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Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
PROMINENT BANKER HELD
FOR INCOME TAX EVASION
Charles E. Mitchell Accused BY Government
Of Concealing Profits Through Sale Of
Stock Within His Family.

1t was not allowed to reopen after
the national bank holiday, and
Hartman, its president, was ar
rested, charged with financing bank
stock purchases through false en-
tries in customers accounts.
NO more delays in prosecutions
of bankers or financiers will be al
lowed for the sake of maintaining
public confidence, it was made clear
here and in Washington.
This was no cheering news to the
New York financial community, for
the charge against Mitchell was
based upon a stock transaction of a
type admittedly not rare in 1929.
Mitchell told freely of the tran
sacticns when he testified recent
ly before the senate banking COM
mittee, and it was obvious he had
legal assurance in which he had
confidence that there was nothing
illegal involved.
Mitchell, according to his own
testimony, sold $4,000 shares of Ma
tional City Bank stock to "a men,
ber of his family late in 1929,
bought it back in March at $212 a
share though the market price was
down in the 40s by then, and wrote
off "loss" of $2,8O0,OO0 on the
transaction. BY this action he
showed a net loss of $4,000 for the
year, and paid no income tax. He
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
DOHENY SUED
FOR BIC SUM

LOS ANGELES, March %. U.P)
Alleged fraudulent acts of E. L..
Doheny, former head of the Pan
American Petroleum company, in
conjunction with Albert B. Fall,
former secretary of interior caused
a loss to investors of $12,600,000, w.
c. McDuffie, receiver for the Rich
field Oil company, charged in a
suit on file in federal court today
to recover that sum from Doheny.
The complaint charged that Do
heny, without knowledge of the
company's security holders, con-
Spired to bring about transfer OF
valuable oil leases in Kern county
from the navy to the interior de-
partment. After payment of $780,
900 to Fall, the lease was granted
to the Pan-American company, the
suit charged.
Recently the government was
granted judgment of $9,277 ,666
against the Pan-American COM
pany, now controlled by Richfield,
representing the value of petroleum
products taken from the leases.
Fall was convicted of receiving a
bribe and served a year in prison.
Doheny was aquitted of a charge of
giving bribe. The supreme court,
however, held the leases were made
fraudulently and compelled Pan
American to return them to the
government.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
High Temperature
Girl Freak Dies

LOS ANGELES, March %. U.P,
Alice Tolan. 20, who mystified
the medical world by running tenn
peratures consistently higher than
the accepted fatal mark Of lot de-
grees, died in General hospital yes
terday. Her final temperature re-
corded was lot degrees, after a
month of subnormal marks.
Last fall, the young girls tenn
perature was recorded as 100 de-
grees, and a few days later she
was reported running about 112 de-
gree temperatures. Use of delicate
instruments strapped to her arm
precluded any chance of hoax, ply
sicians declared.
A post mortem examination was
to be conducted today in an effort
to determine the cause of the am
azing temperatures.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
HITLER WILL
Be DICTATOR
Reichstag Will Accord Absolute
Power To Nazi Leader AT
Session Tomorrow.
BY ERIC KEYSER
ed Press Staff CORRESPONDENT


BERLIN, March 22,-Pledged to
support Chancellor Adolf Hitler as
supreme dictator, the reichstag
will assemble tomorrow in the Kroll
opera house here to receive the Of
ficial demand of the Fascist gov
ernment for dictatorial power.
Immediately after Hitler'S ad
dress, the program will call for first
and second readings of an enabling
act. which will strip the reichstag
of legislative power until 1887. Nazi
domination Of the body was capped
yesterday by the reelection of Her
mann Wilhelm Goering, right hand
man of Hitler, as speaker of the
body, and the Hitler dictatorship
seemed certain to be approved.
Draped with the black, white and
red flag of imperial Germany, Ber-
lin today reviewed the tumultuous
events of "a hours, a monarchist
reaction SO vivid and emphatic that
March 81 will, it is believed by
many, be considered henceforth
Germany's independence day."
The martial spirit and excite
ment of awakened Germany" has
been heightened by dispatches
from Warsaw announcing that Po-
land has set up a dictatorship, the
Polish parliament having author
ized the government to rule by de-
cree, without IT'S approval, until
Nov. l.
Warsaw officially denied charges
that Poland was gathering troops
in the Polish Corridor separating
East Prussia from the rest of Ger
many, but Berlin attached signif-
icance to the dictatorial authorize
ton.
Following the opening of the
reichstag yesterday, President Paul
Won Hindenburg issued two emer-
gency DEGREES here, the first grant,
ting amnesty to all perpetrators of
illegal acts committed in the in
terests of the national awakening"
the second providing imprisonment
for the unauthorized use Of party
uniforms and emblems.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
CHILD ADOPTED
BY MOTHER

