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Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
CUBA FACING
NEW CRISIS
Return Of Former President
Menocal Expected To Compli-
cate Politics.

HAVANA, Aug. 81. UP)-Political
complications brought anxiety to the
new government today while the
populace, reacting from years OF re-
preston, continued to wreak yen-
geance on members of the Machadc
regime.
Mario Menocal, former president,
political power, returned from
exile by airplane from Florida, and
promptly issued statement calling
for a complete new deal-interpret-
ed as an invitation to the govern
ment to call early elections.
While the statement brought fear
that Menocal might seek to rally his
adherents and offer serious oppo-
sition to the new government of
President Carlos Manuel de Cespe-
DIES, leaders of the ABC secret revo-
lutionary organization, who are CO.
operating with DeCespedes, asserted
they would adopt strong measures
if necessary to prevent disorders. y
Unmindful of politics, crowd
dug up the body of Antonio Ain
cart, Machado's hated chief of po-
lice, dragged it through the streets,
to the national university, stripped
it hanged it to a trolley pole with
a cigar in its mouth and, when the
rope broke, tried to burn it.
Sergeant Ends Life
The only other disorder marked
the passing of Tito Sampol, former
police sergeant. Pursued by mem
bers fthe ABS, he sought refuge
in a cafe. He killed Jose Aguirre,
a chauffeur, in his rage. He then
killed himself.
Ainciart, who 10 days ago had a
position of almost supreme police
authority, with the power of life or
death over the ordinary citizen,
killed himself Saturday night. He
had been hunted for a week. He
died under an assumed name in a
rented room, clad in a cheap pair of
trousers, a shirt and a pair of ten
mis- shoes.
Guarded by soldiers, the body was
taken to the morgue. There 10000
persons looked at it yesterday Fear
ing a mob would drag the body
away, soldiers took it to a cemetery
and buried it. The crowd found it
and students disinterred it, When
their efforts to burn it failed they
took it to the morgue. A guard Of
police took it back to Mariana GENE.
terry and buried it again.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
FOUR DEAD IN
TRUCK CRASH.

WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. 81. U.P)
-Four persons were killed and 81
injured today when a truck loaded
with nitro-cellulose (gun cotton)
crashed into the rear of a small
truck filled with picnickers.
The crash was followed by three
explosions, and fire which trapped
men, women and children in the
wreckage. At least one of the dead
was burned alive while Delaware
state highway patrolmen watched
helplessly.
Six automobiles, closely follow
ing the big truck, were set afire.
The picnickers were mostly mem
bers of Chester, Pa, athletic club
and had spent the day at White
Chrystal Beach, Md. Survivors of
the lighter truck told police the
tri-city truck rammed them in the
rear. Many of them still wore
bathing SUITS when the accident
occurred.
Nearby residents, summoned
from hamlets and farms by the
sounds of the explosions, pulled
some of the victims from the
flames.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
STATE TRAFFIC
OFFICE STARTS
NEW SCHEDULE

Effective today, new schedule
of office hours will be in force for
the county office of the state traffic
department, Franz Oswald, captain
of the county squad announced this
morning. Oswalt stated that this
change is being made to conform
with orders recently received from
E. Raymond Cato, chief of the state
highway patrol.
This change is not merely for the
local office but affects others in the
state according to provision OF a
statute enacted by the last legisla-
ture.
The new hours are: from August
81 to August 81, the office will be
open from 8 o'clock a. m, until 4
o'clock p. m.
For the remainder of the year the
hours will be from o'clock a. m,
until 4 o'clock p. m, with the ex-
ception of Saturdays when the Of
flee will close at noon.
On Sundays and holidays the Of
flee will not be open, according to
the provisions of the statute.
Oswalt stated that, these hours
are for the conduct of registrations
and other regular office business
and does not affect the patrol OF
the county highways which will be
continued as hitherto.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
STRIKE
ABOUT ENDED

