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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
MIDWEST BILLIARDS.
CAUSE FARM LOSSES
PIONEERS HOLD
YEARLY PARTY
HERE SATURDAY
Election Will Feature
Annual Reunion of
Old-Timers

Pioneers of Imperial Val
ley will assemble at the fair
grounds in Imperial Satur-
dav for their tenth annual
picnic, reunion, and election
of officers.
The election and all other bust
ness of the Imperial Valley Pho
neers will be transacted between
10 am. and noon, Dan Grumbles,
president, announced.
George Damron is in charge OF
the old fashioned barbecue dinner
to be served at noon. Beef. beans,
salad, bread and coffee are or
the menu. Pioneers were asked to
provide their own dinner service.
At l:30 o'clock a varied program,
including a fiddler'S contest, will be
presented under the direction of
Earl V. C. Northrup.
Imperial Valley Pioneers organ
lied in 1923 with a membership
limited to those who arrived in
the valley prior to Jan. /, 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
STATE ATTEMPT
TO GRAB CANAL
ACREAGE FAILS
Valley Land Trade Gets
Thumbs Down From
Commissioner

LOS ANGELES, April 7.
(UP)-Paul B. Wilmer, reg
lister of the local land office,
has recommended to the u.
S. lame d commissioner IN
Washington that an application
of the state of California for the
right to exchange $4,000 acres Of
desert land for a similar acreage
along the All-American canal be
rejected.
Wilmer said the claims of war
veterans to preferential right
to the lands-Which eventually will
reach a value of from $50 to $100
an acre-would be nullified if the
state were permitted to carry thru
its plan which contemplated ac-
QUESTION of the land for sale pur-
poses.
The application of the state for
the right to exchange the LANDS
was made under section of the
Taylor appraising act of 1884.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

Inc mOClOn 10 SIrlke Jle Dlll
enacting clause and kill the meas
sure was entered by Rep. John j.
O'Connor. D.. N. Y.
Quickly reforming administration
lines. shattered during % hours
of explosive debate over five days,
administration leaders forced the
bill into reading of amendments.
hopeful for quick action after their
triumph in the first clear-cut test
of strength.
The teller vote came on motion
of Rep. Lindsay Warren, D., NC. .
leader in the administration figh.
for passage of the bill. Warren de-
voice vote on the motion to strike
the enacting clause resulted in a
vocal blast which was indeciSive.
Embattled opponents of the meas
ure, undismayed by their defeat,
were expected to make new as
saultS on the measure as debate
continued. O'Connor, in completing
his arguments for the motion 10
kill said should he meet defeat
I'VE will keep on fighting"
The administration victory fol-
lowed an unexpected setback as
the house began work today before
tense and crowded galleries. Rep
John Taber, R., N. Y. ranking Re-
publican member of the reorgani.
zation committee was successful in
striking a section of the bill en-
powering the president to transfer
appropriations as well as personnel
in his reorganization moves.
Taber contended such a provision
could originate only in the appro-
priations committee, whereas the
bill before the house came from the
special committee on reorganiza-
ton.
Members did not formally go on
record in the vote to kill the bill.
Some of those who voted against
the motion have indicated they will
vote against the bill in its present
form. A switch of IL votes would
have killed it.
A telegram sent to President
Roosevelt by Cardinal Mundelein
OF Chicago, stating that the pro-
posed welfare department would not
in any way interfere with welfare
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
SNOW BLANKET
COVERS AREAS
OF 1000 MILES
Communications Broken
In Early Spring
Setback
BY UNITED PRESS

Additional SHOWS were
predicted for midwestera
states today as cities and
towns from the Rocky Mour-
tains to the Atlantic dug their way
out of a mid-spring blizzard and
began restoration of transportation
and communication services.
The storm still ragged in pats
OF the northwest states and snow
continued to fall along the eastern
seaboard and in scattered sections
of the Rocky Mountain region.
Whole communities were isolated
and traffic was paralyzed by the
blizzard.
U. S. weather forecasters said
the SHOWS expected in the mid
west would not be heavy enough
to cause great inconvenience in
urban areas but probably woul1
cause additional losses to iruit
growers in southern Illinois. Indian
and Ohio. The crops, which bud1ed
weeks ahead of schedule because
of the early spring. already have
suffered heavy damages from the
cold wave.
However, farmers in the drought
areas. where SubsOil moisture has
been below normal, said the snow
and rains which accompanied it
would do more good than harm.
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
STAR WITH ESS
CENTER OF TRIAL
WORD BATTLE.

