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New Britain herald., 1930-09-22
PLainuiMe News
TOWN V0TINGL|ST
 SH0WS2,3O0 NAMES
Approximately 1000 Women
 Have Voting Franchise
ANALYSIS OF BUDGET

I1IRu SCIlOCl IOoLU64ll lO0" SA hIn p-
 ed in Opening Battle-Anual
 Meeting of Grange Auxiliary To-
 I1orrow-Itens.
 Approximately 2,3o0 residents of Plainville are entitled to cast bal lots in the annual town election 10 be held on October 6. This Is a gain of nearly 100 over last year. About 1000 women hold the voting fran chise, showing that this sex takes great interest in the affairs of the town government. Interest in the town election IS higher this year than in former years and heavy vote is expected to be cast. 1nciden- tally last years vote was the light est in the history of the town.
 The state election is also ex- pected to bring out a large vote. Those desiring to vote in the state election and who have not yet been made voters are advised to get their names into the registrars of voters hands at once.
 Last Saturday 91 new voters were added to the voting list by the board of selectmen and registrars. Last year only 37 new voters were made giving evidence that the town election is causing more interest this year.
 | Of the number of voters made, 3S expressed their desire to be put on the republican caucus list while 25 registered as democrats. Twenty eight did not express a party pre- | ference. There were no names that had to be refused, as is often the case There were 128 nams on the Ito be made" list.
 Analysis of Budget
 An analysis of the budget of ex- penditures for the town of Plain vile for the year ending August IS 1881, as approved by the board ot finance, has been prepared and was released for publication in part to. day. Stanley s. Gwillim. chairman of the board, feels that the taxpay' CTS will be greatly interested in al analysis and that it should convey much valuable inform ation to them
 An analysis of the selectmen': budget is being printed tonight while the school budget analysi will appear in the Herald tomorrow evening.
 The seleetmen's budget, gross, i s111,190. Less estimated credits fol the year amounting to $11,250, tn, net budget is S99,940.
 In the selectmen's budget, the fol lowing items are what might bt termed fixed items" in other words they cannot very well be changet unless the town wants to do withou a police department, a fire depart ment, street lights, fire hydrants
New Britain herald., 1930-09-22

Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Wilson and Miss Florence Carns attended the Eastern States Exposition Saturday
 Miss Anna Beh of Kensington was the guest of Miss Betty Pratt at West Cromwell over the weekend.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-22

Lights ........... $ 7,26O Police account ....... 5000 Fire department ....... 3,0a0 Depreciation fire apparatus 1,150 Library account ....... 500 Fire hydrants ............ 2,9o0 Insurance Gncluding com-
 pensation) .......... 750 Interest on notes .....,. 2,500 Two elections ...... 700 Depreciation on road equip
 ment ....,... ...... 1850 Bonds becoming due .. 17,0OO Interest, outstanding bonds 15,S0O Heating plant (Broad street
 SCIlOOlj b,0UJ Interest on money borrowed
 to pay for heating plant
 (Broad street schoo). 39O
 lotdl .............. S63 .49O
 In addition to these items, the county, military and state taxes that the town has 10 pay have been es- tirnated at s7,o00 and may run more than this. This makes total of S70,490 in what may be termed fixed expenses.
 This leaves the following items that are not strictly fixed expenses. First an appropriations cf $500 for the playground at the Broad Street school. This venture is one which 1t Is believed that the town should take over for tbe hAonf+ of yho ob;I dren during the summer season. The Plainville Graded school asso- citation has carried this expense for several years and now asks the town to assume it.
 A second item is the appropriation or s1.O00 for the town court. It is estimated that the receipts from the court amount to $500, thereby mak- ing Q net expense of s20O This is
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
STATE 'WETS'
PLAN BATTLE
AT ELECTION

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. U.P'-
\ battle for prohibition reform was
Today in full swing in California.
Liberals of the state were actiN ely
working to place on the ballot at the
November elections an initiative
measure for the repeal of the state
prohibition enforcement act, for in
struction of California 8 congress
sional representatives to vote to re-
peal the Volstead act and 18th
amend ndment, and for a measure pro-
viding state regulation Of liquor,
with a proviso barring SALOONS.
Women are active in the reform
movement, and are organizing an at
tack on the w. c. T. U. slogan" We
Represent the Women of America.
Mrs. John Casserly. leader of the
women 8 group in the movement. has
announced her intention of asking
the women's g committee for national
prohibition reform, which meets in
Cleveland, Ohio, next April, to en-
Gorse the bar association recent
resolution for the repeal of the pro-
hibition act.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
PARTIES SEEKING
TO FIND EIELS0N
REPORTED LOST

