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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
GRAN TS WRIT
To RESTRAIN
INTERFERENCE
Los Angeles Judge Prevented
From Questioning Rights Of
$4,000 Voters.
DECISION FAR REACHING
Attempt To Prove lrregularity
Dropped On Receipt Of
Courts Verdict.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 81. U.P)
The California supreme court de
cided today by unanimous vote that
methods being employed to bar "a,
1876 Los Angeles residents from Vot-
ing in the November election were
illegal and must be stopped.
The court issued an order to Su-
perior Judge Frank C. Collier of
Los Angeles, directing him to re
frain from interfering in any way
with the voting rights of the 24,136
who had not been notified legally
that their rights to vote were chal-
lcnged because of allegedly faulty
The decision held that person
had not been legally notified who
has not been regularly served with
summons, or who has not other
wise been personally notified to ap-
pear or who has not appeared per
SOnally in the proceedings
The decision was handed down in
the suit brought by ayowed sup
porters of Upton Sinclair, Democra-
tic candidate for governor, who
! claimed Judge Golfers order to the
25,l36, circulated by postcards and
through publication in newspaper,
constituted violation of voting
rights without due process of law.
The courts action was considered
of great Importance as challenges
against more than 100000 other vot-
erS were expected to be filed with
the courts had the supreme court
uphold the legality of current me-
thods of notification
No written opinion was given out
by the majority of the court, be
cause Chief Justice William H.
Waste explained the justices had
had no time to prepare for it, but
an opinion by Justice William H.
, Landon, dissenting because he said
he considered the court did not go
far enough in protecting the purity
of The ballot. was made public.
Characterizing the effort to strike
the names from the registration
rolls as sham proceeding. per
version of court process. and abso-
lutely void" Justice Landon said it
could have no effect other than to
intimidate and prevent eligible vot
ers from going to the polls.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 81. UP
While a supreme court writ of pro-
hibition prevented further prose-
! cution of a state action seeking 20
! bar from the polls 24,136 voters al
legedly fraudulently registered in
Los Angeles, two steps were taken
/ today by those investigating Grim
iral phases of the registration in
quiry.
Val J Smyth. charged with il
legally registering. voting and act
| ing as an election official, was TO
I appear in municipal court for pre-
| liminary hearing.
The county grand jury planned
to resume its investigation Of The
! alleged frauds tomorrow, summon
ing % persons to appear as wit
! neSSes.
! Citation of $4,000 additional yot-
crs alleged to have registered il
legally held up pending the su-
/ preme court s decision, was drop
! ped.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
UPPER BASIN
MAY GET RAIN

A promise Of rain along the
Colorado river watershed before
the end of this week is held out
in telegram received at irriga-
tion district headquarters this
morning from the Yuma office
of the weather bureau
The telegram statc5 that strong
ctorms are entering the north
Pacific coast this morning which
promise some rain on the water
shed before the end of the week.
The only reading posted here
this morning was for the grand
canyon station and showed 2S1G
second feet of water there, the
same al yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
MEXICO PLANS
EXPULSION OF
ALL BISHOPS
BY JACQUES D'ARMAND
United Press Staff CorrespOnden

Copyright, 1884, by United Press
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 31.-PreS.
Abelardo Rodriguez today charged
Roman Catholic clergymen with TO
menting rebellion and ordered At
torney General Emilio POrtes Gil to
take action against those found
guilty.
His order was believed to be the
first move in a campaign to expel
all Catholic archbishops and bishops
from the country at once, and to eX-
pei all priests later.
There were apparently authentic
reports that every Catholic church
in the country would be closed with
in month and every priest eXpell
ed.
President Rodriguez gave his or
der to Portes Gil by letter.
It came just after decision by
the supreme court, whose powers are
comparable to those of the United
Staets supreme court, that proper
ty of anyone who rented buildings
FOR use by the Catholic church
should be forfeited to the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31

Congressman George Burnham
and Leo V. Youngworth of Los An
gclcs will be the speakers at the
countrywide rally to be held tonight
al the county fair grounds in I'm
pcrial under the auspices OF the
Republican county central commit
tee and the Merriam Hatfield coun.
ty organization.
Burnham will address the meet
ing in behalf OF his candidacy for
reelection to congress from the
twentieth California district, based
on his record during his first term
which drew high commentator
from Washington leaders of both
parties,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
County Absentee
Voters Total 652

