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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
CONTRIBUTION
 IS APPROVED

Hartford, Conn.,, May 14-(UP)- Governor Cross today approved a state contribution of $6l3,000 to- wards WPA construction at Il Con- necticut institutions. Approval Of the projects was given recently by federal authorities. Most of the jobs are for construction of roads, sew CTS, waterlines, electric conduits, roads for landscaping. At Fairfield state hospital, a concrete tunnel will be built to provide a service line between buildings. The states share for this project will be $22l,178. An- other job at the Southbury home for the feeble minded will cost the state $209, ,469.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
CUPBOARD MOTOR
 BOATS ARE READY

Albany, May 14-(UP)-The na- tion's speediest outboard motor boats race down the Hudson tomorrow in the renewal of the annual Albany to New York city regatta. The 135- mile course is treacherous. More than 100 drivers will start. But not many will finish. Four previous win- ners will compete, including Clayton Bishop of Onsett, Mass, Charles Johnson, of Cranberry Lake, N. J.. Fred Jacoby, of North Bergen, N. J.. and Marshall Eldredge, of East Weymouth, Mass, last years cham pion.
 The competitors came here from throughout the country. Their ages range from IS years to 55. Gar Wood, Jr., of Algonac, Mich., son of the speedster, was among them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
British Officials Had Den1andedDebtMexic0 O1ued On Her Annuity
15O Witnesses Examined By
 Grand Jury M Forty Days

the 40 municipal investigation which yesterdays Waterbury extraordinary 15O witnesses weeks roster short only five witnesses called during the i've
 There recalls however especially the the During the latter the list individual investigation expected there little pecancy the witness list enlarged extent
 witnesses O
 L. cashier the Waterbury National who appeared with records Tuesday.
 A. Sidney West county commissioner who appeared Wednesday,
 Jerry Simpson, city employe a operator appeared Wednesday,
 Magne assistant superintendent of the depart men Thursday. for city, Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
Clinax or Grand Jury Probe Believed Near
At Least 25 Are Expected to Be Arrested-LocatOn of Nearly $lOO,OOO Belonging to Burns, Cop=
 petO, Is Latest Episode

Startling climax to Waterburys Extraordinary Grand Jury probe will be brought about next week when the jury returns from the four day recess to file the lengthy report of it's inquisitions with Superior Court Judge Ernest A. IngliS. From this report Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Alcorn will file information and seek the issuance Of bench warrants for number of individuals of local and statewide prominence. At least 9 are expected to be arrested ItAtas-heen learned unofficially that the jury has already prepared the bench warrants for service, and requires only the official seal of the court to bring about the arrests. This will be granted when the jury files its report with the court, perhaps on Wednesday, when the jury ends it's present recess.
 Cache of $1O0,O0O
 Alcorn aides have located almost $100,000 in cash, the property of Frank (Burns) Santalucia and Phillip Coppeto cached in safe de- posit boxes of New York and local banks, according to reliable infor- nation.
 During his nine appearances be- fore the jury, Santalucia, head of the Connecticut Supply Company, was called upon to explain his large cache, totaling $45, ,0O0 - including $18,0OO in local bank and $27,O00 in New York bank
 One of Missing Witnesses
 Coppeto is one of the six missing witnesses sought by the jury for questioning. lie is president of the Abrigador Diggers, which firm re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
DECAPITATED

Waltham, Mass, May IA -(UP)-Trapped on a rail road trestle, Anthony Dur kin, of Waltham was deca- pitated last night when he stumbled as he fled before an approaching train.
 Police believed he could have saved himself by dropping 20 feet into the shallow water of Lyman's Pond.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
Waterbury Police Dept. To Be At Full Legal Strength For First Time h Years
Grand Chief Ranger
 Guarini M Race Again
Delegates of Seven Local Courts Will Urge His Return to Office at 18th Annual Session of Foresters
 of America

Urging the renomnation and reelection of Grand Chief Ranger Felix Guarni of Waterbury the strength of his splendid administrative record of the past year, delegates local courts participated today in the opening of the 38h annual session of the Grand Court of Connecticut Foresters of America
 The convention opened at the Elton shortly after 10 o'clock this morning representatives of 90 courts of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14

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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
ThOrObredS
To Battle for
100000 Prize

