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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
NAVY DEFENSE
IN S. D. TO BE
STRENGTHENED

SAN DIEGO, May 10 (UP) =
Anti-aircraft defense of San Die
go's huge naval establishment,
with it's surface and air bases, are
to be materially strengthened with
in the next 80 days, it was reveal
ed here today ,...-,..,...
Three newly commissioned anti
aircraft batteries, designated as
the second anti aircraft battalion,
U. S. marines, are scheduled to ar
rive here from Paris Island, S. c.,
June Is for permanent stationing.
The units are composed of Is Of
ficers and 1893 enlisted men.
Four of the worlds most mod
ern, and powerful 3-inch anti-air-
craft rifles from the basic equip
ment of the units. In addition the
force is equipped with twelve So
calibre high-angle machine guns.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

jurisdiction, said the proper forum
for the suits was the state courts
This matter can only come into
a United States court after a trial
and adverse ruling by state court,
he commented.
Defendants and petitioners were
ordered to pay their own costs.
Noting that all contentious of law
lessness filed by the International
union of mine, mill and smelter
workers, CIO affiliate, constituted
charges of violating the l4th amend
ment to the federal constitution
Judge Roche held the amendment
"a guarantee against deprivation
of rights without due process OF
law-did not bestoW federal juris-
diction in this instance.
Judge Roche did not discuss the
issues or the allegations of violence
made by the CIO attorneys, other
than their bearing on the ques-
Continued on Page 2; Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
STRIKERS
COMPLAIN
7 0 | A "
Contractor Quotes
Union Chieftain
In Threats

BRAWLEY, May 19.-Joe
Humphries, president of the
Carpenters union and head
man in labor trouble at the
district standby plant here,
Thursday sought to place Hugh T.
Osborne of the Associated Farmers
under peace bond because OF alleg-
ed interference with a picket line
at the plant.
Pickets still stood outside the
gates while P. l.. Carpenter. private
contractor, went forward with con-
struction of an addition to the dis
trict building.
Threats to keep Carpenter busy
in different courts over the country
were made by John Murray, inter-
national representative of the Cara
penters Union, Carpenter said. He
said he was given his choice OF
a penitentiary sentence or a beat
ing if he did not discharge N. r.
Onstatt, the man blacklisted by
the union because he worked at
the Lewis Chambers job during q
strike. DR.. Towne Nylander, of the
National Labor Relations board.
told Carpenter he was "out of the
picture and it was not his fight"
Humphries Thursday sought var
ious officials in an attempt to get
complaint as the first step in
proceedings to place Osborne under
bond to keep the peace. He wanted
Continued on Page q; Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Yuma Entry Get
Most Automobiles

During April twelve per cent more
traffic went through the Yuma
gateway and Imperial Valley than
across the river at Blythe, Robert
Hays, secretary of the Ell Centre
chamber of commerce said Thurs
day.
This increase is due to an extern
sive advertising campaign carried
on for several years by the Ell
Centro chamber and other civic
groups to influence tourists to
travel through the valley
Figures compiled by the State
Agricultural department show that
9,748 automobiles, excluding buses
trucks and local cars, entered the
Yuma Gateway as compared with
the 8,733 entering via Blythe,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
WILSON, SCHOOL
RITES PLANNED

Commencement exercises for Will
son school pupils will be held
Thursday evening. June 2, at the
FL Centro Stadium, Guy A. Weakley,
school superintendent, announced
Thursday. Exercises for Central
high school will be held the fol-
lowing evening, Friday June 3, also
at the stadium.
Baccalaureate services for the
high school and junior college will
be held Tuesday, May 81 at the
high school auditorium, Weakley
declared with commencement for
the junior college set for Wednes-
day evening June l in the quad
rangle on the high school campus.
Graduation exercises for the Dou-
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
II MAKE BIDS
ON EQUIPMENT
Eleven bidders offered Thug
to provide five items of equ1

