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Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
Macon May Travel
Across Valley

Residents of Ell Centre and other
parts of the valley will probably
have an opportunity to get a
glimpse of the Macon, Uncle Sans
newest and biggest navy dirigible
in the near future.
The Macon is now with the fleet
holding maneuvers in the Pacific
off the coast of Mexico. Lieutenant
F. N. Kivette, one of the Macon av-
iators, who was here last week, stat
ed that present plans call for the
Macon to return to the United
States and travel overland to Miami
Florida, following the southern
route taken previously by the Graf
Zeppelin and the Akron.
Lieutenant Kivette and three
other officers were assigned to fly
four of the Macon's planes overland
to Miami so they would be there
when the Macon arrived. 1t was in
Dictated that the Macon might start
her trip the latter part of this week
or the first of next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
CASTS DOUBT
On LEGALITY
Of PROGRAM
Serves Notice Directors Will Be
Responsible If Money Illegal
ly Used.
ASKS FOR CONTRACT COPY
Rose And Aten Willing To Fur
nish 1t But Matter Not Def
initely Settled.

Protest against the plan of the
Imperial Irrigation District for con-
struction of diesel engine power
plant at Imperial was filed with the
board of directors today in a letter
received by Evan T. Hewes, presi-
dent of the board, from A. B. West,
president of the Southern Sierras
Power company.
West protested that no copy of
the contract for the plant has as yet
been available to the landowners or
taxpayers and stated that he has
been advised "it is probably illegal
in several respects"
Following is copy of the letters
contents.
1--WE have been informed that the
Imperial Irrigation district by q
vote of it's board of directors, has
entered into or is about to enter in
to a contract for the installation OF
O Diesel engine power plant for tie
purpose of serving electric energy
to a portion of said district.
1.-The secrecy surrounding the ne
gotiation of this contract. the haste
with which it was prepared, the
failure to call for public bids, and
the fact that no copy Of the COIL
tract has thus far been available
to the landowners or taxpayers OF
tie district, preciudes at this time
a knowledge of its contents or pur-
port. but we are advised that it is
probably illegal in several respects.
1.-The undersigned, as a property
owner and taxpayer in said district
deems it proper to notify you, and
does hereby notify you, that if any
funds of the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict are illegally paid out pursuant
to such contract, or otherwise, each
member of said board of directors
voting for such contract or for such
illegal or unauthorized expenditure,
as we'll as each officer participating
in the disbursement Of such funds,
will be held individually and sew
orally liable in damages to the full
extent of such expenditures"
THE SOUTHERN SIERRAS
POWER COMPANY,
(SigneO by A. B. WEST,
President.
With this letter was another from
Joe E. King, Ell Centre district
manager of the Southern Sierras
company asking for certified copy
of the contract.
When these letters were read,
Mark Rose stated that he saw no
reason why such a copy should be
delivered while Ira Aten was of the
opinion that copy should be made
available No further discussion of
the question was entered into i'm
mediately by the board, as resolu-
ton from the Brawley chamber of
commerce was read asking that the
intended power plan be erected in
that city and the board was listen
ing to arguments on that proposal
at press time.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
WILL ENFORCE
HIGHWAY LAW

Sheriff George Campbell an
nounces that the recently adopted
county ordinance which makes it
unlawful to obstruct public high
way or to interfere with any per-
son travelling upon any highway in
the county, will be rigidly enforced.
The sheriff stated that he has is
sued orders to all his deputies to see
to it ha the terms of this county
statute are fulfilled to the letter.
The sheriff said hat he has is
sued these orders for the protection
of local workers, particularly those
engaged in harvesting the county's
crops, and will take every means
possible to prevent any interference
with these workers by other per-
sons.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
BY RONALD G. VAN TINE
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEGROES HELD
FOR ASSAULT
CONTINUED On Page 81

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
April II. (U.P)Five Negroes arrested
following a brutal attack on a pref
ty Colorado college coed and Ter es-
cort were held in the state peni-
Tertiary today after a crowd had
threatened to storm the less secure
county Jail.
Victims of terrific beating adj
ministered by two Negro assailants
22-year-old Georgia Lindley, Colo
RADIO college senior, and James
O'Brien, 10, sophomore, repeatedly
identified one of the men held Fo-
lice said that the one they claimed
to recognize was George Williams,
81. He was among the first arrest
ed.
Shortly after the suspects had
been transferred, crowd surround
ed the county Jail, muttering threats
of tearing down the structure and
breaking into it to wreak vengeance
upon Williams.
The crowd dispersed when a
committee was taken through the
Jail and shown that the five sus-
poets actually lad been taken to
the penitentiary.
Those held in connection with
the crime, in addition to Williams,
were Willie Williams, Simeon Boyd,
Jim Lambert and William Drew.
Thomas I. Purcell, deputy district
attorney, who announced the
couples Identification of Williams
said at the same time that one of
the other four had been partially
identified
Police Chief Hugh Harper of
Colorado Springs told tie Colorado
college student body that "the state
will ask life Imprisonment for the
guilty parties"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
To
VISIT VALLEY
WEDNESDAY

