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Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
DEAD
IN EXPLOSION

TAINO, Italy, July 27 W.R-
Twelve persons were killed and 20
injured today in an explosion at a
munitions factory here.
The explosion occurred at 2:30 p.
m. in factory on a hill overlook
ing Taino which is II miles from
Varessa in the north of italy.
Rescue workers believed the death
toll would be larger, following a
survey of the wreckage, and said it
might total 80.
The factory specialized in the
manufacture of bombs and fuses.
One entire wing was blown to bits
by the blast which was so terrific
that it broke window paneS in
Taino which is near Lake Maggiore.
First reports said that both men
and women were among the dead.
Soldiers and Fascist Black Shirts
found IL bodies in the ruins which
still were smoking and bathed in
heavy fumes.
Parts of bodies were blown great
distances. 1t was believed one COM
pany official had been killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
BANK DEPOSIT
TOTAL SHOWS
LARGE GAINS
Nearly Half Of Amount Lost
In Depression Has Returned
To Institutions

WASHINGTON, July 81. U.P-
Nearly half of the $17,291 100000 in
American bank deposits lost early
in the depression have been recov-
cred by banks, the federal reserve
board reported today.
The board reported deposits of
the 24,630 operating banks reached
a record high of $55 ,289 100000 on
December 81, 1929. There we're
14,519 with deposits of $37998,000,-
900 on June 80, 1888.
They showed an aggregate loss of
1921 100000 in the 312 years from
the prosperity high to the depres-
sion low.
By December 81, 1884, deposits
had climbed to $44,771, 100000, a
gain of $6,773, 100000 while the
number of operating banks rose to
1902. Further gains in both de-
posits and the number of banks
have occurred in the first seven
months of this year.
Along with the recovery in bank
deposits, the reserve board report
ed virtual cessation in bank fail
ures. In the first six months OF
this year only 16 banks with COM
bined deposits of $3,299,00 closed
their doors, compared with Sc banks
with combined deposits of $36,944,-
900 in the full year 1884 and sew
eral thousand banks with combined
deposits of several billions of dol.
lars in 1892.
The board reported total reserve!
of $4,979 100000, and excess re-
serves at $2,414,O 100000 providing g
large reservoir of available credit
for use of American business.
The huge volume of idle bank
funds awaiting lending caused q
further decrease in interest rates
in the first half of this year, the
board reported.
New York City banks charged ar
average of 266 per cent Tor money
in June, compared with 3.3 per
cent year ago and 4.10 per cent
two years ago. Rates in eight
other northern and eastern cities
were 378 per cent, against 4.3 per
cent a year ago and 497 per cent
| two years ago.
Rates in 81 southern and west
ern cities were 476 per cent,
against 5.19 per cent a year ago
and 5.62 per cent two years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
GRAND JURY TO PROBE CHARGE
Application For Mandamus Writ Asserts Perjury
Committed In Civil Suit

A petition for a writ of manda-
mus has been filed by w. M. Ham
ilton who resides near Holtville.
He claims that on July 10 the
crime of perjury was committed
by G. w. Ransom, and sought to
bring complaint against him on
those grounds.
The petitioner asks Judge
Thompson for a writ to call into
court lone Judge j. E. Simpson, so
that the conduct of Judge Simp-
son may be inquired into and the
honorable court may ascertain TIT
legal cause, if any, why said jus
tice of the peace is delinquent in
the performance of his duties and
to inquire why and for what rea-
son he refused to SIgn his name as
justice of the peace to the COM
plaint."
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
Guilty Of Breaking
State Medical Act

