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Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
FRISCO PORT
ACTIVITY AT
STANDSTILL s
Two Peace Meetings
Planned to Seek
Settlement

SAN FRANCISCO, April
1S. (UP)-Activity on the
San Francisco waterfront
was practically at a stand
still today as two peace
meetings were scheduled to be held
before nightfall to seek a basis
for settlement OF the dispute be-
tween employers and longshore-
men.
One meeting was a three-sided
conference, with representatives OF
the waterfront employers associa-
tion comforting with w. j. Lewis
and w T. Morris, president and
secretary of the Pacific Coast dis
trict, international longShoremen's
association, and Charles Conners,
Roy Goulet and William Marlowe.
members of the labor relations
committee of the San Francisco
local of the 1. L. A.
The second was preliminary
conference of seven union officials,
appointed at a meeting of the
San Francisco labor council last
night and empowered TO aid in
bringing about a settlement OF
terms demanded by the longshore-
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
DECOMP OSED
BODY FOUND
AT BRAWLEY
Discovered in Canal;
Son Identifies
Mother

The badly decomposed
body found in an irrigation
canal near Brawley Friday
was identified S a t u r d a y
morning as that of Mrs.
Guadalupe Bravo Montana. She
had been missing from her home
at 920 Martin Place in Brawley,
since January %.
Identification vas made by her
on, R. Montana, 20, who is serving
1870 day sentence in the county
Jail for petty theft. He made the
identification OF his 50-yearold
parent by means of a plain gold
ring he had given her and string
of beads.
He told officers he saw his moth
er for the last time the morning
c. January %, when he left their
home for work. He said he report
ed her missing to the Brawley po-
lice department but the message
was not ralayed to the county
sheriffs department. The son was
committed to Jail March l6.
Friends said Mrs. Montana was
seen later in the day on January
%, at a home about two blocks
from the canal in which the body
was found by q carpenter crew
from the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict.
The son told officers he feared
foul play but officers said they had
found no evidences of it thus far
in their Investigations.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION
HAS SESSIONS

Setting the salary of the atten-
dance supervisor for Imperial coun-
ty, granting and renewing of cer-
tificates and the making of rec
concentrations for life diplomas oc-
cupied the members of the county
beard of education in session Sat-
urday morning in the court house.
Salary of the attendance officer,
Roger M. v Walton. vas set at
2,250, an increase of $50 over the
previous year,
Certificates were granted to
Marguerite Ash. Anna G.. Donnal,
Marjorie Mcfarland.
Life diplomas were recommend
ed for Beatrice Morrow. Esther w.
Irwin, Walter Jessop. Lee Grace
Marshall, Lucille Mackey, Gene
We've M. Thomson, Dorothea B.
Hanna, j. Lucille Wells, Faith
Haman, Frances York. Lois f. Cook
l.. Day Hanks.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

rplS-SIlll Is at large.
The 100000 KIDNAPPING of Hamm,
wealthy st. Paul Brewer, was one
of the few "unsolved" cases on the
books of the federal bureau of
investigation, which has long
waged a search for Karpis as pub
lie enemy No. l.
!. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
federal bureau, announced that
federal agents, striking simultan-
eously at three widely-separated
points, arrested:
Charles j, Fitzgerald, in Los An
geles.
Jack Pfeiffer, in st. Paul.
Edgar C. Bartholomew post
master at Bensonville, Ill.
Hoover, calling newspapermen
unexpectedly to his office for an
early morning announcement OF
solution of the case, said in addi-
ton to the men arrested yesterday
the following were involved in the
abduction:
Arthur (Doc) Barker, now in AL
catraz prison.
Elmer Farmer, now in Leaven-
worth penitentiary.
Bryan Bolton, now in Jail in st.
Paul
Fred C. GoetZ, known as Shot
gun Ziegler," now dead.
Fred Barker, brother of Arthur
now dead.
Alvin Karpis, public enemy No
l, at large.
Hoover said Hamm was held in
Bartholomeys residence at Ben
sonville during the eour days of
his confinement. Hamm recently
Continued on Page 3; Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

