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Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
Runaway Girls
Found in Cabin

WINTERHAVEN, March 5-Two
l5-year-old girls were found in
a cabin at Winterhaven Thursday
night after long distance tele-
prone message from Oklahoma Ci-
ty described them to Deputy Sher-
iff John Crousen as runaways
The girls were living in a cabin
provided for them by two men
declared to be serving jail SEN
tences in Yuma. The men were
connected with the establishment
when Crousen and Deputy Sheriff
Frank Raney found receipts for
grocery bills in the cabin, receipts
made out to the two men.
Raney took the girls to the
county detention home where they
will remain until their relations
with the Yuma prisoners are de-
termined, according to Sheriff
Robert w. Ware.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

piano, she told officers. He placed
the gun between his eyes and
said, I'm going to kill myself >
He pulled the trigger and slumped
to the floor beside the counter,
she said
Mrs. Morales, mother of five
children, said she did not take
Ruiz seriously when he threaten
ed to kill himself, She obtained
the gun from relatives and it
contained but one charge, officers
said.
Mrs. Harry Najima. wife of the
cafe proprietor, and Joe Gujalv,
hotel dishwasher, were in the
cafe at the time of the shooting
but did not see the shot fired
officers said. They declared there
was no argument or confusion tt
attract their attention toward Ruiz
The waitress said she was washinl
dishes and did not see him fir
the shot. Ruiz is said to have
wife in Arizona.
An inquest was scheduled 10
the Lemons undertaking estab
iishment at 2:30 O'Clock Frida
afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

tific age, is operated may be seen
by any and everyone. 1t will be
just one of the features of the
POST Press booth which is being
fitted to show how newspapers
are made. and where these papers
are distributed.
Large maps dotted with red map
tacks will reveal the exact circula<
tion coverage of these papera<
There will be pictures showing the
operation Of these papers and
other bulletin boards carrying the
pictures which are received at
all times of day and night. reveal
ing events in photo-form from all
over the country.
An item of especial interest viii
be a display showing how pictures
are made for newspapers, includ-
ing all stages of the elaborate and
costly process of photo-engraving.
Those who have never seen the
type behind the news page win
be interested in a complete news-l
paper page form in its original
type.
All the services performed for
the public, from ordering sub
scriptions to placing news items
will be accepted at the Post Pres
booth. The booth Is located In the
center OF the east side Of the main
building.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
Police Aid Valley
Man. g. Find $3.50

BRAWLEY, March 5.-Yellowed
letters, old fashioned trinket box
es, and newspapers bearing dates
many years in the past gave up
$257 in bills, part of them, issued
as far back as 1902, when Frank
Hus' tiny shack in the Brawley
area was searched late Thursday.
The 81-year-old man appealed
to Brawley police to find money
he thought had been stolen from
him. The matter was turned over
to Deputy Sheriff Robert Parrish,
who accompanied Hus to his home
eight miles east Of Brawley on
property formerly owned by him.
The shack was crowded with pa
pers, records and boxes.
New type small bills amounting
TO $50 were found secreted under
the lining Of a battered suitcase
a torn shoe box contained letter
in which $40 in old bills issuec
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
Registrations at
POSt-PreSs Booth
To Be Published

Every visitor to the Imperial
county fair, beginning Saturday
will have chance to get his or
her name in the paper.
All that is necessary i. to
stop at the POst-Press booth
and anyone passing it will want
to stop for loOk-and register
In book that will be available
there. Names registered in the
book will be printed in the Inn
pcrial Valley Press and The
Morning Post every day of the
fair.
When you visit the fair, ftake
a point of seeing the Post-Press
= b0oth-and register while you're
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

Astor drove with del Campo to
Mexicali after the ceremony where
he left by plane for Mexico City
Miss Astor then returned to Los
Angeles by air.
Miss Astor recently figured in a
sensational child custody case, in
volving "lavendar diary, with
DR.. Franklyn Thorpe, Hollywood
doctor, a former husband. The
court fight was over their small
daughter, Marylyn.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

MISS Astor checked in at an Ell
Centre hotel Friday morning after
an auto trip from Los Angeles. She
registered as Mrs. Manuel del Cam
.po Miss Astor veiled her visit in
mystery and refused to see reporters.
Two weeks ago Miss Astor was
the center of Hollywood mystery
following a quick airplane trip to
Yuma where she married del Cam
po. Both denied the wedding at
first but later admitted it. Miss
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
Hearing Conducted
On ExtOrti0n Charge
(PCst-Press Photo

