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Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
GOVERNOR MERRIAM OUTLINES HIS
POLICIES in REGARD TO POLITICS
Declares State Officials And Employees
Must Not Forsake Duties To Remain In
Present Positions.

controlling mot.ve-the best inter-
ests of the people of California"
While he said he would not dis
miss anyone for personal OF politi-
cal reason, he also insisted that no
one should expect to be retained in
public service ION any other con-
sideration than that of merit"
Politicians tried to guess which
direction the axe would fall, 1t was
known that some department heads,
during the illness of Governor
Rolph openly began lining up with
other gubernatorial candidates. OBJ
servers believed these may be the
first to feel the effects of the
change.
Merriam said he would make no
immediate shifts in the executive
staff. He instructed employees in
the governors office to continue
with their present duties until fur
ther notice. 1t was rumored that
Clarence Morris, attorney and for
mer legislator, would become Mer-
RAMS private secretary, replacing
William A. Smith, who served Rolph
for many years. Merriam refused to
comment on the report.
The new governor spent his first
day in office greeting an unending
line of callers. In the procession"
were politicians, state officials,
Rolph appointees, Merriam friends,
Legislators and jobseekers. Some
merely decided to shake hands and
wish Merriam success. Others
sought aid or attempted to deter
mine whether they may expect to
hold the positions given them by the
late executive.
Merriam, so far as political writ
ers could determine, was noncom-
initial.
He expected to devote hours to
intensive office work today. He had
stacks of kilograms and letters to
open and acknowledge and depart
mental reports to study.
He requested department heads
to render an immediate account
ing of their respective divisions.
After he has studied the reports
and acquainted himself with all as
poets of the situation, he plans to
announce what he believes should
be done to "effecc the necessary
economies and place the state gov
ernment in a position to rend the
greatest possible service to those
relief and protection. !"
''The state faces some extremely
grave and critical problems, he
said. "These must be solyedIprompt-
and effectively. Tie task of every
loyal person is to work for TIE good
of the state as whole, forgetting
political considerations ond person.
al ambitions. This calls foc sacri-
flee and unselfishness. J recognize
the issue and am willing tn meet
it."
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
Rain Falls In
Drought Area

CHICAGO, June 7. U.P)-Farm-
ers in large sections of the drought
blighted northwest sloshed through
rain-soaked fields today with a
new hope that at least a portion
of devastated crops might be saved.
Widespread rains in the northern
corn and wheat belts yesterday
were supplemented today by addi-
tional showers and the weather
bureau predicted continued unset
tied conditions and precipitation at
many points.
The southwest still sweltered in
wave of oppressive heat. Pas
lures, along with oats, corn and
wheat, deteriorated in southern Illi-
nois, Kansas, Missouri. Oklahoma
and Arkansas.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
District Complains
OF Reckless Boys

Youths playing around the struc-
ture at Dahlia heading are not only
a constant annoyance to officials of
the Imperial Irrigation District, but
are placing their lives in danger, M
j. Dowd, chief engineer of the dis
trict said today in asking that an
appeal be made to parents to warn
youngsters against going to the
heading.
".These boys are taking chance
in the place they have chosen to
play" Dowd said. "If they should
happen to slip into the canal there
is grave danger of drowning. Watch
men and other district officials have
made repeated efforts to chase them
away, but they always return. If an
appeal to parents in the vicinity of
the Dahlia heading does not cause
the boys to stop playing there, we
will have to take sterner measures
for their own safety"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
REVOLT
IN L|THUAN|A
Report States Former Premier
Leads Uprising Against Pres
ent Government.

