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Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
New York Stocks
BY ELMER c. WALLER
United Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK, July Z. - Stock
sales on the New York stock ex-
change today established another
11-year low record for Saturday
with a total of 182,050 shares ex-
changed.
This compared with last week IS
11-year low record of 189, 300 shares
and the $4,000 shares exchanged
on Saturday, August IL, 1923.
Trading was the closest to zero
for any Saturday session in IL
years. Prices were firm for time,
but gradually drifted down until
a majority registered small losses.
Steel stocks drifted about in a
narrow range. U. S. Steel moved
over one-half point arc while
Bethlehem IS fluctuation was only
u point. National Steel also reg
istered n point difference be-
tween the high and low but was u
point above the previous close.
Railroad shares were dull and
steady. April operations for all
class one roads resulted in an ag-
gregate net loss of $11 ,006,1 ,161. That
was much better showing than
last year when the net loss was
$24, ,765 ,528. For the first four
months of 1884 net loss of all the
class one roads was $27,007, ,494,
against $119,645, ,754 in the, CORES
ponding period of 1888.
Delaware and Hudson Spurted to
55h, up AZ, the widest gain on
the board and a net change that
made it stand out in the list of mar
row fluctuations. New York Gen.
trail lost a small fraction as did
Southern Pacific, while Pennsylvan-
ia was unchanged, and Atchison
gained slightly.
There was moderate selling in
the silver issues where losses
ranged to two points, the widest
in the high-priced U. S. Smelling.
Copper shares were mixed, with
Anaconda off slightly and Ksnne-
colt up a fraction.
Automobile issues were steady,
General Motors closing at 80, un-
changed and Chrysler 4o1s, off "a.
j. /. Case closed at So up rs in the
farm equipment section. Tobacco
issues we're higher, chemicals un-
changed, and some of the chain
store issues lower. Mail order
shares were practically unchanged.
American Telephone held at the
previous close of 115, while Western
Union lost point to 44k.
: Sales today were 182,050 shares
against 189,300 shares last Satur-
day.
Dow Jones preliminary closing
averages showed industrial 97.l5,
off 0.17 railroad 43.57, up 0.02;
utility 23.77 off 0.09.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
POLICE SLAY
WAR VETERAN

LOS ANGELES, July 7. U.H-
Joseph v. Schlinger, &c. World war
veteran. today was in a serious
condition after being shot down by
policeman who saw him throw
a meat cleaver at two other Off
GERS in Schlinger's Hollywood res
taurant.
The affray occurred when police
were summoned to the cafe by
would-be patrons who were fright
ened away by Schlinger. Upon ar
rival, the officers said they found
the cafe owner parading up and
down his establishment with a
meat cleaver tilted rifle like over
his shoulder. Nearby was phon-
ograph playing the MarseillaiSe.
When the officers forced their
way in, they declared Schlinger
threw the cleaver at them and
retreated to his office where he
brandished a long knife. He was
shot down. the bullet piercing his
head.
Police believed the man had be-
come deranged over lack of pa
tronage in his recently opened cafe.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
ARIZONA TO
HAVE THIRD
EXECUTION

STATE PRISON, FLORENCE,
Ariz., July 7. W.PSPrison officials
today are preparing for the third
execution of a condemned man by
lethal gas following the dramatic
deaths yesterday of two Mexican
youths, the first to go to their
deaths in the new lethal gas cham
ber here.
The third victim of the tiny
white death room will be George j..
Shaughnessy, formerly of Albany,
N. Y, confessed murderer of Lon
Blankenship, Tucson automobile
salesman. He will die Friday morn
ing in the same fashion that took
the lives of Fred and Manuel Her.
nandez, 10 and 18-year-old broth .
ers early yesterday.
Shaughnessy resigned himself to
his fate a year ago when he was
sentenced to hang. The state then
changed the method of execution
10 gas and the 19-year-old youths
death was postponed He will be
the 29th person sentenced to Gle
for murder since Arizona became
a state.
Funeral services for the Herman
dez brothers was held late yester-,
day at their home in Casa Grande.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
REPUBLICANS
DRIVE OPENED
BY FLETCHER
G. O. P. Chief Terms Admin
istration 'Meddlesome Dicta-
torship.'
By CLAUDE ]. MARKLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

