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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-05


Only small amount Of money, meager
records show was necessary to enable the
flowers of Greece's manhood to participate in
these ancient sports celebrations.
But as the games Of the Olympiad were
carried down through the centuries, elaborate
preparations resulted in increased expenditures.
The expenditures will reach high peak this
Summer when the tenth olympic games are
held in Los Angeles. The financial aspect OF
what has become an international institution
reaches astounding proportions.
So that 1.-The Olympic torch may pursue its
way through the ages" $6,041 900 will have
been spent when the last event Of the 1882
Olympic games is staged in tina West Coast
city
CONSTRUCTION CT nine stadiumS, auditoriums
end water courses with seating capacities
nsnging from 1000 to los, 900. and erection of
j miniature city for the housing OF 1000 ath-
letes during the games, has sent expense of the
frst Olympic games to be held IN the United
STATES climbing skyward.
The State of California and city and county
Of Los Angeles already have spent millions in
preparation for the games.
To insure financial success Of the games the
people OF the State three years ago voted
q 900 600 bond ISSUE the money being used
BIZ the Organization Committee for construction
work with the understanding that it would be
returned to the Golfers Of the State from profits
q the games.
A ND nearly 1000 900 more will be spent
n before the games, to be held from July 80
to August H. are concluded, officials estimate,
to care for transportation and housing Of the
athletes in Les Angeles, publicity for the games.
printing Of Is tons Of tickets and making Of
hundreds of silver and bronze medals for vic
torious athletes, not to mention other expenses
which apear at the last moment.
Approximately 100000 will be expended
by the United States and - other countries to
send their athletes to Los Angeles foo tfe
kames and to house and feed them during their
stay in the 1882 Olympic city
This item is quite in contrast to the ex-
penses Of the ancient participants of the games,
who either walked or rode in horse-drawn
chariots to Olympia to celebrate the games.
and slept in tents pitched on the plains until
the games were completed.
This year the athletes will be carried to the
scene of the games in luxurious ocean liners,
some in airplanes and others in trains, all Of
which will add greatly to the expense of the
four-year celebration.
According to figures produced by the organ
izing\ committee of the games, approximately
$3.50 per athlete will be spent by each country
entered for transportation and housing. Los
Angeles officials of the games have informed
the various nations that the athletes car. be
housed and fed during their 16-day stay in
Los Angeles at q cost Of 81 per day for each
athlete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-05

Upper Le-Mang tickets the Olym Betty
Hennnger (e liza Daniels and Renee Mueen (righ) Of
the Olympic Offices ncLosing tickets for mailing to the
many thousands ,cho hare put in advance orders.
the $50 erected in Olympic Village to
accommodate visiting athletes (aboVe) Each
like chich the roof and 'Oa
have been removed 10 make a clear viesc possible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-05
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON.

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Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
JUDGE. DENIES
INFLUENCE OF
Gift OF COAT

LOS ANGELES. April %. U.P)-
Asserted gift to him of an over
coat valued at $40 by Charles F.
Allison, and the alleged payment
by Allison Of a $40 bill incurred by
his wife mad no influence upon the
actions OF Superior Judge Daley
Stafford in a receivership matter
involving Allison, according to the
judges testimony on record today.
Judge Stafford gave his testi-
mony before Judge J. T. 3. Warne
during trial of an action seeking
to set aside Allison's final report
in the Julian VS.. Schwartz receiV-
ership.
Judge Stafford said that his ap-
proval Of a $1,000 receivership fee
for Allison was a mere formality'
and that he felt under no obliga-
ton to Allison.
Allison is one of the two former
state receivers for properties of the
American Mortgage company oust-
ed after charges of Irregularities
had been brought.
Judge Stafford, with two other
jurists, faces recall action brought
by the Los Angeles Bar association.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
Alfalfa Couch
I'm Alien Auto

Calculations went wrong for
two emugglers and three aliens
when they drove their well
filled coupe from Mexico late
yesterday afternoon directly in
front Of an automobile occu-
pied by Frank GoodeH, chief
of the customs patrol in I'M
perial Valley, and Jesse Wor-
ley, CalexicO newspaperman.
Search of the suspicious
coupe revealed three Chinese
resting ON a pile of alfalfa in
the turtle ba=-' Of the small
machine. The expedition was
headed by Sidney Leroy Yount
and Isaac {. Moore while Lew
Ham, Wong Yit Tong and Ng
sun were passengers. The
five were arrested near the
I0-foot drop near Calexico.
Tho customs officer and the
city editor took charge and
escorted the five to Calexico.
Immigration officers took them
to San Diego this morning.
All of the comforts of home
were provided for the Chinese
as a plentiful supply of water
was discovered hidden in the
alfalfa couch.
Nc resistance was offered by
the Chinese or their conduc-
tors, said GoOdell.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
ASSERTED SUICIDE NOTES
ARE EXPOSED BY EXPERT

