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Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24

from the federal court l did nothing
to prevent the holding of the Strik-
ers meeting in Brawley last night"
George L. Campbell, county sheriff,
stated this morning. Il was at the
Brawley police station frcNl Gas
until 1115 o'clock last night, not
leaving the station all that time" !"
the sheriff continued, adding: Il
was there merely to be on hand in
case anything should develop that
needed my attention. I obeyed the
order of the Los Angeles courts not
to interfere with the meeting in
any way"
The meeting was to have been
held at the BraWley strike head
quarters under the auspices of the
American Civil Liberties union. AS
the hour for this meeting approach
ed, about 1000 Mexican, Filipino and
American field workers gathered in
the headquarters at Tenth and H
streets, Brawley, awaiting the arri-
val of the speakers scheduled to ad-
dress them on the subject of THE
Constitution, the NRA and the right
to strike in Imperial county"
At tbs o'clock, A. l.. Wirin, at
torney for the Civil Liberties union
and one of the main speakers on
the program was called to the door
of his room at the Planters hotel.
Upon answering this call a sheet
was thrown over his head and he
was carried out of the hotel and
into a waiting automobile by sever
| al unknown persons. Taken to a
point north of Calipatria, the Los
Angeles attorney was released to
make his way back to that city and
finally to Ell Centro. While in Cali
patria he received treatment for a
cut lip and other bruises alleged to
have been received during the scuf-
file with his captors. Otherwise, it
is said, he was uninjure/
At late hour last night a COM
mittee of vigilantes waited upon
Wirin at the Barbara Worth hotel
asking that he leave Ell Centre and
remain away from this city. Wirin
stated that he would not leave the
hctel unless given adequate police
protection. This was promised him
and under escort of the police he
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
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eissI, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
ONPROM|SE
EXPECTED ON
CWA FUTURE

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a. U.P)-
Prospects of compromise in the dis
pute over abandonment of Civil
Works Administration employment
of 100000 persons developed today
as it was revealed at the White
House that the CWA would cease to
exist as such on May l.
Request will be made today or
soon thereafter by the administra-
ton for $3.50, 100000 to continue the
CWA until that date and for $780,
100000 for relief expenditure in the
next fiscal year.
President Roosevelt feels that part
of the $500,000000 could be used
after May to provide jobs through
the CWA method although the CWA
as such will be abandoned. Ad-
justment of the matter along those
lines probably would allay most of
the dissatisfaction developing in
congress against separation Of CWA
workers from the public pay roll.
No definite figures are available
to guide the administration, but Mr..
Roosevelt is hopeful that combin-
alton of Public Works AdminiStra-
ton projects, a pick up in industry
and the seasonal unemployment
which usually accompany tn e
springtime in the south and west
will absorb many CWA workers. 1t
is possible that upwards of 2,00Q,-
600 may find employment in those
directions.
1t was revealed today that since
! inception of the CWA the White
House has received several hundreds
of letters daily protesting that To-
cal government were using CWA
funds to build up local political ma
chimes.
Administrator Harry Hopkins has
received upwards of thousand
protests daily.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
ELLIOTT RAPS
CWA LEADERS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. "a. WR)-
Charges that an insurance racket -
was worked on truckmen employed
on CWA projects came to the fore
front in the investigation of local
CWA operations today.
Federal investigators, digging into
charges that graft and corruption
was practiced at the expense OF
workers and government funds, re-
vealed that 80 truckmen signed
blanket complaints, alleging they
were forced to take out insurance
before they could get work orders.
A mass of purported evidence was
presented government agents by
John B. Elliott, Democratic leader,
whose special investigation commit
tee first charged illegalities in CWA
operations. Elliott simultaneously
denounced Edward Macauley, state
CWA administrator Of San Francis
CO, and Harry w. Hopkins, national
administrator, for "glory grabbing y
in connection with the present gov
ernment investigation.
"Macauley knew nothing and re-
fused to take notice of the evidence
offered him until the committee
showed it under his nose,' Elliott
said. Neither he nor Hopkins likes
it but the department of justice is
now on the Job. -
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24