rison Winston Utah Construction
company combine, told Manager
Robert Hays of the Ell Centro
chamber of commerce this week.
At the same time, R. B. Williams,
construction engineer Of the United
States bureau of reclamation in
charge of All American canal work,
addressed letter to Hays explain
ing the sub-contract granted to the
National CommisSary company.
Hays, at the request of several val
ley firms, had written to Williams
asking information about reports
that valley business men were
barred from the Imperial Dam area.
The sub-contracting commissary
company, Williams explained, un-
dertook the job Of feeding and
housing employees of the dam con-
tractors. Under the sub-contract.
the company furnishes food and
clothing at reasonable rates, and
maintains a barber shop, shoe shop,
recreation hall and other facilities,
Williams letter said. Housing fac
ilities also are furnished.
The contractor is given the right
in its contract with the govern
ment to control any leases or con-
cessions on the camp site. This
right is passed on to the sub-con-
tractor.
Because of the heavy investment
Of the commissary company at the
dam site, Carter told Hays, it has
been found necessary to prevent
Imperial Valley concerns from
erecting buildings or maintaining
headquarters at the dam site, but
otherwise business concerns are
not prevented from sending their
representatives into the area to
solicit business.
Bunk houses, because Of theft
risk, cannot be entered by any but
the persons residing there. How
ever, Garter added, full opportun-
ity is given any business man to
contact the workers not engaged
on their jobs at any place except
the bunk houses.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

people SnOulQ not receive pension
of 5000 a month";" Sinclair declared
in signed article.
Admitting that DR.. F. E. Town
send personally has Stunned his
movement, Sinclair wrote:
Il find myself, naturally, think
ing about the possibility of work.
ing out a combination with DR..
Townsend 1t seems to me that
there is a working basis for on
Epic Townsend combination"
Epic followers reported that
Sinclair based his ratification OF
the Townsend movement on the
proposal of Sheridan Downey to
finance the pensions by floating a
$4,000, 100000 bond issue
Sinclair's economic views have
him aligned against the Townsend
movement because of his belief that
a transaction tax or any form OF
sales tax hit the oppressed hardest.
Downey was Sinclair's running
mate when he campaigned for gov
Continued on Page 3; Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
ElkS Charity Ball
To Be Held Tonight

Imperial Valley residents from
all parts of the county are plan
ming to attend the Elks charity
ball Saturday night in the Veter-
ans hall, dancing beginning at
o'clock.
BY noon Saturday all decorations
were completed and everything was
in readiness for the ball, the l4th
in the history of the local lodge.
CarrollCampbell's nine-piece or
chestra will play for the dancing
and has a number o. new arrange
ments to offer.
All proceeds will be used in To-
cal charity work in Ell Centre,
Holtville and Imperial, over $4,000
having been expended by the lodge
last year in these welfare activi-
ties.
Committees of lodge members
will be on hand Saturday eveing
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
TREATY BROKEN BY
TURKISH SOLDIERS

meeting in May.
Only yesterday Great Britain off
cially notified Turkey it appreciated
the method in which it raised the
question.
All week newspapers have shower
ed praise on Turkey fol abstaining
from direct action in occupying the
zone and its willingness to seek legal
revision of the Lausanne treaty.
News of the occupation was even
more surprising because several
powers had taken similar sympathe-
tic views
Increasing tension in the Medi-
terranean was believed the factor
which caused the change in Presi-
dent Mustapha Kemal Ataturk's S
plans to seek consent of the treaty
signatories.
90
ANKARA (ANGORA) Turkey,
April 18. UP)-Turkish soldiers stood
Continued on Page 3; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
DEMOCRATS In STATE
OUTNUMBER G.. O. p.

c. Jordan gave a total of 1884 1886
voters, classified as follows:
Democrat, 1887 ,288.
Republican, 1,163780.
Prohibition 7077.
Socialist 6,157.
Progressive 1882.
Communist 677
Commonwealth $50.
Miscellaneous 718.
Declined to state 96,707.
The total fell nearly 100000 un-
der the record of 3,l40,l14 estab-
lished for the November, 1884, cleo
ton, but all registrations this year
were neW-started January l.
In the space of four years, Demo-
cratic strength leaped from 847 ,264
to the record high number classi-
fled in that party for this years
presidential primary. Republican
registration slumped, however, from
the 81 1894, $50 recorded in May, 1882.
Imperial county showed 9430
Democratic, 592 Republican and
16,016. all parties.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
vi. J. DOWD ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF ROTARY CLUB FOR NEXT YEAR

tournament and other festivities
which lasted throughout the after
noon and evening. The event, given
by the past presidents of the organ
ization, was attended by more than
80 members and guests. Fifteen
prizes were given the winners in
various events.
Dowd will assume office July l
Continued ON Page 3; Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
NEW SOIL PLANS
DISCUSSED FOR
FORM MEETING

