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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20

With refunding, close study OF
existing conditions and terms OF
the modification plan showed. the
district will be able to live within
its income, make necessary re-
pairs and additions to its system
and establish its credit and the
credit of its people.
Without refunding. the district
faces an economic crisis unparalel-
led in its history.
"If we don't approve this plan,
one informed farmer declared Mon
day, " a bunch of these unfriendly
bondholders are ready to jump on
us with hob-nailed boots, and try
to squeeze their interest money out
of the pulp that's left"
He referred to mandamus action
which almost certainly will be flleo
by non -depositing bondholders UNI
less the refunding plan intervenes
Through such suits, the bondholders
could force a tax rate of from SO
to $12 on district lands. Unable to
pay, farmers would lose their lands
through delinquency The district
would be forced to sell the lands
and turn over the proceeds to bond
holders to meet their obligations
BY that time the district could take
advantage Of the state irrigation
districts act to control the size OF
its assessment rate-but the harm
would have been done. The farmer
would be without his farm, the dis
trict would be without drainage, and
Imperial Valley would be without
credit.
In order to place itself under the
particular clause of the irrigation
districts act in question, the dis
trict would have to first levy al
the necessary high figures, and col
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Roosevelt Boosts
William Douglas
To oSupreme Court
Arch New Deal RefOrmer
Succeeds Brandeis on
Highest Tribunal

WASHINGTON, Mar. 20.
(UP) - President Roosevelt
today nominated to the su-
preme court Chairman Will
liam O. Douglas of the Sc
curities and exchange commission,
an arch New Dealer and reformer
of the nations securities markets.
Douglas, Al, who was born in Min
nesota, reared in Washington state.
and educated in the east. was
named to succeed Louis Dembitz
Brandeis, who resigned.
The nomination was sent to the
senate, where immediate indications
were that there would be little dis
pute over his confirmation.
Douglas was nominated as from
Connecticut, where he formerly
taught law at Yale. but because or
his background and political beliefs
it was believed he would be ac-
ceptable to most of the western
senators for a representative on
the court.
AS presently constituted, the
court has only one justice consider
ed a westerner-Associate Justice
Pierce Butler whose home in Min
nesota
At Al, Douglas is one of the
youngest men ever nominated for
the supreme court.
The nomination, completing the
nine man personnel of the high
court, was President Roosevelt's
fourth appointment to supreme
bench. But it will not affect the
close liberal l-conservativ alignment
directly since Douglas will succeed
Brandeis, considered one of the
foremost liberals ever to sit on the
court.
The nomination gives President
Roosevelt a solid phalanx of four
justices sympathetic to the liberal
objectives OF the New Deal. These
four are his nominees-Hugo L.
Black, Stanley Reed, Felix Frank
furter and Douglas.
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes, Harlan F. Stone and Owen
j. Roberts often have sided with
the liberal group, leaving only
Justices Butler and James c. Nc
Reynolds as the remnants of the
once dominant conservative majori-
tV
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Aeronautic Authorities Open Probe
To Determine Cause Of Fatal Crash
OF Half Million Dollar Strato|iner

prevailing belief was that the plane,
being tested in a power dive Sat-
urday afternoon for a Netherlands
air mission, two of whose members
were aboard, had literally come
apart after a wing had crumpled
Most eyewittnesses agreed that
once disabled, whether from the
sheering of the wing or some other
structural disability, the air liner
spun to earth like a giant pinwheel
scattering parts over wide area,
Those aboard were trapped and all
were crushed when it demolished
itself on the slopes of Mt Rainier
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Valley COP Group
Meets with Hoover

Imperial Valley Republicans join
ed those of the five southern com-
ties at a conference with Herbert
Hoover Sunday in the Riverside
Mission Inn.
Matters of party interest we're dis
cussed, each county having a dele
cation of approximately 20 mem
bers. Imperial, San Diego. Orange.
San Bernardino and Riverside coun-
ties were represented at the con-
ference.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Students Save 8
From Drowning

YUMA, March 90 (UP) - Eight
persons returned here today from
a Sunday motorboat ride on Lake
Haughtelin, across the state line in
California, and told story of be-
ing saved from possible drowning
when their boat capsized on a turn
The rescue was made by several
Yuma high school students who
were picknicking nearby and had
two rowboats.
Rescued were Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Benton, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Cam
puzano and their infant daughter
all of Yuma, and Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Rivera of Andrade, and their
infant son.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20