In statement issued this morn
ing concerning the action of the ir-
rigation district board taken yes
terday in asking for the resigna-
ton of certain Imperial Irrigation
District officials, Evan T. Hewes,
president of the board said:
GAS far as F.. H., Mclver is con-
cerned, this movement on the part
of the board is just carrying out our
idea of making the treasurer IS office
independent of any influence of be-
ing under the direct obligation to
the directors, and it is our hope in
giving this a fair trial of inSplr-
ing confidence of all taxpayers and
landowners in the advantages of the
treasurer being directly responsible
to the electors at large and no one
else''.
"I Think, Hewes stated further
"that when this is given a fair
trial it will prove to such an ad-
vantage that the next legislature
will see fit to establish in reality a
thing we are doing in theory, by
setting the salary of the treasurer
and thereby make him an absolute
ly free and independent official OF
everyone but the electors.
"The other changes are merely
a part of changes in organization
that the majority of the board fee
necessary for the further carrying
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
'TARzAN' AND
MATE SPLIT

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. "a. U.P) =
Lupe Velez, fiery Mexican film ac-
tress, announced today she and
Johnny Weissmuller have separated.
Romance ended after repeated
clashes of temperament dating al
most from the day they were mar
ried secretly at Las Vegas, New, last
Oct. 8, she said.
Il guess it's Hollywood" she said
fiercely I'VE fought all the time,
Johnny and I. 1 don't blame him.
It's $3.50"
Her announcement burst like a
bombshell in thief lin colony. Their
marriage climaXed romance of
more than year. They slipped
away to Las Vegas and were mar
ried but the ceremony was bottled
up tightly for several weeks before
it was made public. All that was
known in the interim was that they
had obtained license to marry.
Weissmuller, ne-time Olympic
swimming champion, had nothing
to say.
1IlC dl LetIl PlCPolCu W
pack up his personal belongings and
leave their palatial Beverly Hills
home later today.
Lupe indicated there was little
hope of a reconciliation.
Il don't think we go back she
said.
Unlike their early romance, their
domestic life had been blanketed
from the public eye. No reports OF
squabbles were banded about.
Conversely, their romance was an
open secret that neither made an
attempt to conceal. They were con-
Stantly together. at prizefights,
dances and other public affairs.
Their marriage came long after it
had been expected.
The marriage was Lupes first.
WeiSsmuller's first wife was Bobbie
Arnst, musical comedy actress. They
were divorced in 1882 but the final
decree did not become effective un-
til the day before he-and the Mex
ican actress motored to Las Vegas
to be married.
Before her romance with the
swimming star, Miss Velez was re-
rorted engaged to Gary Cooper.
Cooper only recently was married to
Sandra Shaw
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
K|DNAPER Of
.bREMER bOTCH
RELEASE PLAN
Follow Wrong Automobile Ac-
cording To Reports Of St..
Paul Businessman.
BY WILLIAM E. HALLBERG
United Press Staff Correspondent


ST. PAUL. Jan. 24-An attempt
ed delivery of 100000 ransom for
the release of Edward Bremen, 36,
kidnapped banker, was believed to
have failed today when two auto
mobiles containing members of the
abduction gang followed the wrong
automobile.
The kidnapers were believed to
have been in two automobiles which
bottled up the machine driven by
Harry Bachman, st. Paul business
man, near Hinckley, Mimi, last
night.
Bachman's automobile was trap
ped last night between two large
sedans on state highway No. l, near
where ransom of 100000 was paid
to the kidnapers of William Hamm,
Jr., several months ago.
The two mysteriously acting au-
tomobiles were jockeyed back and
forth alongside Bachman's car. The
latter was mystified by these atten-
tions. After Is minutes of such
maneuvering, one of the sedans
edged Bachman toward the side of
the road and several shots were
fired into the air.
While Bachman remained at the
wheel of his car, the two automo-
bile loads of men surveyed his care
fully and then apparently satisfied
that he was not the person they
sought turned about and drove back
toward st. Paul.
Bachman said that y saw q
bundled object in the back seat oi
one of the automobiles. 1t resemb-
ed bundle of blankets, he said.
Bachman drove on to Duluth and
then notified federal authorities and
st. Paul police. Investigators were
sent to the northern city to inter-
view Bachman.
Police believed that the kidnap-
pers probably followed Bachman all
the way from st. Paul in the be-
lief that he was representative OF
the Bremen family, designated to
deliver the ransom. Bachman owns
a large automobile similar to Bre-
mer'S car.
Activities at the Bremen family
mansion during the day indicated
that young Bremer'S safe release
was expected hourly.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
ASK DISTRICT GROUP To RESIGN
McIver, Roberts, Williams And Wells Re.
quested To Relinquish Positions