ARCADIA. Cal, Mar 5. (UP)-
Nineteen sleek thoroughhreds match
strides today in the fourth renewal
OF the fabulous Santa Anita handi-
cap, a mile and quarter race that
may place another name in turf
dom's hall of fame-Seabiscu
Sixty thousand racing enthusiasts
including tlfe elite of Hollywood
wealthy winter residents from all
parts of the world and small wage
earners who make business good at
the 81 mutuel windows, had made
c. S. Howard'S American champion
Seabiscuit. the predominant favorite
over a classy field
Tha 100000 pot that goes to the
winner of this richest of all horse
races would boost the Howard racer
into the select circle of turfdom S
all-time big six. Seabiscuit already
has amasse'1 S210.085. and a win
today would greatly enhance his
chances to oVertake the champion
money-winner of them all the i'm
mortal Sun Beau. whose lifetime
earnings totaled S376,744.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Professor Given
Asst. Attorney
General Chance

WASHINGTON. Mar. 5. up
Attorney General Homer S. Cum
mings today offered Prof. Thurman
Arnold of Yale university, the post
of assistant attorney general in
charge of the antitrust division.
He would succeed Robert H. Jack
son.
Cummings announced that he had
made the offer to the Yale man
as Jackson was sworn in as solicitor
general by Ugo Carusi, executive
assistant to Cummings.
The appointment was considered
highly important and indicative of
future administration policies in re-
lation to business. The new assistant
attorney general will be in charge
of the division in which Jackson
initiated the trust busting cam
paign last winter that resulted in
bitter criticism of the New Deal
by some business leaders.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
16>Year>O1d
Plays Piano
AfterStabbing

CHICAGO, March (UP)-A
blond youth with the slim, narrow
hands of a potential artist told
today how he played Listzs Hun
garian Rhapsody on his piano and
then, with a butcher knife, stabbed
to death the paralytic mothr who
had dreamed that some day he
would be a great musician.
Theodore CTed Danielsen., 16,
said he stabbed his mother to death
as she stood beside her kitchen
table making a cherry pie.
A hotel clerk noticed the slim,
tousel- l-headed boy who hurried past
his desk early today, newspaper
half hiding his face.
The boy had registered the night
before as "E. Wilson" and had paid
a 35 cent deposit on his room. The
clerk recognized HIM as the Ted
Danielsen who disappeared from
his home a few hours before the
body of his mother was discovered.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
MEXICANS FLEE
IN FLOOD PATH
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with a sluggish stream as it spreads
out over the flat country, district
officials believed.
A sharp watch was being main
tanned at Andfade and along the
courses of both rivers for any sud-
den change in conditions.
Lake Mead was receiving $4,000
second feet OF water during the
same period from the Virgin river.
its tributary. the Muddy river, and
fiom> Grand Canyon, delayed wire
reports said.
Discharge from Boulder dam was
5000 second feet-below normal be-
cause transmission line troubles
slaShed demand on turbines.
Control over the Colorado flood
was demonstrated at Boulder dam,
where the lake level rose nine
inches in a 24hour period ended
Friday. Water level registered 4507
feet at the dam.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
NEW DENTIST
HAS OFFICES
IN FL CENTRIC

El Centre recently became the
new home of Or. and Mrs. F. A.
Whitaker. and their daughter
Dawn. who have moved here from
the Los Angeles area.
DR.. Whitaker. a dentist, has open
el new offices here in the Valley
Theatre building. having brought
all his equipment including labor
atorv and X-ray machines. from
his former offices. Until recently
he practiced in Lcng Beach and
Los Angeles.
The Whitakers have taken over
the former residence of Mrs. c. j.
Ritz at SOL Olive street DR.. Whit
aker is an advocate of the credit
system in his profession.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

