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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-19
ssS BACK FROM VACATION

Miss Betty Haviland, with the Mclean Insurance Company WhC has been south on vacation. re- turned home on the Yukon, accom- panied by her mother, Mrs. Viva Haviland.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
Hundreds GaSSed
I'm Strike Riot
CCOntinu5d from Pacc y

NOOllllluCO from IdEt -
forward with a new bawagc Of
tear gas. Several fired into the
air with service pistols.
After a lull in the fighting police
forced angry picketS to move back
several blocks for entry of a shift
of workers at am.
General Marx. awaiting any pos
sible mobilization call. said troops
could be moved into Akron within
eight hours.
Gov. Martin l. Dayey, who used
guardSmen to preserve order in
the Little Steel" strike last sum-
mer. decided to wait Developments
after receiving a request for troops
United Rubber Workers mean
while threatened a general strike.
a strike StratesY committee"
said that it might attempt to call
a general walkout IN this city OF
255o00 If the situation is not
eaSed at Goodyear"
Company officials said that plant
number one was operating normally
after entry OF the morning SHIFT.
with 1909 workers in their places.
The company checked and counted
each worker as he entered.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
Supervision Big Need
Of Migratory Campers

fOrded valley transient camps
Routine trips from an inspector of
the State Division of immigration
and Housing and hit or miss visits
by county health officials are about
the only times the camps are check
ed County officers aim first at
running down definite complaints.
Any time left over may be directed
at inspections. Often there isn't
any time left over.
Health officers throw up their
hands when asked what to do about
the transients who shun organized
camps. A campaign to keep them
within controlled areas appears
about the only solution. Uncon-
trolled, they present definite
hazard to health of the community.
More rigid inspection Of the Or
ganized camps appears to be best
recommendation of health officers.
They point out that only slight
improvement will go far toward
cutting down the disease rate not
only among the transients, but also
among valley people who are in
turn endangered.
Meanwhile, the rickety cars one
by one carry their burdens out of
the valley. But they will be back
next year.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

when she appeared opposite Gary
Cooper in Samuel GoldWynS The
Adventures of Marco Polo" said
her husband, a Cucamonga, Calf.
rancher, had told her he did not
intend to let go of a good thing
by letting her get away from him" +"
She explained that when she
undertook to get a position for
Stewart in a studio he said ne
didn't want any job she would get
him because he didn't want to be
known as Miss Guries husband" q"
The actress maintained in her
amended complaint that Stewart,
as an Englishman, said he would
be disgraced by divorce, and
that if divorce were obtained, he
would get it if a proper settlement
were made. She said he suggested
"a substantial amount of money,
such as $25 900, would make a diff
ference in his view of the matter. -
Miss Gurie added that her hus-
band had threatened to thrash"
her, and that he refused to accom-
pany her to social affairs.
Stewart, answering the original
complaint, said his money had
provided his wife with her dramatic
training, and that false friends"
were seeking to separate them.
Miss Gurie, billed as GoldWyn'S
greatest actress was born in
Brooklyn and lived for a time in
Norway.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
San Luis POtOsi
Flaws Cardenas

Continued from Page One)
wreck the Sunshine Special on
the Mexico City-Laredo, Tex, rail-
road.
Most of the prisoners were held
between Rio Verde and Cardenas,
in the southeastern part of the
state. The attempted train wreck
ing took place 26i2 miles south of
here. The engine, two express
cars and a second class coach were
overturned. No one was hurt.
The raiders presumably were reb-
els although the government did not
definitely identify them as such. 1t
said that the band was composed
of 25 hosemen who have been cauS-
ing trouble for months in the
northern part of Guanajuato state.
Airplanes and troops dispersed
the band and cavalry units pursued
them. One plane, piloted by Cap
tain Hermisillo, machine gunned
the raiders. They fired four holes
in his plane. One bullet passed be-
tween his legs. 1t was believed that
six of the bandits were killed by
,airplane bombs.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

