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Evening star., 1932-01-08
GIRLS IN BASKET TOURNEY.

DALLAS, Tex, January 7 (P).-
julius Schepps, chairman of the local
committee, has announced March 81
to March IS as dates for the 1882 girls
national A. A. U. basket ball tourna-
ment at Dallas.
Evening star., 1932-01-08
Team Records.
Season Records


High team set-Reproduction, 1857.
High team game-Barbettes. 599.
High averages-Penfold, HIPS: Bell, Ills.
Individual sets-Gauzs, $685. Bell, 1868.
Individual game-Penfold, Isl.
Most stIikes-Kuster, ii.
Most SpareS-Penfold, 10l.
Evening star., 1932-01-08

TINE PLACE Refrigeration room of
The Seaboard Terminal Company
THE CAR Tce.couered tor IL hours
at 2o0 below freezing
THE GAS New Winter TYDoL
Gasoline
STARTING r'mE' II ,O,~o.z
Evening star., 1932-01-08


Referees-MessrS. McCheSney and Burrhus.
More than usual interest attaches 20
the bowling match tonight between Col
legiates and Dixie Pigs on the Arcade
drives here. Collegiates are leading the
Section championship race in the
Prince Georges County Duckpin ASso-
ciation by three games and the Dixies,
who won the pennant last season, stand
third.
Company F, National Guard bas-
keters broke a losing streak when they
conquered Fort Washington quint, 26
to 25, in an overtime game on the Ar
mory court here last night.
Griffith Consumers of Washington
walloped Palace A. c., also Of that city,
80 to l3, in another contest.
A foul shot by Fenton Cogar broke a
25-all tie in the extra period and gave
the Guardsmen victory. At the end OF
regulation time the score was 1928.
Grifith- Consumers was in the van all
the way against Palace A. c.
Middletons Lumber Jacks have booked
q basket ball game with Headquarters
Company, National Guard Reserves,
Sunday afternoon in the Armory at
Laurel
Wilson Avenue Baptist basket ball
team Of Colmar Manor believes it can
best any -pound-class quints in
Prince Georges County. Playing for
Wilson Avenue are Colbert, Porter and
Hudgins, forwards; Beach and West
burg, centerS, and Van Pelt and Etter,
guards. Manager Edward Hudgins is
listing games at Hyattsville $50 before
pm.
Evening star., 1932-01-08
NET RANKING LIST
HELD D|SPUTABLE.
Leaders UnchaIIenged, but
Other Ratings May Start
Verbal Fireworks.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, January 8.-The
Selection Committee of the
v United States Lawn Tennis
Association has come up with
ranking list fer 1881 that may provide
material for plenty of verbal fireworks
when the association holds its annual
meeting in New Orleans next month.
There can be no quarrel, of course,
with the selection of Ellsworth Vines
for the No. l place in mems singles
nor with the choice of Mrs. Helen Wills
Moody for similar spot on the women's
division, but elsewhere in the list are
rankings open to dispute.
Behind Vines, the national champion,
the committee has placed George Lott
at No. 2; Frank Shields at No 3; John
Van Ryn, No 4; Johnny Doeg, No. s.
Cliff Sutter, No. s; Sidney Wood, No. 7;
Keith Gledhill No. 8; Wilmer Allison,
No. 9, and Berkeley Bell No. 10.
Doeg Drops in List.
In that array the one really dis
putable point seems to be the ranking
of Van Ryn at No. in preference to
Doeg, national champion and No. /
player in 1880.
The rise of Gledhill to the No 8 post
puts the 2 ranking juniors of 1929 in
the flrtS 10. Gledhill was ranked No.
among the juniors two years ago and
Vines No. 2. A year ago Vines had
jumped to No. 8 in the national ranking
and Gledhill was No. IA.
Ranking behind Mrs. Moody in the
Women's singles are Helen Jacobs, Mrs.
L. A. Harper, Mrs. Marion Zinderstein
JesSup, Mary Greet, Marjorie Morrill,,
Sarah Palfrey, Mrs Marjorie Van Ryn,
Virginia Hilleary and Mrs. Dorothy
AndruS Burke.
Lower Ratings.
Evening star., 1932-01-08

Totals ...N S q Totals - 10 4 "a
Referees-Messrs McChesney and Burrhus.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09

