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VOLUME XXXV
FEDERAL COURT CASE BEING WATCHED HERE
Militia Standing By’ For Duty At Eureka Strike
MARTIAL Li
THREATENED
HI OFFICIALS
National Guard To Move Into
Action If Last Week’s Rioting
Is Renewed
FEAR RADICAL INVASION
Demonstrators From Oregon
And Washington Expected To
Take Hand In Trouble
EUREKA, Calif., June 24. (U.R)
National guardsmen were ready to
day to move into Eureka and en
force martial law if riots which
have resulted in one death are re
newed. i r»' J i
Companies at Eureka, Santa
Rosa, Chico and Sacramento were
given orders to stand by.
County authorities feared demon
strators from Washington and Ore
gon would march on Eureka to pro
test last week’s treatment of lum
ber strike pickets by police, who
fired on a crowd of strikers. Ten
persons were wounded.
After the disturbance, authorities
arrested strike leaders, pickets and
asserted Communists. Others were
ordered to leave the city. The out
break in front of the Holmes-Eu
reka mill resulted in the only kill
ing to date in the Pacific north
west lumber strike, now entering its
eighth week.
SACRAMENTO, June 24. (U.R)
Adj. Oen. Seth Howard, command
er of the California national guard,
was ready today to send mobiliza
tion orders to half a dozen com
panies of guardsmen in event Hum
boldt county officials ask the state
for aid in averting serious trouble
in the Eureka strike area.
When it appeared late Saturday
that a call would be necessary dur
ing the week-end, Howard ordered
a national guard plane from Los
Angeles and loaded it with gas
shells which he planned to have his
troops use if serious trouble de
veloped. The plane returned to
Los Angeles yesterday after How
ard reported that the situation
"seemed to have eased."
Guardsmen will not be sent into
the strike area unless Gov. Frank
P. Merriam receives a call for aid
from the Humboldt county sheriff
or other high county officials, How
ard said.
TACOMA, Wash., June 24. (U.R)—
Because national guard troops were
brought into Tacoma today to po
lice the lumber strike, union long
shoremen refused to go to work.
"Our m'm are not going to work
today.” W. T. Morris, district sec
retary of the longshoremen’s un
ion. said, “but we are not on
strike.”
“Our men are being kept off the
job by the act of Governor Martin
in bringing troops to Aacoma. We
are not going to be gassed, pushed
around and assaulted by police and
troops on our way to work. Already
several of our men are in hospitals.
“I am sending a telegram to
Governor Martin demanding an
immediate removal of all troops and
state police here.”
The second battalion of the 161st
infantry was ordered to Tacoma
last night by Governor Clarence D.
Martin, after a week-end of minor
violence, including the bombing of
one house.
Marriage Rejected
By Woman Prisoner
DEDHAM, Mass., June 24. (U.R) —
Norma Brighton Millen, in jail as
an accessory to murders which sent
her husband and two others to the
electric chair, has rejected a mar
riage proposal from a midwestern
railroad man.
The suitor, who lives in Missouri,
and who said he had a substantial
income and believed he could make
her forget her misfortunes, offered
to wed the pretty 20-year-oid widow
as soon as she was released.
Nonna’s rejection of the propos
al was announced through her
In bringing troops to Tacoma. We
INVITES PRESIDENT TO SAIL
WASHINGTON, June 24. (U.R)
President Roosevelt today was in
vited by Dr. Albert Soiland, com
modore of the Pacific coast yacht
ing association, to sail the former’s
55-foot boat Viking IV from New
port to San Diego. Calif., a distance
t of 35 miles. Mr. Roosevelt, accord
ving to Soiland, indicated that he
might like a try at the job and
that perhaps it would take place in
September.
Imperial Valley Press
Three Instructed
To Leave El Centro
Pleading guilty in police court
this morning to charges of vag
rancy, L. Cooper, A. Grimes and H.
Bradford were given terms of 10
days each in jail, suspended on
condition they leave town today. R.
Sanchez, facing a drunkenness
charge, had his case continued un
til Wednesday.
D. Mendoza, drunkenness and
disturbing the peace and B. Ybara,
drunkenness, wil have their cases
taken up again on Thursday. E.
