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Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
ACTORS OFFER
ETHICAL CODE
Continued On Page 81

HOLLYWOOD, Sept l.. U.n;-A
code of ethics calling for a 48-hour
work week under provisions of the
NRA had the approval today of, the
actors section of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Science.
Dick Barthelmess, Adolph Men
jou, and other stars voted to seek
recognition of the new schedule
when the code for the entire in
dustry is submitted for public hear
ingS at Washington later this
month. Producers are expected to
attack the proposal on grounds it
would limit production. High SAL
aried stars are frequently forced to
work long hours when production
schedules are being rushed.
The actors authorized their rep
resentative al the forthcoming
Washington hearing to oppose
clause in the producers code, pro-
Viding that the services of a star
may not be sought by a rival pro-
ducer until 80 days before expira-
ton of the stars contract. The
group attacked the provision as un-
fair to players.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
Clerk AUocates
City Tax Rate

The task Of prorating the Sl,60
tax rate for the current fiscal year
among the different city funds has
just been completed by John c..
Neale, city clerk, in the following
manner:
General fund 403240; street fund
.l59703; sewer fund 1873; park
fund .025592; fire department fund
.095358; library fund ll6061; music,
advertising and parks fund 100000.
ALLEGATIONS to the municipal bond
funds are: 1910, .026225; 1913,
.02S8O4; 1915, .145l28; 1917, .OlOS52;
1918, .011026; 1920. .011386; 1924,
.2l2100: Main street, 1925, '.0l8026;
Fourth street, 1925, .O19593; Len
Rey, 1925, 005361; Sandalwood,
1925, .0024l8; 1927, .O55l29 and 1881,
.0402l5.
The large amount needed for the
general fund is caused by the in
clusion in this fund of the police
and health departments which are
not placed in funds under those
names,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
IN
MIRA AWAITED
Resignation Of Gates Expect
ed To Be Followed By Others
Quitting Organization.
BY H. o. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

By H. o. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. l. iU.Rl-A
shakeup of executives of the Ma
tional Recovery Administration was
announced today, designed to aid
the NRA in bringing success to its
l1roblems and objectives.
The resignation of Dudley Gates,
assistant administrator for indus
try, was a forerunner of changes to
come.
Gates retired after a long series
of disagreements with General
Hugh S. Johnson and other NRA
officials.
The impending shake-up will in
clude not only men not wholly ir
the spirit of the recovery drive bul
those whose jobs are done.
John M. Hancock, NRA executive
officer, will leave tomorrow after a
summer spent in coordinating in
dustrial codes. Hancock intended to
stay only month but remained at
JohnSon'S request.
Hancock's retirement ushers in a
new phase of NRA activity. This
deals with the application of codes
to industries which have not come
forward voluntarily.
Today was the last day for SUBJ
mission of codes and President
Roosevelt may now summon lag
ging industries to hearings in pre-
paration for imposing codes upon
them if agreements are possible no
other way.
The actual story of the disagree
ments which led to Gates resig-
nation goes back almost to the
first day he came to Washington To
act as Johnson's right hand man in
contacts with industrial leaders.
Gates. a tall, deeply tanned man
of As, got into a controversy with
representatives of labor interests by
announcing that collective bargain
ing was not necessary in the pre-
paration of codes. The row never
developed any great intensity, but
was indicative of the strife which
marked Gates service.
When johnson was moving every
force at his command, to start the
Presidential unemployment agree
nents. Gates, without previous in
timation of his intention, calmly
recommended at a staff meeting
that the whole plan be changed.
The points at issue between John
son and Gates became so marked
that johnson finally told his assist
ant that he would no longer dis
cuss controversial matters with
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01

similar campaign. Immediately
upon Gen. Kliegel's appointment to
head this drive John Depaul, for
mer manager of the United Artists
theatre in Ell Centro, and now
chamber of commerce director and
head of the NRA drive in Holtville,
offered the services of his organi-
zation to assist Ell Centro in every
way possible to make their drive a
success. A similar offer has come
from George Kruger, secretary of
the Brawley Chamber of Commerce
eel Centro has been little slow
in getting the NRA campaign un-
der way" stated Gen. Kliegel to-
day, because of our peculiar CHI
matte conditions, but that does not
mean that our people are not inter-
ested. We will start next week to
do our part on this nationwide at
tack on unemployment and it will
succeed if our people understand
the simple principle of everybody
doing things together. Ell Centro'S
two daily newspapers and radio sta
ton KXO have offered their full
cooperation in putting before the
people of the community the aims
and details of the NRA campaign
and we are going to make this COM
munity 'NRA conscious with the
help of these three publicity out
let's. The local staff appreciates
their cooperation but we will not
be satisfied until we have the CO.
operation of every concern and ev-
cry individual in the city. and we
will have it by the time this cam
paign is ended"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
DEFENSE HITS
At EXPERTS
Lamson's Attorneys Attempt
To Counteract Damaging Tes-
timony By Physicians.

