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Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20
VOYAGE BEING
FULLY ENJOYED
BY PRESIDENT
Hoover Entertains News
papermen At Dinner
5 Last Evening
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

ABOARD U. S. S. ARIZONA,
AT SEA, March 20. U.H-Even the
President of the United States
must regulate his habits to the
routine aboard a battleship on a
"shakedown" cruise, President
Hoover found today.
Relaxing with pleasure on his
vacation cruise to the Virgin Is
lands and Porto Rico, he got up
before z a. m. and went on deck
for exercise. He found the sailors
up before him, however, and busy
at securing the decks, so that he
was forced to forego his contem-
plated workout with the medicine
ball and return to his quarters.
The warm waters of the gulf
stream laved the big warship as
she plowed steadily southwark at
a good speed through a calm sea,
with only a gentle swell. The
weather was warm and the sky
overcast, with occasional drizzles.
The Arizona had covered one
fifth of the distance to Porto Rico
at 8 a. m, when she was 800 miles
east of Charleston.
The President told members OF
his party that he hoped they were
getting as much out of the trip as
he was. The weather was warm, as
the ship entered the gulf stream
and the sea was calm. The Ari-
zona passed through the edge of a
light squall last night.
Sitting next to Captain Freeman
Mr.. Hoover enjoyed the first talk
ing moving picture ever given on
a naval ship last night. He laugh
ed repeatedly at the performance
Of a comedian.
The President is looking forward
to radio telephone talk with Mrs
Hoover and their son, Herbert. Jr.
who was in Asheville, N. c. A
special antenna was strung from
the muzzle of an elevated Ia inch
gun in an aft turret for the eX-
pertinent today
Mr.. Hoover is entertaining his
shipmates at meals in successive
groups. At dinner last night, in
addition to his official companions
he invited a group of newspaper
correspondents, including Richare
Oulahan of the New York Times
Robert Pickens of the Associated
Press. Alfred Kircofer of the Buff.
alo News. Fred Essary of the Bait.
insore Sun. Theodore Wallem OF
the New York Herald Tribune, ano
this correspondent.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20

StrictiOns on the personal liber-
ties while scores of measures
were enacted that gave the
people of Nevada greater free
dom of conduct.
The lawmakers did their
share toward maintaining New
ada's unofficial nickname, "the
last frontier state of the I'm
iOn."
Outstanding among the liber-
alizing measures were the
gambling and divorce bills,
made laws yesterday by Cover
nor Balzar. Although gam
ing has been a felony in New
ada since 1910, the "unwritten
code" of the state has been TO
permit gaming in all forms but
to keep out "fly-by might" op-
orators. The new gambling
law is effective Immediately.
The six weeks divorce bill will
go into effect May I.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20
REQUESTS ESTATE
BE DISTRIBUTED

LOS ANGELES, March 20. U.P)-
Lew Cody, film actor, today filed
petition in superior court asking
that final distribution be made
of the estate of his wife, Mabel
Normand.
After taxes and other obligations
have been paid off total of
$66,437 remains to be distributed.
OF this amount Lew Cody gets but
one dollar. because he was already
well provided for, the will ex-
planned The remainder is left to
Mrs. Mary Drury Normand, the
actresses mother.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20
COAST SLAYINC
CARRIED OUT in
CHICAGO STYLE

LOS ANGELES, March 20. U.P)
Dominic Diciolla, bootlegger. who
attempted to become "czar" of Lit
lie Italy's liquor dealers, was lured
to his death by woman, and put
en- the spot" for enemy gunner,
police were informed today.
His bullet ridden body was found
early Thursday in a lonely section
of Van Nuys, suburb, and within
IL hours, seven suspects had been
jailed, and a police informer had
declared three of the sextet did the
actual Staying.
Jerry Dalloleo, Charles Marino
and Louie Decorate we're named as
actual slayers of Diciolla, police
said, and Angeneli Polliani, Leon
ardo Gargano, Peter Fanchin and
Joe MeneS were taken for question:
ing. Polliani and Gargano, part
ners of the slain man in a restaur-
ant, later were released.
Police indicated that the woman
would be charged with murder if
she is captured.
Detective Lieutenant Aldo Cor
SIM said that Diciolla had long
record as a bootlegger and made
powerful enemies because of his &C
tivity as a hijacker. He was under
suspicion in 1923 for the Staying
of Augue Palombo, another motor
ious bootlegger of the district. but
the case never reached a jury.
Diciolla's body was found in a
wash. with his automobile nearby.
Police believed that while the
woman engaged him in conversa-
ton, another person shot him from
the rear seat. Forty gallons of
whiskey were found in house
nearby, and 1t was intimated the
hiiacking of this liquor precipitated
the feud which resulted in Diciol-
las death
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20
GAMBLING AND EASY DIVORCE
NEVADA'S STOCK IN TRADE

