davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-06
- BY E. A. FITZHUGH =

Political control of the entire Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict appeared Friday a dormant factor which may
behind thescenes figures into action before ballot
ing day comes in the Feb election which will send into
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-06
ASSEMBLY ADOPTS
DEFICIENCY BILL

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS
DEFICIENCY BILL
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 6. up
The assembly today adopted by
unanimous vote the S19.975. 900
relief deficiency appropriation
bill after more than two hours
of vigorous debate in which an
attempt to inject partisan poll
tics was charged by members of
both parties.
dersCn, state relief administrator
and other high state officials to
determine the exact status of the
Continued on Page 2: Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-06

NEW YORK, Jan. 6. (UP)-Policemen, disguised
criminals and aided by coast guardsmen and customs
agents, sprang trap smuggling mob early today,
captured three and seized S150,0O0 worth of opium
after a gun battle the Brooklyn waterfront.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-06

lStratlon blII to repleniSh relief
funds which will be exhausted Sun
day The Republican minority led
a move to question H. Dewey An
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-06
Police Disguised as Thugs Trap Mob
Delivering Big Opium Shipmentto
New York Amid Rain. lightning

Officer Wounded ir Gun Battle as Smugglers
I1en Fire Attempting to EIude Net Thrown
About Deck When Launch Lands COntraband
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-06
District Control
Dormant Factor i'm
Pending Election
Factions Quiet as Candidates Map Plans
For Campaigns to Fill Directorships.
Offices Of Treasurer, Assessor

S articles relating to
the campaign which will
Irrigation District election
A. FITZHUGH
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-06

Butter: Los Angeles, 29isel but
terfat. Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, 37I6e; manufacturing milk.
30l9c; route gathered cream. sSc.
La. Hay: U. S. No. 1 extra leafy
S16-17, U. 5. No. 1. S13.5O-1Ii No.
2 Ieafy S125O-13OO; No. 2, S1i.00;
MinneapoGs flax, May, S1.89la.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-08
Indie pro Ceskoslovensko.

ceskoslovenska tragedie do
sla ziveho ohlasu take V Indii.
V jedne re svych recf vycftal
poslanec Pandit Javaharlal
Nehru anglicke politice, re u
snadnila obetovani Ceskoslo-
venska, ably zachranila sebe.
Znamy americky journalistic
Gail Borden, nynf sefredaktor
Daily Times" obdrzel cd ia
havarlal Nehru, jenz je jak
znamo duvernym pritelem M.
Ghandiho, re Indie poskytne
Anglii vsemoznou podporu, bu-
deli chranit Ceskoslovensko.
Psal mu doslovne. Should
England go to the defense of
Czechoslovakia and stand a.
gainst the inroads of Nazi ty-
rany, then England could ex-
pect complete and solid from
those very Indians she might
had reason to distrust." Nehru
jest V Indii vGdcem hnut1, ku
kteremu sc hlasi vice nez $50
milionu Hindu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-08

Rad Cechie, {. 2775 Standard
Life Asso. odbyva sve sch1ze 2
a 4 1terek v mesfci v Delnic-
KEN Dome, Madison a Rose ul.
Predseda Vino. Suchanek, TIT
N. Milton Ave-, mfstopredseda
Flip Noha, tajemnfk Ant. j.
svejda, 730 N. C~ollington Ave.
(1radovna "Slavie"), 1cetnfk
Aug. Klecka, pokl. F. Base,
domovnfk F. Kankovsky.
Del. Podp. Spolek "Rovnost'
odbyva schGze kazdou 3 stredu
v mesfci We spolkove mfstnosti
v Delnickem Dome, Madison a
Rose ul. Predseda Jan Zitnik
tajemnfk F. Cincibus NIL, gil
N. Rose St., dcetnfk FIR. Cinci
bus ST., 721 N. Montford Ave.
pokladn1k V. Svec, 813 N. Clio
yer ST. Revisori: J. Santa a A
Cincibus.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-08

