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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-11
MISS DOROTHY GATES
TO ADDRESS BOARD

The monthly meeting Of the
school board Of st. Paul's M. T.
church will be held tonight in the
parish parlors. Miss Dorothy Gates
director Of religious education Of the
First Methodist Episcopal church
will be the speaker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-11
TURTLE ATTACKs HEN

n Reno, Okla. (UP) - Mrs. Au~
brey Niles ran out Of her house
here, alarmed by some squawkiiig.
and saw one Of her chickens dis
appearing IN nnudhCle. Grab
bing the bird, she Nfcund It was
being pulled under by Q large
turtle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-11
FOremen's Club

Attorney FRANCIS I. Reeves Secfe-
tary Of the Scovill Manufacturing
Company win INTRODUCE the speaker
1t Thursday nights meeting Of the
Industrial Foremen's Club at the
Central Y. M. 9. A. The speaker will
be George II. q. Smith Of Yale Uni
yersity who will discuss Dictator
ships and DemOcracies."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-11

REAL BLUE CHIPS" OF IVORY
San Francisco (UP)-The Califor-
mia Historical society has placed on
exhibition solid ivory poker chips
that represented $1,000 each, used
at the time when bonanza kings Of
California played for such amounts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-11

Boston, Oct. INSTRUMENTATION
fORecnstt
CONNECTICUT - Fair, slightly
warmer tonight. Wednesday fair.
RHODE ISLAND - Fair tonight
and Wednesday. Not much change
In temperature,
MASSACHUSETTS Fair and
slightly warmer In north portion
tonight. Wednesday fair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-11
MARRIAGE ADVICE

p Cleveland, --(UpD Keep active
and your married lie will be hap
pier and more complete" Is the
successful marriage formula Of A1r.
and AsrB. Walter Q. Skinner, who
celebrated their gol1a wedding ami
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-11
@<@>,MY~4~%
ESTABLISHED isss

Fred Stone Returns to the
Stose in "Lishtnin"
And thot jolly good English covert
eIoth-the king Of fobries-ond
the fobrie Of kings stoses come
beck in suits and topeoots at $35
which looks like a long run to Us.
In the Coy Nineties, covert wos
king in topeoots - every young
blade sported knee length, fly
y front, strapped seam stitched
cuffs and bottom covert cloth
"Bennie" (Which w0s nineteenth
century for knee length topcoots,
from west Of England coverts.
Today as in the Nineties
ccvertss the buy-0 greet gstond-
by for service.
The Washington times., 1938-04-08
SPENT SETTLEMENT

AS for the money Rodney had
settled on her, it had dwindled to
almost nothing. She had bought
jewels and cars and extravagantly
expensive clothes. She had thrown
the money right and left, not
thinking, but reVeling in the joy OF
having it to spend.
She couldn't, she knew, go back
to poverty now. Nor could she
bring herself to live on a small
alimony such as Rodney would see
that she got in the vent Of a di-
vorce. She had to play her cards
carefully, one by one, with diScre-
ton.
She must not give him any
grounds for a divorce, not even
under that ephermeral term of
"incompatability." If Rodney did
leave her then he must pay
heavily for his freedom. But she
| didn't want him to leave her. She
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

OF per]ured statements purchased
from labor spies, and framed testi-
mony forced out of convicted
felons"
I'VE will prove that prejudiced
government officials cooperated in
the plot to secure such testimony"
Bridges declared.
Bridges, whose citizenship status
is under investigation by the labor
department issued a formal state
ment praising the house committee
on merchant marine and fisheries
action yesterday in omitting mari
time commission sponsored amend
ments which would have set up
mediation board for arbitrating dis
putes in the maritime industry.
Meanwhile, agents of the labor
department bureau of immigration
and naturalization, served a war
rant on Bridges at Baltimore in
connection with the deportation
issue.
After the CIO leader was given
a preliminary examination at the
Baltimore office of the bureau, he
waived formal examination and a
formal hearing was set for April
25 at San Francisco.
immigration and Naturalization
Commissioner James l.. Houghteling
said charges against Bridges are
based upon the immigration act of
1918 as amended by the immigra-
ton act of 1920. Its provisions re-
quire deportation Of aliens found
to be members Of Or affiliated with
groups which advocate the over
throw of the government by force
and violence, or which circulate
literature advising or teaching such
doctrines.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
OLD AUTOS IN
MAIN ST r EET
CIRCUS SHOW