JACKSON, Mich, July Hen
ry P. Fletcher, Republican general
isSimo, officially opened the party IS
1884 campaign today, picturing the
present administration as a med
dlesome dictatorship put in power
by rubber-stamp congressman.
Fletcher's first major address
since election as chairman of the
Republican national committee, as
prepared for delivery, asked how
any one can regard the party now
in power as democratic
1T has gone completely new
deal,' he told $4,000 Michigan Re-
publicans whose rally officially op-
ened the 1884 campaign.
Fletcher described the national
government as "vast network and
maze of Bureaucratic agencies, -
by means of which, he said, the
President is administering power
and authority comparable only to
that of Hitler and Mussolini.
Congress. he said, has abdicat-
ed and become mere parliament,
on the old French model, "to reg
lister the DEGREES of the crown.
"Clothed with unprecedented au-
thority, the President has in turn
delegated the control of the liveli-
hood, business and property of the
individual American citizens to a
vast maze of theorizing, meddling,
directing, spending, lending and
borrowing agencies, lettered on the
Russian model
Constitution Weakened
All previous administrations, DEM
ocratic as well as Republican, have
supported, defended, even revered
the constitution, he said, and then
added:
"It remained for the present ad-
ministration to take the first steps
to emasculate it; to attempt to des-
troy the faith of the American
people in their free institutions and
in the instrumentalities establish
ed by the constitution to protect
and preserve their individual rights
and liberties.
~ believe that the government,
by tampering with our currency, by
destroying confidence, by stopping
the flow of capital into industry,
by the hundred and one measures
of interference and control of in
dustry and agriculture, not only has
delayed the return to sound econ
omic principles and conditions in
this country but has complicated
and confused our entire political
and economic situation.'
Fletcher warned against costs of
the "new deal. -
"The party recognizes, he said
"that in times of stress and de-
preston, no one in this land should
be permitted to suffer from want.
But the squandering of the nation IS
capital through wasteful current
expenditures surely does not make
for permanent relief and recovery,
which alone can secure steady en-
ployment and progress. -
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
COUNTY WILL
Be AIDED BY
GOVERNMENT
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appraisers who are to determine
the prices to be paid cattlemen for
their stock under the terms of the
federal program.
This committee will aid the farm
advisors office in tie adc1inistra-
ton of emergency feed and cattle
purchase loans. When this cattle
is purchased by the government
Frank beyschlag, county farm ad-
visor pointed out this morning, the
stock is to be delivered by the farm
or to the SERA and this organi-
zation will designate the shipping
points at which it is to be received
This cattle will be slaughtered ard
the meat used for relief purposes,
he stated further.
Last nights meeting was largely
attended with Beyschlag presiding.
He pointed out to the men present
that this movement was instituted
locally by the board of supervisors
and outlined the procedure to be
followed.
B. A. Harrigan, county agricul-
tural commissioner spoke of a tele-
phone conversation he had with di-
rectors of the state agricultural de-
partment relative to matters con-.
corning the proposed bovine tubcr-
culosis eradication program to be
carried on in this county. He was
told that DR.. Duckwol tn of the state
department was in Washington, D.
c.. attempting to secure funds
there for this work and also that
telegram had been sent Duck
worth advising him of recent de-
velopments in this county.
Late last night, Harrisan said
this morning, he received a tele-
gram from w. g. Jacobsen, assist
ant to the director of the state de-
part7lent, in which he was told that
conference was to be held this
morning Immediately after Duck
worth's arrival on the coast with
federal representatives. "Your rec
ommendation will be given him
first thing and will advise you of
resulting action the wire con-
tjnued.
Harrigan was asked in this wire
whether or not the county had
taken advantage of the drought re-
lief program. In answer he sent a
telegram this morning saying that
such action had been taken and ne
is expecting a reply indicating that
the program can get under way i'm
mediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
Former Local
Resident Dies

P. b. Conklin. father of Chester
Conklin, motion picture actor, and
former Ell Centre resident, died yes
terday morning at TAO in a Los
Angeles hospital according to ad-
vices received here today.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at 10 a. m, 1915
South Flower street, Los Angeles.
Conklin will be remembered by
a wide circle of frienos and ac-
quaintances in the valley, having
lived here with his wife and FAM
lily for many years in a residence
on the corner of Sixth and Olive.
His later years were spent in Los
Angeles and on ranch rear the
Mojave desert.
He is survived by his wife and
daughter who live in Los Angeles,
a son who lives in San Francisco,
and Chester Conklin, also of Los
Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
GET
NEW THREATS

