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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
|WRECKAGE OF
SKYL|NER. WILL
BE EXAMINED
Queer Mirage Described
AS Possible Clue in
Plane Tragedy

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IL. U,p--
The department of commerce today
opened an official inquiry into the
crash of United Airlines trans
port plane. during perfect flying
weather" here Tuesday night. which
carried II persons to their deaths
The official investigation to de-
termine cause of the mysterious
crash, which took place within sec
onds before the big twin-motored
Douglas airliner was to have land
ed, was opened by r. w. Schroed-
err, chief of the department of COM
mercc bureaus air line inspection
service.
The wreckage of the 12-ton plane
was dragged from the bay less than
two miles from the San Francisco
airport and taken to Oakland on a
barge. Aeronautical experts will
examine it inch by inch there In
an effort to determine whether a
mechanical failure caused the crash
Unofficial conclusions by expert
enced airmen were that Pilot A. II
(Tommy) Thompson. in charge OF
the plane, mlisjudged his altitude
when attempting to land and that
the wheels of the plane struck the
water, hurting the craft over on its
back.
The bodies of the pilot, the CO.
pilot and the stewardess we're found
in the plane when it was raised
from its "last port The body ol
one passenger, Mark Fontana o.
San Francisco was recovered SUBJ
seouently from the bay but those
of seven other passengers still are
missing. 1t was feared they were
swept to sea by the tides.
First tangible clue to possible
cause of the crash came from Fran
els E. Diggs, San Francisco bar pilot
who said that at about the time o.
the crash the atmosphere was cleal
but a queer mirage appeared ovel
the water, seemingly making hills
back of Berkeley a part of the ba!
bridge. and the federal prison OF
Alcatraz Island part of the main
land at San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12

Copyright, 1887. by United Press
LONDON, Feb. II. WP-Foreign
diplomats asked today whether de-
sign or coincidence lay behind the
fact that 20 minutes before Ger
many made her first diplomatic
move in the delicate colonies prob
le yesterday, Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer Neville Chamberlain an
nounced the governments decision
to seek power to borrow $2,0OOOOO,-
900 for national defense.
British officials denied that the
defense loan bomb had a time fuse
which was touched off in connec-
ton with the visit OF German AM
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
G Y M { N
WIN TILT IN
WEDDING ROW
Justice Accused of
Soliciting
Business

YUMA, Ariz., Feb. IL. W.p)
-Yuma's "share the mar
riages" battle ended today
with victory for the Rev. R.
R. Pulliam and his clergy
men cohorts who complained they
were not getting their portion OF
the weddings performed in this
Gretna Green
Justice of the Peace Ed M. VIM.
against whom Pulliam obtained
court injunction forbidding solicit
tation of marriages in the court
house indicated he would not fight
the court order
He said he had removed his two
daughters from the courthouse,
where they allegedly steered love-
struck couples, mostly Californians
seeking to evade their own states
three-day-notice law, into their
sire's chambers.
Winn, who succeeded Yuma's
famed marrying judge E. A.
Freeman, said he could not afford
to finance court fight against
Pulliam's injunction order and the
others that were sure to follow If
he won the first round.
The justice also explained he
put his daughters in the court
house ito break up the solicitation
of the past year and a half and
bring the affair out into the open.'
He did not name any clergymen
or others as having engaged in
solicitation.
Judge Henry C. Kelly granted
Pulliam's petition for an injunc-
ton after the Baptist minister COM
planned Winn's daughters had
been diverting much of the mar
riage business to their father in
stead of permitting couples to be
married by whom they chose.
Rev. Pulliam complained that
the action of Vim and his daugh-l
terS had deprived him of revenue
to. which he was lawfully entitled.
In addition to granting the tenn
porary injunction, Judge Kelly re-
quested the Yuma county board
OF supervisors legally to stop soli-
citation of marriages.
The board of supervisors, after
receiving Judge Kelly's commune
cation, went on record as "deplor-
ing the practice of solicitation
OF marriage business, but failed
to make the practice illegal by
passage of any statute.
Judge Kelly, tall, genial Irish
man, in his letter to the super
viSors stated:
L call upon you to take appro-
pirate action to clear away
the stencil thrown upon us all
by the outrageous acts of derelic,
and greedy officials"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12

