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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-22
Stirrup Trial CONTINUING =
Today In Criminal Court
Verdict In Case Not Ex-
pected Until At Least
Late Hour This Eve
ming

Criminal court. presided over
by Judge William v. AlburY. re-
sumed activity this morning with
the examining of state witnesses
in the case of the state against
Fernando Stirrup. charged with
manslaughter in the matter of the
death of Alice Eiklor. who was
injured fatally in the accident on
January rs when an automobile
driven by Siirrup and a motor
bike on which the Eiklor girl was
riding with a girl friend met at
the corner of White amp Division
streets. Miss Eiklor died the fol-
lowing day.
This morning witnesses for the
state finished giving their testi-
mony. There were four of them
examined at the morning session
which concluded the examination
of the states witnesses, who
numbered altogether Is, intro
duced by County Solicitor Allan
B. Cleare, ID having been exam
ined yesterday afternoon upto 6
o'clock when Judge Albury an
nounced a recess until this morn
ing.
Start Examination
This morning the examining of
witnesses for the defense was
started, but before the taking of
testimony was begun, members
of the jury were permitted to
make an examination of the auto
mobile and the motorbike, which
figured in the accident.
They returned to the court
room and at 1915 o'clock a re-
cess for lunch was ordered by
the judge. AT 100 p. m. the jury
was back in the box ready to list
en- to the witnesses who were to
be introduced for the defense.
Verdict Not Expected Soon
1t is not anticipated that a YER
dict will be reached this after
mono, and if it is it will be at a
late hour as there are six wit
neSses to be introduced, and it
will at least take one hour and
a half for the county solicitor and
the attorney for the defense to
make their summing up address
es to the jury.
Members of the jury panel who
are to decide the matter at issue
are: Arturo Henriquez, Stanley
Key, ,Myrtland Gates, Leonard F.
Curry, John Walker and Faustino
Rendueles, Jr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-22
WASHINGTON.
Roosevelt

today was given back 100000
600 of the relief cut the House
voted recently, and New Deal
forces are working to get back
an additional $25,000,00O. Con-
gress generally is noting a trend
toward no new taxes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-22
BUCHAREST

BUCHAREST.-A half million
troops are to be modified in Ru-
mania as soon as possible by King
Carol, who has postponed signing
the trade treaty with Germany
and is believed to have done so
at the instance of the Allied ma
tons.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-22

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-22

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Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Dinner Dance
To Open Elks
Social Season

Cal Rector, exalted ruler, and
Robert Rayburn, chairman of the
entertainment committee of the El
Centro Lodge, BPOE. No. 1925,
promise a "bang-up" affair for
their dinner dance Thursday eve
ming.
The Elks dinner dances are great
favorites with members and their
guests, and nothing has been SPAR
ed to make this one an outstanding
success. In view of the cooler
weather and the cooling facilities
of the hall, the opening of the So
cial season by the lodge was set
up month, the first dinner-dance
being held in october last year.
Dinner, featuring roast turkey as
its main course, will be served at
o'clock with dancing to follow at
$50. An 8-piece orchestra has been
procured and the floor has been
completely refinished and is, accord
ing to Henry Swanson, secretary,
"as smooth as smooth"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
500 Enrolment
Goal Set by4.H

A membership of 500 members is
the goal of the Imperial Valley All
club this year, H. Lee Landerman
reported Tuesday, as plans were
completed for the annual organiza- =
ton drive which will start on Oct. l..
Landerman pointed out that 18
clubs in the valley last year set a
new enrolment record with 4l9
club members. Three additional
clubs this year, Mulberry, Meloland
and Rose-Mesquite, will swell the
attendance mark past the 500 mark
Landerman said.
The All club director, however
explained that club organization
would be completed before new
members would be admitted. Lam
derman indicated it might be nee
essary to restrict membership in
creaseS in some clubs.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Lucille Cannon
w ds in Yuma, to
Remain in Valley

Marriage of Miss Loucille Can
non, a graduate of Holtville high
school and presently employed in
the offices of B. A. Harrigan, coun-
ty agricultural commissioner to w.
H. Cook, aeronautical engineer at
North Island, was announced Tues
day.
Miss Cannon, the daughter OF
Mrs. L. N. Cannon of Twin Falls,
Idaho, and Cook were married in
Yuma Sunday morning at the Yuma
Presbyterian church. Rev. Atchin-
son performed the ceremony.
Cook, the son of Mrs Clayton
Cook of San Diego, returned to the
coast Sunday night. His wife Will
remain in the valley to retain her
position in Harrigan's office.
The bride was gowned in navy
blue sheer, with navy blue accessor-
les. She carried bouquet OF white
gardenias.
Miss Anne Warren, who accom-
panied the young couple to YYuma,
was gowned in black sheer With
black and white accessories.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Legion Auxiliary
Plans Card Par+y

