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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
Berserk Maid Refuses Payment by
Check, Beats Woman, Then Attacks
Neighbor; Jailed Pending Inquiry

An enraged Negro maid went ber-
serk in Ell Centro Tuesday and
abused and beat two white women
before police subdued her.
Helen Gibson, 18, cursed and
abused Mrs. Charles Smith at the
Smith home on Adams street be-
cause Mrs. Smith offered to pay
her salary by check since she had
no change in the house.
Mrs. Smith, terrified at the girls
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24

Sponsors of the underpasS pro-
ject, who have nursed it through
a tempestuous career, saw the res
oluton to the state highway COM
mission as a death blow.
A resolution finally passed by
a three-tWo vote advised that the
state should Immediately proceed
10 acquire the rights of way for
construction of a proper thorough
fare that such ctraffic) congestion
might be eliminated >. :"
In effect. the resolution put upon
the highway commission the res
possibility for financing the high
wav rcrouting trough Ell Centro.
Negotiations with the commission
and with the Bureau of Public
roads had been based upon the as
sumption that the city would bear
at least part of the expense OF
rights of way and property dam
age. This cost has been variouSly
estimated from 100000 to $4,000
of which part could have been
paid in regular gasoline tax reve-
nues accruing to the city.
Sponsors maintained that by pay
ment of this sum or a part OF 1t
the Bureau of Public Roads would
agree to put in four-lane route
through the city on Fourth street
and Adams avenue.
Mayor Robert Hatton, Wesley
He'll and Charles Bratton voted for
the resolution and P. L. Moore
and Herbert Fawcett in opposition
The vote followed heated dis
cussion and the defeat of another
resolution, which although not def
initely obligating the city to pay
nent of rights of way and proper
ty damage, indicated that the city
would be willing to work out ar
Arrangement with the commission
and bureau.
In oft-repeated explanations fol
their stand, the new board mem.
bers said:
Being so newly elected We
don't wish to commit the city ;
The mayor, He'll and Bratton re-
peatedly maintained that their OBJ
lection to the first resolution was
purely because it involved a pos
sible expenditure by the city.
Submission of the second reso-
luton appeared to be more or les:
of surprise to FaWcett ano
Moore. Conversation across the
council board indicated the mem
bers of the council had met anc
discussed the first resolution IL
star chamber session TueSda,
morning in the office of Dorse,
Whitelaw, city attorney.
"Where was this resolution
drawn?" Fawcett asked Whitelav
in reference to the second reso
luton, after the first had been de
feated.
II went over it it was brough
to me-" Whitelaw replied.
Were all the council present?
Fawcett persisted and WhitelaN
answered.:
"No Mr.. Hatton and MI
Bratton."
Commenting on the resolution
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
Sickness 0yertakes
Alex Woo||Cott

SAN FRANCISCO, April "a (UP)
Alexander Woollcott. eSSayist,
dramatic critic and Town Crier,
who has been play-acting the part
of an invalid in the highly-Suc-
cessful play, The Man Who Came
to Dinner, stepped into an inva-
lids role in real life today.
DR.. Lindol r. French said Wooll-
colt had tarried too long at the
dinner table and heart trouble
resulted from indigestion and over
work. The writer-turned-a actor was
told to take a complete rest for
at least three weeks. The plays
San Francisco run and road en-
gagements in the Pacific northwest
were cancelled. The play in its
five-week run here, had crossed
100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24

which grows freely in any light,
sandy soil of the type suitable for
raising beans, barley or similar
crops. 1t requires 10 inches OF RAIN
fall in the rainy season but can
be irrigated successfully 1t requires
a dry, dormant summer.
The business groups supporting
the present campaign proposed that
marginal and submarginal lands.
of which there are thousands Of
acres in the west and southwVGe,
be turned over to growing guayule.
They also suggested that lauO
now producing surplus crops at ~
to the farmers could be used N
the production. The project milhe
be financed by federal suhoto11o
OF a tax on foreign rubber, ~
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
NewsreeI Films
Scenes on Canal

The complete story of the ALL
American canal and irrigation in
Imperial Valley will be told in hum
dreds of feet of motion picture film
taken by Fox Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Supervisor B. M. Graham and
Eddie Collins of BraWley conducted
the tour of the cameramen, pointing
out the best spots for shots. They
included view of the dam and de-
sitting works, the route of the canal,
draglines and bulldozers, cattle
grazing in fields, cantaioupe work.
erS picking the melons, and other
scenes in the irrigated area.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
Lettuce Cars Jump
Track at San Jose

