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Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Parents Give in
ToPubIic C!amor
In Rabies Cases

MENLO PARK, Cal, Oct. 20. (UP)
The weight of public opinion
appeared likely today to secure
Pasteur treatments for Robert Stem
tiford. IA. whose parents rejected
the innoculation against threat OF
agonizing death for him.
The parents of Ruth Hunnel. Ia,
and also attacked by the same mad
terrier that bit Robert last Thurs
day, gave in 20 the clamor that
rose over their anti-medical atti-
tude.
Il am tired of all this hula
baloo," said Tillman Hunnel, father
of the girl. That is the only rea-
son for beginning treatments"
Neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as Stentiford believed they also
would capitulate to persuasion of
friends.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Cleveland Case
To Jury Today

The fate of Ida Cleveland, dim
inutive Negro housemaid who kill
ed her husband in Ell Centre last
summer. will be placed in the
hands of a jury in superior court
late Thursday at the close of her
second trial on manslaughter
charge.
Ida Cleveland suffered enough
during the 10 years she lived with
Walter Cleveland. She has suffer-
ed enough. Would you have her
suffer more?" asked Defense At
torney Lee Nuffer in his arguments
Thursday. He declared she was
justified in shooting her husband
because of bis abuse of her and
ner great fear of him.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
County to Rebuild
Cabins Destroyed
By Hospital Fire
Construction Cost Will
Be Met by Insurance
Payment on Loss

Fireproof cabins will re-
place the Is destroyed by
the disastrous fire at the I'M
perial county farm recently,
the board of supervisors de-
cided Wednesday.
The work will be done by force
account because of The emergency
created by the lack of housing facil-
tiles for INDECENT men, Supervisors
hope to complete the buildings for
the $4,000 realized from insurance.
The county will provide its own
sand and gravel for the stucco
exteriorS and their concrete floors,
the supervisors said, and use iron
salvaged from the old hospital wing
recently replaced by new build
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
faWcett Fayors
Limit TO Ballots

State action to prevent the con-
tinual temperance on the ballot
of measures which have been de-
feated was advocated Thursday by
H. w Fawcett, chairman of the
county committee opposing the sim
gle tax proposition.
Il do not mean We should refuse
to reconsider a measure if only
defeated once. but it is a waste
of public money for the voters to
be forced to pass upon propositions
time after time that have been
defeated number of times before, &"
FawCett declared.
The anti-single tax committee
has arranged number of speak
ers, Fawcett said. available for
service clubs or any organizations,
who will speak on proposition 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Wanderer Jailed
For Threatening
Valley Housewives
Aged Man Demands Food,
Threatens Women in
Westside District

w. P. Rowland, II, wan
derer with habit of order
ing housewives to cook meals
for him, was Jailed Wednes-
day after he frightened sew
eral women in the Westside school
district.
A year ago he was ordered to stay
out of Imperial county but he ig-
nored the order. He is accompanied
by tiny mongrel dog and en-
phasizes his demands for food by
flourishing a huge walking stick.
Several women in the Westside
district told Deputy Sheriff Robert
Parrish that HoWland walked into
their kitchens and ordered them to
cook him a hot meal and not try
to pass any cold stuff off on him.
He entered one home and discover
ed the house wife taking a bath,
Parrish was told.
''You have no business taking a
bath this time of day." she said
the old man growled, you should
have done that hours ago. Another
woman told him she had little food
left after her family had eaten
supper. She said the old man re-
torted, We'll, it's not too late
to cook some, is it?"
Parrish arrested the old man on
a bench warrant issued by Judge
John E. Simpson, who last year
ordered Rowland to stay out of
Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20

: is planned to impress natiOlldl Sudio
authorities that Imperial county
has the manpower to create here an
active unit for national guard
anti aircraft battalion. The affair
will be in charge of the inter-post
council
Captain Charles P. Delp of the
Reserve Officers association pointed
out that present federal govern
ment plans call for increased arm
aments and armed forces. He de-
clared Imperial county is logical
place for establishment of one of
the anti aircraft battalions in the
national guard expansion plan. If
such a branch is established here,
he said, it will be branch of the
coast artillery.
Other sections of the parade
Armistice day will be devoted to
floats, musical organizations, and
marching units, all carrying out
the national defense theme.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Counci|men Vote
AGAINST Pension

