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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
EYE OPERATION
BABY RECEIVERS

CHICAGO. May 10. CUP)-Six
weeks old Helaine Judith Colan APP
parently was recovering tuday fioni
an operation which medical author
tiles believed has halted spread OF
a dread cancerous eye growth and
paved the way for them to save at
least part of her vision.
A week ago her parents had aban-
doned hope, certain that she would
die or be doomed to life of blind
ness. Yesterday her left eye was
removed during 13 minute opera
ton which a council of 10 eminent
medical specialists. holding in its
hands the power of life and death.
had decreed was her only chance
for life.
Today, Dr. Robert H. Good. WHO
performed the operation. said the
baby still has the sight of her right
eye. He and DR.. Cassius B. Rogers.
brain specialist of the Garfield Park
Community hospital, agreed that
there was a good chance" that at
least partial vision of the remain
ing eye may be saved by X-ray
or radium treatments.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
ALL AMERICAN
CANAL TAKING.
ON FINAL FORM
us. Reclamation Bureau
Reports Contracts
Nearing End

Emerging into final form
along the 80 miles of its
twisting course across irri-
ated and arid acres of Impe-
rial county, the All Ameri-
can canal at the end of April saw
most contracts nearing completion,
the monthly report of Construction
Engineer L. j. Foster showed Tues
day.
Foster is chief of the United
States Reclamation Bureau office
in charge of canal construction.
Imperial Dam and desilting
works was 96.6 per cent complete
at the end of the month, Foster
reported.
The contract at Power Drop No.
4, where first municipal electricity
from the canal will be generated,
was 43.4 per cent completed. Plac-
ing of concrete there was begun
and by the end of the month the
slabs for the gate structure and
the power house and stilling pool
foundations were placed. At Power
Drop No. 2 the contract was 39.l
per cent completed.
On the Pilot Knob check and
wasteway all items of excavation
we're 81 per cent complete, and
2800 cubic yards of concrete were
poured. The entire contract there
was 1874. per cent complete.
Along the remainder of the canal,
at siphons, wasteWays, bridges, turn
outs and other stations, contracts
proceeded toward completion of
the valleys big ditch, possibly ear
ly in 1910
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
The Average Man

EDITORS NOTE: In view of
another era Of work relief for
the unemployed, presaged by con-
sideration i'm congress today of
the S4.5O0.O00. 900 pump prim-
ing" proposal to stimulate in
dustry, The Press and The Post
this week conducted a survey
amCng idle working men, isIw
Gn relief i'm Imperial county, to
determine what they themselves
think about the relief system.
From the many interviewed.
cross section of opinion was
taken to represent the average
man.. Nc Cne man is the saver
age man.. He is composite of
many. The Press and The Post
dc not maintain that this is a
picture cf every man on relif,
nor do they attempt to draw con-
clusiCns therefrom. The saver
age" man is painted wholly from
the opinions he Offered.)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
100 TRUCKERS
C R Titled BY
Nv. FARM BODY
Protective Group Signs
Up Operators in War
Against Unions

More than 100 truck owners
and drivers operating in I'm
perial Valley now carry GER
tifications of the Farmers
transportation association,
nine-comty organization formed
to wrest control of farm to market
transportation from the Teamsters
union.
An average of 300 trucks a day
are required TO carry valley prod
ucts to market Hugh Osborne,
Continued on Page 3; Col A.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
Valley Farmers
Get Crop Checks

Conservation payments, under the
1897 program. continued to arrive
In the office of the Imperial county
agriculture conservation committee
during the past week bringing the
total payments to valley farmers
to Si47.000.
More than 500 checks have been
distributed among valley farmers.
At least that many more checks
will arrive within thirty days. Total
payments to valley farmers will be
more than 100000. C. L. McLaugh-
lin, conservation secretary, said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
Chamber to Name
New President

Election of a president for the
Ell Centre chamber of commerce
will be the main order of business
at the directors meeting, 7:30 pm.
Wednesday. at the chamber build
ing, Decision will be made for rep
resentation to the Broadway of AM
erican convention in Roanoke. Va,
and the Highway 80 mountain
chamber meeting Friday night IN
Laguna Junction.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10

the city had been bombarded
throughout the day
A private wire to a shipping firm
from ship in the port said that
large section of the city "is going
up in smoke" Chinese reports said
that 18 Japanese planes dropped
more than 200 bombs while dozen
japanese warships shelled the port
The Chinese reported that a large
fire had started in the city, which
has a population of nearly 250000
Civilians were in panic as shells and
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
3 Hurt in Auto
Crash Near Here

