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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
USE COUPONS
On SALES TAX.
Continued On Page 81

SACRAMENTO, Aug. S. U.pt -
California merchants gradually are
working out their own problems in
connection with the collection of
the 2is per cent sales tax members
of the state board of equalization
said today.
The most difficult problem, that
of collecting the tax on purchases
between and Is cents by stores
whose sales are mostly in this
bracket, apparently has been solved
most successfully by the use OF cou-
pons, it was claimed.
Under terms of plan called to
the ottention of the board, tax OF
! cent is charged on any small pur-
chase. Inasmuch as this obviously
is more than the 2la per cent rate
many stores have adopted the use
of a credit coupon to be applied TO
future small purchases until the le-
gal rate is collected.
While the board has expressed
willingness to cooperate with mer-
chants in working out collection
plans, they have taken the position
that the problem is principally that
of the retailer inasmuch as they are
assessed on the gross sales.
A.. the same time the board has
under consideration a provision in
the law authorizing the issuance OF
tax stamps by the board Issued in
fractional amounts they would be
used much the same as the cou-
pons now being issued by some
stores.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
STATE TAKES
L|CENSEF FROM
LOCAL BROKER

Ben Kellerman, local representa-
tive of a New York produce firm,
had his broker s license suspended
for an indefinite period this morn
ing after a hearing before C. j.
Carey, chief of the division of mar
ket enforcement, state department
of agriculture, and w. B. Wood
burn, district supervisor, in the
office of B. A. Harrigan, county
agricultural commissioner.
Kellerman, licensed as a broker
under the state law, was operat-
ing here as a buyer for the New
York firm of Tassini and Salisch.
Acting for them he bought five cars
of late melons from the Morning
Star packing company, Ell Centre,
at fob. prices.
The New York firm refused to
accept or pay for the melons and
complaint was filed against them
and their representative by Gig
Figone, manager of the packing
company.
An investigation was made and
the hearing held this morning re-
suited in the suspension of Keller
man from further operations in
California until this deal is salts
factorily settled. The amount of
money involved in this deal was
$500.
Furthermore, it was stated, all
other operations of this New York
firm will be suspended in California
until the matter is satisfactorily
settled with the local company. The
Morning Star company, after their
shipment of melons was refused,
were obliged to sell them on con-
signment to other dealers and suf-
fered a loss.
Regarding this matter Carey stat
ed: "The produce dealers act as
amended protects California grow
ers and shippers against the irreg-
ular operations or other guarantees
of eastern receivers operating in
this state through agents or brok-
ers. Brokers or agents operating
here will be held responsible for
their contracts and licenses to OPP
crate will be revoked in case OF
Irregularities.
The state men have been here
for the past few days Strengthening
out controversies which had arisen
between growers ana shippers.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
CUBAN STRIKE
MOVE SPREADS
Protest Against Political Re.
pressions Becomes General
Throughout Island.
By LAWRENCE s. HAAS

HAVANA, Aug. 5.ATroOp move
ments, government threats and
growing paralysis of commercial life
today marked the disastrous strike
that was becoming general through
out the island.
Three. hundred rural guards ar
rived to reinforce police and SOL
diers. But and street car drivers,
taxicabmen, cafe and restaurant
workers, all dock workers and news
paper employees were out. Railway
men and the medical federation
threatened to join.
Cavalry was sent to Cienfuegos to
aid In suppressing riots.
Government officials expressed
hope they might halt the strike to-
day by peaceful means and induce
the workers to return to their jobs.
But all indications were that the
strike, gesture of protest against
political repression, was spreading
fast.
Milkmen, icemen and bakers
planned to strike over the week.
end.
Soldiers guarded oil trucks con-
veying gasoline Tor private cars, but
many citizens left their automobiles
at home for fear they would incur
displeasure of strikers.
The government was expected to
attempt to operate omnibuses with
soldiers guarding the strikebreak-
ers.
In some smaller towns the strike
was general.
There were minor riots at Regla,
across the harbor from Havana, and
at Cienfuegos.
The presidential secretariat de-
MED reports that constitutional
guarantees were to be suspended.
President Gerardo Machado had
threatened earlier to declare state
of war If workers persisted in par
alyzing normal life.
American Ambassador Sumner
Welles, has refrained from inter-
fering in the strike situation.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
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0,s,S Mskassht oyWttsass. -
PROTEST ON
THREAT MADE
BY GERMANY

