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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
HEADS
FOR FLORIDA
CONTINUED On Page 81

KEY WEST, Fla, Oct. 4. U.H-
A tropical storm, moving slowly
northward out of the Caribbean
Sea was expected to strike here and
along the east Florida coast this
afternoon.
Winds increasing in velocity and
a falling barometer heralded the
approach of the storm this morn
ing. The barometer stood at 1888,
compared to 1882 at midnight.
The wind had increased to IS
miles an hour. 1t was not certain
whether the storm would strike with
full force on the Florida coast.
Floridans on the east coast made
the usual preparations for the storm
as warnings were issued by the
weather bureaus. Business houses
and residences were being boarded
up.
Torrential rains already had
started.
Much of the shipping had sour
ried to port or was making prep
arations to weather the storm.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
WILL ASSUME
BLAME FOR
LOSS OF LIFE

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. tU.Pf-The
county charities department, I'M
der whose work relief program near
ly 400 men were employed in Grit
fifth park, will assume full blame, if
there be any blame, for sending
men into fiery ravines where more
than IS were burned to death, Earl
E. Jensen, superintendent of chari-
ties, said today.
1T is too early to know who, ii
anyone, was responsible for the
tragedy Jensen said. II want to
know all the circumstances first.
The men were sent to the park to
work and not to fight fires and
should not have been forced, if they
were forced, into the path of the
flames"
Jensen called upon his executive
force to make a full investigation
of the circumstances surrounding
the fire and to chart a course to
make repetition of the disaster
impossible.
Orders were sent out by the sup
erintendent to care for the families
Of the men who died on the hillside.
THE work relief program must
go on" Jensen said, "since it is
the only way we have of furnishing
work to the jobless. but every job
must be re-examined to determine
If there is remote possibility Of
danger to the men, If the men in
charge of the crews trapped yes
terday made a terrible error in
Judgment, it should be known"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
Richmond Named Acting Postmaster
Start Probes of Tragic L. A. Blaze
INDICTMENTS MAY
FOLLOW INQUIRIES

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. U.p) -
Manslaughter indictments will be
asked if gross carelessness is found
responsible for the death of between
IS and SIS county welfare workers
who were trapped and burned to
death in a Griffith Park canyon
last night, District Attorney Bur-
on Fits announced today.
While city and county authori-
ties began an investigation, and
Los Angeles police sought to deter
mine what started the fire, weary
searchers for bodies plodded
through the still hot ashes.
Twenty-six bodies, charred be-
yond recognition, were in the city
morgue. Pitiful fragments of bone,
key. buckle, charred shoe heel,
were marked as exhibits in the
deaths of four others.
One skeleton crumled to ash as
workers sought to pick it up. With
other fragments, it was brought in
on a shovel Days will be required
to fix the exact number of dead, it
was believed. Names must be
checked, relatives interviewed.
Searchers believed ashes of a num-
Der of victims would mingle for
ever with the ash of greasewood,
mesquite, and sage brush which
formed an awful funeral pyre.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. U.p)-
From a blackened, cone-like can
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04

Weinstock that he and his COM
paniOns could not enter.
The three police Officers
closed in Immediately and herd
ed the invaders into elevators,
accompanying them to the
ground floor.
The WeinstOck committee Is
asking unemployment insurance,
provisions against speeding up
Of mechanical processes, and
declarations against Hitlerism.
Most of the committee de-
mands already have been COW
cred in resolutions placed be-
fore the convention by delegates.
Removal of federal officials
now engaged in administering
the $500, 900, 900 public works
program was demanded in
resolution introduced today at
the convention.
The resolution criticized the
public works administration,
charging 1t with delays keeping
hundreds of thousands of work
rrs from employment intended
by congress.
Other resolutions included a
demand for a boycott on Ger
man made goods.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04

