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Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
VETERANS BILL
THROWS SCARE
into CONGRESS
Threat Of Adjusted Com
pensatiOn Pa y m e n t
Forms Serious BOgie.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March 30. - The
warning of President Hoover against
full payment of veterans compensa-
ton certificates at an estimated
cost of $2,0000o0,000 has thrown the
full glare of White House disap-
proval on a project that has been
gaining silent strength in congress
in defiance of all insistence that
the budget be balanced.
Congress is struggling to find
81 ,000000,000 in new revenue. At
the same time there is shaping up,
quietly but with apparent newt
ableness OF a juggernaut, a move
to distribute twice this sum in cash
Immediately to World war veterans.
General. Washington opinion is
that congress will pass this measure
if its advocates can force it to a
vote. A presidential veto in such
case was definitely forecast by
President Hoover's statement.
Whether congress could pass the
measure by a two-thirds majority
over a veto is uncertain.
Lie pIOJeCG ID COllIdl1leQ Ill lOuSe
bill No. l, introduced by Represent
ative Patman Dem) Texas, a
young man who has been cam
paigning throughout the country
for it. He is an earnest, outspoken
person, clean cut in appearance,
neatly dressed, looking rather like
a young banker than a legislator
who is throwing fear into most
bankers Of the country.
The argument against Patman's
proposal is chiefly that the govern
ment cannot spend S2,000,000,0O0
when it is already plling up a huge
deficit.
The argument for the bill as sum-
married. by Patman to the United
Press is as follows:
AS to the expense involved
1.-The payment can be made with
out unbalancing the budget, with
out bond issue, without additional
taxes and without increasing inter
est payments by the government.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
GIANNINI GIVES
PREDICTION ON
DEPRESSION END

FRESNO, March 80. U.P)-The
guess of Amadeo Peter Giannini,
Transamerica board chairman, is
that the first signs of the end of
the depression should be looked for
in the San Joaquin valley and in
New England.
During a visit here last night the
San Francisco banked voiced it as
his opinion that the two widely
separated sections of the country
will prove the best barometers to
the coming of better times.
They were the first to feel the
depression and probably will be first
to feel the recovery, he said.
California is already the white
spot of the country" Gainnini said.
THE San Joaquin valley was first
to feel the depressions effect. And
you will probably be the first to
recover.
There can be no immediate re-
covery, however, unless govern
mental expenditures are cut
throughout the country-municipal,
state and national.
Agriculture, too, must get back
on its feet. The depression did not
start in the thickly settled dis
tricts, but in the country, and the
recovery must start in the country.
Much depends on what is done to
cut governmental! expenditures and
to put agriculture on the business
base where it belongs.
"The conditions here look good.
While prices may not be as high
this year as they might, I think the
outlook for agriculture in the San
Joaquin valley is favorable"
Giannini said he came here to
pep up" the managers of the valley
branches of the Bank of America.
Almost 100 officials of branch banks
heard Giannini, his son, Marco, and
Will F. Morrish, San Francisco
president of the bank, speak at a
meeting here last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
COTTON FIELDS
MAY Be SOURCE
OF new GAS
BY /. /. FEMRITE
United Press Staff Correspondent

OnlLS1 treSS SLill Correspondent
NEW ORLEANS, March 80. -
The southland's cotton patches may
some day become the gasoline serv-
ice stations of the world.
Scientists have discovered that
gasoline can be manufactured from
cotton.
The discovery was reported to
the division of organic chemistry
of the American Chemical society
convention here today by Dr..
Gustav Egloff and DR.. j. c. Nor
rell, chemists for the Universal Oil
Products company.
Gasoline from cottonseed oil is
technically practical said these
men of science. From the present
economic standpoint, however, its
production from cotton is some
what remote because of the vast
supply of crude OIL
The cracking process, which is
the dominating factor in gasoline
production from petroleum, is also
a method by which motor fuel can
Ut 1llduc lIOIll COblOlloCtu Oll, tiCy
reported.
From this oil, their experiments
showed, as high as 81 per cent
good quality gasoline has been pro-
duced Cottonseed oil is used ex-
tensively as butter substitute, III
salad dressing and for various
cooking purposes.
In addition to gasoline, they re-
ported cracking of cottonseed oil
by diStillation at high temperature
under pressure produces a heavier
distillate, gas and coke. The
heavier oil is suitable for engines
of the Diesel type or for furnace
fuel. The uncondensible gas con-
tains "olefinic hydrocarbons" which
may be converted into alcohol, and
"butadienes" from which synthetic
rubber may be made. The coke
residue is suitable for electrodc
manufacture or fuel use.
Originally developed by means
of producing more gasoline from
crude petroleum, the cracking pro-
cess, they said, has been developed
and improved until today it can
produce gasoline from coal tars,
shale oils, fish oils and many other
sources.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
Elected Students
To See Congress

