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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
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Motor Chief, Son
Eat Luncheon
At Capitol

WASHINGTON, April 27.
(UP)-Henry Ford and his
son Edsel Ford discussed
economic problems of the ma
ton over a luncheon table
with President Roosevelt for two
hours today.
The head of the billion dollar
motor car enterprise. spearhead in
many attacks on Mr.. Roosevelt's
administration, left the White
House without comment On the
trend of their discussion.
When the gray haired industrial
ist left the White House. surround
ed by his aides and guards. he made
a football-like rush through crowd
of neWspapermen, photographers
and sightSeers.
The visit of Ford, an opponent of
the New Deal in many of its
economic measures, had been her
aided as new step toward a re-
proachment of Mr.. Roosevelt's ad-
ministration and private enterprise.
1t followed a statement by 16 Lead
ing industrialists yesterday, pledg-
ing their cooperation to Mr.. Roose-
velt in his efforts to spur recovery.
With Ford were his son and w.
J. Cameron official spokesman for
the Ford company. Chairman Mar
rimer S. Eccles of the federal re-
serve, and Hall Roosevelt brother
in-law of the president, completed
the luncheon group.
There was no indication of what
trend the conversation had follow
ed
There will be no statement nov
or later" said White House Secre-
tary Stephen T. Early.
1t was limited. however, that the
meeting of Mr. Roosevelt and Ford,
outstanding exponents of social
PHILOSOPHERS. actually developed lit
tie progress along economic lines.
This intimation was borne out by
Hail Roosevelt, who said
Very little economics was dis
cussed. AS a matter of fact, the
president and Mr.. Ford talked about
family affairs, and to me, the whole
thing seemed pretty much like the
waySide inn"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27

the plane To-Day, lying uprlgnI anu
partially buried in a snoWbank. The
four bodies were in the wrecked
ship Cecil Meadows, superintendent
of the Bakersfield airport, sighted
the wreckage from his searching
plane as the rangers approached.
Those aboard the ship were DR..
o. l.. Lambert, an amateur pilot,
Mrs. Lambert, Miss Dorothy Davis
and Mrs. Frank Blain, mother OF
Mrs. Lambert, all of Visalia.
Coroner N. c. Houze of Bakers
field took charge of the bodies. They
were removed by ambulance to Bak-
ersfield. Forest Ranger w. w. Snider
at the Fulton ranger station near
Glennville first reported finding OF
the plane by telephone.
The plane crashed at an elevation
of about 1000 feet.
The party took off for Visalia from
Furnace Creek Inn at Death Valley
colorful home of Death Valley Scotty
at am. Monday morning, and ap-
parently crashed two hours later.
Harold Bromley, United States bu-
reau of air commerce inspector at
Fresno, took charge of the the IN
vestigation of the crash.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27

Goree, jr. loans and insurance;
Walter B. Havekorst, banking; Ran
dali Henderson, printing and pub
fishing; w. o. Hinderks, autos,
hardware and implements: Paul
A. Jenkins, newspaper and print
ing; j. Duke Johnson, retail mer-
chants; M. o. King, department
stores; Mrs. Marie Land, real es-
tate; Edgar Mason, ice; James H.
Marshall, seed and feed; Louis B.
McManus, stationary and office
supplies; John B. McNeece, gaSo-
line and tires; w. H Ramsey, flax
products; w. H. Rhodes, electric
utilities; John R. Robertson, auto
mobile dealers; P. E. Ryerson, con-
crete work; E. w. Schiller, cream
cries; Gordon r. Scriven, apparel
and dry goods; Clarence L. Smith.
outdoor advertising; William A.
Tondro, auto accessories and parts;
Jasper L. Travers, contracting and
building; w. H. Tyler jr., realtors
and insurance.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
STATE TO RENT
TAX PROPERTY
in SAN DIEGO

SACRAMENTO, April 27. (UP)-
Officials of the controllers office
said today the state probably will
begin charging rent against tax
delinquent property located in San
Diego county improvement districts
which have refinanced old Mattoon
act bonds.
Rent will not be levied against
such property for possibly as long
as four, five or six months, how
ever, it was emphasized, permit
ting property owners sufficient
time to prepare to resume tax pay
mentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
FIRM PROVIDES
PROFIT SHARES
FOR EMPLOYEES

