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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12

AoootSi Dlul tCu Out lllt WIlOle SUOTY
in the Stockton Jail Monday night
after Sheriff Martin Ansbro had
held him in cell for three months
on charges of forgery, grand theft
and murder.
The story of Suffers arrest for
19-month old murder contains all
the elements of a lurid mystery
thriller Pieced together by the
Stockton sheriff, Imperial county
sheriff's deputies and Harold Gill
lett of the state bureau of criminal
investigation, evidence started with
discovery of a forged automobile
pink slip. and led to a murder war
rant three months ago
Shot by Mistake
But, until Sutter led officers to
Mazenauer'S rude grave Monday
night, there was no corpse, altho
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12
Flood Damage
Assistance Asked

SACRAMENTO, Cal. March IL.
CUP)-State Engineer Edward Hy-
att today studied requests for flood
damage assistance from Sonoma,
SiSkiyou, Humboldt, Mendocino, So
noma, Marin, Santa Cruz Stanis-
lauS and Shasta counties.
The latest delegation was from
Senoma county, headed by Senator
Herbert w. Slater and county su-
pelViSorS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12
'kQreIiQn |SthmuS,
HQnko Yielded to
Russ Government
Hos+iIi+ies Sche duIed to End at Noon
"Wednesday; Drastic Terms Give Russia
Free Use of Arctic Port Of Pe+samo
Blu HENRY SHAPIRO


United Press Staff Correspondent
MOSCOW, Wednesday, March I3 - (UP) - The
Finnish Souet peace agreement signed early today
The agreement stipulated that hostiles lcould
at Wednesday,
By 10 A. NJ, March Is, the agreement said, troops
are to be noued to the Finnish Russian border.
Trade negotiations bet,ceen the tlco countries
to begin Immediately.
The peace treaty signed for Russia by Premier
and Foreign Comnissar ViacheslaU NJ MOlOtoU Andre
ZhdanOU, and Brigade Commander VastiIeUski
For Finland the four members of the Finnish Mis-
sion signed the document
The Finnish signers, UhO had been in MOscOU since
Thursday, Premier RistO Ry former Premier JUNO
X. Paasikiu Gen. Rudolf Walden and VainO VoiOnn,aa.
The treaty gaze Russia the uhole Karelian Isthnus
and the entire shore of Lake LadOga.
Russia also obtains the Ribnii and Sretn Peninsu.
las in the North part of Eastern Finland
HankO and the adjoining territory is to be leased
for 80 years a naual base at price of 5.O0OOOO Fin
nsh Marks annually
Finland undertook not maintain rarships, Submar-
ines aircraft in arc Udters except for small coast
guard reSSeS.
Russia undertook to renlOre its troops from Pet
but vH enjoy free transit of goods through this
aytc port to and from Norway UitONt customs CONTROL
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12
Nine Dropped
From Staff of
SRA in Valley

SRA employees carried on relief
work i'll Imperial county this week
without the assistance of nine cler-
ical and case workers dismissed in
the recent economy cut ordered by
headquarters in Sacramento.
Dismissal of the nine men and
women, Director Ned Holmes said,
cut the administrative staff to 35
persons.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12
Let Europe Know United States Can
Speak the Language ofForce!
vinson Says as Naval Debate Opens

WASHINGTON, March II. (UP)-Chairman Carl Vim
of the house naval affairs committee today urged
house to authorize 10 per cent increase in the navys
fighting strength to let Europe know the United States
can "speak the language of force if necesSarN
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12
to Start
Monday on New
Jr. College Bldg.

Contract for construction of new Central Junior col
lege and Douglass high school units signed by school
board Monday night and construction ordered to begin
next Monday.
The contract awarded the Carpenter and Haxton
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12

ransion bill bearing his name, Vim
son asserted that force is the Ian
guage of Europe today and there
fore it is the duty of the United
States to be ready to "meet force
with force
The bill would add 1877 900 tons
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12
Murder oil. v.
Man Confessed,
dYHidden
John Mazenauer. Formerly of Ho|tvi||e
Shot by Mistake and Buried
Behind Own Barn at Stockton

The murder case without corpse became just ord-
nary murder Tuesday when Dominic Suffer- 27
essed at Stockton that he killed John MaZenauer, Az for
mer Imperial Valley dairyman and buried Mazenauer's
body behind his barn, the United Press reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12
DEALER ORDERED no JAIL

Dennis Anderson, produce dealer,
was sentenced to six months in the
Imperial county jail Tuesday after
I've pleaded guilty to a charge of
issuing a bad check in El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12
RUSSIA, finland EN- D war
D 4%s5!Ns 4s@54ts

