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The Washington times., 1932-08-29

join your club. Il am IL years
old and in the sixth grade.
go to the Gage School. l read
the column every day and like
it very much. / also like to
listen to Kit KarsOn over VOL.
1 would really feel good if you
would have my letter printed
in the paper, as have never
had my name printed in the
paper before.
81 like to read all the comics
in The Washington Times and
like them all the same. 1 hone
I see my letter in the column
soon.
Ben Levy, who is writing you
tonight, is a pal of mind"
Frances Smith, 213 Charming
st. N. E.:
81 am just writing a few lines
to tell you want to join your
club. 1 go to the Emery School
and 1 am in the sixth grade.
am IL years old. My favOrite
comic strips are Blonde, Just
Kids, Mickey Mouse and Lit
tie Annie Rooney"
Alma E. Greene, GAL B st.
S. E.:
81 have a girl friend who be-
longs to the club. Her name is
Marion COffren and she lives
at 666 b st. S. E. My girl
friend says she has lots Of fun
in this club"
The Washington times., 1932-08-29
- 4 MISUNDERSTANDING
~ ADVENTURE CLUB

Listen to Kit KarSOn every
Tuesday and Friday nights
over VOL at 6 o'clock.
We received this cunning pic
ture the other day of Paul Det-
rick, jr., from his cousin, 3243
P st. N. w., and Elsie Jenkins,
of Hinnom, Va. It wasn't such
an awfully good picture, but it
was so cute we decided to use
it anyway.
Elsie sent us a nice long let
ter which we are going to print
in full. She wrote:
"My sister and I would love
to become members of the Ad-
venture Club. We go to the
COrcOran School. I am in the
sixth grade and Evelyn (that is
my sister, is in the second.
like my teacher very much.
I'VE are spending our vaca-
ton with our cousin, Paul Det-
rick, jr., in the country. I sure
ly have enjoyed myself this
summer. We go swimming and
boat riding.
New Picture
The Washington times., 1932-08-29
New Picture

Us my lit
tie C o u S in,
Pa ul too
Y o u n G to
join? He is
IA m o n t h s
old and can
walk and talk
very good. He
loves to feed
the chickens.
i am enCIOS-
ing a picture
of him when
h e W a 8 IL
months old.
Please p u t
The Washington times., 1932-08-29

and my letter in the paper.
Also please answer real soon as
we are anxious to join the
club"
Leon, whose address is 1869
Hamilton st. N. W., wrote:
81 have been reading about
your club ever since / moved
here about two months ago
and I think it is swell. We
came here from Cleveland. I
am IL years old and my birth
day is October 4. / think I will
be in the eighth grade at the
Paul School this fall"
Morris Tanenbaum, 1922 First
st. N. W.:
"I would like very much to
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
OF
HOOVER DELAYED
BY W. {. I. u.

SEATTLE, Aug. IL. U.R)-Wheth-
er delegates to the 58th national
convention of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance union endorse
President Hoover in his campaign
for reelection depended today on
his acceptance speech.
Mrs. Ella Alexander Boole, pres
ident of the union, and other east
ern leaders who arrived here aboard
the white Ribbon Special" await
ed his remaks on the Republican
prohibition platform with some
trepidation.
They hoped he would uphold pro-
hibition, and ride rough-shod over
the resubmission plank adopted at
the Chicago convention. If he does,
the convention undoubtedly will
support him this year as strongly
as it did in 1928
If his speech does not satisfy or
ganized drys, however, the conven-
ton probably will not endorse his
candidacy, the leaders declared.
Neither will the meeting endorse
Franklin D Roosevelt, Democratic
candidate on a "wringing wet" re-
peal plank.
Mrs. Boole and other leaders re-
fused to predict what action might
be taken if Hoover sided with re-
submission forces.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
CENSORSHIP MAY.
BE IMPOSED ON
PRESS MESSAGES
international Powers And
Bankers Planning Curb
On Newspapers.

