davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-16
At Fathers Funeral.

Mrs. c. H. Gilliland and Ronald
were called to Macon today to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Gillilands father,
c. F. Burrows Funeral services are
to be held Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-16
Graham Jordan Home

Graham Jordan, a freshman at
Wake Forest college, has come home
for the Christmas holidays.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-16

And then there was the roulette
player who always bet on red, hop
ing thereby to stay in the black.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-16
From Stuart Hall.

aggv Moran has arrived
STUART Hall in Stanton.
spend the holidays with
Nh and Mrs. Edwin
1.ll
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-16
Return to Dillon.

Ms Steed StackhouSe
tanned 10 their home in Dill
a..er visiting S. S. Par
III several days.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-16
lIesk-Frd in Rocky Mount

as y. Paris IS spending the
sikh MIS-. F {. WinsloW.
Mount
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-16
Goes to Springfield

James j. Rowland has gone to
Springfield, KY, in the interest OF
the Southrn Tobacco Co., of Wilson.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Attorney General
Addressed bund,
Saws Leader
Kuhn Clashes With
Committee Over
Fair Questions

WASHINGTON, Aug. II.
(UP)-Fritz Kuhn, leader of
the German-American Bund,
testified today before the
Dies Committee that Attor-
ney General Frank Murphy ad-
dressed Bund meeting in Detroit
in 1896.
Kuhn volunteered this informa-
ton after clashing repeatedly with
the committee over the fairness"
of questions.
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas. r. N. j.,
had been questioning Kuhn about
Bund leaders in Buffalo. Thomas
concluded and Kuhn spoke up:
And here's another thing. Did
you know that the attorney Mr.,
Murphy addressed a Bund?"
do you mean Attorney General
Frank Murphy?" Thomas asked.
YES" said Kuhn.
where was it?" Thomas asked.
I'm the German House in Detroit. "
What year,"
I'm 1896. He spoke about 10 min
utes."
"Oh, about the German element
in general"
Did he praise the Bund?"
"Naw!' Kuhn replied.
unfair Charged
The Bund leader persistently OBJ
iected that questions seeking to
develop a connection between the
Bund and the German Nazi party
were unfair.
Kuhn tangled again with Whit.
ley when the counsel questioned
him about a $4,000 contribution
Kuhn presented to Hitler in 1896
during a trip to Germany, for Ger.
man winter relief"
THE Bund called for contribu-
tions," Whitley said, "and doubt
less some came from the unem-
ployed who were on relief, receiv-
ing United States money"
Can you prove that?" Kuhn shot
at him.
Protests Speeches
Thomas complained against let
ting the witness make speeches. ;
Il want fair questions" Kuhn
retorted
How was the money carried over
there?" Whitley asked.
I'm S10O bills"
Who sent out the request for the
contributions"
Il did"
Why didn't you take the money
and take care of your own unem-
ployed?"
Kuhn said the question was "un-
fair"
Il don't want any personal argu-
ment," Dies cut in.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

Skupen contended that Salton
Sea destroyed dikes costing $4,000,
blinds and tanks costing $1,000. a
fresh water ditch costing s305, and
prevented him from receiving an
income of $4,000 in 1927.
The appellate court pointed out
that evidence showed the dikes
had not been properly maintained
after they were built, that they
could have been built for far less
than the sum cited by Skupen, that
the normal life of duck blinds is
only one year, and that Skupen
did nothing to maintain the ditch
he charged the sea destroyed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

hlSi CooC VI OliS-dudl lCl CCIlt Sdl-
ion was put into effect on third
grade fuel. The price upturn
which included the kersene market
in west Texas, originated with small
refiners who had meagre supplies
of crude oil on hand to operate
their plants and no immediate
prospects of getting more.
Independent refiners, hardest hit
by the Is day crude production
moratorium declared by Texas, Ok
lahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas. Kan
sas and New Mexico, announced
they could no longer afford to re-
tail their product at present prices
in the face of rapidly dwindline
crude stocks. The shutdown, now
encompassing most of the midcon-
tinent area where oil production
rivals agriculture as a resource
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

and livelihood for state governments
and populations, was designed to
force the refiners to restore a gen.
eral crude price cut averaging 20
per cent. 1t was hoped, by the Sly
states actively participating and the
several others partially supporting
them with production curtaihnent
that it would so vitally effect the
refiners supply that they would
be forced to rescind the cut.
Market experts pointed out that
far more urgent to the larger
refiners than to the small one. the
shortage had caught big companies
such as Texas, Gulf, Standard
Shell and Sinclair with heavy cor
tractural obligations made when
an unlimited supply of crude was
available.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
No Immediate Effect Forecast For
California Oil Industry; No Orders
To Raise Valley Fuel Prices

