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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
BROCK CHOSEN
new PRESIDENT
OF ROTARY

Announcement that j. E.
(Jim) Brock has been elected
as the new president of the
Ell Centre Rotary club, and
an illustrated lecture talk
by Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Lamb, were
highlights of a Ladies Night BAN
quet held by the club Thursday
evening at the Barbara Worth no.
tel.
Brock was selected by the newly
elected board of directors to sue
ceed DR.. Norman E. Dupont, pres
ent incumbent, Brock will take Of
flee July l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb attained wide
publicity several years ago when
they took a 10000 mile canoe trip.
They left San Diego in 1888 and
completed their journey in the frail
craft to Panama in 1886, after many
adventures.
Some of the dangers and thrills
were narrated by each, Mr. Lamb
telling the general narrative of the
trip, and Mrs. Lamb presenting
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
DEATH CLAIMS
JOHN zURCHER
AT SAN BERDOO
Valley Merchant Passes
Away After Illness
OF Two Years

John R. Zurcher, SO, I'M
perial Valley merchant for
many years, died in San Ber-
nardino at 11:30 o'clock
Thursday night after an i'll
ness of more than two years dura-
ton.
He had been in failing health
for some time prior to going to
Iona Linda sanitarium two years
ago. He successfully survived sew
eral blood transfusions but the an
ticipated Improvement did not fol-
low.
During his residence in Imperial
Valley he was identified with the
grocery business. He was employed
at a grocery store in Imperial after
he arrived from the east. Soon there
after he bought the store at Fourth
and Main streets, Ell Centro, which
he operated many years. Later he
and his brother had branch stores
in Calexico, Holtville, and Heber
He was the original owner OF the
Drive-In Market at Eighth and
Main streets, Ell Centro.
zurcher moved to San Bernardo
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
ED AINSWORTH
SPEAKS TONITE

What is News will be discuss
ed by Ed Ainsworth, columnist for
the Los Angeles Times, at the As
sociated Chambers of Commerce
dinner meeting, 7:30 pm. Friday
at the Planters hotel, Brawley
At the business meeting reports
will be given by the roads, adver-
t.sing, and mail service commit
tees.
Allen Witter of BraWley will
make a resolution to better mail
service in the northern part of
the valley.
Nomination of officers will be
the main order of business. The
election will be held at the May
meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
GREAT NATIONS
MAP STRATEGY
AGAINST FOES
Move Most Significant
Since Versailles
Conferences

LONDON, April 80. (UP)
Great Britain and France.
agreed on what amounts to
an unWritten military ALI
ance, discussed today the
dangerous problems of central Eu-
rope that threw them together, al
lies as they had not been since the
end of the World war.
They had agreed on immediate
united preparation for war, and,
in principle, on complete unity of
command and execution in war.
They had agreed on the united ac-
ton of their armies. navies, air
forces, and on building up and
pooling vast reserves of materials
and foods.
In six short hours of negotiation
they had done what British and
French statesmen had failed to do
in nearly 20 years. Their, conversa-
tions, for their effect on the ques-
ton of peace or eventual war, con-
stituted one of the most significant
movements in European diplomacy
since the signing of the Versailles
peace treaty.
Europe today, as one authority
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
CANVASS BEGUN
FOR 3RD PARTY
BY LaFOLLETTE.
Wisconsin Governor In
Leadership of New
Organization

MADISON, Wis, A pri !
30. (UP)-Gov. Philip La
toilette stepped into the ma
tional political picture today
at the head of a new party
founded on principles which he be-
lieves will lead the country out of
depression to a stable economic
recovery.
He began Immediately state
by-state organiZational campaign
by which he hopes to mould his
following into party of political
power-a party he said is destined
to provide a more abundant living
for the masses.
He launched his party-the ma
tional Progressives of America
last night before an audience of
5000 in the Stock Pavilion on the
University of Wisconsin campus.
"This party he said, "haS sprung
up from the rank and file of lib
erals in many states. ut is not a
popular front movement and we
will not accept disgruntled groups.
1T is a righteous crusade to
unite America and win a lost her
itage. It blazes a new trail which
avoids oldfashioned capitalism, So
cialism, fascism and communism. y
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
PROBLEM OF MIN SAN LIN
VEXES OFFICERS BUT NOT LIN