The baby. Mary Rose VlllaloboS,
was born at $50 pm Wednesday
to Mrs. Elias Villalobos. with the
aid OF a midwife and the father, a
smelter worker.
VIlalobos noticed a peculiar sac
or growth at the newborn babys
navel. and took the baby to Hotel
Dieu hospital.
A surgeon. DR.. John W. Pang-
man. and a baby specialist, Dr.
Charles F. Rennick. were called
and decided that an immediate
operation was necessary.
The operation revealed the entire
liver. gall bladder and several loops
of the intestine were in the sac
With a 212-inch inciSion, DR.. Pang-
man. assisted by DR.. Rennick, plac-
ed the organs in their proper place.
We have slight hope for her
recovery Dr. Pangman said. How
ever she was able to take fluids
today"
He explained that the liver nor
mally belongs in the upper abdomen,
extending from side to size.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

counsel developed late yesterday
when Defense Attorney George
Anderson charged there were dis
crepancies in the testimony Tobias
sen gave at the preliminary hear
ing and in the present trial. An
derson accused the sheriff of nam
ing different defendants as the in
stigator of attacks on the deputies.
In a statement after the argu-
ment, Anderson said:
Il am going to show this man
(TobiasSen started the riot. He
went out there with cars loaded
with rifles, pistols, tear gas. riot
guns and about forty deputies. 1
want to show why he took off his
Wristmatch from his wrist while
everything was quiet and placed
it in safe spot"
At conclusion of today's teSti-
mony the trial was expected to be
adjourned until Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

IMPERIAL. May pa man who
hundreds have visited but never
seen Friday told the true story BE-
hind the famous haunted house
of Imperial.
Just a trifle too heavy for Il
ghost George Strcitberger who lives
alone at 523 South Z street, shook
hands. talked affably, though in
broken English. and behaved gen.
erallv in a manner quite unbecom-
ing one of the spirit world. Watch
cd closely. he did not disappear
once, except when he went into the
house. Anybody is liable to dis
appear then.
Srcitberger's fame as ghost
or al least as one closely in touch
with the neither regions, dates back
a score of years or more and is
linked closely with the mysterious
appearance OF a light in his base
ment every night. For years, with
out fail. that single beam has shone
out through a basement window
and for years a valley girl or boys
education was sadly neglected unless
he had travelled to see it. Usually
visitors have waite until the hour
when "churchyard yawn', crept up
to see the eerie light, then left as
though they suddenly remembered
an appointment. Seldom has any
one stayed to inset the host.
In the daylight Streitberger ap-
pears to be Just a kindly old man
whose eyes are failing. a master
cabinet maker who first came to
the valley in 1908. He came to
the United States l6 years before
that from Hungary.
1T is Yugo-Slayia now he ex-
planned.
Streitberger is not much over five
feet tall and wears a stubble OF
grayish white on his head.
The Reason
Why do I burn the light? 1t is
simple he said. Every other word
had to be guessed at, because only
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
New Deal Leader
Won't Sign Bill

continued rom Page One)
certain forms OF tan avoidance and
Of concentrated investment power. .'
! ean Tie definite attention of
tie American people said Mr.
Roosevelt. to those unwise parts
of tae bill l have talked TO you
about today one of them which
may restore in the future certain
forms q tax avoidance. and of
concentrated investment power.
which We had begun 10 end. and
the other a definite abandonment
of a principle O. tax policy long
aeo accepted rs part of our Ameri-
can system.
Per number of years. il has
been resC sni-eG that this progress
slVe taxation of wealth realistically
saeuld apply not only to salaries
and dividends and bond coupons
but also 10 other forms Of wealth
such as increases in ones capital
by selling any form of property at
a profit
This new bin wholly eliminated
the progressive tax prineiplea with
respect to these capital profits; it
taxes small capital profits and large
capital profits at exactly the same
rate.
IN other words. If you or I sell
stocks which we have held for a
few years at a profit Of. LET us
say. S50o0. We have 10 pay a tax
of Is per cent on that profit;
whereas tho man who has made a
profit Of S5oOO00 on stocks he has
owned Is required. under this new
bin. to pay a tax Of onlY 10 per
cent. Just as YOU and I would.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
HOLTVILLE HIS.
SERVICES SET
SUNDAY NIGHT

