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Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
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MERRIAM To
REMAIN FIRM
Governor Ready To Use All
Troops Necessary To Preserve
Order.

SACRAMENTO, July 6. (U.P) :
Having committed himself, Gov
Frank Merriam had made it plain
today he would not deviate from
his policy of national guard con-
/ troll of the strike area here.
The governor issued the follow
ing statement after several hours
of conference in his executive Of
fices:
"Forbearance with the strike of
longshoremen in San Francisco has
passed the point of common sense
and good citizenship. The ac-
knowledged leaders of the strikers
have defied the state government
in its operation and maintenance
of the state harbor facilities at
San Francisco.
THE situation cannot be en-
dured. I have ordered the national
guard of California to move into
the San Francisco strike area to
safeguard lives, protect state prop
erty and to preserve order.
"At this time 1400 national
guardsmen are patrolling the strike
area. Approximately 5000 addition
al guardsmen are available for
duty if the situation demands their
service.
Il am prepared to pursue course
which shall assure full protection
of life and property. The Cali
fornia national guard represents
no class, and it takes no sides. It
is the military arm of the people.
1t cannot be intimidated and 1t
shall not be; 1t shall not be over
ridden or overpowered.
THE leaders of the striking long
shoremen are not free from Com
munistic and subversive influences.
I know that independent sincere
labor leaders are not sympathetic
with the conduct of this strike and
as governor I appeal to the saner,
thinking workers to oppose
courageouSly and insistently any
effort to involve other groups of
labor in controversy which has
gone beyond the bounds of ordin-
airy and legitimate disputes be-
tween employers and employees.
there will be no turning
back from the position have taken
in this matter"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
Says Epidemic
Deaths Light

LOS ANGELES, July 6. U.P)-
The current outbreak of infantile
paralysis in Los Angeles city and
county had been held to one death
in every 80 cases reported since
May l, Dr. A. j. Scott, Jr., sec
retary of the Los Angeles county
poliomyelitis board, announced to-
day.
"The degree of paralysis has been
very slight" the physician said.
There has been a great deal of
definite muscle weakness, but a
majority of these cases will re-
cover in time, free from any para
lysis and immunized against further
attacks of the disease"
Health authorities reported 36
new cases in city and county yes
terday, bringing the total the epi-
demic to 1915.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06

Goodman my car for the purpose
of taking Ernest Besig, an Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union attorney
who was assaulted at inland dur
ing June, out of the valley.
I denied it most emphatically
telling the person who so accused
me that Goodman had borrowed my
car to take disabled veteran to
hospital. That was what Good
man told me-
The man who charged me with
permitting Besig to leave in my
car produced witnesses who had
taken down the license number of
the car in which Besig (accom-
panied by Goodman left the val
ley on Tuesday night, June H.
The license number was the number
of my own car.
quote the following extract
from the Brawley News of June Ia
to prove this assertion: Ernest
Besig, the ACLU attorney who
caused complaints to be made
against two Brawley automobile
statesmen, left Brawley, Tuesday
night, for Los Angeles, along with
Ben Goodman, the desert poet,
it was reported by Gen. P. D.
Glassford."
I struck Goodman because he re-
fused to leave my office when I
asked him to do so. The fact that
ne had kept my car SO long after
I had loaned it to him for what I
thought was a charitable act, in
censed me so that I had no desire
to talk with him and tried to get
him to leave.
l have had no regrets for strik-
ing Goodman other than that I
am not an advocate of violence.
At the same time I am human
enough to have a temper the same
as most of us have.
Now that I know Goodman used
my car to take a representative of
the ACLU out of the valley feel
less inclined to be ashamed of
what ! did.
I want the people of Imperial
Valley to pass their own judgment
on these facts as I have stated
them and pass their own decision
as to whether or not I was JUS
titled in striking Goodman.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) j. Sterling OSwalt,
Chief of Police.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
OIL INDUSTRY
LEADERS SEEK
WAGE SCALE

