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stated that it was "by direction OF the
President"
Regarding another clause in the
resolution seeking the reasons for the
removal, the subcommittee said the
raesons were set forth in the memo
randum Of Gen. Malin Craig, chief
of staff, to Secretary Dern. 1t added
there is no reason to suppose that
any investigation would result in OBJ
tanning additional information which
is not now of public record"
Not Related to Question.
Taking up another point in the
resolution, that seeking whether the
administration had improperly used
the powers of Government for the
| suppression of free speech, the re-
| port said this was not related to the
question of Hagood's removal.
| If there was evidence that officials
of the Government have endeavored
to suppress free speech, it concluded,
a separate resolution should be intro
duced calling for an investigation of
such charges.
Those voting against the subcom-
mittee report and for an investi-
CATION were Senators Austin, Repub-
lican of Vermont, and Barbour, Re-
publican of New Jersey.
Ten Democrats and two Republicans
voted against an investigation.
The Democrats we're: Sheppard,
Texas, chairman of the Full Com
mittee; Fletcher, Florida; Coolidge,
Massachusetts,: Logan. Kentucky:
Reynolds. North Carolina: Bachman,
Tennessee; Thomas, Utah; Duffy.
Wisconsin: Minton. Indiana, and
Schwellenbach, Washington
The Republicans were Carey, Wyo-
ming, and Dickinson, Iowa.
Williams Made Protest.
1t was disclosed yesterday that the
complaint which led to Gen. Hagood's
removal came from the Office of Works
Progress Administrator Hopkins.
After Hagood told House commit
tee w. P. A. funds were stage money"
a Hopkins assistant wrote the Secre-
tary of War demanding public re-
traction of the sighting remarks"
Hagood subsequently was removed
from his command The w. P. A.
letter was made public by Hopkins
Hopkins said the letter was sent to
Secretary Dern by Aubrey Williams,
acting administrator, during Hopkins
absence in Florida.
In the letter Williams asserted that
the Public Works Administration did
not think 1t was a good idea to enter
into public controversy, and would
not issue denial of Hagood's charge.
He requested, however, that Hagood
inform himself" Of the facts and
make retraction.
The P. w. A., Williams said, would
be very glad" to furnish Gen. Hagood
with the information for his retrac-
ton.
This letter speaks for ITSELF" Hop
kins explained in handing 1t to news
paper men. II don't want to discuss
this business any more"
Meanwhile, Representative Blanton
Democrat, Of Texas, one of Gen.
Hagood's congressional defenders,
charged that Gen. Malin Craig, Army
chief of staff, had once issued an
order threatening to horsewhip SOL
diers in France for possessing stolen
goods.
This was promptly denied by the
War Department and by Representa-
tive Wadsworth, Republican, of New
York, who conducted an investigation
into the allegations IS years ago.
Blanton read into the Congressional
Record an order purporting to have
been signed by Craig, "by order of
Maj. Gen. Dickman" directing the
public horsewhipping Of soldiers.
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
FARM FAMILY
KILLED when
CARS COLLIDE.
Crackup Near Oasis
Fatal to Valley
Ranch Hands

Five Calexico- residents
lost their lives at l o'clock
Thursday morning in a n
automobile accident h + e e
miles north of Oasis. The
automobile in which they were
riding crashed into a truck parked
at the side of the highway.
The dead are: c. Figeroa, 38;
Della Figeroa, 5; John Figeroa,
II; Tommy Figeroa, and Joe Nor
Olga, SIS. The adults were employed
at the Magaw ranch on the Ash
canal near CaleXico and lived in
the border city.
News of the fatal accident was
telephoned to Captain Frank Os-
walt of the California Highway
patrol by Captain T. Keating of
Riverside county. Details of the
accident were not forthcoming.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
STATE SOCIAL
SURETY RULING
FREES MONIES

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26. W.P)
Fifteen million dollars in payroll
taxes were released today by a de-
cision of the state supreme court
upholding constitutionality of the
state unemployment reserves act,
sometimes known as the unemploy-
ment insurance act.
The court also issued a writ of
mandamus directing State Treasur-
er Charles johnson to deposit the
impounded money in a national
bank in the state to be selected by
him.
The money had been impounded
pending settlement of the test case,
brought by Claude Gillum, operator
of the Claremont hotel, Berkeley,
through his attorney John l.. Nc
Nab.
The act requires workers to pay
a portion of their salaries to an
insurance reserve The payments
are to be matched by payments by
the employers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
SEA DISASTER
FEARS BASED
ON EXPLOSION
Coast Guard Patrol
Seeks Wreckage
Near Island

