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Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
MANIAC STAbS
TWO PERSONS
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5. U.P
Edwin WOlvertOn, 20, of
Grand Junction, Colo, died to-
day of a knife wound he received
when well-dressed man ran
amOk i'm a local radio studio.

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 5. U.P)-A
well-dressed man WHO refused to re-
veal his name, ran amok in the
studios of radio station XIII today,
and stabbed two visitors, one per-
haps fatally.
The man, we'll dressed and mid
die -aged, attacked Edwin Wolver-
ton, 20, of Grand Junction, Colo.
as the youth entered the studios for
an addition, witnesses said. One
thrust of an open knife was be-
lieved to have penetrated Wolver-
ton IS brain. Police surgeons feared
he might die.
Then the man dashed through a
reception room. In a corridor he
leaped upon Warren Fehlman, 40,
representative of the Wall Street
Journal, and cut a two-inch cash
in his scalp.
Before Fehlman could break
away, his attacker cut his coat 10
shreds, police said.
Strapped to a chair at Georgia
police station, the man refused TO
answer questions. From a paper in
his pocket, however, he was tenta-
lively identified as Clarence l..
Walters, about 38, of 1919 French
avenue. which detectives thought
was a Santa Ana address.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
DEATH CLAIMS
NOTED WRITER

NEW YORK, Feb. s. UP)-Fun-
eral services will be held at the
free synagogue today for Montague
Glass, creator of "PotaSh and
Perlmutter'' who died at his
Westport, Conn.,, home Saturday of
a cerebral hemorrhage. Rabbi Ste
phen S. Wise will conduct services
for the Sc year old author.
Glass, in poor health for the past
several weeks. was confined to bed
Thursday. He had worked up to
the last few days on a new "Po-
tash and Perlmutter' series. He
was born in Manchester, England
and came to New York in 1890. It
was said that his inspiration for his
famous Jewish cloak and suit char
acters came from his associations
while a member of metropolitan
law firm.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Caroline Patterson, and a
daughter, Elizabeth.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
Duncan, Sisters
Ordered To Pay

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5. U.P)-Vi-
Wan and Rosetta Duncan encoun-
tered new grief with their debtors
today when they were ordered to
pay tire company $l,802.56 be-
cause they failed to include it as
a liability in their bankruptcy Pc
tition.
S. H. Duncan, their father, plead
ed in vain with Municipal Judge
Benjamin Scheinman that they
had instituted bankruptcy proceed
ings but the plaintiffs argued that
the debt was not listed.
The sisters recently lost a fight
in federal court to be discharged
from their debts, the court hold
ing that they had failed to account
for nearly $1,000 in stage and screen
earnings.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
CRASH FATAL
To M0T0R|ST

Refugio Robles, SO, was killed al
most instantly at 1920 o'clock last
nigEt when struck by an automo-
bile driven by L. E. Sinclair, Jr, of
Calipatria. just outside the city
limits of that city.
According to the report of the
mans death made by A. R. Under
wood, county coroner, Robles had
just left Calipatria and was pro-
ceeding westward when he discov-
cred one of his tires was flat. Stop
ping on the pavement he went to
the rear of his car to get the spare
and with it in his hands came
around the car to start making the
change.
1t was then that he was struck by
the Sinclair car which was coming
in an easterly direction. He was
thrown to tie pavement suffering
fractured skull and conclusion
of the brain, death resulting almost
Immediately.
A coroners jury in Calipatria this
morning returned verdict OF un-
avoidable accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
Corn-Hog Contracts
VIII Be Studied

A series of meetings to study
corn-hog reduction contracts has
been arranged for this week by the
agricultural extension service.
The first meeting is being held
today in Imperial: Tuesday the
meeting will be in the offices of the
MIX Producers headquarters at
Holtville; Wednesday, at the O. and
M. offices in the old Calexico hotel,
Calexico; Thursday at the farm
advisors IS office in the court house
and Friday in the Dunlack hotel,
BraWley.
All those interested in joining
ttris corn-hog reduction program
are urged to attend the meetings,
all Of which will begin at l p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
SNEAK THIEVES
OBTAIN LOOT

