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Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
OFFICIAL Of
BANKF0RCEO
TOOPEN SAF {

GALENA, Mo-, Aug. %. U.P) -
After an all night reign of terror
in his home, Troy Stone, cashier OF
the Bank of Galena early today
was kidnapped by three bandits and
forced to open the bank vault.
The bandits fled with $l,7O0 after
a hand to hand encounter with W..
D. Craig. bank president, whom
they locked in the vault with Stone.
The imprisoned men set off a
burglar alarm and citizens re-
leased them. A posse took up pur-
suit of the bandit automobile.
AS the car sped out of town,
it stopped at the Stone home where
one of the bandits had remained
guard over Mrs. Stone and her
son, Gerald, 6.
The Stones were sitting on the
back porch of their home last
night when three masked men ap-
peared and ordered them to enter
the house.
Shortly before daybreak, two OF
the men left the house with Stone
and took him to the bank.
There they compelled him to
lie on the floor behind counter
until a. M, when the time lock
on the safe was released.
Then Stone was ordered to open
it. AS Stone was complying Craig
entered.
The bank president grappled with
one of the bandits, knocking a
pistol from his hand. In the fight,
the gun exploded, but the shot
went wild.
Then the bandit recovered the
weapon, and Stone and Craig were
forced into the vault. The bandits
seized the money, slammed the
door shut on the two men, and
fled.
The two prisoners set off a burg
lar alarm within the vault, and
a few moments later they were
freed.
Stone said that throughout the
night the bandits stood guard over
the members of the family, threat
ening to kill them if they made on
outcry.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
FAIR To
HAVE BETTING

SACRAMENTO, Aug. %. up -
Preparation for California's 18th
annual state fair, which for the
first time in 80 years will permit le-
galize betting on horse races, was
nearing completion today with the
installation OF pari-mutuel tabu-
latorS at the fair grounds here.
The betting machines, fresh from
the first tryout OF legalized pari-
mutuel wagering at the San Joa-
quin county fair in Stockton last
week, were placed in newly con-
structed booths near the grand
stand and will be tested out before
the exposition opens to the public
Saturday, Sept. 2.
Program for the fair, issued by
Charles w. Paine, secretary mana
ger, today. includes the daily horse
show, staged each evening at p.
m; music by the famous University
of California band, Sept. 2 and 3,
and concerts throughout the week
by the San Francisco municipal
band and Preston school boys
band.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
BY JAMES A. SULLIVAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. W.p)
-Four little Words-"a penny for
Jimmy"-pack such potentialities
that they threaten the political life
of che of the most colorful of pub
lie figures, Sunny Jim" Rolph, gov
ernor of California.
Rolph himself is aware of the
power of these words. He openly
views with alarm their spread
throughout the length and breadth
of the Golden State. He sees III
them a dastardly political plot en-
gineered by his enemies.
The whispering campaign - the
phrase is Rolph's own - started
when the new state sales tax be-
came effective August l. 1t i'm
poses a 214 per cent levy on retail
sales of food, clothing, automo-
biles, cigarettes and all other tail
gible personal property Its pur-
pose is to meet state govern
mental deficit.
Rolph himself fought against the
sales tax plan. He proposed instead
transfer of highway department
funds to other state operating bu-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
ONE KILLED
IN GAS BLAST

WHITING, Ind, Aug. %. U.P)-
One Workmen was injured
and ten were killed in
an explosion today which wreck
ed a still at the Standard Oil COM
pany refinery, the largest plant
of it's kind the world.
The injured were taken to st.
GATHERINGS hospital at Indiana
harbor, where it was feared some
may die.
Mike Balog, 60, Whiting. was
killed and A. r. Weiss, Hunt
ington Park, Calf, is in a
critical condition at the hospital.
Both suffered serious burns. Weiss
is a brother OF E A Weiss, preSi-
dent of the Pacific Pulp company.
Nine others taken to the hospital
included:
Ernest Wilhelm, AZ, Huntington
Park, Calf.
The blast was caused by escaping
gas in one of the units. Fire that
followed the explosion was extin-
guished by the company's fire de-
partment maintained at the plant
for such emergencies.
Nine Of the injured were burn
ed seriously. Ten other workmen
were treated for Slight injuries
and returned to their homes.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
CANVASS 0F SMALL EMPLOYERS
STARTED TODAY BY NRA CHIEFS
Volunteers All Over Country Will Urge OBJ
servance Of Provisions In National Re-
covery Act.

