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The Washington times., 1931-01-20
YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Whose Birthday Is

r or HUSC "hOSC DA CANoS 40
January FL
If January 81 is your birth
day, during the coming year
you may come into contact
with unusual but rather i'm
practical people. You may
find yourself becoming over
sensitive and given to day
dreaming. Other peoples af-
fairs are apt to affect you more
than your own. Keep to a
definite program.
Important dates: Avoid ex-
cesses of all kinds, take no
risks and maintain routine
from February 10 to 16, March
IS to April 3, May 19 to 81,
July IL to "a, August / to 8,
September Is to 10, october 13
to IS, October % to "a. Good
for general affairs, make ef-
forts to advance your interests
from February 9 to IL, May
20 to %, June 9 to Is, Septem-
Der 10 to 20, December "a to
26. Contradictory dates show
two opposing influences.
A child born January 81
should receive favors from
those in high positions. He
will be original, sensitive. artiS-
tic and rather given to i'm
pulSiveness. He will be inter
ested in public life and should
succeed through ks own ef-
forts.
Tendencies for January %.
The day is a favorable one for
commerce, trade and shipping;
for building, land and sound
investment. Watch out for
carelessness In money matters.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
CHAPTER 40

Connie, involuntarily, made
a quick comparison Of Jim
Tracy with Duke Carson as the
men stood together in the room
Yet there was no comparison
Duke Carson was definitely su-
perior. Whatever his inner quail
tiles might be, he revealed on
the surface, a steadfast poise,
an instructive establishment to
all circumstances. He was, meas
ured by any standard, excep-
tional by any man; it was not
remarkable, she realized, that
he commanded respect among
the vicious inhabitants Of the
underworld, from which he had
come at her behest. She could
imagine him equally as well
there as here
"If Jim wants to drink, I'm
sure I don't know what any OF
us can do about it; except Jim
himself" Mrs. Calvert said, with
aIoof philosophy. Men before
now have been known to drink
too much for their good. The
object of the little discussion
we were having was about my
pearls. 1 don't think you two
have been informed as yet, but
my necklace was stolen last
night from my room"
you don't mean it," Kitty
cried, her voice startled.
Jim Tracy batted his eyes.
"Oh, Mrs. Calvert, I Say!"
Did Duke Suspect?
Connie noted that Duke Gar
son was observing both of them
closely; she wondered if he sus-
pected either Of them, but it
was impossible to Judge what
was passing in his mind by the
expression of his face.
But who-who," Kitty spoke,
and then looked helplessly at
Carson. "Are we going to have
the police come out here? Who
do you think got them, Duke?"
II don't know. Perhaps Mr..
Tracy can suggest a clue for us
to work on"
Tracy looked at him quickly
with a flash of belligerence.
"How should I know? I'm a
detective. At a rough guess,
though, I'd say it was the work
Of some professional crook.
Maybe Higgins, the butler, is a
crook, Mrs. Calvert. Had you
thought of that?"
"I hadn't" Mrs. Calvert re-
turned, "and if I had I shouldn't
know what to do about it. It's
the most CHASTITY feeling i'm
aginable to realize that some
criminal has been prowling
through this house. I suppose
we should notify the police,
hut Mr.. Carson doesn't have a
great deal of faith in them"
mo, don't get the police"
Kitty said, vigorously. They're
such fatheads: they'd probably
want to arrest one Of us. 1t
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
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KNOW?

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Questions On Editorial Page
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The Washington times., 1931-01-20
This Ddy in History

Robert Norris the first great American financier,
born on January 20, 1884, in England He
served the cause of the Colonsts.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
Times Health Hint

Taking thyroid gland extract for reducing, with
out the advice and continued supervision of regu-
lar practitioner of medicine, is dangerous.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
TIGER HEART
An Absorbing Narrative
OF Underworld Love
The Story Thus Far

Connie Calvert society and fortune
with newIyfOund half sister Kitty whom she discovers living
Kitty falls in with Jim Tracy Comics former
with she had broken her engagement when she
fortune hunter She fears for Kitty and
calls Kys underworld friend to his
influence interfere He tells Connie he Is in
fascinated by Duke Is disappointed to
adviser to the underworld She sees him talking
Higgins The Duke explains that Higgins
formed him of with her pearls Connie
aha OveSD Duk
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
PREPARE
TO BEGIN
BIG Dam
Six Companies, Inc, Set
Wheels In Motion When
Contract Is Signed
MANY SEEKING WORK
Actual Construction To
Be Delayed Until Power
Line Is Completed

