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Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
VICE CHANCELLOR
OFFER REJECTED
BY NAU CHIEF

BERLIN, Aug. 29-tU.Pf-Adolph
Hitler, Nazi chief, lunching today
with Chancellor Won Papen and
Defense Minister Won Schleicher,
again rejected political offer by
which he would become vice chan
cellor, with the Prussian premier
ship and the Prussian and Reich
ministeries of interior assigned to
Nazi. Hitler insisted on the chan
cellorship for himself.
Both sides said, however, that
all hope of compromise was not
lost.
Hitler told Won Papen that the
Nazis were not willing to "toler-
ate" the Won Papen cabinet on
the basis of the economic program
announced yesterday by the chan
cellor.
Reports that Hitler was sum-
moning his Brown Shirt militia for
emergency duty on the eve of the
meeting of the new ReichStag,
were denied at Nazi headquarters,
where it was said that fortnight's
leave of absence for the militia
men ended at midnight Sunday.
The return of the Brown Shirts,
Nazi leaders claimed, was falla-
ciously interpreted as q mobiliza-
ton move.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
U. s. TO AID ENCLAND'S
RETURN TO GOLD STANDARD

war debts and reparations have
been settled and some means to
reduce world tariff barriers has
been found" Such a sentiment was
expressed in the Sunday Chronicle.
The Sunday Referee salo that
Norman sought Americas help for
"Britain's return to the gold STAN
dard. That help means a general
rise in the price of raw materials
SO the new value of the gold pound
can be as high as possible
A high value of the gold pound
would protect British deposits
abroad, and prevent huge boost
in her dollar debts"
"It is believed Mr.. Norman is
discussing resumption of Britain's
war debt payments" the Chron-
icle continued.
The huge loan, the newspaper
Reynolds said, would be floated
after the world economic confer
ence this fall.
Also, it was noted here, Nor
mans federal reserve bank confer
ence coincided with the maturity
of $50,000,000 credit out of $780,
100000 granted by the j. p Nor
gan interests year ago. The Bank
of England's third interest in the
100000 loan granted the Reichs-
bank comes up for renewal soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
PLANE PILOTS
ASK INCREASE
In PRIZE FUND
Cleveland Races Develop
Trouble Over Trophies
For Winners.

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 29.-About
so pilots entered in the closed
course speed events which make up
q large part Of the national air
race program met with race Off
cials today to demand that their
$4,000 in prize money be doubled.
Meanwhile, rain threatened to
force postponement of today's
events, including the Thompson
trophy race speed trials.
Led by Ben Howard, Chicago air
mail pilot who has entered five
special planes in the events, the
pilots presented their protest in a
closed meeting with E. w. Cleve-
land, contest manager of the races.
A protest meeting of women pilots
to complain about the lack of "for
women only races" will be held this
week and protest will be lodged
with the air race committee, 1t was
announced today
The first speed event Sunday
was won by Ben o. Howard, Chi
cago flyer.
He hit a 175.445 miles an hour
clip with his white Howard Men
asco plane to win the 10 lap race
over a five mile course. William
A. Long, Kansas City aviator, fin
ished second with the same type
plane.
Johnny Livingston, Aurora, ILL.,,
won one of the Sunday feature
events a dash from Cleveland to
Cincinnati and back. Livingston
negotiated the 375 mile flight in
his Warner monoplane in 2 hours
II minutes and % seconds. He
later finished third in the fast race
which Howard won.
The William B. Leeds trophy race,
from New York to Cleveland, was
won by Felix. zelcor of New York
flying a Laird monoplane. In an
amateur event from New York to
Cleveland, C. NJ. Taylor of Little
Rock. Ark. was the only finisher
out of five entrants.
Aerial demonstrations of group
flying were exhibited by pursuit
squadron of 81 army planes from
Selfridge Field, Mich, and a group
of nine marine planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.--U.p)--
Britain's return to the gold stand
ard, complete war debt and repara-
tions liquidation through a $780,
100000 loan, and worldwide COM
modify price boosts were believed
discussed over the weekend by
American bankers and Sir Mon
tague Norman, whose visits have
always preceded Notwithstanding fin
ancial adjustments.
The governor of the Bank of
England, who arrived in this coun-
try recently under the name of
Professor Clarence Skinner" to
spend a vacation in Maine when
there are many vacation spots
nearer England, attended a con-
ference at the Federal Reserve
bank here Saturday.
And the next day he conferred
with other New York financiers.
including George L. Harrison, gov
ernor of the federal reserve, who
called the Saturday conference.
Within the past few days Nor
man also is reported to have con-
ferred with Junius Morgan, repre-
sentative of the j. P. Morgan in
terests, world powerful in inter-
national finance.
Cabled dispatches to the United
Press intimated that the Norman
visit was for the purpose of effect
ing "a return to gold in 1888 after
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
JAPAN SENDING
POPULAR NAVY
4 OFFICER HERE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 90 U.R-
The good will visit to America
next month of Vice Admiral Kich-
isaburo Nomura of Japan will CO.
incide. it was pointed out today,
with two scheduled developments
of world wide interest In the Sino-
japanese situation.
The significant developments due
to come when the personable jap
anese naval officer is in this coun-
try are:
1. Recognition by Japan Of Man.
chukuo-the newly set up independ-
ent Manchurian state.
2. Announcement by the League
of Nations of the Lytton commits
sion's report, which it is expected
will rebuke Japan for her policy In
Manchuria
Admiral Nomura will be In this
country on the anniversary of the
Manchurian campaign, which set
off series of threats to world
peace.
The japanese admiral has a wide
acquaintance in America. His name
last was featured in the headlines
when he took over command OF the
japanese feet off Shanghai, during
the height of the fierce fighting at
the Chinese port.
At that time when American lives
in the treaty port were endanger-
ed, Nomura's arrival helped lift the
tension.
Ambassador Debuchi of Japan COM
mented then that Admiral Nomura
was the kind of man who would
play ball with Americans"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
FARMERS STRIKE
MOVING SLOWLY
INTO NEBRASKA
Effectiveness Of High
way Blockade Shown
By Light Receipts.
By T. w. INGOLDSBY