In a telephone message from
Phoenix late yesterday afternoon,
General Pelham. D. Glassford told
B. M. Graham, chairman of the
board of county supervisors that he
would return to the valley tomor-
row and wished to meet Graham in
Brawley upon his arrival. No reason
was given by Glassford why he was
returning at this time, the message
stating merely that he would be in
the valley tomorrow.
GlasSford who had been appointed
labor conciliator for the valley by
federal authorities arrived here on
April and conducted Investigations
into conditions prevailing here for
eight days. Upon his departure last
week he stated that he might be re-
turning here some time later but in
tended to go to New Mexico where
he would prepare his report on the
results of his investigations to be
forwarded to Washington. 1t was
expected that this report was to
have been sent to Washington yes
terday and that its findings would
be made public probably some time
this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
PEA PICKERS
OF SALINAS
AREA STRIKE

SALINAS, Calf, April II. (U.P)--
Labor troubles developed today
among pea pickers in the Pajaro
and Salinas valleys, where officials
of the Cannery and Agricultural
Workers union called on 1000 work.
ers to strike.
The extent to which the pickers
obeyed the strike call was not de-
termined Immediately.
The union demanded new wage
scale of ~ cents pound or 35
cents an hour for the pickers. At
present the rate of payment is less
than one cent per pound.
Other demands included recogni-
ton of the union by growers and
shippers and abolition of the con-
tracing system in hiring labor.
Growers claimed that they had
not been notified of the strike &C
ton. Sheriff Carl Abbott reported
that no disturbances had occurred
in early maneuvering.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
COCOANUT OIL
TAX CRUX OF
LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, April II. W.P)-
The $488, 100000 tax bill was sent to
conference between house and sem
ate today after administration lead
ers decided against any effort to re-
open the measure to eliminate the
controversial cocoanut oil tax.
President Roosevelt is opposed to
the oil tax as an unfriendly gesture
toward the Philippines.
While the conference, limited to
a choice between the tax as fixed
by the senate and the house, will
not be empowered to eliminate the
cocoanut oil levy, leaders hoped to
work out an adjustment that would
ease the situation.
The tax, amounting to an embar-
go tariff, is desired by domestic ag-
ricultural interests as a protective
measure.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17

Danger that the Broadway of
America which passes through I'M
perial Valley, following Highway u.
S. 80 which connects Phoenix, Ell
Centre and San Diego, may be re-
routed has been pointed out by Leo
Hetzel, a director of tie Broadway
of America association and of the
Ell Centre Chamber of Commerce.
Newspaper reports indicate that
there is a movement being made
to reroute this highway direct from
Phoenix to Blythe, leaving out I'M
perial Valley and San Diego.
A meeting was called at the Ell
Centre Chamber of Commerce build
ing at Q o'clock this afternoon to
protest any change in the present
routing of the Broadway of Amer
lea and to make arrangements for
attendance at the Broadway con-
vention, to be held in Dallas in
May One of the most vital issues
before the convention will be the
proposed rerouting of this highway
and a large delegation has been
urged from communities on the
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
TWO RAILROAD
OFFICERS SHOT

ELDON, Mo-, April II. WP)-TWo
railroad detectives were shot to
death today as they fought a pis-
toll duel at close quarters with three
Negroes.
The scene of the fight was the top
.of freight cars as Rock Island
train rolled along between Bland
and Eldon.
The detectives were j. w. Whit
ted and E. G. Shane. The Negroes
left the train before it reached here.
They had placed the body OF Whit
ted atop one of the cars where it
was found by Fred Kirck, Rock Is
land dispatcher.
Shane, who was wounded early IN
the fight, rolled from the train. His
body was found beside the tracks.
Police detained six itinerants
found on the train. All told the
same story and laid the blame for
the Sayings on three Negroes. Po-
lice throughout the Ozark region
were notified Immediately to watch
for the suspects.
The tramps said Shane and Whit
ted boarded the train as it left
Bland. They apparently had seen
the Negroes tossing merchandise
from one of the cars. The Negroes
saw the officers and started to flee
along the, top of the cars. Shane
and Whitfield followed as closely as
they could along the precarious cat
walk.
Then the firing started. Other
members of the train crew were
unaware of the fight, the sound OF
the shooting being drowned by the
roar of the train.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
ENGLAND FIRM ON WAR DEBT POLICY
Refuses Payments To United States Pend
ing Revision Or Cancellation

