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Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
SEVERE STORM
FOLLOWS T0RRLD
SPELL IN TEXAS

DALLAS, Tex, June 13. WP)-
Hail, rain and lightning following
the hottest day of the year in Tex
as killed Mrs. John Yopp, II, near
Hamlin, damaged crops in several
vicinities, caused losses of barnyard
animals and interferred with COM
munications, a survey showed to-
day.
Mrs. Yopp was found dead in
her barnyard. Scores of chickens
were dead
Hail or a heart attack caused by
excitement during the storm was
blamed for Mrs. Yopp's DEATH
Hailstones an inch in diameter
were reported at Corsicana.
Small buildings were unroofed in
outlying areas. Similar storms
struck Dallas and Fort Worth
where the mercury mounted to "a
degrees yesterday, the highest SO
far this year. Abilene and El Paso
recorded 98 degrees.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
AR REST
SOLVES
H(QDUPS
Gangster Leader Taken
In Los Angeles Charged
With Many Crimes.
ACCOMPLICES HELD
Score Of Bank RObberies
Charged To Radovich
And Companions.

LOS ANGELES, June 13. W.P-
| approximately dozen recent bank
holdups in Los Angeles county were
solved today, deputy sheriffs de-
| clared as the result of examination
Of 100000 in securities recovered
with the arrest of Nick Radovich,
alleged Oakland holdup killer, and
two asserted fellow gangsters.
Captain Norris Stensland, of the
| sheriffs robbery detail, disclosed
! that part of the discovered loot was
from recent bank holdups in this
county, declared that his men were
seeking three more suspected MEM
bers of the ring
Among the bank holdups con-
nected with operations of Radovich
through the recovered securities was
the robbery of the California Bank
branch at San Gabriel recently.
The officer said he believed RADIO
yich is the hunted second man in
the robbery of a Pasadena bank
last month with which Granville
Blair former convict, is held as a
suspect. Employees in the bank
will be shown Radovich and his as
! sociates in an attempt to identify
the gang leader or one of the others
in the case
OF the other two men already un-
| der arrest, Tony Deus and Robert
F. Dolphin, Deus, according to
Stensland, admitted that he had
cashed two travellers checks taken
in the San Gabriel bank holdup
which netted the bandits $1,000 in
| travellers checks, between $1,000 and
| $4,000 in bonds and $4,000 in cash.
Among the robberies which STEMS
land believes he will be able to
hang on the gang are: The Califor-
MA bank at San Gabriel, May %;
the Bank of AmericG branch at San
Pedro, last Wednesday, in which
$1,000 was taken; the Republic bank
of West Hollywood, December IL,
1890, when bandits obtained S70O;
the First State bank of RoSemead,
| February 18, 1880, in which the loot
was $4,000 and in which Blair and
Radovich are believed implicated;
| the Citizens National Trust and
Savings bank at Leimert Park place
and Crenshaw, robbed recently.
! LOS ANGELES, June 13. U.P)-
A man said by deputy sheriffs to
be Mich Radevich, asserted gang
! leader wanted in northern Califor-
mia on charges of murder and bank
robbery, was under arrest here to-
| day.
The suspect, who gave his name
as Jose Ramon, was arrested late
yesterday while sitting in an auto
mobile on Wiltshire boulevard. He
was taken into custody by a squad
of deputies who have been watch
ing an alleged gangster hangout in
the fashionable Wiltshire district
! for two weeks.
Among other crimes, Radovich Is
accused of killing Deputy Sheriff
Joseph Fox. retired army officer.
during a holdup of the Oakland
branch of the American Trust COM
pany, on January %, 1890, and Of
robbing a bank in Redwood City.
| The suspect fought so desperately
against being fingerprinted that it
took seven deputies to hold him, Of
! fieers said.
Following the capture of RADIO
Vich four other men and three
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
Theft OF Labor
Charge Dropped

A charge of theft of labor against
Walter r. Hawkins, colored, was
dismissed by Judge l. Mayfield yes
terday afternoon when it appeared
that the Ell Centre janitor could
not pay Charles Wilkes, another
negro, who worked for Hawkins
while the latter was in the county
Jail on a charge of possession of
liquor.
Wilkes served as janitor in seve-
raj Ell Centro business houses in
Hawkins place after the latter had
been cut by another negro in an
eastside brawl and was in the hos
pital. and later after Hawkins had
been arrested on a charge OF boot
Logging.
Que business house would not pay
Wilkes, holding out money Hawkins
had drawn before he got into trou-
BILE. 1t was for this Wilkes COM
planned against the other man.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
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GRAND JURY TO
GET CHARGES IN
RICHFIELD CASE