LOS ANGELES, March %. UP)-
Following one of the srangest
adoption cases in The history of
Los Angeles courts, Mrs. Pearl NOEL,
45, formerly known H. opera as
Donna Houston, today had the
right to adopt iler own child, Mari
lyn Clair de Puy, years old.
In granting her this privilege
Judge Parker Wood swept aside
opposition of Mr.. and Mis-. John
Vernon Gregg of Oakland in whose
custody the child i1ad been for sew
eral years.
The child was legally adopted
nearly four years ago by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph de Puy of Oakland,
both of whom died within a week
after the adoption. The child then
was turned over to the Greggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gregg and DR..
Clarence de Puy, brother of Ralph,
filed papers for the adoption of
the child but Dr. DE Puy relin-
uuished his claim in favor of the
natural mother. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gregg contested.
Mrs. NOEL told the court that
she had recently been married to
julius M. Noell and was able to
provide the child with a suitable
home.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
HOUSE PASSES
FARM RELIEF
BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March %. -
President Roosevelts smoothly
working legislative machinery spec
his ambitious 1arm renef bill
through the house today with many
votes to spare.
An hour and half of debate
preceded the vote.
The complicated measure, which
would take poor land out of pro-
duction, place round-about-bounty
on reduced cotton acreage and tax
farm products for the benefit of
the farmer, now goes to the senate.
There the measure is expected to
run into difficulty. Senators have
indicated their desire to discuss it
+ully. Some have said so many
changes may be made in the meas
ure that it hardly will be recognize
able.
Word from the White House, how
ever, may forestall much of the
adverse senatorial action. 1t was
said on Mr.. Roosevelt's behalf that
he intends soon to urge another
farm measure, which would ease
the mortgage situation, probably by
reducing the rate of interest.
Critics of the original bill in the
house declared that mortgage re-
lief was OF paramount Importance
These critics were vociferous, but
merely brought smiles from Major
ltY Leader BYrnS.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1893, by United Press
WASHINGTON, March 90 =
Postmaster General Farley is keep
ing the brakes firmly on Demo-
cratic patronage while the new ad-
ministration drives its emergency
program through congress.
For the time being this giant
youthful political manager must be
put down as the most genial mo-
man Washington has seen in years.
On his sturdy shoulders Presi-
dent Roosevelt has thrown the job
of rewarding faithful Democrats.
But Farley-Who asks to be called
Jim-is waiting to see just which
Democrats are faithful.
One legislator had typical eX-
perience. He telephoned to endorse
o fellow congressmans candidate
for poStmaStership.
Il know that congressman. He
voted against the economy bill. "
Farley shot back.
To others who bring prospective
appointees to see Farley, he smiles,
his chewing gum which for this
non-smoking Democrat takes the
place of the politicians usual ci-
gar, and says: 1--WE must let politics
wait until more important legisla-
ton is out of the way"
That is his way of saying that
he is going to wait and see how
senators and congressman vote be-
fore deciding upon appointments.
Some on the hill don't like it. They
humble about high-handed tactics.
big Jim" Farley just smiles and
protests that there is nothing like
that in mind at all. 1t just takes
time, he explains, and the big
things must be attended to first.
But this doesn't discourage the
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
SAYS BUILDING
CODE WAS LAX
Compton Official Agrees Con-
ditions Would Have Been Bad
If Quake Came Earlier.

