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Evening star., 1936-12-20
BERNSTORFF TELLS
/ Of NEW WAR PERIL
Arms Race Always Has Led
to Battle, Former Ger
man Envoy Says.

GENEVA Op).-Count Bernstorff,
Germanys wartime Ambassador TO
Washington, who now lives in retire.
ment in Geneva, issues q warning in
his memoirs recently published that
Competition In armaments In course
Of history has always led to war"
Bernstorff's book is creating special
interest in international circles here
because of his outspoken opinions.
He says that enemies OF BRAND
and Stresemann who subsequently
triumphed seem to me to have little
cause to be proud Of what they have
accomplished" and adds: while the
two big statesmen were in power there
were indicat tions that world reconcilia-
ton was on the way, while now the
sole talk Is of security-that is. arma-
ments competition. which history
shows always leads to war"
Bernstorff calls this book his "con-
fession" and says he has been able
to write it despite his age. his i'll
health and disgust with politics"
Speaking OF his wartime ambas-
sedorship, Bernstorff writes that he
was at home in society there, but these
social relations proved worthless dur
ing war because the so-called four
hundred departed in q body into the
enemy camp"
He says it was Germany's political
inadequacy which led her into an
abyss, "a political inadequacy that
flung us helpless at the mercy Of an
incompetent military dictatorship"
He adds: I'VE can only be saved
by political training that will enable
the whole German people to see the
world as 1t really is and not as we
should like to represent It,"
Commenting on Germany's atti-
tude during the Great War, Bernstorf
says: "Germanys military position
| would not have deteriorated had u
boat submarine war never been UNDER
taken" Bernstorff blames submarine
warfare as the main cause OF Ger
many's collapse.
The choice of the German gov
ernment lay between peace Of UNDER
standing through American media
ton and the U-boat warfare. involv-
| ing war with the United States. which
must inevitably bring us defeat" he
says.
He ascribes President Wilson's per-
sonal hostility to Germany during
the latter part Of the war to Ger
many's refusal to entertain his peace
proposals.
Evening star., 1936-12-20

In the name Of the Cuban people, to
testify our recognition for meritorious
works done.
The armed forces, produced by a
revolution of the people. will always
be found behind the legislative power,
as well as the other powers, to back
Just causes ."
The next regular session Of the
House was set for Monday, but the
impea chment matter was not on the
agenda. Ordinarily, subjects not on
the agenda are not brought up at
House sessions.
Meanwhile, the President had 10
days in which to make up his mind
about the bill.
If he does not veto or sign it within
that time it will become a law auto
matically If he does veto it, the
opposition will try to pass it over his
veto.
Guillermo Iglesias, member of the
House, arrived from visit in the
United States. His vote was consid-
cred vital by the pro-army hackers of
the bill because they lacked two votes
of having enough to override a presi-
Dental veto.
The President was reported in
some quarters to be considering re-
signing his post.
AS talk of President Gomez's possible
resignation persisted, close observers
predicted DR.. FREDERICK Laredo Bru,
vice president Of the republic, would
be the man most likely to succeed.
DR.. Laredo Bru was in conference
with Col. Batista today. 1t was said
reliably that Bru had the support OF
the army for the presidency.
DR.. Bru said in a statement today:
The dificult and dangerous situa-
Evening star., 1936-12-20
EX-PUBLISHER DIES
Harry z. Morrell Dies at Son :
Home at Age of 10.

BRUNSWICK, Me. December II
CP.-Harry E. Morrell. 10, retired
Boston publisher died last night at the
home of his son, Malcolm E. Morrell,
Bowdoin College athletic director.
Morrell. former president Of Lothrop.
Lee e. Shepherd Co., Boston. had
published many internationally known
books.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
'SlT-DOWN' STRIKE ENDS
AT W.P.A. HEADQUARTERS
Protest Over Dismissal Of Arts
Project Employees in Chicago
Brings Arbitration.
the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. December 1s.-Thirty
''sit down" strikers. who participated
in a sedentary siege at Works Prog
ress Administration headquarters for
q week, got up today.
They ended their demonstration
after announcing N. r. A. officials
had agreed no one in need would be
dismissed, needy persons already laid
off would be reinstated, and there
would be no discrimination against
the strikers.
The 10 women and 20 men had
sat in a windowless room since last
Saturday in protest against the dis
missal of 200 Arts Project employees.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
MAINE KILLS LIQUOR TAX
PROVIDING AGE PENSIONS
Legislature Upholds Brann's Veto
of Sales Levy-Jobless In
surance Law Passed.

