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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-10-05

engine have improved spring sus-
pension and q torsion bar ride-stabi.
hzer. -Four Ford VS. and Eve deluxe
body types comprise the two lines.
A new business coupe as well as Q
coupe. Tudor sedan and Fordor sedan
are available In both. There is also .
deluxe convertible club coupe with
automatic top standard equipment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-10-05

HERE are the two Ford VS. cars
presented for 1910. One is a Ford
vs. and the other deluxe Ford VS..
Top, the deluxe Ford VS. Fordor
sedan: below, the Ford VS. Tudor
sedan. Both are big cars with grace
full lines. Emphasis in interior
styling IL on fine appointments.
Among numerous important fea-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-10-05
y IMPORTANT FORD IMPROVEMENTS

FOR COMFORT-More room inside. New Con-
troled ventilation. New torsion bar ride-stabil-
izer!* Improved spring suspensions Self-seal-
ing shock .absorbers Two-way adjustable driv-
er's seat. New-type resilient front seat backs
New FLOATING Edge" Seat Cushions
FOR CONFERENCE.-The Finger-Tip Gear
shift. Engine more accessible. Two-spoke steer
ing wheel
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-10-05

lures are . dnger-tip gearshift on
the steering column, . new con-
trolled ventilation system and
Sealed-Beam headlamps for safer
night driving. Two vs. engines are
available. AZ IS horsepower in the
deluxe. the IS horsepower or q go
horsepower engine in the Ford VS.
models. Cars with S5 horsepower
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-10-05

FOR SILENCE - Improved soundproofing.
"Easy-shift" transmission. Curved disc wheels.
Improved drums for big Ford hydraulic brakes.
FOR SAFETY-Sealed-Bea Beam Headlamps Dual
windshield wipers at base Of windshield. Larger
battery and generator. Battery Condition Indi-
Gator on all models
FOR STYLE-New exterior beauty. New in
terror luxury. New instrument panel
~. 85-hp models only
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Burgunder Linked
With Nancy Frome
Murdered in Texas
Slayer of Auto Sales
Agents Knew Victim of
Tragedy Near Van Horn

Ell PASO, Tex, May 13.
(UP)-A report that Robert
NJ. Burgunder, jr., wanted in
Phoenix on murder charges,
was acquainted with Nancy
Frome, started a new investigation
into the Frome murder mystery to-
day.
County Attorney Richard Hairless
of Phoenix delayed the return OF
Burgunder To Phoenix while Off
GERS sought to determine If the
Arizona university student could
have been connected with the
F'rome crime.
Mrs. Weston G. Frome and her
daughter Nancy, we're slain on the
desert near Van Horn, Tex, March
30, 1898. Burgunder was reported
to have known and associated with
Nancy Frome while they were at
tending the University of Califor-
mia at Berkeley.
Hairless and Sheriff Len Jordan
placed Burgunder in the Ell Paso
county jail They are en- route to
Phoenix from Knoxville, Tenn,
where Burgunder was arrested on
charges of Staying two Phoenix au-
tomobile statesmen.
They said they would resume
their trip tomorrow, and would ar
rive in Phoenix sometime tomor-
row afternoon or night"
Hairless said Burgunder appeared
to be interested when the two Of
ficers discussed the Frome case
as they passed the murder scene
near Van Horn yeterday.
I'VE did not have information at
that time that Burgunder is sup
posed to have known Nancy Frome'
| Hairless said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

The men made no threats and
voiced no motive, Putnam said.
However, Putnam. publisher, said
some remarks they made in English
convinced him that he was abduct-
ed as a "scare" because he brought
out an anti-Nazi novel recently.
He was unharmed but badly
shaken and unnerved by the exper-
ience.
The book is entitled: THE Man
Who Killed Hitler Putnam said
that enroute from North Holly
wood one of the men questioned
him about the source of the infor-
nation that went into the volume.
The publisher answered that he did
not know it. The book was written
anonymously.
Putnam related that he was way
laid in the garage of his home in
the Toluca lake movie residential
colony where Bing Crosby, Mary
Astor, Andy Devine and other stars
live. What he feared was a gun
that was jammed into his side and
he was forced to enter the automc-
bile and ride with the two men
to Bakersfield, he said. There he
was bound and gagged with auto
tire tape and left in partially
constructed home on the southeast
outskirts of the city.
After several hours struggle Put
nam managed to loosen his gag and
call for help. Late-returning neigh
bors just going to bed in a home
so feet away heard him and re-
leased him. Finding Putnam ex-
tremely i'll, they took him into their
home and gave him hot coffee,
Then they notified the sheriffs
office.
Putnam, his lips still bearing
black marks from the tape gag,
talked with newspaper reporters in
the sheriff's office. Unnerved and
shaky, he exploded wrathfully at
photographers who were swapping
his picture.
About o'clock last evening"
Continued on Page 8, Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
! Children Before
Juvenile Court

