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Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
HEARING ON STATE.
STREET CROSSING
SEPTEMBER 18th.

The El Centre Chamber of Com
merce received official notification
today that the hearing of the ap-
lication Of the City of Ell Centre to
construct State street at grade over
the tracks of the Southern Pacific
Company has been set for Septem-
Der l9 by the state railroad com
mission. The hearing will be held
i'll Ell Centro before Examiner
Handford.
The opening of State street is
one of the most important things
before the city of Ell Centre at the
present time, chamber of commerce
officials state. With the great in
crease in vehicular travel in this
city, Main street is becoming over
crowded. Another through artery
must be opened, and State street
appears to be the logical solution
of the situation. Broadway has been
permanently closed to through traf-
fic by the erection of the new
Southern Pacific passenger station,
forever barring that thoroughfare.
The application of the city was
filed with the commission some
monti $ ago, but by stipulation the
time of hearing was deferred until
after the vacation period. City At
torney Whitelaw and City Engineer
Knights have made extensive prep
aration of maps and other exhibits
in support of Ell Centro's demand
that State street be opened across
the railway tracks. According to
Secretary Hays, of the chamber, J.
j. Duel, manager of the law and
utilities department of the Califor-
MIA Farm Bureau Federation. and
the department s staff of attorneys
and engineers, is ready to assist the
clty in presenting its application
Engineer L. s. Wing, engineer of
the department, made careful
survey of the situation during a re-
cent visit to Ell Centro.
The chamber of commerce has
long advocated the opening of this
through thoroughfare traversing
the city from east to west, and is
expected to render the city admin
lstration all possible help in pre-
sentlng the case before the railway
commission, and in demonstrating
the city's imperative need for the
opening of this through street.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Aug. II. W.H-
If you are a law-abiding person
and want to keep out of Jail after
be bad idea to start memoriZing
some S9l new state laws that go in
TO effect on that date.
You should know, for example
that it will be unlawful
TO honk your automobile horn
simply to call someone from house
TO own dog which doesn I wear
State tag. dog -catchers are EN-.
powered to round up all Fidos after
Wednesday,
TO write a check without funds
CA check marked N.S.F. or notice
of protest may be used as evidence
of intent to defraud.)
To carry a spare tire on the front
of your radiator.
For doctors, nurses or hospitals
to fail to report all persons treated
for injury by deadly weapon to the
police,
For employers who share in tips
not to post prominent notice to
that effect.
For benefit of peace-loving Cali
fornians, the United Press today
presents a summary of the outstand-
ing new laws going into effect
August IA:
Agriculture
Bovine tuberculosis eradication
and indemnification; state licensing
and bonding of deciduous fruit
dealers; investigation of economic
problems of California; new fruit,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12

PASSAGE:
POPULAR
Hundreds Apply For Trip
To Be Made Around The
World By Air.
ALL ARE REJECTED
Germans Resent Designat-
ing Lakehurst AS Start
Of Noted Flight.
BY MAURITZ HALLGREN
United Press Staff Correspondent


FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
Aug. II. U.R Hundreds of last
minute applications for passage
aboard the Graf Zeppelin flooded
into the offices of the Zeppelin
works here today as the giant air
liner was being tuned up and re-
fuelled for continuance of her round
the world adventure beginning We'd
nesday morning.
Would-be participants sent in
their applications by letter, by cable
and by telegram, many of them send
ing the large sum of money the
journey would cost.
All the new applicants were turn
ed down. Only those already
scheduled will go along. Not even
one more application will be accept
ed by the company, it was stated
by Zeppelin officials today. 1t was
understood that some of the young
er officers of the Graf We're per-
fectly willing to take along a few
more than % passengers, the num-
Der that came from Lakehurst, but
DIR. Hugo Eekener, veteran COM
mander of the dirigible, has given
the project his veto.
Because of the lack of meteorolo-
gical facilities over Siberia and
Manchuria, where the Graf will pass
enroute to Toxic on the second leg
of the journey, DR.. Eckener is TAX
ing extreme precautions. Extra
passengers would add to the haz.
ard of the trip, DR.. Eckener said.
There was considerable criticism
of the prevailing opinion that the
round the world flight began at
Lakehurst, n. j. Persons here con-
tended that this being the base of
the air liner the calculations of the
journey around the globe would have
to begin here and not at Lakehurst.
1t was pointed out that the sue
cessful round trip to the United
States was purely a side trip which
DR.. Eckener was compelled to take
for business purposes.
Perfect Weather Needed
Never before, perhaps, have so
many precautions been taken to see
that the Graf was in the finest pos
sible condition.
The crew was loading as much
fuel aboard the Graf as possible.
Thus adding to the burden of the
ship. This was being done, it was
explained by Schiller, in the event
meteorological conditions over Sib-
eria and Manchuria force the ship
to deviate from her intended course.
"The Graf will be so fully load
ed" Schiller explained, sat opg
take off Wednesday morning that
the temperature and atmospheric
conditions will have to be perfect or
else we will not be able to rise at
ALL -
"'The normal cruising distance
from here to Toxic is well over
5000 miles, but we must provide
extra fuel for deviation. Therefore,
everything will have to be just about
perfect, meteorological conditions as
well as navigation, to insure sue
cess.
''The gas, when warm, expands
and loses buoyaney. This will be a
serious factor when the Graf at
tempts to cross the Ural mountains
near Ekaterinburg.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
RESUME PARLEY
BETWEEN EQUITY
AND PRODUCERS