mo immediate effect" on the
California oil industry was seer
Thursday by a representative of the
California industry, according to
United Press dispatches from San
Francisco, as result of a shut
down in midwestern Oil.
We're looking at it to see what's
going to happen" the spokesman
said. so far as we can see it will
have no effect in California in the
near future"
1t was pointed out that California
has no state oil control act and pro-
duction control is conducted on a
voluntary basis.
In Ell Centre. oil men we're COM
pletely in the dark regarding a pos
sible raise in prices. One representa-
tive said:
I'VE seldom know in advance
when prices are raised Generally
the order comes through and goes
into immediate effect. We have had
no order yet"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

ehpeIl-udQ Deen dlQulreO Dy re-
mote control-from the books he
had read.
Thompson, on the stand for the
second day, was questioned by
Thomas Shoemaker, chief govern
ment counsel in the deportation
proceedings.
The little scholarly man from
Stanford said he didn't know any
Communists but he had met a few
and once had shaken hands with
Lincoln Steffens, famed liberia,
writer.
After he remarked that all he
knew about the subject had come
from reading. Shoemaker showed
him 40 books, magazines. PAM
phlets and similar material from
Communist sources.
Pretty Hot
The witness picked out seven
with which he said he was familiar
Shoemaker then referred to one
particular pamphlet which he indi-
Gated he considered pretty hot"
TOO much foam, not enough
beer" Thompson said of it.
Attorneys for Bridges laughed
and Shoemaker swung toward them
| almost shouting that pamphlet
was printed by the Western Work.
ers book shop and they though
enough of it to print 10000 copies
You can laugh If you choose bu
you still have to answer these books
and you don't seem to be able to
SO far"
Turning back to Thompson. Shoe
maker asked him about other books
The professor said he was not FAM
Continued on Page 3, Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

terry.
Subject of the conference was
as much mystery as the ques
tions put by federal agents to men,
bers of the Ell Centre police force
and others in the valley. No wit
ness quizzed by the FBI men has
yet revealed what the questions
were.
Three agents of the federal de-
partment. meanwhile, remained III
the valley. They spent five hours
Tuesday night quizzing w. S. Kea:-
ing, jr., Ell Centro police patrolman.
and Is minutes Wednesday night
questioning Betty Benton, employe
in the city engineers office.
The FBI agents interview with
Miss Benton aroused considerable
speculation, since she is in no way
connected with the police depart
ment, except through routine in
er-department business in city
government. 1t was pointed out,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
BIackened Army
0f2,000 Fights
Forest BIazes
Worst Outbreak in More
Than 10 Years in
San Diego County
By United Press

Red tongues of flame from
a forest fire were visible in
San Luis Obispo during the
night as a blaze crept over
the Cuesta grade near the national
guard camp four miles from out
side the city.
The blaze was one of four raging
through tinder-dry brush and tim
Der in San Luis Obispo and San
Diego counties in the worst out
break in more than 10 years.
A fire-blackened army of more
than 1000 men fought the blazes
and so far had turned them back
from hamlets and ranch buildings.
No casualties had been reported.
Thick Smoke
The blaze nearest to the city of
San Luis Obispo was sweeping along
the Cuesta ridge for several miles
and reached within a half mile OF
Continued on Page 3, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Tax Delinquency
Drops to Low
Mark in City

Tax delinquencies in FL Centre
during the last year. 1938-39, we're
the lowest in many years. City
Clerk Roy Johnstone declared
Thursday.
All but 495 per cent paid up their
taxes. Johnstone said. as compared
with a delinquence of 6.92 per cent
in 1878, 7.58 per cent in l93s-37,
10 per cent in 1886 and Is per
cent In 1934-35.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Young Couple,
FearedLost

VANCOUVER, B. c.. Aug. II.
(UP)-A wooden box filled with
papers, including wedding certif-
icate and a newspaper picture of
an attractive young bride, started
provincial police on a widespread
search today for young California
couple feared to have perished in
the wreck of a small boat.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Businessmen, Farmers, Professional Men
Asked to Confer in Tax Revisions

