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Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
AMERICAN SHOT
BY YOUNG WIFE
IN FRENCH CITY

NICE, France, March IL. U.P -
Mrs. Fred G.. Nixon -Nirdlinger, 26,
who, as Charlotte Nash of st. Louis,
won second honors in the 1924 IN
ternational beauty pageant at At
lantic City, was held by police today
on charges of killing her husband.
Nixon -Nirdlinger. once a proml-
nent figure in theatrical life in the
United States, was killed during a
quarrel at the villa of the couple on
the fashionable promenade DeS
AnglaiS.
Nixon -Nirdlinger died immediate
ly. but the police investigation was
hindered because of the inability OF
his wife to make herself clearly un-
derstood. II was said that the
Philadelphian had been married
previously. He was go.
when Mrs. Nixon -Nirdlinger was
studying Italian. Her husband was
said to have been jealous and to
have accused his wife of studying
the language because she wanted to
talk "to your Italian friend. -
Nixon -Nirdlinger was described as
threatening his wife, who grabbed
the revolver from bureau, and
fired. The second shot was fatal.
She called the maid who telephoned
police.
the couple had two young chill
dren who were asleep in the next
room, but were not awakened by
the shots.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
WILL NOT HOLD
PUBLIC HEARING
IN GAS PROBE
Railroad Commission Rep.
reSentative To Inter
view individuals

Investigation into the matter of
citizens complaints of charges and
services of the Natural Gas Cor
poration here this winter now is
being made by James E. McCaffrey,
assistant engineer of the Railroad
Commission of California, who ar
rived in El Centro this morning.
His first act was to consider Pc
titions and complaints filed with j.
c. Neale. city clerk, and to inter-
view such writer's and complaint
signers as he could reach.
No public hearings are contem-
plated at this time, he said. as it
is hoped to handle the situation
without them. More definite in
formation may be obtained from in
dividual interviews is the opinion
expressed by McCaffrey.
Investigation of the causes OF
complaints is one of the major
duties of McCaffrey. The main
causes of complaint so far are: ir-
regular pressure, lack of heating
power and unpleasant odor. Ex-
haustive investigation will be made
with the view of determining what
is necessary to improve the service
Records and equipment of the gas
company will be examined in check
ing the exhorbitant charge angle,
he said.
Hopes For Agreement
In cooperation with citizens and
with the company" said McCaf-
frey, "the matter will be carefully
investigated and every effort made
to obtain results satisfactory to all
concerned.
interviewing citizens individu-
ally results in more intimate un-
derstanding and gives cross Sec
ton view Of the problem. Com
plants from all parts of town and
in all lines of endeavor will come
before me as the representative of
the commission
Complaints III the form. of per-
sonal letters or in petitions still
are welcome. These may be sent
to Neale at the city hall or direct
to the railroad commission.
McCaffrey will carry his inyeSti-
cations into Brawley and Calexico
tomorrow, He plans to remain in
the valley three days he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
TOmlinsOn To
Quit Air Line

LOS ANGELES, March 70. UP
Lieutenant D. w. Tomlinson, for
merly of the navy's Three Sea
Hawks" will retire from the organ
ization and Herbert Hoover, Jr.,
will be communications engineer,
officials of the Transcontinental
and Western Air Transport COM
pany announced today in reveal
ing a general reorganization of its
personnel.
One other official of the operat-
ing department will be retired with
Lieut.. Tomlinson and be replaced
by two men from the Aero Cor
poration of California.
Clifford Mutchler, western divis-
ion superintendent. will become as
sistant to Jack Frye, -presi-
dent in charge of operations while
Paul E. Richter, Jr., will succeed
Mutchlcr.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
TRANSAMERICA
1880 EARNINGS
SHOW DECREASE

NEW YORK, March IL. up
Net profit on the Transamerica
Corporation. Giannini bank hold
ing company, for the year ended
December 81, 1890, amounted to
sl8,537 1863. or 70 cents share on
the 23,688O00 average number of
shares outstanding, against net
income of $67,3l6,3l0.
OF the 1880 profit. sl6,456,310
came from interest. dividends and
revenues other than from the sale
of securities. compared with s23,-
283 900 from this source in 1929 and
with $l4,460,637 in 1928.
During 1880, because of the
shrinkage in the market value of
securities, writing down of s25,-
804 .l0l in the value OF all securi-
ties, except bonds carried by banks
and insurance companies. was
charged TO consolidated surplus.
Elisha Walker chairman of the
board, and l.. NJ. Giannini, presi-
dent. in their report to stockhold-
ers emphasized the point that the
present dividend rate of 81 share
though it was not earned in 1890.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
WHAT'S DOING