SAN PEDRO, CAL, Nov.
26 (UP)-Four Coast Guard
boats at daybreak started
sweeping a 10-mile stretch
of ocean off Malibu Beach
where reports of terrific ex-
plosion last night aroused fears
of a sea disaster.
The blast. accompanied by a
sheet of flame, knocked persons
on shore to the ground, according
to reports to the Coast Guard and
sheriff's office.
An offshore tanker explosion or
falling meteor, were advanced
as possible explanations.
Coast Guard patrol boats Her
mes, Ewing and Calypso, the lat
ter arriving from San Diego, and
speedboat zig-zagged over the
water from Santa Monica and
Anacapa Island.
The blast occurred shortly be-
fore midnight last night and was
of sufficient insensity to break
windows in the Malibu region, ac-
cording to the sheriff's sub-station
| there.
The explosion was believed to
have occurred somewhere between
the Malibu coast area and Ana
capa Island. Immediately after the
explosion, the lighthouse keeper on
Anacapa Island radioed the coast
guard that he sighted an uniden-
titled vessel nearby showing two
red lights at its fore masthead. He
was unable to contact the boat by
radio
The cutter was sent to investi-
| gate the explosion but coast guard
headquarters would not venture
a guess as to what had happened
to cause the blast.
Deputies at the sub-station re-
ported a flash at sea was visible
to persons on the beach and the
explosions roar was heard i'm
mediately. The shock that follow
ed was of sufficient intensity to
knock some persons to the ground.
Naval headquarters here reported
ed that no navy boats were in
southern California waters, all hav-
ing put into port for Thanksgiv-
ing. Belief had been expressed
that the blast may have been due
to gunnery practice.
A coast guard airplane also took
| up the search.
The concussion shook the fish
ing barge Virginia, anchored off
Malibu, and it rocked heavily, crew
members said.
The Hermes radioed that a pre-
liminary search this morning re-
vealed no floating wreckage or
other evidence of marine disaS-
ter.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
HOEPPELS PLAN
FURTHER DRIVE
AGAINST TERMS

WASHINGTON, Nov, 26. UR) -
From their cell in District of Col
umbia jail, Rep. John H. Hoeppel
of California and his son. Charles
J. Hoeppel, announced continuation
today of their fight against convic-
ton charges of conspiring to sell a
West Point military academy app
pointment.
Father and son issued state
ment denouncing military brass
hats" and federal agents shortly af-
ter being locked in cells to begin
serving sentences of from four
months to one year. They threat
ened a congressional investigation.
They were brought here from
Richmond, Va. by. department of
justice agents who arrested them
in a rooming house there early this
month. They carried their own
prison uniforms in suit cases COW
cred with foreign baggage labels.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26

night.
Constable Ernest Oakes led six
volunteers into the largest ranch
in the world" where 1000 fence
riders, cowboys and wardens keep
a firm hand against the incursions
of outsiders.
The possemen sought Luther and
Blanton, ST. and his son, John, "a,
who disappeared while on a hunt
ing trip in a forbidden game pre-
serve on the King ranch last Fri
day.
The vigilantes represented hun
dreds of farmers of the region who
gathered here and threatened 10
tear up the fences and burn down
the ranch" The angered farmers
agreed to avoid violence until
Captain William McMurray of the
Texas Rangers and his men could
Continued on Page 8; Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26

