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Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
ARIZONA SLAYER
SMILES AS LIFE
TERM Is GIVEN

PHOENIX, Ariz., June >. WP)--
Undauntcd by The outlook of spend
ing the remainder of his life behind
the walls of Arizona State Peniten-
tiary, Vernon Ackernan, alias Joe
Wells, smiled today rs he was SEN
fenced to life imprisonment for mur-
der Of Deputy Sheriff Lee Wright.
With the sentence of Arkerman,
the short career of q bandit gang,
which tcrrorizcd the southwest last
January, came to closes
A ccmpanion of Irene Sehrocdek
and Glenn Daguc, now awaiting cx.
ccution in PENNSYLVANIA for murder
of Corporal Rrady Paul, highway of
ficcl, Ackcrman was found guilty OF
first degree murder by jury last
week, which recommended the life
imprisonment.
Wright was wounded fatally dur
ing gun battle with the trio at
Chandler, Ariz., January 13. The
bandits were captured the next day
near here, after holding a posse Of
loo at bay fer hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
START TAKING
TESTIMONY In
RADICAL TRIAL
District Attorneys In
vestigator Tells OF Ac-
tiyities Here. :.

Taking the stand this morning as
the first witness for the state in
the trial Of nine indicted radicals in
superior court, S. l.. Barber, one
of the three chief Investigators
working under the direction of the
district attorneys office, told the
jury how he had joined the group
in the valley and of the different
conversations and meetings he had
with various members of the group
relative to the organization of such
and also their contemplated activi-
ties in the valley. He spoke of the
headquarters maintained in Braw-
ley and of various gatherings held
there and certain visits to Los An
gclcs made by different individuals
or groups.
1t seems as if the questioning of
the district attorney is being aimed
10 prove the illcgality of the com
munist party and its affiliated or
ganizations the Trade Union Uni
ty League and the Agricultural
Lorkers Industrial League, all OF
which was broug:e out in much de-
tail during the proceedings before
the county grand jury which result
ed i'll the Indictment being brought
against the defendants.
An almost continual stream of
biections was raised to the qucs-
tions put by the prosecution on the
part of the defense which claimed,
several times, that it appeared as
if certain questions were prejudicial
and inclined to bias the jury il
its conclusions.
According to the defense staff,
it will be the aim of the state to
prove by means of this witness and
others to follow, as well as by the
process Of questioning, now employ
cd, that the defendants joined
these unions or organizations which
it holds are illegal in that they ad-
vocatc sabotage, or the wanton des'
truction of property, especially the
crops now growing i'll Imperia!
Valley.
Barber was still en- the stand
when the court adjourned for the
noon recess and had not as yet been
ss-cxamincd by the defense. He
will be followed by c. l.. Collun
and Oscar II. Chormiclc, who ART
other special investigators who
have been working on this cast
since it was first brought TO The
attention of county officials som,
he. oil lpI
the questioning OF these witncsse
will not be concluded until som,
time tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
BISHOP CANNON
DEFIES SENATE
TO SUMMON HIM

WASHINGTON, June =. W.H-
Rishop James Cannon, Jr., of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South,
summoned to appear before the Sen
ate lobby committee on Tuesday has
deficd that body tc question him
about expenditures OIL behalf of the
anti-Smith Democrats of Virginia
during the 1928 presidential cam
paign.
Cannon, in a public statement last
night, declared the committee was
not authorized to investigate 'polit-
ical expenditures. Its perogatives,
he said, extend only to "thosc ex-
pcnditures and activities that have
to do with the influencing of legis-
lation or executive action
The committee IS purpose i'll call
ing Canon was two-fold. 1t propos-
cd, first, to inquire into the disposi-
tion of S4S,300, part of $63,300 con-
tributcd by j.. j. Jameson, New
York broker, to Cannon 5 work.
Second, the committee may decide
to ask the bishop about his stock
transactions with a New York brok-
cragc house, although this. will not
be done unless the transactions arc
shown to be connected with lobby
ing.
Canon did not mentio the second
phase of the inquiry in his state
meat.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
San Francisco
Theater Bombed

