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Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
VIOLENT SCENE
MADE IN COURT
BY MRS. JUDD

PHOENIX, AriZ., March Il. U.R)
Winnie Ruth Judd, murderess,
staged what was probably her last
public outburst toGay in the court
room where she was convicted SIX
weeks ago.
Summoned to give statement OF
her finances, she burst instead into
a screaming TRADE that, at one
point, seemed to threaten the rev
elation" that has been half-eX-
pected since her arrest-informa-
ton about the wealthy Phoenix
sportsman for whose love many
suspected her of having killed
Agnes Anne lie Roi and Hedvig
Samde-SOn.
Sheriff j. r.. MacFadden, bailiffs
and her husband pulled her into
her seat before the disclosure was
entirely made, and her husband IS
hand across her mouth throttled
the outburSt.
A moment later she had been
hauled, screaming, down the corri-
dor, back TO a cell, and, later, back
to prison.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
Starving Doctor
Declared 'Faker'

WASHINGTON, March 2l.-Dr.
Frederick F.. Wolter, who says he is
starving himself to death to attract
attention to the unemployment
conditions, walked out of hos
pital before a second examination
could be made to establish the truth
of his claim he has not eaten for
% days.
DR.. Oscar Hunter Of George
Washington University hospital ex-
amined Wolter Saturday and pro-
nounced him q "faker". He said
tests showed that Wolter had been
taking food in minute quantities.
Wolter heatedly disputed this
finding and agreed to go TO CALM
ger hospital. a public institution,
for further observation. Less than
"a hours after entering Gallinger.
he went back to his cubicle In the
Salvation Army hotel Hospital au-
thorities declined TO discuss the
case except to say that Wolter had
eaten nothing while there. Wolter.
who is 81 years old and holds three
university degrees declared anew
| he would starve himself 10 death
unless he was given work suitable
to man OF scholarly attainments,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
WOMAN CONFESSES HER RADIO
TRAGEDY WAS MERELY A HOAX

wrote and told him l had
little invalid boy, and he wrote
back and his wife sent me his
picture. To keep up the CORES
pondence, 1 told him l had a
daughter and that we all listen
ed to him.
"Then l was afraid my hus-
band would find out and become
jealous"
So she wrote that the boy
had died and that in her grief
she intended to jump into San
Francisco bay with the "daugh-
ter"
You are wrong" Cuttings
cried over the radio, regard
less OF your present beliefs you
are wrong. am writing you
a letter that will give you new
courage to keep on living"
Mrs. WoOdard was chagrined
that her innocent diversion"
should have caused so much
trouble. 1t was reported here
that Los Angeles police intend
ed to open an inquiry.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
DRYS RIDLCULE
PROPOSAL FOR
BEER TAXATION

WASHINGTON, March 81. U.P)-
Prohibitionists today derided a SEN
ate subcommittee claim that a
tax on legalized per cent beer
would yield the government from
1914 100000 to $1,1O0,0O0,000 in new
revenue yearly.
where are they going to get
the money!" asked Supt. F. Scott
Mcbride of the Anti-Saloon
league. THE rich don't want beer
and the poor people can't afford it.
1t would be merely taking money
cut a poor mans pocket and put
ting it into the government's.'
The beer bill now goes to the
full senate committee on manu-
features. Chairman La Toilette
said he would do everything pos
sible to get the measure before the
senate for a vote, but informed cir
cles counted the committee dry
by at least two votes.
Another angle on the prohibition
issue, Mcbride reiterated that the
Anti-Saloon league would classify
wet" all congressman who voted
to submit the liquor problem to the
states. regardless of whether they
recommended repeal. A vote for
submission is a wet vote, Mcbride
contended. He also declared that
the nearly equal party division in
last weeks vote i'll the house
showed that neither party could
afford to advocate modification OF
repeal in its platform.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
PIGEONS FIGURE
in NOTES ABOUT
LINDBERCH CASE
Police Investigating New
Angeles Injected Into
kidnapping.
BY BATES RANEY
limited Press staff COrreSpouGent

