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Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
BONUS is
APPROVED
IN HOUSE
Veterans Cheer AS Pat
man Bill Is Passed By
Vote OF 209 To 176.
GOES TO SENATE
Measure Not Expected To
Be Successful IN Upper
House Of Congress.

WASHINGTON, June IS. U.P)-
The house today passed the $2,400.-
100000 Patman cash bonus bill as
hundreds of ragged veterans
watched from the galleries the re-
suits of their march on congress.
The vote was 209 to 176.
AS Acting Speaker Rainey an
nounced the victory for bonus ad-
vocates, the crowded galleries
cheered and applauded-the veter-
ans first demonstration during the
hours of bonus debate.
The measure, providing sufficient
currency inflations to meet the vet
erans' payments, now goes to the
senate where its opponents are
boasting hostile majority. Lead
ers there hope for a quick defeat
of the bill to send the army of
10000 unemployed ex-servicemen
away from the teaming Potomac
mud flats, where they are now en-
camped, back to their native states.
In any event, presidential veto
is regarded as assured President
Hoover and his official advisors
have frequently opposed the meas
ure.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
ESPIN0SA TRIAL
SET BY COURT
FOR JULY 5TH

Jose Espinosa this morning ap-
peared in superior court to plead
not guilty to a charge of murder
ing Jose Sayavera, June 5, on the
Pepper Fruit company ranch four
miles west and a mile north of
Brawley.
Trial of Espinosa was set for
July 5, just one month from the
day of the alleged murder, when
it is asserted by the state,
Espinosa shot Sayavera through
the heart with a .25 calibre auto
matte and sent another bullet
through the crown of Ramon
Ortiz hat.
Fred Thompson, who defended
ESpinosa and Ysidro Cardenas
against a charge of numbering
Pearl Hynes south of Brawley a
year ago, is attorney for Espinosa
in this new murder trial. Cardenas
at that time was found guilty Of
second degree murder and SEN
fenced to San Quentin penitentiary.
Officials declare Espinosa killed
Sayavera after a fight which
started when the former took eX-
ception to the guitar playing of
one of a group of Mexican laborers
on the ranch near Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
HOLLYWOOD MAN
SHOT TO DEATH
BEFORE WOMAN

HOLLYWOOD, June Is. U.P)-A
bandit who shot to death Merton
F.. jerks, wealthy Hollywood realty
operator, near the Mack Sennett
studio in the Hollywood hills was
sought today.
Mrs. Helen E. Moffett. 30, of
Venice, to whom jerks was hhow-
ing some property witnessed the
shooting and fled in terror to a
nearby home, where she called po-
lice.
J. L. Zeller, a passerpy, found
jerks staggering along the high
way and rushed him to a Hollywood
emergency hospital, where he died.
Il was shot by bandits in the
hills! They stole my carl" zeller
said jerks told him.
"Mr. jerks grappled with the
man. Mrs. Moffett told police. Il
was so frightened I ran to the car,
jumped in and started away. 1
heard one shot as 1 was driving"
jerks had stepped out of the car,
leaving the motor running, when
the bandit approached, she said.
Both Mrs. Moffett and her huS-
band were questioned briefly by
police and released. Moffett is a
Glendale automobile salesman.
jerks, 81 years old, was a close
friend of Police Commissioner
Thomas Walkup. Walkup said as
far as he knew, jerks had no enc
mics.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
Writer Disguised
With Hollywood

WEST NYACK, N. Y, June IS.
U.P(-Filmland in Hollywood has
had its gangster cycle, its news
paper tabloid cycle, its columnist
cycle and 81 think there's going to
be a bull fight cycle soon," Gene
Fowler predicted here after several
months writing service in the
movie capital.
The towns such a funny place,
and the people are there to be
laughed at, not formally indicted.
The film directors are intelligent,
and the movie stars are trampled
on, with few exceptions.
The directors work hard, too,
telling actors how to act and show
ing writer's how to write. They
even try to keep the actors from
knowing what country the plot Of
their story is laid in.
Me? Why, left for one reason,
because of the morality clause they
put in my contract. They tell me,
former reporter, to be moral and
they turn out picture after picture
depicting reporters as drunks and
BUNS"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
MONEYS Mother
AbandOns Plans
To See Governor

