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to 1887 he was a member of the
Communist party in the state OF
Washington.
Stark described Communist
meeting he attended at Seattle In
1896, at which United States army
soldier in uniform, his identity hid
den by a mask, reported on Com
munist activities at Fort Lawton
Seattle. 4.... .........#
Maurice Rapport, described as a
Communist party member, was
chairman at the meeting. Stark
said.
The witness said Communists
aboard the U. S. S. Oklahoma made
written reports which were pub.
lished in the Daily Worker, Com
munist newspaper.
Communists we're employed al
Boeing Airport. near Seattle, as part
of the program of strengthening
Communist influence in the army
the navy and key civil industries
Stark continued.
While the prosecution attempted
to prove that the Communist party
is an organization seeking over
throw of the United States govern
ment, Bridges himself was occupied
equally with the hearing and with
maritime troubles. He took time
cut from the hearing to warn that
attempts by U. S. labor department
mediators to penalize 81 San Pedro
longshoremen for refusing to pass
a. picket line would lead to a tieup
of the Pacific coast maritime in
duStry.
A federal arbitrator, Irwin Stall
master, ordered the men penalized
for refusing to load cargo May
on a ship carrying scrap iron con-
signed to Japan. Stalmaster hello
the men violated the working con-
tract. The picket line was estab-
lished by Chinese groups and or.
ganizations sympathetic to the Chi.
nese cause in the Sino-Japanest
warfare. .....
Defending the 81 longshoremen
Bridges said the picket line die
not represent an ordinary water
front dispute and did not CONT
under the terms of the contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Chamberlain Saws
No Bribe Offered
Hitler for Peace
Appeasement Story Hit
By Prime Minister in
Prepared Statement

LONDON, July "a. CUP)
= Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain struck back to-
day at suggestions that
Great Britain was attempt
ing to revive an European appease-
ment program by loan to Adolf
Hitler.
Asked if the government would
give assurances to the house of
commons that there was no inten-
ton Of beginning discussions which
might look like bribery of Hitler
in order to buy peace" the prime
minister replied firmly
"Yes, sir"
Chamberlain,s declaration was
made after he had read statement
regarding the conversation of r. s.
Hudson, secretary for overseas trade,
and DR.. Helmuth Wohlthat, Nazi
economic expert, in which was rails
ed the question of financial steps"
that might be necessary to restore
Continued on Page 6. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Olson Signs Bill
PROTECTING Fish

ColoradD rlve1 fish will have more
protection since Governor Olson
signed a bill Monday permitting
California fish and game commits
sioners to enter an agreement with
Arizona to govern the season and
bag limit on certain fish.
The bill was prepared to end the
wholesale destruction of fish by
unscrupulous fishermen who took
advantage of the fact that the river
was on the boundary between the
two states and under control of
neither state.
Seasons and bag limits for black
bass. blue gill, perch, crappie and
catfish in the Colorado river and
Salton sea will be determined as
a result of the bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Reports Tell Of
Spanish Outbreak

GIBRALTAR, July "a. CUP)-Re-
ports reaching Gibraltar today said
that Seville had been isolated from
the rest of Spain and that SER
ious situation existed there pre-
sumably as result of dissensior
in the regime of Gen. Francisco
France.
Passengers arriving here from
Tangiers also reported that ma
jority of the officers and men oil
the Spanish mine sweeper Vulcano
stationed at Tangiers, had deserted
The two reports seemed on the
surface to give the impression that
some concerted action had occurred
In Spanish territory.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Valley Motorists Get First Chance
To Use New Mountain Springs Route

Thousands of Imperial Valley peo-
pie who spent the weekend in the
mountains and at the sea shore,
were officially introduced to the
new realignment of U. S. Highway
80 from Mountain Springs to the
top of the climb at Boulder Park.
The new road slightly more than
two miles long, was opened to traf-
fic last Wednesday.
All of the new road is oil sur
faced except central strip 18th
mile in extent which is expected
TO be finished early this week. The
oil-mix surface is expected to be
replaced after years usage by
concrete slab, according to Bert
Vaughn of Jacumba, state highway
commissioner. ..s..-N
The new roadway is 36 feet wide
sufficient for three lane road its
entire length. Vaughn said work
would proceed in the immediate
future to make the road into lanes
though sections may temporarily be
confined to two lanes. ..:.#
Motorists Saturday and Sunday
took advantage of the low grades
wide curves and slower climb to
maintain state speed laws of 45
miles an hour up the entrie stretch.
Curves, Vaughn explained, hav a
minimum of $50 feet radius. as con-
trasted with curves on the old route
some of which were as sharp as
75-foot radius.
Some structures and shoulders
are yet to he finished. All work,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Avalanche Catches Party
In Fury Of Loosened Snow

