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Evening star., 1932-05-17
ConnaIIy's Amendment Is De-
feated in Senate by
46-to-31 Vote.
FILIBUSTER BY LONG
IMPEDES REVENUE BILL
Showdown Scheduled on Sales
Levy Plan After Smith
Offers Program.

The Senate coalition backing the
non-partisan revenue bill today beat
down a second attempt to raise the
income tax rates above the increases
provided In the measure.
An amendment by Senator Connally,
Democrat, Of Texas boosting the in
come normal rates to 4 per cent on the
first $4,000 and 8 per cent on income
above $4,000, with a surtax schedule
graduating to SIS per cent on income
over s1,oo0,oO0, was rejected. The
vote was 46 to 81.
Changes Vote to Negative.
Connally said his rates would bring
In $1l3,0oo,000 additional over the in
creases in income taxes provided by the
compromise bill. With this revenue, he
said, the Senate could spare some of
the special excise rates.
The Texas Senator changed his vote
to the negative with the announced
purpose Of moving reconsideration later.
The lineup against the Connally
amendment and in favor of the COM
promise income rates next to be acted
upon was almost the same as yester-
days when the wartime rates were re-
jected
1t showed the strong bipartisan
coalition In command, with Republicans
and Democrats splitting almost even
on the roll call
The income schedule in the compro-
mise bill was then in order for adop-
ton, providing normal rates of per
cent on the first $4,000 income, per
cent on the next $4,000 and per cent
on income above $1,000, with surtaz
schedule carrying maximum Of Is
per cent on income over 81 900, 900.
Filibuster Delays Bill.
The compromise billion-dollar rev.
on its course by an unexpected buffet
ing of oratory.
Senator Huey Long. Democrat, OF
Louisiana, didn't get the kind of a pro-
gram he wanted. so he consumed In
talk the two hours Of the Senate's first
night session to speed the bill.
Sponsors of the non-partisan budget
balancing legislation were confident of
break in the jam as a 10-hour ses-
sion was begun today, with the vital in
come tax schedule still open for amend
ment.
Senate Democrats noted with inter-
est Alfred z. Smiths declaration for
the sales tax in a radio speech last
night. However, the view was privately
expressed that the decisive vote of the
House against the sales levy has fore
stalled hope for its approval in the
Senate.
Showdown Scheduled.
An informal understanding was reach
ed, however, to have showdown on the
sales tax before the numerous excise
and nuisance" taxes are considered.
In other words, If the sales tax is to
be adopted, no time will be spent on
the other rates. The sales tax vote
is expected to be reached soon.
Meanwhile, the Special Relief Com
mittee of the Senate Democrats re-
sumed work today in an effort to reach
an understanding on the compromise
proposal offered by President Hoover.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
Policeman Fires
UponFleeingMen,
Then Saves Them
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j.. May ia
Westfield policeman who had
chased three men in a stolen
automobile Is miles early today,
firing at them with his revolver
and a riot gun. saved their lives
when their car overturned and
burst into flames.
Eight shots were fired during
the chase, which began when the
automobile raced by Patrolman
Elmer Mead and nearly side
swiped his machine In Westfield.
The fugitive car overturned when
1t rounded corner too sharply
in Newark.
As the machine started to
burn, Mead ripped of the top
and dragged the three men out.
They said the car was stolen a
year ago.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
CHEST PAD CLINCHED IDENTITY
OF MURDERED LINDBERGI1 BABY
Bit of Faded Cloth, With Group Save Still 1t, Proves
Conclusive Evidence.

Around the baby's body was placed
a band and over the little form, as
whole, was drawn a sleeping suit.
Only the band and the chest pad we're
found on the wasted body when it was
removed from the thicket where fiends
had dumped 1t and buried 1t in make
shift fashion.
The band was like any other infants
stomach band but the pad had identi-
flying characteristics that removed all
doubt of identity. The sleeping suit, or
one like 1t, previously had been re-
turned to the Lindberghs by DR.. John r.
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 80
Evening star., 1932-05-17
Declares Minister
Could Have Pre-
vented Hoax.
BURRACE ACTED
AS A MESSENGER
Reputable Men Aided
Story Unwittingly by
Expressing Faith.

