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Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
SEES HOOVER ON
FEDERAL LOAN
TO Los ANGELES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1e-tUD
A proposed loan of $22, 800 900 from
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration to the City of Los Ange-
les was discussed by President
Hoover today with E. F. Scatter
good, manager of the Bureau Of
power and light in Los Angeles.
Scattergood, In Washington 10
urge the loan on r. F. G. officials,
said he hoped for favorable ac-
ton within two or three weeks"
I'VE have contracted for block
Of the Hoover Dam power" Scat
tergood said, "and want financial
aid until we can swing the finan-
cling ourselves, once the line Is N
operation. II is an entirely safe
liquidating proposal and we should
be able to repay the loan inside OF
three years. The earnings would
more than pay it back In that
time, think"
ScatteTgood said he expected 10
start back to Los Angeles tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
Coast Physician
Attempts Suicide

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10. U.P)-
DR.. Jacob Mishkin, Sc, ear. eye,
nose and throat specialist, today at
tempted suicide by injecting mar
cotics in his arteries and slashing
his wrists with a razor.
He was found in his office by
police officers, called when his wife
made an unsuccessful attempt to
gain entrance. Her suspicious were
aroused by an incoherent telephone
call the physician made to her, she
said.
DR.. Mishkin left a note addressed
to his wife and reading:
Darling, forgive mel cannot
stand this trouble any longer. Only
causing you suffering and more
suffering"
Hospital attendants said DR..
Mishkin's condition was extremely
serious. A blood TRANSMISSION was
planned.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
UNION PACIFIC
ASKS LEASE ON
FOUR RAILROADS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-(U.P)-
Examiner Thomas F. Sullivan today
recommended that the Interstate
Commerce Commission approve
the application of the Union Paci-
fic railroad company to acquire
control, by lease, of the road and
properties of the Oregon Short
Line road, the Oregon Washing
ton Railroad S5 Navigation COM
pany, the Los Angeles & Salt Lake
railroad company and the st. Jo-
seph q Grand Island railway com.
pany.
The Union Pacific's application
to acquire control of the railroad
companies was filed on May 81,
1882. The lines of the applicant
and the four companies have been
operated under common control
and management for many years
but separate operating organiza-
tionS. have been maintained
Under the present method of
operation, the Union Pacific and
the other lines have had to keep
separate accounting reports. Un-
der the proposed unification, the
inter-company accounting would be
eliminated and the amount of 9TH
er accounting would be substan-
TALLY reduced.
The examiner said he had found
savings of about 100000 per year
IN accounting costs would result
from approval of the application.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
Gar Woods Time
Under Question

ALGONAC, Mich, Sept. 19.-(U.P)
Gar Wood drove Miss America x
at a terrific pace on warm up"
run on the st. Clair river here
today where he is trying to estab-
lish a new worlds speed record for
motor boats.
Due to an error in the timing
system it was impossible to de-
termine whether Wood achieved
the unbelievable speed of 145 sta
tute miles per hour or 126.09. Both
the statute and nautical miles are
being timed, but only one signal
came in and officials we're unable
to determine which distance the
time represented They were of
the opinion, however, that 126.09
was the time for the statute mile
The present record is held by
Kaye Don in Miss England III. 1t
Is 119.75 statute miles per hour, at
Loeb Lomond, Scotland, on July
18, 1882.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
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TEN SUICIDES
OVER WEEK--END
in Los ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10. UP,
Ten persons, one of whom was a
deputy county counsel, were dead
today as the result of weekend
wave of suicides.
Most spectacular was the death
of a beautiful unidentified young
woman who plunged from the top
of huge 'Hollywoodland" sign in
the hills overlooking the city. A
note indicated she had ended her
own life.
The official was Raymond G. Nc
Allaster, who calmly called to j. M.
Toommey, information clerk in the
hall of records, and informed him
that he had taken poison.
Physicians summoned by Toom-
mey arrived too late to save Nc
Allasters life. He was said to have
been in i'll health.
Authorities who investigated the
death of the woman decided she
leaped from the "H' of the sign,
the letters of which are approx
imately SO feet high.
Landing on the rocky hill on
which the sign stands her body
rolled almost 100 feet to the point
where it was found.
The young woman made her way
to the top of the sign by way of
a ladder customarily used by repair
men to replace electric lights in the
sign.
She left a note which read:
81 am afraid am coward. I
am sorry for everything. If I had
done this long time ago it would
have saved me a lot of pain"
The note was signed with the
initials "P. E."
Discovery of the body resulted
from telephone call to police. The
call was made by woman who re-
fused to reveal her name because
she didn't want any publicity" =
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 10. U.P)-
The pretty young blonde who ap-
parently committed suicide by leap
ing from the top of the "H'' in the
brilliantly lighted Hollywoodland
sign high in the Hollywood hills,
was identified today as Lillian Mil
licent (Peg) Entwistle, stage and
screen actress.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
MILITIA GUARDS
ILLINOIS TOWN
AFTER BOMBING
Coal Miners Dispute In
Taylorsville Causes Ill
Feeling.

