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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
MRS. JESSIE JOHNSON DIES
SUDDENLY, SUNDAY NOON
Is Stricken With Apoplexy While
Sitting at Neighbours
Dinner Table.

Mrs. Jessie johnson, aged 48,
, wife of Gus johnson, section fore
man for the Burlington at Hardin,
died suddenly, shortly after noon,
Sunday, while a dinner guest at
the home of MI. and Mrs. Everett
Morse, in the Hardin Southwest
addition. Without warning she was
stricken with apoplexy while seat
ed at the dinner table and fell
from her chair. dead.
Jessie Harper was born Feb. Is,
1885, at Aiken, Mimi, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Harper,
and when a child of five came
with her parents to S%pringdale,
Mont, later moving to Elton, and
from thence to Columbus and lat
er to Billings. She was married in
1909 to Gus johnson and they
lived at various times at Billings,
Ballantine, Wyola and Hardin, as
Mr.. Johnson was transferred from
place to place as section foreman.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by her father, George Harp
err of Billings, a daughter, Mrs. B.
J.. Hea1ow of Billings; four broth
ers, William and George Harper,
Jr., of Laurel, Stephen Harper Of
Livingston and Samuel Harper of
Berkeley, Calf, and two sisters,
Mrs. Lucille Fallon and Matilda
Barnes of Berkeley, Calf.
The remains were shipped to
Billings, Monday, and the funeral
was held from the Smith funeral
chapel, Wednesday afternoon at
two o'clock. Interment was in
Mountview cemetery, Billings.
Mrs. Johnson was a woman of
many endearing qualities and her
untimely death is deeply deplored
by friends throughout Big Horn
county.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

Clayton Davis, Kirby stockman
and farmer, was in Hardin yester-
day and joined the Tribune-Her-
aid family.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

Clarence R. Kienast of the fed
eral seed and feed loan Office at
Miles City. is in the city on one
of his periodical visits.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07

Glassford but was SO inconvenience
ed that he could not find his way
to Los Angeles, finally got there
and is staying there. Surely that
should not be cause for blush
more or less on the part of our
good chief.
For his conscience let me add
that when left Ell Centric on June
II with the partially paralyzed war
veteran in the chiefs car bound for
Los Angeles, 1 had not the Slight
est inkling that I would see "the
representative of the A. C. L. u"
and certainly had no idea that he
would be passenger in the chiefs
car. I am not interested in the
going of the A. c. l.. u. 1t
may be high class racket, for all
I know; it may be a worthy insti-
tuition. BUT I DO KNOW THEY
HELPED RAISE HE'LL with our
otherwise peaceable citizens, and
created an atmosphere wholly un-
healthy.
I am for Imperial Valley and for
its growth and development. and
will continue to boost it as the
best on earth. Let us not forget
the issue between us, chief-and l
still think you would grow in the
estimation of sincere men and
women-if you will publicly apol-
ogize for using little bit more
force than was necessary to eject
me from your office
E. B. Goodman.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
NAZI CHURCH
HAS TROUBLE

KARLSRUHE, Germany, July
7. W.H-New difficulties for the
Nazi regime arose today in the
drive to make the Mueller or reich
church group dominant in Ger
many.
The evangelical synod at Baden
rejected a law merging the Baden
church with Ludwig Mueller's
reich church. The supreme church
council dominated by Mueller,
thereupon dissolved the synod.
The action indicated growing
resistance to Mueller's police in
districts which previously had been
neutral in his drive to build up
church organization closely knit
to the Hitler regime. It also en-
phasized the determination of
Mueller, who once said that Chan
cellor Adolph Hitler received his
inner power from his unswerving
faith in God," to crush the church
opposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
LABOR UNIONS
MAY CD OUT
IN SYMPATHY
Fight To Finish Asserted By
President Of San Francisco's
Labor Council.
QUIET RULES IN CITY
National Guard Continues To
Keep Order Though No Ship
ments Are Moved.
QUIET RULES In CITY

