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Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09

group OF LOS AllBcleo Duoiiicoo iiCh
Interested in financing the air tram
said that a survey to determine the
best routS for the line and the ter
minals at Pasadena and Los An
geles would get under way in the
near future.
Long Use in Germany
Joseph B. Strauss, world renoWn-
ed engineer who designed the Gold
en- Gate bridge at San Francisco and
the Arlington Memorial bridge
across the Potomac river at WASH
ington, has been retained to super
according to Stoehr.
Strauss has made thorough
study on this type of transportation,
Stoehr said, and is convinced of its
practicality. Air-tramS are now in
use in many German cities, Stoehr
said.
For nearly 35 years a mono-rail
line has been operating between
Vohwinkel, Elberfeld, and Barmen,
across the river Wupper, and is
said never to have experienced an
accident IN Its history. the Ger
mans call it Die Swebebahn" or
"the swinging train"
To Be Derailment Proof
Pointing out the many features of
the air-tram, Stoehr said the cars
would make an average speed of 60
miles an hour. The cars will be sus-
pended from rubber double tracks
on an elevated structure and will be
noiSeleSS. They also will be derail-
ment-proof, Stoehr explained.
Construction Of the air tram will
neceSSitate an initial outlay of ap-
proXimately $6,000,000, or about
$6O0,000 per mile, according to
Stoehr. This is about one-tenth the
cost of subway construction, he
added
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
MATE BEATS
Den T|S 7 TO
DEATH IN LA.
Sleeps in House
With Body of
Victim

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8.
(UP)-Mrs. Frances Mabel
WHY'S, SO, plump and ma
tronly, today called police to
the blood-spattered bunga-
low where she beat her common
law husband to death and cody
announced, st beat him to death
with a hammer; this is another
Clara Phillips case"
Inside was found the body of
DR.. Walter F.. Hammond, SO, prom
inent dentist, his head crushed and
a claw-hammer driven into the back
of the skull.
Begging for zone more drink be-
fore I swing for it," She calmly
told of killing Hammond in quar-
rel over other women Sunday, then
sleeping in the house with the
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
BRUNO'S PLEA
DENIED BY
HIGH COURT

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. UP -
The United States supreme court
today denied the plea of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann that it in
tervene in his fight to escape death
in the electric chair for the kid
naping and murder of Charles
Augustus Lindbergh. jr.
The court, without uttering a
single word lrern the high bar Of
justice, blasted the German car
penter's plea for a review of the
Pennington, N. j., trial which
brought his conviction and death
sentence. The denial was in a
typewriter list of cases on which
the court acted
The action ended Hauptmann's
last substantial hope of averting
by legal maneuvers the execution
ordered by the Flemington court.
Unless Hauptmann's attorneys
can obtain writ of habeas corpus
by convincing the courts that new
and important evidence in the case
has been uncovered, only the New
Jersey board of pardons can now
save him from the electric chair.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
HUGE SUM
TO BE SPENT
ON HIGHWAY

One million, two hundred thou
sand dollars will be spent on the
Imperial highway in the next few
years, delegates to the monthly
meeting of the Imperial Highway
association were told when they
gathered in the chamber of COM
merce banquet hall at Imperial
Saturday night for their monthly
meeting.
The announcement was made
during reports on progress of high
way construction in Los Angeles,
Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and
Imperial counties. OF the $1,200,000
recently allocated, $4,000 will be
used on road improvements in Los
Angeles county, $l75,000 on the
Santa Ana canyon in Orange coun-
ty, and $205,000 on the Santa Ana
canyon in Riverside county.
100 Persons Present
Representatives from more than
Continued on Page 2, Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
e DEPRESSION
PROF|TEERS" s"
Den 0 UNCED
Cites Up Trend
OF Agriculture
Prices
CHICAGO, Dec. 9. (UP)