san FRANCISCO, June .. W.H
Police here today were attempt
ing to locate a taxicab seen leaving
the Royal theatre n few minutes
after a bomb had exploded on the
roof of the theatre early Sunday
morning
The explosion, timed to take
place after patrons had departed,
tore an eight foot hole in the metal
roof, damaged the projection room
and shattered the windows of near
by buildings. Destruction of n
$4,000 sound film projection ma
chainc. which was undamagcd, was
believed the purpose of the bomb
ing.
: The Royal, which employs non
union help, has been in litigation
for over a year as the result of
discharging musicians when sound
apparatus was installed.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
SCREEN ACTRESS
ANNIVERSARY IS
EXCITING AFFAIR

BOSTON, June .. U.P-A cruise
arranged in celebration of thci.
sixth wedding anniversary yester-
day impcrillcd the lives of Nancy
Carroll, film star. and her husband,
Jack Kirkland, playwright.
They were mcmbc" svf yachting
party of 15 aboard the 80 foot cabin
cruiser katherine Ii. which disabled
by an so mile windstOrm, was ear
ried 25 miles out TO sea off Minot s
light.
Miss Carroll and her husbau,!
were weekend guests of MIR. and
Mrs. Gordon Gibbs at the Gibbs
sumner home in Scituatc. The
yachting party had set out in Gibbs
cruiser for Marblchead when hcav,
seas whipped up by the terrific wind
iisabcld the engine.
A 100 pound anchor was east over
board bx% failed to stop the craft
from drifting seaward. Giant wave.
swept over the cruiser and occupants
were forced to bale water.
The party's distress signals fl
nally were sighted by the 81 foo
power boat Ncreus of Boston, whicl
took the Katherine | in tow. Afte
the two boats had progressed a mil,
toward Boston the towline snapped
l.acr, however, the disabled cruise
was towed to Boston by the powe
launch Jackson Arthur.
Miss Carroll, on her arrival here
did not appear disturbed by her ad
venture. A few hours later she an,
her husband took a train for Ncy
York.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Name Candidates
Fer Traffic Work

Ccrtification Of names TO the
state highway department for the
positions of patrol officers, was the
principal item of business before the
board of country supervisors when it
met this morning >,r the first rcgu-
lar meeting of the current month
The names chosen by the board, of
which four are to he selected by
the state departments, arc: John
Meadows, Walter Walsh, l.. V. Ann
strong, NJ. p. Harvey, NJ. p. Brown,
Tillman Daily, l.. ", Massey and
VIM. Keating. kcating was for
mer member of the Ell Centre police
force aud is now chief at Imperial
The board of trade WAS authorized
TO spend 800 for page in the Cali
foruia Real Estate Hagazinc TO adj
vortizc Imperial county throughout
the state and the room now occupied
by the American. Legion was rented
10 the state Traffic department at
Il monthly rental of $75, tenancy to
begin June /, 1880, after which the
board adjourned until 'clock this
afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
CHICAGO GANGS
RENEW WARFARE
OVER WEEKEND

