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Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
BRITISH
VESSEL LOST.
Liners Abandon Search For
Distressed Freighter With
Crew Of 26 Aboard
BY MARION YOUNG
nited Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1885, by United Press
ABOARD S. S. EUROPA, In Mid
Atlantic, Feb. 27.-The luxury liner
Europe and two other rescue ships
abandoned search for the British
freighter Blairgowrie today and
continued on their courses. Their
masters had concluded that the
Blairgowrie went down, carrying 26
men to death.
Only one faint hope remained
that the crew of the Blairgowrie had
taken to lifeboats and were afloaC
somewhere on the Atlantic, which
was whipped by gales of hurricane
force. The Cunard-White Star lin
er Olympic will pass through the
stretch of waters where the storm
broken freighter presumably sank.
The Olympic wirelessed that she
was keeping a sharp lockout for
boats or wreckage.
But this hope was of the vaguest
kind. Masters of the Europa, the
United States liner American Bank
er, aEd the Dutch ship, Blommers-
dix, were convinced the Blairgowrie
was down with all hands before
they ordered their vessels back to
their courses. They had searched the
vicinity to which they were sum-
moned by the Blairgowrie's frantic
sos calls, from l a. m. until well
past dawn.
No Trace of Ship
The Europe arrived first then
the American Banker and the
Blommersdijk. Their searchlightS
played along the water, their ra-
dios appealed to the Blairgowrie to
answer. No sign of vessel or
wreckage could be found. The
Blairgowrie had reported that her
holds were filling and her steering
gear was disabled. Commanders OF
the rescue ships conclude that she
had gone down with all hands, but
as a last chance they decided to
wait for dawn.
The Blairgowrie sent her first
SOS early last night. The Europa
was so miles away. The American
Banker and the Blommersdijk were
about so. The Blairgowrie's posi-
ton then was latitude 48:00 north,
longitude 1928 west, about 900
miles west of the European coast
and 1000 miles east of Newfound-
land. While the rescue vessels
fought their way through the
storm, the Blairgowrie's radio sig
nails became fainter and fainter
and the purport of its messages
more and more hopeless. Finally
at midnight, an hour before the
Europa reached the given position,
the signals ceased.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Longs Legislature
Again Conuened

BATON ROUGE, La, Feb. 81.
U.P)-Sen Huey P. Long held an
other of his "intimate sessions
with the house ways and means
committee today, to explain" 80
bills introduced at a special session
of his thoroughly dominated legis-
lature last night.
No one besides Long and his gov
ernor, o. K. Allen, knew the con-
tents of the bills beyond that one
repealed a tax on crude oil that
almost forced the Standard Oil
Company of Louisiana to move out
of the state. Several were believed
to provide for the removal of sew
eral elected state officials unfriend-
ly to the Long political machine.
The house adopted a new rule,
giving members OF congress" the
privilege of the floor. This was to
enable Long to take a more active
part in the body's deliberations
without the minority objecting to
his presence.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
SECTION IA OF NRA CODE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
tempting To Draft Contract With Arizona
Cities Protest
Proposed LauD

A resolution protesting against
proposed state legislation which
would give the state sole taxing
powers regarding automobiles, trucks
and trailers was adopted at a meet
ing of officials from all the cities
of the valley held here at the city
hall last night.
This meeting had been called by
Ben Hulse, state senator, to explain
pending legislation to members of
different city councils in the county
and was attended by three members
of the local council. Charles Ander-
son, Mayor; A. N. Bucklin and Fred
Gianola with Cal Mousseau, city
clerk, were members of the local
council present.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
WRITER'S SENT
FROM VALLEY
UNDER ESCORT
James Rorty OF New York Eve
ming Post And Charles MaIa-
muth Told To Leave Here

