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The Washington times., 1935-10-15
1900 Die
In African
Battle

LONDON, Oct. IS G.N.SO,
With poison gas and high explo-
Sive bombs raining from the sky
as five Italian divisions moved 80
miles forward in the southeastern
Ethiopian sector, more than $4,000
Ethiopians have been killed in a
four-day fight.
This was the report Cabled to-
day to the London Daily Mail by
w. F. Hartin, its correspondent at
Djibouti, French Somaliland, who
said he secured his information
over the telephone from European
engineers working in Ogaden
Province, wher the battle is taking
place.
While military news was being
received a special meeting of the
British cabinet was held to discuss
sanctions against Italy.
All of the defense ministers at
tended.
The ministers also discussed
general election matters and the
question of representation in Par
lament.
Just before the meeting Lord
Craigavon, premier of Northern
Ireland, conferred with Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin.
1000 Slain in DarOh
Four thousand dead we're re-
ported in the dispatch at the town
Of Daroh alone.
The correspondent said that
since Saturday the spearhead of
the italian thrust from the south
has developed close to the frontier
of British Somaliland at Bohatleh
Wells.
There Gen. Rodolfo Graziani
concentrated three divisions of
white troops and two divisions of
Tripoli levieS, with highly-mechan-
lied supporting forces and then
launched his drive, Saturday.
When the troops moved for
ward, 200 maSSed Italian air.
planes flew over the desert, and,
said Hartin:
81 was told that survivors of
the irregular Abyssinian trOoEs
are pouring back, suffering
from the effects of a new poison
(cOntinusd or Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1935-10-15
HAUPTMANN
GET ) TIME
T0APPEAL
3O-Day Stay Granted
for Plea to U. S.
Supreme Court

TRENTON, N. J., Oct. Is
U.N.S0 Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann today was granted a stay
of 80 days to permit his lawyers
to ask the United States Supreme
Court to review his conviction for
the murder of the Lindbergh baby.
The stay was granted by the
Court of Errors and Appeals-the
same tribunal which last week
denied Hauptmann's appeal for a
new trial.
The order-technically a "staJ
of remittitur" delays the re-
sentencing of Hauptmann, made
necessary by his appeal.
New Sentence Needed
If the U. S. Supreme Court de-
clines to review the celebrated
case, Justice Thomas w. Trench
ard, trial judge, will resentence
Hauptmann at Pennington and
fix a new date for his execution
in the electric chair of the State
prison here.
His execution must be not less
than 80 days and not more than
so days from the date Justice
Trenchard passes the new sent
ence. Thus there is a possibility
the doomed man may walk the
"laSt mile" some time around
Christmas.
Egbert Rosecrans, Of defense
counsel, formally presented the
application for the stay. 1t was
not opposed by the State. repre-
sented by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Joseph K. Lanigan.
In granting the stay, the court
plainly specified that if Haupt-
mann's lawyers had not carried
the case tothe nations high court
within the 80 days allowed. the
case would be automatically trans
ferred back to Hunterdon county
for the fixing of the new date of
execution. 1t was agreed that to-
day would be counted as the first
of the 80 days.
AsSailS State Tactics
Hauptmann's appeal to the
nations Supreme Court is based
on his allegation that his consti-
tutional rights were violated at
"the trial of the century"
His claim is that the State
switched" its theory in the muir
der of the Lindbergh baby in the
closing arguments to the jury, in
contravention to the Fourteenth
Amendment tothe Constitution.
He further claims that the VIC
lence o fthe States arguments
were a violation of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
The Washington times., 1935-10-15
UNDERTAKEN
ACCUSED0F
THREATS
FIinches As Pictures of
D. G. Hotel Death
Scenes Are Shown

