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Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Women brains
OF Bandit Gang

DETROIT, April 5.-W.P - A
comcly student nurse, Miss Ruth
Jones, %, and her companion, Edith
Casppuics, 50, today were named by
police as the "brains' of gang
held responsible for two Detroit
bank robbcrics, the holdup of a
Toledo bank last week, and dozen
other major Detroit robberics.
Miss Jones and Leonard Kovic,
who police say is her sweetheart,
have confessed, according to inspec-
tor William Collins. The others held
are Ralph Benham, and Samuel
Thomas and Harry Boroo, brothers.
Police say Kovio admitted he and
his four companions staged the To
ledo robbery, in which $1,000 was
obtained. He also admitted taking
part in the robbery of branch of
the Detroit First National bank
Tuesday afternoon when 5000 was
obtained, and the $4,000 payroll
holdup at the Province Hospital
Feb. -.
According to Collins, Miss Jones
and Mrs. Casppuies planned the
"jobs' for the men. At hanks
they would open accounts. study the
interior arrangement, draw dia
grams and then start their male
companions on the actual robbery
he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
FEDERAL AGENTS
TO INVESTIGATE
SHIPS MYSTERY

LOS ANGELES, April 5. W.P)-
department of justice agents
boarded the S. s. Virginia as ii
locked in Los Angeles harbbor to-
oay, to investigate the mysterious
disappearance of Miss Helen Irene
Fink, 80 year old Washington, d
G., singer, during voyage from
New York.
Miss Fink vanished from the YES
sci Wednesday night after she hac
sung at Il concert for passengers
She was not missed until the fol
lowing morning when Officers price
open the locked door of her state
room and found that the cabin haC
lot been tenanted during the night
The missing woman is believed t.
have been the secretary of the lat
Representative w. w. Griest o
Pennsylvania. She is said to hav
been in poor health.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Government MAY
Lose Control OF
Rail UnificatiOn

WASHINGTON, April 5.WD- The
government is in danger of losing
control over railroad unification un-
less legislation is enacted giving
the I. c. C. authority to regulate
holding companies, Joseph B. East
man of the commission, told the
house interstate commerce commit
tee today at its railroad holding
company investigation.
The necessity for regulatory leg
islation has been made more active
in recent years by the operation of
the Allegheny corporation, controlI-
ed by the Van Sweringen brothers
of Cleveland, and the Pennroad cor
poration, Pennsylvania railroad
company, Eastman said.
"The commission recommended a
study of this question in its annual
renort last year because the actions
of certain holding companies have
led to the fear we will lose control
over railroad unification," Eastman
said.
"The danger was first brought to
our attention in 1921 by the Den
yer & Rio Grande Western railroad
case. In this case, the Western Pa
cific Railroad corporation, a holding
company, secured control of the
Denver & Rio Grande Western. The
commission held it had no power tC
interfere since management of the
two roads was to remain separate
and the Western Pacific corporation
was merely a holding, not an oper
ating company"
Eastman described in detail the
charters and organization of the Al
legheny corporation and the Penn
road corporation as the largest OF
railroad holding companies. Repre-
sentatives of both companies listen
ed closely to Eastman's testimony.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Flyer Fails To
Complete Trip

FORT WAYNE, Ind, April 5.UP.
Albert NJ. Mooney made a forced
landing five miles north Of Fort
Wayne today when his engine
failed on his attempted coastto-
coast flight.
The aviator, who left the west
coast yesterday hoping to set new
record, was uninjured in the forced
landing and his airplane undam-
aged.
Mooney said he was forced tc
land when his engine began to fail
He blamed faulty installation fol
his trouble.
The flier's time from Los An
geles to Fort Wayne was - hour,
and % minutes which he believes
set record for that distance.
Mooney said he would fly back
to Wichita, Kansas, in IA few days
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
SEVERE BLAZE
KEEPS CHICAGO
FIREMEN BUSY

