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Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
PUBLIC UTILITY
PROPERTY TAX
RULING FILED

SACRAMENTO, June 80. (U.P) -
Property valued at millions of dol
lars on which public utilities
claimed exemption from county tax
alton will be kept on the local as
sessment rolls, under a ruling of
the state board of equalization, an
nounced here today.
Foll\ging decision of the state
supreme court last June requiring
Los Angeles county to return to
Morgan Adams, Inc, taxes collected
on building leased to the Southern
California Telephone Co., several
public utilities filed reports this year
with the equalization board asking
to be relieved from local taxation
on property rented by them.
Assessors of the various counties
involved protested the public utili-
ties claims and urged the board to
declare that the landlords interest
in the leased property could still be
taxed locally despite the court de-
cision in the Morgan Adams case
while the gross receipts tax paid
by the utilities to the state is in lieu
of all other taxes on their operative
property, the board is not prepared
to hold that the owner Of property
leased to utility should pay no To-
cal taxes whatever on his interest In
the premises" said the ruling hand
ed down today,
The board also expressed its be-
lief that the supreme court decision
was not intended to have such an
effect, pointing out that this sys-
tenn of taxation had been enforced
in California since 1910 and until
recently no one ever claimed prop
erty rented to O utility should not
be assessed to the owner fof local
taxes.
No ruling directly on the point in
volved has ever been made by the
courts, the board declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Saunders Stores
Permit Revoked

LOS ANGELES, June 80 U.R)-
Involved affairs of Clarence Saun-
ders were wiped from the slate OF
the state corporation commission
today, when stock selling rights OF
the Clarence Saunders stores OF
Northern California, Ltd. were per-
manently revoked by order of Ray
mond L. Haight, state corporation
commissioner.
Under the order signed by Haight,
Saunders permit to sell $l,600,000
of the company's stock was halted
forever. In support of his action,
Haight charged the Northern Cali
fornia concern had participated in
fraudulent transactions, had violat-
ed the corporate securities act and
had failed to operate in accordance
with stipulations of its permit.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
WORK ON RIVER
STARTED TODAY
BY LOS ANGELES
City Takes Step To Pro-
tect Its Claim To Prior
Rights On Water.

LOS ANGELES, June 80. (U.P) =
The city of Los Angeles started pre-
liminary work at Bill Williams fork
in the Colorado river today as q
move toward protecting its asserted
rights to Colorado river water. The
work will be carried out by ar
emergency appropriation of $150,00C
specially voted for this purpose.
Erwin p. Werner, city attorney
said that an early start on the work
was made necessary to forestal, an
alleged attempt to infringe upon
what Los Angeles regards as pri-
ority to 1900 second feet of the wa
ter.
Work was speeded up when an
editorial in an Arizona newspaper
revealed alleged plans by that state
to attempt establishment OF coun-
ter claim of priority.
The editorial it was stated revealed
purported plans by Arizona to start
construction work on the Arizona
side of the Colorado river in an ef-
fort to establish a first in time
right to some 100000 acre feet of
the streams water.
The work, Werner and Deputy
City Attorney Carl A. Davis stated,
was supposed to have been launched
by Arizona on or before July l, and
looked toward the ultimate develop
ment through irrigation of 30o0,-
900 acres in Arizona.
Appropriate Sum
The city attorney declared in his
disclosure that he apprised the
board of water and power commits
sioners two weeks ago of the sit
uation existing at the source of Los
Angeles future water supply. He
said the board had Immediately ap-
propriated the $150,000 for prelimf-
nary construction work at the inlet
site and on railroad.
OF this sum $l25,000 is being ex-
pended on construction of the rail-
way from Topock, Cal, nearest rail-
road town, to the proposed Metro
politan aqueduct inlet, to the Bill
williams fork of the Colorado. The
balance is to be used for preliminary
work at the site.
Most of the sum authorized for
the site will be used in excavating
De sitting machines were eventually
to be installed at this point.
Referring to the application, Da-
Wis pointed out that although the
city filed an application in skeleton
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
WIFE OF AVIATOR
FLYING EAST TO
AWAIT ARRIVAL

