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Evening star., 1937-02-01
US. SENDS 10000
RELIEF WORKERS.
Roosevelt Plans RehabiIita-
:tion Program-seo0,o 0,o00,-
600 Bill Is Debated.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt learned today
that 100000 Federal relief workers are
on the job aiding nearly a million
persons whose homes were flooded by
the rampant Ohio Mississippi Rivers.
He awaited report Of his Flood
Commission, which started a weeks
inspection tour of flooded areas today,
before completing plans for an Or
ganized rehabilitation program.
The Red Cross, which added 10000
persons to its rolls in "a hours, counted
956,603 persons whose homes had been
flooded. OF these 676,176 had aban-
doned their homes
Works Progress Administration Of
hcials expected 175,O00 Government
workers would be in the flood area by
the end of this week.
Red Cross Goal Near.
Contributions of ss,3l9.500 swelled
the flood-relief fund towards the Red
Cross goal of slO,OO0,o0O.
Senate approval of the 5000 100000
def1ciency-relief bill, expected soon by
administration leaders, would provide
funds for carrying on emergency flood
work of the Government. The House
approved the bill last week.
Rain or snow, predicted by night
fall for much Of the ood-damaged
country, was expected to add to the
misery of refugees. The rustic heat
ing arrangements of $50 Red Cross
concentration camps and 108 field
hospitals were prepared to cope with
colder weather up and down the flood
sector.
Morris L. Cooke, an engineer who
serves as rural eiectrification admin
Lstrator, said the disaster showed "a
lot less rainfall will make a lot bigger
flood today than it would have rs
years ago.
Soil Erosion Deplored.
Cooke agreed with H. H. Bennett,
Soil expert, and F. A. Silcox, forest
service chief, that man-made changes
in the land have speeded the run-off
after rain.
Nearly two and a half tons of rich
topsoil washed off each Of the 127,-
100000 acres inundated along the
Ohio. Bennett and Silcoy said. They
called for long-range soil-sav!ng
program. carried out over 80 or 40
years.
i don't know of anything to en-
courage floods that We have left un-
DONE" said Bennett. He mentioned
burrows plowed up and down, instead
of around. hills: gullies slashed into
the acres left bare of vegetation, land
stripped of its forests. To these,
Cooke added the bitches along Amer
aca's 100000 miles of highway as
factor in Fastening water to the rivers.
Bennett and Silcox, in joint state
ment, said the flooded area formerly
was SO per cent covered by forests,
compared with 81 per cent forest
land now. About IS per cent of the
entire area was erroded, so that
water rushed unhampered down gull
lies and crop burrows. they said.
1T should be understood that there
Is no overnight, patent medicine REM
edy to prevent floods" they said.
Evening star., 1937-02-01

Continued From First Page)
moned officials of the United Automo-
bile Workers of America and other
strike leaders into court early this
afternoon at Flint. Mich, to show
cause why a mandatory injunction to
compel immediate evacuation Of the
strikers should not be granted.
The petition, filed last week, re-
vealed that the men were mo longer
in the employ of the company" Homer
Martin, president of the u A. w. A.,
and 20 other labor leaders were named
defendants.
The occupation of the two Fisher
Body plants at Flint by the strikers
since December 80 has been the OBJ
etacle blocking State and Federal gov
ernmental endeavors to arrange a
peace parley between the corporation
and the union.
Murphy Pushes Mediation.
1t was known here that Gov. Murphy
had communicated with various
principals over the week end. What
Evening star., 1937-02-01
APPEAL |SL0ST
BY DUTCH Irwin
He and Six Associates Must
Serve Terms on Gam.
ing Charge.

The United States Court of Ap-
peak today affirmed the conviction
last year of Morris e. (Dutch) Irwin
and six OF his associates on gambling
charges. Irwin, police said. was one
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Strike

Continued From First Page.)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
Survey Reveals
Thirty-one Clear
Days During July

Temperatures ranged up and
down the thermometer in July to
strike high of 1T degrees and a
low of 72 degrees.
The highest temperatures was re-
corded July 2 and 3 and the lowest
on July Is. Howard Emmons, OBJ
server for the United States wealth
er bureau, said the greatest daily
range in temperature was 40 de-
greeS.
Every day in the month was
clear. The months two rain storms
took place during the night hours
on the twenty-third and twenty
eighth. This enabled Imperial VAL
ley to keep its sunshine record in
tact. Mean maximum temperature
for the month was 1925 while the
mean minimum was 1873 degrees
Mean temperature was 939. The
high for the month
was IL of an inch on the twenty
eight. The total for the month was
%. The maximum wind velocity
was 36 miles per hour at $50 o'clock
July %.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
GREEN OPPOSES
WAGE HOUR
LEGISLATION N

