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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
NEVADA PAVES
WAY FOR MORE
DIVORCE TRADE

CARSON CITY, New, Sept. 2. tU.P)
The road to divorce was cleared
for hundreds of couples today by
a decision of the Nevada supreme
court that the five years separation
clause would be retroactive.
The court upheld the law passed
by the last legislature that a mar
ried couple who haven't lived as
man and wife for five years are
entitled to divorce in a decision
on appeal of Amelia Progress from
a divorce granted Joseph Progress.
They separated six years ago, and
Mrs. Progress had been granted
separate maintenance by an Ala
media county, California, court.
Last year, using the separation
law is his grounds, the husband was
granted a divorce in Virginia City.
The case attracted widespread at
tention, as formerly the husband
had been barred from instituting
divorce action after his wife had
been granted separate mainten-
ance.
Attorneys for Mrs. Progress
claimed the law applied only to
period of five years separation from
last May, when the statute became
effective.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
MANY ARRAIGNED BEFORE
COMMISSIONER WHITELAW

With the largest number of pri-
soners ever appearing before him at
one time, Dorsey Whitelaw, United
States commissioner, this morning
conducted arrangements for Il
persons arrested in the federal pro-
hibition raids last weekend. All
pleaded not guilty to charges OF
maintaining a public nuisance.
Conviction carries with it a pen
atty of not more than $1,000 fine
or one years incarceration.
All were held to appear before
him for examination at later dates
when he will determine whether
they will be detained for action by
the district court in San Diego.
On September 10. William Morris,
Allen Bruen and William Murphree
will be examined. September IL was
set as the date for the examination
of Jewel Tatum, Mrs. George Ia
tum, Walter Box and Benjamin
Phillips. Wiley Bird, Tony Rocia,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
ARRESTS MAY
UPSET ALIEN
RUNNING RING
Two Former Army Off
GERS Suspected In Big
Organization.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2. U.P)-
Federal officers declared today
they suspected two former army
officers and a youth of connection
with a widespread Chinese snug
Cling ring
One Of the officers, Charles K
Aiken, also is suspected of impli-
cation in $4,000 train robbery
near Oakland last November.
The three were charged with
conspiracy to smusgie Chinese into
this country, and were to be ar
raigned before United States CON-
missioner David B. Head later to-
day.
Arrested with Aiken was Emmett
Hamilton, As, formerly a private at
the San Francisco preside, where
Aiken was at one time an army Of
ficer, and Al Flnnegan, 90.
Federal officers disclosed the al.
legged smuggling gang following the
arrest Of Aiken. Hamilton earlier
had been arrested at Palm City,
near San Diego, while Finnegan
was picked up en- route to Holly
wood last week. The latter's arrest
was kept secret while authorities
sought to round up his alleged con-
federateS.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02

liquor. The Shell company had
sought dismissal of the suit. The
action has not come to trial on its
merits.
Declining to discuss the case at
length because he is an important
witness in the action, Wheeler said:
1T was part of my duties to en-
terrain for the Shell company. I
gave some of the most elaborate
parties ever seen here. Once I en-
tertained for j. Gordon Coates, pre-
mier OF New Zealand. 1t was mar
velous banquet.
Il was supposed to promote good
will for the company. The money
to buy liquor and stage these big
parties was provided by the COM
pany.
Before I took over the manage
ment of the southern California and
Arizona division of the Shell COM
pany, had been a temperate man.
THE constant entertaining done
for and with funds furnished by the
Shell company resulted in my be-
coming an inebriate. For several
years preceding my coming here in
1922 had not touched a drop OF
liquor"
Local attorneys seen in the case a
question of great Importance.
Should it be decided in Mrs. Wheel
er's favor, it could be used as basis
for suits against bootleggers and
corporations who assertedly have
furnished liquor to guests and en-
ployees, they said.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
FLYERS MIGHT
RACE ACROSS
OCEAN TO u. S

