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Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
ALFALFA BILL
NOT TO SUPPORT
new YORK MAN

WEATHERFORD, Tex, Aug. IA.
U.P)-Gov William H. (Alfalfa Bill
Murray. of Oklahoma, will not sup
port any New York Democrat for
the presidential nomination in 1882,
he indicated today in discussing
with friends here reports that he
himself might seek the Democratic
nomination.
Murray, who has made himself
Democratic power in the southwest
has been watched with considerable
interest by eastern party leaders
and todays statement was the first
he had made which gave definite
evidence regarding his attitude.
II won't say who's going to be
President" ne said, when question
ed regarding the boom for him,
which has spread widely through
Oklahoma and Texas in the last
few weeks. "But I can tell you
right now. it won't be anybody
they're talking big about now"
It's not going to be any of those
New York fellows"
I'VE need a President that's hon.
est, one that knows what to do and
has the courage to do it. We don't
want one of these judicial minds
that are always looking for prece-
dents before they do anything.
1T don't matter whether he's a
Democrat or a Republican, if we
can get that kind of man. But
want him to be a Democrat"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
LINDBERCHS May
EXTEND TRIP TO
ENCIRCLE GLOBE
Colonel Not Yet Certain
That European Journey
To Be Included.

NOME, Alaska, Aug. IA. U.P)-
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh today considered feasibility of
extending their aerial vacation"
jaunt around the globe.
Lindbergh indicated he had seri-
Gus plans for going to China from
Toxic, then across India to Europe,
resting there a while before return
ing over the Atlantic to America
by way of the Azores.
Hoping weather conditions would
permit them to continue their vaca-
ton flight to Toxic today, Colonel
and Mrs. Lindbergh were up early
getting things ready for the trip.
Storms have kept them here since
Tuesday morning. An improvement
in weather last night led them to
predict they would get away today.
Lindbergh spent considerable time
rechecking the motor of their low
wing monoplane, at rest on Safety
Lagoon, 81 miles east of here. He
pronounced it in perfect shape for
the 1067-mile flight to karaginsk,
Siberia, by way of st. Lawrence
island and Cape Havarin, Siberia.
Lindbergh's mention of his pro-
posed world tour was the first in
dication of plans for extending the
trip beyond Toxic. The colonel ad-
mitted he and Mrs. Lindbergh had
not worked out any details regard
ing possible routes or times sched-
ules
It's just something we're think
ing over" he said with a wide
smile.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
ElOping Youth
Kills Flagman

SAN CLEMENTE, Cal, Aug. IA.
W.P)-Oswald Ivey, %. of Beverly
Hills was in Jail here today charged
with killing highway f!agman
while assertedly attempting to
elope to Tijuana with Katherine
Craig, 10, of Los Angeles, sheriff S
deputies reported.
Ivey was said to have run into
Ollie Lehman. 45, flagman for o
highway construction company, who
was directing traffic just outside the
town of San Juan Capistrano.
Instead of stopping to render aid,
authorities declared, Ivey sped OH
and redoubled on his tracks, at
tempting to return to Los Angeles.
He was caught by Harold Phillips
of San Clemente, after chase OF
several miles.
He was held on a charge OF hit
and run driving. A coroner's in
quest was scheduled for tomorrow
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
SIGHT RESTORED
MAN WISHES TO
WATCH MARLENE

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. IA. W.p)-
"One of the first things I want to
see is a movie-and they tell me
this Marlene Dietrich is pretty to
look at too," Joseph Forsythe. who
at II has just regained his sight
through an operation, said today.
The aged sugar cane planter had
been blind 20 years.
Country folks didn't get to see
movies much in 1911 before I went
blind. I never did see one. They
say this Marlene girl is a dandy
II want to read the papers too.
The folks have read them TO me
but mostly they've read about pol
iticS and such. l want to read
about television and Capone.
Reckon I'll have to live to be a
hundred to see all want to see.
Seems I can just go on looking the
rest of my life and never get tired
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
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M'COy Paroled
To Ford Firm

SAN QUENTIN PRISON. Cal,
Aug. IA. U.P)-The timekeepers bell
soon will send Kid Mccoy back into
the scrap.
For six years the once great fight
er has been in prison for the kill
ing of Mrs. Theresa Mors, his
paramour, assault with deadly
weapon and assault with intent to
kill.
Today the state prison board had
announced that he will be paroled
December l. 1882, due to exemplary
conduct A long list of prominent
men had urged favorable considera-
ton of his plea.
He was convicted as Norman
Selby, but the world knew him as
Kid Mccoy, and it is as the kid"
he will go back into the world.
He has a position as athletic di-
rector for the Ford Motor company
and his parole was ordered to the
company.
Mccoy was sentenced from Los
Angeles.
Since his incarceration he has
been connected with the prison fire
department.
The former worlds champion
now is SO years old.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
More Arrests
In Calipatria