CBlpeper's church-going under
taker, w. H. Reaguer, heard a
policeman tell a coroner's jury
at the bleak District Morgue to-
day that he had previously
threatened to kill slender Willie
Mae Wood, 21-year-old bride of
three weeks, whose mutilated
body was found Saturday morn
ing in a Washington hotel room
in which they had kept their
last tryst.
According to the police officers
testimony, the threat was made
against the life of Mrs. Wood
shortly before she was married
September 26, to Herbert Ran
dolph Wood, a steam shovel
operator, of Stoneleigh, Fairfax
county.
sergt. Aubrey M. Tolson,
attached to the police homicide
squad, was the officer. He said
he was told of the threat by
the slain woman's sister, Miss
Margaret Fletcher, of Culpeper.
Sergeant Tolson declared Miss
Fletcher also told him of an Incl
dent in front of the Fletcher home
in Culpeper only a week before
the marriage, when Reaguer al
legedly threatened the prospective
bride and groom with a shotgun
as they were seated in an automo-
bile.
FIinches at Pictures
Reaguer flinched as the jury
was shown pictures of the death
room, showing the body of Mrs.
Wood and the blood,stained bed.
AS the pocket knife alleged to
have been used by the woman's
slayer was exhibited, he bowed his
head.
Policeman Horace Childress, as
signed to a radio scout car, told
the jury how he had found the
body of Mrs. Wood on the floor
of the hotel room, her throat cut
with the knife, the blade of which
was broken. Her head was almost
severed, the policeman testified.
Beside her body, he declared,
was Reaguer. bleeding from self
inflicted knife wounds on his
arms.
Mrs. Wood, he said, was cov-
cred with a sheet and was wear
ing only her underclothing.
In the automobile owned by
Reaguer which was found parked
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The Washington times., 1935-10-15
IL DUCE'S REFUSAL
TO DOOM PARIS
FRIENDSHIP
Copyright, 1885. by international News Service,

Copyright International servic)
GENEVA, Oct. 15.-France has given Pre-
mier Benito Mussolni just 10 days to "come
around" and make an offer of Cancellation in
the Italo- Ethiopian war, International News
Service learned from dependable diplomatic
authority today. If he refuses, France will
plunge headlong into full support of firm
sanctions against Italy, which she heretofore
has refused to do
Furthermore, it was learned, Premier Pierre Laval
has made proposal for immediate settlement of the
conflict but is continuing to lay down. the principal
condition, maintenance of Ethiopian independence.
If Italy accept this proposal it be done within
the stipulated 10 days. according the umaumke French
terms
The Washington times., 1935-10-15
Boston Bill Asks
Olympic Game Ban

BOSTON, Oct. IS G.N.SD.
Charging that Nazi Germany has
violated every sound principle Of
democracy and religious free
DOM" Representative. Philip c..
Bowker, of Brooklyn, yeSter-
day filed with the clerk of the
house bill requesting the Ameri-
can olympic committee to refrain
from sending American athletes
to Berlin in 1886.
In addition, the bill provided
that in the event an American
team is entered, Massachusetts
athletes be requested to refuse to
participate.
The Washington times., 1935-10-15

Also, Laval was rumored to
have advised Premier Musso-
lini through diplomatic chan
nels that if the Italians push
their advance beyond positions
now occupied, negotiations for
peace would be most difficult.
Premier Laval of France
passed the information to Pre-
mier Mussolini through Am
bassador Vittorio Cerruti in
Paris, while at Geneva the
League of Nations, having
voted to cut off Italy's supplies
of arms and money, proceeded
with speed to work out eco
nomic sanctions.
Premier Laval assured Ambas-
sador Cerruti that he had sue.
ceeded in persuading Great
Britain to slow down the apphca.
tion of punitive measures slightly.
Ten Days Is Limit
But, M. Laval emphasized, in
about 10 days economic EN-.
bargoes would begin, and there
fore it was imperative that
italy make an offer for con-
ciliation within that period.
Otherwise, the French premier
warned, his country would be
forced to desert Italy absolutely
and stand firmly at the side
of Britain in all future develop
mentS.
Demand Troop Withdrawal
Great Britain also has had a
hand in these new moves for a
peaceful settlement of the war,
displaying, as usual, an extremely
firm hand.
Sir George Clerk, British am
baSSador to Paris, told M. Laval
that Cancellation negotiations with
italy could be started only if Italy
ordered the withdrawal of all
troops from Ethiopian territory
back into Eritrea or Italian Somai-
land.
The proposals and the condi-
tions surrounding them were be-
lieved to be unacceptable to Pre-
mier Mussolini, but their great i'm
portance lay in the Today time
limit attached.
The almost secret departure for
Paris of Joseph A. C. Avenol, the
Leagues secretary general, was be.
lieved linked with the Laval pro-
posals.
League diplomats pointed out
that France, if italy should refuse
conciliation on the basis proposed,
apparently was ready finally to
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The Washington times., 1935-10-15

