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Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Court Will Hear
Line Closing Case

LOS ANGELES, May 26. UPg-
Federal Judge William p. James
today granted William II. Ellison,
san Diego collector of customs,
VIC weeks added time to answer
a complaint seeking TO restrain
Ellison from enforcing the p. N.
to 6. a. m. border closing law.
The complaint was brought By
j. H. Miller, an employee in Tia
juana. Miller alleged his work
forced him to remain in Tiajuana
past the 6 p. m. closing hour, ana
that the order of Secretary Of the
Treasury Ogden L. Mills closing
the border at that time was un-
constitutional since II deprived him
of the right to earn a livelihood.
Judge James denied a motion Nv
the government to dismiss the suit
several days ago Hearings on 4
motion to strike out portions OF
the complaint will be held June Q
before Judge James.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Power Dive Fatal
For TIVE AviatOrs

SAN PEDRO, May 26. U.P)-
When their plane tore apart during
power dive, two navy pilots were
carried TO their deaths yesterday in
the Pacific ocean, and third was
hurled from the craft and floated
to safety with his parachute.
D. w. Henderle, chief aviation
pilot, was the man saved. His par
achute carried him to the water
near the fishing boat San Joaquin,
and he was taken aboard.
A. T. Meade, of Coronado, and
D. T. Gerber, of Spokane, Wash,
were killed when the plane struck
the water with terrific force and
disappeared. 1t was believed they
were unable to free themselves
rom the cockpit.
A part of a wing was all that
could be located during a search of
the area by the destroyer Crown
inshield.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
WHAT'S DOING

TONIGHT
East Side grammar school
graduation, s, East Side school.
Graduation exercises, 8, Will
son school.
Eastside- Sunset Farm CEN
ter, 7:45, Eastside school.
McCabe Eucalyptus Farm
center, 7:45, McCabe school.
Night school, 10, high school.
B.P.O.E.. No. 1925, 8, Elks
hall.
RAM, No. lo9, 8, Masonic
temple.
Troop IA, B.S,A., 1850, Scout
hut.
, Phi Chi; 7'45' California
Women of Moose, No. 1i3, 8,
Moose hcme.
Citizenship class, 10, high
school.
Baseball. s, Wilson school.
Herb Morris Airdome, "The
Lady Surrenders."
Valley theatre, Emma"
Fox Imperial theatre, World
and the Flesh"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AMONG
WORST OF FEDERAL RACKETS'

agriculture took 10000 and the re-
naming $4,000 were turned over
to congress for distribution to con-
stituents. This entire 1881 edition
at the official price, should have
sold at 100000.
The department of agriculture is
laboriously publishing soil surveys
of each county in the country. The
law under which this is done re-
quires that each senator shall have
500 of these and each congressman
1000, which is more than the pop
ulation OF some rural counties.
These cost something under 60
cents a copy. They are so scien-
tific that one congressman COM
planned he had no use for them and
had stored them in the barn where
the rats gnawed them.
Printing for congress cost $780,
900 last year.
The government printing office
last year turned out 71,941 1903 cop
les of publications and sold 8,607,-
247 copies. On the Wickersham
report, 100000, was spent printing
it and practically no copies were
sold.
Four-fIfths of the farmers bulle-
tins issued by the department of
agriculture are printed for circu-
lation by congressman. They are
franked out to voters mailing lists
often with the congressman name
stamped on them.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Negro Doctors
Wife Divorced

LOS ANGELES, May 26. U.R)-
Helen Lee Worthing, former &C
tress in the Follies, New York, had
divorce today from DR.. Eugene
c. Nelson, wealthy Negro physician,
on the grounds Of cruelty.
She charged her husband was
possessed of a violent temper and
was of an extremely jealous ma
ture, and in uncontested testimony
described numerous acts of alleged
cruelty.
"On one OCCASION she said "he
held gun against my head, threat
ening me nearly all night. On an
other occasion he left me without
food for several days. 1 had a
nervous breakdown because of it."
During a four-month period, DR..
Nelson was ordered to pay his for
mer wife $500 per month, the pay
mentS to cease in case she remar-
ried
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
WALKER
REFUTES
CHARGES
New York Mayor Denies
Sherwood Acted AS His
Financial Agent.
HUGE SUM BANKED
Near Riot AS Seabury's
Questioning Brings Out
Evidence.

