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, 1935-03-05
NETWORK

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Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
Los ANGELES
VISITOR SHOT.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. %. W.R) -
Shot by mysterious sniper while
motoring with a friend, Walter E.
Baker, 43, Cleveland insurance bro
ker, was reported in a critical con-
dition today in st. Vincent's hos
pital.
According to police, Baker was
riding with Walter W. Howe, To-
cal acquaintance, on a south side
street late last night when a gum
shot rang out. Howe turned to Ba-
ker just as the latter slumped in
the seat, crying, MY God, I'm
Shot!"
An operation was performed to
remove a .38 revolver slug from the
victims stomach. Surgeons said he
may recover but that his condition
was grave.
Police said the bullet was fired
through the side door of the auto
mobile.
Baker came to Los Angeles to at
tend an insurance convention.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
TRAFFIC SQUAD
TO BE GIVEN
MORE OFFICERS

William Mitchell, desk sergeant
for the local police department, and
Don Nice, traffic officer for the city
of Calexico. have been notified to
attend the state highway patrol
mems school in Sacramento and
then take the necessary examina-
tions for appointment to the I'M
perial county quota of the state
highway patrol. This notification
came from the office of E. Ray
mond Cato, chief of the state patrol.
Mitchell sent a telegram to Cato
today stating that he would leave
here Friday night for Sacramento.
1t is understood that Nice will also
take the trip to the state capital
preparatory to receiving the ap-
pointment.
This is in line with Governor
Merriam's announcement that he
will add 35 officers to the present
state patrol force, two of whom are
TO be added to the Imperial county
quota.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
CHURCH HITS
At NE. E.XICAN
GOVERNMENT.

MEXICO CITY, Jan. %. ORA
dispute between the government
and members Of the Roman Catho-
lie church assumed added bitterness
today as a church order threaten
ing communication of parents
who sent their children to ration
alistic" schools and denying the
Holy Sacraments to members of the
government party, was dissem1nat-
ed.
The order was issued January Z,
as reported by the United Press,
upon authority of Archbishop Pas
cual Diaz, primate of Mexico, and
Archbishop Ruiz Y Flores, papal
delegate who is in the United Staes.
Teachers who give instruction un-
der the rationalistic program which
the government sponsors are includ-
ed in the communication order.
The order has been issued at
masses after having been received
in the form of pastoral letter by
Archbishop Ruiz Y Flores.
Denial of the sacraments to men,
bers of the government party-the
National Revolutionary party -
would include most employees OF
the government, though govern
ment employees were not included
specifically.
Fatal riots have marked the last
few weeks of the dispute.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22

chairman, Frank Richmond, post
master; Cal Rector, M o. King
company; Fred Nebel-Thau, Imper-
ial Ice and Development company;
R. l.. Hayden, Rotary club; Gordon
Scriven, Kiwanis club; Lee Land
erman, Junior chamber of COM
merce; Bob Fields, 20-3o club; Mark
Munson, Lions club; Robert Hays,
Ell Centre Chamber of Commerce
DR.. o. H. Van Eman, Boyce Aten
Post, American Legion; Mrs M. j.
Dowd, Woman S Ten Thousand club;
Miss Gene Edgar, Junior Ten Thou
sand club.
Where To Buy
Those wishing to purchase tickets
may do so at M. O. King company,
Clements Drug Store, Sherwood s
Cafe, j. G. Penney company, Bar
bara Worth hotel, Ell Centro Drug
Store, Johnson IS, Valley Drug COM
pany, Imperial Valley Hardware
company, California hotel Edgar
Brothers Hardware company, Shir-
er Drug Store.
A booth for the sale of tickets
will be maintained in front of the
M. o. King company daily from 9
a. m. to p. m.
Plans for an intensive effort to
enlist the support of the entire
community in getting heavy sale
of tickets, were made last night at
a meeting of the ticket committee.
A quota of 1900 tickets has been as
signed to Ell Centre, and selling
them will require the cooperation
of every resident in the city.
The committee points out that 10
per cent of all the proceeds will re-
main here in Ell Centre, for the aid
of infantile paralysis victims. The
fund will be handled by a commit
tee to be appointed for that pur-
pose. The balance of 80 per cent
will be contributed toward a nation
al foundation for research work in
connection with infantile paralysis.
Gel Centro should be 100 per cent
behind this ball." Chairman Swan
son said today. This is a civic
duty as well as a national humani-
tartan movement. Nobody can tell
when this terrible disease may
strike, or where it will strike. When
and if it does, there will be funds
available to combat it if the people
of Ell Centro support the Presidents
ball as they should. This is a call
to arms to put Ell Centre 100 per
cent behind a great national OBJ
jective, the basis of which is, DO
for thy neighbor as you would thy
neighbor should do for you Our
neighbors' problems are our prob
lens and his happiness is our hap
piness."
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
TICKETS FOR PRESIDENTS BALL
PLACED ON SALELOCAL TODAY