on of program which will be made
public shortly, Hewes added.
The above is in reference to a
request made at the close of yeSter-
days board meeting that F.. H. Nc
liver, secretary, d. B. Roberts, as
sistant to Charles L. ChilderS, dis
(trict counsel. of Arthur Williams,
superintendent of the Calipatria di-
| vision and of George T. Wells, clerk
at the Imperial office of the dis
! trict, hand in their designations to
the board. The first two were
asked to do this by February /,
! while M. j. Dowd, chief engineer,
was instructed to obtain the resig-
nation of Williams and Wells.
President Hewes stated today
that member of the bondholders
protective committee informed him
today that the committee is not
greatly interested in any change of
! personnel on the district board or
within the district organization, but
that any disruption, such as at
tempts at recall, would have an ad-
verse effect on the refunding plan
in which the district is at present
interested.
The statement was also made
that controversy over who is tc
build the All-American canal, has
had tendency to slow up the in
clusion of additional bonds in til
refunding plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24

expenditure is adopted even though
it may be arbitrary in character"
The committee recommended
$14,000,000 for domestic airmail con-
tracts, $7,000,0O0 for foreign airmail
contracts and $37,50O,000 for ocean
mail contracts. 1t is estimated that
of these funds total of $40 ,250,000
is actual subsidies.
The total appropriation for both
departments compared with $827,-
377, ,109 for the present fiscal year.
Customs Sliced
In the treasury section of the bill,
$18, 100000 was recommended for the
customs service, $1,500,000 less than
for the present fiscal year, the re-
duction being based in part on the
prohibition repeal situation.
The committee, discussing the
post office department appropria-
tions, said the estimated gross def
! cit in 1885 would be $86,O00,00O on
the basis of the bill if the three cent
postage rate is continued as plan
ned.
IF that rate should not be con-
tinued there would be an estimat-
ed loss of approximately 100000, 600
in revenue and a consequent in
crease in the deficit to that ex-
| tent" the committee report said.
The prohibition against any pay
ments to the Seatrain Co., under
the merchant marine act mail con-
tract is continued in the bill.
! No funds for new construction are
provided for in the bill except in
the case of public buildings for the
completion of payments under con-
tracts already underway.
The committee estimated thai
PWA allotments to the two depart
ments totalled $83, 3,515,329 for pub
| lie buildings, coast guard and the
public health service.
THE expenditure for these funds
is estimated to produce in excess OF
1872 100000 man hours of employ
ment," the committee said.
Discussing the permanent recur-
ring annual appropriations for the
treasury, the committee said "The
amount for the treasury for the fis-
cal year 1894 as stated in the bud
get is 81 ,278, ,731, 1873. The correspond
ing amount for the fiscal year 1873;
is estimated at S1,363, ,494,072, a ne
increase of $84,762, ,934."
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
VALLEE CASE
MEETS DELAY

LOS ANGELES, Jan. "a. UP) -
Fay Webb Vallee must wait at least
a week to plead her petition for
S745O monthly alimony from Rudy
Vallee, according to a ruling today
of Superior Judge Dudley S. VAL
entine.
Attorneys for both Vallee and his
estranged wife successfully sought a
one weeks pcstponement Of the ali
mony hearing when they informed
the jurist that other actions pend
ing in New York needed adjustment
before the alinNny action could
proceed.
The attorneys filed an agreement
whereby restraining order issued
at the time Mrs. Vallee filed a sep
arate maintenance action was modi-
fled SO that the Fox Film corpora
tion could pay the $500 weekly sal
ary due Alice Faye, singer and act
resS.
Miss Faye, who appeared in a
film recently with Vallee was named
in the separation action and charg-
ed with misconduct with Vallee.
Mrs. Vallee had tied up the salar-
les of both Miss Faye and Vallee
PENDING hearing on the alimony Pc
tition.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
LONG IS GIVEN
SOUND LICKING
'Kingfish' Defeated In Yester-
days Election At New Orleans
But Plans Fight.
BY I. 1. FEMRITE
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press stair Correspondent
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. "a. - Sen
ator Huey P. Long. loser in local
election which robbed him of his
last stronghold, fought today to
stave off a complete disintegration
of his once all-powerful political
machine.
While his enemies gathered from
the south parishes to celebrate his
first defeat since he rose to power,
new returns from yesterdays mum
icipal election gave an increasing
plurality to Mayor T. Semmes
Walmsley, running for reelection
Longs candidate, John D. Klorer,
was running a close race for Sec
ond place.
Longs entire political future was
at stake on the results, and seclud-
ed in his guarded hotel suite he
loosened charges of wholesale fraud
at the polls against his rivals and
said his candidate would insist up
on a run-off election provided COM
plete returns did not give Walmsley
a majority and Klorer ran second.
A run-off is required by law where
the leading candidate does not have
a majority, but heretofore, the sec
ond candidate always has with
drawn, making a run-off unneces-
sary.
Returns from 1853 of the city's 262
precincts, showed that WalmSley s
total was 26,781, Klorer's 1884.
Francis Williams, third candidate,
received 14,430.
Long s control over the country
parishes which originally were his
stronghold, has evaporated and OBJ
servers believe that should he lose
out in New Orleans, which casts
one third of the state IS total vote,
he would be quickly reduced to po-
litical impotency.
Long charged that 10000 Illegally
registered voters had stamped bal
lots and declared that if they had
not voted his candidate would have
won.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
[NSULL MUST
LEAVE GREECE

