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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Senate OK Clean
Politics Measure
By58 1923 Vote

WASHINGTON, March Is. up
The senate today passed and sent
to the house the Hatch clean pol
tics" bill prohibiting political activ-
ity by state employees paid from
federal funds.
The vote was So to %.
The measure faces an uncertain
future III the house, where there
were increasing Indications that it
may be shelved.
The bill extends the months
old Hatch act to the states and
carries a Ian against political con-
tributions exceeding $1,000 a year.
Violators of this section would be
sent to prison for at least five years,
and fined at least $4,000.
Passage of the measure, which
affects large proportion of the
100000 state and municipal en-
ployeS, came after two weeks of
bitter floor debate. 1t split the
heavy Democratic senate majority
wide open along brand-new lines of
cleavage. President Roosevelt and
his Senate Leader Alben w. Bark
ley, supported the bill, aided by less
than half the senate Democrats and
solid bloc of Republican men,
bers.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

with Italian premier BenlLO MUS
Solini in a railroad car high on
snowy Bremen Pass (Which Italy
has fortified against the Nazis)
while the armed forces of the Reich
stepped up the tempo of their
thruSts at Allied StrOnghOldS.
Pending the hour when the
fuehrer decides to announce the
surprise" that Nazis have been
limiting for a week. it was clear that
the Germans still were holding the
diplomatic offensive against Britain
and France and were trying furi-
ouSly to strike succession of body
blows while the Allies still were con-
fused as a result of restoration OF
peace IN Finland.
These developments indicated the
trend:
/. Hitler met with Mussolini at
a time when Sumner WelleS, who
conferred Monday with Pope Plus,
still was in Rome. Thus it generally
was believed that the fuehrer was
taking a final ling at the pos
sibility of starting a move for peace
on Nazl terms. But in view of the
announced attitude of Britain and
France he could have little hope for
success.
2. Hitler wants the support OF
non belligerent Italy in maintain
ing peace in the Balkans SO that
Germany can continue to get sup
plies there and Illustrate the Allied
blockade. In this he also wants
Russian assistance and thus it is
necessary to overcome hostility be-
tween Rome and Moscow.
3. Premier Paul Teleki of Hun
gary, was reported in Budapest dis
patches to plan an immediate trip
to Italy to confer with Mussolinl
Italy is conducting trade negotla-
tons with Rumania and feeling out
the possibility of better relations
with Turkey. Germany is promot-
ING Improvement of Turklsh-RuS-
sian relations. Thus some Nazlg
and Fascists have envisaged a huge
Continued on Page ., Col, A.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.
UP,-Frcah disclosures Il dlct"-
grapH spying ca legislators and Of
wire Ia, ping III state investr tons
were made today to a state senate
horse racing inquiry committee mere.
The cDmmi tee also hard charges
that Il iorme' state racing COM
mission employe had D2tA asked to
alter document to clC.., NcIman
w. Church, wealthy turtman in the
Proclivity doping" case and also
that Church, contrary. 10 previous
understanding. owned stock in a
olthern California racotack.
The testimony of Ralph W..
Worthineton, a state ra,pc inpr2-
tor from 1888 to 1898 provided most
of the sensations.
Wortilington said the dicta9rapl
spying and telephone tapplng was
directed by Howard Philbric'., state
director of motor vehicles, who last
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

"TheSe tranSlentS neeQ 1flenQSRlp
and guidance. Who will give this il
not the Christian people of the
churches? There is place for evan
gelization and services, but my
starting point would be an intimate,
sympathetic and understanding pas
toral service. That, after all, was
the method of Jesus
Secondly, Dr.. Shriver recommend
ed a coordinated program between
churchmen and county officials for
aiding migrants. This plan, as we'll
as the question who can usher in
triumphal entry for the Lord on
Highway 99?" was discussed Monday
morning at a conference of religious
leaders of Ell Centre and other val
ley communities.
DR.. Shriver, who as a secretary
of the Board of National Missions,
has visited Imperial Valley as we'll
as other communities of the Pacific
coast that are confronted by a SER
iouS problem as result of migra-
tory families, emphasized that the
problem is not local but national.
The problem is part and parcel
of the whole economic upheaval of
these trying years of depression, y
he said.
"California's migrant probl e m
roots back to the deep south where
agriculture has for SO long been
restricted to two crops, tobacco and
cotton, and in many sections to a
single crop. There has grown up
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Forgery on Relief
Check Charged

