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The times-news., 1938-12-14

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The times-news., 1938-12-14
ENGLAND WOULD
AID FRANCE IF
TUNIS WAR COMES

Continued from page one)
has been a sore spot with Italy.
particularly since the Ethiopian
war. France and Britain get the
profits and Virginio Gayda, edi-
tor of the Italian "Giornale D.
The times-news., 1938-12-14
CITY is ASKED TO
WIDEN TWO STREETS

iContinned from ,.;ya on'
colors of the new state license
plates so that they may be more
easily read.
Mrs. Cathryn WSeiman, secre-
The times-news., 1938-12-14

an Anglo-French determination to
keep the Sicilian channel open.
The times-news., 1938-12-14

Automobile association was sched-
ul"d to arrive here today % in
st,uct members Of the patrol.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Levine Murderer
Sought by Police
At Long Island

Continued from Page One)
tories of the federal bureau of in
vestigation in Washington to de-
termine whether there were any dis
tinguishable characteristics.
One OF the puzZling features o.
the torso to DR.. Squire was the
fact the head was missing. H
hinted that the head might have
been removed before the body wa
thrown into the water because, he
said, II have never heard of water
decomposing the ligaments holdinp
the head SO badly that it Woult
sever the head"
A possible explanation came from
Lewis O'Dell of the New Rochelle
police who said a Mrs. Chase ha;
reported some days ago that he,
boat struck floating body ant
sheared off the head. Mrs. Chase
was unable to give any description
that might have linked the bodS
to the Levine case.
Reed Vetterli, FBI agent in charge
of this district, refused all com.
ment on the case pending the ar.
rival of j. Edgar Hoover who wa.
in New York City when the body
was found, but Walter Ferris, dis.
trict attorney Of WetcheSter coun.
ty. reported after a preliminary ex-
animation that lit was a clear cas-
of murder"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
CedillO Uprising
Broken, Is Claim

Continued from Page One)
bands remained to be subdued III
the hills.
Cedillo was believed to be hiding
in the hills in the northern part
of the state 1t was generally be
lived that the government would
welcome his escape to the United
States. removing the necessity OF a
trial and consequent publicity.
Government airplanes hunted out
the last rebel concentrations. They
reported that white flags were beln"
displayed by the populace in many
sections and directed federal troops
to the rebel hideouts.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
$50 Dead in 1St
Memorial Count

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at Hampton, Ia, when his autcmo
bile overturned IN loose gravel.
At Louisville KY. Melvin Wilde
10, shot and killed his l6 year ole
sweetheart. Marie Williams, thel
killed himself They had obtainat
a marriage license Saturday night
Relatives could ascribe no mOtiv
for The act.
During the Pacific Internauona
Air races at Oakland, Calf, Sun
day, Gus Gotch. 40, Hollywood pilot
was killed when his plane crash
ed into San Francisco Bay anc
buried itself deep into the mud.
Seventy five persons camping a.
Roaring River State Park near
Cassyille. Nc. escaped injury Whel
a cloudburst washed cut fisl
hatchery dam. submerged a scor,
of automobiles and swept seVera
downstream. A 100000 power dan
of the Wausau Paper company OF
the Wisconsin river collapsed d.
the result of heavy rains and wa,
washed away. Destruction Of tn
dam will keep 400 paper mill work
ers idle for a month.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
INVADERS RAIN
DEATH ON CITY

