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Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
Income Tax Total
Still Falls Short

WASHINGTON, March 18. U.p)-
, Income tax payments tabulated by
the treasury March 16 amounted
to $55611 ,451.99 as compared with
$68,260,237 last year. The largest
part of the payments will be re-
corded in the treasury statements
the next two days.
Income tax payments for the
month through March 16 totaled
$100,312,836 and for the fiscal year
$758 ,434 ,178
The corresponding figures last
year were $106,254,321 and $1,277,-
685 ,346.
Today's figures seemed to bear
out treasury estimates that March
Is payments would not exceed
SITS, 100000. The treasury collected
1885 100000 last March.
The income tax receipts March
Is and 16 reduced the government
deficit by $32,984 ,8S1. The deficit
for the fiscal year now is $1,843,-
478,962.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
MAN AND
WIFE IN
CUSTODY
German Servants Being
Ques ii o ned In Lind
bergh kidnapping.
POLICE KEEP MU M
Suspected Pair Taken To
New Jersey After Penn
sylvania Arrest.

BRYN MAWR, March 18. DIP
The German servants, who worked
in the home of Leandro Lightfoot,
at Franklin Park, N. j., and sought
for questioning in the Lindbergh
kidnapping case were detained by
Lower Merton township police to-
day.
The couple, Sadie and Paul Eng
stenberg, were taken into custody
by Capt. Ignatius I. Mullen at the
request OF New Jersey state police,
he said.
After the couple had been located
working in Bryn Mawr home by
local police, the New Jersey state
police were notified and came to
Bryn Mawr to take charge of them.
They left Immediately for Hope
well, N. j.
Police said the Engstenbergs went
to work in the Bryn Mawr home
March 3, three days after Charles
A. Lindbergh, jr., was kidnapped
from his nursery. They refused
to reveal the name of the family
for whom they worked.
Neither Engstenberg nor his wife
was given an opportunity to make
any statement to local authorities
before they were whisked away in
New Jersey state troopers automo-
biles.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
HITLER DENIES
REVOLT PLANNED
BY NAZI PARTY
Brown Shirt Leader Says
Intended Mobilization
Was For Protection.

BERLIN, March 18. U.P)-Con-
centration of some 100000 storm
troops" of Adoph Hitler's Fascist
organization was for protection
against Communists and not aimed
at a violent assumption of power,
Hitler said today in a statement
from his Munich headquarters.
Hitler admitted the concentration
while Prussian police examined
thousands of documents seized in
raids on Nazi headquarters through
out Prussia yesterday. Police
claimed they found Significant
material concerning civil war pre-
parations by Hitler's Brown Shirt
army.
The search, included ITO offices
and homes of Fascist leaders. 1t
was understood that police would
turn over their evidence to the chief
public prosecutor.
Hitlers statement said mobiliza-
tion of storm detachments" was
customary during elections while
the Brown Shirts engaged in cleo
tioneering. storm squads were
concentrated also to prevent the
slaughtering of lone and defense
less Brown Shirts by members of
Iron Front" Communist organ
ization) the statement said.
Hitler charged that 40 Nazis had
been killed and thousands injured
in recent weeks. He claimed the
police raids were illegal and that
charges Of Prussian Minister of the
Interior Karl Severing had been
proved unfounded.
Minister of Defense Wilhelm
Groener apparently did not con-
slider the raids on the Nazis of
great Importance. He issued a
statement confirming that Hitlers
chief of staff, Capt. Ernst Roehm,
had informed the reichs ministery
of interior several days in advance
that the Brown Shirt storm troops
would be concentrated at numer-
GUS centers on the eve of the pres
idential election.
THE government harbored no
misgivings because of the fixed re-
sponsibility in case of disturbances, !"
Groener'S statement said.
Evidently discounting the action
of the Prussian police against the
Nazis, Groener said some of the in
formation obtained in the raid was
Old but that anything new would
be examined. Il am vigilantly OBJ
serving the national Socialist gov
ernment," Groener said.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
Record Vote In
North Dakota

BISMARCK, N. D., March Is.
U.Py - Out of the record North
Dakota Democratic presidential
preference primary vote of $4,000,
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
win a majority close to 10000,
Roosevelt state headquarters pre-
dicted today.
Observers estimated that the
Republican vote was only slightly
more. Another 25,00O voters bal
loted on a constitutional amend
ment to move the capital from
Bismarck to JamestoWn-a heated
local state issue, making the total
cast about 100000.
The possibility still remained
that George Murray, brother Of
RooSevelt's Oklahoma rival, might
win place on the states delega-
ton to the Chicago convention.
The capital removal proposal
was defeated by 10 to l margin
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
SOVIET RUSSIA
BUYING HEAVILY
FROM AMERICA

