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Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Prisoners Call
Off Hunger Strike

SAN QUENTIN PRISON. Calf.
Feb. 4. CUP)-Warden Court Smith
announced San Quentin was back
10 normal as 1873 prisoners, hold
outs of 1000 VINO staged a hunger
strike against too much hash
marched into the dining hall and
ate breakfast.
The warden said he was mystified
as TO the real cause of the DEM
onstration. which began Wednes-
day ostensibly in protest against
monotony in prison fare.
Smith sought ringleaders. but
said he had not decided what action
he will take if he finds them.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Pardon Sale Case
Brings Merriam to
Spotlight Again
Continued From Page u

A0OullllutQ tIOll EdEt i
quoted George J. Calkins, San Jose
insurance man. as saying he haC
been placed on the state payroll
for seven months without any par
ticular duties to perform. Each
month he got a check for S165. he
said. Calkins said he asked Me1 =
riam what the money was for
and was told:
Don't worry-juSt take the mon
ay and 60 about your regular busl-
ness.
He also testified. Hoyt said. that
Merriam offered him the checking
concession at the new San Fran
cisco terminal building in a deal
in which Lee Megladdery, jr.. one
Of Merriam'S secretaries aSSertedly
was linked.
Megladdery, appointed to $4,000
year post as an Alameda county
superior court judge shortly before
Merriam left office, became the
jurys first casualty when he re
signed under fire.
N1OA ( AtISillAN illt oNdNC pei lSOllIlC.
board ousted its Secretary George
]. Claire. after Clare's name had
been brought into the inquiry in
connection with phone calls to
Megladdery.
The indictment came late yes
terday and placed a perjury charge
against Clarence A. Chick Leddy.
paroled San Jose slayer, whose SEN
tence was committed to time served
in another of Merriam's last Off
cial acts in office
Leddy was arrested in San Jose
five minutes after the indictment
was returned and held under $500
bail He was reported to have ad-
mitted teStitying falsely when first
questioned in regard to charges
$3.50 had been paid to Megladdery
and Edwin Geary, Oakland attor-
ney. in a deal to obtain executive
clemency for him.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
News Story Tells
Wife Of Murder

TAMPA. Fla. Feb. 4. CUP) =
Mrs. Frank Lawson Flake. who
learned from a newspaper story
that her husband had gone to
Pittsburgh and confessed the mIr-
der Of his first wife and baby. said
today that she loved him but never
wanted 10 see him again.
She had known him only as
Flake. bartender in a Jackson
vile hotel where she had been
cashier. They were married last
August and kept 1t secret for a
while because the management for
bade employees to internarry He
had told her he had been mar
ried previously, and that his wife
and baby had died in an automo-
bile accident. He had not liked TO
discuss il and she had never pres
sed him for details.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
CaImness, Good Sense, watchfu| Care
Best Advice to Combat Peril Arising
From !nfantiIe Paralysis in Valley
CONTINUED from Page i

Continued from Page i
if there arc no further victims and
a longer time. Of course If there
are more
As health officer. he planned no
general closing cf schools in the
county. Parents of Imperial chill
dren were asked to limit the ac-
tivitles Of their children outside OF
school but 10 send them to schro.
as usual unless they are i'll Il
children are even slightly Ill. he
asked that parents call their ply
sicians
Authorities apparently agree. to
physician said that the disease j..
more contagious in the early stages
than in the later stages.
Imperial schools viii continue
next week bur special precauticne
will be taken by Fox and his staff
Since so per cent Of the children
in Imperial schools live outside tnt
city the physician explained. -
is wise to continue classes as usua!
If schools closed the disease mieal
be spread all over the county. l.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Arnisfice Reached
In Harbor DISPUTE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. I. CUPl-An
armistice in a waterfront labor dis
pute remained in force today, fore
stalling another shutdown of Los
Angeles harbor.
A 80 day truce that expired last
night was extended another Is
days by the Marine Cargo Checkers
and the Waterfront Employers.
They said negotiations are prog
ressing satisfactorily The check
ers demand a straight hourly wage
and a greater spread Of work.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
THE POST.PRESS