DETROIT, April 81. CUP)-Gar
Wood industries today announced
a profit sharing plan under which
workers will receive 20 per cent OF
all dividends paid by the company.
Announcement of the plan came
simultaneously with agreement be-
tween the company and the United
Automobile workers union on new
contract, ending a two day strike
which closed two factories.
The profit sharing scheme will
apply to all of the companys 1000
workers, although the new union
contract will affect only the two
plants in Detroit which were closed
by strike.
Gar Wood, the boat race driver
who holds the Harn5worth trophy
and is president of the company,
announced that he had taken a
voluntary reduction in his personal
salary of SO per cent. 1t was under
stood that this meant a reduction
of $25,000 annually.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
ANNUAL SCOUT
CAMP TO OPEN
ON JUNE 21S7.
Successful Season Seen
With Extensive
Improvement

Plans were made to open
Camp San Felipe, the sum-
mer camp of the Imperial
Yuma area council of the
Boy Scouts of America, on
Sunday, June u, at the Council
board of directors meeting Tuesday
night at the court house.
The camp will remain open until
Sunday, July "a.
indications are that the coming
season will be the most successful
from a camping standpoint that
this council has yet experienced" ;"
George Cutshaw, camping chair
man, said.
I'm order to take care of the in
creased number of Scouts who eX-
pect to attend camp this year. the
committee has planned extensive
improvements to the camp site. A
new mess hall will be built, tents
end tent platforms installed with
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
new TEAMSTER
ORGANIZER ON
JOB IN VALLEY
San Diego Man to Take
Place Vacated by
kildOW Death

Charles B. Copperman,
formerly of San Diego, is the
new business agent for the
Teamsters union in Imperial
and Yuma valleys.
He was appointed to take the
place of the late George Kildow
KildoW's decomposed body was
found in an automobile on the des-
ert north of Plaster City April Is
after he had been missing from
labor headquarters for more than
a week.
Copperman has been in union
organization work for six years
He plans, he said, to carry on the
work of organiza ton effectively and
Continued on Page 2; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27

sion rocked the mine. The seven
others escaped unharmed.
The dead were Frank Montgom-
cry, 80; Paul Sikra, 40; Wassil Holo-
biak, As; John Terris, 80; Michael
Terris, 25, and his brother; Luke
Chukros, 40; Richard Barnes, "A.
The blast occurred 500 feet below
the surface and a mile from the
shaft bottom. Distance from the
shaft hampered the gas-masked res
cue squads.
1t was feared at first that many
more might be dead. 1t was several
hours before their fate was known.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
New G. G. Candidates
Named by Committee

The nominating committee of
the Ell Centre chamber of commerce
have selected a slate of "a persons
to be submitted to members for
balloting on Wednesday May g.
Seventeen will be elected to form
the directorate of the chamber for
the coming year.
Members of the nominating COM
mittee were Charles Bramkamp,
John w. Tyler, w. A. Scheniman,
Leo Hetzel and Roy II. Womack.
Nominees are:
Herbert r. Anderson, title bust
ness; Charles E. Blalack, Imple-
ments; John Drummer, Hotels and
Motor Courts; Neal H. Gavin, lum-
ber and grain; Charles l.. Childers,
attorney; G. l.. Collins, building
materials; Warren Currier, hard
ware and furniture; Rev H. C.
Doty, ministerial association; How
ard G.. Farnsworth. dairying; j. d.
FoSs, accountant; Mrs. Media l..
Frost, florist; j. w. Glasgow, lum-
Der, plumbing, electrical; Ia j.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
Explorer Returns
From Yacht Trip

SAN FRANCISCO, April 81. (UP)
-Templeton Crocker, financier and
leader of six marine explorations
to South Pacific waters, returned
here today after four months
successful research trip aboard his
yacht, zaca, to. the Gulf of Pana-
ma.
Crocker reported the expedition
secured several valuable marine
specimen, including tiny sail
fish IA inches long and rooster
fish. Both were sent to the New
York geological society.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
Japanese Arrested
On Check Charge

James YoshikaWa, Japanese, was
arrested in Ell Centro late Tues
day on a charge of issuing a check
to Cleo Edgar last September with
out having funds in the bank to
cover it.
The japanese told officers he
had been in Los Angeles during
the winter He is held in the coun-
ty jail in lieu of $500 bail.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
ONE Man.
s 7 R | K {.
s 7 A c { D.
Jail Camp Inmate
Refuses 10 Work
Crusher

