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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-05-12
A JAVASLAT
TARGYALASAT0L

ismet ell akarta tiltani a kon-
gresszust a "szabaly bizott-
sag, amelynek renegat tagjai
isnet megtagadtak bill tar
gyalasra valo hivasat.
De amig tavaly csak a leg
nagyobb er6feszitesek mellett
es napokig tarto Feher Hazbeli
"nyomas" utan tudtak a billt
a bizottsag kezeb6l kivenni,
addig a multi heten a szukse-
ges 218 alairas percek alatt
megvolt S a javaslat targyalas
ala keriilhet.
A honatyak palfordulasaban
nagy resze van annak, hogy
ielenleg, a bill. .targyalasat er6-
sen koveteli mindket Macy
munkas-szervezet, de enneI is
nagyobb resze van ket mas ok
max. Az egyik az, hogy a kor-
manynak ismet milliardok fog
max rendelkezesre allni, hogy
azoknak a honatyaknak a ke-
ruleteiben k0ltekezhessenek,
akik "jo fiuk" vagyis co-ope-
ralnak az eln0kkel, a mask
ok a senator Pepper multi heti
gyozelnle. Florida iakossaga
megmutatta az elovalasztaso-
kon, hogy meg most is Roose-
veltben van a nep bizalma, a
lazadozo honatyak tehat siet-
tex frontot valtoztatni es is
met az elnolkel dolgoznak.
Ugy latszik, hogy evek kiizdel-
me utan, q javaslatb6l torveny
lesz. #s .-''~ = = :
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-05-12
I'll ETH 81 MILE

Mi hosszu evek soran kiizdot-
tunk olyan t0rvenyert, amely
a szervezkedes teljes es zavar-
talan szabadsagat garantalja
a munkasnak es a Wagner tor
venyt boldogan iidv0z0lttik,
mint amely ezt megadja,.
Ahogy azonban a Federal
Labor Board elkezdett miik0d-
nj, kenytelenek voltunk az
igazsagnak hiven megirni,
hogy a Board nagyon sok eset-
ben partoskodott, nemcsak a
munkasok, hanem EGY mum
kas szervezet javara.
Orszagos botrany volt pei
daul, amit Ambridgeben, a Ma
tional Electric Productsnal rem
deztek, ahol az AFL-el k0t0tt
szerz6des dacara MCCALL tottak
a gyarban az uzemet es hona-
pokig tarto anarchiat csinal-
tax.
Megallapitottuk, hogy mem
volt igazsagos a board, mikor
ujsagirokat citalt maga ele,
-akiknek meg akarta tiltani,
hogy velemenyuket megirjak
IS mas esetekben is kenytele-
mex voltunk kikelni a Board
ellen.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-05-12
A VEGZETES HIBAT

azonban akkor k0vette ell a
Board, mikorr a Ford gyar
iigyet targyaltak.
Mi ter1n6szetesen mem sz6l-
hatunk belle, a -targyalas anya-
gaba, inert a birosags sel6tt van,
de, meg, felesleges. is belesz6l-
nunk, inert olyas6ink isnerik
a velemenyiinket a Ford gyarat
illet6leg teljes eges0eben.
Mi csak arra mutatunk ra,
hogy a Federal Labor Board
egy tilalmaban meg akarta til
tani a Ford gyarnak, hogy a
szervezkedes Is a szervezetek
fel6l velemenyt mondjon, ami
hez pedig joga van ebben a
hazaban - szerencsere = min
den embernek.
A teljeS FszolaS-SzabadSagot
a rablogyilkosnak biztositja az
alkotmany es a legnagyobb
Ibutasagot' akkor k0vettek el
a Labor Board reszer6l, mikor
EFT akartak megvonni a Ford
gyartol. A hosszan tart6 XII
hallgatas soran altalaban ugy
bantak a Ford iigyvedekkel,
ahogy az utonall6k . mem
bannak; termeszetes, hogy ez
isszahatassal volt eS ? rosSz
fenyt vetett a Boardra.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-05-12