TONIGHT
Kitchen Mechanics ball,
7:30, Eik's club.
County All club meeting,
7:30, McCabe school.
Scoville revival, 1880, Christ
ian church.
Night school. 10. high school.
II. A. NJ. No. 100, 3, Masonic
Temple.
Pythian Sisters, s, Davis
hall.
Troop II, B.S.A.. 1880, Scout
hut.
Phi Chi, 8.
Fox Imperial Theatre, "Sit
Tight.
TOMORROW
Kiwanis club, Barbara Worth.
Mount Signal home depart
mcnt. ID. NJ. Downing home.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
Exx& Ro7~~
@ 1880 MeNausht syndieat:. Ins.
KEYES FAVORS
TERMS in JAIL
FOR OFFICIALS

SAN FRANCISCO, March II.
U.H - Every official who deals
with crime should serve a term in
prison." Asa Keyes, former district
attorney of Los Angeles county,
said today.
Keyes yesterday completed the
minimum of his one to IA years
sentence for bribery and is eligible
for parole.
II have learned great deal
here" Keyes said. And ] have
made many friends. My attitude
toward the criminal is now flavor
ed with an understanding I could
never have acquired as prosecutor.
II believe that with my release
I can be of renewed use to society
Every official charged with the
duty of sending men to prison
should serve stretch himself"
Keyes was convicted of accepting
a bribe in one of the Julian oil
trials.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
FILM BATTLE
RESULTS IN SUIT

LOS ANGELES, March u. U.P)-
Tom Crawford, actor, wants $4,000
damages for a too realistic portray
al of a fight by George Cooper,
actor.
In a suit on file in superior court
today, Crawford claims Cooper be-
came too realistic in a fight scene
during the filming of THE Rene
gade at the Fox studios.
Crawford says he was struck in
the mouth and that the blow
caused severe damage to his lip.
He also charges that the director
instructed Cooper to direct his
blow to the shoulder and that
Cooper instead placed a well di-
rected blow to the face.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
limited Press staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, March IL. (U.H
Warning of serious consequences
even dictatorship-unless ways
are found to relieve permanently
the present economic situation
which permits of cycles of depres-
sion, was given today by Robert P.
Scripps, president and editorial d.
rector of the Scripps Howard news
papers, in an address at the Pro-
gressives' conference here.
Two basic reforms were put for
ward by the speaker They were:
|. Shorter hours of labor than
have ever been dreamed Of"
2. "A much more wide distribu-
ton of wealth-through wages or
otherwise-to permit increased lux
ury consumption and increased
luxury employment"
LAS 1 see it. gentlemen" he said.
the alternative is the goose step.
one way or another, and Lenin or
Mussolini makes might little differ
ence'
T h unemployment problem
goes directly to the heart of
vital question" said ScrippS-"can
the institution of Democracy sur
vive the age of science and the ma
chine. Science and the machine
are here to stay, he added, land
must be exploited somehow. And
under our present loose and anar-
chistic industrial system, they are
not being exploited efficiently, from
the standpoint of most of our peo-
pie"
When increased per capita pro-
duction means not plenty, but un-
employment for millions, then
something is decidedly wrong with
the system he said, adding that
he doubted if passing laws would
he of much help. He suggested
thar corrosive legislators supply
tn leadership which industry it
self has so far been unable to sup
ply"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
GOVERNMENT ACQUIRES TITLE
TO NEW POST OFFICE SITE

Completion of legal matters in
connection with the establishment
of the governments property
rights to the Ell Centre post office
site was announced today by S. w
McNabb, United States district at
torney for the southern district of
California, who arrived here this
morning.
The deed to the Elks' lot was
filed with the county recorder this
afternoon. thus making the site the
property of the United States gov
ernment.
The government accepted the lots
as gift from a group of Ell Cen
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
CATTLEMAN LOST
IN BORDER CITY

