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Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
BY ANNE ii. DAVIS

Herbert Hoover, private citizen,
and Herbert Hoover, President, are
two entirely different people, judg-
ing by his appearance last night in
the Barbara Worth hotel as COM
pared with that shown in pictures
and neWsreels during the last days
of his presidency.
Gone were the lines of worry, the
harrassed look on his face. and in
stead a cheerful, rested man, like n
school boy on vacation, entered
the dining room of the hotel. The
stir in the dining room was evi-
dent for everyone recognized the
x-president and eyes kept con-
stantly turning to his table where
he sat with Henry M Robinson, Los
Angeles banker and his close friend,
and Paul SeXon, his secretary.
This reporter had an exceptional
opportunity, being directly facing
Mr.. Hoover and being able covertly to
note the ease and jollity of his eX-
preston, even observing that he
chose Imperial Valleys grapefruit
for his first course.
The Herbert Hoover of today
seems also to have somewhat over
come his aversion for reporters for
he cheerfully acceded to a request
for an interview during which he
was very pleasant, informing the re-
porter however, smilingly, that he
was no longer news.
However, the Hoover caution re-
manned for whenever questioned on
political questions or controversial
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
SIXTEEN DEAD
AS TRANSIENT
CAMP BURNS

LYNCHBURG, Va, March "a U.P)
AT least 16 persons were burned
to death and approximately IS were
injured when fire swept through
the transient bureau home here TO-
day.
Bodies of the 16 were recovered 1t
was feared the ruins might contain
others. Some of those injured were
burned so severely that they were
not expected to live.
The home, a three story frame
structure, was turned into a rearing
furnace when flames shot up the
elevator shaft from a fire in the
kitchen. First reports were that the
blaze started when cook overturn-
ed a pan of grease in preparing
breakfast.
The cook, frightened, ran scream
ing from the kitchen. The flames,
sucked by the draft, swept up the
elevator shaft and soon the old
structure was ablaze from floor to
roof.
Many of the occupants of the
home, still asleep in cots, had no
warning and were trapped.
The victims were persons who
were being cared for by the federal
emergency relief administration.
They were said to be from various
parts of the country. None was iden-
titled Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
SCORE HURT
WHEN HEAVY
BUS UPSETS
Apprentice Driver Loses Con-
troll AS Vehicle Skids During
Rhinstorm.
INJURED TAKEN TO YUMA
Passengers Imprisoned AS Top
OF Car Is Crushed Preventing
Opening Of Doors.

E. B. EVitts, Bellflower, Calf, was
instantly killed and 16 other pas
sengers were seriously injured when
o Pacific Greyhound bus skidded
On the wet pavement of a curve
just the other side of the main
tenance station about 18 miles west
of Yuma and overturned at 545
o'clock this morning during a rain
storm. The injured passengers were
taken to the Yuma hospital where
it is reported that one of them, Mrs.
Sadie Watson Leggett, Ajo, Ariz.,
is SO badly crushed that her recov-
cry is not expected.
The list of injured as reported
by Frank Oswalt, captain of the
state highway patrol, who investi-
gated the accident, is as follows:
John c. Leggett, Ajo, Ariz.; Mary
Ellen Logee, Danielson, Conn.,; Nor
ris l.. Ruben, newark, N. j.; Henry
Gordona, Brookfield. N. Y; Frank
Price, Philadelphia; Porfirio Men
dez, BraWley; Ray Cowles, Los An
geles; Joe Valencia, Los Angeles;
Harry Pannock, Fort Worth; Mrs.
Lawrence Cardell, Los Angeles; Au-
brey White, Dallas; Mrs. David
Wasservogel, New York City; Ar
thur King, Los Angeles; Ruth Pen
gilly, NeWhall Calf; Alma Barnett,
McAllister, Okla; James Dtncan,
Phoenix; James Rhea, Los Angeles;
Nancy PodgeS, Los Angeles.
Others among the % passengers
in the bus at the time of the acci-
dent suffered minor cuts and
| bruises but those listed above were
so seriously injured as to need hos
pital attention and treatment.
The accident happened when
William E. Dodd, Of Phoenix, a
student driver Tor The Greyhound
company and on his first trip, lost
control CT the eastbound bus after
it had started to slip on the west
| pavement OF the curve. Just a short
distance from where the slip start
ed the heavy coach went over the
embankment and landed on its top.
There was no other car near the
scene of the accident when it hap
pened and the top, doors and VIM
dows Of the bus were so badly JAM
med together that it was with great
difficulty that the passengers were
eXtrirate5.
Company Diamed
Salvatore Maggie, a member of
the local Maggie Brothers produce
firm, was enroute to Yuma, coming
upon the scene of the wreck Short
Confined On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
UNITED PRESS EXECUTIVES ON
VISIT To IMP ER|AL VALLEY

