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Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
ALLEGED
REDS ARE
ELECTED
Two Asserted COmmun-
lists Asked To Leave
Hall AT Labor Farley.
SPOKE ON RUSSIA
Convention Startled By
Accusation Men Not
Delegates To Meeting.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Sept.
l9. (U.P)-Two men, alleged to be
Communists, were elected from the
hall of the 32nd annual convention
of the California State Federation
of Labor today as the 400 delegates
were discussing the case of Tom
Mooney and Warren Billings, in
prison for the 1916 Preparedness
day bombing in San Francisco.
In the middle of a discussion,
Patrick Flynn, OF San Fran
cisco, rose to his feet and dra-
matically called the attention
of President A. w. Hoch TO
man seated in the convention.
That man is not a delegate and
he has been delivering speeches To-
cally on the subject of conditions
in Russia" Flynn said.
Flynn pointed at man named j.
A. McCorkle, who was seated with
the delegates. Flynn demanded his
removal from the hall and Presi-
dent Hoch asked the man to leave.
Leaves Hall
McCorkle arose and started to
talk but decided to leave as several
delegates moved toward him.
Shortly after this incident an
other man was pointed out as q
companion of McCorkle. His name
was learned to be SCHNEIDER but
he disappeared so quickly that It
was impossible for newspapermen
or delegates to obtain other infor-
nation.
Four propositions were read
during the morning session ON
Billings and Mooney. The COM
mittee on officers reports
moved that one of the PROPOSE
tions, presented by Theodore
and John MetcaIf of San Fran
cisco, covered the subject mat
ter and recommended filing all
but that particular one.
Benjamin Ellisberg of San Fran
cisco, who described himself as
spokesman for Mooney, and spon-
sor of one of the propositions filed,
asked to be allowed to amend the
recommendation before it finally
was submitted to the delegates.
His amendment, which was to be
presented at the afternoon session,
will be designed to remove from the
proposition all criticism Of Mooney
and his defense committee and all
subject matter tending to deprive
the committee of an opportunity to
collect funds.
An air of restlessness prevailed
among the delegates while the prop
osition was being read and opinion
was expressed that there will be
considerable excitement before q
measure finally is passed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
CHICAGO POLICE
RAID VICE DENS
AFTER THREATS

CHICAGO, Sept. Is. U.PSRaids
on 80 vice resorts and five gambling
houses was the police department S
answer today to Mayor Anton j
Cermaks ultimatum of results in
10 days or department house
cleaning"
The mayor threatened a shake
up from captains down to patrol
men unless vice and gambling
places were cleaned out within the
stipulated time.
All night long and early today
raiding squads descended on vice
resorts all over the city
The rapid fire raiding conceded
today with four inquiries into the
background for the amazing story
of gang murders and police graft
contained in a letter Mike de Pike"
Heitler supposedly dictated before
he was assassin ated.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
STARTLES COURT BY CONFESSINC HE
LED GANG IN NOBEL TRAIN ROBBERY

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10. W.P)
William Spates. who admittedly
has spent much of his life behind
prison bars, faced a gruelling cross
examination today after his start
ling admission in federal court
that he committed the $4,000
Nobel train robbery.
A surprise defense witness, Spates
attempted to assume full blame for
the daring holdup, and then testi-
fled that none of the three de-
PENDANTS now on trial had any
part in it.
Spates took federal prOsecu-
tors by surprise when he sud-
denly stated that he was at the
scene Of the robbery.
Did you participate in it,"
he was asked.
Eyes, Spates said. There
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
WithdraWs Plea
OF Not Guilty
Because Insane

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10. up
Francisco TerrazzaS, 25, convicted
last night of second degree murder
for the Staying of Pedro Salcedo in
a fight over a handful of parrot
seeds, today Withdrew plea of not
guilty by reason of insanity.
The insanity plea was entered at
the opening of his trial.
Evidence presented at the trial
indicated that Terrazzas took n
handful of parrot seeds from the
peanut stand of Salcedo and Sal
cedo then beat him with a broom.
TerraZzas secured a gun and sent
four bullets into the peanut vendor.
Terrazzas will be sentenced Sep
tember % to from 10 years to life
in San Quentin.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
QUEER TESTS WILL BE- GIVEN SCHOOL
CHILDREN BY CRUSADINC CHURCHMEN
Alcohol is a poison"

alcohol is a poison"
Drinking is not a sin"
The teaching of the Bible is
against the drinking of liquor in
any form"
"The 18th amendment cannot be
repealed"
Among other words which the
pupil is asked to analyze in ac-
cordance with his feeling or agree
able or disagreeable association
and he is warned not to stop to
reflect, but work rapidly" are
speakeasy prohibition, drunkard,
w. G. T. u, home brew, Andrew W.
Mellon, social class, Hoover, COM
mission on law enforcement, Jones
law, rum running, beer stein, ma
chine gun and Literary Digest poll.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
County Fair In
L. A. Under Way