CHICAGO. june >. W.H-Bloody
rcprisals were feared today in the
latcs, outbreak of gangland warfare
which flared up over the weekend
and resulted in n casualty list Of
three dead, two DIVING aud three scr
iously wounded.
Tho new hostilitics were believed
by police to have arisen primarily
from attempts to corner highly pro-
fitablc summer resort beer tcrritor-
les. A drawing of battle lines wa,
seen between the gangs of Scarfacc
Ai' Caponc and Joe Aicllo.
a machine gun suddenly .iammcd
through the window of small hotel
at Fox Lake, resort town northwest
of here. sent lcadcn stream of
death across a dining table early
yesterday and three gangsters were
Killed instantly, the brother of i
"bccr baron' was probably fatally
wounded and his woman companion
was struck by one of the bullets.
Previously in Washington Squars
three minor hoodluums had been
shot down in quick move of ven
gcancc by rival rackctccrs.
Tic men slain in the Fox Lake
Lctcl were Michael Quirk. listed in
police records az II gangstcr, laho'
rackctcer and cXtortionist; sam Pet
lar. hoodlum. and Joseph BcrtSchc,
gangstcr who recently was released
in CincinnNi after serving four
year sentence for mail robbery.
Those wounded in the resort town
were George Druggan whose brother
Terry and the lattcr's partner,
frankie Lake, have been notoriu@
as "bcer baronS. - and Mrs. Vivian
McGinnis, wife Of an attorney.
The other week end gangland
shooting claimed as itssvictims SAM
ucl Monster, Joseph Ferrari and
| Tony Tonatora. All three were IL
hospitals today and Monster, whc
was shot in the back, was believed
to be dying. None Of the trio woulc
tell who their assailants were.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
BAN ON FOREIGN
FILMS PLANNED
BY ARGENTINE

BUENOS AIn-:,, June :. W.H)--
Foreign made talking and synchro-
rizcd motion pictures would be vir
tually suppressed under n new mca-
sure which the ArgcntincCinema
Association >as urged the munici'
pal council to adopt.
The measure rovides for an in
crease of 300 per ceitt in taxation on
thcatcr showing foreign films,
whether silen;, <ynchronizcd or talk
ing. Theaters showing Argcntisc
films exclusively would be exempt
from the tax inc rcasc.
4 technical committee of the com
ell was authorized to investigate
the practicability of two other bills
directed against foreign films, one
increasing thcatcr taxes so per cent
when foreign language pictures are
shown aud the other completely sup
pressing foreign manufactured talk
ing pictures.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
BUSINESS GRADUALLY SHOWING
INCREASE DECLARES BARNES

WASHINGTON, June >. W.D--
PRESIDENT Hoover's business survey
conference has found American in
dustry backed by hearty public
confidence in the future, struggling
successfully to overcome the tem
porafy setback it received from the
stock market crash last fall,
In Il review of existing eondt'
tlohs IN more than 100 lines of bus
mess made public last night by
Juiius Barnes, conference chairman,
tue toiiowing outstanding trends
were announced:
Large Amcdican industry con
''hucs 10 carry out the construction
program forecast last December.
continued capital improvements
supported by large scale financing
eVioehee confidence in enlarged
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
SUPREME COURT
OVERRULES Low
RATE ON GRAPES

WASHINGTON, June 2. U.H--
An interstate commerce commission
order now in effect reducing mater;
tally the freight rates on shipmen,
Of wine grapes and other dccidious
fruits from California TO eastern
points, was overturned by the Su.
prcmc court today.
Justice Vandcventcr read the
court S opinion, holding the com
mission acted illegally in deciding
the Hoch-Smith farm freight rate
resolution changed the law to au.
thorizc special low rates for farm
products. The resolution docs not
authorize rates lower than were
legal under previous law, the court
rules.
If the act were held to authorize
such lower special rates it was said
there would be serious question as
to the acts constitutionality.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
and Son
Held AS Slayers

DETROIT, Mich. June 2. W.H-
4 father and son, suspected boot
lcggers, were held today in connec'
tion with the killing of two police
.mch who were shot down ycster-
day when they accidentally discov.
cred convoy of rum runners.
The policemen, Erhardt Mayors,
2s, and Claude Lanstra, %, were
searching for an automobile which
had struck aud seriously injured a
woman. Mayors was shot through
the head when he approached one
of the gang ears, and Lanstra was
killed in the ensuing gun battle.
Sam De Marcurito, 43, and his
son, Frank, "a, were arrested near
Lake st. Clair, scene of the shoot
ing and a known rendezvous of rum
runners.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
NEVADA TAKES
SLAYER'S LIFE
BY Use OF GAS
Accused Protests InnO-
cense But Prefers Death
To Imprisonment.
By A. E. Cahlan
United Press Special Correspondent


