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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-10
CHAPTER FOURTEEN

TANET, hurrying down stairs.
- caught a glimpse of a mans
tan topcoat. No, there were two
Of them. A tan coat and darker
one.
The taller of the two men stood
back. The other-slim, wiry, with
dark dair and dark eyes-said.
Hello, baby. o. X? Want you
to know my friend, Mr.. Mullins.
Frank, this is Mollie, the girl friend"
Mollie Lambert said, "Oh, Mr..
Mullins, this is certainly a pleas
ure! AIS always talking about you
aren't you, Alp" She turned to-
ward Janet. And here's somebody
else for you to meet I
Miss Hill-Mr Mullins. You
know AL don't you, Janet? No?
Oh, excuse me. This is Mr.. Schild-
ner. Well, we didn't keep you boys
waiting, did we-2"
Good-natured Mollie chartered on.
Janet put her hand into the out
stretched hand of the tall young
man in the dark coat and said,
How do you do"
Her first glance had been reas-
surfing. Mr.. Mullins was, as Mollie
had said. rather nice looking. He
was tall, not fat, but rather squarely
built.
His light hair had a reddish cast
and his eyes were an off shade of
blue. The only thing Janet didn't
like about his looks was the small,
pale red mustache perched on his
upper lip. A mustache makes some
men look older and more digni-
fed, but for some reason this mus
tache had exactly the opposite eff
feet.
1t made Mr.. Mullins look almost
juvenile, which was odd, considering
his size. The muStache was too
small or too wide or something else
was wrong with it.
Go Be Continued
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Oct wise to herself? The words
" cut across Janet's conscious
ness like a whip. Was that what
people were saying about her?
She had thought her loyalty to
her love for Rolf something beauti-
full. almost sacred. She had clung
to that love, cherished it. Now
Mollie was calling him a two
timer" who had let her down"
Well, wasn't it the truth?
She had been let down'-jilted,
Were other people besides Mollie
thinking the same thing? Were they
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When the soldier who had brought Pat from
the palace almost to the airplane field fell VIC
tim OF sniper's bullet, her first impulse was to
stay and aid him. But the bullet had done its
work and with a last smile at Pat his brave eyes
were son closed in death. -
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
CAMPAIGN TO
BE WAGED ON
'CHISELERS'

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. II. U.P)
"A stack of papers two feet high
provided the opening wedge today
for the campaign of George Creel,
MIRA administrator, against "blue
eagle chiselerso in the California
Utah-Nevada district.
"Those are affidavits and COM
plants against employers accused
OF breaking their NRA agreements
the aggressive Creel said, pointing
to steadily mounting pile.
Thousands of complaints have
poured in from the three states
Each complaint is being taken care
of. The clamping down will start
Monday when violators will have
had two weeks in which to correct
their errors.D
After giving accused agreement
violators opportunity to explain
Creel said he planned to turn the
charges over to federal prosecuting
officials for action.
The district administrator will
leave by airplane tomorrow on a
speech making inspection trip tc
Reno, Salt Lake City, and Port
land.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
TO PAY CASH
FOR REDUCTION
OF WHEAT CROP

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. U.P)-
Wheat farmers who reduce acreage
under President RooSevelt'S recov-
cry program will receive cash with
out any deduction for governmental
indebtedness, Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace announced today.
Wheat growers will have about
100000 900 coming to them from
processing taxes. The legal depart
ment of the agricultural adjust
ment administration ruled that
governmental liens on the wheat
crop do not require deductions,
hence wheat checks will be issued
directly to wheat farmers.
About $4,000, 900 out of $110,OOO,-
600 going to cotton farmers for &C.
reage reduction will be held up be-
cause of indebtedness to the gov
eminent.
A legal distinction, said Wallace,
between the cotton and wheat
debts accounts for the difference in
handling checks.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
MILLIONS co
BACK To WORK

