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Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
HOOVER GIVES
WARNING UPON
RELIEF PLANS
People Are Not Ready To Be
Turned Into National Zoo
According To Ex-President

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. UP
Calling for a concerted effort to
preserve Americas rugged indi-
Vidualism," Former President Her.
bert Hoover last night warned the
nation that the government must
not attempt RECOMMENDATION Of re-
lief.
Speaking before 300 of the ma
tion's leading social workers, the
former President declared that our
people are not ready to be turned
into national ZOO, our citizens
classified, labelled and directed
by form of self-appointed keep
erS."
His address, delivered at the op-
ening session of the 9th annual
convention of the California con-
ference of social work, touched
more closely and more directly
upon paramount recovery issues
than any of his public utterances
since his comment on the gold
clause decision and his message to
the Young Republicans convention
at Sacramento.
His speech was directed at pha-
ses of what he termed the two
most important problems arising
from changes in civilization and
economic life during the past half
century.
The problems, he declared, aris-
ing from the nations successful
conquest of nature and production
are, first, to free the new produc-
tivity from abuse, and to find a
reasonable economic security to
those who honestly strive to do
their part in the common effort or
who meet with misfortune"
"The physical, mental and spir-
itual health of our people cannot
be manufactured or regimented, !"
he said. "They are free growth and
Towering of healthy instinct and
character. I must accent free
growth and Towering
you may produce an efficient,
economic or governmental unit by
a manufactured, regimented, i'm
posed environment, but you will
not produce free individual, free
to change, alter and rebuild his or
her environment, free to conceive
new progress and free to lead him.
self and his fellow men to new
reaches of human and social Sc
curity. In short, you will not pro-
duce an American"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
Price-Marcot
Case Settled

Just as the case was about to be
called for trial before Judge Nc
Pherrin in superior court this
morning it was announced that an
out-of- court settlement had been
arrived at between M. Marcot and
L. G. Price, principals in the action,
which brought a dismissal of the
action and its removal from the
court calendar.
Marcot had sued Price for 500 500
as the result of an automobile &C
cident which happened near Truck
haven on June S, 1888. Damages
were asked as follows: $4,000 for
personal injuries; $4,000 for future
medical expenses and loss Of time
from business; $500 for medical
care already received and $1,000 for
damages to plaintiff automobile.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06

ton was defeated overwhelmingly
S. E. Robinson offered a counter
resolution that the farm bureau
not engage in such political activ-
tiles for time' and this resolu-
ton was adopted, the property quail
ification measure coming in for ar
gument during the discussion on
these matters.
j. M Grafton reported for the
committee which presented the
power referendum resolution of the
district board, explaining that the
board has increased to 20 per cent
the amount of voters necessary to
call an election on any proposal for
the disposal of power from the ALL
American canal. The board adopt
ed this amendment.
Discuss Health Bill
The farm bureau-home depart
ment committee on medical care
and disqualification met with the
board to discuss the proposend SEN
ate bill relative 70 health service
insurance. After considerable dis
cussion the board declared the pres
ent bill somewhat too radical and
recommended that its passage be
delayed until the next session to
provide more time for study of its
provisions.
The resolution passed relative to
the high cost of tank gasoline in
the valley was reconsidered on the
grounds that it would be wiser to
consult with oil company officials
before making too violent an at
tack. Robinson moved that the
matter of tank gas prices be refer
red to j. j. Deuel., head of the law
utilities department Of the state
federation. This motion was car
ried.
Hoober urged a determined effort
to obtain farm bureau member
ship.
Frank G.. Beyschlag, farm advis-
or presented motion that each
center director appoint a commit
tee of three to sponsor agricultur-
al projects of All club members in
the district, this motion being un-
animouSly passed.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
VandaIS Damage
Home Of Rancher

Two county homes were burglar
lied over the weekend according
to reports filed at the sheriff's Of
flee. In one Of these cases evidence
points to vandalism rather than
robbery and the matter is being
investigated by deputies from the
sheriff's office.
G. w. Dyer who lives a half-mile
east of Holtville, reported that his
home was entered yesterday and
almost completely ruined. Nothing
was reported as stolen but the win
dows were broken, screens cut, gro
ceries thrown onto the floor, and.
to finish the job. the thatched
straw roof of the dwelling was
completely torn off. A number OF
footprints about the house evident
ly made by children are being In
vestigated as it is thought that
the ransacking and damage caused
was the work Of children
j. K. Din, who lives east OF Mel
loland reported that his home was
burglarized Saturday night. The
thieves took a shot gun, pistol, a
cowboys hat: suede Jacket, q
pocketbook containing ST IN cash. .
gallon OF wine and one .3s pistol
belt and holster.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
Calls For Field
And Road Workers