By the Associated Press.
AUGUSTA, Me. December 19.-The
Maine Legislature killed late today an
appropriations bill financing old-age
pensions by q 10 per cent retail liquor
sales tax, the House sustaining Gov.
Louis j. Brann's veto of the measure.
The veto was upheld by a strictly
party vote, IS Republicans voting to
override Brann, a Democrat, and 46
Democrats supporting his action. A
two-thirds vote would have been
necessary to override.
The Legislature then adjourned.
Brann had called it into special ses-
sion primarily to enact a jobless in
surance law conforming with the
national social security act. That OBJ
Ject was accomplished last night,
when Brann signed the act.
Brann's veto message said he be-
lieved the tax bill would have meant
loss to Maine Of Federal funds to
match State old-age grants because
the bill had not been approved in
Washington.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
ONE FOOT FROM SAFETY,
RECLUSE DIES IN FIRE
Aged Indianan and His Dog
Perish in Blaze at Door
of Shack.

D. the Associated Press.
ENGLISH, Ind, December 1s.-
With only q foot separating them
from safety, Joseph Mcdaniel, IS
year -old recluse, and his dog were
burned to death today in a fire that
destroyed the one-room shack in
which they lived.
Firemen, arriving at the scene as
the roof fell in. used graphing hooks
to recover McDaniel's charred body
from the debris.
Awakaned by the fire, Mcdaniel
was believed by the f1remen to have
sought an exit. only to fall to the
floor q foot from the door. The
dogs body was found at his side.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
DEBUTS FEATURE
WEEK Of OPERA
Thirteen Artists, Seven of
Them Women, 10 Appear
at Metropolitan.
~ the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 19.-Thir-
teen artists, seven OF them women,
will have debuts during the Metro
politan Operas opening week OF the
fifty-fourth season. week long since
assured as being O box-off1ce success.
A week Of promised surprises, it
opens to the annual crush Of society,
stage and music celebrities Monday
night with Wagner's Die Walkuere,"
the first time Wagnerian opera will
have opened the season since 1901.
That opener was Tristan und Isolde"
It Is a double tribute to the renewed
drawing power of Richard Wagner
and to the soprano. Kristen Flagstad,
who will sing "Bruennhilde."
To her generally is attributed much
Of the popularity Wagner now has
among New York's music audiences.
The Metropolitan will follow up
Wednesday night with Tristan" and
Nine. Flagstad in the title role.
There will be two revivals during
the week-Smetana's "Bartered Bride"
on Friday night, and Samson ct
Dalila" for the Saturday matinee.
Four to Make Debut.
The "Bartered Bride" was out Of
the repertory for three years. Then
1t reappeared in the Spring popular
price" season in a racy English ver-
sion with group of English and
American artists raising 1t to the
ranks of a Broadway success.
Four of them will make their de-
butts for a regular Metropolitan sea-
son in the English presentation, al
though they had their first appear
ances last Spring In the opera.
The debuts for the opening night
are Krestin Thorberg as Fricka;
Irene Jessner. the Viennese soprano.
and Anna Kaskas. the Hartford,
Conn, contralto who trained In Lth-
uania and Italy and won her way
into the Metropolitan by the addition
route
Nine. Thorberg is the wife of Gus
taf Bergman. director OF the Gothen-
burg Opera in Sweden, and has sung
throughout Europe.
Karl Laufkoetter, German tenor
who made a signal success in opera
In Buenos Aires. will make the only
debut in Tristan"
For the pref Christmas matinee OF
"Haensel und Gretel," there will be
q debut by Lucielle Browning, ma
tive of Durham. N. c., who was
starred in Philadelphia opera and ap-
peared here during the Spring season.
Three Debuts Thursday.
Three debuts are offered in next
Thursday nights "Traviata," Vina
Bovy, Norman Gordon and Wilfred
Engelman. Nine. Bovy is Belgian
soprano, Gordon is native Of North
Carolina and a nephew Of Gov. J.
c. B. Ehringhaus, and Engelman is
native of Detroit. formerly with
Chicago and st. Louis opera COM
panies.
The "Bartered Bride" debutantes
are Muriel Dickson, former star OF
the DOyley Carte Opera Co.; Nat
ale Bodanya, who called herself
Bodanskaya last Spring and came
into opera from New York's East
Side; George Rasely, who was born
In st. Louis, Mo-, and has had a
varied career of church, radio and
opera singing. and John Gurney
jamestown, N. Y. basso, who was
graduated from Harvard Business
School, but preferred to sing.
For next Saturday Rene Maison
will sing the Samson" which tested
Caruso's mettle. and Gertrud Wetter-
gren will be the "Dalila" Herbert
Graf. Viennese stage director. will
make his debut with the Metropolitan
by staging that opera.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
Cuba

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-12-20
Chinese Shoots Himself.