HOLTVILLE, May q - Holt
vile high school will hold its an
nual baccalaureate services Sun
day May 90 in the Holtville high
school auditorium.
The program for the affair is:
"Kashmire Song" by Finden, play
ed by school orchestra led by Flora
Faye Langston; "LiebeStraum' by
Liszt, school orchestra led by Ger
aldine Williams; the professional
of graduates led by Ethelena
Kamm, junior class president; and
accompanied by Festival March
orchestra; invocation by Rev d.
w. Simpson: volunteer" trombone
solo by Norman Sharp; scripture
reading by Rev. F.. E. Carpenter,
The Green Cathedral by Hahn
sang by the senior girls; sermon
on The Realty of Fate" by Rev.
H. o. Langston; hymn, MY Faith
Looks up to Thee" by the group;
and the invocation by Charles
MaSten.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
Imperial Cabinet Maker Explains Mysterious Ligh
Shining from Window Every Night From
Dark to Dawn for Years

a psychic could understand his Eng
lish. and no psychic was availableO
Il burn the light because / can't
sleep very we'll and have to get
up often in the night. 1t is to save
matches. 1t is just little oil night
lamp
With those words Streitberger
blasted a dozen theories about the
light, ranging from the burning Of
strange herbs for asthma to a can
die placed before a shrine. one
theory much liked by those who
tell ghost stories was that the CAN
die. by some mysterious power, en-
abled the old man to be visited by
spirits in his sleep.
If there were spirits in the old
mans workshop Friday they kept
themselves we'll hidden and re-
trained from table knocking while
Streitberger showed off his tools.
Every piece of machinery, built by
his own hands, is cleverly arranged
so that he may furnish the power
himself as well as direct the work.
The lathe is fixed with foot pedal
running the length of the work
bench. Agilely he hops from one
end to another of the II foot table,
keeping the pedal going and not
losing a beat. A drill also is ar
ranged with foot-poWer system.
Ingenious Machine
Most novel instrument in the
workshop is what appears to be a
garden hose with mobile storage
tank. It's real purpose was lost in
a sputtering of English and German
far too complicated to follow The
wooden water tank is set on wheels
and a hand pump supplies power
for the short length of hose The
nozzle is attached to an arm Operat
ed from near the pump handle
Streitbcrger proudly demonstrated
the device and nearly drenched his
visitors.
Running a hand along his work
bench to direct his steps and cover
up his near-blindness. Streitberger
gave not hint of the sadness that
must be III his heart, knowing that
day by day he is moving further
away from his beloved work. He
must know that some day blind
ness will draw an unscalable wall
between him and the splendid thrill
of seeing fresh clean wood take
shape beneath his skilled hands and
become a thing of beauty. His only
hint was:
Il cannot work SO much now
Only an hour or so and I get tired"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
Schedule Changed
On GREYHOUND Line

Slight alterations in Pacific Grey
hound bus schedules in Imperial
Valley were announced Friday. The
noon trip to Los Angeles has been
dropped. effective June !. bus Off
cials declared, and time for two
morning trips moved. Instead Of
am. the bus viii leave for Los
Angeles at and instead of 500 it
Will leave at 10:55.
Only change in the San Diego
schedule is moving the 7:1O am.
bus to $50 am.
Six trips a day service will be
continued between E Centre and
CaleXico, with one change. The
l00:30 am. bus 10 CaleXico will
leave at 9:55 instead. From Calexico
10 FL Centro the am. bus will
leave at 5.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

III was ChlcagoS NTH such crime
since May %. 1886 In only two
of these have convictions been re-
turned. Bricks were the murder
weapon in all cases.
Before police even arrived al
the scene. they arrested an Is
year old Negro whose right hand
was scratched and clothing blood
stained.
And two hours later. a second
suspect 81 year old Negro
was arrested.
Before he left for work last night.
Elmer johnson had cautioned his
wife to keep the shades down
and be careful"
You know this apartment is
on the first floor near the tracks"
he had told her. You can't tell
who might be watching YOU"
Mrs. Johnson's murder occurred
IN the same district where Miss
Anna Kuchta. Is year old student
nurse at the Chicago hospital. was
attacked and fatally beaten in the
nurses home last August.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
PRIEST FLAYS
RED IDEA FOR
JOINT ACTION