techto podmfnek pracovaIi
jsme 13 tydn1. Ma plat isme
81 nafikat nemohli, ale bohu-
Eel Ia vydelane penize memo
hi jsme mic poTadneho dostati.
Co Sc tyce jfdla, prosfm vas, a.
byste V novinach napsal, re ia
kove j1dlo, jake jsme dostavali,
n~edostavaly We svobodnem Ces-
koslovensku ami swine. Ia mic
nechtel bych Sc vratit do toho
pekla. Dokonale jsem poznal
Jaky je zivot Nemecku a iaka
Je nemecka prace.
Pc ID tydnech prace V tech
strasnych podmfnkach rozho-
dli jsme Sc, re uteceme. Jiz
Sc zacatku chteli jsme utikat
90 Polska. Prosili jsme O do
volenou a dostali jsme 10 dnf
dovolene, poctfajfc V to cestov-
nj dny. Touzili jsme jeti do
vlasti, r~ozloucit Sc s nasimi ro-
dinami a ma zpatecnf ceste ute
ci do Polska. z pocatku chte-
Ii Jsme vyskocit Chojnicfch,
bohuzel nebyly k tomu vhodne
podmlnky a proto ucinili jsme
tax az Tszewu. Vedeli jsme,
re zde nam Nemci nemohou
mic udelat, protoze jsem v Pol
sku. Ma nadrazf ujali sc mas
polstl dfednici. Jsme spoke
jeni Sc SWIM pobytem v Polsku.
Vsichni Sc k nam chovajf pfa-
telsky a nezachazeji S Mani
tax jake Nemci. Prosim, abyste
to vsechno napsal, at vsichni
vedl, co to je nemecky "protek-
torat".
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-08
Historka ceskeho kralicka.

Ut1kal cesky kral1cek. Uti-
kal strachem Cd Prahy ma W.
chod. Bezel pres Moray, aniz
Sc zastavil, bezel jeste rychleji
pres slovenske doliny a vrchy,
letel primo pres romantiku
Podkarpatske Rust a zastavil
Sc udychan a spocen az ma ru-
munskych hranicich. Sotva
je preset a sotva Sc trochu vzpa
matoval, narazil ma rumunske-
no kral1cka. A maly rumun-
sky kralfcek vida sveho bratra
v takovem zubozenem stavu,
vyslleneho, chv6jfcfho Sc jeste
otazal Sc soucitne: Proc pax
tax utikas, pred elm prchas?
Cesky kral1cek hodil ockem
pc rumunskem kamaradovi a
o%dpovida: Ale Wis, oni ii Mem
ci u~fezavaj1 u mas konfm oca-
sy a tax jsem utekl
Rumsky kral1cek Sc podfval
udivene: No, dobTe, kdyz u
fezuj1 kon1m ocas, toz tvs ne
potTeboval m1ti strach.
Cesky kral1cek pokyval smut
ne hlavou a pod1val sc ma ru-
munskeho kral1cka take s 1di-
vem: Co pax ty Wis! Jak to
tenn NemcGm dokazu, re nej-
sem kun a jen kralfcek -.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-08
ZRNKA

Narod nikdy nem1ze dlouho
zustati ma polovicnf ceste a by
tt narodem jen Poole jmena
nebo jen sym jazykem, zvyky
a folklorem. Kazdy narod je
vzdy bud narodem zdravym a
celym nebo hyne a zahyne. il
ne moznosti mani Jenom
bloud NIUE VERT, re by kdy
clovek mohl trvale dychati O.
travny plyn a piece 81 zachova-
ii zivot.
r. J. Maly Lumlru.
Pc ztrate ceske samostatno-
sti ma Bile HoTe jsme take ne
NELL pc tTi sta stolet1 vlastnf
vojsko: A sve narodni byti
jsme pfece ochranili a to podi-
YOU, trvalou a pilnou prac1.
F. Kocourek prazskem rozhl.
Nenf v1dce ten, kdo Tfka
"pros1m", nybrz ten, kdo ma
pravem mist6 r1ka "ano" a ma
praVem "ne".
Vecer.
Jestlize jsme byli S to usku-
tecniti jednotu v nasem politi-
ckem zivote, tim sp1se je nutno
sc zasaditi O nj vSude tam, kde
narodn1mi silami je zbytecne
mrhano ma Skodu narodniho
celku.
Narodnl listy.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-08

Josef Martinez.
Tiskove sluzby Csl Mar. Rady.

