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Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
HOOVER TAKES
HIS BATTLE TO
PEOPLE OF u. S
President Flays Lobbyists
And DilatOry Tactics Of
Congress.

WASHINGTON, May 6. U.Py-
President Hoover today carried to
the people of the United States his
fight for support in an effort to
impel congress to take quick ac-
ton settling the tax and other fl
nancial problems and balancing
the budget.
The President in sharply
worded statement declared again
that the immediate issue before
the country is "the balancing of
the budget through immediate
passage of revenue measures and
reduction Of government eXpendi-
lures"
He said this lis an issue of the
people against delays and destruc-
tive legislation which impair the
credit of the United States" He
flayed the action of lobbyists.
The statement was issued while
speakers in both houses of con-
gress aroused at the rebuke con-
tained in the Presidents special
llCSSdSC VI yCoCCl Al1y, WCLC IAtIlllS
back at Hoover. The President
was accused of making political
capital of the economy question,
of misleading the country by pros
perity statements during the first
year of the depression, and Of
blocking the road to true economy.
The text of the Presidents
statement today:
THE issue before the country is
the establishment of conf
dence and speed toward recovery
by ending these delays in balanc-
ing the budget through immediate
passage of revenue measures and
reduction of government expendi-
lures.
"It is not a partisan issue. This
was one of the most important
steps of the non-partisan program
for restoring stability proposed by
me and patriotically accepted by
the leaders of both political parties
last December. Effective programs,
projects, estimates and possibili-
ties for both economy and revenue
have been presented and are known
in every detail"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
State Medical
Meeting Ends

PASADENA, Calf, May 6.-(U.P
California medical men were en-
route home today from their annual
convention to lay plans to bring
the American Medical association
meeting here.
DR.. Fitch c. E. Mattison, chair
man of the convention, told the
delegates to aid him in working to
persuade the national body to con-
vene in this city at some not too
distant time.
The California Medical associa-
ton will meet in Del Monte next
year. Yesterdays meeting closed
the convention.
Through a series of long expert
ments, the sex of unborn babies
has been accurately determined as
early as five months before birth,
DR.. John H. Dorm of San Francisco
revealed in paper read before the
meeting.
Determination of sex is made by
injecting fluid from the bodies into
the vital organs of rabbits, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Racing Bettor
Gets A Record

CHICAGO, May 6.-Up)-Jerry
Hallisey, 60, retired salesman who
has been studying horses and race
tracks for 10 years, today had
$3132 and the worlds record for a
So daily double" mutuel ticket
payoff.
He was the only bettor to wager
that Tufinuf would win the second
and Knockabout the third race at
the Aurora race track yesterday.
The previous record of about $4,000
for a daily double payoff was made
last summer at Aqua Caliente.
mo, I didn't use any trick Sys-
tenn" HalliSey said. Il liked
Knockabout and I used the old
'Eenie meenie minee moe system on
Tufinuf."
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Nurse Victim Of
Brutal Attack

TOLEDO, O., May 6. W.D The
body of Miss Wiuifred Rafferty,,
pretty brunette dietician in Robin
wood hospital, was found early to-
day on a front lawn that bore signs
of terrific struggle
The girl, who was %, had been
strangled to death. A fiend had
criminally attacked her, police said.
Richard Carr, son of n former
banker, found the body in front
of his fathers home
The body bore numerous cuts
and bruises. The clothing was bad
ly torn. Books Uttered the lawn,
indicating Miss Rafferty, had been
attacked as she was returning from
the public library. Torn patches OF
lawn showed that the girl, OF stur-
dy stature, had put up stout
battle with her assallant
Police were unable TO find any
one in the neighborhood who heard
or saw the attack.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
San FranciScO's
Missing Official
Found In Hospital

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. tU.PN-
Frank j. Egan. San Francisco pub
lie defender who has been missing
for several days, was located today
in a San Francisco hotel, accord
ing to the San Francisco Daily
News.
Egan, The News said, will Issue
q statement" either this afternoon
or tomorrow.
The News quoted Vincent Halli-
nan, an attorney who said he rep
resented Egan, as declaring the Of
ficial had not been in hiding.
"Egan has simply been under
going medical treatment The
News said Hallinan told them. "He
has made no attempt to conceal
his identity and does not intend
to make such an attempt"
Egan had been the object of a
statewide search since Monday
night when he repeatedly tele-
phoned Captain of Inspectors
Charles Dullea that he was being
held by two men at the Ferry
building.
Dullea and a squad of police
went to the building at once, but
we're unable to find trace of Egan
or his supposed captors.
Egan, it was at first believed,
was kidnapped by a gang of men
sought for questioning in the
death of Mrs. Jesse Scott Hughes,
close friend of the official, whose
body was found in a street some
distance from her home.
Police said they believed Mrs.
Hughes might have been chloro-
formed and her body battered to
make it appear she was a victim
of hit-run driver.
They admitted tires on Egan'S
automobile were measured during
their investigation Of Mrs. Hughes
death, but said they bore no re-
semblance to those left by mys-
terry automobile seen at Mrs.
Hughes home the night of her
death.
In their search for Egan, police
also sought two former convicts
with whom Egan was said to have
been in company the night of his
disappearance.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
CURTIS KEEPS UP
HOPE OF GETTING
LINDBERCH BABY

