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Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
THIRTY PROSPECTIVE JURORS :
NAMED IN SUPERIOR COURT

John Fialo. Box 156. Calexico; Mrs.
Anna w Strickler GIT Orange. Fl
Centre; Emil Steiner. Box 195.
BraWley: George Swink. Bin B.
BrawisR. Forrest Kuss, COO Len
Rey, FL Centre; George w. Cut
shaw. Box 65. Brawley; Argyle nc
Lachlan, 9l5' Heber, Crlcxico:
Mrs. Ross T Hickcox. 753 Holt, n
Centre. Samuel y. Robinson. Box
257. Holtville. Mrs. Clara M, York.
Rt. 2, Yuma, Ariz; Edgar f, An
derson ir., Planters hotel, Braw-
ley; Luray Mouser Rt. 1, Box 66.
Imperial; A. r. Underwood, 1922
Broadway, FL Centre; Roy Wo-
mack, $50 81 Centre. FL Centre,
Thomas r. Langlois, Westmorland:
J. D. Huston, Box 327, lmperial
David ROY Kincaid, Box 1888, Cal
exico: Earl Waugh, SIC West Sew
enth, Imperial; Alexander II. Nc
Rae, Rt. 2, Box 20. FL Centro:
Frank r. DeArman, 562 Main,
BraWley; George Buffers, Rt 2,
Box 113 Brawley; Russell d. Hoy.
Box 81e, e Centre; r. P. Moore.
BOX 301, Fl Centro; Thomas M.
MONTGOMERY. inland: William
Burke, j.. Box 81, Holtville J f.
Brock, Rt. 2, Box lE3, Ell Centre,
Mrs. Nancy Gresham, SOB Chest
nut, Holtville Roy Westmoreland.
Rt. 2, Box so, Imperial; Ray Ed
wards, Box 1888, Calexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
Notes on Valeyites
Couple Observes
10th Anniversary
IMPERIAL NOTES

ENIIEhIhL NO1Eo
George Conley and son, Carl,
spent the weekend in san Bernar-
dino visiting their family. They
celebrated their 40th wedding an
niversary Nov. IA. Relatives and
friends from elsewhere were pres
ent. Garrett Conley. another son,
returned with the Conleys and is
planning to spend q few days.
Mrs. Stokes Walton of Ontario
and former resident of Imperial is
spending a week here with relatives.
Mrs. Ollie Yates and Mrs. Bill
Tullos recently returned from San
Diego where they spent a day or
two visiting friends.
Mr.. end Mrs. Sam Sears of Win
terhaven are the parents of
daughter born Monday evening.
Mrs Sears is the former Margaret
Salmen. Grandparents are Mr.. and
MIS-. Mike Salmen.
Mrs. j. B. Hill and Mrs. ii. r..
Larsen gave a pink and blue shower
Nov 9 at the home of Mrs. Dave
Hart for Mrs. Edna Neal.
Mr.. and Mrs Verne G. Monte of
Los Angeles were business visitors
in Imperial Monday.
M Il 10
the past weekend in San Diego.
little Dickie Davis of Ell Centre
is spending a few days in Imperial
with his grandmother, Mrs. Mabel
Edgar, while he is recovering from
a cold.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Knight left
Saturday on two weeks trip
through California.
Iva Chase and Irene Hoffman
of Phoenix spent Friday in Imperial
on business
Mr.. and Mrs. Less Blackman are
spending a few days in Los Angeles
visiting Mrs. Blackman's sister, Mrs
Ernest Brewer.
Mrs, Bill Housewright and son.
Charley, are spending few days
in Imperial with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. c. B. RalphS.
Miss Helen Wilson Of San Diego
visited her father, Mr. j. A. Wilson
over the past weekend.
Jess Bishop of San Diego is spend
ing a week or two in Imperial on
business.
Last Thursday, Miss Evelyn Hicks,
was the dinner guest of Miss Mar
| jorie Spear of El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
S u NJ M q N s
~ -sAnHa

