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Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Board Chooses
Representative
For MOtOrcade

Leo Watts OF Calexico was ap-
pointed the official representative
of the Imperial county board of su-
pervisors on the motorcade to
Memphis, Tenn, for the Broadway
of America convention May 18 and
10.
The county will provide Watts
with an automobile, gasoline and
oil for the trip scheduled to begin
May IL as a part of long pro-
cession in which automobiles from
California will join entries from
other states en- route to the meet
A. Mercier and Watts of Calexico
and Joe Bush of Ell Centro appear
ed before the supervisors Monday
morning TO request help for this
county's participation in the event.
The associated chambers of COM
merce and chambers of the various
cities in the county also are par
ticipating.
The board took no action upon
the federal governments request for
cancellation Of taxes against the
site of the migratory agricultural
labor camp at Brawley. Board mem-
bers wish to continue investigation
of the matter
Since no money for such pro-
iect is available. the board decided
not TO enter n float in the golden
gate festival in San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

IT don't think there is men,
ber of this body willing to economic
at the expense of the lives and the
health of school children of the
country" SchWellenbach said.
II don't think ideas of economy
should stand in the way of protect
ing those children"
In response to a resolution pass
ed by the senate following the New
London, Texas, school disaster, Sec
retary of Interior Harold L. Ickes
submitted statistics showing that
1178 projects of PWA are designed
to eliminate school hazards, Schwel-
lenbach said.
OF this number, sol would be for
the elimination of fire hazards, the
report revealed.
Under PWA regulations, sponsors
of a project are required to put up
the total amount of the project and
are repaid the amount expended for
relief labor, plus Is per cent of the
cost of the project.
The SchWellenbach resol ution
would waive this restriction, per-
mitting PWA to grant and loan
money Immediately for the COM
mencement of the hazard projects,
most of which have been approved
but for which money has not been
allocated.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Divorce Granted
To Mrs. Simpson
DUKE SPEEDS
TO HER; QUICK
WEDDING SEEN
Wallie Phones Tidings to
Ex-King; All Over
In rs Seconds

LONDON, May 3. (UP)-
The divorce court granted
Mrs. Ernest Simpson a de-
cree absolute t today and
within a few hours the Duke
of Windsor was en- route from
Austria for their wedding.
The decree which leaves Mrs.
Simpson free to marry the man
who gave up Britain's throne for
her love was sent to her by air
mail. 1t will enable her to be mar
ried at any time and it was ex-
pected the wedding would take
place at the Chateau de Cande
at Monts, France, where she is
staying, during the week Of May
"a
AS soon as the decree divorcing
her from Ernest Simpson, her Sec
ond husband, was granted, the
news was telephoned to Mrs. Simp-
SON She joyfully telephoncd the
tidingS to the duke at st. Wolf
gang Austria and he left by auto
mobile to take the Paris express
at Salzburg.
He was expected to leave the
train in France and motor direct
to Tours to join her tomorrow, al
though it was possible he might
decide he could make better time
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
District Crews
Remedy Trouble
In Canal System

Irrigation district crews, work.
ing in Mexico day and night, have
remedied trouble along the Ash
canal caused by heavy silt. A full
head of water was flowing again
through the Ash today.
Announcing completion of the
job, M. j. Dowd, chief engineer OF
the district, said this morning
that all orders for water along
the Ash would be filled in a few
days.
The Ash canal is supplied from
Sharp's heading, below the inter-
national boundary and takes off
from the Alamitos about x mile
west of Sharps. Then the Ash
flows northward, crosses the bor-
der and runs about 10 miles in
the direction of Holtville.
Use of large pond in Mexico
for sitting will eliminate possibil-
ity of a repetition of the trouble for
several years, Dowd said.
Deposits of heavy silt in the
canal system have been trouble
some since completion of Boulder
dam, according to the engineer.
Light silt has decreased in volume.
Presence of the heavier deposits
is one proof of the need for the
deSilting works at Imperial dam,
he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Educators Attend
Round Table at
SD. State College