LAS VEGAS, New, March IL. tU,P)
Wheels in the actual construction
of Boulder dam started in motion
today as a result of Secretary Ray
Lyman Wilbur S award of the main
dam contract to Six Companies
Inc.
w. r. Armstrong, Union Pacific
railroad executive, and Frank Z
Grove, general superintendent OF
Six Companies. Inc, spent most OF
the day planning the railroad facili-
ties necessary to move huge stocks
of supplies and materials to the
mushroom little Boulder City, ad.
jaccnt TO the dam site
Grove said that main operations
will be held up until at least june
Is, when it was expected that a pow.
cr line of the Southern Sierras COM
pany from San Bernardino to Boul-
der City will be completed.
Approximately 200 men. all Of
them already on the scene for work
will be used in the preparations Tor
actual start of construction on the
dam proper.
According to Armstrong, it will be
necessary to enlarge the origina
railroad yards constructed for Boul-
der city and designed TO accomo-
date 400 cars. Two tracks Will pt
added, he said after surveying tht
site of the yards with Grove.
Grove declared that he desired
to have all preparations ready &c
enable a punctual start the minute
the power comes to Boulder City.
Thousands of letters arc being re-
cciyed by all officials connected with
the project, 1t was announced. Mer
and women from all parts of tbs
nation are asking for work on tho
dam.
The officials here said that read.
ing and answering the letters wa:
hopeless task and that hundreds
went unopened
Hundreds of tents dot the desert
around Las Vegas, pitched by fami-
lies in search of work.
''Our first big job is the con-
struction Of a railroad down the can
yon for connecting the goyernmen,
railroad with the dam sitc,' Grove
said. This road will handle all the
equipment going into the canyon
and all the waste materials coming
out. II will be carved out of rock
walls and will be part tunnel most
of the way. IT will probably carry
more traffic than the main line OF
the Southern Pacific out OF San
Francisco.
1t is necessary that we star,
preparatory work right away be-
cause we must have a place to house
and feed the men who work on the
dam. Establishment Of a camp anc
Continued op cage aixl
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
Marriage FOils
Criminal Count

LOS ANGELES, March II. up
"Dapper Dam Courtney, promoter,
was freed today of statutory charges
against l7-year-old Mary Beth Hull
Courtney. whom he recently mar
ried in Yuma, Ariz.
Superior Judge William Tell Ag-
geler in dismiSsing the case con-
graduated Courtney on his happy
marriage.
The girl did net appear in court
and her attorney, Leonard Wilson,
said she would not testify against
her husband. Motion for dismissal
followed this statement. Deputy At
torney George Johnson moving tor
dismissed on the ground that wife
could not testify against her nus
band.
The case had been set for trial on
March %.
Courtney, however, is scheduled to
appear before Juvenile Judge Sam
ucl r. Blake tomorrow on another
charge Of contributing to the de-
linquency of minor.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
Fireworks Fly
In ROmOla Case

LOS ANGELES, March IL. UP
A verbal battle marked today's ses-
sion of the trial of Alexander Hursh,
former head of Romola, Inc, and %
associates, charged with mail fraud.
The barragc OF phraseology start
ed when Mark l.. Heron, spokesman
for defense counsel objected to what
he characterized as shotgun meth
ods of introducing evidence.
Introduction Of copy of ''Ro-
mola News as a government eX-
hibit gave rise to the objection and
precipitated the exchange of words
in which Federal Judge John M
Killits took part.
"Such procedure would be equiv
alent to spraying all these defend
ants with shot from a shotgun, "
shouted Heron when the exhibit
was introduced
Whcl Judge KillitS asked the gov
ernment counsel to specify the par
ticular items he wished introduced
as evidence Heron still objected and
added "But realize we must throw
ourselves on the mercy OF the
court -
"You don t need any mercy from
this court" the judge retorted.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
JOHNSON URGES
INTENSE SEARCH
FOR LOST Girl

