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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
Big Gold Strike
RumOred at Mine
In Ogilby Area

OGILBY. April 30.-Reports of
a fabulously rich ore strike were
circulated today following posting
of armed guards at the Padre y
Madre mine a few miles north
east of here. The property is oper-
ated by Holmes Nicholson inter-
eStS.
Reports leaking out of the close
ly guarded camp said deposits had
been uncovered valued at up to
100000 per ton. Reliable sources
linked the strike with legends of
valuable deposits discovered many
years ago by deserter from Fort
Yuma, who died without telling its
location.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
1t Can't Happen Here But
Farmer Says It's Going To

GREENSBURG. Inr.. April 30.
(UP)-William H. Mobley can't in
sure his mule against mule birth
because a startled insurance COM
pany is sure that such thing can't
happen here.
Biologists and veterinarians also
are flabbergasted over the poSsl-
bility of an expectant mule mother.
Records say it isn't possible, a mule
being a sterile animal, cross breed
of a horse and donkey.
ITS going to happen, though,
or we and some high class veteri-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01

have occurred" Prof L. A. Weaver
said. Weaver related an experiment
carried out by the Texas agricul-
tural experiment station at College
Station, Tex
"A farmer near the station said
his mule had given birth. The
experiment station authorities did
MT know whether 10 believe him
or not so they bought the mule
and bred 1t TO a jackass. And the
mule gave birth again" Weaver
said
He wasn't sure what the oil
spring should be called
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
Citizenship Taken
From 1853 Jews

VIENNA, April 80. CUP) = The
Wiener Neueste Nachrichten report
ed from Bucharest, Roumania, to-
day that the eXpatriation court al
Arad had deprived 1059 Jews O.
citizenship, making total of 3,15s
similarly treated in other courts
since April /.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
State Salaries
Will Be Tipped

SACRAMENTO, April 80. (UP)
Salary increases apprOXimating
100000 a year and affecting
5,835 state employees go into effect
tomorrow.
The increases were ordered by
the state personnel board in line
with proposals by Louis J. KrOeg-
er. executive officer for the
board, after an extended series
of hearings and numerous sur
veys.
Surveys disclosed that state
salaries were below average.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
Cigarette Starts
Fire in Kitchen

Fire started by cigarette in tine
kitchen of the j. d. McCary home,
523 Brighton street, Ell Centre, was
extinguished Saturday morning
without calling the fire department.
Dave Taylor, who lives nearby, was
attracted by Mrs. McCary's calls
and put out the blaze with a garden
hose.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
WHEAT ESTIMATE
SETS BIG GOAL

CHICAGO, April 80. (UP)-Crop
reports by Mrs. E. Fl. Miller and
James E. Bennett & Co. today plac-
ed the 1888 winter wheat yield az
an estimated average of 736,845 900
bushels in spite of the damaging
effect of out-of-season blizzards ana
sleet storms of early April
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01

Lesson Back..rcG-
As a fisherman Bill Clements is
grand instructor. Bill took Eddy
Rodriguez, II, along with him this
week on fishing trip to San Diego
Early in the morning, while en- route
10 the fishing grounds, Bill gave
the youngster a wordy course in
How to Snare the yellow Tall in
six cay lessons by Prof. Isaac Wal
TON Clements.
The boy listened quietly, or ap-
peared to listen, and watched while
Bill got out his tackle and demon
strated how to handle pole. Tireo
of watching Prof. Clements, the
lad tried his own luck. He SHARED
one, then another and third just
before the boat started back to
San Diego.
Bill got marry nibble!
The Light At Last
A letter received at the Califor-
MIA Highway patrol office.
Il applied for a license for a
homemade flat box trailer in May
1887, and in filling out the blank
made a statement that was not true
which 1 wish hereby to correct
and confess. l do not know why
did it. I misstated Qied, in plain
language) and did not have. .cour-
age then to correct 1t. If this in
wolves any fee, I'll be glad to pay
it as soon as can. That is, as soon
Il Atry1N
religious tract was enclosed with
The letter.
Easter After glow
The bunny Jane Tylor received
for Easter was greeted with open
arms at the time. But now Jane
has changed her mind. The rabbit
is eating her out of house and
home, as we'll as the garden.
Just how do you put a rabbit
on a diet" she asks.
Mystery Note
Who left the sign in Clitus Town
sends car warning her to watch out
for colds and influenza Perhaps
Clitus knows the significance. but
if so she is mighty mum about it
O.
Stuck With It
BoaStful Bert Mitchell may have
tough time carrying out his
threat to drive one of the midget
race cars Tuesday night. 1t is hard
enough for an average sized man
TO get into one of the tiny cars
let alone Bert. He tips the scales
beyond 200! Maybe he will need
a shoe horn.
Tin Cup Next
If Wayne Elvander turns up with
long white beard one of these
days don't be surprised 1t is only
TO go along with the dark glasses
A Bit Mixed
Orton Lindgren carries absent
mindedness a bit too far, his sister
Bobbie ayers. Orton put the coffee
pot in the ice box and put the cream
pitcher on the stove.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01

