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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-08-12
Town Tattle

If the home town boys don't quit
running to Seattle to attend those
all night dances, they will all be
looking, presently, for new jobs.
The true pioneer spirit still pre-
walls in this modern mechanical
world, and its presence is evident
in the persons of two super woods
men and trail blazers, Ray Dixon,
and Johnny Morris. We wonder if
they have gone back to nature or
whether they really intend to get
strong. AT any rate, the boys are
content to remain just where they
are, but the girls are kicking.
The lady with the "sombrero"
has decided to postpone her south
ern visit in favor of further edu-
cation. She has decided to take a
special course of instruction on the
subject of How to win "W" swea-
tiers and influence aspiring young
medical men.
No one was surprised to learn
that the Sultan" has become re-
conciled with his harem, although
it looked for a while as if someone
else would take his place.
We would like to know where
the Shelters hard-hitting first
baseman spends his evenings away
from home.
The candidacy for the nomina-
ton to this weeks "do wrongs
rogue's gallery" will have to be di-
vided because of a tie between the
Toppenish mechanic and the lady
with the "sombrero."
Laurels this week go to the T.
R. Pierce's for the duplication of
the perfect married couple.
Yours, Town Tattler
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Y.W.C.A. NOTES
Miss Elizabeth K. Summers,
Executive Secretary

Activities at the Branch this
week. Recreational programs con-
tinue with large attendance and
much enthusiasm. Walters Aux
iliary held monthly meeting Tues
day evening. Business and Indus
trial Girls Choral Glass Wednes-
day evening. Youth Council NAA
CP, Thursday. Executive Secre-
tary enjoying her summer vaca-
ton quietly at home. Miss Jennie
Jamison, matron of the Branch,
taking care of things nicely in her
absence.
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Miss Hattie Redmond, Mesdames
Clara Logan, Dora Keene, Kath-
crime Gray, and Prof. Kansler gave
brief remarks Renaissance of the
yesteryears. Other out-of- town
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Benjam-
in Mills of Arizona, Mrs. Stella
Stevens of New York; Miss Daisy
Raimey of Springfield, ILL.,, and the
Misses Erma and Marjorie Pollard
of Spokane.
The genial hostesses We'd in their
choice of dress. Mrs. McClear ell
ected to receive in a French crea-
ton of black taffeta, tiny rose dots
in a new color treatment, short
sleeves, wide floor-length skirt.
Elbow-length white gloves and sill
yer sandals completed the ensem-
BILE. Mrs. Hubbard was becoming
ly dressed wearing a white crepe
cocktail blouse, gold braid trim,
with a floor-length skirt in black
of matching material Miss Red
mond attracted much attention in
black lace. Mesdames Kansler and
King respectively, were attractive
in dotted Swiss ShirtWaist formal
and French wolfe peach-shade of
floor length. Others closely OBJ
served were: Mr.. Edwin Flowers
chose convential black as did his
charming wife in black lace over
rose satin. A trio, Mesdames P.
Stewart, G. Mullen and D. Stevens,
the latter of New York, wore wide
picture hats with their pastel dres-
SEES. Wearing figured chiffons were
Miss Barbara Hubbard, Mesdames
Lula Gragg and Edw. Rutherford.
Mrs. Chas. Martinez, a two-piece
silk crepe, accessories in travellers
tan. Mrs. Mabel Henderson, pale
ping organdie; Mrs. Jessie Flow
ers, pink marouisette and lace.
Mrs. Katherine Gray, modish in
her outfit with which she wore a
wide-brimmed hat in black and
white. Miss Maxine Brown De-
muir in blue marquisette, French
design. Assisting at the reception
table were Mesdames Leah Land
and Edith Jackson, neices of Mrs.
McClear.
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Helena, Montana
By HEX
BY HEX

