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Evening star., 1938-02-16
AMERICAN c. &E.
EARNINGS CLIMB
Tidd Estimates 1887 Profit
at $2.56 a Share, Against
$2.2O for 1886.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-George N.
Tidd, president OF American Gas b
Electric Co.. addressing the annual
stockholders meeting today, estimated
the net income OF the system in 1887
was equal to $2.56 share on the
common stock, compared with 1896
earnings OF S2.20 q share.
Gross revenues for the system, he
said. were 100000 more than in
1896.
Tidd told stockholders he was not
particularly apprehensive" over the
outcome of the Electric Bond g. Share
litigation, which is now before the
Supreme Court, testing the constitu-
tionality of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1885.
American Gas is one of the sys-
TENS in the Electric Bond d Share
group.
Tidd pointed out that with the ex-
ception OF the Atlantic City and
Scranton. Pa, subsidiaries, the sys-
TENS properties constituted an in
tegrated system, concentrated in
Michigan, Indiana. Ohio, Kentucky
and West Virginia. The system. Tidd
said. has prepared al 1.-The necessary
information for registration with the
8. E. c. If the utility act is upheld
in the Electric. Bond e. Share case.
Evening star., 1938-02-16
Dredging Firm Gains.

UeuBm8 THm O4IB8.
CHICAGO. Feb. Is R.-Great
Lakes Dredge ds Dock Corp. today re-
ported = net income of Sl.14S,163 for
1887, equal to 32.08 4 share, compared
with $622, 2,476, or 81 IL q share, in 1896.
Evening star., 1938-02-16
Gotham Silk Hosiery Co.

NEW YORK tP.-Gotham Silk
Hosiery Co. reported net income Of
$35l,159 for 1887, equal to 40 cents .
share on the common stock after divi-
dend requirements on the 81 cumula-
tive preferred stock. This compares
with earnings of s405. 5.65l or 81 cents a
share in 1896.
Evening star., 1938-02-16

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INVESTING COMPANIES

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Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
BRITISH REFUSE.
TO TAKE HAND.
IN NAZI COUP
Initiative Lies Elsewhere,
Declares Eden in
Commons Talk

LONDON, Feb. II. (UP)
Great Britain will make
no attempt to interfere with
Adolf Hitler's moves in Aus
tria, Foreign Minister An
thony Eden indicated in the House
of Commons today, stating that
the government do not think it
lies with them to take the initia-
tive"
Replying to a question by Win
ston Churchill, Eden said that the
League of Nations had some du-
ties in respect to the integrity of
the independence of Austria but
added that the British government
is not willing to make the first
move.
He also said that the British
minister at Vienna only knew of
the meeting of Chancellor Kurt
Schuschnigg and Adolf Hitler at
Berchtesgaden on the eve of the
meeting and neither the views nor
advice of the British government
had been invited.
Replying to Clement R. Attlee,
labor leader, Eden said Il can as
sure this house that this country
always had the most friendly feel
ingS toward Czechoslovakia and is
fully aware of tho treaties binding
Cs choslovakia and other great
powers"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
ARIZONA MAN
VALLEYS THIRD
AUTO VICTIM
Week-Old Injuries Prove
Fatal for Driver;
Car Upset

Ralph Flood, %, Gadsen,
Ariz., became Imperial coun-
tvs third traffic victim this
year when he died Wednes-
day night of injuries suffer
ed in an automobile accident near
Winterhaven week ago.
The driver of the car Eldon
Miller %. Yuma. is in the county
Jail serving a 30-day sentence for
driving an automobile while under
the influence of Intoxicating IL
quor.
Floods back was broken when
the car overturned and he was
rushed to the Yuma hospital, Cap
tain Frank OsWalt of the Highway
patrol announced Thursday The
fatal accident occurred on the
highway between Winterhaven and
Yuma at l am. the morning of
Feb. 10.
Oswald sala he planned to con-
suit the district attorneys office
az to the proper procedure in rela-
ton to Miller
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17