Loot estimated at nearly $500 in
value consisting of shoes and wear
ing apparel was obtained in two
burglaries perpetrated in the city
yesterday and last night according
to reports made by tie losers to
police headquarters.
The first of these reports is to
the effect that the showcase stand
ing in front OF Johnson's clothing
store on Main street near Sixth
was entered sometime between TIE
hours of 5 o'clock yesterday morn
ing and $40 o'clock yesterday af-
, ternoon. The report states that
the window was checked by police
at 5 o'clock and again at $50
o'clock, both of which times its con-
tents were found to be intact. 1t
is thought by police tEat the theft
happened shortly after the last
checkup, just before daylight.
The thief filed the E.asp from the
hack of the case and in this man.
ner opened the door A checkup
showed that he made off with IL
pairs of shoes valued at $108.
George Hoskizaki, 443 South
Fourth street, reported that his
home was burglarized last night.
The back door of the house had
been left open SO that members of
the family might enter at their
pleasure and it is thought that the
thief also gained entry to the house
by this door. Loot taken consisted
of IS shirts, pairs of trousers,
two overcoats and a large quentity
of ladies and girls clothing. A
value of $173 was set on the missing
articles by the owner.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
SEVEN DIE IN
OKLAHOMA'S
BANDIT WAR

SAPULPA, Okla, Feb. S. Up) =
Oklahoma's endless war against
criminals went on today after a
! weekend of violence which claimed
the lives of seven men-three Off
GERS and four outlaws.
Two officers and three despera-
Goes fell mortally wounded in q
spectacular gun battle which re-
suited when a posse raided an out
law hideout at farm house neal
here Saturday night.
! At Chelsea, Okla, a few hours
later, a deputy sheriff engaged iI
a pistol duel with three burglars
The officer and one of the burg
lars were shot to death.
The officers killed in the Sapulpa
battle were Police Chief Tom Brum-
ley and Patrolman G. P. Lloyd
Slain members of the bandit gang
we're Aussic Elliott, Raymond
Moore and Eldon Wilson.
Deputy Sheriff Al Powell ano
Newt Clanton, police character
were those who met death in the
Chelsea battle. Powell and thu
town night watchman, w. A. Rob
erts, surprised Clanton and tive
other men in the act of entering
a hardware store and ordered then
to surrender.
Instead, the burglars opened fire
Powell returned the fire and n
and Clanton fell in brisk exchange
Of shots.
The other two burglars escaped.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
Market Agreement
For Asparagus Men

A marketing agreement for the
fresh asparagus industry of Califor-
mia has been tentatively approved
by the secretary of agriculture and
submitted to members of the in
duStry for signature, according to
word received by the farm advis-
or's office from the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration. Upon
its return to the secretary, it will
be considered for final approval.
The proposed agreement seeks to
increase returns TO producers
through regulation of supply under
the proration principle. 1t is an
ticipated that the agreement will
become effective in time to apply to
this years crop, as California pro-
ducers supply the market with
fresh asparagus from late February
to early May.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05

The. court said exemption from
service in civil suits never has
been extended to members of con-
greSs and that nothing in the
present case" could be distorted
into a legal arrest or could be
brought within the immunity af-
forded in the constitution to men,
bers of congress.
1T would be an extraordinary
situation if members Of congress
while in Washington in their Of
ficial capacity could incur common
indebtedness, such as store bills,
hotel bills, etc, and be entirely
immune from service of civil pro-
cess for the enforcement of such
claims.
This we have held in number
of cases is not the law, and we
can perceive no distinction between
the service of civil process in a
case of that kind and the one
that is under consideration in this
case"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
Board Holds
Brief Meeting

At brief meeting Of the ir-
rigation district board OF direc-
tors held this morning it was vot-
ed that the board should act as
a committee to assist in the arrang-
ing of dinner in honor of Cover
nor Rolph when he arrives In Ell
Centre on March %. After this
business the board adjourned until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Evan T. Hewes, chairman OF the
board said this morning that he
had been informed matters would
probably be ready for joint meet
ing of the Imperial Coachella
boards to be held here either
Wednesday or Thursday. The mat
ter chiefly concerning these two
boards is the agreement awaiting
ratification by them and 1t now
appears that this will be finally
disposed of at this joint meeting.
Tt was further intimated than
should the agreement be approved
at this meeting of the two boards
the suit against the All-American
canal would be dismissed by Fri
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
Commission Loan
Limit Raised

In the future commissioner IS
loans up to $500 will be obtainable
according to information received
this morning by Scott B Foulds,
agent to the correspondent of the
commissioner. the notice having
come from the federal land bank
in Berkeley. Previously $4,000 was
the largest amount loaned.
This morning Foulds also receiv-
ed notice that four more loans, tot
alling $18,400 had been approved,
bringing the sum loaned to valley
ranchers in the week beginning
January 27 to over $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
WILL DISMISS
LYNCHING CASE

