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Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Electrician Dies
At Braw|ey Plant;
Cause is Mystery
ElectrOcutiOn or Heart
Disease Blamed For
Sudden Tragedy

BRAWLEY, Sept. "a. =
Kenneth Snodgrass, 26-year
old San Diego electrician.
died suddenly here today
with an electric drill in his
hand. An autopsy will be perform
ed this afternoon to determine
whether he was electrocuted or died
of heart ailment.
Snodgrass, who had started to
work this morning at the diesel
plant of the Imperial Irrigation
district under Contractor Fritz Zie-
barth, suddenly slumped over while
operating an electric drill. Physi-
clans and a Brawley fire depart
ment squad with a resusitator fail
ed to revive him. He had been work
ing on installation of the switch
board and wiring.
DR.. Claude F. Peters, who will
perform the autopsy, said:
1T is impossible to be certain of
the cause of death until after an
autopsy. There are certain indi-
cations of heart trouble. and yet it
is known he was handling an cleo
trio drill at the time. There were
no burns evident, however"
SnodgraSs came to Imperial VAL
ley Thursday night with work
order from the San Diego employ
ment office. He was referred to
ziebarth on the Brawley job.
San Diego police were notified
Saturday and asked to contact
Mrs. K. w. Snodgrass, believed to
be the electricians widow. The body
was taken to Hopes mortuary.
Working with Snodgrass when he
collapsed was a helper, Harold Har-
graves, according to officers, who
said Snodgrass slumped as soon as
the electric drill he was handling
was turned on.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Britain Prepared
For Mobilization
On Short Notice
Army, Navy, Air Corps
On Alert For Orders to
Move Into France

LONDON, Sept. "a. (UP)
= Great Britain completed
preparations today for in
stant mobilization on land,
sea and in the air if Adolf
Hitler's final memorandum is re-
jected by Czechoslovakia.
Chamberlain returned by air
from Godesberg and began discuss
ing the memorandum with his in
ner cabinet. All concerned have
agreed that the issue of peace or
war is now clearly defined.
The British high command has
taken every necessary step to make
sure Britain is ready for war if it
| comes.
Army barracks were being filled
with rifles and uniforms for the
reServists.
The royal air force stopped all
leaves and distributed bombs to
all main air force centers.
Continued on Page 3, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

SANTA BARBARA, Sept. "a
(UP)-One thousand delegates to
the California State Federation OF
Labor convention returned to their
homes today after turning down a
plan for peace with the CLIO, and
side stepping reaffirmation of Pres
ident Roosevelt.
A resolution endorsing the presi-
dent and New Deal was turned
down on the objection of j. w. Buzz
zell, secretary of the Los Angeles
Central Labor council and chairman
of the convention rules committee,
that it was improperly drawn.
The resolution drafted by Jack
Tenney of Los Angeles Musicians
union praised the Roosevelt admin
istration as of "inestimable value
to the labor movement" and said
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

A D.N.B. dispatch from Linz said
that two upper Austrian border
towns had been Subjected to light
infantry, artillery and heavy ma
chine gun fire
The dispatch said the attack oc-
Cured at LeopoldSchlag and Erie
Stadt. Further details were lacking
Reports reaching Warsaw said
that many refugees had been killed
in attempting to cross the Polish
CzechoSloVak border to escape mil
itary service in the Czech army.
Seven hundred Polish refugees
crossed the frontier to Poland Fri
day night, reports indicated.
The official German news agency,
DNB, reported that Sudeten Ger
mans were holding 600 Czech citi-
zens, officials and Communists, -
as hostages at Rumburg, Czechos-
lovakia.
The hostages were taken "as a
counter measure against Red occu-
patton of that district by Czech
troops yesterday" the news agency
said.
The Sudeten Germans are in COM
plete military control of the Asch
district on the northwestern Czech
oslovak frontier, a spokesman for
Continued on Page 8. Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

war and hoped for peace. France
| ordered partial mobilization of her
fighting forces, and headed troops
for the German border. England
oiled the machinery for mobiliza-
ton on a moments notice, mean
while dispatching warships to the
North Sea and furnishing her air
corps with bombs. Czechoslovakia
already was modified to a strength
of 100000 men.
Prague isolated itself from the
world. All telephone communica-
tions was cut off, except state calls.
Germany has set Oct. l as the
deadline for withdrawal of all
Czech troops and police from the
Sudeten areas to be ceded by
Czechoslovakia to Germany.
Europe was truly a tinder box,
One spark, observers agreed, could
set off the conflagration.
Should Germany march into the
Sudeten area before Czechs have
formally ceded the territory, France
has declared she will go to the de-
Tense of the smaller republic. Eng
land is sworn to aid France.
Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain returned to London with
Chancellor Adolf Hitlers final
demands for the dismemberment o.
the Czech republic. If they can bt
made acceptable to Great Britain
and France, with the Czechs con-
curing, war may be averted. II
not there appears to be imminent
danger that Germany's troops will
march on Czechoslovakia. Both
Continued on Page 3, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Attorneys Study
Poor Mans Jury

