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Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Health Officials
Report No More
Paralysis Cases

County health officers, nurses
physicians. and school authorize.
made an intensive survey of I'M
oerial countys juvenile population
Monday but ne cases Of infanlIe
paralysis were discovered.
Hysteria following the death last
week OF two Imperial children o.
mtantile paralysis, had quietec
greatly over the week end, authorl-
ties agreed.
School attendance at Imperial
was only 30 per cent of the nor
NAL attendance Superintendent G
Fl. Madden said.
Health and school nurses exam
med all children who attended
school Monday morning and sen,
Continued on Pace g. Col p
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Dismissal in WPA
Trial Denied

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Feb. g.
CUP)-A blanket defense motion
for dismissal Of charges against all
25 defendants in a trial for alleged
coercion of WPA workers. was
denied in federal court today.
Charges against nine of those
held. however, were dismissed
Among the defendants still facing
the charges of using the WPA for
political purposes were Mrs. Anita
Tafoy and Stanley Miller, sister
and son-in law of Senator Dennis
Chavez.
Defense attorneys Immediately
began presentation of their case
which was expected to include tes-
timony of Joseph Daley, political
ally of former Gov. Clyde Tingley
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06

New Deal measures.
The only senators who voted to
confirm Roberts were Chairman
Henry F.. Ashurst, D.. Ariz.. of the
judiciary committee; and Alben w
Barkley D., KY; Theodore G.. Bill
bo, D.. Miss; Josh Lee. D.. Okla.
M. M Nicely. D., w. Va; George
w Norris, Ind, Neb.; Claude Pep
per- D.. Fla; William H. Smathers
D., ~ j.; and H. H. Schwartz, D..
Wyo
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06

A resolution to broaden the base
of the Imperial county farm bureau
refunding committee to include all
irrigation district activities was de-
feated at the monthly meeting Of
the bureau directors Saturday af-
ternoon at the court house, accord
ing to Scott b Foulds, secretary.
The motion, introduced by Harry
James, was refused by a voice vote,
FouldS said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Council Reyerses
Mayor Vote

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6. up -
The city council today reversed its
vote Of last Friday and authorized
the employment Of Arlin E. Stock
burger former state director OF
finance, as assistant mayor" OF
Les Angeles. Stcckburger will be
employed fer six months at a sal
airy of $4,000 to aid in budget and
other financial matters
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
RooseveIt's Secrecy Under
Fire i'm Rebellious Senate
LoyaIists Flee
Across Border

PERPIGNAN, French Spanish
Frontier, Feb. 6. (UP) - The
Spanish Loyalist defeat in Cata-
lonia became a debacle today.
The rich province was lost. The
government had flied to the
safety of France and the main
body of the army began a mass
retreat over the frontier, sur
rendering its arms to French
troops.
Fleets of Loyalist fighting
planes landed at French air
ports. Long columns of artillery,
tanks and munitions trains jos
tied retreating troops and civil
ian refugees on the crowded
highways at the frontier.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Complete Victory
Sought in Spain

ROME. Feb 6. UP)-IntimationS
that the Italian army would remain
in Spain until a political as we'll
as military victory had been assur~
ed the Nationalists, caused COM
ment today in diplomatic quarters,
The suggestion that not military
victory alone but an underlined
victory in the political field was
essential came as Premier Benito
Mussolini prepared to preside over
a meeting of the supreme defense
council.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
81 Die in Japan
Submarine Traqedy

TOKYO, Feb. 6. CUP)-The navy
ministry announced today that 81
men of the submarine I-63, which
sank in Bungo Channel four days
ago after colliding with another
during maneuvers, probably were
dead Six men had been rescued.
The navy spokesman said the
rescue operations would continue.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
REPORT OF BURGLARY
JUST FALSE ALARM

A broken window at service sta
ton at Fourth and Broadway in Ell
Centro led to burglary report Mon
day that turned out to be a false
alarm. Officers Charles Schlan2e
reported the window probably was
broken by a drunk. Nothing was
ctolp,,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Coogan Trial
Delayed Week

HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 6. CUP)-
Judge Robert Scott today post
poned for one week the trial of
the $4000,000 accounting suit
brought by Jackie Coogan, former
child film star against his mother
and step-father, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Bernstein.
Attorneys said the continuance
was requested because negotiations
for an out-of-court settlement are
under way.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06

Carter Glass and Hairy F'Iooo
Byrd, Virginia Democrats, that the
choice was personally obnoxious
to them.
During a hearing before the sem
ate judiciary committee, Glass had
charged that President Roosevelt
nominated Roberts in a conspiracy
to give GOV. James H. Price or
Virginia a veto power over the
recommendations of Virginia sena-
tors because Of their opposition to
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Jews Retired from
italian Armies

