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Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-23
BELIEVE WOMAN [URED D|[uNCER TO DEATH
Denver Predicts Rain Along Colorado River
Tucson Cops
In At Finish

CHICAGO, July %. U.P)-A
fitting climax to a day spent
at the Worlds fair for two
Tucson police officers was pre-
sented when they viewed John
Dillinger's body at the county
mOrgue here today.
Chief of Police Dallas Ford
and Capt. j. Smith, members
of Tucson's chick" police force
that captured Dillinger there
January 25, we're touring the
fair when apprised Of the
shooting.
"He can't get away this
time" was the only comment
made by Chief Ford.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-23
Merriam, Back
AT Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, July %. U.P)-
End of the crisis in the San Fran
cisco strike situation permitted Gov.
Frank F. Merriam to turn to other
affairs of state today and to plan
resumption of his investigation of
various departments.
He hoped to order removal OF
all troops from San Francisco "as
soon as possible to save the state
further expense. Only TOO national
guardsmen remained on the water
front today.
They will be withdrawn as soon
as we feel there is no further need
to keep them," Merriam said.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-23

A sharp rise in the flow of the
Colorado river is noted this morn
ing from the river readings report
ed at irrigation district headquar-
ters and also from a telegram re-
ceived from the Yuma office of the
weather bureau.
This telegram states that local
rains have caused some rise in the
stream of the upper basin but the
weather has cleared. Further
showers have fallen in northeastern
Arizona and promise to continue in
to Tuesday.
Despite rumors current around
the valley and elsewhere that heavy
cloudbursts had occurred in various
parts of the Colorado river basin,
the district office at Imperial stated
this morning that M. j. Dowd, chief
engineer, had been unable to OBJ
tain any such information.
Authentic reports received at I'M
perial advised that local showers
had been reported in various places
in the northern part of the river
basin and in Arizona, but there was
no rainfall that would indicate re-
motely that the water shortage is
q thing of the past.
The Grand Canyon reading Of
yesterday reported 1850 second feet
in the rivers flow with 2160 for to-
day following yesterdays storms. A
decided drop is noted at Yuma
where "a second feet were reported
yesterday with but AZ for today, ac-
cording to the district readings.
The valley was visited by rainfall
yesterday which accomplished little
beside cooling the air and laying
the dust temporarily, .02 inch being
recorded. Residents of the Valley
were hopeful for a real old time
downpour as the clouds massed to
the south and southeast and the
rain began to fall but they were
disappointed. Clouds continued to
hang over the valley during most
of the day but in the evening THEY
gradually began to break up and
today the usual cloudless skies
greeted the early risers.
Tank cars of drinking water, fur
nished to the valley by the South
ern Pacific company and brought
here at reduced freight rates
through the SERA, have been or
dered to be delivered tomorrow and
wednesday to Imperial, Seeley, CAL
exico, Brawley and Calipatria, &C
cording to DR.. N. E. Dupont, direc-
tor of water distribution.
other cities and rural areas in
the county will receive additional
carloads of this water as soon as
the present supplies are exhausted
later this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-23
ALittle Doe Goes
a Long Way

They're little city girls from New
York, but you can bet that Mar
jorie Hunt and Evelyn Bollerman
can get along in the country. Here
you see how they made friends
with an orphaned doe that wan
dered into the Camp Fire Girls
summer camp at Arden, N. Y.
Marjorie's doing the honors.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-23

