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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
TWO INJURED
IN CRASH OF
AUTO, PLANE

An airplane and an automobile
were wrecked in a head on collision
at Brawley airport shortly after dark
Sunday night and Leroy Jones,
plane pilot, and his companion, Har-
den Young, were treated at BraW-
ley hospital. for injuries received in
the collision. Louis Steiner, driver
Of the automobile, escaped I'M
injured.
Jones and Young were returning
from Los Angeles where they had
purchased the plane. They arrived
after dark and circled the town and
cut off the motor as q signal to
friends to call at the airport for
them.
A crowd gathered and turned au-
tomobile lights on the field as a
means of helping the pilot find the
place to land, according to reports in
Brawley. Steiner decided TO move
his automobile and started across
the field, it is said AS he started,
the plane swooped to land. The plane
and automobile struck head on and
both were wrecked.
Jones, mechanic in charge of
school buses at Brawley Union High
school, received a deep cut under
his right eye ana Young was
scratched and cut slightly. Jones
still is in the hospital but Young
was able to leave after emergency
treatment. Young is proprietor Of a
paint shot in Brawley.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
WAR SCANDAL
DISCLOSED IN
MORGAN PROBE

WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. UP)-
j. P. Morgan and company CORES
pondence showing that an Amer
lean munitions firm seriously de-
layed" the completion of orders
from the United States government
in 1916 in order to give prefer
ence to British orders was read
into the senate munitions COM
mittee's record today.
Il don't see why we should be
held TO blame for that said the
portly, pipe-srnoking J. P. Nor
gan whose banking firm handled
billions of dollars worth of NUM-
lions orders for the British govern
ment.
Stephen A. Raushenbush, chief
investigator, read a letter to the
Morgan firms export department
On July %, 1916, from A. c. Din
key, president of the Midvale Steel
company of Philadelphia. 1t read
I'VE have accepted no orders
from either the Italian govern
ment or the United States govern
ment, the execution of which has
interferred Or may interfere with
orders We have taken for English
projectiles.
On the contrary, in order to
further production of English pro-
jectiles on orders which we have on
hand, We have seriously delayed
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
COMPROMISE
INTRODUCED
BY HARRISON
Move for Showdown
On Patman Plan
Defeated

WASHINGTON, Jan. ID.
(UP) = Currency initiation
as a means of paying the
soldiers bonus was showed
further into the background
today as compromise bill, provid-
ing for full payment in bonds which
could be cashed Immediately, was
introduced in the senate.
simultaneously In the house, pow
erful administration forces defeated
a Republican attempt to bring an
immediate showdown vote on the
Patman proposal TO pay Adjusted
Service Certificates in greenbacks.
Sen. Pat Harrison, chairman of
the senate finance committee, intro
duced the compromise bill with the
prediction it eventually would be-
come law and would not require
levying of additional taxes. Sponsors
of the compromise bill included Sen.
Frederick Stiewer. r.. oregon.
Issue Bonds
The bill would provide for issuance
of bonds in $50 denominations,
which a veteran could cash immed-
lately at any postoffice or could
hold for 10 years as an investment a.
three per cent interest.
The house vote came on a motion
by Rep. Wright Patman, ID, Texas
to discharge the ways and means
Continued on Page 2; Col. y
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
TWO ROBBERY
SUSPECTS FACE
COURT CHARGE

Auselmo Cabag1ag and Arturo
Antipordi, charged with robbing
t. Sagomoto of a ranch payroll
December %, at his ranch near
Seeley, were held to answer in
superior court and bail set at $4,000
each at preliminary hearing
held in Ell Centre justice court
Monday.
Preliminary hearing for Ferllin
Barry, held as an accessory after
the fact because he admitted TAX
ing the men to Los Angeles after
the robbery, was continued until
the afternoon session of the JUS
tice court.
Mrs. Sagomoto, wife of the ranch
foreman, testified at the prelimin-
airy and said she ran out of the
house with a shotgun to- defend
her husband but the islanders took
the gun from her.
The necessity of obtaining hos
pital treatment for Cabueno n
Indio led to the arrest Of his COM
panionS on their flight toward Los
Angeles.
The japanese was wounded in
the arm by the same shot which
caused the death of the Filipino
officers said.
Cabagbag and Antipodi were
said tc have admitted their par
in the robbery when questioned by
T. M. Sharp, chief criminal inves-
tigator for the county sheriff's Of
flee, in the presence of Sheriff
Robert Ware, and Deputies Connis
HayhurSt, and Frank P. McCaSlin
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13