Connie flew to Great Falls last
week to see the races. He was
very quiet on his retun home. Per-
haps the ponies didn't run to suit
Charlie Harrell and Lawrence
Howard were over to the Falls last
week and neither was broke when
he returned home, Notwithstanding
the interesting carnival at the fair
as a special inducement to reduce
the pile" they carried in their
pockets.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e. Ingram were
visitors at the Great Falls fair last
week.
Mrs. Homer J. Soulds, Mrs, Ida
Welsh, Miss Carrie Soulds and Mr..
Joseph Cough motored over to
Great Falls for a look see" at the
fair last week.
ATTENTION LADIES': In the
future keep one eye on the humble
pigeon. He may become your sal
walton as you tread the thorny path
of social ambition. Go to the dove
cote for the proper angle at which
you should balance your head on
your shoulders. From now on the
nape of your neck will be in the
spotlight. 1t is decreed, to obtain
the best result, you should wriggle
your neck twenty times (of course
before your mirror) and with each
wriggle you may coo (cooing not
obligatory and as contributive
result of your pains mot the kind
that hurts) you will have a beau
tiful elongated neck that, with
each step, your head will seem to
be hung on springs. We usually
are willing and submissive crea-
lures to the ladies' cooling. So
what! Princess Kropotkin.
1 WATCHED: the peppery pep
trio at the convention and 1 was
convinced they put the hot stuff in
pepper.
the industrious gum chewing
pianist and I'm certain others got
the same kick that I did out of
seeing it.
closely all the delegates, and
they all looked so sWe-e-et and so
charming, one could almost forget
their meals.
the legislative committee
chairman trying hard to put over
her stuff, but every delegates had
styes on both eyes and nobody saw
her efforts.
the commissariat, enjoyed the
comestibles that proved inestim-
able.
- the juvenile marathon that
now and then went rumbling down
the hall during exercises.
the contested tallsfest between
the presiding officer and delegates
who thought they had a right to
speak, and with all of it.
"a splendid two-day convention.
Jimmie and Logan Allen got
back safely from Spokane last
week. They reported a fine trip.
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Spokane Churches

A benefit musical program will
be given at Bethel A.M.E. Church
Sunday, August ii by members of
the senior and junior choirs.
The senior choir, under the dir
ection of Miss Isabel Boot, will
present a group of new and famil-
lar spirituals. The junior girls
chorus, led by Mildred Downs Ste
phens, will be featured in spirituals
and southern melodies. Miss FL
eanor Barrow, accompanist for the
senior choir, will appear in vocal
numbers also.
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Distinguished Visitors
Take Leave for Homes

PORTLAND, Aug. II - Au re-
voir was the theme when fifty or
more friends gathered at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Jamison in
N. E. 9th to wish Prof. and Mrs.
L. r. Kansler and son Melvin a
pleasant trip back to Knoxville,
Tenn. The Kansler's have had a
months vacation in Portland with
relatives and old time friends.
They were loath to depart, feeling
deeply indebted to the following:
Mr.. John Minor, a party of twelve
for an Oriental Supper; Mrs. L. K.
Weeks, hostess for dinner; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Morton, dinner; Mr.
Samuel Blanchard, a trip to Seat
tie, where they were dinner guests
of the late Attorney and Mrs. Cla-
renee r. Anderson; Miss Hattie
Redmond and sister Susie Craw-
ford, supper party; Mrs. Lillian
Payne, party; Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Gragg, Sunday night supper; Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Flowers, beach
party at Ocean Lake; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Morton, dinner at their
country home in Vancouver; Mrs.
w. H. Holiday, luncheon; Miss
Winifred Summert, buffet supper
at Hills Villa, Terwilliger Heights;
Mr.. Willard Davis, seaman on u.
S. S. Tuscaloosa, dinner; courte-
sizes to their son, Melvin, Miss FL
eanor Gragg, dinner; Miss Vera
Marie Keys, evening party; Mr..
Bob Price, party.
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Portland
Churches


Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 1884
N. Il. Schuyler, Rev. j. j. Glow =
This Sunday the subject of the
sermon was BE Not Afraid" 1t
was very inspiring. In the even
ing the topic was THE Coming of
the Golden Age" The event of
the past week was a delicious Chi
cken dinner given by the Search
light Club. The meal was pre-
pared and served by Mrs. Erma
Hepburn and her assistants. Our
pastor is leaving this week for an
extended tour of the East. During
his absence various visiting mini
sters will preach.
Bethel A. NJ. E., The Friendly
Church, Larabee and McNIillen,
Rev. Geo. f. Martin, pastor
Sunday School, $3.50 a. M, w.
B. Brown, Supt.
Morning Worship, 11:00
Evening Worship, 500
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday at
1880 p. m:
The sermon subject, THE Chris
tians Likeness to Jesus in His
Death" by the minister, was fol-
lowed by Holy Communion. The
services were indeed impressive.
The choir, under the direction of
Mrs. z. Baker, sang praises to the
glorification of all. Mrs. Chas.
Martinez, soloist, in her usual man
ner sang Il Heard the Voice of Je-
sus Say" 1t was restraining to
suppress emotions, as the sermon
and songs had their telling effect
on the receptive minds of the wor-
shippers. Visitors: Bro. J. l.. Alex
ander, Chicago; Mrs. Ruth Wat
kins (Valley), Berkeley, Calf; Mr..
Jack Holsclaw, Spokane; and Mr..
G. George, FIT. Worth, Texas. Mrs.
Carrie White, Evangelist of the A.
ME. Church, visiting the North
west from Chicago, brought an in
spring message to Bethel Sunday
evening. Women's Day, third Sum-
day, with elaborate program. Rev.
Martin spoke over KALE Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of last
week.
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Church of God in Christ, 2911
So. X ST., Elder Hy Rodgers, pas
tor = Sunday School 9:45 a. M;
Morning Worship, II a. M; YPW
w, p. M; Evangelistic service,
7:30 p. M; Weekly meetings Tues
day and Thursday, 1880 p. m. In
the absences of Pastor Hy Rod
gers, Elder ]. H. Mitchell preached
at both services last Sunday. The
morning service subject, "Sin Lii
eth at the Door," evening service
text, Acts I'll, subject, care These
Things So?" Pastor Rodgers
preached Sunday night from the
subject, kidnapped World"
The fellowship meeting was well
attended. Elder C. Simms preach
ed on the subject, go a Little
Farther" which was enjoyed by
all. Come and worship with us.
A hardy welcome awaits you.
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Tacoma
Churches

