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Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-28
IMPERIAL
BY JANE POOLE

Mrs. Charley Lane and daughter,
Marie, spent the past weekend in
Los Angeles visiting relatives.
George Conley returned early
Monday morning after spending the
weekend with his family in San
Bernariino.
A. Y. Preble returned from Los
Angeles Thursday evening where
he had been attending a State high
way convention.
Rev. j. 3. Brooks and Rev. A. l..
Simpson left Sunday morning for
Western University in Kansas City,
Kan, where they are studying
theology.
Herbert Harris, former resident
of Imperial and seventh grade
teacher in Lincoln grammar school
last year, spent Friday in Imperial
on business. He is principal of
McCabe school this year.
j. D. Huston of Los Angeles ar
rived in Imperial Sunday evening
where he will spend the next week
on business.
James Schoffield of Ell Centro was
in Imperial Monday afternoon on
business.
Mrs. R. B. Benson of Mesquite
Lake returned recently from a
years absence. She has spent that
time in San Jose and Los Angeles
and since her return she has been
living in BraW1ey.
Wayne Writ of Calipatria has re-
Gently accepted position with the
Imperial Irrigation District in the
survey crew. He is residing with
the Milton Chapmans.
Miss Shirley Rau celebrated her
birthday with matinee party Sat
urday. Six of her small school
mates were her guests and after
the show delicious refreshments
were served. Those present were
Mildred Webb, Joy Lawson, Lula
Mae Wright, Misaka Tanaka, Leslie
and Julia Wells and Shirley Rau.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Webb and
daughter, Mildred, motored to San
Diego Sunday and spent the day
with Webb's mother.
Harry Staub of BraWley was in
Imperial Monday afternoon on a
brief business trip.
Virginia Rae Preble, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs A. Y Preble, motored
down from San Diego, where she
is taking a business course, Thurs
day evening and returned to her
school Sunday evening,
Miss Helen Joy Kinnaird return
ed to San Diego Monday evening
after spending few days down
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Kinnaird. Helen Joy is con-
valeSclng from an appendicitis opef-
alton three weeks ago. Miss Kin
naird will spend about week rest
ing in San Diego and then resume
her work.
While she was in Imperial she
was hostess at a chicken dinner
given Sunday afternoon to which
all her school mates were invited.
Those present wer: Gladys Bosnian,
Virginia Rae Preble, Willie Alice
McCristy, Dovie Blackman, Earl
Hinson, Art Philbrick, Len Quals,
Less Blackman, and Harold john
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Leggett of
Calipatria spent Monday in I'M
perial on business.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-28
University Chief to
Visit in Ell Centre

Robert Gordon Sproul, president
of the University of California, is
planning to be in the valley on Oc-
tober 26 to confer with alumni in
the county, according to word re-
ceived by John F.. Andrews, jr, of
Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-28
Two Men Suspected
In Assault of Girls

SACRAMENTO Cal, Sept. %.
U.P)-Two men were held for grand
jury investigation today in con-
nection with the asserted rape of
two North Sacramento grammar
school girls, II and 13-year-old
sisters.
Both men, James Keables, 65-
year-old rancher and Ray Criss, 25,
issued blank denials of the girls
accusations.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-28
DEATH THREATENS SUDDEN END
TO SLEEPING SICKNESS VICTIM

medical history. It's actual cause
is believed to be encephalitis lethar-
gica sleeping sickness
Serums. drugs, fever therapy,
tried. II there was any response
to any of them, it was too small
to detect.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-28
ROBBED TO CLOTHE
STRIP TEASE DANCER

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. %. WR)-
Arnold Cohn, University of Cali
fornia student, must appear Thurs
day before Superior Judge Frank
Deasy to answer charges that he
held up II automobile service sta
tions to obtain money to clothe a
pretty, petite strip tease dancer.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-28
THIEF LOOTS
PACKING SHED

A burglar who specializes in cleo
trical contrivances was sought
Tuesday by Ell Centro police.
Employees of the Walter Hunt &
Son packing shed told officers that
burglar stole all electric wiring
and switch boxes from the shed
some time during the asst two weeks.
The thief took nothing else.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-28
Hearst-Owned Paper
Stops Publication

