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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
M0BS RUN
THRU CITY
IN PANIC
LunchhOur ThrOng
MaSSacred in
Air Attack
By IRVING PFLAUM :

BARCELONA, March II.
UP)-The Nationalist air
force in raid after raid today
subjected Barcelona to the
most deadly bombing of the entire
Spanish war in an effort to hasten
the collapse of the Loyalist capital.
The 18th attack in IA hours oc-
Cured this afternoon and raised
the casualties to an estimated 1900
dead and 1000 wounded.
The city was thrown into panic
again at 2 pm. when squadrons
of Insurgent planes roared over.
Bombs dropped at short intervals
along the main boulevards.
Cafes jammed by lunch hour
crowds became charnel houses. 1t
was estimated that 500 were killed
and 1000 gravely wounded in this
raid alone. Hundreds ran scream
ing into the streets.
Station Hit
=, One bomb hit crowded railway
station, injuring hundreds.
AS this correspondent sat at his
desk telephoning London. the wall
of the United Press office fell in.
The desk was smothered by debris.
Windows crashed down from the
detonation of bombs in the nearby
central squares, where the casual
ties were heavy.
The planes flew over the central
streets and dropped their bombs.
The bombs made direct hits on at
least four large buildings. Buses
and streets cars crashed and over
turned.
The United Press office was badly
wrecked.
Leading hotels were hit This
raid came without warning. The
first sign was broken glass falling
from the walls
For the second time in 10 hours
Harold Peters of the United Press
staff had his bed blown out from
Ander him by the conclusion of
bomb at the hotel Ritz He es-
capped injury.
The hospitals in the city were
filled with victims of the bombings
earlier in the day and last night.
The Red Cross and police requisi-
toned automobiles to carry the
Continued on Page 2; Col. So
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
SENATE NEAR VOTE
on REORGANIZATION

been invoked In an effort to win
administration support. The amend
ment on which the test is scheduled
would strip President Roosevelt OF
preaching powers vested In him
under the proposed bill.
The Wheeler amendment would
require congressional approval of
any transfer or reorganizations of
bureaus and agencies.
Chairman Pat Harrison, D., Miss,
of the senate finance committee,
disclosed treasury estimates that re-
duction of the top surtax rate on
net incomes from rs to go percent
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
AIR SERVICE SCHEDULE IN LV.
SLATED FOR QUICK INCREASE

Increase in air service to two
round trips daily from Imperial
Valley to Los Angeles will be effect
I'd as socn as traffic warrants, VAL
ley Airways officials announced
Thursday, as the company rushed
plans for opening day travel Mon
day from the Imperial airport.
The newly organized line, which
will connect with cast ami north
bound planes at Burbank each day,
will put two planes into service. The
City of Ell Centre" and The City
of Brawley" Monday
The first plane will leave I'M
perial airport at 7 am. and will stop
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
DEATH PENALTY
HANDED DOWN
IN KIDNAPPING
Jury Demands Life of
Wealthy Chicagoan's
AbductOr

CHICAGO, Mar. II. (UP)
"A federal jury Wed. I'M
posed the death penalty on
John Henry Seadlund, 27-
year-old ex-lumberjack and
confessed kidnaper of Charles s.
Ross.
The jury of IL men which had
listened to evidence for two days
and heard Seadlund's own story of
the abduction, returned its verdict
at 6:15 pm, just over an hour and
a half after taking the case, which
went to the jury at 4:44.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

in Brawley and Palm Springs. Con-
nections will be made with the
eastbound planes at Burbank at
9:l5 am.
The second plane will leave Glen
dale at 4 pm. and will arrive at
Imperial at 6:l5.
Establishment of the line will give
the valley the first passenger SER
vice since American Always chang
ed its route to miss the valley sew
eral years ago.
The line will seek airmail con
tracts, according to Robert Hays.
secretary OF the FL Centre chamber
of commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

would cost the government $4,000 :
900 annually.
The Sen,Ne finance committee
has called r. v. Fletcher general
counsel of the Association of Ameri-
can Railroads, as the first witness
at the opening hearings this after
noon ON the general tax revision
bill
The house began reading the bill
lion dollar naval expansion bill for
amendments but passage was not
expected before Monday. Opponents
seek to strike authorization for three
more battleships.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
GUNMAN GETS
1O-YEAR TERM