Min San Lin sits TRANQUILITY county
governmental and police officials possibility
OF extradiing him to Mexico to face trial for
In Mexical police they Chinese
trial they will
President of the United States exadte Chinese
admitted killing his
land in the Mexal district early week
blandy refused to return to Mexico for trial
immigration border patrolmen arrested him charge of
entering illegally him a
travelling something unusual Chinese
admitted the murder told where he hid the and the
o quarrel he would cooperate with
Mexicali police who questioned him.
IF Mexico necessary red U.
U immigration him charge of entering the
United convicted they depot him to
willing accept him.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29

would send it to the house floor
for consideration, the committee
rebelled against demands from both
the American Federation of Labor
and the Committee for Industrial
Organization for action at this ses-
sion.
Supporters of the measure, back
ed by the administration, planned
Immediately to file a petition to
discharge the committee and force
it to the floor. Since signatures of
2l8 Representatives are necessary
to make such petition effective,
however, and congressional leaders
now are driving for adjournment
by early June, success of the petit
ton maneuver seemed doubtful.
The committee voted after two
days of hearings during which op-
ponents and proponents of the leg
islation clashed over the plan to
establish a 40 cent an hour mini
mum wage for a 40 hour week with
in three years.
The vote came after Chairman
Mary Norton off the labor commit
tee which drafted the bill ended
the hearing with the flat state
ment that the bill under consider
alton has President Roosevelt's EN-
tire approval" This statement was
supplementary to Mr. RooSevelt's
frequently repeated demands for a
Wage-hour bill.
May 1 say that I discussed the
bill with the president just before
we began hearings and that he
said that it meets with his approx
al" Mrs. Norton said
AS soon as Mrs. Norton made her
statement, Chairman John j. o.
Connor, D. N. Y, threw the COM
mittee into secret session for the
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
Dangers Facing
State Told at
2O-3O Meeting.

Two dangers facing the state of
California, the single tax and the
unicameral legislature, were ex-
planned by State Senator Edward
H. Law at the 20-30 club dinner
meeting Thursday, Barbara Worth
hotel.
The unicameral legislature. Law
said, would greatly affect the val
ley because it would take away
most of the valleys representa-
tion.
At the present time, the valley
has one state senator, giving one
vote in 80 and one representative
in the lower house. A unicameral
legislature would give the valley
one representative in the lower
house, or one vote in approximately
500. Thus the state would be gov
erned by the metropolitan areas.
Law said.
Matthew LaBrucherie presided as
maSter-of ceremonies.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
CIergymen Here Agree
With Boston PreIate

was centered on the cardinals state
ment, made Thursday, that women's
first and principal place is in the
home. The cardinal said:
Modern women are supposed to
do everything but stay in the home. "
Rev. Harold Doty, while agreeing
with the cardinal in essentials, COM
mented:
"RadicaI changes in the past few
decades have, in my belief, sup
planted the idea that Women's sole
place is the home. They also have
a place nowadays in the professions
and in business
DR.. George w. Thomas gave
hearty agreement to the cardinals
plea for decency and in turn scored
the dictatorship of fashion, pointing
out the ridiculous side of being
forced to wear certain clothes,
whether or not they coincide with
personal likes.
Rev. Thomas Massie saw behind
the cardinals statement an attempt
to apply conservative ideas of reli-
gion to modern day life. He con-
Cured in recommending closer SUI
pervision over the types of movies
children see and the books they
read but declared he felt it was up
to the individual as TO whether
women's principal place was in the
home.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
u. S. RAILROADS
TO CUT WAGES
ON ALL ROADS
Is Per Cent Reduction
Voted by Officials
To Meet Crisis

CHICAGO, April 20. (UP)
The American Association
of Railroads today voted to
cut wages Is per cent effec-
tive July /.
John j. Pelley, chairman of the
association which represents l42
class l roads, estimated. the cut
would effect saving of $3.50, 600, 900
annually.
President George Harrison of the
railway labor executives association
condemned the railroad move after
White House conference with
President Roosevelt at Washing
ton.
Harrison told the president flat
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
MEXICO LAND
PLAN THR EAT
TO WATER RIGHT
Development of Land
May JeapOrdiZe
Supply

Development of thousands
of acres of farming land in
the Colorado River delta
country south of the inter-
national boundary may jeop-
ardize rights of American farm
lands to Colorado river water, men,
bers of the Ell Centro Kiwanis club
were told Friday noon.
Al Frauenfelder, reading a re-
port prepared by Hugo Farmer,
Gila project attorney in Yuma,
furnished the Ell Centro club with
figures showing extensive develop
ment in the Agrarian program in
Baja California and Sonora along
the Colorado river Farmer, sched-
uled to speak, was suddenly called
to Washington.
In the delta country south of the
line, the report said, 100000 acres
are subject to irrigation. Already
lIIlSdGCO tlc dUOul fOU,OOO dCIcS,
while 425,000 acres can be irrigat-
ed from the present Mexican canal
system
Development of the potential
acreage in Mexico would establish
priority rights there to Colorado
river water unless the Gila irriga-
ton project near Yuma is COM
pleted soon, the report said.
w. F.. McElroy presented the pro-
gram for the Ell Centro club. 1t
included group singing led by Bar
on j. v. Auriemma, member of the
Albuquerque Kiwanis club, and
various club REPORTS
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
Powers That Be Put U.S..
On the Spot> Says Ford
Behind The Throne
Forces Blamed
By Henry

