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Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
SPANISH LAND
GRANTS VALID
SAYS DECISION

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6. U.P) =
Lands conservatively valued a
$500, 900 900 were included in the de
cision of Secretary of the Interio
Wilbur that Spanish land grants ar
valid and not subject to homestead
claims, announced in Washington
yesterday.
The decision represents a lega
end to years of litigation ant
chronic outbursts of squatting, oc
casionally featured by brushes be.
tween squatters and sheriff's depu'
ties.
Homesteaders and squatters con
tended the grants had never beer
confirmed by congress and that tht
land was public domain.
Among the famous properties af.
fected by the decision are the hugt
Rancho Topango Malibu Sequit
which includes the large and fabu-
lousy wealthy motion picture sum-
mer colony, Malibu Beach.
Others were the Boca de Santo
Monica. covering the present site o.
the city of Santa Monica; the 1l6,.
300 acre Mission San Fernando
ranch, embracing the entire Sar
Fernando valley and including the
towns of Van Nuys, Lankershim
Owensmouth, Gerard, Burbank
North Hollywood and San Fernando
and ranch properties and townships
comprising hundreds Of thousands
of acres. Ia
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06

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the county and school board the
other half.
Knights presented plan for paw
ing Of Wensley avenue between
Fourth and Fifth streets, together
with resolution of intention. The
council took no action, feeling it
better to wait until work on Broad
way is TO be started, and bring the
two improvement jobs together.
Permit Granted
A permit was granted the Sunland
Dairy company, Ltd, to construct a
SIS 900 milk processing plant be-
tween Main and State streets, on
Imperial avenue. This was recon-
mended by the city planning com
mission.
Street signs conforming with new
traffic laws were ordered from the
Automobile Club of Southern Cali
fornia. The signs are to be installed
by the club.
help given the Red Cross was read
and filed.
Regular monthly demands were
approved.
Councilmen discussed at some
length the puzzling proposition Of
moving the Imperial Valley Hard
ware company storehouse from the
position it now occupies, blocking
the crossing. Cost of moving the
building, of constructing a new
warehouse for the company, and
other means of procuring the
right-of-way were discussed.
1t was finally decided the city en-
gineer and Rice will discuss with
Southern Pacific officials the pos
sibility Of moving the building.
Drafts Of the proposed agreement
between the city and the railroad
company were read by Dorsey
Whitelaw. city attorney, and ap-
proved with the exception OF an
item concerning installation of two
culyerts, to cost. approximately
$4,000. Knights expressed the be-
lief these culyerts are not necessary.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
PRISON CONVICT
ENJOYING SELF
IN STATE AUTO

YOUNG, Ariz., Aug. 6. tU.G = A
convict driving prison car which
he and a prison guard used four
days in ''partying'' around the state
before he decided to escape was
sought today throughout northeast
ern Arizona.
The convict. Dewey Thrulo. drove
from here late yesterday after fore
ing his prison guard companion
Charles Rose, to leave him.
Rose and Thurlo started their ad-
venture last Saturday when the
convict. a trusty, received permis-
sion to visit a relative at a road
camp near the state prison at Flor
ence.
Rose was detailed to guard Thur
10. The pair passed up the road
camp and drove to Phoenix and
visited relatives of Rose. Later they
visited Globe, Miami and Payson
back to Phoenix and yesterday came
north through Young.
Both men had been drinking
heavily, according to information
. received by William Delbridge
prison warden, who managed tc
trace their activities but always a
step or two behind
Rose, when forced to leave the
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
SCREEN ACTOR
REPORTED SHOT
BY DEER HUNTER