manuscript prepared by Clarke
while writing Mrs. -AIiller's
biography showed he always spelled
the word advice"
Mrs. Keith-Miller insisted she
loved Clarke with all my heart
and soul, I was proud to know I
was going to marry him She was
still held, however, with her man
ager Captain w. N Lancaster, a
British flyer, pending investigation.
Clarke was found dead by Captain
Lancaster on the sleeping porch of
the Keith-Miller home Wednesday.
The two occupied beds on the
porch; Mrs, Keith Miller slept in
side. Lancaster had hurried here
after receiving word that young
Clarke and the woman flyer plan
ned to marry.
Clarke lay on the floor, Lancas-
ters gun under one leg. Later, the
suicide notes were found, and
Clarkes romance with the subject
of his biography, and the story of
a mysterious air line to sGexico
we're revealed.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
YACHT PUTS OUT
ADDING MYSTERY
TO KIDNAP CASE

HOPEWELL, N. j., April %.
up - Hope for progress in the
search for Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh's kidnapped son shifted TO
Norfolk today with the word that
q sailing yacht had put to sea On
a mission believed to concern the
case.
Reports from Norfolk indicated
John Hughes Curtis, contact man
for the southern negotiators, may
have been aboard the yacht Mar
con. Dean Il. DobsCn-Peacodk
associated with Curtis, offered nc
explanation of the boat trip.
Curtis and Dean Dobson-P -Peacack
returned from New York late yes
terday in a plane pilOted by George
L. Richard, naval flyer. The for
mer conferred with Colonel Lind
5ergh at his home
Rear Admiral Guy II. Burrage,
third Of the negctiators, issued a
short bulletin after the three had
conferred for two hours following
the return Of Curtis and the min
Ister II said:
"NIr. Curtis and Dean Dobson-
Peacock and Lieut.. George L.
Richard returned about 4:30 this
afternoon CFriday) by plane. Dean
DoksCn- Peacock went to New York
to cooperate with EIr. Curtis. MI.
Curtis conferred with Colonel
Lingbergh, who requested US to
continue or work. Colonel Lind
bergh stated to Mr.. Curtis he ap-
preciated the cooperation of the
press in not attempting to follow
his representatives and again
through Us requested that they
continue their cooperation"
DR.. John F. Condor, "Jafsie,
who paid out $4,000 Of Lndbergh'5
money to supposed kidnapers, ap-
paIently was making 10 progress
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
PARENT TEACHER
PAREEY ADOPTS
EIJCENZC, STAND

PASADENA, April %. U,P)-After
q battle on the floor of the con-
yention, the first district of the
Southern California conference of
Parent-Teacher associations was on
record today favoring instructions
in eugenics as part of the social
hygiene program of the state and
modification CT the United States
criminal code to permit. use of the
mails for birth control information.
The resolution called upon con-
gress to act upon the recommenda-
ton:
so that the provisions of these
sections, now excluding such sup
plies and literature (medical liter
ature on birth controD from the
United States mail, shall not apply
to licensed physicians and duly au-
thCrized medical schools, journals
or associations"
Other resolutions supported the
Wright prohibition enforcement act
and urged suppression of obscene
publications asscrtedly circulated
among school children.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
ATTORNEYS IN HONOR Staying TRIAL
WRANCLING OVER JURY INSTRUCTIONS
Two Robbers
Plead Guilty

Clay Crawford and Buck Horton,
both 25, were sentenced this morn
ing to terms CT from five years to
life in San Quentin penitentiary for
first degree robbery.
d. E. Bridges, q, will appear in
superior court next Friday to enter
a plea to a charge of second degree
robbery, filed because he did not
use q gun in holding up Mrs.
Bridges and three men companions
last Saturday night south of Holt
vile.
Crawford and Horton were ar
rested following a confession by
Bridges to Tom Sharp, investigator
for the district attorney. Crawford
also confessed following his arrest
by Sheriff George L. Campbell, and
Horton confessed last night to
Sharp and Harold Gillett, sheriff S
investigator, who returned him
from Phoenix.
Both Crawford and Horton adj
mitted completely IN other robb~-
les than the ones charged against
them.
Bridges was not connected with
these other holdups.
Terms of the two sentenced to-
day will be fixed by the state board
of prison directors.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
RICHFIELD OIL
TRIAL Will. SEE
FINAL EVIDENCE.

