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Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
BLACK ABSlE Mt
IN SCOTTSBORO
CASE DECISION

WASHINGTON, Oct. %. W.P) =
The supreme court, with Justice
Hugo L. Black not participating.
today refused to review the rs year
prison sentence imposed on Hay
wood Patterson, one of nine Me-
groes involved in the famed Scotts-
boro, Ala, assault case.
No indication of why Black fall
ed to participate in consideration
of the Patterson case was given
In another important decision to-
day, the court agreed to hear the
Duke Power Co.'S challenge of the
validity of Public Works admin
istration power loans. Some sig-
nificance was lost from the Duke
challenge, however, due to the fact
that the court had agreed in an
other case to rule on constitution
ality of the loans. .
Immediately after presenting It's
list of orders, the court recessed
for two weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
5000 ATTEND
PEACE OFFICER
.FETE SUNDAY.

Six thousand southern California
residents jammed the Brawley air
port Sunday afternoon for the first
annual peace officers barbecue and
pony races
A "chow line" more than a mile
in length dined off seven barbecued
beeves, six lambs, 300 pounds Of
baked beans and eight tubs full Of
coffee. The line began to form
shortly ater IL am. and was still
filing past the meat and coffee
tubs at 2:30 pm.
Pony races were presented under
the direction of Chief of Police
Lon Cromer of Brawley Sheriff
Robert w. Ware on behalf of the
Imperial Valleys Peace OFF,
GERS association presented Cromer
with a gold chiefs badge as
part of the program broadcast over
the public address system.
Those who won AMI placed in
the races included Ray Harwell.
Frances Derrick, Lucille Derrick,
William Loren, Lester Derrick, Wal
ter Bromley, Sterling Oswalt, Floyd
Ackley, Betty Nichols. Betty Jean
Juvenal, Rodney Clarke, Frank Os-
walt, Gerald Moreine, Mrs. Moreine,
Mrs. Juvenal, Jim Luckey, Ire York,
Byron Graham. jr., Orland King,
Richard Doyle, Dick Bates, DR.. j. L.
Parker.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
CON FER ENCES
FOR PEACE IN
UNIONS START
Truce in Offing as Men
Of Rival Groups Go
Into Meeting

WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
(UP)-Thirteen representa-
tives of the Committee for
Industrial Organization and
the American Federation of
labor began historic conferences to-
day to seek a truce in two years
of internecine warfare in the ranks
of labor.
JoviaI and reflecting none of the
bitterness of the % month struggle
among the 100000 organized work.
ers they represent, 10 CIO delegates
and a three man committee from
the AF of l. met privately in a
three room hotel suite and settled
down for preliminary discussions.
First business of the conferees, it
appeared was to explore the out
lines of the controversy which has
split the labor movement, and to
select chairman.
Len Decaux, CIO official, emerged
from the conference chamber few
minutes after the doors were closed
He said Philip Murray, leader of
the CIO delegation was sitting at
the side of George M. Harrison,
chairman of the three man AF of l.
committee-apparently jointly regu-
lating the first business.
AS the committees met face to
face for the first positive peace
efforts in % months of unremitting
struggle, it was reported that the
CIO might reduce its 10 man COM
mittee to three delegates for pre-
liminary conversations.
This would place the CIO delega-
ton on parity with the three
man peace committee from the fed
Grafton.
Homer Martin, president of the
United Automobile Workers and
member of the 10 men CIO commit
tee, said he understood seven oi
his colleagues would sit on the
sidelines" in the council chamber
Il have nothing to tell you ex.
cept that we are going to attene
the conference" Harrison said JUS
before the meeting started. eve
are coming down here to attend 6
meeting, and see what we can dt
to settle this.
I'VE are coming down with oper
minds and we will try to settle it,
Harrison said.
The A. F. of l.. conference COM
mittee chairman was accompanied
by his two colleagues - Matthew
Woll, member of the federation
executive council and president OF
the photo-engravers union, ano
G.. M. Bugniazet, also an executive
council member and of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Electrical
workers
Murray was equally reticent on
prospects of peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

