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Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-19
SANTA ANITA
RACE RESULTS

SANTA ANITA TRACK, Jan. 18
Especial of yesterdays
races, weather clear, track fast.
FIRST-$800, The Pleasanton, q
year-old maiden California foals,
three furlongs.
Blaze Home, 113
(Woolf) ............. 4.40 800 3.2O
Margaret O,Neil, ia
(Groos) .........,..... $50 700
Roxana s., 113
(Burns) ................ 800
Time, IA 3-5. Morclass, Shasta
land, Ora, Amalthea, Gold Return,
Barnsley, Sue Grafton, Bistourian,
Howden and Penrith also ran.
SECOND-$800 claiming maiden
3-year- -olds, six furlongs.
Miss Moo, 1051A
(CouccD .......... $50 800 800
Strolling Miss, 103
(Wielander) ....... 4.20 $50
Aksala, 108
(Jesse) .................. 1910
Time, liza 2-5. Grand Opera,
Spicy Life, Good Effort, Dormido,
Scarlet Sun, Rhythm Gal, Tan
foran, Magenta and Clickatat also
ran.
THIRD-$800, claiming, 4-year-
olds and upwards, seven furlongs.
The Bailiff, ll2
(WeStrope) 49,. 7.60 4.40 400
Lady Seth, 103
(King) .................... $50 420
Drastic Rose, 107
Gray ............:... $50
Time, 1:25 l-5. Tro Tricks, Frit-
ter Circle, Mucker, Loonie, Moroi,
| Cloisters Dream. Hogans Dance,
Lady Tournament and Chur also
ran.
FOURTH-$800 Grade D Handi-
cap. 3-year-olds and upwards,
seven furlongs.
Gallaclay, 1857
(CouccD ............ $50 $40 $50
AL Jolson, LOG
(Smith) ................ 800 $50
Bal Ele, LOG
| (Mauro) .............. $50
Time, 1:25 2-5 Bubbling Mate,
| Terrain, Belle Grier, Straight
Jacket, Camp;llo, Drombo, Laugh
ing Queen, Prince Pest and Kitty
Sue also ran.
FIFTH-$800, claiming 4-year-
olds and upwards, six furlongs.
Ina Count, Ill
(Albrecht) .......... 1920 $40 $40
Carisbrooke, ITO
CRay) ................... 400 $40
Madwind, 100
(Saunders) .......... $50
Time, IL As. Hueu, Risky Miss,
Miss Purray and Rubin also ran.
SIXTH-$1, 900, The Huntington
Park Handicap, l l-8 miles.
Big Beau, 108
(CouccD ............ 440 $40 2.30
Sweeping Light, 109
CHaas) .........,....... 800 $50
Frank Ormont, Ill
CHarbort) ............ 2.60
Time, Isl (new track record e..
Mad Trump, Mr.. Joe and Pompo-
sity also ran.
SEVENTH-$800, claiming, A.
year-olds and upwards, / 1-8 miles
Judge Lueders, lot
(Gray) .................. 1920 $50 4.40
Mopeco, Ill
(Colpitts) ............ 4.8O 400
Ancelot, ITO
(CouccD ..,........... 4.6O
Time, 1853 2-5. The Whip
Crystal Prince, Fair Billy, Hyman,
Afridi, Amscray, Puako, Jake Mil
Ter and Spud also ran.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-19
ZURITA WINNER

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10 U,D -
Juan zurita, Mexican feather
weight. scored a repeat win over
Gene Espinosa, Manila, last night
when he trounced him decisively
in 10 rounds at the Legion stadium.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-19
AZTECS BEAT LA VERNE

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 10. WP)-San
Diego State college opened defense
of it's Southern California confer
ence basketball title last night by
defeating La Verne in the first OF
two-game series, "a to 27. They
meet again tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-19

The California turkey growers as
sociation paid its members % cents
a pound net for Thanksgiving biz DIS.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-19

Oregon produces an average OF
2, 100000 pounds of honey annually
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
NUD|S|N COSTLY.
To TEACHER