Proposal for a Communist-Cath-
olc unity drew instant fire Friday
from Father j. A. C. Van Veggel
of FL Centre. The proposal was
made Thursday night in a speech
by Earl Browder. Communist party
head.
The Catholic church always has
been and always will be opposed
to all Communistic tendencies.
Browder must be out of his head
to even think of a possible union
between Roman Catholics and
Communists Father Van Veggel
said
I feel it is about time that
Browder had his head examined"
The proposal that drew Father
Van Veggels fire provided a united
front of Communists and Cath
olicS to protect democracy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

drink the ditch water, irresponsible,
unrestricted.
Controlled Camps
The balance of the thousands of
laborers who invade the valley each
year are divided between the camps
set up and directed by labor con-
tractors and those controlled by the
growers.
What is the standard OF health
in the contractor and grower
campS?' The question was aimed at
DR.. Warren S. Fox, county health
officer
The standard, -oally, is not as
bad as it might appear Dir. Fox
declared. ut just misses being fair
ly coed. In every supervised camp,
provision is made for the three i'm
portant items, sewage, garbage and
drinking water. Only when those
three provisions are neglected do we
have serious trouble in health. or
course. in some of the camps they
are neglected. Provisions is made
for the transient to keep water in
the contractors camps, but often
the families will take ditch water
rather than drive to town to get
other water. That way lies typhoid
and accounts for the fact that a
high percentage of cur typhoid cases
come from the transient folk"
Health Menace
As an example of laXity i'll camp
upkeep that leads to health men
aces, Dr.. Fox pointed to the neces-
sity for keeping privies screened,
to prevent carrying of infection by
flies.
A minimum of inspection is af-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
Gas Station job Threat
HEuniIiated He r. Actress
Says i'm Divorce Acfior,

HOLLYWOOD, May y. UP)-
Sigurd Gurie, the films newest
glamour girl from Norway, via
Brooklyn. N. Y, was humiliated
when her husband threatened to
work as a gas station attendant
she said today in an amended
divorce complaint against Thomas
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27


Sheriff c. j. Tobiassen and
three of his deputies testified the
battle started after rocks were
hurled by the defendants - Roy
Station, C. E. Circle, Henry Yuen,
Peter zderich and James Vassion.
The affray occurred when pickets
attempted to halt miners being es-
corted to the mine where a strike
had been called by the Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers union, an
affiliate of the CIO, the witnesses
said.
A verbal clash between opposing
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

w. Stewart.
The actress quoted her husband
as saying, I'll try to get work in
a gas station and see what that
will do to your reputation when
his wife asked him why he did
not seek employment.
Miss Gurie. who reached stardom
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
$1,000 PERMIT FOR
BUILDING SOUGHT

A $1,000 boost Friday sent the
FL Centre building permit total
for 1888 to $137965 with applica-
ton to build a General Petroleum
gasoline storage plant in the city.
The proposed plant is planned for
3l4 Main street. Plans call for
so by 80 foot k.aSter and wood
building. ,fsElE
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
FARMER TRUCK
GROUP GROWS
(Continued from Page u

but must be renewed every month
The association was launched
early this month and is in opera
ton in nine southern California
counties. The association was form
ed, Hastain said. to prevent food
supplies being involved in labor
disputes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
Baby Born Inside Out
Given Life by Doctors

Ed PASO, Tex. May 27. CUP)-
A one-day old baby, born inside
out was alive today after a surgical
operation described by doctors as
extremely rare in medical history.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
Go MEN STARTED
MINE RIOTS SAYS
STATES WITNESS

NEVADA CITY, Cal. May n. (UP) P)-Prosecutlon
witnesses continued their recital of incidents leading to
the fight Murchie mine last January 20 between
sheriffs deputies and pckets the trial of five CIO
miners charged with rotng resumed in superior court
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
NURSE ATTACKED,
KILLED BY NEGRO
AS FAMILY SLEEPS

CHICAGO May 27. (UP)-Whc her two children and
her sister SLEPT in nearby Mrs Florence Johnson
"a year old registered and wife city fireman,
was attacked and beaten death with brick early today
by Negro who fled through a broken window.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

and unsettled west portion FTlday
night and Saturday; showers over
mountains Friday nieht, normal
temperature light to moderate
westerly wind of coast.
Los Angeles and vicinity
Some what unsettled Friday night
and Saturday; showers over noun
tains Friday night; seasonable
temperature with little change;
light tomoderate southerly to
westerly wind.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