LONDON, Aug IL. W.R)-Foreign
governmental and international
banking interests were reported to-
day planning drive to extend
governments supervisory and CEN
sorship power over press kilograms
and to increase press rates at the
coming Madrid international radio
telegraph conference.
This plan, said to have originated
in Paris and New York envisages
higher press rates with decreased
rates on messages relating to the
banking business, according to in
formation here. Some New York
and Paris banks we're said to be
anxious to reduce cable bills of
$4,000 monthly at the expense of
press rates. 1t is reported deferred
rate and weekend letter rates
would also be attacked.
Transmission companies have
been asked to send representatives
To the conference; and the U. S.
government has named two dele
gates representing the U. S. Radio
commission and one from the Chi
cago Banking Fraternity. The Am
erican press, by far the largest
press rate user in the world, is un-
represented, and as far as is known
this applies also to the European
press.
Concurrent with the rate raise
question is the question of govern
ment supervision or censorship.
Plain intimations have circulated
in some foreign offices that the
press now carries too much news on
diplomatic activities and sometimes
on economic matters. One section
of opinion would empower the con-
ference to so alter international
treaties as to allow censorship or
suppression of any dispatch-be it
of a diplomatic or an economic
news nature.
1t has been formally proposed to
the Madrid conference by several
European and Asiatic powers that
the treaty to come out of the con-
i ference shall contain the following
clause:
THE high contracting parties re-
serve to themselves the right to
stop the transmission of any pri-
vate telegram which might appear
dangerous to the security of the
state, or which would be contrary
to public order, to decency, or to
economic interests"
This clause, it is pointed out,
would permit any government or
governments such wide latitude
that almost any message sent by a
press correspondent might be sub
ject to suppression or interference.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
Ell CentrO Woman
Casts First Vote

Mrs. Elizabeth Embury, 704 State
street, this morning, cast the first
vote in the Imperial county primary
election to be decided at the polls
August 80
The Ell Centre woman stamped
her choice on an absentee ballot
at the county clerks office, under
the supervision Of Edward H. Law,
county CLERK, and Clarence w. Hin
derks, chief deputy.
This ballot, with other absentee
ballots cast here by voters who are
contemplating an absence from the
county, is required by law to be
sealed in an envelope and dropped
into locked ballot box.
When the county supervisors
meet sever days after the election
they win remove the ballots from
the box, slit open the envelopes
and tear off the identifying num-
bers, placing them in another box.
Ballots then viii. be thoroughly
mixed, unfolded and counted.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
SOVIET OFFERS BOND ISSUE
TO TEMPT FOREIGN CAPITAL

England and other countries to act
as correspondents.
The United Press learned that
many millions of dollars worth of
the bonds already have been sold
to foreigners without solicitation.
Hundreds Of letters asking for in
formation were received by the
commissariat of finance. This led
officials to organize a drive on a
much larger scale.
It was indicated that no at
tempt would be made to solicit pur-
chasers in the United States, be-
cause of possible objections at
Washington.
The prospectus of the campaign
will be issued shortly. 1t says in
part, that "in view of the disorgan-
ized state of the foreign financial
markets and the risks attached to
most securities, Soviet government
bonds are to be issued on gold
basis, not subject to stock market
fluctuations. These bonds will Of
fer the investor a stable, highly
profitable and tax exempt security,
Continued On Page ~
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
Dividend Declared
By Union Pacific

NEW YORK, Aug. Il. UP -
Directors of the Union Pacific rail-
road. company today declared d
dividend of $3.50 a share on the
common stock, the same payment
as three months ago. The dividend
is payable October 1 to stock of rec
ord September l.
Important personnel changes
were made. Charles B. Seger re-
signed as chairman of the execu-
tive committee to be succeeded by
F. w. Charske, who has been vice
chairman. W. M. Jeffers, who has
been vice-president in charge Of
operations, was elected to the newly
created office of executive vice.
president.
Seger will continue as member
of the board of directors, but will
retire as chairman of the executive
committee of the Oregon Short
Line railroad, Oregon Washington
Railroad and Navigation company
and the Los Angeles and Salt Lake
railroad company. He will be sue
ceeded in these offices by Charske
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
ONCE POWERFUL
CAPONE GANG in
SPEEDY DECLINE
Imprisonment Of Leader
Causes Breakup Of
Authority.

