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Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
NEGRO ADMITS
Staying CHILD

NEW YORK, Jan. 81. U.P)-A
young Negro who said he "forgot
all about the murder of 6-year-
old Helen Sterler after a movie
and a good nights sleep confessed
today, police said, that he killed
the girl
A blue and red pencil found be-
side Helen's body in cellar near
her Brooklyn home Wednesday
night brought about the confession,
police said.
While several hundred detectives
checked Systematically through the
neighborhood where the girl was
killed, Detective Arthur Demarrain
decided to question Lloyd Price,
%, whom he had arrested in 1880
for attempting to assault a child.
When Demarrain went to Price, S
home, Price tried to flee, but the
detective captured him. Price at
first denied the crime, but his
mother, Mary, identified the pencil
as one which had belonged to her
dead husband.
Police said Price then told how
he lured the girl into a cellar with
a penny. He found a clothesline,
looped it around her neck and
strangled her, the rambling con-
fession made public by police said.
Il went home and ate a good
supper" Price was alleged to have
said. Then I went to movie,
went home and had good nights
sleep. forgot all about it.
Il don't know why I did it. I
just did it."
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27

AS a part Of proceedings re-
auired by law prior to actual con-
Struction of the All-American can
al, Imperial Irrigation district di-
rectorS yesterday filed a complaint
against all persons interested and
included in the canal contract,
those having title or interest in or
claim upon property within the
district and all real property in
connection with a request that the
court determine the validity and
legality of the document approved
by voters in special election jan
uary IL.
Summons will be given newspa-
per publication once a week for
three weeks as required by the
California irrigation act. Anyone
who has any interest in the dis
trict, the contract and the canal
will be privileged to appear when
the hearing is held. The date of
the hearing will be set following
publication of the summons, ac-
cording to attorneys.
The All-Aperican canal contract
itself calls for the valuation pro-
ceedings initiated yesterday and
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
By LESLIE d. HARPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

DETROIT, Jan. 27. W.P)-Ford
Motor company plants <shrough-
out the United States were closed
for an indefinite period today while
Ford officials and employees alike
chafed at the delay and losses
amounting to we'll over $1,000,000
daily.
The shutdown order was put
through late yesterday afternoon,
Ford officials explained, when the
company was no longer able to
secure bodies from two companies
that supply the bulk of the Ford
auto bodies.
A strike at the Briggs manufac-
turing company and subsequent
laying off of 1000 employees of the
Ford division of the Murray Body
Corporation of America, stopped the
necessary flow of bodies for the new
Ford models. The breakdown came
just as Ford was getting into full
production of his new 1888 models.
Inability to get bodies from Briggs
for processing was given by Muir
ray officials as the reason for the
layoff of their men.
1t was the first time Ford has
been forced to close his factories
due to labor trouble but officials
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
AGREE ON CUT
IN EXPENSES
Senate Democrats Will Help In
Keeping Government Expen-
ditures Near Revenue.
BY LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

Outtu frtSS otdII correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. = Sen
ate Democrats agreed today to at
tempt reduction of federal expend-
itures to the S2,949 100000 which
is estimated to represent the gov
ernment's probable revenues in the
next fiscal year.
The Democratic agreement was
reached in caucus after Senator
TydingS (Dem) Maryland, insti-
tuted his taxpayers filibuster"
against federal expenses. Th e
Democratic conference did not un-
dertake to make all the cuts at the
present short session.
Tydings accepted the compromise
program and said he would with
draw his motion to recommit the
pending treasury-post office ap-
preparations bill
Democratic efforts to avoid a
vote on Tydings' original resolution
of yesterday were blocked when
Senator Kean CRep) New Jersey,
objected to q unanimous consent
request that Tydings be permitted
to withdraw it.
Senator Robinson, senate minor
ity leader, announced the conferees
had agreed to reduce the treasury
post office bill by from $35 100000
to $50,000,000. He refused to ex-
plain the economies in detail.
The treasury-post office bill as
reported to the senate calls for ap-
preparations of $961, AL ,597.
The confereeS adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, that it is the de-
clared policy of senate Democrats
that the appropriations in the ag-
gregate shall be reduced at the
earliest practicable time to a sum
equal to that of the estimated
revenue and that the appropria-
tions committee is instructed to
make a survey of all appropria-
tions bills and to make reductions
therein wherever possible without
impairing the efficiency of essen
tiai services and conforming to a
policy of Strictest economy"
TydAgS and Senators Bratton
(Dem) New Mexico, and Byrnes
(Dem.) South Carolina, drafted
the compromise economy agree
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
Court Continues
Cases OF Four

