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Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
WOMACK AND
DUBOIS TALK
To k|WAN|ANS

John L. Dubois and Roy H.
Womack were speakers at this
noon meeting of the Kiwanis club
held at the Barbara Worth hotel.
Dubois, newly elected president
of the Southwest Flaxseed associa-
ton, which came into being last
night, spoke on the plans of this
cooperative.
He explained that the asSocia-
ton would need every grower to
participate in order to assure its
success and asked the Kiwanians
and business men to aid it and Gre
ate confidence in it SO that 1t
might be operated successfully
here.
Womack, member of the elemen-
tary school board of trustees, talked
on the city elementary schools and
the teacher tenure law. He declar-
ed that in his belief Ell Centre has
as fine a set of teachers as any
community could expect or desire.
He described the dinner meeting OF
the teachers held last night at the
Barbara Worth golf club, the en-
thusiasm and spirit of cooperation
which prevailed.
In regard to tenure, Womack
pointed out that it is a problem
which must be met. Ell Centro is
refusing to make any permanent
teachers but those whose terms are
permitted to expire without re-
newal are given plenty of warming
in advance SO that they may have
ample opportunity to secure posi-
tionS elsewhere as are those who
are not re-engaged.
Announcement was made OF the
Joint meeting on May II OF the
city service clubs.
Trophies, donated by the valley
service clubs for the pentathalon
were shown and it was stated that
they would be on exhibition at the
j. c. Penney Co. store windows.
w. G. Costello was chairman OF
theday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
Farmer Seeks
Justice Post

Elsewhere IN this issue readers
will note the announcement of T. P.
Farmer, a candidate for the office
of justice of the peace for Ell Gen.
tro township.
Farmer, for five years q member
of the Ell Centro police force. has
been a resident of Ell Centro for the
past II years. Prior to coming to
California from Texas he had ex-
tensive experience as teacher and
for a time was superintendent Of
rural high schools in that state.
He was for four years a zanjero
with the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict and since joining the police
department has had considerable
experience with minor court pro-
cedure, his police work including
for some time the post of desk SER
geant, responsible for partial pre-
paration of cases Tor trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
AND FRANCE WORRIED
OVER AMERICAS DEBT ATTITUDE

all parts of the world. have been
anxious to avoid default because of
the effect it might have on their
own loans.
. Although Great Britain claims
she ought not to be held response
BILE for full payment, she made small
payments to avoid defaulting en-
tirely. Italy, Czechoslovakia, Latvia
and Lithuania did likewise.
When ENJOYS of some of these
and other debtors asked the state
department if the word default" in
the Johnson act was general enough
to allow them to continue this prac-
,tice, they were told it was not.
: Reports from the capitols of near
ly all debtors, and private talk OF
their diplomats here indicates that
public opinion will not permit them
to pay the full amount of the debt
installments which they consider
unjust or impossible.
An act of congress, or ruling by
the President, that the debtors
could pay in silver was considered
the only way of satisfying both
debtor and creditor governments.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
Small Girl Victim
OF Fall Into Sea

BALBOA, Calf, May Il. U.P)-A
fall from a seaWall was blamed to-
day for the death of Nancy Long,
9, daughter of John B. Long, exc
cutive secretary of the California
Newspaper Publishers association.
Although there were no witness
es, it was believed the girl was
Strolling along the wall last night
when she lost :ler balance and
slipped into the bay. Her body was
recovered.
Her parents instituted a search
when she failed to return home.
Her small dog standing on the wall
and gazing into the water gave
them a clue as to her fate. Arti-
ficial respiration was applied in
vain.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
WOMEN
OPPOSE WAR

RIVERSIDE, May II. WP)-"That
the profit might be taken out OF
war;" members of the California Fe-
deration of Women's clubs today
passed q resolution almost unani-
mously endorsing the principles OF
the pending Nye-Vandenberg Sen
ate resolution.
kilograms announcing the fed
eration's action and urging passage
of the resolution were sent to Pre-
sident Roosevelt. Vice President
Garner, anu California Senators
McAdoo and Johnson.
The club resolution was intro
duced by Mrs. E. w. Gillis of the
Princeton chapter, Northern Cali
fornia district.
Sentiment among club members
was expected to be further stimulat-
ed by an address later today by
Francis Lederer, noted Czechoslo-
vakian motion picture actor and
founder of the world peace fedora
ton.
The federation closes its three
day convention tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
Bunk Freed In
Dillinger Case