NEW YORK, April 20.
(UP)-Henry Ford arose at
the banquet table before1200
newspaper publishers and
their guests last night and
said:
I'VE are all on the spot. Stick
to your guns and I'll help you all
I can with the assistance of my
SON."
Then he sat down.
1t was the first public speech he
ever made.
Afterwards, reporters asked Ford
what he had meant by ION the
spot"
Il am as much on the spot as
the newspaper" he replied. They're
after US. They're trying to kill COM
petition"
who is
The powers that be. don't
mean the government, but the peo-
pie behind the government"
He made no further comment. His
companion. w. J. Cameron, spokes-
man for the Ford Motor company.
replied to questions: Mr.. Ford's
speech speaks for itself.
Ford wore a dinner coat. II was
one of his rare appearances at any
public gathering. He remained here
overnight but his son, Edsel, who
accompanied him here from wash
ington where they saw the presi-
dent. returned TO Detroit last night.
Thomas e. Dewey told the pub
fishers that by arousing public opin-
ion. newspapers had oyerthrown
Tammany Hall and had enabled
him to drive rackcteers out OF New
York
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29


vanced on HankoW They were met
by 110 Chinese fighting planes. The
squadrons spread out for miles in
dog fights over the suburbs.
Planes collided in mid air. Others
plunged down with flames shoot
ing from their fuselage and wings.
The Chinese claimed they shot
down 90 japanese planes and ad-
mitted they had lost eight.
Generalissimo Chang g-Kai -{Sheh
rushed thousands of troops into
Central China today. The Japa-
nese slowly closed in on the heavily
fortified Lunghai railroad from the
north and south.
Chinese military authorities pre-
pared for a bitter battle, possibly
lasting months.
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
HOME BEAUTY
WINNERS TO
BE ANNOUNCED

Winners in the Chamber of Com
merce Post Press Identification
drive will be announced in Sundays
issue of the PostPress, committee
judges declared Friday as they COM
pleted their inspection tour of fifty
homes still in the running for first
prize.
The judges Planned meeting
Friday night, to make final selec-
tions in a campaign that has done
more to make Ell Centro, better
place to live than any other single
drive since the day the box car
depot was erected thirty years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
Henderson Pleads
Guilty to Charge

Norman Spencer Henderson, Ell
Centro, pleaded guilty to imper-
sonating an officer and applied for
probation in superior court Friday
His probation hearing is scheduled
for May 6.
The Ell Centran was arrested up
on complaint of M. c. Bates, VINO
accused him of impersonating an
officer and attempting to crowd
the Bates automobile from the
highway.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29

Ell Centro clergymen Friday eX-
pressed general agreement with an
attack by William Cardinal O'Con-
nell, Archbishop of Boston, scoring
"indecency" in modern day clothes
for women, books and amusements.
Only real divergence of opinion
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
Funeral Services
Set For Calexican

Funeral services for Mrs. Helen
Alta Robertson, who died in CAL
eXico Monday, will be held at the
Lemons chapel Ell Centro, at 2
pm Saturday with the Rev. Mr..
N. D. Davidson in charge. She will
be buried at Evergreen cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
Relief Rolls Here
Take Sharp Drop

State Relief Administration rolls
in Imperial county dropped to $40
families this week, drop of 130
families under the total for last
week, Director Robert Elliott an
nounced Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
Today's Results
NATIONAL

