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Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
KUNG HAY FAT CHOY' HIM
ALL SAME HAPPY NEW YEAR

in lilies and chrysanthcmums as
the 26.0O0 Chinese children in
San Francisco joined in the eel
cbration.
Thousands of laughing child
rem, preparing for the fete to
reach its height at midnight to-
night and the great Lion
Dance" to follow later i'm the
week, dashed from house to
house and filled every thor
Oughfarc.
Each had received the trsdi-
tional gift of "Lai Shee", good
luck coins wrapped in red paper.
For the elders realize each new
year they have lost IL month
of their lives while the child
rcn have another year ahead.
But all conform to the new
year habit of greeting all in
friendship n n q forgetting
grudges. If one is insulted by
his worst enemy he can only
return it with "Kung Hay Fat
Choy." To reply in kind would
place a stigma OH him for the
rest of the year.
The great lion dance, with the
lien himself taken from his
storehouse and paraded through
of the celebration. 1t symbO-
the streets, is the highiight
of the celebration. 1t symbol
ICES passage from the past
into the future, a complete
change only the king of the
animal world can make.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
BROOKS GIRL SOUGHT HERE
GAS CONSUMERS
PLAN ACTION ON
EXCESSIVE BILLS
Many Complaints On Ex-
orbitant Bills Made By
Patrons

After being restricted to individual
erumbling for several weeks, agita-
ton against excessive gas rates IN
FL Centro today took steps toward
more definite action for relief when
q number of residents who have
been aroused by the eXorbitant
charges discussed plans fof employ
ing an attorney to take the matter
up with the state railroad commits
sion.
Complaints about the rates have
been made to the Press by numer-
Gus subscribers III recent weeks. The
matter was taken up by the Press
with gas company officials who
promised a statement in explanation
Of the rates, but the statement has
not been forthcoming after more
than a week OF waiting.
In som" cases users of gas report
that their bills have been doubled
and tripled above previous rates
although consumption has not beer
any greater than formerly.
Some of the consumers have peio
their bills under protest, wniie 9TH
ers have refused to pay them.
Among these latter are the Pres!
which received a bill last month TAI
in excess of any heretofore rem
dered, while consumption of gas was
not measureably increased over
previous months.
The Press believes that the bills
rendered by the gas company are
out of all proportion to consump-
tion based on legal rates and this
contention is supported by the COM
plants of other consumers.
This publication will give space
in its columns to letters from gas
consumers, setting forth their griev-
ances. Such letters should be as
brief as possible and must be signed
with the name Of the consumer
though if the consumer does not
wish the name to appear in print,
such request may be made and will
be respected by the Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Mrs. Schroeder
Has Birthday

NEWCASTLE, Pa, Feb. II. WP)
Irene Crawford Schroeder, SEN
fenced to die in Pennsylvania IS
electric chair February %, celebrat-
ed her 22nd birthday in the Law
renee county Jail today
dad, there are just two things
I want Mrs. Schroeder said when
her father asked what She wanted
for birthday gift, lone is a new
spring hat and the other a commu-
tation from the pardon board"
Three hats were ordered sent to
the Jail for Mrs. Schroeder to make
selection. Two were straw and
one felt and one is to be worn by
the woman when she leaves the jail
for the first time in more than a
year-to go to the electric chair at
Bellefonte or to go to prison.
Donnie Schroeder, 5-year-old son
of the convicted woman, brought
one gift to his mother, a red satin
hat filled with candy.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
PRETTY CHINESE
SCHOOL TEACHER
DECLARED THIEF

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. II. UP
While San Francisco Chinatown
was in the midst Of joyous new
year celebration today, the San
Francisco police force stretched a
stern arm across the Pacific in an
attempt to apprehend pretty
Chinese school teacher on charges
of ahsconding with SOS 900 belong
ing TO a trusting friend.
The teacher. Miss Jung Shee, was
named in an indictment last night
by the grand jury after hearing
testimony OF Mrs. Yu Shee Nam,
the sole support of six children. But
Miss Shee was aboard a liner near
ing Kobe. Japan, and officers
feared II she reached there she
would elude their grasp.
Kobe authorities were asked to
hold the teacher on the indictment,
which alleged she persuaded Mrs.
Nam TO invest her entire fortune
of s25 900 in an importing business
to be managed by the younger
woman.
Mrs. Nam said she drew the
money from the bank and gave it
to Miss Shee, making a final pay
ment on February /. A few days
later. she said, it was reported to
her that the teacher and the money
had left the country.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
FRENCH CONVICT
ship DEPARTS TO
DEVILS ISLAND

