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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
Night Passenger Train Schedules in
Valley Moved Back After April 3rd

Schedule changes for night pas
Senger trains between Imperial VAL
ley points and Los Angeles will go
into effect Apr. 3, John w. Dono-
hue. district freight and passenger
agent for The Southern Pacific, an
nounced Friday.
Under the new schedule the
train leaves Los Angeles at $50 p
m, As minutes later than the pre-
sent schedule. 1t arrives in BraW-
ley at 6:45 a. m, Ell Centro at 7:15
a. m. and Calexico at 7:45 a. m
On the outward trip the train
leaves Caiexico at 7:10 p. m, El
Centre at T:45 p. m, Brawley at
$3.50 p. m. and arrives in Los An
geles at sis a. m. Passengers may
remain on the train until a. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
Italy NOT Afraid of War, Certain Of
Victory, MussoIini Tells Peasants

REGGIO DI CALABRIA, Italy.
March 81. (UP)-Prcmier Benito
Mussolini told a wildly cheering
throng of Calabrians today that
THE Italian people are ready to
don their knapsacks because, like
all young people, they are not afraid
of war and they are certain of vic
tory"
Praising the high birth rate in
the Calabrian country, MuSsolinl
shouted condemnation of "the ex-
otic, idiotic fashion of keeping the
birth rate low and denounced the
sterility of nations which, he said,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31

TICK, L., IN. e, OliCIcu UllC dlllCliu
ment to grant $150,0OO,O0O instead
of the S1O0,000000 recommended
by the appropriations committee.
He said congress was voting bill
lions to thc GlTny and navy Ito
slaughter people" and asked why
can't we appropriate to save hu-
man lives?'
His amendment was defeated {?
few minutes after the house also
rejected a proposal by Rep. +. f.
Cox. L.. Ca. 10 cut thc fund TO
4,2o3 600. Rep. Clifton Woodrum,
D., Va. leader OF the economy bloc,
argued against Cox's move, warn
ing the house not to "lct our pre-
indice against waste and mistakes
in WPA run away with u.s."
The house moved toward f;nai
vote on the S100,000,000 oOmpro-
mise figure.
Rep. Kent Keller, D., ILL.,, pro-
voked the new economy demonstra-
ton when he displayed some bags
of meager rations and asked Wood
rum what he would do if we chad
to live on that.
Woodrum answered:
"If l had to live on rations like
that, l would write my congress
man here in Washington and plead
with him TO do everything in his
power to see that the WPA used
the money congress appropriated
for it for food instead of throwing
it away on a lot of foolishness.
Both Republicans and Democrats
cheered him for nearly a minute.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
Nazis Call British Reports Lying
Agitation to Stir Up War Crisis

In the United States, the state
department kept a close mouth, but
from Warm Springs Ga, where the
president is resting, came reports
that Roosevelt was keeping in close
touch with foreign embassies. He
talked to the state department by
phone Friday morning and to sew
eral European chancellories by
transatlantic phone. He planned
to call Europe again late Friday
Continued on Page 8, Col. a. d
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
RoIfviiIe Jail
Escape Charged

HOLTVILLE, March 31.-James
Long, 90, was arraigned in justice
court here Friday on a charge OF
escaping from the city Jail.
He was arrested in San Diego
on a warrant issued in Imperial
county. It was Long who on an
other occasion escaped from Holt
vile officers by shedding his over
coat like cocoon. He also escaped
clad only in shorts, when officers
went to a relatives home in San
Pedro to bring him to Imperial
county to face trial on a traffic
charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31

Purging of aliens from state and
county relief rolls was injected into
the situation when the senate PEN
sions and relief committee sent a
bill to the senate floor without rec
ommendation.
Two days Of sparring on the as
sembly budget bin brought claims
from the economy blcc that It's
first victory was withdrawal by the
governor Of a 100000 item for a
compulsory health insurance study
The insurance plan was not aban-
doned, however and Ben Rosentna.
D., Los Angeles, chairman OF the
ways and means committee, said lE
would be presented as a special ap-
preparation bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
100000 Fire
Hits Ohio Town

SANDUSKY, o., March 81.
(UP)-A battalion of Ohio ma
tional guardsmen today helped
firemen of this city of $4,000 and
departments from three neigh
boring cities battle a downtown
fire which already had caused
an estimated S2,0O0,O 900 damage.
The fire started in the city's
largest department store and
spread to a dry goods store ad-
joining and to an old structure
at the rear.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
Dairy Re-Testing
Requests Sought

