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Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
HOPSON Gets
ANGRY DURING
QUESTIONING
Charges Senate Lobbying Quiz
Committee Does Not Wish To
Learn The Truth

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Up -
Howard G. Hopson, red-faced and
angry, shouted charges of unfair
ness today at the senate lobby COM
mittee investigating activit lie S
against utility legislation.
After placidly twiddling his
thumbs throughout long series of
questions concerning lobbying by
his Associated Gas and Electric
company, the short, 225-pound
utility man suddenly became angry
at the tactics of Chairman Hugo
Black.
"You don't want the whole
truth" he charged. you won't let
me make complete answers"
"Oh, yes, we will, but we don't
want any speeches by you," snap
ped Black.
Then" demanded Hopson, lean
ing forward and waggling his fin
ger at Black, 'do you want the
whole truth?"
Eyes, but you can't make g
speech" said Black.
Then you don't want the truth
insisted HopSon, shaking his shiny
bald head.
you'll have to Withdraw that
statement" said Black. Hopsor
said he would if the committee
would allow him to answer queS-
tions in his own way.
The flareup began when Senator
Lewis Schwellenback (Dem) Wash.
ington, asked Hopson about hi.
silent partnership" with Edward
Cheney in an operating company
which earned $2,725, 1889 from 1921
to 1888. Part of that time the A
G.. E. paid no dividends.
Schwellenback said it was strange
that HopSon's name didn't appeal
on the records so that the stock.
holders could see that he was max.
ing a profit while they were not.
Was Private Company
1T was strictly a private COM
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
NOTED WOMAN
WRITER ENDS
HER CAREER
Prefers Suicide To Tortures OF
Slow Death From Incurable
Disease

PASADENA, Calf, Aug. 49, W.P)
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
rs, of Norwich, Conn, one of the
country's foremost women writer's
and lecturers, committed suicide
Saturday night at the home of her
daughter here, it became known
today when police released report
on the case.
Two years ago, Mrs. Gilman was
named by Carrie Chapman Gait as
one of the IL greatest American
women. Previously she had been
named by the New York Herald
Tribune as one of the four out
standing women in the country.
The daughter, Mrs. Katharine
Beecher Stetson Chamberlain, who
found the body. told authorities
her mother had been suffering
from cancer.
Mrs. Gilman used chloroform as
the death medium. She left note
which set forth her ideas on So
cial service and usefulness. 1t read:
"a last duty. Human life, Sue
cess and mutual service. No grief,
pain, misfortune. or broken heart
is excuse for cutting off ones life
while any power of service re-
mains.
But when all usefulness is over,
when one is assured of unavoid-
able and evident death, it is the
simplest of human rights to choose
quick and easy death in place
Of slow and horrible one.
Public opinion is changing on
the subject. The time is approach
ing when we shall consider abhor-
rent to our civilization to allow
human being to die in prolonged
agony which we should mercifully
end in any other creature.
Believing this choice to be of
social service in promoting wiser
views on this question, I have pre-
ferred chloroform to cancer"
Mrs. Gilman was interested In
labor and women's movements and
was a lecturer on economics and
sociology. She was editor of the
magazine "Forerunner" from 1909
until 1915 and was the author of
several books, the best known Of
which were Women and Econom-
les" and "In This, Our World"
She left another note in which
she asked that no funeral services
be held and that her body be cre-
mated
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
ROO|ES OF ROGERS AND POST
LEAVE SEATTLE THIS NOON On
LAST STAGE Of TRAGIC FLIGHT
Funerals For Cowboy Comedian And World
Flyer Expected To Be Held Thursday At
Los Angeles And Oklahoma

SEATTLE. Aug. 10. U.P)-An 18-
passenger Douglas transport plane
took off from Boeing field at 11:50
a. m. today bearing the bodies of
Will Rogers and Wiley Post to Los
Angeles and Oklahoma.
The big silver, two-motored plane
scared away to the south before a
crowd of 500 sober, silent persons,
who had waited at the field since
dawn.
Bodies of the famous airmen who
met death when their plane crashed
at Point Barrow last Thursday,
were flown here today by Joe Cros-
son, Alaskan mercy flyer" who
went to Point Barrow after them
and flew them all the way to the
states.
Blue curtains were drawn over
the windows of the after cabin OF
the huge Pan-American airliner.
A squadron of navy planes took
off Immediately after the Douglas
transport was in the air. Tt was
expected the navy planes would act
as an escort of the flying hearse
all the way to Los Angeles.
Pilot of the funeral plane was
william A. Winston of Brownsville,
Texas. Accompanying him were
Crosson, ]. L. Fleming, co-pilot, T.
w. Bowling, radioman, T. w. Ward
flight mechanic, and Col. Clarence
F. Young, coast manager for Pan
American Airways.
Colonel Young refused to reveal
the exact itinerary of the flight or
where refueling stops would be
made. The company wished to
avoid crowds, complying with the
wishes of the famous flyers fam
lilies.
The plane was headed for Glen
dale airport where Rogers body
will be removed. Posts body will
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
Los Angeles Seeks
Big Federal Fund

