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Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
Burkhart Will
Hang On Friday

SACRAMENTO, Jan. ga GAL
lows was being erected in the ex-
ecution chamber of Folsom prison
today for the third time for the
same prisoner.
Unless Governor Rolph inter-
venes, William H. Burkhart, seven
times reprieved from the death
sentence, will be hanged at 10 a. m.
Friday for the murder of Ann Nc
Knight Burkhart, former movie
actress.
Governor Rolph declared upon
granting the last reprieve that he
would not again interfere unless
upon order of the supreme court.
The court yesterday for the third
time declined to grant Burkhart
commutation to life Imprisonment
on grounds of instantly.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
Mexican Crops
Hit By FrOsts

NOGALES, Ariz.. Jan. 26. U.P)-
The winter vegetable crop on the
west coast of Mexico has been
badly damaged by freezing tenn
peratures the past three mornings,
it was revealed today with the ar
rival here of growers from Navajoa,
Sonora.
The tomato and pea crops at that
place have been so per cent de-
stroyed, they said, while at Cajeme,
Sonora, the loss would be as high
as rs per cent.
Los Mochis, Sinaloa and En-
paine, Sonora, reported a 25 per
cent loss of the pea crops.
Temperatures were as low as %
above zero at Culiacan, Sinaloa,
during the past three mornings.
Nogales reported temperatures as
low as 2 degrees above zero, the
coldest in many years.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
CHINESE ACTIVE
IN INCREASING
BATTLE FRONT
Shanghai Awaiting Long
Expected Clash With
Japanese.
BY II. II. EKINS
United Press Staff Correspondent

SHANGHAI, Jan. 26. U.P)-Chin-
ese acting under martial law
strengthened barbed wire entangle-
ments and sand bag barricades, and
one division Of troops set up anti
aircraft guns here as Japanese
naval forces awaited orders to be-
gin at once the drastic action"
threatened in an ultimatum.
Japanese Consul General Mural
said the increased Chinese military
activity prompted him to ask the
Japanese foreign office for author
ization to send a final hltimatum
to the Chinese under which Japan
might take immediate action"
Mural made the request after a
conference in which Gen. WI
Tehchen, mayor of Greater Shang-
hal, asked for another week in
which to consider the Japanese de-
mands.
He accused the Chinese of insin-
cerity. He said they were stalling
for time to complete military pre-
parations to resist japanese forces
here, which include 10 warships off
the waterfront and 1400 marines
ashore.
Officials of the international set
tlement offered Japanese their
good offices in dealing with alleged
anti-Japanese activities within the
settlement, such as curbing alleged
insults from the Chinese press and
boycott of Japanese goods.
American Consul General Edwin
S. Cunningham requested instruc-
tions from the state department in
the event of interference with COM
munications, particularly the radio
station at Chenju, near Shanghai,
guarded by Chinese troops.
Shanghai remand outwardly
calm, but continued Chinese mill
tary activities and presence of jap
anese marines created a tense sit
uation.
1t was believed the situation
would continue unchanged for an
other 48 hours, after which sus-
pense would be succeeded by ac-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
BOARD DEFERS
TAKING ACTION
ON WARRANTS.

"Since the banks took the action
they did for a political reason
said Mark Rose today in the week.
ly Imperial Irrigation district di-
rectorS' meeting, I'VE will wait until
the political reason is over before
we take any action. Then we will
see what we can work out"
Rose made the statement in re-
ply to queries as to what action
the board would take in handling
the situation created by the action
of the Security First National bank
branch and the local branch Of the
Bank of America in refusing to ac-
cept further registered warrants.
He also said that in his opinion
a water charge would be mistake
as it would cause confusion and
muddle things generally. The wat
er toll was mentioned at last week S
meeting as a possible remedy for
the conditions caused by the action
of the banks.
Chairman C. w. Brockman turned
to M. j. Dowd, chief engineer, and
asked, What is the situation i'll
Mexico?"
Dowd explained that arrange
ments were underway in the Mex
lean situation and that he believed
something could be worked out.
Everyone in the board room
laughed when Director w. o. Blair
moved that the warrants be passed
and Rose seconded the motion.
The board recessed at 11:2O
o'clock with the expressed intention
of going into session again at 1870
o'clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
Convict Officer
OF Manslaughter