After ,deliberating approximately
l6 hours, the jury returned ver-
dict holding that the 38-year-old
airport manager was temporarily
insane when he killed his pretty
wife, Evelyn, and John Kimmel
Under the verdict, Wright was
remanded to the sheriff for a
hearing before the county lunacy
commission to establish his pre-
sent sanity.
Wright to go Free
Since no issue was made as TO
his present mental state, the hear
ing will be nothing more than a
formality and Wright will then
be given his freedom.
The slender. dark haired de-
fendant, haggard from the long
ordeal was visibly unmoved by
the verdict that will set him free.
His attorney. Jerry Giesler, bowed
his head and broke into loud sobs
Wright leaned across the table, and
patted him on the back.
Wright's father DIR. j. j. Wright
of Milwaukee also wept his relief.
After the verdict had been read,
Judge Ingall Bull addressed the
little group, huddled over the coun-
sci table:
This man appears to be sane at
the present time but as prescribed
by law,I am ordering him into the
custody of the sheriff, until his
present sanity is determined.
Crowd Goes Wild
Spectators, forewarned against a
demonstration. listened quietly and
made no move to applaud, once
outside the courtroom however,
they broke into shouts and nearly
mobbed the emotional Giesler
when he emerged. Two women
tried to kiss him and the defense
attorney. who was respondent over
the jury returning the man
slaughter verdict last Saturday,
was saved by the timely interyen-
ton of two sheriff's deputies.
Wright, his face a mask was re-
turned to his cell through a door
beyond the reach of excited specta-
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

Fuga-laW of the fugitive.
The confessed slayer was taken
from the military prison shortly be-
fore 8 am, loaded into a closed
military van and taken to the mill
tary cemetery, on hill overlooking
Tijuana.
There he was ordered from the
van, and when he protested was
dragged out by soldiers. He was
then escorted to the far edge of
the graveyard At that point he
apparently broke from his guard
and sought to flee down a little
path.
A volley of shots rang out from
the escort and another squad al
ready in the cemetery, also opened
fire.
Morales staggered, regained his
feet. and ran about 25 yards before
another volley brought him down.
AS he attempted to rise another hail
of shots felled him finally.
A soldier then walked forward
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

Hitler's move. apparently blessed
by Premier Benito Mussolini, can
not be blocked, advices from Lon
don and Paris indicated today. 1t
became increasingly obvious that
Britain and France, as gravely con-
cerned as they are. feel they must
leave Austria to her fate. There is
nothing they can do to stop the
new "anschluss" short of force,
which they have no intention of
using.
Dispatches from Vienna said
Jews there are highly apprehensive
over measures against them expect
ed to be taken by the zi-influenc-
ed cabinet. Austria has more than
100000 Jews. including many who
filtered in from Germany to escape
Nazism.
Austrian atholics-AuStria is 80
per cent Catholic-also were report
ed anxious lest Hitler insist on ap-
plication of the Catholic clergy of
repressive measures taken in Ger
many.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
FORMER SHED
FOREMAN DIES

BRAWLEY. Feb. 17.-Frei Fen
ton Bogar. AZ, former shed fore
man for the Martin Wahl company
at Ell Centro. died early Thursday
morning of a sudden heart attack.
The body was found at tbs am.
in a house at the erd of Ninth
street on the east side of town by
Frank Powie, Deputy Coroner Her
bert Hughes said. Bogar was dis
charged from the United States
Navy in 1921 and had lived in I'M
perial Valley at intervals since that
time. The body was taken to the
Hopes undertaking establishment
here pending funeral arrangements.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

ed by store, cafe and office IA
cilities. A row Of cabins would ex-
tend along the outside dimensions
of the camp toward the rear, with
steel-roofed sheds in the enclosure
providing diagonal parking spaces
for trailers Each trailer space
would be equipped with shower
and other facilities, according to
the plans and sketches submitted
to the council. The cabins and
headquarters buildings would be
air conditioned.
In addition to the regular staff,
a trained nurse would be employed
to care for the children of pa
irons, and medical attention would
be provided by a local doctor.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
Playground Plan
Wins Support of
Central High Class

Desira bility of civic playground
and recreational program as a
means of curtailing juvenile delin-
quency and saving money spent by
law enforcement agencies was urg-
ed upon the Ell Centro city council
Wednesday night by % pupils in
the Period Three civics class at
Central Union high school.
Representatives of the high school
class, now engaged in studying
municipal government. appeared
before the council to present reso-
luton favoring a civic recreation
program recently suggested by a
citizens committee.
The pupils offered assistance to
the council in obtaining informa-
ton regarding operation of such a
program
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
GRAND JURY
ADJOURNS IN
CHECK CASE

