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Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
TAX WARNING
BY DOUGLAS

WASHINGTON, June 5. {U.P)-
Nearly 100000 men have returned
TO work since March 4 and there
are indications of definite revival
in industry, Budget Director Doug
las told congressional leaders at a
White House conference last night,
it was learned today.
Douglas, however, sounded a note
of warning in his outline Of eco
nomic conditions, pointing out that
if congress insisted upon liberaliz-
ing benefits to veterans contrary to
President Roosevelt's economy plan
additional taxes would have to be
levied
In connection with the tax queS-
ton there were some friends of the
administration who felt that the
White House would accept sales
tax if necessary.
Douglas said interference with
the veterans economy proposal
would interfere with Mr.. Roosevelt'S S
plans for meeting government ex-
penSes.
He added that the President now
has the budget balanced on paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent


Copyright, 1888, by United Press)
WASHINGTON, June 5. The
most powerful dry organization in
the United States drew plans today
for a nationwide battle which, it
was declared will save the eight
eenth amendment from repeal.
Eight states thus far have voted
for repeal Eight more vote this
month.
This time" said F.. Scott Mcbride
general superintendent of Anti-Sa-
loon league, the story will be dif-
ferent. The eight states that have
voted were wet states. The eight
states that vote this month are not
wet states. We concede none of
them. We predict confidently that
all-with the possible exception Of
Illinois-Will go dry. And that IS
just the beginning of our fight.
Illinois voters went 20 The polls
today. Indiana voters tomorrow.
Mcbride exhibited yari-colored
maps showing the year by year
progress of prohibition. The map
for 1926 was nearly all yellow, in
Gicating most states haG prohibition
statutes. The map for 1888 was
splotched showing the number of
states which later dropped their
liquor laws.
Mcbride is a braWny, blue-eyed
man, with shock of unruly black
hair He is a veteran Of many a
legislative battle over liquor and
many a contest to The pclls. He
has won nearly all of his past fights.
He is confident that he will keep
on winning in the future.
Raps Administration
He was particularly bitter over
the administrations promise to re-
Scind the nuisance taxes" if the
liquor laws are repealed.
That promise" he declared, "is
nothing more than a threat TO fine
citizens for voting ury and to pay
them bonus for voting wet. II is
holdup proposition. The vets
never before have dared use such
scheme.
The vets are trying to coerce
and stampede the people. Theil
program is the most brazen 1 have
ever Seen."
The brewers, meantime, are
cheating" drinkers, he believes, be-
cause they "are afraid" to put 80
per cent of alcohol in their beer.
The beer they are selling is near
beer" he said, "and that is because
the brewers fear a real public re-
action if they make beer intoXi-
eating"
Nevertheless, Mcbride continued,
fe mas seen more drunkenness since
the return of beer than since the
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
Fair Damaged
By Heavy Wind

CHICAGO, June 5. U.P - Fif-
teen persons were being treated
here today for injuries suffered at
the Worlds fair grounds when a
70-mile an hour gale whipped down.
Lake Michigan, lashing the exposi-
ton. In another part of the city
man was killed and several 9TH
ers injured.
None OF the injuries at the fair
were serious, but property damage
was estimated at $4,000. The more
than $4,000 persons On the grounos
when the storm struck dashed for
cover and were hurt when windows
were blown in and small structures
damaged.
Coast guard ships rescued 10
persons in two lake accidents.
The storm followed a short heat
wave during which the mercury
mounted to 81 degrees.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
Stanford Faculty
Member Killed

NAPA, Cal, June 5? U.P-Thom-
as Tingey Craven Gregory, sd,
Stanford University trustee and in
innate friend of former President
Hoover. was killed shortly before
midnight when a car in which he
and woman companion were
riding plunged from a road so
feet into a creek, nine miles north
of Vallejo.
Death resulted from drowning,
medical examiners reported today.
His companion, Miss Anita Muir
ray of San Francisco, suffered
only bruises from the fall. The
car landed on its wheels, saving
her.
Gregory was hurled from the
machine as it dropped. Examiners
said he was unconscious when his
body struck the creek bed and
submerged in three feet of water.
Gregory, prominent San Fran
cisco attorney and clubman, and
Miss Murray were members of a
party Of four who were guests at
the home of Haig Padigan, sculp-
tor in Bohemian Grove on the
Russian river. Other members in
the party were Peter B. Kyne. the
novelist, and Mrs. Betty Wood.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
DENY LINDSEY
NEW CHANCE