HOPEWELL, N. j., May II P.
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
superintendent of State police,
announced today that John
Hughes Curtis, one of the Nor
folk negotiatorS in the Lind
bergh kidnapping case, had writ
ten "a complete confession"
that all the people with whom
he has told of negotiating and
all the boats on which he said
he had met them were crea-
tionS of his own imagination.
Col. Schwarzkopf's statement
follows:
"At o'clock this morning
John H. Curtis sat down to a
typewriter and himself wrote a
complete confession concerning
his activities in the case.
HE stated that the boats and
all the people to whom he has
been referring were creations of
his own mind and do not exist
in fact"
Shortly after the kidnapping
Mr.. Curtis told a story about
having a contact with the kid
naperS. A newspaper repre-
sentative, according to Mr..
Curtis statement, made very
lucrative offer to him for his
story to be given exclusively to
that paper. Also, according to
Mr.. Curtis, very lucrative Of
fer was made by another news
paper and film company con-
corning his activities. This
spurred Mr.. Curtis on to greater
activity.
mfr. Curtis also said that
Dean Peacock could have pre-
vented his unfortunate part in
this enormous deception. Ad-
miral Burrage merely present.
ed to Col. Lindbergh the story
as he had heard it, making no
recommendations, but permit
ting it to stand on it's merits.
Reputable citizens and Off
cials frequently vouched to Col:
Lindbergh for the. integrity of
Mr.. Curtis, stating that his
word could be relied on. This
made the deception so much
easier. The story of Mr.. Cur
tbs has resulted in the very
widespread activities Of the
Coast Guard and other Fed
eral agencies in seeking the
fictitious boat he has described.
1T has further resulted in
many official airplane trips,
auto trips, as well as keeping
Col. Lindbergh away from home
and activities during the most
important phase of the case in
pursuit of fictitious clues.
-Four days ago, when Mr..
Curtis came to these headquar-
ters, the police authority at this
point started questioning him
and checking his story. The
result of the check on his story
and the questioning of Mr.. Cur
It's was eliminated at 4 o'clock
this morning with his complete
confession that all the informa-
ton he had given was the re-
suit of his imagination and de-
ception, as well as his desire to
make a good newspaper story
that would bring lucrative re-
turns, and that there was no
fact or foundation on which the
story was built"
After Col. Schwarzkopf issued
his statement he was asked II
anv action had been taken
against Curtis, and replied that
Curtis was not under arrest.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
SMALL VOTE SEEN
IN JERSEY PRIMARY
Factional and Municipal Fights
Only Incentives for Visits
to Polls.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., May 17.-Today's
primary election was expected to bring
forth the lightest vote in years.
Factional fights in several districts
and a few municipalities with govern
mental economy and taxation bearing
on councilmanic nominations furnished
the only strong incentive for balloting
Election of delegates to the national
conventions, nomination of candidates
for the United States Senate, the House
of Representatives and the State Legis-
lature, except for few isolated cases,
is a formality.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
AUTOMATIC PARACFIUTES DROP
FOUR MEN FROM PLANE SAFELY
Demonstration Clears All Four Passengers in Five
Seconds, Inventor Says.

other two passengers swung through
two more doors, and the parachutes
automatically took them in tow. All
four landed sitting on the same seats
they occupied In the plane.
Trusty, Los Angeles designing en-
gineer, formerly of Bridgeport, Conn.
describes the device.
The doors in the sides of the fuse
lage open automatically when the pilot
pulls the lever. Davits swing outward
with each seat and an automatic trip
drops the seat once 1t has swung clear
Of the ship. The 'chutes are carried
under the seats A metal band slips
around the waist of the passenger as
the device begins 10 operate TO dis
courags panic. i
Evening star., 1932-05-17
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTA ANA. Calf, May i7.-Four
men were parachuted from an airplane
Yesterday in a demonstration of a
method to release passengers from dis
tressed ships. AL landed safely and
had cleared the ship in seconds, Harry
Trusty, inventor, calculated.
In a cabin monoplane, 1000 feet over
the airport here, the pilot pulled
lever. Two of the passengers were
swung outward through doors in the
fuselage and scudded of into the air
while parachutes blossomed above their
heads.
The pilot pulled q second lever. The
Evening star., 1932-05-17

in Georgia Mills Re
ported to Allow Resumption.
AUGUSTA, Ga, May II (P.-Offi-
cials Of mills affected by the textile
strike in Horse Greek Valley said today
an agreement had been reached where
by operations will be resumed within
two weeks.
The dispute over weaving room pay
has been adjusted. they said, and Man
ager George A. Franklin will deal with
any unsettled details.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
SEARCH FOR FAWCETT
is BEGUN BY PRIESTLY
Expedition Reaches Brazil in
Quest of Famous British
Explorer.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May IT,
Neville Priesty arrived from England
today on his way to Sac Paulo. where
he will talk to Capt. John @. Holman
about the possibilities of finding Col
p. H. Fawcett, British explorer, who
disappeared in the jungle in 1925.
The Priestly searching expedition re-
suited from a story told by a Swiss
trapper named Rattin who declared he
met and talked with white man in
interior Matto Crosse last October This
man, held prisoner by an Indian tribe,
was Fawcett, the trapper asserted.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
Gold Mine Found in Brazil.