FRESNO, Aug. 81. U.P)-Peach
harvesting was resumed full blast
in the San Joaquin valley today
as striking pickers went back to
jobs they left in demands for high
err wages.
At the Tagus ranch near Tulare,
originating point of strike which
spread to half-dozen sections OF
the state, 700 men were at work
picking peaches. Canneries at Han
ford, Tulare, and Ammonia, draw
ing on the ranch for the bulk Of
their supplies, resumed with full
crews.
Near MERGED, picking was under
way with full crews on the Cali
fornia Packing corporations huge
ranches.
Smaller strikes at Parlier and
MADEIRA were settled during the
weekend, with the Parlier strikers,
obtaining a wage scale of 20 cents
an hour and the MADEIRA strikers
20 cents. They had received TIE
cents an hour.
The Is cent scale also was in eff
feet at Tulare and MERGED, granted
by the California Packing company
shortly after 1000 pickers walked out,
and by Tagus ranch officials after
prolonged negotiations.
Adoption of 25 cent scale for
peach pickers by the San Joaquin
valley labor bureau was believed
to have forestalled possible other
disagreements.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
NEW LEGISLATION IN STATE
BECOMES EFFECTIVE TODAY
Laws Passed By 1888 Session Of Legislature
Prohibit Numerous Acts And Permit Many
Others

the state without permit; serve on
a jury unless you swear to uphold
state and national constitutions.
Furthermore, you can't, if you're
a merchant, grant secret rebates;
use foreign materials in public
works projects; prevent your work.
ers from joining unions yellow dog
contracts; sell oil illegally pro-
duced in other states; sentence a
man to serve over one year for
misdemeanor; fish commercially
in the klamath river, buy prison
made goods for public agencies; in
flict cruel punishment on prison.
erS.
New Roads Provided
But legislation wasn't all made
up of don't. Effective today were
bills providing:
Addition of $500 miles of county
roads to the state highway sys-
tenn; establishment of an agricul-
tural pro-rate board to prevent
ruinous crop SURPRISES; repeal of
the Jones still act; a state liquor
control act Gf and when the 18th
amendment is repealed competitive
bidding between asphalt and &C.
ment Tor highway contracts; for
nation of Placer mining districts,
much the same as irrigation dis
tricts; railroad commission regula-
ton of all intra state vessels.
A series of new laws bring much
needed relief. One group reduces
penalties and interest on taxes and
offers depression hit citizens OPP
portunity to regain lost properties.
Another removes iniquities and in
justives of deficiency judgments.
Citizens can now hunt Chinese
pheasants and doves certain times
of the year; form limited dividend
corporations and forest conserva-
ton purposes and if you're broke
and an Indian, you needn't pay for
fishing and hunting licenses.
Other new laws:
Special state department attorney
jobs abolished; state control board
must okeh all finance department
bonds purchases; striped bass COM
mercial fishing limited to three
months; state limits on ducks and
geese changed to conform with fed
eral laws; escaped convicts not
eligible for parole until two years
after recapture; summer school ses-
sions made self-supporting; crea-
ton state council of education to
determine relations between I'm
iversity of California and lower
grade schools; creation of the
Orange county water district; state
fish exchange and tax research
bureau abolished and state mar
cotics hospital and Pacific Colony
consolidated.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
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8 TOLL
MAY INCREASE

OCEAN CITY. N. j., Aug. 81.
W.P)-Striking the New Jersey coast
with greater force than the freak
weekend nor;neaster that caused
at least seven fatalities, another
storm originating in the tropics to-
Gay interrupted search for more
than a score of persons reported
missing.
Caution was advised for all YES
sells off the coast.
Northeast winds of considerable
strength will occur during the next
"a hours from Delaware breakwater
to Cape Hatteras, the bureau warr-
ed. Weather disturbance due to the
tropical storm have caused heavy
rainfall along the coast. The bureau
reported that So inches of rain fell
in the last "a hours at Norfolk, Va.
OCEAN CITY, N. j., Aug. 81. UP)
"A mounting death toll from a
freakish northeastern that descended
on the New Jersey and Long Island
coasts yesterday was feared today
as coast guard boats patrolled areas
about a mile off shore. The known
dead reached seven. Scores were
missing.
The gale, approaching hurricane
force. was called "kick back" from
tropical storm. 1t whipped up
the water into mountainous waves
along the Jersey shore about a mile
out. Beyond that the sea was COM
paratively calm.
About 40 boats were reported at
sea in this vicinity when the storm
broke. Many were fishing craft with
parties ranging from five to 20 on
board. Others were pleasure boats.
A furious surf pounded at the
entrance to many inlets and coast
guard boats sped off shore warning
boatmen not to attempt to dock.
Airplanes dropped messages at
tached to life preservers.
Early today more than 300 per-
sons had been taken to the coast
guard base at Cape May. N. j.,
and 81 boats had been accounted
for. Six other craft with a score
aboard still were missing in this
vicinity.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
Polo Star Faces
Serious Charge