yOn, that for brief instant was
turned into fiery furnace last
night, weary toilers today removed
the charred bodies of county well
fare workers who were burned to
death while attempting to beat back
brush fire in Griffith park.
The complete toll taken by the
flames was not expected to be
known for several hours, but esti-
mates placed it from 40 to IS.
The latter figure was set as a
possible high by the county cor
oner who said he believed between
SO and rs persisted"
The county morgue held the I'M
recognizable bodies of % men at
daybreak, but shortly thereafter
deputies moved into small, cup
like canyon to search for addition
al victims.
The sights that greeted the
searchers affected even the most
experienced deputy coroners.
Blackened bodies were found in
grotesque positions.
In some cases arms were out
stretched as if in supplication, in
others the lifeless figures were
crouched. In still others, bodies
lay face down in ashes left as the
flames shot with lightning speed
through the mesquite, greasewood
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
WILL
BACK LEADERS
Convention Belief Is Most Posts
Will Back Up Demand For
Republication.
By HARRISON SALISBURY
United Press Staff Correspondent

by hAhhISON SALISBURY
United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, Oct. A question
over which the American Legion
and American presidents have bro
ken many lance-the hoSpitaliza-
ton of veterans not injured in SER
vice-arose in the Legion's 1888 con-
vention today.
But the delegates of 10000 Legion
posts who met in the opera house
where Samuel Insults glamorous
opera stars once sang, were believed
this year to be closer in agreement
to their President than for num-
Der of years past.
There was little question over the
program the legion will approve
APPOINT policy drawn up by Nation,
al Commander Louis A. Johnson
and other leaders last spring has
the pledged support of 80 per cent
of the membership.
And the only major difference
between this program and that
enunciated by President Roosevelt
before the veterans Monday con-
Germs the extent of federal respon-
sibility for disqualification of needy
ex-service men. #t.#
The only untoWard sentiment was
expressed by the rehabilitation COM
mittee, which adopted a resolution
charging the federal government
with direct care of war veterans
whose disability is non-service con.
nected.
The Legion asks that veterans
disabled in line of duty be restored
compensation on the basis of that
they received prior to the national
economy act; that any veteran un-
able to pay for his treatment be
given disqualification at federal eX-
pense; that the service connected
status of disabled veterans be MAIN
tanned on the pre-economy act ba-
sis, and that widows and depend
ent children of war veterans be
maintained under protection of the
federal government.
Miami, Fla, was unanimously cho-
sen by reclamation today as the
1884 convention city of the Ameri-
can Legion.
CHICAGO, Oct. 4. W.H-Small
chance of any change in the Amer
lean Legion IS stand on the ques-
ton of admitting oriental immi-
grants to the United States was
seen today.
The Legion has gone on record
in past conventions as favoring no
change in the 1924 exclusion act
which forbidS the entrance of jap
anese and Chinese to the United
States.
The question was raised last
night before the 1888 convention
committee. Senti-
ment against any change was
strong.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
FAMILIES TO
BE GRANTED
COMPENSATION

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. U.P) -
Families of the men burned to death
in the Griffith Park fire yesterday
must be paid minimum of $1,000
each for the death and may receive
up to $4,000 under the state work.
mems compensation act, county Of
ficials said today
The county will not attempt to
dodge any financial responsibility
they said, although they believed
the city was liable since the park
lies within the city.
The city council a few days ago
Informed the county board of sup
ervisors they would accept liability
for accidents to county relief work
ers on city projects after Oct. 5.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
GRIM SCENES
IN DEATH AREA
Continued On Page 81