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb. 5
| I(U.P)-Roy McKittrick, Missouri at
torney general, today recommended
that the circuit court dismiss all
remaining charges in the ST. Jo-
sept, Mo, lynching case as a re-
suit of the acquittal Saturday OF
Walter Carton, one of the principal
defendants.
McKittrick expressed confidence
that the court would approve his
recommendations.
He said that inasmuch as the
state lad tried its strongest case
in Carton and lost. only useless ex-
penSe would result from an at
tempt to secure conviction of the
others indicted. Six other murder
charges and four minor charges re-
naming will be affected.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
SUPERVISORS Aid
Bard Station

kilograms urging the continuance
of the Bard experimental farm and
the expansion, if possible, of the ex-
perimental work in field crops and
sub-tropical horticulture in the
county were ordered sent to Sec
retary Henry Wallace, Congress
man Burnham and Senators john
son and McAdoo by vote of the
board of county supervisors this
morning.
The supervisors met wi h
the federal labor investigating COM
mission this afternoon and also
voted to aid with other civic Or
ganizations of the county in ar
ranging an entertainment for Gov
James Rolph, Jr., when he visits
Imperial county on March 23.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
Await Shake-Up In
Los Angeles CWA

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5. {U.P) 49,
A drastic stakeup in the local CWA
organization was anticipated today
with the arrival of Major Donald
II. Connolly newly-appointed di
rector and five assistants.
Connolly was appointed last week
to succeed Harold English who re-
signed after serving only two weeks
as head of the county unit.
Connolly's arrival coincided with
final preparations of Peirson Hall,
U. S. district attorney, to submit
local CWA records to a federal
jury
Its the dirtiest mess I've ever
seem" Hall said Beyond that he
would not hint the extent Of his
findings,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
Gold ReserUe Sets
NeU High Record

WASHINGTON, Feb. s. W.P)-
Gold reserve of the United States
government reached another all
time record high today at s7,ol9,-
4,11163
This was gain of $l,65O, 5.93
over the previous day when the
governments gold reserves were
revalued at the new price of $35 per
ounce. There was no explanation
for the source of the increased gold
today but it was understood most
of it came out of domestic boards.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
FRANCE HEARS
DICTATORSHIP
THREAT MADE
Government Facing Serious
Crisis As Aftermath Of Bank
Scandals.
EOYALlSTS STAGE RIOT
Police And Soldiers Maintain
Heavy Guard In Paris To Curb
Outbreaks.
BY RALPH HEsNZEN
United Press Staff Correspondent


PARIS, Feb. 5.-Frances grave
political crisis today approached 4
climax that threatened to cause
riots. wrecked careers and possibly
dictatorship.
Government buildings were guard
ed in anticipation of bloody riots
when the new Edouard Daladier
government faces the chamber of
deputies tomorrow to undergo
questioning on its proposals to ap-
pease popular anger over tie Sta
whisky banking scandal which in
wolves high political figures.
Daladier was prepared to promise
the chamber that if it gave him
a vote of confidence he would turn
ever to parliamentary inquiry
committee thousands of checks and
other documents-whicE. he as well
as opposition members of parlie-
ment believe will bring political
ruin to prominent men who be-
friended the late Alexandra Sta
visky.
The government was reported to
have mobilized tanks and two divi-
sions of troops near Paris, to rem
force soldiers and $4,000 police al
ready here.
TIE government feared a right
wing effort to seize power. Right
wing leaders suspected a left wing
effort to form a dictatorship. The
Socialists, temporarily and suspi-
ciously allied with the cabinet, sus-
pected both Daladier and the right
wing elements of dictatorial ambi-
tiops.
Clashes Reported
Riots continued last night. Roy
alists and war veterans paradGd
the streets, shouting:
Hang tie deputies to lamp
posts"
They clashed frequently and
bloodily, with police.
BY removing Jean Chiappe, pre-
feet of police, Daladier disrupted
his cabinet and alienated some of
his most influential comrades in the
Radical Socialist party.
Because of Chiappe's dismissal,
Francis Pietri, minister of finance
and the budget, and Colonel Jean
Fabry, minister of war, resigned,
Gustav Douissain resigned as un-
dersecretary of technical education
and Edouard Renard resigned as
prefect of the Fine department.
Daladier named Joseph Paul
Boncour. foreign minister in sew
eral previous governments, as sec
retary of war and Deputy Paul
Marchandeau. mayor of Rheims. as
finance and budget minister. Chi
appe he replaced with Adrian Bon
nefoy- -Sibour.
TIE cabinet is to meet formally
tomorrow morning, to approve
Daladier's ministerial declaration to
the chamber. Royalists are organ
izing demonstrations for the cham
ber meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
Rolph Coming
February 23rd

