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Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
CANCER TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION WHEN
DOCTORS CONVENE

PASADENA, May 3. U.Pl - The
medical profession of California
today continued its probing into
the mysterious recesses of dreaded
cancer at the second days session
of the California Medical associa-
ton convention here.
In round table discussions be-
fore various groups cancer was the
dominant topic. In addition to
consideration of this disease, the
doctors were to hear an address on
medical economics to be given by
DR.. John H. Graves, chairman of
the associations medical economics
committee.
Other papers to be submitted to
the convention included THE
Private Practitioner and the Health
Department" py DR.. Carl r.
Howson: Consideration of the In
side Workings of the Medical
association, by DR.. Daniel Crosby,
and Legal Aspects Of Health In
surance Groups and Companies,
by DR.. William Duffield.
Following the afternoons ses-
sion, the delegates again were to
inspect the gigantic 1,0OO,0 O,000-volt
X-ray tube and other radiation ap-
paratus at California Institute of
technology.
A ball in honor of DR.. Junius
B. Harris of Sacramento president
of the association, will be held in
the Hotel Huntington tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
By ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, May 3.-Al Capone,
the Coney Island barkeeper who
built an underworld empire in de-
fiance Of law and order, was to
leave today for Leavenworth peni-
tentiary, his empire shattered, his
defiance shrunk to the whining of
a common criminal
The fat gangSter, whose SCARED
face became symbolic of the mur-
derous terror of the gangs, is ex-
pected to depart in company of a
carload of convicted dope peddlers,
auto thieves and counterfeiters to
start a 10-year sentence for de-
frauding the government of the tax
on his ill-gotten income.
The supreme court mandate di-
recting the lower courts to dissolve
stays which have prevented remov-
ing Capone to the penitentiary
was received today at the office
of Clerk Fred Campbell of the
United States circuit court of ap-
peals. 1t will act in the court to
dissolve a writ of supersedeas and
will be hurried then to the United
States district court to dissolve a
stay of mittimus.
All legal obstacles to the prison.
bound journey of the big gangster
will then have been removed and
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
PATMAN ATTACKS
MILLS POSITION
ON VETS BONUS

WASHINGTON, May 8. U.p) -
Representative P a TN a n, (Dem0
Texas, author of the $4,000, ,O00,0 900
soldier bonus bill, charged before
the house ways and means commit
tee today that Secretary of Treas
ury Mills and others opposing the
measure "are not capable of giving
sound advice"
The best evidence of this Pat
man said, sis the fact the country
is in the condition it is"
Patman said he was prepared to
substitute for a section of his bill
clause which substantially would
finance the bonus as the Owen
Thomas bill proposes. This plan is
for issuance of federal bonds to
federal reserve banks in return for
federal reserve notes.
This answers all the arguments
against the new currency proposal
that the opposition has made Pat
man said.
Patman maintained that Mills
charges that the bonus bill would
pay off the veterans in dishonest
money" were made in poor faith. p"
Appearing to answer arguments
made, against the bill last week,
Patman said widespread propa-
ganda had been brought to bear
against his measure. He named the
Del Monte Properties company of
California and the Kansas City
Southern railroad as active in the
campaign.
Patman said he was convinced
that SO per cent of all World war
veterans favored immediate pay
ment of adjusted service certifi-
Gates.
This plan, or some similar one,
is necessary to make the Goldsbor-
ough bill effective" Patman said.
The Goldsborough bill was passed
by the house yesterday. 1t en-
powers the federal reserve board
to bring commodity prices to the
l921-29 level.
Such charges as those of dis
honest money came with poor faith
from Mr.. Mills" Patman continued.
IF we are attempting to raid the
treasury, which we deny, we are
doing it in broad daylight"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
NEWSPAPERS TO
BEAR BRUNT OF
NEW TAXATION