clotted blood on the floor beside
the bed upon which the half clad
body was sprawled, Sheriff Robert
w. Ware said. A knife With a
smaller blade protruded from under
the pillow where the Hindu's blood
covered head rested. The knife ap-
parently was thrust down the mans
throat, the sheriff said. The blade
missed the windpipe and stopped
just beneath the skin on the upper
part of the left shoulder. Officers
said the Hindu bore no marks of
violence on the outside of his body
He was last seen alive at 2:45
Sunday morning by Ram Laroia, a
Hindu. The body was discovered
at $3.50 O'Clock Sunday morning by
Mr.. and Mrs. R. K. Subhra of Los
Angeles, who called at his room.
The door of the room was propped
shut by chair with its back thrust
under the door knob. The glass in
the upper panel of the door was
broken. Ram telephoned Brawley
police.
Ram told officers he telegraphed
the Los Angeles couple to visit the
gambler because he had been be-
having strangely for week. They
made the trip to Imperial Valley
in response to the telegram, they
told officers.
The dead man formerly conducted
Hindu cafe in El Centro and prior
to his death leased a building in
Brawley from Sunder Singh and
redecorated it preparatory to open
ing an establishment there.
Eleven persons were questioned
Sunday and Sunday night at the
sheriff's office as officers inves.
tigated both suicide and murder
angles In connection with the death
An inquest was scheduled fo
Tuesday.
Harold Gillett, investigator witt
the state division of criminal in
vestigation and Identification, ar
rived Monday morning to work OF
the case. He was summoned b,
Ware shortly after the body O
the Hindu was discovered,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

Ine prince, GRANDSON OF Une laSC
reigning Hawaiian king, said his
mind was logged with liquor and
he did not know what happened to
the girl. She was Arville Kinslea,
81, art-Hawaiian.
John Hollinger, who was at the
party, said the prince and the girl
were in the kitchen and he heard
a thud. A moment later, he said,
Kawananakoa came into the room
carrying the girl in his arms. The
prince placed her upright in a
chair and she bled to death while
the three men in the party wrapped
towels around her neck trying to
stop the flow of blood.
The prince was on probation for
the death of another girl, Felicia
Connors, who died in an automobile
accident In 1882.
Hollinger said that when the
prince carried the girl from the
kitchen he exclaimed: "She's paul."
which means, in Hawaiian, she's
finished" 7. -.
Rose said that she screamed and
asked the prince what happened.
The prince shook his head, she said,
and then summoned an ambulance.
Police arrived with the doctors.
They said the prince met them at
the door and told them quietly: I'm
willing to take the rap"
Police said they found the apart
ment in wild disorder, with the rem
nants of supper scattered about
the place. -
Only a short distance from the
princes apartment, Mrs. Thalia
Massie was assaulted six years ago.
A Hawaiian youth suspected of the
attack was killed. Mrs. Massie's hus-
band. Lieut.. Thomas j. Massie, of
the u. S. Navy; her mother, Mrs.
Granville Fortesque,. and two naval
enlisted men were convicted of
manslaughter in connection with
the Hawaiiafl's death. Their sem
tences were commuted to one hour
custody. go
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
u. S., Britain Will
Work Together
In Far East Crisis

LONDON, Oct 25 UP)- Great
Britain and the United States in
tend to work together at the far
eastern conference at Brussels to-
ward international action to end
the Japanese-Chinese war by
mediation and will resist any ex-
cited demands for penal action
against Japan, it was reported to-
day.
announcements as to American
policy were supplemented here by
strong intimations that both coun-
tries oppose any action that would
antagonize Japan.
The American delegation, head
ed by Norman w. Davis, is due at
Brussels Wednesday and the Bri-
tish delegation, with Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden in command,
is due Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
FIRMS REPORT
BIG BUSINE ESS
ON DOLLAR DAY
Merchants Cooperate to
Make Sales Day in
City Success

