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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

Discharge of the men climaXed
dispute that started early this
week when union leaders threat
ened a strike unless the men, ac-
cused of working behind the picket
lines in a recent Lewis and Cham
bers strike, were fired
The men were paid off Friday
the company explained, in compli-
ance with ruling from Towne Ny
lander, regional labor relations
board director, who authorized dis
charges in case a majority of work
ers on the job voted in favor of
the union, Such a vote, taken
Thursday favored the union, COM
pany officials said.
The eight men Friday planned
protests to American Legion posts,
three of their number being former
service men. They charged the vote,
favoring the union, was taken when
the men did not know for what
they were voting. Tex Onstott. for
mer foreman of the discharged men,
said they were all given a chance
to join the union, provided they
pay SIS. The usual initiation fee
is $25, he said, and claimed the
extra so would be a fine. Both
Onstott and his brother j. C. On
stott, also one of the discharged
crew, are members of the union,
though in another section of the
state. The rest of the men are not
union members.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
PUBLIC POWER
CONTRACTS LET

Ten companies were awarded con-
tracts by the Imperial Irrigation
District Friday to supply substa-
tion equipment for the All Ameri-
can canal power system at total
cost of $4,000.
Awards cover "a items, such as
switches, lightning arresters, trans
formers, fuse cutoutS, step-voltage
regulators, circuit breakers, switch
board and cable for power and con-
troll circuits, batteries and charging
set.
Successful bidders were Kelman
Electric company, Los Angeles; Pa
cific Electric manufacturing corpor-
alton, Los Angeles; Allis- chalmers
Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wis,
General Electric CO., Schenectady,
N. Y; Railway and Industrial En-
gineering CO., Greensburg, Pa; Elec-
trio Supplies Distributing CO., San
Diego; Electric Power equipment
corporation, Philadelphia, Pa; Ma
tional Battery CO., Depew, N. Y;
Electric Products co., Cleveland, O.;
Simplex Wire and Gable CO., San
Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

bureaus, the comptroller of the
currency, the federal reserve board
and the federal deposit insurance
corporation.
President Roosevelt. in his re-
covery message to congress, called
for the coordination of federal
banking supervision "as a part of
better administration" 1t was
learned, however, that treasury and
federal reserve officials were at
odds on methods of effecting that
request. 4a.a.
Sen. William H. Smathers, D., N.
j., introduced bill to congress
yesterday to place supervisory pow
ers solely in a newly-created agency
under the jurisdiction of the secre-
tary of the treasury. ..
Federal reserve officials have in
dicated belief that the boards
monetary powers should be sup
plemented by greater supervisory
control over banks.
Smather's bill would abolish the
office of the comptroller of cur
rency and transfer its functions to
a federal bureau of examination
and supervision within the treas
ury. 1t provides for an administra-
tive chief nominated by the presi-
dent and confirmed by the senate
for a Is year term.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
COOCAN SUIT PUT
OFF FOR INQUIRY

to amend a deposition to the effect
that Jackie had been "a bad, bad
boy"
Betty Cradle, Coogan's actress
wife who has been supporting her
young penniless millionaire husband
from her film earnings, revealed to-
day that Mrs. Bernstein had tried
to halt their marriage by telling
her that Coogan was a pauper.
Miss Cradle said that soon after
she and Jackie became engaged
Mrs. Bernstein telephoned Miss
CRADLES mother and said "if Betty
thinks she is marrying a rich boy,
she is mistaken. He hasn't a cent.
He's a pauper.
Meanwhile Wallace Beery went
to Coogan'S defense and the judge
who will hear the case announced
that hereafter parents of child stars
must establish trust funds for their
offspring before he will approve
their film contracts.
Not once, but many times Jack
CCoogan, senior told me he never
intended to use a cent of the money
his son earned" Beery said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
P 0 |. | c {.
H | N D { R
In 0 U|RY Y
Kynette Trial Hits
Snag in Silence
OF Officers

LOS ANGELES, April %.
(UP)--While the jury laugh
ed at a policeman's story of
battling bedbugs in a "spy
house, the prosecution in
the Harry Raymond bombing trial
found itself baked today in efforts
to use fellow officers as witnesses
against three detectives charged
with murder conspiracy.
Lieut.. Donald M Draper was
called as one of the first witnesses
against Capt Earle Kynette and
Lieuts. Roy Allen and Fred Browne,
accused of bombing Raymond, a
private detective Asked whether
he had tapped the telephone wires
into Raymond's home, Draper re-
piled:
"I refuse to answer that question
on the ground that it might in
criminate me-"
rs that the only ground on
which you refuse to testify-that
it might incriminate your" asked
Prosecutor Eugene Williams
Draper said it was.
Two other officers scheduled to
be called to testify today also eX-
pected to refuse to answer the queS~
ton, it was learned.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
FL CENTRIC ONE.
OF CALIFORNIA
TRADE CENTERS
National Survey Lists
Only Eight Chief
Terminals

