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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30

will be of lasting benefit to entire
valley. w. j. Sterrett. SERA di-
rector for the county with Gra-
ham and Hewes we're responsible
for the appointment of this group
which will also assist the SERA or
ganization in recommending prof.
ects and also others which might
be of general interest.
Several of these have already
been broached. namely. the admin
istration buildings suggested for
each city and also the construc-
tion of a pleasure resort at Salton
Sea. Others will be considered by
this group and then recommended
to the SERA headquarters for fur
ther action.
w. C. Bateheler. recently ap-
pointed SERA field representative
for the southern counties of the
state was present at the meeting
last night which was held in the
court house.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
IS
FAvOR|TE IN
BETTING ODDS
By United Press

For the first time since the cam
paign started, Gov. Frank F. Mer
riam, Republican candidate, found
his economic policies under heavy
direct attack of his opponents to-
day.
Both Upton Sinclair, the Demo
cratic candidate, and r y m o n d
Haight, third man in the guberna-
torial race, criticized the Merriam
social credits" plan in their first
opportunities for public addresses
on the governors scheme.
Merriam himself avoided refer
ence to it in addressing a group at
Riverside, as all three candidates
bid for the heavy vote centered in
the Los Angeles area.
The state supreme court in San
Francisco met to consider the legal
ity of the court suits instituted in
Los Angeles to remove thousands OF
names of alleged illegally registered
voters from the list. A decision was
promised for today.
j. F. T. OConnor, comptroller OF
the currency and close to the Roose
velt administration, came to Los An
geles on a quick trip from Washing
ton. Rumors said he is an admins
tration emissary appointed to ask
Sinclair to withdraw O'Connor de-
MED the reports and said he was
coming home to vote.
With election day just one week
away, betting odds quoted in San
Francisco made Merriam a 5 to ia.
vorite over Sinclair.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
MORE To Be
PUT At WORK
NEXT MONDAY
Local Unemployment Office
Gets Call For Seyenty-Five Ad-
ditional Men And Teams.
NEEDED ON CALEXICO LEG
Totals OF $50 Men And 600
Head Of Animals Now Operat-
ing On This Sector.

Greater activity in construction
operations along the All.American
canal route are indicated in a no
tice which was received this morn
ing at the local office of the reem-
ployment service calling for an ad
ditional rs teamSterS with 4-up
mule or horse teams to report next
Monday morning for work on the
force account sector of the canal at
point three miles west of Calex-
ico
This new quota is in addition to
the two already supplied by the re- :.
employment office for this work. On
October % when this work was
started, rs men with 4-up teams
were put to work on the Calexico
sector of the canal. Yesterday an
additional rs men with their 4-up
teams went out to aid in moving
the earth from the canal route.
This made a total of $50 team
sters with 900 head of stock now at
work on this job. In addition to
these there are at present 13 trac-
tors working on the liz mile sec
tor of the canal between the Cen
tral Main and the Westside Main
lcanals.
When the quota called for this
morning swings into action on next
Monday morning there will be 225
teamsters handling 900 head Of
stock on this job 1t is further in
dicated that further quotas will be
called out as time passes, and this
is borne out by the fact that in just
over two weeks since the first fres-
no dug into the desert sands west
of CaleXico, two quotas of men and
stock have already been put to
wcrk with another to report Mon
day morning.
Notices Sent Out
Notices are being mailed out from
the local reemployment office today
to men who are qualified to under
take this work. They are asked to
report at the office, here, on Satur-
day morning, November 3, in order
that they might receive their clear
ance cards and report with their
teams for the work on Monday NOR
ming,
Those men with teams who have
already registered at the local re-
employment office will receive first
call for this work, Chan Livingstone.
manager, stated this morning in
commenting on the new call for
men. He added that men seeking
work must remember that they
should first be able to meet the
necessary qualifying regulations as
to residence in the county and re-
gistration on the county register for
voters before he can be eligible for
inclusion on the force account work.
Men employed ON this work will
receive S113 per hour. the wage
scale determined before the first
quota was sent out. This is divided:
so cents per hour for the teamster;
60 cents per hour for the 4-up team,
and three cents per hour for the
fresno.
All men working OH this force ac-
count construction are required to
provide all necessary equipment and
also food, water and housing for
both themselves and teams while on
the work
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30