ATHENS, Jan. "a. W.P) - The
Greek state council today upheld
the government S decision refusing
to grant Samuel insult, fugitive Chi
cago utilities magnate further asy-
lum in Greece.
The one-time millionaire, who
twice won legal victories emitting
him to remain in Greece over the
insistence of United States author
tiles upon his extradition to Amer
lea to stand trial on charges of
fraud, must leave Greece before
February 1.
He intends to depart by airplane,
it was understood, without an
nouncing his destination. Legal ex-
perts believe there is no other coun-
try to which he can flee without
encountering new extradition pro-
ceedings.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
OFFICIAL BURNER Of PAPERS
N|ANTED To HELP UNCLE SAW

cribes the committees duties in SO
many words.
That causes winks. jests and
smokers. Disconcerting, but Con-
gresham Green could take it, and
did, for years. He was brave man
Floor Leader Byrns is beginning to
despair of finding his equal.
The ex-destroyer Of documents,
who wears a black Windsor tie and
used to be a school teacher. quit be-
cause he has been appointed chair
man of the house territories COM
mittee. He wired from Starke, where
he has a cold, that he couldn't very
we'll be chairman of two commit
tees and so he'd have to pass up the
waste paper thing.
"And now it begins to look as
though we'll have to leave his old
post vacant" lamented Byrnes. Il
understand everybody to whom it
has been offered, has turned it
down.
Seeking For Hero
If some hero in the house doesn't
make the sacrifice soon, there won't
be much room left in Washington
for congress because Of the papers
piling up. No department of the
government may destroy any of its
old papers without permission of
the committee. Where there is no
committee, there are no bonfires,
and piles~of useless executive pa
pers grow taller.
1t has been long time now since
any useless papers have been des-
troyed. The situation already is get
ting serious-and no one knows
when the committee will begin tC
function again. Congress may even
have to pass a law.
The committee operates, when 1t
does, like this: The post office de-
partment, say, has some useless air.
mail contracts it wants to burn. 1t
calls the committee. The committee
puts on its hat and goes down to
the post office department, looks
over the papers, and decides which
should be saved, and which should
be destroyed. Then the post-office
department obeys instructions and
the committee returns to its office
in 20-cent cab.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24

S. S. JACOB RUPERT, BAY OF
WHALES, Antarctica, Jan. "a. (Via
Mackay Radio)-W.P)-Driven from
her berth along the low shelf of
bay ice in the Bay of Whales by a
strong wind from the southeast, the
flagship of the second Byrd Ant
arctic expedition cruised yesterday
within the high barrier walls OF the
bay waiting for weather to abate.
Twenty men were marooned
ashore, three in the old winter
camp at Little America, and the
rest distributed among an empty
supplies cache, four and a half
miles south of the edge of the bay
ice and unloading station at the ice
edge.
The wind which drove this ship
from its berth, sprang up while
unloading was in full swing. Num-
ber one hold, holding the bulk of
the food and clothing required for
the winter party had just been
emptied and a switch hoist had be-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
ARMY AVIATOR
DIES IN CRASH

