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Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
-FOUR ACTIONS
SEEK RETURN
Of CONTRACTS
Litigation Also Provides For
Recovery Of Personal Dam
ages From Farley.
CRITICIZED BY SOLICITOR
Pest Office Official Says e.
fort To Evade Law Against
Suing Government Is Weak.
BY RONALD G. VAN TINE
United Press Staff Correspondent

BY RONALD G. VAN TINE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 15.-Four
suits to force Postmaster General
James A. Farley to return cancelled
air mail contracts to subsidiaries of
the United Aircraft and Transport
corporation were filed in District of
Columbia supreme court today.
Farley has 20 days to answer the
court action.
The litigation sought to recover
damages personally from the post
master general in addition to re-
storation of contracts.
The plaintiffs were Boeing Air
Transport, Inc, National Air Trans
port, Inc, Pacific Air Transport ara
Varney Air Lines, Inc.
Karl A. Crowley solicitor for the
post office department charged the
action was weak effort to evade
the law which prohibits anyone
from suing the government without
its permission"
THE suits should have been filed
in the court of claims Crowley said
He explained il the cancellation Or
der had been signed merely James
A. Farley" without the designation
POSTMASTER general" the action
might properly have been taken
against him personally.
Meanwhile pending disposition of
the Costigan sugar bill the senate
delayed taking up the Black-Mc-
Kellar bill, embodying President
Roosevelts recommendations for
commission to study all phases OF
aviation and recommendations for
temporary air mail legislation.
Action in the house to carry out
the Presidents recommendations
was begun with the post office COM
mittee voting to draft new air
mail bill. 1t would provide for one
year contracts and for commission
to study the field of aeronautics and
report on a permanent government
policy.
The measure, to carry only two
provisions, probably would be COM
pleted within two or three days,
Chairman James M. Mead Dem)
New York, said.
WASHINGTON, April 18. (U.H -
Mark L. Requa, Republican nation
al committee man from California
and close friend of former President
Hoover, denied before the senate
airmail committee today that he
had exerted pressure upon postof-
flee department officials in 1881 to
obtain a mail contract for Century
airlines
Requa, surprise witness as the
committee resumed its inquiry, said
he never discussed with Mr.. Hoover
the problem of the Century COM
pany, and that his only meeting
with former Postmaster General
Walter F. Brown was to introduce
officials of the airline.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
Hint NelU Clue In
Lis1dbergh Case

BOSTON, April 18. W.P)-The
role of DR.. John F.. (Jafsie) Con-
don in the Lindbergh baby kidnap-
ing offered a new angle in invest
igation of the crime today when a
United States marshal disclosed
photograph which he believed might
be that of the man who got $50,O00
ransom money
DR.. Condor, who has since dedi-
Gated his life in seeking the Lind
bergh kidnapers, tossed the ransom
money over a Jew York City GEM
etery wall after prolonged negoti-
ations in which he hoped to achieve
safe return of the oaby. At the
time. the infant already was dead.
John J. Murphy, U. S. marshal,
announced that he had secured the
photograph which ne linked with
the ransom payment and he asked
New York authorities to speed
DR.. Condor to Boston to see it.
Murphy was secretive concerning
his investigation and department
of justice agents, checking the clue,
said they had not previously been
informed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
RELIEF PROBE
FAVORED BY
SUPERVISORS

In a roundtable discussion yes
terday afternoon the board of su-
pervisors considered the question of
finances for relief work in the
county 1t was brought out that
according to an understanding had
by the supervisors, R. c. Branion,
state administrator of the relief
had said at the time the board
borrowed $74,0O0 for relief work in
the county that when this money
was used up federal funds would
be supplied to carry on the work
until July l.
Now, it appears, the county has
been notified that it can borrow an
additional $4,000 on its own cred
it. In the discussion the board felt
it could not obligate itself in this
way and called for complete in
vestigation of the whole matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18

gesture. The following day the
boys appeared again and brought
with them an elderly man. The
adult stood before a cage and re-
moved his false teeth. Soon all the
monkeys were tugging at their
teeth. One boy butted his head
against the wall and all the mon
keys pounded their heads the same
way.
The man raised a hand over his
head plunged his hand into his
hair and tugged sharply and pulled
up a wig.
Bushman and the monkeys drop
ped their hands to their hair and
tugged Tears came to their eyes
and still they tugged.
"'It was terrible" keepers told
police. "All of the monkeys just
sat and tried to pull the tops of
their heads off, -
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
DEAD IN
PLANE CRASH.

