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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
BY GIDEON A. LYON.
Photographs by the Author.

- MERE recital of all the guides who
N were encountered in the course of
II my few weeks in the countries OF
the Mediterranean would require
- GREAT snace To the flrSt-time ViSi-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
MIDWEST CROPS
GREATLY HELPED
BY HEAVY RAINS

CHICAGO, June %. WP)-Fields
throughout several midwest states
were soaked today by crop-benefit-
ting rains, which in some sections
reached the proportions of near
cloudbursts.
Crop conditions over most OF the
spring wheat belt and in much OF
the nations corn growing area we've
improved and great benefit also re-
suited to pastures, reports indicated.
The rains varied from nearly
three inches in Chicago, where hun
dreds of motorists were maroored
when an inch of rain fell in l3 min
utes, to light showers in western
states.
Light rains ended a drought spell
in the Canadian northwest, western
North Dakota and parts of Mon
tana. More than AN inch OF rain
fall brought greatly improved con-
ditions to the Red River valley,
which Minnesota calls the worlds
greatest wheat growing district.
Iowa. Wisconsin, Indiana and llii-
nois all received rains ranging from
light showers to an inch or more.
Grain fields in some sections OF
Minnesota and the Dakotas were
levelled by rain and wind, but the
loss was not believed to have been
large.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
CROWD ATTENDS
DISCUSSION ON
REDISTRICTING
Supervisors Assure Dele
cations No Adverse Ac-
ton Contemplated.

An undercurrent of dissatisfaction
with the proposed redistricting
lines laid out by the county board
of supervisors broke through all
barriers last night when delegations
from practically every town in I'M
perial Valley that is in any way
affected filled the supervisors room
to overflowing, and took up much
space in the halls of the county
court house.
The greatest objection came from
the north end district, when more
than 30 delegates appeared to de-
mand that the northern end of I'M
perial county be divided so as to give
that section two supervisors.
An undercurrent of talk among
the delegates threatened court ac-
ton and a mandamus proceeding
should the supervisors proceed with
the redistricting lines as they are
now laid out.
No official action was taken, but
the supervisors assured the dele
gates nothing will be done to adopt
the proposed lines until the matter
has been thoroughly threshed out.
Represented by delegations were
Brawley, Westmorland, Calipatria,
INLAND, lockwood, Ell Centro and
Calexico. Both the FL Centre and
Calexico delegations objected to the
proposed redistricting as it affects
them.
The north enders pointed out that
the section now taken in by one
supervisorial district contains near
ly one-half the total population of
the valley, while it pays 40 per
cent of the taxes collected in the
county.
What had been called merely as a
budget checking meeting was turned
into round table discussion by the
visit of the delegations. After the
delegates had been assured nothing
contrary to their interests would be
done without further hearing, the
supervisors turned to consideration
of county budgets.
Herman A. Conger was appointed
justice of the peace in Imperial. to
take the place of C. H. Hawkins,
who died last week.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
DECIDUOUS FRUIT
GROWERS OPPOSE
INCREASED RATES

SAN FRANCISCO, June 90. U.P)
California deciduous fruit inter-
ests organized today to combat be-
fore the interstate commerce COM
mission the proposed Is per cent
increase in railroad freight rates.
Disastrous effect on the decidu-
Gus fruit industry If the increase is
granted was predicted by D. H. Nc
Bride, sales manager for Frank H.
Buck company. He said growers
and other shipping interests we're
expected to support opposition to
the increase.
"A Is per cent increase would
entail S6,000,000 additional mar
keting cost each year to deciduous
fruit interests and the industry
would go under If it had to support
such burden" Mcbride declared
1T would cost the shipper an
additional $67.40 on every carload
sent east, advancing the present
minimum from S449.80 to $517.'
Three years ago the California
Growers and Shippers League OBJ
tanned a reduction of deciduous
fruit rates from the interstate COM
merce commission. but the United
States supreme court reversed the
order on appeal by the railroads.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
CHICAGO SLAYINC
BRINGS TO LIGHT
FORMER THREATS