Published every sunday by Tho
Imperial Valley Publishing com
panv. 625 State street. El Centro.
California. as successor 10 the
Sunday issues of The Morning
Post and Valley Farmer. and
the Saturday issue of the I'm
perial Valley Press.
Entered at Eel Centro. California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Paul Jenkins. publisher: A. G,
Johnston. vice-president an
general manager: +. A. Fitz-
hugh. secretary and managing
editor.
Member California Newspape-
Publishers Association.
West Holiday Co. Inc. Matte
al Advertising Representatives.
Subscription rates: SC per copy
or. in conjunction with the I'm
Derial Valley Press or The
Morning Post. Per month, soc:
Paid in advance: months.
S1.65: months, $3.25; one year
Sc 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Hearst Sues Guild
For $4,000 Total
On Libel Charge

CHICAGO, Feb. 4. (UP) - The
Chicago Newspaper Guild and 40
individuals were charged with libel
and conspiracy in a suit filed yes
terday by the Chicago Evening
American and the Herald and EX-
aminer for $4,000 damages.
The guild unit started a strike
against Hearst newspapers on Dec.
5, charging mass discharges and
coercion. Both newspapers have
continued publication.
The suit, filed by Edward G
Woods, attorney for the newspapers,
asserted that false statements had
been made intending to mislead
and deceive" the public in an
effort TO coerce the newspapers and
destroy" their business through
an alleged boycott. The defendants
were charged with having conspired
to disseminate false information
to customers of the newspapers"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

% deaths. won the highway patrol
cup. Riverside and Ventura were
tied with % each.
In Imperial county, there were
% deaths in 1888. so in 1897; As
i'll 1886; 26 rural deaths in 1888; Al
rural deaths in 1897, representing
a decrease in 1888 over 1897 of 18.
The state reduction in 1898 over
1887 was 364 and the rural reduc-
ton, 1888.
Cato revealed that 81 per cent
of the total decrease in fatalities
occurred in rural territory under
jurisdiction of the patrol. There
were six counties out of the states
SO which were unchanged. 80 and
a reduction and 20 had increases.
The honor roll for rural death
decreases included: San Joaquin,
%; Riverside, Ventura, %; Orange,
10; Imperial, 18; Yolo, II; Kings,
Is; Sacramento. 16; Merced, ID:
Shasta, II; Humboldt, Los An
geles, Il; Contra Costa, g. MADEIRA,
7; Alameda, 6; Kern, San Ber-
nardino, San Luis ObiSpo, 5; Marin,
3; Butte, Lake, Modoc, Napa, San
Benito. Siskiyou, Sutter, 2; and
Amador, Glenn, Mendocino, Plu-
mas, Sierra. Tuolumne, |.
Counties showing rural increases
were: Sonoma. II; Tulare, II; Te-
hama, 8; Santa Barbara, Santa
Cruz, 6; CalaveraS, Mono, 5; San
Diego. Stanislaus, 4; Fresno, Mari
poSa, 3; FL Dorado, Santa Clara,
2; Alpine, Colusa, Inyo, Lassen,
Nevada, Placer. Trinity, /. Total
78.
Counties showing no rural change
were Del Norte, Monterey, San
Francisco, San Mateo, Solano and
Yuba.
Victor Killick, patrol statistician,
said the state totals for he past
10 years: 1898. 2775; 1897, 3139;
1896, 1882; 1895, 28O6; 1884, 28O5;
1888, 2403; 1882, 1856; 1881, 2591;
1890, 1884, 1929, 2244
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Realtors Fined
For Operating
Without License

Ray Edwards and LleWellyn Sob
ke of the realty firm of H. H.
Griswold, inc. of CaleXico were
fined $40 Friday in CaleXico justice
court by Judge T. f. Anderson for
operating without a state license,
E. L. Eberling, deputy commissioner
for the California state real estate
division, declared.
Eberling, head of the San Diego
office, said several other realtors
were believed operating without Ii
censes in Imperial Valley and pre-
dicted charges will be brought in
other cases. Maximum penalty is
$500 fine or six months in Jail, or
both.
This is the first case of its kind
in the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

industry was seen IN a fire and eX-
plosion this morning at an airplane
spare parts factory.
1t was estimated that nearly TO-
600 policemen and detectives were
on emergency guard duty in the
London area alone even before
tooay's airplane factory explosion.
which occurred two and a half
miles from Windsor Castle, the great
gray pile which has come down as
a national heritage from Norman
times.
Scotland Yard has mobilized all
its vast resources after two subway
explosions yesterday. and after re-
ceiving secret intelligence from
northern Ireland that extremists
of the Irish Republican army"
organization were planning ma
tional campaign of dynamiting and
possibly Of assassination, it was
reported.
At 4 am. today there was an ex-
plosion in a rhoestat factory at
Slough, near Windsor. The factory
was making small parts for military
airplanes. Whether or not the ex-
r.osion was due TO an incendiary
bomb fire flashed through shed
after shed.
Scotland Yard executives and Of
ficials of the home office. in charge
of police all over the country, has
tened TO the factory.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Three Lost From
Fishing Boat

