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Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
To
SEE EPROGRAM
At POTHOLES
Governor Merriam To Head
List of Dignitaries Watching
Formal Ctart OF Work.
REPORT EQUIPMENT READY
Huge Drag-Lines And Shovels
All Set To Start Excavation
Operations.

AS all Imperial Valley and much
OF Southern California and Arizona
awaited the All-American canal
celebration tomorrow. j. j. Lopez.
chairman of the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce committee con-
Quoting the affair announced that
special invitations to the celebra-
tion are not necessary, correcting q
rumor that persons without invi-
tation cards would not be welcome
at the celebration.
Every man, woman and child In
Imperial Valley is invited to be at
Potholes tomorrow morning and in
Calexico tomorrow afternoon Lo-
PEI added, "and it is not necessary
that those present have any card or
letter of invitation issued specially
for the occasion. We wish we could
have the entire state with us for
this day and it was found necessary
to issue written invitations to per-
sons who could not be reached in
any other Manner
Plans for the celebration are un-
dergoing some last minute checking
over and according to word received
from the committee this afternoon
are now completed. 1t is doubtful
whether 1t. Governor George Hat
field will be able to attend and
speak at the ground breaking cer-
emonies as had at first been ar
ranged, but Governor Merriam will
be here and will speak as will also
Earl Kelly, director of public works
and M. j. Dowd, irrigation district
engineer.
The motorcade from San Diego,
numbering nearly 200 cars, will
reach here at $50 O'Clock tomorrow
morning and arrangements have
been made for a Is minute stop
here before the cars move eastward
to the site of the celebration. The
cars will park temporarily on Main
street between Seventh and Eighth
and will proceed to the Potholes
under motor escort which will also
accompany them from San Diego.
Plenty of Parking Space
Under the direction of the Holt
vile Chamber of Commerce the
speakers stand is being decorated.
The road from the highway to the
site of the ground breaking, a dis
tance of about 10 miles, is in ex-
cellent condition, it was announced
here this morning and arrange
ments have been made for parking
up to 1000 cars without any diff
Guilty. A circle road has been pre-
pared for the occasion so that
when leaving for Calexico cars will
not be forced to back around and
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
P. T. TROUBLE
MAY EXTEND To
OTHER ROADS
Union Leaders Planning To
Take Vote Among Members
On Sympathy Strike.
CONFERENCE AT BORDER
Employees On Southern Pa
cific, Union Pacific And
Western Pacific May Go Out
CONFERENCE AT BORDER

LOS ANGELES, Dec. Is. U.P)-
Possibility that the San Diego and
Arizona Eastern railway would be
asked to strike in sympathy with
Pacific Electric platform men in the
Los Angeles metropolitan area was
seen today in the departure for
the border city of Ray Brooks, gen.
eral chairman of the Southern Pa
cific Brotherhood of Railway Train
men.
Brooks, according to D. A. Mac
Ken2ie, international president
OF the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, is comforting in San Di-
ego today with the affiliated broth
erhoods, and will return here Tues
day with S. j. Eaton, San Diego
chairman, to attend meeting
called to vote sympathy strike. "
Refusal Of the Pacific Electric
company to negotiate new wage
agreement with local traction en-
ployees nettled officials of the in
ternational brotherhood.
Conferences today with the ma
tional mediation board apparently
failed to change the situation.
Informed that the P. E. had as
sumed a "stand pat' attitude
toward the national mediation
board, D. A. Mackenzie, interna-
tional vice president of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen, sum-
moned lodge chairmen of the
Southern Pacific, Sante Fe and Un-
ion Pacific lines to decide on call
ing a sympathy strike"
"We will not permit the P. E.
to stand pat" Mackenzie said.
"We are in this business for only
one purpose and that is to win.
1.-The next time we set a strike
date, trainmen on the three steam
lines will walk out with the Pacific
Electric men. The strike might
easily encompass the entire South
ern Pacific system.
The interurban is a subsidiary of
Southern Pacific.
Mackenzie said general COM
mittee meeting of all brotherhood
lodge charmen froim Portland to
Ell Paso was authorized by Alexan-
der F. Whitney of Cleveland, ma
tional president.
Engineers, firemen and conduct
ors, other members of the "Big
Four rail brothernoods. will not
participate in Tuesdays meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15

