davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
WORKERS ALLIANCE, To-
CAL DE WEST M

Sc cita a los compaheros de
esta local No. 6, para ell meet
ing regular que tendra efecto Ell
Jueves a de JUNO, "a las 8 de la
noche, en- ell local de la Gale
Main entire Howard y North AL
bany, Tambien Sc comunica que
en- este meeting informara de su
viaje a la Convention del Parti-
do Socialista ell companero F.
Mac Allister.
Ell viernes 8 ell compaherO Pc
dro r. Moya, instructor del
Workers Education Depart
ment ofrecera una clase de ms
para todos los trabaja-
dores de ambos sexos en- nues-
tro prOpio local, a las 8 P. M.
Sc espera la mayor cOncu-
rrencia a ambos actOs.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
ToDAvIA HAY LA Els

Jacksonville, JUNO Al me
diodia de hoy, en- 1,r67 prescin
tos electorales, de un total de
1921, ell juez Petteway, de
Tampa, iba al frente de los ca
torce candidates, con 42,S04 vo-
tos, seguido por ell banquero
Fred Cone, con SO, 944, ell sena-
dor William Hodges, con 81, 1894
y ell abogado B. F. Patty, con
31,S13.
La distancia entire Cone Y
Hodges es solo de 1851 votos,
existiendo todavia la esperanto
de que en- los ultimos escruti :
MOS ell senador pueda ir a las Sc
gundas primarias. Jerry w.
Carter, de Tallahassee, aparece
despu6s de Patty con 29y51S vO-
tos.
Cuatro de los congresistas de
la Florida, incluyendo a j. Har
din Peterson, de Lakeland, apa-
rentemente han sido neelectos
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
Todavia hay la esperanto de que Hodges
pueda ir a las segundas primaras
La mayoria de Cone sobre ell senador
es de 1851 votcs

sin necesidad de ir a unas Sc
gundas primaries. Creese que ell
representante' w. j. Sears, de
Jacksonville, ha sido derrotado
por R. A. Green, de Starke. En-
ell cuarto distrito ell represen :
tante Wilcox superb los votos
combinados de sus dos ADVERSE
rios, A. Pat Cannon Y w. Lin
coin Phillips, de Miami.
Para Ell puesto de superinten-
dente de instruction pGblica, En-
glish aparece en- la vanguardia,
en- 443 prescintos, con 1851
votos. lie slguen Claude Jones,
de Arcadia, con 5,144a F. w.
BucHholtz, de Gainesville, 5,O68
Y w. H. Gates, Tallahassee
4,153.
Sc concede va la reelection de
Nathan Mayo, ell competente o
misionado de agricultural; de
w. V. Knott, ell tesorero del es-
tado, Y del Ayudante General
Vivian Collins.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Hasta ell mediodia de hoy, en-
ell condado de Hillsborough, los
escrutinios arrojaban ell siguien
tie resultado:
Fiscal del condado, votaci6n
complete: Hardee, 1924; Will
liam, 5682; Owens, 5O25; Lake,
3179, y Baya, 1880.
Puesto de Sheriff: Mcleod,
10, 347; Newberger, 6646; Spen
Ger, 3O42; Bush, 254S; Hatton,
1880, y Myers, 1916.
Gobernador: Petteway, 9117
Jerry Carter, 1868; Cone 1867
Hodgesc, 2515; Burton, 1858
Caldwell, 1905.
Juez de la Corte de 10 Crimi-
nal: Tom Watkins, 6216; Hi
mes, 5785; Burnside, 1881
Sparkman, 1872; Henson, 1884;
Carlton, 1854; Brooks, 1923, y
Gibson, TIT.
Tasador de contribuciones /:
Sparkman, 1898; Blackburn,
754O, y Glover, 1872.
Recaudador de contribueiO
nes: Burnett, 1903; Shoema :
ker, 1908.
Score ario de la Corte del Cir
quito: Culbreath, 1892; Coar-
sey, 7118.
Juez del condado: Cornelius,
9444; Sanford, 4185.
Legislature: Grupo No. l,
Martin, 5232; Rawlins, 9OQ3, y
Cunningham, 2644; grupo No.
2, Pierce, 1853, Sheldon, 7438, y
Uman, 1887; grupo No 3, De-
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
Las e~lecciones en- Ell condado de Marlborough
Hardee y Williams iran a las .egundas primarias

