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Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Farmer Goes on
Trial in Court
Staying Case

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 90 CUP)-
Arthur Emil Hansen, 38-year-old
retired farmer, went to trial today
charged with the court room slay-
ing of two prominent attorneys.
Hansen was arrested in the Hall
of Records building June 81 aftel
he had shot and killed Attorneys
j. Irving Hancock, 26, and R. D.
Mclaughlin. 48, because they as
sertedly cheated me out of every
nickel I had" he told arresting Of
ficers.
The shooting occurred in the small
court room of Commissioner Gurtz
Kaufman. 1t was said to have
climaxed six years of litigation ip-
volving Hansen in a land transac-
ton in Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Crazed Man Shoots
Cab Firm Executive

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 20 (UP)
john Petit, assistant to the presi-
dent of the Yellow Cab company,
was found shot and apparently
critically wounded in the company's
offices today.
First police officers to the scene
reported a second man was found
dead on the floor of an adjoining
office.
Police said Petit was the victim
of an apparently crazed man who
broke into the office of A. Landing
Rothschild, where Petit and an
other company official were con-
fering, took two shots at Rothschild,
one at Petit, who fell then killed
himself.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29

PARIS, Aug. 90 (UP)-Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler of Germany inspected
the Rhine Notifications opposite
France today while a French army
massed on the Swiss frontier for
maneuvers, lis miles to the south.
1t was another series of coinci-
dences that have lent drama to
the fast brewing crisis of the Czech
oSlovak minorities dispute.
The French troops we've mass
ing, 70 miles from the German
frontier, at point where some ex-
pertS had predicted that Germany,
in the event of war, might seek to
march on France through Switz-
,rland. The maneuVerS start tomor-
row.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Light Voting Forecast
In Primaries TuesdoY
Lack of Local
Issues Causes
Apathy in I.V.
Only Two Officials in
County Supply Any
Contest at All

Imperial county political
observers Monday predicted
that only a fraction of the
county's 1856 registered
voters will go to the polls
between 6 am and pm. Tuesday
to vote on a field totaling 1874 cam
didates for federal, state, county
and township offices in the state
primary election.
While new presidential support OF
William Gibbs McAdoo enlivened
the primary contest throughout the
state. lack of local issues created
a general indifference in Imperial
county, where only one. county can
didate is opposed for nomination
and a candidate for the state as
sembly faces opposition.
While Californians as a whole
looked upon Tuesdays primary as
one of the hottest ever held in the
state, Imperial county voters found
10 county office holders and two
county supervisors unopposed, for
reelection. G. B. Collins, county
superintendent of schools, was the
exception. He is opposed by f. L.
Hiteman, Calipatria. For state as
sembly, Incumbent Clarence Walk
er, running on both Republican and
Democratic tickets, was opposed on
the Democratic ticket by Leslie
Burr, Imperial attorney.
Other local contests in the coun-
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29

Conlan's protest. it was said, and
warned him curtly that the Japa-
nese navy would not accept any
responsibility because the Mono
cacy was in a danger zone.
There was growing concern in
diplomatic quarters here lest an
other Panay incident occur.
The U. S. gunboat Panay was
sunk in the Yangtse above Marking
last December by Japanese air.
planes. Japan accepted responsible
ity and paid indemnity.
For weeks now the Monocacy
has been held three miles below
Kiukiang, more than $50 miles up
the Yangtse, because of a Japa-
nese blockade maintained most rig
idly in the stretch above Wuhu
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Supervisors
Slash County
Budgets
Board in Huddic With
Walter Carey,
Halliday

Imperial county supervis-
ors cut and slashed depart
mental bu d g get S Monday
morning as they prepared to
set the tax rate for the COM
The board went into a huddle
with County Auditor Walter d.
Carey and Deputy District Attor-
ney Charles G.. Halliday as they
checked expense totals submitted
by county officials. The law re-
quires that the rate be set before
Sept. l.
Valuation for the county totaled
$50, ,685, 1872. This valuation includes
al types of taxable property. Last
years tax rate was $189 and the
total valuation $38, ,127,5l8.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Floods Leave
Havoc in Wake
In Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 90 (UP)-
The bodles of two women flooc
victims were found and several per-
sons were reported missing today III
Monterrey, hard hit by the weekend
storm and heavy rain.
Business was at a standstill and
communication difficult with points
between Laredo, Tampico and Mon
terrey.
The storm which hit Quintana
Roo in Yucatan CAUSED heavy dam
age to the hemp.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
PWA OFFERS DISTRICT FUND
500 Butchers in
San Die 60 Strike