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. 16.-Al.
fred Bennetch, ousted teacher Ct
the Pleasant Retreat School in
West Cocalico township, yesterday
last his suit to recover a years
salary from the school directors
of that district.
The jury decided in favor Of
the school directors, the defend
ants.
Mr.. Bennetch was dismissed
after his attempt to establish a
nudist colony in northern Lam
caster county in the summer Of
1888.
The former teacher brought
suit because of an alleged broken
contract. He contended that his
plans for the colony did not i'm.
pair his ability to teach and that
the school boards action in dis
missing him was a breach of
faith
He asked for his yearly salary
of $500. minus $40 which he said
he was able to earn during the
year.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Ex-GovernorS in Senate
Approve Death Sentence

A majority of the former gov
ernors in the Senate would let
Bruno Richard Hauptmann die in
the electric chair in the belief he
was fairly convicted of the kidnap-
killing of the Lindbergh baby, a
poll by International News Service
disclosed today.
Two former governors-SenatorS
Lynn j. Frazier CRD of North
Dakota, and w. j. BuloW CD Of
South Dakota would commute the
death penalty to life imprison-
ment, but only because they con-
scientiously oppose capital punish
ment. Eight others declared for
the death penalty. '''
Several former governors shared
the opinion of Senator William E.
Borah (RD of Idaho that Haupt-
mann had confederates in the
kidnapping and that the case is
only partially solved These ex-
governors, however, declared this
was no reason for committing
Hauptmann's death sentence.
The opinions of the Senate's ex-
governor circle follow:
For Communication of Death Penalty
Senator Lynn J. Frazier:
I'VE have no capital punish
ment law in North Dakota. /
am opposed to capital punish
ment. Under the circumstances,
If we're the governor and had
the power, / would commute the
death sentence to life impriSOn-
ment."
Senator William ]. Bulow:
81 vetoed a capital punish.
ment bill while Governor of
South Dakota. I'm funda-
mentally opposed to capital pun
ishment. For that reason, 1
would commute the sentence Of
DEATH"
Against Communication of Death
Penalty
Senator Arthur Capper (R.) of
Kansas:
II don't think I'd interfere
with that verdict. 1t seems to
me the State made a very
strong showing of guilt. There
is no doubt others were involved
in the crime, but Hauptmann
appears to have been the ring
leader. would let the verdict
Of the jury stand"
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher
CD of Florida:
"If Hauptmann is guilty of
the most uncOnSciOnable crime
in all history, we should be pun
ished according to law. The
jury found him guilty after q
fair trial. He Is not entitled to
! clemency. OF course, he may
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
World News
GERMANY

OEnN1ANX
LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb. Is.
The 250th anniversary of the birth
Of Johann Sebastian Bach will be
celebrated in a national festival
from June Is to "a here, Bach's
native city. The program for the
festival will include a presentation
Of st. Matthew Passion Music of
Bach in st. Thomas Church and
play. entitled The Precentor Of
st. Thomas" depicting the life OF
Bach in Leipzig.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Feb. IS G.N.SO.
The second international chess
contest to be held in Soviet Rus
sia opened here today in the
Museum of Plastic Arts, known
formerly as the Museum Of Alex
ander Sd and having only $500
seats to offer to a lucky few of
the 10000 chess enthusiasts who
formally applied for admission.
Eight foreign m terS were
lined up against the best IL chess
players of Russia. They include
Jose Capablanca. Of Cuba, and DR..
Emanuel Lasker. a German epnigre
both former world champions.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
MACON KNOWN
To Be EFAULTY,
SAYS EXPERT
Navy Filler TeStifieS Fins OF
Giant Ship Weak; Repairs
Requested