tural interests annomced today fol-
lowing a conference here.
The conference was arranged af-
ter farm organizations threatened
TO sever trade relations with the
city on the contention union work
ers there have refused to hardle
agricultural commodities not pro-
duced by union labor.
A statement issued by the San
Francisco delegation said:
The farmers case was clearly
presented and in a way which
brought out to us that we San
Franciscans. whether we like it or
not. are facing a very serious stu
alton in that the farmers through
actual experience are finding it
very iifficult to get their products
into San Francisco and handled
there. AS a result there is a grow
ing tendency on the part of far
mers to divert their trade to cities
where they can do business effec-
lively"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Transportation to
Los Angeles Still
Badly Crippled
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fore had been washed out.
Blocked highways, detours. and
delays greeted Raney all the way
home after he left his prisoner
Wednesday. On a detour between
Modesto and Fresno, he found five
miles of highway under water.
Stakes were driven along the hign-
way edges and drivers instructed
to stay in the center of the road
The water flowed over the run
ming boards of the car.
At Fresno the officer rode with
police who patrolled to prevent
residents across a flooded wash
from cutting the banks and turn
ing the flood into the city. The
section outside the city was under
five or six feet of water. Streets
were closed and patrolmen stood
on every corner.
Bucking Mud
Friday a highway patrol con-
troll led a line of $50 automobiles
over the ridge route. Flagmen lin
ed the highway, embankments
slipped into the roadway from
both sides, bulldozers bucked the
mud from the road and dumped
it into canyons running fun of
flood waters.
Big washes gouged through the
vast vineyards at Guasti, valuable
citrus groves are cut by new wash
es and old washes were widened
and deepened by the rush of water
In many places the top soil ia
orange groves was washed away
and rock piled up as high as six
and eight feet. Mud and silt sew
eral feet deep plastered Cotton
streets, smothered houses several
feet from the ground. Recently
constructed bridges were damaged
or gone near Cotton. Raney de-
toured around whitewater bridge
where rock jammed the archWays
and forced water over the high
way. The road between Banning
and Indio was closed to traffic
Friday night.
Banning had had no electricity
for three days.
Valley residents frantic efforts
to send messages to relatives and
friends in the flooded sections were
hampered by delay. The telephone
company announced a three-hour
delay for all messages Saturday.
San Diego had one line to Los An
geles which was held for emergen-
cies. Train service is not expected
to be resumed to Los Angeles for
four or five days. The road is
washed out between 1ndlo and
and Beaumont.
YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
County Fair Opens
With Relay Race
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fair officials.
Domestic science booths were
near completion by noon Saturday
and farm center booths were COM
pletely decorated as early as II.
d. V. Stewart, secretary manager
of the fair, predicted record at
tendance Saturday afternoon and
night.
Selection of a queen for the fair
will feature entertainment Satur-
dav night. Girls from every city
in the valley, chosen by the 20-30
clubs. will compete for that honor
at $3.50.
The auto races definitely will be
held Sunday afternoon, Stewart
announced, in denying reports that
the races might be put off because
of track conditions.
Imperial Far Behind
Total elapsed time for the 10
mile Holtville to Imperial relay
race for the winning team was l
hour, IS minutes, 36 seconds. The
Imperial team finished 3 minutes
later.
Irwin CASTOR led off for HoltVille
and was followed by Junior Can
non. Akira Kashiki, Cleo Thomp-
son, Walter Buckel, Jack Gray,
Jack Ritter, Jack Yoshida, Elmer
Tanase. Junior Cannon, Mltsuo
Sonbonmatsu, F. Wilfong, Pau
Burch, John MaKras, Walter Pea
cock. George Serigucni, Mayao MI
yahara, Gene Woodland, Athel
Hallman, Bud Smoot. Harold Scog-
Gins. Alan Harris, Bill Holmes, sta
cv Morgan, Herbert Brown, Jullus
Hilficker. Leonard Gunderson, 40
Izo Sonbonmatsu, Jack Knight aho
Robert Baxter.
Dale Brown led off for the I'M
nerial team and was followed Dy'
Robert Cheney, Truman WomacK
Mike Kamatsu, jim House, Clyoe
Teague. Roger Knight, Sam NaKa-
mura. Jerry Murphy, Domingo Plna
RilIv Black, Gene Donaldson, wal
lace Brackenbry, Tommy Uchida
Billy LittlefieId, S. Nanomantupe
Jim Murphy, Jake Guthrie, Joe
Green. Bob Danskin, Ross OllVer
Vernon Putnam, Clifford Glenn
ents. CLYDE Donaldson, Don lrlm-
bile Pete Englert, Don Templeton
claude league, Frederick enemy
James Nanomantube and waiter
Henry.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
THE POST-PRESS

Published every Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Publishing Com
psny. 625 State street, Ell Centro,
California. as successor to the
Sunday issues of The Morning
Post and Valley Farmer, and the
Saturday issue of the Imperial
Valley Press.
Entered at FL Centre. California,
post office as second class mat
ter.
Paul jenkins. publisher; A. c.
Johnston. vice-president and gem
eral manager; Z. A. Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
Member California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
West-Holliday Co, Inc. National
Advertising Representatives.
Subscription Rates: SC per copy
or, in conjunction with the Inn
perial Valley Press or The Morn
ing Post. Per Month. Soc: Paid in
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Business Told to
Take Aggressive
Stand in Slump