WASHINGTON FORECAST
Fair today, slightly cooler tonight, IouUeSt
temperature tonight about IS; tomorrow fair
and colder.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1935-10-15
Jap Pledges Italy
Economic Support

TOKYO, Oct. IS G.N.S)-Japan
is maintaining strict neutrality
in the Italo-Ethiopian war. both
in respect to the belligerents and
the League of Nations, Mamoru
Shigemitsu, vice foreign minister,
is understood to have informed
Giacinto Auriti, the italian am
basSador, today.
No pressure by the League can
force Japan to sever economic re-
lationS with Italy, Shigemitsu is
quoted as saying.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
FINE TALK ON
GERMANY At
ROTARY CLUB

Curt Effler, Of CaleXico, a native
Of Germany gave an interesting ac-
count of visit made to his home
land this summer at the Rotary
club meeting today.
Effler talked impartially on con-
ditions in Germany, giving full
credit to Adolph Hitler for inject
ing discipline and order into the
country and saving it from Com
munism
Before Hitler's rise to power.
there were so different political
parties in Germany" he said, each
one fighting the other with the re-
suit that disorder was rampant,
especially among the youths of the
country, and authority was little
better than a farce"
He told of Hitlers plan in Great
ing a force similar to the CCC in
this country, except that youths are
not paid. for their work and after
finishing their term Of service must
do military duty. The speaker
stated similar measures are taken
with young women and the result
is that discipline was injected in all
ranks and unemployment has been
greatly decreased.
Among defects in the Nazi state
which he pointed out are its abso-
lutte control of the press and radio,
SO that editors must print only what
the government permits them to,
and no radio programs not ap-
proved by the government, can be
heard. The strict rule which the
government maintains over in
diyidual lives, leads to injustices and
abuse of power, the speaker said,
and the heavy expense of building
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM HEBER
Mrs. Laura Barnes, Staff Correspondent

Miss Ruth Lance spent the day
Saturday with the Misses Dorothy
and Margaret O'Guin of Ell Centre.
Lloyd Wallace of Somerton, hri-
zona, was a business caller in Heber
Saturday.
Walter Keath Of BraWley was
visitor of Cheser and Fleming
homes Sunday.
Howard Davis and Ruby Trudell
spent the day Saturday with Mrs.
Verna Laine.
Miss Helen Bradshaw of FL Centre
was a visitor OF Virginia and Billie
Baker Saturday.
Mrs. Sadie Fishburn and Mrs.
Dimmie Gavin returned TO their
homes Saturday after spending
week in San Diego
Mrs. Cecil returned to her home
Saturday from Banning where she
has been employed the past three
months.
James Taylor of Ell Centre was a
dinner guest of Miss Ruth Lowe
Sunday evening.
Heber Sunday school opened Sun
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
Southern Sierras
Calls Attention
To Advertisement

The Southern SierTas Power COM
pany is today, in this issue, under
taking a new plan of newspaper ad-
vertiSing in featuring a new low
rate for the use Of electric ranges
and water heaters.
The advertisement is printed in
new style with illustrations showing
the equipment which is to be Of
fered on special terms with testi-
monials from people having had eX-
perience with this equipment.
The company calls attention to
the fact that by the use of ranges
and water heaters the electric rates
are automatically reduced, and
makes a flat rate for water heater
service, with a special siX-year pur-
chase plan for the equipment.
A series of these striking ad-
vertisements will be printed in this
newspaper during the next two
months.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
By EDWARD w. BEATTIE

United Press staff Correspondent
Adds ABABA, Sept. 26. by
MaiD U.P)-Where it has no noun
tains to throw in the way Of in
vasion, Ethiopia has a potentially
more deadly barrier - Waterless,
sWeltering deserts.
Once on the great central pla-
teau which forms the heart of the
nation, and whose peaks and gor-
ges. are q mighty natural fortresi
an invading force would have no
water problem. But to the east
and south. where the high lands
give way to the seaward slope, wa
ter is the one paramount question
The district known as the Dana
xii country, lying to the east be-
tween the escarpment and the
Eritrean border, is almost water
less. What water holes there are
ordinarily can be found only with
the aid of native guides.
Some spots in the waste are be-
low sea level, and it is said that
the only thing which keeps the
Red Sea from inundating the land
is the chain Of hills between them.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
NATURE ALLY OF ETHIOPIA IN
ANY ATTEMPT TO INVADE NATION