LOS ANGELES, March IL. UP
An intensive search for Mary Allen,
%, of Washington, d. C., was
launched by police today. She dis
appeared from her residence here
last Tuesday
Senator Hiram Johnson tele-
graphed police here to make every
effort to locate the woman while the
American Federation of Labor was
also particularly interested in solu-
tion of the girls disappearance.
Miss Allen arrived in Los Angeles
several weeks ago under the care
of Nurse Alta NJ. Blake. Miss Blake
LETT the girl on the night of her dis
appearance in the care of Miss Mary
G. Carson, also nurse.
The latter reported to police that
she fell asleep and upon awakening
at 1920 p. m. found that Miss Allen
had disappeared
Senator Johnson S telegram failed
to state what Miss Allen S connec-
tionS were in Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
POLICE CHECKING
EVERY CLUE IN
BROOKS SLAYINC
Little Encouragement Met
In Effort To Solve San
Diego Crime

SAN DIEGO, March II. (U.P) -
The unusual behavior of an elderly
man who talked necessarily of the
disappearance of little Virginia
Brooks several hours before her body
was found, hacked and mutilated,
on the mesa near Camp Kearney,
cast grave suspicious upon him to-
Gay as police and deputy sherifis
combed the hills near this city Tor
the cabin in which he was supposed
to live.
Additional impetus was given the
search when Bill Williams and l..
:. O'Dell, living near Escondido, re-
ported that an elderly man they
picked up near the Poway grade and
brought towards San Diego Tues
day talked about the mysterious
disappearance of Virginia, but lett
the automobile when it started down
the Murray Canyon road, near where
the body was found later that day.
81 won t go down that road un-
der any condition, the man said.
apparently in fear.
And it was this same man whom
Williams and O'Dell saw near
Oceanside nearly three weeks ago
with a small child, bundled up in
blankets.
The men were positive of their
identification in telling their sto-
ries to deputy sheriffs.
Bill and had stopped near the
Oceanside slough in the rain to fix
tire O'Dell said. IAN old Ford
came up the road with an elderly
man and a girl with him. He didn 7
drive far, though, and returned IN
few minutes. After he disappear
ed, we thought of the Brooks case
arG reported the incident to police
Early Tuesday morning, an old
man hailed us for a ride near the
Poway grade, but when we started
down Murray Canyon, he got out
of the car We agreed he was the
man we saw with the girl two weeks
ago.
AS search continued for the man
a new autopsy was promised today
in the hope that science might come
to the aid of police.
Already it is known that the mar
who killed Virginia knew something
of surgery, for it was a skilled hanC
which cut the head and arms iron
the torso before stuffing the mutt
lated body into the sack and de
posting it on the wind-swept waste
OF the mesa, police agreed.
E, Seek More Clues
Deputy Coroner Dave Gershon dc.
clared a further examination OF
Virginia S hand would be made tc
| discover if by chance some small
piece of skin from the head of the
slayer might be found beneath the
CONTINUED on Page Six
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
JAMAICA GINGER
RAIDS DEPLETE
COAST SUPPLY

LOS ANGELES, Marcn u. WP)-
Efforts of health authorities to rid
Southern California of adulterated
Jamaica ginger extract were redoub-
led today following the arrival here
of DR.. Giles S. Porter, state health
officer, to take charge of the cam
paign.
More than $50 gross bottles and
four barrels of the extract were con-
fiscated at the California Extract
company headquarters yesterday. DIR
George H. Parrish. city health off,
Ger, reported today. Another large
supply in the company S warehouse
was quarantined, DR.. Parrish said.
Raids also were conducted by
county authorities who confiscated
80 bottles of Jamaica and took nine
samples for analysis. according to
DR.. j. l.. Pomeroy county health Of
ficer.
The raids were reSorted to after
four persons died from the effects
of drink adulterated extract and ITO
cases of paralysis had been reported.
Most of the confiscated extract
was said to have been shipped here
by a New York firm which closed
its offices recently.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
HUNDREDS Die
in BLAST ON
CHINESE ship

