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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
G-MEN TAKE UP
WHITE SLAVERY
CASE INQUIRY
Mar Arrested When Wife
Is Located in
House

SAN FRANCISCO, May
16. (UP)-The Federal Bu-
,eau of Investigation, enter
ing the drive against white
slavery in California, today
announced the arrest in Marys-
vile of Gus j. Blannas, 26, charged
with marrying a 17year-old girl in
Reno, New, then returning her to
Stockton where he placed her IL
a disorderly house.
Local FBI agent Kenneth Petit
john said G-men had sought Blan-
mas since July, 1887.
Blannas, according to G-men
took Miss Esther Stephens, IT, from
Sacramento to Reno and married
her.
Returning to Stockton, he placed
her in a house of i'll fame where
she was an inmate until police
arrested her it was charged.
Pettijohn said G-men had en-
tered the case because of its inter-
state angle and to start a drive
against an alleged new underworld
practice wherein panderers marry
young girls then place them in hous-
es. In some cases, Pettijohn said,
panderers have been known to be
married to three or four such girls
at the same time.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

The auction block at the fairgrounds.
All day long the parade continued
with blue3lood following blueblood
INTO the amphitheater before more
than SEQ prospective buyers. Thru
it all the chant of he auctioneer
continued.
BY noon, when lunch was served
20 animals had been sold. The COWS
averaged $125, with a high of S205
given for Carnation Wayne Girls
terra by j. E. Bray of Glendale
Ariz. Heiffers averaged sos, with
a high of $780,
Buyers with prices they bid were
c. L. Vizcaya, Glendale, $3.50; Ray
nond Mellar, Calexico, 500; San
Luis Obispo, polytechnic school,
$175; H c. Early. Imperial, $l35
Anton Amann, CaleXico S125; 3
E. Vencill, 500; r. w. Jessup
Glendale, sl55; A. H. Clark. Sole
dad, $120; T. *. Martin, San Fer
nando. $685. R. D. Rodden, Oakdale
Sl40; H, F. Duve, Sacramento. 500;
J. M. Little, Holtville, S130; Royal
Dairy. Chino, sos; Fidel Gomez, E.
Centro S85.
Bulk of the sale was slated fol
the afternoon session which saw
the sale of the three herd sires
Carnation Ormsby Piebie De Kol
Carnation Inka Sensation and Car
nation Contender.
w. A. Scheniman. owner OF the
herd, sounded the sales keynote
before bidding got under way by
pointing out the benefit to Imperia
Valley dairymen of registered cat
tie and expressing the wish thai
MS animals would be retained al
least in part, to build up valley
herds.
Walter Havekorst and A. H. Kel-
lar spoke briefly before Auctioneer
D. L. zinn, assisted by Milton zinn
and Roy Rule, took charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
YOUTH HELD IN
DEATH OF BOY

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, May 16
UP) Bakersfield authorities tc
day held ice Cantos, 10. in the
Kern county Jail in connection
with the fatal shooting of 11-yeaI
old Tony Lugo at a birthday party
Saturday night
Cantos told police he was walk
ing home after a hunting TRIP
when he bet his campanion ht
could put out the light on the
front porch of Tony'S house, where
the boy was entertaining a group
of neighborhood children at hls
1lth birthday party.
He said he aimed at the lighi
with his % calibre rifle and free
The bullet crashed through I
window into Tony's head. The boy
died half an hour later at a hos
pital. Cantos surrendered Volun.
tarily to authorities
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
N N|PPO N s.
ADV ANCE
IN CHINA
Japanese Close in
On Railroad
Center

SHANGHAI, May 16 (UP)
Chinese forces abandoned
their "ffindenberg line" il
Central China today as siX
Japanese c 0l u m II S drove
around the city CT Suchow, import
ant railroad junction, the fall Of
which will enable Japan to conSoli-
date all coastal provinces in north
ern China.
Hand to hand fighting was re-
ported in the streets of SiaohSien.
west of SuchoW. japanese infantry
fought their way across the moat
at the southern corner of the city
despite withering Chinese machine
gun fire and hand grenades.
Japanese artillery battered down
the walls of the ancient city. paw
ing the way for an infantry attack
1t was indicated that both forces
were firing on the city in an effort
to burn out the enemy.
japanese columns met each other
on the railroad near Tangshan
west of the Hsuchow sector, dis
patches said
Japanese press dispatches said
that their north and south columns
3fter joining, proceeded eastward
together along the Lunghai rail-
road and passed Chenochi, 80 miles
west of Tsuchow at pm. today.
Other japanese forces, it was
asserted, occupied Pihsien, 10 miles
north of the railroad and 40 miles
northeast of Hsuchow
Continued on Page 2; Col. 2.)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Hammer Murderer
Will Ask Divorce

