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Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
FREE ZONE
ESTABLISHED
AT TIJUANA

TIJUANA, Mex, Dec 7. U.P)-A
sweeping reduction in liquor and
other prices was the answer of this
border resort today to American re-
peal of prohibition.
The price decrease was made pos
sible by a government decree es-
tablishing a free port zone for ar
area of five miles around Tijuana
The decree, signed by Governor Au-
gustine Olachea of the Northern
District of Lower California, per-
mits the importation of all raw ma
terials except flour, malt, lard and
canned fish, duty free.
Liquor will still be taxed for q
period of six months but the tariff
schedule was reduced so drastically
that bartenders said they cound I'M
dersell competitors in the United
States. The tax will be eliminated
at the end of six months.
The free port was established in
a desperate attempt to lure back
American visitors who have all but
vanished in recent weeks. MeXi-
cali, another resort town in the dol
drums, is expected to receive SIM
liar decree in the near future.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
MANY ATTEND
FUNERAL RITES
FOR ATTORNEY

Last rites for Robert La Force,
popular young Ell Centre attorney
who died yesterday. were held this
afternoon at 1870 o'clock from the
funeral parlors of B. E. Lemons.
There were many flowers, ex-
pressing the deep sympathy OF
friends throughout the valley.
Members OF the local bar associa-
ton attended in body
Rev. I. T. Raab, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, delivered the
sermon and Professor Elmer A.
Todd played appropriate selections
on the piano.
The body was taken to San Diego
for cremation.
AS a mark of respect to Attorney
La Force, the district attorneys Of
flee was closed from noon until
230 this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
SON OF FULLY
AGAIN IN JAM

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. W.P)-Al-
ton Thomas Tully, %, who sheriff S
deputies said was the son of Jim
Tully noted writer, was arrested to-
day on complaint of Violet Robey,
23-year-old housewife, who charged
the youth attempted to attack her.
FULLY denied the charge. and
branded the accusation Crane
up.'
Three times within the past three
years Tully has been arrested on
similar charges. In one instance he
served II days in the county Jail.
A second charge was dropped, and
he was acquitted of a third accus-
alton when his father branded it a
frame-upo.
Mrs. Robey told sheriff IS depu-
ties Tully offered to drive her to
Monterey Park home Sunday night,
and attempted to attack her in Coy
ote Pass.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
LONG GIVES IN
To OPPONENTS

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 7. U.H
The Huey P. Long political ma
chine today gave in to voters re-
bellion in the sixth congressional
district and agreed to call new
election to choose a successor to
the late Rep. Bolivar E. Kemp.
Governor 0. K. Allen, member
of the Long machine, said he was
willing to call the new election.
Forces seeking ito overthrow
Longs absolute political rule also
were jubilant over the conviction OF
three pro-Long election commits
sioners for certifying false returns
in last November's elections. Long S
enemies have alleged that the cleo
ton was honeycombed with fraud.
Three of the IL parishes included
in the district did not vote in Tues
days election. Their polling places
were tied up by court injunction.
The other parishes, which have a
normal vote of approximately 49,
900, cast approximately 5000 bal
lots, all for Mrs. Kemp as she was
the only candidate on the ballot.
The election was marked by dis
orders, with citizens committees
seeking to keep voters from the
polls.
Governor Allen attacked the citi-
zens' committees and local authori-
ties for "high-handed tactics" He
accused the judge who issued the
injunctions of committing out
lawry" in swearing in citizens as
deputy sheriffs to enforce them.
He declared that new election
could not be called until spring due
to the Louisiana registration laws
Mrs. Kemp, widow of the late
congressman, offered to resign pro-
vided citizen groups ceased their
efforts to hold a peoples election"
Dec. 81. She agreed to submit her
candidacy to a primary. Nominal
ton is equivalent to election.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
NEW PROGRAM
BEING SOUGHT
BY MUSSOLIN|
italian Premier Seeking To Pro-
mote New Deal In Political
Set-Up Of World.
HOPES TO GET u. S. AID
Regeneration OF League Of Ma
tions Alternative To With
drawal OF Italy.
By RICHARD d. MCMILLAN