NORFOLK, Va, May 6.-(U.n)-
Two weeks of cruises in search of
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., were
completed today by the yacht Mar
con, and the yacht was scheduled
to leave the submarine base again
today for its seventh trip.
The idea behind the cruises is
that a group represented to be the
kidnapers will meet the Maroon at
sea and hand over the child
So far the "kidnapers" have not
appeared. Associates of John
Hughes Curtis, chief negotiator
with the kidnapping" group, were
less confident today. For a week
now, they have been saying each
time that the baby probably would
return with the yacht next time.
An associate of Curtis reiterated
today a denial that Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh ever has been aboard the
Maroon. 1t has been suggested
Lindbergh might have visited the
yacht while it was moored.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Final Returns On
Valley Voting

Ballot boxes and ballots were
piled high at the county clerks Of
flee today as Clarence Hinderks,
chief deputy county clerk, finally
completed his compilation of elec-
ton returns for this county.
The final complete returns from
Imperial county's go precincts gave
Hoover 2343 votes, Garner 2179,
Roosevelt TIL, Smith 428 and Need
ham, prohibition candidate, 10.
Voting yes on the Shakey bill
were 1901, while 5278 voters opposed
it. On the proposition to lease
beach lands 1886 voted yes and
2691 voted no,
Due to delay in turning in sew
eral outlying precincts, complete
returns were not complied until to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Adverse Report On
Payment OF Bonus

WASHINGTON, May 6.-U.P)-
The $2,0O0,0O0,0O0 Patman soldiers
bonus bill and all other bills deal
ing with cash payment of vet
erans' adjusted service certificates
were ordered adversely reported by
the House ways and means commit
tee today.
The vote was ANNOUNCED as Is to
10.
The action was a severe blow to
bonus advocates and left seriously
in doubt the possibility of congress
taking action on such legislation
during this session.
Representative Patman, Demo-
crat, Texas, said that the House
parliamentarian had informed him
that an effort to get a vote in the
House by petition could not possibly
succeed until June 13.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Will Setting
Bad Example

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, May 6.
-U.P)-Will Rogers, cowboy actor
and writer, was busy before the
microphone and cameras today, so
a representative appeared in justice
court here and paid a SIS fine for
the humorist.
Judge H. E. CJosh) Billings, dis
appointed that he was not permit
ted the opportunity to greet the
first citizen of this town in person,
tempered justice with mercy and
suspended the fine.
Rogers was charged with driving
A miles an hour in a 20 mise zone.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Actress Goes To
Obtain Divorce

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, May g.
(U.P)-Ann Harding, stage and
screen star, left here today by air
plane for Reno, Nevada, where she
intends to divorce Harry Bannister,
her actor husband.
Miss Harding rode in her own
plane, piloted by Fred Kelly They
took off at 8 am. and planned to
arrive in the Nevada city at 11:30
a. m. No stops were planned en-
route.
Although Bannister established
the necessary six weeks residence
in Reno, Nevada procedure will
permit Miss Harding to get the di-
vorce.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
URGING BOYCOTT
TO Get PARDON
FOR AMERICANS
Bitter Fight Being Waged
To Clear Names Of
Four In Hawaii Staying g
BY DAN CAMPBELL
United Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright, 1882, BY United Press
HONOLULU, May 6. - Pardons
for the convicted American honor
slayers appeared certain today
when a $27,O0O,000 boycott added
public pressure to a behind the
scenes" fight waged by Clarence
Darrow.
A decision on the pardons to-
morrow was promised by Gov. Law
renee M. Judd, whose action in
committing the prisoners 10-year
terms to one hour brought con-
demnation from white and native
elements alike.
Darrow, 75-year-old counsel for
the defense, was buoyant when he
emerged from his latest private
conference with the governor and
announced he intended "to have
everything cleaned up by Sat-
urday."
The governor has been har-
rassed by increasing demands for
the pardons since his sudden de-
cision to free the defendants with
out serving time but with the
cloud of a conviction depriving
them of civil rights.
The start of commercial boy
colt by navy men and their fam
lilies here was accompanied by rev.
elations of a bitter dispute between
Darrow and Judd over the COM
mutations for Mrs. Granville
Fortescue, her son-in-law, Lieut.
Thomas H. Massie, and two en-
listed men, Albert Jones and Ed
ward Lord.
While verbal storm broke over
Judds residence in ancient Iolani
palace, the defendants kept in Sc
clusion at Pearl harbon navy base
They had been in custody since
their arrest on charges of Staying
Joe Kahahawai, half-caste islander
and asserted attacker of the naval
officers young wife, Thalia Forte
Scue MasSie.
1t was definitely understood that
Mrs. ForteScue and the MaSsies
planned to sail with Darrow for
the mainland Sunday aboard the
liner Malolo, Lieutenant MaSsie
having been ordered to San Fran
cisco to receive another assign
ment to duty.
Mrs. Massies departure dealt a
blow to plans of Prosecutor John
C. Kelley for the second trial OF
four islanders charged with bru-
tally assaulting the 21-year-old
wife last September. With Kaha-
hawai-, they were tried in Decem-
ber and the jury disagreed.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Name Valley Men
On Tax Council

