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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
WHEELER KICKS
ON WPA POLICY
IN PRIMARIES
Hopkins Criticized for
Attempt to Swing
Iowa Votes

WASHINGTON, May 25.
UP)--Sen. Burton K. Whee-
Ter, D., Mont, bitterly at
tackled Works Progress Ad-
ministrator Harry l.. Hop
kins for Quitting into" primary
contests today in speech in the
senate in which he supported the
plan to earmark funds under the
$3,247, ,O25,O00 recovery bill.
The Montana senator made a Wit
riolic condemnation of Hopkins
statement that if he were a resident
of Iowa he would vote for Otha
D. Wearin, D., who is contestlng
the senatorial seat held by Sen.
Guy NJ Gillette, D.
Meanwhile Senate Minority Lead
er Charles L. McNary, r., Ore,
threw Republican support behind
a drive for quick approval OF the
wage-hour bill which was smashed
through the house last night.
The president plans to act on
the $5 100000 tax revision bill
before departing tomorrow night
for West Virginia. He must act on
the measure before midnight Thurs
day or it will become a law without
his signature.
Senator Wheeler also included
Secretary of Interior Harold l..
Ickes in his attack on New Deal
officials for alleged interference
in primary contests.
These men shouldn't be permit
ted to juggle these funds around
to help this man and to defeat that
man." Wheeler said.
The senator said that he was
perfectly shocked to read Hop
kins statement in the newspapers
He described it as "reprehensible.
Il and other members of the
senate frequently have denounced
corporations which put slips in pay
envelopes asking their employees to
vote for this man or that man.
Here is Hopkins, for whom I have
had high regard, who is supposed
ly carrying out the relief program
on a nonpartisan basis, making a
statement which in effect says to
relief workers in Iowa to vote for
Mr.. Wearin and against Senator
Gillette at the very same time We
are considering a new relief appro-
priation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
TROOPS ON GUARD
AT HIGHWAYS In
MEXICAN REVOLT

SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mex, May
25. -tUP)- Federal troops TODAY
guarded important roads, including
the new Pan American highway in
to the United States, in anticipa-
ton of new forays by the rebel
raiders of Gen. Saturnino Cedillo.
Airplanes reconnoitered over the
area between here and the border
particularly along roads into Tama
ulpias state. The Pan American
highway, the principal route of AM
erican auto tourists into Mexico
was watched particularly.
Mexican coast patrols off Vera
Cruz were ordered to watch the
Tamaulipas coast to prevent posi-
BILE entry of contraband arms des-
tined for the outlaws. The Guate-
malan frontier also was suarded.
CardenaS' headquarters revealed
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Pickets Picket
Unions Pickets

BRAWLEY, May 25.-Four Junior
college boys picketed union pickets
at the district standby plant Tues
day with huge placards reading
Unfair to Unorganized Labor
Across the street from the boys
the union pickets displayed their
signs reading, This job is unfair
to organized labor" The double
picket line amused motorists and
after the word spread a veritable
parade of automobiles and trucks
streamed by the plant.
Inside the plant yard private
contractors went on with their work
with full crews on duty, P. L. Car
penter, the contractor said. Con-
crete for one pier was poured We'd
nesday and another will be poured
Thursday The one remaining pier
must be completed by June l, Car
Denter said
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

radioed from the Bering Sea yeSter-
day for high powered rifles and
ammunition for a possible personal
war on japanese vessels in Alaska
waters. Forty three men are aboard
the 1870 foot Sophie Christensen.
1--WE will not fool around any
longer with this japanese situation,
William Kicker, secretary of the
Alaska fishermen's union, said.
THE fishermen are angry and
will take action to drive the Japa-
nese out. Our men going north will
be ready for action
Kicker said he had been advised
Is japanese boats were eight miles
off the Alaska coast and were
making trips to shore when nc
one is looking
Capt. Shields radioed the Pacific
Coast Goldfish company of which
he is president that he was weary
of the negligence" of the U. S.
government in protecting Anne. lcan
fishermen.
I'VE have the God-given instirc.
to shoot straight" the radio mes
sage said. "Bering Sea covered with
Japanese fishing boats and nets
north of Black Hills"
The fishing craft Wilson, COM
panion boat to the Sophie Chris
tensen, wanted to duplicat, the
order for dozen rifles and plenty
of ammunition, Shields said.
Coast guard officials, although in
clined to accept the captains
threats seriously, refused to reveal
what plans they had for forestall-
ing his efforts to end japanese
fishing in the Bering Sea.
IF there's any shooting to be
done, we'll do it," cryptic coast
guardsman said. I'VE are watching
the situation"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

