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Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
EDITOR SLAIN BY
MAYOR WHO Then
COMMITS SUICIDE

YAZOO CITY, Miss, April 9. W.p,
F. r. Birdsall, Yazoo Sentinel ed
itor, shot late yesterday by Mayor
j. 0 Stricklin, died i'll hospital
here today.
Strieklin S body lay in the under
taking establishment of his son
where he committed suicide after
shooting Birdsall and firing several
times at DR.. r. s. Hawkins, den.
tist.
A fcud of long standing between
the editor and the mayor and i'll
feeling as result of the last elcc
tion in which Stricklin defeated DIR
Hawkins for mayor, was given by
officers as the reason for the shoot
ings.
The feud began more than a yeal
ago when Stricklin's name was
linked in. a cattle stealing affair
Birdsall's paper printed details OF
the case and enmity arose betweer
the two men. Stricklin was ac
quilted.
Rirdsal and DR.. Hawkins we're
talking on the street IN front OF tho
Sentinel office late yesterday when
Mayor Stricklin approached.
"I'll settle this matter with yor
two right now,' the mayor was
quoted as saying. He opened f.rc
with pistol. Birdsall dropped to
the pavement with two bullets il
his body. Stricklin fired another
bullet into the editor as he lay
wounded. Then he fred at Haw
kins but missed.
After the shooting Mayor Strick
lin walked two blocks to the under
taking establishment of his son, }
o. Stricklin, Jr. Without a worc
he walked to the back of the build
ing and fired one shot through hi
heart. He died instantly.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
AERIAL GAME OF
WAR PROCEEDS
AT SACRAMENTO
By HOMER L. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent

MATHER FIELD, SACRAMENT
TO, April ?. U.H-Employing the
same tactics used successfully in the
latter days of the World War, the
Army Air Corps today went out on
"hedge hopping" expeditions against
the imaginary enemy.
Operating in squadron formations
of 81 planes each, the days mis-
sions took off at $3.50 a. m. and
1:30 p. m. using the natural con-
tour of the ground, hills, trees and
shrubbery for protection, the ships
covered most of the 10000 square
mile area composing the war zone.
Attack groups headed eastward
toward the Sierra range, flying ov-
er Auburn, Colfax, Nevada City,
Bangor and back tc Ma:her Field.
Heavy bombardment groups, car.
rying leaden death for the enemy's
ground troops and destruction for
his supplies, bridges, railroads and
highways, went toward the bay
region, over Rio Vista, Concord and
Byron, and northward to Marys.
vile and Winters.
Bombing planes, under orders of
General William E. Gilmore, flew
! at extremely low attitudes in tht
morning missions and at high alti
tudes in the afternoon. The big
ships were accompanied by many
single seated pursuit planes-ready
to pounce on an enemy plane tha
dared to attack the big ships.
Operations of the first few day
have been handicapped by the alb
sencc of the first pursuit squadron
an important link in the first pro
vision wing, from Selfridge Field
Mt. Clemens, Mich. This squadron
of % planes battled its way throug
snowstorms in Wyoming, and afte
passing the night at Salt Lake, wa
expected to land at Mather Fiel
E! late today.
i Radio communication from obsei
walton planes of the 91st squadron
of Crissy Field, San, Francisco, wa
maintained with Mather Field dur
ing its entire operations, whicl
covered the trip in the morning t
Clayton and Byron, and in the af
ternoon to Martinez, Livermorc an,
Stockton.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Jury Unable To
Reach Decision

Los ANGELES. April ,. W,H -
Hours of deliberation today had
failed to bring a jury to "A decision
on the fate of Major Owen Il. Bird
sportsman and athlete, charged with
the murder of Pcrcival G. Watson
prominent engineer and M j ol
Birds 'best friend. y
The jury took the case late yestcr
day in the courtroom of Judge Car
los Hardy after the state had urged
Bird IS conviction Gin the interests
of JUSTICE and the defense had
termed the shooting of Watson so
lamentable accident. -
The engineer was killed in tho
Bird home during an argument be
tween Major Bird and his wife.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Nine NAMED IN
CONSPIRACY TO
DEFRAUD BANKS