Mont j. Reid, county tax collector,
and c. B. Collins, county superin-
tendent of schools, have been ap-
pointed to represent Imperial coun-
ty on the advisory council of the
state Tax Research body.
This council is composed of 40
city and county officials who were
chosen by Fred E. Stewart of the
state board of equalization to study
the problem to taxation in Cali
fornia. They will make recommen-
dations to the next legislature and
hope to establish sound tax pro-
gram.
Stewart plans to call meeting of
this advisory council in the near
future.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Doctor On Trial
In Narcotic Case

LOS ANGELES, May 6. UP-
DR.. I. Jesse Citron, Hollywood ply
sician, on trial in federal court on
narcotic charges, attempted to
make a settlement with the gov
ernment to avoid "notoriety," it
was testified today by A. NJ.
Monroy, federal narcotic agent.
Previously Monroy had testified
that large amounts of narcotics
had been prescribed by Doctor
Citron for the late Alma Rubens,
screen star, before her tragic death.
Doctor Nitron's attorney hastily
explained that in many instances
defendants in similar narcotic
cases had been allowed to settle
with the government OH payment
of fine.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Bandits Hold Up
Auto Loan Bank

LOS ANGELES, May S. W.P) -
The Autobank, an automobile loan
concern on South Grand avenue,
was held up today by two we'll
dressed bandits who escaped with
approximately $1,000.
w. B. Adams, cashier of the COM
pany, was forced at gunpoint to
turn over the money. Three other
employees where herded into a
rear room and Adams later was
ordered to join them.
The bandits escaped in an
automobile.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Arizona Lifts
Meat Embargo

LOS ANGELES, May 6.-(U.P)-
Arizona's embargo on California
dressed meats and uncooked meat
products has been lifted, DR.. Jo-
Seph j. King, chief of the division
of animal industry of the state de-
partment of agriculture, said to-
day.
The Arizona livestock sanitary
board advised DR.. King, however,
that restrictions remain in force on
livestock originating within 25
miles of areas under quarantine be-
cause of the foot and mouth dis
ease.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
President OF France May
Succumb, To Wounds
From Maniac's Gun.
CONDITION is GRAVE
Others Injured In Attack
While Executive Visit
ed ROthschild Home.
PARIS, May 6. U.H - Presi-
dent Paul DOumer underwent
third blood TRANSMISSION to-
night.