lUO 1eeC before pelng dropped TO
the roadbed At least two trains
passed over the body after death
occurred, according to Deputy
Coroners Frank P. McCaSlin and
Robert Parrish. There were no
means of identification.
This makes the second railroad
fatality in Imperial county this
week. John Crowley, sheeherder,
lost his life near Calexico Tues
day morning when he drove his
car into locomotive. A coroner's
inquest blamed his death upon his
own drunkenness and negligence.
The body of the unidentified
man was found at Writings cross
ing mile and half north Of
Heber at 7.55 am. Friday by A. B.
jenkins of Ell Centre, railway
maintenance department employee.
He discovered the body as the
handcar he was riding approached
the spot where it sprawled.
The man was approximately 10
and was dressed in a bright red,
turtle neck sweater, a pair of
brown riding trousers and high
top, black, lace boots, and blue
and white checked shirt. Train
crews are being questioned in an
effort to determine if any of them
saw the man Friday or Friday
night. He is believed to have fall
en- from a freight train in the
early morning hours.
He had brown hair, brown eyes.
weighed l65 pounds and was ap-
proximately five feet, nine inches
in height, according to the Of
ficers.
An inquest was scheduled for
the Hems-Rugg funeral parlors in
Calexico at $50 o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12

IL noI only VIII DE the 1lrSC time
such a flight has been tried. but
the first attempt by woman
flyer to circle the globe.
The bobbed-hared Mrs. Putnam,
wife of the New York publisher,
arrived here in the plane in which
she will make her world flight
She said she was tired of flying
the Atlantic" and had planned her
world trip to establish the feasibil-
ity of circling the globe by COM
mercial air transport and ito study
human reactions"
1.-The human reactions of pilots
flying for long periods of time
and distance she said. lis still
an unknown quantity with respect
to safety in the air. Problems OF
fatigue. food efficiency and the
form of alertness still confuse both
airplane designers and pilots alike"
Miss Earhart already has flown
the Atlantic twice and made the
only solo flight from Hawaii tc
the United States. She also held
the tranScontinental women's speed
record for many years.
From Oakland she will fly to
Honolulu, the first leg on the 1000
mile crossing of the Pacific, and
then to Rowland Island, a mere
dot on the map just above the
equator. Miss Earhart will be the
! first flyer ever to land at Howl
and Island where the bureau Of
air cimmerce has been building
an airport for nearly a year.
Captain Harry Manning, veteran
merchant marine officer of tn,
United States lines, who arrived
here with Miss Earhart will &C
company her on the Pacific cross
ing as navigator. In his own word
he will be dumped" in Australia
! Special equipment necessary fo
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
British Map Two Billion
Dollar Defense Program

bassador Joachim Won Ribbentrop
of Lord Halifax acting foreign sec
rotary.
Nevertheless unofficial observers
thought they descerned in a re-
markable coincidence, a subtle
warning TO Germany that however
sincerely the cabinet might desire
her friendship, she soon would be
dealing with a Great Britain again
formidable.
At the foreign office. Ribbentrop
conveyed Germany's desire, though
in principle only, for colonies, and
proposed revision OF the French
Russian military alliance.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
VALLEY CHAMP
ELIMINATED in
BRAWLEY GOLF

DEL RIO CLUB, BRAWLEY, Feb.
12.-Don Rex, Imperial Valley cham
pion, bowed his way out of the
Ninth Annual Lettucemen's tourna-
ment here today, going down 4 and
3 before the sharp shooting of Benny
Kellerman. Another favorite. REID
Rowan, also bit the dust when T.
TUNNEL emerged victorious, 2 up.
In the other bracket, Jack Strobel
lost and to Bob Albright and
Lyle Kurisaki took the measure
of w. Bonnycastle.
Semi-finals find Kellerman pitted
against TUNNEL and Albright
against Kurisaki. Semi-finals will
be ID hole matches Saturday and
finals will be Sunday over the &c.
hole route.
In the first guest flight, Les
Rogers defeated AL Cravath q and
and Lee Lamberson. eliminated Jer-
Sey Birchfield 3. and l..
Sensational matches marked
Thursdays play. Among them was
Kellerman's victory over Wayne Ell
wander. In which Kellerman was
forced to shoot So, two under par.
Elvander's birdie of No. 7 was not
good enough for half when KEEL
lerman shipped in for an eagle two
Another thrilling encounter be-
tween Kurisaki and Newt Brazelton
found both under par. Kurisakl
shot a Sc, Brazelton a So.
Results of first round matches.
Continued on Page 3; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Central Sitdoevn Strike
Ended with Compromise
SCHOOL GIRLS
REVOLT BRINGS
PART VICTORY
Student Wins Right to
Stage Role for
One Night