Owens, drunkenness and disturb
ing the peace, pleaded guilty and
drew a sls or 7% days in jail sen
tence. Sentences of $lO or five days
were imposed on F. Padilla, J. Vra
na and H. Mendenhall when they
pleaded guilty to charges of drunk
enness.
IS. WALETS
TRIAL STARTS
ON JOLT SIR
TACOMA, Wash., June 24. (U.R)
—Mrs. Margaret Waley, accused
accomplice in the Weyerhaeuser
kidnaping, will go on trial July 5
on charges of kidnaping and con
spiracy to kidnap, Federal Judge
E. E. Cushman ruled today.
Mrs. Waley remained in her jail
cell in Olympia today while her at
torney, Steve O’Brien of Tacoma,
battled to have the trial delayed
until July 9. Harmon M. Waley,
her husband, was sentenced last
Friday to 45 years in federal pri
son. He probably will testify in his
wife’s behalf at her trial.
J. Charles Dennis, U. S. District
attorney, requested Judge Cush
man to set July 5 or 6 for the hear
ing over O’Brien’s protests.
O’Brien declared John F. Dore,
former Seattle mayor, who was ap
pointed to assist in Mrs. Waley’s
defense, believed the trial would
not last more than a week and
would be completed in time for
Judge Cushman to start his vaca
tion July 15, as scheduled.
Judge Cushman then set July 5
as the opening date, with the un •
derstanding no more than that day
will be occupied in selecting a jury
to hear the case.
Yankees Reported
Safely In Persia
TEHERAN, Iran (Persia) June
24. (U.R)—Dr. Hermann F. Erben of
San Francisco and two companions
arrived Saturday after being lost
in the Karbela Najaf desert on
their way from Baghdad, Irak.
At the outset of a 20.000-mile sci
entific expedition across Asia to
the Pacific, they lost their way in
the desert. They had no water and
their specially constructed automo
bile was a foot deep in sand after
a terrific sandstorm.
Erben’s companions are Max
Reisch, Austrian sportsman, and
Helmuth Mahmann, Vienna photo
grapher. Reisch injured his side on
a stone while swimming in the Ti
gris soon after they left Baghdad
and was taken to a hospital.
Erben was in good spirits today
and reported he was well treated
on his journey.
MOUNTAIN CAMP MOVED AHEAD
State Park Commission Votes SERA Application
For Recreation Center
At a meeting of the California
state park commission held Satur
day at noon in the Exposition Ad
ministration Building at San Die
go, park commissioners voted un
animously ot apply for an SERA
project for the development of the
wooded promontory at the south
end of Cuyamaca Lake in Cuyama
ca State Park, primarily for the
benefit of Imperial county. Guy
Fleming, superintendent of the
southern division of the state park
system, was instructed by the com
missioners to cooperate with the
supervisors and with the Imperial
County SERA in making surveys
and plans for the establishment of
the camp.
Members of the park commission
were heartily in accord with the
idea advanced by the Imperial
county supervisors for establishing
an Imperial county camp at this
scenic point on the lake, but the
question arose as to whether such
a camp could be used by the re
sidents of Imperial county exclu
sively. It was felt that the area
was amply large to permit other
persons sharing the benefits.
"When we acquired Cuyamaca
State Park,” said President Wil
liam Edawrds Colby of the State
Park Commission, “we had in mind
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
10 INJURED
IN SERIES OF
AUTO CRASHES
Two Escape Unharmed As Auto
Strikes Freight Train At Main
Street Crossing
Two persons injured, consider
able damage to several automobiles
and one horse killed are the re
sults of four traffic accidents in
the county over the week-end ac
cording to reports filed at the traf
fice department, police department
and sheriff’s office.
At 8:15 o'clock last night, Clifford
Richards, El Centro, driving east
on Main street, crashed into the
side of a northbound freight train
at the Main street crossing. Neith
er Richards nor his wife received
any injury. Richards is reported
to have told police that he had
seen no crossing flagman on duty
at the time but the conductor of
the train stated that he and a
brakeman had been acting as flag
men while the train was on the
crossing. Richards’ car was badly
damaged and towed to a local gar
age.