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Mar. II. CUP
Karl w. Strain, alias William
E. Boyd, notorious gunman, today
was sentenced to serve from 10
years to life in Folsom prison,
following conviction on a charge
of armed robbery and assault with
intent to murder.
A superior court jury acquitted
Strain on a charge of kidnapping
for which the state had asked the
death penalty.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
NAVY MEN DIE
AT SAN DIEGO
IN PLANE DIVE

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Mar. II. tUP)
Two naval officers were killed
and their bodies badly burned
shortly before noon today when a
plane in which they were on a
routine practice Fight plunged in
to the ground from an altitude of
1900 feet and burned.
The dead are Aviation Cadet Her.
bert w. Younkman and machinist's
mate 1st class, Junius D. Murray.
Witnesses. said The plane was
flying with 2 other naval craft in
formation, when it went into a
dive, apparently as a part OF dive
bombing practice.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
Flood Danger Drops
With Clearing Skies

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Mar. II
CUP)-Clearing skies after week
long rainstorm alleviated flood
dangers in the Sacramento Valley
area today.
The Sacramento river crested at
Red Bluff shortly after midnight
today at % feet. it's flood stage,
then began receding.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
36-MILE GALE
HITS VALLEY

Wind, low hanging clouds. and
high humidity characterized the
storm which broke in Imperia VAL
ley early Thursday morning.
Maximum wind velocity was 36
miles an hour. The relative humidi-
ty rose to SO at am. Thursday
while the temperature stood at so
degrees. AT noon the temperature
reached rs degrees with the rels-
tive humidity reading 81. Maximum
temperature Wednesday wes b
degrees and the minimum 50 de-
greeS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

WASHINGTON, March II tUP)-
The senate moved toward a vote
today on test amendment to the
administration reorganization bill
while the senate finance committee
cast about for revenue to take the
place of funds lost through any re-
vision of the undistributed profits
tax.
Debate preceding the vote on the
reorganization bill amendment was
bitter with charges by opponents
that patronage and coercion had
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

While II Lasted
They we're waiting for N. r.
Omstott to take the witness stand
at the National Labor Relations
Board hearing. He had not yet en-
tered the room.
How do you spell his name,"
Attorney William Walsh asked At
torney r. B. Whitelaw
"A m t." the latter an
sWered.
|A Omstott came in.
What are your initials" asked
Examiner v. p. Lucas.
Mr. said Omstott.
All" rejoined the examiner,
Then the court reporter asked
how he spelled the last name, and
the quip was spoiled.
Some Celebration
When the newly married Donald
Bradshaws start celebrating their
wedding anniversaries, the rest of
the family will celebrate, too.
Donald ana Janet Underwood
chose Mar. IL as their wedding
day. And they didn't even know
they were being married on Mr.. and
Mrs Paul BradShaw's 18th wedding
ANNIVERSARY. When they found it
1out. they began count.
The two Mrs. Bradshaws, it was
discovered were born on August l6.
What's more Oldest Son Paul and
Youngest Son Donald of the George
Bradshaws were both born in No.
vember.
To top it all off, it developed that
the windy month provides wedding
anniversaries also for the Bernard
BradShaws March % and the
Richard Bradshaws-March 81. You
figure it all out!
Memories
The Lowest Down Shcriff's Of
flee in the World"
Such is the caption Oh a picture
pinned to the bulletin board at
the county Jail in Ell Centro. The
pix was snapped from the official
stationery uSed long, long time
ago Big trees now surrounding
the building are just spriss, and
the statue of Mobley Meadows that
know adorns the northeast corner OF
the grounds is missing. But the
old outline is still there.
Turning Pro, Eh?-
There was big crowd around
one amusement center at the school
carnival. 1t was practically i'm
pervious. But finally. by dint of
much elbow tossing, RR got far
enough forward to see what was
the attraction.
1t was Mrs. A. B. Hanson, turned
barker for the occasion, urging all
and sundry to toss the little hoops
over the little knobs-or whatever
else it is she was urging.
Dangerous Position
Herb FaWcctt narrowly escaped a
private lynching Wednesday night.
Recess was taken from the Weighty
matters of city counciling, and as
4 usual the council and regular
khansers-on retired to soft drink
: vending machine which vcnds the
particular type of soft drink Herb
specialzes in. All went well until
one Oh the crew put in a nickle,
watched the wheel turn-and then
found there was no bottle on the
cOnVcyOr.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
SPLIT IN BRITISH
CABINET FEARED