Covering Up
Mrs Robert Husk, thinking to
have bit of fun with the butcher
from whom she bought a slice of
Roquefort cheese the day before
Roquefort. you know, is not Rogue
fcrt unless it is moldy-remarked
to him:
That cheese you sold me yester-
day was moldy!"
The butcher was much perturbed
He was very sorry, he assured her
Then he asked how she had treated
the cheese.
Why I.covered it up with a nap
kin she said.
You should never do that" he
informed her. It'll get moldy every
time
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12

Lost or Strayed-
Gwen johnson rushed frantically
Out Of the asSesSor-collector'S office
at the court house, hastily pulling
on a coat and hat. Waving aside a
curious byStander who wanted to
know what all the rush was about,
she gaSpcd:
Il Just remembered I took some
body downtown for lunch-and l
forgot to bring her back"
The somebody. it developed, was
Mrs Marie c. Cox.
Ty&vel Note
Harry Crosby, Los Angeles race
pilot, was the object of considerable
attention at Punta PenaSco (Rocky
Point TO yOuD, down on the Gulf
of California. A valleyite was COM
miserating with the airplane ex-
pert on his broken ankle. The val
ley mar had visions of hair
breadth escape from death as a
racing plane crashed, or a para
chute jump that didn't jell, or
something Of that sort.
How'd you break it, he asked.
Crosby grinned, a bit sheepishly.
II was skiing" he confessed
Shades OF BOyhOOd-
These sail-Wagons that zoomed
before the heavy breeze of Mon
day, especially up and down Ell
Centro and Euclid avenue on the
north-side, tempted RR no end
until he noticed one small boy
struggling to get his single-masted,
square e-rigged little red wagon back
Up the street against the wind, SO
he could ride down again Then
RR, in his mature laziness, decided
he'd do all his sailing on the water,
where you DON'T have to get out and
push
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12
The Next Dance?-

The Next Dance?-
A polite Filipino was overheard
in the Ell Centro police station in
the midst of an apology for some
thing or other He ended:
|. Il beg your partner"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-12

LONDON, March II (UP)
The apparent impending end
of the Russo-Finnish unde-
clara6 yyar ic on ipJ;root Ja
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ITALY, GREECE
SELDOM AGREE
CONTINUED from Page y

Continued from Page u
and Bengazi, important italian
ports in Libya. The communique
said there was no damage at Tob-
ruk and anly slight damage at Ben
gazi. Other British planes attacked
Ethiopia and Italian Eritrea, bomb
ing Bardera, Decamere, Agordat,
Cheren and Massawa but, the
Italians said, there were no casu-
alties and no damage.
italian air squadrons bombed the
harbors at Isle Ras and Ell Tin and
ships anchored at Lake Nifisba,
South of Ismaila on the Suez Canal,
Alexandria, the railway station at
Elhammar, defense works at Ell
Quassab and British encampments
near Biz Auani, southeast of Marsa
Matruh. Egypt, causing explosions
and visible damages"
It was claimed that in Greece,
Italian aviation, collaborating with
land forces. bombed and machine
gunned Greek troops, hitting roads,
barracks and troop concentrations.
Greek Report
Athens, Greece, Nov. 20.-(UP)--
A war communicate said today that
Greek troops had thrown back the
Italians in a bayonet charge near
Konitza, on the central front, and
that the Greek assault on KoritZa,
the italian northern base, continued
with success"
Earlier dispatches had said that
Greeks recaptured Konitza, had adj
vanced 10 miles to the Albanian
border, crossing 1t at Mefissopetra,
and had struck out north inside AL
bania. Dispatches from Ohrid, Jug
oslav border town, indicated that
the Greeks had encountered new
difficulty in the area, however. 1t
WAS reported that Greek cavalry
charge on Perati, on the border near
Melissopetra, had been thrown back
in a furious fight in which %
Greeks were killed and go wounded,
although the Greeks still held Mel
issopetra)
Today's cornmunique said that in
air fights all along the front. II
italian planes had been shot down
and that no Greek planes were lost
Greek Wounded Back
A hospital train of Greek wounded
reached Athens last night, followed
by two more trainloads of Italian
prisoners.
cat Budapest, the Athens radio
was heard broadcasting that Greek
troops now had Koritza virtually en-
circled and were constantly Smelling
the only road over which the Ital-
ians could retreat. The broadcaster
said II Italian planes were shot
down in the Koritza region yester-
day and that many Italians had
fled into Jugoslavia, where they
surrendered 1900 machine guns.)
The Greek press minister, Theo-
doulos Nicoloudis, in conference
with so foreign correspondents, APP
pealed for planes, planes and
planes" to meet the italian inva-
sion.
He said: 1--WE are fighting a
country six times bigger than US,
with abundant war material and a
great air force. Greece has little
material, almost no planes; she has
only the heroism Of her soldiers
and flyers
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BY GEORGE E. BRIA
Democrat staff RepOrter)