CHICAGO, June Is. U.P)-"Moth-
er" Mooney announced today that
she had abandoned her plan to
storm the Republican national con-
vention to plead the cause of her
convict son.
She said she would leave during
the day for Minneapolis to resume
her speaking tour. ,
Mrs. Mooney, the 84-year old
mother of Tom Mooney, who is
serving life sentence in San Quen-
tin, Calf, penitentiary on convic-
ton of the 1916 Preparedness Day
bombing in San Francisco, arrived
at the stadium yesterday, after the
session had adjourned.
She then said she would return
today and force her way to Cover
nor James Rolph, Jr., of Califor-
mia, who recently denied Mooney
pardon.
The $22 worth of tickets that
were bought for Mrs. Mooney and
group of Chicago sympathizers
went unused
Possibility that Mrs. Mooney
might change her mind and make
another attempt to appear at the
convention was mentioned by Miss
Anne Reynor, her travelling COM
panion, but Mother" said her
mind was made up.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
DAWES DECLARES
HE WILL REFUSE
CURTIS PLACE
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHIN GTON, June Is. -
Charles G.. Dawes said today he
would not accept the Republican
nomination for vice president if it
were offered to him.
His statement was made as he
relinquished the presidency of the
reconstruction finance corporation
He said he felt a more explicit"
explanation of his position was
necessary after his previous state
ment that friends were embar-
RAISING me" in urging the vice.
presidential candidacy.
THE situation in the convention
as to the presidential nomina-
tion,' Dawes said, "as reported by
the press this morning would seem
to call for a more explicit state
ment of my attitude.
ITO have been considered for
this nomination is a high honor.
and 1 appreciate the proffers of
support I have given the question
considerable thought.
Il could not accept the nomina-
ton if made
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
SMELL PREDICTS VICTORY
FOR C. 0. P. STANDARD

furnished leadership in this great
crisis-Herbert Hoover-they. func-
toned in splendid fashion.
But when they set out to carry
forward their own program they ex-
hibited colossal incapacity, hopeless
division and disintegration with the
result that there was complete col
lapse of their party machinery"
Berates House
Confidence was destroyed, he told
the convention, by the situation in
the house of representatives.
"The nation is asked to accept
confusion as a national policy and
disorder as a rule of government,
he said speaking of Democratic bids
for victory.
THE Democratic party is a mob
of feuds and of factions unable to
bring order out of the chaos in its
ranks"
He reviewed Republican accom-
plishments beginning with the days
of Lincoln and the building of the
trans-continental railroads and end
ing with the dreary battle against
world wide depression"
I'm Lincoln's day." he recited
"the people stood Loyalty by then
President, who brought them out
of the shadow of disunion. In
Hoover's day, the people stand 10y
ally by their President, who is
bringing the country out of the
shadow of vast economic adversi-
ty."
He digressed to defend the Re-
publican tariff.
THAT law has kept over 40,000,-
600 American citizens at work in
spite of world wide adversely" he
shouted.
Recalls Washington
washington as an engineer,
solved stupendous and vexatious
problems for the benefit of man.
kind" he said. -.
1T was said of Washington then,
as it is said of Hoover today, that
he was not a politician. In the
baSer sense he was not, but in the
higher sense he had the profound
political instinct of craftsmanship
and his craftsmanship was good
politics. The substratum of Wash
ington's craftsmanship was his en-
gineering experience, his practical
accomplishments, and his profound
human sagacity.
President Hoover's mind is the
mind of an engineer. He first gets
his facts and then he acts. No
engineer has attained success by
deciding his problems on a basis
of expedience.
Herbert Hoover, the engineer
President of the United States, is
solving and will solve stupendous
and vexatious problems, as did our
first engineer President, for the
benefit of all mankind"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
EGAN TO FIGHT
ACTION GUSHING
Him FROM JOB