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7. {U.p)-.
The big club of general strike
hung over San Francisco and Port
land today as union labor chief
tains, angered by intervention of
national guardsmen in suppression
OF San Francisco's bloody maritime
workers riots, threatened a walk
out of $1,000 union men.
I'VE will now prosecute the strike
on the waterfront with everything
at labor's command" Edward A.
Vandeleur, president of the San
Francisco Central Labor council,
said. 1--WE are in the fight and
we will see it to a finish"
A general strike would involve
$4,000 union men here and 10000
at Portland. Starting with team
sters and street railway employees,
1t would paralyze the land COM
merce Of both cities. Water traffic
has been blockaded since maritime
workers walked out In a coast
wide strike May 8.
Efforts to open the port of San
Franciaco led to the sanguine
waterfront riots of Tuesday and
Thursday and calling Of the nation
al guard.
Leaders of San Francisco's 129
unicns were to meet today to in
vestigate the coast maritime strike
and to decide whether to call a
general walkout here.
Agitation for a general strike
spread to Portland, where maritime
workers also are on strike, Acting
independently of San Francisco
labor, representatives of 80 Port
land unions passed resolution
calling for coastwide general
strike.
To further this aim, Portland
s'key trades" were asked to appoint
delegates to conference with a
general strike committee on Mon
day.
Depend On Conservatives
Hope for avoidance of general
strike here rested with the con-
servative element in the labor
council, which met last night. The
council refused to vote a recon-
mendation for an immediate gen.
eral strike.
Instead, by vote of 165 to 8,
it agreed to appoint strike
(Continucd On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07

lonely road. The chief of detect
ives Of Nice approached by chance
and intervened.
Starts In Cafe
Kline. it was said, struck the de-
tective and knocked him down.
The detective then shot him from
the ground. Kline's chin was
grazed and bullet lodged in his
neck.
The big fight started at the Cafe
De Paris. It was crowded with sea-
men from the two warships. Some
body mentioned war debts. and
somebody else mentioned the high
cost of living in France. The sea-
men were paid yesterday, and were
ready to spend but thought the
prices too high.
In a few minutes there was gen.
eral fighting. Street crowds Joined
the French side and the Ameri-
cans barricaded themselves behind
the cafe door.
Fights broke out in other bars
and cafes, when the seamen be-
gan wrecking furniture and smash
ing glassware, claiming they were
being cheated.
Reports of the rioting reached
the ships, and patrols of seamen
led by officers were sent ashore to
round up the celebrants. The
French thought they we're rein
forcements and began attacking
them. Several officers received
black eyes.
The patrols halted the fights in
the cafes and arrested 40 rioting
seamen.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
M& R1~4
oissI. NsHsuxhf sYnaicsts. IaA
BESIG FAILS
TO APPEAR IN
COURT CASE

Failure of Ernest Besig, complain
ing witness, to make his appear
ance in the inland court yesterday.
caused Judge Jones to dismiss 4
charge of assault brought by Besig
agaicst w. F. Aycock. Judge Jones
was inclined to issue a bench war
rant to bring Besig here but fin
ally dropped that plan and issued
the order dismissing the charge.
Besig, a Los Angeles attorney had
charged Aycock with assaulting him
on the INLAND station platform
some weeks ago.
Late Thursday night JUDGE Jones
had received a telegram ncr Besig
asking that the case be continued
until August 6. The court how :
ever, had already made arrange :
ments for the trial yesterday, had
issued subpoenas for the jurymen
and had attended to other details
and was of the opinion that the
matter should no longer be de-
layed.
BeSsg had previously asked Elmer
Heald, district attorney, permission
to bring his case up before the
county grand jury for a hearing.
This vas granted and the grand
jury waited AZ hours for him to
put in an appearance but he did
not come
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
SUPERVISORS
TAKE ACTION
UPON CANAL
Pass Resolution Favoring Force
Account Method Of Building
To Relieve Unemployment.

BY unanimous vote the board of
county supervisors late yesterday
afternoon adopted resolution
which asks the United States gov
ernment to cause the construction
of the uncontrolled for portions of
the All American canal by force
account under the reclamation SER
vice. Motion to adopt the resolu-
tion was made by w. j. Best and
seconded by Dave Vencill.
This action followed the appear
ance before the board of a number
of persons with Mark Rose, irri-
CATION. district director, and Frank
Connolly, acting as spokesman.
Rose told the supervisors that
due to the fact there is SO much
unemployment in the county at
present with a still greater number
of unemployed men expected due
to the drought conditions here, the
performance of this work, now,
would relieve the situation. Con-
molly spoke along the same lines.
The resolution introduced by
Best calls for immediate construc-
ton of both the contracted sched-
ules and the other sections by force
account, also Immediately.
Prepared to vote upon the ques-
tion, B. M. Graham, chairman of
the board felt that the irrigation
district board of directors should
be consulted in the matter before
passing the resolution and recessed
the meeting until $50 O'Clock.
At that time, with all members
of each board present, the matter
was discussed further after which
the vote was taken, ali members OF
the board of supervisors voting its
adoption. 1t was further voted
that copies of this resolution be sent
to President Roosevelt, Secretary
Ickes, DR.. Elwood Meade, Senators
Johnson and McAdoo, Phil D
Swing, Congressman Burnham, the
American Federation of Labor, the
irrigation district and the press of
the county.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
Threat OF General Strike Made On Coast
OMAHA FIRM
READY FOR
CANAL WORK

