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Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
FUNDS GRANTED
FOR REPAIR OF
CITY STREETS

Repair and resurfacing of por-
tions of Ell Centro's State and
Broadway, and Fifth and Sixth
streets will begin this month, news
of a federal allotment of $4,650 for
the project arriving at Works Pro-
gress administration headquarters
Thursday.
The city will provide $1,365 to
add to the federal allotment and
20 men are scheduled to begin work
the middle of the month. Mater
ials are on hand. The project will
be finished in four or five months,
according to Arthur Williams, WPA
head in Imperial county.
This project has been hanging
fire for 18 months. 1t received
approval by WPA and city officials.
The $4,000 project was designed
to treat pavements with resurfacing
of asphalt, after breaks are repaired
paired.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

Inc investigating DOdy was not
in session at the court house
Thursday.
Evan T. Hewes, chairman of the
district board of directors; Mark
Rose, district director; Harry Mad
dux, business manager; and W.
w. Goodson, secretary, were ques-
toned during the grand jury's
session Wednesday. Goodson en-
tered the room with two huge rec
ord books while Maddux carried
a brief case, both supposedly rec
ords reating to McIver's accounts
while district treasurer.
Rose was in the grandjury room
but few moments Wheo he see-
appeared in the corridor, he de-
clared he had refused to take the
customary oath of silence regard
ing the proceedings. This, he said,
was a habit acquired in the past
when he frequently appeared be-
fore similar bodies for questioning
concerning district affairs. He de-
clined to reveal what had happen
ed, however, ojner than that he
had been questioned about Nc
Iver. Just what phase of the in
vestigation was not discussed by
Rose. The other district officials
refused to make any comment
whatever.
Appearance Of the four district
officials followed the questioning
of five persons known to have
some connection with a Long Beach
bank. Rumors about Ell Centro
Thursday were to the effect that
their connection with the case
was concerned with the former
treasurer's personal accounts.
McIver did not appear in the
corridor before the grandjury room
during the afternoon session.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

crops.
Hay and grains are leaders in
the field crop section.
More barley will be harvested
this spring than was grown in
1885, the report showing $4,000
acres, up 5000 acres from last
year.
Wheat acreage is cut below the
1886 record, with 31,906 acres tor
the 1887 spring crop, and 56,537
acres the 1886 record.
Flax is virtually unchanged, 21,-
423 acres for the new year, as
against 21,313 in 1886.
Test plots of sugar beets thru
out the valley account for 1874
acres. Experiments with the beets
are designed to determine best
soils, planting dates, with view
to enlarging this acreage to COM
mercial Importance.
Other 1886 field crops and acre
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

Exhibitors in the Junior depart
ment of the Imperial county fair
were guests of honor of the fair
board at a dinner and program
given Wednesday night at the CAL
ifornia hotel. Nearly 100 attended.
H. Lee Landerman presided. The
address of welcome was given by
Ben Hulse, president of the board.
Four-H club boys who responded
were Tomr Fifield, Harold Brink
man, Hol b Worthington. Future
Farmers le: Robert Wyatt, Rob-
er. Bald Arthur Maurer, and
the two instructors of agriculture,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
ALFALFA TOPS. LIST FOR TOTAL
ACREAGE III IMPERIAL VALLEY

ages: cotton, 4173; bermuda. TO-
284; cane, 90; sudan, 1886; sesba-
MIA, 1881; rice, vetch, clover and
rye grass, ZIG.
For the season which will see
the first shipments this month,
district zanjeros report 25,484 acres
in cantaloupes; 4.500 in honey
dewS, t,120 in honeyballs--a total
of 31.104 acres in Melons.
Lettuce producers shipped from
23,218 acres in the l936-l937 har-
vest now virtually at an end. This
leaf crop used 25,432 acres in 1885
1886.
Tomatoes in 1936-37 we're grown
ON 3,342 acres and spring peas
are going now to market from
fields covering 4.624 acres. This
means AN increase Of 1000 acres
given to garden peas which add
each year to the valleys reputa-
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
BIDS WILL BE
OPENED FOR
CANAL WORK