GLACIER, Wash, July "a. CUP)
Tons of slowly moving thawing
snow, piled high in 100 foot Gre
vase near the summit of lofty
Mount Baker, were expected today
to relinquish the bodies of four
more victims of an avalance which
swept down upon a climbing party
of 26 college students and teachers
Saturday. TIL bodies of two students
had been recovered two women
and two men students were missing
and believed dead.
The 20 survivors, who had set
out from here on the Western Wash
ington College of Educations an
nual mountain climb. had returned
to the campus at Bellingham, 1eay-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Confidence Mans
Wife Asks Divorce

The wife of DR.. Otto August Leo
Ritter, international confidence man
held in the Imperial county Jail this
spring before going to New Jersey
to face trial, filed suit for divorce
against him in Zurich, Switzerland.
Her attorney wrote Undersheriff
Rodney Clarke for the present ad-
dress of Ritter and enclosed an
international check for so centimes
to pay postage for reply. No de-
tails of the suit we're included.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24

lCUUU. EU dhiooe dA ioui i"oo
night, line of men and wop1en
with stomach cramps, some maneu-
vering under their own power, some
hobbling along on the arms Of
friends. their faces distorted IN
agony, some being carried, passed
through the gates of the baseball
stadium to waiting amublances and
police cars. 1t Nas estimated that
almost as many more had symptoms
less distressing and had gone home.
Within the stadium. thousands
we're whopping IL up for l08 French
Canadian girls, winsomely beauti-
full with their black hair contrasted
by their white attire, and their 108
just acquired husbands. It was the
closing event of wedding celebra-
ton which had started IL hours
earlier-the joint reception Of l0s
newlyweds
Suddenly, an elderly woman faint
ed. Then another, then another.
In an instant, men. women, many
of them elderly, were fainting or
doubling up all over the stadium and
there was hurry call for ambu-
lances, doctors and policemen. Ru-
rnOrs of plot to poison the we'd
ding guests passed through the
throng, angefing 1t, and at first
the doctors. who had arrived by the
dozens, suspected food poisoning.
But at Notre Dame and st. Luke's
hospitals where a number Of those
most i'll were kept for the night,
1t was determined that the victims
had had too much excitement, had
been too many hours under very
hot sun, and had consumed. some
of them. too many bottles OF very
cold soda pop.
The mass wedding was sponsored
by Jeunesse Ouvriers Catholique
young Catholic Workers. as the
climatic event of its annual con-
gress. 1t took. place in the baseball
stadium yesterday morning, where
$4,000 members of the French Can
adian Catholic Action society and
10000 realtives of the lO8 brides and
groon1s had waited for hours, under
the sun.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Couple EIopes as
Officers Search

Manuel Ortiz, 20-year-old prize
fighter, land Ruth Mallbux, II,
Mexican-Hindu girl of Ell Centre,
eloped to Yuma Friday and were
married while relatives of the girl
and officers searched Imperial VAL
ley for them.
The girls parents asked Sheriff
Robert w. Ware to find their daugh-
ter. A telephone call to Yuma
deputy sheriffs revealed that the
couple already had married,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24

gave away and came laundering
down upon the party, roaring tor
rent of heavy wet snow loosed ap-
parently by subterranean thawing.
1t caught up members of the party
as a swollen river captures bits of
driftwood, swapping their Alpine
stocks like match stems. 1t spewed
out from the cliffs base, over a
precipice few yards away and
completely filled a 100 foot cre-
vase. The four missing, it was be-
lieved today, were lifted by the first
wave of the avalance and carried
over the precipic.
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ing several score searchers to con-
tinue digging into the slide at dawn.
The survivors, two of whom des-
cended the peak and hiked several
miles to summon the aid of rangers
at the station her, related harrow
ing tale of their experiences fight
ing for life in a wild torrent OF
snow.
Shortly after noon Saturday the
climbers had reached the foot OF
the Roman Wall, sheer snow
covered cliff on the northwest side
where mountaineers usually rest
before a final assault on the sum-
nit.
Without warning, a tremendous
section of snow at the cliffs top
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24

a dry we'll most of the time, so thai
he would be safe from search part
les.
An unidentified Arab called at
YMCA headquarters today and said
he had mailed the letter from Beth
lehem because he feared search by
military patrols on the Jerusalem
road.
He was sent back at once with
food for Goldner. who mentioned
In his letter that he was tired of
Arab food
A l. Miller, of Sioux City, La, gen.
eral secretary of the YMCA. left for
Bethlehem in hope that Goldner,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Negro Held for
FIourishing Gun