Governor Rolph will arrive in Ell
Centro March % it was learned
here this morning as part of a
goodwill tour through the state
which is to start next Friday. Com
mittees composed of delegates from
civic and OF her organizations
throughout the county are being
formed who will act as official hosts
to the state chief executive at a
banquet to be given in his honor
here on that date.
This tour is being made by the
governor in the hope of getting
firSthand information as to condi-
tions affecting each county in the
state relative to labor. unemploy-
ment, water and other similar
problems.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
COURT DENIES
INJUNCTION IN
CRANDE CASE
No Cause Of Action Shown In
Complaint To Ban Prorating
Of Lettuce.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5. U.P)-
Federal Judge Paul j. Mccormick
today dismissed without prejudice a
motion of Joseph H. Grande of Ell
Centro for an order restraining the
agricultural prorate commission of
California from enforcing a prorat-
ing program on Imperial Valley let
tuce growers.
The ruling held no cause of ac-
ton had been shown in the COM
plant.
Grande charged the recently
adopted state measure which was
designed to prevent agricultural
waste in the marketing of crops
and the conservation of agricultur-
al wealth of the state, was in vio-
lation of the United States consti-
tuition.
The plaintiff IS allegation that the
prorating agreement would give
large producers a monopoly was de-
MED in the answer of A. J. McFad-
den, president of the prorate body.
McFadden also denied charges he
had acted in "an arbitrary, dicta-
torial and over-bearing manner
toward growers when he conduct
ed public hearing in Ell Centre
January %.
He said an orderly meeting had
been held at which all factions
were represented.
Others named in the application
! for an injunction were Frank Reed
, Preston Mckinney, Howard Miller
j. j. Brooke, Roy Pike. George
Eacke. C. w. Schluessner and E. A
| Stockdyke, commissioners of the
agricultural body, and Fred Bright
an agent of the commission.
| Latest regulations governing let
tuce shipments for this week were
worked out by the local pro-rating
committee after long and hectic
sessions Saturday night, Sunday
morning and afternoon.
For the period February to Feb
ruary 10 the proration basis shall
establish not in excess of $50 cars
of ice pack each day; the total
shipments of ice pack and dry pack
combined shall not exceed the above
allotted number of ice pack ship
ments in any day by more than II
per cent according to the commit
tee IS regulations.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
RAISES WHITE RACCooNs

NORTH FREEDOM. Wis. (U.D
A strain of freak white raccoons
has been developed on the farm of
Ernest F. Stabnow, near here. He
began raising them several years
ago. when he trapped one and
later secured a white mate for II.
Usually, not more than one white
raccoon appears In a litter OF nor
mally colored young. but the
strain has persisted under stab
now's careful breeding.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
FOREIGN STUDENTS INCREASE

ROME U.P) - The number OF
foreign students at Italian uni
versities has been steadily in
creasing since 1914, according to
latest official figures. In 1914
there were 489. This year there
were 2,287 of whom 1865 are Ameri-
cans.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
MORE
INVOLVED IN
AIR SCANDAL
Senate Orders Trio To Show
Cause Why They Should Not
Be Held In Contempt.