Eleven bidders offered ThW Vi
to provide five items of equH
for the All American canalL
electric power system, when
oosals were opened by Imperial
Irrigation District directors. All
bids were referred to the districts
engineering department for analysis
and recommendation
Specifications called for switch
board. oil circuit breakers, instru-
ment transformers, distribution
transformers and miscellaneous
switches.
Bids were submitted by Pennsyl-
vania Transformer co., Thomas Ma
chinery CO., Wagner Electric cor
poration. Standard Transformer CO..
Sangamo Electic CO., Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing CO..
General Electric CO., Westinghouse
Electric Supply CO., of Los Angeles:
Electric Supplies Distributing CO.,
of San Diego; Moloney Electric CO.
of st. Louis.
Average of offers indicates APP
proximate total of $27 900 for this
equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Smashed Windows
Cause Arrests

Two truck drivers are in the
county jail on a charge of disturb
ing the peace because a rancher
thinks they smashed the windows
in vacant house near his home.
Ernie Jones, 80, and Ed Eastman
%, driver and passenger in stalled
truck near the damaged house on
the Fred Summer place south OF
the county farm, were arrested
Wednesday upon complaint of Carl
Heckly. who lives near the house.
The accused said they stopped to
call on a girl who used to live there
and denied breaking the windows.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
AIR OFFICIALS
SUMMONED FOR
CRASH INQUEST
Coroner Seeks Cause FOl
Crackup Fatal
To Nine

LOS ANGELES, May 10.
(UP)--Coroner Frank Nance
today summoned officials of
the Lockheed Aircraft cor
poration and airport work
ers to appear at tomorroW's inquest
into the deaths Of nine persons in
an airplane crash Monday in the
Sierra Pelona mountains.
Nance sought to determine why
it was that Pilot Sid Wiley was
flying low through a heavy fog
instead of high in the radio beam,
where regular passenger planes were
experiencing no difficulty.
Wiley, a Lockheed test pilot, was
at the controls when the new $780,
900 plane rammed a mountainside
and exploded so miles north of
here.
Continued on Page 2; Col. So
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19


reported missing by her sister April
30
Ross, according to police, said
he shot Mrs. Schmidt, widow,
during a quarrel that concerned his
late wife, who died two years ago.
Mrs Schmidt's body was buried
on the Mojave desert near Lam
caster. Calf, but he is not sure
exactly where, police said Ross told
them. He spent several hours last
evening trying to find the grave
and detectives planned to take him
back to the desert today to con-
tinue the search.
I'm glad to get this off my
mind Ross was quoted as saying
TO Detective Lieuts. Frank Ryan and
A. E. Knepper after he had claimed
for several hours that his mother
in-law was on trip around the
world.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

a stop at Brawley. The ship took
off from CaleXico with border mail
The planes carried total of more
than 1000 letters, nearly 35 pounds,
with many letters bound for dis
tant parts of the globe.
On hand at the three valley air.
ports, CaleXico, Imperial and Braw-
ley. were reception committees of
prominent citizens. Meeting the two
flights here was a delegation head
ed by Ell Centre Postmaster Frank
Continued on Page; s Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Filipino knitted i'm Row:
Fellow islanders Jailed

On his shoulder and one on each
side.
Officers who arrested Gene Ocam-
20 and Geraldo Igarto at a room
ing house on Commercial street,
said the two fled after a fight with
Galamegam in which witnesses said
Ocampo pulled out a knife. Later,
however, after questioning, Igarto
admitted he did the knitting. The
weapon was found in a toilet bowl
at the rooming house where the two
were found.
AS Officers Floyd Ackiey. Roy
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

One Filipino was in bed from
knife wounds and two others were
in the county Jail Thursday after
an early morning display of islam
ders' tempers in Ell Centro.
Pedro Galamegan, bellboy at an
FL Centro hotel, was slashed after
a fight with two Of his countrymen
in which Galamegam appeared to
have the best of it until knife was
drawn. Thursday Galamegam's con-
dition was good" with expectations
of recovery from three wounds, one
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

