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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-21

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Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
MINNEAPOLIS
ANT|C|P PATES
NEW R|OT|NC
Militia Arrive In City To Pre-
vent Renewal OF Yesterdays
Bloody Fighting.
BY WILEY MALONEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

MINNEAPOLIS, -.ly 21.-Minne-
apolis was a powderhouse today,
ready to explode momentarily into
bloody street war. =
Fortyl-nine men were IN hospitals,
four in dying condition, as 5000 ma
tional guardsmen marched into the
city with light artillery, machine
guns and truckloads of gas grcn-
AIDES. :
An estimated 10000 union pickets
massed at their headquarters and
beliggerently roamed the streets,
daring police and employers Of 5000
striking truck drivers TO run
gauntlet of guns.
In all groups workers sWcre VEN
geance on "the bloody, numbering
police" who yesterday shot down
AZ pickets in an effort to move a
truckload of groceries.
Screaming men fell to the pave
ment and were trampled in a brief
but terrific battle Two policemen
were slugged into Inconsistencies
and kicked by furious men as they
lay PROSTATE.
Shotguns sprayed the streets
with buckshot and 200 national
guardsmen rushed the mob with
bayonets.
Only the bayonets ana inassed
ranks of the soldiers halted the
fight and rescued 100 policemen
from 500 pickets who charged them
through a rain of buckshos.
Efforts of federal mediators, Gov.
Floyd B. Olson and city authorities
to end the five-day strike were
abandoned temporarily.
Want Vengeance
Union leaders exhorted followers
to vengeance and called upon TO-
900 additional union members to
Join them in clicking the police"
They refused even to meet with
peacemakerS.
"This is war;" shouted Grant
Dunn, member of the strike COM
mittee, at a mass meeting last
night.
Dunn said that pickets would
prevent every truck in the city
from moving today. Whether he
meant to include vehicles hereto
fore exempt from the strike order
milk wagons, ice trucks, sanitary
VehicleS-WaS not clear.
Chief of Police Michael Johannes
refused to discuss his plans.
He could not say whether he in
tended to furnish police conveys for
more trucks.
One of a number of prevailing
rumors after the rioting said one
man was killed. A thorough check
of all hospitals and morgues did not
reveal body and Adj. Gen. Ellard
A. Walsh denied there had been a
death.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
LINER REFUSED
SAIL PERMIT

SEATTLE, July 81. U.R)-Depart-
ure of the American Mail liner
President Grant for the Orient was
held up today by Collector of Gus
toms Saul Raas on grounds that the
vessel was inadequately manned.
The liner was scheduled to leave
at IL a. m. for the Orient with a
full passenger list and capacity car
go as the first passenger ship to
sail from the port since early May.
Haas also held up sailing of the
Mccormick line freighter West Cac-
tus for South American for the
same reason.
The President Grfnt ordinarily
carries 10 able seamen, but only
had eight aboard when Haas acted.
Two of the seamen aboard didn't
even know lifeboat drill; one didn't
know the port side from starboard
and several were college boys" Haas
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
LOCAL MAN TELLS OF INSTANCEOF
DISCRIMINATION in SAN DIEGO

Complaints continue to come in
to the chamber of commerce re-
garding alleged purposeful discrim-
ination against Imperial Valley
cars carrying the "1V" license in
San Diego. Among others A. w.
Hale has informed the Ell Centro
Chamber staff of an experience
which befell him early in July in
the University avenue district OF
San Diego.
Hale was accosted by two city
police officers in a car and told
that one of his headlights was
not burning. He was doubtful about
this statement and upon stopping
the car he found that both head
lights were burning and that there
were no loose wires. The officers
insisted, however, that it would be
necessary for him to go to a GER
tain designated service station
and have his lights checked Hale
insisted he is an automobile me-
chanic and quite capable of doing
his own work and the examina-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
BY MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY
United Press Staff Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. -
This city, which week ago was
plunging headlong towards indus
trial chaos. today was rushing as
rapidly back towards peace.
Union teamsters dealt what we'll
may be the final blow forcing the
striking maritime unions to arbi-
trate their paralyzing strike against
Pacific coast shipping when they
voted last night to return to work.
James A. Farley, postmaster gen.
eral, and Sen. Robert Wagner, lead
of the national labor board, ar
rived to join Gen Hugh Johnson,
NRA chief, and tie Presidents me-
diation board in working out what
they hope will be rinal details of
settlement of all remaining labor
disputes.
Longshoremen, the chief numer-
ical factor in the maritime strike,
will vote today OH the question of
accepting arbitration of their dis
pute.
Other maritime unions alreaoy
were repeatedly in favor of arbitra-
ton.
There were predictions that by
Monday or Tuesday all the labor
difficulties in the San Francisco
area would be III the hands of ar
bitration boards and the men would
be back at work, completing the
restoration of normal business COLI
ditionS.
Hunt AgitatOrs
Meantime, as an aftermath OF
the devastating general strike which
held San Francisco in its grip for
four days, the most militant cru
SADIE against alleged Communists
and agitators since the days imme-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
TRANSFERS RETURN TO WORK AS
SAN FRANCISCO KILLS STRIKE