LOS ANGELES, July 81. tU.H -
Milton Shepardson, 60-year- re-
tired Oakland attorney under con-
viction of practicing medicine with
out a license. today awaited pas
sage of sentence Monday.
He was found guilty of having
sold pieces of rock purported to
contain properties which would
cure rheumatism, on testimony OF
G. E. Fadness of Los Angeles.
F'adness said the attorney had
told him he was not a physician
and did not guarantee a cure
Shepardson said he had obtained
relief from arthritis which had
forced him to give up his law prac-
tice through the rocks.
Municipal Judge Wilbur c. Cur
tis indicated he would place Shep-
ardson on probation.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
YELLED HIN I
CONTAINED IN
FORMAL NOTE
MussoIini Insists His Nations
Terms For Discussion Of The
Trouble Must Be Met
EMPEROR RETAINS HOPE
Ethiopian Monarch Expresses
Confidence League Can Help
Prevent Actual War
BY WALLACE CARROLL
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
GENEVA, July 27-Italy will
consider leaving the League of Ma
tions unless the council considers
the Italo-E Ethiopian dispute on the
basis of renewed arbitration only,
Premier Benito Mussolini said to-
day ir a note to the league.
The league secretariat published
the veiled warning of Italy's II
Duce shortly after it had announce
ed that the. league council would
meet on Wednesday, July 81, to re-
sumo its deliberation on the East
Africa dispute.
Mussolini thus threw the line
sharply between the italian and
Ethiopian positions on the councils
possible courses of action.
Ethiopia has demanded that the
council take up the entire back
ground of the dispute and move
actively to avert the threatened
war.
Italy maintained that the coun-
ellis only course is to follow a strict
ly legalistic attitude toward the
| dispute and refer the matter back
to the Cancellation commission that
ran into an impasse in its deliber-
ations in Holland.
Italy has put the emphasis on
settlement of the alleged frontier
| incidents as the first and most i'm
portant aspect of the controversy.
When Ethiopia's negotiators at
Scheveningen sought to enlarge the
field of conciliation commission to
include the general background Of
i the East African dispute, the arbi-
tration attempts collapsed and the
| matter was returned to the league
council.
If Italy carries out her threaten
ed course and leaves the league it
will mean the practical end of that
| body. The first sign of weakening
| in the leagues framework came
when Japan withdrew as result
( of the Manchurian dispute with
China in which Japan accomplish
ed its ends and set up "puppet"
state despite the leagues warnings.
Then Germany abandoned the
international organization as a
protest against the powers refusal
to recognize the reich's equality.
principally the field of military
armament.
The United States has never been
member of the league, a fact
which has mitigated against suc-
| cess of that body from the start.
If the league council now does
not fall in with Italy's warning and
| Italy therefore withdraws as q
member, the league is finished us
far as its power in International
questions is concerned.
Joseph Avenol. secretary general
of the league, replied to Mussolini
that he was wiring the Italian
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27

1t is demanded that the original
complaint should not be concealed
any longer in the district attorneys
office by one Elmer w. Heald and
the petitioner claims that justice
is being delayed and hindered by
such actions.
Elmer Heald, district attorney,
stated this morning that Hamil-
ton had been sued by Ransom, a
Long Beach physician, on a land
lease action and that Hamilton lost
the case. Following this he brought
the perjury complaint against Ran
som and demands his arrest. The
whole matter will be presented TO
the grand jury for consideration by
that body at meeting to be held
at the court house Wednesday,
Heald said.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
CANNON BALI"
STUNT IS FATAL
TO- PERFORMER

SANTA MONICA, Calf, July 81.
UR)-The body of James Miller,
Human Cannon BALI who daily
was shot 125 feet into the air to the
m u m ment of thrill-Seeking
crowds, was found wedged in the
piling of a pier today after the
perilous stunt cost his life.
Twice daily Miller, said to be
from Boston, and Capt, F. o.
Gregg, both professional divers
and stunt men, were projected
from the huge cannon on the
Ocean Park amusement pier.
Miller, dressed in an asbestos suit
to keep him from being burned,
yesterday slid down the mouth of
the cannon. While hundreds
watched on the pier and along the
shore of the Pacific, the gun crew
pulled the trigger.
Compressed air was released to
throw him into the air while a
charge of gunpowder went off to
carry out the illusion that the ex-
plosive shot him out of the can
mons mouth.
Miller was hurled through the
heavy smoke and sailed high into
the air. AS he reached the peak of
his 125-foot arc, he was supposed
to twist into a dive and spear
through the oceans breakers.
Instead he crashed into a break
er, catching the force of the wave
directly on his face. Probably un-
conscious, he went under immedi-
ately.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
Denies Charge Of
Reckless Driving