LOS ANGELES. July 6. (U.H -
With preliminaries disposed of,
Representatives of score Of leading
oil companies this afternoon were
to resume conference on read
justment of wages in the industry
to conform with provisions of the
oil code.
The meetings are being held in
the offices OF the General Petro-
ieum company, under the chair
manship of A. L. We'll, chairman
Of that company.
Officials of oil companies and
Representatives OF various en-
ployees' associations. labor unions
and individual employees have been
asked to submit their views Oh
hours and wages and the difference
TO be paid skilled and unskilled
workers
Preliminary discussion yesterday
afternoon centered around the re-
cent Interpretation of hours and
wage provisions CT the code by Har-
old L. Ickes. national petroleum ad-
miniStrator.
The schedule outlined in the
Ickes' order would bring the wages
of labor in the industry to con-
form as closely as possible with
wages paid in May, 1929, with an
allowance made for shortened
hours, many of the employees being
OH a five day week.
After getting the views Of all
groups, the committee will submit
it's findings to Ickes with a rec
ommendation that they be incIr-
porated in the wage and working
hour order, which will become ef-
fective August 10.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
OSWALT ISSUES STATEMENT ON
RECENT ATTACK UPON GOODMAN

The Press has received the fol-
lowing letter with the request that
it be published:
Editor, Imperial Valley Press,
Ell Centre, Calf.
Dear Sir:
Since I paid a fine of $40 in the
FL Centre justice court on Monday,
July 3, have refrained from max
ing comment on the cause of the
fine-an attack which I made upon
the person of Ben Goodman in my
office on Saturday, June 80.
1t was not my intention to make
any comments on the affair, for
while I felt I had sufficient provo
cation for striking Goodman, was
none to pleased that I, a police Of
ficer, lost my head for the mo-
ment.
Since the first of the week I
have heard various comments on
the incident One that surprised
me greatly was that I had loaned
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
BY FREDERICK OECHSNER
Tinted Press Staff Correcpondan-

United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1894, By United Press
BERLIN, July 6. - A national
financial and economic crisis, all
but ignored in the bloody events
of the last week, impelled the gov
ernment today to name minister of
economics, Kurt Schmitt, dictator
of trade and industrial activities.
Behind the decision of economic
dictatorship were these considera-
tions:
Boycotts of German goods; slow
ing up Of industry after an initial
squirt under naziSm; diminution of
the gold reserve to the vanishing
point; a financial situation so grave
the government had to face the
threat of trade wars by declaring
a moratorium on its foreign debt
obligations.
Schmitt' IS powers will extend to
October /. He is given blanket au-
thority to promulgate orders for
the advancement of trade and in
dustry, as well as for the protec-
ton of industry against harm. -
He will have the privilege him.
self of prescribing fines and i'm
prisonment for violation of his
orders
Newspapers, all under close
government control, obedfently
hailed the new decree as represent
ing a complete establishment of
the Nazi principle of leader for
everything.
1t was suggested that the first
move of the dictator would be to
find means of obtaining raw ma
terials and of stimulating foreign
trade.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
STATE TAKES
LIVES Of TWO
Men Hanged This Morning AT
Folsom And San Quentin PEN
itentiaries.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, July 6
U.R)-John Mick, convicted of the
Staying of a Victorville gasoline
operator. was hanged at San Quen-
tin prison today.
Mick plunged through the gal
lows trap at 1905 a. m. Twelve
minutes later prison physicians pro-
nounced him dead.
Mick was the second man to be
executed in connection with the
Staying. One week ago today
George Williams, 26, a Negro, was
hanged at San Quentin for his
part of the killing of Alex Thomp-
son, said to have been an uncle
of Ruth Roland, film star.
Thompson was shot and killed
during an attempted robbery of his
service station March IL.
Walker Rippy, also convicted
with Williams and Mick in the af-
fair, is slated to hang July 13.
The three men confessed the
crime, but Williams assumed chief
blame for the Staying. They were
captured several days after the
shooting at MADEIRA, Calf, and
convicted after brief trial.
FOLSOM PRISON, Cal, July 6
{U.P)-Daniel Harris. four time los
er, who climaxed his criminal car
eer by Staying a Crockett jeweler
was hanged today.
The trap was sprung at 10. a. m
and he was pronounced dead IL
minutes later.
Harris met death calmly ano
without preliminary religious aid.
ST have nothing to say. Let's gel
it over with as soon as possible,
he said as he stepped onto the trap
Guards said he spent a restfu
night and ate hearty breakfast
before going to the execution
chamber, where 21 witnesses were
present.
A new execution room which re-
placed a temporary scaffold was
used for the first time. It is located
in a triangular space between the
new annex and the old cell build
ing.
Harris personally made no appeal
for a reprieve, and Governor Frank
F. Merriam interfered in no way
with the execution plans.
The body of the convict probably
will be buried in the prison GEM
etery.
Harris, a -four time loser" was
tried by a Contra Costa county
superior court and sentenced to be
hanged for the murder, Dec. 5,
1882, of Harry Lincoln Whited, eld-
erly Crockett jeweler.
He appealed to the superior
court, protesting that police prom
ised him leniency if he would plead
guilty, confess his crime and tell
where he had disposed of his loot.
The supreme court refused to or
der a new trial, and because of
Harris past criminal record, the
governor could extend no clemency
without recommendation of the
high court.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
USE OF GUARD
COSTS MONEY