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. U.P>-The
fire that drove like plague through
Griffith park left scenes of abject
tragedy.
Strong men were overcome by ter
ror as flames cracking at their
heels, suddenly leaped up to SINCE
their faces.
One man fought his way through
binding smoke to the top of a
ridge. Within few feet of safety,
he whirled about.
MY brothers back there" he
screamed. Before dissuading hand
could reach him, he plunged down
the slope to death
They were all poor men, those
wretched victims They worked for
$240 day, 10 days a month. Most
supported large families. All were
breadwinners.
Many died with escape within
easy reach. Some fled in wild stam-
pede; others with heroic thought OF
others. Rescuers stumbled upon two
blackened bodies within few yards
of the top of canyon.
An unsung hero carried Walter
Moore, a Negro, out of the death
zone after the latter started to run
the wrong way. A powerful punch
rendered the frenzied Negro I'M
conscious but saved his life.
The heat was so intense that wrist
watches on many trapped victims
melted
One of the outstanding heroes
was G.. H. Blackjack, %. Time after
time, the youth dropped back into
the path of the flames to drag out
unconscious workmen. Finally, he
collapsed. Physicians said he may
die.
1t was Frank Marsalas last day
on the job. He intended quitting to
fill a more lucrative job as truck
driver. But the job was given to
another. Marsha was on the brink
Of death,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
Woman Missing
As Boat Docks

KAPPA, KAUAI ISLAND, T. H.
Oct. 4. W.R-Arrival of the inter-
island steamer Hulalai here today
revealed the disappearance of Mrs.
j. w. Spencer, 48, last seen in her
stateroom by a ships officer.
An Eastern Star lodge emblem and
a 1927 automobile operators license
issued to her at Whittier, Calf,
were in her stateroom.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
PLAN PROBE OF
DEATH CRASH

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. W.H - A
grand jury investigation OF the
death of Mrs. Tosca label Roulien
from traffic injuries last week was
promised today by District Attor-
ney Buron Fits.
Fits said he would subpoena as
witness John Huston, playwright
son of Walter Huston. the actor,
whose car struck Mrs. Roulien while
she was crossing a street The VIC
tim, the wife Of Roal RouIien,
screen actor. died in a hospital
Young Huston was cleared OF
criminal responsibility by coro-
ner's jury after he testified the ac-
cident was unavoidable.
Fits said after scanning tran
script of the inquest he decided the
case should "'be gone over In its
entirety by the grand jury He
said the investigation may start
tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
SURVIVORS RECOUNT HORRORS
Of GRIFFITH PARK TRAGEDY

walls, the heat was so great. The
men who reached safety were
haunted by the screams of those
who collapsed. still conscious
c. B. Carr told of going with a
party on single trail over a peak
and seeing the flames sweeping up
the ravine at hurricane speed. Men
had already gone into the area
which became fiery furnace.
Those behind him, unaware of the
danger, were pushing on, he said.
The party was scorched and half
suffocated fighting back over the
trail.
Sylvan Creecy, Is, credited his
escape to luck. He took a diagonal
course up the hillside, and saw men
(CnnfinuoA m Do-~
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04

postmaster at FL centre, California.
IF you're lying to me I'll go down
there and wiring your neck" was
the statement made to The Press
editor this afternoon by Frank
penny Richmond, when the above
United Press dispatch was read to
him.
Assured that there was no frame
up" on it, Penny" expressed his
qualification with the news, ex-
tended his thanks to The Press for
giving it to him and proceeded to
give the information to the rest of
his family.
Penny" has been a resident OF
Ell Centre for 90 years. coming here
from Santa Monica and engaging
in the plumbing business with his
brother Earl, under the firm name
of Richmond Brothers.
He has been active in Democratic
circles throughout the time he has
resided here and has also been pro-
minent in fraternal and civic circles.
For many years he has been a game
warden of the county, his inter-
est in hunting, fishing and sports
of all sorts fitting him admirably
for this job.
Anything in the line of sports
promotion has always been given
hais hearty support. Until the world
series last year, when The Press
discontinued its score board, he
was always one of the mainstays in
helping to operate it, in spite OF
friendly fights and arguments with
The Press staff and anyone who
picked 1.-The other side"
His appointment will be popula.'
with his many friends throughout
the valley. He will be the frs tpost-
master in the handsome new post
office building now being completed
at Fifth and Olive streets
Richmond is at present member
of the Democratic county central
committee, being endorsed by that
body for the position of postmaster.
In later visit to The Press office
this afternoon he stated that while
he had hopes of being appointed
the news came as complete sur
prise to him.
Postmaster jenkins was inform
ed of the United Press dispatch
and asserted he has not yet received
any information ono erning
change in his status. Until such
word comes to him from the post
office department it is assumed he
will continue in office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richmond reside at
452 Holt avenue. They have two
children, Miss Romano Richmond,
county librarian, and a son, Kay
Richmond.
Following official word of his APP
pointment from the post office de-
partment, Richmond will be re-
CURED to furnish bond. He will holo
the status of acting postmaster un-
til his appointment is confirmed by
the senate after congress convenes
in December.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
NEW STORM
MENACES CUBA
Politics Quiet Down AS Trop-
ical Disturbance Reported
Heading For Havana.