Ell Centre Friday was
marked as one of Califor-
MAS Is principal trading
centers, one of the eight To-
Gated south of San Francis
co according to a nationwide busi-
ness survey.
The survey. conducted by Inter-
national Magazine Co.. Inc, out
lined Ell Centro's trading area as
all of Imperial county and part of
Yuma county.
Only two other cities were des-
ignated as principal trading CEN
ters this side of Los Angeles. They
were San Diego and San Bernar-
dino.
In order, moving north. the CEN
terS were: Los Angeles, Santa Bar
bara, Bakersfield, Fresno, Salinas,
Stockton, San Francisco, Sacramen-
TO, Santa Rosa, MarySville, Chico
and Eureka.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Heirs
Lose Real Estate

SACRAMENTO, April %. (UP)
Decision of the Los Angeles SUI
perior court awarding the estate of
Charles l.. Mulholland to his three
children was reversed today by the
third district court of appeal.
The court found that Hattie Par
ker. named heir of his real estate,
$4,000 shares of stock and Oil roy
altieS in his will, was entitled to
the estate. the children having
shared in a property settlement
made at the time he and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Mulholland separated.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
s { N A T {
s 7 j D les
.PROJECT 7
.PA Would Keep
JObless Crews
Under Plan

WASHINGTON, April %.
(UP) - Congressional ex-
perts, preparing "stop-gap"
legislation to aid the ailing
railroad industry, consider
ed today a proposal for putting
100000 furloughed railroad workers
back to work at government ex-
penSe.
Chairman Burton K. Wheeler,
D., Mont, of the senate interstate
commerce committee, announced
that he is preparing temporary
legislation for passage at this ses-
sion and indicated that he might
favor proposals for cooperation be-
tween the federal government and
railway management to provide
work on maintenance projects.
Under the plan being considered.
he said, the government would pay
labor COSTS. probably through the
Works Progress Administration, and
the carriers would pay for mate
rials. Long deferred and needed
maintenance has been one of the
railroads major problems.
Wheeler said that long-range
rehabilitation program would be
deferred until the next congress,
but that the temporary program
probably will include:
l. Authorization of loans total
ing $300,000000 for new equipment
and easing of present loan restric-
tions by the reconstruction finance
corporation and the interstate COM
merce commission.
2. Easing of statutory restrictions
on reorganization and establish
ment of a three-man reorganiza-
ton court to speed procedure.
3. Payment of full fare by gov
ernment traffic on land-grant roads
eXempting movement of troops and
supplies during wartime.
4. Possible regulation of water
transportation by the interstate
commerce commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

lion dollars worth of fraudulent
travellers checks.
Nine other persons, accused of
being members of the gigantic check
ring, also were held. Four men and
two women were seized with Moran
and Parker Three men were Seiz-
ed in Pittsburgh.
Police said at least 35 other men,
bers were being sought in Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Detroit and other large cities.
1t. Thomas Kelly said he had
recovered about $4,000 in forged
checks from three CT the men held
in Chicago. He would not identify
them. Pittsburgh police confiscatei
$2l800 of the counterfeit checks
found in the possession of the sus-
poets held there.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

HOLLYWOOD, April 90. UP)-
Judge Emmett Wilson today con-
tinued until May 2 the receivership
over the $4,OO0,O0O fortune of Jackie
Coogan, former child film star,
whose mother claims Coogan, now
%, is not entitled ito a cent.
The continuance was granted at
consent of counsel for Coogan and
his mother, Mrs. Lillian Coogan
Bernstein, in order to give the re-
ceiver more time to complete his
inventory of the Coogan earnings
and holdings.
At the same time Judge Wilson
granted Mrs. Bernstein permission
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Officers Jittery
Call for Help in
Maternity Case

Later events-or rather, delay of
an event-disclosed Friday that
two Ell Centro policemen were suf-
fering from an attacvk Of the jit
ters when they sent in a hurry-up
call for help from the bedsides of
an eXpectant mother. The mother
was in the county hospital Friday,
still expectant. Early Friday morn
ing she was rushed to the hospital
in an ambulance after the excited
officers, Jack Tackett and Bill
Heating, feared the stork would ar
rive and force them to serve as
nurses.
Officers were sent to Mrs. Voya's
home at the east end of Orange
street after a telephone call ex-
planned in broken English:
"I theenk maybe so haff one
baby"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
LandOn DenOunces
Spending Program