United Press Staff correspondent
HOPEWELL, N. j., March 21-
Colonel and Mrs. Charles a Lind
bergh waited today with the great
est fortitude for some sign from
the persons holding their kidnapped
son while police checked every ave-
nue. available for trace of the boy
Police investigation has entered
the fantastic. Dead carrier pigeons
with curiously worded notes at
tached to them, have been found
and notes sent to police. Mysterious
movements of persons in the Hope
we'll area on the night of the kid
naping have been reported.
Police investigation admitted
little credence could be put III
many of the reports, but all were
being checked carefully in the hope
cf finding some trace of the child
stolen from it's crib March l.
Col. H. Norman Schwartzkopf
superintendent of the New jersey
state police, issued the following
statement to the press this
morning:
1.-TWO notes carried by carrier
pigeons have been reported to us
The first one is alleged to have
been a note in code. This was
supposed to have been taken of
the carrier pigeon which was
beaten down by heavy storm i'll
Connecticut and upon being de-
coded by local bootlegger it read
approximately as follows:
"'All lines unsafe. Kid in yacht
making no ports. Well-trained
care outside United States jurisdic-
ton. Return bird.
1.-The informant did not see this
note and had only the word of the
unidentified bootlegger to go by,
Second Note Reported
mo additional information was
available and the informant re-
fused to identify the source of his
information.
Charles E. Stein, Lehighton,
Pa, and Arthur l.. Vaughn, East
Stroudsburg, Pa, brought to these
headquarters a dead pigeon with a
note folded and attached to the
band on the pigeons leg.
THE band bore the number
AU 80 S 34181, and the note read:
pulled off the job in fine order.
Made clean getaway. No one even
suspects me- Will meet you Monday
as planned. Will have the dough
with me. Yours, Red
The band is such as would not
particularly indicate that this had
anything to do with the Lindbergh
kidnapping. However, the investi-
CATION is continuing to determine
the exact meaning and significance
of this communication.
Investigators are out all over
the state following up information
received and no reports are avail
able as yet from any of them.'
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
WRECKAGE' OF
MISSING MAIL
PLANE FOUND

STEUBENVILLE, o., March 81.
U.P)-Wrecked parts of a mail and
passenger transport which left Co.
lumbus for New York were found
along the Ohio river near here
today.
The fuselage was believed to be
at the bottom of the river with the
pilot, Hal George, and his one
passenger, Mrs. Carl Cole, enroute
from st. Louis to New York.
Mail bags from the plane in
waterproof containers were first
discovered near the River View
country club, about three miles
north of Steubenville, by Ezra
Van Dine, a government employee.
A wing and parts of the wheels
and undercarriage of the big plane
were found shortly afterward.
There was no trace of the fuSel-
age OF the plane nor the two per-
sons it had carried.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
HURL
STONES AT OHIO
MILITARY GROUP

ATHENS, O., March 81. U.H-
An automobile containing four
Ohio national guard officers was
stone today by strikers when the
officers attempted to reach the
Millfield Mine No. of the Sun
day Greek Coal company to relieve
guardsmen who were on duty all
night.
Lit. Col. L. P. Wolford, Cleveland,
reported the stoning to Sheriff
Wayne Wingett, here.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, March 81.
U.P) - Insurgent mine strikers of
the Pennsylvania Anthracite area to-
day concentrated on the Locusto
Summit Colliery, worlds largest
coal breaker, determined to forces
its suspension.
Pickets were detailed to each of
five separate mines which supply
the giant breaker with coal.
The windshield and headlights
of the officers car were broken
They were forced to turn back to
their headquarters at Nelsonville.
Nineteen national guard observ-
ers are IN the area for the state.
Following disorders Saturday
night and a mass meeting Sun
day, attended by about 1000 of the
1000 striking coal miners, Cover
nor White announced state troops
would be held in readiness for
quick mobilization if needed.
The strikers and pickets were
armed with rifles and shotguns, ac-
cording TO the officers attacked
today. Colonel Wolford said there
were about 1900 of the protesting
men. They had blocked the road
at No. 6.
Reports that Number and the
Lick Run mine of the Athens and
Hooking Coal company would open
today were blamed for the upris-
ings, which started Saturday night
with stoning of mine officials au-
tomobiles, the dynamiting of a
spur track trestle and the beating
of Andy Chute, Sunday Creek as
Sistant mine foreman.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
None Injured AS
Autos Collide