CARSON CITY, New. March
20. U.p)--With the signing of a
wide open" gambling bill and
a six weeks divorce law by
Governor Fred b. Balzar, the
Nevada state legislature today
neared completion of a session
that probably will so down in
American lawmaking history as
one of the most amazing in
two decades.
The cOwpunchers. miners,
ranchers, divorce lawyers, bus
mess men and a scattering of
professional men who comprise
the legislature established a
new record for liberality that,
in many respects. never has
been equalled by any other
state legislature.
OF the hundreds of measures
proposed, not one bill was in
troduced, much less passed. that
in any manner provided re-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20
MARITAL TROUBLE
CAUSES SHOOTING

LOS ANGELES, March 90. U.P)
Dewey Ashbridge, 56, shot and
perhaps fatally wounded his wife
early today then turned the gun
on himself. inflicting wounds
which caused his death an hour
later.
The shooting was an aftermath
of repeated refusals on the part of
his estranged wife to Join in a
domestic reunion, police reported.
Mrs. Mayme Ashbridge is in a
critical condition, having been
wounded three times. She is not
expected to live.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20
SENATOR DY
OFFER FRI
WASHINGTON, y


(U.Pt-Senat0r Davis,
can, Pennsylvania, is cnroute
to California today after inti-
. mating to colleagues he had
pending a S200,000 proposition
from an unnamed motion pic
ture organization.
At the senator's office. the
United Press was informed he
left last night and had stopped
briefly in Pittsburgh today.
Davis has remained here since
congress adjourned awaiting
resumption by the senate lob
by committee of investigation
of charges that a United States
senator accepted a large sum
of money from domestic
sugar corporation during be-
bate on the Hawley-Sm0ot
tariff rates on sugar.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20
COMEDIAN SUED

LOS ANGELES, March 20. U.?)
Ivan Kahn. theatrical manager,
had on file in municipal court to-
day, a suit for 1895 against Joe E..
Brown, film comedian. In his
complaint Kahn charged the actor
owned him money as commission
on his motion picture contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20
WHAT'S DOING

"Thc College FIsppcr," 1900,
high school auditorium.
State employees, 700, court
house.
Scoville rally. 1880, Christian
church.
Jasper farm center, 1880,
Jasper school.
Presbyterian dinner, $50,
church.
1. v. Pyramid No. 81, A. E. O.
Sciots, 500, Masonic Temple.
Boxing, $3.50. Ell Centre arena.
Troop 25, B.S.A., 1880, McCabe
school.
Troop 81. B.S.A., 1880, M. E.
social hall.
Mooseheart Legion, 500,
Moose home.
Fox Imperial Theatre, Dance,
Fools, Dance"
Tomorrow
University Women's club, 100,
NJ. E. church, Calexico.
Story hour, 1880, city library.
Junior matinee, 2:15, Fox Inn
perial Theatre.
Baseball, 200, Imperial high
school.
Chapter CIV, P.E.O., 900, 231
South Sixth.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20
Extensil AT
OnRES

MANILP
available
in the ~ priced full
usresa miles lis new voss
ply, ms all the de-
reaclly more expen-
on costs only about
liza.
We
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Hardware Co.
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WOOD BREAKS RECORD
9TH
URES

not as. Vs/ss Baltimoiaundry without injury
bad been asked s"S Sv the aelicate fabrics
Marcus Loew to parcpat
filming a picture which
have been called "The
Pudder."
began Das hi. A%ss.n %s'ss %s9ral Time Payments
a pudded in a steel mil
his colleagues today
gested any movie of
;:;; !: 4; Z3
Davis having SxrX9SJ
he would bZZZM
remaining in
California prop
lied. Reliability
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-20