Continued from Page One)
day and Sunday. Refugees fled to
the comparative safety of the water
front near the International Settle
ment in the Shameen district.
The third raid apparently was
directed at the civic center in the
northern part of the city. Bombs
iropped near government buildings
)ut no direct hits were Stored
However. fires broke out nearby
Meanwhile in Tokyo the Official
Domei news agency announced
from Fukuoka that the western
air defense had issued a precau-
.ionary warning to all residents OF
KyuShu island.
Details were not given but II
was presumed reports of approach
ing airplanes had been received
Kyushu is the southern most OF the
Japanese islands.
The air defense announcement
said mysterious airplanes, appar'
emily belonging TO an enemy, ap-
oeared over Kyushu at 9 pm. the
exact locality was not given.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Lonesome Woman Steals
Child, Starts Big Hunt

year-Old son, was held on a KID
naping charge in connection with
Betty James disappearance. The
child was found today in Coolville,
O.. and Mrs. Legare admitted hav-
ing taken her there, police said.
She was a sweey little girl, and
I liked her" Hoefert quoted Mrs.
Legare as having said. we had a
nice trip and she didn't seem to
be lonesome. When we left North
TonaWanda, we went to Columbus.
O., then we went to Charleston,
w. Va.
I'VE stopped at Nitro where my
father lives. Then we went over to
Coolville. where my sister, Mrs
Charles Gillian, lives.
Il left Betty Jane there after
buying her a new dress, coat
and hat"
Soon after Mrs. Legare was ar
rested, agents of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation came to
North TonaWanda. They would not
comment on the case.
Betty Jane disappeared on May
20, and police feared that she had
been slain or kidnapped. Her shoes
and coat were found near the bank
of the Niagara river. The drowning
theory developed when one of her
playmates, four-year old Howard
Eddy, led police to the river and
said: Betty in water"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
SEEK
TREES AS DAM
FLOODS AREA

ROARING RIVER STATE
PARK. Mo. May 30 up More
than 100 persons who had pitched
camp along the banks of the roar
ing river for weekend outings
sought shelter in tree tops and on
hillsides early yesterday when a
concrete dam was washed out.
Rains Of near cicudburst pro-
protions flooded the stream. 4
five foot deep torrent of water
roared down on the campers and
only the fact that they could hear
the avalanche approaching was
credited with enabling the men
women and children to escape
without loss OF lie
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
THEATRE BOMB
STORY Is HOAX

NEW YORK. May 80 -'UP)--
Police were tipped that TIM
bomb set to explode at Ills pm
had been place in the Fo&
Theater in Brooklyn
Twenty five detectives found
37OO persons seated in the audi
torium. They decided not to alarm
anyone so the house lights were
turned on and the audience was
advised there would be some de-
lay because of trouble in the pro
lection room
All these who LETT would be ac-
commodated at later performances
the police said hopefully. But ONLY
1900 departed.
Then police announced a seven
carat diamond ring had been lost
and everybody would have tc
ctand up so a search could be
made.
This, of cours. was to conceal a
search for the bomb.
But there wasn't any bomb. 1t
turned out to be a hoax.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Pickets Protest
s. F. Nazi Meeting

SAN FRANCISCO. May 30. 1UP)
One thousand delegates TO the
Pacific coast convention of the
German-American bund heard a
five point "Americanization' pro-
gram outlined by their leader, Her =
man Schwinn of Los Angeles. as
they met in their final session at
California hall.
Special police squads were as
signed to the convention hall to
prevent possible disturbances by
anti-Nazi demonstrators. Three
thousand professors picketed the
convention last night. jeering the
delegates and demanding the meet
ing be disbanded.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
NY Gang Buster
Isn't Candidate

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, May 30
up District Attorney Thomas
E. Dewey of Manhattan, New York
City. appeared today to have elm
mated himself from the race for
the New York state Republican
gubernatorial nomination.
Erie county delegates to the
convention of the state young Re-
publican clubs sought to win adop-
ton of a resolution endorsing the
Racket buster" Tor the governor
ship, but the movement collapsed
when Dewey telephoned word that
he was not a candidate.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
CriminOlOgist to
Testify in Case

LOS ANGELES, May 80. up
F. o. Heinrich, famous criminologist
of the University of Southern Cali
fornia, was the next witness sched-
uled to testify in the defense to-
morrow of three officers Of the
police spy squad on trial for the
bombing OF Harry Raymond, a pri-
vate detective.
Defense lawyers said the physics
professor, often called upon by po-
lice for scientific crime deductions
would be called to refute the testi-
mony OF prosecution experts regard
ing the type of bomb that was plan
ned in Raymonds sedan.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
IT WAS BLUFF,
SAYS PRISONER

