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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23
BURDICK RETURNS

The Forest Service vessel Forester arrived in Juneau from Petersburg at o'clock this afternoon with Ad- ministrative Assistant Charles G. Burdick aboard. Burdick, who heads CCC work in the Territory, visited various camps in the southeast and reported it necessary to close down some of them due to enrollees find- ing work in the fishing industry and other seasonal activity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23
SUMMARIES

Errors: Douglas Manning 2, Andrews; Elks-McAlister.
 Stolen bases: Fisher, Addleman, Foster, MacSpadden, Abramson, flag erup. Two-base hits: Russell, Eos ter Balog, Bonner Home run: Jen- sen Runs batted in: Jensen 2, Mac Spadden, Russell, Abramson 2. Double plays: Douglas Manning to Andrews); Elks 2 (McAlister to Mac Sladden) (Forsythe to Lawson to MacSpadden At bat: against Fur ner II, Jensen 23; against Hagerup 9, McAlister 25. First base on balls: off Jensen l (Forsythe); off flag erup l (Andrews). Struck out: by Turner (Mac Spadden), by Jen- sen (Abramson, McAlister); by Hagerup (Balog, Bonner), by Nc Alister 4 (Roller, Jensen, Balog, Bonner). Pitching records: Turner runs hits in innings, Jensen 3 runs 5 hits in 6 innings; Hagerup 2 runs 3 hits in 2 innings, McAlister 2 runs hits in T innings Earned runs: off Turner 2, Jensen 1; off Hagerup 9 Winning pitcher, flag erup. Losing pitcher. Turner. Hit by pitched ball: Roller by Hagerup, twice; Fisher by Jensen. Passed ball, Pinkley l. Left on bases: Douglas 6; Elks 5. Time of game: ? hours minutes. Umpires: Ray Welch at plate, Robert Coughlin at first base, Red Shaw at third base. Scorer, Clark.
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savedste, May ss, D.F.D. dance. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23
American League

Gastineau Channel League
 Won Tncf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23
c. D. A. WILL MEET

Members of the Catholic Dau9h- ters of America will hold meet ing tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Parish Hall Refreshments will be served, and all members are urged to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23
GAMES SUNDAY Pacific Coast League

Los Angeles 10, 4; Seattle 4, 6. San Francisco 3, 5; Portland 2, San Diego 0, 6; Oakland 1, 9. Sacramento 8, 9; Hollywood ?, 0
 National League Pittsburgh 2; New York 18. St. Louis |: Philadelphia 3. Chicago 1; Boston 3, Cincinnati 8; Brooklyn g.
 American League New York 8; Cleveland 8. Washington 2; Chicago Q. Boston 3; Detroit 4. Philadelphia 8; St. Louis 5.
 Gastineau Channel League Douglas A. Elks T.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23
GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League

San Francisco 3; Portland 2 Los Angeles 6; Seattle 8. San Diego 0; Oakland '. Sacramento 5; Hollywood 3.
 National League Chicago 10; Philadelphia 1. St. Louis 1; Boston 5. Cincinnati 4 New York l.. Pittsburgh 5; Brooklyn 4.
 American League New York 1; Chicago 0. Philadelphia 5; Detroit T. Washington 5; Cleveland 4. Boston 3; St. Louis 5.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23
ATTENTION MAsONs

There will be Stated Communi- cation of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147 Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock Work in the F. c. degree. By order of the w. M.
 J.. w. LEVERS, adv. Secretary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23
SCORE BY INNINGS

Team 1 234 5 67 9-R H E Douglas 02 2000 90 2-4 ' 3 ElkS .. 0 4 3 300 0 0 0 0x7 g 1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23

Replaced Hagerup as pitcher. 0
 outs in third inning. Went into rightfield, replacing
 Bradley, in fifth inning.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08

