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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19

Melting SHOWS and heavy ram
from storm moving across the
midwest poured into the great Ohio
and Mississippi valleys today and
sent both rivers surging toward
flood stages.
The Mississippi was rising stead
lily in southwestern Illinois, slow
ing the fail of the Ohio which had
been expected to reach a crest near
Cairo, ILL.,, late this week.
American Red Cross officials re-
ported serious flood situations
were developing along the Ohio and
its tributaries from Point Pleasant,
w. Va, to Cairo, H., and estimated
that 2600 families would have to be
evacuated. Field representatives
reported that unless rains cease in
the area, rs families would have TO
be evacuated from Huntington. w
Va. 300 at Catlettburg, KY, 300 at
Newport, KY, and 1000 in the
vicinity of Cincinnati.
Approximately 1000 persons al
ready have been evacuated in West
Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and
southern Indiana.
The Red Cross said Al persons
were killed and 200 injured serious
ly in the tornadoes which swept
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Two Prorate Bills
Before Senate

SACRAMENTO, April 10. (UP)-
The senate today studied two bills
recommended by the agriculture
committee providing broad changes
in the controversial California pro-
rate act.
The bills were reported out last
night with Chairman Bradford
Crittenden, r., Stockton, casting
the favorable deciding vote on
both 5 to ballots.
Major difference between the two
bills is the agency designated to
administer the programs. The CAL
ifornia farm bureau favored one,
by Senator Frank w. Mixter, r.,
Exeter, to leave control in the
hands of the prorate commission,
and the state grange advocated
the other, written by an agricul-
ture subcommittee, TO shift ad-
miniStration to the state depart
ment of agriculture.
Both bills would reorganize the
personnel of the commission 10
allow greater control by growers.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Bill Offered to
Cut Jury Mileage
Allowance Here

A bill calling for reduction in
mileage allowances for jurors in
Imperial county was passed by the
state assembly Wednesday and sent
to the senate.
Assemblyman Clarence Walker
introduced the bill which provides
for looping 5 cents a mile off the
allowances made for grand jurors,
superior and justice court jurors.
The bill. if passed by the senate,
would give the jurors 10 cents a
mile one way. The present law
gives them Is cents a mile one
way
The mileage fees paid jurors are
estimated at $2,500. 1t is impossible
to estimate the annual saving with
out computing the distances travel
ed by each Juror and the number of
times they were summoned for
trials.
During the present legislative
drive for economy in state govern
ment," Walker said. "all political
subdivisions are cutting down ex-
penses. 1t is evident that 10 cents
a mile is sufficient for jurors in
Imperial county
The bill does not affect the So
a day paid for jury duty The bill
if passed would put Imperial county
on a par with other counties in its
general classification.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Police Officers Raid Dinner Party
In Fl Centro: Frightened Guests
Discover Later It's a Frame

bigger. Herb Anderson CROPPED for
his pipe Gordcn Gcriyen got red
in The face and Mayor Herb FaW-
cett tried to hide a grin
There was al awkward pause he-
fore the mayor went forward TO
explain:
Officers, this is a serious meet
ing of the Imperial Valley Catfish
Lovers League. created to stock val
ley canals and rivers with bigger
and better catfish Nothing dam
eerous about that, is there?"
NO" said Officer Sharp. III
looks all right. We heard there
was Communist meeting. Besides
there vas little matter of noise. :
Upon protestations of innocence
the officers left and not until Wed
nesday did the guests at Hays an
nual dinner party for councilmen
learn that Mayor FaWcett himself
had turned in the complaint.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
MexicaIi Store
Strike Spreads

MEXICALI. April ia strike
of store clerks spread here today
until all but Is stores were closed,
according to chamber of commerce
sources.
A deadline of 10 am. passed with
out decision from the depart
ment of labor on legality of the
strike and spokesmen at the cham
Der declared the deadline had been
moved ahead to pm. at which
time the government whuld give
it's ruling.
"All stores which are served Sy
organized labor are closed" the
spokesman said. This means all
but about 15."
The more than 200 clerks are re-
questing substantial wage increases.
The strike began at 10 am. Mou-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19

