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Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
TRAGEDY TAKES
YOUNG MOTHER

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug.
II. UP)-Douglas Merrill, 8, today
wondered why his mother doesn't
come home.
She did come home last night
with his new sister, IL days old.
But white-coated men took her
away in a great white car with
wailing siren.
Shortly after her return from
the hospital yesterday Mrs. Clar-
ence L. Merrill, 81. lay down to
rest. Under the pillow was her
husbands AS caliber revolver.
Douglas went to kiss her. His
arm tried to squirm around her
neck. 1t slipped under the pillow.
His wiggling fingers closed over
the trigger.
A bullet crashed into his mo-
theirs body. She died after an en-
ergency operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17

The bakers claimed that the
picketers interfered with their
customers. The picketing came as
an effort to lower the price of
bread from eight to seven cents a
pound, and rolls from 20 to 18
cents per dozen.
About 80 pickets were arrested,
many of them sent to jail
Justice Hofstadter's decision said
in part
Il conceive it is clear in reason
and principle that picketing, un-
accompanied by violence, threats,
or intimidations, and having a
lawful purpose, should not be en-
Joined. The right of an individual
group to protest in a peaceable
manner against oppression or in
justice is one to be cherished, and
not prescribed. 1t is an essential
prerogative of free men. living in
democratic institutions"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
@WsLL-
F'Y'ROGERs
W 1says:
Will Rogers
Gypped Us
Again
HIGHWAY SIGN
FIGHT WAGED
BY LOCAL. MEN

Henry A. Harris of the English
Village Inn and Robert Hays, man.
ager of Ell Centro Chamber of
Commerce returned at an early
hour this morning from a one day
trip to Phoenix where they went to
investigate the highway route sign
situation existing there.
The Tourist and Convention Bu-
reau of Imperial Valley rented
several years ago the roof OF the
drug store at Seventh and Van
Buren, streets, Phoenix; the juno
ton of highway US so to Blythe
and US 80 to Yuma and Ell Centro.
Although the Imperial, Yuma and
Coachella valleys had secured ex-
elusive sign rights on the building,
and have maintained lighted di-
rectional sign there, the Blythe
highway group are endeavoring to
secure through other sources sign
rights on part of the property, and
have involved the matter by erect
ing a Neon sign on the side Of the
building where the Tourist and
Convention Bureau has maintained
a sign on the roof.
Harris and Hays journeyed to
Phoenix in an effort to adjust the
conflict without legal procedure.
"'There exists stated Hays, "a
well formulated tendency on the
part of our friends of US so, the
Blythe route, to take travel away
from US so at any cost and by any
means. They are erecting Neon
signs at many strategic points in
Arizona, California, and New Mex
ico in an endeavor to have the
motor traveller leave the Broadway
of America, and highway US 30,
and go via the Blythe route.
"We will have to combat this to
hold our travel,' Hays continued.
cit is a fight for what we have
and for what we want to hold.
This has long ceased to be gar
den party croquet affair, 1t looks
as if Yuma, Imperial Valley and
San Diego have got to put up a
united front against the efforts of
the more northerly communities to
take travel away from cur road.
We must do this through means of
folders, maps, publicity and high
way diversion signs erected at the
right places. 1t can be done, if our
people here are willing to bear the
brunt of the battle. and fight to-
gether to hold our highway traf-
fic and the business which we de-
yeloped.'
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
POOR CITIZEN GIVEN A BREAK
Court Upholds Right To Picket In Protest
Against High Prices

NEW YORK, Aug. IT. U.P)-The
right of consumers to picket in
protest against exorbitant prices Of
food had judicial support today.
The decision was handed down
by Supreme Court Justice Samuel
H. Hofstadter in denying an in
junction asked by four individual
bakers and the Speciality Bakery
Owners Association of America.
The bakers had asked that a
group of consumers organized as
the "174th Street Neighborhood
Organization be enjoined from
picketing their shops. The organ
ization started picketing six weeks
ago in an effort to reduce the
price of bread and rolls.
1t was the first time, it was be-
lieved, that the right of citizens to
picket in protest against such mat
ters as exorbitant food prices
was recognized In court.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
TEXTILE union WORKERS PLANNING WALK0UT
Injured Scouts In
GraUe Condition