Continued op cage six)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-17

Pathfnders at the lowest prices in history.
1t stands to reason that Goodyear worlds
largest tire builder-can give you the greatest
value for the price you Day
More than ever before - Goodyear Path
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Get q ser and forget tire troubles - safety IS
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man such as ne was himself against
a man of Sharkey's size and stature.
Perhaps he's a prophet among p-o-
phets. At any rate he spoke as fol-
lows:
IF walker can get part the rst
three rounds with Sha- ne will
give the big fellow the licking Of ais
life"
Tommy went way back into his
own memories. back over the hlstc.y
or the gl-diat0rs he has seen and
met In gloyed warfare. to bolster his
opinion.
"Heavyweights," he said. always
have the most trouble with little
men. Hart couldn't beat me. Deep
sey would not tackle Harry Greb,
and walker will beat Sharkey. He
viii beat him with left hooks to the
body. by r~-owding him. out gaming
him. taking the best Sharkey can
throw, coming back for more
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irregular habits, folks-I don't be-
l.eve he has the stuff left that he
viii need in there against Josef
Paul Cuckoschay.
Mickey has had more than a
hundred fights, nearly all tough
ones. at that. He has been going IL
years. He has taken beatings.
Every fight takes a little out. Walk
er has given nObly and without
stint, and taken It generously, too.
The taking Is no help to a chap
when he reaches his 30th year. Most
OF them crumble long before then.
I thought I saw signs OF this In
Miami last spring when he fought
Risko- He should have beaten Ris-
k0. The old walker would have
given Johnny a pretty thorough 60
ing over. But the 1881 Walker did
Mt even beat the bouncing baker
boy from Cleveland. The Mick got
the decision. certainly. but that was
one he didn't earn. The worst Risko
should have been given was q draw.
OF course these aging eyes may be
playing tricks again.
There comes a time when your
knight or the cauliflower can train
and train and train, and 10 doesn't
mean anything. You can't start a
fire without some kind OF a spark.
according TO the Boy Scout Manual.
Ny assumption Is that the Mick no
longer carries matches.
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Burns Ayers
Walker Will
Beat Sharkey
BY EDWARD J. NEIL,


..ORANGEBURGH. N. r.. July IL.
R-Back in 1905 a little fellow nam
ed Tommy Burns turned from the
middleweight ranks 20 fight heavy
weights and the first fellow he pick
ed on was Marvin Hart. d big. pow
erful 200 FOUNDER who had Just
whipped a negro named Jack john
son.
Burns weighed f72 pounds then.
not all OF It fighting weight. but ne
plasteFed Hart around q Los Ange-
les ring and ever since then Tommy
has been considered the unofficial
heavyweight champion who ruled
between the time OF Jim Jeffries's
retirement and the reign OF that
same negro. Jack johnson.
Tommy sat In the sun ait the ring
side Of Mickey Walkers training
camp yesterday and for the first
time watched another over-grown
middleweight. who aspires TO the
heavyweight crown. 60 through his
preparatory pages for a fifteen
round battle III Ebbets Field. Brook
lyn. next Wednesday night with Jack
Sharkey. the Marvin Hart OF the
present fighting era. another big.
tough fellow who Ear box and hit.
He saw Walker In a mediocre drill
with three sparTing partners. Per-
haps he sides naturally with a little
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BULLDOG IS
SAID AGING

BY WILLIAM ~BRAUCHER
NEA Service Sports Editor

NEW YORK. July ION the
theory that the human frame will
stand up under just SO much pun
isnment and no more. Jack Sharkey
VIII knock out Mickey Walker here
the night OF July %.
A few years ago the Mick. n
OF the greatest pieces OF fighting
machinery of all time. would have
chased Sharkey screaming from the
ring. He would have beaten his body
into q carbuncle. Sharkey. you
know. neve did like EN- there.
But now?
Well. they all come to the end OF
the road. There Is always a last
fight for The Kid. I think the Mick
is ready for the porch.
Walker has been his own best
or worst-body punisher. He Is in
strict training now. and looks great.
but let us not forget that Double
Yell Stribling looked pretty good,
too. before the affair with Schmel-
Ing. In view OF the kind Of life he
has led-he has been a boy OF very
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Chicago. July 10. R1-Railbirds.
always or the lookout for a good
horse with a longer nose. turned
their eyes away from Twenty Grand
to "A. G. Bostwick's Mate today ~
the entries In tomorrow's Rich Ar
lington classic b-eezed through their
final workouts.
Most OF the ~so-called wise ones
among them agreed that nothing
short of a broken leg could stop
Twenty Grand in the gallop over q
mile and n quarter but many of
them recalled that Mate turned the
trick and might do 10 AGAIN.
B0stwick. himself. was confident
that HIS entry would repeat his up
set. RE had Sonny Workman ready
10 ride Mate and said his three
vear-old was fit and ready.
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tory yesterday over ". Gilbert Hall,
OF Orange, M. u.
Bell defeated Hall SIS: 6-1: e..
Jimmy Quick, also OF Austin. Will
meet Bell in TIE semi-finals BY vir-
tue or q default victory for Eddie
Jacobs OF Baltimore. Jacobs Is SUI
fertng q leg injury.
In the lower bracket In the other
quarter final match. Bruce Barnes.
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Bell Favored To
Win Colorado Title