POMONA, Cal, Sept l8. U.P)-
To the accompaniment of assorted
barnyard noises the shouting of
hawkers, and the blare of bands,
the 10th annual Los Angeles county
fair opened its ten-day session to-
day.
From prize pies to prize art works
the fair was complete in exhibitions
and displays for the benefit of the
expected thousands of visitors.
Racing events occupied the after
noon and a horse show was to be
presented during the evening.
Governor James Rolph Jr. is
scheduled to be present at Cover
nor's Day tomorrow, officials of the
fair announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18

NEW YORK, Sept. IS. W.p)-
Sunday school students will give
their mental reactions, pleasing"
or "distasteful' to such words as
"anti-saloon league, bootlegger, Al
Smith, Al Capone, paddock, speak
easy, band of hope, coast guard,
cirrhosis of the liver, personal lib
erty" and similar expressions in
tests sent out by the federal coun-
Gil of Churches of Christ in AM
erica as an outline course on the
liquor problem.
In addition to the mental re-
action" examination, a true false"
text is provided, wherein the pupil
will mark as right or wrong such
statements as:
Light wines and beer are HARM
less"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
bRAWLEY
RESIDENT
IS KILLED
Hit And Run Driver Re-
spOnsible For Death Of
John Mcmillan.
DEATH is INSTANT
Unide n titled Driver
Rights Car And Goes
On His Way.

John Mcmillan, Brawley resident,
was instantly killed by hit and
run driver in an automobile acci-
dent near that city shortly before
7 O'Clock last night, the driver of
the death car speeding from the
scene Immediately upon removing
his machine from a bar pit at the
highways side.
lie met his death when "the
automobile in which he was
riding was forced into the side
of "A truck stalled OH the high
way four miles west of Braw-
ley by car driven by an un-
known person." was the verdict
of the cOroner's jury assem-
bled by Coroner Bert Under
wood in Brawley this morning.
Mcmillan was riding in car
driven by his brother Hubert Nc
MILAN. In attempting to pass the
stalled truck. the death car sped
from the rear to force the Mcmillan
automobile into the truck trailer, it
was said at the inquest.
Assisted Driver =
Persons at the scene of the acct
dent assisted the driver in righting
his machine The driver Of the
stalled truck and trailer. Tom
eagle, was standing at its side
when the crash occurred. The
truck belong to the Arizona Fast
Freight company.
Mcmillan was rushed TO a Braw-
ley hospital where efforts were
made to revive him.
Highway patrol officers appeared
upon the scene shortly after the
crash and testified at the inquest
concerning Investigations made at
the time were Walter M. Walsh and
j. @ Macdonald and were ques-
toned.
Mcmillan is survived by his Wild
ow, one daughter, his brother, Hu-
bert, and other relatives. He was
employed by the Gerard Fruit
company and was on his way home
when he met his death.
Funeral arrangements await tel
egraphic communication from rel
atiyes. The body is at the Hopes
undertaking establishment in Braw-
ley.
Officers are searching for the
driver of the death car.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
Film Star Will
Not Talk About
Marriage Rumor

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Sept. 18. (U.P)
Gloria Swanson, film star, was in
retirement today and would not dis
cusS cable rumors from Paris that
she was married to Michael Farmer.
New York broker, last August.
Business representatives of the
actress likewise could not be
reached for statements, evidently
being lost between their homes
and the studio which employs Miss
Swanson.
1t was pointed out here that the
Los Angeles divorce of Miss Swan
son from Marquis Henry de la Fa-
laise de la Coudraye, her third hus-
band, does not become final until
November. The coming marriage of
the Marquis and Constance Bennett
at present is another of Hollywood's S
rumors.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
HUNT MEMBERS OF
NOTORIOUS GANG

DETROIT, Mich, Sept l8. U.P)-
-Four known members of the notori-
Gus Purple Gang" were charged
today by Harry S. Toy, prosecutor,
with the triple gang murder here
Wednesday.
Police orders went out to arrest
the quartet dead or alive" Off
GERS were advised the men were
armed and probably would shoot it
out rather than submit to arrest.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
Reconstruction
Follows Storm
In Gulf City
By ELMER SMITH
Amateur Radio Operator