amount that will be budgeted for
the purpose.
Most of the department heads
took their cues from past experien-
ces with the board and requested
no increases. The county health de-
partment received the only cut, $40
a month, and one deputy county
clerks salary was reduced and the
amount added to that of another.
In addition the board permitted
Sheriff Robert W. Ware to retain
fees collected for the service of
civil papers.
This restored the county sheriff
right District Attorney Elmer
Heald declared the law demanded.
Collection of these fees amounted
to an increase in the sheriff's rev.
enue.
In carrying through their an-
nounced equalization policy, the
board raised the salaries of deputy
sheriffs receiving $l33 to $3.50 a
month; boosted the court bailiff's
salaries from SIP to $125 a month;
sliced $40 month from the county
health officers mileage allowance:
and reduced the chief deputy coun-
ty clerks salary and added it to the
salary of the secretary of the board
to make the two equal at $1,000 a
year.
Salary schedules follow. (Where
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
IVA DIRECTORS
PLAY POLITICS
SAYS MORGAN
Mismanagement of Trust
Charged by Ousted
Board Member

WASHINGTON, May 25.
(UP)-Dr. Arthur E. Nor
gan charged before a joint
congressional committee to-
day that there has been "col-
lusion, conspiracy and mismanage-
ment" in administration of the
Tennessee Valley Authority and that
it has been made subservient to
political and other special inter
eStS".
The ouSted IVA director, remov-
ed by President Roosevelt when he
failed to ampliiy charges against
his co-directors, Harcourt A. Nor
gan and David Lilienthal, opened
his testimony with a series of
charges covering what he described
as the failure of IVA management
Continued on Page 2; Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
River Board Considers
IRRIGATION in Mexico
PHOTO-ENGRAV

dry up cultivated Mexican lands
with belated development of new
projects if the United States stands
idle while Mexico puts the water to
beneficial use.
He said 424,000 acres of land in
the delta area of Mexico already
are under cultivation or can be cul-
tivated from existing canals and an
additional 100000 acres can be ir-
rigated by extension of existing ia
cilitieS.
Plans for the meeting were ap-
proved last week in Denver by
commissioners of Colorado, Wyom-
ing, New Mexico and Utah, who
urged all the river states to send
representatives here.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Potential Menace Faces Employers
O. Farm Harvest Labor i'm Valley

with club is just as merciless as
capital in the same position. He
breathes a silent prayer. That is
about all he can do.
One single factor stands out i'll
the employers side on which the
labor question appears to hinge
Important valley crops are perish
able. When field labor is needed
it is needed badly and in quantity,
in order to rush produce from
fields to markets that may collapse
in a short time. Upon this need
for speed and more speed depends,
the employer points out, not only
seasons profits but probably all
his capital. Either the crop is NOV
ed during a certain interval or the
employer is ruined. Therefore, they
point out. the labor factor must be
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Burglars Pistol
Found in Cache

IMPERIAL, May 25 - A nickle
plated pistol, known to have been
in possession of the tennis shoe
burglar" who died last September
after a gun fight with Sheriff Ro-
bert w. Ware and Deputy Peter
Klyne. was found Wednesday near
the scene of the shooting.
Mack Trentham found the miss
ing pistol hidden in a shed on a
ranch 2l2 miles east of Imperial
He also found a box of lugar am
munition. Officers knew the m-
identified man had three weapons,
lugar, an automatic, and the
nickle plated pistol. Trentham left
the gun with Sheriff Ware.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
BY LOGAN JENKINS

An aimless army of thousands
illiterate. unorganized, unled, count
ing within its ragged ranks half
dozen races, scores of factions, hun
dreds of petty squabbles. A poten-
tial menace.
With this picture the employer
Of field labor in Imperial Valley
today replied to charges of terror
ism" toward the crews who leave
ditch bank homes to toll in the
carrots, the peas, the beetS or the
cantaloupeS.
A Post Press survey among en-
ployers, which followed another
survey among the field hands them
selves, brought this scene. as view
ed across the employers desk.
Needs Quick Action
Tomorrow the employer needs 200
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
PROTESTS
STIR WAR
DANGERS
Germany Demands
Czech Army Be
Removed
Copyright 1888 by United Press)