SAN FRANCISCO, June Is. (UP)
Counsel for Frank j. Egan an
nounced today they will appeal to
the courts his removal as San
FranciSco's public defender.
Egan, held in Jail pending ar
raignment on charge of murder
ing his friend and benefactress,
Mrs. Jessie Scott Hughes, 67-year-
old widow. was formally removed
from his $4,000 a year post early
today by unanimous vote of the
board of supervisors.
After a lengthy hearing, the de-
posed official was found guilty of
obstructing justice by failing to CO.
operate with police in the investiga-
ton into Mrs. Hughes death. The
custer movement was brought by
Mayor Angelo Rossi
Egan broke the silence he has
maintained ever since he was i'm
plicated in the death of Mrs.
Hughes and took the witness stand
in his own defense at the four hour
hearing last night. His face was
pale and drawn as he faced the
hundreds of spectators who crowded
the galleries.
Speaking in a calm, quiet voice,
the widely known defender of the
poor answered carefully worded
questions asked by Vincent Halli-
nan, his youthful attorney. He de-
Tended his action in refusing to talk
to police during their investigation
into Mrs. Hughes death.
Police measured the tires on my
automobile and otherwise behaved
as if they thought had killed Mrs.
Hughes" he said. "I followed the
advice of my attorney and kept
silent"
After his 10 minutes of testimony,
Egan remained until the hearing
ended before returning to his jail
cell to await arraignment Monday
on the murder charge.
Hallinan indicated that he would
seek change of venue for Egan's
trial, contending that because of
public prejudice and hysteria," it
would be impossible to obtain a fair
trial in San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
M<A R1~~.
isS s~ssN.h s.-s..~.~ -
MORROWS SAIL
FOR EUROPE TO
VISIT RELATIVE

NEW YORK, June Is. U.P)-Mrs
Dwight Morrow, Constance anc
Dwight, Jr., sailed today for Eng
land after boarding the Europa be.
hind a flying wedge of bodyguards
The Morrows planned to visit
Elizabeth Morrow, who arrived ir
England the day their English SER
want at Englewood, Violet Sharpe
killed herself when notified she
was to be questioned again about
the Lindbergh kidnapping.
Mrs. Morrow is the grandmother
of the kidnapped Lindbergh baby,
Charles A, Jr.
Colonel Lindbergh and Anne Nor
row Lindbergh remained at Engle-
wood where Miss Sharpe was to
be buried today.
The servant girl was married sec
reilly in England more than two
years ago, a death certificate re-
vealed.
e'"th Va OiiS LldiN Will De lIlVeSIl-
gated by Edward H. G. Shepherd.
acting consul general of Great
Britain in New York. Shepherd
was understood to have interviewed
Mrs. Morrow before she left. and
1t was reported Colonel Lindbergh.
present during some of the police
questioning of Miss Sharpe, also
may be interviewed. .
John Hughes Curtis, who con-
fessed his negotiations to return
the kidnapped baby were a hoax.
sharply criticized the state police
in his case as well as that of Miss
Sharpe. He indicated he has not
told his full story yet.
Il think" he said, sit is perfect
ly justified in the English press
raising howl. Beatings 1 notice
are evidently a common practice
with the New Jersey police. Lying
promises often work just as we'll
especially when poor simps like N.Y.
self believe them"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
MEANS RECEIVES
PRISON SENTENCE
In FRAUD CASE

