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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
HOUSE PASSES
PATMAN BILL
Bonus Measure Now Goes To
Senate Following Approval
This Morning

WASHINGTON, March %. W.p)-
The house passed by q one-sided
vote today the $2,OOo,O00,o00 Pat
man inflation-bonus bill. The vote
was 318 to 90. The bill now goes
to the senate.
Passage came as the climax to
a desperate last minute drive OF
anti-inflation bonus blocs to Shelve
the controversial measure and pass
the Vinson American Legion bill,
The initiation proposal won by only
three votes, 207 to 204.
A cheering, shouting house greet
ed passage of the Patman bill,
which in two previous sessions had
won house approval only to be
killed in the senate.
The bill provides for immediate
payment of the adjusted service
certificates in "new money" and
carries a provision designed to act
as brake on unbridled initiation
Veterans would receive the 1945
cash value of their certificates
minus loans they have made.
The same bill, in slightly different
form, passed the house in June
1892 by a vote of 211 to 176 and
in March 1884, by vote of 295 to
1876.
Immediately after passage of the
bill James E. Van Zandt, COM
mander- r-in-chief of the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, said:
"We are overjoyed and deeply
grateful.
"The Veterans OF Foreign Wars
America IS overseas men, have LED
the veterans fight for the passage
of the Patman bill in the belief
that it not only will pay the ad.
justed service certificates immedi-
ately in cash, but will not increase
in any way our national debt.
"The bill will now go to the SEN
ate for action.
"We hope that all other veteran
organizations will now join us in
presenting a united front to the
senate for support of this bilI'
Some administration leaders be-
lieve a two-thirds majority neces-
sary to override a presidential veto
would be doubtful in the senate.
Only Representative Ford of the
Southern California delegation vot-
ed against the bill. Those casting
affirmative votes included Stubbs
McGroarty, Hoeppel, Kramer, Co.'S
tello, Dockweiler, Scott, Collins and
Burnham.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
DISTRICT POWER PLAN ATTACKED
Nev-Cal Attorney Says Program Will Bankrupt
Local Land Owners

LOS ANGELES, March %. W.P)-
After Federal Judge Harry H. Holl-
ger withheld temporarily his ruling
on question of federal jurisdiction,
attorneys for the Nev-Cal Electric
Securities company today launched
an attack on plans of the Imperial
Irrigation District to build a large
power generating and distributing
plant at Brawley.
Describing the state act empow-
ering the district to construct such
projects as unconstitutional, At
torney Robert P. Murphy, repre-
senting the plaintiffs said the prof.
ect would "put insurmountable en-
cumbrances on an already bank
rupt district -
"T'his project, for which a $12,-
100000 government loan has been
solicited. would furnish three to
four times the power necessary for
the district even If it destroys the
existing utility, (the Southern ST.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
LETTUCE SHIPMENTS CONTINUING
Arrival Of Spring Fails To Put Halt To Valleys
Winter Crop

Spring is really here because the
desert tortoise are coming out,
according to county resident who
called at the agricultural commits
sioner's office this morning.
Another sure proof of spring, &C
cording to still another resident, is
that the mesquite trees are begin
ming to turn green.
Despite all these signs Of spring,
the season is later this year as evi-
denced by the lettuce shipments. On
March 20 the valley shipped % cars
of lettuce this year, and last year
had shipped none for three days by
the same date. The last shipment OF
% cars in the spring of 1884 took
place on March IL. Only one day,
according to figures at the agricul-
tural commissioners office, this sea-
son, did shipments reach the pro-
rate limit of so cars per day. On
February IL, 152 cars were shipped
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
PRESIDENT ASKS TIGHTENING UP
ONFOOD AND DRUG REGULATIONS
Wishes Congress To Compel Chiselers And Evaders
To Be Honest In Advertising And
Dealing With Public

