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Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
Court Reduces
Alimony Amount

HOLLYWOOD. May IL. W.R -
Pauline Starke. former screen IA
vorite, must manage to live on $500
a month until her suit for separate
maintenance against Jack White.
independent film producer, her hus-
band, Is concluded according to a
ruling by Superior Judge Dudley
Valentine.
Judge Valentine reduced the for
mer actress demands from $3.50 a
month at a hearing for temporary
alimony. White told the court his
income was only $4,000 year, that
he had not worked for II months
because of poor health, and that he
owed $4,000.
White also has q divorce action
pending against Miss Starke.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
kills Self Over
Joke On Cooking

HOLLYWOOD, May IL. U.D
Mrs. Eleanor Fisher, %,
former New York dancer,
burned the peas and scorched
the steak last night.
you'll ruin my stomach
with this bum cooking" jest
ingly said her husband, James
b. M. Fisher, motion picture
execute.
"If you don't take that
back" said Mrs. Fisher, "I'll
kill myself" Fisher thought
she was not in earnest, and
said:
go ahead"
Rushing to her bedroom,
Mrs. Fisher obtained a gun and
shot herself through the head.
She was dead before her hus-
band could rush her to hos
pital.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
King Explains
Rate Reduction

District Manager Joe E. King, OF
the Southern Sierras Power Com
pany, said this morning that total
reductions effected by the new
schedule of lighting and power
rates approved yesterday by the
State Railroad Commission will be
s39, 200 OF this, $l6,800 will go to
Imperial Valley lighting consum-
ers, specifically those using the
larger blocks, such as hotels and
stores.
There is also a re-filing of the
P-30 schedule, giving a net reduc-
ton of Sl3,600 to small power users
in the valley. The balance of the
reductions applies outside.
Application for these reductions
was filed by the Southern Sierras
early in May, and the new rates
will be effective on meter readings
taken on or after June l.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
VETERAN FLYER
IS VICTIM OF
PLANE CRASH

PORTERVILLE. Cal. May II. (U.6
Vernon D. Boiler, 80, war time
aviator, was killed early today when
a crop-dusting airplane of the
Aerial Crop Dusting corporation.
Los Angeles, crashed on the A. w.
Hall ranch, three miles north of
here.
Frank Daybell, prominent citrus
man who saw the accident, said the
plane swooped from about 200 feet
altitude. clipped branch off a
roadside tree and nose-dived into
an orange orchard.
Boiler was found with his hand
still on the control stick, sitting
upright in his seat. His neck was
broken.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
Hawks Sets New
European Record

BERLIN, May IL. W.H-Captain
Frank M. Hawks, American speed
pilot, broke the London-to-Berlin
flying record by more than an hour
when he arrived at the Templehof
airdrome after a tWo-hour and 55-
minute flight.
Official calculation subsequently
gave the exact time of the flight
as two hours and 81 minutes, with
an average speed of 204 miles an
hour, as compared with the time OF
four and half hours made by the
Irishman, Captain Neville Stack.
Captain Hawks said he encount-
cred fog while flying over the Eng
lish Channel.
He will proceed to Stockholm on
Wednesday, he said, to attend the
Swedish aeronautic exposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
IMAM DROWNED
WHILE BATHING
AT new RIVER
Frank Mead Victim While
Swimming With Group
OF Children.

Frank Mead, 46, of 32i Hamilton
street, FL Centre, drowned at Arm
and's Sunnyside bathing resort in
New River near Seeley last night
while he was swimming with
group of children on O Salvation
Army picnic.
Mead entered the pool with the
children and apparently was too
weak to make his way TO the bank
Several adults who were present
made every effort to reach him but
were not successful. El Centro
firemen were summoned to bring
the reSuscitator and they raced to
the scene.
Enroute to the resort, firemen
picked up Jack Vaughn, life guard
at the Desert Plunge, and he dove
repeatedly for the body. The re-
suscitator was applied As minutes
after word of the incident reached
Ell Centro and was applied con-
stantly from S o'clock until 1856
o'clock. At this time physician,
who was in attendance. pronounced
Mead dead. The body was in the
water 45 minutes before it was re-
covered by Vaughn.
Mead was carpenter and had
made his home in Ell Centre for the
last two years. He was born in
Wisconsin.
His survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Bertha E. Mead, one son, Charles
Mead, both of Ell Centre, and other
relatives.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed as yet.
Coroner's investigation into the
death will be conducted tomorrow
morning at Lemons undertaking
establishment, according to Coroner
A. r. Underwood.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
ANOTHER HEAVY GRIST TURNED
OUT AT RENO DIVORCE MILL

