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Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
SESSIONS Of
SCHOOLS END
On THURSDAY

Thursday, December 81, will be
the closing date for all the schools
of the county and on Friday, De-
cenber %, at $50 a. m., the annual
teachers institute will open in Ell
Centro in the high school auditor
ium.
The high school orchestra under
the direction of Miss Lucille Krause
will play selections from "The Mes
siah" and Around the Christmas
Tree" (TobanD.
DR.. Warren F. Fox, county health
officer, will speak on the work Of
his office; Miss Edith Hedrick of the
high school history department will
discuss History and Geography
March Westward Hand in Hand"
DR.. Bruce Baxter, dean of the
school of religion, U. S. c., will talk
on Teaching in a Difficult Year.
The morning session will close
with a business meeting and cleo
ton of officers for the Imperial
County Teachers association. Mrs. S
L. McCrory of Ell Centro is the pre-
sident for this year.
The afternoon session will open
with numbers by the Hoitville high
school. A trumpet solo, "Swanee Ri
yer Moon" will be played by Del
mer Bourgoin and vocal duet
"C'mon and Dry the Dishes" by Fe-
lix Bouvard, Dorothy 10 Acker, Fl
l.. Meredith; saxaphone solo,
"Margie" by Howard Hickett, and
trio, 1.-The Last Round Up" Billy
Hill, Richard Lott, Pauline Peacock,
Dorothy 10 Acker, Inez Rita Bro
derrick.
DR.. Elmer H. Staffelbach, pro-
fessor of education, San Jose State
Teachers college, will give the ad-
dress of the afternoon, Critical Is
sues of Present Day Education"
The majority of the county
schools will remain closed until jan
uary 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
GIRL ) SLAYER
ADMITS DEED

REDWOOD CITY, Calf, Dec. 20
U.H-Sobbing and beWildered, Um-
berto Giusti, 35, today told of firing
the shot that killed his sweetheart,
Emilia De Prato, 26-year- singer.
Guisti was brought to the county
Jail here after Prestco Da Prato,
brother of the slain girl had led a
small, angry crowd that shouted at
Guisti, in the South San Francisco
Jail. Cries of Lynch him. had been
heard before the prisoner was
transferred.
Sobbing, contrite and beWildered
Guisti told of his rage and jealousy
following the pretty Emilia's deci-
sion to choose a career in preference
to matrimony.
1--WE had promised to be lovers
until eternity" the broken-hearted
suitor said. Then she told me that
we were going to have to part.
II was unable to sleep for nine
nights. 1 bought gun, intending to
shoot myself. I raised the gun to
my head.
But at that moment, she slam
med the door in my face. Some
thing snapped in my mind. Mother
of God, I don't know what came
over me.
"I grabbed the door open and
fired. 1 am awfully sorry"
Neighbors who saw the shooting
said that three shots were fired as
the girl fled from her suitor's rage.
She was dead when they reached
her side. Guisti walked to nearby
firehouse and surrendered.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
MUCH INTEREST BEING SHOWN
BY RANCHERS IN CONF FE:RENCES

and at II with a committee CT ber-
muda grass growers.
Friday, Stokdyk will be in the
valley at the request Of the board
of supervisors and Elmer Heald,
district attorney. He will explain
the types OF loans made by his Or
ganization at a meeting to be held
at D. m. in the court house. Off
GERS and directors of cooperative as
sociations are asked to meet with
him.
The bank makes two types of loans,
one on buildings such as ware
house, packing houses, etc. and
the other on crop in storage in
a bonded warehouse. This latter
type of loan enables the producers
to market their crops when condi-
tionS warrant them, instead of be-
ing forced, through financial nee
essity to dump the entire crop on
the market.
Friday morning Stokdyk will
meet with the supervisors in re-
gard to the county warehouse prof.
ect.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
FRENCH HOLD
YANKEE PAIR
IN SPY PLOT