Only one automobile accident
during the weekend was reported
to the sheriffs office, and that one
was outside the limits of Imperial
county, although it involved an Ell
Centro resident.
Elmer E. Keltz, 719 He'll street,
El Centro reported to the sheriff's
office he was driving south on the
Los Angeles highway between
Beaumont and Banning when
forced to slow down because of
heavy traffic.
A car driven by Bob Bingham,
University of Redlands, struck the
rear end of Keltz' car, he told Of
ficers. Drivers escaped injury, al
though both automobiles were
slightly damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
SUPERVISORS DISCUSS TOLL
PLANS MADE BY DISTRICT

lecting district taxes in advance.
but in this suggestion met with the
disapproval of Romeo Smith of Ell
Centro, who was against collecting
taxes on the s9le Of water.
Varying from the strict discussion
of methods by which the county,
if asked, may aid the irrigation dis
trict, the supervisors talked of
other aspects of the difficulties now
surrounding the district.
Halliday asserted his belief the
so cent per acre foot charge Of the
district is unjust, in that it is di-
rected entirely against the farmers,
while the towns of Imperial Valley
escape any taxation.
Smith brought up another angle
of the situation by pointing out
that banks and capitalists now own,
or soon will own, thousands of
acres of land in Imperial Valley,
and are holding it for speculation.
1t is the practice of these indi-
viduals and institutions, Smith de-
clared, to allow their holdings to
remain dormant, placing practically
the entire burden of water charges
on active farmers. Thus it is up TO
the active farmers and ranchers,
Smith said, to pay for the main
tenance of bitches and canals
which, in the end, benefit the cap
italists and banks.
1t is thought the matter will not
again be discussed until the irriga-
ton district applies for aid, should
it do so.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
GRAND EXALTED
RULER OF ELKS
COMING TONIGHT
o ttti. ksNsusht syndiss... -

Tonight will be a red letter night
in the calendar of Imperial Valley
ElkS who are to be given an op-
portunity Of welcoming the grand
exalted ruler of the order, John R.
Coen of Colorado, who is at pres
ent making an extended visit to
the Pacific coast, visiting subordi-
nate lodges.
Due to the large number of
lodges throughout the country, it
is impossible for the exalted ruler
to visit each of them during his
single year in office. 1t has been
nine years since the head officer
of the Elks has been able to visit
Imperial Valley and local Elks feel
highly honored at the impending
visit.
This honor is shared by the
lodges in Calexico and Brawley,
the members of which will unite
with Ell Centro lodge in greeting
the distinguished visitor.
AS the head of 100000 Elks, scat
tered in all parts of the country,
the grand exalted ruler holds an
important place in American fra
ternalism and his visit to the Pa
cific coast has brought him cordial
welcome from those of his own
order and from civic and social or
ganizations generally.
The grand exalted ruler will de.
liver an address at a joint meeting
of Ell Centre, Brawley and Calexico
lodges, to be held tonight in the
local lodge rooms at o'clock.
Prior to this meeting the officers
of the three lodges will be hosts
to him at a dinner to be given in
the Barbara Worth hotel at 6
o'clock.
Elks from various parts of South
ern California and Yuma are ex-
pected to be present at tonights
meeting and local Elks are pre-
pared for an unusually large at
tendance.
Coen, who is one of the leading
members of the Colorado bar, is
recognized as an eloquent and
forceful talker. His rise to the
highest office in Elkdom has fol-
lowed years of service in subordi-
nate offices and his popularity
with members of the order is uni
versal.
Officers of Ell Centro lodge ex-
tend a particular invitation to
members of other lodges who may
be living here, to attend tonight's
program.
The grand exalted ruler will
broadcast between and o'clock
tonight over KXO by remote con-
troll from the banquet at the Bar
bara Worth hotel. Elks and others
interested are urged to tune in at
this time to hear his message.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
SOCIETY WOMAN
SNOWB0UND IN
ALASKAN CABIN

NENANA, Alaska, March 81.
W.R)-Snowbound in the Alaskan
interior by heavy winter drifts,
Mrs. Edward Biddle, adventuring
Philadelphia society leader, sent
out a call across the blizzard
swept northland today for a res
cue plane.
Mrs. Biddle has been marooned
since January II in the little cabin
of Fannie Quigley, noted huntreSS
and frontier woman, at the bleak
outpost of Kantishna, far off the
path of mail planes and even dog
sleds.
AS a result, a mail plane will
give up its regular run to Diamond
sometime this week and fly to the
socialite's retreat, officials here
said.
Intent on collecting material for
book, Mrs. Biddle dropped in on
Fannie Quigley for a social call
and an interview. A blizzard
sprang up, obliterating dog trails
and forcing her to remain in the
cabin.
Her whereabouts remained a
mystery until word filtered through
from the outpost that Mike
Cooney, Irish dog musher, had
been attempting for more than a
month to reach Kantishna through
the blizzards and great snow drifts.
If Cooney fails to return to Ne
mana or reach Kantishna soon,
Mrs. Biddle wants a plane sent to
rescue here.
Aviators decided to take her at
her word and will dispatch a plane
as soon as possible.
PHILADELPHIA, March 81.
U.P)-Edward M. Biddle, Philadel-
phia attorney, whose socially
prominent wife has been snowbound
in an Alaskan village for several
weeks, said today he has little fear
for her safety.
1T quite evidentally is a problem
Of transportation; she merely will
be delayed" he said.
Mrs. Biddle left Seattle Deem
ber Is, for Alaska, planning to
satisfy a lifelong desire for ad-
venture. She wished to study "a
first hand where life as city
women view it, is hard on women.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21