No. 17654
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT Plaintiff
ELSIE L. SIMPSON, ct al,
Defendants
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA SEND GREETINGS
TO:
Elsie Z. Simpson, Title Guarantee
and Trust Company, a Corporation,
Trustee, San Diego Trust and Say
ings Bank, a Corporation, Califor-
MIA Title Insurance and Trust Com
pany, Corporation, Trustee, Nibley
Investment Company, Corpora
ton, Frank M. Ballou and Myrtle
w. Ballou, husband and wife, Sc
curity-Firs National Bank of Los
Angeles, National Banking Asso-
citation, John Doe, Jane Doe, Rich
ard Roe, John Doe Company, a Cor
poration, and Richard Roe Com
pany, a co-partnership, Defendants.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
to Appear and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as above,
brought against you in the Superior
Court of the County of Imperial,
State of California, within ten days
after the service on you of this
Summons-if served within this
county; or within thirty days If
served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant. as arising. upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this Goth day of May, 1897.
(SEAL)
w. j. McCLELLAND,
Clerk.
O5 10 10 26, N 80 16 2s 80, D 7.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
e. E. FORMED
FOR SEELEY
SEELEY NOTES


Through the efforts of Mrs. Cecil
Huff, a Christian Endeavor has
been organized for the young peo-
pie of Seeley. Mr.. and Mrs Dubois
of Imperial, Miss Ethel Maupin
County c. e. president and Miss
Head of Palmetto were with the
group the first meeting This Sun
day evening Paul Cosand, G. &
county treasurer, met with the
young people in Community Hall
Meetings will be held at 7:30 pm.
every Sunday evening in Commu-
nifty hall.
Mrs. R. Proctor of San Diego
is visiting her son, A. w. Stewart
and wife this week.
The Seeley grammar school had
Thursday and Friday holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Graham
and children left for San Bernar-
dino Tuesday morning to attend
funeral services.
Florence Powell of Ell Centre
spent Armistice Day with Mrs. t
A. Howard ana family.
Temple Robinson and Don Rex
attended football game in San
Diego Armistice day, returning
Friday.
Rev. Smith of Pasadena is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Huff
this week. Rev. Smith had charge
of the services at the Seeley church
Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
5000 CARDS SENT
OUT IN Ell CENTRIC

Ell Centro postal officials Tues
day morning began distribution o.
5000 unemployment census cards
on city and rural mail deliverie8,
to box holders, and visitors at the
general delivery window.
! The task of distributing the
cards to houses not on the city
routes also fell to the lot of the
postal department. This made it
necessary to employ four extra
carriers, Postmaster Frank Rich
mond, said.
Cards must be left at every
house in Ell Centre and on the ru-
raj routes, all boxes at the post
office must be supplied, and a sup
ply must be kept available at the
general delivery window.
After the cards are mailed back
to the post office, they must be
checked by clerks. If not correct
ly filled out, the signer must be
contacted and asked to correct any
errors. The changes and correc-
tions cannot be made by postal
officials or clerks.
The census must be completed by
Nov. 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you READ the ADS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
Victim of Spider
Bite Recovering
ALAMITOS NOTES

Lena Lesley is recovering from
the bite of a black widow spider.
She was bitten on the eyelid.
Mrs. Lucy Formasero is the owner
of new automobile.
Mrs. u. B. McKinnon, her SON.
in-laW and daughter and grand
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs Roy Rainer
and Rosemary. enjoyed last week
end in San Diego.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ballard of
Ell Centre spent Armistice day with
Mr.. and Mrs Frazer Alldredge.
Floyd Burns, sr, recently came
here from Fresno. He will spend
some time in the valley harvesting.
Miss Juliann Nilsson spent Sat
urday with her sister, Margaret,
in Ell Centro.
Miss Giacinta F'romaSero return
ed to Los Angeles Sunday evening
after spending a week with her
mother, Mrs. Lucy Fromasero.
Alamitos school boys and girls
enjoyed another game of indoor
Friday with the Alamo teams at
Alamitos school. Both games were
won by the Alamitos teams.
Miss Eleanor McKinnon was an
Ell Centre shopper Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16

w WAof1lNNJlON, NOV. 10. AOfJ-
The federal government today
began its distribution of 60,000,000
questionnaires to every household
of the country in an unprecedent-
ed attempt to enumerate the num-
ber Of unemployed.
Some 100000 homes = rang
ing from the White House TO the
most dilapidated hovel will be
included in the scope of the job
less census.
It's immediate result, it is antici-
pated, will be to crystalize sugges-
tions for a long range re-employ-
ment program, based upon the
findings of the enumeration and
designed to reduce relief expendi-
lures now a factor in continued
unbalance of the budget.
Fourteen questions are listed on
the cards to be circulated in the
most sweeping enterprise of its
sort since the World War regis
tration. The answers must be
mailed, free of postage, by mid
night next Saturday.
Four Objectives Sought
Principal objectives of the CEN
sus, in addition to determining the
number of permanently and total
ly unemployed, are answers to
these questions:
What are the general age
limits of the great majority of
jobless and in what industries are
most of the older unemployed
located?
2-What are the geographical
locales of the most prevalent num-
bers of jobleSs?
3-What industries have con-
tributed most to unemployment?
4-What number of the unem-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
Surprise Visit
Paid MelOland
Folk by Relatives
MELOLAND NOTES

