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Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
FAMOUS RESORT
AT SANTA CRUZ
MAY BE- BOUGHT

SANTA CRUZ, Calf, March
l6. U.PS-Alex Nibley of Los Ange-
les and Leonard Jones of San
Antonio, Tex, were reported ne
gotiating purchase of the Santa
Cruz Seaside company's $1,5O0,0O0
holdings here. They include the
Casino, amusement zone and a
large apartment house.
The deal, it was believed locally,
will be concluded this week.
Nibley, according to Andy
Balish, his representative here,
began negotiations for purchase of
the property last April but was
forced to withdraw in October be-
cause of market conditions. Jones,
Balich said, recently joined Nibley
in proposal to take over the
property
Dissention among stockholders
in the Seaside company and al
legged difficulties with the city adj
ininistration we're advanced by
Balish as reason for the companys
willingness to SELL The city, it was
understood, welcomed the possi-
biiity Nibley and Jones would buy
the property.
The hotel was leased some time
ago to the Troyer brothers of
Hollywood.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
SUSPECTS ADMIT
EFFORT TO ROB
BANK SEWER

LOS ANGELES, March 16. U.P)-
Traced by a cleaners mark on a
coat discarded during flight, three
youths today were held as suspects
in spectacular attempt to rob a
Security First National bank branch
by tuneeling under street inter-
section to the bank vault.
Police said signed statements we're
obtained from Harold d. Morgan,
26, Edward A. Morgan, %, and
Gray G.. Anthony %, after Edward
Morgan assertedly admitted he
served as lookout during the plan
ned robbery. He implicated his
brother and Anthony, police said.
Noises heard from the tunnels as
the would-be robbers drilled and
dug in the sewers at Adams and
Figueroa streets last Saturday night
led police to the bank. The youths
escaped by fleeing through the un-
derground sewer passages after tear
gas had been released and several
shots fired.
Officers found the coat and traced
it to a cleaning establishment. The
cleaner told detectives it belonged
to a man named Morgan.
Edward Morgan aSSertedly told
officers he and his companions were
out of work and got their inspir-
alton for the underground robbery
by a similar successful bank rob-
berry here a few weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
Cannon Discounts
Vote In House

LOS ANGELES, March 16. U.P)
Bishop James Cannon, jr., de-
clared today his belief the house of
representatives vote to discharge
the judiciary committee from fur
ther consideration of the Beck
Linthicum prohibition amendment
was not an accurate test of the at
titude Of congressman on prohibi-
ton. He said:
while practically every wet
member voted to discharge the
committe, a number of dry men,
bers joined them either because
they favor fun opportunity for dis
cuSsion on the floor of the house or
because they sincerely believe that
resubmiSsion of the prohibition
problem to the states and definite
rejection of the wet proposal by
the states would be the most eff
fectiye method to put an end to
wet agitation"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
Roosevelt Leads
I'm South Dakota

BISMARCK, N. D., March Is.
WP)-Governor Franklin d. Roose-
velt of New York built up a lead
of more than 5000 votes over his
Oklahoma rival, Gov William II.
alfalfa Bib Murray, in tabula-
ton of the North Dakota presi-
dental preference primary today.
The New Workers. lead mounted
as returns from eastern farming
communities slightly more than bal
ance the close contest in, the west
ern non-partisan counties.
In Burke and Divide counties of
the western section, Murray was
given a two to one margin of vic
tory while in some of the eastern
counties Roosevelt was ahead by
as much as three to one
In the non-partisan counties of
Grant and Mclean, the village
vote was running even. Rural pre-
cincts were giving Murray a mar
gin.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
French To Amend
Embargo On Fruit

