davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

, for II pcr cent protcin content has
narroNcd Ia about I cents per bush
cl compared with 20 cents wear
ago Test weight and moisture
content have become more import
ant factors than the protein test at
This market.
The supply of wheat in the north
Crn hemisphere this wear is practic
ally The same aS wear ago with
reductions in European harvcstS
larorlv offScttin" the increased pro
duction in the United States. Re
rortS indicate that deliveries of nat
i've wheat in Euronean markets are
relatively small while much of the
grain j. Of poor onalitv and light
wei"bt. Even with the largest
world Shinmcnts July September
this wear since 1927 European com
mcrcial stocks We're still small tn"
first at October. Reports Indicate
that these reserves have been fur
ther reduced with limited shipments
of grain available since the sharp
advance in ocorn frcightS In Il
number Of t,uropean countries
where grain i protected hv thrift
the prices of native wheat are above
. world parity.
Canadian stocks of old wheat
which We're large on July were
rapidly reduced during July AMI
August aud when the new crop
movement began We're about the
same aS two rears ago. The early
movement ii Canada wheat waS re-
farded hV rain aud snow which re-
reatedlN interrupted harvesting ana
threshing and lowered the grade Of
nluch uf the wheat. Markctiu@S re-
.cntlv. however. have been liberal
and the movement to date is about
the same Us last wear.
Export demand in this country
also has been recently limited hv
high ocean freight rates and com,
mercial stocks are somewhat larger
than n Year ago.
Market developments in the near
future will he largely influenced hv
ontturn in the southern hcmisnhcrc.
The acreage sown there is. slightly
larger than in 1925 and conditions
have been generally favorable So
that Australia and Argentina may
have more wheat t" ship than last
season. It is still toe early. how
ever. I" arrive ut a definite estimate
Of the outturn in those countries.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01
New Artillery
Being Tested

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3o.-PlaaS
for speedy mobilization Of men and
materials in event Of war have bocn
perfected !" include representative
manufacturing plants throughout he
country. according to the annual re.
port Of Maisr Gp"eral G. e. VIII
Jams. ordnalfcr chief. made public
today
"Onc Interesting outcome Of his
contact with civilian industry i II,
development Of ranufacture Of pro
lcctilcS from seamless tubing. which
viii tremendously increase pred4c-
tion possibilities and decrease the
time necessary to produce in guam
titv Williams Said.
Urging approximations for larger
war reserves of munitions. lie adj
ded:
The amounts of loaded ammuni-
tion that are lost annually through
deterioration are steadily increasing.
and il i essential that steps De
taken in the near future 10 rcplacc
NOR" rapidly This dctcrioratcd ma
tcrial.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01
Claims Autos
Destroy Romance

While the charge frequently has
been made that the automobile has
promoted romance and >moothed the
pathway for lovers seek ing solitude.
it also has destroyed romance. ac-
tording to information received br
the Automobile club OF Southern
California.
This modern. form Of transportation
has invaded the country once ruled
by King Tut AdviccS from Egypt
state thar the camel. the romantic
sportation in that ancient land
for thousands Of wears. i being sup
planted by the motor vehicle
Within the shadow Of the famous,
Sphinx Of Egypt there are 1908 mo-
tor busScS serving the population
which formerly depcndcd upon the
camel. There are ss9l private cars,
49, taXiS and l533 trucks in the
land nf Moses. according 10 the lat
est report from the L. s. trade com
missioner. However. the camel and
donkey stiil retain their status a~
leading means nf travel across the
desert area.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