The detectives said he told of
shooting Mrs. Schmidt to death on
March 8 in her home. He turned
over to them a 1920 caliber from
tier model pistol which he said was
the death weapon.
"Yes, shot her after quarrel,
but 1 don't know exactly where her
body is,' they quoted him as con-
Tossing. 1"I buried her three hours
later about 20 miles from Lam
caster"
Ross said his wife, Mrs. Schmidt's
daughter, died in a Los Angeles
hospital. He told no details of her
death.
The slain woman was first re-
ported missing by her sister, Mrs
Cora A. Miller. The sister express
ed fears that Mrs. Schmidt had
met with foul play.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Housing Expert
Chosen Speaker

William o. Harris, assistant to
the director of the Federal Housing
Administration, will be speaker at
the last dinner meeting of the AS
sociated chambers of commerce, 7
pm. Friday, May q at the Cali
fornia hotel, Ell Centre.
Election of officers will be the
main order of business. The eXecu-
tive committee will meet prior to
dinner.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

Dupont and T. M Sharp recon
structed the affray, the bellboy VIC
tim knocked down both Ocampo
and Igarto before being knitted, az
evidenced by Igarto's bloody mouth
and missing teeth
Police Investigation was started
after Chief j. Sterling Oswalt dis
covered the injured bellboy.
No formal complaint had been
filed against Ocampo or igarto
Thursday forenoon. after they had
been turned over 10 the district
attorneys office.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Forget, Forgive
Policy Backfres

When thieves stole seven gallons
of gasoline from his auto parked
in front of an Ell Centre church
recently, Virgil Perry forgot and
forgave. However. when they took
five spark plugs from his car he
remembered and forgot TO turn the
cheek. He reported the theft to
police.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
POWerCO. Drops
4-Year-Old Suit

A four -year-old suit filed by the
Southern Sierras Power company
against the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict was dismissed Thursday.
The suit attacked the validity of
the district contract for purchase
of the diesel generating plant at
Brawley. The first complaint was
filed May 8, 1894. Thirty-nine legal
documents were packed into the
file maintained for the case.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Sen Her Duty
FALSE ARREST SUIT
GOES BEFORE COURT

A jury in superior court is hear
ing evidence in a case brought
against T. F.. Erwin, Joe Rogalsky
and R. f. McNeilly by Milo Frank
in which he asked $4,000 damages
for alleged false arrest. A fraudu-
lent check charge was dismissed
against him in Brawley justice
court but he was damaged by the
proceedings, he alleged.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
SAL ESMAN ADMITS
NUMBERING WIFE'S
MOTHER NEAR Ia.

LOS ANGELES, May 49, (UP) Police said today
that Vaan N. Ross 80, insurance salesman, confessed
Staying his wealthy mothern-law last March and bury
ing her body on the desert.
The mothern-law Mrs. Leona May Schmidt, SO, was
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Farm Fight on Unions Soon
May Spread Through Marion
SAN JOAQUIN MEN
Tell OF COERCION
BY LABOR LEADERS
Associated Group Predicts Agriculture Will Spread
Defense Battle Eastward Unless
Marketing Interference Stops

SAN FRANCISCO May 19. (UP)-Testimony OF San
Joaquin Valley farmers that San Francisco labor unions
were discriminating against them followed today by
announcement of the Associated Farmers OF California
Inc that they would expand eastward rapidly as pos
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Thousand Letters Leave County Bound
For Distant Points in Observance
OF Air Service Anniversary

IMPERIAL May 1.-two rmal flights crisscrossed Imperial Val
ley today "bumblebee roared
picked mail sack and raced to
Phoenix yellow monopane dipped down to
the field picked with
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Today's Results
NATIONAL