WASHINGTON, Aug. CUP)-
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor took
direct hand in the house wages
and hours controversy today, urg-
ing house labor committee members
to stand by their present stringent
draft of the measure.
Green said as he went in to the
committee room that the less draS-
tic senate-approved bill which
house leaders wish the committee
to report is mot satisfactory to Or
ganized labor.
Green said that his major objec-
tion to the senate bill was "its lack
of protection for collective bargain
ing gains of organized workers"
He declined to cite any other
specific objections to the measure.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
D E 7 E N ITO N
HON ( HELD
| MAD DEQUATE
Thompson Asks Repairs
In Letter to
Board

In a letter read at the
county board of supervisors
meeting M on day, Judge
Vaughn N. Thompson asked
the board to make the juven-
lie detention home adequate and
fireproof, increase the personnel of
probation and juvenile departments
of the county, buy new car for
the department. and increase the
salary of the department head.
The detention home at Imperial,
the judge pointed out in his letter,
is not adequate to the increasing
demands made upon it, He reqest-
ed that the strong rooms used for
unruly children be made available
for use. They were abandoned be-
cause the state fire warden de-
clared them unsafe.
Judge Thompson urged that a
male deputy be added to the per-
Sonnel as the present staff has
too much work to do. The work,
he declared, is increasing constant
"
Five years ago a car was bought
for the juvenile department. 1t
has covered 10000 miles. He thinks
the staff deserves one capable of
answering the demands put upon
il.
The present salary of the depart
ment head is the lowest paid any
similar officer in the same county
classification in the entire state.
Supervisors received a check for
S950.15 from the state department
of public health as the subsidy due
the county hospital for the care
of tuberculosis patients during the
half year ending Dec 81. 1886.
The board expressed approval of
resolution recently passed by the
Los Angeles county board of super
visorS. The Coast county will care
for its own indigentS but refuses to
accept them from other nations,
states or counties. Employable in
digentS will be forced to work and
earn their way
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
NO VACANCY
IN COURT,
SAYS BORAH

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. U.P)-
Sen. william E. Borah, R., Ida,
today in the senate denied that
any vacancy existed on the su-
preme court despite retirement
of Justice Willis Van Devanter.
He told the senate that vacancies
on the court could be created
only by impeachment, resignation
or death.
BOrah said he believed Attor-
ney General Homer S. Cum
mings had raised that question
with President Roosevelt yester-
day in his advisory opinion to
the White House declaring a re-
cess appointment to the court
to be constitutional.
Tn my opinion there is no va
cancy," Borah said in resuming
the court discussion which arous-
ed protest against the possibili-
ty that Mr.. Roosevelt may de-
lay until after congress adjourns
the nomination of a successor
to Van Devanter.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
M. ]. M u N son
CHOSENCOUNTY
LEGION HEAD
Holtville Man Replaces
Mike Zavala of
Ell Centric

Martin Munson of Holt
vile was elected commander
of the | m p eria | County
Council of the American Le-
gion at a meeting in Ell Cen
tro Monday night.
He takes the place of Mike zav-
ala, who headed the organization
this year. Charles Sperry of Cali
patria was elected vice commander.
Other officers are appointive.
Plans for participation in the
state department convention were
completed Money was voted for
a float to enter in the parade and
a committee appointed to have
charge of it. The committee fol-.
lows: Charles Nice of Brawley; H.
K. McClimanS of Ell Centro; and
Claude Ritter of CaleXico.
Parade uniforms for the Impe-
rial Valley delegation will consist
of: white trousers, sports shirts,
shoes, and helmets to be worn with
gold and blue sash. The helmets
will bear ribbons marked Imperial
Valley Delegation" 1t was an
nounced that the twenty second
district and the fifth area of the
Legion passed resolutions urging
the state department to contribute
funds to Hipass Health camp, pet
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
LUXURY AIR
LINER PLUNCES
IN 7 0 0 CEAN
Little Hope Held
For Passengers
And Crew

CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone,
Aug. 3. (UP)-Little hope
was held today for the lives
of Ia persons, including two
children, who were in a Pan
AmericanGrace Airways twin-mo-
tored Sikorsky plane which became
lost in a rainstorm over Cristobal
last night and apparently crashed
into the Caribbean sea.
A fragment of an engine section
the housing of Naspell motor
was found floating 20 miles from
the Colon breakwater light in the
Caribbean by navy airplane pilot.
The pilot, Lieut.. C. Adair, report
ed that there was no sign of life
in the vicinity of the wreckage.
Two navy destroyers steamed to
the scene.
No word had been heard from the
plane since 7:30 last night when
it reported it was nearing Cristo-
bal in a rainstorm after a flight
from Cali, Colombia, the last leg
of run from Santiago, Chile.
The plane was piloted by Stephen
S. Dunn, who has been working
for Pan-American Grace for six
years. Co-pilot was Lawrence Ar
nolds Bickford and the Steward
was Herman Diez Canseco.
The II passengers were:
Thomas Wakely of the National
City Bank, New York, en- route
from Santiago, Chile, to the United
States.
Rex Martin of the department
of commerce, Washington, en- route
from Guayaquil, Ecuador, to Girls
tobal.
c. @. Caldwell, department of
commerce, Washington, en- route
from Lima, Peru, to Cristobal.
Oscar Miller, Ford Motors Ex-
port company, en- route from Qua
yaquil to Cristobal.
Sam Oliver, address unknown,
en- route from Guayaquil to Cris-
tobal
P. w. Krumle, address unknown,
en- route from Gale to Los Angeles.
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

crop harvest IN this area is plan
ned by Livingston as a part of the
continuation of the policy of CO.
operation with agriculturists. Crops
to be ready for harvest soon in
clude, corn, cotton, asparagus, and
sugar beetS. These crops will re-
quire hundreds of harvest hands,
said Livingston.
Many different working areas are
offered by the employers because
of the crops and the location of
the fields. Work will be available
for single men, married men, and
whole families, Livingston contin-
ued. In some areas there are free
camping facilities and good water
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
SAILOR UNION
VOTES AGAINST
LEWIS G.. /. @.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 8. (UP)-.
Locals of the Sailors union of the
Pacific voted last night against af-
filiation with the Committee for
Industrial Organization, it was an
nounced today by Harry Lundeberg,
secretary of the union.
Lundeberg said the ballot against
CLIO. was in the form of locals con-
curing in reports from the west
coast seamen's conference held here
last week.
He reported that, as a result of
the vote, the union would not send
delegates to the CLIO. unity confer
ence in Chicago August Is.
Lundeberg contended the C.LO.
was attempting to set up "a dicta-
torship of the worst order and no
west coast seamen can go for such
a procedure
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
GOVT. PLANS PR ODE INTO
TRANSIENT LABOR SETUP

by hoboeS, nomadic job-hunters or
potential pioneer stock. I am con-
vinced that if the latter is the
case, it is a natural phenomenon
occasioned by the fact that pre-
sent day wanderers must come west.
It's the gold rush all over again,
with opportunity Instead of quartz
lodeS as these peoples goal
Renshaw said that II California
has a large percentage of migra-
tory workers, work or money must
be found for them in the winter
when harvesting has ended. '
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

challenges Mr.. Roosevelt's presum-
ed intention to delay until congress
adjourns the nomination of a Sue
cessor to Justice Willis Van De-
vanter who retired from the su-
preme court June 2.
Washington sizzled with reports
that Mr.. Roosevelt would renew
his effort to expand the court with
a proposal for a constitutional
amendment or. at least, with
reStatement of his "objectives" in
judiciary reorganization.
Such program could be ad-
vanced now or in the next session
of congress and automatically
would project itself into the 1888
congressional campaign. Senate and
house roll calls on any new judi
ciary issue put to congress next year
might become the yardstick by
which the administration would
determine who are loyal Roosevelt
Democrats and who has taken
walk.
Announcement that Attorney
General Homer S. Cummings re-
CARDS recess court appointment
as constitutional, raised stormy SEN
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
QUICK CHANGE
ARTIST CAUGHT
BY OFFICERS