Ell Centro's city council Wednes-
day night went on record against
the single tax and the $50 every
Thursday propositions on the No
vember ballot and in favor of the
propositions to prevent gasoline tax
diversion. to amend the constitu-
ton on apportionment of funds to
political subdivisions. the revenue
bond act, and the anti-picketing
proposition.
The board heard endorsements
of the California League of NUM-
cipalities and recommendations out
lined b. Supervisor Hugh Osborne
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20

A proposed ordinance to revive
the ten year plan" for delinquent
tax payment was passed to the sec
ond reading Wednesday night by
the Ell Centre city council.
The proposal, drafted to last one
year, will not go into effect until
80 days after the second reading.
The new ordinance is virtually
the same as the old ten year plan"
designed to return delinquent prop
erty to the tax rolls, except that it
is limited to one year, Dorsey
Whitelaw, city attorney, explained.
Residents would be allowed to pay
up back taxes at the rate of one
tenth a year, while keeping up cur
rent levies. Penalties would be re-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Parents Request
Search for Son

Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Smith of FL
Centro asked Imperial county dep
uty sheriffs to help them search
for their 16-year-old son, Haskell
George Smith, who disappeared
while on fmlough from the CCC
camp at Pine Valley,
His parents said he was sched-
uled to report for duty last sun
day. They feared he had started
to hitchhike to Lawton, Okla, their
former home.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Hospital Heating
Contract Awarded

Imperial county supervisors We'd
nesday awarded the contract for a
central heating unit at the county
hospital to the o. K. Sheet Metal
works on a bid of $1,992.34.
The plant will heat both the old
and new hospital units in the winter
by use of fuel oil and a blower to
carry the heat through ducts in the
structures. In the summer it will
be possible to operate cooler ny
use of parts of the same system.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Revise
oriiff.
Advice
Candidate Declares
lckes Statement
Is 'Dictation'

ct h e administration is
turning farmers into relief
clients and teaching them to
expect something for moth
ing," said Philip Bancroft
Thursday.
The COP candidate for the U. S.
senate on a quick trip to Imperial
Valley fiercely attacked the farm
program and reciprocal trade treat
les as dangerous to the agricultural
communities.
Our present program of paying
farmers not to raise crops is too
much like an out and out dole.
he asserted, besides being unsound
fundamentally
Bancroft suggested tariff revi-
sion as the key to farm ills.
I'm the past our tariff structure
has been designed with the idea
of protecting manufacturers. Little
thought has been given to the farm
er. We import vast quantities of
food materials every year, food
that we ourselves could grow. Then
we have to cut down on our own
production to avoid a surplus" he
pointed out. "Reduce farm imports
and We will have no overproduc-
ton. Our own market is sufficient
to absorb what we can grow
Shifting to the political picture.
Bancroft struck at Sec. Harold L.
Ickes, who, according to dispatches
from San Diego gave his support
to Sheridan Downey, Bancroft's op-
ponent. Ickes was quoted as saying:
1T would be folly to send anyone
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20

dirty IllnSS ABOUT lIle hIueI i0aii
flag"
Mitchell presented his testimony
after Dies called on the labor de-
partment to submit the names and
records of 5000 aliens allegedly sub
ject to deportation who are still
in this country.
Mitchell related that he had
opened a drawer of the desk of 10y
T. Jones, president of the United
Auto Workers local at the Murray
Body Works.
"Here is what 1 found" he cried,
waving red Communist flag. Here
is what they would like to bring
to Washington"
Committee proceedings were sus-
pended While Mitchell posed for
photographers with the flag drapeo
over his arm.
He said Communists directed anc
plotted sit down strikes as a means
of stirring class hatred and pro
noting industrial struggle.
They plotted their strategy, h,
said, in meetings held "at Juli;
Buchanan's home in Hamtramcl
or in meetings in the easements o
union members homes"
He said the Communists wer
meticulous in planning sit dow
strikes and agreed that Dies wa
correct in assuming that "eacl
man was placed at a strategic pos
so at a given hour the whole plan
could be shut down"
Homer Martin tried everything
in his power" Mitchell said of eff
forts to rid the automobile unior
of Communists, "but they seemed
to have a lot of power in the in.
ternational union and influence o.
Mr., Lewis John L. Lewis"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Deficit
Billion
Ire Q cts Less,
Spends More Than
Last Year