Mrs. Hester Lehman presided for
the first time at the Boyce Aten
Legion Auxiliary meeting Monday
evening at the veterans hall.
Date of the Auxiliary's annual
fall card party was set for October
23 The proceeds from this pleasant
social event, one Of the few given
by the auxiliary during the season
all go toward social service work
Mrs. Fannie Kuhn, past 22nd dis
trict president, installed three Of
ficers of the order, Elizabeth Taylor
chaplain, Beulah Criss, historian
and Helen Miller, musician.
During the social hour refresh
ments were served by the commi.
tee in charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Drama a Workshop
Holds Initial
Meeting

The Drama Workshop, a section
of the Ten Thousand club for
which members of the Junior and
Dams Entire clubs were eligible,
completed work of organization
Thursday evening at the club house.
The Drama Workshop includes
in its membership men who are
sponsored by members, and a num-
ber of productions are planned for
the coming winter.
Mrs. Malcolm Macurda and Mrs.
William Outlook were made CO.
chairmen, Miss Marian Call is sec
retary, B. L. Hamburger is business
manager and treasurer, Malcolm
Macurda is stage manager, Mrs. B.
L. Hmburger is reading chairman,
Mrs. Ruth Teeple Reid is music
chairman, while Miss Ruth Sprin-
kle will have charge of costumes.
Miss Ada Besse Beynon will take
care of the publicity and Mrs.
Blank is chairman of membership.
Jane Tylor Field, drama instruc-
tor. at Central high school, is to
give the program for the next
meeting, October 16. Mrs. Field,
president of the Junior club, is an
ex-officio member of the group, as
is Mrs. P. N. Van Slyck and Mrs.
Devon Ellsworth, presidents of the
Ten Thousand club and the Dams
Entire evening section.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26

The homecoming dinner of Ell
Centro lodge No. 1874, F. & A. NJ,
bids fair to surpass past events as
committees and officers complete
plans for the dining and entertain
ing of some 300 Masons, their fam
lilies and invited guests, Monday.
D. B. Roberts, grand master of
the lodge, and his officers make up
the ticket committee, and tickets
may be purchased from any of these
men.
The chicken dinner, in general
charge of Neal Hatch and COM
mittee of 25, will be served at long
tables in the commandery room of
the temple These dinners, in charge
of the lodge chefs, are justly famous
in the valley, where the homecoming
event has been an annual affair
for nearly 25 years.
The program is in charge of DR..
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Court Refuses Ban
On Oil Proposal

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26. (UP)
The California state supreme
court today refused to issue a writ
of mandate which would have block
ed submission of a referendum on
the Atkinson oil control bill to the
voters Nov. 7.
The writ was sought by Assembly
man Maurice Atkinson, author OF
the bills. He contended that thous-
ands of forgeries had appeared on
the petitions for the referendum
submitted in Los Angeles county
Grand juries of Alameda, San
Francisco, and Los Angeles county
and Santa Clara authorities have
started investigations of the oil con-
troll petitions.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26

international Facts and Fic-
ton" is to be the theme for the
studies of the Readers Round Ia
bile of the Ten Thousand club, ac-
.cording to a decision reached at
its opening meeting Thursday af-
ternoon at the club house.
Mrs. A. B. Hanson, chairman of
the section, pointed out the best
methods for giving book reviews,
and members gave brief reports of
some of their interesting reading
during the past summer.
A town forum, at which salient
questions of the day could be dis
cussed was suggested, and Mrs.
Howard CLARK, Mrs. P. M. Mercer,
Mrs. B. L. Hamburger, Mrs. David
Blank, Mrs. Alex McRae and Mrs.
Warren Sage were named as
committee to look into the matter
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Masons TO Gather Monday For
Annual Homecoming Dinner

r. c. Clemons, and DR.. Fred E.
Woellner of u. C. l.. A. is to be the
speaker of the evening DR.. Woell-
ner's timely remarks, interspersed
with his famous wit, are looked
forward to by all, many of whom
have heard him on his several
spanking engagements in the valley.
Elizabeth Waterman is to give a
program of songs, and the Desert
Trio, made up Of Malcom Macurda,
cello, Henry Marcot, violin, and
James Fisher, piano, who were
heard in concert last winter, COM
plete the program of all outstand-
ing local artists.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Teachers Institute
October28