MINIS Elan, 29-year old miner,
was held in the county Jail Monday
on a charge of forging an indorSe-
ment on check sent by the state
controller as a part of Elam'S SRA
relief
He was released from custody
Saturday after the court gave him
probation in non-Support case,
He Immediately was re-arreSted
when L. A. Blight, his landlord,
signed the forgery complaint.
The check was sent Bright by
the controller to pay Elam's house
rent. Bright sent it to Elan for his
signature Elan forged Bright s
name, caShed the check and used
the money himself, it was charged.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

III. 1)lCkle, lne UnlleQ Press re-
ported. said the chief health prob
lem among the migratory workers
is malnutrition. caused by their ig-
norance of diet and inability to OBJ
tain proper foods.
Dickie. in a report submitted the
LaFollette Civil Liberties committee
said the fear that the migrants
would spread communicable dis
eases throughout California had
proven to be groundless. He credited
prompt action of state and local
health authorities with preventing
the potential menace of commune
cable diseases
The state health officer said that
hard living had made the migrants
physically strong people, health
Ter in some respects than the gen.
eral population
He said that while it was possible
to teach them better health habits
Continued on Page 8. Col. A.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Most Deadly Bomb
Will Get Tryout

WASHINGTON. March 10. up
Lester P. Barlow, who claims to have
invented the worlds most deadly
bomb, finally obtained an agreement
today Tor an opportunity to DEM
onStrate it before members of con-
greSS and army and navy officers.
The agreement was worked out at
a secret and unusual joint meeting
of four congressional committees
those of both house and senate deal
ing with military and naval affairs.
The inventor and the secretaries
OF war and navy also were present.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Bertrand Russell
SquabbIe Grows

NEW YORK, March Is. CUP)-
The board of higher education meets
tonight to reconsider its decision tC
appoint Bertrand Russell. British
philosopher and mathematician, as
professor of philosophy at City Col
lege.
Educators, book publishers and
others defended Russell's appoint
ment, as clergyman and religious
groups attacked him as an enemy of
religion and morality. The board
had approved Russell despite at
lacks against him but pressure in
creased and the meeting was call
ed for tonight to reconsider
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

= CuJ JilC oWlISll anu fiSVSAAS s@AA
explosion in the inevitable crash
that followed. That split second
probably cost him his life-but saw
ed his cargo.
Everley jumped or was thrown
from the cab, but he was to lave to
escape the terrible whip of the cat
apulting trailer. His body fell in
the clear but his head was crushed
beneath. He missed safety by inches.
Everly probably went to sleep at
the Wheel highway patrolmen said.
while his monster machine, heavily
laden with gasoline, hummed over
the highway. he drone of the motor
and the whistle of the tires made
him nod for an instant. The ma
chine angled across the highway
and Everley awoke just as the
wheels dipped into the gravel.
1t was too late to prevent an acct
dent, but not too late to save his
life by leaping.
Drilled so many, many times in
what to do in emergencies, the driv-
ers actions probably were automa-
tic. But in that tiny fraction of
terrifying second-his last of life
when he aWoke to find his truck
poised over an embankment the
thoughts that raced through his
sleep-fuddled mind must have been
something like this:
g. I'm off the road . l can't
hold the wheel much longer ;. the
second I let 60 she'll plunge :.
Cut the switch! Cut the switch!
That's the thing to do :"
That was his last act
According to Highway Patrolman
/ Roy Wells the truck showed no
signs of motor trouble previous to
the crash Three witnesses, William
Johnson of Brawley, Jess Forrest
of West and Barney Hopson of
Calipatria who were in a following
car, said the truck suddenly started
angling across the pavement For
an instant it teetered along the
edge of the road and then went
down, overturning on its side. It
stopped $50 feet from the pave
ment.
The body was taken to Lemons
mortuary in Ell Centre where an
inquest was scheduled for $3.50 pm.
Monday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Funeral Set for
Jewish Leader

