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The Washington times., 1937-08-25
" Ed S GIRL "A,
when WPA ] 0 B
REQUIRES WIFE.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. IS ct.
PSI .-WPA officials told Donald
Butler, %, his application for a
job would be refused because he
wasn't married.
He had indicated on his appli-
cation that he was thinking about
getting married, so he and Audrey
Mae Eden, IA, and her mother
went to Omaha courthouse to get
a license. The age limit in Ne
braSka is 16, even with the par.
ents' consent, so the license was
refused. The three went to Coun-
Gil Bluffs and got one there. Four
teen is the legal age, with the
parents consent. in Iowa.
The biggest problem-next to
the bridegroom'S WPA jobs
whether Audrey Mae will return
to school this fall. She was
Seventh-grader last year.
II don't want to go back" said
the bride. 1.-THE kids will tease
and talk"
The Washington times., 1937-08-25

NORTH BERGEN. N. j., Aug.
IS (C.TP.SO.-Oneta de Young,
blond and chubby girl Of five,
gave her life because, the police
believed, she tried valiantly to aid
her mother whom she found I'M
accountably silent and still on the
bathroom floor.
The child, warned not to enter
the bathroom where her mother
was soaking curtains in a tubful
of cleaning fluid, played about the
house for hours and then, appar-
emily, called in some question to
her mother.
She got no answer and entered
the room, finding her mother pros
The Washington times., 1937-08-25
Asthma Victims
q.
Given New Hope

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-New
hope for asthma, catarrh, chronic
bronchitis and sinus sufferers
sprang today from a medical
machine which is soon to be put
into use in New York hospitals.
Invented by David Fingard, an
American chemist, the new cure"
has won wide acclaim in England,
where it has been tested over a
twoyear period, st. Luke'S Hos
pital expects to have one OF the
cabinets in use within a few
months" it was said.
The Washington times., 1937-08-25
CHICAGO'S PARK
KILLING BLAMED
ON VICE RACKET
2 Men, Woman Seized
In Burns Staying

CHICAGO, Aug. IS (C.TP.S0.
investigators turned today to Chi
cago's commercialized vice racket
for the solution of the mysterious
moonlight murder which occurred
in Grant Park early Sunday morn
ing.
Two men identified as vice,
mongers are sought as the actual
killers and two other persons, one
a man and the other a woman
from the half-world, were seized
TODAY as material witnesses in the
strange tawdry drama when
ended in a Staying on the front
doorstep of the Loop business area.
FOUND IN DEBT
The victim in the case was Her
bert w. Lee, a World War veteran
who was until his death, known
az Robert Francis Burns and con-
sidered a respectable Evanston
business man. Lee, alias Burns
was found to be in debt atter a
month of touring the clty,s ngnC
rnots with a pretty blonde hostess
1ncille Buehler, %, but he was not
oS far as could be ascertalneo'
connected with any criminal ell
# was, then, a search for mo-
tive that caused police to direct
their attention to the macquereaus
If the spreading and increasingly
nowerful vice racket here. why
asked detectives, should Lee DC
shot down? They found their an,
swer they now believe, IN Ine
Rnehler girl who was with Lee
when the fatal shot was tired.
Lieut. Thomas F. Kelly, cn!e1
investigator for the states Az
torney's office, said ne oelleVeo
tba murder was committed to pre-
vent the Buehler woman from
leaving the vice racket ana n IT,is
with or marrying Lee. The killers
he said, probably were pimps 1or
whom the girl worked.
DOUBLE MOTIVE
1--WE think these men had a
double motive for the killing
said Lieutenant Kelly. "Flrst'
we believe they did not want 10
lose a good meal ticket. we
think they decided to shoot Lee
as a disciplinary measure.
TT is entirely possible that
the vice syndicate heads de-
cided it was necessary to make
an example in order to prevent
other men from taking women
ut Of their power"
The Buehler girl, according to
her statements to the States AT
torney's office, was in the power
Of men whose activities as vice
lords have been rapidly expand
ing in Chicago. She has threat
ened to leave the racket and
marry Lee, and the mudrer fol-
lowed.
The Washington times., 1937-08-25
Filipino Rail Bond
Reputation Seen