violators of the codes and agree
ments.
He said the government would
collect evidence against violators
and present it at public hearing.
I'VE shall use every lawful and
proper means to protect the pub
lie and their competitors" he de-
clared. I'VE shall go the whole dis
tance. Wherever the blue eagle flies
We shall keep its wings clean and
his talons sharp
Wait For Ford
The automobile code raised the
question of what will Henry Ford
do?'
Ford did not participate in the
conferences which evolved the code,
and he did not indicate his attitude
toward it,
He is not a member of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, which was set up by
the code as the body to admins
ter it, and he always has insisted
on non-union labor in his plants.
The code gives his employees,
and those of all automobile plants,
the right to organize and bargain
collectively through representatives
of their own choosing, and frees
them from any interference, re-
straint or coercion by the employ
erS.
A tempering clause was added,
however. 1t is expected to be basis
of test of the code, either in ap-
peals to the national labor board or
the court. The clause read:
Without in any way attempting
to qualify or modify my interpre-
tation, the requirements of the Ma
tional Industrial Recovery Act, en-
ployers in this industry may exer-
else their right to select retain or
advance employees on the basis Of
individual merit, without regard to
their membership or member
ship in any organization"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
BLAME BLAST
ON bACKF|RE

AVALON, Catalina Island, Aug.
%. tU.Pi-The backfire of a gaso-
line engine was blamed today for
an explosion that blasted heavy
power cruiser to splinters, killed a
young woman passenger and in
,jured seven other persons.
The victims were hurled into Av-
alon Bay before the Mortified eyes
of thousands of Sunday excursion
lists. Miss Diane Mckenzie, 20, Of
Los Angeles, was dead when taken
aboard rescue boat. Two women,
four men and 10 years old boy,
although painfully burned and suf-
tering various other injuries, were
expected to recover. All the victims
were from Los Angeles. Only one
passenger escaped injury.
The 36 loot boat, which was char
tered for the outing, burned to the
waters edge and sank. Investiga-
tors said the backfire ignite the
gasoline supply.
The injured were Jimmy Burrows,
10, burns and fractured leg; Mrs.
Mildred Burrows, his mother, burns;
Miss Ethel Lime. 20, burns; Miss
Anona Elmore, burns; Capt. l.. r.
Shaw, skipper, burns. and E. j.
Thacker, burns. Hank Manington
the eighth passenger, escaped in
jury.
Harbor officials said the cruiser
was owned by Russell Reach OF Los
Angeles, and that Shaw had char
tered it for the day. The craft was
just pulling away from the pier for
the mainland when the fuel tanks
exploded. The boy. standing on the
bow, was hurled into the water and
was the first rescued.
Rescue boats hastily put out into
the debris strewn water to pick up
the other survivors. They were treat
ed at the Catalina hospital
The boat Immediately caught fire
and sank within a few minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
COJJNTY PURCHASING AGENTS
SAFE ROBBED OVER WEEK END

easy matter for the thieves to stand
on a ledge, pry up the window and
thus get inside.
The heavy door of the safe rad
been hammered. off by means OF a
sleoge and the combination as well
as the lock on the inner door were
also smashed. Officers who iilveS-
tigated believe that the thieves used
heavy burlap sack over the door
to deaden the sound OF their blows
which under ordinary circum-
stances could easily have b'en
heard by the watchman or at the
county Jail nearby.
It is not certain just when The
robbery occurred but Scott is in
clined to believe that it happened
last night. Outside of the small
sum of money nothing else was
taken, a checkup showed this morn
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
BY ii. o. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

Ohltcu TTcSS otdIi SoiiSopViuChs
WASHINGTON, Aug. %. U.P> -
Volunteers began nationwide can
vass of small employers today as
the government pushed its national
recovery drive into critical phase.
Approval Of an automobile code
brought all key industries under the
blue eagle except coal, but obSer-
vers feared complications in its ap-
plication because of a clause tenn
pering the labor provisions of the
National Recovery Act and the at
titude of Henry Ford.
Negotiations for an agreement on
a coal code struck a Snag when
conferences halted between nom
union operators and leaders Of the
iunited Mine Workers. Admins
traitor Hugh S. johnson has threat
ened to impose a code on the
holdouts unless agreement is reach
ed by tomorrow The deadline was
understood to have been fixed by
President Roosevelt.
On the eve of the drive to line
up small businesses, Johnson esti-
mated that from TO to 80 per cent
of the nations employers were op-
Grating under codes or the Presi-
dents unemployment agreement. He
told the volunteer canvasserS I'VE
cannot afford to fall and beseech-
ed them to refrain from intimida-
ton and violence during the two
weeks drive, indicating the govern
ment was about ready to deal with
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
KIDNAPPED MAN
STILL MISSING