LOS ANGELES, June 13. U.P)-
Further inquiry into an alleged il
legal issue of 100000 shares OF
Richfield Oil company stock will be
dropped, it was announced today by
the district attorneys office.
When the grand jury meets on
June 18, however, other charges
made by State Corporation Com
missioner r. L. Haight will be pre-
sented. These charges involve as
serted violation of the corporate
securities act and unauthorized
Withdrawals" and "misappropria
ton" of funds by former Rich
field officials.
In a report to the district attor-
ney early this week Commissioner
Haight charged that several former
officials made unauthorized with
! drawals of company funds totalling
approximately $1,000,O00. The
! company is in the hands of re-
| ceiver in equity.
The following statement was is
sued by the district attorneys office
in connection with the case:
Item three of the commission
er's complaint relates to the alleged
issuance of 100000 shares of stock
in contravention of the terms oil
the permit. This is the transaction
on which limitation of action will
expire on June 16
THE apparent inconslstence in
this transaction is explained by the
fact that, instead of the stock being
issued to the subscribers in the first
instance, it was delivered to the Los
Angeles First National Bank as
fagent, which collected the amount
of the subscriptions and issued the
stock therefor.
| 1T was agreed that a more effec-
tive disposal of the charges would
| result by dropping this issue and
by presenting the other charges to
the grand jury
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
AUTHORITIES IN
SQUABBLE OVER
SHOOTING CASE
Police Resent Action Of
Judge In Releasing Sus-
pected Slayer.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13. U.P)
Police engaged in a controversy
today with Municipal Judge George
Schonfeld over the release on bail
of Harold MCGUIRE, night club own
er accused of the murder of Earl
Letter, 25-year-old racketeer.
Officers investigating the case de-
scribed the procedure as most un-
usual" but the judge. a boyhood
friend of Mcclure, held he did only
what was allowed by the constitu-
lion.
Judge Schonfeld pointed out that
an open verdict was returned by a
coroner's jury at the inquest into
Letters death, and that MCGUIRE
was not implicated by the decision
MCGUIRE has protested his inno-
cence.
MCGUIRE continued at liberty or
$4,000 bond Meanwhile, police in
vestigated the possible connection
between the fact that Letter was
killed by copper -jacketed bullets anc
that a gun loaded with similar bull
lets was found on Mcguire.
Eddie Quinones, a North Beach
nigh cub habitue, said he accom-
panied Letter to Ed Chasso's place tt
patch up trouble" between Letter
and Mcguire.
II heard the shot that killed lie.
ter" Quinones said. Il was in the
kitchen. When 1 got into the par.
lor I saw strange guy standing
over Letter waving a gun. AS
came nearer a second strange guy
stuck gun in my ribs and told ms
to halt. MCGUIRE was there, too.
Somehow the two strangers es.
capped, and Chiasso and took Letel
to hotel and called for a doctor.
Quinones refused to say ,what
caused the trouble between Letel
and Mcguire, and Mcguire took hi,
attorneys advice and refused to tes
tify.
In dying statement, Letter sale
he was "a dark man standing ovel
me-" He said Mcclure was tryins
to make the man stop kicking him
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
Loans To Veterans
May Be Delayed

WASHINGTON. June 13. UP
Attorney General Mitchell has ruled
that veterans who have held their
adjusted service certificates less
than two years cannot borrow on
them under the veterans loan act
of the last congress, the veterans
bureau announced today.
This decision affects consider
able number of veterans, including
many who did not apply for their
certificates until they saw an op-
portunity to convert them into cash
after congress increased the loan
value from 22i2 to so per cent at
the last session. Many veterans
have applied for their certificates
recently.
Mitchell held that the act of the
last congress did not change pro-
vision OF the original act prohibit
ing loans on the certificates until
they are two years old.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
ROCKS
SUSPECT
ARRESTED
Police Checking On Story
OF Man Held By Au-
thOrities At Los Angeles
RELATES KIDNAPPING
Accused Man Declares He
Was Held Captive Five
Months In San Diego.

