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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Ham-Eggs Threat
Stymies Cityin
Awarding Contract
Council Delays Action
As Bidders Ban Pay
In Pension Warrants

Twice Wednesday n g h t
30-Thursday reared it's head
at the Ell Centre city council
meeting.
The first time, councilmen
delayed decision on a three-year
| contract because of possibility Of
the plans passage, and the second
time the board went on record
opposing it.
Four bids were received on a
three-year garbage and trash COL
lection contract BY consent of all
parties, however, further consider
alton of bids was put off until
Nov. Is, after election. The present
contract holder, Frank Hopewell,
will continue to serve the city in
the interval.
The present contract price is
1925 a month. A. s. Pilabos bid
$133 per month for garbage alone.
C. j. Lyons Inc, bid 1897 on gar
bage and trash collection combined
and $500 month for garbage alone.
i The Pioneer Truck and Transfer
bid $43,200 for the entire three
year contract. Lloyd Hopewel bid
$4,000 for garbage alone on the
entire contract.
Although all bidders specified
lawful money for payment, Lyons
said:
"All payments must be in money
i. . no 30-ThurSday warrants will
oe accepted"
Fear that passage of 30-Thursday
would leave the city with no funds
except warrants occasioned delay
of the contract award.
A 30Thursday resolution passed
unanimously, in striking contrast
to the fireworks set off several
weeks ago when it was considered.
At that time, there was unanimous
opinion against the measure but
two councilmen objected to the
councils taking a stand.
Wednesday night, however, the
board passed this resolution:
". We have made a careful
study of the proposed act and we
believe that if carried, it will SER
iously impair, if not completely
disrupt the business administration
of the city, as well as the county
and the state. We feel that in our
capacity as public servants the
citizens look to us to point out
any threat that we believe might
! jeopardize =. our city.
1t is hereby resolved that
we set forth the above opinions -.
to the end that they become pub
licly announced and that the vot-
ers may give them due consider
! alton before voting 4"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
California TO Lose Job Insurance
If Ham-Eqqs Passes, Warren Rules

ployers contributions to the msur-
ance fund in warrants. These con-
tributions amount to $72,000,000 a
year.
In turn the state must invest
these moneys with the U. S. treas
ury at Washington and the nation
al government makes returns to the
state.
Warren said the state contribu-
tionS would have to be in cash as
it was highly improbable the treas
ury would accept the proposed war
rants. AS the state would not
have the cash, the present plan
of operation would terminate, he
said.
Consequently California would
lose its federal benefits from the
program although employers still
would have to make additional
contributions to the federal gov
ernment-in cash.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

nary dTC, 10 IL CellITO oCJ. 20, 70
and 27. In the valleys leading the
alter, the United Artists, she will
spend three afternoons teaching
Imperial Valley women the latest,
easiest, quickest and most satisfac-
tory methods of preparing meals
to attract any appetite, no matter
how jaded.
Joining with the Post-Press in
sponsorship of the cooking school
will be the Imperial Irrigation dis
5rict. For the occasion the district
will assign two home economists,
Mrs. Grace Williams and Mrs.
George Harris, to assist Miss Gil
bert. Expert in their own right,
hey swell the cooking school staff
% the largest ever to participate
IN such an event here.
The school was arranged thru
the Western Features Enterprises,
which has contracted for the SER
vices of Miss Gilbert.
Sessions in the United Artists
theater will begin at 2 o'clock in
he afternoon of each day, We'd
lesday, Thursday and Friday, Oct,
IS, 26 and 27. The theater, with
its comfortable seats and spacious
auditorium. was obtained because
it was the only place in the valley
capable of holding comfortably the
large crowds expected at the cook
ing school.
The school will be open to every
one, absolutely free.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
100000 fire DESTROYS STORES HERE
YOUR BIGGEST DOLLAR

latest styles, newest merchasdise
in all lines. And all of it will
be there for the choosing Satur-
day. Increased sales make lower
prices, and the merchants are
looking forward TO both.
A dollar won't buy new bed
room suite Saturday, but it will
go farther toward buying one
than it has for long time. Th'
store keepers are out to make
new friends and to cement old
friendships. The best way to do
it is to offer bargains that are
so good you'd recognize them
mile away in thick fog.
Ell Centre will be the crossroads
of Imperial Valley merchandising
Saturday.
You've never spent bigger
dollar than you will then. Try
it, and you'll have the proof.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

