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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Holy Season Kept
Through Sunrise
Services in Calf.
Continued From Page II

am. will find another group of
WorshipperS. From the summit OF
Mt Diablo, from which may be seen
So of CALIFORNIA; S 58 counties. others
will greet the dawn before $50 am.
In southern California, Mt. Rubi-
douX. at Riverside. has drawn the
faithful for many, many years and
Is the rghtful challenger to the
honor of first of the outdoor ser
wees.
With Easter falling early this
ear. fruit blossoms and wild flow
rs are at the height of their bloom.
with snow fields reaching down
:lom the Sierras to the wildflowers
themselves. In the flower fields at
Arvin and Granite station. near
Bakersfield. services Will be held
Sunday. The desert flowers are in
Dloom at Red Rock Canyon, in tht.
AlOjaVe desert. scene of another Gel
ebration.
San Franc!ScO'S outdoor commem-
Grafton will be held at Mt. DAVID
son; Los Angeles and Hollywood
residents will throng to Hollywood
Bowl and Forest Lawn. Palm Springs
offers another desert ceremony at
Cross Hill.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Mysterious Interference Prevents
Subpoena Serving in Racing Inquiry

SAN FRANCISCO, March %
tUPD-Sfanley Anderson. wealthy
Beverly Hills real estate man, was
not served with a subpoena to testify
before the legislative racing in
yestigatlon committee because of as
serted interference from unnamed
sources" Chairman d. Jack Metzser
OF Red Bluff declared.
Metlger quoted Sheriff Eugene
w. Biscailuz of Los Angeles, He
said the sheriff told MIN an inquiry
was ur3or way into what appeared
Ito have been a deliberate plan to
interfere with the serving of Il
committee subpoena
The committee which Metzger
Leads had sought AndCrson's teSti
mony regarding contributions made
to the campaign fund of Gov. Cul-
bert Olson. allegedly by race track
interests Anderson failed to appear
for questioning and Attorney Gen
eral Warren was asked if he could
be held in contempt.
Warren ruled yesterday Anderson
had not been subpenaed and there
fore could not be held in contempt.
Met2ger. however, said Anderson
had been served and produced a
mileage bill he had paid the Los
Angeles SheriffS office for the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Witnesses Face
Prosecution for
Refusing Answers

VISALIA, Cal, March %. up -
r. E. Combs, Visalia attorney and
counsel for the Yortv committee in
vestigating COmmuniStic and sub
VerSlVe activities in relief. today
prepared to confer with the Tulare
county district attorney to file
charges against witnesses who re-
fused to answer questions asked by
members of the committee which
last night completed its investiga-
ton into the Tulare county SRA
sctup.
The committee, headed by Assem-
blVman Sam YOrty. also passed a
resolution empowering Combs to file
charges against B. J. Zukas. SRA
worker and financial secretary of
the Tulare county unit of the state
county and municipal workers of
America who refused to bring union
financial records before the commit
tee.
Harold McGrath. Tulare county
supervisor Of the state relief ad-
miniStratlOn, wa the last witness
called by the committee. McGrath
testified he did not believe any per-
sons advocating the use of force
III OverthroWing government shOulG
be employed by the state
r. w. Henderson, blind Bakers
field attorney was asked to leave
the hearing following frequent in
reference with questioning.
Several SRA workers were includ-
ed in the list of persons who de
clined to answer questions.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Murder.for.Hire
Break Due as Thug
Offers to SqueaI

NEW YORK, March '2S. up
The Dig break" in the bloody af-
fairs of Murder. Inc, was believed
close with the report today that
Abe KID Twist Relies had offered
10 turn states evidence against his
gangSter associates.
The offer, because of the hard
bargain Relies proposed was taken
under consideration by District At
tornev William ODWyer. Of Brook
lvn. If accepted II was considered
probable the gangster would name
fhc master mind authorities are
convinced must be a highly placed
business man or politician.
Relies. an uHder-Si2ed gunman.
has been arrested A. tlmes-five
times for homicide without MA
ior conviction. He was persuaded TO
deal with ODwyer by his young
wife who told friends I want 10
save my husband from the electric
char because Of the baby that
coming III June"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
legislative Committees in Study of
Radcaism, Excessive Spending