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. U.P)-
Approximately 100000 workers
have gone back to their jobs in the
nations industrial areas since last
March, Secretary Of Labor Perkins
said today.
The manufacturing industries of
the country reemployed 100000
wage earners during the four
months while about 100000 went
back to their jobs in the non-man-
ufacturing industries, Secretary
Perkins said.
Miss Perkins said department
statisticians estimated 100000 en-
ployces were reabsorbed in the mills
and factories during July and that
the purchasing power of workers in
the industrial areas has increased
approximately 100000 week
over the amount paid in March.
Six hundred thirty manufacture
ing establishments in 50 industries
reported increases in wage rates
from July Is to July 80, affecting
202,371 workers. The pay increases
averaged 10.7 per cent.
These increases represent volun-
tary raises in practically all instan-
ces as the NRA codes did not be-
come effective until after July Is.
The number of establishments re-
porting wage rate decreases con-
tinued to decline, only 1924 work.
ers being affected in the 38 estab-
Iiahments reaortRng decreases in
salaries.
Miss Perkins said the industries
hardest hit by the depression are
registering the greatest employment
gains. These industries include
brick, lumber, stone, clay and SINH
lar activities. Durable goods also
showed increased employment dur
ing the month, whereas in previous
periods this field of activity has
Jagged.
The one dark spot in the report
was that employment in retail trade
decreased AZ per cent during the
month.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
JAPAN : NAVY
IN MANEUvERS
CONTINUED On Page g.

TOXIC, Aug II. CU.PS-A great
enemy fleet of warshipS seeking
to pierce the naval defenses of the
empire and loose a swarm of air
wasps and infantry on thickly pop
ulated Japan, was sighted by Ha-
chijojima islanders today as spec
tacular war maneuVerS neared a
climax.
Emperor Hirohito, supreme sup
ervisor of the third largest navy
afloat, was on a flagship of the
defending" fleet as it converged
from many bases on the BONN Is
lands, $50 miles south of here, where
the major battle" will be fought.
ii-Cseur1ino5h .eto,-p $Vt tho &C
Utmost secrecy surrounded the
war games this year. Foreign news
papermen were not permitted to
watch.
The navy office here announced
receipt of the radio flash that the
attacking" fleet had ben seen off
Hachijojima Island, and added
that the maneuvers were proceed
ing with the smooth precision char
acteristic of Japanese military ac-
tivities, and without mishap.
The entire fleet consists of 26l
vessels of war, most of them speedy,
modern cruisers of light tonnage
believed by the japanese peculiarly
suited to defend the empire. The
total fleet tonnage is $4,000 tons.
One hundred and sixty airplanes
accompany the destroyers, cruisers
and battleships.
The fleet is about evenly divided
into ATTACKERS" and defenders
The enemy" is presumed to be
the United States. Japan's great ri
val in the Pacific. 1t was this same
enemy" that recently looed an air
attack on Toxic.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
CLAIMS NEGRO
CONFESSED TO
LAMSON DEATH

SAN JOSE, Calf, Aug. II. U.H-
Authorities who are infinitely pre-
pared to charge David o. Lamson,
Stanford university minor official,
with the murder of his wife when
his trial opens here next Monday,
were faced today with purported
confession" Of a Negro transient
that he killed the woman.
The confession" did not come
from the Negro, but was reported
by Joseph Begley, Southern Pacific
grade crossing Waterman at Menlo
Park, a short distance from tile
campus home Of the Lamsons.
Police were skeptical, but hunted
the Negro iii order to question him
directly. Defense attorneys limited
they might call Begley as de-
tense witness, to create reason
able" doubt in the minds of jurors
that Lamson killed his young wife,
Al]ene.
Begley said the Negro came to
him the day after Mrs. Lamson was
found dead, her head battered, in
the bathtub, and asked if he had
heard of a murder on the campus
Begley said ne gave the man three
cents to buy newspaper and that
the Negro returned, sobbing, and
confessed killing Mrs. Lamson.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
FARM BUREAU
GROUP STUDIES
COUNTY TAXES

A meeting of the tax committee
of the county farm bureau was in
session at the court house this af-
ternoon. The object of this meet
ing, according to Scott B. Foulds
secretary of the bureau, was to de-
wise means to secure as low a tax
rate as possible, consistent with
the efficient operation Of the coun-
ty.
ut is o general feeling Foulds
said, that the only hope for delin-
quent taxpayers to pull themselves
out of the present difficulty lies in
such a low tax rate that they can
pay current taxes and also their de-
linquent taxes TO some degree, the
latter on an installment plan" As
much money can be raised with a
low as with high rate of taxa
ton because more people will then
be able to pay, Foulds pointed out,
adding that when this rate is too
high the farmer becomes SO dis
couraged he is tempted to allow
everything to lapse.
Foulds asserted that the tax
question is the most important
thing before the people today ard
deserves the greatest consideration.
He further explained that accord
ing to the new law, delinquent
taxpayer can settle this delinquency
by paying 10 per cent of it each
year, provided that his current
taxes are paid up regularly.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
LEGION PLANS
CRIME SURVEY
Convention Names Committee
To Study Means For Combat
ting Underworld.

