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Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-21
BOYS HUNTING BALL END WOMANS BODY UNDER BUILDING
Ghost Assumes
Charge of Drugs

KANSAS CITY. Mo, June u.
UP)-A ghost" has taken over
Margaret l.. MOore's interest i'm
a drug company. Last night as
Miss Moore alighted from her
car i'm Forest Hill cemetery, "a
man dressed in white grabbed
her purse containing $3.50 in
drug st0cks and SO cash.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-21
New Defense Angle
Hinted in Feud Trial

ALTURAS. Cal. June 81 U.P)-
Attorneys for Harry French, de-
fendant in a newspaper feud mur-
der trial. indicated today they will
seek to prove that Claude L. Nc
Cracker, French's alleged victim.
made advances on French'S wife
before the shooting occurred.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-21
Bandits Attack
China Gold Mine

TOKYO, June 81. WP)-The Off
cial Japanese news agency report
ed today from Hsinking capital of
Manchukuo, that 80 bandits, arm
ed with machine gun. had attack
ed gold mine near Hunchin.
Karin province. killed I3 guards,
some of them Japanese, and kid
naped four japanese and seven
Manchukuoans and Koreans.
The attack was made on June 10,
the dispatch said. The report did
net say whether the bandits cap
tured any gold.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-21
SHIP ON FIRE,
HEADS FOR PORT

SAN FRANCISCO, June 81. Up
The Japanese freighter Buyo
Maru, a fire smoldering in her hold,
was speeding toward Seattle today,
the local chamber of commerce
marine department reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-21
FEATURES TALLY
WITH MISSING WIFE

ANGELES 81. UH-A ii a
building
Wiltshire district tentatively identified
Alice Jones by husband,
eephoned Detective Ralph Davis of the Wiltshire division
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-21

Infestations of red spider are in
creasing in citrus groves of south
ern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-21

Los Angeles was selected for the
1893 convention of the National
Livestock Exchange.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-21
@UNTYBRlEFs @I@R

Eleven Prisoners - Weekend ar
rests by the Ell Centric police de-
partment sent IL prisoners into po-
lice court here Monday on various
charges. Six were booked for
drunkenness, two for petty theft,
two for vagrancy and one for bat
terry. Sentences followed the usual
police court procedure.
Don't miss the big fresh COW and
springer sale of sixty head from the
Gully ranch at our sale corrals Fri
day. Picked from 300 head of cows
Heavy producers and all heavy
springers or just fresh. Just what
you need to take the place of your
dry COWS this summer and keep up
your production. Zinn and Zinn,
a,lctioneers. (J24)
Claims Suit Filed-W. l.. Hill
filed suit in superior court here
Monday against Security First Ma
tional Bank of Los Angeles, as ad-
ministrator of the estate of James
M. Dance. asking judgment of s1875
assertedly due for services rendered.
Divorce Granted-Superior Judge
Vaughn NJ Thompson Monday
granted an interlocutory decree of
divorce to Louisa Segonia from
Leopoldo Segonia on grounds OF
extreme cruelty.
90
Hay Stolen - Sam Cox, rancher
living four miles north of Brawley
reported to the sheriff's office Sun
day the theft of 80 bales of hay
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-21

The West Riverside community
will hold its sixth annual harvest
festival Aug, 27-30.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
YARDS
W0RKL0SERS

Provisions of the Walsh-Healey
acC may force the Navy Depart
ment to award contracts on both
the proposed new battleships to
navy yards, esent a i've
Michael j. Stack CD, of Penn
sylvania, declared today after a
conference with Navy Secretary
Claude A. Swanson.
During the conference Repre-
sentative Stack advocated the
Philadelphia Navy Yard for the
building.
Previously. Secretary Swanson
had announced that one OF, the
new $50.000,000 war vessels would
be constructed by private indus
try and the other by one of the
navy yards.
Bios for the battleships are eX-
pected to be sought about March
IS.
Representative Stack declared
today that the navy yards might
GET DOtn AWARDS because OF Cne
effect of the 40-hour week, pre-
vailing wage and child labor ban
stipulations on private builders.
With Representative Ira W.
Drew CD. of Pennsylvania, Rep
resentative Stack had asked that
Secretary Swanson choose the
Philadelphia navy yard for the
new construction Claiming the
support of Senator Joseph Guffey
CD, of Pennsylvania. Represent
ative Stack asserted the navy
yard had available 5000 ship
workers and that the mechanical
equipment had been put in shape
so that a differential of about 80
cents a day per man below the
cost in other yards could be Of
fered.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
SUSPECT TWIN
OF MATTS0N
KIDNAPER
G-Men to Grill "Dead
Ringer" Crossing
From Canada

