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Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
VETERAN FILM
ACTRESS DIES
Lengthy Illness Fatal For Belle
Bennett Famous In Mother
Roles.

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 8. tu.H -
Belief Bennett, who reached the
pinnacle of motion picture fame by
her portrayal of mother roles, died
last night at the age of AZ, the vic
tim of along fight against a COM
bination of ailments.
Although death had been antici-
pated for several weeks, it occurred
suddenly at 915 p. m, according to
her attending physician. DR.. Leon
Tiber. She had been harrassed by
illness two years and in September
she was brought back here from
New York to die.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete and in charge of her hus-
band, Fred Windemere, New York.
Mother love and an Unsuitable
ambition united to bring this vet
eran character actress the fullest
measure OF success on the screen.
Her greatest role was in Stella
Dallas" a performance so brilliant
that henceforth she became the
perfect screen mother" to thou
sands of followers, though few
knew to what extent she carried
this role into private life and some
times fought it against the desire
of achieving fame.
Born in Milaca, Mimi, her the
atrical career began almost from the
cradle. Her father ran a tent show
and amid these surroundings she
was reared. After brief education
in the Sacred Heatr convent, in
Minneapolis she assumed the no
madic life of a tent show trouper.
A turn in stock companies followed,
where she laid the foundation for
her subsequent career in motion
pictures.
Was Real Mother
The spirit Oh mother love was in
grained in the private life of Belle
Bennett. 1t was generally believed
she married at the age of Is ana
became a mother at IA. The child
died in infancy. Her second child
was son, William, jr., from whose
father, a La Crosse, WIS, man she
was divorced in 1924 after q sep
aration of IL years. Later she mar
ried Fred Windemere, New York
actor.
Belle Bennett lavished a moth.
I er's devotion on BILLY" in private
life but in public, she represented
him as her brother. She later re-
preached herself, asserting it was
because Of q selfish ambition to
further her screen career by posing
as a younger woman. She secured
the role Of stella Dallas" over 70
other actresses none knowing she
had son.
Only few days before she re-
hearsed her biggest scene in this
picture, Billy was fatally injured
Stricken by remorse for what she
thought was betrayal of maternal
love for selfish ambition, the &C
tress flung herself across the death
bed and sobbed:
Il was an actress before I was
mother"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
SUIT FILED BY
VICTIM OF AUTO

Damages to Dorothy Jean Smith
were estimated at a total of
$10,826 in a complaint filed in SUI
perior court yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. Lenore Smith Bell as the girls
guardian against E. E. Kiefer and
E. M. Terrazas as owners of the
Pioneer Transfer company and
against Kiefer as the driver of an
automobile which struck the girl
November 5, 1881, as she was cross
ing Imperial avenue at Ninth street
in Calexico.
Kiefer was driving a car owned
by the transfer company, proceed
ing south in a careless and negli-
gent manner on Imperial avenue,
the complaint charged, when the
car struck the girl, who is under
IA years of age, and knocked her
to the pavement.
Dorothy Jean suffered a frac-
tured leg and cuts and bruises
which will cause permanent dis
figurement, the complaint said.
She was unable to attend school
for five months.
For exemplary damages the COM
plant asked 10000 damages, and
1926 for hospital expenses, pay
ment of nurses and physicians and
for medicine.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
CUSTOMS OFFICER
ENFORCES ORDER

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5. W.R)-
Collector of Customs Howard w.
Seager reiterated today that no i'm
mediate modification will be made
of the washington order placing a
virtual embargo upon tuna, sal
mon and electric light globes ship
ped here from Japan.
Until the entire matter has
been thoroughly investigated" Sea-
ger said, "there will be no modi-
fication of the order. Appraisals
on these imports have been sus-
pended, and if consignees wish to
take out such products they will
have to do so under an almost
prohibitive bond"
Seager's statement was in re-
Spouse to the visits of hundreds
of Japanese importers and brokers
and a number of representatives
of American firms who protested
the drastic order.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
POLICE SEEK
ADvEN TURESS