Joe Stevens, member of
the county prison camps
first crew, staged a one-man
strike Wednesday and i'm
mediately was placed on a
bread and water diet.
His record shows he served two
penitentiary sentences.
Stevens, serving a two month
sentence for grand theft of an
automobile. told Sheriff Robert w.
Ware that he didn't want to work
and wouldn't work" The sheriff
said Stevens dallied around the
county rock crusher but did not
work.
Ware and Jailer H. E. Cox re-
turned Stevens to the county Jail
at noon Wednesday and ordered
the bread and water diet The
striker" was arrested in Las Vegas
several weeks ago and returned to
Imperial county for trial.
Stevens was the only one of the
Is prisoners sent to the camp Tues
day who refused to work. The men
worked Tuesday and Wednesday
to clean the camp formerly used
for three years by Works Progress
administration crews. AS soon as
the camp is ready for occupancy
Ware said, the men will prepare
crushed rock for use on roads in
the Imperial and BraWley road
districts.
Drunk drivers and other prison.
ers will be sent to the camp in
numbers great enough to keep it
in operation and to relieve the
congestion at the Jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
CR RASHINC WINDS
TAKE LIFE TOLL
IN PLAINS AREA

DENVER, April 27. CUP)-Plains
states counted six dead today as
the toll of violent wind, dust and
rain storm which swept eastward
from the Rocky Mountains Tues
day night.
Telephone and telegraph linemen
hurried to restore communication
lines between Denver and southern
Colorado cities, disrupted for sew
eral hours by SO mile an hour
wind and 18 inch snow near Palmer
Lake, Colo.
At Oshkosh, Neb., a sudden wind
tWister smashed a small school
building, killing Ellen Brown, g;
Mary zorn. 8; and injuring fatally
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
CHINESE OPEN
YELLOW RIVER
AGAINST FOES
japanese Charge Enemy
Plans to Dynamite
Flood Dykes

SHANGHAI, April 27.
(UP) = Chinese troops cut
the dykes of the Yellow river
at several points today as
japanese troops drove on
Taierchwang, threatening to out
flank the Lunghai railway line and
encircle the strategic city of Su-
chow
If the Chinese troops are forced
to withdraw south of the river
they plan to cut the dykes at many
points causing floods which engin-
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
Law Starts Riot, But
Wives Home at Last

NEW YORK, April 81. CUP)-
There are times when the law in
congruously sends policemen out to
start panics. On such an unhappy
errand, the riot squad went last
night to Arcadia hall in Brooklyn
where $500 persons, nearly all wom-
en-, were seated around bingo tables.
Most of them had husbands at
home and the weeks household cash
in their purses. Some Of the hus-
bands had conferred after they got
the children to sleep, and it was
they who had called the cops and
made the complaint.
Police approached the hall quiet
ly, roped off a corral about the
ticket office. Detective Charles Fer
guson went inside while the emer-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
Money in Suit
Returned Here

Money subpoenaed from Imperial
county for use as evidence in a
criminal trial in Los Angeles viii
be sent back to El Centro under
an order issued in Los Angeles SUI
perior court Tuesday.
The $1,291 was evidence in the
trial of Bill H. Thorne, arrested III
Imperial county last year but tried
in Los Angeles for grand theft.
Thorne was sent to Folsom. County
Clerk w. j. McClelland asked that
the money be sent by express.
After $500 goes to Thorne's attor-
ney. the remainder will be distri-
buted by the court in a case still
pending
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27

Jean Zorn, 10.
Near Tahoka, on the high plains
of west Texas, a tornado demolish-
ed several farm homes, killing
George Walters, 81 H. B. Walters,
15 and Mrs. V. o. Walters, 25.
The dense duster rolled south
eastward across Colorado just be-
fore sundown Tuesday, dropping the
temperature from rs degrees to less
than 40 degrees within a period Of
several hours. Visibility was reduc-
ed to one fourth mile at Denver at
pm. as the wind attained a velo-
city of 46 miles an hour. Two
transport planes cruised over the
Denver airport more than an hour,
seeking a landing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
HOME BEAUTY JUDGES
CONTINUE SELECTION

Chamber of Commerce Post
Press Identification drive judges
Wednesday paused long enough in
their inspection tour of so FL Gen.
tro homes, still in the running for
first prize, to announce the cam
paign in the city has resulted in
widespread Identification work
among home owners not entered in
the contest.
Because many home owners which
Md not enter the drive have taken
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27

gency force deployed outside.
Ladies'" he cried, "and gentle
men: there will be no more bingo."
He didn't say why, or need to.
There was a scraping of chairs
against the floor, a few subdued
outcries and the rush started Sew
eral hundred women clogged the
doorways in the first mad retreat.
Once outside, their terror turned TO
amazement when they saw no patrol
wagon and no policemen laid hands
on them.
Their courage soon spread to a
general clamor for their 25 cents
admission back.
Not so fortunate were the pro-
moters who were arrested for vio-
lating the penal law.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27

tant part in selecting a winner in
the drive, according to Ryerson.
The judges announced that many
homes have shown almost equal
improvement and as a result yard
upkeep may prove the deciding fac
tor in choosing the first prize VIM
ner.
Winners will be announced on
the Identification page in Sundays
issue of the Post Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
SOlOn Would Bar
Money to Nazis