NEW YORK, May &c. U.P)-Rus-
sell T. Sherwood, who handled sew
eral small housekeeping financial
affairs for Mayor James j. Walkers
wife, banked $700,225 in a period of
four years, according to testimony
before the Hofstadter investigating
committee late today.
Mayor Walker was testifying be-
fore the committee when Counsel
Samuel Seabury made this revela-
ton. Sherwood. who has been
missing since the inquiry began. has
been known generally as Walkers
business representative, but the
mayor today insisted this was not
the case.
81 don't know anything about
Sherwood's private affairs" Walker
said when the large bank deposit
record was shown, "I repeat have
nothing to do with his business
1t was also brought out by a
surprise witness, p. E. Murphy, who
was called after Mayor Walker had
concluded his testimony, that Sher-
woods special brokerage account
had been closed out with pay
ment of 1868 ,838.68 in cash.
Seabury showed that the four
years bank deposit had included
$475,094 in cash.
The courtroom became uproarious
at the evidence. Tammany mem
bers Of the committee started
shouting.
Nothing like this ever happened
outside Of Russia" Assemblyman
Steingut screamed, II can see the
headlines now. Sherwood Banks
100000"
The courtroom soon was bed
lam of cheers, catcalls and hisses.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Debt Payments
Not Arranged

LONDON, May 26. U.P)-Great
Britain has made no arrangement
to pay war debt annuities to the
United States after expiration of
the Hoover moratorium, Maj. Wal
ter Z. Elliott, financial secretary of
the treasury, informed the house
of commons today.
Elliott said British war debt
payments to the United States to
date total 26,2OO,50O pounds ster-
ling, while British receipts from
reparations and war debts totaled
200 10000 pounds.
THE deficit, including interest at
per cent, on both side of the
account is about 100000 pounds, "
he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
BY MAX BUCKINGHAM
limited Press staff COrrespOndenl

NEW YORK, May 26 U.R)-May-
or James J. Walker, admitting he
had profited almost 100000 in
stock market pools through the
goodness of his friends, struck back
before the Hofstadter legislative
committee today against any impli-
cations that his personal business
transactions were related to his Of
ficial acts.
He made no personal investment
in any of the lucrative pools, he
said, and he and his colleagues OPP
enly showed resentment at the in
terrogation into his private affairs,
terming it examination before a
trial-a preliminary to preferring
charges against me to the governor
of this state"
Mention of the word bribery
came again into today's hearing,
but from Walker himself. Yester-
day he had suggested Counsel Sam
uel Seabury of the committee to
come into the open with any claim
CT bribery he might have. And, to-
day. he renewed his virtual chal-
lenge declaring, in explanation OF
one of his riskless profits that he
was making his statement Ito take
away an inference or innuendo"
that be was bribed "in the matter
of (city) taXicah control"
Walker admitted the following
stock market profits which he had
acrrued without personal invest
ment:
|. An account operated by Paul
Block, dealing in several stocks,
yielded s246, ,692.76. Blocks benefi-
Cence was credited for the gift.
2. An operation carried on by Es-
mond OBrisn, netting $4,000 to
Walker, which the latter attributed
to OBrien's friendship.
3. An operation carried on through
j. A. Sisto and Company, in Cos
den oil stocks, netting $4,000 which
was paid in Cosden bonds. Walker
doubted if these bonds were Of any
value today. Someone, whose name
he said he could not recall, suggest
ed he enter this operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
INDIANA PROVIDES
AUTO TRUCKS TO
TRANSPORT VETS
Bonus Army Continues
On Way To Washing
ton To Obtain Money.

