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Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-12
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLI-
CATION FOR LETTERS TES-
TAMENTARY.
No. 1889

In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial, in the Mat
ter of the Estate of HERBERT
SWEET, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that pc
tition for the probate of the for
eign will of Herbert SWEET, de-
ceased, and for the issuance to
Laura SWEET Burnham of letters
testamentary, has been filed in this
court, and that Friday, the 18th
day of April, 1884, at 2 o'clock P.
M, of said day, at the courtroom
in Department Two of said court,
at the Courthouse in the City of
Ell Centre, County of Imperial,
State of California, has been set
for the hearing of said petition,
when and where any person inter-
ested may appear and contest the
same, and show cause, if any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted, and said foreign will
admitted to probate and letters
testamentary issued to said Laura
SWEET Burnham as prayed for
therein, said petition being hereby
referred to for further particulars.
DATED: March &c, 1894.
EDWARD H. LAW,
Clerk.
BY C. w. HINDERKS,
Deputy Clerk.
D. G. BITLER,
Attorney for Petitioner. 2t10
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-12
OA|RYNEN Of
WEST CONFER

BERKELEY, April 70, U.P) Five
hundred dairymen from California,
Nevada and Arizona centers gath
cred here today with federal auth
critics and officials in a meeting
called by the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration for the pur-
pose Of submitting program for
the industry.
The meeting was presided over
by Dean G II. Hutchinson OF the
University OF California Agricultuf-
al college Two speakers III the
morning session were Roger w.
Morse, regional coHsultant for Inc
AAA, and Edwin GnuInnltz. pflu-
cipal agricultural economist.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-12
IMPERIAL
LEI11 I'D: 11Z73;I7E7 2[Il F 81 AEsl3
POULTRY WANTED

WANTED
Wilson's Poultry Yard
Any amount-cash prices.
CHICKS and TURKEYS
Imperial Phone 214 Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-12

LOST-Wallet containing about $25,
chauffeur"s license and identifi-
cation cards. Clyde English.
Finder return to Press office. Re-
ward. 11t2
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-12
LOST

LOST - Keys in holder bearing
name H. B. Anderson, somewhere
in Ell Centre. Finder see Hatton
at Hatton's Garage, Sixth and
11t2
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-12

FOR RENT-Furnishe house back
of high school OR Holt. Apply
Roberta Hotel. 10t6
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-12
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

THE BIGGEST BUY in town. Just
broken in, Master Chevrolet
coach. 449 Main st. 11t4
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-12
FOR RENT-Four-roo furnished
house; adults only. 1853 State. loft

FOR RENT-Houses furnished and
unfinished, large and small.
Marie Land, 235 North Sixth ST.
21tf
Evening star., 1934-11-15
AGES NEARED 200 MARK
Old Registries of Town Show
Four Over 159,

BUDAPEST R.-Recently found
death registries of the eighteenth CEN
tury gave the following ages for per-
sons who died in the Hungarian vii
lage of Hodmezovasarhely Janos
Lente, 172; Janos Soos, 1862; Mihaly
Mate, 16O, and Mihaly Hezso. 159.
Evening star., 1934-11-15

suspensions said 1t was the most dras-
tic disciplinary action in the history
Of the college.
A few minutes after the faculty
meeting, DR.. Daniel w. Redmond,
former dean Of the School of Liberal
Arts and Sciences of the college, died
OF heart attack.
Students circulated a report that
he had urged a more clement attitude
toward those disciplined, and said
they believed excitement brought on
the attack. Dean Morton Gottschall
of the college denied this. saying Dr.
Redmond took no active part.
Evening star., 1934-11-15
GAS TAX SHIFT
TO ROADS SOUGHT
Builders Claim $500, ,000,-
900 Diverted YearIy-Meet
Here January 22.