RENO, May IL. W.P)-Perma-
nent and temporary residents oil
Reno, where il takes six months
to get a fishing license and six
weeks to get 4 divorce, saw an
other group of divorces piloted
today through the mill in Wa
shoe county's courthouse.
Through all night parties
celebrating the Prospect of free
dom. dress rehearsals in law
yers' offices, the feverish ordeal
in court and finally the now ia
nous rite of kissing the court
house pillar and throwing out
moded wedding rings into the
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
BREWSTER HOLDINGS
SOLD AT AUCTION

HOLLYWOOD, May -. U.H-
The Hollywood home of Eugene
Brewster, once a millionaire maga-
zine publisher, and his wife, CorlisS
Palmer. former stage beauty, went
under the auctioneers hammer to-
day.
Brewster said he had decided to
let their huge residence and its fur
nishings be sold to pay delinquent
taxes and mortgages on other prop
erty here. They are now living In
a small bungalow while Miss Pal
mer studies vioce and speech and
Brewster acts as an authors agent.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
Ends Life After
Family Quarrel

LOS ANGELES, May IL. U.P--
After a quarrel with his wife last
night, Captain James E. Benton. 90,
head OF the Los Angeles county IL
uuor squad, fatally shot himself
through the head at his home III
Altadena.
Captain Benton died In Pasa-
dena hospital three hours after the
shooting. His wife told deputy sher-
ifs they had been married less than
a year and that when Benton CAME
home last night they had a slight
quarrel.
HE went into another room and
I heard a shot" she said. The Of
ficer used a heavy service revolver
for the suicide.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
Bullet Holes In
Goodyear Blimp

BAKERSFIELD, Calf, May IL.
U.P)-The inability of the Goodyear
blimp Volunteer to rise from its
landing field here, brought the dis
covery that the craft had been
punctured by several rifle bullets, it
was learned today.
Verne Smith and Walter Massic.
co-pilots of the craft, which Is on
q tour OF the San Joaquin Valley,
declared they knew nothing of the
possible sniping at the big gas bag
until the craft refused to rise from
the landing field here. Helium was
rushed here from Los Angeles, and
the bag was patched up so that 1t
could continue its journey.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
MILITIA GUARDS
KENTUCKY COAL
Mine PROPERTY

HARLAN, KY, May IL. WH-
With an enforced two weeks truce
already broken and military replac-
ing armed mine guards, the forces
of law and order moved today to
prevent new violence threatened by
unemployed miners.
Troops were swung into action
to guard the mines after group OF
so-called "Left-Wing" Union min
ers had sprayed a stream with rifle
fire as a group of negro workers
crossed the country to Illustrate any
new attempt at ambuscades which
already have taken five lives.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
DIR. MichelsOn's
Funeral Private

PASADENA, May IL. W.P)-Pri-
vate funeral services will be held
late today for DR.. Albert A. Michel
son, 78, veteran scientist, at the
family home. Cremation will fol-
low and the ashes will be buried
in Mountain View cemetery. '
Only immediate relatives and
close friends will attend the serv-
ices, which will be conducted by
DR.. Theodore G.. Soares, member
OF the California Institute Of Tech
nology faculty, and former asso-
ciate of Dr. Nicholson at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12

Truckee river. the Divorces ran
the gauntlet.
In the lineup outside the
courtrOoms of Judges Ben Curier
and Thomas Moran today wait
ed women worth millions,
gOwned in N<e latest Paris ere
ations, rubbing shoulders with
waitressc. and stenographers.
The wealthy had spent their
six weeks of Reno's cure" at
the hot springs and the many
gambling and night clubs. The
others had found positions or
worked at odd jobs to get
enough money for lawyers fees,
the $50 divorce registration fee
and a little food.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
SAYS PROHIBITION
AGENTS FUNCTION
BETTER THAN EVER

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May -. U.P)
Prohibition agencies are function
ing better than ever before, Direc-
tor Amos w. w. Woodcock said be-
fore leaving today for San Fran
cisco.
The director of prohibition en-
forcement, here for q conference
with George Wark, administrator in
this district, said 160 men had been
added to the service since March /,
sufficient money was on hand to put
500 more in the field, and the re-
naming $40 will start July after
receiving thorough training
course.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
@sF&|SSSs:f

