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Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Miner Who'd Walk 100 Miles for Job
Tries to Buy Ad With Last Dollar

With what he said was his last
cent, a jobless miner tried to buy a
classified ad in the Post Press
Tuesday-and was refused
"If this ad brings no results by
Monday, I shall walk to the Choc-
olate mountains and offer to work
for Mr.. Van Derpoel and Mr.. Muir
ply two weeks without pay to prove
I would be an asset" w. M. Camp
bell wrote from Riverside.
please run the ad as long as
you can for dollar as it is the
last cent my wife and I possess. ]
feel that my luck is about to
change and am hoping this last
dollar will be we'll spent"
Campbell wrote further that he
had worked for Kirkeby and Gaines
in the Blossum mine in Search.
light, New, during 1886, 81 and '3S
as chlorider and steel sharpener
until the mine was involved in a
law suit. He declared he had pros
pected many weeks and found
nothing of merit.
Campbell described himself as "a
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
U.S.. Senate Races
Against Time to
0kay Relief Bill
Committee Kills House
Proposal for Three
Man Governing Board

WASHINGTON, June 27.
(UP)-The senate appropri-
ations committee today rush
ed the $1,735, 100000 relief
bill to the senate floor after
less than three hours deliberation
in an effort to meet Friday mid
night deadline on WPA funds.
With the senate legislative ma
chinery idle pending its action, the
committee accepted most of the
changes in the house bill recon-
mended by the subcommittee.
These included:
l. Elimination of the three-man
administrative board in favor Of
single administrator.
2. Return of s125 100000 of
works Progress Administration
funds allocated by the house to
the Public Works Administration.
3. Continuation of the federal
theater projects with the proviso
that they must have local spon-
sorship.
Majority Leader Alben w. Bar
kley, D., KY, predicted that the
bill would be approved in time for
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
New Deal Prepares
Last Ditch Fight
On Dollar Powers
Administration to Push
Battle in Lower House
After Senate Defeat

WASHINGTON, June 27.
(UP) Wit h President
Roosevelt's power to devalue
the dollar already voted half
way to oblivion by the sem
ate, the New Deal today got ready
for a last-stand fight for its major
gold and silver policies in the
house of representatives
A strange and almost unbeliev-
able coalition out-voted the adj
ministration in the senate yester-
day. "A real filibuster" is threat
ened if the administration attempts
to reverse the verdict in the house.
When the senate adjourned short
ly before 7 pm, it had passed and
sent to the house for conference
discussion a monetary policy bill
which, If unchanged, would:
/. Continue the $4,000, 900, 600
stabilization fund in accordance
with New Deal wishes.
2. Repeal presidential authority
to devalue the dollar.
3. Raise the subsidy price paid
by the treasury for domestic silver
from 64.64 to 77.57 cents an ounce.
4. Forbid further purchase of
foreign silver.
Senate Majority Leader Alben w.
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
London Notifies Mi|itiamen TO Stand
By for Emergency Late in Summer

the troops-corresponding to the
American national guard-to clear
up all personal affairs before they
report in August for their annual
training period in camp.
There have been various reports
from the continent that something
was going to happen in August
when the crops are in. and when
the German and Italian armies, on
maneuvers, reach peak strength
The orders to the fleet and to the
terriers" left Britons in no doubt
that this time Britain was going
to be ready.
Men of the territorials who are
bank clerks and office workers in
daytime tell how they are routed
out of their beds and rushed in
automobiles to the dark country
side to man anti-aircraft batteries
so that they will be familiar with
them and will be ready to get them
into action with a minimum of de-
lay.
It was made known today that
the first batch of $4,000 recruits
under the new conscription act will
be notified Saturday to report for
duty July Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

the japanese DlCckaded the ports
of Foochow and Wenchow, down the
coast from Shanghai, and warned
all foreign ships to stay away. The
British consulate general at Shang-
hal at once rejected the warning
and the American consulate gen.
eral was expected to follow suit.
Gen. Homma's announcement
here was the first word since the
beginning Of the concession block
ade June ii that Japan might
compromise its dispute with the
British.
1t came as dispatches from Lon
don and Tokyo Indicated that nego-
tiations were starting for settle
ment, and as Great Britain talked
more openly of reprisals unless in.
dignities to British subjects here
ceased.
Gen. Homma told 40 newspaper
men that he had received no SUBJ
sanitation of allegations that Brit
ons had been subjected to indigni-
ties. Then. however, he added his
announcement that he had issued
new instructions to sentries.
He referred also to a protest by
John K. Caldwell, American consul
general, against inconvenience and
loss of business caused to American
citizens by the concession blockade
He said that some inconvenience
to non-British foreigners was re-
grettable but unavoidable. How
ever. he said, he had authorized
Japanese Consul General Shigenorl
Tashior to tell Caldwell that the
japanese army would do all il
could to minimize inconvenience to
Americans.
While British and japanese con-
versationS in Tokyo sought to find
basis for negotiating a solution
of the Tientsin blockade troubles,
dispatches from Singapore said
that British and French military
and air commands had conferred
Continued on Page 8; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Situation Grayesf
In 70 Years Says
Premier Da|adier
European, Oriental War
Threats Cited; Japan
Claims Russ Defeat
BY UNITED PRESS