TEHACHAPI, Cal, May 16. CUP
Clara Phillips, Los Angeles ham
ner slayer of her love rival, Alberta
Meadows, today was granted per-
mission by the directors of the Cali
fornia institute for women to OBJ
tain a divorce from Armour Phil
lips SO that she may re-marry.
Mrs. Phillip, who was paroled
from the women's prison in 1885
after serving II years of a life
sentence, said in her application
fey. pess,3'7sion"0 obtain a dive.ce
that she now resided in Pittsburgh.
Pa.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
AT Ian IA
Y | c 7 I'M s
7 RAPED
Floors Collapse as
Blaze Catches
SleeperS

ATLANTA, Ga, May 16.
(UP)-Bodies of "a persons
were taken today from the
ruins of the old Terminal
hotel in downtown Atlanta
after a fire that swept through the
five-story structure had been
brought under control.
1t was believed that the toll would
reach 35 when the ruins had cooled
sufficiently to permit firemen TO
examine the debris-filled structure.
The fire started in the basement
at 3:15 am. while patrons OF the
hotel were asleep. A draft in the
elevator shaft sucked the flames
upward and the fire spread quickly
through the building. Floors col
lapsed and victims were crushed to
death before they could escape.
Some were killed as they slept.
1t was estimated go to rs persons
were in the hotel when the fire
started
Fire Chief o. j. Parker said he
believed it was impossible for any
of the occupants to have lived
through it. He said that when the
first fire companies arrived the
building looked as though it haG
been hit by a gasoline torch"
Although the blaze was brought
under control within an hour, the
so hot firemen could not touch them
until an hour later.
Fourteen of the dead were taken
from edges of the ruins or from the
street where they had jumped to
death.
Five died at Grady hospital where
they were taken with burns and
injuries.
The hotel, located in downtown
Atlanta, was so constructed that the
charred floor sills dropped through
leaving the walls intact
Chief Parker said some of the
victims sleeping in the fourth and
fifth floors may have been buried
in the basement.
The cause of the fire could not
be determined Immediately.
The fire spread into an adjoining
.2afc where several persons we're
injured.
One victim was identified as
James Bonds, 81, a truck driver o.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Two OF the dead were women and
two children.
I. w Williams Southern railway
worker. said that when he saw the
flames he ran from the cafe and
pulled a fire alarm.
las I ran across the street I saw
man jump from the top story in
his flaming pajamas.' Williams sale
He bounced like a rubber bah
and landed across the street from
where he first hit"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

LABOR Relations act.
u. S. deputy marShals have been
ordered to search spectators for
weapons because of persistent re-
ports of threats against govern
nent witnesses.
The defendants, At men and %
corporations engaged in the min
ing of coal, were indicted under
a law passed in 1870 in an attempt
10 smash the Ku KluX Klan. They
are charged with cOnspiring tC
prevent coal miners in Harlan coun-
ty-"Bloddy Harlan" is the nick
name it has acquired in the last
10 years-from organizing to bar
gain collectively under the Wagner
act.
II the government wins, it will
have set a precedent of law that
IAN reach out and affect scores
of industries The Wagner act is
civil statute and in itself carries
40 criminal penalties for violations.
BY invoking the 1870 law, provid-
ing Jail terms and fines for persons
who conSpire to deprive a citizen
Of his constitutional rights, the
government hopes it can, in effect
write a punitive clause into the
Wagner act.
Almost everyone agreed that the
battle that starts today eventually
will go to the U. S. supreme court
on appeal and that months from
now there will be handed down q
decision that will affect millions
of workers and thousands of in
dustrial concerns.
This town of 1000 persons, pack
ed to outlying tourist camps with
witnesses, lawyers, yeniremen ano
newspapermen, is 81 miles from
Harlan. 1t was chosen as the scene
Of the trial because it is the nearest
place to Harlan in which federal
court sits.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
NOTED BRIDGE DESIGNER DIES;
BUILT BIC COL DIR GATE SPAN

phase of the bridge business
One of Strauss first big jobs was
the designing of a railroad bascule
bridge in Cle9eiand which used con-
,-ete instead OF steel for counter
weights. Strauss scraped together
all the money he could to finance
.hs project.
fne- ncn bridge \ Jrked perfectly
and Strauss was a famous man.
Attsr-. tnat he travelled all over
the world building bridges. Spans
across the Neva. river in Pe.roorad.
in Osaka, Japan; in Europe, South
Amerfet. SIX nd today cS monuments
to his skill
When he finished the Golden
Gate bridge he announced he was
taking a long rest.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Mexican Avoids
End Trial Here