ROSWELL, N. NJ, May
IL. Especially - You have
heard of great prepara-
tory school, where they
turn out great football
talent for the large univer-
sites.
Well, right here in Ros-
we'll, N. NJ, the prettiest
little city you ever saw, is
situated the New Mexico
Military academy, a n d
their kid polo teams are
famous. Its the incubator
for coming international
polo. Think of a prepara-
tory school with 120 kids
out to make the team.
This country is all doing
fine. T h e Y already
knocked charges off, start
ed in on a new basis of
values, the same as the
whole country has got to
do. Up to 1929 was a
nightmare, and they have
just forgot it, and every
body is happy.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
Coast Explosion
May Prove Fatal

los ANGELES, May IL. {U.H -
Fugene Fridette, 35, chauffeur, was
near death in the Georgia receiv-
ing hospital today following an ex-
nlosion that virtually wrecked his
home and rocked adjoining houses.
,The blast was believed by police to
have been caused by an alcohol
looking stove. Fridette was sitting
on the edge of his bed when the ex-
,,losion occurred. He was blown
through the bedroom window. His
body was severely burned.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
Army Posts To
Be Abandoned

WASHINGTON, May IL. W.H--
Twenty or 80 army posts will be
abandoned to aid President Hoover's
economy program, it was announced
today at the White House.
Mr.. Hoover said he had appoint
ed committee representing the
army, justice and agricultural de-
partment and veterans bureau to
ascertain which of these sites can
be used by other government de-
partmentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
San Diego Chief
Detective Ousted

SAN DIEGO, Calf. May II. U.p)
Reorganization of the San Diego
police department. harasSed by the
staying of four girls or women with
i'll three months, was announced to-
day by Percy Benbough, appointed
chief of the department in recent
change of city administration.
Benbough named Jack Berg as
chief of detectives to succeed Paul
Hayes, who handled the Hazel
Bradshaw murder case.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
Girl Admits She
Went On Party

SAN DIEGO, Cal. May IL. tUR)-
Louise Kestler, II, who was the OBJ
ject Of a police search yesterday,
was at home today after having
admittedly spent the weekend with
a sailor.
When first questioned she said
she had been kidnapped and at
tackled but finally confessed to the
weekend party.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
WILMINGTON CARD

WILMINGTON, Calf, May -.
Up)-Oakland Jimmy Duffy and
Wildman Macias meet in a 10
round bout here tomorrow night.
They are welterweights. Omar
Wright, Los Angeles, and Guy Nc
Kinney, New York, also welter-
weights. meet in the six-round
semi -windup.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
I.V. Radio club, I, California
hotel.
Bridge party. 8, st. Mary's
hall.
l. o. o. f.. No. 397, 8, Davis
hall.
Nv. COmmandery No. 81, 1880,
Masonic temple.
American Legion, 3, court
house.
Night school, 10, high school.
Troop Z, b. s. A., Z, Scout hut.
Fox Imperial Theatre, 'Finger
Points"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12
TOMORROW

TOMORROW
Junior chamber of commerce,
$3.50, Barbara Worth hotel.
Chamber of commerce lunch
con, Barbara Worth hotel.
Spruce Westmorland home
department, Verdah Kaylor
home.
County federation board, 9,
10000 club.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-12

Continued on cage six)
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
WILL
PROBATED

The will of James Parmelee,
friend of the late ambassador to
France. Myron T. Herrick, has
been filed for probate in the Su-
preme Court of the District of
Columbia. Mr.. Parmelee died
April 10.
The value of the estate is not
disclosed, but the will provides a
life estate for the widow, Mrs.
Alice Maury Parmelee, in both
the home of the family, known as
Causeway, at 1929 Klingle Rd.
N. W., and the property known
as Parmelee Farm at Mentor,
Ohio, together with the use of all
the household effects, horses and
carriages and a life income of
$4,000 annually.
Servant Remembered
At Mrs. Parmelees death the
farm and residence are to become
part of the residue of the estate,
which is devised in trust to the
Union Trust, of Cleveland, and H.
K. Wilbur, also of Cleveland, who
are to pay the upkeep on the resi-
d nee and farm during the
widows life in addition to the in
come.
They are also to pay $4,000
annually to a sister, Mrs. Helen
B. Shoemaker, and $50 monthly
| to Wilhelmina Anderson for faith
full services.
Other Bequests
A painting, Lady of the French
Court of the Seventeenth Cen
tury," is given to Parmely w. Her
rick; Rollin A. Wilbur is given
$1O,O 900; Mamie B. Maury, $4,000;
Henderson B. Gregory, $4,000;
John McNaughton, $4,000; Charles
C. Huff, $4,000; j. E. Krayer,
$4,000; Dan w. Jones, $2,5OO;
Grace N. Green, $1,5OO; M. H.
Laundon, $1,000; George Wyatt,
$1,000; o. L. Hays, $500, if they
are in the employ of companies
in which Mr.. Parmelee was inter
ested at the time of his death.
COrCOran Gets Art
A stained glass window of the
Fourteenth Century entitled "A
Young Crusader in Armor," is
given to the Protestant Episcopal
Cathedral Foundation.
BequeSts of $4,000 each are
made to the Rayon School at
youngstown, Ohio; Youngstown
Hospital Association and Garfield
Memorial Hospital.
All American art objects are tC
go to the Corcoran Art Gallery
and the foreign objects to the
Cleveland Museum of Art. includ
ing a collection of japanese
prints at the farm.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
HUSBAND BEATS
WIFE : DIVORCE

