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Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
CRAMER PLANS
new AIR ROUTE
OVER ATLANTIC

CLEVELAND, Aug. 6. U.P)-
Parker Cramer, who twice failed in
an attempt to span the northern
Atlantic, today was reported on his
third projected voyage to northern
Europe.
Officials of the Trans-America
Airlines corporation reported Cram
er had landed at Angmagsalik,
Greenland, after an unheralded
flight from Detroit where he took
off on July %. The purpose of his
flight, sponsored by Trans Amer
ican, is to chart a northern route
for proposed Trans-A Atlantic pas
senger and air mail service to Co.
pephagen and London.
Accompanied by Oliver L. Pa
quette, Canadian government ra-
dio operator, Cramer landed his
single motored cabin monoplane at
Angmagsalik yesterday afternoon,
his sponsors said. From there, he
planned to take off for ReykjaWk,
Iceland. Thornshaven in the Farce
Islands is his last scheduled stop
before arriving at Copenhagen, It
was said.
Cramer's previous attempts to
chart northern route to Europe
were made in 1923 and 1929. In
1928, he attempted with Bert Has
sell to fly from Rockford, IN. to
Scandinavia but was forced down
in Greenland. He was lost for two
weeks before rescuers found him
and his companion. &-'t'
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
ROLPH GRANTS !
REPRIEVES FOR
CONDEMNED MEN

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 6. Wn--
Two condemned murderers were not
moved to the death CELL at Folsom
prison today, as the result of last
minute reprieves signed by Cover
nor Rolph, giving the men a lease
on life until October 2.
The slayers are Robert O'Nei
and William Hudson, Los Angeles.
who had been sentenced to die on
the gallows tomorrow morning for
the murder Of Perman Calderwood,
deputy Los Angeles city marshal,
following a holdup.
Governor Rolph criticized the
peculiar attitude" of the prisoners
attorneys, who wrote to Warden
Smith, informing him that an
agreement had been reached not to
appeal their case to the supreme
court, and requesting him for per-
mission to witness the hanging.
The attorneys are Thomas r.
Walken. chief defense counsel, and
his associate, Carl w. Minton, Los
Angeles.
Contradicting Walker. O'Neil told
the governor that he understood
that "our lawyers would carry out
their promise and appeal the case
to the supreme court"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
FEDERAL COURTS TO DECIDE
ON, LEGALITY OF BRICKS

NEW YORK, Aug. 6. U.P)-Fed-
eral courts are to decide If wine
bricks bought by thousands of New
Yorkers in the past few days be-
cause they turn into wine If you
dissolve them in water and, don't
drink it soon enough are legal.
Sale of the pressed grape bricks
which have drawn thousands to the
little shop on Fifth avenue opposite
Marble Collegiate church Of which
Daniel A. Polin, a dry leader was
once pastor, was stopped by federal
prohibition agents.
Business was at it's peak when
the agents entered. The day be-
fore there had been complete sell
out. And yesterday there were
hundreds of disappointed would-be
customers of Tuesday, plus hundreds
more drawn by newspaper publicity
given the bubble bricks, in the par
ade to the shop.
The three operators of the shop
were arrested. The 10 young ladies
who sold the bricks with instruc-
tions on how not to turn the bricks
into wine were gallantly released
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
in
DETROIT SCENE
OF RACE RIOT

DETROIT, Aug. 6. W.p)-Race
prejudices and hatreds which flared
into open fighting at public play
ground, in section largely occu-
pied by negroes smouldered today
while special police patrols watched
the district.
Eight men and boys we're cut or
stabbed so severely in the general
fighting that hospital treatment
was necessary, while one, Edwic
Nawicki, IS. white, was reported in
critical condition. He was stabbed
in the back. Many others were
given emergency treatment at the
scene of the fight and sent home.
Some arrests have been made and
ringleaders were being sought.
The fight started when a group
OF negroes rushed white men who
were engaging in a baseball game.
In the stands were SO or so other
white men and women. The men
rushed to the aid of the ball play
ers and a general fight started
Word spread through the district
and men and boys of both races
rushed to the field, carrying clubs
rocks and other primitive weapons
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
ALIEN SMUGGLING
RING BROKEN UP ,
BY GOVERNMENT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. W.P)--
The department of labor believes 1t
has broken the backbone" of a
nationwide alien smuggling ring
held responsible for illegal entry OF
thousands of foreigners into this
country.
Two men described by Secretary
of Labor Doak as leaders in the
scheme three employees of the fell
eral naturalization and immigra
ton service, and four other alleged
members of the ring have been ar
rested in New York. Further ar
rests are expected shortly in other
cities having large foreign popula-
tiOns.
Doak described the scheme as
lone of the greatest rackets the
country has ever seen.'
"How much the immigration serv-
ice is involved is impossible to tell
at this time," he said. There will
be no whitewashing. I can tell you
We do know that the ramifications
of the racket are nationwide"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Lawns May Be
Watered Again