Ernest Islavea, 81, became a quick
change artist perforce Monday
night shortly after he donned cloth
ing taken from truck parked in
the 200 block on Fifth street.
He had just fitted himself into
pair of duck trousers when FL
Centro police officers appeared on
the scene. They insisted that he
change back to his own discarded
trousers and return the new ones
and two shirts to their rightful
owners, Ken and Koichi TSunoda.
Judge Lee Nuffer sentenced Is
lavea to 10 days in jail for petty
theft and being drunk.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

; the Soviet consulate general at
TientSin.
China, encouraged by widespread
reports that Soviet Russia will
threaten military pressure, rushed
additional reinforcements to the
Yellow river and prepared for q
showdown fight with Nippon forces.
Meanwhile japanese planes went
into action against Chinese troop
concentrations in the area south
of Tientsin and northwest of PeiP-
ing. Two Chinese troop trains were
reported destroyed with heavy loss
of life. -
United States diplomatic author
tiles made emergency preparations
to safeguard American lives as
threat of real war between China
and Japan became acute.
1t was apparent that the General
Chinese strategy on the north front
is to attack at widely separated
points forcing the japanese to scat
ter their limited forces which can
be dealt with at night in guerilla
raids.
This would offset the Japanese
superiority in munitions and mech
anical equipment.
Japanese based their hope on
their superiority in the air.
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

available.
Livingston requested that all per-.
sons interested in obtaining agri.
cultural employment register AZ
once at his office in the court
house basement. They then will
be referred to employers having
crops ready to harvest.
No great shortage of labor is
reported from any section In the
state and crop workers are re-
quested not to move to any area
in hope of obtaining work without
first getting information from the
state employment office as 10 work
ing conditions and the demand for
labor. "A
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
u. S. DestrOyers
Crash; None
Are Injured

VALLEJO, CAL, Aug. 3. UP)-
The destroyers Worden and Reid
collided late yesterday during
maneuvers $50 miles southwest of
the Golden Gate, Rear Admiral S.
Kempf, commandant of Mare
Island navy yard, was advised to-
day.
The commanding officer of the
destroyer division said no one was
injured although both destroyers
were damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
FIRE CAUSED
BY COLLISIONS;
ONE INJURED

Firemen were called to extin-
guish the flames after two trucks
ccllided on Fourth street early Mon
day night.
Yum Quan Nah, %, driver of 9
delivery truck, suffered cuts on the
forehead when thrown against the
windshield The delivery truck and
a load of melons driven by Mack
McGaha crashed, causing the melon
loaded truck to travel off the pave
ment for 70 feet Ell Centro police
officers said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
DRIVER PLOWS
INTO CATTLE
HERD, KILLS 3

California highway patrolmen are
searching for a Swiss resident of the
Holtville area accused of killing
three cattle with his automobile
Monday night.
He plowed through the cattle as
they were herded along the highway
near Holtville, killing three of them.
Witnesses said he failed to stop
after the slaughter.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

agency. Everyone connected with
the transient problem is expected
to be interviewed.
Relief agency heads in Imperial
Valley expressed the opinion that
this is a poor time of year to in
vestigate the migratory labor prob
lem here as there are only few
persons in the valley. They ex-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
Baseball Results
AMERICAN

AMERICAN
First game
Chicago ..... 900 100 O1O--2 10 1
New York 300 100 30x-7 8 0
Lee & Sewell; Ruffing e. Dickey.
Cleveland loo 900 100 s 2
Boston .......3 800 001 53x-13 Is
Harder, Heving, Whitehill & PVT
lax; Grove & Desautels.
Detroit .... .001 900 000--1 Z 2
Philadelphia 100 010 00x-2 9 2
Bridges & Bolton; Thomas, Fink.
Nelson e. Brucker.
st. Louis .......... 900 O10 900 90
washington .........OOl 900 600 90
Hogsett Il Hemsley; W. Ferrell &
Miles.
NATIONAL
New York 900 001 010 % 0
Cincinnati ..02O 060 900 Ia II 3
Schumacher & Danning; Hollings-
worth & lombard.
Bro oklyn ....O21 100 0OO-4 IA l
Pittsburgh 80. 900 800 OOPS 10 3
Farmhouse e. Phelps; Blanton.
Swift. Weaver a. Todd,
Philadelphia 200 001 000--1 3 o
Chicago ...5t. 200 11O OOx-4 1
Johnson & Grace; Lee & Hart
nett.
Boslon ....."''.! .......'.. .O1O w
ST. Louis ....t...s,.....,. ..,..,... 900 OF
Turner & Mueller; 81 Johnson &
Owen. .4l.
Second game
Brooklyn -. 000 030 01O--4 8 2
Pittsburgh 200 400 O4x--10 IA /
Butcher & Phelpsi Brown & Todd.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