Sarcastic interchanges between
District Attorney Elmer Heald and
Defense Attorney Buel Wood lifted
the Paul P. LaRue trial in superior
court into the realms of high COM
edy Thursday.
LaRue, on trial on charges of
failure to make good on checks
given Imperial Valley ranchers for
hay. stared stoically ahead while
the attorneys shuffled through a
mass of checks, records, and re-
ports. The state introduced % eX-
hibits ana the defendant 10. Pro-
ceedings are well sprinkled with
objections of attorneys.
l.. r. Peck, banker for 46 years
and star witness. smilingly went
through his second day of ques
tioning. His explanation of finan-
cial transactions between LaRue
and the Bellflower bank Peck rep
resents are the basis for each bit
of bitterly contested evidence.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
NIPPON ARMY
NEARS SUCHOW

SHANGHAI April 7 (UP)-Jap-
ancse reports from Peipine said
today mobile units OF the Japa-
ncsc forces in Central China had
approached within 18 miles of Su-
chow, key point in the defense of
the Chinese provisional capital at
Hankow.
1t was the first time in weeks
that the Japanese had made any
progress within striking distance
of the city, an important junction
OF the TientSin-Pukow railroad,
which runs north and south, and
the Lunghai line, running west
from the cast coast through the
heart OF China
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

job will be completed within Il
year. Jerome II. Fertig. reclama-
ton bureau engineer in charge of
the western division of the canal,
predicted today.
Excavation Complete
All excavation already has been
completed between the Central
Main canal. 3 miles east of here,
and the end of the canal. Remain
ing work. Fertig said, is restricted
for the most part to concrete struc-
lures: siphons to carry the canal
beneath highways, turnouts for
shunting water into adjacent farms
and checks for keeping canal water
at desired levels.
Cement workers for Lewis and
Chambers construction company
Thursday were putting the finish
ing touches to the siphon beneath
highway 80 north of Calexico. Fer
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
BUSINESS ZONE
ON FOURTHS ST.
TO BE STUDIED

The Ell Centre city council Thurs
day night took steps to study pro-
posed rezoning of Fourth street
north of Vine street to permit busi-
ness houses to operate.
Councilmen Paul Eyer and Her
bert Fawcett were appointed to
confer with the city zoning COM
mission on claims that the street.
north of Vine, already is to all
intents a business street.
Action was precipitated by a
second appeal from W. M. Alexan-
der for a special permit to oper-
ate shoe and furniture repair
shop. Previous requests from Alex
ander have been refused.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
BUILDING IN
CITY BOOSTED

Ell Centros building permit total
for 1888 took $3,725 jump Thurs
day with the additions of a new
residence application and applica-
tions for garage and repairs TO
home. The 1888 total nov Is
S88, $3.50.
A permit was issued to Joe Brad
shaw for construction of a So 900
residence at $50 Olive street. Sandy
Sanford is architect. The contrac-
tor is Frank Purdue.
M A. Wilson was issued a S325
permit for reroofing a machine
shop and dwelling and Carter Hun
ter oil company applied for a per-
NIT to build a $4,000 garage.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

but under American registry have
hoisted the Japanese flag when
lying in Mexican waters.
5. japanese encroachment upon
Alaskan fisheries tthe territory's
greatest single source of revenue)
threatened an international crisis.
but found American governmental
agencies "unaccountably reluctant
to act"
6, japanese have gathered de-
tailed. information concerning coast
lines, harbors. anchorage and chan
nels from the Aleutians to the Gulf
of Mexico.
7. Existing agencies, including
the naval intelligence, are COM
pletely inadequate to cope with a
large scale espionage system.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
TRAP SET FOR
3 FUGITIVES