DENVER, Aug %. U.P) = Police
and relatives Of Bernard BittermGn,
young shoe and glove clerk who was
kidnapped by a gang which believed
him to be heir to the vast May
department store chain fortune, to-
day nervously awaited word from
his captors.
Possibility the young man, miss
ing since Thursday, was being held
here, was investigated by police.
It was thought possible the abduc-
tors had hidden their captive here
while they made decoy trip to
Cheyenne, where they mailed a let
ter to Alfred Triefus, general man
ager of the May company store
here. The note indicated the kiG-
napers enormously thought the man
held was a nephew of Triefus. No
additional word had been received
from the kidnapers.
Cheyenne police said their efforts
10 locate the kidnapers were fruit
less.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28

j. G. Scott, county purchasing
agent, was most disagreeably sur
prised this morning when he open
ed the door of his office in the
courthouse to, find the door of his
safe hammered off and papers
strewn all about the floor. An in
vestigation showed that only a
small amount of the cash in the
neighborhood OF $40 or sl2 had been
taken by the thieves. Scott imme-
diately notified the sheriff's Office
and Deputy Harold Gillette, iden-
tification expert attached to the
staff, investigated the scene OF the
robbery in search of clues.
Entrance to the office was had
by means of window on the west
side as both this window and the
screen were open this morning.
SCOTS office is on the ground floor
of the court house and 1t was an
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
NEW ANTIDOTE
CHEATS DEATH

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28. U.n)-
Use of methylene blue as a sue
cessful antidote for potassium cyan
ide crystal poisoning was revealed
here today, purportedly for the first
time in the history of medical Sci
ence.
Two ounces of the dye were in
jected into the blood stream of Ar
thur Mortensen, A, after he alleg-
edly sought to end his life by
swallowing the poison, one of the
most deadly known. Within an
hour, Mortensen was reported out
of danger.
Although methylene blue has
been used successfully as an anti
dote for liquid potassium cyanide,
there were no known recoyeries
from the more virulent crystals,
physicians said. Death usually re-
suits within four minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
STORM VISITS
DENVER AREA

DENVER, Aug. %. U.H - Snow,
rain, hail and floods in Colorado
and other mountain states caused
thousands of dollars of damage to-
day, marooned scores of vacation
lists on mountain passes and threat
ened to flood small streams.
Dozens of motorists were ma
rooned in Miner Pass near Estes
Park when four inches of snow fell
over the area. Traffic was re-
sumed, however.
Trains arrived in Denver from
the east as much as l3 hours late
after WashoutS in Kansas.
Bridges on Garry Creek near
Greeley were washed away. Five
bridges on Dry Greek were dam
aged. Easements of so homes were
flooded at Holly when four inches
of rain swelled Horse Creek.
Cherry Creek threatened to dupli-
cate it's disastrous flood OF three
weeks ago wnen cloudburst at the
head of the stream sent a three
foot flood down the course. The
waters swept ON without doing Sc
rious damage, however.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
Floods Threaten
Northern India

NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 28.-WH
Northern India was threatened
with disasterous floods today when
a gigantic volume of water was
released into the Shyok and Indus
rivers by the bursting of the great
ice barrier known as the Shyok
dam in the Himalayas.
The Shyok ice dam is 480 feet
high. 1t was formed in 1926, when
the Khumdan glacier pushed its
way across mountain gorge near
the sources of the Shyok river
and formed an ice barrier. Two
years later, when last its volume
was measured, the lake above the
dam had become miles long, 1000
yards wide and 26 feet deep.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
NeU Planes To
Speed Service

BURBANK, Aug. %. UH =
Swifter passenger plane service was
envisaged today on the basis OF a
final test run in which low
winged monoplane attained a top
speed of 226 miles per hour while
carrying four passengers, pilct
and a load of mail and baggage.
The test was staged by engineers
of the Lockheed Aircraft corpora
ton, under contract to build five
such ships for the American Air
ways.
With a $50 horsepower, super
charged motor the Orio model mon
oplane demonstrated speed superior
to that of military pursuit planes
by cruising at 200 miles per hour
American Airways plan on INSTALL
ing five OF the planes in regular
service, engineers said.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
PRESIDENT AND
ICKES CONFER