SAN JOSE, Calf, Sept. /. UP
Defense counsel at the Lamson
murder trial today subjected dam
aging testimony Of state scientific
experts to a searching cross exam
ination.
Attorney Edwin M. Rea, chief of
the staff defending David A. Lam
son on charges of Staying his wife,
smashed steadily at DR.. Friedrich I.
Proeschers story that a pipe and
rags found in a bonfire contained
blood stains.
Rea had before him the man
who performed 10000 autoposies." "
Proescher was positive when he
identified as blood, or as blood
mixed with water, stains on cloth
! ing found in the Lamson home at
Palo Alto last Memorial day when
Mrs. Allene Thorpe Lamson died
He was equally certain of his iden-
tification as blood the stains on
rags and a 10 inch piece of pipe
taken from a bonfire in the Lam
son yard that day.
The defense sought to impeach
the expert pathologist, to create
in the minds of the jury a doubt
/ as to his veracity
Previous testimony of the Teu-
tonic doctor whose ia blut" rang
out in monotonous repetition was
compared with his trial story to
show alleged discrepancies.
The attorney held up a blue shirt
on which were smears of green
paint He quoted Proescher's testi-
mony at preliminary hearing
which said there was blood on the
front of the shirt" He recalled
the doctors later story that there
was no blood on the shirt.
Il cut the bloodspots out" the
phlegmatic witness replied. He ex-
planned he threw the spots away
after making his tests.
Draws Figure
A bathrobe, pair of pajamas. a
pair of garden gloves, slippers
and other clothing came under the
same exhaustive scrutiny and ques-
tioning.
At one point Proescher drew on
blackboard an oval shaped figure
with tail to show the action OF
arterial blood in squirting from a
wound
The crowded courtroom was tense
as the defense hacked away a
Proescher, the states star wit.
ness"
Meantime it was intimated the
defense will recall for cross -examin-
alton Dr. A. w. Meyer, the Stanford
anatomy professor whose testimony
opened the scientific phase of the
trial.
Meyer scored heavily for the pros
ecution in his testimony that a
child could have struck the blows
which fractured Mrs. LamSon's
skull; that there must have been
more than one blow that hemor-
rhagic areas on the scalp indicated
the hair had been pulled; and that
natural bleeding could not have
caused the blood spots found on
the walls and ceiling of the Lamson
bathroom.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
GOVERNMENT
IN MOVE To
HELP CREDIT
Designed To Speed Recovery
Program By Easing Up On
Financial Policy.
MAKES LOANS TO BANKS
Conference Reaches Agreement
To Reduce Interest Owing To
United States.
BY RICHARD L. GRIDLEY

WASHINGTON, Sept. l. The
government prepared today to pour
millions of dollars into the nations
credit stream to spur its recovery
program.
A definite credit easing policy was
understood to have been evolved by
fiscal authorities after prolonged
discussions among President Roose-
yelt, Jesse H. Jones, chairman of
the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration; Eugene Black, chairman of
federal reserve board, and Dean G..
Acheson, undersecretary of treas
ury.
Under present plans the govern
ment will provide the country's
banks with money and credit in
such measure that they will be
willing to push it out into business
with little fear of impairing their
liquidity.
The government-oW Recon-
struction Finance Corporation, 1t
was understood, will agree to re-
duce from Az TO per cent the in
terest rate on 100000, 900 now loan
ed to banks. New loans would be
encouraged by the lower rate.
The FEDERAL reserve banks at the
same. time will increase their re-
discounts of member bank paper
and collateral not eligible for this
process would tie taken ever by the
RFC TO make direct loans to the
banks, it was understood.
Banks Must Aid
Government officials said last
night that banks would have to
furnish voluntary" assistance in
extending additional credit to busi-
ness. 1t was considered significant
however, that the government it
self is a stockholder in nearly 100
banks and it was believed this
connection might result in govern
ment action to induce banks to in
crease business loans.
Federal reserve banks this week
poured $4O,O00000 additional credit
into business and banking chan
nels, partly through open market
purchases of $35 100000 in United
States government bonds.
These steps all are designed to
force banks to lose their timidity
pending the effectiveness OF the
governments permanent bank pol
icy including federal insurance of
bank deposits January l..
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
EDWARDS To
PAY PENALTY.