pendent district under mandate of
the League of Nations or some 9TH
er agency
Hitler is rearming Germany,
Miller stated, and has done much
TO Solidify and unite Germany spir-
it. He appeared at the psychology
ical time with the correct remedy
for Germany'S ills, he said, and
has the support of better than 70
per cent of the German people, who
idolize him.
That he las ambitions to restore
Germany to something of its for
mer power is not to be disputed,
Miller asserted, and he also has
his mind set on expansion, with
Austria the most likely territory, al
though Mussolini has, temporarily
at least, apparently checked Hit
ler's ambitions in this direction.
Conceding that Hitler is some
thing of a "grandstander," Miller
declares he has a definite program
and is rapidly carrying it out sue
cessfully.
Miller carries with him a unique
silver cigarette case, autographed
by such historic personages as Hit
Ter, Engelbert Dolfuss, Austrian pre-
micr, Andre Tardieu, French states
man and former premier, Blasco
1banyez, who miller credits as the
power behind the overthrow of Al
fonso, General Hugh Johnston,
NRA administrator, and Mahatrna
Gandhi.
incidentally, the cigarette case
is 40 longer used for carrying Gig
arettes. Gandhi autographed it on
condition that Miller should not
I'LL it with cigarettes again. Miller
promised, and being a good news
paperman, keeps lis word. The Gig
arctic case is for exhibition ONLY.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
CHANGE NOTED IN EX-PRESIDENT
DURING BRIEF VISIT TO VALLEY
Herbert Hoover Unworried And Affable
While Dining Here Enroute To Phoenix
Where He Meets Friends.

subjects he pleasantly but firmly
declined to commit himself, declar-
ing that he no longer was in re-
Sponsible position and did not in
tend to worry about the cares OF
the world.
He insisted that he was on a va
cation trip only to Arizona, and that
he had wanted to come by way of
Imperial Valley to see the changes
which had taken place since his last
trip in 1888 when he came with
commission to study the Hoover
dam and the All-American canal
problems. The party was enroute to
Yuma, Arizona, where they planned
to spend the night, but had stopped
at the Barbara Worth because Of
Mr.. Hoover's pleasant memories of
previous stay.
Despite Mr.. Hoover's denial that
he is not concerned with politics,
and that his trip is for pleasure, not
for business, United Press dispatch
es today state that Hoover and Ro-
binSon are meeting in Phoenix, Ariz.,
with General John j. PerShing, Cen
eral j. C. Harboard, General Charles
G.. Dawes, Arch w. Shaw, business
man of Winnetka, Illinois.
They maintain that they are
there only for vacation trip and
get-together, but rumors attribute
political significance to this gather
ing of prominent Republicans.
The group is to stay in the San
Marcos hotel, Chandler, Arizona,
fashionable winter resort, where
they will occupy the Owen D. Young
bungalow.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
ONE MAN KILLED IN SAND Hills STAGE WRECK
Lubin Talk Flags Work Condition In Imperial Valley
FULLER-McKEE
ENTER PRISON

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf,
March "a UP)-TWo men who once
occupied key positions in the huge
Richfield Oil company, today be-
came fish" and were assigned
numbers as convicts in San Quen-
tin prison to serve terms of two to
20 years each on grand theft con-
victionS.
They are Clarence M. Fuller, 45
former president of the company
and Raymond w. Mckee, 35, former
secretary. In San Quentin they
Joined j. A. Talbot, former presi-
dent of the board, who elected tc
serve time while appeals to the con-
victions were being fought. Fuller
and Mckee recently lost final ap-
peals to high courts and started
their terms nearly a year behind
their former business associate.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
Ferrell Rites
Conducted Here

Funeral services for Mrs. Grace
Ferrell of Calexico, county instruc-
ton supervisor, whose death oc-
Cured Thursday afternoon, were
conducted this afternoon from the
tnneral chapel of B. E. Lemons.
Masses OF lovely flowers, last
tribute from her many friends and
admirers, banked the chapel which
was filled with valley residents
from all parts of the county.
Rev. Irving T. Raab, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of this
city, officiated at tie service at the
chapel.
Burial took place at Evergreen
cemetery where the beautiful and
impressive service of the Order of
the Eastern Star was conducted.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
Light Rainfall
Sprinkles Valley

Imperial Valley received exactly
10 of an inch of rain last night,
according to the report furnished
The Press by Howard Emmons, To-
cal observer for the U. S. weather
bureau.
Rain began about 9:30 last night
and was over shortly after mid
night. Rural roads were muddy
and slippery but pasSable.
Little damage was done to agri-
cultural, according to B. A. Farri-
gan, agricultural commissioner
Harvesting of crops was slowed due
to muddy fields, dairymen suffered
inconvenience from the mud, and
any hay on the ground was injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
RUSSIA SEEKS TO REVIVE LEAGUE
Reported To Be Conferring With u S. On
Plan For Bolstering Authority.