ceding two years. Nevertheless,
Britain has been making small
token" payments to Washington
to avoid being openly in default,
and it was generally assumed such
payment would be made this year,
outside of the budget.
The tall, dour chancellor, whose
ability and orthodoxy in finance
are universally respected, even if
his personality is not of the type
to, inspire warm public affection,
bid fair to become the most popular
man in England tonight when he
announced welcome relief mea-
sures affecting everybody.
The British income tax, heaviest
in the world, will be cut 212 per
cent to 22la per cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
N 'LEOD WILL
PRESS BILL

WASHINGTON, April II. U.H =
The Mcleod bill to pay depositors
in closed federal reserve member
banks was reviewed today by Pre-
sident Roosevelt and government
fiscal advisers, who oppose its en-
actment.
Despite objections Rep. Clarence
Mcleod, (RepD Michigan, an
nounced after the White House con-
ference that he was prepared to
press his measure.
Mr.. Roosevelt, it was understood,
favored putting aside the measure
at this session. Government finan-
cial experts advocated the same
course.
with A. Mitchell Palmer, his coun-
sci. He said he presented his argu-
ments. Mcleod would not comment
other than to say II think the Pre-
sident was very much interested. [
am still going ahead with the bill.
We asked for the conference and 1
feel, too, that it was very satisfac-
tory"
Jesse Jones, chairman of the RFC,
was outspoken in his opposition TO
the measure.
Il have said repeatedly" Jones
remarked, that I do not see how
the Mcleod bill would be justified.
"A great many of these assets are
not as popuarly supposed frozen,
they are lost.
I'VE are lending as freely as we
possibly can with the reasonable
hope of getting our money back so
far we have loaned approximately
$750,000,000 and these loans have
been made on the prospective future
values rather than present values
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
ADULTS URGED TO ATTEND SCOUT
CAMPOREE DURING. NEXT WEEK

R. j. Kliegel, president of the I'M
perial- Yuma council, Boy Scouts of
America, urges all who can to at
tend the annual camporee being
held in the Westmorland camp
grounds this weekend, Saturday
and Sunday, April 81 and %.
He stresses the Importance of
adult cooperation maintaining and
aiding the Scout movement since 1t
provides wholesome influence
against any sinister trends.
Those who cannot attend the en-
tire session are urged to pick out
that part which interests them most
and be present for that.
The camporee, which is designed
to give Scouts practical experience
in camping, opens at 9 a. m. Satur-
day and the morning will be de-
voted to checking in and setting up
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
BRAIN TRUST
RADICAL PLOT
HELD UNTRUE
Six Attendants At Famous Dim
ner Party Assert Doctor Mono
polized Conversation.
NEWS REPORTER TEsTIFIEs
Laurence Todd Adds His Denial
To Charge OF Indiana School
Superintendent.
NEWS REPORTER TESTIFIES

WASHINGTON, April IT. U.P) -
DR.. William A. Wirt's fellow guests
at Miss Alice BorroWs dinner party
today repudiated his sensational
story of Roosevelt brain trust red
plot
One by one, the six who dined
with the Gary, Ind, schoolmaster
one hot September night last fall,
denied they had said that:
l. I'VE have President Roosevelt
in midstream."
g. President Roosevelt was "the
Kerensky" of a revolution with "a
Stain to come.
Those two charges were the main
ones DR.. Writ flung at them when
he testified week ago today.
All the witnesses agreed that:
/. DR.. Writ monopolized the con-
versation by talking about his gold
theory.
2. His conversation bored them
and approached discourtesy.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
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O1DSl. NeNaurht Syndicate. Inc
TWO STRIKES
REPORTED IN
MIDDLE WEST