Tony Ysabel, dapper Mexican re-
Gently found guilty Of escaping from
the county jail need not race trial
IN a charge OF having two prior
convictions en- felony charges, Judge
r. d. McPhcrrin ruled in superior
sourt Monday.
Notice of appeal Immediately was
given by Deputy District Attorney D.
4. Wolford. A jury in Judge
vaughn N. Thompson's division OF
superior court found the Mexican
guilty on the charge of escaping
from jail but could not agree on the
counts relative TO the prior convic-
ticns. Ysabel was scheduled to 60
.5gla. Monday before a different
Jury.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

hop from San Diego by a coast
guard plane, Hays said as part of
the observance of National Air
mail Week.
Previously scheduled for Friday
the coast guard flight was moved to
Thursday The plane, flown by
Lieut.. S. G. LinhOlm. will leave Sar
Diego at 8 am. arriving at the
airport at Imperial at 9:10 am
1t will stop at Yuma before con-
tinuing to Phoenix The plane then
will return pausing. again at the
Imperial airport tQ pick up mai
at AIS pm.
Airmail envelopes viii be dis
tributed without charge at the
chamber offices, Hays announced
for messages TO Gen Harlee Branch
second assistant postmaster in
charge of airmail The special en-.
velopes are designed for messages
urging an airmail line to the val
ley,
Airmail week commentaries the
fitst aerial mail flight i'll The Uniteo
States
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Weekend Auto Crashes
Fniure T. Wreck ; Cars

leading into Brawley from Imperial.
His coupe was demolished Police
pulled the unconscious youth from
the wreckage to discover he had All
inch long cash on the back of his
head and was badly shaken. Augen-
stine told police he was on his. way
home to Brawley.
Joe Hellinger, "a, was injured
when two cars collided on the high
five miles west of Westmorland
Cars driven by Benjamin Butler
Huckell, 65, Riverside. and Bert
Hanneman, 81, San Fernando
crashed. Huckell was given a cita-
ton for reckless driving, Highway
patrolmen A. T. Bump and Day
Dunning said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
r. R. NURSES WISH
TO ERASE DEFEAT

WASHINGTON, May 16 CUP)-
President Roosevelt would like tC
see congress enact a government
reorganization bill at this session
of congress but has not placed the
measure on his must" list, House
Majority Leader Sam Rayburr
said today after a White House
conference.
Rayburn made his statement al
ter the Presidents weekly Monday
morning conference with leaders OF
the house and senate on the legi-
slative program
Rayburn said the reorganization
situation was discussed generally
1t the conference attended by Vice
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

never be built.
Following resignation as Colder
Gate bridges chief engineer severai
months ago, Strauss went to Ari
zona He remained there fou
months. then went 70 Los Angeles
two months ago. He was a sick man
and his Illness grew steadily worse
Associates called Strauss the lit
tie man with the big dreams.
There was a story that when he
was a sophomore at the University
of Cincinnati- back in 1890, he de
cided TO try out for the football
team, though he was just over five
feet tall.
At the enc OF the aast- aay-cS the
playing field, he was so badly muss-
ed up that he was taken TO the in
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Shots Speed Negro
RObber on His Way

Shots fired in the air failed to
stop the flight of one Negro Sat
urday after his pal had been ar
rested for an attack upon an E.
Centro Swiss.
Jerrell Young, Negro, was ar
rested by Officer T. j. Harris,
standing over the body OF Free
Lustenberger, who had been knock
ed down and robbed Another Ne.
gro escaped. No complaint hao
been filed Monday
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Kynette Seen at
Bombing Scene


LOS ANGELES, May 16. CUP)-
Four hours after Harry Raymond
was bombed, Police Captain Earle
Kynette parked his car in front OF
The Raymond home, made disparag
ing remarks about him. and exhibit
I'd unusual curiosity as to whethe'
The neighborhood had been search
cd. fellow officer testified today
AS the defense of Kynette anc
lis two police associates, Roy Aller.
and Fred Browne. prepared to begin
presenting their case, Prosecute,
Eugene Williams called H. L. Balm
police officer attached to the Hoi-
lenbeck division, who said he was
assigned to guard the premises o,
the Raymond house two hours afteJ
the bomb exploded in Raymond ;
car.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

challenge of labor board powers
filed by the Mackay Radio * Tele-
Graph CO. and IN an unusual man
iamus action brought by tie boare
in connection with its case against
the Republic Steel Corp.
In the Republic action Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes an
nounced that the third circuit couri
of appeals is directed to "shoW
cause" by next Monday why an
injunction prohibiting further board
action in the Republic case should
not be vacated. The board seeks
to withdraw its Republic case from
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