CARSON CITY, New, June .
Nevada s novel method of cxccuf-
ing murdcrcrs by lcthal gas claimed
its third life today when r. II.
" Bob White, 40, died in small
gas filled room at the state pcniten-
tiary here.
A string extending from gas
generating apparatus inside the
dcatl, house to an adjoining cop
Grating room" was pulled at 4;3,:-
80 am. Pacific time. that slight
Jerk on slender cord flooded the
room with deadly fumes and the
body of White, strapped in a chair.
relaxe in death.
The offica imclti ca intoETAOI
The official time Of execution was
1880 am. Pacific Standard time.
It was thought at first that feeble
heart beat started again and con
tinued until I:49:30.
Refusing breakfast, White, II for
rlcr Texas cowboy who came to
Nevada years ago and became Il
gambler, said he slept well until
awakened at 4;2j am.
He was calm as death approached
gazing toward the nearby towering
MOUNTAINS. Just before crossing
narrow corridor TO enter the death
house lie shook hands with everyone
and called a chccry goodbye to 4
group of 80 spectators.
Death was absolutely painless, DR..
T.. f. Hammer, prison physician tola
the United Press. The physician
listened to the first rapid and then
faltering hcartbcats of the condem-
ned man, through a stethoscopc. A
slender tube was attached to the
stethoscopc and ran outside where,
in pure air, DIR. Hammer listened.
The smile which adorned Whites
face as he told Warden Matt Pen
rose and others goodbye never left
him. Although there was the slight
est twjtch of his hands as Frank
Waite. captain OF the prison guard,
strapped him in the chair, White
let his eyes wander over the wall
where the gas generating apparatus,
which was TO kill him, had been
placed.
Fifty witnesses, including two
women, saw the dying gasps of
White. One of the women was Mar
garct kectcr OF Nirgiria, one of the
residents of Ecno's divorce colony.
The other was Miss Mayc Kinney Of
Reno. Both are veteran nurses.
White was. executed. for the lhnrs
der of Louis Lavallc, fellow gam
bier of Elko, New. Evidence against
him was circumstantia and he main.
taincd to the end that he was not
guilty but insisted he would rather
die than spend his life in prison.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Screen Couple
Swap Charges

Los ANGELES, June >. (U,H-
Flirting aud an asserted mutual ad-
diction to drink, lave landed JACOB
Benson Luden, motion picture actoJ
and his wife, Elizabeth Scltzcr Lu-
den, in the divorce crurts'complaints
on file here today revealed.
In filing his action. the actor
charged Mrs. Laden With drinking
to excess. lie also alleged that Sh2
threatened to ruin his career i'll PIE
lures by boasting that she had fore,
ed former husband to pay her Sl0U
It week alimony and would do the
same with Ludcn.
From Reading, Pa, Mrs. Ludcn an
swcrcd the charges in cross-com
plant, asserting that the actor abuS'
ed her.
Each charged The other with m
toxication and the habit Of flisting'
They lived together a little more
than three years.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Mexican Flyer
Reported Safe

SAN ANTONIO, Tax, June 2.
W.p-Colonel Roberto Fierro, Mex
lean ace flying from Los Angeles
to New York, landed at Winburn
field at 1880 o'clock today.
The landing gear Of the plane
was slightly damaged in the forced
landing. 1t was repaired this
morning, and after replenishing the
gasoline supply the airmen took off
for san Antonio at 9:45 am.
Colonel ;-l,rro said he probably
would remain here until Wednesday
when he viii resume his flight TO
New York, from where he will at
tempt non stop goodwill flight to
Mexico City.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
WOUNDED
ROBBERS
May DIE
Bankers And Police Act
Quickly In Shooting
L. A. Bandits
BATTLE IN STREET
Pair Fleeing With Money
Caught Between Bar
rage of Bullets.

