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Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
HUNTERS
CONTINUE:
SKY RIDE
Brothers Battle Trouble
And Fog to Keep City
of Chicago Aloft
MAKE RADIO TALK
Flyers Show No Signs of
Coming Dow n Before
End of This Week.

CHICAGO, July /. W.n)-Bat-
tling fog and exhaustion, John and
Kenneth Hunter drove their old
S t inson Detroiter monoplane
through the airlanes over Sky Har-
Dor Airport this afternoon, piling
hour after hour on their new sus-
tanned flight record.
The two brothers, coal miners,
before they were aviatOrs, had with
stood AT hours of continuous fly
ing at Lao p. m. CDT and showed
no signs of quitting despite the
fog and bad weather they encoun-
tered today The old APO hour rec
ord lay shattered far behind the
veteran monoplane.
Shortly after the flyers flew
through the 477th hour, micro
phone was lowered from another
plane into the cramped cockpit Of
the endurance ship and the avia-
tors spoke over national hOokup.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
Tornado Strikes
Oklahoma Town

DEVOL, Okla, July |. W.P-A
tornado whipped through Devol to-
day, tearing away several buildings
and dropping debris on terrified
citizens who rushed for cover.
Three persons were injured. Heavy
damage was done along the path
of the storm which cut II swath II
half mile wide through the town.
Cotton farms surrounding Devol.
which is III cotton country near the
Texas border, were damaged seri
ously by the wind
The injured were Ray Prichett, a
garage mechanic; w. c. Dillon and
his father, T. c. Dillon.
The village was left without
lights and communication during
the sudden darkness which descend.
ed with the wind.
The storm passed quickly and the
work of repairing broken electric
and telephone wires and of clearing
wrcckage was started at once.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
SLAYER
SUSPECT
ARRESTED
Los Angeles Police Hold
Chicago Gangsters For
Lingle Shooting
FIVE IN CUSTODY Y
Police Believe Quintet Is
Connected With Death
of Reporter.

LOS ANGELES, july /. U.P) =
Frank Foster, notorious gangstcr,
was under arrest here today
charged with suspicion of the mur-
der of Alfred j. Lingle, Chicago
Tribune reporter.
He was taken into custody late
yesterday, held incommunicado all
night in an outlying Jail, and then
brought TO county Jail shortly be
fore nooon AMI booked on the count.
Arrested with Foster were four
men, suspected of being members
of his mob. Foster once owned the
revolver which has been identified
as the one that took Lingle's life.
The five men were cpatured
when they walked into fashion
able apartment that literally was
packed with police officers.
3 The apartment was rented by
Foster.
The four men arrested with Fos
ter also were booked on suspicion
Of Lingle's murder. They were
identified by police as Marvin
Apler. alias Frank Foreman, Fran
kie Fisher and George Davis, all
said to be Chicago gangsters. and
Herman Walters, said to be a for
mer Chicago rackcteer.
In addition to the five men, dis.
triet attorneys investigators yes
terday took into custody young
and beautiful woman who was
questioned at the prosecutors off
ice, admittedly on ramifications of
the Chicago ease. and held in tech
nieal custody throughout the night
Officers refused to disclose her
name or her connection with the
ease.
Later police said the woman was
Mrs. Frank Foster, wife of the
gangSer. She was still being held
in technical custody this afternoon
but officers indicated she probably
would be released.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
ACTRESS TELLS
COURT HUSBAND
BEAT HER OFTEN

Los ANGELES, July l. U.P)-
Her story of how she was once
knocked down and frequently beat
en- won divorce here today for
Billie Dove, beautiful screen act
ress.
Her director-husband, Irwin Will
lat, had no control whatever over
his temper, she told Superior Judge
Archibald and this lack of control
meant physical and mental suffer
ing for her.
"Once," she said III telling of as
serted mistreatment at his hands,
al sensed he was about to have a
fit of anger. | ran to the door but
the street with a blow.
"He had no temper control and
he often struck me with his fists.
Three years ago he hit me before
a number of guests in our home"
His frequent manhandiing of
her, she asserted, kept her covered
with black and-blue marks on her
arms and shoulders.
At this point Miss Dove shifted
ii'hh SANti w
ale resented my work in mo-
tion pictures" she said quietly.
"And he even resented my smoking
a few cigarettes"
The actress said that she left her
husband after each one of his out
bursts.
"iie would beg me to come back
to him." Miss Dove testified. "He
would tell me he was sorry and
would promise never to act that
way again. But each time the same
thing would occur. Each separa-
tion pushed us Just a little bit far
ther apart"
The testimony of Miss Dove,
whose name really was Lillian
Bohny, was corrorated by her broth
er, Charles Bohny.
Miss Dove and the director were
married in October 27, 1928, soon
after she left the Ieigfeld Follies
to enter motion pictures here. They
have no children and a property set
tlement was made out of court.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
HOOVER ASSERTS
OLD DEPRESSION
POLICY CHANGED
Bull ding Expenditures
Praised In Speech Over
Radio To Governors

