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Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

The shooting was reported to have
grown out of an Imperial Valley
land deal, in which he lost judg-
ment to the father of one of the
attorneys.
Arthur Emil Hansen, 38. was
captured on an upper floor Of the
building after emptying revolver
in the backs of Attorneys J. Irving
Hancock and r. D. Mclaughlin,
killing them both instantly.
Hansen, who said he came here
II years ago from Waconda, South
Dakota, with $35 000 readily ad-
mitted the double Staying which
created such a sensation judges in
adjoining courtroomS dismissed
their juries.
Saw Them 'Smirk'
Hancock and Mclaughlin were
sitting in the front row waiting for
Court Commissioner Kurtz Kauf-
man to convene court for phase
of the complicated legal battle when
Hansen entered.
Il saw them Smirking and laugh
ing at me-" he said later. They
looked at me and talked in low
voice. saw red. jerked my pistol
and shot them down."
Five shots from his revolver rang
out.
The twt attorneys were struck
in the back, McLaughlin's body
rolling to the floor where it lay
in pool of blood. Hancock's feet
were still crossed in an attitude
of relaxation when officers reached
the scene. Both men were dead
Hansen dashed out of the court
room and was running down the
corridor when he bumped into T.
D. Nettle, juror from an adjoin-
ing courtroom.
Shaking, But Defiant
Nettle grabbed him and held
him until several deputy sheriffs
rushed up and took him into GUS
tody.
Hansen was shaking but defiant
when taken to the sheriff's office
on an upper floor.
Il am glad of it," he said 81
had nothing to lose. They swindled
me out of everything I owned and
when l saw them in court whisper
ing together, trying to do me more
harm, went crazy
Il don't regret thing. I am glad
I put them where they can't hurt
anyone else
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

ough and Julian Black, lost a heat
ed argument with the boxing COM
mission after today'S weighing in.
They were forced to make the
champion use New York -manufac-
tured gloves in his title defense,
instead of the Chicago-made mitts
they desired. Joe'S managers in
sisted that the curled-hair padding
in the New York gloves becomes
soggy and shifts away from the
knuckleS when the gloves become
wet with perspiration or water
affording no protection for the box
er'S hands.
Louis had 5A pound advantage
over the German challenger when
they weighed in. The champion
scaled 1881 and Make 1893.
James Eustis, 81, Promoter ia
cobs' head gateman, fell dead in
the stadium of heart attack just
as the crowds started to arrive.
BY $3.50 pm, more than 10000
persons were in the stadium and
arrivals were pouring in from en-
trance. The weather at dusk was
still clear.
Fifteen hundred uniformed po-
licemen were stationed about the
field and stands to prevent any
disturbances.
Negroes were well represented in
the crowds, particularly in the
bleachers and lower stands.
The first preliminary went on at
$50 pm. bringing together Joe
Lubin, 193 Brooklyn, and Bill Com
iskey, 176, Paterson N. j. They
were scheduled to go four rounds.
More than 10000 were in the stad-
ium at the time.
Lubin won the decision. BY this
time the crowd was estimated at
nearly 10000.
Bill Poland, 1876, New York, won
the four round decision over Gene
Bonin, 1874, Willimantic, Conn, in
the second preliminary.
Dake Clark, Detroit Negro light
heavyweight, who is a Stablemate
OF Louis, won a six round decision
in the third preliminary over Bud
Mignault, of Brockton, Mass. Clark
weighed ITS pounds Mignault 175A 4
Al Bray, San Francisco, 211, out
pointed Abe Simon, New York,
250A, in the fourth preliminary.
The main event was then order
ed on.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

bell issued bench warrants for the
IA others named in the indictment,
which charged members of the
German government with actively
directing SPIES in this country.
Issuance of the warrants was on
ly a gesture, for l3 of those in
dicted apparently are III Germany
and safe from eXtradition, and the
other, Mrs. Jesse Wallace Jordon,
is serving a sentence as a spy in
Britain.
Trial date was set for August l.
Those vino pleaded were:
Guenther GustaVe Rumrich, 81
year old sergeant who deserted
from the U. S. army in 1885. He
was arrested last Feb. Is after max
ing a clumsy effort to obtain by
fraud a sheaf of passport applica-
ton blanks.
Johanna Hofmann, 26 year old
hairdresser on the German liner
Europa, in whose quarters, after
her arrest last Feb. %, a spy code
book and discriminating letters we're
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Infant browns
In Tub of Water