OAKLAND, Jan. 26. U.P)-J. Ray
mond Kelly, San Francisco police
officer, faced a prison term of one
to 10 years today on his conviction
CT manslaughter charges by jury
in superior court here.
The jury returned its verdict last
night after an hours deliberation
of charges that Kelly was respon-
sible for an automobile accident
near Hayward last August in which
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Lloyd Davis were
killed.
Kelly was tried only in connec-
ton with Mrs. Davis death. An
other indictment charging the death
of Davis may not be brought to
trial. District Attorney Earl Warren
said. Kelly was ordered to ap-
pear Thursday for sentence.
The policeman was accused of
having been under influence of liq-
uor at the time of the crash.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
HONOLULU HAS
NEW OUTBREAK
BETWEEN RACES
BY DAN CAMPBELL.
United Press Staff Correspondent


HONOLULU, Jan. 26.-Angry cit.
liens charged that Hawaii's reform
movement was a political "smoke
screen" today after a new out
break of trouble in Honolulu was
climaXed by a near riot between
white residents and natives.
A fight involving a woman, il?
which a prominent stock broker
assertedly was beaten by a navy
lieutenant and the latter's brother
led to the uprising of Hawaiians,
police claimed.
Lieut. Charles Lynch and his
brother, Howard Lynch, narrowly
escaped a mauling at the hands OF
a mob Of unruly natives when they
attempted to park their car in
front of a well-known Waikiki
beach tavern last night.
The Hawaiian youths attempted
to drag the Lynches from their car.
A crowd of several hundred was
attracted to the scene, and at signs
of resistance from the whites, the
natives dispersed.
The two Lynches had just been
charged with battery by Earl Will
liams, Honolulu investment broker.
He asserted that he was attacked
at a party Sunday when a woman
guest asked him for protection,
complaining she had been choked.
The broker said he asked the
Lynches to apologize, whereupon
they assertedly beat him with a
cocktail shaker and a brass vase.
Word of the fight was noised about
the city and when the brothers ap-
peared at the cafe they were met
by the Hawaiians. The name of the
woman was not divulged.
The incident caused widespread
revulsion of feeling against the at
tempts of Hawaiian legislators, now
in special session, to redraft law
enforcement regulations.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
WILLIAM
WR|CLEY
EXPIRES
Chewing Gum King Dies
Suddenly At Hotel In
Phoenix.
HAD NOTED CAREER
Spectacular Rise From
Sidewalk Ncwsboy To
Millionaire.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. &c. 0P)-
William Wrigley, II, millionaire
chewing gum manufacturer, owner
of the Chicago Cubs and the Los
Angeles baseball teams died at 2:30
O'Clock this morning from a heart
attack.
His son. Phillip K. Wrigley of
Chicago, daughter. Mrs. j. r. Of
field and granddaughter, Betty
Offield, and his physician, Dr.
George Goodrich, were at his bed
side.
The body will be sent to Pasa-
dena. Calf, where funeral services
will be held tomorrow. Burial prob
ably will be at Avalon, Catalina
Island, which Wrigley purchased 10
years ago.
Wrigley died in his suite at the
Arizona Biltmore hotel, which he
built in association with the late
John M. E. Bowman, founder of
the Biltmore hotel chain.
Wrigley would have been II years
old this year. He was born in
Dayton. O., September 30, 1861 He
began business with his father in
Philadelphia, but later moved to
Chicago and entered business for
himself in the manufacture Of
chewing gunm.
Wrigley was stricken with an at
tack Of acute indigestion January
ID. At that time, his secretary said
the illness was not serious and re-
fused to give any details.
The secretary then denied that
Los Angeles physician had flown
to Phoenix to treat the veteran
sportsman, although airports con-
firmed il.
The announcement Of the attack
was accompanied by the statement
that Wrigley had been ordered to
take n complete rest for several
weeks or longer.
Attracted BY Arizona
Wrigley was stricken with an at
tack Of indigestion a week ago, but
his condition was not regarded as
critical. A specialist, however, was
brought here by airplane from Los
Angeles to care for him. He had
taken a turn for the better when
he was suddenly stricken carly
today.
His widow and two children were
with him at his death.
Arizona attracted Wrigley sew
eral years ago. and in 1923 he be-
gan construction of the Arizona
Biltmore hotel. one of the most
novel hostelries of the country. 1t
was situated in the desert, with
cactus and joshua trees setting off
its Indian architecture.
Each year since then he had
made Phoenix his winter home.
With occasional visits to Catalina
island
Because of his love for the state,
Wrigley had many plans in mind
for projects which would be of i'm
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Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
Young Injured
AS Plane Falls