WASHINGTON, March 18. U.P)-
Soviet Russia is drawing heavily
on American Inventive and manu-
featuring skill in its struggle toward
modern induStrialism, comerce de-
partment figures revealed today. In
return it is pouring a steady stream
of gold into the United States.
An analysis of the 100000 900
worth of exports sent by American
manufacturers to Russia last year
shows that virtually the whole of
them were heavy machinery, tract
ors, locomotives, steam turbines,
tools, lathes, plows-these are the
products Russia is buying from AM
erica to turn the earth of giant
collective farms, speed products
rapidly by rail and supply peasant
homes with modern comforts.
Wheel tractors of medium horse
power led all other exports, total
ling $21 ,618,680 in value. Reaper
threshers, worth S5,588,000, were
second on the list, while other
farm implements worth millions
ranged high. These tractors and
implements will be used to carry
out Russia's program of converting
private farms into giant Collect
ives'-or government food factor
les
The Soviet's efforts to build up
a modern transportation system al
so were reflected in the American
export list. Russia bought more
than $1,000000 worth of locomotives.
$5O0,0O0 worth of freight cars, and
$16l, 900 worth of railroad signal
ling equipment. Other recently
placed orders for locomotives are
not reflected in the 1881 figures.
Prospects for future sales to Rus
sia, officials here declare, are ex-
cellent. The Soviet state, it was
said, is buying American industrial
materials to the limit of its credit.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
COMMITTEE OF
HOUSE RESCINDS
TAX ON COPPER
Proposed Tax On Whiskey
Is Also Permitted To
Die By Wayside.
BY PAUL X. MALLON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent }

WASHINGTON, March l8. U.P)-
The house ways and means COM
mittee today decided against pro-
posed taxes on copper and whisky.
The committee reScinded its ac-
ton of yesterday, contemplating
duty of four cents a pound on i'm
ported copper, and decided not to
submit the proposition to the house.
The vote was ID to 8.
The committee overwhelmingly
voted down the Dickinson plan to
tax medicinal whiskey and wine So
gallon.
Acting Chairman Crisp an
nounced, as the house began con-
sideration of the new billion dollar
tax bill:
I'VE marched up the hill yester-
day but we marched down again
today We found that the copper
tax would involve changes of the
tariff law in 80 or 40 different
ways. There was no chance to
work out an intelligent amendment
while the tax bill is before the
house"
The issue is expected, however,
to be praised later on the floor by
proponents of the copper tax.
Explaining the refusal of the
committee to adopt a liquor tax,
Crisp said:
"One reason was that we did not
want to get into any more prohi-
bition propositions in this bill"
The present tax on medicinal
spirits is $1.10 a gallon. The treas
ury estimated to the committee that
the increase to $5 would raise only
$6,000,000 additional revenue.
Crisp said the committee was be-
ing bothered with many fantastic
protests. He said amendment of
the fruit Juice schedule has been
sought so as to exempt juices not
used for wines but used solely in
soda fountains.
Protest also was received regard
ing reduction for cracked eggs. All
these matters have been referred
to a special subcommittee to be
composed of Crisp, Democratic
Floor Leader Rainey and Represent
ative Hawley, Republican, Oregon.
WASHINGTON, March 18. U.P)-
The sales tax opposition won an
unexpected victory in the first test
in the house today
The first income tax amendment
proposed by Rep. LaGuardia, (Rep0
New York, was adopted. 1t boosted
the rate of incomes above $4,000 to
7 per cent from per cent proposed
by the leaders. The present rate is
5 per cent.
The vote was 121 to "a.
LaGuardia said in offering the
amendment that it was the first
test in the fight against the sales
tax. He said his forces had agreed
to boost the other rates offered by
the committee in an effort to pro-
vide revenue so the sales levy could
be killed.
Acting Chairman Crisp opposed
the amendment. He said it would
raise only $20,0O0,000 a year.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
'BLUEBEARD' TO
BE- EXECUTED BY
WEST VIRGINIA