TAYLORVILLE, ILL.,, Sept. 10. U.P)
National guardsmen patrolled the
streets today as tension ran high
after bombs were thrown here in
the bitter Illinois coal labor dispute.
Two companies of militia, order
ed to the scene at the urgent re-
quest of authorities, arrived shortly
before dawn.
Officers disposed the troops about
the city ready for any eventuality.
The city was quiet at an early
hour. Special deputies sworn in by
local and county peace officers aid
ed the guardsmen in their patrol.
The national guard companies
were ordered here by Gov. Louis
L. Emmerson after committee of
militiamen sent to investigate con-
ditions reported to him that 1t was
doubtful if order would be pre-
served without their aid.
Local officials said they feared
new bomb outbreaks unless protec-
ton was furnished.
Two offices of the Taylorville
Breeze, local newspaper, and the
local headquarters of the United
Mine Workers of America were
partially wrecked in explosions ear
ly yesterday.
Feeling has run high here for
weeks over the mine controversy
which has resulted in frequent out
breaks recently in the Illinois coal
fields.
Street fighting, sluggings and ter
roristic activity have been rife, city
officers said. Local miners are di-
vided in two camps, one desiring to
work on a $5 daily wage scale, the
other favoring a strike for the old
rate of $6.10.
Bitterness was increased by a re-
cent series of articles by Editor c..
F. Jewell in the Taylorville Breeze
discussing conditions in the south
ern coal fields where, Jewell re-
ported, miners were working and
appeared satisfied by the $5 wage
scale.
In an extra published after the
bomb attack on his newspaper,
Jewel called for mobilization of
troops here.
Troops must come to Taylor
Vile; the business life must carry
on" he said editorially.
Taylorville, the center of the rich
Christian county coal fields, has
been focal point of the central Ill
inois mines dispute.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
ROOSEVELT WILL
MAKE PLEA FOR
NORTHWEST AID
BY FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspondent

ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPE-
CIAL, ENROUTE BUTTE, Mont,
Sept. 10. = Encouraged by reports
from the Pacific northwest, Gov
ernor Franklin d. Roosevelt was
ready to strike out for that terri
tory today in the hope his presence
would be the signal for con-
certed Democratic offensive
Strategists of Roosevelts presi-
Dental drive, headed by James A..
Farley, Democratic national chair
man, conferred for two days in
Salt Lake City with northwestern
leaders planning course of action
they believe would be highly bene-
ficial to the ticket.
just what they have decreed is
a matter of conjecture but it is
felt by political observers that it
will revolve pretty much around a
steady emphasis of Roosevelts
water power policy and his con-
duct in the matter of utility regu-
lation.
The Roosevelt train headed into
Montana today. Governor Ben
Ross of Idaho boarded the train
at Pocatello to meet Roosevelt.
The nominee planned to work
today upon the third major speech
of his transcontinental tour, sched-
'uled for Portland, Ore, and which
is expected to deal with water pow
er and utilities regulation.
Roosevelt was to remain in Butte
three hours and then depart for
Seattle, Wash. ~ to,'t
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
ENROLMENT AT
SCHOOLS SHOWS
LIGHT DECREASE
Expect Total Will Be In
creased Within Remain
der Of Week.