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. %. tU.D
President Roosevelt acted today
for the creation of a supervisory
board for the nations oil industry
in a conference with Secretary OF
the interior Ickes.
Ickes, who flew to Hyde Park
from Washington, also took up with
Mr.. Roosevelt the advisability Of
additional pressure in an effort to
speed up the administrators s3,-
300,000,000 public works program.
1t was understood that the cabi-
net officer brought with him the
names of several persons as like
ly material for the oil board, which
has been authorized under the code
recently signed.
Later in the day Mr. Roosevelt
planned TO become an interested
listener" in 4 conference with Mon
tagu Norman. governor OF the Bark
of England, and George Harrison.
head of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York
Pointing out that the two men
requested the meeting, the summer
White House indicated that the
President planned to hold 1t to
purely social lines as much rs pos-
sible.
This led 20 the belief that no
monetary policies would be iormu-
lated and that Mr.. Roosevelt would
remain firm on the principles he
has consistently outlined. that
commodity price rises must take
place first OF all
Jesse Jones, chairman OF the RE-
construction Finance Corporate n.
also was a Hyde Park caller.
Later Mr.. Roosevelt planned 20
discuss patronage problems with
James A. Farley. postmaster gen
praI
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
UTLEY URGES
REQUESTSF0R
FARM LOANS
Suggests That so Applications
Be Filed With Registrar An
gelillo At Berkeley.
BURNHAM ALSO ASSISTING
Congressman Advises That Com
missioner Goss Will Visit Here
Next Monday.

Imperial Valleys battle to OBJ
tain federal farm loans registered
two encouraging developments to-
day. which indicate that eventual
success is certain to be achieved.
Ernest r. Utley, formerly district
attorney here, and now assistant
United States district attorney at
Los Angeles, today urged that so
applications for federal farm loans
from all parts of Imperial Valley,
be filed with o. r. Angelillo, reg
istrar of the federal land bank at
Berkeley Immediately.
Utley explained that they must be
what are termed commissioner
loans, not exceeding $4,000 each.
He held a lengthy conference over
the weekend with Angelillo, he
advised, during which the entire
phase of federal farm loans for
the valley was gone into in detail.
The registrar gave further in
dication. according to Utley, that
he is keenly interested in the valley
situation and is anxious to dc
everything possible to have loans
made here.
please stress the fact that
advise the loans to be from vari-
Gus parts of the valley Utley
stated. 1T will not do to have
them all come from one section
They should be representative OF all
sections and 1 suggest that the
chambers of commerce, or the farm
bureau, or perhaps officials OF both
confer on the means to be followed
in making the loans represen-
tative OF the entire valley
Applications for the loans should
be addressed to o. r. Angelillo
registrar, Federal Land Bank
Berkeley, California.
The second development was con-
tanned in a letter received this
morning by the FL Centre Chamber
of Commerce from Congressman
George Burnham.
GOss Coming Here
He advised that he had just
completed a conference with Henry
Morgenthau. Jr., governor OF the
Farm Credit Administration and
with A. S. Goss, land bank COM
missioner, relative to the subject
of federal loans in the valley.
1t was indicated in the confer
rnce that the Farm Credit Admin
istration does not intend to await
the report of department of agri-
culture engineers now making a
survey of valley conditions, but
wishes to act more promptly.
To carry out this idea, Governor
Mtrgenthau was to leave Washing
ton today by airplane, for Cali
fornia. He will not come south tc
Los Angeles. Congressman Burn
lam advised, but Commissioner
Goss will be here on September
4, one week from today, to con-
fer with valley officials.
Officials Of the Imperial 1rriga-
ton district, the farm bureau ano
chambers of commerce were re-
ported to be developing plans for
general conference with Commits
sioner Goss, and to furnish him
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Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
GROUP
HEARTENEDbY
TEXANS VOTE
Predict Elimination Of 18th
Amendment B. re Present
Year Comes To Close.
REQUIRE 13 MORE STATES
Washington Votes Tomorrow
With Repealists Expected To
Add State To List.