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IT. U.P)-
Conditions of Edward Ketton and
Fred Lippert, 14-ycar-old Boy
Scouts who tumbled down noun
tain cliffs near the spot where
Vincent Slocomb, companion, fell
to his death into the murky waters
of Lake Tujunga, were reported
serious today.
Ketton, threatened by pneumo-
MIA and suffering a fractured skull
was regarded as in a critical con-
dition. His companion was being
treated for compound fracture
of the leg.
Slocomb's body was found float
ing in the waters impounded be-
hind a large dam in the Sierra
Madre range.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
Valley Pioneer
Dies On Coast

Word was received here this af-
ternoon of the death of James c..
Stuart, 81. well-known valley pio-
neer, in the McCabe district, who
passed away at noon today in San
Diego. Complete funeral arrange
ments have not been determined,
but the body will be brought back
here tomorrow for burial in Ever
green cemetery.
Stuart was taken i'll about two
months ago and went to San Di-
ego to recuperate, according to the
information received here. He came
to the valley in 1905 and first
farmed on land now within the
city limits of FL Centre. He was
in the grocery business for several
years and conducted the store and
post office at Mt. Signal.
He is survived by his wife, two
sons, Keith of this city and Maur-
ice of San Diego; a daughter, Mrs.
Lucille Luckey; and brother,
Holdam Stuart, both of Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
BOUNDARY COMMISSIONS AGENT
CONFERS WITH DISTRICT BOARD

ficiency of then operations by the
government ruling which makes it
necessary that all persons employ
ed on these projects must be OBJ
tanned through the national reem-
ployment service offices in the To-
cality where the work is being done.
In some instances, he was told,
this method did not work out so
satisfactorily, necessitating changes
of personnel when certain men
proved themselves either incapable
of handling the work given them
in the best manner or unable to
stand up under weather conditions.
Such changes entailed loss of time
and consequently loss of money, he
was told.
He gave the board members some
interesting details of the many
projects being carried on along the
Rio Grande between Nogales and
the Gulf of Mexico.
"We have had no complaints re-
garding the men sent from this
office to work on the American
canal job up to the present.
Glenn Edgar, assistant manager Of
the local national reemployment
service office said in commenting
on the above story.
"Our system in sending men to
work on this job is conducive to Sc
curing the best possible workmen
for the particular job he said.
"When Clifford Bong, superin-
tendent in charge of construction
for the Griffith company which is
now working on the canal near Pi-
lot Knob, wants men for this con-
struction work we followed set
routine in the matter.
"Should he need a driller. for
example, we send two or three, each
with letter from our office. Bong
then interviews each man and
chooses the one he feels is best
capable of doing the work he wants
done. In that way" Edgar said,
1.-The superintendent knows the
capabilities of his man before he
puts him to work and should none
of the first quota come up TO his
needs or that of the work, we have
plenty more to send.o
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
FIGHTS
FOR SUPPORT
BY FREDERICK c. OECHSNER
United Press Staff Correspondent

OU1tcN f'TGSS Std1I COTTobpDuuelt
Copyright, 1884, BY United Press)
BERLIN, Aug. 17.-Reichsfuehrer
Adolf Hitler, ready to appeal to
the nation to confirm him as its
absolute dictator, faced today a
fight against an economic situa-
ton which had become desperate.
Hitler will address the country
by radio from Hamburg at $3.50 p.
IN. tonight G1:30 a. m. PST. He
will ask that electorate in refer
endum Sunday vote him the COM
bined powers of President and
chancellor-a dictatorship more alb
solute than any in modern civil
ization.
AS he finished writing his speech
at his Bavarian mountain retreat,
DR.. Hjalmar Schacht, his acting
minister of economics, prepared
the opening moves in a fight to
save the nation from economic and
financial collapse.
Hitler, it was indicated author
itatively, will fight without COM
promise on the lines of strict &C.
onomy and preservation of the
monetary standard, trusting to a
wartime spirit of frugality and
fortitude in the country to back
him.
He will speak for about 90 min
utes, it was indicated-a speech
sufficiently long to fill perhaps
something more than dozen
newspaper columns.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17

DENVER, Colo, Aug. IT, U.P)-
Twenty-Five years of unfaltering
faith that some day he would find
the two baby daughters stolen from
him by a disgruntled nurse were
vindicated and Charles Plummer,
San Diego, Calf, businessman was
a happy man here today.
Plummer found his two "baby
daughters now grown to woman
hood and married, two days ago III
Lyman, Wyo.
They are Mrs. Dalton Spencer,
Evanston, Wyo., and Mrs John
Pluemel, Granger, Wyo, mother of
two boys and a girl.
In 1909 when Plummer and his
wife were on a business trip to
Texas, they left their two baby
girls Margaret and Florence in the
care of a maid in Salt Lake City,
Utah.
Returning from the trip they
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
C|TY'S BUDGET
ESTIMATE IS
GIVEN BOOST

