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Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

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garrisons. The troops are billeted
among the peasants.
The Kehl bridge leading to Stras-
bourg remained open. No counter
measures were visible on the French
side this afternoon.
A high military official assured
the United Press correspondent that
no special steps had been considered
and no move yet to cancel weekend
leaves of French toops.
FRANCE REFORMS
PLANE FORCE
PARIS, Sept. 3 (UP)-Reorgani-
cation of the air force to insure
unified command was decreed by
the government today as 1t prepar-
ed to meet any eventuality in the
Czechoslovak crisis.
Coincidently it was disclosed that
war games on the eastern frontier
had proved the efficiency of French
defense against an invasion thru
Switzerlaad-an invasion, regarded
as likely by many military experts
in event of French war
such as the German invasion thru
Belgium in 1914.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Clements Polls
Biggest Vote in
Committee Race
Few New Faces Will
Appear on Democrat
Central Group

Votes cast for central COM
mitteemen to head the two
major political parties in the
various districts in Imperial
county, brought few new
faces to the political picture. There
were no contests among Republi-
cans.
The big political fight over DEM
ocratic committee positions in Ell
Centre ended with w. j. Clements,
700; Neal H. Gavin, 658; Cecil Gill
lett, 565; Earl Richmond, $50; Mike
C. Blume, 459; Walter L. Palmer,
440; Emery Girard, 800; Chester
A. Irving, 346; E. w. Fry, 1892; G.
A. Sawyer, 311. The high five on
the list, are the victors.
BraWley also had a fight for
places on the Democratic Central
committee. The first five on the
following list came out ahead.
Chief of Police Lon Cromer, SOL;
Bohme, 544; Luckey 526; Balkan,
400; F. w. Greer, 446; Welch, 419;
Earl Pound, 1893.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
GIRL FIRST In AIRPLANE RACE
Officers Make
Way For kidnap
Gang Contact
Believe AbductOrs Will
Send Message to
Husband

YUBA CITY, CAL, Sept.
3. (UP)-William r. Meeks,
62 = year old peach rancher
whose wife was kidnapped
early yesterday, announced
today he had requested all author
tiles to withdraw to permit him
opportunity to contact the kidnap-
ers.
The statement followed "a hours
of intensive searching for Mrs.
Norma Meeks, SIS, who was taken
from her home at pistol point by
two gunner.
Gall authorities have agreed that
I will not be hindered from max
ing contact and should be able
to do so, neither the kidnapers nor
myself will be interfered with" the
elderly rancher announced through
statement read to newsmen by
his daughter, Mrs. o. M. Hun
zecker.
The announcement followed the
complete withdrawal of the Cali
fornia national guard, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, California
Highway patrol and various coun-
ty and local officers who were
called into the investigation yes
terday.
Sutter county authorities in Yu-
ba City, the county seat, took
charge of the investigation under
Meeks' personal direction. District
Attorney Lloyd Hewitt and Sheriff
Bert Ullrey were at the ranch with
the newspapermen and talked with
Meeks.
Hewitt, Ullrey and Mrs. Hun
ecker appealed to newsmen and
neighbors to stay away from the
ranch. She thanked the neighbors
for their help in the search.
There has been no word from the
two kidnapers since they broke into
the Meeks home, bound and gagged
the elderly couple and then made
off with the woman in Meeks' new
automobile. The men told him to
place $4,000 on a fruit loading
platform near his home by mid
night tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Ware Leads in
Complimentary
Ballots Cast
Official Figures for
Tuesday Primary
Announced