PARIS, March 16. U.P)-Import-
ant amendments in the recent
French embargo on fruit imports
announced today will allow the
United States almost unrestricted
rights TO ship fruit to France.
The amendments followed pro-
tests of American Ambassador
Walter f. Edge to the department
of agriculture after new restrictions
threatened to kill an American
fruit trade here worth Sl0,0O0,00O
annually
The ambassador also induced the
ministry TO lift partly. restrictions
on fruit shipments now enroute or
already docked at French ports,
thus permitting entry of all fruits,
except apples and pears, shipped
before the embargo was announced.
Box apples and pears from Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington will
enter France without restriction
due TO the stringent sanitary meas
ures enforced in those states.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
PARENTS
CONTINUE.
HOPEFUL
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh
Believe Missing Child
Alive And Well.
NO REASON GIVEN
Checking Numerous Clues
And Reports Fails To
Bring Information.

HOPEWELL, N. j.. March 1G
UP-Colonel and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh clung today to the be-
lief that their kidnapped son,
Charles A. jr., is still alive and
well, according TO unimpeachable
information given the United
Press. Reasons for this belief were
not given in detail, however.
Meantime, authorities untiringly
ran down scores of leads and clues
without contributing positively to
the mystery of the child's fate or
its kidnapers' whereabouts.
A former kidnaper, Stanley
Crandall, now on parole, was de-
tanned in Rochester, N. Y, for
questioning as to his movements
in recent days, on the police theory
that all known kidnapers at large
ought to be checked up.
Shortly after this development,
New Jersey police gave out state
ment of Kenneth Schaefer, an
Easton, Pa, taxi driver, who drove
mysterious passengers to Hopewell
recently, and claimed that at their
behest he took a verbal note,
saying:
Baby safe; withdraw police,
March 9 and 10. Direct communi-
cation Lindbergh home. Call
Spitale Gindbergh's go-between)
from Longacre. Important"
Oongacre is a New York tele-
phone exchange)
The police said an investigation
of his strange passengers and their
strange maneuvers had not proven
ANY facts of his story"
Other points developed by the
forenoon press communique:
The police claimed to be un-
aware of the visit of Abraham
Levenson, listed as a Philadelphia
suitcase manufacturer, to the
Lindbergh home yesterday.
The authorities are still investi-
eating the unexplained departure
of two German servants from the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Light
foot at Franklin park, the day
after the kidnapping.
Questions that went unanswered
dealt with whether the police felt
they were still progressing; whether
they had information to indicate
the baby was still alive; whether
they had abandoned the theory.
originally held, that woman aided
the kidnapers.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
Three Gangsters
Get Long Terms
For kidnapping