N alIOENHL
New York Boston, postponed, wet
grounds.
philadelphia ............ 900 0l0 021 O..
Brooklyn ....................... 10l O20 0O0 U
Passeap. Smith & Atwood. Clark;
Posedel, Hoyt 81 Spencer.
Cincinnati ..... 900 100 012-4 7 l
Chicago ............ O0l 300 11X-6 3 2
Derringer, Cascarella & Lombardi;
Dean, Russell, Bryant & Hartnett.
ST. Louis Pittsburgh, postponed
wet grounds.
AMERICAN
Boston ............ 900 l03 600 6 4
New York ........ 010 032 00x-6 8 0
Ostermueller, McKain. Wilson &
Berg, Peacock: Donald, Murphy q
Dickey.
Washington 80. 0l0 400 001-6 II 0
Philadelphia !. O01 400 Ol1-7 9 5
Weaver, Kohlman, Smith & r.
Ferrell; Ross & Hayes.
Chicago .......... 600 00l 000-1 7 0
Detroit .............. 600 900 41x-5 10
Rigney, Brown & Sewell; Poffen-
berger & Tebbetts.
Cleveland ...-............................. 600 0
st. Louis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 900 0
Feller & Hemsley; Vanatta ~
Sullivan.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
French British In
War Time Alliance
Italian Asks If
US. Wants War

ROME, April 20. (UP)-Stirred
ty the United States naming of
italy IS a treaty vi0lator. VirginiO
Gayda, editor of GiGrnale D.
Italia, charged today in an edi-
tCrial that an "anti-Italian wave"
was sweeping America and asked
if the u. 5. wanted war.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
Pool Hall Suit
Continued to Nav 6

The A. H. Rehkopf suit to pre-
vent the city from granting a pool
hall license to H. Stoutsenberger
was continued until May 6 in su-
perior court.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
Hundreds Buried Alive
In Japanese Air Raid
Eighteen Japanese Bombers, y Pursuit
Ships Battle 100 Chinese
Fighting Planes

HANKOW, April 20. (UP)-Hundreds of persons were
buried alive when 40 Japanese air raiders bombed parts OF
Hanow and clashed with than 100 Chinese defense
planes today.
Eiphteen Iananpse homherS and % pursuit planes ad-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29
COMMITTEE
SNUBS F. r.
BY REFUSAL
Measure Given Slight Chance to Reach
House Floor For Debate Despite
New Deal Petition Threats

WASHINGTON April %. (UP)-The house rules COM
mittee today disregarded virtual mandate from Pres
dent Roosevelt and voted to bottle the wagehour bill
in committee for the remainder of the session The
To 6 RefnSng grant the measure a rule which
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29

woman returned, picked up the dry
garment, put it on the baby. and
drove away.
Tragic Comedy
This might be known as Human
Interest in One Act, or Herbs
Good Deed.
Herb Gerrish was rolling along
the highway en- route to Ell Centre
from BraWley when he noticed a
small and very frightened kitten
frozen in the center of the highway.
Traffic whizzed by and every time
whisker or a tail was singed by a
passing car the kitten loosed a
terrified howl.
Herb stopped his car, walked back
and rescued the feline, taking it
along with him in his car to Ell
Centre. Sober second thoughts be-
gan to creep up on him. Being a
Good Samaritan was all we'll and
good but
AT headquarters he dropped the
kitten on the desk of his assistant,
Richard Wells. and marched on into
his office saying, There's a nice
new pet for you, Dick. You can
take it home"
The kitten, still frightened, COM
mented en- this new turn of events
by raising tiny forepaw, glaring
at Mr.. Wells and saying "ssffft!'
Yeah" said Wells, tits cute but
we've got several dogs at home.
We've got big ST. Bernard that
eats little kittens. We've got -
His voice trailed off. Herb had
vanished behind a stack of cor
respondence and wasn't listening.
Resignedly, Wells picked up the
kitten and started for home. When
certain that Wells was gone. Herb
left too.
During lunch Herb told Mrs. Ger
rish about the cat. It was going
to bring him home" he said. but
Dick Wells wanted him."
THAT was nice of you, dear, to
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29

New Use Fer It
A bush On the courthouse grounds
served a new and more practical
purpose this week than the one for
which it was planted.
Feminine principals in a certain
case in superior court arrived at
the courthouse accompanied by nu-
merGdS children. Just before enter
ing one o, the women draped Il
square of white cloth over a bush
in the parkway. An hour later the
woman returned, picked up the dry
garment, put it ON the baby. and
drove away.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-29