DENVER, Colo, June S. U.PJ -
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, internation-
ally famous juvenile court author
ity, today was refused reinstate-
ment to the Colorado bar.
The supreme court, by a majori-
ty opinion in which only two JUS
tees dissented, reaffirmed its ear
lier decision in which Judge Lind
Sey was disbarred.
Lindsey was disbarred by a de-
cision of the court handed down
December 9, 1929, in which it held
that he had violated his oath as d
judicial official and as an attorney
in accepting $37,500 from Mrs. Helen
EllWood Stokes and $4,000 from At
torney Samuel Untermeyer.
The payments were made in con-
nection with his services in obtain
ing for the two children of Mrs.
Stokes a $3,000,000 share in the
estate of their father, the late w.
E. D. Stokes, New York millionaire.
Lindsey asserted he acted in the
Stokes case solely in the interest
of The children who were wards of
his court at the time.
IF l was disbarred for helping
The children and their mother he
said, Il should have been disbarred
long ago. I've helped many others
under similar circumstances"
He served 81 years service or the
juvenile court bench here, years in
which he established present juve-
nile court methods, and became fa-
nous the world over for his success
in dealing with problems Of deltn-
quent young people.
Flayed Judges
In 1927 the same court ousted
him from the bench, after a long
election contest.
Lindsey is perhaps the worlds
best known advocate Of "compan-
ionate marriage" and his ideas on
this subject brought MIN under
constant fire from many sources.
Justice Benjamin c. Hillard and
Justice Charles c. Butler dissented
in the opinion today, which was
signed by the other five justices.
1t was written by Justice Frances
E. Bouck.
The decision recited that in his
book, The Dangerous Life" Judge
Lindsey published, most unbridled
and venomous language denouncing
those members of this court who
took part in disbarment proceedings
i'll 1929"
A majority of the court, it was
said, could not agree to a rein
statement unless an apology for
these statements was forthcoming
from Lindsey, such as one worthy
Of readmission would be willing
and anxious to make"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
GOVERNOR OF
TEXAS RILED
Ma Ferguson Refuses To At
tend Luncheon For Mrs. Roos-
evelt Who Declined To Pose.

DALLAS, Tex, June 5. U.p) =
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson and her
husband and chief advisor, James
E. Ferguson, refused to attend a
breakfast given in honor of Mrs.
FTankling D. Roosevelt here today
after the Presidents wife declined
to pose in picture with them.
Newspaper photographers who
asked Mrs. Roosevelt to pose with
the Fergusons were told she did
not wish to pose in group pictures.
The Fergusons had come from
Austin by train to welcome Mrs.
Roosevelt, enroute TO the Pacific
coast by plane.
Several pictures had been taken
by the newspaper photographers
when they asked Mrs. Roosevelt to
stand between the Fergusons.
Mrs Roosevelt counSeled with
Anon G. Carter, Fort Worth news
paper published. After a brief con-
versation she declined the request.
Carter explained Mrs. Roosevelt
did mot want to pose in group
pictures"
The Fergusons, angered, stomped
to their automobile which was wait
ing at the edge of the field and
drove away.
Jim Ferguson was nervous and
angered by the incident.
He hurled his one reply at news
paper men,
You'll have to ask Anon Car
ter"
Mrs. Roosevelt also appeared up
set by the display Of temper and
conversation Jagged until the Fer
guson automobile had driven from
the field.
Mrs. Roosevelt left q an Ameri-
can Airways pane at Gal a. m. for
the Pacific coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
IN
MORGAN PROBE
Van Sweringen Brothers Give
Testimony Before Senate Com
mittee Today.
BY LYLE c. WILSON