WASHINGTON, July /. U,P-
President Hoover believes the old
conception of business depression
cas- an inevitable fever which must
run its course has given way to
the realization that "sound ccono.
mic policy including the 'prudcnt
expedition of construction will
maintain employment, consumption
Of goods and economic stability.
The Chief Executive expressed
this conviction last night in speak.
ing over the radio from his White
House study to the twenty-second
annual conference of governors at
Salt Lake City. He revealed, dur
ing his remarks, that nation, stat
and local governments have eXpend-
ed or contracted for, during +he last
six months, public works costing
LOO 900, 900.
This amount, he said, exceeds by
5000, ,000,0 900 even the boom year of
1929. Also Mr. Hoover said, utili-
ties and business concerns have
aided employment by a construc
tion program which "excoeds even
the $200,000,000 of increase over
1929 accomplished by the public
authorities. -
While thanking the governors for
! their .'notable contribution to the
! public construction program which
| he sought to stimulate after last
falls stock market crash. Mr.. Hoo
yer reminded them there was
"every need for continued serious
effort -
In eXpounding his theory OF a
new method to combat cycles of de-
preston, Mr.. Hoover said:
! I'VE have hitherto regarded grcat t
| business depressions with their in
| evitable train of unemployment and
hardships as an inevitable fever
which must run its course, and in
former times if public works have
undertaken alleviation of unemplov-
ment, it has been III the s.nse af
semi-charity.
"This time the nation has real
lied that, as a sound economic poll
cy, prudent expedition of construc-
ton could be to an important degree
used as balance wheel to maintain
security of employment, to maintain
| consumption or goods, to thus con-
tribute to economic stability and
above all, to relieve hardships
"We have had since the first of
January, a full six months of organ
lied effort from which we can be
| gin to aTpraisc resulrs.
In all previous depressions, the
volume of public works has dimin-
ished because the state and munici-
pal governments, feeling the effects
of such depression in taxes, in prob
lens otHfinance, and in the general
psychology of retrenc hment, have
themselves followed the general
trend.
In the great depressions of 1908
and 1921 we witnessed such a de-
crease i'll public works. Had mat.
ters followed their previous course,
we should during the past six
months seen a dimunition in volume
of employment in public works oyer
normal times. But on this occasion
we see large increase. -
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
BY CECIL OWEN
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July l. U.P)-
Ending a decade of prohibition en-
torcement, the Treasury today trans
vestigators and administrators to
the justice department, which now is
charged with enforcing the laws un-
der the Eighteenth Amendment.
The transfer, carrying out a
pledge made by President Hoover
during his campaign. paves the wa
for what is generally expected to
be the supreme effort to make the
United States thoroughly dry ma
Hanson bill which Congress passed
recently.
Meanwhile, last-minute drive to
pass some more of the legislation
recommended by the Hoover Wicker
sham law enforcement commission
for improving prohibition enforce
ment, was launched in the Senate
today.
Three of the four bills recon-
mended by the commission aud
passed by the House, designed to
handle petty prohibition offenseS,
were expected to be reported favor
ably by the Senate judiciary com
mittee. Their supporters hope they
may be finally enacted before a1-
EQUIPMENT.
The fourth bill, one to authorize
trial of petty offenses before L. ).
commissioners, was not slated to be
approved. Because of the opposition
which has developed to this proposal
it will be left in subcommittee un-
til next session.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
LAWYER MAKES
GRAVE CHARGE
AGAINST Fits
Hahn Says Berman Boast
ed OF Paying PrOsecu-
tor For Immunity.