.He eVaded nCWSpapermen ana pilo-
tograDhers by entering the building
through a side door.
He Immediately went into con-
ference with Major General Henry
H. Arnold chief of the army air
corps.
War department officials said
they would attempt to arrange a
press conference with Americas
best known air man later in the
day, provided he approves.
They did not know this morning
how long Lindbergh would remain
in Washington but he was not ex-
pected to remain here more than
few days before beginning an in
spection tour of the nations air
facilities.
Lindbergh is scheduled to make
detailed inspection of all air re-
search facilities at government
fields. commercial plants and uni
versities throughout the country.
After his tour he will make a
confidential report to the war de-
partment recommending develop
ments which he considers necessary
to help this country establish its
air strength.
The job probably will take two
weeks and for it Lindbergh was
summoned from the air corps re-
serve. But it was understood that
he would be retained in active SER
vice longer.
Arnold recently told a senate
committee that United States lead
crship in civil and military avia-
ton was threatened because it had
failed to keep pace with Germany
in research facilities and equip
ment.
Lindbergh returned to this coun-
Continued on Page g. Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19

hand shook and his pen wavered
as he put down his age as "a, his
birthplace as Cincinnati and a
checkmark to show it was his first
matrimonial venture. Then Clerk
Rice asked him for the 50.
Annabella sailed through the or
deal with aplomb. Apparently heed
less of the sudden crop of movie
fans who surrounded her, she calm
ly furnished the information that
she was 25, a native of France and
had been married and divorced.
And for the first time Hollywood,
which knew her only as Annabella,
learned that her real name is Su-
zanne Georgette Charpentier. the
daughter of Paul and Alice Lail-
lard Charpentier.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Youth Killed in
Trip to Attend
Relatives Funeral

ERAWLEY, April 10. While
Lavergne Roy Franklin of Delano
was enroute to Brawley to attend
the funeral Of his brother-in-law
Noel Czbirn, he was killed in an
automobile accident 20 miles west
Of Lancaster at p. m. Tuesday.
Ozbirn, 25-year-old Brawley resi-
dent, died Tuesday morning of a
lingering illness. Funeral services
we're held at the Thornton chapel
here at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. He
was buried at Riverside cemetery.
He is survived by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. D. F. Ozbirn; a sister, Mrs.
Ethel Franklin; and brother, Carl
Ozbirn.
Franklin will be buried in Braw-
ley but funeral arrangements have
not been made as yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
District Awards
Two Contracts

Forty-one thousand dollars in
power transformer contracts were
awarded Tuesday afternoon by di-
rectors of the Imperial Irrigation
district.
Award for larger transformers
went to Maloney Electric company
of ST. Louis on a bid of $4,000.
Smaller transformers will be sup
piled by Pennsylvania Transformer
company of Pittsburgh, whose bid
was $7,5l2. All equipment will be
installed at the Brawley diesel plant
and at Drop Three on the All AM
erican canal.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
SETTLEMENT SOUGHT
IN HIRING HALL ROW

SEATTLE, April 10. (UP)-Harry
Jundebcrg, secretary treasurer of
the Sailors Union of the Pacific,
attempted to settle today the issue
of government hiring halls. on
which a coastwide maritime strike
may hinge.
The S. U. P. started taking a strike
vote last week, threatening a walk
out if the U. S. maritime commits
sion opens federal hiring halls on
the Seattle waterfront.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Sen. n. Johnson
Attacks Cash And
Carry Trade Plan
Program Would Benefit
u. S. in War Periods,
Pittman Declares

WASHINGTON, April 10.
(UP)-Sen. Hiram Johnson,
R., Calf, declared today
that the plan to permit all
belligerent nations to buy
United States war materials would
make this country the ally of Japan
in the Pacific and Great Britain
in the Atlantic.
Johnson implied that the So
called cash and carry plan, spon-
sored by Chairman Key Pittman,
d. New, of the senate foreign re-
lations committee, thus would place
the United States in conflicting
positions as between the totalitar-
ian and the Democratic blocS.
Japan could do as she pleaSeS
in the Pacific and Great Britain
could do in the Atlantic as she
DESIRES" Johnson said.
He interrupted testimony before
the foreign relations committee of
Breckenridge Long, former ambas-
sador to Italy, who advocated the
plan as the nearest possible ap-
proach to true neutrality.
The cash and carry scheme
would permit all nations engaged
in declared or undeclared war to
buy arms and food in this country
SO long as they paid cash and
transported them in their own YES
sells or ships of third nations.
Johnson contended that powerful
navies Of Japan and Britain would
enable them to come and get
American war materials during con-
flicts, while less powerful mari
time nations would find themselves
isolated from American resources.
Long insisted that the Pittman
plan would be most advantageous
from the American viewpoint, al
though he agreed it probably would
give aid TO Britain and Japan.
Il am thinking of what is best
for the United States, not of
what would be to the advantage
of any other particular country
he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19

leadlng lady Killer learned from
his studio that he'd have TO be
married at home and let the honey
moon wait if he and his French
sweetheart marched to the altar
before July l. Friends said it was
likely they'd postpone the honey
moon in favor of an early wedding.
Power and his smiling, blonde
fiancee had little to say about the
matter when they suddenly appear
ed at the marriage license bureau
nIpst before it closed yesterday and
led notice of intention to marry.
&he date, they agreed, was uncer-
tain.
Power was nervous when he
STOOD before license clerk Rosa
mond Rice and was handed the
necessary blank to fill out. His
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Plans to
Return
Consul
Next Move Up to
Berlin, Britisher
Declares

