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Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
Bomb Thrown At
Home OF SOOng

SHANGHAI, Jan. .. U.P) -
Another unsuccessful attempt
against The life of T. v. Soong, for
mer minister of finance, was made
today when a bomb was hurled into
the garden of Soong's Shanghai
residence.
Soong's gardener was seriously
injured by The explosion of the
bomb. Soong and his wife pre-
viously had left their regular resi-
dence and are living at an undis-
closed address.
Soong was attacked at the rail-
road station here last July by
asSailants who killed his secretary.
7. v. Soong is a member of one
of the best-known families in
China and Is the brother OF
Madame Sun Yat-Scn and Madame
Chang -Kai-Shek. He was grad
uated from Harvard university and
took postgraduate work at Co.
lumbia university.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
Rum Running
Boat Captured

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2. U.P)-
A deserted launch coast guardsmen
found containing SGT cases of
whisky was held today while au-
thoritieS searched for the owners.
Federal officials said when they
found the launch Flor d'Italia in
Half Moon bay the motor was still
warm and there was evidence that
rum runners were transferring the
cargo and were frightened away by
the cutters approach They valued
the liquor at $4,000.
The Flor d'Italia left here Thurs
day morning with load of
turkeys and tobacco, presumably
for the crew of its mother ship
anchored 20 miles off shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
FROZEN MOTOR
BELIEVED CAUSE
OF DAVIS BLAZE
Fire Victims Planning To
Resume Business As
Soon As Possible.

Losses suffered in the disastrous
fire Friday morning at the corner
of Fifth and Main streets when the
Davis building was destroyed, are
expected to reach a total of ap-
proximately 100000, said Fire
Chief Tom Reams today
Origin of the fire. which caused
much speculation in Ell Centre yes
terday and today is believed to
have been solved after a thorough
study of the ruins. Chief Reams
expressed the belief that an elec-
trio motor on an ice machine in
the rear of the Marcot store
"froze," the heated motor igniting
materials around it.
1T is known that the fire started
in the rear of the corner store, "
said Chief Reams. land the fire
burned through the ceiling first
at point above the ice machine.
The condition of the machine itself
leads me to believe the fire started
after the motor froze."
John E. DAVIS, owner of the
burned building arrived In f!
Centre from the coast at noon to-
day and is looking over the prop
erty. announcement as to his in
tentions in the matter of rebuild
ing was not available at press time,
but it is expected he will rebuild.
Occupants of the building are
making attempts at future plans
today but SO far definite arrange
ments have not been made In
some instances.
M. Marcot, proprietor of the cor
ner mercantile store, will be open
Tor business as soon as possible at
his old time stand across the
street from the fire ravaged
building.
DR.. L. C. House, whose office and
equipment burned, plans to open
offices in the 500 block on Main
street.
DR.. w. w. Apple, whose thou
sands of dollars In losses were not
covered by insurance. said his
heaviest losses were felt in de-
struction of his books. book ac-
counts and records. He has nc
plans as to his office as yet.
Prepare for Future
Drs. A. B. Hanson and w. S
Sylvester are in Los Angeles to-
day In connection with the pur-
chase of equipment and supplies
for Hanson's dental office and Syl-
vester's dental laboratory. DR.. E. Q
Carter will go to Los Angeles to.
morrow also in the interest of pro-
curing equipment. Drs. G. S
Brooks and H. P. Findlay could not
be reached today.
Owners and occupants of office
buildings in town offered space to
the officeless doctors today and /.
is expected all will be located be-
fore long.
Agents and clerks of the Pacific
Greyhound stage station were re-
quired to leave the company ticket
office next door to the Marcot store
as there was danger of the wall
falling. Since the building wac
unsafe, the ticket office was moved
to the stage machine shops in the
400 block on State street.
The site of the fire was visited
by hundreds of persons yesterday
and today. Doctors and workmcr
made few attempts at salvaging
records from the wreckage but ap-
parently little headway was made
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
Plane Schedule
Is Made Faster

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2. U.pG
Transcontinental air service OF %
hours and As minutes between Los
Angeles and New York. a reduction
of two hours and As minutes from
the previous schedule, was estab-
lished today by United Airlines and
Western Air Express.
Headquarters of the lines here
said the westbound schedule as
well as the 28-hour run betw< n
San Francisco and New York will
be continued as before.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
WHAT'S DOING