With two undeclared wars
raging in the Orient and
Europe approaching a crisis
in August or shortly there
after, the nations of the world
Tuesday moved cautiously along
diplomatic fronts and catapulted
forward with all possible speed
along armament lines.
At Paris Premier Edouard Dala-
dier told the chamber of deputies
Tuesday that "the situation in Eu-
rope and the world today is the
gravest in 20 years"
At London, the British govern
ment notified its territorial army,
corresponding to the American ma
tional guard, to stand by for any
emergency in August.
In Outer Mongolia Russia was at
war, unofficially and on a small
scale. with Japan. Both govern
ments. however, were acting thru
dummy governments, SO there was
no open break in their relations.
A japanese army communique
asserted Tuesday that Japanese
Manchukuan airplanes shot down
90 Outer Mongolian planes in a
frontier fight at dawn.
The communique disclosed also
that japanese airplanes bombed an
Outer Mongolian airplane base at
Continued on Page 8; Col g.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Germans Discuss
Russian Trade

BERLIN. June 81. CUP)-German
industrialists who trade with Rus
sia are to meet here this weekend
to discuss extension of business
with Russia, and representatives OF
a number of import and export
firms will meet at the same time
to discuss the same subject. II
was believed likely that the discus.
sions would result in the dispatch
of a joint trade committee to Mos
COW.
Count Friedrich Werner Won Der
Schulenburg, ambassador to Rus
sia, left for Moscow Sunday after
several talks here with Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
and foreign office economists II
was reported that he would be
back in six weeks for further in
Structions regarding trade with
Russia.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
ArchboId Arrives
In West Africa

HONOLULU. June 81. CUP) -
Richard Archbold and his crew of
five have arrived at Dakar, Senegal
on the French West African coast,
on their way home in Archbold's
airplane Cuba after an exploration
flight in the South Sea islands, a
radio message received by an anna
teur here said today.
The message said that Archbold
expected to leave today or tmor-
row for st. Thomas. Virgin Islands,
on his way to New York.
Archbold, a Standard Oil heir,
made his flight for the American
Museum of Natural History, New
York
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Turkey Planning
Biq Naval Base

PARIS, June 27. CUP)-TurKey
was understood today to be plan
ming a great modern naval and air
base on the Gulf of Alexandretta
as a vital part of Europe's new
security front.
The plans were reported reliably
after decision of the French and
Turkish governments that sover-
eighty of Alexandretta would be
handed over formally to Turkey on
July 90, when the last French
Syrian troops will evacuate the
province formally under mandate
to France.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

British concession. We were on our
way out of the concession.
A small but new shack, built by
the Japanese, flanked the barrier
entrance and before it stood a
long line of Chinese coolies. Rain
drizzled on them and they moved
their feet restlessly in the mud.
You walk the sentry said, mo-
tioning toward the shack, unless
you have a special pass"
Having no special passes, We
walked down the muddy alley to
the shack where the coolies were
being searched at the rate of about
q dozen an hour.
A uniformed Japanese sat in a
chair in the shack directing activi-
ties and enforcing the Japanese
blockade of the concession which,
according to official announcement,
is designed to prevent use of the
concession by "Communistic anti
Japanese" elements.
We entered the shack and the
Japanese examined my American
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

Stdnlman quoted tDe preSldenJ'
from a speech on the celebration on
the 150th anniversary of the first
congress last March 4 in which he
said:
"I take it no sensible man or
woman believes that it Creedom of
the press) has been curtailed or
threatened or that it should be-"
Stahlman said:
THAT declaration, coming as it
did from the man who sought to
deny the press of this country the
right to include in the daily news
paper publishing code a clause pro-
tective of the constitutional guar
antee of a free press, the exclusion
NJ which would have been a waiver
"A its constitutional rights and the
death to press freedom in this
country was truly astounding"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
MexicaIi Awaits
Liquor Ruling

