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Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
GIRL BREAKS DOWN,
SOBBING ON STAND
IN ABORTION CASE
lAWYE FIRES
HEATED CROSS
ExAMI MINAT|ON
Fails to Shake Story
OF Operation in
Luckett Trial

Hysterical sobs from the
states star witness Thursday
interrupted the trial before
Superior Judge Vaughn N.
Thompson here of DR.. Il. 0.
Luckett, veteran FL Centre ply
sician. on a charge of performing
an abortion.
The l7-year-old girl upon whom
the state charges the abortion was
performed broke down while De-
Tense Attorney Herbert l.. Iasigi
was directing a rapid fire of cross
examination at her about details
of the operation she said DR.. Luck
EFT performed for $50,
The examination, resumed after
the girl recovered her composure,
failed to shake her story of the
happenings May 9, out of which
grew a grand jury indictment of
DR.. Luckett and his wife, Mrs.
Lucille Luckett. Mrs. Luckett will
be tried in October
Four witnesses followed the girl
TO the stand before court adjourn
ed shortly before 5 pm, not to
reconvene again until $50 am
next Tuesday. The crowded court
calendar. together with the fact
that one judge is on vacation
made the long adjournment neces-
sary.
other witnesses in the Luckett
trial Thursday afternoon were Mrs.
Frank Chase, who accompanied the
l7-year- old girl to DR.. Luckett's
office on her first visit there; Pat
Fisher, with whom the girl had
been living; John r.. Rowan, spec
ial agent for the state board OF
medical examiners; and Frank P.
McCaslin, deputy sheriff who head
ed a raiding party on the day DIR.
Luckett was arrested and the girl
was found on a cot IN MS ollice.
McCaslin's testimony was most
damaging to the defense. Through
his story. Prosecuting Attorney
Darwin II. Woolford was able TO
introduce into evidence four blood
stained surgical instruments. said
to be those DR.. Luckett used in
the operation.
McCaslin also told of finding
Fisher in DIR. Luckeft's office, while
the girl was on a cot In another
room. DIR. Luckett had gone out
with his wife after performing the
operation, and returned while the
raiding party was still In his office,
the state contends.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

out MS announced intention OF
pleading guilty before Judge
Thomas l. Ambrose next Monday,
Deputy District Attorney Eugene
Williams said.
II Dyer enters such a plea, a
brief formal hearing will be held
by Judge Ambrose. Williams said,
to enable the court TO fix the degree
Of Dyer's guilt under the county
grand jury indictment charging him
with murder on three counts.
Witnesses will be called at the
hearing TO describe the discovery Of
the mutilated bodies of Melba and
Madeline Everett and jeanette Ste
phens I'm a ravine In Baldwin Hills
June 2s. two days after they were
lured into the hills by Dyer under
promises OF hunting rabbits.
On the question Of insanity, Will
liams said he had been informed
that all the psychiatrists who ex-
amined Dyer had found him legally
sane
Il have certain information that
lead me 10 believe that all OF the
alisnists appointed. not only by my
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