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 29.-Moving
slowly, but with unexpected force,
into Nebraska, the farmers strike
today threatened to cut off all ac-
cess by truck to the Omaha market.
Picket lines around Council
Bluffs, Iowa, entry to the market,
held firm over the weekend, and
new groups took control of all but
a few Nebraska highways leading
into the city.
Effectiveness of the blockade be-
came apparent when officials at the
Omaha stockyards reported the
lightest hog receipts in many
months, with only $500 arrivals by
truck. Nest of these were trans
ported over highways not yet closed
but expected to be picketed by to-
night.
The south route of the Nebraska
side was to be closed today, leaders
of the farmers announced. Strikers
already were p:cketing at Platts-
mouth, Neb., but were only warming
truckers before permitting them to
continue to the market.
Since last Monday, figures
showed, hog receipts here have de-
creased steadily.
Meanwhile, at other markets, pic.
keting continued Sioux City was
cut off from truck access. Des
Moines, the Iowa capital, was
blockaded by farmers and by
"Khaki Shirts" the unemployed or
ganization which is aiding them in
their fight.
Weekend violence was slight.
Two men were injured at Council
Bluffs when a railroad tie was
thrown through the windshield of
a truck.
At Des Moines, dairyman
clashed with pickets who sought to
stop his truck but was able to es-
cape from them and continue to
the city.
No agreement had yet been
reached regarding proposed in
crease in milk prices here, and three
large dairies continued to refuse to
deal with strikers as long as picket
ing was maintained.
Ranks of Iowa picketers around
Council Bluffs we're reduced over
Sunday, but strike leaders said this
was done purposely because the
large groCl's were unwieldly and
difficult tc control.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
Former Wife OF
Publisher Dies

SAN JOSE, Calf, Aug. 2s.-(U.P)
Mrs. Pearl D. Long, divorced
wife of Ray Long, New York pub
Usher, died at her Los Gatos
home today after lengthy illness.
She had lived at Los Gatos with
her son, Sidney, for the past three
or four years but was not widely
known in this vicinity. 1t was un-
derstood she was divorced from
the publisher 10 or IL years ago.
Her former husband was at one
time publisher of Cosmopolitan
magazine. After he had been di-
vorced from his first wife, he mar
ried Lucy Virginia Bowie in CALI
polls, O., July 25, 1922, and has
another son, Ray.
The publisher was last reported
in Papeete, in the South Sea is
lands, where he sailed to obtain
material for stories.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
VALLEE MARITAL
ship REPORTED
STUCK ON ROCKS