PASADENA, Sept. "a. CUP)-The
poor mans jury" was before the
California State Bar for considera-
ton today. The 1000 lawyers in
conventions here had before them
resolution urging that counties
pay juries fees in civil cases. This
would permit jury trials in law
suits brought by indigents.
The bar after an hour of bitter
dispute last night voted to estab-
lish a public relations department
to improve relations between the
legal profession and the press and
the public.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Legion Caravan
From Mississippi
Passes THROUGH

Members of the Mississippi dele
cation to the American Legion con-
vention in Los Angeles passed
through Ell Centre Saturday after
noon with caravan of five floats
on their way home after a 5000
mile jaunt through 16 states.
Led by Walter R. Lee of Jackson,
Miss, the auto caravan consists of
five motor car floats and two other
cars, manned by crew of IA Mem
bers of the delegation are: Lee, Miss
Ealine Russell who is Miss Ameri-
can Legion 1934-38, Ed Liscomb,
Robert Young, Ben Keesee, Richard
Walcott, A. B. Alfred, Fred Sasser,
E. S. Bentley, S. l.. Trippe, Ben
Pendarvis, j. E. Kersh, Willie Fitz-
gerald.
They planned to spend Saturday
night at Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

Z
blance of order was reestablished.
Already the known dead numbered
SGT, and the search of a 500 mile
stretch of ruined shoreline still was
far from complete.
A thousand coast guardSmen pa
troled the coast where historic viii
lages from Newport, r. l., to Cape
Cod were wrecked, and famous re-
sorts and landmarks obliterated.
In the interior, 500, 900 rescue and
relief workers had begun the re-
Mobilization of Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, Massachusetts,, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont. Their first task
was the caring for refugees who
crowded armories, schools and pub
lie buildings.
National guardsmen ruled in most
cities. There were acute shortages
of food, clothing and SerumS; dam
gers of disease and of fires break
ing out as soon as the great heaps
of debris had dried. There had been
looting near Cape Cod. National
guardsmen fired on one gang of
looters last night.
The report by states was:
RHODE ISLAND-KnoWn dead
278; injured 1000 of whom 1000 still
were in hospitals. Damage $780,
100000. Watch Hill, century old
summer resort, still cut off.
MASSACHUSETTS - Dead 164.
Damage $100,00O,000. Flood threats
at Springfield and other cities dis
PEELED during the night as rivers
began to recede.
CONNECTICUT-D 66. DAM
age $3O,OO00O0 Connecticut river
slowly receding from 35.11 foot
crest at Hartford. Troops guard
federal buildings.
NEW HAMPSHIRE - 13 dead
Damage $4O,O0OO0O. Roads blocked
by debris and power and water SER
vice crippled over wide area.
VERMONT-5 dead. Damage $40
100000. Troops guard against loot
ing and help organize relief work.
NEW YORK-56 dead. Damage
$30,000,000. Vigilantes direct rehab-
ilitation on Long Island. Hardest
hit. More than 60 still missing and
little hope that they survived.
NEW JERSEY - Three dead.
Damage $2O,OOOOOO mostly along
beach and board walk resorts and
coastal towns. Minor flood threat
at Mount Holly and vicinity dis
PEELED.
QUEBEC - Two dead. Damage
comparatively light.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Millions Await Freedom from Nazis
In Germany, Declares Exi|ed Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. "a. CUP) =
Thomas Mann, Nobel literature
prize winner in 1929, declared to-
day that only a war against the
Nazi regime could "liberate the mil
lions of Germans who are waiting
for their freedom"
Arriving on the liner Nieuw Am
sterdam after closing his home in
Switzerland, DR.. Mann said he soon
would 60 to Princeton to take up
his recently appointed post of lee
turer in the humanities' A self
exile from his native country, he
plans to apply for American citizen
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Balm Funeral Set
For Sunday Here