SAN JOSE, Cal. April "a tUP)
Three cars of a southern Pacific
freight train jumped the tracks
here today, spreading wreckage
over the three tracks Of the main
line and disrupting traffic.
The cars were refrigerator cars
carrying lettuce from Watsonville
to San Francisco.
They left the rails near the San
Jose ice company plant and tore
up the roadbed for 800 feet before
one of the cars smashed into a
corner of the ice company building,
and another overturned
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
BrawIey Youth
Take Over City

BRAWLEY, April 24.-Brawley
high school pupils took Brawley in
charge today.
The boys and girls officiated as
city councilmen. police. clerks in
stores, and heads of business con-
Germs.
Every year such a program is
carried out by the schools and resi-
dents of the city so that the school
pupils may get first-hand know
ledge of the duties and tasks they
soon must assume.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24

answer to a communication from
A. B. West, Nev-Cal Electric presi-
dent, further advocating hook-up
between Nev-Cal and district lines.
Ready declared:
Present diesel capacity will car
ry the district load through the
July and December peaks of 1910 ...
The All American canal will
be in operation to part capacity
prior to December, 1910 :.
1.-The full supply OF water will
be available through the canal be-
fore the July peak in 1941
The water supply through the
canal will be more dependable than
previously considered by me :"
Ready's statements were based"
he said, upon recent conferences
with officials of the Bureau OF
Reclamation at Denver.
I'm the interim, steps should be
taken toward obtaining an inter-
connection with the Reclamation
Bureau at Blaisdell, Ariz., which
would result in mutual benefits"
Ready recommended in his letter,
addressed to the district board.
Previously, Nev-Cal had offered
to supply extra power to the dis
trict to cover what had appeared to
be a shortage, when the acquisi-
ton OF district customers was re-
ported outstripping the capacity OF
the district diesel plant. A short
time previous, the district had ap-
piled in Washington, D. C. for, ad-
ditional PWA funds to finance a
Continued on Page 2; Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24

sources of rubber supplies. Qua
yule has been grown for number
of years for rubber production but
never on a large scale basis.
L. j. Goar, of the Meloland
Experimental station said:
Some plants were put in the
ground several years ago but we
scarcely got a stand. Possibly that
is because we didn't know how"
Goar said he doubted If the
plant could be grown profitably in
Imperial Valley.
Nevertheless, United Press dis
patches coming out of the Salinas
champcr of commerce held bright
predictions for the plant in Cali
fornia. Nevada. Arizona, New Mex
leo and Texas.
Guayule was described as a plant
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24

ing the first two days of the week.
Additional hundreds were expected
to cali at classrooms Thursday anu
+ High school and junior college
students rushed their special Fro
gram to completion for its presrn'
tation at pm. Thursday night
The open house and progral1 AZ
Wilson school were scheduled Tor
Friday night. ,
Mckinley and Harding school
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24

officials said their special pro-
grams Tuesday night attracted rec
ord crowds. Approximately 200 par
ents attended the. combined Wash
ington and Douglass programs at
the high school Tuesday night and
later went to class to see what their
children do during the day. More
than 100 pupils were at Mckinley
while more than ESQ visited Hard
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
ARSONIST SOUGHT
IN NATCHEZ FIRE

NATCHEZ, MISS, hPrH u
(UP)-POlice searched today for
a drunken Negro accused OF
setting fire to the moss -decorat-
ed Rhythm Club last night In
which ZIG Negroes burned to
death in the sOuth's worst h0lO-
cauSt.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
226 NEGROES DIE IN NIGHT CLUB FIRE
Chloe Davis Made
Ward of Court

LOS ANGELES, April "a tUP)
Chloe Davis, whose craZed
mother, Mrs. Lolita Davis, 36,
beat to death her two sisters
and brother three weeks ago
and then committed suicide, to-
day was made ward of juve-
nile court "fOr her future well
fare and as an aid TO her faith
er."
Her father. Frank Barton
Davis, AZ, was given her custody
under direction of the juvenile
probation department for one
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
D AMBl|NG
X EPORTER
The Spokesman

