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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-13
Legal Chief Of The Anti Saloon League
 Will Delay Action
Edward B. Dunford Believes in Delaying Court Trial to Attack Legality of g. Beer-Brewers Are Keep= ing Beer Below That Figure Just Now

cent maximum. Dunford cited dis patches from New York which said analysis showed most of the beer sold assayed only 2.2 per cent by weight. a%
 -- "Of course, if that's the case and there is no evidence of intoxi- cation," Dunford said, 'I would favor letting the people have the beer and the government have the revenue. The people wouldn't be hurt and the government would be benefited.
 But believe that probably when the novelty wears off and the brewers get on a competitive basis they will begin to make it just as strong as they can without exceeding the law"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-13
GOOD FRIDAY A LEGAL HOLIDAY
Schools, Banks, Library, Courts and City Hall
 Will Close
ALL DAY TOMORROW

Good Friday, which comes to- morrow, is 8 legal holiday when so designated by the governor, as has already been done by our dis tinguished executive in proclama- tion issued some time ago. It is a day of fasting and prayer all over the world, although it does not mean q general suspension of bus mess.
 In Waterbury, the banks. public and parochial schools. offices in city hall. all courts except the po- lice court, the .Silas Bronson library and Baby Welfare stations will be closed all day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-13
STIPULATION AGREEMENTS

William K. Feest, Jr, of 235 Cooke street, will receive $35O in compensation from the Clapp, Rose & Vaughn company in a stipulation award approved today by Commis- sioner Frederic M. Williams in the local compensation court. The award is final settlement of the claim for injuries to the claimants right leg and ankle sustained on November 25, 1892. In another agreement, the Waterbury Manu- featuring company will pay $6.09 weekly to Meldon Krom of 20 Irion street during his incapacity with a hernia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-13

Walsh Attends
 Hartford Session
Connecticut Architects Inspect Federal Building There
 Come Criticism is Voiced

New Haven; Lorenzo Hamilton Of Meriden; Thomas Ball of Oly Lyme; Phillip Sunderland of Dan- bury; William Hunt of Torrington and William F. Brooks, Herbert Gibson and T. Merrill Prentice Of Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-13

as ok. but there is a surprisingly large number of machines in ac- tion that do not measure up to re- quirements.
 In view of the discovery that beer trucks are becoming common things about the city, special or ders are expected from Superin- tendent Joseph H. Mclean to have all such cars brought to head quarters. It is legal to transport beer in New York and adjoining states, but Connecticut has yet to adopt a beer law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-13
CENTRALIZED BANKING RE-
 TURNS

Philadelphia, (UP)-A swing back to the centralized banking
 practices of 1887 is seen in the
 present banking proposals of the
 national leaders. by William C. Macleos of the University of Penn | sylvania. Outlining the growth of American banking since tho Revo- lution, he said that government control would be needed to work
 the miracle" for ist reorSaniza- tion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-13
FARMER RAISED HUGE HOG

Killingworth, Conn. (UP) - John Heft, farmer near here, is ready to put forward a claim and
 dispute with livestock raisers when
 the talk turns to oversized hogs. One of Heft's two-year- -olds weighed 70S pounds after it was
 | dressed. It was eight feet, nine
 inches long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-13

The color of automobile license plates Is determined by the motor vehicle commissioners of tho indl- vidual states.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
Continued From Page II

ent program to stop speculation
with depositors' funds and other
violations of trust would be pressed.
Legislation drafted to carry out
the purpose of President Roose-
velts plan was waiting for light
ming speed action in congress to-
day.
1t calls for:
l. Continuation of the gold en-
barge
2. Ratification of all power
seized by the President in his Sum
day midnight holiday proclamation.
3. Full grant of power to pre-
vent boarding.
a. Full control over all banks as
far as necessary to protect deposi-
tors and creditors and for prompt
reorganization of frozen banks.
5. Amendment of the federal re-
serve act to permit Girect loans to
corporations and individuals on
government bonds.
6. Broadest powers to the federal
reserve banks to loan to member
banks on sound collateral. This is
the blanket provision under which
the vast expansion of currency will
be possible. Federal reserve banks
now accept only collateral matur-
ing within 90 days. Long time pa
per, no matter how good intrinsic
ally. is barred.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
WAR IN
SALINAS AREA