BERLIN, June Z. UP)-The Ger
man news bureau, in a dispatch
from Tilsit, East Prussia, relayed re-
ports from Kovno, Lithuania, that
military putsch had occurred
there early today, led by Augustinas
Valdemaras, former premier.
The reports said troops occupied
the public buildings, although civil
authorities remained loyal to the
government.
ValdemaraS was said to have sent
an ultimatum to President Antanas
Smetona after flying to Kovno from
nearby retreat.
Tilsit reported without confirma-
ton that Governor Navakas Of Me-
mel had been arrested, as we'll as
several members of the cabinet of
Premier Kuozas Tubelis of Lithu-
ania
The troops were reported with
drawn from the streets after sew
eral hours, with everything quiet.
1t was suspected that the reported
coup was Fascist in nature. Valde-
maras was first premier of the Lii
lithuanian republic in 1915 and for
eign minister in various cabinets
until 1926, when he again became
premier. He resigned in 1929. He was
supported by the Iron Wolf Fas-
cist organization, which was pro-
scribed after his resignation.
LONDON, June 7. UP)-The Lii
lithuanian delegation deprecated re-
ports of putsch in Kovno today.
The following statement was issued:
I'm the early morning a trial al
arm was sounded at the Kovno gar
rison. There was some miSunder-
standing and some excitement, dur
ing which shots were fired. No one
was killed and no one wounded. The
conduct of the troops responsible
for the firing is under investiga-
tion.''
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
SH|P0WNERS
PREPARE FOR
ID NC SIEGE

SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. U.p)-
Pacific coast shipowners prepared
today for long siege as the mari
time strike paralyzing shipping ap-
preached its fourth week without
prospects of an immediate settle
ment.
Employers at San Francisco indi-
Gated they had recruited a strike
breaking force of 1,700 and had
ceased hiring men to replace work
ers who joined in the walkout called
by the international Longshore-
mems association. Seattle employers
threatened to turn to strikebreak-
ers to relieve the stagnation there.
The Seattle threat to employ
strikebreakers was answered by Jo-
seph P. Ryan, I. L. A. president.
Ryan said he would wire President
Roosevelt of the possibility of gen.
eral strike affecting both the east
ern and western seaboards unless
the Seattle shipowners ceased their
agitation" for strikebreakers.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
PARTY
PLAN GROWS
progressives Dissatisfied At
Appointment Of Fletcher As
National Chairman.
BY H. o. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, June 7. Up) :
The movement for a third party
composed of progressive Republic
cans was speeded up today as a re-
suit of the Selection of Henry p.
Fletcher as national chairman of
the regular Republican organiza-
ton.
Sen. Robert M. La Toilette, Jr.,
who is seeking reelection through a
new party organization in Wiscon-
sin, said he believed Fletcher's elec-
tion would give a tremendous i'm
petus to the third party movement
throughout the nation.
"I think this action completely
justifies the conference of Wiscon-
sin progressives to form a new par
ty," he said.
1t was believed also that Flet-
cher's selection would serve to wi
den the breach between the regular
Republican group and other inde-
pendent senate Republicans, such as
Borah of Idaho, Norris of Nebraska,
Frazier and Nye of North Dakota,
and Cutting of New Mexico.
Borah said recently that the Repub-
lican party would die as the old
Whig party died unless it injected a
more liberal and progressive ele-
ment into its ranks.
This choice of a chairman serves
notice on millions of progressive vo-
ters that the party does not desire
their support" he said.
"a campaign such as this, based
on blind reaction, is doomed to
failure before it even starts"
Regular Republicans in the sem
ate appeared disappointed for the
most part that the Republican ma
tional committee had not named a
western man.
Fletcher, suave and affable, was
identified closely with the Hoover
administration. He is said still to
favor the former President, al
though Mr.. Hoover refused to ap-
point Fletcher to the post he desired
as ambassador to Great Britain.
Senate Democrats felt that their
chances of success in the summer
political campaigns were increased
by the Fletcher selection. They said,
mostly in private, that they were
convinced the country would not
support any policies smacking of the
Hoover administration.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
FLETCHER IN
COMMAND Of
REPUBLICANS
BY EVERETT HOLES
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, June 7. = Henry p.
Fletcher of Pennsylvania assumed
the Craftsmanship of the Republic
can national committee today and
made it clear that there was no
place for sectionalism in the ranks
of the party.
Fletcher, wealthy friend of Her.
bert Hoover, had been opposed by
progressives who wanted young
liberal from the middle west as
party leader.
II need and want the support of
the people of all states" Fletcher
told members of the committee to-
day. while I happen to come from
the east, my interests are mot
bounded by the Alleghenies or the
Mississippi.
II am very proud and happy and
very much honored by your selec-
ton of me as chairman of the ma
tional committee. I hope can JUS
tify the trust you have put in me-
II heartily subscribe to every sem
tence of the statement of policy
which your committee has adopted.
I think that under the banner of
that platform we can win this and
every other election.
"It has made it possible for us to
60 into this fight with firm con-
viction that we are going to win.
We have real fight ahead in every
state. We must bring the people to
the realization Of what is going on
in Washington and what will hap
pen II the brakes are not put on"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
INVENTOR OF TELEVISION is DEAD
Noted Scientist Races Death In Effort To
Complete His Discoveries.