CLEVELAND, April IT. WP)-A
virtual tie-up of automobile and
truck traffic faced greater Cleve-
land today as 1000 members of the
Gasoline Station Operators union
walked out on strike.
Only stations operated by indie
pendent dealers were unaffected by
the walk-out, voted almost unani-
mously early today at mass meet
ing.
OMAHA, Neb, April II. U.P) =
Company spokesman and union
leaders today were optimistic that
the strike of street car conductors,
motormen and shop workers here
and at Council Bluffs would end
quickly
The strike was called yesterday
after attempts to conciliate wage
complaints and union recognition
failed. The company has not at
tempted to operate any cars, and
workers either walked to their Of
fices and factories or rode jitneys
operated by unemployed men.
Pickets continued at the car barns
but there was no disturbance.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17

camp. At 2:30 track and field events
will be featured and after supper,
the camp fire with patrol stunts
and songs will take place.
On Sunday, after the morning
routine, church services will be
held with Rev. S. L. Shiffler OF
Brawley in charge. This will be fol-
lowed by a craft period, prepara-
ton of dinner, after dinner will be
the inter- visitation period and the
day will end with general assem-
bly, at 2:30.
Those wishing to visit the camp
and have dinner there are INVITED to
do SO, but are notified that they
must bring their own dinner and
dishes as there are no extra accom-
odations. The Westmorland Sunday
school will serve coffee and water.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
WIDE SEARCH
FOR CONVICTS

CANON CITY, Colo, April II
U.PeRay Perry, Denver convict
who escaped yesterday from the
Colorado state penitentiary was cap
tured by three ranchers near Beav-
err Creek, % miles east of here to-
day.
Capture of Perry left only one of
the five men who attempted a
break, stabbing a guard, at liberty.
He was Claude Reeves, of Colorado
Springs.
CANON CITY, Colo, April II.
U.P)-Search for two convicts who
escaped from the state penitentiary
here was intensified today as prison
officials became convinced they
could not have Travelled far during
the night through Gordon of
guards stationed around the town.
! Raymond Perry and Claude
Reeves, both sentenced from Colo
RADIO cities for robbery, were at
large.
Marvin Green, Roy McVoy and
William Crosby, all sentenced for
robbery from Denver, were in soli-
tary confinement cells after having
received six lashes each for their
part in the escape plot.
Green and VcVoy were captured
after hand to hand encounter
with a prison guard and Canon City
residents, and Crosby was walking
back to the prison when guards ap-
pretended him. He said he could
not find an avenue of escape after
getting outside the walls.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
CHINESE BANDITS ACTIVE

HARDIN, MancEuria, April II.
U.P)-Bandits stripped rails from
the Chinese Eastern railroad near
Hwangtaohotzu, midday between
Hardin and Pogranichnaya, it was
learned here today. Traffic was
disturbed but no casualties were re-
ported. Meanwhile, 1t was an
nounced that a Manchuria- Japan
ese barracks was fired in the same
general vicinity. Cause of the blaze
was unknown, but bandits were sus-
pected.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
FOREIGN LOANS OPPOSED

TOXIC, April IT. NU.P)-The for
eign office informally indicated to-
day that it opposed loans for for
eign nations to China for the pur-
poses of building military aero
dromes. 1t was said, however, that
there was no objection to loans
from individual countries for COM
mercial and civil developments.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
By w. G. OUISENBERRY

United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, April 17.-Great Brit
ain adheres to her policy of re-
fusing to pay war debt to the
United States pending negotiations
for revision or cancellation, Neville
Chamberlain, chancellor of the
exchequer, revealed in presenting
the 1934-1935 budget to the House
of Commons today.
Despite a treasury surplus at
the end of the fiscal year on April
l of $160,567 $40 and prospective
surplus of revenue over expenses
in the current budget of $4,000, 440,
Chamberlain made no provision in
the budget for war debt payments
nor for reparations receipts.
He did the same thing in the pre-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
RED 0W. GUESTS REPUDIATE STORY OF Writ
Southern Sierras Protests District Power Project
County's Tax
Payments Large

To date the tax return for
the second installment Of state
and county taxes has reached
the largest percentage since
the boom days Of 1928, states
Mont J. Reid, county tax col
lector.
Taxes are coming in splen-
didly and Reid reminds tax
payers that at 5 p. m. April 20,
the second installment be-
comes delinquent and that
they will no longer be able to
take advantage of the 10 per
cent plan in redeeming delin-
quent taxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
.GARIBALDIS KIN DIES

COLOMBO, Ceylon, April IT
U.P)-Col. Menoti Garibaldi, Ital-
ian consul and grandson of Giu-
scope Garibaldi, the great Italian
revolutionary patriot, died suddenly
today. 1t was planned to hold an
inquest on his body.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
mkM!nL1L-..