Imperial county's $50 school
teachers were informed Tuesday OF
a general institute scheduled for
Central Union High school in Ell
Centro at 9 am. Oct. %.
County School Superintendent E.
L. Hiteman said the program would
be featured by addresses by F.. L.
Thurston, chairman of the social
relations committee of the Calisor-
MIA Teachers association, and Mrs.
James K. Lytle, California presi-
dent of P.-T.A. Mrs. Lytle will be
introduced by Mrs. A. v. Vierhus
of Calexico, president of the 29th
district.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
4-H Baby Beef
Club Members
Purchase Calves

The All club baby beef project
was underway Tuesday, according
to H. Lee Landerman, assistant
county agent, as valley youths re-
turned from Oceanside with 81
calves for nine individual projects.
The calves were picked from the
choice baby beef animals at Ocean
sides Rancho Santa Margarita, Lam
derman said.
Club members who made the trip
to Oceanside to purchase the calves
were:
Wally Christian, 2. Betty Cook, 2,
John Kubler, 2, Helen Worthington,
2, Robert Salee, 2, David Box, 2,
and Louis Anderson, 3.
The calves were shipped to the
valley by truck and we're delivered
at the ranches.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Birthday Centenary
OfWCTU Founder

HOLTVILLE, Sept. 26.-W. C. T.
U. and the six churches of the Holt
vile Ministerial Union will observe
the Birthday Centenary of Frances
E. Willard at the First Methodist
church Thursday evening Sept. %
beginning at 7 o'clock.
A brief program will be given at
which Robert Mercereau will sing
solo, Height of Power, words
by Miss Willard. Light refreshments
will be served at the close. Mrs
Gladys Ferguson, local president
will be in charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
n. A.Farnswor+hs
Attend |. Affair

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Farnsworth
returned Sunday from Pomona
where they visited the Los Angeles
county fair, also visiting Mrs. Farms
worth's brother.
The Farnsworths recently return
ed from their wedding trip which
included 12-day cruise to Alaska
Five weeks in the Pacific north
west including the fair followed
their wedding which took place
August in San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Two Babies Born
To ElCentrans

Mr.. and Mrs. Don Davis have
announced the birth of a son, Rich
ard Carter, born Friday at the El
Centre hospital. Richard weighed
six pounds and s ounces at birth
Davis is in the city engineers Of
Jfice.
A daughter, Ollie Linda, weighing
pounds was born Thursday morn
ing to Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Dold
Dold is with the board of equaliza-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Election Workers
Must Report Costs

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 26. (UP)-
Deputy Secretary of State Charles
j. Hagerty today warned organiza-
tions supporting or opposing mea-
sures on the Nov. special election
ballot must file statements by Sept
% showing their campaign expen-
ditures up to the present time.
Additional financial statements
must be filed 10 days before and
80 days after the election, Hagerty
said.
Sept. % is also the final day for
registration for the special election,
he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Miss Berch+oId
Opens Dress Shop

Miss Syville Berchtold Tuesday
announced the opening of an ex-
elusive dress shop in the Barbara
Worth hotel building.
On the three opening days, Sept
%, 20, and 30, H. S. Freedman will
supervise the taking of individual
garment measurements for custo-
mized tailoring.
The shop will feature the har-
monizing of accessories and smart
wearing apparel.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
CALENDAR

TUESDAY
Welfare section, 1870, $50 Len Rey.
1. v. Gem and Mineral society,
1870, courthouse.
Jobs Daughters, 8, Masonic tenn
pie.
American Legion, 8, Veterans hall.
Business Women, 1880, Barbara
Worth.
Advanced Bridge, 1880, Nev- Cal.
WEDNESDAY
Open House, 7-10, 691 Brighton.
Eagles, 8, 569 Broadway.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
By JACK KINNE

Twenty-Five members of the Ell
Centre junior college salesmanship
class will obtain their first actual
experience in the art of selling in
a campaign this week to sell sea-
son tickets to junior college and
high school football games.
The class volunteered to sell the
tickets this year in an effort to
better last years comparatively poor
sales record of 300 student tickets
and so adult tickets, D. w. Garner,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Open House for
Former Resident