kle, 1896, Copeland, 276S, y
HUMPHREYS, 1881.
Ccmisionado del condado: dis
trito No. l, Nuccio, 1852, James
j. Fernandez, 1909, y Scally
1886; distrito No. 2, Ball, 3416,
Hudgin2s, 971; Cain, 971, y Ri
chardson, $40; No. 3, Tom Hen
deson, 3704, Walter, 2137, y
Hobbs, 1851 diStrito 5, Badger,
785, y Harris, 345.
Jueces de Paz: n1mero /, fall
tando un prescinto, Lorenzo
Hernandez, 1875; Jackson,
1881; Stanley, 9S7, y Noroha,
1888; distrito No. 2, Savarese, e.
lecto. sin oposici6n; No. 3, no Sc
ha completado todavia, pero
Bledsoe aparece al frente del
grupo; NGmero A, Watkins y
nGmero s, Lonn.
Condestables: Districts No. /
16 de Is prescintos, Graves,
2129, Diaz, 1887, Scaglione, 1856,
S~perandeo, sol, u Fernandez I;
533; distrito n1mero g, Cul-
breath, 1871, y Farmer, 1851
No. 8, Bozeman, 223O, MELON
aid, l108;. Harding, 65S, Nc
Clintock, 449, y Di Maggie, 100
distrito No A, Holloway, 1919;
nGmero s, Selner, 418, Gillette,
1852.
Junta de educaci6n: distritO
No. 1, AL C~hiaramonte, 1911;
Woodland, 1897; Cimino, $50, y
Mathews, 873.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
LOS QUE IRAN A LAS
PRIMARIAS

Como resultado de las eleccio
nes del martes, iran a has segun
das primaries, disputandose la
nomination democratica, los
candidates siguientes: Hardee
contra Williamss, fiscal; Nc
Leod contra Newberger, sher-
tiff; Watkins contra Mines,
juez de la corte de 10 criminal I;
Martin contra Rawlins ,le2iSla-
tura, grupo /; Pierce contra
Sheldon, legislature, grupo 2;
Dekle contra Copeland o Huph-
ries, grupo 8.
ComisionadOs del condado:
Nuccio contra Fernandez, dis
trito 1; Badger contra Harris,
distritO 5.
Junta de Education: Chiara-
monte contra Woodward, dis
trito Ii Coleman contra Walker
n1mero 3.
Jueces de paz: distritO No. 1,
Hernandez contra Jackson; dis
tritO no. 3, Bledsoe contra Rich
ard.
Condestable: distrito No. /,
Graves contra Diaz; distrito 3,
Bozeman contra Mcdonald: dis
tritO No. 8, Selner contra Gill
" l
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
Un e~jercito cantones ha penetrado
en- la provincial de Human
Ell Gobierno de Marking reohazara la invasion

Shanghai, JUNO 4.-Una no
ticia de origen japones dice que
un ejercito de 100000 hombres,
mandados por los generates del
gobierno de Canton, entr6 aver
en- Ia provincial de Human, sin
resistencia algUpa. Asegdrase
que ell gobierno de Marking re-
chazara la invasion con l3 divi-
stones y una escuadrilla de Is
aeroplanos de combate. I'm ma
nifiesto del gobiernO cantones'
Sc public6 aver, demandando
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Los generates han desplazado
a los coroneles en- la dictadur2
polaca Y ahora Sc proponen ala
sajar al presidente Moscicki,
que lleva 10 an9s obedeciendo a
la ''gente de uniforme."
Ell mariscal Pilsudski hizo pre-
sidente al professor Y lie Impulse
un consejo de ministries integra
do por coroneles.
Muerto el mariscal, ell presi-
dente Sc entreg6 en- las manos
de los generates, pasando los co
roneles a un plano inferior.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