a Labor Board tagjai nyilat-
kozzanak esku alatt, hogy a
Ford gyar tigyeben folytattak-e
beszelgeteseket John L. Lewis
sal, Homer Martinnal es mas
munkasvezerekkel 6s hogy a
d0ntes el6tt a Board tagjai
elolvastak-e a kihallgatasrol
felvett jegyz6k0nyveket.
Fordek t. i. ait allitjak, hogy
a Board mem a kihallgatas
alapjan, hanem kiils6 befolyas-
ra, munkasvezerekkel valo tar
gyalas alapjan hozta meg a
donteset. Mindenki megerti,
hogy egy itelkez6 testiilet csak
a nyilt targyalason chang
zott vallomasok es mem a tar
gvalason XVIII maganbeszel-
getesek nyoman hozhat itele-
tet.
Es ia a Labor Boardnal ez
mem ICY van, akkor kar kome-
diaZni, kar tizezrekbe keriil6
kihallgatasokat eszk0z0lni S
akkor a Boardot ujja kell seer
vezri.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-05-12
MOST HAT AZ A SZEGYEN

erte a Labor Boardot, hogy
par hete. a bir6sagtol kert egy
nehany gyar ellen vegrehajtasi
parancsot q inert a Board rem
delkezeseit a birosag hajtja
vegre - ma pedig ARA keri
a birosagokat, hogy ezeket a
feljelenteseket visszavonhassak.
Es a gyarak, az elitelt vadlot-
tax tito parancsokat kernek,
amelyek ezeket a visszavonaso-
kat megtiltanak, inert Ok ra-
gaszkodnak hozza, hogy a
Board rendeleteit bir6sagok
el6tt targyaljak.
A Labor Board sziikseges in
tezmeny. 0tven eve sziksege
lett volna ra az amerikai mum
kasnak. De annak reszrehajlat-
lannak kell lenni, ugy a num-
kas es munkaado k0zt, mint
letezo szervezetek kozt es a
Board - sajnos - nem ilyen
volt idaig. A munkasoknak so
kat artottak azzal, hogy tulsa
gosan jo baratai kivantak len
nj a Szervezeteknek kiil0n0-
sen egy szervezetnek, a CIO-
max.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-05-12
A HET LEGF0NTOSABB'. !,

.esemenye rem a kongresszus
ban, mem a kormanynA jatsz6-
dott le. Az volt a legfontosabb
es legsulyosabb esemeny, hogy
a Federal Labor Board - le-
roskadt. 2f1tl&1 90
A Labor Board d0nteseit a
gyarak egy resze a bir6sag ele
vitte, de mem vartak be azon
a targyalast, hanem a Board
meg akart futni el6liik.
A Republic Steel, a Ford
gyar s meg egy par vallalat
ARA lett utasitva a Board Al
tai, hogy egy csom6 regen el-
bocsajtott ernbert vegyenek
vissza q rnunkaba. 2
Az elmarasztalt iizemek a BIZ
r6saghoz fordultak, azon a CT
men, hogy a Board el6tt tisz-
tesseges meghallgatast mem
nyertek, l1ogy a Board tagjai
iigyeszek es bir6k voltak egg
szemelyben s hogy a Board a
hatask0ret sulyosan atlepte.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-05-12
MOST AZTAN HALALOS

csapast akarnak merni a
Ford gyar reszer6l a Labor
Boardra es ha allitasaikat bebi-
zonyitjak, akkor - sajnalat-
tai kell beismerniink, a Board
raszolgalt a halalra.
Fordek AIT k0vetelik, hogy
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-05-12
UGYANILYEN VEGZETES