MUSKEGON, Mich, Mar. b. -
(SpeciaD-That the business re-
cession is thing of the past and
that business as a whole should
take an aggressive attitude, today
was expressed by Howard E. Blood
president of the Norge Refrigerator
company, in announcing a 100000
expansion program for their plant
here.
approximately $500 additional
workers will be required IN the
construction work and factory pro-
duction of refrigerators, Blood said.
This expansion is warranted by
the constant growth in the sale
of Norge rollator refrigerators and
other of our major electrical ap-
pliances. and we see no reason why
we shouldn't go right ahead with
our growth program. This recess
sion is temporary and win soon be
forgotten
Blood announced the largest
newspaper advertising schedule in
the history of the concern.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Fearful Sights
Noted I'm Flood
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A1Oiii4llllNAl lAbiii I61t -
Two hundred homes were swept
downstream from San Bernardino.
Another 200 we're filled halfway to
the ceilings with muck and water.
There was no gas service yet in
San Bernardino, Redlands or Col
ton Drinking water was brought
into Cotton by motor truck. One
entire residential district of Cotton
was covered with sand three to
six feet deep covering streets,
lawns, and interiors of homes.
Boulders crashed through windows
Throughout the San Bernardino
area muck was spotted by tops Of
buried automobiles. Motorists were
feard trapped inside some of them.
At Fontana thousands of hogs
were starving, while Los Angeles
was worrying over inability to dis
pose of the garbage usually fed to
them.
Hundreds of citrus groves in San
Bernardino county were ruined.
Soil and trees were washed away
from some, and sand piled high
on others.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Scripps Funeral
Will Be Monday

SAN DIEGO. March, (UP) -
Funeral services for Robert P.
Scripps. who died Thursday aboard
his yatch off lower California,
were set tentatively today for Mon
day afternoon at the Scripps ranch,
Miramar.
Scripps' death does not inter-
rupt the continuity of the opera
ton Of the Scripps- Howard con-
Germ. as control of the organization
is vested in a truS. founded by
his father. the late E. w. Scripps
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Legislators Leave
For Sacramento

Senator Edward H. Law and As
semblyman Clarence Walker receiv-
ed kilograms Saturday morning
from Governor Frank Merriam in
structing them to be in Sacramento
Monday for the special session of
the legislature. Law planned to
leave Ell Centro by stage at am.
Sunday morning. Walker also plan
ned to travel by bus to Los An
geles. Both declared they hoped to
get aboard a train in Los Angeles
Sunday night for the trip north.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Stagnant Water
Hits Drink Supply
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here where % persons were drown
ed, many were missing and hum
dreds were still stranded.
Looters were at work in several
sections of the flood area. A COM
pany of national guardsmen patrol
led Anaheim, southeast of here. 1t
was deluged by an overflow of the
Santa Ana river. Looters there
smashed doors Of liquor stores and
helped themselves TO the stocks.
LOS ANGELES, March 5. (UP)
Rail communication with the out
side world was re-established from
southern California today after a
three-day tieup due to floods.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
SNOW COVERS
LAGUNA PEAKS

JACUMBA. Mar. 5.-Snow blan-
keted the Laguna mountains today
but this section was snowless fol-
lowing a, slight snow furry Friday
morning.
Rain loosened the soil and caused
a few slides on the highways during
the last several days. No damage
resulted and travel continued with
slight interruption.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
GEN. PERSHlNG
IMPROVING

TUCSON, Ariz., Mar CUP)-
Gen. John j. Pershing's condition
improved so steadily today that
physicians decided to dispense with
one of his two nurses.
The II var old soldier was in
cheerful mood. His personal phySi-
clan said
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Seven Navy BOmbers
Off on Alaskan Flight

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Mar, 5 (UP)
Seven giant naval patrol bomb
ers carrying Sd officers and men
or a routine transfer of personnel
and equipment left here at a few
minutes after 6 am. today on a
mass flight to Sitka, Alaska
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
ELKS TO GIVE
DINNER FOR
SEATTLE CLUB

The Seattle baseball club will be
guests of the Ell Centre lodge of
ElkS at a dinner at the hall at $50
o'clock Monday night.
George Damron and Charles
JobeS. ElkS kitchen crew, will pre-
pare and serve turkey dinner for
lodge members and their guests
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
BEGIN GETTING AHEAD.