DALLAS, Tex, April 18. U.P) -
Charred bodies of four Dallas men
and women killed in plane crash
20 miles northwest of here were re-
turned to Dallas today.
The victims, burned beyond re-
cognition after the Bellanca cabin
ship burst into flames last night,
were.
Harry Fowler, veteran pilot, who
was at the controls.
Lillian Rose, 18, Fowlers fiancee.
Jack Poole, "a, printer and long
time friend of Fowler.
Mrs. Jewel Morgan, 81, beauty
parlor operator.
The four had dinner at Love field
airport last night, then took off In
the plane at 1904 p m. for an un-
announced destination.
Attendants at the field said they
apparently planned to take shor5
ride and return.
A half hour later farmers living
near Lewisville, Tex, saw the plane
fall to earth during an electrical
storm. Cause OF the mishap was not
determined.
Al Stone, farmer on whose field
the ship came to earth, witnessed
the crash.
They evidently had TO make a
forced landing ne said. When the
plane hit the earth II nosed over and
burst into flames"
Greeks swollen by heavy rains
made access to the crash scene dif-
ticult. The bodies were not removed
from the burned cabin until several
hours after daybreak.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
Strike OF Pea
Pickers Fails

SALINAS, Calf, April Is. W.P)-
Growers in the Salinas and Pajaro
valley pea fields believed today that
attempts to foment strike among
the pickers had failed.
Officials of the Cannery and Agri-
cultural Workers union, central fl
CURE in many recent labor disturb
ances. issued the strike call, de-
manding new wage scales for the
workers.
The only walkout report affected
pickers employed by the H. P. Garin
company. growers said. The Garin
employees were given wage in
crease soon after their walkout so
they Immediately returned to work
it was said. @
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
RUMOR SAYS OSWALT WILL SEEK
LEAVE TO MAKE SHERIFF RACE

According to reliable sources,
The Press was advised today that
j. Sterling Oswalt, chief of police
of Ell Centre, plans in the near flu
ture to ask the city council for an
indefinite leave of absence, in or
der to make a campaign for the
office of sheriff of Imperial county
at the primary election in August.
1t has been known for months
that friends of the chief in various
parts of the county have been in
terested in having him become a
candidate for sheriff and that he
has been considering the propos-
ition.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
Gen. Glassford
Not Here Yet

Inquiry at the Barbara Worth
hotel just before press time con-
cernlng the arrival Of General Pei
ham D. Glassford brought the an
swer that GlasSford had not as yet
arrived there nor had the hotel re-
ceived any word that he expected
to register there.
Glassford had notified B. M,
Graham, chairman of the board of
county supervisors by telephone
from Phoenix that he would be in
the valley again today.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
POWER PLANT
SITE SOUGHT
BY BRANL

Acting on the suggestion of Evan
T. Hewes, chairman of the irriga-
ton district board of directors,
members of a delegation of Brawley
citizens representing the city coun-
Gil and chamber of commerce OF
that city met with M. j. Dowd, dis
trict engineer, this afternoon to talk
over the whole question of the loca-
tion of the proposed district power
plant in fullest detail.
This suggestion followed the pre-
sentation by the delegation of reso-
lutions asking that the power plant
be located in Brawley and the meet
ing was a continuation of one held
here yesterday afternoon at which
time motion to award the site to
Brawley was tabled by the board.
A resolution was also received
from the Imperial chamber Of COM
merce asking that the plant be To-
Gated in that city. This resolution
as we'll as the two from the BraW-
ley delegation were ordered filed al
ter being read to the board.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18

Duties of the sheriff are not un-
familiar to the chief, who became
deputy sheriff under former
Sheriff Gillett when the latter took
office in 1920. Chief Oswalt served
as deputy for several years until
he was appointed chief of police
by the city council.
He has made the local depart
ment one of the best in the valley
being the first chief to introduce
a patrol of the residential district
and the "flash' signal and tele-
phone system, whereby officers can
be located at moment IS notice.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
STATE WATER
SUPPLY SHORT

SACRAMENTO, April 18. (U.P) =
CALIFORNIA; supply of water for
summer irrigation purposes this
year has been endangered by lack
of rainfall and early high tempera-
lures, the state department of ag-
riculture reported today.
During March the total precipita-
tion throughout the state was only
about 20 per cent of the usual
amount, the report said, and in the
principal agricultural areas the
rainfall registered but 40 to 60 per
cent of normal.
March also saw the highest tenn
peratures on record for that month,
which aided in decreasing the water
supply by rapidly melting snow in
the mountain regions according to
the report.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
LINK TR0TZKY TO FRENCH REVOLT
Paris Newspaper Asserts Russian Active In
Recent Communistic Riots.