Compromise, or perhaps
strategy, en- d e d the great
dramatic sit down strike at
Central junior college late
Thursday with Sit Downer
Lillian Mills only half victorious
in a one-girl rebellion to force
her reinstatement in the cast of a
play from which illness caused her
to be dropped. Federal interven-
ton was not necessary.
Not a shot was fired. Except for
verbal barrageS
Lillian's battlements went down
before an onslaught of her fellow
students. They cut the links OF
the chain padlocking her to the
stage scenery, carried her outside
the building and chained her to
bench in the arcade. There was
no point in being chained out on
the campus. so she took the pad
lock keys out of her pocket and
set herself free.
She didn't even use the ham,
mer with which she was armed.
Since the show must go on, Lii
liam will appear in the disputed
part in one performance and Jackie
LaVine, selected to take her place,
will play it in the other. This
arrangement may be bit con-
fusing to other members of the
cast but emergencies demand dras-
tic action. The play will be pre-
scented February II and Is in
Continued on Page Q; Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12

Cummings and Solicitor General
Stanley Reed as his chief advisors,
Mr. Roosevelt was revealed as hav-
ing eliminated possibilities of a
constitutional amendment or con-
gressional action to curb the courts
powers on these grounds:
/. Constitutional amendment.
Mr.. Roosevelt was represented
as feeling any attempt to amend
the constitution, even if success
full, would take too long a time.
Meanwhile, the country would be
without the economic-social legis-
lation the administration believes
essential.
2. Congressional legislation to
curb the court powers.
Mr.. Roosevelt eliminated this
course of action, it was learned,
because he considered law pro-
viding that a law could be held
unconstitutional only by specified
vote of the supreme court would
be, itself, unconstitutional.
Mr.. Roosevelt first started con-
sideration of plans to reorganize
the federal judiciary after the
supreme court invalidated the
MIRA by a unanimous vote in May
1895.
With Cummings and Reed, HI
sorted through more than thou
sand amendments and congress
! sional court curbs.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Tribute Made to
LincOln's Memory

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Feb. IL. up
Patriotic and political organiza-
tons paid tribute to the memory
OF Abraham Lincoln today in pill
grimages to his home, his tomb.
and the village where he spent his
boyhood.
Springfield, rich in Lincoln lore,
paused in its routine business and
state affairs Ito become the hub Of
celebrations in observance of the
128th anniversary of the Great
Emancipator".
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12

that action OF the presidents sug-
gestions might be delayed to al
low national sentiment to crys-
talize further.
1t was learned Mr.. Roosevelt has
been considering judiciary pro-
gram for one and one half years,
his work finally eliminating in his
special message to congress last
week.
With Attorney General Homer S.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12

the flight is being assembled in
Oakland. Miss Earhart will use a
twin = motored, Lockheed Electra
monoplane, known as the flying
laboratory of Purdue University
where Miss Earhart is a part time
instructor Its equipment includes
oversize fuel tanks of l,150 gallons
capacity, that will give the plane
a cruising range of 1000 miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
New Clue Followed
In Mattson kidnapping

SEATTLE, Feb. IL. Wp)-Detec-
tives questioned man and wife
and held a checkered cap today as
investigation of kidnapping and
murder of Charles Mattson, ten
year-old Tacoma schoolboy, went
on relentlessly nearly two months
after the crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Showers, Cloudy
Weather FOreseen

Light showers and continued
cloudy warm weather have been
predicted for Imperial Valley Fri
day night and Saturday by Fred A.
Baughman. local meteorologist for
the U. s. frost service and weather
bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Lindberghs Off on
Flight to Egypt

TR1POLI, Libya, Feb. H. U.P)--
Col. and Mrs Charles A. Lindbergh
took Off for 1000 mile flight TO
Egypt today after a one-day visit
to Air Marshal Italo Balbo, gov
ernor general of Libya and trans
atlantic flyer. Their course lay
along the North African coast TO
the Nile.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
49,,
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RE AMsa4Ms
Says

The Best ReasOn-
Sterling Oswald oct his young
son, Gene, fifty cents that Gene
couldn't ride a yearling steer FL
nally Gene got around to the
task the other morning, and short
ly afterwards Sterling received a
telephone call from his offspring
Gene said he rode the yearling.
did you stay on til he quit
bucking?" dad asked
Sure" said Gene. 4 didn't
know how to get Off"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
ACTION ON SUPREME
COURT REFORM PLAN
MAY BE POSTPONED

WASHINGTON, H. P-Presdent both
legislative action eorganze
decided his
the White
indications Hill
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
AMELIA EARHART
TO CIRCLE GLOBE
BY AIR, EAST>WES'I

