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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
DRUG SUSPECT
DENIES CHARGE
OF SMUGGLING

Terrin Tiffany. clerk of an Ell
Centre hotel was arraigned before
Deputy u. s. Commissioner Dorsey
Whitelaw late Friday on a charge
of smuggling narcotics.
He was released upon his own
recognizance by the deputy commits
sioner and instructed 10 appear be-
fore him for a hearing May 2.
Tiffany denied the allegations. He
alleged the narcotics had been
planted in his car.
Customs officers arrested Tiffany
as he crossed the international
border between Calexico and MexI-
cali He and his automobile were
subjected 10 a search. The officers
alleged they found three bundles
of cocaine secretei In the machine
The cocaine was hidden In the up
holstering OF the coupe top. II. NJ.
Bump, chief customs patrol inspec-
tor. said
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
QUIET REIGNS
IN CANAL JOB
LABOR DISPUTE
Carpenters Replace Men
Discharged in
Fight

CALEXICO, April %. =
Threatened reprisals by dis
charged laborers in the most
recent labor flareup on the
All American canal failed to
materialize today and the Bennett
Taylor camp was quiet, with few
working over the weekend
Three carpenters had been sent
down from union headquarters
Saturday TO fill places of eight
men discharged Friday as objec-
tionable TO A. F. of l.. locals.
Chief concern was eentered upon
the scarcity of skilled carpenters
capable of building complicated
canal structures. Highly skilled men
will be needed to replace those fired
because they worked behind the
picket lines i'm a recent Lewis
Chambers strike. engineers said.
Authority to discharge the men, and
thus appease union leaders. was is
sued by DR., Towne Nylander, re-
gional labor relations board diree-
tor. this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
AUTO WORKERS
VOTE WALKOUT
IN GIN PLANTS
Union Charges Wage Cut
In Buick, Chevrolet
Manufacturing

FLINT, Mich, April %
CUP) = Union workers ir
Buick and Chevrolet divi-
sions of General Motors cor.
poration today voted over.
whelmingly to strike, subject to
approval by their international of
ficerS.
Despite the strike vote. President
Homer Martin in Detroit gave as
surance there would be no Walkout
until every attempt has been made
to settle grievances through mach
inery contained in a contract with
the corporation.
AS announced by James Fortier,
recording secretary of local 1856,
the strike was approved by the fol-
lowing vote:
Buick-9500 yes, 2080 no.
Chevrolet-6500 yes. 20l5 no.
Jack Little, executive secretary
of the Flint local. charged General
Motors with carrying out "indiScri-
inmate wage cuts, replacing union
members with eX-foremen intimi-
dating UAW members and ignoring
seniority clauses in the company
union contract.
Approximately $500 more work
ers than are currently employed
in Chevrolet and Buick plants cast
ballots in the three day strike poll.
If a strike were called it would
affect approximately 1850 men.
1880 in Buick and 6O0O in Chevro-
LET
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Huge Ship Breaks
TranScOntinent
Time Mark

WASHINGTON, April %.
(UP)-Lt. Col. Robert Olds.
plotting one of the army's
new four engined flying for
tresses, established a new
transcontinental record today of
10 hours and As minutes, the war
department disclosed.
OldS, leader of the recent army
good will flight to Buenos Aires.
set the new record from March
Field, Calf, to Langley Field, Va
Flying the same number 10 fly
ing fortress which served as his
flagship on the Buenos Aires flight.
Olds landed at Langley Field at
4 am. today.
He averaged 212 miles per hour
on the 2285 mile nonstop flight
for his new west-east record for
military planes.
Present holder of the transcon-
tinental record for a commercial
plane is Howard Hughes. million
aire sportsman-motion picture pro-
ducer, who flew from Los Angeles
to Newark, N j., in Z hours, %
minutes and 25 seconds, an aver
age speed of 332 miles per hour
The Hughes record was set Jan
10 1887.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
ANIMAL LADEN
VESSEL. SINKS

BOSTON, April 90. fUP) - The
grounded British freighter City Of
Salisbury rose suddenly from graves
ledge today and broke in two, its
$2,O00,0O0 cargo of jungle animals
spewing from matches.
The II crew members who had
remained aboard after removal of
part of the numerous jungle ami
mails. birds and reptiles, We're res
cued by toWboats
The coast guard cutter Chelan,
which had stood by since the yes
sci grounded Yesterday, reported
that the bow had sunk ana that
only the pilot house remained above
water. The stern section still was
floating.
Five tugboats and many small
power boats began salvaging cargo.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Youth to Receive
$4,000 Damages