A meagre report at the sheriff’s
office states that at the airport
crossing of the El Centro-Calexico
highway a horse was killed by a
motorist early yesterday morning.
The driver of the car was not in
jured.
Trucks driven by Fred Cox, El
Centro and John Dykes, Brawley,
figured in another accident which
happened 25 miles west of Brawley
at 11:20 o’clock Saturday night, ac
cording to another report.
This states that Cox fell asleep
while operating his truck and side
swiped Dykes’ truck which was
parked off the highway. Dykes
received minor bruises and scratch
es but the crash was sufficient to
cause damages estimated at $1175
to the two trucks.
Guadalupe Silva, Brawley, was
slightly injured in another acci
dent which happened near the east
city limits of Brawley at 9:30
o’clock last night. The report
states that her car was struck by
another operated by Theodore Soza,
also of Brawley. The latter is said
to have been intoxicated at the
time of the accident as after strik
ing the other car he is reported to
have run away from the place. He
was apprehended by Officer Walsh
of the state traffic department,
and Brawley police. Brought to the
county jail he is being held there
pending a decision to prosecute him
on a reckless driving or a hit and
run charge.
Pioneer California
Woman Dies At 86
LOS ANGELES, June 24. (U.R)—
Senora Anita De La Guerra De
Thompson, 86, member of the old
Southern California aristocracy,
will be buried in the cemetery of
Santa Barbara mission following a
funeral scheduled to be held here
today.
Famed as a belle in her youth,
she was the daughter of Concep
cion Sepulveda, member of the
family owning old Rancho Palos
Verdes. She lived here 30 years.
The funeral was to be held in
St. Joseph’s church.
more tthan anything else the great
benefits which would accrue to the
people in Imperial Valley in having
this beautiful, timbered park facing
the lake available for summer
camping and winter sports. There
are 21,000 acres of land in the
Cuyamaca State Park and there
should be ample for Imperial Val
ley residents and for others who
might wish to use the park.”
Those attending from Imperial
Valley, representing the Imperial
County SERA headquarters were
W. J. Sterrett, Miss Rachel Greene,
Kenneth Hickcox and Tom Haw
ley. R. M. Gregory, in charge of the
San Diego SERA Administration
was present to assist the Imperial
county delegation. Also appearing
was J. C. Spencer of Seeley, inter
ested in mountain recreational
areas, and Robert Hays, secretary
manager of the El Centro Cham
ber of Commerce.
The El Centro delegation were
materially aided in their presenta
tion of Imperial Valley’s case by a
legal brief prepared by C. G. Halii
day, assistant district attorney, on
the authority of the state park
commission, under the California
statutes, to make a cession of land
for camp site purposes similar to
that asked for by the Imperial
county board of supervisors.
COVERS THE VALLEY LIKE THE SUNSHINE
EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1935
IMPERIAL VALLEY DAY SCORES
DECIDED HIT’ AT EXPOSITION
Near Record Crowd Drawn Through Gates By De
sire To See Exceptionally Fine Program Pre
sented By Valley Talent
It started here in the valley early
Saturday morning of course, but
the real start of Imperial Valley’s
big day at the California-Pacific
International exposition came
shortly after 1 o’clock yesterday af
ternoon when the Holtville girls’
drill team, headed by Harry Wood
bury, and led by the Ft. Yuma In
dian band started from the east
gate of the exposition for the pa
rade to the organ pavilion to take
part in the valley’s program.
The Indians, in flaming red
shirts, dark trousers and tribal
headgear, swung into a snappy
march and the parade was on. Pre
ceding them was a police escort
and immediately behind them cams
the national colors, carried and es
corted by members of the drill
team. Then came the main body
of the drill team —28 attractive
looking youngsters, with gold-plated
helmets, blue military capes with
yellow linings, yellow skirts, white
shoes and stockings, marching
along like a section of that old
picked regiment from the A. E. F.
OFFICER HELD
FOR SHOOTING
DENVER IAN
DENVER, Colo., June 24. (U.R)
A charge of murder was prepared
today against a Denver policeman
who awoke from a drunken slum
ber to learn that a bullet from his
service revolver had killed Arthur
P. Ware, Jr„ 23, wealthy drug com
pany executive.