SANTA MARIA, Cal, Aug. 6
U.P)-Ullrich Haupt, Inglewood. Cal,
was shot and killed today by a deer
hunter on Figueroa mountain, ac-
cording to word received here. De-
tails were lacking, but it was said
that Haupt was with a chauffeur
at the time he was killed. The
body was being carried down the
mountain by pack train.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. s. U.p)
-Ullrich Haupt, fatally shot today
while hunting deer in the noun
tains near Santa Maria, Cal, was
a prominent Hollywood character
actor and left here on vacation
shortly after he completed an i'm
| portant role in Ronald Colman's
last picture.
Haupt lived in Inglewood with his
wife and two sons, aged 13 and 8
years. According to Mrs. Haupt
who was married to the actor %
years ago, the elder son and a
chauffeur accompanied Haupt on
the hunting trip.
Haupt, according to friends, was
born in Germany A years ago and
enjoyed success on the New York
stage before coming to Hollywood.
Mrs. Haupt collapsed shortly
after she received meager word
from the mountain region. Her
friends said Haupt, his son, and the
chauffeur were in party of about
10 German friends of the actor, all
residents of Los Angeles or vicinity
1t was said that a gun carried by
someone in the party discharged ac-
cidentally.
Haupt's first picture in Hollywood
was in The Tempest with John
Barrymore. Other important roles
included De Rocheford in "Tne
Iron Mask" with Douglas Fair
banks, and Prince Serge in "Tht
Rogue Song" with Lawrence Tib.
bett.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
SIERRA NEVADA
FIRES BROUGHT
UNDER CONTROL

FRESNO. Aug. 6. U.P) = Two of
the most spectacular forest fires Of
recent years in the Sierra Nevada
mountains northeast of here were
believed checked today, but only af-
ter heavy losses in timber and bad
frights to vacationists
Several smaller blazes were STOP
ped shortly after they had started.
Arsonists were blamed for all the
fires, which since Monday have
swept over more than 1920 acres
of brush and timber.
More than $50 men under state
fire wardenS and national forest
service men were reported still fight
ing today the flames which yester-
day caused evacuation of two sum-
mer resorts, burned one cabin,
caused injury to two motorists and
did damage estimated at $4,000 to
$4,000.
The dollhouse blaze appeared
halted as it reached the very door,
steps of Meadow Lakes and Alder
Springs cabins several hours after
the occupants had fled, some in
their nightclothes, to the lower
country.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Traffic Officers
To Have Beats

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 6. W.P)-
Like the city policemen, Califor-
MAS state traffic officers will
aenceforth patrol regular beats
This was announced today by E.
Raymond Cato, superintendent of
he California highway patrol, who
said that under the new plan every
traffic officer would be required to
check in hourly at designated points
along their respective routes.
Through a cooperative arrange
ment worked out with telephone
companies, anyone desiring the
services of an officer may call the
long distance telephone operator,
who will notify the station from
which the officer next reports.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
OIL OPERATORS
PLAN TO TAKE
COURT ACTION

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 6. U,P)
Court action threatened today as
the next move of Oklahoma oil op-
orators to combat Gov. William -.
alfalfa Bib Murray's closing OF
all the wells in the states flush
fields.
No formal announcement had
been made by oil companies or pro-
ducers opposed to the shutdown or
der and declaration of martial law,
but it was understood the Sinclair
company would take the initiative
in the fight to take troops out of
the oil fields.
1t was Harry Sinclair whom the
governor singled out in his charges
that oil operators had sought to
overawe the state legislature and
overthrow the state government.
Sinclair employees were the only
ones who made any resistance when
soldiers took over the fields.
Two hundred National Guards
men today held full control of all
Jul 1NAAi Va Al
fantry and one of field a-tillery en-
forced the governors orders tha,
none but stripper wells should oper-
ate until the price of crude oil
reaches 81 a barrel. 1t is now SO
cents, having gone up from % since
the governor went into action.
Cicero Murray, the dapper lieu
tenant colonel who got his commits
sion just for the purpose of direct
ing the troops in this action, was III
command of the guardsmen. Wear
ing his new uniform, purchased only
yesterday, he drove over the fields
or sat in his headquarters in a dairy !
barn in the Oklahoma City field.
Cicero's cousin, Alfalfa Bill" |
defied any inferior fed |
eral court to interfere with what |
ne terms the rights of the sovereign |
state of Oklahoma.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
POLITICAL ANGLE
UNCOVERED In
BANKRUPT FUND