Four defendants appearing before
Judge Vaughn N. Thompson this
morning for arraignment on the
law and motion calendar heard
their cases continued until Tues
day morning, when they will enter
pleas to the charges against them.
F. L. Butterway was appointed
attorney for T. 3. Teal, who will
plead Tuesday to charge of driv-
ing while drunk. Butterway took
the place of M. G. Atchison, who is
ill.
Don c. Bitler was appointed at
torney for John Susoeff, charged
with issuing a bad check. This
case also was continued until
Tuesday for plea, as were the cases
of Wilmer George Miller, charged
with forgery, and Chadwick Wal
ters, charged with statutory Of
fenSe.
Alfred Blaisdell was appointed
attorney for Miller and C.. L. Brown
was appointed attorney for Walters.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
ROLPH SIGNS
BRIDGE BILLS
Continued On Page 81

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. U.R
The last obstacle to immediate
construction of the SIS, 100000 San
Francisco-O Oakland bay bridge was
removed today with the signature
of Governor James Rolph on leg
islative enabling acts validating a
100000 loan from the Recon-
structicn Finance Corporation.
After the six bills were voted by
the legislature in session at Sacra-
mento, they we're rushed to st.
Francis hospital here, where the
executive affixed his signature last
night. The governor was con-
fined to bed with influenza.
"This means a lot to not only
California but to the entire ma
tion," Governor Rolph commented.
Completion of the trans-bay
bridge will give the nation an un-
broken central highway from the
Pacific to the Atlantic"
At present San Francisco is
linked with Oakland and the east
by ferries. The proposed bridge, q
double deck structure, will be one
of the longest and largest in the
world. The span will be four and
one half miles long and midway
will pierce Yerba Buena Island.
The $62,OOO,OOO RFC loan pre-
viously had been authorized in
Washington. Its acceptance by the
state needed only the enabling acts
Of tbe LEGISLATURE
Bids for the west substructure
of the bridge, to cost $9,0O0,000,
will be advertised early next week
and be opened February %. Other
units will be submitted for bid
ding soon thereafter.
Construction of the huge span
was hailed today as boon to en-
ployment, not only in this area,
but throughout the steel manufac-
turing regions. Engineers eSti-
mated that 85 per cent of the total
cost will go for labor. Tolls are
expected to amortize the bond
issue in from 25 to 80 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
APPROVAL Of
CONTRACT TO
Be DEFERRED
Assembly Not Expected To VAL
idate Before Adjournment Is
Taken Tonight.
CAPITAL BATTLE STAGED
District Officials Win Point In
Having Bill Placed In Priority
Position.

Failure of the legislature to vail
date the All-American canal con-
tract during the concluding hours
of the session which adjourned to-
day will have no effect upon the
1 ultimate outcome except a possible
delay in construction, according to
Charles L. Childers, chief counsel
of the Imperial Irrigation district,
S. today.
While the senate rushed the val
) idation bill through, the assembly
acting upon the protest of Assem-
blyman Phillips of Banning, referred
the bill to the committee on irri-
cation.
The irrigation committee would
not report the bill favorably but
did vote 13 to 4 to make the bill
first order of business when the
legislature reconvenes March l.
$50 far as I am aware" Childers
said, "every required step has been
taken to date to make the contract
valid in every respect. Tt is COM
mon and usual proceeding for the
legislature to validate important
matters such as the contract VAL
idation has the effect of curing in
formalities, if any there be.
1.-THE purpose of this act as an
urgency measure was to expedite
construction if possible. Postpone
ment of action can have no pos
sible effect except possible con
struction delay" Childers said.
F. H. McIver, secretary-treasurer
Of the district, told of the trip he
made to Sacramento with M. j.
Dowd, chief enigneer, to present the
bill to the irrigation committee.
The necessity of preparing an an
swer to NJ. w. Conkling's injunc-
.tion suit against the board prevent
ed Childers from attending the
meeting Wednesday.
Frazier Opposed
p AS Dowd and McIver boarded the
train at Los Angeles, McIver said
they saw Conkling and Shaw, at
torney for the Coachella Valley
County Water district board, H.
close conference. Shaw later denied
that he and Conkling were work
ing together and Conkilng told Nc
Iver that he hadn't been able to
get out of Shaw what his lineup
was" McIver said today.
When the committee on irriga-
ton met Wednesday, ASsemblyman
Zion attempted to run in fish
and game commission hearing
ahead of the valuation bill but was
unsuccessful.
The first statement of John E.
Frazier, chairman of the irrigation
committee, was that he was against
the urgency of the bill, McIyer said,
and several other members spoke
assent. Frazier forced Dowd to con-
fine his arguments to urgency and
would not permit him to plead the
merits Of the bill.
Dowd told the committee that
Imperial wanted valuation of the
legislature because of the favorable
effect it would have on congress, to
CONTINUED On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
Cousins To Contest
Will OF Aged Mar,