SACRAMENTO. March % up
After four weeks of searching in
quiry into relief, Communism. in
reference with the legislature, horse
racing and state finances, members
of the state legislature busted them
selves today examining testimony
taken by recess committees.
The lawmakers are not due to
return to Sacramento to resume
their sessions until May l3, but
meanwhile they are arming them
selves with facts cleaned by their
many committees and sub commit
tees now meeting throughout the
state.
The state relief administration is
the ubject of the most searching
scrutiny Particular stress has been
laid on the scope of alleged poll
tical appointments. radicalism am
ong executives and workers, liberali-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

zation of relief requirements since
the Olson administration came into
power. and the cause Of mounting
rolls and costs.
One subcommittee which drop
ped into the Los Angeles SRA head
quarters learned l020 workers have
beel, dismissed that 1000 more will
be dropped before April /, and that
the county case load has decreased
from 10000 TO loo 900,
The relief administration told the
assembly committee that drastic
budget cuts put into effect when the
legislature trimmed its appropria-
ton. were being restored because Of
the reduction Of the case load.
A few legislators reported their
homes We're picketed during the
hearings by members of the Work
ers' Alliance and other groups of
relief clients. Activity Of these or
ganizations was prime subject Of
investigation.
After April !, under rules fixed
in the relief appropriation. II Will
be ille 5al for relleferS to pay oues
tC such groups from their relief bud
gets.
The Yorty committee studying as
serted infiltration of Communism
in relief split into subcommittee
for greater efficiency In the San
joaquin Valley it heard charges re-
liefers were being shifted into Tu-
lare and Kings counties to vote
asalnst Speaker Gordon Garland,
Coy. Clson's arch-foe in the assem-
BIZ. whose district comprises thoSe
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Garner Delegates
Qualify in State

SACRAMENTO, March 23 (UP)
"A slate of delegation candidates
pledged support OF Vice President
John N Garner for the Democratic
presidential nomination today was
qualified for the May I California
primary election.
The Garner campaign committee
filed 1904 names on petitions circu-
lated IN San Francisco, which with
63lO names previously filed from
Los Angeles puts the ticket we'll
over the 6959 required to qualify
the slate for the ballot.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
FSA Discouraging
Migration Here

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar %. (UPD
"A Federal Farm Security Admin
istration spokesman said today FSA
was spending 20 times as much
in the Dust Bowl states TO dlScour-
age farm labor migration to Cali
fornia as was being spent to care
for migratory families now in Cali
fornia.
The spokesman r. w. Hollen-
berg, assistant regional FSA direc-
tor. also said that, contrary to pop
ular opinion. a vast majority OF
the families entering California
since 1899 had settled in nom
agricultural counties.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Rambling Reporter

Continued From Page y
to three seconds. 1t just Wouldn I
give him any more time.
II gotta practice" Glasgow said
as he pushed the posers aside to
make a place for him in the group.
He dashed madly back and forth
several times to get the hang OF
the thing and then got ready for
the picture.
He set the timer, raced for his
place in the group, the shutter
snapped.
Saturday morning the finished
picture showed Glasgow, exhausted
but triumphant, in the midst of the
group.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

supposed service.
Now he said ne had learned the
first attempted service was made
March | when Mrs. Anderson told
Deputy Sheriff George Stagg her
husband was in Washington.
On March 10 when Deputy Nor
man Motley was to have attempted
service again, he found note in
his assignment box requesting him
to return the subpoena to the COM
mittee because Anderson had been
served in the north, Biscaiiuz in
formed Met2gcr.
so far, We have been unable to
ascertain from whom this message
was received Biscaiiuz wrote Metz
ger
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Prominent
Among Few Spots
Without Storms
Continued From Page L


disturbances were the principal
causes of the inclement weather.
One extended from central Maine
southwark near Bermuda. where
tradltionally the Easter lilies are IN
bloom. to Haiti. The other extend
ed from the southern Great Plans
region westward toward California.
Easte. eggs will be hunted in the
snow in northern states where TINS
week blizzards swirle'd. The fore
cast for the middle west was "a good
winter day" with cloudy weather
and possibly more snow. North
eastern states were only a little
more fortunate: the forecast for the
region was colder but fair except
along the Atlantic seaboard. South
ern states looked forward to rain.
Temperatures Saturday were 10
to 20 degrees below seasonal normals
in the upper Ohio river valley and
northeastern states. 20 TO 80 degrees
below normal over the north central
region The mercury had risen
slightly in the west central and
southern regions. The mercury was
closer 10 zero than to freezing in
the central area and near the Cana
dian border had dropped below zero
Duluth. Mimi, was reported to be
the coolest place in the nation Fri
day night with l9 degrees below
zero. Phoenix. AriZ., was the warm
est place with 88 degrees.
Other temperatures reported early
Saturday were: Jacksonville, Fla,
so: New York, N. Y. 20; Louisville
KY, &c; Minneapolis. Mimi, l: Oak
land. Calf. SO, and Portland, Ore,
II.
Better luck for Your Easter bonnet
next year-Easter day will be April
i3 in l94l.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Phoenician Heads
Citrus Growers