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. -. UH -
Negotiations between the Motion
Picture Producers and Actors
Equity Association were resumed
today with the prospects that the
latter organization would present a
plan calling for 80 per cent Equity
membership of principals, small
part actors, professional extras and
chorus workers in all future film
productions.
The proposal was expected to
come as the result of vote of con-
fidence in. the executive board Civ
en- by 5000 members of Equity when
the arbitration committee decided
to recede from Il "100 per cent
Equity shop" demand.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. IL. Wp)--
Just before she left here for San
Francisco, Ethel Barrymore, vice
president of Actors Equity Associa-
tion, criticized the manner in which
President Frank Gilmore has
handled the present fight for a
"closed shop" in Hollywood.
Discussing Saturday night s
meeting in which Equity members
adopted resolution confirming a
plan for Equity's committee to con
fer with motion picture producers
ON an 80 per cent Equity shop
basis, Miss Barrymore said "such
a solution which is not a solution. -
Miss barrymore, who was a mem
Der of the Equity committee which
conferred with producers, said she
understood definite mutual settle
ment had been reached between
Equity and the producers. Gilmore
apparently failed to place the com
plete results of the negotiations be-
fore the Equity meeting Saturday
night, she said.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
Papers DisOWned
By Soviet Chiefs

MOSCOW, Aug. u. W.H-Official
Soviet sources denied with vigor
today the authenticity of six docu-
mentS the substance of which was
reported to have been transmitted
to the United States government,
purporting to prove that the Soviet
Union had attempted to undermine
the Chinese government in Man
churia.
The documents We're described
here as trough, crude, illiterate
forgeries, nonsensieal in content -
The officials here insist that the
Chinese raid upon the Soviet con-
sulate at Harbin, Manchuria, was
made for the special purpose of
"putting into circulation a guam
tity of forgeries intended to Justify
the seizure of the Chinese Eastern
Railway.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
PRESS FREEDOM
IS AT STAKE in
CLEVELAND CASE
Appeals of Newspapermen
From Contempt Charge
To Be Heard Soon.
By HAROLD E. RICHTER
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

