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Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
BRIBERY JURY
TURNED LOOSE

SACRAMENTO, July l. UP
Judge Dal M. Lennon today dis
charged a jury in the legislative
bribery trial of Assemblyman Gene
Flint after Foreman James Il. Doyle
informed the court, there is no
possibility of an agreement"
The jury deliberated more than
"A hours. Flint was charged with
attempting to influence the vote of
Assemblyman Fred Reaves on the
Welsh tideland oil bill.
Judge Lennon set July II for the
continuation of the trial when a
date for retrial will be set.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
SCOUT TELLS
ABOUT FINDING
GIRLS BODIES
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stopped the testimony and gave
as his reason that the interests
of Justice" would be served best by
not revealing details of evidence
at this time.
Fits move came as Boy Scout
Horace w. Card, Is, laid lack
of clues to the police searchers
themselves.
Young Card told of the finding
of the bodies.
"The police had been going over
the tops of the hills, looking for
the bodies" he said. Our Scout
master told us to get down in the
ravine, ebcause that was where
the best hiding places were. Within
Is minutes after We started looking
In the ravine where the policemen
already had been, We found the
first of the bodis.
He said the Scouts then rushed
to town with their information,
He was asked by Coroner F.. A.
Nance if he found any footprints
I'VE didn't notice any at first
because we were too excited" he
said.
when we came back, the police
men already had been there and
had trampled all over everything,
SO We couldn't find any then"
Card testified.
Coroner Nance cried to call Fer
dinand North, park keeper, but
Fits objected that North was "ot
great Importance to the investi-
CATION" and he was excused from
testifying.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02

OF a stern Japanese demand that
they restore the status quo" or
Japan might be compelled to take
self defense measures"
) If trus, the Russians withdrawal,
temporarily at least, averted pre-
cipitating the long awaited Russo
japanese war for control of the
Far East. Both nations had massed
more than half million men within
striking distance of the muddy
Amur river in preparation for what
might easily become a showdown
fight.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
BAILER CUTTERS
PAGE PEGASUS

NEW YORK, July l. We)-The
national bailer- cutters union, an or
eanization devoted to the principle
that five bucks a broken neck is
very poor wages in land of pros
perity and plenty, tonight faced
one of the most ticklish situations
in the history of organized labor.
The problem is how to picket
union parachute jumper.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
PRESCOTT HAS
CELEBRATIONS

PRESCOTT, Ariz., July 2. U.H-
Gaily-bedecked cowboys and cow
girls yelled joyously and delicately
groomed horses pranced in the
streets of Prescott today as Cow
boy cavalcade" opened the 50th
annual frontier days celebration.
The city was "all dressed up"
for its four-day show.
The city's populace and hundreds
of visitors thronged the streets in
spectacular costumes to celebrate
the frontier days golden jubilee.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
Ordered
In Bank Officials

SAN BERNARDINO, July 2. W.H
"A. p. Giannini, chairman of the
board of Bank of America, today
announced the appointment of Ar
thur II. Brouse, manager of three
OF the banks branches here, to the
executive post of the National Bank
at Tacoma, Wash.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02

week EN- route to Louisiana where
they plan to visit relatives.
%
The McCabe All club sent nine
representatives to the four-day
camp held at Laguna this week.
The members, Wally Christian,
Ray Carr, Eugene and Johnny
Thanner, Hideko Shigimatsu, Ioko
Sakari. Shirley and Hally Brown,
and Mrs. I. Thanner, brought home
many of the prizes awarded for
orderlinesS in camp.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02

Southern CalnUruIa--Fair tonight
and Saturday; morning fog near
coast, cooler interior of west por-
ton.
Los Angeles and Vicinity-Fair
tonight and Saturday with morn
ing fog; somewhat cooler; gentle
to moderate wind, mostly southeast
to southwest
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
Fire Destroys Shed
On Commercial Ave.