ing to participate in the All-Amer-
ican canal celebration.
Those registered at the various
hotels include:
Barbara Worth Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rospaw and
son, Placentia; Mr.. and Mrs. Neal
Van Sooy, Azusa Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred M. Rollins, South Pasadena;
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan c. Palmer,
Hollywood; Mr.. and Mrs. G.. r.
Graham, Rosemead; c. r. Goshoon
and c. E. McCarty, Sierra Madre;
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Farquhar, Hunt
ington Beach: Mr.. and Mrs. S. A.
Meyer, Newport Beach; Mr.. and
Mrs. Lotus H. London, Anaheim.
De ANA Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. II. F. Matthews,
Ontario; Tobias Larson and A. Dun
can, Claremont.
Planters Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Long and
son, Los Angeles; Mr.. and Mrs. Win
Wilson, Indio; Mr.. and Mrs. III. M.
Guy. Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon v.
Paine, Upland; Mr.. and Mrs. Gra-
dy Settler. Blythe; Mr.. and Mrs.
c. o. Shoop, Puente; Mr.. and Mrs.
r. H. Arnett. Yucaipa; Mr.. and
Mrs. George NJ. Blair, Mrs. l.. Bell
Redans. Corona; Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Tiernan, Barstow (president River
side-San Bernardino uniD.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
FOLEY ASSUMES OFFICE

VENTURA, Calf, Dec. Is. U.P)-
Thomas M. Foley of San Francis
co won a technical victory today
in his dispute with John T. Bren-
nan of Berkeley over the chair
manship of the State, Veterans
Welfare board when the board
seated him as presiding officer at
a meeting here today. ~
Brennan, appointed to the $4,000 a
year position as board chairman by
the late Governor James Rolph, Jr.,
contended that Governor Frank F.
Merriam could not remove him and
seat Foley.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
Of.
CREW DEAD IN
OCEAN RESCUE

LIVERPOOL, Dec. IS. U.P)-Sev-
enteen seamen were drowned dur
ing the rescue of the crew of the
British freighter Usworth in the
North Atlantic yesterday, a message
to the Cunard- White Star head
quarters said today.
The Cunard-White Star Ascania.
which went to the aid of the U.s.
worth 300 miles off Ireland, radioed
that a liNboat launched by the g..
S. Jean Jadot capsized after the
crew had been taken off the sink
ing vessel. Fifteen Usworth saix
ors were swept into the stormy sea
and two from the Jean Jadot we're
plunged to death with them.
The Cunarder reported she saved
nine men from the freighter, in
cluding the captain. j. j. Reed.
The Ascania, bound from South
ampton to New York, answered the
Usworth,s SOS early yesterday.
Speeding through the years worst
storm on the North Atlantic. the
ship arrived to find the freighter
wallowing helplessly.
The Jean Jadot had been stand
ing by the Usworth since Wednes-
day night, but mountainous waves
had prevented making fast a tow
line. When the Ascania reached
the scene the Jean Jadot was try
ing to put over a lifeboat. The
Cunarder steamed to the windward
and began pumping oil to calm the
waves.
The effort was unsuccessful. Then
apparently the Ascania got a boat
lowered although radio messages
were not clear on this point. Later
the Jean Jadot also succeeded IN
lowering the boat which capsized.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
Westn1orIand SERA
Project Approved

Another SERA project for this
county has been approved by state
headquarters, w. j. Sterrett, coun-
ty director was notified this morn
ing. This is the Westmorland san
itary district project and work is
expected to start on it early next
week.
This project calls for the excava-
ton of an open ditch, 2640 feet
long from an Immelhof tank to a
drain ditch. Eight laborers will be
engaged in this work according to
the project.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
CANAL CELEBRATION PROGRAM

AT POTHOLES SUNDAY MORNING
lloO A. M-Music by the Diego county SERA
the direction of j. ID. Larkin courtesy of Diego
Chamber of Commerce
n15 A. informal ground breaking Speeches
Merriam, Lt Gov. George Hatfield. Earl Kelly, and
M. J. Dowd. Introduction of members of the irriga
tion district board of directors, board of county
pervisOrs and other guests.
AT CALEXICO, TOMORROW AFTERNOON
1880 MViit to the account operations the canal
200 p. m.-Band concert in city park
M-ntermssiOn which time Governor Merriam
Olachea of Baja California and other
be introduced Drills by the Holtvie high
school girls and the Ell Centre American Le
buge
Q to Ill in the CalexicO city park
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
Finland Only
Country To Pay