CHICAGO, June %. U.P)-Prose-
cutors searching for the dapper
gunman dressed in white flannels
who killed Jacob Kaufman, insur-
gent member of the motion picture
operators union, said today they
had uncovered a gigantic racket In
the Chicago local of the union.
A letter which kaufman wrote
three years ago and filed away Ito
be opened in case anything hap
pens" was believed by police to have
become important evidence both in
the grand jury investigation of
union affairs and in the search for
the operators slayer.
In the letter kaufman accused
Thomas Maloy, business agent of
the union, of threatening to take
him for ride" and told of severe
beating in Maloy's office.
Maloy and two of his assistants
in the union surrendered late yes
terday, but refused to testify to the
grand jury unless granted immuni-
ty. The union chief told newspaper
reporters, however, that he knew
nothing of Kaufman's death.
"Those reports that l get $4,000
a year for running the union are
all wrong said Maloy. Why, my
salary is only $500 a week"
Prosecutors charge that the union
is a racketeering enterprise, and in
some way connected with Kauf-
mans death.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
AMERICAN MAY
HAVE DIED in
CANADIAN FIRE

ST. JOHN, N. B., June %. U.P)-
Salvage and rescue workers searched
the blackened ruins along the west
side of st. John harbor today for
possible victims of the fire which
destroyed property for 500 yards
along the waterfront yesterday.
Norman Herring, formerly of
Hackensack, N. j., was the only
person reported missing. He was
reported last seen crawling toward
vault in the United Fruit Com
pany offices, in building already
in flames.
The fire destroyed IL docks with
their sheds and grain conveyors.
The damage estimated remained
at upwards of $10,000,O00. The ca
tastrophe was the worst fire here
in the last 10 years.
The ferry steamer Empress was
sunk at her berth to prevent spread
of flames to craft at nearby docks.
Railway property suffered extern
siYe damage. Firemen we're help
less before the flames, which were
famed by a stiff wind from the
northwest.
Cause of the fire was undeter-
mined.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
DRIVER OF DEATH
CAR HAD BEEN
DRINKING TONIC

LOS ANGELES, June 23. (U.P)-
Only part of bottle of wine tonic
was consumed by Harold Naisbitt,
%, on the evening he allegedly
struck down and killed Mrs. Jennie
Dawson, SO, with his automobile in
a traffic accident. according to
testimony given az his trial today
on charges of manslaughter.
. Karl c. Katzung. friend of Nais-
bitt who took the witness stand In
Superior 0udge Elliot Craig's court
as the first defense witness, gave
the testimony.
Katzung declared he and Nais-
bitt consumed the small bottle of
wine tonic together in the after
noon and that was all Naisbitt had
to drink that day.
Mrs. Dawson, who lived at TIT
North Benton Way, was struck
down at the intersection of Sunset
Boulevard and Benton Way when
she alighted from a street car.
Naisbitt is said to have fled away
but Eddie Wills, screen comedian
testified he pursued him to the cor
ner Of Coronado and Temple streets
where he overlook him after Nais-
bits car had crashed into another
parked car.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
BLIMP SURVIVES
WILD EXPERIENCE
IN HEAVY STORM

CHICAGO, June %. U.P)-For
more than two hours the Goodyear
blimp Mayflower was tossed about
over Chicago last night in the grip
of terrific rainstorm that took
four lives and caused much prop
erty damage.
Thousands Of northside residents
watched the blimp's progress and
deluged police and fire departments
with reports of its threatened de-
Struction. Although watchers re-
ported the ship was barely skim
ming tall buildings in its battle
against wind and rain, r. F.. Greene,
Evanston, a passenger, said 1t was
never lower than 1000 feet and IN
no distress.
The blimp had been carrying pas
sengers and was returning 10 Cur
tbs field when the storm broke sud-
denly and poured an inch OF water
over the city in II minutes. Be
sides Greene, two pilots and a me-
chanic were in the craft.
During the storm. Donald Keller,
l2, was killed by lightning as hs
hunted golf balls on golf course.
one woman fell dead Of heart fall
ure as she waded across a down
town street, and two persons Were
killed in traffic accidents due to tho
storm. About 25 homes we're struck
by lightning.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
Summer Weather
In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, June %. U.P)-
The thermometer at the United
States weather bureau registered 90
degrees at noon today three degrees
higher than yesterdays maximum
temperature.
The minimum temperature for
the day, Sc degrees, was registered
at a. m.
Continued fair and warm weather
for Los Angeles and vicinity tonight
and Wednesday was forecast by
Colonel H. B. Hersey, government
meterologist. He said that high
temperatures and low humidity in
the interior would increase the fire
hazard.
The highest temperature recorded
yesterday in Southern California
was at San Btrnardino, where the
mercury climbed to lot degrees.
Three other cities, Imperial, Red
lands and Riverside, reported tenn
peratures above 100 degrees.
Colonl Hersey said the present
warm weather is due to an area of
high pressure moving in from the
Pacific over Oregon and Northern
California and then curving down
over the Rocky Mountains.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
Government Holds
Radio Hearing