SAN DIEGO, Sept. l. tUPl-Phil-
lip Edwards, 19-year-old San Diego
high school youth, must pay the
penalty for telling police false
story of murder.
A jury of seven women and five
men found him guilty of obstruct-
ing justice through his recent hoax
confession" that he tortured to
death Dalbert Aposhian, aged T..
The conviction carries maximum
penalty of five years in county Jail
and $4,000 fine. The jury was out
less than an hour.
The state charged Edwards with
having prompted a needless police
investigation by his story. The
youth asserted the confession" was
wrung from him under police dur
eSs. .E
Authorities believe the Aposhian
boy fell into the bay while fishing
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
FULL STAFF ANNOUNCED FOR
Ell CENTRO'S NRA CAMPAIGN

Russell j. KJiegel, director gen.
eral of the NRA unemployment
drive in Ell Centro last night ap-
pointed a complete staff which will
serve with him in conducting a
campaign which mas as its object
the cooperation of every business
house and every individual in Ell
Centro with the national recovery
program of President Roosevelt.
Following is the personnel of this
staff which will next week start a
drive to make Ell Centre 100 per
cent NRA:
Director General Russell j. Klie-
gel; Brig. Gen. Mrs. A. B. Hanson,
commander womens brigade; Col.
w. n. Tyler jr.. chief of staff; Col.
M. o. King, chairman employers
group; Col. Jack Poizine, chairman
employees group; Col. r. c. Glenn
ons, chairman consumers group; !;
Col w. w. McEuen, director of me-
diation; Col. d. B. Roberts, judge
advocate; Col. H. l.. Bush, advisor
on codes. F
Col. Harry H. Hovey, publicity Gil
rector; Col. R. p Moore, director
of speakers; Col. Charles C. Jen-
kins. custodian of posters aud en-
blems; Col. George E. Krueger.
colonel by brevet; Col Robert Hays,
adjutant; Col. w. A. Payne, direc-
tor Eastside cooperation; Col. r. j..
Burleigh, director Eastside coopera-
tion; Col. H. Eay;er, director East
side cooperation.
Offers of assistance have come
from the various valley cities which
already planned or conducted q
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01

three hours daily between 7 m
and p. m without school interfer-
ence.
Three accounting, clerical, office
service or sales employees may be
employed 48 hours weekly, tn others
except outside statesmen and watch.
men, being limited to 40 hours
weekly.
No mechanical employee, includ-
J ing proprietors and their families
may be employed more than 4C
hours weekly averaged over four
week periods; 48 hour limitation
any one week
Maximum work week exemptions
reporters receiving $25 or more
weekly; managers or executives re-
ceiving s35 weekly; emergency
maintenance and repair employees;
employees "in very special cases
where restrictions would reduce
production, these special employ
ees to receive at least time ano
cne-third for overtime. Foregoing
does not effect contracts in effect
July !, 1893, which cannot be al
tered except by mutual consent.
Set Wage Scales
Non-mechanical employees min.
imum wage scales; in cities of 5O0,-
900 population or more or their
immediate trade area, SIS weekly;
$50, ,000-500,000, $14.50; 25,OOO-250,.
600, $l4, SCOOPS 900, $l3; in towns
of 5000 persons or fewer, minimum
wages to be increased 20 per cent
year, and office and errand boys
$12 weekly; learners, for the frs,
but without requiring in excess oil
20 cents an hour, provided this class
shall not exceed one for each 2(
employees and in establishments oi
more than 20 employees shall not
exceed five per cent of all employ
ees. Population to be determined by
1880 federal census.
Mechanical employees minimum
wage scales, 40 cents hourly unless
the hourly rate was less than 4(
cents on July 25, 1929 in which
case the July Is rate shall prevail
provided it shall not be less than
80 cents an hour. Apprentices, one
for each 20 employees or not more
than five per cent of all employees
20 cents an hour in the first three
years. Part time to be computed
proportionately. The agreement sti.
pulates this paragraph establishe!
a guaranteed minimum regardles.
! whether compensation is by the
hour or on piece work basis. Weekly
wages in no event shall be less thar
received on July l, 1888, for the
same work.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
|. A. STAGES
NRA PARADE

