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Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
CUT IN COUNTY
SALARIES NOT
YET ADOPTED

Still undecided over county SAL
sry cuts and other budget slashes,
the county grand jury and board
Of supervisors will not be ready be-
fore Thursday to make public the
proposed county government act
which will be submitted to the
state legislature at Sacramento, ac-
cording to an official announce
ment today.
District Attorney Elmer w. Heald
is preparing the proposed county
government act, but salaries and
other expense items are left blank,
he said, for the final decision of
the supervisors and grand jurors.
Rumored cuts of 20 per cent in
all salaries above $100 a month
may be incorporated in the pro-
posed act, while several offices, in
Guiding that of the district attor-
ney, may face the loss of at least
one deputy.
Even such ineXact information
could not be confirmed, since men,
bers of the grand jury and the SUI
pervisors maintained a discreet Si-
lence in regard to their plans for
economy.
The grand jury will not meet be-
fore Thursday, when the supervisors
will be closeted with the grand
jurors in an effort to reach an
agreement of the various items.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
SMITHS CLOSE
ADVISOR DIES

NEW YORK, Jan. 8. U.PE-Mrs.
Henry Moskowitz, confidential ad-
visor to Alfred E. Smith, was
mourned today by Democratic par
ty leaders, by thousands of friends
and co-workers, and by the poor
to whom she had devoted her life.
She died yesterday, the friend of
Governor Herbert H. Lehman,
President-elect Franklin D. Roose-
velt and many other leading Dem
ocrats. She was credited with much
of the strategy that gave Smith
the Democratic presidential nom
ination in 1923.
Mrs. Moskowitz fell down the
stairs of her home several weeks
ago. Both arms were broken. The
shock weakened her and she con-
tracted pneumonia, but was recov-
ering when her heart weakened.
Last week she suffered her first
heart attack. The second caused
her death.
Smith was at the inaugural GER
emonieS for Lehman in Albany
when he heard the news. Tears
ran down his cheeks. One of her
sons, Carlos Israels, who was at
the inaugural, left with Smith i'm
mediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
GOVERNMENT INCOME FALLS BEHIND
AT RATE OF $1,000 EACH MINUTE

fer with the President-elect in
New York Thursday are known to
Speaker Garner estimates govern
ment expenditures from the boom
period levels as one of the first
Jobs to be tackled.
They are ready to grant Mr..
Roosevelt almost dictatorial pow
els to do it. They see this as the
chief alternative to still heavier
taxes.
Speaker Garnes estimates govern
ment expenses are falling behind
revenues $1O0,OOO,0OO a month.
This is 1888 900 a day.
1t is $4,000 an hour.
1t is $1,000 a minute.
Within the coming year $7,000,-
100000 in government securities
come due. That is more than half
the amount of the European war
debt. 1t represents 81 for every
minute that has elapsed since the
birth of Christ.
When a farmer or a home own
er goes to the money lenders to
renew his mortgage, the banker
wants to know whether he is keep
ing up with his. expenses. If he
can't earn what it costs him to
live, then his credit goes bad
Government is now in the posi-
ton of the man who has let his
expenses get out of hand and can't
keep up his payments. Some cities
are practically bankrupt. In New
York bankers have demanded cer-
tain municipal economies before
they will lend any more money to
the largest and richest city in the
country if not in the world.
Bankruptcy Not Likely
Now in effect the federal gov
ernment is about to go to the
money lenders to ask for renewal
Of a $7000,000,0O0 loan. That is
what it amounts to in rough terms.
The bankers do not expect the
federal government to go bankrupt.
But when they know that its ex-
penses are each day falling more
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
HOOVER DENOUNCES BOURBON
REORGANIZATION OPPOSITION

which gives congress the veto
power
The President charged that un-
less the changes he recommended
were enforced all efforts at reor-
ganization of the government would
"again be merely make-believe."
He emphasized that his program
called for unification of SO activi-
ties into 9 divisions in the federal
government. He vigorously at
lacked the proposals of Democratic
leaders regarding reorganization
and denounced their moves as "a
backward step"
1.-THE some opposition has now
arisen," the President said, (which
has defeated every effort at reor-
eanization for 25 years"
The President indicated that he
did not intend to send any reor-
ganization order to congress before
the end of his administration on
March 4 unless he had some assur-
s.nce that they would not be blocked
by Democratic opposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
Roosevelt Opposes
Special Session