Full Gospel PentecOstal Chapel,
So. 25th and Tacoma, E. F. Nor
ris, pastor. - The Grand Reunion
held in Seattle met with great sue
cess. The meeting lasted three
days and was attended by dele
gates from Yakima, Ellensburg,
Raymond, Utah and Tacoma. Ev-
eryone reported wonderful time
and all are ready to return to their
fields of work for another year.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
Youth Helps Kill
Man For S1.2b

KEARNEY, Neb., Oct. l8. lUP)
Gary AmeS, IA, was a lind, SYM
pathetic boy when he was gradu-
ated by Wilmington, Mass, junior
high school last June. Today he
was held in Jail on his confession
that he helped kill a man for $1.26.
Gary spun fanciful tales to detec-
tives to embroider his admission
that he and Donald Leroy Galloway.
%, of Mansfield, O., shot and rob-
bed Edward j. Billings of Chicago.
a fellow passenger in a railroad
box car
Authorities attributed Gary's re-
versal of character to reading Of
crime fiction. Their belief in this
explanation was strengthened after
they had X-rayed Gallaway's stom-
ach to check Gary'S story that his
companion had swallowed a small
% caliber pistol. The X-rayS show
ed no pistol and Gary admitted he
had gotten the idea from detec-
tive yarn.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
TEMPERATURE
DEScENDS TO
n IN VALLEY

Temperatures in Imperial Valley
Tuesday dropped to AZ degrees, the
lowest temperature for Oct. II
since 1888, the year weather bureau
facilities were established in this
area.
The valley felt the edge of a cold
wave which swept the Pacific coast
area In the mountains between the
valley and San Diego farmers said
ice gathered on milk pals ano
temperatures dropped to 26 de-
eYees. Thermometers in San Diego
reached the lowest point in 4t
wears, 47 degrees
A year ago the minimum temper
a;ure was 10 degrees higher than
this year, 81 degrees. Maximum
temperature Tuesday was S5 de-
grees.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
Text of Ickes
Address at
Imperial Dam

Here is the text of Secretary
Ickes' speech delivered Tuesday at
Imperial dam:
1t is a genuine pleasure for me
to be with you here today as we
turn the first water into this great
All American canal. Doubtless,
among you are are some who came
into the Imperial Valley in 1901
and 1902 and lived in tents while
you prepared homesteads in the
blistering desert for the first irriga-
ton. You have lived to see this
section of the southwest mature.
You have seen the treacherous Col
orado river controlled by Boulder
dam. and today the dream of an
All American canal, with a never
failing water supply, is nearing
completion. For you this day must
be one of great satisfaction. You
have built your homes under con-
iitions which would have defeated
less persistent men, and you have
seen your valley grow to one OF
Importance to the whole of the
United States.
There are among you also several
of those determined leaders who
carried the fight for control of the
Colorado river from the Imperial
Valley to Washington and thence
throughout the country until your
point was won. Today you must
entertain a feeling of great pride
in a fine achievement.
Many Changes
As I drove through this wonder
Continued on Page 3, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
New Reporter
Joins Staff

Mrs. F.. H. Woodbridge. well
known in Holtville and Brawley as
a newspaper woman, Monday be-
came Holtville reporter for tnis
newspaper
Mrs Woodbridge will report COM
munity and social activities for The
FYeSs and Post IN the eastslde COM
rlunity. Her work will appear daily
in these columns.
Employment OF Mrs. Woodbridge
represents an additional effort by
the Post Press newspapers TO give
readers in all parts Of Imperial
Valley all OF the news about the
valley
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
CIemons Heads
Coordinatinq
Council in &c.