Starting off the good work of
raising funds to combat infantile
paralysis through the President IS
ball, to be held here next Wednes-
day night, Mayor Charles Anderson
this morning made bid of $40 for
the honor of purchasing the first
ticket, according to Fred NebeI-
Thau, of the ticket sales commit
tee.
The first ticket will be open for
bids the balance of the week at
least and bids may be made by any
Individual or concern in the city.
All money realized from the sale
of the first ticket will be awarded
as door prize the night of the
ball, this privilege being accorded
by the national committee in charge
of the President IS ball program.
Tickets were placed on sale to-
day at various points in the busi-
ness section where they are easily
available to all wishing to purchase
them. The first ticket Is held by
the committee, which will accept
bids on it. Members of this COM
mittee are, Henry Swanson, Elks,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
STATE TRACES
LADDER USED
IN k|DNAP INC
More Damaging Blows Struck
By Experts Against Haupt-
mann's Defense.

PENNINGTON, N. j., Jan. %.
U.P)-Through a rapid succession
of witnesses, the state of New Jer-
sey today attempted to trace lum-
ber used in the Lindbergh kidnap
ladder into the hands of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, the Bronx
carpenter on trial for murder.
1t proved that Hauptmann had
purchased 1892 worth OF lumber
from the Great National Millwork
and Lumber Co., in the Bronx, on
December 90, 1881.
1t proved shipment of South
Carolina pine had been made from
planning mill at Mccormick, S. c.,
to the Halligan Mcclellan Lumber
company in the Bronx, and thence
to tie lumber yard to which Haupt-
mann had access.
The defense battled furiously to
keep all evidence to the passage OF
this lumber from mill to yard, out
of the jury's hands. 1t was over
ruled on almost every point.
The detective story' involved
in tracing wood was made more
spectacular by the evidence of Max
Rauch, former landlord to the
Hauptmanns.
Rauch testified that one of the
boards in the attic of the house he
rented the former German convict
and his wife, had been removed
during the Hauptmann IS tenancy.
The state indicated it would at
tempt to prove that this board,
traced by it's nail holes, was used
to apiece outD the three-piece lad
der with which 1t claims Haupt-
mann committed the crime.
Previously, two more identifi-
cation witnesses had added their
testimony to six others who have
placed Hauptmann either at the
scene of the crime, at the scene of
the extortion, or in the act of pass
ing ransom money.
The Oyo today were Millard
Whited. a Sourlands "poor- white, -
who testified he saw Hauptmann on
two occasions in February, 1892,
near the Lindbergh manor, and
Charles Rossiter, who swore he saw
Hauptmapn on the road near
Princetor airport, six miles from
Hopewell, on the Saturday before
the kidnapping.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
Subpoenas Issued
For District Board

Subpoenas were served on men,
bers of the irrigation district board
of directors by T. A. Eggleston, dep
uty U. S. marshal, this morning,
commanding them to appear in
federal court, Los Angeles on Janu-
airy 81 at 10 a. m.
The documents were issued by
Judge Paul j. Mccormick and were
issued for the hearing to be held
on the action brought by the dis
trict to secure valuation of its
bond refunding program. Both the
district directors and the bondhold-
ers committee have already declar-
ed the program operative and ar
rangements made for printing the
bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
STATE WILL
SEEK DEATH
Of CONV|CTS