In police cour0 this morning 2.
L. Tackett pleaded not guilty to
a charge of reckless driving. His
case was set for trial on next
Thursday afternoon. w. f. Boote
pleaded guilty to a vagrancy charge
and was given a 20 day Jail term,
suspended on condition he leave
town. E. Wolcott forfeited $40
bail posted at the time of his ar
rest en- a drunkenness charge by
failing to appear in court this
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
Youthful Slayer
Accuses Officers

COURTROOM, Peoria, Ill, July
81 W.P)-The confession of Gerald
Thompson to the murder of Mil
dred Hallmark was admitted to
evidence in his trial today, by Cir
cult Judge Joseph E. Daily.
The judge made his ruling with
out comment after Thompson had
gone to the witness stand and teS-
titled, with the jury excluded, that
the confession was extorted from
him by threats, broken promises
and starvation.
T. P. Sullivan of the state bureau
of investigation, returned to the
witness stand after the jury came
in again to tell the circumstances
of obtaining the confession.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
Small Blaze At
HuLse-Anderson'S

A blaze believed to have been
caused by spontaneous combustion
in some oil rags or a paint gun
brought the fire department to the
Hulse-Anderson tractor companys
plant, 1414 Main street, at $40 o.
clock last evening. The fire was
extinguished after causing estimat-
ed damages of approximately $10C
to paint and wiring in the building
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
FIND BOY IN THEATRE

Ten-year-old Eddie Pippin was
found fast asleep in seat at the
United Artists theatre by police at
2:20 o'clock this morning and taken
to his home. He had been locked
in when the theatre was closed al
ter the last show last night and his
relatives had asked police to make
a search for him when he failed to
return home following his attend
ance at the theatre.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
NAz| COLORS
GUT DOWN BY
|RATE CROWD
Anti-Nazi Group Swarms Over
Steamship Bremen In New
York And Stages Riot
ONE RIOTER IS WOUNDED
Police And Mob Battle On Deck
Of Liner About To Sail From
Gotham Harbor

BERLIN, July 81. WP)-German
newspapers today issued warnings
of diplomatic sequel to the New
York incident in which anti-Nazis
tore the swastika flag from the
prov of the liner Bremen shortly
before it sailed from the American
port.
This insult to the German COL
ors must have a diplomatic sequel
Authorities of the United States
must be expected to apologize" the
Hamburger Fremdenblatt said.
Der Angriff, official organ of the
Nazi party in the capital, declared
that such incidents were absolute
ly unthinkable in Germany.
"They are possible only in a city
where men like Mayor Fiorello H.
LaGuardia in control of the ad-
ministration are unscrupulously
misusing their office in support of
the propaganda of international
Jewry against Germany" Der An
griff said.
NEW. YORK, July 27. W.R) - A
furious anti Nazi demonstration
ragged aboard and around the great
German liner Bremen early today.
Communists and other anti-Nazi5
staged a 10-minute battle with po-
lice and members of the Bremen's
crew on the liners foredeck. One
rioter was shot, a policeman was
beaten severely, and nine demons
traitors were arrested.
The rioting delayed the liners
sailing 40 minutes and inconven-
fenced her 1000 passengers, includ-
ing many internationally promi-
nent persons, who watched the
fighting from the deck and dock.
Chief fighting was on the Bre-
mems foredeck, where demonstra-
tors cut down the Nazi SWastika
flag and dumped it into the East
river.
Edward Doolittle, a demonstrator,
was shot in the thigh. He was one
of four men accused OF beating De-
tective Matthew Solomon. Nine
other demonstrators were arrested
after they lost their battle with po-
lice.
While the fight ragged aboard the
ship. other demonstrators on the
dock were screaming Down with
Iitler!" Pro-Nazis, who habitually
attend sailings of the German lin
ers. hooted them and fist fights re-
suited. An ambulance surgeon treat
ed eight persons for black eyes.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
Baseball Scores
BY United Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE

At Phil. (1st game)- r H e
Boston ..O4O 900 O10 900 O1O-6 II
Philadel. 100 oil 900 900 011-7 81 l
Grove and K. Ferrell; Blaehold-
er, Wilshere, Dietrich and Berry.
At New York r II E
Washington ....-001 $50 0O1-8 13 0
New York oil 900 500-7 u 0
Newsom and Holbrook, Red
mond; Tamulis, Murphy, Ruffing
and Dickey.
At Cleveland r. II r
Detroit ................000 300 300-6 IL 0
Cleveland 900 900 002-2 8 2
Bridges and Cochrane, Harder,
Winegarner and Phillips, Brenzel.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
ITALY THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM LEAGUE
Germany May Demand Apology For Flag Incident
GAMSagHAo Ma9ggH@A
SR SAYS,

VERMEJO PARK, n. M, July
26. (SpeciaD-This sure is a beau
tiful country up in here, lakes,
streams, mountains, fish, deer,
elk, everything. Every time we
would see a good-looking ranch
and little meadow down in the
canyon Wiley Post would set his
Lockheed down in it, visited our
old friend Waite Phillips first.
He has marvellous place, and
325,000 acres of pretty country.
Now we are at the famous YER
mejo ranch, the greatest fishing
and game place in the whole
southwest. Wiley is fishing and
I am out looking at cattle.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE

HlUJSDurRn ..---.ZUZ OUU 1UH-S-lU ~ .
p. Collins, Haines and Davis,
Blanton and Grace.
At Chicago (1st camel r. II Y
Cincinnati ...-...220 0102i0-8 10
Chicago ............. 100 602 00x-9 7 3
Frey, Freitas. johnson and Erick-
son; Henshaw, Casey, Lee, French
and Hartnett.
At Boston r. II E
Philadelphia ....30l 0i0 000-6 0 o
Boston .............. 900 900 000-0 3 2
G. DaIis and Wilson; Cantweli.
MacFayden and Mueller.
At Brooklyn II IL Il
New York .....- 900 800 00i-4 10
Brooklyn ........ 040 020 00x--6 Is l
Smith. Gabler, Stout and Dam
ming; Babich, Zachary and Lopez.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27

p. Collins. HaineS and Davis,
Blanton and Grace.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27

Winegarner and Phillips, Breni
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-27

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Coast TO Coat
The Washington times., 1935-03-06
Lunch Given
By Mrs. Dies