Official tally of the bal
lots cast for uncOntested
county offices in Tuesdays
primary was announced Sat
urday by County Clerk w. j..
McClelland.
The list follows:
Superior Court Judge R. D. Nc
Pherrin, 5,265.
Sheriff Robert w. Ware, $3.50.
District Attorney Elmer Heald,
5,346.
County Clerk w. j. McClelland,
5,378.
County Auditor w. D. Carey,
5,210.
Assessor Collector Dan West,
5,42O.
County Treasurer George Varney,
5,283.
County Recorder Evalyn Wester-
field, 5,O55.
County Surveyor Henry ]. Burke
1854.
Public Administrator D. l.. Zinn,
5,103.
Supervisor I. Schlatter, running
unopposed for reelection in the
Calexico district polled a compli-
mentary vote of 1908. Supervisor
Dave Vencill, also unopposed for
reelection, polled 749 votes in the
Holtville district.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04


Miss Cochran's time was 16 min
uteS short of the record mark set
last year by Frank w. Fuller, San
Francisco sportsman, who averaged
258 miles per hour.
Her flight was nonstop.
She had radioed the Kansas City
airport earlier today that fuel-line
difficultie smight force her to stop
at Wichita, Kan, but she was able
to continue.
On To New York
Miss Cochran planned to go on
to New York in the hope of captur-
ing larger prize money should she
place in the race to Cleveland. She
said she would fly high to take
advantage of favorable tail winds
reported over the Alleghenies.
She flew the same plane in which
Maj. Alexis P. De Seversky last
week set a new east-west trans
continental record.
She took off for Bendix, N. j.
the required stop in the New Yorl
area, at 3 pm, EST.
Her official speed was announced
as 249.774 miles per hour.
Frank w. Fuller, San Francisc
sportsman and last years winner
landed at 3:A p.m., EST. The sec
ond arrival in the air derby. Hi
elapsed time was "a minutes benin,
that of Miss Cochran.
Max Constant of Burbank, Cal
was third in. He arrived at 3:5
pm.
Flew High
Miss Cochran flew at $4,000 fee
most of the 2,O42-mile course, using
oxygen in the rarefied air.
Il didn't see ground at all unit
I was about so miles from Cleve.
land" she said.
The queen of American speed
sters was making her third attempt
to win the coveted Bendix trophy
1t has been won only once by 9
Woman-Louise Thaden in 1886.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Contempt He airing
Aqainst Private
S|euths Continued

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. 3.
CUP) = The contempt hearing of
William Silliman and Clayton
Adams, Los Angeles private detec-
tives who refused to testify before
the Sacramento county grand jury,
was continued today to Sept. 13 by
Judge Albert F.. Ross of Shasta
county.
Judge Ross overruled demurrers
filed by Col William Neblett, Los
Angeles attorney, who sought to
have the contempt actions dis
missed on grounds the grand jury
had no jurisdiction over Los An
geles county case.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

precincts in the county. Absentee
ballots will not be counted until
Tuesday They will make slight
changes.
The county's only contested race
was run by County School Super
intendent C. B. Collins and E. L.
Hiteman. Hiteman carried the
county with 3,548 while Collins, the
incumbent, polled 3,013.
Imperial county'S contribution to
the state race for superintendent
of public instruction was: Walter
Continued on Page 3 Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Valley to Enjoy
Double HOLIDAY

Labor day will be observed in Ell
Centro Monday by a general holi-
day among business establishments,
federal, state, county, and city Of
fices. The Press will be on the
streets early, by 3 pm. Monday.
The double holiday will permit
one of the coveted "long week.
ends" so enjoyed by Imperial VAL
ley residents. Dove hunters from
coast areas are scheduled to join
valley hunters by the dozens.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Plane Hits Home,
Two Bows Hurt

HIGH POINT, N. c., Sept. 3 (UP)
An army pursuit plane, abandoned
by its crew, crashed into house
near Reidsville, N. c., today, in
juring two youths.
1t. r. P. Fulcher and passenger
abandoned the ship when the gas
supply became exhausted. They
came 10 earth safely. The injured
youths were Donald Cams, 10, and
Fred Lee Gam, 6. Others in the
house were not harmed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Farm Laborer
Shoots at Wife,
Kills Himself
Woman DOdges, Flees
Into Field After
Quarrel