RIVERSIDE, Jan. "a. U.P - An
army board of inquiry today sought
the cause of plane accident in
which Lieut.. John P. Donlin, %, of
San Francisco was killed.
Donlin crashed to his death in a
field near here while plotting a
combat plane. He was on a solitary
flight when farmers saw the ship
go into a spin and crash to earth
several miles away. An ambulance
crew from Riverside field found the
body in the wreckage.
Donlin has been attached to
March field since receiving an army
pilot IS commission at Kelly field,
Texas, last June. Funeral arrange
mentS were incomplete pending word
from the victim S mother who lives
at 55 Morse ST., San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
BY GEORGE f. HALMER
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, Jan. "a. - Cali
fornia's state highway system will,
in the neor future, be extended to
Include practically every road in the
state, in the opinion of certain ex-
perienced officials who see in the
change a reduction of county taxes
and a more logical manner of hand
ling road maintenance throughout
the state.
At present, of the 10000 miles of
highway in California approximate
ly 10000 miles are included in the
state system and handled by the de-
partment of public works. The re-
manning $4,000 miles consist mainly
of county roads.
Under the present system, state
highways are maintained by money
derived from the three-cent gasoline
tax. The state received 1& cents a
gallon, the counties l cent, and ci-
ties 4 cent. In addition, county
taxes are levied to increase funds
available for county roads, mainten
ance of which is directed by boards
of supervisors.
Highway experts believe the state
could take care of all roads if it
received 2la cents a gallon. The re-
manning Il cent could go to the ci-
ties, thus doubling the amount now
received. Residents of the state
would be relieved of county road
tax.
The state highway department
inherited" some $500 miles OF
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
PLAN FURTHER EXTENSION Of
! CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY SYSTEM

county roads last year. when the
legislature increased the highway
system from 1850 to 14,l50 miles.
Senator R. G. Ingels, Mendocino, at
tempted to push through bill pro-
viding for the highway department
to take over all roads in the state,
but opposition from highway ex-
perts and county supervisors was so
strong the bill died.
See Another Bill
Since then, however, many of
those who opposed the plan have
begun to look on it favorably, and
they predict similar bill will be
passed by the 1885 legislature.
One reason for their changed at
titude was the smoothneSs with
which the state system doubled its
mileage. Although the cost of main
tenance was increased quite heavily
executive costs advanced only $780,
000 Organization of the highway
department permitted ready eX-
tension of work. In some cases, the
additional roads were handled by
one-fourth the number of men re-
quired under the county system.
Another argument in favor of a
unified all-state system is the fact
that 10 per cent of the state high
ways carry 10 per cent of the total
traffic. The additional $500 miles
gave the state 20 per cent of the
total mileage, and it was estimated
the 20 per cent carried 80 per cent
of the traffic.
San Francisco would be the only
county unaffected by the proposed
change. 1t has only 2.12 miles OF
highway outside the city proper,
and this was absorbed by the state
highway system last wear.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-24
BUDGET EST|MAT TES S[ASHEO
IN FOURTH SUPPLY MEASURE
Appropriations For Post Office And Treas
ury Departments Reduced By Appropria-
tions Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a. (U.P) -
The treasury office supply bill,
appropriating $820,693,270 for the
two departments and including con-
tinued funds for ocean and airmail
subsidies, was reported out to the
house today,
The measure, the fourth supply
bill TO reach the house, carried for
maintenance and operation of the
treasury department $149, ,842 $3.50, a
decrease of $685. ,539 from budget es-
Inmates. The amount recommended
for the post office department was
$780, 0,850,940, or $5,998,300 under
budget estimates.
The total of permanent appropri-
ationS for the treasury was 81 $685.
494,O72, that is funds repeated from
year to year, for such purposes as
payment of interest on the public
debt, and sinking fund require
ments. 1t was estimated that inter-
est on the public debt in the next
fiscal year would be 1924 ,349 900, an
increase of S99 ,349, 900. In addition
the sinking fund cost was estimated
at S525 ,738,850, an increase of $685.
O8O,629.
Permanent appropriations are au-
tomato and not carried in the ap-
preparation bill.
Appropriations for continued air
mail and ocean mail contracts were
based, the appropriations sub-com-
mittee in charge of the bill report
ed. on the fact ''the committee has
no means of knowing what the right
sum to appropriate may be and un-
til the results of Investigations leao
to a sound conclusion the position
of standing on the present rate o1