PORTLAND, Ore, April .. W.H
--Chraged with a conspiracy no de-
fraud 23 Pacific Northwest banks
out of more than 100000, six OF
nine peysons named IN secret In.
dietmcnt returned by Il federal
grand jury had been arrested today
by United States marshals in Port
land, San Francisco and Twin Falls,
Idaho.
The activities of those involved,
who were all assertedly connected
.vith the Guaranty < Loan Com.
panv, Inc, took place IN 1926 and
1927.
Those arrested in San Francisco
were A. NJ. Haradon, ex-presidcnt
of the firm; Miss Lillian Mccoy, Al,
San Francisco business house secre'
tary: David Karatli, salesman, and
r. ii. Burnett, salesman.
G. A. Alphonse, secretary to 5. 5.
Pier, commissioner Of finance. was
arrested in Portland and Roscoe
Ricezn, Twin Falls, Ida, was held
at Boise and said lie would fight
leXtradition.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
ROGERS CLAIM
OF INNOCENCE
FAILS TO HOLD

LOS ANGELES, April 2. W.H-
Glen A. Rogers, "a, was arraigned
in municipal court today on a com
plant charging him with the mur-
der of Police Officer James Costello
in shooting fray early last Mon
day.
Municipal Judge Charles D. Bal.
lard ordered his preliminary hear
ing for next Thursday and the
youth was placed in Jail without
bail.
LOS ANGELES, April .. (U.H -
The claim of Glen Rogers, "a year
cd confessed slayer of Patrolman
James Costello, that he had never
| been in truoblo b G ore has been
blasted by investigation, police said
today.
The youth, according to detectives
working on the case, was arrested in
Huntington Park ON June 8, 1929
With Edward Brevid. Both were
charged with burglary and finally
were given probation when h e
pleaded guilty to petty larceny.
Rogers at the time of his Hunt
;ngton Park arrest admitted he was
user of narcotics, police said.
The youth was arrested yesterday
and confessed that he shot Costello
early last Monday when the police
llan and Elmer Hoffman, another
officer, tried to question him as he
sat in an automobile.
Rogers declared he resisted arres,
J because he did not want to be found
with a revolver in his possession. He
said he was carrying the weapon
lust to be smart The slayer 5
former home was in Monroe, Mich.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Flyers Safe
At Bermuda

HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 2
UD - The New York'Bermuda
plane, the Pilot, laudcd in Hamilton
harbor today.
The plane had spent the nlShI on
calm sea, 80 miles north OF Der
muda.
The plane moored in the harpor
here at 10 a. IN. (EST.)
Captain Lewis A. lancey ana nis
companions, William Alexander ana
Zoh Bouck, had completed a "TRIP =, VI
7S4 miles from New York TO hanli' i.
ton, but failed in their obJerI vi
making it a nonstop flight lh't
landed short of their objective ASt
night, preferring not to attempt 4
landing at the islands in the darn
ness,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
ROCKS
START FIRE IN
SANTA FE FIELD

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calf,
April >. WP)-Firc caused by rocks
being hurled against the derrick
Of well Is of the Wiltshire Oil com
pany at the Bandini lease, threaten
cd several adjoining dcrricks and
tied up traffic for more than a mile
n each direction here today.
The well had just been shot off
t was reported and the heavy gas
ressure in the pipes is believed to
Fave caused them to burst hurEag
rocks against the derrick structure
End igniting the gas flow.
Deputy sheriffs and members of
the county motor patrol were called
to the scene to untangle the traffic
congestion. Following conference
of the county fire department, depu-
ty sheriffs and representatives of
The oil company, it was decided to
combat the flames with steam. The
fire, it was said, did not appear to
be as seriois as foruer blazes in the
oil district.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
COURT AIDS IN
Fits BATTLE
AGAINST LEWIS
Date On Bribery Charge
Is Advanced At Prose-
cutor's Request