Roger r. Webster. IT, Ell Centre
youth who lost a leg as a result
of injuries suffered in a traffic
accident Jan. 20, will receive $4,000
damages, it was announced Satur-
day
The court approved the arrange
ment completed by Roger c. Web
ster. father of the injured youth,
ami Frank Hopewell, owner of the
truck which collided with the
youths motorcycle.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Farm Income Up:
Prospects Bright

WASHINGTON. April %. cUP)-
The department of agriculture to-
day reported an upturn in farm
income and spring crop prospects
promising another year of bumper
production.
Cash farm income in March to-
fol"d $4,000 GOO compared with
$i870000o0 in February. the bureau
Of agricultural economics reports
The increase Of approximately IS
per cent was greater than seasonal
the bureau said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

HOLLYWOOD, April 90. CUP)-
While a receiver today checked over
the millions, the mansion and the
Rolls Royces tnat Jackie Coogan
claims should be his, Judge Ben
Lindsey drafted state laws to pre-
vent such battles as the contest be-
tween The Kid" and his mother
and stepfather
The judge once famous in Den
verS juvenile courts said the cases
Of CoOgan and Ere Idle Bartholo-
NEW who also has been tangled
mp in court battles over his movie
earnings, constitute a shameful
condition.
Lindsey, now a superior judge
here. revealed he has drafted 4
proposed bill TO the California legis-
lature that would make a child's
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

Here il is. Thirty years CT FL
Centre r, led int" on Anniver-
sary Issue + the Pc 4 Press. The
rulmina'ir1 Cf weeks C labor on
the part Cf the Post Press staff to
give El Centlts a proper birthday
cake" en- its 30th birthday.
In April, 1903 FL Centre citizens
voted favorably TN Incorporating
the community. I'm that month
the frontier town became city.
Today. just 80 years later, the
Pest Press pulls back the curtains
of time and traces Ell Centro's
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Trucking Rates
To Be Explained

Truck freight rates on agricul-
tural commodities will be discussed
by rate experts of the California
Railroad commission at 1880 pm.
Wednesday at the El Centro cham
Der of commerce building.
The new truck tariff will go into
effect next Friday affecting many
Imperial Valley products. New lum-
Der rates also will be explained.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
American Captured
RN Franco Army

SAN FRANCISCO. April .. up
San Francisco headquarters of
the Abraham Lincoln Brigade am
nounced today Il had received re-
ports from France indicating Robert
Merriman of Reno. New. and Ber-
kelley. Cal. had been captured BY
General Frances Insurgents.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Editor Attacked. Plant
Wrecked by ~. Y. Nazis

NEW YORK. April %. CUP)-
Charles Weiss. editor of the maya
zine Uncle Sam, said tc lay that
the four men who raided the office
Cf the anti-Communist. Fascist
and anti-Nazi league and assaulted
him last night looked like Ger
mans.
The 81 year OLD editor. who has
a club foot, was found lying naked
and senSeless on the floor of the
wrecked office. SwastikaS had been
painted on his back and chest with
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
FORD PEACE TALK
HITs SNAG AT IA.

los ANGELES. Arril %. CUP)-
A strike continued al the Whining
ten Ford plant today. with the
management holding to Henry
Fcrds policy Of recognizing no
union. Peace negotiations collapsed
when the CIO United Auto work =
ers union failed to send a repre-
sentative before Regional Labor Di-
rector John ToWne Nylander.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
LINEMAN DIES AS
CHILDREN LOOK ON

SACRAMENTO. April %. up
Coroner's deputies today reported
the death of George Alfred Perring.
81. lineman for the Pacific Gas aud
Electric company Perring vas elec-
trocuted while hundre Is OF grammar
school children watched as he was
working or a line tn front OF the
school.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

Pat Harrison OF the senate finance
committee at the White House be-
fore leaving on a weekend cruise
1t was assumed that the conference
concerned the tax compromise and
the tax exemption message which
Mr.. Roosevelt will send to congress
Monday. Harrison was the presi-
dents only visitor today.
Conferees appeared satisfied with
retention of the undistributed prof
its tax principle and the more lib
eral treatment of capital gains
They believed that the bill, as
now written. would produce the
same amount of money as the SEN
ate bill which was drafted to meet
revenue needs estimated at $5,330,
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
SOCIAL WELFARE
CNNFAR TO OPEN