Hartford, Nov. 20-In a passion
ate plea for former Mayor T. Frank
Hayes, Atty. James D. C. Murray, of
New York, told the state Supreme
Court late yesterday afternoon that
the four-term mayor of Waterbury
and twice acknowledgement Of
Connecticut was not given a fair
trial, was virtually charged with
every "dereliction" that occurred in
Waterbury, and was given a prison
sentence that amounts to a life
term.
The last lawyer to argue in behalf
of the IA men appealing prison and
jail terms in the Waterbury con-
spiracy, Atty. Murray flayed every
aspect of the superior court trial,
and, in voice charged with emo
ton although not raised above nor
NAL, told the five jurists that mo
one will ever be able to End that
=. dIsnvnesC ooiia9 Yeacneu the pock-
ct" of the city's former chief execu-
tive.
Referring to the grand jury report
that brought about the arrest of the
alleged conspirators, Atty. Murray
said:
Poisoned Wells of Justice.
"You may sea oh the annals of
jurisprudence in the United States
and you will neve" find such a docu-
ment." Leaning over the lectern
which held his typewriter notes,
Murray added in q tense whisper
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New York lawyer and the legal
front and when / saw the atmo-
sphere surrounding the nine-month
trial I knew that 1t was just the
same as trying TO stop the oceans
tides from ebbing and flowing.
Hayes was to be tried by jury
of his respected peers" Murray said,
but 1t really was the same as stab
bling defenseless man IN the dark"
After claiming that the state held
two "murderous" weapons in its
hands, the strong mayor charter
and the now-notorious warrants
payable sheets, Murray returned to
the grand jury report which he
called "a chant Of hate in which
Hayes name always appeared first"
and referred to the grand jury as
the most damned feature OF the
prosecution" The release. of the
grand jury report to press and ra-
dio, he termed Q contempt Of
court"
DiSsecting the prosecutions use Of
the strong mayor charter, Murray
declared that the states interpre-
tation of the document put Hayes
lin position where he couldn't get
fair trial from any jury" But,
the lawyer argued the state put the
wrong construction on the charter,
which was really not creature of
his administration, but had been
passed by the legislature in 1929
before Hayes even dreamed that he
would be the next mayor" And yet,
said Murray, the state referred to
Hayes charter as giving him the
powers of car.
For Everything"
"Under the states Interpretation
Of the charter" the lawyer contin-
ued, you wouldn't need any other
defendants because the state held
Hayes responsible for everything.
Why. If anyone committed murder
IN Waterbury who would be respon-
Sible for the crime under the states
opinion OF the charter? Hayes, of
course" And that charter argyll
ment, Murray said, was dinned into
the jury's ears.
Murray said that Hayes was not
responsible for other employees, that
he had nothing to do with the
bookkeeping system. HE may have
been lackadaisical and careless in
shopping on other officials, but his
attitude did not constitute criminal
negligence"
The lawyer also dashed at the
states repeated claims that irregu-
larities always happened in the
mayors Office" But Hayes was
never there. be said and Kelly'S
room, by virtue Of his position as
executive secretary, was in the same
office.
Speaking Of Edward G. Levy, con-
feSsed copspjrator. Murray declared
that mot q dollar of tnat low
scoundrel's kickbacks ever went to
Hayes. The lawyer then used the
strongest language of his argument
to say he would borrow" a phrase
from Special Prosecutor Hugh M.
Alcorn ito put Levy back IN the
gutter where found him.
Murray was preceded in the clos
ing hours of the. defense's appeal
arguments by Atty. Thomas +. Nc
Donough, counsel for Thomas p.
Kelly; Atty. Sidney Cassel, for
Philip Coppetto; and ny Atty. WI.
liam Wholean, for Martin Dunn.
Wholean made the hr.je5est argu.
ment of all by limiting himself to
a formal assertion Of his clients
innocence in the face OF the EVIL
dence.
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Conspiracy Case Men
Acted Guilty--Alcorn
Continued from Page -