ETtSS Gtdll
WASHINGTON, June 5. - The
senate investigation of j. P Nor
gan &; Co., turned To-Day to scru-
tiny of the vast railroad empire
financed by the Morgar interests,
o. P. Van Sweringen, ole of the
brothers Who built a great railroad
ret work with Morgan aid, told the
senate stock market investigating
committee of the -7-year career
which brought the Van SWeringenS
from real estate developers to rail-
road monarchs.
Van Swerlngen, a stocky mar with
graying hair, was called to testify
after the committee, in a two-hour
executive session, decided to delay
until tomorrow a decision on Wheth-
er TO 90 into the income tax pay
ments Of Thomas S. Lamont, young
Morgan partner.
The Van Sweringels have been
almost legendary figures because Of
the dramatic and romantic story Of
their rise and the eXcluSiyeneSS
they have maintained since their
ascent to power. Photographers,
declaring that the Cleveland rail-
road operators had not been photo
graphed for the newspapers in Is
years, besieEed them in much the
same way they did Morgan when
he appeared at the inquiry for the
first time.
The story of the Van Sweringens
is story OF men who turned a
vision into a reality Their frs
venture into the transportation
field was to carry suburbanites from
Cleveland offices to development
outside the city. They bought the
Nickel Plate road and went on then
from railroad to railroad.
j. P Morgan q Co. was involved
through financing the Chesapeake
corporation in 1927 when the Van
Sweringens wanted to divest the
Nickel Plate of partial control OF
the Chesapeake & Ohio. Again, in
1929, Morgan financed the Ale
ghany corporation, a holding COM
pany whose stock figured in the
bargain counter" list which en-
abled preferred Morgan customers
10 buy below market prices.
Van SHeringen told Ferdinand
Pecora, committee counsel, that j.
R. Mutt, now treasurer of the Re-
publican national committee. was
associated with him and his broth
er and others III the purchase of
The Nickel Plate in 1916.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
PLAN INQUEST
IN OIL BLAST

LONG BEACH, Cal, June 5. (U.R
Authorities today were collecting
information to be presented We'd
nesday at an inquest into the death
of at least nine persons killed in
an oil plant explosion at Signal
Hill last Friday.
The inquest was ordered after
police halted their search for other
bodies which may possibly lay be-
meath the blackened 10-block area
wrapped in flames after the eX-
ploSion felt and heard over a
radius of more than 20 miles.
The disaster injured 40 persons,
seven of them seriously, caused
extensive property damage to two
oil company plants and demolished
more than a dozen private homes.
Officials have indicated the blast
may result in a change in Zoning
regulations which would force gas
oline plants outside the city limits
and away from the Signal Hill oil
fields which are surrounded by
residences.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
OFFICIALS ADVISED NO FARM
LOANS TO BE GIVEN VALLEY

heading of irrigation districts In de-
fault, no loans will be made on the
part Of the farm loan commission
er.
In commenting on the letter from
the federal land bank, Harrigan
stated that he believes that 10 per
cent of the land in the valley has
no drainage problem and is eligible
for loans. Harrigan added that if
the land bank holds to it's ruling of
refusing to loan either where the
water table is rising or where it is
going down, practically all of the
lands in California will be ineligible
for loans from the bank at Berke-
ley.
Farm Bureau Fights
The farm bureau Is waging Wig
orouS campaign to secure recogni-
ion of Imperial Valley under these
projects for the relief of farmers.
At Saturdays meeting of the
board of directors resolution was
passed asking all civic organiza-
tions of the valley to aid the farm
bureau in this fight by sending tel
egrams and letters to the Califor-
MIA representatives in congress, ask
ing their aid.
In addition to this discussion on
federal relief from which Imperial
Valley farmers can not benefit un-
der present rulings, the board took
up the much argued question OF
the method of electing directors at
large. A proposed constitutional
amendment that all directors be
elected from the centers was de-
feated by a vote of 1873.
An amendment to the bylaws
was then passed whereby the direc-
tor and alternate elected by each
center are permitted to select
third director. This gives each OF
the nine centers three directors.
This group of 27, plus the director
representing the All clubs and the
director representing the farm
home department may then choose
10 directors at large, selecting men
Interested in the work of the farm
bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
DAD FIRE At
CITY LIMITS