By RICHARD ID. MCMILLAN
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright. 1893, BY United Press
PARIS, Dec. 7. U.P) Signs that
the New Year might bring a COM
plete new deal in world politics
multiplied in European capitals to-
day.
Activities in Rome, Paris, London
and Berlin indicated that such
new deal might involve the death
of the Versailles treaty, the rebirth
Of the League of Nations and a dis
armament treaty on new, business
like lines
Premier Benito Mussolini Of
Italy, ignoring disappointments and
rebuffs to his peace efforts of the
last few months was at the center
of the work.
The United Press was informed
that Mussolini believes he has the
pledged support Of Great Britain
and France for his long dreamed
plan for recognizing the League of
Nations.
1t would be a reorganization that
would end the domination of
Britain and France in the league
council and would end the power OF
small nations to paralyze league
acts by veto.
AS supplement to his plans for
league reorganization Mussolini pic
lures the possibility of a seven pow
er entente to maintain peace
among the great nations and en-
force it on the small ones by moral
pressure.
In such an entente might be
embraced-he hoped = the United
States, Japan, Russia, Britain,
France, Germany and Italy.
Confessing the strong possibility
that neither the United States nor
Japan would adhere to such an
agreement, Mussolini falls back on
the idea of including Russia along
with Italy, Britain, France and
Germany in a five nation treaty to
maintain the peace in Europe and
to cooperate closely in world politics.
His plan for league reorganiza-
tion would mean the rewriting OF
the league covenant. the probable
removal of the penalty clauses that
make it a police officer for en- 8.
forcement of the Versailles treaty,
a drastic reduction of its present
grandiose scope, and in line with
that, a change both in league ma
chinery and league detectives.
Such blow at the Versailles and
other war treaties would be COM
bined with prospective German
world war allies negotiations to
bring Germany back into European
councils and make possible a dis
armament treaty.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
Hijacking Not
Thing of Past

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. up
What was believed to be the first
case of hijacking since repeal of
prohibition was reported to auth
critics today when San Francisco
police asked a search for a wine
truck whose driver, r. Shelton, ap-
parently was abducted.
Aid OF Los Angeles officers was
sought when the driver failed to
report on schedule in Los Angeles.
The truck, owned by the Merchants
Express and Freight company of
San Francisco, left the bay city
Tuesday. w. M. Miller, manager,
said he feared the driver was kid
naped and the truck looted.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
GAIN SHOWN
IN BUILDING

NEW YORK, Dec. 7. U.P)-Build-
ing operations are on a definite up
trend and the outlook for 1884 is
for a rise above 1888 and 1882, L.
Seth Schnitman, chief statistican of
F. w. Dodge corporation, told the
United Press today.
The most significant development,
Schnitman said, was a sharp re-
turn in residential building. Con-
tracts in the 81 states east of the
Rocky mountains totaled $23,615, 700
in November, a gain of % per cent
over the $19,245 300 in November,
1882, and a good gain over the $2l,-
525,700 reported for October this
year.
Because of the Public Works Ad-
ministration, construction contracts
of all classes in the 81 eastern
states amounted to $162, 10000 in
November. the largest monthly to-
tai since October, 1881. That is a
gain of IL per cent over October
and a squirt of SIS per cent over
November, 1882.
Of this total approximately $127,-
100000 represents publicly financed
projects, chiefly under the Public
Works Administration, Schnitman
said.
"It appears probable, Schnit-
man said, "that although the 1888
total will probably be 10 per cent
to Is per cent under the 1882 total,
the outlook for 1884 must be regard
ed as promising with the prospects
the total awards for the year will
exceed the total for either of the
two preceding years.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07

Three highway projects, costing
$4,000 totaling l42 miles and CIV
ing employment to 1874 men, will
be started Monday morning in I'M
perial county as a result Of orders
received this morning by DR.. N. E.
Dupont, chairman of the county
CWA, from Edward Macauley, en-
gineer in charge for the state CWA.
The projects include: Bonds Cor
ner to Mecca route, "a miles Of
widening, drainage and surfacing,
$33 900; Heber to Calipatria route,
80 miles, grading, drainage and sur
facing, $4,000; and Seeley to Mid
way Wells route, 46 miles, WIDEN
ing, drainage, crawling shoulders
and repairing pavement, $4,000.
Eighty men will be needed on the
first project, SO on the second and
48 on the third 1t is within the
discretion of CWA officials and the
state highway department, to use
all the men on one project and at
ter completion, use them on the
other two.
Approval for the projects by the
state CWA, Immediately set the
preliminary wheels in motion and
by Monday the men will be at work.
Supervision, tools and materials
will be furnished by the state divis-
ion of highways, and the wage scale
will be the same as that used on
state highway work. Men will be
obtained through the National Re-
employment office.
The Bonds Corner to Mecca
route, when completed, will give the
county a main line highway run
ming north and south through the
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
Narcotic Bureau
Funds Exhausted