ONDON, March II. (UP)-Re-
ports that the government might
seek to form a cabinet embracing
all political parties spread through
parliamentary circles today.
These reports were accompanied
by persistent assertions that there
was another split in the cabinet
regarding European policy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
Two Babes Born
On st. Patrick'S

Two st. Patrick's Day babies
were born in Ell Centro thursday
morning at the Ell Centre hospital
The first was 9 pound 2 ounce
boy to Mr.. and Mrs Otis Hinson
at 6:32 am, named Richard Lee.
Mrs Hinson is the former Betty
Van Der Linden of Imperial.
The other is a boy born to Mr..
and Mrs. w. Brown, at 800 am. He
weighed 7 pounds 15la ounces.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
Mother Stays Six
Children; Better
Off Dead. She Says

CENTER. Tex. Mar. II CUP) -
Mrs. Lille Mac Curtis, 38, shot six
of her seven children to death in
their sleep last night. Sheriff j. B.
Sample of Shelby county reported
today
The killings occurred at the Cur
Bits home % miles east of here.
II had no money and they are
better off dead" Mrs. Curtis told
Sheriff Sample
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

Ross, elderly retired manufacturer
of greeting cards and valentines,
was kidnapped last Sept. 25 while
returning with his former secretary,
Miss Florence Freihage, from a din
ner date at Sycamore, Ill.
Caught i'm California
His body was recovered from a
lonely grave near Spooner, Wis,
more than three months later by
G-Men who had trailed Seadlund
twice across the country and fin
ally caught up with him at the
Santa Anita race track in Califor-
mia.
The body OF j. Atwood Gray,
Continued on Page 2; COL A.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
MORE SUICIDES
HIT VIENNA

VIENNA, March II. CUP)-The
wave of suicides caused by the
advent of the Nazi regime contin-
ued today with the self f-destruction
of two prominent Jewish physici-
ans, Prof. Arnold Baumgartner and
Prof. Bella HutrZ.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

Mrs. w. A. Vie: Grand thing
for the valley"
Jack Stark = Good thing for
people who like 10 fly"
Harry Friedley, garage man: AIR
service Is necessary for business.
Auto dealers especially will profit.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
HULL ASKS FOR CURB
on OUTLAW NATIONS
World Civilization Endangered, States
Secretary; Hits Seclusionist
Policy as Medieval

WASHINGTON, March II. (UP)-Speaking to a world
alarmed by threats of Secretary of State Corde
Hull today declared that the fate of international cvliza-
on may hinge upon in bringing international law
essness to halt Hull presented comprehensive state
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
BOMBS ROCK BARCELONA:
500 KILLED, 1000 INJURED
Council Joins
In Program to !
Spur Building

Ell Centre is on the verge of stronger building boom
than it has enjoyed members of the city council
agreed Wednesday night as they swung into program
designed spur private initiative and aid the Federal
Housing Administration building efforts
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

Dozier Dawson: II was thrilled
when l heard OF the air service. l
am studying the schedule and try
ing to think of good excuse to
make the trip"
Donald Ketchen: "a step for
ward"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17
Well What Do You Think?