Europa plati jiz 1cet "a IRA
du, spachanou loni ma Cesko-
slovensku.
Plat il velmi draho.
Velikost 1ctu rovna sc veil
kosti zleho cinu.
Valka nebo novy "appease-
ment", jenz by byl pfedehrou
valky pozdejsf, je pfede DIVER
mi.
Kdyby zapadnf mocnosti by
ly loni byvaly dostaly svym "a
vazkGm a spolu S Ceskosloven-
skem pevne celily spolecnemu
n~ebezpec1, nebylo by valky To-
nj, ami letos. Ale Ceskosloven-
sko bylo nesmyslne obetovano
"miru" a dnes valka hrozi Sc
rozpoutat V pine dravosti a
nejstrasnejs nicive sfle. A "a
hors1ch podmfnek nez loni.
z protinacisticke fronty bylo
loni vyradeno Ceskoslovensko
a v minulych dnech samo Sc z
nj vyTadilo sovetske Rusko,
sbl1zivsf Sc s nacistickym Ne
meckem.
Manly a neocekavany OBJ
chod Ruska z protinacisticke
fronty je pro mas nesporne tez-
kou ranou, coz 81 nijak nezap1-
rame a nezast1rame. Zpdsobi
Jiste rozladen1 a poklesnut1
nalady tech nasich lidl donna
i v Americe, kteTi v Rusko skla
dali nadeje az blouznive a fam
tasticke. Nen1 to vsak smrtel-
ma rama, jak Sc mohou domn1-
vat jen kratkozracl malovernl,
kter1 nar1kaj1: "Vsechno je
marne, kdyz Sc Rusko spojilo S
Nemeckem a zradilo mas hGre
nez Anglie." I tato rama je z
druhu tech pohrom, o nichz
plat1 slovo filosofa: Ktera rama
mne nezabije, cini mne silnej-
sim.
Odpad Ruska, ktery pre-
kvapil zejmena, ty, kdoz 81 CT
Mill iluse O diktatorech, pfispe-
je V nasich radach k jistemu
vyjasnenf.
Opravf predevslm nazory
tech, kdoz Sc stale jeste dom
nfvaj1, re Ceskoslovensko mo-
hlo sc loni S lehkou mysli pu-
slit do valky "a ruske pomoci.
Loni uz mohli videt, jak bezna-
dejny by to byval byl zapas,
kdyz Ceskoslovensko melo bo-
jovat S jednfm neprftelem, S
Nemeckem, ale proti trem ne
pratel1m zvenci a trade uvni-
tt. A ted mohou videt jak i
ruska pomoc byla nejen presto
rove daleka, ale i problemati-
cka.
Oprav1 81 take dnes MAJOR ii,
kdoz zazl1vajf veden1 druheho
odboje, re nesazf vse ma jednu
kartu, ma jejich kartu: ma jed
noho spojence, jenz Sc jim IDA
nejleps1.
Celia akce nase byla by dnes
v troskach, kdybychom byli
vsadili jen ma kartu Ruska, cd
nehoz nekteT1 nasinci, polite
ky nedost proz1rav1, ocekavali
jedinou pomoc. TAX jake by Sc
byl octl v troskach odboj prvy,
kdyby byl Masaryk vsadil ma
pocatku boje vsechno ma kartu
Ruska carskeho, jak mu radili
nekteff nekritict1 rusofilove, a
zanedbal orientaci.
Jake pred ctvrtstoletfm plat
i v druhem osvobozenskem "a
pasu: nesazet ma jednu kartu a
nevazat Sc vylucne ma jedine-
no spojence, necht je to Rusko,
Polsko nebo Francie. Bylo by
tezkou chybou delat politiku
Jinou nez prave Ceskosloven-
skou, ktera osud naroda nase-
no spojuje S osudem cele Evro-
py, zapasfc1 O svobodu.
Nen1 vsak nase vec uz ztra-
cena, kdyz Sc dohodlo Rusko s
Nemeckem a kdyz Stain nava-
zal politicke sbllzeni S Hitle-
rem : sblfzenf, O nemz arci nell
re dnes pTedvfdat jak d1ouho
potrva a elm skoncf ?
Nen1.
Dojde-li k valce a srazi-li Sc
nacisticke Nemecko Sc zapad-
mimi velmocemi Dude to BOZ ma
zivot a ma, smrt. A v tonic "a
pase nepGjde o to, jak bro u
dola Nemecko zaskocenou Pol
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-08
C.. S. A.