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. %. UP)-The
Transformed Bee-News suspended
publication with It's home edition
today, and announced that its cir
culation list and publishing plant
had been purchased by the Omaha
World Herald.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-28

maybe they've forgotten me-"
unused bald, bearded Willard
Hyatt, 83-year-old Burlington,
Mich, farmer, shown above
waiting for death beside the
tombstone he bought 18 years
ago. Hyatt, who has outlived
four wives, believed that be-
cause both his mother and
father died when they were 80,
he also would die at that age.
So he had a stone cutter carve
1884 on the headstone as the
date of his death. He lives on
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-28

AS federal agents intensified their
hunt for three escaped bank rob-
bers who fled the county Jail in
Cleveland, u. S. District Attorney
Emerich B. Freed of Cleveland is
sued a warning that anyone har-
boring any Of the three men
faced a minimum 10-year prison
penalty. Believed accompanying
the men, Charles and Frank Bird,
and James Widmer, are the young
wives Of the Bird brothers. All
three men escaped from the Mis-
souri, penitentiary last year. They
made their escape from the Cleve-
land Jail in a daring automobile
dash through the heart Of the
city, crushing a woman pedestrian
against a safety zone stanchion
in their fight.
Central Press
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11

dition to their usual complements, the two warships carried two batta- lions of bluejackets organized as q landing party.
 Japanese Anger Mounts
 Japanese anger mounted when, acc cording to Japanese navy men, an inquest on a Chinese militarized policeman killed in the Hungjao clash showed that Chinese, not Jap- anese bullets killed him.
 News from all over China was of the gravest sort. Both China and Japan made plans to evacuate thou sands of their citizens from each others territory. The Chinese for- eign office announced that the gov- ernment had chartered two steam ships to begin bringing Chinese from Japan.
 A United Press staff correspond ent at Shihcliiachuang, 160 miles southwest of Peiping, reported that Chinese troop movements continued and that fighting was expected at any time in the Paotingfii zone 90 miles southwest of Peiping.
 Two United Press staff corre- spondents northwest of Peiping watched preparations for an im- minent Japanese attack on Chinese massed at the Nankow mountain pass for the first big formal battle of the war. Japanese sources at Tientsin reported that the Chinese were withdrawing from the pass to stronger positions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11
AL JOLSON WAS
 FIGHTING MAD
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Coward Coward"
 He was covering the entire bal- cony with his gestures and his glares. In seconds after the bottle strusk, he had escorted Miss Keeler tenderly to an exit where she was waiting for him. Seeing that his challenge was not going to be ac- cepted. he joined her and they left.
 Struck Ruby's Face
 Several pieces of glass struck Miss Keeler'S face but she was not in- jured. Chico Marx, the piano play- CT of the Marx brothers. suffered @ slight cut on one hand. He, his wife, Betty, the Jolsons, and a num- Der of other movie luminaries, inc cluding Lupe Velez and Frank Fay, former husband of Barbara Stan- wyck, were at the ringside.
 The show was one of the weekly fights at the Auditorium, regularly attended by the star and players of the movies who include a number of ardent fans. Jolson, a close fol- lower of the ring, owns the con- tract of Henry Armstrong, e feath- erweight.
 Police Got Busy
 While Jolson was issuing his chal- lenges, for which he was wildly ap- plauded, police were busy in the balcony. They arrested Theodore Watts, 27, on suspicion of assault with Q deadly weapon, and held Otis Fleony, 24, as e material w.t. ness. Watts admitted that he had been drinking whiskey while watch ing the fight, but denied he had thrown the bottle.
 Bottles have been thrown at pre- vious fights and the Olympic Audi. torium has Q standing reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of persons who throw them. A fan of throwing a bottle in 8 San Francisco fight auditorium recently. was sentenced to two years 
 Last nights bottle. which travelled approximately 50 feet. interrupted a fight between George Godfrey. Pennsylvania negro. and Hank Han- kinson. of Akron, O., heavyweights Baer halted their fight for ten minutes. When it was resumed. Hankinson won on q technical knockout.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11