The slaying followed the coming
out party for Miss Edith Malo,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Malo, one of Denver’s wealthiest
families, Saturday night.
The victim, a friend of the Malo
family though not a guest at the
reception, was the fiance of Miss
Emma Jean Denious, daughter of
a prominent attorney.
The policeman, Ernest Ayres, 38,
was assigned with several other
officers to the Malo party. Shortly
before 8 p. m. Ware called at the
Malo home to pick up another po
liceman, E. L. Scott, with whom
he had been studying police radio
methods.
Ayers, investigators learned, was
drunk, and Ware volunteered to
drive him home in the young man’s
automobile.
Seven and a half hours later
Ayers awoke to feel the pressure of
a body against his side. He lighted
a match and before it flickered out
saw Ware's lifeless body and his
own .45-calibre revolver lying in
a pool of blood on the floor.
“I don’t remember anything un
til I woke up in the car and found
young Ware beside me,” Ayers told
Police Chief George W. Marland.
He admitted he was intoxicated.
Officers applied the new “para
fin powder burn test” to both the
victim’s and the officer’s hands.
The sensitive wax showed Ayers
had fired a gun sometime in the
preceding 12 hours. Investigators
found a bullet from Ayer’s revolver
had coursed through Ware's brain.
The youth’s right hand was
tightly clenched. In it officers
found the car’s ignition key. They
concluded that Ayers had demand -
ed permission to drive and that
Ware had refused and that the
shooting followed.
State NRA Codes No
Longer Held Legal
California’s industrial recovery
act and codes, modeled after the
NRA, have, like the latter, been de
clared void by a decision of the
second district court of appeal at
I,os Angeles Saturday.
The decision quotes the U. S. su
preme court decision on the NRA
in declaring the state act uncon
stitutional.
The case involving the decision
involved Glenn Downing, found
guilty of violating the petroleum
industry’s code of fair competition
in a lower court.
WAR ILLNESS FATAL
LOS ANGELES, June 24. (U.R)
Tuberculosis contracted during
World war service was blamed to
day for the death of James Irvine,
Jr„ 42, multi-millionaire Oregon
county rancher, yesterday in St.
Vincent’s hospital.
Irvine’s father owns the 100,000-
acre San Joaquin rancho neai
Santa Ana.
which made London and Paris go
wild in 1919, and gave New York
and Washington patriotic chills
which lasted for three full days.
We ought to call them young la
dies. but that sounds too stiff.
Those kids can march. They are
a credit to Imperial Valley and
any valleyite who couldn’t get a
tingle yesterday as he overheard
comments on them as they passed
along the line of march must have
ice water in his veins.
Down the plaza they swung,
drawing handclaps and cheers all
the way. Not one girl batted an
eyelash, lost a step, or deviated one
single bit from the business in
hand—that of making the best pos
sible showing they could for Impe
rial Valley. The sunlight bounced
off their golden helmets and some
thing else bounced out of their
faces, off their soldierly steps, out
of their personalities that made
you glad you were from Imperial
Valley and that, in a manner of
speaking, these kids were our kids,
out before the critical eyes of the
world and making a big, smashing
hit of it. Every mother and fa
ther who has a youngster in that
group should be proud of her.
We are trying to get them down
into that organ pavilion but it is
a hard job. There could be plenty
more written about them but they
were swell and we are going to let
It go at that and say they got into
the organ pavilion with the hand
claps of thousands of persons roar
ing around them, their friends and
neighbors proud of them, and then
they filed back stage to await their
turn on the program.
Time Advanced
Imperial Valley’s moment in the
center of the exposition stage was
on. Not even the fact that it was
advanced half an hour with hardly
any notice, prevented a large
crowd from seating itself in front
of the stage and around the sides.
The valleyites were there out of
loyalty, other hundreds came at
tracted by the parade of the In
dians and the Holtville girls and
more came pouring in when the
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Mexican Official
Commits Suicide
AGUA PRIETA, Sonora, Mexico,
June 24. (U.R) Despondency over
the political situation in Mexico
was blamed today for the suicide of
Guillermo M. Bemal, postmaster
here for the past year.