Seven children were hailed into
juvenile court in Ell Centre Friday,
four because of their own delin-
quencies and three because their
parents are engaged in divorce
actions.
All are wards of the juvenile
court The children from the div
orced parents were adopted by
the court SO their best interests
might be served in spite of the diff
ficulties of their elders.
One girl is involved in a morals
case two boys are charged with
petty theft, and one with traffic
violation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Coast Artillery
Corps Increased

WASHINGTON, May 13. (UP)-
Immediate reorganization of the
coast artillery corps put more men
On the firing line behind the ma
tons coast defense guns was an
nounced today by Secretary of War
Harry H. Woodring.
The increase will be effected by
taking men from other duties with
in the coast artillery organization.
The reorganization will put five ad-
ditional three inch anti aircraft
batteries, one additional 81 MN
battery and II additional harbor
defense batteries into service.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Sheriff Issues Warning Against Two
Racket Operators Busy in County

hitchhiker She tells a story of the
destitute Smiths, pauperized by a
fire which destroyed their home.
She is the "old lady dressed in
black and who carries an umbrella y
as she was described by many val
leyites from whom she collected
sums varying from so cents to $3.50.
Ware ordered her out of the
county when he found the Smith
family to be a myth.
A man named Peters has been
soliciting advertising for a "Sher-
ifs and Traffic Officers Maga-
zine" Investigation failed to re-
veal the existence of such a maga-
zine, Ware said He asked residents
to telephone the sheriff's office II
Peters tries to sell them adyertis-
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
America Protests
Japanese Bombing.

WASHINGTON, May 13. CUP)-
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said
today that Joseph C. Grew, Amerl-
can ambassador at Tokyo, has made
vigorous representations to Japan
over the bombing of Chungking and
other unfortified Chinese cities by
Japanese air forces.
Hull said the representations we're
made on humanitarian grounds,
upon instructions from the state dc
partment
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Politician Jailed
| In Murder Rinq

PHILADELPHIA May 13. tUP)
Joseph Peppe, Democratic city
committeeman, was questioned in
Jail today about reports that he
had been terrorized into supplying
the names of likely victims for a
gang which murdered more than
100 persons for their insurance.
Capt. James Kelly of the homi-
eide squad, who took Peppe into
custody, said the politician had
supplied II names to the murderers
after one of the leaders, Paul Pc
trillo, had threatened to put the
evil eye" on him and kill his sisters.
Peppe's is political party job,
equivalent to that of ward worker
in other cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14


100000 men in training or ready
to be called up as trained troops.
The government statement supple
ments that of Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain of Great Britain, who
told the House of Commons few
days ago that Britain is ready to
fight if Danzig is attacked and Po-
lands independence threatened.
The Polish statement apparently
was meant to forestall any attempt
at a coup by Nazis in Danzig.
Informed sources said the gov
ernment felt the necessity of max
ing its statement because it had
received reports from Danzig giving
the impression that the Nazi party
in the free state hoped POLAND
would remain inactive in event of q
plebiscite or even a putsch.
Attention was centered on &
scheduled demonstration in thu
free city Monday night by Naz
organizations.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

dard is inadequate.
Carl Patterson, Workers Alliance
official. appointed a committee OF
five which he said will propose ne
gotiations with committee OF
growers for a compromise on the
wage controversy. Growers, how
ever made no immediate move to
meet with the workers.
Patterson told the workers that
they should report any unlawful
violence" to Governor Olson, who
he said, then would take law en-
forcement out of the hands of coun-
ty authorities and turn it over to
the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Relief Unionist
Tells Membership

