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Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28

To Gov.
Shown
Secret legislative
Doinss Believed
Told in Files

SACRAMENTO, June %.
(UP)-Arthur H. Samish,
San Francisco lobbyist, to-
day laid before the Sacra-
mento county grand Jury
letters, records and office files hail.
ed for weeks as documents that will
blow the lid off" legislative af-
fairs in the state capital.
Included were letters from Gov
Frank F.. Merriam to Samish. in
which the lobbyist is addressed as
My Dear Art Dear Art" and
My Dear Arthur" They thanked
Samish for personal and campaign
favors. They were written in 1894.
before Samish broke off relations
because, Gov. Merriam said several
days ago, "he thought he was buy
ing something but hadn't"
Copies of the letters were exhibit
ed to neWspapermen by Samish and
Jury Foreman J.LR. Marsh, who
received the records and turned
them over to District Attorney Otis
D. Babcock for examination before
they are produced at the grand
jury hearing at 10 am. Thursday.
Samish is under sentence to pay
$500 fine or serve 80 days in Jail,
the result of his quick police court
conviction of criminal contempt for
failing to answer his first subpoenae
to appear before the grand jury
June 16
Among records Samish was asked
to produce were 1O-year files of
bank accounts of his own business
or of any accounts over which he
had control, bank deposit books.
cancelled checks, ledgers, memoir
anda and records of contributions
to political campaigns or candidates,
and payment to legislators and 9TH
er groups. g.
The lobbyist failed to have the
records in Sacramento last Friday
and was given until today by the
grand jury. He promised to bring
all the requested recordS-"and more
too"-from his San Francisco and
Los Angeles offices.
1t was indicated that new chap
ters in California legislative affairs
might be revealed with the publica-
ton OF the records, since 1t is not
denied that Samish made monthly
payments to assemblymen, includ-
ing William Hornblower of San
Francisco and Charles w. Lyon Of
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Calexico Places
Bonds in Court

Calexico city officials late Mon
day asked the court to determine
the rights of all persons concerned
in the distribution of $4,000 in a
bond fund created for a pavement
assessment district.
The assessment district, formed
under the 1915 street improvement
act, is in default. Officials wish
the court to determine the manner
the matured bonds should be paid
and outline the duties of the city
and the bondholders. In addition,
the court is asked to explain the
duties of the city in regard to lots
against which no taxes have been
paid. The lots are in the assess
ment district.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28

ldIlCo WdlilCO olidJ Cllc rItllCIl
government is making future friend
ly relations with Spain impossible
by releasing gold which the Loyal
ist government deposited with the
Bank of France.
Meanwhile the British govern
ment took issue with charges by
Franco that British ships were trad
ing with Loyalist Spain in violation
of the non-intervention agreement.
Franco cited IL alleged violations.
The British government instructed
its representative in Nationalist
Spain, Sir Robert Hodgson to in
form Franco that Britain and the
non on-intervention board had inves-
tigated the charges and found them
without substantiation.
In ten cases it was shown def
nitely the ships had not violated
the agreement, the government said
The eleventh ship, S. S. Marklyn
was trading with the Nationalist
and the twelfth ship, the S. S. Or
ange, was registered as French.
The British government further
instructed Hodgson to inform Fran
co all British ships mentioned car.
ried intervention observers.
Bewilderment spread in Great
Britain as the crash of Spanish
Nationalist bombs on the decks OF
British merchantmen provided en-
phatic denial of reports that the
bombing campaign would be halted
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28

egg would have hatched. which Ia
extremely questionable: that had
each egg hatched, there would have
been a loss of only 10 per cent in
the number of fowls raised TO .
marketable growth, which is also
questionable; and that each fowl
placed ON the market would have
brought an average OF 90. which IA
a further speculation.
Il do not believe that / would
be justified In approving a bill based
upon such speculative conclusions"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Boyce Aten Post
To Elect Officers

Boyce Aten American Legion Post
members will elect officers at a
meeting in Ell Centro Tuesday night.
At the same time delegates to
the state convention at Los An
geles Sept. 17-18 will be chosen.
Plans will be discussed, also, for a
public picnic at Hipass health camp
Sunday, when residents of Imperial
Valley will be given a chance to
inspect the camp. Picnickers should
bring their own lunch, Post Com
mander Mike Zayala said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Migratory Camp
Closes JuIv |

