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Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
LOCAL COUPLE
BADLY INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH

Miss Ethel Redgwick and F. w
Moore, both employed in the FL
Centre office of the Automobile
Club of Southern California, were
badly injured at 7:16 p. m., Satur-
day, when the car in which they
We're riding toward Calexico was
struck by an automobile driven by
Walter McGee of Ell Centre. McGee
and party of other negroes, were
returning from Calexico at the time
of the smash, and struck the other
car at u point halfway between that
city and Heber.
p. M. McCrillis, who was driving
directly behind the Moore car, picked
up the injured couple and rushed
them to the Calexico hospital
According to latest reports, Miss
Redgwick is recovering but suffers
severe pain from bruises and lacera-
tions. The left side of her face is said
20 be paralyzed and a possible frac-
tured skull is suspected.
A charge of driving while intoxi-
Gated was lodged against McGee
who is at present in the count" Jail
No one was injured when COLI
sion occurred at . clock yesterday
afternoon between ears driven by +.
". Mcintyre of Brawley, and Joe
Lapp of Imperial, at the intersection
Of Adams and Imperial avenue. Lapp,
evidently quite intoxicated according
TO the report made at the county
traffic office, ran into the rear of
McIntyre's ear, after the latter had
given the signal he intended to turn.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
None Killed AS
Plane Hits Car

OAKLAND, Jan. UP - -Four
persons were recovering today from
Injuries received when an airplmc
crashed ON the top of the sedan in
which they were riding, near the
Oakland airport yesterday.
In the machine were Mr.. and Mrs.
George Jenkins and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. G. Cashion of Alameda. jenkins,
who received broken leg was the
only preson seriously injured.
Richard Starrctt, pilot Of the
plane, miraculously escaped with a
few bruises. The top of the car acted
~ buffcr, and after breaking the
planes fall, bounced the craft off
into Il fence.
S'tarrctt, who held Il student
pilot's license, said that down cur
rents forced the plane into the ma
chine as he was coming in for :,
landing.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
Bandits Blow
Proves Fatal

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6 kU.P) - A
blow on the head given her by San
Francisco bandits two weeks ago, to-
day was held responsible for the
death of Mrs. William r. Tollmer
wealthy widow.
Mrs. Tollmer was found dead in
her apartment yesterday.
May Lee, a friend, told the police
that Mrs. Tollmer had been struck
down two weeks ago in San Fran
c SEQ when she had been robbed of
several thousand dollars worth OF
jewels.
Mrs. Tollmer is said to be sister
of Mr.. j. Seymour Wilson, Bellview
New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
AIRPLANE HELPS
IN CAPTURE OF
PRISON CONVICT

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 6. W.p)-
Charts prepared for the purpose
from an airplanc made possible the
capturc Saturday in his hide-out IN
the Frog Tank mountains of Dewey
Thurlo, reputed "bad man. and one
of seven who escaped from Mari
copa county Jail December rs,
Sheriff Charles r. Wright revealed
today.
Receiving information of the
bandits approximate whereabouts
the sheriff dispatched fast scout
ing plane to map the rugged area
with special attention to vantage
points which might logically be
chosen by an escaped criminal.
So successful was this innovation
in pursuit methods that the sheriff
and five deputies were able to slip
up on Thurlo while he slept and
take him prisoner without strug'
gle. Told of how his seemingly inn
pregnable position was overcome
easily by the Officers, Thurlo gave
up" completely, waived his appeal
filed in state supreme court and cX-
pressed desire to start serving SEN
tencc of from i to 25 years IN
Florence pcnitentiary at once.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
ONLY CRIMINALS
SUFFER PENALTY
OF JONES LAW

EVANSTON, ILL.,, Jan. 6. U.p)-
Criminals with police records and
not college boys with pint flasks,
comprise the convicts who are IN
prison under the Jones law, officials
of the National Womcn's Temper
ancc Union declared in a statement
today.
The findings, it was stated, were
based on study of indictments ard
convictions throughout the United
States. The survey was prompted
by the explanation of Senator Otis
NJ. Glenn of Illinois for his vote
against the Jones Stalker law. The
senator said he feared college boys
with pint flasks would be sent to
Leavenworth and that he had friends
who were violating the dry law and
he did not want to be too severe
with them.
Results of the survey in Mime
sofa, West Virginia, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana,
Kansas and Kentucky were stated,
with the conclusion in each case that
cnly criminals are convicted under
the law.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
LABOR LEADERS
START WORK IN
SOUTHERN FIELD
Hope To UniOnize Indus
trial Sections Below Ma
sOn-DixOn Line.