CHICAGO, Aug. 81 U.Pj-Cecil
Smith, hard riding captain of the
western polo team, will appeal in
magistrates court tomorrow to an
swer attack charges brought by a
% year old nurse.
Preliminary hearing was set for
today but was postponed to allow
the nurse, Miss Eugenia Rose, of
Lake Forest hospital, time to pre-
sent her case to Eugene Wachow-
ski, assistant states attorney.
Smith asked that the hearing be
held today so he could leave tonight
for the east to prepare for inter
national polo matches which start
next month.
Smith made no statement. In con-
versation with friends, however, he
said he was victim of "frameup."
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
NATIONS OPEN
WHEAT FARLEY

LONDON, Aug. 81. U.H - The
world wheat conference, opening
today with 20 producing and ex-
porting nations represented, made
rapid progress in it's first session,
and adjourned at 80 p. m. practic-
ally in agreement on procedure.
The conference accepted, with
some minor reservations by individ-
ual nations, the draft of a resolu-
ton which will provide the basis
for it's discussions.
The technical committee, repre-
senting 10 of the leading countries
was empowered to meet again con-
currently with the main body, to
work out the important details of
what type of wheat shall be used
as the basis for world recovery, and
what market prices - Liverpool,
Rotterdam, or Chicago-shall be
used as a basis for figures.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
CITES BANKS
BAD CONDITION

DETROIT, Aug. 81. 'U.P,-De-
troit's largest bank-the First Ma
tional-would have been hopeless
ly insolvent" as early as May of
1882 if the treasury department had
forced them to write off SAG, 000,0 900
which the federal bank examiners
listed as losses" Senator James
Couzens testified today.
Asked by Judge Keidan to ex-
plain to the grand jury, inquiring
into bank failures, why the govern
ment permitted the bank to con-
tinue the senator smiled grimly, and
said:
"You must remember there was
political campaign on at that
time"
The bank did agree to write off
So, 100000 of the 100000 as
"loses" and place the remainder
with $54,O0O,OOO of their other as
sets already classified as "slow," the
senator testified reading from a
May 6, 1882 confidential report of
bank examiners to the comptroller
of currency at Washington.
IF the bank had been forced to
write of fthe entire 100000 as
losses" Couzens said, "they would
have been then hopelessly insol-
vent"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21

WET COLUMN

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 81. U.H
Sixty eight anti-prohibition del
egates will meet at jefferson City
on Aug. 80 and formally cast Mis-
souris vote for repeal of the 18th
amendment Scattered returns from
dry rural precincts today failed to
dent the overwhelmingly wet vote
of Saturdays special election.
The vote at the repeal conven-
ton will be unanimously in favor of
ratifying the twenty-first amend
ment. Missouri was the twenty
second state to join the ranks of
the repealists.
With only a few of the states
4,l04 precincts yet to be counted,
the vote was almost four to one
wet. The vets cast almost $4,000
ballots, while the drys mustered
less than $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
@lHlnLdL-,e
w SOS:

CHICAGO, Aug. 20. (SpeciaD
My friend johnson, the code
man, himself and staff are
working IS hours, mot a week,
but IS a day.. If he ever goes
to sleep he won't wake up till
Christmas.
Here is the best one happen
Ell in Washington: All the big
oil men of course we're there,
and that of course meant a big
poker game. Any time two oil
men meet they don't open a
filling station, they open a poker
game. Then, an oil man never
travels without his big lawyer.
Then in another room the law
yers have a crap game.
In the poker game for the
first time it was all cash on the
table, no checks. They didn't
trust each other. That's their
new code. The lawyers used
the same old code, or cash. They
had never trusted each other.
Yours.
P. Snow for the big polo
game to watch the west take
the east like Huey Long took
Louisiana.
VIZ D
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
Committee Meets
With Supervisors