LA ROCHELLE, France, Feb H.
W.r) The prison ship, La Marti-
niere. crowded with 700 screaming
convlcts, sailed today for the
French penal colony near Cayenne,
in French Guina..
Among the men bound for the
colony which includes Devils Is
land" was 16-year-old Jean Four
rier, convicted of numbering his
employer. He was the youngest
prisoner ever sent to the dreaded
camp from which criminals seldom
return.
Fierce cries of despair and oaths
split tie air as the convict ship
drew away from the shores of
France. None of the prisoners, eX-
cept by act of providence, expect
to see France again.
The mortality rate between
France and the penal colony is
high. Some of the prisoners usual
IL commit suicide rather than en-
dtre the sufferings in Guina.
There have been many campaigns
10 abolish the penal colony, or re-
move it to a more sanitary loca-
ton but nothing has been done.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
COAST DOCTOR
FALLS VICTIM
TO GANGSTERS

VENTURA, Cal, Feb. II. (UP- An
all-night search by authorities end
ed early today when DR.. Iva Clare
Bedwell. surgeon at the Olive view
sanitarium in San Fernando,
stumbled into the Ventura county
sheriff S office and reported he had
been robbed by bandits who KID
naped him from Hollywood street.
DR.. Bedweu said he had wander
ed in the hills for five hours and
that when he finally located the
highway. motorists ignored his at
tempts to flag a ride.
The surgeon said he was abducted
by three armed men who were be-
iieved to have followed him after
he drew a large sum OF money from
Hollywood bank.
He reported the bandits forced
entry into his machine when ne at
tempted to park the car. He was
made to drive the trio to an isolated
spot near the Coneio grade. where
he was robbed in leisurely fashion
and abandoned. The car was found
later.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Junior College
Girl Is Suicide

SAN BERNARDINO. Cal, Feb
II U.P)-Miss Alpha Brown, l8, San
Bernardino junior college honor
student. died at the Ramona hos
pital early today from self-in-
flicted bullet wound after her
mother and sister had submitted to
blood transfuSions.
Mrs Belle Brown, and Bornice
Brown, mother and sister OF the
coed gave blood to the girl yes
terday but the efforts to save her
life were unsuccessful.
The girl. who lived at the home
of Mrs. Elsie Mcdonald, was found
in her room, holding a towel TO the
wound in her abdomen.
Il didn't think it would hurt so
badly" she said enroutc to the
hospital. Motive for the suicide
was not known.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
YOungster In Company
Of Man Disappeared
Into MeXicali
CLUE is FOLLOWED
Girl Said To Answer De-
scriptiOn Sent Out BY
San Diego Officers

Imperial Valley today became the
focus point in the extensive search
for l0-year-old Virginia Brooks,
missing from her home in San Di-
ego since last Wednesday and
feared by officers to be the victim
of a fiendish kidnapping plot.
Clues linking this section of the
country with the supposed kidnap-
ing came to direct point last night
when an immigration officer sta
toned at the international bound
ary in Calexico told A. B. Mason,
chief criminal deputy from the San
Diego sheriff s office, that he no.
| ticed man and girl answering the
description of Virginia Brooks cross
| the line into MeX!cali last Thurs
! day.
! When shown a picture of the girl
the immigration officer stated posi-
lively that she is the girl he no.
ticed in company with a man last
week.
He noticed the pair because the
man had his arm around the girl,
anu oCcNlCu W Dt ldI lIlOle dlltC-
tionate than is usual, even between
father and daughter, the federal
man said. In checking on the hap
pening Mason located at least three
other people who remember having
seen the pair.
He did not think of the Brooks
girl until the couple were almost a
block away. said the immigration
inspector. When he did remember
the supposedly kidnapped girl he
shouted for relief on his border
post and, with three other officers
ran down the block in the direction
the man and girl had gone. They
had turned a corner and dis
appeared
A search Of MeXicali by the fed
eral men failed to show any trace
of the two who had been seen
crossing the line.
Mason, the San Diego officer, was
in the valley today in connection
with the search for the missing
girl. He said this morning that by
tonight reward totaling S25 900
will be posted for the discovery OF
the girl and her abductor.
Mason also asked that valley resi-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Courtney Evades
Serious Charge