YUMA, April /. (SpeciaD-Bids
will be opened here at 10 am. April
% on a contract FOR furnishing la
Dor and materials and performing
all work for the preparation of
concrete aggregates near Station
90 on the All American canal in
the vicinity of Yuma, the federal
reclamation bureau announced to-
day.
The job will include 10000 cubic
yards of stripping gravel deposits,
and preparing and stock-piling of
10000 cubic yards of sand and
gravel to be used in concrete struc-
lures.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
100 Attend Dinner
Of Fair Exhibitors

Dwight Thompson of Brawley and
Paul Thornton of Ell Centre. Four
H club leaders who spoke were:
Roland Ballou, M. d. McAnally.
E. L. Hiteman, Mrs. o. G.. Carle-
ton, All club council president.
Fair board members who con-
tributed short talks on the value
of the junior department were:
D. v. Stewart, A. II Keller. c. E.
Pitzer, Tom Anderson,
From the schools, Dean Rich
mond, principal of Holtville high
school announced that that insti-
Continued On Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

the record for 1895, and the re-
port shows more land cultivated
than in any year since 1881.
This report is encouraging for
several reasons" Dowd said 1t
reflects better times for the farmer
and it will of course mean more
money in circulation throughout
the district as a result of greater
expenditures in farming operations
and greater returns from harvests."
Sixty crops are listed and the
variety reads like the index to
seedman's catalogue. The listing
is i'm three major divisions. field
crops, garden crops and permanent
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

in the districts StatlStl6 were
planted to alfalfa in 1886. Barley
stands next and milo, wheat, mel
ons, lettuce, flax follow in the
order named.
Here are figures for these seven
crops:
Alfalfa, 219,434; barley, $780,
milo, 37,776; wheat, 31,9O6; melons,
3l,lO4; lettuce, 23,218; flax, 21,423
acres.
Since october /, 1886, haygrowers
have planted $4,000 acres to alfal-
ia. stepping up the total from
169,365.
Area under, the plow in 1896
exceeded by more than 20,500 acres
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
Proposed Spending
Move Approved

WASHINGTON, April 1-(UP)-
The house Rivers and Harbors COM
mittee today approved an amend
ment to the pending Rivers and
Harbors bill giving the Secretary
if Interior, instead of the Secretary
of War, authority to spend funds
previously authorized for the Gen.
trail Valley Water project in Cali
fOrnia
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
ID AMBLING
IMPORTER
Starting EARLY

Starting Early
A teletype message filtered into
the sheriff's office here, reporting
that a missing boy in Riverside had
been found, asleep in the doghouse
in his parents yard.
"They've got that kid in train
ing" drawled Undersheriff Rodney
Clark. ito make some woman a
good husband"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
Lese Majesty
Hull Denies u. S. to
Call Peace Meeting

WASHINGTON, April l. Up-
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
said today the United States has
no Intention of suggesting ANY in
ternational conference at this time
for European or world di'arma-
mem or for the solution of F.urope's
PRESENT crises.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

Angeles early thursday requested
specific details on which she based
the report that dance halls SELL
ing liquor in Ell Centre adver-
tiSed "shacks" where young men
were invited to come for all-night
parties with their girl friends.
The telegram had not been an
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
10000 Automobile Workers Idle
AS New Strikes Sqveeb Factories
SHUTDOWNS IN
GEN. MOTORS
PLANTS AGAIN
Violence Reported at San
Francisco in WPA
WalkOut