Bernal, member of a prominent
Sonora family and related by mar
riage to Gen. Plutarco Elias Cal
les, drank poison after writing a
farewell note in which he declared
he was the victim of a political plot
against his character.
Bernal was married three years
ago to Senorita Guadalupe Elias,
daughter of Jesus Elias, prominent
Sonora cattleman. She survives
him.
He came here from Naco, Sonora,
where he was postmaster and head
of the government telegraph de
partment for two years.
Junior Chamber Not
To Hold Meeting
Because of a joint meeting with
the Brawley B-Lo-C club to be
held in that city Wednesday at
7:30 p. m., the regular meeting of
the Junior Qhamber of Commerce
will not take place tonight.
It was voted at the last meeting
of the club to restrict sessions dur
ing the summer to two per month.
These will be held on the first and
third Mondays unless this schedule
conflicts with the league baseball
games in which case members will
be notified of the change.
Heart Attack Fatal
For Fire Fighter
ALTADENA, Calif., June 24. (U.R)
—The death of David Oemmil, 55,
Salt Lake City mining engineer,
who collapsed face down into the
flames while fighting a grass fire,
was attributed to heart trouble to
day.
Rescued by friends, Gemmil died
while an inhalator was working
over him.
HSs wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Gemmil,
said he was under treatment for a
heart ailment in a Salt Lake City
hospital during January.
SECOND SHOT SUCCEEDS
LOS ANGELES, June 24. (U.R)
When his first shot missed a vital
spot, James E. Plant, 47. advertis
ing man, calmly extracted the shell
from his gun, loaded two fresh car
tridges, and sent a second bullet
through his heart.
Police attributed his suicide to ill
health.
SUPERVISORS
FROWN OPON
BUDGETRAISE
Opposed To Increases To Take
Care Of Unemployables After
First Of Next Month
Supervisors from a majority of
counties in the state went on rec
ord as opposed to any additional
budget increat? outside the regu
larly allowed five per cent in order
to raise funds to care for unem
ployables who will be put under
their care after July 1, A. Y. Preble,
chairman of the county board of
supervisors stated this morning.
Preble returned here yesterday
from the meeting of supervisors
which had been held in Los An
geles late last week.
While every county In the state
was not represented at this meet,
ing, those present represented 90
per cent of the state’s population,
Preble said.
This meeting was held by the
supervisors in answer to the re
quest made by state relief adminis
tration forces recently that after
July l all unemployables should be
taken care of by the counties in
which they reside and not by gov
ernment funds. For that purpose
each county was asked to make
necessary budget increases to en
able them to take care of this add
ed relief group.
Imperial county’s quota was set
at $169,049 which would cause a
material increase in the tax rate
for the coming fiscal year and this
was opposed by the supervisors
from this county.
M. L. Lewis, field agent for the
state relief administration, was
present at this meeting with the
supervisors and was asked many
pertinent questions relating to the
intended relief setup after July 1.
An examination of the 260 cases
of alleged unemployables to be
transferred to the county care after
July 1 as reported on a list sub
mitted by Charles Nice, county in
digent officer, showed that 78 were
able to work; eight were aliens,
capable of work; one was eli
gible for needy relief; one was a
pensioner; one had been refused a
pension, and eight were receiving
aid from- both the county and
state, Preble said.
Bankhead Home Act
Passed By Senate
WASHINGTON, June 24. (U.R)—
The senate today passed the Bank
head Parmer’s Home Corporation
Act which seeks to aid tenant
farmers by financing them in the
purchase of homesteads.
The bill now goes to the house.
As it passed the senate the bill
provided that all workers in the
corporation’s employ except attor
neys be subject to civil service. It
also provided that all employees
getting more than $4,000 be subject
to confirmation by the senate.
The vote on final passage was 45
to 32.
Baseball Scores
By United Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Chicago— R H E
Boston 010 100 200—4 9 3
Chicago 300 001 20x—6 11 2
Rhodes, Grove and R. Ferrell;
Phelps and Shea.
At Cleveland— R H E
New York 000 130 000—4 9 1
Cleveland 001 000 000 —1 8 0
Tamulis and Dickey; Lee and
Phillips.