LOS ANGELES, April 9. U.H-
Sheridan c. Lewis, one-time presi
dent of the Julian Petroleum Cor
poration, must 60 to trial here Fri
day on charges that he attempted to
day on charges that he attempted to
conspiracy trial in which he was a
defendant.
Superior Judge Emett Wilson ad.
vanced the date from April 81 to
April after he listened to the bit
ter arguments of District Attorney
Buron Fits, seeking the advance
ment, and Lewis, opposing it.
In asking for the earlier date,
Fits took the witness stand and
testified the he believed the case
against Lewis could be concluded
before Tuesday night when Lewis is
scheduled to leave for McNeiPs Is
land to begin serving a seven year
term on a federal mail fraud con
viction.
The setting of an earlier trial
date was considered as a great vie
tory by the district attorneys
office since Lewis surrendered him
self to the government and asked
to be removed to MeNei's Island
Immediately so that he could evade
trial on the jury bribing and other
state counts against him.
Promises Speed
While he was testifying Fits
told the court he had made a thor.
ough and sincere perusal of the in
dictment against Lewis and that he
was certain that if the case went to
trial he could conclude it before
Lewis could be taken to the federal
penitentiary.
The Indictment against Lewis
charges that when he was a defend
ant, with group of other MEN
charged with conspiracy to violate
the State Corporate Securities Act,
he offered n $4,000 bribe to Mrs.
Caroline Love, juror, for mot
guilty vote"
The district attorney claims to
have confession from Mrs. Love
that she negotiated with Lewis for
the money. Mrs. Love formerly
lived in Shreveport, La.
The trial in which Lewis assert
edly offered the bribe was the
same one that led to the trial and
conviction on bribery counts of Asa
Keyes, former district attorney,
and Harold 1tvis, his chief deputy.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Madison Defeats
Dry Proposal


MADISON, Wis, April .. W.I)-
\ proposal that Madison take part
in prohibition enforcement was bu-
lied in defeat and the author of the
idea was voted out of his job as al
dcrman, returns from yesterday s
election showed today.
The municipal dry law sponsored
by Alderman George Gill was voted
down s,1o3 to 5,73s. Gill lost out in
his ward 5 aldermanic race to John
l.. Bourke by almost two to one.
Only four out of the city's %
precincts gave majorities in favor OF
the ordinance which was designed to
replace locally the state dry prohi-
bition enforcement law which the
legislature repealed last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
More Homes To
Be Constructed

Three attractive Mediterranean
style houses are to be built on Len
Rev avenue near Seventh street by
j. n. Hopkins, and will be available
for rent in the near future.
Each house is to occupy a sepa'
rate lot and will consist of five
rooms, modern in every detail, with
hardwood floors, stucco walls, tiling,
and builtin equipment. a garage
win he provided for each residence
aud the gardens viii be Handicapped
effectively h. A. Chestnut is the
contractor.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Will And Lindy
To Go Gadding

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 2.
U.P)-Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh and Will Rogers, the cow
boy humorist, will fly to Mexico
City from Los Angeles to greet
Oklahoma City University jour-
nalism students at their recep-
tion at the home Of President
Rubio at Mexico City, Lindbergh
said in a letter to sponsors Of
the journalism tour today.
Lindbergh and Rogers will be
at Mexico City April "a unless
"some Unforeseen event pre-
vents" Lindbergh's letter said.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
San Jose Votes
In Dry Column

NEW YORK, April >. W.H-San
.'osc, Calf, in the center of one
of the worlds largest grape grow
'ng districts, is voting dry in the
Literary Digest prohibition poll,
latest incomplete figures show. The
plurality is slight, however. The
votes being 900 for enforcement of
the present laws, Si4 for modifica'
jion, and G9l for appeal.
Tendency in Fresno, Calf, is to-
ward modification. Divergence OF
opinion is also shown in Illinois
where Evanston and Springfield are
voting wet and Rockford dry, and
Alabama, where Mobile is voting
wet and Montgomery dry.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Immigration Bill
Again Blocked