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf,
Jan. %. Wp)-The state will demand
the death penalty as punishment
for three San Quentin prison in
mates recaptured after a sensation
al escape, Albert Bagshaw, district
attorney of Marin county, said to-
! day.
Bagshaw, who as a posse member
killed fourth member of the fugi-
tives, said he planned to prosecute
! the survivors under the state kid
naping law as well as on other
charges.
The kidnapping law permits the
jury to fix the death penalty in alb
ductions in which there has been
violence, robbery or extortion. In
the escape last week the convicts
seized three state officials and three
other persons and carried them
along as hostages. The fugitives
took their captives' clothing con-
tanning money. They also assaulted
Warden James B. Holohan, who suf-
fered fractured skull.
Rudolph Straight, Monterey coun-
ty, was killed in the break. Those
who were recaptured included Fred
Landers of San Francisco and Joe
Kirsty and Alex MacKay of Los An
geles county. They are reported as
willing to plead guilty to any char
ges that do not involve capital pun
ishment.
Bradshaw said he is considering
filing a conspiracy charge against
Clyde Stevens, a paroled convict
who allegedly has confessed provid-
ing the guns used in the jailbreak
Stevens was to appear in the San
Francisco court today to plead on
charges of bank robbery 1t was in
dicated he will plead guilty.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
BY GEORGE E. HELMER
United Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Jan. %. U.H -
Liquor reform and taxation meas
ures coupled with revenue proposals
and further unemployment relief
suggestions featured legislation
taken under consideration today by
California's lawmakers.
Introduction of bills, most Of
them concerned with minor sub
jects, continued at fast clip as
legislators attempted to clear the
way for presentation tonight of
Gov. Frank F.. Merriam's budget
message, which will be broadcast
over the Columbia Lee sys-
tenn at $50.
Assemblyman E. v. Latham and
Frank w. Wright introduced a bill
outlining the first comprehensive
liquor tax proposal to reach the
legislature.
They estimated the state could
raise $10,329,0 900 biennially by tax
ing dry wine at five cents GAL
Ion, sweet wine at 10 cents GAL
Ion, beer at five cents and spirits
at 40 cents. Beer would yield the
most revenue, or $2,880,000 annual
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
GUILTY PLEAS
ENTERED FOR
BANK RObbER
Man Accused Of Plotting San
Quentin Break Faces Long
Term At Folsom

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. %. up
Clyde Stevens, youthful San Fran
cisco bank robber and confessed ac-
complice in the recent San Quen-
tin break, today pleaded guilty In
superior court to three counts of
robbery with gun.
Stevens was sentenced to a term
of seven years to life on each count
and was expected to leave for Fol-
som prison sometime during the
Gay.
Stevens stammered, his hands
twitched, and he looked down at the
floor as he answered to the char
ges.
81 am guilty" he muttered three
times as charges of three robberies
were read to him. His voice was so
low only those near the judges
bench could hear him.
Stevens was accused of robbing
banks at the Whitcomb hotel, at
598 Haight street, and at Callfor-
MIA and Polk streets.
Stevens was captured early last
Thursday morning in gun battle
on Sherman Island, in the Sacra-
mento delta region near Antioch
Three other men, one accused of
participation in the robberies, were
taken with him.
The three surviving convicts OF
the four who broke from San Quen-
tin last Wednesday, kidnapping
members of the parole board, con.
fessed after capture, that Steven.
provided the four guns used in the
break. Stevens at first denied sup
plying the guns, but later, accord
| ing to San Francisco police, con-
fessed he smuggled the weapons
into the prison.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
Ten File Papers For
District Election

With today as the final day for
filing nomination papers for the ir-
rigation district election on Febru-
airy 6, 10 candidates have turned in
their papers to w. w. Goodson, sec
retary of the district. These are now
being checked at the district offices
here.
Candidates who have filed to
date are: for director of the Braw-
ley division, Chas. Morrow, Earl
Pound and 1. A. Pearson; for di-
rector of the Imperial division, Ira
Aten, incumbent, and Leslie NC
Connell; for treasurer, F. H. Nc
Iver, incumbent, E. N. D. Hatch and
E. E. Hale; for assessor collector,
Winnie Barry, incumbent, and Chas.
A. Bratton.
Hale, who entered the contest
for treasurer yesterday, is a resi-
dent of Brawley and has served on
the county Republican central COM
mittee for three terms and is at
present vice-chairman of the COM
mittec.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
Angelus Temple
Placed In Palur,