LOS ANGELES, July |. W.P)-
The accusation that Jacob Berman
central figure in the various Julian
Petroleum Corporation investiga
tions, once boasted that he bought
immunity from prosecution b y
paying $4,000 to the district attor.
ney's office was made in court here
today.
The startling charge was made
by Attorney $. S. Hahn, represent
ing Louise Krause, on trial on q
jury bribing charge arising from
the 1923 Julian conspiracy trial.
Superior Judge Emmet Wilson
halted Hahn's diatribc against Ber
man but ruled that it should be
entered in the ease as an exhibit
and advised the lawyer that he
might finish his statement at q
later time in the trial.
Berman originally was a code.
fendant with krausc, having been
accused of bribing two jurors by
using krause as an agent, but the
charge against him was dismissed
yesterday at the recommendation
OF the district attorneys office
which wishes TO use him as Il states
witness.
Berman originally was 4 code
fcndant with krause, having been
accused of bribing two jurors by
using Krausc as an agent, but tn,
charges against him were dismissed
Yesterday at the recommendation OF
the district attorneys office, who
wishes to use him as a state : wit
ness.
We propose to prove, Hahn
said in opening his address to the
jury of nine women and three men
today, "that this star witness,
Jacob Berman, boasted that he had
no Gear of prosecution for any crime,
claiming that he had paid $4,000
to the offices of the present distric.
attorney for immunity.
Halted by Judge
Judge Wilson halted Hahn at this
point on the ground that cit is not
proper at this time since the defense
obviously is not positive that the
state even will call herman
The iurist instructed the attorney
that he could, if he wished, make
the statement at the opening of the
defense case after all prosecution
evidence was presnted. The jurist
also allowed a typewriter proof OF
Hahn's speech to be entered as an
exhibit in the ease.
Krause is accused by the state OF
having acted as an agent between
Berman, who was a defendant in the
1928 conspiracy trial, and John
Groves and Frank Grider, who were
Jurors in the ease.
Berman asscrtedly admitted nego.
tiating with the jurors for "not
guilty. vote.
Chief Deputy District Attorney
Robert Stewart, speaking in the
absence of his chief, Buron Fits
said the accusation of a $4,000
bribe was "an absolute and unquali.
fled falsehood.
While Berman : name was being
banded around in Judge Wilson :
courtroom, the former Julian exc
cutive was testifying in another
trial, that of Morris Lavine and
Miss Leontine johnson, accused of
eonspiring to extort money through
inside knowledge of Julian Petro-
lcum deals.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
DRY LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW
UP TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

The other bills define petty Of
fenses, liberalize the Jones "five
and ten' law and provide for waiv
er of jury trial.
Going After Big Ones
Policies under the justice depart
ment were still in the formative
stage today, but it was strongly in
dicatcd that henceforth new stress
will be placed on obtaining local CO.
operation in apprehending prohibi-
'ion law yiOlators.
The government limited staff
and appropriation will be devoted
hereafter, it was indicated, to detect
ing larger commercial bootleggers
and efforts to obtain state coopera-
tion will be expanded.
In the House today leaders were
attempting to restore in the second
deficiency appropriation bill the
$250,000 asked by the enforcement
commission for the coming year.
The appropriation was originally
struck out i'll the House on point
of order. The senate restored
$4,000 of it, but limited its use
to the study of prohibition alone
House conferees have rejected the
Senate amendment with view to
restoring the entire amount without
limitation.
Meanwhile, the commission began
the new fiscal year today without
funds. If the appropriation is fin
ally passed, a few days delay will
not be serious. Otherwise the com
mission will be dependent on Mr..
Hoover s plan to raise 100000 from
outside sources to continue the
commission $ work.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
Defendants DENY
Trust Existence

WILMINGTON, Del, July |. UP)
American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, Western Electric
Company and General Motors Cor
poration, three of the defendants
in the so-called radio trust suit
have filed their answer to the gov
ernment denying the existence of
the combination alleged by the gov
ernment and also denying that at
any time they have engaged in in
terstate commerce in radio commun-
lcation or radio apparatus.
The defendants admit they own
and control Il large number of ra-
dio patents, but declare that in
many instances Il number of the
patents overlap and that therefore
II is necessary to use many of them
IN combination to complete sat
isfactory article.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
Big Business At
L. A. HarbOr

LOS ANGELES, July l. W.P)-
Compilation of its water trade
report during the fiscal year shows
Los Angeles as Il billion dollar har.
Dor, it was announced here today.
The sea trade exceeded the mark
set last year, 25,4S0,67s tons of
freight valued at 81, ,l04 ,S92 ,s06 be.
ing handled through the port. The
freight was carried by S,G25 ships.
Out of the total number of ships
to visit the port, 70l6 were Amer
lean, $50 British. 292 Norwegian,
269 japanese, and 50 German.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
Surplus Shows
Slight Decline