Another raid by officers at Cali
patria, staged late yesterday, re-
suited in two more arrests on
charges of possessing a still and Ii
quor. M. Rodriguez, 40, and B.
Flores, %, being the accused. They
were taken into custody by Deputy
Sheriffs Gillett and Elliott.
They were arraigned in Calipatria
this morning together with j. M.
Hernandez, Antonio Sabalza and j,
H. Grant, arrested on similar
charges Wednesday.
Disposition of the cases was nc.
known early this afternoon but it
was expected Rodriguez and Flores
would waive preliminary hearing
and plead guilty to the charges
later in the day in the superior
court, possession of a still being a
felony.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
SLAYER OF WIFE
DIES UNFORCIVEN
BY HIS CHILDREN

HUNTSVILLE, Tex, Aug. IA. (U.P
Joe Shield, Brown county wife
died in the electric chair
here today, praying for the for
giveness of the two little girls who
were orphaned by his crime.
He did not know that his daugh-
ters. who live in New Mexico with
an aunt, had turned against him.
II never want to hear from you
again-I am still my mothers
baby" one of them wrote in the
tedious scrawled handwriting of a
child IN the seventh grade.
But thanks to Warden Walter
Waid, Joe Shield never knew. He
went to the chair still praying-as
he had done for weeks-for his
daughters forgiveness, never sus-
pecting that the bitter letter had
been withheld.
''If they would only write to me"
Shield said Is days ago. IF they
would only write! Then could die
happy with their forgiveness.
Shield was convicted of killing
his wife. He also faced charges of
Staying her mother and father.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
CLARK CLINGS
TO CLAIM OF
SELF-DEFENSE
Accused Slayer Stands
Up Under Questioning
By Prosecutor.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IA. U.P)As-
sailing his story that he precipitat-
ed the killing of Charles Crawford
and Herbert Spencer because he re-
sented their suggestion that he play
dirty politics. the state today
launched a savage effort TO show
that David CLARK, instead, was an
underworld candidate for the judge
ship.
The prosecutions intentions be-
came manifest through a series of
question by Special Prosecutor
Joseph Ford, many of which werN
objected to by the defense and
ruled out, but enough of which
were allowed to stand clearly to
convey what was intended.
Ford's questioning sought to es-
tablish the inference that Guy
(Slim) McAfee, reputed gambling
boss, was Clark's backer for the
municipal judgeship and later
touched upon the attitudes regard
ing his candidacy of such we'll
known political figures as Mayor
John C. Porter and the Rev. Robert
(Fighting Bob Shuler.
Clark had extenuated the shoot
ing, in his dramatic stay on the
stand, by representing Crawford
and Spencer, not himself, as friends
of the underworld which he was
attacking in his campaign.
The conference in Crawford'S Of
flee which ended with the two
deaths was called, Clark said, after
Spencer's oft-repeated threats that
if Clark did not abandon his un-
derworld attack something would
happen to him."
In the office, Clark has testified,
Crawford joined Spencer in more
smoothly-spoken suggestion" that
Clark abandon his activities, fol-
lowed by proposal to elect him if
he would assist in the framing
of Police Chief Roy Steckel.
1t was when Clark refused, with
an epithet, to consider the proposal,
he said, that Crawford first, then
Spencer, advanced threateningly
upon him and he shot in self-de-
fenSe
ITO knock the halo of righteous
ness from Clark's head" Ford asked
many questions, chief among them
| In estimated effect:
Now don't you remember Pat
Foley, a reporter, and his wife, Nc
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
FAMILY NEARLY
PERISHES WHEN
CAUGHT in MUD

