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Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
BY JOSEPH n. BAIRD
Jnited Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. = Sec
retary of State Stimson today an
nounced to the world that the
United States would stand by its
open door" policy in the Orient.
He also indirectly charged Japan
with violating the nine power
treaty and the Kellogg pact. Had
these treaties been faithfully OBJ
served the present situation in
China could not have developed,
he maintained.
He further affirmed that if the
nine power treaty were disregard
ed the whole structure of the Wash
ington treaty of 1922 would be dis
turbed. BY this treaty the United
States limited its naval power in
the Pacific and agreed not to
strengthen its fortification in that
area.
BY the 1922 treaty, the United
States, StimSon pointed out, sur
rendered Its then commanding
lead in battleship construction. 1t
also agreed not to strengthen its
naval bases at Guam and in the
Philippines. These self denying
covenants" he pointed out, were
made because of assurance that the
open door policy in the Far East
would be preserved and that no
nation would resort to military
ACKNOWLEDGMENT" in China.
The statement. which may go
down in diplomatic history as a
corollary of the famous "open door,
policy of Secretary of State John
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
CHINESE GENERAL AND TROOPS
WILL RESIST TO BITTER END

, neSe breaStWorkS, their machine
guns spewing a stream of lead and
steel.
Without hesitation, defending
soldiers leaped into anti-aircraft
dugouts and behind haystacks.
They began steady fire at the
planes which so discouraged the
pilots that they quickly withdrew
But l spent several uncomfortable
minutes when the planes sWooped
low over the trenches, their ma
chine guns rafting.
I found General Tsai in the
highest spirits despite information
that heavy Japanese reinforce
ments were being sent in an effort
to push back the defenders.
"We intend to resist if Japan
sends its entire army he declared
They will find we will yield only
inch by inch, and then only as
we must"
Defense Works Elaborate
Elaborate defense works sur
rounding Tsai's headquarters testi-
to make any japanese advance d
difficult task. For miles around
machine gun nests were massed
with troops and dugouts, all filled
with CHEEKY fighting men.
General Tsai's nineteenth army
men were fighting side by side
with the crack eighty-seventh di-
vision, Gen. Chang Kai-Shek S
Own"
"The japanese at present have
halted their attack" he said.
They are waiting for reinforce
ments to help them out. This
would be good opportunity for
me to start an offensive of my
own, but we do not intend to do
SO because we will not endanger
the settlements.
I'VE are a peaceful army, un-
deSirouS of warfare but determined
to resist invasion until we are eX-
terminated"
General Tsai claimed that the
nineteenth route army has suf-
fered 1700 casualties since the new
Japanese offensive began February
20, and that in addition there have
been $500 civilian casualties since
January 28.
Our men can duck airpiane
bombs and shells, but civilians
don't know how" he said. THAT
explains why non -combatants are
being killed"
General TSai has on his staff
some Is or 20 officers who were
educated in the United States and
Europe. His staff interpreter is a
graduate of the University Of
Minnesota.
Headquarters of the defenders
are located in two-story building
in which the bomb-proof dugout
has been constructed. 1t is safe
from air raids, but civilians in un-
protected areas have been evacuat-
ing enmaSse during the last few
days and taking refuge in the in.
formation settlement.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
QUICK ARREST
SOLVES COAST
Staying CASE
War Veteran Said To
Have Confessed Killing
HOll ywOOd Woman.

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. "a. U.P)--
James "A. Reid, 80, war veteran,
was under arrest today charged
with the murder of his common
law wife, Mrs. Anne Terrell, 26,
whose body was found buried in a
garage behind a house the couple
had rented.
Police said Reid freely confessed
the murder, and blamed little
circumstances" he thought would
not be noticed for the solution OF
an otherwise perfect crime
Reid was captured sin Santa
Monica five hours after police had
discovered the body of Mrs. Ter
rell in a shallow grave. The Off
GERS were called when Charles U.
Lofkamp, who had leased the
house furnished, discovered the
loss of an Oriental rug, silverware
and three woolen blankets. Police
said the rug had been stained
with blood and destroyed.
Detectives found Smudges OF
earth and suspicious stains in the
living room of the house. The trail
led to the two-car garage. One
driveway was packed solid. The
earth of the other was loose. They
dug and found the woman's body.
Reid, according to police, ad =
mitted hitting the woman over the
head with a piece of iron pipe dur
ing a quarrel. They assert he Is
the same Reid who served a jail
sentence in Riverside county for
possession of liquor ana state he
admitted taking a rap"
1--WE fought and I hit her over
the head with a pipe. That was
about 10 o'clock in the morning.
l dug the grave at noon and buried
her in daylight.
I'm a way, I'm glad it's over.
They'll stretch my neck-but I'll
be able to sleep now"
Reid. who had used the names
of, Regan, Read and Terrell, said
he met Mrs. Terrell last Marcn
while manager of a mountain club
near Banning. The Woman's
daughter, Harriet, II, was living
with them and attending school.
Police received a telegram today
from H. B. Rosenberg of Mime
apolis, asking that the woman's
child, Harriette, be given into the
custody of no one but Max Schek-
man of Hollywood. 1t was believed
that Rosenberg was a brother of
the victim.
Police also announced that they
had learned that Mrs. Terrell orig
inally came from Sun Dance, Mimi,
where her maiden name was Anna
Rosenberg. She was married to
Frank Terrell in 1916 and later di-
vorced.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
Committee FavOrs
Wheat Division