lUUU persons were estimated 10
have been killed.
Police said 90 dead had been
counted definitely in the first raid,
mostly among a truck load OF
workers, and one dead in the Sec
ond raid. although it was feared
there were many Others.
The raiders swooped in from the
sea and sent the terrified inhabi-
tants of the city scurrying for shell
ter
The central and residential parts
: parts of the city were not bombed
but some bombs were dropped in
the outskirts. The planes circled
high in a cloudless sky, sending
thousands of citizens scrambling
to underground shelters and sub
way stations.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
Choose
Linden President

Manuel Linden is the new presi-
dent of the Teamsters union local
in Ell Centro following a special
election held at the Labor Temple
Friday night Red Fern was elect
ed vice. president and R. c. Hodg-
kinson recording secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
ROOSEVELT THREAT
CASE TO BE TRIED

MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 80. CUP,
u. S. Commissioner l.. r. Feather
stone today ordered Keith H. Rapp.
33 year old Bakersfield, Cal. CLOTH
ing salesman, returned to Los Ali
geles to face a charge of writing a
threatening letter to President
Roosevelt. He was placed under
S25,000 bond.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
ZURCHER FUNERAL
WILL BE MONDAY

Funeraf services for John r. Eur
cher, SO, former Imperial Valley
resident who died in San Bernardo
no Thursday, will be held at the
Lemons chapel, Ell Centre, at 10:30
am. Monday. The Masonic order
will be in charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
DEATH DROPPED ON
BARCELONA PEOPLE

BARCELONA, April 80. (UP)-Insurgent airplanes
raned terror on Barcelona again today after lu of six
weeks In two raids this morning casualties estimat
ed at than SO killed and SO wounded 1t the first
important attack since that of March, in which nearly
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
GREAT FUND
TO BE FREE
OF CONTROL
New Recovery Bill Will Carry General
Provisions for Spending Under
Direction of President

WASHINGTON, April 30. (UP)-Attempts to earmark
the 81 relief fund will be unsuccessful Chair
Clifton A. WOodrum of house appropriations sub
committee working the relief bill predicted today
Antiadminstration leaders have ntimated that unless
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
SAILOR KILLED III
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
AT COYOTE WELLS
Swapping Driveshaft Sends Auto End Over Ead
Near Desert Station Death is Eighth
This Year in Imperial County

The death of T. L. Smolich Friday night lifted Imperial
counys traffic death total to eight third of the total
year ago. April 30 1887 the traffic death total "a
Smolch o. sailor, died in the county hospital short
time after he thrown from sOmersaultng sedan on
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
Giant Air Force
Is British Plan
Big Fighting Crew Will Back Up Pact
For Wartime Cooperation Between
Great Britain and France
: COpyyioht 1898 by United Press =

- CopyIigHt 1910 oy OEHed fTeSS =
LONDON, April 30. (UP)--Great Britain firmly unit
ed with France in London -Par's axis nauguratcd
gigantic air force expansion program today and prepared
for diplomatic and economic action in central Europe to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01

Carleton & Hartnett; Macon
Krist, Ianier SS Owen.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter: Los Angeles, &c., bptterfat, Imperia
Valley, f. o. b., ranch grade A, sac; manufacturing
milk, 28c; route gathered cream
L. A. Hay: No. l, S15.5O-16; u S No. 2
lcafy, S4.5O-I5; u No. 2, S135O-I4 Minneapolis
flax, May, SI92H.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01

Maximum temperature 81, minimum SO; am.
So, humidity IS; noon temperature "a,
lmidity "A; pm. temperature ", humidity Al.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-01
Todays Results
NATIONAL

MungO, Marrow q Spencer;
)ell. Coffman & banning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24
When YuIe Carol
StiIIed Var Guns
On Battle Front