Ga 4er"uni Of generally low stocks
81 flour "a the "rvnit. "f The seq
son while substantial amonntS Of
wheat were taken to re"lcniSh DO
nlcted mill AMI commercial hold,
ingS
Exports also were large because
pf small reserves in Europe and the
eeduccd harvcSts of brcadorainS in
hat continent this wear. Early in
he season exports were consider
',hly larger than for the correspond
ing period Of 1924. when more
wheat was available in this country
mcntS have been restricted hv
sharply higher ocean freight rates.
Although the wheat crop this
vrar is slightly larger than the av,
'Iagc for the past five wears, SAYS
he department, the unusually small
reserves ut thr beginning of the
,a>nn reduced the supply below
he average amount available for
he wears since the war The supply
: larger than for last season and is
qhaut the same a> for 192S aud l92l
hut with the exception Of theS"
3ear> Il ! The smallest since 1911.
The quality Of the winter wheat
crop i unusually good but part Of
tn, soft winter wheat and the hulk
of thu spring wheat We're damaged
Ia some degree hv excessive rains
Inch interrupted thrr>hing.
Lowe. Premiums
Premiums for high protein wheat
arr much lower this wear than in
recent >ea>ons on account Of the
abundant supply Of this wheat. Il
the middle Of November wheat test
my 13 per cent protein is quoted nj
! - cents over ordinary wheat Of
the same grade at Kansas City.
while wear ago this percentage
commanded Il premium Of about II
cents. Al Minneapolis the premium
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01
Japan Unveils
MOnu ent To
Francis Xavier
By MILES w. VAUGHN
United Press Staff Corresnnndnn.

A0oo s'tdli correspondent
Ipklo. Nov. Ca monument to
Francis Navier, pioneer Christian
worker IN Japan WIS unveiled IN
Aamaguehi recently in the presence
ot the diplomatic body. lie Pap9i
NnncIo aud heads et Catholic ipSti.
'''''o"s FROM throughout .Tapan TEe
Belgian and Italian ambassadors. thu
ministers Of Poland anil Portugal.
aud representatives Of tie German
and Spanish diplomatic organiza.
lions attended.
Francis Naejer, Spanish priest.
came to japan almost tour centuries
ago from Malacca. His guide vas a
jaPaneSe Who had hccn studvmo i'm
Goa. They landed first IN SstSam4
and after imulanting tie spirit If
Christianity there tie missionaries
eame In NaHaguehi.
After an audieHcc with Fcudal
Lord Quehi OF the Ashikaea Shaggn
ate. NaNier went to Kvoto ana m.
preached Gonnaro Tonne for sane
tion for Christian work In Janan.
He failed and returned - Hirato in
l'1l. resHming relations with Lord
Ouchi. who WIS known aS progress
Slvc and already had opened up
trade relations with Korea. Ouchi
gave formal permission for Christian
and dedicated Temple
70 the priest.
y story is told the Feudal Lord :
consent finally w&s won bv gifts Of
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01
Tourist Travel
To California
Breaks Record

More automobile tourists entered
southern California during the first
ten months of this year than during
AL Of last year. according to a re-
port Of the touring bureau of the
Automobile Club of southern Cali
fornia.
Since no check iS made on cars
coming by way Of the Pacific high
WAY routes. the obviously large to-
tai Of machines that came from 9th
er states over these roads can only
be estimated Exclusive of these
routes. however. III" official count.
hv state forces AT all other highway
nortS Of entry show that l5l..17
foreign ears entered the southland
during the first ten months of 1926
a conlparcd with 1j4.604 machines
during the entire wear of 1925. Ev-
cry car carries an average of three
persons. who spend - apiec" per
day during an average stay Of six
weeks. according to estimates Of the
automobile club.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01
Y Q. -.IN "-.TJFUf.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
In the Superior Court of the State
of California. in and for the
County of imperial

IN the Matter of the Application Of
Robert son Motor Company, q cor
poration. for a Change cf Its
Name.
On filing the Petition Of Robert
son Motor Company. n corporation
on the 9th dar Of o,n'pbcr l126.
70 chang" its name to Robertson
''hanc" Co@panv. "nl good. cadse
o. :, .p@ tisa"i'n'
- =, HIRE, I 0RnEGF9 t5n.
I'll persons interested in the said
matter. be and appear before this
Court on the 10th dav Of Deccmbcr
1926. al thc hour Of 10 o clock u.
m. 10 show cause why tho appiica-
iion Of the Robertson Motor Com.
panv, a corporation, 10 change its
name 10 the Robertson Finance Com
panv should not be granted.
Dated this 9th day Of November,
1925.
FRANKLIN !. COLE,
Judge Of said Superior Court.
y 10 II "a d ]. -
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01
HEAVY WHEAT
MOVEMENT FINDS
READY MARKET