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. UP.
The state narcotic bureau will be-
come disabled January l unless new
funds are furnished by State Fin
ance Director ROLAND A. Vande-
grift, the Southern California office
announced today.
Jack Harrigan and Murray Hath
away, in charge of the local divis-
ion, said their chief, w. G.. Walker,
plans to ask Vandegrift to devise
some method of replenishing the
bureaus depleted treasury.
Normal biennial appropriation for
the bureau was reduced from $780,
900 to $4,000 by the last legisla-
ture,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
THREE COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS
To Be STARTED NEXT MONDAY
State CWA Gives Approval to Work Requir-
ing l64 Men and an Expenditure of $7O,.
900 in Federal Government Funds

eastern area The Heber to Cali
patria route will give d secondary
highway to supplement the present
Calexico-El Centro-Brawley high
way. The Seeley to Midway Wells
route, which has been open for sew
eral years, will be a highly import
ant road, particularly when con-
struction works starts on the ALL
American canal.
Instructions for starting the work
Immediately gave an excellent OPP
portunity for the county CWA to
show how efficiently it functions.
Fast Action Obtained
The letter received by Dr. Dupont
instructed him to get in touch i'm
mediately with I. A. Thomas, MAIN
tenance superintendent of Imper-
ial county for the state division of
highways and confer with him on
the three projects.
Being unable to locate Thomas
who was supposed to have started
over to the highway job near the
sandhills, Dupont enlisted the aid
of Captain Oswalt, who instructed
on officer to leave at once for the
sandhills to notify Thomas to re-
turn here for the conference. The
officer had his trip for nothing,
however, as Thomas was found be-
fore he had left the city and i'm
mediately conferred with DR.. Du-
pont.
Engineer Wallace, in charge of
highway work for Imperial and
San Diego counties, was contacted
by telephone and advised that 16
highway department trucks would
be placed at the disposal of the
CWA for transporting men and
materials necessary for the job.
Thomas and DR.. Dupont having
arrived at an understanding of just
what was wanted, conferred with
C. H. Edminson, county director
for the CWA, and Chan Livingston,
in charge of the National Reem-
ployment men, regarding men for
the job, and provisions for handling
and paying them.
The men will be picked from the
National Unemployment lists during
the balance of the week and will be
ready for the jobs on Monday
morning.
Payment will be made from fed
eral funds, DR.. Dupont pointed out,
and this important highway work
will not cost Imperial county any
thing Instead it will provide work
for men who need it and will aid in
developing three important high
ways, thereby being of double ben
eft to the county.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
CLAIM FIRE
WAS STARTED
DELIBERATELY

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. W.H-
The nearly disastrous La Crescenta
foothill fire of two weeks ago,
which caused an estimated damage
of 100000 was almost certainly
the work of one or more incendiar-
lists, investigators of the county fire
warden IS office declared today.
Evidence now being developed
may lead to the arrest of several
persons the investigators announc-
ed.
A report on the findings of in
vestigators will be submitted to the
district attorneys office within a
few days, according to Harvey Es-
holman, deputy fire warden.
The blaze, which destroyed thou
sands of acres of valuable water
shed and several summer dwellings,
endangered the lives of several
score firemen and threatened many
large estates before it was finally
brought under control.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
THREE DIE IN
RUM BATTLE

Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 7. U.P)-A
U. S. border patrolman and two
Mexican smugglers were killed in a
rum battle between six federal Of
ficers and 16 liquor runners at the
foot of Park street today.
The dead were Patrolman Dorne
C. Melton, 81; Higinio Perez, and
Francisco Gonzales, 25. Perez and
Gonzalez were both from Juarez,
Mex.
The bodies OF Two more Smugglers
were believed to have fallen in the
river.
Patrolmen seized $50 gallons of
liquor after a five minute gun bat
tie.
The fight started when Melton
and his fellow officers challenged
smugglers as they waded out of the
river.
A blaze of gunfire met their COM
mand to surrender. Melton fell,
shot through the heart. Officers
returned the fire, and the smugglers
retreated to Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
MAYBE SO, BUT
IT'S PULLING