que ell gobierno naciOnalista Sc
.oponga, por medic de las armas
a la invasion nipona.
Las autoridades provinciales
de Kwantunk dicen que dos di-
visiores del ej6rcito del sur cru
aaron la ~frontera de Human y Sc
apOderaron de Idhang.
Los chimes bien informados
mantienen que Ell Jap6n esparce
esas aoticias para que no Sc
presto atenci6n al contrabando
que realiza por ell Norte de Chi
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
BARCIA DICE QUE LOS SIN
DICATOS SH3lAN HROHI-
BIDOS

Madrid, JUNO 4.-Hablando
hoy con los periodicals. ell minis
tro de estado, Sr. Barcia, decla-
no que 81 los sindlcalistas persis
ten en- desobedecer las 6rdenes
de los ministerios de trabajo y
gobernaci6n, los los sindicatos
declarados ilegales y sc
prohibira SUI funcionamiento.
Criminales desconocidos ma
baron en- Sevilla al Sr. Salustia-
no Avenzuela, director de la pri
sion de esa ciudad, desapare-
ciendo. Pedro Cea, un estudian-
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Elecciones honradas... ISeran
las segundas mejores que las
primeras?
Escribiendo con absolute sim
ceridad debemos manifestar
que las elecciones del martes
fueron limpias y decentes COM
paradas con aquellas en- que Sc
rob6 a Claudio Pepper la sena-
duria.
Pero no freron 10 que noso-
tros esperabamos, con ell fin de
borrar para siempre la 'leyen-
da negra".
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
LA COMISION CONFEREN-
CIO CON Ell
DE HACIENDA

Habana, JUNO 4.-Conferen-
clio aver con ell s~ecretario de ha-
cienda, DR.. German Walter del
Rio, la comisi6n de hacienda y
presupuestos de la camara de
representatives. Sc discutieron
los presupues5os del venidero
ano fiscal. Walter del Rio insis-
te EN- que ell maxine debe ser de
$50, 000, 900.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Nick Nuccio ira a las segun-
das primarias con James j. Fer
nandez, disputandose los dos ell
puesto de comisionado del dis
trito No. /.
Nick tiene centenares de a
migos entusiastas y Jimmy pro-
bablemente tratara de recobrar,
arrepentido de sus pasados erro
res pollticOs, Ell terreno perdi-
do.
Latino contra latino. Primo
contra primo, no hermano con-
ira hermano.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
PEDIDAS LICENCIAS DE
REVOLVER PARA DOS


Habana, JUNO 4.-Se hacen
gestiones cerca del secretario
de gobernaci6n para que cOnce-
da licencia de revolver a los ma
.chadistas Juan Antonio Vaz-
quez Bello y Aquilino Lombard,
que acaban de regresar del ex-
tranjero.
Esos individuos temen ser
4 acadOs por familiares de per-
asesinadas bajo el regi-
de Mach dO.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
CHUNGAS Y NO CHUNGAS
Banquero contra Juez. La brasa a SUI SARDINIA.
7SSeran mejores las S~egundas? - Ell retorno
de los "guatacas'.- Generates y coroneles

