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La gaceta., 1931-08-27

P%artidarios de la candidatura.
de r. f. l.. Chancey Sc quejaron
aver a la junta electoral de que
miembros del cuerpo de policia,
Il iefe Knight y la Sra. Chris
tian, la muier policia. estan in
timidando a los ciudadanos que
van al edificio del ayuntamiento
a votar como electores ausentes.
FL presidente McMullen pro-
meti6 poner fin a tales activida-
dies Y sc hara cumplir la ley que
prohibe a los espectadores ST.
tuarse a menos de Is pies del
lugar donde esta verificandose
la election.
La gaceta., 1931-08-27

GQui6n puede haber tratado
de asesinar 81 periodista Gre
No 10 sabemos Y a nosotros
nos serviria de placer que ell piS-
tolero fuera atrapado y castiga-
do.
La gaceta., 1931-08-27

Cuando yeas las barbas de tn
vecino...
Ell director de este diario ha
tornado va sus precauciones, no
sea que del Cello o del inferno
hayan mandado a pedir perio-
distas.
iDura Y desagradable es la
vida de la terra, pero la pers-
pectiva del "eterno descanso" a
muy pocas personals atrae.
La gaceta., 1931-08-27

Para Cuba seria una s~atisfac
ci6n que 81 Gral Machado imita-
ra al presidente Isidro Ayora
del Ecuador.
tQue ha hecho Ayora que de
be ser imitado por ell presiden-
re de los cubanos?
senores RE
NUNCIAR!
La gaceta., 1931-08-27

Ell mitin de anoche puede to-
marse como una prueba de Ia
fortaleza de la candidatura dc
Chancey en- los barrios latinos.
Los ojos del pueblo estan a
briendose a la verdad.
La gaceta., 1931-08-27

Marsicano rebati6 anoche los
argumentos de Maniscalco y los
ccn1irti6 en- anicos.
Prob6 que los mejores elemen
tos de la colonia italiana no son
pis,oleros, nj contrabandistas y,
sin embargo, apoyan la candida
tura de Chancey.
Nosotros todavia seguimos
afirmando que el professor no
diio tai "barbaridad".
La gaceta., 1931-08-27

Quejos de amigos de ChdnceD
La gaceta., 1931-08-27
golpe para los
"a ciudad.

criminales de - ciudad.
LA opinion ,pu&ca Sc indig-
no, condenando ell MQen Y ell
sacrificado es hoy unaS Ma fl
garas gloriosas del periodismo
americana.
Los articulos de Mellet son
repetidos por las personals que
lie conocian y su memoria es res
petada Y enaltecida.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
Declare Charges
OF DOped Beer
Are insufficient

LOS ANGELES, Sept. II. W.P)-
Charges of Mrs. Laura H. Landry,
23-year-old housewife, that she
was given drugged beer by a man
who sought to employ her, were
declared insufficient to cause issu-
ance of a complaint by Deputy Dis
trict Attorney A. S. Colgrove today
At the same time, Police Ser
geant Herman w. Holman of the
Highly Park division, was perman-
emily removed from office for con
duct unbecoming an officer" by
Deputy Chief of Police Homer B.
Cross.
Mrs. Landry had named Ser
geant Holman as the uniformed
officer who forced her to drink
the liquor at the point of a gun
in the Altadena home of Frank R.
Olson. Holman denied the charge
but he was removed on the ground
that he had left his post during
hours of duty.
Olson was not taken into custody
and the case was considered closed
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
Police Ambulance
Crashes To Curb
Injuring Three

LOS ANGELES, Sept. II. U.P)-
A speeding police ambulance carry
ing woman to georgia Receiving
hospital, collided with an automo-
bile at Third and Figueroa streets
and overturned, injuring the woman
patient, the driver and a policeman.
The injured were Mrs. Sarah
Stein, the patient; j. c. Cox, IS,
driver of the ambulance, and Police
Officer E. E. Turney.
Cox said an automobile driven by
G.. Meldrum attempted to pass in
the path Of his speeding ambulance,
forcing him to swerve into the curb
Two more ambulances were rushed
to the scene.
Turney received a badly sprained
arm: Mrs. Stein was cut about the
head, while Cox was pitched
through the windshield, receiving
cuts about the face.
Mrs. Stein had been injured in a
collision between two automobiles,
and was being taken to the hospital
! for emergency treatment.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
SET DATE OF PRELIMINARY
HEARING IN MURDER CASE