OAKLAND, July 7. U.P)-A new
threat to Alameda and Contra Co.'S
ia county truckers from the Inter-
national Longshoremen' IS associa-
tion was reported to police here
today by c. Botteno, secretary of
the Vegetable Growers association
Botteno told Lieut.. Fred Bar
beau three men who said they were
l. l.. A. representatives visited his
trucking farm at Bay Farm Island
yesterday with a warning to stop
delivering vegetables into the bay
area. Similar warnings, the men
told him, were going to truck
farmers throughout the valley dis
trict.
"This is not a threat" Botteno
said the men told him. "We are
merely informing you somebody
might get hurt if the trucking con-
tinueS.' -
Suspicious the men were misrep-
resenting themselves, Botteno de-
clared he called at Oakland I. L. A.
headquarters here and heard the
warning verified by different Off
cials both last night and this morn
ing.
Botteno said he was uncertain
what action his organization might
take, but told police normal vege-
table trucking would continue.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
PETITIONS ASK
NEW SPLIT ON
GASOLINE TAX

Ell Centrans will be called upon
to affiX their signatures to petit
tions calling for a new distribu-
ton of the motor vehicle fuel fund.
A number of these petitions were
received here today and will be
circulated next week. Should the
required number of signatures be
obtained the measure will be in
cluded as an initiative measure to
be submitted directly to the electors
of the state in the November elec-
ton.
This petition calls for the alloca-
ton of the three cents per gallon
state gasoline tax in the following
manner 25 per cent to the cities;
33 1-3 per cent to the counties
and Al 2-3 to the state to be used
for highway purposes.
The Ell Centro city council at
its last meeting adopted a re-
solution approving this measure.
At present according to the di-
vision now in force, 4 of one cent
of this fund is allocated to the
cities, producing about $500 rev.
enue each year, a city official
pointed out this morning. The
proposed change will raise this
amount to $16,500 in the same
ratio. The money now allocated is
being used for street repairs here
and with larger amount on hand
more work can be done.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
At
SAN PEDRO To
JOIN STRIKE

SAN PEDRO, Calf, July 7. UE)
lively hundred San Pedro fish
ermen are ready to join in any
general strike called by labor union
leaders at San Francisco and Port
land, George Ivanjovich, secretary
of the Fishernen's and Cannery
Workers Industrial union assert I'd
today.
Ivanjovich said the members of
his union were prepared to walk.
out "at once" in the event of a
general strike call
A similar view of the situation
was assumed by w r. Patterson,
president of the local international
Longshoremen's association. Pat
terson, however expressed the opin-
ion that the crisis would be passed
in San Francisco without "a general
strike. In the event one is called,
the union chief said he was con-
fident southland union members
would respond.
Southern labor councils sent two
leaders to join in the San Fran
cisco strike conferences. A H. Pc
iersen, secretary of the I. l.. A. 10
cal, and j. w. Buzzell, secretary
Of the Los Angeles Central Labor
council, left last night for the
north. Before leaving, Petersen
seemed unperturbed by reports he
mad been threatened because of his
advocacy of peaceful measures in
dealing with the strike.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
FINAL TESTS
FOR TRIP To
UPPER AIR