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7. U.P)-
California speakeaSies had federal
revenue permits today to do a bus
mess which the new state liquor
laws forbade.
Richard Nickel, chief deputy COL
lector of internal revenue, explain
ed the paradoXical situation.
''Fully $1,000 liquor dealers in the
San Francisco district have paid
their $25 fees for federal retail liq-
uor dealers stamps" Nickel said
"'They include speakeasies.
1.-The government doesn't inquire
into the illegality of their trade.
The tax isn't regulatory license.
Bootleggers may also buy tax stamps
and put them on their products. -
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
RENEW INDIAN
ESTATE FIGHT

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 7. U.P)
The fight over Jackson Barrett IS
Oil millions and his princely gifts
was revived today.
w. c. Lewis, special assistant U.
S. encouragement, in the depart
ment of justice campaign to recov-
er $1,100.O00 the aged Greek Indian
gave away after he married a
white wife, left for Washington to
discuss further court action with
the encouragement office.
Lewis succeeded the late Norman
D. Selby, who died recently after
six years service in the litigation.
His last case was in federal court at
Los Angeles, to recover $550,000 Civ
en- Mrs. Barrett, the former Anna
Laura Lowe.
A decision in this suit has not
been handed down.
-Four other recovery actions are
pending and one, to revoke $550,000
gift to the American Baptist Mis-
sion Board, resulted in victory for
the government.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
Womar,'s Jump
May Be Fatal

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. W.P-
Mrs. Mabel Standard, 81, was re-
ported near death today from in
ternal injuries inflicted when she
allegedly leaped six stories to the
top of a parked automobile.
Recently released from the Pat
ton state hospital, Mrs. Standard
had been under close surveillance
of relatives in hotel room, policE
said. While no one was watching
she slipped away to the roof
climbed the guard rail and jumped
landing on the car in parking lot
officers said.
She had been living here with
her mother-in-law Mrs. Clara
Miller. Her husband, Bruce Stan
dard, resides in Stockton.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
LEGISLATION
To BE AIMED
At RACKET

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. U.P)-
Drafting of new federal legislation
designed to wipe out the racketeer
and gunman will begin next week
by senate committee which has
investigated the underworld dur
ing the congressional recess.
Senator Copeland (DemJ New
York, chairman, today called the
committee to meet December Is to
consider numerous proposals for
drastic curbs on crime and changes
in court procedure.
Copeland said the committee
would consider legislation which
would permit the federal govern
ment to prosecute kidnapping cases
where a ransom is demanded or re-
ceived.
At present the federal govern
ment is helping track down kidnap-
ers and turning them over to the
states for prosecution.
Other proposals before the COM
mittee include:
/. Rigid control of the sale and
transportation of firearms.
2. Universal fingerprinting for all
residents of the country to simpli-
fly criminal identification.
3. Provisions for eXtradition OF
fugitive witnesses.
4. A grant of power to prosecut-
ing attorneys to put witnesses un-
der oath in taking statements from
them before trial
S. Doing away with unanimous
verdicts of juries as necessary to
conviction of crime. A constitu-
tional amendment would be neces-
Sary for this.
g. Enlargement of the Dyer Mo-
tor Theft Act to enable federal au-
thorities to punish anyone remov-
ing stolen goods from one state to
another.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
RULE Of MOB
FR0WNED ON
BY PRESIDENT
Address To Churchmen Seen As
InferentiaI Rebuke To Stand
Taken By Rolph
URGES JUDICIARY REFORMS
Roosevelt Predicts Country Is
Entering Upon "A Time Of
Great Gain"
BY FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press stair correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. - Mob
rule and lynchipgs today stood out
laWed in the new deal by President
Roosevelt.
In hard-hitting speech before
an audience of churchmen here. the
nation s chief executive heaped
condemnation upon collective muir
DER and for abolition of violence
through reform of the judiciary.
1--WE do not excuse those in high
places or in low who condone lynch
law the President said.
His utterances were clearly re-
garded by many as singing re-
buke to Gov. James Rolph, Jr., of
California for his attitude toward
lynchers of two kidnapers, and to
Maryland officials for their part in
ecent eastern shore disturbance.
Mr.. Roosevelt's address was de-
livered last night to the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America at Constitution hall. He
took occasion not only to excoriate
actual lawbreakers but also those
who conceal their Wrongdoings by
legal technicalitieS.
In conclusion, however. he sound
ed an optimistic note with the
cheerful statement that:
"F'rom the bottom of my heart
I believe that this beloved country
of ours is entering upon time of
great gain.''
The President swung into his OBJ
servations of recent violence by first
citing the new deal creed and then
expressed confidence that tn e
younger generation would not be
found wanting.
Faith In Youth
"This new generation. for exam
ple,o the President said sis not
content with preaching against that
vile form of collective murder
lynch law-which has broken out in
our midst anew. We know that it
is murder, and a deliberate and
definite disobedience of the COM
mandment, Thou shalt not kill.
We do not excuse those in high
places or in low who condone lynch
law.
"But a thinking America goes
further. 1t seeks government of
its own that will be sufficiently
strong to protect the prisoner and
at the same time to crystalize a
public opinion so clear that gov
eminent of all kinds will be COM
PEELED to practice more certain
justice.
"The judicial function of gov
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
LIGHTHOUSES AIDED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. WR)-
The Public Works Administration
today allotted s149,600 to the bu-
reau of lighthouses to establish
navigation aids in Ia sections of
the country.
The allotment will be expended
in localities including:
San Diego, Los Angeles and Long
Beach harbors, California, $l8,95O.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
START LONG CRUISE

