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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
4-H Workers Man
Plans for Year
Around Program

The Imperial County All club
workers mapped new plans for their
year-around project program this
week following a weeks rest after
Imperial county's tenth annual
mid-Winter fair.
Contrary to the belief of most
persons, the All club work does
not fold up Immediately after the
gates are swung shut on the county
fair, according to Lee Landerman,
assistant county agent and club di-
rector.
Instead, Landerman said, the fair
is only a minor part of the 4~Her's
yearly program In fact, Lee said.
only a comparative few of the club
workers even enter exhibits in the
fair.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26

OKLAHOMA CITY, Marcn 20.
UP)-Roger w. Cunningham, &C.
centric member Of a prominent
Oklahoma City family confessed
early today that he strangled his
beautiful and socially prominent
wife to death last March 6.
He directed sheriff's party to
her body which he had buried in
freshly dug sewage ditch.
The body was found face UP by
four workmen after they had dug
through several feet Of soft earth
in a sewage ditch which had been
filled in on March 7, the day after
the woman disappeared from her
suburban home.
Cunningham, according to Coun-
ty Prosecutor Lewis Morris, said
he had strangled her = Il don't
know why"-and had carried her
body TO the vacant lot through
which the sewer ran and kicked
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
Future Farmers 10
Show Animals at
Frisco Exposition

-Four Future Farmers from Gen.
trail Union high school have been
asked to represent Imperial Val
ley youth at the 18th annual inter-
state Junior livestock show on
Treasure Island, April 2, to 8 as
guests of Imperial county, accord
ing to B. A. Harrigan, agricultural
commissioner.
Following a tour of instruction
of baby beef now on feed by All
and Future Farmer youngsters,
calves owned by Dick Ingle, Bob
Horne, Henry House and Rex linn
were selected and their owners
invited to make the trip TO San
Francisco and return under the
supervision of A. l.. Thomas, coun-
ty employe.
They will leave Wednesday morn
ing. March 20, in a truck furnished
by the supervisors.
At the Golden Gate Exposition,
quarters will be furnished on
Treasure Island.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
POST-PRESS FARM SECTION
Flax Experiments interest Farmers
ROW PLANTING,
MIXED VARIETY
DEMONSTRATED

The rise of the flax industry in
Imperial county from a trial crop in
1892 to a $4,000 acre enterprise in
1899 has resulted in widespread ex-
perimentation among the valleys
leading farmers to increase yield,
lower production costs and boost
net income, l.. G.. Goar, superinten-
dent of the Meloland experiment
station reported in an interview
Saturday.
Experiments at the Meloland sta
ton and on private plots which
have attracted most attention are
those experiments to determine the
value of space planting, Goar de-
clared
Fred Gunterman, CaleXico ranch
er, has cooperated with the Melo-
land station in the row planting
experiments, Goar said. He has
planted more than 400 acres of flax
in all sections of the valley with
81 to "a inch row spacing.
Gunterman experiments will
serve as an accurate yardstick for
comparative yields, production cost
and net income, Goar said
Experiments at the Meloland sta
ton have indicated that row plant
ing will pay dividends, Goar ex-
planned. With "a in row spacing
only "a pounds Of seed per acre is
necessary as compared to need of
42 pounds of seed per acre in six
inch row paintings.
Space between rows allowed cul-
tiVation of weeds, Goar said, and
control of weeds increased yield at
least two bushels per acre. The
yield increase and seed saving
boosted net income considerably.
Gunterman's plots will furnish
more comprehensive results, how
ever, as the Calexico rancher has
tried the space row planting on ev-
cry type of valley soil.
Another experiment, carried on
solely at the Meloland station, is
an experiment with mixed varieties
of flax. Argentine and Punjab flax
are being used in the experiment.
Punjab flax, Goar explained, ma
lures earlier than the Argentine
flax and attains its growth before
the South American variety begins
to grow.
The two varieties may be har-
vested at the same time, Goar said.
The experiment station superinten-
dent expected to obtain increased
yields because neither variety con-
flicts with growth of the other.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
THE POST-PRESS

Published every Sunday blythe
Imperial Valley Publishing COM
panY, 625 State street. RI Centro.
California. as successor to the
Sunday issues of The Morning
Post and Valley Farmer, and
the Saturday issue of the I'm
perial Valley Press.
Entered at FL Centre. California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Paul Jenkins. publisher: A. c.
Johnston, ce-president d
general manager: Il. A. Fitz-
hugh, secretary and managing
editor.
Member California NeWspapr-
Publishers Association.
West Holiday Co.. Inc. Natic-
al Advertising Representatives.
subscription rates: sc per copy
or. in conjunction with the I'm
perial Valley Press or The
Morning Post. Per month, Soc;
Paid In advance: 3 months.
$1.65: G months. 1926; one year
5000.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
Expert to Inspect
!. Y. Flax Fields

