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Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Six Companies
Executive Dies

OGDEN, Utah. Sept. %. lU.P) =
Executive ranks of the Utah Con-
struction company, a unit of Six
Companies, Inc, had been reduced
again today by the death of An
drew H. Christensen, 6s, vice-presi-
dent
Christensen died last night. only
few days after the death in San
Francisco of w. H. Watts. president
of the Utah Construction company
and also Six Companies. The lat
ter concern Is building Hoover dam.
Fate prevented Christensen and
Watts from seeing their growing
achievement. Hoover dam. Each
was a founder of the Utah Construc-
ton company and both regarded
the huge dam on the Colorado river
as the climax of their career.
Combined effect Of heart disease
and a kidney ailment brought or
death Of Christensen.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23

Continued from page u
it was said, has been advocating
spreading out work in order to keep
as many men as possible employed
without cutting their hourly rate.
Aggravate Conditions
The federations attitude is that
a family can live for a time on
very small amount Of money if nee
essary, but that general layoffs or
wage rate reductions only aggravate
an already critical situation. The
federation, it was said. had been
urging President Hoover TO call a
conference of industrial leaders for
the purpose of putting into effect
Just such a scheme.
On the other hand, there was
a feeling of deep Indignation at
federation headquarters over
wage cuts in the steel and cop
per industries. One official
pointed out that while Colorado
Fuel g. Iron, the Rockefeller
company, had cut the wage rate
about 25 per cent, it had only
reduced salaries 10 per cent. a
salaried employee, being on a
longer time basis than a wage
worker can better afford
wage reduction, it was contend
ed.
Another official commented that
preferred stock dividends had not
been generally cut, in spite Of wage
slashes. The feeling generally
among American Federation Of La
Dor leaders was that banking inter-
/ ests were behind the recent cuts
and that the ultimate proposal was
to reduce American living standards
10 those Of Europe. 1t was contend
! ed that industrialists were only pro-
longing and intensifying the de-
preston by reducing the buying
power of the wage Garner and en-
hancing his feeling Of insecurity.
In the absence Of President Will
liam Green, the federation would
| issue no formal statement.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Continue Effort
To Select Jury
In Clark Trial

LOS ANGELES, Sept. %. U.P)-
Attorneys at the retrial. of David
H. Clark. young attorney accused
of the murder of Herbert Spencer,
magazine editor. today continued
their attempts to get satisfactory
jury.
The monotonous questions of
Special Prosecutor Joseph Ford and
Defense Attorney w. l. Gilbert were
propounded to prospective talesmen
throughout the morning session and
little progress was registered.
When the noon adjournment was
taken the jury box held six women
and five men, all tentatively Sc
4ecCed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Hang Eighty-Five
In Mexican State

MEXICO CITY, Sept %. U.P)-
Eighty-five men were reported
hanged on orders of Governor Car
rido Canabal. of Tabasco state, an
Aqua Dulce dispatch to the news
paper La Prensa said today.
The dispatch quoted travellers
from the town of Vincente Guerrero
in the vicinity of Frontera, Tabas-
CO state. 1t said the wholesale
hangings were ordered to avenge
the lynching of Mayor Luis Cha
BILE.
Chable provoked the ire of the
townsmen, the dispatch said, in con-
nection with the kidnapping of girl
who died of injuries suffered when
she fell from a horse while being
abducted
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Low Bidders On
Hangar Named

WASHINGTON. Sept. 23. U.p)-
The navy department today an
nounced the low bidders for con-
struction work on the hangar to be
erected at the Sunnyvale, Cal, dir
igible base as follows:
The Mt. Vernon Bridge Company,
Mt. Vernon, Pa. made the low bid
of sl.646.000 for the entire hangar
Superstructure exclusive of tn g
foundations.
Other low bidders for the hangar
Superstructures were: the Clinton
Construction Company of San
Francisco. s1,7l6,0o0 and the Din
widdie Construction Company, San
Francisco. Sl.8O6.OO0
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Coast RealtOr
Dead In Crash

LEAVENWORTH. Kansas. Sept.
%. (UP)-A letter from Charles w.
Suhr's home in Beverly Hills, Ca.
saying that his wife expected him
home today was believed respon-
sible for his chartering a special
plane in Chicago which plunged
him to death near here.
Suhr, a Beverly Hills realtro, and
the pilot Of the plane, Andrew Mel
son of Chicago, were dead when
aid arrived at the scene OF the
crash. The plane had. been chart
cred to make connections with the
T. and w. A. plane from Kansas
City west.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Mayor Rejects
Cut In Wages

