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Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01

POINT Iona, Calf, March /.
WP)-George Chaffey, "a, founder
of the city of Ontario, Calf, and
the Chaffey junior college there,
died at his home here last night.
Chaffey, who came from Ontario,
Canada, started the California city
SO years ago. He was credited with
owning the first electric lights in
southern California and pioneering
in other early inventions.
George Chaffey, the man credit
ed with selecting the name "Impe-
rial Valley" for the desert area re-
claimed largely through his vision
and practical ability as an engineer
ing genius, only recently was rec
ognized for the important part he
played in the early history of this
section.
Valley pioneers recall the man
who restlessly forced the irrigation
project from a vague dream into
reality and then modestly stepped
from the picture.
The California Development COM
pany interested Chaffey in the prof.
ect in 1899 but he had heard of the
proposed development as early as
1888. Chaffey visited Yuma in De-
cember of 1899 and spent three
weeks with an Indian guide explor-
ing water courses. AS a result of
this visit he told lockwood, Hef-
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
Honolulu Quiet
AS Police Hunt
Latest Attacker

HONOLULU, March l. U.P)-
Honolulu was quiet today, await
ing new developments in grim
police search for the man who at
tackled one navy's man wife and
robbed another.
Authorities declined to state
what progress they had made in
their search for the man who
bound, gagged and assaulted Mrs.
j. w. Hope, wife of a first class
machinist's mate, and robbed Mrs.
d. w. Curry, wife of a chief petty
officer, after binding and gagging
her.
The attacks on the two women
followed after a period of quiet
which came after the sensational
kidnapping and Staying of Joe Ka-
hahawai, one of five natives &C
cused of assauling Mrs. Thalia
Massie, wife of Lieut.. Thomas Mas
sic of the U. S. navy.
MaSsie, Mrs. Granville Fortescue,
mother of his wife, and two naval
enlisted men face second degree
murder trials for alleged implica-
ton in the Staying.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
SINCLAIR PLANS
TO MERGE THREE
OIL COMPANIES

NEW YORK, March l. U.P) =
Harry Ford Sinclair today hopes
to realize his life's ambition Of
heading one of the largest oil
companies in the world.
He is attempting to merge his
Sinclair Consolidated Oil corpora
ton with Prairie Oil and Gas COM
pany and Prairie Pipe Line COM
pany, former Standard Oil units,
into the Consolidated Oil corpora
ton with assets of $542 900, 900.
Shareholders of all three COM
panies we're meeting today to de-
side upon the proposed merger.
Officials look for immediate ap-
proval Notwithstanding opposition
from a group of Prairie holders.
Consolidation would be effected
by exchange of stock equivalent to
IA shares each of Prairie Oil and
Gas and Sinclair for each share
of Prairie Pipe Line. The Sinclair
meeting is in New York, the others
at Independence, Kan.
Harry Sinclair, present chairman
of Sinclair, and one of the most
spectacular operators in early days
of the industry, is expected to be-
come chairman of the new corpora
tons executive committee. H. r.
Gallagher, vice-president of the
Shell Oil Company of California,
will become president. Personnel
of the three companies will be re-
tanned. The merger has been dis
cussed several years.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
SEVERE FLOODS
IN NORTHWEST
ARE SUBSIDINC