DETROIT, April l. (UP)
More than 10000 automo-
tive workers were idle today
as a new wave of sit down
strikes spread through the
plants of General Motors corpor-
alton and its affiliates.
With 73,40O employees out of work
as a result of prolonged strikes in
the plants of Chrysler Corp, the
Hudson and REQ Motor Car COM
panies, new labor troubles in four
c. M. plants and the factory of
the Yellow Truck & Coach Manu-
featuring company, added 17,200 to
the ranks of idle workers.
A strike affecting 1000 employees
of the Fisher Body Corp. plant al
Pontiac last night was followed
today by the shutdown of the Pom
tiac motor assembly line of 100
workers due to shortage of
bodies.
90
SAN FRANCISCO, April l. U.P)
Violence flared today in the bay
area WPA strike as more than
$500 workers struck for higher
wages and job assurances, with
the walkout gaining momentum
hourly.
Two elderly Oakland widows
complained to police they were
assaulted by pickets when they
reported for work at a sewing
project.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
The Mystery Solved

The telephone interrupted RR's
morning nap.
Hello" brisk, unidentified
voice cracked over the wires. An
swering the note in your column
about Curley Veseys front name.
He's Lyle w. Vesey. born May 81,
1910 at Warren, Ohio"
The informer hung up
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
District Chiefs
Summoned Into
McIver Inquiry
Former Board Chairman Spurns Oath
OF Secrecy; Sec. GOodson Shows
Huge Record Books

That Imperial county Granddaughter had reached no
decision in their investigation of F. H. Mclvers conduct
of the Imperial Irrigation district treasurers office
indicated when they adjourned late Wednesday without
the date of their next meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

Alfalfa-mainstay of the dairy industry-is king of
the Bg Seven in acreage totals of the annual crop re-
port for the Imperial Irrigation district released today
bv M J. Dowd chief engineer and general manager
than half of the 424202 cultivated covered
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
CRUSADER SILENT
ON EXPLANATION
OF VICE CHARGES
Wire to Mrs. Urquhart, Who Held Ell
Centro Conditions Revolving, Goes
Unanswered by Leader

Called upon to make public facts forming the basis for
report of revotng vice conditions in Ell Centro Mrs
John c. Urquhart temperance worker in behalf of the
National Womens Christian Temperance Union silent
Thursday A wire addressed to Mrs. Urquhart at Los
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
His Face Is Pink

His Face Is Pink
Calvin Aaron, husky high school
athletic hero, has taken up a
strange pastime, friends declare.
Calvin, when nobody's looking,
swings a huge hammer at an in
nocent stake, or any other handy
target, in his back yard. Only
possible explanation is that Aaron,
at the Jaycee Jamboree, stepped
up to the test your strength ma
chine, unlimbered-and then fell
short three times of ringing the
bell. And with so many admirers
looking on. too!
Note Arnold Ariaudo tried his
hand, too. The marker didn't even
reach the half way mark. In fact,
it got no farther than the rating
marked, children
The Missing Necessity
Paul POST and George Buffers
are still cogitating the latest aid
to the game OF golf. There was
evidently something wrong with
the game of Lloyd Warner, famous,
hard-hitting outfieider for the
Pittsburgh Pirates, when he teamed
up on the Barbara Worth course
with George Cutshaw against Paul
and George. Lloyd knew he was off
his game. He cast about for the
reason-then found it.
Cline chaw of tobacco" War
ner demanded of Cutshaw.
Thereafter the game went on
without interruption.
Bobbie Spence, 5, hasn't got over
wondering why Mother and Father
Mac Spence made such a terrific
fuss when he went visiting at
3:l5 p. m. Wednesday-ant Didn't
come back until 1880 After ALL
a fellows entitled to night out
once in a while!
Lese Majesty
{ D. L. Zinn,s opinion of the United
States supreme court, which is not
so flattering-because of the New
Deal, you know-now may be con-
sidered to extend to the Ell Centpo
police court. Doc parked his auto
in the wrong place the other day,
or left it in the right place too long,
and even his public administrators
badge was no protection against a
81 fine.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

portance in Ell Cenro merchandise that will be on sale
Saturday Read before you do your buying!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

the pages of this comprehensive edition will be found
hundreds of bargains offered from every of i'm
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
SIS Dollar Day Edition SIS
3 Sections "a Pages