Fire, set by an incinerator, Thurs
day afternoon destroyed a frame
storage shed and its contents of
old trunks and other materials at
780 Commercial avenue, Ell Centro.
Flames were out of control before
the fire department arrived The
property was owned by S. Bragg.
No estimate of the damage was
made.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
PROPOSE OFFERING
THEM SAME RIGHTS

LONDON, July ORGermany Italy proposed at meeting
the committee that both factions IN SPAN
recognized belgeren with equal international fights
that the Span
patroed warss and that all for
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02

Permit Granted-Building per-
mits on file Friday at the city hall
included three issued to Ralph Rey-
nolds for residence buildings at 658,
go and 662 Brighton avenue, each
to cost $l750.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
McCABE
Caroline Paine

Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Harrington
left Thursday for Oklahoma where
they will make a months stay
with Mrs. Harrington's mother. The
two are making the trip by motor.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02

Miss NADIA Brown is spending
the weekend in San Diego as the
guest of Miss Barbara Hatch.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Wagner of
Puente stopped in this district last
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02

Don't Risk your piano and house
hold goods in any old garage or
vacant building Play safe and
not sorry by storing them with
the Pioneer Truck and Transfer
Co. Phone for a cheerful estimate.
(J6)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
JUST ASK

Why worry - alone, unaided-
aoout your need of cash? We
are waiting, ready to help you
with Cash loan. No red tape,
no delay, no annoyance of any
sort. Salaried people can obtain
the cash they need from us. Re
payments made as easy as the
borrowing!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-02
GERMANY ITALY URGE RECOGNIZING BOTH FACTIONS NSPA
N'h{atM:
LOcaI Temptratures

data compiled by Howard EN-"
mons, observer for the official
United States weather bureau sta
tiOn at I'll CentrO.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
U. S. Weiahs Embargo

a S THE conflict in North China
blazed into open, if undeclared,
warfare, the United States prepared
to declare that a state of war ex-
listed between China and Japan and
to place an embargo upon the ship
ment of arms to the two countries,
under the neutrality act. The Pres
ident, who has the power to declare
that a state of war exists, kept in
close touch with affairs in the Far
East, assisted by Secretary of State
Cordell Hull.
Proclamation of an embargo pro-
hibits the sale of arms, ammuni-
tons and implements of war to the
belligerent countries. 1t forbids
loans or the extension of credit to
either of them, and makes it illegal
for Americans to travel upon the
ships of the belligerents.
Secretary Hull said that confer
ences had been held among en-
bassy attaches, commanders of for
eign troops in Peiping and others,
to lay plans for removing Ameri-
cans and other foreign nationals
from the danger zone.
1t was reported that there were
223 United States military person
mel and dependents and 403 Ameri-
can civilians registered in Tientsin,
in addition to $50 American officers
and men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12

promise with the Treasury depart
ment, which objected to so high a
figure.
The bill would aid low-cost hous-
ing projects in two ways. 1t would
make loans to the full amount of
contracted projects, aiding the re-
payment of the loans by direct
grants if the sponsors kept rents suf-
ficiently low; or it would make di-
rect grants not to exceed Is per
cent of the cost of project. Under
this latter method, the President
would be authorized to make an ad-
ditional Is per cent grant from re-
lief funds, to be used only for the
employment of labor. Sponsors
would be required to contribute at
least 20 per cent of the cost.
The housing authority would also
be permitted to spend $25, 900, 900 on
demonstration projects to illustrate
to communities the benefits of elimi-
mating slums and providing ade-
quate housing at low cost. The prof.
ects would be sold "as soon as
practical to local, housing agencies.
Under the first plan the housing
authority would be given power to
enter subsidy agreements totaling
$40, 900, 900 annually.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
New Court Bill Drafted

Jour important provisions were
l contained in the new court Ere
form" bill reported out of the senate
judiciary committee, but none OF
them involved any changes in or
additions to the personnel of the SUI
preme court. The new bill provides
for:
(a) Direct appeals to the Supreme
court from decisions in the district
courts involving the constitutional
ity of federal statutes.
(b) Intervention by the Depart
ment of Justice in all suits involv-
ing the validity of federal statutes.
(c) Trial of all suits to enjoin
the operation of federal statutes by
a court of three judges-one judge
from the circuit court of appeals
and two district judges.
(d) Reassignment of district court
judges by the senior circuit judge
of each circuit, wherever additional
help may be needed to relieve con-
gested dockets. Judges sitting away
from home would receive $40 day
additional pay.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
Wedqe to Split Loyalis+s
| S THE battle of Mad