SEATTLE, March l. U.P)-Fall-
ing temperatures and a break in
the incessant rains which bit into
heavy snowfall and sent floods
raging over the lowlands of Wash
ington promised relief today to
hundreds of farms and villages.
Relief plans were being made
and many families in the vicinity
of Mt. Vernon and Conway, the
center of flood damage, we're given
care until they could return to
their homes.
Some of the refugees have no
homes, for the swirling waters
which broke through levees along
the Snohomish and Skagit rivers
Sunday swept small residences,
barns and outbuildings toward the
sea.
A few farms were reported
washed away by the floods, or COW
cred by rocks and gravel swept
from stream beds.
The water had receded to less
than 10 feet over the Snohomish
Valley floor today and it was be-
lieved that the floods and ava
lanches which claimed ID lives
had passed their peak
The Pacific highway north of
here was still impossible due to
several feet of water. Workmen
were replacing tracks of the Great
Northern rilWay which we're
washed out two miles north of
Mt. Vernon.
Many of the $50 families ma
rooned in their homes and barns
near conway refused to be taken
to safety in rowboets. Food was
taken them and they are now be-
lieved out of danger. Property
damage has not been estimated.
Three bodies buried under two ava
lancheS have not been recovered.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
CHINA TO SEEK
PREPARATION FOR
SHANGHAI LOSS
Representative Says ia
pan Must Also Make
Amends In Manchuria.
BY carroll KENWORTHY
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, March l. -
Preparations for damage done to
Chinese life and property will be
demanded by the Chinese govern
ment in any final solution of the
Shanghai crisis, DR.. Hawking Yen,
charge d'affaires of the Chinese
legation, told the United Press
today.
Doctor Yen showed great inter-
est in reports from Geneva that
China and Japan had agreed "in
principle" to mutual and simul-
taneous withdrawal of their troops
from the fighting zone. He en-
phasized, however, that such a
plan is only the basis for a truce,
and does not solve problems which
brought on the crisis or those
which have arisen out of it.
Any final settlement must in
volve compensation for "unwar-
ranted destruction" of Chinese
lives and property as well as set
tlement of the Manchurian prob
lem, ne said.
China will not be satisfied with
mere cessation of hostilities as
final settlement of this situation" ="
Doctor Yen said. Japan has
created a situation which involves
the governments of the two ma
tions. 1t is a case between Japan
and China, not just between Japan
and Shanghai.
THE Chinese government at
Marking will take up the entire
solution of the affairs and that
involves Manchuria, for Japan has
invaded Chinese territory there as
we'll as at Shanghai. We have not
lost sight of that fact through
this immediate crisis.
"A second point on which China
insists is full compensation for
the unWarranted destruction of
lives and property in the Chapel
and surrounding regions. There is
tremendous amount of property
damage there and unknown loss
Of innocent civilian lives due to
Japan'S action. 1t is certainly just
and reasonable that China should
demand reparationS for that loss"
The reported concentration Of
100000 Soviet Russian troops on
the Manchurian border caused con-
Germ as to Moscow's possible in
volvement. Officials here have be-
lieved Russia was anxious to avoid
hazarding the success of its five
year plan" by war. Nor have they
thought that Japan planned to
bring 160,000,000 Russians into
alliance with China.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
HOUSE TO
ACT UPON
WET BILL
Sufficient Names Placed
On Resolution For Vote
By March ii.
HAILED AS VICTORY
Anti PrOhibitionists See
Chance To Make Rec
ord Test On Question.

WASHINGTON, March l. UPl-
Anti-prohibitionists scored their
greatest Legislative victory of the
decade when they obtained enough
signatures today to force a vote in
the house of representatives on a
proposal to give the liquor prob
lem back to the states.
The last of the required 145 sig
natures was added when Repre-
sentative Mansfield (DemD Texas,
a cripple, wheeled his chair to the
speakers desk amid the plaudits
Of the house wet bloc.
The 145th signature meant that
the Beck-Linthicum measure for
modification of the eighteenth
amendment will be brought before
the house on March IA. The meas
ure is designed to return control
of liquor to the states.
The March IA vote will be a pre-
election revelation of the wet-dry
division of the house. It is the in
tention of the wet bloc to get a
record vote on prohibition for use
in the coming campaign in dis
tricts where they see the posi-
bility of an overturn.
Although the wet bloc has been
whiting at the dry majorities in
both house and senate, both sides
still appear preponderantIy dry.
The obtaining of 145 names on the
Beck-Linthicum petition represents
the greatest advance the anti
prohibitionists have made.
Leaders Argue
When the final signature was
scrowled across the petition, Rep
resentative La Guardio CRep;
New York, was attacking in a
speech Representative Blanton
Dem). Texas, dry. Blanton has
completed a speech criticizing the
wet bloc" move. AS Mansfield
signed. Representative O'Connor
(Dem) New York, one of the house
ti-prohibition leaders, jumped
up in his place and announced that
145 names were on the petition
This precipitated the jubilation OF
the anti-prohibitionists.
The strength manifested by the
petition signatories represented the
greatest yet marshaled by anti
prohibitionists since prohibition
became effective II years ago.
They do not expect actual ap-
proval of the Beck-Linthicum pro-
posal by the house, since this re-
quires a two-thirds vote, but they
were hopeful that they might get
a majority necessary to consider
the proposition in the house.
A number of congressman who
did not sign the petition arc
known to favor resubmSsion of the
amendment whenever the issue is
raised directly as it will be in this
case.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
ASSERTTALLMAN
DISCOVERED IN
LOUISIANA CITY