WASHINGTON, April .. WH -
The two year old Harris bill propos-
ing to put Mexico and all Latin
America upon an immigration quota
basis was blocked again in the SEN
ate today after it's sponsors had sue
ceeded in bringing it up for brief
consideration,
After an hour and a half of dis
cussion, the bill was returned to its
CORNER place on the calendar.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Fox Tangle May
Be Settled Soon

NEW YORK, April >. U.D -
Bankers involved in the Fox film
controversy were reported to be rap
idly nearing an agreement today
after the offer of Bancamcrica Blair
cooperation to withdraw from the
FOX film rcfinancirg plan upon pay
ment of $$l, ,250,000 for services rem
dcrcd in formulating the reorganiza-
ton proposal sponsored by William
Fox.
Despite denials and -committal
statements from the principals Of an
adjustment of the maze of litigation
surrounding the amusement enter
rrise might be made shortly.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Exemptions For
Church And Vets

Announcement is made by Calvin
G. Mousseau, county clerk, that all
veterans and churches in Imperial
county are entitled to file cxemp-
tion claims with the county asses
sor for county taxes, and that such
claim must be made on or before
the first Monday in July.
Exemption claims must be filed
each year, and unless so filed the
exemption cannot be allowed.
Churches and veterans are urged
to make early claim so that the, mat
ter will not be overlooked.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Ventura County
Has Free Lion

SANTA PAULA, Calf, April
2. U.P)-A six months old Afri-
can lion was wandering loose in
Ventura cdunty today while
game wardens and citizens arm
ed themselves to protect towns
in the vicinity where the animal
was last seen.
The lion escaped from Gobel's
Lion Farm at Thousand Oaks.
The town Of Camarillo, not far
from the farm, was especially
vigilant.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
Chinese Bandits
Demand Ransom

SHANGHAI, China, April 2. W.P)
Chinese brigands holding Miss n.
E. Gemmell, American missionary,
and Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Porteous,
British missionaries, have demand
ed $4,000 each for their release.
Three other missionaries, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. II. Glazier, Americans, and
Miss G.. Rugg, of England, who
eluded the bandits, are reported
still in hiding.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
TO NANME NEW CHIEF

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif,. Apri,
:. W.P)--The appointment of l.. A.
warren, now Orange county proba
ton officer, as chief of police of
SAN Clemente, will be placed before
The city council today for ratifica-
hon. He will succeed Forrest j.
Eaton, who recently pleaded guilty
TO grand theft charges.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
SUCCEEDS DEAD HUSBAND

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz,, April >. (U.P)
Announcement of the appointment
of Mrs. Martha Thomas, wife of
Frank Thomas, who was wounded in
n gun battle with n bandit week
ago, as Flagstaff truant officer to
succeed her husband, was made late
Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
DIES IN BED

HOLI.YWOOD, April ?. W.H -
W. Lindsay, 50, chief clerk of the
traffic department of the California
Fruit Growers exchange was round
dead in his bed today. His body was
discovered by his Filipino house boy
who notified police.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
PHILLIPS AT PRESCOTT

PRESCOTT, Ariz., April ., U.H)-
Governor John c. Phillips was here
today inspecting the Arizona pio
ncers home. After visiting the home
the chief executive will call on other
points of interests in Prescott be
fore returning to Phoenix.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Mid week meetings, churches.
City Council, 7:30, city hall.
Moose lodge, 8, California
hotel.
Oasis lodge, F. and A. M,
7:3O, Masonic Temple.
Eagles, s, 500 Broadway.
Troop 7, B.S.A., 7;30, Elk's
hall.
Dance, 0, Holtville Natator-
ium.
Special night school classes,
TO, high school.
Knights of Pythias, 8, Davis
hall.
Civic orchestra, 1880. Wilson
school.
TOMORROW
Rotary club, Barbara Worth.
Seeley- Westside home depart
ment, Mike Liebert ranch.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
MIsTRIAL DECLARED

