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Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
Close Call For
Local Motorist

Lloyd Andrews, Ell Centre, escap-
ed injury and possible death last
night when the automobile he was
driving was struck by a Southern
Pacific freight train at the Eighth
street intersection north of town
according to a report made to the
sheriff's office by c. E. Shaver,
conductor of the train.
Andrews jumped from the car
just before it was struck. The left
rear fender and wheel of the
automobile were demolished and
the car was thrown from the
tracks a distance of about 70 feet,
landing in an upright position.
The report states that from
marks on the right of way, it is
evident that the automobile had
run some go feet along the right
of way before being hit by the
train.
The accident happened at 1855
O'Clock last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
STUDEBAkER'S
FORTUNE GONE

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. l. (Un)
The decline and fall of the for
tunes of the house of Studebaker,
once the city's first family, was re-
vealed today.
In modest frame house, Col
George M. Studebaker and his wife,
head of the clan and one time mas
ter and mistress of a great gray
stone castle, are weathering out the
lean depression years.
Gone is the enormous Studeba-
ker fortune which dated from the
time the forebearS of the present
family started little wagon fac
tory here nearly 100 years ago. The
millions that piled up when the
Studebaker factory turned to the
manufacture of automobiles have
vanished.
Today the woman who ruled as
arbiter of South Bend society and
moved in the first social circles OF
New York and Chicago is living
with her husband upon the charity
of friends.
Close friends of the family esti-
mate the losses of Col. Studebaker
and his brother, the late Clement
Studebaker, Jr., at about $6000,000.
Most of this came in the terrific
collapse of the insult utilities en-
pire in which the family had a
heavy stake.
A few weeks ago Colonel Stude-
baker filed a petition in bankruptcy.
He showed liabilities of 100000, as
sets of $4,000 and about $35 in cash.
Notes of other investors which the
colonel and his brother signed ad-
ded to their heavy losses.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
WELL. FIRED
BY EXPLOSION

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 1. U.P)
Bursting into flames following o.
mysterious explosion at daybreak,
the No. l Reno oil we'll of Frank
Russell Petroleum Co.. about a mile
from the city hall, was out of con-
troll here today as $50 firemen
fought the liquid fire.
Three oil tanks adjoining the
well were in flames. About so other
wells nearby were shut down.
Camp-house families were evacu-
ated and guard lines set up as the
flames shot into the air and heavy
black smoke rolled over the entire
eastern half of the city.
Millions of dollars of Oil COM
rany property was imperiled. The
well is located in the north end of
the great Oklahoma City field.
An hour after the explosion, the
flames melted away the supports of
the 1O0-foot steel derrick and it
crumpled around the mouth of the
! oily furnace.
Additional firemen we're sum-
moned. Virtually every oil COM
pany in the city rushed crews to
aid in fighting the flames and to
protect the many storage tanks,
holding hundreds of thousands of
barrels OF crude oil that are situat-
ed in the vicinity of the well.
The well is just outside the city
limits, with no residences near.
Earthen embankmentS were being
thrown up in mid-morning around
the battery of tanks in the danger
zone.
Describes Blast
NJ. E. Stephens, who had opened
utes before the blast, gave a gra-
phic description of the explosion
and fire.
II was walking away when sud-
denly there was a terrific roaring
explosion he said. "It came from
near the separator, under the vent
line, and everything was on fire
before l had realized what hap
pened.
"Almost without thinking I
rushed to the well. I knew that oil
had to be shut Off I got the we'll
shut in and then the three flow
tanks were flaming. There was
nothing I could do. The heat was
terrific and 1 could almost see the
connections around the we'll melt
ing
Frank Russell militant owner of
the we'll and one of the pioneers in
developing and expanding the city
field, said he had no idea how the
explosion was caused.
"All 1 know is that the we'll is
making about 10000 barrels of oil
daily and it S burning up,'' he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
CUBA FACING
NEW TROUBLE.