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.
(UP) - The gross treasury
deficit is about to hit one
billion dollars today as busi-
ness begins to move faster
with the flow of relief and pump
printing spending.
Because treasury figures lag
couple of days behind current ac-
counts it is quite possible that the
deficit already has exceeded ST.
600 100000 for this fiscal year.
Latest figures through Oct. 1S
compare treasury fiscal year ac-
counts of that date this year with
a year ago as follows:
This Year Last Year
Expenses S2,691 ,459 PIT $2,348, $50
Receipts 1894, 1861 ,499 1866, $50, 1888
CIR. Diet 997, ,322,777 481 ,732,O9l
Nat. Debt 8,422, ,756 ,6O2 36,946, ,262 ,7O8
Comparison of spending in the
first II days of October this year
with the first II days of October
last year. however, more accurately
reflects the increasing tempo of
federal spending as the Roosevelt
pump printing program begins to
take hold.
Favorable business developments
such as early unemployment of 35,-
600 General Motors factory workers,
and restoration of pay cuts to some
10000 G. M. white collar employees
are part of the general picture of
broadening recovery base which
many observers link directly to in
creased federal spending.
That pump printing is directly
affecting treasury figures is indi-
Gated by comparison of October
figures for 1888 and 1897.
One year ago President Roosevelt
still was in the process of. applying
Continued on Page 6, Col a.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
3Boys Caught
Stealing Bicycles

Three boys, 13, = and 10, we're
turned over to the county probation
office Thursday in El Centro in
connection with bicycle theft
charges. They were arrested We'd
nesday night after Otis Horne of
$50 He'll street captured one of
them in a foot race, police report
ed.
The boy was caught after Horne
reported to police the theft of two
bicycles from his residence. The
boy involved the other two lads
The bicycles were recovered.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
New Ter Year Tax Redemption Plan
Approved by Fl Centre Council
To Last ONLY One Year

moved and the only extra charge
would be interest at 7 per cent.
As explained by Mayor H. ".
Fawcett, the move is designed
primarily to get back on the city
tax rolls property that is now de-
linquent and bringing in sno rev.
enue to the city. Seccndarily, it
is to bring relief to property own
ers who have lapsed so far in their
taxes that mounting penalties make
them owe more than the property
is worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20

the Ensenada girl buried beneath
a load of vegetables.
Wong still maintained after an
all-night grilling. that the pretty
senorita had killed herself
Lemus said both men were
brought to the Tijuana Jail last
night after angry mobs of poems had
threatened to lynch the suspects
who were temporary lodged in the
Tecate jail
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
ella River Flood
Control Planned

PHOENIX, Oct. 20. (UP)-A board
of U 5. army engineers, headed by
Maj. Theodore Wyman, arrived here
today to conduct a hearing on a
proposed flood control, water con-
servation and soil erosion control
program embracing the entire basin
of the Gila river and its tributaries
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Chinese Truck Farmers
nHeId For Tecdte Murder

TIJUANA, Baja Cal, Mexico, Oct
90 (UP)-Accused of Staying Gene
We've Barron, 19-year-old Mexican
American girl, whose body was
found buried in truckload of
vegetables near Tecate yesterday
two Chinese truck farmers were
bound over to the court of first
instance today charged with muir
der.
Tijuana Police Chief Jose Lopez
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Permits Up $2240
For Years Total

A $224O boost was given Ell Cen
tro's 1888 building permit total
Thursday Two permits were grant
ed, one for $40 to Harold F.. Flood
for chimney at $40 Ell Centre
street and another for $4,000 to r. P.
Brown for a dwelling at 1867 Eu-
cid avenue The 1888 total now
is S319,298.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Stanford Smoke
Campaign Denied

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal,
Oct 20. CUP)-The Stanford Daily,
student newspaper which recently
printed an expose of alleged
liquor sales 20 minors near the
campus. today published an edi-
torial refuting rumors that the uni
versity had started campaign
against cigarette smoking.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Hollywood Fights
Fire in Canyon

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 20. CUP)-
One hundred men and equipment
from five fire companies today
battled a brush fire which broke
out shortly before noon in Stone
canyon, near Mulholland highway
No homes we're endangered. it was
reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
IS esister For
st Aid Course

Fifteen Ell Centrans registered al
the fire hall Wednesday night for
the free course in first aid offered
by the Req Cross.
The class is open to others who
wish to enroll, o. H. Meyers, chair
man of the first aid committee for
the Ell CenGro Red Cross chapter,
said. Glasses will be held at the
firehall every Wednesday night at
7:30 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20