PEMBTNA, N. D., Feb. 9 Q.N.SO,
A dead ringer" for the man who
kidnapped and murdered 10-year.
old Charles Mattson, was to be
taken to Grafton, N. D.. today for
grilling by Omen. He gave his
name as Stanilaus Poracki.
Secrecy with which authorities
shrouded their movements re-
suited in rumors "break" in the
Mattson case is imminent.
immigration authorities ar.
rested the man at Noyes, Mimi,
last Thursday while crossing from
Canada illegally.
The chief of police at Grafton
said he had been advised Poracki
would be brought there because
we have the strongest Jail in this
part of the country" Highways
are blocked by snow.
Ringer For Fugitive
Elmer r. McConnachie, immi-
grstion agent, did declare:
Hes ringer for the
sketches artists drew from de-
scriptions Of the MattsOn kid.
naper."
Poracki's fingerprints and
photographs have been forwarded
to Tacoma and to Washington, it
was learned. 1t was said he has
admitted being an ex-convict, and
being in the State Of Washington
recently.
Officials said Poracki gave con-
flicting stories concerning his
movements since December 27,
the date the Mattson boy van
ished.
Fits Description
The kidnap victims brother and
sister and playmate. who wit
messed the bold abduction. fur.
nished the description of Tim"
which was the basis for the art
lists drawings broadcast through"
out the nation
They described the kidnaper as
being about 80 years of age, feet
7 inches tall. weighing 155 pounds.
having a swarthy complexion, and
said his nose was deformed.
Officials admitted the man in
custody fits this description
amazingly" even to the broken
nose.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
ZONE
HEAR|NGS SET

The District Zoning Commission
will conduct special hearing at
10 a. m. tomorrow in the District
Building board room, on a proposal
to change current building regu-
lations regarding the construction
of 90-foot buildings in certain
zoned areas.
Arising from a proposal apart
ment building project at Sixteenth
and Fuller Streets Northwest,
which has created a furore of pro-
tests from residents. the commits.
sion drew up a tentative amend
ment to regulation for considera-
ton at the hearing, which provides
that in certain instances buildings
to a height of 80 feet must be set
back from the building line and
constructed with setbacks beyond
so feet high.
In protests centering around the
proposed apartment residents com
planned that light and air along
narrow Fuller Street, would be cut
off by its building.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
DISTRICT OPENS
FISCAL FIGHT
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building inspector, as the firsJ
witness.
In contrast to the atmospheric
at the hearings last year when for
mer Representative Tom Blanton
CD of Texas, headed the sub
committee, the Commissioners and
other District officials present at
this mornings session came out of
the room obviously in a happy
frame of mind.
Will Ignore Report
There is no doubt that the sub
committee intends to completely
ignore the report of the Presi-
dents committee on fiscal rela-
tions in which a three-point for
mula was recommended for use in
determining the amount of money
the Federal Government would
reimburse" to the District. Under
that formula there would be Vir-
tually no Federal contribution.
Representative Ross Collins
CD, of Mississippi, chairman of
the subcommittee. has indicated
he favors a Federal contribution
of between $4,500,000 and $6.500,-
900. He also has declared that if
necessary he will include in the
bill legislative provision prohib-
iting the District Commissioners
from raising the present personal
property tax rate.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
u. 5. CITIZEN,
SONIA

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 9 QN.S),
Miss Sonia Henie, queen of the
silver skates and the toast Of two
continents, will become an Amer
lean citizen.
Il am going to take out my first
citizenship papers" Americas new
est screen sensation told Inter
national News Service today. She
said:
81 like America and l am going
to live here. l hope to take a
vacation to Norway this sum.
ner after have completed my
next picture in Hollywood and
then 1 shall make my home in
California"
Following her appearance here
she will appear in New York, De-
troit and Chicago and will then
return to Hollywood for her next
picture.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Trader Employees Death
Mystery Is Reopened