SAN DIEGO Feb 4 oUP)-Three
men were reported lost from the
fishing boat Columbia off Cape Col
pctt, $50 miles south Of San Diego,
the coast guard was notified today
The fishing boat Amelia radioed
il had anchored alongside the Col
umbia, which is unequipped with
radio facilities. and learned that
three members Of the crew had
been lost overheard Sunday. two Of
the bodies were recovered. the radio
message said.
The coast guard said no details
OF the tragedy were given.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Hope Abandoned
For Sub Crew

TOKYO. Feb 4. CUP)-Hope was
eblndone1 cay for the crew Of
cbout as men aboard Japan's long
range submarine. I-63, which was
sunk in stormy Bungo channel on
Thursday after a collision with a
sister submarine.
Navy shiDs went TO the rescue
but were unable to reach the sunk
cn ship because of the great depth
II the channel at the southwestern
end OF the japanese islands, anc
because Of the rough water
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Building Workers
End n. Y. Strike

NEW YORK, Feb. 4. (UP)-A
four day strike of 5000 building
maintenance workers ended today
with a compromise whereby the
workers got ST a week wage in
creases and had their work week
reduced from 48 to AT hours.
The strike had halted elevator
and heating services in hundreds
Of buildings and 100000 fur and
garment workers had been made
idle.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
England Increases
u. S.PIane Orders

LONDON, Feb. 4. CUP)-The air
ministry announced today that il
is increasing its orders for air.
planes from the United States. il
view Of prospective improved de-
liveries'
Contracts have been negotiated,
the announcement said. for delivery
within the period contemplated in
the original orders Of $50 instead OF
200 Lockheed reconnaissance planes
and 400 instead Of 200 North Ameri-
can Trainer Harvards.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Labor Board Sets
EmpIoye Election

WASHINGTON. Feb. !. CUP) -
The National Labor Relations boarc
today ordered a collective bargain
ing election within Is days among
approximately 1000 employees of Il
fish packing companies in the Mon
terey, Calf. bay area
The poll was ordered over pro-
tests of the American Federation o.
Labor cannery workers union whicE
has a preferential shop contract
with the packers.
Workers will choose between the
AFL union and the Monterey Ba;
Fish Workers union CCIOj.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Mexican Sentenced
To City Basiile

Manuel Fernandez pleaded guilty
to q drunkenness charge in Ell Cen
tro police court Saturday and was
sentenced to pay a $40 fine or
serve five days in jail, Lawrence
Bandoy pleaded not guilty to
drunkenness and disturbing the
peace complaints and trial was set
fer Thursday. Frank Murray plead
ed not guilty to drunkenness and
will be tried Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
BROTHER DIES

Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. McDougle
planned to leave Saturday night for
Long Beach. called there by the
death of McDougle's brother,
Charles McDougle. The death oc-
CURED Friday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
CASABON HEIRS FOUND

Three sisters of the late Alfred
Casabon, Ell Centro resident who
died intestate last June Is, were
declared his heirs and delegated to
receive the estate. The sisters are
Marceline Vignolles. Teresa c..
Dullier. and Anna Langlois
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
ONTARIO MAN KILLED
AT RAIL CROSSING

ONTARIO Cal, Feb. 4. up
Edward ID. Shook, n, Ontario, was
killed when an eaSt-bouno Union
Pacific passenger train struck and
demolished his automobile at the
Vine avenue crossing yesterday. The
engine crew said the aged man
inove onto the crossing despite the
warning signal
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
TORPEDO KILLS TWO

ROME, Feb. 4. (UP)-Two men
were killed and one injured by the
premature explosion of torpedo
fired from the torpedo boat Deza
during naval exercises yesterday
off Naples, an official announce
ment said today
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Imperial on Honor Roll
AS State Counts Sharp
Traffic Deoth Decline

SACRAMENTO, Feb. A. (UP) = California traffic.
deaths decreased 6 per cent in 1888 1887 with the
total of 2775 fatalities the lowest in five years Chief E.
Raymond Cato of the California Highway Patrol
ed TODAY San Joaquin county with rural reduction of
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Bomber Wings 10
Chile with Aid
For Ouuke Areo