man Conger fail to return to the
valley in time. The arraignment
yesterday afternoon was heard by
Judge Mayfield III the absence OF
Judge Conger Judge H. B. Grit
fin of Brawley is disqualified as it
is expected he will be called as a
witness in the case.
After a conference at the county
Jail late yesterday afternoon, Head
stated that he is TO be represented
by Marvin w. Conkling, former
Imperial county superior court
Judge and also former city attor-
ney of San Diego.
Head confessed TO the fatal shoot
ing of Puryear as he attempted to
enter the home of his daughter
Mrs. Jessie M. Puryear, divorced
wife of Puryear, Tuesday night.
Difficulty concerning the divorce
and custody of their ll-year old
son, Ernest Jr., or sonny led to
the shooting, it is said.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
BAY CITY OFFICERS ON
HUNT FOR MISSING GIRL

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. II. tUP)
Clues from widely separated
points on the Pacific Coast were
traced by authorities today in their
search for 20-year old Mildred Aus
tin Of Chicago. missing daughter of
a federal prohibition agent.
The quest ranged from dragging
San Francisco bay for a body to
running down report that the
girl was in San Diego. 1t also was
considered possible that she had
been kidnapped by white slave
ring and shanghaied aboard an out
going vessel. Her father, N. d. Aus
tin. secuted the theory
Austin, however. reluctantly adj
mitted that she may have fallen in
to the hands of liquor ring leaders
as reprisal for his prohibition ac-
tivities.
The theory that the girl was
shanghaied was given credence
when Austin said he was convinced
Miss Austin never left the Embar-
cadero after seeing her two friends
off on boat. The last clue of her
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
GANDHI WANTS TO REMAIN
LEGEND TO UNITED STATES

convince them of midas obligation
to produce her own cotton goods.
Anything that concerns silver
vitally affects India. However,
Go not believe that silver will be
discussed at the London confer
ence.
Asked if he personally would par
ticipate in a world silver congress,
Gandhi said:
No. I am only humble layman
who knows nothing of such COM
plicated matters. 1t would be a
test for economic experts"
Gandhi, after these remarks,
lighted his loin-cloth, wrapped a
white robe about his thin shoulders
and. bare headed, proceeded in a
pouring rain to first class de luxe
coach.
He signed autographs for the
curious until his departure across
France toward England.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
TAX INCREASE
IS LIKELY IN
NEXT CONGRESS
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

| WASHINGTON, Sept. II. (U.H-
Senator Reed, Republican, Pa, q
member of the senate finance COM
mittee and an advocate Of tax re-
vision. predicted today that the
governments deficit would aggre-
gate S3,0O0,O00,000 (billions) by the
end of the 1928 fiscal year.
He said congress will have to put
its foot down on the farm board
and veterans legislation.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IL. U.n)-
Support for an immediate increase
in taxes is coming from such in
fluential administration spokesman
in congress that the prospect Of
action next winter is growing rap
idly.
While not faced with any such
grave situation as that which has
just forced England to throw dras-
tic taxes on every class, the fore
cast for a deficit next year of at
least 81 ,30O0O0,0O0 in addition to
one of nearly a billion dollars for
the fiscal year ended last June
have brought the administration
and responsible legislators face to
face with the issue. The question
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
lose HOPE FOR
FLYERS MISSING
SINCE TUESDAY
Ships OF Three Nations
Scour Seas For Trace
OF Daring AviatOrs.