Headed by C. B. Collins, county
superintendent of schools, group
of valley educators attended the
sessions of the San Diego state
college Round Table Friday and
Saturday at the college.
This Round Table is an annual
affair with prominent educators
from all parts of southern Califor-
mia in attendance. Among those
who participated in a panel dis
cussion on the significance of mod
ern curriculum development to
elementary education was Miss Hell
en- Thomas. county instruction su-
pervisor.
The whole conference was on the
subject Of the foundation and i'm
plications of modern curriculum de-
velopment with leading educators
from the colleges and universities
of southern California as the speak
erS.
The banquet Friday night was in
lighter vein with President Walter
r. Hepner acting as chairman.
Many remained over for the cere-
monies at the college Sunday which
observed Founders day anl which
were marked by the mveiling Of
the new Aztec statue, made for the
college by Donal Hord. celebrated
sculptor Many valley alumni of
the college were present for the
celebration
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
EVIDENCE IN
POWER ROW TO
BE PRESENTED

All evidence is expected to be
presented to Judge Isaac Pacht late
this week in the Imperial Irrigation
District and Imperial county cases
in which the Nev-Cal company is
plaintiff in one and defendant in
another
Hearings were continued Thurs
day of last week to Tuesday morn
ing. They have been held in Los
Angeles and Ell Centre at intervals
for several months. The cases in
volve the right of the power COM
pany to stretch power lines and
install poles on county and district
property. The power company
wants the county restrained from
demanding a permit before county
property may be crossed by the
lines. The district wants the COM
pany restrained from crossing dis
trict property with the lines and
poles
The date for arguments to be
presented, will be set later.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
AND
DOPE MENACE
u. S. YOUTH

Richmond, Va. May 3. WP)-
Liquor and marijuana offer far
greater menace to youth than at
any time in history, social and
educational leaders contended to-
day at the opening session of the
national congress of parents and
teachers.
More than 1000 delegates gather,
ed to hear three speakers list the
following as offering the greatest
inducement for youths to use al
cohol and narcotics:
|. The widespread legalized sale
of liquor in restaurants, drugstoreS,
and other establishments.
2. The social pressure" and
"smartness" of drinking.
3. Lack of scientific education on
the effects of alcohol and narcot-
les.
4. Widespread and easy growth
of marijuana and lack of a fed
eral law to stamp it out.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

ned by Union members.
Photographs of every person
passing through the picket lines
at studios were taken today as
means of labelling them anti
union.
w. B. Cullen, chairman of the
Federated Motion Picture Craft
unions, announced pickets from
now on would be armed with cam
did cameras to snap pictures OF
actors, executives and artisans
passing through picket lines.
THE camera made hollyood
what it is and the camera is going
to help us gain better working
conditions and recognition of our
unions" Cullen declared.
He said the pictures taken by
the picketS would be developed
and those photographed would be
identified by veteran studio em-
ployes. Cullen declared the pic
lures then would be sent to the
American Federation of Labor and
placed in "rogues' gallery OF
labor.
Possibility existed, Cullen declar-
ed, that the persons photographed
might be barred from their unions
or if they do not belong to unions
might be refused membership In
event they sought to join group
affiliated with the A. F. of L.
Charles Lessing, executive secre-
tary of the federated union, de-
clared that even without use ol
the photograph method, many
members of striking unions
are refusing to pass through the
picket lines.
when We start taking their pic
lures to brand them unfair even
more union men will refuse to go
through our lines" Lessing declar-
ed
A few more days of picketing
will result in many union men de-
Gliding that to go to work would
be unfair to us and they will stay
off their jobs, Lessing predicted.
Work progressed almost unham-
pered today as stars went through
picket lines without being molest-
ed or even spoken to by the pick
cts
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
COURT REFUSES
TO ENTERTAIN
GOLD APPEAL
New Type Litigation
Involves Federal
Policies