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-UR)-
The United States collected bare
S228,538 out of $l59, ,729, ,976.23 due
today from 13 war debtors.
Finland alone paid. Maintaining
her perfect record she arranged
transfer of the $228538 to the
treasury's credit at the New York
federal reserve bank.
The others sent only notes ex-
planning why they felt they could
not pay. The latest communication
revealed by the state department
was from France. She expressed
hope "the situation will develop
sufficiently TO justify, in the near
future" negotiations for a settle
ment acceptable to both parties.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
DATA ON RIVER

River readings posted at irri-
CATION district headquarters to-
day show that the Colorado river
has increased $50 second feet at
the Grand Canyon station. A
rise of 100 second feet is record
ed for the diversion which is
now at 5000 second feet but $50
second foot drop is noted for the
TOpock station.
A telegram from the Yuma off
ice of the weather bureau states
that good rains have continued
at Needles and over the middle
basin, light In the upper basin.
Precipitation promises to contin-
ue over most of this area for
another "a hours. Considerably
increased discharge is indicated
at Yuma during the next week or
10 days decreasing thereafter.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
nkM!lL-.
(Ws3R?SS}s!;

BEVERLY HILLS, Dec. IA
(SpeciaD-Monday is Aviation
day. Thirty-one years ago Mon
day the Wrights made their ia
nous flight at Kittyhawk. It was
a box kite put together with
barrel slaves and putty. He sat
on a stool out in front of the
thing, hoping that it wouldn't
get excited and run over him.
He didn't get very high, but he
started something that will
change many map in the world.
Aviation is sorter like the old
As pistols which made little men
as dangerous as big men. It's a
sort of equalizer. You could give
little Switzerland enough aero
planes and she would worry the
old Ned out of the big ones.
There is no end to how many
we ought to have. But about 50,-
600 and take the profits out of
war, and you won't have any
war.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
Doke Acquitted In
Staying Affair

WOODLAND, Calf, Dec. Is. W.D
-Judson C. Doke, confessed slayer
of Lamar Hollingshead, his wife IS
poet-lover, was acquitted of murder
charges today.
The jury of II men and one
woman observed the ''unwritten
law" in freeing the defendant in
the "white hibiscus'' - case.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-15
TERRY SEES THE LIGHT

NEW YORK, Dec. Is. U.P)-The
feud between Memphis Bill Terry,
manager of the New York Giants,
and the baseball writers is ready
for settlement.
ITO the amazement of the writer's,
40 have taken exception to Ter
rvs blasts against them, they re-
ceived invitations to dinner he has
arranged for them today. A peace
pact was expected.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
Doris Duke Feels Safe AS Queen
~: ~"
Richest eiress With Army of Guards Has Everything But Privacy

garb of workingmen scattered
throughout the estate.
There is an electrical alarm
system in each room of the
English brownStone house.
A typical day in the life OF
Doris Duke includes dip in the
gorgeous sunken pool, Shadowed
with tapestries, rugs, paintings,
mirrors, scores vases, StatuetteS,
brocaded window draperieS, and
paneled screens.
Everything But Privacy
She fancies an accordion and
practices regularly.
A skillful nnguiSt, she spends
a few hours reading French or
Italian.
She takes a walk with her
Great Danes through the wood
lands of her estate during the
morning, or a canter on one OF
her horses, a limousine contain
ing detectives and a chaperone
always following.
Yes, Doris Duke has everything
q girl could wish tor-eXcept
privacy.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
GOLD BILL SEEN
UNCHANGED
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
President Roosevelt's monetary
bill probably will be amended in
committee to restrict its vast
powers only to temporary use.
Senator Byrnes CD of South
Carolina, predicted today as the
Senate Banking Committee be-
gan executive consideration Of
numerous proposed amendments.
However, regardless of whether
the bill Is altered by the commit
tee, the Administration will have
enough votes on the Senate floor
to discard all amendments, Byrnes
added. He favors reporting the
bill without change to the Senate.
He said he believed the Admins
tration had enough committee
votes to insure rejection of a pro-
posed amendment to set up
board to govern use of the 1000
million dollar equalization fund.
Senator Barkley (D)' of Ken
lucky, another advocate of an un-
changed gold bill, said that Eng
land has found that a board Of
three has been successful. He
also emphasized the Importance
Of secrecy in use of the equaliza
ton fund, saying:
when we are engaged in an
economic war with a foreign
country we must be as secret as
If we were in q real war;"
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
BILL WINS
FIRST VICTORY
IN SENATE
Committee Votes Down Plan
to Avoid Seizure of All
Monetary Metal