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Jan. 8. U.R)
-President-elect Roosevelt clings
to the hope that an extra session
of congress may be avoided if the
present short session enacts press
ing remedial legislation on agricul-
ture and other important economic
issues, advisers said today.
While Roosevelt has steadfastly
refused to commit himself on the
extra session situation, friends
were unanimous in declaring that
he would not hesitate to call the
lawmakers early in the spring if the
program he has suggested to DEM
ocratic leaders is not carried out.
He was represented as not hesi-
tant to the political consequences
of such an act.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
Believe Crew O
Ice Ship Pc shed

COPENHAGEN, Jan. UP
One hundred members of ne crew
If the Soviet ice breakerE Malygin
were feared lost today aNter the
ship collided with an icFoerg In
northern waters.
The Malygin was one OF the
most famous of Soviet sflps en-
Gagged in exploration in the Arctic.
Il took many scientific expeditions
into the north.
Malygin reported the collision
by radio last night. the signals
ceased suddenly this morning
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
NEW OFFICERS
TAKE PLACES
McPherrin, Osborne And Gra-
ham Assume Duties AS Judge
And Supervisors.

Imperial county's court house
staff was struggling today in a
swirl of activity as three newly
elected officials took office and
several important appointive posi-
tionS remained undecided at neon.
BY a move in which Vaughn N
Thompson becomes senior judge of
the superior court and takes juris-
diction over Department l, r d.
McPherrin assumed control of the
office he won from Judge A. c..
Finney at the last election. Judge
McPherrin's first day in court was
an uneventful one.
Hugh T. Osborne and B. M. Gra-
ham took their positions on the
board of supervisors, Osborne from
the Ell Centro district IN place OF
Romeo c. Smith and Graham from
Brawley in place of Henry jack
son. w. j. Best, CaleXico supervi-
sor, was elected chairman of the
board of supervisors in its first
session of the new year.
At noon the probation committee
had not yet decided upon county
probation officer to take the place
of E. D. Griffin, whose retirement
is certain. Rev. j. G. Spencer of
Seeley and Frank P. McCaslin, for
mer Ell Centro police chief, have
been prominently mentioned for
this position.
The supervisors this afternoon
were to consider appointment of a
superintendent of the county farm,
combined with the office of indi-
gent commissioner, and the ap-
pointment of a county livestock
inspector. Charles Nice, present
superintendent, Lee Welch, who re-
signed from the position few
weeks ago, and George Young,
prominent rancher and member of
the grand jury, have been mention
ed as candidates for appointment
as superintendent of the county
/ farm.
Oswalt Gets Place
Osborne announced officially to-
day that he has chosen P. c. Os-
/ walt as road foreman for his dis
trict, and will proceed at once with
the work of organization. Graham
declared he has not yet perfected
his road organization.
A general Encouragement was no.
ticed in superior court. Judge
Thompson, taking over Department
+ /, took Tom Adams as bailiff and
w. j. McClelland as clerk. George
! Evans replaced Dad Estes as
bailiff under Judge McPherrin, and
Mrs. Margaret Ann Christian, for
merly Judge Thompson's clerk, be-
came clerk for Judge McPherrin.
Adams was bailiff of Judge Finney's
department of the superior court
Mrs. Leta May Bryan was acting
as reporter for Judge Thompson
this morning, with John Kepley in
Judge McPherrin's department.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
Democrats Will
Vote Tomorrow

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8. W.P)-
Headed by Senator-elect William
Gibbs McAdoo, Democratic presi-
Dental electors of California will
formally cast their vote for Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and John N. Gar
ner here tomorrow.
Party leaders today laid plans
for pre-Jackson day celebration
IN connection with the event. Other
Democrats to attend include State
Chairman Maurice Harrison: John
B. Elliott. first vice chairman; a
majority of the Democratic con-
gressmen-elect, and the 25 Demo-
cratic state assemblymen.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
JACK P|CKF0RD
DIES IN PARIS