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. Ia. U.A
Summer floods-almost an an
nual occurrence in Utah-Struck
last night for the second time this
year and left blocked highways,
buried automobiles and disrupted
communication facilities in their
wake.
Walls OF water and mud originat-
ing from a sudden storm swept
across the Ogden-Salt Lake high
way on the outskirts of Salt Lake
and at Becks Hot Springs.
A Los Angeles tourist party mar
rowly escaped death when their car
was virtually buried in mud.
The party was composed of Mr..
and Mrs. L. G.. Kesley, Los Angeles,
their son, Robert, II, and Robert
Heron, Boulder City, New.
AS the mud and water engulfed
their car, Kesley and Heron car
ried Mrs. Kesley and the boy to dry
land They were being cared for
by the Salvation Army today.
All that we own," lamented Mrs.
KeSley, lis in our car"
Lightning started two fires In
Salt Lake. One bolt knocked Rob-
ert Gable, 25, Los Angeles, uncon-
scious. The city telephone system
was disrupted for hours. The city
was plunged into darkness for eight
minutes. The Bamberger railroad
between Salt Lake and Ogden was
blocked by heavy mud deposits.
Severe storms were reported in
nearby small ltowns. The storm,
nearby small towns. The stolm
on towards southwestern Wyoming
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
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Oisss nsNs.sAs aysAssasS Ira
BELIEVE CANDHI
MAY RECONSIDER
TRIP TO LONDON
BY FRANCIS LOW
United Press Correspondent

BOMBAY, India, Aug. IA. U.P)-
A possibility that the Mahatma NJ.
K. Gandhi would reconsider his
previous decision and proceed to
London to attend the second India
round table conference was seen
here today.
The executive committee of the
all-India congress, nationalist
body, decided to adhere to the
Gandhi-I Irwin accord, despite its
boycott of the round table gather
ing next month
Vallebhai Patel, congress leader,
was authorized to act on behalf of
the congress at London lin the
event of an emergency
These moves, receding sharply
from the earlier attitude of the
congress, were regarded as highly
significant, and 1t was inferred
that Gandhi might alter his deci-
sion and yet proceed to London in
time for the conference.
Gandhis decision was made be-
cause of the attitude of the new
viceroy, Lord Willingdon, in regard
to the peace agreement he signed
with the former viceroy, Lord Ir-
win, at Delhi, ending the civil dis
obedience movement. The Gandhi-
Irwin accord also was designed to
pave the way for nationalist parti-
cipation in the second round table
conference to complete a new In
dian constitution.
The Nationalist protested that
the India government under Lord
Willingdon was guilty of breach
of the Delhi pact, but Lord willing
don Internationally refused to
grant a request for an impartial
inquiry into the charges, COM
munique issued by the working
committee of the all-India congress
averred.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
Blames Death
On Wine Raid

MILWAUKEE, Aug. IA. W.P)
Wine which raiding prohi-
bition agents dumped in the
basement of her home was
blamed today by Deputy
Coroner A. j. Grundman as
an indirect cause of the death
of Mrs. Helen Vasilzevic, 80.
Mrs. Vasilzevic was killed by
shock when she ATTEMPTED to
turn off an electric light left
burning by the raiders, Grund-
man found.
The agents had poured
about $50 gallons of wine on
the basement floor, which was
not cemented. Mrs. Vasilze-
vic, reaching for the light,
stood in the pool of liquor and
short circuited the electric
current through her body.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
Radical Moves
Planned By Spain

MADRID, Aug. IA U.P)-A dar-
ing move striking at the traditional
attitude toward illegitimate children
was made today by the new Repub-
lican government.
The constitutional convention
completed the text of chapter two
in the new constitution, embodying
radical changes in existing laws
governing marriage and family life.
Marriages may be dissolved by
mutual consent" the chapter pro-
vides, while children born out OF
wedlock would have the same rights
in society as legitimate children.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
COTTON
ST ATfS
DIVIDED
Only Three Respond To
Proposal For Destroy
ing Part Of Crop.
FAVORED IN TEXAS
Farm Board Says Only
Drastic Action Will
Avoid Chaos.
BY II. o. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. W.P)-
To a heSitant south the federal
farm board today extended the
view that nothing save acceptance
of its plan for ruthless destruction
of third of the cotton crop can
prevent financial chaos and in
tense suffering in that region.
The board advanced its drastic
proposal as last resort, it was
learned. 1t understands the reluct-
ance of farmers to destroy much Of
the crop on which their cash
income depends. 1t studied alter
native plans. But it was convinced
that only by utter destruction Of
cotton can the burden of a great
surplus be lightened and the south
avoid situation that would result
in ruined farmers, bankrupt mer-
chants and widespread bank fall
ures.
Chairman Jane, C. Stone and
other members of the board believe
the growers actually will profit by
going into the fields over which
they have worked all season and
plowing up every third row of the
cotton which is now almost ready
for picking. Prices would go up.
the board is confident, SO that the
remaining two thirds of the crop
would bring more than the entire
prospective production of 10000
bales would at present quotations,
which are the lowest in 80 years.
The board has received replies
from three of the IA southern gov
ernors to whom it addressed It's
proposal. Governor Sterling OF
Texas endorsed the plan. Cover.
nor Russell of Georgia was under
stood to have opposed it. The Sec
retary to Governor Blackwood of
South Carolina advised the board
the governor wanted more time to
study the plan.
Unofficially. majority of the
state executives were opposed. On
ly Governors Bilbo of Mississippi
and Murray of Oklahoma joined
with Sterling in commenting favor
ably. Seven others were opposed
led by Governor Miller of Alabama.
who characterized the farm board
plan as "unwise and impractical OF
application"
Blackwood and Governor Horton
of Tennessee countered with a sug-
gestion that cotton production be
abandoned entirely next year II
necessary.
The situation brought about re-
newed demand for the sequaliza-
ton PLAN Under this plan surplus
crops would be disposed of abroad.
even at a loss if necessary to get
them out of the way and maintain
domestic prices. The loss would be
"equalized" among growers. The
administration is opposed to this
plan which has been passed three
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
@HlnL!L-.e
w ISau:

BEVERLY HILLS, Aug. l3.
(SpeciaD-One of the most as
tonishing things I ever read
was in the paper today publish
ing facts and figures that there
have been more than 100000
900 swindled by fake stocks and
mines. proposals of marriage
and all sorts OF schemes, just
from mostly widows, alone, here
in Los Angeles. Now there is
no harder earned money in the
world than earned by a wife,
and then be simp enough to let
some guy talk her out of II.
They say it's worse in Cali
fornia than anywhere. It's
either the climate or widows are
dumber. About the only way I
see to lick these male sharpers
is not to leave your wife any
thing. That will get even with
those slickers.
Yours
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
Says Law Gets
Big ViolatOrs

WASHINGTON. Aug. IA. UP
Federal Prohibition Director Amos
w. w. Woodcock today surveyed re-
suits of the intense enforcement
campaign he inaugurated on July
and found them good.
He pointed to a large increase III
the number of Jail sentences In
July, when 1889 violators were SEN
fenced to a total of 452 years, COM
pared with 857 Jail sentences In
July. 1890, for 371 years.
"A greater number OF jail SEN
tences ought to indicate we are
reaching the bigger violators,' he
said. Whether that actually Is the
case, I don't know"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
Six Day Holiday
Goes Glimmering

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. IA.
U.P)-Visions and fears of a six-day
holiday for California had gone
glimmering today.
Governor Rolph has changed his
mind, he said. and will not sign the
proclamation that would have made
each day from September 4 to a
holiday.
He was influenced, he said, by a
telegram from the board of direc-
tors of the Los Angeles Fiesta.
opening September 4, which said
the proclamation was unnecessary
for success of the celebration.
Monday September 7, is Labor
Day and the following Wednesday
is Admission Day.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
Grant Delay In
White Sentence

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IA. (UP)-
Sentencing of Frederick Grant
White, Venice churchworker and
eX-convict, convicted of violating
the California corporate securities
act and grand theft, today was
postponed until Monday.
Superior Judge Elliot Craig
granted the delay to enable White
to obtain affidavits he intends to
introduce in petitioning for a new
trial
The sentence facing White car
ries a maximum penalty of 100
years and a minimum of l3.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
SON OF INSOLVENT BANKER
PAYS CLAIMS IN "a YEARS

First National Bank of Brook
lyn, Williamsburg Trust Com
pany, Terminal Bank and Sea
Cliff Bank-closed in 1907.
Public resentment flared. The
officials were indicted. Within
a few months the elder Jenkins
died of grief over the failure.
Today the son said:
II am sorry for only two
things. One is the death of my
father before the settlement of
these obligations and the other
is the inconvenience necessarily
caused depOsitOrs and other
creditors by the long delay"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
TABLES TURNED
UPON ATTORNEY

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. IA. U.P)-
Entering court to defend a client
on liquor possession charge,
George @. Rikh. attorney, found
himself in the uncomfortable po-
sition of defendant.
After the client, George Peterson,
was convicted, City Judge Jesse
Rich charged the attorney with
being intoxicated. The judge and
lawyer are relatives.
Judge Rich sentenced the attor-
ney to 10 days in the city Jail
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
Japan To Fine
Yankee Flyers