Copyright, 1884, by United Press)
PARIS, March 24-Authoritative
sources asserted today that Soviet
Russia. fearful of a collapse of dis
ornament efforts, was eager to
lead a great movement of world
powers for revival of the prestige
of the League of Nations and was
negotiating with the United States
to that end.
1t was asserted that American
Ambassador William C. Bullitt, at
Moscow, and Russian Ambassador
Alexander TroyanovSky, at Wash
jngton, were conducting negotiations
in behalf of their governments.
Tie informant said that Russia
was hopeful of reviving the moral
and political authority of the
league ard, if terT0s "ould be ar
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
UNION PACIFIC
TRAIN WRECKED

HANNA, Wyo.. March 24. U.P)-
AT least two persons were injured,
one of them seriously. when Union
Pacific crack train No. II jumped
the rails at Dana station 10 miles
west of there last night.
Engineer William Richmond was
seriously hurt, receiving several
broken ribs and internal injuries.
Fireman J. A. White received cuts
and bruises.
Many passengers were severely
Jared up, but preliminary check
showed no deaths.
The train, the Portland Rose, was
travelling at high speed when the
engine, two baggage cars and two
sleepers left the rails. One baggage
car was hurled 200 feet from the
scene of the wreck.
Union Pacific officials said the
cause of the wreck might be either
a split rail or tampered rail.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
Lettuce Probate
Ruling Is Upheld

Judge r. D. McPherrin yester-
day rendered his judgment in the
action against Joseph Grande
brought by the Agricultural Pro-
rate Commission which had been
taken under submission after trial
in his court two weeks ago. Yes
terday's judgment grants the plain
tiffS permanent injunction
against Grande restraining him
from shipping lettuce in violation
Of the prorating act.
Recovery of damages. also ask
ed in the complaint against Grande
We're denied in the judgment. Plain
tiffs had asked damages of $500
for each violation of the prorate
rules committed by Grande.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
LAND OWNERS
BLAMED FOR
DIFFICULTIES
Startling Arraignment Made By
Member OF Labor Board In
Address
CLAIMS WORKERS ABUSED
Law Openly Flouted And Work
Of Vigilantes Upheld By Bet
ter Class Of Citizens.

SAN FRANCISCO, March "a. U.P)
"A denunciation of landed inter-
ests" particularly the Imperial VAL
ley shippers, was on record here to-
day in an address made by Simon j.
Lubin, chief of the state bureau of
commerce, before the Common
wealth club.
Lubin, at the request of the Ma
tional Labor board, was one of a
commission of three members to in
VeStigate labor anu agricultural
conditions in Imperial Valley and
make suggestions for possible per-
manent policies there.
"CaliforniaS farms can be cap
tured by radicals if unfairnesS, in
humanity and illegality, which are
sanctioned by some of our best peo-
pie and by popular opinion, are per-
mitted to persist" Lubin told the
club members.
Believing they have little or no
control over market prices, freight
rates and incidental costs, Imperial
Valley shippers seem to feel their
only recourse is to take it out of
labor Lubin declared. More than
half million acres in the valley is
devoted to agriculture. Ninety per
cent of the acreage is controlled by
a handful of shippers, through own
ership, leases and loans. They are
paying less than starvation wage.
The workers live in filth, disease,
misery and dangerous dissatisfac-
ton.
THE masters and their under
lings forbid free speech and free
assembly even by ordinance. They
scoff at our federal courts. They
interfere with the organization of
workers and deport representative
committees fairly elected. They
threaten to prevent the feeding of
starving women and children by
federal relief agents. They arrest
innocent men and women under
fake charges. They fix exhorbitant
bail And they browbeat the attor-
neys for the workers.
AIraigns Officials
1.-The so-called peace officers do
the bidding of their lords with the
able assistance of firearms and
sufficiently large deputized rabble
to provide the chorus and the color
of SO comic operas. They glorify vi
gilantism. Childishly they blame
the threatening discomfort upon
Communism and Moscow"
"If we continue to walk in eco
ponic darkness then we shall have
open season for all who would dis
rupt our society. The weakest then
will become strong enough to top
pie us over. In such an event, it
really won't matter who captures
our farms
Lubin said that in his opinion
there was little to fear from radicals
or agtators, but there is "a genuine
ground for fear in the greed and sell
fishness, the intellectual sterility,
the social injustices, the economic
blindness, the lack of political saga
city, and the mock heroicS and
hooliganism among ourselves"
Lubin urged creation of state
department to work out additional
outlets and better prices for Cali
fornia products; the restoration of
the state commission of immigra-
ton and housing to its former sta
tus of an independent agency; the
establishment of subsistence farms
and the setting up of state ageu-
cy to regulate and coordinate the
labor supply of the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
MAY CALL OFF
ACLUMEET|NG
At CA[EX|CO