HAVANA, Nov. l. U.H-Signs of
imminent disintegration of units
supporting the Grau San Martin
government multiplied today as au-
thorities took severe repressive
measures against opponents.
Bombings in the capital, strikes
in the provinces, arrest of soldiers,
labor men, and politicians in the
provinces and suppression of two
newspapers and a radio station in
dicated growing storm.
The heretofore solid ranks of the
army enlisted men, who with the
students put the government in
power, were revealed as broken af-
ter the arrest of numerous soldiers
and non commissioned officers at
Pinar Del Rio on charges of plot
ting counter revolt.
Col. Fulgencio Batista, chief of
staff of the army, conferred with
Col Carlos Mendieta, one of the
chief opposition leaders and re-
garded by many as Cuba IS most
popular political figure.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
.L|Tv|NOFF ON
WAY To j. 8.
By FREDERICK KUH

United Press Staff Correspondent
CHERBOURG, France, Nov. l.
Maxim Litvinoff, Russian foreign
minister, sailed in the imperial suite
of the luxurious Cunard liner Ber-
engaria at 4 pm. today to negoti-
ate for American diplomatic recog-
milton with President Roosevelt.
Almost up to the minute of de-
parture, Litvinoff asked that the
name of his liner be withheld To
surprised comments that a prole-
tartan diplomat should sail in a
royal suite, it was said that he was
a last minute passenger, and only
the imperial suite was available.
Before he left Paris, Litvinoff
expressed confidence that one week
of negotiations would suffice to eff
feet restoration of full diplomatic
and trade relations.
On his voyage he planned to
watch by means Of radio reports
the trend of the economic and cur
rency situation in the United States
and to go over the many papers he
will need in his negotiations.
Litvinoff plans to stay in Wash
ington at the Soviet information
haadquarters-really an unofficial
embassy-on Massachusetts, avenue.
He will have the aid of the Rus
sian representative, Boris Svirsky,
who is understood to have paved
the way fully for Litvinoff S nego-
tiationS.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
ASSERT CLINE INVOLVED IN
NUMEROUS PROPERTY DEALS

LOS ANGELES, Nov. l. UP) "A
l.. Cline, wealthy Colorado ex-con-
vict, under arrest at San Bernard
ino on a charge of grand theft,
reaped handsome profits from a
series of business transactions en-
gineered with wealthy women, in
vestigators charged today.
While medical authorities exam
ined the exhumed bodies of his wife
and brother -in-law for traces OF
poison, investigators revealed that
several women had disclosed that
they, too had made Cline custodian
of their property.
Detectives refused to identify the
supposed victims but declared that
-four or more women had trans
ferred stocks, bonds and jewelry to
Cline"
Included among the suspects
known benefactors was Mrs. Carrie
May Porter, well-to-do hotel oper-
ator, who died two years ago while
visiting at Reno with Cline. Follow
ing her sudden death, officially as
cribed to heart attack, Cline COL
lected her estate valued at more
than $4,000.
The name of a former Los Ange-
les realty broker was inserted in the
investigation when investigators
said Cline named Harold @. Fergu-
son as companion on the Reno
trip. Ferguson is now serving time
in San Quentin for grand theft.
Investigators, consulting court re-
cords, disclosed that Ferguson and
his wife were named as companions
of Mrs. Porter and Cline when Cline
appeared in court here in August,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
SWING To Be
HONOR GUEST
At BANQUE7 7

Phil d. Swing, former con-
gressman, who has just returned
from Washington where he led
the fight to obtain the appr0pri-
alton for the All-American can
al, will be the guest of honor at
a banquet to be given tomorrow
night at 7 o'clock at the Barbara
Worth, under the auspices of the
Ell Centre Chamber of Com
merce and the Imperial Irriga-
ton District.
Following the dinner, at
which Swing will make a brief
talk, he will give a public ad-
dress in Wilson school at 8 o.
clock.
Swing arrived in Les Angeles
yesterday from the capital and
is to make a report of his Wash
ington activities to the district
board tomorrow.
Because Of the brief advance
notice, plans for the program
have necessarily been hurried.
The dinner will be open TO the
public and reservations should
be made at the chamber OF
commerce, Sc that the hotel may
be informed of the approximate
number of diners.
1t is hoped that large at
tendance will be on hand to
greet the former congressman
both at the banquet and at the
meeting in the school.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
Railroad Men
To Consolidate
SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. l. U.p

SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. l. U.P)
The Pacific coast section of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive firemen
and enginemen went on record to-
day with a proposal to consolidate
the parent union with the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
Delegates to the annual meeting
here approved such a consolidation
along with resolution urging en-
actment of national legislation for
old age pensions for railroad work
ers. Delegates attended from Cali
fornia, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.
Joseph E. Kavanaugh of Salt
Lake City was elected secretary to
make arrangements for next year S
meeting at Las Vegas, New.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
GOLD PRICE
RAISED AGAIN