WASHINGTON, Aug. II CUP)-
Acting Secretary of the Treasury
John w. Hanes today invited in
dustry, labor, commerce, banking
agriculture and the professions to
cooperate on tax revision pro-
gram.
He made public the text of a
letter being mailed today to leaders
and organizations in the various
fields asking their views on how
to improve the revenue system.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Japan Apologies
For U. 5. Slap

WASHINGTON. Aug. II UP)--
Acting Secretary of State Sumner
Welles today said the Japanese
military authorities had apologized
for the slapping of an American
woman, Mrs. Mary Frances Richard.
at Tientsin by japanese sentry
at Tientsin several days ago. The
apology was conveyed 10 American
Embassy officials at Peiping by =
representative of the Japanese en-
bassy there.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Ba||ou Resigns
AS SRA Aide

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. II
UP)-Walter Chambers, acting
SRA administrator, said today
that Walter Ballou, Los Angeles,
brother of F. M. Ballou of Ell
Centre, had resigned as an ad-
ministrative assistant in the
State Relief Administration.
Chambers said Ballou had sub
mittted his resignation voluntar-
lily and that it had not been re-
quested. Ballou's appointment to
an SRA post was one of the
matters on which Governor Cul-
bert Olson and former relief
administrator H. Dewey Ander-
son had clashed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
CounciImen Seek
Ways to Reduce
City Expenses
Final Plans DRAFTED d
Preliminary to
Setting Tax Rate

Out of a maze of figures,
representing the cost of gov
ernment in Ell Centro, coun-
cilmen were confronted with
the necessity Thursday of
pairing expenses or authorizing a
slight increase in the tax rate.
Determined, however, to avoid
rate increase, councilmen called
conferences with the city clerk, his
staff and the city engineer in an
effort to depress running costs
and still allow for a reasonable
surplus for emergencies.
Facing the council was the need
to raise roughly s324,700, estimated
by City Clerk Roy Johnstone as
near rock bottom" for running
the city government. OF this
amount. s24O, 900 or $4,000 month
Is needed for actual city opera
tions. The balance of $84,700 is a
fixed expense. $4,000 for the city
library, 81 200 for the city rest room.
$4,000 for bond retirement and
$l2,50O for the chamber of COM
merce. OF the latter sum, $l,500 is
earmarked for parks and s400 for
musical activities. One mill per dol
lar valuation goes TO the chamber
as decided by general vote of the
people.
Per Cent Rise
An increase of 7.3 per cent IN
total assessed valuations in the
city. due in part to an equaliza-
ton of valuations, will raise the
total to s12,5O0,085. This is an in
crease of $1,261,515, of which $685.
045 Is traceable to the equalization
survey, $372,235 to new construc-
ton during the year, and $33,235 to
delinquent property returned to the
tax rolls.
This increase. on the basis of
tax rate of S1.88 per hundred, such
as in l938-1939, would mean addi-
tional revenue of $23.7l6. OF this
figure, $16O92 would be traceable
to the valuation raise occasioned
by the survey.
On the basis OF sl.88 rate. de-
Continued on Page 3. Col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
1889 Flax Harvest Most Successful
In Valley History, Says Goar

many farmers harvested an average
yield OF 35 bushels.
Peter Bonfert set new record
with an average yield of SO bushels
to the acre on 58 acres plot.
O'Connel brothers, with an average
of AIS bushels to the acre on 143
acres, posted second best record
Growers received maximum
payment of $l.88 per bushel, mir
imum price of $l56.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

SKupen, VINO won SlUUU udIIldges'
from the district in superior court,
appealed to the Fourth District
Court of Appeals on the grounds
the sum was not enough to COM
pensate his loss, assertedly caused
when the district discharged so
much water into Salton Sea that the
water level rose, flooding Skupen's
duck club.
The appellate court denied Sku-
pens appeal, upheld the Judgment
of the superior court, and COM
mented that "the appellant (Sku-
pen) cannot complain if the amount
awarded him is more than finds
actual support in the evidence"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

Imperial Valleys 1899 flax harvest
was the most successful in history
L. c.. Goar, superintendent of the
Meloland experiment station re-
ported Thursday in his annual
analysis of the crop.
More than $4,000 acres of flax
was harvested in the county at a
return of $1,360,000, Goar said.
Average yield in the county was
20 bushels 10 the acre, though
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