hiba j0tt vissza kiserteni a
sit-down sztrajkok ugyeben a
multi heten. Mikor a sit-down
sztrajkok kezd6dtek, tobb izben
megirtuk, hogy azokat helye-
selni mem tudjuk, csak olyan
esetben, ahol sztrajkt0r6kkel
akarnak dolgozni.
Exert is megorroltak rank ne
hanyan, akik mem latnak to-
vabb a ajatsorruknal. Mi ter
meszetesneks tartjuk a. muir
kasnak ait ~ jogat, fhogy
sztrajkoNon, de q a jelenlegi
rendszerbeno nincs joga ARA,
hogy a mas vagyonat lefoglal-
ia es megszallja.
Es kiil0n0sen elitelttik azo-
kat a tulzasokat, amelyek
semmi tisztesseges celt mem
szolgaltak, mikor peldaul a gya
rak hivatalnokait, iizemvezet6it
es igazgat6it mem engedtek az
irodakba bemenni, ahol pedig
azok mem tudtak volna ter
melni, de ell tudtak volna a
levelezest vegezni. Volt eset,
mikor a pay-rollt mem tudtak
megcsinalni, inert az lrodat
megszalltak. Eek a feles1eges
kilengesek csupa heccel6desek
voltak, amelyek ARA szolgal-
tax, hogy elmergesitsek ahely-
zetet es a zayarokat fokozzak.
MIKOR TOvABB MENTEK !.
ennel is, mikor villarlytelepe-
ket is foglaltak le Is egy fel
allamot sotetbe boritottak egy
napra. a lakossag a sztrajkok-
t6l elfordult Is q sit-down ma
mar mem nepszerii ebben az
orszagban.
De ma maguk a munkas-
vezerek is tehetetlenek, inert
peldaul Knudsen, a General
Motors eln0ke a multi heten
Washingtonban nyilvanosan el
mondta, hogy az auto munka-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-05-12
A MI ALLASPONTUNKAT

ezekben a kerdesekben soha
mem tartottuk titokban, bar
mem egyszer egy par hevesebb
olvas6nak az irasunk mem tet-
szett. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
l secret base in West China.

a secret base IN west CHINA.
In Peiping the provisional north
China government organized by
the Japanese army announced
that it will not recognize a ruling
of the U. S. court in Shanghai
awarding ships and properties of
the China Merchants Steam Navi-
CATION co. to the American Will
liam Hunt inteeests. The proper
ties are valued at several million
dollars and were awarded to Hunt
in a loan foreclosure proceeding
Peiping's attitude is that the
transfer is a dodge" to prevent
the ships, warehouses, docks, real
estate and other properties of the
company from falling into the
hands of the pro-Japanese groups.
In Shanghai. coincident with
the decision to return the proper
ties of Shanghai University to
American owners, the japanese
authorities reaveled that they are
granting permits to many Ameri-
can missionaries and business men
to return to their posts in Japa
nese-occupied areas of the interior
No permits were being given to
Britons, however, and negotiations
between the British and the Japa-
nese were said to have broken
down.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12

Dies. in
Speeder Killed in
Crash FIe eeins
From Officers

LOS ANGELES, June IL.
(UP)-Mrs. Marian H. Bow
en-, 80, of Pasadena, was kill
ed today in the southwestern
section of Los Angeles when
her automobile, speeding at IS
miles an hour to outdistance two
pursuing traffic officers, crashed
into another automobile, injuring
two men seriously.
The injured victims, both of
whom had escaped when their car
burst into flames, were Albert F..
Smith, %; and Clyde Middleton,
30, both of Long Beach.
Both were reported near death
in the haywood hospital. Mrs. Bow
en- died en- rodte to the same hos
pital.
Deputy sheriffs said two Lyn-
wood traffic policemen gave chase
when they sighted Mrs. Bowen S
car speeding north on Alameda
street. The traffic policemen re-
ported the woman's car was speed
ing at rs miles per hour when it
crashed into Smiths south bound
automobile headon.
The Smith car burst into flames
but the policemen managed to ex-
tricate the injured men.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Fingerprints Lead
To Identity Of
Hit Run Victim
Aged Scissors Grinder
Once Inmate of
Riverside Jail

Identification of the aged
victim of an automobile ac-
cident near Westmorland
last weekend, was establish
ed Saturday by means of fin
gerprint records.
The fingerprints of the aged scis-
sors grinder match those of Albert
H. Burns, San Diego resident, Riv-
erside police informed the Imperial
county sheriff's department via
telegram. Burns was arrested in
Riverside some time ago on a va
grancy charge. The battered body
of the old man was found last Sun
day morning amid the ruins of his
puShcart he had parked off the
highway Eligio Guzman, Wesmor-
land resident, admitted he drove
the death car.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
20 Hurt
By Fury
Of
Residents Flee to
Storm, Cellars
For Safety