PARIS, Jan. 3. tU.PG-Jack Pick
ford, screen star and brother OF
Mary Pickford, died at the Amer
ican hospital today.
Although inactive on the screen
lately, ne starred in many pictures
since beginning his film career in
1919. He was born in Toronto in
1896.
Pckford entered the hospital Oct.
IA for treatment for a nervous
breakdown.
Death occurred at p. NJ.
Jack Pickford's picture career
Anever flourished like that of his
! sister, Mary, but was more spectac-
ular at times. He was frequently
featured in the headlines as a re-
suit of his three marriages and his
innumerable escapades. in Holly
wood.
He married three times His first
wife was Olive Thomas, who mar
ried him in 1917 at a time when
she was known as the most beau
tiful woman on the screen. She
died suddenly after swallowing
some tablets. Some reports had her
suicide, while others claimed she
mistook poison for headache tab
let's.
In 1922, Pickford was mari led to
MaAilYi Miller, who had just swept
the theatre off its feet by her star
performance in Florenz ziegfeld's
musical comedy, Sunny" -Four
years later Miss Miller obtained a
divorce.
Mary Mulhern, another ziegfeld
beauty, was Pickford's third wife.
They were married in Del Monte,
Cal, III 1890 after an automobile
elopement from Hollywood. Miss
Mulhern was constantly at his
bedside during dong illness moro
than a year agoA Last February,
she obtained an interlocutory de-
cree of divorce from him.
His last screen successes as an ac-
tor were in Brown of Harvard" "
Exit Smiling" and Gang War;
Pickford was educated in st.
Francis Military Academy, New
York.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
Court Enjoins
Film Actress

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 8. <U.H =
Marlene Dietrich, Blonde Venus"
of the screen, planned to confer
with her attorney today regarding
n reply to federal injunction, en-
ioining her from working with any
other studio before she completes
~The Song of Songs" for Para
mount. -
Although granting temporary
restraining order, Federal Judge
Harry Hollzer refused to issue a
companionate order enjoining the
actress from leaving the country.
The two petitions were 1iied IN
ron junction with a damage suitt
asking $182,85O which Paramount
claimed Miss Dietrich owed II from
nnearned salary payments
THE actress responded to the SUD
don turn of events by the prieI
Statement that the litigation TOOK
me by surprise"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. U.H-
President Hoover today denounced
rising Democratic opposition to his
plans for reorganization of gov
crnmental activities and called on
congress to ''keep its hands off
now" or give to his successor
''much larger powers Of independ-
ent action" tt.stt.
President Hoover made his at
tack on the Democratic opposition
at noon press conference held
after his return from his Florida
fishing trip. 1t was his first press
conference since September 13.
Either congress must keep its
hands off now or they must give
to my successor much larger power
Of independent action than given
to any president if there is ever to
be reorganization, the President
said
And that authority to be effect
i've should be free of the limita-
tions in the law passed last year,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
By H. r. EKINs

tlnlted FreSS starr correspondent
PEIPING, Jan. 8. - The Shan
haikwan Chinese garrison today
repulsed formidable Japanese at
tack from land and sea and air.
1t was emulation of the brilliant
defense of Shanghai by the Chin
csc 18th route army last year.
The Japanese assembled seven
airplanes, 10 field guns, two des-
troyers, and 5000 infantry at Shan
haikwan, reports received here
said, but Withdrew after suffering
heavy losses in an hour of fight
ing.
dispatches to the United Press
from Changchun, capital of the
Manchukuo government, quoted
Manchukuo officials as saying that
peace negotiations were opened at
Shanhaikwan after the Chinese
asked that fighting cease.)
Gen. HUI Chu Kuo, commander
cf the garrison, reported by radio
to Marshall Chang Hseuhl Liang that
Japanese infantry tried to carry a
breach in the southeast wall of
Shanhaikwan opened by artillery
end airplane bombardment, but
were driven back by Chinese ma
chine gunners.
The Chinese were repairing their
defenses, expecting another assault.
The japanese losses at Shanhaik-
wan were said to have angered
military leaders, increasing the
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
Governor Bryan
Reported Better

LINCOLN, Neb. Jan. 8. {U.P1 =
Physicians today were prepared for
an emergency administration of
oxygen to Gov. Charles w. Bry-
an should change in his condition
make this necessary.
The Nebraska executive, how
ever, was reported recovering slow
ly from an attack of pneumonia,
complicated by heart disease. He
passed "a comfortable night" his
physicians said.
Bryan, brother of William Jen-
nings Bryan, was taken i'll cleo
ton night, with a cold contracted
during q hard and successful cam
paig for reelection. He has been
bedfast since.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
HIKING
ASSEMBLYMA
RIGHT ON JOB