RIO DE JANEIRO, May II P.-
Reports from Manaos, Brazil, today
said an important gold mine was dis
covered on the left bank of the
Sucurum River, near there. A week OF
production. the reports said. resulted in
more than TOO Kilograms Of gold.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
FEAR FELT FOR SAFETY
OF FOUR IN PLANE
German Flyer and Companions Un-
reported on Flight Across
Stormy Timor Sea.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Assoclateu FTtss
PORT DARWIN, Australia, May
l7.-Some anxiety was felt today for
Can't. Hans Bertram, a German flyer,
and his three companions, from whom
nothing has been heard since they left
Kupang. on Timor Island, two days ago.
Flying a seaplane, they took off for
Port Darwin and it was necessary for
them to cross the stormy Timor Sea.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
Three Children Die in Fire.

BUCKINGHAM, Quebec, May II Cp).
Three children were suffocated and
four other children and their mother
narrowly escaped today when fire de-
stroyed the home of Joseph Gaudet.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
MINISTER is PERPLEXED.
Dean Dobson- Peacock Declares lie
Still "Relies on Curtis

NORFOLK. Va, May II P-Rev.
H Dobson- Peacock, a second OF the
Norfolk negotiators, when informed Oh
the Curtis confession at HepeWeH'
said: Il am still relying on Mr.. Cur
tbs. He has been under a great sIralh
for the past two months. This Is @ nhe
first / have heard of anything like
this"
Evening star., 1932-05-17
GUARDS THEORY BORNE OUT.
SkepticaI From First of Mysterious Yes
sci Described by Curtis.

The confession by John Hughes Cur
tis that his story concerning mySte-
Continued on page 2, Column A.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
s'Frons Press to Home
Within an Hour

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
WEATHER.

Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight and
tomorrow: gentle to moderate northwest
shifting to north or northeast winds
Temperatures: Highest, 90, at 2 pm.
yesterday; lowest. 65, at 6:15 am. today.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
TEXTILE STRIKE ENDED

Continued on Page 5, Column %
Evening star., 1932-05-17

Continued on Page 2, Column 81 E
Evening star., 1932-05-17

Closing N. Y. Markets. Pages IA and |
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
TALLANT TUBBS
FIRST TO. FILE
PRIMARY PAPERS

SACRAMENTO, June l. WP)-
The first candidate to file for office
at the August 80 primary election
today was Senator Tallant Tubbs of
San Francisco, seeking the Republi
can nomination for United States
senator.
Tubbs' declaration was certified
in San Francisco shortly after mid
night. and rushed to Sacramento
by automobile. 1t was accepted,
together with the filing fee, by
Deputy Secretary of State Charles
j. Hagerty. at 7:30 a. m. today.
In the brief statement permitted
under the election laws, Tubbs said
he was 35 years old, born in north
ern California, educated in South
ern California, and had been a
member of the California senate
7l2 years.
sponsored veterans, education,
agricultural and humanitarian
measures" the statement said.
Favor immediate modification of
the Volstead act, permitting man
ufacture and sale of beer and wine.
Favor repeal of the eighteenth
amendment as a cure for high tax
es. unemployment ills, gangsterism,
and oppose the return of saloons. "
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
Attempt Made To
Frame Deputy
Fits Declares

LOS ANGELES, June l. U.P)-
An alleged attempt to frame"
deputy district attorney was claimed
by District Attorney Buron Fits
today when he declared that ef-
forts had been made to force Dep
uty Ugene U. Blalock to dismiss
felony charges against two mining
promoters.
Blalock said that about 10 days
ago he discovered that a door on
his garage had been pried open.
Investigation disclosed that five
gallon tin of alcohol had been
placed in the garage. The deputy
district attorney said he dumped
the alcohol and believed that his
act had frustrated part of the
"frame-up' plot.
The deputy also said that Tom
Cavett, an Investigator, had been
told by an attorney that certain
persons mad discussed taking the
deputy for ride or framing him
with liquor or a woman"
Fits ordered a man and a wom-
an, awaiting re-trial on grand
theft and corporate securities
charges, brought to his office for
questioning. A jury in former
trial of the two disagreed.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
Students Body
Not Recovered