Following a night in the county
jail during which time they were
ouizzed by Sheriff Ware relative to
their alleged Communistic affilia-
tions, James Rorty, A, and Charles
Malamuth, 35, were released this af-
ternoon and taken to Yuma under
escort by deputies from the sheriff's
office.
The two men were picked up here
by Sheriff Ware at 4:50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and held at the
Jail for examination. Both denied
any connection or affiliation with
the Communist party.
Rorty told Sheriff Ware that he
Is making tour OF the United
States writing a series of articles on
present conditions through the
country for the New York Evening
Post and The Nation, weekly mag
azine published in New York. He
emphatically denied that he is a
Communist or has any affiliations
with that party.
Among his papers, it was assert
ed, was found a letter signed by the
secretary of the Communist League
of America in New York giving what
purported to be list of Commun-
ist contacts in the western states.
The letter in question was addressed
to "Comrade Rorty," Jail officials
said. He had no comment to make
regarding this letter, the sheriff said
this morning.
Deny Accusation
Ware contacted the Post by tele-
graph and received an answer from
that paper stating that Rorty was
engaged in the tour OF which he had
spoken and also that he was known
to be opposed to Communism. Other
kilograms were received froI New
York friends of Rorty this morning
all bringing evidence to the fact that
he always had been known as
an opponent of Communism, a
World war veteran and leader of his
Legion post, and is under assign
ment by the New York Post to Send
a special story to that paper on the
agricultural situation in Imperial
valley.
Malamuth, a resident of Los An
geles and like Rorty writer and
lecturer, stated that he is not con-
nected with Communism in any way
but has been engaged of late in lee
turing on conditions existing in
Russia at present. The two men ar
rived in the valley Monday after
noon.
A close watch is being maintained
by Sheriff Ware and his deputies
against any possible Communistic
organization being perfected in the
valley which might cause trouble
here later on. Other suspects have
been questioned here by his office
within the past few weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
PACIFIST STUDENTS PLANNING TO
CALL NATIONWIDE STRIKE SOON
Leaders Claim 100000 Will Walk Out For One Hour
In Protest Against Government
Military Activities

versity of California at Los Angeles.
announced today he had received
"undercover" Information that plans
are being made for a nation wide
college student strike" in the inter-
est of pasifism.
The strike, according to DR..
Woellner, will take place April S. if
plans materialize. The doctor de-
clined to make public the source of
his information, but asserted the
reported "walkout" is common gos-
sip" at most colleges.
DR.. Woellner made public the dis
closure in commenting on reports
that he has been threatened with an
organized boycott of his classes be-
cause of a speech he delivered ma
tional defense week.
He said the strike was called by
pacifistic students and faculty
members as a protest against the
governments military activities.
The doctor said he received anoy-
nous threats by telephone and let
ter after he delivered speech to
the reserve officers training corps at
u. c. L. A. on "superstitions of Paci-
fism." -|f
One of his remarks that drew cri-
ticism was that "if it were not for
pacifists, we'd have peace every
where"
The doctor said he received anony-
the speech was delivered he received
more than a dozen anonymous tel
ephone calls in which the speakers
hinted that his students would
strike. Since then the calls have
been supplemented with anonymous
| letters, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Asks Damages For
Bump Into Window

Charging that NJ. H. Huey and
NJ. Keneschel, proprietors of a SER
vice station in Calexico allowed
window at the station to project out
over the sidewalk about 13 inches,
constituting a menace to passersby,
j. T. Talley has brought suit against
the two defendants asking damages
of $3.50 for personal injuries re-
ceived when he bumped into this
window and suffered severe lacera-
tions on his face.
The complaint, filed in superior
court yesterday afternoon, states
that the accident in which these
injuries were received happened on
June %, 1894, and added that oil
barrels piled on the sidewalk had
made it necessary for plaintiff to
thread his way through narrow
path on the sidewalk and with
his attention engaged in avoiding
the barrels he ran into the raised
window frame.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Loborite Seeks
Walkers Scalp

LONDON, Feb. 81. W.P)-Valentine
La Touche McEntee, Laborite, filed
notice in the house of commons to-
day that he would ask tomorrow
whether former Mayor James j.
Walker of New York was registered
in England as an alien, and If not
whether any action was contemplate
eel against him.
The fact that Walker was not re-
gistered as an alien resident was
brought out in Chancery court Mon
day when two firms sought to
collect debts.
McEntee, an Irish born wood
worker, addressed his question to
Sir John Gilmour, home secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Police Radio Test
Meets Success