El Centro Coordinating council
members Monday night reelected
last years officers to the same
positions for the coming year.
DR.. R. c. Clemons is president;
Mrs. H. T. Miller is vice-president,
and Mrs. Leona Jacobs is secre-
tary. The council this year will be
formed into committees TO function
as separate units A general council
meeting will be called only when
necessary.
The council discussed the COM
ing drive for funds for character
building agencies and Clemons will
appoint a committee to study the
budgets of the various groups.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
Hoover Declares
Thurs. Pension
Plan Fading Out
EX-President FOresees
Defeat of California
Ham an Proposal

HARTFORD, Conn, Oct.
IS. (UP)-Former President
Hoover told neWspapermen
today that he believed the
$50 every Thursday pension
proposal in California lis fading
out" and Il have no doubt it will be
defeated.
1T couldn't last more than two
or three weeks if it were adopted,
he Salo.
The Munich agreement ''preserV-
ed peace" in Europe, he declared,
and rejected the idea that totali-
tartan governments would cause
friction with the United States by
invading" the western hemisphere.
Mr.. Hoover deplored the eXten-
sion of trade quotas throughout the
world. He said quotas had replaced
tariffs as the principal barrier to
International trade.
He recommended the United
States build a little trade pro-
vince of our own in the whole west
ern hemisphere to offset the "pro-
vinces" being constructed by other
nations, notably Germany, Japan
and Great Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
Witnesses Questioned in JENNINGS
Case Before Grand Jury

jurors and Deputy District Attor-
ney D. H. Wolford refused to di-
vulge their identity.
Grand jurors also refused to give
any information regarding their
intentions in the case. They de-
clined to answer when asked if they
planned to return an indictment
against Jennings. 1t was under
stood they planned to consider the
matter further during the after
noon.
The girl, said to be 16 years Of
age, accused Jennings of being the
father of a child born to her about
month ago. Jennings was arrested
at his home in Ell Centre Oct. 10
and taken to the county jail for
questioning. He was released the
next afternoon after he waived for
NAL arraignment and made bail.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18

A SnoWStorm which swept through
Montana was responsible for the
deaths of three persons in an auto
mobile accident. Three were miss
ing in subfreezing temperature. The
storm which started four days age
damaged power and communica-
ton lines and crops ard made high
ways perilous for motorists.
Chicago has basked in Summery
weather for four days. Yesterday S
maximum temperature was 80 de-
grees. Donnell said the mercury
would tumble today as cool wave
moves in from the Rockies bring
ing showers with it.
The all time heat record for Oct
II was broken in New York City
Yesterday when the temperature
rose to 81. Other maximum read
iugs in eastern states were: Al
bany, 80; Atlanta, 80; Boston. 86;
Philadelphia 90; and Washington
D. c., So.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18

The Imperial county grand jury
Tuesday questioned witnesses in
connection with Two morals charges
brought last week against D. J.
Jennings, Ell Centro produce dealer,
by an unmarried juvenile girl.
He is at liberty on $500 bail
demanded after his arraignment on
two counts in the complaint, con-
tributing to the delinquency of a
minor and statutory rape.
Jennings sat in the corridor be-
fore the grand jury room while the
grand jury questioned the girl
Tears streamed from her eyes and
she nervously twisted a handker-
chief as she walked from the room.
Her father also was seen entering
the grand jury room.
Several other witnesses were said
to have been questioned in con-
nection with the case but grand
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
Blake Funeral
Services Held

Last rites for Mrs. Ruth JOS
ephine Blake 43, who died in E,
Centro Saturday after a long ill.,
ness, were held at the Lemons
chapel at 10:3O a. m. Tuesday,
The Rev Mr.. Devon Ellsworth.
pastor of the Episcopal church il
Ell Centre, officiated at the rites
Interment was made at Evergreen
cemetery.
Mrs. Blake is survived by her
daughter, Miss Geraldine Blake OF
El Centre; and a brother, Harry
spent the last months of her life
in hospitals.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18

