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Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
FEDERAL REPORT ON VALLEY
APPROVED BY LABOR COUNCIL
Findings Of Commission Which Investi-
gated Conditions During Strike Draws
Vote OF Confidence

Full approval and endorsement OF
the report submitted to Senator
Robert Wagner, chairman of the
federal labor board, by the federal
labor commission which investiga-
ted labor conditions in the valley,
recently. was voted by the Imperial
Valley Central Labor council at a
meeting held here last night.
The resolution of approval cites
the actions of the commission in
making their Investigations and re-
port and resolves: that the Imper-
ial Valley Central Labor council
does hereby fully endorse, approve
of, and concur in the report as sub
mitted, especially endorsing the re-
concentrations as made, and does
hereby affirm its confidence in and
respect for the board, and extends
appreciation to them for their
faithful performance of their du-
ties"
The committee which has been
investigating ways and means to Or
ganiZe the Mexican field workers,
reported that there was some effort
being made by the workers them
selves toward organization. 1t was
also announced that O. c. Heitman
and Julian Chavez, both of San Di-
ego, would be in Ell Centro tonight
to discuss with the council plans
whereby these Mexican field labor
erS might be organized under the
American Federation of Labor.
A communication which was receiv-
ed from the California bureau OF
labor statistics relative to the Cali
fornia law regarding hours to be
paid women was explained by John
r. Lester, deputy labor commits
sioner 1t was brought out that
wages for skilled or experienced wo-
men workers in hotels and reStau-
rants as well as in the field of mer~
chandising are fixed by state law at
SIG for a regular work week, and
that this wage, subject to certain
regulated deductions for meals or
lodging, must be paid regardless of
the NRA code provisions.
A communication from the San
Diego Cooks and Mattresses union
was received. This offered assist
ance to the local council in organ
izing such workers in Imperial Val
ley.
The council received request to
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
GRANDE CASE
Up IN COURT

Trial of the action brought by the
Agricultural Prorate Commission of
California against j. H. Grande,
opened before Judge r. d. Nc
Pherrin in superior court this morn
ing. Today's phase of the trial
was hearing on the merits of the
complaint of the commission against
Grande who had filed a crosS-com-
plant in the action.
Grande is represented by Colonel
Donovan with Harry Horton act
ing for the county prorate commits
sion and Ross T. Hickcox for the
Southern Pacific railroad which is
also implicated in the present suit.
Edison Abel, secretary of the state
prorate commission is present at
the trial. Miss Alberta Belford,
deputy attorney general of Califor-
MIA is representing the attorney
general IS office in this case. w.
H. Wright, administrative assistant,
state department of agriculture is
also present at the trial although
taking no active part in it. Wright
will also attend the meeting of the
southern counties agricultural COM
missioners to be held here tomor-
row
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
KANSAS CITY
CUNMAN HELD
Suspect In Union Depot Battle
Taken Into Custody After
Long Hunt By Authorities.

LOS ANGELES, March /. U.P)-
The sporadic hunt for Charles
Pretty Boy Floyd, will o. the wisp
middleWestern outlaw, returned to
Southern California today in the
wake of the arrest of Ed Davis, sus-
pected by federal authorities of
completely in the Kansas City Un-
ion station massacre of last June
II.
Acting on "tipn that Floyd and
Davis were confederates, Capt. S..
J. McCaleb and squad of detect
ives dashed away to Lancaster,
Calf, where they located Davis
hideaWay on the edge of the Mo-
iave desert early today. They took
Davis wife and son, about nine
years old, into custody and return
ed them to Los Angeles for ques-
tioning.
No trace, however, was found of
Floyd. Two officers were "staked
out' at the place but after vigil
lasting two hours, the officers were
withdrawn.
Only last week, Floyd was report
ed in the vicinity of San Diego,
planning a raid on Mexican border
towns, but hastily organized posse
returned empty-handed after
nightlong search. The hunt swung
northward today on the basis of
CONTINUED On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
Court Approves
Odd Agreement