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 81. UP)--
Five cousins of the late George
H. Patterson attacked the validity
of his marriage to Daisy Ruth
Renee Patterson, to whom he left
nearly all his $5O000 estate, in a
will contest on file today.
Patterson died last December 16
at the age of "a and his will was
dated the previous october 26. The
cousins asserted that while Pat
terson was living with one of them
in September of 1891 he suffered
stroke of paralysis and that the
former Mrs. Renee then took him
to Yuma, Ariz., where they were
married. Dr. Raphael B. Durfee,
Bisbee, Ariz.. was left $4,000 in the
contested will.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
DIES IN
PLANE CRASH

CORONA, Calf, Jan. 81. U.P)-
Marshall Boggs of Washington, air
line inspector for the department
of commerce, died in a hospital
early today from shock and injur-
les after he and two women pas
sengers had crashed in a cabin
plane near here.
The women, Mrs. Mary Googan
of Los Angeles and Miss Stacia
Curry of San Marino, were not
seriously hurt.
Although the pilot suffered two
broken legs, hospital authorities
gave shock as the immediate cause
of death.
Boggs had been inspecting bea-
con lights and emergency fields in
the Southern California area the
last two weeks, coming here from
Washington.
He was flying his two compan-
ions to dance at the ranch of o.
R. Fuller, former president of the
Century Pacific Airlines, an d
planned to land at the Norconian
country club field.
The pilot missed the field in the
dark and descended in grain
field, the undercarriage catching in
the tree-tops.
Mrs. Googan suffered a broken
arm and severe cuts and bruises,
while Miss Curry escaped with cuts
about the face and body. Both
were burned by gasoline when the
tank broke, and were suffering
from shock.
Coroner Ben White was to con-
duct an inquest here at p. m. to-
clay. Boggs' body will be taken to
Oakland, his former home.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
ROzELL'S s BODY
IDENTIFIED BY
HIS FRIENDS
Badly Burned Remains Of Man
Missing In North End Staying
Found On Desert.
HUNT ON FOR SLAYER
Tom McClelland Sought By Of
ficers Following Discovery Of
Evidence.

1t was a considerably simplified
problem which faced county Off
GERS today in their investigation in
to the battling mystery surround
| ing the murder January Is of J.
F. "Blackie" Rozell on the Sam
McClelland ranch near the West
district, for Rozell's body and the
automobile in which it was taken
away from the ranch had been
found.
Charred from an apparent eff
fort to destroy it, Rozells body
| nevertheless was identified pos
itively yesterday afternoon by three
persons who knew the murdered
man well. Two others were not
SO certain of their Identification.
The effort to destroy the body
! extended also to the automobile,
for when found by deputy sheriff
in party headed by Sheriff
George L. Campbell, the car also
was badly burned.
Sheriff Campbell is directing a
| hunt today for Tom McClelland.
believed to be the man who killed
Rozell and carried his body away
from the ranch.
Another twist was given to the
complicated skein surrounding the
| case when officers went about
| their investigation in absolute sec
recy following discovery of the
charred automobile Monday by a
rancher, c. E. Moore, who was
hunting wild burro.
Moore reported his find to Ike
Holmes and Frank P. McCaslin,
deputies, who verified the report
| and notified the sheriff. The car
was found on the inland to Yu-
ma road five miles from Nilanc
and Ia miles from Calipatria, in
the vicinity of Flowing Wells.
1t was not until Wednesday that
the body was found, several hun
dred yards from the automobile.
One or two bullets had been sent
through RozelPs skull. Holmes To-
Gated the body as he searched one
side of a desert wash, with Sheriff
Campbell searching the other side.
Harold Gillett and Don Campbell
| were members of the searching
party
Gasoline Used BY Slayer
The party had gone to the auto
mobile to start their search when
the. sheriff noticed tracks leading
up the wash. He and Holmes
started to search the banks. but
had gone scarcely 300 yards when
Holmes found the body. Fire, ap-
parently made by pouring gasoline
over the corpse and lighting it,
had charred the flesh, leaving some
parts of the body untouched.
Coroner A. r. Underwood was
called to take charge of the body.
He brought it to Ell Centro, where
it was placed in Lemons mortu-
| ary. There friends made the iden-
tification yesterday afternoon.
The crime presented many baf-
fling aspects, not the least of
which was the absence for several
days of the automobile, which be-
longed to Rozell, and the body, as
well as the disappearance of Tom
McClelland, brother Of the rancher
at whose home the Staying took
place.
Officers were led to the belief
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
De Valera Party
Takes Election