MT. SIGNAL, Sept. s.
Clarence Sprague, farm la
borer, killed himself at his
home near here early today
after his wife lodged a bull
let he fired at her during a family
quarrel, the woman told officers.
The wife told Sheriff Robert
Ware and Deputy Sheriff Herbert
Hughes she lodged the bullet, ran
across field to summon help from
neighbors. They had been quar-
reling for several weeks, she said.
He shot at her, she said, because
she asked for the keys to the family
automobile while at breakfast.
Sprague has a bullet from his
automatic pistol through his chest
and another through his head,
Ware said. Spragues employer
found the body shortly after $50
o'clock Saturday morning. Bacon
and eggs, untouched, were on
table near the body.
The body was taken to the Hens
funeral establishment in Calexico
An inquest will be held later.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
King May Send
Hitler Letter

LONDON, Sept. 3 (UP)-King
George vi, emulating his grand
father, Edward VII, may send a
personal letter to Adolf Hitler If
other means of easing the Czecho-
slovak dispute fail, it was intimated
tonight.
Official quarters said they had
no knowledge of the matter, but the
report came from such usually
well informed sources that credence
was lent to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

Murphy went on a beach party
with five boys and girls He drove
back to the fashionable family home
in Glendale at midnight. staggered
into the living room and gasped:
Help me, I've been shot"
Young Murphy stuck TO a youth
full code of chivalry and refused
to tell police or his. mother who
did the shooting.
"The trouble started because
wouldn't stand for dirty crack
about my girl" he said. After be-
ing shot he got into his car and
drove aome.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Youth Wounded in Duel Over
Remark About Girl Friend

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 CUP)-
A Quixotic pistol duel between two
high school boys over a slur on a
girl friends name was advanced
by police today as theory for the
wounding of Warren Murphy, II
year-old son of wealthy suburban
family.
There was a fight. Someone
made dirty remark about my
girl" was all that Murphy. shot
through the abdomen, would say
through lips twisting in pain. He re-
fused TO name the assailant, say
ing grimly, "I'll settle this myself. .
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
DR.. r.CIemons Goes
On Vacation

DR.. r. c. Clemons, Mrs. Clemons
and their children are en- route to
Mono lake, near Bishop, for vaca-
ton. Later they will travel to San
Francisco. The children will re-
main with Clemons' family in San
Miguel until school opens. DR.. and
Mrs. Clemons will reach Coronado
for the convention of the Southern
Aalifornia Dental association Sept
u to 16.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Corrigan Goes
Right wayto
Airway Races

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, Cleve-
land, Sept. (UP)-Douglas (Wrong
Way Corrigan experienced no diff
ficulty today in finding Cleveland
airport and $4,000 persons waiting
to greet him at the National Air
races.
He arrived here from Pittsburgh
in his 5000 transatlantic crate in the
early afternoon, wearing a green tie
and his Wrinkled leather jacket.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
CCC WORKER KILLED
IN TWO CAR CRASH

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Sept. 3
(UP)-James Kaufold, an l8-year
old CCC worker, was instantly
killed and six others were injured
today in two-car head-on colli-
sion above Grapevine on the Ridge
Route highway.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

CIVIC proJectS, leIJ Ine clCy under
orders of Paul Shriver, state ad-
ministrator, to 'work straight thru
without reference to hours"
The Colorado Highway Patrol, in
charge of emergency flood work,
reported three known deaths. Mrs.
Walter Boyd, wife of a Louisville
doctor, died when her automobile
was swept into a swollen creek
west of Denver.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
CURTIS DALI WILL
WED PHIlADElPHlAN

HAVERFORD. Pa, Sept. 3. (UP)
Curtis B. Dali, former son-in-lsw
of President Roosevelt, will marry
Katherine Miller Leas. daughter OF
prominent and wealthy Philadei-
phia family, 1t was announced to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