The Imperial county grand jury
left the grand jury room late We'd
nes1ay without announcing future
meeting date and without taking
any formal action.
Witnesses were questioned all day
Wednesday in connection with the
Paul p. LaRue check case. This
case involves approximately $4,000
in checks La Rue, hay buyer, gave
Imperial Valley hay ranchers. The
rapchers turned the checks over to
District Attorney Elmer Heald when
the bank refused to honor them.
LaRue still is held in the I'M
perial county jail in lieu of $1,000
bail. He was questioned by the
grand jury Wednesday as were
ranchers to whom he had given the
checks.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

gave his tentative approval to plans
submitted by Mrs. M. M. Talley
for the first unit of the proposed
project. Additional units, it was
explained, might add to the esti-
mated cost of construction at a
later date
The firm which has started con-
struction of a similar camp in San
Diego and plans others in various
cities of the southwest, tentatively
selected a site on the west side of
Imperial avenue north of the San
Diego and Arizona railroad tracks
for the Ell Centro project.
The council was asked to decide
if the camp could be served by
city water and sewer lines.
The trailer city would be 'front.'
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
THREE HURT IN
AUTOCRACKUP

Three persons were injured
Thursday morning in head on
collision between two automobile,
at an overpass on the highway
west of Ell Centro.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Johnson of
Phoenix we're rushed to the El
Centre hospital IN the Lemons am
bulance. johnson. TO- was suffering
from a dislocated hip and Mrs
johnson from shock and minor in
jurics. Highway Patrolman Day
Dunning SAID
The driver Of the other auto
mobile, August Kerns, Ell Centro
suffered a cut knee.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
Libel Suit Sets
Off Politics Fight

LOS ANGELES, Feb. II lUP) =
Warfare over democratic leader
ship in southern California flared
anew today with a $l,000,000 libel
suit filed by William H. Neblett,
former law partner of U. S. Sena-
tor William Gibbs McA1oo.
Neblett claimed he was accused
falsely of influencing the letting
of federal contracts. and of brib-
ing federal officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

he started shooting, witnesses said.
Almost Immediately the scene
was filled with police officers, in
cluding radio and squad cars.
Detective Lieutenants Robert I'm
derwood, Harry Elliott and Paul
Stevens started toward the house
Farley fired at them from his
front porch but the bullets went
wild.
He was subdued by teargas and
removed to the hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
ARMY PLANES
SPEED SOUTH
TOWARD PERU
lSJ1I,I,ETIN =


trcss' bombing planes, enrOute to
BucnoS Aires. arrived here late to-
day.
QUARRY HEIGHTS, Panama
Canal Zone, Via Army Radio to
Washington, Feb. II. (UP) = Six
army flying fortresses" sped south
over the Pacific today along the
west coast of South America. to-
ward Lima, Peru. first scheduled
halt on a 5000 mile goodwill flight
to BuenoS Aires.
Roaring along in loose forma-
tion at from ITO to 100 miles an
hour. the % ton bombers we're
about 400 miles south of the Pana-
ma Canal Zone eight hours after
they took off at Miami, Fla.
Their position was about 230
miles west of Buenaventura. Col
ombia-about 1900 miles south of
Miami and approximately 1900
miles from the Peruvian capital.
They reached the halfway mark in
the 2700 mile non stop dash to
Lima around 7 am, psf.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
Trial Transferred
In Striker Battle

SOMERTON. Ariz,. Feb. II. =
Trial of Frank Warren and Herbert
Graham, charged with disturbing
the peace after farmer picket bat
tie at strike at the Garin lettuce
field, was transferred to Yuma
Thursday. The date of the trial
in Yuma has not been set. Warren
and Graham are out on 500 bail
each
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

had and when they didn't SUIT
her, took her TO the wholesale
house and after lookin' at every
roll they had there and not find.
ing what she wanted, ! showed
her "a catalOuge.
Finally che picked a piece she
wanted. when the roll came
from the factory, I called the
lady and she came right down
and said that was exactly what
she wanted. says. We'll lady
how much do YOU want? Aud
she says "Oh, just little piece
for the bottom of my bird cage
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
% Unionists Slain, in
Two Years, Says Head

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. CUP)-
Joseph Curran, national maritime
union head. told the senate COM
merce committee today % of his
union members have been killed
and 1853 seriously injured in the
past two years.
I'VE believe that we can prove
that they can be traced to Joseph
P Ryan" Curran testified.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

UWO uCUCCtIFC IICuUCIIdIIUo
The marshals were T. D. Crit
tenden and his assistant, w l..
Romer
Farley was taken to emergency
hospital and was reported in a
dying condition from five pistol
wounds.
When Crittenden and Romer went
to Farley's home, the Negro rushed
out with 30-30 caliber buffalo
type rifle. AS soon as he learned
the reason for the marshals visit,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
FATHER OF 5
IN JAIL ON
GIRL CHARGE