1928 in m king his east-to-west
crossing from California to Austria
liza. They, to, had arranged recep-
tons in his honor and had planned
civic welcome, cablegrams received
here said.
The aviator indicated Cilat wealth
er conditions probably will make it
necessary for him to fly to Los An
geleS.
"The weather people tell me
there's a bad storm sweeping down
from Alaska and if head for San
Francisco 1 may bump into it" read
one of the cablegrams sent Califor-
niaward. ut may all depend on how
the weather is when take off"
Sir Charles and Capt. P. G. Tay-
lor. his navigator, rested today az
ter the 24-hour, As minute unbroken
flight from Naselai Beach.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 80. UP) -
Los Angeles prepared today to well
come Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
and the airplane Lady Southern
Cross to California.
Acting as the Los Angeles repre-
sentative of Sir Charles, P. G. b.
Morriss announced receipt of cable
grams which made this city the
definite goal of the Australia flight.
LOS Angeles is definitely the deS-
tination of the flyer provided
headwinds don't drive him north
ward from his course" Morriss
said. His arrival here can be ex-
pected in 15 hours after he leaves
Honolulu, a 2100-mile flight"
Preparations for a civic greeting
at the airport were completed, and
officials prepared for a banquet
and reception to follow.
Morriss headed a general COM
mittee which included Woodruff de
Silva, airport division of the junior
chamber of commerce; w. B. Bal
ertson, senior chamber Of COM
merce; Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz
and Chief of Police James E. Davis
and Mayor Frank Shaw
Arrangements were made to
broadcast the arrival, beginning
with the first radio messages re-
ceived from the Lady Southern
Cross.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
intended to make this trip.

I intended to make this trip.
II won't deny that the California
situation has been considered i'm
portant in Washington. 1t has been
the topic Of informal conferences
of the official family from day to
day"
Nevertheless, I am not here as
an emissary to ask his withdraw
al"
O'Connor declined comment when
asked if he intended to take any
part in the election.
II don't know" he said. Il don't
know yet who l am going to vote
for. I just came home to vote and
take a look at my law business.
"Of course I'm willing to see
Sinclair-in fact I'm willing to see
anyone. I'll see Merriam (present
Governor Frank F. Merriam, con-
sidered Sinclair's chief opponent
if he wants to see me-"
O'Connor said he still had under
consideration an offer of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to appoint him to
the pest of chairman of the fed
eral reserve board at San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
GRAND CANYON
SHOWING GAIN

A further gain of 10 second
feet in the flow of the Colorado
river at the Grand Canyon sta
ton is noted for today according
to readings posted at irrigation
district headquarters. These show
that today's mark is 281O second
feet compared to yesterdays 2740
reading.
The diversion and TOpOck read
ings remained as yesterday, 1900
for the former and 1850 for the
latter.
In telegram received from the
Yuma office of the weather bu-
reau the weather in the upper
basin and along the watershed is
reported as mostly fair with little
change indicated over Wednes-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
Directors Discuss
Taxation Program,

w. d. Wagner, secretary of the
Irrigation Districts Association of
California met this morning with
the board of directors of the local
district to discuss various phases
of the 10-year plan for the payment
of delinquent taxes recently ap-
proved by the state legislature.
The plan permits delinquent taxes
to be paid on installments and pro-
vides a way for many valley land
owners who are behind in their tax
payments to catch up at mini
mum cost and minus the heavy pen
alties usually imposed for delin-
quency.
Phil d. Swing lunched today with
the directors during which time the
brief to be filed by the district with
the government in the Arizona wa
ter contract suit was discussed.
Swing returned to San Diego this
afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
BONNER BOYS
GET SENTENCE:

Because it will be necessary to
draw 70 names from the trial jury
list for special venire of jurymen,
the trial of Earl and Clyde Bonner
on the charge of assault with in
tent to commit murder was post
poned until November Is by Judge
Vaughn Thompson in superior court
this morning.
Following this action of the court,
Earl Bonner who had been con-
victed by a jury of first degree
burglary, was called for sentence.
His attorney, N. w. Hacker pre-
sented a motion for a new trial
which was denied and Bonner was
then sentenced to San Quentin
prison for the term prescribed by
law which not less than five years.
Clyde Bonner, found guilty with
his brother Earl on a robbery
charge last week was also denied
a new trial and was sentenced by
Judge Thompson to Folsom prison
for a like term. A notice Of appeal
against this judgement was I'M
mediately filed. Both commitments
are to be withheld until the con-
clusion of the assault trial.
Examination of Earl Bonner as
to his sanity was to be held before
Judge McPherrin today as he had
entered a plea of not guilty by
reason of insanity when arraigned
on the robbery charge. His sentence
on this charge has been postponed
until November 2, awaiting the out
come of the insanity hearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30