generally Thursday
benefits valley Angeles few
o
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

Butter: Los Angeles, soc; But
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A. 3Sc; manufacturing milk
33c; route gathered cream 20lac.
l.. A. Hay; u. S. No. | $500
1900: No. 2 leafy S15.00-l5.50: No.
2; Sl4.OO. Mpls. Flax, May S2.03.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Rail Head Issues
Call In Fight Against
Discrimination

Louisville. Ky, May IA (ANP)
In an effort to rally the mem
bership of the international As
ISOLATION of Railway Employees in
a concerted united fight against
discriminatory practices and the
attempt to replace them by white
workers, Association President
Thoas d. Redd has sert an earnest
appeal for money fer a legal de-
Tense fund to all Negro Firemen.
Switchmen and Bfakemen of the
organization.
Declared President Rod, "The
time has come for concerted action
on our part. Negro Firemen,
Switchmen and Brakemen suffer
more from the inequalities and the
discriminatory practices INDUCED
in bv RAILROAD arrangements and
big Brotherhoods than all other
classes Of Negro Rail Workers. AS
we get the same rate of pay as
our white brothers who are en-
gagged in the some cc"urations, we
should be wiling to make the
greater sacrifice in order to ver
come the difficulties hat confront
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Wins Scholarship
Achievement Cup

Champaign, IL. Mev : M
Alp a Nu Oh nte o. D "a S p
mn TNefa Sorority st the Unver-
sity f Illinois, uas lorb'y onsf-
e 10 wse's whea It VS. present
p tie SCHOLARSHIP sehi vcmeat
nm re Pan.Helle~ie eou~cl
hi seuncl G m cs d If Al h
pei tlnha ard Kspp' Alpha Ps'
.f~atev~ities a0l Delta Sienna TIE
"a ard Alba Kepoa Al ha % q i
ties. Is h first Gun at the Uni
versiev ard was organized last Sep
tember. Each semester tie cp Is
awarded to the house that his the
higheet average and anv house
that wins t three co'seeut We Sc
mes ers may KEEP t.
Nrvietta He'll IS preside If the
ehapter. The other officers and
m%aa,bars are Bertha Sviadall vie
nresdo,tt: Cornelia McNeal, score
farv: Rosa Morgan, treasurer.
Julie Francis, social chairman; Alb
~ HAMPTON. dear Of pledges
Mnei~l Farmer, chaplain; Maudie
Bell Hill, Virginia Lacey
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21

mr. Daniel GREGORY Mason. 4 tr.
~ MacDoweil Professor o. ssnsic
IN Columbia University. eaera, aas
IN his musical career tie traditions
ri a New Eaeiand fam.ly long rep
n entative O. the musical al.5tc g.
'acy al America Dr. Lowell Mason.
ans Rfand,otler. was eenlpo ar OF
Nearer. Nh I'D. II Thee md
sponsor AT his OWL esreBoe g fa
arsl music coaraa IN n American
public school n 30 an IN 1888.
His mther. Henry Mason. vs. a
brilliant pianist and founder q a
Eleat piano aud organ mandatory
Wis uncle, d. William Mason. was
Distinguished 3 both composer and
author and fellow artist of Theodore
Thomas m the MasOn-Th0mas quar-
let OF mstrumentalists. He himself
\ a prolific composer of music in
Larger forms and the author Of more
than Il dozen books on music and
musicians.
III HAANNtA dAAANAAf III iAAkl1AhAA
= the result of an incident of his
scholastic life IN Harvard, class of
1895 Specializing in music with
Or John Knowles Paine. he was
stricken with 4 form of writer's
9ramp that interrupted his work at
The piano for two years. In the IN.
teryal he turned to literature and
developed his literary style.
On leaving Harvard. DR.. Mason
continued his music with George
w Chadwick and Percy Goetschius
IN Boston, then joined the com.
poser. Vincent D'Indy in France. Re.
turning from Europe he became
noted for his lecture recitals on
musical appreciation. One Of his
first educational posts was with DR.
Frank Damroseh in the New York
Institute Of Music. Later he helped
organize the first adult classes on
(MRSic Features &
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Walters Organize