LOS ANGELES, April 23. h.R)-
The prosecution prepared today to
introduce its final testimony Mon
day in trial of three former Off
Gals Of the Richfield Oil company
on charges Of grand theft and
conspiracy, growing out of the as
serted diversion of nearly a quar-
ter of a million dollars from the
firms treasury.
Closing the second week of the
trial, the prosecution introduced
testimony that a local bank was
given fake copy of resolution"
by which r. w. Mckee, one of the
three On trial obtained a $4,000
loan.
William de Martini, associate
counsel for the company, asserted
he had drawn the resolution on Or
derS of Mckee, the former vice
president, and James B. Stevens,
Bank of America official, testified
that $4,000 was loaned Mckee and
others on strength Of the asserted
ly fake certified copy"
r. c.. Thomas, a stockbroker,
testified that the three men kept
an account with his concern and
that they spent nearly $4,000 in
three weeks as margin.
Besides Mckee, j. A. Talbot and
c. M. Fuller are en- trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23

MIAMI, Fla, April %. U.P)-Doc-
tors have found bruises on the body
of Haden Clarke, writer flyer, which
indicated he died after a struggle,
and handwriting experts assert
they have found nine discrepan-
cies in suicide notes" left in Mrs.
y. NJ. Keith-Miller's home
DR.. Carlton Deederer, Mayo clinic
graduate, told of the bruises dur
ing a conference called by Mrs. Ida
Clarke, mother of the dead sweet
heart Of Mrs. Keith-NTiller. States
Attorney Hawthorne and State S
investigator Rowland participated.
The handwriting experts said
their findings included differences
in phraseology used by Clarke in
his writing and in the suicide
notes. doubtful signatures and di1-
ferences in spelling.
One of the most important diff
ferences, the experts said, was the
use of the word advice In the
suicide note the word was spelled
advise" after the English usage
Examination of many pages OF
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
s BODY
WILL RE, BURIED
At ARLINGTON

WASHINGTON April %. U.P,--
The ashes Of Robert Green Inger-
soil, famous nineteenth century
American agnostic, soon will rest
with the bodies of presidents, gen.
erals and admirals in the nations
most hallowed burying place, Arl-
ington national cemetery. His
wife, Eva, will be inferred with
him.
Ingersou, the United Press
learned today, will be buried May
4 with full military honors on the
green Virginia slopes overlooking
the Potomac.
Since Ingersol's death in 1899,
his body has rested in Illinois, the
state to which his father, a Con-
gregational minister, moved his
family in 1845.
Nearly two years ago the war
department granted a confiden-
tial application by friends for
Ingersoll's burial in Arlington, but
final arrangements were con-
cluded only recently.
The famous liberal, whose at
tacks en- the literal interpretation
of the Bible and on established
Christianity made him the idol
of free thinkers and the anathema
OF fundamentalists, will rest in
Arlington by vjrturc Of his mill
tary service. lie commanded an
Illinois regiment during the Civil
war.
Ingersol will be inferred in
what is known as the southern
section" oi the cemetery, lying not
far from the grave Of the un-
known soldier.
On either side of the famous ag-
nostic will lie companions in arms,
Mai. Edward Lloyd and Capt. II.
Gilliland. Not more than 1900 feet
from mis- grave is the tomb Of
Williams Jennings Bryan, who
died fighting for fundamentalism
il Christianity.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
BOY KIDNAPPED
when MOTHER
ANSWERS CALI.

HERMOSA BEACH, Calf, April
IS. U.D - Authorities throughout
Southern California today sought
Kenneth Meredith, -year-old son
of Mrs. Irene HiX Meredith, who
disappeared from his back yard
late yesterday while his mother
answered a fake" telephone call.
The mother told Chief Of Police
Ed Messenger that she had been
watching the child at play When
the telephone rang and she went
inside to answer it.
A mans voice said, wait mo-
ment," Mrs. Meredith told the Of
ficers but. she received no further
reply and when after a few min
utes she returned to the yard the
boy had disappeared.
The child's pet dog was limp
ing and it was found his foot was
bleeding. Police believed the dog
had been kicked when it attempted
TO defend Kenneth.
The kidnapped boy is the son Of
DR. Lorin x Meredith, Des Moines,
Iowa, physician, according to Mrs.
Meredith, who said she had been
living apart from her husband.
Chief Messenger said that au-
thorities in the nlid-western city
had notified him that the physi-
clan was not in Des Moines.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
UNITED STATES SHIPS ON
PARADE AT SAN FRANCISCO
@ ,sss. g.ssssh, syati.a,s. los