Jasper farm center learned the
latest details relative to the new
federal soil conservation program
at the meeting Friday in the Jasper
school, Frank G. Beyschlag, farm
advisor, being the speaker.
Motion pictures taken by DR.. T.
E. Bartholomew of Calexico were
shown and Dan West, county as
sessor- Collector, spoke in opposi-
tion to the proposed single tax fea-
ture amendment.
A special feature OF the program
was two piano solos by Mrs. Ber-
nard Moore, Wiest'S daughter. and
the appearance of Wiest's grandson
at his first farm center meeting.
Mrs. Moore and her son are visit
ing the Wiests.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
Copyright 1896 By United Press

Copyright 1886 By United Press
LONDON, April 16. WP)-Turkey's
promise that it would support Great
Britain IN event Of an attack by It
ally was expected today to make GER
tain there would be no real oppos
ition to its reoccupation of the
Daldanelles in emulation of Ger
many's remilitarization of the
Rhineland.
Officials were understood to have
been astonished at news that Turk
ish soldiers nad occupied the straits
The Tmkioh note of April IL, notify
ing Lausanne treaty powers of the
country's intention of reclaiming
full sovereignty over the straits-in-
Guiding their defense-clearly indi-
Gated readiness to negotiate before
acting.
Turkey mad even asked the League
Of Nations to put the problem on the
agenda for the League Council
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

Announcement that M. j. DoWd
has been elected president of the
Rotary club for the next year, was
one of the features crowding the
program Friday night of the an
nual Rotary club stag party held at
the Barbara Worth country club.
The program included a golf
tournament, barbecue dinner, mus
ic, vaudeville acts and a bridge
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

SACRAMENTO, April 18 lU.P}-
Official registration figures for the
California primary show Demo-
Gratis half a million ahead of Re-
publicans for the first time in the
states history.
The final registration compiled
today by Secretary of State Frank
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
JURY STUDIES
MURDER CRASH

LOS ANGELES, April 18. WP-A
jury resumed deliberations today in
the case of Busby Berkeley director
of Hollywood Film Dance Revues,
charged with second degree murder
in traffic crash that took three
lives.
After eight hours deliberation. the
jury was reported deadlocked six to
six. The jury in Berkeley's first
trial on the charges was dismissed,
deadiocked 10 TO 2 for acquittal
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
u N D { RF { D
c H Il d r { N.
TO Get AID.
Hot School NJ eals
For Youngsters
Proposed

A total of S27,700 may be
spent in Imperial county to
provide hot lunches for un-
dernourished children at
tending public schools. No
tice residential approval of the
project was received at Works Pro-
Continued on Page 8; Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
Major League
BOX SCORES
NATIONAL

At Brooklyn
Philadelphia 900 900 040-4 10 o
Brooklyn ............ 900 900 1901
johnson and Wilson; Clark. Leon
ard and Phelps
AT Chicago
Cincinnati 900 900 230-5 10 2
Chicago .............012 0000 1904 2
Stine, Nelson Brennan and Lom-
bardi Warneke, Kowalik and Hart
nett.
St Louis at Pittsburgh, postponed,
cold weather.
AMERICAN
At New York
Boston .......-........000 0l0 1902 5 0
New York 900 900 20l-3 l
Ostermueller and R. Ferrell; Co
mez and Dickey.
AT Philadelphia
Washington ......202 0l0 000-5 10 0
Philadelphia 900 600 004-4 3
NewSom, Russell and Bolton; Diet
rich, Matuzak and Hayes.
Chicago at Detroit, postponed, cold
weather
At st. Louis
Cleveland ..........3 300 900 220-7 u ,
st. Louis ........... 900 900 200 7 o
l.. Brown and Pytlak; Van Alta.
Cain. Walkup and Guiliana.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
l.. A. LONGSHOREMEN
TO HOLD ALOOF

LOS ANGELES, April l8. UP
Elmer Bruce, president of the To-
cal unit of the International Long
shcremen's association, announced
today that union longshoremen at
Los Angeles harbor will hold aloof
from the San Francisco waterfront
dispute pending peace negotiations.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
DECISION ON FIGHT IN
SAN DIEGO NEAR

NEW YORK, April Is. U9 -
Definite decision On the proposal
to move the ice Louis Max
SchmeIing prizefight from New
York to San Diego will be reach
ed Monday, Mike Jacobs, pro-
moter. said TODAY.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

Answer to A Prayer
RR wondered idly the other day
what the resulting melody would be
from the combination of flute
player, the hiccoughs and a flute.
Now Western Unioner e. C. Rau is
authority for the revelation that
Carroll Campbell received first
hand demonstration Friday night,
with variations, when Clarence
Willard Hinderks, accompanied by
the Campbell menage of musicians,
undertook to demonstrate his PROV
ess on the saxophone, the while
hiccoughing nobly. 1t was at the
Rotary stag party. 1t sounded like
some new-fangled musical exhaust
on cantaloupe freight engine,
they say.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
MAJOR BATTLE
LAST Minute
Flashes!
FIRST CAR OF
CANTALOUPES SHIPPED

