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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-08
FORMER REALTY MAN
 OF JUNEAU IS HERE

L. P. Larsen, who arrived On the North Coast and is registered at the Gastineau, is an oldtimer here. In 1914 he was engaged in the real ty business.
 Larsen is now interested in prop. erty in Ephrata, Wash, the county seat of Grant County, the heart of the Grand Coulee Irrigation dis rict and where U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries Frank T. Bell recently completed a 50,O00 hotel.
 Today's News Today.-Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-08

SYDNEY, Australia, July 8-The Australian public has been warned by the minister of defense not to demand too much information about the Commonwealths plans for de- fense.
 He asserted secrecy was so essen- tial to the defense program that officers were forbidden to discuss military matters in any public place even among themselves.
 Todav's News Todav -Emnire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-08
SCORE BY INNINGS

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 All-Stars 0 1 302 20 x-1O IA 4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-08
THE BOX SCORE

f-Replaced w. Tindall in fifth in- ming, taking centerfield, Grossman
 moving to first base, J. Tindall to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
ShaIIer President
Of State Employees
Association Here

A. J. Smaller of the state boarc
Of equalization recently was elected
president of Imperial chapter No
81 Of the California State EN-
ployes association.
r. P. Ostrander, division of high
ways, is the new president
Sgt. Cliff Reed, highway patrol, is
the secretary; and Merrill Cole, de
partment of agriculture, is treas.
urer.
The chapter takes in the deserl
sections of Imperial and Riverside
counties. The next meeting will
be in Westmorland Jan. 20. A boz
supper is planned TO raise money
to send delegates to the state con.
vention in Santa Barbara.
The chapter has $50 members.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
b.Year.0Id Child
Dies of Pneumonia

Hazel Eileen Crawford. 6. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Crawford.
died early Saturday at the family
home at 10 West Sherman street,
Calexico.
Her death was caused by compli-
cations following an attack OF
pneumonia.
She is survived by her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs c. E. Crawford: a
sister Mrs. Mildred Mitchell of
Los Angeles; and three brothers.
Raymond. Edmund. and Clarence.
The body is at the Lemons fun,
eral home in FL Centre. Funeral
arrangements will be announced
later.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Senator Injured
In Auto Accident

SACRAMENTO. Dec. "a. up
State Senator w. P. Rich. 5s.
Marysyille. injured in an automo-
bile crash while returning from the
funeral services for State Senator
J. B. McColl at Redding. was re-
ported slightly improved today.
Rich suffered a broken neck
when the machine overturned Is
miles north of Chico on the Pa
cific highway. He was taken TO
Enloe hospital at Chico where ply
sicians this morning said his con-
dition was critical despite slight
improvement during the night He
had regained partial use Of his
hands. which were paralyzed since
.he accident the doctors said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Accident Deaths
Bring Conviction

LOS ANGELES. Dec. "a. up
Verne B. Ellis of San Francisco
Tas under conviction OF negligent
homicide today for a train-auto
crash that took two lives.
A jury in Superior Judge Arthur
Crum'5 court found the salesman
guilty of three counts of the
charge last night. His automobile
"rashed into & freight train july |
I'D Ellis was held responsible. The
three persons in the car who were
killed were Csrlotte Richards, 81;
lois Briasco, %. and Madeline de
Moss. 27.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

ing"
The war office denial said the
latest developments in the German
campaign, (which allege atrocities
such as assertions (hat British
troops are gouging out the eyes of
their prisoners, and burning pris-
oners alive in sheds, are untrue"
All German international radio
broadcasts are being intercepted
here, it was explained, and rec
ord kept upon which new formal
protests can be based if additional
representations to Berlin seem de-
Sirable.
The so-called German News
Bulletins" are broadcast in English
to the Far East and the Americas
twice day, it was said, and in
clude almost daily false statements,
such as that British soldiers are
attacking Arab women in Pales-
tine,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Relief Checks Due
Before Christmas

SACRAMENTO. Dec. "a. CUP)-
Officials of the State Relief Ad-
ministration said today families re-
oelving state aid probably woulc
get their checks before Christmas
despite a slight delay in forward
ing the payrolls to the controller
office.
Harry 3. Riley, state controller
announced yesterday the checks
would be delayed possibly one oi
two days because the necessary
data had not reached his office
Later SRA officials notified tht
controller all relief payrolls were
en- route and the payments coulc
be MADE nearly on time.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Japanese Faces
Gambling Charge