MCGTduy SilOTUly dlICT Vic lCuSi di
mediator met with steam schooner
operators and the Marine Cooks
and Stewards association The may
or said he quoted McGrady in his
prediction, and volunteered no as
surance that his estimate was based
on fact.
Rossi's statement, however, was
considered the first break in the
26-day maritime walkout which
yesterday tied up the 221st ship,
spread widening paralysis to
western business and industry and
continued to threaten Hawaii and
Alaska with food shortages.
While new complications develop
ed in the governments plans to
start emergency food shipping to
Alaska, McGrady attempted to
break through the united front of
Pacific deep sea shipowners by con-
centrating his Cancellation drive on
the schoonermen, who represent
about 10 ships engaged in coast
wise trade.
McGrady's peace plan has as
its principal provision a new hiring
hall proposal, which, it was under
STOOD involves federal supervision.
He also is proposing a plan for
punishment of violators of future
contract awards.
Yesterday the unions baked at
the last minute before signing an
agreement which stipulated they
would place men aboard ships
pressed into the Alaska service by
Col. Otto Ohlson, manager of the
Alaska railroad.
Col. Ohlson had been commits
stoned by President Roosevelt to
charter ships for the food move
ment. Tuesday night they. reached
a tentative arrangement.
Reports said that the Federal EN-
ployes association which provides
the dock workers in the north works
a seniority basis while the Inter-
national Longshoremen's associa-
ton, party TO the temporary agree
ment being negotiated here, uses
a rotation system.
Strike leaders meanwhile an
nounced the S. S. Monterey of the
Matson Navigation company will be
tied up here when it arrives from
Honolulu with 447 passengers from
Hawaii who were transferred at
sea after being stranded on the is
lands for more than three weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
u. s. CITIZENS
FLEE MADRID
IN CARAVANS
Americans Leave
Spanish Capital
Under Escort
Copyright 1896 by United Press

NSOpys A"oV w SAsasSe = S''i
MADRID, Nov. 26. (UP)
-Four score refugees, most
ly A m er leans, observed
Thanksgiving day today in
a flight from war-torn Madrid
under the escort of American
diplomatic and consular officials
Two separate caravans left the
Spanish capital during the morn
ing en- route to Valencia, where
they will embark on the American
cruiser Raleigh, which was dis
patched from Marseilles to meet
them.
At the last moment Sosthenes
Behn, president of the Interna-
tional Telephone e. Telegraph Co
who has been in Madrid through
out the siege, decided to evacuate
16 American employees of the Span
ish national telephone company
which the I. T. e. T. owns.
His group made up the second
caravan, which lett Madrid at
10:35 a. m in seven automobiles
The expedition was conducted by
Eric G. Wendelin, American charge
d'affaireS.
Accompanying them were four
Englishmen and one Swiss, en-
ploye of the company.
Behn explained that the deci-
sion to quit Madrid was made at
ed States has seen fit to move
the American embassy He said the
foreign employees would be taken
to Valencia, where the American
embassy will be established.
Most of the fugitives departed
with the first section of the expedi-
ton, which left at dawn.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
COUNTY CHIEFS
FACE LOTTERY
RACE CHARGE

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26. up
Investigation into activities of a
sweepstakes ring in southern Cali
fornia may implicate several coun-
ty officials in the 100000 lottery
Inspector Norris G. Stensland of
the sheriff's office admitted today
The investigator declared for
mer federal agent also was be-
lieved involved in the plot to flood
southern California with sweep
stakes tickets for drawing based
on the Christmas day handicap at
Santa Anita track.
The officer did not make public
names of the men under suspicion
the prison, Mrs. Autry was SEN
counties where they held office
Stensland is working with u. S
customs officers in tracing down
the lottery ring.
Last week four men we're arrest
ed and $1,500,000 worth of foils
seized by deputy sheriffs. The
foilS were printed in Mexico and
the ticket books said the drawings
for horses would be conducted in
Mexico also.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
WHAT? NO TURKEY!
Il. A. CHIEF ORDERS new DEAL

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 (UP)-Thanksgivng al
most didn't come to the city jail today.
The 100 men and women prisoners were informed
by jail Captain Arthur Hohmann that Thanksgiving
dinner would be the same as usual fare-unseasoned
BEANS hash, weak coffee, dry bread
"We can't feed 'em chicken Thanksgiving day and
feahers all the rest of the week. explained Chief Jaer
Roy Steckel.
Chief James E. Davis heard of the order and ordered
a quick change in the menu.
"Give the prisoners just what they had for Thanks
giving when old John Shand chief iailer Who do
Steckel and Hohmann think they are anyway" he
ldemanded. 44
Thanksgiving dinner behind the bars consisted of
roast beef and pork apple sauce apple pie, mince pie
cheese, coffee-with Greenland vegetables.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Labor Federation
Split Unpatched

TAMPA, Fla, NOV. 26. WP)-
Leaders of the American Fedora
ton of Labor received notice today
that the first requisite of peace ne
gotiations with the John L. Lewis
rebels was reinstatement of the 10
suspended G. I. o. unions.
Prepared to exert every possible
effort toward a reasonable settle
ment of the split in labor ranks,
the federation leaders continued
laying the groundwork for an agree
ment while the convention recessed
over Thanksgiving.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
ACHING VOID
HELPS AVOID
TURKEY ACHE