Chicago. Nav 21 y(ANP)-The
Federation of Walters and Hotel
Attendants recently organized here
has applied for a Craft Charter
from the Hotel and Restaurant
EMPLOYEES international Alliance
end B~artender's president and
Hugh R. Jackson, secretary.
Federation officials expect that
the application will be pass/
on bv the General Executive Board
ef the IntfLnatior} Union, an
affiliate of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor. which meets in
Chicago tn week Of May 9.
The object o fthe organization
is to secure, through the Ameri-
can Federatio nof Labor. the right
to engage in collective bargaining
with representatives of their own
choosing, so as to provide better
working conditions more adequate
pay and job security.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21

enforcement"
Several serious sle h S nccuree
between polite an n. Kes. / h
most serious of + csc to z re
nean consta bles were killed an a
third seriously nj red. The in e
tigating eemmissl - u d tn
while there was "noth'rg to iusti-
f. by the m%urderous attack on po-
lice " nevertheless h p Ice were
partly to blame sinee to invade
gatherings in a loo t on IN a SIN
day afternoon for the purpose o.
inspecting passes and tax receiots
IS neither necessa rer discreet.
but is 70 give enforcement the as
peet of oppression Another seri.
us problem is the feet that the
sentences imposed on mt yes tan
frequently hear ne real relation to
the native Of the ofeer7e of the IA.
tive's capacity to pay tbs fire
imposed "Close upon 90 per cent
Of native convictions" are for 81
tptory offenses. such as violation
Of the pass laws regulations in
regard to rural locactions, ct
There are no data to show "the
ayte~' u which these convictions
sesnlted IN sctusl Imprisonment =
But sin the case # a native ehorg
81 with eve7 a statutory ~offeree.
'etention follows in most instan-
49,"
Far~sees have complained bit
serly Of the lack of native labor
and have demarded more string
ent regulations. On the other hand
the natives "complaip Of the con-
litions under which native farm
workers are employed" As 3 re-
suit Of unrest among the native
workers IN Durham minimum wage
ates have been proposed. although
y action has been taken as yet.
The Minister of abor said in an
address 10 the Associated Cham-
}erS Of Commerce that "a consid-
cradle proportion pf the native
community was under-nourished.
md thet as the future and welfare
+ South Africa depended on the
native labor supply the country
Gould ret afford to let it be sap
oed by under-nutrition; also that
rs the native races were now CON
eumers Of mam1faetured products.
. gradual raising of wares would
enefit the whole community"
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21

longer able 10 stand TIE grind Of
turning ont taues u tsler IS A
Dublin. OF the team O.. = rrea enc
Dublin. For several years this par.
nership has ben among the nest
active On ths West Coast, with H.
Vulnerable song hits. wgi-ten or j
naliy Tor the films. TO their eredit.
$50
Best remembered Of WGrren dnl
DR5in fRnes Is Lullaby OF Bloei-
ray iChich c a Number 3 soa9 hi
in 1885 and "ShR6le OF to Ba3alo."
3Uhtca received Ire concentrated at
teutloa Of dance baaamea the sea-
son it nas introduced IN The morie,
'42ad street. They lrrote that i'm.
meHSelD popular paeaa Of prosper.
tty. We're in the Money" as lecH
as I'll Sing YoR a ThossqHd Lore
songs aud september IN tie
Rdin.' More recent of their on
tribati0nS TO The song hit class ieefs
the spirited Song Of the MariRss,'
FIRST iodrbled by DICK P0iCell, ald
Remember he"
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Patterson Bethune
Goodman Speaker