CHICAGO, Aug. IL. W.R - The
once powerful Capone gang is
evaporating like the foam on the
beer it sells.
Only a handful of the hundreds
of major and minor gangsters who
once flouted the law and spread
death with machine gun and bomb
at the bidding of "Scarface Az
have maintained fairly close-knit
organization. Although the gang
chieftain is in Atlanta penitentiary,
serving a 10-year sentence for in
come tax fraud, he still keeps in
touch with his lieutenants here, it
was learned.
They hope to reorganize the syn
dicate, with or without Capone's
aid, and to place it in position to
reap another rich Illicit harvest
from beer, liquor, gambling ana
vice when general business i'm
proves.
But the pack is broken. Lone
wolves are stealing away much of
the syndicates territory. The syn
dicate has been compelled to re-
duce the price of its beer. All the
big Capone gambling houses arc
closed. The small ones still rum
ming make but a fraction Of what
they once did. One gambling
place that used 20 net thousands
of dollars week profits showed a
loss of SGT for last week.
Many factors account for the
disintegration Of what was probably
the most powerful, richest and most
ruthless criminal combine in United
States history. The depression, of
course, is one. Another was the
drive on gangsters by the federal
government that resulted in a
dozen or more of the leaders being
sent to prison for income tax
evasion.
United States District Attorney
George E. @. Johnson, who led that
campaign, won promotion to the
jurists' bench as a result.
Then federal prohibition agents
working under Administrator
Michael l.. Harney closed many
big syndicate breweries.
The forced abdication of Capone
from the throne of gangdom was a
heavy blow. The men who have
sought to manage the syndicate
since he went to prison have lacked
his peculiar ability to make the
"rackets' pay and to keep out in
terlopers. ~ .r.
A number of shifts in the gang
scene in recent weeks have led OBJ
servers to- predict that a general
realignment is due. Two new syn
dicate supervisors took up their
duties on the South Side and po-
lice have heard that George (Bugs)
Moran. whose gang was nearly
wiped out in the st. Valentines
day massacre in 1929, is recruiting
again. Officers also attached some
Importance to the arrest of John
Capone, brother of Al, with $4,000
in his pockets. They said he was
preparing to go to Atlanta to turn
over the money to Al.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
BY STUART CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1l-Victory
of California's eight-oared crew in
it's first Olympic test, and the tri-
umph of Clarence (Buster) Crabbe
of Los Angeles in the 400-meter
free-style swimming final, stood
forth today as the latest signal ac-
complishments as the international
contests moved rapidly towards
their climaxes.
The California varsity eight,
cheered on by a crowd of $4,000
jammed into the stands along the
racing course on Alamitos bay,
sprinted in the closing meters and
beat out a determined Canadian
threat to upset rowing predictions
for second time in one day.
The first reversal came when
the italian varsity stunned the
crowd and astounded the British
entry by beating its way to an ap-
parently easy victory over the Eng
lish eight
Italy and the United States now
have earned places in Saturdays
final test for eight-oared suprem-
acy. Britain, and the other ma
tions whose crews failed to win a
preliminary heat, must race again
today, and winner of each of the
two heats scheduled will row in the
final.
Other rowing activity of the day
included competition in the fom =
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
Chicago Racketeer
Killed By Gang

CHICAGO, Aug. II. U.R) -
Machine gun killers ended the
career of Joe (Big Rabbit Connell,
35, brewer and minor labor
racketeer, just before midnight
last night.
Connell was shot down outside
his saloon and cabaret in what po-
lice believed was retaliation for
his cut-price beer sales.
Officers were investigating also
a possibility Connell had sought TO
break into the lucrative rackets
connected with the teamsters
unions.
Connell was slain by three men
who fired from small sedan.
Recently, police were advised,
Connell had been selling beer to
North Side saloons at $50 a barrel.
The Capone syndicate price is $50.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
MARTIAL LAW In
EAST ST. LOUIS
AFTER SHOOTING

EAST ST. LOUIS, Aug. II. W.P)
East st Louis was placed under
virtual martial law today as 100
extra police and sheriff's deputies
guarded the district where a labor
union official was slain and two
other men wounded.
Alden Moore, 81, business agent
for the Boiler Makers union, was
slain by machine-gun fire late last
night as he stood talking to
Charles Duncan, 43, and Benjamin
Rector, A, both of whom were
wounded slightly.
Duncan and Rector were seated
in an automobile in front of the
Central Trades building, labor un-
ion headquarters, talking with
Moore, who was standing beside the
machine, when the killers automo-
bile roared through the street.
The gunmen opened fire with a
salvo of machine-gun, riot gun and
pistol fire. A bIief burst of shots
and the automobile bearing the
killers disappeared. Four men, it
was believed, occupied it.
The shooting followed closely re-
ports late yesterday that two auto
mobile loads of gangsters were en-
route here from Peoria to join the
Shelton gang in a dispute between
the Phillips Petroleum Co., and
striking union workers.
Police said the Peoria gangsters
were brought here after the arrest
of Carl Shelton, notorious southern
Illinois gang leader, on suspicion
he had been retained to guard
property of the oil company.
Several times in recent months
union employees and former en-
ployees of the company have
clashed with non-union workers en-
ployed by the company. For near
ly two years the petroleum COM
pany has quarrel with its union en-
ployees over the right to employ
nOn-lIniOn men.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
YANKEES CAPTURE MORE HONORS
in WATER EVENTS AT OLYMPlCS