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. II. UP)-
Don Moyle and Cecil A. Allen APP
parently have sacrificed their lives
in the North Pacific in the name
of aviation.
Belief that the two young flyers
who set out courageously to fly from
Toxic to Seattle in a secondhand
monoplane met death in plunge
into the ocean was general today
No word came that could be
deemed authentic of any airplane
that could reasonably be supposed
to be theirs. No trace had been
found by ships of three nations de-
tailed to search for them.
One possibility remains that
Moyle and Allen are alive. If
they landed their mOnoplane,
"City of Tacoma IL on some
desolate island beach along the
Aleutian chain or near some
native village in Alaska, 1t
might take month or longer
for reports of their safety to
reach civilization.
That possibility is a slim one, as
no reports of the pair have been
received since shortly after they
took off from Sabishiro beach, ia
pan. last Monday. 1t was believed
they would have been sighted some
where, on land or sea, had they re-
manned in the air long enough tC
reach any land on this side of the
Pacific.
Many Reports
Numerous reports of planes which
might have been the City of Ia
coma II have been received, but
none was taken any too seriously By
aviation officials here or persons
who know the North Pacific.
The latest such report indicates
that an airplane was sighted early
yesterday as it flew over Carmacks
200 miles north of White Horse
Yukon territory. Absence of later
reports of the plane being either
identified or found, however, indi-
Gated that the report was another
false clue.
Four passengers aboard tbs
steamer Arthur j. Baldwin also
were said to have heard a plane az
it passed over that ship, but coast
guard vessels which searched every
point of land within a large radius
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
League Would
Declare Truce
In Armaments
By FREDERICK KUN
United Press Staff Correspondent

GENEVA, Sept. II. U.P)-Negoti-
atoms were under way here today
to enable the League of Nations to
arrange a world wide and immed-
late cessation of building of arma-
mentS.
The truce, the United Press
learned, will be submitted to the
League of Nations assembly in a
resolution proposed by Denmark
empowering the council to attempt
to arrange an armament holiday
until the end of 1882 world disarm
ament conference. The truce was
suggested before the assembly by
Foreign Minister Dino Grandi Of
Italy.
Denmark. Norway, Hol and
Sweden, and Switzerland, intro
duced resolutions at the assembly
to instruct the league council to
do its utmost to create worldwide
disarmament opinion before the
world conference meets and to seek
reductions and an armament truce
in conformity with Ghandis sug-
geStionS.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
NATIONAL GUARD
CALLED OUT TO
QUELL FIGHTING
Trouble Between Evangel-
list And Preacher Cause
OF fractional Strife.

JONESBORO. Ark, Sept. IL. U.p)
"A National Guard unit, armed
with tear gas bombs, machine guns
and side arms, patrolled the streets
Of this community today to prevent
further disturbances between local
preacher and visiting Texas evan
gelist which has divided the town
into rival camps.
The guard was modified for duty
last night shortly before the OPEN
ing of the tent meeting of the Rev.
Joe letters, youthful appearing
Baptist evangelist.
The guardsmen were deputized
and their Officers were given COM
plete authority to handle the sit
uation.
Martial Law
Today Governor Harvey Parnell
was expected to declare martial
law here.
Trouble broke out when Rev. Dow
H. Heard, pastor of the fashionable
First Baptist Church, was accused
of misconduct while living in Big
Springs, Texas.
Followers of Rev Heard sent two
Of their number to Texas to inyes-
tigate. When they returned with
testimonials and dispositions refut-
ing the charges against Rev. Heard,
the Heard delegation presented
their findings to followers of JEFF
fers.
Fighting broke out and police
were called. George Cox, six-foot
member of the Arkansas State COL
lege football team, a Jeffers fol-
lower, was taken to Jail.
LETTERS then organized 400 Of his
followers into a parade and
marched on the city hall demanding
the freedom of Cox. Cox was re-
leased. Another demonstration &C.
cured when LETTERS followers
crowded in the corridors outside the
city court when Cox's hearing was
to be held yesterday.
LETTERS was warned by Capt Harry
Eldridge, national guard command
today that Gov. Parnell had auth
orized him to either arrest Jeffers
cor escort him out of town If the
evangelist used names in any moro
Of his sermons"
Eldridge also said he had per-
mission to take down the tent
where letters has been preaching
If the Texan continued TRADES
ST. LOUIS, Sept. IL. U.P)-Rev
Joe LETTERS, who is the center OF
the dispute in Jonesboro, Ark,
which resulted In the establishment
of martial law, was fired upoi;
twice while conducting revival
services here this spring.
Two shots were fired at LETTERS
while he was preaching. On an
other occasion several shots were
fired at him while he was driving
along highway.
LETTERS said that he believed an
attempt had been made upon his
life because of his campaign to
expose gambling activities in St.
Louis county.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD
United Press Staff Correspondent