RAPID CITY, S. D., July 7. <U.R
Everything was ready today for
a trial balloon ascent to conduct
final tests before the stratosphere
flight sometime this month.
Maj. William E. Kepner and Capt.
Orvil A. Anderson planned to go
up to test air currents at the rim
of the mountain bowl and to check
the weather forecasts and navigat-
ing instruments.
They planned to take the bal
loon 1000 feet into the air and
drift for about an hour. They will
bring their balloon down when
they find a good landing place.
A rehearsal of the initiation of
the gas bag was held yesterday.
Cavalryman from Fort Meade will
act as the ground crew when the
stratosphere balloon takes off, and
they were coached in their duties.
A balloon with capacity of 35,-
600 cubic feet of gas as compared
with the 100000 cubic feet capa-
city of the big balloon, was in
lldlcu. ENCly oOCP al OiiO PioSiS So'
was explained to the troopers, who
were engaged in new business
for cavalrymen.
After the tests are completed to-
day, there will be nothing left to
do except wait for favorable wealth
er for the main flight when Major
Kepner and Captain Stevens will
attempt to go Is miles into the
thin air where the blue of the sky
turns to black.
Weather is an important part OF
the flight.
There must be nearly perfect
calm when the ground crew starts
to initiate the balloon. A slight
breeze might toss the huge bag
about and damage it SO the flight
would have to be postponed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
LABOR UNIONS
MAY GO OUT
IN SYMPATHY
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strategy committee" of seven, head
ed by Council President Vandeleur
That committee at its meeting this
morning was to decide on ad-
visibility of recommending sympa-
thetic strikes by the various unions
represented on the labor council
The unions, however, are not bound
by the councils action.
While the labor chieftains met,
national guardsmen, with bristling
bayonets and machine gun en-
placements enforced armed peace
on the city's strife-torn Embar-
cadero.
Meantime, President Roosevelt's
national longshoremen's board,
spurred by general strike threats,
invoked its authority under the
new labor disputes act.
1t announced it would start pub
lie hearings in federal court here
Monday Marine unions will tes-
tify first. Archbishop Edward J.
Hanna, chairman of the board,
said it would use every lawful
means of learning what are the
real issues of the maritime strike
chief of which involves control of
longshoremen's hiring halls.
Presence of national guardsmen
on the waterfront and grim orders
that ANY guardsmen who fires
shot in the air will be court
martialed-shoot to KILL" covered
strike pickets and sent them re-
treating from the bloody area which
saw two killed and upward of 100
wounded in Thursdays rioting when
ship owners sought to move freight
over the state-owned Belt Line
railroad on the waterfront.
Sporadic minor clashes between
police and pickets occurred through
out the city yesterday. Truck driv-
ers were intimidated on northen
California highways. Drivers were
warned not to deliver their freight
to San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
No COMMENT
BY MERRIAM
UPON STRIKE

SACRAMENTO, July 7. = Re-
ports of general strike agitation
in San Francisco drew no comment
today from Gov Frank F. Merriam,
who was interested primarily in
protecting state property along
the waterfront.
He was encouraged by the quiet
which descended upon the EN-
barcadero after the arrival of
national guard companies which
he ordered into action late Thurs
day.
Conditions on the waterfront
are much better than they we're
before the troops moved in," he
said. MY representatives have re-
ported that the Belt Line rail-
road has been operating steadily,
and that all was quiet"
He declined to comment on gen.
eral strike preparations.
When notified of truck stoppage
on northern California highways,
he said he had received no Of
ficial reports of the incidents, and
that trouble of that kind must be
handled by county and city auth
critics.
Adjutant General Seth Howard,
in command of the states national
guard, likewise reported everything
quiet and said his troops were
ready to act in any emergency
along the Embarcadero.
The stand by" orders he gave
companies in various central and
northern California cities were not
changed and no new mobilization
instructions were issued.
He believed the present force
of 1000 nduty in San Fran
cisco could handle the task OF
protecting state property, but he
pointed out that another 1,00C
could be moved in swiftly, ano
that total force of 5000 coulo
be mobilized in necessary.
Stoppage of trucks on highways
was a problem for local author
tiles and state highway patrolmer
to handle, he said. The nationa
guard was authorized to act only
in San Francisco and Merriam
instructed that its maneuvers bt
confined to state property anc
protection.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
PROTESTANTS
WILL. JOIN IN
BAN ON FILMS

NEW YORK, July 7. U.P)-The
largest protestant church organiza-
ton in the United States entered
the fight to purify the movies by
boycott today.
The Federal Council of Church.
es of Christ planned a campaign
to pledge protestants not to patron
ize movie houses displaying pictures
offending against accepted moral
ity.
Council executives predicted as
many protestants would pledge
themselves for pure movies as had
been pledged by the Legion of De-
cency, a nationwide movement
started by Catholics but not con-
fined to members of that faith.
The council enlistment in a cam
paign that already had won the
support of individual protestant
churches and organizations, Jewish
groups, and thousands of Catho-
lies alarmed movie executives in
New York and Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
WASHINGTON
WORRIED BY
LABOR ROWS
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bright with outbreaks up and down
the Pacific coast and revived diff
culties in the Minneapolis trucking
situation.
The fatal rioting at San Fran
cisco was regarded as specially un-
fortunate in view of the fact that
the government had set up special
machinery for the peaceable settle
ment of the longshoremen's con-
flict.
The new national labor media
tion set-up will take active form
Monday when the key board meets
here for the first time. This board
replaces the present national labor
board which proved severely han
dicapped in crucial negotiations due
to lack of any power to enforce its
decisions.
The longshoremen's board and
the board authorized in the steel
fight operated independently of
the national board but are expected
to cooperate closely with it.
What progress the steel board
has been making in solving the
question Of collective bargaining in
the industry has not been irdi-
acted as it is working very quietly.
However, the board has conferred
with Charlton Oeburn, attorney for
the Apialgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and
has been offered full cooperation of
the U. S. Steel corporation.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
GUARD UNITS
OFF To CAMP