To the public-and perhaps to the
war office-the result of the war
games were of more immediate ip-
terest.
A red" defending army, repres-
enting the French army, success
fully defended the platau from an
invading blue" army, which at
tackled westward from the Swiss
frontier.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
LESS THAN HALF |. V.
VOTERS CAST BALLOTS

Only 7,4l0 of Imperial county's
1856 registered voters cast their
ballots at the polls in Tuesdays
primary election. The 7O5 absentee
ballots brings the total to 8,ll5.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Bodies Found

Bodies Found
The bodies of a woman and 10
year old boy were taken from the
debris strewn banks of Bear creek
early today. They were removed
to undertaking establishments in
Golden where one body was ten
tatively identified as that of Mrs.
Cecil Goodrich of Evergreen.
!Contirued on Page 3 Col.2)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Thousand WPA Workers Rushed
To Hunt For Missing as.
Floods Sweep Colorado Resorts

DENVER, Sept 3. (UP)-One thousand Denver WPA
workers were rushed into the flood little community
OF Morrison 20 miles west of here, today to search for
missing persons and to assist in rehabilitation work
Thirty nine truckloads of men, taken hurried]v from
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
STRONG FORCES OF GERMAN TROOPS
B|LLETED ALONG RHINE; FRENCH
FAIL TO TAKE DEFENSE ACTIONS

STRASBOURG, France, Sept 3. (UP)-Strong Ger
reinforcements moved into positions the right
bank of the Rhine in the last "a hours in the Keh and
Offenburg regions Mechanzed units, including light
tiery batteries ard heavy machine guns occupied the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Official Count in
Valley Primary
Vote Taken
TT. T.MayfieId Swamps Opposition
In HoItvi||e; Priest Leads
Field For Constable

Official tally of the ballots cast at Tuesdays primary
election differed only slightly from the unofficial count
published Wednesday by the Post and Press
The official count announced Saturday by County
Clerk W. j. McCelland at the close of three-day ses-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Men Flyers Left
Behind in Cross
Country. Dash
Jacque|ine Cochran Speeds From Los
Angeles to Cleveland in 8 Hours, 10
Minutes to Lead Bendix Classic

CLEVELAND, Sept. 3. (UP) Jacquene Cochran
flying Seversky pursuiter first finish the Los
Benx transcontinenta air race She
landed at 224 eight hours and 10 minutes seconds
after taking off from the Union Air Terminal Burbank
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Go And Get En-

Go And Get 'Em-
Anticipation, thy name is Marx
McClelland.
Mark, who, as you know, is IN
the building business, believes in
mailing a customer before he even
thinks about buying house.
Noticing that young couple had
been "going together" for a re-
spectacle length of time, Mark an
ticipated a marriage and started
out to proposition the prospective
husband, Fortunately, a third party
intervened before Mark had a
chance to start his sales talk.
Cupid with a rib-crete bow!
Back Again
This is late in meeting the light
of day, but Paul Blenkiron probably
has been hiding it under bushel
The motor went dead in his boat
the other day at San Diego and he
spent a dandy halliday on sand
bar. This is getting to be a habit.
o
A Thorough Job
Perhaps Curren Ferguson had
best stick to firefighting and leave
the carpentering to someone who
has better aim with a hammer
Curren was hammering merrily
away mailing a thingamabob to the
~Yall in the fire house when with
q single mighty fail he nailed not
only the thingamabob, but his fin
ger to the wall. He had to yell for
help.
Guess that1l teach you to sticl:
to your own trade!
All Pinned Up
A number of Seeley folk will have
enough clothes pins to hang their
washing all the way to Ell Centre
when the women's clubs quilt con-
test is over. AS for the connection
between a quilt and clothes nm,
well, you'll find out the next time
you go to Seeley. RR did.
Flying Limited
A Byrd (and a youthful one at
that was Gagged at the county jail
Saturday. On the log book was
listed Young Byrd.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
All Pinned Up

Flying Limited
A Byrd (and youthful one at
that was Gagged at the county jail
Saturday. On the log book was
listed Young Byrd.
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
STAR COLLAPSES
IN MIDST OF ARIA