ers, six submarines, Sd destroyers
and two aircraft carriers.
Submarine divisions led the line
followed by aircraft carriers and
tenders. Next were the dread
naughts with the flagship Pennsyl-
yania at the head Aboard her was
Admiral Frank H. Schofield, COM
mander of the fleets afloat. De-
stroyers, mine layers and cruisers
followed in order. The fleet requires
more than two hours to parade past
a given point.
Twenty-Five admirals and two
generals commanded the fleet and
its personnel. Directly under Ad-
miral Schofield we're Admiral R. H.
Leigh, commanding the battle force
and Vice Admiral A. L. Willard
commanding the scouting force.
These are the two chief divisions of
the floating navy
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
T'HLETIC COACH
SENT TO PRISON
ON GUILTY PLEA

Robert F. Finn, former instruc-
tor at Central Union High school,
pleaded guilty IN superior court
this morning to three statutory
charges and was ordered sent to
San Quentin to begin serving the
term prescribed by law.
When he pleaded to two cases
of contributing to the delinquency
Of minor, to which the charges
were reduced from more serious
ones, he was sentenced to serve one
year in the county Jail on each
case.
In the third case, violation of
a certain section Of the penal code,
the law stipulates that the sentence
be not less than one year with the.
prison board to establish the
length of the term. The Jail SEN
tences, according to the district at
torney's office, are to be served in.
the prison sentence.
The court will forward recon-
mendations concerning the term TO
the prison board as soon as defense
attorneys present war department.
records of Finn's war service, ac-
cording to an announcement made
at noon. II is expected that Finn
will be taken to San Quentin to-
morrow.
The district attorneys office to-
day recommended that Finn never
be released from the penitentiary
alive, according to Chief Criminal
Deputy d. II. Wolford.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
ARGUMENTS IN CASE
MAY BEGIN MONDAY;
EXPECT HOT DEBATE
BY DAN CAMPBELL
-t1ifaI nr.oe. CK,rc Go~.,,,,..,,,


URTR DOM, HONOLULU,
T. H, April 23.-The honor slay-
ing trial of four Americans, al
ready punctuated by many bitter
conflicts, reached its closing hours
today with defense and prosecution
dueling over proposed instructions
to the jury of mixed whites and
browns.
Angered by a refusal to let ter
ritorial alienists examine Lieut..
Thomas H. Massie, for whom an
insanity defense was offered, Pros
ecutor John C. Kelley announced
he would ask the court to throw
out the whole plea and give an
instructed verdict Of guilty Of sec
ond degree murder
This was the charge in indict-
ments against Lieut.. Massie, his
society matrCn mother-in-laW,
Mrs. Grace Bell Fortescue. and
two navy enlisted men, Albert O.
Jones and Edward j. Lord.
Answering Kelley's demands for
an instructed verdict, Montgomery
Winn Of defense counsel, said ne
would ask Circuit Judge Charles
S. Davis to instruct the jury that
if Lieutenant Massie is found to
have been temporarily insane, all
three co-defendants must be auto
Inatically eXCnerated.
They were accused Of slay-
ing Joe Kahahawai, half caste
street car conductor and one of
five island hoodiums tried in
December on charges of at
taosing Thaiia Fortescuc Mas
sic, the lieutenant's young wife.
Massie, in an electrifying court
room scene, admitted he held a
gun ito frighten" KahahaWai into
Continued On Page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
COUNCIL.
JPHOLDS
DISTRICT 7
Imperial Board Of Trus-
tees Urges Payment OF
Taxes.
FOLLOW HOLTVILLE
Mass Meeting On East
Side Set For 8 O'Clock
Tonight.

Following upon the actions of
the Eoltville chamber of commerce
and city council, the Imperial city
council last night rallied to the
support Of Imperial Irrigation dis
trict directors by urging that all
taxpayers of the county give their
full support to the directors in eff
forts to reach some satisfactory
settlement of present troubles.
This action came only few
hours after the Holtville organiza-
tons had voted to hold mass
meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at
the Eoltville civic center for the
purpose Of encouraging support of
the present district executives, and
to offset the blows struck by oppo-
sitiOn leaders curing a recent mass
meeting at the fair grounds.
The resolution adopted by the
Imperial council branded agitation
for the on-payment Of district
taxes as efforts to break down or
derly government"
The resolution was adopted by
Imperials city council only after
a heated discussion between mem
bers of the organization. A copy
OF it was to be forwarded to the
district directors.
The resolution, signed by Mayor
H. q. Miller, follows:
Whereas, the city Council of the
city of Imperial, in special session
views with grave concern the agi-
tation for the non-payment of r.
rigatiCn district and other taxes,
thus tending to break down orderly
government, a situation which the
citizens of Imperial county must
consider in the same businesslike
manner they have met them in the
past; and
Whereas, we believe the irriga-
ton district is reducing their oper-
ating cost TO a minimum, and that
their board OF directors should have
full support of the taxpayers in
carrying On the operation of the
system as economically as possible.
Nov, therefore, we do hereby re-
solve to urge al citizens to pay their
taxes as promptly as possible.
And be it further resolved, that
we call upon all citizens Of the city
Of Imperial to sincerely, actively
and aggressiYely demonstrate their
confidence in our public officials
and the stability Of our valley in
stitutiOns."
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23