Trotzky's secretary told the Uni
ted Press:
I'VE are going to leave today or
tomorrow, depending on word from
Paris. Trotzky is packing his trunks
of which he has many, filled with
books and papers. Wherever he goes
we will follow
The party was expected to include
Nine. Trotzky, a cook, two body
guard secretaries and two fierce
dogs.
Regarding the February riots, lie
Journal said that during all the dis
order, which brought 10000 troops
to the city to reinforce police and
Pepublican guards, Trotzky was
kept advised of developments by
means of couriers using motor cars
and motorcycles.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
By RALPH HEINZEN

United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, April Is. - A charge that
Leon Trotzky was prepared at any
moment during the fatal riots of
February 6 to speed to Paris and
lead a revolution was published to-
day by the newspaper LIE Journal.
AS the exiled Russian leader, or
dered to leave the country, sought
refuge abroad and was prepared
to make a dash through the coun-
try in a motor car that waited in
the garden of his Barbizon Villa, LIE
Journal and other newspapers aug
mented reports Of the secret police
with lurid details of Trotzky's al
legged political activities,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
African Plan
Being Probed

Activities of three Negroes who
are endeavoring to interest other
Negroes on the east side in an At
rican colonization project are be-
ing probed by police following a re-
quest to that effect from the Dis
trict Attorneys office late yesterday
This action is taken for the pro-
lection of those approached should
the project be of questionable ma
ture.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
@kM!LlL-.o
R!S9@e;

SANTA MONICA, April II.
(SpeciaD-With the baseball
season opened and Washington
headed for another pennant,
boy, congress better be good
from now on. Baseball is in for
a great year. t'S our nation
al game and will always be our
national game. We became a
great nation under baseball
and commenced to flop
the minute we started to take
up a lot of other poor substi-
tutes.
Colt is played for conversa-
tional purposes; polo is played
by us lazy ones because the
horse does all the work and we
love to just go for ride. But
you have to play baseball for
itself, alone, for there is no
clubhouse to talk it over in af-
ter the game. From an old
first baseman of the Oolagah,
Okla, Giants.
Yours,
M& R1~>~'
OissI. NeNauaht Syndicate. Inc
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
CANNOT USE BOULDER DAM FOR STORAGE NOW
Postmaster General Sued In Row Over Airmail
RICHMOND is
APPOINTED
POSTMASTER

Many Of his friends, includ-
ing close associates, will receive
a shock when they read this
piece about the postmaster Of
Ell Centre, who for years has
been known officially as Frank
Richmond and unOfficialIy as
Penny Richmond. For sew
eral months he has been acting
postmaster at El Centre.
1t develops that his real name
is William Francis Richmond.
What became of the william i'm
the course of the years since
he tOted the football for Santa
Monica high school, is some-
thing of a mystery.
Discovery that William Fran
els Is the proper name came
today in United Press dis
Eatch received at The Press
office. When read to the post
master he admitted he is Will
liam Francis, but not before he
let out a couple of whOops at
the good news. Here's the dis
patch:
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18

WASHINGTON, April 49,
Postmaster General James A.
Farley today announced ap-
pointment of the following
California postmasters: Bur-
bank, Paul o. Martin; Ell Cen
tro, william Francis Rich
mOnd.
For the pOstmaster's inf0r-
mati0n-A copy of this article
is being dispatched to the Rt.
Hon. Sir James Applegate, San
Diego, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
Baseball Scores
a rppricGn Len0up


At Cleveland r H E
st. Louis .............. 900 900 002-2 8 0
Cleveland ......... 900 900 000-0 5 0
Hadley and Hemsley; Pearson
and Pytlak.
At Boston r H Z
washington loo 030 1905 s 0
Boston .................. 900 202 OOO-4 5 0
Weaver, Thomas, Russell and
Berg; Weiland, Pennock and Fer
rell.
At PHILADELPHIA r H f
New York ..........O24 OOl l30-11 - l
Philadelphia .0l0 300 00l- 5 9 l
Ruffing and Dickey; Marcum and
Hayes.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-18
National League