BRAWLEY. June %. - Ramon
Armenia. -month-old son Of MI
ana Mrs. Vicente Armenia, drown
ed in a tub of water late Tuesday
as ne played in the yard at his
home at 908 B street.
Mrs. Armenia left the child III
the care of his eight-year-olo
sister, She returned in 20 minutes.
she told Deputy Coroner Herbert
Hughes. to find the baby face down
ward in a tub of water. The chile
lost its life IN foot Of water which
had dripped into the tub from a
hydrant. No inquest was scheduled
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
ROUND ONE

They danced in the center of the
ring. Louis got over the first blow
a light left to the face and follow
ed with another left to the jaw
Louis smeared Schmeling with a
left to the face and smothered him
with a series of lefts and rights
to the face. Schmeling dived in but
was short to the jaw Louis tied
Schmeling with lefts and rights to
the face. Louis staggered Schmeling
with rights to head Louis floored
Schmeling with a right to head
Schmeling got up without a count
Then came the knockout.
The weights were announced as
Schmeling 1913, and Louis 1891.
Schmeling was introduced first
and got a creditable round of ap-
plause. When Louis was introduced
the crowd thundered an ovation
Louis wore a flaming red and blue
bathrobe while Schmeling wore a
gray robe.
Donovan gave final Instructions
in mid-ring.
Joe Louis was the first to enter
the ring and was followed almost
Immediately by Schmeling. Louis
was seconded by Jack Blackburn,
Larry Amedee, Larry Seamon and
Co-manager Julian Black.
In Schmeling's corner were Eddie
Walker, substituting for Max's man
ager, Joe Jacobs, who is under sus-
pension; Edward Doc" Casey and
Max Machon, the challenger's train
er and companion.
A series of former titleholders
were introduced from the ring.
Among them were Gene Tunney
and Jim Braddock
The gloves over which the prin-
cir.uF had qEat aled were put
on after they entered the ring.
Make Baer another former
champion, was introduced as "the
man who probably will meet the
winner of this contest" He was
greeted with mingled boos ana
cheers.
The judges were Billy Kavanaugh
and Eddie Forbes The referee was
Arthur Donovan.
Louis was the So favorite as
the fight started despite the fact
that his managers, John RoXbor-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Skeleton Recalls
Mystery Of Pair
Missing on Ranch

SAN BENITO, Tex, June
%. (UP)-A skeleton found
in the Arroyo Colorado was
examined today by officers
who believed it might be that
of John Luther Blanton, who disap-
peared more than a year ago while
hunting on the King ranch near
Raymondville. Members of the Blan-
ton family sent word that they
would come here today to view
the skeleton and clothing found
with it.
1t was reported that knife
found near the skeleton had the
initial "B" on the handle.
Luther Blanton and his son,
John, disappeared Nov. 18, 1886,
They left home to hunt ducks,
climbed through the fence sur
rounding the forbidden game pre-
serves of the vast King ranch, and
never were seen again.
Their disappearance brought to
a head the intense feeling existing
between ranch operators and small
farmers and townspeople living near
the King domain.
Neighbors of the Blantons, be-
lieving that the two men had been
the victims of foul play, massed for
an armed invasion of the ranch,
threatening to tear down the
fences and burn the buildings" if
the Blantons were not found.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

and $9,O21 900 in loans. The balance
is to be supplied by the local COM
munitieS
Today's ALLEGATIONS were the first
under the So, ,753 100000 spending
lending bill.
PWA received $965,OOO,O 900 of the
recovery total.
The largest project today was for
schools at Southbury, Conn.,, with
a $2,576,7 700 grant and completed
cost of $5,726,0O0.
Fort Wayne, Ind, received a ST.
$4,000 grant towards a $5,160000
sewage improvement project.
Other large projects included a
S4,OOO,OO0 harbor Improvement at
Miami, Fla, with a $1,800000 grant
and a $2,2O0,00O loan; schools al
Jacksonville Fla, to cost S3,712, l22
toward which a $1,670,455 grant was
made; a $1,787,273 amphitheater at
Denver, Colo, with a S804,27 grant
BY the end of this week PWA
officials will have announced ap-
proval of 1000 projects costing
about 100000, 900. All were approved
by the president during the weeks
congress debated the recovery bill.
The bill, including huge approprl-
ations for the unemployed through
the Works Progress Administration
and PWA, and for farmers through
price parity payments and the farms
security administration, had hardly
been made law by Mr., Roosevelt,
when he declared that business was
better than most people believe
and predicted that it would i'm
prove.
Mr.. Roosevelt prefaced his an
nouncements by reaching figures
which, he said, revealed that esti-
mates of national income for the
first three months of 1888 pointed
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

to a 12-month total in excess OF
100000, 100000, compared with $69,-
800,000000 for 1887. He cited this
figure as a definite improvement
over what had been anticipated for
Approximately $55 100000
Departing from the tradititnal
White House rule, he allowed cor
respondents to quote his summation
of the general economic situation
1t was:
There have been a few rain
drops coming from the heavens that
probably will be followed by much
needed showers
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
JOE LOUIS WINNER R!
CHAMP KEEPS
TITLE, KOS
CON TENDER