DENVER. Colo. July II. Up
Berkeley Bell, austin. Tex. twice
Colorado open tennis champion, to-
day was favored to win his third
title by virtue Of a straight set vic
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THE BEST

The husband was seeing his
wife away on a holiday. ELLEN.
dear" she said. "hand'nt you better
take some fiction with you TO while
away the time
"Oh. no, william she replied.
you'll be sending me some let
terSl'-The Humorist.
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another Justin player. win meet
David Jones or New York. Jones de-
feated Billy DOeg, santa Monica,
SIG, rs, 9-6. Barnes won from Ted
Burweil. Charlotte, ". q. 6-3. e..
60. D.
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A whole set Of

Everyone knsws that one OF the biz thrills
of getting a new car is riding on new tires
all around.
To-Day new Goo. years are so cheap that you
can haze shat same thrill on your present car.
You can have the safety - the fresh new
tread the stout new vitality Of Supertwist
cord - the honest mileage Of Goodyear
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The deepest safe diving limit fer
nny submarine yet constructed i1
$50 feet.
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and September, with other SPECIAL
terms. and many cases Of interest
to al Texas. and at times nation
ally. have been tried In this old
building. One OF the most recent
cases attracting national attention
was the Creager-C Golfers libel suit.
tried last year.
Change Necessary
The steady growth Of Browns
vile, the increase In postal busi-
ness. in the court business. and In
other federal business made IL ap-
parent that some change In accom-
modations must be made here.
In 1926 the old Hiding was en-
larged by the addition OF q one
story annex to the postoffice sec
ton. and the raising Of ne roof
and construction or a third story
to the entire building. only part or
which had originally been three
stories.
1t was also slightly remodeled
and modernized.
In 1928 postal officials visited
Brownsville and inspected the
building. and decided that a COM
piete r~emodeling was necessary.
For this Job q $4,000 appropria-
ton was being considered
1t was then that the campaign
for the new building was launch
ed. Active in helr 'ng Brownsville
get this o through we're Con-
gresham John N. Garner. and r.,
p. Creager. Practically all citizens
OF Brownsville took part In the
campaign, coordinating their e.
forts through the chamber OF COM
merce.
The result was a $4,000 ap-
preparation secured last year.
Now the results OF that cam
paign. and that appropriation. are
beginning to become apparent In
a material way.
The new federal building will be
a model OF substantial construction
and efficient arrangement.
II will coordinate practically al
OF the large number Of federal
agencies and groups In Brownsville
III viii bring additional federal
employees 10 Brownsville. MI or the
most important being q fedora
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parallelled for steadiness Is shown
in business at the Brownsville
postoffice during +. period be-
tween 1892 and 1891. The postal
receipts, for instance, increased
from $3.5l6 N 1895. TO q .659.74 in
1881 This increase was gradual but
steady. There are only five years
during this period when postal re-
ceipts failed to show an increase
over the year Immediately preced-
ing. One Of these was in 1918. the
year after the troops left the bor-
DER, when receipts dropped from
$4,000 to $28.329.
The Brownsville postoffice be-
came a first class office In 1925.
when the receipts went above s1O.-
600 annually and remained there.
They have continued TO mount
since that time.
Customs receipts have showed
more OF q fluctuation, depending on
conditions In Mexico. duties. etc.
For instance the business with Mex
leo through here was $4,000 n
1895, 5000 in 1905. s217.o0o in 1918.
and $1.7o0 In 1916.
However, there has been a steady
increase the past few years. the
receipts coming I'D from S27. 900 to
o than 500 900 annually. In
dications are that these figures will
be greatly exceeded with the de-
velopment Of traffic through here
into Mexico by air. highway and
rail.
VIM. A. Neal Is deputy collector
OF customs no the present time. He
has occupied this position since
1921. Mr.. Neal was preceded IN the
office by r. L. CHM, who later be-
came postmaster.
The Brownsville district was for
a time a district by itself. and a
collector of customs was stationed
here. Among the collectors OF Gus
toms In the past were James y
Haines. r. y. Creager and Charles
A. Maris. The district was later
placed under San Antonio.
In the old red brick building
other business for the government
has been transacted during the
past forty years, or the most
important being the federal court
: Terms are held regularly In May
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ton as cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank.
He was succeeded by B. F. Sharp,
who was endorsed by the repub-
licans OF the city for the post.
Succeeding Mr.. Sharp was r.. b.
Rentfro, now mayor of Brownsville,
who served the four years from
1909 to 1913.
Then Mrs. Jesse o. Wheeler, for
many years publisher of The
Brownsville Herald. became post
master, and served through the two
terms Of Woodrow Wilson. Mrs.
Wheeler, one of the few women
postmasters OF the country to serve
in a city the size Of Brownsville,
has made the postoffice here one
of her major life interests. and was
very active in the campaign for the
new building.
Succeeding Mrs. Wheeler was r.
L. CHM. who was in turn sue
ceeded three years ago by G. w.
bennett, the postmaster at the
present time.
Rapid Growth
A record of growth almost I'M
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These photographs show the
transition from the old TO the
new In federal build u in
Brownsville. and some of l.. per-
sons figuring in the change. The
old red brick federal building is
illustrated above. with ox-carts in
front Of It., from an old print.
The new building is shown from
an architects drawing made by
K. q. Holiday. well known
Brownsville architect. The earl
lest living postmaster. A. Ash
helm, Is shown with q. w. Dem
nett, right. postmaster at the
present time. Other photo shows
Benjamin Kowalski. who was in
strumental in securing the old
federal building IN 1888. He was
postmaster then. Photographs are
furnished by the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce.
ing when the razing was started. he
said.
For forty years this old building
has served Brownsville-and serv-
ed the city well up until the past
few years when the rrowth of
Brownsville began to necessitate
more accommodations IN its fed
eral building.
Postmasters Outstanding
During this 40-year period some
OF the outstanding citizens of
Brownsville served at various times
as postmasters. The position of
postmaster carries with it the Of
flee Of custodian OF the federal
building.
Succeeding Mr.. Hoyt at the be-
ginning Of the Mckinley admins
tration in 1889 was William q.
Russell. who served during Cleve-
lands second term, up to 1888. In
that year A. Ashhel who had been
assistant postmaster under Hoyt
and Russell, was appointed.
Mr.. Ashheim. now an officer Of
the State National Bank here, Is
the earliest living Brownsville post
master.
Mr.. Ashheim served only one year,
resigning in 1889 to accept a posi-
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Did and New Postoffces Are Typical of Progressive B rownsDiHe