The information he receives,
Hanes said, will provide a record
of public tax opinion" for tbs
subcommittee of the House ways
and means committee when II as-
sembies on Nov TO begin rev
enue study preparatory to the next
session of Congress. The commit
tee is expected to consider increas-
ing income taxes In the low brackets
among other things
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Wonnan's S Body
Found in Trunk

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. II CUP)--
Police reported today that the body
of a woman had been found in a
trunk shipped from Washington. D..
c., to the terminal railroad station
here. Authorities said the woman
was about 80 years old and dressed
only in underclothing The body
was bent back double TO force it
in the trunk.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

Another representative said:
Sometimes we hear by the
grapevine that a price change is
coming. but even the grapevine
is silent so far"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
DoveSeason TO
Start Oct. |

Dove season in Imperial county
will extend from Oct. | to Nov. is
this year, instead of Sept. to
Oct. Is as in previous years, Fred
Ferguson declared after a message
from R. B. Whitelaw. who has led
a campaign to advance the season.
"Whitelw said he had received
definite word from the state" Fer
guson declared Duck season will
be Oct. 2 to Dec. 5.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

also, that she has no connection
whatsoever with the Yamatoda case.
Meanwhile, rumors which started
Tuesday that the FBI men would
make two or three arrests in Ell
Centre within the next two days
remained nothing more than ru-
mors up to Thursday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

MIS-, FdTTtII WICh DTOKeII Ieg dIIu
Willis Pendergast with broken
arm. In addition to the hip injury
Farrell was suffering Thursday
from congestion of the lungs, evid-
emily induced by the impact OF
his body against some article at
the time of the accident.
Both Mrs. Farrell and Pendergast
are in satisfactory condition, friends
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

Farrell is assistant administrator
in Imperial county for the state
board of equalization. Pendergast
Is liquor control officer. They were
on their way to the American Le-
gion state convention at Oakland
when Farrell's Car, new one
struck the rear of truck on the
Grapevine route.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Too Enthusiastic

Too Enthusiastic
Diplomatic immunity of this COL
umn is waived to tell this one, but
don't consider it a precedent.
Lee Fitzhugh, who's just few
days over year and half old, CO.
operated his own way in solving
his mothers discipline problem
When he saw punishment in the Of
fling, he beat his parents to 1t. He
administered his own spankings-
always careful not to hit too hard
It worked like a charm. Baffled
parents retreated before the DEM
onstration of good will. Not so We'd
nesday.
Lee ranSacked his fathers desk
He was caught in the act. Carefully
he replaced everything. and was
told to leave the desk alone. His
mother left the room. Suspicion
drew her back. Desk drawers were
open again. and papers were all
over the floor. Aware he had been
apprehended, Lee lost no time Ii
taking his punishment.
"You deserve spanking" his
mother told him. But that's not
hard enough. You'll have to spank
yourself harder"
And he did. Harder and harder
Then the floodgates burst, and with
heartbroken walls he fled into an
other room, big tears coursing down
his cheeks.
But he left the desk alone after
that.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Injuries TO Confine Farrell For AT
Least Six Months, Physician Reports;
Wife Recovering Satisfactorily

Charles Farrell injured in automobile accident neal
Bakersfield last Saturday morning will be ncapacitaee
for at least six months physician told friends who caeC
at the San Joaquin hospital in Bakersfield this week
Farrells hip broken in the accident that lef
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Former Duck Club Owner Loses
Second Attempt to Collect
Heavy Damage on Flooded bikes

B. j. Skupen owner of former duck club at Salton
Sea, Thursday lost his second attempt collect heavy
damages from the Imperial Irrigation District for flooded
dkes and blinds and told in legal parlance that he
probably got than he should have the first time
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Danzig Problem
Coming to Head,
Declare Nazis
Diplomatic Activity Gains
Speed-Press Opens
Attack on Poles

BERLIN, Aug. II. (UP)--
Nazi quarters contended to-
day that settlement of the
Danzig problem is a question
of days.
They compared the present status
of the Danzig issue to that of 10
days or two weeks before the Su-
deten settlement last year.
Diplomatic act witty gathered
speed after the various conferences
held within week at Berchtes-
gaden. Salzburg, Warsaw and DAN
zig Well-informed sources re-
garded another meeting between
the Italian and German foreign
minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, as good
possibility for examination of new
factors in the situation.
The German controlled press
opened bitter campaign against
Poland today and declared that
in addition to Danzig. the Reich
must regain the province of Pom
orze, or Polish corridor In editor
ials whose identical phrasing seemed
to indicate official inspiration,
newspapers said that there could
be no compromise over either DAN
zig or the corridor.
LONDON. Aug. II (UP-Great
Britain is prepared to give Poland
an unprecedented guarantee to go
to her aid If she is forced to de-
fend herself against an attempt
to impose upon her an economic
dominance which would threaten
her independence. usually reliable
informant said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Defense CounseI's
Laughs Arouse
Professor, Quizzed on Communism.
Refers to RedPamhIetas as
Too Much Foam, Not Enough Beer