YANKEE STADIUM NeW York, June % (UP)-A
saUage smashing Champion Joe Louis tonight gained the
most impressive Uengeance in ring history Uhen his
paherke attack knocked out the great German fight
er Max Schmeling his former cOnquerOr in the first
round of their lUOrId title fight before than $4,000
amazed fans.
Referee Arthur DonOUan halted the fight after the
battered and semi unconscious Schneling had been
smashed to the floor three times. SchnieIing in
such terrible shape after hannerng the ropes that
his trainer and friend, Max MachOn hreU in the OUel
after Make had hit the for the second time.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Taken In.
Can Plant Work
Halted byUn

SAN FRANCISCO, June %. (UP)
West coast CIO headquarters an
nounced that steel workers in Amer
ican Can company plants at San
Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose,
Oakland and Los Angeles left their
Jobs today in a one day stop work
demonstration.
!. 1.-The company gave us what they
said was their final offer a spokeS-
man said. I'VE want to negotiate
few more questions before sign
ing. The demonstration today is
to show that we mean business"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

commanded BY kermOde and n
other ship, the name of which Ker-
mode did not remember but said
began with C.
The Sunion sank at $50 am.
after being set afire. The unnamed
ship went down an hour before the
ThorpenesS. One Chinese British
subject aboard the Thorpeness was
killed. The ship was machine gun
ned.
Insurgent planes last night at
tempted to bomb two other British
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

Donovan stopped the slaughter
after 2:04 of the introduction to a
scheduled 15-round bout for which
one of the largest ,crowds in New
York fight history had contributed
what was estimated at more than a
million dollars.
Schmeling, grim -visaged, beetle
browed German veteran in the pur-
pie tights, never had a chance in
this futile attempt to become the
first heavyweight in history to re-
capture the crown.
The time was 2:04 of the first
round. A towel was thrown in
from Schmeling's corner. Referee
Donovan ordered Louis to neutral
coner and awarded the fight to
Louis on a technical knockout.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
BERLIN BETS ON
MAKE,

BERLIN, June %, CUP) - Max
Schmelng was the man of the hour
in Germany tonight,
He was 81 favorite with few
takers, to win the worlds heavy
weight championship from Joe
Louis, German confidence in him
was famed by the intense interest
in the bout.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

ships in the harbor at Alicante.
south of Valencia. Loyalist officials
said the bombs struck and sank a
foreign tugboat."
Today's attack brought TO 20
the British merchant ships attacked
by Nationalist planes, presumably
from the Baleafic Islands, during
the last five months.
The Thorpeness was attacked once
before. On January 20 three planes
Continued on Page 3; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
AUTO AND TOOLS
STOLEN AT CAlEXlCO

CALEXICO. June 22.--An auto
mobile, with tools valued at $l00.
were stolen from the streets of Cal
exico early Wednesday morning,
William j. Cameron. owner, told
police.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Former. Enra9ed
Over Nv. Deal
Slays Lawyers

LOS ANGELES, June % (UP)-A young former South
Dakota farmer distracted at the thought of being ruined
by of litigation, late today shot and killed two
attorneys he believed mockng him in virtually
deserted courtroom in the Hall of Justice
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Baseball Results
AMERICAN

First Game
New York ........ 900 900 OlO-1 8 /
Cleveland ...... 800 000 00x-3 3 O
Gomez 65 Dickey, Glenn; Harder
& Hamsley.
Boston ............ 900 021 OO0-3 8 2
Detroit .......... 500 002 0lX-8 10 0
Grove Rogers, Wagner, Dickman
& Desautels; Kennedy & York.
Washington o. 600 O01 002- 3 3
Chicago ...... l31 213 50x-16 II 0
w. Ferrell, Weaver Hogsett 81 f.
Ferrell, Guiliana; Stratton & Rem
sa.
Philadelphia ...........................- 100 lO4
st. Louis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 00l 600
Caster & Rrucker; Mills & Heath.
Second Game
New York %. .................-..-... 600 O0l
Cleveland ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. O13 900
Pearson & Dickey; Allen 81 PVT
lax
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Three British Ships Sunk by Bombs
Off Valencia, Bringing Total to
2S Attacked in Recent Months