LOS ANGELES, March 16. U.P)
Ralph Sheldon, Louis Frank and
Jesse Orsatti, alleged Chicago gang
Sters, today were sentenced to prison
terms of from, 10 years to life on
their conviction of kidnapping E. L.
"zeke' Caress, Aqua Caliente race
track official, and Mrs. Caress.
Superior Judge Charles S. Bur-
nell, in passing sentence, recon-
mended that the men serve max
imum penalties.
The courtroom was heavily
guarded by deputy sheriffs as Judge
Burnell sentenced the trio.
Judge Burnell denounced gang
sters as towards" and a menace
to the community" He said he
was sorry that an even more severe
penalty was not possible under the
law for the crime of kidnapping.
Sheldon, Frank and Orsatti were
three of eight alleged gangsters
involved in the Caress case. Charges
against James Socks" McDonough
were dismissed and Jimmy Doolen
turned states evidence against
Sheldon and his two co-defendants.
The other members of the gang are
fugitives
Caress, betting commissioner for
the Caliente track, was kidnapped
on the night of December 20, 1880,
with his wife, Helen Caress. While
they were held prisoners several of
the gang started for a Long Beach
gambling barge to cash $4,000 in
checks signed by Caress. Enroute
they engaged in a gun fight with
Long Beach policemen and Officer
w. H. Waggoner was crippled for
life.
Sheldon and others were acquit-
ted in Long Beach on charges of
Wounding Waggoner.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
KIDNAPPED GIRL
RELEASED AFTER
NIGHT OF TERROR
Stolen From Escort BY
Mysterious Str a n g c r
Who Used Gun.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, March
Is. U.P)-Orpha Debusk, 18-year-
old Huntington Beach beauty. re-
turned safely to her home today
after several hours in company
with a young man she said kid
naped her in a stolen automobile
after robbing Clarence Double, 81,
her escort.
Miss Debusk said that she was
bound and gagged most of the time.
She said she was freed by the man
in the Baldwin hills. north of Los
Angeles. He gave her $4 and told
her to "go on home the girl said.
LOS ANGELES, March 10. U.P)
|-Orpha Debusk, 18-year-old Hunt
ington Beach girl, was bound,
gagged and kidnapped today in the
automobile of her escort, who was
warned the girl would die if he
told police
The kidnaper made his escape in
the direction of rugged hills SOUTH
west of Los Angeles.
The kidnaper entered the auto
mobile of Clarence Double 81, Miss
Debusk's companion, in Huntington
Beach and forced Double at pistol
point to drive to Los Angeles after
robbing him of So.
AT an outlying intersection he
forced Double to get out of the
car. Said he would burn the girl
If Double talked, and after truss
ing his prisoner drove southwark.
Terror stricken, Double notified
police, but the kidnaper eluded ra-
dio patrol cars and made his escape
in the direction of the Palos Verdes
and Baldwin hills.
The kidnaper abandoned the au-
tomobile he was driving in Hunt
ington Beach. 1t will be searched
for fingerprints and the owner
sought.
Officers of outlying cities joined
the Los Angeles sheriff's office and
police in the hunt The hills were
to be searched for some trace of
the man and his victim.
The Baldwin hills were the loca-
ton of the murder of the Martin
sisters in 1923, whose bodies were
found there five months after they
had been kidnapped.
The kidnaper was described as
about "a years of age, tall and
slender, and exceptionally we'll
dressed. Double said he was suave
and spoke smoothly.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
BINGHAM SEEKS
DEFEAT OF ROAD
BUILDING PLANS

WASHINGTON, March Is. U.P)-
Senator Bingham Rep) Connecti-
cut, submitted to the senate today
an estimate that 100000 persons
were unemployed in the United
States and accompanied it with
kilograms from the governors Of
most of the 48 states upon which
he based his figures.
The information was offered as
part of Binghams effort to defeat
the proposed $123,0O0,000 emergency
road building appropriation. He
said the appropriation would be un-
just because it would unfairly ap-
portion the money among the
states, giving the greatest propor-
tionate sums to the large western
states although unemployment is
greatest in the industrial states.
The kilograms from the governors
were in response to an inquiry from
Bingham as to the extent of un-
employment and whether any per-
sons were starving.
Various state governors reporting
included:
Arizona - 10000 jobless, 5000 in
distress, situation bad throughout
the state largely because of de-
pressed copper industry. Governor
Hunt urged enactment of the road
bill.
California-500,0 jobless includ-
ing dependents, no record of STAR
vation.
Nevada-2,500 iobless, none starv-
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
Harlan Witness
In Own Behalf