LOS ANGELES, June 80 U.D-
mo one knows just how glad I am
that Harold is back safe after the
most perilous part of the flight"
Mrs. Harold Gatty declared today
as she embarked on T. A. T. plane
for New York to meet her husband,
who is navigator for Wiley Post on
their globe encircling flight.
This win be my first trip in a
plane" Mrs. Gatty said as she
waved goodbye to friends who are
taking care of her three small chill
dren while she goes to New York to
meet the flyers on their arrival
there.
Harold is a good navigator.
knew he would pull through all
right.
mo, I didn't worry. I spent
peaceful night but my thoughts
were always with him." she said,
when asked how she spent the pc
riod during which her husband was
flying the Pacific.
Mrs. Gatty said that when her
husband lived in Australia he had
concentrated on the navigation
phase of aviation more than any
thing else and when he came here
four years ago continued his work
along this line.
He was great admirer of Kings
ford-Smith and attributed his sue
cess to thorough knowledge of ma
vigation, that is why Harold kept
up his Studies," she said.
Among those who waved the wife
of the famous aviator into the sky
this morning was Gov. James Rolph
Jr., whose failure to don the peren-
nial boutonnier in the early hour of
rising almost held up Mrs. Gatty's
takeoff.
Flying field attendants, however,
saved the hour by locating a car
nation for the governors photo
graph with Mrs. Gatty.
Mrs. Gatty will reach New York
at 1885 Wednesday night, two hours
In advance of the expected arrival
at Roosevelt Field of Gatty and
Post. She will make the trip over
the regular lines of T. A. T. and
Western Air Express.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
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CLARK CHARGED
WITH DEATH OF
HERBERT SPENCER

LOS ANGELES, June 80. U.P)-
David H. Clark, young former dep
uty district attorney and municipal
judge candidate, stood silent today
when arraigned before Superior
Judge William C. Doran on a mur-
der count.
Clark's refusal to plead resulted
in Judge Dorah entering plea OF
not guilty in behalf of Clark. By
pre- arranged stipulation of defense
and prosecution, August 3 was set
as the date of Clark's trial on a
charge of numbering Herbert F.
Spencer, editor of a liberal maya
zine.
Previously the state filed a sim
gle information against Clark, NAM
ing only the Spencer death. No
mention was made of the shooting
of Charles Crawford, political boss
who was shot with Spencer last
May 20.
LOS ANGELES, June 80. U.p)-
The district attorneys office today
lhS0 IA oopCliOi Coul Y oil liiAoa iiiu
ton charging David H. Clark, for
mer candidate for municipal court
judgeship, with the murder of Her.
bert F. Spencer, editor of a liberal
magazine.
No mention was made OF Charles
Crawford, "big time" politician
slain with Spencer last May 20 in
the politicians Hollywood office.
Recently at a preliminary hear
ing Clark was held to the superior
court on double murder charge.
Leonard Wilson, of Clark's coun-
sci, denounced the move of the
state. He declared that the object
in filing the one-count information
was to force Clark through two
trials.
A bitter legal battle similar to
that of Clark's preliminary hearing
was forecast when Wilson declared
Clark would not plead to the count
This situation, it was said, would
force the Judge to enter a not
guilty plea in behalf of the defen-
dant
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
HOOVER S
PROGRAM
ASSA|LED
French Senator Bitterly
Condemns Suggestion
OF Debt Holiday.
OTHERS JOIN HIM
Lemery Asserts Plan Is
Personally Presidents
Without Any Backing.

PARIS, June 80. W.P)-While the
war debt negotiations between the
United States and France hung at
a critical stage, President Hoover
and his plan were bitterly de-
nounced in the French senate today.
Senator Henry Lemery criticized
the preciptiousness OF the Hoover
proposal, saying.
THE United States did not honor
the engagements signed by Wilson.
What pledge is there that the
United States will honor Hoovers?"
Despite the attack. the senate
approved the governments reply to
the United States by 1877 votes to
5, with 100 abstentions.
Germany is building a powerful
navy with the money that should
go to her creditors" Senator Lem
cry said in his attack. president
Hooyer's proposal is neither a plan
nor a treaty. 1t is only the person.
al and individual idea of man
without the backing of his govern
ment."
Former President Alexander Mil
lerand and Senator Henry De Jou-
Venal joined in the attack, criticiz-
ing President Hoover and the Unit
ed States, while Finance Minister
Pierre Ttienne Flandinn defended
the plan technically and Premier
Pierre Laval politically.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Cannon Reports
Mystery Shots

LOS ANGELES, June 80. U.P) =
Richard M. Cannon, who said he was
the son Of Bishop James Cannon
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, reported to police today that
a bullet passed through his auto
mobile about midnight while he was
driving on Valley boulevard.
The bullet, police were told. mar
rowly missed Cannon's nose.
Police were informed that dark
sedan containing two men, one in
the back seat and the other driv-
ing, approached Cannons car near
the Los Angeles city limits. The
man in the back seat assertedly
fired the shot. At the approach of
two other motorists, the sedan sped
in the direction of Alhambra, po-
lice were told.
Cannon recently was involved In
some law suits here on charges that
he violated the state labor law. He
was acquitted or won dismissals on
several counts and won a reversal
in the appellate division of the sI-
perior court on the sole conviction.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
0IHluLdL-,e
W sSys:

BEVERLY HILLS, June %.
Especial No news today as big
as this Post and Gatty that are
making this world OF ours look
like the size of a watermelon.
This pilot Post is an old one.
eyed Enid, Okla, boy. He has
just got that good eye glued on
the horizon and he is going to
find that horizon if it meets the
earth anywhere, and Gatty, this
reformed Australian "brimby
and vomba,' (you boys that
didn't go to Oxford feel lost in
another maze of intellecb. well.
this Gatty, just give him a
compass and one peak at the
Giant Dipper and he can tell
you where you are even if you
amt there. This is one ship I
would have loved to been a
Stowaway on.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
BY FREDERICK KUH
1ited Press Staff Correspondent

onitCu EICso otdll SOIICSPOluChS
Copyright, 1881, by United Press
BERLIN, June 80. U.P)-Fascism
and Communism, the two extremes
of political action threatening the
life of Germany as a republic, have
grown to almost unbelievable pro-
portions out of the economic deba-
Gle of the last two years.
With each rides a twin brother
violence.
The signs of poverty and discon-
tent rampant through the nation
explain the stampede of hungry
workmen, the demoralized section
of the middle class white collar"
workers, and mortgage ridden farm
ers into the two camps of extrem-
ism.
On one hand is the former paint
er and decorator, Adolph Hitler,
leader of the brown shirt FascistS,
known as the National Socialists.
This Pied Piper of Munich has in
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
SAN DIEGO MAN
REPORTED LOST
ON DESERT TRIP

For the second time this year dep
uties from the sheriff's office today
began a search tor man believed
missing on the Imperial Valley
desert.
George We'll Of San Diego is the
missing man. He is believed lost on
the desert near the mouth of the
Painted Gorge, where he disappear
ed early Sunday morning after be-
ing left by w. j. Taylor, also of San
Diego.
Taylor and We'll had camped
near the mouth of Painted Gorge
Saturday night, the former told
Undersheriff Rodney Clarke this
morning. Early Sunday morning,
while walking about four miles
from their camp, We'll was over
come by the heat.
Taylor carried him to the shade
Of a nearby cliff, and left him there.
Taylor returned to the camp for
water. When he returned with
water, We'll was missing. A hurried
search disclosed no trace of him.
Taylor asked the aid of three
friends, and together the four
searched until late Sunday night.
Monday they resumed the search
Monday night came and no trace
OF the missing man had been found.
Driving into Ell Centro, Taylor
notified Clarke at the sheriff's Off
ice. The undersheriff this morning
was laying plans to send a search
ing party after the missing man.
Disappearance of We'll is similar
to that of Peter Gunderson, old
prospector, some time ago. Gun
derson disappeared on the desert
east of the Chocolate mountains.
He was never found.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
FIVE AGENCIES
PROBE SHOOTING
NEAR OCEANDE

SAN DIEGO, June 80. U.P-Con-
flicting accounts of the shooting OF
Ruben c. Pardo, %, Mexican citi-
zen, by federal immigration officers,
featured the investigation being
conducted by agencies today.
Pardo was shot while attempting
to escape from Harry w. Cunning
ham and Joseph Byrne, immigra-
tion inspectors who arrested him
for illegal entry last Thursday on
the Monserrate ranch near Fall
brook.
Statements issued by Dan Kuy-
kendall, head of the immigration
service here, said the officers were
shooting over Pardo's head In an
attempt to frighten him and that
one of the officers fell as he fired,
the bullet striking Pardo in the
back.
Although Kuykendahl did not say
which of the officers fired the shot,
other investigators learned 1t was
Cunningham.
The Mexican consul, immigration
department, sheriff, coroner and
district attorney are conducting
separate Investigations into the
shooting. An inquest will be held
tomorrow at Oceanside.
Bridia Encinas, mother OF the
slain youth, told investigators for
the district attorney yesterday that
the officers made no attempt 10
chase Pardo but fired deliberately
at him when he started to run.
Enrique Ferriera. Mexican consul,
said he had not completed his In
vestigation but would report direct
ly to Mexico City following the In
quest.
Pardo was deported for Illegal en-
try several months ago. Prior 70
his death Sunday in an Oceanside
hospital he is said TO have told
deputy sheriffs he knew the men
were officers and admitted he was
attempting 20 escape.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
GERMAN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS TOLD BY WRITER

creased his meager following of
100000 followers in 1923 to a vast
army estimated at 100000 today,
all following his militant Fascist
bagpipes, his siren song of how he
will come to power, repudiate the
war guilt lie" and all war debts,
and lead Germany on to the place
she once held in the sun as strong
military power.
On the other hand are the Com
munists, threatening to make of
Germany replica of Red Russia,
with the natural reputation of all
debts and war on the capitalist
system. The Communist are esti-
mated to have strength of 5000, :
900.
Situation Dangerous
It is obvious to the outside world
that If either of these factions be-
comes dominant, the family of ma
tions has much to fear from Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
DEFER KEYES PAROLE