NEW YORK, Aug. 20. (UH -
Rudy Vallee, orchestra leader, and
his wife, the former Fay Webb, ac-
tress, are contemplating a divorce,
Vallee's attorney, Hyman Bushel,
said today.
Bushel said the radio singer and
his wife had experienced marital
differences and that he was at
tempting to patch them up. He
promised to make statement Fri
day.
The Vallees were married year
ago last month.
Vallee is touring New England
with his orchestra. His wife is
staying at their apartment here
with her parents. Her father,
Clarence Webb is chief of police
of Santa Monica, Calf. The Webbs
and their daughter plan to return
to California Friday.
Bushel admitted he had little
hope of being able to reconcile the
pair.
There is no other woman in it,"
he said. Their differences are
merely temperamental."
He denied Mrs. Vallee was ex-
pecting a baby.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
SUPERVISORS TO
SLASH $4,000
Off OF BUDGET
Board Meeting Today In
Effort To Keep Taxes
At Minimum.

Relentless reductions in the face
of necessarily stringent economy
measures today promised possible
reduction of approximately 100000
in the Imperial county budget,
which was to be accepted by the
supervisors after o'clock this af-
ternoon.
In addition to a $4,000 reduoN -
in the amount requested this year
in comparison to that allowed last
year, A. Y. Preble planned this af-
ternoon to offer . resolution cutting
10 per cent from the maintenance
and operation departments of the
general fund, which would amount
to a sum slightly more than that
peremptoriiy slashed from the bud
get.
County officials and heads Of
county departments were to meet
with the supervisors at 1:30 this af-
ternoon to discuss voluntary salary
reductions on a sliding scale, but
the meeting was postponed until 3
o'clock, when all matters dealing
with the budget were to be threshed
out. These suggested reductions in
county salaries would amount to
$7733.56 in elective offices and
$1379.60 in appcintive offices.
1t was reasonably certain this af-
ternoon that a majority of the
board of supervisors will approve
Prebles resolution for 10 per cent
reduction in the maintenance and
operations departments, over and
above other contemplated slashes.
Almost every department of the
budget has been cut to the mini
mum in the effort of the supervis-
ors to make possible a reduction in
the county tax rate for the fiscal
year. Theb udget, to be accepted
this afternoon, covers a period be-
tween July l, 1882, and June 80,
1888.
This years budget calls for a
total of $4,000 in the general fund
while last years budget had $780,
900 in that fund. The new budget
asks a total of $2,733 ,036 for all de-
partments of county government
with 81 1,203, ,867 of this amount to be
raised by taxation. The remainder
will be raised through other chan
nelS.
1t is probable that this after
Moons session will bring to final
conclusion the budget discussions
] of the supervisors, which have ex-
tended over a period of many
weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
ROOSEVELT TALK
DRAWS FIRE OF
6. O. P. CHIEFS

WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. ,U.n)--
The Republican attack on Governor
Franklin D. Rooseveit's prohibition
speech at Sea Girt, N. j., centered
today on charges that the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee, for po-
litical advantage threw overheard
the moderate resubmission plank he
originally favored at the Chicago
party convention.
Rep. William E. Hull, (Rep), Ill
inois, in statement released
through the Republican national
committee declared Roosevelt in
his speech concealed the fact that
the plank which ne has en-
dorsed 100 per cent was not the
plank originally drawn" by Roose-
velt spokesmen at the convention.
In a settlement released by the
committee in New York Senator
George H. Moses (Rep) N. H.
charged Governor Roosevelt obtain
ed the presidential nomination
through "the most palpable bar
gain in a generation"
Governor Roosevelt occupies four
columns of newspaper space said
Moses, "to develop the precious
thought that difficulty attends sac
rificing principles for votes. He
ought to know-even IL he failed to
point his moral and adorn MS tale
with some "reminiscences from the
convention which nominated him
by means Of the most palpable bar
gain in generation. Maybe Mr..
McAdoo will supply the omission
when he comments upon the Sea
Girt broadcast"
Representative Beck, (Rep) Penn
sylvania, said the speech "can be
searched in vain for any construc-
tive proposal. He simply advocates
naked repeal leaving to the states
the duty or necessity of defending
themselves as best they can against
the abuses of the liquor traffic.
Hull, in his statement here,
charged that at the Chicago con-
vention "the Smith plank was TAX
en- over because the Roosevelt
forces learned that former Cover
nor Smith proposed to undertake 10
stampede the convention with the
wringing wet plank"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
Chief OF Police
Is EXOnerated