LANGLEY FIELD Va. Feb. l. (UP)-A L. S. army
plane-the worlds biggest bomberook off early today
for 400 mile flight to Chile carrying medical supplies
for earthquake victims.
The flight combined mission of mercy and training
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Scotland Yard Closes Parliament TO
Public, Guards Windsor Castle as
Terrorism Campaign Spreads

LONDON Feb H. (UP)-Scotland Yard closed the
houses of parliament to the public today and took
gency precautions safeguard historic Windsor Castle be-
of national terrorism campaign ascrbed the
Irish Republican army threat to the national defense
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license Was issued
Friday to Breck F. Roberts, 81. and
Ruth Shurley, %, Phoenix residents.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

SELL farm produce through
Pest Press Want Ads.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-18
Active Work
Is Started
By Schools

Active work was started in all
grades of city and county schools to-
day, with students equipped with their
books and other necessities. At the
office of Superinten dent E. M. Rol-
Inns, it was said no information had
been received about material increase
in the number enrolled.
Students reported for registration
last Thursday, and were furnished
their books on Friday and lessons as
signed. Active class work was the
order today. Pupils were becoming
acclimated to their new rooms and
teachers and apparently the semester
was starting off in a satisfactory
manner.
Meetings of teachers were held
last week to acquaint faculty mem
berS whit the details Of the system
of operation, and organizations were
taking on a smooth functioning to-
day.
The only school not in operation
is that at Dabney, where a series of
court orders forbade the start of the
session last Thursday along with the
other white and colored schools Of
the city and county. 9x
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-18
Clinics For
.Cripples To
Be Resumed

After a lapse of three months,
cripple clinics held monthly here fol
the past three years will be resumed
next Wednesday, it was announced
today from the Vance County Health
Department. The suspension during
the summer months was thought ad-
visable due to the hot weather.
Dr. w. F. Cole, of Greensboro,
will be in charge of the clinic and
make the examination of the patti
ents The examinations will begin
at one o'clock in the afternoon at
Central school, where special room
has been fitted up for the purpose.
DR.. Cole has attended every one
of the clinics since the work here
was started in the spring of 1886. All
examinations are free and there is
no cost to patients unless there is
surgical work or the necessity for
purchasing artificial limbs or other
devices.
The clinic, which has been at
tended by hundreds of cripples dur
ing the three-year period, is for
Vance and surrounding counties. 1t
is under the joint auspices Of the
county health authorities and the
State Board of Health.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-18
NOTICE OF RESALE.

An advance bid having been made
upon the property hereinafter set
vt. and pursuant to an order issued
~ the Clerk of the Superior Court
If Vance County, North Carolina,
4 the Special Proceeding entitled
Tobe Young and wife, Mary Clark
voung; Wesley Young and wife, An
lie Webb Young; Lucy Young Clark
-'idow, VS.. Ed Young and wife, Lulu
Young; David Cook, David B. Cooke
r.. Vernice Cook, (minor), Johnnie
Bell Cook (minor), Marie Cook
(minor), Otelia Cook (minor), Joe
linton Cook (minor), Calvin Cook,
(minor), Leonard Cook (minor),
Mingo Brodie and wife, Geneva
Brodie; Isabelle Brodie Hunt and
husband, Sylvester Hunt; jamie
Brodie Howard and husband, John
toward, Walter H. Brodie and wife,
Jovella Brodie", the same being
'ocketed in the special proceeding
locket in the office of the Clerk Of
ne Superior Court of Vance County
nd pursuant to further orders Of
id Court for resale the underSign-
Commissioner will again offer for
ale, at public auction, to the highest
doer, for cash, at the Courthouse
ocr in Henderson, North Carolina,
Ut IL o'clock. Noon, on Wednesday,
October 4, 1899, the following de-
scribed real estate:
Begin at stone in DR.. V. E. Tur-
ner's line situated poles and 70
links west of a branch and run
thence S So w sc ft. to stone,
thence N AZ w 35 TT. to a stone;
hence N 53 56 ft. to stone IN
turner's line thence along Turner
line S So Al it. to beginning. Re-
ference is hereby made to deed re-
corded in Book 4, page 323, IN office
If Register of Deeds of Vance County
cor further description.
Begin in a branch Scylla Dukes
corner in DR.. V. E. Turner's line ano
run thence up said branch as II
neanders S 81 w 80 ft. to stake
5cylla Dukes corner; thence N A.
w 80 it. to a stone, thence N 53 y ot
r. to stone in DR.. Turner's line
thence along his line S Sc E 81 1T. &c
',eginning. Reference is hereby maze
20 deed recorded in Book IL, page
"a. Vance County Registry, for FUR
her description.
Ridding to start at $4,000.
This the 18th day Of September
1882 ..-.....,.
1 1Q-o5
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-18
K|KER AND SCOTT
0NROTARYP PROGRAM
District Governor to Pay Ot-
ficial Visit; Farmers to
Attend Session