Ell Centre IS estimated budget for
the fiscal year 1934-35 which is be-
ing worked out by the city council
was boosted somewhat last night
over the estimate presented at the
opening of the meeting by the ad-
dition of $4O,O25 for the water de-
partment which brings the total es-
innate to s267,523.15.
In commenting on this today,
Phil w. Knights, city engineer,
stated that the water department
budget was not computed in the
first draft of the city budget be-
cause that department is self-sus-
tanning. 1t was added last night,
however, in order to aid the board
to arrive at a complete picture of
city expenditures. In reality it
means no real excess in expendi-
lures for this year over the $780,
S68.15 as at first estimated because
of this fact that the department
is self-sustaining.
When the water department bud
get for 1933-34 is added to the es-
innate made for last year, bring
ing that total to s272,220.3l, the
present estimate is still lower than
last years budget by $4697.l6,
Knights said.
The council gave much atten-
ton to the tax rate which is to be
determined at Monday night IS
session. Although this matter was
discussed from every possible an
gle it was left still undetermined
with another meeting to be held
tonight before the Monday night
deadline when the rate must be
set.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
Tourist Trouel
SholUs Increase

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Aug. II.
kU.P)-Tourist travel to California
showed a marked increase this
year, in comparison with 1888 rec
ords, the state motor vehicle de-
partment revealed today.
During the first six months, A.
692 nonresident permits were is
sued. This exceeded the 1888 per-
mits by 5000. The visiting vehicles
carried 154,l28 passengers.
oregon, Arizona, Washington, IL
Iinois and New York led in the Or
der named. All states and many
foreign countries were represent
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
Will Prosecute
Hollywood Man

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IT. lU.P)-
Formal charges against ]. Clarke
Dean, Jr., Hollywood socialite and
former Chicago man, accused of
attacking Florence Horsley, 20
year-old film extra, were ordered
prepared today by Harry Hunt,
deputy district attorney.
Claiming that Dean lured her to
his apartment and assaulted her,
Miss Horsley was reluctant to pro-
Secute because of attendant pub
licity, Hunt said. After learning
that no complaint would be filed
against Dean unless she signed it.,
she agreed, Hunt said.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
PLENTY OF RELATIONS

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Aug.
H. U.P)--Mrs. Walter Burr is wife.
5ister-in-law and adopted daugh-
ter all at the same time TO her
husband
Dr. Walter Burr, former Unlver-
sity of Missouri professor and now
connected with the Federal Re-
employment Administration. was
married this week TO the sister Of
his divorced wife. The young wo-
man also was his adopted daugh-
ter.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
APPROVAL OF
STRIKE GIVEN
BY DELEGATES
Leaders Claim 100000 Will
Be Taken Off Jobs Within
Next Few Weeks
WILL TIE UP INDUSTRY
President May Be Asked To In
tervene In Order To Prevent
Complete Chaos

NEW YORK. Aug. II. U.P-
Leaders of the United Textile
Workers of America said today
that they hope to pull zoo, 1000 work.
ers away from jobs when the call
for a walkout is sounded, some time
before September /.
Resolutions providing for the
walkout of UTW members in the
silk and rayon and woolen and
worsted branches of the industry
lay on the chairman IS desk today
as the 31st annual convention be-
gan it's fifth session.
1t was believed they would be ac-
corded the same favorable recep-
ton given the resolution calling for
a nationwide strike in the cotton
textile branch yesterday. All but a
handful of the 900 delegates issued
a mandate to the executive coun-
Gil ordering the strike called for
September l, in protest against mill
owners refusalS to abide by the
collective bargaining provision of
the recovery act, and demanding
shorter hours and increased wages.
Officials indicated passage of the
pending resolution would bring
strike call strength we'll above the
100000 mark They estimated that
100000 to 100000 cotton workers
would strike and that 100000 or
more from the other branches of
the industry would obey the in
junction.
Date of the walkout. to be held
secret until mill owners are in
formed II hours before the strike.
was expected to be set for the last
week of August, perhaps August 20
or 30
NEW YORK. Aug. II. UP)-Only
Intervention by President Roosevelt
can avert a general strike in the
cotton textile industry, which would
affect some 100000 workers in the
north and south, union leaders said
today.
The strike was ordered yesterday
by the convention of the United
Textile Workers Of America as a
protest against the textile code and
the failure of the administration to
enforce the collective bargaining
provision of the National Recovery
act.
An effort to obtain reopening of
the textile code for revision before
the strike call goes into effect.
probably September 1. will be taken
direct to President Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON. Aug. II. WP)-
A general strike in the textile in
dustry. just voted in New York.
would come as blow to what has
been regarded by the NRA as its
model industry under the blue
eagle.
Textile plants have been operat-
ing at 25 per cent below code ca
pacity since the end of May. When
this order was approved, the union
threatened a strike but demands
were temporarily patched up. Re-
sentiment continued, however. Work
ers felt their pay should have been
increased in proportion as their
hours were reduced
1t generally was thought that the
textile industry was in no position
to grant a general wage increase
at this time A report by the NRA
made after the June strike threat
contained this conclusion.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
NeU Naval Ship
Enters Service