SHANGHAI, March u. (U,H -
The explosion of a small Yangtze
river steamer with a possible loss oil
225 lives became known today when
the revenue cruiser Chuentao
reached port with 1l9 survivors OF
the accident.
The Chuentao also carried the
bodies of seven victims of fire and
blast aboard the steamer Pachi. The
captain of the latter vessel said
there was an unknown number miss
ing.
The accident occurred Wednesday
night off Big Tree Beacon, go niles
from Shanghai.
The captain OF the Pachi said 100
soldiers boarded the ship at Woo
sung and virtually took possession.
He asserted that cigarettes careless
ly thrown by the soldiers started the
fire and caused the resultant explo-
sion.
The captain said about $50 pas
sengers were aboard the Pachi when
the soldiers arrived. He feared 225
may have lost their lives on the ves-
sci.
The Pachi known as a chicken
boat. was owned by the Pata COM
pany.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
REPORTER JAILED
FOR REFUSAL TO
GIVE INFORMATION

DALLAS. Tex, March II. up
Edmond M. Barr. Dallas Dispatch
reporter, was in the county Jail to-
day, sentenced to an indeterminate
term for contempt of court be-
cause he refused to betray a con-
fidence.
Barr declined to reveal to a grand
jury the source OF an exclusive
story of the abduction and beating
of two Communists.
Lewis Bailey, editor of the Dis
patch, hopes to secure Barr releas,
Immediately. Attorneys belle c
however. that unless he agrees to
answer questions, he might be held
throughout the two months session
of the grand jury.
Representative Jack Keller of
Dallas has proposed bill in the
state Legislature at Austin to i'm
munize newspapermen from teSti-
flying before a garnd jury regard
ing information received conf
dentially.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
FRENCH RIVERS
BADLY SWOLLEN
BY HEAVY

PARIS, March II. U.P)-Floods
and freezing temperature spread
suffering and death along almost
every river in France today as
storms which swept southwark
from the British Isles continued in
Europe.
Entire villages along the Seine,
Loire, Rhone, Lot and Meuse
valleys were evacuated and thou
sands of families were homeless.
The Loire broke its levels and
isolated several villages, cutting off
electrical power and causing minor
landslides in the region of Ben
dome. About 10000 families were
driven from their homes in various
parts of France and suffering was
acute, particularly in the Central
Highlands district.
The Paris region was covered
with snow, which halted the Eng
helm races and increased the dam
ger of serious floods along the
Seine embankments. The Seine has
risen rapidly as the snow melted
in the last "a hours.
The storm battered and DELAYED
ships at sea, even the largest o.
TRANSATLANTIC liners. The S. S.
Europa arrived 18 hours late, re-
porting tempestuouS Snowstorms
and gales over the North Atlantic.
The shipping along the coast was
battered and small vessels sought
shelter in port.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
STATE PAPERS
ENTER BATTLE
AT SACRAMENTO
Publishers Rally To Sup
port Merriam In Pro-
posed Libel Measure
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent


SACRAMENTO, Cal, March II.
| U.P)-Newspapers of California en-
tered the legislative free for all to-
day, to battle for the Merriam libel
bill, stopped in committee last
night by Senator George Rochester
of Los Angeles.
This measure, which failed of
adoption at the 1929 session by the
slender margin of a single vote,
makes it easier for a person, libeled
by misinformation or error, to OBJ
tain prompt and accurate retrac-
ton.
At the same time, newspaper
publishing such retraction need not
fear it will be an admission of
guilt.
After 81 newspapermen had ap-
proved the measure, including pres
idents of the two large California
newspaper associations and men,
bers of the legislature who are also
publishers, Rochester blocked a
favorable committee endorsement
by asking it be held over for a
week.
I'm suspicious of this measure" ]"
he said. There's something behind
it we do not understand"
Among those present at the COM
mittee hearing were H. r. Judah,
Santa Cruz, president of the Cali
fornia Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation; former Governor Friend
w. Richardson, president of the
California Press Association: John
B. Long, general manager Of the
c. N. P. A, and x. c. Adams, rep
resenting the San Francisco News
paper Publishers Association.
Presentation of the bill was made
by j. A. McGilvray of Sacramento,
attorney for the two press associa-
tions, who explained that similar
legislation has been held constitu-
tional in North Carolina, Iowa. AL
ALBANIA, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Wisconsin and other states.
Oppose Other Bills
at the banquet preceding thu
meeting of the senate judiciary com
mittee, the Legislators de
clared against the following meas
ures before the legislature:
Removing the requirement 10
| publication Of financial statement
by building and loan associations.
Making it felony for financia
writer to misjudge and erroneousl
predict the rise or fall of stocks o
| bonds on the market.
Defining as newspaper OF gen
eral circulation any publication
printed six days a week.
Making it a misdemeanor If 6
newspaper publishes information Of
public employment and a reader ol
the paper fails to obtain such en-
ployment.
Making il a miSdemeanor If q
newspaper publishes information as
TO where employment might be OBJ
tanned, and a reader of the paper
fails to obtain employment as pub
liShed.
Removing requirement for publi-
cation of probate cases when value
of the property to be sold does not
exceed $500.
Multiplying city ordinances recently
passed in many California cities
charging a franchise tax against
distributors of handbills, to prevent
the littering of lawns.
Prohibiting any person with the
degrees d. D. S., D. D. c., and M. D.
from advertising in newspapers.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
SENATOR
F[AUNTS
HOOVER
Norris Declares Another
Roosevelt Is Needed In
White House
PUBLISHER TALKS
Scripps Tells PrOgressives
Dictatorship Is A Pos
sibility