At St. Louis — R H E
Philadelphia 000 100 000 o—l 7 1
St. Louis 000 001000 I—2 9 0
Mahaffey and Richards; Thomas
and Hemsley.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At New York— R H E
Chicago 040 000 014 I—lo 13 0
New York 000 225 000 0— 9 17 0
Lee, Kowalik, Henshaw and Hart
nett; Parmelee, Chagnon, Smith,
Gable and Mancuso.
At Brooklyn— R H E
St. Louis 100 002 720—12 18 2
Brooklyn 502 000 000— 7 13 3
P. Dean, P. Collins, Heusser, J.
Dean and Davis, Delancey; Zach
ary. Leonard, Munns and Lopez,
Phelps.
At Philadelphia— R H E
Cincinnati 001 300 200—6 17 1
Philadelphia . 001 000 201—4 7 2
Schott. Herrmann. Nelson and
Campbell; Davis, Bivin, Pezzulo,
Jorgens and Todd.
Only games scheduled.
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
BEVERLY HILLS, June 23.
(To the Editor of The Press:)
Well, this “sock the rich” pro
gram is about all you hear about
now, and you can tell just to a
dollar how much a man has
got by how sore he Is. They are
supposed to put the thing over
till next congress, but Senator
Joe Robinson in the morning’s
paper had the best suggestion, as
he generally always does, for he
is mighty level headed and plen
ty smart. Joe says to thrash it
out at this session. "Why go
home leaving everybody in fear
of the next session,” hold the
clinic now, and operate if they
are going to operate. You won’t
help business by postponement,
why not go ahead and let every
body know just what it’s going
to cost ’em to die, for the way it
is now, a fellow don’t know
whether to die or not.
Yours,
fsCle,
ft (•*». McHaugbl Syadtotl*.
TRAFFIC TOLL
IN SOUTHLAND
ISHEAVY ONE
LOS ANGELES, June 24. (U.R) —
Deaths in an unusually hazardous
week-end on Southern California
highways stood at nine early to
day, three cf the m children.
Charles Stockdale, 59, Fresno,
died yesteiday of injuries suffered
when he was struck June 13 by an
automobile driven by Sakuma Bun
shiro, 34.
Child traffic fatalities were Re
becca Larson, 2, Long Beach, run
over by a car backing out of a
driveway; Richard Brubeck, 1, who
fell from a moving machine; Leo
nard Schulman, 12, who ran into
the street in front of an automo
bile.
Aristo Queseda, 19, was held on
suspicion of manslaughter after
his automobile killed a 90-year-old
woman, Mrs. Sylvester Ramirez.
Other victims were Clark Le
Barre, 53; Robert Handler, 25, Chi
cago, who died in Pomona of in
juries suffered Friday in a crash;
John C. Wyness, 34; John Johnson,
45.
Utah Slayer To Get
Hearing On Sanity
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, June
24. (U.R)—Delbert Green, 26, under
sentence to be shot for almost five
years, evaded the death penalty
again today when Judge Herbert
Schiller granted a plea for a san
ity hearing.
Green was scheduled to face a
firing squad of five men at sun
rise Wednesday. The order for a
sanity hearing automatically stay
ed execution.
In granting plea Judge Schiller
said the hearing would be called
“July 1, or as soon thereafter as
possible.”
The hearing will be before a jury
of 12. Should the jury return a
verdict that Green is insane he
would be committed to the state
hospital.
Gran, convicted in 1930 of kill
ing his young wife, her mother and
his uncle, three times has been
sentenced to be shot. Appeals to
higher courts stayed execution in
the first two instances.
In a previous trial a jury re
turned a verdict that Green was
sane at the time of the murders.
The hearing ordered today is to de
termine if he is sane now.
In the event of Green being com
mitted to the state hospital, he would
come under the death sentence
again should an examination de
termine he had regained sanity.
Says Husband Tried
To Give Her Poison
LOS ANGELES. June 24. (U.R) —
Russell Cahoun. 46, was to stand
trial on attempted murder charges
today in connection with an alleged
attempt to kill his wife and their
star boarder by inducing them to
drink poisoned coffee.