NORFOLK, vA.-Rev. j. Suther-
Iand-Watt Of Norfolk tells how the
strains Of silent Night. Holy
Night" sweeping gently across a
battlefield in two languages. quieted
guns in front-line trenches of the
greatest war on earth for a Christ
mas celebration.
II was Christmas eve. 1914. be.
tween Armentiers and Arras. while
Gordon Highlanders huddled in
trenches. when somebody remem-
bered the day.
"Jim. let's sing" one said to Pri-
sate Sutherland-Watt.
Jim pleaded of. but someone else
started ''Silent Night. Holy Night, :"
and soon Jim and the whole Scot
regiment had joined in.
When the last refrain subsidized.
from the opposite trenches arose
other voices--attuned In ''Stille
Nacht." Then all night long Christ
mas carols rang from trench to
trench in strange tongues while can
non and iiares from other sectors
liz the sky.
At the customary Zero" hour.
the British soldiers saw gray-clad
figures making their way out Of the
opposite trenches. A few shots were
fred. Then Il was seen that the
Germans carried no arms. Scots
leaped from their trenches. likewise
unarmed. only to be ordered back.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24
Northern UufpOSfs
Awnif Planes VIII
Christmas TnTcP!5

EDMONTON. ALBERTA n
most forgotten by millions u Caha-
dian and American Chr.sunas cess-
brants are residents 81 isr-HnfE cut
posts Of the Canadian nDTtir eet
territories. Each year they ioos tor
ward TO a merry Christmas--tf ne
weather is good and paTceis afs.ye
By plane In time for tie s,AsYa!
celebration.
Christmas express ard pTo*ls ms
usually reach AdkaVik. i4}0 rG.Ics
northwest Of Edmonton. a fgN cayB
before Christmas. Another fsf-a eaY
place Is Coppermine. LOO miles
north Of Edmonton on Corona hon
gulf. PILOT haTlowe Kennedy makes
the trip 70 that outpost from Port
Radium on Great Bear lake.
But even though Christmas pro-
visions don't come through by air.
plane. residents Of the arctic waste
lands ere brought 70 civilization .
very door each Yalelide through
the magic u radio.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24
(By Associated PreSsJ

FORT WAYNE, Dec. 24.-With
new houses that rent for $3.50 a
week, built on lots acquired for
81 each, the Fort Wayne Hous-
ing Authority hopes to do away
with SlumS.
The first houses are up-and
occupied. Work is being hurried
on others. If the first project OF
so dwellings meet no serious OBJ
stables, a second project of $50
units will be started.
The houses are brand new, pre-
fabricated by WPA workers in a
low-rent factory. The sections
are trucked to the sites, where
other WPA workers erect them.
The WPA figures each house
costs about $1,000, OF which 5000
is for materials. Labor makes
up most of the balance.
Sites for these houses are &C.
quired from owners of vacant
lots and lots containing old
ShackS. The owners have been
paying taxes for years, while
waiting for a chance to dispose
of the lots.
Fort Wayne'S Housing Author
agrees to pay all costs of title
search and transfer. Also il
promises to reconvey the lot to
the original owner for 81 any
time he finds a better use for it.
The houses can be dismantled i'm
"a hours and moved to another
site.
Each house is designed for a
family of four. One room, 20xl2
feet, serves as living room, din
ing room and kitchen. Besides
this there are a bathroom and
two bedrooms.
The city housing authority,
which holds title to the homes,
is tax-exempt, is non-profit, and
possesses powers of eminent do
main. 1t gets its running expen-
SEES from the city and is in es-
Scnce an agency of the city.
Sanitary Homes Wanted
The idea was born in the spring
of 1886 when the state planning
board joined in campaign to
provide better and more sanitary
homes for unfortunate families.
The first step was to enlist the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24

bishop, installed them in his
church. Some bell authorities
claim that Pope Sabinianus
gave us the first church bells
in 604.
The custom has grown until
there is perhaps no use of
church bells so widely known
in Christian countries as the
ringing of chimes to herald
the advent of the birth of
Christ. From huge cathedrals to
tiny country churches, from the fro
zen arctic to the sunny tropics, the
bells peal forth each Christmas sea-
son an old. old story of Peace on
Earth, Good Will to Men"
Americas very national existence
Is wrapped up in the priceless Lib
erty bell at Philadelphia. and GER
tainly no one can say that bell mu-
sic isn't the most democratic music
in the world. e.
In recent years the ancient bell
has grown up" into the carlton.
highly sensitive instrument on
which Christmas carols seem to find
their most perfect expression. There
are now more than 200 of these
instruments. 80 of them in the Unit
ed States. Similar to the carlton.
but differing in the number of bells.
tuning and arrangement of key.
board, are chimes. Some of the
finest chimes hang in English ca
thedrals and spread the Christmas
message each December.
A chapter in the history Of bells
may be found in the story of al
most any creed or culture. First
known in the East, they were used
by aboriginal people as ornaments.
They came down through Grecian
days and called Roman citizens TO
the forums, later summoning early
Christians to worship. In the Mid
die ages they called people to arise,
guided the far-away traveller
Napoleon loved bells so dearly he
would not destroy them. while Hen
ry VIII took fiendish delight in de-
stroying them.
Bells have made people laugh and
cry. have stirred them TO action and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24
BUSINESS MAN WHO RETIRED AT 40
NOW ENGINEERING RELIEF PROGRAM