SALINAS, Cal. March 9. U.P)-
Possibility of war along the San
Francisco milk front flared today
as dairymen of Salinas valley re-
fused to change their contracts
with the United Milk company,
and threatened to stop any produc-
ers who attempted to deliver their
milk.
Trouble between the producers
and distributors arose when repre-
sentativeS of United Milk, which
controls 90 per cent of the market
milk in Salinas valley, announced
they would have to reduce the price
of butterfat from 63 to 81 cents.
They said competition with other
large distributors in San Francisco
made the reduction necessary, and
that new contracts would have to
be drawn with the producers.
Dairymen of Salinas valley, while
expressing themselves as favoring
cooperation if competition war
rants lower prices, decided not to
break their old contracts. They ap-
pointed a committee to investigate
the San Francisco situation.
If competition is found to be as
severe as United Milk representa-
tives outlined, the dairymen said
they would accept reduced prices
during the period of the war, but
would retain their old contracts
until the regular expiration dates
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
ROCKEFELLER GROUP LINES UP
AGAINST MORGAN BANK REGIME

NEW YORK, March g. U.P)-
The Rockefeller interests were lined
up against the Morgans and other
powerful financial groups today in
seeking way out of the bank
crisis.
Winthrop w Aldrich, chairman
Of the Chase National Bank, larg-
est IN the world, proposed last
night g drastic bank reform pro-
gram which in effect would break
the power of the overlords Of fin
ance. Aldrich, brother -in-law of
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and for
mer attorney for major Rockefeller
interests, is regarded as q spokes-
man for the oil family.
Aldrichs program would disrupt
the board of directors of almost
every major bank in New York, in
cludlng his own, and would force
absolute separation of commercial
banking and investment banking.
1t would prevent banks from un-
derwriting foreign loans or domes-
tic industrial issues, and thus re-
move all temptation for a COM
mercial banker to encourage spec
ulatiOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09

The Aldrich program was an
nounced in long statement which
revealed that Chase National was
preparing to divorce its investment
affiliate, the Chase HarriS-ForbeS
Corporation, largest bank invest
ment affiliate in the world. Thus
Chase follows the lead of the Ma
tional City Bank which announced
a. similar separation of bank and
securities affiliate Tuesday night.
Since the Rockefellers always
have been primarily industrialists
rather than bankers, the move
was regarded as a sharp intensifi-
cation of the feeling exhibited fire.
quently in recent months among
industrialists that bankers should
be divested in some way of their
great measure of control over ma
jor industries.
The Rockefeller interests be-
came dominant in Chase National
after the slump of 1929. Since 1890
Aldrich has taken a prominent
part in Chase affairs, but it was
not until January 10 of this year
that he replaced Albert Wiggin as
its chairman.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
PROPOSED CUT
AT HOLLYWOOD
NOT POPULAR

HOLLYWOOD, March 9. U.P)-
In the face of acceptance" of sal
airy cuts by approximately 10000
motion picture employees, ranging
from the highest paid directors
and stars to office bows and stem
ographers. members of two branch
eS of the industry organized today
to inquire into the emergency and
to avoid the wage slash by other
means.
A "war board" to be composed
of a representative from each of
the five branches-the writer's. di-
rectors, actors, technicians and
producers - was initiated by the
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences. with power to act
First reaction to the pay cut,
ranging from 25 to so per cent
over q period of eight weeks for
salaries below and above $50 week
ly. came at meetings of the writer's
and directors last night.
After q stormy session, the Screen
Writers Guild of the Authors
League of America. declined to rec
ognize authority OF the academy in
agreeing. for the industry, to the
producers ultimatum to "cut pay
or close the studios"
Instead, charges were hurled that
the producers were taking advan-
tage of a bad situation to get out
of contracts" 1t was further
charged the producers had packed
the writers meeting in the hopes
of pushing through resolution of
concurrence in the wage cut.
The producers claimed they were
forced into the pay cut through
falling off in theatre attendance
and their inability to get money
for the payrolls from New York
banks.
The directors and writer's zap
proved in spirit" the emergency cut
to keep the studios open, but voted
as well to set up the emergency
board to study problems facing
the industry.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
FARNSWORTH WINS DAIRY CUP
FOR EIGHTH SUCCESSIVE TIME