ROME. Feb. 6. (UP)-All italian
army. navy and air force officers
of the Jewish race were ordered
placed cn the permanent retired
list by a royal decree published TO-
iay in the official gazette.
Jewish members of the customs
guards. Plackshirt militia and the
Carabinieri (similar to state police
were retired by the same order
The decree states. however, that
Jews affected by the decree will en-
10y regular retirement pensions
and other benefits.
The decree was effective i'm
mediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
FroIic in Snow
Ends in Death

MERGED, Cal, Feb. 6. cUP-A
1O-year old girls first frolic in
the High Sierra snow ended in her
death when she fell IA feet from
snow bank into an icy mountain
creek, Coroner Walter McNally Of
Mariposa county revealed today.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
BUILDING PERMITS IN
CITY TOTAL $72,I20

Ell Centros new building permit
total was S72 100 Monday following
granting of two new permits. J..
Roy Salassi received permission to
build a $4,000 dwelling and a per-
NIT was granted to reroof a store
nj 628 Main street
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06

Deputy Health Officers Lawrence
Niles and Bernard Schiller are
checking the area for human con-
facts
A dog quarantined in Heber was
destroyed Saturday A laboratory
test showed it was rabid, health
officers said.
All the rabd animals this year
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06

were in the southern section OF
the county. There we're three In
Heber and one a mile and a half
west of Heber one IN the Jasper
district, one in the McCabe dis
trict, one In the Lantana district.
and one three miles east Of Cali
exico
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Senate Veioes Roosevelt Choice of
Federal Judge for West Virginia;
Political Conspiracy Charged

WASHINGTON Feb. 6. (UP)-The senate today re-
jeced President Roosevets nomination of Floyd H. Rob
be federal Judge for the western district of Vir
ginia. The nomination rejected by 72 to g.
Rv its vote the senate sustained the charge of Sen
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Stormy Weather
Clears Away in
Most Of n NQtjon
Valley, Rest Of Southland Enjoy Clearer
Skies; Midwest Bre athes Sigh Of Relief
AS Thre atening Floods Held in Check

Crisp but sunshny weather visited Imperial Valley
Monday the aftermath of storm that last week doused
the valley in rain, covered nearby with
and brought rain and ice to other sections of the state
Coincdental with clearing weather in southern Cali
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Storm Over Foreign Policy Breaks
As Military Affairs Committeeman
Chafe at Confidential PLEDGE

WASHINGTON, Feb. g. (UP)-Isoationist senator's
threaten today to penetrate the secrecy conceang Pres
dent Roosevets offtherecord explanation of why the
United States cooperating with European democracies
purchasing Amercan fghting planes. The group was
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Rabies Kills Nine Animals in Valley
In Little More Than One Month;
Health Officers Seeking Victims

Rabies killed nine animals in Imperial county since
Jan l, only two less than the total for all last year
The latest victim of the disease was a cat from the
Coyote Wells district. laboratory test made Monday
by county health officers showed the animal rabid
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
Jackson Forces
Boord 10 | dnv
BrowIey Ballots
Defeated Candidate in Fourth Division
Declares Belief Votes Incorrectly
Counted d by Election Boards

A recount of last weeks ballots cast in Imperial
Irrigation district election progressed Monday after a
formal demand presented for Henry L. Jackson, who
was defeated director in division four by 50 votes
the basis of unofficial returns When directors
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06
D AMBLING
IMPORTER
You Name It

1ou Nduhc "
rs MI. Escrows in?' a girl
magazine seller inquired at a title
company and Bcrnice Duer's bro"
furroWcd Then she remembered
that Escrow was painted on the
window
mo. he isn't in" said Mrs. Duer
with nary a smile, but will Mr.
Herbert Anderson do as Well?'
Out Of Place
Speaking of magazine statesmen
one of the mere brassy type barged
into a meeting OF the Irrigation
district directors Monday and trieo
to "sell'' Bill Young. Bill just sat
there like a sphinx.
IIindside Before
1t is a topSy tuTvy world Tor I'M
pcrial's ex-mayor, Al Carey.
When AL put his new license
plates on his car he got them or
upside down. Several days later
he suddenly exclaimed:
"Py golly, l didn't think that
number was the Cne I bought! I've
been trying to figure out what's
the matter fer two days"
Don't ever try to install radla-
tor Al
Needs Practice
That hang-dog look that Ben
Ryan carries dates from Sunday
night. when he took terrific
beating at pitch.
When he was told to go get a
few lessons before you play again
Ben replied;
Il Just paid for one lesson, did
MT To-
Miss Fire
If this keeps up, a golf stick vii!
be mcludcd in dangerous Wcap-
OnS."
Esther BarlCga, while swinging a
stick at the Barbara Worth course,
connected with an ankle and that's
why she's limping.
Diamond joe
Now joel" Mrs. Morrow cau-
tened when her spouse sat down
to play bridge and mentioned q
hundredth CT 4 cent as stakes.
"WhoJps." said Joe. Here goes
the milk money!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06