TOXIC, Japan, Sept. 2. U.p)-An
airplane race across the Pacific
ocean with a $4,000 prize to the
winner was forecast today when
government customs officials re-
leased the airplane Of Clyde Pang-
born and Hugh Herndon Jr. from
custody
Pangborn and Herndon. who re-
Gently flew from New York to To-
kio through Russia, Immediately an
nounced plans to leave for Sabi-
shire beach, SO miles from here. and
prepare to start across the Pacific.
Meanwhile, Don Moyle, Los An
geles "jail or glory" flyer, and C.
A. Allen, his companion, awaited a
flying permit from the government
before starting for Sabishiro and
taking off on their own attempt to
span the ocean.
The release of the Herndon-
Pangborn plane, accompanied by a
permit to install extra fuel tanks,
was taken by the flyers as an in
dication that the government had
decided to grant them flying per-
nit 1t was reported previously that
the permit would be denied because
of difficulties with authorities over
photographs the flyers made of
japanese Notifications while flying
to Toxic from Siberia.
The Asahi newspapers, donors of
the $4,000 prize for the first non-
stop flight between Japan and AM
erica, refused to accept the Hern-
-Pangborn entry until the avia-
tors receive the flying permit.
Moyle and Allen expected their
permit momentarily as the result Of
passing government tests in the
plane City of Tacoma II, in which
they will attempt to fly to Seattle.
Observers said that in event the
permits are granted about the same
time the two pairs of flyers proba-
bly, would start across the ocean to-
gether.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
FLYER HELD IN
CHINA DEAL IS
FAMOUS AVIATOR
Admits He Is Bert Hall,
Adventurer And Soldier
OF Fortune.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2. UP
Bert Hall, famous World War avia-
tor and one of the two survivors OF
the original Lafayette EScadrille,
was held in the county Jail today
while authorities attempted to un-
rayel the technicalities OF a civil
suit which caused his arrest in con-
nection with a 100000 airplane
deal in China.
A prisoner with Hall was Lloyd
Shumaker, a former aviation cap
tain in the United States army.
Both expected release on bail.
Arrested as winston b.
Hail." the prisoner today said
his real name was Bert and
added that he was the noted
war flyer.
Hall and Shumaker were ar
rested on a writ of mandamus
signed by a San Francisco judge
In connection with a civil action
arising from the airplane pur-
chase deal.
The suit was brought in San
Francisco by Julian S. I. LANG,
aviation commissioner for the Ma
tionalist forces in South China, who
charged the two flyers had not kept
their part of an agreement which
called for the purchase of five
fighting planes for the warning
Chinese faction. He seeks to re-
strain them from using $4,000 as
sertedly received by them through
Denver banks.
The aviators claim LANG sought
to back out of the deal because of
unexpected reverses in South Chi
ma, and that they refuse to cancel
the agreement because the airplanes
already had been ordered from the
manufacturer.
The flyers said they represented
the International Importing COM
pany, of Portugal, and that they
had contracted with the ministers
of railways in China, to buy the
planes, and that LANG had merely
been an intermediary in the trans
| action.
They refused to pose for photo
graphers because, they declared, no
criminal action was involved and
the whole affair would eventually
prove ill-timed and unfounded.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
SALVATION ARMY
LEADERS TO MEET
AT REDONDO BEACH

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2. up
Salvation Army divisional COM
manderS from all states west of the
Rocky mountains will gather for
their annual conference at Redondo
Beach, Cal, September IA to II
Commissioner Adam Clifford an
nounced today.
Clifford said that while the army
has kept pace with the needs OF
the relief situation, plans for solv-
ing unemployment will be dis
cuSsed.
Among those who win attend are
Brig. James c. Bell, Seattle; Maj.
Arthur Brewer, Phoenix; Brig.
James Dee, Pasadena; Col. John w.
Hay, San Francisco; Maj. Arthur D.
Jackson and Brig Albert E. Brayn-
ton, Portland; Major Krispin T.
Fristrup, Spokane; Maj. Massasuke
Kobayashi and Maj Harold Mad
sen of the Japanese and Scandina-
Wan departments.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02