Cries of I'VE want food" were
heard in Cleveland; 10000 fami-
lies became dependent on his
ability to find relief for them.
Ran Out of State Funds
He combcd the relief rolls 10
find the neediest cases. and kept
the relief machinery functioning
on a hand to-mouth basis until
new state money was obtained.
When his administrative relief
workers went unpaid. he dug
down into his own pocket He
sums up his economic philosophy
thus:
For many years To- come. and
perhaps permanently. millions of
our unemployed must look To- the
Fedora! government for their
work.
I'VE all live in the hope that a
new industrial era will dawn in
some new device which everyone
will want and need an era such
as the internal combustion en-
CINE brought.
"Prc-fabricated houses may
bring il. or possibly teicvision.
Then again perhaps there can bc
no solution without a world-Wid
economic adjustment and an in
ternational short working week"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24
Santa Won't Miss
'Farthest North
u. s. Community

PEHASSE. NI.E. - Youngsters
living IN this isolated community are
quite confident Santa Claus woa't
pass them by this Christmas. Pen
asse. you see. is So. NicheIaa' FIRST
stop in the United States. and The
fsrghesi north point In the nation
The bexhiskerrd gentleman sban-
dous has reindeer before be reaches
Psnasse each year. beeause The
deep saow usually hampers even
those sturdy stredE. lie travels By
ski-equippe9 sirpIane. fowu 70 ire
isolated village twice each week
fgurn Wzgrnad
PensEse's Only ether visitor IN TIE
winter is iadlaaa Pese. = trapper
living "a a nearby iElans Ia the
Lake % the Woods The postmls-
treas is Miss Helen Arnold. twenty
ixo. ~rho admits business isn't very
F1sA.nE-even 81 Christmas time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24
WRONC-WAYER AND GLOBE CIRCLER
DOMINATE MONTH OF TRAVEL NEWS

was publicized and they subse-
quently were separated. Simone
Simon's secretary, Sandra Mar
tin, convicted of forgery, was or
dered to lock her lips and throw
the kay away. Sinclair Lewis
acted in STRAW hat" theater.
Rumania's Queen Marie, Jus
tice Benjamin Cardozo and Sam
uel insult died in July. But no
notable got more attention than
did John Warde, rs, little man
who got out on a ledge II stories
above the sidewalks of New
York and smoked cigarettes there
for ii hours before hurtling into
oblivion.
Trouble. Trouble
New Mexico's Gov. Clyde Tins
ley passed most of the summer
hunting folks, and after one long
search the bodies of Medill Nc
Cormick, newspaper heir. and his
companion on a mountain-climb
were found. Grim, too, was the
item from Portugal about fire.
men who put some boys in a
building and set it afire to dem
onstrate rescue methods-l0 lads
died.
Palestine Jews fought Arabs
the way American frontiersmen
battled Indians. Photos showed
Roman rulers proving their fit
ness by hopping through fiery
hoops, and Italy's press began
batting Jews. France agreed to
share control of Alexandretta "a
l0,000-square-mile state in SYRIA
with Turkey. And Bolivia and
paraguay aSsented to arbitration
of their century -old Gran Chaco
frontier feud
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24
BY WILLIAM McGAFFIN
AP Feature Service Writer