ABOARD U. S. S. TENNESSEE,
AT SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16
lIN.SD Additional test m mony
concerning the fatal defects in
the U. S. S. Macon were to be
poured into the record today be-
fore a Navy board of inquiry, con.
vened aboard the battleShip Ten.
nessee to ascertain why the Queen
of the Skies was destroyed off the
California coast with the loss of
two Of her crew.
Lieut.. C. M. Bolster, an &C.
knowledged expert on dirigibles,
was to be recalled for further
questioning on his allegation that
the Macon was known to be struc.
turally deficient before she took
off on her last flight-a defici.
ency that landed her in an ocean
grave and probably was the same
that caused her sister-ship, the
Akron, to crack up over the At.
lantic with a frightful toll Of
death.
Says Fins Weak
Lieutenant Bolster, who was on
the Macon, startled his auditors
by calmly stating that a vital
part of the Ship-the fins-lacked
strength to Withstand any undue
strain.
The Macon's huge fins, like the
fins of a fish, extended from her
stern, one up, one down and one
on either side. The fins were Sc
cured fast to the hull, but at the
rear end of each was a movable
part, called a rudder, which en-
abled the ship to fly up or down
or to either side.
Three witnesses preceding Lieu.
tenant Bolster testified that the
top fin ripped off, smashing up
the stern with its control cables
and buoyancy giving gas cells
all in comparatively mild Squall,
wind that Lieut.. Comdr. H. V.
Wiley. the Macon's skipper, said
was "of no concern" He said:
"The loss of the Macon was
due to the failure of the struc-
ture-either to the fins them
selves or at their points Of at.
taGhment to the hull"
ASKED REPAIRS
Then he told that he was so
concerned" that he wrote the Bu-
reau of Aeronautics of the Navy
Department. asking that the fins
be strengthened. He added:
Materials were sent to Sun
nyvale (the MacOn's basel, but
with orders to make the rein
fOrcements at times so as not
to interfere with the ships
scheduled flights.
The port fin had been rein
forced, but the top fin had not"
The top fin was what sent the
Macon to the bottom of the Pa.
cific.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

have had help in committing
the crime, but that doesn't
change his guilt"
Senator John G. Townsend
jr. (RD, of Delaware:
Convinced as / am that
Hauptmann is guilty Of the
worst crime ever committed
within my knowledge. believe
he should pay the penalty Of
DEATH"
AS AN ACCESSORY
Senator Richard B. Russell
CDDof Georgia:
From the little knowledge
have Of the case, l would not
commute the death sentence"
Senator Robert D. Carey (R.)
of Wyoming:
Having read a summary of
the evidence. there is no ques-
ton in my mind that the State
proved his guilt. 1t would
make no difference If he had
cOnfederateS. because he would
be equally guilty as an acces-
sorry"
Others we're Senators Norbecl
(R0 of South Dakota. Bachmar
CD of Tennessee and Tram
nell CD of Florida.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
D|ONNES CLICK
ON STAGE TOUR

DETROIT, Feb. Is G.N.SD.
Papa and Mama Dionne. parents
of the world famous Canadian
quintuplets, are learning what
"five-a-day' means in the show
world.
For the couple, who until eight
days ago had never seen a stage
show, are making personal appear
ances at a movie house here that
many times between noon and
midnight each day. They occupy
dressing room 3l-the room which
in the past few years has shell
tered such stars as Ben Bernie,
Amos n Andy, Walter Winchell,
Lupe VAz. and dozens of others.
Papa Dionne said:
Were not actors. We aren't
trying to be-"
He held Mama Dionne's hand.
But they turned out to be good
troupers. Dancing girls, head
liners, tap dancers and musicians
crowded in the wings to see the
famous couple meet their audi
ence.
They did it simply, the audi
ence took them to their hearts.
AS soon as each performance is
over they rush back to their
dressing room to re-read the lat
est daily telegram from DR.. Allan
Roy Dafoe, who watches over the
"quints" at Callandar, Ont.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
GRAF 7 ST. TORY
RETRACTED
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some other purpose in asking
me to join them"
Mr.. Cairns admitted also that
two airplanes which he had hoped
to sell to the Navy had crashed
in their test flights, and that in
one of the crashes the pilot had
been killed. In explanation, he
said he was i'll on the day of this
crash and in consequence had not
tested the plane himself.
Denies Complex
Asked concerning a conversation
which naval officers had said oc-
Cured on the Norfolk boat, in
which he was said to have denied
accusing Commander Weyerbacher
before the House committee and
expressed regret that his teSti-
mony had been so construed, he
declared that he could not remem-
Der what he had said.
Major Leonard asked:
Don't you think you have
complex about this whole buSi.
ness? You think, don't you,
that the big companies get all
the contracts and that you are
being plotted or Disseminated
againSt?"
Mr.. Cairns denied this, but
acknowledged that he thought
the procurement system should be
changed, and that his company
had not been given a fair chance
to sell its product to the Navy.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
SEES K|DNAP INC
CONFESSION
BY sgd BOEHM