H. T. and LOWE Turner were held
to answer on charges of extortion
after a preliminary hearing con-
Quoted in Calipatria late Thursday.
The couple was ordered held in the
county Jail by Judge B. F. Grubel
who set the bail at $1,000 each.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
ASTOR PAYS
VISIT TO Ell centric
Chief Deputy Dies
Suddenly on Coast

LOS ANGELES, March 5. W.pg-
George Barton, al, chief civil deputy
sheriff for Los Angeles county died
suddenly today from an attack of
heart disease while visiting health
clinic.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
TAKES FIGHT
TO COUNTRY
President Makes Sharply Worded
Appeal For Support of Agriculture
And Labor in Judiciary Fight

WASHINGTON March 5. s(UP)-Presdent Roosevelt
welt took his fight against the supreme court to the
country last night in sharpyworded appeal for support
from agriculture and labor from which he drew great
strength in the elections of 1882 and 1886 Facing the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
Film Star Who We'd Recently in Yuma,
To Meet Mexico City Plane; New
Husband Believed on Skyliner

Mary Astor, film star, whose marriage two weeks
ago in Yuma to Manuel Del Campo caused Hollywood
sensation stopped Ell Centro today preparatory to meet
ing the Mexico City plane in Mexca Friday afternoon.
Supposedly, she planned to meet her husband.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
KILLS
SELF WHILE IN
Ell CENTRIC CAFE

45yarod vegetable farmer died of gunsho wound
aegy sat counter in japanese cafe
o. Broadway at Ii o'clock Thursday night
Benabe Morales
nckes the player
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

IMPERIAL March 5.-Hundreds of spectators will
file through the gates at the fair grounds here Saturday
what expected the largest opening day crowd to
witness the annual opening day exercises at Imperial
county fair This years attendance expected to exceed
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
TWO RABID DOGS
FOUND IN CITY;
WARNING ISSUED

Two more Centro Thursday One dog
was known rabd responsible for the rabies
quarantine n in the city
large brown dog sometime during the
night Thursday according Warren Fox county
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
COUNTY FAIR TO START SAT.
Opening Day
Slated to See
Record Crowd
HER < 1T is!

Imperial Valley Satr
today publish edition. 1he
20-page edition. mirroring every valley activities
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

A Startling Question
An unnamed correspondent sends
in a long list OF Things I See
About Town, including "the ter
rible traffic of careless motorists
on Broadway the careless chill
dren cyclists on Main street. cars
whizzing unheedingly by pedes-
trian signs, blurred white dividing
lines on the highways, large trucks
parked without tail lights near
Sixth street and Commercial ave-
nue., and the thoughtlessness OF
careless drivers in school districts
The correspondent then pops the
question:
(Which would you rather be-
the visitor to the morgue, or the
man in it?"
RR studied over that a little,
then glanced on down.
ARE YOU NExT?" our friend
asked
Cheerful thought! At that. RR
probably will drive a little more
carefully from now on.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05

Butter; Los Angeles 35Izc;
. Butterfat. Imperial Valley fob.
ranch, Grade A 42lsc; manufacs
turing milk 37lzc; route gather
ed cream 3sIkc.
L. A. Hay: u. s. No. I extra
lcafy S3O-31: u. >. No. $2H,5D~
$1,000; u. =. No. 2 leafy Sz7.o0-
soc 90: u. 9. No. 2 s2s0n-x7i 81
Minneapolis flax sz.ls-$zzl
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
When Did This Start?

When Did This Start?
Members of the Elks lodge are
wondering when DR.. Forrest d.
Kutz developed the habit OF Civ
ing presents in sections-Such as
giving a watch one day and The
works the next. Ask any Of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
Some More Honest People

Some More Honest People
Russ Sherwood opened up his
mail Friday morning TO find let
ter containing s125 and an un-
signed note from San Francisco.
The note explained that group
had taken dinner in Sherwood'.s
a few days ago-and remembered
about halfway to San Diego that
five Martins hadn't been included
on the check. Russ decided that
honesty is the best policy-for
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
How Rumor Does Grow

HCW huU1OT DOcS oIOW
More than a few FL Centrans
were terribly concerned Friday
Morning at the report that Walter
Havekorst's youngest had swallow
ed a lethal dose Of iodine, and was
at deaths door. The PoSt-Press
staff. too, was no end concerned.
A reported called Mrs. Havekorst
on the telephone. The facts were
that. the youngster, playing as
youngsters will, had just about
touched an iodine bottle-no more.
The town, it appeared, was more
worried than the parents.
Then some people wonder why
newspaper reporters are a bit skep-
tical of rumors!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-05
Some Sort of Graft