WASHINGTON, June %. U.P)-
The federal radio commission met
in executive session today to decide
whether trade practices of the
Radio Corporation of America pro-
vide grounds for revocation of IL
censes held by the National Broad
casting company and other R. c. A.
subsidiaries.
Hearings took place before the
commission last week, when counsel
for r. c. A. and independent radio
interests argued whether the radio
act of 1927 made revocation of the
licenses mandatory.
The question arose after a feder-
al court decision with respect to
charges R. c. A. attempted to create
a monopoly by means of contracts
regulating sale of radio tubes. The
act requires the commission to re-
fuse licenses to organizations guilty
of monopolistic practices.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
Many Witnesses
In Flood Case

REDWOOD CITY. Cal, June %
W.H - Mrs. Constance May Gavin
indicated today that she may call
100 witnesses to support her claims
to two-ninths of the millions left
by James l.. Flood, when a court
contest of the will opens here July
/.
Counsel for Mrs. Gavin, who
claims to be a daughter of Flood
and Mrs. Eudora Forde Stearn Will
lette of Oakland, secured 100 blank
witness subpoenaes in preparing her
case. 1t also was understood that
heirs under the will have summoned
a large number of witnessed to op-
pose Mrs. Gaviu's claims.
Mrs. Gavin also has obtained a
court order for records of the de-
partment of labor tending to show
that Mrs. Gavin was listed by Flood
as his daughter in 1898 when they
arrived in San Francisco on a ship
from Japan.
The heirs claim Mrs. Gavin is
Mrs. Willette's daughter by James
Cannon, a theatre man.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
KNITTING AFFRAY
RESULTS FROM
WAGE DISPUTE
Italian Foreman Severely
Wounded In Fight With
Filipino.

Stabbed by Ignacio VALDEZ, 30. a
Filipino, after wage dispute this
morning on a ranch a mile south
Of the Holtville highway on the
Dogwood road, Sam Ferrera of CAL
exico is in the Ell Centre hospital,
one lung pierced dangerously near
the heart.
The physician who attended Fer
rera announced after an examina-
ton that the man has a good
chance TO live. Ferrera is an Ital-
ian.
While deputies from the sheriff's
office are searching for VALDEZ, and
waiting at the international border
on the chance he may try to es-
cape into Mexico, the district at
torney's office hold statement
from the wounded man.
Filipinos who had been working
on the ranch where Ferrera was
foreman witnessed the knitting, as
did five white men, also working
there. The Filipinos had gone on
strike. demanding more money to
pick cantaloupes.
Ferrera was settling with VALDEZ,
boss of the Filipino gang, when the
dispute arose. Both Ferrera and
VALDEZ were in the house. Those
standing outside saw Ferrera run
from the house. blood flowing from
his chest. VALDEZ followed him, and
struck again with the knife.
Filipinos looking on took no hand.
The white men rushed to Ferrera
where he had fallen, and carried
him TO a car. He was taken to the
FL Centre hospital. Darrell Gra-
ham, one of the men working on
the ranch. notified the sheriffs
office while the others remained
with Ferrera at the hospital.
Undersheriff Rodney Clarke and
George Evans, accompanied by
Graham. went to the ranch, follow
ed by Sheriff George l.. Campbell
and w. S. Keating. The Filipino
had disappeared. Another Filipino
told the officers he had started
west down side road.
Clarke, Evans and Graham fol-
lowed the road TO Fourth street.
where boy told them he had seen
the Filipino run south, then turn
west again. The officers trailed
VALDEZ TO Eighth street. and south
of the county farm. but there lost
trace of him. Tracks showed he
ran all the way.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
Canadians Permit
Beer Shipments

ST. THOMAS, Ont, June %. U.P)
American beer gangs within the
past 70 hours have reorganized
forces on the north shore of Lake
Erie and have sent several ship
ments to the United States under
full Canadian governmental auth
ority, it was reported today.
The beer runners are reported to
have obtained legal sanction for
the expectation Of their cargoes to
the United States with the revela-
tion that the liquor export ban
does not include restrictions on
wines and beers.
A test run was made by a rum
runner Saturday the reports say.
Aboard a re-conditioned speed boat,
the cargo was said to have been
cleared through west of Port STAN
ley with every formality required
under the new Interpretation of the
export ban.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
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GRAND JURY TO
HEAR DOCTOR in
FAITHFUL CASE