GLENDALE, Cal, June 13. (U.p)
IT. John Ellis, SO, held here on a
charge of grand theft will be ques-
toned in connection with tn cum
solved kidnapping and murder of
Virginia Brooks, l0-year-old San
Diego school girl, authorities an
nounced today.
Ellis, who was arrested here on
q grand theft charge preferred
against him by Mrs. Beatrice M.
Thompson, was arraigned before
Judge Frank II. Lowe today ana
held for superior court trial. Bail
was set at $500.
When arrested by Detective Lieu
tenant Charles T. Blake, Ellis told
a story of having been kidnapped
here last January and held captive
in San Diego for five months.
Because of his story police took
his fingerprints and photographs
and sent them TO San Diego for
investigation. 1t was reported that
San Diego police had gone out TO
the homes of persons who saw the
driver OF the car reported to have
been seen near the Brooks home the
day the girl was kidnapped. With
the photograph and complete dc
scliption of the man, authorizes
planned to check each witress IN
an effort to identify Ellis.
Mrs. Thompson, who laid the
complaint against Ellis charged that
he took money and jewelry valued
at s4O0 from her and converted II
TO his own use.
Ellis told authorities that he bad
.become acquainted with Mrs.
Thompson through a real estate
deal and that she had given him
the money and jewelry to bind a
contract. This, he said, happered
shortly after he gained his freedom
from the alleged kidnapers.
Checks for baggage sent to Ba-
kersfield by Ellis were found in his
pockets. 1t was learned by police
that he had forwarded two suit
cases TO Bakersfield. Authorities
there have been asked to obtain the
baggage and send it here for IN
spection.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
Hearst Sued By
Bishop Cannon

LOS ANGELES, June 13. U.P)-
William Randolph Hearst and the
Los Angeles Examiner we're charged
with libel and conspiracy to defame
the character of Bishop James Can
non Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, in a suit for $780,
900 damages on file today by Bishop
Cannon.
George Young, publisher of the
Examiner, Hearst newspaper, also
was named as defendant.
Bishop Cannon charged that since
the presidential campaign of 1923,
Hearst had sought to destroy the
reputation of the plaintiff by false,
defamatory and libelous publica-
tions," and that the publisher had
vigorously opposed prohibition and
conspired to destroy the influence
of prohibition leaders.
Hearst, the complaint charged,
caused propaganda pertaining to
Cannon to be published in many
newspapers, magazines and other
publications.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
PANTAGES MAKES
FLAT DENIAL OF
GIRLS CHARGES
Theatre Man Declares He
Was In San Diego Mere
ly On Business.

SAN DIEGO, June 13. U.P)-In
broken English and with panto-
mime the court sought vainly to re-
strain, Alexander Pantages denied
yesterday that his conduct was i'm
proper when he was left alone in a
hotel with Lydia Nitto, who claims
to be only II years old.
Pantages denied each allegation
that Miss Nitto had made. He
claimed he had not sought the girls
company and protested that he
urged her to leave him and rejoin
others of the party.
"She stayed in her chair talking
to me-" he testified. She told me
her father was in San Quentin pri-
son and that she was a poor girl
down on her luck The door of the
room was open all the time.
FINALLY I said: Listen, little lady,
you better go and join your friends.
She left. Later, Jesse Shreve re-
turned and we checked out and
went to another hotel"
Pantages was called in his own
defense against charges of contri-
buting to the delinquency of a mi
nor and of conspiring to contribute.
Shreve, a wealthy broker, is a CO.
defendant, as are William Jobel-
mann and Mrs. Olive Clark Day.
The latter two were accused of
bringing Miss Nitto and Helen Liv-
ingSton, II, here for a party
Pantages, a multi-millionaire
Snowman, stepped from the stand
several times and Illustrated an in
cident, disregarding the admoni-
tions of Judge L. N. Turrentine.
He told of coming here from Los
Angeles to discuss an $4,000 note
with Shreve and John P. Mills.
Meets Shreve
"I met Shreve and went to his
! office to get some papers connected
with the note" Pantages said.
"Shreve said some friends of John
| Mills were in town and at a theatre.
He told me he wanted to take them
to a hotel and get rid of them.''
Pantages said he agreed, but told
Shreve to get rid of them hastily
He said they met the girls-Mrs
Day, Miss Nitto and Miss Living
ston-in front of a theatre and that
he was introduced as Alexander
Pantages, not as Alec Grown as Miss
Nitto testified.
Pantages said they left the WON
en- and went to his room in the
| hotel.
Shortly afterward, the three
girls came to our room looking foI
Mills" Pantages said. II told them
Mills isn't here Alice Miss Nitto)
drew up chair and began talking
to me. She told me how sorry she
was to see me looking so badly
Mills came in and I took Shreve
aside and told him to get the girls
out. Mills, Shreve, Mrs. Day and
| Miss Livingston left
PantageS said he did not talk TIA
liam to Miss Nitto because the only
foreign language he knows is
English" He added, however, that
he knew such Italian phrases as
"Parlez vous Franacis," and Isl, si.'
Pantages will resume the stand
when court convenes Monday after
weekend recess. All defense tes-
| timony probably will be completed
| Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
WATER MEETING
AT Los ANGELES
TURBULENT ONE
Valley Delegation Salts
fled With Progress Be-
ing Made.