diately following the war was in
progress. More than 500 persons
were under arrest in Pacific coast
jails as a result of the anti-"red"
drive. Efforts weve being made to
bring about wholesale deportationS.
"Citizens committees" formed in
numerous towns where the excite
ment has run high were in the
field rounding up agitators and
constituted authorities were forced
to move rapidly to keep ahead Of
those who were taking the law in
to their own hands.
The most important development
of the last "a hours was the action
of the teamsters union in San Fran
cisco when it voted, by the over
whelming margin of 1888 to 233,
to return to work unconditionally.
The teamsters, although they did
not strike until a week ago. were
the backbone of the maritime
strike. Waterfront employers had
no difficulty in securing men to
load and unload ships or TO oper-
ate them at sea. But teamSterS
steadfastly refused to move what
they called "hot cargo'-that is,
cargo handled by non-unon long
shoremen or non-union manned
ships-to or from the docks. The
result was that piers were piled
high with freight which had been
unloaded and in the harbor there
were more than 100 empty ships
awaiting cargo.
Yesterday the head of the dray-
mans association served an ulti-
matum upon the teamster's union.
They explained their side of the
case to the teamsters union and
then they said in effect:
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
NEW RAILWAY
BOARD NAMED
. BY YPRES|DENT
(COniinuc6 On Page 81

ABOARD THE u. S. S. NEW Or
LEANS, WITH PRE- SD E N T
ROOSEVELT, July 81. U.P)-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, aboard the U. S. D.
Houston bound for Hawaii, inter-
rupted his vacatioping long enough
to announce the appointment CT
the membership of the national
railway mediation board today
The board, created by amend
ment to the railway labor dispute
act in the closing days of congress,
is intended to be a supreme court
of rail labor controversies.
The presidential appointees are:
William M. Leiserson, Yellow
Springs, Ohio, for term ending Feb
ruary, 1896.
James w. Carmalt, Washington,
d. c., for the term ending Feb
'ruary, 1885.
John Carmody, now chief engi-
neer of the Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration, for the term
ending February, 1896.
The President also named Muir
ray Latimer as chairman of the
railroad retirement board created
by recent act of congress. Mr.
Roosevelt has not received the rec
concentrations of the railroad labor
executives and the Association OF
Railway Executives for members to
represent them on the board.
The President planned to address
the crew of the Houston after Its
inspection today
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
RAINS
IN SECTIONS
Of ARIZONA

Light showers are reported gen.
orally over the watershed with
fairly heavy rains in parts of north
eastern Arizona. Doubtful if any
considerable runoff results but
further showers are indicated over
Sunday"
The above telegram was received
at irrigation district headquarters
this morning from the Yuma Of
flee of the weather bureau and in
dicates the possibility of early
summer rains to aid to some extent
in breaking the present water
shortage.
Reports on the river flow today
indicate another drop. At Grand
Canyon the reading was 1900 sec
end feet; at Yuma, 90; the spill,
405 and the diversion 450.
An offer to produce rainfall
sufficient to fill all the reservoirs
in the valley was contained in a
letter received by the board of
supervisors this morning from a
woman living in the northern part
of the state.
The writer offers to give a dem
onstration of her ability to pro-
duce the needed rain, and, should
this prove satisfactory she would
then enter into an agreement to
furnish the rainfall in the valley.
BY my method, she writes,
from one to two inches of rain
can be made to fall over an area
as large as one half of our state
in from one to two days"
outside of stating that her sys-
tenn consists of the use of certain
rays to bring the rainclouds to the
desired spot and then make them
precipitate their contents, she Of
fered no clue as to how the prop
osition could be worked out.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
Excessive Heat Wave Continues In Midwest Area
RESUME ACTIVITY AT PORTLAND
AND SEATTLE STRIKE WAVES
Presence Of Oregon Militia And Direct Ac-
ton BY Seattle's Mayor Result
In Opening Ports