FL banquero Cone pas6 al Sc
Iarndo lugar de la competencia
gubernatorial, seguidO por ell
senador Hodges.
Petteway, ell severe juez, mar
cha al frente de todos los candi-
datos e ira a las segundas pri-
marias.
Teniendo a Cone de oponente,
la victoria de Petteway sera re-
lativamente facil. Entire ell BAN
quero y ell juez, ell pueblo Sc deci
dira por ell menos rico.
Pero 81 Cone baja de nuevo y
sube Hodges o Patty, entonces
ell tampeno tendra "1lenaS las
manos".
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Ese inteligente y simpatico
muchadao John Hines entrara
en- las sa.undas primarias como
Oponente de Tom Watkins.
Mas lie hubiese convenido a
Tom tener de rival a Burnside.
Hines habla espahol y es hi
10 del senador Hines.
Tom tendra que solicitar por
TELEGRAPH la ayuda de los "con-
cos.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

En- los barriOs americanos a.
rrimaron Ia brasa a su sardinN
y votaron por Jackson Y Grave.
Los electores de los districts
latinos concedieron ell mayor nj
nero de votos a Lorenzo Her.
nandez y skinny" Diaz.
La colonia latina tendra que
unirse entertainments, en- las Sc
gundas ~primarias, y votar por
sus candidates: Hernandez y
Diaz.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Washington, JUNO para
en- la presidential de la
Camara a Joseph Wellington
Byrns, de Tennessee, que falle-
clio anOche, la Camara eligi6 hoy
presidente al representante vii
liam B. Bankhead, de Alabama.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Camara suspendi6 la session en-
demonstration de duelo por la
muerte del representative. A
Plat Andrews, del estado de
Massachusetts. A. las 5 de ID
tarde Byrns sufri6 un ataque
del coraz6n y a las IL de la no
che Sc lie declare una hemOrra-
gia cerebral. Hasta que Sc lie pre-
.sent6 la hemorragia parecia en-
canine de un complete restable
cimiento. lie asisheron el DR..
Calver, medico de- Congreso, y
los doctOres f. N ElHSOn y CO.
rOnel Arthur N. fWhaley, este
dltimo medico d ejercito re :
sular-O
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
INFORMATION y
DEL PUERTO

EntrarOn aver los vapores a.
mericano Cuba, Commercial
Pioneer, Commercial FlNi6an,
Gertrude kellogg y Silver
Sword.
Sc hicieron a la mar los va
pores Gresheim, aleman; Cor
per Brook, ingles, y los america
iosmArizpa, Cuba y Falkland.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Congratulando al nuevo fis-
cal federal del distrito sur de
Florida, ell distinguido abogado
Herbert S. Phillips.
I'm tampeno digno del puesto
y de la confianza que en- el ha.
depositado al gobierno del pre-
sidente Roosevelt.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04
LOS FASC1STAS OVACI0NA-
RON. A PETER o

MassOIini Ie bes6 q GbrGz6
Roma, JUNO Ala capital
DEE imperio recibi6 aver alborO-
zada al mariscal Peter Badoglio
heroe de la guerra de Africa.
AL bajarse del tren especial.
el primer ministro MussOlini lie
abraz6 y le bes6 en- ambas IfIejl-
las. -
Cuando ell m~ariscal avanzaba
hacia la vista del pueblo, Mus
solini Sc cOlOc6 detra4de 81, mo-
d~estamentes No asisti6 al reci-
ibimiento el General Emno DEF
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Piden los concejales habane-
ros, pOr sus "valiosos servicios''
un sueldo mensual de $500. Pa
ra cada uno de los ediles $500,
cada 80 dias, sin contar los "chi
vitos" Y los "garrafones."
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

ENCONTRADA UNA VALID
SA EDICION DE EOS SER
MONIES DE

Moscou, JUNO 4.-Una va =
liosa edici6n de los sermones de
GirOlamo Savanorala, publicada
Ell ano 1900, Sc ha encontradO
aqui. Contiene ell Iibro 40 ser :
mOnes.
En- la primera pagina tiene
una oraci6n escrita en- verso. La
fecha de la impression parece ha
Der sido ell % de febrero de 1498
te fascista, pereci6 en- Santan-
der, donde Sc ha declarado una
huelga general.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Los j6venes que pusieron en-
peligro sus vidas para aplastar
la dictadura machadista, luchan
con la miseria en- ell exilio.
Miles de obreros Y estudian :
ties, revolucionarioS de coraz6n,
"se pudren" en- las carceles Gu
banaS.
En- cambio, por contraste, 10
sc A. Vazquez Bello y Aquilino
Lombard, dos "cadAanchanes''
de la tiranfa, pasean por las ca
lies de la Habana y ~solicitan Ii
cencia de revolver para prote-
ger sus vidas, que Green came
nazadas."
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

