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Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

ray down as a puny member Of
the Ray family. The largest Is
the Manta-ray but it never grows
beyond 20 feet. so far as the records
show. And the Manta doesn't have
a stinger.
A Sting-ray is a fish with mar
row beam and great depth and
equipped with sharp barbed dor
sal spines near the base of a long
whip-hke tail.
The freighter was cruising thru
the Gulf of Tehuantepec in MeXi-
can waters when the lookout Won
dering what was slowing them
down, saw the monster clinging
to the prov. Fink said the body
was at least so feet from stem to
stern and had a tail nearly 30
feet long.
Attempts were made to dislodge
it with boathooks but the effort
was abandoned in Difference to the
wildly threshing tail.
7 didn't want to lose any men, .
said Captain Fink.
The next day the monster had
fastened itself to the side of the
boat. the tip Of its tail within reach
of the deck. A huge graphing hook
fastened to the forward winch,
finally was hook into the flesh
of the creature. The winch then
began hauling up.
The ship shook and bucked for
several minutes, before We could
get the darned Sting-ray loose, .
the skipper related. Il tried TO get
a picture but it broke loose from
the graphing hook and fell into
the sea before I could get my cam
era
Brandler was doubly-sure it
couldn't have been a Sting-ray.
Neither a Sting-ray nor any OF
his cousins, he explained. has sue
ton cups or anything similar to
grip the side of a boat.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
Care Advocated
In Selecting Wall
Materials i'm Home

In selecting wall materials for
new El Centre home, careful con-
sideration should be given to room
finishes. Glenn Minor of Whiting
Mead pointed out Saturday. Start
with the inside finishes and work
out. Minor declared for some mater
ials work better with one finish
and others with another.
For instance. if the walls are to
be papered. the material on which
the paper is to be applied SHOULD
be smooth. If smooth paint is to be
the finish, the same applies. If a
rough or textured paint finish Is
desired. then the field of wall ma
terials is considerably broadened.
For a teXturod-paint base, wall
boards may be used with the joints
filled and taped.
If no other insulation Is to be
placed in the walls, an Insulating
wallboard or an insulating lath IS
desirable. If insulation is to be
placed between the studs or is pro-
vided in the sheathing, then other
lath may be used,
Many of the insulating wall
boards are made with a finish that
can be used without any other deco
ration. They are made in tiles and
sheets of various sizes and with a
variation Of surface texture and
shade that makes very pleasing
wall for some types of room, and
the Joints between the boards are
cleYerly concealed.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
JUDGE, VICTIM
OF MYSTERY
ATTACK, DIES

NEW YORK, May |. tUP)--Mu-
nicipal Court Justice John F. O'Neil,
stabbed in the back by q mysterious
aSsailant on Tuesday, died today III
st. Vincent's hospital.
The 69-year-old justice was stab
bed twice as he stood on a street
corner near his home. His aSSailant
fled. O'Neil staggered to his home
and then to the hospital, a few
doors away.
O'Neil was able to tell District
Attorney William c. Dodge, an old
friend, that he had no idea why
anyone should wish to take his life
Mrs. O'Neil reported that her hus-
band had taken some legal papers"
from a safe and stuffed them into
his pocket before leaving home No
documents were found on him fol-
lowing the attack.
Witnesses said that while ONeil
was standing on the corner, wait
ing for bus to take him to court,
man stepped up behind him and
pounded him twice on the back
with the end of a folded newspaper
The assailant then walked across
the street, paused for glance at
his victim and ran off. None at
tempted to chase him.
One theory was that the case was
one of mistaken identity. Another
was that the assailant was an un-
successful litigant in a case tried
before ONeil, but clerks in the
Judges court pointed out that o.
Neil had been handling only civil
suits involving less than $1,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
CRAB GRASS
WORST FOE
OF LAWNS