Gunther and Shirley, co-contract-
ors with thew. E. Callahan COM
pany on excavation for the ALI
American clnal, have already
started steps to move equipment to
the canal site according to an ar
ticle in the Omaha World Herald,
shown to The Press by M. l.. Cur
tbs. Seeley rancher, who received
the clipping from his brother.
Omaha is headquarters city for
Gunther and Shirley and their
office informed the World-Herald
that eight big drag lines, which
have been in use on a levee prof.
ect near Shreveport, Louisiana, are
being dismantled for shipment to
Yuma to be used on the canal
work.
The article contains a brief des-
cription of the canal project.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
YANKEE SAILORS HAVEFINE TIME
BATTLING FRENCH SHOPKEEPERS

NICE, France, July 7. U.p)-All
shore leave from the American bat
tleships Arkansas and Wyoming
were cancelled today after street
riots that left 20 American seamen
injured and 40 in the ships briggs.
Two of the injured were in SER
ious conditions-and unnamed sea-
man with fractured skull and
James Kline. 25, seaman on the
Arkansas, with bullet wound in
his throat. The bullet was extract
ed and Kline is expected to recov-
ar.
A police statement said that the
biggest riot, at the Cafe De Paris,
started when a large bill was pre-
sented to a group of seamen and
one of them said: "T'ake it off the
war debit
The fight was on.
Today the thousands of Ameri-
can flags which greeted the ships
crews on their arrival were with
drawn in token of the towns an
ger.
The ships, taking midshipmen
from the Annapolis naval academy
on their annual cruise, are on
good will tour in sense, but the
will of residents of Nice. outraged
by the worst naval rioting they
ever saw, was so bad today that
there was possibility the ship
might move on instead of remain
ing in Villafranche harbor till next
Thursday. as was planned.
Kline, police said, was shot when
he attacked young French wom-
AN walking with her husband on
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
Women Plan For
Parole Reforms

LOS ANGELES, July 7. WP) -
Reform in parole and prison term
laws was the aim today of Mrs
Louise Ward Watkins, president of
the Friday Morning club. who had
been named by delegates attending
a grievance conference last night
as their representative.
The reform program was drafted
at a session marked by numerous
cheers for revision advocates, and
Kisses over the parole recently
granted to Clara Phillips, asserted
hammer killer.
Men and women joined together
in delegating Mrs. Watkins to Sc
lect a group of Southern Califor-
mans as a committee to sponsor
the reforms. Personnel of Tire
group was being considered today.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
HITLER OUTLINES PROGRAM FOR
CLOSER CONTROL OF NAZI PARTY
Few Trusted Leaders To Be Associated With
Him In Conducting Affairs Of Germany's
Government.