A charge of violating the state
law by operating gambling cs-
tablishment at 428 Broadway was
filed against II. Yamatoda. Jap
5nese. by Chief of Police j. Sterling
CSwalt of FL Centre.
Chief Oswalt arrested the Jap
anese in Los Angeles and took him
TO the Imperial county Jail to
await trial OSWalt closed the es
tablishment operated by Yamatoda
ne said Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
; Must Wait Year
To Keep YuIetide

Three Negroes will have to wait
until Christmas 1899 to celebrate
Christmas 1888.
They were sentenced to the
county Jail for year and began
their terms Friday after entering
pleas of guilty to a charge of steal
ing alfalfa seed.
Roy Jackson, James Brooks and
Samuel Chew put their names in
he pot for Christmas dinner in
Jail
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Man Must Support
Child, Judge Says

Franklin H. Coil will escape a
year in the county Jail if he sup
ports his illegitimate child, Judge
r. d. McPherin ruled in superior
court Friday.
He was sentenced to a year in
the county Jail for contributing to
tie delinquency of minor girl and
for rape. The court granted him
probation for three years and
ordered him to pay all expenses in
cident to the child's birth and to
support il for three years.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

Allanllc SeaDoard this summer.
The force consists of four bat
,leships, eight cruisers and % de-
stroyers. One of the capital ships
the US,S Wyoming. has been
stripped of its guns and otherwise
demilitarized. The other three, the
New York. Texas and Arkansas,
are ready for instant action.
Eight OF the destroyers are new.
Fifteen are nearing the "overage"
limit.
The navy department made no
explanation of its decision. 1t was
understood, however. that the
question of maintaining fighting
force on the Atlantic seaboard has
been under consideration by navy
strategists for years. Proponents of
the theory were at a disadvantage
during the era when Europe was
COM paratively quiet.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Criss.Cross Lines
Lead to Narcotics

HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. "a. up
Federal officers for several nights
watched the beam of a flashlight
as a narcotic suspect walked across
a field from several angles. then
drew mathematical lines across the
field along the path followed by
the light. Where the lines crossed.
they prodded with an iron rod to-
day and found 1000 grains OF mar
cotics cached in a thermos jug
They waited and picked up the
man with the flashhgilt.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Coalition Plans
To Oppose Choice
For Commerce Job
OConIinued from rage u


ID 20 the cabinet.
President David LASER of the
Workers Alliance. who had pro-
tested bitterly appointment of an
army man" to succeed Hopkins,
sent a telegram of congratulations
to Harrington and offer full CO.
operation toward operation of the
program upon an efficient and
constructive basis that protects in
,crCStS Of federal government, COM
munitics. and workers" He asked
the army engineer for an appoint
ment 10 present the alliances
views on policy and program.
Prominent Republican leaders.
who refused comment on Specula-
ton that Hopkins promotion con-
stituted a boost toward the l94O
New Deal-Democratic presidential
nomination. predicted that a tact
ml" campaign would result in the
rejection of his appointment.
Many enemies OF Hopkins, be-
lieved that the nomination would
)e confirmed on the theory that
he president should be given wide
latitude III the selection of his
.abinet
Coalition leaders hoped to obtain
lnti-Hopkins arguments from the
.eport OF the senate campaign ex-
lenditures committee, which re-
Gently charged that election con-
tests in Kentucky. Tennessee ano
Pennsylvania were governed in part
oy politics in relief. Chairman
Sheppard. D.. Tex. ordered the
committee to meet Monday in an
attempt TO speed preparations OF
its findings.
Some vigorous opponents of Hop
kins' administration of WPA ex-
pressed satisfaction over the ap-
Dointment of Col. F. C. Harring-
ton, grey haired, square jawed
West Point graduate, as the WPA
,hief's successor.
Harrington said he faced two big
responsibilities in administering the
vast relief program:
Il. To see that the money con-
gress appropriateS goes into the
nands of those for whom congress
intends it.
-. Try to get the best work and
the most useful results from peo-
pie on relief
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Rambling Reporter

Continued from Page u
ilary that another boy had drawn.
so ne traded his billfold for the
diary and then confronted Jack.
Meanwhile. Jack had become SO
engrossed in the Chinese checkers
game that he wouldn't even con-
slider the trade!
Now I guess I gotta keep my
own history" mourned Jimmy. =,
wish it was only a year diary. i'll
stead of five years."
@
Slight Mistake?-
When a large package arrived al
the courthouse it was addressed TO
Macs Quintriplets." II was
signed Provence and Hickox.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

