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Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
IDENTIFY SALINAS SLAYING VICTIM
AS FORMER HOLTVILLE RESIDENT
Mrs Byron Stewart, Known Here AS Alva.
retta Henderson, Daughter Of Rancher
On East Side.

watch your step or something will
happen"
Police said Stewart was last seen
in Nevada City.
SALINAS, Cal, Aug. 7. W.P)-The
girl with the pink toenails," victim
of a roadside Staying mystery, was
identified definitely today as Mrs.
Byron Stewart, 26, white waitress
employed in chop suey place in
Salinas Chinatown.
With the Identification completed,
authorities began questioning Fill
pinos in search of her slayer, with
tire tracks in dusty ranch road
as the only direct clue.
They questioned c. A. Aquino,
Filipino labor contractor, who al
legedly once lived with the woman.
He admitted having attended a
prize fight with her Friday night
but claimed that he had not seen
her after that. After hours of
questioning, Aquino remained un-
shaken in his story, and no charge
has been filed against him.
Mrs. Stewart, also known as Al
varetta Castor and Mary Martain,
came to this section a month ago
from Imperial Valley, where her
husband is said to reside. She
brought with her a 15-month- old
infant who was in the care of
friends today.
Search was started for the wom-
ans husband, about whom little
is known here. simultaneously 1t
was revealed Mrs. Stewart had re-
ceived a threatening letter warn
ing her she had better look out"
A rancher found the woman's
body on the road near San Juan
Sunday morning. She had been
beaten, struck on both sides of
the head with a blunt instrument,
and thrown from an automobile.
Her neck was broken and her face
disfigured in rolling down a rocky
incline.
For hours the body lay uniden-
titled lin morgue at HolliSter.
Through dress she wore she was
tracted to Salinas, where a sales
woman recalled selling a similar
Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
DISTRICT AND COUNTY SEEKING
ARRANGEMENT ON LAND SALES

held by the district and the county.
In the event of contract sale,
the down payment shall not in any
case be less than 20 per cent of
the full purchase price and the
county shall receive all of said
30 per cent and the board OF
supervisors will accept said sum in
full for the interest of the county
in said property by virtue of said
delinquent taxes.
All of said agreements to be ap-
proved by the state controller and
the district attorney as provided by
law. This irrigation district is to
pay all expenses of quieting title
and collecting any balance due on
said contract of sale.
This agreement was read at
a meeting of the district board
this morning and was to be given
further consideration by the board
either at this afternoons session
or some early meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
GANDHI ILL

WARDHA, India, Aug. 7. UP
Mahatma M. K. Gandhi, despite an
attack of dysentery that has lett
him weak and with a high fever,
began a seven day fast today in
the interest of the caste of un-
touchables.
Gandhi took his last meal at 4
a. m. just at dawn, partaking of
goat IS milk, honey and fruit juice.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
Inuite Conference
On Milk Contract

City councils of El Centro, Braw-
ley, Holtville and Calipatria were
requested by the board of super
visors yesterday afternoon to ap-
point delegates to meet with the
board on August IA at 10 a. m, to
discuss the milk inspection con-
tract.
There appears to be a great deal
of misunderstanding in the differ
ent cities of the county relative to
this matter and it is hoped the
whole question can be satiSfactor-
lily settled at this conference, the
supervisors said.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
Underground War
Staged By Miners

LENS, France, Aug. 7. U.P)-
Two hundred Polish coal miners,
holding a group of French miners
as prisoners, were barricaded 1000
feet underground today, defying
authorities to oust them.
The miners have been under
ground since yesterday morning
1t was believed they were without
food or water.
The Poles acted in protest against
the discharge of fellow workers
during Communist demonstrations
here May &c.
Police were powerless to inter-
vene, as the shaft hoist had been
put out of commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07

SALINAS, Cal, Aug. 7. WH -
A supposedly jealous husband was
sought by police today in an ef-
fort to solve the mysterious MUIR
der of Mrs. Byron Stewart, 26,
waitress whose beaten body was
found in an isolated, rock-strewn
incline near San Juan.
Police learned that Stewart,
separated from his wife for some
time, had threatened her after
learning of her associations with
Filipinos.
A letter, purportedly written by
Stewart, warned Mrs. Stewart to
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
Infant Victim OF
Family Tragedy