He also spoke of Mr.. Dunn as
'Leary's man Friday and of Thorn
as P. Kelly, former executive secre-
tary to Mayor Frank Hayes as
Hayes man Friday" Alleged burn
ing OF records, one of the states
strongest claims throughout the
trial, were also referred to this
morning.
Referring to former Controller
Daniel j. Leary, Alcorn said, "Leary
had a conference in the Danbury
courthouse with Mckenzie and
Williamson and Leary has been
quoted as telling them they had got
rid of everything up to 1885. ;"
This, according to Mr.. Alcorn, was
an omen.
Traced Conspiracy
He devoted the major portion of
his plea to tracing the alleged con-
spiracy from 1880, which he labeled
as the time when they were be-
ginning to feel their way" down to
1937-"when they reached the reck-
less stage" He also recalled 1897 as
"the year in which the conspiracy
attained its greatest versatility and
dizziest heights"
Throughout bis address he re-
viewed points brought out during
the trial in Waterbury, terming
them significant.
An alleged meeting in Waterbury
between Leary and Mckenzie and
Williamson was subject of some at
tention by Atty. Alcorn. He claimed
that the former controller tele-
phoned Mayor Hayes and told him
that a couple of friends were in
town and to come over and see
them. He further said that Hayes
talked politics with Mckenzie and
Williamson and that the latter two
were to continue their lobbying for
the city.
They Feared CuIhane
"But," said Mr.. Alcorn, "their
concern was not for the city but
because Of fear that Senator George
Culhane. q thorn in the side of
Hayes, might make trouble. This is
an example of intra-party feud
needing the services OF two COM
petent Republicans to adjust"
In 1881. said Alcorn, the officials
were just learning how far they
could go. He said that was the year
the Abrigador Digger equalling
one steamship el-tnmped on board
m 1882. ne claimed. It had spread
out bit and Mr.. Peters appeared
In 1888. said the prosecutor, Mr.
Levy continued his periodic trips "a
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Waterbury and that this was also
the year Meany and Kingsley came
to town. He charged that the audit
appropriation jumped from $4,000
to $4,000 that year.
1884 was referred to as the year
when the conspiracy reached full
momentum and payments were larg-
er and there was a membership
drive.
In 1886, so charged Alcorn, Nc
Kenzie and Williamson were on
leaves of absence but there were
other payments in the scheme, by
now stupendous."
Referring to Attorney James D. C.
Murray's plea of late yesterday in
behalf of former Mayor Hayes
Alcorn spoke of him as a New
York lawyer" The Democrat re-
porter quizzing Atty. Murray at
noon learned That an answer viii be
made to this later today and that
Atty. Murray will claim that such
remarks as this were INDUCED in
by the prosecution all through the
trial and were one of the reasons
defense counsel claimed that the
trial was unfair.
Attorney John H. Cassidy's plea
was also touched upon and Alcorn
claimed that differences could easily
be drawn from the part that James
Healey, Waterbury contractor, is
alleged to have played in the con-
spiracy. Alcorn said that out of
$4,000 said to have been paid
Healey's company only few hun
dred dollars of this appear on the
company books and that the balance
of the checks were cashed by
Healey at the Waterbury Trust
Company.
Alcorn also asked Atty. Benjamin
Slade to produce the field notes
made by the missing Enoch Bor-
gnaes for his auditing firm, which
the state claims would show that
BorgnaeS was aware Of irregulari-
ties in Waterbury's city finances and
had called attention to the same.
At noon Mr.. Alcorn was touch
ing on the subject Of general con-
spiracies as covered by Connecticut
law and said: Defense counsel Is
asking the Supreme Court TO reverse
itself on opinions given on con-
spiracties and implicit In the appeal
request Is that Your Honors junk
everything on conspiracies which
we In this state live under and sub
stitute some conspiracy law whose
roots are in pretty foreign SOIL"
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CONGRESS WILL
STAND AROUND
Continued from Page u

gressional leaders to persuade Con-
gress to adjourn last June. He kept
out of the line of fire this time, lin
iting himself merely to announce
ment that he had no further major
recommendations to make. The 1871
to-148 vote by which the House re-
jected adjournment came yesterday
a few minutes before his press con-
ference. The president said it made
no difference to him, that he still
had no business for Congress al
though he might send up some
nominations for military promo
tions.
The House meets at noon today
It's leaders uncertain what to do
next. The Senate has recessed I'M
til noon Friday.
Forty-four House democrats
joined IA Republicans two Pro-
gressives and one American Laborite
to keep Congress in session. There
were no Republican votes for adj
souH intent. 9'hc prospect rsow Is Yor
Congress to continue its three-day
recess arrangement, trarEacting
little business but remaining tech
nically on the Job.
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Irish Leader Speaks
About Ports Of Fire
CONTINUED from Page ~