BRAWLEY, June 28.-The fed
eral migratory camp here will close
July and will not open again until
Sept. l, Camp Manager Charles
Barry announced Tuesday.
Only 80 families, 100 persons, now
remain at the place. Sixteen FAM
lilies will be permitted to remain
until they complete arrangements
for buying homes in the valley,
BEry said. He will be on duty at
the federal camp at Shafter and
then enjoy months vacation in
that county He will return to I'M
perial Valley in the fall.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28

Bucklin, which, approved by con-
gress, had proposed that the gov
ernment pay Bucklin $5l6.12 for
the destruction of 243 turkey eggs
alleged to have been caused by
blasting in connection with prof.
ect of the Works Progress admin
istration. OF a total of 260 eggs.
the claimant said that only II
Matched.
Payment of the amount proposed
assumes" Mr.. Roosevelt said in his
memorandum of disapproval of the
bill, that, but for the blasting, each
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Sharp Earthquake
Shocks Recorded

PASADENA CAL, June % (UP)
An earthquake that was believed
to have been strong enough to
have caused considerable damage
at its point of origin, estimated to
be 1900 miles south of here, was
recorded at 11.:22.45 am. today
on the California Institute of
Technology seismograph.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28

ley standby plant, foundations for
the new diesel engines tn increase
the plants capacity have been fin
ished and crews Tuesday were put
ting the steel roofing in place.
The monster turbine, to be placed
on power drop 4, will be shipped
in about two months, Dowd an
nounced.
Rural lines have been completed
in Verde, Holtville, Mesquite, I'M
perial, Ell Centre and Heber areas,
and work is going forward in the
Alamorio district, Dowd said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Atlas Low Bidder
For Canal Job

Atlas Construction company, with
bid of $685. 1892, was low Tuesday
after bids wel% opened on the last
major contract of the Calexico divi-
sion of the All American canal.
The contract calls for construc-
ton of the Alamo river crossing,
the Central main turnout and cross
ing and the New Briar crossing.
Bids, opened in Yuma, showed
Alexander and Repass were second
low with $299,698, according to j. H.
Fertig, Reclamation Bureau engineer
in charge of the Calexico sector.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
New Border Patrol Radio Station to
Direct U.S.. Agents Here in War
Against Smuggling, Illegal Entry

Aliens determined to slip into the
United States without required for
malities will have a difficult time
In this area when KYLE, new i'm
migration border patrol broadcast
ing station, goes on the air in the
next 10 days.
The new station will operate on
special frequency of 2118 and not
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Canal Power Delivery in
Valley MovesCIoser

Delivery of All American canal
power in Imperial Valley moved
closer Tuesday with:
construction of main transmits
sion lines G12 niles half complete
Construction of $50 miles of rural
! electric lines, more than one-third
complete with $50 miles built.
Extension of Brawley diesel plant
three-fourths complete. First of new
diesel generating units ready for
testing at Ohio factory.
Materials arriving daily for con-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
One Armed Golfer
Makes HoIe-in-One

PORTERVILLE, Cal, June %.
(UP)-Clarence Fleharty, one-arm-
ed Porterville youth, held position
unique among golfers today after
making a hole-in-one on the Sierra
Heights golf course here.
Fleharty's ball hit the flag on the
sixth hole, 124 yard drive, and
dropped into the cup. He has been
an ardent golfer since losing his
right arm in hunting accident
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28

struction of IL substations for the
Imperial Irrigation District power
system, to be located throughout
the valley
Work virtually finished on first
turbine for All American canal pow
er plant. t=
M. j. Dowd, district chief en-
gineer, Tuesday estimated SIS miles
of poles have been set up and wire
strung between Brawley, Imperial,
Ell Centre and Calexico for trans
mitting canal power. AT the Braw-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
DRUNK LOSES TEETH
AT BOOKING COUNTER

When Roy Flick was booked at
the Ell Centre police station Monday
night his false teeth fell out, but
he was not embarrassed. He was
too drunk, police reported. Tuesday
he paid SIS fine for intoxication,
not for losing his teeth.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
30 NAMES DRAWN FOR
JURY SERVICE HERE