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3. U.P)
James S. O'COnner, Los An
geles assemblyman, today de-
clared he was no hitch hiker,
he's a Democrat.
O'COnner told newspaper
men in Los Angeles that he
and his son expected to hitch
hike to Sacramento for the leg
islative session because both
he and his campaign committee
were "brOke."
Yesterday he showed up in
the state capitol in plenty of
time for the opening of the
session. He admitted he did
not have to use his thumb
once, as friend brought him
all the way from Los Angeles
in n sedan.
But O'Conner lost no time in
"cashing in on his member
ship. He promptly collected
the full travel fare allowed to
Los Angeles and got job for
his small boy as a page in the
assembly at $3.50 a day.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
Hoover Returns
From Vacation,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. U.P)-
Tanned and rested, President
Hoover returned to Washington at
8 a. m. today from a 10 day fish
ing cruise in southern waters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover motored
at once from the station to the
White House. The morning was
cold and raw and damp, decided
change from the warmth in which
they had been basking off Flori-
Ga.
Mr.. Hoover and his guests voted
the trip a success as far as fish
ing was concerned, although their
luck was bad at first. In two days
off Palm Beach, the President
brought in five sail fish. The en-
tire party got "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
Senator Attacks
X. F. 6. Actions

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. U.P) =
Relief activities of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation were at
tackled today as penny pinching"
compromises and subsequently de-
Tended as the best possible ap-
proach to the unemployment prob
lem under the circumstances.
The criticisms of relief work were
made by Senator Costigan, Dem,
Colo, presiding at the first senate
manufacturers committee hearing
on the $5O,0O0,0O0 La Folette-Cos-
tigan relief bill. Frank t. Bane, of
Chicago, representing the Ameri-
can association of public welfare
officials, said the R. F. G. relief
section "has done everything pos
sible under it's limitations to ap-
proach the problem"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
TRIAL
OF HALLORAN
Court Agrees To PostpOnement
Until Tomorrow On Plea Of
New District Attorney.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 3. UP
Arrangement of John J. Halloran,
wealthy lumberman, on a grand
jury indictment accusing him as
an accessory after the murder of
Agnes Anne LIE Roi by Winnie
Ruth Judd today was continued
until $50 a. m. tomorrow.
The continuance was granted by
Superior Judge Howard c. Speak
man when the new county attor-
ney, REM L. Jennings, asked time
to study a defense motion to set
aside and quash the Indictment,
and also the indictment itself.
Contentious that the Maricopa
county grand jury was biased and
prejudiced against Halloran when
| it returned the indictment and
that the jury had not been elected
properly were contained in the de-
fense motion.
Frank o. Smith, attorney for
Halloran, told Judge Speakman the
motion was not to be considered
"as perfunctory gesture.
"We are prepared to argue it
out on two major premises" he
said.
"Bias and prejudice existed
against Halloran," Smith declared
after Judge Speakman had con-
tinued the hearing. "It is evident
from the grand jury's action in re-
turning an indictment against my
| client and then on the same daV
recommending Mrs. Judd's sentence
he commuted because it believed
she shot in self-defense."
The grand jury was selected from
a list which included many names
of those not qualified to sit, read
the motion. 1t charged some of
those on the list resided outside
the county.
| PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. g. U.P)--
The state board of pardons and
paroles will not act on the rec
ommendation that Winnie Ruth
Judd's sentence be committed to
life imprisonment until it has APP
pointed civilian member, Attor-
ney General Arthur La Prade
chairman, said today.
1--WE must meet and organize
appointing civilian member, be-
fore we can take any action. il
any, on the recommendation, La
Prade said. Herman Hendrix, SUI
perintendent Of public instruction
is the other new board member.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03

Editors Note: Following is
the first cf a series of dis
patches by Raymond Clapper,
chief of the Washington Bu-
reau of the United Press, which
will report some of the ways
in which the taxpayers dollar
is spent. After giving gen.
eral picture of the worlds
largest business in action, these
dispatches will report object
lively some of the ways in
which this money is being
spent. Specific items will be
described because of their gen.
eral interest and without re-
gard to whether they might
be considered meritorious or
otherwise.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
PUBLICITY FOR
PRESS AGENT