BELIZE, B. H., Sept. Is. U.R)--
(Via Amateur Radio to United
Press, = Reconstruction of hurri-
cane devastated Belize was under
way today.
The hurricane that last week
took an estimated toll of more
than 1000 lives, wrecked virtually
the entire city, leaving only few
scattered buildings standing.
The government was enforcing
conscription of all labor in the city
today for its reconstruction pro-
gram.
Several hundred survivors Of the
storm already have fled the city
to escape the danger Of threatened
disease.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
Would Condemn
Land In Valley

Los ANGELES, Sept. 18.
U.P)-Proceedings to condemn
1882 acres of land in Imperial
County Valley so that it may
be used as bird sanctuary
were started in district court
here today by Assistant U. s.
Attorney Sharpless Walker.
The territory covered by the
proceedings is that under the
SaltOn Sea. The proceedings
were undertaken under the
provisions of migratory bird
conservation act.
Some time ago a large Sec
tion of the land was offered
to the government by the
Southern Pacific Land com
pany which asked S24.1I6.80.
This offer was rejected by the
government.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
Sailor Killed
In Auto Crash

BAKERSFIELD Cal, Sept. 18.
W.P)-Lowell E. French, 81, Puyal-
lup, Wash, a sailor on leave from
the U. S. S. Colorado, was killed in
stantly early today when his auto
mobile was struck by loaded hay
truck and trailer near here.
Miss Cornelia Smith, 81, OF Banks,
Ore, French's cousin, was slightly
hurt, and Miss Patricia Wilson, %,
Foss, Ore, suffered serious injuries.
The girls had been applicants for
nursing training at st. Vincent's
hospital Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
LINDBERGHS STUDY CHARTS

FUKUOKA, Japan, Sept. l8. U.P)
Weather charts were studied to-
day by Col. and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh in preparation for their
flight across the Eastern Sea to
Nanking, seat of the China Nation
al government. The American
couple arrived here yesterday after
300-mile flight from Osaka.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
DEMPSEY DIVORCE
SET FOR HEARING

RENO, New, Sept. 1S. U.P)-Jack
Dempsey's divorce suit today was
set for hearing in the court of
Judge Thomas Moran Monday
morning at 11:3O o'clock. Demp-
sey will accept a default decree, it
was said, because although his
wife, Estelle Taylor Dempsey. has
been served with a summons, she
has not yet filed an answer or
cross complaint.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
Hudson Divorced,
Obtain License!

A United Press dispatch from
Las Vegas, New. late this after
noon said Guy Z. tWhat-a-
Nam Hudson had procured a
divorce from Mrs. Margaret
Newton Hudson of Los An
geles, and shortly after appear
ed at the marriage license bu-
reau with Mrs. Minnie MA"
Kennedy TO obtain a marriage
license. The couple said how
ever, they will not be married
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
were four other men with me.
/ won't tell their names"


/ won't tell their Names"
Federal Judge Kerrigan ordered
him to tell the names but he re-
fused again.
IF you make me tell will give
phoney names" he said.
Under preliminary cross eXami-
nation by 1. M. Peckman, assistant
United States attorney, Spates said
the five went from an Oakland
hotel to the scene of the robbery
last November 7 and stopped the
train.
Took Command
Il took command" Spates con-
tinued IT fired a shot at the
door OF the mail car and shouted
open up or we will blow you up.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18
6kM!LL->.
Wy'R@S9Ss;f

BEVERLY HILLS, Sept. l6.
(SpeciaD-Texas has just lost
war to Gov. Murray, so when
Gov. Long said they had been
influenced by the lobbyists why
they called him "liar" by res
olution Chats like calling you
a liar by mail)
Nothing makes a man or
body of men as mad as the
truth. If there is no truth in
it they laugh it off. Now Texas
is going to raise all the cotton
she can and be worse broke
next fall than this just to
spite Long. because he had the
only real cotton idea that's
been suggested.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18

CONTINUED on page s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06

rails 200 feet apart will be run alongside the Akron at the stern and cables attached betwene them and the ship.
 Ground Crew to Help
 Then will come the slow process sion out of the dock.
 Most likely. during this first ven ture out d trained ground handling crew will be on hand to take hold of the ship in case anything goes wrong with the mechanical ap- paratus.
 Perhaps, the first time the Akron sticks it's nose out of the dock 1t may not even be released for any sort of flight.
 once assured of the proper meth ods for the handling of the Akron on the ground, the engineers will proceed with the trial flights.
 One of these flights will be made over a predetermined route and Ger a very limited distance, to deter mine such things as the turning qualities of the ship and its maneu. verability, or how easily 1t responds to the various controls.
 In aHuther flight the amount of dynamic lift will be ascertained, that is. the load which. the ship motors and beyond the lift fur nished by it's buoyant gas.
 Another flight will enable the engineers to determine the rate at which the ship will be able to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
BY ISRAEL KLEIN