The shooting followed a fight
reported to have taken place in
a saloon managed by Aleman. Ale
man was across the street at the
time the fight took place but
when the fight was reported
to him he obtained gun.
He was said tC have gone down
the street to a group in front of
another saloon where the shooting
took place.
Aleman told Tom Sharp, chief
criminal investigator for the sher-
ifs office and Deputy Sheriff
Frank Raney that Valdez drew a
knife when he questioned him re-
garding the fight.
Three shots were said to have
been fired with but one striking
Valdez. The shot entered the
MeXican's upper arm and pune
tured his lungs. Officers said he
bled to death within 20 minutes
after the shooting.
The verdict returned by the cor
oner's jury occasioned surprise in
official circles and was declared
unusual for case of this type.
Relatives of Valdez were expect
ed to sign a complaint Monday
charging Aleman with murder, &C
cording to D. H. Wolford, chief
C iminal deputy district attorney.
Aleman was ordered returned
to the cCunty Jail after the coron-
er's inquest and was held there
Monday pending the action Of
Valdez relatives.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
FUNDS PROVIDED
FOR I'M PROVING
IMPE RIAL AVE.

State gas tax funds approximate
ing $500 were provided Saturday
by Earl Lee Kelly, director of pub
lie works, for the improvement OF
Imperial avenue between Main street
and Adams avenue.
An additional $500 was provided
for maintaining the streets COM
prising the state highway routes
within the city.
The Imperial avenue improvement
will consist OF grading and Widen-
ing the existing pavement to the adj
jacent curbs.
The work is embraced by an agree
ment covering the period ending
June 80, 1887. Mayor A N. Buck
lin proposed the work to Director
Kelly as a program fer eXpendinG a
portion of the gas tax allocated by
the 1888 legislature for the mainten-
ance and improvement of state
highways within municipalities.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
BRUNO LOSING
HOPE HE WILL
ESCAPE CHAIR
Law of New Jersey
Bars Way on
All Sides

TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 10.
(UP)-The hope of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann to es-
cape the electric chair next
Friday all but died today.
New Jersey law BARRED his way
to every avenue except a forlorn
arpeal to federal courts. A pos
rible reprieve had been ruled il
legal
Except for the remote possibility
that a federal court might inter-
vene, the entire burden OF decid-
Ing Hauptmanns fate descended
upon Gov. Harold C. Hoffman,
and his authority was dubious. At
torney General David T. Wilentz
declared that Hoffman had no
power whatever to grant a re-
prieve.
Attorneys for Hauptmann launch
ed their last fight for his life by
employing Washington firm Of
constitutional leiNysrs to advise
them in preparing en- appeal to a
Continued on page 2; column a
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13

This resulted from two decisions:
First, the court held that pro-
tested processing taxes, actually
paid in eScroW-a sum amounting
to about 100000 000-must be re-
turned to the professors. BY fail
ing to decide upon validity of an
AAA amendment, however, the
court left in doubt the chances of
any recovery of the $1,000,000,000
in levies already paid tC the gov
eminent by professors who failed
to obtain anti tax injunctions.
Second, the court threw out an
attempted test of the Bankhead
act on technical grounds. Thus, it
postponed until sometime aftec
Jan. 20 final ruling on the acts
validity The question will be
raised at that time in a suit
brought by Gov Eugene Talmadge
of Georgia, New Deal foe.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
HARRY LENNON
HURT IN CRASH

Harry Lennon, formerly cir
culation manager for the Imperial
Valley Press, was seriously injur-
ed in an automobile accident in
Arizona City, Arizona, Friday, ac-
cording TO word received here.
Lennon, a San Diego resident.
has been circulation manager for
an Arizona newspaper recently
and at one time was connected
with the circulation department of
the San Diego Union and Evening
Tribune. Details of the accident
were not available.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
Rudyard kipling
Rushed to Hospital