that United States leaders. includ-
ing President Roosevelt. were try
ing to tutor" Europe and that
American newspapers. in comment
ing on relationships, were ''ncit-
ing to murder
The article was in effect a de-
tailed, If carefully guarded reply
the first from a Nazi party source
to the rebuke administered by
Acting Secretary of State Sumner
Welles to DR.. Hans Thomson.
charge d'affaireS OF the German
embassy at Washington, when the
envoy protested against the anti
Nazi speech made by Secretary of
Interior Harold L. Ickes at Cleve-
land last Sunday.
1t was unavoidable that the re-
ply was a guarded one because
the German public had not been
Informed of the Thomsens pro-
test or of the rebuke which il
brought from Welles.
The VoelkiScher Beobachter led
up to- its reply by commenting on
a statement issued by Senator Key
Pittman. D. New. chairman of the
committee on foreign relations. an
nouncing his dislike of the Nazi
regime.
eff we answered this newest
provocation by voicing the obvious
ly justified opinion that the gen.
tlemen in Washington have ample
reason to poke their fingers in
their own moral ceSspool, they
probably would again whine that
they had been attacked" said the
Nazi organ. Even the imperti-
nent Ickes speech was followed by
the assertion Coy Welles) that the
German press had attacked Presi-
dent Roosevelt and even Woodrow
Wilson"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Smallpox Reported
In Country Area

Discovery of smallpox case be-
tween Heber and Holtville caused
Dr.. Warren F. Fox to urge all I'm
perial Valley residents to be vac
cinated Immediately if they have
nj already done SO.
All members of the patients
family have been vaccinated, ne
said. This is the first smallpox
case reported since the epidemic Of
. year ago
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Musica Brothers
May Gain Freedom

NEW YORK, Dec. "a (UP)-Two
brothers of Philip Musica, alias
F. Donald Coster, the swindling
president of McKesson and Rob
bins, Inc. who committed suicide
week ago. expected to win free
dom on bail today.
They were George Musica. who
went by the name of George s.
Dietrich, and handled all details
OF the fictitious crude drugs de-
partment that concealed a $21 0OO.-
900 shortage in assets, and Robert
Musica, alias Robert Dietrich. a
purchasing agent for the company.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
420 Families on
Relief in County

Approximately 400 families vii!
be on SRA relief rolls Christmas
day in Imperial county and thc
files at the State Employment Of
flee contain the names of 1924 per
sons who want work and cannot
get it.
The relief total at the SRA Of
flee climbed steadily because o.
the rain stopping work in the fields,
Director Robert Elliott said. The
total Thursday night was 36l fam
lilies.
Many recent applicants for Sra
aid were given grocery orders to
tide them through the holiday
period.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
+. 5. SIocum Dies
OF Heart Attack

HOLTVILLE, Dec. "a. - c. S
5locum, prominent resident Of this
city for more than 20 years, dice
early TO-DAY.
He had been in poor health for
some time. A sudden heart at
tack caused his death.
Funeral services will be held at
the Fields funeral home here al
2 p. m. Monday.
His survivors include his wife
Mrs. C. Slocum, and son, Charles
Slocum, both of HoltVille.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Year in Jail One
Penalty for Theft

Harold Warren Rife will spend 4
year in the county Jail as one Of
the penalties fer stealing an auto
mobile in Brawley early in Decem-
ber.
He will be on probation for a
year after his release, Judge R. D.
McPherrin ruled in superior court
Friday. If Rife violates terms of
his probation he will be sent to
San Quentin.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Disabled Schooner
lowed to Port

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a. CUP)
The coast guard said today the
tug Sea Ranger had taken the
lumber schooner Daisy Matthew in
low and was bringing her to San
Francisco for repairs.
The schooner had been anchored
perilously closed to the rugged
coast off Point Cabrillo after its
crankShaft broke.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Small Permits
Boost Total Here

A S665 boost Saturday raised Ell
Centro'S building permits for 1888
to $444,4 ,498. $40 permit was granted
the Masonic temple for a cooling
tower at Sixth and State streets;
a $500 permit was authorized for a
sign at the Ell Centro hotel, Fifth
and Main streets; and SIPS per-
init was granted Perfecto Palma
for a home at 245 East Brighton.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Illicit Business
Leads TO Jail

WESTMORLAND. Dec 24-W.
E. Crawford's high powered busi-
ness transactions involving the
trade of stolen sweet potatoes for
eggs. earned him a 60-day sentence
in the county Jail.
Disappearance of l.200 pounds of
sweet potatoes from E. Bitner's
field caused Bitner to enlist the
help Of Deputy Sheriff Frank
Raney. Crawford's negotiations in
trading sweet potatoes for eggs
were revealed to Raney by mer-
chants in BraWley and HOltville.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Hidden Groceries
Cause Arrest