Alfred C. Gibson, a machinist,
SIPS Georgia Ave. N. W., who an
swered the divorce suit of his wife,
Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Gibson, a
beauty parlor operator, of l457
Fairmont st. N. W., with a cross
bill for annulment of marriage,
has been awarded a decree by JUS
tice A. c. Adkins, in District Su-
preme Court. He was represent
ed by Attorney Godfrey L. Munter.
Mrs. Gibson began the court
fight last summer in a suit in
which she accused her husband
of cruelty, nonsupport and deser-
ton. The husband retaliated
with an annulment plea, inform
ing the court that at the time he
married Mrs. Gibson she had been
divorced less than six months
from a former husband in Vir-
ginia and that under the Virginia
law neither party to a divorce
can legally marry within q six
months period.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
One Jag in Six Years
Brings IS Fine or
One Dav in Jail

NEW YORK. April 23.-Pat-
rick Kenny, so years old. OF
Brooklyn, is an undertaker's
assistant, and when he was ar
raigned before Magistrate Cur
tbs in Adams Street Court,
Brooklyn, on a charge of intoxi-
cation, he pleaded for another
chance.
six years ago I was arrested
on the same charge and signed
the pledge after 1 got a sus-
pended sentence. If you'll let
me 60 this time, I'll sign the
pledge again, and I won't
break it."
He was ordered to pay IS
fine or to spend one day in
Jail, and at last reports he was
calling up friends to raise the
IS because, he said, somebody
had stolen $75 from him while
he was under the influence"
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
toe H RENENS
ITS PLEDGE

With impressive services in the
Bethlehem Chapel at Washington
Cathedral, members of the Wash
ington unit of the Toe H Club,
the first unit of the organization
in the United States, rededicated
themselves to service last night.
The membership and purposes
of the organization were COM
pared with the gathering of the
IL Disciples in an upper room in
Jerusalem 1000 years ago, in an
address by Coleman Jennings,
chairman of the local Toe H
executive committee. A lamp,
symbol of the organization, was
lighted by the Rev. Hubert A.
Woolfall, rector of st. Marks
Church and padre of the local
unit.
Toe H was formed during the
World War in 1915 under the
leadership of the Rev. P. B.
Clayton, English army chaplain.
It's purpose is given as service to
humanity.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
ITCHING ENDS WHEN
zEMO TOUCHES SKIN

thousands say. It's wonderful the
way soothing, cooling Zemo brings
relief to skin which itches and
burns. Even in most severe cases.
itching disappears almost as soon as
Zemo touches the tender and in
famed surface. To draw out local
infection and help to clear away
unsightly blemishes. we know of
nothing better than invisible Zemo.
Always keep this family antiseptic
on hand. Use it freely. It's safe
as can be. 35c, 6Oc and $1.OO. All
dealers.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
FOKKER CH|DES
ADMIRAL BYRD
IN NEW BOOK
Dutch Plane Builder Says He
Is BaffIed Because Lindbergh
Hoped Off to Paris First

NEW YORK, April % 0N.SJ.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd is
chided rather sharply by Anthony
H. G. Fokker, Dutch airplane
builder, III the latter's life story,
Plying Dutchman," which will be
published tomorrow.
In the book Fokker takes Byrd
to tash for the "interminable
series of test flights that pre-
ceded his transatlantic venture
in 1927.
Could Have Hoped
While Byrd was testing his tri-
motored Fokker at Roosevelt
Field preparatory to New York
to-Paris flight. then compare
lively unknown youth, Charles A.
Lindbergh, took off-and, as
every one knows. thrilled the
world by accomplishing the feat.
Fokker writes:
81 could never understand
why Byrd did not take off be-
fore Lindbergh. He could easily
have done So"
Fokker says Byrd publicly con-
tended that he was simply flying
the Atlantic for Science. a New
York newspaper. "and a little bit.
maybe, for himself. But he was in
truth. naturally, anxious to be the
first to Paris as he had been the
first to the Pole by air.
Describes Three Planes
In some detail. Fokker recountS
how the three planes to be com
manded by Byrd. Lindbergh and
Clarence Chamberlain were max
ing ready for the epic adventure.
Fokker adds:
Suddenly, with the abrupt
but carefully considered decision
to which the world was to be-
come familiar, Lindbergh took
off May 20 for Paris while
Byrd was sending out invita-
tiOnS to members of the French
colony for an elaborate dedica-
ton, May Fl. 1t was a joke on
us, for my sales manager after
wards told me he had turned
Lindbergh down when he
wanted to buy FOkker plane
for the flight"
F'okker says he was the last
person to have long converse
The Washington times., 1931-04-23