d CHARLESTON, w. Va, March
IS. U.P)-Harry F. Powers Blue
beard" killer accused of hanging or
strangling five persons, was sched-
uled to die on the gallows tonight
for the murder of Mrs. Dorothy
Pressler Lemke of Northboro.
Mass, lured by mail order promises
of marriage.
Powers last hope for repreive
faded when Gov. William G. Con-
ley overruled a telephone plea by
j. Ed Law, Clarksburg attorney
Law defended the beady-eyed
Powers.
Powers was convicted after a
most sensational murder trial held
in Clarksburg opera house because
the court house was too small.
He admitted that he and Mrs.
Lemke had driven here from
Massachusetts, after he had prom
iSed her a big farm in the west. "
But he denied that he killed her.
He said she told him she pre-
felred another man, Cecil
Johnson"
The last he saw of Mrs Lemke,
Powers claimed, was when she
"said goodbye to me to go with
him."
Mrs. Lemke's body was one of
five dug up from shallow drain
age ditch back of Powers garage
at his Quiet Dell home near
Clarksburg. The others were
bodies of Mrs. Asia Buick Eicher
and her three children of Oak
Park, Ill.
The garage was strangely
built structure, solid concrete, no
windows with trap door over
which moose was hung. Ihe
state, which will hang him tonight,
contended Powers hanged or
strangled his victims.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
M<& Re1~<.
Gtsst. heNsusht synaisa,.. iss
JURY UNABLE TO
GET VERDICT in
HENDRIX TRIAL

More than "a hours after they
were locked into the jury room to
deliberate the fate of A. L. Hen
dirk, charged with murder, jurors
were excused at 4:30 yesterday af-
ternon by Judge Vaughn N.
Thompson when they reported
themselves unable to reach a de-
cision.
After Judge Thompson ha d
thanked the jurors for their SER
vices, and discharged them, it was
learned the jury had been divided
equally for several hours, six voting
for acquittal and six voting for a
verdict of manslaughter.
Because of the hung jury, a new
trial of Hendrix on the charge of
numbering w. H. Mccoy near Holt
vile January 10 will be necessary.
Witnesses summoned to the stand
during the trial will be called again,
and the evidence presented to IL
other jurors.
Hendrix is charged with killing
Mccoy by blows on the head dur
ing a fist fight on a road near the
Hendrix ranch north of Holtville.
Trouble over cattle and several
years of i'll feeling over water
troubles were climaxed by the fight,
according to testimony during the
trial.
Contradictory testimony of pros
ecution and defense witnesses dur
ing the trial probably was respon-
sible for the inability of the jurors
to reach decision.
OF four physicians summoned to
testify, two said McCoys death
probably was caused by blows on
the head, and two said the man
might have died from some other
cause, citing disease which might
bring about his death through ex-
citement or over-eXertion.
D. H. Wolford, chief criminal
deputy district attorney, was alone
in prosecution of this case. He
was opposed by Clarence B. Smith
and Fred Thompson as defense
counsel.
Attorneys for Hendrix, appearing
before Judge Thompson this morn
ing, asked that their client be re-
leased on bail pending another
trial, which was set today for April
4. The motion for bail was to be
argued this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
INDICTED MAN
DENIES TRYING
TO SHOOT SELF

LONG BEACH, Calf, March 13.
(U.P)William M. PierSon, former
president of the Western States
Building-Loan association, a Gilbert
H. Beesemyer concern, was in a
critical condition here today from
a gun shot wound received mystic
riouSly last night.
Persons left arm was shattered
at the elbow by a shotgun discharge
as he was in his automobile on a
highway between Santa Ana and
the ocean. He was found lying be-
side the car, bleeding profusely and
in very weakened condition.
After a blood TRANSMISSION and am
putation of the arm at the elbow,
Pierson revived to the extent that
he was able to talk briefly. He told
physicians and police officers that
he had not attempted suicide.
Pierson was indicted last week on
one count of grand theft and 10
counts Of violating the state build
ing and loan laws. The grand theft
count involved $4,000 while the other
counts alleged that Pierson loaned
himself approximately $4,000 in
association funds. He pleaded not
guilty to all counts in Los Angeles
superior court last Tuesday and
was at liberty on $4,000 bond pend
ing trial set for April 25.
Beesemyer, convicted of wrecking
the Guaranty Building and Loan
association, a Hollywood concern,
is serving long term in San Quen-
tin prison.
DR.. c. c. Tolleson, attending ply
sician, said that Pierson told him
he carried a shotgun attached to
the top of his car during hunting
trips. He said that his car started
to weave" on the road last night
and that the gun apparently was
jostled loose and discharged
Two officers said they questioned
Pierson, who told them he had "too
much sense to try and bump myself
off," When they pressed the ques-
tioning, the officers said, Pierson
told them he preferred to consult
his attorney before answering ques-
tionS.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
Heads OF State
Colleges Renamed