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. U.p> -
The senate agriculture committee
today voted favorable report on
the Norbeck-Bulow bill authoriz-
ing 100000 bushels of govern
ment owned wheat for distribution
IN the drought areas Of the
northwest.
The wheat would be advanced by
the grain stabiliZation corpora ton
to the Red Cross for distribution.
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. U.Ps -
An unemployment relief measure
authorizing a sl20,000,O 900 appro-
priation for federal road construc-
tlon was favorably ported today
by the house roads committee.
The bill provides that the funds
shall be made available immedi-
ately for apportionment TO the
states by the secretary of agri-
culture.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
MORRISH new
PRESIDENT OF
BANK AMERICA

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. "a. U.P)-
Will F. Morrish became the new
president today of Bank of Amer
ica, National Trust and Saving
association, in a realignment of
officers brought about by a change
in control of Transamerica cor
poration, parent holding company.
Morrish was named to succeed
Arnold j. Mount and I. M Clan
mini was elected senior executive
vice president, Morrish'S former
post, at a special meeting of the
directorate presided over by A. P.
Giannini, board chairman.
A. P. Giannlnl was named both
president and chairman of the
bank when he regained control OF
TranSamerica from Elisha Walker
but stepped out of the presidency.
The new vice-president is his son.
The founder of Transamerica,
whose battle with Walker was one
of the nations biggest financial
events in several years, remained
as chairman of the bank. His
brother, Dr. A. H. Giannini, was
made executive committee chair
man; Leon Bocqueraz, vice.
chairman of the board, and w. E.
Blauer, finance committee chair
man.
The permanent Transamerica
board will be organized at a meet
ing tomorrow, also to be presided
over by Giannini as chairman. A
temporary directorate was named
at Wilmington. Del, after Walker
had conceded his defeat in the
proxy contest with Giannini.
Morrish, a native of Sierra City
Calf, and a mining student at the
University of California, began
work 20 years ago as an office boy
for the Southern Pacific. He en-
tered Berkeley bank the year fol =
lowing and steadily rose to vice.
presidency. He was president Of
the First National Bank of Berke-
ley which he organized when it
was merged with Bank of America.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
Seattle Politics
Serious Affair