WASHINGTON, May 3.
(UP) = The supreme court
today refused to entertain
an appeal involving a new
type of litigation growing
out of the administrations gold
devaluation policy.
The appeal was brought by L.
H. Sly of San Francisco against
the Prudential Insurance company
which foreclosed valuable property
in San Francisco on which it held
a mortgage.
Sly had given a $850,000 prom
isory note secured by the property
in 1925. The note provided that,
in event of foreclosure, the laws
of California should prevail. These
laws provide that bids be called
for and made in gold coin.
In 1888. after the anti-gold
boarding orders of President Roose-
velt but before the gold clause was
outlawed. the property was sold
at public auction and bid in by
the Prudential, according to Sly's
brief The bid was for $350,000 in
lawful money.
In proceedings brought to obtain
possession of the property by the
insurance company, Sly contended
that the fact that gold was not
available did not release the in
surance company from the obliga-
ton under the state law of bidding
in gold coin and that the sale was
therefore illegal.
The California supreme court
ruled in favor of the insurance
company.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Charges Dropped
Against Valleyite

WESTMORLAND, May s. Mrs
Luz Sotello was freed of charges OF
fraudulent registration when the
case against her was dismissed in
WeStmorland justice court late Sat-
urday.
Her arrest on the charge grew
out of the recall election held in this
city last Tuesday She signed two
petitions asking for the recall o.
two city councilmen. The recall
failed at the special election.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
HOTEL OWNERS SEEK
CONFAB In WALKOUT

SAN FRANCISCO. May 3. up
Operators of San Francisco's is
largest hotels. who are losing $35 900
a day Turing a strike of hotel en-
ployes. today assembled their nego-
tiating committee and announced
they would seek conference with
strikers representatives in an at
tempt to end the walkout.
j. j. Schlaepfer, employers spokes-
man, said he hoped to arrange a
meeting with the strikers joint
committee today. Spokesnen for
the unions involved in the walk
out indicated they would attend
the conference.
Resumption of negotiations ap-
parently depended upon Schlaep-
fer's success in getting the owners
together. They have been busy
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

Juan Buelna, president oil the
striking group OF small farm own
ers, declared that President Car
denas is expected at the MeXicall
airport at about pm. Tuesday
Notice of the presidents impending
arrival was received by telephone.
he said.
Meanwhile, it appeared certain
that a commission formed OF Agrarl-
an. union and farmer agents VIII
meet Tuesday to consider friendly
settlement of difficulties arising
from Agrarian confiscation of pri-
vate property If the president
arrives. it is believed he VIII pre-
side over the conference.
More than 1000 Anti-Agrarian
farmers remained camped in the
governments palace park pending
outcome of the conference. The
settle-down strikers have declared
time and again that they will not
move until President Cardenas
personally surveys the situation in
Mexicali Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

The battle is on, as far as We
are concerned, and we are con-
vinced the hotels cannot hold out
another "a hours" Ernst told the
strikers at a mass meeting.
ut won't last another "a hours"
CoWan said. Owners made no pre-
dictionS.
Immediate cause of the walkout,
which occurred during the peak
hour Saturday evening, was the re-
tusal OF the operators to grant
5-day, 40-hour week and prefer
ence of employment to desk clerks
and office employees. The walkout
affected $500 employees and left
nearly 5000 guests without room,
elevator, bell boy, maid dining room
or cocktail lounge service.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

county, sent a group OF heavily
armed deputies to escort the veter-
inarians who went into the fields
to resume enforcement of the
county's compulsory bovine test
ing ordinance.
Seven deputies accompanied the
veterinarians as they went to the
ranch where it was previously an
nounced testing would be resumed.
The deputies and veterinarians
were Immediately surrounded by a
mob of dairymen who voiced
threats of bloodshed if testing was
resumed. Some of the dairymen,
sheriff's deputies said, were pack
ing clubs, while others were be-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Mrs. Henry Swanson
Passes, Funeral
Services Wednesday

Mrs. Eudora j. Swanson. 81. wife
Of Henry Swanson of Ell Centre,
died at II o'clock Sunday morning
at the ri Centro hospital after d
brief illness. al atte,
She was born in BaIlinger. Texas,
and had made her home in I'M
perial Valley for several years.
Funeral services will take place
at the Lemons funeral chapel at
1890 O'Clock Wednesday morning.
Cremation is scheduled to take
place in San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
DIR. SCHULTZ
WILL LEAVE
co. HOSPITAL

DIR. Arthur Schultz. resident phys
ician at the Imperial county hospi-
tai since September |, 1896, will
leave the position June / TO enter
private practice at baguna Beach
The matter was called to the at
tention of the county board of su
pervisors Monday by Or. l.. C..
House, county physician. House said
he had been iterviewing applicants
for the position and asked super
visors for suggestions as to Sue
cessor to Schultz. Final decision in
the matter will be made later.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Valley
Members Put on
Townsend Board

