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Evening star., 1936-09-27

II you choose to trauel today
past cooling moods and 1Dind-
ing streams, and into an en-
Uironment of appealing his
tory, clip this map and tollo,D
the pleasant circle tour con-
tanned therein. Prepared for
The Sunday Star by the Amer
icdn Automobile Association,
the route leads as tollo1Os::
Take Lee Highway to Falls
Church and tolloU bypass 9
to Vienna. Here the bypass
turns into route so, Which
should be taken all the 1Day
to Winchester.
For return trip get on Berry,
Uille Avenue at Winchester
and tollo1D that until State
route z is reached just outside
the to1Dn. Follo,c 2 all the 1Day
back to Falls Church, from
1uhere the Lee High1Uay offers
the best road into Washington.
Evening star., 1936-09-27

Air Derby Association
To Hold Compass Hunt
Test of Pilots Navigational Skill This After
noon to Mark Opening Of
Fall Season.
By Joseph S. Edgerf0n.

TNuOT o Association will naug
with something
hunt The event is 1t
territory all the contestants
vicinity College Nd where the association club house
ocated.
this afternoon Prior to
Evening star., 1936-09-27
Later Hours for Opening
Schools Seen Safety Aid
Change From O'Clock to 9:30 Up to Board
of Education Safety Council to Con-
vene-Production Notes.
BvG. Adams H0ward.

National Capitals
change the opening
from o'clock in the mornings to s:3o
trafnc authorities, the
police, worthwhile
effective without delay.
beginning
Evening star., 1936-09-27
Many Motorists Attracted by Road to Winchester
Quaint Virginia Town Filled
With Mansions, Source
of Colonial History.
Regions of Horse Racing
and Fox Hunting, as Well
as Homes of Patriots.
Bv James Nevin Miller.

Bv James NeUin Miller.
w YITH October's bright blue
Ah/ weather just around the
Wv corner, and the heat Of the
Summer season only
memory. many q local motorist longs
for . weekend journey that offers
restfulness above all things.
Tell me Of . route" you can almost
hear him say, that is only q couple
of hours long. with not q congested
area in prospect, where roads are
smooth and fringed with cool shade
Evening star., 1936-09-27

extremely interesting circle tour ,o be avaaole hr1agn
the opening OF the section Leaving Washington Dta dHs
Church and going through Warrenton and Cupep Sou
RoyaLthence Nations Capital route
so through Middleburg route uid Leesburg. .
ut expected that Washington motorists oeH as
travellers from sections OF the country O be to
Skyline Diue through the opening the section and that
trauel piu reach new proportions this Fau"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
BLOCKS LAW;
TRAPS FUGITIVES

AUBURN, Cal, Feb. 13. W.P)-
Heavy SHOWS in the high Sierra
served as a barrier today between
two youths wanted or a grand theft
charge and Placer county sheriff's
officers who planned trek into the
hills after them when the storm
ends.
The youths, Paul Beatty, l6, of
Antioch, and DelberJ Hull, II, of
Roseville, escaped from the oil Jail
here Sunday night ana headed into
the hills. Before the current storm
broke Sheriff Elmer Gum learned
they had holed up in Il prcspectcr'
cabin 40 miles from here.
Several feet of fresh snow added
to that already on the ground in the
higher elevations prevented h c
sheriff from sending deputies after
the youths. At the same time, the
snow was expected to block any at
temptS the boys may make to slip
away before officials reach them.
There was nearly 10 fee5 of snow
in the section where the cabin is sit
uated
Gum said the boys probably would
have no trouble existing, beCaus1
there were numerous miners in the
vicinity and sufficient food would
be available. The youths were
dressed lightly when they left here
however, and Gum believed they
would stay close to the cabin rather
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13

. ed train service near SANTA BARBARA
when a trestle was washed out.
Damages in the Ontario region were
estimated at $4,000 as garages and
small buildings were leveled by flood
waters. Two inches Of rain were re-
corded in about - hours there.
Edgar Young, as, almost lost his life
when caught by the liood and swept
nearly half mile downstream.
James Wilmington saved his wife
and two sets of twins, aged three
and one, when a torrent in the Cuca-
monga Canyon overturned his auto
mobile. He pulled his family
through the top of the car just be-
fore it was swept downstream anG
buried in mud and rocks.
The tornado tore down two OIL der
ricks in Long Beach end unroofed
many homes. Dorothy COnpson, II,
suffered fractures of both legs when
the roof of a neighbor'S home was
lifted off and deposited atop the
! Compson dwelling. Harvey Connect
| SIS, suffered serious internal injuries
when wind blew an Oil derrick over
on his home.
The tornado also struck Alhambra
where it unroofed homes and blew
over trees and posts.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
BRUNO PROVOKED AT
LAWYERS ATTITUDE