Active mill buying and good *
port inquiry have held the domestic
wheat market firm during the 1926
y season 10 date in spite Of the rap
ii movement of the 1926 crop. tho
department of agriculture said to
day in review of the situation.
Magkctings during the first three
months of the season equaIled ap
proximatclv half of this wears har
vest but milling demand was active
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01


clocks and eyeglasses, which Navicr
rendered al the crucial moment of
the negotiations
Navior remained Yamaguchi near
" a wear, taught astronomy and
mathematics, and baptized some
1000 japanese. His fame spread
aua he was invited to other Japa-
hese feudai courts. winning all by
his learning and his picty. The
priest finally obtained passage back
Ia India ON Portuguese vessel and
died two vear> later while on vov.
age IL China. III his Eth year.
The early Influence Of Christian.
itY in Satsnma province still IS in
dicatcd by the crcst of the SatSama
family nm cncirclel cross.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01
81
Daily Shipments
From Ell Centre

Tin" number of ears ordered by
shippers today for the movement of
the valley S perishablc fruit and
vegetables, according to the South
crn Pacific traffic department, is
- follows: lettuce s, peas ), spin.
sch and mixed vegetables .. Thu
lettuce order is evenly divided be.
tween hrawIcy and FL Centre.
The following was the movcmcn.
out Of the valley for the past ~
hours; one car Of lettuce, four cars
Of peas and two of spinach.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

1t is related that Navicr's report
- Tome on conditions in Japan led
10 the sending of MANY mis>ionaric,
chlrtlv Germans and Belgians.
fhr monument unveiled today i
= testimony of the people of Japan
le the work Of this early Christian
p.oneef
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01
Don't Be Delinuuent

Reid. county tax collector, issues a
warning that the second and final in.
Stalim"nt of l926-27 taxes are due
next Monday. December 6. Taxes not
paid on that date will become dclin.
Guent aud hc assessed penalty Of
- per cent. He urges in each in
stance that statements bc brought 10
the office by the holder or mailed
with the cheek or money order.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

A New York policeman caught a
woodcock. That j. not the only rare
bird ever caught in New York. how,
ever.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

Highland, San Bcrnardino county.
shipped the first new crop Naycls.
1.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

Famous last lines: And he did
not drink n drop before the country
Went dry
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

Navel oranges showing 81 per
cent sugar were shipped from River
side. November 10.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01
Senator TO
Oppose Passage
of Boulder Bill
ny United Press Neascsl Wire

W SHlNGTON, Dee H. Scnat,
ASlurst, Democrat. Arizona, SER
co notice today he would fight IN
attempt to thrust through the Sc,
ate in the winter session the bin ,
develop power at Boulder Dam, Ar
iona.
Ashurst declared the mcasur
sponsored by Senator johnson, II
publican, California, and Represc|
ta!i1c Swing, Republican, CalforI
II, might pass the house but
would take every possible prcca
tl"n to prevent its adoption in Il
senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

Famous last lines: And he ca,
al such good family, too
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

The county of Santa Barha
mas added SD to the state bolln
for mountain lions.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
ENVOY TO GIVE FETE
FOR VETERANS OF 'e8
Cuban Attache Sends Invitations
for Annual Entertain
ment Here.

Caretaro de Quesada, consular 2
tache Of the cuban embassy. la
issued invitations for his annual en-
tertainment for the United Spanish
War Veterans, TO lie held on IanuarN
IS, the birthday anniversary Of Jos
Marti one Of the treat Cuban patriots
This year the function, at which IN"
Cuban Ambassador viii he the guest o.
honor and To which about 1000 guest >
will he invited. will he held in NJ"
mortal Continental Hall. the national
headquarters Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution
The program will be a concert by the
United States Army Band, which viii
play a program of Cuban airs songs
by Broadway stars, and addresses
The guests Will include high dipln-
matte and Army officials and the M
tional officers Of the L nited Spanish
War Veterans. who viii be gathered
here preparatory to sailing for HaNs
ma, on Warships, to place a bronze tai
lei on the Maine Memorial on Febru
airy Is. the anniversary of the SinklnG
of the battleship in 1898.
Mr.. Quesada who is the nephew q.
the first Cuban Minister 70 the United
States GonZalo de QueSada, is an hol
orary member Of the United Spanish
War Veterans. and his entertained.
for the organization has been an .1f
nual event III Washington for eienl
wears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