High winds famed a fire which
originated in the home of the late
F. B. Ferris on Imperial avenue
near the San Diego highway at 2:20
o'clock this afternoon until flames
raced through refrigeration plant
On the north, into Orrs market,
quitting il and adjoining vacant
store buildings.
Dense black smoke rolled from
the structures and blanketed the
vicinity hampering firemen in fight
ing the flames.
Frantic residents of the Ferris
house, now an apartment house,
dragged their possessions to vacant
lots where the wind added to the
loss by scattering everything left
without weights to confine it.
Ammunition in the apartments
occupied by immigration officers ex-
ploded at intervals and bursting
cans OF food in the Orr market
added to the din.
At press time the struggle to con-
troll the fire still was taxing fire
men and all available apparatus
was pressed into service.
The Ferris house belongs to Will
lis Ferris, a son of the late F.. B.
Ferris.
Loss is expected to be in the
neighborhood of $4,000 but an ac-
curate check had not been com
pleted at press time. The loss was
covered by insurance
The flames Travelled from the Fer
ris house down the length of the
store rooms, destroying the house
refrigerating plant, warehouse and
vacant building. A cafe, broad
casting station and a lunch room
were damaged slightly.
A kerosene tank at the rear of the
grocery exploded with a terrific
roar, causing bystanders to retreat.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05

tion of sufficiency, it was explained
at the meeting. McIver was out of
town.
HeweS asked for unanimous con-
sent of board members to consider
the recall but Rose Immediately
voted to table the motion. The mo-
ton for tabling carried by a three
to two vote.
Consideration of land leases and
similar routine matters occupied
the attention of the board with
now and then a verbal outburst on
the part of one faction or the
other. When Hewes asked the board
to consider reaffirmation of Phil
D. Swings contract for represent
ing the board in Washington, it
was voted to leave the question un-
til the return of Swing.
When the motion for adjourn
ment was made by Aten, Rose and
Adams voted in favor while Hewes
and Young voted against it,
A fairly large representation of
valley residents gathered in the
board room to witness proceedings.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05

Confirmation that Imperial VAL
ley is to receive no farm relief
either from the federal land bank
or from the farm loan commission
er was received this morning, one
in letter sent to B. A. Harrigan,
agricultural commissioner, and one
to Scott B. Foulds, secretary-man-
ager of the farm bureau Both let
tiers were written by officials in
answer to requests for informa-
ton.
Harrigan's letter was from George
F. Fine of the federal land bank
at Berkeley stating that economic
and drainage conditions in Imperial
Valley are not deemed satisfactory
for long term loans as are made by
the land bank.
The letter written to Foulds was
from w. H. Woolf, agent of the
farm loan commissioner in this
district in which Woolf stated that
as Imperial Valley comes under the
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
BOARD MEETING FAILS TO
BREAK RECALL DEADLOC

Adjournment of this mornings
special session of the Imperial r.
rigation district board and failure
of a motion to ask the secretary to
present the certification of suffi-
cheney of the Burleigh E. Adams
recall petition, resulted in Direc-
tors Mark Rose, Ira Aten and Ad-
ans again blocking plans of Direc-
tors w. E. Young and f. 7. HeweS
for taking the recall fight out of
the deadlock caused by refusal of
the majority to meet.
The special meeting was called
for o'clock this morning and early
in the session Rose remarked that
district warrants and other mat
ters of like nature had been dis
patched at a sine die meeting at
headquarters yesterday. All direc-
tors were present at the sine die
meeting but Young.
In the absence of f. H. McIver,
board secretary, it was impossible
yesterday for his assistant, Gerald
Dermody, to present the certifica-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
LEAGUE STARTS
DRIVE TO PREVENT REPEAL

18th amendment became part OF
the constitution.
"In Cleveland I saw woman and
two small daughters and drunken
husband trying to get into a taxi
cab" he said. The husband was
a real, old time drunk"
Fight Only Starting
II saw three other drunken per-
sons at Youngstown, trying to get
on a train. The porter had TO help
them. I saw two more drunken
men in a 25-mile drive 7 made near
Pittsburgh.
whether they drank beer or not.
they had been drinking Somethirg G
Intoxicating and they probably
bought it where beer was being
sold.
Jouett ShouSe, president of the
Association Against the Prohibition:
Amendment. Mcbride said, is vast
ly mistaken when he claims the Ii
quor laws are doomed.
when the vets say the fights
won-and with loaded dice at that
they do not know what they are
talking about" ne added. Why,
The fight has not even begun yet.
THE Anti-Saloon league always
has fought for the largest possible
prohibition. We take what we can
get-and then we fight for more.
I'VE are going to fight as we have
never fought before and we are go
ing to keep the 18th amendment
in the constitution-Where it be-
longs"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
Pioneer Resident
OF State Expires