Butter: Los Angeles, 26c; But
terfat, Imperial valley. fob. ranch
grade A, 34c; manufacturing milk
2Sc; route gathered cream 24c.
L. A. Hay: U. S. No. sI5.50-16.
No. 2 leafy s14.50-15.: No. Si3.50-l4
Minneapolis flax. May si.92la.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

same State, also can boast Of Spencer
Tracy's first New Year.
Forty-six years ago today, William
Powell was S months old and lived
in Pittsburgh. Father Powell kept
the wolf of want at bay that jan
uary l adding up figures in an &C.
countant's Office.
Greta (Gustafson) Garbo made New
Year whoopee the Swedish way in
Stockholm. where she was born to
poor parents 81 years ago. Seven
years later, Sonia Henie did it q Ia
Norwegian in Oslo.
Loretta Young was very impov-
erished miss Of II months Is days,
when she greeted the New Year on
Hollywood avenue, Salt Lake City,
"a years ago.
\ X X
The little town OF Figerac in South
western France heard the New Year
gug-gugging of Charles Boyer the very
first day Of this century.
One year later Nelson Eddy was ex-
ercising his vocal cords in Providence,
r. I. Singing Partner jeanette Mac
Donald performed her first celebration
in Philadelphia, where her father
helped put bricks into houses.
In Independence, Mo-, 26 years ago
today, red-headed infant later known
as Ginger Rogers virginia Katherine
McMath) kicked her legs in gratitude
Tor being alive. Dance partner Fred
Astaire (nee Austerlitz) performed the
same act in Omaha, Nebr., 36 years
ago.
A strong, wiry 9-months-old baby,
Lucille Cassin, afterwards known as
Lucille Lesueur, and, later still, as
Joan Crawford, acted in her first New
Year Day in San Antonio, Tex.
Tyrone Power gave thanks for his
first New Year in Cincinnati, Ohio, in
typical theatrical surroundings. Both
his mother and father were actors of
the Shakespearean school.
Future film stars who welcomed
their first year of life in New York
City include George Raft (his father
was an electrician), Mae West (her's
was boxer), Joan Blondell and Bar
bara Stanwyck (real name Ruby
Stevens). Joan celebrated the day in
the haphazard atmosphere Of the the
ater.
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Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Undersea Thrills
In "Met" Film.

nISDAIN1NG the customary week
of, Submarine D-1" has moved
directly into the Metropolitan after a
week at the Earle. This drama Of
rivalry for affection in which the
contestant who is to lose saves the
life of the contestant who is to win,
represents thorough bringing to the
public attention of the valor, train
ing and service spirit of the undersea
branch of the United States Navy.
Whenever the story's course could
countenance it the camera has been
directed at a submarine rising to the
surface, a submarine submerging or
men below deck turning valves or
staring at gauges as appanages Of
these operations.
The frequency of such footage,
however, rarely seems boring unless
one has conscientious objections
against any and all pictures Of sub
marines, and q sunken sub with peo-
pie inside is an excellent place for
drama. The producers have cap
tured 1t In this 1llm, have caused
water to rush In through sprung
safety doors, caused it to rise slowly
in the torpedo room, caused the re-
Gently perfected rescue chamber to
be lowered just in the well-known
nick Of time. All of this makes tor
Evening star., 1938-01-01

Gardner (thank Heaven) was born.
That he does not do q single one Of his
inimitable imitations-of wallpaper,
trains going mad, orchestra conductors
will not strike you as a serious loss,
because it is made up in so many other
ways.
George Gershwin's swan songs are
not the most distinguished music of
his brilliant career, but they are
hummable, singable, dancable, which
are three nice qualities for any pieces
of screen music. Mice Work II You
Car Get It." "Foggy Day in London
Town." Things Are Looking Up," all
numbers which you have been hear
ing for some time, are fetching things
in their different ways.
One of the better twists of "Damsel
in Distress" musically speaking, is the
situation in which the castle madrigal
singers and orchestra turn suddenly
from their lays TO swing interpreta-
ton of Mice Work" The choir, made
up of an assortment of males and fe-
males ranging from 125-pounders TO
7-footers, looks so exactly like a group
that never would sing swing that you
can't believe your ears at first. Ray
Noble, the old bandsman whom Holly
wood has absorbed as it has so many
first class batonmen, helps out quite
a bit with the music and plays not too
badly the part of a comedy wishy-
WaShy EngliShman.
The damSel who is in such distress,
lovely blond on the cuckoo side, is
interpreted by Joan Fontaine. Miss
Fontaine is just as pretty as ever in
the exquisite settings provided by
Pandro S. Berman, but her reputation
as one of filmdom's coming stars will
not be noticeably enhanced by her por-
trayal Of Lady Alyce. She is bit too
unbending about life at this stage of
her career, it seems. Not at all the
same way is Montagu Love, who gives
corking performance as the wise old
Lord Marshbottom who has found out
things about life and makes constant
wise use of his discoveries.
Also on the screen at Keith's are
Norman Alleys grim pictures of the
sinking of the Panay. the two-reel
Universal film which you certainly
must have read Of, or heard of, by this
time.
The two contrasting items make for
a pleasantly balanced bill.