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closed to traffic. For hours War;
held his position, waving the gun
menacingly. At last officers in the
station began a long conversation
With him. Another officer scaled
the wall outside the building,
Jumped through a window, landed
on Wars back and disarmed him.
The story is worn smooth VIII
repetition and incoherent by age
War; pabbles of offers to enter
motion pictures Offers he refuses
he mutters solemnuly until Off
GERS return to him or let him sec
the dynamite gun they took from
him.
He competed his penitentiary
-entence May 7, 1925. He arrived
n Imperial Valley six months age
n search of work. He found the
lamb wandering on the highway
near BraWley and butchered it be
cause he was hungry, he told Off
GERS. His fingerprints tally will,
those of Dynamite" War;.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Negro COnfesses
Numbering Pair
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at the Chicago hospital.
Similarity of the crimes indi-
Gated that Nixon is mixed up in
all of them," Sullivan said.
In each case a brick was the
murder weapon. All the women
were slain in their beds early in
the morning.
Nixon's fingerprints have been
forwarded to Los Angeles for a
check with prints found at the
scene of the Worden and Valdez
slayings. Chicago police said they
expected three Los Angeles officers
to arrive today to aid in questioning
Nixon.
Nixon has denied the Worden and
Valdez slayings, but admitted be-
ing in the vicinity at the time they
were committed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Ghost Town Rests Over
Rich Platinum Deposit

DENVER, Colo. May 80. cUP)--
La Plata, little Colorado ghost"
town-tumbledown relic of a ST.
100000 gold mining boom that's
ended-may echo again this summer
20 the tramp of miners boots and
street corner gossip Of millions made
in one stroke of pick.
The six or seven diehards who
constitute the citizenry OF La Plata,
once the rip-roaringest boom town
of them all, aren't very excited
about it-but a deposit of platinum
which mining experts say may be
the richest ever discovered in Am
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

on the 110O0-foot high district late
in June. Winter snow banks have
not yet melted sufficiently to per-
NIT travel in the primitive area,
which lies on the timber -strewn
slopes of the lofty La Plata range.
They'll soon find out how big
this body of platinum ore is," one
mining man predicted today. IF
their report is favorable that coun-
try will have platinum rush that
will make the California gold rush
look like dollar day in bargain
basement"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
YOungRepublicans
To Close Meeting

SACRAMENTO, May 30 CUP)-
Delegates to the convention of
young Republicans of California
were to bring ther annual meet
ing to a close today with adoption
of resolutions and election of Of
ficers.
Lengthy debate was expected
over proposals to place the organi-
zation on record in support OF
candidates seeking the Republican
nomination for various state Of
fices. Another resolution before
the convention for action condemn
the Roosevelt administrations po-
Icy as detrimental to west coast
shipping
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

Talk about "unemployables', said
Gentleman" Jim BeardSly. who
interrupted work on a new house
in FL Centre to discuss his career
with the CCC youths, most OF the
lads who Joined up with us at
Pine Valley camp were husky
enough. but a SNOWFALL in an oven
had a better chance Of freezing
than they did of getting jobs. And
I don't blame the employer :
BeardSly. who eft the CCC for
private contracting nearly two
months ago. leaned against a saw
horse and ignored pieces of shin
Cling that rained down from busy
carpenters on the roof.
Here's what I think of CCC
work. Every American youth would
profit from a SiX-month trick in
the corps. and for a great anany
il would mean the difference be-
tween being fitted and untitled
for a job.
The boys in our camp at Pine
Valley. for example. could obtain
a sound education III such lines
as carpentering. engineering. road
construction. under skilled teach
ers. Besides. they received plenty
of practical work in building high
ways. fire control and insect regu-
lation"
BeardSly found nearly all the
CCC youths capable and willing to
learn. as we'll as of a high social
raliber.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Smuggler Taken
After Long Hunt