With 81 applications for abscn-
tee ballots received at The county
clerk s office yesterday and % vot-
ers having voted their ballots yes
terday, a total Of 652 ballots are
awaiting the count to be made fol-
lowing the general election next
Tuesday.
1t is estimated that more OF these
ballots will be received this after
noon before the deadline is reached
to bring the grand total near TOO
for this election. At thc primary
election there were oyer 1900 Of
these absentee ballots.
Today is the last day upon which
they can legally be received at
the court house for the general
election November 6.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
Mks Ro7e>~.
uitsL NsN.QEht 81 ndlse,a iNo
BROADWAY OF
AMERICA NOW
FULLY PAVED

Leo Hetzel, first vice president
Of the Broadway of America asso-
ciation, has received a telegram
from A. H. Gardner, at Tombstone
Ariz.. regional director of the Or
ganization, in which Gardner an
nounces that the sector of the
Broadway Of America in New Mex
leo between Lordsburg and Douglas
is now completely paved and a
"mile-a minute highway T h e
completion and reopening of this
sector has resulted already in a
great Increase of travel along the
southern route in Arizona and New
Mexico, Gardner states.
For six years we have waited
icr this happy moment said Het-
zCl, "When every foot Of the Broad
way Of America from Broadway
New York, to Broadway, San Di-
ego, should be paved; that moment
has arrived, and the Broadway oi
America can now be proclaimed as
the first and only all-paved trans
continental highway route. 1t is lC
years ahead of any other compel
ing road If all those commun-
tiles along the route have Gheir
way it will keep ahead of other
routes, because the road will be
constantly improved and better
ments made in all the states
through which Broadway of Amer
ica passes.
1t only remains now sale
Hetzel, " for the cities and towns
on the Broaway of America to adj
Yertise their road. Tell the worlo
about it. When you print letter
heads have the printer insert the
line Broadway Of America. Every
newspaper along this 5000 milC
route should have at the top of the
page On the Broadway of Ameri-
ca It is something to be prouc
Of and something to tell people
about, and publicity by all the peo-
pie along the route will bring great
er numbers of motorists to the
communities which it traverseS.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31

Creers endorsement of any one of
the three candidates would be con
sidered tantamount to blessing from
the national administration. He is
in the east but is expected to return
and to declare himself this week
The war time director of propa
ganda already has repudiated Sin
clair declaring he can not support
the EPIC program that forms the
bulwark of Sinclair's appeal for sup
port.
Merriam leaders have intimated
that Creel will come out for the
Republican candidate and his plan
of social credits" for economic re
Mobilization. In fact. one newspaper
supporting the present head of the
state government said the an
nouncement will be made within
several days. The same source claim
ed that Creel had informed Haight
that he cannot support him and his
program of a universal guarantee
of employment"
Crcel has said nothing publicly
other than that he intends to vote
for a candidate whose program will
save the state from hare Drained
experimentation"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
NEARLY MILE
Of CANAL DUO

Since operations were started on
the force account sector of the ALI
American canal, three miles west of
Calcxico on the morning of October
%, the ISL teamsters with their a
up mule teams now operating have
covered nearly a mile of the route,
Glenn Edgar, assistant TO Chan Ii
VingSton, county manager of the
national rcempioyment service stat.
ed this morning
Those teams have eXcavated to a
depth of between five and six feet,
leaving another six feet cut which
is to be made by tractors, it was
said. The total depth of this sector
is to be II feet according to esti
mates made by canal engineers.
On next Monday an additional
IS tcamsters with 4.up teams will
Join the Isl now working on the
force account sector, The men for
this work have been chosen from
the files at the unemployment office
and notification cards are being
mailed out
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
AGREES
To WITHDRAW
SUSPENSIONS
Tentative Agreement Made To
Reinstate Five Expelled Stu
dents.