LOS ANGELES, March l. (UP)-
Fingerprints and all Identification
in the William Loren Tallman
murder case have been sent to
Sheriff Walter v. Larcade of
Crowley, La, to check suspect in
that vicinity, authorities an
nounced here today.
Sheriff Larcade informed Los
Angeles officials that a man re-
siding for the last two years in
the vicinity of Crawley answered
the description of Tallman, a
handsome young radio operator.
Tallman was accused of the
murder on October ID, 1929, of Mrs.
Virginia Patty, society woman
They had been attentive after they
met aboard a ship on which Tall
man was radio operator.
Tallman disappeared after Mrs
Pattys body was found suspended
from a hook in a closet of an
apartment. She had been struck
on the head with a brick.
Scores of previous tips as to
Tallman's whereabout have failed
TO produce the radio man.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
Papers Served On
Noted 'CrOOner'

SANTA MONICA. March 1. U.P)
After four bathing beauties had
failed in a leap year plan to serve
Rudy Vallee with legal papers, two
mere men today had succeeded in
the service of a s1,000,000 suit
against the crooner
The bathing girls lolled in the
sun near the Santa Monica home
of Chief of Police C. E. Webb,
Vallee's father-in-law, but they
failed to spot the singer.
Then Charles Gordon, one of
Two men process servers, caught
Vallee as he drove up to the house
in his automobile.
The suit was filed here two
years ago by Roberta Hudson Nc
Kay, who claimed that Vallee
pirated her song, "Vagabond
Lover" and made it I'm Just a
Vagabond Lover
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
Party Will Seek
Huge Treasure

SAN PEDRO, March /. U.P)-The
trim motor ship, Silver Wave, whose
master hopes to find a hundred
million dollars in treasure in the
remote Cocos Islands, sailed into
port here today for fuel and pro-
visions.
The expedition, headed by Col
j. E. Leckie, veteran British adven-
turer, arrived from Vancouver, B..
G. 1t was planned to leave San
Pedro tomorrow and sail directly
to the islands, 325 miles from Punta
Arenas, Costa Rica.
While the Silver Wave proceeds
to Punta Arenas, men from the ship
will start the treasure hunt on the
islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
BOARD ORDERS
EXECUTION OF
CANAL CONTRACT