Return of State road building funds
of gasoline tax and motor vehicle
license fees, now being diverted to
emergency relief and other purposes,
will be sought by the American Road
Builders Association during its thirty
second annual convention and nigh
way exhibit in Washington January
% to IS, inclusive.
Highway officials declare that vari-
Gus States are now diverting about
S200,OO0OO a year from gasoline tax
and motor vehicle fees to other uses,
and if this program is continued, road
improvements will be jeopardized and
ultimately these States will be unable
to participate in Federal appropria-
tions for highways.
Aims Outlined.
The general theme of the conven-
ton will be: Continuation of an ade-
quate highway program; use of high
way revenues for highway purposes
only. and continuation of Federal ap-
preparations for highways.
The convention will draw to Wash
ington approximately 5000 of the
country's outstanding highway Off
cials, engineers, contractors and
manufacturers Convention headquar-
ters will be established in the Willard
Hotel.
One of the features will be an ex-
hibit of the latest developments in
equipment and materials. More than
100 exhibits are expected to be on dis
play.
Divisions to Convene.
Two general sessions of the con-
vention will deal with subjects of vital
interest to the highway industry. In
addition there will be meetings of
the county officials division, city Of
flciais' division, highway contra cto~s'
division ard engineers and officials
division for consideration of problems
directly applicable to these groups.
Aside from the general and divi-
SIGNAL sessions, there also will be sew
eral committee meetings and a social
program that includes a pan-Ameri-
can reception. and a gala banquet
that will bring the convention to a
close
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, president
of the association and director of
highways for the District, points out
that the coming convention will be
OF special importance because the
theme will include the foundation of
the activities of the future highway
program based upon the economics
of the highway situation in the coun-
try at the present time. and further
because the highway construction pro-
gram is playing such an important
part in the national recovery pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1934-11-15

privately owned craft. It is their
duty to check privately owned and
pleasure craft to see that they comply
with safety regulations, have the
proper life-saving equipment, proper
crews and carry all necessary lights.
Two such patrol boats are assigned
to the Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bay region, and others are on duty in
nearby Virginia waters. Assignment
of the prospective pupils will be han
died through Mr. NWeaver's Office, in
the Commerce Building.
Evening star., 1934-11-15
NAVIGATION SCHOOL
PLANNED BY BUREAU
Patrol Boats to Be Laboratories
of Instruction on Engines
and Ship Equipment.

]. B. Weaver, director of the Bu-
reau of Navigation and Steamboat
Inspection, has announced the es-
tablishmert of training system for
young men who desire to learn navi-
cation and the operation of internal
combustion engines as a part of the
regular service of the bureau.
1t is Mr.. Weaver's plan to assign
physically and mentally equippad
young men to the bureaus patrol vcs-
sells for their period of training. Ne
patrol boats are assigned to all coat :,
river and lake points where there IL i,
Evening star., 1934-11-15
King Gustaf to Celebrate.

STOCKHOLM GP).-King Gustaf
of Sweden, now rs years old and still
very active, will observe the twenty
seventh anniversary of his succession
to the Swedish throne on December
8. Not long ago he competed in a
tennis match in Sweden for the first
time, and with a partner. won the
"old boy championship
Evening star., 1934-11-15
WOMEN'S
SPORTSWEAR
CORSETS AND
FOUNDATIONS

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Evening star., 1934-11-15
END OF PENNSYLVANIA .
ELECTION PROBE SEEN
Campaign Expenditures Study,
With Public Hearings,
Rests With Reed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Dropping of the inquiry iQbo Penn
sylvania senatorial campaig4expendi-
lures was indicated yesterday, after
meeting OF the Senate Investigating
Committee.
Chairman Byrnes, Democrat, of
South Carolina said whether further
public hearings would be held rested
with Senator Reed, Republican, who
was defeated by Joseph F. Guffey,
Democrat.
Reeds Office said it believed he
would not insist on them. Byrnes said
he expected definite answer from
Reed later in the day by long distance
telephone. The Senator is en- route
to New York from Harrisburg
Evening star., 1934-11-15
new YORK COLLEGE
BARS Fl STUDENTS
16 Others Disciplined in Anti.
Fascist Observation-Disclosures
Dean Dies Suddenly.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November IS
Twenty-one students found themselves
barred yesterday from the College of
the City of New York, following their
expulsion as punishment for an anti
Fascist demonstration.
Sixteen others were disciplined in
various degrees in connection with the
demonstration, which took place in the
assembly hall of the college October 9
during the visit of party of Italian
students.
Faculty members who voted the
Evening star., 1934-11-15
DEAN WICKES RETURNS
TO Study Chinese Biographical
Data in Library of Congress.