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 81. U.P) -
Student tempers which flared into
open rioting on the campus of the
University of California at Los An
geles yesterday cooled today upon
tentative assurance that five sus-
pended student leaders would be
reinStated.
Provost Ernest c. Moore indi-
Gated he would set aside his sus-
pension order provided attempts
to organize the National Studentf
League cease. Moore claims the
league Smacks of Communism.
His pronouncement, it appeareI
assuaged the student body which
was agitated to open revolt by the
suspension of John Burnside, pres
ident of the UCLA student body;
Thomas Lambert, chairman of the
men IS board; Sidney zsagri, chair
man of the forensic board; MendeI
Lieberman, chairman of the schol-
arship committee; IN q Celeste
Starck. senior coed and former
varsity debater The suspended
students had denied the leaguc
leaned toward Communism, insist
ing it designed to stimulate interest
in debating.
Nearly so city police were sum-
moned to quell the riot that broke
out at a mass meeting, called JC
/ protest the suspensions. There
were no arrests, but three campus
officers were knocked down, ont
| slightly injured.
In a Scathing denunciation Of
radicalism. - Moore asserted the
university was lone of the worst
hotbeds of campus Communism in
America. -
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
BURNHAM HERE
FOR CAMPAIGN

Congressman George Burnham
was scheduled to arrive in Ell Cen
tro this afternoon from San Diego,
to put in two days of intensive cam
paigning in the valley in behalf of
his candidacy for reelection to con
gress from the twentieth California
district.
He will be heard over KXO to-
night from to 6:15 and will later
speak at the big Republican rally
to be held at the fair grounds at 8
o'clock. The congressman will also
speak at the Legion rally to be held
at The fair grounds Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
IMPERIAL MAN DIES

Tom Stallcup, Co. was found dead
in bed last night at his home in I'M
perial on Norcn Ii. street, Coroner
A. r. Underwood reported this NOR
ming. Heart disease is given as the
cause of Stallcups death as he is
said to have complained of being
in ill health for the past few days.
He is we'll known in Imperial and
other parts of the valley, having
been a resident here for many years.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
G. @. P. RALLY AT FAIR GROUNDS
Congressman Burnham And Leo. V. Young
worth To Address Meeting.

Youngworth, past imperial poten-
tate of the Shriners, and an out,
standing member of the California
bar, will speak for the Merriam
Hatfield ticket and give reasons
why the election of Upton Sinclair
would be disastrous to the state OF
California.
Other speakers will also be heard
on various topics of political inter
est.
The meeting will be called to or.
der at o'clock and is not limited to
Republicans as all voters of the
county are invited to attend. A spe.
cial invitation is extended to Dem.
ocrats, whether opposed to Sinclair
or in favor of his election.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
Bra,Viey Man
Ends His Life

Afr striking his wife on the head
three times with heavy car spring
at their home in Brawley at 6 o.
clock this morning, Donald Bell, 63,
drove to his ranch about half mile
west of that city, There he attach
ed hose to the exhaust pipe Of his
automobile, put the other end into
his mouth and covered his head
with a heavy blanket. When founo
an hour later ne was dead
No inquest will be held, K. R. I'm
dcrwood. county coroner stated to-
day in reporting Bells death. His
wife was taken to the Brawley hos
pital and is recovering from her
wounds, Underwood stated
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
SINCLAIR MUM
On OC0NNQR

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 81. UR)--
Upton Sinclair, The Democratic
nominee. maintained a smiling in
difference today to persistent re-
ports that the administration hoped
to induce him to withdraw from
the California gubcrnatorial race.
Questioners were unable to elicit
anything more than non-commit-
tai reply from Sinclair when he
was asked to disclose the nature Of
a Commute conference with j. F..
T. 'Connor, comptroller OF the
currency. O'Connor S arrival here
yesterday had been preceded by
rumorS ne was an emisSary OF Post
master General James Farley who
instructed him to urge Sinclair %
drop out of the race.
"I'm not interested in that con-
ferencc.' Sinclair told reporters
smilingly. elf Mr.. O'COnnor is in
tcrestcd, maybe he will talk. -
But O'ConnOr refusing to discuss
the meeting, reiterated he returned
to his home here, not as an agent
of Farley, but to look after his
private law practice.
Sinclair was asked pointblank if
o 'Connor requested him 30 with
draw. Again he smiled.
'You re not that naive - he re-
joined.
Neither the Democratic nominee
nor O'Connor would indicate who
sought the conference.
O'Connor flatly denied he had
been delegated by Farley in any
capacity whatever.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
May Avoid L. A.
RailWay Strike