CROWN POINT, Ind, May IL.
U.P)-Ernest Blunk, correspondence
school sleuth, was freed late today
of charges that he aided John Dill
lingerS escape last March from
the Lake county Jail here.
Judge Maurice CrlUes, who heard
the case without jury, decided the
state only by inference had connect
ed, Blunk with voluntarily aiding
Dillinger. No states witness was
positive that Blunk was not con-
stantly menaced by what he and
everybody else thought was a gun
held by Dillinger.
Blunk, employed as a fingerprint
expert at the Jail, was the only
witness called by Defense Counsel
Allen Twyman. For acquittal, the
lawyer relied solely on Blunk S
statements from the stand that
Dillinger forced him at the point of
a gun to move prisoner and guards
here and there and shut them in
cells.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
Staying Case
Nearing End

SAN BERNARDINO, May II.
U.P)-Closing arguments in the trial
of Mrs. Louise Shaw and Don T.
Snyder, charged jointly with the
murder of Mrs. Shaw'S husband,
Harry D. Shaw of South Gate. be-
gan here today.
. The case was expected to. reach
the jury late this afternoon.
The man and woman are accus-
ed of deliberately plotting to kill
Shaw, then run his truck over his
body to create an appearance of
accidental death.
They contended instead that
Snyder killed Shaw in self-defense
and that neither knew how Shaw's
body got under the wheels of the
truck.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
L. A. Livestock

LOS ANGELES, May II. W.P =
Hogs, none. Quotable top around
400
Cattle, ITS; holdovers, 262. Stea-
dy; Imperial and Arizona steers
5.65-5.75; Imperial COWS $40; COM
mon cows down to 2.85; cutter
grades lbs to 2.75.
Calves, so. Few vealers up to Z.
Sheep, none. Good spring lamb
quoted at 7.25 to $50.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
ELKS INVITE PUBLIC

On behalf of the officers
and members of Ell Centre
lodge, No. 1925, b. p. o. E.,
hereby extend a cordial invita-
tion TO the men and women of
Ell Centre to join with us in
the annual Elks' observance
of Mothers day which will be
held at the lodge rooms Sun
day afternoon at $50.
The program, ordered by the
grand lodge of Elks, will be in
keeping with the occasion.
This invitation tC join with
us is extended in the hope of
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
FLOWERS LAST LONGER

NEW YORK (U.P)-1f you want
TO keep cut flowers for a long time,
try keeping them in copper con-
tainers. John Ratsek, floricultur-
ist on the staff of the New York
State College of Agriculture,
placed snapdragons, stocks, roses,
primroses and other flowers IN
such containers and by so doing
he found that their life span was
increased by one to three days.
He explained that the copper kills
bacteria which would decay the
flowers
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11

correcting the false impress
sion that the service Is re
stricted to members of the Elks
order.
feel there Is no need to
stress the Significance of the
occasion for homage to their
mothers is an outstanding trait
of all Americans, and public
program such as ours gives op-
portunity for all to unite in
paying tribute to our mCthers.
FRED NEBEL-THAU,
Exalted Ruler FL Centre Lodge
No. 1925, b. =. o. +.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
ASK RANSOM
FOR GETTLE
Continued From Page II

by withdrawing our officers, if by
their presence he is endangered,
or so that negotiations can be
made with the family for the re-
turn OF the victim
Because of great credence placed
in the telephone ransom call, it
was believed that officers with
held considerable proportion of
the conversation.
1t was pointed out that the
questions and answers released to
the public told nothing that would
definitely identify the caller.
At the same time. law enforce
ment heads and Noon appeared
confident that the man who placed
the call at least had contact with
the abductorS.
LOS ANGELES, May Il. U.P)-A
blockade was thrown across every
road leading from Los Angeles
county today TO make certain that
the kidnaperS of William F. Gettle,
oil millionaire, did not flee to more
isolated districts with their victim.
At first affecting only highways
extending south toward Mexico, an
order of the Sheriff's office was ex-
tended to include a close watch of
all roads.
Deputies were ordered to question
and detain all persons who aroused
their suspicious.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Eugene Bis
cailuz said that a woman held
throughout the night for question
ing in connection with the case pro-
badly would be released
He said she was taken into Gus
tody following a suspicious remark
she made to her landlady, but that
hours of questioning had convinced
officers she was "a pathological liar
who knows nothing about the case. ="
Secrecy likewise surrounded the
questioning of the six men. Captain
StenSland of the Sheriff'S office said
that they had been released. Two
of them, he said, had been taken
into custody with the woman.
Officers refused to comment on
whether the woman they held might
be the person who spied on Gettle'S
palatial Arcadia estate Wednesday
afternoon a few hours before he was
seized by two masked men, hoisted
over a wall of the grounds and dri-
ven away.
The meagre description available
of the "spy"-that she was IAN at
tractive brunette III her thirtieS
did not eliminate that possibility.
Officers Scoffed at report that 4
break in the case or a solution of
it was but few hours away.
I'VE can't say when it will be
solved We are doing cur best to
solve it as speedily as possible, -
Stensland said.
Although E. E. Noon, attorney for
the Gettle family, who announced
that any reasonable ransom
would be paid, asked that officers
not interfere with any contact the
kidnaperS might make, there were
indications a great manhunt would
start today.
Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz called a
mass meeting this afternoon of ev-
cry police chief in Los Angeles
county, together with other peace
officers. Meanwhile, United States
department of justice operatives
under orders from Washington,
threw the resources of the federal
government into the case.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11