SAN FRANCISCO. May 13. tUP)
Alexander Moral, state president
of the Workers Alliance, today told
Metzger senate committee that his
organization has $1,000 members in
California.
The committee, headed by Sen.
D. Jack Metzger, r., Red Bluff,
originally was named by Gov. Cul-
bert Olson to investigate the state
Chamber of Commerce, but was
later extended to survey all pres
sure groups"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Civil Service Aqe
Rulings Lifted

SACRAMENTO, May 13. fUP)-
Gov Culbert Olson today signed
three bills by Assemblyman Freder-
ick Houser, r., Alhambra, removing
minimum and maximum age re-
strictions on applicants for state,
county and city jobs.
The civil service reform was con-
sidered by the administration to be
victory, since the Olson platform
clearly stated that age should not
be a restriction in civil service en-
ployment.'
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

|. Y.
UNIQUE OF
ALL COUNTIES

AS an inventory" of Imperial county, the Post
Press today published this 4-page special edition.
It is an effort to make an accounting of the
countys achievements, of its present values of its
future possibilities. At the same time however, it
is an effort to present complete picture in facts
and figures of how Imperial Valley stacks up in
comparison with other communities of the United
States.
To those who live along the rim of the Grand
Canyon, that wonder of the world probably be-
comes commonplace; the beauty of the Bay of
Naples no doubt is lost upon Neapolitans; and the
grandeur of Manhattan island is frequently for
gotten in the dash of New York life That is be-
cause they live 80 close to the trees that they do
not see the grandeur of the forest
For the same reason, it is possible that we live
so close to Imperial Valley that it is difficult to
view it effectively and virtually impossible, with
out help to compare it with the rest Of the world
It is possible that we have SO much, we know not
what we have.
These facts may help to show what we HAVE!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Publisher Shows
Film Of Valley to
Executives atL. A.
P0st-Press Chief Gives
Southern California
Glimpse of Picture

LOS ANGELES, May 13.
(UP) = Use of motion pic
lures to convince advertisers
of the purchasing power of
a newspapers trade area
was demonstrated for the first time
today.
Paul A. Jenkins, publisher of the
Imperial Valley Press and the
Morning Post, gave the demon
stration to a group of Los Angeles
and southern California advertis-
ers, using several reels of techni-
color film which Jenkins shot him.
self.
The picture, publicizing the inn
Continued on Page 8, Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

the appointment of select conf
mittee of five to investigate inter-
state migration, revealed that in
formal discussions of the proplem
have started with Brazilian auth
critics
Such a proposal" Tolan said,
would involve the settling of rich
plateaus of Brazil with some half
million farm families now roaming
our highways in search of work
and a place to make a home"
The Brazilian plan, he said, con-
templated payment by the United
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Business Rushing Until Fisherman
Sells Commercial Catch 10 Warden

WINTERHAVEN, May 13.-Busi-
ness was dandy until Isaac Emmett
Rutherford 40, gardener, prospector
and fisherman, sold some bass and
catfish to j. A. Loundagin.
Loundagin is a state fish and
game warden.
The fisherman was sent to the
county jail for catching bass out
of season and for illegal selling Of
fish.
He was the first transgressor ar
rested by Loundagin in his cam
paign TO stop the slaughter of fish
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

ing fields with small crews of then'
ycar-round employees. The cotton
chopping season will last two more
weeks.
The strike was decided upon at a
meeting of 500 Workers Alliance
members here last night. Mem
bers were threatened with expulsion
unless they needed the walkout or
der.
The alliance is seeking an in
crease from the wage scale of 20
cents an hour and rs cents an acre
TO base of 27ia cents an hour and
SIPS an acre recommended by a
committee of state officials ordered
by Gov. Culbert l.. Olson to investi-
gate complaints the present stan-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

in the Colorado river and irrigation
canals in Imperial county. He and
Deputy Sheriff John Crousen are
confiscating all seines, traps and
lines set along the river banks and
will arrest all fishermen who use
anything but hooks and lines to
catch fish.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