WASHINGTON, May 3. W.H -
The government plans to raise be-
tween $33 100000 and $40,000,000 to-
ward balancing the national budget
by taxes on telephone and tele-
graph messages and on leased wires,
under the tax bill as its tentative
draft now stands in the senate fl
nance committee.
OF that amount something more
than a million dollars will be col
lected from the nations newspa-
pers, it is estimated.
Newspapers will be required to
pay taxes of five cents on all tele-
graph and telephone messages cost
ting between 81 and 40 cents and
10 cents for those costing more
than so cents.
In addition newspapers are the
largest users of leased telegraph and
telephone lines, hundreds Of thou
sands of miles Of leased wires be-
ing required to transmit news over
the country. A tax Of five per cent
of the charge for leasing is imposed
in the bill as It's tentative draft
stands.
AS passed by the house, press
telephone and telegraph messages
were exempted from the provisions
of the bill as were leased telegraph
wires used in news transmission.
The senate committee yesterday
took these exemptions out OF the
bill, making press news transmits
sion facilities OF all kinds subject
TO taxation
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
STIMSON BELIEVES EUROPE WILL.
SUPPORT open DOOR POLICY

two factors working toward some
measure of disarmament:
l. Realize that unless the con-
ference reached some agreement,
the political tensions in Europe
will be increased.
manding results, although few of
manding results although fe wof
them want their delegates to sac
rifice what they consider national
advantages.
With regard to the Far East: All
during the Manchurian and Shang-
hal trouble last fall, the state de-
partment did not know how much
diplomatic support it could expect
from Great Britain, France and
Italy in insisting that Japan re-
Spect the nine power treaty and
the Kellogg pact. And as the fu-
ture of Japans policies could not
be foreseen, Stimson wanted to
talk with Macdonald, Tardieu and
Foreign Minister Grandi of Italy
to learn more of their views than
cablegrams and even telephone
conversations could tell him.
Stimson has found the three
other statesmen anxious to avoid
as far as possible, any acts which
would lead to bad feeling between
them ana Japan. Stimson is
equally determined to avoid this
But the secretary has been I'M
pressed by their common determi-
nation that the treaties protecting
Chinese soveriegnty-to which they
are all partieS-and the open
door" policy must be respected. 1t
now appears that any attempt to
violate these treaties will be re-
sisted automatically with a united
front"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
SENTIMENT IN
HAWAII FAV0RS
MASSIE PARDON
Situation Less Tense AS
Signs OF Racial Trouble
Disappear.

HONOLULU. May g. Growing
sentiment in favor of pardonS for
the American society woman and
three navy men convicted of slay-
ing a Hawaiian half-caste placed
the case before Governor Judd to-
day as he bent every effort to re-
store Honolulu to its once peaceful
calm.
New racial outbreaks which
threatened when the four were
found guilty of manSlaughter by
mixed jury of whites and browns
appeared to have dissipated. Even
the defendants, awaiting sentence
next Friday, were reported opti-
mistic over the ultimate success OF
their fight for liberty.
Developments today in the
famed honor Staying case and its
ensuing political and social roper
cussions included:
l. The territorial legislature
adopted a bill repeating the law
which provides for release of de-
PENDANTS when two trials result in
jury disagreement, and sent it tc
Governor Judd.
2. Joseph (Blackie) Young, %
year-old islander, brought to trial
as the first defendant for whom
the territory will demand death
penalty on assault charges.
8. Governor Judd warned Harry
A. Kleugel, territory employee, that
his wife's outbursts against en-
forcement conditions must stop.
4. Revelations that Prosecutor
John C. Kelley's now famous "to
hell with admirals" plea exerted a
strong influence on the honor slay-
ing jury.
S. Clarence DarroW, veteran
chief counsel, prepares new trial
motions and appeal for presenta-
ton to Circuit Judge Charles S.
Davis, Friday.
6. Pardon petitions circulated on
behalf of the defendants.
The new legislative bill appar-
emily was intended to prevent a
VI uilC llllobl ldi WiiiIll
resulted from charges of Mrs
Thalia Fortescue Massie, wife of
an American navy officer, that five
islanders brutally attacked her
Although four of the defendants
will be retired soon, another hung
jury would free them.
Selection of a jury to try Young
on charges of attacking 17-year-old
Bernice Lum, Chinese school girl
was impeded by racial antipathies
and the reluctance of veniremen tc
serve.
An entire panel was exhausted in
Judge Albert M. Christy's court
during the first day Of trial and
another ordered for today. Prose
cutor Kelley clashed frequently
with defense counsel Joseph ES-
posito, attorney, physician and for
mer state senator of New Haven
Conn.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
Indicted Executive
Commits Suicide

