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Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. IL.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, peering
through deep-sunken eyes, today
watched scientific old gentleman
with a pointer linking him to the
authorship of the Lindbergh ransom
and eXtortion letters.
Before he left court at the close
of the session, almost dragged along
by the guards who held him tight
ly by the wrists, he had heard AL
bert S. Osborn, the state S hand
writing expert, show the jury in a
hundred different ways how the
letters and words of the ransom
notes are "identical" with those
of Hauptmann IS acknowledged writ
ings.
Osborn was on the stand from
shortly before the noon recess until
the close of the days session. 1t
was announced today, in Difference
to the defense request for a 48-
hour opportunity for study, there
would be no session of court tomor-
row.
Osborn went at his work SYSTEM
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
Los ANGELES
MARKET FOR
VALLEY COWS

Imperial Valley should soon be in
a position to supply the Los Angeles
dairy COW market with many ami
mails instead of contributing very
small percentage as has obtained
formerly.
This is the opinion of George l..
WinWright, assistant farm advisor,
based on the report, just issued, of
the Los Angeles county livestock
department for the year ending
July l, 1884.
Of the 19,708 dairy COWS brought
into the county in the year ending
July l, 1884 nearly 10000 came from
states outside of California. Of the
remainder, brought in from Cali
,fornia, only 1896 were from Imperial
Valley.
The number Of COWS for that year
was So per cent increase over the
previous year, and due, to large
extent, to the demands of health
authorities for higher percentage
of solids in the milk, states Win
WTlbllL. Ian ylliCli WClC biilic AOAtSNi
to purchase cows testing high in
solids.
Now that Imperial Valleys herds
have been cleaned up, there is no
reason, declares Winwright, why,
when COWS can be moved from the
valley for approximately SIS per
head, the valley should not take
care of that market as far as its
supply exists. Prior to this time the
number of reactors in the valley
prevented heavy shipments from
here.
Last year shipments were made
from such states as Missouri, Kan
sas, Montana, Wisconsin, Texas,
freight rates for shipping them
being much higher than those in
the valley.
For the past 10 years, Los An
geles has been one of the best mar
kets for dairy cows in the United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
Japanese Depend
On Legislature

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. II. U.P)-
japanese farmers in the Salt River
valley expect the Arizona legiSla-
ture to end the series of bombings
which have terrified Orientals for
several months. according to J. Ia
mura, secretary of the japanese as
sociation.
eve expect the legislature to
pass strict laws regarding the rights
of Japanese citizens and non-citi-
zens and to make the enforcement
good enough to prevent terrorism, "
Tamura said. "Of course, we should
like to have the anti-alien laws re-
pealed, but that would be too much
to expect of the state.o
Although Tamura would not COM
ment on the possible unconstitu-
tionality of the anti-alien laws, it
was understood the association has
retained attorneys to institute a
test in the federal courts.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11

that the president of the Santa
Monica junior chamber will be here
and also that Leroy D. Owen, ma
tional coordfnator of the Ameri-
canism committee Of the U. S.
junior chamber who will I've in the
valley this weekend for the Ameri-
cans Legion fifth area convention,
will attend.
The group will be present for a
banquet at $50 p. m. in the Cali
fornia hotel to which all of the
younger men of the city inter ested
in hearing of the national pro, ,,ram
are invited.
All junior chamber members,
those who have been formel' mem
bers are urged to be present. An
invitation to attend has been given
to the BLOC club of Brawlsy
which is affiliated with the stase
junior chamber of commerce, AMI
to the officers and directors of ali
the valley chambers of commerce.
Owen will discuss the national
junior chamber of commerce.,
Americanism program at the fifth
area convention Saturday and Sun
day in Calexico, speaking Sunday
afternoon. Coordination of the
American Legion and national
junior chamber of commerce pro-
grams will be the keynote of his re-
marks.
The fifth area convention will BE-
held in the De ANA hotel, Cal
exico, being opened with a ban
quet and 80 camp at the lockwood
former SERA headquarters. The
business sessions will begin Sunday
morning. Distinguished Legion Of
ficials will be present and an elab-
grated program has been worked
out. Special entertainment has
been planned for the women.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
SAAR BASIN
RESTLESS AS
VOTING NEARS
Outcome OF Sunday PIebiscite
Seems Certain To Be Return
To Germany.
BY RICHARD ID. MCMILLAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