The heat reaches unbelievable
heights Explorers have registered
temperatures of over 1853 degrees.
AN invading force moving across
the Danakil would be forced to
carry most Of its water, a tremen-
doub problem assuming the base
to be Eritrea. where, according to
reliable reports, it is already being
strictly rationed.
South Of the railroad and form
ing generally the eastern angle of
the Ethiopian triangle, lies the
Ogaden, which slopes gradually in
to British and Italian Somaliland.
Quick Transport Barred
It does not offer the facilities
for quick transport which the
Danakil does, but has slightly more
water. In a rough line running
northeast-southwest are a series of
points where an outcropping of
wells offers a chance to take in
water.
Nal Nal anu Gerlogubi scenes
of two of the most important in
cidents leading to Ethiopian
tension, are among these. Except
for the wells, water is also a prob
lem IN the Ogaden.
Farther to the west runs the
Webbe Shibei, a bona fide river
in Ithi2pia, which sinks into the
ground under the suns heat before
it reaches the sea. 1t would afford
an advantageous line of attack eX-
cept that the Shibeli district is cut
and tortured by erosion into some
of the most difficult terrain in the
country.
Expect Thrust From North
Ii is in the north. where the
mountainous plateau runs to the
border, that the chief attack is eX-
pected. provided war comes. This
expectation is based first on the
presence of water and secondly or
Ethiopian information that Italian
troops in Eritrea outnumber those
in Somaliland by roughly two tc
one.
An attack on the Adowa plateau
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
ACTIVITIES AT CENTRAL UNION

The date for the c.. A. C. sport
dance has been set for Saturday,
October 5.
The novel idea of an outdoor
dance is being inaugurated by the
Girls Activity club and is expected
to be met with the enthusiastic ap-
proyal of the student body.
At a short assembly Friday, the
seniors will be hosts to the incom-
ing freshmen. Following the ex
ample set by last years seniors, the
hosts will relinquish the seats Of
honor, the center section, and retire
to the balcony. This is expected to
become a tradition at Central as a
gesture of welcome and good fell
lowship.
Wihetonga Campfire girls of the
high school and j. c. are planning
several leadership meetings to pre-
pare the older girls to take hold Of
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26

day with 58 present, a good at
tendance.
T. Woods Of Pasadena accom-
panied by his mother, Mrs. Hole
baugh were visitors of Mr.. and Mrs
Andy WOODS Tuesday. They re-
turned home Wednesday accom-
panied by Mrs. Buley who has been
visiting the Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb and son,
Jimmy, were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Wakefield of Ell Centro
Sunday
Frank Simpkins left Monday for
Indio where he is employed. They
will move up to Indio later.
Mrs. Holcomb and son, Jimmie,
attended the circus Monday eve
ming in El Centro.
Miss Virginia Baker was a guest
Tuesday evening Of the Brodrick
home in Calexico
Mr. and Mrs Frank Simpkins
and Mrs. Clyde Rogers and son,
Ronald spent the day Sunday in
Jacumba.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26

valleys. the gorges, and the other
natural handicaps would make the
harassing Of communication and
supply lines comparatively easy.
II is believed that only by ad-
vancing slowly and steadily. con-
solidating every forward move be-
fore the next one is attempted.
could an invading force hope for
long success. and this same diff
Guilty leads many foreigners to the
conviction that. even If war comes.
the Italian attack will wear itself
but in time and end in a stale
mate
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
TODAY MARKS
ANNIVERSARY
OF DROUGHT
Started Two Years Ago
And Lasted 120 Days
In Middle West Section