Dairymen whose herds have not
been re-teSted for tuberculosis with
in the last few weeks should call
the county veterinarians office in
the court house, DR.. John G. Pace,
county veterinarian, said Friday.
A crew of Is state and federal
veterinarians conducted the re-
test of Imperial county's $4,000
dairy cattle as a part of the cam
paign to keep this area on the
accredited list as "t.b free"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31


Assembly Speaker Paul Peek
said he was authorized at Demo-
cratic caucus last night-with the
governor as host-to name five
man party committee to sift a maze
of charges piling up against the
SRA.
The committee will seek to de-
termine, Peek said whether the re-
lief agency is dominated by labor
unions, has Communistic and radi-
cal tendencies, shows favoritism In
relief, and is topheavy with nepo-
tism, although he said State Relief
Administrator II. Dewey Anderson
is taking steps to correct the hus-
band-wife duplicate payroll prob
lem.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31

Arrangements were made for
handling valley mail on Greyhound
bus leaving Ell Centro at $50 D.
m, CaleXico at 9:15 p. m. to Yuma
in time for dispatch to Los Angeles
for morning delivery there and Tor
dispatch for trains to the north.
The "cut off" time for receipt of
during the coming sea-
son will be 2 a. m, the same as
last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
FRANCO REPORTED IN
ANTI-RED ALLIANCE

PARIS, March 81. CUP)-French
news agencies reported without
confirmation today tn at Gen.
Francisco Franco had signed the
German Italian Japanese anti =
Communist pact on behalf of Ma
tionalist Spain.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31

of the raging bayou said at least
two more machines containing four
to six bodies remained at the bot
tom of the stream.
The automobiles were flattened
by two sections of a As foot con-
crete span which fell late Wednes-
day night after the rain swollen
stream undermined it,
Authorities said the lives of at
least 70 bus passengers were en-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
SWISS ARM BORDERS
AGAINST AGGRESSION

ZURICH, Switzerland, March 81.
(UP)-Switzerland has taken en-
ergency precautions within the last
few days to guard all frontiers
against surprise attack, it was
learned today.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31

dangered Wednesday night. One
loaded bus crossed the bridge
shortly before it fell and another
was halted as it approached the
washout. "
State Highway Commissioner
Sidney Roebuck said the bridge was
inspected few hours before the
washout and declared sound. 1t
was built in 1929.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
House Cheers Plea TO Eliminate WPA
'Foo|ishness'. Votes Down Proposal
To Give Roosevelt All He Requests

WASHINGTON 81. (UP)-The house today voted $780,
deficiency bill that passed
latest for S50OOOOO0
reduction before July in
the of persons working made jobs
WASHINGTON March 81. (UP)-The house, after
cheering demands for elimination of WPA "foolishness,
rejected today proposal to give President Roosevelt the
entire $5OO00OO0 of additional relief funds that he
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
Britain Moves Frontier
To Poland: Will Fight If
Nozi Aggression Resisted
France. England Pledge AIMED Hell p in
Event Poles Take Up Arms to Prevent
German Conquest of Additional Areas

LONDON, March 81. (UP)-Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that Great
Britain and France will to the military aid of Poland
the atters independence is threatened during the
vt European security consultations. Chamberlain said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
Death Toll Reaches ID as Rescuers
Recover Autos. Trucks Catapu|ted
Into Stream When Bridge Gave WAY

VlCKSBURG, Miss. March 81 (UP)-The death toll
in Mssssipps worst highway disaster the bridge wash
out at Clear Greek Bayou stood known dead todav
and rescue workers believed it would increase
Worlmen who dragged a half dozen automobiles and
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
Democrats Demand True Picture of
Relief in California as Economy
Fight in Legislature Gets Delay

SACRAMENTO March 81. (UP)-Democratic Assem-
blymen today demanded true picture of state relief
administration in California they temporarily thwarted
Republican criticism by continuing until Tuesday further
debate Gov Culbert L. Oson's $557 100000 biennial
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
{ f4se.
= AMBLING
IMPORTER
Trifle Testy-