tense OF Rumanla or Greece.
Chamberlain also threw light on
the breakdown of Soviet Turkish
negotiations during the last three
weeks.
He said that the Turkish Soviet
negotiations had been suspended
because Soviet demands on Turkey
conflicted with the three power
treaty.
The treaty, Chamberlain said,
had been agreed upon three weeks
ago but its signature was delayed
until tonight to permit the Turks
to consult with the Soviet Union.
Chamberlain recalled that Britain
and Turkey already had agreed,
pending conclusions of formal
treaty, to lend each other all pos
sible aid.
Chamberlain said that the text
of the treaty would be published
Friday.
1t specifies in protocol that
Turkey is not bound to go to war
against Soviet Russia in event the
allies are engaged in hostilities with
the Communist state. But it leaves
Turkey free to join the allies in
such an eveStuality if she so de-
sires.
In Stockholm, meanwhile, the
kings of Sweden, Norway and Den
mark and their foreign ministers
decided today against attempting
at this time to mediate in the
European war.
The chiefs of states at the meet
ing of the Nordic states with Pres
ident Kyosti Kallio and Foreign
Minister j. E. Errko of Finland,
earlier had made radio broadcasts
appealing for peace and offering
relations between Scandinavian ma
tions as a model for international
friendship.
King Gustav issued a statement
pleading for general peace and the
elimination of serious contrasts
which at this moment divide the
belligerents."
Kallio said that Finland was de-
termined to defend her indepen-
dence and had received constant
proofs of the solidarity of other
Nordic nations with Finland"
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Navy Officers
Die in Crash

SAN DIEGO Oct, 10 UP)-Of-
ficers of the United States navy
air force today announced that two
navy planes had crashed in mid
air over Black Mountain, northeast
of here, and exploded and burned
as they plunged into bean field
near Lake Murray.
The sheriffs office said bodies
of four men were found near the
wreckage and that possibly other
bodies were in one. of the planes.
Practice bombs, cameras and a
quantity of 30 caliber service ammu-
milton were found near the scene
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

ference at Panama City noted a
distinction between defensively
armed merchant ships and war
craft 1t was expected that cogniz-
ance will be taken in any future
action of such a distinction.
Hull made clear that the sub
marine ban is operative within the
8 mile limit only, the territorial
waters fixed under international
law and decisions of the supreme
court. The 300-mile wide western
hemisphere safety belt" is not
involved in the proclamation, it
was plain.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Britain Sidesteps Responsibility
OF DEMANDING Reds Leave Poland

the allied war aims included res
toration of the Versailles treaty
status of Poland, which now has
been divided by Germany and Russia
and thus would mean that de-
mand would be made upon the
Soviets to give up their newly
acquired territory.
The British-French treaty with
Poland, Butler said, excluded ag-
gession by Russia or any other
power except Germany.
The reply indicated that neither
Britain nor the refugee Polish gov
ernment had any plans at pres
ent for eventual restoration of the
Versailles treaty state regardless Of
the outcome of the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

from all over the valley when
Dollar Day rolls around - and
Dollar Day is Saturday.
Superlatives go out the window
Saturday. They aren't good en-
ough. 1t will be the biggest Dol
lar Day in Imperial Valleys his
tory. the greatest Fall merchan-
dising event ever staged in Ell
Centre. the longest list of bar
gains ever conceived in house.
wife's grandest dreams.
Ell CentrO's merchants know
how big Dollar Day is going to
be. Knowing what to expect,
they have laid i'm fresh stocks,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

The heavy five to one tally
against Proposition One was ex-
pected to spur tardy voters whose
ballots will fall on the yes side.
The total so far is made up
chiefly of Press subscribers who
clipped their ballots from We'd
nesday evenings edition. Votes from
Post subscribers had not reached
the Post-Press offices in force
Thursday forenoon and were ex-
pected later in the day.
Only one comment was made
during the voting" and it was
scribbled upon a "for" ballot. It
said:
"I wish I had 1000 votes!"
Press carrier boys canvassed Ell
Centro Wednesday evening, gath
ering ballots from house to house.
Those who have not yet voted may
turn their ballots over to carrier
boys or deliver them to the Post
Press offices.
Rural subscribers were urged to
check and mail their ballots to the
Post-PreSS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