PARIS, Dec. 20. U.P)-An Amer
lean man and woman were arrest
ed today on the charge of possess
ing military documents and photo
graphs as secret police agents sought
to break what they believed to be
the greatest spy plot since the
World war.
The Americans were described as
Robert Gordon Switz, 20, of East
Orange, N. j., and Miss Marjorie
Tilley, %, of New York City.
Benjamin BerkoWitz, AZ, natur-
allied Canadian born at Jassy,
Roumania, was under arrest and
held to be the master mind of the
plot, alleged to be aimed at obtain
ing secrets of Frances defenses.
BerkoWitzs wife, Clara, was held
also. She was known on the Left
Bank, the artists colony, as a paint
er.
Nearly a score of persons we're ar
rested after 300 secret police agents
investigated reports of a spy plot
since last June. Three were French
and of these one, a woman, was
said to be the daughter of a pro-
minent police official.
Police said they seized a secret
wireless station.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
NAVY SHY ON
NEEDED FUNDS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. U.P)-
American battleships and aircraft
carriers were compelled to forego
needed repairs and requirements
during the 1888 fiscal year because
of curtailment of funds, Rear Ad-
miral Samuel M. Robinson, chief of
the naval engineering bureau, ad-
vised Secretary of Navy Swanson
today in his annual report.
Only by close trimming of ex-
penditures, the rear admiral assert
ed. was the fleet able to prevent
serious retrogression. He pointed
out that during the year much re-
pair work was undertaken by tend
ers and repair ships to avoid eX-
penseS of navy yard work and
maintenance.
He said the same policy must be
carried out in 1884 except on a
larger scale because many ships
are becoming aged and needed
more care. He added action has
been taken already to reduce time
allotted for training purposes so
that ships may undertake their
own repairs afloat.
"The present situation,o Rear
Admiral Robinson added, "should
be considered a temporary one and
as soon as practicable, adequate
maintenance funds should be pro-
Vided'
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
GOVERNMENT
CREDIT FOR
HOU SEWIFE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. UP
Rapid electrification of American
homes and farms at low cost was
the goal of the government today.
Housewives and farmers through
out the Tennessee valley were offer
ed federal credit to buy electrical
appliances and equipment. The
plan was to sell inexpensive equip
ment to utilize cheap power devel-
opmcnt at Muscle Shoals and other
projects of the Tennessee valley au-
thority
If the plan succeeds in that sec
ton it is intended to seek to in
terest private capital in making it
nationwide.
The credit will be made available
by the Electric Home and Farm
Authority, Inc. 1t has been organ
lied under the terms of the recov-
cry act by President Roosevelt with
a capitalization Of $1OO0,0O0.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
PLANNING FOR
UN|F|CAT|ON N
Of RECOVERY
President Seeks Coordination
OF Various Government Agen-
cies Now Functioning.
BY FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Unifi-
cation of the governments vast re-
covery machinery was sought today
by President Roosevelt.
The task involved not only coor-
dination, but in many cases aboli-
ton of duplicating emergency agen-
cies. 1t was hoped to have the re-
organization well under way within
80 days.
The new national emergency
council, headed by Frank c. Walk
er, was entrusted with the job. The
groundwork was laid in a two-hour
conference between the Presiden.
and Walker.
Our purpose" Walker said, sis
to put all of the recovery program
under one unit and thus bring
about coordination"
At the same time he clarified sew
eral points in question, also the
councils scope, particularly in re-
gard to a co-called "factual infor-
nation bureau" which will be set
up dll ddJuliSU w biit iiAeiAAi cSey
In some quarters it was felt that
this bureau was to be used for "sell-
ing" the Roosevelt program should
hostility be encountered. Walker eX-
planned:
"This is not going to be in any
sense a news distributing agency"
Department heads believe it a
necessity and helpful to persons
coming here seeking information
concerning emergency relief acti-
vities. Liason officers have been ap-
pointed from the principal admins
tratiops to set up concise statements
of laws and outstanding relief prob
lens that are arising from the
various acts
State directors will be appointed
to assist in the coordinating efforts
and will receive salaries. Their ap-
pointment will be made by thf
council.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
VOTERS GIVE
APPROVAL To
WATER PLANS
Central Valley Project Gets
Handsome Majority In Yester-
days Election.
IMPERIAL GIVES SUPPORT
Federal Government Will Be
Requested To Lend Assistance
To Program.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. U.PJ
California; electorate today had
given a substantial majority auth.
orizing the $170,O0O,0OO Central Val
ley water project designed to pro-
vide almost unlimited power and
water resources for central Califor-
MIA.
Passage of the measure at yester-
days special election became assur-
ed, beyond doubt, shortly before
noon.
Figures showed that hostility in
the southern part of the state-par-
ticularly Los Angeles-could moi
overcome a northern and central
California lead established almost
as soon as the first meager returns
drifted in last night.
Final compilation by the United
Press-With only isolated precincts
misSing-shoWed: 1928 out of 8O5e
precincts, yes, 423,006; no, 398,564, q
lead of 24,442.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
NEW DEAL FOR
PAN AMERICA
CONTINUED On Page g.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. 20.
UP)-BasiS for a new and vitally
important outline of United States
policy toward its sister American
republics was in the archives of the
American conference today.
Briefly it was simple pledge
that under the administration OF
President Roosevelt no government
need fear intervention by the Unit
ed States.
The pledge was made by Cordell
Hull, chief United States delegate,
at meeting of the conference s
commission on international law.
IT constituted a fulfillment OF
President Roosevelt IS broad pledge
that he would seek to make the
United States good neighbor to
sister nations of the western hemis-
phere.
AS approved by Hull, resolution
adopted by the law committee was
historically important.
It declared that no nation had
the right to intervene in the for
eign or domestic affairs of another
nation: that states were equal be-
fore the international law; that rec
ognition of a government was un-
conditional and irrevocable; that
the fundamental rights of nations
could not rightly be affected in
any manner, and that the political
existence of a state was not related
to the matter of its recognition or
non recognition by other govern
ments.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
WILL EXTEND
Presidents {
AGREEMENTS
Will Continue In Effect For
Four Months After Expiration
On December 81.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. U.P)-
President Roosevelt, it was an
nounced today at the White House,
has signed an executive order eX-
tending the President S reemploy-
ment agreement for industry for
four months after January l.
The Presidents unemployment
agreements originally expired Dec
ember 81.
Discussing approval of the docu-
ment, Mr.. Roosevelt said.
I'm the midst of winter and with
many persons out Of work, it is es-
sential that the new year should
not bring with it any let-doWn in
the recovery program in the trades
and industries which at that time
have not come under approved
codes and to which, therefore, only
the President s unemployment agree
ment applies.
81 am therefore inviting every
employer in those trades and in
dustries to join with me in an ex-
tension of the Presidents reem-
ployment agreement for four
IIiOIiOllo. Dy IlldO liillC IL ID ChPCNb-
ed that the process of code-mak-
ing will have been virtually COM
pleted.
"I urge all employers in trades
and industries not covered by codes
to cooperate by continuing to main-
tain higher wages and shorter
hours. The need for their help is
still great.
Employers joining with me in
the extension Of the President S re-
employment agreement may contin-
ue to display the blue eagle as a
symbol of their cooperation ano
those few employers who have not
heretofore signed the agreement
may sign it as extended and upon
delivering a signed certificate OF
compliance to the postoffice may
obtain a blue eagle.
Display of the blue eagle on OF
after January l, 1884, by an en-
ployer whose business is not entirely
covered by an approved code vii
be treated as an acceptance of thl
extension OF the Presidents S reem-
ployment agreement and a repre-
sentation that he is complying with
it for that part of his business not
covered by approved Codes
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20