inspector FOR the entire valley dis
trict. A special room for this Of
fetal Is provided In the new
01 Il uili provide ample room for
the growth OF Brownsville for the
next few years.
The building viii be four-storics
IN height. 40 by ITO feet.
Roomy Hobbies
The postoffice viii occupy the
entire lower floor. There viii b.
large entrance arches on Eltzancth
and Tenth streets, and roonr<
Hobbies on the ground floor. With
ample accommodations In every
way for the public and the postal
employees.
On the second floor win be the
federal court room. which will b
on the southeast corner. away from
the street. instead OF on the north
west corner as at present
Offices for the judge. stenograph-
ers. u. s. attorney. district clerk,
rooms for files. q library. witness
rooms. and the office Of the postal
Inspector all win be on this floor.
On the third q r. will be the top
part OF the district court room,
which will have a high vaulted cell
ing. especially built with n view to
ventilation. lighting and absence or
echoes.
There will be q grand Jury room.
petit jury room. detention room. u.
8. commissioner office. assistant III.
8. attorneys offices. marshal's Of
flee. and other offices for federal
court attaches with one or two
small public Offs.
The third floor will -lso have a
fan room, a scially constructed
compartment to provide ventilation
for the court room and most OF the
rest or the seco d and third st0ricM
There win also be a light room Co.
this floor.
Numerous Divisions
The fourth and top floor viii
house the deputy collector OF GUS
toms, and the customs patrol. the
internal revenue collector, a navy
recruiting station. the III. .. plant
] quarantine and control administra-
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NO CHANGES

rules of the campaign. The closing hours, etc., will
to appear in this paper Thursday after
les and explanation. But whatever you do, take advan-
Booster Club days. They will be the days that you
t votes to the dollar. Remember that the color of the
BON and if you are caught holding back that you will
at beginning Wed aesday morning there will only be
ballot box being at the local Booster Club headquarters,
is is being done in order that the bulletin board may be
each day the remaining few days of the campaign. We
eciate if you will cooperate with US in helping to carry