Last night the radio hookup on
the local police patrol wagon was
given it's first real test and the trial
proved entirely successful, it was
announced at police headquarters
this morning. Further tests are to
be made during the present week,
after which the service will be 'ef-
ficially in use "a hours a day.
Contact with the patrol wagon is
made from police headquarters
through police radio station KNGJ,
located in the KXO building. Later
it Is planned to install micro
phone at headquarters which will do
away with the necessity of first
making connection with the broad
cast station by telephone.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Deny Report OF
OUTLAWS Death

AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. 81. U.D-
Texas rangers and L. G.. Phares,
state highway patrol chief, today
discounted a report that Raymond
Hamilton. gunman at Larue, had
been killed at Alice, Texas.
Chief Phares said the report was
received on the highway patrols
teletype machines. 1t evidently or
iginated at San Antonio's police
department. Chief Phares said.
San Antonio police, however, be-
lieved the report was only a ru-
NOR.
Telephone calls to officials at
Alice disclosed no basis of fact for
the rumor.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Abyssinia Not
Seeking Trouble

ROME, Feb. 81. W.R-Abyssinia
has no design on Italian territorial
rights in Africa, Emperor Halle Sc
lassie declared today in letter to
the king and Premier Benito Mus
solini.
I'VE will never molest nor even
have thought or will think of mo-
testing the Italian colonies of Err
trea and Somaliland," the emperor
wrote.
The letter expressed a desire to
have Italy near Abyssinia so it could
"help us" Ghevre Jesus, Abyssinian
charge d'affaireS. said the letter was
extremely conciliatory in tone and
contained expressions of hope that
the situation could be settled peace
fully,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Strikers Will Go
On Trial Thursday

In Calexico justice court at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning five men
who were arrested in connection
with lettuce strike activities in
Heber last week will go on trial on
charges of disturbing the peace.
These men were arrested follow
ing the overturning of loaded
lettuce truck near the Sunset
Farms shed in Heber. One of
their number was turned over to
juvenile court yesterday for furth-
er action.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
ENGLISH BANK
HAS SCANDAL
Soldier Guard Found Dead On
Duty At Famous Old Bank Of
England
BY HARRY FLORY


United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Feb. 81 aU.PN-Private
James Baker of the Welsh Guards
was found shot fatally today in
the Bank of England-the world
famous "Old Lady of Threadneedle
Street"
The usual secrecy attaching to
even the most ordinary accidents
in the old Bank added to the mys-
terry of Bakers death Immediately
after the discovery of his body.
Bank of England officials would
say only that Baker was dead when
found at his post in the bullion
yard and the War Department said
1t would announce nothing until
after an inquest.
1t was perhaps the first violent
death in the Bank since. $50 years
ago, the Bank staff stood off riot
ing attackers with muSkets, melting
down their pewter inkstands for
bullets.
There were several versions of
Bakers shooting.
One story was that Bakers de-
tachment was ordered to fall in at
$3.50 a. m, to march along the
Thames embankment to its bar
racks in Chelsea, that Baker was
missed and that he was found
dead.
Another was that about 80 min
utes after he took his post inside
the Banks main gate another
guardsman found him and that
he was taken to st. Bartholomew
hospital to die.
- Report Shot Heard ~ -
This version had it that the
nearest sentry to Baker, so yards
away, heard shot and called:
Turn out the guard" The SER
geant of the guard ran to Bakers
post, it was said, and found him
lying on the ground, a gunShot
wound in his head, his rifle a
short distance away and one round
missing from his cartridge belt.
The guard was paraded immedi-
ately, it was said, and a fresh SEN
try mounted.
Baker, % and unmarried, was
on duty in what is called the bull
lion yard, one of the most impor-
tant posts of the bank guard,
The guard has been mounted
ever since the Gordon riots of $50
years ago.
Guardsmen thoroughly searched
the vaults and elsewhere through
the great bank building for signs
of an intruder, but found none.
Detectives were summoned and
they questioned guardsmen and
others.
When Bakers body was found,
his big bearSkin hat was lying a
short distance away. He had been
in the guards for a year-in the
company known as the Prince of
Wales own. The Prince is Colonel
of the Welsh Guards.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Deny Morgan To
Liue In England