PALM SPRINGS. Cal, March 10.
(UP)-The body of Samuel Inter
myer, brilliant lawyer, humanitarian
and champion of Jewish rights, to-
day was to be sent back to New
York. the scene of the great tri-
llmphs of his legal career. where
funeral services will be held Friday.
Untermyer, 80, died Saturday at
his winter home here of pneu-
monia after being a semi invalid for
several years.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Homicide CHARGE
Dismissed Here

A charge of negligent homicide
filed a year ago against William
Muir was dismissed in superior
court Monday because necessary
witnesses could not be found.
Deputy District Attorney OAR
win Wolford, who requested the
dismissal, said Mrs. Dee Peacock
Pardee. one of the main witnesses
for the state, had gone to Nevada
Muir was driving the car in which
T. E. Williams To- was killed in a
traffic accident between Brawley
and Holtville.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Alley Cleanup
Half Done Here

Annual cleanup of Ell Centro's
alleys was half completed Monday
and Health Inspector Grant Bristol
predicted the balance would be fin
iShed by the end of the week. Crews
have concentrated On enforcement
OF garbage and trash can ordinances
and general health inspections.
A drive to cleanup vacant lots
probably will not get under way
until May, Bristol said.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Tired Of Livinq,'
Housewife Cubs
Iodine, IS Jailed
Ell Centre Woman Takes
Deadly Potion While
Husband Drunk

eff you get what | mean,
| am tired of living :"
Because she wrote this
note and followed it up by
gulpjng iodine, Molly Rose,
27-year-old Ell Centre housewife,
was in the county Jail Monday
for her own protection.
Police officers early Sunday morn
ing were called to her home at 479
Park avenue and rushed her to
the hospital where attendants adj
ministered an antidote. Then she
was lodged in Jail to prevent an
other attempt.
Officers said Mrs. Roses husband
was asleep in another room, under
the influence of liquor, when she
drank the poison.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Vinson Dispe|s
Aircraft Buqaboo

WASHINGTON, March 18. up
Chairman Carl Vinson of the house
naval affairs committee said today
lie had been informed by Secretary
of the Navy Charles Edison that
sale of U. S. airplanes to the Allies
lad not interfered with the national
defense.
Edison informed him. VinSon said,
that sale Of planes had in fact re
suited IN quickened deliveries" to
the navy as we'll as lower costs.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
New Diciagraph, Wire Tapping Charge
Hurled During Horse Race Inquiry

week assumed responsibility for 2n
investigation at Sacramento IN
which a listening device was found
in the room of Assembly Speaker
Gordon Garland.
The Garland incident occurred
during the present administration
of Governor Culbert Olson; the in
cident to which Worthington testi-
fled occurred in the former admin
istration of Governor Frank F.. Mer-
riam. Philbrick then was a private
investigator
Worthington said one of the die
tagraphs was placed in the rooms OF
William HornbloWer, former San
Francisco aSSemblyman ana now
attorney for William p Kyne, gen.
eral manager Of Bay Meadows race
track.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Character Found
N in Shack

Jerry Sullivan, 60, an FL Centre
character" for a score of years,
was removed to the county hospi-
tai Monday, suffering from what
friends described as a stroke.
Sullivan apparently had laid un-
attended in a small shack near the
railroad for two days before he was
found. For the past few years he
has been a nightwatchman and
made scanty living selling old
bottles.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Yorty to Probe
Voter Movement

SACRAMENTO, March Is.
(UP)-The Yorty Little Dies"
committee win open a twO-day
hearing Wednesday in Visalia,
Assembly Speaker Gordon Gar
land announced today.
Chairman Sam Yorty, Los An
geles Democrat opposed to the
Olson administration, said his
group would study charges that
Communist front organizations"
had been moving relief clients
into the Tulare- Kings county
areas to aid the campaign to de-
feat Garland for election.
Garland is an arch-fOe of Gov.
Culbert l.. Olson and was threat
ened with a purge
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

%, of last year.
Reese explained the audit had
proceeded by means of "sampling
in those districts by getting the
record of every third person.
The witness explained those dis
tricts had been chosen because the
percentage of acceptances there was
highest
Reese also said that similar audits
had been made from time to time
in % counties of the state. that
Curing three years the percentage
of ineligibility in this county had
averaged 80 per cent which ran
about 100 per cent higher than
other counties.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
DoWd Due Back on
Job al District
Within Few Weeks