LOS ANGELES, June q WH-
Two bank bandits were shot and
probably fatally wounded today in
an effort to hold up the Westside
State bank.
The men, identified as Jack
Sanchez, %, and Gene Camo, 25,
seized $500 and fled. One fell UNI
der the rifle fire of w p. Sharp,
teller, and +. +. Miller, manager of
the bank. The other was caught i'll
criss-cross fire by the bankers
and police Officers who were called.
So seriously injured were San
chez and Camo that police reported
both dead. At receiving hospital
it was found that they were alive
but momentar::y expecting TO die.
Examination disclosed that Sam
chez was shot in the head behind
the right eye and also was wound
ed in the right arm. Camo's right
hand was shot off and he was
wounded in the abdomen.
The affair furnished one of the
most spectacular gun battles in Los
Angeles for several years. The
Ilghtlhg occurred at Washington
and Rimpau, a busy intersection.
Try To Escape
Miller and Shaib followed the
bandits from the bank after the
two had threatened eight persons
in the bank with automatic revol-
vers and took the money.
The bandits tried to escape in
coupe and Sharp and Miller fired
into the ear. The robber machine
carcencd into parked automobile
near the bank just as police
"fast" car arrived from Wiltshire
station. The police joined the
baskers in firing on the two robbers,
who leaped from their automOSilc
and tried to escape on foot.
Facing n deadly cross fire tho
] men soon were shot down.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
CHINESE ATTACK
AMERICAN and
BRITISH Ships

WASHINGTON, June >, U.P--
An American ship and ono British
vessel were fired upon by Chinese
communists at Hosuch, China.
last Wednesday, and three members
of the crew of the British ship were
wounded, according to reports r.
ccived at the state department today
from Frank I. I.ockhart, American
consul general at 1Iankow.
The British slIn ?ingwo was hit
about 20 times by the 'commun-
ists' who used ndciinc guns and
rifles. Although ,hc American yes
sci, the Tantzc Rapid Steamship
lighter No. | was hit several times.
there we're ne casualties, Lochart
said.
LONDON. June >. U.P)-M Martial
law was declared in IIaukow, Pei
ping dispatch to the London Daily
Express said toda,
The action was taken following
evacuation of Changsha, capital of
Human province, by governments
forces, who turned the city over to
advancing Kwangsi province troops,
the report said.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02

future earning power and prepara,
tion for it.
I'm America and Europe there arc
evidences OF increasing reservoirs
of accumulated credit with consc-
qucnt decreases of interest rates,
ana resulting benefits from produc-
tion and distribution"
In the current report virtually
every line of domestic business was
found holding its own but foreign
trade prospects were not found to
be so conducive to optimism.
In April, the report said, Amcri-
can foreign trade reached the low.
est level in seven years. This was
blamed on low commodity prices, inn
port restrictions, political disturb
ances and low business levels in
leading commercial countries,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Former Director
OF Budget Dies

WASHINGTON, June 2. W.R--
General Herbert NJ. Lord, former
ly director of the budget during
three administrations, died at his
home here today. lie was 20 years
old.
Lord died about o'clock at his
apartment homo; he had been suf-
fering with stomach trouble for
some time.
Lord was appointed director of
the budget bureau by President
Harding on July ], 1922, succeed
ing former Vice President Charles
6. Dawes. Lord served in that ca
pacity until May 81, 1929, when he
resigned to enter private business
in New York City.
Prior to becoming budget director,
Lord served as chief of the army
bureau of finance and had a distin
guishc record in that position.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Ford Reduces
Price of Cars

DETROIT, June - (U.R-Price
cuts ranging from So to $25 on
ears and trucks were announced by
the Ford Motor Co. Tho reductions
are effective immediately. Il he
phacton and roadster are the only
models in the Ford line not af-
fcctcd.
Ford prices were lest reduced in
November, coincident with the
company's increase in its minimum
wage from So to 81 a day.
\ week ago Ford officials denied
that any reductions were planned.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Dirigible Will
Leave Tonight