Loze Jirf Podebradsky {. "a
C,S.A. odbyva sch6ze posledni
pondel1 v mesici v mist. Ceske
Svob. Skoly, Ashland a Glover
ul. Lacine ~pojisteni pro oboji
pohlavi ma $1,000, $3.50, $500,
$3.50. U Loze tez mono po-
jistiti dftky cd 2 let WISE
Pfedseda Jan Proxies, tai. K.
Stock, 2412 E. Monument St.,
1cetn1k Jind. Polacek, 623 N.
Curley ST., pokl. v. Pavlfk,
1901 Gardenas Avenue.
Rad Blank {. 1O1 C.S.A. Cd
byva sch1ze 2. sobotu v mesici
v 8 hodin vecer v Sokolovne
|Pfeds. Jos. Novotny, 1912 E.
Eager ST., mfstopfeds. j. Pro
chazka, tai. A. Vancura, 9O6
N. Madeira ST., 1cet. AL. Ma
Sex, 626 N. Curley St., pokl. K.
Stock, 2412 E. Monument st.
LOze Jaroslav z DUDE c. 154
6. S. A., odbyva schGzi kazdy
3 patek v mesfci v mistnostech
Delnickeho Domu,25O7 E. Ma
Olson st. PTeds. A. Stanek, tai
A. Rys, 80 N. Glover ST., 1cet.
JOS. E. Flip, 1873 N. Milton Av.
pokl. j. zitnfk, 824 N. Port st.
Zastupci do Patronatu F. Hell
duk, J.. Prochazka. Zastupci do
Sdruzenych SpolkG: K. Matras
a r. Dunaja.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-08