The spook of "Sinclairism" will
have plenty of opposition tomorrow
night, Halloween. when Republicans
of Imperial county hold a Merriam
Hatfield rally at the fair grounds
in Imperial at which Leo v. Young
worth, prominent Los Angeles Re
publican, will be the principal
speaker.
The meeting is not limited to Re
publicans and special invitation
is extended to Democrats who are
dissatisfied with the usurpation
Of their parly's power by Upton Sin
clair, TO attend the meeting.
An even more emphatic invitation
is offered to misguided Democrats
who still clung to Sinclair despite
his neglect by president Roosevelt,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
Tomorrow Deadliv,e
On Absentee Votes

With tomorrow as the final day
upon which applications for alb
sentee ballots can legally be re-
ceived at the court house prior to
the November 6 general election, a
total of 557 such ballots have been
mailed out from'the county clerks
offio, vince October IT.
Today 80 applications for these
ballots we're received and IA per-
sons who will be absent from the
county on election day voted their
ballots at the clerks office yester-
day. .
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
DEMOCRATS WELCOME AT RALLY
c.. o. P Invites Bourbons To Hear Leo
Youngworth AT Fair Grounds

his disowning by James A. Farley,
and his downright reputation by
George Creel, to be present and
hear why they, too, should follow
the example of these acknowledged
Democratic leaders.
Other speakers, in addition to
Youpgworth, will stress the neces-
sity of electing George Hatfield as
lieutenant governor and of electing
to the assembly men who are not
in sympathy with the doctrines of
Sinclair.
The meeting is held under the
auspices of the Republican county
central committee and the Merriam
Hatfield campaign committee OF
Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
LENHART CONSIDERS BOUT

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 80. U.H -
Fred Lenhart, the champion of the
Montana sheepherders, today was
considering an offer to meet Wes-
ley Ketchell, his old rival, in Holly
wood Legion stadium November 16.
Promoter Charles Macdonald is
trying to get them together again.
They have fought three times, Len
hart twice the victor.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
WOODEN GUN
DEBACL.E MAY
De EXPOSED
State Officer Charges Guards
AZ Jail Paid OFF To Permit
Notorious Break.
TWO MURDERS LINKED UP
Witnesses Reported Slain Be-
cause They Knew Too Much
Of Conspiracy.

CROWN POINT, Ind, Oct. 80
UP)-State investigators today link
ed two murders with John Dillin-
ger's wooden gun" escape from the
Lake county Jail last March 8, the
United Press learned today
The murder claims followed the
seizing of two officials of the jail
and two other men for questioning
These taken into custody were;
Lew Baker, jail warden.
Ernest Bunk, deputy sheriff and
finger print expert.
Harvey Keiser, Crown Point sal
cen owner.
Dennis M. Dunn, fathers law Of
Keiser.
The slayings, committed in gang
land fashion, occurred III Lake
county. The victims were put out OF
the way because they knew too
much about the details of the eS-
cape which cost Dillinger $1,000 ac-
cording to evidence claimed by in
yestigators assigned to the case by
Gov. Paul v. McNutt.
A third man, supposedly Lake
county attorney. also was reported
tc have been taken into custody.
Baker and Blunk were routed
from bed in their homes before
dawn by a detail of state police led
by Deputy Attorney General j. Ed
ward BARGE.
They were spirited out of town,
SUPPOSEDLY tc some isolated spot, for
further questioning.
BARGE has been in Lake county
for several months obtaining eVl-
dence which he says will prove Dbl
linger's escape was made possible
by a "payoff."
BARGE, who established himself
in a Hammond hotel to carry on his
secret investigation, was said to
have been threatened twice by the
same underworld mob that killed
the two witnesses.
The deputy attorney general
came mere under the guise OF in
vestigating poor relief administra-
ton and selected Sergt. Sandor
Singer of the Hammond police de-
partment to aid him.
Singer was with BARGE and the
state police when Baker and Bunk
were taken away today.
Attorney Involved
Technically they were rot under
arrest but BARGE said arrests would
be made shortly.
The payoff of $1,000 for Dillin-
gers break after his return to In
diana from Tucson, Ariz. was ar
ranged through the same syndicate
that controlled bootlegging in Lake
county before repeal of prohibition,
the investigators claimed.
Blunk and Sam Cahoon, a guard
at the JAIL were arrested last spring
after a grand jury investigation.
Blunk was acquitted on charges of
aiding Dillinger and the charges
against Cahoon were dropped for
lack of evidence.
The investigation revealed, ac-
cording to the United Press infor-
nation, that Dillinger wanted 10 be
rescued by an outside gang. This
was overruled by Chicago attor-
ney who felt that such an attempt
would fail because of the heavy
guard thrown around the jail.
II was decided, the investigators
claimed, that it would be an inside
job.
The payoff, investigators said
was arranged at three meetings in
Gary saloon and arrangements
were made for blue prints Of the
Jail to be turned over to the Chi
cago attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
Green Arraigned
On Traffic Count