MODESTO, Calf. (P.-Chow Pc.
Chinese laundryman. penned this note
to q friend: Life is but . silken robe.
When it becomes worn and frayed. 1t
should be cast Off" Then he shot
himself.
Evening star., 1936-12-20

Of romance languages at the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania for 18 years,
died today. After graduating from
Harvard University. Prof. Hurlburt
taught at the University Of Michi-
gan before coming to Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1936-12-20

Continued From First Pase)
Col Batista issued q statement IN
which he said: The House OF Repre-
serltatives has manifested itself openly
in favor of q law bringing positive
benefits to the humblest classes OF
Cuban society. We should all be quick.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13
TWO ARRAIGNED
In DEATH OF
AGED BICYCLIS7

Mckinley Fisher and l. B. Nc
Gee were arraigned on hit and run
charges before Judge John f. Simp-
son in Ell Centre justice court
Monday. The Negroes admitted
being responsible for the death of
G.. Preston Grover, aged bicycle
rider, near Ell Centro November 27.
Preliminary hearing will be Friday
afternoon.
The men had been employed at
Imperial dam and were said to
have told a friend they were re-
sponsible for striking down the old
man as he rode his bicycle along
Eight street near the county farm.
The friend told Deputy Sheriff
John CrouScn at Winterhaven and
he arrested them. They were
brought to Ell Centro to be ques-
toned by T. M. Sharp. chief Grim
inal Investigator for the sheriff's
office, They made their confess
sion to Sharp in the presence OF
Mrs. Hazel Livingston, shorthand
reporter. Deputy District Attorney
r. I. French and Deputy Sheriffs
Crousen and Frank P. McCaslin.
Grover died in the county hos
pital of injuries received in the
accident. His battered body was
found beside the highway by a
Mexican.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13

their cases in the laps of the voters.
Observers who value their repu-
tations were chary of predictions
as the zero hour drew near OF
one thing they were sure, that H.
H. Tyler will be elected city treas
urr. He is unopposed. In the city
clerks race, the political oldsters
believed, it was Cal Mousseau, in
cumbent, running against the field.
In the campaign for three council
manic positions, the field of seven
candidates seemed narrowing down
until the names Of Harry Sones,
Gordon Scriven, l.. r. Jefferson and
A. N. Bucklin were foremost, in
the order given, with ]. P. Eyer a
definite threat TO any of them.
The political sharpS watched
with interest the race of I. May
field. however, for from the vote
cast for him, many believed, will
be determined to a large extent
the voting strength of the Town
send movement, i'll which Mayfield
has been more active than any
other candidates. Jimmy Hushman
is the seventh candidate.
There seemed almost definite
agreement between Street-corner
politicians that Harry Soncs will
be elected 10 the council If their
belief is correct, and their rating
of the strength of other candidates
may be believed, the race then will
be between Gordon Scriven, l.. r.
Jefferson and A. N. Bucklin for
the remaining two positions, with
J. P. Eyer the races question mark
in strong, black type Eyer, some
believed, might nose out any Of the
favoriteS.
Eyer. some pointed out, will draw
votes from both liberal and con-
servativc factions. His business rec
Continued on Page 8; Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13
MAN CHARGED
WITH BEATING
HIS EMPLOYER

George l.. Decker was scheduled
to be arraigned in Wintcrhaven
justice court Monday afternoon
on battery charge because Mrs.
Lucy TedroW said he struck her
over the head with an iron pipe.
Mrs. TedroW runs the Gray5
Well service station and Decker
had worked FOR her for long time
He became drunk Sunday morn
ing, she said, beat her with the
pipe and drove her from the sta
ton She summoned help from
Holtville and Chief of Police w. H.
Cornelison called the sneriffs of
flee.
Two deputy sheriffs, Frank P.
McCaslin and H. E. Cox, went to
the station where they found that
Decker had hidden in the sand
hills, They were forced to track
him over the burning sands be-
fore they could arrest him.
Mrs. Tedrow signed the battery
complaint against Decker.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13
MOVIE ACTOR
CLAIMS CRASH
VICTIMS BODY

