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Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
STATE CUTS
WORK WEEK

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 8, U.p)-
New jobs in many state agencies
were in prospect today as the state
government swung into step with
the Roosevelt recovery program by
preparing to place approximately
1000 employees on a five day week
on August 81.
Just as many of these employees
as possible will be retained at their
present salary schedule. Depleted
condition of the general fund will,
however, necesSitate a cut in wages
for some.
Approximately Is per cent of all
state employees will be effected
The five day week era will bring
III its wake new jobs, officials said !;
for the shorter work period will
make necessary employment of ad-
d1tional men and women to MAIN
tain work schedules.
Best estimates yesterday were
that approximately $500 who will
be transferred from a five and one
half and six day week to a five day
week will receive no salary reduc-
tons. Remainder will probably
suffer some wage cuts.
Vehicle for the five day week is
the Burns bill. Governor Rolph IS
veto of the measure was overrid-
den. The governor actually launch
ed the shorter week by a letter to
all departments calling on them to
observe President Roosevelt IS re-
covery program 100 per cent.
The Burns bill could have been
completely ignored by the state
government. It was "toothless
measure qualified by offs" and
"ands''. In a word, 1t authorized
the five day work week If practi-
cable; and it authorized the COVER
nor to discontinue the shorter work
week whenever he saw fit.
Despite his unsuccessful veto,
the governor has decided to use
the Burns bill as the main inStru-
mentality by which the state gov
eminent will cooperate with the
federal government.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
OLD LAW MAY BE HANDICAP
TO FEDERAL FARM RELIEF

more. Most of these loans come
Cue this fall.
The administration hopes legally
to get around the law, if the at
torney general holds that 1t still is
in effect. The Agricultural Credit
Corporation also hopes to extend
some of the loans.
The crisis boils down to the eff
feet all this legalized red tape will
have on the individual farmer, who
may have $500 coming to him if
he plows under part of his cotton
crop. If this farmer already has
borrowed $500 from one or another
of the federal agencies, he may get
no cash whatever from the process
ing taxes levied expressly to aid
him.
Should he get only a receipted
bill instead of fat check, highest
officials said they believed he
might chuck the receipt angrily in
the fire place, call down a curse
upon the administration and plant
all the cotton he possibly could
llcAt year.
The same situation would hold
true in the case Of wheat farmers,
who soon are to be asked to sign
contracts to reduce next years
acreage.
Many cotton planters, who have
signed promises to pillow under from
Is to so per cent OF their crops, are
beginning to protest delays in fed
cral payments. They say they were
assured by high pressure campaign
workers that they would get cash,
without reference to their federal
debts. Had they not been given
such assurances they say they never
would have consented to destroy
part Of their crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Orphans Swept To
Death By Waue

NEW YORK, Aug. 8. W.P)-Fif-
teen orphan boys and girls were
carried off a sandbar where they
were sunbathing at Edgemere
Queens, this afternoon when a
huge wave swept over them.
The body of one boy was re-
covered, and six other children
were listed AS missing.
Eight others were treated for
immersion but did not appear to
have suffered severely.
Lifeguards and swimmers from
the crowded beach in the Rocka-
ways struggled frantically to save
the children, inmates of Prince
of Judea nome. Brooklyn, from the
strong undertow which followed
the wave.
The dead boy was Raymond
Evans, 10, an inmate of the home.
Little hope that the missing
children could have been rescued
was held out.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Hollywood Strike
Lines frightened

HOLLYWOOD, Aug 8. WR-A
strengthening of strike lines in
Hollywood S motion picture studios
was seen today when technicians
moved to bar producers from using
developing laboratories in New
York.
Replying to local strike leaders,
William c. Elliott, international
president of I. A. T. S. E. notified
Richard Green, local representative,
he would instruct laboratory union
workers to refuse to handle films
sent in from Hollywood for cutting,
developing or printing. Local strike
officials said producers have closed
their local laboratories and shipped
the "raw'' films to New York by
airmail for development.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
VIOLATION Of
TREATY DENIED
Germany Rebuffs French And
English Protest On Austrian
Incident.