NEW YORK, Feb. 27 UH-J. P.
Morgan is liquidating part of his
great art collection and disposing
Of some real estate to accumulate
sufficient cash to. prevent the des-
truction of the Morgan financial
dynasty when inheritance taxes
must be paid, members of the
House of Morgan said today.
They denied that the recent sale
of paintings for $1,5O0,000 and the
offering of two valuable parcels of
Long Island property and his IA
nous 100000 ivory miniature COL
lection indicates the fancier is dis
posing of his estate to make his
home in England or elsewhere.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Quintupiets Kept
Warm In Emergency

CALLANDER, Ont, Feb. 81. W.P)
With temperatures standing at 40
below zero the heating system
at Dafoe hospital home of the Di-
onne quintuplets, froze today, leav-
ing only a wood-stove in the base
ment to supply warmth.
A rush CAL was put in to the
North Bay Hydro office and a
thawing machine ordered. The
heating system is steam arrange
ment with a l00-foot pipe connect
ing well and the building.
Meantime the babies, nurses and
DR.. Allen Roy Dafoe were wearing
heavy clothing,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27

NEW YORK, Feb. 81. U.p)-
Plans were disclosed today for a
nationwide strike of students op-
posed to war and Fascism at IL a.
m. April 12, as a demonstration OF
undergraduate resentment at fore
eS alleged to be leading the United
States toward war.
The proposed strike is expected
to affect at least 100000 college
students in from rs to 100 institu-
tions and 10000 high school stu
dents, its leaders claimed.
1t is scheduled to last only one
hour, during which an open pro-
test meeting would be held. But
in centers where the movement is
strongest--such as New York City
the walkout may endure longer.
the leaders asserted.
A similar strike was called last
year and $4,000 students needed the
call of two student groups. This
year four student bodies are spon-
soring or endorsing the strike with
the support of various liberal or
CARNATIONS and vastly greater
turnout is anticipated.
Endorsers of the strike include
the National Council of Methodist
Youth, which has 100000 men,
bers; the Middle Atlantic division
of the inter seminary movement;
the Student League for Industrial
Democracy, and the National Stu
dents League.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 81. W.D -
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Kelly Wins In
Chicago Voting

CHICAGO, Feb. 81. U.P)-Chica-
go voters gave a spectacular acco-
lade yesterday to Mayor Edward j.
Kelly, storming the polls in O bliz-
zard to give him the largest plur-
ality ever won by candidate for
mayor in the Chicago primary.
Kelly was nominated on the DEM
ocratic ticket by 479.825 votes. while
three opponents rounded up only
39,l53 among them and three RE-
publican candidates garnered a to-
tai of only l14.429.
The Republican nominee was
Emil G. Wetten. lawyer. He got
800 votes. 32,430 more than Nor
timer B Flynn, his nearest COM
petitor.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Former OutIolD
Sues Film Firm,

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 81. W.D -
Emmett Dalton, who says he is the
sole survivor of the notorious Dalton
bandit family, today filed suit
against Columbia Pictures corpora
ton for $4,000. .'.f
Dalton charges the motion picture
concern used his copyrighted book,
Beyond The Law" for scenario,
without his permission. He seeks an
injunction and an accounting.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
INJURY HALTS
CRAIG TRIAL

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 81. U.H-
The conspiracy-bri trial OF Ap-
pelate Justice Gavin W. Craig, Joe
Weinblatt, and Mrs. Helen Werner
was recessed here today when Mrs.
Werner fell down a marble stair
way in the federal building and
suffered a possible fracture OF her
left wrist
The case is being tried in federal
court before Judge jeremiah Meter
er. The three are charged with
conspiracy in connection with an
asserted plot TO bribe government
officials to stop prosecution of Italo
petroleum mail fraud charges.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Screen Director
Weds In South

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. 81. W,9
The marriage of w. s. Vandyke,
noted motion picture director, to
the former Ruth Mannix of Los An
geles, two days ago at Greetna, La,
was revealed here today. Vandyke
attending theatre owners conven-
ton.
The bride is 26. She is niece OF
Edward Mannix, general manager
of -Golywyn-Mayer studios.
Vandyke, 46, directed Eskimo, I"
Trader Horn" and 1.-THE Thin
Man."
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Young Heiress
Dead In Garage

