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Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
CAP 7 AIN HILL
LEAVES LOCAL
SAL VA AT|ON|STS

Captain and Mrs. E. T. Hill who
have been in charge of the Saliva
ton Army operations in FL Centre
and vicinity have received farewell
orders and will leave next Monday
for Pendleton, Ore, their new ap-
pointment.
The captain states that the diff
Guilty in changing appointments Is
the matter of leaving so many
friends.
1t has been a pleasure to work in
Imperial Valley and Captain Hill
says that they have much 10 be
grateful for.
"The cooperation of the local ad-
visory board of the businessmen
and citizens of FL Centro In pur-
chase of the War Cry, and all 9TH
er donations, including the big an
nual drive for funds in the fall have
kept the Salvation Army operating
and the happy feeling Of leaving
no unpaid bills has been possible
through this" Captain Hill said.
Captain and Mrs. Hill wish TO
thank the public for their generous
support, and hopes II will continue
to give loyal support to their sue
cessors. Captain and Mrs Braine
who are coming here from San Luis
Obispo. arriving in El Centre Mon
day or Tuesday
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
BLAST WRECKS STRATOSPEIERE FLIGHT PLAN
Charges Socialism Desired By Roosevelt's Aides
JEAN VALJEAN
COUNTERPART
UNDER ARREST

NEW YORK, July II. U.D - Ro-
bert Green was held without bail
today to see If his modern parallel
of Jean Vatican would end as we'll
as for Victor Hugos famous char
acter.
For Ia years, Green worked hard
to gain a reputation as writer
and compensate to society which
wanted him as a fugitive from the
Colorado state penitentiary. He
made his way to Canada after his
escape in 1921 after serving part of
an eight-year sentence for forgery.
He studied engineering, later be-
gan writing
Everything went well until he
started to the Ukraine in 1893 to
write series of newspaper articles.
He gave the name of Thomas
Walker
Federal agents found the falsifi-
cation on the passport. When
Green tried to visit England he
was detained and deported to the
United States. He was arrested by
q department of justice agent as he
left his ship here yesterday
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12

SACRAMENTO, July IL. U.P)-
Many of the same arguments used
before the legislature in securing
enactment Of a chain store tax bill,
were before Gov. Frank F.. Merriam
today following public hearing on
the measure yesterday.
More than 1900 retail grocers
stormed the capitol and attempted
to instill some of the enthusiasm
for the chain store tax into the
governor as he listened to argu-
ments of both sides. On two occas-
ions he threatened to clear the as
sembly chambers of the boisterous,
be-ribboned delegates who cheered
speakers for independents and lust
lily booed the opposition. They out
numbered chain store representa-
tiveS three to one.
Capitol police were necessary to
maintain order in the packed
chambers which the crowd filled
four hours before the hearing.
Arguments in favor of the bill
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
M& Ro1~
WOMAN GIVES
SOLUTION To
CRIME PUZZLE

CHICAGO, July II. U.P)-Police
said today that Mrs. Blanche Dun
kel had confessed she bargained
with Mrs. Evelyn Smith, former
burlesque queen and white sweet
heart of a Chinese laundryman, to
kill her son-in-law and dispose of
his body for $500.
The garroted, legless body of the
victim, Erwin J. Lang, %, a $40
a-week grocery clerk, was found in
swamp near Hammond, Ind,
Tuesday night.
After Mrs. Dunkel's confession,
police Immediately began search for
two Chinese, said to have been
the hired assassins who strangled
Lang with short rope, hacked off
his legs and then threw his torso
into the swamp.
Josephine Mckinley, "a, sweet
heart of the dead clerk who came
to love him after his wife died last
December and who would have be-
come his bride this fall, told po-
lice Mrs. Dunkel was terribly jeal-
Gus and had threatened to kill Err
win if we didn't break our engage
ment."
Mrs. Dunkel's confession, which
came after full day of police
questioning, brought out that the
43-year-old grandmother had car
ried on a clandestine love affair
with the husband of her dead
daughter.
WELL" she said in contradiction
to her former statement that her
for Lang was purely pla-
tonic, 81 guess I'll have to admit
I was pretty fond of Erwin"
But I would rather see him dead
than marry another woman" she
added bitterly.
Chief Sullivan ordered a wide
spread search for Mrs. Smith, tall,
attractive, thin blonde and close
friend of Harry Jung, Chinese laun-
dry owner, whom police described
as a dapper, Americanized type.
Mrs. Smith and Jung lived togeth-
er near Chicago's famous Gold
Coast, police said.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12