WASHINGTON. March 80. U,R)-
The 81 college students elected
from Kentucky when they tried to
inspect coal mining conditions are
expected here tomorrow morning in
an effort to obtain congressional
action on an investigation.
Their program includes testimony
before members of congress as to
their treatment in Kentucky. A
congressional committee heard test
imony from members of the Allan
Tabb, Waldo Frank and Malcolm
Cowley group, who likewise were
elected from Kentucky several
weeks ago.
The students also will issue a
resolution calling on all teachers
and students in the United States
to support them in an effort to
bring about federal investigation in
the war area"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
NEW TREATMENT
FOR CANCER IS
GIVEN PUBLICITY

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, March 80. U.P)
"A selenium and radium treat
ment which they believe may be
of great benefit in cancer cases
has been developed by three scien-
fists, working together for nearly
half a decade, it was announced
here today.
The three are DR.. r. M. Parr,
a professor of chemistry at the Uni
versity of Illinois; DR.. c. U. Bucher,
physician and surgeon and DR.. R.
S. Funk, bacteriologist.
The announcement was made
simultaneously with the scheduled
delivery of a paper at the American
Chemical society meeting in New
Orleans, La.
The scientists declared that they
had apparently cleared up diseased
cells in cancerous tissues of several
human patents.
However they warned against
"over enthusiasm, pointing out
that the development is still in its
experimental stages and that much
must be done before their findings
are accepted as conclusive.
Selenium, a rare element prev
iously used in cancer treatment but
rejected, was used in solution of
sodium selenite, calcium germante
and sodium chloride. The solution.
diluted a thousand times, was in
jected into the muscles of the pa
tients or administered CRITICALLY.
Tests indicated that the selenium
solution had an affinity for the
cancerous areas. 1t not only passed
up healthy cells, but Immediately
arrested the growth of diseased cells
and tended to destroy them.
The doctors then brought X-ray
radium treatment into use. They
found that the solution served as a
reflective agency, setting up Sec
ondary radium rays.
Thus, the radium rays, which are
also destructive to cancer cells were
worked into the scheme so that
double destruction was waged
against the diseased tissues.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
NOTHING new
DEVELOPED IN
LINDBERGH CASE
Norfolk Trio Awaits Fur
ther Word From Sup
posed Kidnapers.
By CHARLES NJ. MCCAIN
United Press Staff Correspondent.


NORFOLK, Va, March 30.-The
Norfolk trio negotiating with a
group of supposed kidnapers for
the return of Charles A. Lind
bergh, jr., today reported mo de-
velopments."
Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock, one of
the three, announced that he and
his colleagues were acting "at the
request of Colonel Lindbergh, made
personally by him"
1t was indicated there had been
! no communications with the con-
tact man for the group since the
return yesterday of the Rev
DobSon-Peacock, from a visit to
Colonel Lindbergh.
1t was apparent that the nego-
tiators awaited further word from
the self-asserted abductcrs.
Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage
U.S.N., retired, was appointed to-
day the press contact man of the
Norfolk group and he arranged to
hold three press conferences a day
His first conference lasted an hour
and five minutes. He was ques-
toned closely and at times assumed
/ his official manner. At one point
he got to the stage of taking names
of managing editors OF papers
whose representatives asked toe
pointed questions. But at the END
he was posing with reporters for
photographers. Burrage denied
! there was any plan so far from
John Hughes Curtis, boat builder
TO take another mystery airplape
trip.
Used Navy Yard
The United Press learned that OH
his last flight last weekend, Curtis
actually flew TO the Philadelphia
navy yard. Sources close to Curtis
say he went directly to the Lind
bergh estate in Hopewell.
Curtis refused to comment or
this. Curtis landed at Philadel-
phia Saturday morning. He was
back there Saturday night. He
intended to register at a hotel as
'Mr. Guy" but something inter-
vened and he never got to a hotel
He arrived back here Sunday night
saying he had not slept for sc
hours. Burrage, during his frs;
conference today was not specific
regarding the kidnapping case. Hi,
only formal statement for the pub
lie was:
IF there is failure in the Nor
folk negotiations, the kidnapers
and they alone will know why"
1t was pointed out to him that
this implied absolute knowledge
that the group with which he
Curtis and Peacock were dealing
were the kidnepers.
He insisted that the statement
was correct, but when asked if he
knew beyond doubt that the grour
was honest" he added:
How can we know?"
Then there is a chance that you
and your associates are being mis-
led?" he was asked.
Anybody has a chance to be mis-
led,' he said. I'VE may be misled
would not have gone into this
if 1 had not faith in it. But ]
reserved the right to withdraw that
faith if I find it was not justified
ut was very difficult to deal
with the group, as whoever had
the baby naturally would want the
utmost safety in returning it, he
said
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
FUNERAL. RITES
HELD FOR NOTED
INDIAN CHIEFTAIN