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26. U.p
To avoid that Thanksgiving
stomache ache, City Health Off
Ger George Parrish advised.
"The turkey should be eaten
slowly. with moderation and
great relish.
Liquor should be used spar
ingly, or not at all. In event
liquor served, II should be one
cocktail proceeding the meal.
and II desired. small liquor
afterwards.
Moderation h the thing. Aft
er the second. or possibly the
third judiclous helping, small
boys should be firmly but gently
restrained"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
CELERY STRIKE
GAINS GROUND

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. &C.
(U.P) - The San Joaquin celery
workers strike entered Sacramento
county today with the arrest OF
IL asserted union agitators who
we're charged with trespassing on
cultivated ground, a misdemeanor
The group held in county Jail
here, included one woman and 10
men, eight of whom were Filipinos
They were arrested on the Ter
schuran ranch near Isleton.
Meantime celery growers Sa d
that approximately one-third of
the $500 workers usually engaged
in the harvest were out on strike
1t was claimed, however, that 40C
replacement workers had been
taken into the strike area yester-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Four Bodies Taken
From Under Debris

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 26. W.P)-
Recovery of four moro bodies from
the debris of Juneau's landslide to-
day brought to 10 the toll of VIC
Tins as workers continued to probe
the ruins with but faint hope of
finding alive any of the five per-
sons still missing.
The bodies recovered last night
we're those of Mrs. George Lee, Pete
Battello, Oscar Laito. of Sitkaj, and
Mrs. Lena Peterson.
Baattello was identified by per-
sonal belonging found near the
body. Mrs. Lee was identified by
her husband, George Lee, formerly
of Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
SISTER SICK,
He KILLS HER
Buying Coffin, Man
Bares Family
Murder

OWEN SOUND, Ont, Nov.
26. (UP)-Irwin Pentland
walked into an undertaker's
office yesterday and asked
the price of coffins, adding
as if an afterthought:
II want to bury my sister;
shot her last night"
Pentland was charged with the
murder of the sister. Olaan, SIS.
She was always complaining
about her health" Pentland said
Il figured she was better dead.
just took a notion to shoot her,
SO l did. I would have killed my
mother and myself. too, only the
trigger of my rifle jammed. 1
Continued on Page 8; Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Seattle Newspaper
To Publish Again

SEATTLE, Nov. 26. WH The
Seattle st-Intelligencer. strike
bound for three months by walk
out of American Newspaper Guild
reporters, will resume publication
Monday, it was announced today
following settlement of the dispute
which Guild members termed a
signal victory
Richard Seller, president o. the
Guild chapter, said the organiza-
ton won complete recognition from
the William Randolph Hearst pub
lication and was granted a five
day, 40-hour week and wage min
imum constituting a raise of from
$3.50 to $3.50 a week.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
MOTHER BEGINS
MURDER TERM

FLORENCE, Ariz., Nov. 26. WP)-
Mrs. Ella Autry, 22-year-old mother
of three children, was initiated into
routine of the state prison today.
The youngest woman convict in
the prison, Mrs. Autry was SEN
fenced in superior court in Tucson
to serve two to four years for kill
ing her husband. Louis, 81, in a
bitter domestic quarrel
Superior Judge William c. Hall
imposed the sentence despite a
jury's recommendation that she be
shown leniency. Motherhood is
not an excuse for taking the life
of a human being" Judge Hall de-
clared.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26

official
Mrs. Splivalo, who recently was
notified by Mrs. Mcpherson that
she had been fired" as associate
pastor of Angelus Temple, accused
the red-haired Evangelist of 19
counts of SANDER, asking $4,000
actual and $4,000 punitive dam
ages on each count.
The complaint alleged that Mrs.
Mcpherson made her asserted re-
marks in the presence of her
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Celebration Leads
To Jail For Woman

Refugia c. Singh, 36-year-old
housewife, had to spend Thanks
giving in jail because she started
celebrating too soon.
She was arrested four miles north
of Imperial late Wednesday after
noon by California Highway Pa
trolman Walter Walsh and lodged
in the county Jail on a drunk driv-
! ing charge
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Bay Ferry Crashes
Rock in Dense Fog