Last rites for j. A. Balm, SO, Nc
Cabe rancher who died Wednesday,
will be held at the Lemons chapel
in Ell Centro at 10 am. Sunday
with the Masonic lodge in charge.
He win be buried at Evergreen
cemetery.
He had been engaged in ranching
in Imperial Valley for more than
rs years and had served McCabe
school district as a trustee for many
years. He was a member of the
Imperial County Farm Bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Gasoline Thief
Draws Jail Term

Retribution came to William Pea
vler Saturday when he was ordered
to Jail for stealing gasoline.
He was captured Thursday night
by Farmer John Hisel and taken to
the county Jail. The farmer caught
Peavler stealing gasoline from a
tractor on his ranch northeast of
Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
State AF0L Par|ey Refuses Support
For Roosevelt, Turns DownPIea
For Peace with Clio Unions

that New Deal activities enabled
the A. F. of L. to increase its men,
bership,"
Buzzell asserted that "in the past
there have been several measures
proposed by Mr.. Roosevelt in which
the AFOL does not agree. There
are some points in the program for
the coming session of congress with
which the A F. of l.. does not agree,
particularly in reference of the A. F.
of l.. demand for amendment of the
national labor relations act to pre-
vent the board from becoming re-
cruiting officers and agents for the
c. l. O."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

Il have always been for peace
and hated war" he said. I'm this
tragic moment for Europe I still
hate war. But it would be a great
crime if Europe accepted this at
tack on Czechoslovakia without re-
sistance. 1t would open the world
to crime all through Europe. AS
long as Hitler rules in Europe there
will be no peace. This criminal must
be defeated. If he is not, it would
mean the end of democracy AMI
democratic ideals"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

action brought by the Scott girl now
II years old
The court ruled the child'S action
was outlawed because it was con-
sidered separate person when the
injuries were suffered. The only
other possible course is for sthe
mother to bring suit. The statute
of limitations, however, has depriv-
ed her of legal right to obtain
damages.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Army Crushes
Wichita, 32-0

NICHE STADIUM, West Point,
Sept "a. UP)-Army opened its
1888 football campaign today with
a superior offenae lhat crushed
a highly touted University of Wich-
ita eleven, 80 to 0, before 5000
persons in this tiny stadium on the
plains above West point.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Daylight Saving
To End SUNDAY

NEW YORK, Sept. "a. (UP)-
Approximately 3o,OOO,OOO people
will get back the hour they lost
last April when daylight time ends
at 2 am. tomorrow.
Approximately 145, 100000 persons
in North America and Europe have
been on daylight saving times since
last April.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
HabituaI Criminal
Faces Gun Squad

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. "a. CUP
John Deering, 39-year-old former
California convict who has spent
all but three of the last 20 years
behind prison walls, today was SEN
fenced to be shot by a firing squad
on Oct. 81 for the holdup-slaying
of a Salt Lake City businessman.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Chemist. Expert on New
ParoIyzins Drug.Is Dead

NEW YORK. Sept. "a. UP)-
DR.. Raemer Rex Renshaw, 55, ma
tionally famous specialist in organic
chemistry who had been expert
menting with a drug that could be
loaded into artillery shells, and so
powerful that one grain of it could
paralyze 100000 soldiers, plunged
to death with his wife from their
18th floor apartment early today.
Spectators said both struck the
ground at the same time and police
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

believed they had jumped hand in
hand. Mrs. Renshaw was naked.
Her husband was fully clothed. 1t
was believed possible that one OF
them might have fallen or jumped
and the other had fallen accident
ally while trying to seize the first.
At the A. c. S. convention in
Rochester, N. Y, in September,
1887, DR.. Renshaw read a paper ON
the drug, acetylcholine, which he
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

believed could make warfare more
humane. It's effect Is to cause per-
sons to faint by lowering the blood
pressure. Used m shells against
soldiers, It would cause everyone
so much as scratched by shell fraa-
ment, to fall unconscious. II would
be necessary, however. TO get some
extremely small quantity of the
drug into the blood stream 10 make
1t effective.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

legal entlty unCII ACTUALLY lhdepen-
dent of its mother.
BY applying this common law
principle for the first time in
California case, Judge Hawkins
ruled the minor child of Mrs, Kath-
ryn V. Scott of Modesto has no le-
gal right tc ask damages totaling
$4,000 for injuries assertedly suf-
sfered while it was being born.
DR.. E. r. McPheeters, Modesto
physician, was defendant in the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
School Chiefs to
Confer Monday

Principals of rural schools will
meet in the board of supervisors
room in the court house Monday to
organize and discuss plans for the
school year.
The meeting is called for $3.50 p.
m. and is expected to- continue for
an hour. Principals of city schools
are welcome tn attend
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Colorado at High
Point for Week