LONDON, Jan. 49, U.R)-Rudyard
Kipling, British poet, underwent
an urgent abdominal operation to-
day at Middlesex hospital.
He was taken to the hospital in
an ambulance from the hotel in
the west end at which he and
Mrs. Kipling arrived Thursday
Within an hour A. E. Webb-John-
son, gastric and abdominal special
list, operated on him.
The poet-author, winner Of the
Nobel prize in literature in 1907,
celebrated his 10th birthday Dec.
80 a his estate at Burwash, in
Sussex, where he has been in Sc
cluSion many years.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13

hODtlI 11dyoJ oCSlCCdlN "
the local chamber. Two San Diego
chamber committees, headed by
Frank CT. Forward and Harry c..
Clark, are making arrangements
and will head their delegations
from the coast city. Chairman Ed
gar F. Hastings of the San Diego
county board os supervisors will
also bring a delegation to Las
Vegas. The San Diego motorcade
will join the group from Imperial
Valley, probably at Kane Springs
or Desert Center, and complete the
trip together.
A Y. Preble, Imperial county SUI
pervisor, is one OF the most active
proponents OF the Four States
Highway, which traverses U. S. SO
from the Canadian boundary line
southwark. It is the hope of the
association, following the meeting
at Las Vegas, to have U. S. SO eX-
tended on through Southern Cali
fornia, via Needles, Desert Center
and inland, into and through I'M
perial Valley This great route,
Preble states, touches every
through trans-continental East-and
West highway in the United States.
1t would, ne believes, bring a great
volume of new travel into Impe-
rial Valley if extended into South
ern California, and the gap of 80
miles. between inland and Desert
Center built. Only about twelve
miles of this construction is in I'm
perial county.
Continued on page 2; column 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
Film Actress Dies
In Auto SmaShup

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. IS. U.P)-
One young film actress was killed
while another lay injured critical
ly today following weekend auto
mobile accident as they were re-
turning from party at the home
of Marion Davies, screen star.
Margaret Enrich, 10, known on
the screen as Mango Early, was
killed and Mary Grace, 10, said
to be the ward of Miss Davies.
suffered a skull fracture and other
injuries when their car failed
to take curve, struck a concrete
abutment and overturned only a
few blocks frCIl the luxurious
beach home maintained by Miss
Davies.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
EX-Wife Gets Bulk
OF Gilbert Estate

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10. U.P)--
Virginia Bruce, blonde screen
charmer and the fourth woman
who married and divorced John
Gilbert, received the bulk Of his
estate, according to his will filed
for probate today. The estate was
valued at $250,000.
The will, made out before Miss
Bruce divorced the screens one
tiiae great lover" also made
provision for Leatrice Joy III, whose
mcther, Leatrice Joy, was Gilberts
second wife.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
g. Drown i'm Wreck:
Floods Peril Coast

flood conditions in the three Pacific
coast states today as the worst
storm of the winter season contin-
ued with little dimunition of the
gales and rains OF the weekend
Ships at sea, trains, automobiles,
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
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ROOSEVELT


Newspaper say Presidents
Attire Outrages style authority"
Fer Holy Sakes of Moses! Now
they kicking at his clothing!!
Them style Authors speaking
that Our President are f0olishly
because he going to wearing
A. NJ. clothes at evening meet
ing of Congress. l study about
American History and | never
hearing about a President which
was kicked at so much. They
say his Radio speak was all
damp. NRA are full of nuts.
This are bad-that are wrong
taxes no gOOd-budget are wob-
bling. Gee whiz please dear
citizens don't he did ANYTHING
rightly? Even his chums OF
Democrats are complaining. !
net knowing what kind of fell
low MIR. Roosevelt are--but he
must be pretty strong man TO
standing all them words of mud
they hurting at him. Now just
siPpOsing he getting mad and
say alright just for that not
going run in 1867
Are that bum
shell I asking?
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
RETURN OF
AAA LEVIES
OR DER / .
Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Status of
Billion in Taxes in Doubt-Bankhead
Test Thrown Out

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (UP)-A 10 minute ses-
sion of the supreme court today the New Deal $780,
100000 in processing taxes left status of
other processing levies in doubt and avoided ruling
directly consttutionaty of the Bankhead cotton
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
A trip to the HOthouse-

