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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
FIGHT
At HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. rs. U.P) -
There was new champion of Hol-
lyWood's many one punch battles
of the century today.
He was John Monk Saunders, the
writer, who unofficially was crown
ed after he had knocked out Her
bert Marshall English actor, at a
party attended by many illustrious
| film personages in the home of
Ernst Lubitsch.
Accounts differed but it was
agreed that the English actor was
knocked to the floor in the presence
of Gloria Swanson, whom Marshall
had escorted to the Lubitsch home.
Saunders said he struck the actor
after the latter had called him
name and neglected to smile.
IF he had read The Virginian,
he never would have used that word
without smiling" Saunders OBJ
served.
But Marshall denied there was
any reason for him to smile.
The only active part 1 played in
this melodrama was to resent his
insulting behavior to a lady at my
table" he said.
The lady was Miss Swanson,
whose name has been linked ro-
mantically with Marshall's prior to
and since her separation from Mi
chael Farmer.
According to Saunders version,
the argument started at Miss Swan
sons home. Saunders and his wife,
Fay Wray, went there to play ping
pong with Marshall and Miss Swan
son. He said he causaully mentioned
certain photographs of the two wo
ment he had seen in fan maya
zine and remarked over the similar
ity of their beauty.
Marshall seemed to resent this, "
Saunders said.
The four went to the Lubitsch
home and separated,
For some unexplained reason"
Saunders recounted, Marshall be.
gan TRADE against me. paid no
attention, thinking it was a gag.
Then he called me a name. When I
saw he wasn't smiling, I let him
have one on the chin"
Marshall coldly denied the accu-
racy of the writer's account
II can only say" he said, that
Mr.. Monk Saunders statement is
the best proof to date that he is a
writer of melodramatic fiction. l
can quite understand why, in max
ing his statement he preferred fic-
ton to fact inasmuch as the truth
would compel him to admit that !
was seated at the time he delivered
his spectacular blow and looking in
the opposite direction"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
TEN RESCUED
FROM DEATH

LONG BEACH, Sept. 25. U.p) =
Ten persons, swept overheard by a
high wave that dashed a fishing
boat off Catalina Island were re-
covering today from shock.
With seven other members of a
private fishing party. they were
aboard the 50-foot boat Balboa
when the giant wave cascaded them
into the sea. The boat, its engine
room flooded, drifted away but Ace
Davis, a member of the crew. threw
out fish line that enabled six Of
the passengers to swim to safety
The others managed to reach the
boat with life preservers or unaided.
Two of the victims were treated
at a local hospital. The passengers
were all from Long Beach.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
LOVE LET TERSA
HAVE PART IN
MURDER CASE

AUBURN, Calf, Sept. 25. UP
With the love letters which play a
prominent part in a double Staying
still unrevealed to an eager public,
29-year old William A. Hamilton
waited in a prison cell today for
Fridays preliminary hearing on two
charges of first degree murder.
There have been two opportuni-
ties for public presentation of the
letters since Hamilton's arrest on a
charge of Staying his pretty wife,
Lolita and Robert M. Burnette, SO.
year old San Francisco engineer and
her alleged sweetheart.
The first came when the former
Auburn high school athlete was
charged formally with murder. Mel
Their the prosecution, which holds
the letters, nor defense counsel re
ferred TO them.
An avid public relied on the cor
oner's inquest last night to satisfy
its curiosity over the missiveS, al
legedly exchanged between Mrs,
Hamilton and Brunette through a
private mail box, although they
lived only 40 feet apart in adjoin-
ing houses.
But the inquest passed without
even the jury getting chance to
read the letters. Coroner Colin His
lop said they did not deal directly
with the cause Of death and that
was the only duty of the inquest.
The inquest performed its task for
the jurors found that Mrs. Ham
ilton and Brunette died from bull
let wounds inflicted by William A
Hamilton"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25

