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BY RONALD VAN TINE
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, June -. - The
agriculture committee voted l6 to
2 today to report favorably to the
senate the nomination OF ReXford
G.. Tugwell, to be undersecretary Of
agriculture.
Chairman Ellison D. Smith,
Dem) South Carolina, and Henry
D. Hatfield, CRep) West Virginia,
cast the only vote against the young
"brain-truster."
Committee action required about
a half hour. compared to the four
hours and % minutes devoted yes
terday to an examination of Tug
we'll. Supporting Tugwell were
Burton K. Wheeler, Montana;
George Magill, Kansas; John H.
Bankhead Alabama; William j.
Bulow, South Dakota; Hattie w.
Caraway, Arkansas; Homer I. Bone,
Louis Murphy, Iowa.
James P. Pipe, Idaho and Cara A.
Hatch, New Mexico, Democrats: and
George w. Norris, Nebraska; Ar
thur Capper, Kansas; Peter Nor
beck. South Dakota; Lynn j. Fra
zier, North Dakota, Bronson Cut
ting, New Mexico, and Charles l..
McNary, Oregon. Republicans; and
Henrick Shipstead, Farmer-Labor
Minnesota.
Sen Elmer Thomas, DEM OKLA
homa, was absent. McNary also
did not attend the committee meet
ing, but Capper cast his vote.
Committeeman said there was
little debate over the nomination.
The committee acted under in
structions from the senate TO re-
port the nomination, fayorably or
unfavorably, by noon today. Smith.
who opposed Tugwell had refused
to present the nomination 10 the
committee for consideration
Under parliamentary rules, the
nomination ordinarily would have
TO go over until tomorrow on the
senate calendar However, admin
istration leaders indicated they
might attempt 10 obtain unanimous
consent to consider the question:
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
French Increase
Output OF Wine

PARIS. June 12 U.P)-The wine
output for the first seven months
of the period 1933-34 shows an in
crease of 99701 900 liters over the
same period for 1928.
A liter is a fraction over a quart
The total amount of wine put into
circulation, as shown by circulation
tax figures in the journal Off
ciel,' from October 1 until the end
of April, was 2,791 ,390,400 in liters
For the same period in 1928, the
figure was 2,691 ,688,5OO liters.
Official figures likewise show that
wholesalers are dispoSing of their
wine reserves to the retail trade,
or directly to the consumer at a
normal rate
The amount of wine in the hands
of wholesalers at the end of March
was 1857 7520,100 liters. This amount
was reduced to 1925, ,484, 500 literS
at the end of April.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
TOWNSEND PLAN TO Be EXPLAINED
Old Age Pension Fund Program To Be Out
lined At Public Meeting Here.

The Townsend Old Age Revolv-
ing pension plan, which has aroused
much interest throughout all Cal
ifornia, will be explained in FL
Centre next Monday night at 8
o o'clock, by w. F. Hutton, organizer
for San Diego and Imperial coun-
ties, it was announced today by S.
C.. Buck, who has become interest
ed in the plan.
Arrangements have been made
to have the address which will be
given in city park, broadcast over
the radio and amplified by loud
speakers placed throughout the
park.
The Townsend plan, in brief
provides for payment of 5000
monthly to every person reaching
the age of co.. providing they have
not had habitual criminal records.
are engaged in no gainful occupa-
ton, and agree to spend the pen
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
Man Injured In
Auto Accident

j. F.. Wadhams, SIS, of Brawley,
suffered a compound fracture of
his left leg in an automobile acci-
dent which happened three miles
north of Imperial at $40 O'Clock
this morning.
According to the report made by
the state traffic officer who invest
igated the accident Wadhams was
operating a truck which was trav-
cling south on the right side of
the road near the pavement. Com
ing in the same direction was an
other truck driven by Jerry Coomes,
Los Angeles.
This latter truck, the report
states, ran into the left rear cor
ner of the first truck with force
enough to injure WadhamS. He
was taken to the county hospital.
The report states further that
Coomes told the officer he had
been asleep and didn't wake up in
time to miss hitting the other
truck.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
POLICE SEEK
AC|TATORS IN
COAST STRIKE