LONDON, Aug. 8. U.P)-Germany
by a blunt rebuff of joint British
and French representations brought
the problem of Nazi activities in
Austria nearer crisis today.
Great Britain and France,
through their embassies at Berlin,
made oral protests, in what we're
described as most friendly terms,
against Nazi propaganda Engel-
bert Dollfuss chancellor of Aus
tria.
The German foreign office
promptly countered with a public
announcement of the representa-
tons, with the comment that there
has been no violation of the treaty
cited and hence the representations
were inadmissable.
BERLIN, Aug. 8. U.P)-Hermann
Goering, Prussian minister of in
terror, today ordered the dissolu-
ton. effective August Is, of 10000
Prussian auxiliary police, held by
the disarmament conference to
constitute a semi military force.
The auxiliaries were composed
mostly of Hitler storm troops, with
some members of Steel Helmet, war
veterans organization.
| PARIS, Aug. 8. U.P) - France
will consult with Great Britain
before taking further action on
| the Austro-German situation, it
was decided today. Premier Ed
Guard Daladier and Alexis Leger,
secretary general of the foreign
office, studied the German reply
after Leger had consulted by tele-
phone with Joseph Paul Boncour,
foreign minister, who is on vaca-
| ton at Plombiers.
1t was believed France would
not reply directly to Berlin but
would consider joint Franco
British appeal to the league of
nations If the frontier incidents
continued.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Nit R1~~
0,Si, hsNsssst Syndicate. -
FLYERS AWAIT
NEW ORDERS

Kayak, Syria, Aug. 8. U.P) -
Paul Codes and Maurice Rossi. new
holders of the worlds long distance
flight record, rested today in the
French camp at the tiny oasis of
Kra, in the desert. They awaited
orders from the French air ministry
and Louis Bleriot, designer Of the
plane Joseph LeBrix, in which they
flew here from New York.
The flyers were credited with
$500 miles, 500 more than Squad
ron Leader c. B. Gaylord and
Flight Lieut.. G. E. Nicholetts made
from England to Balfish bay, South
Africa.
Officers at the French training
field where the flyers landed yester-
day, exhausted after SIS hours 2e
minutes in the air, said after ex-
animation of the plane today that
Codes and Rossi could have gone
On another 100 miles on their re-
mainin gfuel. They picked Kayak
for their hanging because there
would be French officers to testify
OF their arrival.
Official verification of the flight
record will be made only after Co.
dos and Rossi arrive at Paris ant
their instruments are checked b.
! the air ministry and the Interna
| tional Aeronautic Federation.
The aviators were anxious to re
turn at once. They had recovered
from extreme exhaustion.
They had to be lifted from theil
plane when they landed. Almos
all The way they battled bad wealth.
Err. Over the Atlantic they coulo
tell their position only for short
time. Over Europe they fought
bad conditions, and they ended by
battling storms as they made tho
final portion of their long cruise
from the Syrian coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
SPOIL
K|DNAP PLOT

CHANDLER. Okla, Aug. 8. U.H-
A Cougar wealthy farmer today
used his shotgun to Illustrate what
apparently was an attempt to kid
nap him.
Awakened from sleep by the
barking of his dog and the odor of
gas, Arch Hopkins fired four
charges from his shotgun at the
shadow of man.
The intruder, wounded, dropped
his gas gun and fled to car park
ed down the road
About 1915 a. M, was awaken
ed by the barking of my dog" Hop
kins, who has Is oil wells on his
farm near here and is moderately
wealthy, told Sheriff Gill Asty.
Going to the back door where the
dog was making the disturbance,
Hopkins smelled gas. His eyes be-
gan to smart He seized his shot
gun and fired once at the shadow
of a man lurking under the cover
of shrubbery. The man fired an
other charge from the gas gun.
The intruder dropped his weapon.
a new model gas gun, and his flash
light The gas gun was covered
with blood.
The man started to run and Hop
kins fired three more shots. The
suspect stumbled and fell several
times but made his way to a car
parked several yards down the
road. A companion in the ma
chine helped the wounded man In
to the seat.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
FOUR HURT IN
GRADE CRASH