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. ~.
UP)-Charging bad faith and
preach of contract, more than
SOC San Diego county butchers
vent out on strike today and
.losed meat shops of three lead
ing chain distributors.
The butchers, members of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Bate hers of America, an A. +.
of l.. union, contend the San
Diego County Meats and Foods
n sOciation, a grocers Organiza-
ton, failed to maintain prOvi-
sions of the old union contract
while new one was being negO-
tiated.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Mother, Minister
Answer Charqes

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 CUP)-
Mrs. Lillian Volstad and Wilbur AL
Wis, ordained ministers, who
substituted prayers and music OF
a guitar for surgery, faced arraign-
ment today on grand jury indict-
ment charging them with man
slaughter in connection with the
death of Mrs. Volstad's 9-year-old
son, Francis Warren Volstad. The
boy died of a ruptured appendix.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Witnesses Swear
Hines Seen With
Dutch Schultz

NEW YORK, Aug. 30. CUP)-
Two more witnesses swore today
that they had seen Tammany
Leader James j. Hines in Bridge
port, Conn, with the late Dutch
Schultz, whose New York City lot
tery racket Hines is accused of hav-
ing protected by fixing" judges.
District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey called the two men at the
beginning of the third week of
Hines trial on lottery racket charg-
es to bolster the states charges that
Hines and Schultz worked together
Nclosely.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Markets Slump
On War Scares

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 UP)-NeWs
of war scares" dominated world
markets today.
Stocks in New York broke 81 to
81 a share at an active opening
and extended the losses. Bonds were
weak, notably rails.
In London prices were marked
down as a precautionary measure.
All sections declined, with especial
weakness in German and Czecho-
slovak issues. The Paris Bourse
weakened. The Berlin Bourse was
quiet with prices easy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
MOTORiST KILLED IN
ALPINE ACCIDENT

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 90 (UP)-Cor-
oner's records disclosed today the
death of S. M. Marshall, 70, of San
Diego, fatally injured Sunday in
an automobile accident near Alpine,
80 miles west of here.
Investigating officers said Mar
shall backed his car into the high
way and was struck by a passing
car.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
NATIONAL
Whips to Act as
Relief Director

George l.. Whips will act as
director of the State Relief admin
istration in Imperial county while
Robert Elliott. present director,
takes a six months leave OF absence.
Elliott will be at the university
of California 10 complete work for
his masters degree In social service.
Whips will take charge Sept. !.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29

would swim awhile longer instead OF
accompanying them to their beach
cottage. Deputy Coroner A. E. Gal
lagher of San Diego attributed
death to. heart attack.
Funeral services will be held at
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
GLIDER PILOTS WILL
SEEK NEW RECORDS

FRANKFORT, Mich, Aug. %.
(UP)-Three pilots participating in
the American open soaring meet
prepared to take off this afternoon
on distance flights They were Pc
ter Riedel, German soaring ace,
Jack OMeara. Minneapolis, and
Warren Merboth, Glen Rock, N. j
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Main St. Race
Costs Youths
Driver Licenses
Boys Forbidden to Pilot
Cars After Arrest
As Reckless

Two Ell Centre youths
Monday lost their drivers
licenses, at least temporari-
ly, because they made a race
track of Main street Sun
day and came near forcing the po-
lice prowl car into an accident with
a fourth machine.
The youths are Hubert Don Will
son, 20, who pleaded guilty in po-
lice court to reckless driving and
Continued on Page Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Program
on Bonds
Directors Considering
Offer to Enlarge
Power Setup

Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict directors moved Tues
day to comply with a Public
Works Administration ulti-
matum under which the dis
trict must call an election before
Oct. l if it is to obtain an $685. 900
grant and a 81 ,045, 600 loan to build
second power plant on the All
American canal, to further enlarge
the Brawley standby plant and to
add an additional los miles of ex-
tension and transmission lines to
the public power system now under
construction.
The election would be called to
give voters of the district an OPP
portunity to express approval or
disapproval of S1,O45 900 in bonds
to be given as security for the sum
borrowed from PWA.
Unless the election is called be-
fore Oct. l, and the district is in
position by Jan. l to begin con-
struction on the additional portions
of the power system, PWA funds
will not be available, President
Evan T. Hewes was informed.
The proposed $1,9OO,00O alloca-
ton, which PWA assertedly stands
ready to make if formalities are
completed and public approval OBJ
tanned, would complete the sum
originally approved by PWA for
the Imperial Valley power system,
district officials said They pointed
out that the total of $4,662, 900 at
first earmarked for the project was
cut to $2,760,0OO in 1897, when PWA
T funds ran low.
Under the new proposal the dis
trict would install facilities which
it believes will be needed by 1912
because of increased consumption
of district power at that time. These
would include hydro-electric
plant at Drop Three on the All
American canal, generating 1900
XIV capacity; addition of 5000 XIV
generating equipment to the Braw-
ley standby plant; and construc-
ton of an additional 1O5 miles of
transmission and distribution lines.
District power officials estimated
that these facilities will provide
service for 5000 customers who can
not be served under the power sys-
tenn as it is now set up. M. j. Dowd,
district engineer, declared demand
by 1912 will exceed capacity pro-
vided by those units of the system
now under construction.
| Under the proposed new allot-
ment, portions of the project ap-
proved by PWA in 1885, but omit
ted in 1887 because of lack of funds,
would be made available to the dis
trict.
District officials viewed the PWA
offer as attractive. but pointed out
that it may not be possible to COM
ply with all requirements in time to
hold an election by Oct. 1.
First step in complying with for
malities was taken Tuesday when
the board officially asked the Cali
fornia Securities Commission and
the state engineer to approve the
PWA offer.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29

water by two Ocean Beach youths
who were riding surf boards out
side the breaker line. One of the
boys placed the body on the surf
board to await the arrival of a
lifeboat. Ten minutes prior to the
finding of the body, Mclaughlin
told his wife and daughter he
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29

Get A Horse
Wayne Elvander, who decided his
equatorial rotlmdity was becoming
too girthful, dismissed with an I'M
perative gesture the tentative cad
dy who looked his way, showed a
shoulder under the strap OF his
own golf bag, and set out for l8
hCles of reduction around the
Rancho Santa Fe golf course. Man.
fully Wayne trudged over the whole
18 fairWays, with now and then a
side excursion into places not so
fairWayish, all the while bearing
the burden of his own sticks. Sure
ly, pondered Wayne as he neared
the clubhouse, such devotion to eX-
ertion should send at least couple
of excess pounds into the limbo OF
vanished things.
Next day Wayne wondered II 1t
was worth the effort.
He had a broken arch.
A Convert
Johnny Zenos today is firm
believer in the Associated Farmers
of California.
Recently he went to a meeting OF
the group at Los Angeles, in the
capacity of a privately interested
observer. Quietly he watched and
listened from a secluded corner in
\ the back of the room as objectives
of the AFC. were eXpounded. Not
a word from Johnny all the while.
Then the meeting broke up. The
meetecs started out. Johnny got to
his feet.
"Wait a minute, boys" he yelled.
You fellows are doing a good job
here. I'd like to be host for few
minutes"
"Where you FROM" somebody
asked Suspiciously.
Imperial Valley" Johnny replied.
And he was host-not only at
appetizerS, but at dinner that night.
Now johnny is a firm believer in
the Associated Farmers-and the
Associated Farmers are firm believ-
ers in Johnny.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Japanese Mines Explode Peril US.
Gunboat on Yangtse River;
Japanese Ignore Commander S Protest

SHANGHAI, ug. %. (UP)-The United States gunboat
Monocacy with As officers and aboard is in grave
danger in the upper Yangse river where it is held by
japanese blockade, it learned today.
Information received in Shanghai that several
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
C.L. mclaughlin, Farm Leader, Dies
At Ocean Beach, Stricken With
Heart Attack While Swimming
Conservation Secretary in County
eredFIoatins in Surf After Telling
Family He Would Stay in While Longer

Clifford L. Mclaughlin 49, secretary of the Imperial
County Agricultural Conservation association, met death
Saturday afternoon when he suffered heart attack while
swimming in the surf at Ocean Beach.
His body found floating face downward in the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29

vacation Note
News that doesn't usually get into
the news: w. j. Meagher spent
mart of his vacation at Ocean Beach
teaching his daughter, Jane to do
an old fashioned jig.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29
Unexpected StOcge-

Unexpected StOcge-
AS a part of the Shriner enter
tainmelt at Mt. Laguna one night
recently, Langston Goree was to be
the victim in a skit picturing a
supposed surgical operation. The
Shriners made their big mistake in
not telling the audience it was all
in fun.
Time came for Lang's part OF
the performance. On schedule, he
stepped up and put some logs on the
fire-then tumbled over in a faint.
He made it look real. In fact, he
made II look too real.
Mrs. Hazel Neale Surface, who
was in the audience but not in
the playiet. thought it was real,
Being a former nurse, she acted.
She dashed to where Lang lay and
began rendering first aid.
versions still differ about who
was the most startled, Lang when
Ahe found he actually was receiv-
Fing first aid, or Mrs. Surface, when
her supposed patient hissed:
"Hey-you're spelling my act!"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-29