CLYDE, Tex, June II.
UP)-The bodies of IL per-
sons were recovered today
from the debris of a tornado
which-exposed by brilliant
flashes of lightning g-sent residents
of this little west central Texas
town fleeing to storm cellars at
$3.50 last night.
Searching parties left at dawn
to visit farms and rural districts
seeking to determine if there we're
additional victims not reported dur
ing the night.
More than 20 injured, at least
half of them in serious condition,
were treated at emergency hospi-
tails. =s
The known dead, listed by the
Red Cross, we're: Mrs. ]. B. Easter
ling, 60; Mrs. j. F.. Bonner, 10;
James Johnson, 18; Melvin Kniffin,
20; Jesse Rutledge, IS, and his "a
year old wife; j. E. Graham, 60, and
his wife Marian, So; j. E. Sullivan,
so; Mrs. Margaret Ross, 35; Will
liam Dale Despair, 4.
An unidentified man who was
CONTINUED on Page o. Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Harvest Crew Back
On Field Jobs

Mexican cantaloupe pickers who
walked off the R. j. Clevenger field
Saturday morning, went back to
work after discussing field rules
with Clevenger
Otherwise cantaloupe picking and
shipping progressed uninterrupted
throughout Imperial Valley Wrap
packers worked steadily, apparently
satisfied with the cents a crate
accorded them after Fridays union
less strike for higher rate per
crate.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12

present frame of mind, that he will
plead guilty." the sheriff said.
Transferred from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation headquar-
ters, where he confessed yesterday
that he alone was responsible for
the KIDNAPPING, the death and the
taking of $4,000 ransom, Mccall
was put in a WindoWless cell on the
10Th floor of the courthouse. He
was stripped of his belt and shoe
laces, searched thoroughly and
placed under 24-hour guard. An
attendant will be with him day
and night. An extraordinary grand
jury is impaneled Monday to in
dict him.
He will be tried by the state,
under a law that Furnishes kidnap-
ers with death in the electric
chair.
"He has admitted everything"
the sheriff said. including the
killing of the child, but claims
the death was an accident in keep
ing the youth quiet while getting
away from the Cash house"
The denouement to the seventh
child kidnapping since 1882 came
yesterday in FBI headquarters, a
block from the courthouse, when
j. Edgar Hoover, head of the bu-
reau, called in newspapermen and
announced that Mccall had con-
fesSed in full.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Justice Jennings
Buried Monday

Funeral services for Justice LACY
D. Jennings of the fourth district
appellate court will be held at
Johnson-Saum mortuary, San Die :
go, at 2 p. m. Monday with the
Masonic lodge in charge. He will
be buried at Greenwood mauSo-
leum.
He died in San Diego Friday of
a heart attack.
Justice Jennings was widely
known among the legal fraternity
and Masons in Imperial Valley
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Water 10 Feet Deep on Streets
OF Kansas Town As Flood Threats
Halt Traffic; People Seek Safety

traffic. Railroad tracks in certain
sections of Morris county also were
submerged.
Rock Creek overflowed its banks
and flooded the main street at
Dunlap. Easements filled with water
and sewers we're unable to carry
off the flow.
Admire and Allen in northern
Lyon county reported five inches
of rain and farmers hurried live
stock to higher ground as the iver
continued its rise.
A seven inch rain at White City
in Morris county caused alarm and
high water was expected here late
today. The rainfall totaled Los
inches, with additional moisture
being forecast.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Husband IndoIent,
Wife Complains

Charging that her husband was
indolent, refused to work and loaf
ed around home, Edna N. Beatty
filed suit for divorce from Orville
Beatty. She said he nagged her
drank to excess, and spied upon
her. She asked the court for per-
mission to resume use of her maid
en- name. Edna N. Mcmillan.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12

EMPORIA. Kan, June l1.CUP)--
Serious floods, threatening at
least four towns. developed in the
headwaters of the Neosho River
today after nightlong rains which
in some sections measured five to
seven inches.
At Council Grove. water stood
10 feet deep on streets near the
Neosho river and a bridge spaa
ming the stream was under two
feet of water. The main street
was flooded and the town was iso-
lated when highways were closed to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Flag Day Service
Planned Tuesdav