LOS ANGELES, May 16. -(U.P)--
Joseph B. Strauss, So. one of the
worlds most famous bridge engin-
GERS. died today in his apartment
here of heart disease. He had been
Ill since last March.
Death came ,at s. 2 rss At his bed
side were his wife and their two
sons. Richard and Ralph Strauss
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday.
Strauss had been Ill for some
time and came here in March in ar.
effort to regain his health. DR.. E
H. Schneider said death was due to
coronory thrombosis.
His latest achievement was the
dramatic Golden Gate bridge - a
span that experts had said could
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

firmary. There the captain Of the
team told nm
You're a good sport but you're
Just too damned little
That remark, so the stcry goes
changed the course of his career
His father. a painter and writer
and his mCthei. a musician, hac
expected him to follow the arts. bW
he youth emerged from the infirm-
ary determined to show people that
ize doesn't count-that a little mar
could build the biggest thing in
the world"
He took a course IN Fnglteernie
then landed a job with New Jer-
sey iron boundary firm that special
lied in bridge materials. And there
he spent 10 years learning evrey
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

President John ~ Garner. Speakel
OF the House William Bankheac
and Senate Majority Leader Alber
w. Barkley.
Rayburn did not indicate what
the reaction of the congrossiona
group was tC the Presidents view.
Oh reorganization. The reorganiza
ton bill was recommitted in the
house several weeks ago alter {
stiff battle.
Barkley declared the congres
sional program from now until ad-
iournment is ON day to cay basis
Payburn said that he saw no iea-
son why congress could not com
rlete ite work ard adjourn June q
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
HORSE RACE FRAUD
CHARGED ON COAST

Les ANGELES. May 16. -(UR)-
Assistant United States ATTORNEY
william Fleet Palmer today issued
a complaint charging Harry Baxter
with interstate transportation o.
$4,000 which he assertedly TOOK
from Martha Y. Filbert. wealthy
Balt' more woman, in a fake horse
lace deal.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Pea Pickers Win
Increase i'm Wage

SACRAMENTO, Cal, May l6
CUP) - Approximately 1908 pea
pickers in the nearby Delta region
we're at work again today under
what union officials said was an
agreement guaranteeing a wage OF
one cent a pound.
The field laborerS, out for several
days since they refused to WORK
for % cents a hamper, rejected an
offer of 25 cents a hamper.
Under the new scale the mini
mum was expected to be 27 cents a
hamper.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

the courts for the purpose OF tax
ing additional procedural steps
The Mackay decision, in which:
the supreme court upheld board
order compelling reinstatement on
union leaders after a strike touch-
ed also on the vital procedufai
issue.
The question OF whether the
boards procedure complies -cith
the requirements OF the supreme
court arose after the court three
weeks ago vacated rate orders es-
CONTINUED on Page 2; Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Cummings Appeals
For Oman Funds

WASHINGTON, May 16. CUP)-
Attorney General Homer S. Cum
mings and Director ]. Edgar Hoover
Of the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation appealed in person today to
the house appropriations Subcom-
nittee on deficiencies to recon-
mend 100000 appropriation to
put vacationing "G-men" back to
work
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
hftcrtliOught-
Snow Gives Up
Victims Body

FRESNO, Cal, May 16. (UP)-
Deputy sheriffs today brought the
body of S. E. Shipley, A, Fresno
lumberman who disappeared in the
Sierra Nevadas March 8, to the
coroner's office here
The body was found yesterday
by two employees of the Byles-
Jamison lumber company in snow
drift near the road leading to a
saw seven miles northwest of Shaver
lake.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Socialist Youths
Capture School,

, MEXICO CITY, May 16. CUP)-
Students belonging to the Socialist
youth organization assaulted th9
preparatory school and law school
of the university in the center Of
the city today, temporarily obtain
ing possession. Several were re-
norted injured
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

Weekend traffic accidents in I'M
perial county resulted in Slight in
jury to two persons and damage to
three automobiles.
John Augenstine, 16, Calipatria,
turned his car ever several times
carly Sunday morning when he fail
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
35 Dead i'm Fire
Sweeping Hotel
BLUEBLOOD DAIRY
HERD AUCTlCNED
OFF AT IMPERIAL
Schenima1's Famous Animals Parade to Block;
Average Selling Price in Morning Session
Is S125; Sires Go in Afternoon

