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Evening star., 1932-06-30
BY ELMER DAVIS.

CHICAGO, June 80 (NAN.A). -
Godfrey G. Gloom, the unterrified Hoo
sier Democrat, was discovered by re-
porter sitting in the Congress Hotel
lobby with his Prince Albert coat
wrapped tightly about him and his
arms folded across his chest.
You must be pretty warm, Mr..
Gloom" the reporter ventured.
Better be hot than destitute said
Mr.. Gloom. Ever since l heard that
Gov. Ritchie had $500 stolen out of his
coat pocket the other night by some
fellow that came up to shake his hand
and congratulate him on his prospects
OF nomination, been nursing the bill
fold that contains what three years Of
Republican prosperity have left me.
but I must say" Mr.. Gloom pur-
sued, that that episode kind of dis
couraged me about Ritchie. I'd been
thinkin' pretty well of him before that,
but we don't want a President that it's
so easy to steal things of of. We had
enough of that a few years back"
Who is your preference for the pres
idential nomination." the reporter
asked.
For Will Rogers.
"If you'd asked me earlier" replied
Mr.. Gloom candidly, I'D have told you
I had none. True to the duty of every
resident of Indiana I was waitin' till
properly constituted authority in the
State organization told me who my
heart was throbbin' for.
But since I heard that combination
PRAYER meeting, song service and vaude-
Vile show that they put on at the Sta
dunn when the Resolutions Committee
failed to appear, want to say that I'm
for Will Rogers first, last and all the
time. He's the only man who has yet
addressed this convention who when he
showed signs of stoppin', was greeted
by shouts of No. no, go on Any man
who could have such an effect on these
hot and hungry delegates would sweep
the country.
"It's a blame good thing for Roose-
velt and Ritchie and the rest Of them
that the convention was technically in
a state of recess at the time. II some
fellow'd got up and nominated Rogers
right then, he'd have got two-thirds of
the vote as quick as the secretary could
have called the roll"
But there was good deal of a DEM
onstration for Roosevelt, said the re-
porter.
so there was" Mr.. Gloom agreed,
"and for Al Smith and Ritchie. too.
Evening star., 1932-06-30
ORGANIZED DRYS
FACING DILEMMA
IN ELECTION FIGHT

Continued From First Page)
ment until after they have met on
Friday" said Polling. but for myself I
can say that the Democratic plank Is
the plank Of the dripping vets and not
Of democracy. It cannot satisfy drys,
liberal or conservative. 1t makes re-
peal party issue.
Frank and Explicit.
Beyond this. the closing paragraph
proposing modification pending repeaD
will be interpreted by many as invit
ing notification. II is very frank
and explicit plank.
1T will be interesting to observe the
reaction of several million. dry Demo-
Gratis to this effort to bind them by
national party action to support repeal
of the eighteenth amendment"
Then, to compare with the Repub-
lican plank, Polling recalled state
ment he made recently to the effect
that il was apparent the extreme vets
were decidedly less pleased With the
plank than were We. the drys'
DR.. Edwin c. Dinwiddie. secretary
of the board expressed q hope that all
dry groups viii get together on pro-
gram. but he declined to make any
conlectures.
Cannon Hits Walsh.
Bishop James Cannon, jr.. said to-
day the communication BY Senator
Walsh Of Montana last night Of the
conduct on the convention floor dur
ing the prohibition debate was the most
amazing I ever heard in political con-
Yention."
The conduct in the convention was
most reprehensible. the bishop said. 1t
indicated very clearly that repeal sup
porters did not believe in fair play 1
see no other way to interpret the be-
havior."
Bishop Cannon said newspapers
were hurled at him several times, but
he added they might not have been
directed at him personally. He said
he did not know who had thrown them
and that others who did not stand
during the demonstrations might have
had similar experiences.
The churchman declined to comment
on the prohibition plank itself, but said
in all probability he would have a
statement later.
Evening star., 1932-06-30
Warm Christmas DAYS.