UN.S0.-ChargeS that the Phil.
ippine government had repudiated
100000 in government-guaran.
teed Philippine Railway bonds
were made at a meeting of the
bondholders here.
The Philippine cover n m emit
stopped interest payments on the
bonds July /, william P. Buckner.
president of the bondholders pro-
tective association said. About ST.
500 900 of the "repudiated bonds"
are held by American investors.
The Washington times., 1937-08-25

tionnaire given to boys at a camp
the club sponsored.
What do you think is the best
club in Reading?" a round-faced
boy was asked.
1.-THE Kiwanis," was the an
SWer.
The Washington times., 1937-08-25
Woman to Discuss
Pan-AmeriCa PaCts

Mrs. Cecil Ira McReynolds, a
former member of the Peoples
Mandate delegation that attended
the recent Inter-American Peace
Conference, will speak tomorrow
at 8 p. m. in the Arlington Baptist
Church. Her topic will be "The
Peoples Mandate and the BuenoS
Aires Treaties"
The Washington times., 1937-08-25
Girl, 5, Dies Aiding Mother

trate and unconscious. The grl,
it seemed, shook her and calleo
to her, trying to lift her and tug
her away from some unknown
danger, not knowing her mother
had collapsed from inhaling fumes
from the tubs of fluid.
Mrs. De Young, unconscious tor
two hours, revived and found ner
daughter dead beside her.
The Washington times., 1937-08-25
EDUCATORS TO MEET

HARRISBURG, Aug. 24.-Penn-
sylvania educators will discuss
new educational laws at the four
day State education congress in
in the capital beginning Septem-
Der 20,
The Washington times., 1937-08-25
Col. Albert Sutton
I'll of Pneumonia

Col. Albert F. Sutton, 81, u. s.
A. retired, was taken to George
town Hospital last night critically
i'll with pneumonia. With his wife,
Mrs. Freeda Sutton, the colonel
makes his home in the 300 block
Of Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase, Md.
The Washington times., 1937-08-25

CrueIties Of a Bandit King. Bacha
saauO, Ignorant Brigand Who Became
Ruler of Afganistan, Tells How hls
BarbarOua Methods Of ExtOrtng
Money from the Rich Led Followers
of the DepOsed Ruler to start
Counter Revolution. In The American
weekly, with Sundays Washington
Herald,
The Washington times., 1937-08-25
Guest of Rotary
Likes KiWanis

READING, Aug. 25.-You ought
to have seen the RotarianS when
they read the answers to the queS-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01

duction in federal expenditure.
The first part of this program
was proposed by President Roose-
velt in message to congress ask
ing emergency legislation to re-
duce next years federal road build
ing expenditures by about $780,
100000.
Behind scattered, outspoken op-
position there were formidable
rumbleS of cloak room protest
against economy at the expense of
improved highways. Few members
endorsed Mr.. Roosevelts economy
move and some passed private
word that an economy bill was
not likely at this session.
White House pressure for action
may overcome congressional re-
luctance to cut road funds. The
Immediately uniavorable reaction
to the road economy message, how
ever, foretold further difficulty in
effecting remaining budget balanc-
ing economies.
The treasury economy plans.
which Mr.. Roosevelt evidently in
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
VALLEY URGED
TO SHOP EARLY
FOR CHRISTMAS
Last Minute Rush May
Find Depleted Stock,
Merchants Warn

Ell Centro merchants, civic
leaders and postal and city
officials joined Wednesday
in a strongly worded plea
to Imperial Valley residents
to shop early for Christmas to
avoid last minute congestion
in the stores, on the streets and
in the mail.
Stores the length of Main street
in Ell Centre took on a Christmas
appearance with the beginning of
December as merchants anticipat-
ed the buying rush which, several
said, already is in evidence.
Our Christmas stock will be
exhausted long before. Dec. 25,"
said one merchant. Those who
wait until couple of days before
Christmas to do their buying will
find only the left-overs to choose
from. More people than ever be-
fore are paying attention this year
to the old advice, DO Your Christ
mas Shopping Early"
Wide Choice
A tour of the shopping district
disclosed complete line OF gifts
for children and adults in FL Gen.
tro stores. Department stores, hard
ware stores, drug stores, clothing
shops and every other kind of
store revealed a Christmas choice
of everything from children's mech
anized Scooters to women's fur
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
XMAS COMMENT
Let's Smile!
Let's Light Our Front Yards
Let's ShOD Earlvl