TOPEKA, Kans., April %. CUPl-
Former Gov. Alf M. Landon of
Kansas today lashed out against
President Roosevelt's lending-spend-
ing program. denouncing it as
definite "inflationary course" that
can be halted after a year only by
miraculous courage"
The time may be long, or it
may be very short, before the day
of reckoning comes to u.s." he said
THE material reserves of a country
like America are so enormous it
is impossible to predict with any
accuracy when the final smash
may come"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Dust Bomb New
War Invention

WASHINGTON, April %. (UP)-
A retired U. S. army colonel who
now heads the American Peace
Movement Inc, informed the senate
today of a new invention - dust
storms at sea-to blind an enemy
fleet and render its naval guns in
effective.
j. E. Myers, Col, U.SA. retired
wrote Sen Lynn J. Frazier, r..
N. n. describing the invention.
"This invention he said, con
sists of a dust bomb which may
be dropped from airplanes at any
extreme altitude out of range and
exploded with a powder charge at
any desired height above the water.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Pool Hall Case
Continued Week

Judge r. D. McPherrin Friday
continued for one week a hearing
in the case brought against Ell Cen
tro officials by A. H. Rehkopf 20
prevent issuance of a pool hall Ii
cense to H. Stoutsenberger at 532
Main street.
The court continued the hearing
to give the city time to file a de-
murrer. McPherrin declared he did
not wish to grant a requested re-
straining order against going con-
Germ without further study.
Rehkopf contends the pool hall
damages his property.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Japanese Offense
Is Intensified

SHANGHAI, April %. OUP)-The
japanese offensive in southern
Shan-Tung province was intensified
today with indications that an i'm
mediate drive ON Suchow would be
undertaken.
The japanese. aided by heavy en-
forcements, drove southwark from
Linyi TO relieve an estimated 10000
of their comrades near Yihsien.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

made and details Of the encounters
we're withheld, hardly day passes
without submarine attacks on mer-
chant ships in the Mediterranean
EN- route to Barcelona.
The cargo vessels, carrying food
supplies and arms and ammuni-
! ton for the government, are ac-
Ncumpanied by destroyers, submar-
inc chasers and airplanes. which
have engaged in numerous encoun-
tors with the submarine.
AS Nationalist war planes bombed
and machine gunned Tortosa today,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
5sr
Valley Growers
Favors Agreement

Imperial county cantaloupe grow
ers and shippers testified at hear
ing conducted by the AAA in the
Barbara Worth hotel Friday NOR
ming, outlining the valleys need for
adoption of the marketing agree
ment act.
Fred Bright, Jerry Asher, L. M.
McLaren, George Swink, o. w.
Schleusnner, and E. M. Mcdaniel
testified at the hearing. All favor
ed the plan.
The hearing will be continued
this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

the government at Barcelona an
nounced intensificatio of its cam
paign against hidden enemies" in
civilian centers in all parts of 10y
alistl territory.
AS, the Nationalist increased
their pressure on Tortosa, seeking
to W AIKEN the last Loyalist strong
holdi lat the mouth of the Ebro
rivel5,1the Loyalist government an
noun Jed it would call every able
boldly man in Republican Spain
II NECESSARY to halt the Nation
alists,s
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Runs
For Reelection

Judge R. D. McPherrin will be
a candidate for reelection to the
superior court bench in Imperial
county, he announced Friday.
He was elected to the bench six
years ago and for four years han
died the civil work. On January
/, 1887 he began to handle the
criminal division. Judge McPherrin
has been a resident of Imperial
Valley since 1900.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

Pioneer men turned to pioneer
amusements in those mad. frolic-
some days when Mexicali was hard
ly more than a wooden counter
where tequila was served beneath
a mesquite tree. They turned to
bull fighting and to horse racing.
Imperial avenue was the race track
where young bloods tried out their
ponies. This word picture is only
one in the kaleidoscope panorama
of frontier glimpses the Anniversary
Issue will give readers of the POST
Press next Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