WASHINGTON, July |. U.p)-
The Treasury surplus for the fiscal
year ending June 80 was approx
mately SlSl,000,o00, it was an
nounced at the department today.
Receipts for the period totaled 81,
l77S,OO0,OO0, while expenditures ag-
gregated $3,994, 100000.
Last year the surplus was $780,
100000, with receipts totaling 81,
033,0O0,0oO and expenditures $3,-
SiS,000,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
By STANLEY WHITAKER
United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, July l. WR)-John
and Kenneth Hunter circled mono
tonously today over Sky Harbor
Airport in the endurance airplane
City of Chicago-determi to re.
main aloft until forced down by
mechanical trouble.
After having made its morning
refueling contact, the plane ended
its 473rd hour in the air at 9:40
a. m, CDT, today and flew onward
without signs of any difficulty.
Dark clouds hid the sun, but there
were no winds. The previous 420
hour record was left far behind.
The refueling came none too soon
tor' the Hunter brothers were forced
to wobble the wings of the Stinson
Detroiter in order to force the last
drops of gasoline to the motor from
the wing tanks.
The weary pilots announced early
today that they will keep the City
of Chicago in flight until the motor
gives out. They promised; to
"throw firecrackers out of the plane
on the Fourth of July" before COM
ing down to sign contracts that will
pay them about 100000 and then
get some sleep.
Good luck to anyone who tries
to beat our record" they said in q
note. "Maybe it will be good
enough so some of them won't want
to try it. Well be up here for q
long time.
As the City of Chicago neared its
50Oth hour aloft, aviation experts
on the field below were loath to
predict how soon it may be forced
down by mechanical trouble. The
Wright J-6-300 motor seemed to be
functioning well, they said, except
for occasional suffering and some
"cylinder trouble" reported by the
pilots.
The entire plane, John and Ken
meth said, was "loosened up" from
the constant grind The ship was
tipped to one side because a leak
had developed in the left wing tank
and the heavy fuel supply on that
side was drained out. Another
slight leak in a fuel line was re-
ported by the pilots yesterday.
To Talk OH Radio
At the end of the 475th hour of
continuous flying at 11:40 a. m,
c. ID. T., the endurance plane still
circled low over the fog-hung air
port, rapidly burning up the supply
of gasoline that had been taken
aboard at considerable risk.
Preparations were being made to
take plane aloft with micro
phone later. 1t was planned to low
er the microphone to the flyers and
let them broadcast their exserences
over Il national network. If ear
ried out, it was believed to be the
first time in endurance flying his
tory such move has been made.
Shortly before ending the 475th
hour, the City of Chicago flew low
over the field and dropped near tho
hangar an urgent note calling for
repair parts.
The ground crew refused to say
what parts were necessary, but ad-
mitted they were for the motor.
Preparations were made to deliver
them.
The Importance attached to the re-
quest was not indicated During the
course of the flight, many minor ad.
luStmentS have been made aboard
the endurance plane, some of these
necessitating the transfer Of parts.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
Atlantic Flyer
To Come West

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y. July
!, (U.P) - Major Charles Il. Kings.
ford-Smith today announced tent.
ative plans TO leave in his mono
plane Southern Cross at q. m. to-
morrow for Chicago.
He arrived at the field shortly
before noon to inspect the Southern
Cross in which he aud three com.
panions flew from Ireland to New
York with stop at iiarbor Grace,
Newfoundland.
From Chicago, Kingsford Smith
win fly to California thus eompIet.
ing an around the world flight.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
Mexican Marriage
To Be Probed

SALINAS, Calf, July /. UP)-
District Attorney Albert L. Ward
began an investigation today of the
facts surrounding the runaway mar
riage in Mexico last month of a 16
year old American girl and a 80 year
old Filipino.
According to the story finally ad.
mitted yesterday to Superior Judge
ii. {. Jorgensen by the girl s father,
he encouraged the romance and took
the couple to Mexico so that their
marriage could be arranged without
trouble with recently clarified Cali
tornia law, forbidding American
Filipino marriages.
The girl is eXpectant, it was be-
lieved. She is Mrs. Celma Espinosa
Canete. Her husband, Ruffo Canete,
is field laborer.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
Senate Approves
HOOver's Bills