Another step forward in
the progress of Ell Centre
and its establishment as
shopping center of Imperial
Valley was taken Saturday
when leading institutions united
to hold Dollar Day.. The event was
almost universally declared a COM
plete success.
Cooperating in the event were
dealers handling General Motors
makes of motor cars and products,
who brought to Ell Centre the IA
nous Parade of Progress, free car
nival of science.
The Parade of Progress was 10
Gated near the Central Union high
school football field and despite
its remoteness from downtown Ell
Centre, it received wide attendance.
About 5000 people passed through
the elaborate exhibits Friday eve
ming, number larger than was
expected in view of the large at
tendance at the high school foot
ball game Friday night at Brawley.
Saturday, the attendance was
much better, and Saturday night,
the carnival, brought here in trucks.
was heavily attended.
Downtown streets were not crowd
ed Saturday afternoon, but those
who came for the Dollar Day bar
gains were all interested buyers.
Saturday night, hSwever, downtown
crowds were large and stores en-
joyed rush business until late clos
ing hours.
That the day was complete sue
Continued on Page 6; Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
MOTHER ALIBIS
FOR MONTAGUE
IN THEFT TRIAL
Son at Home Night of
Stickup She Says on
Witness Stand

ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y.
Oct. 25. (UP) = Mrs. Mary
Moore, mother of the man
whom the world knows as
John Montague, came to the
witness stand in Essex county court
house today and swore that her son
was at home in Syracuse on the
night when he is alleged to have
robbed roadhouse of $500.
Color crept into Montague's face
as his mother, dressed in black with
white lace at her throat, walked
slowly to the witness stand and
Swore to the alibi for her son. Then
Mrs. Mary Allen, Montague's sister,
testified that he took her to work
on August 5,1930-the morning that
the defendant was alleged to have
spent robbing Kin .Hana's roadhouse
near Joy, N. Y.
Mrs. Moore then left the witness
stand and Montague's eyes followed
her as she went by, smiling slightly
at him. His face was little flushed
The testimony of Mrs. Allen and
another sister, Mrs. Madeline Nc
Grath, also was designed to show
that Montague was far from Joy,
N. Y, at the time of the holdup.
Mrs. McGrath Swore that he was
in the house on the night of August
and that she saw him there the
next morning-the same morning
that state troopers said Montague
was fleeing from the holdup in a
green automobile.
Former friends and neighbors of
Montague came from Syracuse and
swore that his reputation for hon.
esty was very good" in the days
when he was star athlete of the city.
What is this" asked District At
torney Thomas Mcdonald, while
cross examining one of them, "a
neighborhood rally?"
Montague listened impassiyeIy.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
BRITISH ORDER
TROOPS TO FIRE
ON AIRPLANE ES
Anti Aircraft Guns Set
1p in China War
Zone by English

SHANGHAI, Oct. 25. (UP)
British defense lines on the
west fringe of the interna-
tlonal area were provided
with anti aircraft machine
guns today. Their crews were order
ed to fire on any airplane that ap-
preached dangerously close, it was
said on reliable authority. This grave
move was the direct sequel to a
japanese airplane attack on a Brit
ish army outpost yesterday in which
a rifleman of the Royal Ulster rifles
was killed. -
Japanese troops were smashing
into the Chinese lines all along the
Shanghai front and jubilantly claim
wide advances. c3
japanese spokesmen admitted
that the advance was slowed down
by land mines the Chinese had
planted. Japanese had difficulty in
penetrating the Chinese wire en-
tanglements. They also found bridg-
es blown UP.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
MILLS RITES
HELD MONDAY