States of the transport of farm
families to Brazil whereafter Brazil
would put the families on planta-
tions either owned or subsidized by
the Brazilian government and In
sure markets for them.
1.-The California delegation To-
Ian said, sis making every effort
to impress upon the congress that
migration has now become a ma
tional problem and a threat 10 the
security of all the states
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Hearing Ordered
In Ritter Case

An extradition hearing for DR.
Otto Ritter, AZ, German alien ar
rested by Imperial county Officers
on a warrant charging him witt
fraud in New Jersey, is scheduled
for Sacramento Monday.
The German has been a prisoner
in the Imperial county jail since
Undersheriff Rodney Clarke anc
Paul Mateus. special officer of the
Ell Ccntro police department, at
rested him in Nogales, Ariz., carly
last month.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

Sheriff Robert w. Ware issued
warning Saturday against two
"rackets" now being perpetrated
against Imperial Valley residents.
Collecting money for a mythical
Smith family is the pet practice of
Mrs. Ada Williams, IS, eccentric
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
AirpIane Worker
Scarcity Noted

WASHINGTON, May 13. UP)-
The United States faces a deficien-
cy of skilled factory workers to
make airplanes in event of a war,
/. President Roosevelt was informed
ftoday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Jumping Junior

Jumping Junior
There was time, not SO long
ago, when Junior Knudson wished
it really WAS the dts that made
him see snake slithering along
only few feet away from him!
However, it took him only the
smallest fraction of second to de-
eide that his eyes were not deceiv-
ing him and elsewhere was better
place to be. Friends who saw him
in the act of departing said it was
marvellous to behold. They said
Charlie Paddock looked like an old
man on crutches alongside of the
speed Junior displayed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
CONGRESSMAN Pushes Plan to Send
Migratory Farm Workers to Brazil
For Colonization of Plateau Lands

WASHINGTON, May 49, (UP)-Shortage of agrcu
ure labor in South America especially in Brazil may offer
solution to surplus farm worker problem in the United
States Rep. John H. Tolan, D.. Calf, said today
Toan who has resolution before congress asking for
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Publisher Kidnapped From
Hollywood Home: BIomes
Nozi Agents For Crime
Amelia Earhart's Husband Tells Story
Of Abduction by Men Who ouizzed
Him About Source Of Book on Hitler

BAKERSFIELD, Cal. May 13 (UP) : Discovered
bound and gagged in house. George Palmer Put
nam, husband of the late Amelia Earhart, told today of
being kidnapped from his North Hollywood home 100 miles
from here by two who spoke German.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Workers Alliance Strike Call Meets
Feeble Response in MADEIRA Cotton
Fields; Chief Claims Olson Support

MADEIRA, Cal, May l3. (UP)-The Workers Alliance
today ordered its members working choppers in the
county's cotton fields to strike for higher wages.
Growers reported, however, that mass walkou had
resulted from the strike order They said they work
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Poland Ready for War
If Nozis Seize Danzi9.
Official Warming Soys
More Than Million Men Available Under
Military Training for Immediate
Action Against Dictator Nations

WARSAW Poland May 13. (UP)-Poland warned Ger
many today that her army is ready to fight if attempt
is made to seize Danzig.
An official statement amazingly blunt said Poand's
military forces "are in a state of readiness for war;
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
HIGHWAY FUNDS ALLOTTED

PHOENIX, May 13. (UP)-More
than $1,917.2 200 will be contributed
by the U. S. bureau of public roads
during 1889 for construction OF
highways in Arizona. the state high
way department announced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

Quite Safe
Tt rather looks TO us that the
Elks "RefreShment Committee is
in spot. They either have to
catch fish or else.
On the card announcing the Elks
annual fish dinner is the notation
!. in parenthesis:
g. splendid fish dinner caught
and prepared by the Refreshment
Committee. If they don't catch any
fish they will have to buy them, SO
you are not taking any chances on
their fishing ability"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
GI AMBLING
eAEPORTER
Clever Campaigning

Clever Campaigning
The big league politicians could
learn a thing or two from Betty
Smyer, Ell Centre high school junior
Betty, who was Is Friday was
running for secretary in the high
school election, climaxed her CAM
paigning with a speech in which
she said.
This is my birthday, and | want
you to know that each vote | re-
ceive will be regarded as a present :
She received enough presents to
tie with Mary Louise Sigmon
Another laugh in the campaign
was Ray Mouser, who was running
for house manager. Ray was Sc
2 short (he's less than four feet tall
that he had to stand on chair sc
that he could speak into the louo
speaker SYSTEM
Wouldn't it be guffaW TO heal
Herb FaWcett suggesting that,
This is my birthday, voters, 81
don't disappoint mel
Or Gordon Scriven having II
stand on a chair to reach a micro
phone!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