IMPERIAL. Dec. "a. - Groceries
cached in a haystack until Christ
mas provided evidence for the ar
rest of Carl j. Rubel, %, anc
Frank Bauer. 49,
The groceries were identified as
those taken from the John Krans
nome mere in a daylight burglary
9aly this week
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Character Fund
Drive Slows Down

The drive to raise funds for E.
Centros seven character building
agencies slowed down slightly on
the eve of Christmas. Activity will
be renewed next week, campaign
leaders promised. Treasurer Roy
Johnstone reported $2656 in cash
had been turned in so far, ire
SpectiVe of pledges.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
JURY TO TRY CASE
OF JACKHAMMER THEFT

WINTERHAVEN. Dec. 24.--Joe
Graves, accused of stealing a jack
hammer from the O'Brien Mining
company, demanded a jury trial in
justice court here Thursday The
date of the trial will be set later
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
A LOAN FOR YOU.

Why wait, worrying where you
are going to raise that needed mon
ey? Here it is, waiting for you
Not only the amount of cash you
need to meet any emergency, but
loaned to you quickly. at attractive
rates. And!-repsyable easily, over
a period to suit YOU.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
HELD AFTER SCRAP

Arrested for fighting. Setzuzo
Ga and Fl. Yamstoda were order
ed to appear in El Centro police
court Saturday. Ota appeared and
pleaded not guilty. but Yamatods
failed to show up. Ota will be
tried Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

CHt ItIIIIdH prUpaSdIlua dIIaCKS,
which today included short wave
radio News Bulletin" broadcast
from Hamburg in English at noon,
asserting that conditions in Pales-
tine daily are becoming more and
more intolerable =. British brutal
ity against the Arabs is continu-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
TRIAL DATE SET

Frank Millett, hotel cook. will be
tried in superior court January %
on morals charge involving a
small Negro girl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
INTEND TO WED

A notice of intention to marry
was filed at the county clerks
office Friday by Dolores Abarca
"a, and Rebeca Tellez, 16, residents
of Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Germans Declare
u. s. Conducting
Anti-Nozi Drive

BERLIN, Dec "a tUP)-Nazis have become convinced
that American official quarters conducting world
campaign against them the VOekscher Beobachter off
cia newspaper of the Naz party and regarded
Adolf Hitler's own paper said TODAY It charged
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
British War Office Denies Charges
Broadcast by Germans Of Brutal
Treatment of Women in Palestine

LONDON, Dec. "a. (UP)-The office tonight issued
emphatic denial" of allegations of brutality" by Br
It's htroops in Palestine made by the German press and
radio At the time it made known that the
is taking increasingly serious view" of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
U. S. TO Keep Fighting
Force in Atlantic Next
Summer For Protection

WASHINGTON Dec "a. (UP)-The United States
government, associated by with ncreas-
ngly strained relations with Germany and general Euro
tension, today decided to maintain a permanent
basis the fighting of 35 warshps assigned the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
.I.V. SHIPS 1900
TONS OF HAY
DURING WEEK

More than 1,500 tons OF Imperial
Valley hay was trucked to Los An
geles iurnig the past week as COM
pared to 500 tons the previous week,
according to the weekly summary
of the Federal State Market News
service.
Alfalfa markets during the week
were unchanged to somewhat easier
at the principal points
Increased receipts were in better
request at the Los Angeles market
California pasture and range con-
ditions at March Is we're officially
reported as 90 per cent of normal,
the highest rating at that date in
the past IL years.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
STUNT FLYERS
WILL COMPETE
AT BRAWLEY

BRAWLEY, Mar. 17.-Such fa-
nous flyers as Tex Rakin, worlds
champion stunt flyer, and Al Larry,
will be in the Brawley Elks air
show April 3 at the Brawley air
port, it was announced Tuesday by
promoter VIC Hayes.
Other flyers taking part arc: :
Captain Papana, the Lindbergh of
Rumania; George Cook, movie par
achute jumper; Art Borne, inter
nationally known pilot and Capt.
Bill Royle
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
Flying Executive
Has Fast Schedule

Business in Riverside, a dash to
Parker Ariz., for inspection of a
power system, appearance before
the Arizona Corporation commits
sion at Phoenix, more business and
dinner at Ell Centro.
This was the schedule Tuesday
of Albert C. Cage, assistant gen.
eral manager of the Nevada Cali
fornia Electric, known as the com
pany's flying executive.
Plotting Cage on his flying bust
ness trip was Chester Lindsey. ra-
dio engineer and chief pilot of the
Nev-Cal Lindsey, superintendent
for the power company at Brawley
in 1924, is an officer in the Marine
reserve aviation corps. During the
flood earlier this month, was. on
duty 70 hours at one time main
tanning radio communication be-
tween the Nev-Cal central switch
ing station at San Bernardino and
the hydro plants at Boulder dam
and in Mono county.
Cage is student pilot and flew
much Of Tuesdays days trip.
YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until vo., READ the AnSy
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
YOUTH TAKES
TO AIR IN I.V.