Calls for rs workers were receiV-
ed by the national unemployment
service office here over the week.
end it was announced this morn
ing. These calls were for workers
in the harvest fields of the county
and also by contractors doing road
work in the county at present.
During the past three days, 60
workers have been sent from this
office to work in the melon har-
vest fields and 20 to the camps of
the Oswald and Parrish companies.
The former company is building a
road and the latter bridge in the
county. 1t was also said that in all
probability a steady call will be
received from now on at the re-
employment office for additional
workers "a the fields. These men
will be supplied as needed
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
.SERA TO COOPERATE WITH FARM
BUREAU ON RURAL REHABILITATION

At the request of Jack Sterrett
county director of SERA, farm bu-
reau directors at their meeting
Saturday conferred with him rela-
tive to possible SERA rural rehab-
ilitation projects, Sterrett having
conferred some days previous with
a farm bureau committee on this
project.
Projects tried elsewhere relative
to rural rehabilitation were out
lined by SJerrett who assured his
listeners that no radical expert
ments would be conducted in I'M
perial Valley without the approval
of it's citizens.
C. o. Hoober, president, express
dthe opinion that the board
would favor the project most suit
able to local conditions. ~.
Clyde Bailey offered a resolution
in which the farm bureau board
was to ask the irrigation district
boar dto replace Harry Horton with
another attorney but this resolu-
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
ENDS LIFE AS BLAZING TORCH
Ranch Worker Near HoltviIle Sets Fire To Clothing
After Brawl

Pouring the contents of bucket
filled with gasloine over his cloth
ing, Pete Roccia, Al, employed as a
tractor driver on the George Long
ranch six miles north of Holtville,
touched match to his saturated
clothing yesterday morning. His
charred body was found later in
the day, the sheriff IS office was
notified last night.
According to the preliminary in
vestigation made by officers, Roc
cia, is said to have been drinking
heavily Saturday night during
which time he had a row with
Mexican who struck him in the
face with a beer glass inflicting a
severe laceration.
When Roccia did not appear for
breakfast at the ranch house yes
terday morning nothing was
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06

thought of the matter until later
when Long started search for the
missing man. A trail of bloodspots
on the ground from the bleeding
wound on his face, led to the tract
or where it was discovered that the
feed line had been disconnected.
The tracks of Roccia continued
through a fence and to sandy
place in some brush where the
charred body was discovered. A
thorough examination of the ground
in the vicinity showed but one set
of foot prints, belonging to Roccia,
which dispelled any theory that he
might have met with foul play, ac-
cording to the officers.
Frank Raney, deputy coroner,
stated this morning that he was not
sure whether or not am inquest
would be held.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
BY III. L. PERCY
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, May 6. = Britons led
an empire that embraces one
fourth the worlds area and popu-
lation today in joyous celebration
of the 25th anniversary of King
Georges accession to the throne.
Millions of people, massed in the
streets in carnival mood, shouted
themselves into a frenzy of enthu-
siasm as the king and queen in
state procession went to st. Paul's
cathedral for thanksgiving.
On their return to Buckingham
palace, they stood on balcony for
six minutes in the bright spring sun
while crowd massed there, blocks
deep, cheered, waved and sang For
He's jolly Good Fellow"
There was here perhaps the
greatest celebration that London
has seen, and there were celebra-
tions by men, women and children
of all the races on all the CONT
nents and islands dotted through
out the world united in rejoicing
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
TUo Killed AS
Car OUerturnS

ONTARIO, Calf, May 6. WD -
Two of 18 fruit pickers, injured
when their truck overturned after
a collision with another car, died in
a hospital today.
They were Pedro Herrera, 80, and
Jose Martinez, %, both of Chino.
E. Vieyra, Pomona. who was driv-
ing the other car, was held for in
vestigation,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
FIVE To FOUR
VOTE ANNULS
PENSION BILL
Bitter Dissent Written By Chief
Justice Hughes With Three
Others Joining
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Courts Decision Is Blow At
Administrations Social Secur-
ity Program
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL

WASHINGTON, May 6. UH -
The railroad retirement act, first
social security legislation to be
passed under the new DEAL" was
stricken down by the supreme court
today as exceeding the constitu-
tional authority of congress.
The court affirmed a decision Of
the supreme court of the District
of Columbia which held the act
unconstitutional.
The legislation provided for a
system of old age pensions for all
railroad workers.
The decision, read by Justice
Owen j. Roberts, condemned many
provisions of the law as "arbitra-
ry," as placing an undue burden on
the railroads and having nothing
to do with safety and efficiency on
the railroads.
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes wrote a bitter dissent in
which Justices Louis D. Brandeis,
Harlan F. Stone and Benjamin N.
sCardozo joined.
The court so riddled the law that
it appeared enactment of a new law
would be practically impossible.
I'VE are of the opinion that the
act is invalid because it is not reg
ulation of commerce within the
states within the meaning of the
constitution" Roberts said.
The court found fault particular
ly with a provision under which
carriers, in figuring employees SER
vice for retirement purposes were
required to count the time an en-
ployee had worked on another
road.
Summarized BY Roberts
The courts long opinion was
summarized by Roberts, who is re-
garded as one of the liberals on
the supreme court bench.
Outlining the case, he found two
basic questions on which the is
sue was decided; whether The act
was a valid regulation of inter-
state commerce and whether it's
operation violated the due process
clause of the constitution.
The provision of the law max
ing it apply to $4,000 workers who
were separated from the service in
the past year was cited as being
particularly arbitrary
Dealing with the claim OF the
government that the law would
increase safety and efficiency Ro-
berts said at least three provisions
of the law belied this claim. They
were those which gave the benefits
4 of the act othose who leave en-
ployment when most needed; to
those who were discharged even for
dishonesty or for participation in
fatal accidents due to their own
negligence; and to those who,
having already reached the pension
age, never will work under the
benefits of the law.
1"This," Roberts said, ''is not
safety, but to give social security
to a limited class"
The dissent found fault with the
majority opinion for holding
against the law in terms which
make 1t impossible to pass new
law. The majority of five held that
pension legislation was not in the
realm of congressional authority.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
FIND BABY IN CHURCH

LOS ANGELES, May 6. UR - A
4-month-old girl, abandoned in a
South Chicago avenue church, was
being cared for by the Children's
Home Finding society today while
police hunted her mother. Two
women worshippers found the child,
sleeping peacefully, in pew at the
rear of the church.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
BRANCH BANK FOR FAIR

LOS ANGELES, May 6. WD -
Opening of a branch bank at the
San Diego fair grounds today was
announced by the Bank of Amer
lea National Trust and Savings as
sociation. 1t was opened three
weeks in advance of the fairs start
to serve the small army OF work.
men on the grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
AIR TRAGEDY
ALSO CLAIMS
FOUR OTHERS
TWA Plane Wrecked In Forced
Landing Due To Heavy Fog
In Missouri
FILM OFFICIALS ABOARD
Two Pilots And Three Passen-
gers Die, Others Injured While
Baby Escapes
FILM OFFICIALS ABOARD