DUBLIN, Jan. 81. U.P)-Eamon
de Valera's Republican party ap-
preached clear majority in the
new dali today, needing only 20
of 80 outstanding seats to insure
control even without support by
the Labor party.
At l p. m, De Valera had SO
seats and other parties combined
had 81 with seven Labor seats
counted on to support the Repub-
licans, De Valera needed only II
more to insure a coalition major
ity. Without Labor's support, the
Republicans needed 18 seats to
reach II, majority. There are
153 seats in the dali.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
Find Body OF
Missing Hunter

PIRU, Calf, Jan. 81. U.P)-
Searching parties renewed their
quest today for Virgil Johnson,
missing local bear hunter, after
they had stumbled across the body
of his 15-year-old son, Elton, sub
merged in a snowdrift.
The frozen body was found in
Hopper Canyon, about a mile from
where searchers had set up head
quarters. They believe the bov
and his father, who disappeared
January Is while on a bear hunt,
had separated during a snowstorm,
and that Elton collapsed from ex-
haustion, perishing from the cold
Searchers abandoned hope of
finding the elder Johnson alive.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
Hatfield Appeal
Denied By Court

Joe Hatfield was loser today in
his fight in the fourth district court
of appeals against a conviction
here for manslaughter in connec-
ton with the Staying of v. Gomez,
Mexican ranch worker, near Cali
patria last summer.
According to word received at the
district attorneys office, Hatfield's S
appeal was denied by the appellate
court, and the judgment of the
local superior court affirmed.
Appeals by Robert Kloss and
Jack Williams, convicted as acces-
sorieS after the fact of the same
Staying, are pending.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
Clothing Taken In
Imperial Burglary

George Wright, Imperial chief of
police, yesterday reported to the
sheriff's office that the residence
Of A. P. Freeman at Imperial had
been burglarized of clothing of
considerable value.
Wright did not give any esti-
mate of the value of the loot, but
said it included a pair of gray
trousers, brown silk dress, red
and white plated blouse, a short
coat trimmed in eggsheH color, a
short black coat trimmed in white,
four slip-on sweaters, two peach
colored dresses and small jersey
waist.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
Flyer Sentenced
AS Line Sn,uggler

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 27 U.H-
Grant Spillman, airplane pilot,
was under sentence to six months
in Jail today after he had pleaded
guilty in U. S. district court to
charges of smuggling liquor across
the Mexican border
Spillman was arrested at Van
Nuys Metropolitan airport by GUS
toms agents who said they found
100 gallons of liquor in his plane
Tom Gochi, caretaker at the
port, who also was arrested woe
''7rhar"ed upon payment of $500
fine. Gochi was extended leniency
when Spillman admitted the con-
traband was his property.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
AKRON LANDS SAFELY

LAKEHURST, N. j., Jan. 81. W.R)
The U. S. S. Akron, safely
berthed in its hangar after a
flight prolonged 80 hours by high
winds, was not in danger at any
time, naval officers said today.
The dirigible was landed at the
air station shortly after o'clock
last night. 1t had been aloft since
$50 p. m. Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-27
@MlLL
tWyR@s9}'s!!;;f' !! j

SANTA MONICA, Jan. &c.
Especially - Glass banking bill
passed the senate. During the
long argument over it so much
was printed about what Huey
Long said that the newspapers
never did print what the bill
said.
We just trust to the good
banking judgment of Carter
Glass to have something worth
while. Glass is an absolute au-
thority on money and it's as
tonishing that the Republicans
we're never able to win him
over.
France wants to get in on
the debt settlement, on account
of them paying nothing. AS
it is, under the new settle
ment, we are to start paying
them.
Yours,
zMx& R1~~
0isss MeNausht syndiests. Inc
Evening star., 1933-04-15
INTERESTED IN D. c. WORK.
Greenleaf Helped Develop Arlington
Memorial Bridge Project.