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. U.P)-
The board of supervisors today
adopted a plan to ask the federal
government to set aside 100000
for WPA and PWA projects in Los
Angeles county under the Presi-
dents four billion dollar jobs pro-
gram.
|. This it was pointed out, is ex-
elusive of a $17,500,000 flood con-
troll program to be undertaken by
army engineers.
The board appointed William j.
Fox, director of the regional COM
mission to visit Washington this
week with plea for the funds,
prior to submission of formal plans
for county wide building pro-
gram.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
HOUSE PASSES
GUFFEY BILL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. {UH -
-Acceding to demands of PreSi-
dent Roosevelt and organized coal
miners, the house today passed the
CUffey bill for a little NRA" In
the bituminous industry.
The vote was announced at 1875
to 1853.
The administration gained its
victory by a narrow margin.
Through much of the roll call. op-
ponents of the measure were in
the lead.
Despite doubts as to it's consti-
tutionality, Mr.. Roosevelt demand
ed passage of the bill in order to
avert a threatened strike by some
100000 coal miners.
Three times he STAYED off strike
calls by promising to work vigor-
ously for the bill. The latest truce
expires August 81.
1t now goes to the senate, where
Democratic Leader Joseph T. Rob-
inson has promised that it will be
considered, but its fate there is
uncertain.
Points In Bill
The measure, in effect. would es-
tabliSh labor and fair trade prac-
tice regulations similar to those
under the NRA bituminous code.
Compliance would be enforced by
a federal tax of Is per cent OF the
production price of coal, with 30
per cent of the tax being remitted
for operators who abided by regu-
lations.
Major points in the bill:
Sets up code of fair trade prac-
tees and labor relations, with reg
ulations to be enforced by a five
man national bituminous coal COM
mission.
Levies a tax of Is per cent OF all
bituminous production at the mine,
with a drawback Of 90 per cent
granted operators complying with
the code.
Sets up a consumers counsel 10
the commission, who would be un-
der the secretary of interior. The
consumers counsel would act in ad-
visory capacity, and would have
much the same powers and duties
as does the office Of the consum-
ers' counsel under the AAA.
Divides the nation into % dig
tricts for purposes OF minimum
price regulation, with district boards
establishing minimum prices Ia
their respective areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
ITALIAN ARMY
WILL ENROLL. |.
MILLION MEN
Goal Set By Mussolini Plans
Huge Armed Forces At Home
And In Ethiopia
By THOMAS B. MORGAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1885, by United Press.)
ROME, Aug. 19.-Benito Musso-
linis goal of 100000 men under
arms by October is his answer to
those who say he will weaken his
position at home by warning on
Ethiopia.
While French and British nego-
tiators waited two days in Paris
for his reply to their peace propo-
sails, Mussolini was inspecting Fas-
cist divisions bound for East Afri-
ca.
Today while the next step was
discussed in world capitals, Musso-
lini was concerned solely with his
plans to dominate Ethiopia and
achieve what he called Saturday a
Fascist empire.
Every expression of opinion in
Italy leads to the impression that
Mussolini believes there will not be
war in Europe for three years.
But at the same time he has the
biggest army in Europe, except for
that of Soviet Russia, ready for in
slant action.
Talk here today was not of the
Paris conference. 1t was indicated
! that Italy knew it must fail unless
Britain capitulated to italian de-
mands, because Mussolini had said
what he wanted and was deter
mined to stick to it.
In October, Mussolini will have
100000 troops for his East African
army. Not all of them will have de-
parted.
He will have for his home army
100000 men actually in the field
under arms, and in addition he
will have 100000 Fascist Black
Shirts who are ready for a call at
any time.
ManeuverS by 100000 men are To
start this week in greatest secrecy
In contrast to previous maneuyers
news will be supplied only through
communiques.
Mussolini's speech of yesterday
was made to the October % di-
vision of Fascists, soon to sail for
East Africa. The name is the an
niverSary of the Fascist march on
Rome. Mussolini said to the men in
speech at Benvento
Officers, nom commissioned Of
ficerS and men of the October 20
division: Speeches must be ended
in this hour so solemn for you and
so decisive for the nation. Your
commands lie in the very name of
your division. You will march,
crushing any obstacles, until you
have reached the goal which will
be set for you. Are you ready fol
any eventualities?"
Eyes, we are ready, shouted his
auditors.
THE Italian people will preserve
this, your formidable cry, in their
great hearts" said Mussolini.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
PLAN BOAT RACES AT SALTON SEA
National OutbOard Association Willing To Run Them
If Cooperation Given