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 13. UP
Samuel S. LciboWitz, one of the
nations best known criminal law
yers, may see his new client, Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, in the death
house today, but he won't get a
warm reception.
The pale, tense carpenter con-
victed of numbering the Lindbergh
baby was provoked that his new
counsel conditioned his employ
ment upon hearing "the truth"
from the lips of his client, There
fore, LeiboWitz' employment may
end Immediately after his inter-
view.
Hauptmann sent word from his
cell that he had told the truth,
that he had no intention Whatso-
ever of changing his story. G. Lloyd
Fisher, chief of Hauptmann' coun-
sci, said if LeiboNitz expected
Hauptmann to change his story, he
was on the wrong track.
Hauptmann, however, today for
mally asked Col. Mark o. Kimber-
ling, principal keeper of the state
prison, to permit Leibowitz to visit
him in the death house. The re-
quest was made in writing.
fHauplmann asked me to ad-
wise him whether he should see
Leibowitz," Kimberling said. Il
told him I couldn't advise him.
Then he said his wife seemed to
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
L. a. TO HAVE
CIVIC CENTER
BOND BALLOTS

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13. Up-
The board of supervisors voted
unanimously today to place on tho
May 3 primary ballot a $4,000 900
bond issue to finance construction
OF civic center courthouse and a
number Of branch county buildings
in outlying communities.
After long debate, the supervi-
sorS agreed that approximately So
100000 should be expended for the
civic center courthouse and 81
100000 for branch buildings. The
S4,000000 bond issue would repre-
sent the county'S share of the prof.
ect or So per cent, less $60O0
which would come from the county
law library fund. The remaining
As per cent is promised by the
federal government through PWA
funds.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13

reported to the office he was leav-
ing but had left his wife the inn
preston he was taking the trip On
an assignment
Fingerprinting of the entire staff
of the Sheriffs office required by
a civil service ruling which took
effect this year was completed last
Friday. The prints have been sent
tC Washington for checking and
classification.
bort said there was nothing to
lead him to believe a connection
might exist between the finger
printing and Covers disappear
ance.
The Imperial county sheriffs
office has net been officially noti-
fled of Covers disappearance al
San Diego, nor asked to search
for the missing deputy. Sheriff
Robert w. Ware said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
STRJJCK BY STORM

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. i3. Up)--
Traffic was interrupted, railroads
ran behind schedule and streets end
highways wer covered with debris in
northern California today as the re-
suits of a three day storm now on its
way east.
The storm damage ran into many
thousands of dollars Several deaths
were reported, mainly from highway
accidents.
Intermittent showers fell today,
bringing temporary respite from
the ravages CT tropical disturbance
which sent rainfall above normal,
sent flashes of lightning across
northern California, dropped hail
stones, and brought d fog through
which shipping felt its way cautious
ly.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
EUROPE'S DEATH TOLL
MOUNTS TO $50

LONDON, Feb. 49, U.P)-More than
$50 persons we're known dead today,
and much higher casualty figures
were indicated, in snow, rain and
wind storms which affected the
British Isles and all Europe
The death toll included Britain,
%; Italy and the Adrlatic Sea, Is;
Greece, rs; Bulgaria, 80; France,
nine, and Spain, seven.
Deaths included people frozen,
killed in railway accidents and
washed overheard from all ships in
storms at sea.
Rain froze rapidly, to cause rail-
way accidents and injuries to pedes-
trians. One hundred and twenty
persons we're injured in Paris by
slipping on rapidly freezing streets
after a rain storm.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
RAZORS, KNIVES
TAKEN FROM
ISL Err S

Five straight edge razors and
three pocket knives were taken
from a group CT Filipinos found
occupying supposedly empty
house they had appropriated We'd
neSday night.
The islanders we're discovered
after the arrest of Merquimio Sal
amanca and Bernardo PaWilan,
who we're found prowling in the
neighborhood of the house on
North Sixth street.
City police notified the county
sheriffS office and deputy Sheriffs
staged the shake down" in search
of weapons. The razors, it was
alleged, would have been poor
shaving implements but excellent
carving tools.
Salamanca and PaWilan pleaded
guilty to vagrancy in police court
Thursday morning and received 10
day Jail sentences.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
GHLETT NEW
BUREAU BOSS
FOR X. EDGAR