Funeral services for Merrill George
Mills, who died at his home in the
Mesquite lake district Oct. II, were
conducted at the Lemons funeral
chapel in Ell Centre at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
Burial had been delayed while
relatives attempted to reach Mills
father, who is reported to be away
from his New York home on a
Yacht cruise.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
NEW WAVE
OF PIRACY IN
SPAIN AREA

PERP1GNAN France, Oct 25 W.P)
"A new wave of piracy was re-
ported today in the Mediterranean.
The French cargo vessel, Oued
Mellah. was bombed and sunk by
an unidentified airplane SO miles
east of the Baleaic Islands. The
crew was saved by two French de-
stroyers.
The Oued Mellah, 24l3 ton ves-
sel was enroute from the French
Morocran port of Lyautey to Port
Vendres with cargo of grain
when the attack occurred.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

ed with bullet In one lung He re-
portedly hired sub-machine gum
ners to guard him.
Bruneman was sitting In the cafe
with Alice Ingram, "a, blonde nurse
who cared for him after the previ-
GUS assassination attempt. and her
sister, Mary 90
He had Just bought round Of
drinks for the approximately IS
other patrons when the five men
pushed through the doors. A look
OF frightened recognition passed
over Bruneman's face but he made
no outcry or move to escape.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
LEGION POST
WILL MEET

Boyce Aten American Legion post
will meet at 8 o'clock Tuesday night
to make final plans for the post
dance Nov 10 and the valley-wide
Armistice celebration in Brawley
Nov. IL.
A committee rom the host post
at Brawley will be present. William
Tunn Of Imperial is scheduled to
give the history of the Legion. M J.
Munson, county council commander,
and other members of the Holtville
post will attend
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

bIUIIeIIla1l UOuy ana l1lto the legs
of pretty girl sitting beside him.
AS the gambler slumped to the
floor, probably already dead, the
executioners carefully lowered their
automatics to within a few inches
of his body and fired six more shots.
Four went through his head.
Frank Greuzard, 30, left the bar
and started out after the gunmen
as they fled. They shot him down
rushlessly.
Police blamed the shooting on a
gambling rivalry that flared up
last July in beach strand am
bush, from which Bruneman escap-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
Practical JOkers
Disable Motor Car

When practical jokers go too far,
E. l.. Newton calls in the police.
Newton, who lives three miles
north of Meloland, emerged from
the theater here Sunday night to
find the tires on his automobile
deflatei and the engine wires dis
connected.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
Summer Lingers
In Imperial Valley

Summer temperatures prevailed
|in Imperial Valley throughout the
weekend with the thermometer how
ering in the vicinity of 100 degrees.
The temperature registered 100
degrees Saturday and Sunday af-
ter the 80 degrees of Friday. At
noon Monday 80 was recorded.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
Demand For Trial
By Jury Made

Hannes H. Armann, SO, declaysd
insane last week by alienists and
physicians, Monday filed a formal
demand for. a jury trial in an at
tempt to establish his sanity.
Judge Vaughn NJ. Thompson or
dered that he be held in the county
Jail pending trial of the suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

him enthroned this week as Swiss
swing champion of Imperial Val
ley.
Duer was the winner of the Swiss
swinging contest that highlighted
a two-day annual celebration at
the Swiss club house near here. He
defeated Charles Terribilini, who
went into the finals Sunday after
noon with Duer on points given
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
Child Injured in
HOltville Collision

HOLTVILLE, Oct. 25. = David
Lum, jr., 2 months old, ana Caro-
line Wah, were slightly injured
when two automobiles collided on
Fourth street at the city limits.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

by the judges board.
The celebration, at which the Rifle
club of Imperial Valley played host
to other units of the Swiss club and
to the public, was climaxed by
dance, Sunday night. During the
day, the celebration included rifle
matches, the Swinging (wrestling)
events, and other Swiss entertain
ments. photos on Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
GAMBLER KNITTED IN THROAT
PIayboy Prince
Held in Staying
Of Island Girl