LOS ANGELES, June IL. U.P) -
Communist agitators were hunted
by police today as the asserted ring
leaders of a mob of 300 striking
longshoremen, seamen and sympa-
thizers who stormed the local po-
lice station late yesterday in pro-
test against police brutality"
Nearly rs officers we're employed
to quell the demonstration after the
first rank of the crowd forced its
way into the building and engaged
in hand-to-hand encounter with
defenders. No one was injured Sc
riously. Three were arrested.
Detectives said the disturbance
was melted by men and women
speakers at a radical" demonstra-
ton. Hearers were taunted to
storm the police station and
give the cops some of their own
police reported.
A few hours later George Kip
ley. 40. said to be former chief
of Chicago detectives, was severely
beaten by group of men after he
left the police station where he had
been visiting a friend. He was
taken to San Pedro general hospital
where he was treated for lacera-
tions and bruises and mouth inju
rieS.
Eight vessels cleared the harbor
Yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
GUARD [ASSEN
COUNTY JAIL
Feeling Runs High Against
Suspect Held In Staying Of
Five Persons.

SUSANVILLE, Calf, June IL.
U.P)-Scores of deputy sheriffs
guarded the Lassen county Jail
against threatened violence today
while authorities questioned Pete
AloSi, AS, SaWmill worker, in the
mass slayings of five persons.
Sheriff j. B. LeavitS was con-
fident there would be no attempt
to storm the Jail, but he was TAX
ing no chances. AS lumberjacks
from the Sierra Nevada camps
and rangers from the valley stream
ed into town, Leavitt swore 40 ad-
ditional deputies and mounted tear
gas bombs and riot guns around
the Jail.
A studio displayed photographs
of the nife-hacked bodies of three
of the victims. The spectacle in
famed the passions of the crowd,
which paraded, up and down, along
the main street fronting the prison
where Alosi was held.
Sensational disclosures were
promised for today's inquest, fol-
lowing which the funerals of four
of the victims will be held.
Authorities believed the slayings
were an aftermath of family ven-
delta originating in far-off Sicily
and carried into the northern Cal
ifornia mountains by immigrants.
The victims were Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Fazio, each As; their son. John,
26, their daughter, Sadie, %; and
Mrs. Anna AmiStani, AZ, family
friend.
All had been stabbed and hacked
with 12-inch knife. Fazio S
body, partially dismembered, was
found in the bathtub of his home,
The bodies of his wife and son were
in the house; those of Miss Fazio
and Mrs. Amistani in a field out
side.
Alosi was arrested at the mill
where he worked. He greeted the
officers with a remark that they
had 1.-the wrong man" He is a
cousin of the FazioS. Authorities
later took his son, Peter. Jr.. into
custody for questioning.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12

Following a day of argument in
the case, Judge o. K. Morton, Rtv-
erSide, who is presiding at the
hearing of the demurrer filed by
the irrigation district against the
complaint of the Southern Sierras
Power company, took the matter
under submission asking that briefs
on the case be submitted to him.
He stipulated that the counsel for
the district must do this within lO
days. giving the company'S attor-
neys Is days within which to file
the briefs.
The case opened yesterday morn
ing when Judge Morton who had
been appointed to hear it by the
state judicial council assembled the
roStrum in Judge Vaughn Thomp-
sons department of superior court.
Harry w. Horton, chief counsel
for the district opened the argu-
ment by outlining the broad pow
ers and scope of activity enjoyed
by the local district which was not
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
Boris Approves
Anti-Fascists

VIENNA, June II, U.P)-An anti
Fascist coup, with the tacit ap-
proval of King Boris, is in prepara-
ton in Bulgaria and may be
launched at any time to overthrow
the government of Premier Kimon
Gheorghieff, high diplomatic sourc-
es reported today.
Gheorghieff came into power by
coup May 10. He claimed the
full support of the army. This re-
port, according to today's informa-
ton, is untrue.
The true situation, as outlined to
the United Press, was that Boris
was Inundated by the Gheorghieff
coup. This view, it was said. is
shared by a majority of the army,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
M|LDER TONE
THAN USED IN
ORIGINAL ONE
Sitting Of Small Businessmen
And Prevailing High Prices
Sharply Condemned.
NEW STATEMENT AWAITED
Third And Final Broadside Ex-
pected To Lash Administrator
Johnson.
BY LYLE A. BROOKOVER
'nited Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, June II. The
Darrow review board leveled an
other blast of criticism at "stifling
Of small businessmen" and high
prices by the NRA today in the
official text of its second report OBJ
tained by the United Press.
The official copy of the text gen.
orally confirmed exclusive dis
patches of the United Press last
Saturday.
TIL second report, couched in
milder terms than the first made
public recently, reviewed 13 codes,
criticizing text and administration
of four particularly-retail trade,
petroleum, lumber and cement. The
first report reviewed eight codes.
The third and final report of the
board, headed by the famous law
yer, Clarence Darrow, is expected
in few days. Advance word on its
contents indicate it will lash the
NRA and Administrator Hugh S.
johnson in even harsher terms.
Summary of the findings of the
BOARD on the big four" codes III
the official text follow:
Petroleum
Large companies have an advan-
tage over Independents in the use
of large profits obtained in one
branch of operations (notably pipe
lining) to finance competition III
another branch. Small gas station
owners are entitled to but do not
have representation on the plan
ming and coordination committee.
Because control of crude oil pro-
duction is necessary. the board en-
dorses the pending Thomas bill to
bring it under federal control. Cas-
oline price wars which constantly
beset the industry are particularly
harmful to independent marketers.
Amendment of the code is proposed
to permit Administrator Harold L.
1ckes to notify the marketing COM
mittee in the affected area when
3rice cutting has brought about an
emergency, and an agreement shall
be made to end the price war.
Provisions were found in the ce-
ment code which tend to eliminate
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Heirs OF Zola
Dismiss Suit