~ O1&A xAs ~
Statnf Rada "Katol. Delhi
ka" Statu Maryland. Kaplan
vldp. Josef Stepanek, gill
Ashland Av., pTeds. Mat. Hla-
vac, m1stopred. Bob. Businsky,
tai. V. Havlik, I'll N. Colling-
ton Ave-, pokl. K. Peterka, d.
venfci: JOS. Hajek, j. Rynes, j.
Dolivka, dozorce V. Hlavac.
Spolek ssv. Petra a Pavla e.
.29, K. D., odbyva sve schuze
kazdou 3. nedeli v mes1ci We 2.
bod. odpol. v mfstnosti sv. Va
clavske ma Collington Avenue.
Preds. M. Hlavac, mfstopfeds.
Jos. Hajek, tai. Jos. j. Wallis,
fin. tai. a pokl. Jan w. Wallis,
vybercf V. Hlavac. Adresa
spolku 2216 Jefferson ST.
Spolek sv. Prokopa, Odbor
Mladeze Jednoty Katolicky
Delnfk odbyva sve schdze tretl
nedeli v meslci v 1. hodinu Cd
poledne v dolejsf skolni mist
nosti. Dftky Sc prij1maji cd |
do Is rokG, platf sc 25 cent?
mesfcne. Obnos pojisteni die
staff. Norbert Hlavac, vyberci,
913 N. Port ST., Jan w. Wallis,
dozorce. 2216 jefferson St.
SPOLKY I. U. j.
G. A. r. K. P. Spolek sv. Vol
techa {. 259. SchGze kazdou 3.
nedeli v mesfci We 2. bod. odp.
We skolnf budove. Pred. V. Ko-
zlovsky, ~assistent J. Kordula,
tai. Jos. F. Viktor, 961 N. Ches-
ter St., pokl. F. Ocenasek, IL
cetnik V. Kozlovsky cd I. q. ].
a zastupce spolku. Spolek pri-
jima do spolku Cd 1916 let
a to doposud bezplatne.
BOZ SOKOLSKE:
Sokolska Jednota "Blesk"
odbyva schGze 2 patek v mes1-
ci v 8. hod. vecer v Sokolovne.
Sprawl vybor Sokolovny scha-
ri Sc kazdy 1 1tery v mesici.
Rozvrh hodin telocvicne skoly:
V 1tery a v patek cviceny jsou
hosi cd 6 bod. vec. We stfedu a
v sobotu cviceny jsou dfvky cd
6 do 7 vecer. PFihlasky pTijfma
V case vyucovanf ucitel JOS. Po-
korny. Starosta F. Hejny, nam.
O. Cesky, jednatel Jarka Ma
res, 1913 E. Eager ST., po-
kladnfk E. Kliment, 900 N.
Bradford ST., dcetnfk J. Kolo-
mazn1k, 737 N. Lakewood Av.,
nacelnfk J. Stetka, vzdelavatel
FIR. Bouda, knihovnfk Albert
Taborsky.
Telocvicny a Podporujfci
Spolek Katolickych Sokol6 a
Sokolic sv. Vita cfslo 8, Kat.
Jed. Sokol, odbyva schGze v s
hodin vecer vzdy 1 pondeli 20
Is v mesfci We spolkove mist
nosti v Kat. Budove, Madison
a Duncan ul. Kaplan Vldp.
Martin Oktavec, C. SIS. r.,
preds. A. Bourek, mfstopreds.
F. Miksajn, fin. taj.-pokl. F. J.
Chyba, prot. tai. V. Dvorak,
OFT N. Castle St., vyberci FIR.
Polanka, naceln1k V. Smutny,
pod-nacelnik John Voj1k,
Sokolice :-Preds. E. Bright,
tai. D. Komin, 1903 N. Montford
Av., pokl. M. A. Hisley, nacel-
nice A. Snyder, 1908 Ashland
Ave. Cvicf Sc V dtery a v patek
cd 7 do II Sokolove a We sire
du Cd 7 do 10 Sokolice. Pri-
hlasky Sc prijfmajf pTi kazdem
cvicenf v Katolicke Budove.
Sbor Delnickeho Amer. So
kola poTada sch1ze kazdy 2.
patek v Delnickem Dome, Ma
olson a Rose ul. Predseda A
Vancura, 9O6 N. Madeira St.,
tai. J. Koutn1k, I'll N. Glover
ST., 1cet. F. Steiner,712 N. Clio.
yer St., pokl. V. Prochazka
813 N. Kenwood Avenue.
c. S. A.
Loze Jirf Podebradsky {. 81
C,S.A. odbyva schGze posledn.
pondel1 v mes1ci v mist. Ceske
Svob. Skoly, Ashland a Glover
ul. Lacine pojistenl pro oboj.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-08
SPOLKY |. u. j.

G. A. K. K. P. Spolek sv. Vol
techa {. 259. SchGze kazdou 3.
nedeli v meslci We 2. hod. odp.
We skolnf budove. Pred. V. Ko-
zlovsky, assistent j. Kordula,
tai. JOS. F. Viktor, 961 N. Ches-
ter St., pokl. F. Ocenasek, u
cetnik V. Kozlovsky cd I. q. j.
a zastupce spolku. Spolek pfi-
lima do spolku Cd 1916 let
a to doposud bezplatne.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-07
Dixie Davis
Is Married,
Under Guard