LOS ANGELES, Sept. l. UP, -
Half of downtown Los Angeles was
on half holiday today, as merchants
and employees turned out to par
ticipate in or watch the victory
parade" of the city's NRA army.
A parade was to get under way
in mid afternoon, after radio ad
dresses by U. S. Senator William G..
McAdoo, Mayor Frank L. Shaw and
others. Entries of all kinds promised
for the parade indicated it would
be several miles long.
Army and navy units, police
corps, c. C. c. companies and other
civic and military groups joined
the parade.
It was to be climaxed by float
and pageant depicting the New
Spirit of America"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
Pilots Gather
For Air Races

CHICAGO, Sept. 1. W.H The
fastest airplane pilots of the
United States and Europe assem-
bled here today for the interna-
tioaal air races opening at Curtiss-
Wright-Reynolds airport.
The historic Gordon Bennett bal
loonerace, with seven craft entered,
will be held tomorrow as the out
standing feature of the four-day
speed program. Another feature
event is the scheduled clash be-
tween two of the country's foremost
racing pilots, Col, Roscoe Turner
and James Wedell. +-a
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
CUBA MENACED
BY HURRICANE

HAVANA, Sept. /. <U.Pi-A severe
tropical disturbance struck the
north coast of Cuba with damaging
fury and moved westward to Ha-
vana today, heading toward south
ern Florida.
Shortly before noon, Havana was
virtually in darkness under omin-
Gus black clouds. The wind velocity
increased terrifically and there was
no visibility from shore. The ma
tional observatory warned that Ha
vana might be in danger from a
possible tidal wave.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l. <U.P5-A
tropical disturbance attended by
winds of hurricane force was CEN
ralzed about 100 miles east of Ha-
vana, Cuba, at $50 a. m. today, the
weather bureau reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
BANKER SP|ED
ON ACTRESS
Testifies To Espionage On Claire
Windsor In Heart Balm Suit
AT Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. L. W.P) -
A banker who turned sleuth for the
weekend today told of his espion-
age upon a gay Aqua Caliente four
some that included Claire Windsor,
screen actress, and Alfred G. Read
jr., young Oakland broker.
Offered in court, where Mrs.
Marian Read is suing Miss Wind
sor for 100000 for asserted alien
alton of Reads affections, the tes-
timony of E. F. Wharton, Long
Beach banker, drew gasps at first
from the crowded courtroom, but
interest diminished when Wharton
admitted that one member of the
foursome was Reads sister.
Wharton said he undertook the
role of amateur sleuth because of
his standing friendship with
Mrs. Read and her father, j. r.
Young of Oakland.
Informed they were in San Di-
ego, he said, he drove down and
soon found The quartet, on a Satur-
day evening, dining and dancing
at a fashionable hotel
"1hey soon left" Wharton said
land l didn't see them again un-
til the next noon when they drove
away in a roadster-Mr. Read and
Miss Windsor in the front seat
and the other young lady and young
man in the rumble seat.
Il followed them to Aqua Cali
ente, where they parked their au-
tomobile and visited the casino
gambling rooms and perfume
shops.
Reported to Wife
Then they stopped at the wish
ing well, and Mr.. Read and Miss
Windsor had pictures OF them
selves taken by the other young
man.
Later they drove to the race
track and after that returned to
the hotel. This time, Mr.. Read
went out with two bell boys and
took the luggage from the car and
into a bungalow where all four
later went
Wharton said he had not seen
them again but hau returned to
San Diego and reported his obser-
vations to Mrs. Read by telephone.
Under cross examination by Leon
ard Wilson, Miss Wilson's attor-
ney Wharton said he later learned
that the second young woman was
Reads sister, Miss Grace Read.
Miss Windsor's lengthy testimony
was interrupted by Wharton's stay
on the stand Later, she was to be
recalled to identify more letters
exchanged between Read and her
self while he still was only con-
templating the divorce he subse-
quently obtained.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
Grant Rehearing
In Recall Case

Word was received here today
that the state supreme court has
granted a rehearing of the petition
to obtain writ of mandate COM
pelling the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict board of directors to hold a
special election for the recall of
Burleigh Adams, president of the
board. This petition, presented to
the appellate court by Charles H.
Morrow had been denied by that
court several weeks ago. The ap-
peal to the supreme court followed
this action of the appellate court.
1t is understood that action on
this rehearing will be taken with
the next week. The decision of the
supreme court was arrived at in
San Francisco yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
INDICT BRYSON !
ON % COUNTS