A S THE battle of Madrid con-
\ tinued to rage, Gen. Francisco
Francois eastern army was driving
an overwhelming wedge into the ter
ritory near the junction of Teruel,
Cuenca and Valencia provinces 100
miles east of Madrid. His object
is to impose a barrier between Ma
drid and the loyalist governments
capital at Valencia.
Government forces all along the
line of advance were reported sur
rendering or fleeing. Insurgents
claimed to have captured large num-
bers of automobiles and supplies of
arms, munitions and clothing.
Latest news from the Madrid front
indicated that a rebel attack in the
Usera sector southeast of the city
had been repulsed by machine gun
ners and dynamiters.
Taking inventories of their forces
in the Madrid conflict, the govern
ment and the insurgents disagreed;
each claimed the others losses had
been greatest. Rebels reported the
government had lost 800 fighting
planes and had had 80, 900 casualties.
The government declared Franco
had lost at least 100 planes to its 20
or 80, had lost 10000 to $4,000 men,
and had consumed Sis, 900, 900 worth
of war materials.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
Ask Me -
Another

l. What causes leaves to change
color in autumn?
2. Who said, "It is much easier
to be critical than to be correct?
3. Which are the lightest birds
In proportion to their size that fly?
4. There were how many sign
ers of the Declaration of In
dependence?
5. What is the total number of
war medals that have been given
to soldiers? Which medal was
most widely distributed?
6. Are car colors restricted in
Japan?
z. When did Finland become an
independent country?
Answers
/. Gradual formation of cells at
the stem of the leaf finally shuts
off the supply of chlorophyl, or
green coloring matter, and starts
the formation of the gaudy
autumnal colors.
2. The expression was used by
Benjamin Disraeli in the house of
commons on January "a, 1860.
8. The birds with great powers
of flight, such as the sea-gull. are
the Gghtest birds to fly. The COM
mon gull weighs only a quarter of
a pound. Its bones are hollow and
filed with air.
4. There were Sc signers of the
Declaration of independence.
5. The total of medals on record
at the War department is 1,543,-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
FL CaudiIIo Is the Boss

TNSURGENT Spain has a "head
L man" and also has a name for
him now. In Germany things are
bossed by der Fuehrer," and Ital-
ians scurry to obey "Il Duce." Now
Rebel Spain has dubbed Gen.
Francisco Franco Gel Caudillo."
Throughout the realm on walls and
fences are signs bearing the motto,
Homemade ell Caudillo" the
leader" And the people salute him
by raising the right arm.
Francois followers are protesting
that he is not a fascist, but he has
never announced just what form of
government he will propose for the
nation. There is said to be scheme
afoot to shape it along the lines of
PortugaPs cooperative government.
Since he openly declared on July 10
that he believes the restoration of a
monarchy is vital to cohesion of
Spain, it is believed that this is what
he will eventually effect. Prince
Juan, third son of the former King
Alfonso XIII, is the likely candidate
for the crown.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12

daughter; and "Sistie" and "Buz-
zie" Dali, his grandchildren 1t
failed to carry.
Democrat Ross Collins of Missis-
sippi offered an amendment that
would provide a new secretary for
each member of congress. "The
President may need additional Sec
retaries," he said. "How about the
overworked members of congress?
We need extra help also"
If the bill became law, it would
raise the total of the Presidents
$10,0 O0-a-year secretaries to nine,
for he already has three-James
Roosevelt, Stephen Early and Mar
vim Mcintyre.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12

was defeated, 10 10 DO.
1t seemed certain that the south
erners would have enough votes to
defeat the measure when the metals
and building units of the Fedora
ton voiced their dissatisfaction also,
while Green at first refused to COM
ment. But under pressure from the
White House, Green gave out a
statement that, while the bill was
still unacceptable to him, he would
like to have it passed in the senate
and then improved in the house.
AS the senate passed it, the Wag-
ner-Connery bill to regulate hours
and wages would create a labor
standards board empowered to set
minimum wages up to 40 cents an
hour and maximum work weeks
down to 40 hours week.
The draft prepared by the house
labor committee was far broader in
scope than that of the senate. It
would extend the limits to permit
the board to set minimum wages
up to 70 cents an hour and set the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
North China Powder Keg