NATIONAL
Chicago ........ 900 900 900 IL l
New York 600. 900 900 900 90 5 2
Lee & Hartnett. Gumbert & Dam
ming.
st. Louis ........ OOl OH 00O-4 8 0
BROOKLYN ....... 010 900 43X-8 3 0
Macon, Harrell & Owen; Posedel
& Phelps.
Pittsburgh 2lO 900 900 00-3 IL 0
Boston ........ 100 101 900 OLA l3 l
Swift. Sewell q Todd, Berries;
Fette. Hutchinson & Mueller, Lopez.
Cincinnati ...t .30l 900 000-4 7 2
Philadelphia 100 001 Ills 8 0
r. Davis & Lombardi: Mulcahy
& Atwood.
AMERICAN
New York at st. Louis, postponed,
rain.
RoSton ................ 900 900 90 3 o
Chicago ................ 030 100 "a 1
Wilson, Bagby & Desautels;
Whitehead & Sewell
Washington 900 0l0 02O-3 l
Cleveland .. 800 500 50x-l5 i3 o
Deshong. Kelley & X. Ferrell,
Guiliani; Hudlin & Hemsley.
Philadelphia 900 002 000-2 9 2
Detroit ............ 00l 212 00X-6 3 2
Nelson & Hayes; Gill & Tebbetts.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

What Was That
RR's Say That Again" depart
ment was slightly overWorked
Thursday when youthful Elwood
Carroll remarked that Bill Clements
had caught marvelously big Jack
pot fish on a San Diego trip.
Now RR has heard of jack-salm-
on and jack-pike, but never until
now Jackpot fish. The mystery
was solved when RR found that
Bill who according to his friends,
or enemies, has never caught fish
worth while, captured the jackpot
1or the biggest specimen landed
on a recent San Diego excursion.
That is That
II. B. Griffin, justice of the peace
in Brawley for 20. years, could never
be accused of mincing words. A
civil suit Wednesday ground along
duly i'll superior court while
group o. valley and coast attorneys
dallied along the intricate legal
pathways.
Judge r. d. McPherrin beamed
benignly from the bench as Grif-
fin took the stand to testify con-
cerning court records. When at
torneys for the plaintiff pointed
out that writing was not the same
throughout the record, Griffin went
on talking. When an attorney rose
to offer an objection Griffin barked:
You shut up. I'm doing the
talking noWi'
Unhappy Returns
If Guy G.. Beynon ordered milk
shake for lunch Thursday and stood
up while he drank it, there is a
real reason. Thursday Guy arose
to find he was SO years old and his
family was grinning collectively,
prepared to apply their ancient
privilege OF spanking.
They applied it. There are four
in the family Simple mathematics
results in 200 SWatS.
Seen Her Duty
They said l couldn't do it, but
/ showed them!'
Such was Evelyn Aliens remark
and such was her expression after
a crash bang startled the Post
Continued on Page 2; Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Go BILLION
DOLLAR SUIT
TOSSED OUT
Nevada City Damage Action Thrown
Out on Jurisdiction Clause; Alleged
Vigilantes Among Defendants

SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 49, (UP)-Federal Judge
Michael j. Roche today dismissed the billion dollar damage
actions against Nevada City peace officers and citizens
filed by the Committee for Industrial Organization Gold
Miners union. Judge Roche, ruling the question of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

Butter: Los Angeles, 2ee: hut
terfat, Imperial valley. fob. ranch
grade A, 34c; manufacturing milk
Csc; route gathered cream ssc.
L. A. Hay: u. S. No. |. s16-1e.so:
No. 2 leafy Sf5.-15.50; No. s13.5o-lt
Minneapolis flax, May sl.St.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-30
Looking Back Through 1893
(FrOm This Papers Headlines)