WASHINGTON, June Is. U.P)-
CASTOR B. Means, convicted earlier
in the week of stealing 100000
from Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean in
a ransom plan for the return OF
the kidnapped Lindbergh baby, today
was sentenced to Is years imprison-
ment.
The sentence was pronounced by
Justice James M. Proctor in the
District of Columbia supreme court.
A motion to have Means released
on bail pending a final verdict by
the court of appeals was denied.
Means, former government in
Vestlgator, was convicted Monday
night after a five day trial. He
waived his right to four day de-
lay before the pronouncement of
sentence, his counsel desiring to
gain faster action on an appeal.
Means was returned to the dis
trlct Jail pending the appeal.
Justice Proctor sentenced Means
to 10 years Imprisonment on the
larceny conviction as it related to
the 100000 ransom fund given
Means by Mrs. Mclean to be turned
over to the kidnapers. A five year
term was added for the conviction
on a charge of stealing $4,000 in ex
penSe money.
before pronouncing sentence,
Justice Proctor commented on evi-
dence brought out in the trial. He
said that the clever and adroit
way in which Means negotiated
with Mrs. Mclean and appealed to
her sympathies was a vicious ana
cruel scheme" =
In your negotiations you seemed
to take pride in your criminality
and did not hesitate to play up
your criminal record and knowledge
of the underworld" the judge said.
Proctor said Means had been
given "the faGest possible trial"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
By JOHN REICHMANN
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, June 15.-Auth-
critics today withdrew medical care
| for the bonus army as the house
was set for quick passage of the
Patman bill to pay off World War
veterans with s2,4O0, 100000 cur
rency issue.
Use of a marine headquarters as
a clinic was discontinued. DR.. Don
knoWlton, marine medical officer.
said his facilities had been swamped
| and it was impossible to carry on
any longer He and his staff have
treated 5000 destitute veterans in
three weeks.
Washington physicians and den-
lists volunteered to serve the vet
erans without charge, but District
OF Columbia and federal authorities
refused to provide quarters, DR..
Knowlton said.
Local hospitals refused TO admit
any more members of the bonus
army, saying they had no room.
Three veterans lay on stretchers In
the marine headquarters for hours
yesterday before they were finally
admitted to Walter Reed army hos
pital
The house planned to take up the
debate where it left off yesterday
when death struck down one of the
bonus champions, Rep. Edward E.
Eslick (Dem) Tennessee. Facing
galleries crowded with motley squads
OF the bonus army, Eslick collapsed
on the floor of the house as he was
making an eloquent plea for the
veterans payment. He died a few
moments later.
Leaders OF the bonus army plan
ned to mass thousands of their
men at Union station in tribute to
Eslick, whose body was to be placed
on an afternoon train for return
o his home in Pulaski, Tenn.
With house passage of the bonus
assured, senate leaders proposed to
ettle the issue by putting it to a
vote as soon as possible. They
claimed a two to one majority
against it.
Police confidently predicted a
general exodus of the bonus army
as soon as the bill is disposed of.
Hardly any reinforcements have
joined the army in the past two
days. Police in a revised estimate
set its total at $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
Alleged Slayer
Held In East

PORTSMOUTH, N. H, June Is.
W.P)--John C. Nutter, Jr., %, want
ed by Los Angeles authorities on
charge of murder in connection
with a bank holdup last July, was
arraigned before Judge Jeremy r.
Waldon today, charged with being
fugitive from justice.
He was held without bail for
hearing June 30. A telegram from
Police Chief r. F. Steckel of Los
Angeles to local authorities said
papers for Nutter's extradition were
being prepared.
Nutters wife, Mae, %, of Fort
Worth, Tex, arrested with him yes
terday, was released today following
the receipt of information that she
was not wanted by California aus
thoritieS.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
Near Fist Fight
By Congressman

WASHINGTON. June Is. dlp)-
Only hasty intervention of friends
prevented a fist fight between
Representative Martin (Dem) Ore
gon, and Representative Blanton
tDem0 Texas, during the bonus
debate on the house floor today.
Blanton brought Martin. a re-
tired army general, to his feet
when he launched an attack on
Gen. James Harbord and accused
Martin of drawing $4,000 a year re-
tirement pay Just like Harbord
does"
Il resent that insult" shouted
Martin.
Sit down." Blanton shouted.
Martin then started for Blanton
and was pulled away by nearby
congressman.
This is one time a general will
take orders from a private" con-
tinued Blanton, as Martin reluct-
antly withdrew to a seat.
Blanton's criticism of Hartford
was based on the generals state
ment that the bonus army here
should go home.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
FIRST AIRMAIL
DUE TO ARRIVE
THIS AFTERNOON
Inauguration Of N e w
Service To Be Marked
With Celebration.