Sclencc EuitOf, NEA 5erVicc Copyright 1881 NEA Service, Incl
 Akron, O.-Launching of the U. s. s. Akron here will mark the end of series of exacting construc- tional tests and the beginning of a new series of operation tests de- signed to prove the complete safety of Uncle Sam's sky dreadnaught.
 These operation tests will deter mine whether the worlds greatest airship really answers to the speci fications and designs of the engi- neers who built 1t.
 First will come the dock tests, or shed trials, which will be made before the Akron is allowed to leave It's dock.
 Next will be series of trial flights in which the ship will be maneuvered under certain speci- fled conditions prepared by the en- gineers.
 "In the dock" explains Dr Karl Arnstein, designer of the Akron, "our chief purpose will be to de- termine the agreement of our stress calculations with actual stresses on the ship. We shall do this b y bending. the ship first up and then down. This will be done by concentrating loads on both ends in order to bend her down and by concentrating a heavy load in her center to bend her upward.
 Plan Intensive Tess
 '"rhen all control lines running to the rudders, the elevators, bal last bags, gas cells, etc, will be tested. Every instrument and elec- trical device will be tested.
 "All gas cells will be inflated to various proportions and tested for their ability to retain gas. This will be done by measuring the purity of each cell and of all cells combined"
 Still in the dock, the ship will be allowed to ride statically"-that is, by the lift of the helium In it's cells alone-and observations will be taken on all the phases that enter into its static equilibrium or "trim."
 Must Satisfy Engineers.
 Then, thoroughly satisfied with the static performance of the Akron, the engineers will permit 1t to be taken out on its first trial flight.
 This first venture out of the huge dock will be one of the most tick fish and exacting operations in the entire schedule of tests. For the movement of a huge airship like the Akron in and out of its berth involves very difficult job of ground handling.
 First the 115-ton mobile stub mast will be moved up to the nose of the ship and the Akrons cone made fast into the cup on top of the mast.
 The heavy side handling cars on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06

motors, with a total of 45O0 horse power, will push the huge Zeppelin to it's utmost.
 During all these flights. under command of Lieutenant Comman- der c. F. Rosendahl, various ob- servations will be taken for com parison with the calculations made in the original designs.
 Headed by Rear Admiral George c. Day, a navy trial board Will make up the governments oD- esrvers. Captain H. l.. Shoemaker of Lakchurst will be senior lighter than-air expert on the ship.
 After this board has made US reports of the trials to the secre- tary of the navy the Akron will be taken over the flown toward its new home at Lakehurst, N. J.
 NEXT: Ground handling and docking of an airship as long as a city block and as high as l4- story building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06

ascend Here the new type of pro pellers, which tilt from horizontal to vertical position, will be tested under various conditions.
 Finally, q special speed trial flight will be made over a specified route.
 In this, as well as in other of the flight tests, the motors will be tried out in various combinations, some of them being kept, idle at times while the rest are made to propel the ship forward or back ward. At other times, all the eight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
"SAFE' GAS USED IN
 ALL U. $. AIRSHIPS

Helium, by-product of nat ural gas wells in Texas and Oklahoma, is the lifting gas for America's airships.
 Although 1t is not as efficient as hydrogen, the lightest gas ob- tainable, 1t has its advantage over hydrogen in being non-in- fiammable. A thousand cubic fete of this gas will lift 60.6 pounds, making the available lift of the 6,50Q,000 cubic foot Akron about 450,000 pounds.
 The 6,5OO.OOO cubic foot hel- ium- inflated Akron Is equal in capacity to 5.000,000 cubic foot hydrogen-flled airship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
AUTOS END CENTURY-OLD
 TRADE,

Wrentham. Mass (UP)-Wren- tham's village smithy has gone the way of most horseshoers in these modern days of motor transporta- tIon. When J. Edward Carlander recently closed his blacksmith shop he closed out a business which had been carried on by various smithies for more than century.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
saSla ss$ asS$laD'eadnaugBEs flts Skes The Story of the Nays AKRON" Worlds Mehtest Airship