Five Imperial Valley members
we're elected to the Townsend Goth
Congressional district board at the
Joint meeting of the San Diego and
Imperial counties Sunday in San
Diego.
S. l.. McCrory of Ell Centre; Geo,
Harlan of Calexico, w. S. Dunn of
Imperial; j. d. Fox of Brawley; and
w. o. Huson of Holtville represent
Imperial county on the board which
is composed of Is members, the 9TH
er 10 coming from San Diego coun-
ty. McCrory is vice-chairman rep
resenting this county, Daniel M.
Denton was elected chairman. B. 7.
Gillespie of Calexico was one of
the three speakers for the after
noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

operating the hotels, doing the work
of bellhops, clerks, bartenders, wait
ers, busboys and telephone opera
tors.
The few remaining guests i'll the
picketed hostelries made their own
beds puffed up and down stairs,
late out" mixed their own drinks
behind abandoned bars, and CO.
operated as best they could with
hotel executives, who recruited
relatives, friends and a few non
union workers in an attempt to
continue operation.
Hugo Ernst and Walter Cowan,
president and secretary respectively,
of the strikers executive board,
forecast an early end of the dis
pute and a victory for the unions.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
SUMMER HERE?
TEMPERATURE
RISES TO 1O2

Imperial Valley temperature was
of a decidedly summerish tendency
Sunday. mounting to 102 degrees
at the highest point.
The temperature dropped to reg
lister 90 at noon Monday, with the
humidity registering only 81, ac-
cording to Howard Emmons, OBJ
server for the U. S. weather bureau
at Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Associated Farmers
Attend Barbecue Sun.

Associated Farmers and their
families had a barbecue Sunday at
the fair grounds, Imperial, the af-
fair being marked by large attend
ance, some $50 being present.
Among the speakers were Super
visor Hugh T. Osborne, Sheriff R. w.
Ware, o. j. Bradshaw. r. B. White
law was in charge of the program
arrangements.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

lieved to have firearms.
After a short consultation, the
deputies turned around and drove
back to Modes and informed Depu-
ty District Attorney Fratnk B.
Collier, in charge of the enforce
ment of the ordinance, of the stu
alton.
IT hope there is going to be no
trouble" Collier said, "but if there
is, we are prepared to call upon
ebery Stanislaus county peace Of
ficer to furnish protection to the
veterinarians to carry out testing
as provided by the ordnance"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
A Job For Science


Now that the lights of automo-
bileS of Sunday evening once
again make an unbroken thread
of illumination from the foothills
to FL Centre along the San Diego
highway, someone should call upon
the spirit Of progress and inven-
tion to perfect a rocket device for
navigation of the desert between
here and the mountains on a hot
end airplane line would do just as
we'll. RR's foot got so hot on the
accelerator Sunday that he couldn't
keep it there long enough to get
the old bus over 20 m.ph.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
$50 Irate Dairymen
Assemble to Halt
1.B. Tests on Herds
Heavily Armed Deputy Sherffs Sent Into The Fields
To Protect Veterinarians While Carrying
Out Ordinance
.---0O-

CROWS LANDING, Caif May 3. (UP)-Nearly $50
edairymen, some of them reportedy armed assembled
here today and announced their intention of orcby
sistng all attempts to federal tuberculosis inspectors
test their herds. Sheriff Graf NJ Hogin of Stanislaus
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
r EPORTS FLY AS
STRIKERS REFUSE
TO LEAVE PALACE

MEXICALI, May 3. (Speca)-Mexicali Valleys set
tedown strikers remained stolidy the Palaco grounds
today while conflicting reports persisted about the
ment of President Lazaro Cardenas to fly here from Mex
leo City to survey the Agraran program
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
A Change of Profession

Dr. Warren F.. Fox, the county
health officer whose job it is to
sec that health remains at the best
possible level. did right-about-
face at Oakwilic Sunday. He spent
the day at his summer cabin max
ing things unhealthy for rats and
mice. which is Just about tops in
ways to spend Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
PROJECTS URGED TO
ELIMINATE PERlLS Ihy
NATIONS SCHOOLS
Resolution introduced in Senate to Allow PWA tt
Undertake Construction For Safety
OF Children