LONG BEACH, May 3. U.R-
Police said today that William M.
Pierson, former executive vice.
president of the Western States
Building Loan association, had been
successful in his second effort to
commit suicide
Pierson, indicted on a charge of
making illegal loans totaling
$4,000 and grand theft of $500,
was found dead in a vacant apart
ment in the building where he
made his home. Police said he
had swallowed poison.
Last March II, the day after he
was indicted, Pierson was found
suffering from a shotgun wound.
His left arm was amputated and he
recovered. AT the time, he denied
a suicide attempt.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
CURTIS LEAVES
ON THIRD TRIP
TO SEEK BABY

NORFOLK, Va, May 3.-U.P-
John Hughes Curtis, Edwin B.
Bruce and Lieut.. George L. Rich
ard boarded the yacht Maroon to-
day for their third cruise out to
sea in hope they will meet the kid
napers of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
They hope that a small boat of
some sort, if weather conditions are
ideal, will meet them.
Their negotiations have lasted
two months, and always they have
hoped the baby would be delivered
within few days. Their hopes are
undiminished.
AS the three men boarded the
yacht along with the skeleton crew
and Captain Frank H. Lackmann,
the yachts skipper. the weather
was improving. They expected to
set out from the naval base this
forenoon to be at sea by afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
YANKEES
PROTECT
CHINESE.
Z. S. Troops Involved In
Near Clash With Japan
ese Force At Shanghai.
TROUBLE AVERTED
MikadO's Men Enter Area
Patrolled By Americans
To Arrest Disturbers.

SHANGHAI, May 3. U.H =
United States infantry troops forced
a japanese raiding party to retire
from the American defense sector
of Shanghai tonight after a Jap
anese raid in which the doughboyS
were called out to defend Chinese
civilians from the raiders.
The japanese retired stubbornly,
threatening to return in force re-
gardlesS of the Americans if any
mere stones were thrown by Chi
nese acreSs the creek into the jap
anese sector, as they alleged had
been done.
A clash between the Americans
and japanese was narrowly averted
when japanese marines from the
Chapel district crossed SoochoW
creek into the American sector.
Municipal police sought the aid
of the 31st U. S. Infantry to curb
the japanese maitreatment of Chi
nese civilians in the sector.
The japanese marines crossed the
Wuchen Road bridge, climbed the
locked gates and began an indis-
criminate attack on all Chinese in
sight using stones, bayonets, and
lifle butts.
More than 20 Chinese were in
Jured, some being taken to the hos
pital in a serious condition.
The raid caused panic in the
Sinza district. The screams of the
fleeing Chinese brought police from
the Sinza station. The marines
ignored and threatened them.
Settlement police reserves arrived
as the japanese marines started
hauling two screaming coolies to
Chapel, refusing vigorously to hand
over the prisoners.
The police appealed to the 31st
regiment, whereupon a battalion of
doughboyS commanded by Major
Leonard Townsend Girou double
timed to the scene from their bill
lets.
Lieutenant-Co Commander Katsumo,
commanding the Japanese First
Brigade, tried to defy Colonel Gil
rou's demand that he surrender the
prisoners Immediately to Chapel.
He yielded, however, after heat
ed argument.
Katsumo charged that the Chi
neSe had been Stoning the Japanese
across the creek.
A strong guard of the 3lst U. S.
regiment was posted throughout the
district.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
sINllL-
T,9Ds ROGERS
w ..S0yS:

BEVERLY HILLS, May 3.
(SpeciaD - Today is primary
day out here in California.
Course, it's all cut and dried
with the Republicans.
But the old Democrats out
here in Orange Juiceville got
a chance to name the next
ocratic nominee. Al
Smiths big squirt in the east
has shown that Governor
Roosevelt can't possibly go to
the convention with enough to
nominate.
Give Garner California and
Texas and he will be sitting
prettier than any Of the three,
for there is one thing about a
Smith delegate, he is sure loyal
to Smith and won't go for
anyone else at the finish only
who Smith tells 'em to.
The Democrats always beat
the man that goes to the con-
vention with the most votes
McAdoo at Madison Square
Garden when he had a big
majority, Champ Clark at
Baltimore when he had 600, SO
California can win with Jack.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
BY JOSEPH II. BAIRD
United Press Staff Correspondent

Onlteu TEtSS otdii SofICopOhuchs
Copyright, 1882, BY United Press)
WASHINGTON, May 3.-Secre-
tary of State Stimson's talks with
Europe's leaders hcve encouraged
him to believe they will firmly
support Americas efforts to up
hold the "open door" policy in
China and TIE sanctity of treaties
affecting the Far East.
It was in search of this aSsur-
ance, fully as much as to stimulate
disarmament, that Stimson went to
Geneva. Now he has obtained 1t.
Hence, despite the immediate fail
ure of the American disarmament
plan, the secretary's associates feel
that his trip was well justified.
He plans to sail for the United
States tomorrow.
The United Press is in posi-
tion to present the views of an ex-
perienced diplomatic observer with
regard both to Stimson's mission
and the disarmament outlook.
Stimson went to Geneva hoping
that statesmen there were ready TO
abolish three aggressive arms:
Heavy mobile guns, tanks and
poison gas. But largely to French
opposition, the suggestion has not
struck fire. But it has not been
abandoned.
The French attitude appears to
be the stumbling block. France is
insisting on its plan to make the
League of Nations an international
police body and appears unwilling
to support any other plan.
Despite the French attitude and
other pessimistic factors, some
American observers in Geneva see
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
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LIGHT
VOTE RECORDED
In FL CENTRIC

With total registration for the
l2 El Centro precincts of 1926, vot-
ers of the city shortly after l
o'clock this afternoon had cast an
unusually light vote of SOB, with
many marking only the ballot
bearing two propositions and show
ing no desire to indicate a choice
for the presidential nominations.
Reports reaching Ell Centro were
that other parts of the county
showed a CORRESPONDENCE light
vote, with more Democrats than
Republicans making their way to
the polls. An increase in voting
was expected after working hours
tonight, however, and before the
polls close at o'clock.
Two widely varied polling places
in Ell Centro, about parallel with
others in the proportion of votes
cast, are the city hall and 159 Or
ange avenue. At the city hall 45
had voted in the presidential pri-
maries, while 49 had cast ballots
on the oil proposition. At 159 Or
ange avenue, an East Side precinct,
u had voted in the primaries and
16 on the propositions.
AS an indication of the county's
63 precincts, the II Ell Centro pre-
cincts, numbered from one to IL
as they are given here, at l O'Clock
had cast the following number of
votes:
The Irwin Maupin home at 1872
Adams, "a; Court House, "a; Union
High School, 80; Harding school,
SO; Fire Hall, 68; City Hall, 40;
Rogers and Tison, SO; Mckinley
school, 81; Lincoln school, 35; Rid
dies store, so; 159 Orange avenue,
16; and the East Side school, Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
Hay Growers To
Meet Wednesday