Howard c.. Farnsworth, for the
eighth time, received the chamber
Of commerce trophy awarded to the
winner of the sweepstakes in the
annual COW testing competition, the
award being made yesterday at the
fair.
Wednesday was farm bureau and
dairy day at the fair, this being
the first year in which the annual
Dairy day has been held in con-
junction with the fair.
At noon farm bureau members
and entrants in the dairy coWtest-
ing association competition gather
ed at the picnic grounds for a
pot luck picnic. AS usual, the val
ley creameries contributed coffee.
cream and ice cream for the event.
Awards in the annual cowtestine
competition were made at this time
for the year ending November 80.
1882. Points are scored for the
monthly and yearly class competi-
ton, and the total number of
points added for the sweepstakes
cup. Farnsworth's total number of
points was 223 and Walter B. Have
korst came second with 2101a
points. w. A. Scheniman was third
with 74k points and o. B. john
son, fourth. with GO points.
In the monthly class competi-
ton, Farnsworth received the high
est number of points with Have
korst, Len Bucket and E. Barrell
winning second. third and fourth
places respectively. Havekorst came
first in the yearly class, Farms
worth second, Scheniman third ano
johnson fourth.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09

Ribbons were awarded to the
winners in the various monthly
and yearly classes, and in addition
to the cowtesting association
awards, the diplomas given by the
National Dairy association to herds
in a cowtesting association whose
annual average of production is
over 300 pounds of butterfat were
made.
The morning yesterday was spent
IN judging Guernsey cattle and the
afternoon, in Judging Holstein.
Dan Grumbles successfully de-
tended his title as champion horse
shoe pitcher in the games held in
the afternoon and was awarded the
silver cup, the fair trophy for the
contest.
In the evening various farm CEN
sers, under the auspices of the
Rural Recreation council, present.
ed charming program of old fash
loned dances, showing the develop
ment of dancing from the days of
George Washington to the gay 90's,
Beginning with a minuet, fol-
lowed by a quadrille, a series of
attractive dances were presented in
costume, the centers participating
being Alamo-Verde, McCabe -Euca-
lyptus, Spruce -Westmorland, Rose
Mesquite. and Seeley. Music was
donated by Wilson's old time Or
chestra.
Service clubs and chambers of
commerce are honored today at the
fair, and special events include the
horse races in the afternoon and
the Congress of Dare-Deyils in the
evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
Betting Approved
By Committee

SACRAMENTO, March g. U.P)-
Sponsors Of the movement to le-
galize pari-mutuel betting won
their initial victory last night when
the assembly committee on public
morals approved a measure to le-
galize betting and set up a horse
racing board. The vote was So.
Asssmblyman Thomas Maloney,
San Francisco. co-authcr of the
bill, said principal opposition to
the measure came from Aqua Cali
ente. He added It would do away
with the present situation where
racing is done in Mexico and bet
ting in California"
The bill sets up q California rae
ing board composed of three mem
bers appointed by the governor.
Racing would be limited in any
cne county to 100 days year.
Pari-mutuel betting would be le-
galized. Two per cent Of the bets
would go to the state as a license
fee. The take would be limited to
eight per cent.
Betting would be barred from
county fairs. Three per cent of any
purse won by California bred
horse would go to the horSebreeder.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
Trial Of Kidnap
Couple Deferred

LOS ANGELES, March o. U.P)-
Trial of Luellapearl Hammer and
E. H. Van Horn on charges of kid
naping Mrs. Mary Skeele, wife of
Dean Walter Skeele of the Univer-
sity of Southern California School
of Music, was continued today un-
til April 5.
Pronounced unstable though
sane by board of alienists, Miss
Hammer was pale and nervous as
she appeared for trial. She whis-
pered to her attorney, Nathan
Freedman, as she walked into
court:
I'm going to kill myself the first
chance I get!"
Miss Hammer, a former student
at the music school, and Van Horn,
ex-convict, kidnapped the middle
aged Mrs. Skeele and held her for
ransom for two days, suddenly re-
turning her unharmed.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff COrrcSpOndent