WASHINGTON, March 20. W.P)-
President Roosevelt today asked for
legislation to compel minority of
evaders and chiselers among food
and drug manufacturers to deal
honestly with the public.
He recommended legislation to
extend federal regulation to food
and drug advertising in addition to
the control of labels now in effect.
"No honest enterpriser need
fear,' said Mr.. Roosevelt, "that
because of the passage of such a
measure he will be unfairly treat
ed.o
"He would be asked to do no
more than he now holds himself
out to do,' the President said.
The message asked, specifically,
for:
1. Control over food and drug
advertising.
2. Protection TO the cosmetic
trade,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
ROAD DUNIFICATIONPLAN BECOMES
OUTSTANDING DISPUTE AT CAPITAL

finance committee of the San Fran
cisco board of supervisors, vehe-
mently spoke against unification.
Supporters Claim Saving
Supporters of the unification
plan. headed by Senator George
Biggar, Assemblyman Charles W..
Stream, Supervisor Ed Hastings of
San Diego and Fred Grumm, engi-
neer Of surveys and plans, division
of highways, gave the following
outstanding arguments in favor of
the program:
Unification would save property
taxpayers from $16,000,000 to $24,-
100000 biennially by eliminating
county road taxes; eliminate dupli-
cation of highway activities; GEN.
tralize government of highways;
result in better roads generally;
give cities one-half instead of one
fourth cent as their share of the
gax tan; permit adequate main
tenance of all county roads for
$10,000,000 annually whereas $l9,-
100000 was spent during the cur
rent year; increase the general
quality of the work.
Opponents claimed the bill would
rob the counties of self-government;
establish a powerful state political
machine; stop highway construc-
ton; prevent improvement of i'm
portant highways to highest stan
dards; fail to save money; result
in neglect to country roads used
only by few farmers; set up a
bureaucratic system of remote con-
trOl
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
O|STR|CTF|LES
DEMURRERS IN
PAIR Of SUITS

Demurrers to two suits brought
against the irrigation district were
filed by the district legal depart
ment in superior court yesterday
afternoon.
The first of these is against the
action brought by Richard E. Stu
art who asked damages of $4,000,
naming the city of Holtville and
the district as defendants, for the
death of his son, Arthur Stuart, in
Holtville on August Of last year.
Stuart was killed in the explosion
of an air compressor while drill
ing for well at the Holtville wa
ter plant. The compressor had
been loaned to the city by the dis
trict.
This demurrer alleges that the
complaint IN this case is indefinite
and uncertain in that 1t cannot be
ascertained therefrom what act or
commission in connection with the
use of the compressor constitutes
any negligence or carelessness on
the part of the defendant irrigation
district.
The second demurrer is to the
amended complaint of the South
ern Sierras company in local supe-
rior court which seeks to prevent
the furnishing of a standby power
plant in Brawley by the district.
The demurrer claims that this
complaint is indefinite and uncer-
tain relative to the alleged con-
tract for the installation of the nee
essary machinery in this standby
power plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
BY GEORGE E. HELMER
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO March 22.-Gov
Frank F. Merriam IS recommends
tion to place all county roads in
the state highway system became
a formal, outstanding controversial
legislative subject today after sup
porters and opponents had been
given an opportunity to present
their cases TO senate and assembly
committees handling the measure.
Five hours Of pro and con argu-
ments gave the committee members
a variety of reasons why the Cali
fornia government should or should
not undertake to handle $4,000
miles of county roads in addition
to the $4,000 miles of state high
ways.
Until today, county boards of
supervisors appeared to form the
major group opposing the measure
ON the basic ground that 1t de-
prived the people of local govern
ment in regard to roads. But the
supervisors now are supported by
the state chamber of commerce,
the California State Automobile. as
sociation, the Redwood Empire, the
state farm bureau federation and
other county and city officials and
organizations in their fight to re-
tain control of local roads.
An audience of more than 500
obviously opposing the highway un-
ification program, cheered when
Andrew Gallagher. chairman of the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22

/, erras Power company" Murphy
said.
"It is not within reason to sell
three-fourths of the power out of
the district as contemplated, to
such towns as San Diego, for in
stance.
IF this plan is put through it
will bankrupt land owners in the
district. The district is already
sadly encountered and we won't be
able even to get our irrigation wat
er.
"Where improvements are paid
for by special assessment. 1t should
be mandatory to show that mutual
benefit is to be derived, the same
as is done in municipal enterprises
that are supported by taxation
Judge Hollzer said he would rule
on the question of jurisdiction after
arguments had been completed in
the case, which is to be resumed
this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22

j. B. Norton, plant pathologist in
the agricultural commissioner Of
flee, has arranged some interesting
statistics showing that in spite of
the enormous increase in lettuce
acreage in Yuma. Arizona, due to
the valley water shortage. the ac-
tual shipments of lettuce from Yp-
ma and the valley combined, were
almost 1000 cars short Of last years
total.
In the l933-34 season Yuma ship
ped 1160 cars of lettuce from De-
cember to March 20. This year the
total shipments for the same period
amounted to 3,058 cars.
Valley shipments for the same
period last year totalled 1871 cars,
and for this year. only 5000 cars.
Totals for both districts last sea-
son was 9431 cars, and for this sea-
son, 1861. these figures including all
shipments from the first ones in
December to March 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
McIuer-Barry Take Step To Retain Offices
Educators To Meet
Sunday At BralOley