NEW YORK, Sept. 25. <UP) -
Investigators of the Lindbergh case
kidnapping and murder, massed new
evidence against Bruno r. Haupt-
mann today while his attorney pro
claimed the prisoner was innocent
of any connection with the crime.
Eight pairs Of shoes, finger
prints, and the cast of footprints
at the Lindbergh home and the
ransom scene were the latest fac
tors in the case.
Hauptmanns attorney, j. M.
Fawcett, contended, however, that
the defense case was strengthened
greatly and he intensified his search
fer substantiating facts while the
Bronx county grand jury resumed
questioning of witnesses preparatory
to hearing Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh tomorrow.
Other developments:
l. The chief of police at Savan-
nah, Ga, announced that Haupt-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
CASE AGAINST SUSPECT THOUGHT CONCLUSIVE
GOLF CLUB TO
OPEN WINTER
SEASON SOON

Official opening of the Barbara
Worth golf club will be around Oc-
tober Is, probably, with the course
being ready for play about October
l, states Judge r. D. McPherrin,
president of the club.
All things considered and the
water shortage in particular, the
course is in fair shape, says Judge
McPherrin, for, by reason of the
recent rain, the fairways are in
good condition.
Work is being done on the greens,
leaf mold has been ordered, and if
the water shortage is relieved, the
greens will be in as good, if not
better shape than last year.
A meeting of the board of direc-
tors will be called prior to the
opening.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
Lettuce Planted On
Some Valley Farms

Some $500 acres Of lettuce have
been planted and are under water
according to information available
at the agricultural commissioners
office.
Growers have prepared their land
and are awaiting further news rel
atiye to the water situation. Some
few have actually planted and adj
ditional acreage will probably go in
from time TO time states B. A.
Harrigan, commissioner.
Harrgan points out that late let
tuce may be planted as late as No
vember.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
Baldwin Faces 4
Kidrop Charge

OAKLAND, Calf, Sept. %. (U.P)
Stripped of the. seven guns he
carried, John Baldwin, fugitive IL
linois convict, was guarded closely
in city prison today pending his re-
turn to Glendale, Calf, to face
kidnapping charges.
Using tear gas bullets police
forced the young desperate to sur
render in the hotel room to which
he had gone after forcing Mr.. and
Mrs. r. o. Stratton to drive him al
most 500 miles from Glendale to
Oakland.
Police had visited the room while
Baldwin was absent and had taken
away five of the seven guns he had.
They left two, unloaded.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
Student Strike
Ends Peacefully

BROCKTON, Mass, Sept. %.
W.P)-Brockton high schools one
day strike ended today when vir-
tually all of the 1000 pupils who
walked out walked back.
In contrast to the turbulent
scenes of yesterday. when the school
was stoned and the school superin-
tendent and headmaster jeered and
booed, students went quietly to
classes this morning.
They had struck against a 30
minute daily extension of school
hours. School officials have re-
fused TO revise this schedule. A de-
mand for Is minutes of supervised
study during each one-hour study
period, was granted, however,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
Wor2ar's Trail K
EoSy To FolIolU

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. IS. U.R) -
Police should find Juanita Pruitt Of
San Jose, Calf, without difficulty.
Relatives Of the missing woman
have asked police to cooperate il
a nationwide search. They wrote
Robert Munich, acting police chief
here, that Miss Pruitt, 81. always
stops to chat with every policeman
she meets.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
KILLING HELD UNSUITABLE

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25. U.R)-
The shooting of Lawrence Usher
alias Charles Coe May, by police
in downtown Los Angeles last week,
was held justifiable homicide by n
coroner's jury today.
Fisher, an alleged jewel and fur
thief, was trapped in q downtown
office building.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
Grapefruit GrolVerS
Met This Morning

Independent grapefruit growers
met this morning with B. A. Harri-
gan, agricultural commissioner, to
discuss the AAA set-up.
1t was decided to call meeting
for Friday, October 5, at 730 in
the court house, to which represent
atives of the AAA will be invited
and asked to explain the set-up and
the ways in which it will affect
growers,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
JOHNSON RESIGNS

HYDE PARK, Sept. rs. (U.P)
President Roosevelt today ac-
cepted the resignation of Gen
eral Hugh S. johnson as Nation
al Recovery Administrator, eff
fective October Is.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
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ABOARD S. S. LIE DE
FRANCE, Sept "a. (SpeciaD-
Now out here somewhere is
where they ought to have one
of those floating aeroplane sta
tons so they could drop you off
and pick up a day. If Jesse
Jones is still leaning out money
on self-liquidation projects, here
is one that would be worthy
and plenty liquid. Say, where is
your referee in this yacht rae
ing? Can't he see the fouls if
there is any? I got to go up
there and see what kind of
racket that is anyhow. Wish
that foghorn would shut up,
I can't hear the typewriter.
Yours,
MA& Rc7o%G'
UtssI. AsNausht s. aaIss.s iaA
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25
National League