LIE BOURGET, France, Sept. IL.
U.Pe Two famous French flying
teams raced toward Toxic today IN
an effort to regain from the United
States the worlds record for un.
interrupted flight in a straight line.
Joseph Lebrix and Marcel Doret,
veterans in distance flying and
holders of the worlds record Of
6486 miles in closed circuit, left
the air field here in the monoplans
Hyphen II.
They were accompanied by Eeris
Mesmin, mechanic.
Later Paul Codes, former flying
partner of Dieudonne Coste. and
Raoul Robida. pilot-mechanic OF
the Air Union Commercial Lines,
took off in the veteran biplarse
Question Marx and followed Le-
brix toward the east. 1t was In the
Question Mark that Coste and
Maurice Bellonte set the former
record for straight line flying and
flew from Paris TO New York.
France lost the straight line
flight record To the United States
when Russell Boardman and John
Polando flew 1896 miles from New
York 10 Istanoul
The air line distance from Le-
bourget to Toxic Is approximately
5000 miles
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
BILLINGS BREAKS
FINAL Ties WITH
MOONEY DEFENSE
Statement Seen AS Indica-
ton He May Quit Fight
And Accept Parole.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IL. U.H
"A public statement by Warren K.
Billings repudiatlng an alliance
with Tom Mooney in their fight
for freedom was regarded today
as an indication Billings will seeE
parole.
The two San Francisco labor
leaders, convicted of completely in
the 1916 Preparedness day bomb
outrage and sentenced to life I'M
prisonment, have protested their
innocence and demanded pardonS.
Parole opportunities have been ig-
nored because they would carry
with them an admission of guilt
In the statement issued from
Folsom prison. Billings said that
because he conceded to the de
mands of Mooney and the others
he has become a nonentity in the
case"
! The statement marked the final
break between Mooney and Billings
and followed an announcement by
Billings last December in which he
said his fight for release would be
conducted independently.
After Sept. 80 1 will no longer
consent to the continued activities
OF any persons, committees or Or
CARNATIONS purporting to work in
my behalf unless such persons shall
obtain written authorization from
me-" Billings said today
Stuart Scott, secretary OF the
Mooney defense league here, des-
cribed the statement as "unfortun-
ate" but said it would not affect
the campaign 10 free Mooney.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11

whereabouts. Ships at sea were
called by radio to scrutinize their
passenger lists.
The bay search was started when
King Mitchell, captain of tug
boat reported sighting the body of
a young woman near where the San
Joaquin river empties into the bay
He said the body disappeared be-
fore he reached it, but said the
clothing was similar to that worn
by Miss Austin when she. disap-
peared.
H w. Vaughn, bellboy at the San
Francisco hotel where Miss Austin
registered, said she told him she
was leaving and gave him a pack
age containing ostrich feathers, tell
ing him TO send them to a hotel in
Coronado.
Vaughn sent the package and Of
ficers planned to check with the
hotel to determine who called for It,
Another theory was that. being
on a vacation. Miss Austin had gone
to a remote spot and was unaware
a search was in progress.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11

Preliminary hearing for J. w.
Head. confessed slayer of Ernest
Puryear in Brawley Tuesday night,
will be conducted in Imperial at 10
O'Clock next Wednesday morning.
In the meantime, Head is held in
the county jail without bail at the
request of the district attorneys Of
flee.
The charge against him is murder
in the first degree, the complaint
having been signed by Ray Poole,
deputy county coroner.
The flag -draped casket contain
ing the body of Puryear, disabled
veteran shot and killed by Head, his
father n-law, was buried in the
Veterans plot at Riverview ceme-
terry at Brawley at 1890 o'clock this
morning by American Legionnaires
following services at the American
Legion hall.
Judge I. Mayfield will preside at
the preliminary should Judge Her
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
Continued on page 81
Julian Indicted
By Grand Jury
For Oil Deal

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. II. U.H
&C. c. Julian, promoter of mill
lion dollar oil and mining COM
panies. was indicted by federal
grand jury that spent two days in
vestigating mail fraud charges in
connection with the c. c. Julian
Oil g. Royalties company, Judge
Edgar S. Vaught announced today.
Judge Vaught indicated that sew
eral of Julian's associates also were
indicted but said their names could
not be disclosed until warrants are
issued.
Julian had not been arrested
early today. His attorney. o. A.
Cargill, said he believed Julian
was out of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
Midwest Struck
By Killing Heat