George Wright, Imperial chief
of police, today was dismissed as
defendant in the Imperial justice
court, where he had been charged
with assaulting a prisoner.
Judge l. Mayfield of Ell Centre,
presiding in place of Judge Her
man A. Conger of Imperial, dis
missed the high misdemeanor
charge against Wright after a pre-
liminary hearing, at which r. /.
French represented the district at
torney's office. Evidence was held
insufficient.
The police chief was charged
with assaulting Roy Johnson while
the latter was in jail on charge
of being drunk. Wright said john
son lunged at him, and he was
forced to strike with his blackjack
in self-defense.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
MARKET is
ENJOYING
World Wide Scramble To
Buy Sends Prices For
ward To New Highs.
COTTON SKYROCKETS
Other Commodities Have
Big Demand As Buyers
Replenish Stocks.
BY OTTO Z. STURM
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Aug. 20. = Com
modify markets in America and
abroad surged upward today in a
world wide scramble to buy up raw
materials of ali kinds.
American and British markets
were the scenes of lively trading to
the accompaniment of reports that
a complete liquidation of war debts
and reparations were being worked
out by bankers of both countries in
a program calling for a general rise
in the international price of raw
goods.
Bull fever" spread to South AM
erica and the far east. In Yoko-
hama and Kobe, Japan, the silk
markets had to be closed because
of a buyers panic that resulted
from wild rush to accumulate the
commodity in belief that a world
wide recovery in trade was immi-
nent.
American markets were marked
by an unprecedented bull rampage
in the New York Cotton exchange,
where prices shot up almost 50
bale. Waves of buying orders were
inspired by sensational improve
ment in textile markets.
Frantic buying and short cover
ing sent the rubber market at New
York skyrocketing in response to re-
ports of gains in rubber markets
at London and on the European
continent.
Wheat prices all over the world
we're higher. AT Chicago, futures
were almost a cent bushel high
er, while Liverpool gained penny
bushel. Grain markets at Rot
terdam, Bpenos Aires and other
centers were buoyant.
Cocoa and sugar markets at New
York were in the hands of bulls,
who bid prices up vigorously. Co
Goa was in heavy demand and
spurted II to % points to new highs
on the current rise. Sugar gained
to 2 points.
Profit taking sales by spectators
were readily absorbed in all CEN
ters, except Liverpool where the
cotton market was depressed by the
strike of mill workers in Lancashire.
which went into effect today.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
Says Agriculture
On Firm Basis

DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 90. U,P)
The agricultural industry IS on
the firmest foundation it has had
in the past three years, in the opin-
ion of James G. Stone, chairman of
the federal farm board.
\ Asked whether there is as much
reason for optimism in the farming
sections of the country as in the f.
dustrial east where stock and COM
modify prices have been booming,
Stone said:
ut has been demonstrated that
it is dangerous business 20 predict.
However, will say that I believe
agriculture today is on q sounder
basis than at any time in the past
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
Morality Group
Demands Probe

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29.-(U.P)--
Leaders of the w. G. T. U. and
church organizations today de-
manded appointment of a special
council committee to investigate
charges of wide-open vice condi-
tions in Los Angeles. Temperance
workers in their most recent COM
munication to the council, de-
manded that the council order
members of its police and fire COM
mittee to conduct the probe.
The letter was referred to the
public welfare committee without
further action.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
TUNNEL CAVE-M
TAKES LIVES OF
FOUR LAB0RERS
Fifth Worker Believed
To Be Dead In Hetch-
Hetchy Tragedy.