(C0pyrignt 1890 Dy OHilcu HtcsSl
BERLIN, May 25. (UP)-
Germany prepared a sharp,
official protest to Prague to-
day against border incidents
and the presence of Czech troops
in the Sudeten German regions OF
Czechoslovakia.
The semi -official DNB news.
agency announced Dr. Ernst Eisen-,
lohr, German minister at Prague.
had been instructed to protest
sharply against repeated VIOLA.
tions of the German frontier by
Czech airplanes, and cited four
instances in the last "a hours.
The minister also was instructed
to point out to the Czech govern
ment that there is no possibility Of
pacification in the Sudeten region
as long as Czech troops remain
there
Reliable sources revealed that
Eisenlohr went to Munich on SUM-
day and received instructions from
F'uehrer Adolf Hitler and Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
to make the protest
Eisenlohr delivered on Monday. an
official protest against the shooting
of two Sudeten German peasants
by Czech border guards at Eyer,
an incident which caused indigna-
ton throughout Germany.
The Czech minister, Dojtech
Mastny, called at the German for
eign office on Monday, where he
was given protest against the
Continued on Page 2; Col. 80
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
SCHOOL VOTES
JUNE 3RD FILL
S. VACANCIES

Annual school elections will take
place in At elementary and high
school districts June 3 to elect IS
school trustees.
The names of only 33 candidates.
however, will appear upon the bal
lots because of failure to file can
didacy papers prior to June 10, c.
b. Collins, county school superin-
tendent, announced. No candidates
filed in % districts, making it neces-
sary for voters to write in their
selections.
Candidates in the six high school
districts follow: L. H. Dove, CAL
eXico; Reed w. Wilkinson, Calipa-
tria; Mrs. George King and l.. w.
Ballard, Brawley: j. E. Brock, Ell
Centro; Ernest w. Edwards Holt
vile; j. Kenneth Hickox, Imperial.
Elementary school candidates fol-
low: Ira d. Preece. Alamo: Virgil j.
Sims, Brawley: w. l.. Jacobs. CAL
eXico: Reed w. wilkinson, Calipa-
tria; FL Centro, Roy H. Womack:
Raymond Jefferson, Fort Yuma.
Alvan A. Immel, Holtville: j. Ken
meth HickoX. Imperial: John Raptis
and Ira c. Carr, Jasper; Ed Necho-
chea, Lantana; Rollie o. Clark and
Earle G. Davis, McCabe union; Wen-
dell j. Carleton, Mesquite Lake:
Richard Brinkman, Mt. Signal; Or
val Clark and James p. Hobbs. Nj
land; William Schultz and o. M.
FergaSon, Seeley; l. H. Shaw, Sum
set Springs; H. c.. Miller, Verde;
Frank R. Lyall, Westmorland; John
w. Lewis, Evan Derrick. and Roy
Miller, Westside; William Stuth-
man, Winterhaven.
All polling places will be situated
In the school houses. Polls will be
open at varied times, depending
upon the school attendance. Collins
asked voters to note the hours on
notices posted at the schools.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Seek Hindu Youth
For Part in Movie

Notice to all Imperial Valley Hin
dus:
If strange men dog your foot
steps and shadow you home, don't
be alarmed. They are only movie
scouts in search of talent.
R.K.O. picture scouts were in Ell
Centre Tuesday hunting a full
blooded Hindu boy around IA years
old. He is needed for picture which
will be filmed on the desert of
Imperial Valley At the chamber
of commerce offices, Robert Hays
advised the picture officials to go
on location in the dunes south of
Holtville, rather than the usual
location near Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
LabOrer Uses Own
Remedy for Bite

Walter Scott, Date City laborer,
has great faith in home remedies.
Sunday Scott was bitten by a
black widow spider. Friends advised
him to consult physician. Scott
refused
Instead he applied arrow weed
root poultice to the bite.
Scott reported for work Monday,
apparently recovered from the eff
fects of the spider poison.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

were burned beyond recognition.
The plane, bound for Los An
geles, left Newark, N. j., airport
at 730 pm. (EST) last night and
had been due here at 10:15 pm.
1t crashed approximately three
miles from the airport at 1917
pm, near the suburban town OF
Independence.
Continued on Page 2: Col. 2)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
LIGHTNING BUG
STING HARMFUL

WESTMORLAND, May 25-L. d.
Nichols, is recovering today of poi
soning injected in his hand when
he was bitten by a lightning bug
at $3.50 am. The hand was badly
swollen. He was rushed to a physi-
clan, friends said, in time to pre-
vent spread of the poison.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
RECKLESS DRIVER
SENTENCED HERE