CHICAGO, Sept. II. U.P) - The
middlewest sweltered today in a
heat wave that sent thermometers
soaring to near-record September
heights.
No immediate relief may be ex-
pected, weather bureau officials
said. Showers expected tomorrow
in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and scattered sections of other
plains states may bring relief
Three deaths from the heat were
reported from Milwaukee where
the temperature went to SO. Eau
Claire, Wis. reported a new Sep
TENDER record of 10l degrees and
thermometers in Minneapolis reg
istered 104 A temperature of "a
in Chicago equaled the record set
for Sept. 10 in 1897.
NEW YORK, Sept. II. UP)-The
heat wave continued in New York
today after a day which hoisted
the mercury to 90, caused the death
of four persons and sent the
weather bureau delving into its
files as far back as 1894 to find an
equal.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
JAIL TWO FOR
ATTACK AGAINST
DRY SQUAD MEN
Asserted BOOtlegger And
Woman Arrested After
Automobile Is Traced.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. IL. (U.P)-A
man and a woman were in jail
here today as a result of what au-
thorities claim was an effort to
take for a ride" Deputy Sheriff
James Macarthur, an undercover
agent for the dry squad.
George w Lasher, an alleged
bootlegger, was charged with as
sault with attempt to commit muir
der and impersonating an officer.
Catherine Jack, 80, was accused of
driving an automobile used by
LaSher IN the attack. She was
held as a material witness.
The asserted attack occurred out
side the municipal court building
shortly after Mrs. Mary Lasher,
wife of the arrested man, failed to
appear on a liquor charge and lost
$500 bail Authorities declare the
arrest Of Mrs. Lasher formed the
revenge motive for Lasher's attack
on Macarthur.
Macarthur claims Lasher cover
ed him with revolver and ordered
him to march to the automobile
for your last ride.
Macarthur started to run and was
seized by Deputy Sheriff R. G..
Tucker, who did not know him.
Lasher assertedly shouted to
Tucker that Macarthur was an es-
capped prisoner and Tucker snap
ped handouts on the deputy.
Lasher, according to Macarthur
then beat him severely.
A dry squad captain approached
at this time and Lasher escaped
in the woman's automobile. The
car was traced to residence, where
| the arrests were made.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
EXPLOSION WRECKS
BUILDING, KILLING
THREE EMPLOYEES
Twenty Injured In Blast
DemOlishing Plant OF
Kodak Company.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Sept. IL (U.P)
"A terrific explosion demolished
one of the buildings in the Eastman
Kodak Co. plant here today, with
loss of life and high property DAM
age.
Casualties included two dead
and 20 injured.
The explosion occurred in a
building known as the coating de-
partment.
1t wrecked the building. The roar
of the detonation could be heard
for miles. Windows over wide ra-
uius in the vicinity of the explo-
sion were shattered.
Ambulances were rushed to the
Eastman plant to care for the in
jured. 1t was feared more dead
would be found in the debris of the
smoking, shattered building.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-11
BY WALLACE CARROLL
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1881, BY United Press

MARSEILLES, France, Sept. II.
U.P)-Mahatma Gandhi will not
come to America.
He made this clear today, say
ing America was not ripe for my
message but adding under ques-
tioning that America was too COM
mercialized to understand this mes
sage.
His revelation came to an ex-
elusive United Press interview in
which he approved of world sill
yer congress, but said he would not
attend such meeting if it were
called.
America isn't ripe for my mes
sage" Gandhi said. II shall al
ways look to America for aid and
sympathy, but my American friends
counsel me not to go there now.
81 fear the Americans might
misunderstood my mannerismS.
my clothes and my rustic
speech. They probably would
lionize me, which l do not de-
~ 10 iOt my
sion that l remain far away,
where i am only a legend to
the American people
Asked whether he meant that
America was too commercial to I'M
derstand his message, Gandhi said:
Eyes, that's it. My friends and
advisors warned me OF that
Gandhi said that India no long
er is an easy market for the worlds
cotton growers"
Still Unafraid
india now ills its own cotton
requirements" he said, and grows
all she needs. Our manufacture OF
cotton cloth is increasing every
day"
He insisted he was unafrald to
visit Lancashire in England, despite
the threat of cotton spinners there
to lynch him.
IT fear no man." the little brown
leader said. II probably could