PARIS, Aug. 5. U.H France,
Great Britain and Italy, through
their ambassadors at Berlin, pro-
tested individually to Germany to-
day against alleged threats to Aus
trian independence.
The protests were based on the
recent Mussolini 10 year peace
pact, signed by Germany and the
three protesting nations, and on
the Versailles treaty.
It was the first use of the Mus
solini treaty, under which the
four signatories bound themselves
to keep European peace for a de-
cade.
Diplomatic conversations over a
period of several days preceded the
protest. France was understood to
have been made particularly anxi-
ious by the German Austrian sit
uation, and reports said a joint pro-
test would be made. However, it
was decided to make separate pro-
tests.
Italy notified the French foreign
Office her AMBASSADOR at Berlin
had protested in Italy's name
simultaneously the foreign office
announced that France and Grea
Britain, after long discussion, hac
reached agreement to protest tt
Berlin.
Instructions to the ambassadors
were understood to be identical in
text and the protests were under
stood to have been made in verbal
form by means of memoranda read
to the Great Britain foreign office
instead of by the more formal dip
lomatic note.
The ambassadors were said to
have declared merely that their
government felt German threats
against Austria s political freedom
were in conflict with Germany IS
engagement to keep the peace.
One form of "threato to Austria
has been by means of airplanes
which have flown over Austrian
territory dropping Nazi propaganda
particularly aimed at Engelberl
Dollfuss, Australian chancellor.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
TRUCE HALTS
COAL STRIKE

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 5. (U.H
General Hugh S. Johnson, nation
al recovery administrator, backed
by determined President end
ed the strikes in the Pennsylvania
coal fields early today. The Presi-
dent had seen in the strikes a
dangerous threat to the nations
industry and his gigantic program
for industrial recovery.
The President himself ANNOUNCE
ed the absolute truce" between
miners and mine operators which
will send $4,000 men back to work
on Monday and prevent 100000
others from going on strikes. Terms
of the truce substantially was res
ervation of the status quo pending
hearings on the coal industry'S
code under the national recovery
|act, iAe
Creation of a special government
board to mediate all disputes be-
tween labor and capital during the
life of the recovery program was
strongly indicated to be part
of the immediate plans of Mr.. Roos-
evelt and General johnson.
The chief executives announce
ment, made at the summer White
House under highly dramatic cir
cumstances. came at the end OF
hectic and frantic II hours for
Johnson, Mr.. Roosevelt. and lead
ers of miners and coal operators
After a long conference in Wash
ington at which Johnson presided
labor and capital agreed to the
truce. johnson came here by air.
plane and obtained the approval
of the President who had beer
keeping in touch with the con-
ference by telephone.
The truce had two chief points
Cd The miners will return to work
without prejudice and their dis
pute with operators will be airec
at the coal code hearings beginning
August 9; co Until the industry:
code is adopted, all disagreement
will be settled by board of three
chosen by the President.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
R0LPH SIGNS
WATER BILL

SACRAMENTO, Aug. S. UP -
Governor Rolph today signed the
$17O, 100000 revenue bond act of the
Great Central Valley water project
and thus made it possible for this
vast enterprise to be included in the
federal public works program.
The act qualities the water pro-
ject for federal aid. But whether
such aid will be advanced has not
yet been ascertained.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. S. U.Pj -
Ready to sign the bill authorizing
the S170,000,000 Great Central VAL
ley water project, Governor Rolph
today indicated threats of a refer
endum against the measure might
be met with a special election.
Without a special election it
would be necessary to wait until late
next year to have the question set
tied, should the threatened refer
endum be successful.
California can't afford to wait a
year. and a half on this plan. We
couldn't get federal financing as a
re employment project then," the
governor explained.
The governor planned to sign the
bill later today.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
State In Step
With NRA Plan

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 5. EU.PJ -
CALIFORNIA; state government was
in step with the NRA program to-
day after Governor Rolph had
signed four recovery bills and issued
orders to maintain present salaries
for those state workers placed on a
five day week.
Rolph's assurance that the Short
er week will not mean less wages
nor affect the per diem workers
especially. Under terms of the bill
passed by the legislature, the five
day week was authorized for state
workers wherever practicable"
The bills representing companion
measures to the National Recovery
Act, as approved by the governor,
provide for codes of fair COMPETE
ton for intra state business, and
extends authority of national codes
to California through the elimina-
ton of conflicts with state anti
trust laws.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
HOLD SUSPECT
IN BOMB PLOT
Attorney Arrested On Charge
OF Placing Tear Gas Contain
ers In Exchange.

