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Pryor News

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Green
had as Easter Sunday dinner
guests Mr. and Mrs. Otto Jen-
sen, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Jensen
and sons, Roy, Bud, and Billy,
and Leo Hathaway and family,
of Edgar, and Clark c. Green,
and Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Hattie
way and daughter, Margie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Ledo and
family were guests at the
Charles Hiber home Saturday
evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Jones and chill
dren of Billings have been visit
ing at the Walter Jones home
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Simms
and daughter, Katherine, of Ed
gar, called on friends in Pryor
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hiber
and son, Howard, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bud Ledo motored to Sill
esia Sunday to be Easter din
ner guests at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. Marion Mcdowell.
Mrs. Clark c. Green has
been confined to her home this
week with a severe sore throat
and cold.
Misses Ayme Orser and Marie
Petit of Billings spent the Eas-
ter-week vacation with their
grandmother, Mrs. Marie Ellen
Burger.
Carl Bellas of Hay creek was
in Billings Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Rule en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Corwin
Rule and sons at Easter dinner.
Val Matross spent Easter at
Park City with Mrs. Matross
and relatives.
Mrs. Jess Tomlinson has been
i'll most of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lande
and Mr. and Mrs. Whick Lande
of Grow Agency were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell
Lipsey Easter Sunday.
Misses Roberta Lance and
Dorothy Johnston were week
end guests of the Rev. and Mrs.
Wilkin Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Orser and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hoo
yer and son, Mrs. Annie Orser,
and Bill Orser and daughter
were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bob Orser Easter Sunday.
E. E. Ayers accompanied Paul
Jensen to Edgar Thursday eve
ming to visit with Mrs. George
Humiston and family.
Frank Phelps of East Pryor
was a business caller in Pryor
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Phelps
of East Pryor were in Billings
and Pryor on business Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Frailey
of Crow Agency visited the Pry-
or schools Friday.
Mrs, John Orser and sons,
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Edmond, John Calvin and Da-
vid, and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Hoover returned Monday to
Worden, where the boys re-
sumed their studies.
Hal Snyder of Billings was a
business caller in Pryor Friday.
Eileen Not Afraid and Maxine
Russell went to Crow Agency
Monday to have their tonsils
removed.
Mrs. Wilkin Willis was hos
tess to the Baptist Ladies Aid
Thursday. Mrs. Cosgrove was in
charge Of the devotions. After
a short business meeting, the
hostess served refreshments.
Mrs. Clarence Green will en-
terrain the group at her home
at the next meeting.
Miss Ayme Orser entertained
at a dinner party at the home
of her grandmother, Mrs. Ellen
Burger, Tuesday evening. Guests
were Lou Roads, Miss Marie Le-
wis, and Robert Roads of Lower
Pryor creek, and Miss Marilyn
Clark and Marie Petit of Bill
lings.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rule
we're callers in Billings Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George O'Con-
nor of Fromberg motored to
Pryor Thursday morning to &C
company Clark Green to Bill
lings.
Mrs. William Adams and
daughter, Billy 10, and Mrs.
Wilkin Willis motored to Living
ston Friday afternoon to attend
the Baptist young peoples
meeting. They were guests of
Mrs. Adams brother, Herman
Norwood, and Mrs. Norwood.
William Bowman was the low
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Halfway News