-Four persons, enroute to Yuma
from San Diego, where two of them
were to be married, were victims OF
an automobile accident at the tor
OF Mountain Springs grade, shortly
after noon today.
A report from Mountain Springs
store gave the names of those in
volved in the accident as Mrs. Eta
Wetterogh, 1884 Meade avenue
San Diego; her son, Roy Rockwell,
OF the same address; Spencer
Taylor, 1924 Meade avenue; and
Miss Geraldine Moore, ISL Cedar
avenue, Long Beach.
The report stated Miss Moore was
not seriously injured. The extent
of the injuries received by others
in the party could not be deter
mined, but 1t was believed they
were badly hurt. Lemons ambu-
lance left here Immediately upon
receipt of news of the accident and
was expected to bring the injured
persons here for treatment.
Mrs. Mcdonald, at Mountain
oPAAi6o ocoiC, WIZ vClCpilOileu NEWS
OF the accident to The Press. stated
Miss Moore and Rockwell were on
their way to Yuma to be married
accompanied by the other two
members of the party.
The point where the accident &C.
CURED gave considerable difficulty
to travellers some months ago, due
to a difference in the grade pitch
at that point. Upon complaints by
the Ell Centre Chamber of Com
merce and other organizations, the
state highway commission made re-
pairs at the point, which it was be-
lieved had remedied the trouble.
Recently motorists have com
planned again that the difference
III pitch caused east bound cars to
pick up speed and several narrow
escapes from accidents had been
reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
NEWSPAPERS
SUBMIT CODE
Draw Up Agreement In Con-
formity With NRA Pledging
Support To Program.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. U.P) =
Daily newspaper publishers sub
mitted code to the national re-
covery administration at noon to-
day which was described by How
ard Davis, president of the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers associa-
ton as supporting lin the highest
possible degree President Roose-
welt recovery program.
The code contained provisions
designed to protect the constitu-
tional freedom of the press. An I'M
Outstanding was included stating
that the code shall not be con-
strued as authorizing the licens-
ing of publishers or as permitting
injunction proceedings which would
restrain publication of newspapers.
The code would permit restricted
employment of persons under 16
years of age for carrying news
papers where school attendance is
not interefered with. Business Of
flee and clerical forces would be
limited to 40 hours per week. La
Dor contracts would stand unim-
paired under the code. Mechanical
employees not under contract would
be limited tc ~ hours a week ex-
cept that they might work a maxi
mum of "A hours a week for any
six weeks within any six months Pc
riod. Maximum hour provisions
would not apply to professional per-
sons nor to executives receiving
more than $35 a week.
Business office employees would
be paid on a graduated scale rang
ing from minimum of $12 a week
in towns of less than $500 popula-
ton to minimum of SIS week
in cities OF more than 100000 popu-
alton. Such full time employees
would be paid as much for the
shorter week as paid heretofore in
event full time is worked.
In his letter of transmittal DAVIS
stated that the code was submitted
in behalf of daily newspapers -
members of the American News
paper Publishers association, the
Inland Press association, the South
ern Newspaper Publishers associa-
ton, the New England Publishers
association, and other organizations
of publishers.
This CODE" Davis said in his
letter of transmittal, provides for
shortening of hours, for minimum
wages higher than provided in the
blanket agreement, for the mainte-
nance OF existing contracts, and
the reservation of the constitutional
right Of a free press which cannot
be abridged by the application of
licensing system or the use of
injunctions to suppress a news
paper"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
.NRA SEEKING
To ARb|TRATE
ALL STRIKES
Recovery Administration Off
Gals Take Active Steps Fol-
lowing Roosevelt Appeal. :
WILL CONDUCT HEARINGS
Miners Leader Expresses His
Belief Coal Dispute Will Be
Settled.
By H. o. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

On1teu freSS StaII Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. W.H :
A speedy end to all strikes was
sought by the National Recovery
Administration today under terms
of President Roosevelt's appeal for
a truce in keeping with his effort
TO mobilize all factions behind the
unemployment campaign.
Edward F. McGrady, assistant re-
covery administrator, went today to
Uniontown, Pa, where ne will adj
dress striking coal miners who have
failed to return to work in accord
anee with the temporary agreement
signed last week.
The great arbitration board APP
pointed by the President to adjudi-
cate labor disturbances arranged
second meeting to consider means
of ending the Pennsylvania strike,
the Hollywood motion picture strike.
and walkouts in various parts OF
the country.
President John j. Lewis Of the
United Mine Workers, comforting
here regarding the bituminous coal
code on which hearings begin to-
morrow. expressed confidence that
all the striking Pennsylvania miners
would return to work as soon as
they fully understood terms OF the
temporary agreement.
The dispute was understood to
center around the mines of the H.
G. Prick company, where the strike
started 1t was believed that failure
of the men there to return to work
resulted from the fact that the
NRA's agreement with the Prick
company was separate from that
with other coal operators.
Deputy Recovery Administrator
K. NJ Simpson, in charge OF the
bituminous coal code negotiations,
said much progress was being made
in bringing conflicting elements in
to agreement in advance of the
hearings.
The NRA's drive to enlist all en-
| ployers in the recovery drive with
in the next two weeks was speeded
| up with appointment of a special
board to pass on requests for modi-
ficstion of the terms Of the presi-
Dental unemployment agreement.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Foil Attempt To
Fleece Roosevelt