Lemus said one of the suspects
Frederick Choin, 80, confessed that
the girl had been killed by 80
caliber revolver. but he refused to
divulge the names of the killers
or the conditions of the Staying.
Choin and his companion, Jose
Wong, 30. Tecate truck farmers,
were arrested yesterday on the
MeXicali highway when a search
of their truck revealed the body of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Violin Craftsman
Dies at Fresno

FRESNO, Cal, Oct. 20. CUP)-
William j Lucas, who whitfield a
violin from wood of an old water
tank and then sold it for $1,000
on its merits as a musical instru-
ment will be buried here today.
He died yesterday at the age of 90
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20

were recovered an hour after the
accident. Chester Phelps, who was
working with Orr and Edmonson,
was hit on the head by falling
brick but he was not seriously hurt.
Robert Jones, another of the work
ers, saw that the tower was falling
and escaped.
One hundred persons, including
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
81 Centro Street
Contract Awarded

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 20 UP)-
C. w. Ellis, of North Hollywood,
today was awarded a $9185 contract
by the state highway department
for the re-surfacing of state route
27 in the city of Ell Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20

CCC workers, merchants and farm
ers, dug through the debris 70 find
the bodies OF Orr and Edmonson.
The tower was rs feet nigh.
Blocks and tackles had been at
tached to the tower in preparation
for pulling IL down. Shortly before
the word was TO be given for the
pull, the tower caved in
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
County, District Saved $4,000 When
Court Shaves Down Power Co. Bill

Protests of attorneys this week
shaved $8.114 from the bill pre-
sented the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict and Imperial county by the
Nevada-C California company as their
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Two Buried Under Tons Of Debris
When Courthouse Tower CoIIapses
As Crew Prepares to Pull ii Down

MAYSVILLE, Mo-. Oct. 20. (UP)-Two men were kill
ed today when tower of the old Deab county courthouse
collapsed while the building being razed They were
buried under tons of debris.
The bodies of Robert Orr 40 and Ray Edmonson, AZ.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
.ArmiStice Parade
Aimed at Getting
National Guard
American Legion Will Stage Celebration
To Crystalline Sentiment in F avor r
Of Militia Unit for Imperial Valley =.

Imperial county American Legion posts will stage a
national defense demonstration the fair grounds Arms-
tice day crysaze sentiment in favor of
of a national guard battalion in the county. ...t .
The demonstration, in the form of gigantic parade,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Bancroft Attacks
'ReIiefto Farmers
Communists Threatened His Life,
Defiled Flag, Planned Strikes,
Witness Tells Dies Committee
Chairman of Un-Amercan Activities Inquiry
Calls on Labor Department For Records
Of 5000 DepOrtable Aliens in L. S.

WASHINGTON, Oct 20. (UP)-James Mitchell, De-
tro Murray Body Works union member broke into
today he told the house committee investigating un-
American activities that Communists threatened his life
Mitchell said he had heard the Communists say lawful
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
Ear Twiggins-

When Mrs. Jessie Conner wants
her office clean. she means clean
in her own way. When a ianitor
Mlyly bloomed a bit OF dust into a
5eorner Mrs. Conner promptly grab
bed him by the ear to pull him back
to sweep some more. The janitor
obediently followed his ear.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20
JailhOund-


On the outside of the county Jail,
looking in and wishing she was in,
sat a fuzzy mongrel pup Thursday.
When her master was taken behind
the bars the pup tried to follow,
but officers wouldn't let her pass.
She took up her vigil outside. Ev-
cry time The door was opened the
pup made dive TO get inside, until
finally officers relented and let her
- in the office. From that it led to
feeding the pup, and now the coun-
ty Jail has what locks like per-
mansnt mascot.
I'VE not only have to feed 'em
inside this joint, but outside, too, y
3Nnie Cox grumDled as he prepared
K.he jailholInd's lunch.
Put Hat on Elmer
For a second RR thought he was
being fooled Thursday when intro
duced to Philip Bancroft. He looked
Just like Elmer Heald with a stiff
brimmed oattleman's hat on.
What. No Pants
A stranger Just isn't safe around
the Barbara Worth country club
anymore. When New Yorker
dropped III for a game OF golf wear
ing a dazzling pair of red slacks,
Wayne Elvander's eyes took on a
covetous CLEAN. In the locker room
the pants strangely disappeared and
the worried New Yorker hoWled;
Lock the coors, my pants have
walked cut"
They turned up in Elvander's
locker, but only after Wayne had
shaken dice and won the pants
Now RR can hardly wait until the
new owner blossoms out.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-20