Welcome news to Ell Centre and
Imperial Valley was told by Phil
knights. city engineer, last night
when he announced receipt of a
telephone call from the irrigation
district engineer stating 5000 sec
ond feet of water is on the way
down the Colorado river, and should
reach Yuma Sunday or Monday.
This means, said knights, Ell
Centre householders may water
their lawns again. starting today.
The announcement was somewhat
ironical since rains have made
watering almost unnecessary.
The water Is now in the Grand
Canyon, and will add considerably
to irrigation water available In I'M
perial Valley.
Knights expressed appreciation of
the response given by El Centrans
to the plea to conserve water by
refraining from using 1t to water
lawns and flower beds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06

and 140 cartons of "a bricks each
were seized.
Warrants for the arrests were
based on charges by two prohibi-
ton agents that they had received
instructions on how to make wine
from the bricks.
The warrants we're issued under
section 18 of the Volstead act which
reads:
ut shall be unlawful to adver-
tise, manufacture, sell or possess
for sale any utensil, contrivance,
machine preparation, compound,
tablet substance, formula, direc-
tions or recipe advertised, designed
or intended for use in the unlawful
manufacture of intoxicating liquor"
beverage of more than one-half
of one per cent alcohol by volume)
Sale of the pressed grape brick
by the Vino Sano company, it says,
has been upheld in a federal court
decision in California where grape
growers have obtained $10,000,000
in loans from the federal govern
ment through the farm board. A
contrary decision in this case, it
has been pointed out, would be
embarrassing to more than ore
branch of the federal government.
Prior to the raid yesterday, the
shop did bargain counter business
with throngs crowding for privilege
of paying So for brick which would
convert water into Port, Sherry
Burgundy, Tokay, Champagne and
other wines if permitted to remain
in the jug too long,"
Early in the afternoon, two flash
lily dressed young men attracted by
the possibilities in the thriving new
business had suggested to the man.
ager OF the shop, Charles w. Shenk
that he "cut them in for share OF
the profits"
Were doing a legitimate busi-
ness so we cut in no racketeers,"
Mr.. Shenk replied in effect.
A short time later his shop
was visited by the ordinary pro-
hibition agents.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Merriam Acts AS
+ Chief Executive

SACRAMENTO, Cal. Aug. 6. U.p)
Lieut.. Governor Frank F. Mer-
riam ruled over California as gov
ernor today.
When Governor James Rolph
crossed the border into Nevada
early this morning, to go on sage
hen hunting trip with Governor
Fred Balzar, Merriam automatical-
ly became governor.
The lieutenant governor was not
expected at hiS office in Sacra-
mento for the three days Governor
Rolph will b gone. He will trans
act any state business necessary
from his office at Long Beach.
Returning to Sacramento Satur-
day, Governor Rolph will remain
overnight and leave for fishing
trip to Mt. Whitney Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
LINDBERCH Held
AT AKLAVIK BY
POOR WEATHER
Flyer And Wife Resting
After Difficult Trip
To Arctic Circle.

