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Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
French Swimmer
Fails 10 Reach
Coast from Island

VENICE, Cal, July Is. (UP)-
The fiddling swimmer, Paul Chot-
teau, failed today TO achieve a So
mile swim from Santa Barbara Is
land to the mainland, but he es-
tabliShed a new long distance rec
ord in open water.
When taken from the water at
$50 am, he had covered roughly
SO miles in As hours and four
minutes when exhaustion overlook
him.
At Santa Monica hospital, where
he was taken, it was reported
Chotteau was in good physical
shape, although "tuckered out"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Canada
Villages
Burned
Destroyers Stand
By to Take Off
Refugees

COURTENAY, B. c., July
%. (UP)-The British de-
stroyer York arrived in Com
OK Bay under forced draft
today to aid in the possible
evacuation of several hundred per-
sons whose homes are in danger
of destruction by forest fire along
the Campbell river.
The Canadian deStroyers Fraser
and st. Laurent and the naval
fisheries patroller Armentieres also
We're in the bay and had landed
crews to help fight the fire.
Forestry officials reported that
1000 men battling the flames were
gaining ground, but the fire al
ready had burned over 1870 SQUARE
miles OF territory, destroyed a fish
ing resort and several rural COM
munities.
Ihe fire, the worst ever known
IN British Columbia, still threat
ened the coal mining and logging
towns of Courtenay, Campbell
Cumberland, Bevan and Campbell
ton' but foresters said these small
settlements might be spared if
present favorable conditions con-
tinued.
Inc flames were only little more
| than amile from Cauphallto,, t,,+
1t was believed the crews would be
able to halt the fire on this front
II the present slight wind grew no
stronger.
The spearhead of the fire, point
ing toward Courtenay and Cumber-
iaho, mad been surrounded with
lire breaks, and for the first time in
Continued on Page 3 Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25

Although he said he had not yet
been notified of Pomeroy'S refusal
to certify the indigents, Lawson
said II had orders that if Pomeroy
couldn't certify them, I was to do
it,"
Pomeroy refused certification Sat-
urday on the grounds that it would
set dangerous precedent and accel-
crate movement OF migrants and
their families from other states to
California.
Lawson said Aubrey Williams, as
sistant WPA administrator, had in
formed him that WPA funds had
been earmarked for destitute mi
grants.
when I hear from Pomeroy I
will notify Washington and make
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25


ing in East Ell Centro early Friday
morning. Meyers died early Sat
urday morning.
Sam was with me-" Oswalt
quoted Meyers as saying, Il don't
know why he shot me-"
New evidence and developments
unearthed during the weekend, he
said, will not be released until the
case goes to trial.
Schoenburg was arraigned in Ell
Centre justice court Monday and
ordered held in the county Jail
without bail. Judge John E. Simp-
son set the preliminary hearing
for 10 am. Aug. 2.
The 80 pistol used in the shoot
ing still is missing.
Police still are investigating pos
sibility of a connection between
the shooting and the fire which
destroyed the Freedman packing
shed. Meyers and Schoenburg had
been employed at the Freedman
shed and were seen together prior
to discovery of the fire and the
finding of the wounded man be-
side the highway approximately a
block from the blazing building.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Stolen Property
Defendant GuiItv

Roy Rand, Brawley second hand
jewelry store operator pleaded guilty
in superior court Monday to the
charge of buying stolen property,
a gun stolen from H. E. Thornton.
Rand and w. B. Hutchinson, his
employe, recently were indicted by
the county grand jury. The charge
against Hutchinson was dismissed
by the court upon motion of District
Attorney d. H. Wolford, who said
there was not sufficient evidence to
warrant the expense of trial. Rand
applied for probation and his ap-
plication will be heard July 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Nip Pon
Offers
erns
Boundary Dispute
May Be Settled
ByCommission

TOKYO, July 25. (UP)-
Japan intends soon to pro
pose the formation of a
frontier commission to es-
tabliSh a definite Siberian
ManchukuanKorean frontier, set
tie outstanding border disputes,
and provide machinery for negoti-
ating future disputes, it was under
stood today.
A foreign office spokesman said
today that over the weekend the
situation caused by the alleged
Russian occupation of a hill in
the Changufeng area of the from
tier had not improved. But at the
same time, he added, the fact that
it had not been aggravated, caused
hope that it might be settled peace
fully
The spokesman added that the
government was waiting to learn
Russias attitude toward formation
of a boundary commission.
At Moscow, RuSSia's new dispute
with Japan over the Manchukuan
frontier was made the key note
of a gigantic sports parade in the
Red square.
AS Joseph Stain, Klementi Vor-
oshlov, war minister and other
leaders listened, Alexander Kosarev
leader of the young Communist
league, said
Comrades, you have read of
the recent conversation between a
(Contineud on Page 3. Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Jail Shields Man
From Lynch Mob