Butter: Los Angeles, BE; but
terfat, Imperial VALLEY fob. ranch,
grade A 3Sc; manufacturing milk.
30c; route gathered cream, 26c.
l.. A. Hay: u. :. No. 1, $3.50
No. 2 leafy S12-12.5O. No 2 SlI-1L5e
Minneapolis flax, Sept. S1.6S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

With the bolero on. you can
wear it for shopping and
business. Slip of the bolero
at lunch or tea and reveal a
light, or bright, topped dress,
with the very smart tucked
shirt bosom front. Stunning
for wear now in dark linen
or pique; for early fall, in jer-
sey, flannel or wool crepe.
Pattern No. H 327O is designed
for sizes IL, IA, 16, ID and 20
$50 to 80 buSt). Size IA re-
quires AZ yards of 39-inch
material for bolero and skirt,
/ yard for blouse contrast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

The new straight
skirt is combined with
a crisp, tailored blouse
to make a smart
street and daytime
costume. Pattern No.
1901 is designed for
sizes IA, Is, 10. 20. 40
and AZ (32 to AZ buSt).
Size Is requires ia
yards of 39-inch ma
terial for blouse, 20
yards for skirt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

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interesting shoulder detail fashionable
attering youthful silhouette Above slender
welcut skirt the fitted bodice is styled with an cas- shoulder
distinctive broad shouldeed effect Send for pattern Hs3 de-
2s yards fabric Collar and cuffs in contrast require
yard IS 80 inches wide
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
Leader Reveals
Private Opinion

If he says, There will be peace" !"
It means, There will be war" #
he says, "It is absurd to think the
democracies cannot live in the
same world with the dictator
ships" it means, IT know the die
tatorships mean our destruction
and one Of us must go under"
The only justification for such
an analysis of the public utter
ances of Europe'S spokesmen is
personal experience and knowledge
Of their private opinions. Here is
what one of the most respected,
intelligent and honest Of Europe's
statesmen, for long time head
of his country, told me in private:
I'VE have all got to be opti-
mists. It is immoral to despair.
We cannot admit to the public
that war is inevitable. To do
80 would only speed its coming,
and aid the defeatiSts who want
to give the dictators literally
everything. But actually I can
not see any better chances than
one in ten Of keeping the peace
now. Before Munich the chances
were at least even. ...
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
copyright, 1888. by international
News Service.)

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-The arms
race has now entered the last
desperate phase, but the grim
prospect looms today before Brit
ain and France that they never
may be able during the present
truce to catch UP with the Supe-
fior military position Germany
won at Munich. That is the essen
tial reason for the despair which
has gripped the hearts of the
British and French people.
Perhaps the most valuable con-
tribution to American knowledge
of the international situation
which can be made by a foreign
correspondent returning home Is
to report the fact that the present
governments of Britain and France
privately are convinced, contrary
to every public statement they
make, that war is now inevitable,
that Hitler Is going to make more
and more demands until they be-
come intolerable and that when
the war is fought it will be on
terms far worse than the war
avoided at Munich. .
This should be the guide line
for Americans to remember as
they read the public statements
coming out of Europe today. It is
almost literally the case that you
can discover what an allied states
man in office today really thinks
by taking the exact opposite OF
what he publicly says.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

The following orders were issued to-
day by the Army and Navy Depart
Col William A. Alonte, Inf, from
Presidio to home for retirement; Lieut..
Col. George S. woodard, Medical Corps,
to El. Paso Maj. Eugene J. Fitzgerald,
Inf, from Johnstown, Pa, to Hawaii 1;
Capt, Thomas H. Davies, Inf, from
Fort Benning, Ca, to Hawaii; Lieut..
Richard +. Reidy, Inf, from Fort Mia
CARA N. Y, to Panama Canal: Capt.
Louis r. Delmonico, Inf, from Fort
Douglas, Utah, to Panama Canal Capt.
Carlisle B. Irwin, Inf, from foreign
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

service to Fort Thomas, KY; Capt. Ben
R. Jacobs from foreign service to
Plattsburg Barracks, N. T.; from for.
eign service to Fort Benning, Ca Maj.
Albert L. Lane, Eng, designated cap
tain of Engineer Rifle Team in addition
to other duties; Maj. Fletcher e. Am
mons, Medical Corps, from March
Field, Cal, to Langley Field, Va; Capt
Harold H. Twitchell, Medical Corps
from Langley Field, Va, to March
Field, CAL; Capt. Frederick Bacher,
jr., detailed with Department of Com
merce in the Philippines: Second Lieut.
Franklin X. Paul, Air Corps, from for
eign service to Middletown Air Depot,
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
10 Clio Delegates
Selected by JAW