Brawley will be headquarters
Saturday for the meeting of the
San Diego and Imperial counties
secondary school principals asso-
citation.
This meeting will begin at 10 a.
m. in the Brawley high school and
will open with a panel discussion
on ITO What Extent is the High
School Responsible for Education
for All YOUTH" Speakers will be
John Aselton, j. w. Lawson, and
George R. McIntire, the latter be-
ing at one time a member of the
Brawley school system.
Luncheon will be served at noon
by the high school girls and speak
er at the noon hour will be w.
Harold Kingsley of the California
Teachers association who will talk
on educational legislation.
In the afternoon discussion will
be conducted on educational and
administrative problems.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
JOHNSON WILL
BE HEARD BY
FARM BUREAU

Alex johnson, executive secre-
tary of the California Farm Bureau
federation will be principal speaker
at the regional meeting to be held
in Holtville tomorrow, March %.
Farm bureau members from the
five southern counties comprising
Region 1, Imperial, San Diego,
Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,
will meet at 10 a. m. in the Holt
vile high school.
At noon the women of Eastside-
Sunset farm home department will
serve luncheon and reservations
should be made either with center
chairmen, with Mrs. r. B. Harmon
of Holtville, or with Scott B.
Foulds, farm bureau secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
PRISON TERMS
SET FOR TRIO
ARRESTED HERE

Theft of cigarholder, knife and
1925 in cash brought four years in
the state prison to three former
Imperial Valley Negroes according
to information received at the coun-
ty clerk IS office this morning. The
three men, Frank Holland, E. M.
Johnson, and Arthur Wright, were
committed to San Quentin from
this county on January 90, 1884,
and the notice of determination of
sentence by the state prison board
was received today.
Complaint against the three men
was brought on December 10, 1888,
by Emmett Walter, another Negro,
who charged that they had held
him up on a Calexico street and
robbed him of the cigarholder,
knife and cash. According to rec
ords kept at the court house the
three defendants were well known
in police circles in different parts
of the country previous to the rob-
berry here.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
Veteran Stage And
Screen Actor Dies

HOLLYWOOD, March %. tUD -
William Conklin, SO, veteran stage
and screen actor, died at his home
here last night following an apo
pleptic stroke.
Conklin deserted the New York
stage in 1915 and came to Holly
wood where he played in pictures
until 1923 when he became assist
ant to Charles Miller, local head of
Actors Equity. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Blanche Conklin.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
Baron Conuicted
OF Grand Theft

LOS ANGELES, March %. W.n)--
Carl Willinger. alias Baron" Carl
Van Badentllal, stood convicted to-
day of charge of grand theft un-
der a jury verdict returned late
yesterday in Superior Judge Thomas
p. Whites court.
He will be sentenced Tuesday.
Willinger was convicted on the
charge of obtaining $1,000 from John
Schleifer. Huntington Park auto
dealer, on the claim that he owned
q 107-karat diamond.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
ME Ro7~<.
. 1885. NeHaaeht Syndicate. InA
LONG FLAYED
BY ROBINSON
Senate Leader Condemns His
Share Wealth Program And
Townsend Plan

NEW YORK, March %. W.n)-De-
ceit and duplicity were added
charges today against Huey P. Long
and his "share-the-w wealth" pro-
gram
Joseph T. Robinson, senate ma
jority leader, challenged the Louisi-
ana senator to reduce his PROPOSE
ton to legislative form, saying he
would encounter difficulties $50
great as to appear insurmountable. !"
Long, he said, was trying to send
the people ION chase after bag
of gold at the ralabow's end"
Robinson warned against schemes
requiring fantastic expenditures and
assailed inflationists. Only in times
of emergency, he argued, should
governmental expenses exceed re-
venue.
Robinson believes Longs program
is fundamentally Communistic. He
said it would:
l. Break up major industries.
2. Destroy growing concerns.
3. Increase unemployment.
The Townsend old-age pension
proposal was called wild scheme"
costing upward of $4,000, ,000, 900
annually and, like the "share-the-
wealth" program, inconsistent with
reason.
The 2 per cent tax on business
transaction to defray cost of the
pension plan would paralyze all
business or reduce 1t to such proper
tions that the revenue derived
would diminish to the vanishing
point, he said.
Many believed Robinson, because
of his official position, was giving
the administration views on the
Long ana townsend plans.
NEW ORLEANS, March 20. U.nO
-Huey P. Long today studied the
reactions of the home folks to last
nights radio address in which he
contrasted the present Roosevelt
Follies' to the "ziegfeld Follies of
the good old days"
The kingfish devoted the major
ity of his speech to attacking "lo-
cal Skunks and rats" who opposed
his dictatorship, but by no means
neglected villifying the new deal
in general and the President and
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley in particular.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
SERA Field Agent
Expected On Visit