NEW YORK, Feb. 9 G.N.sJ.
Further mysteries in the strange
death of Harry Samuel Massey,
employe of the late Clarence j.
Trader, were recalled in Long
Island today by Chester Massey,
one of four Massey brothers.
The extraordinary parallel be-
tween the shooting of Trader and
the death of 26-year-old Harry
Massey. January 2, 1888, was
brought out in Snow Hill, Md, by
another brother. Preston Massey.
Harry was supposed to have
ended his life in a little office
off the main building of the
Stockton Light and Power Com
pany, which Trader owned.
But Chester Massey pointed out
a very curious thing.
Unexplained Action
Trader, he declared, told of hear
ing a shot in the office, calling for
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
D. {. BANKSCUT
INTEREST ON
SAVINGS
Inability to Invest,
Reason Given For
Z Per Cent Rate

Reduction of the maximum rate
of interest from 212 per cent to 2
per cent on time and savings de-
posits of $4,000 or less will become
Elective March l in member and
associated banks of the Washing
ton Clearing House Association,
H. H. Mckee, chairman announced
today. He said:
Reduction of the maximum
rate has been caused by in.
ability of the banks to use safely
and prOfitably the large amount
of savings and time deposits
held by them, which are con.
stantly increasing. Deposits
must be invested in sound loans
and high.grade securities"
TWO PER CENT HELD FAIR
Decision to lower the interest rate
was made at a meeting of the as
sociation February 5 after careful
study of several months, with con-
clusion that the maximum rate OF
2 per cent on savings accounts is
fair and reasonable in view of ex.
isting conditions"
The reduced interest rate plan
was announced as follows: Two
per cent per annum on accounts
showing a balance of $2,50o or
less. On accounts that show a
balance of more than $2,500, 2
per cent on the $2,500 and / per
cent on the remainder. The rates
will apply to all accounts in exist
ence March l and on all new ac-
counts.
Return Is Lowest
AS another cause for the inter-
est reduction, Mckee said in his
formal announcement:
"The return on United States
Government and municipal
bonds and other eligible Secur-
tiles, in which savings deposits
should be invested, is lower than
ever before in our history, it
being impossible to safely in.
vest savings deposits at rates
which will permit continuation
of the maximum of twO.and-one-
half per cent allowed by Govern.
ment regulations and, at the
same time, meet the overhead
expenses incident to operating
savings departments.
This is not a local condition,
as an examination of the rates
paid throughout the country dis
closes that in only a few places
is rate higher than 2 per cent
being paid on savings or time
deposits"
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
j. ). MEDIATOR
SPIED UPON
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Grady'S movements in advance
and that Mr.. Burnside was able
to engage a room next to Nc
Grady'S at the hotel long be-
fore his arrival?"
Martin replied:
Eyes, that was it. We always
work like that"
Thomas asked:
"IS it the practice of the Pin.
kertOn detective agency to
shadow officials of the Govern.
ment like that?"
Martin replied:
II don't know about the prac-
tice part of it. But in this case
it was, for that was my job"
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
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will contend. that the thin man"
tiptoed down the attic stairs to
the second floor, walked few
steps from the stairway door to
the bedroom in which Clarence
Trader was undressing or was
already asleep, and fired the shot
that entered the utilities magnate's
abdomen.
Then he ran downstairs and dis
appeared into the night.
Mrs. MARINER saw him enter
the house. Nobody saw him leave.
Mrs. Mariner, although a State
witness before the special session
of the Worcester grand jury which
indicted Mrs. Trader on two muir
der counts last Tuesday, is eX-
pected to be one of the most inn
portant witnesses for the defense.
Old Case Revived
The most sensational develop
ment since Mrs. Trader was in
dicted was the centering of atten-
ton on the death of Harry Sam
Massey. fatally shot four years
ago in Clarence Traders power
plant.
A sudden Shift in the Massey
case followed rumors it had been
covered up"
Seeking foundation for the re-
port, investigators went to the
Snow Hill courthouse in search Of
a record of the coroner's jury ver-
dict. None could be found, al
though former Magistrate John T.
Riley, of Pocomoke City, who acted
as coroner, said he ordered a jury
to investigate.
Homer L. Mason, of Stockton, re-
ported he had been jury foreman
and had personally sent suicide
verdict to the courthouse.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Slain Traders Past
Under Probe