LOS ANGELES, Nov 5. U.P)-
Arrest of a woman identified by
police as Mrs. Genevieve Paddle
ford, internationally known adj
ventures, was asked by several
Southern California hotels and
an automobile agency today.
Through photographs, the aloof
Mrs. Wilson Roberts, who obtain
ed several hundred dollars from a
fashionable Wiltshire boulevard
hotel and deposited part of it on a
new automobile, was identified as
the phantom Mrs. Paddleford, po-
lice said.
At the same time, police re-
ceived word that she was sought
in San Francisco for certain oper-
ations in that area.
Detectives reported that after
obtaining the money from the Will
shire hotel and the new automo-
bile, she fled, leaving behind her
5000 in hotel and $500 in beauty
parlor bills. Complaints of SIM
liar nature were communicated to
police by several other hotels in
the metropolitan area.
Until today, police had almost
forgotten Mrs. Paddleford since
her release from San Quentin pris-
on in November, 1880. She had
served IS months of a four-year
term for defrauding an inn-keeper
at Salinas. She reappeared as a
newspaper figure a short time later
when she went to Havana and
married John C. Fawcett, Brook
Ign, N. Y, dental supply dealer
and brother of Lewis L. FaWcett,
then superior court justice of New
York. The marriage was annulled
in 1881 when Fawcett learned of
his wife's prison record
Before her Imprisonment in San
Quentin, Mrs. Paddleford had a
succession Of husbands, including
William c. Toomey, private secre-
tary of James c. Hill, Northwest
ern railroad magnate; Ben Teal, a
New York theatrical director; and
DR.. George E. Paddleford of Los
Angeles. She was divorced from
all of them.
The woman became an inter
national character, according to
police, when she was arrested in
Vienna and in Zurich, Germany,
in connection with charge accounts
which she assertedly beat"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
Scouts Magazine
Announces Change

Change in the period and meth
DDS of subscription the Boys Life,
official publication of the Boy
Scouts of America, has been made
and Scouts wishing information on
the subject may obtain it from H.
E. Lounsbury, Scout executive, at
Scout headquarters in the court
house.
The magazine contains stories,
adventure tales, information in re-
gard to Scout activities, sports, ra-
dio and mechanical articles, and
has one section devoted to lone
Scouting, for those Scouts in iso-
lated rural districts who cannot be-
long to a troop yet who are inter
ested in Scouting activities.
Lounsbury states that there is a
great field for lone Scout work In
the valley and that it will form
one of the major projects durine
the coming year. BY this means HI
hopes to bring so additional Scouts
into the local council.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
QUICK JUSTICE
Melted OUT TO
FIVE FILIPINOS

Five Filipinos began serving six
months sentences in the Imperial
county Jail this morning because
they stole four chickens from q
Negro, who brought about their ar
rest after capturing one at IL o.
clock last night and sitting up all
night until he could send his wife
early this morning to telephone the
sheriff's office.
The Filipinos are Alferdo Mad
onza, Pablo Marcos, Manuel Guz-
man, Pete Lutob and Vinson Caster
Madonna is scattering a good sized
welt on the top of his head this
morning because W. l.. Logan, the
Negro, struck him with a hammer
when he tried to escape while Lo-
gan was in full chase.
Logan c>Wned Madonna at II o.
clock last night after a chicken
stealing foray at his place three
fourths Of mile northeast of Ell
Centre, but the others escaped
Logan took his prisoner into his
house, wrapped chain around the
Filipino's wrists, padlocked the
chain, and sat down to await the
dawn.
Came the dawn, as the movies
say, and Logan sent his wife to
telephone. She summoned Harold
Gillette and Don Campbell from
the sheriff's office, and they took
charge of Madonna.
Questioning of the prisoner, who
was handed over to the officers at
GAS, resulted in the arrest of three
other FilipinoS north of Calipatria
about two hours later. At 10 o'clock
the four were in Jail, when a fifth
member of the asserted chicken
raiding crew came to the Jail to
visit them. He was placed under
arrest in the shade of Mobley Mea-
dowS' statue.
A petty theft complaint was
filed, and at 1890 the Filipinos had
pleaded guilty, individually and
collectively, and were sentenced by
Judge I. Mayfield to six months in
the county Jail,
The chickens were returned to
Logan.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
ELECTION WILL
COST IMPERIAL
COUNTY $7,763

Their privilege of voting for pub
lie officials next Tuesday will cost
taxpayers of Imperial county just
$7763.21, according to figures pre-
pared by Clarence Hendirks, chief
deputy, and released today by Ed
ward H. Law, county clerk.
An itemized account shows that
the largest single item of expense
comes under the head of supplies
and sample and official ballots
which cost $2565.08. Publication of
the great register and indexes cost
$191210, and salaries of election Of
ficials will amount to $1750, it was
disclosed.
Postage for sample ballots was
the next largest item, amounting
to $447,84. Absentee ballots, num-
bering 354, cost $251,34, and the
publishing of election boards and
the election proclamation cost
$238.75.
Other items listed include print
ing of polling place cards, S157;
extra labor, $122; envelopes and
printing on envelopes for sample
ballots, $8683; rent of polling pla-
ces, $50 registration fees, $50; no.
tees to election officials, $47.50 eX-
press on pamphlets from Sacra-
mento, $45; registration blanks,
$3.50; and cost of sending sup
plies to the Palo Verde precinct,
$2.27.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
EVIDENCE LINKED
AGAINST OLSONS