Ell Centre ElkS will take the lead
in Flag Day ceremonies Tuesday
evening at the Ell Centro stadium
Judge r. d. McPherrin will speak
on THE Flag and the Constitu q.
ton" and the l. v. Boys Band
will play. All Ell Centro boy scouts
are expected to attend.
Elks officers will be in charge.
The program was arranged by
Leading Knight Cal Rector.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Mc|yer TO Serve
3-Year Term

F. H. McIver, former treasurer Of
the Imperial Irrigation district.
must remain in San Quentin three
years for grand theft of district
funds, the state board of prison
terms and paroles ruled.
He was convicted on IL counts
of grand theft of approximately
$4,000 at the close of trial in
superior court early last summer.
He was indicted by the county
grand jury after an investigation
of the charges against him. Nc
liver served as district treasurer
from 1922 to 1887 when he was
defeated in an election. In deter
mining the length of the sentence.
the board gave him three years
on the first count and one year
on each of the other counts with
the sentences to run concurrently.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Father Threatens
ChiIdren's Lives

IMPERIAL, June 11.-A family
fight was family fight at the
j. A. Pierce home Friday night
until police were told Pierce threat
ened TO kill his two children and
had left home with them in his
car.
Radio broadcasts warned police
and deputy sheriffs to watch for
the car and take the children from
Pierce. Julia and Bobbic Pierce
were rescued unharmed and sent
to the home of relatives. Officers
blamed Pierce's drunken condition
for the family turmoil.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12

have reached CaleXlcO. A few weeks
later it will have stretched out
across the desert to Power Drop
4 on the canal.
Completion of the line will place
the district in position to serve
canal power when the power drop
is finished and in operation. Mean
while the line will carry power
from the districts diesel plant at
BraWley to a half dozen communi-
ties.
Two hundred men Saturday MORN
ing on the Williams Bros. and Haas
payroll worked at high speed set
ting poles and stringans linas.
Poles are actually in the ground
almost to Heber M. r. Ferguson,
company foreman, declared. Wire
stringers had reached the Dogwood
canal road east of Imperial and
prepared to string the side line
into Imperial and continue south
along the DogWood road.
The line skirts the eastern city
limits of Ell Centre to where a tap
line goes down Ross avenue into
the city. The main line, however,
continues south toward Heber. An
other tap line, six miles long, will
be erected into the Silsbee area.
Factor which may possibly slow
up work when Stringers reach the
Ell Centre area is the necessity for
crossing number of hot" wires,
Nev-Cal Electric lines Bad stretch
es OF sand on the line from Calexico
to the power drop may also delay
work slightly, contractors declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12

for rigid wages up 10 minimum
of 30 cents per hour. which would
become effective in the second year
A flat 25-cents per hour rate would
be effective in the first year.
Southerners obtained flexibility in
fixing wages between 80 cents and
the goal of 40 cents established in
the bill. Industries are required
under the bill to reach a Accent
minimum after seven years, but
exemptions are sweeping.
AS written, the compromise bill
would:
l. Create a board for each in
duStry to recommend wage and
hour standards. Board action would
be subject to the veto of an admin
istrator in the labor department.
2. Empower the boards to fix
wages between an absolute floor of
25 cents per hour and a goal of
40 cents, and hours between a A
hour work week the first year
AZ hours the second, and goal of 40
with exemptions to the maximum to
provide for contracts obtained thru
collective bargaining. The board
could recommend any wage be-
tween rs and 40 cents and any
work-week between a. and 40 i'm
mediately after they become oper
ative, but the statutory minimums
must be observed.
Continued on Page 2: Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Uphold American
Ideas, Legion Told

LAS VEGAS, New, June II. tUP)
Sen. Pat McCarran urged the
American Legion to live up to its
motto to protect and defend the
Constitution in an address to the
annual department convention last
night.
by preserving the constitution
and bill of rights" McCarran said,
"the United States can guarantee
freedom and independence and
lead the way back for the present
dictatorial governments vf other
nations that will collapse under
their own weight"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
San Joaquin Flood
Peril Continues

