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Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
SEVEN DIE IN
PLANE CRASH
Ship Explodes In Air From
Undetermined Cause While
Crossing Indiana.

CHESTERTON, Ind, Oct. IL. (U.P)
The charred bodies of seven per-
sons were removed today from the
wreckage of giant transcontinen-
tai passenger plane that exploded
in midair and crashed in flames
near here.
AS the last of the bodies, all
burned beyond possible recogni-
ton, was removed, department Of
commerce officials arrived and be-
gan an immediate investigation
into the cause of the crash.
Three members of the crew and
four passengers aboard the United
Air Lines silver monoplane NC13304
were killed by the crash and their
bodies burned beyond possible rec
ignition by flames that reduced the
ship to charred mass of wreckage
Names of the victims, as taken
from the passenger list of the air
line, we're:
H. r. Tarrant, Chicago, pilot.
A. T. Ruby, Chicago, co-pilot
Alice Schreibner, Chicago, stew
ardess
H. R. Burris, Columbus, O., radio
operator.
Miss E. M. Dwyer, Arlington,
Mass, a passenger.
E. Mitt, Chicago, passenger.
Fred Schoendorff, Chicago, a
passenger.
The plane, flying from Cleveland
to Chicago, was within so miles of
its goal when an explosion occur
red. 1t slipped out of control at
an altitude of about 1000 feet and
shot toward earth at terrific
speed.
There had been no report of
trouble from the radio operator
aboard the ship.
Reported All Well
The plane left Cleveland at 6:57
pm, EST, and passed over Toledo
at 1889 on time. Only a few min
utes before the crash the periodic
radio report showed the ship over
North Liberty, Ind, and call
WE'LL
What happened in the huge air
liner after that was forever sealed
by the crash. Some difficulty
within the ship, and not the wea-
ther, was believed to have caused
the wreck.
Farmers near where the plane
plummeted to earth reported they
heard an explosion and saw flames
shooting from the front part of the
ship. Flames did not envelop the
ship, however, until it struck the
ground.
An examination of the wreckage
by E. L. Lott, United Air Lines
vice president, failed to reveal any
clue as to the cause of the disaster
Myron Harris, a Gary, Ind,
newspaperman, and Clarence Lin
derman, a farmer living mile
from the scene of the wreck, found
parts of the plane more than 1000
feet from where it crashed
A jagged and twisted piece of
metal identified as a part of the
gasoline tank was found more
than 300 yards away in the direc-
ton from which the plane had
been flying. A hundred or more
holes in the metal two feet wide
and four feet long gave mute evil
dence of an explosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
HelUes To Head
District Board

Evan T. Hewes, director from
the CalexicO district, was chO-
sen president of the Imperial
Irrigation District board of di-
rectOrs at a meeting held today,
succeeding Burleigh Adams
whose resignation as director
was accepted yesterday.
Hewes took the chair after a
mutual understanding had been
reached that he would continue
as president only until the
board has been completed by
appointment or election of a
successor to Adams, at which
time a president would be elect
ed.
Action in naming Hewes pre-
sident was taken to enable the
hoard to transact current and
routine business.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
JAPANESE ADMIRAL DENIES
ANY SNUb EXTENDED To HIM

LOS ANGELES, Oct. II. W.H -
Rear Admiral Norimasa Tada, head
of the scientific division of Japan
,se naval aviation, sailed for home
today without benefit of "close-
upo sight of the five U. S. Navy
lseaplanes which arrived at San
Diego Monday after a flight from
Coco Solo, G. 2.
The Los Angeles Examiner de-
clared the high ranking Japanese
officer was refused request to
approach the squadron at the
North Island air base for a close
inspection Tada accepted the re-
fusal without trace of rancor and
with the brief announcement he
had been unable to inspect other
U. S. military and naval aircraft
while on swing across the CONT
nent, the Examiner said.
81 quite understand why an aide
and myself were forbidden to get a
closeup he was quoted as say
ing. Certain matters must be
kept secret and we in Japan would
have used exactly the same tactics
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
JAPAN SOVIET
BREAK FEARED
AS INEVITABLE
Charges Of Conspiracy To
Seize Railroad Inflames Both
Countries.
LEAGUE LEADERS WORRIED
Believe Peace Depends Upon
Russia Because OF Japan's
Warlike Policies.
By MILES w. VAUGHN
United Press. Staff CORRESPONDENT