During the last century the warmest
Christmas days we're those Of 1872 and
1882, when in London the thermometer
stood on both days at 56 degrees, In
1920 the records for the three days,
Christmas eve TO Boxing day. we're brok-
en- with temperatures of 50, 56 and SO
degrees. A Winter "heat-wave" of this
kind is caused by warm air being drawn
up from the South Atlantic, and more
often than not this brings with 1t thick
clouds and rain.
Evening star., 1932-06-30
Convention Notes

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 30-There'S new
way, via radio. for the delegate hus-
band to let homestaying wife know he's
on the job.
At intervals during the Democratic
Convention, a peculiar whistle has been
heard. A delegate explained that an
unidentified neighbor was responsible:
His wife is listening on the radio
and it's his way of proving he's attend
ing TO work and not having a good
time downtown"
There was much searching at the
Democratic Convention when Republic
an Alice Roosevelt Longworth, hither-
to a regular attendant at every session
was missing from her place last night
She was found at last at Chicago's
Planetarium, much enthralled by lee
ture on the stars.
Mrs. Al Smith was pleased and proud
but placid during that vociferouS and
prolonged ovation for her husband last
night. But their slim and pretty
daughter, Mrs. Emily Warner, who
campaigned with him four years ago
gave vent TO whole-hearted enthusiasm
Il wish this convention would make
It possible for me to go campaigning
again--we'd win this time" she said.
Would you campaign for any cam
didate this convention selects?" she
was asked
No" she emphatically stated. Dads
my candidate"
Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter Of that
famed dry, william Jennings Bryan,
mounted to the press table to view the
conventions big wet parade
Her expression was philosophical
Mrs. owen recently went down to de-
feat in the Democratic Florida primary
under an avalanche OF wet votes.
Elizabeth Marbury, self-styled grand
mother OF Democracy" i'll New York,
wheels by an emergency hospital on her
way to the stadium every morning.
And every day l tell the man push
ing my chair-a little more nervously
every day-'Put some speed on, put
some speed onp"
Suffering from arthritis, the pic
turesque delegate keeps up stream
of wiSecracks on the Democratic scene.
But she said the only real excitement
I get is news from my farm-potatoes
are coming up"
It's a happy reunion as we'll as a
Democratic convention for at least two
Of the prominent women who are taking
part in the proceedings in the big. sta
dium.
Mrs. Robert C. Watts of Lynchburg,
Va, and Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens
of Mississippi, sisters, are national COM
mitteeWomen from their respective
States and all the talking they do on
the platform is not about who will be
nominated.
They are daughters Of the late Sena-
tor A. j. McLaurin of Mississippi.
There was much talk Of William Jen-
nings Bryan today at breakfast, where
members of his family and friends
gathered.
Josephus Daniels recalled the Com
moners" famous cross-of gold speech
in 1896 and smilingly said:
Some North Carolinans are still vot-
ing for Bryan"
James A. Farley. often called "One
Ballot" Farley since he came to Chicago,
felt so confident Of Gov. RooseVelt's
nomination today that he played hockey
from headquarters and went swimming.
Farley has clung to his Roosevelt-on-
the e-first-ballot prediction ever since
the first primary result from New
Hampshire In the early Spring.
Evening star., 1932-06-30
Ham" Stations Increase.

Either enforced leisure due to the de-
preston or an unusual interest in anna
teur radio due to the increasing radio
telephone vogue has led to an unusual
increase Of late in the number of
licensed ham" stations. According to
William D. Terrell, chief of the Depart
ment of Commerce radio division, in
charge Of amateur radio, there are now
81 ,859 licensed amateur stations, COM
pared with 22,739 a year ago.
Evening star., 1932-06-30
Mrs. Putnam Gets Medal.