John Neal surrenders John Thomas resigns p W. Post
to take State job
14Souhern begin effective ibuser against Anti
Lynch Bill
George GrissOm tells of housing
bar against Negro students.
Jan. 28-Two N Y white Catholic stu
dents raise $1,000 scholarship for Negro youth.
University housing Senator Lundeen
defends his vote against Cloture.
Feb 11Gavagan Lincoln Day speaker
Feb Minneapolis business and organize
votes against Coture for second time killing Lynch Bill
Feb 25-Los defeats begin
most popular Twin City girl
March 4-Jesse coming here Armstrong knocks out
Carey reelected club president
pleads guilty years. McDonough
st. Paul Mayor.
March 1sva Choir appears with Symphony Orchestra
April Mrs Helen Small killed coldes
April 8-Dr Geo. W. Carver scientist, here.
April 15Dr. W. D. Brown elected president Mill City
Professional Assn.
April 22Jhn Henry Lewis defends title Peace resigns from
Rondo- Farmer-I.abor Club
April 29-Fallon Mayor Townsend, Caps
president here
May 18-Poice jailed 20 as law violatOrs.
May 2-Abbie johnson, Eks Daughter Ruler
Man and boy in Mississippi river. .-
June sHery Armstrong takes another st, Paul
jumps to death n river
June 10Rook CAM Wisconsin Jail Bapsts of four
states here.
June 17Martin NcOlet discrimination
June 24-Joe Louis knocks out Schmelng keep
July sRooevelt calls South nations No. Economic Problem.
July Batum telephone employee found dead
July Wagner N. Y.
investigate lynchings -.s --- -.-
July 2s-sam Ransom Grand
Ismaheal Flory addresses local audience
Aug 5-W p A. worker killed Chas Collier committed suicide
Minn-Iowa cubrooms open
Aug agree
collar personnel
Aug Armstrong
Aug 26-Tommy Donaldson Golf
ley Wilson reelected Elks Grand Exalted Ruler.
Sept 9-Fire Captain VIM. F. Davenport dies suddenly.
Sept 23-Cizens protest Minnesota CCC boys Mis-
Sept Mitchell speech urore
in St. Paul
1-F. Carey again MnnIowa club head Geo. Kelley of
Duluth dies.
21-A Randolph assai abors bar Red Caps
R. R. employees, l. c. c. says.
years service
Nov Harvey Adkins musician caught after attempted holdup
Jos. B. Levy named Eks District Deputy
11-R bolts Pennsylvania democrats. St. Paul
sponsor housing meeting Stassn elected Governor
18-Came Elite Credaawn clubs begin annual drive
fol Christmas Cheer for needy.
Nov 25-Wayman A. M. destroyed by fire. C. O.
National Convention bans Race, Greed and Color.
2St Paul citizens confer with Mayor conditions affecting
st. Paul population. ...-
9-Lous Terrell, Paul resident so years, dies
6-George Schuyler speaks here Louise Bromley Oswen
resigns Phyllis Wheatey post .....
Dec 2M W. Judy and O. D. Howard both Twin City pioneers
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Walters School
To Be Held In
Sanity City

Conditions in the hotel industry
have made it imperative that a
course of instruction be given wait
ers if already existing jobs are to
be kept, the st. Paul Urban League
announced this week.
Accordingly, such a course will
begin on Thursday, January 5, at 8
p. m. in room 124 of the Y.M.C.A.,
Tenth and Cedar Streets. Persons
wishing to enroll should do so at
the League office, 419 Wabasha
Street.
Two hotels in st. Paul have re-
Gently attempted to replace their
colored walters with whites. In
both cases the argument has been
advanced that the men available
for the most part are not trained.
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PREFERRED
FIRMS