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13. W.p)-
Fingerprinting Of all liquor license
applicants was established by the
Board Of Equalization today when
Kendall B. Perkins, assistant TO
Ray Edgar, southern California
member, announced the appoint
ment of Harold Gillett former I'm
perial county deputy sheriff. as
bureau expert.
I'VE have decided definitely TO-
fingerprint and check the records
of all liquor licensees" Perkins
said. THE system later may be
extended to include the prints of
all persons employed by Licens-
ees."
Gillett's bureau will serve the
entire southern California district.
embracing Los Angeles. Santa Bar
bara, Ventura, Orange Riverside
san Diego and Imperial counties.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13


in labor disturbances punctuated
the fight.
The first effort to reduce the
$153,474,000 provision in the bill
for army pay was made by REQ,
Harry Sauthoff, Prog Wis, who
offered an amendment cutting the
figure to $l21,475 ,093.
When this failed on voice vote,
Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck, D.,
Wash, tried to cut the amount 10
S146 ,962,485.
The vote on the zioncheck am
endment was 73 to 8.
Both suggested the money could
be used for alleviating unemploy-
ment.
When Zioncheck sought time
extension to explain his proposal
Rep Tilman B. Parks, D.. Ark
in charge of the bill objected.
Yeah, it's getting too hot for
YOU" ZiCncheck snapped.
Parks protested these insulting
remarks" should be avoided and
the house should proceed in "or-
derly fashion"
I'm sorry. l withdraw the re-
mark" Zioncheck replied.
After the vote Zioncheck, lead
ing an economy" bloc, Immediate
ly commenced filibuSter tactics by
demanding a quorum call. How
ever quorum was counted.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
HIGH WINDS
FOLLOW RAIN
over VALLEY:
Breeze to Continue
Another Day.
Belief

Wind was blowing at the
rate of 30 miles an hour at
noon Thursday with the av-
erage rate between 20 and
25 miles an hour, according
to Fred Baughman. meteorologist
fer the United States weather bu-
reau.
Wednesday nights precipitation
reached a total of IA of an inch,
said Howard Emmons, government
weather bureau observer.
The high wind is caused by the
large storm area centering over
the Pacific coast, Baughman said.
Local disturbances occur in the
large low pressure area existing.
Moderate to fresh winds are
expected tocontinue Thursday night
and Friday with the skies partly
cloudy but with abundant sunshine
Thursday and Friday, Baughman
said. No immediate change In
temperature is anticipated.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Butcher Accused
of Assault With
Deadly Weapon

Edward Gonzales, Mexican butch
er and slaughter house employe
alleged to have stabbed A. Durou,
grocery store clerk, in BraWley
Monday night, is accused of as
sault with attempt to commit mur-
der with a deadly weapon, accord
ing to a complaint filed Thurs
day
The knitting took place at the
grocery store operated at 1854
East Main street by Mr., and Mrs.
Ralph L. Molina. Gonzales was
asked to leave the store when ne
tried to sharpen a skinning knife
with curved blade six inches in
length. Mrs. Molina told officers
she did not want the Mexican in
the store because merchandise was
missed after his former visits.
The Mexican objected to leaving
and became abusive, officers said
when Durou attempted to put him
out of the building. The stabbing
took place in front Of the store in
the presence of several witnesses
according to officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Sheriff Probes
Unique Mystery

Automobiles disappear, trucks
disappear and even horses dis
appear but Imperial Valley Of
ficers actually expressed aston
ishment when an empty oil
tanker and trailer disappeared
from the streets of Calextc0
Wednesday afternoon.
The tanker and trailer, filled
with gasoline, was taken to the
border city by one driver and
left for another driver to de-
liver the gasoline across the
line i'm Mexico, officers said.
The first driver left for his
hotel the gasoline was taken
across the line the truck and
trailer returned. There the rec
ord ends.
Officers are attempting to
solve the mystery.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
FIRES SWEEP
BUILDINGS, Is
LIVES LOST
BY UNITED PRESS

Two frightful fire tragedies
combined casualty list of 13 dead
and "a injured today.
A fire that interrupted a dance
in New York Chinese restaurant
last night killed five and doctors
feared that three among 80 in
jured would die.
Eight were known dead in the
fire that destroyed a hotel at
Lakewood, N. j., but police feared
seven bodies still were in the
ruins. Several of the injured may
die
A fire that destroyed one wing
of a Quabec convent last night
might have killed many of so
girl students had it not been fer
the heroism of Mother st. Al
phonse. She got all out safely but
suffered burns that may kill her.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
n CHILDREN,
TRAPPED 10
DAYS, SAVED
Rescuers Cut Way
Through Wall
Of Ice