LONDON, April 10. (UP)
"A British plea for mutual
understanding with Germa-
ny was voiced by Foreign
Secretary Viscount Halifax
today in announcing that the Brit
ish ambassador would soon return
to Berlin.
The British government would
never wish to abandon any ef-
forts that promise any hope Of
success if those efforts can win a
response from the other side and
be of mutual character" Halifax
told the House of Lords shortly
after Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain had expressed willingness
to include the Far East In any
anti-aggression front.
The government, Halifax en-
phasized had worked for an in-
ternational understanding and was
ready to keep on working toward
that objective until "it became clear
by the German military action
against Czechoslovakia that the
essential basis for this policy does
not at present appear to exist,
Then the foreign secretary en-
phasized that the government has
no desire to abandon such efforts
If there is any hope of success in
creating a mutual basis for under
standing.
In this connection, he disclosed
Continued on Page 6, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Cheese it. the cops!

Cheese it. the cops!
Eight leading citizens Of FL Cen
tro didn't even have time TO yell
this when two police officers in
tcrrUpted their relaxation at TAO
South Sixth street. Tuesday night.
What goes on here?" asked Of
ficer T. Nj. Sharp. He swept the
citizens with an icy stare and the
citizens stared at him with dropped
jaws.
"Whhhhut do you want?' qucried
Robert Hays.
I'VE have a complaint" snapped
Officer w. S. Keating and he too
looked the citizens over with that
cold and imperSonal policemans
stare.
p. l. Moore tried TO look digni-
fled. Harry SoneS didn't even try
Charlie Blalack laughed and then
thought better of it. Walter Have
korSt didn't change expression but
his eyes kept getting bigger and
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19

lican economy bloc IN reconSlder-'
alton move.
Insurgent Democrats, who joined
with Republicans to force reduc-
tions in the governors recommend
ed appropriations, fell into line
with regular" party members last
night to provide the necessary Al
votes to transfer the budget battle
to the Republican controlled SEN
ate.
If the administration can get 54
votes for 2-3 majority passage this
afternoon, the senate will get a
budget bill of $478,741 sos, which
represents removal for handling in
a separate bill of a 72,700,000 re-
lief item, and departmental cuts
of $5558,304 from Olson's original
$557 100000 budget.
However, if the assembly refuses
to give al votes for reconsidera-
ton or lacks 81 votes on a budget
vote, a seldom used constitutional
provision will automatically re-
duce the budget by another $685.
Continued On Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Salinas Farmers
Map War Against
Hordes of Insects
GrasshOppers Cover Area
Twice as Large as
Imperial Valley

COALINGA, Cal, April
10. (UP)-Agricultural ex-
perts of the federal, state
and county governments
were massing today to map
war against an army of mil
lions of young grasshoppers re-
ported to be on westward march
over a 200 mile front
Two officials of the U. S. de-
partment of agriculture from Sail
mas reported after a hasty survey
today that the hoppers were hatch
ing out rapidly on the west side
of the rich San Joaquin valley
from Bakersfield on the south to
Modesto on the north. distance
of more than 200 miles.
The insects, they said, blanket
an area two and one-half times
larger than the entire Imperial
Valley.
Crops on millions of acres of
farm land throughout the valley
were believed to be threatened with
destruction If the insects, now i'll
the crawling stage, changes their
present course toward the barren
Kettleman Hills when they gain
wings in approximately two weeks
time.
Farmers were warned that If the
hoppers spread over the valleys
vineyards and fields of cotton,
wheat flax and other products,
there may not be a living piece of
vegetation left Urgent measures
were planned by the experts TO kill
the insects.
Spreading of poison by airplane
was believed to be one of the few
feasible methods of combating the
horde because IL is spread over
such a wide area.
The agricultural officials. all of
whom are in the field making
survey of the infested regions. de-
clared the invasion is unprecedent-
ed in the history of valley agricul-
ture.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
japan Negotiating Pact
With Dictator Countries