Imperial county peace officers
blocked the lonely North Shore road
Wednesday night in an unsuccess-
full attempt to bottle up" three
fugitives from a Riverside county
prison camp near Banning
The blockade was established at
the request of Indio officers after
the fleeing MeXicans we're reported
to have left Thermal at pm. We'd
neSday in an old sedan. Police
throughout the southland seek Juan
Gonzales, 18, Manuel Vega. 20, and
Phillip Rios, 10, believed headed
toward Mexico after walking out of
the prison camp early this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
CITED
FOR CONTEMPT

S. P. Williams, Ell Centre at
torney. is cited to appear in SUI
perior court April Is to show
cause why he should not be pun
ished for contempt of court for
his alleged action in attempting
to sell a tractor involved in litiga-
ton.
A dispute over the tractor is the
basis for a suit brought by H. H.
Cole against r. E. Shasky anu
Irving Hadley and San Francis
co bank. Judge Vaughn N. Thomp-
son signed the order and granted
temporary restraining order pre-
venting sale of the tractor unit.
settlement of the dispute.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

day and trying to stanch the flow
of blood. Although police reported
finding a blood-stained knife in
her purse, she denied being the
assailant until officers took her
to the hospital where Miss O'Shan-
non lay critically wounded.
"She tried to make me smoke a
marijuana cigarette Miss o.
Shannon said Il refused. She said
if I didn't, l would get hurt We
started STRUGGLING and she whipped
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

seven points:
/. Japanese fishing fleets main
tain surveillance along coastal
waters from the Aleutians and Alas
ka to California and the Mexican
border i. Their espionage extends
throughout the whole of that
Pacific triangle" which con-
stitutes our outer wall of defense.
2. Japanese fishing vessels have
been SO designed that they are easily
convertible into mine layers or tor
pedo boats.
8. Fishing vessels manned by
japanese reservists lie in San Pedro
harbor with the United States fleet
and spy upon it during maneuvers
at sea.
4. Vessels manned by Japanese
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
NURSE ACCUSED III STABBINC

LOS ANGELES, April 7. CUP)-
Maureen O'Shannon, 33. weak
from loss of blood, regained con.
seriousness tonight and accused q
young nurse of stabbing her with
knife because she refused to
smoke a marijuana cigarette.
Held on suspicion of assault with
deadly weapon was Frances
Woods, 25-year-old Bakersfield
nurse, who was found bending over
the unconscious victim early to-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
II. S. COURTS VIOLENCE
SAYS n. Y. EWSPAPER

NEW YORK, April 7. UP)-The
New York World-Telegram in a
copyrighted article leading its front
page today said that japanese es-
pionage had placed the United
States wide open to overt, sudden
violence in the event of hostilities. :"
1.-The United States" the news
paper said, "is the unwary object
of a tremendously effective peace
time espionage 1t already has
undergone bold and barefaced raids
upon immensely valuable economic
resources"
The evidence which the news
( paper said it had gathered from
sources which it had every reason
to believe reliable" was listed on
the front page under the following
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
Sergeant Gulps
Gum For Naught

Help. Quick A holdup at
Fifth and State."
Desk Sergeant George Buck
lin at the Ell Centre Police sta
ton swallowed his gum, hung
up the receiver, called Chief
J. Sterling Oswalt out of city
council meeting and together
they hOtfooted it to Fifth and
State. There they met Officers
Floyd Ackley and L. p. Farmer.
That's all they met. The phone
call was a false alarm and the
hOldup a fake. A man and wife
were having a slight domestic
argument.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

it had been announced that Jack
Ferguson, Houston, Tex, iron work
er, had been freed OF suspicion IN
the Frome case. Officers at first
believed that some clothing which
Ferguson was attempting 10 sell on
the street of McCamey. Tex might
have been the property OF The Frome
women, but 1t developed that II be-
longed to Mrs. Florine Orr OF
Odessa, Tex.
One after another. all OF the sus-
poets arrested In the case have been
cleared.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
Boats on Canal
May Be Feasible