PARIS. June u. U.P)-The film
Mana" having been withdrawn
from the French market, the heirs
of Emile zola dropped their suit
today against United Artists, the
producers. The heirs claimed the
film did not do justice to the mas
ter'S work.
United Artists was sentenced by
the third Seine tribunal to pay
$1,000 franc approximately $1,000
as damages to the composer, Jose
Padilla, whose song, LA Violet
tera' was used in the Charles
Chaplin film, "City Lights Chap
lin was exonerated of responsible
ity.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12

sion within 30 days after it is re-
ceived, and in the United States.
Funds for the pension would be
derived from a national sales tax.
Proponents of the plan point out
that it will relieve much unem-
ployment if adopted, inaSmuch as
it would retire persons from active
work at the age Of so, thereby max
ing way for younger persons.
Or. Townsend of Long Beach,
the originator of the plan, has had
long experience in relief work in
the coast city and it was while en-,
gagged in this work that he became
interested in some plan for reliev-
ing the distress of old people.
His plan has been given high
praise by leading officials, educa-
tors and social workers throughout
the nation and in San Diego num-
bers several thousand supporters.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
DiUorce Granted
Wife OF Judge

LOS ANGELES. June II. U.P)-
Charging that her husband, Super
ior Judge Charles S. Burnell, ig-
nored her request that he return
home and lead normal" life,
Mrs. Blanche E. Burnell, society
matron, was awarded a divorce to-
day.
She testified she asked her hus-
band to return home after their
separation July 7, 1881 but that he
told her that "Would entail con-
siderable thought -
~ never heard from him again, &"
she said.
Judge Burnell, a former deputy
city attorney, was elected to the
superior court in 1920 and was re-
elected in 1926 and 1882.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
Press Awarded
City Printing

A special meeting Of the city
council, held last night, considered
bids for city printing for the en-
suing fiscal year, and awarded a
contract for same to the Imperial
Valley Press.
The meeting was made necessary
when bids submitted last week were
rejected because they had not been
properly advertised.
Awarding of the printing contract
was the only business transacted at
the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
CONFIDENCE VOTED IN RECLAMATION SERVICE
Second Darrow Report Has More Criticism for NRA
Imperial Valley
Out In Cold?

Los ANGELES, June II.
U.P)-r.hree world fairs for
California in 1888 and 1899
were proposed today by a spe-
cial committee, representing
Los Angeles county officials.
The committee was appoint
ed to promote the plan of
staging fairs in San Diego,
San Francisco and Los Angeles
to commemorate completion
of Boulder dam, An-Ameri-
can canal, Los Angeles union
station and the two San Fran
cisco bay bridges.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
MEXICAN GULF
AREA WAITING
! FORHURR|CANE
Severe Storm Moving Up From
Salvador And Honduras Men
aces New Section.