AKLAVIK, Northwest Territory,
Aug. g. (U.P)-(Via Royal Canadian
Signals Radio to Edmonton)-Dull,
heavy clouds floated over the top
of the world" and blotted out the
Arctic sun today as Colonel and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh rested
in preparation for the next leg of
their venturesome 7000-mile vaea-
ton flight from Washington to To-
kio, Japan.
Tired after their dangerous, rec
ord-breaking flight of Ills miles
direct from Baker Lake, the Lind
berghs slept most of yesterday while
picturesque crowds of Eskimos, In
dians, traders. and trappers milled
about the village in celebration OF
the visit.
The famous flyer and his wife
planned to go from here to Point
| Barrow, $50 miles away and the
most northern point to be visited
on their trail blazing tour.
Lindbergh was uncertain last
night when they would take off
They could set their departure for
almost any hour of the day or night
because there is only about an houl
of actual darkness out of every "a
in this country at this season oi
| the year.
Radio reports, however, indicated
storms were brewing and it wa.
raining hard over many sections o1
Alaska.
That the Lindberghs would no
find cache of gasoline at Poin
Barrow for the pontoon equipped
monoplane appeared certain. Thu
coast guard cutter Northland, which
was dispatched to the point will
gasoline, reported yesterday it wa
ice bound and probably could no
reach its destination.
Visited BY Natives
The cutter radioed that in cas-
| 1t could not reach the point it woul'
wait for the Lindberghs in the vi
cinity of Ice Capes, about $50 mile
isouth and west around the coast
line of Alaska.
| After a long sleep yesterday, tn
flyers visited last night with tn
lstrange assortment OF humans VIII
had hurried into the village fror
all points of the barren northlan
for the celebration.
i Mrs. Lindbergh took special inter
est in the round faced, chubby eski
mo children, some of which trotte
about at the heels of the flyers an
Iothers Of whom rode on the back
Iof their mothers.
The Lindberghs found little occa
sion to venture out into the villag
from the Presbyterian manse, wher
they were quartered. Not only tn
village, but the whole northlan
surged about their doorstep.
The next scheduled flight of tn
couple, that to Point Barrow
lstretched over great fields of ice,
lstrip of country as desolate as tina
over which they passed in comin
from Baker Lake.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Obtain Clue In
Street Shooting

NEW YORK, Aug. 6. U.P) - The
Bronx Home News in a copyrighted
story today said that police had
wrung from Anthony Trabino a
story of events preceding the shot
cunning of babies in East 107th
street last week, which pointed to
a drug purveyors' feud.
Trabino, listed as 81 years old, is
former partner of Vincent Coll
Harlem and Bronx racketeer and
is said TO have implicated Coll in
the raid in which a carload of gum
ners rode through Little Italy, now
ing down children as they sought
to wipe out an enemy. Trabino
according to the story. was the man
they sought to put on the spot.
Investigation did not place Coll
in the murderers' car, but the mans
story, 1t was indicated, named Coll
in connection with the drug dealers
raid.
Trabino was pictured by the
authorities as seeking cowardly pro-
lection from the gunners' slugs by
holding a child before him as a
shield. According to this version
Trabino was sitting in an automo-
bile when the barrage opened,
though originally it had been sup
posed the raiders were after a man
in the doorway of the Helmar So
cial club.
Detectives had Trabino under
questioning for "a hours. Gradual
ly he weakened under their fire of
inquiries and is said to have told
them that drugs, not beer, lay at
the root of the feud which sent the
carload of gunmen ON their ruthless
expedition.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
@sFR!SSSs:f

BEVERLY HILLS, Aug. 5.
(SpeciaD Say, these wars is
getting to be tough. I had no
more than got home from the
battle of Red River with my
old commanding general II am
colonel on the staff of Bill
Murray we licked Texas and
made bridges free for Okla
homans" to cross even If they
had no business on the other
side. Today my old general calls
me back into the trenches 0et's
see who we are fighting this
week. Oh, yes, the Standard
Oil and the octopuses) we want
ST. oil and we amt going to
quit shooting till we get 1t. Old
Bills been right every time and
I am still with him. Next week
we are going the fight for 20
cent wheat.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
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IN
CITY DISCUSSED
BY COUNCILMEN
State Street Crossing
And Sewer Reports Are
Filed With Board.

Improvement of Ell Centro again
was the principal business discussed
by the city council last night, when
both the State Street crossing and
the proposed new outfall sewer line
for Ell Centre, together with other
proposed improvements. came in
for discussion.
Business transacted by the coun-
Gil was:
City Engineer Phil knights and
Councilman John Rice were direct
ed to confer with Southern Pacific
officials in Los Angeles concerning
moving of the Imperial Valley
Hardware company warehouse at
State street and the railroad tracks
and also concerning the necessity
argued by the council, of construct
ing two culverts, at a cost Of $4,000
under the proposed crossing.
The city engineer submitted 8
preliminary report on findings ol
Burns, Mcdonnell and Smith, Los
Angeles consulting engineers, re-
garding three proposed outfall sewer
lines, their relative cost and meth
ods of floating bond issue to care
for the expense. Crews are still
working on one of the proposed
lines, making surveys, said the en-
gineer. A further report was
promised.
James Glassford appeared to urge
immediate action by the council on
paving and lighting of Broadway,
citing recent property improvements
and proposed improvements on the
west end of that street. The coun-
Gil directed knights to prepare
plans and specifications for the
work. The city is to pay half the
expense of these improvements, and
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
EVIDENCE
MENACES
DEFENSE
Prosecution Weaving Cir
cumstantial Web About
David Clark. !
WIDOW ON STAND
Mrs. Spencer Denies Hus-
band Had .3S Calibcr
Gun Despite Record.
BY GEORGE H. BEALE
United Press Staff Correspondent


LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6. U.D-Bit
by bit the state continued today to
present the circumstantial evidence
by which it hopes to convince a
jury of seven women and five men
that David H. Clark, handsome
young attorney, shot down and
killed Herbert Spencer, newspaper
man and magazine editor.
Taken separately the bits Of test
imony were not important but
pieced together they were menacing
to the former deputy district attor-
ney, who, after this trial may also
be called to trial on a charge of
numbering Charles Crawford, poll
tician.
The most interesting witness Of
the morning session was Mrs.
Frances Spencer, widow of the man
with whose Staying Clark is charged.
She returned to the stand to COM
plete her testimony, designed to
show that Spencer, who usually
carried q gun was unarmed the
afternoon of May 20 when. with
Crawford, he was mortally wound
ed in Crawford's office.
She admitted during the course
of the questioning that she, her
self, owned AS caliber gun that
was bought for her by her hus-
band. The defense chose this test
imony as supporting the claim that
Spencer continually feared for his
life.
Other early witnesses were off,
GERS who entered Crawford's office
shortly after the Staying. They
told the jury of the blood clots
found at various points and of the
manner in which one bullet entered
the wall of the office after passing
through Crawford's body.
Mrs. Spencer's gun was the sew
enth entered into evidence In the
two days of the trial but SO far
there has been none of the same
caliber as that used in killing
Spencer and Crawford.
Defense attorneys proudly carried
to court official police records
showing that Crawford was given q
permit to carry .38 caliber gun
in 1929.
Crawford's widow testified that
Crawford had no .38, the caliber
of the gun which killed the two
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
ARBITRATION TO
RESULT i'm END
OF MILK WARS
Milkmen And Producers
Get Together To Halt
Present Strife.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6. W.P)-
Milkmen and milk producers actet
today in an attempt to end milk
war" and maintain wages.
The producers and distributors
approved a plan for the appoint
ment of a joint committee to sci
stabilized price, the first definite
move toward hating the conflict
that has hammered the retail cost
down to eight cents a quart.
The milkmen, after stormy
meeting last night, agreed to pre-
sent the distributors today with g
proposal to begin morning deliv'
cries between and a. m. instead
of 7 a. m. as at present. Under
this plan the milkmen would re-
tain the existing wage of $182.50
month, whereas to continue start
ing work at a. m. meant a reduc-
ton to $3.50 a month.
Chain store executives expressed
opposition to the early delivery
plan today, charging it was promul-
gated by distributors to invade store
milk territory.
|. R. H. Novato of Trumbull said
an organization of producers al
ready was being formed in prepar-
alton for a price stabilization pro-
gram. He said an entire new price
schedule must be established "to
save the industry" claiming that
dairymen here are receiving II to
18 cents a gallon. This, Novato
said, was below production costs.
Members of the San Francisco
Milk Producers association approx
ed the plan for an arbitration COM
mittee. One of its first tasks, 1t
was said, should be to determine
the reasons back of the three cent
cut in the price per quart.
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 6. U.R)--
All was quiet on the far flung
Portland milk war front today.
The determined conflict between
the wealthy distributing combine
and 1900 striking producers had
been dynamiting, one man sent to
hospital with a fractured skull,
thousands of gallons of bootleg
milk "hijacked' and dumped, and
hundreds OF trucks and private cars
halted and searched on the high
ways during the five days it ex-
listed.
A committee named by Mayor
George L. Baker yesterday effected
compromise between the distrib-
utors and producers. A basic price
of $2.17k-an increase-was agreed
upon. Distributors agreed to buy
milk only from members of the
Dairymen's Cooperative association
as soon as contracts with independ-
ents expire. Both agreed that
milk czar" be named, to insure
peace in the future. The Gear"
yet to be named, will have absolute
authority in disputes.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Highway Bids
Made To State

SACRAMENTO, Aug 6. WP)--
Bids for state highway construction
in seven California counties under
consideration by the state depart
ment of public works today in
cluded:
Los Angeles county - Concrete
bridge across Fern canyon five
miles northeast oT La Canada on
Mount Wilson lateral; Houghton
and Anderson, Los Angeles, $28,950.
Orange County-Steel and con-
crete bridges across north arm of
Newport bay near Newport beach
on coast highway; S. j. Metzger a.
Son, San Gabriel, $65,249
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Mexican Volcano
Goes On Rampage