TRENTON, Feb. 16 GN.S.)
within two weeks after he
gets here Bruno Hauptmann
will have confessed"
Col. George Selby, principal
keeper of the States prison, mads
this sensational promise in a talk
with this reporter.
Absolutely confident he will &C
complish what a hundred trained
police officers and lawyers were
unable to do, Colonel Selby eager
ly awaited the arrival of his
notorious prisoner.
"Comradely kindness" is to be
the weapon with which he ex
poets to soften this man Of
granite so he will talk. Colone1
Selby said:
"He just hasn't been in the
right environment and hasn't
been handled right. He'll talk
here all right. There's no
doubt about it.
"We've had a lot harder
bunch of men come here and
talk before they took that last
trip. We've been able to save
many of them from the chair
because they did talk.
"The first day Hauptmann
is settled 1 will visit him and
talk about our Army lives. I'll
tell him / always had the
highest respect for the capa-
bilitieS Of the German army.
l won't try to reach inside of
him that first day, or even the
first week.
II am merely going to prepare
the way for a man 1 have in
mind who can make anyone he
has ever met break and talk. 1
won't give you his name. He
wouldn't like that.
"The environment - being
tossed in this compact death.
house with men who are also
about to die-wilI soften him
up. 1t seems to make them all
penitent sooner or later.
"A few days after this man
starts his campaign with Haupt.
mann we'll have a full confes.
sion.
Throughout the arrest and
the trial he kept thinking talk
ing wouldn't do any good-that
he still had a chance. Once he
gets here and looks around, he'll
know there is no chance left for
anything this side of He'll. He'll
talk"
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
STRAUB WIDOW
OU|ZZED AGAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. 16 GNSO
An early solution in the mystery
murder of Louis K. Straub at the
ultra-fashionable Saddle and Cycle
Club. February 2, was promised
today as police and prosecutors
questioned the widow, Mrs. Melba
Straub and four others suddenly
taken into custody.
Police announced that a mar
ried man.. described as an ad-
miler of Mrs. Straub, was sought
as the suspected slayer after she
admitted selling him a pistol
similar to the one with which
Straub was shot to death in the
darkened club basement.
The widow sold the gun on Oc-
tobe" /, she told questioners, add
ing that she purchased the weapon
on the same day from her father,
Harry Springer, when he told her
he needed the money. Authorities
declined to reveal the gun pur-
chaser's identity.
Mrs. Straub. previously ques-
toned and released after being in
custody for four days, was ques.
toned throughout the night at a
secluded hotel.
Information that Springer had
sold the gun to his daughter
caused the sudden furry of police
activity. The widows parents
were taken in custody as were
Mrs. Ellen Billie" Edlin. close
friend of Mrs. Straub; another
woman, and Kenneth Colling, cab
driver, who said he drove an ex.
cited woman to the club at about
the time Straub was slain.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
SENATORS HAZE
TOWNSEND ON
PENS|ONPLAN
Doctor Somewhat Dismayed
BY Barrage of Questions
Fired During Hearing
Interna tIOnal News Service

Interna tIOnal News Service
The elderly and benign DR.. F.. E
Townsend explained his now IA
nous $200-a-month old-age-pension
plan to skeptical Senate Finance
Committee and had rather a tough
time Of it.
The Californian was given free
rein to explain the workings OF
the plan and was rarely inter,
rupted. When he had concluded
his explanation he seemed dis,
mayed at the barrage of questions
fired at him.
All persons so years Of age
and over would receive a pen.
sion of 5000 every month from
the Government, providing the
money was all spent within the
3O-day period, under the proposal
of DR.. Townsend.
Harrison Angry
Senator Pat Harrison CD of
Mississippi led the attack on the
proposal. Previously he refused
to be photographed shaking
hands with the author, saying
angrily:
II don't want to advertise
the Townsend plan"
The Mississippi Senator started
when DR.. Townsend had con-
cluded, by charging that the pen.
sion plan would weaken the
financial structure of the nation.
He said:
"No one would save any
money"
The witness retorted:
They wouldn't have to. They
would be assured Of money from
the Treasury and their spend
ing would keep business going"
Senator Harrison then wanted
to know just what the doctor
meant when he provided that the
pension would have to be spent
each month on commodities or
services"
Crap Not Included
"WOuld shooting crap with a
half-dOzen other fellows be con-
Sidered services under your
prOposal?"
II should say not"
Senator Barkley CD of Ken
lucky asked:
would the purchase of dice
constitute an expenditure for
cOmmOdities?"
DR.. Townsend thought a min
ute. then said:
"Well, 1 guess it would"
At this point DR.. Townsend
switched to further explanation
of his plan and said that it would
not only benefit the little busi-
ness man but the big business
man as well. He said:
"The purchasing power Of the
pension money will double the
amount of business of the
smaller manufacturer and mer-
chant and help the large cor
poratiOnS, like the railroads and
the automobile manufacturer.
1T will double the business of
the railroads, thaw out credit
and bring them up out of the
red, and will allow thousands
of people to purchase cars who
have never owned one before"
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Lindbergh Invited
To Attend Execution