SHANGHAI, April 8. (UP)-Japa-
nese forces we're in complete rout
l6 miles north of Taierchwang to-
day in one of the most smashing
Chinese victories of the war, Chi
nese military authorities reported.
Chinese planes bombed and ma
chine gunned the retreating Japa-
nese units. which in the last three
days have lost more than 10000
men, the Chinese said.
GeneraliSsimo Chinag Kai-Shek
issued a statement paying tribute
to the Chinese forces on the central
front but warned the Chinese people
that final victory was distant and
any celebration premature.
The reports said panic stricken
remnants of the japanese forces
were being pursued.
Chinese reoccupied TsaochWang,
on a spur of the Tientsin PukoW
railway.
They threatened to wipe out all
japanese forces south of TSinan
after cutting the railway at numer-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
BLOODY KER CHIEFS
LINKED TO FROMES
IN TEXAS INQUIRY

VAN HORN, Texas, April 8. CUP)
District Attorney Roy D. Jack
son said today that two bloody pa
per handkerchiefs found on the
Ell Paso-Van Horn highway might
lead to important clues in the
Slayings of Mrs. Weston G. Frome
and her daughter.
Jackson believed that the hand
kerchiefs would prove that Mrs.
Frome and Nancy Frome were
beaten and tortured some distance
from the spot where their bodies
were found last Sunday. There
was no evidence of a struggle at
the death scene The handkerchiefs
were found II miles west of the
point where the bodies were.
Sheriff Chris P. Fox of Ell Paso
broadcast an appeal for garage and
filling station operators to watch
for a blood stained car. The Pack
ard car driven by the Frome wom-
en- was not marked by blood.
A searching party visited an
abandoned mine shaft six miles
west of Van Horn last night III
the belief that the missing Frorle
baggage might be found there. The
hunt was fruitless. Automobile
tracks similar to tn )Se leading to
the bodies Of the women, led to
the mine shaft.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
MEXICAN DIES
FROM INJURIES
IN AUTO CRASH
Farm LabOrer Sixth to
Die in Accidents
This Year

CALEXICO. April 8. =
Highway fatalities in lmpe-
rial county this year mount
ed to six Thursday night
with the death of Eligio Per-
ez, Mexican struck by car Tues
day night.
Perez died in a hospital of in
juries suffered when struck by a
car driven by Mrs. Helen Black
man, CaleXico, at the intersection
of highway 80 and the old Yuma
Calexico road. The Mexican, inyes-
tigating officers said, had been irri-
eating fields nearby just prior to
the accident. He shouldered his
shovel ard stepped to the highway
where the accident occurred. He
was rushed to the hospital in the
Blackman car.
Skull fracture and broken leg
were listed as his injuries. The body
was taken to the Hems-Rugg fu-
neral parlorS. An inquest was Sched.
uled for pm. Friday.
The coroner's jury declared the
Mexican's death was due to an
unavoidable accident Evidence
showed he stepped in front of the
approaching automobile without
looking, and was struck before the
driver could stop
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
DeatOn Installed
Exalted Ruler of
Ell Centre Elks

Norman c. Deaton was installed
as exalted ruler of the FL Centro
Elks lodge Thursday night by acting
Grand Exalted Ruler Harry w
Horton.
Other officers installed were Cal
D. Rector leading knight; Charles
A. Bratton. loyal knight; Henry c.
Buehner, lecturing knight; Henry
Swanson. secretary; John P. Han
sen, treasurer; M. w. Washburl,
trustee: Ed A. Diehl, tiler: William
d. HudginS. esquire; Walton B.
Johnson, inner guard Grover NJ.
Baker, chaplain and Jerry A. Jer-
lene. organist.
Horton was delegated by the
Grand lodge to act in the capacity
of installing officer Twice since
the FL Centre lodge was organized,
Horton has served as exalted ruler.
As token of appreciation for the
service he has contributed in max
ing the lodge a success, the mem
berS presented him with an hon
crary life membership card. The
card. made of solid gold and
appropriately engraved, was pre-
sented to Horton in a leather case.
An honorary life membership was
unanimously voted to the retiring
exalted ruler Neal H. Gavin. for a
most successful year.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
BUILDING COST
HERE DECLARED
TO BE AVERAGE
City Engineer Compares
Ell Centre Prices
With Nation