LIVERMORE, Cal, Aug. o.
U.PS-Bodies of four of the five
men buried beneath an avalanche
of dirt and rocks when a section
of the Valee-Mocho tunnel OF the
Hetch-Hetchy project collapsed
were found by rescue workers
early today.
No hope was held that the fifth
man might be found alive.
The five victims Of the disaster
were identified as c. Line, Pat
Crowley, G. Simondson, Tom Den
nehy and Ray McLendon, all OF
San Francisco. All were unmar-
ried.
1t was believed the men were
killed almost instantly when
crushed by the falling of tons OF
rocks and dirt which blocked ap-
proximately is feet of the tunnel
at a spot about 2,700 feet from tie
Mocho entrance.
The cave-in occurred last night
midway in the 231a miles of tun-
nels which are being bored through
the Coast Range of mountains to
bring an improved water supply to
San Francisco. At the point of the
collapse, the tunnel is far under
ground with the highest point of
the mountains approximately 700
feet overhead.
Sixteen men were working in the
shaft, removing timbers preparatory
to concreting the walls, when the
earth began to slide. All but five
were able to dash to safety before
the passage suddenly was filled by
the avalanche of dirt and rocks.
Spurred by the hope the victims
might have found safety under the
heavy timbers, rescuers furiously
dug into the wall of mud and
rocks. 1t was slow task and they
progressed at the rate OF only a
foot an hour.
Shortly before daybreak they
came upon the mud-coated bodies
of four of the victims. Their iden-
tity was not Immediately estab-
lished. The crews dug determined
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victim.
Engineers expressed belief the
accident was unavoidable. An in
vestigation to determine the ex-
tent of damage to the difficult and
costly project by the collapse was
ordered.
The Hetch Hetchy project, work
on which has been underway sew
eral years, is estimated to have
taken more than so lives. In Jan.
uary, 1881, a series of landslides en-
tombed 20 men in the Valle-Mochc
tunnel for 80 hours. Seven were
killed June 7, 1880, by an explo-
sion in the Alameda tunnel, and
five weeks later IL others were
killed in an explosion in the Mitch
ell camp tunnel.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
Press Asks Aid
For Election

Although The Press will
not maintain any bulletin
board service tomorrow night
on the election returns, it is
desirous of obtaining election
results from Imperial county
precincts as soon as possible,
for the information of the
public and to compile the re-
turns for Wednesdays issue.
1t therefore asks the judge
of each precinct to telephone
in the results as soon as they
are known, calling either rs or
700. Where there is a toll
charge for the call, The Press
will accept the charge if the
party calling asks that it be
reversed.
Much difficulty is encoun-
tered in the rural sections AT
each election, and it will be
greatly appreciated by this
paper if the officials In the
rural sections call in the re-
suits as soon as possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
Troops Fire Upon
Ecuador Rebels

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Aug. 30.
U.PS-Loyal troops attacked rebels
today at Quito, the capital, where
Neptali Bonifaz started a revolt
Saturday against the congressional
decision disqualifying him as pre-
sident-elect.
An airplane turned machine gun
fire on the rebels, it was an
nounced here. The number of cas-
ualties was not revealed. Further
fighting was expected when loyal
troops from the north reached
Quito.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
English Cotton
Workers Strike

MANCHESTER, Eng, Aug. 90
W.Rl-Thousands of cotton work
ers in Lancashire's vast textile in
dustry went on strike today in
what may develop into the great
est industrial disruption since the
World war.
Union leaders sent pickets to the
mills. 1t was estimated more than
TOO plants were picketed by mid
morning.
The strikers were, for the most
part, weavers in the cotton mills,
and 100000 spinners were prepar-
ing to ballot on the question of a
walkout soon. Many mills were not
operating, due to lack of working
forces.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
GETS PRISON TERMS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 90. U.R)-
Convicted of grand theft and vio-
lation of the "blue sky" law as the
result OF an Inyo county mining
project, Flora NJ. Carter and Henry
A. Reese today were sentenced to
prison terms of from three to 25
years.
Reese was ordered to San Quen-
tin and Mrs. Carter to the new
Women'S prison.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29

Editors Note: Following is
the third of the series of stories
on the farmers strike situation
in the middle west. In this
story, Robert ]. Bender, general
news manager of the United
Press, sets forth the views of
different elements concerned in
the situation as to its possible
results to the farmer.
Tomorrow the concluding
story in the series will show
some Of the interesting legal
aspects of the unusual strug-
gle.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-29
KocKEFELLER AIDS TRIANoN

VERSAILLES. W.P John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.. is financing plans
for restoring the original classic
roof of the Grand Trianon IN the
style of Louis XIV Work Is IN
progress for removing the roof de-
signed ny Gabriel in 1850 10 pro-
vide for the drainage OF rain water.
The Grand Tuanon harmonized
with Italian architectural design
when it was built In 1879.