WASHINGTON, March 8. - Re
opening of many banks throughout
the country tomorrow under an
emergency program of controlled
currency initiation was in prospect
today.
This program to be presented by
President Roosevelt to an eXtraor-
binary session of congress at noon
would throw at least $3,000000, 900
of new federal reserve notes into
circulation if needed.
More could be added by slight
notifications which are expected
to be made in existing laws. Some
$11 ZOO, 100000 of government bonds
could be used as the basis of emer-
gency issues
President Roosevelt announced
shortly after midnight he had OBJ
tained pledges from congressional
leaders to rush this program
through. Leaders predicted its pas
sage before midnight tonight.
Mr.. Roosevelt said the emergency
measure "will Immediately relieve
the situation and at once start
banking operations throughout the
entire country" He will adminis-
ter it under virtual powers of a
dictator.
The Presidents advisors worked
toward dawn on the final draft Of
the recommendations to be submit
ted in his message to congress.
The gold embargo stays on and
the federal reserve board is re-
doubling its efforts to force gold
back into the hands of the federal
reserve banks to increase the re-
serves for new currency. The
board in an apparent campaign
against gold hoarders asked reserve
banks to report next week the
names of all persons who have
withdrawn gold since February l.
May Extend Holiday
President Roosevelt's bank holi-
day proclamation expires tonight
at midnight. 1t probably will be
| extended in essential particulars
Then as fast as banks are ready to
do business, they presumably will
be authorized to reopen fully.
The treasury department decided
not to authorize general issue OF
scrip. 1t was feared a motley COL
lection of local printing press cur
rencies would spring up to create
confusion. Some localities, how
ever, were going ahead with their
own scrip issue.
No bank guarantee will be at
tempted now. Proposals to open
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
EMERGENCY BANKING BILL
QUICKLY PASSED BY HOUSE

postal savings banks to checking
deposits also were abandoned.
If successful, the new federal re-
serve money should start a wave
of nationwide buying Rising prices
and quick pickup in business were
anticipated. If this develops, Of
ficials foresee a prompt passing of
the crisis with a rapid turnover
which once under way would per-
nit the contraction of the emer-
gency currency back to normal pro-
portions.
In effect, President Roosevelt is
attempting a blood TRANSMISSION.
With a fresh supply Of circulating
medium, the restoration is expect
ed to follow naturally.
1t is a daring program, but in
line with President Roosevelt's in
augural pledge of immediate action
to provide adequate but sound cur
rencyA
So far as is now known, no new
kind of money is contemplated.
There would be merely more of the
familiar federal reserve notes.-the
usual green backed paper money
which forms the bulk of everyday
currency.
Dozens of technical questions are
involSed in this process of over
night expanding of the nations
supply of money. Bankers find
them complicated enough. To the
layman they are even more difficult
to understand.
Roughly, the Presidents plan
would expand currency mainly un-
der present federal reserve restric-
tions. Currency would be issued
against liquid assets of sound
banks.
State banks could join in cir
culation of this currency upon cer-
tification by state examining boards.
Use Reserve System
Fundamentally the additional
money would be issued under the
elastic provisions of the federal re-
serve system. These were planned
to meet such stringencies. They
permit currency to be added to OF
contracted as needed by business.
Banks take short term CONNER
cial paper on which they have
made leans to business men-it
must mature within 80 days-tc
their federal reserve bank and get
paper money for it. But many
banks have long since put up all
short time paper they have.
For them provisions of the Glass
Steagall act are available. They
can take long term paper such as
real estate mortgages, bonds, prom
issory notes and the like which
normally a federal reserve bank
would not look at, and get paper
money for it. AS the law now
stands, city banks can do this only
when at least five of them group
together to pool such long-term pa
per- The approval of the fedora
reserve board is required in each
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
URGES
SUPPORT FOR
LEGISLATION

Bills introduced by Senator Ben
Hulse at Sacramento. and 1or
which he asks support from the
citizens of Imperial county, are
listed as follows:
Senate Bill 103-168: Requires ir-
rigation districts to make budgets
on revenues and expenditures as is
done by counties. This is a fun
damental requisite of sound busi-
ness and executive wisdom.
Senate Bill 26S: Makes the irri-
CATION districts offices OF attorney
and secretary elective and ac-
countable to the people.
Senate Bill 269: Amends certain
sections of the irrigation district
act to conform TO other pending
bills.
Senate Bill 500: Proposes that
county road funds be retired out
of the gasoline tax, This will ef-
feet a substantial saving in county
taxes.
Senate Bill 534-535: Relates to
grand jurieS. reducing their num-
Der. making their term two years
and alternating.
Senate Bill 537: Eliminates past
penalties on taxes. reduces future
penalties to straight interest and
allows discount if paid on or be-
fore the due date. The benefits
TO be derived from such a measure
are readily apparent.
Senate Bill 667: provides Tor the
payment OF lost county warrants.
Senate Bill Oil: Classifies irri-
cation districts to enable enact
ment of needed laws to govern
large districts and small districts,
similar to the classification of cities
and counties.
Senate Bill 912-9l3: Relates to
irrigation districts OF the first class
and provides for the better organi-
cation and operation thereof. It
requires directors and officials to
itemize and swear to the correct
ness Of expenses the same as is re-
quired of any other municipal or
state official. Your grand jury and
board OF supervisors approved this
bill
Senator Hulse through his part
ner, Charles E. Anderson. asks the
citizens OF Imperial county to study
these bills so that they may know
the type of legislation ne is pre-
senting and if they approve of them
to advise him by means OF the
postal cards which he has issued to
all registered voters in the county.
Hulse also calls attention to the
fact that he rushed the All-Amer-
lean canal act through the state
senate and with Assemblyman Rob-
inson is fighting for its passage
through the assembly.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
Pastor Returns
From Conference