CHICAGO, April 5. WP)-A spec.
tacular fire raced through an old
four story building in the north
west corner of the Loop early today
knotting traffic and providing an
impromptu show for late theatre
goers.
Starting with a series of myster-
ious explosions, the flames soon sped
out of control, endangering the sky
scrapers around West Lake street
and Walker Drive, the new double
deck street that borders the Chica-
90 river. The flames spread glare
over the whole entire Loop, start
ing rumors that the whole north
west corner of the Loop was burn
ing.
After five hours Of battling, vir-
tually all the firefighters in the
downtown district brought h G
flames under control. A 5-1l alarm,
the first in months, congregated an
array of apparatus that choked the
narrow streets in that section where
many of the buildings date from
the great fire of 1871.
The original fire and explosion
started in the plant of the Western
Radio company and the flames shot
into nearby offices. Fire Marshal
Michael Corrigan took personal
charge of the battle and emerged
cut on the check, the only casualty.
The final damage was estimated
at from 100000 to 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Missing Girl Is
Found In Douglas

DOUGLAS, Ariz., April >. Cup,-
\ girl, believed to be Pauline Onu-
Iryk, 10, sought by Los Angeles
county authorities for several days,
was under care of Salvation Army
officials here today.
The girls brother, now in Los
Angeles, notified Los Angeles au-
thorities that he left his sister in
Phoenix in care of stranger whom
they had met a Gallup, n. NJ. The
stranger was to take the girl to
Riverside, Calf.
The girl told Salvation Army of
ficials here last night that the
stranger stole her pocketbook at
Yuma, and that she left the auto
mobile in which they were riding.
A man, whom she said she did not
know, picked her up at Yuma and
brought her here. Salvation Army
officials said they would hold the
girl here until funds are received
.rom Los Angeles for the trip to
that city.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Permit Granted
Edgar Brothers

April building got off to n good
start this morning when the city
engineering department issued a
permit to Edgar Brothers in the
amount of $2l, 800 for work on their
new automobile display store and
service station TO he located at the
corner of Fourth and Main streets.
This permit does not include the
steel work to be put in the build
ing, which will be taken care of by
a special permit to be issued at "a
later date.
This new building 90 by $50 feet,
is to be of concrete and brick with
steel trusses and will constitute a
very noticeable improvement for
what is fast becoming one of the
busiest corners in town. The firm
of Hunter and Lippman, Los An
gelcs. have the contract for this
work and it is expected that it
will he completed within q month as
work has already started.
With this permit, the total for
building operations so far this
month now aggregate $22,O5O with
several other large jobs still to be
recorded.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Find More Bars
Sawed At Jail

Reused to action by the discovery
of three lars in the south tank of
the county Jail having been sawed
through, jail officials instituted a
thorough search of the Jail yester'
day with the results that two more
bars were found to have been saw
ed by prisoners eager to make a
break for freedom.
The work of repairing the dam
aged bars is now under way while
the officials are submitting the in
situation to fine comb search in
an effort To locate the saws and
their source of entry. There is no
positive means of know ng just
when the last two" bars were weak
ened, but Jail guardians will not
rest until they have removed the
possibilities of any further attempts
at "A Jail delivery.
Prisoners held for serious crimes
have been placed in special cells as
an added precaution.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
BELIEVES
VAST OIL STORES
REMAIN UNKNOWN

WASHINGTON, April 5. UP)-
Vast stores of oil yet unknown may
b, discovered as the result of the
scientific research of the man who
wighed the world.
DR.. Paul r. Heyl, L. S. Bureau of
Standards Savant, told radio listen
err last night some of the practical
promises of the paraphernalia and
mthods by which he was able to
weigh the globe.
lis patient researches, carried
on in chamber 35 feet below the
eath's surface, attracted edfmuch at
tetion several years ago. Before
hin in his workshop were meta,
balls and pendulums, with which he
cxIerimented to determine the cab
sollte value" of gravity, or how
harl the earth draws other masses
to it.
Ee calculated the worlds weight
by observing its effect on other
parts of the universe. Expressed in
common tons this weight runs to a
figure with 81 zeroes after it, a
figure too large for the lay mind to
comprehend
The methods used by Hcyl may
constitute scientific "divingrod"
to find oil, In his speech last
night, he explained the pull of gray
ity varies because of the nature of
the material under the earth. A
large body of subterranean oil
would exert lesser gravitational
pull than similar mass of rock,
or some heavier material, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
DRAG LAKE IN
EFFORT TO FIND
BODY OF AVIATOR