SANTA BARBARA, Cal. Sept.
%. W.P)-City employees today were
assured by Mayor George Nelson
that proposed wage slash ranging
from to 10 per cent had been re-
Jected by him.
The cut was contemplated in or
der that emergency funds for beach
protection might be provided. The
mayor said he would ask the city
council to adopt plans, is feasible
for an occupation tax, instead
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Garrison Suit
In Court Today

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. %. U,D
Suit of Moss E. Garrison, acquit-
ted defendant in the Hazel Brad
shaw murder trial. for $4,000 dam
ages against seven San Diego po-
licemen was TO open today.
The seven are sued for asserted
damages Garrison received when
they allegedly forced him to submit
to third degree methods of ques-
tioning, false arrest, and detention
without due process Of law.
Included in the action are for
mer Chief James Patrick and for
mer Captain Of Detectives Paul
Hayes.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Freight Rates
HOtly Argued

Heated argument concerning the
reduction of freight rates on cattle
shipped from the drought area to
Imperial Valley is featuring the
meeting held in Los Angeles be-
tween railroad officials and repre-
sentativeS Of the sections interested
in the reduction.
a decision as to whether or not
the railroads would reduce rates
was expected yesterday but to date
has not been made, according TO all
information which the agricultural
commissioners office could obtain.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Governor Grants
Killer Reprieve

SACRAMENTO, Sept. %. U.P)-
Governor Rolph today granted a re-
prieve until October 30 to William
H. Burkhardt, Los Angeles, SEN
fenced to be hanged at Folsom pri-
son for the murder of his actress
wife. Ann Mcknight Burkhardt, at
Los Angeles.
Burkhardt has employed new
counsel, Gov. Rolph explained, and
the delay was granted to give coun-
sci time to become familiar with the
case and gather data in support of
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
WEATHER DELAYS HOP

NOME, Alaska, Sept. %. U,P)-
Adverse weather conditions have
delayed the start of Don Moyle
and Cecil Allen, trans-Pacific fly
ors. who hope to make a nonstop
flight from here to Tacoma. Wash.
II weather permits they will prob
ably take off tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
SIX CHILDREN DIE

SASKATOON, Sask.. Sept %.
U.P)-While their parents visited
with relatives six children of Mr..
and Mrs. John p. Unruh burned to
death in their home. according to
reports reaching here today from
Hague, 40 miles north OF Saska-
toon.
The dead were Isaac, 13. Anna,
Il; May. s; Sarah, S: Abram, B.;
Corney, !.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
DIRECTORS MEET

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept %. UP)
Directors and officials Of the Six
Companies, Inc. Hoover dam build
ing syndicate, met today to con-
slider appointment Of a successor to
William H. Watts, president of the
organization, who died September
is.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
FREAKISH EGG LAID

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. W.p - An
egg within an egg was laid by one
of Reginald Jenney's Rhode Island
Red hens. This freakish poultry
product had two shells, two yolks
and two whites.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
SKULL FRACTURED IN SLEEP

LAWRENCE. Kan. U.P) When
Robert Walker, 10, walked in his
sleep recently he fell from a second
story porch, fracturing his skull.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
National

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, post
poned on accouns of rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
AKRON SAILS ON
MAIDEN VOYAGE

AKRON, O., Sept. %. W.P) - The
U. S. Akron sailed away on its
maiden voyage here this afternoon,
rising majestically over blackened
area of spectators as If to proclaim
with pride its title of the worlds
largest aircraft.
Carrying Ill passengers, including
Secretary of Navy Charles Francis
Adams, the Akron pointed aloft at
3:37 o. m. (EST) in the face of
overcast skies.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23

the claim that Burkhardt was in
sane at the time of the Staying.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Officials Score
Wage Reduction

Continued from page u
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23

With the Big Swing to u. S. Tires sweeping
the country, the United States Rubber Com
pany finds it essential to provide motorists
with adequate facilities for the purchase and
service of u. S. Tires.
Frequently difficult, the problem has been
agreeably simplifed here throug h this aP-
pointment. The ever-growing local demand
for u. S. Tires will now be supplied by the
most modern and efficient tire service in this
part of the land.
Particular almost to excess, we feel confident
that you will receive the prompt, courteous
attention buyers Of u. S. Tires have every
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Baseball Scores
American