Formal execution of the ALL
American canal contract was or
dered by a unanimous vote of the
Imperial Irrigation district board
OF directors at meeting held at
headquarters this morning.
The president of the board was
ordered to sign the contract, the
secretary to affiX the official seal
and forward the notice to the Sec
retary of the interior. Within the
resolution was an outline of the
various steps taken in preparing
the contract for submission to gov
ernmental officials.
Adoption of the resolution took
place Immediately before the noon
recess of the board.
Unanimous approval of a resolu-
ton placing a ST. per acre foot
water toll upon lands subject TO
tax deed, took place at this after
Moons session of the district board
Of directors.
Following adoption Of the resolu-
ton, Mark Rose asked directors
what they thought of a policy of
charging all users OF a water a so
cent toll until registered warrants
were taken up and paid.
we must have some means Of
getting the banks off our necks,"
said Rose. I'VE might place this toll
with the definite understanding
that we would abolish the toll az
soon as we straighten out our dif-
| ficulties."
Discussion of the plan still was
underway at pres slime.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
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DEMOCRATS HAVE
THEIR SCHEDULE
FOR LEGISLATION
Plan Action On Bills Not
In Sympathy With Ad-
ministratiOn's Program.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March Pros
poets of an early veto war between
President Hoover and congress in
creased today as Democrats tossed
harmony to the winds and set out
upon legislative program strongly
Objectionable to the administration
Earmarked for early passage
through the senate were the fol-
lowing bills:
l. The Democratic tariff, pro-
posing to reorganize the tariff COM
mission on lines opposed by the
President.
2. The s75O,OOo 900 Wagner bill
for direct federal aid through road
building and loans to the states.
3. The Hale bill authorizing
about $988,0O0000 for building the
navy up to London treaty strength.
The senate's Republican steering
committee already has placed the
Democratic tariff and Hale bills in
positions of priority on the calen-
dar. The Republicans left out the
Wagner bill, but Democrats and
Independent Republicans are plan
ming to sandwich its consideration
in between the two other measures
within the next week or 10 days.
Mr.. Hoover has not publicly in
dicated what he will do with the
three measures. Generally congress-
men expect him to veto them, since
he is vigorously opposed to all
three.
Truce Ended
These plans follow formal notice
Of the end of the political truce
served in the senate by Senator
Connolly Dem) Texas. There ap-
pears to be a general feeling among
Democrats that they have cooper
ated too long with the White House.
The whole Hoover economic relief
program has now been passed, with
the exception of one bill. That is
the measure authorizing creation
of national system of home loan
mortgage banks. The bill has been
tied up in committee for weeks and
its passage is doubtful Y
The three most imminent bills
mentioned will be followed soon by
Muscle Shoals bill which Mr..
Hoover vetoed at the last session,
and probably by farm relief bill
containing the equalization fee or
debenture plan, both of which he
opposes. These bills now are being
prepared by the senate agriculture
committee.
From this legislative outlook it
would appear probable that the re-
mainder of the session may be de-
voted almost entirely to partisan
contests in preparation for the pres
idential campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
COMMITTEE HAS
TROUBLE WITH
TAXATION BILL
BY THOMAS l.. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, March l. - A
weary and harassed house ways
and means subcommittee pored
today over a list of proposed ex-
else taxes in search of between
$300,000,000 and $4O0,00O,0O0 still
needed to balance the budget.
The subcommittee discovered
when it completed its draft of the
manufacturers sales tax, that il
still was short this amount which
means that some of several likely
subjects previously considered
must be taxed.
They include electricity, gaso-
line, imported oil, natural and il
Illuminating gas, and industria
alcohol. Tentatively, the commit.
tee has decided upon some O.
these, but acting chairman Crisl
has declined to reveal them.
Those tentatively selected still
fall about $100,000,0O0 short, Crisr
said
The committee has decided upon
exemptions to the sales tax. Due
to these exemptions the tax pro-
posed will raise something over
$500, 100000, instead of the $780,
100000 originally contemplated.
The exemptions cover ordinary
foods-what Crisp called "the pool
mans breakfast; seeds and ferti-
lizer, farm products, newspapers
magazines and other periodicals
and school books, Bibles and books
for the blind.
Crisp did not make public the
entire list of exempted foods, but
said it included such articles a,
tea, sugar, coffee, bread, raw meat
dairy products, milk and fresh
fish.
The tax bill probably will be de-
signed to raise around a billion
dollars, instead of the $1,241 ,OO0,.
600 suggested by the treasury. Thi.
is because of allowances made fol
reductions in the budget, saving.
by plugging up present loopholes
and about $20,000,0O0 to be pro.
vided by small postal increases.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
MARION TRIAL
DRAWS CROWD
TO COURTROOM
Jury To Hear Evidence
In Murder Trial May Be
Obtained By Night.

Every available seat in Judge
Vaughn N. Thompson's department
of the superior court was filled to-
day by members of the jury panel
and spectators, in spite of the rou-
tine drone of legal questions as at
torneys waged their quiet but in
tense fight to select jury which
will hear evidence in the trial for
murder of Daniel d. and Mrs. Inez
Marion, charged with the unlawful
Staying of Alberto Garcia last Dec
ember IL.
1t seemed probable at noon to-
day the jury will be complete by
closing hour tonight, except for an
unforeseen drawing which causes
either a defense or prosecution at
torney to become dissatisfied with
the jury. At one time this morning
Edgar B. Hervey of the defense an
nounced his side satisfied with the
jury, but Immediately after the
prosecution, represented by District
Attorney Elmer w. Heald, excused
one juror, Hervey exercised a per-
emptory challenge on another, who
was in the jury box at the time he
was willing to accept the II people
there.
Questioning of jurors this MORN
ing, for the most part, was un-
eventful, with now and then one
side or the other imposing objec-
tions to the technical form of ques-
tions addressed to prospective jur-
ors. The doctrine of reasonable
doubt, stressed by the defense in
every murder trial, is receiving es-
pecial attention by Hervey and NJ
w. Conkling, senior defense coun-
sci, in the present trial.
At noon the state had exercised
nine peremptory challenges to ex-
fCa~ks~-nL nv. d.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
Beal Denies He
Plans To Resign

w. F. Beal, director of division
No. 4, who recently was said 70
have declared he would resign from
the Imperial Irrigation board Of
directors at the first meeting in
March, today denied that he con-
templated such a move
When asked by Press reporter
if he intended to resign, Beal said.
mo, am not going to resign.
did not say I was going to re-
sign and 1 will not do so as long
as I keep my health"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
LOCAL BANKERS CONFER WITH
IRRIGATION DISTRICT BOARD

and figures. After the facts and
figures we're quoted, a rehuddle
took place while board members
maintained a profound silence.
Finally the stiffness became op-
pressive and President John l.. Du-
Bois asked the bankers if they
would like to make any suggestions.
The bankers said they had no sug-
gestionS to make.
Horne referred ominously to a
frozen loan of $625 900 and said it
was up to the board. He then re-
marked that the district was in no
worse shape than all municipali-
ties and corporations.
Dowd said the bankers had asked
Continued On Page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
MAN!LL