Butter: Los Angeles 35e; but
terfat. Imperial Valley, I. 0. b
ranch, Grade A 43c; manufac-
turing milk 39c; route gathered
cream 35c.
L.. A. Hay: u. $. No. extra
leafy S28-29; u. s. Nc. l S25.OO
u. s. No. 2 leafy S24-24.50; u. 5
No. 9 $1,000; Minneapolis fias
S2.19-2.25.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

II HERE IT IS! The Dollar Day Edition of the Post
Tfress Ell Centros storewindows in miniature Within
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
MAN KILLED
BY STREET CAR

SAN DIEGO, June II. WR)-Police
listed as a possible suicide the death
today of Leo Wilder, 3d. who was
dragged 30 feet by a street car here
late last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
Ex-Husband of =.
Wallie Receives
Complete Apology

LONDON, June II. U.p)-Ernest
Aldrich Simpson, after months of
self-imposed silence, sought redress
in the high court of justice today
against gossip that resulted from
the divorce suit brought against
him by the present Duchess of
Windsor.
The result was that he obtained
a full unreserved apology from
Mrs. Joan Sutherland, a society
woman, who at west end luncheon
table said he had been well paid"
to permit the then Wallis War
field Simpson to divorce him.
Costs were awarded against Mrs.
Sutherland. Simpson sought no
damages and the lord chief JUS
tice of England, Lord Hewart, who
heard the case in person, withdrew
it from the record.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
DY JEAN HARLOW WILL BE PLACED IN CEMETERY CRYPT
DON'T THINK YOU CAN SWALLOW
BUTTONS AND GET AWAY WITH IT

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June H.
UR)-Hurry to physician when you
swallow a nickel or dime or your
false teeth, and the chances are
that you won't suffer. Eut permit
a foreign object to remain inside
your body, and take the conSe-
quences = which probably will be
serious.
Col. loyal Reynolds of the U. s.
army medical corps explored the
alimentary canal with members of
the American Medical association
today and warned of the fate that
awaits the man who thinks he can
swallow a whistle or an overcoat
button and get away with it.
DR.. Raymond A. Vonderlehr, head
of the division Of venereal disease of
the U. S. public health service, told
the section on urology that 493,000
persons we're under observation and
treatment for gonorrhea at all times
in the United States, and there is
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
Libel Suit Sent
Back For Trial

ATLANTA, Ga. June II. U.R)-
The Georgia court of appeals to-
day ruled that Vivian Stanley men,
ber of the Georgia Prison commits
sion. had shown sufficient cause
for action in his 100000 libel suit
against Warner Brothers for their
picture, 81 Am A Fugitive from a
Chain Gang"
The suit now goes back to the
Fulton superior court for trial. The
lower court previously held that
the picture, as adapted from the
book Il Am A Fugiive from a Geor-
gia Chain Gang was no sufficient
grounds for action.
In the libel suit Stanley charged
that the picture DETAINED him-as a
member of the prison commission
in depicting members Of the COM
mission offering to release a con-
Vict for a bribe
He charged his reputation was
further damaged by the picture
because it showed the prison COM
missioners as stern, callous, brut-
al, hard hearted and savage men,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
Woman Subpenaed
In Bride Inquiry

SAN FRANCISCO, June II. (U.P)
Mrs. Alma d. Harris was under
subpoena today to testify before the
grand jury at Sacramento concern
ing asserted bribery charges IN
connection with the Arroyo Sec
road bill before the recently-ao-
iourned session of the state legiS-
iature.
She accepted the subpoena with
out comment but her husband,
Manly S. Harris, said she had no
connection with the alleged brib-
cry attempts.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11

stone stores in Pomona, Ell Centre,
and Huntington Park during the
past seven years.
Three years ago Bonelli managed
the Ell Centro store for a short
time, following George Kennedy's
transfer TO coast store. He is
now renewing many acquaintance
made during his former short stay.
Personnel at the Ell Centre store
will remain as follows: r. L. RouS-
seau, service manager; Jack Fraser,
sales manager; Harold Fly, budget
manager; j. c. Major, office man
ager
BCnclli is a member of the local
Kiwanis club, having transferred
membership from Huntington Park.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
NEW MANAGER
OF FIRESTONE
TAKES OFFICE