Members of the Imperial County
Farm bureau tax committee met
with the board of supervisors this
morning, discussing with them in
generalities, the subject of the coun-
ty budget and county tax rate.
The meeting was entirely amic-
able, the committee urging the
board to bring about, if possible, a
reduction in the budget and in the
tax rate, but set no arbitrary figures
which it suggested the board might
try to meet.
The sum OF s24.l39.83, represent
ing the county's apportionment of
the state motor vehicle fund, was
turned over to the county auditor
Saturday, the board was advised,
and ordered this amount placed to
the credit of the general road fund.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
NRA LEADER
GETS GUARDS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. {U.Pj-
A police guard was posted at Ad-
n1inistrator Hugh Johnson's office
today but was soon ordered out OF
the corridors when johnson and
his aides discovered they were there.
The guard was stationed after
reports that a delegation of strik-
ing longshoremen was on the way
from Baltimore to demand action
on an MIRA code.
The guard was posted without
Johnson's knowledge.
The captain of the guards in the
commerce building sent three guards
to Johnson's corridor and a captain
of metropolitan police arrived with
a patrolman whom he stationed di-
rectly in lrons OF Jonnson's office.
Word of the guard spread up and
down the offices. Heads popped out
of doors to see what all the excite
ment was about.
A few minutes thereafter orders
were issued to have the guards re-
moved and it was announced del
egation of three of the strikers
would be received whenever they
arrived.
The guards who were removed
from the corridor retired for 10
minutes, shed their uniform caps,
badges and pistols, and returned to
the corridor without any Identify
ing insignia.
NRA officials we're without infor-
nation regarding deIans of the Bal
timore strike.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
ROAD WORK To
PROVIDE JOBS

SACRAMENTO, Aug. FL. U.H =
State highway construction will pro-
vide 400 new jobs by October and
by the end of that month, 1000 more
will be at work, Earl Lee Kelly, die
rector of the department Of public
works said toady.
Kelly expects to have $4,000, 900
of the states $34, 100000 road build
ing program under way by October
81. He has increased mis- engineer
ing force in order to grind out spe-
cifications faster.
Governor Rolph has instructed
Kelly to hasten the construction
program SO as to tighten the unem-
ployment bureau. NJ
This is just the start OF our $3s,-
coo 900 program" Kelly said. Every
move will be in harmony with the
federal governments efforts to ems
ploy more men, shorten hours and
preserve present wages"
State highway workers will go on
a five-day week, with virtually no
wage scale reduced proportionately.
Per diem employees receiving four
dollars daily, will be increased TO
$440 so they will receive the same
income under the five-day week
plan, as at present.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
REPORTS LOSS
OF SECURITIES

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Aug.
Il. GU.Ha-The SAFE OF NORMAN l..
Philip, wealthy former owner of the
A dairy, was looted of $4,000 in
negotiable securities, he reported to
police today.
Philip told authorities he believed
the securities were taken Satur-
day night when he and his family
and their servants weer temporar-
lily absent from his home.
So skillfully did the looters work
that no fingerprints were left and
Philips did not discover his loss un-
til he opened the safe today.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
YOUTHS SHOT
WHILE BATHING