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6. Up)-
Referee Rupert B. Turnbull today
started TO subpoena witnesses in
a search for $4,000 which asserted
ly passed through the books of the
bankrupt contracting firm of Braun,
Bryan and Austin.
IT is asserted that approximately
$4,000 of the sum was passed into
campaigns of eight candidates for
the 1929 city council Alleged con-
tributions were barred In testimony
during recent bankrupt proceedings
of Joseph d. Braun, senior member
of the firm.
Braun declared that the money
had been turned over by his firm,
acting for Warren Brothers COM
pany, manufacturers of Warrenite
patented paving material, to Harry
H. Merrick, local realty dealer and
politician.
The defunct concern handled the
sum, it was said, with the assist
ance of Arthur Brough, political
manager in Los Angeles for the
Warren company.
Merrick, questioned later in the
hearing, launched last July % and
80, freely admitted he had received
approximately $4,000 from the con-
tractors. He said however, that he
was merely an agent in the trans
action, through whom the money
was passed. He said he had kept
about $4,000 of the money in re-
turn for services for the contract
ors.
Merrick told the federal referee
that large part of the $4,000 had
gone for services" on the Beverly
Glenn and South Sherman Way
project, paving job.
James Bolger, newspape m an
the campaigns of eight
candidates for the 1929 city coun-
ell, whose names were not divulged.
received about $1,000 of the balance,
Merrick said.
Bolger is scheduled to be subpoe-
naed with numerous others for the
resumption of the quiz, date for
which had not been set, it was said
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Fat Men

Mr.. w. r. Daniels of. Richmond
Hill, N. Y. City, writes, Have fin
ished my second bottle of Kruschen
Salts Results-Removed inches
from the waistline-am Is per cent
more active-mind is clear = skin
eruptions have disappeared-am 46
years old-feel 20 years younger
To lose fat take one-half teaspoon
of Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot
water before breakfast every morn
ing-an IS cent bottle lasts weeks
Get it at Clements Drug Store,
Valley Drug Co., Shirer Drug Co.,
Ell Centro Drug Co., or any drug
store in America. If not joyfully
satisfied after the first bottle -
money back. adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06

10 days ago was fatal last night at
his home here. The governor,
summoned when the family ply
sician, DR.. c. w. Harper, reported
the 91-year-old minister was sink
ing rapidly. did not arrive at the
bedside until after death.
The climax to the Rev. Murray's
career as farmer, soldier and min
lister came last January IL when he
administered the oath as governor
to his wayward son, william, who
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06

as a boy of IL years ran away from
home to make his own way in the
world.
Administration of the oath of
office to his son was believed to
have resulted in his fatal illness.
His head uncovered on chilly
January day, he read the oath. He
never recovered from a cold he suf-
fered that day.
Five boys and girl We're born
to Murray and his first wife who
died in 1871.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06

AGED FATHER OF
ALFALFA BILL
CALLED BY DEATH

BETHANY, Okla, Aug. 6. UP)-.
Uriah Don Thomas Murray, aged
pioneer of the southwest plains
country where his most famous
son, Governor William H. Murray,
was reared, was dead today.
An attack of influenza suffered
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06

He was instructed to take up this,
also, with railroad officials.
One condition Of the agreement
is it expires if the State Street
crossing is not used for a period of
one year.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06

car, walked to Young where, by or
ders of the warden, he was placed
under technical arrest.
Thurlo, convicted of burglary in
Phoenix, was serving Is to 25
year sentence. He became a trusty,
with many special privileges, two
years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Baseball Scores
National