PARIS, May 6. U.H - President
ally wounded by a fanatical Rus
sian assassin today.
Little hope was held for his re-
covery.
The assassin, Paul Gorguloff, alst
shot and wounded Claude Farrere
president of the Authors league ol
France, and Paul Guichard, director
of the Paris municipal police, be
fore he was overpowered.
Doumer was taken to the Beaujor
hospital across the street.
At 4:2o p. m. Q1:20 a. m. EDIT
a blood TRANSMISSION was performed
IN an effort to save his life.
Professor Gauchet performed the
TRANSMISSION, after which the Presi-
dent underwent an operation fol
his injuries.
The injuries to Farrer and Gui-
chard were insignificant
Gorguloff is a doctor who had es-
tablished himself in Paris. Police
believe he had gone temporarily in
sane.
The shooting occurred at an af-
ternoon charity salon in the man.
sion of Solomon Rothschild at II
Rue Berryer, where many promi-
nent guests gathered in celebration
of Book Week" to aid needy au-
thors and their families.
Gorguloff entered the house
I,n =
ing. overturned men and women In
his path and fired point blank at
the. president.
Doumer did not attempt to de-
fend himself. He fell into the arms
of two of his ministers, Andre
francois Poncet and Auguste
Champetier de Ribes. He was
wounded in the throat, the chest
and the abdomen.
Farrere and Guichard grappled
with the enraged Russian, who
emptied his pistol at them. The
crowd closed in and threatened to
lynch him.
Recalls Former Shootings
The shooting was the biggest
crime of its kind in France in a
decade. 1t paralleled the attempt
to assassinate the late Georges
Clemenceau, who was wounded
twice after the war, and dramatic
assassination of the Socialist leader,
Jean Jaures, on the evening OF the
outbreak of the war in 1914.
Because of the apparent lack OF
political motives in Doumer's shoot
ing, it was not expected to influ-
ence the parliamentary elections on
Sunday
Doumer, who is rs, has increased
greatly in popularity since he be-
came president last June. He al
ways remained above political quar-
rels and apparently had few politl-
cal enemies.
Because of his patriarchal appear
ance, his reputation for kindliness,
and the loss of his four sons. in the
war. he always received a warm
reception from crowds at public
functions.
Immediately after the shooting, q
censorship was put on outgoing
cable messages. The Elysee palace
tried to insist at first that the
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Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
Big New York
Pier In Flames

NEW YORK, May 6.-U.P)-The
advisability of dynamiting the blaz-
ing million dollar Cunard line pier
No. Sd was considered by Fire de-
partment officials this afternoon
after more than SO pieces of land
fire apparatus and five boats had
failed to halt progress of fire which
broke out early this morning. More
than rs men were overcome by
smoke.
The source of the fire still was
unknown. Fire Marshal Brophy
said he already had subpoenaed
three witnesses in an early investi-
cation for possible negligence.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
DOumer-HO
Sound Similar

Give DOumer its American
pronunciation and it sounds
like Hoover.
This fact caused wild ru-
mors to be circulated around
the city this morning thas
President Hoover had been
Shot.
Numerous calls to The
Press office kept the staff
busy explaining with relief
that it was not the President
of the United States, but the
French executive, who had
been shot.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
School Officials
Hold Conference

C. B. Collins, county superin-
tendent of schools, called a meet
ing this morning in his office, of
high school principals and district
uperintendents.
No report of the meeting was
available at press time but it was
understood that the question OF
school budgets was discussed by
the group as well as other items
of school interest.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
@NlLL-
T1YRoeERs
w 'SOyS:

HOLLYWOOD, May 6-tSpe-
ciaD-Spring has been late ar
irving this year, but this morn
ing on our front page she got
here. 1t was the old familiar
figure of Citizen Calvin Cool
idge wading in the creek.
When that distinguished
Weathermark takes his hip
boots out of drydock and
launches forth with rod and
cigar into the very bowels of
a spring freshet, America
knows she can then shed her
woolens and enjoy her depres-
sion in the open air.
The picture showed he had
a little perch" in his hand and
the same grin on his face that
he wore on that memorable
day in Washington when he,
with due premeditation and
malice aforethought slipped
the custodianship of these
whole United States into the
innocent hands of Herbert
Hoover.
You can't blame him for
grinning if he never caught a
fish.
Yours,
Mk& Rn.<.<-
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
TOMORROW

TOMORROW
Baseball, $3.50, high school.
Home department chairmen,
10:30, court house.
Chapter CIV, P.E.O, 1880,
j. f. Brock ranch.
Farm bureau directors, 1870,
court house.
Pioneer picnic, fair grounds,
Imperial.
Christian Church circle food
sale, M. o. Kong store.
Fox Imperial theatre, "This
Is the Night.n
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT


DeMolay dance, s, Masonic
temple.
Present Day club, 8, All
SandalwoOd.
Cake walk, 1880, Sunset
school.
1. v. Pyramid, No. 81,
A.E.O. SciOts, 8, Masonis temple.
Troop 25, B.S.A., 1880, Nc
Cabe.
Troop 21, B.S,A., 1880, Nj. L.
social hall.
Troop Is, B.S.A., Presby-
terian church.
Valley theatre, Possessed"
Fox Imperial theatre, $50
Big"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-06

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Evening star., 1932-11-16
ILUSTINE-NICH0LS0N
QUINT FACES ALOHA
Hyattsville Youngsters Will Open
Season Tuesday-Eldbrooke
Seeks Workout.