M. j. Dowd, general superinten-
dent and chief engineer for the I'm
perial Irrigation district. will be
back on the job within few weeks,
according to a letter received Mon
day by Scott B Foulds, secretary of
the Imperial county farm bureau.
Responding to a farm bureau let
ter which included resolution
commencing Dowd for his splendid.
work and wishing him speedy re-
covery. the district head wrote that
he is convalescing in Pasadena ana
that he expected 20 be in the valley
in a few weeks.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

MILO CllICIaIS and state INSPECTORS
had given up hope that any could
have survived the explosion and the
deadly after damp" carbon mon
oxide gas that poured through the
cavernS afterward.
The bodies of four men already
had BEEN recovered.
How long it would take to reach
the victims no one knew, because
1T was impossible to estimate exactly
how great the wall of debris between
the rescue crews and the miners.
Some believed it would be q few
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

Utility among persons taken on re-
lief in Los Angeles county.
Reese was called as the first wit
ness before a subcommittee of the
joint legislative fact-finding COM
mittee on employment. Assembly,
man Frederick Houser, Alhambra
Republican, is chairman.
Reese was questioned regarding
the Intake" audit made under his
direction last January, covering per-
sons admitted on relief rolls in the
Arcadia, San Fernando. Hollywood,
harbor and Belvedere districts.
The audit disclosed ineligibility
for relief among To per cent of those
taken on the relief rolls in those
five districts between Dec. and
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

hours; others thought It might be
two days.
George A. Strain, state Industrial
relations director. and his assistant,
Nelson Hovey. were at the mine.
ready TO begin their investigation
OF the cause OF the explosion a. soon
as the passageway Is cleared and
safe.
Andrew Gilman. acting chief OF
the state mining division. said M
hoped that the trapped mtn1Ss
could be reached by tonight,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
GORDON APPOINTS
NEW COMMITTEE

SACRAMENTO, March 10. CUP)
Assembly Speaker Gordon Gar
land today announced membership
of an interim committee on govern
mental efficiency and economy to
make special study of taxes, in
creased revenues and mounting de-
ficit
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Red Edwards Of
Ho|tviIIe III

D. V. Edwards of Holtville was
confined to his home Monday after
heart attack Saturday night.
Physicians advised quiet and order
ed him to stay in bed for at least
three weeks.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
'Miqrunts ermed
Above Average in
Physi cal Health

Migratory workers who annually flood Imperial Val
ley and other sections of California "a physically
strong people, healthier in respects than the general
population DR.. w. NJ. Dckie state director of public
health, reported Monday at San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
TrunsientS Need
Friendshi p. Says
Famed Churchnnd g1

"Where there is human need loneliness discourage
ment, there the Christian church must be-, Dir. William
Shrver told the congregation Of the First Presbyterian
Church in Ell Centre Sunday morning in appealing for
action in solving Imperial Valleys MIGRANT problem.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Rescuers Cutting
Into Mine T rup

NEFFS o., March IS. (UP)-Crews of men working
with machines today bored slowly through tunnel three
mlleS INTO Belmont county hillside toward SO men en-
ombed by gas explosion in the Willow Grove mine No
10 Saturday. The miners were believed dead.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Successful SRA
ChiseIing Probed

LOS ANGELES, March Is. (UP)--James B. Reese, adj
mnstrative assistant to Walter S. Chambers State Relief
administrator, today declined to commit himself in test
mony before legislative investigating committee
why there had been unusually high percentage of neg
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
u EpoRTER