Copyright, 1888, by United Press
TOXIC, Oct. IL. Russian-Jap-
anese relations, embittered for
many months, approached an open
break today over charges that Jap
anese officials conspired to seize the
Chinese Eastern railway.
Thoroughly angered by Russian
charges, made public Sunday. the
government ordered a complete re-
port from Ambassador Tamekichi
Ota and summoned the correspon-
dent of the official Russian news
agency, Tass, to demand an expla-
nation why he gave copies of the
charges to Toxic newspapers.
On the governments view of Am
bassador Ota's report, it was said
officially, depends whether a full
cabinet meeting will be summoned
to consider Japan's position.
The Tass agency representative
statement to the information bureau
chief detailed to question him was
referred to Foreign Minister Hirota
"w i bout recommendations" a
spokesman said. Expulsion of the
Russian news agent was considered
by the government.
Though discussions naturally
were on a diplomatic basis, they
forced attention to the imminent
possibility of war in the Far East
between Japan and Soviet Russia.
| Ever since Japan, with military
men directing the governments pol
icieS, seized Manchuria from China
and made it into the new state OF
Manchukuo, relations have beer
strained to a point where any Sc
rious incident might lead to COM
plete break.
An official spokesman openly in
timated today that break in rela.
tons was possible if Russia per.
sisted" in publishing charges which
Japan holds to be absolutely false
such as those of the conspiracy tc
seize TIE railway, which is of ire
mendous Importance to both nations
and owned partly by Russia.
| GENEVA, Oct. II. U.P)-League
of Nations members feared today
that Russian-Japanese tension
might wreck the world disarma-
ment conference and lead to early
fWar.
Powerless to invoke the League
of Nations covcnant-for what it
might be worth-because Russia is
not a member of the league and
Japan has announced her withdraw
al, the league viewed the dispute in
a grave light as the assembly adj
journed it's annual meeting this af-
ternoon.
Opinion among most league dele
gates was that Russie would do her
CONTINUED On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
LAWYER ASKS
OWN ARREST
Continued On Page 81

SANTA ANA, Oct. IL. W.P)-Da-
vid G.. Wettlin, 45-year-old attor-
ney, faced prosecution at his own
request today on a charge of grand
theft.
Acceding to his request, District
Attorney S. B. Kaufman issued
grand theft complaint based upon
the attorneys purported confess
sion that he was short $3140 in &C
counts of an estate for which he
was executor. Wettlin was released
on $1,000 bail pending hearing Sat-
urday.
Kaufman said Wettlin was exec
utor of the estate of the late Jacob
HAST of Orange and that he con-
fessed his inability to repay bor-
rowed funds.
Wettlin is widely known in Sou
thern California Democratic poll
tics. He was a candidate for state
senator last year and forcerly was
city attorney at Huntington Beach,
city clerk of Orange, and deputy
district attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
MOVIES CODE
STRIKES SNAC
Continued On Page 81

WASHINGTON, Oct. Il. U.P)-
Strong protest from sections of Hol-
lywood's motion picture colony was
expected today as reply to new
ly-reviSed NRA code which would
outlaw stars and executives who fail
to carry out contracts with produ-
GERS.
The new draft of the film code
was announced last night by Sol
A Rosenblatt, deputy administra-
tor, who described it as pretty
we'll set now" He expected it TO
reach Administrator Hugh S. john
son before the end of the week.
The new code while setting no
limit on salaries, imposes strict reg
ulations of contractual relations
between producers and actors and
executives. Studios would be prohib-
tied from competitive bidding for
stars until the final 80 days OF an
expiring contract.
This anti-raiding clause has al
ready drawn the fire Of Hollywood
actors although no formal objection
has been filed with MIRA officials.
The newly organized Screen Actors
guild at mass meeting in Holly
wood Sunday night attacked SUCH
a provision as unfair TO talented ar
fists. The guild is expected to be
even more hostile TO the clause pro-
hibiting contract-jumping.
This section finds that when any
employee of any producer who has
refused without just cause to per-
form his obligations under any con-
tract Of employment. the code au-
thority shall have full power and
authority, with the administrators
approval, to order all producers TO
refrain from employing any such
person for such period OF time as
shall be designated"
No distributor or exhibitor would
be allowed to handle any picture
made by or with CIie aid OF that
player during the period OF his or
her sentence" Action against the
offending star could only be taken
after the code authority holds q
hearing at which all facts Involved
in the controversy between player
and producer we're presented.
The Screen Writer'S guild also
is expected TO file an official pro-
test. Hollywood advices quoted
members as intimating they would
actively contest the black listing
clause as one contrary 70 the beat
interests OF the industry.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
SUPERVISORS
DEADLOCKED
!. ON DIRECTOR
Motion Naming Morrow As Sue
cessor To Adams Is Defeated
By 81 Vote.
DELEGATIONS PLEA FAILS
Brawley Groups Request For
Right To Name Board Repre-.
sentative Disregarded.