MEXICALI, June 27-ResidentS
OF Mexicali-Saloon keepers in par,
ticular and those with a thirst gen.
erally-awaited further news today
OF a reported liquor prohibition de-
cree that might include this border
town.
Press dispatches from Mexico
City indicated Mexicali may be one
Of a number of places within the
Republic that will 90 dry, but no
official word had yet been received
Chamber of commerce officials said
today they we're still completely in
the dark and the government had
made no formal move toward clos
ing saloons.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

Stahlman, publisher of the Nash
vile, Tenn, Banner, was principal
speaker at the annual convention
of the Pacific Advertising Clubs
association. His subject was Speak
ing for the Press"
"One of the Silliest views held by
some is that the public is losing
interest in the press and turning
to other media for information. The
daily newspapers of this country are
still the primary news disseminat-
ors and likewise are the most pow
erful agencies of public opinion.
THE fact that the daily news
papers of America have a circula-
ton of 100000 copies is the best
answer to loose assertions that
reader interest Is on the decline
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

Inc cOnVlcCS ndQ nelQ Jfle WOMAN,
Mrs. Ruth Joiner of Charlottesville
Ind, a member of the Montgomery
county welfare board, in the office
of the prison physician for ap-
proximately two hours under threat
to kill her unless they got gums
and freedom"
Mrs. Joiner suffered slight
flesh wound in the left shoulder
Ed Whetzel, secretary to Warden
Alfred Dowd, was shot in the leg
They and three convicts were all
taken to a hospital.
Prison authorities identified the
prisoners as:
Richard Sweet, 26, serving a lie
term from Parke county on a muir
der charge.
Alphonse Skusewich, 20, serving
life from st. Joseph county for
armed robbery and murder.
Leroy Hunt, 81, serving 10 years
for robbery. Hunt was shot through
the abdomen.
1t was the first serious outbreak
in the prison since DoWd became
warden a year ago last April and
began imposing strict regulations
in answer to criticism which had
been mounting steadily since 10
long-term inmates escaped from
the institution in 1888 and became
the nucleus of the notorious John
Dillinger gang
The Dillinger gang escape had
occurred few months after Kun
kel had succeeded Warden Walter
H. DAILY in a personnel shakeur
which followed the election of Gov
Paul V. McNutt, Democrat, after
long Republican rule in Indiana
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Girl, !, Mistakes Valley for Home
State, Goes Wandering in Dark

A sleep dszed little girl mistook
Imperial Valley for Arkansas early
Tuesday and wandered away from
her parents roadside camp to can
on relative still living in that
state.
Clara May Jennings, 7. was found
at a. m. as she pattered down the
center of the highway near the fair
grounds. Jim Davis saw the little
figure as she trudged along in the
darkness and took her into his
automobile.
When I woke up I thought I was
still in Arkansas" she said, 80 |
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

got up and started to walk over
to see my aunt. She lives at Edge
mont in Arkansas. After I walked
awhile 1 knew I was not in Ar
kansas. So l started back to find
the camp" Davis took her to police
headquarters.
FL Centre police took the little
wanderer to the sheriff's office.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Jennings were
searching for their missing daugh-
ter when the officers arrived at
their camp at $3.50 a. m. The Jen-
nings family resumed their journey
to Hemet.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

LONDON, June 27. (UP) = The
war office has notified the 100000
officers and men of the territoria!
army to be prepared for a possible
emergency at the end of this sum-
mer, it was learned today.
News of the notification came
day after an admiralty announce
ment that annual fleet maneuvers
would be held a month earlier than
usual. which means in effect thai
the great home fleet would be at
emergency status in August.
Notices have been posted in ter
ritorial barracks throughout the
country, it was learned, warning
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

women passengers aboard, VIII take
off at p. m. (EDT) from its Port
Washington sea base on the first
regularly scheduled service of its
kind between the United States
and Europe.
The four-engined flying boat,
capable of carrying "a persons, will
fly to Marseilles, France, by way
Of the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal.
The flight to Lisbon is scheduled
to take % hours, and the complete
trip of 1850 miles to Marseilles will
require only 48 hours, including an
overnight stop at Lisbon.
The new service, following a
series of airmail flights started last
May, will connect American, Euro
pean and Asiatic routes and make
it possible for travellers to circum-
navigate the globe by air in 10 or
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
IL. Slot Machines
Must Go, Says Ware