En- honor de los secretaries e
inspectcTes de los colegios de
Jos prescintos latinos decimos
que no "rellenaron" como sc hi
ciera en- otros amos. Hubo mas
respeto para Ell elec.Or y Ell SUI
Tragic.
Mas no prede negarse que los
"pepetidores," de godos los CRU
PCS, respiraron a pulm6A lleno
en- horas de Ia tarde.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Els Ell NUEVO
HRESIDENTE DE LA CA
MARA DE REPRSENTAN-
TIES
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

Una prueba de la impopulari-
dad del gobernador Sholtz: Ma
20, 1900 votes; Bishop, $4,000
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

sera apreciado por la colonia la
tina.
La gaceta., 1936-06-04

william Noroha estrect la
mano de Arenzo y lie ofre su
apOyO para las segundas / p
1ias. -
In geskal AeOrdialids
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
ROAD WORK IN
Ell CENTRIC WILL
BE COMPLETED

Oiling and graveling of First
street in Ell Centro from Main to
Orange and of Orange street from
First to Second is scheduled to be
completed Sunday, according to
Philip w Knights, city engineer.
The work is a Works Progress ad-
miniStration project and scarcity of
Of Workmen is said to have delayed
completion
Workmen are engaged in the oil
ing and graveling of Orange from
Eighth to Tenth. of Tenth from
Orange to Brighton and Brighton
from Twelfth to Imperial.
AS soon as this work is completed,
knights said, the crews used for the
Oiling and graveling will be trans
ferred to the pavement repairs
project.
Materials for the repairs are
ready for use The pavement will
be repaired ON Fifth, Sixth, Broad
way and State streets.
While both projects we're ap
proved and funds available. the
scarcity of eligible workers on the
WPA made it impossible to run
beth projects at the same time,
Knights explained
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03


William Hamm, Jr., wealthy brewer
Long delayed, the big airplane
slid into the airport at 8:45 a. m.
and roared directly into the hangar
of the 109th U. S. air squadron
NewSmen as we'll as spectators were
barred
A dozen G-men from the st.
Paul headquarters were on guard as
Karpis was transferred to wait
ing automobile The federal men
commanded by j. Edgar Hoover
chief of the federal bureau of in
yeStigation, who made the arrest
last night, were aboard the plane.
Barely 16 hours after the capture
in New orleans, Karpis was return
cd TO the city where allegedly he
engineered two of the nations most
sensational kidnapings, those of
Hamm and Edward G. Bremen.
Ten minutes after the airliner
slid into the army hangar, Karpis
was at department of justice head
quarters.
lie Will be locked IN the escape
proof cell at county Jail once oc-
cupied by Doc Barker, Tommy
Touhy, Volney Davis Willie Davis,
and others of the Barker Karpis
gang
Karpis is the last of the Barker
Karpis mob, although his recent as
sociate, Harry Campbell still is at
large.
Karpis' return to ST. Paul was in
contrast to the last time he was
herc-tWo years ago, Then the
Barker Karpis gang was in its
hey-day. Today Karpis, the most
hunted fugitive since the days
of John Dillinger, was the central
figure in the last chapter of the
melodramatic saga Of the mad
Continued on Page 8, Col s.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
SNAKES USED
in SLAYING,
SAYS SAILOR
Weird Story Told OF
Killing Woman
With Rattlers