TOKYO, April 10. (UP)-Japan
was reported today to be attempt
ing to negotiate an agreement with
Germany and Italy whereby the
three powers would help each other
with airplanes. munitions and man.
ufacturing privileges.
The proposed agreement is re-
ferred to here as Strengthening the
nti-comintern pact. 1t would take
the place of the rejected proposal
for a general military alliance of
totalitarian powers against the
democracies.
Officials here refused to discuss
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19

the proposals but it was learned
from government sources that
Japan wants:
l. The privilege of obtaining up
to-date airplanes from Italy.
2 Munitions from Germany.
3. Concessions to operate air
plane factories in Germany thus
turning out her own planes and at
the same time learning the business.
The negotiations were disclosed
as the Independent-Liberal news
paper Asahi quoted american
sources as saying that President
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Roosevelt Nephew
Killed in Crash

MEXICO CITY, April 10. (UPD-
Authorities today blamed a storm
for the airplane accident that killed
Daniel Roosevelt, 81, nephew OF
Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt, and
his vacation companion, Bronson
Hartman Rumsey, %, of Sands
Point, N. Y.
The plane crashed and burned
near Guadalupe Victoria in the
state of Puebla, near Perote, Vera
Cruz, yesterday.
Carlotta Constantine, 81, daugh-
ter of a Mexico City newspaper
man, who also was aboard, was re-
ported to have suffered a broken
leg and arm.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Silver Hoard a
Burden--Economisf

WASHINGTON, April 49, up
The governments silver hoard Is
a monetary white elephant Her
bert M. Bratter, former commerce
and treasury department econo-
mist, said today in recommending
that congress scrap the foreign and
domestic silver purchase act.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Pedestrian Gets
Traffic Ticket

BRAWLEY. April ia pedes-
trian received traffic ticket Tues
day.
Max Leon Tullis, %, Brawley
= as charged with failure to walk
on the left side of the highway or
facing oncoming traffic, a mile
south of town.
Highway Patrolman Roy Wells
gave him the ticket after he ig-
nored the patrolmans request that
he observe the safety measure.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Summer Here,
Mercury Scars

Summer arrived IN Imperial
county Wednesday as the tempera-
ture reached 98 degrees at noon and
30 at 2 o'clock. Previous high
temperature of the year was regis
tered one week ago Sunday when
thermometers registered 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Supervisors to
Attend Farley

Supervisor5 A. /. PrebIe and I.
Schlatter left for Los Angeles We'd
nesday to attend a meeting of the
highway committee of the Califor-
MIA Chamber of Commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Ralph Chrouch to
Be Transferred

Ralph Chrouch, deputy labor
commissioner in Imperial county for
the last nine months, will be trans
ferred to San Bernardino April %
to have charge of San Bernardino
and Riverside county headquarters
for the commission.
The office at Ell Centre will be
filled by James F. McVill of north
ern California, who is scheduled to
arrive April 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19

Roosevelt might send a personal
message to Japan similar 10 that
which he addressed to Adolf Hitler
end Benito Mussolini appealing for
peace guarantees. There was gen.
eral belief that any such message
would be coldly received
Japan, 1t was indicated would
continue to follow program IN
line with n ropeafi totalitarlan
bloc negotiations nov
u Miller Through. would Ia
:, svutSus t'S sanv o~1 $50
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
1000 Evacuate Homes in Missouri.
Mississippi Valleys as Rivers Rise

eight southern and central states
during the weekend. Five persons
drowned in flood waters in Ohio,
Indiana and western Virginia and
one man died in a blizzard in Colo
RADIO.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Baseball Results
NATIONAL

NATIONAL
Phil. 030 100 900 000-6 10--2
Boston 200 oil 10l 001--7 l2-2
Mulcahy, Smith and Miles; Tur-
ner, Erickson, Shoffner, Butcher
PCsedel and Lopez.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Tyrone Power Plans Quiet Marriage
To AnnabeIIa; Leading Lady Killer
To Take Delayed Honeymoon

HOLLYWOOD, April 18. (UP)--It'll be quiet wed
ding at home with the honeymoon coming later for Tyrone
Power and Annabea Hollywoods latest sweetheart pair
appeared today.
With 10 weeks of hard work ahead of him. the screens
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Flying Colonel Confers with Air Corps Head
Before Beginning Tour of Air Facilities;
viii Recommend Developments for Industry