WASHINGTON, June 7. UP
More honors may go posthumously
to the late DR. Char.es Francis
jenkins who raced death to perfect
his invention of televislon.
DR.. jenkins died YESTERDAY, but
the world will not know whether
he won the race until scientists ex-
anime his laboratory ard the form
ulae he wrote durirg the last
months.
DR.. jenkins was martyr to SCI
ence, one of the great inventors of
modern times, and man who be-
came rich in spite of himself
After working for decades on
such inventions rs the motion pic
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07

ture, the talkies, high speed cam
eras and televislon, he was stricken
with heart disease, but refused to
quit work until his c. ndition be-
came serious several months ago.
Then he closed his lab oratory,
but continued to work in his sick
room.
His best known invention, per-
haps, was the motion picture pro-
jector. Never coed business
man, DR.. jenkins received only a
few dollars for it. Frequently he
was pressed for cash.
In 1922 he first iemonstrats d the
transmission of pictures by wire.
In 1882 he succeeded in sending
pictures by radio.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07

lamation service officials to make
It difficult to understand just what
bid was submitted as the bid in
cluded certain schedules and omit
ted others, or offered combine
tions of schedules which would not
be practical.
The Canal Construction company
OF Memphis, Tenn, represented by
H. w. Morrison, one of the Six
Companies which is building Boul-
der dam, submitted a bid of SIS. .449, :
600.
The schedules on which bids were
submitted covered excavation from
|, a point near Laguna dam to a
point west of the sand hills. ap-
proximately 81 miles.
Directors Hewes, Young and
AL Kalin of the Imperial Irri-
cation District, were reported from
Yuma as having expressed satisfac-
tion with the bids and believed
them to be fair in comparison with
the estimate of the reclamation
service.
YUMA, Ariz., June 7. U.P)--Rep-
resentatives of some Of the most
prominent construction firms III the
United States filled the offices of
the reclamation bureau In tie new
federal building here today as bids
were opened on the proposed $28,-
100000 All-American canal.
Six schedules, or the first six
units, including excavation of 40
100000 yards of common dirt and
100000 cubic yards of rock over the
proposed 80 mile route Of the canal
were the list of bids to be opened.
The Six Companies Inc, builders
of Boulder dam near Las Vegas,
New, were among the 35 contract
ors submitting bids to Ray L.
Priest, government engineer in
charge of the work here.
Bids will be sent to the bureau
of reclamation office in Der,er for
final checking. Contracts fer the
work will be awarded within the
next 80 days it was said ant work
is expected to start Immediately
thereafter.
Yuma resembled the old mining
boom days when gold and copper
strikes brought hundreds into var
ious sections OF the state Tent
cities were springing up about the
edge of town as workers and their
families started to "dig in" await
ing the first chance of obtaining
employment on the giant project
being built by the government.
AS government officials and en-
gineers started wading through the
vast amount of figures and bids
they announced 1t probably would
be late afternoon before the low
bidders could be determined.
1t was learned from an unofficial
source that the Griffith Construc-
ton company of Los Angeles, Calf.
was low bidder On the rock con-
tract, while the Callahan Construc-
ton company Of st. Louis and
George Pollock company of Sacra-
mento, Calf, probably were low on
the 60000,000 cubic yards OF earth
work.
This announcement was not off
cial however
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
Dillinger Aide
Shot By Officer

WATERLOO, Ia. June Z. W.p)-
City Detective p E. Walker today
shot and critically wounded a man
while attempting to arrest him on
suspicion of being Dillinger
gangster.
The man was identified tenta-
lively as Tommy Carroll, one Of
the Indiana outlaws principal
henchmen.
Emil Steffen of the Waterloo po-
lice force, told the United Press
that the man. believed dying in st.
Francis hospital, when informed he
was near death, said:
ssI am Tommy Carroll -
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07