Informed sources expected thaC'
a. number of Latin American re-
publics would follow the lead taken
by President Roosevelt in pro-
claiming his ban against submarines
but Hull said he had no advices
from neighboring republics on that
subject.
He was asked what distinction
was made between submarines and
armed merchant vessels and said
that the department was giving
attention to the merchant vessel
problem now.
Since the declaration at the
western hemisphere neutrality con-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

southeast corner OF SlXtn ana Nam
streets hours after the outbreak,
Fire Chief Corn Reed was unable
to give a definite cause.
'AS we'll as we can tell, it started
in the attic above Clements Drug
store, spread east into the attic
of Johnsons next door," he said.
Il don't believe chemicals were
responsible. Chances are heavily on
the side of short circuit in elec-
Jrical wiring"
Chief Reed said there was small
chance OF the cause being spon-
JaneouS combustion and directed
suspicion at blower fan.
reports of damages to merchan-
disc stocks and building ranged
widely with 100000 as an unot1i-
cial maximum. Drug store stocks
were estimated unoftlcially at $780,
900 to $4,000 and cIothmg in john
son S might run as high as $75,-
100. 1t was impossible to tell the
percentage of loss, pending closer
inspection of the Wreckage.
The building, owned by the B.
E. Parks estate, was severely DAM
agea, but insurance adjuSters were
unable to make any kind OF esti-
mate. The damage might go as
nigh as $4,000.
Most OF the loss was covered by
insurance. Duke johnson of Jonn-
sons said his stocks were fully COW
cred. w. j. Clements said he had
partial coverage.
The fire alarm was turned in a
few minutes after am. after a
"shorted" telephone line, apparent
iy burned through by the blaze,
aroused the suspicious OF a tele-
phone operator. She cand police
wno investigated, thinking a prowl-
er might be in Clements store
and discovered the blaze.
When the fire department ar
rived, few minutes later, smoke
was pouring from the drug store
and the attic already was an in
ferno. Before the % men coula
cut airholes and arrange their at
tack on the blaze, it had spread
next door to the clothing store
where it was eventually stopped.
In less than a quarter of an hour
after the fire was discovered both
attics were ablaze and the ceilings
had collapsed into the stores, car
ying flaming embers over valuable
stocks. The Clements skylight fell
with a terrific crash, shooting sparks
nign into the air. Cooling towers
atop the johnson store, smashed
through to the store floor, narrow
ly missing two tiremen, Clinton
Mccain and Paul Tilton.
The blaze was under control an
hour after the outbreak and by 6
o'clock firemen cut off their hose
lines, but kept two in readiness
fully charged, in case of a recur-
renee.
Skeleton brick walls, weakened
by the fire but still standing, were
pulled down in the alley back OF
the drug store to prevent injury
from falling bricks.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Two Die When Speeding
Auto HurtIes Over Canal

BRAWLEY, Oct. 1.-two Indio
residents were killed four miles
north of here Wednesday night
when speeding sedan missed
highway bridge, cleared 25-foot
canal, somersaulted into field,
and crashed 80 feet from the canal
bank.
Mrs. Dora Albright Herndon,
"a, was thrown from the back seat
of the car into water-filled irriga-
ton ditch between 25 and 80 feet
from the wreckage, Deputy Coroner
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

LONDON, Oct. 10. (UP)-Great
Britain's commitments to Poland
only covered aggression by Germ
any-not by Soviet Russia-R. A.
Butler ,undersecretary or foreign af-
fairs. told the House of Commons
today.
Buffers statement was in writ
ten reply to a question which raised
again the question of whether
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
A Bit T0uchy-

A Bit Touchy-
We intend to go into hiding after
this.
Will Lee Tackett went up for a
routine physical examination the
other day and the doctor pronounc-
ed him a marvellous specimen OF
health. H
"Your heart is beating mighty
fast, though he said and told
Will to come back next day. Next
day it was the same trip-hammer
beat. The doctor was puzzled, but
had a hunch and next day Wills
father accompanied him to the Of
flee. The heart beat was perfecN
All Will needed was some COM
pany to still the excitement of a
doctors office!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Storm Drain Cost
Studied by CITY

An investigation of possibilities
of storm drain system for Ell
Centro was continued Thursday
after City Engineer Phil Knights
was authorized by the city council
to draw up cost survey, knights
plan, roughly, provides draining
of storm waters into the old out
fall sewer system.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Got a dollar, pal?