The names of 80 Imperial county
residents were drawn in superior
court Monday to form the jury
panel for July, August, and Sep
tember. They were instructed to
report for duty July IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
REFUGEE TRAIN BRAVES
JAPANESE AIR RAIDS

HANKOW, June %. (UP) - An
international refugee train, carry
ing approximately $50 foreigners, left
today for Hong Kong despite Japa-
nese air raids along the southern
part of the railway which threat
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Just Abolish Congress- Sen. Johnson
Saws in Attack on New Deal Plan
For PURGE of Political Foes
Californian Predicts Repeal of Act Banning
Loan to Defaulting Nations; Would Be
Like Picking Own Pockets, Declares

SAN FRANCISCO, June % (UP)-Hostie as ever
against the New Deal United States Senator Hiram john
home today from another session of congress-
Johnson foresaw initiation and reputation as result
of President Rooseves policies and predicted repeal of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Can't Market Turkeys Before They
Hatch, FIR Believes 0verruIes
Congressional Optimism

WASHINGTON, June % (UP)-President Roosevelt
was more skeptical than today the question
of turkey egg values
This was revealed by announcement that he had with
held approval of "an act for the relief of j. j.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Sannish Reveals
Lobbying Records
Franco Aims Diplomatic Barbs Against
Britain, France; Hears Denial
Ships Violated Agreement
England Denies Vessels Trading With Loyal
Spanish in Defiance of NOn-InterventiOn
Pact; Bombing TerrOrs Continue
: BY UNITED PRESS

international attention turned momentarily from
China to Spain Tuesday when Generaissmo Franco aimed
diplomatic barbs at both France and England and re-
ceived in return a strong rebuttal from the British
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Unfair Entry

Unfair Entry
Hans Merklein isn't sure he
wants to play ping pong with Noel
Smith any more. Monday night
during a heated set, Noel dragged
his pet alligator into the game
while Hans back was turned and
Hans isn't over the scare yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28

her own, could hold out in the chill
otherwise untenanted house.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
COunter-Charge---

COunter-Charge-
Marvin Hill Tuesday made be.
lated reply to Frank Records
charge that Hill started a rumol
about the arm of the law doing
execution with his trusoy AS.
Frank started that story him.
self" said Hill. Hes an exhibition
ist!"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28

SiuiI On WHttiS-
It was a hot afternoon in the
j. K. Fahring store in Holtville
Hot partly because of the weather
outside and hot also because OF
the discussion over which Fahrine
presided. The discussion, it seem
Is a regular mater, for the Fab
ring store is Holtville's unofficial
town hall as well as senate and
house, state and national.
While momentarily stumped
Democrats wriggled out with
plentiful expressions of my
frier DIS" ans. Townsendites Offered
to "proHe it with a pencil, the
temperature suddenly started tc
fall
"Humph,' thought Fahring
politics certainly aren't what they
used to be. They're cooling Off
A few minutes later in stumped
irate Elmer Baxter, manager OF
the /. V. Hardware store next door
whats the big idea of stealing
my portable cooler?' he demanded
Fahring then noticed that a prank
ster had wheeled the portable
from in front of the I. v. store
into his own.
I'm going to chain this thing
up, said Baxter, "as long as all
these politicians are around"
All Alone
Good morning, c. B., how are
you?"
well" said C. B. Collins, the
only county official opposed in the
coming elections, you know, ]
feel little lonesome!"
Election Glimpse
This is a bit late, considering
the deadline on filing for county
office was Saturday noon, but it Is
good anyhow. (Althougn maybe
that is only oHe mans opinion0
Electricity charged the court
house air in front of the clerks
office as the clock hands moved
toward noon With a second to &c
w. j. McClelland risked a year OF
lumbago by closing the doors to
his office faster than they have
been closed in many moon.
While Judge r. d. McPherrin
did a fancy jig step in the court
house corridors, Walter Carey re-
marked:
''I must be getting in rut."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Tri-countX Race
Plan Pro posed
For Imperial
Fair Board Repres entatives Confer Here
On Project for Meeting at Orange.
San Diego and Imperial Tracks

Regular horse race meetings in Imperial Valley were
visuazed Tuesday when of three county
fair boards conferred in Ell Centric proposed trcoun
ty racing circuit
The proposal, as outlined to Ben Huse Imperial fair
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28
Baseball Results
NATIONAL
NATIONAL