otiiChtu-SuTeu-
"Oh! Oh I've got it at LAST"
Merwyn Mccoy moaned Saturday
night as he doubled up with pain
and turned an agonized face to an
attentive audience of merrymakers
at a dance in FL Centre
Those who didn't know MerWyn
suspected he had either been laid
low by a gangster's bullet or at the
very least swallowed a fork. But
those who knew him realized the
WorSt-appendicitiS. Because that
fear has logged him for SO long
that sooner or later the appendix
will live up to expectations through
sheer will power.
Get me to hospital! Call the
police! Get doctor!"
Friends considered each other and
finally took him home in a state of
great anxiety. At his home the vest
to his tuxedo was removed and
thereby a marvellous cure was eff
fected.
"Ahhh! I think I'm going to live"
the victim sighed.
Wyn'S activities at the supper table
had been SO extensive that the re-
Sultant pressure on his at domen
was painful.
Or maybe he was just looking TO"
some excitement. Anyway, MerWyn
still has the real Mccoy to antici-
pate.
Still In A Other
Talk about the beWildered bride
groom
A. w. NeWkirk, recently married,
is still so befuddled that it took
him four trips to the telephone to
report all there was about recent
social event to the PoSt-PreSS social
department.
Owl Hunter
We really want to watch this Of
ficer Frank Smyer has an assign
ment that should tax even his
sleuthing proves. He has to pit
his wits against those of the wise
old OWL.
Monday morning there came a call
from Mrs. Jimmy Beronio of El Gen.
tro. who complained that bird was
causing no end of trouble in her
neighborhood with strange and per-
sistent noises during the night.
A bit of investigation disclosed
that the bird is an owl, perhaps two.
and that they operate vocally chiefly
at night.
Don't be aStonished to find Frank
lurking around the corner of Sixth
and State in the evenings, plain
lively scree ching:
Hoo! Hoo!'
BE sure end carry some salt along.
Frank.
Stick to Facts
A friend of ours, who insists upon
anonymity. was discussing subject
with a chap whose residence in the
United States has been insufficient
to bring a perfect command of the
English language.
THAT is one conception of the
controversy" our friend remarked
in the course of the conversation
and was surprised to hear the other
man reply heatedlX:
Listen. you son of a gun. speak
English!"
o
Skipper on the Bridge
Best shopping wrinkle we've seen
yet was pulled by housewife at a
market in Ell Centre where they
have little carts for Juggling grocer
les
The lower rack of the cart was
filled with packages of this and
that and the upper rack was occu-
MED in lOrdlv fashion by Junior!
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
TRUCKER GIVES LIFE TO SAVE CARGO
Japanese Takes
GopherP Poison

BRAWLEY, March 18.-Strych-
nine sold him because he said
he needed it to kill gophers was
used by japanese workman to
end his life near here this week
end.
SOsuke Kobashigawa, 40, was
found dead on canal bank four
day, a strychnine box beside
him.
Friends listed him as missing
last Friday and said they feared
suicide since he was discouraged
about finances.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Man Meets Death
Cutting Switch
In Wild Vehicle
San Gabriel Residents Head Crushed
By Careenins Trailer After Tanker Goes
Off His hway North Of Imperial

he to the code of the road Charles Lee
Everey, 23-year-od San Gabriel truck driver lay in an
Ell Centre morgue Monday instead of a hospital.
Two miles north of Imperial Sunday night Everley tar
red in the cab caeenng gasoline truck long enough to
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18
Sewage Warfare
A!ternQti We to
NQzi Peace Plan
Hitler Confers with Musso|ini, Opens
Big Offensive to Force Peace Through
Gigantic Alliance Of European States
By JOE ALEX MORRIS

Adolf Hitler opened spectacular drive Monday for
NaZi victory-with without inc savage warfare long
feared by Europe
The fuehrer left German soil to confer for hours
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

Butter: Los Angeles 30c; but
terfat. Imperial Valley Z. o. b. ranch.
grade A. 800; manufacturing milk
33c, route gathered cream 29c.
L. A. hay: 4. s. NO. Sla.50-sf5:
U. 5. No. 2 leafy $l3-s14; Z. s. No.
2 HOO; MpIs. Sept. flax S1.s5r
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

Still In A Other
Talk about the beWildered bride
groom!
A. W. NeWkirk, recently married
is still so befuddled that it took
him four trips to the telephone tC
report all there was about a recent
social event to the Post-Press socia
department.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-18

Skipper on the Bridge
Best shopping wrinkle we've seen
yet was pulled by housewife at a
market in Ell Centre where they
have little carts for Juggling grocer
les.
The lower rack of the cart was
filled with packages of this and
that and the upper rack was occu-
pied in lordly fashion by Junior!