SANTA BARBARA, March 18.
U.P)-All presidents of teachers col
leges of the state as well as the
deaf and dumb schools at Berkeley,
were reappointed today at meet
ing of the state board of education
here, it was announced by Vierlnig
Kersey, state superintendent of ed
ucation.
The board spent several hours
early in the session going over
arithmetic texts proposed for use
in the California schools.
Kersey said that request that
Chico State College be empowered
to issue pre-secondary degrees in
three majors instead of one had
been presented to the board by A.
j. Hamilton, president of the COL
lege. Kersey said that he had rec
commended favorable on the matter
and felt that the request might be
granted late today.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
Disagreement On
Bankhead Custer

WASHINGTON, March 18. W.Pl-
A minority report dissenting en-
phatically" from a majority rec
ommendation that the seat of Sem
ator Bankhead CDem) Alabama,
be declared vacant was submitted
to the senate privileges and cleo
tions committee today by Demo-
cratic members of a subcommittee
appointed to hear the contest
brought by former Sen. j. Thomas
Heflin.
Senators George, Georgia, and
Bratton, New Mexico, signed the
report which disagrees categorically
with similar document prepared
by Chairman Hastings (Rep) Del
aware, and concurred in by the
other two Republican members,
Senators Watson, Indiana, and
Glenn, Illinois.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
BY BATES RANEY
United Press Staff CorreSuo,

HOPEWELL, N. j., March ID. (U.D
State police announced today
they have located two German SER
wants who disappeared from the
home of Leandro Lightfoot at
Franklin Park Immediately after
the kidnapping of Charles A. Lind
bergh, jr. The couple whose names
were listed as Mr.. and Mrs. Eng
stenbergh, were being questioned to-
day.
1t was not revealed where they
had been located.
At the morning press confer
ence today Col.H Norman Schwartz
kopf issued the following state.
Henry Johnson has not been
questioned by investigators for this
office as to the whereabouts or
Paul EngStenbergh. Our investiga>
tors are still out checking on the
story related by Mr.. Lightfoot and
till such time as they return and
report their findings it will be i'm
possible to inform you anything
definite concerning the Engsten-
berghS. Whether or not there is
any connection between their sud-
den departure and the circum-
stances of the kidnapping is to be
determined.
The Engstenberghs have been
located and investigators will uues-
tion them. AS soon as our investi-
gators have heard their story and
inform Us of the circumstances we
will communicate the information
to the press.
Several of the details that
started investigations on Wednes-
day and Thursday have not re-
turned as yet and telephonic re-
ports up to this time merely indi-
cate they are continuing with their
Investigations and checking up on
information they have received.
Nothing Of Importance has been
(Cnnfiunad nr, D.nx
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
DISTRICT Time
VOUCHERS TO BE-
TAKEN BY BANKS
G o inference Results In
Agreement On Hand
ling Payroll Checks.

Negotiations with local banks
reached a successful conclusion
this morning when Imperial Irri-
cation district announced it will
pay time vouchers or payroll
checks dated March Is, 1882. These
vouchers will be out tomorrow.
Vouchers may be cashed through
local banks as usual it is explained.
AS a means of assisting banks and
merchants who are given district
time vouchers, a special identifi-
cation mark is placed upon the
March Is vouchers. The facsimile
signature of either Secretary F. H.
McIver or M. j. Dowd must appear
across the upper left-hand corner
of the checks.
No other time vouchers will be
paid at this time, according to the
announcement made this morning.
Negotiations with bankers pro-
ceeded for several weeks and are
not yet complete, it is said. Some
plan by which at least a part of
the payroll warrants and time
vouchers for January and Febru-
ary may be cashed, is under con-
sideration between district Off
cials and bankers.
The current operating fund
emergency became acute some
weeks ago when local banks re-
fused to accept irrigation district
warrants. Since that time directors
and executives of the district in
voked further retrenchment meas
ures and finally ordered a so cent
per acre foot water charge as the
only means of gaining the neces-
sary funds for operation.
Under the. schedule now III
force it is expected the district will
wipe out the operating fund deficit
within the year.
Irrigation district executives and
officials and local bankers left for
Los Angeles this morning for fur
ther conferences with banking
heads.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
TEMPORARY JOB
IS REJECTED BY
STARVING DOCTOR