NEVADA CITY, Cal, July 25
UP)-Dan Johnson, l7-year -old
itinerant Negro was held in the
county Jail here today for protec-
tion while authorities in Truckee
investigated reports of a fight there
Saturday night.
Friends of James Graves, CIO
worker on the Boca Dam project,
accused Johnson of stabbing Graves
during an argument. The wounds
were not critical. A crowd captur-
ed johnson after a short chase and
lynching threats prompted sheriff's
officers to remove the Negro to Ne
vada City.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Cleveland Murder
Case Nears End

The Ida Cleveland murder trial
neared its close in superior court
Monday as prosecution and defense
attorneys concluded their arguments
to the jury.
Interest in the trial continued
throughout the four day q session
with every seat occupied by Negro
residents of the community. Mrs.
Cleveland was charged with murder
after she Shot and killed her hus-
band, Walter, in Ell Centro June IA.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
65-MiIe-Speed
Ends in Arrest

Speed with a blithe scorn of boule-
ward stops this week caused the
arrest of Genero Silva Escalante,
"a, Calexico Mexican, on a charge
of reckless driving.
Arresting officers said he drove
down Broadway at at speed of 65
miles an hour and missed every
boulevard stop. He admitted he had
been drinking, they said He for
feited $25 bail by failure to appear
in police court Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Joe E. Brown on
Witness Stand

HOLLYWOOD JL.y 25 (UP)-On
testimony of Joe E. Brown that he
robbed the comedion of SIS at the
point of gun, Harry Luke, 26-year
old transient today was held to
superior court on the robbery
charge.
Brown, limping from a wrenched
back suffered during baseball prac-
tice, offered a packed court room
just one wide grin. That came when
Deputy District Attorney Kenneth
Thomas asked whether ne was in
fear when he turned over SIS bill
to Duke last July 2.
"Well-I-just a little bit-yes," "
said the actor. II didn't like the
looks of that gun"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Youthful Pirates
Hear Sentences,
Get Suspensions
Boys Cannot Tell Story
Of Adventures, Drink
Or Smoke. Judge Says

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, July
25. (UP) Juvenile Judge
Roy B. Maxey today SEN
fenced to Preston reforma-
tory the three high school
youths who took the yacht Tira
on an adventure cruise to Mexico
then suspended the sentence.
Suspension, the judge said stern
ly, was on condition the boys go
to church, refrain from smoking
and alcohol, and refrain from
writing stories about their trip
that ended in Puerto Vallarta
Mexico, 1000 miles from Santa
Cruz, when they were forced tt
seek shelter from a storm.
Lew Foote, owner of the yacht
was in the courtroom and tolc
reporters he was very happy" al
the outcome of the hearing. He
did not comment on his previously
announced plans to take the boys
on another cruise but appeared
as pleased as the parents that the
boys would not have to serve a
Jail term.
The hearing was based on war
rants charging grand theft which
he swore out before going to Mexi-
co and returning the boys and the
yacht when Mexican authorities
held them at Puerto Vallarta.
He told Puerto Vallarta officials
that he had no plans to prosecute
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25

separate trial.
None was injured seriously.
room with the four afficers on trial
when the skirmish started. He rush
ed into the corridor and joined in
the fight. When it ended his nose
was bleeding.
None was injured seriously.
When the battle started the four
suspended officers were still wait
ing to be called before the unions
executive board to answer charges
that they "conspired with Commun-
lists" to wreck the UAW.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25