NEW YORK, Aug. a. U.P}-Eu-
gene Daniel, Jr., 80, prosperous ap-
r airing Harvard graduate and law
yer, was formally arrested today on
a charge of placing two tear gas
bombs In the ventilating system OF
the New York stock exchange yes
terday, causing suspension of trad
ing for the day.
He was taken into custody at the
st. Paul hotel and after Question
ing by police his arrest was ordered
by Inspector John Lyons. He was
arraigned in Tombs court on short
affidavit signed by Detective Edwin
Farrell, who charged him with the
tear-gas bomb incident.
Daniel discussed pleasantly and
intelligently most every subject"
police said, but when they sought to
interrogate him on the tear-gas in
cident, he replied:
II am a lawyer myself, you know.
I will not answer any of the ques-
lions until I see my counsel"
His apprehension, police said, fol-
lowed the tracing of telephone
call to Boston from the hotel where
he had ben guest since Tuesday.
According to Inspector Lyon,
Daniel admitted placing a dummy
bomb at the home of Mayor James
M. Curley of Boston. 1t purportedly
was intended to get publicity for
the Commoners party, political
organization of which he is a men,
Der.
The Commoner's party, Daniel
said, maintained this country has
no democracy and blames all AM
erica's ills on capitalism.
Police said that when Daniel was
arrested, Commoner party litera-
ture was found in his pocket. He is
member of Battery A, 1o1st regi-
ment, field artillery, Boston,
Asked if he was familiar with
chemistry and the making Of bombs
he snapped:
mo statement to make on that.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
TAKE SAILORS
INTO CUSTODY.

Two sailors enroute from the mid
into police headquarters this morn
ing and, after a rather pointed talk
by both the arresting officer and
the police chief, were allowed to pro-
coed on their way
It seems that the tars had been
amusing themselves along the road
between here and Holtville by re-
peatedly humping car just ahead
of them on the road occupied by
two women. When the latter COM
planned to the police the boys were
arrested When brought to head
quarters they were found to have q
small quantity of alleged whiskey
as we'll as an old and broken down
% calibre revolver in their possess
sion. Both were taken away from
them and after good talking-to
they we're allowed to proceed on
their way.
Earlier in the morning five small
Mexican boys we're brought in on
charge of gambling. They had
found deck of cards in an alley
and we're looking them over, sort
ing them out and, probably getting
ready for quiet game OF stud, draw
or even blackjack when the Off
Ger arrived and broke up the pro-
ceedings. After administering a YER
bal spanking the police sent the
boys home.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
FRENCH FLYERS HOP OFF ON
ATTEMPT To SET NEW MARK
Pair Depart From New York This Morning
On Flight Expected To Set New Long Dis
lance Record

field shortly after midnight. Rossi
Immediately began a minute in
spection of the plane and the 500
horsepower Hispano-Suiza motor.
Codos conferred with field officials
and advisers on routes and weather
conditions.
Due to the unusual load the
plane carried, extra precautions
were taken by field officials. The
fire department had two full crews
on hand with emergency equip
ment, and an ambulance from
Kings county hospital drew up to
the long runway shortly before the
take off.
The huge silver colored mono
plane, however rose gracefully af-
ter lengthy dash down the run
way. 1t headed out over Jamaica
bay and disappeared into the light
morning haze.
Take Plenty Of Food
A large supply of rations was
placed aboard the plane before the
take off. Included were five boned
chickens, three dozen oranges, two
dozen bananas, eight quarts of min
eral water, two quarts of chicken
consomme and seven quarts of
black coffee.
A complete first aid kit, two life
preservers and two inflated suits,
were included in the equipment.
Codes and RoSsi hoped to break
the 6,625 mile-record held by two
of their countrymen, Emil Rossi
and Lucien Boussontrol, who flew
over closed course at Oran, AL
geria, in March 1882. That flight
lasted for 70 hours, 43 minutes.
With the huge fuel supply and
top speed of $50 miles an hour,
they estimated they could remain
in the air for 70 or more hours.
That time, if weather conditions
were favorable, might permit them
to go beyond Bagdad, possibly to
Karachi, India.
Both men are experienced fly
ers, Codes having 5000 hours in the
air, and Rossi more than 5000
The former began flying with the
French air corps during the war
and was pilot of the plane Joseph
LIE Brix which established a dis
lance record in flight to Russia
in 1881. Codes, 81, is lieutenant
in the French air reserve.
Rossi, 80, also is a pilot with a
war record He saw service in Afri-
ca during recent tribal wars and
uprisings with the air component
of the French foreign legion. He
and Codes live in Paris.
Codes and Rossi waited for weeks
for favorable weather. Yesterday
they were prepared to start when
they received storm reports from
the Newfoundland area.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
Presidents Son
Seeking Position