CALEXICO. April 7.-POssibil-
itics fer motor boating Cn the
All American canal when it is
cOmBlctcd were seen her" today
by J. ii. Fertig, Reclamation Bu-
reau engineer.
In case vegetation grows up
along the canal banks. and there
is every reason to believe it will,
Judging from other canals, boat
ing will be feasible, Fertig de-
clared.
The vegetation is necessary TO
prevent waves from the boats
from erOding the canal banks.
The canal will have a current
of less than IL miles an hour,
adapting it to small boat use,
Fertig pointed out.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
THUMB PRINT POINTS
TO FROME MURDERERS

thumb print was the only mark
found on the car which might lead
to the slayer
The Packard automobile that
Mrs. Frome and her daughter,
Nancy, were driving on a trans
continental trip from their home
at Berkeley to Paris Island, S. c.,
was found abandoned at Balmorhea,
so miles east of Van Horn. last
Sunday. 1t had been examined By
so many persons that authorities
were unable to get fingerprints.
Fox revealed the latest clue after
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

out the knife and began slashing
me-"
In the face of this statemeny,
the nurse admitted welding the
knife, detectives announced.
The two women met last night
in a cafe where Miss O'Shannon
works as a waitress. They left in
the nurses car. Police reported
finding $196 in cash in her purse
in addition to the knife.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

VAN HORN, Tex. April 7. (UP)
"A blurred thumbprint ON the rear
vision mirror of the automobile
driven by Mrs. Weston G.. F'rome
ana her daughter before they were
brutally murdered provided officers
today with a clue which they believ-
ed might enable them to identify
the slayer of the two California
women.
Sheriff Chris P. Fox of Ell Paso,
who has taken charge of the hunt
for the murderer, said that the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

latest gangster lines"
Attending the meeting were SUI
pervisors from several central and
northern California counties. in
cluding Tulare and Glenn. Tulare
county supervisors recently propos-
ed a boycott against the 1889
worlds fair in San Francisco unless
the city cleaned up the labor stu
Continued on Page 2; Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
PrOwling Goat
Startles Cops

LOS ANGELES, April I. CUP!
Police Radio PatrOlmen Bills
and Aston saw a broken glass
window i'm a grocery store. They
stepped and boarded it up. Later
they returned and found the
glass i'm the front door broken.
With guns drawn, they entered
the store. seeking the burglars.
In the vegetable section they
found the prOwler. 1t was a goat
and IL was eating lettuce.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

dC q CONTtTtNCt CT DUSlntoS ItdUtTo,
city officials and union labor heads
called by Mayor Angelo Rossi
charged this super government
has, through illegal violence and
intimidation "Obstructed the free
flow of our agricultural products
through the port Of San Francisco" ;"
Bancroft charged that some pub
lie officials were covering before
super governments run along the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
REDS TO MAKE
FINAL STAND

HENDAYE, April CUP)-- The
LoyaliSt command in the Tortosa
region has ordered the formation
of human wall" in a final des-
perate attempt to hold the Nation
alists back from the sea, a prisoner
captured on the southern front
said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

tig predicted the underpass would
be complete by Monday.
Bridge Nearly Done
Another underpas5, mile west
OF Imperial avenue, which goes
under the Southern Pacific tracks,
will be ready within two weeks.
Three weeks mere should see com
pletion of the siphon under the
Continued on Page 2: Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
SUPER GOVERNMENT
OF THUGS SET UP
EN s. r. IS CHARGE
Labor Unions Draw Fire From Associated Farmers
Executive in Roundtable Business Meeting
Called by Mayor of Bay City

SAN FRANCISCO, April T. (UP)-Philip Bancroft,
Walnut Creek vice president of the Associated Farmers
of California inc. charged today that "supergovern
ment, headed by alien Communist has been set up in
San Francisco Bancroft in speech prepared for delivery
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
DEATH BLOW
AT EXECUTIVE
BILL PARRIED
Congressional Leaders Win Edge in
Vote to Kill Measure Favored
By Administration Forces

WASHINGTON, April 7. (UP)-1he house. under full
pressure from President Roosevets congressional leaders
today defeated motion kill President Roosevets
tive department reorganization BILL voting 19l to 1863 to
continue consideration of the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
CANAL NEARS
FINAL STAGE
AT CALEXICO
All But Single Link of Big Ditch Done
By August in Southern Imperial
Valley, Fertig Predicts

CALEXICO, April by Aug. l the tall of the
All American canal-wth the exception of single link
will be ready for cellophane wrapper and delivery.
The single exception the New River siphon monster
flume to be thrown New River of here That
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
The Watchdog