Good Story, Anyway
A freak tWister that hit the
Tama ack ranch district last Fri
day naht left more than debris
in its wake, it developed Monday.
1t left one of the best stories OF
the year.
d. l.. Doc Auction Philosophy
linn, who usually talks about cat
fish, abandoned his pet subject
Monday to retail the story OF the
flying athol tree and the Mexican
who took up aviation unwittingly
and unWillingly.
John Andrews, who lives there,
hadn't heard o. the Mexican but
he vouched seriously enough for
the presence in his district of the
twister which unroofed buildings,
tore down some shackS and did
considerable damage otherwise. A
window on the east side of Johns
house was broken by limb torn
from a tree on the west side, he
said. That's the kind of a twister
it was.
With these facts established,
credence was given to the tale of
the flying Mexican and the . .
no, the flying athol tree and the
awaiting Mexican.
The Mexican laborer Doc says
found it unbearably hot in his
shack Friday night, and went out
side under the shelter of the big
athol tree to sleep. He slept. The
wind came up. The twister came
along. TentacleS of wind gripped
the tree, Wrenched it about, jerked
it up, and tossed it into the air,
roots and all. AS the roots went, so
went the Mexican. He woke up
flying through the air. Maybe he
started to rub his eyes. If he did,
he didn't have time. There was a
splash, then a sputter
The Mexican clambered out of
the Tamarack canal, where he had
been thrown. vowing vociferously
that, no matter how hot the night,
he will hereafter sleep inside.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25

lOituO, ", iOCdl SlildSlltu JllelT way
through locked door to a corridor
outside the room where the trial
was being conducted. They were
met by a group of union members
employed in the UAW office.
The fighters surged up and down
the corridor for five minutes be-
fore it was agreed that the Toledo
delegation could remain inside.
The Toledo UAW members be-
longed to the same local as that of
George Adde's, who was discharged
as secretary treasurer and expelled
from the union two weeks ago in a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25

of about 10000 feet.
Friday night snow flurries blotted
out the figures of the climbers
Throughout Saturday they remain
ed invisible. Swiss guides started up
the mountain Sunday, taking less
hazardous route but were unable
to establish contact with the climb
ers.
The youths finally struggled. inch
by inch to hut at the aop of the
wall. They said that when the
snow storm struck they dug their
fingers into rock crannies about
1000 feet from the summit and hung
on until the blizzard slackened.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Salvation Armv
Home Studied

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25. (UP)
"A committee of the state social
welfare board today began a study
of conditions at the Salvation ar
mys home for children at Lytton
near Santa Rosa.
Colonel Archibald B. Young
board chairman, said the commit
tees principal task will be to rec
ommend changes in the schools
operation SO it will meet state re-
quirements and entitle it to state
support. Support was withdrawn
recently as a result of charges of
mistreatment of children.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
MEXICAN OUT, THEN IN
AGAIN IN SHORT TIME

Trinidad Mendoza, 38, left the
county Jail at 4 pm. Sunday at the
close of a 30-day jail sentence i'm
posed for being drunk. He was
again thrown in the city jail be-
fore midnight Sunday for being
drunk. Monday he was sent back
to the county Jail for 90 days.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
.Washburn Honored
By EIks Lodoe

Mark w. Washburn Monday was
advised of his appointment by Ed
ward j. Mccormick, new grand
exalted ruler of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, to
the position of district deputy
grand exalted ruler for California
South district.
Washburn will have jurisdiction
over lodges south of the Los An
geleS county line.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
HATCHETS, CLUBS USED
IN FAMILY QUARREL

A family fight in which hatchets
and clubs featured, landed Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Harrison in Ell Centre
police headquarters this weekend.
They are charged with disturbing
the peace by fighting at their home
at 528 Olive avenue. Mrs. Harrison
was released on SIS bail.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25

In police court Monday all but
two men pleaded guilty to vagran-
cy. Judge Lee Nuffer sentenced
each prisoner to 80 days in Jail
and suspended the sentence if he
promised to leave town. Tom
Payne, 81, and Dave Williams, "a,
pleaded not guilty and will be
tried Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25

ground. No money, no legitimate
addresses, and no work character
lied the group. The only moneyed
man in the dozen and half pris-
oners had two S. bills, Oswalt said,
and the only possessions deposited
at headquarters included one sack
of tobacco and a few badly battered
pocketkniVes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Good Old Valley

| Good Old Valley
Norman Deaton, back from a
prolonged eastern trip, tells tales
that will make you think your
pocketbook is very, very fortunate
to be living in Imperial Valley.
There's the New York night club
where, for instance, they charge
Sc for a steak.
Well have bread and butter,
thanks.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
ldd Hobbies

Tillman Daley has a hobby RR
can appreciate, since RR's done a
bit along that line himself. Just
a tiny bit, compared to Tilly. He's
building his own house out on
West Main street. The garage is
done already-and it looks more
like a residence than most resi-
dences do. That guys going to
qualify as a master carpenter, ce-
ment worker, architect, mason and
what-have-you if he keeps it up.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Fighters Shutter
Peace at '1riuI'