CHICAGO, July %. U.P)-John
Dillinger's life history was ended
today in the books of the law. In
drab coroner's office just removed
from the ice-filled vault where
Dillinger's body lay solemn jury
wrote the last chapter.
1t read:
"Justifiable homicide by officers
of the federal government"
The man who ran him down was
not present, the man whose bullet
killed him was not named and the
informant who led him to his death
was not mentioned.
The entire investigation of the
life of the man who was sought
for months lasted less than 20
minutes.
Guarded testimony seemed to
confirm a startling fact already
revealed by other investigators.
Dillinger was led to death by a
woman.
Police and Melvin Purvis, chief
of the federal bureau Of investi-
cation, refused to confirm reports
that two women who attended the
theatre with him last night were
in custody. Purvis said, however: ::
''It was women who led him to
i h crave"
CHICAGO, July 90. tU.P) While
an inquest was begun today into
the spectacular death of John Dill
linger, federal agents who killed
him threw heavy guard around
the persons credited with making
the group coup possible.
Victorious after months of frus-
/ tration, the federal government
was shrewd enough in triumph to
protect the source that led to Dill
fingers death.
Dillinger always had a craze for
| the opposite sex and doubtless it
was this weakness that led him to
the cleverly arranged trap.
Melvin Purvis, head of the feder-
al bureau of investigation, heard
reports that "a woman in red put
the finger on Dillinger," and he
smiled knowingly without COM
ment.
Dillinger's father, John Dillinger,
Sr., left his home in Mooresville,
Ind, with Hubert Dillinger, half
brother of the outlaw to claim
the body in Chicago.
BY ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN
United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, July %. "A stiffen-
ing corpse in the county morgue
and muddied pool of blood in the
filth of an alley was all that was
left today of John Dillinger, arch
criminal of modern times.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-23
SLIGHT RISE
REPORTED IN
UPPER BASIN
Sporadic Rainfall In Various
Points Helps To Improve Out
look Somewhat.
ONLY SLIGHT FALL LOCALLY
Anxious Hopes For Downpour
Yesterday Fall Flat As Only
.O2 Inch Recorded.
ONLY SLIGHT FALL LOCALLY

DENVER, July %. (U.P)-The
Colorado river was slightly
higher today, the government
weather bureau reported, due
to sporadic thunder showers
along its basin.
The heaviest rain fell at
Durango, .38 of an inch, with
.18 at Grand junction and less
at other points.
Predictions were for rain
along the lower Colorado, as
far south as Yuma, within the
next few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-23
BY ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN

United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, July %. "A stiffen-
ing corpse in the county morgue
and muddied pool of blood in the
filth of an alley was all that was
left today of John Dillinger, arch
criminal of modern times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
Al CAPONE LOSES
OUTSIDE CONTACT
Complete Isolation at Alca-
traZ Island Prison An
nounced by Warden.

GS Vic AocOSlhbco
SAN FRANCISCO, August "a
Complete isolation of AL Capone, for
rner Chicago gang chieftain. and other
newly arrived convicts on Alcatraz
Island. was announced yesterday by
Warden James A. Johnston. The
move is to break any possible contact
of the prisoners with their former
underworld confederates
They are not even going to have
an opportunity to know what goes on
outside" Warden Johnston declared.
Those men we're sent here because
the Government wants to break their
contacts with the underworld. That
Is going to be done"
There isn't even a radio on the
island, Johnston added, and the
prisoners will not be permitted to
read the newspapers.
The prison is running along in a
routine way today" the warden
stated. THE new prisoners are being
assigned to their duties, but we are
not even going to let the outside
world know to which duties they have
been assigned"
Attorney General Homer S. Cum
mings. who recently inspected the
new Federal penitentiary, located on
a 12-acre rocky island in San Fran
cisco Bay, emphasized the prison
would be a means of segregating the
more dangerous prisoners, and John
ston declared this idea would be car
ried out.
1t was intimated that Capone would
be put to work at shoemaker's bench,
the task to which he was assigned
before his transfer with a group of
other convicts from. the Atlanta Fed
eral penitentiary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
CLERKS TOLD
OF WAR ON CRIME
Cummings Assistant De.
scribes Fight to Wipe
Out Gangsters.