SGme Sort Of Graft
The Ell Centre Elks Lodge Is
about to launch a congressional
investigation into the activities of
Bert Lemons, RR learned from an
unimpeachable source. Bert. IT
seems, was fined so cents for
some miSdemeanor at the lodge
meeting Thursday night--but did
MT have the SO cents. Knowing
his lodges reputation for charity,
he called upon some OF the Bro
theirs for help. When he was thru
passing the hat he had $l.50. The
mystery of what happened to the
extra dollar. some say, was cleared
up when Bert was seen Friday
morning in a local haberdashery,
purchasing new spring tic.
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Hindenburg

CONTINUED From First Page.)
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the dirigible anxiously awaited 1t
Frankfort-on-M Main and Ffiedrichs-
hafen the news from hospitals In the
United States concerning the condi-
ton Of crash victims, hoping fervently
the slowly mounting death list would
come to halt.
Special sympathy was extended to
Frau lehman, whose famous hus-
band. Capt. Ernst lehman, died in
an American hospital OF burns re-
ceived in the Hindenburg's crash. She
also embarked on the Europa.
The death Of William Speck, chief
radio officer aboard the dirigible,
struck q heavy blow at the Zeppelin
works. He had been in charge Of
radio work since the dirigible Los An
geles was built more than II years ago.
Goering, speaking at the opening
OF the Nazi creative people" fair,
told his listeners they should kneel
down and thank God for Reichs-
fuehrer Adolf Hitler, who made the
unity Of our people possible" He also
]ibed indirectly at the delayed open
ing OF the Paris Exposition by saying
no strikes and no social problems"
had hindered the Dusseldorf Fair.
The Paris opening date, put OH by
construction delays, is May "a.
Goering ordered builders at Fried
richshafen to rush to completion the
Lz-130, designed as a sister ship to
the Hindenburg.
But DR.. Eckener said the Graf
Zeppelin. now in regular service be-
tween Germany and South America,
would make no more flights until the
Hindenburg disaster is cleared UP.
The Graf landed today from a South
American trip.
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Ne,vs of Disaster
Is Suppressedfo for
Graf Passengers
% Alight From, Zeppe'
lin After Flight From,
South america.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
FRIEDR1CHSHAFEN, Germany,
May S.-The Graf Zeppelin returned
to her home port from South Amer
lean trip today. with passengers una
ware until a few hours before she
landed that the Hindenburg had
crashed.
The shocking news reached me
about three hours after it happened, y
said Capt. Hans Won Schiller, the
Crafts commander.
Il thought it best under the cir
cumstances to withhold 1t from others
until today. when told the crew.
The passengers were informed much
later"
The Graf landed at IS pm. III SIS
am, Eastern standard time). There
were no joyful shouts, no waving
hands to greet the big dirigible.
Twenty three passengers alighted.
The Graf carried two babies, IL and
80 months old. Crew members went
to their homes saddened by the loss
of close friends who were aboard the
Hindenburg.
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|SP0NTANEOUSF|RE
POSSIBLE CAUSE
"HarmIess Flame" in Lab.
oratory May Show How
Crash Occurred.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, May S.-Ths Dis
aster Of the Hindenburg can be ex-
planned. without lightning, static from
the ground, cigarette or engine spark
by what happened about 10 days ago
in . row OF six hydrogen tanks which
stand In the molecular physics lab
oratory here At the CarneRte Insti-
tute Of Technology.
A tiny blue flame appeared appar-
emily spontaneously where one Of the
tanks sprang 4 leak-ttaroueh . hole
almost too small to Be seen With 4
microscope.
The flame WAS harmless in the
laboratory, because there was no n.y.
drogen outside the tank to explode.
In an airship it could easily have
started q FIRE, or an explosion, or
both.
Furthermore this recent hydrogen
flame was nothing unusual, In these
same hydrogen tanks. The little flame
always appears with q leak Of the
gas.
The reason why was explained TO-
day by DR.. Otto Stern, director Of
the Research Laboratory Of Molecular
Physics
The speed Of the escaping gas sets
up friction, which produces static
electricity. AS a result, 4 difference
Of potential forms around the little
hole through which hydrogen is escap-
ing. Next . spark jumps across the
potential gap. The hydrogen, already
mixed with air, ignites and then burns
with 4 steady blue flame.
Hydrogen Is non-explostve until
mixed with air, and hence these leak
flames do not backfire into the tanks
to cause explosions.
But they would continue burning
indefinitely, until the leak was stop
ped, or the hydrogen exhausted from
the tank
The hydrogen in the Carnegie Tech
tanks Is stored under nearly 1000
pounds pressure. DR.. Stern said that
in large hydrogen container, like
the bag Of balloon or balloonet,
the pressure would not necessarily
have to be high to cause 4 similar
spark and flame at leak.
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Cunning little styles in
prints and stripes, with
m ate hing sun suits.
Trimmed with organdy. Sizes
2 to 6 years.
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OOntlnue0 from First PAXe.)
Of the local air station. Lieut.. Daniel
q. Weintraub was named recorder.
The boards FIRST duty was to notify
two senior officers OF the Inflated
dirigible, Heinrich Bauer chief watch
captain, and Walter Zeigler, q deck
ohncer. It told them they or any
other members OF the crew might
testify, cross -examine witnesses and
attend all sessions. Representatives
Of the Zeppelin company promised CO.
operation.
A spectator at the Naval Boards
session WAS Maj. R. w. Schroeder.
assistant director Of the Bureau Of
Air Commerce and member of the
Commerce Department Investigating
Board. Heading this board was South
Trimble, jr., Commerce Department
solicitor, and the third member was
Dennis Mulligan, chief Of the bu-
reAus regulation and enforcement
division.
Germany was to be officially repre-
sented At the hearings, German Am
bassador Luther naming Lieut. Gen.
Friedrich Won Boetticher, military and
air attache Of the German Embassy,
aS his observer.
Theories As to the cause of the ex-
plosion aboard the Hindenburg Thurs
day night. which set the stern of the
airship ablaze, remained only theories
pending conclusion of the inquiries.
A former naval officer, Kenneth w.
Heinrich Of Keyport, reported today
that as the Hindenburg cr,lised over
New Jersey before it crashed he saw
one Of its aft Diesel motors backfire
A theory = spark from q backflre had
ignited the ships lifting gas, the
highly explosive hydrogen, was one Of
the many to be considered in the
investigations.
IL Passengers, ~ Of Crew Dead.
The Hindenburg death list In
ellded the names OF IL passengers
and ~ crew members. The mammoth
ship, making its first North Atlantic
crossing this year and its twenty
first since It went into service In
1896. carried IS passengers and q
crew Of 81 when it dropped to earth
In flames.
All but two of the passenger dead
and six Of the crew dead have been
positively identified, the Zeppelin
Corp. announced tonight.
It was impossible to tell which Of
tvo passengers bodies was DR.. Burger
Brinck, Swedish journalist, and which
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SURVIVORS Of AIR
D|SASTERLAUDED
Dr.. Luther Recites Their
Plea Not to Lose Faith
in Big Airships."
~ the Associated Press.