TONIGHT
Present Day club, 8, II. A.
Chestnut home.
Fox Imperial Theatre, West
of Broadway.
TOMORROW
Sunday services, churches.
Baseball, 2, high school.
Fox Imperial Theatre, "The
Champ.
MONDAY
Masonic luncheon, 1880, Bar
bara Worth.
Chapter AY, P.E.O., !, 1898
BriTnton.
tyunty Y. w. {. A. board. ?,
i0S 'Sandalwood.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
Kersey To {
AS SchO6l

SACRAMENTO. Cal, Jan.
-Vierling Kersey will res
state superintendent of pub
struction August l to aSsui
position as superintendent O.
Beach city schools, he ann
today.
Il accepted the Long Beacl
pointment only after givin'
proposal long and careful c.
ation," Kersey stated. 1T
lief Long Beach offers
opportunity for educs
of benefit TO the ent'
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
fine TOTAL FOR
LOCAL BUILDING
in PAST YEAR

Building permits in E Centro
during 1881 reached total Of s476,-
635, an amount less than the total
for 1880, but greater than that
OF any proceeding year since 1927.
figures computed in the city ell
gineer's office today showed. s3,
Several large permits expected
this year, including that for post
office, an auto court, rebuilding OF
the Davis building. and other minor
permits of routine nature will go
far to make 1892 the most pros
porous year in FL Centro's build
ing history, those connected with
the city engineers office believe,
A total of 1872 permits was
sued during 1881. eclipsing In L
Der any ether year since FL e
W" ed. In 1880,
of permits,
'ssued. T
indica'
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02

Andrew Peterson, Buellton, Santa
Barbara County, is one of two CAL
ifornia boys to win $500 scholar
ship fund from the intentional Har-
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
Actor Arrested
As Drunk Driver

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Jan. 2 U,P)
Kenneth Harlan, prominent mo-
ton picture actor, was arrested to-
day and charged with drunken
driving following a spectacular
accident.
An automobile Hollywood police
said was driven by the actor and
a milk wagon collided.
Both Harlan and a passenger
were slightly injured.
Police said Harlan's machine was
wrecked when it struck a milk de-
livery truck driven by A. A. Abott
at Eighteenth street and La
Cienega avenue. The milk truck
was overturned and the horse in
jured so badly it probably will be
shot. officers said.
The actor received a two-inch
cut on his wrist and was painfully
bruised. William Brees, 80. who
accompanied him, received a deep
laceration on the nose and was
bruised.
Harlan was driving home from
an evening at the Cotton club,
dance resort near Culver City, ac-
oording to Radio Officers A. A.
Oehler and j. Band, who took him
into custody.
The actor gave his age as 80 and
his address as 1925 North VanNess
avenue. Brees was not held.
Recent agitation in Los Angeles
against drunken drivers, who were
declared responsible for large num-
bers of traffic accidents and
deaths, led to an announcement
this week by the district attorneys
office that full penalty of the law
would be asked against those
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02

of the bombs TO a house near
Summit, N. J.
It was reliably learned the
place has been watched by the
authorities the last three days
in the hone of making an
arrest.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. U.P) - Il
three-fold terrorist plot aimed al
Wall street. prominent Italians
high government officials, bank
ers and business men was pictured
today by postal inspectors. investi-
eating nationwide plot already
fatal TO three men.
Working here and In Easton, Pa.
the government mems findings leo
TO the opinion that the Wall street
outrage was prevented last month
when hundreds Of New York po-
lice surrounded the financial cen
ter following information obtained
by federal operatives.
The second step of the terrorists
agents believe, was the mailing in
Easton Of five internal machines
The men marked for death in this
case were saved at the cost of three
lives.
S forces of government, city and
state police united to prevent COM
plction of the third step. possible
bomb action against government
officials, bankers and business men
III the apparently well-organized
terrorist plot, definite clues were
unearthed as to the identity of the
Easton plotters.
The post office department de-
yeloped the fact that the three
men who mailed the internal ma
chimes In Easton Wednesday re-
plained there over night.
Three pictures from rogueS' gal
leries were identified as resembling
the three men. Harry Brader
clerk at the hotel where the three
stayed, and the Rev. p. T. Stengle
and Chester Vollmer all agreed or
the rogue pictures. The minister
and Vollmer we're in the post Of
flee when the bomb packages were
mailed. - -
Chicago police definitely estab-
lished that the package addressed
to Giuseppe Castruccio, Italian
consul there, was another bomb
the second sent TO Chicago by ex-
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Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
DS}R|sS}!s:fR' R|s}!: {Sa