Professor A. c. Dillman, head Of
the flax investigation department
of the USDA, will visit the valley
in April after a conference with
l.. Ct. Goar and University Of Cali
fornia agricultural leaders in regard
to a flax bulletin in Berkeley.
Dillman will investigate flax
problems in the valley during his
week stay.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
Two Win Divorces
IN Local Court

Two divorce DEGREES were grant
ed in superior court Friday.
Wilful neglect provided the
grounds for a final divorce decree
granted Walter F. Crane in his
suit against Florence Crane. An
nterlocutory decree was granted
Odell McMullen from Birdie Kirk
patrick McMullen. Wilful desertion
provided the grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
Address Lbs. B.F.
Flax Rallies After
Frost Damage

Flax fields, damaged by an early
March frost, showed remarkable re-
coVeries this week, according to
Argyle MacLachlan, secretary of the
Southwest Flaxseed association.
Some loss will be noted from ef-
fects of the frost, MacLachlan said,
but heavy irrigation during the
blooming period of flax will over
come most of the loss.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
AAA Lists Payments
To Farmers

The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration Saturday made public
list of payments of $4,000 or
more to participants in the 1887
sugar program in the continental
sugar beet area. Similar data on
payments in the mainland sugar
cane area were issued March ID.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
SociaIite Confesses StrangIing His
Wife, Burying Body lin Sewer Ditch

IL into the dltch.
II must have been crazy" he told
Morris after more than two hours
of questioning early today. 1T was
a hell of a thing to do"
Morris revealed that Cunning
ham twice had been held for ex-
animation at a hospital for the
insane at Norman, Okla.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
DESERTION CHARGED

Josefa Gastelum Feige filed a
divorce complaint against Herman
Feige Friday in which she accused
him of deserting her in Calexico
July Is 1892. They were married
in FL Centro April 20, 1881.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
COUPLE MARRIED

Joe H. Arredonda, 81, and Jennie
Blanco, 18, were married in El
Centro justice court Friday by
justice court Friday by Judge John
E. Simpson. They live in Calipa-
tria.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
Imperial Dam
Scene of Picnic
McCABE NOTES

A group of young people motored
to Imperial dam on Sunday en-
joying a picnic lunch there. Those
in the party were Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen Haskell, Mr.. and Mrs. Art
Baker, MI. and Mrs. Howard Cruise
and the Misses Lena, Rena, Violet,
Sandy and Pauline Niboli, Mary La
Brucherie, Helen Hunt. Wndavene
Beretti, and the Messrs. Fred Stan
| del, Joe Provasal, George VALERIE,
Robert Ricter, Al Jentoft, Raymond
and Bob La Brucherie.
| Miss Dorothy Paine motored to
Westwood over the weekend to
spend the time with her sister, Miss
Caroline Paine who is attending
school at UCLA.
Stanley Lydick, accompanied by
his uncle, w. M. Lawson of Los
Angeles, motored to the valley on
Sunday. After visiting relatives
here they returned to the coast on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Max Stroh and infant son.
Daryl Max, left the hospital on
! Tuesday. Mrs. Stroh is receiving
/ visitors at home.
Mrs Mary j. McElwain Of San
Diego is visiting her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. R. o.
Clarke.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hunter of
San Diego were valley visitors on
Sunday. Mrs. Ella BrodnaX, a for
mer McCabe resident. accompanied
the Hunters to the valley and re-
NAMED for an indefinite visit.
Mrs. Tony Stockholper. who un-
derwent an operation on Wednes-
day, is convalescing satisfactorily.
Miss Marie Yukawa entertained
Saturday night in honor of Miss
Sumico Yamo who leaves Monday
for Japan. The guests who wished
her Won voyage were the Misses
Betsy and Marvel Mazda, Sunico
Yamo, the Messrs. Tom Nishimoto,
Bob Takiganchi, Harry, Takeo and
Yuki Okimoto. and Benjamin Hira-
go. The latter are from Monterey,
visiting in the valley for few days.
Sunday a number of McCabe peo-
pie visited the paint pots at Salton
Sea and had a picnic dinner on
the desert. Among those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Burch and
Mariana, Emit, and Joseph Burch;
Mr.. and Mrs. I. Thanner and John
and Eugene Thanner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Scheuber and children; Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Miller and children Of
Holtville; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Vogel
and children; and the Misses Mary
and Louise Tresch.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
Alamo-Verde Home
Department Enjoys
Buffet Lunch
ALAMO-YERDE NOTES