All hope had been lost today for
the safety OF William Smith, u
Los Angeles student who was
blown from shore on crude raft
ne and playmates had launched on
the Salton Sea last Sunday after
noon.
Harold Gillett, deputy sheriff,
still was searching for the body OF
the boy today, while Undersheriff
Rodney Clarke and Lloyd Casta-
MEN. deputy. were planning to re-
ueve Gillett if the body is not found
by tonight.
William, with a group of friends,
last Sunday constructed raft
from three railroad ties, and was
diving from it into the sea. A sud-
/ den gust of wind blew the raft
from shore, with William clinging
to it. His playmates could not aid
him. No trace has been found OF
/ the boy, although a part Of the raft
has been sighted by airplaneS
circling above the waters.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
MORE VETERANS
REPORTED GOING
TO WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. June l. U.P)-
With 800 more bonus" marchers
expected here today, authorities
sought the aid Of state governors
in turning back the battalions of
penniless war veterans struggling
toward the capital.
Police superintendent Pelham
Glassford, a former army general,
appealed to the governors of near
by states to use every reSouace at
their command Ito discourage as
far as possible the destitute vet
Grams in your state from assembling
in Washington"
a senate committee planned hear
ingS today on a bill providing
SIS. 900 for care of the veterans.
Police obtained use of an old
warehouse to billet the 800 veterans
expected tonight from Cincinnati.
Six hundred veterans already are
encamped in an abandoned store
Legislative representatives of the
invading veterans continued to seek
bonus votes in congress. Yesterday
they saw so members of New York,
Pennsylvania and Illinois house del
egations. Nine more congressman
signed the petition seeking to force
consideration of the Patman bill
providing for payment Of a s2,000,-
100000 bonus. The petition now
has % signatures and 47 more are
needed.
Even if enough signatures are
secured to force a house vote, the
bonus cause is hopeless. Democratic
Leader Rainey declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
Academy Recital
Pleases Audience

A large audience gathered at the
State Street Christian church last
night for the recital given by the
Imperial Valley Academy of Music
when three advanced piano pupils
we're presented
Margaret Britton, Betty Surface
and Mary Graves played remark
ably we'll and their efforts were
greeted with enthusiastic applause.
Mildred Ware Rhodes and Ellis
Rhodes delighted their hearers by
singing solo and duet selections to
accompaniments played by Estelle
Livingston.
One of the features of the eve
ming was presented when Profess
sor Elmer A. Todd played the jazz
accompaniment to Rhapsody in
Blue" on the pipe organ. Mary
Graves played the rhapsody. Last
nights recital marked the close of
the twentieth year Professor Todd
has been identified with music
study in Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
Report Oakley,,s
Condition Good

Hospital attendants today de-
clared that Robert w Buck" Oak
ley, chief teller for the Security
First National bank, who was in
iured in an automobile accident
near Alpine on the San Diego high
way early Sunday morning, is do
ing nicely.
There is little danger of any
complications, according to those
at the hospital. Oakley lost flesh
and muscles from his left heel,
and suffered a broken right collar
bone in the accident.
He was driving to San Diego to
attend a ritualistic competition of
the Elks lodge. Just east of Alpine,
on flat turn, he lost control of
the car, and it crashed through a
railing, tumbling 25 feet down an
embankment. Neal H. Gavin, ac-
companying him, was uninjured.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
MINISTER SENT
TO PRISON FOR
STOCK SWINDLE

LOS ANGELES, June l. U.P-
Termed by the court as min
lister of the gospel who used the
full regaha Of the church" in pro-
motion of a fraudulent nitrate land
deal, Rev. IsaaG =. hodge. to-
gether with Edison j. Young. to
day was sentenced to a term of
to 90 years in San Quentin.
Superior Judge William c. Doran
denied pleas for probation for the
men before he sentenced them on
two counts of defrauding scores Of
stockholders in q nitrate land pro-
motion in the desert of Inyo
county.
1t was alleged that the men tod
prospective investors that Henry
Ford, Detroit automobile magnate.
was about to acquire their nitrate
holdings.
Joseph Ford, attorney for Rev
erend Hodge. attempted to with
draw his clients recent plea Of
guilty and substitute a not guilty
plea.
Since your attorney attempted
to change the plea, which applica-
ton is herewith denied" Judge
Doran replied, Il want the records
to show that I heard enough eyi-
dence to absolutely convince me
Of your guilt. In my opinion you
are the most culpable because you.
a minister of the gospel used full
regalia Of the church to further
your schemes. I must say that Of
the two. I have far less sympathy
for you"
During a recent court hearing,
Henry Ford's private secretary
came here from Detroit to deny
that the automobile magnate knew
the men or was interested in their
promotion.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
OF
KIDNAP SUSPECT
GIVEN TO PUBLIC