LONDON, May 5 U.N.s).-The
illness which caused Lotte Leh-
mann to flee from the stage of
Covent Garden Opera House is
not serious, the management said
today. She has a chill, and will
be able to reassHme. her part in
a few days. But the famous Ger.
man prima donna was SO i'll last
night that she broke off in the
middle of her aria in der RoSen-
kavalier," crying:
Il can't go on! can't go on!'
While a physician was admin
istering reStoratives, her costume
was removed and given to a
hastily recruited substitute.
She was Mve. Hide Konetzni,
who happened to be in the audi
ence, and who readily complied
with the appeal of the manager,
spoken from the stage. In 20
minutes, the opera was resumed.
Nine. Lehman had just ar
rived from the United States.
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
STAGEHAND OUT
OF DERBY RACE

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 5
G.N.S). - stagehand, top Ken
lucky Derby favorite. today was
Withdrawn from the turf classic,
according to an announcement by
Col. Maxwell Howard, owner of
the horse.
At the same time it was an
nounced Stagehand would not be
entered in the Preakness at PIN
leo on May IA.
Stagehand, after his dismal
showing back Of The Chief, a
stablemate of Stagehand and Law.
rim, the other day at Churchill
Downs, did not appear in tiptop
shape.
The colt also had turned in
several sour workouts but Earl
sande, trainer, was confident he
could bring the son of Sickle to
his best form by post time Satur
day. However, when he failed even
to get close to The Chief, Sande
decided to give the colt a rest.
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
HITLER, IL DUCE
FAST FRIENDS
BY FRANK GERVASI

ROME, May S Q.N.S0 With
Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Pre-
mier Mussolini in Naples for a
gigantic naval display, foreign OBJ
servers today speculated on the
progress of their conversations
thus far and reached the firm con-
c1usion the two dictator powers of
Western Europe remain fast allies.
So much so, as a matter of fact,
that Mussolini was understood to
have promised Hitler a "free
hand" in CzechoSlovakia and
turned a seemingly willing ear to
the Fuehrer's request for an out.
right military alliance against the
Entertainments of communism.
Usually well-informed observers
in both German and Italian camps
scoffed at suggesting the Rome
Berlin axis has been weakened in
stead of strengthened by the con-
ferences and dismissed as "ab-
surd" all hints of disagreementS
between the two dictators.
The Italian attitude was re-
liably described as follows:
/. Italy will not NEEDLE in
German moves regarding the
100000 Sudeten Germans in
CzechoSlovakia.
2. Italy will not become in
volved in a decision of war or
peace over the Czech question,
however, unless Soviet Russia
should intervene.
(Other details on Page p
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
Franc Drops
9 Points

NEW YORK, May 5 G.N.S0.
With the official rate for the
franc set by the Bank of France,
the French monetary unit opened
in New York today at 2.79 cents,
a drop of 95s points from yester-
days close. This followed yester-
days decline of more than 16
points and an earlier London rate
today at the equivalent of 2.72A
cents, the lowest gold rate in the
history of the franc.
In Paris the Bank of France
informed banks there that it was
prepared to buy sterling at 1920
francs to the pound and sell at
179, and the dollar according to
the New York and London rate
The immediate result of this had
been a swift rush of capital to
Paris.
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
Advises
NeWly-Wed Prince

DOORN, May 5 Q.N.S0-For'
mer Kaiser Wilhelm Of Germany
gave advice to the newly wed
Prince Louis Ferdinand:
"Work with all your might to
honor God, to the honor of our
house and to the honor of our
German fatherland, and be an
example to your people,"
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
CLOTHES-LINE
FAILS TO HALT
2-STORY FALL
Drinking Party
Theory Seen
By CARROLL PEEKE