CHARLOTTE, n. c., Jan. WPj-
Labor chieftains of the nation met
here today with leaders of the
movement in Dixie to launch the
long heralded southern labor drive.
BY vote of the last annual session
OF the American Federation of Labor,
offensive organization of southern
,abor-especially in the textile belt
of North Carolina-was ordered.
President William Green of 4. F.
of L., led the national leaders into
Charlotte, while President r. 4. Will
son of the North Carolina federation
was in charge of the state dclcga-
ton.
AS the meeting got under w:y in
The Charlotte hotel, the feeling pre-
vailed that it forecasts Il possible
major realignment of labor's aff,lir,
south of the Mason and Dixon line.
Throughout the textile belt for
months there have been sporadic in.
| stances of dissatisfaction among the
workers, countered by assertion of
mill operatives that radical orcaniz.
ers were responsible, and no. the
existing labor conditions.
Bitterness leading even to blood
shed has been engendered. Six tex
;jle unionists were slain in clash
with deputy sheriffs at the gates
of the Marion Manufacturing com
pany in October. Two other fata
clashes occurred at Gastona.
Exact scope of the meeting today
had not been intimated. 1t was un
derstood, however, the convening
chiefs would spend the major porCor
Of the day perfecting a temporary
organization. President Green wa
expected to sound keynote.
The purpose of the conference, ac
oording to a statement issued b.
President Green IN Washington, j
to "map out a plan for organizing
the wage earners of the south,
through campaign expected to b,
1.-the most extensive of its kind eve
inaugurated by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
Mother Battles
To Save Family