BUFFALO, n. Y, April 2. U.P)
Judge F. Bret Thorne today de-
clared the trial of Lila Emerson on
a charge Of numbering Mrs. Cloth
ilde Marchant mistrial The
court discharged the jury.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-02
DRY Law
HEARINGS
FINISHED
Leaders Assert PrOhibi-
ton Is Success And
Can Be Enfirced
CONDITIONS BETTER
La Guardia Disappointed
At Being Unable To
Question Mcbride

WASHINGTON, April .. U.H -
The dry side of the prohibition ease
was abruptly closed before the house
Judiciary committee today with the
Sling of statements by all the prom
incnt prohibition leaders here, in
Guiding +. Scott Mcbride, superin
tendcnt of the AntiSaloon league.
Wet members of the committee
who have stoutly defended b c r
right to cross examine all the dry
witnesses, finally capitulated to an
arrangement Gin the interest of
time'' whereby Mcbride and h e
others were permitted to testify
years TO cross examine the Anti
through written statements.
"Herc ! have been waiting for 10
Saloon league and the privilege is
row denied me, protested Repre-
sentative La Guardia, Republican,
New York, n wet. La Guardia
agreed, to the arrangement.
1.-THE vets will be given day for
rcbuttal of the dry testimony two
weeks from today" Chairman Crab
Am announced after the hearing
closed.
Statements from Mcbride, Dcets
Pickett, research secretary of the
Methodist Episcopal Board of TEN
perancc, Prohibition and Public
Morals, and other dry leaders were
read after j. Weston Allen of Bos
ten, former attorney general OF
Massachusetts,, testified before the
committee today,
Allen told the committee that the
courts have never held that citi
zen has a legal right to manufacture
food or drink for himself.
Allen quoted 10Th century court
decisions arguing against the vets
contention that prohibition is an in
vasion Of personal liberty. lie
pleaded against repeal of state en-
Sorscmcnt acts which he said would
"lead to notification.
Says Enforcement Better
IN his statement, Mcbride, who
never faced n congressional com
mittce but who may next week be
called before the senate lobby com
mittee, urged the Judiciary commit
tee not to "rm up the white flag
and trail old glory in the dust be
cause IA defeated minority falsely
says Uncle Sam cannot enforce his
laws.
"Trohibition can be enforced,
he said, "and is being better en-
forced as time goes on"
The vets were blamed by Pickett
for The failure to enforce prohibi-
;ion.
Proposals to permit states to le'
galizc liquor traffic if they desired
would work serious injustice to the
whole population of the country,
Pickett stated.
Pickett criticized all proposals of
'hc vets, especially government con
troll schemes.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
Foreign Rest Room Put
In Buddhist Temple

The zojo-ji, q historic Buddhist
temple in Shiba Park, Toxic, Ia estab-
fishing foreign style rest room to ac-
commodate the many foreigners who
visit the institution, and it Is the first
temple in Japan to make any special
provisions for alien visitors. The rooms,
furnished in the Western manner In
which visitors may rest and order tea
are part of a famous mansion that used
to be private residence and which is
being dismantled and moved from It's
original site three miles distant to be
restored in the temple compound
Prince TakatsukaSa formerly occupied
the mansion, two-storied structure
richly furnished and decorated. It was
purchased several months ago by q
wealthy Toxic business man who pre-
sented it to the temple. The temple
authorities appropriated 10000 yen for
the purpose of moving 1t. The foreign
rooms, on the ground floor, will contain
expensive furniture which was the prop
erty of the late Field Marshal Count
Terauchi. one-time premier Of Japan.
It will be completed some time next
March.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
Chinese Accepting
Modern Hygienics