Supported by new laws passed by
the last session Of Congress, Attorney
General Cummings is determined to
rid the country OF organized gangs
and end lawlessneSs that has brought
justice into Ill repute, Brien Mcmahon,
special assistant to Cummings re-
iterated in an address before the
Federal court clerks and secretaries
and law clerks to Federal judges at
the Columbia Country Club last night.
Again referring to Mr.. Cummings
reform program, Mr.. McMahon de-
clared:
Since 1909 leaders Of the bench
and bar have been urging that our
judicial machinery be overhauled, and
yet, it was not until Mr. Cummings
took the leadership and laid down the
program that it was accomplished in
three months"
The convention closed last night
after a week in the Mayf1ower Hotel
Officers elected yesterday were:
George Brodbeck, Philadelphia, re-
elected president; Orrie j. SHUTTER,
Grand Rapids, Mich, vice president;
Lee McNeely, Dubuque. Iowa, vice
president; May C. Sickmon, Buffalo,
N. Y, vice president, and John w.
Menzies, Cincinnati Ohio, reelected
to secretary-treasurer of the Federal
court clerks.
Robert v. Fleming. president of
Riggs National Bank and of the
Washington Board of Trade, ex-
planned housing loans and securities
in q luncheon address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
DRY AGENT KILLS
MAN, z, IN HOME
Police Quote State Officer
as Saying He Fired in
Self-Defense.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, August 24.-While
attempting to prevent his young sons
arrest on q liquor charge, q coroner's
report said, 72-year-old Charles Robis
was killed today by q Pennsylvania
liquor law enforcement agent.
Edward J. Kohn. the agent. was
quoted by police in suburban Du.
quesne. scene Of the shooting. as say
ing the elderly man fired upon him
first.
Kohn was accompanied by LYMAN
Labelle. a deputy constable. They
told police they found more than .
gallon Of moonshine, still and sew
eral gallons Of mash in the Robis
home.
Paul Robis. aged IS. was placed
under arrest after an alteration with
the officers, they said. and. as they
started toward the door the father
drew a pistol and fred three shots.
The coroner's report said Kohn re-
turned the fire. shooting four times.
One bullet struck Robis In the chest
and another in the leg. He died in
the Duquesne police station.
After the shooting Young Paul
picked up his fathers pistol, ran to
a nearby creek bank and after firing
a shot and ejecting the shells threw
it away. Later he and Police Chief
Thomas j. Flynn Of Duquesne recov-
cred the gun.
Kohn and Labelle were turned over
~ nna,rAtxy %afank{vac avad vRlanad IL, {aH
pending investigation. Paul Robis
also was jailed pending arraignment
on the liquor charge.
The fatal. shooting Of Robis is be-
lieved to be the first by liquor law
enforcement agent in Pennsylvania
since prohibition was repealed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
abandoned" Wife
Burns Money Sent
By DeUOted Mate
Believing Husband Had
Re,Ued Destroys Letter
in Rage.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 24.-Some-
where in America today there is a
Woodworking Mr.. Likar, who will be
depressed, exasperated and probably
disguised TO read here what his wife,
Kata, has done at her little home
in Pertoc, Slovenia.
Likar emigrated from his Slovenian
home to America, seeking his fortune
His wife heard nothing from him, but
from others she heard that Likar had
found himself another wife in the new
country.
Recently there arrived at her home,
according to word received here from
Belgrade, heavy letter marked pho
tographs." The jealous Mrs. Likar
believing the letter contained pictures
of her husbands new wife" tore the
unopened letter into pieces and hurled
the pieces into the fire.
The following day she received an
other letter. 1t was from her hus-
band. He reavowed his love for her
and their children, and he said that
under separate cover-marked Pho
tographs"-he had sent her $l,700!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24

believed to be members Of the crew
of three missing since August o,
aboard the sloop, Anita, out Of Mil
waukee.
Oficials said they had no positive
identification, but believed one Of the
youths was Bertram Miller, jr., II,
Milwaukee, whose father obtained aid
from President Roosevelt recently in
hunting the missing boat and its three
young voyagers.
Aboard the boat when 1t left here
August besides Miller were Everett
H. LYMAN, %, and John Siesel, 20,
both of Milwaukee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
LONDON AMAZED KANSAS GIRL
FORESEES FUTURE ACCURATELY

lose his British heavyweight title to
Jack Peterson and suffer an eye injury
in the fight. She forecast the 2-to-l
victory OF Manchester over Ports
mouth in the foot ball final and said
a red-haired boy would kick the Win
ming goal.
Genes big triumph came when the
gruesome Brighton trunk murders
were disclosed.
Saw Second Murder.
When the first body was found she
wrote in her weekly column:
This is connected in some way
with another murder, which, but for
this, might never have been dis
covered"
Three weeks later the second trunk
murder was revealed by officers
searching Brighton premises in con-
nection with the first case.
Gene also wrote that the first body
was horribly mutilated" and was
wrapped in adhesive paper In the
manner of automobile tire wrapping"
This conflicted with information news
papers had published, but officers on
the case later said she was right.
Called by Police.
This resulted in her being sum-
moned to Brighton to confer with
police. Again a few weeks later she
returned there as the result Of re-
quest by the lady mayor of Brighton,
Miss Margaret Hardy. Ito come down
and see If she could help"
Prominent officials, lords and ladies
and big business men have sought
her out for private interviews. She
has been entertained by the Bishop
Of London. the Russian Princess
Youssoupoh and ex-Mayor Jimmy
Walker of New York.
The English public has always
given a good reception to clairvoyants,
psychics and spiritualists from the
dovx of CT Auo1rSfipa RI Cir oliver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24

BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 24.-Word came
from London today that a Kansas
farmers daughter - rosy = checked,
dimpled Gene Dennis-is figuratively
knocking the Britishers for a bally
loop.
Gene has been in London since
Spring and is known all over England
as the American girl psychic" She
has appeared at three London the
aters, has given readings" at the
afternoon teas of a big London hotel.
has been interviewed on coming
events by most of the large news
papers, and in addition has written a
written a weekly article for the Lon
don Sunday Dispatch, receiving $3.50
an article.
An Associated Press dispatch from
London today attributed her present
fame to her sensational prediction
that Windsor Lad would win the
Derby-which he did.
Repeated Prediction.
Miss Dennis named Windsor Lad On
a London stage when the horse was a
rank outsider, five weeks before the
race. She repeated the prediction
several times, in the face of the fact
that Colombo was the odds-on favor
lite. Racing circles admit her predic-
ton influenced the improvement in
Windsor Lads odds.
THE theater managers threatened
to break my contract, as there are
strict rules against predicting public
events" Miss Dennis said, "but every
where the audiences were yelling for
the name, and If hadn't taken the
dare the crowds would have turned
against me. 1t was my big chance to
make good"
After the race she received scores OF
kilograms and letters from rich and
poor thanking her for the tip.
She rredicted Ten Harvey would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
cDMzM&Z say Washington Women
land economical too!
first cost lotV cost indeed

first cost lotV cost indeed
Have you ever driven a new
Ford vs.? It's easy enough to ar.
range. Just call the nearest Ford
Dealer listed below. Tell him you
want a vs. sent around for DEM
onstration. Ask the man who
brings the car around to explain
a0by the V-type, s-cylinder Ford
engine uses less gasoline than a
''four" of equal size and perform.
ance. Then let Ford VS. perform
ance speak for itself with you at
the wheel.
FORD DEALERS or WASHINGTON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
WIVES VACATIONS FORCE
HUSBANDS TO ORGANIZE
Married Men Hope to Get Some
Money for Themselves
on Trips.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SLAvONSKI BROD, Yugoslavia.-
Summer Widowers' Cooperative and
Mutual Aid Society" is the title of a
club just founded to help married
men get vacations from their wives.
Club members explained they got no
advantage from their wives vacations,
as all the family money went for
clothes, rail fare and hotels, leaving
the husbands so broke they couldn't
even buy cigars.
Credit facilities with milliners,
dressmakers and women's wear shops
and six-month loans of travel ex~
penses, now make it possible to send
wives away for a couple of months to
the Adriatic Coast or some of Yugo-
slavias numerous spas while leaving
something left for the husbands to
spend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24

Lodge and Sir Arthur Conon Doyle,
but they had a hard time becoming
accustomed to this native daughter
of Atchison, Kans., when she went on
the stage without the usual show
business'-no blindfolds, no crystals,
no frances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
Assassins Organize.

PEIPING RD.-"The Society OF the
Plum Blossom" is the latest secret
organization in Peiping. Its purpose
Is to assassinate all who are suspected
Of unpatriotic behavior. Police are
hard at work tracking down the Plum
Blossom Society's reputed 80 mem.
hAra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
Farm Strikes Opposed.

While Spain is favoring the use OF
man power instead of agricultural
machinery to provide more employ
ment, it has decreed that machines
may do all the work where farmhands
strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
MEET AFTER AT YEARS
Two Elderly Brothers End Long
Separation.

UNION, N. j., August "a (P1.-Two
elderly brothers-William Henry Har-
ris, II, of Green Bay, Wis, and Willis
w. Harris, SO, Of Brooklyn-met yes
terday for the first time in Al years.
Postmaster Irwin D. Harris, the
son of William Henry, brought about
the reunion. He knew his father was
going to visit him here and he ar
ranged to have his uncle come over
from Brooklyn as a surprise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24
BODIES OF 2 YOUTHS
FOUND ON LAKE SHORE
Believed Victims of Sloop From
Milwaukee Missing Since
August 8.

