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Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
GRAPE CONTROL
CAMPAIGN TAKES
GROWERS LIFE
Campaigner Shot While
Visiting Ranch To
Pledge Acreage.

SANGER, Calf, July II. (U.p)-
The federal farm boards California
grape control campaign took its
first toll of life when A. l.. Matig-
non, 33, head of party of grower
campaigners, was shot and killed
on small ranch three miles north.
Wilbur Berry, 33. another cam
paigner, and Mrs. Angela Egiieo,
whose ranch the men were visiting
were injured, Berry seriously.
The shots Mere reported fired
by Mrs. Egileo's two sons, William,
%, and Joe.
Matignon ana II companions
were at the Egileo ranch endeavor-
ing to get Mrs. Egileo to pledge
her grape acreage to the govern
ment control plans, which needs
only a few more acres in order to
qualify for federal support in sell
ing the crop and disposing of the
surplus.
Other campaigners told police
that the volley of shots poured
from the farm home while they
were talking and that no dispute
had preceded the shooting. Matig
non. former commander Of the
Sanger American Legion post. died
instantly.
The two sons of Mrs. Egileo were
taken into custody by Fresno coun
ty Officers. 1t is probable that
murder charges will be filed against
them
Berry was wounded in the sid,
and Mrs. Egileo was wounded il
the arm and side. Both are being
treated at a Sanger hospital.
Much bitterness has resulted dur
ing the campaign between thos
anxious that the control plan be
tween those anxious that the
come effective and the grower
who are opposed TO it.
! Several farmers have been cheat
en- up" by night raiders and th'
| shooting climayed a series of sucl
raids
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
C0EBEL'S FLIGHT
ACROSS ATLANTIC
IS ABANDONED

Los ANGELES, July II. U.H-
Col. Arthur c. Goebel's proposed
trans-A tlantic flight was in the dis
card today as the result of his plane
failing to meet required tests.
The winner of the Dole flight TO
Hawaii turned the plane back to
the Lockheed factory when a top
speed of l57H miles an hour with u
third of the estimated full load OF
gasoline was all Goebel could at
tain. lie had computed that with
full load of gasoline he needed top
speed of l70 miles to make the New
York 10 Paris flight in afety.
Goebel, expressing disappoint-
mcnt, said the plane failed only be-
cause OF an extra sized wing made
necessary by the large fuel tank.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
CERMAN-AMERICAN
FILM mACN ATES
REACH AGREEMENT

PARIS, July l.. W.p)-An accord
was reached today at the German
American talking motion picture pa
tent conference, settling Il contro-
versv which had greatly interfercd
with talking picture business of
both American and German com
panies.
The conference, at which VIII
Hays presided, was called to settle
patent disputes which prevented the
showing of American films in Ger
many and German films in America.
The talking picture accord was
expected TO remove obstacles to eX-
change of sound drecording and re-
producing apparatus between Ger
man and American interests thus
permitting display of films in both
countries.
Committees were named to draft a
definite agreement and the confer
cnce adjourned indefinitely.
The United States delegation to
the conference, headed by Hays, will
leave for Berlin this afternoon to
obtain final approval of signatures
to the accord. They will be in Ber-
In Monday and Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
Girl Pilot Sets
Altitude Record

san DIEGO, Calf, July -. UPl
Ruth AleNander, 25-year.old avia
triN, today rccounted narrow
escape from death while she was at.
tempting to set II new world : alti
tude record for women in light air
planes
Miss Alexander, taking off late
yesterday, climbed 10 $4,000 feet aud
then felt herself slipping into an.
consciousness as her oxygen supply
began to fail. She put the plane
into Il dive and was revived at lS,-
O00 feet.
The barograph of her plane was
sent to Washington today for an of
ficial check. If the 3j,O00-foot al
ttudc indicated was correct, it was
Il new record.
Miss Alexander attained lS,00l
feet in a previous attempt several
days ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
JULIAN AIDES
SERVING TERMS