LOS ANGELES, March 90. U.P)
-Laxity in the building code in
Compton would have resulted in
conditions that would have been
terrible had the earthquake of
March 10 occurred a few hours
earlier, James H. Park, Compton
building inspector, testified today
before a coroner's jury of construc-
tion experts investigating the re-
sponsibilty for the deaths caused
by the temblor.
Under questioning by District
Attorney Buron Fits Park said had
the quake occurred while the school
buildings were filled with child
rem the results would have been
terrible"
Three of the 10 buildings erected
since 1925 were complete failures,
Park said. He admitted that be-
cause he "was the whole building
inspection department" of Comp
ton, he was forced to depend on
architects for most of the inspec-
ton in school construction.
''At the time we thought our
building code was adequate" Park
testified, But we realize now that
it was not"
IT could not make complete in
spection' of school buildings un-
der construction" Park continued.
THE architects did not report to
me but to their employers. On one
occasion 1 found mixture of NOR
tar was weak and ordered 1t
strengthened"
Park testified that anti-earth-
quake provisions had been consid-
cred when Compton adopted its
present building code in 1927, but
it was believed at the time they
would involve excessive costs.
He said failures of buildings in
Compton were due to three causes.
inferior materials, lack of tying-in
columns and walls, and lack of pro-
vision for lateral stress.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
CHINA OBTAINS
JAPAN 8 PLANS
By STEWART BROWN
United Press Staff Correspondent

GENEVA, March 22.-The Chi
nese delegation to the League of
Nations announced today that de-
tails of a japanese plan to invade
China proper, including the regions
of Peiping and Tientsin and as far
south as TSinan, had fallen into
Chinese hands.
The statement was contained in
a dispatch from General Sung
Chehyuan.
The plan, said to have been found
on the body of dead Japanese
artillery officer, was entitled
Greater Manchukuo," and includ-
ed details of invasion of both Hop
pu and Shantung provinces, the
Chinese said.
The delegation annouced also that
Geeral Ho Ypng- Ching, Chinese
minister TO war, reported Japan
ese plan to blockade Chinese ports
and lombard Tuak and Tientsln
owing to recent japanese reverses
at the Great Wall.
TOXIC, March 90 U.H-Three
hundred Chinese were killed in a
single encounter today in Man.
churia, japanese dispatches receiv-
ed here said The Chinese, des-
cribed as bandits, were annihilated
by machine gun fire and bayonet
charge when japanese, policing
Manchuria, surrounded the force at
Sanchienfang.
simultaneously, it was announced
here that the Manchukuoan gov
ernment had ordered its commits
sioner at Harbin to protest Soviet
action in allowing followers of
General Su Ping-Wen to return to
China. They had been driven into
Siberia from Hei,unkiang province,
Manchuria.
Mopping-up actions continued on
the Jehol front Bombing planes
Of the imperial army dropped ex-
plosives on q force Of 200 Chinese
cntrenched near Yituankow in Je-
hol province.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
Westmorland Ships
First CaJ,toIoupes

First crate of cantaloupes to
be shipped out of the valley
this season was inspected yes
terday by the agricultural COM
missiOner's office and sent TO
Los Angeles.
Eight ripe cantalOupes were
grown by A. Oonoda of West
mOrland for the A. Arena Co.
of Brawley and were shipped to
the Los Angeles office.
The next crate, which is ex-
pected in the next two days
and which will be composed of
larger melons, will be shipped
by plane to President Roose-
welt.
According to statistics in the
agricultural commissioners Of
flee this is the earliest ship
ment on record.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
FARLEY PLACING LEGISLATION
BEFORE POLITICAL PATRONAGE