ABOARD S. s. PRESIDENT
TAFT, Jan. 2. tSpeciaD -
Shanghai was a knockout; it's
Brooklyn gone English.
Say. where did they get this
Chinese chop suey stuff? l
have run the legs off every
ricksha motorman in China and
nobody ever any more heard of
1t than Nevada did Volstead.
Another hoax was that a
Chinaman's word was as good
as his bond. Well, that goes
with the chop suey. That
might have been in the old
days, but not since the mis-
sionaries and business men
came in. Chinese are just as
human as anybody now.
Yours
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02
DISCOVER
B0MBERS'
HANC.OUT
House In New Jersey Is
Believed To Have Been
Headquarters.
PLOT WIDESPREAD
Three-FOId Plan UncOv-
cred BY Investigators
OF Outrages.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2. UP
Government agents seeking the
instigator of the nation wide
bombing plot believed today
that they had traced the origin
OF the bombs TO a house near
Summit, N. J.
It was reliably learned the
place has been watched by the
authorities The last three days
in the hone of making an
arrest.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-02

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The Alaskan., 1932-08-26

jectS. A new contract also was let for the construction of a new ,Government' hospital at Un- alaska by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
 It is pointed out that the red salmon run this year appears larger than ever before in the history of Alaskan fisheries. The escapement of red fish to spawn ing beds in one section alone a. mounted to 8,492, ,465 reds, ac- |cording to the Bureaus of Fish cries count at the weirs on the Kivehak, Egekik, and Naknek rivers. Escapement figures from other sections are not yet a. vailable.
 According to the preliminary figures reported from Juneau, the pack of salmon this season to July 30 amounted to 207, 800 cases in Kodiak district; 199,76O cases at Prince William Sound and Resurrection Bay; 149,47I ct Cook Inlet; 194,5O at Ketchi- kan; 128,421 at Chignik; 493,- 346 at Alaska Peninsula north and south; 28,558 on the West Coast; 20,654 at Wrangell, and 321 ,459 cases at Juneau.
The Alaskan., 1932-08-26
Here and There
 ln Alaska

Billy Nielsen, 9, of Seldovia, fell from the gins of a pile driv- CT and died instantly recently. He is survived by his mother, two sisters and five brothers.
 Fro Walli of Staritsky, near Seldovia, tangled with big brown bear and came out best. He was handy wit hhis A re- volver. He reports that one of the cubs was black with a dash Iof white about it's neck. Mrs. Katherine Kane, govern, ment teacher at Alitak, Kodiak Island, returned home following a visit in Anchorage with her Ineice, Mrs. Henry Emard.
 The gasboat Myrtle, operated 7 as cannery tender by Emil , Sandvick, owner, was wrecked on the beach between Kenai and Swanson Creek. Sandvick put up his pack and was selling saln- on to other canneries when the accident happened.
 Cordova has determined to in.- Iyestigate the "laWs, resources l'and conditions effecting Cor jGOva's two major resources, minerals and fisheries" We promise that the Cordova Cham CT of Commerce will go radical; i: they make a real study of the fisheries laws of Canada anG AIaska-the study including comparison of the same system of laws.
 George Anderson, piano tuner of Juneau has been making the swing through the North and Tn terior points tuning up the mus ic boxes.
 Delegate James Wickersham, who is now in the interior coun- i try, plans to return to the First Division in time to make a thorough canvess of all the pre- cincts in his fall campaign fer re- election.
 Governor George A. Parks left for Nome along with Charles w Hawkesworth, Acting Chief of the Indian Bureau for the Terri tory. They will attend a meet ing of the Reindeer Council. At present Capt. Trowbridge and MT. Gilman, special investigat- CTS for the Indian Bureau are in the North separating the rein deer herds.
 Bradford Washburn, member of the New York Times scientific party attempting the ascent of
 Mt. Crillion is in Juneau. His |party is said to be 5000 feet up
 the mountain.
 Mrs. Nancy Acklen, for many years a teacher at Haines, re- turned home after several weeks lin the states.
 I Rice & Ahlers, plumbers, is
 being represented at the Wran- lgell Industrial School by James
 Gilkey who will take charge o1 the plumbing contract for the lIfirm at that school.
The Alaskan., 1932-08-26