LOS ANGELES, March 10. tU.P)-
Kenneth Harlan, debonair film
actor, today appeared as witness
in his own behalf at his trial on
charges of driving an automobile
while intoxicated early on the
morning of last January 2.
With the aid of yard stick, a
map of a Hollywood street inter-
section and the earnest protest
that he hadn't had drink all
evening"" Harlan tried to convince
the court that he was not intoxi-
Gated at the time his car crashed
into a milk wagon.
Harlan pointed out on the map
the spot where the horse-drawn
milk wagon doomed up" in front
of him in the dusk.
Il had not had drink all eve
Ming" the actor said. 81 had one
cocktail before dinner at p. m,
but had nothing to drink after
that up until the time of the acci-
dent"
Harlan then explained the "al-
coholic breath" mentioned by pros
ecution witnesses. He said that he
was injured and bleeding after the
crash and that Joe Breen, a COM
panion in the car, handed him a
bottle of gin.
Joe said I ought to take a
drink" Harlan testified. "a few
minutes later the officers came
along and arrested me-"
Harlanis testimony coroborated
that of Miss Patty Dobbs, his at
tractive blonde companion on the
night of the accident,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
PLOT
PROBE PROCEEDS
in Los ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, March 16. U.P)-
Deputy sheriffS announced today
they were gathering evidence in
several cases in which blackmailers
or eXtortionists apparently were
attempting to reap huge profits by
threatening residents of Los
Angeles.
Irving H. Goldenberg. 81, ar
rested at boxing arena last night,
was booked on suspicion of extor-
tion. 1t was charged that Golden
berg and two associates directed
the kidnapping of an unnamed
prominent man and secured a
check for $4,000. The victim later
stopped payment on the check and
went into hiding.
Leonard RedmOn, employee of a
market, reported another case. He
said two men, who boasted that
they killed Marvin Hart, gangster,
recently put on the spot" ap-
peared at his home and took him
to bank where they forced him
to withdraw $1,000 and give the
money to them.
William B. Wigley appealed to
authorities for protection after
mystery shots were fired at him
and death notes were thrust under
the door of his home.
Edgar Allan Wolff. New York
playwright, VINO assertedly was the
marked victim for an extoriton
gang, still made his way around
Los Angeles and Hollywood today
under armed guard Meanwhile.
officers sought to Identify those
connected with the protective
service" organization, which sought
a $1,000 membership fee from
Wolff.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
TEN ARE
VICTIMS
OF GAS
Six Lose Lives In One
Tragedy And Four In
Another.
FOUR ARE REVIVED
Leaking Mains Blamed
For Tragedy In East
ern City.

NEW WINDSOR, N. Y, March
16. (U,P) - Gas leaking strangely
into two homes on Blanche street
today killed six persons in one
house and rendered unconscious
four persons in another.
The dead: John Lukaszewski,
60; Mrs. Helen Lukaszewski, So, his
wife; Jeannette Lukaszewski, q
daughter, 81; Mrs. Mary Sitkie-
wicz, 33, married daughter; Ola,
II, daughter of Mrs. Sitkiewicz;
Irene, 9, another daughter Of Mrs.
SitkieWicz.
Those unconscious, but revived:
Charles Weygant, So; Andrew Wey-
CANT, 81, son; Harry Weygant,
1o, son; Arthur Weygant, 12,
a son.
Mrs. Charles Weygant, who had
been nursing her i'll mother nearby
during the night, returned this
forenoon and noted az. odor of
gas. At the same tit1e, means of
her son, Arthur, caused her to
hasten upstairs where she found
the four unconscious. Pulmotor
treatment revived them, however.
When the first excitement had
cleared, Mrs. Weygant bethought
herself of the Lukaszewskis and
she peered across the road. The
blinds were down and there ap-
peared to be no one stirring on the
premises.
Mrs. Weygant hurried to their
house and discovered the tragedy
there
Leaking mains are believed to
have caused the deaths but the
exact reason for leaks is unknown
pending an investigation. The
Central Hudson Gas and Electric
company, the supply source. turned
off mains in the vicinity SO there
could not possibly be another
tragedy. Meantime, the United
States bureau of mines was called
upon for an expert to assist in
checking causes.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, March 16.
WPy-Seeping marsh gas which
filled their home as they slept to-
day was blamed for the death OF
four small brothers.
The four asphyxiated, James
Laning, /; Cornelius, IA; Garret,
9, and John, IL, were found
stretched unconscious on the floor
of their home. Five other members
of the family of Clanse w. Laning,
meat dealer, were in a serious
condition today.
The basement of the Laning
home is below normal level, and
the natural gas seeped up to fill
the house.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
WOMAN ACQUITTED