Mr.. and Mrs. 2. T. Acker held
open house Sunday for Mr.. and
Mrs. Neal N. Webb of Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Webb was the former Gladys
Moore, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. A. Moore, former valley residents.
Mrs. Webb attended schools in Ell
Centro and many friends were able
to visit with her on her short visit
to the Ackers. They left Monday
morning for their home in Buffalo.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Readers Round Table Study Nucleus
International Facts andFictiOn

Mrs. Ross Hickcox has promised
to lead the work of the drama
study section which will meet in
the clubhouse at 10 am. on the
second and fourth Thursdays.
Members present were: Mes
danes Stephen Iller, j. D. Town
send, Alex McRae, Howard Clare,
Warren Sage, P. M. Mercer, David
Blank, B. L. Hamburger, P. E.
Ryerson and Mrs. A. B. Hanson.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY
AT METHODIST PARSONAGE

Rev. and Mrs. w. "A McClene-
CHAN will hold open house Wednes-
day afternoon and evening at the
parsonage, recently purchased by
the Methodist church board at 69l
Brighton. The hours are late af-
ternoon and in the evening from Z
to nine.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
HITEMAN TO GIVE
CONSTITUTION EXAM

A special California Constitution
examination will be given for new
teachers at am. Oct. in the Of
flee of County School Superinten-
dent E. L. Hiteman in the court
house, he announced Tuesday. The
examination is required by the
state.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Announcements
Of Meetings

HOltville Methodist church will
hold its regular midweek services
wednesday evening at 1880. These
are now regular feature of the
church calendar.
HOltville Methodist choir prac-
tice Is to be held at from until 8
o'clock Thursday evening. This will
avoid conflict with the P. T. A. re-
ception on the same evening.
Los Amigos club of the First Pres
byterian church will open its fall
activities with a desert party Fri
day evening of this week. Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond c. Reeder and Mr..
and Mrs. Elvis Adair are in charge
and the party will meet at the
church at GAS, and will 60 from
there to the sand dunes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
FORGERY CHARGE
JAILS MAN HERE

William Amos Ayres, 54, was TAX
en- to the Imperial county Jail Tues
day on a charge of forgery. He was
arrested at Knights Landing in
northern California and returned
to Ell Centro for trial. Bail was set
at $1,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
CONTRACTORS HEAR
OF PENSION PLAN

Details of the Ham and Eggs plan
and its effects on California were
explained to members of the Inn
perial Valley Building Contractors
association Monday night by Philip
w. knights.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
Junior College SaIesmanship Class
Gains knowledge by Selling Tickets

salesmanship instructor, reported.
The ticket statesmen will contact
Ell Centro businessmen in their
first canvas of the town. Garner
said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26

is at Cal Tech.
Jimmie Riedy, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Riedy, will return to Ell Cen
tro Friday from San Diego where
he has been recuperating following
an attack of pneumonia contracted
at the time of the heavy rain in
the Laguna mountains where the
Riedys were camping. Riedy re-
turned last week, Mrs. Riedy re-
manning with Jimmie in San Diego.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Mayberry, for
mer valleyites who have been max
ing their home in the Rio Grande
valley for several years, returned
to the valley this week with their
daughter, Mrs. c. w. Patton and
her husband. who have been vaca-
tioning in Laredo.
Before leaving for their former
home here, the Mayberrys were CIV
en- a farewell party, Mr.. and Mrs.
Patton also being present. They plan
to make their home with their
daughter while in the valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Miller, Janet
and Floyd, returned last week from
Los Angeles and Long Beach where
they had enjoyed fortnight's va
cation.
Mrs. Ross Hickox returned to the
valley Sunday evening from sum-
mer in San Diego.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Jack Barker
and family returned Saturday from
northern California where they
spent a pleasant vacation camping.
Part of the time was spent in the
Mammoth Lakes district where
Barker bagged deer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G.. Halliday re-
turned to their home near Calex-
leo during the weekend after a
vacation in northern California.
Mrs. E. Davis of Forest Home,
mother of Don Davis of Ell Centre,
is a valley visitor this week. Mrs.
Davis came down especially to see
her new grandson, Richard Carter
Davis, who was born last Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26
News Items Of
Valley Residents

Word has been received from o. G.
Horne, recuperating from an illness
in San Diego, of his continued i'm
provement. Bob Horne is attending
school in San Diego, while Othiel
is at Cal Tech.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. C. G.. Halliday re-
turned to their home near Calex-
leo during the weekend after a
vacation in northern California.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-02
Mccall Calmly
Walks To Chair
For kidnapping