PAWHUSKA, Okla, March 30.
U.P}-Funeral rites of the white
man mingled today with Usage In
dian ceremonials as Baconrind,
naughty chieftain of the Osages,
was carried to his grave upon a
hilltop overlooking the Indian vii
lage here.
Hired mourners chanted their
monotonous supplications to the
Great spirit, and Catholic priest
murmured in Latin a requiem mass
for the picturesque old Indian
leader.
Baconrind, wealthy and influen-
tial leader of his tribe, died Mon
day after a long illness, but a week
before his death he outlined the
funeral plans, and they were fol-
lowed to the smallest details.
In the first gray light of dawn
an Usage medicine man entered
the chieftain's modern home, and
made his way through the ranks
of Indian mournerS to the dead
mans side.
With painstaking care he ap-
piled, the paint of an Usage war
rior to the bronze face of the
tribal patriarch-but he did not
disturb the gold locket, enclosing
a picture of the late President
Harding, which hung at Bacon
rinds throat.
Then his erect, tall form was
clad in Indian finery, all Of which
was buried with him.
Buried at Noon
At 10 a. m. there came a break
in the Indian ritual. The chanting
mournerS ceased their dirge, and
the old chiefs body was carried to
the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, where the brief re-
QUEEN mass was said.
That service ended, Indian rites
held sway once more. Mourners
escorted the body to the family
cemetery, set upon a hill high
above the village.
AS the suns rays pointed
straight downward, Baconrind's s
body was lowered into the grave.
In Indian belief, the portals of the
happy hunting ground are open
to the spirit of the dead when the
sun is at its zenith.
In accord with his wish, the
mourners, returning to his home
for a day and night Of feasting and
"give-away" ceremonies, carried
with them the American flag.
Usually in Indian burials it is
draped from the grave flagpole, but
Baconrind had asked that it be
flown at his home on every legal
holiday, just as before his death.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
ACTRESS NAMED
AS LOVE THIEF
in COURT SUIT