aid, and breaking down the door.
He asked:
"Why didn't Trader just open
the door with the pass key he
carried?
"And why did he call the un.
dertaker before the arrival of
the police; and why was he so
anxious to have the body re-
moved right away for burial at
his own expense?"
Trader at the time explained the
Massey suicide as due to chagrin
because Trader had "bawled him
out"
Chester Massey made much of
the fact there we're no powder
burns from the death wound in
the heart. He said:
"My brother was never de.
spOndent. We've never been
satisfied with the way the case
was handled. Harry didn't leave
any notes. We've never been
able to prove anything.
NO FINGERPRINTS
"NO prints were taken off the
gun with which my brother was
killed, and l never was able to
find out why.
Naturally. I never had a
chance to investigate the case
the same as my brother, Preston,
and my sister. Mary.
"They were right on the
scene. But from what they told
me, the whole thing is very
queer"
1t was recalled that when Mrs
Trader was arrested on a charge
of killing her husband, and State
police sought to fingerprint her
she demanded, angrily:
"Why are you doing this to
me? You didn't fingerprint my
husband in the Massey case, did
yOu?"
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Ponzi Will Name
Aides in SWindIes

ROME February g. - Charles
"Get.Rich-Quick" Ponzi, deported
to his native italy after serving
U. S. prison term, said today
his memoirs will be published in
New York late in April. He re-
vealed he had sold half interest
in THE Rise of Mr.. Ponzi" to an
American and the book names
certain public officials whom, he
alleged, assisted him in his swim
dies,
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Observation-Disclosures III

Published daily except Sunday
by the American Newspapers, Inc,
at 1917 H st. N. W., Washington,
D. C.
Publisher John T. Lambert
Associate Publisher
C. Dorsey Warfield
Managing Editor J. J. Fitzpatrick
Entered as second class matter,
Tuesday, February g 1887, at the
Post Office at Washington. D. c..
The Washington Times will be
sent to any subscriber in the
United States postpaid at follow
ing rates:
1 month s so 6 months $3.50
3 montkg $l.25 year $500
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Green Taking
Neutral Position
BY EDWARD B. LOCKETT
International NexEs Aerxice
International News Service

The American Federation OF
Labor. which last fall suspended
John L. Lewis and his unions, to-
day injected itself into the automo-
bile strike deadlock. taking neu-
tral position between Lewis and
General Motors.
The federation protested against
recognition of Lewis and his strik-
ing United Automobile Workers
Union as the sole bargaining
agency.
At the same time, President
William Green made it plain the
federation was not taking sides.
He would not comment on the sit
down strike.
The occasion Of federation ac-
ttvity was the quarterly meeting
of the A. F. of l.. executive coun-
Gil, at which Green said the feder-
alton will crystalline and make
public its position.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
5O-Cent Lodger Dies
With $5,863 in Bank

NEWARK, N. j., Feb. 9 I.N.S).
A bank book showing he had SIS, 1853
on deposit in a Brooklyn IN. "
savings bank was found today in
valise belonging to George
Johnston, IS. who died in a So
cents-a-day lodging house here.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Ask Troops in Mexico Strike

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 9 1.N.SO.
Company officials today asked
Federal troops to remove 125
armed strikers who seized the
headquarters of the Suchi Timber
Company at Palizada and wounded
Robert Heatley, 50-year-old general
manager, who tried to settle the
strike.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09