The Spokesman
This is a peculiar city" julius
Smith, a district deputy OF the
Lions club, remarked when the
three rev members of the Ell Cen
tro city council, Robert Hatton,
Charles Bratton and Wesley He'll,
were introduced at Lions meet
ing.
lei Centro has only three coun-
cilmen. All the other cities I know
about have five!"
about all the other two "spokes"
in the wheel can do is creak, but
they do a dandy job of thatD
Outside Help
, Maybe this is one too many golf
items OF late, but it's too important
to A. K. Keller to pass up.
. Playing with Jim Jones and
Curley Vesey the other day Pop
faded a ball over the fence Of No. 2
at Barbara Worth. The ball hit a
truck, bobbled around again and
came back into the fairWay prod
igous distance from the tee.
when you get my age you have
to take advantage of skill and mec-
hanical contrivances" Pop re-
marked placldly as ne surveyed the
results. 81 played it that way :"
Requiem
This should bring note OF sor-
row to at least hundred Imperial
Valley citizens who as youngsters
enjoyed the service and compan-
ionship of a shaggy Shetland pony
named Firecracker.
Firecracker went to his last
roundup this week.
It was almost 25 yeargs ago that
the diminutive pony came to I'M
perial Valley in crate from the
east. The crate was addressed to
Hugh Osborne. Flrecracker. born
on July (hence the name) was
colt then, about the size OF a
police dog. AS soon as he had grown
sufficiently Firecracker started on
circuit that he followed faith
Slly until he died.
First he was the pet and COM
panion of Billy Osborne, since
grown up, of course, as we'll as
other young members of the fam
ily Later Firecracker was borrowed
by other families whose youngsters
wanted to ride him and through
the years he shuttled from one
ranch to another as faithful play
=. mate for children.
Osborne estimated that at least
100 youngsters owned him al
one time or another
The last owners" were Michael
and Lynn Thaanum, who took
Firecracker to San Diego about
Continued on Page 2 Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24

. Police arrested several NEGROES
on charges of robbing bodies when
the embers of the flimsy Rhythm
club and its crumpled tin roof
cooled.
The white people of Matches
protested today against the lone
exit toward which nearly 500
screaming Negroes fought as the
flames flashed through dried Span
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
Civ Posses Buck to
State. Says You Build
Underposs:We Won't Pay
Council Refuses to Share Any Expense
OF Constructing Railroad Crossing
Project TO Ease Traffic Congestion

An explosive session of the Ell Cenro city council that
extended past midnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning
left the council record opposed to expenditure of
city funds supplement financing of underpass be-
meath the railway tracks at Main street.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
Parents Thronq
To School Rooms

The most successful Public Schools week ever held in
FL Centre was at its height Wednesday teachers ana
pupils throughout the system devoted their time to max
inc the event an outstanding one.
undrods of parents visited the school buildings dur
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
Screaming Mob
Caught by Blaze
During Revels
Maddened Men. Women Struggle
AGAINST Horrible Death as I5-Minu+e
Fire Rases Through One-Exi+ Dance Hall

NATCIIEZ, Miss, April "a. (UP)-Authortes said
today that persons killed last night when
fire swept a moss-festooned Negro dance hall.
Between 80 and 40 others in hospitals and the
death toll was expected go higher.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
District Power
Claim
Engineer Says Braw|ey Plant Can Serve
Peak Load For Two Years; Cri+icizes
Nev-CaI Offer to Furnish Energy

Claims that the power facilities of the Imperial lrrga-
ton district will be capable of carrying the load for at
least two years without addition of unit to the
Brawey diesel plant contained in letter from Les
ter S. Ready district consulting engineer Wednesday in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24

Butter: Los Angeles etc; but
terfat, Imperial Valley Z. o. b. ranch.
grade A 36c; manufacturing milk
soc; route gathered cream 26c.
L. A. hay: u. s. No. Sl4.50'
U. s. No. 2 leafy s13-l4; U. 8. No.
2 Sl1-11.5O, Mpls Sept flax S1.Ssaa-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-24
Baseball

NATIONAL
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26
WILLIAMSPORT TO
DEDICATE CITY HALL
Sam Rayburn Principal
Speaker Tomorrow;
Parade a Feature