Let's Shop EARLY!
AS slide from November into the first day of
Mrs. Everybody. Despite the realization OF all the
things we've just got to do realize with some
what of start, that have mighty good chance to
spread lot of Christmas spirit and good will before
the big event rolls around.
There is wonderful and inspiring period OF
the year than this portion of calendar during which
the theme of the whole world is mutual frendliness
and universal good will to mankind. Days filled
with unsefish thoughts of giving helping cheering.
The happiness of little children the sick and the MAIN
friends and neghbors, becomes the guiding
sderaton which rules that not strive to get all we
get, but give all we give.
During this busy pre-Christmas season we make
everybody's tasks twice pleasant by giving freely
that which, incidently doesn't cost anything Smiles.
This goes for the busy buyer the busy clerk Plenty
of smiles about checking off the things
lists, will go long way towards making the Christmas
season just as enjoyable as the Big Day itself.
There is another manner in which FL CentrO can
sble. That is for and folks to light a tree
the front yard, the colors of the to
decorate the doorway the windows the of the house
Though Ell Centro will have its downtown decora-
tions more and still more light displays in the front
yards of residential districts would produce uni
versal benefit by reflecting outwardy, the spirit of
Christmas which permeaes the interiors of homes.
We heartily commend those folks who already follow
the plan, and hope that many will adopt it this
the fullest let's think about the mailmen the express
men, the delivery boys and floor clerks and sales men
and women. We give them all mighty big Christ
mas present by doing our buying NOW and not, in
the proverbia last minute rush. leaving them almost too
tired to fully enjoy Christmas Day itself.
Let's Shop Early.
Let's Smile.
Let's Light Up The Front Yard
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
L. A. MAN HURT
IN CRASH WITH
2 BY II PLANK

CALEXICO. Dec. IA 2 by II
plank speared the new coupe driven
by Virgil Hubbard of Los Angeles
early Wednesday morning, tore his
trousers off. and ripped one side
of his coat tail when he drove
head-on into guide posts at the
highway detour over All American
canal construction north OF town.
He escaped with only a minor
leg injury but Calexico police gave
him ticket for drunk driving. His
car with it's South American license
plates resembled a skewered fowl
with planks protruding from the
metal. t#s.
Hubbard was chased by CaleXico
police who declared he was driv-
ing rs miles an hour before the
crash. He was taken to the county
hospital for treatment of injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
30 FAMILIES GO
TO LABOR CAMP
AT B R AW | EY
Bars Down on Federal
Home for Transient
LabOrerS

BRAWLEY, Dec. 1.-The
bars went down at the $780,
900 federal labor camp here
Wednesday and 200 families
able to meet the require
mehts may pitch their tents there
at a cost of 10 cents day..
Official opening day, long de-
layed because the city of Brawley
and the government were un4ble to
reach an agreement c,oncerning
the water supply, came nine months
after construction first began.
During recent weeks dozens of
families applied for permission to
live at the camp but were turned
away because construction was not
complete, Charles Barry, camp
manager, said. Twenty-seven FAM
lilies already were living at the
camp when opening day arrived.
The population was boosted to 80
before noon Wednesday.
Since the residents must be mi
gratory agricultural workers and
must be employed, the rush Of ap-
plicants was not expected until
after working hours Wednesday.
The first social event is sched-
uled for Dec. 18, when benefit
dance will be staged at the recre-
alton hall by the management. The
dance, Barry said, will be open to
the public and the funds used
for a Christmas party for the chill
dren
Fred Gribble, engineer, is sched-
uled to arrive late this week to
complete construction. He will su-
pervise the building of flagstone
walks connecting the tent sites,
utility units, and administration
buildings. He also will be in charge
of installation OF electric lights in
the streets, painting, and installa-
ton of supplies.
Miss Flavia Prentiss is the camp
nurse and will make her home at
the camp.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
BOAT SEIZED
AT SHANGHAI
R { 7 U R n { D
Amends Made for
Ripping Down
Flag