The administration won it's first
test Of strength in the Senate
Banking Committee today on the
gold bill.
Opponents off, the proposal to
take over all monetary gold and
put it in the Treasury endeavored
to put through a franchise tax
which would have affected only
the profits arising from revalua-
tion.
The committee voted it down.
This indicated that the committee
eventually will report the bill.
favorably, including the gold
seizure provision as originally re-
commended by the President.
Vote Is Secret
The meeting was behind closed
doors, and the vote was not re-
vealed.
The President suffered a de-
feat when the committee adopted
an amendment creating an indie
pendent board to administer the
proposed 1000 million dollar
sterilization fund.
The board would be composed
of the Secretary of the Treasury,
the governor of the Federal Re-
serve Board, the Comptroller Of
the Currency, and two citizens
to be chosen by the President.
Mr.. Roosevelt had asked Con-
gress to authorize the Secretary
of the Treasury to administer
the fund alone, subject only to
the Presidents supervision.
Glass Plan Adopted
The board was created under
an amendment offered by Sena-
tor Glass CD Of Virginia, q
former Secretary Of the Treas
ury. It was approved by a vote
of IL to 8.
The two civilian members Of
the board must be confirmed by
the Senate.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23

4. She permits the impression
to gain circulation that she is
where she Is not.
Travels by Plane
S. She travels by plane when
ever possible.
6. She frequently wears tor
toise shell glasses as disguise.
Z. She never looks a camera
in the "eye."
8. She never attends theater
first nights.
Besides all this, the Duke estate,
Rough Point" in Newport, r. l.,
is located on a promontory over
looking the sea, and the Duke
mansion at I East Seventy Eighth
St., New York City, is as inviolate
and well-guarded as the U. S.
mint.
A Miniature Kingdom
The miniature rural kingdom
here presided over by the heiress
to 100 million dollars is patrolled
inside and out by motorcycle
policemen. There are guards at
the gates and detectives in the
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
A. F. Of |. BACKS
FULL PAY
Continued from Page ~


dent of the American Federation
of Government Employees, said
that he felt the Civil Service Com
mission would favor the amend
ment and that he understood the
commission was investigating the
quarters, subsistence, and laundry
situation.
It was also understood that
several veterans organizations
will support the Government en-
ployes' campaign against the pay
cut.
'The outlook is most Opti-
mistic. We are confident the
10 per cent pay cut provision
will be stricken out Of the in
dependent offices bill by the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee. OF the 2S members of the
committee, we have every rea-
son to believe the nine Repub-
licans and four Of the Demo
Gratis will vote to eliminate the
salary slashing provision. This
would result in a vote of 13
to 10 to strike it out"
Success Seen
Miss Gertrude McNally, Secre-
tary-treasurer Of the National
Federation Of Federal Employees,
interpreted the subcommittee
postponement Of final decision on
the pay cut provision as a favor.
able augury for restoration. She
said:
1--WE believe things are going
favOrably for Federal employees.
The subcommittee postpone
ment yesterday, the second
within a week, indicates the Op-
pOnents Of salary reductions
have made . strong impression
and given abundant evidence
they can defeat salary slasheS
If they are provided for in the
bill when it is reported to the
Senate"
The Washington times., 1934-01-23