SACRAMENTO, July 6. W.H -
Use of national guard units on San
Franciscos Embarcadero will cost
the state $4,000 or $4,000 daily, state
officials estimated today.
ROLAND Vandegrift, finance di-
rector, said the guard would defray
its own expenses until its funds are
exhausted. Then, emergency fund
money set aside for other state
purposes but not actually spent
will be used. There is no other
emergency fund available.
The next legislature, assembling
in January, 1885, will be asked to
approve deficiency measures reim-
bursing funds from which national
guard expenses were drawn.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
DOCTORS SUBMIT TO NEW SERUM
Three Innoculate Themselves With Infantile
Paralysis Vaccine

NEW YORK, July 6. U.H -
Three doctors, one a woman, have
submitted to injection of a newly
developed infantile paralysis vac
cine because it's something that
can't be tried out first on guinea
pigs.
Only humans and monkeys are
subject to infantile paralysis. The
vaccine has been tested in Phesus
monkeys and appears effective.
I'VE wanted to try it ourselves
before we asked others to take it"
explained DR.. Josephine Neal.
She and her ellow-experiment-
ers, DR.. William H. Park, 10, and
DR.. Henry Writ Jackson, emphas-
lied they were not risking their
lives or becoming martyrs to SCI
ence. Their chances of contracting
infantile paralysis, she said, were
''very, very remote"
All three physicians, laboratory
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06

Say, which is it: l mean if
it IS a boy do you use a blue blank
ct and if it's a girl do you use
pink blanket?"
'Blue for boy and pink for
girl" decreed the policeman.
The baby shower was given
Dempsey by several hundred of his
friends including George JesSel,
comedian and Make Baer. heavy
weight champion. Dempsey found
it difficult to enter into the festive
spirit.
"Well, jack JesSel greeted the
gloomy ex-champ. "I have been
a married man one month and a
half myself and I know how you
feel.''
eyes, interjected Baer. "If
it's half the man you are IL be
good man.
"But, Max said Jessel, "sup-
pose it IS a girl?"
"If it's girl" responded Baer,
~ will wait. -
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
GERMAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTS
VIRTUAL ECONOMIC DICTATOR
Kurt Schmitt Given Extraordinary Power
in Desperate Effort To Revive Activity In
Trade And Industries.

Schmitt's appointment was a di-
version from a confused and ex-
cited political situation.
Newspapers attacked France as
implicated in the alleged plot of
the late Gen. Kurt Won Schleich-
er and Ernst Roehm to overthrow
the government.
The French embassy issued an
indignant denial.
Neither the attacks nor the de-
nials were surprising, inasmuch as
when the government asserted last
Saturday that a "foreign power"
was involved, everyone assumed it
meant France. So did the French,
and there were denials at once
from semi-official sources in Paris.
The French government ordered its
ambassador, Andrew Francois
Poncet, to make informal represent
ations, and he did SO Wednesday.
Yesterday newspapers were full of
the charge with headlines and in
terpolated editorial comment to the
effect that the charges sounded
most plausible and probably were
authentic.
Nazi political leaders adjourned
their emergency convention at
Flensburg, where behind doors
guarded by SIS bodyguards they
discussed the state and future of
the party and the government.
Before they adjourned Rudolph
Hess, Chancellor Adolf Hitler IS
chief political lieutenant told them,
according to an official anonunce-
ment:
"The elimination of a dozen
traitors has saved Germany from
a terrific massacre. -
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
MADAME CURIE
LAID TO REST

PARIS, July 6. W.P)-Mme. Marie
Curie, co-discoverer Of radium, was
buriel almost without ceremony to-
day at village cemetery at Sceaux,
20 miles south of Paris. The body
of the woman scientist was put be-
side that of her husband in crypt.
Only Nine. Curie IS closest asso-
ciates, scientists at the Curie insti-
tute, accompanied her two daugh-
ters and son-in-law to the ceme-
terry. At the family's request the
government and university we .
not represented.
A solemn memorial ceremony
will be held in October.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
Chief DisapproUes
Of Calling Guard

SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. U.P)-
Calling of the national guard in
San Francisco waterfront violence
will "only bring bloodshed and
many deaths.' Chief of Police Will
liam j. Quinn said today
"We have the situation in hand
and I'm afraid the national guard
coming in will result in much
bloodshed and many deaths,' he
said
National guard units in situa-
tions Of this kind habitually set a
deadline and shoot all persons who
cross it.
"These strikers don't understand
that kind of military operation and
will barge across the line. Many
I'm afraid, will be Killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
MRS. BARNETT
SAYS F AM|LY
IS DESTITUTE

WASHINGTON. July IS. W.P)-
The widow of Jackson Barnett,
wealthy Indian, filed an affidavit
in district supreme court today
charging that her late husband s
funds were being used as a "po-
litical football' while his "fam-
lily is destitute
Her husband S funds. Mrs. Bar
nett claimed in the affidavit "are
strewn all the way from Washing
ton to California"
"All those connected with the
government in any way concern
ing the Jackson Barnett estate are
amply supplied with funds. while
his family are destitute, having
been denied our May and June al
lowance," the document said.
With her affidavit she submitted
several letters and kilograms which
she claimed show the attitude OF
lawyers and the government In at
tempting to force me to hand
out. - Two of the letters purportcd
to be from Rep. Harold McGugin
Rcp) Kansas, urging her to make
out of court settlement OF Califor-
mia litigation involving the estate.
The affidavit claimed that groups
of purported heirs whom she called
"imposters - had kept the aged
Creek Indian IS estate In litigation
for many years and much OF his
money has been absorbed by law
yers' fees.
She claimed that a 100000
trust fund IN the Riggs National
bank here. intended TO insure the
Indian and his family against want.
has served only the bank and law
yers and has been used In making
government appointments. She did
not enlarge upon this latter state
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
CUARDSMEN MAINTAIN ORDER IN BAY CITY
attempt Made To Use Writ Granted Morrow
PRES COMES
FKOM JAPAN

Press circulation is some
thing of which this publca-
tian is justly proud but we
were not aware of just how
proud we should be until the
following incident was relat-
ed to lis.
F. p. Sieglitz, Calexico jew
eler, put in a stock Of fire
works ju6t prior to Fourth of
July. The shipment arrived
from Los Angeles and includ-
ed several boxes which had
not been opened since they
had been packed in a Japa-
nese firecracker factory.
The individual packages Of
firecrackers were packed in
cid newspapers, to prevent
breakage. Sieglitz was as
tonished to note that one pa
per was The Imperial Valley
Press. He was unable to state
the date of issue but it must
have been over a year and a
half ago Tor an article in it
concerned criminal case be-
ing heard before Judge A. c.
Finney, at that time on the
superior court bench.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
MILITIA HAS
STRONG GRIP
ON SITUATION
General Strike Feared As Re-
suit OF Desperate Fighting
Yesterday.
LABOR UNREST SPREADING
War Time Scenes Revived When
Troops Man Machine Guns On
Streets And Piers.
By MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY
United Press Staff Correspondent


United Press Staff Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO. July 6.-While
the military maintained order on
San Francisco's riot-torn water
front today, the city looked for
ward to the next episode in its in
dustrial warfare-the threat of
general strike.
Leaders of the maritime strike
who since May 9 have hampered
If not entirely paralyzed shipping
over the entire Pacific coast. turn
ed from the violent methods of
the last few days to an attempt
to draw all of organized labor into
the fight.
Concrete results of this cam
paign were:
Call by the teamsters union for
a strike vote on Sunday.
Crystalization of strike sentiment
among large group of municipal
and private street railway employ
eeS.
An evident unrest among some
groups of other unions.
Civic leaders felt the situation
ominous if not actually dangerous.
Developments in the maritime
strike situation itself today were:
Shooting of Clayton Minor, aged
q, striker, IN Alameda, by un-
identified parties.
Announcement that the Presi-
dent IS mediation board would mee.s
during the morning to receive and
consider replies of employers and
strikers to it's formal request that
they arbitrate their differences. 1t
was understood the employers had
agreed to arbitrate everything but
the open shop, which they held was
not arbitrable.
An explosion on a municipal
street car which injured one pas
senger.
Resumption of freight hauling
from piers by the Industrial asso-
citation in its effort to "open the
port' and of operations by the
state-owned Belt Line railroad.
These operations were along the
soldier-guarded Embarcadero and
the police -patrolled warehouse area.
Compared to the last few days
when riots ran up total casulty
list of three dead and more than
$50 injured, the situation was
reasonably quiet.
Place Machine Guns
The militia was everywhere on
the waterfront. There were ma
chine guns atop pier 38 where trou-
BILE was centered. There was an
other machine gun nest in front
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
T0RPEDOES TO
Be REMOVED
FROM SHIPS
CONTINUED On Page 81