Dali, there can be no question Of
handing over the ports as long as
Ireland remains neutral. Under
what circumstances would Ireland
relinquiSh her neutrality" asked.
III. attacked we are at war with
whom ever attacks u.s." he answered.
In reply to further questions De
Valera indicated clearly that ireland
would not enter the war under any
other circumstances.
Would Fire abandon neutrality if
the British agreed oend the part
ition and let the six northern coun-
ties unite with the rest of Ireland?
THAT is to ask" replied De Valera,
shall we barter our right to free
dom in order to secure our right of
unity? The Irish nation is entitled
to both these rights and ought not
to be asked to sacrifice one to Sc
cure the other.
I'VE are entitled to freedom as
we'll as unity--and there is no more
important matter in which that
freedom can be exercised than the
choice of peace or war. To suggest
undoing the partition might be
made dependent on our going into
this war is to fail to understand
our whole problem.
THE people of a reunited Ireland
must be left completely free to make
whatever choice they consider best.
To take from them the right to
make a choice would in fact be to
deprive them of what is most pre-
cious in liberty"
u. s. Fiction About Ireland
I drew De Valera's attention to
reports in the British and American
press of alleged German activities
in Ireland.
You have some eloquent words
in America to describe fictions Of
that kind" he said, adding that 1t
is quite untrue to say that German
submarines ever got fuel or provi-
sions from Irish ports.
He denied with equal emphasis
that large numbers of Germans
were active nj ireland. Altogether
there were some 300 Germans here,
one half Of whom were refugees and
of the remainder practically all were
of long residence.
Has the British government ever
complained of unneutral conduct or
of permitting enemy activities in
Ireland?
Never" he replied.
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Continued from Page u
Bulgarias territorial losses in the
World War, said that "the day is
not far off when we are certain that
the victors will rectify Bulgaria S
position. The new order in the
Balkans and the Mediterranean and
also in the Aegean Sea will be a
fair one"
1t had been reported that Ger
many promised King Boris a Bull
garian port in Greek territory in re-
turn for cooperation with the Axis
military plans.
Any eventual Nazi-Bulgar drive
toward the Aegean probably would
go down the Vardar valley because
of geographical reasons, neutral ex-
perts said. Tralevers from Greece
reported that large numbers TO men
were concentrated near the Greek
frontier but there was general be-
lief here that the Greeks would not
seriously attempt to defend Thrace
In event of war with Bulgaria but
would make a stand ON shorter
front north Of Salonika.
Diplomatic sources said that the
question of whether the Germans
march through Jugoslavia and Bull
garia depends not on those countries
which presumably would yield
but upon the outcome Of diplomatic
and military consultations in Ber-
lin.
Wait For Hitler.
These sources believed that Adolf
Hitler had not yet decided whether
the time had arrived for a military
thrust into the Balkans that would
be designed 10 aid the Italian attack
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on Greece. They believed the Ger
mans still hoped that diplomatic
pressure would clear the way for
German blows against the British
empire in the Eastern Mediterran-
can.
There was no definite indication
here. however. that Turkey was like
ly to yield. or that Soviet Russia
had brought intense pressure on
Turkey to cooperate with the Axis
plans.
Jugoslavia was regarded by diplo-
mats here as In q very difiicult po-
sition, virtually surrounded by the
Axis powers, and as likely TO permit
passage Of German troops through
Southern Jugoslavia (the Vardar
valley route) toward Greece, II
strongly pressed.
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GERMAN COMPOSER
is PRIZE WINNER

New Haven, Con-, Nov. 20.-(UP)
-Yale's Rowland Memorial prize
will be awarded tonight to Paul
Hindemith, German composer.
The presentation will be made by
President Charles Seymour during
the intermission of the Boston SYM
phony concert at Woolsey hall. Hin
demith's concerto for violin and Or
chestra closes the first half Of the
concert.
The prize Is awarded each year 10
a citizen OF any country for dis.
tinguished achievement In the field
Of literature. the arts, or the science
Of government.
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BULGARIA WILL
Be WITH AXIS

Continued from Page u
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GUM SHORTAGE GROWS

Every time tobacco prices have
risen in Britain recently millions
more packages of chewing gum have
been sold, according to London deal
ers. Supplies are getting short, and
as the troops have first claim, the
civilians ration" is being cut &C
cordingly.