Frank CT. Bonelli, formerly man.
ager of the Firestone Auto Supply
and Service Store in Huntington
Park, Calf, has succeeded Harry
Foreman as manager of the Ell Gen.
tro Firestone store. Foreman has
been transferred to Huntington
Park.
Bonelli has had varied experience
in complete automotive set-ups,
having previously managed Fire
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
Roosevelt Backs
Agriculture Bill

WASHINGTON, June IL. WR)-
President Roosevelt expressed hope
today that congress would pass the
ever-normal Granary agriculture
bill at this session.
The board farm aid bill, sponsor
ed by agricultural organizations,
had not been on the list of pre-
ferred administration legislation
previously announced by both SEN
ate and house leaders.
Mr.. Roosevelt's support of the
farm bill was announced at a press
conference held as Mr.. Roosevelt
was clearing his desk preparatory
to weekend cruise on the Poto-
mac river aboard the U. S. S. Po-
tomac.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11

no evidence that the disease is de-
clining."
"Gonorrhea is much more prevail
ent than any other communicable
disease and little is done about it, y
he said, yet an epidemic of any
of the ordinary communicable
diseases arouses immediate con-
Germ and demands the immediate
institution of intelligent control
measures"
DrS. John E. Dees, Henry G..
Harrill and John A. G. Colston, OF
Baltimore, said that in al cases,
with only 10 days treatment. they
had achieved striking results" in
combating gonorrhea through the
use of sulfanilamide, new drug
recently used successfully in the
treatment of streptococcus infec-
tions. The physicians said that fur
ther studies would be necessary to
determine proper dosage, the rea-
sons certain cases do not respond
and the possibility of reactions.
Drs. Louis B. Laplace and j. r.
Nicholson of Philadelphia reported
TO the section on the practice of
medicine and the results of a study
of the effects of confinement in
bed upon elderly persons whose
original illnesses we're not serious
They chose 81 patients in hospi-
tails for broken hips and spinal op-
erations. but whose general health
was relatively good, Seventeen of
the group died. Seven had illnesses
that had no special relation to their
confinement in bed, but in the 9TH
er 10 it seemed obvious to the
physicians that final illnesses and
deaths were precipitated by stay
ing in bed several weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
Jack Doyle May
Wed Libby Holman

LONDON, June II. WP) Jack
Doyle, the Irish nightingale, who is
billed in The prize ring as a Groom
er and on the radio as a prize
fighter, thinks he may marry Libby
Holman. he intimated to the Daily
Mail today in radio telephone
talk from the liner Normandie.
Miss Holman, internationally IA
nous as a torch singer, is under
stood to be a fellow passenger
with Doyle, who is enroute to the
United States TO attend the Brad
dock-LouiS fight in Chicago.
In one talk with the Mail, Doyle
was quoted as saying mysteriously
that his "fiancee' was 27, an
American millionairess, widow,
owner of a big tobacco firm and
pretty brunette. That description
not too roughly fits Miss Holman.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
Child Bride Back
With Her Husband

SAN JOSE, Calf, June IL. UP
Mrs. Wilma Haukins Reeves, 10
year-old child bride, was back with
her husband, Floyd Reeves, 10, to-
day after her parents had tried un-
successfully to keep her in Jail and
institute proceedings to have the
marriage annulled.
She eloped with Reeves last Sat-
urday and they were honeymoon
ing in Nevada when apprehended
by officers on complaint of the
young brides parents.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
SEELEY
Mrs. S. r. Robinson