PASADENA. Cal. April % CUPl
Unemployment. work relief. slun
clearance, public health, social Sc
cTitY, and ether social welfare sub
i@cts will be subjects for discussion
before the 18th annual California
conference Of social work, which
will open here tomorrow for a five
dav program Social change; so
cial gains?" viii be the theme Of
the convention.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Duchess Gets
Gold Bath Tub

PARIS, Auril %. fuPl-rhe
Duchess Cf Windsor. reared In a
Baltimore boarding house. viii
have a gold bath tub al ths
Chateau DE la Croye on ths
Riviera which the Duke has
leased for three years, u vas
reported today
There il geld bath al the
Chateau. one of eight baths for
the eight bedrooms. and u was
expected that the Duchess would
get IL.
Recently, someone was report
ed 10 have ehipped a piece eai
of the gold tub, However. ne
complaint was madeto police b.
the owner. Sir Pomeroy nurton
Of London
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
NEGRO KILLED AS
AUTO OVERTURNS

KINGMAN. Ariz. April %. up
An automobile overturned 10 miles
west of Oatman last night. killing
Bill Freeman, about As. a NEGRO
ianitor of Needles, Cal, the sheriff's
office reported today. An inquest
was to be held at Oatman today.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

ink. He was taken TO a hospital
suffering a possibly fracturei skull.
q groin injury. scratches and bruises.
When he regained consciousness
he said the men tried 10 force him
to kiss the Na2i emblem. He re-
fused. They mauled him. threw
him TO the floor, stripped and
painted him. then sacked the
office. They tore an American flag
from the wall broke the standard
OF another flag. overturned furni-
ture. scattered papers ana smashed
pictures.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
ARMY ACE FLIES 212
MPH TO NEW RECORD
Law Drafted to Make
ChiId's Earnings Own

earnings his own property. Present
state laws make these earnings the
property of the parents until the
child is of age, and it is under this
provision, that Jackie's mother and
stepfather claim the right to keep
the money Jackie earned as a child
movie star.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

terrific explosive blast Rescue
workers believed the q men still
missing could not have survived
the tire and explosion
Rescue workers fought their way
through intense heat 10 recover
five more charred bodies shortly
after daylight Twelve had been
recovered during the night. and
three were found outside the mine
Immediately following the eXplO-
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
u. <. SUPREME COURT
STunLES NLRB RULE

WASHINGTON. April %. CUP)-
The supreme court meets in eXecu-
tive session today and may decide
whether to review jurisdiction of
the national labor relations board
over maritime labor.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
VIOLENCE WAVES
IN DOCK DISPUTE

SAN PEDRO, Cal, April %. CUPD
- Threatened violence between
united sailors and longshoremen
over unloading the freighter Sea-
thrush failed to materialize today.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Tax Con1pxo on,ise
Gale & - sture
Agreement Face Saver, States Senator
Declares New Deal Policies Will
Be 1910 CamDaign Issue

WASHINGTON, April % (UP)-Sen. Arthur H. Van
denberg R. Mich today characterized the tax bill
promise face saver for President Roosevelt and decar
ed the New Deals tax policy would become a campaign
issue this fall President Roosevelt met with Chairman
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
20 ODIES
BROUGHT UP
FROM FIR E
Coal Pits Turned to Funeral Pyre by
Explosion; Rescue Workers Fight
Flames to Find COrpses

RANGER Va. April p. (UP)-fwenty charred and
mangled bodies removed from Keen mountain coal
mine today after explosion and fire turned it into
funeral pyre. Company officials said that al were
believed have been in the mine when it swept by
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

II, me Al Last
Speaking of pioneers, this will be
weekend for one of them. She is
Mrs. EValyn Boman WeSterfield. No
It's nCthing to do with the city's
anniversary. It's more important
than that. She's got her wirehair
terrier. Knight, back again. Lost
ages age, Knight wandered into a
shGeEherders camp on the j. D.
Huston raLch a week ago and i'm
mediately made friends with the
sheepherder, the sheepherder's dogs
and the sheep. Then Huston came
hcne from trip, noticed the dogs
license numter, called the Ell Centre
police department, and found that
it was Mrs. Westerfields dog. And
the sheerherder was glad to get
rid Of him. He had been insisting
ON sleeping III the sheepherder's
bed.
Enil vs.. Lion-
Fridays photograph of a Mexicali
b2ll fight in frontier days, paving
the way for today's Anniversary
Issue, has set the old timers
tongues to twisting, recalling some
very, veis fancy stories. Oleander
for the fanciest goes to d. l.. tWhis-
pering Ed linn.
Doc recalled the time when a
bull and a lion were matched to
battle in a MeXicali ring, one fall
and no holds barred That was
around 1918 The lion had clawed
a trainer and was sentenced to die.
Before dying, however, he was slat-
ed to give the bull the coup de
grace.
For hours Doc and many others
cast fearful glances at the lion
pacing his cage, then at the bull,
>and felt very sorry for the latter.
Beef steak, they felt. would soon
Continued on Page 2; Col. II
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
MARKETS N BRIEF