Turning deaf ears to the plea of
Roy Stilgenbauer, spokesman of a
delegation of 300 representative
Brawlcy voters, that the man they
desired be appointed to fill pres
ent vacancy on the directorate of
the Imperial Irrigation district and
tEat they be permitted ito exercise
their right of franchise which has
so long been denied Them" Super
visorS Osborne, Vencill and Best re-
fused to appoint Charles H. Nor
row to this position at meeting
OF the board yesterday afternoon.
Morrow had been nominated for the
position by Supervisor Graham of
the BraWley district and seconded
by Supervisor Preble. When put to
a vote these two voted for Morrow
with tie other three members of
the board against his appointment.
This action followed the resigna-
ton of Burleigh E. Adams as men,
Der of the district board of direc-
tors following his incarceration in
the county Jail on charges of as
sault with deadly weapon after
he had shot o. G. Weaver in a
Rrawley Eotel last Thursday morn
ing.
News Of yesterdays meeting of
the supervisors had attracted a
large number of interested specta-
tors and by the time the session
opened at 2:15 o'clock the board
room was filled to capacity with a
large overflow in the corridor and
adjoining room.
With all the supervisors present
the meeting got under way. First
came a notice from the irrigation
district office, certified by F. H. Nc
liver, that Adams resignation from
that body had been received at that
office and filed. No indication was
given in this communication that
any action rad been taken in the
matter by the directorate.
Then Adams resignation to the
supervisors, contained in a large
business envelope, was opened and
read. 1t was dated Brawley, October
8, 1893, and stated that he desired
to resign from the board, the same
to take effect Immediately.
This resignation having been
read the question of its acceptance
was the the next matter before Iie
board Charles Halliday, attorney
for the board, when asked, stated
that it would be tie proper proce-
dure first to ascertain whether or
not a copy of this resignation had
Keen filed with the secretary OF
state in Sacramento. The clerk was
then instructed to get in communl-
cation with that official by tele-
phone requesting an answer be re-
turned by wire as soon as possible.
Questions Boards Action
When word was finally received
from Sacramento that no notice OF
this resignation had been received
by the secretary of state, the board
turned it's attention to the matter
before it. Halliday was of the opin-
ion that it would be better for the
board to wait until this resigna-
ton had been filed in Sacramento
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
By E. j. HEILMAN
United Press Staff CorreSpondent


FRESNO, Calf, Oct. II. = TIE
red brew of hatred and violence
sinmered and dubbed today be-
meath the ominous calm of the San
Joaquin valley cotton belt, where
three strikers were killed and near
ly score were injured in clashes
last night.
Delfino Davila, 81, Tulare Mexi-
can consular representative, and
Dolores Hernandez, So, also of Tu-
lare, were killed in clash between
cotton growers aid strikers at Pix
ley. Pedro Subia, Kern county la
borer, was shot to death in fight
at Arvin.
Seven men land a woman were
wounded by gunfire in the Pixley
fight. Four prominent Kern county
cotton growers and striker were
beaten or shot at Arvin.
Davila and Hernandez were shot
down as they stood in front of
strike headquarters, without warn
ing and without cause, according to
their comrades.
Subia was shot, allegedly by Alon-
20 Andrews, q, another striker, who
assertedly was aiming his gun at q
| deputy sheriff.
At Pixley, strikers claimed car
AVIAN of 10 or IL automobiles OF
growers drove up to strike meet
ing, and then opened fire as the
strikers poured into their hal! The
growers, IL of whom were named in
murder warrants, declared SHOT
was fired first from the strike
headquarters, wounding one grower.
The Arvin clash occurred when
strike. pickets and growers and Of
ficers met at the E. o. Mitchell
1anch.
Valley growers, according to their
representatives, will not arbitrate
| the demands of strikers fer ST per
hundredweight picked. They will
pay 60 cents a hundred pounds the
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
MRS. EMMONS'
INJURY FATAL
Continued On Page 81