At Philadelphia
New York ........ 00l 200 001-4 Is |
Philadelphia :. 030 100 20x-6 Is
Berry, Permalee and Hogan;
Blake and McCurdy.
AT Boston
Brooklyn ..... 400 600 201-7 Is !
Boston .............. 100 020 00c--3 Ii 2
Phelps, Luque and Lopez; Can't
veil ana Bool, Spencer.
At Pittsburgh
Cincinnati .. 600 600 030 5 13 o
Pittsburgh 49,. 600 200 900 2 7 2
Rixey, Benton and Sukeforth;
Spencer and Phillips.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
American

At New York
Philadelphia :. 600 100 002--3 Q
New York ........ 400 0l0 00x-5 10 l
walberg, Mahaffey, johnson and
Cochrane; Gomez and Dickey.
At Washington
Boston ............ 600 100 600 4
Washington =. 30i 130 07x-15 20 o
Russell. Durham and Berry; Mar
berry and Spencer.
At Chicago
st. Louis .......... 400 020 000-6 10 2
Chicago ............ 300 900 40x-7 IL 4
Collins, Stewart. Gray and Fer
rell; Caraway, Thomas and Tate.
At Detroit
Cleveland - 0lO O20 00l-4 0 l
Detroit ............ Oil 900 010-3 s 4
Hudlin and Sewell; Herring, Sor-
rell and Hayworth.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06

LONDON, Aug. 6. W.P)-J. A. Mol
lison, youthful Scottish flyer, land
ed today at Pevensey Bay from lie
Bourget airdrome at 2:30 p. m,
breaking the Australia to England
flight record by more than a day.
The previous record, held by C..
w. A. Scott, was 10 days % hours.
Mollison intended to proceed to
Lympne as soon as possible, and to
go from there to Croydon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
improvements In
City Discussed

Continued from page u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~HICAGO. October ~. ~ The
Western Conference win b.
looking to Michigan and Iowa
Saturday to pull it up even
with the rest Of the country In inter
sectional foot ball.
In nine intersectionaI contests this
season, Big Ten teams have lost five
decisions, have won three and tied one.
Iowa. which has suffered two of the
i've defeats. appears about ready to win
q game this week. with George Wash
ington University as its opponent, while
Michigan. which seems to have recov-
cred from its disappointing start, will
be q long favorite over Princeton's Tiger.
Iowa has been beaten by Pittsburgh
and Texas A. & M, Ohio dropped a
hatr-raiser to Vanderbilt, Yale crushed
Chicago and Pennsylvania upset calcu-
lations by trouncing Wisconsin last
week. Wisconsin previously had played
q III draw with Alabama Poly.
On the other side of the ledger, Min
nesota defeated Oklahoma Aggies,
Northwestern walloped the University
Of CALIFORNIA; Southern branch eleven
and Purdue outpointed Carnegie Tech
last Saturday.
Northwestern conquered Ohio State
Saturday, but suffered the possible loss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
Big Ten Looks to Michigan,
Iowa to Get Even Break
In Intersectional Battling