BRAWLEY, Feb. II = Jose Con-
zales, 48, father of five children,
was in the county Jail Thursday on
charge of contributing to the
delinquency of 16-year-old Mex
lean girl.
The Mexican was scheduled for ar
raignment Thursday. The girl was
taken to the county detention
home pending further invcstiga-
tions of the charges.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
GERMAN-AU
CRISIS DEADLOCKED

VIENNA, Feb. II. CUP)-Demands
for the removal of anti-Nazi ele-
ments from the highly important
departments of finance and propa-
ganda we're understood today to
have brought the German Austrian
crisis to a new deadlock.
1t was because of these difficult
ties over consumation of Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler's plans, an observer
believed, that the new Austrian
minister of interior, DR.. Arthur Won
Seyss-Inquart. a Nazi supporter,
hastenei to Berlin and conferred
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
Pilot Suspected
OF Plane Theft

MEXICALI, Feb. l7.-As pilot of
a plane believe to have been stolen
in the United States. Alonzo Hollia
is held by police here today and
the plane impounded.
Police said the plane was regis
erred to j Albert de Ruiter of 423
North Eighth street. Cotton.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
Roosevelt Urged
To Amend Labor
Relations Setup

WASHINGTON. Feb II CUP)-
President Roosevelt today received
from his business advisory council
a recommendation that the Ma
tional Labor Relations act be
amended in an effort to achieve
industrial peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
Pershing's Condition
Reported Unchanged

TUCSON. Ariz., Feb. II. up
The condition of Gen. John j.
Pershing, stricken two days ago with
rheumatism and a cold, was ."un-
changed" today, his physician, DR..
Roland Dawson. said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

traS and work
hrs are th0sf
who have been
extras or wCrk-
ews themselves.
Ore time "A
wealthy society
lady who never
had to work a
day in her life
come into a
store where
worked and
wanted a piece
of linOleun.
s h Ow ed her
every roll we
II
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

The Valentine Mystery
Rance Baker declares he didn't
get a valentine on ST. Valentines
day. At least two people here
abouts declare they sent him one.
Rance remains mum, and neither
of the other two will tell what kind
of a valentine it was. Considering
the fact that Rance is county pur-
chasing agent-and that allows for
a lot of play on words-RR can
imagine what it was. But, in the
interest Of the public, this thing
should be cleared up.
And Mr.. Hyde
Two bits, please" requested the
chap on the door at the Brawley
basketball game.
I'm from the press" explained
the would-be observer.
Whats your name?"
"Burdette Kinne."
Mr.. Kinne went in five minutes
ago. There he is, sitting over there.
And it took Kinne ten minutes
to explain that the fellow sitting
over there was really George Win
wright, his guest, to whom he had
given his card a few minutes be-
fore. in case WnWright got there
first.
O.
Duel OF The Century
It's been several days ago now
but RR's still chuckling every time
he thinks of Cal Rector, seated n
a stool in a downtown drugstore
shouting to Arno Yaeckel to come
hither AS Yaeckel started in his
direction, Cal delved into an in
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
MAD GUNNER SLAYS
TWO OFFICERS MIA
Opens Fire with Buffalo Gun as Elderly
Marshalls Try to Evict Him;
Police Shoot Him Down

LOS ANGELES, Feb. Il UP)-George Farley So
yearod Negro today shot and killed two elderly county
marshas who had been sent to evict him from house
the Negro district but police shot Farley and wounded
him seriously after he fired three shots at close range
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
Bob Burns Says:
We'll, I'll Tell You

Human nature is the same in
all lines of business. have
found that the directors who are
the! most considerate of the OK
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

Cleared on
Sanity Plea

LOS ANGELES, Feb. II. (UP)-Pau A. Wright, 49,
yearold aviation official given his conditional free
dom late yesterday when the superior court jury
which had convicted him of manslaugher decided he
temporarily insane when he shot his wife and best
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
$4,000 CAMP IN
CITY PROPOSED

Construction of combination auto and trailer camp
in Ell Centre estimated cost of between $4,000 and
$4,000 may be undertaken in the future by Trailer
Cities, Ltd of San Diego the Ell Centre city council
told Wednesday night. City Engineer Philip W. Knights
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
Mexican Killer
Dies Trying to
Escape Troops
Tijuana Soldier, Object of Mob Violence
On Border, Pays Penalty Under
Law of The Fugitive