SAARBRUCKEN, Jan. II U.P)-
Forty EIGHT hours before one of the
most important plebiscites in mod
ern history, an atmosphere electric
in it's tensity pervaded the 1877
square miles of the rich Saar terri
tory today
Politically conscious ones of the
10000 people who crowd it were
ready to fight at any provocation
with any weapon at hand.
Thirty-three hundred foreign SOL
diers of four nations, an interna-
tional police force named by the
League of Nations, patrolled watch
fully.
Mobile guards, the crack units
that will be the shock troops of the
French army in event of war,
lounged across the frontier.
Nazi Germany waited for the
result mingled with suspicion of the
methods provided for it.
In the plebiscite, Saarlanders will
vote, as provided by the Versailles
treaty, whether to remain as they
have been for Is years under League
rule; to become French, or to re-
turn to German nationality.
There seemed no doubt today that
the vote would be for Germany.
But under the treaty - which al
lotted the Saar to France for ex-
ploitation for Is years, in COM
pensation for mines destroyed by
the German armies-the League of
Nations must interpret it and on
the basis of that Interpretation de-
eide what to do with the little Saar
and it's wealth in coal and iron.
Under the treaty the League is en-
titled to split up the territory.
Hence there were in the vote all
the elements that make for peace
or war-the germ of war unless the
Saar is returned intact to Ger
many; hope of firmer peace if Ger
many gets it.
The first of hundreds of special
trains steamed into Saarbrucken
from Germany today with thou
sands of former Saarlanders eligible
to vote.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
Valley Firms To
Get Rate Refunds

Valley firms to share in the re-
fund from the Southern Pacific
company, ordered by the state rail-
road commission, which upheld a
charge of discrimination in the
matter of cantaloupe and vegetable
shipments are: S. A. Gerard COM
pany, Palmer Bros, M. o. Best,
California Fruit Growers Exchange,
Sun State Produce Exchange, Inc,
G. Bonora company, A. CALI Fruit
company, S. J. Gallagher, Inc, Bal
four Guthrie and company, Ltd,
and Angeli Bros.
The commission decision de-
clared that the freight charges i'm
posed we're discriminatory in that
commodity rates had been charged
whereas similar shipments in other
parts of California had been charg-
ed on the basis of "Class CO rates,
which were lower than the COM
modify rates.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
FOUR POINTS
IN ROOSEVELT
SOCIAL PLANS
Old Age Pensions, Employment
And Health Insurance And
Child Welfare Proposed.
BY LYLE A. BROOKOVER

(Copyrlght, 1885, BY United PreSS)
WASHINGTON, Jan. II U.P) =
President Roosevelt's sweeping So
oial legislation plan contemplates
security for the wage Garner, indie
pendence for the aged, and health
insurance for needy and children,
the United Press learned today.
The plan was revealed in the re-
port of the subcommittee OF ex-
perts to the cabinet committee and
goes to the White House today. The
President will bundle the plans into
message to congress next week.
The security program, as worked
out by the subcommittee and
which the cabinet group and the
President are expected to adopt in
its main points, provides:
l. Old age pensions of $50 a
month for needy persons over 65;
2. Employment insurance to
which labor would contribute l per
cent of wages and industry 3 per
cent of payrolls;
3. A health insurance plan which
would give free medical attention,
by private physicians, to those on
work relief;
4. Extension of present work to
protect child health.
In some quarters it appeared that
the $50 month recommended for
old age pensions will be cut to be-
low $40 a month by the time con-
gress starts actual work on drafting
of the bill. The fund to care for
persons now eligible is to come from
the public treasury, with the fed
eral and state governments sharing
equally in the cost.
1t is clearly intended that only
aged persons who have not imme-
diate relatives upon whom to depend
OF whose families are unemployed
and needy, will share in the pension
fund.
The proposed legislation likely
will provide for later working out of
a method of contribution by in
dustry and workers by which the
latter may be pensioned upon reach
ing the age limit.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
UNSETTLED WEATHER TO CONTINUE
Second Storm Coming From North Expected To
Reach California Over Weekend