A lawn must be kept vigorous at
all times by adequate feeding or
weeds will come up in the thin
spots from seed already present.
according to James Marshall of
Marshall Seed and Feed company in
Fl Centro expert on lawn cultiva-
ton.
Crab grass is one of the worst
and most common weeds in lawns.
Marshall explained It is low and
spreading, the stems creep between
the grass plants, and root as they
90. and it smothers ont the more
desirable grasses.
If your lawn was heavily infested
with crab grass last fall, it is doubly
important that you give it an early
spring feeding. This is always adj
viSable, but especially so where crab
grass is a problem because feeding
keeps turf ahead of it. Feed before
the grass starts growth, Just rs soon
as the frost is out of the ground.
Before you SOW rake the lawn thor
ouchly TO remove debris and any
dead crab grass that may be pres
ent. Feeding early eliminates the
necessity of watering the plant
food down Perennial beds should
also be fed early. Use a complete
plant food at the rate of 8 to 4
pounds for 100 square feet.
Areas left bare by the death OF
crab grass should be re-seeded as
early as soil conditions permit. Work
up the soil on the bare areas to a
depth of several inches. Pulverize
thoroughly. and reSeed. A good mix
ture to combat crab grass infestation
is one-thiri rye grass to make a
quick start and create the shade
which discourages crab grass; one
third red fescue to take the place
of the rye grass after it is gone;
and one-third Kentucky blue grass
which will gradually, in the course
Of a couple of years, become estab-
lished. It is important this re-
seeding be done just as soon as
the weather permits and get a good
stand of grass started before the
crab grass appears, for it cannot
endure shade. Seeds Of crab grass
NAV be present in abundance, but
thav terminate late and quick
growing good grasses will smother
the seedlings of crab grass.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
BATTLE WITH FREIGHTER AT SEA
BTTLE WITH FREIGHTER AT SEA

LOS ANGELES, May I. kUP)-
The sea monster season arrived on
the Pacific coast today when the
freighter Lewis Luckenbach steam
ed into port. her crew pop-eyed
and garrulous over a two-day bat
tie with a supposed 50-foot sting
ray.
1T was the biggest Sting-ray.n
gulped Capt. P. Fink. the skipper.
that I ever saw in more than 20
years on the sea
Ave. that it was" echoed J. E.
Ahern, his engineer.
But along came a scientist to-
day to deny it could have been a
Sting-ray.
"A Sting-ray," explained Walter
Brandler, field collector for the
Los Angeles museum. rarely is
more than three or four feet long
and never so feet. 1t must have
been something else"
Brandler thumbed through the
record books and sure enough his
information was correct. Authori-
ties on marine life had the Sting
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
Sunday Building, MOdernizatiOn Page
PUPILS BUILD
MIDGET CITY

DIES MONIES, Iowa.-Pupils of
the public and parochial schools of
this city will compete in a minia-
ture-house contest The models will
be assembled in a Tiny Town" dis
play at the National Home Show to
be held under the sponsorship of the
DeS Moines members of the Iowa
Retail Lumbermens Association.
The contest, under the supervision
Of j. c. Woolman, director of in
dustrial education in the city schools
will be divided into three classes.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
SHUT-OFF VALVES AID
TO FAUCET REPAIRS

Each hot and cold water supply
line connecting to a plumbing fix
ture should have an accessible shut
off valve in addition to the regular
faucet. BY the inclusion of these
shut-off valves, repairs TO individual
faucets are made easy without dis
turbing hot and cold water service
to the other plumbing fixtures with
in the house.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
36 Persons Lose
Driving Privilege

Thirty-six persons lost their driv-
ing privileges in Imperial county in
March because Of Offenscs arising
from drunken driving according to
a report submitted by the license
division of the state department Of
motor vehicles.
Only one person lost driving priv
ileges for reasons ether than those
connected with drunkenness.
A total of 36 license were re-
voked. cancelled or suspended dur
ing the month of March in I'M
perial county. it was reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
Opposition Parties
Win Vote in Japan

TOKYO. May l. UH - Election
tabulations at 1870 pm. definitely
showed that the two powerful op-
position parties, the Minseito and
Seiyukai had won a clear working
majority of at least 253 seats in the
lower house of the diet in Fridays
national ballOting.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

In building a house it is impor-
tant to locate it on the lot SO
that the ground around it will
slope away from the house, Phil
Knightss Ell Centre city engineer
and building inspector declared
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
Honeymoon Plans
Arranged by Duke

ST WOLFANG, Austria, May l.
WP)-The Duke of Windsor has
completed honeymoon arrangements
with Mrs. Wallis Simpson, it was
learned today.
A spokesman for the Duke said
that after their marriage in France,
the Duke and his American-bor
Duchess would go to Wasserleon-
burg. down near the Italian and
Jugoslavian frontiers, to spend the
summer at castle which the Duke
visited during his stay at Enzes-
field.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
f. II. DOES NOT LEND