Three auto trucks have been fitted
out and have been circulating through
the Chinese concession not long ago
educating the populace into accepting
free vaccination against cholera. POST
ers and handbills have been stuck up
and have been distributed, whereas
thousands of Chinese of the poorer
classes have accepted treatment. The
result has been practically no cases Of
cholera during one of the worst seasons
experienced here. In addition TO public
services Of this sort, the municipal offi-
cials Of the two foreign concessions and
of the Chinese districts grant free vac
cination and innoculations and distrib-
ute posters warning against typhoid
mosquitoes and half q dozen other
Asiatic and non-Asiatic diseases. Re-
cent visits to the Far East of League
OF Nations health officers have done
much to encourage the Chinese into ac-
cepting the modern doctrines Of hygiene.
personal and civic cleanliness, although
there - long way yet to travel before
the cities, towns and villages become
model examples.
Evening star., 1930-12-07

We are told that the impulse to the in
vestigations resulting In the device came
from the death in an airplane crash in
1928 of Mr.. Hutchinson's second son.
If he is correct in describing 1t as IAN
tnfallible means of eliminating the
guesswork of carburetion," the world is
immensely his debtor; its name is
'moto-vita" one hears that q famous
flyer reports saving of 40 per cent In
gasoline consumption through It's use.
On December Miss Ruth Nichols
landed from an atrplane at Burbank.
Calf, having supra-volated the CONT
nent from New York In IT hours flying
time, beating the women's record recent
ly established by Mrs. Keith-Miller Of
Australia, by nearly 9 hours, and only
about hours slower than Capt. Hawks.
Miss Nichols now proposes to beat Mrs
Keith-Miller's eastward time CLOS An
geles to New York;, of about ~ hours.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
BY BRUCE BARTON

Is poked at with umbrellas,
and kidded by smart young
fellows who imagine that
their wise cracks are some
thing absolutely fresh and
new.
DAY after day the freaks
put up with 1t, smiling
patiently. But every day the
strain of their suppressed
emotions grows greater, until
finally they want to Jump
down off their platforms and
bite the customers. Then we
have to send them away for q
rest. They are sucker Sore.'
Most of us can SympathiZe
with the freaks; we, too, have
been sucker sore. There have
come days when our tired
nerves rebelled against the
demands of the customers
who give us a living; when
we grumbled at the job for
which we should have been
grateful; when it seemed that
all interest had gone from our
work, leaving only dull
routine.
It is wise on such days to
pull down the desk and walk
out of the Office, and say: II
will not be back until tomor-
row."
But even this cure does not
always work, or can not al
ways be applied. Soon or
late we have to face the fact
that life is a fight, not a
picnic. And one of the ele-
ments of victory, in the words
Of my friend, Is the capacity
to look pleasant, whether we
feel that way or not"
4
Evening star., 1930-12-07

N FRIEND Of mine tells
@ me that he has re-
Gently added to his
income by working in the eve
ntngS as a press agent for an
amusement park.
It. was his first contact with
that great industry which has
grown up out of the rather
pathetic eagernesS of folks to
be appy-to have their
work and worries.
He said: my job has been
hard work, but it taught me
one thing that Is priceless
how to look pleasant whether
I feel that way or not"
It reminded me of a con-
verSation I once had with the
press agent of a circus. In
describing the freaks in the
side-Show, he re m a k d:
Every so often we have to
send them away. They get
sucker sore"
Sucker Sorel" I exclaimed.
That's a new one on me.
What's the meaning of sucker
sore?"
He explained that, in the
parlance Of the circus, a
customer Is a sucker. It Is not
a derogatory term, merely the
conventional phrase.
"The freaks sit there on
their raised platforms, listen
ing to the comments Of the
suckers who press around
them all day long," he said.
"The living skeleton hears the
same rude jokes q hundred
thousand times. The fat lady
fCAoDvri