lot UNe 1lfSL JiI1e.
Little more than half an hour
after the first water splaShed thru
four giant roller gates at Imperial
Dam in answer to an impulse START
ed under the finger of Secretary OF
Interior Harold l.. Ickes. six great
desilting basins proved to 5000 per-
sons that slowly rotating scrapers
will clear the mud from Colorado
river water.
Sliding across long aprons edg-
ing each desilting basin, sheets OF
clear water spilled into other rum
ways and were carried into the
main channel Of the All American
canal. There a slowly moving blan-
ket of water advanced steadily down
the bed of the big ditch, slowly
covering the tiny trees that had
found root there, stirring little
spurts of dust in its path, never
stopping until it reached a plug at
. Pilot Knob.
Seasoning by Sections
There, for the time being, th5
water will stop. 1t will move dowr
into the next stretch of the cana
only after the first sector is thor.
oughly sealed by silt deposits.
/ Water flowed for the first tim,
into the $26,000,0OO canal as NOR,
than 5000 spectators spread acros.
The site of the dam that appeared
under a clear desert sun like some
great, isolated industrial factory
Sixty miles from the heart of I'M
perial Valley, dedication of the
canal did not attract half the
crowd that went Monday night to
see and hear Secretary Ickes dedl-
cate the All American canal power
system at BraWley. M. J. DoWd
superintendent of the Imperial Ir-
ri2ation District, estimated the
BraWley crowd at $4,000
BenedictiOn Given
Among those at Imperial Dam,
however. were representatives of al
most every branch of state and ma
tional life, gathered to pay honor
70 the vision of Imperial Valley
pioneers, to the expert workman
ship OF the United States Bureau
cf Reclamation and to the tireless
work of irrigation district directors.
Solen1nly the ceremonies begar
with benedictiCn by Father Felix
5f Ft. Yuma, who called upon man
kind to dedicate the great ditch to
Continued On Page 3; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
Priests Jailed
In Austria by
Order Of Nazis
All Roman Catholic Rites
Involving Professions
Banned i'm Vienna

VIENNA, Oct. II. (UP)
All Roman Catholic SER
vices in Vienna which involve
street professions, and most
special church services, have
been banned Indefinitely by Nazi
authorities, it was reported today.
1t was said in usually reliable
quarters that six Catholic priests
had been arrested in Vienna during
the last week. Belief was expressed
that a large number had been ar
rested elsewhere in Austria.
One of the priests arrested here
was charged with immoral be-
havior, it was understood; another
with resisting police during dis
orders 10 days ago; one with par
ticipating in an anti-Nazi, and
hence anti-state demonstration; an
other with disseminating anti-Nazi
leaflets.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
Deputies Cancel
Sortie TO Eyict
Mrs. Barnett

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18. CUP-
Big, ctrong deputy United States
marshals, after making a fuItive
sortie about the palatial tepee Of
Mrs. Anna Laura Barnett, decided
today to keep their scalps and once
more passed the task of dislodging
the widow of the aged creek Indian
this time to General James A.
Farley'5 postmen.
They decided. in word, to mail
to the embattled widow a copy OF
an order evicting her from the Will
shire boulevard wigwam she bought
with the money of her elderly
brave, Jackson Barnett.
A delay of two or three days
while General Farley's men deliver
the missive, they hoped, would give
her time to "vacate decently."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
Shades of Diamond Jim

The laugh is the same, although
this happened some time ago..
On a trip to Mexico City. Mexi-
cali Attorney Edmundo Guajardo
tipped the rain porter at the start
Of the journey. He gave him a
bill and the colored man bowed low
time after time. He almost craWled
on the floor in anxiety to please
Guajardo thought the porter was
more elaborate in his thanks than
necessary but didn't think more
about it until the following day
when he counted his cash and
found a 500 bill missing
Guajaddo traded a $40 bill for
the 500 that he gave the porter
by mistake and The porter stopped
hoWing
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-18
Mother. CIospins
Decd BQbeinAr
Walks Half Mile
HoItviIIe Woman
Finds Infant
Suffoc Gated

HOLTVILLE, Oct. ia
mother and father grieved
today after burying their in
FAINT child who suffOcated
Monday morning while sleep
ing with his mother.
The mother, Mrs. Oran Stephens,
aWoke Monday in her ranch home
near here to find the tiny body
of her two-month- son beside
her. a victim of suffocation. Stole
ally, the young woman gathered up
the body of the child, wrapped it
in a blanket and started the four
mile walk to town. alone. After
walking nearly a mile she met her
husband
The baby last was seen alive
shortly after midnight when the
father gave the child food before
he left for work He placed the
baby in bed with the sleeping moth
er When she aWoke several hours
later, she discovered the lifeless
body beside her He had smothered
Death was obviously caused by
suffocation, Deputy Coroner Her.
bert Hughes reported. BED clothes
probably smothered the child" :"
Hughes conducted an investigation
but failed to order an inquest.
Funeral services were held at
the Fields funeral home here at q
pm. Monday with the Rev MI
Charles H. Master, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Holtville,
officiating