Bill Ferguson of Hardin was
a caller in this community on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Faw and
children were in Hardin on bus
mess Monday.
Archie Mcdonald and Ivan
Clark called on Robert Ewing
Tuesday.
Horse buyers were in the nei-
ghborhood the first of the week.
Trees secured through the
county extension office for
spring planting have been re-
ceived in good condition and a
number of farmers have been
busy setting them out.
Ivan Clark had grain ground
at the Robert Ewing farm on
Wednesday.
Mrs. jay Lee was hostess to
the st. Xavier Home Demon
stration club at a dinner on
Wednesday, March 81. The menu
included meat loaf with horse
radish sauce, scalloped potatoes
with carrots, combination din
ner salad, paprika crackers and
upside down cake. A total Of 20
were present.
Joyce Wedel is i'll with a Sc
we're cold.
The Halfway Home Demon
stration club held its seventh
meeting of the club year at the
home of Mrs. Ewing. Club guests
were Mrs. H. S. Trusler, who is
visiting at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ewing, and Mrs.
Earl GRAY of the South Hardin
community. Members present
we're Mrs. Elmer Simpson, Mrs.
Ivan Clark, Mrs. H. w. Delp,
Mrs. jay Lee. Mrs. Albert Loo
mis-, Mrs. Pete Wedel, Mrs. Mel
vim LOOMS, and Mrs. Howard
Wedel and son. Dickie. Mrs.
Delp and Mrs. Jaw Lee led a
discussion on "Table Service"
Plans we're made for a club
quilt. At the close of the af-
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Upper Rotten Grass