HONOLULU Oct. 25-The Hawaiians' playboy prince,
David Kawananakoa, rich and handsome young man of
many escapades held in jail for investigation today
after beautiful island girl slashed death mid
night party in his apartment beside Waikiki Beach.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
Gambling King Slain
In Hail Of Bullets

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25. (UP)--Five gunmen invaded
crowded beer hall early today and while three stood
guard the other two poured eleven bullets into George
(Les) Bruneman, gambling king.
Four sugs fired in the first yoley poughed through
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
Weapon Thrust
Into Mouth Of
BrawIey Hindu

BRAWLEY Oct 25.-Gurdas Batta Hindu gambler,
found dead in blood spatered room at Oil street
Sunday with 10 inch knife wound extending down his
throat toward his left shoulder
knife with the 10 inch blade was found in pool of
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
5 More Valley
Boys Nabbed i'm
School Prank

Five Imperial Valley high school youths Monday
were added to the number implicated in damaging high
school buildings in E Centre and Brawley.
The number certified to juvenile court stands at %
since Deputy Sheriff. Joe Lizararas rounded up five
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25
Veteran Captures
Swiss Swing Title

HOLTVILLE, Oct 25.-John Duer, veteran who had
wrested for five years until Sunday proved to lmpe
rial Valley Swiss residents during the weekend that the
championship he held in Switzerland was not
accident but resulted from the technique that left
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

Peace Officers rodeo notes: -
Motorists who attended the sleuth-
blowout at Brawley Sunday will
need long time to regain respect
for Captain A. F. Oswalt of the
highway patrol :. =. after seeing
him astride a burro that could have
walked out from under at any time
=. Whisker5 were the order of the
day but not because Of the
.rodeo d. Bra wiley is going to have
a '49ers Days celebration . and
you should see the facial adorn-
ments E. everything from handle
bars to sideburns the wearers could
put in their trouser pockets =. I.
The unshaded grandstand looked
like a forest of paper hats and
hankerchiefs donned to keep
off the sun . Best Of all was the
ticket selling garb Of the officers
.. &. They wore carpenters aprons
so they could make change :. and
somebody remarked it looked like
maybe they were planning to go to
work :. for a change. ss.ts
-.a--s4 e. - ;
In Between
The Goble Hursts made q day
of it Sunday. At Holtville in the
Morning for the Swiss club frolic,
they went on to Brawley in the
afternoon for the law enforcement
blowout. RR will not say where
they ate lunch, for fear of hurting
someone's feelings.
And at HoI'ville--
The Swiss club get-together con-
vinced RR that Swiss Swinging is
nothing in the world but the same
thing American wrestling used to
be, before the modern Barnums
made a circus act out of it .
John Duer proved that the old
timers have spark of life in them
yet by winning the wrestling
contest after an absence of five
years from the Sawdust circle
But Jules Zumstein was the chap
who got the attention of the young
ladies with RR. 1t was partly his
physique 4. and partly the beauti-
full black and red jacket he wore
while refereeing . RR suffered
along with Charles Mueheim when
he ground his nose deep into the
sawdust under pressure from Joe
Mueller . and came up without
even sneeze which Is more
than we could have done. The
two swinging veterans who got
most applause were John Durral
and Fred Omlin >. especially when
bystander poured a bottle of
refreshment down the back of Om-
Inns trousers to give him new zest.
A Happy Day
The Post-Press office was a
good place to work Monday Paul
Jenkins, the publisher fellow, broke
Hoo on the golf course for the first
ktime Sundav-he got 99-and the
width of his grin threatened to
unseat his dental work all day
Monday.
A New Kind ~,
"Oh. SO you've grown a NOUS
IdcIle! Sdlu h1 duulJ lfleIf1 UO
threa-year old Mary Margaret Ben
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Benson.
mo" retorted the child. tenn
porarily removing the Halloween
mask she was wearing, "it's girl
tache'
o.
Minus Sound Effects
Earl Walker. who probably is in
hibited when it comes to vocal
effort. was noticed the other day
atop tractor at the Barbara Worth
golf course. happily carolling melo-
dies at the top of his lungs. RR
cannot report the name of the song
he was singing, unfortunately, it
might have been grand opera, or it
might have been Minnie The
Moocher." 1t was lost to posterity
in the roar of the tractor-but we
can say that Earl has very hand
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