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (U.P -
Clarence M. Young, assistant Sec
retary of commerce for aeronautics,
was injured slightly in an airplane
crash today.
The accident occurred at Berwyn,
Md Young and Pilot Marshall
Boggs were conducting radio tests
from the commerce department
field at College park when the
motor died and their plane fell
500 feet.
Young was bruised about the
legs. Boggs was uninjured. The
airplane fell in soft ground, went
through a hedge and turned over.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
MOTHER TAKES
WITNESS STAND
TO AID SLAYER
Mrs. Judd UnmOyed Dur
ing Testimony Regard
ing Childhood.

COURTROOM, PHOENIX, Jan.
26. U.P)-Winnie Ruth Judd threw
the court into tLrore during this
afternoons session of her trial on
a murder charge when she bitterly
berated Sheriff James MacFadden
of Maricopa county.
Judge Howard Speakman had
just called a recess while he con-
sidered points Of law about an ar
gument over the testimony of Mrs.
Judd's mother, Mrs. Carrie McKin-
nell, when Mrs. Judd stood up in
court.
I'm going out to a rest room"
she said to Sheriff MacFadden.
You'd better stay right here" ;"
the sheriff said.
Mrs. Judd's eyes blazed and her
mouth twitched.
You are always telling witnesses
to say things about me that aren't
true, 1 won't stay here" she told
him.
You'd better sit down. the sher-
iff said.
II know my rights, I'm going
out" she answered.
The sheriff decided to permit her
to leave with a Jail matron and he
followed her at a discreet distance.
COURTROOM, PHOENIX, Ariz.,
Jan. 26. U.P>-In an attempt to
help save her daughter from the
galloWS, Mrs. Carrie McKinnell,
careworn 66-year-old mother of
Winnie Ruth Judd testified today
at Mrs. JuddS trial on a charge
of murder.
A bit quaint looking in her old
fashioned box hat and her square
silver trimmed spectacles. she went
to the witness stand and in a quiet.
sad voice began to tell of her
daughters early lie.
Her testimony was to further
the defense contention that Mrs.
Judd was not sane at the time she
aSSertedly shot to death her for
mer room-mates, Agnes Anne
LIE Roi and Hedvig Samuelson.
Mrs. Judd's present trial con-
Germs only Mrs. LIE Roi's death.
The minister's wife testified that
her daughter was born January %.
1905, in Oxford, Ind.
Even as child, Mrs. Judd was
eccentric about children, Mrs. Nc
Kinnell said
"Once several neighbors called
| at our home and asked about our
new baby" she testified. II said
we didn't have any new baby and
that 1 didn't understand why they
came to my place. Then they told
me that Ruth had told their chill
| dren that we had new baby"
Mrs. McKinnell was completely
composed as she gave her testi-
mony and she glanced occasionally
at her daughter who sat at counsel
table.
Mrs. Judd never looked at her
mother and seemed not to hear
any of the testimony
Mrs. McKinnell then went on to
relate how she found her daugh-
ter, then 16, making baby clothes.
"She had gone out riding with a
man named Frank Hail." Mrs. Nc
Kinnell testified. when she came
back she said Frank had tried to
get her to get out of the car but
that she didn't want to do that.
1--WE asked her if anything hap
pened but she said not" the mother
continued, land then about a
month later we found her MAKING
baby clothes.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
MITCHELL NOT
DESIRABLE FOR
SUPREME COURT
BY PAUL X. MALLON
United Press staff COrresDopden