WASHINGTON, March 18. U.P)-
Refusing temporary job, DR.. Fred
erick F. Wolter, 81, holder of three
university degrees, today entered
the 10th day of his starvation pro-
test against unemployment.
Wolter, a trained librarian and
master of eight languages, says he
is determined to starve himself TO
death unless he is offered a per-
manent suitable" position.
The temporary job offered Wolter
was cataloging some books in a COL
lege library here at SIS a week.
Wolter declared the salary was too
low, and besides sit would not ac-
complish anything"
He denied, however, that his self
imposed starvation should be con-
sidered as suicide. He said:
MY action must not be regarded
as an attempt at suicide but as the
logical course of action required by
circumstance. I am ready to break
my fast as soon as a suitable posi-
ton is assured me or means of a
decent, though frugal, livelihood
are placed at my disposal.
"If I am destined to a life of
starvation, 1 prefer to starve rap
idly.
ITO take up this course of action
not only consider it my personal
right, but my prescribed duty as an
American citizen, in order to arouse
the public conscience by directing
attention to social abuses and thus
giving an impetus to reformers."
Authorities agreed that Wolter
had a legal right to starve himself
to death if he wanted to do SO. w.
W. Bride, District of Columbia coun-
sci, looked up the law and found
no statutes or precedents which
would permit the police or agencies
to interfere.
Wolter today weighed l26 pounds,
having lost about one pound daily
since he began fasting.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
Actor Freed In
Accident Case

LOS ANGELES, March 18. U.P)-
Kenneth Harlan, motion picture
actor, was free today of charges
that he had driven an automobile
while intoxicated. After less than
three hours deliberation, superior
court jury found him not guilty.
Harlan was arrested after an ac-
cident the night of January 2, and
physician pronounced him intoX-
icated.
He explained at the trial that he
had nothing to drink until after
the accident, when he said he took
a couple of slugs of gin" to
steady him.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-18
RECEIVER
SCANDAL.
SP READS
Grand Jury May Be Asked
To Probe Conduct OF
Los Angeles Judges.
THREATS HINTED
Los Angeles Bar AssOcia-
ton Recommends Jur-
lists Be Suspended.

LOS ANGELES, March 18. W.Rt-
Superior Judge Walter l5. Gates an
nounced at noon today that be-
fore nightfall he planned to confer
with the Los Angeles county grand
jury on the recent expose of al
legged irregularities in the handling
of receiverships of the $4,000, ,000
American Mortgage company re-
ceivershipS.
AS Judge Gates made his an
nouncement, a number of superior
judges went into a secret confec-
ence which he did not attend.
Judge Gates, however, caused q
sensation at the hall of justice
when he refused to deny to news
papermen that he had been re-
ceiving numerous anonymous tele-
phone warnings concerning his at
titude in the receivership cases.
1t was not understood that
Judge Gates was threatened, but
it was said that Mrs. Gates was
frightened at one call received
when the judge was away from
home. She was told that Judge
Gates had better be careful how
he proceeds
Meanwhile the Los Angeles
Record said in a news article that
complications have become state
wide through disclosure that James
Rolph, III, son of Governor Rolph,
which received practically all the
business of A. j. ShoWalter and
Charles F. Allison, ousted receivers
for the American Mortgage COM
pany."
LOS ANGELES, March 18. W.P)-
The Los Angeles Bar association,
latest organization to enter an in
vestigation of the alleged accep-
tance by three Los Angeles su-
perior court judges of gifts from
The receivers OF defunct $18,000,-
900 mortgage company today was
on record as condemning such acts
on the part of judges.
The board of trustees of the
association passed a resolution
recommending that "such judges
as are publicly accused of accept
ing gifts or favors" be requested to
cease functioning until the charges
against them have been fully in
vestigated
Another development was the
action of a special legislative COM
mittee on receiverShips, which met
and discussed the possibility of
asking Gov. James Rolph, jr., W
call a special session of the legis-
lature to consider impeachment
proceedings against the three
jurists mentioned as recipients of
gifts and loans from former re-
ceivers of the American Mortgage
company.
The legislative committee urged
that all facts in the present in
vestigation be collected in order
that legislation may be designed
to correct any existing evils.
I'm our opinion the entire su-
perior court, in overruling the pre-
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