this afternoon most of Portland S
1900 service stations would de-
liver normal service.
The presence of the national
guardsmen at Clackamas, only eight
miles away, was a deciding factor
in the return toward normalcy.
The guardsmen were not to be
called unless violence developed
Under the cloak of their protec-
ton shipping company executives
proceeded with plans for normal
bookings.
Mayor Leads Police
The national guardsmen repre-
sented Gov. Julius l.. Meier's "big
stick" in opening Portland to ocean
going commerce. Labor denounced
Meier but made no reprisals.
In Seattle, Mayor Charles Smith
a former quarterback on Univer-
sity of Washington football teams
directed a new team-his police
force-in opening that port.
Under Smiths personal leader
ship, after he supplanted Chief oil
Police George F. Howard. 1,20t
pickets were scattered from the
piers. Gas bombs cleared the way
for the squadrons which drove of
the strikers. Howard resigned.
Effect of the longshoremen''
strike spread to Vancouver, B. c.
today when an ''unwritten agree
ment" between longshoremen ant
the British Columbia shipping fed
Grafton called for halt in work
ing American ships listed as ''un'
fair by the northwest strike com
mittee at Seattle.
The Matson Steamer Golden STATE
was first to be affected by the
agreement when longshoremen re-
fused to load heavy commitment:
of logs and lumber for Australia
The cargo remained untouched or
the pier.
The vessel will return to Sar
Francisco in the event settlemen,
of the longshoremen's strike i:
not effected in United States Pa
cific coast ports within the mex
few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
MILITIA WILL
STAY ON DUTY
FOR FEW DAYS

SACRAMENTO, July 81. UP)-
San Francisco's city officials want
national Iuardsmen to remain on
the waterfront a few days until
the strike situation is definitely
quieted, Theodore Roche. police
commissioner, said today.
Troops have been removed from
the commercial district and quar-
tered alorl, the waterfront pending
withdrawal orders from Gov. Frank
F.. MerriNm.
Roche, who is head of the state
department of motor vehicles, came
here to diruss department matters
with the governor.
He said that breaking of the
teamsters' strike was an important
step toward final settlement of the
bay trouble but that officials held
it would be advisable to keep troops
on hand for few days.
The governor had given no defi-
mite indication when troops would
be ordered out of San Francisco.
He said the removal probably would
await a request from Mayor An
gelo RoSsi.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
RUTH REJOINS
YANKEE TEAM

CHICAGO, July 81. U.P) Babe
Ruth rejoined the New York
Yankees today and announced that
his injured leg had improved so
rapidly that he planned to work
out today and play tomorrow
against the Chicago White Sox.
Ruth was able to walk under his
own power when he arrived today
from Cleveland. His right leg, where
he was hit by a drive from Lou
Gehrig's bat Wednesday, was still
discolored but most of the swelling
had gone aWay.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
JASPER MAN
GETS FIRST
CANAL WORK

To Jack Cecil King of the Jasper
district gty;s the distinction of be-
ing the first man officially assigned
to work on the All-American canal
construction. He will operate a
Diesel shovel. With him were also
chosen Charles Tolleson and Jim
Jack Johnson, both of Ell Centro, as
tractor operators.
These three were chosen this
morning following a conference be-
tween Chan Livingston, local direc-
tor of the National Unemployment
Service and Clifford Bong, super
intendent in charge of construction
for the Griffith company of Los
Angeles, who had come here to
place his order for the men at the
local office.
King, a former employee of the
irrigation district and who has also
seen service in construction work
in South America with TolleSon
and Johnson, will report on Monday
morning st Pilot Knob where the
necessary preliminary work by the
Griffith company will get under
way.
1t is expected that actual con-
struction work on the canal will
begin by August l. This will be on
the north end of schedule No. Z,
better known as the rock section
of the canal construction, the con-
tract for which was awarded the
Griffith company.
Two tractors, 75's, arrived on the
scene of operations yesterday and
two La Journal wagons which are
to be operated by the tractors are
expected shortly. Other equipment
including bulldozer, pipeline, ETC.,
is to be brought in tomorrow, Bong
stated this afternoon. He added
that John Holnstrom, vice presi-
dent of the Griffith company, is
expected in the valley the latter
part of next week just before ac-
tual construction work gets under
way.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
VAUGHN SAYS
NO PARALYSIS
AT JACUMBA