The special message, confirming
previous assurance from Morgen-
thau that no increase in the debt
maximum will be necessary Inn
mediately, was sent to congress
where Republicans and consern-
tive Democrats. united In an econ
omy rebellion, had been prepar-
ing to open an attack on adminis-
tration fiscal policies II an increase
in the debt limit had been request
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Walker Named on
Irrigation Group

Assemblyman Clarence r. Walk
er of Westmorland was elevated to
vice-chairman of the important
Committee on Irrigation, it was an
nounced in Sacramento Monday.
Walker, large landowner in the
valley, is believed to be the most
qualified member of the committee
to discuss irrigation problems.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Two Boys Sought
As Fuqitives

Imperial county officers searched
Monday for two youths who es-
capped this weekend from a forest
ry camp at Pine Valley stole a car
and abandoned IL at Imperial.
Chief of Police W. H. Burton
found the machine stalled in I'M
perial where the boys apparently
abandoned it when motor trouble
developed.
The boys are Dennis Swords, IT,
blond and blue eyed; and Lawrence
Leach, II, dark and stocky.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20

SEATTLE, Wash, March 20 (UP)
The civil aeronautics authority
directed an investigation today in
the mid-air demolition of $780,
600 Boeing sub-statosphere trans
port which took ten lives and seri-
ously retarded aviations conquest
of the thin air miles above the
earth.
Frank Caldwell, chief of the au-
thority's investigating board, view
ed the wreckage today, took several
instruments from the planes twist
ed control room but said no clue
had been found pointing to a defi-
mite cause for the crackup. The
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Seven va|Ieyites Injured in Two
Accidents During Weekend Holiday

She is in a serious condition in the
Brawley hospital. Cron and their
seven-year-old son, John, also were
injured but not so seriously as the
three women. The Richardson car
was knocked into the Moss canal
by the force of the impact.
Mrs. Vera McCool, San Diego, was
seriously injured early Monday
morning when a car driven by her
husband, w. D. McCool, failed to
make a turn a short distance east
of Mt. Springs. She was taken to
San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20

oVdIINIIIIB BUFtIIIIIIUIIU UUIIUo.
The president transmitted a let
ter from Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, jr., informing
him that the current balances of
the treasury indicate no immediate
necessity for advancing the ceiling
on the maximum public debt.
The public debt is approaching
$4,000, 100000. The treasury state-
ment today showed that the debt
on March II was $39, ,948, ,995, ,124.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Three Injured in
Crash Near Here

Three persons suffered injuries IN
an automobile accident st the in
tersection of the Central Valley
highway and highway 80 east of
Ell Centro early Sunday.
Pearl Mae Humble, 35, Brawley.
driver of one car, M. j. Mann, 26,
Brawley. and Olga Burgess, Ell
Centro, passengers, were treated by
an Ell Centro physician and taken
to their homes.
Judson Harvey Porter, Al, Braw-
ley, was the driver of the other
Carr.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Hindu Rancher to
Be Tried tuesday

Lahab Singh, Hindu rancher, will
go to trial before a jury in superior
court Tuesday on charge of mur-
dering his friend Mangel Singh,
near Brawley last Dec. /.
The trial was scheduled for Mon
day but was continued because the
defense attorney, Ed Hervey, was
unable to be present because of
court appearance in San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Refunding Plan
Only Way Out Of
District Trouble
Program Would Allow Valley to Live
Within Present Income; Large Majority
Expected at Special Election Wed.
: BY E. A. FITZHUGH

Note-Thi the sixth and last of series of articles
dealing discussed individual phases
refunding plan
Bond refunding reduced to its simplest terms, means
solvency the Imperial Irrigation District supporters
of the proposal pointed out Monday as Imperial valley
prepared to go to the polls Wednesday mark up what
eXpected TO be large majority in favor OF retundng
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Britain Rallies Nations
Against Hitler: Rumonio
Dickerin9 With Germany
Russia Accepts English Suggestion for
Cooperation; Halifax Declares Nazis
Observe Only Selfish Interests

LONDON, March 20. (UP)-Great Britain rallied Eu
ropean today against Adolf Hitler on the ground
that he is deliberately smashing sovereign frontiers m
the imperial interests of Germany
The government of Prime Minister Neville Chamber
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
Broadway Rooms
Swept by Fire.
Damage $4,000
Firemen at Loss to Explain Rumor Baby
Burned to Death; NobodyLeftin
Building, Declares Department Chief