OAKLAND, March 30. U.H -
Claire Windsor, blonde stage and
screen actres, was accused of dis
rupting wealthy brokers' home to-
day in q 100000 alienation of af-
fectoinS suit brought by Mrs. Mar
ion Y. Read, 25, Oakland housewife.
Mrs. Read, who last week filed a
divorce suit against Alfred C. Read,
jr., head of San Francisco brok-
erage firm, charged Miss Windsor
and her husband were running
around together"
Read, 26, and Miss Windsor met
last September, the wife's suit said.
Since then, she added, the actress
entered into course of action cal
culated to ALLEVIATE Reads affections
from his wife"
Mrs. Read explained she did not
recite details in her complaint as
her attorneys told me not to say
anything until the case comes up
in court"
Informed of reports that Miss
Windsor probably was in no posi-
ton to pay 100000, Mrs Read re-
marked tits just too bad for her"
I'm going through with this
thing" the brokers' estranged wife
said. 81 have no idea of backing
down. No, l don't know where my
husband isl haven't seen him
since we separated a week ago"
In her divorce suit, Mrs. Read
charged her husband associated
with other women and struck her
in the presence of others. They
have two children, Alfred, 2, and
Mary, 10 months. Their marriage
was social event in 1928.
Miss Windsor is appearing in
chou, in 7 nc AnpalpS
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
INCREASE
ITEMS ON
TAX LIST
House Making Strenuous
Efforts To Provide For
Balanced Budget.
GETS QUICK ACTION
First Amendment Adopt
ed Within 25 Minutes
After COnvening.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, March 30.-The
ways and means committee added
$45 100000 more in taxes today to
the billion dollar tax bill.
The following new rates were
agreed upon and will be submitted
to the house as part of the Demo-
cratic program:
Increase of corporation tax by II
per cent to 1872 per cent.
Revision of consolidated returns
provision.
Eight per cent on oil transmitted
in pipe lines.
Five per cent on airplane manu-
factureS.
Revision of the gift tax to a mini
mum of 33A per cent.
The new amendments were ad-
vanced because the bill would not
raise enough revenue to balance the
budget, according to Chairman Ra-
gon of the subcommittee which
drafted them.
Ragon's estimate of what the new
proposals would bring totalled about
s50,0O0O0O but his figures were con-
tested by Republicans on the COM
mittee who said they would raise
possibly only $3S, 100000. Both
sides agreed $45 100000 might be
considered a moderate level.
- Ragon computed the possibilities
of the taxes as follows: Airplanes
S2,0O0,000; pipe lines, $4,000, 900;
corporations, $5,000000; gifts, S10,-
00O,OOO and affiliated returns, $18,-
100000.
Representative Hawley, CRep0
Oregon. ranking minority member
of the committee, estimated the to-
tails as follows; Airplanes, $5,000,-
600; corporations, 100000; pipe
lines, SIS 100000; gifts, S5,000,000
and affiliated returns, $5,000,0OO.
1t was apparent the committee
was acting with such speed that
exact estimates could only be OBJ
tanned by compromising the oppos-
ing sets Of figures.
Less than 25 minutes after the
house met it adopted an amend
ment of the Democratic program
starting surtaXes at $4,000 instead
of $4,000 The amendment is ex-
pected to raise $7,OO0,000 1t starts
the graduated Surtax scale at Z
per cent at the loWre figure. The
l per cent will be effective on all
incomes up to $4,000 where a 2
per cent rate starts. 1t then goes
on up to 65 per cent maximum
on incomes of $5,000,000 and more.
The exemptions for corporations
was reduced from $4,000 to $1,000
as proposed by Democratic leaders.
1t will bring $6,000,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
SHARP DISPUTE
MARKS TALK ON
BANKING BILL
BY LYLE c. WILSON
tied Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March 80. -
Pittsburgh bankers protests against
the Glass bank bill now before the
senate banking and currency COM
mittee today started sharp dis
pute in which Senator Glass
CDem.) Virginia, denounced or
ganized propaganda" against his
bill
Glass was angry. Striking the
table with his fist, the little Vir-
ginian cut his finger.
who is demanding this legisla-
tion?" asked James Francis Burke.
representing the Pittsburgh Clear
ing House association.
Bankers from all parts of the
country have come here and op-
posed it
Glass hammered the tabe.
"They were brought here in Or
ganized protest and think you
were, too. 1t shows just exactly
how much Importance attaches to
stimulated propaganda"
Burke said the bill would COM
plicate the legislative situation ana
might prevent congress adjourning
June 10.
"You confine yourself to this bill
and don't try to tell us about leg
islative strategy" said Glass.
Burke began pounding his side
of the table but the dispute soon
quieted.
Burke told the committee that
Pittsburgh bankers considered the
bill an unwise and deflationary
measure, which, if enacted into
law, would tend to nullify recent
emergency relief. He also argued
that the bill, by limitation of bank
ownership of real estate, would
result in further deflation of land
values
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
Arrest Two For
Eastern Crime

LOS ANGELES, March 80. UP
Detectives today went to an obscure
rooming house here and found
more than $4,000 in cash whic h
they believed to be part of a
$4,000 robbery staged last Decem-
ber % in the American Trade and
Savings Bank of Racine, Wis.
Money which lay in a battered
brief case was counted and found
to total $10,606.
Ralph Baughard, 90, and a youth
who said his name was Davidson
Hoyt, 10, were arrested
Baughard was booked at police
headquarters on suspicion of rob-
berry. The youth, who wrote the
name of Hoyt Davis on the police
books was marked suspicion OF
robbery pending investigation"
Detectives claimed that Bau-
ghard eXonerated the youth, say
ing he picked him up as a hitch
hiker" near Laredo, Tex, and Of
fered to care for him until he
found work.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
Report Mexican
Official Slain

MEXICO CITY, March 80. (u.RS--
Dispatches TO the newspaper Uni
versal from Puebla today said
Roberto Rodriguez, secretary Of the
San Lorenzo Chautzingo municipal
government, was killed and Rafael
Campos. a protestant minister. was
beaten severely in disorders In
front OF the municipal building.
A member Of the crowd which
surrounded Rodriguez seized
rifle from a police commandant
and shot Rodriguez. The mob ap-
parently resented Rodriguez atti-
tude on the request of a local
Catholic priest, Pedro Perez, that
police investigate several shots
fired at Perez while he was en-
route to his home
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
Expose Powder
Puff Racket