DETROIT, July 25. (UP)-A free for all fight broke
out today in the United Automobile Workers Union head
quarters where four suspended presidents on
trial before the unions international executive board
The fist fight occurred when about Is members of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
wPA Offers Aid TO Migrants After
State Relief Official Turns
Down Plea for Registration
1000 Indigents Will Be Certified Through
U. S. Agency, Declares Administrator;
Government Will Provide Funds

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25. (UP)--Wam Lawson,
northern California WPA administrator, said today that
1000 migratory ndgents whom Harold E. POmeroy state
relief administrator refused to certify eligible for WPA
Jobs be certified instead through LaWsOns office
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Hundreds Flee in
Path Of Flames
Countys Assessed vaIuationDrop
Sharply. May Bring Hike in Tax
Rate for Next Fiscal Period
Reduction in CalexicO Values Settlement
Of District-Railroad Dispute Among
Factors Blamed for Reduction

Imperial county's total property valuation in 1888
dropped $59O673 under the total for 1887
lector Dan West announced Monday
The total valuation for 1888 is $31 O68 while that
for the before $31 658832 he said The lower
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Migrants Pur9ed
From Ell Centro

FL Centre police arrested 18 Negroes this weekend
in of vagrant ordered by Chief of Police Ster-
ling Oswalt part of campaign to cut down bur-
gares Officers routed sleeping Negroes out of box cars
and from shelterless where they slept ON the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Statement Links
Schoenbur9 with
Meyers Staying
Victim in Deathbed Story Tells Police
Don't Know Why Sam Shot Me';New
Evidence Held Up Pending Trial

Charles Meyers, 81 victim of fatal gunshot wound,
accused Sam Schoenburg of shooting him Chief of Police
J. Sterling Oswat said Monday.
Information concerning the dying statement with
held Oswalt said until police completed Investigations
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25
Baseball Results
AMERICAN

AMERICAN
First game:
Cleveland ....... 900 900 000-O 8 2
Boston ................ 0l0 02l 00x-4 5 2
Allen, zuber and Pytlak; Dickman
and DeSautels.
Second game:
Cleveland ..-....... 900 l0l 001-3 0
Boston ................ 900 900 00O-O 0
Harder and Hemslye; Bagby and
Peacock.
Detroit at Philadelphia, postoned,
rain.
Only game scheduled in either
league.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-25

Butter: Los Angeles, 26iao; but
terfat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch
grade A. 361ze; manufacturing milk,
291ae; route gathered cream, 25Isc.
L. A. Hay: U. =. No. l $3.50,
No. 2 leafy SI2-12.5O No. 2 S1I-11.5O.
Minneapolis flax, July. Sl.7s.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

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crepe chiffon hosiery in a fitted
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tens to prevent scuffins Of shoes
in your closet or suit case, 100
(C) Men's Pullman slippers in
a slide.fastened case that will
60 into any corner Of a grip, 1873
'D) Planerfs Ice-skate and
Shoe Outfits. Ladies white
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The Washington times., 1938-03-17
Maryland to Send
Soil to Ceremony

Earth from Fort McHenry Ma
tional Park. in Baltimore, will be
Maryland's contribution to tn e
State of Oklahoma's tree-plant,
ing ceremonies at a new civic cen
ter in Oklahoma City.
Fort McHenry soil was selected
because Of the posts historical
association with Francis Scot
Keys composition of the "Sta1
Spangled Banner" The dirt will
be forwarded to the American
War Mothers, Of Oklahoma, which
organization has requested each
Of the Al States to submit sam.
Piles of soil taken from historical
Gpots within their respective
boundaries.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
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BARBARA HOuntS (hMl1NM
"11s7 SNE7'S
EXCHANGE YOUR HOME

HARRY WARDMAN; INC; OF 1912
K st. N. W., will consider your
house in trade on this new detach-
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N. W. It has two baths, is COM
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the excellently constructed exterior
Is as beautiful as the tastefully de-
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left and go three blocks to the
home. There is representative on
the premises or you can call Cleve-
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man suggests that the money you
spend for rent, year after year,
could Just as well be buying you a
new home in Avondale Grove He
has several six-room detached
homes, completely modern in every
detail including "carefree' con1fort
with modern gas appliances, that
sell for $500 to $3.50, You can
drive out Michigan Avenue past
Catholic University, over the new
bridge to Eighteenth Street, turn
left and go three blocks to see
these homes.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
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'struction,' has every facility for
pleasant modern living and is priced
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inspecting this exceptional value cal1
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The Washington times., 1938-03-17
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