VALENCIA Spain June %. (UP)-Three British
ships bombed and sunk by Nationalist arplanes OF
here today, Captain KermOde commander of one OF TN
vessels told the United Press.
The same raider attacked the Sunion the Thorpeness
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
-Four Accused in Nazi Spy Ring Go
Before Federal Court to Enter
Pleas OF Not Guilty, Bond Set

NEW YORK, June o. (UP)-Four accused spies, in
dcted by federal grand jury members of German
espionage ring that obtained United States military secrets
pleaded not guilty in federal court today and
tinued in bail of $4,000 each Federal Judge Vincent Lie
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Recovery Drive
Under Way With
Bio AIIotments
so Thousand Dollars Approved in Loans
Grants During First Day Of Program
For Industrial Shot in Arm

WASHINGTON June 22. (UP)-The Public Works
Administration today opened the New Deals spending
recovery drive with ALLEGATION of $5O653715 in loans and
grants for POI projects with total value of $92520374
The ALLEGATIONS included SAL 632 7l5 in outright grants
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

BackWardS--
A left handed compliment came
out of a recent RTI item about
ALA Blanche stevens and Bill Jim
Sharp. youngsters who compared
relatives size of their freckleS.
Coming home after weathering q
gale of comment on the item, Bill
Jim was in something of pet
and said:
Darn it. Everybody reads that
old paper!'
First Clue
CirCumstantial evidence indi-
Gates the missing shoe has been
located at the courthouse. The
black oxford. found in the clerk S
office, may not be the one lost
not long ago by Hugh McKinnon
while trying a case, but it looks a
lot like it,
Someone must have had the idea
of filling" it officially.
Disappointing
Rumor has it that Arno Yaeckel,
who helped organize fishing
party tc San Diego last week, will
never organize another. He was
very uncomfortable the whole
time. gaStronomically speaking.
Page Translator
See can you figure this one out
It came in the mail to the Post
Press.
I'm sory that you have sotch a
big troblc whet me about paying
the bill. In overlodet Whet pamet
at the present time baut before
lang l havet and than you wont
have ase notch treble whet me
any more"
Hats Off
RR is still puzzled why more
than 20 hats, straw hats and felt
hats of all descriptions, we're scat
tered over the highway between
Calexico and Heber Tuesday night.
d
Taken In
This lad will get along. He works
at Clements and, although he was
MT supposed to, waited on RI
when the other clerks were busy
The following conversation took
Continued on Page 3; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

Butter: Los Angeles. 27es But
terfat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch
grade A, 35c; manufacturing milk,
29c, route gathered cream, 26c.
L. A. Hay; u. S. No. l S14.-1i.50.
No. 2 Ieafy S13-13.50; No. 2, Sl1-12.
Minneapolis, flax May S177Ia.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Page TransIa tor
Hats Off

RR is still puzzled why mor'
than 20 hats, straw hats and fel
hats of all descriptions, we're scat
tered over the highway between
Calexico and Heber Tuesday night
Evening star., 1938-08-28
Terrier Returns
FromCapeCod
Insane Tuxicab

Peggy, Boston bull terrier of Mrs
Walter Peake, 2755 Macomb street
NV, who whs forced by the incon-
siderateness of train conductors to
70 to Cape Cod in taxicab with her
mistress, is back in town today after
q, return trip in the same taxi.
Peggy, who acquired considerable
notoriety when she began her lengthy
taxi jaunt about month ago, was
the recipient, through her mistress. OF
all kinds of conciliatory offers from
various transportation companies for
the return trip, but was unmoved. And
when E. Erwin Dollar. independent
taxi driver, called for the family at the
resort. she could hardly wait to get
into the cab
The Peakes, Peggy and Mr.. Dollar
arrived here Friday with Mrs. Peake
already looking forward to a taxicab
vacation trip next summer. and Mr.
Dollar. who made two round trips to
Cape Cod, rejoicing in a comfortable
fare.
The Peakes met Mr.. Dollar last
November when he took them and q
friend on a tour of Washington.
Evening star., 1938-08-28