Complete enrollments of COM
bined high school and grammar
schools in El Centre at the open
ing today of city schools showed
"a less students enrolled for the
beginning of school this year than
last.
OF these, however, a decrease of
80 was noted in grammar schools,
while the high school had en-
rolled only two students less than
last year.
B. M. Gruwell, superintendent
of city schools, said this afternoon
that the decrease is caused large
ly by the failure of Mexican stu
dents to return to school. A school
nurse today was investigating the
situation, to find if the Mexican
children merely have failed to en-
roll, or have moved away.
At the high school the total en-
rollment this year reached SAP, as
compared to 544 last year. Old stu
dents returning numbered 352,
while 38 new students from other
high schools we're enrolled and 152
are freshmen. No figures were
available on the junior college as
yet.
Mckinley school, among the
grammar schools, enrolled 199 this
year, compared to 220 last year
Harding enrolled 372 compared to
1863 last year. Lincoln had an en-
rollment of 22O compared to last
years figure of 240, Wilson showed
248 this year against 236 last year,
and the East Side school dropped
from 1913 last year to 1873 this year.
This years total enrolment for
grammar schools is 1922, compared
to 1852 for last year.
At Mckinley school, where 80
Mexican pupils were enrolled last
year, only three were entered this
year. This more than accounted
for the decrease in enrolment
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
DIS I RICT
s | A SH ES
TAXATION 7
New Rate OF S1.50 Per
S1OO Made Instead OF
Former S..
ACTION EXPLAINED
Payment Of Delinquent
cies Expected To Pro-
vide Large Sum.

Imperial Irrigation district di-
rectors this morning effected a re:
duction in the assessment rate for
the ensuing year when they set
the rate at $1.50 per S100 valuation.
The former rate was SIS per $100
valuation.
After passing the resolution so
setting the assessment rate, direc-
tors explained how the reduction
was made and said they had been
governed by q desire to relieve I'M
perial Valley ranchers as far as
possible.
The reduction, it was explained,
was somewhat in the manner of an
emergency move. In the past, they
said, conditions would not permit
inclusion of these factors in set
ting the rate year after year, but
were present when most necessary.
At the present time $4,000, 1888. rs
is the amount due the district on
redemptionS of the years 1923 and
1881 inclusive. The district holds
certificates Of sale over these lands
and these assets are regarded as
securities Of the first order. 1t was
explained they amount to a first
mortgage on Imperial Valley as a
result Of the supreme court ruling
that irrigation district claims hold
precedence over county and state
claims.
The resolution setting the rate
passed the board by unanimous
vote.
Past history shows, it is said,
that all except four per cent of the
delinquencies will be paid. Four
per cent Of this sum is $80,O15.55,
thus the district may expect ac-
tually to collect $1,92O,3 ,373.2O with
in the three-year period.
The first claim against this ST.
92o,373.20 is 100000 past due pay
ments on bond principal and in
terest. This 100000 is delinquent
and is not included in payments
on bond principal or interest for
the ensuing year. The 100000
should, directors said, be deduct
ed Immediately to meet these bond
delinquencieS.
Having made this deduction, the
district still has $1,720, 1890 avail
able from redemptions. 1t should
be borne in mind that this figure
designates rock bottom revenue
from this source available for cur
rent expenditures, anticipated fail
ure to pay and delinquent obliga-
tions having already been consid-
cred.
With the rate at $1.50 per $100
valuation, the district expects to
raise $629 ,923.15 during the ensu-
ing year. In commenting upon the
rate, I.rector Mark Rose said, 1--WE
hope and believe that this lower
rate will make for a more even
distribution of burden. In the past
year, 53.1 percent of the tax pay
erS carried the load while 46.9 per
cent rode free. With the new rate
in effect, this 469 per cent should
be in a position to carry its share
of current obligations and at the
same time redeem it's delinquent
cies."
The new rate is but three -tenths
OF last years rate on 500 valua-
ton. On cheaper land, the reduc-
ton does not figure as much per
fCOutiuued I'm Pape a
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
Assert County
Not Held Liable