Slot machines and similar gam
bling devices which had been in
stalled after the last countrywide
raid, must be removed immediate.
ly, Sheriff Robert w. Ware order
ed Tuesday.
He did not order confiscation but
instructed owners and operators of
establishments where they were US
ed to take them out of use.
In the meantime peace officers
and District Attorney Elmer Heald
prepared to study the new gambling
control bill passed by the legisla-
ture in the last hours of the last
session.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Treasury SIashes
Silver Price

WASHINGTON, June 27. UP)-
The treasury today reduced the
price it will pay for foreign silver
from 43 cents to 40 cents an ounce.
The Accent per ounce rate had
been in effect for more than a year.
The change in the price for for
elgn silver does no. affect the pres.
ent price of 6464 cents per ounce
paid for domestically produced
silver.
The pending monetary bill, as re-
viSed by the senate, would stop pur-
chases of foreign silver. The treas
ury will continue buying it. how.
ever, until when and if that bill
becomes law.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
p AMBLING
IMPORTER

For or Agin'-
A study in parental self-control
took place Monday night at the
softball game in Ell Centro.
Pitching for one of the teams was
young Billy Patterson. Umpiring the
game behind home plate was his
father, Joe Patterson. In the stands
behind the plate was Mrs. Patter-
son.
While Joe called the strikes and
balls as they came with cool indif-
ference, we wondered what was
going on behind his mask. Was Joe
thinking to himself:
Watch out, watch out for that
man on first, kid That's right,
keep the corner of your eye on him,
Don't throw this guy anything
good kid. He's poison. Hold or,
don't groove 'em like that! You're
soaring me to death. Sorry, but I'm
calling this one a ball. 1t nicked
the plate, know, but the spec
tators might think was prejudiced.
/ gotta be awful careful :"
UP in the grandstand, Mrs. Pat
terson was saying:
wait until l get my husband
home! They have to swing at them
before Pat will call 'em strikes"
Sacrifice For Honor
Orval Walker of Holtville had to
>jeave 1t to Claradell Graves and
Hpon johnson to snare the most
Hmerit points at the All summer
camp. Orval was too busy with a
croquet mallet.
1t was all started when camp was
just well under way and Orval was
thinking the situation over, figur~
ing out all the ways in which he
could garner the most merits for
kitchen police or Swimming races
or baseball games. Said he to him.
self:
II will just knock off this cro-
quet tournament as a start. That's
worth three points and it's gravy
because I am Dead Eye Orval the
Croquet King!"
The first half dozen matches
went along we'll enough, but every
time Orval was about to bow to
the plaudits of the multitude and
accept his three points, along came
challenger. While the rest of the
camp was swimming or playing
ball Orval was grimly defending
his title on the croquet court so
that the holiday was about over
before Orval had gained undisputed
championship by whipping practi-
cally everyone in the camp.
Never mind, Orval. That's the
price of supremacy and croquet is
jealous wife.
First Blood
If Herb Kirchner was this good
n his first trip fishing on the
5cean-and Carl Nichols, Raymond
Clarke and Martin Clarke all take
Continued on Page 8; Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27


fewer days.
Meanwhile, Pan Americans Yam
kee Clipper. held at Shediac, N. B..
since Saturday by foggy weather
took off at 1884 p. m. (EDT) with
% officials and government rep
resentatives for Botwood, Md, on
the second leg of the first airmail
survey flight over the northern At
lantic route to Southampton. Eng
land.
Among the first passengers IN the
luxuriously appointed and sound
proofed Dixie Clipper on It's maid
EN- commercial flight will be Clara
Adams, one of the nations foremost
first Fighters for whom the
crossing viii be the first stage OF
a projected air trip around the
world,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
HERRlCK RECOVERING
FROM RACE INJURIES

SAN BERNARDINO, June 27.
CUP) - Hobart Herrick, Ell Centre
midget automobile race driver criti.
cally injured during an accident
June l6, has partly regained con-
seriousness and has passed the crisis
In his recovery. Attendants at the
Ramona Community hospital said
his recovery was assured.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Pants Burglar
In Second Raid