Riley Jones, As, Negro, was jailed
this weekend while officers ascer-
tanned why he blocked thaffic be-
tween Ell Centro and Imperial ano
flourished a gun in the face of a
Mexican motorist and his family
TIL Negro refused to explain his
actions so he was charged with as
sault and ordered held in the coun-
ty Jail. He did not harm the Mexi-
cans, officers said. Aliene King, 26,
Negro housewife and friend of
Jones was held for questioning.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Weekend Traffic Claims n Lives
In California S Highway Travel

when struck by an automobile at
Griffith park. st.
Mrs. Louella Tapp, 30, Venice,
died in Santa Monica hospital after
she was struck by motorist as
she walked along the highway.
Unidentified, woman about 60
was struck and killed by an auto
mobile as she walked along the
highway.
George Duncan, 70, Stockton, died
OF injuries suffered when he was
struck by a motorist June 30.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24

safe release would be effected with
in few hours. Goldner's letter was
addressed to his father, DR.. Jacob
H. Goldner, Of Cleveland. who stff-
fered a heart attack Saturday be-
cause of worry and sleeplessncss.
DR.. Goldner was induced TO leave
his bed this morning so that he
would be able to meet his son II
the release was arranged.
Still shaky after days OF anxiety.
DR.. Goldner spent most OF the tiine
in the lobby Of the YMCA with the
Rev. Clifton Moore. an American
friend. and other Americans. await
ing news.
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unless they are paid Off on a us
dollar basis instead of with pesos
Hewes could not be reached for
statement. Others at district Of
fices, both in Ell Centre and Mexi-
cali, maintained a discreet silence
1--WE do not know of any prog
ress,' they maintained.
Should the Mexican labOrers
strike Saturday, their action would
Continued on Page 6, Col. D
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800 WEDDING GUESTS STRICKEN AT PART|
ham-Eggers Take
Over Dead Circus

LOS ANGELES, July "a. tUP)
The Ham and Eggs" pension
organization, a group Of Cali
fornia olsters with weekly
newspaper and an idea, went into
the circus business today with a
thrcc-ring show to advertise
their pension plan.
Enthusiastic and confident they
can put their plan into law at a
special election next November I,
the pension seekers took over a
defunct circus and made ready
for a three-mpnth run Of ham
and eggs" ballyhoo.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Roosevelt Mum
On Farley Rift

:, HYDE PARK. N. Y, July "a.
(UP)-President Roosevelt said
today that his conference with
Democratic Chairman James A.
Farley was fairly effective but
gave no hint as to whether their
overnight meeting would have
any bearing on possibilities of a
third term or presidential pol
itics in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Printer Requests
Appointment Here

]. E. Morehouse, El Centre print
er, appeared before the board of
supervisors Monday to request ap-
pointment as county milk inspector
Supervisors told him they would
check up on his qualifications be-
fore making any decision.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
E Centre Boys
QuaIifyin Shoot

Three Ell Centre boys. attending
the CMTC camp In Monterey, this
week qualified as marksmen with
rifle and pistol and a fourth quail
ified as a sharpshooter, according
to camp officers.
Bill Christian. John McCaslin and
Donald Schiller qualified as marks
men, Heath Hovey. as a sharp
shooter.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Volume III, Chapter L

Volume III, Chapter l.
If Bayard Rehkopf isn't careful
he is going to discover that his
school house on Wildcat slough is
a dog house.
Rollie Clark has developed into
demon statistician to prove I'm
perial Valleys first school house
was on the Banta ranch near Cal
exico in 1902. He consulted historical
records, old timers, and the land
office.
In the face of Clark's facts, Mrs
Harry Erskine and Mrs. Earl v. C.
Northrop withdrew their support
from Rehkopf's contention that he
attended the Wildcat school on
Wildcat slough in 1901.
Records at Central Union high
school show that Rehkopf was born
Dec. 20, 1897 SO Clark said after
delving into them. That would
make Rehkopf 81 years of age If
he had attended school In 1901
in the Wildcat school house or
anywhere else.
Come again, Rehkopf.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Kidnapped Preacher Says He's Alive.
Healthy in Arab Custody; Reveals
Captors Imprison Him in Dry Well