GENEVA, May 30. oUP)-The ar
rest by Swiss police at Zurich on
Saturday of Carlos Fernandez Ba-
cula. former Peruvian diplomat,
removed one of the most notorious
narcotic smugglers between Europe
and the United States, authorities
said today.
Bacula. it was declared. smuggled
enormous quantities into the Unit
ed States. American. French, Ger
man and Swiss police hunted him
for years without getting a definite
charge against him. The arrest n
Zurich resulted from an interna-
tional arrest warrant issued by
Geneva authorities after the dis
covery of big shipments from Wen
ma to America.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Baby Race Winners
Get 400 Thousand

TORONTO, Ont, May 80. CUP)
Executors of the Charles Vance
Millar estate announced today that
they had distributed 100000 equally
among the four winning mothers
in the Toronto baby race" and
that the rest of the S500,000 purse
would be divided upon further Ii
quotation of the estate.
The winning mothers-picked by
Justice w. z. Middleton after
lengthy litigation-were Mrs. Lucy
Alice Timleck. Mrs. Kathleen Ellen
Nagle. Mrs. Annie katherine Smith
and Mrs. Isabel Mary MacLean
each of whom had nine babies in
the 10 years following Millars death
Oct. 81, 1926. The race, established
in the eccentric sportsman's will,
attracted II entrants.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
.Japanese Tanker
Wrecked by Blast

SHANGHAI. May 80. CUP)-A 7O0
ton japanese navy oil tanker blew
up off Pootung Point in Shanghai
today. The japanese navy halted
river traffic in the vicinity for moro
than an hour while fire boats toWed
the tanker TO shore, but it was a
total loss, sinking near shore.
Casualties were not determined but
witnesses believed most of the crew
perished. Unconfirmed Chinese re-
ports said the explosion was caused
by a Chinese grenade tossed from
the banks.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

wreaths from their governments.
Every state in the union similarly
was represented
Memorial services continued un-
til midafternoon and were heard
throughout the nation over hook
up of the national broadcasting
company.
Army, navy and marine units
and officials jointed in the OBJ
servance. A navy seaplane dropped
a wreath into the Potomac river
in honor of comrades whose graves
are the sea. Sen. David I. Walsh,
D., Mass, was the principal speak
er.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Jim Farley Life
Nav Be Screened

HOLLYWOOD, May 80 (UP) -
Postmaster General James Farleys
life may be filmed.
It was revealed today that Pro-
ducer Walter Wanger has bought
movie rights to the biography
which will be published in serial
form by the American Magazine
this fall.
Wangers plans for the picture,
and what actor might play the
role of the Democratic party
chieftain, were not revealed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

all wars were held in country
churchyards and in city cathedrals;
on American soil and in many for
eign lands.
President Roosevelt observed the
day at his Hyde Park, N. Y, home
A White House representative plac-
ed a wreath on the tomb Of the
unknown soldier beginning cere-
monies at Arlington national ceme-
terry
Patriotic. civic, veterans and
and fraternal organization gathered
at the marble tomb overlooking the
Potomac river at IL am, EST. The
presidential wreath was the first
to be laid on the tomb.
Diplomats of many nations join
ed in the ceremonies, placing
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

erica lies beneath the slow-melting
snowbanks two miles from town.
Nobody knows yet how big or
how small this body of platinum
bearing ore is" explained Charles
Henderson, official Of the u. S.
bureau Of mines and president of
the Colorado scientific society.
That's why Colorado miners and
the people OF La Plata aren't ex-
cited. They've seen lot of mining
booms come and 60"
Mining experts said that pros
pectors and geologists will converge
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Inquiry Planned
In Ship Tragedy