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5. U.P)-
Charges that a man and woman
lurked outside the home of Charles
H. Scull, wealthy engraver, several
days before he was killed were be-
fore Superior Court Judge Isaac
Pacht today, hearing evidence in
the murder trial of Libbie Olson,
and her husband, I. Albert Olson.
H. N. Barnett, a radio man, test
flied late yesterday that on two
occasions he saw a man and woman
prowling around the Scull home
late at night. He said he "be-
lieved" the man was Olson, but
could not identify him positively
because it was dark.
Barnett's testimony came after
the state, in trying to establish
that the Olsons killed Scull, their
friend, because they feared he
would cut them out of his will, re-
called the engraver's fiancee, Mrs.
Mildred Coons, to the stand. Mrs.
Coons, who lived next door to
Scull, said he murmured the single
word "Olson" a moment before he
died. Previously, Coons had testi-
fled that Barnett telephoned
him a few hours earlier at his
home where they were playing
cards.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
REQUA WILL TALK
AT LOCAL RALLY

Mark L. Requa, personal friend
of President Hoover and national
Republican committeeman for Cal
ifornia, arrived in Ell Centre this
morning accompanied by Mrs. Dor
othy Lenroot Bromberg, daughter
of the late Senator lenroot, and
Col. Ed Fletcher.
Requa was welcomed by a large
body of county central committee
members and prominent Repubh-
can men and women from every
part of the county, and was es-
corted to local hotel, where he
was the guest of honor at lunch
con. Requa delivered short adj
dress on behalf of the candidacy of
Hoover for reelection.
The visitor will speak at 8
8 o'clock tonight at the corner of
Sixth and Main streets, Ell Centre.
Republicans and other voters from
every part of the county are ex-
pected to attend the rally.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
@NNlnLlL;,.e
~ 1soyS:

CLAREMORE, Okla, Nov. 4.
(SpeciaD-This is a hot cam
paign. Tempers been lost.
Gentlemanly conduct is a lost
art but, let's just stop and
study a minute, and give the
rascals the benefit of the doubt.
The Republicans have been
in since 1920. Twelve years,
and you would fight too if you
was in their places. For it's
been their hereditary training
since childhood that the Re
publican party shall rule.
Now take the old Democrat.
He is fighting for he is in
sight of the first square meal
he has had in II years. So we
mustn't be too critical. Meth
er one of 'em is going to save
us. Neither one is going to
ruin us.
Should Mr.. Hoover lose, I
don't think there is a person
that wouldn't feel downright
sorry for him, for he certainly
has meant well, did all he
could. And I expect it won't
be long till we will be feeling
just as sorry for Roosevelt.
This president business is a
pretty thankless job. Washing
ton or Lincoln, either one,
didn't get a statue till every
body was sure they was dead.
I'll bet you that even Cal
Coolidge who retired at the
peak" wouldn't tell you that
the worry didn't more than
offset the glory. So it's going
to be mighty hard next We'd
nesday after it's over to tell
which one to congratulate. If
this depression stays with us,
the loser Tuesday is going to
be the winner.
VnItrc
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
FINAL SCORES OF
TODAY'S GAMES

Colgate 80, Mississippi 0.
Fordham IA, st. Mary's 0.
Princeton SO, Lehigh 0.
Harvard O, Army 46.
Cornell 40, Albright IA.
N. Y. U. Is, Georgia 7.
Syracuse 81, Oglethorpe 6.
Michigan State 20, South Dako-
ia 6.
Dartmouth 25, New Hampshire Q
Penn State 10, Sewanee 6.
L. S. U. 6, South Caroline 0.
Navy 6, Columbia 7.
Vanderbilt 13, Maryland D.
Indiana O, Michigan 7
Rutgers z, Lafayette 6.
West Vir. 10, Georgetown 0.
Pitt 10, Penn IL.
Trinity 0, Amherst 81.
Boston College 8, Villanova 20
Bowdoin 6, Maine 7
Duquesne 10, w & 20
Brown 10, Holy Cross Z.
Nebraska IA, Iowa Is
Ohio State 20, Northwestern 6
Purdue 81, Chicago 0
Minnesota 26, Mississippi 0
Notre Dame "a, Kansas 6.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
DEMOCRATS HAVE
LARGER BALANCE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. U.P)-
The Republican national commit
tee reported today to the clerk of
the house that from June l to
November 2 it received contribu-
lions totalling $1,998,821 and had
spent $1,960,290.
Certain miscellaneous receipts
gave the Republican committee a
balance of $l,834.14 on the eve of
the election.
The Democratic report filed yes
terday showed receipts of $1,427,-
118, expenditures of $1,26l, 412 and
a cash balance on November 2 OF
$165,706
The reports for both parties were
the final ones before election day
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
DIE IN
BERLIN RIOTS