NEW YORK. Aug. THE one
time gangland lawyer who helped
smash the power of Tammany
Hall, Dixie Davis, was married yes
terday to former show girl Hope
Dare
A police judge performed the
civil ceremony with two detectives
as witnesses. Davis was released
last week from jail after complet-
ing a two-year term for participate
ing in the policy game racket. He
won leniency because he turned
states witness and helped District
Attorney Dewey convict the Tam
many leader, James j. Hines on
racketeering charges.
The disbarred lawyer and Miss
Dare were arrested together at
Philadelphia early in 1898. They
will get no honeymoon because
Davis is heavily guarded against
gangland vengeance and must re-
main available to the New York
City Federal Grand Jury.
The bride is a stunning titan
haired beauty who said she would
marry Davis when released,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-07
HARPER KNOWLES
GIVES TESTIMONY,
BRIDGES HEARING
Denies American Legion
Received Support from
Employers Groups

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Thar
per Knowles, American Legion an
ti-radical leader, today denied at the
deportation hearing of CLIO Leader
Harry Bridges, that the American
Legion's investigation of subverive
activities were backed by any en-
ployer group.
The witness, however. said the
American Legion committee, of
which he was chairman, exchanged
information with industrial and
business groups, He also admitted
he once served in paid position
with the Associated Farmers of Cali
fornia while directing the Legion's
investigation.
Knowles was called by Bridges
defense as an adverse witness. He
was question in an effort to show
the move to deport Bridges was the
result of an alleged conspiracy with
employer groups.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-07
Polish Army Man Gives
Germany Yelled Threat
on Corridor Question
BRITAIN SENDS OUT
FULL WARNING POWER
Killers and Mussolini' S
Armed Forces Regard
ed with Suspicion
lBy Associated Pressl

European war machines were
geared for a swifter pace over the
weekend with August maneuver-
ings, but the continents calm sur
face remained unruffled.
The Danzig Polish quarrel was
the one trouble spot watched most
closely Heat of tension here was
somewhat eased by Warsaw reports
that Nazi authorities OF the Free
City have agreed to negotiate the
customs dispute, most recent bit OF
friction to cause irritation in rela-
lions between Poland and Danzig,
Poland's principal outlet to the sea.
Word of the agreement to nego-
tiate came after a patriotic DEM
onstration yesterday in Krakow in
seic h Marshal Edward Emigly
Rydz, Commander in Chief of the
Polish Army replied TO German
demands for the return of the Free
City by saying that Danzig is the
luflBo Vi IOldilQo tSOiiOliliS liz,
and added that Our conduct as
regards Danzig will be adjusted
with relation to the conduct on
the other side"
The London press hailed his
spec ch as commercially re-
strained, but firm"
Britain was keeping an alert
eye, however, on German and Ital-
ian military operations while she
sent her own land, sea and air
forces out on two months OF I'M
precedented peacetime maneuvers.
London circles displayed particu-
lar interest in German army move
ments in Pomerania, Silesia, and
Moravia, which countries border
Poland, and also watched Italian
war games in Piedmont and Lonr.
hardy, near the French-Swiss fror-
tiers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-07
CHARGE is MADE

SHANGHAI, Aug. 7-BritiSh au-
thorities today charge the Japan
ese with making premeditated at
tacks on British interests.
The charge follows the air raids
Sunday on Ichang, when two Brit
ish steamers were destroyed, four
crewmen killed, five injured and
the Asiatic Petroleum Company
property damaged.
The victims were Chinese with the
exception of II. j. Denyer, Canadian
who is reported to be in a grave
condition as the result of being hit
by fragments of two bombs
The bombing occurred in two sep
arate attacks at Ichang. more than
1000 miles up the Yangtze river
from Shanghai
A strong British protest has been
lodged with Admiral Ottawa, COM
mander of the Japanese naval fore
es in China waters, who said he is
referring the protest to the army
authorities because mo navy planes
were in the attack"
The japanese spokesman said :
I'VE have no information. If il
happened it is regrettable mis-
take"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-07
RICHARD LECHE
IS INDICTED BY
FED, GRAND JURY
Former Governor Of Louis.
lana Posts Bond
Others Named