From among 35 odd bids submit
ted this morning at the reclama-
tion service office in Yuma, for
construction of the All-American
canal, the Griffith company of Les
Angeles and the w. E. Callahan
company of st. Louis appear to be
probable low bidders with a total
bid of S5,086 ,387.50, according to in
formation received here today.
The Callahan company bid on
six of the seven schedules submit
ted, its bid being $4,859, $3.50. The
Griffith company, bidding on the
seventh schedule, submitted a price
of $226,800.
The reclamation service estimate
for the work If divided among sew
eral contractors was $5,192. .O21 .95
and If combined under one con-
tract, the estimate was $4,676, ,514.6O.
George Pollock company, Sacra-
mento, was low bidder with a total
OF $4,898,47 but certain stipula-
tions in the bid were said by rec
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
Bandit Holds Up
Los Angeles Bank

LOS ANGELES, June 7. W.P)-A
lone bandit held UP Bank of AM
erica branch at T'wenty-fo fourth and
Hoover streets shortly before noon
today, escaping with between $500
ard $500.
Authorities said he was the same
"unshaven bandit" who yesterday
held up a branch of the Citizens
National Trust and Savings bank in
the same neighborhood, obtaining
approximately $500.
In both holdups. the bandit kept
bank employees and customers at
gun point while he cleaned the cash
out of single teller's window.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
Convict Woman
In Child Case

LOS ANGELES. June 7. W.p =
Convicted on nine counts OF child
stealing, attack and statutory Of
fenses, Mrs. Betty Kocalis will at
tempt to escape a prison term FRI
day by standing trial on an insaii-
ity defense.
A jury of six men and six women
decided after four hours OF deIib-
Grafton that she was the witch
woman" who lured children 10 de-
serted houses and beat them. She
herself Is the mother OF six child~
rem. She pleaded both not guilty and
not guilty by reason Of insanity, the
latter plea necessitatlng her second
trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
DOLLAR LINE
VESSEL HAS
CLOSE CALL
Naval Vessels Sent To Aid OF
Steamer In Danger With Over
500 Aboard.
PASSENGERS REMAIN CALM
Crew Battles Blaze In Cargo
OF Cotton While Boat Pro-
ceeds Under Forced Draft.
PASSENGERS REMAIN CALM
By RICHARD G. WILSON
United preSS Staff C0rrrSuoudey

united Press Staff Correspondent
HONOLULU, June z. U.P)--With
the ships band playing Smoke
Gets in Your Eyes" the Dollar liner
President Lincoln was conveyed into
G port here today after the ships crew
had fought flames in the cargo hold
all night.
Although passengers. had been
kept on deck wearing life preservers
for many hours and some were
tired, perfect order prevailed and at
no time had danger been serious.
HONOLULU, T. H., June 7. U.H
-Four U. S. navy destroyers, equip
ped with fire-fighting equipment,
steamed at full speed ahead today
toward the S. S. President Lincoln,
Dollar passenger liner, which re-
ported a serious fire raging in its
No hold. ~ q
The S. s Lurline and the coast
guard cutter Itasca joined in the
race to the Lincoln IS. side, while
Honolulu firemen waited at the
dock here for an opportunity to
join in fighting the flames.
AS the fire, greatest fear of the
men who go down to the sea in
ships, broke out in cargo in the
hold, the radio of the huge Dollar
liner cracked an S. o. So appeal
ing for help.
The President Lincoln was eight
hours from. the harbor here when
it flashed its appeal. The Itasca
set out Immediately to its side.
The destroyers followed by the Lur-
line, Matson line ship, turned from
its course to aid.
Ship radios were silent as the
rescue vessels plowed through the
waves.
The Itasca, first of the ships to
arrive at the President Lincoln IS
side, radioed coast guard headquar-
ters that the liner was in no i'm
mediate danger.
The fire broke out in miscellan-
GUS cargo shortly before midnight.
The race for port began immedi-
ately.
While the engine room crew
forced every bit of speed possible
from their engines, perspiring sea-
men down in the hot hold turned
streams of live steam on the flames.
Loaded With Cotton
Capt. George w. Hardley, COM
CONTINUED On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
BY GEORGE E. HELMER

OHCeO freSS starr correspondent
SACRAMENTO, June depart
ment heads and other state en-
ployees appointed by the late Gov
ernor James Rolph, Jr., were appre-
hensive today as acting Governor
Frank F. Merriam began what he
termed his first business day at the
chief executives office.
Merriam, in an official statement,
made it clear that he expected to
effect certain changes in policy and
personnel. He tempered the an
nouncement however, with the de-
claration that no official or en-
ployee need fear dismissal because
of any political or personal preju-
dices.
II would not be true to my con-
ception of my responsibilities if I
did not announce candidly that
expect to effect certain changes he
said. "But in each instance 1 shall
be guided solely by one definite,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
Let Contract For
Oiling Highways