Failure TO secure suitable hall
may cause the postponement of the
advertised American Civil Liberties
Union meeting in CaleXico tomor-
row afternoon it was learned here
today. Efforts have been made to
find a place where the meeting
could be held but they have been
unsuccessful.
Speakers from San Diego and Los
Angeles were slated to appear at
this meeting which would follow
along the same lines as the one in
BraWley last week
The meeting was originally sched-
uled for hall in the Dool build
ing, but it happens to be the prop
erty of Harry Chandler, owner OF
the Los Angeles Times, who car
hardly qualify as a friend to any
! radical or semi-radical organiza-
! tions, not even for the amount
rental of the hall would bring.
| Yesterday eight persons said to
| have had alleged Communist liter
ature in their possession were ar
rested by T. M. Sharp, special
! county investigator and brought to
the county Jail for investigation
The group consisting of Ricardo
Ramirez, 35, M. F. Roberts, a. O.
Gotta, 27, Jesse T. Webster, 46, Mi
guel Gutierrez, ST., 43, Miguel Gu-
tierrez, Jr., is, Emil PARA, 10, and
Frank Samore, %, were in two au-
tomobiles parked at the side OF
the road north of Imperial at the
| time of their arrest.
, No complaints have been filed
against the men it was learned al
the county Jail this morning and
they may be released later in the
day, it was stated
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
Local Boxer Giuen
Suspended Sentence

Pelino Garcia, prizefighter by
profession, evidently does not con-
fine his activities to the ring. He
was arrested yesterday afternoon
on charge of battery and in police
court this morning was given a
80 day Jail sentence suspended on
condition of his future good be-
havior. He had been arrested yes
terday afternoon following a quar-
rel with a fellow Mexican near the
Ice plant and was released later
in order to appear in the pre-
llminary against Obie Miller last
night.
A. NJ. Fink and Sam Bass also
appeared in police court charged
with battery. Fink was found
guilty after a trial and will be
sentenced Monday morning while
Bass pleaded not guilty, asked for
a jury trial and April 2 was set
for this trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24

ranged, to announce her own entry,
after her many years of abstinence,
at the annual league assembly in
September.
Russia's fears were based on the
with drawal of her two great neigh
hors, Germany and Japan, from
the league and the danger of an
ornaments race and war that might
follow collapse of disarmament eff
forts.
Russia was said to be convinced
that the present weakness of the
league could be rectified if her vast
group of Soviet Republics joined.
Germany and Japan were induced
to go back and tie United States
could be depended upon to main
tain an active part in league and
disarmament work.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
Cotton GroUers
Meet At Bard

Frank Beyschlag, farm advisor,
attended the meeting of cotton
growers held yesterday in Bard to
discuss differences between their
crop production estimates and the
official figures.
A few growers scaled down tEeir
figures but the majority stated
that they had ample justification
for their claims as to the aver
age yield per acre. They pointed
out that cotton production is de-
creasing constantly and that only
the best lands are in production
and naturally have higher yields
than the average obtained by the
government.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
ROOSEVELT SIGNS PHILIPPINES BILL
Provides For Freedom Of Island In Ten To
Twelve Years If Acceptable.