LOS ANGELES, July l.. W.H-
Morris Lavine, former reporter, and
Miss Leontine johnson, one time
stenographer. branded rs "small fry
and offshoots of the great Julian
crime,' today began serving county
iail sentences for attempted cNtof'
ton.
Lavine, convicted of trying 10 eS'
tort $4,000 from Charles II. Craw
ford, a politician. in return for sup
pressing a series of articles on the
Julian Corporation collapse, wa'
fined $1,000 late Yesterday and sen
fenced to a year in Jail. and Miss
johnson, held guilty of aiding La.
vine. was ordered to serve nine
months.
The sentence proceedings were
interrupted when Iavinc charged
that Charles Killen. one of the jur-
ors. was intoxicated one night dur
inc progress of the trial.
You take that back or YOU won I
need trial" shouted Killen, who
was present.
Judge b. Rey Schauer demanded
proof, and Lavinc placed several
other jurors on the stand. All of
them. however, denied Killen had
been drinking.
Judge Schauer scored both defend
ants in passing sentence after pre-
viously denying motions for AN ar
rest of Judgment.
Jacob Berman, whose testimony
has convicted three persons in cases
arising from the Julian dcaclc
secured Dr,cf rest today in his
dual role as star states witness in
one case and defendant in another
Berman's trial in Superior Judge
r. Il. Schauer's c0urt-interrhpted
late yesterday by sentencing of
Morris l.avine and Leontine John
son, convicted on his testimony
will be resumed Monday AZ IL
O'Clock.
Berman is accused of one count
of embeZzlement and four of forg
cry growing out of his manipula'
tion of Julian stock while at the
head of the corporations transfer
office shortly before it crashed
due to Il stock 0verissuc.
Berman will be called again Mon
day to testify at the trial of John
Groves. accused of accepting u
$1,000 bribe in the 1923 Julian con
Spiracy trial.
Berman was the first witness in
Groves trial late yesterday, relat
ing how he went to the Jurors home
in North Ioic5 wood and telling of
handing over the money in two
packages.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
Senate Refuses
To Work Today

WASHINGTON, July -. U.p)-
Senators who were called Monday
in special session to consider the
London naval treaty rested today
because opponents of the pact re
fused to work on Saturday. An eff
fort TO arrange "A session from 10
a. m. to p. m. failed yesterday.
President Hoover had expected
the senate to remain on the job
and cancelled plans to visit his
Rapidan, Va, camp. When the
White House was informed the sen.
ate had recessed until Monday, Mr.
Hoover altered his plans and ar
ranged to 90, to his camp.
Twice within the first week of
the special treaty session, the anti
treaty group has threatened to dcS-
troy quorum when it was pro-
posed to accelerate treaty consid-
Grafton. The first time was on the
proposal to meet each day ut IL n.
m. instead of at noon.
Despite the majority which the
treaty unqucstionably has so far in
the debate, the pro'treaty group has
not been able to enforce it's will
on the anti-treaty minority.
The first phase of the battle over
secret documents pertaining to the
treaty have ended as expected in
President Hoover's refusal to pro
duce. them for the senate. If the
senate follows the precedent of its
foreign relations committee, it will
not 90 to the length of rejecting
the treaty on that ground,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
Hawks Injuries
Are Very Slight

WICHITA. Kans.. July IL. U.p
-Captain Frank Hawks and his
speed plane "Mystery" both were
under repair today.
Virtually on the eve of the noted
aviator's Nlanned transcontmenta'
flight. he was being treated Tor
cuts and bruises sustained when he
crashed 10 the ground from a low
altitude Yesterday in a test flight.
Field attendants said II was mir
aculous that Hawks escaped eFiti'
cal injury. As he leveled Off 70
land. the wheel ~ the plane caught
in telephone wires which skirfed
the field, the ship nosed over and
somersaulted to the ground.
The plane can he pat IA working
condition soon II was said The
propeller was bent and the motor
mount damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
SANHUBER GIVEN
HIS FREEDOM ON
TECHNICAL POINT
S tatut e of Limitations
Prevails in "Attic Slay-
er'S" Case.

LOS ANGELES, July Il. WD-
Otto Sanhuber, dubbed "The Ghost
of the Garrett, who was found
guilty of the Staying eight years
ago Of wealthy Fred Oesterreich.
was free today by reason of legal
technicalitv he raised successfully
after his conviction of manslaught-
er.
Tried for first degree murder and
found guilty of the lesser charge,
Sanhuber claimed that the statute
of limitations prevailed in his case
and that the vredict should be set
aside. He pointed out that the
statute applied in all cases except
murder and treason, and that he
was convicted of another crime,
which occurred eight years ago,
Judge Carlos s. Hardy ruled for
Sanhubcr after the deputy district
attorneys who prosecuted the "At
tie Lover" said they had no ar9u-
ment in reply.
Sanhuber, with springy step and
his face lighted with a smile,
walked from the courtroom into the
waiting arms of his wife. who had
remained faithful to him throughout
the ordeal of his trial.
Mrs. Sanhuber was ready to
"forgivc and forget" even though
she sat in court and heard testi-
monv to the effect that her hus-
band engaged in fatal scuffle
with the rich Milwaukee manufac-
turcr thinking he was protecting
Mrs. WaIburga Oestcrreich - his
once beloved dolly" 1t was for
Mrs. Ocsterreich's love, Sanhuber
said, that he inhabited for years the
attics in various Oestcrrcich homes,
"just to be near her"
The high point of his trial was
when Sanhubcr, weak and on the
verge Of collapse, repudiated con
fcssion of the killing he previously
made to the grand jury.
In finding the little defendant
guilty of manslaughter, the jurors
decided not to accept his repudica-
ton, but agreed with statements in
his confession that the fatal bullet
was fired while he and OeSterreich IA
grapplcd for possession of the
weapon.
Sanhuber's release closes the first
chapter in prosecution of the case,
which was revived several months
ago when Herman Shapiro, former
attorney for Mrs. Oesterreich, dis
closed for the first time Sanhuber's
strange life in the Garrets of the
noctnrrai.h rnSiHnucnc Tho .asa
previously had been pigeon holed
for lack of evidence, but with the
new developments and the suhse-
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Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
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Report Drop in
Paralysis Cases