cared shells and double shells, in
addition to the eight-oared fea-
lures.
Georgia Coleman of Los Angeles
was the second most recent swim
ming champion. She uncorked
three magnificent dives in the op-
tional division to come from be-
hind and earn the women's spring.
board title. Miss Coleman led the
United States parade in the first
three places Of the springboard
dive. Fourteen-year-old Katherine
Rawls of Miami Beach, and Chi
cago's Jane Fauntz finished two
three in the dive.
Victory Popular
Victory of Miss Coleman seemed
most apt. She is the sweetheart
and rumored fiancee of Mickey
Riley" Gallitzen of Los Angeles,
winner of the mems springboard
title. Incidentally, America has
captured all of the first three
places in both mems and women's
DOarQ QlVe UeSC5.
The United States retained its
leadership in the mems swim COM
petition. This was SO because none
of the three Japanese who had
qualified for the 400-meter free
style final, was able to come home
in better than third place. Jean
Taris Of France was runner-up to
Crabbe in this event, with Japan S
entries taking the next three
places.
Gilbert Gray Of New Orleans
brought the Olympic star-class
yachting title to America. He fin
ished third in yesterdays race, but
this place insured his triumph in
the star-class even if he did not
finish today's last race.
Meantime the gymnasts, boxers,
fencers and equestrians were prog
Continued On Page q
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
HOOvER'S
ADDRESS
AWAI
President To Be Notified
Tonight Of Renomina-
tiOn By Republicans.
LEADERS IN CAPITAL
Many NOtables Arrive
For Ceremony With OPP
timistic Predictions.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff CorreSuondeut


WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Presi-
dent Hoover made ready today to
lay before the country the personal
platform on which he seeks re-
election.
Scores of Republican leaders from
every state brought encouraging
word, though recognizing that a
hard fight lies ahead.
Business revival and prohibition
were almost universally listed as
the two most important factors in
the coming election.
Spectacular stock market gains,
bullish crop reports and activities
designed to encourage commodity
price advances all combined to
make Republicans more cheerful
than at any time in the last three
years.
What President Hoover says, in
his acceptance speech tonight on
prohibition was waited with keen
suspense.
A colorful luncheon and garden
party at the White House was ar
ranged as the chief social function
Mr.. Hoover will speak at D. A. R.
constitutional hall at 8 p. m. Every
important Republican politician in
the country will be present with
few exceptions. Vice-President
Curtis is at home at Topeka where
he will be formally notified of his
nomination August ID. Former
President Coolidge declined an in
vitation. The White House said
lay fever prevented Coolidge from
coming.
The widow of Theodore Roose-
the Roosevelt children, Alice Roose-
velt Longworth and Mrs. Ethel
Derby, were assigned conspicuous
places at the acceptance cere-
monies.
To Start Campaign
The Republican national execu-
tive committee was called to meet
today with Everett Sanders, nation
al chairman. Practical details OF
the campaign were up. Sanders
said the campaigning would start
bright and early" tomorrow morn
ing, but speakers probably would
not take the road until the middle
of September.
Tonight's acceptance speec n
marks the formal opening of the
presidential campaign. Governor
Roosevelt made his acceptance
speech at the Chicago Democratic
convention the day following his
nomination. He said he wished to
save the party the expense OF as
sembling again for notification
ceremonies.
President Hoover is expected to
be guided closely by the Republican
platform.
The two parties are widely at
issue on prohibition. The Demo-
cratic platform recommends repeal
of the 18th amendment and imme-
diate restoration of beer. The Re-
publican platform recommends on
ly submission of the amendment to
the country, and takes no stand as
to whether the amendment should
be stricken out.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
BY EUGENE LYONS
United Press Staff Correspondent