callers. The room will barely hold
the crowd. It IS a large ante-room
in the gaunt- gray old
post office building on Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Oil portraits of three Republican
national chairlnen who also were
poStmasterS general - Will Hays,
Harry S. New and Hubert Work
hang in row, staring placidly at
the mob scene below. In the smoke
fcgged room are at least six Sena-
tors and nobody knows how many
congressman. Each has one or more
job hunters in tow bent on per-
Sonal introduction. They shift from
one foot to the other. They look
around anxiously. 1T is IL years, y
their faces say silently since we
Democrats have had break and
we want what is coming to u.s."
Real Diplomat
]. Austin Latimer, Farley's sec
retary, hustles from one group to
another, cheering up the waiting
senators and congressman and do
ing the best he can to make them
feel important.
The door into Farley's office
opens and his giant form appears.
Just ahead of him is a senator
moving out gently propelled by a
friendly pat on the back. Farley is
a master at keeping them moving.
He takes one look at the other SEN
ators. Come right in, Senator" he
says, and the one who is fastest
gets inside. But that, for the mo-
ment, is about all he gets because
the special session isn't far enough
along.
Thus it goes, all day long and in
to the night. After the senators, the
congressman get in. Still the crowd
comes. Former political heelerS, for
mer office holders, friends OF
friends of big Democrats, the man
who held Bryan's hat in 1896.
And while they wait, two defin-
tie bits of information trickle out.
/. Farley has decided to let the
Republican postmaster in New
York, John j. Kiely, faithful en-
ployee of more than 80 years SER
vice, stay another year or so un-
til his retiring date arrives, II be
lieve that kind of man should
have a break Farley says.
g William NJ Mooney, Republi-
can postmaster at Washington, D.
c., may be kept on while also. He
is efficient, OF long service, and To-
cal Democrats can't agree on a sue
ceSSor.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
Action Urged By
Edison Company

WEST ORANGE, N. j., March
%. U.P) - The following bulletin
was posted in all plants of Thomas
A. Edison. Inc, today by Charles
Edison, son of the inventor and
president of the company:
president Roosevelt has done
bis part; now you do something.
Buy something-buy anything,
anywhere; paint your kitchen, send
g telegram, give g party, get a car,
pay a bill, rent a flat, fix your
roof, get a haircut, see show, build
4 house, take "Trip, sing song
get married.
1T does not matter what you
debut get going and keep going.
This old world is starting to move.p
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
FARM HOME
RELIEF WILL
De Up NEXT
Roosevelt Planning Early Action
On Farm Credit And Aid For
Small Home Owner.
IN ROUGH DRAFT STAGE
Reduction OF Interest And Ex-
tension OF Amortization Per-
iod To Be Features.
BY FREDERICK a. STORM
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March %. -
President Roosevelt is planning
early action on farm credits and re-
lief for the small nome owner, it
was learned today
Sources close to the White House
said that the President was pre-
pared to submit to congress within
the next few days a message and
bill on farm credit to be followed
by legislation along similar lines for
The small home owner.
This farm credit legislation will
have two purposes, it was declared
+. One would be for the incorpora-
lion in one or two control bodies
the functions that now are being
administered by the eight farm
credit agencies.
Another would be the reduction
OF the interest rate on farm mort
cages and the extension of time in
the general financing scheme.
1t was understood that mortgages
held not only by the federal agen-
cie5 but also by private mortgages
such as insurance companies, for
example, would be included in the
new category.
1t was expected that rough drafts
would be completed at the White
House by Friday
Plans for relief for the small
home owner still are in the forma-
tive stage. 1t was said that the
came principle will be applied to
them as to the relief of farm mort
cages. This means a reduction of
the interest rate probably to about
three per cent and longer terms
on amortization of the mortgage.
Not Military Scheme
In this way. it was explained, it
was hoped that organizations such
as the farm loan banks woald be
placed on Sounder basis.
AS to Mi Roosevelt's plans for a
reorganization of government agen-
cies in the interest of efficiency
and economy it was learned from
close friends that he has been
working on the subject almost daily
with Budget Director Douglas.
The same friends took occasion
at the same time to point out that
in connection with Mr.. Roosevelt's
relief plan, that he, was represented
as not at all concerned over reports
which tried to link the scheme to
some form of military action.
1t was explained that his propos-
al for placing 250,000 men in camps
on the public domain was the only
practical way his reforestation and
elocd control program could be
started.
AS to regulations such as enlist
ments for a year, it was pointed
out that this was done purely for
the purpose of maintaining order
and that no military training was
even remotely contemplated.
AS to the dollar a day wage, it
was said that the 250,OO0 men
would not be in competition with
labor and that their hiring was
just start toward relieving of
100000 persons in distress.
Furthermore. it was recalled that
the dollar day wage and the ad-
,iitional dollar a day it will cost
the government to house, clothe and
feed this army compared favorably
to the rate Of wages paid day la
Dor in many localities of the Unit
ed States.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
Gasoline Tax To
Be Reenacted