CONNEAUT, O., Jan. 6 U.P,-Mrs.
James Scribner fought smoke and
flames to get to her five children
trapped in their burning home here
today but only two survived.
Florence, 3, was found dead under
the kitchen sink by fircmen. Jose
phine, 3, and Alva, three months,
died later in hospital of thoir burns
aftcr their mother had carried them
from their bed out of the burning
house.
Thomas, 13, and Martin, 6, iumped
from IA second story window and
we're saved.
Mrs. Scribner is in hospital here
suffering from shock.
An overheated coal stove was be.
lieved the cause Of the fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Jan. 6.
U.P)-Rough seas which thwarted at
tempts to raise the wreckage of two
planes holding seven bodies on the
floor of the Pacific, were expected
TO grow calmer today to permit re-
newal of rescue efforts.
A storm which added rain and
cold to the discomforts of working
on choppy water yesterday, was
abating at an early hour. Coast
guardsmen and others were prepared
to start soon after dawn hunting the
plane which their graphing hooks
have failed so far to locate.
One of the two planes which
crashed head-on last Thursday dur
ing the filming of motion picture
and sank in 80 feet of water off
Point Vineente, was snagged by a
mine sweeper Saturday. 1t was
dragged to a water depth of so feet.
A diver was unable to find any
Iodies in the plane lying in shallow
water Saturday, but coast guardsmen
believed he was unable to examine
the wreckage thoroughly.
The seven men whose bodies have
not been found were: Kenneth
Hawks, director, Captain Ross Cook
and Hallock Rouse, pilots, George
Eastman, Tom Harris and Henry Jo
hanness, employees of the Fox Film
Corporation. Bodies of Max Gold
Ben Frankel and Conrad Wells, other
film employees, We're hurtled from
the falling planes and were recover
ed soon after the accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
BY FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright 1880 by United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6. U.H)--
Otis Hefner, missing KEY witness
in the William Desmond Taylor
murder mystery, was found today
by the United Press.
Hefner is the man who former
Governor Friend William Richard
son said had revealed to him the
name of the person who murdered
the famous motion picture director
in February, 1922.
He is believed to be the man to
whoa Buron Fits, Los Angeles
district attorney, referred to two
weeks ago when he said:
"We have reconstructed the
Gene of the killing and We have
built an almost perfect case. Only
one link remains TO be filled. -
Found by George f. Powers, a
reporter for the United Press, Hef-
ner repeated and amplirled the dis
closures made to the governor and
the state prison board secretly in
1926, which resulted in his release
from Folsom penitentiary to save
his life.
These disclosures intended by the
governor for presentation to the
Los Angeles grand jury, leaked out
prematurely and, in the opinion of
the state parole board, placed Hef-
ncr in danger of assassination at
the hands of members of the dope
ring in the prison.
Found in civil life under another
name, supporting his invalid wife
and baby, Hefner answered these
direct questions put to him by the
United Press:
l. DO you know anything of the
murder of William Desmond Tay-
lors
3 A. Yes.
Q. DO you know who committed
the murderf
A. Yes.
q. Who was it.
A. (He named a
motion picture celebrity.
@. How do YOU know this.
A. l was mixed up along with
Edward Sands, formerly employed
by Taylor, in narcotic ring il
Southern California. Sands was de
, livcring dope to Taylor. The night
! TAYLOR was murdered l went will
Sands to Taylor's house. He saw -
--- leaving the premises, ant
few minutes later Sands discover
ed Taylor's body.
Q. When was this'
A. About . a. M. February 2
| 1929.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
CONGRESS
RESUMES
SESSIONS
Tariff And Prohibition
To Be Major Issues OF
Next Six Months.
ELECTIONS COMING
Senate And House To Be
Busy In Hope OF Making
Good ShOwings.
By PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 UP Al
ready under the spell of the looming
November congressional elections,
congress convened today COR n
straightawav session of six months
or more. 1t will deal with two i'm
portant political issues tariff and
prohibition.
The long delayed tariff measure,
introduced nearly a year ago, is the
official pending business of the sen
ate, but prohibition is the unofficial
business of both houses.
The situation is especially inter
esting because the entire house and
Cnc-third of the senate, must go
from this session into the fall cam
paigns, to be judged, largely, on the
basis of records made at this time.
Probabilities are there viii be 4
thorough airing of views, parucu-
larly among the drys who are dIyid-
ca regarding the charges mad by
the leading Republican dry cam
paigncr, Senator Borah of Idaho,
against the existing enforce ncnt
system.
The house Is expected to take the
issue by the horns Immediately, and
adopt, after some debate, the Jones
resolution calling for a congressional
committee to inquire into proposed
unification of enforcement agencies
under the justice department. Later,
0robaklv about February /, there
viii bh another fight over prohibi-
ticn appropriations. Meanwhile the
preliminary report of President Hoo
,er's law enforcement commission is
To be made public.
Senate leaders are hoping to cur
tail prohibition debate as much as
possible by appealing for carly ac-
tion on tho tariff.
Tariff Prospects Good
Prospects for the tariff bin never
Looked brighter. Estimates of the
various groups as to when il will
pass the senate vary from three to
six weeks, but no one believes the
bin will he held up longer thar six
weeks.
Then it will 60 to conference with
The house. While agreement between
the two houses will nc difficult be
cause of wide differences in the bills
favored by each, methods of agree
mcnt already are being discussed.
More congressional authorities now
feel an agreement is possible shan
ever before.
The senate will go to work i'm
medatelv on the tariff with a
gentlemen 5 agreement between the
groups that no other business will
I've permitted to intervene.
The house will work on the war
department appropriation bin which
was reported from committee today.
Off the floor, senate committees
are to resume inquiries this week
into lobby activities, radio and cot
ton speculation. Disputes also have
arisen among Republicans over com
mittec assignments, but an agree
,ncnt is expected to permit Senator
Lafolclttc, Independent Republican,
Wisconsin, place ON the finance
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
New Motorship
Reports Trouble

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6 (u.P'-
With engines out of commission the
new motorship Fresno City OF the
Rcardon Smith line is reported dis
abled in Il heavy sea off Bogcda
bay, SO miles north of San Francisco o
today.
The vessel was bound from Sun
derland. England, to Vancouver, B.
&, on its maiden voyage. The Red
stack tug Seaseout has gone to the
aid of the ship,
\ crew of 40 men are aboard the
vessel which is commandered by
Captain Daniel Davies.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
WHAT'S DOING
Tonight