BY HAROLO II. hlt1I In
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. II. U.H
Another question in the very old
puzzle of just how much of the
constitutional freedom is enjoyed
by the American press, will be an
swered in the Cuyahoga County
Court of Appeals here next month.
At that time the appeal of two
executives of the Cleveland Press
is scheduled to be heard. Louis B.
Settler, editor, and Carlton k.Mat-
son, chief editorial writer, were
judged guilty recently of contempt
of court by Common Pleas Judge
Frederick P. Walther. They were
fined $500 each and sentenced each
to 80 days in Jail. They were then
released under bond of $1,000 each
pending their appeal.
Judge Walther said from the
bench that the newspapermen were
guilty of contempt of his court be-
cause they printed an editorial
criticising him for issuing an in
junction against the sheriff of
Cuyahoga county enjoining him
from interfering with the contribu-
tion system of betting on race
horses at the Thistledown track.
Baker Heads Defense
Newton ID. Baker, former secre-
tary of the navy, is chief counsel
for the newspapermen. He told
Judge Walther he had never heard
of such an injunction as the one
issued against the sheriff ito en-
join him from carrying out his
sworn duty
Baker pleaded, and will continue
to plead, he says, for freedom of
the press and the right of news
papers to criticize any and all pub
lie officials just as long as such
criticism does not stand in the way
of justice itself.
The injunction used the phrase
eff it be not in violation of the
laws of Ohio' in licensing the CON
tribution system to carry ON at the
track. Baker argued that this phrase
made it no injunction at all and
that furthermore contempt cannot
be charged unless the criticism is
made of the court while a certain
case is pending.
Editorial Criticism
Vigorous editorial criticism when
in many cases amounted to severe
condemnation of the judges action
in sentencing the men, cropped out
all over the country. The Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union wired an
offer to help defend the editors.
Metropolitan newspapers were al
most unanimous in their criticism
of the judge. One newspaper close
to the scene, called the judges in
junction order weazel-worded
writ. Another said: "Judge Wal
ther s decision stands out because
it is not only contrary to law but
like the order that gave rise to it,
is a judicial absurdity.'
Walther sat on the bench and
passed judgment in the case of the
editors after citing them for con-
tempt of his own court. This also
was criticised freely.
elf a judge can Jail an editor
who dares point the finger of criti-
cism in his direction, the whole in.
stitution of free press falls in
ruins,' said one of the editorials
commenting on the case.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
Chinese Wedding
Party Wiped Out

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Aug. 10.
WP)-An automobile collision caus.
ed the death here yesterday of six
prominent Chinese, including a
bride and groom and four members
of the wedding party.
Gensisg Pond, Pasadena and his
bride of a few hours, Dorothy All
Tyen, were burned to death in the
explosion which resulted. Other
victims were Harold Lew, Rose All
Tyen, sister Of the bride, Ella Lew
Stockton and Ora Chang, Stockton.
Henry A. kreutzer, driver Of the
second car, was detained by police.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
COUNTY BUDGET
FINALLY PASSED
BY SUPERVISORS

With the exception of few
changes, the tentative county bud
get for l92930, amounting to ST.
45S, ,260, was finally adopted by the
county board of supervisors at q
special meeting called for that pur-
pose Saturday morning at the court
house
Budgets submitted to the super
visors by various department heads
totalod S2,s9l ,557, but were pared
down to the above figure after
lengthy investigation by the super
visors.
The amount to be raised by taxa
tion during the next fiscal year is
$l,93J. .0l3
These figures include the budgets
for the various county departments,
road funds, general fund and var
ious special funds.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars was
added to the court house budget for
construction and repair work The
county school budget was increased
from $3.50 to $3.50 on one item, that
being for tests. Three hundred and
fifty dollars was added to the grand
jury for the purpose of purchasing
the safe now in the court house,
which has heretofore been rented.
Road district No. |, was allowed
$1,000 extra by the supervisors for
capital outlay Other added items
increased included $75 for renting
space for a justice of peace court
room is Brawley. Formerly the an
nual allowance for this purpose was
$25, but due to the fire recently
that destroyed the city hall, new
quarters were made necessary.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
Long Beach Is
Not So Drab

LONG BEACH. Calf, Aug
IL. W.P}-Routine was disrupted
here yesterday as 150 pairs of
pajamas ruled the day and held
all eyes on Long Beach streets.
Contestants in the pajama
meet were said to be in fine form
as the competition opened. The
appearance of $50 of the city's
prettiest girls in bedtime attire
resulted in a riot Of color and
near riot Of spectators. Evelyn
Slater took the prize with an
eyeful Of white embroidered
pajamas.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
Forest Firebugs
Still At Large

PASADENA, Aug. II. (UD-
With more than 40 forest fires in
central California traced TO incen-
diary activities, Mayhem IL. Davis,
of the Pasadena Forestry office,
advanced the opinion today that re-
venge against the United States
Forest Service or desire to gain em-
ployment in firefighting were the
motives for many of the blazes.
With Southern California noun.
tains dry and humidity low, dis.
astrous fires viii result if the fire.
bugs turn their attention to this
section, Davis said. 1t would take
them only few minutes to start
blazes enough to destroy invaluable
watersheds and cause inestimable
damage, he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
1t. Settle Will
Assist Zeppelin