The fourth luminary to receive the
Columbia Broadcasting Systems dis
tinguished service" medal for contribu-
tions to the radio art is Amelia Ear
hart Putnam, because of her broadcast
interviews from London at the end OF
her epoehal flight. Others who have
been awarded the medal are Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, Leopold Sto-
kowski and Sir John Reith, diEector
general ~of the British Broadcatin
Corporation.
Evening star., 1932-06-30
Small Beginning-Great Ending.

New York State ranks among the
foremost producers of salt in this coun-
try and the industry dates back to
1853, when the French Father Simon
LIE Moyne had his attention called to
spring laden with salt while he was on
a visit to the Onondaga Indians With
very crude apparatus he recovered
quantity of sodium chloride which he
carried with him ON his journey and
presented to the persons who enter
tained him. His discovery was really
the beginning Of the great industry
which exists at ti@ present time Up
to that time the only salt made in the
State was that recovered from the COM
paratively weak brines Of the ocean.
Evening star., 1932-06-30
Democrats Go Full Length
for Repeal of Dry
Laws.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, June 30.-The text OF the
platform plank committing the Demo-
cratic party to repeal of the eighteenth
amendment, approved by an over
whelming vote last night, follows:
The Accepted Plank.
I'VE favor the repeal OF the eight
eenth amendment
ITO effect such repeal. We demand
that the Congress Immediately propose
a constitutional amendment to truly
representative conventions in the
States called to act solely on that
proposal.
I'VE urge the enactment Of such
measures by the several States as Will
actually promote temperance, effectively
prevent the return of the saloon and
bring the liquor traffic into the open
under complete supervision and control
by the States.
I'VE demand that the Federal Gov
ernment effectively exercise its power
to enable those States to protect them
selves against importation Of intoxicat-
ing liquors in violation of their laws.
Pending repeal, we favor immediate
modification of the Volstead act to
legalize the manufacture and sale OF
beer and other beverages Of such
alcoholic content as is permissible under
the Constitution and to provide there
from a proper and needed revenue"
The Rejected Plank.
The text Of the minority report, pro-
posing submission of the eighteenth
amendment to the people, and which
was rejected, follows:
That the Congress Immediately pro-
pose to truly representative conventions
in the States, called to meet solely en-
the proposal, repeal Of the eighteenth
amendment.
"In the event of repeal we urge that
the Democratic party cooperate in the
enactment of such measures in the sew
eral States as will actually promote
temperance. effectively prevent return
of the saloon and bring the liquor
traffic under complete supervision and
control by the States; and that the
Federal Government effectively exercise
It's power to protect States against i'm
portation OF intoxicating liquors in
violation of their laws"
Evening star., 1932-06-30
Radio Project Reported.

An unconfirmed report has reached
American radio officials that a new
rs. .00O-watt radio station, said to be
backed by American interests in Los
Angeles, has been projected for erec-
tion at Ensenada. Lower Calf The
Mexican government is supposed to
have authorized It's construction with
directional antenna designed TO serve
American listeners In the Southwest.
Evening star., 1932-06-30

if he expected to continue in politics,
he smiled and replied:
Il have no plans"
Was the result Of his time and money
worth while?
Raskob smiled again andAsaid. "of
course"
Evening star., 1932-06-30
SCHOOL DATA DELAYED
District Auditor Told Years Bal
ances Are to Be Complied.

Public school officials today notified
Daniel Donovan, District auditor, that
they will be unable to present to him
their 1884 estimates until compila-
ton has been made Of unexpended bal
ances from this years appropriations.
The auditor had issued a request to
all District departments to submit thier
1894 estimates as soon as possible, but
while school officials have listed the
items which they would include in that
years budget they feel unable to for
ward a budget to the District Building
until the school finances haSe been
more completely checked.
Chile is trying to stop the boarding
of coffe, tea, sugar, cooking oils and
other highly perishable products.
Evening star., 1932-06-30