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. U.1 -
With 13 more states to go, wet lead
ers were confident TO-DAY that ma
tional prohibition would be repeal
ed by December 6. The vets were
cheered by victory in Texas which
Saturday became the 23rd state to
repudiate the 18th amendment, and
were confident of victory in the
state of Washington which votes to-
morrow.
Beginning with Washington, Is
states vote on repeal between now
and November 7. The drys could
win two of these, and the vets still
would have 36 necessary to COM
plete ratification Of the 2lst re-
peaD amendment. Repeal is not
possible, however, until December
6 when the last repeal convention
of the first 36 states to vote, Is
held.
The states yet to vote and the
dates of their elections follow:
Washington, tomorrow; Colorado,
September IL; Vermont, Sept. 5;
Main, Sept IL; Maryland and Min
nesota, Sept. II; New Mexico and
Idaho, Sept. 49, Virginia, Oct. 10:
Ohio. Pennsylvania, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina and Utah, Nov.
7.
OLYMPIA, WASH, Aug. %. tU.n)
Washington will vote tomorrow on
repeal of national prohibition.
Many drys conceded today that the
state will be the oath to ratify the
21st amendment.
Under the law there will be no
direct popular vote on repeal.
Voters will vote for designated d
number of delegates, corresponding
to the representation in each dis.
trict in the lower house OF the leg
islature. There are 46 districts.
Each candidate for delegate has
pledged himself TO vote wet or
dry" at the convention October },
hence the number of votes cast for
wet" delegates will constitute the
repeal vote, and the number cast
for dry" delegates, will be the vote
against repeal.
DALLAS, Tex, Aug. %. W.H -
Texas today was No. 23 in the Pc
rade of wet states.
Latest returns of the Texas elec-
ton bureau from Saturdays elec-
tion gave:
For repeal 27s,567; against 1885,
082.
For legalization of 32 beer 283,-
725; against l55,4l9.
Seventy counties still were dry
and SO were wet as TIE result OF
local option elections, giving a ma
jority in the incomplete tabulation
of II counties in which sale of beer
will be prohibited when it becomes
legal elsewhere September Is.
Heaviest repeal and beer majorl-
ties were piled up in the more popu-
lous centers while the rural COM
munities, especially in West Texas,
voted proportionately as strongly
for retention Of prohibition as
against beer.
Senator Morris Sheppard, Texas
senior senator and author OF the
18th amendment took an optimistic
view toward the election despite the
wet trend.
He said the fact drys polled such
a large vote in the face OF "such
formidable opposition ought to give
them new encouragement and ~
spirat ton"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
LOCK CLERK IN SAFE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. %. U.H -
Ralph Clark, a night clerk, was
robbed of 5000 and locked in the
hotel safe early today by two ban
dts who invaded the fashionable
Town House.
Before fleeing the bandits locked
the combination but Clark was lib
Grated a few minutes after police
arrived, summoned by a guest.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
STATE GETS ITS CUT

STOCKTON, Calf, Aug. 28. U.D
The states share of S43,743 wag-
cred at pari-mutuel windows last
week at the San joaquin county
fair horse races. the first pari-mu-
tuel betting in the state, was
Sl749.72, a checkup today revealed.
-Four per cent of the gross goes to
the state. Eight per cent goes TO
the fair board.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28

WASHINGTON, Aug 20. U.P)
The threat of general strike
by bituminous coal miners COM
plicated discussion of coal
code today as organized labor
vigorously opposed a rewritten
coal agreement presented to
the national administration by
non union operators.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
VINES -GLEDHILL LOSE

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass, Aug.
%. U.P) Ellsworth Vines and
Ke ithGledhill. defending cham
pions were blasted out of the ma
tional doubles tennis championship
Semi-finals today by the new team
of Frank Shields and Young
frankie Parker. Scores were 6-3,
Ga, 3-6, 3-6, 60.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
Baseball Scores
American League

Washington at Cleveland, post
poned, rain, 2 games tomorrow.
National League
Chicago at Brooklyn, postponed,
rain
At Philadelphia Qst game)-
Pittsburgh 900 204 030-9 16 2
Philadelphia Ito 200 00l-5 l3 3
Swift, Chagnon and Grace; Ell
lott, Berry, Liska and Davis.
At Boston
Cincinnati 400 100 00l-2 & l
BOSTON .......... 900 900 000-0 2 D
Lucas and lombard; Brandt and
Spohrer.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28
GF{Sa G0F&|!S|s!:iR, e.:

SANTA MONICA, Aug. 27.
(SpeciaD-Helen Wills Moody,
congratulations, 1 don't believe
the Armistice got as much pub
licity.
And poor Texas, they would
be unfortunate enough to have
their prohibition election on the
same day Helen was losing her
championship so it would be
Tuesday or Wednesday before
we hear what happened down
there. Voted like they drink, l
guess, for a change.
President Roosevelt yesterday
made a speech to his ricn
Duchess county neighbors, none
of whom voted for him.
Smart bunch of "lads?"
would like to see the code" he
makes out for them.
Yours,
Mx& R1~~
0,s,, NsNausht Syndicate. Inc
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-28

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