Imperial Valley takes its place
this evening as a port of call on
the United States airmail service
when the first airmail plane will
alight at the county airport at $50
o'clock on the first trip marking
the completion of A. M. 33.
The beginning of direct airmail
service for the valley brings to a
close a long fight to secure the
convenience for valley residents
Chambers of commerce in all val
ley towns, the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce, postmasters and
postal employees, business and pro-
fessional men, and civic and county
officials joined in the long struggle
to place the valley as a stop on
the route.
When the first plane leaves the
valley for the east tonight it will
carry more than 15,182 pieces of
mail as Imperial Valleys contri-
button to the maiden trip. Letters
to addresses in all parts of the
world will be included in the dis
patch, some of which souvenir COL
lectors sent to Ell Centro more
than two years ago.
Residents will be warned of the
approach of the plane this after
noon by three blasts sounded three
times on the fire siren. The whistle
will be blown one half hour before
the planes arrival at the airport.
No alarm will be sounded for the
plane to the west at 6 a. m. to-
morrow morning
Children of school age are es-
pecially invited to be present for
the historic occasion. Various val
ley officials and postmasters and
postal employees will take part in
ceremonies during the seven min
utes the plane stops at the port.
Cantaloupes Shipped
Souvenir crates of cantaloupes
will be sent w. Irving Glover, Sec
ond assistant postmaster general,
and Congressman Phil D. Swing,
both of whom have done much in
securing airmail service for Imper-
ial Valley.
Moving pictures and photographs
will be taken in order that the
event may be appropriately re-
corded. Miss Virginia Hetzel will
present basket of flowers on be-
half of the Ell Centro Chamber of
Commerce.
S. A. Cisler, superintendent of
airmail, is in Ell Centro to assist
Postmaster c. c. Jenkins and postal
employees in dispatching mail for
the first flight.
Each piece of mail carried from
the valley on the first flights will
be stamped with the special gov
ernment cachet and autographed
by the local postmaster.
1t is expected that a record crowd
of valley residents will be present
to welcome the plane upon its first
flight.
San Diego Representatives who
will make the first flight are Post
master bort, Thomas Bomar, of the
aviation department of the San Di-
ego Chamber of Commerce. Others
on the first plane will be Julian
Lyles, assistant general traffic man
ager of the American Airways and
Frank j. West, western superintend-
ent of air mail for the post office
department. Leo Hetzel, chairman
of the aeronautical committee of
the Associated Chambers of Com
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
Fox. Executive
Back At Desk

HOLLYWOOD, June Is. W.P)-
Winfield R. Sheehan, vice presi-
dent and general manager in charge
of production at the Fox motion
picture studio, was expected to re-
turn to his desk today.
Sheehan arrived in Hollywood
last night after a leave OF absence
for the benefit of his health, but
was non-commital as to. his bus
iness plans.
Il never felt better In my life
after my first vacation in 16 years"
he said. Il will be back at my
desk in the morning to resume my
duties"
He declined to say whether or
not there would be any change in
his work. 1t was widely rumored
during his absence that he would
not return to Hollywood.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
By MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, June 15.-Rep. Bert
rand H. Smell of New York sound
ed the trumpets of expected vic
tory before the Republican national
convention today.
Delivering his address as per-
manent chairman of the conven-
ton, he glorified with eloquence
the record of President Hoover and
his administration; compared his
methods with those of that other
engineer-P President, George Wash
ington; and ridiculed the Demo-
Gratis as 100 per cent perfect" in
the role of a "fault-finding, cavil-
ling minority opposition"
I'VE have never become a disor-
ganized mob under the pressure
of great emergencies" he cried re-
ferring to the Republican party.
I'VE have never offered quack
remedies for national disorders"
The speech was an old-time. ring
ing burst of oratory designed to
fire the enthusiasm of Republicans
and send them forth a fighting
force, determined to wiring victory
from the ballot boxes in November.
AS did Senator Dickinson, the key
noter, Smell avoided all reference
to prohibition.
Smell reviewed the story of the
present session of congress and the
failure Of the Democratic leaders
to hold their forces in line.
This much must be stated to
their credit" he interpolated, "as
long as they followed the leadership
of the one man in America who
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-15
Party Wrestles
With Prohibition

CONGRESS HOTEL, CHICAGO,
June Is. U.P)-The resolutions COM
mittee of the Republican national
convention wrestled with the Re-
publican platform today, with the
draft of a plank committing the
party to changes in the prohibition
laws dominating the interest in the
meeting.
Fundamentally the plank was un-
derstood to favor retention of con-
troll of the liquor traffic by the fed
eral government but to permit
states to pass on whether or not
they will have entire prohibition.