Jack Roche and Andy Rossi will
be examined September l6, and on
September II, Harold Williams and
James Mcdonald are to be exam
ined.
Chester w. Smith pleaded guilty
to violation of the Wright act in
Holtville justice court yesterday
afternoon. He was sentenced to pay
fine of 500 Or Che sale charge,
or one day In the county Jail for
each So unpaid. For possession he
was fined 5000 or one day in jail
for each 81 unpaid. He was
charged with selling five quarts of
homebrew beer and possessing So
quarts
William Foote, negro, at his ar
raignment in Ell Centre justice
court, was fined $500 and commit
ted to the custody of the sheriff to
serve one day for each 81 unpaid
fine.
Found guilty on charge of sale
and possession, C. r. Murphy was
fined $500 or one day for each 81
unpaid. He was arraigned in Braw-
ley justice court.
On sale and possession charge,
Norman A. Cole of Calipatria was
fined $500 or one day III jail for each
50 unpaid fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jewel T. Tatum
each received fine of $500 or one
day in jail for each SO unpaid. Her
sentence was suspended.
Mrs. Cordie Brown, 4O-year -old
negress arrested in Imperial dur
ing the raids, pleaded guilty to a
charge of sale and possession in
Judge I. Mayfield's court yesterday
afternoon. Mayfield, acting for
Judge H. A. Conger of Imperial.
She was sentenced to pay a fine of
5000 or serve To-day Jail sentence.
On account of her physical con-
dition, she was taken to the county
hospital where she will be cared for
during the period of her sentence.
She is said to have been deserted
by her husband two months ago and
to be a mother.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
Continued on page g.
VICTIMS BODY
FOUND IN NAV
OF MAN EATER

HONOLULU, Sept. 2. U.p)-First
proof Of a native legend that man
eating sharks visit Hawaiian waters
was seen today with the capture of
n giant sea tiger" which held the
body OF Sadao Nakatsu. Honolulu
merchant. missing since Sunday,
A detachment of naval vessels
and airplanes searching for Naka-
tsu and Minoru Kanagawa, another
merchant who also is missing, ended
the quest when fishermen captured
the sharks.
The two left Oh fishing trip
and when they failed TO return a
search was started by the destroyer
Gamble. minesweeper Tanager and
six planes. The fishermens over
turned skiff was found 80 miles off
BARRIERS point, and many sharks
were sighted in the vinicity.
Shortly afterward two sharks
were caught and hauled ashore. In
the stomach of one was found the
skeleton of man. Friends iden-
titled it by dental work as that of
NakatSu. The shark measured Is
feet and weighed $50 pounds.
Two of the naval aviators who
Joined the search risked their lives
i'll the shark infested waters when
a plane made forced landing 60
miles from Honolulu.
The plane, piloted by Lieut.. w. L.
Rees, rode the seas until the de-
stroyer arrived to take 1t in tow.
Another plane in the squadron
alighted and stood by Rees while
he was removed to the destroyer.
Learning of Nakatsu's death,
navy officers said they were con-
WINGED that Kanagawa had met a
similar fate.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02

BEVERLY HILLS, Sept. /.
(SpeciaD-This country is not
entirely over it's cuckoo stage
yet for every day there is more
printed in the papers about the
new and old golf ball than there
is on unemployment. When the
dimensions of a golf ball is our
greatest worry we still got a
long way to go to get back to
normal. Five thousand people
followed Bobby Jones and
watched him watch the golf
championship. We ought to get
Bobby to sit in Washington
and watch it. That might re-
vive interest in our present
form of government.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
Supreme Court
Ruling Holds
For Employees

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2. W.P -
Insured employees do not assume
the risk Of their employment except
in cases where the danger involved
is obvious, imminent and inevi-
table," according to q decision on
file in the state supreme court to-
day. ..-.
The decision reverses a distric;
court Of appeal ruling and awards
damages to William A. Hoogbruin
against the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad.
Hoogbruin was injured when a
dray load of merchandise which he
was unloading at March field, near
Riverside, slipped on a boiler plate
and thrust him into aperture be-
tween two wooden planks. The SUI
perior court held that he was aware
of the impending danger and had
no claim of damages. The district
court of appeal affirmed this judy
ment.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
FORCED HUSBAND TO DRINK
is CHARGE IN UNIQUE SUIT