Got a dollar, pal?
Then save it until Saturday. It
will buy twice as much then.
If you don't believe it, scan
hastily through the "a bargain
crammed pages of this issue to-
day. Scan hastily-yOu can go
back to the ads again in a min
ute for a longer look.
Satisfied?
Well, you amt seen nothing
yet. Multiply the bargains listed
in today's ads by thousand or
so, and you will have an apprOxi-
mate idea of the things Ell Gen.
trO merchants will offer shoppers
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10 (UP)
California stands in danger OF
losing its unemployment insurance
benefits if the state adopts the
Ham and Eggs pension plan Nov.
7. Attorney General Earl Warren
said in an opinion today.
Warren's opinion was delivered to
Carl L. Hyde, director of the state
department of employment.
The attorney general said that
under the plan the state would
have to accept employe and en-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Target Frank

Target Frank
This column should be devoted
to the police department, because
here comes another one.
Frank Smyer dropped in to see
Perry Kruschen the other day at
the latter's store and during the
course of the conversation Perry
said:
What kind of gun do you use?'
Frank whipped out his six-shoot-
er and handed it to Perry for exam
nation. Instead, Perry aimed at
the wall and fired!
The bullet ricocheted, clipped a
bit of skin off Franks Adams
apple and then dropped politely
into his shirt.
It seems that Perry lets go with
firearms every once in awhile in his
office and did it this time as a
Joke on Frank. The bullet was
more high powered, however, than
those previously used. '"
yeah, we know. 1t sounds screwy,
but it happened!'
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

Frank Raney said. She was deae
when officers found her.
R. H. Webb, SO, manager of al
Indio apartment house, died in ths
Brawley hospital Thursday morning
Jessie Herndon, 35, husband of the
dead woman, suffered broken
shoulder.
Before he died Webb told High
way Patrolman Walter Walsh that
Herndon was driving. Herndon in
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

listed Webb was at the wheel.
Walsh and Raney reached the
Gene within three minutes after
the crash, They were en- route from
Westmorland in pursuit OF speed
lng car driven by a drunk man
without a shirt" Herndon wore no
shirt, they said
The inquest was scheduled for the
Thornton mortuary here late
Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
d AMBLINe
IL EPORTER
NOnchalant-

NOnchalant-
When firemen arrived on the
scene of Ell Centros spectacular
blaze Thursday morning they found
Officer Roy Dupont calmly stand
ing alongside doorway surround
ed by a cloud of smoke. He was
smoking that chubby pipe of his
with blissfully unruffled express
sion on his face. ..f
"For a minute I couldn't tell
whether the smoke was coming
from the fire or Roy's pipe" said
a fireman. ....... ...
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Sub Blockade bY
US. May, Expand

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. (UP)-Secretary OF State
Corde Hull said today the u S. government is studying
the question of armed merchant vessels after having
claimed strict ban against belligerent submarines in
American territorial waters and ports.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Cooking School
Here

Americas greatest cooking school is coming to Imperial
Valley.
Paul Jenkins Post-Press publisher, Thursday announc-
ed successful completion of negotiations to bring Miss
Kay Gilbert the seasons outstanding authority culi-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Turkey Lines Up With
Great Britain. France
In Anti = Aggressor Pact
'I5-year Treaty Signed to Prevent Nazi
Conquest in Rumania. Greece: Nordic
Powers Decide AGAINST Mediation

LONDON, Oct. 49, (UP)-Prime Minister Neville Cham
berain announced in the House of Commons tonight the
signature in Ankara of 15-year mutual aid treaty by
Britain France and Turkey Under the treaty. the Turks
agree to assist the allied if they go to in de-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Business BuiIdinQ
Rozed: Defective
Wires Sus pected
Clements. Johnsons Lose Valuable
Stocks in Early Morning Blaze; Roof
CoI|apses as Men Struggle Against Fire

Fremen stood the charred wreckage of of Ell
Cenros chief business buildings Thursday, fearful of
second outbreak of blaze that raced through
two stores, leaving frightful damage in it's wake.
POking through the still srnoudering structure at the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Casualty

Despite the tragedy that stalked
a motor car near Brawley Wednes-
day night, there was humor, too.
One man was reported to have a
broken leg. And he did, too. But
when doctors started to examine
him they found the leg was wooden.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Straw Vote 5.fo.1
Against Ham Eggs
In Early Tally
Later Returns Expected
To Change Lop-Sided
Aspect of Ballot