Butter: Los Angeles 36; b ut
terfat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch
grade A As; manufacturing milk
38; route gathered cream 34.s.
L. A. H ay; u. S. No. l s19-19.50
30. 2 leafy $3.50 $3.50; No 2
$500 $3.50.
Minneapolis Flax, Dec. S2.05A
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

A New Kind .,-
"Oh. so you've grown NOUS
tache?" said an adult frien1 to
threa-year old Mary Margaret Ben
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs John
Benson.
mo" retorted the child. tenn
porarily removing the Halloween
mask she was wearing, "it's girl
tache"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-25

A Happy Day
The Post-Press office was a
good place to work Monday. Paul
jenkins, the publisher fellow, broke
|l0O on the golf course for the first
time Sundav-he got 99-and the
width of his grin threatened to
unseat his dental work all day
Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-10
Sport
 Stunts
,Ra RkR.

Brother teams in 6-day bike rac- ing are not new. John and Menus Bedell teamed up and so did Theo- dore and Henry Wynsdau, Otto and Walter Nickel and Marcel and Rene Boogman. But the latest brother act" of Peden and Peden threatens to surpass the records of all the others.
 William (Torchy) Peden and bro- ther Douglas will ride as a team in the grind at Madison Square Gar den. It will not be their first ex- perience at mates. They showed to advantage in the recent Buffalo grind, romping off with first money after garrison finish in which they stole a lap on the field in the final 10 minutes. It was their first tandem victory. Now they are anxi- ous to continue as partners.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-10
GAME COMMISSION TO BE GUESTS OF
 JUNEAU CHAMBER

Members of the Alaska Game Commission will be guests of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at its weekly luncheon in the Terminal Cafe tomorrow. Also returning to meet again with the Chamber will be c. D. Beale, who has been Out side.
 Secretary Curtis Shattuck an- nounced that there would be dis cussion on the Executive Board &C., tion in approving a bill providing for repeal of provisions imposing a license tax on vessels and trans fering power to tax such vessels to the Territory. "The provisions IT question:" he said, "are contained in an old act of Congress passed for the Territory and imposing license taxes on all kinds of business" Rev. enues of Alaska cities are in.olvsd he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-10
THIRTY-SIX SAIL
 FROM THIS PORT
 ABOARD ALASKA A

Sailing from the Pacific Coast Dock yesterday for Lynn Canal and Westward ports. the steamer Alaska took 36 passengers outbound from Juneau.
 Leaving Juneau for SkagwaJ aboard the steamer were
 Dan Nicholson, Harry Kruth George Honold. For Haines were N. A. McEachran, Audrey Watkins Mrs. T. A. Wharton.
 Bound for Cordova were: Mary Cauthorne, Thelma Shriver, P. Pc varnitsin, Steve Dapho, L. A. Var Cleve, and E. G. Glassine. For Val deg were; Kay Kennedy, c. J. Egan and s. M. Johnson.
 Enroute to seward were. Tony Craviolini, Margaret Dunnegan, c E. Blankenship, Mrs. Fred Muller Frank Djursen. V. c. Bingham, c J. Simon, A. E. Schoettler, George Munroe, H. J. Parker, F. J. Derrin- ger, Stanley Bartlett, Milo Jurono- vich. J. O'Day, Richard Wakelin, s Lachmann, H. A. Gerstman, Ka. Louring, w. H. Chadwick, Everett Howell, and Fred J. Hotes.