IT 1ENTSIN, powder keg or the
l. hostilities in North China, was
being attacked from many angles
as Japan apparently prepared to
fight a long term war. japanese
bombers rained death and destruc-
ton from the skies, artillery pep
pered the city with shells and, as If
that were not enough, a serious
earthquake shook the metropolis
foundations.
A surprise Chinese attack, by
three armies along a 95-mile front
from Taku (Tientsin's port) to Peip-
ing, drove Japan away from three
key railroad stations, provoking
Nippon's retaliation. In the wake
of the bursting bombs, flames en-
quilted Tientsin's principal build
ings, including the central railway
station, the militia headquarters,
the famed Nankai university and
the Chinkiang international bridge
connecting the Chinese city to the
foreign concessions. In the streets,
Chinese and Japanese soldiers
fought hand to hand, with entrench-
ments in some places no more than
100 feet apart.
Chinese troops declared that
Thousands of non-combatant men,
women and children were killed or
injured" by the airmen.
Russia protested vigorously to the
Japanese embassy in Marking
against the "pillaging of the Russian
consulate by White Russian ruffians
assisted by japanese" The Japa-
nese denied that any of their coun-
trymen were implicated, and ridi-
culed the idea that the Japanese
planned any future attacks against
Russian consulates.
In the Fengtai-Lukouchiao district
southwest of Peiping, $4,000 veteran
japanese troops massed for an at
tack upon five divisions of China S
central government army, number
ing approximately 10000 Including
the remnants of the twenty-ninth
army, driven from Peiping by the
japanese, there were said to be
100000 Chinese. Both sides were
well equipped with airplanes.
Further evidence of Japan's eX-
pectation of real war were the
sweeping changes in military per-
sonnet made after a conference be-
tween Premier Konoye and Emper-
or Hirohito. Four new division COM
manders were named, as well as a
new commander for the island of
Formosa. 1t was regarded as sig
nifcant that all of the new ap-
pointees were soldiers with extern
sive experience in China. The gov
eminent was attempting to push
through an appropriation of S115,-
900, 900 for operations in North China.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
A Quiz With
Answers Offering
Inform a ton on
Various Subjects

721. The Victory medal, issued
after the World war, is the most
widely distributed.
6. In Japan only imperial house
hold cars may be painted maroon,
and no cars except hearses may
be painted yellow, which to the
natives signifies mourning.
Z. Finland, which had been part
of the Russian empire, declared
its independence in December,
1917, after the Bolshevik revolu-
ton. 1t became republic a year
later, and was recognized in May,
1919, by the nations, including the
United States, assembled at the
Peace conference.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
Women Hear War Cry

n NE of China's chief agitators
~ for war was Nine. Chang Kali
shek, Wellesley-educated wife of the
dictator. She urged women to fight
Japan according to their ability"
citing the fashion in which the wom-
en- of Spain are occupying the fight
ing lines.
''In the World war the women of
every country gave their BEST" she
declared. 'The women of China are
no less patriotic or capable of phys
ical endurance.
"China is facing the gravest crisis
in its history. This means we must
sacrifice many of our soldiers,
masses of our innocent people,
much of the nations wealth and see
ruthlessly destroyed the results of
our reconstruction"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
Cars Stopped for operation

To help an operation in the Gen
eral hospital at Launceston, Tas
mania, street cars were stopped ir
the streets and business houses
turned off lights and radiators. The
power line to the hospital had brok
en- down, and the operation, which
required the use of the X-ray equip
nlent, was urgent. The only way
was to reduce consumption of cleo
tricity throughout the city to a min
imum. An appeal to the city coun
Gil resulted in sufficient power.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12

ment or two of aerial maneuvers
dropped to the floor. Inside it was
rubber band that was wound.
The boys took great liking to the
toy, playing with it until it was worn
out. Then after studying how it
func.oned, they set to work making
toys like it.
OF course the Wright brothers
would doubtless have been what
they are, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, but this toy furnished the
first spark in their burning desire
for constructing flying ship.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12