This Is the third of five stories on the U. s. Navy's new Akron, mightfest of the worlds great airships, which is to be christi ened by Mrs Hoover at Akron, O., on August s. Previous stories have told of the size of this great $5,OOO,OOO Zeppelin and of the safety measures taken dur ing construction to preclude the possibility of another disaster like that of the Shenandoah.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-26
st. Mary's Defeats
New Salem, 26-19

St. Mary's cagers defeated the New
Salem high school squad 26-19 in a
game that went % an overtime pc
Rod in the st. Mary's gymnasium
Saturday night.
st. Mary's grabbed the lead the
first quarter to end the first period
80. At half-time the st. Mary,s
team boosted their lead to 60. In
the third quarter the Saints quint
led 1913, but in the fourth quarter
the New Salem quint knotted the
count at 17-all.
In the v r-time period st. Mary,s
cagers accumulated nine points while
their opponents made only one field
goal.
Joyce and O'Neill at forward and
Ben Maddox at guard were the out
standing performers during the con-
test.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-26
Boxing Industry
Has Big Schedule
canzoneri's Lightweight Crown
at Stake on Monday Fight
Card at New Orleans

New York. Jan. 26.-tPJ--The box
ing industry gets away to a good Start
in It's weekly program Monday night
with a lightweight title bout at New
Orleans. heavyweight shows at Phil
adelphia and Boston and q welter-
weight struggle at Oklahoma City in
volving Tommy Freeman Of Cleve-
land, 147-pound champion of the
void.
Freeman's title will not be at stake
for the Cievelapder meets Eddie Muir
COCK Of Tulsa III an overweight af-
far.
Tony Canzoneri defends his 1885,
'c'1nd crown against Johnny FAIR OF
Cleveland at New Orleans, with Jack
Dempsey as referee. Tony will be a
heavy fayorite over Farr, who must
score a knockout to get the title. 1t
is a no-decision boz.
Tommy Loughran, former king of
the light neavyweights, returns to
the ring at Philadelphia in a ten
rounder with Jack Gross, Salem, N.
j., heavyweight. At Boston Ernie
Schaaf, rugged Boston heavyweight
who outpointed Jimmy Braddock here
Friday night. is matched with Dick
Daniels of Minneapolis.
Madison Square Gardens regular
Friday night show, the only other
outstanding card on the national
schedule, finds Jack Kid) Berg,
crack English lightweight, opposing
Herman Perlick of Kalamazoo, Mich,
in the ten refund wind-up.
Berg and Perlick have met twice
before with the decision both times
eoing to the Briton after close con-
tests.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-26
Auggies Battle
Gusties Friday
Minneapolis Team, Following
Defeat Saturday, Fights
to Stay in Race

st. Paul, Jan. 26.-R-Augsburg
colleges chances of staying in the
race for the Minnesota college con-
ference will be determined Friday
night as the Minneapolis quint enter
! tains Gustavus- Adolphus of st. Pc
ter at Pillsbury house.
Saturday night Concordia opened
its season by downing the heretofore
leaders by a score of AZ to Is.
Manchester stayed in fourth place
with a % to % victory over st.
Thomas, and Hamline won its first
game with a score of 80 to "a over st.
Johns. d
Gustavus will play at st. Thomas in
a return game Tuesday night.
The only other conference game
this week is set for Friday night and
will give Concordia a chance to mark
up it's second league triumph as it
plays the lowly st. Johns team at
Moorhead.
Coe college, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
will pay Minnesota teams a two-game
visit, the first at st. Olaf Friday and
the second at Carleton Saturday in
the midwest conference race. Gus
tavus plays it's third game of the
week at st. Mary's, Saturday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-26
Minot Ski j.
Wins Cary
SpringIike Weathee oh6rteHs
Jumps; Omen clo00 M
Breaking Gary H1oot1

Gary. Ind, Jan. 3s-1AlAg-
like weather can h1e3en Cnoper
Oimen's jumps but i oGht stop him
from winning ski toun1mm0ts.
Handicapped at two tGUEnnIn1ats in
succession by slow sldeey 1haNDd out
by high temperature IN M6&3onal
ski champion from Afinot u. 3. has
come through with M1osonunoA leaps
to win first place.
A week ago at Gasy,suLs = 6eceat.
ed a large iield unasss 49, cenc,sions
slide near here, hi lnGpoa II feet
twice to capture ssfiI1t raooe. His
jumps came within - 4Dotsof oqial-
ing the record for ~ ae.
Ludwig Boeck, tire 0eftiiaHsxham.
pion, placed near the end Of the list
Sunday with jumps Of only 121 and
131 feet.