Salvage Monday looked the charred wreck
age of the Broadway Rooms 582 Broadway in Ell Centro
after $4,000 fire swept the frame building Sunday eve-
ming Flames that shot high into the air. attracting hun
reds of curious spectators who hronged nearby streets
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
No Need TO Boost Debt Limitation,
President Tells Congress, But Asks
Increase in Limit on u. s. Bonds

WASHINGTON March 20 (UP)-President Roose-
vet informed congress today that there is no present
necessity for legislation to increase the legal limitation of
000000000 the total public debt but recommended
increase of the present $30000 100000 limitation
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20
p AMBLING
IMPORTER

Volta Life
Ken Baker won't forget FL Gen.
tro. Not after such a night as Sat
urday night, for it was good deal
more than just another orchestra
engagement.
Few knew the trials and tribula-
tionS that Ken endured in order
to WELD a baton and smile on the
crowds at the Elks party, but here
is the whole story:
Friday Ken prayed in Yuma and
flew to Los Angeles Saturday morn
ing for a few movie takes" The
same day he raced to Long Beach
for a personal appearance and then
back to Hollywood for some more
movie work. En- route to Ell Cen
tro by automobile Ken was involved
in an accident at Oceanside and
suffered size injury. Then he
Travelled by bus to San Diego where
he received first aid and chartered
q plane and flew to Ell Centre III
time for the dance. Still without
sleep, he left at. dawn Sunday by
bus!
All of which completely squelches
any idea RR ever had Of wanting
to be an orchestra leader.
Experimental Fizzle-
Hans Merklein had a good idea,
but it didn't work.
After riding horseback Sunday
morning Hans began to have mis-
givings about the resultant sore
ness In various parts of his ana
tony. so in the afternoon he took
a series of setting up exercises, ex-
pecting this to eliminate the after
effects.
Monday morning Hans knew the
idea was failure. He was just
one hobble ahead of the wheel
chairl
Darn it, ! wish ] would stay
away from those western movies
They give me dangerous ideas" he
remarked.
Tough Trailing
Our heart simply throbs with ad-
miration for the lengths to which
some folk will 60 for exercise. Take
this group, for example, Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Fox, Mr.. and Mrs
Lawrence Niles and Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam PaySon.
They went out on gem-hunting
expedition Sunday, got lost on the
desert and walked Is miles before
finally wandering back to their
camp, completely gem-less.
Mr.. GOdiva-
Next time Charlie Farrell goes
fishing, RR bets he will take along
an extra pair of pants.
Up at Imperial dam Sunday
Charlie was fussing with his OUT
board motor when the machine
Continued on Page 2, Col. 3
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20

Butter: Los Angeles, 24e; but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, 31c; manufacturing milk.
241ac; route gathered cream, &c.
L. A. Hay: U. S. No. 1, Si1.o0i No.
2 leafy. S13-13.5O; No. 2 Sff-1i.50.
Minneapolis flax May S1.761s.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-20

Total cash, checks and drafts sent
through the two Ell Centre banks.)
Saturday $364,968.67
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
TRAPPING SEASON
BEGINS in STATE
COUNTY AUDITORS OF
FICE HERE ISSUES 80
TO 40 PERMITS

1t is now legal to trap mink,
raccoon and skunk, according to
regulations placed in the hands of
game wardens.
The season on mink opened
November and continues until
January 81; on raccoon from
November l to December l and on
skunk from October 20 to March
1-all dates inclusive.
Between 80 and 40 licenses are
sold every year by Auditor Ira R.
Rogers to Redwood county trap
pers. Of these, few make their
entire living through proceeds
from peltS.
The seasons on muskrat and
beaver will be designated by the
department of conservation, but
the state law provides that the
muskrat season must not exceed
80 days in any one year and be
set between March l and April 80.
The next season on bear will
occur simultaneously with the
biennial deer season next fall.
No non-residents are permitted
to trap fur-bearing animals in
Minnesota. Residents must obtain
state license, which costs ST., ex-
cept in the case of beaver which
costs $3.50.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
Checker Teams
OF County Draw
League Schedule