it's purpose. They hold that neu- trality control is no longer as neces- sary as it was in March and April when five European powers were all set to spring at each other with the hope of getting some advantage from Spain's ordeal.
 France and Britain continue to patrol the Nationalist coasts. France maintains her own gendarmes con- trol on the Pyrenees mountains frontier bordering Nationalist and Loyalist ground.
 Germany is playing an increas- ingly smaller role in the Spanish war. And from Nationalist source I am informed that there are bare- ly $500 German fighters left in Gen. Francisco Franco's army. These are all specialists, chiefly aviation and artillery men.
 6O,OOO Black Shirts
 There are about 60,Q00 Italian black shirt volunteers. They are not trained fighters but young men from the Fascist party who are get- ting their first war experience. Italian battalions are now brigaded with Franco's Foreign Legion. Other powers have been told that Musso- lni, while refusing to withdraw his troops, will send no more.
 It will be the task of diplomats in September to attempt a rapproach- ment between Italy on one hand and Britain and France on the oth- CT. This is not regarded as an inc surmountable task despite the pos- sibility that Mussolini may clash with the French popular front gov- ernment and its hatred of Fascism and Britain's determination to master the seas vital to her, in- cluding the Mediterranean and Red Seas, Is another problem which is believed here to be susceptible of so- lution.
 All in all, the feeling is that crisis have been solved before and that if more arise. they can be solved also.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11
TOWN CLERK TO
 SEEK NOMINATION
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Continued from Page D ments and published reports which have circulated since the recent conventions of the republicans and independent democrats, Miss Egan declares that there is precedent in local political history for her &C., cepting the endorsement of other parties. She recalls the action of the republican party nominating Judge Dennis J. Slavin for probate court prior to the official democra- tic probate convention when that judges name was preSented for nomination.
 IgnOrs Rum0rs
 Miss Egan explained today that in view of the fact that no one in an official capacity in the democratic party had informed her that she was to be replaced on the ticket, she was inclined to pay little or no attention to rumors and unsubstan- tiated stories in general. When 1t was published, however. that she had left the democratic paryt, she felt that 1t was time to call Q halt to all such speculation and to clarify her positoin. which she did very emphatically today.
 Will Seek Nomination
 So notwithstanding all rumors and reports, Miss Egan will seek the democratic nomination for town clerk in the approaching primaries and convention. She will base her campaign on her years of service to the City of Waterbury as a member of the democratic party. Miss Egan is not only seeking the nomination, but intimates she is preparing to fight for 1t as a privilege her record merits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11
Imperial Army Was
 Hurled At Chinese
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Ming Dynasty which ruled China three centuries ago.
 The Japanese front line is formed near the tonnbs.
 Facing 1t, according to farmer refugees who have come here, are the 25th, 84th and 89th Chinese divisions, entrenched and ready for battle.
 I arrived here with Robert Mac- Gregor of the United Press Peiping staff, to find 10000 Japanese sol- diers already in position. So immin- ent were hostilities that staff of- ficers, apologizing, said they could not permit us to visit the front line.
 Jap Troops Transports
 On the way up the Changping we found the road clogged with Jap- anese troop transports. We were between two long ammunition truck trains, and we counted 24 tanks, IT heavy field guns and howitzers and hundreds of carts carrying small arms ammunition and countless na- chine guns.
 We were tangled all day in col- umns of advancing tanks, artillery, infantry and cavalry.
 Japanese newspaper men are ar- irving with knapsacks on, apparent ly with information that they are going to follow the army up the Nankow range of hills.
 Trucks began arriving with train ed Korean mechanics, and slithered through the mud which an army always makes.
 It was a notable thing that, to any one familiar with military op- erations, 1t was obvious that half 6 dozen Chinese planes, bombing the roads, could have demoralized com pletely the entire Japanese concen- tration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11
TEACHER SUPPLY
 GROWING SCARCE