Dean R. Wickes who has Just re-
turned on furlough after 20 years
under the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions in
Lintsing, China, will spend year in
studying biographical data contained
in the Chinese department, Library
of Congress.
Arthur W. Hummel, former
worker under the American board in
China, is director of the Chinese de-
partment at the Library, where two
Chinese, one Japanese and three
other experts are already at work on
biographies of outstanding Chinese of
the past three centuries.
Evening star., 1934-11-15
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-08
That Might Haze Cost You More
1--WE Had NOT Made
a Special Purchase!

Planning Your Easter bonnet? Wondering
which of the new styles will be the most fiat
tering =. and where you can get the smart
est hat for the least money? Then visit our
new Rose Room Hat Shop tomorrow! We've
such wide selection that surely among our
1000 new hats there's one that looks as if
it were made just for you All the fashion
leaders will be there, cunningy trimmed
with gypsy ribbons, clever bows and colorful
ornaments, and with crowns and brims
twisted into tricky fattering effects Some
have ducky veils You'll find, too, many of
the wearable new matron models in the large
headSizes so difficult to obtain! Don't miss
this sale tomorrow for we've bought care
fully, collected hats from far and near
Just to have an assortment at a price that
will make you want to splurge and buy
several.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-08
3

Sweeping brims with a flower or ribbon
bow down-in-the front, up-in-the-
back shovel brims j. angelic halo eff
fects =. turbans and tricorneS that hug
your head :. Bretons that lead dou
BILE life wearable profile hats for
matronsl Imagine yourself in one of
these fattering Easter fashions =. it's
yours tomorrow for only 1888! Straw
braids, straw cloths, pedalines, sisol
cloths and baku braids in all headsizes
for women.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

were killed and about as many
banged around. There are two
bandits and five shot-ups who
might be either thugs or Specta'
tors that got too close. The
bandits lost seven dead that we
knew of and 81 prisoners. most OF
them bleeding somewhere.
"One Of the dead was Fat Boy
Clarke. Remember him? He
shot his way out of DeS Moines
court room three or four years
ago. Well, in his pocket we found
piece of paper, map of Mont
gomery Street between Pine and
Bush, the block of the looting.
"On the back of the map were
typed instructions, telling him
exactly what to do and when to
do it. An x on the map showed
him where he was to park the car
in which he arrived with his seven
men, and there was a circle where
he was to stand with them, keep
ing an eye on things in general
and on the windows and roofs OF
the buildings across the street in
particular. Figures l, 2, 3, 4, S, 6
7, 8 on the map marked doorways
steps, a deep window, and so on
that were to be used for shelter il
shots had to be traded with those
windows and roofs.
"Clarke was to pay no attention
to the Bush Street end of the
block, but If the police charged
the Pine Street end he was to
move his men up there, distribut'
ing them among points marked
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

I would have taken a street car.
But there was some sort of traf-
fic jam on Market Street, so
set out afoot, turning off along
Grant Avenue.
A few blocks Of walking, and
began to see that something was
wrong with the part OF town was
heading for. Noises for one thing
roaring, rAttling, explosive
noises. At Sutter Street a man
passed me, holding his face with
both hands and groaning as he
tried to push a dislocated jaw
back in place. His cheek was
scraped red.
went down Sutter Street. Traf-
fic was in tangle that reached to
Montgomery Street. Excited, bare.
headed men were running around.
The explosive noises were clearer.
An automobile full Of policemen
went down past me, going as fast
as traffic would let it. An am.
bulance came up the street, clang-
ing its gong, taking to the side.
walks where the traffic tangle
was worst.
I crossed Kearney Street on the
trot. Down the other side of the
street two patrolmen were run
ming. One had his gun out. The
explosive noises were a drumming
chorus ahead.
Rounding into Montg ON e ry
Street, I found few sightseers
ahead Of me. The middle of the
street was filled with trucks, tour
ing cars, taxis-deSerted there.
Up in the next block-between
Bush and Pine Streets-hell was
on holiday.
The holiday spirit was gayest in
the middle Of the block, where the
Seaman's National Bank and the
Golden Gate Trust Company
faced each other across the street.
Late that afternoon I took a re-
cess from bloodhounding and went
up to the. office for a pow-wow
with the Old Man. He was lean.
ing back in his chair, staring out
the window, tapping on his desk
with the customary long yellow
pencil.
| A tall, plump man in his seven.
ties, this boss of mine, with a
White-mustached, baby-pink grand.
fatherly face, mild blue eyes be.
hind rimless spectacleS, and no
more warmth in him than a hang.
mans rope. Fifty years Of crook
hunting for the Continental had
emptied him Of everything except
brains and a soft-spoken, gently
smiling shell Of politeness that was
the same whether things went
good or bad-and meant as little
at one time as another.
We who worked under him were
proud Of his cold-bloodedness. We
used to boast that he could spit
lcicleS in July, and we called him
PontiuS PLATE among ourselves,
because he smiled politely when
he sent us out to be crucified on
suicidal jobs.
He turned from the window as
came IN, nodded me to a chair,
and smoothed his muStache with
the pencil. On his desk the after
noon papers screamed the news
of the Seaman's National Bank
and Golden Gate Trust Company
double -looting in five colors.
What Is the situation?" he
asked, as one would ask about
the weather.
"The situation Is q pip" I told
him. There were q hundred
! and fifty crooks IN the push II
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