SANTA MONICA, Aug. S. W.P)--
Expecting to make their home in
Southern California, Elliott Roose-
welt, second son of President Roose-
welt, and his bride, the former Ruth
Googins of Fort Worth, Texas,
were here today on their honey
moon. -.
The Roosevelts were married July
% in Burlington, Iowa, following
Roosevelt IS divorce from Elizabeth
Bonner Roosevelt in Minden, New.
They motored to the home of the
former Miss Googins' parents for
a brief visit and then to the Pacific
coast.
Roosevelt said he had no business
connections at present, and that
after a brief rest he would start
looking for a position. He resigned
his position as manager of the Gill
pin airlines when he left Los An
geles for Nevada.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
Experts Chosen
To Study Dam

LOS ANGELES, Aug. S. UP>-
The features of the Cajalco dam
reservoir unit of the Colorado river
aqueduct will be studied by four
prominent engineers selected today
as consulting board by the Metro
politan water district.
The four named were Taddeus
Merriman, chief engineer of the
New York City board Of water sup
ply; j. l.. Savage, of the bureau of
reclamation, Denver; Charles D.
Marx, professor emeritus of civil
engineering at Stanford; and Col.
Charles T. Leeds, Los Angeles.
Geological studies in connection
with the project will be carried on
by DR.. F. L. Ransome and DR.. John
P. Buwalda, of the California In
stitute of Technology.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
Bullets Fly In
Kentucky Voting

HARLAN, KY, Aug. 5. W.H-
Rival political factions today en-
gagged in pitched battle on a
street here shortly before polls
were opened for the county Re-
publican primary election.
At least two men were wounded
before national guardsmen halted
hostilities.
One faction fortified itself in a
commissary prepared for housing
guardsmen, which the Harlan may
or had called out earlier in the
week to quell a prediction dis
turbance, and the other took up
positions behind concrete abutt-
ments across the street.
Witnesses estimated 500 or more
shots were fired. Dynamite bombs
and stones were hurled. One man
was wounded in the face when a
stick of dynamite exploded. An
other IS finger was shot off.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
Governor Urged
To Sign Measure