voluntary labor service, which
keeps scores of thousands of young
men out of possible trouble in the
ranks of the unemployed
This takes the labor army from
the jurisdiction of Franz Seldte,
minister of labor and leader of the
Steel Helmet organization of war
veterans which incurred Roehm' S
wrath by refusing to be absorbed
into his storm troops.
Seldte received assurance from
Lutte, storm troop leader, that
there would be no more attacks on
his war veterans and that he would
do his utmost to see that there was
cooperation without friction in flu
ture.
Reorganize Troops
Lutte, in an interview which, ap-
pearing i'm the Nazi party's official
organ, Der Angriff, constituted a
formal announcement, said reor-
ganization of the storm troopers
was absolutely essential.
It was known, of course, that
Lutte would reorganize the troops.
His statement apparently was in
tended primarily for the storm
troops themselves.
He praised the simple, unknown
troopers who never would have
joined the plot of a few leaders,
He was unable to give details of
his proposed reorganization but
said reorganization must and would
be effected because it was absolute
ly essential.
Kurt Daluege, new leader of the
n-Brandenburg storm troop
division, already has been reorgan-
izing the five super groups" under
his command.
The storm troops part of the re-
organization brought to the surface
again some of the host of unveri-
fied and unverificable rumors dat
ing back to a week ago today when
the Roehm revolt was announced.
One of these was that Hitler
made his raid on Roehm and other
suspected leaders at the Wiesse Spa
outside of Munich, Edmund Heines,
a once-trusted leader, tried to fire
at him and was stopped only by a
bullet from the pistol of one Of
Hitler's aides.
The story was secuted among
well informed people. No one was
in position to know except men,
bers of Hitler's raiding party, all
pledged to secrecy, because those
raided are dead.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
TEN INDICTED
FOR RESERVE
C0NSP Tracy

LOS ANGELES, July 7. U.P) =
Ten secret indictments today had
been returned by the county grand
jury as the outgrowth of an in
yestigation Of the affairs of the
California Reserve corporation.
The indictments, charging GRIM
inal conspiracy, violation of the
corporate securities act and grand
theft, were returned before Sup
erior Judge Fletcher Bowron just
before midnight-the hour of ex-
piration Of the statue of limitations
act on that particular phase Of
the company's affairs.
Judge Bowron set bail at $4,000
on each of the secret indictments.
Bench warrants were issued for
the defendants and it is expected
that they will surrender sometime
during the day.
The grand jury worked feverish-
ly yesterday in its investigation of
the collapse of the 100000 cor
poration. Former officers Subpoe-
naed as witnesses included:
George Gregory, former president
and brother -in-laW of District At
torney Buron Fits; Monroe Butler,
former head of the California
Home Loan Owners corporation
and a leading Democrat; E. P.
Hayward and B. P. Lanneau, form
CT vice presidents; Walter E. Mil
Ter, former secretary and treas
urer, and Clyde Mucusker, former
assistant secretary, and Dave
Smith, former counsel.
Each of the indictments charge
four counts of criminal conspiracy,
4 counts of violation of the secur-
tiles act, and two counts of grand
theft, it was learned.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
WILL RECEIVE
RELIEF FROM
GOVERNMENT
Organization Formed Last Night
To Work Out Program For
Period Of Emergency.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Various Agricultural Industries
To Be Represented On Gen.
eral Board.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED

Imperial county has been includ-
ed in the drought area by action of
federal authorities. This news
reached the county this morning in
the form of telegram to Frank
Beyschlag, county farm advisor.
from L. B. Smith, assistant state
leader of farm advisors.
Smith advised Beyschlag that B.
H. Crocheron, state director of
drought relief had received a tele-
gram from Dr. E. w. Sheets, ma
tional drought relief director that
this county was to be included in
the drought relief program.
A copy of the telegram sent by
Crocheron to the federal director
was given to Beyschlag yesterday.
1t reads: "Water shortage in I'M
perial Valley daily becoming more
acute. Now seriously impaired sup
ply for domestic use and livestock.
Reliable information states water
shortage will cause rapid disap-
pearance of feed supply for live
stock. At this date Imperial sit
uation more acute than other Cal
ifornia counties now designated as
emergencies. With state advisory
board and agricultural statistician
we urge the immediate designation
OF Imperial as an emergency
drought county. Hope to receive
official designation for you by wire
at once. County organization ready
to act Immediately. SERA gives
assurance is prepared to handle
heavy movement of cattle from
the county"
Anticipating just such action on
the part of federal drought relief
officials, farm bureau officers,
county supervisors with represent
ative dairy and cattlemen of the
county met at the court house last
night to set up an organization
which would handle the situation
here following the receipt of news
that the county had been declared
in the drought relief area.
At this meeting the following
committee was selected: Ira d.
Aten, Calipatria. appointed by the
California Cattlemen's association:
VIM. Burke, Holtville, appointed by
the California Wool Growers as
ISOLATION; Howard Farnsworth, Ell
Centro, elected by the dairymen
present last night and F. M. Bates.
Brawley. elected by the beef pro-
ducerS.
To Aid Beyschlag
These four men then met in spe-
cial session and selected w, A.
Scheniman, Ell Centre, as the fifth
member to act on this committ>:.
as representing the dairy group.
This con. mittee of five will meet
again Monday night to choose two
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Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
VETERAN FILM
STARS PASS ON
Alec B. Francis And Harry
Pollard, Famous In Early Pic
tures, Die On Coast.