WASHINGTON, March 90 W.P)
The tax program Of the Roose-
yelt administration undoubtedly will
include reenactment of the one
cent per gallon federal gasoline tax,
House Majority Leader Byrns said
today.
The major leader added that he
personally would favor repeal of
the check stamp tax "if it would
not interfere with budget balanc-
ing"
However" he added, Sin all
these tax matters we must consider
Che budget-balancing las preemi-
nent. Nothing must interfere with
that"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
SON STAYS FATHER

COLUMBUS, O., March 30. U.P)
DIR. Fonsa A. Lambert, member
of the national football rules coun-
Gil and former professor in the
Ohio State university veterinary
department, died in hospital here
today of bullet wound inflicted
by his son, Samuel, II, during a
domestic quarrel.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
EATING OFF MANTEL

WASHINGTON, March %. U.P)-
Horseback riding didn't seem SO
much like fun to Mrs. Roosevelt
as she went for another canter to-
day.
Mrs. Roosevelt went riding yes
terday for the first time in several
months. She knew the consequence
eS would be bit of lameness and
soreness She knew, too, that The
best cure was more riding. So she
went to the Riding and Hunt club
today after saying "it will be al
most MEDICINE ride"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
Jobless Relief
Plan Hits Snag

WASHINGTON, March %. U.H-
President Roosevelt's proposal to
recruit an army of 100000 jobleSS
and put them to work on govern
nent projects was blocked at least
temporarily today by the house
labor committee.
The group. headed by Chairman
Copnery, an announced foe of the
Presidents plan voted formally to
hold public hearings of indefinite
duration before attempting to make
a report On the Byrns bill author
izing the formation of the labor
corps.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
SeUen File For
School Boards

Three candidates for the elemen-
tary school board OF trustees and
four for the high school board have
filed and will campaign for the
election which is to take place on
March 81.
l.. r. Philley's term as trustee on
the elementary board has expired
and j. w. Donohue, John Angel
and Roy Womack are candidates
for that office.
On the high school board r. p.
Moore and w. J. Reid retire; REID
is running to succeed himself and
the other three candidates are j.
w. Donohue, John Angel and Rol-
lie Clark.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
BINGHAM ENDORSED

WASHINGTON, March %. tU.p,
Senator Barkely, DEM, KY, an
nounced after appearing before the
senate foreign relations committee
today that the committee had vot-
ed unanimously to report favorably
the nomination of Robert W..
Bingham as ambassador to Great
Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
VaLidation Suit
Moves To Blythe

Hearings in the suit to validate
the All-American canal contract
were temporarily brought to a halt
today when the court adjourned to
80 to Blythe to take a deposition.
The witness was unable to come
to court so Judge Emmett H. Will
son, attorneys and court reporters
went to Blythe to take his deposit
ton,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
FIRE CHIEF DIES

HAYWOOD, March %. gUPI-
Samuel Meyer, go, chief of the
haywood fire department. died
early today of injuries received late
last night when his automobile
overturned. He was alone at the
time. Meyer had been head of the
department Ior more than eight
years. He leaves a widow and a
daughter.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-22
QUAKE RELIEF GRANTED

WASHINGTON, March % UP
Final congressional approval was
given in the senate today to the
bill authorizing $5,000,000 in Re-
construction Finance Corporation
loans to aid in rebuilding Califor-
mia areas recently damaged by
earthquakes. The bill now goes to
the White House.