SEATTLE, Feb. "a. (U.P( - Vic
Meyers, whose antics as a mayor
ality candidate kept Seattle laugh
ing for weeks, saw himself running
a poor sixth today in primary
election returns and decided the
city didn't vote as it had laughed.
John F. Dore, criminal attorney,
and Mayor Robert H. Harlin ap-
peared certain of the nominations
on the basis of incomplete returns
from yesterdays election. Out Of J
field of nine candidates, including
Meyers, Dore had 22,389 votes and
Harlin 11,205, with votes still COM
ing in
EX-Mayor Frank Edwards, Coun-
Gilman Otto Case and Arthur
Ritchee, former Seattle editor,
were punched behind the leaders
with Meyers, an orchestra leader,
trailing.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
SMITH PLANNING
TO BE- PRESENT
AT CONVENTION
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright, 1892, BY United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Former
Gov. Alfred E. Smith revealed i'll
conversation with the United Press
today that he will go TO the Demo-
cratic national convention at Chi
cago in June.
There this man who is casting a
rapidly groWing shadow along the
Democratic path, will be in posi-
ton to take personal leadership of
his forces now organizing to pre-
vent nomination of Gov. Franklin
d. Roosevelt of New York.
Smiths decision forecasts a fin
ish fight between these two popu-
lar sons of New York state.
Smith is about to make an i'm
portant political utterance on pro-
hibition, the first since he recently
announced he was willing to
make the fight" if the Democratic
convention so desired. He is pre-
pairing to speak for the Raskob
home-rule plan to return liquor
control to the states, before the
National Democratic club here
Saturday.
There is an ominous silence in
Smiths thirty-second floor office
of the Empire State building. l
was the first newspaped cores
pondent he had received since he
announced his willingness to be a
candidate more than two weeks
ago. He refused under any cir
cumstances to elaborate that an
nouncement.
Attitude Unknown
Smiths attitude toward RooSe-
velt is one OF the most mysterious
chapters III Democratic politics.
He did not discuss it with me.
What I report on this subject was
gathered entirely from some of his
close friends.
They believe Smith regards
Roosevelt as an unwise presidential
choice. One of them told me he
had never heard Smith utter an
unkind word about Roosevelt and
that he bears no personal ill-will
toward the man who placed him
in nomination before two national
conventions and who gave him the
title of THE Happy Warrior"
The explanation advanced by
most of Smiths friends is that he
does not regard Roosevelt as the
strongest man the party could
name. They do not believe Smith
himself expects to be nominated.
Some expect him, at the proper
time, to forswear all claim and
name his preference. They think
this may be either Newton D.
Baker of Ohio or Speaker John
N. Garner of Texas. Some of the
Smith group are watching Garner
closely as a new potential figure.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
DAN CUPID GETS
AWAKENED FROM
LENGTHY SLEEP

Groundhogs and sunshine might
rush the spring season, and sunny
weather might give false promise
of an early attack of spring fever,
but little Dan Cupid, packing his
arrows in a never failing case and
limbering his deadly bow for the
rush hour of the year, is an un-
failing prophet whose certain pre-
diction is that spring is on the way.
And Dan Cupid yesterday served
notice that Imperial Valley is in
the grip of coming spring, for the
visible evidence of his work ap-
peared in the records of the county
clerks office, where five couples
declared to the powers that be they
intend to enter the state of mat
rimony.
Not one day, and scarcely any
one week, Of the winter has seen
this many declare their intention
to marry. When the day was over
deputies in the clerks office heaved
a heavy sign of relief, mostly be-
ing staid married people and i'm
mune to romance of the spring
sort
Those who yesterday filed notice
of intention to wed were Clarence
H. Ward, 81. and Marian Hawlett,
l8, of Holtville; Thomas Payne, 26,
of Yuma and Dorothy Miller, %,
of Andrade; Willie McNinch, %,
and Thelm Cleary Smithton, IT, of
Brawley, Jesus Garcia, "a, and Elisa
Gomez, %, of Brawley; and Mi
guel Esquer, 81, and Belen Meza,
10, of Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
Warrant Issued
For Dry Leader

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. "a. U.P)-
DR.. Clarence True Wilson militant
prohibitionist and preacher, stood
charged with reckless driving in
Portland with the issuing of war
rant after L. F. WEIGH swore out a
complaint.
DR.. Wilson has left for Califor-
mia after visiting at his home here,
so the warrent will have to await
his return.
Welch charges in his complaint
that a car operated by DR.. Wilson
travelling at an excessive speed
crashed into Welch's automobile
last Sunday and DR.. Wilson told
him he thought he had his foot
on the brake when in reality it
was on the accelerator,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
Confirmation OF
Grew Announced

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. U.P> =
The senate today waived its rules
in notifying the President of con-
firmation of Joseph c. Grew as
new ambassador to Japan.
The action was taken at a re-
quest of Chairman Borah of the
Foreign relations committee. Under
the rule, the President could not
be notified until three executive
sessions of the senate had been
held. Borah said he was acting at
the request of the state depart
ment.
No explanation for the unusual
haste was given.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
NE Re1a<
0iSsi. keNsusht syndiss,a. ias
COLORADO TOWN
FACES SHORTAGE
in FOOD SUPPLY
Landslide Blocking Rail-
road Prevents Help Be-
ing Sent In.