Only games scheduled.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25

Tamulis and Jorgens; Cascarella,
Mahaffey and Hayes.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-25

LAKE SIDE, Mo, Sept. IS. U.P)-
Gel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh,
who spent the night at the Holiday
House here enroute by plane from
the Pacific coast to New York, left
at dawn today from the Union Elec-
tric airport.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-03-21
Knapp SHOES are Good Shoes
FIRSP-LAST-AND ALWAYS

IT is our policy to maintain our high
standards of quality under any and
all conc lions. We do not propose
to lower our quality in order to meet
the low priced competition of the So
called depression shoes" now being
retailed in many stores. Knapp Shoes
must maintain their reputation for style
quality comfort and service, and
will be sold at the lowest possible prices
consistent with such quality.
Stop in at Anduze's Barber Shop
around 8 to o'clock daily and see
actual samples and amazing prices to
suit your pockets.
v. c. KISSING
Christiansted. vi. U.S.A,
Local Re preventative
Knapp Bros, Shoes, Boston, Mass.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-03-21
s. S. "ORITANI"
s. S. "ORMES"

is scheduled to sail from New York on
the 21st of March and is expeeted 10 ar
rive at Frederiksted on or aboutths 27th
instant and will he despatched for the
Windward and Lseward Islands accept
ing Freight, Mail and Passengers.
ARNOLD M. GOLDEN,
Agent.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
EMPLOYEES
MAY GET PAY AID
Five Per Cent Restoration
of Cut Is Seen by CON-
promise.

A compromise by which public
works employees in Washington, num-
bering some 1900, will have per cent
of the Government pay cut restored
on July l may be agreed upon within
the next few days"
This was the hope expressed by Ad-
ministrator Ickes yesterday before
leaving to address a Cleveland conven-
ton. He appeared confident that
President Roosevelt would soon issue
an executive order making it possible
for the P. W. A. employees to share in
the next pay cut restoration with
others in the Federal service.
P. w. A employees were excluded in
the original order restoring the first S
per cent of the salary cut, retroactive
to February /, by a ruling of Control
Ter General McCarl Since then Ickes
has been waging continuous fight on
their behalf.
The expected restoration of pay for
P. w. A. employees, Mr.. Ickes explained
yesterday, will not be retroactive.
The public works administrator will
return in a few days from the Pres
byterian General Assembly in Cleve-
land and hopes then to conclude all
necessary arrangements. The restora-
ton can only be done through an
executive order.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
D. C. FUND INTEREST
MEASURE POSTPONED
Bill Permitting Investments in
Treasury Certificates to Be
Held in Allegiance.

The Commissioners will delay until
the next session of Congress submis-
sion of a bill to authorize the Com
missioners to invest in Treasury
certificates District funds on deposit
at the United States Treasury, which
now do not draw interest.
This decision was announced in a
communication sent today by the
Commissioners to Chairman King of
the Senate District Committee.
A definite proposal that the Com
missioners be permitted to invest in
Treasury certificates cash on hand in
the Treasury was laid before the city
heads recently by the Washington
Taxpayers Protective Association in a
letter drafted by Rufus S. Lusk, Sec
retary. At the time both Commits
sioners Hazen and Allen voiced ap-
proval of the suggestion and declared
they already had been planning a
similar move.
Commissioner Hazen today, how
ever, informed Senator King there
is not sufficient time during the bal
ance of the present session to give the
consideration to this matter which the
subject demands"
Evening star., 1934-05-23
D. c. C.TRAFF|CDR|VE
BEGINS NEXT WEEK
City Heads to Issue Appeal
to Motorists to Co.
operate.