routing the canal just to the north
of the city but business men and
other Calexico civic groups have
petitioned that the canal be run
through the city, possibly along the
border.
While in Los Angeles the district
officials conferred with E. F.. Scat
tergood, Los Angeles bureau of
power and light official. The main
subject of this discussion was the
question of rural electrification and
the possibility of securing federal
aid in developing this program.
Scattergood expressed the opinion
that the valley is the logical place
for the government to initiate this
program with the large amount of
power which is to be developed from
the canal.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
OPPONENT Of
9 TAX-THE-R|CH
MAKES CLAIM
George B. Chandler OF Ohio
State Chamber OF Commerce
Accuses elmer Group"
WOULD DELAY RECOVERY
Asserts Proposed Program Is
Way To Redistribute Poverty
Instead OF Wealth

WASHINGTON, July l2. U.H -
Secretary George B. Chandler of
the Ohio chamber of commerce
charged before the house ways and
means committee today that "nu-
merouS conspirators" close to Presi-
dent Roosevelt sought to replace
capitalism in the United States
with socialism.
Chandler appeared before the
committee to oppose President
RooSevelts taX-the-rich program.
He was the first chamber of
commerce witness to appear before
the committee since launching of
q nation wide drive against the tax
program by the United States
chamber of commerce.
He assailed the tax program bit
terly and charged it was part of "a
plan to delay recovery" and thus
discredit operation of the private
profit system in this country.
Chandler's charges were remi-
niscent of those of DR.. William A.
Writ, Gary Ind schoolmaster who
precipitated the brain trust" in
vestigation a year and a half ago.
Chandler said the proposed tax
program was wasteful, untimely and
would stifle recovery.
st haven't the slightest doubt,
he said, that in the Washington
menage-the inner group that sur
rounds the President and seems to
have his ear-tthere are numerous
conspirators who do not want pros
perity to return and who do want
to see private property in this
country so discredited that the doc
trines of Karl Marx shall be sub
stituted for those of Washington,
Lincoln and Wilson
Chandler said "a revival OF busl-
ness under the capitalistic system
would be a crushing answer to
their vociferous and lying propa-
ganda that our present economic
system has played out and is re-
sponsible for the depression; and
that the only way out is through
reconstruction of society and
government"
Chandler testified h0 preferred
to believe that "the President and,
I am sure, an Overwhelming ma
iority of the congress are above all
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
HOOVER AGAIN
ATTACKS BAD
PAROLE LAWS

NEW YORK, July IL. UP -
Capture by federal men OF the ma
tion's "cruelest criminal brought
the parole system under a renewed
raking fire today from the depart
ment of justice.
Alfred Otto Wagner, 38, alleged
" the writer of fake ransom let
ters in seven outstanding kidnap-
ings and disappearances, was dis
closed as a paroled convict. He was
said to have confessed.
Chief j. Edgar Hoover of the jus
tice department leveled his hottest
attack to date against convict cod
dlers" as his agents here held Wag-
ner for arraignment tomorrow for
extortion.
Hoover announced the capture
from Atlantic City, N. j., at the
police chiefs convention, although
the arrest was made here Wednes-
day night. Wagner was trapped
when he fell for a decoy ransom.
Agents had sought him for a year.
Hoover described Wagner as a
'harpy" preying on human an
guish. Although not connected with
the abductors, he wrote ransom de-
mands totaling $465,000 Hoover
said, to the families of Dorothy
Ann Distelhurst, 8, Nashville,
Tenn; Mrs. Berry Stoll, Louisville,
KY; Mrs. Ann Booth Gordon,
Pennington, Conn; George Weyer-
haeuser, 9, Tacoma, Wash, Charles
d. Towt, Nyack, N. Y, Jackie Kaul,
4, New York City; it was said, and
did not collect from any of them.
4, Wagner was paroled from Sing
5Sing prison after being sentenced
to term of 10 years to life in 1927,
~>-exficted in the kidnaring and
, s,Nbery OF Frederick W. Lundy,
al N flaret owner. -
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
PLAN HEARING ON CANAL ROUTE
Course Through CaexicO To Be Taken Up At Con-
ference In Washington

1t is expected that official notice
will be given about July % of a
hearing in Washington, D. c., to be
held relative to the routing of the
All-American canal in the Calexico
sector, Evan T. HeweS, chairman of
the irrigation district stated this
morning. Hewes, Director Rose and
M. j. Dowd, district engineer, re-
turned from Los Angeles last night
where they had attended confer
enceS relative to district matters.
This course of the canal in the
Calexico area has been under dis
cuSsion ever since the route of the
canal was approved and force &C
count operations got under way
both to the east and west of that
city. Original plans called for
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
House Forwards
"Death Sentence"
To Conference