Hawk for a beautifully appointed
buffet luncheon Wednesday, Mar
30. The color scheme was green
and white in the st. Patricks day
motif. A silver bowl OF white sweet
peas was the attractive centerpiece
Project leaders, Mrs. C. E. Tuttle
and Mrs. Charles O'Connor, were
assisted in the preparation of the
luncheon by other home department
members.
A business meeting was conduct
ed in the afternoon. after which
Miss Florence Glenn, home demon
stration agent spoke ON color
schemes.
Attending the meeting were Mes
danes A. L. BernShouse, d. Nc
Kenzie, H. K. Law, Curtis Mayfield,
Nettie Mellor, Leroy Hawk, Laura
Dobbs, George Mellor, Mary Mel
lor, Robert Hawk, Laura Hunick.
j. T. Connolly, G. E. Tuttle, F. w.
Leng. l.. w. Armstrong. Frank Cary.
Charles Siegrist, Frank Kumberg.
and Misses Florence Glenn and Rita
OConnor
Mrs. Charles O'Connor will be
confined to her bed for several
weeks after being seriously i'll for
the past week.
Mrs. Jerry Rice and small daueh-
ter Nancy spent an enjoyable week
end visiting at the home of Mrs.
Gilbert Beahan Of San Diego. Mrs.
Beahan and son George accompan-
led Mrs. Rice and Nancy home to
the valley and will visit here this
week.
Miss Juanita Nelson and Robert
kamm motored to Yuma Sunday to
visit at the home of Miss Nelson's
sister, Mrs. M. L. Noble. On the
trip they visited Imperial dam.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w Armstrong
had as their guests Thursday eve
ming, Mr.. and Mrs Curtis Mayfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. V. Keffer have
as their guest Mrs. Keffer's mother,
Mrs. O. M. Howard of Los Angeles.
Charles S. Siegrist returned to
the valley the first of the week
from a business trip to Los An
geleS. While there he visited his
daughter, Miss Mary Siegrist, who
is in Rest Home at Tujunga.
Mrs. L. C. Hawk, Mrs. Hobert
Hawk and Mrs. George Mellor rep
resented the Verde PIT. A at the
PIT. A. convention at the Metho-
dist church in Holtville Monday.
Mrs. H. K. Law and Mrs. G. E.
Tuttle represented the Alamo P
T. A.
Mrs. Charles O'Connor had as
her guest Monday afternoon Mrs.
Duncan Mckenzie.
Mr. and Mrs. j. T. S. Webber
and Mrs. Jack Wormington of Holt
vile were entertained at dinner
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Baksh.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Parkinson
of Calexico were entertained at din
ner Monday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt Parker. Mr..
Parkinson, who is bookkeeper for
the irrigation district in MeXicali,
is able to be up and about on
crutches. He suffered a broken leg
in July and around Thanksgiving
fell and broke it again, and has had
to be confined to bed ever since.
Mr.. and Mrs. K Omlin enter
tanned as their guests Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. L. w. Armstrong.
Several friends met at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Thiesen
Saturday evening. Pinochle was
played with highest ladies score 60
ing to Mrs. Hoyt Parker and mems
highest going to George Thompson.
Delicious refreshments were serv-
ed to: Mr. and Mrs. George Thomp-
son of Mt. Signal, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Hudson of Heber and Mr..
and Mrs. Hoyt Parker of Verde.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
LICENSE GRANTED

Clair Fair, 81, Brawley, and Billie
Mae Carter, q, Holtville obtained
marriage license from County
Clerk w. j. McClelland Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
SHEEPMEN TO ATTEND
POMONA CONFERENCE

Imperial county sheepmen will
attend the annual sheep growers
meeting in Pomona on April l,
according to George WinWright,
assistant county agent.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26
Henry Early Dairy Cow Highest
Producer During February; Fansworth
Herd Places High, Report Reveals

Mae dairy Henry Early of Ell Cento cut down
dairy cattle during February
Imperial county accord
testing association
the remaining nine places however, and
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26

The ten highest producing First
Calf Heifers tested during Febru-
ary are as follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26

Mr. and Mrs. K. Omlin enter.
tanned as their guests Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. L. w. Armstrong.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26

division, the report revealed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-26