Of two regulars, Center Harold Weldin
and Halfback Ken Meenan. The latter
probably win be able TO play against
Illinois Saturday, but Weldin Is expect
ed to be missing for two weeks. The
Wildcats are making no particular point
Of preparing for the Illini, with the
Minnesota game coming UP the follow
ing week.
Wisconsin and Minnesota, which meet
in the most important contest on the
Big Ten bill for this week, are bearing
down in making ready. Defeat means
elimination from the championship
race, and the Badgers In particular, are
eager for victory over their old rivals,
to help wipe out the memory of last
weeks disastrous defeat by Pennsyl-
vania.
For the first time of the season, Pur-
due expects to have all hands ready for
action, and that means nothing but bad
news for Chicago. This week, the Ma
rooms, ul-equipped to start with. Slf-
fered the loss Of three linesmen, leaving
Amos Alonzo Stagg with almost no re-
placements.
Indiana's forces are so elated by their
ore-sided victory over Chicago last week
that hope is entertained for q triumph
over Ohio State. The Hoosiers suffered
no losses In man power and, playing at
home, are figuring on an upset. The
Buckeyes, however, win be favored to
give Indiana its first beating Of the
conference campaign.
Coach Hunk Anderson is confident
that Notre Dame viii defeat Carnegie
Tech when they meet at Pittsburgh Sat-
urday. but has not forgotten that 19-
too surprise the Skibos handed out In
1928. Anderson was in charge of the
Irish squad that day, while the late
Knute Roclne watched the Army and
Navy battle In Soldier Field, Chicago,
and Carnegie may expect no mercy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
WEAKENED ELEVENS
IN HIGH SCHOOL TILT
Injuries to Players Handicap
ess-Eastern, Slated
TO Meet Today.

Although Business was to enter its
public high school championship foot
ball game against Eastern this after
noon without the services Of several
dependables, who were hurt in an au-
toInobile accident, the Eastern squad
also was handicapped by injuries. A
close game was expected. Both teams
were seeking their first series wins,
each having dropped its only start to
date. Business bowed to Western and
Eastern to Central.
The game was to be played in Cen
trail Stadium, starting at $3.50 o'clock.
Landon Schools fighting eleven is
preparing for its game Friday against
Severn School at Severena Park, Md.
The Massachusetts, avenue scholastics
have shown creditably to date under
direction of Coach Bob MacCartee.
st. Adams gridders are figured to
have q good chance TO get back at
their old foe, st. Christopher of Rich
mond, in their game on the st. Al
bans gridiron Friday. The Cathedral
School eleven is decidedly stronger than
O campaign ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
OLD FOES PREPARE
FOR GRID CONTEST
Apaches Add Five Player:
for Tilt With MOhaWks
Next Sunday.
pAcHEs and Mohaxks. vi

A PACHES and Mohawks. whose
~ gridiron meetings here for sew
eral years have been the high
spot Of the semi-pro season. are
girding for their clash Sunday in q
South Atlantic League game in 0rifith
Stadium at also o'clock.
Five new players win make their sp-
pearance in the Apache line-up. George
Menke. Bnl Howes and Ralph DuFour
formerly Of Catholic University; Moose
Mosko. erstwhile Georgetown University
player. and Huck Hilleary. who used 70
perform on the grid for Western High
Apaches win drill tonight at 1850
o'clock in Grifhth Stadium.
The reorganized st. Mary's Celtics
win practice tonight at 1880.
Northern Celtics win drill tonight at
Seventeenth and b streets at 7:3O
o'clock. Additional talent Is sought, in
GLIDING = good ball carrier, punter and
an end. Manager Buck Grier Is seeking
an out-of-town game for Sunday. He
may be reached at Metropolitan 6T43
before pm. and at Columbia 7lo8
aIVer That time.
Park Lane Rridders. who downed
Hilltop Juniors In their last game, are
after tits with 120-pound elevens. Call
Clarendon 779.
In preparation for their game Sunday
with the Mercurys. the Dixie Pig squad
VIII work tonight on the Seat Pleasant
grid at 8 o'clock.
Games with l25-l35-pound teams are
sought by Lyon Park Lions to complete
their schedule. Challenges are being
received at Clarendon 1856.
Practice Is slated for the Lions to-
night and Thursday night at 7:30
o'clock on the Washington-Iee High
neld ct Ballston, Va. Mckinley, Mac
out with injuries. are expected to be
ready to so again by Sunday.
stung by their decisive defeat sun
day ct the hands Of Brentwood Hawks,
the Petworth Pennant gridders are
planning hard practice session tonight
at 1880 o'clock on the Iowa avenue
playground.
Games for Saturday or Sunday with
il5-pound elevens are sought by the
Mercury eleven. Manager Collins Is
listing at Metropolitan 5o56 between s
and $50 pm.
New players viii be tried by Meridian
150-pound squad tonight at Seventeenth
street and Constitution avenue
A drill for Grifith Blue Goals, who
will meet Brooklands Sunday in q Cap
ital City League game, is scheduled to-
night at o'clock on Virginia avenue
playground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR.