Mrs. Martin Dies, wife of
Representative Dies, of Texas,
entertained at a luncheon to-
day at the Shoreham. Spring
flowers were used for the table
decorations.
The guests were wives of
members of the Texas delega-
ton in Congress and others,
including Mrs. Morris Shep-
pard, Mrs. Tom Connally, Mrs.
Fritz G. Lanham, Mrs. James
P. Buchanan, Mrs. Thomas
L. Blanton, Mrs. R. Ewing
Thomason, Mrs. Luther A.
johnson, Mrs. Richard Kleberg,
Mrs. w. D. McFarlane, Mrs.
Maury Maverick, Mrs. Nathaniel
Patten, Mrs. Charles South,
Mrs. George Mahon, Represen-
tative Isabella Greenway. Mrs.
James Peacock, Mrs. James
Alfonte. Mrs. James Harlee,
Mrs. Richard Porter Dorsey,
Mrs. Don Young, Mrs. Clarence
Wright, Mrs. Margie Neal, Mrs.
William White, Mrs. Eugene
Black, Mrs. Samuel Melick,
Mrs. C. c. Wrenn and Miss
Strong.
Mrs. j. P. Woodley, her
mother, Mrs. Blucher Ehring-
haus, and her niece, Miss Betty
Ehringhaus, have returned to
their apartment at the Shore
ham from Norfolk, Va, where
they spent the greater part of
the winter. They will remain
in the Capital until June, when
they will leave for their sum-
mer place at Virginia Beach.
Miss Ehringhaus' mother, Mrs.
Erskine Ehringhaus, accompa-
MED them to the Capital, and
will remain for a weeks visit
before returning to her home
in Norfolk.
Mrs. Joseph A. Parvin and
Mrs. Van Court Carwithen
motored from their homes in
Marion, Pa, and are at the
Carlton.
The Washington times., 1935-03-06
NoQy co@N"
Arrive Today

Gov. Olin D. Johnson, OF
South Carolina, and Mrs. john
son will arrive in Washington
today. to be the guests of honor
at the Governors Night" party
to be given by the South Caro-
lima State Society tonight in
the west ballroom at the Shore
ham.
Governor johnson took office
in January of this year. He and
Mrs. johnson will come to
Washington by airplane from
Columbia, S. c.,
The Postmaster General and
Mrs. Farley, the Secretary of
Commerce and Mrs. Daniel C.
Roper, Senator and Mrs. Eli
son D. Smith, Senator and Mrs.
James F. Byrnes and Represen-
tative James P. Richards, presi-
dent of the society, with the
other members of the South
Carolina delegation in the
House Of Representatives, will
be in the receiving line, which
will form at 9 o'clock with Gov
ernor and Mrs. johnson.
Others who will receive will
be, Army and Navy officials
from South Carolina, and the
following officers of the society:
Mr.. Hugh Phillips, vice presi-
dent; Mr.. Edgar Morris, sec
ond vice president; Mr.. Ben
Fishburne, treasurer, and Mr..
Charles E. jackson. vice presi-
dent in charge Of entertain
ment.
The Washington times., 1935-03-06
Miss Lake to
Wed Mr.. Case

Mr.. Felix Lake, of this city,
announces the engagement of
his daughter, Miss Matalee Tai
butt Lake, to Mr.. Frederic Web
Ster Case, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Frederic Case, of Red
lands, Calf.
Mr.. Case is a graduate of
Lake Forest School for Boys,
Chicago, and Columbia Univer-
sity. He also attended Harvard
and Leland Stanford.
Miss Lake is a graduate of
Fassifern School for Girls at
Hendersonville, N. c., and
George Washington University.
She also attended Oxford Uni
versity, England.
The wedding will take place
June /. They will make their
home in Redlands, Calf.
Miss Ruth Brooks has come
from Sewickley, Pa, to visit
her parents, Representative
anG Mrs. J. living Brooks, for
a few days, in their apartment
at Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. George C.
Carens, of Boston, are staying
at the Willard during their
visit in Washington.
The Washington times., 1935-03-06
Guest Of Honor

The Ambassador of Poland,
Mr.. Stanislaw Patek, was the
guest of honor at the dinner
given last evening by the Min.
lister of Hungary and Nine.
Pelenyi at the Legation in
Eighteenth Street.
X X X
Mrs. Harold M. Stephens, wife
OF the Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral, entertained informally at
luncheon today in the Colonial
room at Wardman Park Hotel
X X
ViScountess d'Alte, widow of
the former Minister of Portugal,
has come to Washington from
New York for a visit, and dur
ing her stay she is at WardNan
Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Harvey
cutter are in Atlantic City at
characterization Hall.
The Washington times., 1935-03-06
Sail for Bermuda