Mrs Francis Plecher gave re-
cital Wednesday evening at the
Seeley church. Many of her pupils
from here and Ell Centre took part
The program was: Rhythm band;
piano solo, Virginia He'll; piano
duet, Iyagene Higgins and Frances
Plecher; vocal solo, Robert Brooks;
\ piano solo, Ivagene Higgins; piano
)duet, Virginia He'll and Frances
/Plecher; piano duet, Thompson sis
terS; piano solo, Helen Beronio;
vocal solo, Robert Brooks; piano
trio, Mrs. Claude Ferguson, Lorene
Walker Frances Plecher; piano
solo, Helen Mae Beronio; piano
solo, Loren Walker; duet ballet,
Helen Mae Beronio, Frances PIE
cher.
Members of Rhythm Band: Iva
gene Higgins, Bette Higgins, Raye
Nell Brewer, Sunny Joe Brans-
ford, and the Mealey children.
Members of the Orchestra: Claude
Ferguson, Jesse Floyd, c. j. Daley,
and Robert Brooks.
90
The Westside Country club met
Thursday at the home of Mrs. Geo.
Wooliscroft with eleven members
present. Mrs. Ivalee Higgins was
program hostess. Those present
were MeSdames Nell Curtis, Maggie
Havens, Ada Gallaher, Pauline
Westmoreland Onie Ferguson, Ada
Schultz, Olleada Diehl, Coria AL
lender, Ivalee Higgins, Anna Rob-
berson and hostess Mrs. Woolis
croft. Visitors we're Mrs. Anne Wix-
ON and Miss Mabel WooliScroft.
90
Miss Pauline Daley and Robert
Housewright were married in Yu-
ma Saturday May 5. They we're
accompanied by relatives of the
bride and Mrs. HouseWright, moth
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11

tion" some time next week.
Decision to place the body in
the crypt near those of Will Rogers,
Marie Dressler, Florenz ziegfeld,
and other stars of the amusement
world was made after relatives paid
a secret visit to the chapel yester-
day.
Mrs. Jean Bello, mother Of the
actress, was accompanied by Mr..
Monte Carpenter, Miss Harlow's
father, and William Powell, screen
star and rumored fiance Of the
late film player in the trip to the
chapel where last rites were con-
Quoted Wednesday.
The studio spokesman said the
transfer from the temporary crypt
in the chapel to the sanctuary
would be made without any accom-
panying ceremony.
Several members of Miss Har-
lows family were said to have
desired that the body be cremated
but after the conference agreed
that it should go to the crypt.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
DSECRET VISIT TO
CHAPEL REPORTED

HOLLYWOOD IL. WPThe body of Harlow will not
be will Forest Lawn Memorial Park
spokesman family announced today
body OF transferred from its temporary
Benedic
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
Mary PickfOrd to
Wed Again Soon

HOLLYWOOD, June IL. W.P)-
Mary Pickford and Charles Buddy
Rogers admitted today that their
wedding day was approaching.
They hinted that the ceremony
would be soon after Rogers finish
es work on a picture now in pro-
duction. That would be about the
last of this month. 1t was under
stood that the wedding would be in
Hollywood and that Rogers father,
Judge B. H. Rogers, the marrying
parson' Of Olathe, Kan, would
come here TO officiate.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
AMERICAN HURT
Ry AUTO IN LONDON

LONDON. June IL. WP)-Godfrey
Charles FresnWater, 20, of Holly
wood, Calf, an entry in the recent
British amateur golf championship,
was in critical condition in a hos
pital today after having been
knocked down last night by an
automobile. Injuries include a
fractured leg and jaw, and pos
sible fractured skull.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-11
Quake Shakes
Anaheim Area

LOS ANGELES, June II. UR)-
An earthquake shook the Ana
helm area 10 miles southeast of
here shortly after 10 pm. psf last
night. Residents said a rumbling
noise preceded the tremblor. Win
doWs ratified and dishes shook but
10 damage was reported.