HAVANA, Oct. 4. U.P)-Warned
by the national observatory that a
cyclonic storm had changed direc-
ton and was headed, with increas-
ing intensity, for Havana, residents
of the capital today made frantic
preparations to ward off calamity
Banks began closing before noon,
and windows were reinforced and
shattered. Shop keepers erected
bulwarks in front of plate glass
windows
Police and firemen assisted the
authorities, spreading word through
the metropolis of the impending
danger.
The storm, after sweeping
through the central Cuban prov
inces, was believed safely out of the
populous zones until weather OBJ
servers plotted its Recurring and
discovered it was bearing down on
Havana proper
For better protection the United
States battleship Mississippi moved
into MatanZas harbor.
The hurricane was first observed
west of Jamaica yesterday. Ample
warming of its approach enabled
many inhabitants of low lying
areas to reach higher ground be-
fore the storm S intensity struck.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
TODAY'S GOLD PRICE

Washington, Oct. 4. U.R -
Today's price for newly mined gold
consigned for export or use in do
nestle arts and industries was fix.
ed by the treasury at SLID per fine
ounce.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
BY LAWRENCE S. HAAS
United Press Staff Corresnonden

HAVANA, Oct. 4. = Torrential
rains and hurricane winds swert
the central provinces today as the
government hunted the leaders of
opposition parties in the capital.
Santa Clara province seemed des-
tined to bear the worst of the hur-
ricane, and several houses collapsed
at Ciefuegos, on the south coast of
Santa Clara, while in Santa Clara,
Camaguey, Matanzas and Havana
provinces, rivers swept over their
banks in low lying districts.
Because of rough weather, the
United States battleship MISSISSIPPI
pi and a destroyer of the patrolling
fleet moved into Matanzas harbor
Several i'll seamen aboard the des-
troyer were taken aboard the Mis-
sissippi for treatment.
The hurricane was observed west
wart of Jamaica yesterday morn
ing, moving northeastward toward
the Cuban south coast. 1t was be-
lieved damage and injury to hu-
man beings might be minimized
because precautions had been TAX
en-. Residents of some towns took
shelter on high ground inland.
In the capital the torrent of rain
diminished interest in politics, but
the government proceeded after its
victory over the rebel officers in
the National hotel battle, to hunt
out political leaders.
Mario Menocal, former president,
and Carlos Mendieta, the two lead
ing political figures in Cuba, were
in hiding.
A charge that her husband was
murdered by soldiers who took him
a prisoner to Cabanas fortress af-
ter the National hotel battle, was
made by Mrs. Carida Leonard
Folk. She said her husband, Lieut..
Leonard Folk, of the navy, arrived
at Cabinas with other officers and
was shot in the shoulder by a SOL
der. The bullet, DETECTED by bone,
went through his heart, she said.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
Indy IN ENGLAND