The FL Centro Chamber of COM
merce has received a communica-
ton from the national outboard
racing commission of the American
Power Boat association, stating that
if the Imperial Valley people de-
sire, a racing course can be staked
out, motorboat racing can be held
at the new Sandy Beach, Salton
Sea, on Armistice day, Monday,
November Il, and the preceding
day. The communication is from
E. G.. Petherick, Pacific coast COM
missioner of the national outboard
racing commission of San Fran
cisco, and followed a contact made
by Manager Robert Hays of the
Ell Centro Chamber of Commerce.
The road to Sandy Beach is well
underway and will completed in
one or two months more, in ample
time for the proposed Armistice
day races. 1t will be necessary to
survey out a course and to place
eight stakes or buoy four on each
end. The official racing course is
one and two-thirds miles long, and
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

the outboard race consists of three
laps, making a total of five miles.
There is probably no sporting
event we could put on here" said
Hays, that would bring us more
publicity than outboard motorboat
racing. Sandy Beach is 40 miles
from Ell Centro and 25 from Braw-
ley. These races attract entrants
from all over the world and would
especially in our case where speed
records undoubtedly will be shat
tered on Salton Sea, 204 feet below
sea level.
"a vast amount of people have
been attracted to Elsinore and to
Coachella valley through motorobat
races held there. We could obtain
similar publicity for Imperial VAL
ley and these races would be the
means of bringing many people in
to Imperial Valley to witness them,
tog e tn er with a considerable
amount of money. At the next
meeting of the junior chamber CT
commerce the matter OF sponsoring
this motorboat event will be urged.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

be flown on to Oklahoma either
tonight or tomorrow.
The big Nhip is capable of flying
227 miles an hour and should reach
Glendale in about seven hours. It
was believed likely refuelling stop
would be made at Medford, Ore,
and possibly San Francisco, al
though Young refused to confirm
or deny the report.
On the northward flight today
Winslow flew the great ship from
San Francisco to Seattle in three
hours and 40 minutes, for a new
record.
Flowers Express Sympathy
Crosson arrived at the airport at
9:l2 after Al minute flight from
Vancouver, B. c.. where he re-
mained overnight after flying a
one-stop hop from Fairbanks, Alas
ka.
During the two and half hour
wait between planes, Coroner Otto
Mittelsadt of King county complet-
ed the task of embalming the bod
les. Preliminary embalming was
done at Point Barrow by DR.. Henry
Griest of the Presbyterian Mission
hospital. At Fairbanks morticians
made more thorough job of it
and their work was completed here
today by Mittelsadt.
There was no ceremony when the
federal plane departed. The air.
port siren which warns of the arriv-
al or departure of all planes, sound
ed. The plane was wheeled from
its hangar, the motors warmed for
a few minutes, and then it glided
into the aiS.
Bodies of the flying companions
were strapped to the walls, one on
each side of the interior of the after
cabin. Between rested about Is or
20 floral pieces presented by Off
cials of Vancouver, B. c., Seattle,
Tacoma and other northwest cit
les.
The ship probably will follow the
regular United AirlineS airway
south and tune in" on United's
radio wave length for signals.
SEATTLE, Aug. 10. U.P) - Joe
Crosson, Alaska flyer, brought the
bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley
Post back to the United States to-
day, landing at Boeing airport at
9:12 a. m.
Crosson flew the funeral plane
Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
FUNERAL PLANE DUE IN LOS ANGELES TONIGHT
4ussolmi's Reply Creates European Crisis
BERLIN HAS
BAD BLAZE