Tonight
Dress rehearsal of ''The
Messiah 8, Wilson school.
Band practice, 7:45, Wilson
School.
Night school. TO. high school.
F. and A. M. No. 3S4, 7:30,
Masonic Temple.
American Legion Auxiliary.
s, court house.
Conservation club, 7:30, SIG
State.
Fox Imperial Theatre, "The
Tanning of the Shrew.''
Bronson Players in Broken
Wings 7:3O, Palace.
Tomorrow
Lions club, Barbara Worth,
Literature section, $50, 753
Holt.
Presbyterian Missionary so
ciety, 2, 543 Holt.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
Mother OfLOcal
Attorney Dies

1t is with regret that the many
friends OF Attorney Don c. Bltler
learned today of the death Of his
mother, Mrs, Jesse C. Bitter, ycster.
ddy morning in Findlay, Ohio. Mrs.
Bitlcr had been an invalid for al
most n year but her illness did not
assume serious proportions until the
holiday season.
The Ritlers were long time resi-
dents of Ohio and Judge Jesse c.
'itler's death two years ago was
greatly mourncd by the community
which is suffering an equal loss at
Mrs. Ritler's passing. Funeral ser
vices will be held tomorrow in Find
lay.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
Pilgrimage To
Victims Graves

PAISLEY, Scotland, Jan. up
A somber throng of 10000 yesterday
filed past the graves of the 20 chill
dren who lost their lives in the Glen
Cinema fire last week. The victims
lie buried in Hawkhead cemetery,
A heavy rain during the morning
damaged the floral offerings placed
en- the graves early in the day, These
were replaced immediately when the
weather cleared. The masses of flow,
ers ranged from small bouquets to
expensive wrcaths.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
ACTOR ARRESTED

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6 tU.Pj--Kit
Guard, motion picture actor, faced
charges of drunkenness, after being
carted out of the celler of the
Christie hotel where he mad failen
following an alteration with hotel
employees who called for ponce ana
when Guard resisted their attempts
to take him to his room.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
Veteran Actor
Dies Suddenly

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 W.Pj-
Walter c. Van Horn, veteran come
aian, was dead today.
Tragedy and comedy, so often con
fused, went itno the center of the
stage together as the actor stepped
down to the footlights to take his
bow at the close of the second act
of stage show yesterday.
He reeled and fell. Police surgeons
said he had died of appoplexy.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
BABY REPORTED FOUND

Unconfirmod reports from Brawley
tell that the Mexican baby whose
disappearance was recorded in sat.
ufdav s Press, was found yesterday,
ahVe. 1t had been feared that the
yCungster, craving away from its
sleeping mothers side, had fallen
into an irrigation canal.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
UNITED PRESS INTERVIEWS KEY
WITNESS IN TAYLOR SLAYING

@. Do you know of any motive
for the murders
A. Yes. 1 heard direct threats
against Taylor's life because he had
turned "rat" and was informing
on the dope ring. Also Sands told
me that Taylor was in trouble be-
cause of his love affairs.
Q. Have you ever told this to
the officials'
A. Yes, in 1926 I made full
statement for Governor Richardson
to Thomas NJ. Cannon and other of
ficials of the state prison board and
offered to appear before the Los
Angeles grand jury.
Hefner, tall, lean and bronzed. as
serted that since his release from
Folsom penitentiary he had been
attempting to reestablish himself
as good citizen.
81 want to clear up this eight
year old mystery" he said.
81 hope it can be done-if it is
absolutely necessary-without sub
jecting my wife to humiliation, and
sacrificing the place I've won back
by three years of hard work and no
play l don't want to be known as
an ex-convict. My new identity is
clean. I've worked hard to make it
500
Makes Statement
His complete statement, made tc
the United Press and signed by him
is as follows:
81 came out of Texas, a green and
uneducated young fellow in my TWEEN
ties, and got in with bad bunch ir
Southern California. They were
smarter than | was, and altogether
too fast company for me, but l was
useful to them in doing odd jobs ant
1 can see now they carried me along
to make me the goat.
"This clique was primarily engag
ed in the dope racket. There was {
lot of money in it.
"They got the stuff off the boats
at San Pedro, and cleared it through
pharmacy in Los Angeles.
"One Of these crooks was Edward
Sands, who had ostensibly worked
rs chauffeur and valet for Viii
liam Desmond Taylor. Actual,
Taylor was distributing lot O.
| 'hype" to people in the movie bus
mess, including - -. (Agail
naming the person he asserted haC
committed the murder.))
"Taylor and Sands had a falling
out. Taylor left on a trip, and whel
he returned he publicly accused
Sands of robbing his home of cloth
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Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
PRINCESS
GREETED
BY italy
Roman Throngs Extend
Bride-TO-Be Joyous We'll
come.
WILL WE'D PRINCE
P0mp And Splendor Of
Ruling Houses Shown in
Triumphal March.
BY THOMAS MORGAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