Daily discharge of water at the
Yuma river station reached 622C
acre feet on Friday, high point
for the week, according to figures
furnished by the U. S. Bureau OF
Reclamation. Storage at Lake Mead
reached 3,14O,O00 acre feet Friday
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Unborn Child Not a Person, is Court
Ruling in Damage Suit Brought
AGAINST Modesto Physician

MODESTO, Sept. "a. (UP)-After delving far back
into legal fundamentals set down by Blackstone Super
ior Judge b. c. Hawkins decreed today that child moi
yet borneven though is in the process being brought
into the worlds part of its mother and has no separate
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Artillery Echoes Through European
Capitals as Sudetens, Czechs Battle
Over Possession of Frontier Post
Polish Refugees Reported Killed Crossing Line
In Fear of Imminent War; Germans in Control
Of Important District; Prisoners Held
United Press

Artillery and rifle fire. regarded by many the
prelude to actual warfare scale before wit
nessed spread Saturday through isolated sections of the
Czechosovak frontier and reverberated in world capitals
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Peace Hope Left
TO Hitler, Czechs
In Latest Crisis >
Great Powers Set Up Machinery to Call
Nations to Arms on Moments Notice;
Chamb berlain Returns to London
United Press

Europe, armed to the teeth and ready to fight stood
half way between and peace Saturday, with the dec
sion put squarey tiny Czechosovaka and Rechfueh
rer Adolf Hitler OF Germany The powers prepared for
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Good Time Jack

Good Time Jack
If stranger walks into the police
station and says: "HoW'S the dove
shootiag?" just watch how Jack
nTackett dives into the next room
with a pain in his pocketbook.
Jack not long ago befriended just
such a stranger by taking him out
on a shooting expedition. Jack shot
the birds, turned them over to his
guest and bid him hearty fare
well. The stranger, appreciative of
Jacks hospitality, said:
Continued on Page 3, oil. y
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Hurricane Deaths Climb
TO 600; Refugees Number
20, 900 in Wake of Storm
Search for Victims Goes on Alons Shore
Battered yNewEn England Gale; Slight
Hope Held for Lives Of Many Missing
1888 by United Press

New Englands disaster from hurricane, tidal waves
and floods came into full realization today for the first
time The dead numbered almost 600 the damage $500,
000000 the homeless refugees 205OO These tos were
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

bIutiCiiy H1hChiiSo
The point where friendship and
brotharly love cease was reached
the other day by Otis and Royce
Hinson. Representing different cleo
trical firms they bid on a city job
and only a few dollars separated
their estimates.
Roy Johnstone, not wishing tc
take a definite stand in the con-
test, chose the role of Solomon and
suggested that they split the differ
!. ence.
Take a figure between your two
bids and match to see which one
gets the job" he suggested.
Royce flipped the coin, Otis call
ed "heads" and won. Royce threw
the coin out the door.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Good Business

1t takes something of something
that really is something to astonish
members of the county welfare Of
flee staff. This time, however, they
gasped A man appeared at the
office and said:
my wife's father is getting old
age security in Oklahoma and we
want to transfer him to California"
The ante, you see, is higher in
California, besides, the climate is
better
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Baseball Results
AMERICAN

AMERICAN
First Game
Chicago ...... 010 100 014-7 IL 0
st. Louis .... 211 040 000-3 5 2
Lyons & Sewell; H. Mills & Har-
yshany.
Boston .......... 301 200 OO1-7 IL O
New York .. O01 230 O00-6 10 O
Hevin, Bagby & Peacock; Ruff
fling SS Dickey.
Washington 900 600 o3O Al IL O
Philadelphia 200 900 O10 0-3 S 2
Krakauskas, Kelley & Giuliani,
Ferrell; Caster, "a. Smith, D. Smith
& Wagner.
Cleveland ...... 020 200 2OO-6 IA O
Detroit ............ 900 100 60x-7 8 l
Harder & PytlaK; Bridges & Teb-
belts.
Knott and Rensa; Gee and Sui
livan.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

Melton and Danning; Fette and
Mueller.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
After The Ball

After The Bali
'ZzZZzzzzzZ!'
That, in a typographical gesture
describes the valleys Legionnaires
home from convention.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

Gone AgaIn-
One group of valley wives, who
accompanied Legionnaire husbands
to Los Angeles, returned with a
humorous story:
"tWe spent most of the time look
ing for lost husband in our
party BY the time we found the
missing man another had come up
A. W. o. L."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25

comparatively light.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-08-05
INQUISITIVE SAL
BY Helen M. Scott
BY TWO PALS!