Cahoun was arrested after his
wife, Mrs. Nellie Calhoun, 30, told
police she “peeked through a key
hole” and saw her husband “pour
something from a bottle” into a pot
of coflee he brewed for their break
fast. Police examined the contents
of the pot and found It contained
a deadly poison.
Ralph Clocker. the boarder, was
taken to a hospital suffering from
poisoning after he assertedly drank
a cup of coffee made by Calhoun.
BANK CLEARINGS
95100.943.01
BUILDING PERMITS
$39,493
ATTACK IDE
UPON MEDGED
REFUND PLAN
Situation Is Similar To That
Existing In Imperial Irrigation
District
DECISION TO BE IMPORTANT
Local Bond Refunding Program
Will Be Jeopardized If Court
Upholds Petition
LOS ANGELES. June 24. (U.R)—
Opposing a petition of the Merced
irrigation District for permission
to reorganize under federal court
supervision, attorneys representing
bondholders of the district today
declared emergency bankruptcy leg
islation enacted by congress last
year is unconstitutional.
The plan, said to have the sanc
tion of approximately two-thirds of
the district’s bondholder# was de
signed with a view to solving the
district’s financial difficulties. It
would provide for flotation of a Re
construction Finance Corporation
loan, and issuance of new bonds
which would net bondholders 51
cents on the dollar for their pres
ent holdings.
Representing the West Coast
Life Insurance company, Attorney
Charles L. Childers contended that
congress had not the power to pass
the bankruptcy statute. The hear
ing opened shortly before noon in
the federal court.
“This act encroaches on the sov
ereignty of the state,” Childers de
clared. “The plan is confiscatory
and deprives Investors of their
flights and their holdings in viola
tion of the constitution.”
Under the proposed plan, bonded
indebtedness of the district, approx
imately $16,000,000, would be cut to
$8,500,000.
, Officials and taxpayers of the
Imperial Irrigation District are
watching the above case with con
siderable interest as the court’s de
cision will have a direct bearing on
the district of the future, it was
stated last week.
The local district also has a re
funding program now practically
complete and chaos would result, it
is stated, it the court’s decision
should be adverse to the refunding
program.
Charles L. Childers, rpresenting
the Merced district bondholders
who are opposing the refunding,
was formerly chief counsel for the
Imperial Irrigation District.
PRESIDENT AT
OFFICE AFTER
RECENT TRIP
WASHINGTON. June 24. (U.R)—
1 President Roosevelt arrived today
at 8:30 a. m. after a week-end spent
at New London, Conn., and his
Hyde Park, N. Y., estate. He went
directly to the White House.
A brisk week of action confront
ed the President as he returned to
the capital.
He was expected to confer with
congressional leaders with the view
of clarifying the status of his pro
gram for higher taxes on the
wealthy.
Plans for congressional adjourn
ment are dependent upon whether
the President desires enactment of
the tax revision proposal at this
session or prefers to let the problem
go over until next winter.
He also faced a criictal situation
in the house where a revolt has de
veloped over the Wheeler-Rayburn
utilities bill and the TVA amend
ments. Both measures have been
reported out of committee in a form
much less drastic than desired by
Mr. Roosevelt.
Report Local Man
In Mountain Crash
Report of an accident, assertedly
Involving Sam Schoenburg of this
city, and in which Mrs. A. P Mr-
Crite of Scotsdale, Arlz., received
severe injuries, was received hero
today. The accident happened Sat
urday night near Jacumba.
Inquiry at the traffic office, sher
iff’s office and district attorney's
office in San Diego county, revealed
that no report on the accident had
been filed at any of these places
A report circulated here that
Mrs. McCrite had died, was denied
this afternoon by the San Diego
Tribune.
Schoenburg was sentenced in po
lice court last week to pay a fine
of SIOO and serve 60 days in Jail
for disturbing the peace by firing
off a gun at his home, a habit
which had brought him into trouble
on several previous occasions. The
jail sentence was suspended on con
dition that he leave town.
PANTS IIURGLAK ACTIVE
CHICAGO, June 24. <U.R)-Pant*
bandits are on the rampage hero
again. Four victims were sent home
in their unde-wear last night after
strip bandits obtained a total of $36,
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