LONDON, Dec. 24.-Peace-lov-
ing Sweden bought another
ultra-modern bomber from
Britain the other day and flew it
home as a model for the con-
struction of a host of duplicates.
This is but one example of
how those four arch-pacifists-
Sweden, Norway, Denmark and
Finland-are sharpening their
swords to keep their little world
safe for neutrality.
They have set up informally a
league of nations of their own to
do the job the moribund world
league couldn't do for them. And,
make no mistake, they are CIV
ing their league teeth.
Two Goals. Two Fears
They have their heads together
now on:
Military plans for common as
sistance to defend neutrality.
The sharing of raw materials
and foodstuffs difficult to get in
case of war.
Two fears, they say, dominate
their discussions:
The possibility of German
attack on Denmark, part of
which belonged to Germany be-
fore the World war.
The possibility of a Russian
attack on Finland, which be-
long to Russia before the war.
The Viking nations would not
go down without a fight. But in
addition to the overwhelming
odds against them, there would
be the problem of getting help to
Denmark or Finland.
Air Base Problem
They admit that in case of a
direct attack against one of them,
there is little the others could
do.
But the alliance could be used
to help maintain freedom of
trade, or, perhaps, to reject the
application of a foreign power
for an air base.
1t is their ideal location for an
air base that makes the Aland
Islands one of the Scandinavia's
hot spots today.
Situated between Sweden and
Finland, they're almost as i'm
portant to Scandinavia as Glib
raltar is to Great Britain. And
they're not fortified
They belonged to Russia when
Finland was Russian. When Fin
land broke away, the islands
were neutralized, but Sweden
and Finland are working out
plans for a common defense of
the islands.
The huddle on defense is but
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24
VIKING NATIONS SHARPEN SWORDS
TO KEEP THEMSELVES OUT OF WAR

an extension of the cooperation
which has been going on in other
Scandinavian spheres for some
| time.
Embarrassing Iron
Sweden has an edge on the
others through an abundance of
iron ore. But she is not very
happy about it.
Here's the situation: Germany,
whose armament factories SEEM
ingly have an Unsuitable appetite
for iron ore, imports nearly a
third of her supply from Sweden.
In case of war, England and
France. Swedish experts expect,
probably would ask Sweden to
stop shipments. If she did, it's a
question whether Germany
would regard this as breach of
neutrality.
"She could, of course" the
Swedes tell you morosely.
Denmark is nervous, too.
Known as England's breadbasket,
she supplies more foodstuffs to
Britain than any of her northern
sisters. Germany, it has been
suggested, might as a consequence
bomb Denmark if there were no
other way. to stop the flow of
food during a war.
These northern nations do not
know how successful they will
be with armed neutrality" But
they agree with the Swedish for
eign minister who said in
speech last spring, Its worth
trying"
Denmark and Norway are
backward in military way, and
the four powers together had an
army a year ago . estimated at
less than 100000 Capable, how
ever, of expansion to several hun
dred thousand) and only about
500 planes.
Field For Propaganda
The tragedy of it all for Scandi-
navia, according to astute OBJ
servers, is that she may just be
building up an ante for the
Franco-British war pot. Public
sentiment, they say, has changed
in Scandinavia since she success
fully kept out of the last war
and, incidentally, laid part of the
foundation for her present pros
perity.
Nowadays, observers aver. the
countries are permeated with
such a strong pro-Franco- British
and violent anti-Nazi sentiment
that it would be easy for British
propagandists to swing them in
to the allies camp.
Scandinavia held aloof during
the recent big war scare. But she
admits it's going to be much
more difficult to keep out of the
next" war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-24
FORT WAYNE FIGHTS Stun PROBLEM
BY BUILDING $3.50 A WEEK HOMES

, aid of Purdue University in ex-
perimenting with prefabricated,
low-coSt house.
When Purdue's model dwelling
was ready, it was erected in an
Indianapolis Slum area. Last
May, William B. F. Hall. chair
man of the Fort Wayne Housing
Authority, asked the FILA in
Washington if Fort Wayne could
build houses like the Purdue
model in its slum-clearance pro-
gram.
In that query Hall attributed
to "Sub-Standard housing condi-
tons" much of Fort Wayne's re-
lief costs, rent relief and munich
pal aid to the homeless. He said
large share of the city.s public
health costs and its bill for food.
fuel and clothing of relief clients
was traceable to poor housing.
His contention was that the re-
lief group needed shelter for a
maximum of $12 a month-with-
out electric stoves. fancy kitchen
cabinets and other gadgets.
Plan Was Accepted
The FILA liked his idea. 1t put
two men to work to see what
could be developed. One was
Frank Watson, who had helped
design Purdue'S modei Iow-cost
house, the other J. Stanley
Young. Between Them they
worked out the plans for the
simple but attractive Fort Wayne
house.
Construction is as simple as the
houses design. For the floor a
4-inch concrete slaf FLOATS" on a
gravel fill. To this floor are Sc
cured IS phenol-reSin bonded
ply-wood panels of identical size
to supply exterior walls and par
titionS.
After WPA workers erect the
houses, electricians, painters,
roofers and plumbers add the
finishing touches.
The rent-collecting job is as
sumed by the Associated Chari-
ties of Fort Wayne. but manage
ment of the properties is kept by
the housing authority.
Hall says it may be possible TO
reduce the rents from $3.50 to 81
weekly after 200 of the houses
are erected and occupied.