Daytona Beach, Fla, May q,
(ANP-Dr. Frederick Douglas
Patterson, president of Tuskegee.
will deliver the commencement adj
dress at Bethune-C Goodman college
Tuesday May "a, according to an
announcement from the office of
DR. A. l.. Simpson, acting presi-
dent at Bethune-C Goodman.
Dr.. Don Tullis. pastor of the
Tourist church, Daytona Bea,E will
deliver the Baccalaureate Address
Sunday May %.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21

music for the New York Board OF
Education.
In 1909 he Joined the faculty al
Columbia. lie has achieved world.
wide prestige as composer, teacher
lecturer aud essayist and has be.
come one OF the most influential
members of the American Society
o. Composers. Authors and Pnblish-
ers. His works have been played byt
symphony orehestras under Stokow-
ski. Gabrilewitch. Stock. Stransky
and other famous conductors. Hist
piano compositions are favored by
Josef Hofmann. John Powell and
Percy Granger. His "A Lincoln
Symphony played for the FIRST
time by the New York Philharmonic
Symphony under John Barbiroili.f
November L. 1887. at Carnegie
Hall, was outstanding.
DR. Mason Is frankly a romantic
among musicians. To him the SUI
preme thing in music is the express
sion in forms Of plastic beauty OF
simple. spontaneous. straightfor.
ward emotions. Like his illustriouS
predecessor at Columbia. whose
name is given to the chair of music.
DR. Mason holds with Mcdowell
that there is a definite kinship OF
the fine arts. His coordination OF
music with other cultural activities
OF the University has been a factol
in expanding Columbia's musical
prestige.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Race Relations Report SaOWs
Persecution Of African Natives

NJ johannesburg, South Africa
Nay d ((ANP)-If Southern
Negroes Of the United States be
leve their lot 5 hard. the v should
caase to South Africa ard get a
col look at per1ecut on and dis
e. in1ination against netives SAM
tioned by lavs written into the
statute books. Conditions now ex-
istirg ere revealed in the annual
survey on race relations prepared
nv 7. D. Rheirallt Jones white.
for the South African Institute Of
Race Relations at johannesburg.
The report for 1897 IS printed in
"Paee Relations" published here
recently.
Mr.. Jones survey showed that
ameng the new laws enacted last
year were amendments to the IN
ldslrial CT Ha'tsa and NaIe
acts. These specially require that
race or color shall not be a eons'-
deration in the fixation Of wages"
But since 'pass-bearing natives"
ale xpected fram tn definition Of
employees, their trade unions con-
sistirg onlv of pass-hearing nat
ives, are not recognized. And
since native and white workers do
urt belong to the same unions
native workers cannot bargain
collectively with their employers,
and thus the fancied benefits cf
the act means nothing to them.
Practically all employed natives
must carry passes showing they
have a right to live in the towns.
They may, however be represent
ed by an inspector of labor-white
of course-at meetings to consider
wage agreements, if thew would
he affected by the industrial agree
rents.
Amendments to the Native acts
provide for "more effective control
over entry of natives into urban
areas" "more effective segregation
in urban areas" removal of ma
tives rot needed at laborers in ur-
Ian communities " Creation of eX-
changes to assist in distributing
native lsborers," "prohibition of
native rural townships in European
areas" etc.
After a law was passed virtu-
ally disfranchising retive register
ed voters. one of them instituted
a suit in court to forbid authori-
ties to take his name from the
list of registered voters. He con-
tended the act was invalid because
IL had been passed by "a joint
sitting" Of both houses of parli-
ament. But the court decided it
had 10 power to 60 behind any
act of parliament. which means
that no matter what law is pass
ed affecting Negroes, the courts
will not nullily it.
Relations between the police and
the natives are characterized by
Mr.. Jones as "unhappy.' In urban
areas IAN attitude of dislike and
distrust of the people exists anon
gst native urban dwellers, arising
from the duty of the police to n
force various restrictive laws MAIN
ly affecting natives. but often con
tributed to by Unnecessary harshness
and lack of sympathy of the police
in the performance of the duty.
Relations between natives and the
police are marked by suppressed
hostility, due partly to the odium
incurred in enforcing unpopular
legislation and partly to the tact
less and unspmpathetic methods of