Los ANGELES, July l.. Up)-
An encouraging drop in the number
cf new infantile paralysis cases was
reported here today by City Health
Officer George Parrish, following a
successful effort Of the health de
partment to discourage gatherings
Of children under 10 years of age
Twelve new cases have been re-
ported in the city in the last three
days, in contrast to 80 eases reported
during the first nine days of July.
During June the department was no
titled of IS cases and five deaths.
Dir. Parrish, in announcing the de
crease, asked that parents continue
to keep their children away from
public gatherings and also that thea
ters and swimming pools continue
their restrictions.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
WEALTHY OIL MAN
FALLS FROM BOAT
AND ISDRO W NED

san PEDRO, Calf, July -, W.p)
Marshall r.. Simon, wealthy Glen
dale, Calf, oil man, was drowned
in the harbor here early today when
he fell from his palatial motor
cruiser.
Clarence Gilmore, said to be a
prominent Stockton, Calf. oil man,
who was with Simon, told police that
he heard Il splash in the water fol
lowed by his friend s cries to shut
off the motors.
Gilmore, unfamiliar with the
craft, was unabl to turn off the
motors Immediately, but threw fur
niturc and other articles to Simon 5
assistance. He finally circlcd the
spot where Simon disappeared, cry
ing for help.
A launch from the L. s. S. Okla
home and coast guard cutter No. 260
searched the vicinity without sue
cess, and police continued the hunt
for the body today.
Because of unusually calm water,
Gilmore was unable to account for
Simon's plunge overheard,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
WILBUR
REJECTS
OFFERS
Power Commission Seals,
Doom of Proposed De-
velOpments
CONFLICT WITH DAM
Contemplated Pro &C t S
Located Along the Main
Stream.