"A Trip 10 Lne f1OtnOuSe-
e.. Which may see its store ex-
hausted before long if the olean-
ders keep going out. Anyway, one
is due George Bucklin, maestro Of
the night forces in the Ell Centre
police department, who will cele-
brate his birthday Tuesday. Here's
your oleandor, George.
A bigger One Still
Gees to Mr.. and Mrs. A. N.
Bucklin, Georges parents, who will
celebrate their wedding anniver-
sary Wednesday. Some marriages
DO last, SO an C'elandor bouquet
goes to the mayor and his wife.
O.
Mark Your Ballots
It's all we'll and fine to get
double your moneys worth, but
well, why don't you poll the Gus.
toners on this double feature ar
rangement at the towns show
house, Herb? Maybe we're wrong
o
Signs of the Times
J. P. Nuffer, who knows his real
estate from the ground up, sees
harbinger of greater property
movement in the number of pros
pective purchasers who have in
quired about Imperial Valley in
vestments during the last two or
three days. Any growing commun-
ity owes a debt tc the men who
handle its property exchanges, and
Ell Centre has any number of them
who deserve lot of credit.
Back Home Again
You dent realize how good the
old town might look if you went
away fer a while until you run
into someone like Mickey, the
beauty operator. She moved away
five years ago, and came home
last week. It's a revelation to hear
her being glad she's back-and it
might open anyones eyes tC listen
while she lists all the improve
ments of those last five years.
Good Lord, were there that many?
Any Old Guns
RR has sneaking envy of Phil
MaStenbrook, whose collection of
antique guns is something over
which hours could be spent, doing
nothing but gloating
HCwcome, Tillie?-
RR would like &c know how
Tillman Daley of the California
Highway Patrol Daleys gets his
"Stand-in" on account Of how RR
would like to have one, too. In
the interest of self-protection, We
can go no further. Ask Tillie.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
PLANS SET FOR
ROAD MEETING
Campaign on to Obtain Large Delegation to Attend
Conference of Four States Highway
Association at Las Vegas

The San Diego chamber of commerce is making a
drive to obtain delegates to represent that community al
the organization meeting of the Four States Highway
sociation to be held at Las Vegas, Nevada, next
Saturday and Sunday, according to word received
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
MAN SLAIN
on STREET
IN BRAWLEY
Coroner's Jury Returns Unsuitable Homicide
Verdict Following Shooting in
Downtown Distict

Lawrence Aleman shot and killed Rosero Valdez
downtown street in Brawley shortly after midnight Sat
urday night and coroner's jury returned verdict of
ustfiable homicide at the inquest held at the Thornton
undertaking establishment in Brawley Sunday afternoon
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
NEW DEALERS LOSE TAX CASE
News
behind the neevs
4 STATES ATTACKED -. .
X DECENTRALIZATION .
* SCHEME MERGER
!: BIG OBSTACLE .
BY CHARLES STEWART

WASHINGTON, D. CDR. j. w
Manning's suggestion, on his recent
retirement as head of the Southern
Political Science association, that
Americas 48 states be condensed M
to 10 regional units, should not be
confused with the. joint suggestion
of Secretaries Harold l.. IckeS, Hen
ry A. Wallace, Daniel G. Roper ana
Francis Perkins that 10 or dozen
branches of the national capital be
scattered throughout the country
with a view to regional convenience.
DR.. Manning's regional un'-s
would be enlarged states, each con-
sisting of a group of today'S states
with their old dividing lines obliter-
ated.
The cabinet quarters plan con"
templates decentralization of FEEDER
al administrative activities. 1t does
not necessarily involve interference
with existing state Jurisdictions
For example, if it were adopted,
Chicago doubtless would be Wash
ington's mid-Western sub-capital
but Springfield still would be the
capital of Illinois.
Il X :.
LINKING TWO IDEALS
To be sure, the two schemes read
lily could be combined.
The city chosen as the capital of
any one of DR. Manning's regional
amalgamations of states also could
pe chosen as the seat of that par
ticular units branch of the federal
government.
NATURALLY the United States con-
stitution would have to be literally
amended to permit such a readjuSt-
ment)
However, DR.. Manning and the
cabinet members do not appear to
have elaborated.
4 X u
WOULD STATES AGREE?
OF course DR.. Manning's recon-
mendation hasn't the weight of Sec
retaries Tckes, Wallace's, Roper's
and Perkins, since his is informal
while theirs has an official aspect.
The states might prove haro to
group together, too, as per the Man :
ming program.
IlluStratiVely, one cannot imagine
the various individual state Set-upS
in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island and Connecticut as &C.
quiescing INTERESTINGLY in New
England merger. as advocated by
Continued on page 2; column 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
FLOODS MENACE
COASTAL STATES