WASHINGTON, Ind, May &c U.P)
The bonus army 400 cheering
World war veterans, started for
Cincinnati today in Indiana Ma
tional guard motor trucks on an
other leg of their crusade to
Washington, d. G.
The veterans, all unemployed,
who started from Portland, Ore,
and rode freight trains free until
they reached the Mississippi river,
breakfasted on eggs and coffee
furnished by Washington towns
people and delayed the trucks only
is minutes in the process of en-
barking.
The veterans were escorted by
a detail of state police and were
in charge of Lieut.. Col. Robert
Stilwell, detailed by Governor
Leslie to escort them across the
state to avert violence threatened
when the crusaders" announced
their intention to capture a Balti-
more and Ohio freight train
whether the railroad liked it or
not"
The caravan was expected to
reach Salem, Ind, for lunch and
spend the night in North Vernon,
proceeding to Cincinnati tomorrow.
Another contingent of veterans
was reported waiting at Cincin-
natl to Join the army"
With transport difficulties solved
temporarily, the enthusiasm of the
veterans overflowed in bizarre ef-
forts to obtain contributions of
food and money. They estimated
the cost of feeding the men at
about 5000 day. But in most
towns they have found generous
citizens willing to donate provisions
for the commissary.
Realizing that if and when the
army arrives in Washington, D. c.,
the problem of funds will be SER
ious during their stay, one Of the
crusaders is planning a boxing
match there, with the receipts to
help feed his comrades.
l1C 10 ullChCy DOldll, dNllII
coast welterWeight champion from
1923 to 1925. He and his manager,
William Hoffman, joined the army
at San Francisco. Dolan has been
training every day and his man
ager has been in correspondence
with Washington fight promoters.
One of the principal problems,
that of obtaining cigarettes, was
solved when Roy Petrie, Portland
Ore, veteran, was ordered to col
lect all cigarette butts an inch and
a half long or longer and ration
them out to the men.
WASHINGTON, May &c. (U.P1-A
cool reception awaits the battalions
of war veterans struggling toward
the capital to demand a bonus.
The marchers will be housed and
fed here for only 48 hours at the
most, Superintendent of Police
Pelham D. Glassford, retired gen.
eral, decided after a conference
with other District of Columbia
officials.
Confidential police information
indicates that in addition to the
band now in Indiana, 5000 or more
former soldiers will converge on
Washington within the next two
weeks. June has been set as the
date for mass demonstration.
Every effort will be made to head
eff the veterans by pointing out
the futility of their cause.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
BY LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 26.-Yield-
ing to the demands of minor
revolt, the senate finance commit
tee today restored to the $1,000
100000 revenue bill a dozen so
called luxury taxes" which sena-
tors insisted should be contained
in an emergency tax program.
The restored taxes would affect
toilet preparations, furs, jewelry,
candy, boats, soft drinks, sporting
goods, cameras, mechanical re-
frigerators, firearms, matches and
safety deposit boxes.
Committee experts estimated the
yield from the additions to the
excise schedule would be approxi-
mately $60,00O,000.
The committee met at 9 a. m.
in response to general demands
from the floor that taxes which
were eliminated when the treasury
program was adopted be written
back into the bill. 1t required only
an hour for the committee to reach
decision, and members immedi-
ately departed for the senate
chamber to place the re-drafted ex-
else schedule before the senate.
The committee altered the boat
schedule TO place an annual use
tax on graduated scale on all
craft over % feet. The soft drink
schedule was returned as approved
earlier by the committee. as were
porting goods and matches. The
~ or matches is z cent a thou
sand on paper matches and two
cents on wooden ones.
The firearms provision adopted
by the house was again approved
by the senate committee. Safety
leposit boxes will be taxed per-
nanently instead of on a two-year
basis.
The admissions tax was altered
o provide exemption for all tickets
lnder 80 cents. Candy viii b
axed 2 per cent.
The toilet preparations tax, at
ate of 10 per cent, and estimated
to bring in $4,000 900, was adopted
Immediately after the senate met.
Soaps and dentifices are exempt.
Passage of a 10 pre- cent jewelry
tax followed close on the heels Of
the levy on toilet preparations. The
senate made no exemptions from
the 10 per cent tax. The yield was
estimated at $5,000,000.
The 5 per cent manufacturers
sales tax on mechanical refriger1-
tors was approved without debate
1t is expected to yield S6,000,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Three Killed In
Nebraska Storm

TRENTON. Neb., May 26. U.P)-
Three persons were killed and five
injured when tornado dipped
down into central and southwestern
Nebraska.
The dead are:
Mrs. John Newport, 36, of Cor
nell; John Newport, 35, of Cornell;
and Mrs. Ward Carey of Hersey.
The Newport home was wrenched
from its foundation. Mrs. Newport
was picked up and carried into a
nearby field by the twister. Her
husband was fatally injured.
A small outbuilding was over
thrown on top of the Hersey wom-
an.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Real Champion
Keeps Laurels