Randolph Tucker, 81. who burn
ed to death on the Yuma highway
early Saturday morning, was a
Harvard university student and was
en- route from Mexico to his home
in Beverly Hills. He had been
to Mexico to look after mining
property.
The charred remains of the
young man were taken to San
Diego for burial Robert Mont
gomery, motion picture star, and
John A. Morgan, aviator, flew
down from Beverly Hills to take
charge of affairs for fuckers
father, who lives in that city.
fuckers mother was daughter
of the late Col. House.
Montgomery and Morgan landed
at Imperial airport and came TO
Ell Centric to get the necessary
papers for claiming fuckers body.
They flew to Yuma to claim the
remains. Cremation will take place
in San Diego.
Tucker lost his life when his
automobile plowed under stalled
gasoline tanker on the Yuma high
way near Gray'S Wells and burst
into flames. igniting 10000 gallons
of gasoline.
Ralph Handler, hitchhiker who
was in fuckers car, is recovering
from injuries at the Imperial
county hospital. His condition is
said to be satisfactory as this
time.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13
RICHES AWAIT
YOUNG INDIAN
NOW IN VALLEY

YUMA, Ariz., April l3. W,P)-J. Al
berti, young Cherokee Indian from
Tulsa, Okla, has no need for the
farm Job he presumable is seeking
in California'S Imperial Valley to-
day.
Standard Oil company officials
sought to locate him in order 10
give him large sum of royalties on
the oil they found on his 120-acre
farm near Tulsa.
Alberti acquaintances here said.
has been following the vegetable
harveStS between Salinas. Calf. and
Yuma. He was employed for week
recently at local garage and then
left for the Imperial Valley to seek
farm work. they said.
A Standard Oil company repre-
sentative who has been attempting
to locate Alberti for weeks said he
company brought in a "gusher' on
the Indians farm.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13
LAKE TAN A
REACHED BY
DUCE TROOPS
Serious Crisis Near
For Control of
Mediterranean
Copyright 1886 by United Press

NoEJiiSht iooo ny OhheCu NIcoS
ROME, April 13. (UP)-
Italian soldiers smashed ir-
resistibly into nor t h er n
Ethiopia today to reach
Lake Tana, heart of the gigantic
Nile irrigation project which is
Great Britain's chief interest II
the country.
Soon after this was disclosed,
rumorS. unconfirmed but from usu-
ally reliable sources, spread through
the capital that Dessye, Emperor
Halle Selassie's grand war head
quarters in the north, had been
occupied without resistance by an
Italian motorized column.
simultaneously, diplomatic quar-
terS heard a rumor that Premier
Benito Mussolini had ordered the
northern army to advance on Adds
Ababa, the capital, in order to
smash finally the Ethiopian resis-
tance.
DiplomatiSts here see the Italian
conquest of Ethiopia, even today's
developments, as but the Begin
ming of a struggle on a greater
scale between Italy and Britain
for control of the Mediterranean.
They cnvisagc frankly the pos
sibility that the problem between
these two former Mediterranean
allies may prove to be susceptible
of settlement only by war.
Marshall Pietro Badoglio dis
closed in war communique No. 1873
from the northern front that Ital-
ian soldiers had hoisted the Italian
tricolor on the northern shore of
the lake.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13

government was announced Mon
day by c. o. Hoober, chairman.
Organization of the committee
followed tWo-Weeks visit by
James A. Shook, jr., representative
of the state chamber Shook cx-
planned TO members here the i'm
perative need for elimination of
excess taxes which threaten the
states entire economic structure.
Hoober, Calipatria farmer and
president of the Imperial county
farm bureau, is chairman of the
newly organized committee. Ell
Centric members are Leroy Holt,
o. j. Bradshaw, Earl v. c. Nor
throp, E. E. Anderson, Leo Hetzcl
and w. H. Tyler, jr.
Agricultural Side
Brawlcy members are George r..
Buffers, S. D. Carey and Ralph
w. Stilgenbaur; Calexico is repre-
sentcd by C. w. Brockman, w. H.
Lorenz and M. w. Bates; and
Holtvillc by Eugene w. Lott and
F.. Roy Thompson.
The committee leans heavily to
the agricultural side because 1t
was the feeling of organizers that
chambers of commerce in indivi-
dual cities are engrossed more
largely by purely commercial
problems, whereas the problem to
be attacked by the committee IS
one affecting every taxpayer IN
California.
Principal duty of the committee
will be a study of state taxes and
methods of reducing them. Re
duction of taxes is a business, not
a political problem, committee
members pointed out, and so must
be solved by business EN- rather
than legislators. Methods for cut
ting down the states overburden-
ing taxes will be studied and rec
commended to the statewide com
mittee, which in turn will recon-
mend its findings to the legisla-
ture.
Tax Problem
Such committees throughout the
state came into being after a study
by the state chamber of commerce
which showed business saddlcd
with a tremendous tax problem
out of keeping with necessary ex-
penses in state government, or
ganizerS said.
Another duty of the committee
will be to study means OF combat
ting subversive influences and
malicious agitation which take a
large toll from business through
strikes and other agricultural and
industrial disorders sometimes
helped by legislative lethargy.
The committee in Imperial coun-
ty was formed well in advance o.
the proposed campaign In order
to allow maximum efficiency in
organization before meetings are
called, it was said,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13
BALLOTS WILL
BE CAST IN
SEVEN CITIES
County Precincts Are
Consolidated to
Aid Citizens