ton with Lindbergh before he
left. while mechanics were filling
up the gas tanks.
Glad of Lindy'S Hop
Something was said about
Byrd. / told him Byrd, even
though burdened with all his
scientific equipment, had been
ready for sometime, yet showed
no signs Of leaving.
81 was glad Lindbergh, play
ing a lone hand, should get a
break"
The next day after Lindbergh
hoped, the christening cere'
monies of Byrd's plane. the
America. were 'involuntarily
The Washington times., 1931-04-23

turned into a celebration Of Lind
bergh's arrival in Paris"
Fokker says in another part OF
his book that he regards Charles
KingSford-Smith as the greater
flier in the world today.
He adds that Bernt Balchen,
who has flown so often with Byrd,
is perhaps comparable to Kings
ford Smith, "but only in the cock.
pit"
GLENMONT SCHOOL PARTY
Plans are being arranged for a
card party to be given at Glen
mont School, in Montgomery
county, tomorrow at p. m. The
proceeds of the entertainment will
go into the school treasury.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-30
makeup" on Rug Simply
Came OFF When Washed

In the last seven years tremen-
dous vogue for Samarcand rugs has
arisen in England. Their bold, SIM
plified designs and rich, strange col
ors fit we'll into modern room.
Following the fashionable trend, a
lady bought herself very fine violet
Samarcand, writes Henri Pickard, in
the Cincinnati Enquirer. She had
heard that these rugs are apt to be
"doped" so she asked for a written
guarantee that this one had not been
chemically treated-that is, artifcially
faded to make 1t look antique. She
got the guarantee. Some months later
1t was cleaned. And when 1t returned,
behold! the mauye and turquoise rug
which had gone away came back a
red and white one.
The bland person who had supplied
the lady with the rug was not helpful.
He merely murmured that madame
had imagined the original mauveness.
Women were fanciful creatures. He
could not give madame back her
money, but he would exchange this
rug for another. This seemed small
ray Of hope, but the lady thought 1t
best to take the advice Of famous
expert on carpets. whose opinion has
often been sought by the South Ken
sington museum and the Metropolitan
museum, of New York.
He was a short. taciturn little gen.
tleman who took one look at her rug.
another at the guarantee-and told
her that the guarantee was worthless,
because the rug had not been chemical
ly treated. 1t had been most artisti-
cally painted! In fact, it had simply
been made up" by an artist and when
its face was washed its natural COM
plexion was revealed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-30
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Snoapanese Row Provides Severe Test for League OF
Nations Chancellor Bruening Defes
Fascists and Reds.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

Not In sympathy. with the action
against the Catholic church and or
ders, President Zamora resigned and
Minister of War Manuel Azana be-
came head Of the government.
INCORPORATED under the laws Of
p 1sDelaware, the National Credit
corporation was prepared to go ahead
with it's mission of assisting banks
throughout the country ito utilize
their resources to further the stabiliz-
alton of financial and economic condi-
tions." The corporation has IL direc-
tors, one from each federal reserve
district, and each of them holds one
Of the IL shares of 500 par value.
The funds within which the corpo-
ration will operate will be raised
through the sale Of debentures to the
banks Of the country on the basis
of 2 per cent of their aggregate de-
posits, or the legal limit of invest
ments, If that is lower.
These deposits aggregate $43.OOO,-
100000. Corporations and private
banking firms are expected to sub
scribe for the debentures also and 1t
is possible that the total funds raised
for the corporation will approximate
$1,OOO,OOO,OOO.
Administration officials in Washing
ton believe agriculture will share in
directly but largely in the benefits
from the operations Of the corpora
tion. Banks in agricultural sections
will be enabled to realize on frozen
assets through services of the bank
ing pool. Credit thus will be made
available to put banks in better
position to lend for agricultural as
well as other purposes. At the same
time banks will be enabled to ease
up on their demands, which will re-
act in turn to lessen the pressure
upon farmers and live stock producers
who have obligations outstanding
CHANCELLOR BRUENING of Ger
~ many is now practically the eco
nomic dictator of his country. He and
President Won Hindenburg are de-
IL