W. Kerr Scott, of Raleigh, North
Carolina Commissioner OF Agrlcul-
ture, and w. b. Ki1er, of ReldsVllle'
district governor, will headline inc
program at the regular weekly meet
ing of the Rotary club Tuesday even
ing at O'clock at the Vance hotel.
District Governor Kiker will be
paying his official visit to the Hen
derson club, and all officials, dlrec-
tors and committee heads have been
asked to meet at the hotel at o'clock
for conference with the governor
before the regular meeting convenes.
The rural-urban program is IN
charge of M. F. Legg and prominent
farmers of this section are to be
guests at the meeting.
District Governor Kiker is a high
way builder, member of the Reids-
vile Rotary club, and was elected
governor of the 198th district at Ro-
tary'S International 30th convention
in Cleveland last June
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-18
Ice Cream Is
Given Orphans
From Masons

Some twelve to fifteen Henderson
Masons Sunday afternoon went to
Oxford and treated the big family
of the Oxford Orphanage to ice cream
and cake, and heard the host OF
young people shout their approval
of a suggestion that the event be
made an annual affir
The group gathered at the Masonic
temple on Young street and went in
a body by automobile to the orphan
age. The children wore gathered on
the lawn of the institution and the
cake and cream was served by the
Henderson Masonic group.
AT the conclusion, Superintendent
Rev c. K. Proctor expressed the
thanks and appreciation of the young
people for the generosity of the
Masonic friends. c. O. Seifert, for
the Henderson people, responded and
voiced the pleasure they had re-
ceived in being able to treat the chill
dren.
A number of the Henderson Ma
sons took their wives with them to
the orphanage. The weather was
favorable for the outdoor treat, and
every one was said to have tAjOyed
the affair.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-18
Meth0dists
Plan Course

Raleigh, Sept. 18.-Definite an
nouncement OF course and inStruc-
tors for the Leadership Training
Week to be held by the MethOdists
OF the Raleigh district at EdentOn
Street church in Raleigh October
l-6 was made here today. A splendid
array of courses is being offered and
q number of outstanding leaders will
be in Raleigh to lead them. All Meth
odist cnurcnes IN this area are ex-
pected to have representative to at
tend the school.
Miss Alma Cade, director of chill
dren's work in the North Carolina
conference, will teach a course on
Teaching Children, designed for
workers with nursery and beginner
children. material for Primary
children" and materials for Junior
Children" will be taught by Miss
Marie Mcdonald and Mrs. Goode,
respectively, both of them specialists
in their field. These three courses
will cover the entire field Of chill
dren's work in the church. In the
young peoples field, Mrs. Earl w.
Brian, of Raleigh, a former director
of young peoples work in the con-
ference, will teach personal Reli-
gion," a course for young people only
Q5-23 years.. A new course in the
young adult field, Reaching Young
Adults" will be taught by Rev.
Floyd Patterson, the conference di-
rector Of adult week.
In addition to these specialization
courses, there will be four courses
Of general interest to all workers in
the church school, Rev. r. w. Brad
shaw, the conference secretary OF
Christian education, and well known
to all of North Carolina, will teach
course of "Christian Education in
the Local Church." Evangelism
Methodist's Perennial Tack" will be
taught by Rev. J. H. Barnhardt, dis
trict superintendent of the Raleigh
district, and will be a course Of in
tereSt to all young people and adults
A course Of great appeal to any one
will be "The Teachings of Jesus,
which will be given by DR.. H. E.
Spence, Of the Duke School of Re-
ligion. Every person interested in
the whole recreational program of
the church and community is look
ing forward to the coming Of E. O.
Harbin, member of the young peo-
pies division staff of the whole
church in Nashville, Tenn, and a
we'll known expert in the recreational
field His course will be "Recrea-
tional leadership