WASHINGTON, July 10. U.p)-
The federal power commission moved
today to seal the doom of 81 pro
posed power projects on the Colo
RADIO river, some of them of tremend-
Gus scope, held to conflict with the
giant Boulder dam enterprise, which
is starting forward under appro-
prations Just authorized by Con.
grcSs.
Five important pow"r project ap-
plications were rejected by the com
mission yesterday, being held TO con-
fliet with Boulder dam.
At the direction of Secretary o;
Interior Wilbur, acting chairman OF
the power commission, notices were
served today ON Il other applicants
that their proposals to enter upon
power pro ccts ON the Colorado river
were being cancelled. subject 10 ap'
peal within 80 days.
The contemplated projects were
proposed for locations along the
main stream all the way from Park
or, Ariz., to Green River, Wyo., most
of them would have involved con
strnction of immense dams and mil
lions of dollars expenditure. With
out allowing for Implications OF
conflicts, the projects contemplated
installation of l2,S2s, 900 horsepower
the power commission said.
As to the Ii proposed projects on
the lower section of the river, the
commission held that Boulder dan
power will adequately meet the prob
able power demand of the Immediate
region for the next decade, offering
little opportunity for competing
projects.
Concerning five projects for thc
upper river, the commission said tha'
owing to lack of rapidly increasing
market demand and the time which
will be required to solve conflicts
between upper basin states over al
location of irrigation water, n
arencv would be in a position Il
proceed with construction IN IN,
limited period that might be allowed
undcr any permit and license tha'
would be granted.
Most important of the prolectr
thus cancelled were:
Bcckman and Linden Engineer
ing Corporation, for a dam near
Parker, Arl2.
southern California Edison Com
panv. for 100000 horsepower be
tween Glenn Canyon and Pierce
Ferry.
James b. Grand for 100000
horsepower at Diamond Creek.
G.. Henry Stctson for l6s,oOO
horsepower at Bulls Head.
CITY Of Los Angeles for dam
nj Parker, Ariz.
Fred T. Golfer for development
between Glenn Canyon and Grand
Wash.
Southern California Edison Com
pany at Topoc.
State of Arizona institutions con
tcmplating use of Bridge Canyon
Glenn Canyon and Parker sites.
Utah Power and Light Company
100000 horsepower ut Rattlesnake
Canyon, $4,000 horsepower at ram
inc Gorge on Green River. SO0,oou
horsepower ON Green River IN utai
and Nama River in Colorado.
c. y. Stannard, utilizing krem
melting dam site in Colorado.
United Verde Copper Company
so 600 borsepower on Little Colora
do River, Arizona
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
DELINQUENCY IS
STUDIED BY u. s.
CHILD'S BUREAU
Separation and Divorce
Among Parents Found
To Have Bearing.
BY ROBERT c. ALBRIGHT
Unitd Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July II. U.R-
Separation and divorce among par
cnts may have a direct relationship
10 delinquency among children.
The Children S Bureau has traced
definite connection between lack
of normal family life and child
delinquency cases, in an analysis
of Juvenile Court statistics for 1923.
Bureau experts found that al
though II per cent of the boys with
court records were living with both
parents at the time their offense was
committed, only % per cent of the
girls had a similar home environ
mcnt.
"This would seem to indicate, -
these authorities concluded that
the lack of normal family life is a
more significant factor in the delin-
quencv of girls than of boys.
"The difficulties which bring
girls into court are usually more
serious in character and more close
" related to home conditions than
the difficulties OF boys. -
The bureau found that only ) per
cent of the delinquent children of
both sexes were living with their
fathers when their offense was COM
mitted. About II per cent We're
living with their mothers.
OF the remainder. on an average
! of 6S per cent of these erring chill
dren of both sexes were living with
both of their PARENTS; per cent
we're living with mother and step
| father; 2 per cent with a father and
| stepmother; and ) per cent in an
other family home.
The report, which covered 1923
records of 50 courts in widely sepa-
rated states, also traced a relation
between nativity of parents and de
linquencies of their children.
The largest proportion of delin-
Guent children dealt with by the
! courts were native-bOrn white boys
and girls. Less than half of the
girls. 45 per cent, had parents one
or both of whom were foreign born.
! About 90 per cent of the boys had
parents at least one of whom was
foreign born.
Accordingly it may be said that
| the delinquency rate among native;
born boys of mixed parentage was
high declares the report. -
The ratios for colored childrE
were found to be consistently higi
than for white children. with II
exception of ratios for girls IN IA.
Southern courts, at Memphis, 1'e
and Greenville County, :. c. + ~ r
cit is generally accepted thn
! offenses with which boys ansfc'Al
are charged represent differc'
linquencv problems, hureau,.----..-
1 critics said.
| ''Our data shows that stealing or
! attempted stealing and acts of
carelessness or mischief were the
most usual charges in boys eases,
whereas the closely related charges
of running away 'ungovernable
or beyond parental control, ana
sex offcnsc' appeared more often
in girls cases.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
Burkhardt Case
Given Recess

Los ANGELES. july l.. UP
\ crowded court calendar today
caused u recess until Monday in the
trial az William Burhkardt, aeeuscd
Of Staying his wife Ann Mcknight
Burkhardt.
The latest witness heard b@ thn
jury was John l.. Dwight. who tes-
titled he grabbed revolver from
Burkhardt after the fatal shooting
and said IL had been recently iIscn.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
THIRD ROUND of
OPEN TOURNEY
GETS UNDERWAY
Ten Leading COntenders
Closely Bunchcd in
Final Drive.
BY FRANK GETTY
United Press Sports Editor