NOME, Alaska, Jan. UpN-With
three separate Arctic expeditions
missing here and in Siberia. this city
was today the scene of considerable
activity.
Aviators were tuning their planes
preparatory to organizing an inten-
sive hunt for Captain Pat Reid of
the Aviation Corporation Eielson
rescue expedition, lost last week be-
tween this city and Nulato, o5O miles
south and east of here.
Reid, with two mechanics, became
separated in fog from the accom-
panying pane of Major p. C. Deck
ard, and has not been heard from
since. Major Dockard s party made
Il safe landing at Nulato.
Meanwhile, dog teams from the
Russian vessel Stavropol were
searching for two missing teams sent
out last week from the Nanuk. to
attempt to learn news of Ben Eiel-
son from natives in the Siberian
foothills, so miles from the icebnund
ship.
The teams were still unheard from
Sunday, the day of their anticipated
return to the Nanuk, and a heavy
blizzard that has since abated, was
hen sweeping the region.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
Activity Marks
Fairs Progress

Things are moving along in fine
shape ut the fair grounds, according
10 j. Il. Coyle, secretary and mana
ger of the county fair commission.
Meetings of various committees in
charge of different fair activities
arc being held twice day in an eff
fort to get over the required work.
These meetings are held in the art
crnoon and evening.
Yesterday afternoon the commit.
tee of the dairy products depart
2lent met under the direction of II.
II. Carey and last night the auto
mobile racing committee met with
Joe Bush in the chair.
This evening there will be meet
ing of the horse racing committee
with Frank Lathrop of Imperial as
chairman.
Tomorrow afternoon. a meeting of
the general committee of the Amer
lean Legion is scheduled and in the
evening the livestock committee will
meet.
Secretary Coyle is most enthusi-
astic over the way the ground is
being covered to make the coming
fair the biggest and best Imperial
county has ever had. The time for its
opening is growing shorter day by
day and much more still remains to
be done, Coyle intimated.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
COrOner's Jury
Hears Testimony
In Plane Crash

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Jan. 8 U.P'
Funeral services for X nnc h
Hawks, motion picture director,
were held today as an aftermath of
4 movie accident last Thursday when
two airplanes locked wings and fell
into the Pacific ocean near Point
Nincente.
Hawks, member of a prominent
Pasadena family, was the husband
of Mary Astor, film star, and short
" before his death b e "a m the
frother-in- of Bessie Love, also
q star, who married William Hawks.
The directors body was one of
five bodies recovered from the
planes which carried eight Fox Film
employees and two pilots to their
deaths.
Meanwhile, 4 coroner's jury was
attempting to determine how the
air crash, which ranks as one of
the major disasters of the Film in
dustry occurred.
Max Golden, general manager Of
Fox Studios, was the first witness
called. He testified that the two air
planes were not called to do any
stunting but merely were alcft to
film a parachute jump from a Shird
airplane piloted by Captain Roscoe
Turner.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
JAIL PRISONER
KILLED DURING
RIOT AT TOLEDO

TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. UP>-One
prisoner was killed and several
others were injured when Il ri o t
broke out today in the Toledo work
mouse at White House.
George Motion, Toledo prisoner,
was shot down by James Henderson,
a guard at the institution when the
latter sought to halt free foi all
fight.
Motion was serving q 30-day sem
cnce on suspicious person charge.
According to workhouse officials,
prisoners in the bull pen at the pri-
son became engaged in heated ar
gument which had eliminated IN a
fight in which several of the men
had hurled cuspidors at each other.
Henderson, the guard in charge OF
the first floor where the bull pen
is located, stepped into the room
to quell the disturbance. A prisoner,
Joe Marino, attempted to assault
him
The bullet which Henderson fired
At Marino missed its mark and
glanced of wall, killing Motion
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
MISSING Wine
MAKER LOCATED
In TENNESSEE
Baumgarteker Reported
Suffering From Myster-
iOus Injuries.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8. W.P)-
Frank Baumgarteker, wealthy Los
Angeles winery owner who dropped
from sight, is believed to have been
located in a hospital at Portland,
Tenn, it was said at the district
attorneys office here oday.
According to a telegram sent
from the Tennessee town, Baum
garteker was found by Miss Bessie
Tibbs. He was reported suffering
from mysterious injuries and it was
said he refused to talk.
The mystery surrounding the dis
appearance of Baum garteker. presl-
dent of the Western Grape Produc-
ers company, deepencd as federal of
ficers investigated secret passages
and panels in the company's ware
house in an effort to learn if liquor
had been removed illegally.
Sam Demende was arrested last
night as he assertedlv drove away
from the warehouse with $50 gallons
of brandy. A short while after De-
mende's arrest complaints charging
conspiracy to violate the prohibi-
tion laws were issued against Rob-
ert Demateis, partner Of Baumgar-
ticker, Demende, Joe Williams, Am
brogia Zaro and Alonzo Bertolina.
The men were freed on bond
awaiting federal court hearing on
January 81 Demateis is declared to
have told officers he knew nothing
about removal of liquor from the
warehouse and had not given per
mission for such an act.
A wide search has been conducted
for Baumgarteker since he dropped
from sight November %. Investiga-
tors held theories that he had been
kidnapped for ransom or had been
murdered by bootloggers because he
declined to cooperate in removal of
liquor from his company's store
houses, which were operated under
government supervision.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
Jury Fails To
Reach Verdict

LOS ANGELES, Jan. s. W.H-
A superior court jury was dismiss
ed today after the foreman an
nounced that eight hours of dehb-
Grafton had failed to produce a ver-
diet in the case of Detective Lieu
tenant Edward Roughouse "
Brown, charged with bribery and
extortion.
Judge Charles Fricke set Janu'
ary 81 as the date for Brown to ap-
pear in court to have new trial
date set.
Brown became prominent when
he was assigned to a number OF
hardboiled cases where rough ac-
tion appeared likely. He was in
charge of affairs when "Scarface
Al" Capone, notorious Chicago un-
derworld king, dropped in to pay Los
Angeles a call anc was told to move
on.
The officer was charged with ac-
cepting money from a notorious
bootlegger.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
BOARD NAMES
OFFICERS FOR
ENSUING YEAR

Several appointative county off
ices were filled by the board OF sup
crvisors during their session yester-
dav afternoon. J. G. Scott was re-
appointed purchasing agent; DR..
John G. Pace, livestock inspector;
DR.. II. V. Gray of Imperial was ap-
pointed county health officer; Frank
Weir was reappointed superintend'
cnt of the county farm and Lee
Weleh was named INDECENT commits
sioner for the county. No action
was taken by tho board in the mat
ter of appointing county physician
or game warden.
The clerk was directed to notify
all churches and veterans within the
county to fill their tax exemption
claims not later than the first Mon
dav in July or these claims cannot
be considered. The claim Of Alma
c. Skinner for $4,000, veterans ex-
cmption, was rejected because it had
not been filed within the specified
time limits.
A motion to tender a building site
on the county property directly
north of the court house to Boyce
Aten Post of the American Legion,
was lost.
The board adopted n resolution au-
!. thorizing the publication of the
eounty's intention to purchase the
property now being leased for air
port purposes.
Ralph Swearingen was appointed
architect and the board directed
him to draw plans and specifications
for n detention home for the coun-
ty. Swearingen is to receive n stip-
end of az per cent for his work
n compiling these plans and speci-
fications.
1t was moved and seconded that
the county sheriff be allowed one
additional deputy at a salary of $3.50
per month and house rent up to July
l, 1880, said deputy to be stationed
on the San Diego highway.
Instructions were issued to the
purchasing agent to install tele-
phone at the inspection station at
Trifolium bridge, and the clerk was
instructed TO advertise for sale, one
Chrysler touring car for which the
county has no further use.
A tentative budget presented by
! the Holtville post Of the American
Legion for the maintenance of the
Veterans Memorial Home at Holt.
vile, was approved, and the neces.
sary transfers were ordered from the
unbudgeted reserve in order that
the required fund might be created.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
Woman Flyer To
Leave For East

LOS ANGELES, Jan. s. U.H-
Amelia Earhart plans to leave here
tomorrow for New York in new
Lockheed plane which she purchased
yesterday, she announced today.
Miss Earhart, the first woman fly
or to cross the Atlantic and holder
of the woman's world speed record
of 1S4 miles an hour, will use the
plane in her business flights. She is
an officer of T. A. T.-Maddux Air
lines.
The new plane is seven passenger
monoplane powered with 425 horse
power Wasp motor.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
Two Navy Flyers
Killed In Crash