MEXICO CITY, June 12.-RainS,
driven by winds which increased
hourly in velocity laShed the Mexi-
can gulf coast today as the first
great hurricane of the season moved
relentlessly toward it.
Moving northweStward the storm
seemed likely to strike the Tam
aulipaS state coast before noon, be-
tween Solo La Marina and Mata-
moras, on the Texas border. Govern
ment meteorologistS said it would
pass northward of Tampico, center
of the rich oil district, where people
were camping in the open, in ter
ror.
Tampico barometers were falling
steadily.
Estimates of deaths in El Saliva
dor and Honduras mounted hourly
and the latest reports were that be-
tween 1000 and 1900 were killed in
Salvador while hundreds were kill
ed in Honduras.
Communications of all sorts were
still crippled seriously in the area
over which the hurricane passed
and authentic estimates were i'm
possible.
A dispatch from San Salvador
said a steamship, sunk at the
mouth of the Lempa river, with only
one funnel still above water, was be-
! lieved to be an American one.
The little republic was devastated,
other dispatches said. Disjointed re-
ports showed ports destroyed, crops
| ruined, villages devastated. Rivers
and lakes flooded wide areas and
mountain torrents caused landslides
which covered roads, railways and
homes Bodies of cattle and human
beings floated down streams toward
the sea.
Rains were Subsiding in Honduras,
but reports of loss of life were in
creasingly grave. The important city
of Ocotepeque, in the west, was re-
ported totally destroyed and under
water.
BROWNSVILLE Tex, June IL.
U,PThe Texas coast is safe from
the hurricane threatening eastern
Mexico, weather observers said to-
day after the barometer here re-
turned to nromal.
The skies were clear. A slight
breeze, however, made the gulf
choppy. Reports from Tampico,
Mex, said that the barometer
there had returned to onrmal and
that the storm apparently had
changed its course, turning south
ward across the gulf.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
s|gVlll-
WV SQOGERS
W 'soys:

HOLLYWOOD, June II.
Il. (SpeciaD-When the Ma
tional Recovery Act (NRA) was
drawn up, there was one clause
in there in regard to "collec-
tive bargaining and it was
known at the time that the
thing could mean just about
anything that anybody wanted
it to.
Now they never will get
through with all these strikes
till they send that clause to a
supreme court that has a Web
ster dictionary and let them
hold a final clinic and announce
just what the thing means, in
case it does mean anything.
1t IS always better to brand a
calf plain the first time. You
just can't brand him so he will
belong to both outfits.
Yours,
Mx& Ro7es>
Sissx. NsNaught Syndicate Ina
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12

Chicago at Washington, postpon-
ed, rain.
Cleveland at Philadelphia, post
poned rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12

TOKYO, June IL. W.P) - The
spokesman for the japanese for
eign office said today that Japan
hopes to settle the Kuramoto Incl
dent in a friendly manner, avoid
ing, if possible, any grave develop
ments in its relations with China.
The spokesman said that despite
Shanghai and Marking reports the
foreign office had not protested for
mally to China concerning the dis
appearance of Hidekai Kuramoto,
Japanese vice consul, from Marking.
He explained that Consul General
Suma in Marking had acted on his
own discretion in demanding guar
antees of his subordinate's safety
from the Chinese national govern
ment,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12

Bridges and Cochrane; Rho
Pennock and r. Ferrell.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
National League

AT Cincinnati r H f
New York 800 51l 000-12 10 l
Cincinnati 900 900 100 8 3
Fitzsimmons & Mancuso; Frey,
Brennan, Vance, Stout and Lom-
bardi
At Chicago. R H E
Philadelphia .,..005 600 000-5 7 0
Chicago ..............004 200 00X-6 7 /
DaTow, johnson and Todd; Wea-
yer, Joiner, Timing and Hartnett,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
Baseball Scores

American League
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-12
JAPAN ASKS
GUARAN TEES
FROM CHINA
Demands Safety OF Missing
Consul Be Assured To Prevent
Reprisals.

NANKING, June II. U.P)-Japan
formally demanded today that the
Chinese national government give
guarantees for the safety of Hide
kai Kuramoto, japanese vice-con-
sui missing since Friday.
AS japanese warships steamed to-
ward Marking to protect nation
ais" Consul General Suma handed
the Chinese foreign office the Jap
anese note.
The communication formally ad-
vised the national government of
the disappearance of Kuramoto. 1t
asked guarantees of his safety re-
gardless of his whereabouts, which
remain unknown.
The japanese legation at Shang-
hal, meanwhile, revealed that Koki
Hirota, foreign minister, had cabled
Suma that Japan holds the Chinese
government wholly responsible for
Kuramoto.
The consul general was instruct
ed to advise the Chinese of this and
to add that Japan feels considerable
anxiety for the security of Japan
ese in China.
The instructions added that ia
pan reserves the right to make fur
ther demands, including indem-
nifty"
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JOHN HOWARD LAWSON :.