| PASADENA, Aug. IT. U.Ps-Dele-
gates to the state American Lee
| gion convention scattered to their
homes today after taking a parting
shot at the underworld and adjour-
ming until they meet in San Fran
cisco next year.
| ClimaXing their oratorical bonn
bardment against crime, the yeter-
ans arranged for a committee to
study the increasing crime in the
state and to devise methods CT COM
batting it. The special committee
will report to the next convention.
Homer ChaillauX of Inglewood, a
postal employee, was elected to
head the state department as COM
his first official acts was to reap
point James Fisk as adjutant, other
officers elected were Esther Roach,
Fresno, vice commander; Harry En-
giles, Los Angeles, sergeant at arms
and the Rev. Thomas Grice, Ok
nard, chaplain. The name of Fa :
Their Cornelius Kennedy of Redwood
City, originally nominated for the
Chaplains post, was withdrawn.
Mrs. Ernestine Aylward of South
Pasadent was elected president by
the auxiliary organization.
The even temper of the conven-
ton was almost upset before pro-
ponents secured passage of an ap-
preparation of $1,000 to buy toilet
articles and other necessities for in
mates in the state home for dis
| abled veterans. In the heat of de-
bate it was brought out that many
veterans were penniless and unable
to purchase a few comforts not pro-
vided by the institution. Another
debate flared when a resolution was
introduced, proposing elimination of
the ruling which compelS all appli-
cants for public works relief to take
pauper's oath. The resolution was
eventually tabled
Slap Radicalism
The Legion reiterated is previous
opposition to Communism by in
dIrSing a resolution recommending
The state legislature deny Commun-
istic organizations the use of pub
lie buildings.
The legislature also was urged tt
safeguard schools from the teach
ings of Communistic doctrines. A
second resolution was equally con
demnatory to Hitlerism.
The Legion auxiliary elected Mrs
Ethel Marsh, Upland, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Ethel Flynn, San Fran.
cisco, secretary treasurer; and thl
following area presidents; area
Ann Thomas, Vallejo; LIB, Florence
Boyle, Oroville; 2, Gladys Ander-
son, San Francisco; 8, Arlene Nc
Connell, Newman; 4, Beatrice
Trumbull, haywood; 5, Florence
Smith, Oroville.
| The women delegates chose Car
RE Baade of Napa and Merna Wyn-
koope, Pasadena, to represent them
at the national convention in Chi
cago next month.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
ARMY Of MIRA
To Be FORMED