A pants burglar who cleaned a
Seal Heights Mexican camp of S10O
this weekend also raided the John
H. Brown home and robbed Ben
Sturgeon as he slept nj a truck
parked in the same area.
He left Browns and Surgeons
trousers in field after taking $5
and drivers license from Brown
and So and the pink slip 70 an au-
tomobile from Sturgeon.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Parrish
found billfold belonging to one
of the Mexican campers in the
same heap with the Brown and
Sturgeon as he slept in trucF
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

years old with IA years of ex-
perience in mines as miner. shifter
and foreman. He gave his address
as 3409 Lime street, Riverside.
"Some men will walk a mile for
a cigarette" he wrote. But this
Campbell will walk 100 miles for a
job"
The ad Campbell inclosed was:
Expert chlorider, single Jack
miner. Will work anywhere. Ref
erences."
Campbell's 81 was returned.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
TAXPAYERS THRONG
DISTRICT OFFICES

Taxpayers fastening to fork over
second installment taxes to the I'M
perial Irrigation District before the
deadline at 6 pm. crowded dis
trict offices in Ell Centre Monday.
Assessor. Collector w. A. McFadden
also reported a large volume of
mail, containing payments.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Truly Astounding Says Publisher
OF Roosevelt Statement Freedom of
American Press Never Threatened

OAKLAND, June 27. (UP)-James o. Stahlman, past
president of the American Newspaper Publishers assoca
tion today described truly astounding state
ment by President Roosevelt that freedom of the press
IN America has not been threatened
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
United Press Reporter Gives First
Eye. Witness Account Of Stripping,
Searching Of British Subject
American Reporter Allowed Through Barrier
With Casual Glance; Englishman Forced
To Undress Dress in View of Coolies
By JOHN r. MORRIS

TIENTSIN, June Of (UP)-A stocky japanese sentry
stopped the automobile bearing Ivor House, Bron and
myself about so PAGES from the Woodrow Wilson street
entrance through the Japanese barrier erected around the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Airline Starts 22-Hour PASSENGER
Service Over Atlantic Wednesday
With 20 Aboard Big Dixie Clipper

NEW YORK, June 27 (UP)-Pan American Airways
Will start 22-hour passenger service tomorrow across
the Atlantic which Christopher Columbus took two
and half anxious months to span
The airnes alton Dixie Cipper with 16 men and for
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
japanese Back Down on
Stripping British. But
Spread Chinese Blockade
Garrison Command er Instructs Sentries
Against Indisnities to Ensshmen;
Britain, U. S. Re ject New Demands

T1ENTSIN, June 27. (UP) - Lieut. Gen. Masaharu
Homma japanese garrison commander announced today
that he had instructed senres at entrances to the block
AIDED British concession that it not necessary to strip
persons in searching them AS he made his announcement
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Desperudoes Shot
After Demanding
Guns, Freedom
Welfare Worker Made Prisoner by Men
In Desperate Escape Attempt; Guns
Blast Thugs from Physicians Office

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, June 27 (UP)-Prison guards
blaze of gunfre today rescued woman hostage seized
by three Indiana state prison convcts in desperate
cape attempt The three convict their hostage and the
warden's secretary wounded in the shooting.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27
Baseball Results

NATIONAL
Philadelphia 900 OBI 100 l3 |
New York -......O23 O13 4Ox-13 IL l
Butcher Harrell, Kerksieck Pear
son and Miles, Coble; Schumacher
and Danning.
Brooklyn ............... 001 900 010 900 0
Boston .................. O20 900 900 600 0
Wyatt and Phelps; Hayworth,
Fette, Lanning, Farmhouse and
Lopez.
Pittsburgh ...... 900 900 000-0- 40
Cincinnati ...... 900 1870 20x-6- 100
BauerS, SeWell and Mueller, Ber-
res; Derringer, Brown and Lom-
bardi.
chicago ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100 o
st. Louis .................................. 001
Whitehill, French and Hartnett;
Warneke and Owen.
AMERICAN
Boston ............ 021 003 020-8 II 0
Washington -. 900 900 OO0-0 6 |
Auker and Peacock; Kelley, Kra-
kaukSkaS and Giuliani.
st. Louis .... 020 900 00O-2 4 |
Chicago ....... 003 600 62x-l1 Is 0
Trotter, Whitehead. Gill and
Glenn; Lyons and fresh.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

Butter: Los Angeles, 26cI but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
grade A. 35c; manufacturing milk,
27c, route gathered cream, 241ee.
l.. A. Hay: u. $. No. |, Sl4-1f.50'
u. S. No. leafy S13-I3.50: u. ;. No.
2, S1I.5O-12. MINI. flax July S1.6SA.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-27

If Herb Kirchner was this good
> n his first trip fishing on the
lscean-and Carl Nichols, Raymond
Clarke and Martin Clarke all take
Continued on Page 8; Col. a.