MARYSVILLE, Kan, Sept. 26 (U.H
The drouth started two years ago
today.
1t ended 100 days later in this
particular spot in the Missouri val
ley after three months of what ap-
preached real terror. The dust
storms in the adjoining sections of
Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas
and New Mexico came months later.
An elderly farmer with a bent to-
ward historical recording has writ
ten what probably is the most ac-
curate and graphic account of the"
drouth, from a localized viewpoint
in the United States. He is Jonn G.
Ellenbecker, 68-year-old owner of
half section of land whose hobby
is recording for future generations
the significant events in the his
tory of Kansas.
He considers the drouth, which
gave rise to. nationwide fears that
the Middle West would earn the
description it once held, 1.-The Great
American Desert" the most sig
nificant event occurring during his
life time, and certainly the most
terrifying
A graduate of Kansas State nor
NAL school at Fort Scott, Ellen
becker for II years operated the
Modern Normal school here but he
is a dirt" farmer also
Ellendecker foreSees the time,
few years hence, when people will
not believe stories about the 1884
drouth, the dust storms that fol-
lowed it, blotting out the sun over
Kansas wheat fields. His story of
the drouth, packed with facts and
figures, contains enough of his own
experiences to make it something
more than a mere weather bureau
record He hopes that, 25 years
from now, it will be interesting
reading"
Record Seems Incredible
With Kansas and most of the
other agricultural states returned
to near normalcy in agriculture
conditions, Ellenbecker's historical
narrative tells what now seems in
credible
Withered corn fields that did not
? q 'oduce an ear of corn. Human be-
4ngs lived in cellars to escape the
heat-at least they did on the Ellen
becker farm.
I'VE had to watch the opening in
the barn in which the horses and
milk COWS were" he wrote, other
wise they might smother when the
wind changed.
After July 6, we kept five horses
and nine milk cows in the barn all
day. The pastures had neither
water nor grass-nothing but raven
Gus flies, big and little"
The corn stalks that grew at all
were too short to be cut with a
corn binder so men ventured into
fields to cut them by hand.
A spring which hadn't failed for
81 years dried up.
Trees that had withstood the ele-
ments for years died.
The narrative begins with Sept.
&c, 1888, because that was the last
Gay there was enough rain to
moisten the ground to two inches
until August 81, 1884.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26

ia the northeast. is to be expected,
Ethiopians believe. This partly for
the psychological blow to Ethiopians
should the invaders capture Aksum,
the holy place, and partly because
of Italian desire to gain AdoWa,
where Meneiik cut an Italian army
to pieces nearly 40 years ago.
The easiest approach into the
interior of Ethiopia. according to
foreigners who have been in the
district. lies farther to the west,
where a more gradual slope leads
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26

upward to Lake Tsana, headWaters
of the Blue Nile and key to the
fertile lands of Egypt.
It is believed the Italian COM
mand has constructed a spur of the
Eritrean railroad toward the bor-
der at this point. But even as
suming the ability of an invading
force to reach Lake Tsana. there
would still be more than 200 miles
of tortured country to cross before
Adds Ababa could be reached.
And throughout the plateau,
communication would be a huge
problem. The narrow, twisting
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
LONDON FIRE

LONDON, Sept. 26 UP) - The
most spectacular fire London has
seen for many year was brought
under control today after raging
through the dock area for "a hours.
The damage was estimated at S5,-
100000. Before noon 20 fireEfighters
had been injured and their COM
panions were continuously menaced
by crashing walls.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Unsettled in The east and fair IN
the west portion tonight and Fri
day but fog night and early morn
ing in extreme west portion; no
change in temperature; gentle
changeable wind off coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation for the
sympathy extended in our bereave-
ment and for the beautiful floral
tributes.
Mrs. j. B. Moore
Mrs. Thomas Bennett
Mrs. E. j. Saxton
r. II. Moore
Charles Moore
z. V. Moore
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26

up another war machine is a heavy
drain on the people.
Bob Fahs presided as chairman
Of the day and President j. P.
Greene announced next week S
meeting will be held on Thursday
evening at which time George Mac
Lellan of Santa Barbara, governor
of Rotary International, second dis
trict will make his official visit.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
NELSON'S WIFE FREED

DETROIT. Sept. % UD - Mrs.
Helen ellis, widow of George
(Baby Face Nelson who was freed
from the federal detention prison
at Milan this morning, was held in
$4,000 bail today for hearing Oct.
10 on her removal to San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-26
v WEATHER. =.
Los ANGELEs AND VICINITY

Fair tonight and Friday with
fog night and early morning; lit
tie change in temperature and hu-
midity; gentle south to southwest
wind.