ROME, Jan. 6 U.P:-'' Rome opens
its great heart to you,' read the in
scription on the magnificent trium
phal arch through which the little
blonde princess, Marie Jose Of Bel
| gium, entered the eternal city, to
become the bride Wednesday of
Crown Prince Humbert.
Today, after night s sleep in the
great Quirinal place where, in the
natural course of events, she will
some day be mistress, Marie Jose
discovered that not only Rome but
| al Italy had taken her to its heart.
Princess Marie Jose s welcome
here, made memorable by resplen-
dent state ceremonial, but made
human by the uproarious welcome of
an enthusiastic people, left no
doubts as to the popularity of the
royal couple.
In the public interest attached "
this smiling figure, all in witnessing .
mere fact that kings and queens and.
nobility from half the nations'sOge.
Europe were arriving in Rome
throughout the day paled into signi-
ficance. Marie Jose was the center
of attract ton. The reception was all
hers.
To Aid Poor Brides
In her honor the king of Italy an
nounced today the establishment of
. Il fund of 100000 lire, to be turned
over to Count Ludovisi Boncompag-
NJ, governor of Rome, the interest
on which is to be given to brides
not as fortunate as Marie jose
brides who have no dowries.
In her honor Rome produced one
, Of the most gorgeous military page
ants of modern times, pageant
that drew the whole population to
the streets or rooftops until every
square and every house appeared
black with humans.
The royal pa " from Belgium ar
rived on schedule time at red car
peted, flower covered station, lined
with a guard regiment in shining
cuirasses. Crown Prince Humbert,
who had met the train at the Little
station of Tarquinia, 81 miles from
Rome, hastily told his bride to be
the last minute preparations for her
reception and wedding.
The kings and queens of the two
countries, the royal princes and prin'
ccsses, in a glitter.ng display of uni
forms, met and embraced. A process
sion of notables was formed, King
Victor Emanuel and King Albert
seated in the first coach, followed
by the two queens and then by the
bctrothed couple
Populace Cheers
The procession passed through
streets in which massed soldiery kept
back the press of 100000 Romans
cnxious to see Marie Jose, all of
them cheering like mad for the smil-
ing princess.
Ten thousand troops were lined
along the mile and a quarter road
from the station to the Quirinai.
Keeping to her plan as the tradi-
:ional "white bride" Marie Jose
was easily distinguished from the
royal group by her white coat, her
white fox collar, and an enormous
bouquet of white orchids.
King Albert wore the uniform OF
an Italian field marshal, while his
most, King Victor Emanuel, was
dressed as a Belgian general.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
Guardsmen To
Answer Charge

NEW LONDON, Conn, Jan. g W.P)
Fifteen coast guardsmen viii be
tried on charges of piIfcring the
cargo of the captured British rum
runner Flor Del Mar, it was an
nounced officially today at the
coast guard base here.
Commander l.. T. Chalker, com
mandant, made public report on
the investigation conducted by Cap
tain II. II. Wolf, commander of the
destroyer force.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
ENVOY NAMED

WASHlN lON. Jan. 6 up -
President Hoover today sent to the
senate the nomination of Charles {.
Eberhardt of Kansas to be Ameri-
can minister to Costa Rica.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
TO RESUME HUNT
FOR BODIES OF
PLANE VICTIMS

REDONDO BEACH, Jan. 6.
U.P)-The bodies of Kenneth
Hawks, motion picture director,
and Tom Harris, Fox studio
property man, were recovered
this afternoon from one Of the
two airplanes which crashed in
mid-air and fell into the Pacific
Thursday while an aerial stunt
was being Photographed.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06

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