LOS ANGELES, June 5. tU.PJ -
Funeral services for Mrs. John F..
Francis, 86, last of the six daugh-
terS of Don Manuel DomingueZ,
prominent early Californian, will be
held tomorrow.
Mrs. Francis died yesterday after
a lingering illness.
She was born in the same month,
January, 1847, that the treaty of
Cahuenga was signed yielding Cali
fornia to the United States. Land
holdings of her father were extern
sive, one ranch including more
than 5000 acres.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
Seller Of Bad
Melons Punished

Another dealer i'll unfit canta-
2oupes found himself in court this
morning when Y. Sakai was SEN
fenced TO 60 days in the county
Jail for the sale of unripe canta-
loupes. The complaint was brought
against Sakai by j. A. Sinclair, in
vestigator for the county agricul-
tural commission.
The Jail sentence was suspended
by the court on the recommended
ton of the cornplainants VINO stated
that their great object in these
prosecutions is to curtail 5ne mar
keting Of unfit fruit by letting it
be understood that violators of
the California fruit and vegetable
Standardization act may expect
similar court actions whenever they
are caught.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
PRECINCTS TO
CONSOLIDATE
FOR ELECTION

Preparation for Imperial coun-
tvs participation in the special elec-
ton called for June 81, occupied the
lizard of supervisors TINS after
noon.
Sixty precincts were consolidat-
ed into % and three election Off
GERS for each precinct were ap-
pointed.
A representative of Pasadena
concern holding No. 9 bonds was
scheduled to appear before the
board this afternoon to explain a
plan regarding the bonds.
Supervisors reappointed D. War
rem F.. Fox as county health Off
Ger for the year beginning July /,
at the present county salary.
This decision was the first item
of business transacted by The board
at their afternoon session.
M. B. Hcckenberry and Percy
Palmer were appointed to the coun-
ty board of education.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
nix R1~~
0iSt, keNauGht Syndicate. t>A
ENDS LIFE At
GRAND CANYON

GRAND CANYON, Ariz., June 5.
fU.P}-Ida M. Rusk, 40-year old res
ident of haywood, Calf, apparent
ly committed suicide by leaping in
to the raging Colorado river at the
foot of Hermit trail late Saturday,
national park officials reported to-
day.
Her disappearance was first noted
Saturday afternoon when she fail
ed to keep an appointment with a
bus driver with whom she had ar
ranged to be returned to her hotel
after hike in the morning.
Rangers who Immediately began
a search for her, found a note un-
der a rock at Santa Maria springs.
The note read:
IF you are looking for me, don't
look any further for I am heading
for the river and I'm never COM
ing back
Robert Saitherwaite and Ed Cum
mings, rangers, assisted by Perry
Brown, Fred Harvey employee,
searched the district along the 10
mile Hermit Trail and at the bot
tom found her shoes and remnants
of a meal and footprints leading
to the water.
She met almost instant death if
she plunged into the raging, swirl
ing waters for the Colorado is at
flood stage now, according to Of
ficials.
Supt. M. r. Tillotson called off
the searching parties today and no.
titled officials at Boulder Dam to
be on watch for her body should
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05
Will Hear Marco
Appeal Tuesday

LOS ANGELES, June 5. U.R =
Peter Davis, assistant United States
district attorney. was in San Fran
cisco today where Albert Marcos
petition for writ of habeas corpus
is scheduled for hearing tomorrow.
Marco, asserted deposed under
world leader of Los Angeles, has dp-
pealed from Federal Judge Paul j.
McCormicks ruling that he must
serve a jail term of six months oil
liquor charge.
Several weeks ago Marco was re-
leased from San Quentin prison at
ter serving four years for assault
with a deadly weapon. He is held
in Jail pending outcome of his APP
peal.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-05

decision, hoping for an 18th hour
moratorium offer from President
Roosevelt. The French cabinet also
professed to be undecided, but we'll
informed observers would be sur
prised if there were any reversal
Of default position taken last De-
cember.
Tue final British decision, it was
learned on good authority, will be
based on the outcome OF closely
guarded conversations proceeding
between London and Washington.
The United States can expect no
payments from Hungary, Roumania,
JugoSlavia, Austria or Greece. Hun
gary will take advantage of a spe-
cial agreement allowing for 10 year
amortization of the $4,000 interest,"
payment due June Is.
While Jugoslavia will not meet
her war debt payment, she will keep
up with the private Blair loan, it
was learned in sources close TO the
finance ministry.