Continued unsettled weather,
with possibility of clearing skies to-
night and a little sunshine tomor-
row, is predicted today by Fred A.
Baughman, local observer for the
U. S. frost service. There is no in
dication at present for much cold
er weather.
A second storm developed this
morning off the southern coast of
British Columbia and is moving
southwark, reaching California eth
er tonight or tomorrow.
The north west wind is causing
the barometer, which in this storm
reached its lowest point this winter,
to rise and there may be an inter
val of clear weather before the
storm reaches Southern California.
The storm is due this weekend.
The rain damage TO date was not
considerable although it caused
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
Man Arrested For
Texas Jail Break

SACRAMENTO, Jan. IL W.P) -
Arrested while applying for 1885
motor vehicle license, Robert l..
Pringle, 33, wanted by Texas au-
thorities on mail robbery charges.
was in custody here today.
Pringle was said to have escaped
from the Texarkana, Tex, Jail on
July 8 by saving the bars on his
cell. He has been in California
since then, but reached Sacramento
only two days ago, according to
police.
License clerks at the motor
vehicle department notified police
when Mrs. Pringle submitted the
registration application while her
husband waited in car outside. He
surrendered without resistance and
said he would not fight extradiLion
police reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
State Executes
Slayer OF Wife

FOLSOM PRISON, Calf, Jan.
IL. U.R-Mike Lami, 35, of Sacra-
mento, was hanged today for the
murder of his wife. The trap was
sprung at 1902 and he was pro-
nounced dead IL minutes later.
Lami was convicted October 81,
1888, for the Staying of his wife on
April 3 of the same year. He
claimed that he was driven to the
crime by the reputed unfaithful-
ness of his wife.
Various Arabian organizations
sought leniency for Lami on the
grounds that since childhood he
had been taught that a wife's un-
faithfulnesS was punishable by
death.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
Dismissal Ordered
In Damage Action

A judgment Of non-suit and dis
missal in favor of the de1endant
was rendered by Judge r. D. Nc
Pherrin in superior court yesterday
afternoon in the action brought by
Milton G. Hayward against Cal
Butterfield ard Leo L. Kelly.
Grounds Tor the courts action
we're tina: the plaintiff had failed
to prove his case or wilful mis-
conduct or intoxication on the part
of the defendants and also that
the evidence showed the plaintiff
to be guilty of contributory negli-
gence and negligence which was
the proximate cause of the damages
claimed by plaintiff.
Hayward had sued for damages
of $3.50 as the result of an auto
mobile accident on November %,
1888.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
HANDWRITING EXPERT TIGHTENS
EVIDENCE AGAINST HAUPTMANN
Declares Emphatically That Accused Man Wrote
Ransom Notes And Letters To DIR. COndOn
And Lindbergh

atically. He hung up two great
black-and-white charts on the
wall where the alleged kidnap lad
der formerly reposed. Then he
took a pointer and went over, one
by one, the scrawling and magni-
fled characters that he found in all
the documents he analyZed.
There was a sureness about his
testimony that left no doubt as to
his opinion regarding the author
ship of the notes, and he prefaced
his lecture by declaring that "there
is sufficient material here for a
thorough conclusion.
"My conclusion, he insisted,
"is that the writer who wrote the
ransom notes is the one who wrote
other documents signed Bruno
Richard Hauptmann'
Thereupon he was led into a dis
course on his methods of arriving
at the conclusion.
Hauptmann, meanwhile, appear
ed more i'll at ease than he has
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11

great inconvenience to dairymen,
states B. A. Harrigan, agricultural
commissioner.
Heavy rainfall will injure lettuce
ready for shipping, but a light rain,
followed by cold weather would not
be as harmful. That, in turn, how
ever, would injure alfalfa for there
is a lot of alfalfa just coming up
and frost will injure the tender
leaves.
Both the high school and the ele-
mentary schools closed at an early
hour this afternoon due to the rain
and it was expected that some of
the rural schools also closed early
to prevent any trouble from bad
roads.
Total rainfall at 2:20 p. m. today
was 48 inch, according to Howard
Emmons, local observer for the U.
S. weather bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
MERRIAM OPPOSES UTILITY TRANSFER DELAY
Government Indicts Film Firms And Executives
San Diego Mail
Time Changed