CHICAGO, Dec. 9. (UP)
= President Roosevelt as
sailed depression profit
eers" and personal advant-
age seekers" in a speech be-
fore the American Farm Bureau
federation today.
They are playing city against farm
in attempts to discredit the New
Deals recovery program, he charged
in his second fortnight speech in
defense of his administration and in
attack on his critics in little more
than a week.
Today the chief executives re-
marks were even more pointed than
in his speech in Atlanta week be-
fore last when he inferred that
bankers and industrialists were cry
ing wolf while the country's eco
nomic gains increased.
He spoke in the international am
phitheatre in the stockyards before
1880 farm delegates and their
RueSUS. bOuQSpedkeTS CdTTlcu HIS
voice to overflow audiences in two
adjoining halls.
Reviews Achievements
He reviewed the achievements of
his administration as a blanket re-
ply to all critics and, hailing the
upward trend of farm prices, which
he credited to his measures design
ed to save agriculture from the old
policy of tooth and claw" he said
Lifting prices on the farm up to
the level where the farmer and his
family can live is opposed chiefly by
the few who have profited heavily
from the depression.
ut is they and their henchmen
who are doing their best to foment
city people against the farmers and
the farm program. 1t is that type
of political profiteer who seeks to
discredit the vote in favor of a con-
tinued corn-hog program by COM
pairing your desire for a fair price
for the farmer to the appetite of
hogs for corn.
Yet 1 know that the great mas
Continued on Page 3, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
RULING GIVEN
BY COURT ON
ARIZONA SUIT
Basin Group Must
Show Cause by
Jan. 13

California and other states
in the Colorado river basin
today were ordered by the
United States supreme court
to show cause by January
13, why Arizona should not be
permitted to file an original suit
in that court over apportionment
of the waters of the river under
the Boulder dam development plan,
according to press release received
in Ell Centro today.
The Imperial Irrigation district
and other California agencies ac-
corded allotments of Colorado river
water as outlined in the famous
Colorado river compact by which
Arizona always has contended She
was not bound, are meeting at the
office of u. S. Webb, California
attorney general, in Los Angeles
Monday to consider plans for fight
ing ArizonaS suit.
All the agencies affected by the
suit will have to prepare a brief
and file it with the supreme court
by January 13, in which they at
tempt to show why the suit should
not be accepted by the supreme
court.
Attorney John L. Sullivan of Ari-
zona filed a petition with the su-
preme court and the court acted
upon the petition.
The present action constitutes
the third brought by Arizona on
account cf her dissatisfaction con-
cerning the ALLEGATION of the waters
of the Colorado river under fed
eral and state legislation providing
for Boulder dam development.
In the present suit, Arizona nam
ed California, Colorado, Nevada,
New MeXio, Utah and Wyoming.
Evan T. Hewes, president of the
Imperial Irrigation district board
of directors, represented the dis
trict at the meeting Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
.LTIMATIJM
SERVED ON
MUSSOLINI
Copyright. 1885, by United Press)

Copyright. 1885, by United Press
PARIS, Dec. 9. U.P)-France and
Great Britain today awaited ex-
preston of Premier Benito Mus
solinis attitude toward a final pro-
posal for peaceable negotiation of
the Italian Ethiopian war, deter
mined to impose an embargo on oil
and other commodities calculated
to immobilize Italy's armies and
industry if it is not favorable.
A summary of the proposal was
telephoned to Mussolini Sunday
night, it was learned, with a re-
quest that he indicate the extent
of his interest within 36 hours.
Premier Pierre Laval and Sir
Samuel Hoare, British foreign sec
retary, who drafted the proposal,
made it in the nature of an ultima
tum.
The Laval-Hoare meeting assum-
ed additional importance because:
l. 1t was the first time since
the outbreak of the crisis nearly
Continued on Page 2, Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
Albert Fall in
Serious Condition

Ell PASO, Tex. Dec. 9. UP)-
Condition of Albert B. Fall was
reported as serious" by physicians
at William Beaumont hospital to-
day.
The elderly former secretary of
the interior was said to be suffer-
ing from bronchial pneumonia The
base of his left lung is affected.
Earlier it was reported that Fall
showed slight improvement. He
suffered a sinking spell late Sat-
urday.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
TWO HELD ON
GIRLS CHARGE

Ricardo Cortez, who admits he is
not the motion picture actor, and
Ramon Velloriba, Filipinos, were ar
rested by Ell Centro police Sunday
night at the request of Elthea Camp
bell Westmorland taxi dancer, who
alleged the men induced her to en-
ter a car with them and then rob-
bed and attempted to assault her.
The Filipinos were turned over
to Imperial county for prosecution,
according to records.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
COLD WEATHER
ANTICIPATED

Colder weather is anticipated for
Imperial Valley by Fred A. Baugh-
man, local meteorologist for the u.
S, Frost service.
At noon today conditions indi-
Gated that temperatures of 30
might be expected Tuesday morn
ing in the colder locations in the
valley with possibility of even low
er temperatures the following
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
Radio Temperaments-