WASHINGTON, Nov. l. U.H =.
The government today raised its
price on newly mined American
gold to $32.26 an ounce from the
$32.12 level of yesterday. The price
was an overnight advance of IA
cents an ounce.
Today's Washington price was CT
cents above the world price set in
London today.
The London price today was 131
shillings 8 pence, up l shilling
pence. On the basis of the opening
exchange rate on the pound $4.79R
this was equivalent to $31.59 an
ounce.
Today's gold price made the dol
lar worth $64.07 cents in gold as
compared with 64.35 cents yester-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
MANY MARKS
Of HALLOWEEN

Halloween goblins of the genus
known as "schoolboy" romped the
streets of Ell Centro last night ana
left their marks on everything
they passed. Windows of downtown
sores bore signs of having been lib
orally smeared with soap; sigrs
moved from their original sites
and a mild form of deviltry was
INDUCED in.
Police were particularly on the
watch last night and a special
detail was sent out to see that no
damage was done to property by
the roaming celebrators, but des-
pite their efforts there was plenty
of it. 81
One youth, 10 years OF age, be-
came more boisterous than was
good for his general health and
thought it great fun TO lombard
the police patrol with eggs OF
rather doubtful age and ancestry.
Result a trip to headquarters In
said -splattered patrol. followed
by scathing lecture on the In
advisability of attempting 10 emu
late other renowned throwers OF
seasoned hen fruit.
Several groups OF boys were
caught by police In the act Of
smearing soap ON windows. They
were supplied with rags and water
and given an opportunity TO clean
said windows under careful police
supervision Needless TO say theec
same youngsters were careful IN
picking their next base OF opera
tions.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01

1882, to oppose suit of Mrs. Por-
testing her will. The suit was sub
sequently dismissed when young
Porter failed to come here from
Mexico City to prosecute the action
Police said Ferguson denied know
ing Cline.
Study Bank Records
Prying into the bank records OF
the 80-year old hotel owner. inves-
tigators said they learned she had
cashed $4,000 worth of checks on the
trip to Reno, via Salt Lake City and
Yellowstone National park. Miss Ell
la Emlee, notary public, said she
acknowledged the transfer of $10,-
600 worth of building and loan cer-
tificates from Mrs. Porter to Cline
short time before they left OH
the trip. Two months later Cline
appeared at the building and loan
company and transferred $4,000
worth of certificates to Mrs. Mar
tina w. McCollum. The balance OF
the certificates was cashed a short
time later, it was said.
Autopsy surgeons moved slowly in
their examination of the bodies OF
Mrs. Cline, who died at Glendale
last September, and of her brother
Lucas Brant McCreery, who died last
March. Their examination is not ex-
pected to be completed for several
days. Cline inherited the life insur-
ance of both his wife and brother
in-law
An analysis of Mrs. Porter's sto-
mach was not ordered at Reno, in
vestigators said They declared her
body was sent to Oakland for cre-
nation Immediately after death.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
Unique Weather
During October

October had a mean temperature
of 789 degrees according to the
monthly report of Howard EmmonS,
local weather observer, which shows
a maximum of l05 degrees on Oc-
tober and a minimum of 81 de-
grees on October o.
The mean maximum tempera-
ture was 96.6 degrees and the mean
minimum 613 degrees. The great
est daily range was At degrees.
There we're 80 clear days during
the month and one partly cloudy
day, with a thunderstorm record
ed on October 10, though the
amount of precipitation during the
month was too small to register.
A unique condition was the pres
ence of fog On the 28th. 1t came
in at 6:56 am. from the southeast
and lasted for 40 minutes.
Wind during the month was
from all points except east, the
prevailing winds being from the
southeast.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
HooUer RelafiUe
Killed BY Auto