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7. W.P-
Donald and Harry Sherlock, three
year-old twins, stood beside a crib
today fondly watching the antics of
their four weeks old sister, Carol.
The babe cooed and the twins
laughed with amusement. The
lads placed a wooden block and q
marble in the infants clenched,
chubby fist.
Instinctively, the child mouthed
the objects. Suddenly, she began
to gag. Frightened, the twins tod
died into the kitchen to tell their
month.
At hospital physicians stood
over little Carol nodding gravely.
She had choked to death.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
WaddeLPs Name
Stays On Ballot

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7. U.P)-
The name of James E. Waddell,
Oakland attorney, will remain on
the primary ballot in spite of ef-
forts to remove it launched by
Justis S. Wardell, Democratic CUB
ernatorial aspirant.
The state supreme court denied
Wardell's petition was filed after
the deadline, July %.
Wardell charged the Oakland
attorney with an attempt to con-
fuse voters through similarity in
names and pointed to Waddell's
withdrawal from the race recently.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
DESTROYS OF
SPEEDING lip
CANAL WORK
Agreeable To Asking Wash.
ington For Million Dollars To
Build Western End.
DOWD REPORTS TO BOARD
Engineer Says Federal Officials
In Sympathy With Efforts To
Hasten Job.

Reclamation service officials ex-
pressed themselves as being desir-
GUS of helping this country as
much as possible under present
conditions, M. j. Dowd, chief en-
gineer for the irrigation district
reported to the board at its meet
ing this morning. Dowd returned
from Denver last night where he
had been in conference with fed
eral reclamation service officials
relative to the opening up of con-
struction on the western end of the
All-American canal.
Dowd stated that he had found
the bureau willing to cooperate
with the district as much as pos
sible under present circumstances.
He had been sent by the board to
this conference in Denver which
was held over the weekend.
After much discussion of the
question with reclamation service
engineers, Dowd said it was agreed
to request authorization from
Washington to spend up to a mil
lion dollars in construction of liz
miles of the canal from where 1t
leaves the central main, north and
east of Calexico to the Westside
main.
The plans as formulated at the
Denver conference aim to use all
possible local labor and equipment
in moving about 100000 yards Of
earth and other necessary con-
struction operations along this
stretch of the canal in the west
ern part of the country.
District equipment is to be loaned
without charge to the reclamation
bureau, as a part of present plans.
On the excavation work it was,
thought that teams might be used
at first to see just how far the
work could be done in that man.
ner. 1t was suggested that possibly
the first three or four feet in
depth might be excavated with
teams then tractors and draglines
could be put into operation. Moth
ing definite was determined along
these lines, however, the matter of
construction methods being left
open until definite assurance is
received from federal officials in
Washington that the work is to
be done in the near immediate
future.
Many Details Unsettled
Dowd stated that there are still
many minor details of the plan to
be worked out and that it will
soon be submitted to the board and
if satisfactory to them they will
be asked to adopt a resolution
asking that the work be done on
the basis as outlined in the plan.
He stated further that it will
take from 60 to 90 days to get the
plans whipped into shape and ex-
plore every angle OF the outline
in detail. With this done the plan
will be submitted to Washington
for official approval.
In the meantime, however, Of
ficials here and in Yuma will be
instructed to clear up other detail
matters such as the determining
Of rights of ways making surveys
and others of similar nature so
that if the federal government
puts the stamp of its approval on
the work it can be started without
any further delay. Dowd added.
The construction of this liz
mile stretch is not confined merely
to excavation or dirt, Dowd said.
but will also include work con-
nected with highway crossings and
other construction of like nature.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
nM!uL1L-.e

ABOARD 8. S. EMPRESS
OF CANADA, Aug. 6. tSpeciaD
Get this calendar mess. Yester-
day was Sunday, we had services
on here and 1 sent daily wire.
Now at night they Informed us
tomorrow morning when you
get up it won't be Monday. 1t
will be Tuesday"
Now what I want to know is
did I miss Tuesdays papers or
is this one going in Tuesday, or
it is Wednesday? In fact, am
not right sure about the month.
Some man in a uniform could
come up and announce I'VE
are skipping August, and I
would believe him. I bet the
Republicans wish they could
have skipped a year ago the
fourth of last November.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
MACON AT SAN DIEGO

SUNNYVALE, Calf, Aug. 7. U.P)
The U. S. navy dirigible Macon
left her hangar here at $3.50 a. m.
today on a proposed two day cruise
to San Diego.
Lieut.. Commander Herbert V.
Wiley, in charge of the ship, an
nounced that the Macon would
moor for a short time at her eX-
peditionary mast at Camp Kear-
ney.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
RECLAMATION SERVICE WILLING TO AID VALLEY
Drought Conditions Bring Grave Crisis To Natio
Says Ditch Water
Should Be Boiled