LOS ANGELES, Sept, /. tU.n; =
Frank P. Bryson, veteran public ad-
ministrator OF Los Angeles county,
was under Indictment of the coun-
ty grand jury today, charged in %
counts of grand theft with embez-
element OF public funds in sums
ranging from 5000 to $4,000.
Bryson was suspended more than
week ago when auditors unearth-
ed an asserted shortage of $34, 900
in his accounts. At the time, he al
legged the accounts had been handled
by an assistant who died several
months ago, He was released OH his
own recognizance pending arraign-
ment next Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
FORD REMAINS
SILENT UPON
NRA ATTITUDE
Automobile Manufacturer Re-
fuses To Comment On Failure
To Sign Code.
DOES NOT FEAR BOYCOTT
Close Friends Unaware OF Prob
able Course To Be Chosen By
Magnate.
BY LESLIE d. HARROP
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT
Copyright. 1893, by United Press)
MARQUETTE, Mich, Sept. L.
An announcement of Henry Ford's
attitude toward President Roose-
yelts national recovery program
was expected today as the individ-
uklistic mo@or manufacturer and
largest single industrialist without
the blue eagle, prepared for coun-
Gil with the executives of his many
enterprises.
There was no inkling of what
Ford intended to do in the face of
the efforts of NRA officials to
bring him within the automobile
code, to which all manufacturers
except the Ford Motor company
have subscribed.
Word was received in this remote
upper Michigan village and pre-
sumably by Ford that President
Roosevelt had gone to sea for a
brief recreation cruise without say
ing whether he contemplated ac-
ton against the man who for years
mas been known as the cOuntry'S
leading industrialist.
Mr.. Roosevelt had requested Ad-
ministrator Hugh S. Johnson of
NRA to submit a full report of
Ford's position.
Ford has until Sept. S to comply
with the code. 1t was believed the
policy of his company would be
formulated at his conference with
executives. He had already confer
red by long distance telephone with
his son, Edsel Ford, who is vaca-
ticning in Bar Harbor, Me.
Some friend of the motor mag
nate expected him to &c way be-
yond the provisions of the code, but
others thought he would refuse
flatly to sign it. A friend of Ford
told the United Press he was vehe-
mently opposed to NRA and plan
ned to refuse to join. This friend
quoted Ford as saying that he did
not fear boycott.
MARQUETTE, Mich, sept. l.
Henry Ford clung to the fastness of
his Huron Mountain club retreat to-
CONTINUED On Page n
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
Police On Guard
In Hosiery Strike

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. |. WD =
Two hundred police we're on duty
today in the tense area surround-
ing Philadelphia hosiery mills, pre-
pared to act at the first indication
Of a continuance OF yesterdays
strike disturbance which cost two
lives.
While a nation. wide strike plan-
ned for today by the American Fed
Grafton OF Full Fashioned Hosiery
Workers was halted through ef-
forts of the national labor board
at Washington, local members OF
the union discussed the possibility
of a city wide protest strike.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
Epidemic Claims
Six More Liues

ST. LOUIS. Sept. l. U.H : Six
deaths here in the last "a hours
brought sleeping sickness fatalities
today to SO in the epidemic which
science so far has been unable to
stem. 49,.
City, county and federal health
authorities had nothing new to re-
port in locating the carrier or per-
tecting a serum to combat the en-
cephalitis germ which has stricken
400 persons here in one month.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
Transfer Women
To Neu Prison

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf,
Sept. Trinity Dandia, second old
est prisoner at San Quentin, took
her canary along today when she
and 81 other women prisoners were
transferred to the new womens Pc
nal farm in the Tehachapi noun
tainS.
The % women sent = day to the
Tehachapi farm formed the van-
guard. Scores of other women con-
victs will be transferred in coming
weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-09-01
National League

At Boston (First Camel
New York 900 900 900 p 2 0
Boston ... 900 900 600 90 5
Hubbell and Mancuso; Frank
house and Spohrer.
At Boston Second Camel
New York 900 00l 112-5 9 0
Boston ..........0 600 900 030-3 8 0
Fitzsimmons, Luque and Man.
cuso, Richards: Brandt and Ho-
gan, Spohrer.
AT Cincinnati
Chicago 800 900 000-3 10
Cincinnati .... 400 001 30x-7 6 0
Malone, Nelson and Hartnett;
Benton, Frey and Lombardi.
AT Pittsburgh
ST. Louis ...00l 600 900 00-l 6 /
Pittsburgh .000 001 coo 0l--2 8 2
Hallahan and O'Farrell, French
and Grace, Finney.