Trader, he declared, told of hear
ing a shot in the office, calling for
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
POLICE RUSHED
TO SCENE OF
TROUBLE
Saginaw New Danger
Spot; Motor Farley
May End Tonight
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lCOntlnued from rage ~
Tuesday. The plant also is
plCketed.
Defiant Flint st-down strikers
faced the loss Of gubernatorial
protection as the General Motors
strike parley apparently headed
for failure today.
Flint today was placed under "a
state of emergency by the city
commission, with Mayor Harold E.
Bradshaw virtual dictator He be-
came the head of the city over
City Manager John M. Barringer,
Barringer, target of union at.
tack since he began forming a
corps of special police" vacated
his office in the city hall. He
declined to say whether this
meant he was reSigning.
Long in Hot Water
Barringer has been in hot water
with the city commission since
he started mastering reserve po-
lice. to "recapture Flint's streets
from armed mobs" he accused OF
being strike sympathizerS.
While Mayor Bradshaw has not
expressed himself directly on the
question of the special police, OBJ
servers believe he will not call
on them while the National
Guard is in Flint.
Bradshaw explaining his new
duties said:
my elevation is not a reflec-
ton on the city manager or
police chief. l will simply act as
co-ordinatOr between city de-
partments, the State and the
military"
In Saginaw trouble had been
feared following reports strikers
from Flint planned to invade the
city, to force Sit-down strike in
two General Motors plants there.
Company guards, wearing tin
helmets, blocked the gates with
trucks. and the morning shifts
changed without untoWard Incl
dents.
Unless Governor Frank Murphy
finds a formula to match his op-
timism tonight's resumption OF
the peace parley, it was strongly
indicated, will see a complete
breakdown.
Murphy Retains Hope
From a source close to the gov
ernor. it was learned he may make
a decision on the Sit-doWnerS after
tonight's meeting between John
l.. Lewis, strike strategist for the
United Auto Workers Union. and
William S. Knudsen, G. M. C. ex-
ecutive vice president.
After 10 hours of bitter debate
yesterday and last night behind
locked doors, Governor Murphy re-
cessed the parley at lis a. m.
today, and said:
Il think they are closer to-
gether than at any time since
the conference opened last Wed
nesday."
Neither Knudsen nor Lewis
would Substantiate Governor Muir
phys optimism.
KnudSen said in reference to
the unions demands for sole col
lective bargaining rights in 20
G. M. closed plants.
General Motors cannot sub
scribe to such coercion and de-
liver its workers into bondage"
Said the determined Lewis:
General Motors production
has been shut down. General
Motors is now recognizing the
U. A. w. as the bargaining
agency to start its operations
again. If we are the bargaining
agency now, we insist that we
be the bargaining agency to
start it's operations again. 1t is
perfectly simple, perfectly clear
and perfectly understandable"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-07

"
: This kind of weather makes a
fellow wonder how far hell have to
dip in to next summers wages.
II. III. Keller was taken to the
hospital at Pasco, Sunday. His
friends are hoping that he ., may
SOON be back with us, entirely we'll.
Jack McCotter left, Sunday, for
San Diego, after spending three
weeks ait the home Of his mother,
Mrs. Percie Bruce. The young man
is in the navy and his present ship
Is tine u s. S. Whitney.
William Coulson, shortly before
New Year, returned from the east,
where he had been visiting. His
stopping place there was Ionia, in
Michigan, although he visited at
Grand Rapids and other points in
that state. He had@b been gone since
the first of December, returning on
the 3lSt. -
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-07

Do you fancy the Army and Navy
one cent stamps? The postofice
now has a supply Of them.
X X X
Mrs Edmund Anderson, running
a. high tenlpenntaHe, was taken TO
st. Elizabeth's Hospital &l Yakima,
Sunday, and is now being treated
there.
Herman Kilian dropped in, We'd
nesday morning, to pay his sub
scription to the Spokesman, and
mention was made of the epidemic
of flu now having its annual winter
innings. He has five children, and
all Of them have been. at one time
or another, Through the past three
months, sick with that complaint.
And we understand that chickenpox
has had a very successful season in
the valley. III
\ X Il ~ "
The American Legion Auxiliary
met, Tuesday afternoon, at the Lee
gion Hall. A potluck. luncheon was
enjoyed and new members were in
itiated. The next meeting will be
held on Saturday evening, Feb1u-
airy 18th, and another potluck sup
per will be enjoyed. This meeting
is for the Drum & Bugle Corps and
families, Band boys and families,
American Legion and families, and
American Legion Auxiliary and
families. Dancing and card play
ing and all the features of a pleas
amt social evening will be enjoyed.