Butter: Los Angeles. 26 6iaei but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, 33iac; manufacturing milk,
Pie; route gathered cream, 21i2c.
LA. Hay: U. $. No. extra leafy
Sl7-I8i 4. ). No. I. S13.50-1ii No.
2 Ieafy, S12-12.50; No. ?. Sill Min
neapolis flax. May. S1.75.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-06

Total cash, checks and drafts sent
through the two El Centre banks.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20

Timothy Horgan and Jim ODon- nell about Carols testimony. q said he was telling the truth and l would tell the same thing" he con- tinued.
 "N0t Lying"
 You're sure you're not lying?'' asked McDonough.
 I'm not lying" shot back the witness.
 You're not afraid of the power of the states attorney?" boomed McDonough.
 NO, I'm not" retorted the wit ness.
 You're sure the pressure MT. AL corn put on you before the grand jury has not compelled you. to tell a false story?" continued McDon- ough.
 T told 8 false story before started Brice, but he was cut of with the question, You're sure you're not helping some one out with a lie?"
 Again his anuswer was I'm not" Then Alcorn demanded that the original question be answered and Brice said, T told a false story be- fore, but I'm telling the truth now"
 Admitted Lie
 You have lied under oath be- fore?" charged McDonough. "Yes." admitted Brice.
 With that all examination was completed, and Brice was excused from the stand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20

direct your attention to be called to particularly, he will do that through the presiding judge. We are to view the stairway from the first floor I think it is on the first floor at the end of the City Hall-the stair way from there down to the base ment; the approach to the store rooms which have been referred to; the corridor meeting from the store- room to the elevator; the elevator itself; the approach from the eleva- tor to the boiler room and the boil CT room. That is the portion of the premises which we are to view.
 will ask you to be very careful in the first place, to keep in one group. There will be a couple of the sheriffs with you to assist you in doing that. Also, ask you to be very careful not to talk about the case at all while we are on this trip If there is anything to be said to you about the case, it will have to be said to you through me. There will be with us such counsel as de- sire to go. I'll say that any of the defendants have right to go if they desire. There is no compulsion for them to go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20
Good Idea

Special Prosecutor Hugh M. AL corn suggested at the close of court yesterday that the jury should be taken to city hall and given the opportunity to inspect the premises. Defense Attorney James D. c. Mur- ray joined in the thought, and Judge Ernest A. Inglis thought it "good idea". No date was set for the tour but it will probably take place at the conclusion of the curernt phase of testimony.
 Another highlight of yesterdays afternoon session was the charge by Janitor Joseph Carroll that he Frank Brice and Samuel Kemp, also janitors, were instructed by Super intendent of City Hall Timothy Morgan, "to lie" before the grand jury concerning the burning of the city's records for 1930-1938. The state charges the records showed payments to favored contractors and individuals.
 Judge Inglis displayed a little of the power of the court yesterday when he sent sheriff to order workmen tearing down the old tele phone building on Leavenworth street to desist. Machines in use on the demolition project were cre- ating racket which disturbed the decorum of the court.
 Testimony which Janitor Carroll gave yesterday concerning the burn ing of the records, December 18 1887, was corroborated almost in full by Francis Brice, another janitor. Dunn Nearby
 Brice said that Marty" Dunn was on the scene, but could not say that anybody from the mayors office was nearby. Carroll testified that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20