NEW YORK, June %. W.P-In-
vestigation into the mysterious
death of pretty Starr Faithful, Is
year-old Greenwich Village girl who
was drowned off Long Beach two
weeks ago, moved toward a posi-
BILE climax today as DR.. G. jameson
Carr, ships surgeon on the liner
F'ranconia, appeared at the Mine
ola, L. l., courthouse, ready to test
ify before grand jury.
There was insufficient time in
the morning to hear the physician,
however, and Carr went to lunch
with his attorney and District At
torney Elvin N. Edwards.
The suave and quick witted sur
geon started his day by engaging
Samuel Untermyer, one of the coun-
try's famous lawyers, to act as his
personal counsel. He and Unter-
myer went to Mineola and after
conferences with District Attorney
Elvin N. Edwards and Judge Lewis
j. Smith, was taken in to the grand
jury hpom.
He arrived in New York late yes
terday aboard the liner Laconia, to
give authprities evidence he has in
his possession. He already has said
he consider6 sthis evidence to be OF
! great Importance in the case, though
he has declined to indicate whether
it tends to bear out a suicide the
ory, or to strengthen the theory of
murder. ..'-
The grand jury was also to ques-
tion Stanley E. Faithful, the dead
girls stepfather. Faithful appeared
at Mineola this morning with a
large bundle, the contents of which
were kept secret.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
Screen Actress
Granted Divorce

LOS ANGELES. June %. U.P)--
Pauline Starke. film actress, today
won an uncontested divorce from
Jack White, producer, on the
grounds of mental cruelty.
Judge Daley S. Stafford declared
that White had rejected Miss
Starke's affections.
Marriage is the cornerstone of
our government" the judge said. "a
wife owes unalterable affection to
her husband it is her principal
duty to care and watch over him.
When this is done, as it was in this
case, by this genteel and refined
person and she is repulsed certain
ly II is the greatest form of mental
cruelty and such a marriage should
be dissolved
Miss Stsrke and White we're
married in San Francisco Septem-
ber 4, 1927. They parted last jan
uary ID.
The actress told the court a
property settlement had been agreed
upon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
Record Set By
Gasoline Tax

SACRAMENTO, Cal, June 23.
U.P)-Breaking all state gasoline tax
records, a levy of $4,000, ,79l.86 was
assessed against distributors for
May sales, the state board of equal
ization announced today.
The tax was based on the sale Of
136, ,339 ,342.1 gallons of gasoline, an
increase of 1927 per cent over the
sales of May, 1890. The gain was
attributed to the price war and the
beginning of summer travel.
In a statement issued by the
board. assurance was given that
California taxpayers can now rest
assured that every cent of this
amount will gt int the state trea-
siry."
The board pointed out that pay
ment of the tax on a monShly ba-
sis under bond would prevent future
delinquencies such as have been eX-
perienced in tho past.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
ARIZONA GROWERS
SEEK RETENTION
OF QUARANTINE

PHOENIX, June %. U.P)-A reso-
luton asking Governor George w.
F. Hunt to maintain all quarantine
stations was adopted unanimously
here last night at mass meeting
Of Salt River valley fruit growers.
The meeting was called to protest
reorganization program for the
horticulture and agriculture COM
mission which involves reducing the
13 quarantine stations to 5 at the
start of the fiscal year. Hal Grim
shaw, Phoenix business man and
citrus grower, was chairman of the
meeting which was held in the
Union high school auditorium.
Grimshaw pointed out to the
large crowd present that the meet
ing was not political and asked that
no one present considered 1t as such.
The sole issue, he said, was to pro-
tect Arizona fruit from infestation.
Belief was expressed by various
speakers that presentation of facts
and figures to the governor would
convince him of the need of all Is
quarantine stations.
In a recent statement the COVER
nor said money enough was on hand
to operate five stations and ex-
pressed confidence that those sta
tions could handle the necessary
quarantine work. He also discount
ed reports that a curtailed quaran-
tine program might cause California
or the federal government to place
an embargo against Arizona fruit.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
CONVICT
R0M0LA
LEADERS
Hursh And Other Defen-
dants Found Guilty In
Mail Fraud Case.
CASE LENGTHY ONE
Heavy Penalties Faced
Due To Large Number
OF Counts.