BY the Associated Press.
FRANKFORT, Mich, August "a
The bodies of two youths were found
on the shore Of Lake Michigan 2 miles
north of here last night. They are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24

W7OMEN know the Ford V-8
w as a low.priced car which
looks-and is-smart in any COM
pany. And yet, they will tell you,
they pay no premium for its smart
ness-just the opposite.
Without caring much about the
reasons for its low running costs,
they note that Ford VS. runs
much farther on gallon of gaso-
line than the expensive cars the
family used to own -. and you can
see for yourself in the column at
the left that delivered VS. prices
in the District of Columbia make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24

They had left Flushing Airport but
few minutes before, Fong flying
plane owned sointly by the two, while
Wong was in a plane they had hired
for the afternoon. Thousands stood
in the streets and watched the two as
they unanswered closer and closer to-
gether.
Il was on top and my friend was
flying below me-" Fong told police
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24

PARKWAY MOTOR CO.. INC.
3o40 NJ Sc. n. w.
sTEUART MOTOR co.
Sixth and New York Ave. N. W.
5l4 II Sc. N. Z.
NORTHWEST MOTOR CO.
s72e Wisconsin, Ave-,
Bethesda, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24

HILL q TIBBITTS
TIA Vermont Ave. N. w.
5949 Georgia Ave. N. w.
i423 L St. N. w.
ANACOSTTA MOTOR co.
1923 Good Hope Road
1899 Nichols Ave.
LOGAN MOTOR CO.
t4i7 lrvins Sc. N. W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24

TRIANGLE MOTOR co.
New York Ave. and N. Capitol
CAPITOL MOTORS. INC.
as Pennsylvania Ave. S. E.
TAKoMA MOTOR CO.. INC.
II Carroll Ave,
TakomatPark, Md.
eth and Blair Rd. N. w.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-07-13
ONE OF
E FACTORS
IN MANS o

The region around the North sea
has the worlds best climate for hn-
man health and activity, according
to Or. Ellsworth Huntington, re-
search associate in geography at
Yale university.
He gives the next best rating to
the northeastern United States, par
ticularly that part on the coast, to
the Paci6c coast around Puget sound
and In q very narrow coastal strip
southwark, and to New Zealand.
.The best condition for man." Doc.
tor Huntington says, us summer
weather with an average day and
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-07-13
Modsrn Ye.th An Right

Is the younger generation dumbes
than its predecessor Are fathers
and mothers right who harangus
their sons and daughters about now
much smarter papa and mamma
used to be In school or c0llege3
Harvard scientists conducted an 10
months research on the subject, and
the results were reported In the
American Magazine. The average
son IL a better man than his father.
and the average daughter has the
edge on mother.
The facts have been gathered from
records at Harvard which 60 back to
1870. For data on mothers and
daughters, similar records came from
four leading women's colleges
The assembled material shows that
the average American boy OF girl u
more intelligent, taller, heavier and
healthier than was his father or her
mother, at the same age.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-07-13
Time and Trouble

All of which took time and trouble,
and caused considerable anxiety for
the local officials. In some cases all
this required numerous trips to
Washington by the officials concerned,
and often involved their staying for
days on end at Washington hotels.
Once approved, the government was
ready not only to advance as Z free
gift 80 cents OF every dollar expended
for labor and material, but to loan the
balance Of the money to the local gov
eminent at 4 per cent interest.
In q few instances cities which had
their allotments approved took the 80
per cent In federal cash, but instead
OF borrowing the rest Of the money
from Uncle Sam made arrangements
to borrow It locally, sometimes at low
e. interest rates. But these were only
communities, naturally, which had ex-
ceptionally good credit.
Investigation BY Secretary Ickes'
force has disclosed that most Of the
cases where the local communities
are permitting their allotments to
lapse result from local controversies
arising after the allotment had
been obtained. Always, Of course, pol
ltlcs enters into every local project.
There WIN be this group for II and
tnat grcup against II, partially on the
raj merits and dement's Of the pro-
posels, and partially for other reasonA.
cspyrisht-wNu sarvioa.