Gewel Roland may be a seaman
in Alabama but he is a reckless
driver in Ell Centro, officers agreed
Wednesday. Roland, who was ar
rested at Tenth and Commercial
streets after plotting his auto in
rapid fashion across a vacant lot,
was sentenced to serve Is days
in Jail or pay $50 fine.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Passenger Dies
In End Crackup

PRINCE GEORGE, b. c., May
rs. (UP)-One man was killed
and two men and woman were
injured last night when a Pacific
Airways airplane crashed at Ma
ticn Lake, near here. Dan Min
er, prcspectcr of Fort James, was
killed. Nest seriously injured
was the pilot. Charles Elliott.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

One Mistake
Rollie Haynes, Negro, made one
terrific mistake Wednesday in po-
lice court he had to pay for it.
Arrested for trying to 'mooch" a
meal Rollie stood before Judge Lee
Nuffer and heard the judge ask:
Didn't you know who it was you
accosted?"
mo sub replied Rollie. But I
thought it was the town preacher"
1t was Attorney Edward patterson.
Matter of Degree
Mrs. Mary Bingelli must have
had something of a shock Tuesday
while talking over the telephone
with girl in the circulation de-
partment of the Post-PresS; but
her shock at hearing a scream was
as nothing TO the girls fright. One
of the newSboys had just laid
small snake on the desk.
The Ultimate
Tommy" Thomas has found the
picnic paradise. After attending
state employees picnic at Salton Sea
he remarked:
Il never saw anything like it.
You can wear your good clothes
and come out looking the same as
before the picnic,'
Commission Basis
Money talked at the supervisors
meeting when the subject of sal
ary alterations came up. Slim Gra-
ham, who keeps 4 watchful eye Out
for BraWley baiiiWick, suggested
that $25 be taken from the salary
of the FL Centro justice of the peace
and added to the Brawley Justices
salary as part of an equalization"
campaign.
Hugh Osborne, Andy Preble and
Dave Vencill brought out the Off
cial records, to see how the courts
compared in revenue produced.
BraWleyS justice court produced
$3.50 while Ell Centros brought
in $500
Now where are you, Slim?" jeer-
ed Andy.
Wrong Again
Mattresses did some fancy, un-
explained back-pedaling Tuesday
night at banquet for the Business
and Professional Women'S club. The
salad, juicy sliced tomatoes, was
laid out for about half OF the table
before service was halted for
conference among the mattresses.
Then the mattresses started taking
the salads back
Wrong one" was the only ex-
planation they gave.
Dash of ColOr-
Any strained necks at the court
house can be traced directly to the
snappy outfit worn by one of the
state auditors. Wednesday he bios
somed out in tan shorts and fancy
red socks.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
TRAIN STOPPING
DRUNK ARRESTED

Dale Mckinney, Phoenix barber,
was arrested Tuesday night by Ell
Centro police before he tried to
stop a train by physical force. Nc
Kinney Wednesday was given the al
ternative of a $40 fine or days
in Jail for drunkenness. He was wan
dering about the railway tracks
when arrested
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

urgent necessity for their services
on that day and that day alone
and, taking up the cudgel, demand
holdup wage.
The employer knows that he
would be "over a barrel and he
knows, from experience, that labor
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

hands to move a perishable crop
Next week will be too late. He
needs them tomorrow. He looks out
over the valleys wide fields and
wonders if they will show up, Won
derS if they will be good, fast work
men; or if they will realize his
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
AUTOS DAMAGED IN
MAIN STREET CRASH

Autos were damaged but no one
was injured Tuesday evening when
a car driven by Hugh Blackburn
of Ell Centro collided at Tenth and
Main streets, FL Centre, with a
machine driven by Byrd Hooper of
BraWley.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

after the United Air Lines sleeper
plane fell out of the sky almost
within sight of its destination, the
Cleveland airport, had the ruins
cooled enough for the bodies of the
seven passengers, two pilots, and
steWardess to be removed. All
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Those Babies Run the Show

tEDITOR'S NOTE-"These babies
When John l.. that line Il
perial Valley a of
field The shed the
results of valley field labor
working charges Spak.
the employers is givenD
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Nazis Snub Peace
Moves in Europe
10 DIE IN FLAMES
AS PLANE CIR RASHES
IN SIGHT OF PORT
Bodies Charred Beyond Recognition When Motor
Explodes in Fiery Blast; Officials
Puzzled by Cause of Tragedy