MACON, Mo-, May 6. U.D-Sen-
ator Bronson Cutting of New Mex
leo, two air pilots, and woman
passenger believed to be Miss Jane
Lillias, were killed today when
TWA transport plane crashed while
trying to make an emergency land
ing through fog and darkness.
OF IL passengers carried by the
plane, including an infant, only two
escaped severe injury, and the con-
dition of Paul Wing, movie execu-
tive and father of Toby and Pa
tricia Wing, screen stars, was re-
garded as critical. His chest was
crushed.
The casualty list included:
Dead:
Sen. Bronson Cutting (Rep), Of
New Mexico.
Pilot Harvey Bolton, Kansas City.
Co-Pilot Kenneth Greeson, Kan
sas City.
Miss Jane Lillias, Kansas City.
(Not positively identified)
Seriously injured:
Richard Wallace, Hollywood.
Henry Shrape, Hollywood.
Paul Wing, Hollywood.
C. B. Drew, Hollywood.
| Mrs. William Kaplan, Hollywood.
Mrs. Dora Metzger, Kansas City.
Mrs. Metzger's child. (Broken
leg9
Less seriously injuerd:
| Mrs. D. MeSker, Kansas City.
William Kaplan, Hollywood.
The Hollywood group consisted
of motion picture executives and
technicians who were enroute to
Annapolis to prepare for making a
film.
Senator Cutting was returning TO
Washington from the west.
Fog had kept the giant Douglas
bi-motored transport plane in the
air until its gasoline was exhaust
ed. Pilot Bolton tried to find a
hole in the dense cloud banks, but
there was none. After several
hours of fruitless search over north
central Missouri he tried to land
without being able to see what was
below him.
Farmers, awakened by the noise,
found the "Sky Chief" demolished.
The pilots and the two passengers
apparently met mercifully quick
death. Others were unconscious.
Mrs. Metzger's baby, the last to be
taken from the wreckage, appar-
emily was the least hurt.
An early hint of impending trag-
edy came when Pilot Bolton, due
to bring his plane down at Kansas
City field at 2:55 a. m. (CST), ad-
,, vised the station by wireless that
the fog was too dense to make a
landing, and that he would cruise
for a while.
Most of the passengers are
sleeping" he said, adding that he
believed he had fuel enough for
two hours of flying.
He drove his plane to the north
east, probably in search of the gov
ernment's emergency landing at
| Kirksville.
Fuel Runs Low
Two hours passed by, with occa-
sional communication between the
ground and Bolton. 1t was appar-
ent, as the fuel supply began drain
! ing from the tanks, that the pilot
was becoming worried. He had
reached a point perhaps 80 miles
from the emergency field and still
there was no break IN the fog.
Fuels getting low" the pilot
Iron4,ruad n0 UaWa n
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
HURRAH FOR MA!

CALLANDER, Ont, May 6. -
Mrs. Olivia Dionne, mother of the
quintuplets, today celebrated her
Goth birthday.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Birkofer, Hoyt, Blanton and Pad
den, Grace; Rehm, Benton, Belts
and Spohrel.
Other games postponed, rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
Baseball Scores
BY United Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE

OStermueller and r. Ferrell; Hill
debrand and Pytlak.
Other games postponed, rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
SENATOR BRONSON CUTTING KILLED IN CRASH
Court Throws Out Railroad Retirement Measure
Crash Injuries
Cause Death Of
HoItuiIle Youth

Eladlo Slngh, b, son OF
rancher in the Holt
X vile district, died at La
~ Solana h hospital early
~ yesterday morning from
injuries received when
he was run over by an automobile
driven by Roscoe He'll, of this city
Saturday afternoon. This death
brings the number of highway au-
tomobile fatalities to 18 in the
county for the current year.
According to the report of the
accident filed at police headquar-
ters, the youngster darted in front
of Heil's car as he was driving in
the 800 block on Main street about
420 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The boy was taken to La Solana
hospital where physicians at first
pronounced his injuries not serious.
The body was removed to Fields
funeral parlors in Holtville, where
an inquest will be held today.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06
mWlaN@
&~N SAYS,

SANTA MONICA, May S. (Spe-
caldwell, the Kentucky Derby
Is all over now and maby con-
greSs can settle down to work
again. Our big fleet has pulled
out to practice. I don't know
where a lot of these writer's get
the idea that we haven't got any
army, or navy, or aviation.
Course we could use lot more
of 'em, but to read some writer's
you would think that our whole
defense force was sorter Mickey
Mouse"
I believe these boys can keep
everybody off, If we just know
enough to book all wars on the
home grounds. The place we
need our reinforcementS Is in
the diplomatic end.
Yours,
M<& R1N<,
o.lt1A MeHauoht SyndtcatA -
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-06

that the king had reached his SILL
yer jubilee year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-20
FATHER KILLED
 HIS AILINC SON

Bedford, Ia., Dec. 20.-UP).-- William Reed gave up hope today that his son ever would, recover from brain trmor, so he killed him and committed suicide.
 Reed, 50-year -old wealthy farmer and stockman, had been Respondent since the recent return of his i6- year-old son, Raymond, from g St. Joseph, Mo, hospital, where he had undergone Q delicate, operation for removal of the brain tumor.
 He arose early today. Without awakening his wife and three other children, he took his shotgun from closet, loaded 1t, and went to Raymonds room. He sent the first blast from the .12 gauge gun into the head of his invalid son. Then he fired into his own head.
 A note, found in his room, ex- plained:
 "This is the best way out"
 Raymond, after he was released from the hospital, had been given encouragement that he would re- cover from the effects of the growth which was removed from his brain
 His father, however, feared he would remain an. invalid for life This fear, officials said, obviously prompted his actions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-20
GANGS TAKE TWO. LIVES " IN '|.l CHICAGO. ] (
Former Lieutenant of Al Capone Shot Down in Tavern Today <