Assurance that the California
Railroad commission will complete
investigation of local service and
charges of the Natural Gas corpor-
alton is contained in letter re-
ceived recently by j. G. Neale, city
clerk.
One OF the commissions gas en-
gineerS is to be sent to El Centre
soon with instructions to go into
the entire matter of service here.
Press of formal Investigations un-
dertaken by the commission is de-
clared to be responsible for the
delay in the investigation here. The
commission is said to have initiated
revision of Order No. So, covering
service standards for gas utilities.
This revision necesSitated consid-
cradle study on the part of gas
engineers and contributed to the
delay.
Members of the railroad commits
sion have kept in touch with the
general situation in Ell Centro and
made an investigation of the COM
pany's operations with regard to
installation of the new air-butane
plant, according to E. L. Ebright,
assistant secretary of the commits
sion and writer of the letter to
Neale.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
RAILROAD COMMISSION ASSURES
INVESTIGATION OF GAS RATES

Ebright said it was usual to en-
counter difficulty and dissatisfac-
ton when a change of systems
was made, both customers and con-
sumers suffering during the ad-
justment period.
1--WE might state at this time
quoting from the letter, that the
appliances after being properly ad
justed under air-butane gas, will
undoubtedly operate more efficient
ly and with greater satisfaction to
the consumers as whole than was
the case in the use of manufactur-
ed gas. We believe the the COM
pany in this respect has taken
step in the right direction and
that the public in general will
eventually profit by the change and
appreciate the difference in the
service"
Individual complaints filed by El
Centric consumers are being hand
led in the usual manner by COM
mission members. The company, ac-
cording to Ebright, has been re-
quired to test the meters in ac-
cordance with instructions. Com
pletion of these investigations are
to be completed as soon as possible.
He said work of the commission
was hampered by a limited force.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
KANSAS COLD
IS FATAL TO
FOUR PERSONS

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 8.
W.P)-Four persons we're dead to-
day as a result of intense cold.
A man identified as L. c. King,
"a, of Shreveport, La, froze to
death while seeking aid after his
motor car had stalled near Nearle,
Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moritz Kuenzli
froZe to death on the doorstep o.
their home near Alma, Kan. They
we're found by a neighbor. 1t is
believed they were benumbed by
the cold and unable to open tie
door.
An unidentified man, about rs
years old, was found near Pied
mont, Kan, also killed by the bit
ter cold.
Dorell McClelland, 13 years old,
of Eldon, Mo, was found in a
shack Monday night and removed
to a jefferson City hospital, where
his condition is grave. Attendants
said amputation of both legs
would be necessary should the boy
survive his experience.
Blizzards swept through eastern
Colorado and western Kansas yes
terday, causing grave concern for
livestock on the open range.
The cold extended far to the
south and east, driving thermom-
eters in Texas to near freezing
levels
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
SUSPECT HELD
In POST OFFICE
BOMB TRAGEDY

CHICAGO, March 9. U.P)-Fed-
eral agents hunted two more sus-
poets today after arresting Colon
bo Boris, confessed anarchist, in
an investigation of the nationwide
bomb plot which resulted in three
deaths at Easton, Pa, last Decem-
ber.
Boris, immigration authorities
said, faces certain deportation even
if not implicated in the eastern
plot. Assistant Secretary of Labor
Murray w. Carson said Boris had
re-entered the country after flee
ing to Italy in 1918 when on bail
after being arrested for deportation
as an anarchist.
In Boris home investigators
found shotguns, automatic revolv-
ers, nitroglycerin, powder, deton-
alton caps, pieces of iron pipe, acids
and other chemicals. The mater
ials, agents said, constituted a COM
plete bomb factory. A trunkful of
anarchistic literature also was
seized.
The government agents said two
other men were also sought on the
information which led to Boris ar
rest. They hoped to obtain clues in
the bomb plot from a number of
letters in Italian discovered in
Boris home.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09

A situation believed unparalleled
in the history of Imperial county
courts existed today in department
two of the superior court here, as
defense attorneys for Daniel D.
Marion and Mrs. Inez Marion built
up, in their closing arguments, a
self defense story based on evidence
that was not introduced during the
trial.
The argument of Edgar B. Hervey
crowded the court room to capacity
and kept groups stationed at each
door into the chamber, hoping to
catch the words of the attorneys
argument, which was to be followed
by that of District Attorney Elmer
w. Heald.
After Heald's address to the jury,
Judge Vaughn N. Thompson will
read his instructions, and the four
women and eight men will take into
their own hands the fate of MIR. and
Mrs. Marion, to decide whether
they murdered Alberto Garcia or
killed him while in great fear for
their own lives.
1t probably will be late this af-
ternoon before the case is given to
the jury, and tonight or some time
tomorrow before that body returns
a verdict, if one is forthcoming.
Arguments of both D. H. Wolford,
chief criminal deputy district at
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09