The Federal Housing Adminlstra-
ton lends no money. 1t insures loans
made by private financial institu-
tions operating under provisions Of
the National Housing Act.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
GROUPED PLUMBING
MORE ECONOMICAL

For economy in building, all the
plumbing in the house should be
grouped together if possible. In one
story houses the kitchen sink should
back against the bathroom wall. In
tWo-story houses the bathroom
should be over the kitchen.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

Boise Valley, Idaho has increas-
ed its production of Karakul sheep
400 per cent during the last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
UEDITERRANEAN TYPE

Beautiful and inviting, individual and III
excellent taste, this house offers all to be
desired in modern home. There are many
comfort assuring efficiencies which modern
ingenuity has made possible inside. The
studio living room, small, compactly ar
ranged kitchen, and private dining porch
are especially desirable features. Adequate
hall space has been provided throughout
the house.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

During the 1896 season Placer
County shipped 24,4 per cent of the
total tonnage of Bartlett pears.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
H. R. KNCKERBOCKER DESCRIBES EUROPEAN ARMS RACE
STRIKE PLEA
GOES TO EARLE

READING, Pa, March GN.S)
Gov. George S. Earle was urged to-
day by Berks county authorities to
prevent possible disorders in the
wake of the growing general hos
iery strike in this area.
"The time to prevent disorders
is before they start"
That was the warning conveyed
to the governor by burgesses and
Constables representing II bor-
oughs and two townships. Pre-
cautions were urged in spite Of the
lack of disorder since the sit-down
strike of 4,700 employees IN IL
plants began on Monday.
Within the last "a hours more
than 2,450 employees of four mills
had joined the strike without Incl
dent. That brought the total num-
ber of mills tied up in the unions
drive for contracts, wages and
hours to II, and practically dou-
bled the number of strikers.
Largest of the plants to join the
strike to date is the Nolde and
Hort Company, whose 1000 en-
ployeS ceased work yesterday.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
wmon
The SPEED LIMIT
ON CONDUIT ROAD
WAS 6 MILES AN HOUR

The machine was crude, the road
bumpY, but the idea was sound, and
from it sprdng the great dutomotive
industry. This is equally true OF
ArcQde-Sunshine. The road has been
long and rough, but every bump
has increased our experience, every
mechanical breakdown the incentive
for some valuable improvement.
Since 1907 Wdshington's Complete
Cleansing Institution" is more than
q slogan. 1t medns thdt
Arcdde-Sunshine is equipped to solve
every cleansing problem from
handkerchief to your finest lace
tdblecloths >. furs, garments, rugs,
housefurnishings. etc. the finest
cleansing money can buy costs no
more at Arcade.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
GIRLS DATE IS HUNTED

, some distance from her home,
and she was not in the habit Of
going to that neighbOrhOOd.
In the third place there was
no motive for suicide"
One theory on which the police
are working is that medical stu
dent at the University of Virginia,
nearby, bungled an operation and
unintentionally caused the girls
death while administering the
chloroform. The chloroform can
bore no identifying marks, and
the towel and cheap cotton found
on the girls face were not such as
are used by members of the medi-
cal profession. Although they
have been taken to every drug
store in town, no druggist has
been found who knew of their
origin.
Clues Checked
Meanwhile the police and
Sheriff's office were working on
these additional clues:
l. Ownership of a stained
handkerchief found near the
murder scene.
2. A report that a mans hat
and gloves were seen on the
cemetery wall near the spot
where the body was later found,
but that during the night they
had disappeared.
3. Discovery Of some Of the
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
CONTINUED from Page u