Ell PASO, Tex. March II. Up)-
Missing since Tuesday, Frank
Cobie, 80, wealthy Douglas, Ariz.,
cattleman, is being sought today
by his friends who have enlisted
the aid of detectives.
Cobic was visiting here when he
disappeared. Two attractive wom-
en-, who told of being with Cobie
on a party Monday night, we're
questioned brt they we're unable TO
give any clue as 10 his where
abouts. His friends said he was
carrying a large roll OF bills and
was subject TO fainting spells.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
MAN KILLED AS
TRUCKS COLLIDE

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, March 12.
-Winford II. Edwards. %. of Com
merce, Okla, was instantly killed
late yesterday when a truck he was
driving crashed into another truck
owned by Wasco Creamery COM
pany.
The accident occurred five miles
south of Bakersfield on the Golden
State highway.
Edwards is survived by a sister,
Mrs. c. w. Mauzy, of McKittrick,
Cal
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
Illinois Man
Shot In Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz., March II W.p -
j. Chase Scully, Peoria, ILL.,, in a
hospital here with a leg wound, is
in a serious condition, physicians
said today.
Scully was shot accidentally while
hunting in the Rcddington country,
100 miles northwest of Tucson. HIS
revolver discharged as he mounted
his horse. The bullet struck INN
in the upper part of the right leg
and ranged downward to the ankle.
The wound was aggravated also,
hospital attendants said, by the long
trip here from the scene o. the ac-
cidcnt.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12

w Isoy:

BEVERLY HILLS, Mar.
II. (SpeciaD - The big
gest laugh of the week
was caused naturally by a
senator (and they wasn't
even in session, not even
trying to be funny.
1t was by Jim Watson
of Indiana, the Republican
leader. The Progress
ives" are holding a meet
ing in Washington and he
asked them to please de-
fine exactly how they
stood on the following
problems:
Prohibition, farm re-
lief, tariff" and 10 other
important question, ask
ing the "Progressives" to
answer something that a
Republican wouldn't an
swer if he was on his
death bed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
CHAPLIN HAS COLD

BERLIN, March II. W.P)-Charles
Spencer Chaplin was confined to
his hotel today by a slight cold
which developed after he had taken
a walk in the snow. The actor
cancelled his engagements for to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
Husband Was
No Gentleman


LOS ANGELES, March IL.
UP)-Taking her cue from an
old Christmas rhyme, Mrs. Le-
ona Laura Brouse declared in
filing suit for divorce against
Merle Edward Brouse that her
husband said she "quivered
like a bowl full of jelly" when
she laughed.
"He also called me a fat
cow" she complained.
The couple was married at
Detroit, August 6, 1924 and
separated May Is, 1880.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12

For the first time in many years,
a ship flying the stars and stripes
and under United States registry,
cleared Vancouver, B. c., with
cargo of $4,000 cases of burbOn whis-
ky. Its destination was given as
Papeete, Tahiti, French Society
islands; top, the Lake GalewOod,
under command of Capt. ID. S. Nc
Alpine; below, part of the cargo,
and at right, the stars and stripes
flying over the ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12

Continued op rage six)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-29
ORGANIZATION MAKES FOR
ADVANCEMENT

of established
of the worlds plan for betermen of the
sudden achievement of yesterday Centuries long has been
the struggle for advancement of workers
There has been
gresson The march hasb been onward-and upward
opposition despite recurring cycles of business dpres
organization of workers has and hrved
Trades unattracted by the possbi
found aid in the OF progress
Public opinion suspicious fearful the amalgamaion of
the principle sound but lends support and
encouragement of the benefits to be derived for all
what they deemed radical
m the good accomplished and the possi
biites of organization
CAPITALISTS gradually of organization
and many freely appreciation of its plans and
proposed than organization of
mutual protection and advancement will be time enough
to discuss its adoption
there brought forward then those of established
nrestoe and be improved
Without 1t chaos and
and the effort to obtain decent livelihood would
develop into to the stone
Organization is be the workers road happiness
and prosperity negect travel that road walks alone
and in darkness
These accepted true and appreciated ana
approved by a percentage of the worlds workers
outside the ranks OF organized lapo are not ~ u
the benefits o organization
that without effort OF their
own because of organization established by union labor
They created through adan
established Indirectly wages and working conditions hxd
m ornd labor influence all particular craft greater
o less degree
ranks Of organized from that which would Immediately
of great aid his
the result worthy the ndeaVo
He who fails to stands in his ghtTypgraphcal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-29
VETERANS
Ask Hoover to Call Work
Parley