lzIfis1H ffHlHrf1tafe % minimum 50. am.
azsaiafa u hamidlfg SO. noon temperature "a,
HlIF = aaa. temperature IS. humidity q.
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POSSE
HUNT FUGITIVE

Maryland State police were
joined today by a posse of Is men
who tramped through the dense
underbrush near Floral Park, Md.
in search of a colored man who
last night exchanged several shots
with State Policeman w. A. Es-
kite, of the Waldorf substation, as
the latter pursued a stolen car at
an 85-mile-an-hour clip over three
miles of State highway.
Policeman Eskite said he was
able to force the car off the high
way at Floral Park. After turning
over four times, the fugitive We
hicle came to rest wrong side up.
It's occupant, apparently unin-
jured in the crash, fled into the
woods. None of the shots fired
are believed to have taken effect.
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Dear Washington By Helen E1,ary

the New York customs from England large
double Gloucester cheese, six small Stilton
cheeses, II special corkscrews designed by Eng
lands greatest native authority on wine Ghese for
presents), pair of game dissectors, very long
ham knife that would allow him to turn over the
full slice as he carved it, and a shorter ham
knife for small hams, jar of treacle Gas he
doubted whether American molasSes was really
the best for treating hams), dozen dress ties
and dozen colored ties, two umbrellas, two pairs
and damp-bed detector.
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At Last, an Odorless Skunk;
dead, EUer Since Ice Age

Once a skunk, always a skunk.
The Smithsonian Institution to-
day reported that an ice age skunk
had been found in limestone
cavern in Western Maryland and
that he bore an unmistakable re-
semblance to the most up-to-date
woods pussy"
But while the Pleistocene skunk
was probably no more popular a
companion than his preSent-day
relative, he had a good deal more
to contend with.
According to DR.. C. Lewis Gain,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07

"In the second round the youngster took worse
punishment. One eye was closed when he
returned to his corner. But his manager was still
full of encouragement.
"'Your style is fine, boy he told him. He
hasn't been able to lay glove on you yet
1.-THE gong was the only thing that saved the
lad from knockout in the third round, and his
other eye was closed.
Say he gasped to his manager. Did you
tell me that fellow hasn't laid glove on me?'
"Sure,' said the manager.
"Well, if that is true replied the boxer, you
had better keep an eye on the referee because
someone in this ring is knocking the daylights
out of me-"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
Says President BungLed Job

FOURTH, the peak of the boom in March, 1887
and the big crash in September were so closely
related to Mr.. Roosevelt's acts that he can hardly
deny that the one had something to do with the
other. In my Judgment, he lost his head and
bungled the job in trying to exercise control.
Then the crash was precptated by his deci
sion to call an extra session Of Congress to put
through his radical reform" schemes.
Finally, it is not to be forgotten that the
country had been financially weakened by New
Deal taxes and monetary policies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
All About Pandas
For Inquiring Boy
Master Hall Asks
And PreStO-Here
1t Is!

In the City Editors mail this
morning was the following postal
card:
Dear sir:
cat school we are studying
animals and I was chosen to
find out all about the panda.
Will you please send me all the
information you can give me,
like are there any more pandaS
in captivity.
Sincerely yours,
BRUCKS HALL,
2720 Thirty.sixth Pl. N. w.
Now a plea like that certainly
calls for action, so here goes:
Mr.. BruckS Hall,
2720 Thirty-sixth Pl. N. w.,
Washington, D. c.
Dear BruckS:
You say you want something or
the panda.
Well-you certainly picked a
bear cat, didn't you? The panda is
the red bear cat and he comes
from the Himalayas, Therefore he
is also a cat-o'-mount! Of your
teacher doesn't like that one she
has no sense of yewmor0 It is
something to know that at school
you are studying animals-you
will need it when you get out OF
SCHOOL,
IT'S A WHATSIT!
Well, BrucKs, the panda Is
something. Science does not know
what it is. 1t is a mammal, and
probably one Of the first that ole
Mother Nature experimental with
when she first began making nam
mails. It is prehistoric-and hardly
anything is known about the way
it liveS-and almost as little about
where it lives.
It has for neighbors the blue
sheep, the Asiatic grizzly, and a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07