Emphatic denial of rumors as
serting infantile paralysis had in
vaded Jacumba, were made today
to The Press by Bert Vaughn,
proprietor of the resort, and his
statement was supported by that of
DR.. j. c. Witkowski, resident ply
Sician.
There has not been a single
case of infantile paralysis in the
mountain area" Vaughn said, "and
for that matter no cases of other
communicable diseases have been
found. Whatever started the rumor
of infantile paralysis did so either
for the purpose of malicious mis-
chief or just to hear himself talk.
Were there any cases of in
fantile paralysis up here 1 am
sure I would know of them," DR..
Witkowski said, "for report has
to be made to the health officials
in San Diego and no such reports
have been made. The rumors are
absolutely untrue"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21

ton of the lights made by him
in the presence of the officers had
revealed that there were no loose
wires and that both lights were
burning.
The rejoiner of the officers was
IF you don't go to this station
and have your lights examined
we will give you a ticket" and
when Hale continued his refusal
they proceeded to do so. Hale pro-
tested to the judge in San Diego
and has received no further sum-
mons.
This is another manifestation" +"
stated Manager Hays of the Ell
Centro Chamber today, that there
is purposeful campaign against
Imperial Valley cars in San Diego.
There is only one thing apparently
to do and that is to get new num-
berS for our cars, or we can re-
frain from making trips in the di-
rection of San Diego city and coun-
ty until such time as Imperial
Valley cars are no longer dis
criminated against"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
BY BEN TITUS

PORTLAND, Ore, July 81. -
While 1000 militiamen waited in
nearby mobilization barracks, Port
lands waterfront hummed with
new activity today, the 10 week
deadlock imposed by the maritime
strike apparently broken.
The balance of power here and
in other northwest ports rested
with the constituted authorities
Labor leaders held their ranks and
file in check. Talk of a general
strike subsidized. The presence of
the guardsmen restrained strike
pickets from violence.
A pledge to U. S. Senator Robert
F. Wagner of New York kept
Portland's labor forces passive.
The strike strategy committee
renewed it's promise to Wagner
that it would take no general strike
action until after the veteran labor
legislator presented Portland's case
to the, Presidents mediation board
at San Francisco.
The feeling prevailed that ulti-
mate settlement was drawing near
er.
For the first time in 10 weeks
shipping along the waterfront re-
newed close to normal activity
With exception of operations car
ried on at terminal No. 4, which
, has loaded vessels under the watch
full eye of 400 special police fo
two weeks, the port had beer
closed.
For the first time in eight day!
gasoline trucks rolled along Port
land streets. 1t was expected by
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
Gerard Plans To
Pass Up Germany

NEW YORK, July 81. W.P) -
James w. Gerard, former ambas-
sador to Germany, sailed for Europe
today on the Italian Liner, Rex,
announcing that he would carefully
avoid Germany because I don't
want to get bumped Off"
Gerard has been one of the Hit
ler regimes severest critics.
No trace was found aboard the
Rex of William Billy Burgess,
Cleveland promoter who was re-
ported enroute to Roumania to op-
crate a slot machine concession
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
MERCURY HITS
HIGH MARK IN
MANY PLACES
Death And Destruction Accom-
pany Condition Termed Great
Disaster By Governor.
KANSAS POINTS SCORCHING
Emporia Has 32nd Day OF Tenn
perature Above 100 With
Record OF ll8 Yesterday.
By FRED MYERS
Jnited Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, July 21.-Death, fam
inc and new affections for nil
lions of farmers rolled eastward
across the United States and south
ern Canada today in the simmer
ing air of a record heat wave.
AT least 10 deaths were traced
20 heat. Thousands were pros
trated. Cattle died almost unheed-
ed in western fields as farmers
sought water for their families.
Crops burned in a dozen states.
Winds became SO hot human skin
cracked and blistered at its toucn.
Thermometer columns boiled over
the 100-degree mark-in several
places almost to 100 degrees-from
Utah almost to the Atlantic coast,
and from Medicine Hat to Port Ar
thur.
Gov. Alfred NJ. Landon of Kan
sas, speaking ut Emporia. declared
the nation is confronted with "a
great disaster" Emporia had not
seen the mercury below 100 degrees
. lOl OZ udyo. IL was llo yCoOCi ody
7 No rain had fallen for weeks.
Thousands of farmers and even
large cities fought almost frantic
ally for drinking water.
Five thousand residents of Falls
City, Neb., were said to be in ac-
tual danger of water famine. The
city water plant was unable today
to pump water from the lowering
Nehama river. A temperature OF
ia degrees sent thousands to beer
1avernS.
Humidity High
Creston, Iowa, planned to enlarge
daily shipments of 46 carloads Of
water by rail from Council Bluffs.
In Chicago and in Kansas City,
city authorities pleaded for water
conservation. Chicago pumped
more than a billion gallons flom
Lake Michigan yesterday without
being able to maintain normal
pressure in the mains.
81 The maximum temperature here
O. 88 degrees was misleading in its
measurement of human misery. A
humidity of SO per cent of satura-
ton and an absolute lack of breeze
tConiinucd On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
Pair Arrested On
Narcotic Charge