No: 358
Yes: 73
That was the result Thurs
day of the first avalanche
of ballots in the Post-Press
straw vote on Thursday
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Saturday Is Dollar Day Il Cent,

Butter: Los Angeles 32c; but
terfat. Imperial ssn-, f"h ranch.
grade A, 42c, manufacturing milk
34c; route gathered cream 301sc.
L. A. hays U. s. No. s16.-S17;
U. S. No. 2. Ieafy s14-S14.5O; U. s. No
2. S13-13.5O, Mpls cash flax S1.S019.
Evening star., 1939-01-18

have fiourished at the expense of
its foe. The brackets you see have
pushed their way out through the
bark. The roots are in the trunk,
hidden from sight while the destruc-
tive work goes on. The beautiful
colored brackets appeal to all who
love color and beauty of form. But
to those who love trees and know
the strange fascinating way of the
mushroom that prospers to the
detriment of the tree, it is quite
another story
There are several very interest
ing close cousins in this group. They
may be found in the same vicinity
as this one We have been discussing.
Their brackets resemble horses
hoofs and they have been found
valuable in the manufacture of
amadou or German tinder to be used
for fuses, or by Americans as punk
for keeping mosquitoes away or
lighting fires at camp, or as light
ers for cigars and cigarettes when
the wind is blowing too strong for
match to hold out against,i
Entering the woods at dusk, when
the mature plants are beginning to
dry MAY until late OCTOBER, you
may become aware of a glowing
color of the tree trunk. This is due
to the tubes which are minute and
short and Of bright sulphur color.
(Copyright 1939D
Evening star., 1939-01-18
Broin TwizzIers
BY PROF. ]. ID. FLINT.

A couple of test drivers started
out to make a trip in big pas
senger bus to try an experiment in
advancing the system of the COM
pany they represented. Unfortu-
nately, an hour after they left their
headquarters, they developed engine
trouble and thereby diminished their
speed 40 per cent. They arrived at
their destination two hours late.
When they did get there, the man
they reported to analyzed the ex-
pertinent and discovered that if the
engine trouble had developed so
miles farther on the bus would have
arrived at the destination 40 min
utes sooner Then he asked the
drivers how far it was from the
headquarters to the destination
point and they didn't know because
their mileage indicator hadn't been
working. Can you figure out how
far it was between the two points?
(AnsWer on Page B-16)
(Copyright l939)
Evening star., 1939-01-18

the second round would be won by
dummys ace and you should then
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knocked out, but West would have
no more re-entries for his heart
suit. In fact, on proper play the
only way the hand could be lost
would be if West held five hearts
plus both the spade ace and the
diamond king for re-entries."
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By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

In this genus the pores are packed
closely and are joined together.
This is the genus more widely
known. embracing some five hundred
species. and contains every texture
from woody to pulpy or fleshy. The
genus Trametes also has many
members and some of them have
been mistaken for the other. In
Polyporus the uniting substance
of the cap is very different from
that used by the Trametes.
The fruiting part of the sulphur
mushroom and all of the members
of the genus can often be found
In the form of brackets which dec
crate fallen or rotten tree trunks.
These brackets when fresh are
beautiful indeed. The lovely clusters
with their stemless caps are often
as much as six inches in width.
They are broad and overlapping,
and the color of the young cap is
yellowish red or pale orange. This
accounts for the name, sulphur.
The margin of the cap is wavy
and an exquisite shade of pale gold.
The cap is soft and juicy, and when
broken exudes golden juice.
This mushroom is edible. 1t must
be gathered when it is fresh and
perfect, for the mature plants be-
come as dry as tinder and soon
erumble and fall to the ground.
The color fades, too, and the cluster
is so much like the bark of the
tree that it gives only an impression
of roughness, when it is really foe
that has fastened itself to the tree
and may have been the cause of it's
death.
The mycelium floating shout in
the air falls upon the bark of the
tree. If wound has been suffered by
the tree. either because of branch
torn from its socket or because a
careless traveller in the woods used
knife or some other instrument
to make an incision in the bark,
this is often lodging place for
spores. Since the air is full of them,
wounds on tree barks are more than
likely to have one or more settle in
them.