WASHINGTON, July IL. W.P)-
The house today sent the controv-
ersial Wheeler -Rayburn utilities
bill to conference with the senate
and asked its conferees to insist on
the house bill which does not con-
tain the death sentence" for util-
tiles holding companies.
Five confereeS named on the
part of the house are divided three
to two against the death sentence"
The action by the house was
contrary to reports of an admins
tration strategem which had been
said to be developing. This plan
was to name six conferees for the
house. divided equally in support
and opposition to the death SEN
tence" clause.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
Bic BALLOON
EXPLORES At
RAPID CITY
None Injured AS Pilots And
Ground Crew Trapped Under
Folds OF Huge Envelope
TO MAKE LATER EFFORT
National Geographic Willing To
Go Ahead With Repairs On
Bag If Possible
By WALTER TRAVIS
tied Press staff Correspondent

1ICSS otdil
RAPID CITY, S. D., July 12.-
Mans most ambitious attempt up
ON the stratosphere ended in dis
aster today, as an explosion ripped
to crumpled folds the great gas
bag of Explorer II, the U. s. Army
National Geographic Society craft,
before it had left the earth.
None was injured as the huge
envelope, capable of holding $780,
coo cubic feet of gas when fully ex-
panded, tore open near the top, and
permitted vast blue-gray clouds of
helium gas to escape.
Although some 20 men were trap
ped by the falling fabric, all but
four escaped unaided, and these
four were found uninjured, but
half smothered, in the enveloping
folds of CLOTH
1t was the second time that
flight sponsors and crew had seen
their hopes of new altitude records
for ascent into the outer atmos-
phere blasted.
1t will be impossible to determine
what caused the destruction of the
Inflated balloon until the dew has
dried off and the huge gas bag can
be Strttched out and examined
Captain Stevens announced after
he surveyed the wrecked balloon.
A complete examination will be
necessary before any announce
mentS are made as the cause of
the accident or possible future plans
for flight, Captain Stevens said.
Although none would be quoted,
it was the general opinion at the
stratoSphere bowl that too much
strain had been placed on the top
fabric of the balloon, causing the
bag to rip open.
A year ago, Explorer I, first craft
of the U. S. Army National Geo.
graphic Society, crashed to earth
in Nebraska after the gas bag had
ripped under pressure of expanding
gas at an altitude of about 10000
feet.
Capt. Albert w. Stevens flight
commander this year, and Capt.
Orvil Anderson, pilot, were mem
bers of the crew of the first ill-fat-
ed expedition. They leaped to safe
ty with parachutes, along with
Major William Kepner, their COM
mander on the first flight.
WASHINGTON, July II. 0.D -
The South Dakota stratosphere
flight will be made later this year
if it is found feasible to repair the
huge gas bag, John Oliver Lagroce,
vice president of the National Geo.
graphic society said today.
Lagroce said he would confer
with Captain Albert Stevens, flight
commander, and the Goodyear
Zeppelin company of Akron, Ohio,
builders of the bag, before reaching
a decision.
IF they agree it would be per-
fectly safe to patch the bag and
make another attempt later we will
do So" he said.
An investigation, meanwhile, will
be made to determine the cause of
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
EXPLOSION BADLY BURNS RANCHER
Gas Blast In Jasper District Heard And Felt In
HOItvilIe And CaexicO

Howard Rood, 90, rancher in the
Jasper district, is in the Griffin
hospital suffering from serious
burns received when Butane gas
with which he was refueling his
tractor last night at 7 O'Clock,
caught fire. Rood was badly burn
ed above the waist and attending
physicians today feared his injur-
les might prove fatal.
Heat given off by the burning
gas caused a large storage tank al
so loaded with gas to explode with
terrific force, which wrecked Rood's
car, standing in the yard and
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
Local Car Figures
In Fatal Accident

SAN DIEGO, July IL. W.P)-An
inquest in the death of Mrs. O..
Effie McCrite, 4S, Scottsdale, Ariz.,
will be held within two days, coro-
ner's office reported today.
Mrs. McCrite, injured in an auto
crash near Jacumba, Calf, June
%, died here last night. This car
in which Mrs. McCrite was riding
with her husband was struck by a
machine driven by Sam Schoen-
berg. Ell Centro, officers said.
Schoenberg was cited for reck-
less driving.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
WORKERS AT
BOULDER DAM
CALL STRIKE