John Green, charged with driving
while drunk and failing to stop and
render assistance after an accident
was arraigned before Judge Thomp
son in superior court this morning.
Plea was continued until Friday.
Green is charged with having
struck 19-month- boy in CaleX
leo several weeks ago. 1t was said
that the child was dragged by
Green's car along the street about
60 feet and also that Green did not
stop. He was arrested later and the
driving complaints followed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
ACORNS GOLF TEES

GAIT, Ont. WP)-MemberS of the
Waterloo Golf and Country club,
have found a way to save money.
Instead Of purchasing tees at about
Is cents a hundred the golfers are
using acorns as ball stands. They
break the acorn shells in half, each
half making a perfect tee.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
DIGEST POLL
LEAD HELD
BY MERRIAM

NEW YORK, Oct. 80. W.P)-The
Literary DIGEST today made public
returns from five more cities In its
test pool of California sentiment in
the race for governor.
Upton Sinclair, the Democratic
candidate, was still running far be
hind Gov. Frank F. Merriam. who
thus far has maintained an actual
majority of votes over the other
four candidates.
Ballots on the three leading can
didates as announced today we're:
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
ODD CALF DIES AT BIRTH

KINCARDINE, Ore. U.P) - Two
heads, four eyes, two mouths and
an extra leg proved too much of a
handicap for a calf born here and
the strange animal died soon after
birth. H. Elliott, the owner, has had
the head stuffed and is keeping it
on display.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
CALL POLICE:
FOR DUTY At
UCLA CAMP Us
Students Plead Cause OF Five
Expelled From College Because
OF Radicalism.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 80. WP) -
Police riot squads were called to the
campus of the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles today when
more than 1000 students gathered
to hear leaders plead the cause OF
five prominent students who were
suspended from college. for a year
for alleged Communistic activities.
Although officers were called to
disperse the group, the students
were said to have returned to their
study halls voluntarily. University
authorities said there had been no
semblance of a riot.
The five suspended students, in
Guiding the president of the stu
Cent body, were being given a hear
ing before DR.. E. c. Moore, Provost
OF the university, when the group
formed.
Two speakers, whose names were
not learned, pleaded with the group
to await the outcome of the hear
ing" in which the majority agreed.
A small minority, however, set up a
vociferous cry Tor immediate action,
demanding that the students i'm
mediately be reinstated. DR.. Moore,
in statement issued late yester-
day, charged the five men and Wo-
men with using their student Of
fices to aid the National Student
League, a Communist organization,
! 10 destroy this university
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 80. (UP) =
Five of the most prominent stud
ents of the University of California
at Los Angeles were barred from
the campus today, suspended on
charges of using their student Of
fices to aid the National Student
League, a Communist organization,
to destroy this university
The suspended students, John
Burnside, student body president;
Sidney Zagri, forensics chairman;
Thomas Lambert, mems chairman;
Mendel Lie b erma n, scholarship
chairman. and Celeste Strack, CO.
ed debator, we're accused in a pub
lie statement issued by Provost Err
nest c. Moore.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-30
THIRD CALL FOR WORKERS ON CANAL SECTION
AMlLl-
F'sA'R0GERs
W 'sap:

BEVERLY HILLS, Oct. 20
(SpeciaD-Well, sir, there was
an awful heart-rendering little
item of news in the papers this
morning. It's just as well you
maybe didn't see it, The New
York stock exchange lost S27,-
986 last year. According to their
own press sheet, they state that
it's the first time in the history
of the racket" that they have
ever published their winnings or
losings. well, in fact they
haven't printed any of their VIM
nings YETI But it's encouraging
to the bread line to have such
prominent new member join'em.
Yours,
M<x R1~&>
cusC Mss.arAt svaaiss,s IsA
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McCarL Is Name-ReaL DiSSenteY

moneys wrongfully spent. They
have prevented the spending Of
millions more by stopping its dis
bursement at the source.
Jealous and conscientious, Mr..
McCarl is just as relentless with
those whose overcharge can be
counted in pennies and nickels as
with those who have overspent
into the millions.
NER. M'CARL is, perhaps, the
1VA most unpopular man in the
capital, officially speaking. But he
bellies the impression one would
get in listening to the ranting and
fulminations of those who have
suffered from his blue pencil.
He is pleasant-mannered,
genial sort of fellow who goes
about his business quietly and eff
flciently.
Official washington sees little of
him. He and his wife, who have no
children, and who live during the
winter months in one of Wash
ington's newest apartment hotels,
avoid society studiously. The
controller general has purpose
in leading a secluded life. He does
not want to become involved or
obligated. He finds his friends
among persons not in official life.
Habitues Of the local golf club to
which he belongs probably see
more of this 54-year-old official
than any one else. For golf is his
hobby. During the summer
months he moves to the golf club
and there he may be seen, a
stocky, determined fellow, slowly
and methodically trudging about
the course While the dew yet
glistens on the fairways. He is
a good golfer, shooting in the low
eighties.
The controller-general is also
a bridge enthusiast. He and his
wife are frequent attendants at
moving picture shows. He is a
confirmed mOtOriSt-that is, one
who drives his own car because he
is fond of driving. He never takes
long vacations, seldom is away
from his desk for more than a
week at a time.
There are hundreds Of human
interest stories in the accounts
over which Mr.. McCarls army
pores day in and day out. One
may spur his imagination to see,
as he inspects the vouchers, young
men working in civilian conser-
walton corps camps in the forests,
workmen piling up new govern
ment buildings, immigration
offices along the borders, coast
guardsmen at sea, army barracks
in Hawaii, consular officers in the
Balkans, assay offices in the west,
forest rangers high along the
mountain ridges, and the supposed
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glitter of life behind the doors OF
the White House on Pennsylvania
avenue. For all come within Mr..
McCarl's purvieW.
There was the rural mail carrier
in sparsely settled and isolated
western section who claimed in
vain that an expenditure for
pair of overShoes was legitimate
government expense.
Cabinet members in every adj
miniStration have come to grips
with the controller general-and
lost. It was he who reduced Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd's navy
pension.
TINE general accounting office
Il has a staff of trained experts
for every government function
war and navy, veterans, railroad
freight charges and the like. The
transportation division Of 100 is
rated very highly. It's members
know every cutoff, every new
stretch of road.
One of these transportation ex-
perts looked a second time as he
scanned a set of accounts for
travel pay of officers assigned to a
citizens military training camp.
He happened to know that a new
tunnel had been constructed
which cut off tWenty-three miles
on the route over which the
s officers had Travelled. They were
getting travel allowance for the
old route. The difference amount
ed to $1.84 in each case. Mr.. Nc
Carl demand it-and got it.
The controller general insists
always that the letter of the law
be followed. In his dozen years
he has built up a mass of prece-
dents which have shaped the
theory of government accounting
on it's modern mass scale.
Mr.. McCarl was small town
Nebraska lawyer, and probably
would have remained compare
lively unknown except for that
fate which projected him into the
prominent position he now holds.
1t was Senator George w. Nor
ris, independent Republican leader
of Nebraska, who was responsible
for Mr.. McCarls entry on the
national scene. Both men lived
in McCook, Neb. The senator