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12.UD -
The Graf Zeppelin's reception COM
mittee at her Los Angeles port
of-call gained new member with
the arrival of Lieutenant T. G.. w.
Settle, U. S. N. yesterday.
Lieut.. Settle, formerly attached
to the dirigible Los Angeles, is in
charge of the technical preparations
here. With Lieut.. Carl Lange of
the dirigible Volunteer, he will Sc
lect ground crew of California
national guardsmen to handle the
giant Graf.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
Two Parachute
Records Made

CHICAGO, Aug. 12-U.P)-Jack
Cope, veteran air stunt man, stepped
off a plane 15,20O feet above Mum
lcipal airport and fell $4,000 feet
before pulling the rip cord of his
parachute last night. He estab-
lished new record for a delayed
drop, field officials said.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
Aug. 12-U.P)-A world record par
achute jump from an altitude of
l9,500 feet was claimed here today
by Jimmy Donohue, who landed
three miles from the point where he
was cut loose from an airplane.
The drop took 10 minutes
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
Death Claims
Heroic Mother

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12-U.D-
After lingering near death for near
ly a week, Mrs. j. V. Moseley, 32,
paid with her life for saving her
10 year old daughter in an auto
mobile crash in Inglewood last Mon
day.
Mrs. Moseley died late yesterday
of the injuries she received when
she shielded the child as her hus-
bands car collided with another
The daughter sustained only minor
injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
Five Boys Held
In Girl Attack

LOS ANGELES, Aug -. U.P)-
Five youths were held here today
for an alleged assault on Ruth
Manske, II year old Los Angeles
girl.
The girl told police two of the
youths accosted her early Sunday
as she left a taxicab in front of
her home and forced her into an
automobile where their three COM
panions were waiting.
Those under arrest are Anselno
Alvarado, Henry Dapper, Lewis
Burton, Robert Warner and Carl l..
Bright.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
POLICE ROUND UP BATHERS
WHO EXPOSE THEIR BACKS

SANTA MONICA, Calf,
Aug. II. U.H-The arm of the
law descended suddenly here
Sunday and eight persons, who
craved too much California
sunshine, were arrested on the
Santa Monica beach.
Santa Monica has an ordi-
nance designed to prevent low
ering of shoulder straps of
bathing suits and according to
two detectives, two police SER
geants and five officers, seven
men and one woman were gull
ty of this alleged immodest
practice.
The coup of the police squad
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12

ron was planned with great pre-
cision. The officers "'peeked
through a window of a beach
club and swooped upon their
victims after the latter were
parked at ease on the sands.
Jack Hilliard, 81, San Fran
cisco student. and seven native
Los Angeleans were included on
the list of culprits. All were or
dered to appear for trial next
Friday.
Other bathers, said to have
been guilty of the shoulder
strap decree, evaded the posse
of police by diving into the
surf or running down the beach.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
STEAMER AGROUND

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. IL. W.p--
The Norwegian steamer Ilisis has
been beached five miles from Caps
Billings, on the Bering sea and IL
rapidly filling with water, radio ad,
vices said today. The message added
that the crew was safe.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
COLIMA rs WINNER

MEXICO CITY, Aug. ~. W.H -
Bert Colima, American welterweight,
outpointed Hilario Martinez of
Spain in 10 rounds at the bull ring
Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12
Woman Killed AS
Train Hits Auto

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Il. U.H -
One woman was killed and five per-
sons were seriously injured here ear
ly today when an automobile was
struck by a Venice bound Pacific
electric train.
Mrs. Rosella link, 90, died en-
route to the Georgia Street Hospi-
tai. The other five, all badly hurt,
were relatives of Mrs. link.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-12

Zeppelin
globe circlng cruise At the
NO.
Naval Air Hay who
drigible's
civilian the Below left right
Wilkins Rosendahl
William mil
o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
ton Of the American Legion septem-

ton Of the American Legion septem-
Der 80.
And although Frank D. Rash, presi-
dent. and Reau Kemp, director, are
finding 1t difficult to get rid of great
deal of 1t, they claim their goal of
100000 or more hospitality expendi-
lures will have been reached by the
time Legionnaries gather for their an
nuaf reunion.
One of the biggest divisions of the
convention corporation Is charged with
providing lodging for the war veterans.
This, say its officers, already has been
Louisville hotel. The hotels have agreed
not to raise. rates.
The corporation has arranged for the
visitors to attend horse races at
Churchill Downs. excursions to Nam
moth Cave, Daniel Boone's grave and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
TESTS OF MODEL PLANES
POSTPONED BY SHOWERS
Builders Will Try Again Next
Saturday on Monument
CrorndS