without fear OF Intervention by the
board.
In other words" said Collins,
You may say the board is wishing
the people of California a merry
Christmas and a happy New Year
Oppose Stringency
Charged with general adminiStra-
ton of the new liquor control act,
Collins said the board intended to
see the law is enforced, but chat the
burden OF checking applications for
licenses was proving so heavy as to
require concentration on that work.
In addition, widespread opposi-
tion to stringent regulation, plus q
ruling from Attorney General u. S.
Webb that the board could depend
upon local police for cooperation
and enforcement, were considered
important factors which led the
board to change its policies.
assurances CT cooperation from
police, sheriffs, district attorneys
and other law enforcement officers
have been SO gratifying said Col
Inns, that the board members feel
no hesitancy in leaving these en-
forcement duties to local officials" ="
Following a conference between
Collins and his fellow board mem
bers, Fred E. Stewart, Oakland, and
John c. Corbett, San Francisco, it
was concluded that a recent opin-
ion from Attorney General Webb
would support the board in its de-
termination to look to local author
tiles for closing illegal liquor estab-
liShmentS.
Police Powers Undesirable
In his opinion Webb advised the
board that while the legislature
charged it with administration of
the liquor control act, I'm so doing,
it was not contemplated, nor is it
the boards duty, to assume the gen.
eral powers of sheriffs and local po-
lice officers
Further consideration Of enforce
ment problems has also brought the
beard to the conclusion that there
is no occasion to take drastic action
against legitimate eating places
whose patrons may desire to drink
liquor ether than wine or beer with
their meals Collins said.
Although the constitution prohi-
bits the sale of hard liquor for con-
sumption on the premises where
sold. Collins explained that the
board recognizes the right of the
individual to buy his liquor and to
drink it as he pleases, so long as he
does not become a public nuisance.
I'VE believe it unreasonable to
ask hotel keepers or restaurant
owners to interfere with the de-
sires of their patrons in such mat
ters," said Collins.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
PROGRAM FOR
LEGION GIVEN
TO PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. U.P)-
The national legislative program of
the American Legion which will be
pressed at the opening of congress
was presented to President Roose-
velt today by Edward A. Hayes, the
Legion IS national commander.
The chief requests of the Legion
was for the amendment of the &C.
onomy act to provide payments to
men disabled in the service. Hayes
estimated such an amendment
would affect about one quarter of
the economy acts saving of about
$66000,000.
1--WE are after restoration of
payments to men disabled as every
one will admit, through the result
of actual service,' he said. "That
is our program in NUTSHELL
Other recommendations were for
the expansion of the army, the
building of the navy to London
treaty strength, and congressional
action on the Legion's universal
draft bill as recommended by the
war policies commission in its re-
port of March, 1882.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
SUSPECT HAS
LONG RECORD