TEORGETOWN foot ball team is
" preparing for its game with st.
Johns of Annapolis Saturday.
Jack Hegarty, right end, who has
been out with an injured shoulder,
Is expected to be ready for the Army
game, a week from Saturday. Bryant,
another casualty. also is improving.
Harry Costello gave q beautiful ex-
htbition of circling the ends and
broken-aeld running in yesterdays
practice game with the scrubs.
Catholic University and Maryland
AggieS and Gallaudet and Mount
Vernon A. G. also are to face tomor-
row.
Tommy Small, pitcher. was elected
captain Of the 1912 Cathedral School
base ball team at q meeting called
by Coach Green. Lockwood was
named manager. Beggs, Rust and
Cleborne are among other matnstays
to be available.
It is not unlikely that Clark Crit
fifth, formerly Of the Cincinnati
Reds, will be installed today as sue
cessor to Jim McAleer, who has re-
signed as manager of the Washing
ton team.
DR.. Lee Harlan had low gross
score at 70 in the qualifying round
Of the annual Columbia Country
Club golf tournament. E. B. Eynon,
jr., and DR.. w. s. Harlan were tied
for second, each with Sc.
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'DROAD-JUMP MARK
| SET BY JAPANESE
Nambu Does rs Feet, z -8
Inches in National Meet
for World Record.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC. October IA new world
record for the running broad jump Of
IS feet 2ls inches was established today
by Chuhei Nambu, native japanese
jumper, in the national athletic meet,
and Q new universal standard Of 81
feet ~ inches for the running hop,
step and jump was set by Mikio Oda,
the 1928 Olympic champion.
Nambu's new mark displaces by 2
inches the world mark by s. Gator of
Hawaii, set In Paris in 1928 after the
Olympics of that year. Oda broke the
record Of so feet ii3z inches set by A.
w. Winter, an Australian, at Paris in
1924.
The American records for the two
events are IS feet 111s inches for the
running broad jump, set by Ed Hamm
in the Olympic tryouts at Cambridge,
Mass, in 1928, and for the running hop,
step and Jump, so feet IL inches, set
at New York by Daniel =. Ahearn way
back In 1911.
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team can take Tech he knows IL can
take . few other things besides q walk.
Svavely High will be played following
the Georgetown Prep game next Fri
day. Then comes st. Johns Prep and
Central High. But taking over the
Virginians Is Gonzaga,s mighty job.
We can defeat Swayely then we
Mitchell. If we do not, then the boys
are not so hot"
If those fellows watched out on the
old Terminal Field are imbibing some Of
the enthusiasm so profusedly tossed
about by their coach, then take me over
70 the window and give me . ticket On
GOnzagA On the nostx1 TOO.
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v. P. |. Determined
TO BEAT MARYLAND
Feels That II Would Have Won
From Kentucky but for It's
Own Misplays.

BLACKSBURG, Va, october 81
v. p. is eleven is making ready for
its Homecoming game Saturday with
University of Maryland.
The Gobbler team is determined TO
hurl at the Old Liners the same type OF
foot ball that baffied and all but upset
Kentucky. 1t hopes to put a stop to
misdeeds such as backs stumbling after
gaining a clear field or ends letting
passes slip through outstretched fingers
at the goal line. These happenings and
tumble that resulted in a wildcat
touchdown cost victory at Kentucky.
The Techmen appear to be hitting
their stride, and putting more punch
into their attack. Led by the brilliant
sll-around play of Heinie Groth, the
Techmen registered is first downs
against Kentucky.