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lives near the towns wooden mill
on the East Side, about five miles
from Cleo's home at 718 West st.
From her he obtained this story:
Between 7 and 8 o'clock Monday
evening the Sealock girl heard an
automobile horn outside the house
where she lived with her family.
Going to the door, she saw what
she described as "a big, reddish
brown car" with a man in the
drivers seat whom she old not
recognize in the dark. Cleo was
in the seat next to the curb. She
asked whether the Sealock girl
would like to go driving. The lat
ter declined, having another date.
One other bit of information
was turned up by today's investi-
cations. It came from Isabelle
Owens, another Charlottesville
girl, who told queStioners she had
heard that between l and 2 o'clock
Tuesday morning, an hour or so
after Cleo was supposed to have
met her death, two men wearing
overcoats over pajamas drove up in
a car to the Southern Railway Sta
tion here, and ordered beer.
Sheriff Checks Story
They became so intoxicated they
could not drive the car away, and
were picked up by a taXicab. The
sheriff's office was running down
this report in an effort to deter
mine definitely whether the Incl
dent had any bearing on the
SprouSe case.
Although the dead girls brother
declared he believed he knew who
killed the girl, members of the po-
lice and sheriff's forces insisted
there was no definite suspect in
the case, and that the two youths
with whom the girl had kept com.
pany from time to time were def
initely out Of it.
Murder, Says Sheriff
Sheriff Smith declared today:
"After a study of all the
evidence in the case 1 am con-
vinced this is a clear case Of
murder. II is possible, further,
that the girl was not killed at
the spot where her body was
found, but planted there later.
"There are several reasons
for concluding that it is not q
case of suicide.
"In the first place 1 do not
believe that any person could
have committed suicide in this
manner. There was cotton in
the mouth and nOstriIs. The
chlOrOfOrm can had been bal
anced on her forehead, so it
would drain over the cotton.
"Then the can was placed over
the towel. The girl could not
have done this herself, or If she
had these things would not have
remained in that position as she
felt the agOnizing burns of the
anaeSthetic.
ON the second place she was
unfamiliar with the district
where her body was found. It b
The Washington times., 1937-03-03

LOS ANGE ELES, March 8.
Charged with murder, Mrs. Helen
Wills Love, alleged husband
slayer. was on trial here today
with the death penalty the goal
of the prosecution.
1t was New Years Eve at a
swank Santa Monica nightclub
that the killing took place. Harry
Love, broker, to whom Mrs. Love
claims she was secretly married
in Mexico, had Spurned his wife'S
company to take his mother to
the celebration, Mrs. Love stated.
The broker was found with 8
shots in his back. Police said
Mrs. Love declared:
my husband was trying to
break off with me. l love him
too much to let him get away
with it,"
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
ARMY TO TEST
CAPACITY
International New. Service

The Army high command plans
placing key industries on a war
time production basis in an u1'
precedented national defense ex.
pertinent.
The plan is aimed at readying
the nations vast industrial struc.
ture for an overnight switch-over
to high gear production Of war
supplies.
Wide Survey Made
The Army high command, it was
learned, has surveyed and con-
suited with 10000 industrial
plants. Of this group they have
chosen approximately 10000 con-
sidered suitable for supplying the
nations war needs if another ma
jor conflict should come.
These factories have been sup
piled with complete details of the
war supplies they would begin to
produce at the start of war. Some
would produce shells, others shoes,
still others would supply tanks,
guns, bullets, clothing. Every ar
ticle necessary for waging future
war with an army of several mil
lion men has been covered in these
sealed plans.
Under the new plan these plants
would not be taken over entirely
for production solely of war sup
plies as in the World War. Parts
Of the plant would continue manu-
featuring articles for consumption
by the civilian population.
The Army will ask Congress for
enough funds annually to enable
it to place groups of the key in
dustrieS on an experimental war
production basis. Small orders will
be given for one factory to manu-
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
MRS.R00SEvELT
.T 0T0UR SOUTH
international News Service

international news service
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
appear in Is cities in the South.
west in the course of fast NOV.
ing lecture tour between March 6
and March 25, according to an
itenerary made public at the White
House today.
March CA.MD New orleans;
March 6 CP.MD, Baton Rouge, La. !;
March 8. Fort Worth, Tex; March
10, Shreveport, La; March IL,
Alva, Okla; March 13, Oklahoma
City, Okla; March Is, Tulsa,
Okla; March IT, Durant, Okla. ;
March 10, Houston, Tex; March
20, Austin, Tex; March 81, Dallas,
Tex; March %, Little Rock, Ark.
March %, Birmingham, Ala;
March "a, jackson, Miss; March
25, Knoxville, Tenn.
This strenuous tour will end
when the First Lady reaches Wash.
ington at IL a. M, March 26.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03


facture tanks, an o ther rifles,
another shells, another uniforms
Thus the factories would be
enabled during peacetime to con-
vert tools and train Workmen
for war production. The funds
would be used to reimburse the
plants. A certain proportion of the
plants would be included each
year.
Army arsenals and quartermas-
ter despots supply the army dur
ing peacetime with its tanks, guns,
ammunition, uniforms and other
needs, but they could provide only
a small percentage of the vastly
increased demand during a large
scale war,
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
French Frontier Shut
To Spanish Reds