OF Sen. James 2. Pope, D., Ida,
for permission to introduce the farm
bill.
Wheeler opened his remarks with
denial that he had disclosed what
occurred during his conference with
President Roosevelt on the opening
day of court debate.
Wheeler referred to a statement
issued by Sen. Sherman Minton, D.,
Ind, proponent of court organiza-
ton, criticizing Wheeler for reveal
ing what took place during the con-
ference. Wheeler said newspapers
said Charles Michaelson, Demo-
cratic national committee publicity
director, issued the Minton state
ment.
Wheeler spoke quietly as he as
sailed the administration and Post
master General James A. Farley
for their efforts on behalf of the
bill.
"In order to obtain support they
appealed to the drought sufferers
and the Aood sufferers and raised
the question of party loyalty re-
gardless of the effect on the con-
stitution.
I'VE had Mr.. Farley going out
and saying IT'S in the bag. Well
let the senate talk and then We'll
let the house talk and then We'll
vote because we've got the votes
Imagine the postmaster general
of the United States saying well
let the senate vote
"They sent man out into my
state. He was on the government
payroll. He went to every labor
organization in the state seeking to
have them denounce senators op-
posed to the bill, to denounce me. "
1--WE found the secretary of agri-
culture going en- the radio to dis
cuss this question-not because he
knew anything about the court bill
but because he has at his disposal
the appropriation made by congress
for the aid of farmers"
Wheeler said the postmaster gen.
eral lined up" poStmaSters through
out the country and recalled that
WPA Administrator Harry l.. Hop
kins went on the radio to propa-
gandize for the court bill.
Every person who didn't agree
with the president on this bill was
an economic royalist--he had sold
out to Wall Street.
"The same spirit of intolerance
prevailed here in the senate in re-
Continued on Page 8; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8. CUP)
The Mccormick freighter West
Mahwah, $685. tons, with a crew
of As aboard, and two passengers
went aground today on submerged
rocks in a pea soup fog 48 miles
south of San Francisco midway
between Santa Cruz and Half Moon
Bay.
The ship and its crew were be-
lieved in no immediate danger
The coast guard cutters Hamilton
and Ariadne arrived alongside the
stricken craft and stood by, pre-
pared to take the men off the ship
If necessary.
A coast guard truck from San
Francisco and surf boat from the
Pigeon Point Patrol station ar
rived at the scene with breeches
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
FREIGHTER GOES
AGROUND IN FOG

buoy and other emergencw shore
apparatus.
The vessel was approximately
300 yards off shore. She listed
sharply TO the starboard. Coast
guard officers from Santa Cruz
boarded the freighter and after
comforting with Captain f. A Jen-
sen reported efforts TO refloat the
ship will be made at high tide at
noon.
The freighter left San Francisco
at tbs pm. Thursday bound for
Brooklyn. NY. with stopover at
Los Angeles harbor. She was load
ed with lumber and general cargo
Coast guardsmen said they mas
have to unload portion of the lum-
Der in order to swing the vessel
clear of the shoals.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

veu JIldI IIle TREASURY uScQ lnQulSi-
torial methods" in its campaign
against tax avoidance and had
singled out for inquisition" more
than 40 large contributors to the
Republican party.
He demanded that the committee
balance the books by also inquiring
into income tax returns of the
following:
Secretary of Treasury Henry Nor
genthau, jr., and his father.
Harry Hopkins, Works Progress
administrator.
John l.. Lewis, chairman of the
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton.
James Roosevelt and Elliott
Roosevelt, sons of the president.
Mrs. Anne Roosevelt Boettiger,
daughter of the president.
Bernard Smith, whom Fish NAM
ed as a Democratic party contri-
butor.
Immediately after Fish finished
testifying, Morgenthau offered to
submit to the committee the tax
returns of himself his wife and his
father. He said he would be glad
to answer questions "if there is any
doubt that these returns have not
been honestly made"
Attorneys for the New York Sun,
Inc, also appeared before the COM
mittee in defense of holding COM
panies formed by the newspaper.
The company had been named in
previous testimony before the COM
mittee. Attorneys contended that
there had been no avoidance OF
taxes by means questionable or
otherwise"
f. II. Talk Barred
Fish was barred by committee
vote from discussing President
Roosevelt's personal income tax
returns, but his secretary passed out
during the inquiry statement by
Fish quoting newspaper story as
saying that the president admitted
he had been "one of thousands OF
Continued on Page 8; Col. 60
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

MOSCOW, July 8. Up-Tension
between Soviet Russia and Japan
increased alarmingly today after
Maxim Litvinov, Soviet foreign
commissar, warned Japan that Rus
sia would desist with armed force
any attempt by -Manchu-
kuan forces to cross what Russia
contends is her Siberian frontier.
The border has been in dispute,
especially along the shifting course
of the Amur river, where both coun-
tries claim possession of mid-chan-
mel islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
BRITAIN GIVEN
FULL POWER
TO MEDIATE