FRESNO, June IL. CUP) Floods
continued to plague San Joaquin
valley farmers today as additional
acreage on the San Joaquin river
went under water.
A weather bureau forecast for
rain in the mountains threatened
to keep rivers and streams at flood
or near-flood stage over the week.
end. A drop of l.l2O second feet
in the flow of the Kings river was
recorded however. The rivers dis
charge today was 17600 second
feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
American Trained Chinese Prepare For
Last Ditch Defense of CAPITAL

HANKOW, June II UP)-While
Japan pushed victorious forces
nearer this provisional capital of
the Chinese government today, de-
tenders prepared for a bitter con-
flict to preserve their capital
Great quantities of foreign mu-
nitions were reaching Hankow, in
cluding American arplanes, Czech
heavy artillery and anti-craft bat
teries, and machine guns. Forty
new planes reached Kankow yes
terday and were described as the
first of 200 planes manned by
Chinese pilots who have been
trained by American instructors at
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Inaccurate Scales
Found in State

SAN FRANCISCO, June IL. (UP)
Wholesale existence throughout
California of inaccurate scales and
short weight packages was charged
today by D. E. Montgomery, con-
sumers counsel of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration Mont
gomery issued a survey Of activi-
ties of county weights and meas
ures officials in 13 of California's
SO counties.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Sharp Earthquake Shakes
Z Nations Of West E europe

fragments. The ceiling of an office
building in Paris was cracked and
throughout the area where the
quake was felt, furniture was shak
en-, clocks stopped and pictures
swayed on walls.
The alarm was extensive and
newspaper offices and observatorieS
were swamped with calls Tele-
phone service was interrupted i'll
Brussels. The quake was reported
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
FIR. Refuses Study
OfNLRB Acts

WASHINGTON. June II. CUP)-.
President Roosevelt today wrote
Chairman Hatton Summers, D., Tex.
of the House Judiciary Committee,
that he had mo intention of ap-
pointing any commission to study
the operations of the National La
Dor Relations Act
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Lake Mead Holds
3 TriIIion Gallons

WASHINGTON, June II. OUP)-
There is now enough water in Lake
Mead, the governments 112-mile-
long artificial lake behind Boulder
Dam, to provide 81, 100 gallons.
years supply to everyone in
the United States, the Reclamation
Bureau reported today.
The lake. created in what was
once desert land in Nevada and
Arizona, contains more than $780,
OO0000,000 (trillion) gallons and is
only about two-thirds full.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Race Betterment
Survey Provided

PASADENA, Cal, June II. (UP)
The possibility of producing biol
ogically better men and women will
receive Sl,000.000 worth of atten-
ton at the California Institute of
Technology
A Rockefeller foundation grant of
this sum to carry on the new re-
search was announced by Mrs. Rob-
ert A. Millikan yesterday at CAL
techs graduation exercises.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12

particularly severe at Charleroi,
Belgium. Lille and Dunquerke in
France also were considerably shak-
en-. Belgian people crowded into
the streets in alarm.
The seismograph needle in Sell
fridge's Department Store in Lon
don was swung an inch off center,
1t was estimated unofficially that
20 were injured in Brussels and
40 elsewhere in Belgium.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
EIks Team Leaves
For Contest

Ritualistic team of the Ell Gen.
tro Elks lodge left Saturday to
compete Sunday morning at River
side with teams from II other
southern counties. The winner will
represent southern California at
Monterey at the state convention.
Norman Deaton, exalted ruler,
heads the team.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12
Pact For Russian
Aid to China Done

SHANGHAI, Sunday, June IL.
CUP)-Reliable sources reported to-
day that a Chinese French Russian
pact which includes military aid to
China has been concluded. The text
probably will be published tomor-
row.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-12

victory, The city VIII issue securities
to finance its share of the cost of
a S65,O00 sewerage treatment and
disposal plant, to be erected at the
northeast corner of the townsite.
The federal government will supply
the remainder OF the cost.
Residue from the plant will be
treated so that it may be poured