Speaking of Letters
Fancy letters, the things which
relieve the monotony of many an
office, might just as well be passed
ON to tie public. Here is gem
received by Assessor Collector Dan
West:
Dear Sir,
I'll am write you in regard of my
taxis you never dident send me
my taxes on my land wish you
would send them to me at IL e
neH seA ---- send me amount OF
taxes for last year 1887 taxes you
have never mail out to me at all
so can paid them" SO there.
Lese Majesty or Something
A certain businessman, who at
least has every right to be included
in with the rest of the adults in
the community, is hurt. He stood
downtown, all six feet of him. A
man drove up to the curb, leaned
out and hailed the businessman. as
follows. Hey, Boy, bring me a
paper"
What No AprOns?-
,, The Bachelors club will do a
little elaborate entertaining in the
mountains Sunday, evidently prac-
ticing for the time when they won't
be bachelors any more and will
have to help the little women at
that sort of thing. They must be
,Nlo,t,i,,o fo Inorhoo,a uti1<l nnot
they rented camp inhabited by
the animals. RR will give odds that
the feminine guests will be snagged
into the food preparation one way
or another. You know how men
are.
They All Dressed
There are times when RR envies
the youngsters at Central Union
high school and Thursday was one
of the times when the envy regis
tered 100 per cent all day. 1t was
the annual senior class dress up
day. The campus reSembled a Hol-
lywood movie lot in the midst of
costume picture. First prizes went
to Betty Forsberg for the girls
James House for the boys and to
Mary Ann Riddle and Bonnie Flem-
ing for couples. Just the same,
the judges must have developed
headache trying to decide. Indians.
convicts, Hawaiians, Tarzans, and
even a whole mountaineer family!
In his day RR could whip up
mean costume but the outlay
Thursday put the best efforts of a
lifetime in the shade Kids always
do that.
Big D3ings--
The Elks will come out from
under the bushel Saturday night.
They do a tremendous amount of
charity work all year and do no
Dragging about it. They ask the
public to help them just once each
year and at the same time arrange
to give the public a darned good
time while doing it. They will give
a big dance Saturday night. There
will be a whale of lot of tripping
that night
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Werners Sentenced
To Prison Terms

LOS ANGELES, April %. (UP)-
Judge Thomas l.. Ambrose today
sentenced Queen" Helen Werner,
onetime political power in southern
California, and her husband, Erwin
P. Werner, former city attorney to
serve from two to 10 years in prison
for attempted grand theft and soli-
citation of a bribe
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

Dress of the pioneers. their meth
ods of farming and the crops they
farmed All will be included in the
26-page issue.
Whether the story is completely
new, or merely brought back from
the dim recesseS Of memory. the
Post Press Anniversary Issue. 10 be
published Sunday, viii paint
more vivid picture Of Imperial Vail
ley as it was in frontier days than
has ever been done before.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
WESTMORLAND SUIT
TRIAL SET MAY %

Sam p Rowe's suit to get U. E.
Bailey to deliver records and re-
ceipts relative to Westmorland city
business will go to trial in superior
court May %.
Rowe, city judge, filed petition
asking the court to order Bailey to
deliver the documents to the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Cangster Bogus Check
SwindIe Plan Broken

CHICAGO, April %. CUP -
George BUGS Moran, prohibition
era gang chieftain, and frankie
Parker, one time millionaire air
plane bootlegger, were held by po-
lice today in connection with an
investigation of an underworld plot
to flood principal cities of the
country with quarter of a mill
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
CIO Investigation
Ends Abruptly

NEVADA CITY, CAL April %.
CUP)-The states fact-finding in
veStigation of the Committee For
Industrial Organization purge" in
Nevada county ended abruptly to-
day when city and county attorneys
announced they would call no wit
nesses to answer testimony Of CIO
miners that they were victims of
alleged vigilante terrorism.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Suspect in Theft
Sentenced to Jail

Ralph Hardin, 81, pleaded guilty
to a charge of petty theft Friday
morning in Ell Centro police court
and was sentenced by Judge Lee
Nuffer to serve 80 days in the coun-
ty Jail, Hardin was arrested Thurs
day by Officer T. M. Sharp. He had
stolen clothing and liquor from two
Ell Centro stores.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Seek Mediator
To End Strike

SEATTLE, April %. (UP)-M. G.
Ringenberg, manager of the Seat
tie Waterfront Employers Assn,
today said operators had asked the
department of labor to appoint a
mediator in an effort to settle
dispute between the Shepard line
and the Sailors union of the Pacific.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
OPEN
TO SETTLE STRIKE

DETROIT, April %. (UP)-Nego-
tiations to settle a strike closing all
eight factories of the Bohn Alumi-
nun and Brass corporation were
arranged today. A new walkout
raised the number of strikebound
Michigan plants to Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
DERRICK FUNERAL
SET FOR FRIDAY