Stanley Lydick. accompanied by
his uncle, w. NJ. Lawson of Los
Angeles, motored to the valley on
Sunday. After visiting relatives
here they returned to the coast on
Tuesday.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

China. as we'll as in our trying to re-
gain lost South American business. At
the beginning of the undeclared Sino-
Japanese war, the representatives Of
the aggressive little Eastern empire
were extremely vocal in assuring in
trested foreign powers that, whatever
came to paIs,' the traditional "open
door, theory of China trade would be
maintained. Since then, much has hap
pened-notably the creation of the
Rome Berlin Tokyo axis, which makes
Japan an ally of Germany and Italy,
both in commerce and in potential war.
And Japan has gradually but ruthless
ly squeezed out. And a few months ago
came an official Nipponese announce
ment which, though it was framed in
the careful diplomatic language in
which the japanese statesmen excel,
made it perfectly clear that the ''open
door policy was to be much modified
even to the extent that the Chinese
trade of other powers would be stopp-
ed, or subjected to runious economic
burdens, if the government of the Son
of Heaven so desires.
Thus a Japanese victory in China
would mean, in all probability, the loss
of hundreds of millions of dollars IN
trade to American industry-and, at
the same time, would immensely in
crease the economic resources OF an en-
pire which our military leaders view
as q potential enemy in a Pacific war.
The Chinese armies have been steadily
losing, due in large part to lack of mon
ely and supplies, and it seems inevitable
that an ultimate japanese victory is
q certainty unless Chang Kai-Shek is
given what he needs. The Treasury
credit is apparently designed to help
him solve that vital problem. The new
international technique is to fight wars.
with the weapon of trade, before ne
sorting to the weapons of physical vio-
lence. And it seems that the r~entless
press of events has at last forced us to
adopt that course of action, it only to
a limited extent, as yet.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
BUYERS GUIDE
PEACOCK

With the coming Of the new year,
let US hope that Negro business men
will make plans for an up to date adj
vertising program. It does not matter
what their line of business is, whether
it be large or small, they should devel-
ope a definite advertising budget.
Advertising has transformed AmeH
can life, it has grown ~marvelously in
power and in beneficient services. Ad-
vertising, by creating desires for new
things has produced enthusiastic en-
deavor on the part of millions and from
that endeavor has come the marvellous
%developement of our national wealth.
Advertising performs countless
public services no other agency OF pub
lie information could possibly perform.
It has rescued the housewife from dru-
dgerv bv telling her of labor-saving de-
vices. 1t saved countless lives by selling
better refrigeration, by getting dust
out of homes, by promoting h~ealth-gly-
ing foods, by suggesting more health
full clothing, better beds and better ven
tiation.
In 1888 American business men
spent approximately $~450,OOO,OOO for
advertising. These business men have
increased the volume of their business
ses, lowered their operating costs and
reduced their prices to the consumer.
The Negro newspapers afford to all
business men an opportunity to deve-
lop a rich and hitherto almost hidden
market. The advertising manager of
this paper will be glad to aid you in
laying out an advertising program, and
in determining the amount required to
carry the program through. Many alert
and progressive companies are now adj
vertising in our papers and are getting
satisfactory results.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
isy. religious affiliation or linguistic

heritage
Thus a political truth long known,
repeatedly attested to by science, again
is the unanimous verdict of Americas
300 leading anthropologists.
And while these scientists were re
affirming established truth against fas-
cist venom, DR.. John Swanton of the
u. S. Bureau of Ethnology, retiring
vice president of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science.
was making his contribution to de
bunking racial theories"
The gist of his remarks were: de-
yelopment of different races and ethnic
groups does not depend in any way ON
so-called inferior" or superior traits,
which do not exist.
Here is a branch of science which
has long known and established these
truths about race coming forward act
lively refuting the baneful spoutings of
fascism.
science Is stepping oue VI leo ID
b~oratories and onto the stage of public
life in the interest of truth, progress
and scientific advancement itself.
All the more certain will this make
the freedom or research in the labora-
tories unhampered by brute fascism.
Honest men can indeed rejoice
when the word goes round from Rich
mond, Virginia, where the nations
scientists have foregathered, that prac-
teal steps have been launched by a
group of prominent scientists to place
science at the service of democracy.
Bdsh scieelee and democracy will
profit thereby.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
LEARNING THE HARD WAY