Building costs in Ell Cen-
tro conform to the national
average, Phil Knights, city
engineer, declared Saturday
on the basis of comparison
with a nationwide survey.
Northern California, on the sur
vey. also had average costs. with
Los Angeles 10 per cent below the
mean. New York City was 20 per
cent above average. st. Louis amt
Cleveland, O., were 10 per cent
above.
Southern states we're 10 per cent
below as was the Pacific northwest.
The mountain states were per
cent above average.
A typical So 900 home in Ell Cen
tro represents roughly only II per
cent more expense to build than
a similar home in Los Angeles.
despite freight expense and higher
labor costs in the valley, knights
estimated.
knights denied that Ell Centro's
building code was in any part re-
sponsible for higher building costs.
pointing out that the citys code
is almost identical with that of 200
or more other similar cities on the
coast. The plumbing and electric
Continued on Page 2; Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
a GENERATIONS
CODDLE TWINS
IN NORTH END

WESTMORLAND. April 8.-Don-
ma Jean and Dianna Dell, 4-montn
old daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Les
lie Childers. have representatives
of four generations to discuss their
resemblance to this one and that
one in the family
The auburn haired little girls
have one great great grandmother,
two great grandfathers, one great
grandmother, two full sets of grand
parents, and their father and moth
er to give them advice.
With customary infant snobbish-
ness. however, Donna Jean and
Dianna Dell ignore their 10 ances-
tors and ancestresseS and do pret-
ty much as they wish. While some
of the family are not present TO
give personal supervision, the ba-
bies give the impression of being
capable of reducing any adult to a
state of subsection
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08

their steam, one OLD timer re-
marked disgustedly, for the two
big elections later in the year.
Things have been so calm that it
just isn't like Imperial Valley"
Even street corner political gath
erings, a characteristic valley fore
runner to any election, lack rneir
usual zeSt. The municipal elections
take place April II
Two men are running uncontest-
ed for the council in Ell Centre, H.
w. Fawcett, incumbent, and P L.
Moore. The same situation occurs
in BraWley where Frank Kretz, in
cumbent and Harvey Earl Hastain
are the only candidates.
Even in Calexico, where there
are four candidates for two vacan-
cies, the interest is at low ebb.
Earl D Roberts and C. C. Rambo
incumbents. and T. A. Eggleston
and l.. r. Little all are running for
long terms. Holtville started the
campaign with four candidates for
Continued on Page 2; Col. So
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08

sections east OF the ROCKY noun
tains added to the toll in a mid
spring storm which whirled diagon-
ally northeastWard
Snow or freezing rain which
swept six midwest and eastern
states was to continue throughout
today and tomorrow, according to
weather bureau reports.
A tornado that roared through
a section of Illinois killed IL and
injured so persons. 1t damaged
homes in eight communities. Five
died in Indiana from falls and in
traffic accidents. A man was killed
in Iowa when his car crashed a
truck on CLASSY pavement. Two men
were killed in Missouri in traffic
accidents.
AT Jasper. Ga, two children were
dead and II persons were missing,
feared drowned when a store they
occupied was swept away in a rag
ing torrent
The American Red Cross and the
coast guard rushed aid to 1000
persons caught in Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and Georgia flood areas
in what was described as the worst
flood in the history of the Alabama
river.
Eighty-five persons, including
seven children in a school bus,
were unaccounted for on snow
blocked highways around Pampa,
Tex. ..-.. ....-...
Traffic was virtually at stand :
still and communications were Grip
pied in the midwest by blizzard
that howled in from Manitoba
Wednesday.
Kansas, western and central
Oklahoma and northwestern Texas,
had the heaviest snow in the past
"a hours. Dodge City, Kan, had a
IA inch fall. Heaviest snow in Texas
was at Amarillo and Tampa. There
were four inches at Oklahoma City
five at Wichita, Kan, and six at
Topeka, Kan, and st. Joseph, Mo
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
AFOL PROTESTS
PLANT LAYOFF
UNION CALLS
LABOR HOLIDAY
{ X H | B 1T 10 N
$4,000 LabOrers to March
In Parade in
Protest