Persons living in rural
areas, and depending upon
ditch water for their domestic
needs, were cautioned today
by DIR. Warren F. Fox, county
health officer, to continue
boiling such water before us
ing it.
although the rise in the
river has brought temporary
relief, it should not be taken
for granted that there is any
reason for easing up on pre-
cautiOnary measures, DIR.
Fox said. Ditch water
should be boiled at all times
before being used for drink
ing purposes, and certainly
no chances should be taken
with the first supply of water
tC come through the canals
after they have been empty
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07
OTTO TAKES TRIP

STEENOCKERZEEL, Belg u m
Aug. 7. U.P)-Archduke Otto of
Austria Hungary, pretender to the
Hapsburg throne, left his exile IS
castle today in Hungarian motor
car for an unknown destination.
An unidentified friend accompan-
led him. 1t was reported Otto
planned a month IS tour.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-07

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The Washington times., 1934-08-17
Parties Precede
NuptiaI Event

Mr.. Bowman Macarthur will
act as best man at the we'd
ding of his brother, Mr.. Doug
las Macarthur, I'd, and Miss
Laura Barley, daughter of
Senator and Mrs. Alben w.
Barley, of Kentucky, which
will take place Tuesday, at the
home of the bride-elect'S par
ents in Cleveland Avenue.
Miss Barley will be enter
tanned at a "spinSter" party this
evening at the home of Miss
Jean Peoples in Belmont Road,
when the hostess will be Miss
Mary Elizabeth Macarthur, sis
ter of the bridegroom-elect;
Mrs. Bowman Macarthur, Miss
Phyllis Hight, Mrs Edward
Devereux, Mrs. George R.
Mather and several OF h e r
friends.
Mr.. Macarthur will give his
bachelor dinner this evening at
the home of Mr.. Horace Peters,
when his guests will include,
Mr.. William Legg, Mr.. Louis
Mackall, Mr.. Horace Peters,
Mr.. Charles Mcclure, Mr.. John
Reyburn, Mr.. Bowman Mac
Arthur, Mr.. Maury Reyburn,
Mr.. William Osborne, Mr.. Ken
meth Murray, Mr.. David Bark
ley, brother of the bride-elect,
and Lieut.. George Mather.
The Washington times., 1934-08-17

lily, whose members included a
governor of Massachusetts and
several distinguished Members
of both Houses of Congress and
of the diplomatic service. Mr..
Corcoran is a nephew of the late
Miss Celestine EuStis and a
brother of the late Mrs. Thomas
Hitchcock, who did much to
stimulate interest in polo in this
country, and of the late Mr..
William Corcoran EustiS.
Through her mother, the for
mer Miss Rosamond Street, the
bride is a granddaughter Of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Street, of New York. She is
related to the Kearney, Morgan
and Pell families and is a great
niece of the late Mrs. Levi P.
Morton, whose husband was
Vice President of the United
States under President Benja-
min Harrison and later COVER
nor of New York. Their home
here on Rhode Island Avenue
is a landmark,
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
Pre- sident' s Wife
At Dinner Party

Sonora de Sacasa, wife of
the President of Nicaragua, was
the guest in whose honor DR..
and Mrs. Charles S. White
entertained at dinner last eve
ming in their country home
near Leesburg, Va. The other
guests included the Charge
d'Affaires of Nicaragua and
Sonora de De Bayle, and Mr..
and Mrs. Bolivar Lloyd.
Senorita Maria SacaSa and
Senior Don Roberto Sacasa,
daughter and son of the
President and Sonora de
Sacasa, were members of the
interesting dinner party given
at the Shoreham last evening.
Others present included Sc
nor Don Fernando Lanes, Sc
norita Chita Arguello, Nicara-
guam Consul at San Francisco;
Senorita Maria Tercero and
Senior Don Fernando Sacasa.
Jonkheer H. M. van der
Wyck, secretary of the Neither
lands Legation, has returned to
Holland because of the illness
of his father. He spent the
early part of the summer at
his home returning here only
month ago.
X x X
The Solicitor General of the
United States, Judge James
Crawford BiggS, will arrive in
New York this evening aboard
the S. S. President Roosevelt
from England, where he spent
the past several weeks.
Mrs. T. Kinsey Carpenter
entertained small company at
luncheon yesterday at the Carl
ton.
The Washington times., 1934-08-17

Brides Family Prominent
At Miss Corcoran'S wedding,
which took place very quietly
in the apartment of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. George Eustis Cor
coran, in Park Avenue, she had
only one attendant, her sister
in-law, Mrs. William Eustis Cor
coran, of Akron, who wore a
gown formed of two shades of
blue chiffon with hat to match
Her bouquet was of delphinium.
The bride, who is a great
granddaughter of the late phi
lanthropist w. w. Corcoran, who
founded and endowed the Lou
Use Home and the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art in this city, wore
a gown of ivory satin, very sim
ply fashioned. Her veil was Of
tuIle and she too carried valley
lilies.
On the Eustis side, the brides
father, who four years ago took
the name of his grandfather, is
descended from a Colonial fam
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
Simplicity Marks Two Of the Most
Important NuptiaI Events Of the
Season, as to the Arrangement
q 9"4 ee"'''%.