PHOENIX, March %. GUP) By
ron J. Showers of Phoenix today
assumed duties as Arizona repre-
sentative Of the California Arizona
orange and grapefruit agency
Showers said the agency was
federal proration body 10 regulate
sales Of valencias and was in no way
connected with the recently ordered
state prorate on grapefruit
Valencia growers must secure au
thOrity from Showers office before
marketing their crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

Surrounded by prize-winning lilies
at the International Flower Show
in New York is Helen Jepson, Net
ropolitan opera singer. The lilies
took the ribbon for their species.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Arizona Sheriff
Draws Criticism

BLSBEE. March %. CUP)-Coun-
ty Attorney Frank Thomas criticiz-
ed Sheriff l. V. Pruitt today for re-
turning Robert Lacey Cash, escap-
ed Texas killer, to Arizona on a
robbery charge.
Thomas said there seemed to be
no object" in prosecuting Cash
locally when he already was under
sentence TO jife term in Texas
for murder,
Sheriff Pruitt said he returned
Cash here because he was getting
tired of the conyict's numerous
escapes from Texas authorities.
Every time he gets away he
comes back here and I am getting
tired of it the sheriff said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Richards.LittIe
Pair Still Free
On $4,000 Bail
Continued From Page Il

Continued From Page i
mole than the $1,000 bail each
posted in justice court?'
No" the judge replied, we could
collect only the $1,000 bail
The $4,000 bail posted by each
defendant is the same required in
justice court when the amount miss
ing from the city treasury was es-
tlmated at slightly more than SIP
600. When indictments We're re-
turned against Mrs Richards and
Little by the grand jury, the dis
trict attorney told the court his
office believed the justice court bail
did not comply with the law.
Mrs. Richards and Little will en-
ter pleas next Friday to the 28-
count grand jury indictment.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
VICE OPERATORS
FINED $4,000

SAN FRANCISCO. March 90
CUP)--Olga and Alphonse Man2l
said to have become wealthy thru
gambling and vice operations, were
fined $4,000 and given five-year
suspended sentences i'm federal court
today on charges Of income tax
violations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-07
Early Progress

The first step in advance was
the discovery of local anaesthesia.
In principle, this means the dead
ening of the small area where the
surgeon intends to operate. 1t be-
gan in about 1882 - when the
great nerve specialist. Sigmund
Freud, asked a young doctor, Karl
Roller, to help him find ont about
the properties of cocaine. DR..
Keller, being a conscientious in
vestigator, started by experiment.
ing on himself. He sw allowed some
of a solution of cocaine; he was
expecting general sensations, but
be noticed to his surprise hat it
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-07
CONSIDER THEIR SKILL

WHETHER 10 double Your OF
yoneutS or sacrifice against them
depends on many factors II Il
seems like n close question other
wise. your estimate OF their SIKH
and accuracy as bidders may often
De the deciding element When an
extremely smooth palr gets to
high vulnerable contract ant Your
partner passes a chance to ':2u-
Bile them. the chances are lie
thinks they can make the con-
tract. Your job. then. unless You
have some unexpectedly Well
positioned defensive values. Is 10
measure the cost OF a SlcrItic"
and if it is not too much pay the
price
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-07
Barclay On Bird sc

5-SnlGn bill Gearing Sone Of his
n,f.ul cauls. on which lie based
= S"...!tl Informative double.
u.t.lI D. ru:t"i Ordinarily the
best kind Of Sllit-playlnS IlStribu-
ton IS that II which the declar-
RS SIDE has tine tit IN the trump
SIT lui complete insists or two
side salts That Is just what East
and Nest hlI shown 10 South
II wis clear 10 South from the
b,,!tln2 that both vulnerable 0p-
ponentS haA good spades. also that
East had length in hearts and
West in clubs There could not be
many diamonds in either hand
Hence they should be able to
make their contract. which they
could His sacrifice therefore
saved a number of points. as he
PLAYED the hand so as 10 go down
only two tricks. losing one in
clubs. one to the diamond A and
one to a ruff of hearts by West
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-07