At New York r Fl E
Philadelphia 900 600 1912 5 0
New York 100 00l 04x-6 8
A. Moore and Wilson; Fitzsim-
mons and Richards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07
Hamilton Near Death

Perhaps, federal agents admit. he
may be killed by outlaw guns before
they can run him to earth.
Because of the split in the gangs
ranks. Nelson has recruited his own
crew of outlaws.
Meanwhile, John Hamilton, an
other member of the original Dill
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07
u. S. AGENTS
SET TO SPRING
NELSON TRAP
End for Baby Face Hinted
Near: Hamilton Is Re-
ported Wounded.
By I Hifcd Press

By United Prose
CHICAGO. Sept THE sur
vivors of John Dillinger's muir
derous gang, almost penniless and
split by dissension, have degener-
ated into proving hoodlums and
petty thieves.
Only one, George Baby Face
Nelson, appears determined to write
the final bloody chapters of the
gang and his trail is being bounded
by relentless force Of federal
agents.
Those in hiding fear to emerge
and stage a holdup because of the
heat" upon them. Funds are
dwindling and hideouts are getting
scarce. They're always on the
Jump, trying to keep ahead of the
law.
Others of the underworld, rueful-
ly observing the fate of those who
shielded Dillinger and his mob
sters, are reluctant to give them
shelter especially now that there is
no big money to be had from them.
Hiding in Wisconsin
Nelson, plump checked killer and
prize quarry of the government
agents, is in Wisconsin with three
or four henchmen and is getting
ready for a new holdup to recoup
his dwindling funds, the United
Press learned today from an official
source.
The department Of justice has
knowledge of Nelson's plans and the
many hideaWays of the Wisconsin
woods-they have provided refuge
for the gang on numerous occasions
are being searched.
Baby Face is known to be we'll
supplied with machine guns and
ammunition and, based on expert
ence. the government manhunters
anticipate that his next raid will be
in Wisconsin, Illinois or Indiana.
Because of several instances of
embarrassing and short changing
in the division of loot Nelson is not
in good graces with other followers
of Dillinger,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07

self-supporting. we no longer have
10 be afraid of them
To another question as to the
ability of California to carry this
load alone Sinclair cried out:
Why do We have TO leave every
thing to the federal government?
Why do We have to trust our
affairs to bureau in Washington?
why do We have to assume that
only Uncle Sam has any money?
We have boundless natural re-
sources here in California; We have
willing labor; why can not We put
our idle people TO worb and make
wealth. instead of having Washing
ton rent 1t to us, fastening a bur-
den of debt on our children. They
tell US We will not be able to raise
the money to buy land and ma
chinery in California. Well, look
at the financial statements and 1
discover that our people have nearly
three billions of dollars with them.
When as Governor 1 can say 1T is
your duty as citizen to take your
money out Of the private banks and
let your state use it to put men
and women to work so that they
can produce food for themselves
and taxing power for the state 1
believe that not everybody in Cali
fornia will answer no"
The group then took up the
question of a symbol.
EPIC" Gor End Poverty in
California;. Mr.. Sinclair suggested,
would correspond to the nations
MIRA. And in place of the Blue
Eagle he would start for Sacramento
under the emblem of a golden bee.
I personally can get no en-
thusiasm for any kind of bird of
prey" said the Governor L
like the bee. She not only works
hard. but has means to defend her
self and is willing to use them in
behalf of the young"
Next: "G6vernor" Sinclair will
tell about his security program and
how he won" the nomination and
election.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07
HITLER SCARED,
is ABNORMAL,
FARLEY TOLD
Adolf Guilty of Many, Many
Things, Wisconsin Pro-
feSSor Says.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-Dr. Jo-
seph Jastrow, professor emeritus at
the University of Wisconsin, scien-
tif1cally dissected Adolf Hitler at
the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association today and
concluded that the reichsfuehrer
is:
A high grade psychopath.
Terribly frightened.
Guilty of overself- esteem.
A fanatic of following, not a
leading, type.
Suffering from decisions.
Otherwise abnormal.
rs that ALP" asked listener.
yes" replied DR.. Jastrow, that's
all that's the matter"
The association, probing the
works Of the human mind, learned
that 46 per cent of group of stu
dents left alone with an answer
book in an examination, "cribbed"
the answers; that moving pictures
affect the moral standards of chill
dren mostly on the side of laxity;
that minded strikers can band
into a dictatorial mass and that
professional men are little on the
feminine side.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07