Mrs. D. C. Scott was delightful
ly surprised Monday morning by
a visit from her grandfather
Charles H. O'Neil whom she had
not seen since she wos IL years old
and her uncle Harry O'Neil and
his wife, all of Milwaukee. The
party are on a leisurely cross
country trip. They left Monday af-
ternoon for Los Angeles to visit
Mrs. SCOTS mother, Mrs Ethel o.
Neil, and will stop for a longer
visit with the SCOTS on their re-
turn trip.
Mrs. Earl Maddox, Mrs. Charles
F'orsberg, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.
Estll Russell enjoyed a trip to
San Diego together Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy Odell had
as their guest the past weekend
Mrs. Odells brother r. M. Elliott
of San Bernardino.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Dyer, James
Dyer, Miss Frances Lord, Miss
Helen Rumsey, Mrs. Alex Meyer
and Muriel Meyer enjoyed a pot
luck dinner at Descanso Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Dyer
who left for their home in Eure-
ka Monday.
George Dorman and A. Alling-
ham of Los Angeles were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs K. K. Sharp while at
tending to business in the valley.
Mrs. Earl Allen and daughter
Emma Maria of Los Angeles spent
the past weekend with the Lawr-
ence Richards and G. G. Richards
families. Lucille Allen was a guest
of Neva Dowd Ell Centro
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cate of Re-
oondo were luncheon guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Richards
Thursday. The Gates are remodel
ing a house on the Dorman ranch
and plan to spend some time in
the valley this winter.
Mrs. Hazel Palmer and her
beauty advisor Mrs. Jear SWerd-
feger attended a convention in Los
Angeles Saturday and spent Sun
day in Orange with Mrs. Palmer's
mother, Mrs. Annie Crawford.
Miss Frances Lord of Heber was
guest of Miss Helen Rumsey
"Wednesday night. Thursday Miss
Lord and Miss Rumsey were din
ner guests of Mrs. Viola Green OF
Ell Centre as were Miss Isabel Mil
lar and Miss Louise Kennedy, for
mer valley teachers who drove over
from San Diego for the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
Files Suit for $3.50

Maurice Wiley, Central Union
high school pupil, filed suit in su-
perior court Tuesday for $3.50 dam
ages he alleges lie suffered in a
traffic accident on the Heber-
Brawley cutoff Aug. 9.
The suit was filed through the
high school pupils father, G. B.
Wiley, against the San Pasqual
Land and Cattle company, Logan
Woody, and A. j. Kalin. The youth
accused Woody of backing a cattle
company truck directly in front OF
the Wiley automobile from a point
where it had been parked beside
the highway four miles east OF
Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
Traffic, Hunting
Take Two Lives

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 16
,uP)-Traffic and hunting acci-
uents caused the death of three
men in the Sacramento valley
during the weekend
Two OF the victims died when
an automobile went out of control
and dived into an irrigation ditch
four miles east of willows. An
other, was killed while hunting
rabbits near Yuba City. He fell af-
ter climbed over a barbed wire
fence and his shotgun was dis
charged.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16

Names of 80 Imperial county
residents were drawn in superior
court Monday and will be sub
poenaed to report Wednesday as
prospective members of the grand
jury.
From among the 80 names, 10
will be selected to serve on the in.
vestigating body for the coming
year. They will be instructed to
report in superior court at $3.50
am. Wednesday.
The 30 names include: Clarence
j. Park. 1874 H street. BraWley;
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16

Lena Lesley is recovering from
the bite of a black widow spider.
She was bitten on the eyelid.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS, Ell CENTRo, CALF.
JOB QUESTIONNAIRES
Distributed BY u. s.