James L. Greenleaf was a member
of the Fine Arts Commission from 1918
to 1927 and had much to do with
development Of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge project and improvement OF
the grounds around the Lincoln Me
mortal.
H. P. Caemmerer, executive secretary
of the commission, said today that Mr..
Greenleaf made plans for creating a
parkway along Columbia Island when
that erstwhile shoal in the Potomac
River was scarcely above water. Later
the engineers pumped up sand and
gravel from the bed of the Potomac
River to build it up to its present size.
Mr.. Greenleaf was succeeded as the
landscape architecture member of the
commission by Ferruccio Vitale, who
died recently. A great lover Of the
scenery surrounding Washington, Mr..
Greenleaf took an active interest in the
beginning of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway, which is to run
along both sides of the Potomac River
in the region of the Capital, and was
an exponent of maintaining the scenic
beauty of Great Falls and not permit
ting power development there
He prepared the general scheme for
Greater Arlington, contemplating the
extension eastward to the Potomac Riv
er Of Arlington National Cemetery, and
this Mr. Caemmerer said, was approved
by the Secretary of War in 1921.
Evening star., 1933-04-15
INVALID RESCUED
IN FIRE AT HOME
$4,000 Blaze Sweeps King Resi-,
dence at $500 Eastern Avenue
Northeast.

An invalid was assisted to safety last
night when fire damaged the home OF
William r. King, $500 Eastern avenue
northeast.
Handicapped by the fact the nearest
fire plug was so far away that they had
to use all but 200 feet of their 5000
foot hose lines, firemen had some diff
Guilty extinguishing the blaze. The
flames, which damaged the house to the
extent of approximately $4,000, is be-
lieved to have BEEN caused by an over
heated furnace.
The invalid, Mrs. Nellie Dennis, who
lives with the Kings, was assisted from
the dwelling after members Of the FAM
ily discovered the flames Other occu-
pants of the house. after making
futile attempt to extinguish the fire,
telephoned an alarm.
Members of the family, with the ex-
ception of Mr.. King an Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau employe. were seated in the
living room when they detected the
odor of smoke and traced it to the Gel
lar. Mr.. Kings son. William King, had
fired the furnace only short time be-
fore.
Evening star., 1933-04-15
Is PER CENT U. S. CUT
is effective TODAY
6 2-3 Per Cent Reduction in Addi-
tion to Old Slash Made by
Government.

Today was the first Government pay
day since the new economy act went
into effect, and most Federal employees
here found their envelopes reduced by
Is per cent under their pay of last
June
The cut applied today was 62s per
cent in addition to that of last year
The old economy act, which was in
effect from last July / to April /, had
made a reduction of 8ls per cent gen.
orally throughout the Government
service, while the new act brings the
total reductions to Is per cent below
the last June pay.
While most of the Government de-
partments paid today, few paid off
yesterday on account of the half holi-
day today and it was understood that
few more would wait until Monday.
Variations in the percentage of pay
cuts resulted in various branches of
the service, because in some bureaus
of the Government in addition to the
so-called legislative furlough, a num-
Der Of employees have been forced to
take administrative furloughs, so their
cuts were larger.
Evening star., 1933-04-15
SEIZURE OF BREWERIES
DECLINES DURING MARCH
116 Compares With 1,679 in Cor
responding Month Last Year.
Beer Taken Also Drops.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The leniency which Attorney General
Cummings suggested had been shown
recently toward beer violators of the
prohibition laws was evident in the
March report of the Prohibition Bureau
Seizures of breweries totaled lib dur
ing the month, as compared with 143 in
February, and 1,679 in March of last
year. A similar decline in the seizure
of beer itself was shown, with a fall
to 66,412 gallons in March from 1858
the preceding month and 172,269 in
March. 1892
State and Federal agents together
grabbed 1882 gallons of spirits during
March, as compared with 114,323 in
February, and 156,131 in March of last
year; 24,774 gallons of wine against
14,934 and 47,877
Cases placed on the docket during the
month by State and Federal officers
totaled 7,142 against 1924 in February
and 1880 in March Of last year; aver
age prison sentences, 153 days, against
122 and 1874; average fine. $105, against
S139 and S176.
Use of paddock proceedings also de-
clined, with 438 permanent injunctions
being granted against 765 and $40.