PINEHURST, N. c., Feb. 81. W.H
Mrs. H. Bradley Davidson, Jr., %,
the former Elva Statler and heiress
to the Statler hotel millions, was
found dead in her garage at Edge
wood, her resort home here today.
Death was attributed to carbon
monoxide poisoning. Mrs. David
son, a bride of SO days, was lying
half in and half out of her auto
mobile. The garage doors were
closed. The engine motor was not
running when q servant discovered
the body.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
INJURIES EXPLAINED

DR.. M. G. Garfield reported to po-
lice headquarters that he had pick
ed up an injured Negro on the east
side of town last night suffering
from numerous cuts on the face and
body. After reaching his home the
injured man told the physician that
he had collided with barbed wire
fence, hence the cuts.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
HEAVY FIGHTING IN CHINA

SHANGHAI, Thursday, Feb. 28.
U.P)-Heavy fighting between Chin
ese Communists and government
troops in campaign to drive the
Communists from Central China
strongholds was reported by the
Central News Agency today.
The agency said more than 1000
Communists were slain in a battle
near Chikow four days ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
RIVER STATES
APPROACHING
SETTLEMENT
. Swing On Committee Named
To Draw Up Satisfactory Wa
ter Aliocation
ALL HOPEFUL OF SUCCESS
Present Conference Is First
Time Any Progress Has Been
Accomplished
ALL HOPEFUL OF SUCCESS

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 81. U.P)
An effort to draft contract
whereby Arizona would receive B.
100000 acre feet Of water from
Boulder dam reservoir was being
made here today by delegates to the
Colorado river conference here.
A committee Of seven, represent
ing each Of the Colorado river COM
pact states and Arizona, were ap-
pointed by William r. Wallace, Salt
Lake City, chairman OF the confer
ence.
The committee started working at
once, behind closed doors. A report
on progress may be made later in
the day.
Delegates were hopeful that a
contract agreeable to all would be
drafted. 1t was pointed out that
, this is the first time the states have
Been near enough to agreement that
they could start drafting a contract.
The six compact states discussed
the situation in executive session
Tuesday and presented Arizona IS
delegates drafts of their conclusions.
Today Arizona agreed to aid in
drafting a contract.
The drafting committee includes:
w. w. Ray, Utah water commits
sioner; Thomas F.. Shea, deputy at
torney general of Wyoming; Phil
D. Swing, special counsel for the
Imperial irrigation district; George
w. Malone, Nevada state engineer;
S. P. Howell, assistant attorney
general of Colorado; E. K. Neumann,
river commissioner of New Mexico
and Charles A. Carson, counsel for
the Arizona Colorado river commits
sion of Arizona.
"All compact states are holding
together" Evan T. Hewes, chairman
of the irrigation district board OF
directors wired w. w. Goodson, sec
retary of the board this afternoon.
He stated that he was leaving Salt
Lake City at o'clock this afternoon
10 return to the valley, but that
M. j. Dowd, chief engineer, and Phil
D. Swing, special district represen-
tative would remain to work on the
contract. While not stated in the
telegram, it is expected that Direc-
tors Aten and Rose will also re-
turn this afternoon.
The local board representatives
attended this meeting which was
held by Colorado river basin states
representatives in Salt Lake yeSter-
day and Monday to discuss the
terms of the proposed Arizona con-
tract for distribution of storage wa
ter and power from Boulder Dam.
With the return of these directors
the meeting which has been con-
tinued through adjournment from
day to day since Monday will pro-
badly be held here tomorrow. Fix
sing of bonds for recently elected Of
ficers of the district is one of the
chief matters to be considered at
this board meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
- M11GaNA2
Sk SAYS

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 26. (Spe-
ciaD-Was down last night with
Charlie Chaplin, listening to our
friend Will Durant, the philoso-
pher, debate ON world economies.
Charlie has made study of that,
He Is the greatest economist in
the world.
Every nation has lost its export
trade. Yet stop and think of it,
Chaplin manufactures the only
article in the world that hasn't
deprecated. The world is his mar
ket, the same as before depression,
but he has never let the supply
equal the demand. While all the
worlds big industrialists were
greedy. Charlie never went in for
mass production. Seems odd that
a comedia can do what govern
ments are not smart enought to
do
Yours,
M<& R11~.
Cis3s. McNadght Syndicate. lna
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 81. U.D -
DR.. Frederic T. Woellner, associate
professor of education at the Uni