HOLTVILLE, May 10 - Slight
injury to three persons resulted
from an automobile accident near
the Barbara Worth Country club
early Monday night.
L. H. Turney, 38, T. E. Turney
Al, Holtville residents. and H. G..
Grogan, who refused to give high
way patrolmen his age, were in
jGred, Highway Patrolmen Bill
Mitchell and Roy Wells said. The
accident occurred when T. E. Tur-
ney's sedan and H. K. Reids de-
livery truck collided near the CEN
ter of the highway.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10

down occupation of the relief office
last April 90.
-Four of the women and - men
were ordered to Jail Immediately
after Judge Stimmel set bail at
$500. All the defendants had been
at liberty on $50 bail previously.
Execution of the sentences was de-
layed pending an appeal of the
case.
The strikers were demanding more
relief pay and defied the sheriff
when he ordered them to disperse
They occupied the building most Ct
one day.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
Wartime Draft Lottery
Plan Set Up for u. s.
LOCAL BOARDS
WILL PICK MEN
FOR ARMY DUTY
Thirteen Million to Be
In First Draft If
War Comes

SAN FRANCISCO, May
10. tUP)-The United States
will draft its next wartime
army in a national lottery,
si'ni' ar II the plan used dur
ing the World war. service officers
said today as they began formula
ton of a CONSUMPTION plan appll-
cable to seven far western states.
Thirteen m.lli n men cetWeen the
ages of 81 and 81 will be called in
the first draft, in the event of
war, and 100000 will be under
arms in the first month, according
to the new conscription law.
Thereafter the new soldiers would
be placed under arms at the rate
of 100000 the second month. 260,-
900 the third month, and 100000 the
third month, the plan showed.
Major Lewis B. Hershey of the
army general staff, a selective SER
vice expert comforting at Fort
Winfield Scott with officers of the
West Coast army, navy, marine
corps. national guard and reserve
unit, said the new conscription law
will be based as much as possible
on local government"
Major Hershey said that the act
provides that a prospective young
soldiers neighbor, not a remote
official in Washington will play
the principal part in deciding whe-
ther he must bear arms at a spe-
Gifted time.
The new act will create $4,000
districts with population of 10000
each. Roughly these would be coun-
ties, with large cities divided into
several districts.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
COLORADO WATER
EFFECTS STUDIED

J. p. Lippincott. Los Angeles ir-
rigation expert visited the valley
Tuesday to study results with
Colorado River water
Los Angeles officials are anXi-
Gus to determine water problems
which might be presented when
that section begins using Colorado
river water.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
1900 Drivers Get
Licenses in |. Y.

A total of ? l76 operators licenses,
1873 dunlicate licenses and 512 chauf-
feurs licenses were issued in Impe-
rial county during the first fOlT
months of 1888, Robert H. Golfer
drivers license examiner, announced
Tuesday.
More than 5000 applications for
licenses of various kinds were made
in the four month period, Golfer
said. but MANY of the applicants
failed to meet the requirements de
manded by the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10

while miners. stripped to the waist,
went down into the shafts in re-
lays 10 bring up their comrades.
After the second explosion it was
decided to seal up one section of
the mine Rescue squads effected
telephone contact with the men
below and a Tow OF air was MAIN
tained 10 those who were still alive
bat trapped.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
ALIENISTS NAMED
TO QUIZ RANCHER

Judge r. d. McPherrin Tuesday
appointed two alienists to examine
A. r. Ferguson, Seeley pioneer
charged with a morals offense
against a small girl. He pleaded
not guilty and not guilty by reason
Of insanity DR. Theodore K. Miller
of Patton and DR.. Glenn Meyers of.
Compton were designated.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
FREE CAFE MEALS
FROM TAX - ADVICE

SACRAMENTO, May 10. (UP)-
Fred f. Stewart. Oakland member
OF the state board Of equalization
today suggested the advisab bility of
exempting restaurant meals from
the state sales tax In view of Gov
Frank r. Merriam's recent predic-
ton that the state treasury will
contain a surplus of at least 81
100000 at the end of the current
biennium.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
u. S. Warship Steams To
BeIeaguered Annoy Port