SANTA MONICA, Aug. 8. UP
An embezzler was sought by police
today for trying to fleece Elliott
Roosevelt of $45 through a fake
C. o. d. package.
The package, containing marbles
was delivered to the hotel where
the President IS son is honeymoon
ing with his young bride, the for
mer Ruth Googins of Fort Worth
A clerk who demurred at advanc-
ing the collection charge question
ed Roosevelt, who branded the
package a hoax.
Police accompanied the messen-
ger boy who innocently delivered
the package to the place where he
had received it, but the man had
fled
cit s an old game and I'm glad
it didn't work, Roosevelt COM
mented
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 8. d.H-A
desperate woman who indicated she
planned to take her own life and
that of her four months old daugh-
ter was sought in Los Angeles to-
day.
Carsie Fox told authorities his
wife, Elsie, "a, left home yesterday
with the child. She left him .
short but terrifying note:
+" You have chance to be alone
now. Get ready to meet God. That
Is what am going to do. Forgive
me-"
Fox told police his wife had been
extremely nervous since the birth
OF their daughter.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
ROOSEVELT. To
WATCH CUBA
By FRIEDRICH A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
HYDE PARK, N. Y. Aug. 8.-De-
velopments in Cuba's political up
heaval were watched hourly today
by President Roosevelt who has
thrown the full weight of his in
! fluence behind Ambassador Welles
in efforts to effect Cancellation and
prevent further bloodshed.
Mr.. Roosevelt, in the seclusion
of his country home was kept in
touch with the situation by fire.
quent telephone messages from the
state department.
Despite the admitted gravity of
the situation, it was reiterated at
the summer White House that
there was no intention of the part
of the Roosevelt administration to
dispatch armed American forces to
Cuba.
), It was after midnight before
Mr. Roosevelt went to bed so in
terested was he in the Cuban af-
fair.
The President will confer with a
group of economic experts James
P. Warburg, and professors George
Warren of Cornell University and
James H. Rogers of Yale.
The mine strike situation in Pen
nsylvania also occupied the Presi-
dents attention today but he felt
confident the strikers would heed
the appeal of John Lewis, head of
the United Mine workers and re-
turn to their jobs.
1t was said the President was
not entertaining suggestions that he
personally appeal to the men in
either an address or a statement.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Gives Green Case
To Chief Justice

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 3. W.I)-
Puzzled and slightly bewildered by
conflicting viewpoints Of Southern
California lawyers, Governor Rolph
has decided to turn the Jack D.
Green case over to w. H. Waste,
justice of the supreme court.
Green, convicted of killing a Los
Angeles police lieutenant during a
theatre robbery, is sentenced to
hang. His partner, Joseph Fran
els Regan-the person who did the
actual shooting-must die at San
Quentin August 10.
Rolph has maintained from the
start Reagan was entitled to no
clemency. He has been inclined to
sympathize with Green, and was
understood to be only too anxious
to save the young mans life if
some official or semi-official agen-
cy of standing would back him up.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Storm Raging On
Planet Saturn

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug. 8. {U.f)
"A terrific storm appears to be
raging on the planet Saturn, TOO
100000 miles away, according to
announcement today by Harvard
observatory.
The observatory received tele-
gram from Captain j. Hellweg OF
the U. 8. naval observatory, re-
porting that about midnight Aug
ust there was noted on Saturn's
cold and cloudy surface large
white spot, indicative of storm con-
ditions.
The spot covered about one-tenth
of Saturn's diameter. which would
mean that the storm extended
across an area 1000 miles long.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Italian Airplanes
Arrive In Azores

.HORTZ, Azores, Aug. 8. W.P-
The Italian air armada, enroute
back to Italy from Chicago, ar
rived in the Azores today after a
1900 mile flight from Newfound-
land.
The sixth, seventh and eighth
triads of the "a planes landed here
at 2:12 p. m. EDIT, to be welcom-
ed by an enthusiastic populace
the salute of cannon and ringing
of church bells. Sc
Gen. Aldo Pellegrini s nine
planes landed at Horta at 2:49 p
m. (EDT). Gen. Balbo'S division
proceeded past Horta to Ponta Del
gada for a landing there.
Balbo's planes reached Ponta
Delgada at 3 p. m. (EDD.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Workers In Beet
Fields On Strike