WHO'S NEWS |
/ THIS WEEK.
BY lemuel F. Parton
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Spiritual Salesman" Aids the Ok
ford Movement.
NEW YORK.-W0rd keeps drift
ing into this office that the Ok
ford movement is gaining momen-
tum in the trouble zones of labor,
diplomacy and incipient war and
carnage. The story persists that its
emissaries, having converted pow
erful Chinese, brought about the res
cue of Chang Kai-Shek when he
was kidnapped and prevented civil
war; that their followers now in
clude high officials of Japan and
that they are working zealously, and
with hopes of success, to calm the
quarrel between China and Japan.
No verifcation as to specific &C
complishment can be obtained, but
this writer is reliably informed that
they have enlisted powerful political
and business leaders in Europe and
the Orient and that they are con-
centrating on certain dangerous
situations.
Frankly, they are evangels to the
rich and powerful, as they say the
hope of the world lies in inducing
a spiritual change in those who own
and operate it. That possibly may
go into the files of history as some
thing new.
In the news this week is Rev.
Samuel Moor Shoemaker, who has
been talking over in America as Dr.
Frank N. D. Buchanan, founder of
the movement, is busy with the
world organization. In London, he
is prominent in the proceedings of
the convocation of 400 Oxford move
ment leaders in thirty-five countries.
From the conference come stories
of employers and labor leaders
making concessions under the lead
ership of the Christian revolution
aries" and averting strikes.
DR.. Shoemaker is pastor of Cal
vary Protestant Episcopal church of
New York. For the last few years
he has been preaching that the old
evangelism had failed and that a
new dynamic creed was necessary.
He became active in the Oxford
movement in 1892, since then a
vigorous expounder of its faith.
He insists that only by an en-
lightened and aggressive mobiliza-
ton of spiritual forces can civiliza-
ton be saved. He is a good looking,
highly urbanized cleric, usually
wearing a modish gray business
suit. He calls himself Spiritual
salesman" This might convey the
erroneous idea that he is an Elmer
Gantry." He is quite the contrary,
never seeking personal publicity,
and building a reputation as one of
the church's leading scholars, with
his authorship of nine books in the
field of religious research and
polemics.
He was born and reared in Balti-
more, attended Princeton univer-
sity, later taking his doctorate in
theology. In his earlier years he
was teacher and evangelist in
China and it is understood that this
experience has made him particu-
larly effective in the peace and
regeneration activities in China.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
Wright Brothers Got
Plane Idea From Toy

A little toy that sprang into the
air gave the Wright brothers their
first love for making things to defy
gravity.
Orville was seven and Wilbur
eleven years old when their father
brought them the toy-a bird-like
contraption that was called "bat."
When a doodad on it was released,
the toy jumped into the air as
though flying and then after a mo-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
City in Great Britain

A town in Great Britain or Ireland
is not called city unless there is a
cathedral in it. But occasionally a
place in which there is no cathedral
is made city by royal order, as,
for example, Plymouth, England,
with a population of 100000, in
which there is no cathedral, was
made a city by order of the king.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12
Metals of Middle Ages

In the Dark and Middle ages, met
ais were classed as noble or base,
and gold was the most noble of
all. Silver ranked next, while plat
mum, now considered a noble metal,
was not known. These metals are
ranked as precious metals because
of their rarity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12

year each. The de-
bate on the bill pro-
voked some quaint
comment. Republi-
can Dewey Short of
Missouri offered an
amendment provid-
ing that the six new
positions should be
given to Elliott,
Franklin, Jr., and
j o h n Roosevelt,
sons of the Presi-
dent; Mrs. A n n a
D 4 , lie
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-12

thOrlZe the fiotatlon
of a $500, 900, 900
bond issue by a
United States hous-
ing authority. To
meet operating ex-
penses of the pro-
grams first year,
$26, 1000, 900 would be
appropriated irnme-
diately. The pro-
posed bond j S S u e
was cut from ST.
mn mn non &C q corro-