Y0u Name It
County supervisors puzzled long
time Monday over request of Dan
Wiest's. A letter bearing his sig
nature requested the services of a
Stamping deputy" to be paid at
the rate of S. a day. Supervisor
Dave Vencill said Dan should do
his own stamping when he got mad.
A Double Dose
City league softball players had
two umpires to argue out of deci-
sions Monday night, one official
and one unofficial. John P. Han
sen stood out side the fence and
beloved balls and strikes with and
against Cecil Ashley, official UNI
pire The players thought it was
significant that Hansen stayed out
side the fence.
At Last
The only perfectly honest fishing
story told thus far this summer
was whispered by Mike Liebert af-
ter he returned from Ensenada this
weekend. He broke down and ad-
mitted in the presence Of witnesses
that the largest fish he caught
measured five inches. This gets
him the diamond studded wash
ing machine, the fur lined bath
tub, the solid gold ear muffs and
the heartfelt gratitude of RR.
Now She Is Famous
Miss Bessie Damron is different.
She is so different she astonished
the medical profession and broke
into print in many a coast news
paper. When she tells about her
operation it really will be some
thing to silence all others. Physi-
clans found her appendix on the
left side of her body and not on
the right where everybody is sup
posed to wear them. And she didn't
know thing about it. Boy, what
an operation story she can tell!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

J It's A Bet
At last we know why Joe Liebert
seldom takes off his hat. He has
been accused of sleeping with it
still atop his head. Anyway, it's a
bet, it was revealed by secret
source Tuesday. He bet he would
wear his hat until a Republican
president graces the highest office
in this land. That's loyalty for
you. a.-..-..s.,s,..s., ..as..a.a,.,..
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
Says:
Page the c of c.

Page the c of c.
1t wouldn't have been SO discon-
certing on "a genuinely hot night.
1t was, however, bit upsetting to
Mark Washburn as he strolled down
Main street during one of the cool
est nights of the season. Right in
front of him in fiery letters foot
high appeared the words, "El Gen.
tro Hot!" The lights were out in
the last two letters of hotel"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
Preparations Begun to
Supply Labor for ~.
Late Season Harvests

Preparations for supplying labor to harvest Imperial
Valleys late summer fall and winter crops began Tues
day under the direction of Chan Livingston manager of
the California State Employment service
Immediate release of information in regard to the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
SOVIET STAND
SOMPLICATES
WAR PICTURE
u. S. Authorities Make Preparations
To Safeguard Americans in North
China War Area
By UNITED PRESS

ChnaJapan conflict in the Far East collapsed completely
Soviet Russia entered the picture with threats of
prsa against Japanese for the asserted Nippon raid
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
DEMAND SHOWDOWN
IN JUDICIARY ROW
Democratic Bloc Challenges Roosevelt
Intention to Delay Successor to
Justice Devanter

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. (UP) = President Roosevelt
will demand showdown in 1888 his 'new blood" in
lection for the court in the opinion of parties
to the judiciary dispute which exploded again today
argument jeopardizng Democratic party harmony.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

ate protest. The White House re-
vealed the Cummings opinion which
Mr.. Roosevelt requested last month.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

Transient labor conditions in Imperial Valley will be subjected to
by federal authorities statewide
obtain information requested confidential to President
unbiased planned Donald Renshaw,
Emergency
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

pressed the hope chat the survey
would not reach this section until
later when the usual fall influx
of transients is at its height. Rem
shaw is quoted as follows:
"We are determined to see for
ourselves whether the So-called
transient influx is formed chiefly
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03

Butter: Los Angeles "a: Butter
fat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch.
grade A Is; manufacturing milk
80; route gathered cream 33Ia.
L. A. Hay: u. S. No. Ieafy $40
20.5O; u. S. No. l s18-18.5O; u. s.
No. 2 Ieafy $l7-17.5O: u. S. No. 2
S15.5O-16. MINI. flax S2.01.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-03
BANK DEBTS

MONDAY
$367,997.73
BUILDING PERMITS
To Date This Year
S166,235