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. IT. U.P
Uncle Sans newest and most up
70 date heavy cruiser, the U. S. S.
Tuscaloosa, was commissioned to-
day at the navy yard.
The cruiser has a main battery
Of nine eight-inch guns and a sec
ondary battery of eight five-inch
and eight anti-aircraft guns. She
is $50 feet long and carries 807
officers and men. On recent
shake down" cruise she averaged
325 knots.
She was built at cost of sl0,-
500 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
TIGERS-YANKS SPLIT

NEW YORK, Aug. IL. U.P)-
Schoolboy Rowe, registering his
14th straight vicotry, hung a
three-hit shutout on the Yam
KEGS in the second game of
their double header with the
Tigers here today to win by
20. This gives Detroit an ev-
en- break on the day and the
odd game of the series.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
FAMILY SAYS
RANSOM WAS
NOT PAID OUT
Victim Freed On Toronto
Street With Eyes Hidden By
Adhesive Tape Bandages
ON TRAIL OF ABDUCTORS
Dominion Authorities Expect
To Make Arrests Within Next
Two Days

LONDON, Ont, Aug. II. U.P)-
John S. Labatt, wealthy brewer
and victim of Canadas first ma
jor kidnap case, returned to his
family today after release from the
hideout of his abductors who ap-
parently feared a huge dominion
police hunt was closing in on them
because of a woman's tip.
Labatt was a captive for almost
three days.
He was freed by his kidnapers
on st. Clair avenue. in Toronto, a
relative told the United Press.
Labatt was pushed from an au-
tomobile on the Toronto street and
left blindfolded, the relative said.
His eyes were bandaged with adj;
hesive tape, a system inaugurated
by American gangsters and used
in the kidnapping of John j. o.
Connell, Jr., in Albany last year.
An official of the Labatt brew
cry predicted capture of the abb
ductors within 48 hours.
A spokesman for the family and
police said the kidnapers-believed
to be a New York City or Detroit
gang-were frightened and that no
ransom was paid.
LONDON, Ont, Aug. II. U.H-
G0hn S. Labatt. wealthy victim OF
Canada IS first major kidnapping,
returned safely to his family before
dawn today and by sunrise the
dominion already had pressed his
full police strength into drive to
seize the abductors.
Ransom OF $150,O00 had been de-
manded but there were conflicting
statements as to whether it had
been paid.
A friend of Labatt at Sarnia,
Ont, said at least part OF the mon
ey had been handed over to the
kidnapers at Kitchener, Ont. A
statement by an authoritative
source close to the family here said
no ransom had been paid.
The same source said the wealthy
brewer's IS physical condition was
bad when he was released and al
lowed to go to the Royal York
hotel in Toronto
"John Labatt is back in Lon
don and is safe and uninjured but
in not very good health,'' an au-
thority, who has maintained a con-
slant watch at the Labatt family
residence, declared.
THE ransom money positively
was not paid" he said.
Evidence was received that AM
erican gangsters were involved in
the kidnapping during negotiations,
the family friend declared. A let
ter was received postmarked New
York City
United States racketeers along
the Michigan border had been sus-
pected in the abduction and search
by Royal Canadian Mounted Po-
lice, provincial police and detec-
tives centered in the south central
part of Ontario
ga break" in the hunt for the
kidnapers this afternoon was hint
cd by police officials who said that
"there are reasons why no more
can be said now.'
Police officials repeatedly were
indignant with the Labatt family
for certain promises allegedly made
to the kidnap gang. They were
prepared to demand all promises
be disregarded and all information
which might lead to the apprehen-
sion of the abductors be given to
police.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
Baseball Scores
American League