there was one. I saw q hun
dred mySelf-or think I did-and
there were SlewS Of them that I
didn't see-planted where they
could jump out and bite when
fresh teeth were needed. They
bit, too. They bushwhacked the
police and made a merry wreck
out Of 'em-going and coming.
They hit the two banks at ten
sharp-took over the whole block
chased away the reasonable
people-dropped the others. The
actual looting was duck soup to
mob of that size. Twenty or
thirty Of 'em to each of the
banks while the others held the
street. Nothing to it but wrap
up the spoils and take 'em home.
There's a highly indignant
business mems meeting down
there now-wild-eyed stockbrok-
erS up on their hind legs yelling
for the chief Of policies hearts
blood. The police didn't do any
miracles, that's a cinch, but no
police department is equipped to
handle a trick Of that Size-no
matter how well they think they
are.
The whole hing lasted less
than twenty minutes. There were,
say, q hundred and fifty thugs
in on it. loaded for bear, every
play mapped to the inch. How
are you going to get enough cop
pers down there, size up the
racket, plan your battle, and put
it over in that little time? It's
easy enough to say the police
should look ahead-should have
a dose for every emergency-but
these same birds who are yelling
'RottenH down there now would
be the first to squawk, Robbery!
II their taxes were boosted a
couple Of cents to buy more po-
licemen and equipment.
But the police fell down
there's no question about that
and there will be a lot Of beefy
necks feel the ak. The armored
cars were no good, the grenadlng
was about fifty-fifty, since the
bandits knew how to play that
game, too. But the real dis
grace of the party was the police
machine-guns. The bankers and
brokers are saying they were
fixed. Whether they were de-
liberately tampered with, or were
only carelessly taken care o. IS
anybody's guess. but only one OF
the damned things would shoot,
and 1t not very well.
"The getaway was north on
Montgomery to Columbus. Along
Columbus the parade melted, a
few cars at a time, into side
streets. The police ran into an
ambush between washington ana
Jackson, and by the time they
had shot their way through it the
bandit cars had scattered all over
the city. A lot Of 'em have been
picked up since then-empty.
"No push carts were used on
this Job, though some Brooklyn
talent, we think, was in on the
push.
"All the returns aren't in yet,
but right now the score stands
something like this: The haul
will run God only knows how far
into the millions-easily the
richest pickingS ever got with
civilian guns.
Sixteen coppers were knocked
off, and three times that many
wounded. Twelve innocent spec.
tators. bank clerks, and the like,
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

EDITORIAL they actually inclined
the astounding $427,000 rob-
berry in Brooklyn " lost August NecOmpi.hsd Dh mill.
Middle
nsaItyuk holdup in which band used bombs qchi"s
such things do happen and Wh0t
DashieH Hast dcbss in the astspscs Of real
underworld fiction.
CHAPTER
found Paddy the Mex in Jean Larrouys dive.
Paddy-an amiable who looked like the King Of
Spain-showed his big white teeth in sme pushed
chair out for with foot and told the girl who
shared his table:
Nellie meet the biggest dick in San Francisco
This little fly guy will do anything for anybody if only he
can send em for life in the end" He turned to me-
waving his cigar at the GIRL Nellie Wade, and you can't
get anything her She don't have to workher old mans
a bootegger."
She was slim girl in blue-whe skin, long green eyes,
short chestnut hair Her suen face vened into beauty
laughed at Paddy.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