LOS ANGELES, June %. U.D -
Alexander Hursh and II others
found guilty in connection with the
fruitland development scheme of
Rcmola, Inc, will be sentenced late
today by Federal Judge John M.
Killits.
Hursh was convicted on 81 of the
% counts of using the mail to de-
fraud while the others were found
guilty on from one to Is similar
counts.
Each count carries a possible max
imum sentence of five years impris-
onment or $1,000 fine or both.
Those convicted besides Hursh
we're: Miss Lucille Head; H w.
Bowers, auditor; Freeman H. Blood
good, former deputy state real estate
commissioner of California, super
visor of farm lands; Samuel Clark,
fig expert; w. G. jenkins, Phoenix
broker for the company; Cliff Nc
Afee, Los Angeles broker and ad-
juster; D. j. Smith, San Francisco
broker; F. G. Halmos, connected
with the San Francisco office of the
company; Gerald G. Bowman, Salt
Lake City, broker; Thomas Rouse,
Los Angeles broker; S. G.. Ames,
San Diego broker; w. S. Collins,
lecturer; E. G. Phillips, Chicago rep
resentative of the company, and
James X. Knowles, Los Angeles lee
turer for the company.
The number of counts on which
each of the Is were convicted
ranged from one to %. w. S. Col
Inns "a lecturer for the company, was
found guilty on but one count, wiNe
Hursh was acquitted on but one.
Miss Head was found guilty on 20
of % counts charged against her.
One Accused I'LL
The case of w. H. L. Howard, an
adjuster for the company, will be
disposed of later. He was too i'll in
a hospital to go to trial as one of
those originally indicted.
w. r. Southall, broker for the
concern, who pleaded guilty, will be
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
ANOTHER KILLED
AS STRIKERS AND
DEPUTIES BATTLE
Storekeeper Mortally In
jured When Hit By
Wild Bullet.

PITTSBURGH, June %. UP)-A
store proprietor was shot to death
as he stepped from the porch of his
store and four miners we're wound
ed today in the second fatal out
break in the western Pennsylvania
bituminuous strike in two days.
The storekeeper was slain when
coal and iron police and special dep
uties attempted to disperse a picket
line of IS men who had gathered
IN front OF his store in Arnold City,
Fayette county.
In battle between striking min
ers and special deputies at Wild
wood, Allegheny county, yesterday
one miner was slain and II
wounded.
At Arnold City the picketers at
tempted to stop truck carrying
men to work in the Somers mine of
the Pittsburgh Coal company, near
Pricedale. police said. Six Officers
we're guarding the truck.
The strikers spread across the
highway to prevent the truck pass
ing AS the officers in their car
arrived, rocks and stones were hur-
! led, police said. The officers
charged the group of miners, throw
! ing tear gas. The line held and
firing began.
Mike Philykovich. 40, storekeep-
er, near whose store the trouble oc-
CURED, stepped from the porch into
| the line of fire. He fell, fatally
wounded.
Four striking miners were wound
ed. Ten persons were arrested after
the fighting was ended.
Sheriff Thomas A. Aubrey, Fay
cite. county, arrested six deputies
for coal and iron policemen when
he arrived at the scene and held
them for investigation.
The second fatality in the three
week strike in the western Pennsyl-
vania bituminous field came as the
first major peace agreement was
placed before the miners for rati-
fication by local unions.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
@IHXlnLdLr,e

BEVERLY HILLS, June %.
(SpeciaD-Here we go again all
running true to form, fixing up
some other country's business
for EN- just as we always do.
We mean well, but will wind up
in wrong as usual. When some
nation wants us to help 'em
out they use the same old gag"
that we should exert our moral
leadership" and We, like yap,
believe it, when as a matter of
truth no nation wants any other
nation exerting a moral lead
ership" over 'em even if they
had one.
If we ever pass out as a great
nation we ought to put on our
tombstone America died from
a delusion that she had moral
leadership"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
Brawley Youth
browns In Tank

Charles Rowe Hicks, six-year
son of MIR. and Mrs. Earl B. Hicks
of Brawley, drowned last night In
a settling tank at the Brawley ice
plant when he lost his balance in
an attempt to seine fish from the
water.
He failed to appear for the eve
ming meal and his parents were
unable to find him until after his
companions on the fishing expedi-
ton told where they last had seen
him. The body was recovered at
$3.50 o'clock last night.
The boy was fishing with his
friends and left them to obtain
bucket to hold the catch. Before
his return to the tank, his COM
panions went to their homes. He
apparently was alone when he fell
into the water.
A coroner'S examination this
morning resulted in the establish
ment of the cause of death as acci-
dental drowning, according to Bert
Underwood, coroner.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-23
McGahan Applies
For Probation

Oyerruling charges that instruc-
tions by the court to the jury were
not according to law, Judge A. c.
Finney yesterday denied new trial
for w. A. McGahan, former mayor
of Holtville, recently convicted of
grand theft.
R. B. Whitelaw, McGahans attor-
ney, Immediately entered an appli-
cation for probation on behalf OF
McGahan. Hearing on the appli-
cation was set for July 10.
McGahan was convicted of mis-
appropriating large sum of money
while employed by John Zenos in
Holtyille.