Charged with the unlawful pos
session of an hypodermic needle.
Frank and Mary Miller were ar
raigned before Judge Mayfield yes
terday afternoon. Their prelim-
mary hearing will be on July %.
Bail was set at so.
Anastasio Machado, charged with
forgery, was also arraigned In JUS
tice court yesterday. He Is held
under $1,000 bail with preliminary
hearing set for next Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21

Evidence that government offic-
ials are seriously considering pos
sibility of early construction of un-
contracted for portions of the ALL
American canal is contained in
telegram from Phil D. Swing re-
ceived at irrigation district head
quarters this morning.
In this telegram Swing includes
one received yesterday by the rec
lamation service from it's engineer
in Denver. This says: Early con-
struction portion canal in Imperial
Valley not previously contemplat-
ed consequently no details of plans
are available for canal or structure
construction. Plans and specifica-
tions for this portion of the canal
might be gotten out within so days
provided data can be promptly
furnished by the project and If the
district engineering staff, familiar
with the irrigation plan and water
requirements, can cooperate fully
with the bureau.
be done under contract with ade-
quate excavation equipment, some
employment on the canal excava-
ton could probably be given about
January l, this permitting time
for advertising, award of contract
and moving in equipment. Assum-
| ing six relatively small excavating
machines are used, about $50 men
could be continuously employed.
Understand county supervisors
are urging that additional new
| work be done by government forces
employing insofar as possible men,
teams and small equipment. Under
this plan the first units of work
could probably be under way in go
days with ultimately large force
being employed. However cost per
cubic yard of excavation would
doubtless be greatly increased"
Asks For Data
In the portion OF Swings wire
addressed to the irrigation dis
trict officials he states: Suggest
you contact Priests successor for
available information referred to by
Walters, also advise me of Dowds
readiness to cooperate"
He asks further: "Airmail me
sections of canal including at least
section in irrigated area exclusive
of syphons; probable difference in
cost between contract method and
supervisor method referred to by
Walters. also probable number Of
men to be employed thereon" to
aid him in his endeavor to work
out joint project between the rec
lamation service and the emergency
relief.
He concluded: Am considering
asking emergency relief to meet
the payroll for men and livestock
and the reclamation service to
stand the overhead material and
other equipment. The emergency
relief would thus pay about the
equivalent to the suggested in
crease above the contract method"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-21
STRIKE CAUSES
SLIGHT DELAY
UPON BRIDGE

SACRAMENTO, July 81. U.H -
Work on the San Francisco-Oak-
land bay bridge was not seriously
retarded by the general strike, Earl
Lee Kelly, director of public works,
said today
approximately 5000 men working
on the piers and other projects
walked out Monday but began re-
turning Thursday. BY next Mon
day, the entire crew will be on the
job.
I'm view of the fact we are six
months ahead of schedule" Kelly
said, "the few days delay made
little difference in progress of work
on the bridge"
Some difficulty has been ex-
perienced obtaining materials, but
Kelly foresaw no hardships as a
result.
Although agitators have made
several attempts to mingle with
the bridge workers, no active rad
ical is included in the personnel
so far as officials can determine,
Kelly said.
Our wage structure is high, and
the men seem contented." he added
"The unions have been very friend
ly toward us, and have nothing
but praise to offer the conser-
vative leaders of organized labor"
l.. -.