0NE of the most enthusiastic new
" basket ball teams Of the District
area is the Justine Nicholson jun
ior quint of Hyattsville, which formally
will open its schedule next Tuesday
night against the Aloha Lights in the
Hyattsville High School gymnasium at
8 o'clock.
Leading members of the Justine
Nicholson squad are Calhoun, Brown,
Hudgins and Etter, forwards; Wilson
and Quantrille, centers, and Bealor,
Reed, Bladen and Ellis, guards.
Tommy Reed is booking for the
Hyattsville quint at Greenwood 2l14.
A practice game is sought by the
Eldbrooke M. e. Church five in prepa-
ration for its opening game Saturday
night in the Georgetown Church
sought for Tits Thursday and Friday
nights. Call Manager Bob Fuchs at
Emerson 5906.
Swami Servsee tossers conquered
Mount Rainier's quint, 29 to ~. 1t
was their fourth straight win.
Savoy Theater basketers will meet the
Brcokland five Friday night at $3.50
o'clock on the Powell Junior High
School court.
Virginia A c., claimant to the
Northern Virginia 135-pound basket ball
title, is after opponents. Can Manager
TraverS at Alexandra 1l55.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
enan cgan Foot Ball Field This Season

Leading pitchers of Metropolitan
Washington have been lined up for
pyramid" tournament to continue
through the Winter. With the tossers
arranged in flights, any member of q
lower fight may challenge one in the
flight next above for his position. The
pitcher who occupies the top spot at
the end of the Winter very likely will
be the best ringer thrower in this sec
tion.
At present The Evening Star tourna-
ment winner, Clayton Henson Of Virginia,
is on top of the heap. He has been
challenged by Jean Monk Of Washing
ton and the battle will be fought to-
morrow night at tbs O'Clock. Tonight.
Ed Pearce. in the last flight will meet
Ronald Magee. Saturday night two big
matches are slated, with Ed Henry of
Virginia playing Monk and Joe Merry
man, Maryland champion, meeting
Harry Saunders, former Metropolitan
titleholder.
Following is the pyramid lineup:
First night-Clayton c. Henson.
Second night-George G. Thompson. Ed
Henry and Raymond H. Brown.
Third night-L Levy Freshman. Harry
Fourth fighr-BiIl Minard. John Gour-
venec, Chic Darr and Joe Merryman.
Fifth hight--Elwyn woodward. Ed Ed
monston. Georse Schnable and Roy Wilson
By Earl Crane Ronald Magee and Jim
Seventh night-Janes Beck o. B. Atwood,
o. r. Stranley and Pete McCurdy.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA
PLAY FOR SHOE TITLE
Indoor Team Match on Tomorrow
Night-"Pyramid" Competition
Will Start Tonight.
IXIAsHNGToN's champion horse

IXIASHINGTON'S champion horse
w shoe team, made up of five late
survivors In The Stars fourth an
nual championships, will be on the
short end of the odds tomorrow night
when it encounters the Northern Vir-
ginia five on the Columbia courts at
Fourteenth and Monroe streets north
west.
The indoor team title of the Metro
politan Washington area will be at
stake.
In the outdoor competition this Fall,
Washington vanquished Southern Mary
land and Northern Virginia, but its
victory over the Old Dominion flippers
was a distinct upset and the latter are
bent upon proving their defeat was
something of fiuke.
The Virginia lineup will be selected
from Clayton G. Henson, metropolitan
champion: George c. Thompson, Ed
Henry, Chic Darr, Ed Edmonston and
G.. Cockerell Pitching for Washington
probably will be Hubbard Quantrille,
D. C. champ; Harry Saunders, Jean
Monk, Bill Mnard and John Gourvenec
or Raymond Brown, but several others
will be on hand hopeful Of getting into
action.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
RACING IN MARYLAND
GIVES FUND $127,3OO
Leading Turf Plants Hold Eight
Welfare Days-Five Last Year
Melted $l25,700

BY the Associated Press.
baltimore, November 1e.-Mary-
ID land race tracks have contributed
approximately $127,300 for the
relief OF the unemployed in the State
during the year.
Acting on suggestion of Gov. Albert
c. Ritchie the larger tracks-Pimlico,
Bowie, Havre de Grace and Laurel
added eight days to the regular pro-
gram and designated them as welfare
DAYS"
Bowie held its third welfare day yes
terday, the last Of the eight arranged
this year. One was during the Spring
meet and the second Monday. Pimlico
and Havre de Grace had two each and
Laurel one. Five were held last year
netting $l25,700.
The relief fund was provided by S
per cent of the money wagered in the
pari-mutuels, breakages, admissions,
sale Of programs. donation Of services
Of pari-mutuel officials and track off,
cials and concessions.
The fund has been given to the State
and relief organizations sfor distribu-
ton