TIJUANA Mex, Feb II. (UP)-Juan Castillo Nor
ales 24year-od Mexican soldier today died in hail of
bullets for the confessed rapismurder of 8year-od Olga
Comancho. Morales died when Gen. Manuel Contreras
commander of the End military zone applied the La Ley
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17
HitIers S Daring
Move Spreads
Fear in Europe
Jews Gravely Concerned, See Another
Nation Joining Anti-Semitic Bloc;
Britain Keeping Hands Off
: BY UNITED PRESS

The bold moving into Austria of Fuehrer Adopa Hit
Ter and his Nazsm caused political CONSERVATION in Eu
rope today and gave apprehension among Jews that
other country had been added to the antisemc bloc
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-17

Butter: Los Angeles. 30e. but
terfat. Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A, 38c: manufacturing milk
34e; route gathered cream zoe.
l.. A. Hay: u. ). No. l $500
1900; No. 2. leafy. S14.50-15.00; No
2, $500. Mpls. Flax, May, $685.
/. V. Lettuce. fob ct. 4s-5s. 81
Smyrna times., 1938-03-10
Why Have a Hobby?

The advantage Of having hab-
by Is that it gives mental stimula-
tion, provides unfailing entertain
ment and enriches ones life. We
Americans have been SO intensely
absorbed in making a living that
we have too often neglected to live
and enjoy life as we should. we
should be interested in our WORK,
but we should also have a hobby
for some form Of recreation.
A special attitude may develop
into a fine hobby. 1t has often
happened that mans diversion
has been worth more to the world
than his work.
AS start for an adult hobby,
many people are thinking back to
their childhood, recalling the thing
they wanted most as youngsters,
and then acquiring it. 1t might
be a typewriter, piano, cornet, or
even a steam engine. Whatever
it is, getting it and learning to
use it will provide the emotional
outlet every one Of us needs to be
contented.
Nettie Burris
Smyrna times., 1938-03-10
Down the Road
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CONTINUED From Page II

in spending power"
Senator Bulkley also emphasized
the Importance of a super-highway
system for national defense. He
explained that it is needed to IA
cilitate the transportation of men
and materials, and would also be
particularly important if it became
necessary to evacuate certain
areas.
This bill to provide for super
highways can be supported with
equal consistency by those who
favor the Presidents proposal to
economic by curtailing road ap-
propriations and by those who op-
pose it," Senator Bulkley explain
ed.
This BILL he declared, ''is not
intended to serve as a substitute
for regular federal aid to states.
It merely provides for super-high-
ways to be built by a government
corporation which would be self
It would not, there
fore, result in any unbalancing of
the national budget"
Smyrna times., 1938-03-10
MONIES
Attractions at Strand Theatre

Thursday and Friday One of
the greatest casts ever brought to-
gether for a motion picture ap-
pears in Cecil B. DeMille's epic
production Of Americas struggle
for survival during the War of
1872, "The Buccaneer." Frederic
March, the lead, portrays one of
the most colorful and important
but least known, characters of
American history, Jean Laitte, the
pirate king Of the early nineteenth
century who held the entire Car
ibbean in his grasp. DeMille's
gamorous importation from the
stage and screen of Budapest,
Franciska Gaal, makes her debut
in American pictures as March's
leading lady. She plays a Dutch
girl, Gretchen" whose wide-eyed
charm and innocent loveliness turn
Lafitte from an outlaw into the
hero of New Orleans.
Saturday Only - An "etern-
al triangle" in the heart of the
African jungle brings added thrill
to "Tarzan's Revenge" Twentieth
Century-Fox release of Principal
Productions Edgar Rice Bur
roughs screenplay with Glenn Nor
ris and Eleanor Holm as co-stars.
AS the story opens, Miss Holm, on
an expedition headed by her faith
er. is the finance of George Meek
er, also a member of the party. AS
their safari proceeds into the in
terror the mysterious TarZan, lurk-
ing in the tree-tops. becomes inter
ested in the beautiful girl, and af-
ter the two have become acquaint-
ed she finds herself reciprocating
the ape-man's affections. The pro-
gress of this strange romance, de-
spite the efforts of the outraged
Meeker, forms a dramatic nigh
light of the story.
Monday and Tuesday - Alice
Fave, more glamorous and beauti-
full than ever before, singing the
hit songs Of the year, and for the
first time on the screen dancing,
the art which brought her to the
screen in the beginning. George
Murphy in the hilarious role of a
waiter who becomes a millionaire
for a week, wins the love of a
Broadway star and figures in the
headline romance of the century!
These two favorites of the screen,
together with an all-star cast of
the worlds most brilliant enter
tainers were swirled together in a
lavish cocktail Of melody, daugh-
ter and grandeur to produce
You're a Sweetheart"