NEW YORK, May 80 up a
federal inquiry was promised toda,
into the sinking of the S. S. Man.
dalay, veteran excursion steamer
although no lives were lost when il
was rammed and sunk by the Ber-
nluda bound eastern steamship
liner Acadia in a dense fog Satur-
day night.
Capt. George Fried, head of the
Bureau of Navigation, said no date
had been set for the investigation
A recheck by police indicated that
$50 persons were rescued from the
Mandalay by the Acadia.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Rebels Threaten
Madrid Supplies

HENDAYE, May 80. CUP)-Na-
tionalist forces swept down the road
to Sagunto today to point % miles
southeast Of Teruel in an offensive
which threatens to cut Madrid from
its base of supply at Valencia.
The Nationalist threat to extend
occupation of the Mediterranean sea
coast from the Ebro Delta south o.
Sagunto and Valencia grew hourly
after the collapse of the Loyal!st
defenses at Escandon Pass. II miles
southeast Of Teruel.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
KENNETH HUFfORD
HUNTED HERE

Kenneth H1tfOrd. %. believed 70
be somewhere in Imperial Valley
is asked tc communicate with his
parents. His father died at Lindsay
Undersherlff Rodney Clarke was in
formed via teletype.
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YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you've read the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Cleaning Gun, SD.
Man Shoots Self

PHOENIX, May 80 (UP)- Po-
lice reported today Roy Chambers,
5, formerly of San Diego, shot
himself to death accidentally while
cleaning a rifle preparatory to .
hunting trip.
His body was found in his room
at rocming house here late yes
terday. The bullet had crashed in
to his head.
Chambers came here several
weeks ago from San Diego and
had been working for an auto sup
ply firm. His surviving widow and
two children live in San Diego, po-
lice said
YOU haven't read ALL the news
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
ONE JAILED AND
ONE IN HOSPITAL

o B Tucker, barroom musician
who tangled with Charles Gallie
Saturday night in El Centre in a
fist fight, was held in city jail
Monday Gallie was in county
hospital, badly bruised.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.
May 80. (UP)-Mrs. Anna Legare
Al. rested on a cot in the city jail
today and told, between tears, why
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

Santa Clara and Salinas Valleys
Far and mild Monday night and
Tuesday; morning fogs northwest
wind
Southern California Fair
Monday night and Tuesday; NOR
ming fog west portion; no change
in temperature; light to moderate
northwest wind off coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
80 Per Cent Of Youths
UnempIoyabIe Declares
Former Forestry Man

Strong backs and strong minds, but no more good 10
employer than audience.
That according veteran of five years with the L. D
Forestry Service applies to 80 per cent of the youths be-
fore they trickle into a CCC camp.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
Nation Honors Heroes
With Memorial Rites
In Far Flung Places
WASHINGTON, May 81
UP)-The nation today

WASHINGTON, May 30. (UP)-The nation to-day
honered its soldier dead.
Throughout the country millions turned from their
daily routine to lay wreaths the of those who
their lives in Rites in memory of the dead OF
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
SIDEWALK SNOOZE

An attempt to 90 to sleep on an
FL Centro sidewalk landed Chico
Hererrera in city Jail Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30
WEATHER

Data complied by ObserVers FOR
the official United States weather
bureau station at Ell CentroD
Maximum Sunday ........................ 100
Minimum. Monday ...................... 63
Reading at Noon Monday
Temperature Observation-Disclosures. 100
Humidity Observation-Disclosures. 20
Reading at 5 am. Monday
Temperature 67
Humidity ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 40
Reading at S pm. Sunday
Temperature 80
HumlOlty Il
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

she took -year-old Betty Hobbs
from home a week ago.
Il was lonesome" she said to
Police Chief Frederick A. Hoetert
Il wanted company"
Mrs. Legare, mother of a IT.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

YOU haven't reau ALL the NEWS
until Won READ the hDai
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-30

YOU haven't read ALL the news
until you've read the ADS!
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-20
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