SANTA MONICA, April 16.
(SpeciaD-Woman died at Sa-
vannah, Ca, age 1913. She had
smoked a pipe for 112 years,
while cigaret smokers figure
they are passing out daily at the
ripe old age of 80 and 40. I
think it's the fatigue from tap
ping 'em on the cigaret case
that wears EN- down SO early.
Saw a picture of the congress-
men in their march to meet the
President at the depot in Wash
ington. 1t was a bonus march,
for today they asked him for
one and a half billion more to
be spent by the government in
their respective districts, espe-
cially the ones where they come
up for reelection this fall.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
A|RMA|L PLAN
REPRESENTED
BY PRES|DENT
Suggests Congress Name Com
mission To Study Entire Prob
lem OF Aviation.

WASHINGTON, April II. U.P)-
E. l.. Cord, head of the Century
Airline company, sailed for Europe
at time when he was sought as a
witness before the senate airmail
investigating committee, it was
charged today.
The financier's name was brought
into the inquiry after Sen. Hugo L..
Black, (Dem) Alabama, chairman,
said he did not propose to investi-
gate the questioning of Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh by department of
Justice agent.
Cord, noted financier, was In a
position to profit by general cancel
lation of air mail contracts, Sena-
tor Austin charged. He was inter-
ested in a campaign to change con-
tract specifications to permit use
of single-motored planes, Austin
said.
The Century Airlines enlisted the
friendly cooperation" of Mark Re-
qua, Republican national commit
teeman from California, and close
friend of President Hoover, &C
cording to today's testimony.
Documents were introduced to
show that Requa told Century rep
resentatives in 1881 that he would
have Former Postmaster General
Walter F. Brown called on the car
pet in an effort to obtain an air.
mail contract for the line.
BY RONALD G. VAN TINE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today pointed g
way out of the troubled airmail
situation with a suggestion that
congress name a commission tC
study the entire aviation problem
CONTINUED On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
Baseball Scores
American League


At Clevelan/- R H E
st. Louis ........ 900 DOL 1902 6 l
Cleveland ........112 900 10x-5 z
Blaeholder, Newsom, McAfee and
CRUDE; Hildebrand, l.. Brown and
Pytlak.
At Philadelphia r H E
New York 100 O20 1915 8 0
Philadelphia 900 OLE 012-6 10 l
Gomez, Murray and Dickey; Cain
and Berry, Hays.
At Boston, r H f
Washington 400 010 600 01-6 9 2
Boston .... 900 004 01O OF 10 l
Whitehill, Russell, Crowder and
Berg; Rhodes, Pennock, Johnson
and Terrell.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-17
National League

National League
At New York r H E
Philadelphia 200 600 100-1 4 0
New York ..........130 002 00x-6 q
Elliott and Wilson; Hubbell and
Richards.
At Cincinnati r H E
Chicago ............-O0l 0O4 Olo-o IL l
Cincinnati .......0 600 900 GOO U
Warneke and Hartnett; 81 john
son and O'Farrell ...=
At Rrooklvn- r H E
Boston ............. O10 OH O03-7 IL 3
BROOKLYN .. .O43 010 00x--8 10 o
Brandt, Pickrel and Hogan; Nun
go and Lopez.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-28

Representatives of the city and the state highway department carly this afternoon finished a two- hour conference in the off1ce of Mayor Frank Hayes relative to the construction of the new East Mountain highway, which is to start on April 10th. The highway 6 to run from Hamilton avenue to the Waterbury-Pr Prospect town line. but the present property held by the city at the foot of the noun tain, measuring 50 feet in width, is the extreme drop of and one half per cent in the grade for the new road possibly endangers cer- tain water mains of the city of Waterbury.
 Langley Represents State
 At the conference were Execu- tive Secretary Thomas P. Kelly, Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor, City Engineer Robert A. Cairns and Assistant City Engineer Charles s. Root. The state was rep resented by Arthur H. Langley and an engineer, both attached to the highway department of Con- necticut.
 Following the conference it was announced that no definite decision on the layout near the junction of Haryers Ferry road had been reached. It is apparent that the state highway department will have to buy. some extra land from the city. The price will be fixed by Mir. Langley and submitted to the city. The maps and prohles, showing how near the grade will come to certain municipally-owned water mains, will be received in the city in a few days. If the grade shows a situation endangering the mains, the city will demand new plans.
 70 Days Given For Job
 The East Mountain road project, starting on April 10th. must be completed in 70 days The contract for the work has been let to the Lane Construction company or Meriden. Five houses must be