LOS ANGELES, March 16. (UP)
Mrs. Anna Linbeck, tried on a
murder charge arising from an as
serted illegal operation which she
was said to have performed on Mrs.
Ebba Krantz, stood acquitted today
by jury in Superior Judge Thomas
P. Whites court.
The jury found that death of
Mrs. Krantz was caused by periton-
tits.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
RAPID JUSTICE
METED OUT TO
BANK ROBBERS

CLINTON, Ia, March 16. UP}-
Sentences of life Imprisonment
were imposed today upon four men
who pleaded guilty to robbing the
City National bank here of
100000.
The sentences we're passed on
Clifford Edwards, Earl Jeffries,
Lester Stanley and Ed Morris only
"a hours after they had engineered
the daring holdup, only to be cap
tured few hours later. All the
loot was recovered.
The four pleaded guilty to bank
robbery charges in district court
and were promptly sentenced to
life terms in Anamosa reformatory.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
FIGHTING SCENE
IS NOW SHIFTED
TO MANCHURIA
BY MILES w. VAUGHN
United Press Staff Correspondent

TOXIC, March 16. - Reports of
further fighting by Chinese revolt
ing against the new independent
state of Manchuria reached here
today as reorganization of the
cabinet of Premier Inukai was de-
layed.
The war office ridiculed rumors
spread by a native news agency
that japanese airplane had been
shot down over Soviet territory on
the Manchurian frontier.
The resignation of Home Minister
Tukugoro Nakahashi was accepted
The premier agreed to fill the office
himself temporarily. He abandoned
attempts to reorganize the govern
ment, however, after Toyosuke Hata,
overseas minister, declined to sue
ceed to the ministry of justice.
While reports were received of
the evacuation of japanese women
and children from Manchouli, for
eign sources reported Soviet mill
tary activity ON the Manchurian
frontier. Cancellation of regular
traffic on the part of the Ussuri
railroad TO clear the way for move
ment of military forces was report
ed.
Soviet authorities were said to
have taken over the railroad from
VladivoStok, near the eastern Man
churian border, to BlagoveStech-
ensk, on the northern frontier.
Dispatches from Harbin said that
&c Japanese women and children
had reached there from Manchouli.
A state of siege was repeatedly
declared at Hailin, Manchuria, after
reports that Chinese were planning
to attack.
SHANGHAI, March IT. ;U.P-
CThursday) Civilian casualties
from fighting between japanese
and Chinese forces in Chapel XII
angwan, and Woosung areas were
fixed by Shanghai municipal au-
thoriteis today at 5000 killed, 1000
wounded, and 10,04O missing. It is
estimated 100000 families were af-
fected by military operations in
other than settlement areas.
Property damage was placed at
350,O00,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
BANKS DISCUSS
NEW PROGRAM
WITH DISTRICT

Plans whereby local banks may
be able to handle Imperial Irriga-
ton district time vouchers which
may be issued in the future now
are under discussion by heads of
the Bank of America branch and
Security First National bank
branch.
This action is contemplated by
bankers as a means of relieving
the difficulties of employees hold
ing time vouchers which the banks
refused to honor, according to
Leroy Holt of the Bank OF
America.
No definite decision had been
reached at press time but the mat
ter still was under consideration
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
Alleged Gangster
Under Arrest

LOS ANGELES, March 16. (UP)-
Ettore Chito, alias Augusta Ercola
Sasso, found the underworld vice
throne to which he is asserted to
have succeeded when the ex-king,
Albert Marco, was taken to state
prison, an uncomfortable seat
today.
Charges of federal income tax
evasions were filed against Chito,
accusing him of falling to pay
$2400 income tax on an income OF
approximately $4,000 in 1928.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
M& R1~<
0tt1f. MeRausht syndIsals. fss
EVANGELIST in
GRAVE CONDITION
AFTER COLLAPSE