The Aimrock Sewing club held
it's seventh meeting at the An
derson ranch. All members and
the two leaders were present.
The guests were Mrs. Anderson,
Mrs. Denver Sherman and June,
Harold and Henry Anderson,
Edna and George Wiley and
Carole Chatham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denver Sherman
visited at the John Chatham
ranch Sunday.
Jack Wiley called at the Ste
vens ranch on Lodge Grass
creek Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Gregory was a
guest at the Luther Chatham
home Tuesday evening.
Mrs. John Chatham IS in the
Crow Agency hospital.
Ed Schenderline is working
at the Chatham ranches.
Tractors are turning over the
soil along Owl creek, prepara-
tory to spring planting.
A few spring flowers have
been seen this week in this vi
entity.
Joyce Hitchcock of Crow Ag-
ency visited Joyce Sherman
over the weekend.
Chester WILEY and Edna and
George were Lodge Grass call
ers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Chatham
and children made a trip to
Lodge Grass Saturday.
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ternoon lemon pie and coffee
we're served by the hostess, as
sisted by her mother and sew
eral of the club members. The
new club cups were used for
the first time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon made a
business call in the community
Thursday. .
MIR. and Mrs. Earl Gray and
daughter, Marion, were callers
in the community the last OF
the week.
Jake Knaub moved a truck
load of household goods on
Thursday.
MIR. and Mrs. Ivan Clark were
visiting friends and transactlng
business in Hardin Friday.
Jay Lee made a trip to Har-
din Friday.
Harvey Wilcutt took two
truck-loads of bulls to Eagle
Springs Friday. .
Mrs. Charles Faw visited at
the home of her daughter. Mrs.
GUY Turner, in Hardin Friday.
Among those who were in
Hardin Friday were Archie
Mcdonald, Albert LOOMS, Mel
vim Loomis, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Faw and family and Lloyd FaW.
Albert LOOMS made a trip to
Billings Saturday. His mother,
Mrs. Stella LOOMS, who makes
her home in Billings, accom-
panied him home that evening
and will remain for a visit.
DR.. and Mrs. L. H. Labbitt OF
Hardin motored up the valley
Sunday.
week of March 14)
Archie Mcdonald and Robert
Ewing helped Earl Gray saw
wood Monday.
Howard Wedel moved his
house onto the land formerly
leased by Martin Marx.
Shelby Hodges hauled a truck
load of farm machinery from
this neighborhood to Ballan-
tine Monday.
Albert Loomis and Elvin We
del were callers at the Robert
Ewing farm this week.
Mrs. Anna C. Heller is moving
hay and farming equipment to
her place near the Two Leggins
bridge.
Albert LOOMS, Melvin LOOMS
and Howard Wedel were bust
ness callers in Hardin Monday.
Those attending Oliver day in
Hardin Tuesday were Joe Sui
Ivan, Charles Faw, Tom Faw,
Robert Ewing, George Simpson,
Henry Ziler, K. K. Ziler, Elvin
Wedel and Weldon Clark.
The Hallway Home Demon
stration club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Robert Ewing on
Thursday afternoon at 200 o.
clock March %. A demonstra-
ton on Table Service" will be
given by the project leaders.
Roll call will be responded to
BY Easy House Cleaning
Methods"
Mrs. J. L. Blackburn, Mrs. Joe
Sullivan, Mrs. Charlie Faw, Mrs.
Robert Ewing and Mrs. H.. S.
Trusler were shopping in Har-
din Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Clark
transacted business in Hardin
en- Thursday.
A Friday visitor in Hardin
was Mrs. Charlie Faw.
MI. and Mrs. Weldon Clark
expect to move to their new
home in Hardin Monday.
Saturday visitors in Hardin
were Mr.. and Mrs. C. v. Mabe
/ and daughters, Alma and Bet
ty, Henry and Conrad zieler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Hart and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin
Wedel and family, Robert Ew-
ing and sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Jay
Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Faw and
family, MI and Mrs. Albert
Loomis and H. W. Delp.
Henry F. Steinmetz hauled
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bidder for the Pryor school bus
route next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Master
son motored to Edgar Friday al
ternoon to attend funeral SerV-
ices for Mr.. Cummings, pioneer
resident of the Edgar commun-
ity.
The Rev. Wilkin Willis gave
IA motion picture show at tne
Baptist mission. The films, one
taken during the Crow Indian
fair, and the other in Mexico,
were loaned by Mr. Runyan.
John Glenn, who has been a
guest of his sons, GILBERT ana
John, in Crow Agency the past
two weeks, returned to his nome
on Hay creek Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Hathaway
were business visitors in Bill
lings Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Uande
made a business trip to Edgar
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Turnsback
and Jim Bear Below motored to
Laurel Saturday afternoon on
business.
The Rev. and Mrs. Ernest
Fisher of North Dakota motored
to Pryor Sunday to be guests
of the Rev. and Mrs. Wilkin
Willis until wednesday. MI.
Fisher and MI. Willis were
classmates.
The Hawk family has moved
onto its home ranch and is busy
preparing the ground for spring
wheat.
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two truck loads of hay up the
valley Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe ziler and
son are moving to the farm
formerly occupied by Pete Rob.
The Rohs have moved to a
place up the valley.
E. F. Mccoy of Basin, Wyo.,
a relative of the LOOMS fam
lily, is a guest at the Albert
Loomis home.
The Rev. and Mrs. J.E.H. Mel
son of the First Baptist church
in Hardin conducted church
and Sunday school. services at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Al
bert LOOMS Sunday. Sixteen
were in attendance. Union SER
vices will be held the first and
third Sundays in each month.
Come and bring your friends.
Mrs. Stella Loomis of Billings
is visiting at the home of her
son, Albert LOOMS.
Edna Mae Simpson spent the
weekend with her mother, Mrs.
E. c. Simpson.
Mary Starkweather of north
OF Hardin was a weekend guest
of Mrs. Charles Faw.
Spencer Blackburn and Thel-
ma Warden of Billings spent
Saturday night with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. L. Blackburn.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. E. Wagner of Hardin Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Black
burn and sons, Clinton and
Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. C. v.
Mabe and family, Mr.. and Mrs:
H. w. Delp and family and
Thelma Warden. The dinner
was given in honor of Spencer's
birthday.
| Lloyd Faw and Charles Lar
kin we're in Billings Saturday
and Sunday. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Loomis
and Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Loo
mis- we're shopping in Hardin or
Mrs. E. C. Simpson anc
daughters, Edna Mae and Mary
and sons, George and Isaac
called on Mrs. C. v. Mabe anc
family Friday evening.
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs
Pete Wedel and family Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Sullivan
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elvin Wede.
and family.
A card party was given in
hOnOh of Mrs, E.. G.. Simpson
birthday Saturday evening al
the Halfway school house. Those
who attended were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivan Clark and family
Mrs. Tom Faw, Mr.. and Mrs. j
L. Blackburn, Lawrence Faw
Albert Doan, Mr.. and Mrs. Ear
Gray and family, Mr.. and Mrs
C. v. Mabe and family, George
Isaac and Edna Mae Simpson
Mrs. John Barovich, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Sullivan, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Peck and MI. and Mrs
Hugh Hamilton and daughter
of Hardin, Mr.. and Mrs. Pete
Wedel and family Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Ewing and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Weldon Clark, Spencer
Blackburn and Thelma Warden
of Billings. At the close of the
evening refreshments were
served and gifts were presented
to Mrs. Simpson.
After a two weeks visit with
relatives Mrs. John Barovich
and daughter, Betty Joyce, re-
turned to Columbus Sunday.
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COUNTIES EXEMPT