Rattles from automotive bone
wards rolled end to end with shin
ing visions of motoring pulchritude
down FL Centro's Main street Sat
urday afternoon as the city'S auto
mobile dealers joined in a half
mile-long parade commemoratln9
the beginning OF National Used Car
Exchange Week.
From the spectacle of a chief OF
police blocking traffic in a rattle
trap of ancient vintage to the gilt
tering polish of used automobiles
that look like new ones, the parade
was a circus of motoring progress,
Saturdays crowds. lining Main
street and Broadway. learned how
the automobile industry of America
intends to lift itself out of the re-
cession by stimulating used car
trading to make room for new car
manufacture-and provide labor for
hundreds of thousands of persons
in auto factories and scores of re-
lated industries.
In the first day of the week that
will extend from Mar. 5 to Mar. y,
all Ell Centre automobile dealers
were enthusiastic about public re-
action to the national campaign.
ITO clear the way for full speed
operation in the industry said one
dealer, 1--WE have marked down
prices on every used car lot in Ell
Centro-and we have every reason
to expect that Imperial Valley will
respond to this campaign for pros
perity just as other sections of the
country will"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
COURT DENIES
PETITION FOR
SONS CUSTODY

Mrs. Guy Weatherbie'S petition for
custody of her two sons by a for
mer marriage, was denied in SUI
perior court this week by Judge
r. d. McPherrin.
Terms of a divorce granted Boyd
S. Sharp in 1894 gave custody of
Bennie and Boyd Sharp, then two
and three years of age, to Sharp.
The boys, now six and seven years
of age, were left in custody of their
father. Permission was given the
children to spend two weeks with
the mother each summer at her
home near Holtville. Mrs. Weather.
bic in her petition said her hus-
bands son by a former marriage
was living with them now.
The Sharp divorce was sensa-
tion of several years ago. Sharp
accused his wife of deserting him
and the two children to join
Weatherbie. The then Mrs. Wealth
erbie and Sharp both sued for di-
vorce. After the divorces were
granted, Mrs. Sharp and Weatherbie
were married. Weatherbie's first
wife was given custody of their son
but later he was given to the father
because the mother removed him
from the jurisdiction of the court
without permission.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

make the trip home from points
to the north. described the desola-
ton left in the wake of the storm
Raney Back
Deputy Sheriff Frank Raney ar
rived home Saturday morning af-
ter delivering a prisoner to San
Quentin The Rev Mr.. Harold Doty
of the First Baptist church in Ell
Centro arrived Saturday after be-
ing shuttled back and forth in the
Los Angeles area. The minister
finally reached San Diego at mid
night Friday via the inland route.
He had been trying to get home
from Los Angeles since Thursday
noon. He reached Ontario by auto
over pavements crumbling away in
the flood, only to find he could
not travel farther east When ne
started back to Pomona, he found
a bridge he crossed Is minutes be-
Continued on Page 2: Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

Surprise. Surprise!-
Mervin Mccoy, of the Calexico
McCoys. was gripped during the
absence OF his wife by the same
ardent fervor that now and then
grips all good husbands. Looking
about for some way to surprise his
wife upon her return, his glance
rested on the floor. Can uncom-
Portable place to rest, says your
Mccoy collected the dust rag, the
mop, the wax and whatever else
it is you polish floors with. He
began to polish. If he had been a
relay team, he couldn't have work.
ed harder. First there was a glim-
mer, then a shine, then a down.
right burst of splendor. Talk about
poliSh You could practically see
the reflection of a thought in that
floor.
Mccoy was standing back, ad-
mirin9 the polish, or the reflection,
or something, when Mrs. Mccoy
appeared at the door. Mccoy
Strengthened up and looked about
the way we all look when we're
waiting to be praised for something.
Mrs. Mccoy came through beauti-
fully.
She rushed to her husband. She
flung her arms around his neck.
And then-tragedy!
They slipped. They slid. They
skidded. 1t was that polished floor
Mccoy, gentleman that he is, tried
to save Mrs. M. from the inevitable
Continued on Page 2; Col So
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
County Fair Opens Doors
FLOOD. DELAYS
EXHIBITS FROM
COAST AREAS
HOltville Wins Relay,
Carrying Key to
Open Gates