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 81. W.P)-
Struck by a charge of buck cot
assertedly fired by Sam S. Muls lie
of Wilsonia, j. D. Lashley, Wilsonia,
and Albert Duckharme, Inglewood,
were under treatment for minor
wounds today while Mulvillc was
jailed charged with assault with a
deadly weapon.
The youths were swimming at
Lovejoy Springs, near Lancaster
when Mulville appeared with a
shotgun. What are you doing,
shooting fish?" Lashley called out.
Seven buckshot then struck Lash
ley in the face and two slugs lodg-
ed in his companions foot.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
BY THOMAS b. MALARKEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO Cal, Aug. 81. (U.H
To-day, and hereafter, Filipinos
and Whites can't intermarry, adul-
try is misdemeanor instead of
felony. divorced husbands needn't
pay alimony if the eX-wife remar-
ries and you can't catch more than
"a bullfrogs unless you want them
for jumping contests.
These and some $50 other bills
passed at the spring legislative
session, become the law of Califor-
mia today.
They represent long list of leg
islative "cans" and "cant's" and
"musts."
You can't shoot on public high
ways; haul livestock in trucks over
% consecutive hours; get 1884 lie
ense plates unless you've paid the
auto property tax; be a hairdresser
unless you've gone through gram
mar school; erect highway signs
without paying license; sell re-
claimed oil without labelling it as
such.
Nor can you have a Maxim sill
encer on your gun; use spotlight
while fishing and hunting. dig Pts
mo CLAIMS at night; wear fraternal
insignias unless you're an accredit-
ed member; bring mongoose, flying
fox or long tailed field mouse into
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
|CKES STATES
CANAL MUST
AWAIT TURN
Valley Delegation Calls On
Secretary Of Interior To Urge
Inclusion.
BOULDER DAM WORK CITED
Cabinet Officers Says Admin
istration Has Done Well By
Southern California.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. W.p)-
Secretary of Interior Ickes told a
delegation representing the Imper-
jal Irrigation District of Southern
California today that consideration
of the All-American canal project
must await its turn" on the
public works administrators cal
endar.
The delegation headed by former
Rep, Swing, Repn., asked Ickes to
speed action on the $38,500, 900 pro-
ject, declaring the Imperial Valley
region soon would be confronted
with the problem of unemployed
transients migrating to Southern
California during the win tie +
months.
IckeS said the administration felt
it had done fairly we'll for South
ern California as starter" and
cited the huge Boulder dam as an
example of construction which
would benefit all states in the
territory.
He said he believed that because
of its unusually warm climate,
Southern California suffered less
during the winter months than
many other communities.
He told the delegation the canal
project must take its turn, and
the administration could not be
pressed for speed. He reminded the
group that in determining feas-
ible projects; The administration
attempted to give consideration
from the broad viewpoint of aid
ing the entire country"
In the delegation we're E. T.
Hewes and Mark Rose, directors
of the Imperial Irrigation district;
M. j. Dowd, chief engineer; Rep.
Burnham, Repn., Calf, and Swing.
this afternoon at Imperial Irriga-
ton District headquarters, from F..
w. Greer, member of the valley del
egatfon at Washington, confirms
the information in the above Uni
ted Press dispatch:
Entire delegation headed by
Burnham had 15-minute conference
with Ickes. Was not entirely salts
factory for reason secretary said
would be compelled to give some
states other than California funds
before adding canal to list. A new
list is to be announced tomorrow af-
ter which we hope for decision by
committee which held hearing. Goss
stated today that Ellis of Berkeley
bank is to write you direct date of
Goss party visit to valley, but says
will be September second or fourth.
Goss told Eewcs lie believes loans
where drainage problem not issue
and where foreclosure imminent and
ether conditions fair should be
made immediately. He also insisted
Ellis has changed his view to more
favorable one on Imperial Valley
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-21
COAL BAR0NS
NEXT IN LINE
FOR NRA CODE
Johnson Holds Whip Hand As
He Attempts To Bring Indus
try Under Blue Eagle.
UNIONIZATION CHIEF ISSUE
Automobile And Retail Trades
Also Subject OF Conferences
During Week. I
BY HAROLD o. THOMPSON

BY HAROLD D. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Hugh
S. johnson recovery administrator
held the whip hand today as he
pressed for code governing the
holdout coal industry. President
Roosevelt gave him a precedent
for dealing with the unionization
issue, crux of the coal code fight.
when he placed the steel, lumber and
oil industries under the blue eagle.
The customary NRA provision
that no one be compelled to join
a company union was in each code.
Backed by those examples, johnson
was confident of quick action on
coal.
The precedent may be applied
also to automobile production this
week. A code on which hearings
have been completed contained an
open shop provision, but it has been
characterized as unsatisfactory by
Donald Richberg, MIRA general
counsel
Also scheduled for action this
week was a code for the retail
trade on which hearings have been
set for tomorrow.
Coal topped this weeks list, and
johnson called back his former
assistant administrator, Edward F..
Nc Grady from his new post Of
assistant secretary of labor. Me-
Grady warned the coal men that
the situation sis seething with un-'
rest"
Deputy glyeat fH-buicoun-ac
Kenneth NJ Simpson deputy adj
Iministrator and Richberg also tried
to whip the coal operators into line.
The elimination of wage differ.
entails was stumbling block, in
addition to the unionization issue. z.
Oil Men Kick
! Aside from immediate code dis
cussions, the MIRA faced with pro-
tests from independent oil pro-
ducers against the code which the
government drafted. An extension
of the price fixing provisions was
sought, and the charge made that
the present code would be dis
astrous to independents.
The national labor board turned
to efforts to settle the Hollywood
movie workers strike. Judge Ben
B. Lindsey, mediator, arrived by
airplane from Los Angeles last
night He was to see DR.. Leo VOL
man, acting chairman of the board
today. Lindsey came at the behest
of President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor, MIRA
labor advisor
An intensive campaign to put
the blue eagle in the window Of
every shop in the country will start
next Monday when local MIRA
workers, supported by nationally
prominent speakers, will canvass
every consumer and employer, and
distribute 1OOOO0,O0O pieces of liter
allure. Speakers will include John
D. Rockefeller, Jr. Alfred E. Smith.
Walter Chrysler, Speaker Henry T.
Rainey, and others equally prom
inent.