and Wensley. Police are holding
them until the owner is found.
Reckless Driver Jailed-Wesley
Hopkins was given a sentence of $50
or 25 days in the county Jail on a
reckless driving charge by Judge
Nuffer in police court this morning.
He was unable to pay the fine and
the Jail commitment was issued by
the court.
Asks Jury Trial-Charles Brown,
a resident of the federal transient
camp. pleaded not guilty to charge
of vagrancy in police court this NOR
ming and asked for a jury trial. Date
of this was set for May %. Jack
HuddleSton pleaded guilty to
charge of drunkenness and drew a
SIS or 7i2 days in Jail sentence.
Masonic Dinner-El Centro lodge
No. 384. F. and A. NJ. will meet
Monday evening, May II, at 7 o.
clock in the Masonic temple for
fish dinner.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
Wood-Chopper
Admits Crime

SANTA BARBARA, May IL. U.P
John Depois, 39-year-old wood
chopper, used the weapon of his
trade to kill a man of whom he
was jealous, police said today after
obtaining an alleged confession.
They said Depois had admitted
dealing Louis Brun, "a, fatal
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
GIRLS WERE BEST SPELLERS

NEW ORLEANS (U.P) - New Or
leans public school girls proved
better spoilers in a contest re-
sulting in 12,249 perfect papers.
Girls rated SO per cent of the
100 per cent grades. Article"
heart" and transient" were
spelled incorrectly the greatest
number of times.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11

Divorce Decree Granted An
interlocutory decree of divorce was
granted by Judge r. D. McPherrin
in superior court this morning to
Grace Hamilton from Don Hamil-
ton. Cruelty had been charged in
the complaint.
For Mothers Day-Potted plants
and cut flowers. Ritz Flower
Shop. l0t2
Jailed On Traffic Charge - Y.
Nieto and Antonio Solarzano were
each given 80 days in the county
Jail by Judge Griffin of Brawley
yesterday when they were found
guilty of operating an automobile
without its proper license plates.
Flowers sent anywhere on Moth
ers' Day Ritz Flower Shop. 10t2
Bar Association Meeting-Judge
Marks of the district court OF ap-
peals will be the guest of the I'M
perial Valley Bar association at a
dinner meeting next Wednesday at
$50 o'clock in the Barbara Worth
hotel. Announcement to this effect
was made by r. B. Whitelaw at the
courthouse this morning.
DIR. A. Il. Hanson. dentist. New
Professional Bldg. Phone S8 9tf
Prison Term Set-The term o.
Billie O'Brien who was committed
to San Quentin from this county on
February %, 1888, for grand theft.
has been set at three years by the
state board of prison terms, it was
learned at the court house today.
DIR. r. C. Cleulons. dentist pro-
fessional bldg. Phone 245.
m VI If
Pershable Shipments-Shipments
of periShables yesterday accordlng
to B. A. Harrigan, agricultural COM
missioner, consisted of POI cars cam
taloupes, one car tomatoes, IA cars
carrots. nine cars honeydews, two
cars mixed vegetables, nine cars
mixed melons, eight cars water
melons
Attorney s. p. Williams has re-
moved his office to the Bank OF
America Building FL Centro. l1t12
Night Prcwlers Active-ReportS at
police headquarters indicate that
prowlers were more than ordinarily
active here last night. Two calls for
police were telephoned in, one at
2:34 a. m, from the 600 block on Oh
i've and another at 3:07 O'Clock from
the 800 block on Holt. Police inves-
tigated each call but found no cne.
w. NJ. Batch will speak over
KFSD Saturday evening at Tbs on
the subject of "Syncro-tax." llt2
Bicycle, Shoes, Found-A girls ol-
cycle and a pair of dancing pumps
were brought to police headquarters
last night by boy who stated he
had found the articles near Sixth
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
Continued From Page ID