BOULDER CITY, Nev., July l2.
U.P)-Four hundred carpenters and
iron workers on Boulder dam pow
er houses struck for a free lunch
hour today.
State law calls for an eight-hour
day. The men, however, insisted
on a half-hour lunch on company
time instead of their own.
Today they refused to go to work
until the matter is settled. A
meeting of company officials and
leaders of the workers has been
arranged for today.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
Mrs. Faucet To Be
Buried In Whittier

Funeral services for Mrs. Will S.
Fawcett, who died yesterday in
Seattle, are still indefinite, but will
be held in Whittier, former home
of the family before coming to the
valley, either Tuesday or Wednes-
day of next week, friends here were
advised today.
Mr.. Fawcett, and his daughter,
Mrs. Clarence M. Bjerke, left Los
Angeles yesterday for Seattle, ac-
cording to Roy Breedlove, business
associate of Mr.. FaWcett, who drove
him to the coast city yesterday, re-
turning to the valley this morn
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12

scorched trees within a radius of
60 feet.
Rood had managed to get clear
of the danger zone and was taken
by neighbors to the hospital at
Calexico.
The sound and force of the ex-
plosion were clearly heard and felt
in Holtville and Calexico, specta-
tors at a ball game in the latter
city being alarmed in the belief
that it was an earthquake.
The force of the blast and the
resulting blaze drew many specta-
tors to the Jasper district.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
Principal In Noted
"Spy" Case Expires

PARIS, July 12. U.P)-Lieut Col.
Alfred Dreyfus, center of one of
the greatest spy cases in history,
died late today of uremia.
Death ended the career of a man
who was the storm center of
wave of ant il S EN- i t is m that
brought France nearly to the brink
of civil war; that disrupted the
army; that caused governments to
collapse.
An entire world followed his mis-
fortunes and-finally-his exoner-
alton of framed charges that he
betrayed French military secrets.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
S;57a9bo &;7Hz&
SR SAYS

BEVERLY HILLS, July II.
(SpeciaD-It looks like you don't
make a good witness or commit
tee member in a Washington in
vestigation unless you call each
other liar or insult the Presi-
dent of the u. S. or chairman of
the committee.
Mr.. Jones we are led to believe
you know something about the
matter we are investigating" Mr..
Jones, you are a liar, and the
President of the United States is
a horse thief" Call the next
witness. Mr.. Smith, what do
you know of lobbying about hold
ing companies. Mr.. Smith.
You are all liars, and the Pres
ident is fooling you, his mother
was a Stain and his father was
a Mussolini and he is taking the
money away from us to send to
Hitler" And this goes on day
after day.
Unl11.G
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
ATTITUDE Of
HULL ANNOYS
ITALY CHIEFS
Rome Peeved Over American
Secretary Of States Concern
For Abyssinia

ROME, July IL. U.P)-Secretary
of State Hull's concern over the
Italian-AbySsinian crisis is unwel-
come in Italy and is regarded as
unjustified, authoritative sources
made it plain today.
1t was said frankly that the dis
pute is not an American problem,
and no effort was made to dis
guise the surprise felt at the news
that Hull had expressed concern to
Ambassador Augusta Russo at the
danger of war.
On the contrary, the speech in
the British house of commons of
Sir Samuel Hoare. foreign secre-
tary, was welcome as indicating
change toward realist policy which
would bring British support of It
aly's claim 10 overload ship in AbyS-
Sinia.
There was no reference to the
once famous pact of Paris, Spon-
sored by the United States, under
which nations including italy and
Abyssinia renounced war forever in
favor of pacific settlement of dis
putes.
LONDON, July IL. U.P) The
United States and British govern
mentS were understood today to
have concluded arrangements for
! cooperation in evacuation of ma
tionals from AbySsinia. in event of
war between Ethiopia and Italy.
The London and Washington
governments arranged to instruct
their respective legations at Adds
Ababa to cooperate in the task of
getting Americans and Britons
safely out of the country 'in
event of an emergency"
Some refugees already have left
AbySsinia and the United States
has advised Amreicans-there are
about 125 in Ethiopia, mostly mis-
sionarieS-that it might be we'll for
them to depart. Most of the mis-
sionaries, however, declined to leave
their posts.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Philadelphia at st. Louis, rain.
Only games scheduled.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-12

Thomas, Walkup, Andrews and
Hemsley; Blaeholder and Berry.
, 1935-08-04
OIL FLOW IS
ON INCREASE
New Producer Is Believed
To Have Opened Up
Deep Field
(Special to The Heraldl