LONG BEACH, Dec. T. W.P)-
Five men were at sea today in a
home made 42-foot katcf. bound
on a 5000 mile cruise to the South
Seas.
The party included Capt. Jack
Nichols, L. T. Lindley, Bert Hub
bell, E. A. Laurence and Edward
Becker. They expect to remain
away a year at least. A supply of
film and moving picture equipment
was taken along on the adventure
some voyage.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
NEW YORK PAPER SOLD

NEW YORK, Dec. U.P) The
New York Evening Post, founded in
1901 by Alexander Hamilton, has
been sold by the Curtis Martin
Newspapers, Inc, it was learned re-
liably today.
The identity of the purchaser re-
manned a mystery A formal an
nouncement was expected before
Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
BRITAIN MAY GET NRA

LONDON, Dec. 7. U.P)-ProSpect
for an effort to effect an MIRA plan
from Great Britain was held out
today by the Daily Herald, organ OF
the Labor Party. Legislation for
the plan, the newspaper said, was
likely to be introduced in the
House of Commons early in 1884,
The purported plan would entail
reorganization of all big Industries.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
LITVINOV IN BERLIN

BERLIN, Dec. 7. U.P)-Maxim
Litvinov Russian foreign minister,
arrived today from Rome and plan
ned to leave tonight for Moscow.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-07
AsWllL-
y R Be-;

BEVERLY HILLS, Dec. 6.
(SpeciaD sir, from what
I can read and hear today folks
stood the shock of getting a
drink without giving their
name) in mighty good shape.
Course, the ones that are clear
tout" we won't hear of for
days, but it looked like every
thing went off better than eX-
pected.
You see, the whole problem
is getting people from bad
drinks back on to good drinks.
You take a good bucking horse
rider, he would rather ride a
bad horse than a nice gentle
one. So it IS going to take time
to get 'em to having a sociable
drink without watching the
door.
Yours,
zH& R1~N
OIL, h.slasshs systs-s~. La
Evening star., 1933-02-23
OFFER FOUR PLAYS
IN TOURNEY TONIGHT
Drama Groups Entered in Prelim.
mary Competition at Roosevelt
High School Auditorium.

Four widely different plays will be
presented tonight at Roosevelt High
School auditorium in the preliminary
contests of the 1888 one-act play tour
nament.
The first, to be offered at o'clock.
will be an old-fashioned melodrama,
written and directed by Theodore Tfller,
I'd, and played by the Shoestring Pro-
duction Co. The title is Sadie the
Sewing Machine Girl" The Mackin
Club will present George Kelly's COM
edy drama, "Smarty's Party" directed
by Miss Grace Sprucebank.
Zona Gales THE Neighbors" will be
offered by the Foundry Players, under
the direction of E. L. Ford, and Be
trayal," a drama by c. Eta Van Nor
man, will be presented by the Religious
Drama Committee of the Washington
Federation of Churches.
Finals will be played at Mckinley
High School auditorium Wednesday
evening, March L