LOS ANGELES, Feb. IT. UP)-
"Dapper Don" Courtney, wealthy
promoter, may escape prosecution
on statutory charges because he
married Mary Betl. Hull, one of
the girls involved, it was said at the
district attorneys office today.
While Courtney was awaiting
trial on II counts, he and Miss Hull
went to Yuma, Ariz.. and were mar
ried. The girls mother and an at
torney accompanied them.
Betty Totman, 18, who said she
gambled her honor with Courtney
against $1,000 and lost on the shake
of dice, disappeared from Los An
geleS and prosecution on the
strength of her story was delayed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
BY THOMAS l.. STOKES
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Feb. II U.p)-
The veterans loan bill poked 4 Smil-
ing face into the senate todaJ. car
rying one of the most favorable en-
dorsements ever given by the house
of representatives to any legiSla-
ton.
Only 80 Republicans stood by
President Hoover late yesterday in
one of the most startling reversals
given administration house forces
in years. Senate advocates OF the
bill met it today with every inteu-
ton of hurrying it through, posi-
bly, with an even greater endorse
ment. The house vote was 263 to
80. all negative votes being Repub-
lican.
The measure as passed by the
house increases the loan limit on
adjusted service certificates to so
per cent of the full matured value
and fixed a flat four and n half
per cent interest rate on certificate
loans.
Senator Moses, Republican, New
Hampshire, discussed the Legislative
situation with President Hoover in
an early call at the White House to-
day.
He said afterward that polls
showed the administration would
lack two votes of the number nee
essary in the senate to sustain a
possible veto of the veterans loan
bill
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Einstein Urges
Zionist Peace

LOS ANGELES, Feb. II. U.P)-
Advising maintenance of peace be-
tween Jews and Arabs in Palestine
as an example to the rest of the
world, DR.. Albert Einstein, German
scientist, last night accepted the
gift of Einstein Forest in the Holy
Land on behalf of the Los Angeles
Zionist colony.
The deed was delivered by DR..
Nathan Saltzman, chairman of the
Jewish National Fund council.
1T is necessary that we solve the
problem of living in a neighborly
spirit with our kinfolk and breth-
ren, the Arabs DR.. Einstein said,
land that we solve it in a noble,
open and dignified manner. Here
we have the opportunity to dem
onstrate to the world what we have
learned through the hardships of
the past during the oppression OF
centuries"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Line Inspector States He
Saw Her Last Thursday
6MHIuL1L-.o

BEVERLY HILLS, Feb.
16. (Special)-Now, here
is something you must not
get wrong. The govern
ment Saturday passed a
bill to appropriate $4,000,
600 as a loan to farmers
in the drought area, but it
was to be loaned on secur-
ity. Now, the man and his
family that are hungry
down there have no secur-
ity; if he had any securi-
ty he wouldn't be hungry,
he would have already put
it up.
This loan has not re-
lieved the people that the
Red Cross has been feed
ing, at all. They have got
to go on being fed by Red
Cross. So you towns that
have been so slow in rails
ing your quota, because
you have been waiting on
the government to see what
it would do; now you see.
So get busy and raise it.
They have got to be fed
till a new crop is raised,
and when they raise it, the
last one is still in this
country. 1t hasn't been
sold yet. But no town can
possibly have an excuse
now for not doing its part.
Yours, WILL ROGERS.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
CI)[PR|T
Q(J|(;KL !
CAUGHT
Pollard BOyken, An In
dian, Stages Gun Battle
with Police at Calipat.
MONEY RECOVERED
Prisoner Released Recent
ly After Serving In Jail
For Petty Theft

A gun battle through the streets
OF Calipatria and a blow on the
head administered by Policeman
brought an end to the first bank
robbery in the history OF Imperial
Valley, when Pollard Boykin, 25,
Indian. was captured after holding
up the cashier and robbing the CAL
ipatria branch of the Security First
National Bank of Los Angeles OF
approximately $1,000.
Shortly after oeing brought to
the county jail today Boykin made
q complete statement TO represent
atiyes of the district attorneys
office. Tom Sharp, criminal invest
igator for the district attorney,
Clarence 3. Smith, deputy district
attorney. Hazel Livingston, reporter
for the prosecutors office, and Ern-
est Clay. jailer. were present.
n his statement the Indian told
his questioners that he had fired al
the officers and several other pco-
pie during the chase through Cal
ipatria, and that he intended to
hit them. He will plead guilty TO
a charge OF bank robbery, he said
Boykin, working alone. walked
into the bank at 1l:25 this morn
ing. Threatening Cashier Maurice
Avery with a pearl handled So cal
.brc revolver the Indian stepped
into the open vault. scooped up all
the money within reach, and dashed
ont of the bank. II. J. Ingram.
manager of tho bank. was in ii at
the time of the robbery.
Several customers OF the bank
were also in the building when
Boykin entered They took no
steps TO halt him, but raised an
alarm as he dashed through the
DOORS.
Tho entire staff of the bank
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
7
MIDNIGHT
EXTENSION
Wire Flays Resolution
Of Brawley City Coun-
Gil for Midnight Hour
WILL FIGHT MOVE
Congressman Cites Fail
ure Of Restrictions To
Halt Gaming Elsewhere
WILL FIGHT NOV