PARTY PLANNING
STATE CAMPAIGN

SACRAMENTO, March 9. UP
A statewide campaign to organize
the Farmer Laborite party and
unite them behind their presiden-
tial and congressional candidates
was mapped here today by Colonel
Frank E. Webb of San Francisco.
Webb conferred with Secretary of
State Frank c. Jordan to deter
mine how many names would be
necessary to place a ticket on the
August primary ballot. He was in
formed that signatures of 14,449
voters would be required.
Since his party's national con-
vention will be held in Omaha
April 26, Colonel Webb will not
participate in this states presiden-
tial primary May 3. The party will
have a congressional ticket on the
ballot next August, however.
Webb said Congressman Louis T..
McFadden of Pennsylvania will be
his presidential running mate,
and that they will launch a ma
tionwide campaign from the mid
die west in July with a $1000,000
fund.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
MARION CASE TO Be GIVEN
JURY LATE THIS AFTERNOON

torney, and NJ. w. Conkling, de-
fenSe attorney, were completed yes
terday afternoon.
Both reviewed, in different lights,
the facts of the killing of Garcia,
former chief of Mexican ruraleS, on
the Calexico-Yuma highway and
while he was driving from San Luis
on the Arizona border to MeXicali
for an interview with the governor
of the northern district of Baja
California.
Wolford painted a picture which
showed Marion and his wife wait
ing for Garcia along the highway,
and driving alongside his car to
send three charges of buckshot in
to his head, while the story told
by Conkling showed Marion and
his wife in fear of an ambush by
Garcia along the road, and their
act as one of self defense.
Hervey's impaSsioned plea to the
jury late yesterday afternoon and
this morning stressed especially the
presumption of innocence, given
every defendant in a murder trial.
Speaking of testimony excluded
from the trial by ruling of Judge
Thompson, Hervey followed the ex-
ample of Conkling in inferring the
district attorney had attempted, by
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
NOT
TO CHANGE ON
LIQUOR ISSUE
H over Unwilling To
Throw Down Dry Sup
port Given Him In 1923.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent


Copyright, 1882, BY United Press
WASHINGTON, March 9. U.P)-
The most authoritative information
available represents Pr e S j e n t
Hoover as holding his dry views,
despite a pronounced desire among
some Republican leaders to resub-
nit the prohibition issue to the
country
Renewed activity over the pro-
hibition question has led to many
attempts to elicit from Mr.. Hoover
some public statement of his atti-
tude on what position the party
should take this year. He has de-
clined to make one. The informa-
ton herein comes from other
sourcs. 1t is to the effect that he
has indicated privately that he in
tends to stand by the position he
took when he ran for President be-
fore-Which was for retention of
the 18th amendment. On modifica-
ton, he said that to permit that
which the constitution forbids
would be notification and that this
would not be countenanced by the
American people.
Further, he is represented as
feeling that ne has an obligation
to those who supported him on
prohibition in 1928 and that to
yield to the prohibition wing
of the party now would be a de-
sertion of thousands of loyal friends,
with no ground other than eXpedi-
ency to justify it.
His policy is to discourage dis
cussion of prohibition as party
question. Feeling on both sides is
SO strong that there is fear of
provoking a serious split by agita-
ton prior to the convention. This
accounts for the scarcity of state
ments on the subject from Republi-
can sources. Contrary to the prac-
tice of their Democratic opponents,
the more troublesome a question be-
comes, the less Republicans talk
about it publicly.
Party Split
The Republican party is as bad
ly split over prohibition as the
Democratic party. The managers
want TO gather IN as many VoteS
as possible from both sides. There
fore many of the modificationists
and those who, more cautious, want
merely a referendum plank, favor
going ahead without consulting the
President. They expect that if any
reasonable plank calling for re-
judgment Of the questions were in
serted in the platform, Mr.. Hoover
would not object. They realize he
would be seriously embarrassed if
they tried to change his position,
SO they cultivate the doctrine that
the candidate has nothing to do
with shaping the platform = that
being the work of the convention
and that therefore there is no
reason to bring Mr. Hoover into
the controversy.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
Mt2& A1~~.
q isss. hsH.usht syndlss,A. tAs
COMMITTEE NOT
ABLE TO AGREE
ON WORLD COURT
BY PAUL Il. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, March 8. UP)-
The senate foreign relations COM
mittee tied itself into a tighter
knot on The world court issue today.
For an hour it argued over the
wording of a resolution of ratifi
cation proposed by Senator Thorn
as J. Walsh Dem) Montana. 1t
then adjourned until next Wednes-
day with no clear idea of what is
to be done.
Adherents of the court apparent
ly split on the procedure to be fol-
lowed to protect the United States
against advisory opinions.
Democratic Floor Leader Robin
son indicated later he was not i'm
pressed with the Walsh-Reed ef-
forts to state the reservation in
the form of a senate resolution.
The idea of the resolution is to dis
solve whatever ambiguity exists in
the Root-Hurst formula and to
make a clear statement against ad-
visory opinions.
When asked whether he thought
the Walsh-Reed resolution carried
out the theory of the Root-Hurst
formula Robinson replied: '"I am
inclined to think there is an in
consistency"
Without agreement among pro-
ponents of the court it will be diff
ficult to proceed further.
Chairman Borah announced after
the meeting that the committee
was nowhere near a vote.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
Mrs. Mccormick
Weds In Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col,
March 9.UP)-A romance that
started in congress today culminat-
ed in the marriage of Ruth Hanna
Mccormick and Albert Gallatin
SimmS.
The Rev. Paul G.. Roberts, rector
of the Grace Episcopal church,
performed the ceremony in the
brides modest home in fashionable
Broadmoor in the presence of 25
close friends of the couple.
Mrs. James l.. Ailshie of Boise,
Ida, was matron of honor, and
the groom's brother, John Field
Simms, former justice of the New
Mexico supreme court was best
man.
Hes the only one of my side
that's here" said the handsome
Simms, former representative of
New Mexico in the national capital.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
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PEACE IN.
SHANGHAI.
Negotiate On Leagues
Program.
TROUBLE NOT OVER
Activities Of Japanese
Reported AS COntinu-
ing In New Attack.