LONDON, July 9. CUP)- Dhe
international committee ON non-
intervention in Spain voted unani-
mously today to grant full powers
to Great Britain to keep the nom
intervention scheme alive and try
to find a way out of the deadlock
into which the committee has fallen.
The full committee of 27 nations
was unable to find solution OF
the conflicting demands of Britain
and France and those of Germany
and Italy.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
WINDS HALT
SEARCH FOR
PLAN {
Clouds and Squalls
Delay Amelia
Hunt

HONOLULU, July 9. (UP)
= Cloudy weather, wind
squalls and reduced visibility
today added to the hopeless
ness of the search for Amelia
Earhart and Fred Noonan who dis
appeared in the South Seas a week
ago on the New Guinea Rowland
lap of their round the world flight
Nothing discovered" was the
terse report from the battleeIhip
Colorado, which with three planes,
searched vainly off Winslow Bank
in the north Phoenix group and was
extending the search southwark to
Corondelet Island
Coast guard reports described the
weather in the Phoenix area as
cloudy with visibility reduded to
one mile, which wodld render fu-
tile any attempt to search from the
air.
The Colorado's planes returned
to the ship after long flights which
took them deep into the Phoenix
group and other islands where it
was hoped MissEarhart and Noon
an might have made a safe landing
upon exhausting their fuel after
missing HOWland Island.
Last remaining hope centered on
the big aircraft carrier Lexington
.lue at the search scene over the
weekend with 68 planes, many of
them capable of long flights, with
which it was expected to search
Continued on Page 8; Col. 50
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
Navy BOmbers
Will Continue
Alaska Flight

SEATTLE. July Q. (UP)-Twenty
sour US. Naval patrol bombing
planes which flew here nonstop
from San Diego last week will fly
TO Alaska for reconnaissance and
training July 1926, Rear Admiral
f. j. King, commander of base force
aircraft, said today
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
Admirers Steal
Film Idols Belts

PoCATELLo. Idaho. July s.tuP)
Clark Gable. EN- route TO Mont
ana for a hunting trip. sported a
sudden growth OF whiskers today
but even the "disguise" failed 10
save him from feminine autograph
seekers.
Two OF the fair admirers, not con-
tent with their hero's signature.
entered his hotel room and made
off with two belts that had one
done duty on the Gable trousers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
RUSSO JAPANESE
TENSION INCREASES

til 1870 o'clock last night. Then
firing broke out early this morning
and continued until 3 am. II was
resumed at 5 and ended soon after
ward when 1t was agreed finally
that troops on each side should
withdraw to agreed positions on
either side of the river.
Chinese troops, sullen and ready
to resume at first opportunity Z
hopeless fight against the japanese
war machine. entrenched themselves
on the right or southern bank Of
the river, japanese troops on tina
left or north bank near the Pieplns-
Hankow railroad.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
U. S. WORKERS
FREE TO JOIN
CLIO. GROUP

WASHINGTON, July 9. CUP)-
President Roosevelt said today that
government workers are free to
Join John L. Lewis Committee for
Industrial Organization federal un-
ion. but that the government could
not make collective bargaining
agreements with its employees
The reason for this, said the
president, is that workers ray
scales and conditions are deter
mined by congress and not by ad-
ministration executive officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
WIFE SLAYER
DIES IN MOOSE

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf.
July 9. CUP) D. McNeill. So.
former deputy constable at Teme-
cu.a, Calf, was hanged today for
the murder of his wife.
McNeill mounted the trap at
1908 am. He was pronounced dead
at 1915.
McNeill mounted the gallows ner-
vously, but did not falter. Guards
said he was calm during the night,
but stayed awake until dawn, talk
ing to them He left no notes to his
children, nor instructions for
burial.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
British Flying Boat
Ends Ocean Crossing