Mrs. Howard Emmons, Ell Centre
resident, who was injured in the
same automobile accident Sunday
which took the life of her four-year-
old granddaughter, Betty Lou EN-
mons, died yesterday morning in an
Indio hospital.
A double funeral will be conduct
ed from the Indio Baptist church at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and
interment for both Mrs. Emmons
and her little granddaughter will be
made at Indio, according to word
received here today.
The tragic accident occurred when
the automobile driven by Howard
Emmons, engineer at the Ell Centre
water plant, crashed into truck
parked on The highway five miles
north of the Riverside county line
at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Jesus Hernandez and his uncle
Joe Hernandez, driver and paSSen-
ger of the parked truck, were held
responsible FOR the death of the
child at an inquest held in River
side county Monday night.
The two Brawley Mexicans are in
the Imperial county Jail. At the in
quest the driver admitted he had
parked the truck on the highway
while making minor repairs to the
machine.
Mrs. Emmons was born in Nelson,
Neb, so years ago and had made
her home in FL Centre for the last
IL years. She and her family have
many friends here who are deeply
grieved at the news of the two ira
gic deaths.
Betty Lou was daughter of Mr.
end Mrs. Harris Emmons of Indio
Harris Emmons the elder son OF
Mr.. and Mis-. Howard Emmons.
Mrs. Emmons is survived by her
husband, Howard Emmons and two
sons, Harris of Indio and Harold OF
El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
FIVE KILLED AS VIOLENCE IN
STATES STRIKE AREA FLAMES
INTO CONDITION Of CIVIL WAR
Bitter Feeling Between Growers And Work
ers In San Joaquin County Threatens To
Bring More Bloodshed

lowers against demonstrations and
violence.
Several hundred tomato packers
left their jobs in sympathy
strike" to aid the lettuce shed work.
ers.
Longshoremen employed at Mat
son-Oceanic line piers in San Fran
cisco tied up ship loading by walk
ing out. They protested discharge
of four of their fellow unionists.
Fishermen rejected preliminary
truce in their dispute with Gamers.
State officials made new efforts at
mediation to adjust wage differ
enceS.
Workmen operating automobile
ferries in San Francisco bay threat
ened to strike unless granted high
er wages. Their walkout would af-
feet thousands of commuters en-
ployed in the bay area.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
Sell Unemployment
Relief Bond Block

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. 10.
W.P)-Sale of S6,0O0000 of state I'M
employment relief bonds to pool
headed by r. H. Moulton and COM
pany, San Francisco, was announc-
ed today by State Treasurer
Charles G. johnson.
Money realized from the sale
will be Available at once, johnson
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
TODAY'S GOLD PRICE

WASHINGTON, Oct. II. (U.H -
Today's price for newly mined
gold consigned for export or for
use in domestic arts and industries
was fixed by the treasury at $30.9l
per fine ounce.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-11
@FR!SS!}Ss!a:i

BEVERLY HILLS, Oct. 10.
(SpeciaD-Poor Mr.. Roosevelt.
He no more than gets one ma
tional thing Strengthened out
than along comes something
else.
Just getting the codes out of
the way, when along comes
Kansas and almost beats Notre
Dame. Now he has to drop ev-
erything till he gets Notre
Dame Strengthened out.
Manager Terry of the Giants
was sentenced to five years in
New York. Looks like Cronin
was really the winner. He was
only sentenced to one year in
Washington. He is young yet
and will be when he gets out.
Say, did you know our popu-
lar Governor Jimmy Rolph who
has worn boots all his life is
not we'll? Some crazy doctor
made him put on shoes.
Yours,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28
SWIMMING MEET
AT NAVAL BASE
MANY PARTICIPATE IN RACES
TAKING PLACE ON
TUESDAY

A swimming meet was conduct
ed at the Coast Guard Naval OPP
Grating Base here on Tuesday aft
ernoon, beginning at o'clock,
with the following results:
75-yard free style-Kandale of
the Wainwright first, Carlos of
the Hunt second, Zinavage of the
Badger third. Time: So seconds.
40-yard free style-Royster of
the Abel P. Upshur first, Oliver
of the Gresham second, r. d.
Brewer of the Abel P. Upshur
third. Time: 22 seconds.
150-yard relay Gree style)-
First place tied for by Abel P. Up
shur and Gresham teams. Upshur's
team composed of Register, R. D.
Brewer, Linton and Simmons.
Gresham's team made up of Oliver,
Young, Grueling and Fitzgerald.
Second place taken by Wainwright
team consisting of Favley, Breita-
tim, White and Handle. No time
taken.
Bearing the fact in mind that
very little time was given for
practice, the races turned out very
well, it was shown.
All the meets were closely con-
tested and showed that with prac-
tice some very fast swimmers
could be developed.
The high-light of the day was
the squirt by Register, the anchor
man of the Upshur's team. He
took up the race with handicap
of about ten yards but managed
to close the gap for tie for first
place.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28
PELICANS DOWN
FISHERMEN TEN