his efforts to build up a national
opera, for the past three years has
made it practice to have at least
one all-American cast. His efforts
have been rewarded in the past by a
fine patronage. This year, the pat
ronage Is even more vital than in the
past The expenses of producing the
opera have been heavy. The adding
of needed assistance to the staff, and
securing the type of costumes and
scenery necessary to the first-class
production of opera, have swelled the
| expenses of the company to a large
figure. .
! AS patronage increases the season
can be heightened. Without sufficient
patronage it must of necessity be
| shortened.
Mr.. Albion's work with the company
is entirely voluntary. He has never
drawn a salary as general director his
| income being derived from his stu
dents. He has given of his time gen
vision of a great string of resident
| opera companies in the principal cities
all linked together as the National
| Opera Association, which would offer
| TO American singers and American
artists a chance to get a hearing.
| Washington will be represented in
| the Samson and Delilah" cast by
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann. the ma
tionally known basso, and the part of
the high priest will be taken by q
| young American baritone, Fred Pat
| ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

Homer, took her to the old Boston
Theater in Washington street to hear
Il performance or 'fduSt ny ihe
Metropolitan Company.
The next morning she awoke, de.
termined to be an opera singer, just
how she did not know, but she was
none the less determined.
The interest which then existed be
tween her and her young teacher rip
ened into marriage. And with mar
rage came the determination on the
part of both of them to go to Paris
to study, she for the opera. he to con
tinue his work in composition. by
this time her voice had been placed
and each month it had grown In
beauty and power.
In Paris she studied with the great
Koenig, repertoire acting and stage
department with Lherie and diction
with the Versins. Before two years
were finished, by the lucky chance
of the opera in Nichy being greatly
in need of Il contralto and Of the
manager CHANGING to hear Mrs
Homer sing, she had her debut III
that famous watering place.
Engagements in France.
E,ngagements in some of the better
provincial operas of France We're FOL
lowed by contract as the leadlns
contralto of the Monnaie in Brussels
This brought Covent Garden in Lon
don. where Maurice Grau was impre
sario as he was of the. Metropolitan in
New York, so that it followed natural
w that she was brought to New York
although her American debut was
made in San Francisco during the
visit of the Metropolitan company
there before The opening of the New
York season.
Nine. Homer. with Paul Althouse
the famous American tenor. will heat
an all-American east in Samson ant
Delilah." which will he sung by the
Washington Opera Co, January IS, ii
the Washington Auditorium.
General Director Edouard Albion, il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
DOUMER PROGRAM
FACES ONSLAUGHT
Chamber to Tackle Finance
Issue at ReopenIng
on Tuesday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PARIS. January 9.-The political
armiStice between the warning parma
mentary powers during the holidays
is over, and Paris, which has JUST
escaped a calamity through the HOOD
ing of the Seine River, will be subject.
ed during the coming week to ii hood
Of oratory.
The Socialist parties will hold gen
eral congress tomorrow, when 1t Will
be decided whether they Will partlcf
l3ate IN the government with the othei
groups of the left. on Tuesday the
chamber will reconvene and the de
bate will he at its height about Thurs
day, when the plans presented by NJ.
Doumer, the finance minister, and the
left group cartel will come up for dis
cuSSion by Parliament.
The opening session of the cham
Der is expected to see the deputies
getting down to real business in their
discussion of the receipts side of the
hudget-the voting Of the eNpendl-
lures side having been completed De
cemher 81.
An Immediate fight is expected on
the question of priority as between
the financial plan Of vi. Doumer and
That Of the left group cartel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
Boats Will Carry People to Church
In Flooded Thames Valley Villages

are being hunted from boats. They
have taken refuge from the water il
the tops of the hedges.
Sea gulls are swimming over the
Chertzy golf links and it is u not un-
common sight to see swans plaCidly
floating through the streets Of the
flooded villages.
At Pangbourne is an inn through
which large stream flows through
the back door and out the front
The floods are falling al all points.
the average drop today being 3 inches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
COURT ADDS SEMI-COLON.
Mark Changes Inheritance Under
Woman's Will.