Youth has taken to the air in
Imperial Valley in the last few
weeks. Five youths have, at any
rate, they all have taken flying
tests and received private pilot Ii
censeS.
Rex Richards, son of Mrs. Lillian
Richards of the Ell Centre city en-
gineer's office, posed his tests
Mar. 8. Jim and Bob Savi1ge, of
Imperial, received their licenses
Feb. "a, as did A. d. Haun of Ell
Centre. Haun took his Instruction.
under Fred NJ Hudson of the I'M
perial airport.
Roy C. Templeton of Imperial
received his license last month. All
the air students have flown, at
least part of their time, from the
county airport Many have used
the two planes owned and rented
by G. M. Chad" Sproul.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

Hitler.
The stars indicate his end will
not come at a Waterloo on the
battlefield she said, but from
physically weak body, and II will
be specded by unfav0rablc world
wide reaction To his continued ra-
ciaI prejudice. A contributing fac
tor will be the financial collapse
of the German nation under the
excessive burdens of his policies.
Hope Herald's chart Of Hitler
was similar i'm many respects To
the astrological charts of Napo-
leon and Woodrow Wilson. These
two great leaders lived undeT the
unfavOrable aspect of Saturn in
the midheaven. and this badly as
pected force brought them into
disfavOr, in NapoleOn's case to Bit
ter ruin, she said. Wilson'S life was
afflicted with illness which helped
defeat his ends.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
7 NEW NURSES
WILL CARE FOR
0UIN UPLETS

CALLANDER, Ont, Mar Ito
keep abreast of the progress of the
rapidly ydeveloping Dionne quintu-
plets, two new staff members have
been named to oversee their care
and education.
They are Miss Norah Rousselle,
tutor, and Miss Hanna Ulrichson,
head nurse. Miss Mollie OShaugh-
nesSey second nurse to the quints
Tor more than a year, remains on
the staff.
Miss Rousselle, a specialist in
physical training, rhythmic dane
ing, and French music, recently
completed special course at ST.
Georges School, Toronto under the
personal supervision of DR.. w. E.
Blatz of the University of Toronto,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
POLICE RADIOS
INSTALLED BY
BRAWLEY UNIT

BRAWLEY, Maj II. - InStalla-
ton of the BraWley police radio
broadcasting equipment is being
made by S. Badger, technician for
the Ell Centro police and Imperial
county sheriff department.
Badger said that the set has a
capacity of so watts power and
that its field will include all of
the irrigated section of the valley
at all times and the compete valley
during good weather.
The set will be used to advise
police cars and stations of thefts,
alarms and other emergency re-
ports.
A 10 day test period is required
and a permit from the radio COM
mission to make the test before
the set will be turned over to the
BraWley police. Badger announced.
Ground wires and towers are yet
to be erected before the test can
be made.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
HUGE WARSHIp FOR U.S.. PLANNED

WASHINGTON. Mar. H. CUP)-
Plans for 51,O00-tons battleships, the
largest ever built, will be submitted
to President Roosevelt soon in con-
nection with his billion dollar naval
expansion program, it was learned
tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
Stolen
From Car at Mite

BRAWLEY, Mar l7.-In re-
port to Brawley police Tuesday
Frank Harold stated that a leather
jacket had been stolen from his
car Monday night while it was
parked in front of the old Globe
Mills warehouse.
A bicycle reported stolen Sunday
night by Bobby Burns has been
returned, according to police.
Judge H. B. Griffin sentenced
one man to five days confinement
or a $40 fine for drunkenness in
Tuesdays police court.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

1t is understood that three sets
of plans, calling for vessels of 43,-
200, $4,000 and $1,000 tons, have
been completed and that the de-
cision on size rests with the preSi-
dent.
A high navy department official
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
Brandt Named
Rotary Chairman

BRAWLEY, Mar. II. - Harold
Brandt has been appointed chair
man of the "On to San Francisco
committee of the Rotary club here.
which is to promote interest in
the Rotary International Conven-
ton in San Francisco next June.
Stuart Green, president of the
Brawley Rotary club, made the
appointment.