LOS ANGELES, Jan. %. Up -
Aimee Semple McPherson's Ange-
lus Temple was pawned, in effect,
today to guarantee payment of a
$7,118 court Judgment secured by
heirs of j. Roy Stewart. motion pic
ture director, against the evangel-
list.
A $250,000 note, representing own
ership of Angelus Temple and its
grounds, was deposited in superior
court by Mrs. McPherson's secre-
'tary, Miss Harriet Jordan. Although
the court was empowered to order
the note sold to satisfy the judg-
ment, an agreement between attor-
neys provided that it would be i'm
pounded pending court of appeals
ruling on certain aspects of the suit
itself.
Before his death, Stewart had
sued Mrs Mcpherson for breach of
contract. She is now enroute to
China.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
WATER PIPES
BROKEN FOR
DELINQUENCY

EVERSON, Pa, Jan. % W.HF'ive
hundred families today feared pos
sible destruction of their homes by
fire after the Citizens Water Co.,
smashed every fire plug with sledge
hammers.
The water company, a subsidiary
of the Delaware Valley Utilities
Co., smashed the plugs because the
borough of Everson, in which 80
per cent of the families are on re-
lief, failed to pay it's water bill
since July, 1888.
The community is composed en-
tirely of frame houses, and
borough officials said freezing
temperatures today made a dis
astrous blaze inevitable" if fire
breaks out. . The borough council
hurriedly prepared a complaint to
be forwarded to the public service
commission.
F.. w. Buck, district manager for
the company, said the borough of
Everson had not paid the $3.50 due
each year since 1888, and that "all
we got was an arbitrary letter
when we asked them to pay He
charged the borough was making
mo real effort" to collect taxes.
Borough Attorney Vary W..
Byrne, however, insisted the
borough had done everything pos
sible" and pointed out that four
large concerns which once supplied
most of the work in the district
are not now operating.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22

Percy Palmer of Brawley has been
invited by the county SERA plan
ming commission to appear before
that group at its January 20 meet
ing to enumerate historic land
marks in this county which could be
aided by SERA projects. This invi-
tation was issued to Palmer at a
meeting of the commission held
here last night.
B. M. Graham, chairman Of the
commission, felt that due to the
fact he has been chairman for a
long p/iod of time he should resign
his post. This proposal was reject
ed by unanimous vote of the COM
mission and Evan T. Hewes offered
a resolution commencing Graham
on the efficient manner in which
he has handled his difficult post.
This, too, was unanimously ac-
cepted.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
LEGISLATURE TO GET GOVERNORS
MESSAGE UPON BUDGET TONIGHT
Flood Of Bills Mostly OF Minor Nature Being Pre-
sented In Effort To Clear Way For Important
Legislation

ly with spirits second, $l,344,0O0,
according to estimates by the au-
thors.
The senate, meanwhile, adopted
resolution by Senator A. l.. Piero-
vich to have committee of seven
investigate the entire liquor situa-
ton and report back to the legisla-
ture after the February recess.
A proposal to place all producers
of petroleum products under juris-
diction OF the state railroad COM
mission was advanced by Assem-
blyinan Leon M. Donihue, Oakland
This would empower the commits
sion to set the price of gasoline,
which Donihue contended was "en-
tirely too high"
Investigation of prison condi-
tions, with the idea of constructing
new institution in Southern Cali
fornia, was urged in a senate con-
current resolution which passed the
assembly. 1t authorized the gover-
nor to conduct the investigation.
Another assembly measure, adopt
ed unanimously, would authorize
Los Angeles to borrow funds from
(COntinued on mage 61
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
Want Changes In
School Lines