Hello, Friends:
va this slipped by folks, almost forgot to
column Tuesday
good would ?sALs guest cumnists forgetting produce the
goods!
WE'LL easy week. much-the Chick
Webb dance Ella Fitzgerald just about everything
everybody wanted to hear By the there quite few
goin' BRUCE'S W. attended with
LEWIS MARY LEWIS "gaavanted" to the private" bal
cony of MC". On the dance floor
rushing" WALTER COINS Won
escort, N P L. all this time? BRO" CLAIR
10y seemed be gein his kicks out L. N of Minneapolis
was also doing Every we'll"
few news flashes from fron"-EsTHER JACKSON and
THEODORE DEAN are to be married August 18TH THELMA
SAYLES with darling" picture of CLARENCE GRAY.
Thursday that really
Saw JUNE HAWKINS and TMNY" MILLS out walking round
N, evening
BOB MARsHALLs current flame is MARY GIBSON. JESSE
STEVENS have that check cal with
LAWRENCE "BUBBA" BROWN is still DORA calls
Ed BROWN Zone of the Athletic Club Edward" when she's
angry with h-be Edward! CONKLN SMITH received
letter from his Pittsburgh gaGbeen hown it to A. Co.
hear! What did it say boy?
HARVEY PrTTMAN, DICK SESSION SONNY" BELL have
erhey don't have tell know owe hope the last remark
Richard SessiOn DICK MANN from Chicago
yesterdayhe brought visitors back CLETE and RHODA
OLIVER they'll be with for the couple weeks
JAMES BAILEY is still gaining weight. Who with
bob" MARsHALL4 JR when woke "MOHA" cd BackwelD
at the other morning? Saw STELLA H. of St. Paul the
the other night with GEORGE SAUNDERS. BLACK
WELL works Sunday nghttOO bad The MASONS Caude
and MaOe still doing fine BERNICE BROWN doesn't think
Tuesday and Friday doing swell" with the column All
that SAL will be back shortly her duties
be patient, Bernice.
Warfelds gen post
couldn't be from o. L. special twoweek :?
BABE MITCHELL has another Plymouth this Road
Kinggo boy What happened F. WIS engagement haven't
heard much about it lately The GAOWAYS Emmett and Helen
are housekeeping in St. Paul now days "HAN" THOMAS has
dissatisfied look these days Good luck Hank! DEAR
EST JOHN (FREEs), while sitting here-too bad BARBARA
MCCLURE didn't get a chance finish this!!!
WE'LL folks looks like this years will the
keenst of competition defending champion SINIGS
the CITIES They PENN
St. Paul tournaments ALBERT ALLEN
year. REESE, champion
NON the grand old man. of tennis and others Remember
the Sunday morning August 14t M,
On the Chicago
it's folks
take eave" About
wait until Sorry!
Goodbye now
TUESDAY and FRIDAY.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-08-05

r1eS.
Trois Rivieres during the Seven
teenth century became not only an
important fur trading post but also
meeting place for the making Of
treaties between the Indians and
the French.
In 1852, on ADJUST 10, q large war
party Of Iroquois Indians ravaged
the vicinity and massacred many Of
the inhabitants. A carved group
representing the crucifixion Of
Christ, known as lie Calvaire," on
the Montreal Quebec highway, com.
memorates this event.
Trois Rivieres was the birthplace
Of Pierre Gauthier de Varenne,
Sieur de la verendrye. who spent
his life In exploring the great West,
his two sons discovered the Rocky
mountains in 1743.
In 1776 a detachment of American
troops commanded by Capt. VIII
liam Duforth took possession Of the
town, but retired on May 20 Of the
same year.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-08-05
Opossum Only One Among
Animals That Act Dead

There are actors in the animal
world. What would you think of a
creature that could act so well that
it allowed itself to be vigorously
beaten without showing the least
sign Of life?
There have been actual cases re-
corded of the American opossum
lying low while this was done to
him, and it is from the habit Of
this little animal that we get the
term playing 'possum" which is
used when anybody keeps specially
quiet and says nuff1n'," notes a
writer in London Answers Maya
zine.
Many Of the lizards sham death
to get out of harms way, and toads,
too, not being endowed by nature
for quick getaway, debate them
selves and assume unnatural
shapes to escape trouble.
The African buffalo is another ex-
perienced actor. Many an unwary
hunter has brought down one of
these magnificent beasts, and with
out taking the nrecaution of reload