SACRAMENTO, July Z. U.p)-
Another movement of California
national guard troops will begin
today, this time to converge on
San Luis Obispo for the beginning
of 15-day training camp peroid,
Adjutant General Seth Howard an
nounced.
General Howard said the Quiet
situation on San Francisco IS strike
torn Embarcadero, where the state
militia is on guard, permitted the
opening of the training camp for
an initial 1000 officers and men
on schedule.
The first movement toward San
Luis Obispo will start early this
afternoon when II batteries of the
l43rd field artillery leave in trucks
from Stockton, Lodi, North Sac
ramento, Santa Barbara and Oak
land. The units will meet in San
Jose and probably Bivouac in Gil
roy. Col. Otto Sandman, Stoke
ton, was to be in command.
Units of the 185th infantry. un-
der the command of Col. Ray Hays,
planned to move by train late to-
day from Fresno, Oakdale, Tur-
lock, Visalia. Hanford, Pasadena,
Monrovia, Pomona, Santa Ana,
Orange, Anaheim, San Bernardino
and Riverside.
Enlisted men of the 40th avia-
ton division, Griffith Park, were
to leave by train, while officers
will fly seven planes to the camp
tomorrow, General Howard said.
The only unit now on duty at
San Francisco to go to the camp
at this time was the 40th signal
company of three officers and 80
men
Other units on duty in the strike
area will go to training camp later.
If conditions permit. General How
ard said. He refused to estimate
how long it might be necessary to
keep troops on the Embarcadero to
protect state property.
The training camp will be under
command of Major General David
P. Barrows, Berkeley, who also will
remain in charge of troops on
strike duty, alternating between the
two posts. officers said.
General Howard planned to leave
here today to make an inspection
tour of the units enroute to camp.
He said he would spend Sunday in
San Francisco and probably make
an informal inspection OF troops on
duty there.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
HEART ATTACK
BRINGS DEATH
TO ENGINEER

PHOENIX, Ariz.. July I. W.n) =
The body of Raymond N. Priest.
chief engineer on the All-American
canal project in Imperial Valley
who dropped dead on the street
here last night. today was sent u
Yuma, Ariz, bis former home for
burial.
The widely known engineer died
of heart disease while ne and his
wife, Mrs. frankie Priest. were
walking about the downtown districs
shortly after their arrival from Yu-
ma. He had complained for the
past few days of not feeling very
we'll but had never before suffered
heart attack. He was so years
old.
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 7. U.P) =
A scheduled conference to iron out
an interstate dispute over con-
struction of Parker dam was can
celled today by the death of Ray
mond L. Priest of Yuma, Ariz., chief
engineer of the projected All-Amer-
ican canal.
Priest died Of heart attack last
night after coming here to confer
With Gov. B. B. Moeur in connec-
ton with the distribution of Colo
RADIO river waters. He was accom-
panied by his wife; DR.. Elwood
Mead, commissioner of reclamation.
and R. F. Walter of Denver. chief
engineer of the reclamation service.
Although Parker dam is not di-
rectly connected with the Ali-Amer-
lean canal project, Priest mad hoped
for an early settlement of the con-
troverSy. Moeur, contesting con-
struction operations until after Ari-
zona had been guaranteed a defi-
mite share of diversion rights, dis
patched national guard troops to
Parker severa! months ago with or
ders to restrain California workers
from operating on the Arizona side
of the Colorado river.
Priest was appointed engineer of
the canal project last November 6.
One of the best known engineers
in the southwest, he was native
of Tombstone, Ariz. After attend
ing the University of ARIZONA, he
joined the U. S. geological survey
in 1903, served as a surveyor for
several years and in 1909 was
named superintendent Of construc-
ton of tine Yuma irrigation prof.
ect He was elevated to the post Of
reclamation superintendent in 1923
and served in that capacity until
appointed last November to super
wise construction Of the All-Amer-
lean canal.
He is survived by the widow and
two daughters.