SHANGHAI, Dec. l. CUP.
Japanese authorities re-
turned the American-owned
tug, Feitig, today and for,
mally apologized.
Vice Admiral Kiyoshu Hasegawa.i 3
commander-in-chie OF the Japa-
nese third fleet, was understood
to have made the apology to Rear
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, COM
mander of the United States Asia
tic fleet, and United States Consul
Clarence E. Gauss.
Yarnell had protested to Japa-
nese authorities yesterday when,
the tug, property of the William
Hunt interests in the far east, was !,
hi-jacked from Its base at the
Kin Lee-yuan wharf in the French
concession. The Japanese naval !
party ripped the American flag
from its standard and threw it.
into the Whangpoo river.
The Japanese also returned two.
Italian-owned tugs which they had.
appropriated along with the Felt
ing.
Hasegawa first offered to re-
turn the tugs If the United States
and Italian authorities went to
the Japanese base down the Whang-
poo after them
Rear Admiral Yarnell refused.
and the Italian officials followed
his example. He demanded that
| it's berth at the KIN Lee-yuan
the Japanese return the Feiting to
wharf which Hasegawa finally
agreed to do. -.
| American naval and marine Of
ficials were not present when the
tug was brought back but officials
of the William Hunt company and
| a group of Americans were there
Italian naval authorities also were
present.
The Hunt employees had recover
ed the lettings flag from the river
and were prepared to hoist it. But
the Japanese already had hoisted
the American flag and italian
flags on the confiscated tugs, ap.
parently having obtained them
elsewhere.
1t was the first time during the
entire Chinese-Japanese war, that
a foreign power had obtained full
Japanese recognition of any prin-
ciple it felt the Japanese had vio-
lated.
Return of the vessels greatly
amused several hundred Chinese
coolies at the wharfside or perched
on sarnpans offShore.
Without smiling, the Japanese
sailors left the tugs and returned
to their own vessel. A polite, mus
tached Japanese consular police
officer approached Hunt and they
shook hands. They converSed In
japanese but what they said was
not learned.
After some confusion, it develop
ed that the consular officer want
ed a receipt for the tug. Hunt
reached into his pocket for a call
ing card and scribbled on 1t the
equivalent of received. one tug"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
JAPAN APOLOGIES TO u. S.
Valley Dogs Will Haze Their
Day! To Attend Oqvn Clinic

Imperial Valley dogs will be in
nOculated in style after the first
of the year i'm special canine clinics
supervised by DIR. John c. Pace,
county veterinarian.
The clinics will be established to
help check the spread of rabies
through the animals in the county
and were arranged by DIR. NJ. NJ.
Johnson, inspector for the board
of veterinary examiners for the
state, who was in the valley Tues
day and Wednesday to complete
details.
Owners of dogs and other pets
may take them to the clinics for
rabies vaccination and for treat
ment of other ailments common to
animals. Various practicing veter-
inarians will do the work under
the supervision of DIR. Pace
"The Clinics" DIR. Johnson ex-
planned, "were devised to prevent
outbreaks of rabies by having the
dogs innOculated before signs of
the ailment appear in the various
communities.
"Similar clinics already are func-
tiOning successfully in other COM
munities as part of the state
wide campaign to stamp out rabies" !"
The clinics in Imperial Valley
will be situated conveniently for
the animal owners SO they win not
have to take their pets on long
Journeys. City councils in several
instances have made their Ordi-
nances comply with the requests
of the state in order to have the
the clinics available to residents.
1t will be impossible, Pace said,
to have the clinics functiOning un-
til after the first of the year.
by means of the Clinics" he
explained, Eve hope to avoid a
recurrence of the rabies epidemics
we have experienced in the valley
Of late years. I believe the clinics
will save the county money as well
as be a protection to residents
The painful Pasteur treatments
thus may be avoided by persons
coming in contact with rabies in
fected animals"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
World Traveller
To Address Nv.
Peace Officers