WASHINGTON, April 27. CUP)-
Chairman Samuel Dickstein, D., N.
Y, said today he would introduce
in a few days bill to prevent
American money from going to
Germany.
They've been confiScating our
money for their propaganda" he
said in reference to the degree of
Field Marshal Herman Goering
requiring Jews to register their
wealth for his use as economic
minister to make Germany self
sufficient.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
Motors Collide;
NOOne Injured

HOLTVILLE, April 27-A sedan
and a truck collided and overturn-
ed a short distance west of the
East Highline canal near here We'd
nesday without injury to the drivers
or passengers, Highway Patrolman
Day DunnIng said.
Joe Binter, Ell Centro drove the
sedan and Harold R. Hughes, Ell
Centre, drove the truck.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
HOOVER IN MARKET
FOR NEW SOMBRERO

FRESNO, April 81. CUP)-For-
mer President Herbert Hoover was
in the market for new hat to-
day. His old one disappeared while
he was signing autographs after
his speech last night before the
statewide conference of the Fed
Grafton of Women's Republican
clubs of California.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27

advantage of the suggestions Of
fered by the committee, the city
has improved more than 100 per
cent in appearance since the open
ing of the contest.
Trees. shrubs, lawns, fences, trel-
lises and planned gardens are only
a few of the improvements noted
by the committee in its tour of
the city's homes. ......
Neat yards will play an impor-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
Fire Destroys
Hudson Garage

IMPERIAL, April 27.-Fire of
undetermined origin destroyed a
garage at the Fred Hudson home
here late Tuesday afternoon and
badly damaged an automobile stor-
ed in it. Preliminary investigation
indicated that the fire did not
originate in the car.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
Sleep Disturbed,
He Battles Cops

BRAWLEY, April 27. - Ygnacio
Valnaceda played POSTUM in q
downtown cafe until police at
tempted to take him to Jail to fin
ish his nap. Then he came out OF
his slumber fighting.
He threw chairs and tables at
Officers Tom Greer and Roscoe
Phillips and welded his fists in
anything but a sleepy manner. He
was sentenced to the county Jail
for 80 days for disturbing the peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
Two Ell CentranS
Named Delegates

Wade Cook, chairman of the
Holtville chapter of the American
Red Cross, and Hugh Keating of
FL Centro, were selected to attend
the National convention of the Red
Cross in San Francisco May 2 to
5 at a meeting of the organization
Tuesday night.
Instructors of the first aid classes
in the valley reported progress in
the work.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
EXPECT LAFOLLETTE
TO BREAK WITH F. r.

MADISON, Wis, April 81, UP)
-Intimates of Gov. Philip LaFol-
lette believed today that he would
stake his political future on a ma
tional third party and would make
a definite break with the Roosevelt
administration at the organization
rally he has called for tomorrow
night,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
Mine Blast Fatal
To Seven: II Hurt
Is Trapped When Explosion Rocks Coal
Pit so Feet Below Surface: Seven
Brought Up Without Harm

POTTEVILLE, Pa, April 27 (UP) = Seven miners
were killed and II injured, two of them critically, today
in explosion and fire at the ST. Clair coal company
mine four miles from here
They were among 25 miners trapped when the eXplo-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27
FOUR PERISH
As AIRPLANE
HIT s PEAK
Searchers Find Tragic Remains After
Two-Day Search; Binding Storm
Blamed for Latest Crash

VISALIA Cal, April 27. (UP)-The bodies of three
and removed today from the wreckage
of their tiny white cabin airplane which crashed into the
side of Sunday Peak Sequoa National Forest in blind
ing ranstorm Monday morning Forest rangers found
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27