v. E. Butterworth, pastor of the
State Street Christian church, has
just returned from Los Angeles
where he attended a three days
conference on the oxford Group
movement.
This movement, which has swept
the United States, is being taken
up by various churches with marked
success. 1t consists of individual
testimonials as to the effect of re-
ligion given by various persons at
a large meeting. In particular 1t
has been successful in interesting
members of the so-called intelli-
gensia in religion
Butterworth will explain this
movement, as demonstrated at a
recent meeting, at the church SER
vice Sunday and at a later date
will discuss the results of the lay
mems missionary committee. A
group of educators spent two years
studying foreign missions and re-
commended various courses to
make the work more effective.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
c RTIFIC ATE OF PERSON
TRANSACTING BUSINESS UN-
DER FICTITIOUS NAME

The undersigned does hereby GER
tify that he is conducting a general
hospital business at 500 Holt Ave-
nue. in the City of El Centro. Coun-
ty of Imperial, State Of California,
under the fictitious firm name of
FL Centro Hospital; that said firm
is composed of the following person,
whose name and address is as fol-
lows, to-wit:
E. j. Mulligan, 500 Holt Avenue,
El Centro, California.
Witness my hand this 9Th day
Of February, 1888.
Z. J. MULLIGAN.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
Judge Needed To
Emulate Solomon

NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 9. UP
Yes sab, yo, honor, I got an aged
mother" said Charles Brown, Ne
gro, as he stood before Federal Jud-
&c Grubb for sentence on a liquor
charge and was asked if he had a
family.
How old is she?" inquired the
judge.
shes 80, suh."
Flows that? You mean 70, don't
you?" the court inquired.
mo, sub, she's 80, replied the ac-
cused.
And how old are you?" the judge
asked.
I'm 81, suh."
The pudge paused a moment and
then exclaimed: go dayS!"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
COJTNrTU On TAGDrISTAr e

On this 9Th day of February, a.
D., 1893, before me, P. L. Moore, a
Notary Public in and for said Coun-
ty and State, personally appeared
Z. j. Mulligan, known to me, to be
he person whose name is subscribed
o the within Instrument, and ack-
lowledged to me that he executed
he same.
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
ny official seal the day and year in
this certificate first above written.
(SeaD P. L. MOORE,
Notary Public in and for said
County and State.
Feb. lO,17,24 Mar $40
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09

case. Banks in isolated communi-
ties may act alone.
Now it is proposed TO amend the
law so that any individual bank
may apply alone, because weak
bank, the very one that needs such
help, cannot persuade a stronger
neighbor bank to pool with it, AL
SO the law may be changed to re-
quire that such paper be accepted
by federal reserve banks without
obtaining the approval of the board
at Washington.
Such changes would open up ave-
nueS for passing out possibly an
other ST ,000,0 ,000,0 900 of currency.
Nearly another ST. 900 100000 could
be issued against government bonds
now under the home loan act.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-09
L. A. livestock

LOS ANGELES. March 9. tU.R)-
Hogs 25. steady. Truck ins 400 to
410. Quotable top around 4.5o
Cattle ESQ. SLOW. Early sales Stea-
DIV. Medium to good steers and
yearlings 460 to 5.65. Medium to
good heifers SIS. Cutter to medium
cows $50 to 325. Calves, So Quot
ably steady.
sheep 500, holdoYers 800. Lambs
steady, medium 10 good lambs 4.25
TO $50. Choice quoted at 500.