80 4,o.lvleS caused fear of rising costs and df-
ficulty in getting deliveries Of goods on account
of sitdown strikes.
Second, Mr.. Roosevelt acknowledged he nd
his brain trusters were in control. He said: We
planned it that way" Thus he knew that he
was running the show, and assumed full resp bn.
Sibility for results.
Third we all remember what happened eaAly
in 1887. Mr.. Roosevelt became alarmed at the
rise in business He damned down the brake Is,
thinking he could control things. Almost i'm
mediately he stalled the motor and the car
started to slide down hill.
He raised the required amount of bank re-
serves He shut off Government spending. He
issued statements that prices were too high, and
that industries were too active.
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A campaign which promises to
uncover plenty of dirt, but rules
out mud singing is under way
this week under the sponsorship
of the Junior Board of Commerce.
Twenty-Five thousand preSum-
ably clean youngsters are hunting
for the dirtiest lot in the District,
in an effort to win trip to camp.
The Dirty Lot" contest is
part Of the Junior Boards Clean
Up Campaign which starts April
Is.
The boys and girls in the con-
test must first find dirty vacant
lot and then report it to the
Junior Board, giving its exact 10
cation, suggestions for cleaning it
up, and the owners name.
With these facts obtained from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
D. c. Boys and Girls out
To "'Dish Dirt in Capital

the youngsters, the Boards COM
mittee will approach the owner Of
the lot with tactful suggestions for
a cleanup. If the owner can't az
ford laborerS, teams Of youngsters
will descend on the lot from neigh
borhood clubs and do the job, with
the incentive Of movie ticket
prizes.
The contest has received the ap-
proval of the local leaders of the
Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts, the Dis
trict Playground Department, and
the officials Of other youth organi.
cations.
Nominations for the dirtiest lot
in the District must be in by April
IL, and the contest for the boys
and girls doing the best cleanup
job on a lot will run from April 20
to the end of the month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
SPEEDY ACTION
FOR PROPOSED
u. 5. SPAS SET
Sen. O'MahOney To
Ask $4,000
By THEODORE HUNTLEY


Quick action on proposals to de-
vedop great spas and health cen
tiers of the United States compar-
able to those which have proved
so popular in Europe, was prom
Used in Congress today as a sequal
to editorials in The Washington
Times urging a larger use Of
American resources capable CT
such development.
Senator Joseph c. O'Mahoney
Of wyoming announced he would
introduce within a week resolu-
ton authorizing an appropriation
Of $4,000 for a national survey
Of the problem by the United
States Public Health Service.
REPORT FINDINGS
His resolution, he said. will d.
rect the Public Health Service to
report its findings to Congress not
later than January /, 1899, in
time for appropriate action dur
ing the next session Of Congress
to carry out it recommendations.
Citing the mineral springs Of
his own and other States as offer
ing possibilities of benefit to mill
lions of Americans at low cost he
expressed the view that the public
health service could appropriately
collaborate with the National Parks
Service, Geological Survey, Ma.
tionaI Resources Committee, State
governments and private founda-
tionS in making a comprehensive
study of private and public re-
sources Of this character.
NATIONAL PROBLEM
"ThiS is a national problem"
Senator O'Mahoney said, "and
should be dealt with on that
basis. At the same time I be-
lieve strongly that the develop
ment of such health centers
and the full utilization of our
natural resources and oppor-
tunities for healthful recrea-
ton as well as for so-called
cures should not be monopo-
lized by the Federal Govern.
ment.
Whatever is done in this d..
rection should be done in CO.
operation with the States and
with private foundations and
agencies concerned with this
problem.
I'VE have in Wyoming now
two State reservations contain
ing two mineral springs of
widely-known curative values.
These are the reservations at
Thermapolis, Hot Springs, and
Saratoga, Hot Springs. In ad-
dition, as everybody knows,
there are many hot springs in
Yellowstone National Park.
HIGHLY MINERAL
Both the water and the mud
In these springs are known to be
highly mineralized. I think it
would be entirely appropriate to
make a study of their curative
values, if any, with a view to-
ward their possible use in this
connection.
Il should want to be sure that
whatever study is made should
have the support and coopera-
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