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7. UR-
Wreckage of an Amphibian plane in
the shallow waters of San Diego bay,
near National City, today marks
where two navy flyers fell 1000 feet
TO their death.
Lieut.. Eugene F. Burkett, 33, of
Coronado, and Ensign John D. Clark,
"a, of San Diego, were the victims
of the crash yesterday.
Cause of the accident could not
be determined as the Amphibian was
demolished. Apparently the men
made no attempt to use parachutes
after their plane went into a spin.
Burkett's body will be sent to the
National cemetery at Arlington, Va,
for interment.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
Western Film
Actor Guilty

LOS ANGELES, Jan. s. Up)-
When he failed to present any de-
fense to charge of possession of
liquor, Art Accord, Western Film ac.
tor, was found guilty on the charge
today and sentenced to pay a fine
OF $3.50 or to spend Is days in Jail.
On Acord's personal plea that he
was "broke", the court granted him
stay of execution until tomorrow
afternoon.
The actor said that he hoped to
raise the amount of the fine from
friends and that failing he would
have to 90 to Jail, thus avoiding
present vaudeville contracts which
he holds.
The case took only 10 minutes and,
after policeman testified to hav-
ing been called to an apartment and
finding Accord there with quantity
OF liquor, Accord announced he had
no defense.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
Shook Loser In
Another Effort

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. s. W.H-
The state supreme court today de-
MED a rehearing to DR.. James How
ard Shook, former Ohio State I'm.
iversity professor, sentenced to die
January 81 for the murder of The
ora Hix, his coed sweetheart.
The reharing was asked after the
court refused to review Snook's ap-
peal. The former professors only
recourse now is the United States
Supreme Court for executive elem
ency. Governor Cooper has said he
would deny the latter.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
Sons Death Is
Fatal To Mother

While making preparations for
the funeral OF her son Earl, who
died Monday afternoon and was to
have been buried this morning, Mrs.
Lizzie Dee House, go, died suddenly
at 7 clock this morning. The body
is at the B. +. Lemons funeral par
lors where funeral services We're
to be held for both mother and son
at 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
Mrs. House, who had been i'll for
some time previous to her sons
death, was so shocked by her bere-
avement that she could not rally.
She is survived by her husband,
George w. House.
A native of Kentucky, Mrs. House
had made her home in the valley for
many years, her only son. Earl,
having been born and educated
here. He was employed by the Ar
rowhead creamery and his splendid
character had made him wide cir
Gle of friends whose sorrow at his
loss is deepened by the untimely
death of his mother.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
Busy Burglar
Under Arrest

Los ANGELES, Jan. 8. W.P)-
Ioilce said today that at least Is
recent burglaries were believed
solved with the arrest of James r.
Walton, 20. identified as an escaped
prisoner from the Jasper county Jail
in Missouri.
Mona MAY Walton, 81, also was
arrested when detectives investiga-
ted their living quarters here and
recovered assertedly stolen goou.
valued at approximately $1,000.
The couple, according to police
confessed to burglaries. The arrest
followed an attempt by Walton to
pawn n suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
Blizzard Traps
Stockton Family

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. W.H-
Trapped by raging mountain biz
zard in the high Sierra Nevada
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nightingale and
their SON, years old, were the OBJ
iect of frantic rescue efforts today.
The couple with their boy had
gone to their summer cabin in the
mountains from their home in
Stockton, Monday. Shortly after
their supposed arrival at the cabin
heavy SHOWS started to fall.
Within q few hours drifts of
from one to four feet blocked roads
and trails.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
AGED VETERAN AIDS FILMING
OFCENERALL SURRENDER

Hazel enlisted in the Sixth
North Carolina Volunteers at
the age of 16, and rode with
General Early on that famous
raid through Shenandoah Valley
which ended on the outskirts of
Washington.
"On the morning of the sur
render the Yankees had sur
rounded u.s." he recalled, II can
see it as plainly as if it were
yesterday. A blue-coated Off
Ger rode out to our lines with a
flag Of truce.
HE escorted General Lee to
the Union lines, where the sur
render was signed, Our despair
at defeat was mingled with re-
lief, because we had been sub
sisting on hardtack and a small
piece of salt pork"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
May Operate On
Former Champ