IMPERIAL, May 16.-The crash of the auctioneer s
cane wrote the end here today to Schenimans herd.
by the white and block Hostein for six years
the boast of Imperial Valley and the pride of Mr. and
Mrs W. A. Schenman. podded up the sawdust path to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
NLRB WINS COURT
BATTLE on VITAL
ISSUES OF POWER

WASHINGTON, May 16. CUP)-The National Labor
Relations board today supreme court victories IN two
of far reaching significance in its administration o
the Wagner Labor Act.
The supreme court decisions presented in a test
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
AiRMAEL FLIGHTS
TO VALLEY WILL
CELEBRATE WEEK
Two Hops Scheduled Here to Commemorate First
Mail Flight; Residents Urged to Write
Requests for Regular Service

Alteration in airmaiI flight plans to Imperial Valley,
that will give the valley two special flights Thursday
announced Monday by Robert Hays of the Ell Centre cham
Der Of flight from Los Angeles to the county
airport pick up mail will be supplemented by another
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Bloody Harlan
Begins Vital
Terror Trial
Fate of Thousands Among Workers to
Rest on Outcome of Wagner Act
Test Case i'm Kentucky

LONDON KY. May 16 (UP)-In atmosphere of
tension amid special guards to protect witnesses
the federal began today its prosecution of SO
accused Of terrorism in "bloody Harlan county
to keep coal miners from organizing under the Wagner
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Today's Results
NATIONAL

NATIONAL
Boston ........... 900 ITO 300-5 10 |
BROOKLYN -....... 200 G20 000-4 o
MacFayden & Mueller: Ftzsim-
mons. Pressnell; Marrow & Phelps.
New York .... 900 002 00l- 3 ?
Philadelphia 420 042 00x--l2 10 o
Schumacher. Lohrman, Vanden-
berg & Danning: Walters & Atwood.
AMERICAN
Washington ....................-...... 900 002 o
Detroit ...................... l0l 304 4
Philadelphia Ol0 oil 900 O-3 8 l
Cleveland . 600 200 100 IA l2 2
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

No Fish Story
Mr.. and Mrs. Brackenberry could
qualify for MI and Mrs. Samp-
son" titles after their experience
over the weekend in the mountains.
They only caught two fish but
the two trout they did catch were
SOME fish. Mrs Brackenberry
snagged the first trout, 171a inches
long. Her husband landed one after
five minutes battle He was 1872
inches long.
RR is considering doing bit Of
5hadoWing the next time the Brack
enberrys 90 fishing. They mus,
have a secret pool.
Grapes and HumOr-
There was bit of the sour grape
about the remark made by one
Coronado track star at the track
meet Saturday after he watched
Brawley, Holtville and Ell Centre
youths run away with most OF
the honors. But there was some
just after a close race, when an
Ell Centre runner had beaten him,
the boy said:
"Shucks, these valley boys ought
to be fast. All they have to do
down here is chase jackrabbits and
milk coWs!'
A Revelation
George Kerr, recent arrival from
Los Angeles, took a never again"
VOW Monday. Last week he imbibed
two bottles of beer during dinner
finished the meal off with can
taloure and ice cream. The neXi
day he remarked:
why, l didn't know cantaloupc
and beer would do that to you!"
Unwilling -TO-Bc-
Another neophyte to Imperial
Valley, Jim Blue, was cruising
around Ell Centre with coat and
vest Monday He'll learn. He'll
learn.
hftcrthOught--
A. II. tPop) Kellar, who ClcrkeG
for the Scheniman sale at Imperial
made entries with one hand while
ne ate with the other during lunch.
After his meal was almost conSum-
ed, as though the thought just oc-
Cured to him, Kellaris head popped
up and he interrupted the conver-
sation around him with
Say, who made these beans?"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

Holiday Task
George Tally's theory must be to
work all week, then have fun by
working some more. Sunday he was
out taking care of the courthouse
lawn, as usual.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16

Butter: Los Angeles, 26c: But
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A, Bic; manufacturing milk
28c; route gathered cream 25c.
L. A. Hay: u. 5. No. | $1,000
No. 2 Ieafy S15.-15.5O; No. Si35O.la
Minneapolis flax. May, S1.S1.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-16
Unveiling-TO Be

Unveiling To Be
Another neophyte to Imperial
Valley, jim Blue, was cruising
around Ell Centre with coat and
vest Monday. He'll learn. He'll
learn.