Three men were taken into GUS
tody for investigation today sew.
eral hours after a 55-year-old
woman plunged to her death from
a fourth-floor apartment at 912 I
st. N. w.
The dead woman was Mrs. Sue
Fonda. She was found uncon-
scious at dawn on fire-eScape
landing on the second floor of the
apartment.
HUSBAND HELD
First precinct police took into
custody the dead woman's hus-
band, Charles Fonda, So; Arthur
j. Douglas TAFT, AZ, 1000 block Of
Eighth st. N. W., and George F.
Youngblood, 81, 900 block of I st.
N. w. They will be held pending
a coroner's inquest, police said.
The dead woman was found
clutching a broken clothes line
in her hand, and police believe
she grabbed at the line in a vain
effort to save her life as she
hurtled through the air.
The Fonda apartment is on the
fourth floor of the building. Mrs.
Mary Laios, who occupies an
apartment on the third floor,
awakened early this morning,
looked out the window and saw
the body of Mrs. Fonda on the
fire-escape landing below.
She called police, who in turn
notified Emergency Hospital. Doc
tors found almost every bone in
the woman's body had been
crushed in the terrific fall.
HEARD NOTHING
Mrs. Laios told police that she
heard nothing during the night
and did not hear the body striking
on the metal landing.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid ordered a chemical analysis
to determine if there was alcohol
in the woman's stomach.
Sergt. C. j. Sullivan and PvtS.
o. D. Rogers and G. Weaver Of
the First Precinct, who inveSti-
gated the case, took the three men
into custody pending further in
veStigation of the case.
SEIZED IN HOTEL
Fonda was arrested in a down.
town hotel several hours after the
body of his wife was found. TAFT
and Youngblood, who police say
had attended a drinking party
last night in the Fonda apart
ment, were arrested but police
declined to say where they were
taken.
Officials said the three men
were being held until it is de.
termined if the death Of Mrs.
Fonda was accidental or the re.
suit of foul play.
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
Hauptmann Boy
Injured by Auto

NEW YORK, May S Q.N.S0.
Manfred Hauptmann, four-and-a-
half-year-old child of Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann, executed for the
murder of the Lindbergh child,
was recovering today after being
struck by an automobile as he
played in front of his home. The
child's leg was broken.
The Washington times., 1938-05-05

It would have been positively
scarlet, according to the large anN
enthusiastic audience; according
to George Jessel, who, acting as
master of ceremonies, expressed
himself as astonished that so
many lovely girls could be found
in one city, and, according to the
judges themselves, who felt COM
PEELED to exceed the quota Of five
finalists by insisting upon six!
It was a roster of States that
came through, with two District
girls among them. The winners
Continued on Page 9, Col. y
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
Coal Dealers Told
i. S. Aid Is Vital

ANN ARBOR, Mich, May S
G.N.S0.-"The is no way to save
the coal industry without govern
ment help" National Bituminous
Coal Commissioner Walter H. Ma
loney warned coal dealers at the
second annual Coal Utilization In
stitute here today. He compared
the Coal Commission to the In
terstate Commerce Commission
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
Rain on Way Tonight, Fair
And Cooler for TOMORROW

After drizzling .03 of an inch
Of rain early today the skies dried
up at 6 a. m. and the weather
man said Washington could put
away it's umbrellas until sunset.
1t might be we'll to carry rain
coats tonight though. he added,
because showers are on the way.
The drizzle drove the official
The Washington times., 1938-05-05

thermometer down to so degrees
at 4 a. m. and it had recovered
to u at 10 a. m. and will march
higher as the day progresses. But
the forecaster doesn't look for any
breaking of the 81 degree record
established a week or so ago.
Tonight'S showers, he said, will
usher in a fair and slightly cooler
Friday,
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
Carlo and 'StOky'
Arrive in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, May 5 QNS).
Greta Carlo and Leopold Stokow.
ski, touring Europe with a chap
erone, arrived today at Trelleborg,
Southern Sweden. They plan to
drive through the old towns of
Ystad and Kalmar en- route to
Stockholm.