INTERLACHEN co L y i Il \
CLUB, MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi.
July 10. W.D-Flashine the most
brilliant golf yet seen at Inter.
lachen and one of the greatest
rounds of his career, Robert Tyre
Jones, Jr., gained the lead in the
national open championship today
with q third round score Of 6S. four
under par, and an aggregate of
2l2.
Determined to take the heart out
of the opposition which thus far
had kept him in second place. the
Albanian reeled off string of bird
les which had the gallery of 5000
hOarse from cheering.
1t was a master stroke for Bobby
who started the day two strokes
behind Horton Smith.
ITERLACHEN COUNTRY CLUB,
Mimi, July 10. W.H--Rain fell at
Interlachen, breaking the excessive
heat wave, as the first of the field
set out today for the third round
of the national open golf champion
ship.
Charley Lacey of Pine Valley, y.
j., sensational young English pro
fessional who fought his way TO Il
tie for second place yesterday was
the first Of the low scorers to start.
A blanket finish with 10 leading
contcnders closely punched in the
final drive was expected.
Out in front of the pacl, by the
slender margin of two strokes when
the final days play began was
Horton Smith from Joplin, Mo.
The blonde young Missourian's
aggregate Of 142 strokes gave him
the leadership at the halfway mark.
but from close behind there fell
across his path to the championship
the imposing shadow of the newt
able and inimitable Bobby Jones'
Bobby, together with Harry
Cooper, the Chicago pro, and Lacey,
former English caddv who faigs
from Pine Valley, NJ. j., scraped
l4i for the first two rounds to tie
for second place at the end Of SO
holes.
The standing of the leaders when
they answered the starters call
this morning:
Horton Smith, Joplin, Mo-, 72-7U
-l42.
Charles Lacey, Pine Valley, y.
j., 7410-l4i.
Harry Cooper. Glen Ellvn. H., 10
1o-l44.
Bobby Jones, Atlanta, Ga. 71-7i
Id.
Macdonald Smith, New York, 20
75-lA5.
Tommy Armour. Orchard Lake,
Mish., 70.76-l46.
Johnny Farrell, Mamaroneck. X.
Y, 74-72-l46.
Whiffy Cox, Brooklyn. y. V, ~
75-l46.
Walter Hagen, Unattached, 72-75
III.
Johnny Golden, Norton, Conn. a
13-l47.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
Rogers will Be
Cross Examined

Los ANGELES, July II. U.P)--A
gruelling cross. examination awaits
Glen Rogers, 2l, when his trial for
the murder of Patrolman James Cos
tello resumes in superior court Mon
day.
Rogers, accused of Staying the po-
licemau last March 2i, testified yes
terday he signed an alleged confes-
sion without knowing what il con
tanned.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
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BANKER KIDNAPS SON

LOS ANGELES, July -. W.P-
George l.. Browning, president OF
the Scaboard National Bank, today
kidnapped his cight-year-old son
Thurlough, from the residence of his
estranged wife, she reported TO po
lice today.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
MERCURY HOLDS
AT 100 DEGREES;
NO RELIEF SEEN
Residents Swelter Under
Blazing Sun; H eavy
Losses Reported.

CHICAGO, H., July ~. up
Throughout ithe parched midwest
and south the summers worst heat
wave continued today, with keIief
coming to only few scattered see
tiOns.
More than 100 deaths have been
reported since the suffocating hot
weather began to sweep the plains
a week ago, running temperatures
up daily to new high marks.
AT Sikeston, Mo-, yesterday, the
seasons heat record was establish
ed when the mercury climbed ia
the 122 degree mark.
Suicide was the avenue of escape
which John r. Ringwalt, 10, of
Omaha, Neb., chose. He survived
Thursdays tempera ,ure of l04, but
left home Friday after telling his
wife that he could not "stand an
other day of it," and his body was
found while later, bullet
through his head.
AS thousands of distressed citi-
zens sought relief in the lakes and
rivers, the list of drownings grew
so rapidly it became appalling.
More than dozen such deaths were
reported in the southwest, and in
Iowa alone, six persons died of
heat prostration. The unofficial
list of deaths last night in the mid.
west showed SO from heat prostra
ton and rs drownings since the
wave started last Sunday.
! Throughout the vast southwest
south and middle west, crops suf.
fered from the blistering sun. In
| Kansas, it was so hot the farmers
dared not send their men into the
fields for any great length of time
ana the wheat harvest was delayed
Some took advantage of the moon
hight and did their harvesting al
! night.
DES MONIES, Iowa, July l2. W.p
"A burning sun, blamed for tn,
death of II persons in Iowa vestcr
day. continued to shed its heat OF
the state today with only small pros
pect the week old heat wave vii
be broken over the weekend.
Addition of Yesterday dead t,
the casualty list brought the hea
waves toll TO %. including fou
drOwnings.
Rendering plants throughout tn
state worked at full capacity a
thousands Of horses, hundreds of ia
hogs, and many cattle succumbed t
] the high temperature.
One Des MOincs office was closed
a sign on its door reading: "Close,
tor the day-it s too damned hot. ,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-12
Files Suit In
Boat Disaster

LOS ANGELES, July l.. U.P)-
AS an aftermath OF the Ameco fish
ing boat disaster off Santa Monica
last Memorial Day, in which l6 lost
their lives, suit was on file in
superior Court here today against
the Morris Pleasure Fishing, Inc,
asking $25, 400 damages for the
death of Ward S. Ferguson.
Mrs. Emma Ferguson, the widow
charged the company with negli.
Gcnce.