterson con-
tract are successful in forcing an
increase to the 60-cent scale, la
borers on other contracts will fol-
low suit it was believed.
Against this belief was the pos
Sibility that peace negotiations
carried on today by agents of the
federal labor relations board will
result in compromise on the wage
scale. Further bulwark against a
general strike on the project is
the possibility that should the
Peterson workers receive the full
60 cents an hour they demand, 9TH
er contractors will voluntarily neg
otiate adjustments with their la
borerS.
Surveying possibilities in the
current strike, observers speculated
on its outcome should the con-
tractor refuse to agree to any labor
demands or compromise. In that
event, officials said, the United
States bureau of reclamation might
take over the contract under force
account labor, forcing the bond
ing company to pay for costs above
total of the contract. Laborers in
that case would be paid on a scale
set up by the government.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
MINERS HURT
IN EXPLOSION

PRINCETON, Ind, Nov. 10 CUP)
Two miners were killed and
third burned seriously by gas
eXposion which ripped through
Kings Station company mine early
today and imprisoned "a other
workers for three hours.
The survivors groped their way
two miles through debris -strewn
corridors to the shaft and safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
San Diego Counts
48th Auto Death

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Nov. 13. (UP)
Frank Morikawa, 81, became San
Diego's 48th traffic victim of the
year today, despite intensified po-
lice efforts to curb the mounting
toll.
Morikawa was horribly mangled
and both legs were nearly ampu-
tated when he was struck by an
automobile and crushed against
small truck from which he was
purchasing fish.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
FORMER STAR
OF STAGE DIES

SANTA MONICA. NOV 13 up
Mrs. Leslie Carter, for years one Of
Americas brightest stars of the
stage, died at her home here today
of a heart ailment
She was seized with a severe
attack a month ago and several
times had appeared on the verge
of death. but each time rallied and
briefly improved Late today. her
condition again took turn for the
worse and she died at lis pm
She was rs.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
BOMBS PERIL
SON OF DUCE

ROME, Nov. 13. CUP) 1t was
reported reliably in aviation cir
cles today that Bruno Mussolini
son of the premier. narrowly es-
capped death on Tuesday when
Lovalist air bombs fell in an air.
field at Majorca near the entrance
to a hangar where he was con-
versing with group Of fellow
Italian aviatorS.
A bomb fell a short distance from
the group and the explosion knock
Ell the fliers to the ground. Mus
solini escaped injury.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

munity for another year.
Committees representing the vari-
Gus agencies compiled budgets TO
cover their operations In the next
II months and quota for the town
was set.
Solicitors hope to raise $4,000 In
time for the final report luncheon
scheduled for the California hotel
at noon Tuesday
Committees are continuing their
solicitation until the final moments
OF the drive Keller said Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Salesman Fractures
Neck in Jail Plunge

TURLOCK, Cal. Nov 13 UP)-
Clark o. Stewart. %, auto sales
man, suffered fractured neck to-
day after attempting to commit
suicide by hanging himself in Tur-
lock city Jail Stewart, held on a
petty theft charge, fashioned a
moose from a blanket but the moose
apparently broke, plunging his
head into the iron cell wall
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
STRIKE SPREAD
FEARED ALONG
ALL-AMERICAN

YUMA Nov 13. (Special)-A strike of all common
aborers on the All American canal project foreseen
today conditioned upon the of the wakout of
workers the Peterson obstruction company job and
the failure of contractors if the strike is
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

cash to help swell the fund needed
to keep the Campfire Girls. Girl
Reserves, Red Cross, Boy Scouts,
Parent-TeacherS association, Hipass
Health camp, and the Hard of Hear
ing society operating in the COM
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

Tie was Visited By Solici1lng COM.
mitteeS. He said he was missed in
the drive of last year and wanted
to be certain he contributed in the
1887 campaign. The check was
generous one. Keller said.
Others handed in checks and
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Peace Negotiations Get Under Way Yuma to Settle Strike
Paralyzing Construction on Fifteen Miles of
All American; Wage Demand Heard


boardar
of Be
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Condemn Japan!
Powers Urge at
Brussels Meet
Italy Flatly Rejects Proposal Offered
By U. S., Britain, France, With
Threat of Stronger Steps

BRUSSELS, Nov 49, (UP)-A draft declaration say
ing that Japan out of step with the rest of the world
and that the far eastern conference will envsage stronger
if she refuses to make peace with China
submitted to the conference today behalf of the United
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
VOLUNTARY GIFTS
PIP Up FUNDS DRIVE

Voluntary contributions to the character building fund
Saturday popped up the interest of compagn committees
Saturday and they doubled their efforts to close the an
nua drive by Tuesday. One Ell Centre resident handed
a. H. Keller general chairman. check Saturday before
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

Wnefe, Sa1d tIe newspaper re-
porter, ARE the pickets?"
He had arrived on the struck
, Peterson job Oh the All American
canal to see first-hand what was
going on.
"They have gone home" said a
loiterer. looking at wrist watch
1T is past o'clock, and they are
union picketS.'
Time TO Give Up
Everyone who is apt TO know has
been besieged lately with the query,
"Will We be allowed TO hunt pheas-
ants t0is year.
1t has been published before, but
for the sake of those who missed
the news, RR answers, "No-not
unless you want to go to Jail"
PPgc The Florists
Ross Hickcox bought a Buick
this week, and therein lies story.
Ross was buying himself a present
AN anniversary present.
"On the 10Th of this month" he
remarked by way OF explanation,
II will have been in Imperial Valley
l9 years. It's cause for celebration" "
Out of The Running
Massey Horton, hereafter will be
careful who he chooses as a Wrest-
ling opponent. Massey Sprained a
finger in an impromptu match the
other day when his foe tried to
bend the digit back to touch Mas
sey's wrist, and now the druggist
finds that his injury keeps him
from the golf course. and will for a
month or so. And Massey's locker
room game is costly.
Back Sea- Driving .--..- =.
From his time-out conversation,
it was evident that the chap in the
gran1stand at the Ell Centro- -Braw-
ley high school game Friday night
was a member of the BraWley
Junior college football squad, and a
substitute, and also that he hadn't
seen action in the Junior college
game at BraWley Thursday after
noon.
There came a lull in the game,
and the Brawley high school coach
sent in three substitutes. The
BraWley junior collegian, sighting
Junior College Coach Harry Yochem
of Brawley on the sidelines nearby,
beloved:
"Yothem-look! He's substituting
See! He's substituting"
O.
The Fourth Alarm
RR who has heard the fire de-
partments Big Bertha through all
her stages of tonsilitis, laryngitis.
influenza and various types of bad
colds-to say nothing of the times
she is in good voice-lived in mo-
mentary expectation Friday night
that the fire department would
mistake Dutchy Van Nostrand's
roofing at the football game for
the sirens voice, and send all the
departments equipment out post
haste. A that, considering the
score of the game, it would have
been a false alarm.
Advertising Pays
Now. perhaps. Bert Lemons will
believe that advertising does pay.
Friday afternoon he put an ad in
the paper suggesting that he would
like to see 5000 people at the foot
ball game that night And did
you see the crowd!