~ TINS AesOClAteo fIeSo.
Don't lose confidence: don't give
up your faith in big Airships."
Those words, uttered through the
swollen lips Of badly burned passen-
gers and crew members Of the ILL
fated dirigible Hindenburg, COM
posed the dominating impression
brought back to washington by Am
bassador Hans Luther from his flying
trip to the scene Of the catastrophe
at LAkehurst, N. ].
He said so yesterday while de-
scribing the tragic scenes he en-
countered.
Seated at his desk in the Embassy,
which he shortly is to leave to re-
turn to Germany for new assign
ment, the white-haired envoy depre-
Gated rumorS that sabotage might
have been responsible for the disaster.
There is only one explanation I
can see for the frightful accident and
that is that it must have been an
act Of God" he said.
Courage Of Survivors.
Luther told of the stoical courage
displayed by most OF the survivors
who were critically injured. He
visited each of them personally in
hospitals to express his sympathy.
Some Of those people were close
to DEATH" he said with a quaver
In his voice. Yet most Of them who
could talk said to me that this ter
rible thing should not discourage
US from continuing the work which
we have begun on lighter-than-ai
navigation.
"You would have thought-it would
appear to be the natural human re-
action under such conditions-that
those people would recoil from
thoughts of further travel in that
manner But almost without excep-
ton they were insistent that this
awful catastrophe should not destroy
confidence in such ships.
Don't Lose Faith"
II never shall forget the words Of a
German lady passenger who was en-
route to Mexico. Her husband was
killed, but she doesn't know that yet.
She saved her two small sons by lit
orally throwing them out of the fam
ing ship.
Her hands were badly burned by
their blazing clothing and she was
otherwise critically injured. But try
ing to smile, she said to me, through
swollen lips:
Herr Ambassador, don't lose con-
fidence; don't lose faith in Yep
pelins."
The Ambassador marveled at the
heroism Of most of the injured in suf-
fering their hurts in silence. He found
none who complained, he said. This
indifference to pain prompted one hos
pital doctor to say to him:
Those people can certainly take 1t. "
Luther praised highly the rescue
work performed by officers and men
Of the Lakehurst station.
No Evidence Of Sabotage.
Chairman Copeland meanwhile an
nounced that an investigator from his
Senate Commerce Committee sent to
the scene OF the disaster had uncov-
cred no evidence Of sabotage.
Copeland added, however:
Il cannot disabuse my mind OF the
possibility Of sabotage. don't say that
was the cause and it's purest conjec-
ture when I suggest it, but nothing
has turned up to remove sabotage as a
possible cause"
The committee investigator, Col.
Harold E. Hartney. gave preliminary
report to Copeland by telephone. He
said he would investigate further
tOdav
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Auxiliary Picnic Today.