Chicago. Dec, 20.-( (UP)-The body of modestly dressed Italian, taken for 6 gang ride and left bound and SO badly beaten that Identification was impossible, was found on the outskirts of Chicago today. It was the second gang killing within F hours and police considered the pos sibility that one of the murders was in revenge of the other. The first victim was Joseph ('.PepeD Genaro, erstwhile associate of Alphone (Scarfare AID Capone, who was standing nonchalantly at the bar in a tavern rolling dice with a blonde waitress when a typical gang sedan black and without license plates rolled into a stop at the curb.
 He Died Instantly
 One of the three occupants in the machine leaned from an open win- dow and fired twice through the plate glass tavern front. Genarc was killed instantly. Jessie Warner the girl in front of him, was un- scathed. Police quickly arrested two men and three women for question: ing. but before they had made any substantial progress in their inves- tigation, the case was complicated by discovery of the second gang vic- tim. The body was found on the southwest side, the legs bound al the ankle and the head mass ot blood. Evidently the victim had been dragged by the feet before or after he was killed. There was possibil- ity that the second killing was en- gineered by friends of Genaro.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-20
HORTON SMITH
 E SETTING PACE

Nassau, Bahamas, Dec. (TJPl Horton Smith of Chicago. the fa- vorite. set the pace in today's first round of the Nassau British Colozl- ial open golf tourney today when he scored . 67, one under par. smith enjoyed remarkable success in hold ing his shots in line despite . stiff- ish breeze., AK
 Ted Turner of Pine Valley. N. J. early pace-setter in the Miami But more which was won by smith on Monday, clipped two strokes from par going out in S2 but skidded away from form figures on the baez nine. scoring 8 S7, three over par and aa aggregate of 0e. Jonnns Revolta of Coral unhles Fla P. e A. champion. scored n yp Eohns Cruickshnnk Of Richmond. Va. de. lending champion. went one ove' par with @.
 rcnmy Armour Of Noce Ralon Fla, and while AlacFaflaue q NeS York. equalled par o1'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-20
STUDENTS FAIL
 TO HAVE MARCH

New London, Conn, Dec. 2O.-- (UP) .---More than TOO Chapman technical high school students were persuaded today to abandon a scheduled march on city hall to de- mand the city accept $l5O,000 grant to construct 8 new school.
 After Mayor Edwin A. Cruise and other city officials spoke to the stu- dents in assembly, Q vote was tak- en which showed ten favored the march and the others declined to cast a ballot.
 Banners hed been prepared to be carried by the naarchers, bearing such inscriptions as We shall be the producers of our generation" " we need $lO0O00 from the city, ani ea.manding provisions for larg- CT workshops. laboratories, gymna- sium and auditorium.
 It was 8 third scheduled march to be discouraged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-20
). JOSEPH SMITH. TALKS ON BONUS
Congressman Will Sup- port Bill If Approved By
 Roosevelt Regime

Congressman J. Joseph Smith, who will leave after Christmas for Washington, D. C., to be present when the new session of Congress opens, declared to-day that he will favor a bonus bill providing it meets the approval of President Roose- welt end his administration and is economically sound. Congressman Smith, 1t will be remembered, voted against the patrnan bonus bill at the last session of congress, one of his reasons heinz that it contained d pruposition to infiate the currency and also because 1t did not fit into the program of the administration. He voted with the minority to have the Vinson bonus bill substituted for the Patman measure. (
 United Veteran Front Nu
 Latest Washington reports show that united veterans front on @ specific bonus measure will be offer ed when the 1886 session opens. The American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the DAV have agreed on Q tentative. compromise measure and are in favor of ditch- ing the Patman infiationary bill. The compromise plan calls for inc mediate payment of 97 per cent of the face value of the adjusted serv- ice certificates or 100 per cent if the certificates are held until 1888 the funds to be raised without infiating the currency.
 Compromise Bill Near
 The Patrnan bill, Congressman Smith pointed out to-day, is on the calendar for action January 18th. Before that date 1t is possible that the new, compromise Dill will be in- troduced. An effort is expected to be made to have Patmaii withdraw his bill. However, with the ex-service- mems organizations now all united
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