HONG KONG, May 10. up
A United States warship sailed for
Annoy tonight to evacuate Ameri-
cans endangered by terrific Japa-
nese aerial and naval bombardment
of the island port, off the east coast
of China.
United States naval authorities
dispatched the ship in response to
an appeal by radio for assistance
from the United States consul at
Annoy. The consul indicated that
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10

troller's office and the state relief
administration, Riley said.
The money is recovered from
"chiSelers,' those who have found
employment and failed to notify
relief authorities, and others i'm
properly entitled to relief money
for various reasons. Riley said &
valuable weapon in fighting CHS
elers was periodic spot payoffs,' -
where the relief applicant must
appear in person to receive a check.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10

bombs crashed at short intervals,
Under cover OF the shelling the
Japanese began attempts TO larifi.
They claimed TO have put troops
ashore but admitted that they had
met stiff resistance from the Chinese
defenders.
Before opening the attack the
Japanese planes dropped leaflets on
the town warning foreigners 10
evacuate and foreign ships 10 leave
the harbor.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10

at 3 am. Throughout the day res
cue workers sent up body after body.
many OF them burned. The shafts
we're filled with deadly carbon mon
oxide.
Late today the death toll was
fixed at TO- Many others were In
hospitals.
Relatives and friends. who rush
ed to the scene OF the disaster
watched fearfully al the pit head
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10

TtHel CIIentS.
Representing roughly 70 per cent
of the regular or periodic relief
wards interviewed in a survey con-
Quoted by The Press and The Post
this week, The Average Man on
relief defined his position as this:
He would rather work than be on
relief.
He will work. provided he is
given steady job at living wage.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
20 MINERS DEAD,
100 TRAPPED IN
COAL GAS BLAST

CHESTERFIELD. Eng May 10. (UP)-Seventy min
ers killed today in explosions which wrecked the
Markham Colery Of the Stavey Coal and Iron company
and trapped more than 100 workers underground.
The first blast at 5:45 followed by another
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
CHISELERS NICKED
FOR TWO MILLIONS
BY STATE PROBER s
SRA Receivers Huge Sum Paid Out to Persons Not
Entitled to Receive Aid; Many Found
Working Getting Checks

SACRAMENTO May 10. Approximately two
million dollars has been recovered from relief chiseers
and others entitled to relief funds since Sep2n
ber 1886, State Controller Harry B. Riley revealed today
total of 1921 008.46 redeposited during March
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
Rapid LIE

RR always knew Anne DAVIS
could cover more territory after a
news story and see more people In
a short time than anyone else.
But she must be improving. Mon
day night. according 20 The Press
she vas at two places at the same
time. The Twice Told Tales dinner.
and tho Dams Entire bridge party
She must have been. because The
Press always tells The truth.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
Never Again

Never Again
II Is happening now. but it will
never happen again. Just imagine
this.
Minor Simms, perspiring on the
business end of a shovel. Gerry
England competing with Paul Jen-
kins at nail driving Fred Smith,
who generally does the bossing
ON building Jobs. donning apron
and pounding away like any other
carpenter c. h. Collins dropping
a niblick and picking up a ham,
mcr. Massey Horton reducing with
a pick. Paul Pace. Jersey Birch
field. Art Davis. Ben Fite, Otis
HlnsOn. Dan Taylor and many
others forgetting about holidays
and pitching In to help at the
Barbara Worth golf club where
new addition to the building is
taking place.
Reason tor the erstwhile tbliers
turning TO the building trade is
that. II the club Is TO have a locker
room. those interested must build
Il.
RR found plenty OF company ON
the sidclincs where there were 10
10 supervise for every one who
did any work
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
job ReIief--or EIse> Sums
Up Unemployed Attitude
Government Duty Is to Find Him Work
Or Provide Living Believes
Average Man on Relief
POsT-PREsS FOTo-ENGRAvING
= By LOGAN JENKINS

EItheT JObs, Fe1ef-Or
Thus, in single succinct phrase the head of of
the 639 families relief rolls in Imperial county,
voiced what appears to be the attitude of orty of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10

Now you see il, now you don't.
Here is what the moon will look
like Thursday night and Friday
morning to Imperial Valley folk
who stay up to witness a total
eclipse of the moon. According
to Eugene Waterman, Central
high science teacher, the eclipse
will start at 1857 pm. Thursday
and end at 2:31 am. Friday. The
moon will be totally engulfed by
the earth's shadow from 12:1S to
1903. Because of daylight inter
ference, the Pacific coast will
have a much better view than the
Atlantic,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10