BERLIN, Nov. 5. U.P)-Berlin's
transit strike entered it's third day
today, with business of all kinds
seriously affected, hundreds of
thousands of workers inconveni-
enced, and further violence in pros
pect.
1t was announced the rioting and
attacks on street cars and buses
resulted yesterday in three killed,
nine wounded including three wom-
en- and 100 arrested.
The nerves of the general pub
lie were wearing thin. Efforts of
authorities to restore partial SER
vice were unsuccessful. Passengers
feared to ride on the lines, since
cars and BUSES were constantly
subject to attack, despite heavy
police escorts. Stones and bricks
we're thrown and many vehicles
were partly demolished. Barri-
cades were erected in the streets
and tracks torn up.
Employees of Berlin's gas works
meantime threatened greater trou-
BILE by joining the transit employ
ees in a sympathy strike. The
transit trouble started in protest
against wage decrease of two
pennings (about p cent? an hour.
The strike continued in full force
today. A radio announcement by
Hans Brahct, federal commission
er in Prussia, that the police would
be ordered to adopt ruthless tao
tics, failed to intimidate the strik-
ers, who at meetings last night
voted to continue the strike, boo
ing trade union leaders who urged
return to work.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
SHOOTING MAY
PROVE FATAL
Husband Wounds Wife And
Two Men In Jealous Rage
Over Separation.

LONG BEACH, Nov. 5. U.P)-A
small cafe near Signal Hill was
converted into a shambles early
today by a man who shot and
probably fatally wounded his es-
tranged wife, AID critically wound
eo two men.
The assailant, identified by one
of his victims as Joe Casterot, "a,
escaped in small roadster.
The victims are Mrs. Ruth Cas-
terot, 81; Paul Buchler, 25, a cook;
and L. S. Edison, AZ, transporta-
ton superintendent of the Rich
field Oil Co. Buchler told police
Casterot had done the shooting.
Mrs Casterot was shot through
the head. She was not expected
to recover. Buchler was shot
through the stomach and was re-
ported in critical condition. Ed
ison suffered a hip wound.
CaSterot ana his wife had been
separated for two months and only
two days ago he had been cited
for alleged non-payment of ali
mony.
A warning was dispatched to
authorities at Bakersfield where
the couples two children were I'M
derstood to be living with Mrs.
Casterot's mother. Police said
they were advised that Casterot
had made threats to get" his
children.
According to the police recon-
struction of the shooting, Casterot
followed his wife to work this
morning. Buchler, the cook, said
he saw the two were engaged in
heated argument in the kitchen.
Suddenly, Casterot whipped out a
revolver, placed it against his
wife's head and fired, the cook re-
lated
Turning on Buchler, the assail-
ant was reported to have said 81
don't like to have you around
when my wife and I are arguing"
With these words, he fired once
at the cook.
A few minutes later, police said,
Edison dropped in the cafe for
his customary morning cup of
coffee.
Assailant Flees
Edison said he noticed no one
around when he entered. He start
ed back toward the kitchen when
Casterot appeared and command
ed him to "get the h out of
here"
The oil company superintendent
said he involuntarily reached for a
chair when the gunman fired three
times. Two of the bullets went
awry while the third took effect
in Edison's hip. With his final
volley, the assailant ran outside,
hoped in his machine and fled.
Edison hobbled to the Signal Hill
police station where he reported
the shooting, still ignorant of the
other casualties. When police ar
rived, they found Mrs. Casterot
and Buchler, slumped on the
kitchen floor, unconscious.
The victims were shot with
SO caliber revolver.
A few hours after the shooting,
police received a report that a
man, answering Casterot's descrip-
ton, was seen driving around Sea-
side hospital where his wife, Edi-
son and Buchler were taken.
Police records showed that short
ly after suit had been filed for
divorce, Casterot appeared at his
wife's home, intoxicated. Police
were called and when they arrived,
he reached for gun in his belt.
For this offense, he was sentenced
to five days in Jail on a charge
of carrying concealed weapons.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
BOXER HELD FOR
THEATRE FIGHT