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19.-(U.H
"A claim of the Charles H. Craw-
ford estate for the refund of the
$4,000 in $1,000 bills assertedly
stolen by Liberty A. Hill, chief dep
uty county clerk, today was denied
by the board of supervisors on the
ground that the county was not
liable,
Formal demand upon the county
for the money was made by coun-
sci for the estate.
Hill recently was convicted of
stealing the money which had been
held under his care as evidence in
an extortion case.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19

picketing of highways be discon-
tinued except for maintenance of
observers who would report on yio-
lators of the strike order.
Pickets who have maintained a
virtual blockade in the Sious City
area for several weeks were COM
mended for their work in bring
ing the farm problem to the at
tention of the entire nation"
However, the association said, it
felt such voluntary and spontan-
eous picketing of the highways had
served its purpose, therefore be it
resolved that we earnestly request
that further voluntary picketing of
highways be Immediately discon-
tinued."
Local cooperative organizations
to enforce the strike order we're
suggested to replace picketing.
Community organizations to resist
foreclosures of farm mortgages
were also asked.
Indications were that pickets
would follow the suggestion of the
Holiday association. The blockade
here was lifted. Two groups OF
picketeers pledged themselves to
place sentinels along the highway
to see there was no hindrance of
entry to the city.
Sheriff John Davenport who last
week asked Gov. Dan A. Turner
for national guardsmen to aid in
controlling the situation an
nounced he had released all his
special deputies and would rely on
the farmers to prevent further
picketing.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, Sept. 10. U.P)
Highways were flung open to
farm produce at least temporarily
today as preparations were made
for putting into effect throughout
the middle west a general farm
strike movement.
These two developments, though
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
KENTUCKY FEUD
CAUSES MILITIA
To BE CALLED

MANCHESTER, KY, Set. 10. dJ.p)
Twenty-Five Kentucky national
guardsmen patrolled streets here
today as authorities continued their
investigation into the Staying of two
men, one of them a commonwealth
attorney, and the wounding of two
others in an old Clay county feud.
The dead were Frank H. Baker,
80, commonwealth attorney, Lon
don, KY, and John Brock, %, said
to be a resident of Cincinnati.
The wounded are Frank Young,
40, shot in the left hip, and Wiley
Baker, uncle of Frank Baker,
wounded in the legs. Both are res
idents of Clay county.
The alleged slayers, fired from
ambush in the court house and
then, after having barricaded them
selves in the court house for hours,
escaped before troops arrived.
Frank Baker had gone to Man
chester from London and stopped
at Wiley Bakers home, William C.
Lewis, circuit judge who requested
the national guard troops of Gov
ernor Ruby Laffoon, said. When
the four men walked out of the
house, they were shot down by a
barrage of rifle and machine gun
fire, apparently directed from the
court house across the street.
Authorities attribute the Staying
to a feud said to. have been start
ed before the Civil war. The out
break clinaxed series of recent
killings in Clay county which have
been attributed to the feud.
Underlying cause of the feud nev-
er has been determined but it is
known here as the Baker, Howard
White Bailey -Phillipot feud.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
Frank Funeral
Rites On Coast

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10. UR)-
Funeral services for Abe Frank, 81,
widely known hotel man, were held
today in Congregation BNai Birth,
with Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin off
ciating. Frank died Saturday after
an operation for kidney ailment.
Frank had notable career as
a hotel man, becoming associated
early in his life with the Fred Har-
vey railway dining system. He later
served as executive and director of
the Sherman hotel and North Am
erican restaurants in Chicago.
AT the time of his death he was
vice president and general manager
of the Ambassador hotel here, one
of the largest hotels on the Pa
cific coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
TRIAL OF DAVIS
OPENS TODAY in
FEDERAL COURT
BY SANDOR S. KLEIN
United Press Staff Correspondent


NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-James j.
Davis, United States senator from
Pennsylvania, cabinet member un-
der three presidents, and idol of
the million members of the Loyal
Order of Moose, went on trial to-
day, charged with violating the
federal statues prohibiting matter
pertaining to lotteries from the
mails and from interstate COM
merce.
A gray haired, broad shoulder
ed, middle aged man, Davis took
his place at counsel table as Fed
eral Judge Frank j. Coleman di-
rected the reading of the indict-
ments. A candidate for reelection
in November, his political future
was at stake.
Davis was indicted on 10 counts
charged with sending lottery ma
terial through the mails and in
interstate commerce, and also with
conspiracy. The alleged lottery
was conducted by the fraternal or
der of Moose which he dominates.
If convicted, he faces a maximum
sentence of 20 years Imprisonment
and a $28,O0OO fine.
A prosecution motion for the
selection of IA jurors two to serve
as alternates without votes unless
one of the other IL should become
incapacitated, was granted.
Davis, who began life as an i'm
migrant boy from Wales and made
his way up from the day laborer
and iron puddler to the place of
the mighty, was indicted with six
Others and the Western Union Tel
egraph company. The others will go
to trial later.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
Asserts Congress
Will Stay Dry