LOS ANGELES, May 2.
(UP) = The district attor.
ney's office today announced
Charles H. Hope, eX-sailor,
confessed he helped Robert
S. James kill James wife with
the bite of a deadly rattlesnake.
Hope, according to District At
torney's investigators, said he
helped James mold the woman's S
bare feet in a box containing
three live rattlesnakes until one
of the snakes bit her twice.
Mrs. James lay across table in
her breakfast room, with legs dang
ling toward the floor, as the snakes
sank in their fangS, Hope said.
Detective Jack Southerard said
Hopes story tended to clear up
the presence of two small marks
on Mrs. James body for which no
explanation was found at the
time her body was found lying
face-doWn in lily pond at her
La CreScenta home.
Hope, 38 years of age, former
Continued on Page 8, Col p
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03

the water came were recounted
as bulging picnic hampers gave up
their fried chickens, deviled eggs,
sandwiches, salads and cakes. The
big building echoed the excited
shouts of greeting as reunions
among old neighbors and asso-
ciates brought a mist to the eyes
OF many "old timers"
Modern times and the complex
problems of today were forgotten
by the men and women who came
to Imperial Valley when the desert
still held sway. They turned to
memories of the early days when
they lived in tents and shacks dot
ted sparsely over the face of the
barren land.
Other Gatherings Recalled
They recalled earlier gatherings
which were attended by many
who since have passed on. The
whole gathering, while a joyous
one on the whole, was tinged with
hint of sadness for the depart
Continued on Page 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03

CHURCHILL DOWNS, LOUIS
VILE, KY, May 2. UP)-The field
for the 62nd running of the Ken
lucky derby was reduced to Ia crack
three-year ola5 at scratch time to-
day when Dnieper and Seventh
Heaven, a filly, were withdrawn.
Clear weather and a fast track
a break for the favorite, Brevity--
was the outlook at scratch time.
The sun began shining and the
track, which had been sloppy from
several days rain, rapidly was
rounding into shape.
The vanguard of the expected
record breaking crowd of $4,000 be
gan arriving at the rambling old
course early. Twenty-Five persons
lined up outside the general admis-
sion ticket window at dawn.
Col. Matt Winn, ringmaSter of
the blue grass classic, was enthus-
iaStic over the weather. A heavy
rain storm hit West Louisville early
this morning and continued for 25
minutes. But here in Louisville,
where the downs nestle snugly, on
ly a few drops fell.
At 7.30 a. m. the track was mod
erately fast and the sun shone
through threatening clouds. Two
hours later the weather was clear
and the track fast.
Post-t time for the classic was an.
Continued on Page S, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
TIL Rec M { N
j ALE D AS
SMUCCL { R s
TWo Captured at
Border; Hunger
Strike Tried

Disclosure of a wide
s pre- a d opium smuggling
ring in Imperial county was
m d e Saturday following
the arrest of three suspect
ed smugglers.
The three are: Ramon Pereda,
43, arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Frank P. McCaslin on Broadway
in Ell Centro Thursday; Noel Thib-
odeaux, 48. arrested by United
States customs officials Friday af-
ter he crossed the Mexican border
at Calexico; and Albert ADeal,
27, arrested by Lee Echols, head
of the customs service at the bor-
der, Bob Cole, customs border pa
trolman, and McCaSlin Friday
night near the border in Calexico.
Pereda was booked for possession
Of opium and held in the Calexico
jail Saturday morning when he
was transferred to the county jail
He was arraigned Saturday morn.
Ills III III SSliIlO JiioOlCt COuII Oll
a complaint signed by McCaslin
and preliminary hearing set for
May 8. After being held in the
border Jail, Pereda was said to
have staged a hunger strike.
Caught Selling Opium
McCaslin said he caught Pereda
selling yen shee, all opium solid.
When the Mexican saw the Off
GERS toward him McCaslin said
the Mexican threw away the
money and three bundles of opium.
The officers recovered the money
and opium in the grass at Peredas S
feet.
The officer said the Mexicans
legs are a mass of scars caused
by the injection of dope.
Pereda's criminal record con-
tainS three entries. February |,
1920, he was arrested in San Fran
cisco on yagrancy charge and
served six months in Jail. On
Continued on Page 8, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
new MEDICAL
PLAN PASSED
BY COMMIT TEE
Proposed Amendment
Would Open Up
Hospitals