NEW YORK, Feb IL. Vp)Anea Putnam
aviatrix prepared today for flight
that will start within month.
The flight will
her arrival here The direction
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
No Secrets Here

No Secrets Here
There's nothing hidden about
the political belief of at least two
Ell Centrans. Both quite old, one
equipped with an ear trumpet, they
stood on a street corner discussing
politics. RR thought at first il
was a political meeting of some
sort, but it developed they were
merely speaking each so the other
could hear.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
UNIDENTIFIED
YOUTH KILLED
UNDER TRAIN
Body Found Between Tracks North
OF Heber; Trail of Blood Tells
Story of Accident :.

The body of unidentified white youth found
beween the rails of the Southern Pacific tracks north of
Heber Friday morning with his head crushed and his
right arm torn off at the elbow
A trail of blood indicated the man had been dragged
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Right You Arc

Right You Arc
LLOYD Massey, Post-Press car
rier boy, finds inspiration in his
lob Witness the squib found on
one of his reports to the clrcula-
ton manager, evidently written
by Lloyd.
p" stands for Perfect.
Perfect means the best.
If you want your moneys worth
Buy the Perfect Press.
And now Lloyd's got the rest OF
the staff standing on its ear trying
to live up to his opinion of the
paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Now You Know

Now You Know
You've heard of those people
before, but did you know their full
names They are Gerald HosfOrd
Lampkins. Willard Swell Sylvester
and Charles Corley Bramkamp.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Note To GOurmets-

Note 10 UOuTnItIS-
Joe Adams confesSes TO reSur-
gence of his periodical yearnins
for a good steak-prepared as. SO
his friends say, only Joe can pre-
pare it. The result of Joe's con-
fession is likely to be a line walt
ing upon him with requests Tor
invitations to the forthcoming
steak dinner, date for which has
not vet been announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
EXPLAINED At Last

Explained At Last
The poker game to which walter
Hayekorst invited directors Of the
Ell Centre chamber of commerce,
it develops, was something more
than poker game. The cards
were dealt - and each director
found on his cards the names OF
non-members of the chamber OF
commerce. That was the joker,
The non-members are to be in
terviewed in the chamber of COM
merce membership drive starting
Feb. "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12

Does Anyone Know
How does it happen that the
weather is regulated in such a
manner that the weekdays arc
sunny and pleasant - and al
most every time weekend comes
near, it gets cloudy? 1t does seem
that someone should complain to
the weather bureau-or perhaps
it would be better to set the week.
ends on different days
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12

Butter: Los Angeles 33lac;
Butterfat. Imperial Valley fob.
ranch, Grade A 42c; manufactur-
ing milk SIC; route gathered
cream 33c.
L. A. Hay: u. $. No. ] extra
ieafy, S27-28; u. s. No. l S26-27;
u. s. No. 2 Ieafy S24.50-25.50; U.
S. No. 2 S23-23.50; Minneapolis
flax S2.23-2.31.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-10
MAN IN DARK
GLASSES ROBS
BANK AGAIN

SANTA CLARA, Cal. June 10. U.P
"A thin, armed man-Wearing dark
glasses-made a second call at the
Santa Clara branch of the Ameri-
can Truct Company bank here TO-
day and escaped in an automobile
with approximately $4,000.
1t was the fourth robbery of the
bank during the past few years.
Give me all that currency" he
demanded as he leVeled a gun at
9. L. Brady. manager. and Dick
Snider. teller, shortly before noon
They quickly passed several bum
dies of currency to him. He re-
fused silver.
AS he hurried to an automobile.
an unidentified woman shouted:
Its a holdupi" Patrolman James
Wayne. a block away. ran to the
bank but the bandit sped west
along Homestead road toward Gu
pertino.
The bank was robbed last May
ID of $500 by a man in dark glass
eS, who answered the description
of the hunted man. He was de-
scribed as 5 feet, inches tall,
slender. weighing about $50 pounds.
with dark hair. His clothes were
shabby
The bank, which as across the
street from the police station apd
city hall, was robbed twice few
years ago by Pete Salon, who was
wounded in a pistol fight the Sec
ond time. and sent tc Folsom prison,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-10
JUDGE TAKES
SUIT UNDER
AMUSEMENT