made his tongue and the inside &
his mouth numb.
This interested DR.. Roller vsT7
much. He was intending to spe-
cIalIze on the eye, and he knew
the desperate need for something
that could be dropped in the eye
to deaden pain after injuries and
deaden sensation for local opera
tons. He tried cocaine in the eye
and found it worked.
DR.. Roller is still alive, in &C
tive practice in New York, one Of
the great heroes of science, little
known, modest and industrious in
an active eye practice.
Even more ingenious is to use
spinal anacsthesia - to inject a
drug right into the space around
the spinal cortland deaden the
central nervous system at its
source. It's quite a weird sight to
see a surgical operation under
these circumstances. The patients
mead is alert, he can speak, hear
and see, but from the neck down
he is a senseless lump. Gust a
dlsembodied head" as one surgeon
said of his subject.
Another of the great advances
IN modern anaesthesia is the use
OF a combination or rather, series.
OF drugs. One is given by vein as
preparation and then a much
smaller amount Of a gaseous
anaesthetic is needed.
The man who stands at the head
OF the surgical table TODAY is
a highly equipped and highly
trained scientist. He has done
much to develop modern surgery
because he has given the surgeon
leisure and peace of mind to CARR,
out his most difficult maoipuIs.
tons.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-07
Anuesthesid March
Dr. Clendening Louds Victory Over Pain
By LOGAN CLENDENING, MD.

. We NOTICED yesterday, the
four hundredth anniversary Of the
discovery of ether and the honor
done to our pioneer American
physician, DR.. Crawford ". Long,
for whom a stamp is now issued,
to remind US that in 1912 ne first
gave ether as an anaesthetic for a
surgical operation.
Today | would like to point out
the progress that has been made
by modern science in the develop
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-07

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-07

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-07

ment of anaestheSia. The word
"anaesthesia" means freedom
from pain, and was coined by Oil
yer Wendell Holmes.
For a long time, ether, chloro-
form and nitrous oxide Laughing
gas) were the only substances
commonly employed for surgical
or dental anacsthcsia. All of them
are what are called Inhalation
anaesthetics." They derive their
properties from the fact that they
are volatile and readily become
gaseous at ordinary temperatures,
SO the patient can inhale them into
the lungs; the fine blood vessels of
the lungs absorb them and they
numb the higher centers of the
brain,
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WHITEHAIR FAVORS
EVERGLADES PARK

Continued from Page One)
the Everglades National Park
Project.
Important people of high of
fetal rank from st. Petersburg
and Pinellas county attended the
reception for the DeLand leader.
Among them were the presi-
dent of the Woman's Democratic
Club of Pinellas county and
other members of the club; the
president of the Central Labor
Body, the delegate to the State
Federation of Labor and other
labor officials; members of the
Young Democrats and the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and other
civic organizations, in addition to
leading business men, of Pinellas
county.
Mr.. Whitehair also met infor-
mally with the Pinellas Board of
County Commissioners.
He spent Monday with many
of his Polk county friends who
assured him an enthusiastic and
militant support of his candidacy
was in progress in the county
where he lived his boyhood
years. After the reception here
he Immediately left for Pensa-
cola. 49, q -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-08
Educational Department Had Charge
Of Woman's Club Meeting Tuesday
BY Nina Leslie Calleia