TOXIC, Aug. IA. (Up)-Recom-
mendation that a fine be imposed
on Clyde E. Pangborn and Hugh
Jr., American aviators accused of
having taken pictures of japanese
Notifications, was made today by
the procurator.
The recommendation was believed
to lessen the possibility that the
flyers might be imprisoned.
A verdict will be handed down
by the court tomorrow
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
Hoover Living
Hermit's Life

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. W.P-
President Hoover is living almost a
hermits' life in the White House as
compared with his predecessors.
Callers are few and far between.
Most government officials are out
OF town. No public engagements
are being accepted for at least a
month. Mr.. Hoover is spending
most of his time alone in his office
working on plans to relieve unem-
ployment distress and facilitate re-
storation of normal business.
The calling lists of the past seven
days show the names of but l6 per-
sons. Most of those dropped in
merely to shake hands,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
Severe Storms
In Philippines

MANILA, p. l., Aug. IA. U.P) =
Heavy Seas, combined with the
highest tides of the season, beating
against the seawall in Cavite prov
ince crmpled the structure today
and seven towns were flooded.
Torrential rains continued and a
landslide near Los BanoS buried a
power plant. Seven persons were
believed trapped and possibly killed.
Thousands of occupants of shacks
in Manila were marooned by flood
waters and streets were flooded
Bridges were washed out.
,KARUIZAWA, Japan, Aug. IA
U.P)-The volcano Asama erupted
at 1870 a. m. today following an
earthquake.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14

MINEOLA, L. l., Aug. IA. U.P)
The prosaic record of a salts
fled judgment revealed today
that John G. jenkins. Jr., MEM
ber of banking family whose
banks failed "a years ago. had
assumed S1,S00,000 in obliga-
tions he might have evaded in
the bankruptcy court, and had
paid off the last creditor.
In all the time jenkins was
earning and saving money for
the creditors he lived simply in
his home at Sea Cliff, using
only small portion of his in
come for his family's needs.
The jenkins Banks - The
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
ACTOR GETS TICKET

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IA. U.D -
Jack Oakie. film actor, must appear
in municipal court Monday to face
a charge of reckless driving. follow
ing issuance of complaint against
him. John Whalen declared the
actors automobile crashed into his
car after failure to make a boule-
ward stop.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
GETS MOVIE ROLE

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. IA. U.P) -
Mary Nolan, film actress who re-
Gently declared herself a bankrupt.
has been signed to a contract by
RKO Studios, it was announced to-
day She will begin work within a
week ON a starring role in The Big
Shot"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14
WOMAN
HELD IN
TRAGEDY
Heiress Is Questioned In
Connection With Mich
igan Crime.
SENTENCE SLAYERS
Two White Men And Ne
gro Confess To Brutal
Killings.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Aug. IA. U.P
Miss Catherine Keller, 25, heiresS
and niece of the late Judge Darwin
held for investigation in connection
with the four torch murders near
Ypsilanti Tuesday morning.
Miss Keller was said to have been
the sweetheart of Fred Smith. one
of three men sentenced to life i'm
prisonment for the murder of the
four school-age youngsters.
The arrest was made by Lieut.
Neil r. Black of the Michigan state
police. Black said Miss Keller ad
mitted she had washed the blood
stained clothing of Smith. She
found bloody newspapers and q 80
caliber pistol in her home, she said.
Black believed the pistol one of the
weapons used in killing Vivian
Gold, Anna May Harrison, both OF
Cleveland, and Harry Lore, YpSi-
lanti, and Thomas Wheatley of
Denton, Mich.
II was Smiths confession. Black
said, that involved Miss Keller.
Smith asserted the woman was with
him when the two white men,
Smith and Frank Oliver. and Da-
Wis Blackstone, negro. when they
held up the four youngsters Tues
day night
JACKSON, Mich, Aug. IA. U.P)-
Three killers saved five times from
death by torture at the hands OF
shouting, fighting, cursing mobs
found safety today behind the steel
barred windows OF state prison here,
6 hours and 40 minutes after they
confessed their crime.
They were sentenced to four life
terms each for the Ann Arbor
torch murder of two boys and two
girls in their teens.
Their confession was followed by
arraignment. and sentence in rec
ord time-Mlchigan law fighting a
running battle with vengeance
seeking mobs.
The three killers. Davis E!ack =
stone, giant negro and hot tamale
peddler of Ypsilanti; Frank Oliver
and Fred Smith, the latter an eX-
convict, were trapped as result OF
a dream" by negro acquaintance
of Blackstone, and another negro's
eye for money.
The conyicts arrived here near
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-14

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