Hay growers of the valley are
urged to attend the meeting in
Brawley, Wednesday, May 4, at 2
o'clock in the Barbara Worth ele-
mentary school when the plan of
organization for cooperative mar
keting association will be present.
ed.
Executive committee for the tenn
porary organization met Saturday
at the Planters hotel, Brawley, to
continue their work on the by laws,
articles of incorporation and mar
keting agreement. F.. r. Wilcox,
extension specialist in marketing,
presented suggestions in this line
which are being modified to suit
local needs.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
CAPONE EXPECTED TO LEAVE
TODAY FOR FEDERAL PRISON

he probably will go down tonight.
Two words pronounced by Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes of
the United States supreme court
struck in a fraction of a second
the false glamor from the pouty
gangster.
"Certiorari denied"
The words brought a climax to
the firm, victorious march of the
federal government against leaders
in the ruthless outlawry that came
to be known as the "Capone Syn
dicate." 1t meant refusal of the
court to review the Capone case
and ended the last legal delay in
carrying out the conviction and
sentence.
Today, United States marshals
expected the order authorizing
them to take Capone, grown 265
pounds fat in his stay in Cook
county jaD since trial last Octo-
Der, to Leavenworth where his
sentence will run about seven and
a half years with time out for
good behavior. After this he must
serve a year in Jail and is subject
to $4,000 fine.
Whining Comes Out
Capone today was not thc hale
fellow well-met pictured at his
trial who squandered the plunder
OF illicit vice, liquor and gambling
holding court in the Florida palace
buying $1,000 trinkets for his hench-
men, scattering bank notes heller
Skelter in modern emulation of a
rake's progress.
Behind Jail bars he sulked, alone
cursing his luck while in the city
the leaderlesS criminal organiza-
tion fought over the scraps of its
one-time power with only a sneel
for the one who had been known
as 'the big shot"
Its a dirty deal-a bum rap
Capone said, prison pallor on his
sagging cheeks. THE supreme
court didn't treat me fair
"I'm a good citizen. I did lots
OF good All I did was sell people
liquor. The prohibition law is al
wrong anyhow"
He said nothing of the ruthless
rule of the machine gun that once
fastened on the city the oppro-
brium of civilized people and the
nickname murder capital of the
world; of the gangland ride, cor
ruption of officials, beer wars, un.
solved killings, aroused citizenry
Capone was silent as he checked
off his good deeds"
Il gave everybody break" HI
said. Il fed the poor at my SOUP
kitchen. 1 was a good husband anc
father
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
Alleged Attacker
Shielded By Girl

LOS ANGELES, May SUR
The state was expected to close its
case tomorrow against Frank New
land, youthful married golf caddy
who assertedly clubbed and threw
into an abandoned we'll his pretty
high school sweetheart because she
was to become a mother.
No court was held today due to
elections in California.
Cross examination of Lois Wade,
tragic heroine of a new American
Tragedy revealed yesterday that as
she crawled,, bruised and bleeding,
from the well, her first though was
to shield the man now being tried
for her attempted murder.
The court room was thronged for
the trial, necessitating special dep
uty Sheriffs to maintain order.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-03
MASSIE PARDON
PETITION SIGNED
BY CONCRESSMEN

WASHINGTON, May 3.-U.P)-
Leading members of the House, in
petition sponsored by Representa-
tive Thatcher, (Republican), KY,
today implored Governor Judd of
Hawaii to pardon 1t. Thomas H..
Massie and his co-defendants con-
victed of manslaughter.
The petition was cabled to Judd
last night. 1t said:
1--WE as members of Congress,
deeply concerned for the welfare
of Hawaii, believe that the prompt
and unconditional pardon of Lieu
tenant MasSie and his associates
will serve that welfare and the ends
of justice. We, therefore, most
earnestly urge that such pardon be
granted"
The signers included the delega-
ton from Kentucky, Massie's home
state, and Democratic Leader Raj
ney chairman of the insular affairs
committee, Chairman Byrns of the
appropriations committee, Chair
man Cochran of the expenditures
committee, Chairman McDuffie of
the economy committee and Acting
Chairman Crisp of the ways and
means committee.
Thatcher said he expected to add
many other names to the petition.
The House judiciary committee
was to consider the Crisp bill which
would grant a congressional par
don, the Delaney resolution urging
President Hoover to grant a par
don, and the Bingham bill passed
by the Senate yesterday which
would prevent the attackers of Mrs.
Massie from being acquitted should
a jury trying them disagree Sec
ond time. There was considerable
discussion regarding the legality of
the Crisp measure.