NEW YORK, Nov. /. U.P)-Iden-
titled after three days in the morgue
the body of Mrs. Minnie Hoover Lin
ton, distant relative of Former
President Hoover, probably will be
sent to California for burial.
Mrs. Linton was killed by an au-
tomobile Saturday night. She was q
literary agent. A brother lives at
Eureka, Calf.
Nell Martin, author, who identi-
fled Mrs. Linton, said the accident
was an indirect result of the eX-
plosion in the Los Angeles Times
building, in which 81 persons were
killed Is years ago. The explosion
left her nearly deaf. She walked in
front of q car.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
GOVERNORS Of
FOUR STATES
TAKE ACTION
Leave For Capital To Confer
With President On Farm Re-
lief Program.
WILL SUBMIT REQUESTS
Decision Follows Conference
OF Midwest Executives At
Des Moines, Iowa.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 1. U.D
-Four midwestern governors sped
toward Washington today to plead
with President Roosevelt for i'm
mediate adoption of farm relief
program to include currency infla-
ton and pegging of farm prices.
The governors, representing views
OF the agricultural middle west, are
Alfred G. Schmedman of Wisconsin,
Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota, Clyde
l.. Herring of Iowa and William Lam
ger of North Dakota.
The program which the governors
will present to the President tomor-
row was drawn at a conference OF
governors of five states, officials of
four others, farm cooperative heads,
and representative of the agricul-
tural administration here this week.
Resolutions adopted at the confer
ence commended President Roose-
velt for his earnest efforts" in behalf
of farmers and recognized "the pro-
gress which he has thus far made
Proposals criticizing the federal ad-
miniStration were voted down.
In addition to currency initiation
and the pegging of prices on farm
products at cost of production, the
committee was prepared to urge
adoption of an NRA code for ag-
riculture. Initiation and price peg
ging were described as temporary
measures pending placing of the
code into effect.
missed to prevent mortgage fore
closures and evictions by using "any
and all means within our executive
power until such mortgagors
shall have reasonable opportunity
to avail themselves of credit facil-
tiles offered by the federal govern
ment."
Milo Reno, president of the Farm
ers Holiday association, which Is
sponsoring Che strike movement,
hailed the program as great VIC
tory" He refused, however, to order
the strike halted.
AS a precaution against spread OF
violence which has resulted in the
Staying OF one picket and the
wounding of II others in addition
to destruction of cheese and milk,
hundreds of deputy sheriffs were
mobilized throughout Wisconsin.
Yesterday pickets dumped milk In
many parts of the state, causing fear
of milk shortage. A cheese factory
at Five Corners, Wis, was dyna-
mited.
WASHINGTON, Nov. /. W.P) =
Governor Henry Morgenthau of the
farm credit administration, one OF
President Roosevelt's advisers on
monetary policies, >indicated pur-
chases of foreign gold might have
been started today had not all
French banks been closed because
of All Saints Day.
He said the administration did
not become aware of the holiday
until pm. last night.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. l. W.P) =
Gov. Floyd B. Olson left today for
Washington in a privately char
tered plane, bearing to President
Roosevelt a demand for farm re-
lief.
81 m not going to request help
from Roosevelt m going to de
mand' it, Olson said. 1.-The whole
MIRA will be a flop if the present
Iamentable farm plight is not REM
edied Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
kalin Confined
To Residence

Al j. Kalin, director of the I'M
perial Irrigation district from the
Brawley division, was reported rest
ing comfortably at his home today
following an injury to his back
when he was thrown from a horse
while inspecting cattle in Arizona
early this week.
He arrived in Ell Centro at 1925
this morning, the train being met
by Lemons ambulance, in which
he was removed to his home in
Brawley.
Mrs. Kalin advised The Press
that his back was strained by the
fall but that a few days of rest will
undoubtedly restore him to good
health.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01

# returns continue TO pour IN at
the rate they were received for the
first two months, California will
have added approximately S20,000,-
900 to its treasury by the first of
the year.
Members of the board of equaliz-
alton pointed out it was entirely
too early to predict the final total
for the two year period. Although
there is some agitation for spe-
cial legislative session in January,
to eliminate foodstuffs from the
tax, the board feels the revenue
system should not be disturbed the
first year.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
Naval Officer
Dies In Crash

SAN DIEGO, Nov. l. U.PEnsign
Cleon H. FELTON,, Pensacola, Fla, was
dead today, killed when the naval
scouting plane he was flying
crashed 1900 feet into Mission Bay.
Chief Machinists Mate Jack Ware
of San Diego was slightly injured.
A naval court of inquiry later at
tributed the accident to a broken
propeller.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
DRY LEADER RETIRES

NEW YORK, Nov. l. (UP)-Mrs
Ella A. Boole retired as president of
the national w. G. T. U. today and
admitted lit looks as if repeal were
coming" She was succeeded by Mrs
Ida B. Wise Smith, Des Moines
Iowa.
Mrs. Boole served as national pre-
sident eight years. She still is head
of the worlds w. c. T. u,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
Pea Shipment
Made Yesterday