Indianapolis. non-political con-
ference to consider the economic de-
preston is favored by the national
executive committee of the American
Legion.
The committee urged "that such
conference analyze the charges that
have been freely made in the press
that the financial and business lead
ers failed to recognize the warning
signs fully one year ahead of the de-
preston, and failed to sound the
warning that might have in some
measure, minimized the depression
that followed"
A national survey by the 10000
Legion posts indicates that more than
100000 persons are unemployed, the
committee said. 1t is estimated that
100000 former service men are among
this number.
The proposed conference would in
clude representatives of labor, indus
try, capital and finance, agriculture,
land other elements of our industrial
life"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-29

Perhaps they do not recognize they
are only a chosen hundred or so out
of the many millions that furnish this
tremendous buying power. 1t may be
that these few men have saved enough
to live all the rest of their lives. If
so. at whose expense?
Today, murder has become so COM
mon that the large newspapers give
it little preference to other news
items. vet every one of US shrinks
from being branded as murderer.
At the same time, since wage cutting
so prevalent. more murders have been
committed under the hidden name OF
starvation and death from eX-
posure" than ever before. Wage cut
ting is responsible for this. Who is
responsible for wage cutting?
1T this continues, SufIerlng ana us
tress will prevail and social unrest
will steadily increase. Soon wage
cutting will take its proper name,
throat cutting, the latter referring to
the employer cutting his own throat
through the slow but sure process of
reducing wages When such a crisis
is reached that organized labor re-
ceives enough consideration from the
newspapers that they are allowed two
and three columns on everyday's pub
lication, it is very evident that it
won't be long until the poor and dis
tressed laboring man will receive his
just dues.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-29
FIRES TWELVE
SHOTS in EFFORT
TO KILL HUDDELL
Operating Engineers Presi-
dent Saved by Quick Ac-
tion of Secretary P0ssehl.
Whose Assistant is Badly
Wounded.

Washington, d. C. (ILNS)-Two
big guns in the hands of an uniden-
titled man about 40 years of age
blazed in lunch room here Wednes-
day in what appears to have been an
effort to assassinate Arthur M. Hud-
dell, general president, and John Pos
sehl, general secretary, of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Operating
Engineers.
A pocket memorandum book, to-
gether with the swift, cool thinking
of Secretary Possehl, saved President
Huddell's life. Frank e. Langdon, 70
years of age, assistant to the gen.
eral secretary, was shot in the head,
but is expected to live, though he may
lose the sight of an eye.
The would-be assassin had been
seated at nearby table in the coffee
shop, which is across the street from
Engineers headquarters. AS the
waitress handed him his check he
drew a revolver and began firing. AS
the firing started Secretary Possehl
kicked President Huddell's chair from
beneath him, throwing him flat on the
floor. Huddell was, nevertheless, hit
by one steel jacketed bullet and
bruised on the left side almost over
the heart. Huddell was most reluctant
to discuss his own injury. The bullet
struck memorandum book in the
upper vest pocket, pierced the book
through, inflicted a bruise and fell
inside his clothing. Another bullet
grazed Secretary PossehPs eye.
Langdon fell from one of the IL
shots fired and was taken to a hos
pital. The gunman had two guns, one
of which was knocked from his hands
during the firing. He then broke loose
with the second gun, fleeing from the
coffee shop, firing as he backed away.
He escaped through an alley to a
parked automobile.
Engineers officials attribute the at
tack to one ng-racketeering They
declare that the unions drastic steps
to compel strict accounting have in
furiated the ousted racketeers to the
point of murder.
The shooting this week is but one
! of series of assaults. An assault
and horse-whipping preceded this
attack
The engineers have installed a
most thorough-going system calling
for audited accounting throughout the
jurisdiction. According to the off
cials, this cleanup has made every
kind of irregular practice impossible.
They state without hesitation that
! they believe the attack to be the result
! of ebaffied racketeering ambitions,
which, baked by the organization
strict methods, sought murder as the
only remaining road to power.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-29
"OVERPRODUCTION"