LONG BEACH, Cal, Nov. s.
U.P)-A 20 foot plunge from the
balcony to the orchestra floor OF
a crowded motion picture treatre
after a fight, may result in death
today for c. S. Needham, Is year
old sailor from the U. S. S. Utah.
Needham was allegedly struck
by Paul de Hate, professional box
er, who said he hit the sailor when
the latter started an argument and
jerked his necktie. The blow struck
NIeedham over the heart, the sail
or topping over the balcony rail.
Although the theatre was crowded,
he struck an empty seat on the
main floor.
De Hate was held for question
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
Aiunia's Plea
Goes Unheeded

Because he found mighty good
friend he had not seen for IA years,
E. Alunia, 80, got drunk last night
and refused to be placed under
arrest by an officer whose IN
sistence finally landed Alunia in
jail, the Mexican told Judge Lee
Nuffer in police court this morn
ing.
Alunia's plea that he be released
to pay S. fine was denied and
he was committed TO jail for tWo
and a half days. with the explain
alton by Judge Nuffer that the
other day he released ono defend
amt whom he thought 10 be- a good
risk, only to find that the m2a
never returned 10 pay his fint.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
Burglar Enters
Easfside Home

One burglary was the only item
of major crime on the Ell Centre
police records last night, reported
by Pat OBrien, who lives in the
rear Of POI Orange avenue.
OBrien told officers he lost a
As calibre Colt automatic pistol,
an Elgin watch and $3.50 in cash
to burglars who obtained en-
trance to his house by cutting the
screen from rear window.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
SPEAKEASY RAIDED

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. S. U.P)-An
alleged proprietress of Hollywood
speakeasy and a waiter were under
arrest today because they answered
three raps at the door and the
password, Amt the depression
awful
They admitted Capt. Ray Morris
and members of the sheriff's vice
squad, who routed score of pa
irons and arrested Hazel Brant
and Tom Hamilton, both of whom
were charged with possession of
liquor.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
Dog Runs An1uck
In Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 5. W.P)-
Health authorities were making a
rabies examination today of huge
police dog that ran wild in the
Hollywood and Wiltshire districts
late yesterday and attacked six
men and a woman before it was
killed.
The victims were treated in
Hollywood receiving hospital for
bites on their arms and legs.
A police volley killed the animal
after it had attacked its seventh
victim, Mrs. Gertrude Green, A.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
HOOVER TALK
inks JOHNSON
California Senator Chides Pres
ident's Account OF Aid Given
Dawes Bank.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5. U.P)-Presi-
dent Hooyer's description of the
saving of Gen. Charles @. Dawes
bank through an r. F. C. loan was
characterized "a very moving bed
time story" by Senator Hiram john
son of California in campaign
speech in behalf of Gov. Franklin
D. Roosevelt here last night.
Johnson said he wondered why
President Hoover waited until the
Friday before election to tell of his
saving the thousands of depositors."
The insurgent Republican senator
urged election of Governor Roose-
welt not as a Democrat but because
hes just an American" He at
tackled Mr.. Hoover's farm relief,
unemployment, power, foreign Sc
curities, international debt, Il. F. c.,
prohibition and bonus army poll
cies.
MONTCLAIR, N. j., Nov. 3. UP
The American tariff has further
inflamed" our relationship with Eu-
ropean nations" Newton D. Baker
charged here last night in all at
tack on the Republican administra-
ton since 1921.
NEW YORK, Nov 5. U.P5 - The
economic policies of President
Hoover are 'fraught with the
greatest peril to American indus
try" John j. Raskob, Alfred E.
Smiths campaign manager in 1912,
charged in a speech here last night.
Raskob defended his party
against Republican orators from
Mr.. Hoover down." who have at
tempted to label its policies un-
sound. He said he thought Mr..
Hoover wrong on the most serious
question before American business
today"-economic recovery, and he
charged the Republicans had ex-
changed the 1923 gospel of hate"
for their 1882 gospel of fear"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-05
'Score'Of Babies
Born Last Month

Ell Centros population is on the
increase, according to vital Stats
tics issued today by DR.. Warren F.
Fox, who, in addition to being
county public health officer, is
registrar of vital statistics.
The report showed 10 births in
Ell Centre as compared to only sew
en- deaths during the month of
October.
Ten male and four female child
rem were born to white families,
two male children were born to
Mexican families, one male child
to Spanish family, one female
child to a Greek family and one
female child to a Japanese fam
lily.
Editors Note: The county health
officers records, while complete
enough, are not entirely accurate.
Ell Centre is to be credited with an
even score of babies during the
month, this city being entitled to
another youngster VINO is an Ell
Centran by remote control.