The Government, he contended, should
not be placed under the costly obliga.
-tion of retrying an antitrust case
until after an appellate court has
passed on the legal soundness of the
order granting a new trial. He said
the necessity of retrying this case will
result in the delaying Of other impor-
tant prosecutions.
Particular exception was taken to
the action OF Judge Stone in freeing
defendants despite the conviction by
the jury. In that connection, Mr.
Arnold said:
The effect of this procedure. If it
be sustained. is to subject criminal
cases under the antitrust laws to the
uncontrolled power of the trial Judge
to nullify the jury's verdict of guilty
without the opportunity for judicial
review by an appellate court, and
without the opportunity for any fur
ther trial. 1t is the opinion Of the
department that this does not repre-
sent the law in criminal cases ..
The department has been able to
find no precedent either in the general
rules of the common law of crimes or
in the Federal criminal procedure for
such a step, but on the other hand
there are rulings which the depart
ment considers. show that no such
power is accorded a judge"
1t was announced Judge Stone al
ready has been asked to rescind his
order freeing the defendants in ques-
ton on the ground it was null and
void.
Evening star., 1938-08-28

warrant would have to be "sweetened"
with a 2 per cent redemption stamp"
purchased with real money. At the
end of year it would bear $1.o4 in
stamps and would be redeemable in
cash for 81. Meanwhile, it would
circulate as money among all who
would accept it. The State would be
required to accept the warrants at
face value in payment of fees anl
taxes, and State employees would have
to accept half of their salary in these
warrants.
The Chamber of Commerce said the
State would have to issue S1,265,O0O,
900 worth of the warrants annually to
more than 100000 eligible recipients
and that their turnover would have
to aggregate $65, 100000 a year
within the State-approximat equal
to the national income-in order to
justify the per cent weekly "redemp-
ton" process.
The San Francisco Retail Mer-
chants Association announced its
members would not accept the war
rants even if they we're offered be-
cause they would not be able to buy
goods with them outside the State.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
C0L0RED MAN ASKED
FOR SUPREME COURT
Elks Convention Urges That
Negro Be Named to Take
Cardozo Vacancy.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 27.-Urging ap-
pointment of a colored man to fill the
vacancy on the Supreme Court, the
Improved Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks of the World, a colored
organization, installed officers today
and concluded its 39th annual conven-
ton.
Hobson R. Reynolds. Philadelphia,
former Pennsylvania State legislator,
presented the resolution urging ap-
pointment of a colored man to sue
ceed the late Justice Benjamin Car
dozo. and recommending Robert L.
Vann, Pittsburgh publisher of q ma
tional colored newspaper.
J. Finley Wilson. Washington, d. c.,
was installed as grand exalted ruler,
and James E. Kelly, Birmingham, Ala,
as grand secretary.
New York was chosen for next year.
convention city.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
JOHN COOLIDGE
IS c. 0.P. CHOICE
Chosen as Convention
Delegate by Party in
Connecticut.
Pr the Associated Press.

IL tne hSSOCldted PTeSS.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, Aug. 81
John Coolidge was elected a delegate
to the Connecticut Republican con-
vention today but promptly dis
claimed any desire to follow in the
political footsteps of his famous father,
the late President Calvin Coolidge.
Young Coolidge said he was going
to the convention here next month,
but as for seeking public Office or a
full-time career in politics, That's
not for me-"
i've got job to do" he said, re-
ferring to his work in the New Haven
railroad which began in 1928 after he
got his sheepskin from Amherst COL
lege. L haven't got time to be dab
bling in politics"
Election Is Surprise.
His election as a delegate at large
by fellow Republicans in the l4th
senatorial district came as surprise
to the 32-year-old railroad purchas-
ing agent, whose retiring nature has
given him a reputation among New
Haveners for taciturnity akin to that
which bestowed the nickname Silent
Cal' on his father
That's news to me-" he said, when
informed of his election. Il don't
quite understand this. don't get it
at all"
MIR. Coolidge explained he made
his debut in politics in his home
town of Orange earlier this week by
his election to the Town Committee
and as an alternate to the State
convention. But" he added. Il hadn't
heard they we're planning to do this
today at the district convention.
Assured 1t Was No Mistake.
He was assured his election wasn't
mistake" and that he could carry
to the convention credentials both as
a full-hedged delegate and as an
alternate
Flashing the dry wit which char
acteriZed the late President, who be-
gan his climb to the presidency by
entering municipal politics while a
small town Massachusetts lawyer.
young Coolidge commented with a
| chuckle:
We'll. I guess I'll get in all right.
The convention will nominate can
didates for the November State cleo
ton.