@. Do you remember the grand jury asking you to estimate the number of boxes? A. Yes. Started With 3 or 4.
 Q. And you just heard how 1t started with three or four or five. Didn't you? A. Yes.
 Q. You just heard MT. McDon- ough read your testimony, didn't you?
 A. Yes.
 Q. And they started by asking you if you didn't have three or four or five boxes? A. Yes.
 o. And then they multiplied six times four and made twenty-four, didn't they? A. Yes.
 Q. Now, the day before yester- day at the close of court in the af- ternoon. didn't you talk to MT. Hickey?
 A. Yes.
 Q. Now, you have been sitting around this courtroom for months off and on? A. Yes.
 Q. Did you talk to MT. Hickey at all during that time? A. Not in the courtroom.
 o. Did you talk to him any, where? A. Yes.
 o. You told him when this in- cident occurred-whether in Novem- Der or December?
 A. I don't know the date.
 o. But you know you told three different stories here, don't you?
 A. I think so. O. You told the grand jury one story, didn't you?
 A. Yes.
 Q. And you told defense counse another story?
 A. Yes.
 Q. And you told another story tt this jury, didn't you?
 A. Yes.
 o. That is all.
 Redirect examination by MT. Al. corn:- | o. Were you in that meeting re. ferred to yesterday in Carols tes- timony when MT. Horgan was pres. ent?
 A. Yes.
 Q. Do you remember when that was?
 A. No, I don't.
 @. Can you give the month?
 A. January.
 O.. Of what year?
 A. 1937-the day after we took the boxes out.
 In January
 o. It was In January after you had taken the boxes out, is that right?
 A. That's right.
 @. That would be the January of 1888.
 A. It was after the boxes were out.
 Q. I know, but you took the box es out in either December or Mo- vember. 1887. Objections overruled.)
 A. Yes. o. Now, you say that it was af- ter that that you had that meeting that has been referred to. Is that right? A. Yes. Q. Can you give the month fol- lowing the taking out of the boxes in which you had this meeting?
 McDonough: It is an improper re- direct examination. Cross examina- ton consisted merely of the reading of the grand jury minutes and the | transcript of MT. Lewis's examina- tion '. Certainly Mir. Alcorn's ques- tions involve nothing that we cross examined him on. Judge:--I anticipate that it may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20
City Hall Superintendent Emphacay Denies antors Accusations

Thomas P. Kelly had been present.
 Before Brice took the stand, how ever, Carroll was cross-examined further, as the minutes of his grand jury testimony were read. The transcript showed that Carroll had never told the grand jury 8 story that resembled the one he told tc the trial jury Tuesday of this week
 Attorney James D. c. Murray dwelled on the testimony of Carroll, that he had been adviced by Attor. ney James R. Lawlor to tell SpeclaI Prosecutor Alcorn about the de- fense conference in the Diamond Ginger Ale.
 you've learned since that the lawyer didn't know the law when he gave you that advice?" he asked.
 "Yes," was the reply. Murray brought out that Lawlor is former city tax collector.
 Concerning his lies before the grand jury, which he frankly con- fessed to, Carroll, said, "Horgan brought us into a room and told us what to say" The superin- tendent of city hall told them to say only dozen or fifteen boxes of records were burned the "first of December or the last of November" he said.
 Mayor Eliminated
 Before Carroll was excused from the stand, Attorney Murray forced him to admit that Mayor Hayes had never spoken to him about anything, and that the mayor had not asked him to attend the defense confer- ence.
 Brice admitted that he was with Carroll at the defense conference, and that he went with Carroll to the special prosecutor to tell him of it. He said that when he was offered drink at the mayors East Main Street office, he refused it, stating that he did not drink.
 Had Drink
 Carroll took drink, with Kelly and Mayor Hayes, it was testified.
 Brice also admitted that he lied before the grand jury, and de- fense motion for access to the min- utes of his grand jury testimony was granted. The reading of that teS- timony started late yesterday after noon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20
Brice Supports CarroU's
 Story On Witness Stand

Attorney McDonough resumed the reading of MT. Brices testimony be- fore the grand jury. The more im- portant portions of this morning. $ testimony follows:
 Record:
 o. You had part in destroying those records. You didn't actually destroy them but you obeyed orders and took them down. Did you tell anybody? A. No. | McDonough: Q. You didn't actually destroy them" Didn't you think the states attorney, using the language of the street, was trying to put little pressure on you at that point?
 A. No.
 Q. How long had you known MT. Alcorn before this grand jury h- veStigation?
 A. Never saw him before.
 o. Then you wouldn't know that he was trying to put pressure on you.
 Record: Further on:
 Q. Why didn't you tell the con- troller about them?
 A. I didn't know what they were. o. Didn't you read in the papers that the mayor was having an in- vestigation about who destroyed these records? Didn't you see that in the papers at all? A. No.
 o. You didn't go tell the mayor? A. No.
 Told No One
 0. Didn't tell anybody?
 A. No.
 Q. If you had known they were vouchers, cancelled checks and re- ceipts of the city of Waterbury which were valuable to preserve, would you have done 1t?
 A. I don't think I would.
 McDonough: o. The fact is you had job as a janitor over there, didn't you? A. Yes.
 Q. And when your superior told you to do something you would. You weren't peeking into boxes and bundles to see what was in them. A. No. Record:
 Q. Was Martin Dunn in the room?
 A. I didn't see him.
 Attorney Wholean crosS-examin- ing:
 o. MT. Brice, the time of these occurrences-how long had you been working in the City Hall?
 A. About a year.
 Q. You were thoroughly familiar of course, with the first floor in the basement, were you not?
 A. Yes.
 o. Where is the door or entrance to this storeroom?
 A. Down the stairway-there is a door there.
 Q. You had a noisy truck, did you not?
 A. Yes.
 Q. It needed greasing?
 A. Yes.
 @. And this was a marble floor wasn't 1t?
 A. It was hard floor. don't know if 1t was marble or cement.
 Q. And the passageway you went over wasn't any wider than an or. dinary sidewalk. Was it?
 A. Around six or seven feet wide 1 IrfI,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20
(Acne)