A German field gun presented to st.
Ives, England in 1919 by the British
war Office is to be sold as scrap. the
proceeds going TO the local British
Legion.
Evening star., 1932-06-30

Rouen, France, will combine its COM
mercial, industrial and agricultural
shows this year.
Evening star., 1932-06-30

Continued From First Page)
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-04
LOST BRITISH
SUBMARINE IS
FOUND At LAST

PORTLAND, Eng, Feb. 4. U.P)-
Divers studied plans for raising
the submarine M-2 today, discov-
cred in the wreck-strewn Dead
Mans bay lying alongside a Ger
man U boat sunk during the World
war.
The M-2 had been missing since
January 26. Rescue vessels had
worked over the area where she
was found many times, but the
sweeps had brought up only sub
marine signal flags.
The cause of the disaster had
not been determined nor had divers
learned how many of the go men
aboard the submarine when she
dived for the last time still were
inside.
The M-2 was found about So
miles off Portland Bill, where div
ers had inspected four wrecks with
in a radius of quarter of mile
"a hours after the submarine dis
appeared
An official announcement said
the submarine was located at 6:10
p. m. yesterday. 1t was last heard
from officially at 10 a. m. January
rs.
The M-2 was lying in 108 feet of
water
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-04
HUNT FOR LOST
CENTURY PLANE
WILL CONTINUE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4. U.P).-
The sixth day Of exhausting, dam
gerous search began today for the
men hunting eight persons lost in
a Century-Pacific passenger air.
plane last Friday.
On the ground and in the air
they gave painstaking attention to
detail, checking every clue obtained
since the skyliner disappeared.
Almost a week has passed since
the ship took off from Bakersfield
on a 126-mile flight to Los Angeles
over the Tehachapi mountains. 1t
never arrived.
The mountains have been swept
by storms continually until yes
terday. Snow piled many feet deep
in mountain valleys. Blizzards
sWirled around peaks eight and
nine thousand feet high, blocking
search by air. Men on snowshoes
and on horses broke trail in des-
perate efforts to find the ship and
were rewarded only by frost bite
and WEAKNESS.
Reports OF persons who thought
they had seen signs of wreckage
were checked without avail.
Today, in addition to other clues,
one followed which brought re-
newed hope of success. 1t was the
sighting of what looked like wreck
age of an airplane by Earl H. Left
United Press staff correspondent,
flying with Lieut.. j. w. Williams
in a navy plane.
Left and Lieutenant Williams
sighted an object resembling an
airplane fusilage half concealed
under the snow on a mountainSide
about 60 miles southeast of Bakers
field. Hazardous air currents made
it impossible to check closely. The
object was to be investigated today
by a special plane.
Two telescopes with range OF
between 80 and 40 miles were to be
set up today to scan the mountain
sides.
Reports from Sandberg, head
quarters of the Los Angeles Sher-
ifs office, were that clouds were
rolling up and a renewal of the
storm was feared.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-04
UNITED PRESS WRITER TELLS OF
ATTACK ON FORTS BY JAPANESE

About l p. m. the forts were
silenced. The firing ceased.
Meanwhile, dozens of ships of all
nationalities had assembled, await
ing the finish of the bombardment.
I saw japanese airplanes circling
continuously over the weakly de-
Tended forts. Some dropped bombs
on the Chinese defenders. The
thoroughnesS of the attack was ev-
ident.
The Dairen Maru proceeded up
the Whangpoo river to Shanghai at
4 p. m. We passed close in shore
at WooSung where the channel
swings near the forts. I easily
could see the shattered Chinese
batteries and shell torn houses and
buildings.
Shells had torn huge hole in the
roofs and smashed countless Chin
ese mud houses to bits.
WooSung, town of 10000 inhab-
itants, chiefly fishermen, was de-
serted. The ships passed upstream
undisturhed.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-04
BA 7 7 Il
WON BY
JAN|TOR
MearOn Perkins Kills Ban
dit With Gun Latter
Had Stolen.
VICTIM IDENTIFIED
Alvin Self Recognized AS
Having Escaped From
Arizona Prison.