Here is just what you have been
longing fora fresh start in
your complicated home or per-
sonal finances! Secure ONE
loan, here, that will let you clean
up that muddle of unpaid bills.
Well make the Loan, and will
also help you re-budget income
so you may enjoy the tranquility
of mind that well-ordered state
of finances assures.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
46 SLAIN IN
ARAB FIGHT

JERUSALEM, March, 3 'UPl :,
Forty-fivc Arabs and one Brush
private we're killed when the BRIT
ish border regiment battled ooO
Arabs at an Arab village near Jen-
in in North Palestine yesterday,
according to news which filtered
today through the British military
Gordon which has surrounded
Intniil
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
NORGE LEADS
IN VALLEY

Norge refrigcratorS have led all
others in sales in Imperial Valley,
for the past four years. stated E.
T.. Anderson, vice-presidcnt and
merchandising manager of the ".
Harware company, Norge distrl-
butors here, when advised of the
announcement of President Blood
This leadership position we feel
is warranted by the product he
stated. and we share with Prcsi-
dent Blood his confidence in busi-
ness conditions Our orders for
units have topped those for preVi-
Gus years, and include Norge built
washers. ironers, electric ranges
and air conditioning equipment.
Such demand as this. no doubt,
accounts for the company's expan-
sion program"
The Nv. Hardware company
maintains nine retail stores in I'M
perial and Yuma Valleys.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
SOLUTION OF LABOR
PROBLEMS SOUGHT

SACRAMENTO, CAL March 5. (UP)-SOluton of
labor problems which brought the threat of farmers boy
colt against San Francisco will be sought at meeting
to be held in that city at early date committee of San
Francseo business and REPRESENTATIVES, Of agrcu
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Give Her Time

Give Her Time
It's quite the thing to walk a
dog on a leaSh-if the dog cooperates
but it's quite another thing to
handle cat the same way. Honors
go to Mrs. Phillip Lea, 542 Olive
avenue, for this very reason. RR
got hep to it Friday. Mrs. Lea
was negotiating downtown traffic
with Gretchen, 3-month-old Angora
kitten, on a lovely tan leash
Gretchen, dressed in super-diminu-
tive harness, was ambling along
with tail in air, just as proud! o.
course Gretchen balkS now anc
then-but after all, Mrs. Lea ex-
plains, she's only been at it two
Weeks-and it takes a bit of time
TO teach cat to lead a dogs life
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Rambling Reporter
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ICOntnued lTOW Page II
result of serious slip. He Skidded
more, and the result came. He fell.
He hit his head on a bit of furni-
ture.
Now McCoy's head is in ban
dages-but RR rather suspects he
still believes it was worth it.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you READ the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Speaking of Slips--

Earle Ct. Davis went to Arrow
head tobogan-tobaggin-tab tabo-well
maybe he was skiii-Sking-skiin-
shucks, let's say he was ice skating
He slipped. He fell. He lit on his
head. He Sprained his knee.
You figure out how it happened
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
Until You've read the Ads
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Getting T9gether-

County Clerk w. j. McClelland
got an envelope from Texas without
any innards. Edges were water
worn and torn. From the looks
of it, the thing had contained a
deposition, SO he went to the post
office TO see if he could find the
subject matter. Nobody had seen
it. Mac was standing around talk
ing when an employe from Bob
McNamara's office came in. The
employe had, in the morning mail,
received some mnards without an
envelope. Mac grabbed the paper
1t all matched up. Everybody went
home happy
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
RULES

This contest open only TO ANA
teurs, 10 years old or more. Pro-
fessional commercial artists and
Federalstudents arenot eligible.
l. Make drawing of girl 6k
inches high, on paper 2 inches
high. Draw only the girl, no let
tering.
2. Use only pencil or pen.
3. We return no drawings.
4. Print your name, address,
age, occupation on back Of draw
ing.
S. All drawings must be re-
ceived by March 3lst, 1888.
Prizes will be awarded for
drawings best in proportion and
neatness by Federal Schools
Faculty.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
'32 Plymouth Sedan

-1-door model, equipped radio
and one of the cleanest cars we
oar oay' lot ever .''..'''.''5....... had on S495