Hartford, Conn, Aug. ll.-(UP). A shortage of school teachers in Connecticut a year from this fall is predicted by State Commissioner of Education Ernest W. Butterfield.
 He said the teacher supply and demand would balance this fall, when about 800 positions would be filled by available teachers, between 400 and 500 of which are new. He pointed out that with continued prosperity there may develop a shortage. mainly due to marriages.
 We are developing from our teachers colleges now about 300 a year." he said. With continued h1- dustrial pickup. probably there will be about 500 acancies each year for the next few years. About next year, I suspect, we may be hunting for teachers. The supply of ccm- petent teachers which accumulates in depression years becomes ex- hausted in prosperous times"
 Tokyo, Japan, may compel Cts ll,000 taxicahs install metera
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11

(Continued from Page D
 matter are not held by those in- terested in proposal.
 It was remarked that Bridgeport has been working for two years on a proposal whereby several millions of federal funds might be made available there for @ similar pro- feet. Stamford has one such hous- ing development. Hartford has set up a housing authority but its status at the moment is not known.
 Wagner Act Provisions
 At present. the Wagner Housing Act, as passed in amended form by the Senate last week. would provide $700, 900, ,000 over a period of three years to construct $4,o00 houses, with $20,000,000 a year subsidy by the government to undertake rem tals in excess of intended costs to those of the lowest income group. It was estimated that between 5000 and 5000 heads of families in Wa terbury would come under the in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11

Continued from Page ) jority leaders rendition of Wagon Wheels" a prairie anthem with which the senator frequently en- tertains small social or political gatherings.
 But there was no direct word either of rebuke or forgiveness in the Roosevelt message for political torpeodes who blasted the supreme court bill.
 "The quality Of @ mans friend- ship" wrote MT. Roosevelt, always is . safe barometer of his character and in the case of Alban Barkley this is particularly true" He con- tinued to say that Barkley was not only a political friend but @ per- sonal friend. And perhaps as an indirect suggestion to some other senators that Barkley's virtues would become them, too, MT. Roose- welt continued.
 Why Distinguished
 T know that everyone present this evening will agree with me that Alben Barkley Is greatly distin- guished for the things he does not say as well as for the things he does say. Whether he was born that way or las acquired this mar vicious restraint through years of self discipline, I do not know. But I do know that 1t is a great asset.
 "He has two great assets for which he ought to be thankful and for which we are truly grateful sense of perspective whereby little things are not unduly magnifled and the larger things of life are not minimized, and e sense of humor which enables him to distink uish between the ridiculous and the serious.
 Any man who, when the discuss sion of some picayune subject waxes serious and acrimonious, can rise in his place and sing Wagon Wheels is a positive genius. He knows by sound instinct that on occasion party harmony is aided and abetted by close harmony"
 Garner Pleads Forgiveness
 Garner pleaded for forgiveness all around in the interests of party unity.
 Lewis warned against acceptin. that which is called democracy which has for its purposes tempo rary political success on the basis of destruction of property and in- fringemsnt of liberty"
 He amplifed his remarks for re- porters, as follows:
 "The difficulty with our splendid administration and our trustful president is that they are being overwhelmed by @ set of men who haven't the courage to be republi- cans or the intelligence to be dem. ocratS." The harmony motif was carried out in Q dessert decorated by candy peace doves. A large dove was suspended above the diners against Q wall. But the dove looked awful cold--awful dead" said Senator William H. King, dem ocrat, Utah. as he departed for home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11