PORT WASHINGTON, NY, July
8. (UP)-Imperial Airwayss flying
boat Caledonia landed here at $40
pm. (EDT) today, completing
westward survey flight in prepara-
ton for regular Transatlantic
commercial air-transportation In
cooperation with Pan American
airways.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

self but by the court as well, will
find Dyer sane" District Attorney
Buron Fits said.
Fits pointed out that Dyer
might be insane medically, and still
be sane legally because he was fully
aware of what he was doing at the
time of the slayings and since, and
aware of the difference between
right and wrong.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

Litvinov protested angrily to Ma
mourn Shigemitsu, Japanese am
bassador. that Japanese -Manchuku-
an troops had occupied Bolshoi and
Sennfu islands in the Amur, where
recent fighting between troops OF
the two countries resulted in heavy
casualties.
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PEIPING, China, July 8. WR)-
Chinese and japanese troops faced
each other across the Yingting river
south of Peiping today under
truce which threatened at any time
to end in new fighting.
They had fought sporadically un-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
MRS. ROOSEVELT
UNDER fire OVER
Gifts TO CHARITY
Rep. Fish Charges First Lady Used
Smart Little Scheme to Avoid Tax
j Payment on Radio Income
UNIINO pags,

WASHINGTON July 9. (UP)-Rep Hamilton Fish,
Jr r. NY charged before the Joint congressional tax
committee today that Mrs Franklin d. Roosevelt employed
smar little scheme to avoid payment of taxes radio
broadcast income paid charity Fish also contend
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
Who is That Man.

"Hullo, Roy-er-uh-Walte-uh
well, hullo"
RR's usual jaunty assurance was
lacking when he attempted Friday
morning to greet a husky speed cop,
neatly attired in complete uniform,
badge, etc. No, dear readers, he
had not pulled up alongside RRs
car. He was seated in the office
of the California Highway Patrol.
It took RR about three minutes
of deep concentration to discover
that, behind the luscious, curling
brown beard was none other than
Reed Cunningham. The bright re-
mark that accompanied the discov-
cry brought about an unanswerable
answer.
"This beard" opined Reed, us a
lot healthier than that shorn phiz
of yours-if you happen to come
up to Imperial in the next few days.
At Imperial, it seems, there is a
'49 Days celebration pending. They
have kangaroo courts and such like
for shaven faces. ,avff
Award of Merit
Nal Carberry, most high-up citi-
zen of Brawley, deserves today's
oleander. Carberry returned re-
Gently from Sonora, Mexico, where
he was commissioned by the Mexi-
can government to find the bodies
of four Mexicans who perished from
thirst on the desert. He did FIND
them-and that's no small feat
even in an airplane, with almost
the whole Mexican desert to look
over.
Paging Solomon
Police Judge Lee Nuffer was nc
Solomon Friday, but that may have
been because he doesn't understand
Spanish. Trouble seemed to be
that there had been difficulty in a
Mexican family graced with six
children, and the mother and father
couldn't agree what to do about
the children. The disagreement
amounted to so much that it was
called, in a police court charge
against the father, disturbing the
peace. The judge, ignoring the
fathers pleas for an equal division
of offspring which fate had ar
ranged in a dividable number, told
him to stay away from his estrang-
ed wife's home. Somehow, one got
the impression from the judges
face that he more or less expects
to see the family again, because the
father didn't seem to be convinced
that he should stay away.
Try a Want Ad-
Jack Aaron had been having
trouble with people getting into his
locker, SO he remedied it by buying
a new paddock. Then, to his dis
comfiture, the key wouldn't open
the paddock. Jack finally solved
the problem by using a paper clip
instead of key on the thing-and
~ orapa1 riuht aWoU Rut lacks q
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
SLAYER SLATED
FOR DEATH ROW
I0NfiTu' pGESs

LOS ANGELES July 9. (UP)-Albert Dyer 32year-
old confessed sex-sayer of three Inglewood girls will
leave here next Friday for death in San Quentin
prison. the district attorneys office predicted today
However the plan depends whether Dyer carries
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
Bitter Affack
Opened Upon
Roosevelt Bill
White House Drive Favoring Measure
To Alter Tribunal Assailed;
Wallace, Farley Hit