Although the conference between
agric u tural and metropolitan
groups in Los Angeles yesterday
was one of the most turbulent OF
the series of Colorado River water
meetings yet held, the Imperial
Valley delegation returned today
with the statement that they con-
sidered it to have been the most
satisfactory from the standpoint Of
accomplishment of agreement as to
the allocations of the two groups.
Mark Rose. Imperial district di-
rector, threw bombshell into the
gathering early in the meeting yes
terday when he announced that he
was tired of the apparent attempts
of a small group representing the
Metropolitan district and Los An
geles to bury the true meaning of
the agreement with agriculture in
a mass of evasiVe legal phraseology.
The conference agreed that agri-
culture is to be fully protected il
its ALLEGATION OF 3,350,000 acre feet
OF first and primary Colorado river
water; that the Metropolitan dis
trict is to have the next $4,000
acre feet of the 4,400,000 acre feet
allocated TO California;; that the
Metropolitan districts remaining
apportionment of $4,000 acre feet
and San Diego's ALLEGATION of l12,-
900 acre feet out of the surplus of
the river be on parity; and that
the remaining waters available from
the river are to go to agriculture.
When an amendment to the
agreement regarding the Metropoli-
tan districts right to 100000 acre
feet storage in Boulder dam was
offered, Rose objected. 1t was
argued that the amendment
amounted to the same thing as the
original statement in the agree
ment To that argument Rose re-
piled: IF it is the same thing, which
| don't for moment accept, what
is the purpose of inserting it? The
language of the agreement which
four different groups have ratified
officially and which now stands,
is perfectly plain
Suspects Amendment
Il am suspicious of this new
amendment. I think I can see in
it language which will be interpre-
ted by the Metropolitan group at
least as right to demand 100000
acre feet storage in the reservoir
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
WATER DIVISION
BASIS DEMANDED
BY San DIEGO

los ANGELES. June 13. tU,P)--
An early settlement in the negotia-
lions between the Metropolitan wa
fer district and the city of San
Diego over the question oil whaC
share of the Colorado river water
allocated to California should go to
the southern city was predicted TO-
dav following a conference between
officials of the water districts.
w. e. Matthews. chief counsel Tor
the water district, announced that
while no definite agreement was
reached at the session, he anticipat-
ed an early settlement OF the mat
ter. ..
"Those present at the meeting,
he stated, could negotiate only
tentatively and we adjourned to
talk over our progress with prln-
cipals which, in my case, Is the
board OF directors of the Metropol-
tan district.
Representative from San Diego
desire TO confer with their city and
county boards"
Matthews said that San Diegos
request for l12,OOO acre leet OF tlle
Colorado river water formed the
basis of the negotiations. This
amount, he stated, must come out
of the Glass B water which has been
allocated to Southern California.
In addition to this Class B water,
Southern California has been allo-
Gated 100000 acre feet OF Glass A
water, which represents normal
flow. Glass B water is surplus.
Those present at today's confer
ence were H. M. Savadge, engineer
employed by the city of San Diego
to work out its water problem; Ira
S. Trey, of San Diego; Hal Hotch-
kiss, representing the San Diego
chamber of commerce; Carl A. Da-
Wis. assistant attorney for the de-
partment of water end power of Los
Angeles, and Matthews.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
MINE TROUBLE
CONTINUES TO
WX OFFICIALS

PITTSBURGH, June l3. (UP) -
Open fighting between two rival
miners unions and an alleged at
tempt to derail a train carrying
strike-b breakers marked the strike of
more than 10000 bituminous miners
in western Pennsylvania today.
The violence flared out again as
federal and state labor mediators
and others pushed plans for a set
tlement of the two-weeks strike.
Two members Of the United Mine
Workers of America were beaten by
about 600 members of the National
Miners union, who allegedly at
tempted to break up a meeting at
Coverdale.
A train bearing more than go
strikebreakers from Cleveland to the
Kinloch mine near New Kensington
was stoned by miners after tie
had been placed across the tracks
near the Kinloch mine last night.
Windows in the coaches were shat
tered, and three men were injured
as state police battled with the
strikers along the tracks.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, June
-. UP)-Fear of impending violence
gripped Belmont and Jefferson
counties today as armed eX-service
men patrolled the highways deter
mined to prevent further conflict
between 2000 striking coal miners
and strike-breakers.
Deputized by Sheriff Howard
Duff, the eX-seryice forces were
sworn to guard the property of the
new Lafferty mine, u miles from
here, the scene of recent hand-to-
hand fighting. Colonel Robert Hau-
brich, Ohio National Guard COM
mander, was in st. Clairsville as
representatives Of Gov. George
White, who has promised troops If
the situation becomes more tense.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
WOMAN WTTHDRAWS
PERJURY CHARGES

SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 13. U.R)
Charges that she was to be forced
to give perjured testimony on be-
half of Jesse H. Shreve in his NOR
ais trial with Alexander Pantages,
William Jobelmann and Olive Clark
Day, were suddenly withdrawn to-
day by Mrs. Mae Stems, wife of a
wealthy sportsman.
Mrs. Stems made her startling
statement in filing a dismissal of
her divorce action against E. Byron
Stems, in which she had charged he
attempted to force her to perjure
herself at Shereves trial
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
To Pay Expenses
OF Boxing Victim

PORTLAND, Ore. June l3. up,
The Portland boxing commission
today planned to underwrite the
hospital and funeral expenses OF
Stanley Sargent, Vancouver, Wash.
middleweight, with a benefit box
ing program in early July.
Sargent, who died following a
bout with Pete Myers, San Fran
cisco, will be buried this afternoon
at Vancouver, Wash. Many boxers
promoters and managers planned
to attend the services.
The boxing commission author
lied the benefit show shortly after
a coroner's jury held Friday that
Sargent met his death through an
unavoidable accident. The verdict
eXonerated the commission and
Meyers.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
Student Sailors
Leave On Cruise

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13. U.P)
Anchors Aweigh" sounded from
the battleship Oklahoma in San
Francisco bay today, with more
than 100 University of California
student members OF the naval r.
o. T. c. aboard for their fifth an
nual cruise.
The Oklahoma steamed through
the Golden Gate, bound for Seattle
where a unit from the University
of Washington will be taken aboard.
The naval cadets, under Lieut..
Com. w. E. Cheadle, will leave Sc
attic on Wednesday for the Hawai-
ian Islands Target practice will
be held in Lahiania roads.
The Oklahoma will return to San
Francisco July 10.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
ENDS LIFE UNDER CAR

LOS ANGELES, June l3. U.P)-
Aaron Selkowitz, so, committed
suicide today by diving headlong
under a street car at Larchmont
and Melrose avenues, according to
police Witnesses said Selkowitz
rushed from the curb as the car
gathered speed after making a stop
and diVed under the wheels.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13

CHICAGO, June 13. UP)-Gov-
eminent attorneys and investiga-
tors declared today that by indicting
Scarface Al Capone and SO follow
ers on liquor charges they had
loaded the proverbial last straw
upon the broad back of the Capone
gang and had forever broken its
reign of lawlesSness.
His confidence that Capones
gang was wrecked was evidenced
by u. S. Attorney George E. O..
johnson when ne ruled that the
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
Harvard Replaced
BY Eastern Ship

LOS ANGELES, June l3. up
Officials of the Lassco line an
nounced today that the passenger
liner Iroquois has been obtained to
replace the Harvard, which was
wrecked off Point Arguello May 80.
The Iroquois will be put in serv-
ice as companion ship to the Yale
upon its arrival here from New
York about July l. 1t has. been
operating between Havana and east
coast ports since it was built in
1927 for the Clyde Mallory lines.
1t is a ship of 62O9 gross tons and
has accommodations for 40 pas
sengers.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
AWlLL-
wA QOGERS
w ,SQy:

BEVERLY HILLS, June IL.
(SpeciaD-My daughter gradu-
ated yesterday at a girls pre-
paratory school. They read off
what course each girl had TAX
en-; when they said; Mary
Rogers, diploma in English" I
had to laugh at that. One of
my children studying English,
why it's just inherited.
You don't have to study it in
our family. Doug Fairbanks
had a niece graduating, Wallace
Beery had a relation, Frank
Lloyd, the great director, a
daughter, and all four of us
just sat there and purred like
four old Tom cats basking in
a little reflected sunshine and
secretly congratulating our
selves on choosing a profession
where education played no part.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-13
French President
Assumes Office

PARIS, June 13. (UP-Gaston
Doumergue turned over executive
power as president of France today
in a simple ceremony through which
Paul Doumer, former senate presi-
dent, became thirteenth chief exc
cutive of the republic.
Transmission of power consisted
of a handshake between the two
presidents, without oaths or pledges
other than those contained in a
speech by the law executive.