Trifle Testy-
who are these men?" a woman
demanded over the phone to Ell
Centre Police Officer Roy Dupont
you've got me, lady said Roy
Who are they?"
"One says his name is Brown,
and they're trying to measure my
cupboard" continued the irate tele-
phoner. Then the light dawned on
Dupont. She meant r. P. Brown
} and Clyde Shellstrom.
They are city employees setting
valuations on your home" Roy ex-
planned.
do they HAVE to measure my
cupboard?" she demanded and
that time she really did have Roy.
Speak Up
No one ever could could accuse
Louis Stockholper of mincing words.
When at a dairy meeting, he was
asked if he would sell on the Los
Angeles market, if he could get
more money thereby, he answered.:
what do you think? I'm here for
dollars, not heat"
Tact Minus
Half a dozen youngsters. includ-
ing her son Ray. had found a way
to get underneath a next door
home and were having great sport
In the newfcund cave when Mis-.
f. M. Womack found out about it.
Fearing the building would be un-
dermined, she SET about calling the
youngsters out.
During the process one of the
children, whose aunt owns the
house, looked at Mrs. Womack ano
said pointedly:
II don't think my aunt likes to
have strangers prowling about"
Forgotten
All day long Wednesday T. r.
Eggleston had a slightly expectant
look on his face-in vain. From
morning to night he kept expecting
something that never materialized,
Finally, just before retiring, he re-
marked to his wife:
"Well, I had a pretty good birth
day didn't II"
She gaSped and then Eggleston
chuckled.
II knew everyone would forget"
he said, "and so / bought myself
present, pair of socks!"
"Horrors,' said Mrs. Eggleston.
"If I'd only have remembered
The socks were so loud they
looked like a cross between a brass
band and a sunset.
Prejudiced-
Ever have any wage trouble?"
Elmer Heald asked a prospective
woman juror at the NLRB trial in
Holtville. She replied:
Plenty
"Hmmmm. Who With?" asked
Heald, trifle surprised.
MY husband" said the woman.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31
Maurice Howard
Declared GUILTY
After I.v.TrioI
Labor Board Man Convicted Despite His
Denial of Charge He Used Profanity
Before Woman at Packing Shed

Maurice Howard field representative for the National
Labor Relations Board ordered Friday to pay S25
fine for disturbing the JAM % in the NJ A Gofried
packing shed at Holtville
Howard, who stoutly denied using profanity in dis
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31

Butter: Los Angeles, 26c; but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
grade A, SIC; manufacturing milk,
2614c; route gathered cream. 2fc.
L. A. Hay: u. S. No. 1, Sli.00i No.
2 leafy, $3.50; No. 2 $I1-l2. Min
neapOlis flax May S1.721s.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-31

(Total cash, checks and drafts sent
through the tive El Centre banks.)
Evening star., 1939-04-28

A one-day sale feature in
time for Spring and Sum-
mer painting. A washable
finish for walls and wood
work. Dries with a high
gloss. White and many
col0rs.
Goldenberg's-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Reports on Boy, II,
Reared by Balloons
Professor Says It's First
Kno,Un Case of Kind.

LONDON.-The ''Tarzan" exist
ence of South African Negro boy,
said to have been kidnapped and
reared by a band of balloons, was
described in report by Prof. Ray
mond Dart, of the University Of Wit
watersrand, johannesburg, South
Africa, which was issued here by
Prof. R. Ruggles Gates, of the Uni
versity of London.
According to the report, the boy
was about IL years old when he was
found and rescued by white men.
He could make only the cultural
sounds of the anthropoids with
which he had lived. Since then the
boy, now named Lucas, has learned
to speak Afrikaans (South African
Dutch) and has given vivid &C.
count of his experiences.
MY food consisted mainly of
crickets, ostrich eggs, prickly pears,
green mealies CORN, and wild
honey" he said II was kicked on
the head by an ostrich while raiding
its nest, and often was stung by
bees while robbing hives.
while with the balloons I walked
on all tours and slept in the bush,
entirely naked.
II was hunting food one day with
my baboon companions when two
policemen shot at us with revolvers,
and was captured by one of the
policemen"
Professor Gates said he believed
the boys account, and said it was
the first known case of a child
adopted and reared by anthropoids,
although bears and wolves, he said,
have been known in several in
stances to have reared human
beings.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
SUCCESSFUL PLAYLET