WASHINGTON, July 9 (UP)-Sen Burton K Wheel
err D. Mont leader in the fight against the admnistra
tons senatedebate by blocking introduction of New
Deal Wheeler objected the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

Butter: Los Angeles ssla Butter
fat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch.
Grade A 451s; manufacturing milk
371z; route gathered cream 33.
L. A. Hay: u. ). No. leafy $1,000
20.50; u. S. No. s18.Oe-1S.50; u.
S. No. 2 leafy $17.00- -sl7.50; u. 5.
No. 2 15.00-S15.50.
Minneapolis flax July $1.98.
Evening star., 1937-08-03
Stock Averages
Compiled by the Associated Press)
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Pres Elnanciat Wrttn.

NEW YORK, August 3.-Stocks
straddled the price fence in todays
market and trends were highly con-
Trajectory.
Coppers, rubbers and specialties at
tracted folloWings for gains of frac-
tions to a point or more at one time,
but losses of as much were plentiful
among yesterdays buoyant steels and
motors, Rails displayed weakness
from the start.
News, marketWlSe, was somewhat
spotty. Individual issues found stim-
ulatlon in bright earnings statements.
while others were depressed by lower
profit margins.
Although the Wage-hour cmbroglio
in Congress was watched closely, as
were Far Eastern war rumblings. it
was believed questionable whether
these developments inspired any I'M
portant selling.
Volume picked up on the churnng
movement, with several loW-priced
issues accounting for much of the ex-
panded turnover. Transfers were IN
the neighborhood of $4,000 shares.
Issues on the topside the greater
part Of the session-some slipped, at
the last-included Anaconda, Kenne-
colt. Cerro De Paaco, Phelps Dodge,
National Lead, Inspiration Copper,
Calumet e. Hecla, Goodyear, Good
rich, Firestone, N. Y. Shipbuilding,
Electric Boat, Marine Midland. Ma
tlonal Supply, Crown Zellerbach In
ternational Paper & Power. common
and preferred; Interlake Iron, Amerl-
can Can, American Bank Note, Ameri-
can Locomotive and Radio.
About unchanged to well under wa.
ter were U. S. Steel, Bethlehem, Re-
public, Youngstown Sheet & Tube,
National Steel, General Motors,
Chrysler, Motor Products, Wooluorth,
Sears Roebuck, j. l. Case, Deere, Boe-
ing, Douglas Aircraft, Du Pont, Gen.
eral Electric, Texas Corp, Pure Oil,
Atlantic Refining, Santa Fe, N. Y.
Central, Southern Pacific, Southern
Railway. Great Northern, Northern
Pacific, Baltimore g. Ohio and Inter-
national Nickel.
Evening star., 1937-08-03
AUTO EXPORTS LIKELY
TO TOP 100000 MARK
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 3.-"Putting
the world on wheels" is something
more than an advertising slogan these
days, says Alfred Reeves, vice presi-
dent of the Automobile Manufac-
turers' Association, on his return from
Europe aboard the S. S. Bremen.
Assembly lines in both American
and European auto factories are now
humming at capacity speeds, said
Reeves, and a recent census showed
over 40,000,00O motor vehicles regis
tered in 153 countries.
Exports of autos from this country
may shoot above the 100000 mark this
year II the present volume holds, de-
clared Reeves.
Evening star., 1937-08-03
Advertising Total
Up SO Per Cent
From 1886 Level
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 3.-Retail dis
play advertising from January to
July "a was 5.6 per cent greater than
the corresponding weeks OF last year,
Advertising Age reported today.
The advertising newspaper said q
check of the 79 major cities used in the
survey showed 582 ,595 400 lines for the
period as against 551,771,o1o in the
comparable period of 1886.
For the seven days ended July "a
newspapers in the cities carried l5,-
3S5, 1888 lines, as against l4,898,l95 in
the corresponding week last year.
Evening star., 1937-08-03
. New Orleans Prices.