Radio is playing hob with the
sheriff's office. First Frank Raney
demands music with his radio calls
and Undersheriff Rodney Clarke
studies up on grooming. Now Dep
uty Frank P. McCaslin has dis
covered another difficulty. Besides
the sending equipment, a receiver
is installed in the sheriff's office
to meet federal regulations. Mac
has discovered that his own call.
broadcast over the ether, comes
back to him through the receiving
set instantaneously. Now he's hav-
ing great difficulty trying to talk
into the mike and listen to the re-
ceiver at the same time.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
WAR SANCTIONS
FAVORED BY
CONGRESSMAN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (Up) -
Congress will vote for strict Amer
ican neutrality and drastic en-
bargoes on such products as oil
and cotton, if Necessary, to keep
the United States out of war
A poll of senators and represen-
tatives showed approximately 30
per cent of the answers in favor
of curbing war through economic
sanctions.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
THIEVES TAKE
WEDDING RINGS

Wedding rings were featured in
the list OF articles taken from the
Carl Ming home northeast Of
WeStmorland some time Sunday,
according to a report given the
county sheriff's office.
The list of missing articles in
cluded: two yellow gold wedding
rings, a ladies yellow gold ring
with ruby set, % Winchester
pump gun, a dark brown hat, a
tan leather jacket and dark gray
suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
OH H0./
; e0Ys
FRANK WkEANIAbE
by
80 HOLDEN

Many intelligent gentlemen
have wrote words of opinion
about those Mother which shot
her sOn-I just going say too
bad and so sorrow for both. II
proving that some persons must
always be forbid TO drinking
liquor. IL are a very danger
0usly fluid when absorbed by
certain percent of population.
They are totally nonresponsible.
what they doing under influence
of it. But excuse please--it not
always liquor which makes us
doing such terrible things. For
Instincts: Can YOU not remcm-
Der one certain moment In your
life when you was so mad YOU
would have committed murdery
IL at that moment some body put
a gun I'm your hand and say.
go on shoot him. DO you re-
membering such a moment
please?
Yours truly y. w.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
THREE COUPLES
SEEK TO MARRY

Three couples filed notices of in
tention to wed, according to records
at the county clerks office today.
Notices were filed by: Tony Carl
stillo, As, and Gladys Moore, %,
both of Los Angeles c. S. Cochran,
As, and Mamie Key, 81, both of
Yuma; and by Arturo Hernandez, 81,
and Dolores Valenzuela, %. Her.
nendez lives at Heber and Miss VAL
enzuela at Mexicali.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
JAPAN REJECTS
NAVAL PLANS

LONDON, Dec. 9. U.P - Japan
refused emphatically today to con-
slider President Roosevelt's propos-
al for a general reduction of naval
strength, and at the same time
rejected the British proposal for
abolition of submarines.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
Tinny Melodies

Musicians at a dance somewhere
in Imperial Valley, according to
records made available TO RR, be-
came so exuberant over their own
music-and perhaps other ingre-
dients-that they absconded with
four radiator caps and sack of
peas purloined from automobiles
parked in the vicinity of the dance.
Just what type of music will re-
suit from the combination of ra-
diator caps and peas-well, use your
own imagination.
Besides, who was it took sack
Of peas to dance, and why?
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
Painful Observation

When the interior decorator who
was fixin' up drug store on Main
street dropped tack on one of
the fountain seats, and let it go
unnoticed, he caused acute en-
barrasSment to RR. No, dear read
er, RR did not park on the seat
in question, nor feel the anguish
of the tack's point. But a pretty
girl did. Emily Post was nowhere
to be found at that moment, and
RR pondered overlong about offer
ing to extract the instrument of
torture. Someone else took adj
vantage of the situation, recovered
the tack. and got acquainted.
What would a gentleman have
done?
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09

Saturday afternoon by A. Benke,
Texaco employe, when he visited
the explosives cache two miles west
of Brawley. 1t was believed the
robbers took the explosives some
time between 7:30 am. and 2 pm.
Saturday.
Entrance TO the magazine was
made by breaking a lock. No caps
were taken. The dynamite was of
so per cent strength, in sticks 10
inches long and two inches thick.
The robbery came on the heels OF
two recent discoveries of dynamite
bombs. Two weeks ago, the U. S.
Customs patrol found II bombs
underneath a culvert in the WiStaria
canal near Calexico, after the ditch
had been drained. Because the eX-
plosives were wrapped in a Mexican
newspaper, Sheriff's officers who in
veStigated at the time thought they
had been improvised by rebels
across the border. Examination of
the bombs for content was aban-
doned this week by coast authorities
because the explosive material was
too far advanced in disintegration,
Last Thursday, l. sticks of dyna-
mite were discovered by Southern
Pacific trainmen after a locomotive
and cars had passed unharmed over
the charge at the Commercial
street crossing in Ell Centro.
Peace officers we're unable to give
any explanation for the mysterious
series of dynamite discoveries and
the explosives theft Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09

tIIC oUItcI WtoJ UI UIIU TdIIWdy ITdCkS
in that city. He was struck by a
machine driven by Jules E. West of
Los Angeles. Santiago M. Callado,
Filipino laborer, was killed on the
Calipatria road two miles north of
Brawley shortly after tbs Sunday
night when the automobile he was
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
Theft Spreads Fears
Of Dynamiting Plots