HOPEWELL, N. j., June l. UP)
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf has
issued a detailed description of
john the alleged kidnaper to
whom DR.. John F. Condor paid
$4,000 in the hope of recovering
the Lindbergh baby.
The official description of John.
as supplied by DR.. Condor, follows:
Age, 30 to 35, height, feet, 8
inches; athletic build; speaks with
Scandinavian or German accent;
$50 to 16o pounds, rather light
complexioned; medium light hair;
sharp almond eyes, wide space be-
tween eyes; high forehead; pointed
chin, and when last seen wore a
soft brown hat, long black over
coat of light fabric and black
leather shoes.
Colonel Schwarzkopf again re-
fused to permit the publication of
the original ransom note left in the
baby's nursery.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
Ell Centre Girl
First June Bride

Byron King Brown, %, and AL
math Wren, 10, of Ell Centro this
morning joined the ranks of mar
ried couples as the first pair to
be welded in Imperial county on
the first dav of June, long set aside
as the month Of brides.
After securing a marriage license
at the county clerks office, beating
only by a few MINUTES Edward
Hopper, 20, and Marie Williams, II,
of Holtville. the two were married
by Judge I. Mayfield. witnessing
the ceremony were Bill Adams and
Ethel Brown.
Incidentally, this was the 1974th
time Judge Mayfield had performed
the marriage ceremony. He first
officiated at a marriage late in
November, 1911.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
Blythe Citizens
Battle Colorado
Continued From Page II

truck with hastily packed posses
sions, to join townsfolk at the
levee.
During the night 500 men were
recruited, merchants and working
men from Blythe, farmers and
their employees from the valley
Working desperately, they filled
hundreds of sacks of sand to throw
into the gushing stream.
Daylight found them temporarily
victorious, with a receding river
giving hope that their temporary
patchwork could be made perma-
nent.
Three hundred acres had been
flooded by water pouring through
q gap which increased from a
width of II feet last evening to 20
feet shortly after midnight.
Had they not been successful,
10000 acres Of farmland was
threatened. The rich valley, dotted
with cotton fields and alfalfa, sup
porting thousands of head of dairy
cattle, would have been laid waste
During the night hundreds of
families remained by their tele-
|. phones, their belongings packed
upon farm trucks, ready to leave
should the warning be sounded
Their men all had gone to join the
crews at the river, leaving capable
farm wives and younger sons to
drive to Blythe and safety should
the flood come.
Many families had set out for
the higher ground to join the van
guard of refugees who came tc
Blythe last night when the glad
news came that the river had been
stemmed.
There was no danger to life. The
/ water could not reach a greater
depth than four feet in most places
YUMA, Ariz., June l. U.P) =
| Houghtelin lake, filled with over.
flow water from the Colorado river
claimed the lives of three persons
, today as families living on al
! island called mo mans land" flee
a threatened flood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Daniels anc
Mrs. Juanita Allison, Negroes, were
drowned while trying to cross the
lake on horseback after a visit
with friends on the mainland
Houghtelin lake was created by
overflow water in 1905. mo man.
land,' six miles long and a milt
/ wide, is claimed neither by Cali.
fornia nor Arizona.
Flood conditions were not re.
garded as serious, although fami
lies on the island left their homes
as a precaution against continue
rise of the river.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
PERMIT GRANTED

LOS ANGELES, June l. W.P) -
The state railroad commission to-
day gave permission to the Vidal
Water company to operate a pub
lie utility of water service in Vidal,
in San Bernardino county. Vidal
Is expected to be one of the bases
for construction work on the Colo
RADIO river aqueduct.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
Dixieland School
Class TO Graduate

Closing exercises Of the Dixie
land school are to be held Thurs
day evening. June 2, in the school
An attractive program has been
arranged for the occasion.
Graduates TO receive diplomas
are Ed Dawes, Pauline Daley,
Blanche McChard, Gail Ross, Allen
Eayhurst, villa Mae NeWberry,
Mary Lay, Crystal Wiley, Koruna
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
RIVER READINGS
STOCK QUOTATIONS
DIRECTIVE SWITCHED

LATHROP, Calf. U.N - While
Mrs. j. w. Brakefield relieved her
husband in an all-night vigil for
chicken thieves, burglars entered
the bedroom where Brakefield was
sleeping, stole his trousers, money,
watch and other valuableS.