good of this country said Hudson,
his voice trembling with excitement.
as he shouted insults at our delega-
ton and accused us of being AN
archistic, Communistic lousy buns
1t is therefore perfectly clear that
Hudson is demanding the death
penalty for people whose political
IDEAS he knows nothing about. He
himself stated that he considers the
American Civil Liberties Union a
Communistic, illegal organization;
and it is safe to assume that any,
one representing the Civil Liberties
Union in the State of George would
be liable to arrest and that the pen
atty asked would be death.
Visit to Herndon
This fascist official is responsible
for Angelo Herndon's conviction:
and Hudson's influence is strongly
felt In the prison, where Herndon
is subjected to every possible indig-
nifty in an effort to break his spirit.
When our delegation called on
Herndon, we were seated in a row
while Herndon was placed in
chair facing us about ten feet away.
He was surrounded and closely
hemmed in by threatening group
of prison attendant. Ii the back
ground half a dozen hard-faced
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Angelo Herndon Adaman In Face of Terror Unleashed
Against Negroes By Fascist Gangs and State Officials

ATLANTA, Ca, July A.
Georgia politics revolv es
around the Ku Klux Khan and
the Men of Justice. These
fascist gangs are closely in
terconnected; although both
groups are numerically small
at present, they have enough sup
port and prestige to be openly
courted and flattered by politicians,
and they are responsible for the
spectacular and bloody campaign of
red-baiting which is now going on
in Georgia.
Angelo Herndon is caught in this
web of politics; the attempt to pin
a death sentence on the Atlanta Six,
and on three other militant work.
ers for whom warrants have been
issued, is all parts of cynical poll
tical game-to capitalize on the
prejudice against the black race
which exists among backward sec
tons of the white workers and
farmers.
Assistant Solicitor General John
H. Hudson has been chosen as an
excellent instrument to do the
actual dirty work in this campaign
for the simple reason that he is
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thugs. obviously Hudson's men, were
lettering, evidently memorizing the
faces of our delegation for future
reference During the whole half
hour interview, someone in another
part of the prison was singing a
monotonous song of which the
words were indistinguishable except
for the word niger" which was
endlessly repeated.
This young hero of the working
class paid no attention to these sur
roundings. He spoke easily and
calmly, with almost superhuman
disregard of the brutal stupidity
which surrounds and threatens him.
Herndon definitely states that he
has not received medical attention.
He was asked whether it was true
that treatment had been offered
him at the time he was examined
and x-rays taken and that he had
refused such treatment, and he en-
phatically denied that such treat
ment had been offered or refused;
all this with his many jsilors lean
ing over him. When Herndon
charged that a leaking toilet had
been above his cell for a long period
and had been hastilv mended the
day before a medical inspection was
made of his cell, the Jail engineer.
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Barbusse In
Appeal to Free
Thaelm a II n
To Save Thaelmann Is
To Save Ourselves,
Says Noted Author

NEW .YORK.-From Paris, Henri
Barbusse, internationally famous
author and chairman of the World
Congress Against War and Fascisrn,
sends the following ringing appeal
to the workers of the world to save
Ernst Thaelmann:
'Thaelmann must be freed! If
the enlightened workers of the
world become aware of their re-
sponsibility to mankind and of
their collective power, Thaelmann
will be freed.
THE German State has become
state Of mortal disease. 1t is the
duty of the entire world at least to
limit its destructiveness. Let the
mad men, the Schleichers and the
Hitlers, destroy each other. But
when a man like Thaelmann, who
belongs to mankind, and whose life
has been a single effort to bring
light and truth to his brothers, is
menaced by this disease of Ger
many, all of us are threatened.
ITO save Thaelmann, is simply to
save ourselves"
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that a laundry was located on the
floor above, and that there had
been leakage Of dirty water.
Kept in Death Cell
Herndon had been continuously
kept in the cell with condemned
prisoners waiting to be electrocuted
The authorities make the curious
defense that this is not technically
a death cell" and it simply hap
pens to be used for Negroes who
are condemned to die; the fact that
Herndon is forced to occupy this
cell is also merely a coincidence.
In the treatment of Herndon, the
influence of Assistant Solicitor Hud-
son is clearly indicated. 1t is adj
mitted that all reading matter sent
to Herndon is submitted to Hudson,
who keeps everything which fits
with his curious idea of "insurrec-
tionary" literature. AS test case
we brought with us The History
of the American Working Class" by
Anthony Bimba, and demanded a
definite answer from Chief Jailer
Bob Holland as to whether or not
the book would be promptly de-
livered. Mr.. Holland thumbed over
he book, and stated that he would
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