Vigorous denunciation of the
proposition to alter closing hours at
the international border, is con-
tanned in a telegram received at
Brawley from Congressman Phil D.
Swing.
Not only does the congressman
denounce the move to open the line
until midnight in return for PROM
iSe from Mexico to halt gambling
at 6 clock, but he pledged him
self to fight vigorously any move
ment seeking a later closing of the
Zine.
He added emphasis to statement
by declaring that he vii join in any
movement to enforce an earlier
closing of the line, and urged that
the move to obtain the midnight
closing be dropped.
The telegram from the congress-
man was prompted by a resolution
passed by the Brawley city council
recently, in which it urged that the
present regulations at the line be
changed to permit the midnight
opening if Mexico would agree to
stop gambling at o clock.
Following is the text of the tele-
gram, addressed to the city clerk at
Brawley:
"I must earnestly protest against
proposal to open Mexicali line until
midnight on condition Mexico PROM
ises to prohibit gambling after six
O'Clock, notice of which was Ill
Brawley News of 18th. If gamb-
ling is such a vice that it should be
prohibited after six then it should
be prohibited entirely. Many forms
OF gambling are now prohibited IN
Mexico without effect. Would fur
ther prohibition of gambling after
six be observed? Gambling was
only one of many vices practiced in
Mexicali which prompted present
closing hours If gambling ended at
six so should drunkenness and pros
titution. I will join you in asking
for an earlier closing hour but will
have to vigorously fight midnight
opening Hope that proposal is
dropped. Please release to the
press"
In a separate telegram to the I'M
perial Valley Press, Congressman
Swing stated that he comedies the
good intentions of the Brawley coun-
Gil but is convinced that the idea
of changing the closing hours is a
move in the wrong direction.
The proposal to change the line
regulations has been the subject of
considerable talk in recent weeks
and has received the endorsement
Of other bodies in addition to the
BraWlev city council.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
SENATE DELAYS
PROMPT ACTION
ON BONUS BILL

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. UP)-
Senate soldier bonus advocates to-
day abandoned efforts TO obtain
immediate consideration OF the bill
just passed by the house.
Senator Reed, Republican. Penn
sylyania, said on the floor t;1at he
intended proposing amendments,
and it became evident there would
be considerable support for an
amendment to reduce the interest
rate below the four and one half
per cent fixed by the house.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
FIRST BANK ROBBERY IN VALLEY H|ST0R'
Suing Vigorously Opposes Change in Time atLin
Frau EinStein
Urges Modesty

PASADENA, Feb. II. U.P)-
The wife Of a noted man
should hide her light under
a bushel basket" even though
she may be a great aid to her
husband in his work, believes
Frau Elsa Einstein, wife of DR..
Albert Einstein, the German
scientist.
You must have been so
very helpful to your husband
in his work. said woman
who met Frau Einstcin in
theatre here.
'Sh -sh- -sh,' Frau Einstcin
whispered, don't let the pro-
fessor here you say that. He
wouldn't eat at the same table
with me for two weeks
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
ALI F0NS0
WILLING?
7 0. QUIT
Spanish King Will Abdi-
cate If 1t Will Assist His
Country
NO CABINET FORMED
Leader OF RefOrmist Par.
ty Asked To Make New
Effort For Government
BY WILLIAM II. LANDER
United Press Staff Correspondent

MADRID, Feb. IT. U.R)-A state
ment attributed to King Alfonso
XIII today by General Fornells, act
ing under secretary Of war, was IN
terpreted by some as indicating the
king willingness to abdicate if his
abdication would be for the good OF
Spain.
General Fornelis said that the
king, after visiting General Beren-
guer yesterday, spoke to the chiefs
of bureaus Of the ministry OF the
army and told them that he was
willing to make "all sacrifices nee
eSsary for Spain,s welfare. -
General FornellS quoted the king
as saying that he approved every
thing done in that direction.
General Fornell IS denial of q re-
ported revolutionary movement IN
the army was subStantiated by Gen :
eral Emilio Barrera, chief of the
section of military instruction, IN
tcrviewcd by the United Press.
The fact that you find me in my
office refutes fantastic rumorS link
ing me with alleged plotting,' he
said. My only desire is that Spain
may have the satisfaction of peace
and work. y
King Alfonso arrived at the min
istry of the army to confer with
General Berenguer at IL a. m.
MADRID, Feb. II. U.P)-Don Jose
Sanchez Guerra today abandoned his
efforts to form a cabinet to sue
ceed that of Premier General Da-
masco Berenguer resigned.
He advised King Alfonso TO ask
Melquiades Alvarez to form new
government.
Alvarez is leader of the reform
isl party which like the conSti
tutionalists of Sanchez Guerra, de-
sires to call an assembly to change
the 1876 constitution, with restric-
tions on the kings power.
Everything now depends on the
king he had said.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
BY SAM LEE