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. U.H -
The recovery administration called
on civic leaders of every city and
town today to complete plans for
cooperative effort to place every
home and every store under the
blue eagle insignia by Labor day.
Frank r. Wilson, organization di-
vision chief, announced that the
week beginning August % had
been set aside for elimination OF
the blue eagle drive.
Local emergency unemployment
units already have been established
in more than 5000 communities,
Wilson said, and house to house
canvasses are under way in hun
dreds of cities for the purpose Of
obtaining consumer pledges to buy
from blue eagle stores.
Cities and towns yet to complete
such organizations were urged to
40 so Immediately so that the final
week of the drive will find the en-
tire nation engaged in probably
what will be the most far-reachine
patriotic campaign since Liberty
loan days.
Wilson explained in cities anc
towns not yet organized a commit
Tee consisting of heads of all loca
civil organizations should be estab-
lished, and three divisions created
for campaign purposes. One divi-
sion would be known as "the man
power division" and given the tas:
of enrolling consumers. Another
division would inform the public
of code provisions as applied to
local industries, and the third oper-
ate as speakers bureau, arranging
public meetings.
Wilson emphasized that commu-
mites should proceed with organi-
cations whether or not they have
received NRA literature.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
DRIVE HEADED
BY ROOSEVELT
President Exerting Pressure For
Adoption Of Codes By Major
Industries.
By CLYDE G.. BYERS
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. WR -
Determined to bring a quick end to
disputes jeopardizing his recovery
program, President Roosevelt led
the NRA today in an intensified
drive for agreement on codes for
the oil, steel and coal industries.
The President went over a re-
vised petroleum code which Ad-
ministrator Hugh S. johnson was
scheduled to lay before leaders of
that business today. Secretary OF
Interior Ickes, who supervised
drafting of the code after oil men
split on the issue of price fixing
joined johnson in a conference with
the President on the code last
night.
johnson indicated he was conf
dent that disposition of the oil
problem would be followed soon by
developments in the steel and coal
disputes.
It was indicated the revised oil
code would include a provision OH
price fixing.
The President assumed leader
ship in efforts to overcome steel
code difficulties at a conference
yesterday with Myron Taylor and
Charles M. SchWab, chairman CT
the boards of the United States
Steel and Bethlehem Steel corpora :
ton.
Other steel magnates were sched-
ulec to continue conferences with
recovery officials. Failure of the
steel industry to see eye to eye with
administration officials on collec-
tive bargaining provisions of the re-
covery act was the point at issue.
The same issue has blocked agree
ment on The coal code. Large, nom
union operators are connected with
the same interests which control a
major part of the steel industry.
The steel leaders insisted on re-
tention of the company union sys-
tenn. Their position on this point
was demonstrated by their refusal
TO participate in conferences at
tended by William Green, president
of the American Federation of La
Dor, and MIRA labor advisor.
In future steel code discussions,
it was announced, conferences with
labor and capital representatives
will be held separately.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
FL CENTRIC BUDGET NOT YET
ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL
Items Being Studied By Councilnen Pending
Adoption Of Tax Rate Which Must Be Set
By Next Monday.

ested in rumor which had been
making the rounds that the city
had defaulted or intended to de-
fault on its bond payments This was
so clearly in opposition to the &C
ton taken by the council at a
meeting two months ago at which
time the board refused to consider
any such defaulting and voted GER
tain money transfers to cover the
deficiencies in certain bond funds,
that the board deemed it advisable
to spike this rumor Immediately.
City Clerk Neale pointed out to
the board an article appearing in
1.-The Bond Buyer weekly record
of government, state and munich
pal bonds, which stated in its is
sue of July %, 1888:
Refusing absolutely to default
on Ell Centre, Calf, city bond pay
ments which become due this
month, the city council voted re-
Gently to transfer $4,000 from the
general fund to certain bond funds
so that these payments could be
made"
McNeece Appointed
This item appeared in The Press
the morning after the council had
taken this action. The rumor, it is
pointed out, did not have its ORR
gin in any letter from the Califor-
mia League of Municipalities.
A letter from Mark MunSon, re-
signing his position as chairman OF
the city planning commission was
read to the board, accepted and or
dered filed. John B. McNeece was
appointed by the council to fill Mum
sons place on the commission. His
name was proposed to the council
by Councilman Bucklin and his APP
pointment was voted unanimously.
The board adjourned temporar-
lily as a city council and reaSsem-
bled as a board of equalization for
the consideration of several petit
lions for tax adjustment by tax
payers. Such petitions must all be
considered before the council can
arrive at proper conclusion rela-
tive to the tax rate to be set for
the city.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
Graiv, Market
Sweeps UpuUard

CHICAGO, Aug. II. U.P) - A
sweeping reversal of form was
shown by the grain markets on the
board of trade. today when heavy
buying was started by reports of
formation of huge western grain
pool to jack up the markets. At
ter breaking the limits allowed at
the opening, wheat, corn, oats and
rye shot up vigorously when the
early liquidation was out of the
way. September wheat scared from
low 821a cents to 91ls December
from 85% to IS, and May from SO
to 1914. Corn and oats climbed to
the limit of price fluctuations. At
the close wheat was "a to 27s
cents higher, corn was up A cents
and oats 3 cents.
September wheat closed 90, Sept
ember corn .492s B; and September
oats 36% B.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
OIL CODE To
Be APPROVED