HOLLYWOOD, July 7. U.P -
The ranks of the veteran motion
picture actors were reduced by two
today as old-timers of the screen
mourned the deaths of Alec B.
Francis, IS, character actor, and
Harry Pollard, SIS, pioneer actor
and director.
Francis died in Hollywood hos
pital after an emergency operation
climaxing three day illness. His
widow. Mrs. Lucy Francis, was at
his side.
His most recent pictures were
The Green Hat" in which Con-
stance Bennett and Herbert Mar
shall had leading roles, and "I'll
Tell the World" in which Lee
Tracy depicted the adventures of
a United Press correspondent.
His title of "the grand old man of
the SCREEN" was we'll earned.
Among his greatest successes were
roles in THE Music Master" THE
Return of Peter Grimm" 1.-The
Lion and the Mouse" "Evangeline,"
and Beau Brummel.'
Francis, who was born in Lon
don. came to America after serving
an enlistment in the British army
and entered motion pictures in 1910
Pollard, like Francis, was pio-
neer in film work and also re-
mained active almost until his
death.
He was born in Republic City,
Kansas, in 1879. Two brothers.
Horace Pollard of Fresno, and w.
H. Pollard Of Oakland. and
sister, Mrs. w. H. Lane of Oak
land, survive him.
Funeral services will be held
Monday in Glendale, Cal.
Pollard began his film career at
the old Flying A. studios in Santa
Barbara as an actor. He was CO.
starred with Margarita Fischer,
one Of the early-day actresses who
was as famous 20 years ago as
Mary Pickford later was to be-
come.
Pollard later married Miss FiSch-
cr, who survives him.
Later he became director, and
went to Universal, where he was
the leading megaphoner on the lot
for several years. Among the silent
films he made we're "Uncle Toms
Cabin" and "Show Boat. In later
years he was with M. G. M. un-
til his fatal attack.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
PREDICT STORMS In RIVERS
UPPER BASIN OVER WEEK END

A telegram received at irrigation
district headquarters this morning
from the government weather bu-
reau office in Yuma states that
thunder showers fell in northern
New Mexico yesterday afternoon
and there are excellent prospects
of thunderstorms in the central
and northern mountain sections of
western Colorado within the next
SO hours.
Figures today on the flow of the
Colorado river indicate drops both
at Grand Canyon and at Yuma,
the former reading being 1900 feet
while the latter registers but 344
feet, the lowest reading this year.
1t is expected, however, that the
storms predicted for today or to-
morrow in the upper basin of the
river will not have any immediate
effect on the situation in the coun-
ty at present relative to the water
shortage.
Evan T. Hewes, chairman of the
irrigation district board of direct
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-07
MERCURY HITS
HIGH MARK IN
EASTERN AREA

CHICAGO, July 7. WH - Tenn
peratures sank to below freezing IN
the northwest today in the wake
of storms which killed five people,
while New York and the eastern
seaboard sweltered in the seven
teenth day of a record heat wave.
Topcoats were comfortable in
Des Moines, st. Paul, Minneapolis.
Milwaukee and Chicago. The Gen.
trail Park observatory in New York
recorded 13C degrees on ther-
mometer placer, in the sun.
In North Dakota the mercury
dropped below the freezing point.
In Minnesota. Montana and South
Dakota IL hovered around 40 de-
grees. Chicago expected a maxi
mum temperature of around IS de-
grees today.
Two persons, one in Chicago
and another in Tarnov, Neb.. were
killed by lightning. A man was
killed by board ripped from his
home by small tornado at Rose
land. Neb., and a woman and
small boy were crushed by falling
trees in Detroit
The mercury stayed high in the
70s throughout the night in New
York. Officially the metropolis
maximum temperature yesterday
was 92.1 degrees at 5 p. m but un-
official thermometers went many
degrees higher.
Washington showed an official
maximum of 96 degrees. AT Cleve-
land it was 90 and in Detroit "a.
100 degrees was recorded in San
Antonio end 80 in e. Paso. Phoe-
nix. Ariz., was the nations hottest
spot, officially, at LOG degrees.