WASHINGTON, Feb 5. U.P)-
The senate today ordered citation
of three airline officials to appear
before the senate to show cause
why they should not be punished
for contempt in the airmail in
vestigation.
At the suggestion of Senator Bor-
ah CRep) Idaho, arrest of the three
was not ordered
They were: l.. H. Brittin. vice
president of Northwest Airways;
Harris M. Hanshue, president OF
Western Air Express; and Gilbert
Givvin, Hanshue s secretary. Will
liam P. MacCracken, former assist
ant secretary of commerce, already
is under arrest on a senate war
rant.
The citations were made return
able on Friday. It was ordered
that MacCracken, originally sched-
uled to be brought before the bar
of the senate today, should appear
at that time.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. U.P)-
Chairman Black of the senate air.
mail investigating committee open
ed the "trial' of former Assistant
Secretary of Commerce w. P. Mac
Cracken, Jr., in the senate today
with a charge that former Post
master General Walter F.. Brown
had violated the law in a mail con-
tract "Spoils conference during
the Hoover administration.
MacCracken, under arrest on z
senate warrant, was a spectator in
the public galleries while Black out
lined the committee IS case ano
suggested appropriate action
against four other airline officials
and attorneys.
Black also charged that testi-
mony before his committee showed
that postoffice contracts were
awarded collusively and fraudu-
lently'.
"They stand upon a rotten foun-
dation,' he shouted.
Black told the senate that teSti-
mony before the committee showed
that Brown and MacCracken par
| ticipated in a "secret meeting
held in a room adjacent to Brown !
post office deparement office a
which the country was divided int
certain mail routes and contract
we're distributed among "particu
lar' operating companies.
The chairman declared tn
| CT oil n 1ot,
in the Pennsylvania railroad anc
other companies interested in aVi
alton, and charged that the prac'
tice of distributing contracts "ir
Secret' was a violation of the law
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-05
AHIL5os AH4ndfos
W 'soys:

BEVERLY HILLS, Feb 4.
(SpeciaD-Now that the prin-
cipal thing to gamble in is
money, you watch the China
man entering into your brok-
age offices. No people in the
world can gamble on money ex-
change like a Chinaman, the
quickest figurers in their heads
of anybody.
That money market in Shang-
hal makes the New York stock
market look like a wake, and
not a pencil in the house. ]
here and now suggest to Mr..
Morganthau, our treasurer;
don't monkey with a Princeton
or Harvard professor when he
starts out with that two billion
to stabilize with.
Can all those professors and
get him a Chinaman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
BUILDING THE LID.

SerWyn, Ii.
Editor, Daily Worker:
Two weeks ago there was held a
mass meeting in Berwyn, at the
local labor board at which 300
people attended protesting the rail-
reading Of a comrade at the relief
station, for demanding relief, one
day ahead Of time. The meeting
was called by the LID, which was
responsible for getting this comrade
out Of jail. At this meeting mem
bership drive was made in view Of
starting an LID. branch in Berwyn.
Today we had the first successful
meeting Of the new applicants at
the house of con1rade. The meet
ing was well attended and were able
to elect a full executive body, in
Guiding all functionaries, etc. We
named it the Lenin branch of the
LID.
A speaker from the district gave
a good lecture on the LID. work,
etc., and the spirit was Al. We
are all confident (25 in all to start
With that our branch will grow and
be active, and at the meeting we
will bring the DIV. campaign for
ward.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Letters from,
Our Readers
Halls UNITED FRONT
Minneapolis, MINI.

Minneapolis, MINI.
Editor, Daily Worker:
I am quite a continual reader Of
your paper, and I must congratulate
the Communist Party in getting
solidarity Of all working people to-
gether, regardless of their amlia-
ton That is the spirit. Keep up
the good work because it is show
ing results. I do not belong to the
Communist Party. I have always
voted Farmer-Labor in this state,
but I found out that they are moth
ing but reformist party, so I will
vote different this next election.
Every time I get a Daily Worker
and finish reading it, I take it to
the Library, where it is put in the
holder over the other papers where
people can read it. And believe me
how the people go after to read it.
Get other readers to do this and
emphasize that readers should pass
them among friends.
Part Of the Daily Worker" should
be for education, say two pages.
This is election year, and the work
ers should be made to realize to vote
only the Communist ticket. This
should be stressed time and time
again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
10 3
Mn fHne HeDgaaesH
1S56#aN HELEN LUXE u II
HELEN LUKE

heart q any 1~e--lg q esFci5&U-Ja OF
pride-culy despair and sorrow.
"Oh, beautiful Vienna, and my
dear beautiful comrades, what Is
there left?
L feel that people die sometimes
because they can no longer bear to
live. They almost will their own
deaths. When an idealist and
fighter who has constantly made
sacrifices for the movement
sees that movement crumbling
around him sees schisms, ulisurder-
standings, irreparable breaks: sees
treacnery in our own ranks: when
in addition there is physical illness,
personal disappointment or frustra-
zion, it sometimes becomes an IN
endurable strain to wake each
morning and live through the end
less succession Of days.
This lachrynaose piece Of defeat
ism was clipped from the New
Leader ana mailed us by Mike