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. l.
Former Governor Richard Leche,
who left office just six weeks ago
has been indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury along with a Seymour
Weiss, hotel owner and powerful
political figure, on charges OF viola
ton of the Connally hot oil" act
in transaction which each alleged
ly received $4,000.
Named with Leche and Weiss in
the indictment, which Attorney
General Murphy studied yesterday
in Washington, is Freeman Bur-
ford, wealthy independent Dallas,
Texas, oil operator, and the East
Texas Refining Company.
In addition, Weiss is charged in
another indictment with eyading
payment of income taxes for 1926.
Weiss and Louise Lesage, sus-
pended Assistant President Of the
Standard Oil Company OF Louisiana.
are named in a third Indictment
for alleged conspiring together to
violate the income tax laws. Weiss
and Lesage were previously indict-
ed on mail fraud charges.
The bonds of Lesage and Leche
have been fixed at $4,000 each and
bond for Weiss $4,000.
All three appeared at the Federal
Building this afternoon and made
their bonds but refused TO make
any comment on the indictments.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-07
Automobiles Rival AirpIanes
As Effective Weapons Of War
BY PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Aug. Just now
the army is celebrating the 30th an
niyersary of the adoption of the air.
plane as a military weapon, while
forgetting that it is only the 25th
anniversary of the army's purchase
of its first automobile.
And if comparative statistics
mean anything, the automobile and
its monster grandchild, the tank
have become about as effective a
military weapon as the airplane.
The army purchased its first au-
tomobile in 1914, the year tn e
World War broke out, and didn't
buy any more until in 1916 it
bought three trucks to assist Cen
eral rershing in chasing Pancho
Villa.
The first army airplane was or
dered in 1908 and had to guarantee
cruising range of about 125 miles
and a minimum speed of IS miles an
hour. Probably the expectations for
the first army automobile in 1914
were no greater.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-07
Republican
War Horse
Dies Sunday
Frank MondeII, VIII 0
Fought for Unele Joe
Cannon, Passes

WASHINGTON, aug. 7. = Frank
w. Mondell, 10, who as Republic
can floor leader, carried Speaker
Joe Cannons House battles, died
Sunday. For more than three dec
AIDES. his life was spent in active
politics including twelve terms from
wyoming.
Throughout his extended political
career, Mondell was a conservative.
He took pride in the fact that he
was one of those who steadfastly
resisted insurgency in the ranks
of the Republican party. 1t was as
IAN organization man" that he
fought the move to strip Speaker
Cannon of many of his powers and
opposed the Bull Moose candidacy
of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 when
there was admittedly strong senti-
ment for the independent ticket
in many sections of the West.
Orphan at Seven
Mr.. Mondell was born in st.
Louis, Mo, November 6, 1860, the
day that Lincoln was first elected
President. An Orphan at the age
of seven, he went TO live with the
family of Congregational minis
ter by the name of Upton at Mo-
mona, Iowa. Two years later the
Uptons moved to homestead in
northwestern Iowa, and on this
farm 100 miles from a railroad, the
lad lived until he was II.
During his boyhood, Mr.. Mondell
received the smattering of an edu-
cation a frontier settlement Of
fered. He attended country school
for three months each winter, but
was fortunate in making his home
with a man who had an extensive
library, and who supplemented the
boys limited schooling and Wide
reading with educational instruc-
ton.
Branches out at IL
AT the age of 18, young Mondell
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-07

Filler Is Killed.;
Plane AbIaze
Another American Altman
Makes Escape from
Fire by Chute

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 7. - An
American flier was killed and sec
ond made a successful parachute
Jump today when fire broke out in
their planes in two separate acct
dtnts.
Sherwood Johnston of the United
Sugar Company was burned to death
in the crash of his private plane
near Mazatlan, on Mexico's west
coast
Transport pilot Horatio Thomas
escaped by parachute when his ship
caught fire near Merida, State of
Yucatan.