Attorney General H. j. Free
bourn has ruled that counties
are not required to pay taxes,
penalty or interest charges
when they apply for tax deeds.
The opinion was written for
Bert Kronmiller, attorney for
Big Horn county.
The opinion held that the
holder of the previously issued
certificate of tax sale has the
right of redemption when a
county makes application for a
tax deed.
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wyo|a News

the community school building
Friday evening. A large crowd
was present. Members of the
committee in charge were Mrs.
John BzoSki, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris Paustain, Mrs. "a. c. Mont
gomery and Miss Mary Beiver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Paustain
and MI and Mrs. Cecil Wham
we're dinner guests Friday eve
ming at the home of MI. and
Mrs. Herbert Brotherson.
Curtis Mcdonald and Paul
Forman are building a storage
house for oil and gas for D: H.
Moss near the railroad tracks.
A. j. Sheets, Robert Hahn,
D. H. Moss and Mark Kirscher
motored to Hardin Saturday af-
ternoon to be dinner guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Bowman.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sheets were
in Sheridan Monday.
Mrs. Chris Paustain and Mrs.
Mary Brotherson spent Thurs
dav in Sheridan.
Mrs. Clayton Clanin was a
euest of Mrs. A. C. Montgomery
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. }. Sheets en-
tertained the bridge club on
Wednesday. Two tables were in
NAV. Honors went to D. H.
Moss.
Elmer Swanson moUored to
Billings Saturday, accompanied
oy Miss Mary Beiver and Miss
Betty Jane Kolstad.
D. H. Moss and John KOlStad
made a business trip to Billings
Tuesday.
Edward Berry drove the Pass
creek school bus Thursday. The
regular driver, MIR. Duffy, was
i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Forman
spent Friday in Sheridan.
MIR. and Mrs. Herbert Brother
son, MIR. and Mrs. A. C. Mont
gomery and Mrs. Francis Wal
lace motored to Sheridan on
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. John Schirmer returned
to her home in Crow Agency
Friday evening after substitute
ing in the Wyola school last
week for Miss Marion Williams,
who was ill.
Mark Kirscher, Robert Hahn
and Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Moss
were in Sheridan Tuesday eve
ming.
Mrs. J. o. Shoner and Mrs,
Charles Mcknight visited the
Wyola school Friday.
, Judy Walsh of Sheridan Wis
tied her mother, Mrs. Ben Bel
ken, over the weekend.
The farmers and rancherS OF
the Wyola community attended
a soil conservation meeting in
the Baptist church Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Speakworth and
children of Sheridan were din
ner guests at the home OF MI
and Mrs. William M. Chapman
recently.
Sam Stevenson and Miss Alma
Newman of Lodge Grass were
Wyola visitors Friday evening.
Dorothy Gardner and Mickey
Nickois of Lodge Grass spent
Friday evening in Wyola.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Broth
erson visited in Hardin during
the weekend.
Miss Mary Belver, Mrs. w. M
Chapman, and Mr.. and Mrs
Clayton Clanin of Lodge Grass
motored to Sheridan Wednesday
evening.
D. H. Moss and Herbert Bro
therSon attended a Rural Elec-
trification meeting in the court
house at Hardin Monday.
George hammers and son,
Harold, of Hardin were in Wyola
recently on their way up the
Little Horn to fish.
The Rev. Wright of Portland,
Ore, held services Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Sun
day evenings in the Baptist
church. He also showed motion
pictures of various parts of the
TI~ital CtofaS
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-08
Light Vote Here
Eavors Preside
By Big Majority