WASHINGTON, Sept 49, U.R-
A prediction that the next congress
will still be dry came from F.
Scott Mcbride, general superintend-
ent of the Anti-Saloon League to-
day, as the prohibition bureaus re-
port on August activities showed
less liquor siezed, despite the ac-
celeration in activities.
McBrides conclusion was based,
he said, on the results to date on
state primaries.
In August the prohibition bureau
made 8,811 arrests, and seized 1878
automobiles and 1,746 stills. In
each instance these were gains both
over August 1881 and July this
year. Less wine, spirits and beer
were confiscated, however,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
Well Known Actor
Weds On Coast

VENTURA, Cal, Sept. 19.-U.H
Eugene Palette, 43, well-known
character actor and his bride, the
former Majorie Cagnacci, 80, of
this city, were honeymooning here
today following their marriage at
the bedside of the BRIDES Ill mo-
ther here yesterday.
The newly welded couple first
met two months ago while vaca-
tioning at Sequoia national forest.
This is Pallette's second marriage
The bride is the daughter of A. l..
Cagnicci, superintendent of the
Ventura county hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
Hoover Leads In
Who's Who Poll

CHICAGO, Sept. 10. U.P)-First
returns today in former Senator
Henry j. Aliens postcard presiden-
tial poll of Who's Who In Amer
lea" placed President Hoover more
than three to one ahead of Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The initial tabulation of votes
gave:
Hoover, 1,646
Roosevelt, 514
Thomas, SO
Smith, 10.
Strongest Hoover sentiment was
reported in Illinois, Roosevelt made
his best showing in Alabama, Allen
reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
Stock Value Not
Based on Lists

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19.-tU.P
Stock exchange listing are not
conclusive evidence of the value of
securities, it was determined as
California law today, following a
refusal of the state supreme court
to grant hearing of an appellate
court decision which was protest.
ed.
The case arose in Los Angeles
when state inheritance tax ap-
praisers evaluated the estate of
the late Charles w. Spitley, which
included 2400 shares of preferred
and $4,000 shares of common Rich
field Oil company stock,
The Citizens National Trust and
Savings bank, executor of the es-
tate, objected to the appraisal on
the ground that the figures did
not represent the fair market val
ue. The stocks now have but a
nominal value.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
JAPANESE SEEK
OIL CONTRACT
WITH RUSSIANS

BERLIN, Sept. 10. U.p)-A del
egation of important Japanese bus
inessmen was enroute to Moscow
today to negotiate petroleum con-
tract with the Soviet Napatha syn
dicate aimed to make the japanese
navy independent of the United
States oil supplies.
Foreign military attaches here
considered the japanese gesture of
the highest political and CONNER
cial Importance. Japan's desire to
emancipate herself from the United
States petroleum interests has been
known for some time Suspicion
between Japan and Russia pre-
vented earlier negotiations.
Three suspicious reached cli-
max last spring with revival of
military activity in Man
churia, heavy concentration of Red
army units in Siberia, and war talk
from Toxic and Moscow. The Jap
aneSe delegation quietly departed
for Moscow, when the tension eased
recently.
Tokios scheme comedies with
Moscow's desire for increased oil
sales. 1t is believed here that
Russo-Japanese oil deal will sta
bilize Russian oil exports for sew
eral years and relieve pressure on
the Soviets to come to terms with
and British producers for
a partitioning of world markets.
News of the imminent arrival of
the Japanese in Moscow reached a
foreign government. The result
was that the governments Moscow
was instructed to
watch developments closely in view
of the immense political and econ
omic implications.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
OF MIDWEST CALL
FOR GENERAL STRIKE ORDER

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 10
-UP)-A general strike order was
issued to midwest farmers today
by the National Farmers Holiday
association recommending, that,
effective Wednesday, all non-per-
ishable farm produce be withheld
from market and that highways
blockadeS be lifted.
In an appeal directed to all ag-
ricultural producers of the Middle
West, the Holiday association di-
rectors urged that farmers sell no
more grain and livestock until
prices reach the production cost
level.
The association suggested that
the embargo on dairy products,
poultry and perishable produce be
lifted for 80 days to be reinstated
at the end of that time if the gen.
eral strike has not succeeded in its
objective.
The suggestion was made that