Copyright, 1882, BY United Press
SHANGHAI, March g. U.PA-The
japanese civil and military au-
thoritieS at Shanghai are prepared
to negotiate for peace on the terms
of the leagues assembly resolution
of March 4, Mamoru Shigemitsu,
japanese minister, notified the
Chinese today.
The notification was sent
through Sir Miles Lampson, British
minister. Shigemitsu added that i'll
view of the situation at the front,
he deemed it a matter of urgent
necessity to reach at the earliest
possible date a definite agreement
for complete cessation of hostilities,
and then discuss arrangements for
the withdrawal Of the Japanese
forces
The Chinese government con-
sidered the way now open for be-
ginning negotiations. The govern
ment was understood to be notify
ing w. w. Yen, its Geneva repre-
sentative, of China's readiness to
enter such negotiations, providing,
firstly, they are limited to matters
pertaining only to definite cessa-
ton of hostilities, and withdrawal
of the japanese forces, and Sec
ondly, no condition be attached 10
such withdrawal.
The assembly's resolution called
for complete cessation of hostili-
ties in Shanghai and negotiations
for the Japanese withdrawal.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
CROP SHARE PLAN
ISABANDONED BY
DISTRICT BOARD

Definite abandonment of a pol.
icy of leasing on crop shares was
demonstrated yesterday by the I'M
perial Irrigation district board
when all members refused to enter
into any such arrangement with
various valley residents.
Late in the afternoon directors
considered an established basis for
handling delinquent tax land. 1t
was the general opinion that it
will be necessary to quiet title to
land if a satisfactory solution is
to be reached.
The problem of appraising tax
delinquent land also came up for
discussion. The difficulty ell
countered in appraising delinquent
land was declared to be an OBJ
stacle in the path of disposing of
the property.
w. E. Hancock, local real estate
broker who was present, inquired
into the possibilities of real estate
men being presented with a list of
tax delinquent land in order that
they might find buyers for it. This
plan was considered but no de-
cision was taken.
Considerable time was devoted
TO a discussion of the proposed pur-
chase of a tract of land to be usea
by the state fish and game COM
mission as a game refuge. 1t was
decided to invite representatives OF
the commission to come to the
valley TO go over the situation with
distric direcors and officials.
district directors and officials.
the county board of supervisors at
the court house. at 7 o'clock tonight
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
Trio Arrested AS
COunterfeiters