This month has been marked with extraordinary
Der important weddings, yng in fact with June which
has been called the bridal month"; for years past.
Two nupa of interest not only to Washington
but country at large solemnized Wednesday,
Miss Mary French and Mr.. Laurance Speman Rockefeller
wed Woodstock VT. and Miss Lucinda Euss Cor
coran and Dr. Edward Patterson Chd united in
riage in New York
It is interesting to note the simplicity which attended
these two Weddings for both brides belong to families Of
such wealth social position that the ceremonies could
have carried the most elaborate scale without
causing any comment.
Show publicity foreign to the John French fam
lily as the Rockefeller clan and it is easy to see why
this couple the placid Green Mountain town where
bride has grown up Summer RESIDENT TOR the plight
ing of their troth
AS consequence Of their CHOICE business practically
suspended their wedding day. that the townspeope
could gather the treeshadd street through which the
wedding party passed going to and from the church.
The lovely young bride wore her mothers wedding gown
of ivory satin with basque reaching to the neckne Vene
tan point lace formed the sleeves and appeared in panels
on the skirt Her lace and tulle VEIL swathed about her
hair in cap fashion, fell the end Of her traln and lilies
of the valley frnged with maiden hair fern formed her
bouquet. ~ -.
All of her attendants apricot chiffon frocks with
large picture hats of the becoming shade and their
bouquets were of African daisies and delphlnlum
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
Japanese Prince |:
II onor Guest

His Imperial Highness, Prince
Kaya, of Japan, was the guest
of honor at luncheon given
today at the Carlton by the
Acting Secretary of State, Mr..
william Phillips.
The guests included, the Sec
rotary of War, Mr.. George H.
Dern; Senator James P. Pope.
of Idaho; Representative Sol
Bloom, of New York; the
Charge d'Affaires of Japan, Mr..
Keinosuke Fujii; the former
Ambassador to Japan, Mr.. Will
liam R. Castle, jr.; the Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy, Col.
Henry L. Roosevelt; the Assist
ant Secretary of State, Mr.. R.
Walton Moore; the Special AS
sistant to the Secretary of State,
Mr.. James Clement Dunn; the
Commandant of the Sixteenth
Brigade, Brig. Gen. Perry L.
Miles; the Military Attache Of
the Japanese Embassy, Col.
Kenji MatSumoto; the Naval
Attache of the japanese EN-
bassy, Capt. Massashi Kabay-
ASH; the Aide to Prince Kaya,
Lieut.. Col. Sen-Ichi KushibuShi;
the physician to Prince Kaya,
Mai. Maimoru Kanbe; the Sec
rotary of the japanese Embassy,
Mr.. Takemi Miura; the chair
man of the American Red
Cross, Judge John Barton
Payne; the Chief of the Far
Eastern Affairs Division of the
Department of State, DR.. Stan
lev K. Hornbeck; the Command
ant of Fort Myer, Col. Kenyon
A. Joyce; Col. R. L. Collins, OF
the Adjutant Generals office,
War Department; the Assistant
Chief of the Protocol Division OF
the Department of State, Mr..
jefferson Patterson; Mr.. Eugene
H. Dooman, of the Far Eastern
Affairs Division of the Depart
ment of State; the Aide to
Prince Kaya, Lieut.. John Week
erling: and Lieut.. Arthur H:
McCollum, of the office OF Naval
Operations.
Princess Kaya lunched very
informally with Nine. Fulfil at
the Embassy today.
Tea at White House
This afternoon, the President
received the Prince and his
wife, who came to the Capital
last evening from New York,
where they arrived on Tuesday
aboard the Majestic, after a So
journ in Europe.
This evening, the Charge
d'Affaires of Japan and Nine.
Full will entertain at a bril-
liant dinner party at the EN-
bassy for their Imperial High
nesses and the members of
their retinue who are guests at
the Embassy, and who are being
entertained on an elaborate
scale during their stay in the
Capital.
Today, the distinguished viSi-
tors went to Mt. Vernon aboard
the Sequoia
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
Son Of Diplomat
Is Best Man