JERUSALEM July "a. (UP)-Gerould G.. Godner
Akron Ohio preacher reported in letter today that he
was in good health and spent most of his time playing
cards with the Arab rebels who kidnapped him Wednesday
The letter disclosed that Goldner was being kept in
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
District Silent on Mexica|i Threats
To Call Strike Saturday. Shutting
Off Water to Valley, Baja California
Hewes Below Border; Officials Profess No
knowledge of Negotiations to Avert Row
Over Payment of Workers in U. S. Dollars

President Evan T. Hewes Of the Imperial Irrigation
District in Mexical Monday presumably comforting
with Mexican labor leaders, while zaneros and other la
borers the districts Mexican system remained stead
their determination to strike at Is next Saturday
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
108 Couples Wed
In Mass Ceremony
Lasting All Day !
Gigantic Stomach Ache Follows Gay
Celebration When French Canadian
Girls Take Husbands: Eating Blamed

MONTREAL, July "a. (UP)-The last of the wedding
guests dismissed from the hospitals today The cee
baon had been strenuous that 300 of them got nervous
indigestion. And wonder for 108 couples were made
at that wedding and the guests numbered less thar
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Reds Plan Hold
On .S.Fishtins
Units. Jud sc Told
Bridges Deportation Witness Declares
Communist Agents Put to Work Among
Army Navy Men to Aid Revolution

SAN FRANCISCO, July "a. (UP)-Communists had
units on the US.S Oklahoma and in Bremerton Navy
Yard trying to Twin the armed forces to help in the
revolution Theodore NJ Stark testified today the Harry
Bridges deportation hearing Stark said that 1884
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
D AMBLING
IMPORTER
He Can't Help It

He Can't Help It
This is dirty trick but the
truth must be told. At last RR
knows what Dr.. Goble Hurst's first
name is.
It's Zibion.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24

SHANGHAI, July "a. (UP)-While foreign diplomats
tonight described Great Britan recognition that Japan
is operating under wartime conditions in China
cesson certain weaken Chinese resistance the Japanese
INVASION the United States infefentally warned Japan
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24

. Sounds Fishy-
!. Fred Nebel-Thau. fishing on the
Ocean Beach bridge, felt strike
at his line Sunday. 1t couldn't be
anything but a halibut, the way 1t
hit. So Fred, as is the custom, let
1t lie minute. During the wait
ing period the chap fishing next
to Fred got strike-the same kind
The two congratulated one an
other. Then, at exactly the same
instant, both lines whizzed out
The excited fishermen tugged, strug-
gled, and used all the fishing lore
at their respective commands. FL
nally they landed the fish. 1t was
a singular fish-just one. It had
taken both bats, played both fish
ermen for suckers, and come in on
both lines.
Fred forgot to say what division
was made.
1t All Depends
In October football was Gene
Oswalt's favorite sport. In January
1t was basketball, then track, then
tennis. Sunday morning he went
fishing off the S. D. coast. Sunday
afternoon he played his first game
of golf.
Fishing is my favorite. sport,
Gene told listeners as he spread
his arms TO indicate the size of a
yellowtail that got away.
Then he suddenly remembered q
par 4 he made on NO. 7, Gosh
golf is a great game" he said. 81
think it's nv faVorite."
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24
Britain Gives In to Japanese Aim
For Aggression in China; America
Warns Against Repeated Attacks

Secretary Hull Says Government Concerned
Over Continued Incidents; U. S. Sailor Hit
Over Head by Japanese For Traffic Offense
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-24

Butter: Lee Angeiea 7scI but
terfst, Imperial valley fob. ranch.
grade A, 3se; manufacturing mill. |,
&c, route gathered cream. Atsc-
L. A. Hay: u. 9. No /. s14-f4-50t |
u. 8. No. 2 Icafy S12-125o; u. 3. No.
2 S1O.5O-11. MINI. flax Sept. S1.50is. |
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least. our host fell into one up TO
his shoulders.
We would have liked TO spend
more time there. for all these
caches are far above even the line
of flood waters. and anything
found in them should be fairly well
preserved. At least. their clothing
and cooking utensils would be. OF
course, We could see these things
in any museum, but that isn't
quite like actually finding them
on the spot.
Ride Ia Thriller
Our ride back TO the ranch was
something Of an adventure. As we
started the car, the lights burned
out, but that didn't bother our
host. Those plains trails would
have been hard enough to follow
on foot. let alone with a car. They
ran right through the tall grass
and the two lines couldn't be seen
ten feet away.
Yet the driver, without even a
flashlight, followed those winding
trails out to the main road at 80
miles an hour, and he didn't make
a mistake. Had we run off those
trails only a few feet. we might
have plunged our wheels right
into one of those caches.
And then, after leaving the short
stretch of main road, he followed
the cattle trails down through the
clay hills and made the two neces-
sary gate stops when Louise and
Bob couldn't even see the line of
fence. Hereafter, when we go on
any night forays Wen always
carry our flashlight.
MORE LATER)
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BUTTERFAT TAX
RATE REVEALED