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26. UP
Lost in dripping fog, the Southern
Pacific Golden Gate ferryboat Gold
en- State crashed on a rock off
Angel Island, San Francisco bay,
today. Within a few minutes, how
ever, rescue craft attracted by
moaning whistles. pulled the boat
free before serious damage was done.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26

daughter, Roberta Semple, and
other Temple officials during the
past year.
The suit alleged that the Evan
gelist said before the witnesses
that:
L have put up with all the dou-
decreasing, underhanded tactics
of Miss Crawford that I am going
to- She is a Judas.
L am going to do something
Continued on Page 8; Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Fantastic Tripping Dc Luxc--

Sedate elders, and others not SO
sedate and not so elder, were an
noyed by the antics of certain lads
and lassies between the ages of Ia
and 20 years who galloped, loped
and cavorted at the Ell Centro po-
lice dance Wednesday night. One
dancer, not up TO the wild contor-
tons, remarked that he would as
soon be locked in a pan with a
lunch of locoed colts as try to dance
n the same room with the young
sters Well, who wouldn't?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Thanksgiving Day Mystery

Thanksgiving Day Mystery
The biggest mystery of the
Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized
by two abandoned fryers. The crat-
cd chickens had reached the proper
state of plumpness and undoubted-
ly would have been delicious if
cooked properly. That is the reason
FL Centro police cannot understand
why they were left atop a garbage
can in the alley between the Mar
shall Feed store and the Southern
Sierras Power company office They
were found at 5;26 p. m. Wednes-
day and at noon Thursday still
waited in the police station for a
claimant.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Double Celebrations

Thursday was something more
than just Thanksgiving day to three
residents of Ell Centro. The day
also was observed as the birthday
anniversaries of Jack Kline, IS;
Miss Lucille Cannon, 20; and John
w. Adams 49, They all engaged
in a double celebration.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
RHEBA ASKS MILLION
FOR JEZEBEL CHARGE
Aimee Accused of Slander in Complaint
By One-Time Angel of Broadway
AS Aftermath of Discharge

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26. (UP)--Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson today faced sander suit for $080000 brought
against her by Rheba Crawford Spivalo, former New
York Salvation Army lass, who charged the Angelus
Temple Evangelist called her "Jezebel" and accused her
a he Tho tnccn ttn
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Peril
Huge Texas Ranch
Disappearance of Hunters in Vast Acres
OF King Ranch Brings Neighbors
Storming About Borders

SAN PERLITA Tex, Nov. 26. (UP)-A group of
farmer vigantes who swore to uncover something i'm
portant in the disappearance of two hunters within the
walled kingdom of the million King ranch today
replaced posse of Is which returned empty handed last
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
END OF MARITIME
STRIKE PREDICTED
WITHIN 48 HOURS
San Francisco Mayor Quotes Federal
Agent in Prophesy of Peace
Along Pacific Waterfront

SAN FRANCISCO Nov. 26. fUP)-Mayor Angelo
Ross said today the Pacific Coast maritime strike will
be settled within 48 hours the basis of peace plan
proposed by Assstan Secretary of Labor Edward F. Nc
Grady Rossi made his prediction after conferng with
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
It's No Wonder

J. NJ Priest of Holtville dashed
up and down the sidelines at the
Holtvllle- -Brawley game Wednesday
night in high state of excitement
because his home town team was
a the winning end of the score.
gYou know" he painted as he
sprinted in the wake of an off tackle
dash, II wouldn't mind going to
all the games if they would be like
this"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Big Iiandicaps-

Big f1anuIcapS-
Even public address system
could not overcome the handicap
created by the talkative persons in
the rear of the hall at the Ell Cen
tro police dance Wednesday night.
The chit chat drowned the voices
of Chief of Police j. Sterling Os-
walt, Sheriff Robert w. Ware and
other officials who tried to speak
over the microphone.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Why Bother?-

Did anyone arrest the men who
threw the woman out of an auto
mobile?' was question put to
Under Sheriff Rodney Clarke. NO"
draWled the undersheriff. everyone
disappeared, even the woman. Be
sides there is nothing in the penal
code to prevent throwing a woman
out of an automobile"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
Flags Out

Three flags fluttercd from the
curb in front Of the Bank of Amer
ica Thursday, the only patriotic
indication to be observed on Ell Gen.
tro's Main street from city limits
to city limits.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-26
MARK ETs An iRIEF

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nutter; Los Angeles 33IRc, butter
fat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
Grade 4, f2c; manufa cturing milk,
37Hc; route gathered cream, B:.c.
l.. A. Hay-U. \. No. I extra leafy,
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= ienfy. S17; L No. =, x1I; Minne-
upOiis flax 2OI-23O.