WASHINGTON, May 3. (UP)-Sen. Lewis B. Schwel-
enbach d. WASH introduced resolution in the senate to-
day to enable the Public Works administration to under
take school construction projects designed to eliminate
hazardous conditions from the schools of the country
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
A Man of His Word

One last fling-and the best one
of them all-at DR.. John Keye the
medico who looks like society
doctor but acts like regular guy.
Ten years ago the Doc and Mrs
Keyc planned that, at the end OF
10 years, they would leave the val
lev. The 10 years have passed-ano
they are on the way, almost to the
day. Precision seems to be one OF
the fine arts OF the medical profess
sion.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Nobody Knows

Judging from the answers receiv-
rd thus far in the Post-PrcSs Know
Your Valley" question conteSt'-ap-
pearine every Sunday-there aren't
many who do know their valley
The best list received Monday had
two answers right out of five.
What's a matter here?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Union Threatens
TO Picket All
Major Theatres
Pickets Surrounding Hollywood Studios
Armed With Cameras to Photograph
Workers Passing Thru Lines

HOLLYWOOD, May g. (UP)-Strikng motion picture
workers today disclosed that the union walkou would
spread throughout the United States tieng up all major
theatres the studios persist in refusing recognize the
unions Pcketng of picture house has already been plan
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Today's Baseball
Results

NATIONAL
New York 000-000-0 -010-l-6-0
Boston 600 -00x-3S6-0
Schumacher, Smith and Mancuso;
Weir and Lopez.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati ppd., ac-
count rain.
%
AMERICAN
Cleveland at ST. Louis ppd., rain.
Philadelphia ~ 33l 100 042-l4 II 3
brooklyn ... 022 0l3 000-- 8 10 4
Walters. Burke. Jorgens and At
wood. Butcher Harllp BlrkDfef
and Spencer
Chicago 262 0Di II
Detroit 004 g0l 40
Cain. Cheiinl Dietrich and se-
we'll; Mclaughlin Halter and Co
chrane.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Signs of The Times

SIgllb Of Tic IImtS-
And. speaking of the weather, all
unfailing sign is the renewed activ-
ity of Marvin Moore and his crew
at thu county court house, buslly
engaged with hammers, saws, eX-
celsior and .What-not, recondltlon--
ing last years home-manutactureo
cooling systems.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Chivalry Is Dead

NUINdHT u Ut"U
Out at the golf club Sunday, they
were supposcI TO have mixed
Scotch foursomc, with women ana
men computing. 1t was all very
well-but the weather or something
daunted the men. None showed up,
II looks like the women. after all,
are The ones who can take it!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

Butter: Los Angeles 33i6; butter
fat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch,
Grade \ 41hs manufacturing milk
3515; route gathered cream 32is.
L. A. Hay: u. 5. No. LAZY s1g01
$3.50; u. s. No. l S17.50 $500: 4. =.
No. 2 Ieafy s17.OO-S17.5O; q. 8. No. .
15.50-S16.50 Minneapolis flax S2.06ia
S2.11H.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-07
FARM CHIEFS {
DISCONTINUE
GATHERINGS

Farm bureau directors voted to
discontinue their monthly ses-
sions for July and August, meeting
again the second Saturday in AugT
ust.
This decision was reached at the
meeting Saturday in the court
house, which, aside from the dis
cussion on the Imperial Irrigation
Districts power program and the
power proposal offered by the Ne
Vada- California n,ectric corpora
ton, was devoted TO routine bust
ness.
Various chairmen made brief re-
ports, that of the fair committee,
presented by Charles Wieman and
S. E. Robinson being endorsed.
This report was relative to recon-
mendations for the farm centers
exhibits in the county fair and in
Volved number of changes. The
theme for next year is to be rural
electrification and the committee
recommended that $50 be allotted
each center for its expenses and
the prizes be reduced accordingly.
Rules for judging we're changed to,
include variety and quality as thu
basis instead of the former full repN
resentation qualification.