DEPENDABLE Used TRICKS
% White 2i2 T. Chassis SPAS.
% White T. Chassis e. 255.
80 White T. Chassis q. 2SO.
p White g = T. Chassis & 1000
TANK .....-..... -.#...... 245.
These trucks have been used
by one owner and kept in Al
shape recommended for gen
eral farm use.
THE WHITE MOTOR 60.
AS +. 20th 81. Los Angeles
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27
WEATHER

data complied bN observers for
The official United states weather
bureau station at El CentroD
Maximum Thursday ...........-... 10
Minimum Friday Observation-Disclosures 70
Reading at Noon Friday
Temperature ..------........................ %
Humidity .-........... ...--.-........-----.....- 25
Reading at am. Friday
Temperature ........ -.-.--.-......-....- 70
Humidity ..........................-..... %
Resding at am. Thursday
Temperature .-.......................... 90
Humidity ................... .....-..........-. 20
Southern California - Fair east
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

Continued from Page y
drink the ditch water, irresponsible,
unrestricted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
TRADE IMPROVES IN NEW ENGLAND
Mills Are Operating at Fair Rate-ShOe Factories
 Are Still Busy

Boston, Aug. 25- CUP)-Trade conditions in the New England dis trict continued to improve in the past week, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, said today.
 Although new orders for textiles were fewer than formerly, mills operated at fair rate. The shoe and leather industry made further progress. Retail trade showed signs of a pickup, and wholesale con- mitments increased moderately. More concerns in the miscellaneous lines felt the effect of improved sentiment, but gains were spotty.
 Wool Market Light
 Trading on the Boston wool mar ket was very light during the week. Occasionally quotations were shaded but in the main prices held steady. Carpet wools were firm, but mills bought few supplies. New orders for wool tops were few and prices lost gains recorded early in the week. Woolen and worsted yarns were rather slow and the market weak.
 Shoe factories continued fairly busy, with orders on hand sufficient to keep them going for about a month. With stocks low, retailers purchased more freely. Some of the larger buyers. after holding out for lower prices, began to come into the market, and local wholesalers and jobbers noted a pickup in sales. After two or three weeks of quite active buying, the demand for leather fell off considerably. Prices, however, were firm. The hide mar ket was moderately active, and tan ners held firmly to their quota tions.
 The building business continued steady, with building supply manu- lecturers and lumber yards operat- ing conservatively. Purchases were on a hand -to-mouth" basis.
 Paper sold somewhat better at wholesale, but prices were off con- siderably. With inventories at a low point, paper and pulp mills stepped up operations slightly. Some wage cuts were instituted in order to keep costs more in line with prices.
 Electricity production in the dis trict last week showed a decline from year ago of about per cent, continuing it's narrow week-to-week fluctuations. Carloadings on Ire principal New England carriers in the week ended August were 18.8 per cent below the corresponding 1887 week, and shipments of coal destined for the district were of about IS per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
FALLS AVENUE
 GIRL HONORED
Josephine O'COnnell, Nine= teen Years Old, Ten=
 dered Party

Oakville, Aug. 25-A surprise birthday party was held at the home of MT. and Mrs. William O'Connell on Falls avenue last eve- ming in honor of their daughter Josephine's nineteenth birthday.
 The home was attractively dec orated with pink and blue crepe paper and vases of flowers. Games and music were enjoyed, and later a delicious luncheon was served on a prettily decorated table. A large birthday cake adorned the center of it.
 Miss O'Connell received many gifts from the guests attending who e:-Mr. and Mrs. Willis Moody, MT. and Mrs. William O'Connell, MT. and Mrs. William Proc, MT. and Mrs. Walter Fenn, MT. and Mrs. John Bowling, Mrs, George Turner, Esther Quaranda, Mrs. Therrien, Emile Therrien, Jr., Carl Stemm, William Proc, Jr., Willis John Bowling, Howard Den yer, Edward Rizk, Edmund O'Con- nell, Robert O'Connell, and Peggy O'Connell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
TUCKEY TO START
 FOR REDSKINS?

Naugatuck, Aug. 25-Friends of Dick Tuckey, former Naugatuck Gems football star, are pleased to hear he is showing up well in his tryout with the Washington Red- skins, professional league champs last year.
 Tuckey made a sensational show ing recently in game between teams made up of the Redskins stars. He scored a touchdown and made 20-yard run, the longest of the game, in addition to playing well on defense. His reception by the crowd when he left the game was reported to be even bigger than that given Sammy Baugh, famous passer.
 Tuckey's showing is said to have clinched a berth for him on the Redskins team and is believed to have come just in time for he was slated to be dropped prior to his display of the football which made him outstanding in this state, 1t was reported.