BEVERLY HILLS, March 1.
(SpeciaD-Every time congress
starts to tax some particular
industry it rushes down with
it's main men and they scare
'em out of it.
About the only way I see for
'em to do, so it would be fair
to everybody, would be for con-
gress to go into secret session,
allow no telephones, no tele-
grams, no visitors, so no out
side lobbyists can get at 'em,
then tax everything they want
to, and should tax, then an
nounce:
Boys, it's all over. There is
no use shooting at us now"
AS it is now, we are taxing
everybody without a lobby.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01

Quaker tactics characterized yes
terday afternoons conference be-
tween Imperial Irrigation district
directors and local bankers regard
ing the financial situation created
by the banks refusal to accept the
districts registered warrants.
o. CT. Horne of the local branch
of the Security First National bank
and Leroy Holt of the local Bank Of
America branch accepted copies Of
a letter from Chief Engineer M.
J. DoWd in which an outline of re-
trenchments and expense curtail-
ments was set forth.
The two bankers went into hud-
die with DoWd and Chief Counsel
Charles l.. Childers. They also
asked guardedly for various facts
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
Lame Duck Bill
Finally Approved

WASHINGTON. March /. U.P)-
The Norris lame duck" resolution
to eliminate the long lapse between
elections of congress members and
their induction into office was fin
ally approved by the house today.
The lower chamber agreed to the
conference report by which the con-
greSS meets annually on January 3
and the presidential term begins
january 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
GOVERNMENT OF
FINLAND GIVEN
FULLEST POWER

HELSINGFORS, Finland, March
l. U.PSCivil and military author
tiles have been given drastic power
by a governmental decree to sup
press the rebellion of thousands Of
armed FaScistS concentrated north
of here under leadership of the
Lappo party.
The action was taken after the
Lappo leaders delivered an ulti-
matum to President Pehr Evind
Evinhubvud demanding govern
ment reorganization to suppress
Socialism. The Lappoites threat
ened a march on Helsingfors to
enforce their demands.
The presidential decree en-
powered authorities to use mill
tary force to suppress printed
matter, break up demonstrations
mass meetings and professions,
search houses of suspects, censor
mails, telephones and telegraphs
and prohibit all travelling in Fin
land if necessary.
Government troops under direc-
tlOll VI NJtll. adlllc oiliNO dliu ouP-
ported by artillery, guarded all ap-
breaches to the city.
The Lappo ultimatum demanded
an anti-Socialist government, out
Iawing of the powerful Social
Democrat party, alteration of
fundamental state laws and abo-
ltion of parliamentarism.
LONDON, March l. (U.P - Dis
patches to the Daily Express from
Helsingfors indicated that the Fin
nish government has not yet
answered the Lappo ultimatum but
it was understood that capitulation
to demands for government reOr-
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
Another Soldier
Dies At Shanghai

SHANGHAI wednesday, March
?. U.P)-Private Schoen, company
F, thirty-first United States in
fantry, died today from haemo-
philia, an affliction which prevents
coagulation of the blood following
an injury. Details of his death
were not received.
Schoen's body, it was expected,
will be sent back to the United
States for burial.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
LUCANIAN TOMBS FOUND

NAPLES. UP - Two Lucanian
tombs, belonging to pre-Latin CIV
ilization, have been brought to
light at Paestum, the Greek city
where two of the finest temples of
ancient times are preserved. Cop
per ornaments and terra Gotta
vases of primitive manufacture
were discovered.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-01
GIRLS ATTACKER HELD

SAN DIEGO, March l. W.P-Al
Parks, ranch hand, was arrested by
deputy sheriffs today in connection
with an alleged attack on young
girl last Sunday night. Parks was
captured after a two-mile chase
through the mountains near Flynn
Springs, near here, and, accord
ing to the officers, admitted the
attack. an",,ttes.