SAN FRANCISCO, April %. UR)
Mighty ships of the battle line,
comprising most Of Americas naval
combat forces, were due today in
San Francisco bay for their annual
visit at conclusion Of spring war
maneuvers.
The vanguard Of the United
States fleet, % auxiliary craft OF
every description, preceded the flo
tilla into the harbor yesterday and
waited at anchor for the fighting
squadrons coming up from the
south.
Forty thousand officers and men
will be welcomed by the city when
the fleet arrives at about 2:30 p. N.
They are aboard 10 ships, or about
80 per cent of the American navy
including - dreadnaughts, Is cruiS-
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
RADIO CRO0NER
OF -FOUR WIVES
GOES TO JAIL

SANTA ANA, Calf, April %. up
Charles II. Nye, 28-year-old San
Antonio Tex, radio crooner, must
serve nine months in Jail and re-
main under probation for five
years as a result OF his conviction
of bigamy.
Nye was arrested in Texas after
Francis Reid, third Of his four al
legged wives, heard his voice over
the radio.
Miss Reid, Mary M Hurley, San
Diego, and Louise Russo, also Of
San Diego, all of-"NE~m Nye is al
legged to have married, were in
court.
Nye was ordered not to live with
Miss Russo, wife No. 4, until his
marriage to Miss Reid was annulled
or cancelled by divorce.
Nye said he thought his mar
riage to Miss Reid was void because
he had not been divorced long
enough from q previous wife when
he married her.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
Dancer Injured
I'm Auto Wreck
At Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES. APRIL %. U.Ps-
Allen Wood, "a, dancer in Earl
CAROLS Vanities, a New York
stage production now showing
here, was in a critical condition
today and three other members Of
the cast were recovering from in
juries sustained in an automobile
accident last night.
Wood received a possible skull
fracture and may die, according
to physicians. He was driving the
car in which James Carroll,
brother of the producer; Claire
Curry, 20, and De Don Blunier, II,
were passengers. The others were
less seriously hurt.
Woods machine, according TO
officers, and an automobile driven
by J. R. O'Conner. 80, co]lided.
C'Conner and two passengers also
were injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
California Seen
AS Salvation OF
Railroad Traffic

LOS ANGELES, April %. (U.P) -
Tonnage from California and other
western states is regarded as the
hope OF transcontinental railroads
at the present time, C. J. Brister
of New York, vice president in
charge of freight traffic for the
New York Central lines, here on a
business tour, said today.
Railway minds of the nation are
vitally interested in the progress
and development of western states
because of your great output of
mineral ores, petroleum products,
livestock and perishable products is
the salvation OF our freight traffic
operations during these strenuous
times" he said.
1--WE are looking to California, the
ultimate goal of all tourists, to aid
us in maintaining our balance Of
passenger traffic." he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
Escape
Death In Crash

VENICE, CALI. April %, U.P-
Eight Venice high school students
between Is and IT years old mar
roWly escaped death late last night
when the automobile in which they
were riding hurtled ever a 5O-fooJ
cliff on the Coast highway and
crashed to the tracks of an inter
urban electric line below.
The m9torman Of an approach
ing train saw the accident in time
TO halt, picked up the injured
and after clearing the rails rushed
them to Venice emergency hes
pital.
Ruth Stallman, who suffered d
broken pelyis and internal injur-
les, was the most seriously hurt.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-23
MOONEY SUPPORTERS PLAN
BITTER FIGHT TO FINISH

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. U.P
supporters OF Tom Mooney gath
cred forces today for fight TO
the finish which will end only when
he walks out of San Quentin a
free man."
Their renewed drive for a par
don was matched by opponents Of
the convicted labor leader who
claimed new evidence has been un-
covered tending to establish Mooney
was justly convicted as one of the
San Francisco Preparedness parade
bombers in 1916.
Confidence that Mooney had a
fair trial was expressed by Gov
Iernor James Rolph, Jr, in denying