SILVERTON, Colo, Feb. "a. U.P)
Starvation faced 1750 residents
of snowbound Silverton today.
Less than two weeks supply OF
canned food remained. Railroad
officials estimated it would take
As days to clear II miles of tracks
buried deep under solid mass OF
snow ice, rocks and trees.
Two weeks ago great piles OF
snow on the mountain sides near
this gold mining town, started to
topple. Boulders were rolled along
before the slide. Giant pines were
shattered by the force of the mass
and fell.
Finally, with a great roar, the
slides tumbled over the cliffs anc
filled the narrow gofges worn by
streams-the gorges which give ac.
cess to Silvertown.
A great inland iceberg wa
formed, more than 40 feet deep il
some places.
Denver & Rio Grande western
relief crews rushed huge rotary
snow plows to the first of the
slides. Giant steel blades tossed
snow so feet in the air, but prog
ress through the massive barricade
has been slow.
AS a last resort, men on snow
shoes could pack food into Silver
on over the frozen trails. But the
trip from Durango, nearest town
is nearly so miles-a terrible jour-
ney in winter. Only small amounts
could be carried, and it would be
impossible to pack appreciable
amounts of fuel over the trails.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
TARDIEU GIVEN
ENDORSEMENT in
HECTIC BATTLE

PARIS, Feb. "a. W.P> - Premier
Andre Tardieu was sent back TO the
Geneva disarmament conference
today WITH a vote of confidence
won at the cost of a heart attack
fatal to one spectator, fist fights
among deputies, black eyes, bleed
ing noses, torn shorts and collars.
The vote, 309 to 262, came dur
ing the widest uproar on record
during the present parliament, and
after the chamber of deputies had
been suspended three times.
The first suspension came when
a gallery spectator dropped dead
from excitement, the second when
a Communist speaker filibustered
and the third when Socialists went
over the top of right wing benches
and began hand to hand en-
counters.
Usher reinforcements were
rushed in but could not curb the
combatants for Is minutes. When
order was restored, many deputies
retired for medical attention and
CreaCInenI loI pldCh eyes anu
bruises.
The fighting, attested bitter pre-
election feeling in the chamber,
began when Leon Blum, Socialist
leader, attacked the government,
and Gen. De Saint Just, National
ist, shouted at him:
You are an advocate of
Germany"
Blums Socialist colleagues rose
and swore at the right wing men,
bers. The verbal barrage was re-
turned Immediately.
Tardieu left for Geneva, accom-
panied by former Minister of
Marine Jacques Dumesnil and a
corps of experts.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
DIST R|CT
PROGRAM
ADOPTED
Directors Vote Authority
For Disposal OF Certi-
ficates OF Sale.
WAGES TO BE CUT
Voluntary Reduction By
Employees Effective On
March 1st. >.

Authorization of the disposal of
certificates of sale to delinquent
tax land in the Imperial Irrigation
district took place at board meeting
yesterday afternoon when directors
unanimously voted in favor of a
resolution to that effect
The resolution read as follows:
Whereas, it is to the best inter-
est of Imperial Irrigation district
and the assessment payers and
water users thereof that all GER
tificates of sale held by the dis
trict be sold. and assignments
therefor executed. Now, therefore,
be it resolved, that the district will
sell any and all certificates OF sale
held by it for not less than the full
amount of the assessments repre-
sented thereby together with the
penalties, interest and costs there
on; provided. however, that no
certificate will be sold unless the
purchaser is willing to and does
purchase all certificates issued
prior to the date of the latest GER
tificate applied for and held by
the district, and
BE it further resolved, that
without further action the presi-
dent and secretary of the board OF
directors are hereby authorized
and directed to execute any and
all assignments of certificates ap-
piled for in accordance with this
resolution"
To Reduce Wages
Employees of the irrigation dis
trict volunteered to accept another
10 per cent wage cut effective on
March l, according to an announe-
ment made yesterday afternoon by
Chief Engineer NJ. J. Dowd.
DoWd told directors that the de-
partment heads, cooperating with
him, have worked out schedule OF
curtailed expenditures and opera
tions that will effect a reduction
Of approximately S350,000 in the
district payrolls in 1882 as COM
pared to 1881. The 1881 payroll
reductions Topped off S265,O00 as
compared to 1880, Dowd said.
Under the new arrangement q
large number of employees will be
put on part-time basis. ) 1is
plan is to be followed in lieu II
dismissal of large numbers OF me-
ITO effect the same reduction {
payrolls as that just outlined IN
the part-time plan, we would have
to turn out some 230 men. Rather
than take such a drastic step in
this period of general unemploy-
ment, we have adopted the part
time program. The 10 per cent cut
does not apply to the part-time
employees" :.
Estimated revenues for 1882 Will
fall short of the 1929 revenues by
more than million dollars, the
chief engineer states. Inasmuch as
the fixed charges aggregate more
than they did in 1929, all OF the
curtailment in expenditures fall on
the operating fund. Revenues
from Mexican water sales this year
are expected not to exceed
$150000.
1.-The expenditures for the re-
naming 10 months of 1882 will be
affected materially by the flood
conditions on the Colorado during
the spring and early summer
months, by the volume of silt and
by the willingness of water users
to cooperate with the operating
department during the period OF
heavy retrenchment, Dowd said.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
Lysistrata Cast
Freed BY Verdict