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng, Oct. a.
W.P)-Col. and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh arrived at Southampton
at 4:50 p. m, today after a rapid
flight from Stravanger, Norway
They left Stravanger at II a. m
The distance is approximately TOO
miles.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
PORTER JAILED FOR ROBBERY

MOSCOW U.P)-Ivan Adrianov,
a Leningrad porter, has been SEN
fenced to eight years imprison-
ment for assulting and robbing
with a knife.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
{@yR e.;

BEVERLY HILLS, OCt. s.
(SpeciaD-TheSe announcers Of
the world series in both radio
systems did a great job. got
a radio in my stable. Well,
they made it seem so real that
half dozen times I started
into box stall to buy a hot
dog and a bottle of beer.
I like the way they announc-
ed where the batter came from,
his home town, his weight, age,
batting average and who he had
been keeping company with.
And that's what should be
done with radio singers. "This
crooner is from Adenoid, N. j.
He sings left handed, weighs 118
pounds with his tonsils. He
sang 1886 songs last year, with
nothing to remember 'em by
but his manuscript. He was
first with Claremore, Okla. in
the OK league, divorced three
times and is looking for
break
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04
PRESS GETS
INFORMATION
FROM CAPITAL
News Comes As Surprise To
Popular Local Man Though Not
Entirely Unexpected.
APPOINTMENT BY FARLEY
Temporary Status Will Continue
Until Confirmation Accorded
By U. S. Senate.
APPOINTMENT BY FARLEY

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. up =
Postmaster General Farley today
appointed Frank Richmond acting
postmaster at Ell Centre, California.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-04

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. U.P)-
From blackened, cone-like can
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-03-10
One Sure Way to
End Coughs and Colds

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serious trouble. You can stop them now
with Creomulsion, an emulsihed creosote
that is pleasant to take. Creomulsion is
new medical discovery with two-fold ac-
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Of all known drugs, creosote is recog-
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the stomach, is absorbed into the blood,
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Creomulsion is guaranteed satisfactory
in the treatment of persistent coughs and
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other forms of respiratory diseases, and
is excellent for building up the system
after colds or flu. Money refunded if any
coughor cold, no matter of howlongstand.
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todirections. Askyour druggist. (Adv.)
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-03-10
Immense Benefits of
Research Work Shown

Research is continually giving us.
new uses for old products and IS.
placing within the reach of the aver
age American goods whose produc-
tion cost was once prohibitive, says,
DR.. Julius Klein, assistant secretary
of commerce. We are accustomed
to the use of aluminium as an mex
pensive material, but less than j0'
years ago its price was $l2 pound.
Twenty-Five years before that, alum
mum was claSsed as a rare" metal
and was worth 800 a pound! That
amazing reduction in cost which has
brought aluminium ware into even
the humblest kitchen is pre-eminent-
ly an achievement of tireless re-
search. Industrial research is not
only q powerful force contributing
to business recovery at home, but it
is as well a tremendous aid In the.
selling of American goods abroad.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-03-10
No Snap for Fireman
in Wood-Burning Days

Locomotives Of the earlier days
coughed and grunted like an asth-
matte COW and when the firebox
was opened, the smoke stack
belched out smoke and sparks like
a roman candle, Horatio G. Brad
ley told an interviewer of the At
lanta Journal. Mr.. Bradley was
once a wood passer" on the IA
nous Civil war engines, Texas and
General.
But when the engineer finally
did get up a good head Of steam
and opened his throttle wide, the
high drivers would go spinning
down the track so that people used
to wonder what kept the whole
train from flying to pieces.
"The small firebox of one of the
old locomotives had to be chuck
full of glowing embers If the engi-
neer had hope of arriving at his
destination anywhere near the
scheduled hour, and since the little
car which trailed along behind did
not hold a great deal of wood, it
was necessary to make frequent
stops to take On a fresh load.
Near the top of steep grade
wood was stacked along the track
at convenient intervals in order that
the boiler might not lose its pres
sure In case a fuel emergency
arose"