PARIS. March 8 QN.S).
France last night closed its south
ern frontier to Spanish Commun.
lists and anarchists who have been
crossing French territory between
northwestern Spain and Catalonia.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03

girls clothing, including her
underwear, a short distance from
the secluded spot a few steps
from a lovers lane where the
body rested.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
BRITAIN FIGHTS
DESPERATELY
FOR TIME
Loan to Reich Likely
To Buy Peace Until
Empire Is Ready

The teUeriSh ornaments race
embarked upon by Germany,
Great Britain and Italy is "be-
coming an obSeSSion Which
threatens to consume the ener-
gies OF eUery nation inUolDed,"
II. r. Knickerbocker, Pulitzer
prize 1Dinner and chief foreign
correspondent of International
NetDS SerUice, 1DriteS in the fol-
IotUing dramatic Interpretation
of this neD phase in 11orld Gt-
tGirS., Knickerbocker, Dho re-
turned to the United States re-
Gently after coDering the ciUil
Dar in Spain, is Leaving shortly
to resume his European duties.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-12
HOME GROWN MULES
LARGE Investment
As PROFIT sou ICE

The production Of work stock
in numbers sufficient for farm
requirements and a surplus for
sale, instead of importing them
from distant states as in the past
is approaching in Mississippi, as
farmers in increasing numbers
r using blooded sires and more
and better mares.
According to official statistics,
there are $751; 900 mules and mule
colts, and $1,000 horses and
horse colts on state farms, valu-
ed at SAG, 0S3,OO0 and $7,044,0OO
respectively. The exact number
required annually for replace
ment is not known, but is esti-
mated at not less than ten per
cent.
cover a long period of years
we have imported an overwhelm-
ing percentage of our mules and
horses from distant states" com,
mented J. C. Holton, Commission
err of Agriculture. "This has in
volved a cost of several million
dollars annually, and has always
constituted a heavy drain on
farm resources.
"More lately, our farmers are
buying the best pure-bred sires
in the nation, along with more
and better mares, for c~ultivating
crops and producing colts. Along
with dairy shows and beet
cattle shows, horse and mule
shows are being held in widely
distributed sectors Of the state.
In several instances, counties
which produced a negligible
quantity of work stock until re-
Gently, are exhibiting at these
shows from 200 to 400 stations,
jacks, mares, and colts.
GA good two-year old mule
colt is worth two or more bales
of cotton, and an annual mule
crop would add just that much
to the farm income without de-
creasing other. sources of income
and without adding to cotton
surplus. In addition, Mississippi
needs larger farms, better culti-
Of animal power would cOntri-
waited farms and an abundance
butte as much as any other factor
to increase income from general
sources.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-12
IN APPRECIATION

Whereas, in compliance with
the request of Miss Leila Pink
ston that the Sunday School ac-
cept her resignation as Superin-
tendent of Primary Department
of Durant Baptist Sunday
School, and
Whereas, Miss Pinkston has
served most acceptably and eff
GENTLY for a period of thirty
years;
Therefore, be it resolved:
1. That we, the members of
the First Baptist Church, most
especially the Sunday School,
regret exceedingly her retirement
from this very important office.
9. That, she will always be
the recipient of love and appre-
citation of her co-workers for the
noble Christian life she lives and
the influence she exerts over the
young people of our church.
3. That, we impress upon the
children of the Primary Depart
ment that they have been FORUM
ate to come under the influence
of a teacher who is not only
prompt and faithful in the dis
charge of her duties, but one who
lives day by day in a manner
which emphasizes her teaching.
4. That, her successor may
love the Bible, Gods Holy Word,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-12

as does Miss Leila and be able to
show to the boys and girls that
it is a Lamp unto their feet
and a Light unto their path"
And be it further resolved,
that a copy of these Resolutions
be mailed to Miss Pinkston, a
copy spread on the minutes of
Baptist Church, and me to the
.Durant News.
Respectfully submitted,
Your Committee:
Mrs. S. C. Ray
Mrs. HI. C. Mitchell
Mrs. ID. III. Fleming
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-12
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