WASHINGTON, March IL. W.P)
Another Roosevelt is needed in
the White House, Senator George
w. Norris today told the Progress
i've conference over which he Is
presiding.
Norris declared it would do no
sood to elect a Progressive congress
unless there was a Progressive in
the Presidents chair.
Even if we do have Pro-
gressive congress, do not forget that
the engineer is still in the White
House." Norris said. What the
country needs and what it must
have is a President of the United
States who is himself a Progressive.
What we need to bring prosperity
and happiness to the individual is
another Roosevelt in the White
House.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12
DECRY HASTE in
MAKING CHARGES
AGAINST WALKER

NEW YORK. March u. U.P)-
The public demand for a general
investigation of the city govern
ment grew with such speed today
that several civic leaders warned
against too hasty action in filing
general charges against Mayor
James J. Walker.
Business men, ministers, church.
men, civic groups and professional
reformcrS of all shades of political
opinion joined in common move
to clean up the city. William j.
Schieffelin. head of the Citizens
Union, and originator of the plan to
make Judge Samuel Seabury an in
vestigating committee of one, an
nounced last night that formation
of a committee of 1000 In support
of this movement was assured, and
that $50 organizations have been
invited to join.
At the same time, however, the
City club, author of charges against
District Attorney Grain, who Is now
under investigation by Judge Sea-
bury, warned against too hasty
utAAOii dbplilob NldgOi
Henry Morgcnthau, former am
bassador to Turkey and financial
director of Governor Roosevelt's
last campaign. whose son, Henry
Morgenthau, Jr is conservation
commissioner, also advised a calm
sitting" of charges against the
mayor rather than a hasty filing
Of general ones, although he said
he enthusiastically approved"
Schieffelin's plan in principle.
It was believed by persons close
10 Governor Roosevelt that he did
not approve of any fishing expedi-
tion' against Mayor Walker, al
though he would act promptly in
case specific charges were filed.
The society for prevention of
crime sent letter to the governor
and to each member of the legis-
lature yesterday assailing Walker
as a wise cracking" mayor and
asked a general inquiry of the city
administration with special atten-
lion TO Walkers conduct III office.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-12

tro citizens, who banded together
to purchase the property.
McNabb received a certificate of
title and an abstract to the prop
erty from the Security Title Insur-
ance and Guaranty company. He
came to FL Centro to determine il
there were parties claiming an in
terest in the Fifth and Olive street
lots. He reports that he found nc
one and the order to file the deco
came Immediately.
The lots now are the property OF
the treasury department of the
United States and what is consid-
cred the most involved step in the
construction Of a postoffice is
brought to a close.
Praises Site
Eel Centro was fortunate that
there were no warning factions in
the matter of selecting the site.
The friendly attitude of the citizens
did a great deal to hasten mat
ters," McNabb said this morning.
Since there are no buildings on
the lots and the required alley al
ready established condemnation
proceedings and resulting law suits
will not take place,
II consider the site an excellent
one for FL Centre. 1t is close to
the downtown section and the size
of the property will permit ado
quate space for enlargement Snould
it be necessary"
The next step in the construction
of the $4,000 post office is the
preparation of the plans. These
plans are prepared b. treasury de i.
partment architect, who makes a
study of local conditions and needs.
After plans arc approved, bids
will be called for. As soon as con-
tracts are let construction work
will begin.