BERLIN, Aug. 10. UP)-Fire
caused by a short circuit tonight
swept the main hall of the expos
ition grounds, where the German
radio exhibition is attracting thou
sands of visitors.
1t was not determined at once
whether any were killed or injured.
The ball was a mass of flames
and the roof collapsed.
A general fire alarm was sound
ed
The hall adjoins the radio tower
on the exposition grounds.
The radio tower restaurant
which is go feet above the ground
was reported in flames. Efforts to
bring the guests to the ground
were hampered by the intense heat
and the flames, famed by a high
wind.
1t was not known how many
guests were in the restaurant but
it was believed there were about
100.
Paul Joseph Goebbels, minister
of propaganda, was on the scene.
The fire spread to two wings of
the main hall and all Berlin fire
apparatus was called out.
Later firemen reached the tower
restaurant and began removing
guests singly. She rescue work was
extremely hazardous with TIL e
wooden walls Of the structure blaz-
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
DR.. MEAD To
VISIT VALLEY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. U.P -
Reclamation Commissioner Elwood
Mead will leave tomorrow for a 40
hour tour of the Pacific coast in
specting reclamation projects.
After a week in San Francisco,
where he will arrive September 8,
he will inspect California's ALL
American canal area, Boulder dam
and projects in Utah, Idaho and
Wyoming. He will return here on
October /.
Members of the Nebraska con-
gressional delegation asked Mead
to stop off to inspect the proposed
site for the states tri-county power
and irrigation project.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Official returns on Imperial
county's vote in the August l3 spe-
cial state election were announced
this morning by the board of super
visors following a canvass made by
the board. In this total were in
cluded 80 absentee ballots received
at the county clerks office with to-
day as the deadline for their re-
turn. The totals:
Votes cast: 1896.
No. l, yes, 449; no, 831.
No. 2, yes, 365; no, 902.
No. 8, yes, 447, no, 1913.
The board discussed a book from
the county library which had been
censured by a Holtville resident
when he found one of his children
reading it. The book was ordered
removed from the library shelves
and destroyed. The county librarian
conferred with the board on the
matter and stated that she had
purchased the volume after reading
several reviews which gave it high
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
PARIS PARLEY
FAILURE MAY
BRING ON WAR
Situation Recognized As Most
Serious Since World War End
ed Seventeen Years Ago
SLIGHT HOPE FOR PEACE
Appeal To II Duce To Alter His
Course Or To English Pressure
Only Chances Left
SLIGHT HOPE FOR PEACE
BY RICHARD ID. MCMILLAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1885, BY United Press)
PARIS, Aug. 19-Europe was
confronted today with its gravest
crisis in the II years since the
World war ended.
Complete unqualified failure of
negotiations by France, Great Brit
ain and Italy to settle the Ethiopian
dispute forced statesmen reluctant
ly and fearfully to envisage the
possibility not only of war between
italy and Ethiopia but of the death
of the League of Nations, of war in
Europe and of outbreaks among the
races of Africa and Asia.
For the moment, hope of avert
ing an Italian-E Ethiopian war was
laid aside, if not abandoned.
Governments of the powers talk
ed not of what to do to stop the
threatened Italian war against Eth
iopia. but of what to do when it
begins
There was not a country, large
or. small, in all Europe whose inter-
ests were not involved, whose lead
course would be best to pursue in
national interest.
A move probably by Great Britain
to remove the general if unofficial
arms embargo imposed against
Ethiopia was expected within the
next few dayS-the first declaration
in effect that if there is war Italy
will be the aggressor.
Three chances for peace remain.
First, Premier Pierre Laval is
considering the advisability of MAX
ing last, earnest appeal to Benito
MusSClini to alter his course for the
good of the world and, in the end,
of Italy.
Secondly, the League of Nations
Council will meet September to
consider the dispute.
Thirdly, if far in the background,
is the chance that Great Britain
may find some way to exert the
tremendous influence of the en-
pire in the interest of peace.
No Alternative Offered
In addition Adolf Hitler of Ger
many has a chance in cooperation
with France or Britain, or both, to
take a stand which might alter the
entire course of events.
MusSolni broke up the three
power negotiations here of France,
Britain and Italy yesterday when
he curtly rejected a French British
plan for peace. In failing to offer
an alternative proposal he left no
basis for talk of anything but war
The three power conference
started Friday. A French-British
plan which would have given Italy
virtual control of Ethiopia through
Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
Young Flyer Quizzed
For Aerial Behavior

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. U.P)-
AL K. Hall, Jr., 10 year old
ace transport pilot, was under in
vestigation by the department of
commerce today for his aerial be-
havior over municipal airport while
testing new west pocket" speed
plane for the national air races.
Defending the pilot. Eddie Allen
baugh, owner of the l16-mile-an-
hour midget plane, explained that
magnetic trouble caused the motor
to fail and "it was a miracle he
didn't crash"
Allenbaugh will leave for Cleve-
land, Ohio, tomorrow, carrying the
tiny ship on an automobile trail
er.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
Supervisors Name
Morrow Director