Los ANGELES, April ;. WP)
While dragging crew stood by to-
lay awaiting the hoisting of II sub
merged airplanc which carried the
body of Sergeant Andrew Davis of
March field into Lake Hodges, north
Of San Diego, pilots flying All
planes between here and Nogalcs
hriz., were on the lookout for signs
of aonthcr possible flight tragedy
FLYERS were instructed to watch
for some trace of George Palmer
wealthy Los Angeles real estate
tealer, and his pilot, John Chaplin
missing since Wednesday on a flight
TO Mexico.
Meanwhile, planes were to h,
sent out from Nogalcs, Ariz., to
search that region. The two men
lave not been heard from. Their
plane was not equipped with food
or water as they expected to reach
Nogales within five hours after
leaving Los Angeles.
Men dragging Lake Hodges yes
terday, located the wreckagc of the
plane in which Davis was killed, in
80 feet of water. Attempts were
20 be made to raise the ship, believ
ing the Scrgcant's body may have
| cen pinned in it,
Captain Earl G. Harper, pilot of
the plane, managed to free himself
of a parachute and heavy coat and
TO swim to safety after collision
With power line in forced land
ing sent the craft into the lake.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Schumann-Heink
Sues Producer

Los ANGELES, April ,. W.PN-
Nine. Ernestinc Heiuk,
noted opera singer, asked $4,000
damages from Edwin Carewc, mo.
ton picture producer, for asserted
breach of contract in "A suit on file
here today.
The singer charged that Carewe
failed to 60 through with contract
to star her in four audible films.
She asserted that the first picture
was to have been started last Feb.
iuary and that her salary had been
set at $4,000.
Nine. Schumann. IIeink s action
also alleged that she was to have
received 100000 for the second pie.
tnre, 100000 for the next and
$l25,o0o for the final production.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
PLANE FLEET IS
DIRECTED WITH
RADIO CONTROL
Unique Experiment At
Big Review Said To
Work Perfectly
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
Omitted Press staff Correspondent

MATHER FIELD, SACRAMEN-
TO, Calf, April 5. W.H-Crissy
Field, San Francisco's military air
training station, today was doomed
TO destruction.
For the first time in the history
of amy aviation, a major offensive
by complete wing of more than 12O
comoat planes will be directed by
radio from the air.
Crissy Field was selected as the
imaginary objective of this deadly
mass movement of planes to give the
air corps actual practice in destruc-
tion of enemy air bases.
Brigadier General William f. X.
Gilmore, commanding the army air
corps provisional wing, will direct
the planes in next weeks aerial
war by radio from a flag plane ac'
companying the mission.
Every type of fighting craft in
the air service-bombing, attack,
observation and pursuit planes
will engage in the movement and
General Gilmore will be in constant
communication with the leaders of
each group.
'This phase of the mission," said
General Gilmore, sis an experiment
and how successful it will be re-
mains to be seen. | believe, how
ever, that it should point the way
for air control of air forces by
commanding Officers III view of the
Increasing reliability and usefulness
Of radio, vocal as well as telegraph
it.'
A telephone will connect General
Gilmore and his staff Officers with
an interplane switchboard installed
in the rear of his bomber, through
which he can talk with the pilot of
his own plane or issue orders to and
receive reports from the command
ing offers of the other groups.
The attack will be delivered at
l0:3O a. M, Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Oklahoma Oil Well Is
Again On Rampage Af-
ter Being Subdued
FIRE THREATENS
Sand Forces Metal Cover
ing Into Air Causing
Tremendous Roar
By GEORGE ROSCOE
United Press Staff Corresponden