IMPERIAL, Mar. 5 At
1923 am. Saturday a weary
Hoitville runrer sprinted
through lane of spectators
to the fairgrounds entrance
here, and a moment later the
Ninth Annual Imperial County
Fair was officially under way.
Holtyille high school athletes won
the honor of opening the fair by
defeating Imperial high school
track athletes in a Is mile relay
race from Holtville.
Robert Baxter of Holtville reach
ed the fairgrounds first, hanaed
his key over to Ben Hulse. fair
board president and Hulse opened
the big gates Tex Cornelison fired
the opening gun for the race in
Holtville.
The largest opening day crowd
in history attracted by the relay
runners, milled through partially
completed exhibits as early as l0:30
am.
Rains Delay
Rains early in the week delayed
the shifting of exhibits to the fair
grounds and, as a result, many
booths were not completed until
late afternoon.
On a whole the booths were dec
Grated more elaborately this year
than last. There were Al CONNER
cial exhibits as compared to Al
last year.
Livestock and poultry entry lists
were arger this year but many OF
the entries from the coast were
delayed by storms. Some CONNER
cial exhibits were also delayed.
AS a result, judging of exhibits,
scheduled for Saturday, was post
poned until Monday, according to
Continued on Page 2; Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
FLOOD WATERS
PERIL FR ESNO.
PEOPLE FLEE
Break Forced i'm Canal:
Desperate Work to
Protect City

FRESNO, Cal, March 5.
(UP) = Flood waters today
forced a break in the south
side of the Herndon canal,
five miles north of the Fres-
no business district, and police
warned all people in the near vici-
nifty to be prepared to evacuate.
The warning was broadcast over
both local radio stations.
Police announced at am that
the crisis was believed past, al
though a close guard will be MAIN
tanned on the canal banks.
Already the exclusive Figardon
district was under seven feet OF
water as a result of a break on
the north side Three hundred peo-
ple were picked up in that section
by boats.
Crews worked desperately to
strengthen the crumbling canal le-
wees.
Receding waters in the Figarden
area this morning allayed fears of
widespread flooding of the city's
thickly populated northern residen-
tial section.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

ed that residents be inoculated for
typhoid. Attempts were made to
haul water into East Riverside from
the nearby town of Ontario.
DR.. George Parrish, Los Angeles
health officer, reported water in
all sections of this city was in good
condition, but in other communi-
ties the heavy rains had left stag
nant, disease breeding pools.
Automobiles arrived late Friday
night in Palm Springs for the first
time since floods isolated this des-
ert resort three days ago and tele-
graph connections were re-estab-
lished with Los Angeles, 125 miles
northwest.
Most telephone lines still are
down.
Few Roads Passable
A few roads are barely passable,
with Washouts making motor travel
dangerous. The bridge connecting
the resort with the south was par
TALLY destroyed by torrents.
The city still is without gas. For
two nights candles have furnished
the only illumination. Guests are
eating cold food, and whatever sup
plies can be cooked in fireplace
Property damage is light, anc
there has been no loss of life
reported.
! The number of dead was esti.
mated at 1876 throughout the 10000
square miles affected by the flood
A hundred persons were missing
Estimates on property damage
ranged from $25,000,000 to $33,0O0,'
900 and engineers said it woult
take a year to restore all washed
out bridges.
Looting broke out in several COM
munitieS and orders went out tt
shoot any one caught robblnG
houses or stores.
Rain Scare
People here were worried for {
time last night when thunde
doomed across San Bernardint
mountain and rain began to fal
again. A thousand persons who hat
returned to their half-floodet
homes, fled back to the municipa
auditorium where they had beer
refugees for two days and nights.
Reports of a new storm discour'
aged the 100000 persons in th'
vast flood-stricken area where al
most a foot of water fell in six days
but the weather bureau here broad
cast reassuring reports that thu
storm was local, and that today!
forecast was clear weather
One of the most desolate area
today was San Bernardino, a cit,
in the foothills 60 miles east o
Continued on Page2; Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
MEXICANS In FLIGHT
AS FLOOD TORRENTS
SWELL COLORADO

Big eXpanses of flat, weed-cover-
ed river bottom between Gillespie
dam and the Colorado river will
absorb a large part Of the CHA
river flood before it pours into
the Colorado. Dowd said.
Dowd's prediction that there will
be no trouble on the district sys-
tenn or at the Andrade headworks
was pinned on the fact both floods
are of the flash variety. One Is
expected to recede before the other
arrives.
Goats, chickens, and cattle. mean
while, were being moved out OF the
danger area south of the border,
Mexican settlers were expected 10
evacuate numerous small establish-
ments set up between the levee
system and the Colorado channel.
The flood may cover that area
Continued on Page 2. Col %
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

by three labor unions, local 1ll9
of the International Hod Carriers,
Building and Common Laborers
union, local 1910 of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, and local 1929 of the In
ternational Association of Bridge,
Structural and Ornamental Iron
Workers. The hearing is scheduled
for the Eagles hall on Broadway.
In addition to charges that the
company was unfair to labor and
had discharged certain workmen
merely because they were union
men,, the unions declared compa-
ny officials had refused to engage
in collective bargaining.
Through Attorney r. B. White
law, of Ell Centre, the company is
prepared to move for. dismissal Of
the charges. The company contends
the Labor Relations board is with
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