L. H. Lewis. SERA field repre-
sentative for the sixth district rs
expected to arrive In El Centre
this afternoon for a conference
with local SERA officials 10 Is
further expected that Lewis win call
a meeting of the newly appointed
county emergency relief committee
tonight to outline their work for
the year.
Members OF this committee are.
Frank Hewitt, Brawley, Mrs. ,. =.
Warmer, Brawley, M. ), powd. n
Centre, DR.. T. Z. Bartholomew. Cali
exico and Sam Webb, Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22

8. A system of inspection and
enforcement.
OF his plan, the President said:
cit would merely make certain
that those who are less Scrupulous
than 1 know most of our producers
to be, cannot force their more hon.
est competitors into dishonorable
ways.
Urges Honesty
LIVERY enterprise in the United
States should be able to adhere to
the simple principle of honesty
without fear of penalty on that ac-
count. Honesty ought to be the
best policy.
"In one field of endeavor there
is an obvious means to this end
which has been too long neglected:
"The setting up and careful en-
forcement of standards of identity
and quality for the foods we eat
and the drugs we use, together with
the strict exclusion from our mar
kets of harmful or adulterated pro-
ducts.
"The great majority of those
engaged in the trade in food and
drugs do not need regulation. They
observe the spirit as well as the
letter of existing law.
"Present legislation ought to be
directed primarily toward small
minority of evaders and chiselers
At the same time, even-handed
regulations will not only outlaw the
| bad practices of the few but will
also protect the many from un-
scrupulous competition.
''It will, besides, provide a bull
wark of consumer confidence
throughout the business world
The message asked for law at
this session.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
Cobb's Son Freed
In Attack Case

REDWOOD CITY, Calf, March
GA weight was lifted from Tyrus
Raymond Cobb, noted baseball play
er, today by the acquittal of his
son Herschel, on assault charges
preferred by Redwood City girl.
A Jury which heard the charges
of Miss Julia Conner acquitted the
19-year-old son of the baseball star
within an hour after receiving the
case in the court of Justice of Peace
Edward McAuliffe.
Miss Conner had sworn that
young Cobb beat her during par
ty February IL. Cobb denied the
charges,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
OPEN yERDICT RETuRNEn

LOS ANGELES, March %. lU,P)-
Person or persons unknown" were
responsible for the murder of Mrs.
Louis Appier. elderly philanthropist
coroner's jury decided today.
Witnesses testified the woman
frequently carried large sums of
money on her person. She was bru-
tally slain short time after she
Withdrew a large amount from a
bank
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
PAsADENA's DISGRACE

PASADENA, March %. W.P)-
Leaping from the central span of
the Colorado street bridge, an un-
identified woman about %, plunged
150 feet to her death today.
She was the 65th person to make
the death leap from "suicide
bridge"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
JAPANESE PLANE CRASHES

KILN, Manchuria, Saturday,
March %. W.R-A japanese bomb
ing plane crashed to earth during
mock battle maneuver here to-
day, killing four aviators and in
juring one.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-22
HULL ADMINISTERS MILD REB[JKE TO GERMANY
~ M1aAA2
Sk SAST7S'