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 5. (U.p)
The Mary Sudik wild gusher
roared into the morning mists of
the South City field today with as
much violence as ever.
After being a captive less than
eight hours, the huge gusher early
today crashed through specially de-
signed connections which were
placed yesterday.
1t was the 10th day the well has
been wild.
Shortly before last midnight
guards at the location reported that
connections were weakening. Sand
driven upward by tremendous
pressure of the great depth gradual
ly wore through the Shaffer gate
which had been welded from com
binations of hard metals. Scouts
noticed the huge 2500 pound gate
waver for an hour.
Then it snapped. With a roar that
aruosed workmen on nearby leases,
the oil and gas column shot sky
ward again.
Immediately, the fire hazard that
caused state and county officials 10
declare an area of so square miles
under blockade, threatened tn
field. Residents of Capitol Hill,
south suburb of the city, wer
aroused after going to bed las
night for the first time in severa
DAYS without oil mists gathering Il
their homes and the roaring gas dis
turbing them.
Officials said it was not the tre
mendous pressure of the well tina
caused the gate to fail as much
it was the sand cutting. Wit
greater force than any man mad
: blast. sand rose in the hole IN
steady stream. 1t cut the casln
protruding from the hole int
shreGs.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
G. 0. P. HOPES
TO AIR RIFT In
BOURBON RANKS
Politics Behind Question
ing OF Raskob And
Party Leaders
By PAUL R. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, April .. U.H)
The prohibition controversy in the
Democratic party, which is said to
have driven the south into the Re
publican column in 1923, is to be
aired by Republicans before the
senate lobby committee.
As part of the Republican STRAIT
egy on the prohibition issue, Sen
ator Robinson, dry Republican of
Indiana, has called Josephus Dan
icls, ardent Democratic dry, and
Henry II. Curran, president of the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment, to appear before the
lobby committee Tuesday.
Robinson wants to question Dan
icls about an editorial in the Raj
eigh, n. G., News and Observer, CON
tending John j. Raskob, chairman
of the Democratic national commit
tee, had mixed his wet views with
Democratic party politics and there
fore should resign.
Raskob vigorously denied this
when before the committee yester-
day. He said he exercised extreme
care that his $66,000 contributions
/ to the anti-prohibition organization
should not involve the party and
testified he had not tried to con
vert any Democrat to the wet
! cause.
From Curran, Robinson hopes tc
get an audit of the books of the
/ association to see if any of Ras
kb's money was used to finance pro
| paganda against dry Democratic ol
for wet Republican candidates fol
! congress.
If Robinson gets, nothing more
from Daniels than an affirmation
of his editorial against Raskob, hi
will have brought to public atten
tion at the correct political tim'
the Democratic divergence owe
prohibition in 1923. He believe
this may react against the Demo
crafts in November.
The audit of the associatio
! books, however, is expected to sho'
| Raskob's contributions, like other
were used to finance wet and ant
dry publicity without mentionin
individual candidates for offic
Republican or Democratic, wet {
dry.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
FISH DO THEIR
PART TO MAKE
= HOOVER HAPPY

ORANGE, Va, April 5. W.P-
President Hoover was happy va
cationist today at his fishing caml
high in the Blue Ridge Mountains
\ tempting breakfast of Drowned
crisp mountain trout, last evening :
catch, called Mr.. Hoover from his
bed almost at the break of day
Clad in his well worn fishing garb
.e was away early for a full day in
the open with rod and reel.
Before a great red sun dipped
over the mountains to the westward
last night, Mr.. Hoover had taken
his first trout of the spring season
at his favorite fishing center. With
his party of friends he had motored
down from Washington in the late
afternoon, and managed to fish
nearly an hour before sunset.
A roaring fire in the camps cen
tral gathering hall kept off the
mountain chill while Mr.. Hoover
and his guests spun their fishing
arms for brief time before re
! firing. But the full program fol
today ncceSsitated an early bed
time and the company soon "epar
ated to its various sleeping quarters
With Mr.. Hoover ON his frs
week end cXcurSio nof the presen
week end excursion of the prcseu
were Secretary of Commerce La
mont, Secretary of Interior Wilbur
Attorney General Mitchell, Repre-
sentative Franklin Fort, of New Jer
Sey; Capt. Joel T. Boone, Whit
House physician, aand Lawrence
Richey, one of the President 5 sec
Ietares.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
OFFICERS WHO
KILLED BANDIT
ARE COMMENDED

Los ANGELES, April 5. U,H--
A coroner's jury was on record as
,ommending the bravery of three
police officers whose running gun
battle ended with the death of a
hollywood bank robber.
The staying of Louis Mckenzie,
alias Joe Luby, the bandit who held
up the Security First National Bank
of Hollywood, was found to have
been "iustifiable homicide. y
Police Sergeants A. A. Campbell II
and Z. Y. Grey, and Officers r. IT,
Brown, were praised. Sergeant
Campbell fired the shot when
drilled Mckenzie and ended the
five mile chase through traffic.
The bandits body will be shipped
to his brother Robert McKenz'e, IN
Chicago, police said.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Says Rudy Vallee
Music Pirate