Ell Centre residents having
mail destined for San Diego,
are advised by Postmaster
Richmond that the night mail
for that point is closed at $3.50
p. m. at the post office so that
it may be dispatched on the
train leaving here at 7:10 p.
m.
A recent change in the time
Of train departure was given
publicity but the postmaster
states some mail intended for
San Diego continues to arrice at
the post office too late to be
dispatched. Patrons are advis-
ed to make certain the mail is
in the post office before $3.50
if they wish il to go out the
same night.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
Court Continues
Case OF AUilo

Eduardo Avila was arraigned be-
fore Judge Vaughn Thompson in
superior court this morning on a
charge of manslaughter and the
case was continued until next
Tuesday for plea. Avila is charged
with having caused the death of
Mariana Tapia in Brawley early
Christmas morning in an automo-
bile accident.
John Barnes, charged with con-
spiracy to commit grand theft in
connection with a produce deal
here was granted probation for one
year. He was first sentenced to
six months in the county Jail but
commitment was withheld for the
probation period.
James McCollum pleaded not
guilty to a charge of burglary and
trial was set for February 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
OFFICIALSOF NATIONAL JUNIOR
CHAMBER TO VISIT HERE MONDAY

Ell Centro Junior Chamber of
Commerce is looking forward to the
arrival of officers of the United
States Junior Chamber of Com
merce who are coming to the city
to discuss the national program
with the local group
These officers will be in the val
ley Monday night and include j.
Russell Knowland, Jr, vice-presi-
dent of Region 9, U. S. Junior cham
ber of commerce; E. Richard West,
president of the U. S. Junior cham
ber, and Sherman E. Humison,
executive secretary. 1t is possible
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
ASsessor-Collector
Merging Offices

The partition between the coun-
ty tax collector and assessor S Off
ices was being torn down this
morning to permit rearrangement
of the offices now that they have
become consolidated with Dan
West as assessor collector.
West has received notice of the
annual convention of the Southern
California assessors association to
be held in the county assessor IS
office, Los Angeles January %, "a,
25 On Thursday, January "a, the
state board of equalization and the
staff will meet with the assessors.
West plans to attend provided that
nothing unexpected interferes.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
RESTRAINT Of
TRADE CHARGE
To BE PRObED
Big Five Accused Of Discrim-
mating Against Missouri The
atre Owners.
ACTION MAY BE EXTENDED
Federal Spanking For Holly
wood Said To Be Goal Of
Federal Officials.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. IL U.P) -
Ten motion picture companies, and
six executives of those firms, were
indicted by a federal grand jury to-
day on charges of "unlawfully en-
gaging in a conspiracy in restraint
of trade"
Companies named in the indict-
ment are:
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
The Vitaphone Corp
First National Pictures, Inc.
Warner Bros. Circuit Manage
ment Corp.
Warner Bros. Circuit Management
Corporation.
General Theatrical Enterprise,
Inc.
Paramount Pictures Distributing
!. Co., Inc.
Paramount Pictures Distributing
Corp.
Paramount Pictures Distributing
Company, Inc.
Radio Keith Orpheum Distribut-
ing Corporation.
The individuals named are;
Harry M. Warner, president of
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Gradwell L. Sears, western and
southern general sales manager of
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Hermann Starr, New York, vice.
president of Warner Bros. Pictures,
Inc, and president of First Ma
tional Pictures, Inc.
Abel Cary Thomas, secretary of
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc, and
general counsel for the firm.
Ned E. Depinet, New York, presi-
dent of the RKO Distributing Corp.
George J. Schaefer, New York,
president of the three Paramount
firms named.
Theatre Owners Complain
Basically, the present action grew
out of complaints that the AmbaS-
sador, Missouri and New Grand
Central theaters here were unable
to obtain first run pictures from
Warner Bros, Pictures, Inc.
The complaint was filed by Anen
L.. Snyder, lessee OF JHe tiiedVerS.
which are operated by Fanchon 81
Marco. Snyder charged that be-
cause of exhibition agreements
among the big Five" he was shut
off from their pictures.
Members of the big Five" of the
motion picture industry are Warner
Brothers. First National, Paramount,
Universal, M-G-M., and R-K-O.
The governments drive upon the
st. Louis situation was but one
phase of an indicated national
movement by which, it was under
stood, it hoped to give Hollywood
the equivalent of an "old fashioned
spanking" as warning against OBJ
jectionable practices.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
Veteran Screen
Director Dies