Several thousand persons will
attend the dedication ceremonies
tomorrow at Williamsport at which
time the Hon. Sam Rayburn, floor
leader of the House Of Representa-
tives will make the principal ad-
dress.
The public buildings to be for
mally dedicated are the new City
Hall, the Memorial Library and
the Recreation Building, erected at
an estimated cost of approximately
100000. All the buildings are
WPA projects.
Mr.. Rayburn, a representative
from Texas, will be introduced bv
Congressman William D. Byron, of
WiiliamspOrt, through whose eff
forts the projects We're made pos
sible. Francis H. Dryden. WPA
administrator for this area, viii
also make an address and he will
De introduced by Mayor Richard
FIawken.
The dedication ceremonies will
De preceded by parade composed
Of citizens, various fraternaI or
carnations and volunteer firemen.
Scores of bands, drum corps and
drill teams will also participate.
The parade is scheduled to get I'M
| der wav AFT five O'plOcIy
WilliamspOrt Volunteer Firemen
will also open their street carnival
tomorrow night and all visitors
| are welcome.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26

It's even too hot to bother about
politics, so don't get all het up
when some one criticizes your pet
candidate.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26
P. E. COMPANY IN NEW
LOCATION, SEPT. 3RD.
VIII Occupy Completely
Remodeled Rooms. 30
81 \. Potomac st.

With the expectation that the
extensive rem0deling and deeOrat-,
ing work now in progress, will be
completed by that time, F. H. Rob-
ertson district manager of the
Potomac Edison Co., announces
that the company is planning to
move into its new store and dis
trict offices in the building at 3d.
"a North Potomac Street, and be
ready for business at the new To-
cation by September 3.
This cOmpany's new place of
business in the rooms formerly oc.
cupied by the Carver Furniture
Company will present an entirely
different appearance from that to
which the public is accustomed. A.
new store front of blue and ivory
architectural glass, framing effec~
lively decorated show windows on
either side of the center entrance,
will make for the modern, yet dig
nified exterior that is to be de-
sired.
A large part of the main floor Of
the building will be devoted to dis.
play purposes. In the interest Of
creating more of the spirit of in.
formality between the customer
and the company and at the same
time improving the interior design
of the main floor, counters have
been dispensed with and desks for
the cashiers have been substituted
on this floor. The district man
ayers offices and his assistants
offices will occupy the rear part
of the street floor.
In keeping with modern lighting
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26
BUILDING PERMITS
CONTINUE ACTIVE
Estimated Valuation Of
Permits Issued Past
Week $25, 92O.

Building activities in Hagerstown
continues as indicated by the per
mits issued at the office of Building
inspector Smith, at City Hall. In
that time permits to the estimated
valuation of over $4,000 were ISIS
ued, the permits including some
fine dwellings,
The permits follows: d. Miller
Ruth, 2-story 2 family brick and
frame dwelling, 1917 East Irwin
avenue; Mrs. E. G. Dietrich to con-
vert concrete single dwelling into
apartments and to erect two
story frame and brick yeneered
addition and concrete block garage,
8O3 Oak Hill avenue; J. H. Beach
ley, tWo-story brick addition in the
rear to the present two-story brick
dwelling, with offices on the first
floor and one-family apartment
on the second floor, 217 West Wash
ington street; First Church of God,
twO-car stone and concrete block
garage, Summit avenue and Bal
timore street; Hagerstown Pro-
gress Corp, One-story concrete
block addition to factory, in rear,
and addition to the present two
story brick dwelling, with offices
on the first foor and one-family
apartment on the second floor, Will
son boulevard and Kuhn avenue;
JamisOn-VOn Schlegell property,
garage and work shed, SGT Maryland
avenue and Irwin l.. Davis, one
story frame dwelling, Florida av-
enue.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26

Charles A. Hyde is ill at his home
at Cearfoss from asthmatic trouble.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26
HOME FROM VACATION

Ex-senator Ernest w. Miller,
who spent week on the Eastern
Shore, returned home on Monday,
accompanied by his daughter, iona
Miller Hall, who joined him over
the weekend. Mrs. Hall will re-
main in HagerstOwn until after
Labor Day. She is a well known
singer and will be heard on var
ious programs here throughout the
summer.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26
ON VACATION

Joseph c. Comiskey, manager of
the Academy Theatre, is enjoying
a vacation. The assistant manager
John M. Hersh, has just returned
from a vacation.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26
VISITED SON

Mrs. William Stottler, 652 West
Washington street, visited her son,
Warren StOneberger Fort Benning,
Georgia
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26
HANGOVERS
By
LITTLE EISKELL

While there seems to be some
mystery as to who voted for who
at the Chicago National ConVen-
ton there is no question as to
the vote of MaryIand's new Ma
tional Committeeman - William
Preston Lane. He went down the
line for the President by not only
casting his own vote for the Chief
Executive, but also by appealing
to other Maryland delegates to
do the same.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26