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2. (U.P "A
section of the national prohibition
law has been invoked here to pro-
tect the rights of a wife and her
two children who claim that their
husband and father became an
habitual drunkard because his work
made it necessary for him to do
much drinking.
Disclosure that section 20 of the
Volstead act was being used as a
basis OF S250.00O damage suit
against the Shell Oil company was
made when the California supreme
court upheld the right of Mrs. Ruth
Wheeler and her two children TO
sue the company.
Mrs. Wheeler brought suit in 1929
on the grounds that the duties of
her husband, Joseph c. Wheeler,
former division manager for the
company, caused him to become an
alcoholic addict.
She sued in her own right and as
guardian of their two children
Carey, 7, and Pierce, Az. She COM
planned that Shell officials induced
her husband to use liquor and buy
1t for others. AS a result, she
charged he was discharged and the
family was deprived of $1,000 a
month salary.
Wheeler Talks
In its ruling, the supreme court
held constitutional that section of
the Volstead act giving means of
redress to persons injured through
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
CLARK
F REED
ON BAIL
Bond Less Than Amount
Stipulated Before First
Trial.
Fits CONCURS
Date Of Second Trial Set
For Sept. Il On Request
OF District Attorney.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2. up
David H. Clark, accused of the muir
der of Herbert Spencer. newspaper
man, and Charles Crawford poll
tician, was freed on $4,000 bail
when he appeared before Superior
Judge William Tell Aggeler today
At the same time, Judge Aggeler
set Sept. 81 as the date for his
new trial for Spencers murder. At
his first trial, the jury trying Clark
disagreed after long elaboration
standing IL to for acquittal
District Attorney Buron Fits,
who asked for the trial date
just three weeks away. did not
oppose the motion for bail.
Clark had been freed on $780,
900 bail shortly after he sur
rendered to face the murder
charges, but when he went to
trial. Judge Stanley Murray or
dered him returned to jail, and
severely criticized the munich
pal court jurist who freed him.
Fits told the court that he
frankly believed Clark could not be
convicted Of a crime calling for the
death penalty.
He pointed out that in view of
the evidence produced at his first
trial. and the vote of the jury, he
felt a conviction for first degree
murder was impossible. II do not
believe Mr. Clark would run away"
Fits said. THE proof in the COM
ing trial might be great as to a
crime of lesser degree. but not as
10 first degree murder"
Clark smiled broadly at the
prospect Of being home with his
pretty wife, Nancy, today. Mrs
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
Arizona To Use
Copper Plates
For Licenses

PHOENIX. Sept. 2. W.P) = Ari-
IONA has ordered l3l 900 sets of pure
copper automobile license plates for
1882 at cost Of approximately s19,-
600 as means of relieving the cop
per industry.
Letters and figures will be placed
on the plates in white enamel
against background of the natural
color of Arizona copper. 10000
pounds of copper will be required
Governor George w. P. Hunt re-
quested that copper plates be used
in 1882 when the highway depart
ment was reorganized last march
and the highway commission acted
on his recommendation.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
N Ugh I
REDUCE
R A I T s
Shipment Of Cattle To
Valley May Begin In
Short Time.
TALK OF VALLEY
Railroad Rates May Be
Reduced Within Next
Week.

Shipment of livestock into Imper-
ial Valley THAI will net this county
approximately 100000 during the
next year may start within four or
six weeks, according to a telegram
received today by B. A. Harrigan.
agricultural commissioner, from p
v. Harrigan, who is in Salt Lake
City attending a meeting of rail-
road officials, the railroad commits
sion and ranchers from the drought
area.
Railroad officials, reported p. v.
Harrigan, passed favorably on pro-
posed cuts in freight rates to I'm
perial Valley, leaving only minor
details to be ironed out. A SO per
cent rate reduction, with a feeder
stopover privilege, was proposed at
the conference. The stopover priv
ilege would eliminate a SIS rate
haul to Los Angeles from here.
Benefit was also seen for Imper-
ial Valley hay growers in the pro-
posed rate reductions, and in efforts
of the agricultural commissioner
here to determine whether by COM
preston of hay more can be hauled
or loaded onto one car.
Imperial Valley as feeding
grounds for the starving Utah
cattle and other livestock was
much discussed at the confer
ence in Salt Lake City, accord
ing to p. v. Harrigan's tele-
said, have already drawn plans
to ship their stock here
Chairman A. Y. Preble of the Im-
perial county board of supervisors
today was consulting bankers here
to see if they will advance money
for freight and pasture bills, taking
first mortgage on the livestock II
is expected bankers and prosperous
/ landowners in the valley will make
arrangements for this One bank In
Utah has already indicated 1t will
furnish money, Harrigan said.
Feed conditions in Utah, reported
P v. Harrigan, appear much worse
than at first reported. His tele-
gram, in part, was as follows:
Rate proposed so per cent with
feeder stopover privilege. Rail heads
present favorable nearly all clauses.
Believe this will be effective in week.
Feed conditions here appear much
worse than first reported. Imperial
county much discussed. Lambs can
be had for three and three and q
half cents a pound. Weigh about
so pounds. Several cattlemen PLAN
ming on coming to Imperial Valley.
Might advance freight and pas
ture bill on first mortgage. Some
cases of feeders seven or eight cents
q pound where the gain is small.
Security bank would finance. Cattle-
men in southern Utah want me to
come over there, so will leave for
there Thursday Most of cattle in
mountains ready to move from four
to six weeks. Check up and report
on grinding and pressing Of hay"
AS an outgrowth of the Utah
cattle situation, feed growers in I'm
perial Valley have been asked to
register with the nearest chamber
of commerce the amount OF hay
available In the Brawley area .
great amount Of hay has already
been registered.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
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DICTIONARIES
WILL VOTE ON
AMENDMENT lS
To Consider Resolution
Urging Repeal Of Dry
Law.