A release from the Claims Bureau
of the Association of Casualty and Su-
rety Executives points out that the
widespread drive against fake accident
claim rackets, in which the police and
capital stock insurance companies have
Joined forces to protect the insuring
public against heavy losses, IS gong
forward with undiminished vigor.
This work IS comparatively new
but it has resulted in the arrest and con-
viction of hundreds of racketeers, in
Guiding members of o~ld-established
who moved about from city to
city, and state to state pe~rpetrating
their frauds-frauds which every in
surance policyholder must pay for,
through higher insurance rates. As the
Association says, Accident takers
constitute one of the strangest criminal
types known to the police. They viii
stop at nothing, not even personal IN
jury. to get easy money from some in
nocent motorist, taxicab company, rail
road. or other individual or utility"
Over a period of time, the take" from
the rackets runs far into the millions.
One of the recently convicted racke-
teers, it has been found in the bust
ness for Is years. Operating from Mass
achusetts to New Jersey, he was for
ever getting caught in trolley doors,
falling off broken seats, tumbling owe
umbrellas in trains, and getting hit by
automobile tenders. He always had
witness ready at hand to swear that his
accident was the result of someone
else's ~carelessness or negligence-and
usually he obtained a generous settle
ment, Now he has started serving a
prison sentence, along with others of
the sam profession.
This drive against the faxed claim
artist is as important as a deterrent to
others as it is in Furnishing those it
actually catches and convicts. The acct.
dent racketeer is at last learning that
crime doesn't pay'-and learning it
the hard way.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
THE WARNING

1t is impossible to Measure the SUI
fering that will result from the shaving
of WPA rolls during the next several
weeks. Hunger, malnutrition, fear and
desperation do not lend themselves
readily to the yard-stick.
But the effect that the lay-offs will
have on the economy of the country is
more easily calculated. Sixty-nine out
standing American economists, after
examining the pending curtailment of
WPA, have told President Roosevelt
that it would mean a blew to the econo-
mic welfare of the entire nation.
Pointing out that the plan invokes
a reduction of more than $50, OOO, 900
a month in direct wage payments in adj
dition to some $50, 900, 900 in related ex-
penditures, these economists put it in
blunt terms:
Such a cut in consumer purchasing
power, would, we believe, constitute a
severe threat to the continuance of the
present economic recovery.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
SCIENCE AT THE SERVICE OF
DEMOCRACY

Americas anthropologists have a
gain put fascist racial theories" on
the disseeting table.
And they have found them foul and
false to the core.
Three hundred leading anthropolo-
gists of the American Anthropological
Society meeting at the Hotel Commo-
dore passed a resolution Thursday on
racial propaganda.
With the clear eye of scientific
truth, with lives devoted to the study of
all ann of mankind from anthrpo-
logical aspects, these men of science
concluded:
THE terms 'aryan' and semitic
have no racial significance whatsoever.
"AnthrOpolgy provides no scienti-
fic basis for discrimination against any
people on the ground of racial Inferior
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
HIGHLIGHfS

The United States government
unless there is unlooked-for apposl-
tions. in the forthcoming Congress
has started to fight the dictators with
their W weapons OF government
subsidized trade and financial credits
to needy friendly nations.
That, in the view of political ex-
perts. is the only deduction that can be
made from two remarkable events
which occurred during the week ending
December 18th.
First, in a cautiously worded an
nouncement, Secretary Morgenthau
said that the Treasury was studying a
plan to use Federal funds, to help IL
nance trade with South America. Com
ing OF the heels of the Lima conference
in which the American delegates tried,
with modrate success, to cement crack
ed Pan-American relations, the mean
ing of this is apparent. We have been
steadily losing ground in South Amerl-
ca. Germany, with her blocked mark
barter system, has been steadily gain
ing, as has Italy to a lesser degree. With
foreign trade in its present state OF
doldrums, private capital is not ir any
position to fight a trade war in which
the enemy" has behind it the resources
of a powerful government. Therefore,
it is argued, this government must help
American business in a way very SINH
lar to the way the Fascist and Nazi
governments help their businesses.
Second, there was announced an ex-
tremely complicated plan which will
give the hard-pressed Chinese national
government a sizable U. S. Treasury
credit. AS Washington correspondents
Alsop and Kintner write, "The highly
involved form of the Chinese credit all
but obscures the vita fact that it will
bring desperately needed supplies to
the tattered armies of Chang Kali
Shek. But, however, complex the met
hod, supplying the Chinese patriots is
an assault on the invading Japanese"
There is a moral issue in all this
our government definitely dislikes the
dictators, and various surveys have
shown the American people to be al
most solidly behind the Administration
in its attack on totalitarian states and
methods. At the same time, there is
also a very practical, dollars and cents
issue involved in our giving support to