Small Mexican settlements IN the
river bottom south of the interna-
tional line, said Chief Engineer NJ
j. Dowd of the district.
Yellow flood waters tumbling
down the Colorado will reach An
drade Saturday afternoon or night,
Dowd said The Gila river flood
will not reach the headworks be-
fore Sunday or Monday. Peak of
the Colorado flood will pass before
the Gila pushes its torrents into
the bigger river. Dowd predicted.
Millions of second feet of flood
water checked by the Boulder dam
reservoir far up the Colorado held
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
VIENNA NAz|S
IN CLASH WITH
CATHOLIC BLOC

VIENNA, Mar 5. (UP)-Author-
tiles closed Vienna university today
after serious clashes between Nazi
and combined Catholic -Fatherland
Front students.
Students 'defied police, who sep
arated them, and continued demon
strations-the police forming a buf-
fer. --'.-.'- -' ----
The disorder began when Catholic
students paraded the university
corridors, greeting each other with
cries of Hell Austria!" and sing
ing anti-Nazi songs.
Fights were started. Fatherland
Front men rushed to the aid of the
Catholics. Fighting overflowed from
the university building to the
streets.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

out jurisdiction to determine mat
ters not within certain listed sec
tions of the Labor Relations act,
that any-government con-
tract makes the government the
agency for employing persons on
company jobs, and that the gov
ernment actually employs them.
This contract the company con-
tends, gives the company right to
discharge employees, subject to the
supervising agency.
All disputes, according to COM
pany contention. should be placed
before the labor policies board es-
tablished by the Works Progress
Administration. The company fur
ther contends the policies board
has sole jurisdiction over labor dis
putes in this category and its deci-
sions are final.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Diplomat Asserts
Trotsky Served
England as Spy

MOSCOW, Mar. 5. (UP)-Chris-
tian Rakovsky, for years Russia's
leading diplomat, asserted today at
the mass trial of 81 Bolshevik lead
ers for treason that Great Britain
accepted him as Russian ambas-
sador only after learning that he
was associated with Leon Trotsky.
Asserting that Trotsky was a
British agent, Rakovsky said that
he himself, after being shown a
forged letter which constituted a
threat to him, was taken to a dinner
at a London restaurant to meet
the chief of the Russian section
of the British intelligence service in
1924, a year after his appointment
as ambassador.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
DREADFUL SIGHTS REPORTED AS
DEAD DUG FROM FLOOD DEBRIS

of trying unsuccessfully to catch
eight bodies that floated under the
Mt. Vernon avenue bridge. Three
were children, a girl about years
old, and two boys about u. There
were also a Negro man and woman
and three white men.
A few hours later the bodies OF
two more women were swept past.
The current was to swift for
watchers to recover them.
Continued on Page 2. Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
CHANG WILL BE
BEHE EADED> IF
HE'S CAPTURED

TOKYO, Mar. 5. (UP)-Genersl-
issimo Chang Kai-Shek will be be-
headed by the japanese military
whenever and wherever he is found.
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota told
the Japanese diet tonight.
Replying to interpretations, Hirota
said he could not predict the dura-
tion of the China hostilities. He
declared he cannot imagine any
foreign power intervening on be-
half of Chang Kai-Shek, whose
determination has been decided
upon by the japanese.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Aiirplanes Ren ew
Desperate Search
For Missing Liner