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal,
June 80. UP)-The parole plea of
Asa Keyes, former district attorney
of Los Angeles, sentenced for cri-
minal conspiracy. was continued to-
day until next weeks meeting OF
the state board of prison directors.
His name was not reached on the
calendar at last nights meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Conviction OF
Pair Upheld

LOS ANGELES, June 30. U.D -
The district court Of appeals today
upheld the conviction OF Morris La
vine, former newspaper reporter,
and Miss Leontine johnson, who
were found guilty of attempting to
extort SITS 1000 from the late Charles
Crawford and several other proni-
nent politicians.
Lavine and Miss Johnson were al
legged to have threatened disclosures
in a series of articles Lavine's news
paper was to have printed on the
collapse of the Julian Petroleum
corporation.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Desert Searched
For Prisoners

FLORENCE, Ariz., June 80. U.D
Desert country in the vicinity of
Phoenix and Tucson today was the
scene of an extensive search for
Ferris Solomon and Tom Murdock,
convicts who escaped from the state
prison here.
1t is believed that Solomon, con-
victed in Gila county for theft, was
hiding near Tucson. Murdock, a
Phoenix youth, is though to be hid
ing in Phoenix.
Solomon escaped Sunday night.
Murdoch escaped Saturday. Both
were working outside the prison
walls wherf they slipped away.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Robbins To Try
Pacific Flight

FORT WORTH, Tex, June 80.
(U.P) Reginald Robbins, former
holder of the worlds endurance
flying record, and H. S. Jones, Texas
oil promoter, left by air at 4:50 a.
m. today for Seattle, Wash. where
they plan to begin their proposed
nonstop flight to Toxic Thursday
or Friday.
Robbins was flying a Lockheed
Vega.
Jimmy Mattern and H. S. Greeb-
er, who will do the refueling for
Robbins at Nome, Alaska, left at
the same time in a Ford tri-motor.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Continued on page g.
ELEVEN CHOSEN
TO TAXPAYERS
EXECUTIVE BODY