James w. Burke, arrested here
for investigation on a shopllfting
charge and vagrancy, was found to
have quite a police record when re-
ports on him were returned from
Sacramento yesterday. He appear
ed in police court this morning and
his case was continued until tomor-
row morning for further consider
alton.
Burke is suspected of having stol-
en- some scarves and other articles
from local store, according to a
report one file at police headquar-
ters and his record, sent from Sac
ramento includes burglary, larceny,
robbery, vagrancy, petty theft and
addiction to narcotics.
T. E. Parker, charged with being
drunk and disturbing the peace last
night was found guilty and will be
sentenced in police court tomorrow
morning. F.. F.. Bogar and t. H.
Stamik, charged with similar Of
fenses were given sentences OF $40
or S days in Jne city Jail while L.
S. Verdugo drew sentence OF So
or days in Jail when he pleaded
guilty to charge of drunkenness.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20

Ranchers of the valley are in
tensely interested in the series OF
meetings which begin today and
which will close on Friday at which
E. A. Stokdyk, president of the
Regional Bank for Cooperatives,
and F.. R. Wilcox, extension special
ist in marketing, will be present.
The series begins with the meet
ing of citrus growers at 2 p. m. this
afternoon when they will discuss
with Wilcox code for the indus
try under the provisions of the AAA.
Tonight asparagus growers will
meet at 7:30 p. m. in the court house
for the same purpose,
On Thursday at $3.50 a. m. VIII
cox will meet with members of the
beard of supervisors and others to
discuss plans for a county ware
house to be built on land owned by
the county with funds obtained
from the CWA, this project being
suggested by A. Y. Preble of the
board of supervisors.
AT 10 o CLOCK Wilcox will meet
with a committee of flax growers
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
SAY WOODIN
MUCH BETTER