SACRAMENTO, March 80. W.R)-
A powder puff racket in Califor-
MIA was exposed today by the state
division of weights and measures.
BY resorting to false bottoms and
bulky powder puffs, Southern Cal
ifornia manufacturers have been
defrauding thousands of women,
young and DID, Governor Rolph was
informed.
The size of the box and the
amount of powder in it were also
at great variance, the division dis
closed.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
Blame Explosion
On Racketeers

GLENDALE, March 80. U.P)-Rac-
keteers in price war were blamed
today for an explosion which
wrecked cleaning and dyeing shop
here last night.
Machinery was damaged, bricks
torn from a wall and buildings in
the vicinity rocked by the explos-
ion, which was heard for blocks.
There had recently been a price
war among cleaners, investigators
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
Railroad Hearing
Set For May 9th

WASHINGTON, March 80. U.Pl-
The application of the Southern
Pacific railroad for aut hority to
acquire control of the San Diego
and Arizona Eastern Railway COM
pany, made to the Interstate COM
merce commission will be heard III
Los Angeles, May 8, before Exam
iner T. F. Sullivan.
WASHINGTON March 80. U.PE-
The interstate commerce commits
sion today set May 10 as the date
for hearing the application of the
Denver and Pacific railroad to
construct an 800-mile line from
Denver to San Pedro Harbor
Calf. Examiner T. F. Sullivan
will preside over the hearing ut
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
MEXICAN BANDITS SLAIN

ORIzABA, Vera Cruz, Mex,
March 30. W.pl-Three bandits who
shot and killed one man and
wounded another here in day
light robbery in Orizaba's princi-
pal street were killed by federal
soldiers after they had been cap
tured and attempted to escape. A
fourth bandit remained at liberty.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
SHOES AND S24 BOUGHT SITE

PORTLAND, Ore. (U.P)-The en-
tire block on which the Hotel Port
land stands once sold for a pair
of boots and $24. Across the street
the old post office site was pur-
chased for $4,000 and now cam
not be sold for less than $1,750, 900,
by congressional enactment.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
Air Lines Cut
Running Time

CHICAGO, March 80. U.P)-Unit-
ed Airlines and American Always
today announced faster schedules
effective April between Chicago
and the southwest and Pacific
coast.
Over a combined route running
time to Los Angeles is reduced to
% hours from Chicago, Ell Paso to
16 hours, Tucson, Ariz., 10 hours,
and Phoenix, 20 hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
WOUNDED, HIKES 100 MILES

LAKEVIEW, Ore. U.R>-Jimmie
Washoe, Indian youth, accidentally
shot himself through the left
breast, lung and back with pistol
at Adel. He travelled 100 miles
alone before reaching aid. He is
recovering.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
WHAT'S DOING

TONIGHT
Mid week meetings churches.
Moose lodge, 8, NJ le home.
Eagles, s, 500 Broadway.
f. and A. NJ. No. 664, 1880,
Masonic Temple.
Troop 3, B. S. A. NJ, I, Scout
hut.
Fox Imperial theatre, "The
Broken Wing.
TOMORROW
Rotary club, Barbara Worth.
Seeley-Westside home depart
ment, A, X. Ferguson house.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
TO STOCK PARTRDGES

HARRISBURG, Pa. U.P,EThe
state game commission is await
ing arrival of 1000 Hungarian part
ridges shipped from Czecho-
Slovakia and intended for stock
ing Pennsylvania hunting sections.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
KIDS ARE PATRIOTIC

DAYTON, Ore. U.E-Dick Stew
ems, a farmer south of here, has
three patriotic kids, one white, one
red and one blue. They were born
during a Snowstorm. The nanny
has her hands full with the
triplets.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-30
AWglL-
~ ROGERS
W .S9ys: n

BEVERLY HILLS, March 30.
(SpeciaD-No matter what the
poor old dumb government
tries to do, the "big boys" have
a scheme that beats it.
Now the big bankers have
got a new racket" Instead
of them going direct to the new
finance commission for dough,
they send the folks that owe
them. They get it from the gov
ernment and then pay them
off.
That doesn't cave a single soul
out snipe-hunting with a sack,
but the government. And,
brother, when one of those
"big babies" transfers one Of
his loans over to Uncle Sam,
it's not frozen asset" It's a
petrified persimmon.
Yours.
Mx& R14A<
q Gtsst. hsNausht syndi.A.a- he