An outstanding event of to-
day in Boston was the marriage
of Miss Katherine Peabody
Gardner, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Peabody Gardner,
and Mr.. Parmely Webb Her
rick, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Parmely Webb Herrick, of Cleve-
land and New York, and grand
son of the late Myron T. Her
rick, governor of Ohio, and at
the time of his death. United
States Ambassador to France.
The ceremony took place at
noon in Trinity Church, Boston,
with the Rev. Arthur Lee Kin
solving officiating. A reception
followed at the home of the
brides parents.
Miss Gardner was attended by
her sister, Miss Isabella Gard
ner, as maid of honor, and her
bridesmaids were Miss Marian
Clark and Miss Nancy Shaw, Of
Prides Crossing, Mass; Miss
Mary Weld, of New York; Miss
Evelyn Thayer, of Lancaster,
Mass; Miss Susan Minturn, of
Beverly, Mass; and Miss PriS-
ella Saltonstau, of Topsfield,
Mass. Little Miss Rose Gard
ner was the flower girl.
The ushers were Mr.. Robert
Grant Sd, of Long Island; Mr..
Charles E. Cheever, and Mr..
George Peabody Gardner Sd, of
Boston; Mr.. Malcolm Stewart,
of Brookline, Mass; Mr.. James
Paul, of Philadelphia, and Mr..
Francis Richardson, of Dover,
Del.
Mr.. Warren Delano Robbins,
jr., son of the U. S. Minister to
Canada and Mrs. Warren De
lano Robbins, acted as best man
for Mr.. Herrick.
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
Mrs. Saperstein
In Capital

rotary of the Navy, Ernest
Lee Jahncke, of N ew Or
leans, has spent a large part
Of the Summer in the East,
and just now with Mrs.
Jahncke and their daughter,
Cora. he is the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. William H. Cornell
at Chestnut Hill, that por-
ton of Philadelphia given
over to the elite. A little
story told about Mr.. Jahncke
the other day was typical of
him, for as a host he is re-
nowned not only for the ele-
gance with which he sur
rounds his parties, but t h e
charming novelties he intro
duces. The story is, Mr..
Jahncke is given credit for
introducing miniature pianos
into parties-the kind you
can pull around from one
group to another, so that
each can have his favorite
tunes played. The occasion
for the introduction Of t h is
novelty was at a dinner given
by the former Assistant Sec
rotary for General John j.
Pershing, when the latter Wis
tied in New Orleans. The
idea, as we all know, has
since been adopted by night
clubs the country over.
The David sapersteins,
who hail from Newark but
are equally at home in New
York, were surrounded by
a merry group an afternoon
or two ago, in the cocktail
room of one of our leading
caravansaries. Mrs. Saper-
stein, who is exceedingly
pretty, and has a ready smile,
had motored down a day or
two before to join her hus-
band here, where his duties
with the Securities and Elk
change Commission keep him
busy; and she was bemoan-
ing the fact that her every
visit to the Capital is married
by rain. AS she was going
on to a dinner shortly there
after, she was attired in the
smartest of Summer evening
gowns formed of cerise or
CANDY fashioned in the pre-
vailing mode, with stitched
folds of cream color organdy
edging the neckline and short
ruffled sleeves.
X X
Frank Thyson, smartness
personified from his daringly
striped white flannels, to
his tie, which too typified
the fine taste of its owner,
was having just a "nip"
before going on to fright
fully early dinner party a
night or two ago.
Gen. Samuel Gardner Wal
Ter, Adjutant, General and
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
Envoy Returns

The Minister of Ecuador,
Senior Captain Colon Eloy Al
faro, has returned to Washing
ton and reopened his apartment
at the Mayflower. His son,
Senior Don Eloy Alfaro, jr., who
was here in the spring returned
with him and he together with
the Minister'S younger son, will
probably enter school here in
the Fall.
X \ 4
DR.. and Mrs. John R.
Cavanagh will entertain at din
ner at the Shoreham this eve
ning.A
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
Diplomat on Tour

The First Secretary of the
Spanish Embassy, Senior Don
Luis de Olivares, is spending
several days on Long Island Wis
iting friends. From there he
will go to Newport, R. l., for a
brief stay, then motor up the
New England ocast. He will re-
turn to the Capital in about a
fortnight.
X i
The Minister of Bolivia and
Sonora de Finot are at the
Waldorf-AStoria in New York
for a short stay.