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. U.P)-
Approval today of the oil code in
GLIDING full agreement to it by the
industry was forecast by Secretary
of Interior Ickes and General Hugh
S. johnson, recovery administrator
after a conference with President
Roosevelt.
"We are agreed on the general
principal of the code but as to spe-
cific details, you will have to wait
until the draft is ready johnson
said.
Ickes declared 1--WE were discuss
ing the oil code and very real prog
ress on 1t was made. The draft
will be ready in a few hours, and
hope to have it signed today"
Neither IckeS or johnson would
say what branch of the government
would administer the code, al
though both were insistent that a
100 per cent agreement on it would
be obtained.
Questioned closely concerning a
possible price fixing clause, both
insisted that no details would be
revealed until the draft was ready
to be given out by the recovery
administration.
Johnson and Ickes were with the
President for an hour.
AS johnson prepared to enter his
automobile, he laughingly remark
ed that he had a theatrical code
ready, fixing the hours and wages
of chorus girls and chorus men.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
TUo Killed In
Labor Dispute

WILMINGTON, Calf, Aug. II.
W.R-A Portuguese contractor killed
business rival, wounded a woman
and then killed himself in an out
burst of anger at being discharged
from sidewalk job, police report
ed today.
Manuel Gomez. 36, appeared at
the home of Mrs. j. r. Mckee. and
without warning opened fire on Joe
Paracia, 48, who had been hired to
replace him in building sidewalk,
police said. Mrs. McKee's sister,
Mrs. Margaret Kimball of Bakers
field, was struck in the body by a
charge from Gomez shotgun. The
enraged man then turned the gun
on himself.
Police said letters found on his
person indicated he was a San
Quentin ex-convict.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17
FRUIT STRIKE
DECLARED To
HAVE FAILED
lnjunctions, Wage Increases
And Importation Of Strike.
Breakers Winning Out.
CANNERIES In OPERATION
Growers Assert Bulk OF Crop
Will Not Be Harmed By Dis
turbance.
By United Press

The backbone of strike move
mentS among the California fruit
and vegetable pickers appeared bent
and almost broken today by court
injunctions, wage increases, impor-
tations of strike breakers and state
labor mediation efforts.
Growers and orchardists report
ed increasing working forces in
peach and pear ranches. Strike
leaders, demanding higher wages,
admitted no new recruits joined
their ranks in the MERGED, Tulare,
Butte, Salinas and Santa Clara
county areas. Canneries prepared to
resume packing.
The extensive Tagus peach ranch
in 1ulare, starting point of the dis
turbanceS, remained the sole GEN.
ter of active agitation. While an in
junction restrained strikers from
interfering, strike breakers resumed
the interrupted harvest. Plans for a
general strike in the area were pre-
pared but were withheld through
state Intervention. Conferences be-
tween workers representatives and
the state men began. Sheriff's de-
puties hunted machine gun which
strikers claimed ranch guards had
An increase in wages from II to
25 cents an hour for pickers dissi-
pated the trouble in California
Packing company orchards in the
MERGED region. Butte county pick
ers were back at work under tenn
porary truce.
In Santa Clara county pear har-
vesting proceeded under protection
of an injunction forbidding picket
ing. In Salinas Walkout among
lettuce pickers appeared stationary.
Strikes impended in other fields.
Sardine fisherman were reported
organizing to demand So instead Of
Sc a ton. Agitators circulated among
Long Beach reconstruction laborers.
Reports from Boulder Dam indi-
Gated a walkout movement there
was halted. Three thousand strik-
ing motion picture technicians at
Hollywood awaited MIRA labor board
adjustment of their demands.
Voluntary MIRA intervention in
the peach strike was rejected by
Governor Rolph. Instead he sent
state labor bureau representatives
into the fields.
FRESNO, Aug. IT. W.P)-Call for
a general farm strike throughout
the San Joaquin valley hinged to-
day on the outcome of conferences
between striking peach pickers and
state officials at the Tagus ranch
near Tulare.
A call for such strike, which,
il successful, would tie up the har-
vest in one of the richest agricul-
tural regions in the world, was is
CONTINUED On Page g.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-08-17

Ell Centros budget for the cur
rent fiscal year will be presented
to the city council for the first time
at a meeting of the board tonight.
John C. Neale, city clerk, completed
a preliminary and tentative outline
OF the budget yesterday afternoon
but it was not presented to the
board at last nights meeting nor
did the council discuss or consider
it at that time.
At tonight's meeting, however, the
board will go over the various items
on this budget and on next Monday
evening will set the tax rate for the
year.
The board was very much inter-