Decision in favor of the plaintiff
was Indicated by Judge Clarence
Harden Thursday as he took under
Amusement the $4,000 damage suit
brought against the Imperial 1rri-
CATION district by Ben Skupen.
He indicated. however. the sum
he would accord for the alleged
damage to the Salton Sea Duck
club bv the district wasting water
into Salton sea, would be nominal.
Skupen sought damages of $4,000
for loss Of ponds. $3.50 for loss of
tanks $3.50 for loss of blinds, $500
for destruction of two miles of
fences. 5000 for loss of improve
ments and $4,000 for loss Of bust
ness for three years. according to
the complaint he filed in Imperial
county superior court.
The jury in the case was dismis-
sed by the judge at 4 o'clock Tues
day afternoon by agreement of at
torney5 for plaintiff and defense.
Charles Provence appeared for the
plaintiff and r. p. Whitelaw for
the district
judge Harden has been in Imper-
ial county court all week to hear
five cases affecting the district,
judges of this county being dis
qualified from hearing them. The
cases were al civil.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-10
NEW CLUES
g. CROP UP IN
MURDER CASE

LOS ANGELES. June 10 UP
New elews cropped up today in the
William Desmond Taylor murder
case of Is years ago.
District Attorney Buron Fits I'M
piled that a solution might be near
He said an arrest was expected but
not Immediately One of the clues
was a bullet similar TO the one
with which the movie director was
slain
Fits is the third prosecutor whom
the case has plagued since Taylor
was shot in the back at his BACH
elor quarters in Hollywood. Feb. l.
1922. Taylor directed the work of
Mary Miles Minter. blonde. curly
haired star of silent pictures. who
still says he was the only man she
ever loved and that she has refus-
ed TO marry out of respect TO his
memory.
Miss Minter's mother. Mrs. Char
lotte Shelby. has been a principal
figure in the many Investigations.
Last month Mrs. Shelby was que5-
toned by a grand jury about 4
statement made by another of her
daughters. Mrs. Margaret Fillmore.
In a civil suit, Mrs. Fillmore eharg-
ed that her mother owed her mo-
ney for protecting her in the Tay-
lor case
Mrs. Shelby said after her grand
jury appearance that she had been
asked directly whether she killed
Taylor. and had replied that she
did not
Today Carl Stockdale, So, veteran
actor. entered the case voluntarily.
He was a friend of Mrs. Shelby, he
said, and was with her at her home
at approximately the time Taylor
was shot.
Fits did not name his latest u.s.
pect. But a man who once Was q
chauffeur for one of the principals
in the case. and a woman who was
a secretary to this principal, were
questioned and provided new clues
The former chauffeur. Chauncey
Eaton. now a WPA crossing guard,
led police to a cellar where a mouldy
bullet was found. 1t matched in
weight. caliber and texture the bull
let that killed Taylor, police said.
Eaton was quoted as saying that
he had been told 10 take five bull
lets from gun that was given him
year after the Staying, and To
hide them.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-10
& of & Adopts
Project For Year

Identification and improvement
of Ell Centre was adopted by the
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday
night as a major project for the
coming year.
The decision was reached at the
regular directors meeting held We'd
nesday night a Kenyon's Desert
plunge with Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Kenyon as hosts. Only one director
failed to appear for the supper
served on the terrace.
City council members also were
guests and the two groups decided
to cooperate in putting through vari-
Gus community projects planned for
the coming year.
Other projects programmed for
chamber action were: the estab-
lishment of an air base; railroad
grade separation structure; the es-
Establishment of beet sugar factory.
cannery, and an alfalfa feed MILL
more diaries. and an increase in
hog production, particularly on
dairy ranches; the completion OF
highway U. S. SO and the Imperial
highway
Directors also discussed measures
for bringing about a better and
more friendly relationship between
the several Imperial Valley cities.
and pledged themselves to devote
attention to this subject during the
year.
Upon the suggestion of President
Havekorst. quastionnaires will be
sent to all Chamber of Commerce
members, asking them to make
selection of committees on which
they desire to serve.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-10
NEW STAR TO
TAKE JEANS
MOVIE ROLE

HOLLYWOOD, June 10. U.R)-Rits
Johnson. blonde blue-eyed actress
now under contract to Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer studio, is undergoing
tests to take over the role jean
Harlow was playing at the time OF
her death, studio officials said to-
day.
The executives pointed out, how
ever, that If Miss Johnson gets the
role she was IN no sence to be con-
sidered "a second Jean Harlow The
picture, Saratoga starring Clark
Gable. is to be remade entirely
with the story rewritten to fit the
new feminine lead, it was said.
Miss Johnson was reported by
the studio to be an experienced ac-
tress and not new find" She is
as present playing a leading role
in another picture.