REDWOOD CITY, Calf, March
/. UP)-The odd agreement under
which Mrs. Constance May Gavin,
Los Angeles, receives about $1,000
900 from the James L. Flood estate
on condition that she does not rep
resent herself again as a daughter
of the late millionaire bore court
approval today.
Representing herself as either a
legitimate or illegitimate daughter
of James Flood, son of the pioneer,
Mrs. Gavin sued for a share of aIl
estate valued at about $7000,000. A
Judge threw her suit out of court,
but the state supreme court rein
stated it.
Mrs. Gavin will receive about
$500,000 of the entire settlement.
The remainder was to be given TO
her attorneys, John Taaffee, Max
we'll McNutt, and Albert Mansfield,
and her persistent investigator, Eu-
gene Aureguy.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
POISON MUSHROOMS FATAL TO NINE FILIPIN0S
Government Will Crush Collective Bargaining Opposition
Press Offers
Fair Edition

Following its annual custom
of lending the fullest support
TO the Imperial County Mid
Winter fair, The Press today
prints a 26 page issue dedi-
Gated to the success of Imper-
ial Valleys greatest show.
Readers will find therein a
mass of information about the
fair and valley industries.
1t is not enough, however to
read about the fair. Every
resident of the valley should
make an effort to visit it at
least once and more often if
possible.
Imperial Valley has every
reason to be proud of the fair.
1t is a unique institution, hold
ing forth at a time when the
greater part of the country
would find it impossible to
stage such a spectacle.
1t is the peoples fair and it
it of, by and for them.
1t is cur sincere hope that
this fair edition may be the
means of prompting many to
attend the fair. If it does, the
extra work necessitated by the
edition will be fully recon-
pensed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
LITTLE HOPE
FOR RECOVERY
Of COMRADES
Lettuce Pickers At San Luis
Obispo Victims Of Community
Dinner Tragedy.
EXPECT Is MORE DEATHS
American Employers Of Men
Also Stricken As Result Of
Terrible Mistake.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calf, March
l. U.P)-A community dinner of %
Filipino lettuce pickers, to which
their two American employers were
invited, today had resulted in the
agonizing death of nine workers
Fifteen others, including the two
white employers, who partook OF
what they thought was delectable
dish of mushrooms, were expected
to die.
No hope for recovery of any Of
the men was held by Dras F. Hilton
Smith, county physician.
The Filipinos were employed by
the ranch of Walter Huber, three
miles south of Arroyo Grande. Pro-
pitious rains last week had brought
up large beds of fungi in the hills
surrounding the ranch.
The men spent Tuesday after
noon gathering what they believed
to be mushrooms. and invited Huber
and his brother, Jack, to a dinner
that evening in the camp dining
hall.
All ate heartily of the believed de-
licacy. Late Tuesday night they be-
came violently i'll and were brought
To the county hospital here.
Autopsy Shows Poison
Yesterday Victor Tabalian, %,
died in agony His compatriots were
too i'll to discuss the dinner and
their plight.
Since noon yesterday, the men
have been dying at the rate OF one
every two hours, Dr. Smith said.
An autopsy performed over the
first victim showed acute yellow at
rophy of the liver as direct cause OF
death. This is the primary symp-
tom of toadstool poisoning, the
county physician said.
The dead: Simon AvaliS, 48;
Francisco Tabaldo, Is; M. Pasqual,
"a; Satarno Arilano, "a; Ignacio Es-
tivan, 20; Leon Sonic, 35; Karevian
De La Cruz, 81; Victor Tabalian, %,
and Alfred Orovano, 26.
A mass funeral for the Filipinos
will be held when and if the re-
naming men die, it was announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
MORGENTHAU
NOT CERTAIN
FOR FUTURE

WASHINGTON, March l. U.P)-
Secretary OF Treasury Henry Nor
genthau, Jr., told house commit
tee today that the administration S
present monetary policy is distinct
ly an experiment and that it will
be at least nine months before a
more permanent policy can be
evolved.
81 hope congress will give us at
least nine months or a year SO we
may find out little more about
the situation,' said Morgenthau.
He appeared before a banking
end currency subcommittee con-
sidering the Goldsborough bill to
establish a federal monetary auth
ority.
GAS far as I am concerned we
are on day to day basis" said
the treasury head LAS far as I
know no man can tell us where We
will be six months from now or a
year from now. Whether we are
going to continue to be successful, I
can only say hope so, but no one
knows.
Morgenthau asserted the gold
program appears to be working
"pretty well".
"We have, however, got to keep
our mind absolutely open and meet
things as they Gomez he contin-
ued. GAS long as it is working Well
we ID like to try it a little longer
and give it chance.''
He handed committee members a
chart which he said showed that
since February, 1888, the world
price OF gold had gone up 68 per
cent and farm commodities per
cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
FRANCE GIVES
FULL POWERS
To D0UMERGUE