Alcorn: The purpose for the offer
 Another Speech
 McDonough: Just a moment. MT. Alcorn is starting off another speech.
 Q. When was that meting that you now referred to?
 A. In January or February.
 Where was it held?
 A. In the storeroom in the base- ment.
 0. Who was present?
 A. MT. Morgan, Kemp, Carroll and myself.
 Q. Whether or not MT. Horgan said anything to you with respect to what you should say at that time if you were called?
 A. To say we took over any, where from dozen to fifteen boxes. Q. Anything else said at that time?
 A. To say that there was no one there outside of us.
 o. No one where outside of you? A. When the boxes were taken out.
 @. There were others besides you? A. Yes.
 Q. Who were they? A. Marty Dunn and Tommy Kel- ly.
 o. Who is Tommy Kelly? A. Secretary to the mayor.
 o. Who is Marty Dunn?
 A. Secretary to MT. Leary.
 Attorney McDonough:
 o. You didn't say that in your di- rect examination what you just said now that MT. Horgan told you about who happened to be in the cellar. You didn't tell this jury on your first examination that Marty Dunn and Tom Kelly were there, did you?
 A. Yes.
 Heard Counsel
 Q. You sat in this courtroom when Carroll was testifying?
 A. I did. o. And you heard his story, didn't you? A. Yes.
 Q. And do you remember a con- versation that you had with some one in this courtroom about the story Carroll told? Didn't you talk to someone in this courtroom about what Carroll told? A. That he got excited.
 O. You did say that he got excit- ed? A. Yes.
 Q. And you did say that he lied, didn't you? | A. No.
 o. Didn't you say that Carroll lied and that you would have to go on the stand and back him up?
 A. No.
 Q. You didn't make that state- ment?
 A. No, sir. didn't.
 o. You didn't make statement that Carroll lied yesterday?
 A. He was telling the truth and I told him I was telling the same thing.
 Q. We'll, you lied?
 A. didn't lie.
 o. You're sure that Carroll didn't lie?
 A. No, he didn't.
 e. Are you sure the pressure MT Alcorn put on you before the grand jury didn't compel you to tell . false story? You're not telling a false story, are you?
 A. No, I'm
 o. You're not afraid of the power of the states attorney, are you?
 A. No. I'm not.
 O. Not a bit. Objection by Alcorn to McDon- ough's interruption.
 A. (finishing arswer) I'm tel- ling the truth now.
 Q. Oh, you are. You're sure you are not helping someone else out on a lie? A. No, sir. Q. You will never tell lie again under oath. Will you? Answer yes or no. A. I won't tell a lie If know 1t. c. Answer yes or no. A. No. Lied Under Oath e. But you have lied under oath in the past, haven't you? Answer yes or no. A. Yes. After recess: Judge Inglis: We are about to in- spect premises of the City Hall which have been referred to in the testimony of the last two witnesses, and we are going over. You, ladies and gentlemen Of the jury, are go- ing in group. While you are out of the courtroom you are not to discuss, even among yourselves, any, thing concerning this case. Noth- ing will be said to you about the case by counsel. If there Is any,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20
Trial Jurors To Inspect
 Furnaces At City Hall
Prosecutor Alcorn's Suggestion Seconded by De- fense Counsel Yesterday-Janitors Claim They
 Were Told to Lie Before Grand Jury.

Boiler and storage rooms of the city hall will be viewed by the ten men and four women comprising the jury and alternates in the Wa terbury conspiracy trial. Like the 18 members of the extraordinary grand jury whose charges precipi- tated the trial, the trial jury will become acquainted with the city hall sections which have figured prominently in testimony concern ing missing records"