Iinger gang and one of the ten con-
victs who made a sensational escape
from the Indiana state prison a
year ago, is near death in the west
from gunshot wounds.
Hamilton, for time believed by
the government to be dead, was
badly wounded in the holdup two
months ago of the Merchants Ma
tional bank at South Bend, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07
Socialists to Hold Meeting

Clarence Taylor Baltimore, ma
tional organizer and active trade
unionist. will address rally of the
Fourteenth ward Socialists at 8 to-
night at the hall at Howard and
Reisner streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07
TRIAL OF WARD DAVIS
Is SET FOR MONDAY
Alleged Killer of Annanieve France
to Face Court.

By United Press
PETERSBURG, Ind, Sept. T.
Trial of Ward Davis, 10, former
Petersburg high school athlete, on
charges of numbering AnnanieVe
France, II, high school junior, was
set today for Monday before Judge
John L. Sumner in Pike circuit
court.
A special venire of fifty prospec-
tive Jurors was drawn for the trial.
Miss France was shot while parked
with Davis on a lonely road near
here March 30. The body was found
in the youths car in front of his
home after he had told friend of
the Staying. The shooting resulted
from a quarrel after the girl had
spurned Davis offer of marriage, po-
lice quoted him as saying.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07

SAN FRANCISCO, sept. II
take it, Upton Sinclair told his
followers on the eve OF his spec
tacular campaign for Governor.
that ne are agreed that the cause
Of our present depression is the
concentration Of wealth in the
hands OF q small class
The group. gathered IN Santa
Monica hotel 10 start the Sinclair
crusade a year ago. also took IT that
way. Whereupon the candidate out
lined the second Of his planned as
saults on poverty, the equalization
Of wealth through taxation
Income Is going TO be redls-
tributed in the United States by one
o. two methods" the "Governor"
continued. either by legal enact
ments or by violent revolution; and
We have not much longer IN which
10 make the choice.
Large Amount Needed
A lot Of money would be needed
10 finance the state land. factory
and security projects. So followed
the Sinclair taxation program.
This was.
1. To repeal the sales tax, sUbsti-
tutlng tax of four cents share
on all stock transfers. Let Wall
Street pay the sales taxi"
,. To establish a state income tax
Of at least 80 per cent on all in
comes beyond $4,000 and graduate
upward the state inheritance tax
so the state will take One-half Of all
requests above $4,000;
3. To increase taxes on public
utilities and banks.
l. To exempt from tax all homes
and ranches worth $1,000 or less and
graduate upward taxes on those
worth IS 900 or more:
3. To impose a state land tax on
all unimproved property worth more
than $1,000.
Won't that drive capital out of
the state2" queried one OF the Sim
clair followers.
Capital Will Leave
1t WILL drive out money. of
course" answered the Governor. "
But It won't drive the land out and
u won't drive the factories out. and
We do not have to worry about the
cash. because If We out our people
a. productive labor they soon Will
create plenty of wealth IN California
and We can cheerfully do without
the parasites and spectators.
When word goes over the coUn-
try what we are up 70. there VIII
be tens Of thousands Of sble-bodIed
workers coming IN cur direction, and
under the new system We can put
them 70 work, and they viii add
10 our wealth and taxing power.
When We make the unemployed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07
SINCLAIR'S TAX
SETUP CARRIES
DRASTIC LEvIES
Reformer Admits Capital
viii Be Driven Out by
His Program.

This Is the second Of three articles
from Upton sinelairs Campaign Book on
the EPIC Plan. Il. Governor Of Cali
farnia." explaining in the past tense
his future plans for rsdistributinE the
states wealth
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
Gillum Installed
AsDeMOlay Head

Llewellyn Gillum was installed
as master councillor Of the Alex
andria Chapter of DeMolay at
exercises held last night in the
Elk'S Hall.
other officers included Walter
Herbert, senior councillor; Elmer
Ridgely, Junior councillor; Cliff
ford Goodrich, treasurer; God
frey Runaldue, scribe; Richard
6tulz, senior deacon; Joseph
Price, jr., junior deacon; Thomas
Reece, senior stewart; Stanley
Feeder, junior stewart; Earl
Meyers, seminal; Clifford Good
rich, chaplain; Vernon Dove,
standard bearer; J. A. Tolman,
almoner; Douglass Stanton, mar
shall; Paul Mont, orator.