The aggressive educational drive Of
merchants, police and traffic officials
to acquaint the driving public with
downtown parking regulations, in an
effort to alleviate congestion, will get
under way next week, it was decided
today
A proclamation will be issued Sun
day by the District Commissioners,
urging the cooperation of motorists.
A committee of seven was set up
yesterday to foster the educational
campaign, which is directed primarily
at new parking restrictions on the
business streets. This committee is
composed of M. o. Eldridge, assistant
director of traffic; Capt. Milton D.
Smith, Traffic Bureau; Sylvan King.
representing the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association; George
Keneippe, Washington Chamber of
Commerce; Wallace B. Robinson,
Washington Board of Trade; Arthur
J. Sundlun, Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association, and Cecil Kauf-
mann, Seventh Street Business Mems
Association.
The group will meet in the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce to-
morrow at 3 pm. to complete details
of the drive Meanwhile the depart
ment store managers division 81 the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation met today to work out plans
for cooperating in the drive by pub
hcizing it through advertising matter
and other media.
The Traffic Committee of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, meeting in
the Hamilton Hotel yesterday, pledged
its cooperation in the educational
effort and named a subcommittee
headed by Charles P. Clark, vice
chairman of the Traffic Committee,
to work with the campaign.
Commissioner Hazen, who was the
guest of the committee yesterday,
said he was very much in sympathy
with the idea of an educational drive.
Commissioner Hazen revealed he
plans to take up with Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer the question of
eliminating parking on one side of a
number of streets Leading to the
downtown area, including Eleventh,
Seventeenth, Nineteenth. Twenty first
and I streets. He also suggested that
angle parking might increase auto
mobile accommodation on Constitu-
ton avenue.
Evening star., 1934-05-23

roads. He predicted that for some of
them the inevitable difficulty, how
ever, will lie in the location Of new
capital to aid them.
Realty Shows Upswing.
Mr.. Ecker, who worked his way up
from office boy to president of Metro
politan Life in IS years Of continuous
service and has headed the vast
organization for about S years, was
once the company's real estate man
ager and naturally has kept his in
terest in that branch of its broad in
vestments. He said real estate now
is beginning to reflect the upswing,
showing a much better record on the
books than it has in many months.
As for the farmers, he admitted his
visits had been confined to the cities,
but some of those we're in regions
where urban prosperity or lack Of 1t is
more or less reflection of the state
of agriculture in the surrounding area
Here again he found things looking
up, completing a relatively rosy pic
ture Of the economic whole.
Diverted again into the fields Of
governmental topics, Mr.. Ecker ex-
pressed his belief unemployment re-
serves could be set up effectively to
take care of emergencies and seasonal
reductions, but he did not set forth
precisely what part the Federal or
State treasures should play in Great
ing these reserves. He said the ques-
tion of plain Federal unemployment
insurance was rather too complex and
lengthy to discuss in brief session,
but cast forth a possible indicator of
his opinion in remarking that from
the business standpoint unemployment
is "uninsurable"
Rate Tables Necessary.
Rate tables. such as the mortality
figures used by life insurance COM
panies, are necessary to fix insurance
premiums, he pointed out.
It would be unjust, therefore, to set
the costs for businesses employing
men steadily throughout the year at
a figure balancing the losses suffered
through occupations subject to sea-
sonal unemployment.
Nevertheless, he said, by the CO.
operation of employers and employees
(and perhaps the Commonwealth it
would be possible to create funds to
tide over the workers in periods Of
idleness.
Mr.. Ecker will leave here tonight
to continue northward on his jour-
ney, and thence to the final western
territory In Canada and the United
States.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
DETECTIVES FLAT TIRE
BRINGS HACKER ARREST
Officer Becomes Angry on Finding
His Car Affected Like
Others.

Detective John Apostolides of the
Police Crime-prevention Bureau at
first didn't think it strange last night
when he saw a man letting air out of
tire on an automobile in the 1700
block of r street.
When he climbed into his own car,
however, and started to pull out from
the curb he found air also had been
let out of tire of his machine.
Whereupon Apostolides arrested
Nelson D. Kicker, so, a hacker, whom
he claims he saw debating tires on the
other machine.
Kicker denied letting air out of
Apostolides tire, but he forfeited $5
collateral today on charge Of tam
pering with an automobile.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
:ORPHAN' DRY AGENTS ADOPTED;
PAY FOR THUMB.TWIDDLING ENDS