Hugh A. Matter, world traveller
and veteran police officer, will speak
at the Peace Officers association
meeting in Winterhaven Friday
night.
He speaks 13 languages. including
Japanese, Chinese, Hindustani and
Arabic, and has associated with
princes, kings, and criminals in all
parts of the world. At present he
lives in Hollywood and is diplomatic
representative for an oil company
He is visiting his boyhood friend,
H. w. Fawcett. in Ell Centric. He
will speak at Rotary club Thursday
] and Kiwanis club Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01

automobile plants OF Henry Ford
Frankensteen revealed at Wash
ington yesterday that union men,
bers were instructed to walk out
on a moments notice in Ford
plants at Kansas City, Mo, and
Long Beach.
Today as he came here to ad-
dress the convention of the United
Retail Employees OF America, an
other Committee for Industrial Or
ganization union, he said the
strikes in Ford plants would spread
next week.
The union plans no sit-downs In
Ford plants, he said, because there
are too many gunmen inside and
we don't want to give them a
chance at us
ST. LOUIS, Dec. l. (UP)-The
regional office of the national la
Dor relations board today issued
complaint against the Ford Mo-
tor company charging the company
had Disseminated against union
workers. Hearing on the charges
was set for December 16
The complaint was issued as the
plant continued operations despite
a strike called by the United Auto
mobile Workers union, CIO af-
filiate.
The complaint charged that the
company had "interfered with, and
coerced" its employees in regard to
rights of self-organization, and
that it had discharged employees
who refused to sign statements that
they were satisfied with condi-
tions of employment and the labor
policy of the company
LONG BEACH, Cal, Dec. l..
CUP)-The Ford assembly plant
resumed operations here today after
severa: months shutdown and
Continued on Page 2. Col o
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
Ell Centrans Start
Xmas Mail Rush

Ell Centrans already have start
ed their annual Christmas mail
rush by dispatching packages and
cards to points in other parts of
the world.
The lobby of the post office this
week assumed the appearance of a
busy place with the persons inter-
este,d In mailing early, getting their
work out of the way before the
rush starts.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
Couple Have Duel
With Ak and Club

FRESNO, Dec. l. tUP)-In-
stead of engaging in the usual
verbal family argument, Mr.. and
Mrs. Johnson Davis, of Fresno,
went ether married couples one
better by assertedly using a club
and an AK on each other.
Mrs. Davis treated at the Fres-
no General hospital for a broken
arm which she said her husband
inflicted with club. Davis told
hospital attendants that Mrs.
Davis returned from the hospital
and struck him i'm the head with
an AK. He is i'm a critical con-
ditiOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01

Saturday." Healey said.
Despite his statement, only one
name has been added to the petit
ton more than two hours after the
house met. The addition brought
the total signatures to 1876 with ad-
journment Saturday the absolute
deadline for signing if the bill
is to be considered at the special
session.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01

tends to apply Immediately, Sc
lected some of the most tender
spots for the savings axe. Secre-
tary of Treasury Henry Morgen-
thau, jr.. outlined the administra-
ton program last month. Morgen-
thau opposed increased tax rates.
Estimating that this years net
Continued on Page 2: Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
Consideration of Wages,
Hour Bill to Be Forced

WASHINGTON, Dec. |. CUP)-
Chairman Arthur d. Healey, d.,
Mass, of the house wage-hour bill
steering committee said today
enough members had pledged their
support to assure success for the
drive to force floor consideration of
the measure at the special session.
I'VE have enough pledges to make
the discharge petition effective by
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-01
ELK MEMORIAL
SERVICE TO BE
OPEN TO PUBLIC

Annual memorial services con-
Quoted by the Ell Centro lodge OF
Elks at o'clock Thursday night
will be open to the public, lodge
members announced Wednesday.
The year 1887 added seven new
names to the list OF members who
have died since the organization
of the lodge.