At New York
Washington ......... 900 003 O00-3 7 Z
New York .............. 900 100 1902
Brown, Marberry and Spencer
Gomez, Pipgras and Dickey.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
u. S. TIRE DEALER

right to expect. We feel complimented
because this dealer has, after much research
and thought selected the United States line
of tires - tires made by the worlds largest
producer of rubber.
This very volume is permitting us to build
the finest u. S. Tires in our history and
at lower prices than ever before. All over the
country, on all kinds of roads, under all
conditions u. S. Tires are establishing new
records for performance-m mileage-depend.
ability-economy.
All u. S. Tires have that extra margin of safety
SO essential to modern driving conditions
Easier steering quicker stopping faster
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23

acceleration. Truly, tires apart in appearance
in stamina, in extra.long safety mileage.
Whether you select the Royal Master, the
u. S. Royal, u. S. Peerless, or u. S. Royal
Heavy Service, you will benefit from extra
quality at no additional cost.
And now you, in this community, have
the supreme combination of such a quality
product plus the efficient service Of the
local u. S. Tire dealer to assure you of
lowest cost per mile, complete satisfaction.
and freedom from tire trouble.
A good team to back-U. S. Tires and
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
POLICE SLAYER
WINS RETR|AL

The Supreme Court of the
United States today reversed the
District Supreme Court and or
dered a new trial for Alfred Scott
Aldridge, colored, convicted of the
murder of Policeman Harry A.
Mcdonald.
In a decision handed down by
Chief Justice Hughes, the high
court ruled in effect that prospec-
tive jurors in trials of colored per-
sons in the District must be queS-
toned as to whether or not they
entertain racial prejudices.
McReynOlds DiSSentS
A dissenting opinion was rem
dered by Justice McReynoldS, who
declared:
"Unhappily, the enforcement
of our criminal laws is scan
dalOusly ineffective. Crimes of
violence multiply; punishment
walks Iamely.
Courts ought not to increase
the difficulties by magnifying
theoretical possibilities. 1t is
Continued on Page 2, Col. S.)
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Death Notes of Father 20,
Tells How He Killed 3

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April 20
G.N.SO "A 7O-year-old father,
frantic over the refusal of his
wife to return home, clubbed his
three children to death and then
committed suicide.
The victims of the domestic
tragedy were Webster L. Vain
wright, 10, and his three children,
Rosalind, 7; Richard, 6, and
Jacqueline, 4. Their bodies were
discovered today in the Vain
wright home and police fixed the
time of the murder and suicide
as late Sunday.
Details of the murder and sui
eide we're learned by police from
letters left by Wainwright.
"ROsalind died at 4:SO."
Richard died at 4:45."
Baby died at 5"
"Me at $3.50"
These cryptic notations we're
found on scraps Of papers in
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
BLOSSOM
FETE MAY 5. 6

WINCHESTER, Va, April 20,
The annual apple blossom
festival, the spring jubilee of the
Shenandoah Valley, is to be held
here, May 5 and 6.
The dates were announced to-
day by Nelson F. Richards. direc-
tor of the festival, after his
experts had calculated that dur
ing this colorful 48 hours the
orchards dotting the surrounding
hills will be abloom with their
most brilliant hues.
Record-breaking crowds are
looked for this season. The
fame of the apple blossom has
spread around the world, and this
year the ancient town of Win
chester, England, for which this
Virginia city was named, is to
send one of its fairest young
women here to represent it in
the fete.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

NEW YORK, April 20 QN.S)
After weeks of silence, Mayor
James j. Walker today issued q
stinging statement in which he
answered for the first time criti
cism of his private life.
He offered to match his private
life against those of his critics, de.
claring:
"My conscience is clear and
would like nothing better than
to meet them eye to eye and let
them attempt to justify them
selves in sight of God and man."
Wild Parties Cited
Mayor Walker was replying to
the annual report of the city
affairs committee of. the National
Republican Club which was made
public in the newspapers this
morning.
The report declared that
Walkers five years as mayor
have demonstrated his unfitness
for the place and calls upon
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
to remove him under the formal
charges now pending.
The report attributed what it
termed the breakdown" of Mayor
Walkers administration to "the
vagaries of his private life, in
Guiding Sitting up all night at
wild parties"
Reference was also made in the
report that Walker spent time
entertaining Hollywood" with
the result that he has "drifted
to work in the afternoon"
Reads It to Press
The mayor was plainly in
cenSed when he reported for work
at City Hall shortly after 10
o'clock this morning.
He went to his private office
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
BOULDER DAM
BID SIGNED

Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
today signed the contract recently
awarded to the Six Companies,
Inc, for the construction of the
Boulder Dam project in the Colo.
RADIO River.
The contract price is $48,890,-
993.
Among those who witnessed the
ceremony were w. A. Bechtel, an
executive of the contracting cor
poration, and Edward j. Harding,
managing director of the Associa-
ton of General Contracts.
Today's act started the gigantic
project, although some prelimi-
nary construction, such as work
mems houses and storage build
ings, began some months ago.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Marathon Runners
COmnete at Boston

HOPKINTON, Mass, April 20
G.N.SO.-Down the hilly, wooded
slopes of Hopkinton, at noon to-
day, re-echoed the bark of the
starting pistol, sending away 189
runners in the thirty-fourth an
nual American marathon of the
Boston Athletic Association.
Clarence De Mar, wonder long.
distance plodder, AZ years old,
was in the pack of marathoners
determined to win his eighth vic.
tory since 1911 and equally deter.
mined to beat the record for the
26 miles 385 yards-2 hours 80
minutes 84-5 seconds.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
GIANTS ROOKIE
BEATS BRAVES

BOSTON, April 20 QN.S) .
John Berly, of Rochester, signal
lied his entry into the National
League with a victory ever the
Boston Braves in the morning
game of the Patriots Day double
header here. He scattered eight
Boston hits over the full route to
win by a 4-to-3 margin, though
Joe Heving finished the game in
the ninth.
A three-base hit by Bill Terry in
the eighth inning was converted
into the winning run by Bruce
Cunningham's wild pitch.
Heving entered the game after
Berry walked Pinch-hitter Chat
ham in the ninth and choked off
the incipient rally.
= Red Worthington, Boston out
fielder, was hurt when he crashed
into the rightfield wall trying to
catch Terry'S eighth-inning triple,
and had to be carried off the field.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Prince and. Singer
Planning Honeymoon

BEVERLY Hills. Calf, April
20 QN.S0.-Prince Serge Mdiv-
ami, who was recently divorced
at Paris by Pola Negri, and his
bride, the former Mary McCormic
opera singer, today were making
plans for an extended honeymoon
in Europe.
Slipping quietly away from
here, Prince Mdvani and Miss
McCormic were married a week
before the news became public.
They declined to say where the
ceremony was performed.
Miss McCormic declared it was
unlikely she would return to the
operatic stage.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Lav Permits Nude Bathing
On C0ast-After Dark

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, April
2O.-No wonder the tourists flock
to California!
For the laws there make it
perfectly proper to bathe Sa.ls
bathing suit in the ocean at
night.
The chief of police recently
wondered at the traffic Jam along
the beach after sundown. EIe in
veStigated and found the crowd,
ing due to spectators who were
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
ENTERS PLEA
FOR STRONG
DEFENSE
Mrs. Hobart Flags Reds in
Opening Talk; Mrs. Hoover
Welcomes 1000 to Capital

Pointing out the dangers OF
Communism and the need for ade-
quate national defense, Mrs. Low
ell Fletcher Hobart, president gen.
eral of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, opened the for
tieth continental congress of that
organize tion at Constitution Hall
today.
It was a brilliant and colorful
spectacle as the congress was for
mally opened.
The seem was enhanced by the
presence of Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
wife of the Chief Executive, who
made a brief address of welcome
to the 4,OO0 delegates who packed
the beautiful building.
Mrs. Hoover SpeaksA
Mrs. Hoover was escorted to
the platform by Mrs. Alexander
Cooper, Mrs. e. G. Gregory, and
Mrs. James r. Morris. She ex-
pressed her happiness at being
present at the opening exercises
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The Washington times., 1931-04-20
BUCKLEY CASE
WITH JURY

DETROIT, April 20 G.N.SO.
Michigan's most expensive and
sensational court drama-the
trial CT three alleged gangsterS
for the murder of Gerald Buckley,
radio announcer-was placed in
the hands of the jury today as
the case entered it's ninth week.
Trial of the three gangSter de-
PENDANTS, Ted PiZZinO, Angelo
Livecchi, and Joe BOmmaritO,
cost the State more than $780,.
900.
In the background were the un.
derworld and politics and reputed
radio blackmailing activities Of
the slain Buckley, once called a
crime-cruSading radio announcer
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
18th st. Cafe Blaze
Causes Dense Smoke