Butter: Los Angeles, 29ei but
terfat. Imperial valley fob. ranch,
grade A, 3sci manufacturing milk
5Oc; route gathered cream &c.
l.. A. Hay: u. ). No. 1, 2lS.50i
No. 2 Ieafy $3.50; No. 2 Sil.00;
Minneapolis flax, Dec. S1.73ls.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-07-15
KELLY MILLER SAYS
Continued from Page Onc)

Continued from Page Onc)
against whose restrictions his
classmates, rebelled. In the re-
organization of Atlanta Univer-
Slty, the other alumni trustees
opposed the merger on the
ground that it was calculated to
impair the Old Atlanta spirit of
race equally and human rights.
He alone of his fellow alumni
was selected as trustee of the
New Atlanta University by t h e
capltalistc interests which do
minated the situation. Though
always preserving his personal
dignity and amor propre, he
never gave offense to the white
race. Even while leading the
anti lynching campaign he
never called down on his head
the wrath Of the southern white
like Waiter Whitf, his more
dynamic successor.
His National Negro Anthem,
composed for a local Sunday
occasion lin jacksonville, Fla,
before he had come to the metro
poIitan notice and national at
tention, reveals the true inward
ness Of his soul. 1t is pitched to
The militant key but in plain
tive and wailing tone as of a
race which would sue rather
than fight for its rights. The
music is fitted to the words by
his collaboration, J. Rosamond
Johnson, his brother by tempera-
ment and genius as well as bv
blood. The fame of the John
son brothers, James Weldon and
J. Rosamond, will 20 down
bracketed in history; and al
although James Weldon is ex-
Oibited as the front piece, vet
their fame can no more be dis
severed than that of Gilbert and
Sullivan.
James Weldon Johnson was
by nature a recluse and never
dciened to mix with crowds
and keep his virtue"
lie was accepted i'm service as
field secretary Of the NAACP
Although he served in this capa-
city with intelligence, courage
tact and resourcefulness yet one
was constantly impressed with
the thought that he was impress.
ed into a field of service foi
which he was not fitted by
nature or inclination. Militandy
and agation engaged the ener
gies of his head rather than al
his heart. Unlike Dubois Col
the earlier days. and Walter
White, he never gave himsbli
with full abandon and self de.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-07-15
n. B. ASH ANNOUNCES FOR
CONSTABLE, BROWNS
CREEK DIST.

To the Voters of Mcdowell
County:
| take this means of announc-
ing my candidacy for the Re-
publican nomination for Con-
stable of Browns Creek District.
have served as a deputy
sheriff under five sherilfs, and
AZ constable one term of four
years, and have never had any
trouble or difficulty of any kind.
having treated the public fairly
and with consideration. / am Il
member of Local No. 1898,
United Mine Workers of America
at Premier, in good standing.
will appreciate your support
and influence, and if nominated
and elected, l will discharge the
duties of the office to the best
Fof my ability.
N. B. ASH.
Premier w. Va. Pol. Adv.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-07-15
THE OHIO OKER
M ~ vYY
DIV

our public scools seem to forget
that ours is an advancing
democracy, that the solution of
tomorrow's problems depends on
the state of today's education.
Who knows but what today's
public school pupils will find
hve or ten years from now face
the task of defeating fascism or
some other ism. 1t is up to the
educators to provide the stu
dents with food for thought,
served IN a progressive manner.
Remember, (this has been said
dozens of times, but apparent
ly is still news) you as a tax
pay er are paying for the up
keep of he public school
system. You really ought to see
that you get your MONEYS
worth.
end of the Discussion.)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-07-15
Fer HOUSE OF DELEGATES

hereby announce my candi-
dacy for Member of the House of
Delegates, subject to the will of
the Democratic voters in tkh
primary of August End.
am a lifelong Democrat and
have always taken an active
interest in the Democratic
party. | am a member of Local
Union 6206 u. M. w. of A.. ?
pledge my support to the New
Deal and the principles for
which it stands
II nominated and elected I
will serve all of the working
people to the best of my ability.
J. NJ. CYPHERS.
Rcam, w. Va.
July 7, 1893. Y YTY