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Presi-
dent Hoover has quietly sounded
out the senate on Attorney General
Mitchell as successor to Oliver
Wendell Holmes on the supreme
court. Two objections were raised,
Western senator's indicated they
v-'''d rrntest against confirmation
Jund of Mitchells policy
! lst cases during his serv-
&c cabinet. Some Demo-
/ regular Republicans ex-
the opinion that the fact
-...nell comes from the same
st. Paul, Mimi. law firm as Asso-
ciate Justice Pierce Butler would
make him undesirable.
Whether Hoover will choose to
name Mitchell in the face of these
two objections remains to be seen.
At the White House it is believed
Mitchell will be dropped from fur
ther consideration.
The elimination of Mitchell has
turned Hoover back to deliberating
the qualifications Of three old
one being Paul Mccormick, federal
Judge of the Southern California
district.
The old ones are Judge B. N,
Cardozo of New York, Circuit
Judge Orie Phillips of New Mexi-
co, and Warren Olney, attorney OF
San Francisco.
The President is reluctant to ap-
point CardoZo because 1t would
give New York three places on the
court. Congressional sources be-
lieve he will name far westerner
and they are betting on Phillips.
Anyone of the four probably would
be confirmed.
The nominee finally agreed upon
may be sent to the senate within
the next few days along with the
last remaining Democratic member
of the reconstruction finance cor
poratlon.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
POISONED
MEX|CANS
INCREASE
Victims OF Grain Eating
Numerous As New Re-
ports Received.
OTHERS MAY DIE
TOrtillas Served During
Dance May Cause More
Deaths.

FRESNO, Calf, Jan. 26. WP) -
AT least 20 Mexicans ate of thai
lium- poisoned tortillas made of bar
ley intended for squirrel-killing, 1t
became known today after investi-
gators discovered the tortillas we're
served at a dance attended by at
least 80 persons January II.
1t was feared the number of pois-
oned may exceed 40.
The death toll to date of four
children of the Ysobel Nunez FAM
lily was expected to be increased to-
day or tomorrow by the deaths of
the father, possibly of the mother
and of Alexandra Deloa, father of
two other children in he general
hospital here for treatment for the
poison.
Nicholosa Deloa, mother of the
second family, and Bernard Ries
were in serious condition in hospi-
tails here.
Felecitas Guerrero, 10, was the
latest to go to a hospital Her con-
dition was reported as critical when
she entered the Tulare county hos
pital at Visalia late yesterday.
The dance took place near the
Tulare county ranch of DR.. j. M.
Glaze, Los Angeles, where more
than 100 cotton picking Mexicans
are employed.
The new alarm sent more than
dozen county health department
physicians, state rodent-control Of
ficials and federal biology experts
into the farm lands of Tulare coun-
ty today in an attempt to find and
offer help to victims.
Meanwhile, a new ray of hope was
shed on the situation by Carl E.
Olsen, state supervisor of rodent
control. He contradicted earlier
statements of physicians that all
known cases of thallium had proven
fatal by citing several recoveries,
notably a case last year in Orange
county where five members of a
family were poisoned. None OF
them died, Olsen said.
Prompt Treatment Needed
Olsen agreed, however, with other
government experts and physicians
that there is nothing much can be
done for a patient after 36 hours.
Only IA of those known to have
eaten of the poisoned food had
shown symptoms of the poison to-
day.
OF the 13 members of two Upton
families Deputy Sheriff Harry Col
Inns said told him had eaten of the
poisoned food, only two showed
symptoms.
Jose Sanchez, who lives in Tip
ton, about 60 miles southeast OF
here, said he, his mother and two
sisters attended the dance Of nine
days ago and ate of the poisoned
tortillas. None has yet shown
symptoms of the poison.
Tony Sais, his wife and their
seven children also ate of the pois-
oned grain. Collins said Mrs. Sais'
hair was falling out and the 19-
year-old son of the family last
night complained of abdominal
cramps. Ordinarily, physicians have
said, symptoms show within "A
hours of eating thallium.
The Guerrero girl said her father
and mother, brother and sister all
ate of the food that poisoned her,
but that none had shown any i'll
effects.
When she was taken to the hos
pital last night the young woman
was suffering from lip blisters, fall
ing hair, numbness of the lower
half of the body, abdominal cramps
and drowsiness, all characteristics
of thallium poisoning in an ad-
vanced stage, according to physi-
clans.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
Father OF Eight
Admits Staying

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IS. U.P)-
Santiago E:avo, father of eight
children, early today confessed to
police that he killed fellow Mex
ican a year ago, detectives said.
Bravo's confession, police de-
clared, told of the killing of Trim
idad Gallardo with an axe during
a drinking party at the latters
home in Culver city last January.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
Phoenix Reports
Cold Weather