SACRAMENTO, June 7. U.P) -
Highway contracts totaling $29,-
65375 in five counties were under
award today by the state Depart
ment of public works, including the
following:
Imperial county-oiling 28.9 miles
from Bonds Corner to inland on the
two new secondary routes 1877 and
201, to Square Oil company, Los An
geles, $8,33850.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
BIDS ON CANAL APPEAR TO Be ACCEPTABLE
Ship Afire At Sea Reaches Honolulu Safely
aUins Cousins
To Quintuplets

SAN FRANCISCO, June 7.
U.P)-The family into which
five daughters were born at
one time in Canada apparent
ly runs to plural births
For here N San Francisco
Mrs. Aldo Beitran1i is the
mother of twin boys, bern yes
terday.
Mrs. Beltrami is a first
cousin of Olivia DioIne, father
of the Ontario quintuplets.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
@kMlLL-.o

HOLLYWOOD, June 6. (Spe-
ciaD-Glad to see the Republi-
can party honor Henry Fletch-
er, ex-ambassador to Italy. He
is a very able man. They made
him a chairman of the Repub-
lican national committee.
Course you got to use a lit
tie humor when you say it's
an honor to hand man the
Republican party to run at this
time. It's sorter like giving
you an empty gun to protect
yourself.
Henry will do 'em as good
a job as anybody could, if he
confines 'em to constructive
criticism. Mr.. Roosevelt has a
unique position in the feelings
of the people. They will let
you throw brick at him, but
it's got to be loaded with some
thing besides political mud.
Yours.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
Baseball Scores
National League

Lucas and Padden: Kgeinhan
Kolp and o Farrell.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07
American League

NtWSUIII, hIIUtU q fftIIlSl
ton, Wyatt & Madjeski.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-07

New York at Boston. rain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
7-22-34
Bored Morgue Attend
ant Writes FINS to
Career of Outlaw.

By United Press
CHICAGO, July ga bored
~ morgue attendant wrote
"finis" to the career of John Dill
inger last night. He attached a
small tag to a toe on the slain
outlaws right foot. 1t read:
John Dillinger-7-22-34."
Hundreds stormed the morgue
entrance in an attempt to view
Dillinger's body. Many of them
were women. Some even claimed
to be relatives of the desperate.
The sailor straw hat that Dill
linger was wearing when federal
agets opened fire at the Biograph
theater was snatched up by an
alert souvenir hunter.
CHICAGO police were left out
~ in the sensational climax
Shortly before the killing, the
Sheffield avenue station received
a call from the manager Of the
Biograph theater that suspicious
men" were lettering around the
place. Two squad cars were dis
patched to the scene.
In Dillinger's pockets was $3.50
in cash, two keys tied with string
On his left hand he wore large,
ruby ring. <
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DILLINGER NEWS

Other details on the Staying
of John Dillinger. Americas
No. l desperate, will be found
on Pase 3. A full page of pic
lures showing highlights in the
life and criminal career of Dill
linger are on Page 8.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Jones,
Neeros. 524 Cotton avenue; Fred
Hartman. AZ, 1924 South Alabama
street: Fred Helcher, 81, OF 7l9
Lincoln street; William L. Noe, 1889
North Delaware street, and Albert
Gardner. 1858 College avenue; Har-
~ Hillyer. %, and Abraham Sand
ers, Al, Negro, both inmates OF the
Central Indiana hospital.
Those suffering from illness are
Ed Simmons, So, of 1927 North
Pennsylvania street; Mrs. Mary
Stevens, II, of 1884, Massachusetts,
avenue; James Stevens, "a. Of 123
South Noble street, and Grant
Smith. 81. Columbus, Ind.
Mr.. Gardner died early today and
the others died yesterday from
illnesses complicated by the heat.
The temperature rose to 1888 de-
grees at 3:15 yesterday afternoon.
The all-time heat record for Indi-
annapolis Of LOG degrees was nearly
smashed Saturday when the mer-
curry climbed to 1855 degrees at 4
p. m. The temperature at noon to-
day was 81.