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8. W.P>-
Harry Hammond Beall, press agent,
objected strenuously when the
Southern California Telephone
company listed his name under the
cosmetic business in it's August,
1882 directory.
And because its officials alleg-
cdly refused to interest them
selves in the error, Beall today
filed suit in superior court for
S520,000 damages.
Beall, according to his complaint,
has been embarrassed and humili-
ated by jocular remarks from his
friends, the reputation he has
spent 20 years in building up as
publicity and public relations di-
rector has been damaged, and
federal officers even investigated
his office to determine if his
cosmetic" business was paying
government excise taxes.
The publfEist estimates the tele-
phone directory circulation at 420.-
600 copies, and asks a dollar for
eacG copy in which his name was
enormously listed, plus 100000
Ynitive damages
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
JAPAN PUSHES
INVASION INTO
CHINA PROPER
Stubborn Attack On Shanhai-
kwan Claimed To Have Been
Repulsed By Chinese Army.
PROTEST FILED BY CHINA
Attempt To Link Jehol With
New State OF Manchukuo Re-
news Warfare In Far East.
BY United Press

japanese invasion of China
proper was resumed today with
an attack on Shanhaikwan,
strategically important city
south of the Great Wall,
where it joins the sea.
The Chinese put up a stub
born resistance, and although
the japanese claimed to have
occupied the city completely,
latest advices said they had
been repulsed with heavy loss
eS.
The Japanese had seven air.
planes, 10 field guns, two des-
trOyers and 5000 infantry, and
other warships were enroute.
They were opposed by a heavy
concentration of Marshal
Chang Hsueh-Liang's troops.
The Japanese move was gen.
orally regarded abroad as the
start of campaign to consoli-
date the northern Chinese pro-
vince of Jehol with the Man
churian state of 'sManchukuo"
which they have wrested from
China. Diplomatic observers
were worried, however, fearing
that stubborn Chinese resis-
tance would lead to a punitive
japanese drive toward Peiping,
the old capital and Tientsin,
important commercial city.
China protested to the league
of nations. Washington watched
the situation closely, although
it was doubted Secretary Slim
son would make a formal pro-
test to Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
Cochran Stays AS
Rolph's Secretary

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3, WD-
Frank Cochran OF Los Angles will
rsmain as secretary to Governor
RoIph. it was officially anq0unced
today. ao;d tooA.
o,.ia;nailv had been schedued for
transfer to a state attorfeyship
q Ios Angeles but that was
being be retained because thel sel,o office
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
MISTRESS Of
KING SLAIN

WARSAW, Jan. 8. U.pl-Private
advices received here today, but
wholly unconfirmed, reported that
Madame Magda Lupescu, with
whom King Carol of Roumania
lived in exile, had been killed by a
Roumanian army officer in the
presence of the king.
Warsaw papers printed the re-
port.
According to the story, King Caro-
was greeted by army officers ir
front of the royal palace several
days ago, and appeared on a bal
cony, accompanied by Madame
Lupescue. A young officer ran for
ward and shot the woman, the re-
ports said, and in tufn was serious
ly wounded by an adjutant of the
king. The officer wasNarrested
(Note to Editors-Walsaw papers
claim that censorship pHvented the
above story coming out II Buchar-
est. The London and erlin bu-
reaus of the United ress are
checking Bucharest hy telephone
and telcgRph)
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

United Press Staff Correspondent
copyright, 1888, BY United Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. - Re-
duction of government costs COM
rlanded attention today as a prime
object of the incoming Roosevelt
administration.
House and senate Democratic
leaders who are preparing to con-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
nMlLL
R!S9}!;

BEVERLY HILLS, Jan. 2.
(SpeciaD-Same faces, same
men issued New Years out
look predictions. 1t looks like
they just stay in business all
year to get to tell "what the
New Year has in store for us"
Everyone has enough to live
on no matter what happens.
But 1 have never seen a paper
print what a poor man thought
of the coming year"
Suppose at a hanging in a
jail the reporters got state
ments from the warden, and
all the spectators, but no one
asked the convicted man what
he thought the future had in
store for him?" So tomorrow
after these others have all
been forgotten as usual, l
have one from just such
man to tell you.
Yours,
Mx& Ro~N
0lsss MeNausht Syndicate. Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-03
.erced District
Paying Interest

MERGED, Calf, Jan. 3. UP
Payment of interest and principal
on bonds of the Merced Irrigation
District was begun here today as
district officials announced a tax
delinquency of nearly 10 per cent.
Representative of the First Ma
tional Bank of Merced, acting for
its clients, were expected to re-
ceive nearly all of the $240,000
tp apply on the S4770O0 interest
and 100000 principal due.