Driven to shelter by the drenching
rain yesterday with their model air
planes, prospective "aviators" in the
model aircraft tournament to be held
here in September, tucked their delicate
craft under their arms and took them
back to their hangers after they had
gathered at the Chevy Chase aircraft
field to participate in the first Of a
series of qualification rounds for out
door planes. The field is a short dis
lance west of Chevy Chase Circle.
The preliminary flights and the tour
nament in September are under the au-
spices of the District Of Columbia Model
Aircraft League.
Tentative plans are for the events,
which were to have been held yester-
day, to be held at the Monument
Grounds next Saturday in connection
with the regular schedule for qualifi-
cation flights then.
The tests were to have been for hell
copters, baby r. o. G.. H. L. scientific
planes and planes with power other
than the rubber bands, which are most
widely in use to turn the propellors.
other means of locomotion employed
include springs and small rockets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
A Homely House Pet.

On the Island of Santo Domingo
there Is to be encountered a great va
riety of insects which, in one form or
another, are active during the "a hours
of the day. The houses are kept rea-
sonably free from these pests through
the activities Of the "gecko," which
makes its home In the houses. but re-
fuses to share hospitality with any form
of insect life The gecko is a terrible
looking lizard which is perfectly harm
less and it moves slowly about the
house and gathers up insects of all
kinds. It Is slow until its eyes light
on its prey and then it is quick enough
to make bulls shot and rarely misses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

many other historical sites; and to see
Louisville's river pride, called "the
greatest collection of river steamboats,
in modern times"
The convention will open in Jefferson
County Armory, which has a seating
capacity of 10000. Later sessions will
be held in the $1,25O,0O0 memorial au-
ditorium, Louisville's tribute to her serv-
ice men,. For one feature event-the
concert Of 1,000-piece band under the
direction Of Caesar La Monaco, him
self a Legionnaire. the University of
Louisville campus will be the setting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
LOUISVILLE PLANS
FOR LEGION MEET
Hosts to National Convention Elk
pect to Spend 100000 to
Entertain Guests.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August "a cor
poration to spend money instead OF
making 1t has been organized by the
Louisville Legionnaries making plans to
entertain the 100000 war veterans ex-
pected to attend the annual conven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Spain Gets Phone Link,

BY Gable to The Star.
MONTEVIDEO, August 3.-Tele-
phone service between Montevideo and
Madrid, Spain, will be inaugurated
shortly by the International Telephone
& Telegraph Co. The circuit will be
from Moltevideo to Buenos Aires by
underwater cable and from Buenos
Aires to Madrid by wireless telephone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Armored Tractor in Orchard.

A new design Of armored tractor is
not for use in warfare, as might be
supposed. but for service in the orchard.
Shields for the driver and tractor
treads permit of passage under low
hanging branches Of trees in citrus
groves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Gold and Copper Compared.

Gold is the best conductor of heat,
but 1t. stands second as a conductor of
electricity. Copper Is the best con-
ductor of electricity but stands only
fourth as a conductor of heat.
The border vidette., 1929-06-29
ARIZONA ElKS WILL WEAR COP
PER EMBLEMS

When Arizona Elkdom gathers
in Los Angeles July 9TH for the
annual national convention of
the order, the brothers will have
little trouble recognizing them,
says Wednesdays Herald. Two
thousand copper emblems, the
compliments of the New Cornelia
Copper company at Ajo, will be
distributed to the Arizona Elks
as Identification badges, accord
ing to Victor J. Wager. presi.
dent of the state Elks association
Besides being a utility and a
novelty the badges are expected
to furnish no little advertisement
of the states leading industry to
the thousands of Elks who will
gather for the annual conclave
from all parts of the United
States.
Plans for the esta ablishment of
the Arizona Elks headquarters
at the Savoy hotel we're com.
pleted by Wager and Wilford
Sullinger, secretary of the Tue.
son lodge, during the latter's
visit here Sunday upon the oc
casion of the local lodges ninth
anniversary. Sullinger will have
charge of the state headquart
ers. A large delegation of No
gales Elks, headed by Lew
Levin, exalted ruler of the local
lodge, is planning to attend the
three-day conclave.