CHICAGO, Feb. 13. tUP)
Brisk winds lashcd fresh
snow over parts of the mid
dlewest today but the threat
of another raging blizzard
was dissipated by forecasts of ris-
ing temperatures.
The snowfall, heavy in only
scattered sections, clogged high
ways in Iowa and Minnesota and
the Dakotas.
Mayors of Iowa towns most SER
iously affected prepared to ration
food and fuel supplies at the rec
ommendation of Gov. Clyde l..
Herring.
Ski-equipped airplanes flew food
to Cooper, Advance and Red Owl,
South Dakota communities iSo.-
ated by 40-foot drifts for week.
Rescuers cut through high walls
of snow to the village of Marcus,
in the black hills, and found the
200 residents burning furniture and
existing on a small supply of can
ned goods.
Twenty seven children, snow
bound for 10 days, were bundled
into heavy clothes and moved by
bobsled and electric trolley from
the Milwaukee Children's hospital
convalescent home to the city, Is
miles away. Food and fuel supplies
were low.
Winds reached a velocity OF from
II to 20 miles an hour and drifted
snow into impossible barriers H.
parts of Iowa just digging cut Of
last Saturdays blizzard.
The mercury sank to 20 below
Continued on Page 6: Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Sinclair Denies He's
Dropped EpicPlan;
Returns to Writing

PASADENA, Calf, Feb. 13. U.P)
Upton Sinclair, white-haired lib
eral Democrat and founder of the
end poverty" movement, today ad
mitted he had retired from politics
but denied he had abandoned his
Epic" principles.
The writer declared that his
poor health led him to announce
that he was through with politics
but that he expected to serve the
Epic" movement las a writer"
MY heart is in the movement
just as much as ever Sinclair
said, land I expect tC back It
with my pen, but not as a candi-
date for any office. Because of
my lack of health, l can best
serve the Epic movement as a
writer"
Sinclair disclosed that he is
writing a new novel.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Maximum Sentence
Giuen Club Owner

PASADENA, Cal, Feb. 13. IU.P)
Carl MARCEL was given the max
imum possible sentence of $500
fine and six months in Jail today
for operating MARCEL Inn, night
club frequented by movie stars,
without a dance hall license.
He pleaded guilty before Justice
of Peace William Fox.
Church brotherhood representa-
tives, who led a fight against Mar
cell Inn and other clubs in the
Altadena area, crowded the court
room,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
BITTER BATTLE NEAR
on NEUTRALITY ISSUE

they would support a 60-day eXten-
sion of the present statute and
then fight for a permanent pro-
gram.
Sen. James P. Pope, D., Ida,
said he was considering offering
the original administration bill, in
troduced by Sen. Key Pittman, D.,
New. as a substitute for the ex-
tension resolution.
The committees action was in
line with demands by Sen. Hiram
Johnson, r., Calf. who had in
sisted the original proposal even
tually would have made the Unit
ed States a partner in the league of
nations in any program of economic
sanctions against warning nations.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13

than risk further travel in the snow
country without heavy clothing.
The boys were arrested last week
after they allegedly had stolen an
automobile at Iowa Hill, and were
held on grand theft charge. Their
escape from Jail and later the knowl-
edge of their whereabouts were kept
secret because the sheriff feared
friends of the youths would seek to
get aid to them before deputies coulG
advance to the cabin.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Workman Killed In
Mountain Slide

PASADENA. Cal. Feb. 13. U,P)
"A landslide on the famous Mt.
Lowe railway killed a workman
today.
Miguel Valdevie, go, was buried
by a slide while lie worked to
clear away previous avalanche
of earth that blocked the tracks
during the night. He smothered
before fellow workmen dug him
out.
The past three days heavy rain
fall loosened the mountain side,
causing the slides.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13

WASHINGTON, Feb. l3. W.D -
Senate supporters of permanent
neutrality legislation today planned
a fight to- scuttle the administra-
tons proposal to extend the ex-
isting, temporary law until May /,
1887.
Indignant because the foreign
relations committee voted to aban-
don the program laid down earlier
by democratic leaders, rs propo-
nents of drastic, permanent sta
tute studied two methods of at
tack:
81. Seeking a shorter extension
of the present law.
2. Offering the original admin
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13

istration program or the so-called
Nye-Clark bill as substitute for
the extension plan.
Majority Leader Joseph T. Rob-
inson said the issue would be de-
bated in the senate early next
week. He predicted defeat of all
counter proposals and said only one
days deliberation would be need
ed to enact the extension resolu-
tion.
Senators Gerald P. Nye, r., N. D.,
and Bennett Champ Clark. D., Mo-,
authors of rigid proposal to en-
barge all war supplies and make
Americans assume all risks of ira
yelling in belligerent territory, said
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
INDIAN MUST DIE
FOR CHILD MURDER