Wasted Effort
Tops for "boners" for the month
goes to Judge r. D. McPherrin. The
Judge planned to drive Les Rogers
car home from the golf course, after
Les stayed on to play another 80"
Tuesday. The Judge climbed into
the strange machine, carefully turn
ed the ignition key, and looked
around f4T the starting button on
the floor.
He found shining button and
punched it with his toe. Nothing
happened. He pressed again, this
time harder. Still no sign of life
under the hood Finally he gave
up pushing and called to Bill Bailey,
clubhouse custodian, that the cars
battery was down.
Bill investigated and found the
Judge, instead of punching the
starter, had been struggling with
the gadeet that dims the head
lights.
His Own story
In case you fail to recognize Bill
Mitchell, with the scratches about
his eyes, here's the story he tells
in explanation:
All dressed up for the dance Sat-
urday night, Bill was about to leave
his home when he remembered the
hose was still going in the yard.
He groped his way through the
darkness, looking for the cutoff
ital nj, IA;
lently with an open window.
RR can only sit back in awe.
Who but Bill Mitchell would have
conceived such fanciful yarn?
O.
Came Too SCon-
II you noticed disappointed look
on the face of Ruth Marable John
ston, down from Pomona last week.
end for a visit to her former home,
here's TIE reason. She couldn't
gloat because the weather was
fine.
Try next month Ruth.
o.
Only Tom Can Tell
Here is something that has been
bothering us for some time. tom
my" Thomas, the highway commits
sioner, recently challenged Penny
Richmond to a battle to the death
with golf sticks, then went on to
tell in elaborate terms how he
learned the game in Scotland.
OF course, maybe we are wrong
and maybe black is white but if
Tommy isn't an Irishman of the
first water. we hail from Timbuctoo.
If so, how did he manage to stay
away from Old Erin long enough
to learn the crazy game? And in
Scotland, of all places for he who
wears the green?
Bee TOlling-
This would really have been some
thing to watch!
Bert Lemons noticed a swarm OF
bees had landed in a tree at his
place and, chuckling grimly to him.
self, went about making a box for
them. Thought Bert, They'll feel
at home in n hurry and III have
plenty of honey"
AS soon as the box was finished
Bert looked around for his bees.
They were all across the street al
the fire hall. Chief Tom Reams
had tolled LiIem across by some
mysterious means of his own!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-27

Butter. Los Angeles. 26c; But
terfat, Imperial valley, fob. raneh
grade A. 34c; manufacturing milk
2Sc; route gathered cream 24e.
l.. A. Hay: u. $. No. / sl5.50-16.
No. 2 leafy S14.50; No. S13.-13.50
Minneapolis flax. May sl.97.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30
ESQ Road News
Advertises N. C..

In an entire page devoted to
scenic and historic touring attrac-
tions of North Carolina, the ESQ
ROAD NEWS in it's July edition
places new emphasis upon the i'm
portance of this state and western
North Carolina to motorists travel
ing through the South.
The edition, which is now being
distributed at ESQ dealer stations,
has a circulation of several hun
dreds of thousands of copies month
ly among motorists throughout the
Carolinas, Tennessee, Arkansas, and
Louisiana. It is expected that in
thus featuring North Carolina's
places of interest, the NEWS will
induce a number of out-of-state mo-
florists to place this state on their
itineraries for vacation trips.
On the North Carolina page under
the heading From Mountain to Sea-
shore in North Carolina" appear fif-
teen items and four photographs on
varied recreational subjects of par
ticular interest to motorists.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30
Flags Dictatorship And Com
munism During Memorial Ser
vice At Legion Convention.

Winston-Salem, June 26.-Attack-
ing the communism and fascism
of Europe, Judge John J. Parker of
Charlotte told the North Carolina
Department of the American Legion
last night that "if we had lost the
war, democracy, free government,
would have been crushed beneath
the iron heel of the Central En-
Ipires."
Judge Parker spoke at the me-
mortal service held at the Carolina
Theatre. He was introduced by
Judge Hubert Olive of Lexington.
1--WE have, on the one hand, the
Communists, who, prating of eco
nomic justice, would crush the lib
eAtY of the individual beneath a
system of state slavery; on the 9TH
er hand, the Fascists who in the
name of efficiency and order would
crush his liberty beneath some for
of dictatorship. The great danger
to democracy today lies, not in the
power of foreign nations, but in
these PHILOSOPHERS, which would de-
stroy freedom for the sake of the
planned economy of the totalitarian
state. That this is not in the inter
est Of even the economic welfare OF
the people can be plainly seen if we
will but compare this country with
the totalitarian states of Europe; but
I shall not dwell upon this aspect of
the matter. The curse of the totali-
taerian economy is that it has in
variably meant to the end of indi-
vidual freedom.
1T is not merely that there is in
siderable regulation of private af-
fairs by public officials with all the
hateful shopping and espionage
which such regulation invariably en-
tails, but that such a system newt
ably leads to dictatorship and un-
dermines the basic liberties, such as
free speech and public trial, upon
the importance of which all right
thinking men are agreed. Without
Capitalization Of authority in some
one with dictatorial powers, the
planned economy of the totalitarian
state will not work. and SO, under
the guise of necessity, the dictator
ship is established. The state, ia
enforce its policies, must have the
support of the press; and so censor
ship is established and the freedom
of the press goes overheard. Free