LONG BEACH, Cal, Sept. 2. U.P)
"A battle on the convention floor
over a resolution urging repeal OF
the 18th amendment was in pros
pect as delegates prepared for the
final session today OF the 18th an
nual convention of the California
department of the American Legion.
The convention was to close to-
day following action upon several
resolutions and election OF state Of
ficers. Van Hogan of Los Angeles
and Earl Cramas, of Redlands, were
nominated for state commander,
and Peggy Lovelace Of San Fran
cisco, and Mary Dunaway, of Oak
land. for vice commander at large.
A resolution holding that prohi-
bition is a failure and urging that
congress take steps to repeal the
18th amendment was to be present.
ed to the convention for vote today.
1t was adopted by the resolutions
committee late yesterday by 10 to
8 vote Delegates from northern
California were its stauncheSt ad-
vocates. The resolution was spon-
sored by C. c. Thomas, of the navy
| post. San Francisco.
Judge Daley S. Stafford, of the
Los Angeles superior court and
chairman of the resolutions COM
mittee, said he would speak against
the resolution on the convention
floor.
This is a moral and cOntrO-
yersial question and not for the
Legion to debate" Judge Stat
ford said.
The resolutions committee an
nounced that the following res
olutions also would be present.
ed on the floor:
That no alien shall be given a
Job when a war veteran has been
discharged from that position.
That all criminals be finger
printed and identified as a means
of reducing crime.
That November II be declared a
national holiday.
That it be recommended that a
large air corps be established.
That an embargo be placed on all
Soviet merchandise produced under
the five-year plan.
Oakland was chosen by acclama-
ton late yesterday as the 1882 con-
vention city.
Delegates Chosen
Four delegates at large to the ma
tional convention were selected as
follows: H. w. Funke, Long Beach;
William KurtZ, Santa Barbara;
Phil Scion, Oakland, and Archie F.
Closson, Lodi. The fifth delegate at
large will be the newly elected state
commander. The state will have a
total of IS delegates to the national
convention.
The convention was addressed last
night by several speakers, including
U. S. Senator Samuel Shortridge,
Congressman Phil Swing, Joe Grail
and Lieut.. Governor Frank Mer-
RAM. Governor James Rolph Jr.
spoke earlier in the day and was
presented with cane made of wood
from the battlefield of Lexington.
Senator Shortridge was applaud
ed vigorously when he said he was
"unalterably opposed to cancellation
of any of our foreign debts" He
said it was a national duty to MAIN
tain our immigration laws and that
he was in favor of extending those
laws to stop further immigration Of
FilipinoS.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
DEPUTY MARSHAL
is NAMED TODAY

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2. W.H -
Percival j. Hayselden, former bail
If and clerk of the district court OF
appeal, today was named deputy
United States marshall to succeed
Henry Lessner, who was dismissed
from the service.
Lessner had been accused of ir-
regular withdrawal of federal pris-
oners from the county jail 1t was
charged he took Jimmy Burns, con-
victed bootlegger, to a party in
Burns Beverly Hills home.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
TORNADO IN MISSOURI

EUREKA, Mo. Sept. 2. U.P)-
Three persons were injured and
damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused by a tornado which swept
through this summer resort late
yesterday.
Club houses were unroofed, trees
uprooted and communication lines
were disabled in the 300 foot path
of the winds.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-02
Singers Baby
Remains With
Mothers Sister

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 2. U.p)-Al-
though many offers have been
made to adopt little Lola Lou, Is
month-old daughter of Lola Perdue,
radio singer, who was killed by her
husband, W. A. Van Eicks, who in
turn suicided, the child will remain
with Miss Perdues family, it was
learned today.
Mrs. w. M. Perdue, sister of the
talented singer, said the child was
living with her until family con-
ferences decide her future.
There have been many offers
made by wealthy persons to adopt
Little Lola LOU" Mrs. Perdue said,
"but she will remain in the family
I can assure YOU