What's thisl" demanded Coun-
Gilman Herb Fawcett eruffly. eff
teen dollars for an automobile Ii
cenSe! That's an awful lot"
That, Herb explained a fel-
low councilman, sis the price oil
the whole car"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

We'll" he replied. "I don't know
>Saow it could be SO good l made it
by guess
1t was a bit earlier than that
when everybody noticed the agon-
lied expressions on the faces of
various members of the Cubs, who
are from nine to II years old. Rule
of the night was that the lads
had to serve their parents cocoa
and sandwiches before they, them
selves, ate. Therein was the reason
for the panied expressions.
The provisions were beginning 10
run low
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
The Best Way, Maybe

.,d.aX. were complimenting Nor
a ENH) )dpont. jr., who made the
", /sw%hen Cub Scouts entertain
eSs J8cir parents at Harding school
WCdnpedav night
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
r. p. r. BLOCKS FOES III HOUSE

An idea, Al That
Fred Bright must have cot III
ON the wrong side of the bed Thurs
day. Grumpily discussing canta
loupcs, he said
IF they get much bigger. II
paint EN- white and sell 'em for
golf balls
incidentally, does Fred always
wear that swanky hat at the same
angle9
Devil And The Sea-
The question of the hour. would
you rather have the wind, or the
hot weather that will almost Ger
tainly follow it?
RR hasn't got his desert cooler
mp yet, SO you know his answer
(And. by the way, it's about time
again fer those very. very tall
stories of desert coolers and the
things they can achieve)
It's The Weather.
If any woman hereaboutS notices
Marvin Hill staring fiXedly at her
hat-if the hat happens to have
feathers on it-there'S no reason
TO claim an insult. Marvin is mere
ly looking for the most succulent
adornments for his hand made
trout flies, of which he has mil
lion or So Already he's laying de-
tailed plans for his annual jaunt
to the High Sierras in August in
search of the slippery beauties.
Maybe we're out of line, but RR
would like to suggest that Marvin
should get together with Joe Adams
whose trout stories are no less
unbelievable than his trout flies
except that he actually has the
flies to show you.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07
IJnDIcaSant ThOI

UIpICdSdHI THOUGHTS
Overhead at Fifth and Main
streets:
Il wouldn't mind the wind so
much if it didn't remind me there's
political season coming"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-07

Butter: Los Angeles. 27e: But |
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A, 35c; manufacturing milk |
Sic: route gathered cream 26lae.
l.. A. Hay: u. 5. No. $500; |
No. 2 leafy Sl4.-I4.50; No. 2 Si3.-
1880. Minneapolis flax, May Sl.97.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
JOB INSURANCE
INFORMATION

Columbus, O.-Employers will be
authorized to file one report with the
nearest unemployment compensation
office in cases Of mass separation of
employees instead of furnishing each
employe with separation notice, un-
der one Of the six new regulations
adopted by job insurance officials in
preparation for payment of benefits to
the eligible unemployed after January
1st.
w. T. Roberts, labor member of the
commission today explained "mass
separation" means when 25 or more
workers in concern become unem-
ployed at, or about, the same time
for the same reason-a layoff.
In such cases, he said, the employ
er who is now required to furnish a
worker, who becomes unemployed,
with a separation notice and to send
copy to the commission, may file
with the local office nearest the work.
ers' place of employment, notice of the
mass separation on a form prescribed
by the commission within "a hours
after the separation becomes effective.
Workers thus unemployed will re-
port to the temporary scheduling
stations to be established by the COM
mission where they will receive ap-
pointment cards giving the date and
time they are to report at the unem-
ployment compensation office to regis
ter for work and file claims. Both
registrations and claims will be dated
the same as the appointment card.
The new regulations also cover: l.
Waiting period for total or partial
unemployment; 2. average weekly
wage; 3. the new wage and separa
tion report approved employers may
use after January in lieu of quar-
terly reporting of all workers wages;
a. points pertaining to week of to-
tai unemployment and a week of par
tial unemployment.
The regulation on average weekly
wage, according to Commissioner
Roberts, sets the time for determin-
alton of this wage as the date on
which the worker. applies for benefits,
to remain in effect until benefit rights
are exhausted. 1t also holds the wage
shall be computed to the next highest
multiple of fifty cents.