Rose and Mesquite Lake school
districts have sent in a petition for
change in boundaries, the petit
ton being presented to G. B. Col
Inns, county superintendent.
The reason for the change is to
straighten the boundary line be-
tween the two districts so that
property nearest one of the schools
will be in that school district. An
equal exchange of property has
been effected and trust deeds have
been signed.
superintendent collins states
that he has heard of no opposition
to the petition and accordingly sees
no reason why it should not be
granted.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
WHIP CRACKED
ON CONGRESS
BY PRESIDENT
Informs Leaders Measure Must
Be Passed Without Restric-
ton On His Powers.
STEAM ROLLER FUNCTIONS
Republican Attack Quickly Dis
rupted By Speaker Who Forces
Through Adjournment.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. U.P)--
President Roosevelt told congress
sional leaders today he wanted the
81, $3.50 100000 work relief bill passed
"with no strings attached" to re-
strict the vast powers he will have
under the measure.
Republicans Immediately rallied
to attack the bill but Speaker JOS
eph w. Byrns "cracked-down' and
gaveled through a motion to adj
journ amid a terrific uproar.
Rep. Dewey Short (Rep) Mis-
souri,, sought to obtain the floor
soon after convening but Rep. John
J. O'Connor Dem) New York,
chairman of the rules committee
objected. -.
Short, reinforced by Republicans
shouted in protest as Edward T.
Taylor, acting majority floor lead
er, moved adjournment.
Outshouting even Rep. Hamilton
Fish (Rep) New York, Byrns re-
stored order, acceded to a roll call
on adjournment It was the first
time Byrns has used the "strong
arm" methods of Vice President
Garner.
This ultimatum from the White
House came as Democratic In
surgent rebellion developed to force
earmarking of funds for specific
projects.
To Inform Caucus
Speaker Joseph w. Byrns and
James Buchanan, appropriations
committee chairman. said they
would inform the house Democratic
caucus late today of the President s.
| stand.
The caucus was forced by revolt
| ing Democrats, who want to break
down the fund into definite "pork
ALLEGATIONS and write in a proyis-
ion preventing Secretary of Inter-
ior Harold Ickes from administer
ing the new program.
To stifle floor debate on the re-
lief bill, the leadership moved to
adjourn the house shortly after It
convened.
Republicans forced roll call vote
in desperate effort to bring the
relief issue up for free-f -for-all or
atorical melee.
The vote resulted in 278 to 1O8
count in favor of adjournment, and
the speakers gavel fell at 1850 p.
m, officially adjourning the days
, house session.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
SERA MAY AID VALLEY LANDMARKS
Planning Commission Asks For Information With
Idea OF Preserving Them.

A suggestion was offered that all
roads in the valley should be num-
bered and also that a closer coop
Grafton should exist between all dis
tricts n the county on road prof.
ects. 1i.is was heartily endorsed
by the commission. 1t was stated
that other counties have had plan
ming commissions which functioned
for the good of the county and par
ticularly in the southern part of
the state the value of such organi-
zatons was realized in aiding the
emergency relief committee to plan
projects.
The commission was told that j.
B. Porter, field agent, stated recent
ly that the Imperial county plan
ming commission is recognized at
state headquarters as doing an eX-
cellent piece of work here.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
NEGRO SLAYER TO HANG

LOS ANGELES, Jan. %. W.D -
Rush Griffin, 10, Negro, today
awaited transfer to San Quentin's
death house" where he is sched-
uled to hang for the murder of Law
renee L. Lyons, former Southern
California medical student, in a
holdup. Griffin's partner, Willie
Smith, %, was sentenced to life
Imprisonment. Judge Charles W..
Fricke passed sentence after refus-
ing their motion for new trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
Borroluer OF School
Bus Resting Here

Waving extradition, Ellis Murphy
OF Ventura, was brought to the
county Jail from Yuma this morn
ing to await arrival of officers from
Ventura county. No charge was
placed against him when booked at
the local Jail.
Murphy was arrested in Yuma
early yesterday morning with a bus
belonging to the Lodi high schoo!
which Murphy is said to have stolen
and brought here before being
caught. 1t was said at the Jail this
morning he might be prosecuted
under terms of the Dyer act which
prohibits taking stolen vehicles
across state lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
Jumps To Death
In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Jan. %. W.D =
A middle-aged man who leaped to
his death from a ninth-floor win
dow ledge of a downtown transpor-
tation building was identified ten
tatively today as Theodore Thomas,
former well-to-do Chicago business
man who has been living recently
in Monrovia, Calf.
A letter found among his effects
stated the possessor was president
of the Theodore Thomas company,
IT'S Great Northern building, Chi
cago.
On the ledge beside the spot where
he started his leap was newspaper
issued the day of the 1929 stock
market crash. Police surmised he
read the paper as a sort of requiem
to personal misfortuneS.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-22
Courts Decision
For Defendant

After hearing evidence in court
yesterday, Judge R. D. McPherrin
cave judgment for the defendant in
the action brought by Maria Vile
gas, ct al, against Henry j. Burk.
The case was tried without a jury.
Damages of $4,000 had been asked
against Burk in the complaint which
charges that Jose Villegas was killed
when struck by the defendants au-
tomobile on the highway between
Brawley and Calipatria on the night
of March 7, 1884. Defense had con-
tended that Villegas' truck was
parked on the highway without
lights burning to warn other mo-
toristS.