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IT. (UP) - Prof. Walter
Thompson Stanford university faculty member summoned
by attorneys for Labor Leader Harry Bridges his de-
fense against deportation testified today his knowledge
of Communism-on which he called testify as an
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Gasoline Prices Start TO Climb as Crude
Supplies DwindIe Because of Shutdown;
Big Companies Caught, Say Experts

TULSA, Okla, Aug II. (UP)-Gasoline prices began
gong up today result of shutdown orders invoked
oil wells in six big producing states
The price of premium grade gasoline boosted
eighth of cent gallon by midcontinent refiners
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Chief 0swa|t Confers With U. S. Agents
|nLos Angeles as E| Centre Probe
Continues Arrest Rumors Still Rumors

FL Centro Police Chief J. Sterling Oswalt, returning
to Imperial Valley from the American Legons state
venton at Oakland called to confer with FBI agents
at Los Angeles Thursday while the GMen continued their
tagging investigation of the H. Yamatoda kidnapping mys
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
ATT0RNEYS CLASH AT BRIDGES HEARING
d AMBLING
X EPORTER
No Words For It

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Farrell we're
pinned in their wrecked automo-
bile on the Grapevine route near
Bakersfield last Saturday morning
Willis Pendergast, thrown free by
the crash but with a broken arm,
had gone to get help The two we're
suffering severely Then someone
came along. stopped a minute and
went on. With them went Mrs. Far
rell's pocketbook. containing about
$50.
You write your own comment. RR
finds words insufficient.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Thoughts Astray-

Thoughts Astray-
The fact that Gene Veliquette. a
substitute at the Ell Centre post
office, only recently became en-
gagged may have something to do
with 1t.
Gene answered the telephone the
other day.
us Mr.. Veliquette there" asked
q feminine voice
Just minute-t'll call him. =
said Gene. He got up, opened his
mouth to call-and suddenly real
ized his mistake. He sat down.
Hello, this is Mr.. Veliquette," he
said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Vacation Note

Vacation Note
There's something about the ad-
ventures of Jack Gum and Waite,
Price that appeals to the lost youth
in RR's makeup. The two young
sters left Ell Centre week ago las,
Monday. bicycling up the coast
Tuesday they mailed card from
the San Francisco worlds fair
Everything grand, wish you we're
here"
RR would like to try the two
wheel method himself--it his legs
could stand It.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17
Baseball Scores

NATIONAL
New York ........ 900 001 000-1-5-0
Brooklyn ........ 003 200 00x-5-8-0
Gumbert, w. Brown, Coffman e.
banning; Casey e. Phelps.
st. Louis ........... 2l0 900 010-4-8-l
Pittsburgh 49,. 100 900 001-2-6-l
Davis g. Padgett; Brown. Sewell
a. Muellerm.
only National games scheduled
AMERICAN
Washington 80 0l3 Oil 020 0-8-l3-2
New York ....... 203 20l 600 ID 9-3
Krakauskas, Appleton e. Giuliani:
Donald. Hadley g. Dickey, Rosar.
Boston ............. 010 $40 020-7-l7-0
Philadelphia .,a010 900 O00-l-1O-0
Grove g. Desautels; Reninger,
Dean & Hayes.
Detroit ............... 600 900 0l0-l-6-2
Chicago ................ 900 200 00x-2-4-0
Hutchinson. Trout e. Tebbetts;
Knott & fresh.
Cleveland ................................. OlO 10
st. Louis ................................ 900 O3
Eisenstat & Hemsley; Mills 81
Harshany.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-17

Butter: Los Angeles. 27c: but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A. 36ci manufacturing milk.
28c; route gathered cream, 25isc.
l.. A. Hay: u. =. No. I, $3.50:
us. No. 2 Ieafy sl1-12.50; us. No.
2 Sl0.5o-1l. MINI. flax Sept. s1.45.