Kearny Street, strolling along
thinking that Larrouy'S joint had
been full of crooks this one night,
and that there seemed to be
more than a sprinkling of promi'
nent visitors in our midst. A
shadow in a doorway interrupted
by brain work.
The shadow said, "Pss-s-s!
PS-s-S-s!"
Stopping, I examined the
shadow until I saw it was Beno
a hophead newsie who had given
me q tip now and then in the past
some good, some phony.
"I'm sleepy" I growled as
joined Beno and his arm-load OF
newspapers in the doorway, land
I've heard the story about the
Mormon who suffered, so il
that's what's on your mind, say
so, and I'll keep going"
II don't know nothin' about no
MormonS," he protested, "but
know Somethin' elSe."
"Well?"
as all right for you to say
Well but what I want to know
Is. what am gonna get out OF
it?"
Flop in the nice doorway and
60 Shut-eye," advised him, NOV,
ing toward the street again.
You'll be all right when you
wake up."
Hey! Listen, got somethin'
for you. Homes to Gawdg"
'Tisten" He came close,
whispering. There's a caper
rigged for the Seaman'S National.
I don't know what's the racket,
but it. real. Homes to Gawd! ]
amt stringin' you. I can't give
you no monickerS. You know
would If knowed 'em. Homes to
Gawd! Gimme ten bucks. It's
worth that to you, amt it? This
Is straight dope - homes to
Gawd!"
yeah, straight from the nose,
candy!"
mo! HozAs' to Gawd! I"
What is the caper, then?"
II don't know. All I got was
that the Seaman's Is gonna be
nicked, homes to-"
"Where'd you get it?"
Beno shook his head. I put a
silver dollar in his hand.
"Get another shot and think
up the rest Of it, I told him, "and
If its amusing enough Ill give you
the other nine bucks"
I walked on down to the corner,
Screwing up my forehead over
Beno'S tale. BY itself, 1t sounded
like what it probably was-a yarn
designed to get a dollar out Of a
trusting gumShoe. But it wasn't
altogether by itself. Larrouy'S-
just one drum in a city that had a
number-had been heavy with
grafterS who were threats against
life and property. It was worth a
lookSee, especially since the inSur.
ance company covering the Sea.
mans National Bank was a Con.
tinental Detective Agency client.
Around the corner, 20 feet or
50 along Kearny Street, I stop
ped.
From the street I had Just quit
came two bangs-the reports OF
q heavy pistol. I went back the
way I had come. AS I rounded
the corner saw men gathering
in q group up the street. A young
Armenian-a dapper boy of 19
or 20-paSSed me, going the
other way, scattering along, hands
in pockets, sofetly Whistling
"Broken-Hearted Sue"
I joined the group-now be.
coming a crowd-around Beno
Beno was dead, blood from two
holes in his chest staining the
crumpled newspapers under him
I went up to Larrouy'S and
looked in. Red O'Leary, Blue
point Vance, Nancy Regan, syl'
via Yount, Paddy the Mex, Angel
Grace, Denny Burke, Sheeny
Holmes, Happy Jim Hacker-not
one Of them was there.
Returning to Beno'S vincinity,
I loitered with my back to a
wall while the police arrived
asked questions, learned nothing
found no witnesses, and departed,
taking what was left Of the new.
sic with them.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
CHAPTER II

I the morning spent an hour
in the Agency file-room, digging
through the gallery and records.
We didn't have anything on Red
O'Leary, Denny Burke, Nancy
Regan, Sylvia Yount. and only
some gueSseS on Paddy the Mex.
Nor were there any open jobs
definitely chalked against Angel
Grace, Bluepoint Vance, Sheeny
Holmes and Happy Jim Hacker,
but their photos were there. At
10 o'clock-bank opening time
I set out for the Seaman's Ma
tional, carrying these photos and
Beno's tip.
The Contine ntal Detective
Agency's San Francisco office is
located in a Market Street office
building. The Seaman's National
Bank occupies the ground floor
Of tall gray building in Mont
gomery Street, San FranciSco's
financial center. Ordinarily,
since I don't ike even seven
blocks Of unnecessary walking,