LOS ANGELES, April 8. W.D-
Rudy Vallee, screen player and
radio singer, was charged with pl-
rating the song "I'm Vagabond
Lover" in $1,000,00o damage suit
filed here today by Roberta Hudson
Mckay, 26.
Miss Mckay, in her complaint,
contended that she wrote the Or
iginal song, "Vagabond Lover" two
years ago and submitted it for copy
right while never offering 1T to the
public.
A few months ago, she complain
ed, copy of her song came into
the possession of Valee and Leon
Zimmerman, named as a co-defend-
ant, and they, after making slight
changes in the wording, introduced
the song and had it published.
In addition to damages, Miss Me.
Key asked an accounting and an in
junction restraining Valee from fur,
thcr use of the compositio.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Then The Super
Dropped Dead

SOFIA, BULGARIA, April 8.
W.P)-King Boris, wearing over
alls and driving the crack Varna
express train, arrived at Plevcn
two minutes late, and received
harsh bawling out from the di-
visional superintendent, who fail
cd to recognize the royal engi-
neer.
The king signed the regular
drivers report, and patiently
explained his difficulties. Then
the superintendent discovered
his identity. Boris then mount
cd the cab and drove the express
to Varna within the scheduled
hours time.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
GOVERNOR
LINKED IN
OIL MESS
Berman Charges Young
Permitted Lewis To
Name Friedlander
TELLS MONEY DEAL
Julian Key Man Says
Big Contribution Made
To Campaign Fund

Los ANGELES, April 5. UH-
The charge that S. c. Lewis, former
President of the Julain Petroleum
corporation, contributed $250,00
to the 1926 campaign of Governor
c. G. Young and later obtained per,
mission to name the next state cor
poration commissioner was made to
the grand jury by Jacob Berman
former julian executive, it was re
vealed today when the transcript
of berman's testimony was made
public.
Lewis then named Jack Fricdlan
der, who was certain to do what
Lewis wanted, to the post. Bermar
told the jurors.
Berman said that he turned ovei
various amounts of money to Lewis
who told him in turn that the
money went to the campaign fund
of Young.
His testimony was given under
the questioning of Frank Stafford
special prosecutor appointed by dis
trict attorney Buron Fits.
SACRAMENTO, April 5, UH-
Governor c. G. Young, told of tn,
charges made in the testimony OF
Jacob Bcrman W hen he alightet
from an army airplanc at Mathe
Field, near Sacramento, said he ha'
no comment to make until he reach
ed his office at the Capitol. II,
promised formal statement later.
LOS ANGELES, April ). W.H-
The quiet which had settled temper
arily over the Julian battle front
here today with the county grand
jury in adjournment until Tuesday
allowed District Attorney Buror
Fits to concentrate fully on his
next campaign to get S. C. Lewis
to trial on jury bribery charges.
The former Julian Petroleum cor
poration president won his first
fight with Fits to get into fed
eral prison and start serving sew,
en- years sentence for mail fraud
but the victory appeared last night
to be only partial.
H1tcr IeIcphonc conversation
between L. s. Attorney General
William Mitchell and Fits, it was
learned that the district attorney
had agreed to drop his fight to hold
Lewis in the county Jail here for
the jury bribery trial April 81.
In return, it was said that Fits
would receive federal aid in bring
ing thc cx-Julian executive back
from McNcils Island, where Lewis
is to be sent Wednesday, for thr
trial.
Lewis and five others were in.
dictcd by the state on charges of
conspiracy to bribc jurors in the
1928 Julian conspiracy trial. By
getting into federal prison, Lewis
had hoped to escape the jury bribery
trial and so surrender to the United
States marshal here.
Nearly two score witnesses re.
main to be questioned when the
grand jury resumes its invcstga
tion into the 4.000,O 900 share stock
over-issuc which broke the Julian
corporation in 1927. More than sc
indictments already have been ro,
turned in connection with tho com
pany's collansc and more are expect.
ed next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
Two Killed AS
Plane Crashes

NEW YORK, April ). WR)-A
prominent Los Angeles business man
and his pilot were killed when their
tri-motorcd bin monoplane
crashed and burst into flames last
aight near ROOSEVELT Field.
The dead were: T. Worden Hun
ter, president of the Bach Aircraft
company, Los Angeles, and Pilot r.
W. McAllister.
The plane passed low over the
field, and as the pilot attempted tc
turn it crashed Hunter and Me
Allistcr, bringing tho first Bacl
cabin monoplanc east, had flown tC
Bethany, Conn, to see a friend of
llunter, and were returning wher
thc accident occurred.