The playlet given at the Baptist
Church of Clintwood last Sunday
was rendered before a large and
appreciative audience. The name
Of the playlet was "The CONVEX
sion of Farmer Brown to the Doc
trine of Stewardship" The cast
Of the characters was as follows:
Farmer Brown, Fay Cullom; Mrs.
Brown, leila Anderson; Paul
Brown, Annie Lee Sykes; Ruth
Earnest, LaVadda Waddell; Dea-
con DoGood, Eunice Deel; Pearl
Price, Margaret Hyde; Ester Char
ity, Nancy Chase; Matilda, Ruby
Waddell. This playet will be rem
dered at the Pound Baptist Church
against next Sunday evening.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Kerchief on Display at
Harvard as True Crimson

CAMBRIDGE.-Th official Har-
ward crimson kerchief, adopted in
1910 as the standard of the college
color and since kept on deposit in
university archives. is on public ex-
hibit at the Widener library.
The silk kerchief first was worn
by member of Harvard's 1858
crew. Because of the distinguishing
"arterial blood shade, similarly
dyed kerchiefs were worn in en-
suing Naces. In 1910 a duplicate of
the 1858 kerchief was made and
adopted to 'standardize the Grim
SON.
Also on display is the football uni
form worn in the seasons of 1875,
1876 and 1877 by w. P. Lombard,
class of 1878. 1t consists of a wool
en- skull cap, flannel trousers and
knitted jersey sweater.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR
MRS. ISETTA HANOVER

Memorial services for Mrs.
Isetta Vanover were held Sunday
at the old home of the deceased
on Brush Creek, with ministers of
the Freewill church and the
Church of Christ taking part.
Seven ministers took part in the
services and the meeting lasted
until late in the afternoon. After
the preaching, basket dinner was
set on the grounds for all present.
Ministers taking part in the
meeting were: Elders Monroe
Hubbard, Bill Willis, Emory Van
over, J. D. Compton, Kenos Hunt.
Sherd Rife and R. E. Hall.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
FREEZING ITEMS

A. r. Singleton and Frank
Kiser, candidates for commission
err of the revenue and sheriff, &C
companied by w. M. Beverly and
Russell Haynes, were seeing the
voters of this section Wednesday.
Mrs. Virginia Beverly has been
confined by illness the greater part
of the time for the last week.
Willard Counts recently located
a good vein of coal near the
Counts home and is now getting
out a supply for winter use.
Hardaway Vanover is seriously
considering moving to Lee county
this fall. If he moves, he will To-
cate in the Stickleyville section,
near where relatives Of Mrs. Van
over reside.
Marlin Haynes, an enrollee OF
the CCC camp at Clinchport for
the past six months, is paying
home1olks a visit this week. He
has enlisted for another six
months service in the same camp.
Relatives of John Cox, who has
been missing since the 4th Of
July, still have no information as
to his whereabouts. A report was
current last week that he had
been located at Pikeville, KY, but
the report proved to be erroneous
Some interest and speculation has
been created by a news item in
papers to the effect that an am
nesia victim wandering aimlessl.
at Roanoke was picked up by po-
lice officers and that he TOLD oIli
Gals his name was John Cox, but
that he did not know wn- h
was from.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
CLANS
MEET SUNDAY

The Keels and Yates clans met
at the old Sam Keel homestead
on the Cranes Nest River in hon
or Of the eighty-seventh birthday
of Aunt Patsy Keel, widow of the
late Sam Keel. Speakers for the
occasion were: Rev. ]. j. STAN
ley, S. w. Deel and Virgil F.
Skeen. A picnic dinner was
served on the grounds for the
vast throng of relatives an d
friends present. The attendance
was marked by the presence of
four children of Aunt Patsy, So
grandchildren, rs great-grandchil-
dren, and one great-great-grand-
child.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
JOHN SKEEN HONORED

News reaches Cilntwood to the
effect that John M. Skeen, agricul-
ture instructor at Mt. Jackson,
Virginia, son of the late John M.
Skeen and Lille L. Skeen, was
honored with free trip to the
National F. F. A. Livestock Con-
vention at Kansas City, due to his
excellent record as agriculture in
structod during the past school
session. His chapter ranked fourth
in the state. He leaves on Octo-
Der IL and will be gone 16 days.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
UPSETS IN COUNTY
SOFTBALL LEAGUE

Two upsets in the county high
school softball league occurred
this past week when the strong
Cinchco team lost the last game
of a scheduled doubleheader with
Breaks High School at Grassy on
Friday. The other upset took
place when the second place D. M:
H. S. aggregation lost a S to A
decision to Haysi on the local dia-
mond. This was Haysi's first win
of the season.
In spite of these upsets Clint
wood and Clinchco should close
the season in second and first
places respectively. Ervinton has
practically clinched third p a
with Breaks and Haysi finishing
in order.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Good Roughness Is Aid
In Developing Rations