Miss EIe amor Roosevelt,
daughter of the Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy and Mrs.
Henry L. Roosevelt, with Miss
Audrey Campbell, niece of Mrs.
Joseph Letter. will sail from
New York today for a trip to
Bermuda.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Hamann, of Mount Vernon, N.
Y, are at the Willard for a
short stay.
Major and Mrs. K. D. Frisby,
of Ridgewood, N. j., have come
to Washington and will spend
several weeks at the Martinique.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Thomp.
son, cf New York, are spending
a short time at the Carlton.
X X
Mr.. an Mrs. S. S. Barmash
are in New York at the Hotel
Lincoln.
X X X
Miss Irma K. Sipple and
Miss Frances Hall, both of
Miami, Fla, are at the Willard.
X X
Mr.. and Ms. j. F. Belle
mere, Of Reading, Pa, at the
Willard.
The Washington times., 1935-03-06
Diplomatic and Official Notes
GERMAN D|PL OMAT HONOR GUEST
Picturesque Japanese Embassy
In Massachusetts, Avenue
Dinner Scene Last NiQht

The Ambassador of Japan and Nine
Saito entertained at a dinner last evening
at the Embassy in Massachusetts, Avenue,
in honor of the Ambassador of Germany Hans Luther
The other guests were the Ambassador of Spain and
Sonora de Caderon the Speaker of the House and Mrs
Joseph w. Byrns the Attorney General, Mr. Homer s
Cummings; Senator and Mrs William H. King Senator
Arthur Capper, the Minister of Austria Nine Proch-
mix, the Minister of Canada and Mrs Herridge the AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Henry L. Roose
vel Admiral and Mrs. Joseph X Taussg, Captain and
Mrs Wilson Brown, Miss Mabel T. Boardman Mr. and
Mrs Frank H. Simonds and members of the Embassy
staff
The Washington times., 1935-03-06
Dolly Cameron Says:
SOCIETY SON ENVOY AND WIFE
Minister Of Portugal and Mime.
de BianChi Receive Guests;
Latter's Daughter Assists
The apartment which the Minister of
Portugal and Nine. de Bianchi occupy at
Mardman Park Hotel the for society on Mon

day, when more than a hundred
guests called to pay their respects to
the Envoy and his charming wife at
their final cat home" of the season.
The hosts received at the entrance
to the drawing room, where many
colorful tapestries adorn the walls,
and where spring flowers placed in
low bowls or in tall tapering vases,
added their beauty to the enchant-
ment of the room.
Hostess Wears Lovely Gown
Nine. de Bianchi chose for the oc-
casion a Paris model of black crepe,
the skirt fitted at the waistline and
flaring out toward the hem. The
bodice was of gold sequins, and it
was caught at the waist with an
The Washington times., 1935-03-06
Announce Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Kess-
Ter announce the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Grace Eu-
toks; Kessler, to Mr.. Raymond
Edward Grant, son of Mrs. An
ME Grant, on Saturday, at the
Church of the Nativity, the
Rev. Benedict Hannemann Of
ficiating.
The bride was attended by
Mrs. Norman Hoyle as matron
of honor, and Mr.. Hoyle acted
as best man for Mr.. Grant. A
wedding breakfast followed the
ceremony and nuptial mass,
ana the couple left later for a
motor trip South. They will
reside in Washington on their
return.
Mrs. Joseph M. M. Gray, wife
of Chancellor Gray of Ameri.
can University, will observe her
first day at home this after
noon from 4 to o'clock at
her residence on the campus.
She will be assisted in receiv-
ing by Mrs. Delos o. Kinsman,
president of the Women's
Guild of the university; Mrs.
Frederick j. Kelly. Mrs. George
B. Woods, Miss Mary Louise
Brown, Mrs. Charles C. Tan
sill, Mrs. Arthur C. Christie,
Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl, Mrs.
Warren E. Emley and Mrs.
Chesteen Smith. Mrs. Gray
will be at home each Wednes-
daV during March