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. IL. W.P)---
Philip Whitman, AZ, scenario writer
and former director OF comedies
for Mack Sennett, died in Holly
wood hospital last night following
a heart attack.
A former newspaperman, Whit
man joined Sennett as a camerman
when the latter was producing his
famous bathing beauty and other
comedies. His forte was trick cam
era effects. He was employed as
a writer at Warner Brothers studio
when stricken.
He leaves his widow, son. and
his mother, Mrs. Virginia Nclson
He was born In New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
Probe Dynamite
Found In Auto

Two deputies from the sheriff IS
office in Phoenix were here today
investigating the discovery of two
sticks nf dynamite in a car driven
to Ell Centro from Phoenix two
weeks ago.
This car had been repossessed by
a local automobile insurance ad-
juster and upon being brought
here, two sticks of dynamite were
found on the rear seat of the ma
chine 1t had been taken from a
Filipino near Phoenix and because
of the labor troubles in that section
of the state last summer the matter
is being thoroughly investigated.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
Head OF Federal
Land Bank Here

Charles Parker, president of the
federal land bank, and R. H. In
gram supervising appraiser for
this district a:e in Ell Centre to-
day.
The two officials we're to meet
this afternoon for a conference
with farm bureau officials and
members.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
District Directors
To Meet Wednesday

Next meeting of the irrigation
district board of directors will be
held at headquarters here on We'd
nesday IL was announced this
morning. No meeting of the board
was held today.
On Sunday, the directors will
leave for Phoenix in order to at
tend the conference of basin states
representatives on the contract
proposed by Arizona for the divis-
ION of Boulder dam storage water
and power.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
DATA ON RIVER

A decrease of 37G second feet
is noted in the flow of the Color
ado river at the Grand Canyon
today according to readings post
ed here this morning. The river
at that station shows 4120 Sec
Ond feet for today against the 4490
flow of yesterday. The diversion
remained at 2400 second feet
with no other readings being re-
ceived today.
Only light, scattering precipita-
ton is reported for yesterday in
the river basin but rain or snow
is indicated in the middle basin
tonight and probably Saturday,
according to a telegram from the
Yuma office of the weather bu-
reau.
Grand Canyon ......s.-.,..................4l2l
DlNci SlOll
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11
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G~N SAYS

SANTA MONICA, jan. IL (Spe-
ciaD-Dispatch in paper today,
Ford employs 10000 more men,
highest since the peak of 49," and
the auto show here and in New
York was booming. Now how does
it come that the auto industry
don't just sit still and holler,
I'VE could recover if the govern
ment would Just lay off us
awhile?" No industry is restrict
ed and taxed more than autos, SO
the government certainly amt
laying off" them.
See where the supreme court
is about to put the gold back in
the dollar. I didn't know it had
been out of there till I went to
Europe (where I didn't have any
business anyhow. Anyhow we
are living during an exciting
week. Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-11

SACRAMENTO, Jan. IL. (U.D
State Senator Ben Hulse OF
Imperial left the hospital where
he was taken Tuesday, and was
expected to join his colleagues
early next week.
The, senator contracted an at
tack of influenza which threat
ened to develop pneumonia. His
physician reported today, hOwev-
er, that he had recovered suffi-
ciently to return to the senate
Monday.
Senator Ben Hulse, who is seri-
ously but not critically ill in hos
pital at Sacramento, is making
progress toward recovery, according
to w. S. Dunn, chairman of the
Republican county central con-
mittee, who returned yesterday from
Sacramento where he went to visit
the senator
Doctors attending Senator Hulse
diagnosed his case as intestinal in
fluenza," Dunn said today. "He
was very sick for several days before
fellow-senators insisted that he go