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 6. U.P)-
Loss of life and heavy property
damage in the town Of Coscomate-
pee were reported today as result
of floods caused by volcanic ex-
plosion on Tlamapa mountain. ,
Dispatches to the newspaper La
Prensa from Cordoba, Vera Cruz
state, said the Tlamapa river burst
its banks when dam across the
stream suddenly gave way after
the volcanic disturbance
Ten persons were drowned in
Coscomatepec, the dispatches re-
lated,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Explosion Wrecks
San Jose Home

SAN JOSE, Cal, Aug. 8. W.P)--
An explosion OF mysterious origin
today below the rocf OF the home
of Gaetano Manninna, and a re-
sulting fire burned his residence.
another home and threatened
third.
Mrs. Silyania Saltalamachia, an
aged woman, was rescued as VIE
neighboring house burned. Asleep
at the time of the fire, she was
carried out of the burning building
by four men.
Police were investigating the
cause of the explosion after neigh
bors said that an automobile sped
away from the Manninna home
shortly before the blast. Manninna
has record as a liquor law viola
tor.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
GERMANY
TO BUY
COTT ON
Purchase Of $4,000 Bales
From Farm Board Is
Negotiated.
DELAY WHEAT SALE
Agreement Causes Spirit
OF Friendliness On All
Sides.
Nv FREDERICK KUN

UNITED Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
BERLIN, Aug. s. W.H Accepting
the suggestion of President Hoover
transmitted through Ambassador
Frederick M. Sackett, the German
government today offered to buy
from the federal farm board of the
United States 100000 bales of cot
ton and to acquire an option on an
additional 100000 bales.
From most reliable sources, it was
learned Germany's proposal was
transmitted to Washington last
night.
President Hoover's further sug-
gestion that Germany purchase
American wheat was temporarily
shelved, pending completion of the
cotton deal.
Experts seemed to believe that
similar arrangements on wheat
could be made only on small
scale.
The German acquiescence to Mr..
Hoover's suggestions was expected
to produce favorable repercussiors
in both Germany and the United
States, both from the standpoint
of public opinion and of economies.
Germany stands in need of both
cotton and wheat, according to ex.
perts, and the purchase from Amer
lea was expected to help in strength
ening prices and developing conf
dence.
The offer stipulated, it was
learned, that 1t would be on basis
of a three-year credit Cost of the
cotton would be computed on a
basis of a monthly average of prices
on the New York Cotton Exchange,
or the monthly average of the New
York Bremen and Liverpool ex-
changes. Pay would be in buyers
dollars notes at AZ per cent in
terest.
Readiness was expressed to pay
on delivery of goods.
The estimated value of the cot
ton involved in the German offer
was between $3O,OOO,OOO and $40,-
600 900, it was said
It was learned the United States
had not made specific offer, but
had advised Germany that the
farm board was ready to dispose
of 100000 bales of cotton and l.
225 900 tons of wheat on long
term credit basis and that it would
accordingly welcome German
offer.
A report today said United States
Copper producers intend to seek a
similar accord here.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Wilkins PostpOnes
Sub-POlar Voyage


TIDENSTEGN, Norway, Aug. s.
UP)-The submarine Nautilus has
abandoned the projected attempt to
reach the North Pole under the
ice this year, Sir Hubert wilkins,
in command, indicated today.
The submarine instead is going
to Spitzbergen, whence limited ex-
plorations of the Arctic regions are
now scheduled, using Spitzbergen
as base.
The Nautilus, delayed by break
down in mid-Atlantic on its cruise
from the United States to England,
was further held up at Bergen for
repairs and it was believed these in
cidents had forced postponement OF
the daring polar plans.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
OAKLAND PLANT BURNS

OAKLAND, Aug. 6. U.P-A spec
tacular four-alarm fire today de-
stroyed the plant and yards of the
Pacific Bottle and Rag Works and
threatened nearby homes and in
dustrial plants. A search of the
ruins was ordered when officials
learned that large number of itin-
Grants had been sleeping in the
place. It was feared some of them
might have been killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
PERUVIAN BOMB FOUND

TRUJILLO, Peru, Aug. 8. tU.H)--
Dynamite was discovered today in
the Puerta theater where Haya de
la Tore, candidate for the presi-
dency, was speaking. Electric lights
went out Immediately after the dis
covery, causing panic.