These firms appreciate and solicit
the patronage of the colored peo-
pie of this community:
Beecher- Cummings, Inc, Midway 67S1
Bond Liquor Store. Att Wabasha st.
Boyd Service Station--Gas & Oil. Dale &
Blue and White Oil Service. 2s2 W. Univ.
Ave. .--.-
Capitol Hat Shop, 600 Wabasha St.
Capitol Meat Co., 52f Wabasha st.
Cook's-Clothiers, Robert Fifth SITS.
Delite Cleaners, 158 N. Chatsworth st.
Dale Street Greenhouse Florists. $50 N.
Daniels Liquor Store. S7s Robert st.
Dale st.
Calm & orlofF-Gas, Oil, SIT seIby Ave.
Foreman & Clark, Clothiers. 7th & Wa
Flaherty Coal Co., S64 So. Smelling Ave.
| Harold's Meat Market-Meats, SOC Uni
versity Ave-
Hensel. Fred L.-Auto Body Repairs, Paint
Hertz Coal & Oil Co.. $40 Rice SC.
ing. 244 University.
Jim's Place-Food and Drink, $50 St. An
thony Ave.
Johns Service Station. Western & West
Central.
Kol-R Machine Co.-Maurice Strong. Vend-
ing Machines, monographs. Dale 1925.
Kent Valet Shop-Cleaning 4 Pressing,
558 Rondo St.
4. W. LANCER. Jeweler, 4s1 N. Dale st.
Berde Food Center, 1888 Wabasha st.
Minnesota Coal q Oil Co., 27I No. SHELL
ing Ave.
Modern Radio Electric Co.. 423 Univ. Ave.
Ray Theatre, 1873 East Fairfield
Sheldon Cleaners. 974 Selby Ave.
Shoe Mart-Shoes, 400 jackson st.
and 400 Robert st.
Snyder's Drug Stores, 4I2 Wabasha St.
st. Paul Typewriter Co., 81 B. 6th &.
Tradehome Shoe Co.-Shoes, 1913 Z. Tth St.
Unidale Liquor Store-LiQuors, 66S Uni
Union Cash Food Market, 91S University
Ave.
UnterTnan's Clothing Co.. $50 Robert St.
versity Ave.
Wormser Hat Stores at e. 7th St. lI2
2. 7th St., and 404 Robert ST.
zinsnaster Baking Co.-Bakers of MAS
TER Bread.
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brightest stars in the history of the
theatre. It was recently recalled
by Geo. Barton, Minneapolis news
paperman that Moss waited on and
was the favorite waiter of such
theatrical figures as Richard Mans
field, Henry Miller, Forbes Robert
son, Lewis Stone, Joseph Jefferson,
George Primrose, H. B. Warner,
Fred Stone, Dave Montgomery,
Lew Dockstader, AL Jolson, Eddie
Cantor, Frank Daniels, Richard
earle, Chauncey Olcott, James J.
Corbett and many others when they
played the old Metropolitan the
atre in Minneapolis.
At the time he became ill Gap
Moss as he was affectionately
known was employed at the Curtis
Hotel. ~ -.- .......-
Funeral Held Thursday
Funeral services for the deceased,
who resided at 1856 Fourth Ave.
So, were held at the Neal Funeral
Home chapel, at 8 p. m. Thursday,
with Rev. Father J. H. Thompson,
rector of st. Thomas Episcopal
Church. Burial was at Lakewood
cemetery. Survivors include his
widow, Mary Moss, and a son, Har-
vey Moss, postal employee.
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Open House at
Welcome Hall
Next Wednesday

Welcome Hall will have open
house and an exhibit Wednesday,
Jan. a, 1889, from 4 to 8 Pm. A
fine program sponsored by the Sew
ing Class will be held under the
direction of Mrs. Annie Belle Ri
deaux. Refreshments will be served.
The public is urged to attend.
Mrs. Josephine Hagan, head resi-
dent worker of Welcome Hall, ex-
pressed her appreciation this week
for the way in which the commu-
nifty assisted in bringing Christmas
cheer to the children of Welcome
Hall.
At Wednesdays open house the
New Years program will be an
nounced to those in attendance.