MOSCOW, Aug. II. An organ
lied campaign to attract foreign
capital to the Soviet Union on a
straight investment basis by selling
the latest internal loan to foreign
ers for foreign currency, is to be
launched shortly by the Russian
government
Sale of the bonds would guaran-
tee payment of interest and re-
demption of principal on the basis
of the rubles value in gold.
Because of the economic crisis
abroad, the Soviet government will
offer the 10-year loan at 10 per
cent interest. It will undertake to
buy back the bonds, at any time
without notice, and at their face
value plus the accrued interest,
payable in any foreign currency.
Repayment would be on the basis
of the unfluctuated gold standard
and thus, in effect, would guaran-
tee the investment against currency
fluctuations.
Arrangements have been made
with leading banks in America,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
Illinois Miners
Return To Work

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. II. W.P)
The Illinois coal fields, stagnant
since last March, today surged with
activity rs mine operators prepared
to send nearly $4,000 men back to
work.
The men will go back to the coal
pits as a result of new wage scale
agreement providing basic SIS a
day scale signed by officers of the
United Mine Workers union.
The livelihood of nearly 10000
persons is affected by the agree
ment. More than 800 mines which
have been shut down are expected
to reopen within month.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
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q u,l. AsNsurAs systissss. La
SPANISH CROWDS
STAGE RIOTINC
AFTER OUTBREAK
Government Succeeds In
Quelling Unsuccessful
Attempt AT Revolt.

SEVILLE. Aug. II. U.R)-Mobs
surging through the streets in cell
ebration of the Republican victory
over the rebels got out of hand to-
day, burnec buildings and killed a
civil guard.
The newspaper A B C was burned,
as were three aristocratic clubs, the
Circulo de Labradores, Mercantile
Union and La Fiambrera.
HUELA, Spain, Aug. IL. U.H-
Gen. jose San Jurjo, leader of
the monarchist rebellion at Seville,
was captured By the government
here today.
Vast throngs surged through the
streets, cheering the republic, car
rying Republican flags and threat
ening monarchists.
Jose San Jurjo, leader of the revolt,
showed how little real hold the
monarchial movement had on the
people. When news was received
that regular army troops were on
the way, many supporters of Gen.
Jose San Jurio, leader of the revolt,
declared they would not fight their
brothers.
His followers began leaving until
only handful remained. They ad-
vised him to flee, but he refused at
first, saying it was cowardly to
run away.
At 1:3O a. m, however, he left by
automobile and later was reported
captured The constituted author
tiles at once returned to their
quarters and the revolt was over.
The violent demonstrations con-
tinued unaoated this afternoon. A
mob led by Communists and Syn
dicalists set fire to the Jail, which
was blazing on four sides.
The fury of the mob gained mo-
mentum during mid-afternoon.
They went to the outskirts and set
fire to three aristocratic chateaus
owned by Marquis Esquivel, Luca
Detena and Count Bustillo. The
first was used yesterday as San
Jurjo headquarters.
The mob then started to set fire
to the convent of San Martin.
HUELVA, Spain, Aug. IL. W.P)-
Gen. Jose San Jurjo, fleeing leader
of the disorganized monarchiStic
revolt at Seville, was captured with
his entire party by a single police
man today.
San Jurjo, intending to cross the
Portuguese border at Ayamonte, en-
tered the outskirts of Huelva at $40
a. m. He was in an automobile
with his son, Artillery Captain JUS
to San Jurjo, q retired brigadier-
general, Garcia Herranz, and the
driver.
Following them was an automo-
bile with a bodyguard consisting of
1t Col. Emilio Estela, an unnamed
lieutenant of the civil guards, and
four civil guards.
San Jurjo's car halted to ask a
policeman the way. The police
man, recognizing San Jurjo, level
ed his rifle and ordered them to
surrender. San Jurjo resignedly
alighted and said to the policeman:
"I congratulate you on your bear
ing. With only a rifle you forced
us to surrender when there were
four of us, armed"
San Jurjo was sent to Madrid.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-11
Finance Beard
Is Appointed

WASHINGTON, Aug. IL. U.P)-
An advisory boaro to assist the Re-
construction Finance Corporation in
passing on applications for loans
for self-liquidating construction pro-
jects was organized here today.
The board is composed of DR.
Charles D. Marx of Stanford Uni
versity, California, chairman; John
F. Coleman, New Orleans; John
Lyle Harrington, Kansas City; John
Herbert Gregory. Baltimore, and
Major General Lyle Brown, chief
of army engineers.