The Pelican diamondball ten de-
feated the Fishermen aggregation
yesterday afternoon at the Army
grounds, 5 TO 3.
Tynes, on the mound for the
Birds, allowed the Fish Catchers
nine hits. while, Weech, the oppos-
ing twirler, was garnered for just
one less.
B. Garcia, P. Diaz. NJ. Gibson
and C. Baker socked the ball for
extra base hits.
Score by innings:
r. II. f.
Pelicans 202 100 600 5 8 8
Fishermen
900 100 10 3 s
Batteries: Tynes and Bazo;
Weech and Hort.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28
fSPORTSA
GMMeGeyz
my Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Sept. %
General Alvin Crowder asked
Manager Joe Cronin last spring al
ltraining camp in Biloxi to let him
pitch the first game of the world
series. And he wasn't fooling-
The General" was in the regu-
lar army first in Siberia and later
in the Philippines, where he start
ed playing baseball. He took up
the game because he noticed that
the soldiers who belonged to regi-
mental baseball teams were ex-
cused from many weary hours Of
drilling and tx. P" duty.
First he thought ne was a short
stop, but was such a fizzle that he
started pitching. When his outfit
returned to San Francisco, that
club signed him only to let him
go. His hometown club of Win
ston-Salem in the Piedmont
league, however, gave him a trial
and he did so well that Rochester
bought him.
He finished the season in the
Eastern league, then pitched for
Birmingham in 1926 and 1926.
Washington bought him in '26, but
the next year he developed stom-
ach trouble and was traded to st.
Louis.
Washington regained him in
1880 along with Heinie Manush in
a trade whereby Goose GosIin
went to the Browns.
Last year the General" led the
League pitchers with 26i
victories, finishing the season with
13 straight wins.
He is a horse for work and is
willing to pitch three games al
week. Gimme the ball Crowder"
his teammates have, dubbed him
this year, as he again led the
league in pitching.
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FLORIDA BRINGS
l27 PASSENGERS

The P. and o. S. S. Florida ar
rived yesterday from Havana with
1877 passengers, of whom "a were
aliens, 991 bales of tobacco and
shipments of fruit for Key West
and Tampa.
Freighter Brazos, of the Clyde
Mallory lines, is due tomorrow
evening from Galveston with
freight for Key West. After dis
charging the ship will sail for
Charleston and New York. 4,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28
HOWARD MACKEY
Is GIVEN HEARING

Howard Mackey, colored, was
given a hearing before Rogelio
Gomez, justice of the peace, on a
charge of petit larceny.
C. o. Garrett, deputy sheriff at
Rock Harbor brought Mackey to
Key West on the morning train
yesterday and charged him with
the theft of six machetes.
After hearing the evidence in
the case. the judge ordered the
defendant held under bond OF
$500.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28
ORDER
TO MEET TONIGHT

There will be a meeting of the
P. o. of A. tonight at headquar-.
tiers on Duval street.
1t is stated that matters of
much Importance to the organiza-
ton will be taken up at the ses-
sion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28
1NNg1tNkI.jEGAt!.lI
BOXING BOUTS AT
LEGION GROUNDS

Arrangements have been made
for the staging Of several boxing
bouts tonight at the American
Legion grounds, with much inter
est conferred in the proposed ex-
hihitions.
Other bouts viii be arranged to
be put on at some later date, it is
stated by those having the pro-
gram in charge.
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DIAMONDBAIL
FRIDAY NIGHT

There will be q dianondhall
game played at Bayview Park to-
morrow night. weather permitting.
The teams to meet viii be an
nouneed tomorrow.
The game that was scheduled
for last night between the Zach
arias and Cubs was called off on
account Of rain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28
LOSES PANTS IN PRESS

HILLISTER. Calif.-Standing
too near roaring press in a
newspaper plant in this city, Pete
Borcovich lost his pants when
they were drawn into the revolv-
ing rollers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28

At the Ortonville, Mimi, harvest
festival recently Mrs. L. w. Lind
strom, II, won the women's corn
eating championship with a new
women's record of 45 ears.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28

1833-James Deering Fressen-
den, Maine lawyer and State legis-
lator. Union officer, born at West
brook, Maine. Died in Portland,
Nov. 18, 1882.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-28

1811-Freidrich X, F. Hecker,
German Revolutionist, Illinois
farmer, Union soldier. born in
Germany. Died in Illinois, March
"a, 1881.
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Today's
Anniversaries
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1795-David P. Brown, a noted
Philadelphia lawyer and writer,
born in Philadelphia. Died there,
July IL, 1872.