Approval of an initiative
petition to open county or
city hospitals to pay pa
tients was given at the morn
ing session of the farm bu-
reau-home department committee
on disqualification and medical
care. Circulation of petitions to
have this proposed amendment
placed on the November ballot
was also endorsed.
According to ruling of the
supreme court, city or county hos
pitals may not admit pay patients
the court declaring these instltu-
tions for the use OF indigents only,
AS a result of this ruling several
hospitals in the San Joaquin val
ley and in Kern county were forced
Continued on Page 8, Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03

Emperor Halle Sclassie abandon
ed his capital with his family.
Looting and shooting broke out
in the city.
Foreigners fled to the fortified
British legation compound to the
protection of its barbed wire, its
five machine guns, and it's little
company of $50 Sikh infantrymen,
pick Of the British Indian army,
under British officers.
The legation had food enough for
a three months siege.
Commercial wireless communica- =
ton with Adds Ababa was severed
without warning this morning.
News Of The imminent danger to
fCrciencrs was transmitted IN dis
patch from Sir Sidney Barton,
Continued on Page 8, Col y
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
HIGH OFFICIAL
FACES CHARGE
IN KIDNAP PLOT

NEW YORK, May 2. UP)-Mur-
ray Bleefeld young liquor salesman
accused as the chief aide of Ellis
H. Parker, Jr., in torturing a spur
iouS confession of the Lindbergh
kidnapping from Paul w. Wendell.
has implicated widely known New
Jersey official in the plot in "a con-
fession that will blow the lid off
the case" District Attorney viii
liam F. x. Geoghan announced to-
day.
Bleefeld, fugitive since he,
young Parker, and three other men
were indicted for kidnapping Wen
del week ago, surrendered to New
York police yesterday in Albany.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03

tlOn To rccOlnlnlt IL was defeated
2l2 TO 73.
'ghe bill provides money for
continuation of construction on
81 warships in addition to II new
deStroyers. six submarines. and
333 airplanes. President Roose-
welt also is authorized to start
construction on two $4,000 ton
battleships-the biggest allow d
under the London naval treaty
as replacements for the over-age
Arkansas and New York if other
signatories undertake similar con-
Struction.
1t was this last clause that led
to the only real fight on the en-
tire bill The battleship provision
was written into the bill earlier
this week, after secret hearings
had closed, on receipt of a letter
from Admiral William H. Stand
Continued on Page 8, Col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
ARCHIAS WILL
HEAD OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION

Harvey Archias of Brawley was
elected president Of the Reserve Of
ficers association at the meeting Fri
day in the California hotel.
o Other officers are: Chan Living
ston, president; Gus Montgom-
cry of Brawley, secretary treasurer:
Leroy Foster, councilman.
DR.. Norman f. Dupont was voted
a past presidents badge.
The Reserve Officers voted to
continue their meetings in May.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-03
JUNIOR BIRDMEN
INSPECT PLANT
OF POST-PRESS

Imperial Valleys contingent of
Junior Birdmen of America, head
ed by Commander Raymond Nc
Anally, interrupted their study of
aviation briefly Saturday afternoon
to consider the mysteries of news
paper making.
The group of boys between II
and Is years of age had on their
afternoon program a visit to the
plant Of the Post and Press. where
the processes by which their news
papers are made up and printed
were demonstrated. The Junior
Birolmen organization was formed
to study aviation and similarly in
tercSting subjects.