Turning on his assailant while
the muzzle of a revolver was
pressed into the small of his back,
Maeron Perkins, 45, Negro janitor
| of the FL Centro post office, early
| this morning wrested the gun from
burglar who had ransacked the
| package room of the post office,
and in the resulting struggle
fatally shot the burglar three
| times.
Shortly after the burglar died in
| the Ell Centro hospital at o'clock.
he was identified by means of a
police circular as Alvin Self, %, a
convict who escaped from the
Florence, Ariz., penitentiary jan
| nuary 26. He had served 10 months
Of sentence for robbery, calling
| for a term of from 10 to 20 years
in prison.
: Although Self shot once at
Perkins while they were sprawled
on the floor of the package room,
he missed and Perkins was un-
harmed. After police had taken
charge, the janitor went about his
duties of cleaning up the post
/ office.
That some reward by the post
office department is due Perkins
was the general opinion today, al
though what reward is offered
could not be learned. c. C.
jenkins, postmaster, did not know,
| but expressed the opinion there is
! some reward.
! Perkins was facing the safe and
Self was tying his hands behind
! him when the janitor turned on
the burglar, employing clever
ruse to get momentary advantage.
! In order further to disconcert the
! burglar, Perkins buried his teeth
| in Sells nose.
Summoned by Melvin Perkins,
16, Roy Dupont, police patrolman,
! and F. w. Callahan, merchant
patrolman, arrived after the strug-
! gle was over. Self was rolling on
! the floor of the package room,
/ holding his wounds and moaning.
/ Perkins was in the lobby of the
post office, still holding the gun,
and with cords still dangling from
one wrist.
Had Stolen Gun
! The gun used by Self, and
wrested from him by Perkins, was
one the burglar had taken from a
/ desk in the post office while he
was opening desks, mail boxes and
packages. 1t was a As calibre re-
! VOlver
! Perkins opened the door of the
package room at o'clock this
morning, his usual hour. AS he
stepped inside, Self met him.
! (COutinued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-04
Mt& Ro71A<.
a iSsS. NeNsught syadies,.. tss
STATE WITNESS
HELPS DEFENSE
OF MRS. JUDD
Answers To Questions Of
Counsel Believed To Be
Helpful To Accused.

PHOENIX, Feb. 4. UP)-Winnie
Ruth Judd received unexpected
help today when a state witness at
her trial on a charge she murder
ed Agnes Anne lie Roi told the
court in substance that he did not
believe she had done many of the
things of which she was accused
by the state.
The testimony came reluctantly
from DR.. j. d. Mauldin, county
physician. who was called by the
prosecution to attack the insanity
plea advanced for the defendant.
His decision she was sane was
based upon conversations he had
with her after she was placed in
a cell here charged with killing
Mrs. lie Roi and Miss Hedvig Sam
uelson and dismembering Miss Sam
nelson's body.
The defense on cross examination
demanded that he repeat some Of
these conversations.
We'll" DR.. Mauldin testified,
"one time she said to me Doctor,
you know l didn't cut up Sammy's
miss Samuelsons) body. 1 couldn
even cut up a chicken. You know
too, that I'm delicate woman and
that I couldn't drag those heavy
trunks around and put Anne and
Sammy's bodies in them"
Did that sound like a sane
statement to you?" he was asked
by Defense Attorney Paul Schenci.
"Oh. yes" answered DR.. Mauldin
Then you believed she was tell.
ing you the truth?"
"Oh, yes"
Scnenck then dismissed the
witness.
The defense considered DR.. Maui
din's testimony complete victory
even though he was a states wit
ness. 1t has been contended for
Mrs. Judd that she did not kill
either of the girls or if she did
she shot them in Self-denfense and
that if she did she was insane at
the time.
Or. Mauldins recital fell in
with the defense claim that either
she did not commit the crimes or
if she did she had an acomplice
which the state denies.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-04
SILVER JUBILEE
OF OKLAHOMA TO
BE- CELEBRATED

OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. I. U.R)
Oklahoma will celebrate its 25th
anniversary of statehood in 1882.
Elaborate plans have been made
for the greatest celebration in Ok
lahoma history, for November Is, its
birthday Carrier pigeons will be
released on that day to carry mes
sages of good will to the world.
Parades, ceremonies and fetes
will retell Oklahoma history from
the day, in 1897, when Allen
Wright, governor of the Five Civ
jlized Tribes of Indians, selected
the name Oklahoma" for that
plot of prairie land eventually to
become a state. Oklahoma is a
Choctaw Indian word, meaning red
people. -
Step by step, the glowing chap
ters of the states history will be
relived. Indian wars, the mad land
rush in '89, and the wild days OF
the first oil booms that started
Oklahoma on a turbulent political
future in 1907, when it was admit
ted to the Union.
Seven governors have been elect
ed since 1907. Two have been i'm
peached and impeachment move
ments started against third.
Despite political disturbances,
the state has grown from a terri
tory of 258,657 people in 1890. one
third of which were Indians and
negroes, to 2,396040 in 1880.
From an Indian reservation, be-
lieved virtually worthless except
for agriculture, it has become one
of the wealthiest states. Its entire
mineral wealth in 1923, last avail
able official figure, was S406, ,634,-
SAT, surpassed only by Pennsylvan-
ia.
The value of its oil output alone
in 1923, when oil prices were sta
BILE, was $347 100000 To this it
adds an annual crop worth more
than $200,000,000.
The first governor, G.. N. Has
kell, will be present at the celebra-
ton. He still is active in state af-
fairs.
Invitations will be sent to Pres
ident Hoover, President Cur
tis, cabinet members, ali congress
/, ,oap and tba uovo,,,,n,,c of oil etatoo
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-04
BUSINESSMEN OF
HAWAII PROTEST
NAVAL BOYCOTT

HONOLULU, I. H., Feb. 4. U.P>-
The navy's boycott" of troubled
Honolulu began today with the ar
rival. of the dreadnaught Pennsyl-
vania, vanguard of American fight
ing forces converging on the islands
for spring maneuvers.
Orders prohibiting officers and
men from going ashore were issued
Immediately after the battleship
anchored in the harbor. Admiral
Frank II. Schofield, battle fleet
commander, was aboard.
The order was issueu some weeks
ago in Washington to prevent pos
sible trouble between naval men
and civilians as a result of an out
break of crime in Honolulu. Riots
in which American sailors we're as
seredly involved and the killing of
a Filipino seaman stationed on the
army transport preceded the ban.
Men from the Pennsylvania land
ed at the Pearl harbor naval reser-
vation, headquarters of the 14th
ildNdl dioIi lIl' DliN WNAS NV oiAC" w
beyond its limits.
Businessmen were the heaviest
losers by the restrictions, some esti-
mating that $5,000000 was taken
away from stores and other COM
panies. They planned an appeal to
Admiral Schofield to lift the ban.
The trouble began last Septem-
ber when Mrs. Thalia Fortescue
Massie, young bride OF Lieut.. tjg)
Thomas II. MaSsie, was attacked
Five islanders were accused and
tried but the jury disagreed. While
awaiting a second trial, Joe Kaha-
hawai-. one of the defendants, was
kidnapped and slain.
Lieut. Massie, Mrs. Granville For
escue, mother of the attack victim
and E. j. Lord and A. o. Jones
navy enlisted men, were arrested
and later indicted on second degree
murder charges. Twice delayed
their arraignment was scheduled ir
Circuit Judge Albert M. Cristy':
court today They were expected
to plead not guilty. paving the way