SACRAMENTO, May 26. U.P)
White haired John O'Day
smiled contentedIy from behind
the bars of the city Jail today.
He was arrested on a charge
of being drunk and trying to
start a one-man riot, but that
isn't what made him smile. 1t
was the 153rd time John has
been arrested by local officers.
John, as a result, had a
tighter hold on his peculiar
championship. Gus Epp, 43,
Johns nearest competitor, is
only an "upstart" in Johns
opinion. Gus has only been
arrested $50 times for runner
up honorS in the "most arrest
ed man. marathon, according
to Desk Sergeant Perry Gam
BILE, official referee.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Film Star Sued
Over Contract

LOS ANGELES. May &c. U.P)-
Frank Joyce-Myron Selznick, the
atrical agents, had q suit on file
today against Constance Bennett,
seeking to collect $4,000 assertedly
due on a contract they claimed to
have obtained for her.
Salary totalling $16,549 due the
actress was attached by orders of
the superior court pending dispos-
ition of the suit.
Miss Bennett is reputedly one of
the highest paid of film stars. She
is under contract to Warner Broth
erS.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Former Richfield
Officers Sued

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26. U.P)-
c. M. Fuller, former president of
the Richtield Oil company, and j.
A. Talbot, former chairman of the
board, today were named in a law
suit to recover money allegedly
misappropriated by them and II
former directors of the concern.
The action. filed by j. G.. Rod
man, bondholder, on his own be-
half ana that of other creditors,
alleged The defendants misappro-
priated more than $l,0O0,000.
Fuller and Talbot were sentenced
to terms in San Quentin prison
recently following conclusion of
their trials in Los Angeles on Grim
inai charges.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Former Ace
Under Arrest

SAN ANGELO, Tex, May 26. W.R)
William t. Ponder, second great
est United States World War ace
and holder of the distinguished SER
vice cross, today blamed taking "a
sporting chance for his arrest here
last night with a plane load of
beer.
Il am not pleading guilty to
anything" said the Dartmouth Up-
iyersity graduate who was credited
with shooting down IL enemy
planes.
Il simply took sporting
chance" ne said. 1T was just bit
of tough luck"
Ponder was arrested here by Gus
toms officers who pursued his open
biplane from the DorGcr in a second
ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Lindbergh Clues
Received Here

Reproductions of handwriting
used in the Lindbergh kidnapping
ransom notes were received at the
Ell Centro post office this morning
with instructions that the copies
be shown law enforcement Of
ficials.
Similar reproductions were de-
clared 10 have been mailed to every
postmaster in the country as a
part of the plan to run down the
criminals.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
PLANS APPROVED

WASHINGTON. May &c. W.P)-
The war department today ap-
proved revision plans of a bridge
to be built across San Francisco bay
from the city of San Francisco to
Oakland, application for approval
was filed by the California toll
bridge authority acting through the
California department of public
works.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
Pair OF Husbands
Seek Lost Wives

LOS ANGELES, May &c. U.P)-
Police of two states today sought
Mrs. Marion Foss, %. following her
disappearance Tuesday under cir
cumstances believed by her hus-
band to involve the hypnotic in
fluence Of an artist. Thomas Foss,
Jr., her husband, told police he be-
lieved Aries Faycr, 43-year-old ar
tist, had lured his wife from her
home.
PASADENA, May 26. U,P)-H. R.
Knight asked police to search for
his wife, 81 years old, today, eX-
pressing the fear she had been kid
naped in their own automobile. He
said he parked his car in Los An
geleS last night, and returned to
find the automobile and his wife
missing, although she is unable to
drive.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
wATERMELoNs SHIPPED

First car of watermelons for the
season went out by freight yeater-
day from Westmorland. according
to the report received AZ the agri-
cultural commissioners office.
The equivalent OF car and .
half went out by truck yesterday,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-26
esAWGEL-
2y2y ROGERS R!:1
w says:

BEVERLY HILLS, May 26.
(SpeciaD - Congress and the
senate are wondering if they
will be through in time for their
various conventions.
Now, the question arises in
our time the same as Shakes
peare's Cor some other old tim
err to be in session or not to
be in session, that is the ques-
ton, whether 1T is better to
suffer with or without con-
gress and the senate"
Most folks say "let them
suffer like they have made us
suffer" But to keep a politi-
clan away from his convention
is just like taking ice cream
away from a kid. It's liable
to make 'em mad. There is no
telling what they will pass.
Yours,
Evening star., 1932-09-26
ALABAMA SHAPED
FOR CLEAN SWEEP
Has Excellent Candidates for
Each Berth-Rockne
Style Mastered.
BY DILLON GRAHAM,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, September 26
Frank Thomas, the rotund
little University of Alabama
foot ball coach, can afford to
smile as he looks over his material
perhaps the best in Dixie.
Out on Denny Field here he has some
threescore huskies romping about, sew
eral good looking candidates for every
position and many veterans among
them.
Alabama lost ony one game in 1881
and Thomas, although issuing the usual
bear stories" will be surprised If he
loses a single contest this year.
The schedule is admirably arranged
for the CrimSons to point for the big
games with Tennessee. Vanderbilt and
St. Mary's. There are several rest spots
THOMAS had some difficulty last
i season in introducing the Notre
Dame system to players accustomed
20 Wallace Wade's maneuvers, but
they're well grounded in Rockne's magic
now. The players are faster and shift
tier. Although not as heavy as Ala
bama'S giants under Wade, who now is
coaching at Duke, they are better fitted
for Thomas formations.
Some critics are picking Alabama
to win the Southern Conference cham
pionship but 1 think this is more from
force Of habit than from any Logical
reasoning" Thomas says. We have
good material and should finish well uE
but I doubt if the material is well bal
anced enough to be firSt-class in all
respects
Godfree, who as a sophomore gave
premise of becoming one of the best
tackles in Dixie, has been bothered by
an injured knee If he is lost, Alabama
really will be hurt But the rest OF
the line shapes up satisfactorily.
THE best backheld finds John Cain
i All-Southern in 1881. at fullback
Holly at quarterback and Camp
bell ard Walker at halfbacks. Another
ball-C arrying quartet lists Hughes al
fullhack. Moseley at quarterback. an6
Howell anG RhordianZ, both sophomores
at halfback. There are two or three
passers and kickers in each group.
The schedule: October l. Mississippi
State at Montgomery; October 8
George Washington at Washington
D. c.: October 15 Tennessee at Bir-
mingham: october %, Mississippi;
October 90 Kentucky at Lexington
KY; November s. Virginia Polytechnic
November IL. Georgia Tech at Atlanta
November "a. Vanderbilt at Birming-
ham. and December 3, ST. Mary's at
San Francisco.
Evening star., 1932-09-26
GRIFFITH AND bAER
GO FOR TITLE SHOT
Max Favored Tonight in Bout
for Heavyweight Cham.
pionship Attention.

By the Associated Press.
~HICAGO, September 26.-Tuffy
4 Griffith, the young-old heavy
Y 4 weight from Sioux City, Iowa,
and Max Baer of Livermore,
Calf, will meet in another one of
those battles for championship con-
sideration tonight in the Chicago
Stadium.
When Baer scored his unofficial
knockout in gaining decision victory
over Ernie Schaaf of Boston in the
same ring less than a month ago, he
made himself a place in the heavy
weight championship picture. A VIC
tory over Griffith will help him along.
For Griffith, who has been fighting a
long time in spite of his youth, the
bout, scheduled for 10 rounds, ap-
proaches the critical. In his last two
major encounters he lost decisions to
Young Stribling and Johnny Risko. and
another defeat, especially a knockout
probably would definitely remove him
from the list of possible contenders
DAER'S triumph over Schaaf sets him
- up as the favorite, but Griffith.
who never seems to take a bad
beating. may be the style Of fighter to
upset him. Griffith will depend on his
speed and left hand to score and at
the same time avoid the blasts to the
body that softened up Schaaf and rip
ened him for the knockout punch that
arrived just too late.
Baer will have the advantage in
height, weight and reach. He will
weigh about 200 pounds, while Grifith
probably will scale no more than 100.
A score-by-rounds board will be used
for the first time in the stadium. the
scoring of the referee and judges to
be flashed at the end of each round.