Tn accordance with petitions received from Fortuna Lodge and the lower Yukon river dis trict Delegate Wickersham has taken up with the Post Office Department the desirability of establishing an airplane mail service from Holy Cross to St. Michael twice a month, instead of the present dog team service that is furnished from Nov. to April. What they really want is an extension of the air service which is now provided for the Kuskokwim valley down to Bethel extended so as to take i'll the lower Yukon valley. It is only 45 minutes by plane from Bethel to Fortuna Lodge, while the entire distance from Holy Cross south and then north to St. Michael could be easily cov- cred in one day.
 * # *
 In answer to the inquiry as to how many people live on the Aleution Islands a Washington evening paper gives the follow ing information: "The popula- tion is about 5000. This group IS "a chain of about 80 small is- lands belonging to Alaskan Ter ritory separating the Sea of Kamchatka from the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, and extending nearly 1,6OO miles from east to west. The total area is 6,391 square miles.
 * * *
 One of teh most colorful and enthusiastic public gatherings eve held in Washington was the notification meeting on the right Of August II, when Presi- lent Herbert Hoover was official ly informed of his renomina- tion by the Republican National Convention. Prominent men and women from all over the United States were present upon this gala occasion, while the radio hook-up permitted millions of listeners to hear and appreciate the clear, forceful and courage GUS views of an able, sincere and deeply conscientious Chief Executive. Having been favored with tickets the writer was en- abled to be present in the nosi- fication hall and upon behalf of Alaska to applaud the stirring declarations of the next Presi- dent of the United States
 Bartley Howard, president of cne of the early coal mining companies in the Matanuska re- zion, was in Washington a few days ago in connection with per- fecting his title to certain hold lngs along the Alaska Railroad. These he has arranged to sell to a syndicate of capitalists at Fellowes, California. They con-. template opening up the pro- pertles on large scale. They are located on Moose Creek. The in tention is to create a market and ship coal to California ports There will be ample capital to assure development on a policy that will mean considerable re- venue to the Railroad in ship- ping the fuel to tidewater at Seward, and make necessary the construction of coal bunkers at, that locality.
 * *
 Nearly 35O,O0O,OOO acres of the public domain in Alaska remain unsurveyed. And here lies pot ential mineral wealth of consid- erable value, according to studi- es made by the Geological Sur vey.
 Salmon and other fish go1d
The Alaskan., 1932-08-26

wages on the Government oper- lated railroad in Panama have not been disturbed. The latest declaration is absolutely untrue, as the War Department, operat- ing the Panama activity, states that the recent Congressional Act made it mandatory that re- duction in wages be affected. The employees took the matter mp with the Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen and their att torney submitted a letter stat ing that in his judgement, and under the wage agreement made with the Government, the cut of 10Ro made in the wage scale was fair and legal. So the insi- dious rumor circulators in this instance are about as near cor rect as was the learned politi- clan who recently declared that Anchorage and the rail belt is practically solid for the Demo- cratic ticket"
 Although the recent Economy Act calls for ten per cent cut in appropriations it was not be-. lieved that the Act would apply to such buildings under con- struction as the Fairbanks Fed eral building. But the danger to the Federal building program of the Government throughout the was not fully averted until Controller General McCarl, on August II, issued a far-reach ing decision to the Secretary of the Treasury. He held that sec- tion 320 of the economy act with it's 109o cut, twill not be held to require reduction in appropria- tions heretofore made or auth Orized to be made when on June 30, 1882, the plans and specifi- cations for 8 building had been completed and approved and 8 contract let for construction Of the substructure thereof" June 30, is the effective date of the economy act and as the con- tract for the Fairbanks building had been awarded prior to that date there will be no reduction in the cost of the building.
 