Boston at Brooklyn, postponed.
rain.
New York at Philadelphia, post
poned, games tomorrow.
Cincinnati zee. 100 002 200-5 IA 2
Pittsburgh .... 100 900 000-2 6 0
Vandermeer & Lombardi; Bauers,
Brown & Todd
st. Louis .......... 007 010 O01-9 13 ]
Chicago ..... 900 ITO 0l0-3 7 !
Warneke & Owen; Carleton, Root,
Epperly q O'Dea.
AMERICAN
Philadelphia at New York, both
games postponed, rain.
Detroit ...... 002 002 000-4 7 ]
Cleveland ........ 050 900 O0x-5 8 0
Bridges, Eisenstat g. York; Allen,
Humphries & Pytlak.
Washington at Boston, postponed,
rain.
CllcaSo -.......--......--.............. O02 UU3
st. Louis ............................. 200 600 2
Lee & Schlueter; Walkup 81
Heath.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-28

Butter: Los Angeles, 27ei But
terfat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch
grade A, Csc; manufacturing milk.
29c; route gathered cream, 26c.
L. A. Hays u. s. No. s13.50-14:
No. 2 leafy S13.-13.5O: No. 2 1900;
Minneapolis, flax May S1.79ia.
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Hendersonville, N. C.

Nov. IL. 1888.
This is Armistice day in United
States, 20 years after, and many
miles from the scene of the World
war; Memorial services have been
held today al lover this good, old
U. s. A. Speakers have reminded
US here in Hendersonville today
as to our duty so long after the
names of the nations were put on
the dotted line" Have we failed
in our duty up to the present? Or
has there been nothing we could
do about it in the past? Evidently
we have not given the world what
the last world war told us was to
come out of it. Did we think then,
and do we think now, that we
were promised more than we had
a right to expect?
The World war was called "a
war to end war" and we thought
we were doing our bit to make
"The world safe for democracy"
But it seems now, as we look at
the present, that we neither ended
war, nor made the world safe for
Democracy, or anything else that
is good. What did we do in the
World war anyway? And what
did the signing of the Armistice
mean TO the nations that were
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-11-19
Gerald Allison's
Corn Production
Ties Reid Lance S
Pennsylvania Agent Gives
Results of First Weigh
ings in That County

BREVARD, Nov. l9.-Gerald
Allison, All club boy and son of
E. Carl Allison of the Cherrytield
community, has the honor of be-
ing the champion corn grower for
1888 in Transylvania county, J.
A. Glazener, the county agent,
writes in the Pennsylvania Times.
Gerald's record is Fla bushels of
weighed corn from a measured
acre ard ties with Reid LARGE, a
vocational boy, who has the Off
cial high record of production in
Henderson county. .
AS the ratings now stand, the
county agent continues, Young
Allison and Young Lance will
each have their names engraved
an the loving cup which is given
annually to the highest producer
of the two counties by the State
Trust company: ~. -,
First years high yield was won
Iby r. j. Wilson of Pennsylvania
! second year by J. d. Hooper of
Henderson, with the third year
, tied by the two young men,,
Checking of all acreage in
| Pennsylvania has not been com.
! Melted. and will be announced L.
ter. However, Guy Whitmire's
acre checked out LOG bushels. f
Carl Allison, 104, and Charlie
Bryson II. -
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Letters To The
Editor
from page twol

CONTINUED from page two)
that this body is the national con-
gress. The same conditions should
prevail but do not. Such a thing
as individual. independent think
ing in the larger body is the very
rare exception. There are several,
if they escaped the purge, VINO
do not wear Il tag to show who
is their master.
But what now, will these col
lege students tackle IN the four
day session? | must not do more
than suggest: They will remem-
Der. no doubt, that King Solomon
taxed the subjects of his kingdom
very heavily and when his son
Rehoboam came to the throne the
council of older men urged him
TO tighten the taxes but the young
men told him TO tax them yet
more heavily, and make 'em pay.
And on that rock the kingdom
was divided and the glory of Juda
departed. And when Louis XIV
of France had brought bank
ruptcy to that nation by taxation
the worst revolution in history
followed.
What will this student body say
and propose for our own beloved
country? Forty billions of debt
and no check; 1-2 billions turn
ed over to the executive and no
auditor to show "when it cometh
nor whittier it gOeth.
Without any "muSt" in my
speech or manner, | hazard one
suggestion to this assembly of
young men and women: Give
North Carolina 9-months school
for every consolidated and indie
pendent city high school and put
the 18th grade on so that John
Jones can begin in the first pri-
mary and go up through the high
school and into and through the
university or any standard college
in. North Carolina without hitch
or hindrance.
II any reader of The Times
News has any suggestion TO this
congress or youngsters if it is
called To meet in Hendersonville,
am sure they would be glad to
know! -
j... j. W. JOHNSON.
HenderSonville. ...
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iva LOSSES
ENVISIONED
Engineer Says Yardstick
Plan to Entail 10 Mil
lion Deficit Yearly