pressing for government silver pur-
chaSeS.
The debt situation was at crisis
today following a ruling of the state
department that debtors can not
escape the stigma of default in June
by token" payments, as some have
done in the last two years.
Great Britain Anxious
The ruling was based on the
Johnson act, recently passed by con-
gress, which forbids loans to nations
in default in whole or in part on
their obligations to the United
States.
Some European nations, particu-
larly Great Britain which is Gre
ditor for billions of dollars leaned in
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11

blow with his axe as Brun lay
sleeping Wednesday night
Mrs. Brun said she was awaken
ed and, turning on a light, saw her
husband IS slayer fleeing through a
window. Her story led to DepoiS
arrest.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
HIGH SPEED PHOTOS INDOORS

LE1PZ1G U.P)-The latest de-
velopment in photography is a
high speed camera capable of
working by artificial light, which
can be carried in the vest pocket.
Heretofore the cameras capable Of
catching rapid motion have been
unwieldy affairs and bright sun
light was required. The new high
speed camera is about the size of
cigar lighter, and will take
sharply defined pictures in one
thousandth of a second, or faster.
The unique vest pocket cameras,
which were exhibited at the Leip-
zig Fair, can be operated by or
dinary electric light indoors.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
L. A. Stocks

LOS ANGELES, May IL. U.P) =
Stocks moved sluggishly downward
in early trading on the Los Angeles
stock exchange today. Volume was
very light.
On a leading volume Of only 300
shares, Transamerica was down 16
at 6.
Lockheed was unchanged at 2H
600 shares changing hands.
On volume of 300 shares or less,
Edison common was down q at 16;
Southern Pacific down l at 20H;
Byron Jackson down u at ia and
Union Oil down a at 1872.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11

The two evaporating plants at
Ripon, San joaquin county, are us
ing 100000 pounds of milk daily
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11

Recent rain has caused fungus
growth on Gravenstein apples in
Sonoma county but it is said to be
harmless.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11
OBRI

and WenSley. Police are holding
them until the owner is found
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11

Bicycle, Shoes, Found-A girls ol-
cycle and a pair Of dancing pumps
were brought to police headquarters
last night by a boy who stated he
had found the articles near Sixth
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-11

w. NJ. Batch will speak over
KFSD Saturday evening at tbs on
the subject of "Syncro-tax." llt2
Evening star., 1934-03-19
THREATEN CHARGE
IN PRISON BREAK
Deputy Sheriff Faces Felony
Count in DiIlinger
Escape.
By the Associated Press.


CROWN POINT. Ind. March 49,
Ernest Bunk, Lake County deputy
sheriff who is under suspension, pend
ing investigation of John Dillinger's
break from jail, said today he ex-
pected State officials to place felony
charge against him.
Blunk was back home here after a
trip to Indianapolis last week, where
he said he was questioned by Edward
BARGE, deputy attorney general, and
three State investigators.
Trip Is Yelled.
Blunk's trip to Indianapolis was
somewhat mysterious, State, county
and city officials insisting they were
unaware of his presence in the
capital
Blunk appeared here Saturday,
while his attorney, Allen C. Twyman,
was in Indianapolis seeking his re-
lease through the courts.
Blunk, in brief interview after his
home coming, said he was taken to
Indianapolis by a State policeman
and escorted to a hotel room. where
he was questioned by BARGE and the
three investigators.
Threatened With Charge.
At the hotel room, he said, BARGE
told him that if he failed to come
through with the real story" of the
escape of the desperate, Dillinger, the
State would file a felony charge
against him.
Bunk said he reiterated he was in
nocent of any colluSion in Dillinger'S
escape.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
HEATING PLANT STUDIED