Renewed fears of dynamtng plot spurred Ell Centric
police sheriffs officers and railway detectives today in
their search for thieves who took so pounds of high eX
plosives from Texaco Oil company magazine Saturday
Theft of the of dynamite discovered late
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
PLANS
AIR TRAM LINE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.-Preminary plans for con-
structon of hgh-speed artram system between Los An
gees and Pasadena going forward today following
recent of the proposed transit sys
tenn.
Frederick Stoehr Pasadena attorney, representing a
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09

known Ell Centr0 businessman and
prominent American Legionnaire,
is in La Solana hospital for treat
ment of serious injuries received
Saturday night when he was struck
by a machine driven by Ed Nara
con, 27-year-old employee of an Ell
Centro baking company, accord
ing to police reports.
Frost's Condition Fair
Frost's physician said he receiv-
ed compound fracture of the
right leg below the knee, lacer-
ations of the scalp, conclusion of
the brain, and internal injuries.
His condition Monday was said to
be fair considering the severity of
his injuries.
Naracon is held in the county
Jail on charges of driving an auto
mobile while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor. Witnesses
said Frost had started to enter an
automobile in front of Mrs. Frost's
flower shop at $40 South Sixth
street when Naracon's heavy sedar
Continued on Page 2, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
TO
SHOW FILMS
OF S T, NICK
Movies Taken at Santa Claus Palace by
Post-Press Expedition to Be
Rushed to Valley
90

Moving pictures of Santa Claus his CASTLE and the
tire trip made by the PostPress expedition to Santa Claus
land will be shown in theaters throughout Imperial Valley,
the publisher of the two papers decided late Saturday
Theater have agreed to show these pictures the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
MACHINE
BUSINESSMAN
IN Ell CENTRIC
Driver Held As Car Injuries S. N. Frost;
LabOrer Killed as Auto Upsets
North of Brawley

Imperial county's automobile fatality total for 1885
reached 35 result of two deaths this weekend accord
ing to records file at the county sheriffs office
Shock Clawson, 35-yearold resident of Westmorland
killed early Sunday morning he walked along the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
SPORTS NEWS

Members of the Bachelors club
postponed their tennis tournament,
scheduled for Sunday morning, be-
cause of the illness of so many of
the players.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09

first of their kind ever taken, be-
ginning Friday night.
A radiogram was flashed to Capt
F.. E. Kleinschmidt asking the eX-
plorer to return at once with the
movies. The captain replied by
radio that he could not get here
by Friday but that with Santa
Claus help the pictures would be
delivered at the PoSt-PresS office
in time for their first showing Fri
day night.
A list of theaters where these
pictures will be shown will appear
in the Morning Post on Tuesday
and in Tuesday evenings Imperial
Valley Press.
Here are the two messages:
~ Radio to the Captain '.--
Capt. F. E. Klenschmidt, Santa
Claus castle, Santa Claus land, I'm
perative show pictures of trip and
Santa Claus here Friday. Can you
make return by then? Will Santa
help you get back on time? Best
wishes to your party and love Of
al El Centro children to Santa
Claus Santa Claus editor, Morn
ing Post and Imperial Valley Press,
Ell Centro."
The captains reply, which came
morning, said. Impossible
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09

driving overturned
in the soft dirt be-
side the highway,
according to rec
ordS.
S. N. Frost, well
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
~ ~
~
ID AMBLING
NEPORTER
Says
1entary, Watson.-
SOCIETY NEWS

Members of the Bachelors club
enjoyed an evening of wine, dine
and dance at their annual shin
dig Saturday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09
4 Late News
SEARCHERS' PLANE CRASHES


ATLANTA, Ca. Dec 9. (UP)-A proposed flight to
the Antarctic to search for Explorer Lincoln EIsworh
and his pilot ended here early today en the nged
NOytrup monOpane bearing Russell X. ThdW and William
II. KIenke crashed at Gambler field. Neither Thar
KIenke injured.
STUDENT RIOTING FLARES
CAIRO, Dec 8. (UP)-A I5year-Old girl Was shot in
the head and another STUDENT boy, fell Uth bullet
riOting.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-09

Clearings Toda,
S54 .5O5.95
Building Permits
S92,062
Ito Date This Iear)
Evening star., 1935-10-14
WOMAN is FOUND
OVERCOME BY GAS
Expectant Mother, 80, Revived
After Hours Work by Doc
tors and Firemen.