PHOENIX, Ariz, Jan. 26 U.P>-
Records of 81 years standing have
been equalled by a three-day cold
spell here, the weather bureau re-
vealed today, when the tempera-
ture at Phoenix dropped to 81 de-
greeS above zero.
The fountain on the county
court house grounds has been
frozen over even during the late
afternoon.
Little crop damage has been re-
ported from this district.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
CATALINA ISLAND WILL BE
BURIAL PLACE FOR WRIGLEY

AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND,
Calf, Jan. 26. U.P>-Flags on this
tropical island in the Pacific off
the Southern California coast were
at half-mast today in mourning
the death of William Wrigley, the
developer.
Other than this marked display,
activity and future plans of the
island will proceed as normally as
Wrigley would have wished, Off
cials declared
d. N. Renton. general manager
of the island enterprise and vice
president of the Catalina company,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
Expect Warmer
Weather Tonight

Indications are that temperatures
in Imperial Valley will not be as
low tonight as prevailed last night,
according to F.. A. Baughman, val
ley weather bureau representative.
Last night and early this morn
ing brought temperatures equal to
those of the night previous in sew
eral of the colder localities west of
Ell Centre, said Baughman, but in
general few degrees higher were
in effect.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
Folsom Convict
Stabbed In Row

FOLSOM PRISON, Calf, Jan.
26. U.P)-Robert Bailey, %, Folsom
convict sentenced from Los Ange-
les, was recovering from knife
wounds in the prison hospital to-
day, while his assailant, Ralph
Lopez, "a, San Francisco, was in
solitary confinement awaiting an
investigation by Warden Court
Smith.
The stabbing occurred just be-
fore the lookup last night, and IS
believed to be the elimination of
a long prison "grudge."
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
i. o. o. F. No. 397, s, 421
Main.
American Legion, 8, Memorial
hall.
Band practice, 7:45, court
house.
Troop !, BIS. A. 1880, Elks
hall.
Choral club, s, Academy of
Music.
Troop 5, B.S.A., 1880 Seeley.
Night school, 10, high school.
Unity class, 7.30, 1877 Com
mercial.
TOMORROW
Jr. c. of c., $3.50, Barbara
Worth.
c. of c. luncheon, Barbara
Worth.
Ladies' day, Barbara Worth
Country club.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-26
M<;& R11x
tSSS. MsNsush, syndleasa. H.

P. S.-But what about Nor
gan and company? That would
be discriminating against them,
wouldn't it? Well, we won't do
it then. Just let it go.
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huts and tumble down houses.
Here the share choppers live. The
big agrarlan allows them the use
Of the land. They provide the agri-
cultural instruments and above all
the labor power. With the help OF
their wives, numerous children and
their relatives, they cultivate the
land. When the harvest is brought
iii half OF 1t belongs to the big
agrarian.
THE share-croppers are obliged to
l work day and night. Their
sleeping quarters are damp, mil
dewy ard full of vermin. If the har-
vest is good, then the family will
have enough to carry on until the
next harvest. If the harvest is bad,
their share will not suffice them
till the next year. The family must
give up the holding. Perhaps they
may be lucky enough to find work
as day laborers. At first, however,
they must leave the country and go
to the town, where they wander
about begging until harvest time
comes round again.
Then the manager Of the estate
goes to the town. The unemployed
gather together in the market. Day
laborers for harvest work are
sought--men, women and children.
Wages war;. Some times they
amount to over q shilling for 10,
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II and more hours work. Often the
day laborers are engaged only for
one day, sometimes for one to two
weeks, but seldom longer.
The number Of permanently enl-
ployed landworkers Is very small.
Formerly there were thousands,
but day laborers are cheaper and
as fasclsm exists before all in order
to guarantee increasing profits to
the big agrarians, II has done ey-
erything in order to reduce the
number Of regularly employed land
workers and to increase the army
OF day laborers.
There is pros>aly no other group
of the proletariat and of the toll
ing masses in general to whom fas-
cisrn has brought such misery q
1t has to the rural proletariat, b
the agricultural workers. Here u
old feudal conditions under which
the land workers and share-crop-
pers are kept in slavery are DELHI
erately maintained and extended.
But the Italian share choppers,
day laborers and agricultural work
ers, in united front with the Ital-
ian Industrial proletariat, will one
day follow the example of the peas
ants III the Soviet Union, who In
alliance with the industrial prolc-
tariat have driven out the exploit-
crs and today are leading q new
free life. a