DevoteeS of the squared square
in six Redwood county towns
have checked ID calendar dates as
the ones on which they'll meet in
checker league combat.
Two Redwood Falls teams, two
groups of Belview pausers, two
Wabasso organizations and single
aggregations from Milroy, Nor
gan and Lucan make up the nine
club loop. They'll begin play in
home-and-home series Monday
night.
Redwood Falls first team sell
ected in recent elimination meets,
includes: William Stoneback, j. S.
Siverts, A. L. Britton and Ben
Pelz. The Redwood Knights" the
city's second team will be made
up of four men from this group:
Clifford Wilkinson, Clark Spon-
augle, Loren Krusemark, George
T. Freyer, Howard Dirlam and H.
Kronoveter.
The seasons checker schedule
will be interrupted by county
tournament February to 8, the
winner to enter the state meet
February IL.
The schedule for this month:
November Is
Milroy at Redwood Knights
Redwood Falls at Lucan
Morgan at BelvieW
Belview Aces at Wabasso No.
November 20
Redwood Falls at Milroy
Redwood Knights at Morgan
Lucan at BelvieW Aces
Belview Kings at Wabasso No. 2
November 81
Milroy at Morgan
Belview Aces at Redwood Falls
WabaSSo No. 2 at Redwood
Knights
Wabasso No. l at Belview Kings
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
REDWOOD FALLS

November 13: Redwood Falls vs.
Clements, Renville VS.. Morton, Fords
VS.. Lucan.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
and PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN,S LEAGUE

November 13: Smith Agency VS.
Alley Cats; Reynolds Line VS.. Bell
BoWlers; Miss Hits VS.. Shell Gutter
Ball Girls
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
League Cage
Season Opens
November Il
ONE REDWOOD FALLS
TEAM ENTERS; WILL
PLAY GAMES AWAY

Redwood county's seven-team
basketball league arranged its
schedule at meeting in the Red
wood Falls city hall Thursday
night, setting November 81 as the
opening day and listing the last
games February l.
Holmberg's Chevrolet company
is sponsoring the only Redwood
Falls team in the league but since
the aggregation has no floor re-
gularly available, it will play no
home games. Clarence Kraemer is
manager.
Other loop teams and managers
are: Wabasso, Lyman Hassenstab;
Delhi, Bob Starr; Morgan, Charles
Whitcomb; Echo, r. Grams; Lam
berton, F. Myers and Belview,
manager to be elected.
The county tournament will be
held February z to 8, district
tournament dates are February Ia,
Is and l6 and the state meet Feb
ruary %, "a, and 25.
The county schedule follows:
November 21: Morgan at Delhi:
Lamberton at Echo; Holmberg's at
Wabasso.
November Is: Holmberg's at Echo
Wabasso at Belview; Delhi at Lam
berton.
, December Z: Holmberg's at Lam
berton; Delhi at Wabasso; Belview at
Morgan.
December II: Echo at Wabasso:
Belview at Lamberton; Holmberg's at
Morgan.
December 10: Holmberg's at Bel
view; Wabasso at Morgan; Delhi at
Echo.
January 6: Wabasso at Lamberton;
Delhi at Belview: Echo at Morgan.
January 8: Morgan at Lamberten;
Holmberg's at Delhi; Echo at Bel
view.
January IL: Delhi at Morgan; Echo
at Lamberton; Holmberg's at Wa
DaSSo.
January 16: Lamberton at Delhi;
Holmberg's at Echo; Belview at Wa
baSSO.
January IS: Holmbergs at Lamber-
ton; -Wabasso at Delhi; Morgan at
Belview.
January %: Wabasso at Echo:
Iamberton at Belview; Holmbergs at
Morgan.
Continued on page two)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09

BOB PAFFRATH is usually
pictured clutching a ball but his
duty Dith the Minnesota Gophers
has been that of blocking quart
erback. In the Northwestern game
tDhich Minnesota lost II to : Sat-
urday, the Gopher ball carriers
shoaUed up best ,Dhen the Red
tDood Falls boy 1aS in the lineup.
This week he may be shifted to
halfbdck.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
CARDS COMPLETE
SCHEDULE FRIDAY
AT SPRINGFIELD
6 WINS, 2 DEFEATS is
CLUBS RECORD; II
FINISH CAREERS

Redwood Falls High school will
complete another coed gridiron
season at Springfield Friday eve
ming, one of four games in the
Little Ten conference this week
end which will decide the final
standings.
Already the winner in six of
eight games played, the Cardinals
have collected al points to their
opponents 81 and are easily one
of the better teams of the league.
They have defeated five league
foes and lost only to Marshall and
Tracy, avenging the latter in a
return contest.
Among teams eligible for the
title, they occupy second place
and if they win again will be tied
for first on percentage basis if
New Ulm is able to dispose of
Sleepy Eye. On the points sys-
tenn by which conference titles
have been decided, Redwood has
the advantage of several more
games than other teams.
This year Springfield has play
ed fewer conference schools than
usual, scheduling Olivia, Sher-
burn, Truman and Madelia as
schools more in its enrolment
bracket. They have piled up a
string of victories which may
have conditioned them for faster
opposition. In the league they
won TO over st. James and
lost 1876 to Sleepy Eye, the In
dams piling up three touchdowns
after a bad start.
This weekend is grudge week.
end in the conference, time for
the Armistice battles in which
there is no armistice. Besides the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
kNUDsoNs JEwELRY