TRENTON, NJ. U.S.). Feb. 16.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will
have the opportunity to witness
the electrocution of Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann, it was learned
today.
Colonel Lindbergh will be invited
to be an official witness" at the
execution If he cares to" by
Major Mark o. Kimberling, newly
appointed warden, it was said al
the State prison.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

scowled at the reporter and said:
"If / had anything to confess
and 1 haven't would have
done it five months ago"
Prisoners were peering out the
barred windows of the Jail. On
Main Street and Court Street.
many people had congregated and
they watched the scene with keen
interest.
The authorities thought the
photographers had taken enough
pictures and off the troopers
started with Hauptmann to a
waiting automobile.
Sheriff Relieved
The three cars made up the Off
cial encourage to the State prison
where Hartmann will be kept un-
til he goes to the electric chair
the week of March 1S next-un-
less the appeal his attorneys will
take is successful.
Hauptmann has been in the
Pennington jail since October 10.
Sheriff Curtiss said he was glad
to be taking Hauptmann away as
it lifted E. load off his mind. He
said:
Il will breathe easier when 1
have turned him over at Tren-
tom"
Hauptmann was placed in "car
No. 2" This automobile was pre-
ceded by a car filled with troopers
and followed by another car carry
ing another detail of troopers.
No Demonstration
A dozen cars containing news
papermen and photographers fol-
lowed.
There was no demonstration as
the encourage left Flemington.
The crowds just stood and
watched.
Along the way from Pennington
to Trenton were stationed troop
erS at intervals of a mile or so.
Every precaution was taken to see
that the trip was made without
incident. The cars proceeded at
moderate speed.
During HauptmannS 23-mile
ride from Pennington, he passed
within two miles of the former
Lindbergh home near Hopewell
where the Lindbergh baby was
kidnapped and slain on the gusty
night of March l, 1882.
AS he prepared to leave the Jail
today Hauptmann seemed bucked
up somewhat by his appearance
before neWsreel cameras in his cell
late yesterday. The experience
pleased him. according to the
cameramen. 1t was the first time
he had posed before the sound
cameras and he took to it like
Hollywood aspirant.
After declaring his innocence of
any part of the crime for which
he was convicted. he made an ap-
peal to the public for funds to help
fight an appeal as the camera
men trained their lenses on him.
Meantime Governor Harold G.
Hoffman was preparing to answer
a cablegram he received in Tren-
ton late yesterday from Haupt
mann's aged mother in Germany.
The cablegram read:
"As mother of Bruno Richard
HauptmaLn, l implOre the gov.
ernOr to soften the hard judR.
ment and to keep alive for me,
a 7O-year-Old woman, my son. 1
lost my husband and two sons in
the war"
The governor said:
II can only explain to her
that the procedure is to appeal
tis the court of errors and ap-
peals. which l understand is to
be done. After that the case
will have to come before me as
a member of the court Of par
.dOnS."
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Hauptmann'S Wife
Near Breaking Point

NEW YORK. Feb. IS (U.sD.
After a Sleepless night, Mrs.
Anna Hauptmann was under the
care of a trained nurse today,
her anxiety-ridden nerves close to
the breaking point.
Temporarily Mrs. Hauptmanu
is at the home of relatives, Mr..
and Ms. Hans Muller, of The
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
WHIPPING BANNED

WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 16.
Public whippings of criminals will
be banned if a bill introduced
here is passed. Indications were
that the bill will be rushed
through and would receive the
Governors approval. Whippings
have been public in Delaware
since early in the Seventeenth
Century.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
DOCTOR ROBBED

Thieves who smashed the lock
Of a parked automobile in the 200
block of o st. N. W.. early today,
stole surgical instruments valued
at $65. DR.. William A. Tolson.
900 block Of Third. St. N. W.,
owner of 1.-The car, reported the
loss.