CLEVELAND, May 25. (UP)-Flames streamed from
of transport plane just before it crashed last
night killing persons witnesses said today The plane
seemed to explode struck the ground and enve
oned instantly flames Not until early today two hours
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
County Board Frowns On
Department Wage Boosts
Sheriff's Deputies Get Only Increase as
Supervisors Revise Ordinance
For Greater FleXibiIity

Imperial county supervisors late Tuesday turned
thumbs down increase in county salaries with only
exception Wages of deputy sherffs and court BALLOTS
the only boosted In other departments equaliza
ton of salaries accomplished without change in the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
FISHERMEN
PLAN WAR
ON ALIENS
Alaskan Crews Call for Guns to Drive
Japanese Boats Out of American
Waters; Coast Guard Ready

SEATTLE, May 25. (UP)-The Alaska fshermens
union sent to Alaska today ready for action against
Japanese fishermen in Alaska.
The Americans full of threats after Capt J. E.
Shields of the codfishng schooner Sophie Christensen
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

Butter: Los Angeles. s6c; But-
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch |
grade A, 3ic; manufacturing milk
2Sc; route gathered cream 25c.
L. A. Hay: u. S. No Si6.o0;
Nc 2 Ieafy S15.-15.5O: No. S1313.50.
Minneapolis, flax, May Sl.76
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

WASHINGTON, May 25.
(UP)--Sen. Burton K. Whee-
Ter, D., Mont, bitterly at
tackled Works Progress Ad-
,,,;n;rtrntor Hurry l. Hon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-24
Infant Is
Buried In Hinckley

Richard Thieling, son of Lester and
Jessie Thieling of Ogema township
passed away at the Gillette hospital
in st. Paul March 16, from pneu-
monia. He was born March 16,
1887. He leaves to mourn his death
his parents, one grandmother, two
grandfathers, six uncles, two aunts
and host of other relatives.
Funeral services were held at the
home at one o'clock and at the
Methodist church of Danbury, Wis.
at two o'clock, Rev. Wendell Ben
Nets officiating. Pallbearers were
four of the baby's uncles, Harvey
Thieling, Roger Thieling Cecil Thiel-
ing and Raymond Thieling. The body
was laid to rest in the Rose Hill ceme-
terry at Hinckley.
Those who attended the funeral
from out of town were Mr. and Mrs
Steve Sekora, Mr.. and Mrs. Roger
Thieling and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey Thieling, Raymond Thieling
Mrs. Nd. Nitzkowski, the grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thieling and
DR.. and Mrs Henry Hall, all of ST
Paul, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ortloff OF
Sumter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-24
Five More File In
County Job Race
All But One of Group are
Incumbents and Will
Seek Same Positions.

Five more names were added to
the material for conjecture as to the
personnel who will make up the
county official list after next Novem-
ber's election during the past week.
They are p. L. Hamlin for register
of deeds; Frank Poferl for county
treasurer; A. E. Gustafson for super
intendent of schools; Albert Johnson
for county attorney, and John Ettel
for commissioner from First district.
Hamiin Appointed in 1925.
P. L. Hamlin, an ex-service man,
was appointed for the position as reg
lister of deeds Jan. Fl, 1925, and was
elected in 1926 and reelected in
1880 and 1884. He has made an ex-
cellent record in office and also has
become widely known throughout this
section of the state and even the en-
tire state for his efficiency in the
conduct of that office.
Before assuming the office of reg
lister of deeds, Mr.. Hamlin was in
school work, having at one time been
superintendent of the Braham schools.
His father, the late w. H. Hamlin,
was former county auditor of Pine
county. Mr.. Hamlin filed Saturday.
POferl is Pioneer.
Frank Poferl is truly a pioneer,
not only in the treasurer's office but
in Pine county as well. He first
came here in 1881 and has held the
office of treasurer 26 years. His term
there has been very satisfactory to
Pine county taxpayers and patrons
of the office through the years and
at various elections he has had very
little difficulty from opposition. He
filed Saturday.
A. E. Gustafson, present county
superintendent of schools, was the
other man to file Saturday He has
held that office for one term, having
been just previous to that, head of
the Willow River schools, where he
made good record as a school man.
In the case of all three men no OPP
position has yet presented itself.
Two File Monday.
In countrywide race Albert john
son, Sandstone attorney and present
incumbent, filed for reelection as
county attorney. Mr.. johnson served
on a former occasion as attorney for
the county, but his present tenure has
been just one term. He has an ex-
tensive acquaintanceship in the coun-
ty, having resided here for many
years where he has practiced law
in the Quarry City.
John Ettel filed Monday for the
job as county commissioner from the
First district, which he once held.