November Is: IGA VS.. Oilers; Knud-
sons jewelers. VS.. Jaehnings; Morgan
VS.. Green Parrot
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
Title at Stake in League Clashes

New Ulm-Sleepy Eye fight for
a high place in the standings
there is the Marshall-Tracy game
at Tracy which is always TO
the last man" affair. This year
Hutchinson and Glencoe are both
nosing about in the cellar, but
the Mcleod county champion
ship will be quite as important
as ever when the teams vie at
Glencoe.
Springfield and Redwood have
played 16 games through the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
PLAYER INJURED

New Avon - Hills Slaymaker,
Mankato Teachers college player,
is at home with broken nose and
badly bruised face, received in a
90 football game with st. Cloud
Saturday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
MADGE ScHENck

November 10: Rolling Bowlers VS.
Madge Schenck's; Lucky Strikes VS.
Maude BOYS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
FARMERS ELEVATOR

November 8: Waits VS.. Ink Sling
ers, Courthouse VS.. Holmbergs, Red
Owl VS.. Farmers Elevator.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09

GAMES THIS WEEK
Montevideo at Willmar
Redwood Falls at Springfield
Fairmont at Blue Earth
Hutchinson at Glencoe
st. James at Madelia
Sleepy Eye at New Ulm
Window at Jackson
Marshall at Tracy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09

The Springfield game will mean
goodbye to high school football
for an even dozen members of the
squad, including several stars.
Next years eleven will miss:
Andy Smith, Paul KOhler, Jim
Dwyer, Elmer Diekmeier, Paul
Duea, Howard Hoffman, Pat By
ram, George Barnes, Stan Young.
Tom WOlvertOn, John BOvee and
Myrl Jett.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09

years since 1905, the Cardinals
holding the edge in victories IL to
2. Three tie contests have been
recorded, the first in 1907 when
Springfield won a return battle.
That was the Fielders' only tri-
umph until the 1887 team found
the Brown countians victory
hungry and appeased their appe-
tite IL to Z.
The record:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09
Strikes and Spares
LAUTERsAcHs-won 8

November IA: Aune's VS.. Lauter-
bachs, Cox Oil VS.. Galleas, Red &
White VS.. Botsfords.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-09

SCORES LAST WEEK
Waconia AZ, Hutchinson 6
Clarkfield 33, Benson 0
Springfield 20, Sherburn 6
Glencoe 6, st. Peter 0
Pipestone O, Brookings. S. d. II
New Ulm IL. Arlington 0
Willmar 81, Glenwood 0
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
Two Hurt When Taxi
Turns Over

Two persons were injured Sunday
as a Washington taxi turned over
at the intersection of the Chesa-
peake City road and the new dual
highway. This was the fifth accident
since the new road has been opened.
Miss Thelma Lewis and Joseph F.
Scalley, both of Washington, were
the injured persons. Miss Lewis
suffered decorations of the head,
face, arms and legs, while Scalley
has a possible fractured skull.
The accident happended when the
driver failed to make the turn and
the cab turned over five times, land
ing in a nearby field.
The Elkuon Chamber of Commerce
has made several appeals to the
state road commissioner suggesting
that q traffic light be placed at the
corner, but no action has been
taken.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
Parent-Teachers Associa-
ton Meets

The Rising Sun Parent-Teachers
Association held their October meet
ing in the High School Auditorium,
Thursday evening, October q. A
short entertainment, consisting of
vocal and instrumental music was
presented by the High School.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The President, Mr.. Macdonald,
appointed a committee of three to
procure playground equipment for
the elementary school.
Each room in the High and Ele-
mentary schools has been urged to
persuade their parents to attend
the Parent Teachers meetings and
help them to be "a success.
The President announced meet
ing of the officers and teachers
would be held in the High School
Auditorium, Tuesday evening, Octo-
Der 81, for the purpose of outlining
a program for the next meetings.
Dues were collected. Refreshments
were served, then the meeting ad-
journed to meet in November.