VENTURA, Aug. 8. W.P) - The
sugar beet industry in the Oxnard
district was disrupted today by a
strike of 500 workers who quit the
fields in protest against wage
schedules.
The walkout was ordered by the
Cannery and Agricultural Workers
Industrial union and the Filipino
Protective league after growers had
refused to increase wages and meet
certain other demands.
Strikes had asked for a minimum
wage of IS cents an hour, elimina-
ton of labor contractors and al
legged discrimination against mar
ried workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
BY FREDERICK C. OTHMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. - An
almost forgotten law forced the
Roosevelt recovery administration
today to consider whether Ameri-
can farmers are to receive $50, 000,-
600 this fall in theory only or in
cash.
If the farmers get the cash, farm
relief will progress on schedule. If
they get receipted bills, the experts
fear they will rebel at crop reduc-
ton plans and jeopardize the whole
agricultural recovery program.
Attorney General Cummings has
prepared a decision on the legal
Especial of the crucial statute,
which was adopted by congress In
1875. The law provides that the
government cannot make any pay
ments to an individual without de-
Quoting whatever money ne owes
the government.
If the law is not circumvented,
many farmers will get no cash.
Farmers altogether owe the gov
eminent nearly twice as much as
the government plans to pay in
wheat and cotton benefits. The
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration intends to pay cotton farm
ers 500, 100000 in return for corp
reductions. 1t hopes to pay wheat
farmers $90,000,000.
On the other side of the ledger,
farmers debts to the government
include crop and seed loans OF
$l3e, O00,0 Agricultural Credit
Corporation loans of $3.50, 1000, 600,
intermediate Credit Corporation
loans OF $85 100000 and liens against
growing crops of several millions
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
United States To
Get Out OF Haiti

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. UD =
The United States will end its 10
wear military occupation OF Haiti
in October, 1884, under terms OF
an accord signed by the two corn-
tries.
The agreement, which will bring
100 U. S. marines out of the Negro
republic but maintain strong
American control over Haitian III
nance until bonds held by Ameri-
cans are liquidated, was announced
by the state department.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Aimee To LeaUe
On Another Trip

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 8. U.P-
Mrs. Aimee Semple MCPHERSON
Hutton will leave next Sunday for
Cedar Rapids, Ia, it was announc-
ed today at Angelus temple.
Mrs. McPherson-H Hutton will pre-
side at the interstate convention of
Four Square churches, to be held
jointly at Cedar Rapids and Racine,
Wis.
Should her health permit, it was
announced, the tour might be az
tended to include ether cities in
the middle west.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Pomona Executives
Home Dynanited

POMONA, Aug. 8. U.P)--A ter
rorist gang was sought by sheriff Is
deputies today, investigating a dyn-
amiting at the ranch of George
McKenna, wealthy utilities execu-
tive, which followed receipt of a
series of threatening notes warning
against the employment of Mexican
workers.
A charge of dynamite damaged
the ranch water pumping plant
McKenna said a number of orange
trees had been uprooted and on
each had been pinned note
warning him against hiring Mex
lean workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Board To Decide
On Health Office


DR.. Warren Fox. county health
officer, was employed by the coun-
ty TO act in that capacity for an
other year, according to resolu~
ton adopted by the board of sdper-
visors yesterday afternoon. Salary
was set at $3.50 per month with $50
month added for car expense.
Later the board decided TO recon-
slider this matter and 1t will be
brought up again for further dis
cussion and final settlement at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
The board appointed s. F. Lof-
fer as county cream Inspector 10
take the place of DR.. G. 8. Conner,
who died last week as the result
of injuries sustained in an ataomo-
bile accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-08
Plan Meeting To
Protect Fish

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8. UP)-A
hearing on bill to conserve ocean
game fish will be held by Governor
Rolph tomorrow at the executive
offices here, L. E. Harrington, exc
cutive secretary of the Fash and
Game Development association, an
nounced today.
The purpose of the hearing, Her.
rington said, is to crystalize senti-
ment in behalf of the measure
which calls for protective regula-
tons to prevent the determination
of certain type of game fish.