PARIS, March l. U.P)-France
entered today RooSeveltian era in
politics during which Premier Gas
ton Doumergue and his salvation"
cabinet with semi -dictatorial pow
erS will try to set the country on
the road to industrial and economic
recovery.
Two measures arming Doumergue
with powers enjoyed by no previous
peace time premier were contained
in the 1884 budget which the cham
ber of deputies passed finally after
a sitting of more than 20 hours, by
a vote of 458 to 1872. The senate's
concurrence was a formality be-
cause it already had approved the
measure.
These measures give Doumergue
power by official decree to raise OF
lower tariffs until November, and
TO effect by decree until June 80
governmental economies sufficient
to balance the budget and keep the
country's credit intact.
A project was due for consider
doioii oooii cfido Wooiu 6i'C VIC S0'-
ernment also extraordinary powers
until October to liquidate the most
serious agricultural problem in re-
cent French history.
The program of government for
the next months is similar TO that
of President Roosevelt during his
first few months in office, in so far
as executive power and its aim -
recovery-are concerned.
MADRID, March /. U.p) The
cabinet resigned today it was Of
ficially announced. A crisis had
threatened for several days because
of division between right and left
wing policies among members.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
Boys Treasure
Brings Trouble

LOS ANGELES, March 1. U.P)-
A 14-year- boy who allegedly
"pirated $40 in jewels and cash
from a neighbor s home and then
buried it as "treasure was named
today in a theft warrant together
with four companions who purport-
edly helped him spend part of the
loot on pleasure rides, candy and
other pleasures.
The young "Capt" Kidd was
named by sheriff IS deputies as
Robert w. Begg. Officers said he
and two companions dug up the
"treaSure' and spent $l00 with a
free hand, re-burying the gems in
a rock pile. The rest of the money,
deputies claimed, was i-jacked -
from the trip by two digger boys -,
who are sought.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
MANCHUKUO'S
RULER SEEKS
NFORMAT TON
Worlds Opinion On Coronation
Eagerly Awaited By Emperor
OF New Nation.
BY GEORGE GORMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent


Copyright, 1884, by United Press
HSINKING, March 1.-Guarded
by Japanese guns, Emperor Kang
Teh of the great Manchu empire
retired to his temporary palace to-
night to await reports on how the
world had viewed his enthrone-
ment.
Details of the reaction to today's
ceremonies herein which the
emperor assembled a throne once
occupied by his ancestors-have
been ordered by telegraph, it was
understood, and will be forwarded
here from all world capitals.
Foreign relations admittedly will
be the emperor's chief concern
and Kang Teh wants to know as
soon as possible what world capi-
tails are saying about him.
The information bureau of the
foreign office expected to have a
digest of world press comment to-
morrow and hoped to find in it
an indication of whether recogni-
ton of the independent Manchu-
rian state by any of the great
powers may be expected within the
year.
Some Manchu retainers of the
new imperial parsonage professed
to believe 'at least one European
state (the possibility of German
recognition of Manchukuo has
been limited a number OF timeS)
will agree TO exchange embassies
with Hsinking lin the compare
tive near future"
Officially the attitude of the
government continued to be that
there is no hurry about recogni-
ton; unofficially there was great
concern.
1t was admitted there is little
hope the United States, Britain or
France will consider recognition
overtures for a long time. Russia
was considered uncertain.
In two solemn, impressive cere-
monies the first emperor of Man
chukuo took the vows which made
him the 29-year- ruler of the
infant state carved from a Sec
ton of the Chinese empire he
twice had ruled for brief periods
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
LABOR UNIONS
WIN point 7 IN
NRA DISPUTE
Administration Will Prosecute
Steel Company For Defiance
Of Recovery Code.
SHORTER WEEK DEMANDED
A. F. Of L. Official Advocates
30 Hour Maximum To In
crease Employment.
SHORTER WEEK DEMANDED