qualification act, which the court
held unconstitutional. The de-
cisiOn was upheld two weeks ago
today by the state supreme
court.
Kalin was appointed to the ir-
rigation board when Burleigh
Adams, director from the Braw-
ley division, resigned some two
years ago. He was not candi-
date for reelection at the Feb
ruary 6 election.
Morrow has acted as director
since the February election and
action of the supervisors in ap-
pointing him to the office legally,
was expected.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Charles E. Morrow of Brawley
was named this afternoon by the
board of supervisors as director
Of the Imperial Irrigation District
from the Brawley division. Ac-.
ton of the board was taken fol-
lowing receipt of the resignation
of AL Kalin, also of Brawley,
which was accepted by the super
yisOrS.
The procedure was necessitat-
ed by recent decision of the
fourth district court of appeal,
finding the election of February
6, last, at which Morrow was
elected to office, was invalid as
conducted under the property
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
Banking Bill Is
GiUen President

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. U.P)-
Congress completed action on the
banking act and sent the measure
to the White House for the Pres
ident's signature.
The banking bill, which central
ICES federal jurisdiction over cur
rency and credit, was put through
the senate in its final form with
out debate.
The conference report had been
agreed to previously by the house.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
Baseball Scores
BY United Press
NATIONAL LEAGUE

At New York r H f
Cincinnati 001 020 900 o. 3 6 l
New York 100 001 010 l. 4 10 l
Freitas. Brennan and Erickson;
Castleman. E. Moore and Mancuso.
At Philadelphia r H E
Chicago 900 900 020- Q 0
Philadelphia 100 900 600 9 l
Shoun, Carleton, French and
Hartnett; Bowman, Johnson, Davis
and Wilson.
st. Louis at Boston played former
date.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn played
former date.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Phlladelphla 900 001 00l- 2 9
Chicago loo 006 OOx-7 8
Dietrich and Berry; Whitehead
and Sewell.
Boston at st. Louis, postponed,
rain.
At Detroit RHE E
New York .......30l 010 101- 7 16 /
Detroit 900 $40 001- 5 IL 0
Broaca Brown and Dickey; Sor-
rell Hogsett, Sullivan and Hay
worth.
AT Cleveland r H f.
washington 900 201 000- S 13
Cleveland 300 Oil 06x-11 16 /
! Hadley and Holbrook; Stewart,
Lee and Brenzel.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19

Dietrich and Berry; Whitehead
and SeWell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-22
AsBt. ELNLER G.iMALzER

.fDR4tEn 'FreSS F1nancial EulLOr) [.
 New York, April 22-(UP)-. Trading continued active on the stock k.exchanges at the opening to- d&ws1ollowing Saturdays spurt in volume t6.t best level in nearly q year.i Most prices improved frac- I Bfocks of 1000 to 2,0OO shares came outiin the faVorites. Dealings continued large in the early trad ing.
 Automobile equipments were again heavily traded. Oils were in demand and so were electrical equipments. In the latter Westing- house Electric made a new high for the year at AZ up 3-4 after opening 2,000 shares at Al 3-4.
 General motors opened at 2,500 shares at 31 7-8 up 3-S; Chrysler 2,5O0 shares at 3S 7-S up IA and Auburn Auto 21 3-4 up 3-4. Mur- ray Corporation in the motor equipments opened 2,000 shares at 9 1-8 up IA; Houdaille Hershey .2,500 at IA 7-S up Is and a new high for the year.
 Oils were active around the pre- vious close. Utilities made small
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-22
TURNER'S ATTEND
 MERIDEN FARLEY
Twenty Local Members Guests at Annual Gym
 Meet Saturday Night

Waterbury Turner's sent a dele- gation of twenty members as rep resentatives of the local gymna- tic society to Meriden Saturday night as guests of the Meriden Turn Verein at their annual gym nastic meet.
 The exhibition was given by the gymnasts of Meriden assisted by group of National A. A. IL. champions and five representatives of the United States Olympic team at the last Olympics. Added fea- lures were songs by the Merider Singing societies, In their first public appearance they will sing 1t the Sangerfest here Cn June 22d. are now being made to have these performers give al exhibition of their skill in Water- bury some time in May.
 Those representing Waterbury were:
 Carl Kiossling, Attorneys Emil Hummel and Albert Iiummel, of ficial representatives of the Turn Verein Vorvaerts, William Kult- zowphy, Director Joseph DeMaria, Ernest Deschenes, Frederick F. Weidorn, Eric Schmeer, 'Ialter Schmeer, William Schaeffer, Emil Gaugler Anton Ruegg, Albert Kicssling, John Lahr, Charles Hoe bel, Olive Belotti, Anita Begnal, Margaret Weidorn, Conrad TaubHr, Edward Japs and Adolph Bender.