WASHINGTON, Nov. l9.-Ed.
ward |. Moreland, a consulting
engineer appearing as witness
for utility industry, told the con-
gressional committee investigating
the Tennessee Valley Authority
that the authority would lose at
least $lO,000,000 per year if it
continued the present "yardstick"
rates fol its electric power,
Mr.. Moreiand continued his tes-
timony before the committee in
which he is seeking to show that
the so-called yardstick rates OF
the authority are not reasonably
applicable to private utilities. q
The witness introduced! into the
record his estimates of the total
marketable power available from
the complete development of the
IVA ll-dam program, basing his
computations on Twas own esti-
mate that 100000 kilowatts would
constitute the minimum land fac
tor available at generating plants.
He estimated on this basis that
7,303,700,000 kilowatt hours
would constitute the total energy
marketable by. iva. -
"Even upon the assumption
that this tremendous power out
put could be marketed completely
at IVA rates." Mr.. Moreland said,
1.-The out-of-pocket annual expense
of approximately $4,000, 900
would exceed. the annual revenue
of $24,l50,000 by not less than
100000 per year, or approx
mately l3 percent. ...'.
He told the committee that if
IVA continued its program and
markets its power to municipal
and cooperative distribution sys-
tens ."it will develop into a gi-
gantic enterprise requiring, in ad-
dition to $50, 100000 expended
for general facilities, some $780,
100000 for transmission lines,
general equipment and other ia
cilities to carry this power to the
municipalities"
Later, the witness introduced
other statistics designed to show
that if private utility owned and
developed the same facilities and
sold power at the IVA yard
stick" rates it would have deficit
of $21, 100000, amounting to 81
percent of the IVA rates.
Under cross examination by
committee counsel Biddle, Mr..
MOreland said that the larger
deficit by the utility would be
due primarily to higher interest
rates on capital and to the tax
burdens to which IVA is not sub
jected.
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ISOLATION on the question.

One is that the county court Is
not as highly regarded by law VIC
lators as the superior court, that
the criminal element does not fear
the county court, and that this re+
suits in corresponding increase
in crime and the number of Grim
inal cases tried in the county per
year.
The other trend is that the
county court is operated for less
cost per case, that the number OF
cases has increased to the point
where two criminal terms of su-
perior court per year could not
handle the cases.
The sentiment that young at
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largely guided by the action OF
the bar on the question.
According to an act of the last
general assembly, the court will
go out of existence on December
S with the expiration of the terms
of present judge and solicitor.
The action was taken by the as
sembly after the bar association
had passed a resolution in favor
of abolishing the court.
A committee of the bar is at
present making a study Of the
previous records Of the court and
will make a report to the assocla-
ton in the near future.
Two very definite trends Of
thought have developed in the as
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-11-19
MAY. REVIVE
COUNTY COURT.
Arguments Heard on Both
Sides; Bar Likely to
:. Determine Issue

Although strenuous opposition
is being expressed by some attor::
neys, the general opinion here is
that the Henderson county Bar
association will go on record as
favoring the reestablishment OF
the county recorders court.
1t is also the belief that the
county commissioners will be
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-11-19

bit. Chips still in the tool were of the same Up
of wood as the flooring and the micro'FtE
markings of the bit matched those Of the h"s'
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SANDWICH DAY

LORAIN, Ohio. (UP)-WPA
workers turned municipal court
into an impromptu restaurant.
while they were working on a city
hall cleaning project. The princi-
pals in civil court action had to
speak loudly to be heard above the
munching of sandwiches. \