BY SAM LEE
United Press Special CcrrcsUOnden
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. II.
(U.P)-AnOther New Year, the
a484th. dawncd in Chinatown to-
day amid profusion of water
lilies and flags, while every
doorway was spoken the tradi-
tional greeting. "Kung Hay Fat
ChOy'-China's Happy New
Year"
The week long celebration.
when all Chinese pay special
marks of respect TO their child
rem as the foundation of the flu
ture, was more quiet i'm open
ing, than it will be as the days
pass. All China believes that
the numeraI "one," being un-
even, holds no omen of good
luck and therefore the first day
cannot be so lucky as later
days.
Paper lanterns were hung
along the streets, firecrackers
were touched off, street ven
dOrs shouted their Oriental de-
licacies and little corner flower
stands did thriving business
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Circus Queen To
BE Buried Here

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb.
II. U.P-The ashes of Lillian Lett
eel, whose skill and grace carried
her to the peak of fame under the
white canvas of many circus tents,
Will rest in California, near the
spot where she was planning to
build "a wonderful home" when
death ended her career.
The body Of the dainty aerialist
lay today in a crematorium. On
Thursday the body will be cremat-
ed after services at which the Eng
lish priest, Father Jeson, will offici-
ate.
Later the urn will be taken by
her husband, Alfredo Cordona, back
to California. The famous aerial
iSt had planned TO retire to Califor-
mia IN the next few years.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Gandhi Visits
New VicerOy


NEW DELHI, India, Feb. II. UP)
The Mahatma NJ. K Gandhi,
leader of the civil disobdeience
movement against British rule, ap-
peared hopeful today for an early
return of peace in India.
Gandhi visited the viceroy, Lord
Irwin, and they talked for four
hours.
The civil disobedience campaign,
Gandhis demands for amnesty for
all political prisoners, the London
round table conference proposals
for new constitution and other
issues in the controversy were dis
cussed by the independence leader
and the representative of King
George.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Beethoven Bank
Victim OF RObber

BELLEFLOWER, Cal, LFeb. II.
UP)-A bandit held up the Com
mercial National Bank on Sommer-
set avenue here today and escaped
with approximately $4,000.
The bandit, described as dapper
and extremely polite, obtained the
money from the woman cashier
Mrs. Anna Daniels, by backing up a
note with a small pistol The note
read:
Hand me the money" Mrs.
Daniels obeyed handing out a pac-
ket of currency, and the bandit
sauntered out to an automobile in
which a companion waited.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Glider Succeeds
On Lengthy Trip

AVALON, Catalina Island Feb.
IT, U.P)-Richard Devine, Los An
geles airplane pilot, spanned 25
miles of open water in glider to-
day and set the motorless aircraft
down at Pebble Beach here shortly
after / clock.
The hop was regarded as a record
for overseas flights in motorlesS
planes. Devine S ship was towed
by the power yacht Fellowship. op-
Grated by Joe Fellows, ST..
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
Brutal Staying
At San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. II. U.P)-
A 63-year-old woman was robbed
and murdered here early today by
an assassin who tried to cover up
his crime by burning the body of
his victim in her home.
The elderly woman was identified
as Mrs. Alvina VOORHEES,.
Her body, fully clothed. lay in a
blazing bedroom when firemen ar
rived. Her clothing was Just be-
ginning to smolder.
Beaten Savagely about the head
with some heavy instrument, she
had been dead less than an hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17
AIRPLANES SPOT COYOTES

ST. MARY'S, Kas. U,P)-Coyote
hunters here have taken to use of
airplaneS as means to spot their
quarry during roundups, Pilots
signal to hunters on the ground To-
cation of the animals.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-17

Editors Note: Sam Lee, a
resident of San FranciscO's ia
nous Chinatown and gradu-
ate of an American college, has
written the following account
of the Chinese New Year eel
cbrati0n, starting today, for the
United Press.