ployed now are receiving relief
from states, municipalities or the
federal government?
The census is under supervision
of John d. Biggers, Ohio glass
manufacturer. The job was created
in bill passed in the last session
of Congress.
Biggers has requested co-opera-
ton of both the committee for
Industrial Organization and the
American Federation of Labor as
we'll as that of industry and
mayors of cities and towns to
facilitate a quick check.
Fourteen Questions Asked
The IA questions listed on over
sized postcards were devised at
conference between Biggers, sever
al cabinet members, and leaders
of labor and industry.
Presidential advisors are be-
lieved to be counting heavily on
the material produced in the
census.
Sources close to Pres d ent
Roosevelt have admitted the prob
lem of relieving unemployment is
now the No. l objective of the
Second New Deal and that upon
its success hinges the economic
welfare of the nation.
Several ideas along these lines
have been discussed by the Presi-
dent during the past two weeks. 1t
is known that Biggers has talked
over the possibility of Federal
support for "weak-sister" indus
tries which have been forced to
discharge large numbers of work
ers but whose product is consid-
cred essential to the nations in
dustrial output.
Transportation Plan Advanced
In addition, some presidential
advisers have discussed the pos
sibility of adopting resettlement
administration tactics and trans
porting workers families from
moribund industrial areas to sec
tions where a shortage of labor
has developed.
my hope is that the informa-
tion collected will point toward
certain definite thing, that can be
done to help the large masses of
unemployed" Biggers said.
"We may find there are great
reservoirs of unemployed in in
dividual industries that cannot
now be absorbed. Again, We may
find there are other industries in
which there is even shortage of
labor.
"If these situations are true,
there may be way of bringing
the factors of need and surplus
into their proper balance and
evening up the distribution of the
labor market. To do this we are
counting on the mutual co-opera-
tion of government, labor and
industry.
Time called Opportune
Now is the logical time for ac-
tion. The recent business recession
has indicated the necessity for
really tackling this problem.
$50 far the burden of relief has
been the primary cause for un-
balance of the budget. The right
thing to do is to find a construc-
tive way out.
I'VE find that in the countries
ruled by dicUators unemployment
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-16
Ceylon to Develop Weavino

COLOMBO. Ceylon CUP)- Hand
loom weaving is to be developed
in factories of Ceylon, and it is
proposed to send science gradu-
ate to Manchester for specia ltrain-
ing in textile technology. A scheme
before the state Council of Ceylon.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-07
HAY GROWERS
TO MEET IN
LOS ANGELES

Hay growers of southern Cali
fornia are to meet Friday in Los
Angeles to discuss the general con-
,iition of the industry and pros
poets for the future.
The meeting has been called by
the Federated Alfalfa Growers of
Southern California and will be held
in the new office of the agricultural
extension service at 1888 West second
street.
Alfalfa fertilization, the amount
of new land to be seeded, yield and
quality of the present crop and
prospects for the season are to be
discussed. A number of valley
growers including possibly represen-
tatives OF the Imperial Valley Hay
Growers association are to attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-07

80 SAiA1t6o obl ihNlo iWullCd
public Steel corporations answer
to an order by Mayor Edward j.
Kelly to cease housing and feeding
non-strikers in picket encircled
plants.
The Steel Workers Organizing
Committee sent a telegram to Pres
ident Roosevelt asking interven-
tion to bring the strike to a peace
full end by having a joint wage
agreement written and signed by.
the steel corporations and the S.
w. o. c."
Latest disorder occurred at the
Republic plant at Canton, O., where
a group of workers were fired on
by pickets as they attempted to
enter the plant by wading across
a creek. Plants of Inland Steel
corporation and Youngstown Sheet
& Tube were closed throughout the
strike region
Railroads demanded that Gov.
Martin l.. Davey of Ohio take ac-
ton to stop destruction of their
property and prevent interference
with shipments into strikebound
plants.
In Washington, a high official
of the justice department indicat-
ed the possibility that the depart
ment might intervene in areas
where rail property has been dam
aged.
In Lansing, Mich, a 'laJoor holi-
day. was declared by the United
Automobile Workers union in pro-
test against arrest of seven men
and women pickets on criminal
warrants.
Workers in the Ford Motor COM
pany assembly plant in Richmond,
Calf, returned to work after
two weeks strike. Both sides claim
ed victory. Recognition of the
UA.W.A. was involved.
An UA.W.A. committee of II
met in Detroit to draft demands
for revision of the collective bar
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-07
NEW LIST OF TOUGH
QUESTIONS on VALLEY

shipping point to which most of
the supplies for the early settlers
were forwarded
3. 1t is presumed the early IN
dians who left much evidences of
their occupancy along the western
edge of the valley were members
OF the Cahuilla tribe.
A. The name Cahuilla, Spanish
variation of the old Indian name
of "Ka-Wee-Yah', was given to the
prehistoric lake which existed in
the lower end of the valley after
the body of water was cut off from
the gulf This same name was
given to what is now known as
Salton Sea by early explorers. DR..
William P. Blake is credited with
naming the body of water, both
prehistoric and modern, when he
visited the sea at the head of
government expedition in 1858.
5. Telephone systems in Impe-
rial county are operated by the
U. S. reclamation bureau, covering
the irrigation system throughout the
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-07
MAN TELLS OF
FINDING WIFE
DEAD IN TUB