GLOBE, Ariz., Feb. i3. Wp)--
Earl Gardner. Apache ex-convict,
must pay with his life for mur-
dering his infant son, Federal
Judge Albert NJ. Samcs ordered
today. Two other Indians slay-
ers drew prison terms. Under
Sames' orders, Gardner will be
hanged at the San Carlos indian
reservation between 10 am. and
3 pm. Friday, May 1.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Last Minute
Flashes!
ARIZONA COUNSEL
GRANTED COST

PHOENIX, Feb. Is. C0P 49,
James Il. Moore, Arizona special
counsel in Colorado river mat
ters, today was granted $3.50
costs by the state supreme court.
Moore incurred the costs in an
action against Auditor Ana Froh-
miller to force her to honor a
claim for $1,000. the first install
ment of a $4,000 retainer fee
granted him by the Colorado
river commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
TRUCKER DIES
FROM INJURIES

Los ANGELES, Feb. =. lU.Rl---
Albert Simms, 62-year-old truck
driver of 945 East Florence av-
enue, IngIewood. died today In
the General hospital OF injuries
suffered In an automobile col
lision at Highland and Fourth
street, late yesterday,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13

think it would be a good thing and
he wrote out the request"
The condemned man was cool
and self-possessed, Kimbcrling said.
Leibowitz was expected to visit
Hauptmann either today or tomor-
row. Hauptmann's reprieve expires
Saturday. He will be rc-Sentcnced
to die, probably on Monday, in
not less than four weeks or more
than eight.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Three Children Die
In Mountain Blaze

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 13. (U.P)-
Three children, ranging in age
from three tC seven, died today in
a fire that destroyed the mountain
cabin home of Roy E. Pits 25
miles north of Bishop.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Ickes Voices Sharp
Rebuke to Hoover

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. UP
Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickcs
replying to Herbert Hoover's anti
New Deal Lincoln day speech said
today the former Republican presi-
dent lis suffering from bogcy- pho
bia'
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Fighting Fire Hazards

IF preliminary indications arc
anv criterion, the Ell Centre lire
department will operate at It's usual
high rate of efficiency for the next
vcar-because funds garnered INTO
the treasury by means OF the an
nual Firemens Dance Will lurnisii
enough kale to keep the depart
nent in operation. Ut doesn't draw
On the city treasury for insurance
Or m equipment, by the byeo Coach-
cd by President Elger Lane, tne
Reams Reed Ferguson oner-
,vood Adams Salassi comoin-
atom can be depended upon 10 10
make the affair something W '''N
about.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
House Beats Down
Two Efforts to Cur
Army Supply Funds
Angry Debate Over Use of National Guard in Labor
Disturbances Mark Fight; Economy Bloc
Leader Attempts Fiibuster

WASHINGTON, Feb 13. (UP)-The house today
beat down two efforts to reduce provisions in
the face of running attack by opponents of the
Angry debate of the army and national guard
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
M Place For a Man
WEST ATTENDS
MEET

Dan West, county assessor col
lector, is in Sacramento attending
joint meeting of the assessors
Cf California and the state board
of equalization in the capitol.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Sheriff SAYS
FINCERP
NOTINVOLVED
Officer Disappears After TeIephoning Wife
Of Imperial Valley Trip; Not
Assigned Here

SAN DIEGO, Cal. Feb. 49, (UP)-Carl Coover 80,
deputy sheriff. disappeared Monday night after
telephoning his wife he going to Imperial valley
and has been unrepOrted SINCE the sherffs office
todaY Ernest bort sheriff. said COoVer had not
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-13
Mercy Planes Sape Storm Victims
Miniature Tornado
Followed by r ain
I'm Southern California
Flood Waters Level Homes, Damage Runs Into
Thousands of Dollars = Acts OF Herolsm Mark
Storm; Northern Part of State Hit

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13. (UP)-A third day OF ram
today followed miniature tornado which ripped through
several southern California towns seriously nJurlng TWO
persons and damaging homes and oil derricks
The storm also brought floods to Ontario and disrupt