SACRAMENTO, Aug. S. W.H--
Governor Rolph today was urged
to sign the SIS 100000 state income
tax bill by farm and legislative
leaders.
Ralph H. Taylor, secretary of the
California agricultural committee,
told the governor that veto of the
bill would only postpone the in
cvitable'' inasmuch as new sources
of revenue would be needed two
years hence just as much as they
are needed now.
Senator John McColl, Redding,
also urged approval of the bill on
the ground that sit is only fair
that we adopt an income tax in
asmuch as two-thirds of the sales
tax revenue will come from men
siic womep with incomes of less
than $4,000 a year,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
PAIR CONFESS
MAIL ROBBERY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5. U.P)-
Joe Burke and Harry Dean, known
as "Big SKI, both with criminal
records in Illinois, today confessed
participation in the January 27
Arcade post office robbery here,
Captain Norris StenSland of the
sheriff s office said.
The reported admission followed
an all night grilling.
Officers arrested the two men
July 81 with two asserted confed-
crates, John T. Casey and John j.
Dart and Beatrice Burke, wife of
Joe Burke, in an apartment des-
cribed as an arsenal when nu-
merous guns we're discovered.
Burke and Dean were turned over
to postal authorities who are ex-
pected to file charges of mail rob-
berry against the pair Casey and
Dart were held for further investi-
CATION and Mrs. Burke was re-
leased.
Captain Stensland said Burke
and Dean also confessed to the at
tempted robbery of a mail truck
near the Grand Central air termi-
nal.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
EDWARDS MAY
FACE CHARGE
Discredited San Diego Boy
Termed Biggest Liar By Po-
lice Chief.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. S. U.P)-Fol-
lowing reputation of the astonish-
ing confession of Philip Edwards,
10, who first claimed to have muir
dered and mutilated seven-year-
Dalbert Aposhian, then denied it,
police this morning were holding
him on felony suspect charge.
Officers indicated he might be
held either for mental examin-
alton or on charge of giving false
information. They termed him the
biggest pathological liar" in the
history of police records here.
II knew it all the time" Chief of
Police Raymond declared this morn
ing. After talking with him for
five minutes after his arrest, told
the boys to take him away-he was
lying
Edwards said he confessed" to
bring him back to his protested
wife whom he claimed was living
now in Des Moines, Ia. Then he
changed this story and said it was
to sell a story of his life to an east
ern magazine for $4,000.
Meantime the search for the fiend
killer was renewed without any def
mite leads to be followed.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. S. W.p)-Fol-
lowing reputation of the "confes-
sion" of Philip Edwards, 10, who
first claimed to have murdered and
mutilated seven-year-ol Dalbert
Aposhian, then denied it, Chief of
Police Harry Raymond said today
he was undetermined as to Ed
wards guilt or innocence.
Edwards will not be released un-
til his innocence is established def
initely, Raymond said.
The youth claimed that his
confession was a hoax, perpetrat-
ed in the hope of obtaining mo-
ton picture contract
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5. W.p)-
The case against Philip Edwards is
400 per cent complete Capt. s..
J. McCaleb, one of the Los Angeles
detectives who arrested Edwards,
said today on his RETURN from San
Diego.
Captain McCaleb said that the
youth turned to him and explained,
after denying the murder of Dalbert
Aposhian to his mother:
"You know, I couldn't tell her
l had done a thing like that
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
STOLEN BONDS
CAUSE ARREST

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5. (U.H-A
man who police said was E. S. Wag-
ner, of 112 East 25th street, Okla
homa City, wanted for questioning
in connection with disposition of
stolen bonds and securities, was
taken into custody as he stepped
from an American Always air.
plane here today.
Officers said they found approx
imately $150OO0 worth of bonds in
a suitcase belonging to the man.
The bonds, it was said, were
stolen in a Kansas bank robbery
last year.
Wagner was taken into custody
by Frank James, detective lieuten-
ant, who, with two other officers,
had kept a three day vigil at the
airport.
James said the bonds were stolen
in the holdup of bank at Clay
Center, Kansas, in September 1922.
James and his two associates were
sent to the airport on a tip that
an attempt was to be made to
bring the bonds west by air and
dispose of them through Los An
geles underworld "fence.'
The man identified as Wagner
was said to have boarded the plane
at Fort Worth. He was getting in
to a taxi cab at the airport when
James placed him under arrest.
Meantime the other officers had
seized his luggage.
James said they were looking for
a companion to Wagner but that
the companion apparently left the
plane at Abilene, Texas.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-05
BY MARION F. COLLINS
United Press Staff Correspondent

FLOYD BENNETT AIRPORT, N.
Y, Aug. 5. Two French pilots
began one of the most ambitious
flights in aviation history at SAL
a. m. (EDT today when they took
off for Bagdad, Irak, in an attempt
to set new nonstop distance rec
ord.
Paul Codes, World war flyer, was
at the controls. Maurice Rossi, was
navigator and radio operator. Their
Bleriot monoplane, carrying Ito
gallons of gasoline, was the heav-
lest laden ship ever to leave this
airport. The weight was more than
nine tons.
They planned to head up the At
lantic coast as far as Newfound-
land, then steer a course across the
Atlantic that would take them over
the southern tip of Ireland. They
hoped to fly over Paris, but said
they would not pause for any wei
coming ceremony in the air. Con-
tinuing eastward, they hoped to
follow route down the Balkan
Peninsula, thence into Asia Minor
as far as their fuel carries them.
The Frenchmen arrived at the