CROCKETT, Cal, Apr. 8.
(UP)-A labor holiday was
called in Contra Costa and
Alameda counties today by
the American Federation of
Labor which planned to send $4,000
men here in demonstration
against the closing of the Califor-
MIA Hawaiian sugar refinery plant
The plant was shut down after
A. F.. of l.. and workers affiliated
with the Committee for Industrial
Organization clashed and ware
housemen refused to pass picket
lines established by the CIO.
A. F. of l.. leaders said that the
demonstration today was expected
to be peaceful" but that the march
ers were ordered to be prepared
for an eventuality
The labor holiday took in A. F.
of L.. workers in Oakland, Alameda,
Martinez, Emeryville and Rich
mond, all industrial cities.
The sugar refinery was the scene
of rioting this week.
A. F.. of l.. workers drive away
CIO pickets Wednesday in a braWl
after which 10 men required hos
pital treatment and $50 others re :
ceived minor injuries. Yesterday c.
10. plant workers, reinforced by
fellow CIO members from other
San Francisco bay points, took over
the picket lines again without vi.
olence.
Announcement of the A. F.. of L
workers march was made a few
hours after Sheriff John Miller OF
Contra Costa county, announced
five CIO and five A, F.. of l. lead
Continued on Page 2: Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08

intact in the face of determined
battle from birartisan opponents
the house rejected by voice vote an
amendment bv Rep. Frances j. Case,
r., N. D. The amendment would
have made the entire general ac-
counting office independent of the
executive department.
Under the house version OF the
reorganization bill. an auditor gen-
eral and controller general would
divide auditing powers of the gov
crnment. The auditor general, with
post-audit powers, would be respon-
sible only to congress. The comp
troller general with pre-audit pow
ers, would be subject to presidential
removal and appointment.
The defeated case amendment
would have placed both auditing
officers on an identical baSis-re-
sponsible to congress for checking
the expenditures of the federal
government.
Following yesterdays 19l-l69 re-
fusal to kill the bill by striking It's
enacting clause, the voice vote on
the case amendment seemed to
indicate increasing administration
momentum in the drive for final
action.
The voice vote followed by a few
minutes approval of another key
section of the bill-authorizing the
president to employ six administra-
tive assistants with a passion fol
anonymity at annual salaries OF
$4,000 each.
Defeat of the. case amendment
came amid debate, with the North
Dakota Republican arguing his
move would free the comptroller
from any semblance of executive
interference.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
GOVERNMENT FALLS
III FRENCH TANCLE

PARIS, April 8. (UP)-
Premier Leon Blum's leftist
government resigned today,
baked by the senate in its
demand for extraordinary
powers to bring about financial re g.
covery. The resignation came at
a bitter session of the senate, dur
ing which the acrimony of the de-
bate indicated that the complicated
political situation might get even
worse, with fading chances for a
cabinet of national union to save
the country.
AS the senate deliberated. l,500
police and mobile guards surround
ed the building against demonstra-
tors who threatened turbulence in
the streets.
President Albert Lebrun asked
War Minister Edouard Deladier,
radical Socialist, to be ready for
call to the palace before midnight
|. to be asked to form new ministry.
The senate overwhelmingly de-
feated the Blum government on its
financial program.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
Six Defendants
Taken to Court