Base ball, volley ball and other
sports events will feature the second
annual Spring picnic of the Women S
Auxiliary Of the Federation OF Archi-
tects, Engineers, Chemists and Tech
nicians. to be held at pm. today ut
Miller Cabin in Rock Creek Park.
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GOODS WILL" GOERING SAYS
Germany Speeds Construction on New
Dirgible Despite Disaster.

Germany Speeds Construction on New
Dirgible Despite Disaster.
BERLIN, May 8 P).-Germany's
highest aviation official ascribed to-
day to Goods will" the destruction OF
the Third Reich's pride Of the air, the
Zeppelin Hindenburg.
But, at the same time, Gen. Her
mann Wilhelm Goering, the air min
lister, who is second only to Adolph
Hitler in the NaI state, ordered rush
work on a new zeppelin. His govern
ment sped an Investigating commits
sion to the scene OF flaming tragedy
at Lakehurst
The commission, headed by DR..
Hugo Eckener, the Hindenburg's de-
signer, reached Cherbourg, France,
by plane to take the Europa for the
United States. There are six men,
hers.
Relatives Of those who were aboard
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Community Service Needs Piano

Though several persons already have
offered pianos to the Community
Service Department for use during
the Summer festivals at the National
Sylvan Theater, Mrs. E. K. Peoples,
director OF the department and the
programs, announced yesterday that
a particularly strong instrument is
needed for outdoor uses and none OF
those offered could be accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-09

Hermann Doehner, Mexico City i'm
porter, it said.
Previously representative Of the
Swedish Consul tentatively identified
one Of the bodies as Brinck's.
Doehner's daughter Irene died Of
burns, and his wife Mathilda and two
sons, Walter, 10, and Werner, 6, are
in hospital, gravely injured.
The company had only last names
Of the unidentified crew dead: Schreib-
mueller, Holderried, Knorr, Gichelrnan,
Stoeckle and Schlapp.
No funerals will be held until all
means of Identification have been
exhausted, the company announce
ment said.
Releasing the bodies Of the dead,
Coroner Raymond Taylor issued Ger
tificates Of accidental death"
Bodies of the crew members were
taken by Hoboken undertaken for
shipment to Germany on the first
available ship. The body Of Capt.
Ernst Lehman, former Hindenburg
skipper who was aboard on the fatal
trip as an observer. was to be held
until the arrival of his widow. He
died last night.
rs Sail ON Steamer.
twenty-five persons. meanwhile,
who had planned to cross the Atlantic
on the Hindenburg's return trip,
sailed instead on the Italian, liner Rex
today. Most of them said they would
never fly in a dirigible unless 1t used
helium, non-intlammable gas.
Consul General DR.. Hans Borchers
and Consul H. r. Hirschfeld came to
Lakehurst to arrange details for the
return to Germany Of the dead air
men and to provide surviving men,
bers Of the crew with new passports.
The survivors, who are quartered
with officers and men at the air sta
ton, will remain here for several
days at least, a company representative
said.
Several probably will testify in the
inquiry.
Ranking officers who will proba bly,
be called are Capts. Albert Sanmt,
Alton Witteman and Heinrich Bauer,
and Navigation Officers Ziegler and
Max Label
~
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672-Pound Fish Caught.

1t required 10 men to haul in a
royal sturgeon, II feet long and
weighing 672 pounds, which was
caught of Lowestoh, England.