Financial troubles of the Imper-
ial Irrigation District found their
way into the discussions of the
county board of supervisors today
when E. r. HeWeS on behalf of the
farm bureau, presented a resolution
asking that the supervisors, if ap-
preached by the irrigation district
directors, extend any financial aid
possible.
The resolution was presented late
in the morning session of the super
visors' meeting, and after they had
transacted routine county business.
Its presentation was followed by a
discussion Of ways and means by
which the county may extend aid
to the district, and the subject fin
ally continued for further discus
sion at another time.
Dave Vencill of Holtville was the
only one of the supervisors who did
not enter forcefully into the dis
cussion, radiating from a suggestion
by A. Y. Preble of Imperial that
the board of directors of the irri-
SdtlOll ulobl iCG lCNy q Siioi So Va ~
cents an acre foot against farmers
who have paid their taxes and a
charge of 81 an acre foot against
farmers whose taxes are not paid,
both charges to be credited to past
and future taxes.
Preble qualified his suggestion by
stating the belief this would be a
reasonable relief measure if it can
be done legally.
c. L. Halliday, attorney for both
the board of supervisors and the
farm bureau, advanced the sug-
gestion the supervisors, if ap-
preached, can apportion money
from the gasoline tax fund to care
for maintenance of bitches and
canals. This suggestion, however,
met with little favor from the ma
jority Of the supervisors
Henry Jackson Of Brawley, chair
man, pointed out that the super
ViSors have not yet been approached
by the district directors. Until then,
he said, 1T is none of our business =
Here Preble differed with him.
1T is our business" said Preble.
"It effects us all in our business.
1t effects us as farmers, merchants
and business men,
w. j. Best, CaleXico supervisor,
expressed himself in favor OF col
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
Report Bankers
And District In
Final Agreement

Financial negotiations between
the Imperial Irrigation district and
local bank branches reached a
successful conclusion as a result Of
recent conferences with banking
heads in Los Angeles, according to
authentic information provided
The Press today.
While no public statement was
made by district officials, it was
explained a final adjustment of de-
tails now is in progress.
Agreement in certain matters
took place at the Los Angeles con-
ference, it is said, and satisfac-
tory announcement is anticipated
hourly.
Negotiations have been under
way since January 20, when local
banks refused to accept district
registered warrants beyond those
already in their possession.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
Continued On Page 81
WATER CHARGES
AGAIN DISCUSSED
BY FARM BUREAU

Reaffirming their opposition to
the recently imposed water toll,
farm bureau directors at their
meeting Saturday in the court
house, reappointed the committee
headed by f. T. Hewes whose pur-
pose is to find ether solutions for
the financial difficulties.
That bondholders will not be SO
difficult to contact as was thought
was proven to the directors by the
fact that a bondholders' associa-
ton exists and that already nu-
merous kilograms have been re-
ceive/ by the Imperial Irrigation
district from the bondholderS.
Some of these kilograms, sent to
j. L. Dubois, president of the dis
trict and also of the Imperial
County Farm bureau, were read by
Dubois at the farm bureau direc-
tors meeting. The prevailing senti-
ment was that farm bureau direc-
tors contact the bondholderS' or
ganization, explaining the present
difficulties and the farm bureaus
stand in this case. The opinion
was expressed by directors that
this action will be taken in the
very near future.
The afternoon was devoted to
heated discussion with firm oppo-
sition on the part of the directors
to the imposition of the water toll
and their determination TO find
some other plan of raising revenue
that will be acceptable to the dis
trict since the plans offered by the
farm bureau have not been ac-
cepted.
Scott B. Foulds, secretary
treasurer, was instructed to notify
Phil D. Swing, representative in
congress, of the local farm bureaus
opposition to the manufacturers
sales tax proposed by the govern
menJ.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
Sheriff Returns
From Convention