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 81. U.P)-
Threat of general strike of 5000 To-
cal street car employees decreased
today with the assurance Of union
officials that walkout "Will come
only as q last resort
The pledge was made by j. j.
Morgan, financial secretary of the
Amalgamatcd association Of street
and Electric Railway Employees Of
America, after he and other un-
ion officials met with street rail
way executives before the nation
al labor relations board. Consen-
sus w2s compromise would be
reached in the union demands for
a shorter work week and higher
wage scale.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
REGISTRATION FRAUD CASE KILLED By COURT
President Differs With Experts On Living Cost
Postal Receipts
ShoW Fine Gain

Business in FL Centre is
good and Postmaster Frank
Richmond has the figures to
prove il.
In making up his monthly
report today the postmaster
discovered that the receipts
for the month were $7,125.05.
He dug into the files for 1893
and found that in October o.
last year The receipts were
S5.I32.80.
The present month shows an
increase of Sl,992.25 over last
year, total and if that ism I
an indication of better bus
ress and good business, -
the postmaster is willing 10
argue the matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
MY PLEDGE AS GOVERNOR
By Governor Frank F, Merriam
o THOSE SEEKING JOBS:

fight with of energy:
To see that no man. woman child in California with
out shelter.
To discourage, il within my power the coming
California unemployed to compete with in
find work.
To Jobs through the medium pubic de-
natural that
port constructive promote the upward trend of bust
agriculture and industrial recovery
part this pledge the legislature the recent
spcciaI session
adopted people proposed issue
bonds in amount unempoymen
distreSs0
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
Youths Held For
Probation Officer

Three juvenile boys, two from I'm
perial and one resident of FL Cen
tro. were arrested by police here
last night and turned over to the
probation office for further action
At police headquarters the boys
admitted that they had been drink
ing beer on the high school tennis
courts last night and had broken a
bottle on one court and left the
glass there. Two OF the boys were
Is. and the other II years old.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
Writer Divorces
Former Grid Star

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 81. U.R)-
Adela Rogers St Johns Hyland,
writer. was granted a divorce from
Richard Hyland, former Stanford
football star, today on the ground
of mental cruelty.
He told me I was half-witted,
that 1 ought to be ashamed to eX-
press my opinions, Mrs. Hyland
told Superior Judge Myron West
over. "He was in the habit of
leaving me alone for days and
weeks at a time
Hyland offered no contest.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
SEES STEADY
INCREASE IN
PRICE LEVEL.
i. Commodity Index However
Shows Gradual Decline In
Wholesale Costs.
SILENT ON DEVALUATION
White House Looks For Rise In
Security Values As Accom-
panying Feature.
BY LYLE G. WILSON
United Pr0Gs Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. U.P)-
President Roosevelt today forecast
steady increase in the cost of liv-
ing despite four consecutive weekly
declines in official records of
commodity prices,
Mr.. Roosevelt announced that
the pay of federal employees would
be restored July to the levels pre-
vailing prior to a Is per cent econ
omic cut during the worst depreS-
sion period. Ten per cent of the
pay cut previously had been re-
stored.
Statistics gathered for the PrcSi-
dent indicated that the general
level of real and presumably. Sc
Curity values will rise with living
costs. He expects these increases
in values to lessen the difficulties
OF debtors in paying their obliga-
tions.
A rise in living costs and an in
crease in values would represent
a cheapening of the dollar. Moth
ing was said at the White House,
however, to suggest that the dol
lar would be cheapened further by
artificial means, such as another
:, devaluation of its gold content.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 81. - Prices
are going down despite President
Roosevelt IS statement that they
must go up. The President may be
compelled to take drastic corrective
action.
The latest report from the gov
crnment S bureau of labor statistics
cited the fourth consecutive week
ly decline in wholesale prices. An
other report due tomorrow probably
will add a fifth weekly decline in
wholesale prices. Another report
due tomorrow probably will add a
fifth week TO the disquieting trend,
Belief that another declining
week is about to be reported is
based on an unofficial survey of
wholesale price movements. The
National Fertilizer association re-
ported for the week ended October
81 that the wholesale commodity
price index slumped five points
from 76.l to 1876.
These figures mean that in the
week indicated the average OF
wholesale prices for ats commodi-
ties was only 75.6 per cent of the
average prices for the period 1926
1923 which is accepted in this in
stance as an arbitrary 100.
pri1 i,NI 1 a hnNp
those of p year ago although by
small margins. The increase from
March 1898 to the present is uni
formly large, varying from 10 TO
30 per cent. Tho "neW dcal' con-
graduates itself on finding the
country so far above the March
1893 depression depths.
But with prices skidding again
new Dealers are pondering plans
to protect the gains achieved
through August. Another month
OF generally declining price levels
would be dangerous to administra-
ton policy in general. Mr.. Roose-
welt by indircctlon has pledged to
business and the bankers that the
dollar will remain relatively stable
at its present value, 5906 cents
gold. He is publicly on record
against initiation schemes includ-
ing payment of depoSitorS of closed
banks. cost $1,000 100000 OBJ, cash
payment of veterans compensation
certificates. cost $2,O0O,OO0,000 tB),
and other plans for printing press
money, cost uncStimated.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-31
AW I'LL
wv O()GERS
W 's0ys:

BEVERLY HILLS. Oct. 80.
tSpeciaD In case you might
have overlooked it, there is fel-
low flying this Pacific ocean with
Kingsford Smith, and his name is
Taylor-Captain Taylor. All he
does is pick out these little specks
in the Pacific ocean that they are
10 land at So he is not exactly
what you would call excess bag
gage. That is a great flight.
This Kingsford Smith is a real
aviator and there is glory enough
for both of EN-. They would have
locked pretty good in that Aus
tralian race. This is a single-mo-
tored American plane. Gosh, I
hope they make it,
Yours
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
Population May Need Adjustment

As if American cities did not already have enough problems, declining birth rate is about to present them with an en- tirely new one E. o. Baker, specialist at tached to the Department of Agriculture, warns the American Country Life Associa- ton that the American birth rate has al- ready fallen so low that the national popu- lation cannot be maintained permanently. Nothing can keep our cities at their pres ent size, he says, but heavy migration from farm to city, and that will do the trick only for few more decades-at the cost, incidentally, of drained and impoverished countryside.
 Sometimes one is forced to suspect that the race has managed to reach an end of whole biological era. During the last two centuries, there has been tremendous ex- pansion of world population. The rising curve now seems to be leveling off. If na- tional populations, including our own, are not to increase any more, or are even to diminish, some profound readjustments will presently be in order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
Farm Program Shows Up We'll

The financial angle of the farm program is interesting. Newest figures released in Washington show that farmers participat- ing in the crop adjustment programs have received to date, slightly more than $5O7,- OO0,0OOi in cash benefits. This, however, has cost the treasury nothing, the processing taxes having taken in $558,000,000.
 These payments in themselves are an inn portant contribution to farm income. But the AAA program must ultimately stand or fall on it's success in increasing the farm er's income indirectly, by raising the prices of the things he sells, rather than by it's di- rect payments; and in this field, too. the record is not half bad.
 Farm income for the current year is esti- mated at $6,OOO,OO0,0 which is about 19 per cent above the 1883 total and some 39 per cent above the total for 1882. In other words, the program is costing the treasury nothing, and it is slowly succeeding in rais- ing farm prices: .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
Business Power

A former Canadian army officer and col lege professor, Maj. N. A. Imrie, tells an audience of American business men that what we need is to "pool American busi- ness brains and get them to looking for ward" He smile sat business geniuses" who cannot solve the problem of getting West virginia's surplus coal to the shiver- ing Dakota farmer, and that farmers sur plus grain to the underfed West Virginia miner"
 Business men and bankers, he says, seem "paralyzed by fear and afraid to denounce crying evils or do anything to remedy them" If they could get together and look ahead, we would all make prog ress. Enthusiasm for social justice and sa1lare deal is the chief thing America needs" he says. He recommends, as cure for what aiIs us, an electric sign reading Light, Heat, Power" There may be some- thing in that.