FLAGSTAFF, Ari2., March g.
U.PI-Two men and a woman, sus-
pected of membership in the
counterfeit gang that has been OPP
Grating for several months in Cali
fornia and Arizona, were under
arrest today.
John A. Fitzpatrick, SO, and IneG
Skinner, 46, were in the county
Jail here, and Oliver Busby was re-
ported in custody at Durant,
Okla.
Secret service men have been
following a trail of worthless cur
rency through California and Ari-
zona, with a recent epidemic in a
dozen Arizona cities. The main
manufacturing plant was reported
today located at Arlington, Ariz.,
near Phoenix.
The pair held here were under
bail of $4,000 each.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
BRAWLEY RANCH
TRAGEDY CLAIMS
LIVES OF THREE
w. NJ. Brock Shoots Wife
And Worker Then Ends
Own Life.

Imaginary domestic troubles
were today given as the reason for
triple tragedy at Brawley last
night when w. NJ. Brock, go,
rancher, living six miles west and
two miles north of that city, shot
and killed his wife, Alice, So; 1. J.
Irvine, 46, ranch hand, and then
ended his own life.
Brock, after shooting and killing
his wife and the other man, in
structed another farm hand to
telephone the sheriff's office, and
then took his own life, according
to officers who arrived shortly
after the tragedy. Brock left a
note which was to be presented
at the coroner's inquest today.
Relatives of the family expressed
the belief Brock had brooded too
long over imaginary wrongs.
Jack Carter and Ernest Clay,
deputy sheriffs. were the first Of
ficers to reach the ranch, and
found the three bodies lying ap-
parently in the position in which
they had fallen. All three evil
IDENTIFY had died instantly from
wounds inflicted by Brooks cheap
80 calibre revolver.
The body of Mrs. Brock was In
corral, where she seemingly had
gone to milk. The milk pail and
stool were near the body. The
body of Irvine was approximately
$50 feet away, while Brooks body
was nearer that of his wife. The
woman was shot through the
breast, Irvine was shot over the
right eye, and Brock apparently
had inserted the muzzle of the re-
volver in his mouth before pulling
the trigger.
| Told Worker of Crime
Undersheriff Rodney Clarke, as
deputy coroner, took charge of the
bodies and ordered them removed
to Hopes undertaking parlors in
Brawley, where the inquest was to
be held some time today.
According to the story pieced
together by officers, the coroner
the undertaken and others, Irvine
had worked for Brock for several
months. Yesterday. Brock decided
he must kill his wife and the other
man.
After shooting them, he shouted
to A. D. Kreiger, farm hand for
him, who was working in a field
nearby. When Kreiger came tc
him, Brock said he had bad news
for you. I've killed them. Go call
the sheriff's office"
Kreiger went to the ranch house
of neighbor and telephoned Of
ficers. He did not go back to the
Brock ranch. When officers ar
rived they discovered Brock had
taken his own life.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
Prisoner Has
Rubber Throat

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf,
March 9. U.P) A San Quentin
convict has been kept alive for
nearly a year by means of rub
ber throat and is being restored
to normal health, Dr. L. L. Stanley,
prison physician, revealed today
Jackson E. Ross, 41, burned OUT
his gullet with acid in a suicide
attempt. DR. Stanley rugged up a
rubber tube to carry food and
liquid from Ross mouth to his
stomach.
Ross eats three hearty meals
daily and is in good condition, the
physician said. His announcement
of the operation was the first word
of the attempted suicide last June.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-09
DEMOCRATS HAVE
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SALES TAXATION

WASHINGTON, March 9. W.P)-
Speaker of the House Garner re-
vealed today that Democrats are
ready with a substitute for the
manufacture sales tax, in event of
any considerable increase in pres
ent opposition to that phase of the
new 81 100000 revenue bill.
This disclosure was coincident
with publication of the voluminous
report of the ways and means COM
mittee on the bill, in which the
measure was defended as necessary
to maintain the credit of the United
States.
Garner has been advised by his
lieutenants of opposition to the
sales tax, which was stoutly de-
Tended in the ways and means
committee report as the best means
of raising more than half of the
revenue needed to balance the bud
get
1T is not beyond the province OF
congress to reWrite this BILL" the
speaker said
He explained that Acting Chair
man Crisp of the ways and means
committee would suggest possible
substitutes for the sales tax in his
opening speech tomorrow when the
house takes up the bill.
Garner said he was hopeful that
the bill would be passed in its Or
iginal form. He discounted present
vocal opposition as the natural out
burst that follows introduction of
any tax bill. He said he believed
the house would act by the end of
next week.