WASHINGTON, July 6. U.P-
The navy, anxious to modernize
fighting ships preliminary to start
of an extensive program of new
construction, is about to remove
torpedoes from its 10000 ton cruis-
ers, the United Press learned today,
They can't be used effectively
from the heavy cruisers, and con-
stitute menace, said old navy
heads. Hence the torpedoes will
be removed this month at Newport
News. Va, by order of Secretary
of the Navy Claude A. Swanson.
A survey disclosed that such
cruisers "never find themselves in
a position to use torpedoeS accur-
ately.' In addition, it was said,
torpedoes are menace to men
and other equipment. Direct hit
by an enemy ship would cause loss
of many lives.
Eight heavy cruisers, built prior
to 1882, are equipped with triple tor
pedo tubes.
Destroyers, anne "torpedo
boatso during the World war, will
retain this type of equipment, as
will the light cruisers. However, it
was indicated that torpedoes would
be eliminated from future heavy
cruisers.
"There has been agitation for
some time by forces afloat to re-
move the torpedoes from heavy
cruisers, said naval officer,
particularly all the admirals say
they should come off. The navy
board and the secretary of the
navy have upheld their argu-
ments.'
BY taking torpedo equipment
from the heavy cruisers it will be
possible to install added equipment
of more practical use and still
adhere to treaty limitations.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
STORM IN NEBRASKA

LINCOLN, Neb., July 7. W.P) =
Two persons were killed and thou
sands of dollars of damage was
done in Nebraska last night as
high winds, lightning, hail and
rain swept across a wide area of
the state. The dead were Leon
ard Hall, 13, Roseland. killed when
struck by piece of timber, and
Ben Kinsman, Western, who was
clectrocuted.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
Discounts Coast
Epidemic Danger

WASHINGTON, July 6. U.P)-
The outbreak of infantile paralysis
in California is not as dangerous
as indicated by the number of
cases, Surgeon Gen. Hugh S. Cum
mings said today.
Present circumstances do not
justify any interference with or
discouragement to normal business
and recreation. Cummings report
ed. He said there was less reason
for persons contemplating travel to
California for revising their timer
ary than if a similar number of
cases had been reported in another
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
@sIMlLL-
yW$R2S@Sse;ERs R2SSe;

BEVERLY HILLS, July 5.
(SpeciaD-Senator Borah, who
think is a mighty able and a
self-thinking statesman, (you
notice 1 said statesman,) a
statesman is a man that can
do what the politician would
like to do, but can't, because
he is afraid of not being elected.
Well, Senator Borah, who
has spent the past winter with
the Democrats, is leaving their
bed and board, and has given
instructions that he won't be
responsible for any bills they
incur. Now from the way his
tracks led when he left their
campfire, it looked like he
headed for the Republican
chuck wagon. Or he may just
camp on a hill where he can
roll rocks down on both of
'em.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-29
GRACE LUTHERAN
GROVE STREET GOSPEL

(The Church OF the Open Book
Rev. F. G.. Mackenzie, pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. M, in
charge of c. S. Fullbright. Glasses
for all.
Preaching service at II a. m.
The pastors subject will be THE
Humiliation of Christ"
During the afternoon the Cos
pei Groups viii be engaged in car
rying the Gospel to the surround
ing communities.
The Young Peoples Societies
(Senior and Junior) will meet at
$50.
The Prayer Group will meet at
Gas o'clock.
Preaching service at 7:30 p. m.
The pastor will continue his series
of studies on the book of Daniel.
On Wednesday evening at 1880
o'clock the regular prayer, praise
and testimony meeting will be
held.
On Thursday afternoon at 2:3O
the Ladies' Prayer and Missionary
Group will meet. At this meeting
the book of Nehemiah is being
studied.
The public is cordially invited
to any or all Of these services.