WASHINGTON, April 49, (UP)-Colone Charles A.
called to active service by the war department
to help the United States regain military supremacy of
the air. reported for duty today.
Lndbergh arrived at the department before am
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Britain Moves to Secure
Understanding with Hitler
p AMBLING
l\EPORTER
Take Off the Whiskers-

Take Off the Whiskers-
Little Rosemary Day, young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Day
looked fixedly at Curley Vesey ana
iHQuired:
sAre you the one I used to call
Gzzy' last year?"
Curley said he guessed he was
and Rosemary explained:
You had your hat on and
couldn't tell"
Remember When
One of RR's agents kept an ear
open at Meloland club meeting
the other day and heard the Wom-
en- reminiscing about the HalloW-
cen party at which Mr.. and MIS-
Ben Christian won first prize cos
TUNED as the Gold Dust Twins"
we would like to have seen that!
AL In The Family
RR's heartiest congratulations
are extended to Old Fourteen, a
Chester white sow owned by w. R
hOUtIlS.
litter of %, which is a lot OF saus-
aN.y
Aims to Please
All because Dan West and his
cohorts supplied baby buggy, Mrs
Baird of Calipatria sang for the
pioneers.
. $50 sorry / can't be there Mrs
Baird told West. Il have to have
some place to leave my child
I'll hold the baby while yor
sing" West volunteered.
"Nooo. / don't think that would
do Mrs. Baird said.
Then I'll get a baby buggy,
said West and the mother agreed
West got the buggy and everyone
was happy, including the paby.
About A Movie
This is two days in row fol
.rb Norris, but it's worth it.
- Some child came up to me and
asked if Pygmalion was an animal
show'!" Herb disclosed. What was
I to say?"
RR suggests Eyes and no..
o
No Secret Here
Tuffy Hester takes his baseball
seriously, and also his own prowess
Asked if Ell CentroS team had d
chance to beat Calexico he said:
Central will win in walk. II
] pitch"
o
What's In A Name
Benny Young supplied the neces-
sSary information on how Czernia
Sharp of Holtville got his first
name.
His father named him after a
Russian musician. Why I don't
know, because Zernie couldn't play
a tune to save his life. Even if you
strung a violin string over his
nose"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Cut
Threatened as
Senate BoIks
Bourbons Make Effort to Obtain
Majority Vote in UpperHouse to Pass
Olson Biennial Recommendations

SACRAMENTO April 10. (UP)-Already sashed and
tentatively approved by AZ to 80 assembly VOTE Gov.
Cubert Osons biennial budget slated for addi-
tona S56 today unless administration Demo
Gratis can muster 12 more votes from stubborn Repub
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19
Hitler TO Demand Economic Living
Space in Reply to Roosevelfs
Appea| for World Peace
Germany Must Export or Starve, Nazi Leaders
Point Out as Trade Dwindles; Colonies
Necessary for Nations Salvation

BERLIN, April 10. (UP)-Adof Hitler intends to de-
mand economic living space for Germany in his speech
to the Nazi Rechstag April %, replying to President
Roosevelts appeal for peace it reported today in
well informed political quarters Doubt expressed
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19

that Hitler would ask the united
States for trade concessions as the
price of German participation in
any peace program.
Nevertheless it was suggested
that, in demanding economic liv-
ing space" Hitler might call atten-
ton to his recent statement that
Germany must export or starve;
that he might emphasize what
Nazis call Germany's inalienable
natural right to dominate central
and eastern Europe economically
and politically, and might take oc-
casion to demand free access to
vital raw materials-colonies.
Nazis say to critics of their lex
pansionist' program that the need
for economic living space" is in
creasingly a matter of life or death.
Despite all efforts, Germany's ex-
port trade continues to dWindle
alarmingly.
FRANCE. BRITAIN DIVIDE
MEDITERRANEAN PATROL
PARIS, April 10. (UP)-France
and Great Britain, operating under
an agreed strategic plan, have div
ided the Mediterranean into west
ern and eastern zones of respon-
sibility with the dividing line at
the Italian Pantelleria island be-
tween Sicily and French North
Africa. it was understood today.
France has taken the western
half, it was understood, with its
main base at British Gibraltar, and
the British fleet was understood
to have taken the eastern half
with its main battle squadron based
on Malta, the British naval station
140 miles east southeast of Pantel-
leria.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-19

Butter: Los Angeles, 25c; but
terfat. Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, 32c; manufacturing milk,
2516c; route gathered cream, 2Sc.
La. Hay: U. 5. No. l, Sfa-ls.50s
No. 2 leafy, S13.50-l4; No. 2, $1l-i2.
Minneapolis flax May S1.7512.