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10. U.P)-
Rising rivers brought threats of
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
A bigger One Still
Mark Your Ballots

MarK fUur BaIiOtS--
It's all we'll and fine to get
double your moneys worth, but
well, why don't you poll the Gus
toners on this double feature ar
rangement at the towns show
house, Herb? Maybe we're wrong.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-13
Back Home Again

Any Old Guns
RR has a sneaking envy of
MaStenbrook, whose collectic
antique guns is something
which hours could be spent,
nothing but gloating.
The Washington times., 1936-12-08
FITZPATRICK
ISSUES BOOK

Business failures are submitted
to a searching study in a book
by DR.. Paul j. Fitzpatrick pro-
fessor Of economics at Catholic
University.
The volume which has just
been released by the Dolphin
Press of Philadelphia, is called
The Problems of Business Fail
ures," and is the result of long
research and exhaustive study.
DR.. Fitzpatrick is an authority
on business failures and a contri-
butor to accounting and financial
magazines. A recent article Of his
on the small business appeared
in the publication Of the National
Association Of Credit men.
The Washington times., 1936-12-08
Maryland U. Debates
To Go On Radio

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Dec. 8.
The first of a series of radio de-
bates between the University of
Maryland team and outstanding
college teams in the East will be
broadcast over the Columbia net
work Thursday at $3.50 p. m.
The Maryland team, composed
of James P. Jarboe, 1873 c st.
N. E., and George Eierman, Balti-
more, will uphold the affirina-
tive of the question: Resolved,
that Congress shall be empow-
cred to fix minimum wages and
maximum hours for industry"
Howard Van Ripper and Stanley
M Brown will argue the negative
side for Dartmouth College.
Arthur s. Fleming, director Of
the School Of Public Affairs Of
American University and former
debate coach at that school, will
serve as critic Judge and will
give a brief address on the rea-
The Washington times., 1936-12-08
Lecture 10 Benefit
Whitley Memorial

An illustrated lecture on africa
the Worlds Bone Of Conten-
tion," will be given at 8 p. m. to-
morrow by DR.. E. v. Wilcox, world
traveller, in the recreation hall Of
the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church. The lecture is under the
auspices of the Shakespeare So
ciety of Washington, and proceeds
will go toward erection Of a me
mortal pulpit to the late DR.. Earle
Whitley, late pastor Of the Vermont
Avenue church.
The Washington times., 1936-12-08

} well be mistaken Tor the Cneme OF
the Scherzo of Beethoven's Fifth
Symphony except for the time in
dicated. The first eight notes OF
both themes are Identical, but
played in a different rhythm.
Beethoven's use of this theme Is
grim, Sardonic dance music. Mo
zart, who used it first, impaired q
jolly, wild revel of childlike Joy to
the theme. This symphony will he
included on the program Of the
U. S. Marine Band Symphony
Orchestra tomorrow night at the
Marine Barracks.
When Antonio Brico, conductor
of the Women's Symphony Orches,
ira of New York, gave q concert
last week, she was compelled to
include four male muSicianS-two
violinS, one bass trombone and
one String-basS.
These gentlemen, surrounded
by beSkirted musicians, were en-
gagged only for the one perform
ance, by force of circumstance.
This intrusion of the Sterner sex
in the Women'S Symphony is in
the same proportion that the fair
sex are represented in the great
Philadelphia Symphony Orches-
ira which plays tonight in Con-
stitution Hall. There are two
harp players, one violoncello, and
one violin in the second section
of the gentler sex in the Phila.
delphia organization.
Each of these four musicians
are blondes. Probably the hard
est of these players to locate on
the platform is Lois Putlitz, the
only woman violinist ever to play
in a major symphonic organiza-
ton in this country. When asked
about the coincidence Of the four
blondes, Miss Putlitz said. II don't
think DR.. StokowSki was trying
to match of the set"
Miss Putlitz wears a black satin.
finish jacket with lapelS and q
white collar effect that makes it
hard to distinguish her from the
men which surround her in their
white ties and tails. She feels
quite at home among the 80 men.
"I've known most of them for
years." she explains. MANY Of
them are old friends and I'm not
good enough to have any enc
mics"