 Inquiry has been made as to where the Federal Home Loan Bank, that would serve Alaska, was to be located. Franklin w. Fort, chairman of the new board, states that it has not yet been decided as to how many banks would be established-whether eight or up to twelve. And until that was done the different sec- tions of the Country would not be apportioned, but it was ex- pected that a bank would be es- tablished in one of the cities os the Pacific coast states, of which Alaska would be attached.
 The Eastern newspapers have had accounts of the arrival in Boston harbor of the former re- venue cutter and Coast Guard Bear of Oakland" which con- stunned 9 days in coming from San Francisco and arrived on the night of August 10. Hhe Bear and been purchased by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, who plans a second journey into the Antarctic, and who paid but ST. 900 for the vessel. It is auxili- ary powered, is 191 feet long and has a displacement of 2,OO0 tons. It has a 1,000-horsepower engine,
The Alaskan., 1932-08-26
For All Alaskans
Faith Without Works Is
 Dead

We heard lots during the past three years the depression We have had plenty to- But close to pessimsc chatter and have faith
 in the strength ability of country to emerge vic torous it surely will.
 faith without all should
 each community bring prosperity back We help by buying goods supplies at home by
 poying local labor that be able to The business the laboring everything
 The hurt of the destruction of the other HE FAIR BE KIND BE GENEROUS! Be hopeful and work flor faith with out works is dead"
The Alaskan., 1932-08-26

Nearly 350,OOO,OOO acres of the public domain in Alaska remain unsurveyed. And here lies pot ential mineral wealth of consid- erable value, according to studi- es made by the Geological Sur vey.
 Salmon and other fish, gold copper, furs and other products shipped from Alaska to the United States in July aggregated S3, ,753,341 in value, the largest Iof any month in the current year, according to the Depart ment of Commerce. Shipments |of merchandise to the United States in July totaled $2,65O,- 369 as compared with $1, ,559, ,167 in June and $2,516,155 in July, 1881. Gold shipments in July were $1,0O5,443 as compared with $793,835 in the sam c months last year. The goldmin- ing industry has been operating at about it's present Schedule for several months. A slight increase i'll Federal road construction also is reported for July with foul new contracts let on minor pro.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-30
f27 7]h's79S8HY 9SH SUE l x By Waroery Hale
By Marqery Hale

| because they weren't strong enough. "You wore an evening dress of mine and spoiled it! You still owe me one. '. ."
 T didn't spoil 1t, Sally. You have forgotten. And I had bought it for you with my own money. l couldn't afford one for myself. But if you will wait minute ."
 Ruth turned and went up the stairs. Sally sat down again. Sue wondered why she didn't go. Sure ly she wasn't going to accept pay ment for the dress. She couldn't do that. Besides Ruth didn't have enough money to make any finan- cial contributions to anyone, just now.
 When Ruth came down the stairs again she was carrying something soft and shining and flimsy over her arm. She held it up. It was one of the evening frocks that Nancy Becker had given her. A warm rose in chiffon velvet, backless. with the briefest of glittering straps across the shoulders.
 "Take this" Ruth told Sally. "That clears the score, doesn't 1t? There aren't any more debts?"
 But where did you get it?" Sal ly asked.
 Does that matter?' Ruth re- piled. "You will look lovely in it."
 Sally wanted the frock. Her eyes were greedy. She was visu- alizing herself in 1t. Pride should have made her turn away from 1t, but in the face of the rose loveli- ness she was powerless.
 Tt does even up things. doesn't it?" she asked. She reached out one hand, touched the silken, vel vety softness of the material. Tt would help to atone for lots of things"
 Ruth couldn't carry on the role much longer. Her last defense was nearly down. Sue knew that.
 "Do you want to try the dress stairs, Ruth. I'll see if 1t fits" . Sally said. DO you mind?" She back again. "Thank you for your promptness, Ruth" she called af- ter the figure of the other girl
 
 sort of smile. One that didn't want to stay in place. Then she went upstairs. The door closed after Sally.
 Sue followed Ruth. She found her standing in front of the mir TOT. "Life's funny, isn't it?" she said. q wanted to wear that dress the next time I'm any place where Joe Raynor is. had a pink dress once. Nothing as expensive as that, of course. Still, 1t was rather nice. I wore 1t one night when we had an idea that the moon was a painted ball for us to bounce, and we left party and went walking down along a pier. It was dark and funny /. But Sally might as we'll have it. He wouldn't have noticed"
 Her head went down on her hands.
 NEXT: RUTH TALKS.
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