Imperial Valleys first car of
fall peas was shipped out of the
valley yesterday from Calipatria
according to B. A. Harrigan, agri-
cultural commissioner.
The peas are excellent in quail
ity and are being marketed at
approximately the same time as
last year IS crop.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
GOING TO CONVENTION

Walter l.. Palmer, H. w. Jensen
and G. E. kirkpatrick will repre-
sent Ell Centro Sciots at the con-
vention of that order which opens
in Santa Barbara tomorrow. They
are leaving for the north this af-
ternoon.
The convention will last until Sat-
urday with a ceremonial being held
tonight before the convention gets
under way.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
CATHEDRAL HOME FOR BIRDS

ROUEN U.P) - More than 1,400
birds make their home annually in
the tower of the Rouen cathedral
according to the latest bird census" ="
Of this number 900 are pigeons, 800
bats, 80 hawks, so owls and 35 ra-
venS.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
@AWlll
r'9Al ROGERS
w '.S0yS:

BEVERLY HILLS, Nov. 1.
(SpeciaD News today says ~.
S. and England agree on gold
CONTROL But it didn't say
nothing about France, who has
all the gold.
It's always good to take it up
with the teacher before a cou-
pie of students decide when
school will be out.
King Boris of Bulgaria and
King Carol of Rumania met
yesterday to decide on ways to
improve relations between the
two countries. It was suggest
ed Carol take Boris sister to
wife. Nations got a funny sense
Of humor, ain t they? English
royalty waited till they had all
married Germans, then they
went to war with EN-. Ger
mans all married Russians,
then fought
Boris, you better pan that
sister off on some local guy.
Yours,
NIX R1~<
0,s,, Mehassh, syadssa.s. lac
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-01
STATE: SALES TAX BRINGS
IN GOOD RETURNS THUS FAR
Approximately $1.41 Per Capita Paid By
Californians During First Quarter Accord
ing To Press Survey.

on an estimated basis, were as fol-
lows
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
RUBIN IS VICTOR
IN NAM|TY MEET

Harry Rubin, with a card of
95-25-7O, won the Amity Club
handicap golf tournament and
will today receive the Morris Bid
man Golf Cup, which he will
retain for a year.
Jack Semsker was low gross
with a SO.
Prize winners in the annual
tournament include Rubin, Sens
ker, Barney Krucoff, 94-18-76;
Herbert Sauber, 102-30-72; Irving
Peake, 97-25-72; Phil Wagschall,
100-25-75, and Earl Klein, 101-
25-76.
Summary of the tournament:
Jack Shulman (1O6-2ol. Sc: DR.. Ed
Letter G0522). SO; Mike Jacobs (11S-
2S). IS; Morris Bildman uO6-25l, 81;
35). SO: Earl Klein (1O1-25), 76; George
Jacobson 1O3-22), 81; w. r. Lichten-
berg u15-35), so; Barney Krucoff GA
bert ss sauber II1O2-3o?. y; J: Charles
G24-35). 50; Jack Semsker (9S-1S), rs;
Fred Schneider Q02-25). II; Irving
Semsker G21-35), Sc; Leo schlosberg
111-32), 79; DR.. Alex Rosenbloan Q14-
32), Vic Silverman Q2O-35), IS; DR..
William Keroes GO9-26), SO; DR.. Charles
Bassaches G20-32), S8; DR.. Ed Cafritz
G21-29). 90; Ben Dulcan G10-29), 81;
Harry Rubin (95-25). 10; DR.. William
Ogus (no card); Moe Rosenfeld G42-35),
1O7; Mort Wilmer G01-1S), SO: Leo
Freudberg (97-16), 81; Phil Wagschal
GO0-25), IS.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
RACE
ENL|STS a

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-The Nor
man w. Church entry of Gallant
Sir and Plucky Play ruled the IA
vorites in the $4,000 Hawthorne
Handicap, which will see it's sixth
renewal at the old Stickney course
here this afternoon.
Fourteen entries were named
overnight for the mile-and-an-
eighth handicap. Twelve of these
are expected to go to the post.
A close second to the Church
entries in the wagering was In
dian Runner victor in two stakes
at the recent Arlington meeting.
Plucky Play and Gallant Sir
will carry 124 pounds, while In
dian Runner will have 119 up.
The Baroni pair. Bamboula and
Waylayer, held at 6 to l in the
wagering.