american League
At Washington r Fl E
Cleveland ..... .020 600 001 0-3 10 Q
Washington 1000 DOL O02 IA Ia 0
Hildebrand and Berg, Pytlak
Whitehill and Bolton.
Second game r H f
Cleveland 900 900 O00-0 3 3
Washington ...010 900 0Ox-1 4 0
Pearson and Ioytlak; Burke and
Bolton.
AT New York r H f
Detroit 900 900 000-0 8 l
New York 300 002 0Ox-5 6 Q
Sorrell, Hamlin and Hayworth;
Gomez and Dickey.
At Philadelphia r H f,
Chicago ..........0O2 001 221 0-8 13
philadelphia O20 100 221 1-9 13 Q
Earnshaw. Dietrich and Madjes-
XII, F. Hayes; Benton and Berry
At Boston R H f
st. Louis 200 900 000-0 2
Boston LOO 210 02x-6 10
Newsom and Hemsley; w. Fer
rell and R. Ferrell.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
National LedUue

Parmalee. Smith and Mancuso;
Lucas. French, Chagnon, Birkofer,
and Grace.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17

NeWsom and Hemsley; W. Fer
rell and r. Ferrell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-14

democratic nomination from the fifth congressional district for con- gressman and of Francis T. Ma loney of Meriden for the nomina- tion of my party as U. s. senator.
 Attorney Smith is loyal demo- crat, has an attractive personality and is most capable of performing his duties in the manner his con- stituents may demand. Congress- man Maloney has lived in the at- mosphere of national legislation for the past two years and is well qualified to assume the higher of- flee. He has been mayor of Meriden for several years and his triumph over strong opponent in the race for congressional honors shows the esteem in which he is held.
 T pledge my unbounded efforts in the furtherance of the candida cies of Mir Smith and Mir Maloney. I want the people of Naugatuck to understand my views on the mat ter.
 "It is my wish Naugatuck dem- ocrats will choose delegates favor able to MT Smith and MT Maloney. I urge united support from Naug- atuck for these men.
 And it is my prediction now that when the fall election returns have been counted, the democrats of Naugatuck will have victory margin of 100 votes. I also ven- ture to predict Attorney Smith will be.elected congressman in this dis trict by a 5000 vote margin"
 Warden Sheridans statement was issued in response to questions as to how he stood on the various candidates,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-14
Political Gossip

master General James A. Far. ley. Efforts are being made to have him attend the New Lon- don session. He will dedicate the Bridgeport post office on the 4th of September which is just prior to the opening of the state convention.
 Milford is split on who it will support for the nomina- tion of high sheriff of New Ha. ven county on the democratic ticket. The Rose and Gallag- her factions are at it again. One side is said to favor James F. O'Leary of this city while the other side is understood to be behind the candidacy of John Slavin, a native of Mill ford. The fight will be a hot one Thursday night at the caucuses.
 Clarence G. Willard of New Haven, right-hand man of State Chairman J. Henry Ror- aback, has been put on the de- fensiye in the Elm City. A group of republicans, headed by former Mayor Fully, has or- ganized to wreSt control of the party from the present machine and oust Willard from the state central com mittee, of which he is Secre- tary. The test will come at the 2. O. D. caucuses on the 2Sth. In order to oust Willard from the central committee the Tul- ly forces must gain control of the delegation to the state con- vention.
 In West Hartford the repub- 1icans narrowly averted a bit- ter fight. A contest was on to gain control of the delegates to the town convention, one faction being intent on naming Samuel K. Lavery the chair man of the town committee. The fight was started when Representative Frank J. Sparks announced that he WOul0 nOt DC a canuluate 1Or reelection as chairman. Now Iavery has decided not to seek the chairmanship. The demo- crats Of the same town nar- rowly escaped a fracas, also, when 1t was agreed that Miss Katherine T. Quinn will be re- elected to the state central committee. There was a mOve- ment on to oust her.
 That Representative Fran cis Hogan of TorringtOn, now a deputy motor vehicle com. missioner, will have the sena- torial nomina ton in the 3Oth district "hands down" is a foregone conclusion. The dis trict embraces Torrington, Litchficld, HarwintOn. Goshen and New Hartford. No other candidate is expected to ap. pear before the senatorial con- vention takes place.