Third term or no third
term, Imperial county rested
in the Roosevelt camp We'd
nesday, Judging from com
plete returns from 80 out OF
the county's 83 precincts,
The president drew a total OF
1898 votes. more than 200 above
the 2O58 cast for the unoppoScG
COP candidates in Tuesdays prl-
mary.
Tho preSident-plcolgcd Dcmocra-
tic candidates received tWo-to-Onc
more votes than those pledged to
Vice-President Garner, who pollcd
974 Trailing far back in the ruck
were candidates pledged to Ellis
Patterson, who drew 1876; and those
supporting Ham-and-Egger Willis
Allen, who received l43.
All precincts we're accounted for
except lockwood, Spruce and Palo
Verde The vote was one of the
lightcst of recent years in Impe-
rial county. Only approximately a
third of the county'S $4,000 regis
tered voters went to the polls.
Most votes cast for Roosevelt in
any one precinct was in Holtville
No. l where II were counted. Braw-
Icy No. 8 cast 10 and Imperial No.
2, Sc. In many precincts Allen and
Patterson drew blanks, and in no
precincts did they score heavily.
Ten votes. in DogWood was the high
Continued on Page 2. Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-08
Mad Princip
Laid Death Trap,
Investigators Say
Survivors of Deadly
Orgy Tell of Killers
Invitation to Meeting

SOUTH PASADENA, Cal
May 8. (UP) - Authorities
said today they had evidence
Verlin Spencer, 81, mad
principal' of the South Pas
adena junior high school, who Wip-
ed out four members of the school
systems administrative staff and
wounded two others with a target
pistol, definitely had planned a
death trap for his victims.
Mrs. Winifred Bush, 60, wife Of
George C. Bush, "a. veteran super
intendent of schools, who was shot
down with John Altman, so. and
Will r. Speer. So, business manager
of the school system, in the ad-
ministration building of the high
school, told police Spencer had
called her husband Sunday evening
asking for a conference Monday
afternoon.
Mrs. Alma Altman. wife of the
slain high school principal, like
wise told authorities of telephone
call from Spencer Sunday night
regarding the conference.
Mrs. Bush said Spencer asked
her husband to have Speer present
at the meeting scheduled for 3
Continued on Page 2, Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-08
Ric1ards.LiftIe
Trial Opens With
Selection Of Jury
Attorneys Battle Over
Veniremen to Hear
City Theft Evidence

Mrs. Lillian Richards and
John Little went to trial in
superior court Wednesday
on a grand jury indictment
charging them with embez-
element of S285OO of the $65 900
missing from the Ell Centro water
department.
Less than five months after the
sensational case broke, the couple
sat in Judge R. D. McPherrin's
division of superior court and heard
five attorneys battle over selection
of jury to hear the evidence.
Mrs Richards, clad in a severely
tailored dark dress enlivened with
a brightly striped sash, held whis-
pered consultations with her son
at the counsel table. She was calm
and greeted friends with faint
smile.
Little was garbed in brown with
his gray hair neatly brushed back
from his face. He nervously paced
the courtroom before court opened
and smoked continuously during
the frequent intermissions.
Various predictions were made as
to the length of time it would take
to get a jury. District Attorney Ell
mer Heald and his depuy. Ralph I.
French, would make no prediction,
declaring it would be Impossible for
them to estimate. John Holt of San
Diego, partner of Ed Hervey and
counsel for Mrs. Richards. said it
might take day and it might take
week. Hugh MacKinnon and Har-
ry w. Moss, attorneys for Little,
said they hoped the jury would be
selected, sworn, and ready for the
trial by court time Thursday.
Prospective jurors, witnesses. spec
tatorS, and court house attaches
packed the court room. The spec
tatorS and court house attaches
driited away soon after they realiz-
ed the jury selection was in prog
reSs.
Judge McPherrin was forced to
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-08