Municipal elections will
take place Tuesday in the
seven incorporated cities of
Imperial county with a to-
tai of 9,258 registered voters
entitled to cast their ballots for
councilmen, clerks and treasurers.
County precincts have been con-
solidated in every city in order to
reduce the numbers of polling
places. Any voter who is in doubt
as to the correct polling place,
may telephone the city hail in his
or her city and the information
will be provided.
Ell CENTRIC
FL Centro's 16 county precincts
were consolidated into four pre-
cincts for the city election.
A-West of Eighth street to the
city limits = polling place at
Veterans Memorial hall.
B-NOrIn Vi Mdii ou ~
west of the railroad to Eighth
street-polling place at NC
Kinley school.
C-Scuth of Main street, west oil
the railroad and west to
Eighth street - polling place
at city hall.
D-East of the railroad to city
limits-polling place at East
side school.
The polls in Ell Centro will be
open from am. to pm.
BRAWLEY
The IA county precincts in Braw-
lev were consolidated into three
for the city election.
A-Comprises consolidation oil
precincts /, 4, 5, 7, and IL
polling place at the fire sta
ton.
B-Comprises consolidation OF
;; precincts 2, 3, 6, 8, and 10
polling place at the city hall.
C-Comprises a consolidation of
precincts IL, 13 and 14-poll-
ing place at the old Imperial
Irrigation district office at
Ninth and Main streets.
The polls in Brawley will be
open from am. to Z pm.
CALEXICO
There will be only one polling
place in Calexico as the six pre-
cincts were consolidated into one.
Continued on Page 8; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13
SIX PERSONS
HURT IN FOUR
AUTO M|XuPS
Machine Dives Off
Road, Upsets in
Field

Six persons were injured
in four automobile accidents
in Imperial county this week
end but none was injured
seriously, according to re-
ports at the California Highway
patrol office.
Four persons were injured in
a spectacular accident one mile
west of the Ell Centre city limits
early Sunday afternoon. Slight
injuries were received by: Gladys
Astwdillo, Is, Martha Astwdillo, Is
Oswalt AStwdillo, s, and oscar Asst
wdillo, A, all of Havana, Cuba
Mrs. Oscar Astwdillo,. another pas
senger in the car, was said to
have escaped uninjured.
Oscar AstWdillo, the driver oi
the car, was said to have driven
his car off the pavement while
attempting to pass two other mach
ines going the same direction. He
ran off the pavement for 252 feet
then back ON the pavement side
ways for 100 feet before the car
turned over in the barpit on the
right side of the pavement. The
car went through the fence into
a muddy field where it turned over
twice, according to reports at the
California Highway patrol office
Jessie Hernandez failed to make
the bridge on Eight street at Heber
road Sunday morning. He es'
capped uninjured but his car was
perched in the ditch, according tc
reports at the sheriff's office.
A car driven by j. Ronuello was
going too fast to make a turn
near the T. D. Mccall ranch on
the Imperial Holtville highway
Sunday. The car turned over
Ronuello was bruised and cut but
his 12-year-old passenger, Mike
Bustamante, was uninjured.
One person was injured in a
collision 35 miles west of Ell Gen.
tro on curve on the grade. E
Scharp, 40, of San Diego received
cuts and bruises. He was the
driver of one car and Pete La
Brucherie of El Centro drove the
other car, it was set forth or
reports at tfte highway patrol
Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-13
GEN. HAGOOD
REINSTATED
COMMANDER

WASHINGTON, April 13. UP
Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood, who
was relieved of command of the
eighth corps area after he criticized
the WPA administration, was REIN
stated today as commander of the
sixth corps area with headquarters
in Chicago
Hagood, whose dismissal raised a
storm of political controversy, had
conferred with President Roosevelt
last week and his reappointment
was indicated by his smiling refusal
to comment when he left the White
House.
He had been removed from his
command by "Order of the Presi-
dent"