BEVERLY HILLS, March 81.
(SpeciaD-I don't know what all
your different states legislatures
are doing. Guess they are figur-
ing out schemes to slip up on the
tax payer with a blackjack. But
ours worked a week on finding
out how long freight tarin ought
to be. They finally compromised
on IA cars. Now that we got
that settled, I don't see any,
thing can hold us back from re-
covery. I know the railroads
will feel proud of the compli-
ment, and will start Immediately
to get IA empties ready. Why
don't they pass a bill as to how
long bus can be, 1t takes two
minutes for one to pass a given
point.
Evening star., 1935-04-27
TRIPLE SHOOTING
WITNESS HUNTED
Sailor Is Object of Search
in Bizarre Hollywood
Tragedy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, April 27.-A
maze of bizarre circumstances in
Hollywoods triple shooting mystery
was brushed aside by authorities to-
day as they centered their efforts on
an international search for tall
blond" missing sailor.
The man, sought in Southern Cali
fornia and Mexico, is N. C. McDermitt,
2lyear-old seaman, from the U. S. S.
Pennsylvania
They said they were convinced he
could furnish valuable information in
connection with the Staying Thursday
night of Paul War. young Hollywood
dress fashionist: the purported suicide
of William M. Howard. former Wash
ingtcnian and secretary chauffeur for
War. and the critical wounding of
Henry E. Bolte, sociology instructor.
Personal Affairs Probed.
1t was the personal affairs of young
Ivar, the Self-Styled nobody who
wanted to become somebody" that in
vestigators sought an explanation for
the fantastic shooting
He was designer for such movie
stars as Constance Bennett and Jean
Harlow.
Capt. William Bright Of the sheriff S
Office expressed belief that a money
quarrel precipitated the affray. He
reconstructed the case in this manner
Ivar was killed in his Hollywood
apartment apparently by Howard, eli
making what had been a quiet sup
per gathering.
Howard fled from the scene as Off
GERS launched city-wide search fol-
the slayer
Several hours later. Howard shot
and wounded Bolte just outside the
instructors apartment door, and ther
killed himself.
Capt. Bright said he believed the
sailor, McDermitt, may have been one
of Ivar's two-or possibly three-din-
ner guests, or more probably was the
tall, blond man." who appeared just
after the StyliSt was shot
Bolte, whose friendship with Howard
and Ivar was at first denied, but Later
disclosed by mutual associates of the
three, remained near death in a hos.
pital today.
Investigators dug deeply into the pri
vate lives of the principals in the
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1935-04-27
REVISED REPORT
ON CRIME PUSHED
Rumors Arise as Silence
CIoaks Committees
recommendations.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

The Special Crime Committee OF
the House today rushed the revision OF
its l20-page report on the result of Its
60-day investigation of vice and law
enforcement machinery in the Dis
trict. being prepared for submission
to the full House District Committee
The original tentative report. pre-
pared by John r. Fitzpatrick, COM
mittee counsel. is being revised to
overcome objections made to certain
recommendations by several members
In the meantime. committee men,
bers maintained silence as to the hnd-
ings and recommendations. and. as
a result, numerous rumors circulated
Adhering to a pledge not to discuss
the report until it has been acted on
by the District Committee. the men,
bers would neither deny nor confirm
the reports.
Support for Garnett Rumored.
In the crop of rumors was one tina!
the Crime Committee had ordered the
deletion from the original draft oi
Fitzpatrick's report recommendation
for the immediate removal of United
States Attorney Leslie c. Garnett anc
the retirement of Police Supt. Ernest
w. Brown and several other police Of.
ficials. including Inspectors Thaddeu'
r. Bean and Albert ]. Headley. Gar.
nett and Maj Brown are known Il
have several staunch supporters on thu
Crime Committee.
Another report was that Chairman
Norton of the House District Commit
tee and Representative Randolph
Democrat. of West Virginia, who head!
the Crime Committee. had arranged
for a conference Monday with Attor'
ney General Cummings. Mrs. Morton
said she had an appointment with
Cummings Monday at 1890 o'clock
but had cance.ed it. She also ex'
planned her contemplated visit to tht
Department of Justice did not concern
the activities of the Crime Committee
Committee Meets Wednesday.
The full District Committee viii
consider the crime report at its regu'
lar meeting Wednesday. If ratified
at that time it will be transmitted
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1935-04-27
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages IA and S

A plan to give at least 1000 900 I'M
employed young people a years work
was submitted to Secretary of the In
terror Ickes today by John w. Stude-
baker, United States commissioner of
education.
His plan, he said, might be AZ
hours of work, education and recrea-
ton combined, or it might be educa-
ton alone
The plan calls for an adaptation
of the present college aid program and
the C. C. c. camp program to assist in
their own communities the large num-
Der of unemployed youth unaided by
other work relief projects.
The committee developing Com
missioner Studebaker's program of
community youth service was appoint
ed as a result of a Nationwide con-
ference on youth problems held here
last June. There are about 22,00O,-