Roughage of good quality helps to
build good rations for all kinds Of
stock. Pasture and good legume
hay are roughages providing practi-
cal and economical sources of vita
minis and protein to improve grain
rationS.
A study made recently by the
United States department of agricul-
ture showed that pasture averaged
nearly one third of the nutrients con-
sumed by milk cows during the
year, whereas the cost of the pas
ture was only one-seventh of the to-
tai feed cost.
Legumes make the most nourish-
ing pasture and also the most nu-
tritious hay. Most farmers had
generous supply of legume hay for
winter feeding and live stock is re-
ported to have thrived unusually
well. On many farms the brood sows
have had the alfalfa hay which
they need to put pep into little pigs.
Calves have been Wintered cheaply
and with good gains, largely be-
cause good legume hay was big
part of the feed. Plentiful pasture
favors continued success with the
stock.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Introduction of Whist

The Encyclopedia of Sports says
that Benjamin Franklin is credited
with introducing whist in.o the Unit.
ed States. While in Paris in 1857 he
was invited to play variety of the
game known as Boston. He became
an enthusiast and taught his Amer
tcan friends and the game became
quite popular in this country after
the Revolutionary war.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Primitive Refrigeration

While America accepts electric re-
frigerator as modern convenience,
a convenience that is indispensable
to the standard of living to which
we are accustomed, on the other
side of the globe, particularly in
Asia or Africa, almost unbelievably
primitive methods are Used to get
even small measure of refrigera-
ton.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
GROCERY is MOVED
TO NEW LOCATION

The Thos. Mullins Grocery and
Cafe, operated on Mcclure Ave.
by Alex Mullins and wife, has
been moved to the Mark French
building formerly occupied by
Stones store just across the street.
They plan to keep larger stock
of goods and bigger and better
short orders.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Lost Mine Is Still Sought

The famous Lost mine" of Ran
dolph is still hunted by dreamers
of Randolph county, North Carolina.
A Pennsylvania prospector took a
fortune out of the mine over 100
years ago, but his heirs were unable
to locate the mine and it is still
awaiting some energetic digger.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Gross Negligence

Not long ago, says Golfers, in a
California court of law, a new trial
was requested in a $1O,500 damage
suit because one of the jurors hap
pened to admit that he had consult
ed a dictionary, instead of the
judge, for a definition of gross
negligence"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Rubber Calling Card

According to the American mag
azine, George N. Spencer, of Spring
dale, Pa, an inventor, has devised
tires for his automobile that print
his name and address on the pave
ment as he drives. Ink drips from
wells under the tenders of rear
wheels onto the tires.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
On Eve of Waterloo

In the Rue des Cendres, Brussels,
the convent at No. 7 represents the
house in which there was a sound
of revelry by midnight at the duch-
ess of Richmond famous ball On
the eve of the battle of Waterloo.
An adjacent building was used az
the ball room.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
LOggerS Have Mechanics

The Oregon logger, whose talent
for description is shown in every
word Of his 'long-log" jargon, has
coined several names for himself.
To another logger he is a Jungle
buzzard," "timberbeast," tim
berhound," woods savage" brush
cat" or "lumber-j
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28

FOR
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

Having been urged by to make the
candidate for the House of Delegates
for nd Counties.
Having in schools of Dickinson County,
months of public schools
adequately paid teachers do think that the school
received its share of the states
shall do all that the enlarged
to secure text books our children.
Other parts of gn6cient highways know
received share of for
public shall do everything that this
counties enough money build highways good
in the
the public agree is better qualified for this
position layman the public to have the best
shall endeavor have the law
require the Trial Justices be selected from
the field of practcng attorneys.
to the old pension law
targed to benefit all the aged and inhrm
shall appreciate and influence and in
the consideration
efficiency extended during the past ten
YOUR servant with the Virginia State Police.
Yours respectfully
Geo. Dewey Buchanan
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Redwood Covers Museum

NEW YORK. = Nearly $4,000
square feet of California redwood
was required to cover the Contem-
porary Art building at the New
York Worlds fair.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-09-28
Post Your
Land
And s av h e
Game

We h ave ready
printed mo Hunt
ing signs guaran
teed to save you
from trespass.