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 20. U.P)-
William H. Woodin, secretary of the
treasury, confined in the Desert
sanitorium here since last Satur-
day suffering from a throat all
ment, was reported somewhat i'm
proved today by his personal ply
sician DR.. Paul Holbrook.
"There is nothing alarming about
the secretary's condition and his
general physical condition is good.
His nervous system is in excellent
shape and he is resting very COM
fortably,' DR.. Holbrook said.
Secretary Woodin was ordered to
the sanitorium when he suffered a
recu1rance of the throat ailment
which caused him to as kfor a leave
of absence from his cabinet post
in Washington. He came here TO
recuperate at the home CT his son,
William H. Woodin, Jr.
DR.. Holbrook said the time OF
Secretary Woodin'S release from the
hospital was indefinite.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
UNION APPEALS
TO NRA BOARD

SAN PEDRO, Dec. 20. U.P)-SiX
hundred fifty members of the Inter
national Longshoremen's union,
meeting here last night, voted to
turn their demands for a wage of
$1.00 an hour with $150 for over
time and recognition by shop own
ers of their union over to the NRA
mediation board.
They will defer action on a pro-
posed strike until the NRA board
acts.
The union voted to accept an Of
fer of S 10 an hour over the pre-
sent wage scale of S rs an hour and
$1.l5 an hour overtime if their un-
ion is recognized and if the offer
of an increase, heretofore made to
individual workers, is made to the
union.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
INSULL MUM
ABOUT PLANS

LONDON, Dec. 20. UR)-Samuel
insult, American utilities magnate,
a refugee in Greece, is keeping his
own counsel regarding his plans to
evade extradition to the United
States to face trial for alleged fin
ancial Irregularities, he told the
Daily Express.
"There is no truth in the report
that I am coming to England - he
told the Express by telephone last
night from Athens. "Nor is there
any truth in any statement about
what country 1 am going to when 1
leave Greece"
insult has been ordered by the
Greek government to leave the
country by January 81. His pass
port has been Cancelled by the Am
erican state department.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-20
BY GEORGE E. HELMER
United Press staff CORRESPONDENT

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 20. (U.P) -
Development of the $4,000, 900
Central Valley water project, a
dream of many years duration, ap~-
peared to have been authorized to-
day by majority of California S
electorate.
The closely contested fight, which
was climaxed by special statewide
election yesterday, resulted, accord
ing to unofficial and incomplete re-
turns, in victory for advocates of
state-oWned power and irrigation
projects.
California, therefore, will enter
the power and irrigation business
on large scale, provided it can
find purchaser for the $170,00O,-
600 revenue bond issue which was
designed to finance the Central VAL
ley project.
Success of the entire plan was
based on the hope the federal gov
ernment would agree to advance
millions and purchase the water
project bonds. Interest and princi-
pal of the bonds would be met by
revenue from the sale of power and
water. The government made no
promises but proponents of the plan
were confident an outright grant OF
$43,000,000 and a promise to pur-
chase the remainder of the bonds
would result from success of the
water plan at the polls.
With victory apparently in their
hands, state officials who fought for
the plan started outlining today a
method of future procedure, where
in government cooperation will be
sought to make possible the start CT
work on the project.
Impartial observers believed Il
would be necessary for the state to
obtain sufficient promises or con-
tracts for power and water to as
sure the redemption Of bonds and
interest before the federal govern
ment would offer financial aid. Un-
less there is some purchaser for the
huge proposed bond issue, it would
be practically impossible to begin
work on the plan.
Seek Federal Support
The project was rushed to a spe-
cial vote of the people in the hope
it might be approved by the cleo
torate and win the support of the
federal government at time when
unusually large grants were being
made for public works programs
The light vote recorded was believed
due to the fact the project was de-
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