WASHINGTON, July 1. U.P)-
Three bills recommended by Presi-
dent Hoover s law enforcement com
mission for improving prohibition
enforcement were favorably report
ed today by the Senate Judiciary
committee.
They modify the Jones "five and
ten law, define petty offenses and
authorize waiver of jury trial. \
fourth bill in tne same group, pro-
viding for trial of petty cases be-
fore United States commissioners,
was not reported. All four were
passed by the Iaouse.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
TWO EASTERN
CITIES REPORT
MANIAC NOTES

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July /. U.P)-
Threatening death to nine persons in
Pittsburgh-the first victim sched
uled to die in Schenley park We'd
ncsday night-a second mysterious
letter signed "3X X,' similar to
the symbol used by the maniac killer
of Queensborough, New York, was
received by the Pittsburgh Press to-
day.
Police and postal authorities after
inspecting the letter showed con
cern. They fear it may have been
written by Il second maniac intent
on duplicating the acts of New
York 5 madman. who took two lives
and threatened II others with death
The latest note read:
9. am out to revenge the death
Of by buddie, 3N, that wrote YOU a
note long ago. | shall kill 90. Warn
police. LIST victim at Schenley park
Wed. mite at II Il. m. ) Y NJ
NEW YORK, July |, U.P)-A po-
lice guard was established today
over the home of the Rev. j. V.
Cooper, pastor of the Emmanuel
Baptist church in Brooklyn, after
he had received second letter,
threatening death, and signed by
"3X.'
Police were inclined to believe the
letter was the work of crank and
not of the maniac who killed Joel
Sowley and Joseph Mozynsky in
lonely sections of Queensborough.
Several days ago Cooper received
a package containing hemp rope
tied into a hangman S moose, ac-
companied by note advising him
to do it now. Today Brooklyn
police made public the second note
received by the minister.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
CHANNEL TUNNEL KILLED

LONDON, July |. W,R;- The Brit
ish house of commons rejected the
proposal of tunnel beneath the
English Channel by n vote of l79
to l72 last night. 1t was objected
to chiefly on the grounds of nation
al defense.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
BY JOHN and KENNETH HUNTER
World S Record Endurance Flyers

UNNTlgNT, IHoV, ~ tNc VMtCd TrcS
OVE2 SKY IIARBOR AIR
PORT, CHICAGO. July /. -
There isn't much amusement
for us flying around here break
ing all the records on the books.
Mostly we have to work, taking
on fuel and plotting and dodg-
ing the thunderstorms that
have come so fast the last few
days.
No. We don't get much
sleep. From one to five hours
at time and then just as like
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-01
FLYING HUNTERS STATE THEY.
GET LITTLE AMUSEMENT IN AIR

EDITORS S NOTE: The United
Press presents herewith an exclusive
signed story by John and Kenneth
Hunter, brother endurance flyers,
who have shattered all previous
records for sustained refueling
flights and who still circle over Sky
Harbor airport piling hour on hour
to their credit. The story was writ
ten under difficulties in the small,
oil saturated cabin of the City of
Chicago in answer to questions sent
up by United Press Correspondent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-31
POLICE END GIRLS
DREAMS AS BANDIT

condition at hospital after al
legedly having been slugged and
robbed and left at the roadside.
The three were arrested by De-
tective Sergeant George Hubbard
here after reports Of the holdup at
Lebanon Wednesday night The two
men gave names of Frank Mancuso,
81, Hibbing, MINI, and Helmoth
Smith, 10, Lima, o.
In alleged confessions today the
three told the same story Of the
holdup, police assert.
Smith declared he was hitch-hik-
ing along Road 50 near Chicago
when the woman permitted him To
enter her car. Hogan was in the car
at the time, having been picked UP
by Miss Powers previously.
Near Lafayette, Mancuso was
picked up. Smith says the woman
told Mancuso and him that Hogan
had $40 and that she needed the
money for gasoline and oil. On her
suggestion, Smiths alleged confess
sion declares, Hogan was beaten and
robbed by Mancuso and Smith.
1T will be easy for us to pull
other holdups," Smith says the
women told them after Hogan had
been left unconscious at the road
side, police say Smith confessed.
A previous arrest in Kansas City
on a vragancy charge, was admitted
by the women, police declare. They
say she admitted the truth OF
Smiths alleged confession. Smith
declared the holdup the first in
which he ever participated, and
denied having previously known
either the woman or Ma cuso.