were to remain with the Justice De-
partment under presidential edict.
The employees were notified at that
time that their transfer had been an
error and that they were not on the
Treasury pay roll. Inquiries devel-
oped that neither were they on the
Justice pay roll. An investigation Of
the nix-up was launched by the Sem
ate Civil Service Committee, before
which it was charged that the dis
missal of the "a was the result Of q
Republican plot"
Peace Finally Prevails.
Meanwhile, Treasury and Justice
officials held a series of conferences
neither indicating willingness to give
much ground in the controversy.
Yesterday, however, they agreed to
split the difference and call it quits. :"
They did so by dividing the group ex-
actly in half, the Treasury adopting"
II and the Justice telling the other
IL to come back home, as all was
forgiven.
So the thumb-twiddling marathon
ceased and the employees resumed
their work-gratified by word that
their salaries would date from the
original shake-up.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
BAY RIDGE CRASH
PROBE CONTINUED
Department of Commerce
Needs Three Days More
to Complete Inquiry.

The Commerce Department investi-
cation into the fatal airplane crash
at Bay Ridge, Md, Saturday, in which
three Washingtonians lost their lives,
will require at least three or four days
more to complete. Jesse Landlord.
chairman of the accident board of
the Aeronautics Branch, said today.
Meanwhile, victims of the crash
Ralph Bangs, Washington realtor; W.
C. Power, his brother-in- law, and
Malcolm Zahn, Powers cousin-were
buried in cemeteries in Washington
and nearby. Funeral services were
conducted at the Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church al II am, with
Rev. Vernon N. Ridgley, pastor of the
church, and Rev. George Farnham,
chaplain of the Reciprocity Club. Of
which Bangs was president, officiating.
Mr.. Bangs was buried in Glenwood
Cemetery and the bodies Of Power and
Zahn were inferred at Washington
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Because of conflicting testimony
from so many witnesses Several hum
dred members of the Washington
Board of Trade, attending their an
nual shad bake, saw the crash from
the shore $500 feet away, the Aero
nautics Branch inspectors must make
an unusually exhaustive investigation,
Mr. Lankford said.
The plane itself. severely shattered
when it struck the water after coming
out of a loop with Bangs at the con-
trolls, was further damaged by the
Navy derrick which hauled the wreck
age from the bay Sunday. What the
Commerce Department is seeking to
establish is the actual condition of
the ships wings and tail as it struck
the water. Some claim a wing col
lapsed, but investigators are inclined
to discredit this theory.
Evening star., 1934-05-23

keeper could name it. One man, who
knew a little Dutch, announced
"aard-vark" translated was earth
hog" but the animal bore little re-
semblance to the American ground
hog, our weather prophet.
DR.. Mann had to explain the ami
NAL to the keepers as well as to the
spectators who crowded around the
cage to ask questions. A native of
East Africa. the aard-vark is a noe
turnal animal which burrows so deep
and lies so quietly through the day.
light that people spend lifetimeS in
the vicinity Of their hunting grounds
without every glimpsing one.
The long claws of the fore feet
enabled the animal to tear open the
rock-hard hills of the African white
ant. With his long nose, he pene-
trates the subterranean caverns of
the ants and devours them by thou
sands.
1t was big day at the Zoo when
the aard-vark arrived. The animal,
however. was the calmest thing on the
lot. He merely dug into the hay in
the farthest corner of his cage, curled
into a ball and went to sleep. A
keeper had to wake him to have his
picture taken.
Evening star., 1934-05-23

What is it?
The keepers at the Zoo didn't know,
any more than the wide-eyed public.
Even biologists thought it was just
another word in the dictionary-one
of the first words in the dictionary, in
fact-the "aard-vark."
That's Dutch for an African ant
eating animal with long wobbly nose
like nothing else in the world, ears
like a jack rabbit or a mule, eyes like
a gaZelle, a body and tail like a
kangaroo and front claws like lion.
The aard-vark, which arrived at the
Zoo yesterday, is the only one in this
continent, and one of the rarest
animals in captivity The Zoo never
had one before, only one or two are
known to be in the possession of
European collectors and the only other
aard-varks to come to the United
States died more than a score of
years ago.
Thus DR.. William M. Mann, d.
rector of the ZOO, is elated over the
new star of the antelope house. The
young aard-vark, about 18 months
old, has been placed in a cage along
side the named wolf, another of the
earth'S rare creatures.
When the newcomer arrived not a