Chicago at New York. postponed,
rain.
Ct. Louis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 202 002
Washington ...................... 00l 202 D
Newsom & Heath; Hogsett, Kohl
man. Weaver Il r. Ferrell.
Detroit at Philadelphia, postpon-
ed. cold weather.
Cleveland at Boston, postponed,
rain.
NATIONAL
Boston at Pittsburgh, postponed.
wet weather.
Brooklyn OLA D
St. Louis .-........................ 100 q
Hamlin & Phelps; johnson, Lam
ier & Owen.
Philadelphia ...................... 002 00l 90
Cincinnati .......................... O0l O03 80
Mulcahy, Smith & Atwood. Weav
er, Cascarella & Hershberger.
New York ....... 300 002 000-5 u
Chicago ..........,, 900 0l0 000-l 5 0
Gumbert and Danning: Lee, Root,
Logan and O'Dea.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
An Exception

An Exception
A job IS som nething to get and
hold on TO Lnese Gays, but there
are limits even to this. at least
in the mind of one husky laborer
Mel King sent Don Stedman over
TO install a cooler at an undertaking
parlor. Stedman TOOK along a Negro
to do the work. The Negro marched
into the building confidently enough
then marched out again and said:
Mr.. Don. there Is something
about this place don't like" Sted-
man told him to forget it and go
to work. A few minutes later the
Negro came out again.
Whatever II is / don't like about
this place is still here and 1 still
don't like it, l quit"
He walked off with nary an
other word.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
No Mistake

When observation OF nation
vide sales week among hardware
stores conceded with tho. 30th
birthday OF the / v. store II hasn't
an accident
Coincidence. hcckl' said War
rem Currier That vas salesman
ship"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
What Ncxt?-

What Next
First il was Russell Friedley who
ran into bush ana came out with
an injured eye. Now it is E. P.
Pcnncbaker. who thrust his head
into palm and came out with
a needle i'm his ear.
II some one will just go SWIM
ming and come up with clam
fastened tightly here or there RR
will give a prize of one autograph
ed copy of the sunday Post-Press.
Don't crowdl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10

Butter: Los Angeles, 26c; hut
terfat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch
grade A. 34c; manufacturing milk
2Sc; route gathered cream 25c.
l.. A. Hay: u. 5. No. 1 $500
No. Ieafy S15.-15.5O; No. S13.50-1f.
Minneapolis flax, May Sl.s9.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-10
Today's Results
AMERICAN A

Chicago at New York, postponed,
rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
SAM BOB SEES
 EMPIRE PLANT
Mckenzie In dian Giggles When Presses Turn
 Out His Story

Sam Bob, Mackenzie River Indian who is seeing salt water and civili- zation for the first time in his 5 years of life, last night saw his first newspaper plant when he was showr through The Empire while his story became type.
 When the presses started to turn Sam Bob giggled like school girl and when Mrs. Bill Strong, wife oi the riverman who employs Sam Bot in the Liard country, read Sam Bot the story in The Empire, he giggled more.
 He left The Empire with a bundle Of papers to take back to Lower Post and headed for a store where he could ~ay cups for his five daughters in the sbrush.
 I'm buy pretty cups with flowers on 'em," Sam Bob laughed, explain ing, "T'ey drink wit tin cups. take seal skin to show 'em too"
 And so with Empires, pretty cups with flowers on them, and a seal skin hide under his arms, Sam Bob is going back into the deep brush of the Liard country with "lotsa tings to tell people what I see.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
NENANA POOL
 WINNERS ARE
 GOING TO WED
That Is, Miss Waters Moth CT Says Marriage to Ner-
 land Is Quite Certain

SEATTLE, Aug. 27-Chris Ner- land, Fairbanks carpenter, who won half of a $16,O00 Nenana ice pool last May, arrived on the Aleutian and was met by Miss Vivienne Wa ters, of Seattle who won the other half. She went to Alaska last spring to seek her fortune and joined with Nerland in making guess on the going out" of the Nenana ice.
 Miss Waters mother said Nerland and her daughter plan to marry and go on a honeymoon to Ner- lands native Norway.
 When discovered he was being interviewed, Nerland turned bash ful and said his name was Nelson and Miss Waters said her name was Johnson.
 However they kissed familiarly when they met at the bottom of the gangplank.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
DENIES CHARGES ABOUT ESKIMOS AS COMMUNISTS
William Zim m erman, IT,, Refutes Statement Made
 by Opponents Coming