SPoKANE-D DIR. Robert Prior.
of Seattle. manager OF the newly
created state dairy products COM
mission. said today butterfat pro-
Queer. in the state would be taxed
tenth Of a cent per pound of
butterfat to raise funds for develop
ment of new dairy products.
DR.. Prior said the levy was half
that allowed by the act passed by
the last state legislature. which
established the commission and
defined its purposes. First handlers
viii collect the tenth Of q cent
from producers and turn II over
10 the commission every month.
Cream and milk used on farms
where they are produced are ex-
empi.
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U. 5. W. Y. SESSIONS
TO Be JULY 27-29

Major E. NJ. Brown camp No.
p and John r. Thompson Camp
No. 1 have selected their delegates
TO the department encampment to
be held in Bellingham July 27-2s.
They are as follows:
Brown camp-James McCourt-
ney, Benjamin H. Pauline. Fred
Bullman. Alternates, Argyle Haste,
John Cordell and Arthur Ridge.
Thompson Camp-H. p. Grubbs,
S. B. Roberts, Joe Collins, c. c.
Pratt, Harry Snider, Nels Lindahl,
C. R. Anderson, Hugh Glasgow,
L. A. Richardson, DR.. c. p. Gam
mon, Roy Clark, Clark Davis and
E. A. Beechwood.
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BRITAIN, FRANCE
C0RRALINC COLD

WASHINGTON resources
Of Great Britain and France are
IS times greater than those Of
Germany and Italy, the FEDERAL
reserve gold board said today.
In survey OF gold stocks and
the movements OF the metals IN
recent months of international
crisis. the board disclosed the gold
reserves OF the two democratic
powers total about S6.2l5.0oo 600.
compared with 1922 600, 900 held
by italy and Germany.
The board said Britain and
France are building up subsi an
tiai gold stocks in Canada, South
Africa and British India. These
reserves totaled 1895, 900 600 at the
end Of March, the board said.
The survey, without mentioning
the possibility of foreign war. out
lined the comparative monetary
strength of the opposing powers in
Europe.
Britain's gold holdings amount
To s3.4ee. 600 600: those of France
total S2.766, 900. 900.
The United States alone hold:
over SIG. 100. 900. 900 worth Of gold
as result of the unprecedented
flight of the metal to this country
for safe-keeping.
Germany's gold holdings wer'
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SUNSHINE NINE
WORKING AGAIN

WALLACE. Idaho - Sunshine
mine. largest silver producer in
the United States. resumed opera
tons Thursday and announced a
wage increase Of IS cents a shift
for its $50 workers. as result Of
congress pegging the price of
domestic-mined silver st a higher
. level.
General Manager Ross d. Leisk
also announced the Sunshine min
would reopen with = day shift
Friday. All operations were halted
June 50 becssus Of uncertainty OF
the price Of silver. Leisk said the
wage boost would be effective a.
long ~ the government paid I'LL
cents an ounce for silver and the
mines ore continued At its present
eTade.
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Charge Reduced,
DriUer Is Fined

After a charge of operating
motor vehicle while intoxicated
was reduced to reckless driving,
Ray Roper. Tacoma, entered a plea
of guilty in police court Wednes-
day afternoon and was fined 500
and costs by Judge Joe Mallery.
His drivers license was ordered
suspended for a period of go days.
Roper was arrested late Tues
day night at So. 18th and Tacoma
ave, after he sssertedly failed to
heed the siren OF fire truck
which was responding TO a false
alarm at So. 9th and Fawcett.
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placed at s2a, 600 600; Italy has
s1s3. 900 600. and Japan has sie4.-
ooo. 900.
Gold production throughout the
world has increased at such rate,
the survey said. that world none
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.arv gold stocks are TOW thought
10 be around S27 ooo, ooo,Ooo. com
na-ed with about $4,000. 600. 600 N
1918. Mine output in 1888 vas
S1116,ss3, 600. nearly three umes
The output in 1929.