A1EG1A0A ~ a. q
EDINBURG. Aug. 3.-ProductioI'
men at the Gulf States Oil Com
pany's No. l John Engelman, new
wheat discovery well eight miles
northeast Of here, said Saturday
that the well was showing a steady
increase in the amount Of distillate
1t has been flowing although the
gas volume remained approximately
the same.
The test came In Tuesday after
noon after drill stem has been ce-
mented inside the hole as casing.
II stuck az $500 feet during an at
tempted drill stem test. The well Fri
day guaged rs barrels in "a hours
through Quarter-inch choke under
1900 pounds working pressure from
two sands between 6.670 and 6.740
feet. 1t Is making between Is and 20
million cubic feet Of gas daily. On
the first day Of production. the well
made slightly over so barrels Of pale
yellow distillate. The well Is now
making less than one per cent sweet
water, having steadily decreased
since Tuesday.
A i.0O0-barrel storage tank was
erected on the lease Friday and Sat-
urday and 1t is believed that the dis
tillate viii bring more than 81 per
barrel.
Gulf States and associated COM
panies have about 5000 acres under
lease Immediately surrounding the
well, while Sun Oil company and
Union Sulphur company have IRE
quently located leases nearby.
, 1935-08-04
.ayman Is To
Speak at Union
Services Here

One Of the leading Baptist lay
men OF Texas, George J. Mason, will
be the speaker at the unicn service
Sunday evening on the Junior college
campus.
Mr.. Mason Is the treasurer OF the
State Baptist convention with head
quarters in Dallas. He Is widely
known as a forceful and interesting
speaker. Prof. David Ormesher with
his chorus choir Of rs voices will
lead in the congregational singing
and furnish special music.
These services have been well at
tended and 1t Is hoped that the at
tendance may be ever larger for
the four remaining service. Rev. z.
p. Day will preside at the services
Sunday night in the absence OF the
general chairman. Rev. 0. c. Grow.
, 1935-08-04
Dried Milk Given Out
BY Relief Office Here

With 1858 pounds OF dried skim
mill already distributed. Cameron
County Relief board officials ex-
pressed the belief that clients as q
whole are greatly pleased with the
new product.
Use OF the dried skim milk was
introduced about the middle Of
June In this county 10 create a
more adequate supply Of milk for
relief clients. One pound or this
dried milk with the proper amount
0f water and correct treatment
makes four quarts Of liquid milk.
rt has been stressed that the new
product Is not intended to replace
hquid milk but is used In an effort
10 introduce more milk into the
diet. Dried milk is said also TO have
On distinct advantage In this area
In that 1t can be kept much longer
than can the liquid form.
Before distribution OF the milk
was started several weeks ago.
preliminary training groups met at
Brownsville. san Benito, Harlingen.
In Feria. Los FreSnoS. and Port
Isabel. These groups were instruct
Ell In the proper use Of the product.
, 1935-08-04
Reserve Officers
Leave For Santone

Three Brownsville reserve officers
leave this weekend for San An
tonic where for two weeks they
viii have an active tour or duty.
Lieutenant &C Colonel E. II. Levy and
Lieutenant Henry Shelton left Sat-
urday morning for San Antonio,
while Lieutenant Sam r.. Morris
was planning to make the trip
Sunday. A number of other Browns
vile reserve officers may report
for duty at a later training period.
The officers have been instructed
to report to the commanding gen.
eral OF the Goth division at Fort
Sam Houston on August 4. Follow
ing physical examinations the men
VIII 60 direct to Camp Bulls near
San Antonio for training. Their
training period Is scheduled to end
On August II.
, 1935-08-04
ENGINEER FOR
BOARD CHOSEN
Planning Group Takes Up
Preliminary Work On
WPA Projects

Plans for expediting Cameron
county Works Progress Administra-
ton projects, expected to furnish
work for approximately 700 employ
ables on the county relief rolls. were
made at the initial meeting of the
newly-fcrmed county planning board
here Saturday.
In order to get proposed projects
into condition for applications u
the WPA. the board voted tc employ
A E Anderson, Brownsville engineer.
The Cameron county commission
ers' court, which also was in session
Saturday, appropriated $3.50 for the
beard to use in getting the projects
INTO shape for applications. The
board set AnderSon's salary at $50
per month.
Political subdivisions with propos-
ed WPA projects should turn them
In TO board members at the earliest
possible date. it was announced sat