SEATTLE, Aug. 27 William Zimmerman, Jr., Assistant Com missioner, United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, is enroute to Juneau and Fairbanks, leaving here aboard the Aleutian.
 Zimmerman told interviewers that the Government is not trying to make Communists of the Eskimos.
 Our opponents say we are turn ing the Eskimos into Communists whereas we merely are interested in their living conditions. We are trying to make them self-support- ing. Housing is one of the prob lems"
 Zimmerman did not comment on the liquor situation, which Com missioner John Collier announced he will survey.
 Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes made the charge that the whites were debauching the Indians in Alaska by plying them with liquor and this would be inves- tigated by Zimmerman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
CAPT. EYST0N MAKES SPEED
 RECORD, AUTO
Previous Marks Shredded as He Hits 347 .49
 Miles Per Hour

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, UTAH, Aug. 27.-Capt. George E. T. Eyston, of Great Britain, smashed the worlds automobile speed record to shreds and boosted his own mark to 347.49 miles an hour. His previous world mark was 311.42, made last November. He made a re- cord several days ago but his speed apparatus was broken by the heat and therefore no off cial recognition could be taken.
 Capt. EystOn rOared through a measured mile in two direc- tiOns within an hour.
 Capt. Eyston laughed when he said: 'I had a very comfortable ride. Not once did I feel there was any danger"
 The Britisher hit 347.49 miles an hour on the outward Jaunt and 343.53 on the return.
 Capt. Eyston said his car ThunderbOlt. was by no means at full throttle on either run.
 The speed is the highest ever attained by man in an automO- bile.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
SIMMONS MAKES W|NDHAM FLIGHT

With -four passengers aboard, Shell Simmons flew to Windham Bay this morning in the Alaska Air Transport Fairchild II.
 Passengers were N. B. Randall, Mrs. Randall, R. D. Sudman and William Tate.
 On the return trip, Shell was to bring in George Folta and Percy Reynolds from Lake Kathleen where they have been hunting.
 Last night, John Amundson flew five passengers on glacier hop over Mendenhall and the ice cap. They were Dr. and Mrs. B. N. Hastings, Helen Campbell, Pauline Mestrezat, and Arlene Hastings.
 Also yesterday evening, Shell Sim mons flew to Atlin with Roy Noland, Al zenger, Clayton Gibbs and Eric Whiting,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
Man Is Nailed To Cross When
 Refuses Crime
Former Convict, Attemp, to Co Straight, Assault
 ed by Underworlders

RENO, Nev., Aug. 27-Ed Collins, 27, former convict, was found stripped and crucified on a crude cross on the outskirts of the town.
 Collins told the officers he met two former underworld acquain- tances, known only as Joe and Swede, and they demanded that he accompany them on a series of rob- berries.
 Joe and Swede said: "All right you wanta be a little J. C., we'll make you one"
 The two forced him to accom- pany them and he was nailed, hands and feet to the cross made of fash toned lumber stolen from a lumber yard.
 Collins is recovering in a hospital, doctors said, although his nail wounds are serious ones.
 Collins was released on August 3 from San Quentin Prison.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
SEINER SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING CREW
Seven Men Now Believed to Have Been Aboard
 Vessel Eidsvold

An airplane, Coast Guard cut ter, seven seine boats and searching parties ashore on Dall Island con- tinued today to hunt for survivors of the wreck of the seiner Eidsvold off Cape Lookout on the West Coast.
 Ketchikan Pilot Herb Munter flew over the area yesterday. The cutter Alert is still combing nearby waters.
 The Alert wired the cutter Haida that clothing of crew members from the Eidsvold and wreckage of the boat have been found, but no trace of survivors other than footprints on the beach leading into the woods as though some crew members at least. were trying to reach View Cove and the limestone quarries oA the east shore of Dall Island.
 Footprints of about four men" were found on the beach, but wire less reports received here spoke of the seven men in the crew."
 It. Stober, of the Alert, com- manding officer, said he believed the craft had either sunk or blown up.
 One report received by short wave radio last night said the captain of the crew of the Eidsvold had walked into View Cove camp. but no verification of this report has been made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
HAS CRITICISM
 FOR ROOSEVELT, NO SUGGESTIONS
Wadsworth Is Republican Keynoter at Corn
 field Conference

WASHINGTON, Ind, Aug. 27.-- Representative James A. Wads- worth, of New York, today keynoted the Republican Cornfield Confer ence with the declaration that the Democratic Administration caused the depression and was gambling with the fate of the Nation"
 The meeting opened the Repub- lican campaign in eleven midwest ern states.
 Wadsworth also said that Presi- dent Roosevelt more than ever was responsible for the second depres- sion and declared that the Chief Executives Supreme Court plan caused the setback.
 Wadsworth failed however to make an announcement of any cam paign "spurt'. Neither did he an- nounce any plans to change things.