SAN FRANCISCO, January . LP)-
semi-colon placed in the viii of Mrs.
Hannah Godina Of Colna by the Dis
trict Court of Appeals recently disap-
pointed the hopes of her niece, Anna
bell Mckenzie, and awarded the ma
Jority of her property, valued at So
900. to her nephew, John r. Mclean.
Tho section of the will which was
contested read: II give all my jeWeIry
to my niece Christy to her youngest
daughter my watch and chain and
family pictures and the naval banner
omy nephew John II. Mclean all my
furniture | give to my niece Annahell
Mckenzie all money in banks gas and
electric bonds all my real estate Of
every description | give to my nephew
John r. Mckenzie
The court placed a semi-colen after
the name Annabell Mckenzie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
COURT ORDERS ARREST
OF EX-BANK CASHIER
Action in Meininger Case Believed
to Indicate Appeal From Con-
viction Has Been Lost.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, January 9.-A telegram
ordering arrest of Arthur o. Melnln-
ger, former cashier and alleged looter
of the wrecked Night and Day Bank
of ST Louis, was received by the
sheriff's office today from the marshal
Of the Missouri Supreme Court.
on basis of precedent this was IN.
terpreted TO mean the supreme court
decision would be against Melnlnser
in either one or both of his appeals
from convictions and that ne soon
must 20 to prison. 80,
The bank closed January ., ~
Win losses to depositors and stock
hoIders of more than one million dol.
lars Neininger was charged with
numbering the bank of 100000 OIL
more. of it's cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

BY the Associated Press.
WARGRANE, Birkshire, England,
January 9.-Punts will be employed
to transport worshipers to church
services in the flooded area of the
Thames Valley tomorrow.
The vicar of one church near here
has communicated with all the mem
bers Of his flock, and they are eager
to undertake the Sabbath voyage.
Boys are getting good catches OF
fish in the main streets of some towns.
while in the country districts rabbits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
NINE. HOMER'S CAREER CHANGED
AFTER SEEING HER FIRST OPERA
Lives in Alexandria Now.
Will Sing in ''Samson
and Delilah" Here.
Paul Althouse to Appear
With Washington Com
pany January 25.

Dame Fortune, who has a way of
hiding some of her most important
moves under the cloak of an appar-
~ently insignificant event, in a single
evening changed the direction of the
endeavors of a young student and
took from the world of concert work
young singer and gave to grand
opera and America one of the most
famous contraltos in the world.
Nine. Louise Homer, almost a
Washingtonian now, for, with her
husband, Sidney Homer, the noted
American composer, she is making
her home in Alexandria. to be near
her daughter and Son-in-law, the lat
ter being a student at the Theological
Seminary at Alexandria, had set her
heart on career in concert work and
possibly oratorio.
Career Changed i'm Evening.
1t needed only one evening to
change the whole career of Nine
Homer. She was a girl in Boston.
studying for the career of a singer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
Singer Quits Hospital.

FORT WAYNE. Ind, January 8
P).-Miss Florence Macbeth, soprano
with the Chicago Civic Opera Com
pany. was dismissed today from the
Methodist Hospita! here, where she
underwent an operation for append
citis several weeks ago. Miss Mac
Beth returned to Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

and the utmost she dreamed of was
To have a position in Il good church.
and if she dreamed a little more than
usual she saw herself at some great
festival singing in The Messiah" or
the like. Then this eventful evening
her teacher of harmony, young
musician by the name of Sidney
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-06
Fascism In The United States

Armed hoodum the italian fascist organization in
the States the premises of two anascst papers
New York shortly of the latest attempt Mussonls
life reached this country destroyed the printing machinery in
plants threatening those the premises with immediate
death they moved protect their property.
Surely sample of violence that should suit the most
interpreter of what within the meaning OF whatever
New York law Yet have heard that
New York police shown half much activity in
pretending fascist gangers they did in arresng
youth having Communist literature In his
possession.
This outrage by the New York ascists should
the Alliance renewed activity against the Fascist
United States and give whatever aid possible to
the victims bloody acksrt reign in Italy The American
boast of their intention to the same
methods combating opposition that MussOn used Italy Yet
and nation far have looked on fas
with benevolent attitude which is in striking
contrast to the persecution conservative workers who sug
gle against the employers for higher wages.
against fascm takes second place to that
we can the duties that the shoulders of
the American workers In the Alliance
of the workers have fighting nonpartsan organ
zaon already given good account Of itself in this fight
and deserving of support