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 W.R--Gene
Tunney soon may have to undergo
an operation on one of his kidneys,
according to Rilly Gibson, his for
mer manager.
Gibson said X.ray pictures have
been taken and if they show stone
has formed in the kidney, an oper-
alton will be performed within Il
Few weeks. The ailment is not the
result of blows sustained by the for
mer champion in the ring, Gibson
said.
Tunney and his wife yesterday
helped Hugh Walpole, English nov
elist autograph books when crowd
of women descended on the writer
after lecture.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
GOVERNMENT TO
PROBE PRICE OF
GAS IN STATE

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. U.P)-
Whether a number of California oil
companies have been guilty of con-
spiracy in restraint of trade is to be
the subject of an investigation next
week at special session of the fed
eral grand jury, it was learned today
United States District Attorney
George Hatfield, acting under orders
from the attorney generals office at
Washington, has received federal
court permission to summon the
grand jury on January Is, to lay
before that body asserted evidence
Of violations of the antitrust law
in connection with alleged fixing of
gasoline prices.
A number of subpoenas are to be
served, calling executives of oil
companies, including the major COM
panies-Shell, Standard, Associated
and General, to appear before the
grand jury.
Hatfield stated that Assistant At
torney General Amen will come from
Washington to conduct the investi.
cation of the asserted violations.
The alleged price fixing charges
grew out of an investigation long
under way at the capitol, of condi,
tions during a recent price war,
when, it is said, Independents We're
frozen out" by the large companies.
. The government has required that
all documents concerning gasoline
prices be furnished the grand jury
by the oil companies.
Meanwhile, a meeting of oil com.
pany executives has been called for
tomorrow to discuss alleged state
gasoline tax frauds, with a repre-.
sentative of the state board of equal.
ization which administers the tax.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-08
WESTERN
SENATORS
WIN OUT
La Toilette And Thomas
Named To Finance Com
mittee.
SMOOT BACKS DOWN
RecOnsiders Threat To
Resign If Young Bob
Nominated.
By PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 U.P,-The
farm bloc won tentative victory
today in its fight for representation
on the powerful senate finance COM
mittee.
The fasteners agreed temporarily
TO compromise which would put
two members Of the bloc, Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette of Wisconsin,
ard John Thomas of Idaho, upon
the committee which handles all ris-
cal legislation such as tariff and
taxation.
The agreement was tentative be-
cause members of the committee on
committees wanted to confer with
leaders of the various groups as to
whether the compromise would be
acceptable all around.
While Thomas has been associated
with the bloc only internationally,
La Toilette is one of the outstanding
independents of the senate. Ii he
and one or two other Republicans
on the committee should vote with
the Democrats, the administration
would lose control.
BY, giving in, the fasteners
abandoned their candidates, Sena-
tors Goff, Republican, West Nir-
ginia, and Metcalf, Republican,
Rhode Island, both of whom had
been promoted against the two bloc
candidates, La Toilette and McMas-
ter, Republican, South Dakota.
Chairman Smoot stated yesterday
that he would resign if La Toilette
went on the committee, but he ap-
parently changed his mind in view
| Of the intense party row which was
in prospect.
Hoover Neutral
! Meanwhile, White House officials
said on behalf of President Hoover
that he was taking no part what
ever in the dispute over committee
assignments, in denying reports that
MIR. Hoover was seeking to influence e
action of the committee ON commit
tees.
The fasteners were governed by
several reasons in their stand. The
congressional elections are coming
on in November, and it is generally
expected the Republican majority in
the senate will be diminished, since
a large number of Republicans are
up for reelection. Next year, the
easterners will need the westerners
support more than ever to maintain
party control, and they want to
maintain peace within the ranks, If
possible.
Furthermore, no important fiscal
| legislation is in the offing and the
complexion of the finance commit
tee may again be changed before
any such legislation comes up.
The committee did not make an
! official announcement of the agree
| .nent, which was learned by the
United Press from other responsible
! sources. All that Chairman McNary
| would say was that he expected n
final accord ready for announce
ment before night and that the COM
mittee would meet again later in
| the day to affect it.
While the row was being settled,
the senate plodded along with the
tariff bill, considering the kayon
schedule, while the house debated
the routine was department appro-
priation bill.