The international executive
board Of the United Automobile
Workers yesterday selected ten
delegates, headed by President
Homer Martin, to attend the first
CIO convention. November IA, at
Pittsburgh. The delegates will
cast 381, 200 votes for their CIO
i1oit
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

interior appointments of the 1889 Ford cars
match their outward beauty. Every detail is
styled for good taste and good service.
Both are big, roomy cars, equipped with
hydraulic brakes and powered with the V.8
engine that gives you SO much extra smooth
ness and efficiency. This year, the quiet per-
formance of the v engine has been matched
by new quiet built into every part of the car.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
Admits He Can't
See 1t. Happening

SIT would be worth giving him
the colonies if you could get
him to make such settlement.
He may even agree to it. But
Britain this time will have to de-
mand that he give guarantees for
keeping the settlement. These
guarantees will be, first, diSarm-
ament, of course by all sides,
and not necessarily total disarm-
ament, but say of offensive
weapons and, second, the diSSo-
luton of the Berlin-Rome axis.
There are three main causes for
the collapse of the Allies at Mu.
Mich, and each contributes to an
understanding of what is now to
come. They were:
First, the conviction of the gov
ernments of both France and Eng
land that, even though they won
the war, revolution would come in
the victorious as well as the van
quished nations, and the end
would be anarchy and bolSheviSm.
The second cause of the Munich
collapse was the desire of the gov
,ernments of England and of
France despite the Franco-Soviet
pact made by a previous govern
ment and now a dead letter., to
see the whole European problem
solved by allowing Nazi Germany
to fight it out with BolShevik Rus
sia, Hitler against Stain, while
the western world looks safely on.
Now that Chamberlain and Dala-
dier have agreed on this solution,
the only question is whether Hitler
agrees.
It would coincide with the grand
strategy Of the Nazis to get at the
1Ach Ukraine and colSnize it.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

Pa; Second Lieut.. Robert W. Griffin,
Signal Corps, from 51st Battalion to
First Company, Fort Monmouth, N. j.;
Maj. Lyman Robert Talbot, Specialist
Reserve, to active duty New York, then
to inactive duty on November IS; Capt.
Edgar Bartle Parker. Q. c. R., from
Conway, Ark, to Washington: Lieut..
John Beverly Preston, A. G. R., from
Fort Lewis, Wash, to Sacramento, Cal;
Second Lieut.. Frederick Cecil Long,
A. c. r., to inactive status.
The following are promoted: Lieut..
Col. Frank w. Halliday to Colonel: Maj.
John NJ. Tamras, Medical Corps, to
IAanfananf CnlnnAl
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

"Swingin' the Football Cheer" How
siV pSetty high school girls Otter.
bugs to yOu) have modernized the old
Rah. .Rah-Rah by truckin' their team
to victory. A timely and informative
article illustrated In color. See it in
the American Weekly, the magazine
distributed with next Sundays Herald
Times.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
BRITAIN, FRANCE
CE TAIN War
is INEVITABLE
Realize Hitler Bluff at
Munich

In the folJotUing article, fifth OF
q series evGluGting results of the
Munich accord, H. r. Knicker-
booker, noted European obserUer.
predicts that neither Britain nor
France may be able to catch up
t"ith the superior military posi-
tion of Germany. ....
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
NAVY

Lieut. Anthony C. Roessler relieved
from duty as aide at White House
Lieut. Theodore wolcott from USS
Gold Star to USS Mayrant when COM
Lieut.. Comdr. Peter NJ.
Money from USS Isabel to USS Peary
Lieut. (jg) Christy H. Butterworth from
USS John D. Ford to Twelfth Naval
Dist: Lieut.. (jg) Forrest NJ. Price to
USS Wasmuth: Lieut.. David W. Todd.
Irr to USS Augusta: Ensign Marshall
F. Thompson to USS Augusta.
MARINE CORPS
Lieut.. Col. Archie F. Howard to staff
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

"stenOg." A page explaining in words
and pictures some simple gymnasties
for Office-workers that are entirely
practical, no matter how funny they
see this page in The American
Weekly, the magazine distributed with
next sundays Herald-Times.