WASHINGTON, March "a. U.P)-
President Roosevelt at 1920 p m.
today signed the Philippines indie
pendence bill as group of Filipino
leaders waited at the White House.
The measure is known as tie Ty-
dings-McDuffie bill and was urged
by Mr.. Roosevelt when the Philip
pines legislature let the Hawes-
Cutting bill die.
Manuel Quezon, Filipino leader.
watched Mr.. Roosevelt as he put
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
TOYS ARE SPEEDIER

NEW YORK U.P)-Toy automo-
biles for the 1884 season have been
streamlined like most Of their big
prototypes, and also speeded up,
according to advance information
from the Toy Association. The
new models are guaranteed to
travel 100 feet a minute. The cleo
trio ones will travel five miles
without new batteries.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
BARTER FOR LIQUOR

NEW ORLEANS. U.P) = A New
Orleans liquor importing concern
paid for the largest shipment of
Intoxicating beverages to pass over
tie border here since repeal of the
eighteenth amendment-40,000 cases
from Mexico = with commodities,
lard, onions, shoes, other wearing
apparel and groceries, instead Of
money.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
SCHOOL ORATORS MEET

TOPEKA, Kans. (U.P) = Three
hundred of the best high school or
ators and debaters will meet here
May ITO to compete in the fourth
meeting of the National Forensic
league. The present national de-
batting title is held by the Altus,
Okla, high school.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24

his signature to tie legislation
making it law.
The Philippine legislature must
accept the measure by October l..
1t provides for independence in 10
to II years.
MANILA, P. l., March "a. UP)-
Whistles were blown and sirens
shrleked for a half hour and sirens
Manila today when the news was
flashed here that President Roose-
volt had signed tie independence
bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-24
>mMllL-~o

HOLLYWOOD, March 2S.
(SpeciaD-Those old Wall st.
boys are putting up an awful
fight to keep the government
from putting a cop on their cor
ner.
You don't hear as much of
Sen. Bill Borah as you used to.
With all the newfangled things
they have for breakfast nova
days, you don't hear as much of
ham and eggs as you used to
either. But it's still mighty good
eating. When Mr.. Borah says
when you cut down your wheat
production 43 900, 900 acres,
where are the farmers and peo-
pie that farmed those 100000
acres going? Then it's proposed
to send 100000 from the
crowded cities to the country.
How are these going to pass
going and coming? Those pro-
fessors in the agriculture de-
partment are going to have a
tough time answering that traf
fic problem
Yours,
%<& R1~%~
ois3I MsNausht Syndicate. Ina
Evening star., 1934-10-24

I. Peers.
7. Metal.
IS. Pleasure vehicle.
Is. Free.
IT. Shackle.
18. Ait.
19. Measure of weight.
20. Hypothetical force.
81. Irregularity.
%. Entranced.
"a. Spencerian maiden.
26. Sun dried brick.
81. Craze.
%. Please.
80. Sun.
81. Income from real estate.
80. Biblical town.
"a. Faces with masonry.
So. OF irregular triangular shape.
38. Recalls in the form of an idea.
AZ. Tools for digging.
a. Pare down.
Is. Fortress.
48. Taste.
30. Furnace.
81. AdmiX.
So. Rage.
81. Illumined.
SIS. Earth.
Sc. Long g-eared dog.
So. Jumbled type.
SO. Cottage.
60. Eat sparingly.
81. Wrinkle.
63 Family of salti-grade spiders.
IS. Foot ball team.
Sc. Mockers.
ST. Abhor.
Evening star., 1934-10-24
Married After so Years.

Betrothed so years ago, John Hall,
aged 72, and Mrs. M. Reeves, 10, have
just been married at Wrentham. Eng
land. After five years courtship the
engagement was broken because Hall
did not wish to leave his native soil
and his fiancee wanted to travel.
Since then Hall has married twice
and Mrs. Reeves once.
Evening star., 1934-10-24
Pontine Farming Grows.

Farming on reclaimed land in the
Pontine Marshes near Rome, Italy,
has shown a marked increase. When
the work was started only 450 acres.
producing 200 tons of cereals. were
under cultivation. This season the
productive area of the reclaimed land
covers 16,500 acres, on which $500
tons Of cereals have been grown.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
Stop Worrying


Isn't it true that most Of the
things you worry about never
come true.
Your imagination pictures
disaster Of a certain kind that
does not materialize that way.
An autoist who has driven a
car for IL years says he never
passes another car without the
thought, suppose a wheel
should come off.
He admits that he never en-
joys a moment of driving and
he has never had the expert.
nee he breads so much.
Such instances are rare, few
wheels come off, so why worry?
What is your pet worry?
Perhaps you have several that
are equally absurd.
If you have done what you
can to forestall any Of the un.
fortunate things you feel might
happen to you, what is the use
in worrying about them.
Most troubles are magnified
from afar.
What will happen is bound
to happen-you can't stop it,
but at least you can minimize
the effects Of disaster and hav.
ing done that, stop worrying.