Continued from Page D I understood right away what he was talking about"
 It was her opinion that the lan- guage barrier would prove to be a blessing There are few chances of disputes this way" she said.
 Archambaud said:
 T don't understan Q word she is salking about. but as long as I'm crazy about her, anything she says is okay by me-"
 The Guillou sisters felt they had made Q coup.
 All Love Americans
 Every French girl has the life- long hope that she will be able to marry an Americah," Fernando said. Tt may be the influence of the movies, but all French women con- slider Americans ideal husbands. They are gay, unselfish, affection ate and never beat their wives"
 Shapperly, student of chemistry who intends to quit the navy and work in Flaw River drug store, said he would marry his girl before leaving France. And when they set- tle down in North Carolina. he said,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11
European Diplomats
 Not War Worried
there was no serious trouble any where on the continent.
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there was no serious trouble any, where on the continent.
 Twenty Three Years Ago
 Twenty-three years ago the World War was in its second week and the French and Belgian armies were on their long retreat from the north which ended at the Marne in Sep- tember, 1914. This August the bick- ering diplomats slammed shut their desks and left their armies to sweat through the hot weather in ma- neuvers generally staged near the frontiers of potential enemies to familiarize the men with the ter- rain on which they might fight. Staged also to let the neighbors know that the war machine was hitting on all cylinders. It will be well along in september-unless something happens-before all the diplomats are back in chancellor les and embassies and the autumn diplomatic offensive begins with British Italian peace talks at Rome and the League of Nations assembly at Geneva.
 Problems Of Europe
 The following problems remain:
 l. Spain, with a growing indica-. ton that before autumn the powers will recognize the NationalistS as belligerents in the Civil war.
 2. Czechoslovakia, where there Is increased tension between Czechs and German minorities, which Czechs attribute to new anti-Czech agitation in Germany.
 3. The Balearic Islands off the east coast of Spain on Frances route to the African continent. France and Britain insist that Italy must evacuate the islands which 1t has occupied "in aid of the Na- tionalists" and has fortified, ac- cording to reports.
 1. Ethiopia, with prospects that this thorn in the leagues side will be drawn out by the simple process of declaring that Ethiopia has ceased to exist aS e state. The league assembly is expected to throw out Ethiopia as a member because Italy conquered her, and clear the way for resumed Italian cooperation.
 s. Mussolini,s pronouncement that Italy IS the protector of Islam: combined with the British and French accusation that Italy Is con. ducting subversive propaganda in Islamic colonies-Tunisia, Syria and Palestine, and in Egypt.
 Not Dynamite Enough
 None of these problems, as ex- perts see them now, contains the dynamite to set off European war. The feeling here-optiinistic ct preSent-is that all these questions are likely to be solved by diploma tic means before Christmas.
 The non-intervention plan in the Spanish civil war has collapsed. But many observers feel that 1t served
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11
By JOHN R. MORRIS

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 Copyright, 1887, by United Press)
 Shanghai, Aug. 11.-(UP)-A Jap- anese cruiser and destroyer, van- guard of Q battle fleet, arrived with achievements at Shanghai today after race at full speed across the China Sea from Japan.
 Eigteen more warships, loaded with bluejackets, were expected at any hour, Japanese sources said.
 As soon as the first two ships dropped anchor of the interna- tional settlement Japanese navy au- thorities confiscated all Japanese owned trucks in Shanghai.
 Most reliable informarfts said that the fleet left Japanese ports secretly and that 1t brought 5000 picked men who would bring the Japanese force available for 8 land ing party to a total of 5000.
 It was said also that men of one additional division, now in Japan but not previously mobilized, had been ordered to stand ready to come to China.
 ActlOn IS imminent
 Japanese believed that action was imminent. Japanese informants said that navy authorities here awaited only the arrival of the main body of their endorsements to hand the Chinese a series of stringent demands, probably in ultimatum form, based on the killing of Jap- anese navy officer and Q seaman in fight near the Chinese airdroine in the Hungjao suburb.
 The Japanese Domei news agency however, insisted that the Japanese authorities continued to believe that a peaceful settlement could be ef- fected by diplomatic means.
 It was explained that an autopsy on the body of the Chinese soldier slain in the Hungjao fight revealed positively that he was not shot from the automobile in which the slain Japanese were riding. The agency said Chinese officials signed the autopsy report virtually admitting the Chinese soldier was killed by his own comrades.
 News Is Very Grave
 News from all over China was of the gravest sort.
 Both Japan and China made plans to evacuate thousands of their cit- izens from each others territory.
 Northwest of Peipine two United Press staff correspondents watched preparations for an imminent Jap- anese attack on Chinese massed there, the first big formal battle of the campaign.
 At Peiping United States and other marines went on guard at the Soviet Russian embassy after receipt of reports that White Russians-al- iegedly agents of Japan-might seek to raid 1t as they did the Rus- sian consulate general at Tientsin.
 But the situation here was one of immediate gracity.
 Just before noon, the Japanese cruiser and destroyer steamed up the Khangpoo river past the ancient Chinese forts and dropped anchor near the Japanese Nippon Yusen Kaisha wharves of the information al settlement.
 Japanese sources said that in ad-