WASHINGTON, March |. U.P)-
The administration after months OF
cautious maneuvering moved today
10 crush the opposition of recalci-
trant industrialistS who have defied
its efforts to enforce collective bar
gaining provisions of the Recovery
Act.
The NRA national labor board re-
1erred the long standing Weirton
Steel company dispute to the de-
partment of justice with request
for immediate prosecution.
Chairman Robert F.. Wagner said
Ernest T. Weir, head of the steel
company, had blocked every effort
of the board to carry out presi-
Dental order to poll his employees
and had made clear he would not
deal with any labor representatives
chosen at any election supervised by
the board.
Wagner, Naw York Democratic
senator and the administration
spokesman in congress on NRA
matters, shortly thereafter intro
NoSSd Oiil PUtCliis lllOlc UccJIl Ill
labor sections of the recovery act
and establishing a permanent labor
board.
The bill would forbid employers to
foster company unions and would
make it mandatory for them to ne
gotiate with organizations formed by
their employees.
The measure was designed to give
the government added power to
meet situations such as that pre-
sented in the Weirton case.
Another outstanding labor dis
pute now before the NRA is that in
volving the Ford Motor company.
NRA now is investigating charges of
workers at Edgewater, N. j., that
the company refused to bargain
with them.
WASHINGTON, March l. U.H-
A 80 hour week under manufactur-
ing codes to increase employment
was urged today at cne NRA pro-
test roundup by John P. Frey, Sec
retary of the Metal Trades Depart
ment, American Federation of La
Continued On Page G,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
OLD WARTIME
SHELL KILLS
II CHILDREN

WARSAW, Poland, March U.P)
Eleven school children were killed
and three injured today when a
SHE'LL with which they were play
ing exploded at the village of MOI
ma, 80 mines from here.
Eight of the children were killed
instantly and three died enroute
to the hospital
The children found the she'll an
unexploded relic of the war, in a
field, and tried to take it apart. 1t
went off with a shattering roar,
blowing a great hole in the
ground ana hurting some of the
children many feet.
GORIZIA, Italy, March l. U.P)-
MARITIME PizZoccaro, IA, was believed
fatally hurt and his brother Gino,
g, and sister Maria, 7, were serious
ly injured by war time shell which
exploded when they found it on the
bank of the lsonzo river near the
canal.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
Deputy Here To Aid
On Income Taxes

Ben B. Taylor, deputy collector
of internal revenue, has opened an
office on the second floor of the
court house where he will be locat-
ed until March Is, inclusive, for the
purpose of collecting income tax
returns for 1888.
Every single person whose net in
come during the past year was $1,000
or over, and every married couple
whose net income was $2500 or over
must file their returns on these in
comes with the collector.
Every possible assistance will be
given those who wish aid in max
ing out these returns, Taylor said
this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01

assist in the organization OF sheet
metal workers in the county.
Another communication from the
bureau of labor statistics was dis
cussed by John r. Lester. This was
concerning the clasSificationS of
skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled
workers and the status of each on
work paid for from federal funds
was explained.
A meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the council will be held
tonight to meet with Heitman and
Chavez during which various ques-
tionS of organization are to be dis
cussed. All persons interested in Or
ganizing workers of their craft, are
invited to attend this meeting to-
night in the hall over the Valley
Drug company, Fifth and Main
streets, Ell Centro.
The next regular meeting of the
council is scheduled for March IA.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
Fl CENTRIC LEADS VALLEY IN
PAYMENT Of STATE SALES TAX

Report from the state board of
equalization shows that during the
months of August and September,
1888, the first two months in which
the state sales tax was collected,
Imperial county contributed a total
CT $38,989.63, divided as follows:
Ell Centro, $16,16889
Brawley, $9,064.03
..Calexico, $6,22923
Calipatria, $1,413.34
Holtville, $2,702.35
Imperial, 81 1,588.79
Unincorporated area, $1,823
For the final quarter of the year
and the first full quarter in which
the tax was collected, Imperial
county contributed $77,044.72 to the
state, divided as follows:
Ell Centre, $32,l0235
Brawley, $40, ,10588
Calexico, $11.552.44
Calipatria, $3,58077
Holtville, $4,622.70
Imperial, $2,44607
Unincorporated area, $2,63451
The county total for the two per-
iods was $116,034.35.
A state total of $8,012,361 was
collected the first two months and
$12, 1853, $50 the second quarter, for
o grand total of $20,266,111 for the
five month period, an average of
slightly more than $4,000,0O0 a
month.
The city of Sacramento naid more
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
'Chiidren's Hour
Character Dies