Funeral services for the infant
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Derrick,
were scheduled for the Hens fu-
neral home, Ell Centro, at pm.
Friday. The baby, who died Thurs
day, was to be buried at Mt. View
cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
Spanish Planes Fight
War to Death on Subs

HENDAYE, April %. (UP)-A war to the death on the
between submarines aegedy of Italian design and
Loyalist warshps and planes seeking to convoy supplies
government is in progress daily reports from Bar
ceona indicated today. Although protests have been
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
UNION WINS
DISCHARGE
OF s IA En-
Carpenters Forced Off Job by Threat
. OF WalkOut; Labor Leaders Avenge
LeWis-C Chambers Incidents

CALEXICO April 22-Eight carpenters the Ben
Taylor contract on the All American canal near here
targets for union attacks without jobs Friday The
men claimed they all discharged. The company
claimed five discharged and three quit in sympathy
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
PIONEER ISSUE RECALLS HARDY
TIMES IN VIVID WORD PICTURES
laundering HOOfs, Frontier Sports Are
Recalled in Anniversary Number
Of POst-Press Sunday

Can you remember when the hoofs of racing horses
thundered down Imperial in Caexico certain
afternoons? Or when blood mixed with sand in Mexica
bull rings? In those days Ell Centre young city and
Imperial valley scarcely out of swaddling clothes
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
5. r. UNION SIGNS
HANDS OFF PACT
ON FARM TRUCKS
Teamsters Group Agrees No Farmer or Family
Shall Be MOested Bringing Produce
To Market; Offers Dairy Peace

SAN FRANCISCO April %. 2.-(UP)-The Teamsters
Union answering charges of the Associated Farmers of
in San Francisco" announced today the signing of %
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22
NEW DEALERS
SPLIT OVER
BANK PLANS
Treasury Officials, Reserve Board Row
Over Control of Examining
Power Over Finance

WASHINGTON, April %. (UP)-Prospects of a bitter
battle among administration officials today
the proposed concentration of bank supervisory
ers into single agency.
Bank examining authority held by three federal
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-22

Butter: Los Angeles, Csc: But
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A. 34c; manufacturing milk
28c; route gathered cream 24e.
l.. A. Hay; us. No. Sl5.-15.50
No. leafy S14.5O; No. 2 s13.-
1850. Minneapolis flax, May s1.s516
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
Educational
A Local and Private Instructors

ROYAL ACADEMY of Hairdressing, 73 East Main St., offers 1 year course in beauty culture. Low tui- ton, budget terms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
Rooms, Board, Hotels For Rent Real Estate
Rooms IL Let

FOR RENT-Furnished room to a business woman; may wash, iron, cook, in fact, share my home. Mrs. B. c. Pike, 223 Willow St. Dial 3-6984.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
Rooms and Board

BOYS CLUB. Cottage Place-Nice rooms, swimming pool. all home cooking. Reception rooms. Mod crate prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
Employment
g Situations Wanted-Women

EXP. GIRL desires housework. by
 day or week. Go home nights. References furnished. Dial 4-8O07.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
Announcen,ents

LOST-In East End, Beagle hound, black, brown and white. Patty" Dial 3-7331. Reward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12

Commencing at the northwest corner of Bidwell Street and Cooke street; thence westerly along line parallel to but not including the northerly side of Bidwell Street: thence along line parallel to but lot including the easterly and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
NOTICE

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to give notice that The Irish American Social Club, Inc, of for any bills contracted by any per- son in its name other than on re- quisition issued and signed by itN duly elected President, George T Ryan.
 The Irish-American Social Club. Inc.
 DDENNIS CAREY, 1-12-1t Secretary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
Educational
A Local and Private Instructors

WE WANT to select reliable men, now employed, with foresight, fair education and mechanical inclina- tion willing to train spare time or evenings, to become installation and service experts on all types AIR CONDITIONING and Electric Refrigeration equipment. Write fully, giving age, present occupa- tion. Utilities Institute, Box A-147, Waterbury Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
Business Seruice
I Business Services Rendered

FUR COATS glazed loops changed.
 $l.00. Fur or cloth coats lined $500. H. Ciresi, 38 Winchester Av. 3-7259.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12

WHEN-You want Towels. Coats, Aprons. Hoover Aprons or Uni- forms call Russell's Waterbury Towel Supply Co.,, 892 East Main St. Phone 5-1377. By our quality we are known: by our service we have grown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
For Rent Real Estate

72 Apartments and Tenements