FRESNO, Cal, Mar. (UP) -
Eight airplanes today continued a
desperate search of the mountains
60 miles northeast of here for a
Transcontinental Western Airways
transport that disappeared Tues
day with nine persons aboard.
They feared that unless the craft
was located during the day that
trace of it would be covered by the
snow.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Mar.
5 (UP)-The dead were dug today
from the muck and debris left by
the raging Lytle Greek in its flood
swollen course through this rail-
road and citrus center.
1t was feared the toll was 80 or
more. Coroner r. E. Williams said
six bodies had been recovered 50
far. Others were buried or washed
away.
Police Officer H. c. English told
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

the flood in that river to a mini
mum. The Colorado measured ga
900 second feet at Parker Saturday
Under similar circumstances before
Boulder Dam was installed it would
have measured hundreds of thou
sands of second feet.
No big dams halted the Gila
rivers course. AT Granite Reef
dam near Phoenix-a low diversion
dam-92, 900 second feet were meas
ured, fed by the Verde and Salt
rivers. At Gillespie dam, nearer
the Colorado. the flood rose to
100000 second feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

operating between Imperial Valley
and Los Angeles by means of de-
tour rerouting. A majority of the
valley companies have been unable
to establish direct contact with
Los Angeles.
Eight Imperial county highway
patrolmen and two patrol cars
received orders at noon Saturday
to report to patrol headquarters
in Oange county to help handle
traffic.
First of the valley residents to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
DISEASE RAISES FLOOD Peril
BRIDGES FIRES
BROADSIDE AT
SENATE GROUP

WASHINGTON March 5. (UP)-Harry Bridges, west
coast maritime union leader today bitterly criticized the
senate committee for its conduct of hearings
bill amending the provisions of the maritime labor act
He charged the committee "hid behind a smOkescreen
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Union Charges Will
Be Aired at Meetinq

Union charges that the Chambers company was
unfair to labor in recent strike All American canal
construction jobs will be aired in Ell Centro March Ia at
meeting called by the Labor Relations board
The hearing called by Dr. ToWne Nyander, board
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
VALLEYITES RETURN
WITH FLOOD TALES
Stories of Buckling Pavements, Narrow
Escapes From Torrents Told by
Travellers From Coast

Imperial Valleys connection with the flood ravaged
sections of the coast meagre Saturday and Off
cals of transportation and communication companies had
no idea when emergency connections would be estab
shed Telephone telegraph, railway and bus service is
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Stagnant Pools
Poison Drinkino
Wafer in Cities
Autos Enter Palm Springs First Time
Since Catastrophe; 126 Dead Listed
With 100 Still Missing

LOS ANGELES, March 5. (UP)-The threat of disease
from stagnant waters in outlying communities added
today to the suffering in southern CALIFORNIA; flood
All drinking water in east Riverside, 81 miles
here condemned by health authorities who recommend
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06

Floods roared down the Colorado and Gla rivers Sat
urday toward the Imperial Irrigation District headworks
at Andrade Five years ago the ranswoen rivers would
have away levees and threatened the life of Imperial
Valley This year damage is expected other than to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
PROGRAM FOR
FAIR SUNDAY
SUNDAY, MAR. 6

SUNDAY, MAR. 6
1890. ..a.m.-EXhibit a. building open
for inspection.
1900 nOOn-I mperial Valley
Boys Band concert.
100 p.m.-A.A.A. auto races
featuring the most
outstanding drivers
in these United
States.
1870 p.m.-Lt. Governor Geo.
Hatfield will be
speaker of the day.
400 p.m.-Five free acts oil
vaudeville in the
main exhibit build
ing.
7:3O p.m.-COrOnatiOn of the
Queen for the Inn
perial County Fair.
500 p.m.-Five free acts of
vaudeville on stage
in the exhibit build
ing.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-29
Brook Park Lady
Becomes A Bride
Former Miss Edwardine
Palm Will Make Home i'm
North Dakota.

The home of Rev. and Mrs. S. T
Palm in Brook Park was the scene
of pretty wedding ceremony Sum-
day when their daughter, Miss Ed
Wardine, was united in marriage to
Mr.. Ozro Keeton of Bismark, NJ D
The ceremony took place under q
pretty white arch covered with ever
green's, pink and white roses and a
large white bell.
Preceding the ceremony, 20 Perfect
Love" was sung by the brides broth
ers, Olaf, Henrik and Harald, and
the wedding march was played by
Mrs. B. Storm. The bride was given
in marriage by her oldest brother
Olaf, and attended by her sisters
Margit and Valborg, as maid of honor
and bridesmaid respectively. The
groom was attended by Henrik and
Harald Palm.
Following the ceremony dinner was
served to 80 relatives and intimate
friends. The couple will make their
home in Bismark, NJ D., where the
groom is finance accountant in the
United States army, stationed at Fort
Lincoln.
A large circle of friends in Pine
county wish Mr.. and Mrs. Keeton a
happy welded life.