LOS ANGELES, June I. WP)-
Although he said he found his
attractive wife lying nude in a
bathtub, shot through the breast
and dying, and that he lifted her
head and kissed il as she died,
Basil l.. Giles, 81, was held i'm
technical custody of police today.
Beside the body Of Mrs. Lou
ella Giles, 29, police found a
note, pinned with a bloody match
to tho bath shower curtain. 1t
read:
Don't look behind curtains.
You're right, I'm not fit to live"
The husband told of the kiss.
to explain blood stains on his
hands. Police said the suicide
theory left unexplained circum-
stances. One was whether Mrs.
Giles could have raised herself
and pinned the note with the
blood stained match after she
had shot herself. Furthermore,
the handwriting ON the note had
not been identified as hers be-
yOnd a doubt, they said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-07

10 meet QlSpleaSure oil the fire mar
shal's office was the county juve-
nile detention home at Imperial
I'VE are of the opinion" the let
ter set forth, that the responsible
ity. rests directly upon the elective
officers of the county and the re-
sponsibility, We deem, too great for
any one TO assume"
Generally, according to the let
ter. the construction of the county
hospital is of such nature that pos
sibility of rapid spread of fire is
apparent. Housing conditions, the
fire marshal pointed out, are con-
ducive to a great deal of confusion
and possible loss Of life in the
event of fire.
Immediate compliance with re-
concentrations for elimination of
fire hazards was requested.
The letter lists 10 instances where
improvements must be made.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-07

Vi JIle lJdCkdSc Vi Skull dllu u ullh
bones, concurred in this belief.
DR.. Todd said the skeletal struc-
ture indicated the victim might have
been a colored woman. This theory
had not been advanced in the cases
of any of the other headless dead.
Only one of the victims, white
woman, ever was identified. She
was a prostitute.
AS cleWs. police hal only a piece
of gold bridgework, found in bur-
lap bag in which the torso bone
parts were found, a newspaper clip
ping and q scrap of a woman's
dress.
1t was the first of the torso mur-
ders in which lime was known to
have been used to hasten oblitera-
tion. Severance of all four limbs
appeared to have been performed
with the same surgical skill which
marked the dismemberings of other
victims.
Inside the sack in which the body
was discovered was yelloWed scrap
from Cleveland newspaper, carry
ing a local theatrical review. The
clipping was dated June 5. Detec-
tives checked this date against the
show which was reviewed and found
it appeared on that date in 1885.
Police had a possible clue to the
latest victims identity in bridge
work found in the skull. A gold
bridge carried. three teeth in the
upper jaw on the left side.
The last time Clevelanders were
reminded Of a mad butcher roam
ing somewhere in their midst was
month ago, on May 5, when a miss
ing section from the eighth victim
was found floating in Lake Erie.
Bodies of four of the head
hunters victims were found in
lonely KingSbury Run-a desolate
valley bisecting an industrial sec
ton. Two were found on the beach.
The latest victim was discovered
by a 14-year"old boy, Russell Lawer,
who came upon the mass OF bones
as he watched dredgement drag
the Cuyahoga river for the body OF
a man who had fallen from tug
deck.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-07
Packer Arrested,
Dope COnfiscated

CALEXICO, June 1.-Two grains
of cocaine carried in John Ander-
sons shirt pocket were spotted by
customs patrol inspectors at the
line here this weekend and Ander-
son was arrested and charged with
smuggling narcotics.
The fruit packer was scheduled
for arraignment before Deputy
United States Commissioner Dor
sey Whitelaw in Ell Centre late
Monday. This is said to be Ander-
sons first arrest on such a charge.
The arrest was made by Robert
Scott and Edward French, customs
patrol inspectors.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-07
SHIPMENTOF
CANTS RISES

CantalOupe shipments jumped
to PAL cars on Sunday, breaking
all last seasons records for vol
ume shipped on any one day.
The peak shipment for 1886 to-
tailed 165 cars on June 9, that
mark having BEEN passed on
June 4 this year when l66 cars
were shipped.
Due tC the long cold spring,
shipments, instead of increasing
gradually, are punched together,
all coming off at once. The price
is still good, ranging from $40
2.35 for standard ASS, resistants,
hard ripes, preceded, as COM
pared to the fob. each track
sales of a year ago, S1.65-2.10.