SOMERVILLE, N. j., Jan. 23
G.N.S0.-It would be easier per-
hapS to kidnap the Queen Of
England than Doris Duke.
The worlds richest debutante,
within the super safety Of her
5,000-acre country estate, one
half mile from here, today took
lightly the report that kidnaperS
were threatening her.
Rules for Protection
She has these hard-and-fast
rules for thwarting the plans Of
potential kidnaperS:
/. She has more guards than
servants and each servant is
checked up regularly by a pri-
vate detective agency.
2. She seldom tells anybody
but her mother, Mrs. James B.
Duke, or her half-brother,
Walker Patterson Irman, where
she is going.
8. She is generally accom-
panied by her mother, half
brother, or both. She is never
without a chaperone and Q
bodyguard.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
CWA GRAF TIERS
GET WARNING
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specific instances where Federal
statutes have been violated here.
Hopkins has referred several
complaints to this department,
requesting that when Federal
statutes have been violated
prompt prosecution be insti-
tuted."
First intimations Of difficulties
in the field came when Hopkins
abruptly transferred control over
purchases for materials from local
to his own hands, with the ex-
planation that funds were getting
low and must be expended more
cautiously.
On the political side, there have
been indications for weeks that
the spectacle of thousands of
jobs being awarded simply on
the basis of unemployment need,
and not on any accepted political
patronage plan has had local
bosses in various communities
gnashing their teeth. Hopkins
commented:
81 can't blame the boys. They
have always been accustomed to
handing out the jobs in their
territory, and have the jOb-hOld-
er think he got it for them.
They'll keep on doing it after
I am forgotten. It's lust the
way those things have always
been done. And those fellows
are on the job "a hours a day"
He has canned" various ad-
ministrative officials in the field
for this and other reasons and ad-
mitted that others should be, but
have not. Meanwhile the Civil
Works faces a shutdown after
February Is, and will be out Of
operation after May l.
Speedy Action Planned
Speedy action by Congress to
provide from $50 to 375 million
dollars to continue the Civil
Works Administration and boil
ster the depleted treasury Of the
Federal Relief Administration
will be sought by the Admins
tration, Representative Buchanan
CD0 of Texas. chairman Of the
House Appropriations Committee,
said today.
A supplemental budget esti-
mate by the President was ex-
pected momentarily with a re-
quest for 500 million dollars ad-
ditional for the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
New Fund Not Enough :.
But even the $50 million dollars
asked Of Congress is not suffi-
cient to operate after that date,
he said. An additional 500 mil.
lion dollars is sought for straight
relief purposes, but Hopkins de-
clined to say for how long.
There will be 100000 unem-
ployed after May l, he calcu-
lated. Between 100000 and
100000, it is hoped. will be
absorbed in Public Works employ
ment. Another 100000 nor.
mally are in seasonal farming.
About 100000 will be on re-
lief. The remainder face q fate
which is causing untold worry in
the Capital.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
MAIL QUIZ TOLD
Of F|L|BUSTER

CONTINUED from Page ~
Of a limb with a mail contract
and no vessels to carry on the
SERVICE"
The Philadelphia company was
organized by the Pennsylvania
Railroad, the B. & O., the Read
ing and the International Mercan-
tile Marine, on an ownership basis
Of Is per cent each.
Atterbury on Stand
W. w. Atterbury, president OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad SyS-
TEN, was cross-examined regard
ing his company's interest in
ocean and air mail contracts.
Atterbury testified that the
Pennsylvania railroad has a di-
rect interest in the Baltimore
Mail and American Scantic
Steamship Lines.
Black questioned Atterbury
about the relations between the
Pennsylvania railroad and the
Hudson and Manhattan railroad.
The witness said:
1--WE have an operating con-
tract with the H. & M. Co."
He added that the Pennsylvania
held no stock in the road whose
board of direchors is now headed
by former Postmaster General
Brown.
Atterbury said the Pennsylvania
Railroad invested $500,000 in the
Transcontinental Air Transport
Company several years ago to
form the first combination train
and-lane route between New York
and San Francisco. He denied
the railroads are hindering avia-
ton development.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
See
HopeRaised6y
New Machine

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. % II.
N.S0.-High hope was held to-
day by Prof. R. S. Stone, of the
University of California Hospi-
tai staff here, that a new one
million volt x-ray therapy ma
chine, being installed at the
hospital, will be an improve
ment over past devices for the
controlling of cancer.
Prof. Stone, head of the uni
versity roentgenology depart
ment, has been directing tech
nicianS during the past eight
months in the installation work,
expected to be finished within
the next six weeks.
The new high-volt X-ray ma
chine is expected to attain near
ly five times the effect Of the
100000 volt machines now in
use.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
DR,WYNEKOOP'S
BAIL FOUGHT

CHICAGO, Jan. % U.N.SO.
Physicians pronounced as very
serious today the condition Of DR..
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, whose
trial for the operating-table MUIR
der Of her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Rheta Wynekoop, was called off
due to the aged physicians en-
feebled health.
Another attack Of angina pee
toris, followed by severe pains
about the heart, further weak
ened the brilliant 62-year-old ply.
sician. In her cell at the county
Jail DR.. Wynekoop is examined
frequently by DR.. Constantine
Theodore, Jail physician, VIII o
said:
"She Is q very sick woman
and her condition is such that
she might die today or might
live several weeks. She is very
weak"
Immediately after Judge Joseph
B. David halted the murder trial
by arranging the technical with
drawal of Of one of the jurors,
Prosecutor Charles s. Dougherty
said he would demand that DR..
Wynekoop go to trial a second
time within 80 days.
Bail Move Planned
Learning the physicians attor.
neys were planning to ask their
clients release on bail Prosecutor
Dougherty said he would vigorous
ly oppose the move and demand
that DR.. Wynekoop remain in the
county Jail infirmary until the
second trial is begun.