LOS ANGELES, Feb. "a. W.p -
Lysistrata, Aristophanes' Goodyear
old comedy, stood legally deter
mined as fit for the eyes and ears
OF Los Angeles theatre-goers today,
and So actors and actresses were
absolyed of charges they had pre-
sented an indecent performance.
Upon the second ballot, a jury OF
IL women and one man returned
verdict of not guilty on each OF
three counts against each OF the
Sc defendants.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
Four Killed AS
Train Hits Auto

KENNEWICK, Wash, Feb. "a.
U.Pl-Four lives were snuffed out
when a Northern Pacific passenger
train enroute from Spokane to
Seattle struck a sedan at street
intersection here today.
Death was instantaneous, ply
sicians reported.
The dead, all of Kennewick,
were Gus Carlin, driver of the car;
A. l.. Challis, Ray Copeland and
Mrs. Ray Copeland, wife of
Copeland.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
All-American Canal club, 7:36,
headquarters.
Revival, 1880, Foursquare
Gospel church.
Revival, 1880, Christian
church.
Card party, 8, Imperial Vet
Grams hall.
Moose lodge, s, Moose home.
Oasis lodge, +. and A. NJ,
1880, Masonic Temple.
Eagles, 8, 500 Broadway.
Troop 8, B.S.A., I, Scout hut.
Valley theatre, Man of the
Sky.
Fox Imperial theatre, Under
Eighteen.
TOMORROW
Rotary club, Barbara Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
Liberty Party
Files Petition

Getting its official start in I'M
perial county, the new Liberty po-
litical party, through it's repre-
sentatives, yesterday afternoon
filed in the county clerks office a
petition to participate in the COM
ing presidential primaries.
The petition filed here bears 200
names, taken from every part of
the county. 1t must be checked
with the great register of voters.
and if found to be correct forward
ed to the secretary of state in Sac
ramento, for his official action.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
COURT ORDERS ALIMONY

LOS ANGELES, Feb. "a. (U.P>-
Jack HoXie, western film actor,
was ordered today by Superior
Judge Valentine to pay $125 a
month alimony to his wife, Marie
HoXie, former actress, pending
trial of her suit for divorce in
which she charges non-support
and desertion.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
AWlLL-
~ ROGERS
w ,S0yS:

BEVERLY HILLS, Feb. "a.
(SpeciaD-There is two things
I think you will find out about
this war in China. One is that
it is rather r-press-agented.
All these writer's were in Man
churia when was, and 1 know
they naturally, being writer's,
had to kinder exaggerate it all
to keep it readable. So they
naturally are putting it on
pretty thick in Shanghai.
The other thing is you al
ways want to look at your
dateline and see if the dis
patch is headed Shanghai or
Toxic. Then, whichever one it
is, discount it at least so per
cent in favor of the other side.
for both places have their gov
ernment censorships and you
can't send anything out that is
not colored in their favor.
Yours.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
ISLAND FOR SALE

EASTLEIGH, Hampshire, Eng.
UPs - Atlantic Park, England's
Ellis Island, where European emf
grants have stayed enroute to
America, is up for sale, after be-
ing closed six months.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
CARDOZO CONFIRMED

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. (U.P)-The
senate late today confirmed the
appointment of Judge Benjamin N.
Cardozo of New York as an asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-04
Mexico Minister Asks
Workers to Accept
Cuts to Save Bosses

While the strike of the Mexican
Pullman employees was apparently
betrayed yesterday by the labor union
leaders, the strike Of the workers on
the Southern Pacific lines against a
new wage cut continues effective
The terms Of the settlement of the
Pullman strike have not been made
public.
Abelardo Rodriguez Mexican Min
lister of Industry, attacked the rail-
way strikers a nd the Mexico City
car strikers as "unpatriotic," but was
forced to admit the widespread and
increasing misery of the Mexican
workers. While defending the wage
cut policy OF the foreign capitalists
who control Mexican industry, he
attacked the strikers on the lying
grounds that they we're creating"
unemployment. The core of his argu-
ment was that the workers should
accept starvation wages in order to
prevent the CLOSING down of mines
due to the unprofitability Of opera
tions.v