FIRST CAR OF
CANTALOUPES SHIPPED
First car of cantalOupes to leave
the valley for the 1886 season was
being loaded Saturday afternoon
by the Charles Freedman CO. and
was to go cut either Saturday
night or Sunday morning. In
the car were a few crates ship
Eed by j. Katekaru Co. of Braw-
ley. The car is almost 10 days
earlier than in any other sea-
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
STAND
S IA GED BY
.ET THIOPIANS
Monde S cript Army
COnScripted to
Halt Attack

Adds ABABA, April Is.
(UP)-A nondescript army.
hastily recruited from the
city's streets, was rushed
northward today in an at
tempt to stem the italian advance
in last desperate stand.
The Ethiopian detachment of
last hopes was gathered by Bhlata
Tekala, mayor of the capital. who
appealed from the street corners
for volunteers to assist in staving
off the Italian offensive which
has reached Dessye and is prepar-
ing to smash southwards towards
Adds Ababa.
Belgian officers, who have been
serving as technical advisers, en-
trained for Djibouti in French
Somaliland and left the capital.
MAJOR BATTLE
ROME, April 10. U.P)-Gen. Ro-
dclfo Graziani's army on the
southern Ethiopia front is locked
in a major battle with Ethiopians
opposing an Italian drive toward
Continued on Page 8; Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
C-MEN CLEAN
UP 100000
AB BDUCTION
3-Year Old Hamm Kidnapping Case Solved by
U.S.. Agents; Karpis Played Leading Role;
Suspect Captured in Los Angeles

WASHINGTON, April 18. (UP)-Federal agents to-
day lifted the curtain of mystery from the kidnapping
three years ago of William A. Hamm, Jr with
ment that three alleged abductos had been arrested three
in prison. are dead and one-the notorious Alvin
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
EPICS MAY
JOIN WITH
TOWNSEND
Upton Sinclair Urges FOLLOWERS to Consider
Plan to Unite Movement With Drive
For $500 Old Age Pensions

LOS ANGELES, April 18. (UP)-Upton Sinclair in
the current issue of his Epic News today invited followers
to think about proposal that followers of the Town
send Old Age movement unite with the Epic Democrats.
"There is why under the Epic Plan the old
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
Way Opened for Firms
Of Imperial Valley TO
Sell in Damsife Area
Only Erection of Buildings in Construction Region
Barred-Wilams Explains Contract
Granted COmmissary Company

Contractors at Imperial Dam site make no objection
to- business carried by Imperial Valley firms in the
mie-square of the construction work. barring only
construction Of buildings and establishment of headquar
there R. NJ Carter construction engineer of the Nor
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

to greet their guests and to see
that everyone has a good time.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
MaYhe He's Right

Maybe He's Right
F. H. Martin was wondering Sat-
urday If the Elks' hadn't moved up
the date of their annual charity
dance. Early in the am, Martin de-
clared, the Elks hoisted the flag,
upside down! A few minutes later
the error was rectified. 1t would
DE understandable, the oil man COM
mented, if it had peen after the
ball
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19
Personal Note

Personal Note
RR would give a hatful of pea
nuts to find out who Russ" is
! This particular Russ is the one who
left Emma Linda at RRS desk,
with very personal note about go
ing places and doing things En-
ma-Linda is a very presentable pa
per-mache clothes dummy. Let's
see - there's Russ Sherwood, Russ
Lewis, Russ Nance, Russ-well,
won't someone help?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

He's Persistent
The night league meeting con-
vincei members that one at least,
of the leagues officers is notably
persistent. Judd Humphrey. trea-
surer, began the meeting with the
inquiry, when are the teams going
to pay their $25 into the treasury?"
They went on to other business
without answering. Hu m p HI y
waited five minutes. When" he
asked again. ARE the teams"
Someone interrupted, and h e
meeting went on. Another five
minutes passed. When, began
Humphrey, ARE the. Someone
interrupted This went on through
out the entire meeting and the
latest news available to RR is that
Humphrey is still asking, When
etc, etc, etc.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

Without Peer
You can tie him, but you can't
beat him Langston Goree really
was cunning for that prize at the
Rotary clubs annual golf toulna-
ment-the prize, that is, for the
shortest drive off No. tee. Once
Langston swung, and missed. An
other time he swung, and again he
missed The third time he connect
ed-but the field of his opponents
already was whipped into submis-
sion. That's one prize that was
earned. RR would say.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-19

Follow his attempts To
regain his throne.
Every day in the comic
"trip
Evening star., 1936-02-28
RACE TRACK URGED
FOR AIRPORT SITE
Conduit Road Citizens Back
. Old Benning Course as
D. c. Field.