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March I.
U.P)-The Laughing allegro" OF
Longfellow S poem. THE Child
rem IS Hour, is dead
She was Mrs. Annie Allegra
Longfellow Thorp, 78, last daugh-
ter of Henry Wadsworth Longfel-
low and widow of Joseph O.. T'horp.
She died at the family home, Craig
lie House, on Brattle street.
A wealth OF historic and literary
tradition centered about her.
Longfellow was so and world ia
nous when Annie was born. When
he wrote 1.-The Children IS Hour
she was 2. Edith was 5 and Alice
was 3.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
Big Demand For
Lot At Imperial

Four hundred and twenty-one
persons are named as co-grantees
in deed filed in the county re-
corder's office yesterday afternoon
by the Imperial Nom Partisan
League of Imperial, California.
The property, lot 1, block Ct of
the townsite of Imperial, situated
on the extreme eastern side of the
city, was decided to the 421 CO.
grantees by S. A. and Mrs. Lucy
Wilson, and filed at the court
house by the league.
1t is understood that similar fill
ings are to be made from other
cities in the county and that the
total number OF grantees named
will be in the neighborhood of
1000.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01

Fourth Flight
Young def. G. E. Sones, 3 and 2.
Deaton def. Asher, and 3.
r. D. McPherrin def. Loud, .
and l.
Havekorst def. Tenley, 2 up.
H. Sones def. Peterson, 6 and 4.
Fifth Flight
N. c. Smith def Horton, 2 and |
Woodington def. Cantro 2 up
Dunn def. j. Anderson. 2 and
Apple def. Kepley, and l
Birchfield def. Lee, l up
Simmons def. Pace, and
Sixth Flight
Schneider def. George Willoughby
3 and /
l.. w. Smith won by default from
McGillis
Reimer def. Philley, l up
PerinkS def. Keeble, 2 and
G. L. Smith def. Lowden Up.
Seventh Flight
Davis def. Pierce, 3 and 2
Pate def. Rector, and 2.
Warner def. Delavan, and 2
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
ROMANCE ENDS

LOS ANGELES. March /. U.p)-
Love has faded for Henry Give.
noted artist, and his "dream girl'
the former Helen Cunningham, Fol-
lies beauty and musical comedy ac-
treSS.
Their marriage which survived a
previous separation ended when
Mrs. Give obtained a divorce decree
in superior court here on grounds
of cruelty. She was awarded Gus
tody OF their 11-year-old daughter.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
President To Talk
OUer Radio Monday

WASHINGTON, March /. UP
President Roosevelt will deliver a
nationwide address at IL a. m. Mon
day at the NRA conclave here, the
White House announced today.
The subject of the Presidents
proposed speech was not stated but
it was believed that it would be a
further explanation of the prin-
'ciples of his administration drive
for economic recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
Building Permits
Shouting Strength

with Is building permits totaling
$3.50, the month of February
which just came to its close has
shown the largest amount for the
second month of the year since
1881 when a total of $26,582 was re-
corded.
Phil Knights, city engineer, look
ed upon last month S figure as aug
uring well for a prosperous year in
the building permit field for Ell
Centro. The year S total to date is
S38.970
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-01
AskM!nL!L-oe
W Isoys:

NEW YORK, Feb. %. (Spe-
ciaD-Landing in Newark from
Washington today, the pilot put
US in the back end of the plane
SO it would keep her tail down
when the wheels hit the deep
snow.
Give you an idea how many
thousand men clearing the
street in New York. They have
misplaced $1,000 and can't find
EN-.
Seven below zero in Washing
ton this morning, and snow a
foot deep. Lobbyists standing
frozen to death outside of con-
gressmen's homes. A lobbyist
has nothing to keep him warm
but his brief case.
The hotels of Washington
should erect a monument to
Gen. Hugh johnson. They been
coming in pilgrimages by the
thousands since last July to
make a code, change code, or
cuss a code; Washington, D. c.
CDam code."D
Yours,
M<& R7~>
OlssI. McNausht Syndicate. Inc
The Washington times., 1934-07-14

WHITE linen
is a favorite for
su m m er with
Margaret Lind
say. Here she
wears a Co.'S
tune of linen
dress with
striped hand
kerchief linen
top, and sepa-
rate cape of
the white linen.
Her hat is linen.
The Washington times., 1934-07-14

KATHLEEN
BURKE aspon-
sors black satin
made on y slim
princess lines.
The main feao
ture Of her cos
tune, however,
is the dog col
lar Of Jew els
which fastenS
the dress at the
neckline, and
the matching
bracelets.