Mrs. Hilda Moran. 30, was found
overcome by gas today in the kitchen
of her apartment at Tilden Gardens,
5000 Connecticut avenue. She was
treated by firemen and Emergency
Hospital ambulance physicians and
was said to be recovering.
Residents of the Tilden Gardens, q
cooperative ownership enterprise,
smelled escaping gas about am. and
notified the janitor, Henry Burley, so.
colored. Burley entered Mrs. Moran's
apartment and found her lying face
down on the kitchen floor. All gas
jets on the stove were open. Burley
said Mrs. Moran apparently had top.
pied from two chairs arranged face
to face. with quilt spread over them.
1t took rescuers more than an hour
to revive the young woman. Physi.
clans said she is an expectant mother.
Mrs. Moran left a note addressed to
her husband, Preston w. Moran, book
keeper for the Robert E. Anderson
Plumbing Co., 800 Maryland avenue
northeast. Moran refused to reveal its
contents. They have no children.
They own their apartment.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
HAMMOND MANSION
MAY BE EMBASSY
French Government Reported
Considering Purchase of Kalo.
rama Road Residence.

An attache of the French Embassy
said today the embassy is interested
In purchasing the elaborate home Of
John Hays Hammond at 1921 Kalo-
rama road, but that no definite agree
ment had been reached.
The attache stated embassy officials
had examined the Hammond house
and agreed that it would serve their
purposes better than the present en-
bassy on Sixteenth street. He said
If the deal for the acquisition of the
Hammond home does not materialize,
they will look elsewhere. The present
embassy house Is held not large
enough for the increasing demands
for Ambassador and Nine. de Labou-
laye for entertaining. The Ambassa.
dor and his wife will arrive in New
York this week from Europe, and it is
believed definite news concerning the
moving Of the embassy will be re-
leased upon their return to WASH
ington.
The Hammond home Is large and
handsome structure Of stone, with
wings spread across the broad front Of
the garden which surrounds it. The
rear Of the house commands q view Of
Rock Greek Park. Since the death Of
Mrs. Hammond several years ago. Mr..
Hammond and his sister, Miss Eliza
beth Hammond. have made only brief
visits to the house, and it has been
closed most Of the time.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
Ex.PrisOner 2lOO7,
Who Paid Penalty,
Now Seeking Job
Serred Term for Drunk
Driving and Leaving
After COlLiding,
Ex-prisoner 21007 would like a jo'

Ex-prlSoner 2lUUI would ike q Job.
Ex-prisoner 21o07 has just COM
pleted serving 80 days in the District
Jail for driving while drunk and leav-
ing after colliding. Today he is free,
his debt to the laws of man and of
human safety paid.
Three small children, ranging in
age from to Z years, are dependent
upon ex-prisoner 2l007. In his search
for employment he offers a record as
clerk. salesman and merchandising
agent in several local concerns.
He was holding one of these jobs
when the incident occurred which
transformed him into prisoner 21o07.
To help in the support of the three
youngsters. their mother being dead,
he was driving taxicab at night and
on Sundays. On July % he drank
some beer; later his taxicab collided
with another machine and be drove
away when the other car owner de-
manded $25 damages. Police caught
him later and placed two charges
against him. The Judge sent him to
the District Jail for 80 days. At the
Jail he worked as q clerk
The three youngsters were told their
father was going away-to New
York-he would be back soon" He
is back now. but without employment,
his driving permit revoked and his
other job gone.
In the cause Of safety, to aid in
discouraging others from making the
same mistake he made. prisoner 21007
participated in a Star Safety Cam
paign broadcast from the District Jail.
Any one desirous of offering job to
ex-prisoner 21o07 may do so by COM
municating with the city editor Of
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
Gold Is RennOved
With APpe,'di1 Of
Federal Worker
Remembers SWALLOWING
CrosUn 3 Years Ago.
May Be sHOarder.'

Conflicting emotions may make
Charles g. Senseney's convalescent
bed an uneasy one as he lies today
In Garfield Hospital.
Yesterday surgeons, operating on
Senseney for appendicitis, extracted
the appendix-plus one gold crown.
Senseney remembered swallowing the
dental fixture three years ago.
Today he weighs the value of the
discovery" as partial payment on
the operation, against possible appre-
hension for gold boarding. The metal
has increased In value the last three
years.
senseney Is an employe Of. the
Internal Revenue Department.