LAKEHURST, y. j., juno >. W.H
Tho dirigiblc Graf Zeppelin stood
fnclcd and ready in the naval air
station hangar here today for the
final leg of a pioneering commercial
flight linking three continents.
DR.. Hugo Eckcncr. commander.
has set 10 O'Clock tonight as the
Eour at which the worlds largest
airship will depart for its base,
fricdrichshafcn, Germany, to end
the 10000 mile voyage which start
ed two weeks ago yesterday and
took the dirigiblc over the south At
lantic to Brazil, then northward TO
the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Chinese Scholar
Commits Suicide


SALINAS, Cal, June .. U.H-
Leaving namclcss the curse which
pursued him for IS years, Sam
Ahtyc, IS, American-born Chinese
scholar, availcd himself early to-
day of his ultimate refuge.
Writing that his "thirty eight
years slavery had led at last to
the belief that all would be better
off were the slate wiped clean,
Ahtvc sent bullet through his
temple. He was found by his SON.
Wallace Ahtye.
Graduate of the University OF
California, Ahtyc was head of the
local Sucy Sing Mercantile Tong.
His son also. was u California grad
uatc
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Relief Taken 20
Tornado Victims

WAGON MOUND, n. NJ. June 9.
u.P)- Relief agencies brought food,
clothing and medical supplies today
to more than 500 persons made
homeless here by tornado which
left a toll of two dead, 20 injured
and thousands of dollars property
damage over the weekend.
More than 100 residences and
business establishments were left in
ruins BY the twister, which followed
severe rain and hail storms.
The tornado rushed through the
town Saturday, taking the lives on
Alfred Holbrook, is, local youth,
and Charles Giest, So, a tourist from
Patterson, n. ].
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Fifteen Drown
AS Ship Sinks

EASTBOURNE, ENGLAND. June
=. (U,P-Fifteen members of the
swedish vessel lnger lost their lives
when the steamship was sunk in 4
collision late Saturday night seven
mlles off Beachy Head, it was re-
vcalcd today. Three were saved.
The collision occurred in Il dense
log when the Italian motor vessel
Lh'crno rammed the Ingcr. a l,iOV
ron vessel, amidships. The inger
sank within few minutes. The
LdtTno searched for survivors, for
y hours and then proceeded 10
llavrc, France.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Record Claimed
BY Woman Flyer

LOS ANGELES, June >. W.P)-
Bobby Trout, prominent aviatrix, to-
day claimed the women's altitude
record for planes powered by 90
horsepower motors after she climbed
l5,200 feet yerestday.
Miss Trout's barograph will be
sent to the bureau of standards at
Washington, y. G., for official cali,
bration.
The former record was 12,747 feet.
according to officials at the Grand
Central Airport from which the
flight was made.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Actress Named
In Damage Suit

LOS ANGELES, June >. U.P-
hay johnson, screen and stage ac-
tress. was charged with reckless
driving in $4,000 damage suit
which Sterling Eastin, minor,
filed against her here today.
The youth, through his guardian,
{. W. Eastin, alleged that Miss
johnson drove her machine into
one in which he was riding last
March 80, causing him serious spin.
al injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
Congress Defeats
Ho0yer's V etO

WASHINGTON, June ?, U,P)ys4
Congress today passed the bill IN
creasing pensions for spanish
American war veterans over Prcsi-
dent Hoover's veto, the House fol-
lowing the Senate Is lead in re-pass
ing the mcasur,,
1t now becomes a law.
Within an hour and a half after
the Senate passed the measure,
second time, 81 TO ls, which was
over the Necessary two-ilirds, the
House took UP the bill aud passed
II Overwhelmingly.
The vote was 3Ds 10 ] I.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-02
FILIPINO BILL PASSED

A bill providing for the biennial
appointment of hoard of four sen.
ators and five representatives to in
spoct the government and conditions
in the Philippine Islands during con-
gressioal recesscs was passed by the
Senate today.