In an address he made opening
campaign to raise $1,000,000 for Jew
ish charities, Senator Borah said:
eve talk about overproduction be-
cause we are ashamed to talk about
underconsumption. Underconsumption
is associated with empty granaries,
vacant warehouses, gaunt and hungry
people, homes without food, children
begging for something to eat," said
the Idaho lawmaker.
"Overproduction is a result of a
large number of the human family
not getting what they are entitled
to. Such condition is an indict-
ment of civilization, which has gone
mad in producing wealth and has not
yet mastered distribution of wealth.
"If the craftsmanship of the world
can work out system of economic
justice, such a system would contrib
ute far more to the cause of peace
than they contribute now by bleeding
their people white by ornaments"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-29
Diggers Uncover Grave
of Bronze-AQe Chieftain

The 4,OOOyear-old grave Of Bronze
age chieftain Is among the many In
teresting relics discovered in the
course Of digging pits for brick works
at Schleinbach, near Vienna. Twenty
one different caches, graves and liv-
ing caves from the Second century,
B. c., have been laid bare. The chief
tain's grave has been reconstructed as
1t was first discovered and placed on
exhibition in the Lower Austrian mu-
scum In Vienna. 1t contains two skele-
tons lying face upwards, stretched out
close together, In contrast to the skele-
tons Of ordinary tribesmen found in
IL other graves. These were placed
in crouching position, the legs being
drawn up and bound In chains weight
ed with stones, owing to the fear of
the resurrection of the bodies. The
second body in the grave was doubt
less that of the chiefs wife, believed
to have been buried alive.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-29
Camels Find Refuge in
Swampy Spanish Plain


Spain may pass through troublous
times but there Is one community in
that country which is not likely to be
disturbed whatever happens. This
is the strange colony of wild camels
which have made home for them
selves In the lower reaches of the
Guadalquivir river. Many years ago
an attempt was made to introduce
camels for agricultural work In south
ern Spain. The plan was not a sue
cess, and those camels which did not
die strayed off to fend for themselves.
A few Of them found retreat In the
vast alluvial plain through which the
sluggish stream of the river winds its
way to the Gulf Of Cadiz.
One could hardly imagine situa-
tion more unlike that to which camel
normally is accustomed. The land Is
largely water-logged and covered with
q dense growth Of reeds and rushes
many feet in height From the human
point Of view, the district is extreme
ly unhealthy, although animal life
fOuriSheS.
At the least sign Of danger the anil
mails retreat to the swamps, where the
ground Is so soft that it is impossible
for man to follow. OF course, the
broad feet of the camel, which help
the creature to walk on loose sand,
have also stood 1t In good stead In
these marshes, where a horse or a
cow certainly would never be able to
travel safely.-Manchester (Eng.)
Guardian.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-29

Labor executives said the strike
was called because the company would
not recognize the union, of which
big majority Of the workers are mem
bers. The workers are organized in
Rubber Workers Local No. 1855,
American Federation of Labor. The
union was organized last summer and
has had rapid growth.
Due to wage cuts, the employees of
the factory have not been averaging
more than So week, three days
week.
Mayor Mason L. Petro, in address
ing the strikers, said:
81 am laboring man and am
with you as long as you obey the
law"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-29
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881
OUR CORNUCOPIA OF FOOD
AND OUR "IF"

If we had Pharaoh-and a JOS
eph-and if we knew that we were
going to have seven "fat years and
seven lean years.; and if we had
bulk storage and cold storage and
all the other kinds of storage needed
to take care of 80 principal classi-
fications of food products, besides the
raw materials; and if we had agreed
that everybody in this country must
shipping anything out to Russia or
Kamchatka or the Chinese hinter-
land, we might be able to figure out
what to do with all the food prod
ucts of this cornucopia of eats that we
call the United States of America
The Hebrew Joseph had the first
idea of balance" of which we begin
to hear some brave vibrations from
the seats of the intellectuals. Dump
ing" food is something that the good
mothers of previous generations
taught US was crime of first mag
nitude. We We're supposed to eat what
we asked to have put on the platter
That made against waste, and gave US
a concrete idea of balance" in food
supply and consumption.
But when it comes to nations in
this twentieth century, the platters
may be heaped high with meat and
grain and eggs and cheese-'n every
thing-but many of the hungry chill
dren are being sent supperless to bed,
through no fault of their own. They
just don't seem to have a meal
ticket"
And so, they might just as we'll be
in Russia or some other backward
land, so far as their food supply is
concerned.