-. The use of the old Bennings race
track as the site for a municipality
owned airport was Endorsed in reso-
luton passed last night by the Conduit
Road Citizens Association.
John r. Driggers, a representative
,of the Kenilworth Citizens Associa-
ttion, presented the resolution to as
sociation members, and claimed sew
eral advantages for the Bennings site
over the present Washington Hoover
Airport and the proposed Gravelly
Point site.
As an alternative to District-owned
testing stations for automobiles,
Ellis r.. King suggested that police
cruisers be equipped to make brake
tests. His suggestion was adopted in
Q resolution passed by the association.
: A letter was ordered sent to the
Federation of Citizens Associations
asking that federation bylaws be
changed so that no member or officer
could testify before any committee or
board on matters affecting member
associations unless so directed by fed
Grafton action or the member associ-
alton affected.
CORPORATION Counsel William A..
Roberts was indorsed by the associa-
ton for the post of corporation
counsel, soon to be vacated by the
resignation of E. Barrett Prettyman.
Judge Gus A. Shultz was Endorsed
for another term as justice in the
Police Court.
Speakers before the association were
Mrs. Charles H. Weston, representing
the League of Woman Voters, in behalf
of the proposal to change the struc-
ture of the Juvenile Court, and Robert
M. Sentman of the Central Labor
Union on low-cost housing in the
District.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
ARMY ORDERS,

Wainwright, Col. Jonathan M. Cav
airy, from Fort Riley, Kans.. to Fort
Myer, Va, July IL.
Sunderland. Col. Archibald H., Coast
Artillery Corps, from Fort Monroe,
Va. to duty in Office of the chief of
Coast Artillery March Is.
Price. Lieut.. Col. Frederic A.. Coast
Artillery Corps, from duty in Office of
the Assistant Secretary of War to Fort
Monroe, Va, August l6.
Nulsen, Lieut.. COL Charles K, In
fantry. from duty in Office of the chief
of staff to Fort Mcpherson, Ga,
June 30.
Patch, Lieut.. Col. Alexander NJ, jr.,
Infantry, from Stanton. Va, to Fort
Benning, Ca. June 30.
Cook, Lieut.. Gilbert r., Infantry,
from duty in Office of the chief Of
staff to Fort George G. Meade. Md,
September S.
Ferree, Maj. Floyd W.. Infantry,
from Fort George G. Meade, Md. to
Green Bay, Wis. June /.
Carswell. Maj. Stuart r., Infantry,
from Army War College to Fort Mag
ara. N. Y, June 10.
Lenow. Capt. Columbus B.. Finance
Department. from Army Medical Cen
ter to Randolph Field, Tex, June 30.
Willingham. Capt. Chester NJ. In
fantry, from Fort Myer. Va, to Jeffer-
coz, No Nov
Trapnell, First Lieut.. Thomas J. H.,
Cavalry, from Fort Monmouth, N. j.,
to Fort Myer, Va.
Corderman. First Lieut.. w. Preston
Signal Corps, from duty in Crypto-
graphic and Signal Intelligence
School to the Philippine Department
| March II.
NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau Of Navigation.
Carpenter, Comdr. Arthur s., de-
tached office of naval operations, Navy
Department. in May or June; to duty
as chief Of staff and aide to COM
mander destroyers, Scouting Force.
Huse, Lieut.. Comdr. John O., orders
February revoked; continue duty
Bureau Engineers, Navy Department.
McGinnis. Lieut.. Comdr. Knefler,
detached Naval Air Station, Anacos-
tia, D. c., in April; to U. S. S. Sara
toga as air officer.
Murphy. Lieut.. Comdr. John D., de-
tached office of judge advocate gen.
eral, Navy Department, about March
10; to staff. commander Battieship
Division /, Battle Force, as aide and
flag secretary.
Riggs, Lieut.. Comdr. Ralph S., de-
tached Bureau of Navigation. Navy
Department, in March; to U. s. S.
West Virginia as naval officer.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Suburban, Water's
Peculiar TasteLaid
To Melting of Snow
Sanitary Engineer Says
Condition Corrected. /
! -
Fears Held Needless.

Fe~rs Of water users in Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges Counties over
the condition Of water obtained from
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission during the past few days
were allayed today by officials Of the
commission.
Harry r. Hall, acting chief engi-
neer. attributed the peculiar odor
and taste in the water reported by
some consumers to organic matter
carried by melting snow into the