Imperial Valley leads nearly all
of the agricultural communities
of the entire nation in produc-
ton and value of farm produce.
Imperial Valley, when compar-
ed with the 1000 other counties
of the United States, in 1898
ranked:
FIRST in production of melons.
FIRST in production of early
lettuce.
FIRST in production of early
peas.
Imperial Valley depends not
upon a single crop but upon
scores! Not month goes by
but somewhere in the valley
crop is being harvested.
One Imperial Valley acre is
equal in productivity to two or
dinary acres.
Although primarily farming
community. nevertheless lmpe-
rial Valley has manufacturing
industries that produces more
than S7,000,O00 a year.
Imperial Valley is a powerhouse
of buying power, as witness the
millions of dollars paid out each
year in payrolls.
The population Of Imperial Val
lev stands now at 10000 and
there is every reason to believe
it will climb to quarter OF a
million.
Imperial Valley is the home of
the largest irrigation district in
the western hemisphere.
Virtually all of Imperial Valley
has electric power available,
something which can be said of
few agricultural communities IN
the nation.
Imperial Valley is the home of
the largest irrigation canal IN
the western world.
Imperial Valley is rapidly over
coming its problems. Firm finan-
cial footing is only step away;
the drainage problem is under
attack; and so is the valleys S
crop-marketing problem.
Imperial Valley is becoming a
tourist and recreational center.
Every year visitors spend more
than $2,000,000 here.
Imperial Valley living conditions
rank with those in the best res
idential centers.
Imperial Valleys energetic cap
ital", Ell Centre, is rapidly be-
coming the valleys business and
marketing center.
IONS, the 10000 residents of this
pletely Justified in bOasting that.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter: Los Angeles, 25c; Butterfat, Imperial
Valley, fob. ranch grade A, &c; manufacturing
milk rs &c; route gathered cream, 23c.
L. A. Hay: U. S. No. 1, $l4-145O; U. 8. No. leafy
S13.5O-14; U.SNo2, S12-125O Mimi. Flax, ,MayS1.67h
Evening star., 1939-02-11
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

For years we have wondered why
some one hasn't invented q small
unit to heat one or more rooms
which would combine the features
of an air circulating fireplace with
those of coal stove. Such a unit,
we have always maintained, would
be ideal for basement game room,
a log cabin or possibly the living
room of a small house.
An answer to our silent wishes
has at last been placed on the
market and seems to fulfill all of
the requirements we had mentally
outlined. 1t consists of an attrac-
lively designed fireplace arrange
ment with paneled pilasters and a
narrow mantel. In the center is
located compact stove, made of
cast iron throughout, with a rugged
crate for coal burning, tight-fitting
front door and rigid door frame
built into the sheet-metal fireplace.
AS we mentioned in the first place,
this unit is not just ordinary stove,
but also acts as a circulating fire.
place which warns the air of the
room and causes 1t to circulate
around to distant corners which
would otherwise tend to be on the
frigid side. This air circulation is
obtained by means Of the air pas
sages which surround the sides, top
and bottom of the stove element.
These air passages also make it
unnecessary for you to construct
expensive f1ue and hearth arrange
ments, since the circulating air acts
as an efficient insulation.
The combination unit Of our
dreams, therefore, acts as nice
little stove where you can quickly
kindle a fire on a cool spring eve
ming and also warm the rest of the
room quickly and economically. Air
is drawn in at the bottom OF the
unit, where it is warmed as 1t passes
up on all sides of the stove, then
passes out of the attractive grille
provided for the purpose in the top
of the fireplace front panel.
If you have a f1ue available 1t
is a simple matter to put one Of
these little units in place, and, if
you want to, you can add duct
or two to the top side, run them to
other rooms and thus heat a large
section of the house. = can also
be converted into a small air condi-
toner by adding compact blower
units, which are located In the side