Six defendants were taken into
superior court Friday to hear the
court dispose of their cases.
Frank Elliott, arrested on a
charge of burglary as he prepared
to attend church in Ell Centre,
pleaded not guilty and not guilty
by reason of insanity. He will go
to trial May l6.
On April l8, J. Anchita, alias G. A.
Bayuga, will go to trial on a charge
of forgery. He entered a plea of
not guilty. Francisco Acebedo,
charged with driving a car without
the owners consent. pleaded guilty
and applied for probation The
probation hearing is scheduled for
April Is.
Rosario Valverde, found guilty OF
stealing an Ell Centre police off,
GERS horse, was granted probation.
t. d. KirkSey Negro, was granted
probation upon condition that he
contribute $40 a month toward the
support of his ailing wife. He was
charged with failure to support her.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08

HENDAYE, April CUP)-Exe-
cution squads are working in Bar
celona with renewed activity, the
government admitted today, as the
Nationalist forces in the north cut
off electric power to Catalonia.
The cabinet has approved an
increasing number of death SEN
tences daily. Desertion was the
charge in most cases. Official fig
ures on the number executed could
not be learned.
In a wide thanking movement the
Loyalist defenders of Tortosa, the
Nationalists reached the outskirts
of ebert, l8 miles from the seaport
of Vinaroz, Galician army corps
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
PLENTY OF GAS
TRAVELLER IN
MEXICO SAYS

An "over supply" OF gasoline in
the interior of Mexico was reported
Friday by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Boman of San Francisco, en- route
to Mexico City by motor car, con-
tradicting other reports that oil
appropriations had curtailed fuel
supplies.
Boman, a brother of Mrs. Eva
lyn Boman Westerfield county re-
corder declared by letter that he
had experienced no difficulty His
letter was mailed from near Mex
leo City. He denied unofficial re-
ports that a large percentage Of
autos in the capital was garaged
for want of gasoline.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
Death Squads Punish
Barcelona Deserters

were pouring down the hills on both
sides of the road from Morella
toward the sea.
In the far north the national
lists completed occupation of Copca
de Tremp, including the various
dams and villages at the foot Of
Sierra de Boumort and the heart
of the great hydroelectric power
system which normally supplied 80
per cent of Catalonia's power
Barcelona reports said that the
cutting off of the power lines from
the Tremp district had not seri-
ously affected the city because the
Loyalist government in advance
had provided emergency sources of
electricity
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
Figaro Elected
LegiOnC0mmander

RRAWLEY, April 8.-Paul Figaro
was elected commander of the Am
ercan Legion post here Thursday
night to fill the vacancy left by
the resignation of Steve Lefner.
The new commander will serve
until the annual post election early
next fall. Lefner was transferred
to Long Beach by the Southern
Pacific company. He was employed
by the railway company in Brawley
for several years,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08

WASHINGTON, April 8. CUP)-
The house today passed and sent
to the White House the bill by Sen.
Carter Glass, d., Va, expanding
the lending powers of the recon-
struction finance corporation %
make ,500000,000 available for
loans to business and local COM
munities.
The bill removes present limita-
tions on the amount RFC may lend
to municipalities, public or pri-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
TWO SHELLS
ONLY CLUE TO
WIRE THEFT

CALEXICO, April 8.-Two pistol
shells found in a burglarized bar on
the John Kubler ranch northwest
of town Friday morning. are the
onlv clues to the theft of SO rolls of
baling wire from the barn within
the last three days.
An irrigator On the w. F. Corda
ranch nearby, surprised four men
walking across the fields toward
the Corda home late Thursday
night. When he called to them.
G. rda too Deputy Sheriff Joe
Lizarraras. they fled, A search of
the ranch failed to disclose where
abouts of the intruders. Investiga-
tion of the Corda event disclosed
the theft of the baling wire from
the Kubler ranch.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
JAPANESE ROUTED.
FUCITIVES CUNNED