Sheriff George L. Campbell was
back in Ell Centro today after
three day visit to San Diego, dur
ing which he attended the sixth
annual sheriffs, undersheriffs and
deputies convention.
Besides business sessions every
day, the convention was enlivened
by an exhibition of military man
euvers at Fort Rosecrans, and a
visit to Point Iona and the Old
Spanish Lighthouse.
Thursday was the first day of
the convention, which lasted
through Saturday. Officers from
every part of California were in at
tendance,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
Collections From
Taxes Decrease

WASHINGTON, March 81. U.H)-
Continued decreases in income tax
collections this year were recorded
in the treasury statement today.
The total receipts for the month
through last Friday were placed
at s152 ,428,074, a reduction of $685.
695 ,907 from the corresponding to-
tai for last year.
The 1881 figure was $239, ,123, ,981.
The collections for March 18
were $27,846, 167O7, the total for
the corresponding day last year
being $44, los, ,314.
Collections tabulated on March
18 on March Is payments brought
the four-day total to $l30,375,-
455.O9. Last year the four-day to-
tai was approximately $192, 100000
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
BANDITS WRECK
MEXICAN TRAIN
AT QUERETARO
One Killed In Resulting
Battle Between Outlaws
And Soldiers.
BY JOHN II. MORRIS
lnited Press Staff Correspondent

MEXICO CITY, March 21.-An
appeal for federal aid to quell an
armed uprising of fanatics in the
state of Queretaro, where soldiers
fought a pitched battle with
bandits who wrecked and attacked
a fast passenger train with Ameri-
can passengers aboard, was re-
ported today in newspaper dis
patched received here.
The train wrecked in Queretaro
is one of the fastest operated by
the National railways. 1t connects
with the sunshine Special of the
Missouri Pacific at Laredo, on the
American border. The military es-
cort aboard the train repulsed the
bandits after 80 minutes fighting.
No foreign passengers were injured
One bandit was killed and one
soldier was wounded. An express
messenger aboard the train was
killed when the locomotive, two
express cars, one second-class and
one first-class passenger coach
were overturned where the bandits
had torn up part of the track.
Passengers said they realized
bandits had attacked the train
when rifle fire began Immediately
after the front part of the train
left the rails. The bandits evi-
IDENTIFY knew that the military es-
cort was riding in the overturned
SeCond-claSS coaches because they
made their first attack there
Lieutenant Ruiz and his men
jumped from a window of the
coach and began firing at the at
tackers. The bandits were re-
pulsed in several attempted ad-
yances, and finally fled
Dispatches to the newspaper
Universal from Queretaro said a
passenger train which connects
with the Missouri Pacific for St.
Louis at Laredo, on the American
border, struck a pile of stones a
few miles from where the fast
passenger train was attacked but
that only the cowcatcher was
damaged. Reports to the same
newspaper said freight train, en-
route to Mexico City, was halted
just in time to prevent running
INTO a pile of stones.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-21
WEATHER
CAUSE OF
DISASTER
Bad Fog Blamed For Red
lands Plane Crash TAX
ing Seven Lives.
TRIPLE PROBE ON
Seventh Victim Tells Of
Wreck Before Injuries
Prove Fatal.

REDLANDS, March q. UP
Charred wreckage of what once was
q proud liner of the American Air
ways lay in an apple orchard near
here today-evidence of a tragedy
which Saturday night carried six.
men to a flaming death and in
jured a seventh SO seriously that
death came to him on Sunday.
AS officials of the state, the fed
eral government and the aviation
company met to investigate the
crash, it was the general opinion
of witnesses that the tragedy fol-
lowed after the two pilots of the
craft became hopelessly lost in a
dense fog blanket over San Cor
gonio Pass.
A. r. Thomas, 35, executive of
a Tucson, Ariz., gas and electric
company, miraculously escaped i'm
mediate death in the wreckage
which became the funeral pyre of
his four companions and the two
pilots He lived until Sunday
morning and at intervals of con-
sciousness gave brief descriptions OF
his last sensations in the plung-
ing and doomed air liner.
Lost IN the fog" Thomas said
painfully. I'VE were lost - way
down low. There was a blue flash
and an awful pain in my shoulder.
They're all gone, aren't they. All
gone? Tell my wife"
Thomas suffered a broken left
leg, a broken back and severe head
injuries. Still strapped in his seat
by a safety belt he was pulled from
the burning plane by the first wit
neSSes to reach it after liner struck
high tension wires and plunged into
the orchard. Striking the wires
caused the blue flash" Thomas
saw. Debris was strewn for 200
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