The Board Of Street Commits
sioners is to be highly commend
ed for their decision to install a
police radio system. This COL
umn has been plugging for this
modern equipment for a number
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26

of years and we take off our hats
to these commissioners for their
progressive action. Hagerstown
is no longer wide space in the
road, but an up-and-coming in
dustriaI city. A police radio is,
in these days, an essential part
of modern police department
and without it, the efficiency of
any law enforcing group cannot
be maintained.
A thought: Now that every
body is talking about vice-Presi-
dents, can you or any member of
your family name the last six
Vice-Presidents Of the United
States?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26

Motor Vehicle Commissioners
Lee Elgin has been extremely &C
tive during the past year in the
drive against motor accidents,
which, most certainly, is COM
mendabIe. Now | don't know the
score in this "avoid accidents"
campaign but | do know that the
Commissioner himself was be-
hind the eight-ball a few days
ADO as he breezed along the Ha-
uerstown Frederick Highway
toward this city. 1t happened
this way: A short time previous
Nv the Commissioner stopped at
oaraae and had an attendant
allan the wheels on his big car.
In replacing one Of the wheels,
however, the garage man failed
to tiqhten the bolts. Near this
city the wheel left the axle and
the Commissioner and his chauf-
feur narrowly escaped injury. IT
America were at war would sus-
pect sabotage.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26

The fact that Lane cast his
vote for Roosevelt instead Of for
Senator Tydinss comes as no
surprise to the Democrats of
Washington County. Not SO many
months ago, while presiding al a
Bruce-For-Senate meeting, he an
rounced that he wanted to 60 to
Chicago as Maryland delegate
for the purpose of casting his
vote for Roosevelt. And curious
Iy enough, that statement brought
forth more applause than any
other statement made by any of
the speakers during the entire
meeting.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26

From here on out it will be
Lane who directs Maryland pat
ronage, I'm told by an unusually
reliable person who has always
been ain the know" down in
Washington. And to make this
report more convincing have
only to remind you of General
Lanes conference this week with
President Roosevelt. The Gen.
eral didn't 90 down the Potomac
for the purpose of admirino the
landscape around the White
House.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-26

I'm told that much pressure
was brought to bear on the new
National Committeeman by the
friends of Senator Tydings, but
the local Democratic leader took
the stand that he was represent
inq the people of his State and
they had indicated a preference
for Roosevelt. And Roosevelt it
was.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-06-20
TIvIs LOCALS

Troy and John Ratliff are at
tending court this week as jurors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Owens
were shopping in Bristol Satur-
day and stayed for the amateur
program of station WOPI.
Mrs. B. H. Edwards has bought
new Home Comfort cook stove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Adkins
were sponsors of a weiner roast
Tuesday night at the Mitch place.
Among those attending were Mr..
and Mrs. Lynn Younce, S. T. Null
Inns, Jr., joan and Nina Mullins,
Anette, Betty Jane and James Ar
trip, Troy Vanover, Clint Turner,
Paul and Price Owens, Mack Null
Inns, Carl Branham, Fay, Naomi,
Lillian and Eileen Mullins, Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton Branham, Ell
vina Colley, Mrs. Troy Ratliff and
daughter, Phyllis Jean, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. L. Colley and sons, May
nard Ratliff, Arnold Edwards and
many others. All seemed to enjoy
it to the fullest extent.
Hines Colley and Jack Artrip
are attending the three days
schooling at Clintwood, given for
the benefit of supervisors in
checking farm practices for soil
conservation.
Mrs. Lonza Ratliff and Mrs. F.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-06-20
STANLEY HUGHES

Allen E. Stanley of Brush
Creek and Miss leila Hughes of
Honey Camp were married about
two weeks ago, according to an
nouncement of friends over the
weekend.
Mr.. Stanley is elementary teach
er in Dickinson Memirial High,
and has taught in the county
schools for the past fourteen
years. He received his teacher
training at Emory and Henry Col
lege. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. R. Stanley of near Clint
wood.
Mrs. Stanley is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gabe Hughes and
graduate OF Dickinson Memoir
ial High, class of 1889. Mrs. STAN
lev has been attending the State
Teachers college at Radford since
June, 1899, and will complete her
two-year teachers course in Au-
gust of this year. She plans to
teach in Dickinson County this
year at the Cold Spring school.
The Herald joins with the
young couples many friends in
wishing them many happy years.