A fire in a tin flue, designed
to carry grease smoke from a
restaurant kitchen, poured col.
umnS of smoke over the down
town shopping center and at.
tracted a large crowd shortly
after l p. m. today.
The blaze was at 708 Thirteenth
st. N. W., the first floor of which
is occupied by Dulin's Lunch, and
the second and third floors by
the Acme Printing Company.
Traffic was tied up on Thir-
teenth Street and to some extent
on G. Street,
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
CITIES
ARE SEIZED
BY REVOLT
LEADERS
U. S. Warships Rushed to
Scene of New Disorders as
Nicaragua Ports Are Quiet

COLON, Panama. April 20 GIN.
s. Several Americans we're said
to have been killed when Hon
duran rebels, in seizing two lead
ing cities and several small towns
on the northern coast of Hon.
duras, engaged in sharp fighting
with federal forces, according to
adviceS received here today.
Authoritative reports reaching
Colon asserted that a major bat.
tie was in progress at 8 p. m.
Sunday, but disrupted cOmmuni.
cations with Honduras made de-
tails unavailable.
The revolutionary movement,
which broke out Saturday night
with seizure of Ceiba, was re-
ported to have gained quick sup.
port along Honduras northern
coast. Insurgents under Gen.
Ramon Diaz captured Progresso.
near Tela, but federal troops
launched a bitter counter-attack
Sunday afternoon.
Problem For U. s.
< The Honduran outbreak, com.
ing on the heels Of the Nicara-
guam disturbances, considerably
complicated the Central American
problems of the United States
government. While busily en-
gagged in warding off insurgent
attacks and evacuating it's ma
tionals at threatened Nicarguan
points, the American government
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The Washington times., 1931-04-20
IGNORED,
JUDGE SAYS

ANNAPOLIS. Md, April 20.
Declaring that the majority Of
policemen in Ann Arundel county
were making no pretense at law
enforcement. Judge Robert Moss
today suggested formation Of a
law and order league to clean
up the sordid conditions that
exist in this vicinity.
Prohibition Is Ignored
Judge Moss Scathing attack
on the police officials was con-
tanned in his charge to the grand
Jury when it met here today. He
said that it seemed to him that
the police picked out certain laws
to enforce and ignored others.
He said police seemed to en-
tirely ignore the prohibition law
and the regulations against disor-
derly houses.
In explaining the reasons for his
sudden attack, Judge Moss de-
clared that he had been appealed
to b. people in the county to take
some action in the matter.
Says Boys Visit Houses
He had been informed, he said,
that boys as young as IA years OF
age we're visiting the disOrderly
houses, and relatives of the boys
had asked him to do something to
put = stop to this condition.
He suggested that a law enforce
ment league be organized, with six
men and four women on it.
c. Ashby Duvall, farmer, was Sc
lected foreman of the jury.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Radio Head Speaks
At AdUertiSina Club

Fra.lk A. Arnold, director of de-
velopment of the National Broad
casting Company. will address the
Advertising Club tomorrow at the
Press Club.
Mr.. Arnold's talk will be given
under the auspices of the Adver-
tising Club and the Advertising
Federation Of America.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

watching youths and maidens ca
vorting in the surf a la Adam
and Eve.
Shocked, the chief was about
to make an arrest when he found
he was powerless. Under an old
law no bathing suit is needed
between 8 p. m. and 6 a. m.
So while the chief is demanding
the law be repealed, the specta-
tors are rushing to the beaches
these balmy spring evenings.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Steel Stockholders
Revise Pension Plan

HOBOKEN, N. j., April %
U.N.SO. - Stockholders of the
United States Steel Corporation
at their annual meeting neld
here today, formally adopted the
revised pension plan proposed by
Myron C. Taylor, chairman Of
the board of directors.
This approval gives the direc-
tors and members of the finance
committee the right to retire an
official between the ages of G5
and 70.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Boy, IL, SuffOcGted
When Home Burns

FAR HILLS, N. j., April 20
GNSO Efforts were made to-
day by investigators to determine
the cause of fire which swept
the home of Reeve Schley. vice
president of a New York bank,
causing the suffocation of his
12-year-old son. John.
Damage to the Schley country
home was estimated at between
$150,000 and 100000.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Thugs HurI Pepper,
Escape With $4,000

DALLAS, Tex, April 20 U.N.SJ
Hurting red pepper in the eyes
of their victims, temporarily
binding them, two bandits held
up three employees of the Sam
Dysterbach Company here today
and escaped with $1,000 in cash.
The holdup occurred while the
employees were driving to the car
barns with a bag full of money
to be used in cashing the pay
checks. of employees.