Plans for a new heating plant at
Howard University were laid before
the Fine Arts Commission by Albert
!. CaSsell, architect of the institution.
H. P. Caemmerer, executive secre-
tary of the commission, asserted that
immediate consideration will be given
these plans. Congress has authorized
the new structure and the Public
Works Administration has allocated
s460,000 for the job, Caemmerer ex-
planned
The new structure will be erected
block east of Georgia avenue, at Sixth
and Trumloull streets. The plans pro-
vide that either coal or oil may be
utilized and this was decided upon
after conferences with the Bureau of
Mines and the Bureau of Standards.
The building is to be 100 feet square,
have a height of so feet, with CHM
ney 1913 feet high. The building will
be of brick.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
Trapped in Oren,
Repair Man Sared
By Police Squad
2OO-POunder in Serious
Condition Following
His Rescue.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 19-William
Philippe, repair man, was trapped for
IS minutes yesterday in a bakers
oven at $50 degrees F.
He was rescued by a police emer-
gency squad and taken to Beekman
Street Hospital. His condition was
serious
Philippe crawled into the oven just
after the fire was drawn to repair
the ash-sifting apparatus. He was
unable to back out through the 16-
inch oven door and bakery workers
could not pull him out. He weighed
200 pounds.
Water could not be poured into the
oven because the temperature, 1873 de-
grees over the boiling point, might
have caused suffocation by steam.
Police ripped off the steel front
of the oven and removed the brick
lining with hammers and cold chisels.
A half hour after they started they
were able to pull Philippe out. He
was semi-consciouS
Evening star., 1934-03-19

SugReSLlOIl, WtIlI
upstairs to her employers bed room
while he pushed open door on the
ground floor and found George Decker
dead. He gently closed it; silently
moved about searching for possible
clues.
did you disturb anything on find
ing Mr.. Decker dead?" apologetically
asked Coroner Hittingdon. He knew
the criminologist's reputation.
IT merely locked the library door
the key was in ito make sure :"
That amt true. your worship" in
terrupted Mrs. Halstead. LAS I came
downstairs this man was movin' about
in the room, then he came out, locked
the door and wouldn't let me in. Said
he must summon the police! Bah!
He did the marster in all right!"
The coroner shouted several ques-
tions at her and the repeated in
ouiries, "What?" irritated him.
He recalled Fordney. whose amusing
sallies at the expense Of Mrs. Hal
stead caused laughter in the court
room.
I'm deaf but I AMT DUMB"
again interrupted the redoubtable
housekeeper. HE killed the mar
ster and him calm himSef a
detective!"
Fordney smiled ''Mr. Coroner,
you'd better INSIST she tell the
TRUTH"
WHAT DID HE MEAN?
For Solution See Page B-l4.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

leave when Mrs.
H a l S t e a d, the
housekeeper, ap-
preached the cot
t a g e. Introduce
ing himself he
S t a t e d possibly
something W a S
wron g. A f t er
u nj loc k ng the
front door with a
key produ C e d
from a volumi-
nous pocket she,
on the professors
Evening star., 1934-03-19
The Professor Accused.

The Professor Accused.
BY HI. A. RIPLEY.
-HE second day Of his stay at
the Blue Cow Inn, Prof. Ford
ney, vacationing, learned from
i the genial proprietor that an
old acquaintance was living
nearby. Receiving directions he set
off on an early morning call.
Knocks at the front and back doors
bringing no response he was about to
Evening star., 1934-03-19
MI l MI T s
MYSTERY
|SOLwN-e{ &

Prof. Fordney is professor Of Grim
inology at a famous university. His ad-
vice is often sought by the police Of many
bafiing cases. This problem. which has
only one possible solution has been taken
from his case book covering hundreos OF
criminal inUpSfiPafinnS
The Washington times., 1934-03-24
Lew Davie Back

64u SCr1cK1an0'S Band at the Lo-
tuS, Fourteenth and New York
Avenue, is back with the band
after an extended illness.
In addition to his association
with Bill, Lew viii be remember.
ed for his long engagement with
the Palace Theater Orchestra and
for his NBC program, Lew Davie
and His Banjo" SO popular with
radio fans.
That 'Mayflower Lounge
which opens on Easter Monday
within the celebrated Connecti.
cut Avenue hostelry, will introduce
to Washington its single restau.
rant enterprise with a studied ap.
peal to both old and young.
Those who wish to dance may
have their dance music in the
afternoon or evening. Those who
prefer to wine and dine in this
classic setting and contemplate
classic subjects may do 80 TO the
subtle accompaniment Of concert
music by the one and only Sid
ney. 1t IS no simple task that the
MaVlower management has given
the talented orchestra leader to
organic: a combination capable Of
shifting from the modern to Oh.
cratic. But they believe In Sidney.