NEW ORLEANS August 3 LF.-A mild
demand and lack OF selling pressure re-
suited in 4 steady opening Of cotton here
today and first trades were unchanged to
2 points higher.
The recent steady decline was said to
have left the market i'll a better technical |
position and some apprehension was felt
over the dry conditions in parts Of the
Texas growing region.
october opened at 1862 December
1892: January. 1886; March at 1917,
May. 1881. and July at 1888. Covering
by shorts in increased volume kept prices
on the upgrade in the early trading and
toward the end of the first half hour
active positions were to o points net
higher.
Liverpool opened after the triple holi-
day and was about as due to l point
lower. Cables said the market there
opened steady. with some Bombay buying.
and then eased under some hedging. nqul.
dafion uottoans and genera s aaa selling ,...x ..
ber., 7.92b; october 7.ssb: December.
7.e4b: January. 7.e3b; March. 1.o6b.
Evening star., 1937-08-03
CHICAGO GRAIN
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. August 3,-Prompted by
a sharp setback in quotations at VIM
nipeg, the Chicago wheat market tum-
bled late today to new low-price rec
ord for the season
Dsappointingly small export bus.-
ness in Canadian wheat was an.
nounced. and October futures at Win.
nipeg fell to the furthest permissible
immediate limit, cents, at 1927.
Overseas takings of United States
wheat today were also meager, 200, 900
bushels.
AT the close wheat was 17s-25s un-
der yesterdays finish. September ll3-
3's. December, 1.137a-1.14. corn. IL
1'2 down, September, 94la -as, Deem
Der 648a-7s, and oats off "a.
Evening star., 1937-08-03
WOODS HEADS BOARD
OF RED JACKET COAL
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WILLIAMSON, W. Va, August g.
Officials of the Red Jacket Console
dated Coal g. Coke Corp. announced
that L. E. Woods of Huntington has
been named chairman Of the board,
succeeding w. M. Ritter, who retired
Woods, president Of the Williamson
Coal Operators Association, said he
will retain the presidency Of the Crys-
tai Block Mining Co. and the Crystal
Block Coal & Coke Co.. which operate
In Mingo and Logan Counties.
Evening star., 1937-08-03
new YORK COTTON
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 3.-Cotton ad-
vanced Is to 81 points during the first
half of today's session on increased
trade buying and covering
Weather and crop advices con-
tinued favorable, but there was
tendency to cover in advance Of the
forthcoming bureau crop estimate.
December advanced to 1910, a gain
of 10 points, but reacted to 1866. At
the beginning of the last hour the list
showed net gains of ii to IA points.
Futures closed steady, 5to higher.
Evening star., 1937-08-03

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat, No. red, l191a-2O;
No. hard, 1908; No. 2 dark hard,
1923; No. 2 mixed, LITE; corn, No.
2. mixed, l,02; No. yellow, l.O6la-
OF; oats, No. l mixed, 29l4-3O14: No.
l, white. 30-30l2; rye. No /, 84-852.:
No. 2, S3l2; barley, No. 3, Iowa, 60;
No. 4, Iowa, 56i2; feed, 5000, nomi-
nal, mailing, 5000, nominal; timothy
seed, 2.75-80 hundredweight.
Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE. August 3 LP.-Wheat. No.
y. red. Winter. garllcky. spot, domestic.
1.1Il4, August. 1.11i4.
Evening star., 1937-08-03
MEETING IS POSTPONED,

NEW YORK, August N.-The
special meeting of Pittsburgh Steel Co.
stockholders for action upon adjust
ment of the capital structure has been
adjourned until September "a. it was
announced.
Evening star., 1937-08-03
VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.

NEW YORK, August 3 (P.-The
visible supply of American grain shows
the following changes Tin bushels) !:
Wheat increased 17,793,000, corn in
creased 1,472,000, oats increased L.
S6o. 900, rye increased $4,000, barley
decroasod 5000,