Gus points and making it impossible
for the japanese to send reinforce
mentS.
Chinese reports said their troops
were tightening a Gordon around
Tsinan and threatening to reoccupy
it with new mechanical units which
they said brought victory at Taier-
chwang, strategic city north of the
Chinese defenses of HSuchoW.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
Osborne Chosen
Transportation
Group Leader

Hugh T. Osborne of Ell Centre
heads the executive committee of
the Farmers Transportation organ
ization aimed at TeamSters' union
control of hauling, and Harvey Has
tain of Brawley is a member, it
was decided at a meeting in Los
Angeles at noon Friday.
Headquarters will be opened in
Los Angeles Immediately with d
staff composed of two representa-
tives of each county included m
the nine-county Incorporation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
Japanese Deny
Spy COverage

TOKYO, April 8. tUP) - The
japanese navy office denied in part
today copyrighted article in the
New York World-Telegram which
had described japanese espionage
in the United States.
The japanese are carrying on
no spying activities in the Pacific
triangle. which is entirely too vast
to be covered" the statement said
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
[. V. GOLFERS
ADVANCE IN
TUCSON MEET

TUCSON. Ariz.. April 8.-(Special
to the Post and Press)-Dick Lott,
Imperial Valley golf champion, to-
day moved into the second round
of the Southwest golf tournament
here with and victory. Don
Rex. the other valley entrant, won
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
Firemen Smother
Ell CentrO Blaze

Firemen early Friday morning eX-
tinguished a blaze in a Groom
dwelling at 242 Orange street, in
FL Centre. The home was owned by
Miss Leila GosS. Fire Chief Tom
Reams estimated damages at 5000.
Police reports said the fire was
started by an over-heated stove.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
RFC Lending Measure
Gets Final Approval

yate corporations, or individuals.
No limit is placed on the maturity
date The current RFC law requires
that no loans be made to extend
beyond l945
The RFC also is authorized to
make loans on character. and relax
the collateral requirements.
The bill was passed under sus
pension of the rules. Rep. Jesse P
Wolcott, r., Mich, objected to the
fact that it could not be amended
under the procedure
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
LA RUE TRIAL
CONTINUED

Trial of Paul p. LaRue in superior
court was continued to Monday
morning at the close of the session
Thursday night. He went to trial
the first of the week on charge Of
failure to make good on checks
given Imperial Valley hay ranchers
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
New Hit-Runner
Type Discovered

SAN FRANCISCO, April 8.
(UP) Police records today
showed a new kind of hit-run
accident. The case involved JO-
seph Sandvall, So. Said the rec
ord:
"Mr. Sandvall was walking
along Market street at Ninth.
Two mOngrel puppies, racing
down Market, smashed into him.
Knocked him down, fractured his
left hip. Dogs escaped
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
Seven Imperial County
Communities Prepare for
City Council Elections
Unprecedented Lack of Interest Reported in All
Cities Fawcett and Moore Are
UncOntested in E. c.

Municipal politics pulled out of the dodrums Friday
Imperial Valley cities prepared for the election
four days away.
Every city reports an unprecedented lack of interest
in the race for positions city councils They saving
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
DEATH LISTS
SWELLED BY
FLOOD WIND
Snow, Freezing Rain Sweeps Six States;
Tornado Kills II, Injuries so in
Midwest; Scores MarOOned
BY UNITED PRESS -

Death rode wintry blasts that slanted through the
heart the nation today reported dead
or missing in central and northern east of Illinois,
Tornado winds heavy rains and raging floods in other
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-08
Reorganization Bill
Nears Final Action
f. ID. r. Forces Smash Amendment to
Make Comptroller Independent
OF President

WASHINGTON April g. (UP)-President Roosevets
leaders smashing the government reorganization bill to-
ward final action today defeated an amendment to make
the comptroller general independent of the president and
onv to congress- Holding administration lines