In spite of denials by originators
OF the so-called Imperial Valley
Taxpayers League that it had any
other motive than the investigation
and possible reduction OF taxes, an
overflow of rancherS last night in
sisted ON nominating from the floor
additional directors believed to be
friendly to the All-American canal
project.
Sponsors of the league at its in
ception several weeks ago had Off
cred the names of IL men as an ex-
ecutive board. Last night II. A.
Hastain of Brawley, one of the Or
iginators of the group, moved that
the IL names offered be voted upon
in a group without permitting ad-
ditional nominations.
In lengthy discussion that
brought forth variety of proposals
and ideas, but which was significant
chiefly because it showed there was
widespread scepticism on the part
of the majority present regarding
the intentions of the sponsors Of
the league concerning the All-Am-
erican Canal project, HaStain'S pro-
posal was voted down.
Ira Aten offered a list of addition
al names in nomination. Several
individual nominations followed be-
fore q ballot was taken.
Results of the ballot are as fol-
lows: George Conley, Imperial 81;
Porter Ferguson, Holtville, 78; Leo
Hetzel, Ell Centro, II; Dan West,
Brawley, "a; j. E. Brock. FL Gen.
tro, 90; c. F., Kamm, Holtville, 65:
George Rude, Imperial, II; George
Bailey, Calipatria, IA Leslie Nc
Connell, FL Centro, 70; George But
tiers, Brawley, rs; E. b. Holt, Calex-
ico 73. These II men were declared
to comprise the executive board.
They will select their own chairman
who will be president of the league.
Other candidates received votes
as follows: j. d. Adams, Ell Centre,
Ia; w. ,Brandenburg, Calexico, 20;
C. M. Bosworth, inland, Ia; G.. d.
Walker, Westmorland, %; c. r.
Schneider, Holtville, 81; G. H. Ech-
art. Holtville, 20; c. o. Hoober, CAL
ipatria, ~; Charles Ralph. Imper-
ial, 20; H. A. Hastain, Brawley, 18.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Post And Gatty Expected
To Reach Edmonton
This Afternoon.
IN GOOD CONDITION
Airmen HI We Notable
Record Cinched If Their
Luck Holds Out.
EDMONTON, Ai;a., June 30.
W.P)-The plane Winnie Mae
was sighted at Fairview, $40
miles north of Edmonton, at
2:46 p. m. INST.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 30.
U.P) Two globe -girdling speed
kings of the air were believed hurt
ling along l600-mile path over the
outer fringes of the Arctic today.
intent on flying around the world in
less than 10 days.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, fly
ing the Lockheed Vega plane Win
ME Mae" presumably were roaring
south and east over a rugged course
almost devoid of emergency landing
facilities at around $50 miles an
hour. They were headed toward
Edmonton, Alta, after an early
morning takeoff here that nearly
ended their $4,000 mile journey af-
ter they had completed 12,070 miles
of it in 172 hours of elapsed time
and set new aerial speed record
between Nome and Fairbanks
At 3:20 a. m. (5:20 a. m. PST) the
plane struggled into the air at the
extreme end of the runway. clearing
trees by inches, and starting q
graceful spiral climb. Apparently
unworried by the narrow escape,
Post grinned and waved as the plane
started its climb. Sleepy spectators.
who had held their breaths during
the anxious moment when the plane
fought for clearance, gasped in re-
lief and watched the cleaning and
newly cleaned up plane disappear
to the east.
"We may push on to Cleveland
tonight if we make fast enough
time to Edmonton" Gatty said last
night before retiring.
NEW YORK, June 80. U.D -
The National Broadcasting company
in direct touch with Edmonton.
Alta, said that a storm was raging
there today.
There was rain and the wind Is
blowing, the company announcerS
at Edmonton reported.
The N. B. c. will broadcast the
arrival and takeoff of Harold Gatty
and Wiley Post. the around the
world flyers.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 80.
UP)-Wiley Post and Harold Gatty.
round the world aviators. took off
in their plane, the Winnie Mae, at
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Mother Dies To
Save Her Son

LONG BEACH, CAL, June 80. W.p)
Mrs. Elizabeth Marie Hoyt gave
her life to save that of her 7-year-
old son, Howard, when she plunged
into the ocean late yesterday and
was drowned, while the boy was
saved
Howard was $50 feet offshore
when he began to sink, and Mrs.
Hoyt, not stopping to remove her
clothing, plunged in after him. She
was oyerburdened and sank, and the
child, unaware his mother was at
tempting his rescue, managed to
paddle to buoy, from which he
was rescued.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Zeppelin Leaves
On Iceland Trip

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
June 80. W.P)-The dirigible Graf
Zeppelin left today on a flight to
Iceland, with DR.. Hugo Eckner in
command.
The big airship of world dirigible
fame moved into the sky at 634
a. m. 1t carried IL passengers on
the cruise, including Lieutenant
Commander Smith, United States
coest guard observer. DR.. Eckner
said they would return Friday.
The route lay over Holland and
England to Iceland, and back via
Norway.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
PROBATION DEFERRED

LOS ANGELES, June 80. U.D-
Probation hearing for Harold t.
Naisbitt of Ontario on charges of
manslaughter and hit and run drlv-
ing on which he was convicted re-
Gently, was continued today until
July by Superior Judge Elliott
Craig because the probation report
has not yet been filed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Dempsey Declines
Offer To Fight

RENO, New, June 80. U.P)-Jack
Dempsey announced today that he
had received and declined an offer
of $750.000 to meet the winner of
the notwithstanding fight in
Cleveland.
The offer was made, he said, by
Ed Bangs of the Cleveland News
and the receipts were to have been
for the benefit of that newspapers
Christmas fund.
I'm too busy with my own pro-
motional activities to fight again
myself" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
BEAR COACH ENGAGED

BERKELEY, Cal, June 80. U.p)-
The engagement of Carol NJ. Ky
Ebright, 81, noted University of
California crew coach. and Miss
Kathryn Doty, %, of Oakland, was
announced today. Miss Doty is a
sister of a former classmate of
Ebright at the University of Wash
ington.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
SEEK FRENCHMAN's PICTURE

PARIS, UP)-A picture of the
Chevalier Louis Legardeur de Re-
pentigny, a Frenchman who fought
at Yorktown, is being sought by a
group of admirers. who wish to build
a monument at Sault SaintMarie,
where he had his fort and chateau
from 1850 to 1862. So far not even
an engraving or an etching of him
has been found.