Raiford, Fla, Feb. 24.-Calmly
almost defiantly, Franklin Pierce
Mccall died in Florida's electric
chair here today for the fatal
kidnapping of 5-year-old Jimmy
Cash, with whom he used to play
at Princeton, Fla, where they
both lived.
Mccall, who confessed the $1O,-
900 kidnapping last May % and
pleaded guilty in circuit court
at Miami, insisted at the last
that he was innocent, compared
himself to Christ and said:
Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus
Christ for 80 pieces of silver. It
would be interesting subject
meter to know just how much
some received who were instru-
mental in the preparation of this
present-day crucifixion. I hope
that l may be pardoned by draw
ing a parallel between the Mas
ter's death and my own. The
chief difference is, he died for a
Observation-Disclosures 1 am
dying for nothing"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-02
100 JEWS ORDERED TO
LEAVE GERMANY DAILY

Berlin, Feb. 25.-A new, inten-
sive drive to make Germany free
of Jews will begin Monday.
The Jewish community in Ber-
lin received orders from the po-
lice to produce daily the names
of 100 Jews who then will be
given two weeks notice to leave
the country.
AS far as could be learned Ber-
lin is the first district in which
a daily quota of emigrants is
fixed arbitrarily. Depending up
on it's success, it may be assumed
that the system will be applied
throughout the nation.
The police notice threw conster-
nation into the ranks of the Jews.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-02

The 22-year-old son of a de-
ceased Jasper, Fla, clergyman,
walked unaided into the small
death chamber few seconds af-
ter IL a. M, four days and one
hour after the time originally set
for his execution. Prison Super
intendent l.. F. Chapman delayed
the electrocution until today SO
McCall's attorneys might try an
appeal to the United States Su-
preme Court.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-02
q!RIZ, En- ]kEv " u (!GS }!

I'm already glad I came" "
said Marqjorie, land if Mother
and Father get we'll, and you
don't get sick, I'd say I'm hav-
ing the time of my life. 1t makes
me greatly happy to be able to
help and l only wish I'd known
before that you had all this sui
fering. And me with plenty"
Then although she was almost
choking with tears, she gave a
bright smile and hurried away
on her errands.
She betook herself to the
drugstore where was a telephone
booth and did the doctor, the
coal, the gas, and electric light
by telephone, and her crisp
young voice, accustomed as it
was to giving orders that were
always promptly obeyed, brought
courteous service at once, es-
pecially since full payment OF
the bill was promised when the
agent would call.
Then the groceries arrived and
filled the shelves with stores.
In the midst of it Betty came
down with round eyes of aston
iShment at the magic that had
been wrought.
The chill was partly gone from
the house by this time, and Mar
jorie took off her fur coat and
her smart little felt hat, and
hung them in the almost empty
hall closet.
'Now!" she said, I'm ready
for work! Where do l put these
things? Are there special places
for them, or do 1 park them
wherever l like?"
wherever you like" said
Betty throwing open the pantry
door shelves.
"And there comes the COAL"
said Marjorie. You'll have to
tell him where to put that"
Marjorie enjoyed putting away
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-02

Hes supposed to be a good
doctor. I guess his prices are
rather high" she said sorrow
fully.
What difference does that
maker" said Marjorie. eve want
the best there is. I'll send him
as soon as I can, and you'd bet
ter make him prescribe for Faith
er too. I'll tell him about it, and
you make him. And, where do
l talk to the gas people people
to get that gas turned on? We
want to be able to cook some
real dinner tonight"
"Oh!" said Betty, quick tears
singing into her eyes, "You
are going to be wonderful, aren't
you'll"
NO." said Marjorie, smiling,
I'm just going to be one of the
family, and try to make up for
lost time. Does the water bill
need looking after, too? We
can't have that shut off. And
what about electric light?"
''Oh!" cried Betty softly, sink
ing down on the lower step of
the sairs, you'll use all your
money up!"
WELL" said Marjorie happily,
''that's what money is for, isn't
it? To be used up?"
you're really real, aren't
your" said Betty, 81 can scarcely
believe it."
What did you think 1 was, q
spirit? Here, write those ad-
dresses quick. 1 want to get
things started and get back to
help"
She handed her sister a little
note book and pencil from her
handbag.
You'll be sorry you ever came
near u.s." said Betty, having tc
spend all this money and go all
these errands."