The February meeting of the
Key West Woman's Club was
held on Tuesday afternoon at the
clubhouse on Division street,
with a large number of members
and visitors present.
Mrs. Stephen Douglass, presi-
dent, called the meeting to order
at 400 p. m, the club prayer was
recited and allegiance pledged to
/ the flag of the United States.
Minutes of the January meeting
were read, and the treasurer's re-
port given. 1t was announced
that the corresponding secretary
had sent two letters.
! Mrs. Norberg Thompson,
! library committee chairman,
stated that the hours at the
/ library had been changed, and
are now IL noon to p. m. Mrs.
! Thompson also announced that
the Annual Fashion Show would
be held on Thursday night, Feb.
18th, at 900 o'clock, at the Casa
Marina Hotel. On this Fashion
Show Committee, besides Mrs,
Thompson, are Mrs. J. D. Mac
Mullen, Mrs. Paul Vecker and
Mrs. VIM. r. Warren.
/ Three new members have been
admitted to the club: Mesdames
J. r. Herrick, Charles Mostinck
and VIM. H. Reardon. Mrs.
Douglass extended a cordial well
come to these new members and
expressed the hope that they
would attend all future meet
ingS.
Mrs. J. J. Trevor spoke of hav-
ing settled all bills in connection
with the renting and furnishing
of the apartment over the club
rooms. She spoke also of the
Tropical Luncheon to be held on
Thursday of this week, and asked
for a large attendance.
/ Mrs. Douglass asked the opinion
of the members regarding the
offering of the clubhouse to naval
wives for the latter's monthly
meetings. A motion was carried
that this be done.
Mrs. Haydn Illingworth, chair
man of the Fine Arts Depart
ment, announced that her de-
partment would be in charge of
the program at the March meet
ing, during which Mrs. Eve Ais
man Fuller, State Chairman of the
Florida Federal Art Project, will
be the guest speaker, and vocal
and instrumental numbers will
be heard also, including a piano
solo by Mrs. Bodler, a we'll
known pianist. Mrs. Illingworth
spoke also of the annual show of
the Key West Society of Artists
now being held at the Art Cen
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ter, and urged that all members
and visitors attend.
There Were several distin-
guished visitors at Tuesdays
meeting, including Mrs. E. Berg,
Secretary of the Goteborg,
Sweden, Woman's Club, who is
spending a short while in Key
West. Accompanying her is Mrs.
Elsa Rossing, of New York City.
Mrs. Philip Cosgrove spoke of
the nominating of officers for
the club, and gave out ballots to
be filled in with each members
choices. The election of officers
will take place at the March
meeting.
Tuesdays program was under
the direction of the Educational
Department, Mrs. E. J. Bayly,
chairman, who introduced Mrs.
Curtis Brown, of London, Eng
land, honorary president of
Women's Clubs overseas, presi-
dent for IS years of American
Women's Club and now presi-
dent-emeritus of the American
Woman's Club, also honorary
vice-president of the Federation
in America, who gave a brief
address on the activities of
Women's Clubs in Europe.
The second speaker was Pro-
fessor Horace O'Bryant, prin-
cipal of the Key West Junior
Senior High School, whose splen-
did talk dealt with Character
Building in the School,.
The Division Street School was
represented by minuet danced
by two personable youngsters,
accompanied by a trio from the
school orchestra, Mrs. Norma
Dopp conducting. Harris School
presented Boys Chorus singing
God Bless America, Miss ALICE
Curry leading.
Following the meeting a social
hour was held, during which
sandwiches and tea were served
by the Hospitality Committee.
Among the visitors attending
Tuesdays meeting were: Mes
danes Matte Harris Richards,
Decatur, Georgia; George Nit
chell, Jacksonville, Fla; Owen
Walker, Franklin, Tenn; R. T.
Menner, New York City; H. E.
Garfield, Rockford, Ill; c. W..
Johnson, Lawton, Mich; Earl D,
Croker, Auburn, N. Y; John
Proctor, Miami, Fla; John Day,
Charleston, S. c.; Clayburn Mac
! Cauley; Maude Haynes Hollo-
well; Joseph E. Brown; Jennie
Williams Vecker; w. T. Eckberg;
c. H. Greenleaf, Eliot, Maine; and
Miss Eleanor M. Spinney, Eliot,
Maine.
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PINDER WARNS
OWNERS To FILE
HoMESTEADERS OF CITY
MUST APPLY FOR EXEMP-
TON BY MARCH 81

City Tax Collector-AsSeSSor
Sam B. Pinder is DESTROYS of in
forming home owners that their
applications for homestead ex-
emption should be filed at once,
as the ruling has been made that
the application for exemption
must be filed each year.
"Of course there are a num-
Der who have already filed their
applications, he stated, but
there are a greater number who
have failed to do so and it is to
these latter that this notice is
given.
Home owners are to file with
the city as we'll as with the
county, and Mr.. Pinder feels that
it will be well to advise those
who are owners of homesteads,
that the filing deadline is March
81.
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they are debated and questioned.
You don't tune-in or read much
except where somebody is ven
turing an opinion on what is
wrong and guaranteeing to fix it
if elected. But on top of it all.
we keep on getting more thread
bare.
But listening to grand argu-
ment and soothing, sweet words,
it is like it is with ice-cream and
fruitcake and pie-you get fed
up-and you are hungry for some
cornbread and spareribs.
I guess we viii be alright now,
pretty Soon-but we had quite a
session.
Yours with the lowdown,
10 SIERRA.