LOS ANGELES, March 16. U.P)
Aimee Semple Mcpherson Hut
ton, internationally famous evange-
list, underwent a blood TRANSMISSION
here today.
After the operation it was an
nounced at Monte Sano hospital
that Mrs. Hutton was resting COM
fortably and was in no danger.
Her husband, David Hutton, a
singer, said his wife collapsed due
to strain OF her religious and char
ity work.
Doctors said an adrenalized in
fusion was made supplementary to
the TRANSMISSION of 500 C. c. of
blood in order to secure satisfactory
results.
LOS ANGELES, March 16. U.P)-
Aimee Semple Mcpherson Hutton,
evangelist, prepared to undergo a
blood TRANSMISSION today to build
up her physical condition follow
ing collapse in her pulpit Sun
day night.
She was taken to Monte Sano
hospital last night after having
rested at her home since she wav-
cred and collapsed while attempt
ing to deliver her third sermon at
Angelus Temple Sunday.
Mrs. Hutton has been in a
weakened condition ever since her
return to Los Angeles DR.. C. Mac
kenzie Jones, her physician, said.
While her condition is not serious,
it was deemed best to make "a blood
TRANSMISSION in an attempt to build
up her physical condition"
The evangelist and her husband
returned March from a belated
honeymoon trip to the Canal Zone
and Panama.
Her condition was described as
weakening because of failure to
take prescribed rest ordered fol-
lowing a breakdown a year ago.
David Hutton her husband, made
the following statement:
Mrs. Hutton never has recovered
from her complete nervous break
down OF a year ago. She has nev-
er given herself wholly to rest and
normal recuperation which her ply
sicians advised.
When she was seriously ill be-
fore, when she lowered between
life and death, a saline injection
was administered to save her life,
afterward her physicians told her
she should have a blood transfus-
ion, proper rest and proper food"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
Officers Slayers
Doomed To Hang

LOS ANGELES. March 16. U.P)-
Jack Green and Joseph Regan. con-
victed of the murder of Police Off
GERS Hugh Crowley during a holdup
last January IL. were under SEN
tence of death today.
The jury which found them guilty
of the Staying failed to recommend
clemency so the death penalty was
mandatory. The pair filed notice
of appeal after Superior Judge B.
Rey Schauer denied a motion for
a new trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
Two Japanese
Steamers Lost

LONDON, March 16. U.P)-Two
Japanese steamers with a total of
160 passengers and crew were be-
lieved lost today, the Kobe CORES
pondent of the Daily Herald re-
ported.
The coastal steamer Choan Maru
struck a submerged rock in a dense
fog near Shefoo Saturday and had
disappeared when rescue ships
reached the scene Monday, the
Herald said. There were ITO pas
sengers and seamen aboard.
The steamer Takei Maru, with
so aboard, had not been heard from
since sending az s. o. S. call dur
ing a blizzard several days ago en-
route to Vladivostok. xKMM
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
WOuld-Be Juggler
Gets Into Jail

HOLLYWOOD. March 16. up
The delusion that he was a juggler
put Edwin Ray, 80, in Jail today
on a charge of suspicion of being
drunk and breaking glass on the
sidewalk.
Police said Ray early this morn
ing stopped milk wagon, took
five bottles of milk and attempted
to demonstrate his juggling abili-
ties to P. Withrow, the wagon driv-
er.
OF the five milk bottles Ray
threw into the air he dropped
three. The other two were caught
by Withrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
INDICT COUNTERFEITERS

SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. U.P)
Three men and their escape wiz
ard" companion were under federal
indictment today on six charges
of counterfeiting and one of con-
spiracy. Those named were Pet
Reed, Cal Young. James H. Dubois
and Hubert Clemmer. Young,
known as an escape wizard, was
said to have broken out of McNeil's
Island federal prison with Reed,
his half brother. Arrested in Reno,
Young escaped again.