SSuTuCUeU ueleSdIlOll pOlltu liil1S
votes to every one cast for its three
opposing states. And it ran to
ahead of the runner-up, the dele
gates supporting Vice President
John Nance Garner.
In spite of the -sidedncSS of
the primary, it appeared the prcsi-
dent would get only 43 of the
states AZ Democratic convention
votes. The other vote probably will
go to Garner because of the with
draWal of two Roosevelt delegates
at-large during the campaign and
the requirement their places be
filled by the next highest in this
case the two top Garner delegates.
Delegates t-largc have half q vote
each.
Governor Culbert Olson, who
headed the Roosevelt thlrd-term
group in the four-slded Democrat
contest with the Garner, the Ham
and Eggs willis Allen and the
left wing ellis Patterson states,
said the victory was sufficiently
convincing to mean Mr. RooSe-
velt'S certain nomination at Chi
cago and his reelection in Novem-
ber"
Republicans had no contest. vot-
ing for a single uninStructed dele
cation. The large Republican turn
out, however, highly pleased lead
ers of that party and led them to
express hopes of capturing Califor-
mia in November, despite the pre-
ponderant Democratic registration
Returns from 1925 precincts OF
the states 1850 gave:
RoOSevelt-693,
Garner-l07,380
hllen-84,l12
1854
In the same number of precincts
the unoppoSed Republican slate
polled 51l,380.
The mixup in the Democratic del
tContlnued on Page 2; Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-08

while attorneys were Wrangllng IN
superior court over selection OF a
jury to try Mrs. Lillian Richards and
John Little on another indictment
that charges theft from the city of
Ell Ccntro of more than S28, ,000 Wal
terS was the fourth person indicted
for taking public money in Impe-
rial county in less than seven
months.
Twenty-nine of the 30 counts in
the indictment charged him with
forgery and one charged him with
grand theft. The monetary total
was $4,10842.
The tall. white haired man was
placed under $4,000 bail and plac-
ed in custody of his attorneys to
permit him to complete bail bono
arrangements. He Immediately filed
S5 900 of the $4,000.
Due to the fact that Judge r. D
McPherrin, who has charge of
grand jury proceedings this year,
was busy with the Richards Little
case, the indictment was returned
by the grand jury in hurried
session. All arrangements for fu-
ture action were postponed until
the judge and District Attorney
Elmer Heald have time to appear
in court again.
In the indictment the counts
dealing with forgery charged that
Walters forged the name of various
men having accounts in the El
Centre Production Credit associa-
ton. He was charged with forging
the name of the account holder
on the back of the check as an
endorsement and then signing his
own name below it.
The checks ranged in amount
from $547 to $500 and were cashed
at the Ell Centro branch of the
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-08
House Disapproves
Roosevelt Order
Merging Air Board
Reorganization Plan
Gets Thumbs Down Vote
Now Goes to Senate

WASHINGTON, May 8.
(UP)-The house today vot-
ed disapproval of President
Roosevelt's fourth reorgani-
zation plan, which would
transfer the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority to the commerce depart
ment.
The vote TO disapprovc the presi-
dents order was announced as 23c
to 1853.
Senate action still is required tc
kill the reorganization order, since
the law requires affirmative ac-
ton by both houses.
The vote came on a concurrent
resolution introduced by Chairman
Clarence F.. Lea. D., Calf, of the
House Interstate Commerce COM
mittee. The senate resolution is
sponsored by Sen, Pat McCarran, D.,
New.